Beavers
Ivan M. Lincoln
Timed to be just long enough for most youngsters brief attention spans and it s packed with plenty of interesting activity both on land and under the water 
3.5
Dangerous Men
Peter Keough
Conceivably it could serve as a primer for students on how not to make a movie and perhaps as a deconstruction of filmic conventions for the more theoretical minded 
0.5
Dangerous Men
Soren Andersen
Dangerous Men the picture s production notes inform took 26 years to reach the big screen After having seen it I wonder What was the rush 
0
Small Town Wisconsin
Rob Thomas
It 8217 s a movie with its heart in the right place 44 and does both small town and big city Wisconsin proud 46 
3
Tejano
Joe Friar
The story of a South Texas ranch hand who gets mixed up with a Mexican cartel moves with pulse pounding velocity and features top performances from a talented cast of actors with Texas roots 
3
Peppermint Candy
Joshua Tanzer
It s a story about the original sin of a nation as well as one character There has rarely been a better film made ever
4
Connors' War
David Nusair
although Criss does show some potential as a performer his efforts to step into the shoes of a blind character are laughable 
1.5
Born to Kill
David Nusair
a fairly typical film noir premise that s employed to watchable yet entirely unmemorable effect by Robert Wise 
3
Born to Kill
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hard to watch but effective and alluring nonetheless 
3
La Sapienza
Robert Horton
If you can groove into this non realistic mode the film casts a spell 
3
La Sapienza
Tom Keogh
A beautiful space for people and light 
3.5
La Sapienza
Godfrey Cheshire
La Sapienza strikes this reviewer as easily the most astonishing and important movie to emerge from France in quite some time 
4
La Sapienza
Carson Lund
Eugne Green s mannered direction doesn t work for every situation it s homogenously applied to but at its most effective it inspires an enhanced sensitivity to the import of every gesture visual or verbal 
3
Unbranded
Chris Knight
Here s a documentary that literally rides off in two directions 
2
Unbranded
Linda Barnard
The scenery is gorgeous especially in the Grand Canyon while echoes of Western mythology and cowboy lore forged by John Ford and Zane Grey are often present 
3
Violet
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Violet is like looking at a sequence of mounted photos You may well find its beauty if you can hold the film s gaze but the viewer s one way relationship to this meditation on grief is so unchanging it d take a monk to appreciate it 
2
Violet
Glenn Kenny
I wound up admiring the movie for its ambition while unsatisfied with its achievement 
2.5
Violet
Barry Hertz
Van Sant s influence clearly looms large but Violet acts as more than its own artistic statement 
3
Violet
Bruce DeMara
Despite a studied sense of detachment throughout Devos feature length debut is a film of subtle power 
3.5
Violet
Christopher Gray
It bores into the mourning process and its piquant combination of emotional numbness and sensory vulnerability rigorously avoiding finding an easy way out of this quagmire 
3
Seeing Allred
Sean P. Means
If you think Gloria Allred is a glorified ambulance chaser this sharp documentary is an eye opener 
3.5
Salty
Richard Roeper
It s loud and dumb and irritating and forgettable 
1.5
Salty
Peter Sobczynski
Gun Shy somehow manages to come across as being both screechingly over the top and desperately painfully dull at the same time 
1
Salty
Mark Dujsik
There s desperation for laughs and then there s the wild frantic grasping of Gun Shy 
1
Shot in the Dark
David Nusair
an agreeable albeit forgettable piece of work 
2.5
The Truth About Love
David Nusair
a predictable thoroughly cliched romantic comedy 
1.5
This Is What Love in Action Looks Like
John Beifuss
Morgan Jon Fox s six years in the making documentary was inspired by a modern day message in a bottle a teen MySpace user s plea to be freed from a controversial conversion therapy program designed to transform homosexuals into ex gay Christians 
3
Sometimes a Great Notion
Roger Ebert
Newman starts tunneling under the material coming up with all sorts of things we didn t quite expect and along the way he proves himself as a director of sympathy and a sort of lyrical restraint 
3
The Smokers
Bill Chambers
Aimless feckless and finally bad an indie made with an absence not only of cash but also vision 
1.5
Hidden Blade
Simon Abrams
Gorgeous and empty 46 
2
Hidden Blade
Mark Dujsik
To attempt to follow the plot of Hidden Blade is difficult and 44 essentially 44 a fool apos s errand 46 
1.5
Hidden Blade
Roger Moore
I found the whole quot Hidden Blade quot rather less satisfying than its component parts 46 The many characters 44 myriad plot points and points of view and added complications with the timeline just clutter things up 46 
2.5
Hidden Blade
G. Allen Johnson
While it is eminently watchable it s a movie that consists of mostly people sitting at tables with fantastic period clothing plotting and scheming but sometimes barely moving at all 
2.5
Singh Is Bliing
Namrata Joshi
Laughless and boring 
1.5
The Open Road
Mike Scott
An earnestly acted film with a movie of the week vibe it s watchable but too slow moving and far too predictable to be entirely engaging 
2
Almost Friends
Roger Moore
A romance that almost comes off
2
Where I Belong
Roger Moore
The drab interiors and exteriors mirror the dramatically flat odyssey that our heroine embarks on 
2
Lassie
Mal Vincent
The formula is unbeatable 
3
Lassie
Gene Siskel
A fine film for city kids to see 
3
Lassie
Steve Rhodes
The plot stays simple and predictable through out the entire movie but you never mind because it is so life affirming 
3
Lassie
Roger Ebert
It s somehow reassuring these days to see a movie where there s no problem Lassie can t solve 
3
Steele Justice
Richard Freedman
Who needs a Rambo spoof when Rambo so successfully spoofed itself 
0
The Parrot
David N. Butterworth
A small yet satisfying psychological drama dripping with atmosphere and surreal beauty 
2.5
Addicted
Michael O'Sullivan
Watching Addicted is like eating Cheese Whiz straight from the jar There s no nutritional value It s kind of embarrassing But it does satisfy a base craving for cheap immediate sensation 
1.5
Addicted
Sheila O'Malley
The film lingers so lovingly over Zoe s many sexual exploits that one almost feels disappointed when it becomes clear that the film is about to turn into a lecture Erotica is best when it doesn t take itself too seriously 
1.5
Addicted
Kam Williams
Far be it from me to totally trash a seemingly silly soap opera males might find laughable to the same extent it moves females to tears Go figure 
2
Klute
James Kendrick
While the plot mechanics work along the well worn gears of any number of mystery thrillers the film catches and holds us because Bree is such a fascinating enigmatic character 
3
Klute
Matt Brunson
There was no shortage of superb performances by lead actresses in the 1970s Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and Sally Field in Norma Rae are two that immediately come to mind but Jane Fonda s turn in Klute was not only great but also groundbreaking 
3.5
Klute
Roger Ebert
With Fonda and Sutherland you have actors who understand and sympathize with their characters and you have a vehicle worthy of that sort of intelligence So the fact that the thriller stuff doesn t always work isn t so important 
3.5
Klute
Jeremy Heilman
Thanks to its complexities of character and morality Klute creates a proposition for the audience in which there s no such thing as simple pleasure even if we re paying 
3.5
Thunder Bay
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mann stages some thrilling sequences notably a pounding storm and while Thunder Bay is no masterpiece it s still worth a look 
3
A Problem With Fear
David Nusair
The whole film has an air of smugness about it as if Burns has created this 92 minute joke which either you get or you don t 
2
A Problem With Fear
Liam Lacey
A Problem With Fear is aggressively busy jumping between sterile office buildings airless shopping malls and hurtling subways cut with television and computer game images None of it though amounts to much beyond a sense of visual irritation 
2
The Great Pretender
Christopher James
The Great Pretenders fails at every genre it pretends to be 
1
The Great Pretender
Chuck Bowen
This film is a beautiful and beguiling art object 
3.5
The DUFF
David Nusair
it is in the end impossible to view The DUFF with anything less than almost total disdain especially given the above average nature of its source material 
2
The DUFF
Linda Cook
Although it has its John Hughes esque moments The DUFF is derivative of lots of other and more recent teen angst movies 
2
The DUFF
Peter Canavese
Will strike a chord with teen girls if they can get past the casting of the healthy but hardly plus sized Whitman as well as the changes made to sanitize the book 
2.5
The DUFF
Mark Dujsik
T oo eager to prove that it s hip to the ways of the youngsters these days pounding away at its one note of supposed insight until it just becomes condescending 
2
The DUFF
Christy Lemire
Whitman displays flawless comic timing and consistently makes inspiring choices in terms of delivery reaction even the slightest facial expression She shines confidently in a self deprecating role and it s irresistible 
3
The DUFF
Stephen Whitty
It s not Mean Girls It s not even Easy A But it s definitely a solid B 
3
The DUFF
Maggie Wrobel
It s the first great teen comedy since Mean Girls 
3.5
The DUFF
David Lewis
Sandel s film has heart some good laughs and a decent message In this age of cyberbullying that s nothing to scoff at 
3
The DUFF
Tirdad Derakhshani
It falls short of the mark even as it hits every one of the genre s conventions 
2
The DUFF
Dustin Putman
Capable spry and mostly wise when it isn t spelling out its moralistic intent The main attraction is Mae Whitman acting her heart out while making her every last moment look as natural and vulnerable as that of a real life being lived 
2.5
The DUFF
David Berry
Where Bianca and Wesley are going is obvious from the outset but it builds naturally through a pal ship with a genuine spark 
3
The DUFF
James Berardinelli
The DUFF would make John Hughes smile 
3
The DUFF
Eric Henderson
The film deposits its heroine and everyone in the audience looking toward her for image maintaining guidance back at square one 
1.5
The DUFF
Claudia Puig
Mae Whitman is the best thing here and the funny actress deserves better material than what s offered in this derivative and superficial ode to teen self acceptance 
2
The DUFF
Rafer Guzman
A smart funny straight talking teen movie in the John Hughes tradition Oodles of charm from the young cast 
4
The DUFF
Moira MacDonald
It works but just barely 
2.5
The DUFF
Michael Phillips
You know what would be revolutionary Making a really good movie about a three dimensional teenage female character that doesn t start and finish with both eyes on the same old punishing character types 
2
The DUFF
Ann Hornaday
What might have been a frank portrayal of high school culture and challenges ends up veering between being either too cynically hyper sexual or preachy 
0
The DUFF
Matt Pais
Whitman brings such kindness to Bianca that the movie almost sometimes sort of works as empowering evidence of many teens flawed self esteem driven perspectives 
2
The DUFF
Kyle Smith
This winsome comedy is a little low in the stakes department not to mention predictable but it gets an A for charm 
2.5
The DUFF
Roger Moore
Formulaic sure but cute sassy and quick just edgy enough to work
2.5
The Citizen
Roger Moore
Tired and worn out immigrant s saga with a 9 11 hook that isn t compelling
1.5
Falling Down
Mick LaSalle
A brilliant drama with black comic undertones The film is directed by Joel Schumacher and stars Michael Douglas in what may be the best performance of his career 
4
Falling Down
Tom Meek
This is probably Schumacher s most accomplished work besides Tigerland and interestingly shot in L A around the time of the riots 
3
Falling Down
David Nusair
It s a somewhat high concept premise that s employed to consistently engrossing effect by filmmaker Schumacher 
3.5
Falling Down
Walter Chaw
Atrociously written by actor Ebbe Roe Smith and atrociously directed it goes without saying by Joel Schumacher 
1
Falling Down
Peter Canavese
A heavy handed potboiler but as it raises the temperature it does give cause to consider the line so easily crossed between social function and disasterous personal undoing Blu ray 
3
Falling Down
Emanuel Levy
Dealing with urban paranoia from a White POV is a good timely idea but film can t decide whether Michael Douglas is an ordinary or psychopathic man and whether we should feel sympathy or pity for the victimization of this yuppie 
3
Falling Down
Michael Dequina
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3.5
Falling Down
Caryn James
It turns one man s slide toward madness into a wickedly mischievous entertaining suspense thriller 
3
Falling Down
Andrew Howe
Douglas portrayal of a man heading for the abyss is utterly convincing 
3
Falling Down
Chris Hicks
At its heart this is very dark satire and there are a good many laughs But there are times when one wishes that the comedy could remain with the problems being solved in less violent ways 
3
Falling Down
Roger Ebert
The film is actually about a great sadness which turns into madness and which can afflict anyone who is told after many years of hard work that he is unnecessary and irrelevant 
3
Falling Down
James Berardinelli
Although it takes a number of wrong turns Falling Down still has the power to disturb 
2.5
Falling Down
Steve Rhodes
An uneven and frequently pretentious story that is never as important or dramatic as it thinks it is 
2.5
Strangers on the Earth
Brad Wheeler
We are alone on this trip take it and this marvellous film at your own pace 
3.5
Hollywood North
Liam Lacey
Hollywood North loses bite first by being exactly the kind of movie it satirizes and by being so dated 
2
Hollywood North
Pam Grady
There isn t a lot that is original about i Hollywood North but Modine is appealing as the put upon producer and the situation the hapless Meyers finds himself in is very funny 
3
Hollywood North
David Nusair
the movie seems content to simply exist as a wacky comedy how else do you explain the presence of Alan Thicke which is somewhat disappointing 
2.5
Trauma Therapy
Matt Brunson
Trauma Therapy primarily draws its strength from its varied characters all perfectly cast 
2.5
Lake Los Angeles
Marty Mapes
Ott and crew tell a tale of two immigrants
3
Strictly Business
Roger Ebert
There are moments that work and others that do not no young man not even Waymon could be as uncoordinated on a dance floor as he seems to be But beneath the plot which is routine are a lot of assumptions that are not 
2.5
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Walter Chaw
The series gets very boring very fast if it s just another Catholic action film 
1
Amanda Knox
Roger Moore
Damning 
3.5
Amanda Knox
Brian Tallerico
A well made accomplished piece of filmmaking that illuminates how something like this could happen to anyone 
3
Amanda Knox
Lou Lumenick
Knox now 29 is extensively quoted in the documentary which reveals no new information about the case
2
Armed to the Teeth (Hasta los dientes)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The best mexican documentary of the year 
2.5
Censored Voices
Michael Phillips
Censored Voices likely would ve benefited from additional reflection from the older on screen subjects But what s there is consistently thought provoking 
3
Censored Voices
Walter V. Addiego
To be sure Censored Voices can hardly be seen as anything but a political document one that shares Oz s views But even those who don t will be moved 
2
Censored Voices
Tirdad Derakhshani
Censored Voices is a remarkable document that raises important questions about the evolution of modern Israel 
3.5
Censored Voices
Glenn Kenny
A society that won t tell itself the truth is in big trouble says one of the interviewees The words have perhaps never been more true And not just for Israel as the movie implies 
3
Censored Voices
Alan Zilberman
Censored Voices is an essential documentary Its subject is nothing less than loss of innocence the seeds of hatred and the illusory nature of victory 
4
Censored Voices
Clayton Dillard
By negating more conventional facts first priorities Mor Loushy creates an alternative historiography that s more meant to be felt than learned 
2.5
More Than Honey
Liam Lacey
For patient science minded kids and adults it should find the sweet spot between environmental advocacy and visual pleasure 
3
More Than Honey
Michael O'Sullivan
What s really frightening about Honey isn t what a hive of angry bees might do to us but what we ve done to them 
3
More Than Honey
Moira MacDonald
Imhoof s film is remarkable in its close up photography The bees loom large like creatures from some mutant planet dangle together in a delicate chain and fill the air floating like unusually vivid dust specks 
3
More Than Honey
Chris Hewitt
It s a lovely idiosyncratic film 
3
More Than Honey
Peter Keough
Markus Imhoof s inventive and powerful documentary 
3
More Than Honey
Farran Smith Nehme
Without any preachiness this magically beautiful film urges us to take better care of the bees and honor the irreplaceable things that they do for us 
4
More Than Honey
Drew Hunt
Markus Imhoof s film reveals itself as a curious audacious mix of personal essay film and nature documentary 
3
Limit Up
Roger Ebert
Limit Up is such a calculating movie that I m surprised it wasn t a little smarter How could a screenplay shamelessly recycle so many exploitable ingredients without finding a way to make them entertaining 
2
American Autumn
Kyle Smith
This film can t be taken seriously by any serious person 
0.5
Either Way
Rob Thomas
Either Way is a slight ultra dry comedy with a lot of empty spaces and plenty of silences But the two main characters are just so endearing that their chemistry fills the gaps nicely 
3
A State of Mind
Ed Gonzalez
State of Mind is an eye opener 
3
A State of Mind
Jeff Shannon
A riveting BBC documentary that illuminates the character of that nation 
3.5
A State of Mind
Robert W. Butler
It s so secretive so insulated that it s hard to imagine what life there is really like That s what makes A State of Mind essential viewing 
3
A State of Mind
Chris Hewitt
The documentary about life in North Korea sets the story of two girls against the backdrop of a huge tribute to leader Kim Jong Il and it s the backdrop that is more compelling 
2.5
A State of Mind
Ty Burr
It s a quietly wrenching eye opener 
3
A State of Mind
G. Allen Johnson
The biggest value of the movie is the depiction of Pyongyang life the elaborate Mass Games choreography a wondrous road trip to the revered Mount Paektu and the ideological mind set of typical North Korean citizens 
3
A State of Mind
Elizabeth Weitzman
Not even the widest political chasms Gordon finds can eradicate the universal pleasure of a young girl s giggle 
3
A State of Mind
John Anderson
A portrait of the power of power 
3.5
A State of Mind
V.A. Musetto
A nifty documentary by Brit Daniel Gordon who directed wrote and narrated 
3
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The sequel is directed by Yuen Woo Ping who choreographed the fight scenes in the original he s not as prestigious as Lee and has fewer awards but the man knows his kung fu 
3
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
John Serba
With the original s wondrous naturalist cinematography so clearly burned into the memory it s difficult not to make an unfavorable comparison 
2.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Roger Moore
The romance is gone the story is silly but it s gorgeous to look at and the fights are epic 
2
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Mike McGranaghan
A pale imitation of the masterpiece that spawned it Whereas the original had a freshness and a beauty that made it accessible to martial arts fans and non fans alike the sequel will leave even the faithful unimpressed 
1.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Josh Larsen
inertly familiar with a thin Syfy channel sheen 
1.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Chuck Bowen
It has an appealingly inventive unruly genre party streak running down its figurative back 
2.5
The Tale of Zatoichi
James Kendrick
serves as a good introduction to the character establishing his major traits and offering a worthwhile narrative
2.5
Rewind
Steve Rhodes
A sweet little film whose scene stealer isn t the actors but a sublime score with some handsome cinematography to accompany it 
2.5
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Peter Howell
A powerful work of activist cinema 
3.5
The Edge of Democracy
Roger Moore
Riveting sometimes confusing and always dispiriting account of a democracy in its death throes 
3
The Edge of Democracy
Matt Fagerholm
Petra Costa seems utterly incapable of crafting a frame that is lacking in urgency or vibrance 
3.5
The Edge of Democracy
Rob Thomas
With far right populism on the rise around the world the film is essential viewing for those who want to understand what s happening and why 
3.5
Unstrung Heroes
Margaret A. McGurk
Unstrung Heroes a beautifully crafted heartbreaker directed by Diane Keaton will make you want to run home and hug all the relatives who drive you nuts 
3.5
Unstrung Heroes
Roger Ebert
Unstrung Heroes has been directed by Diane Keaton with an unusual combination of sentiment and quirky eccentricity There are moments so touching that the heart almost stops 
3.5
Black Sunday
Matt Brunson
Bava and his crew s employment of unique camera angles heavily atmospheric sets and startling moments of violence combine to create a trendsetting picture that has influenced generations of filmmakers including Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton 
3.5
Black Sunday
David Nusair
a melodramatic thoroughly overwrought horror flick that s aged incredibly poorly in the years since its 1960 release 
2
He's Out There
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This horror film owes something to the Jason Vorhees saga and has some elements that come from the recent The Babadook 
1.5
He's Out There
Walter Chaw
If at the end it s just another one of those movies at least for a few moments He s Out There is something new and exciting 
2
Yumeji
Fernando F. Croce
Yumeji ultimately emerges as less an expression of a worldview than of a restless prankster still delighting in pulling the rug from beneath his audience s feet 
2.5
Under the Sun
Joshua Tanzer
A very simple very mild romance but a nice one 
2.5
Under the Sun
Steve Rhodes
a sweet and touching story of first love 
3
Under the Sun
Roger Ebert
I was surprised how involving this little story became 
3.5
Under the Sun
Harvey S. Karten
You ll want to be a farmer in Western Sweden after seeing this one 
3
The Birthday Party
Roger Ebert
It probably wasn t possible to make a satisfactory film of The Birthday Party On the other hand it s impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter s play than this sensitive disturbing version directed by William Friedkin 
3
Escape From Alcatraz
Matt Brunson
For an Eastwood vehicle 44 there 8217 s very little action per se 44 but few will mind 46 
3
Escape From Alcatraz
David Nusair
a methodically paced yet mostly engaging drama 
3
Escape From Alcatraz
Jeff Mitchell
Stay for this solid prison movie
3
Escape From Alcatraz
Roger Ebert
It s one of those very difficult exercises in which large emotions like the compulsion to be free are reflected in minute actions like the chipping away at stone with a pocket nail clipper 
3.5
Watch Out, We're Mad
Roger Moore
Even when you 8217 re remaking junk 44 you 8217 ve got to bring more to the table than look alikes and faded memories of a movie that you 8217 re remaking 46 
1.5
The Living and the Dead
Rob Humanick
Part neo gothic horror part empathetic schizoid freak out The Living and the Dead suggests an unlikely cross between Spider and Requiem for a Dream 
2.5
Senseless
Mike Clark
Have we seen this before Here s another comedy about a substance that supernaturally alters its hero s life a premise that also sustained Jerry Lewis s Nutty Professor not to mention Eddie Murphy s remake 
2
Senseless
Michael Dequina
Moments are simply that moments which are not enough to lift this fantasy comedy above its one joke premise 
1.5
Senseless
Roger Ebert
Senseless is a Jim Carrey movie fighting to be a Penelope Spheeris movie and losing 
2.5
Margarita Happy Hour
Carrie Rickey
The strength of Hutchins performance and the open endedness of Chaiken s film keep Zelda vivid long after the fade out 
3
Margarita Happy Hour
John Anderson
Its portrait of a very unsung sector of society is refreshingly honest and entertaining 
3
Margarita Happy Hour
Megan Turner
A joyful celebration of female friendship and an unusually honest look at newly responsible young women wistfully saying goodbye to the dreams of their youth 
3
Margarita Happy Hour
Walter Chaw
The film s apocalyptic urban setting and unrelentingly icy zeitgeist is message enough without a triumphant parting shot
2.5
Lupin III: The First
Matt Brunson
Since Monkey Punch passed away in 2019 he was 81 a few months before the film s premiere the project is dedicated to him It s a fine tribute 
3
Luv
Matt Brunson
Pretentious prattle 46 
1.5
Luv
David Nusair
Luv 8217 s palpable downfall is triggered by an exceedingly 40 and often excessively 41 broad midsection that grows more and more difficult to stomach 46 46 46 
1.5
Not Without My Daughter
Matt Brunson
Controversy has long dogged this real life tale but it s nevertheless fairly engrossing 
2.5
Not Without My Daughter
Roger Ebert
Here is a perplexing and frustrating film which works with great skill to involve our emotions while at the same time making moral and racial assertions that are deeply troubling 
3
Black Hand Strawman
Keith Cohen
The classic mob film The Godfather might be fiction but the real thing actually existed across the state line in the City of Fountains O Malley does a masterful job of editing this monumental film down to two hours 
3
Black Hand Strawman
Robert W. Butler
As a collection of often interesting information it s fine As a movie it wears out its welcome 
2.5
Rookie of the Year
Roger Ebert
This movie is not likely to make my list of the year s best but I can remember those miserable Little League games and so in a modest way I m grateful for this film It is pure wish fulfillment 40 years after I needed it 
3
JeruZalem
Chris Knight
There are a few nice moments in the film I do like how Sarah s wearable tech tries to perform facial recognition on the undead But by the end of JeruZalem it s clear the glasses are the smartest thing in the movie 
2
JeruZalem
Barry Hertz
Old Jerusalem isn t often glimpsed on the big screen though it s a shame that in this case it simply serves as the backdrop to some rampaging CGI demons and half baked theology about the gates of hell 
1.5
JeruZalem
David N. Butterworth
The whole jumpy blurry one trick pony affair mostly shot at night or in dimly lit subterranean caverns to mask the limitations of the budget feels inordinately derivative 
2
The In-Laws
Tom Meek
An apex odd couple comedy powered by Falk s dry delivery with just the right arch of the eyebrow 
3
The In-Laws
James Kendrick
A feat of casting genius Hiller knew to let Peter Falk and Alan Arkin do their thing with as little interference as possible
3.5
The In-Laws
Matt Brunson
A minor comedy classic this one has it all including a clever premise a witty script two beautifully matched lead actors in Peter Falk and Alan Arkin and a supporting performer who almost makes off with the picture like a bandit in the night 
3.5
The In-Laws
Chuck O'Leary
Inspired lunacy 
3.5
A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square
Rob Humanick
A Place to Live is pleasing but in the end it s only a Band Aid 
2.5
Braid
Federico Furzan
A dark ride of a movie Braid feels relevant in a tornado of movies lacking creativity Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Braid
Matt Zoller Seitz
I came away feeling that I d seen if not a major film then a film by major talents 
3.5
Braid
Mark Dujsik
It s such a nightmarish vision of co dependent imagination that if we actually knew for certain what the hell is happening here it might be more disappointing 
3
John Dies at the End
Kelly Jane Torrance
This is a film for the young and the young at heart And those who like their philosophy laden with a heavy dose of paranoia and oddity 
3.5
John Dies at the End
Michael O'Sullivan
I stopped taking notes when the woman disintegrated into a ball of writhing snakes 
1.5
John Dies at the End
Rene Rodriguez
Despite its astronomical body count John Dies at the End never takes itself too seriously and neither should you 
2.5
John Dies at the End
Chris Hewitt
It s like a series of blackout sketches some of which are entertaining But mostly it s a mess 
2
John Dies at the End
Tom Keogh
It eventually finds its own rhythm and meaningful chaos 
3
John Dies at the End
Daniel M. Kimmel
a hilarious and occasionally icky story that should hit the sweet spot for people who like twisted movies and are fed up with the Hollywood assembly line 
3
John Dies at the End
Jake Mulligan
With Coscarelli s kinetic camerawork and drugged out comic book visuals even the most confounding explanations are made palatable 
2.5
John Dies at the End
Mick LaSalle
Nobody cares about John 
1
John Dies at the End
Steven Rea
Salvador Dali meets George Romero Say hello 
3
John Dies at the End
Roger Moore
Just trippy enough 
2.5
John Dies at the End
Joe Williams
As with most fantasy films the story is secondary to inventive images and speculative ideas And more than most this one adheres to its own logic in ways that are continually entertaining 
3
John Dies at the End
Matt Pais
A midnight movie that makes you wish you went to bed early falls into the no man s land of movies you may need to be high to enjoy but can barely follow when sober 
1.5
John Dies at the End
Michael Phillips
John Dies at the End dies closer to the beginning before writer director Don Coscarelli s adaptation of the book of the same name has reached minute 20 
1.5
John Dies at the End
Charlie Schmidlin
What Coscarelli s achieved doesn t feel like an adaptation It feels more like he seems he skimmed the source material burned it and then assembled a vague recollection on film after three days of untold indulgences 
2.5
John Dies at the End
Kyle Smith
John Dies at the End thinks it s Buffy the Vampire Slayer for dudes But in its randomness its vulgarity and its level of humor it s more like the collected writings on the walls of a roadside men s room 
1
John Dies at the End
Glenn Lovell
Coscarelli s most ambitious venture yet the ultimate freak out a breathless succession of non sequitur imaginings Whether you buy into it will depend on your tolerance for such mind games 
2
John Dies at the End
Peter Travers
It s the ultimate in spoiler titles And this stoner Ghostbusters an altered state disguised as a movie may also add up to a hot cult item if silliness doesn t sabotage the scares
2.5
John Dies at the End
James Berardinelli
It s one of those films that might as well be announced with the words cult classic emblazoned on the marquee It s an interesting failure that s almost worth seeing for that reason alone Kind of Not really 
2
John Dies at the End
Jeff Beck
However daring it may be unfortunately it never comes together into a cohesive whole What could have just been a bizarre visual feast ends up getting distracted with a muddled plot that merely sells out in the end 
2
John Dies at the End
Chris Cabin
The frantic grotesque imagery ironically only highlights Don Coscarelli s inability to truly cut ties with the constraints of accepted storytelling 
1
John Dies at the End
David Nusair
a passable yet unspectacular horror effort that could and should have been much better 
2.5
Four
Kam Williams
A cautionary tale featuring spectacular Fourth of July fireworks of the emotional variety 
3
Zero Bridge
Bill Weber
An anecdotal frequently evocative debut feature chronicling a teenage pickpocket s restless life in a Kashmiri town 
2.5
Once I Was Engaged
Sean P. Means
There are several unforced moments of humor and most of them capitalize on Lisa Valentine Clark s sharp comedic skills and Clare Niederpruem s bubbly charm 
3
Just an American Boy
Chris Hewitt
Dull and ugly 
2
Just an American Boy
Monica Eng
Even for a big fan like me parts of this documentary especially musical performances just go on too long 
2
Just an American Boy
Joan Anderman
Earle s song introductions like those of his mentors Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark are as meaty pointed and touching as the tunes themselves and his spoken words full of humor and humanity are the heart of the film 
3
Just an American Boy
Lou Lumenick
A mediocre music documentary 
2
Left Behind
Linda Cook
Outlandishly inept in every way Left Behind is easily one of the worst movies of 2014 
0
Left Behind
Robert Levin
My goodness what on earth is Nicolas Cage doing in this movie 
1.5
Left Behind
Martin Scribbs
I can t wait for Nic Cage to explain THIS one to God on Judgment Day 
0
Left Behind
Matt Brunson
Left Behind isn t a movie for progressive Christians any more than it s a movie for people who appreciate top production values convincing acting or superlative dialogue 
1
Left Behind
James Berardinelli
Not only is this an amateurish travesty combining fundamentalist Christian eschatology with disaster movie b s but it s plodding and tedious 
0.5
Left Behind
Steve Macfarlane
Left Behind is one of those films so deeply fundamentally terrible that it feels unwittingly high concept 
.5
Left Behind
Christy Lemire
It should have more smoldering panic bursting into full blown freak outs It should have more passion more intensity It should have more bees 
1
Left Behind
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is just too silly roundabout and bungling to feel anything other than a little pity for it 
1
Left Behind
Anders Wright
Left Behind is terrible because it s poorly written flat in tone and generally pandering to the faithful by not offering any complexity whatsoever 
0.5
Left Behind
Linda Barnard
Score one for Satan 
0.5
Left Behind
Sara Stewart
Featuring local cable production values and dialogue that seems written by a crack team of Sunday schoolers director Vic Armstrong s Left Behind does no favors for the Christian proponents of its belief system 
1
Left Behind
Chris Knight
Longtime stuntman turned director Vic Armstrong manages the pacing well enough although writers Paul Lalonde and John Patus leave plot holes big enough to handle a jumbo jet 
2
Left Behind
Brian Truitt
Left Behind seriously could have used some divine intervention 
1.5
Left Behind
Kristin Tillotson
Fans of the evangelical Christian film genre should demand higher production values instead of blindly supporting a movie just because they appreciate its themes 
1
Left Behind
Michael Ordoña
With so much emphasis on proselytizing there s little energy remaining for you know characters plotting dialogue pacing 
1
Left Behind
Michael O'Sullivan
Left Behind takes the end of the world and turns it not into a nightmare but a nice long nap 
0.5
Left Behind
Michael Phillips
Cage is going for manly if conflicted family guy confidence in this role but somehow it comes off as nuttier than the events surrounding him 
0
Left Behind
Roger Moore
Not very good but not the utter embarrassment some seem to have expected 
1.5
Left Behind
Matt Pais
This movie is the worst And the best I haven t laughed like that in a theater in a long long time and not one of those laughs was earned on purpose 
0
Dr. Dolittle
Michael Dequina
Even star Eddie Murphy seems bored 
2
Dr. Dolittle
Margaret A. McGurk
Director Betty Thomas recruited a host of stand up comedians to provide the voices for the animals and it s a gimmick that works astonishingly well Talking animals have never sounded so witty 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle
Jeffrey Westhoff
Murphy does little more than react to stupid pet tricks 
2
Dr. Dolittle
James Kendrick
Takes a children s story and makes it witty and slick enough for an adult audience while also infusing obvious lessons for the younger generation about acceptance and tolerance for those who are different 
3
Dr. Dolittle
Steve Rhodes
Contains so much crude sexual humor that they appear to be targeting an audience just a year shy of teenagehood but the animal antics seem aimed more at the kindergarten set 
2
Dr. Dolittle
David Keyes
Here is a film that inappropriately exercises bathroom humor to the point where you d never find it funny again 
1
Dr. Dolittle
Rob Blackwelder
Screenwriters Nat Mauldin and Larry Levin used Lofting s novels merely as a framework but it s a frame around which they have built one of the better children s movies this year 
3
Dr. Dolittle
Bob Graham
Dr Dolittle runs out of ideas long before the projector runs out of film 
1
Dr. Dolittle
Roger Ebert
The movie will not harm anyone and in the audience I saw it with lots of parents and kids seemed to be laughing together 
3
Dr. Dolittle
Jeff Vice
A terribly unfunny and crass comedy 
1.5
Dr. Dolittle
James Berardinelli
A cloying humorless motion picture whose only assets are the work of Jim Henson s Creature Shop and a couple of good one liners by a pair of rodents 
1.5
Dr. Dolittle
Bob Bloom
It shows how the funny have fallen when a guinea pig tiger dog and a couple of pigeons can upstage Eddie Murphy 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle
Madeleine Williams
Though they remembered the talking animals someone forgot to give this movie a sense of humor 
1
Illegally Yours
David Nusair
none of this is even remotely funny 
1.5
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
David Nusair
bland and surprisingly low rent 
1.5
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Matt Brunson
This gets off to a fine start but then has nowhere to go but down 46 
2
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Matt Brunson
The first two acts are eerie and intriguing but the picture loses its focus and its way with the introduction of the third character 
2.5
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
James Kendrick
the depths Friedkin plumbs in discussing not just why he made the artistic choices he made but how his own personal views philosophies beliefs and outlook shaped those choices suggests why The Exorcist works with such power even to this day 
3
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Mike McGranaghan
Watching the documentary is like having a film school class where you study one of the most significant horror films ever made under the guidance of a master teacher 
3.5
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Kathy Fennessy
it s more of an introduction than an overview but it s an insightful one 
3
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Randy Myers
Friedkin s adventures in making the classic 1973 horror film about demon possession fascinating trivia excursion as he reveals scenes and actors that satisfied him as well as an ending that he still doesn t think works 
3
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Glenn Kenny
What Friedkin does have to say after all this time and so many articles and movies touching on The Exorcist is still engaging fascinating and entertaining 
3
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Mark Dujsik
Friedkin is a great salesman not for the merits of his film but for his own significance 
2.5
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Roger Moore
On celluloid or in person Billy Friedkin s still a great storyteller 
3
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Walter Chaw
Leap of Faith then becomes something like an endorsement of effect over process and its interest in effect over process should be something that gives pause to both the director and this documentary 
2
Never on Sunday
Walter Chaw
Her earthiness is grounding the only element keeping the world from spinning off its axis beware the man and woe to mankind for formulating her to a wall 
3
African Cats
Michael Dequina
A wealth of visually stunning strikingly intimate and intensely dramatic footage of these creatures in their beautiful natural habitat 
3
African Cats
Sara Michelle Fetters
While it doesn t go very far beyond what you can find on Cable or Public Television that doesn t make it any less enthralling and for my part I enjoyed from start to finish with virtually no effort whatsoever 
2.5
African Cats
Katelyn Beaty
African Cats succeeds despite its narrative weakness It features gorgeous close ups of all kinds of animals the images and sounds are worth the price of the ticket alone 
2.5
African Cats
Lori Hoffman
A beautiful family film that reveals the story of two families a lion pride and a cheetah mom trying to raise and protect her incredibly adorable cubs 
3
African Cats
Alicia Potter
This G rated Disney documentary about two wild feline families plays like Saw for six year olds 
2
African Cats
Amy Biancolli
Anyone with a fondness for bambinos of any species should melt at the sight of mamas with nuzzling cubs 
2.5
African Cats
Peter Canavese
The characters in the latest Disney film frequently attack each other sometimes eat each other and spend the whole time running around naked 
2.5
African Cats
Sandie Angulo Chen
African Cats prefers less preaching and more heartstring tugging It works of course especially if you re trying to raise your own cubs to adulthood 
3
African Cats
Rick Groen
No doubt life is tough in the wild but this being a Disney flick it s loving too and even comes with a kiddie friendly narrative that s easy to summarize and hard to dispute 
3
African Cats
Lou Lumenick
Kids will love African Cats which is full of aw moments Their parents will appreciate that narrator Samuel L Jackson keeps things from getting too schmaltzy in this true life depiction of the circle of life 
3
African Cats
Willie Waffle
One has to wonder if the script was written first then the footage was filmed to make that script come to life instead of the other way around 
1.5
African Cats
Dustin Putman
Creatively mishandled to the point of making a mockery of its own brand 
1.5
African Cats
Claudia Puig
The photography is so spectacular that the accompanying Disney ization of wildlife is forgiven 
3
African Cats
Carrie Rickey
It s deeply involving and primally moving 
3
African Cats
Tom Russo
Under the direction of BBC wildlife documentary alums Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill Cats looks majestic throughout even if its Big Stories are sometimes forced at the expense of fleeting fascinating little details 
2.5
African Cats
Matt Pais
Awesome footage but how do you know what animals are thinking 
2.5
African Cats
Roger Moore
It s not a put down of the darker and more straightforward Last Lions to suggest Cats is to Lions what poetry is to prose 
3.5
African Cats
Ed Gonzalez
The ghetto narration would have us believe that the lives of African cats is not unlike the lives of people living in the ghetto 
2
Mabul
Linda Cook
The title has a double meaning in Mabul It s a reference to the Great Flood and it also connects with the way a boy s life suddenly is awash with tragedy in this terrific coming of age movie 
4
The Sonata
Sara Michelle Fetters
Andrew Desmond s feature length narrative debut The Sonata is a literate methodically paced throwback thriller that plays a little like a Hammer production from the mid to late 1960s 
3
The Sonata
Rex Reed
Ignoring the fact that nothing much is going on here director Andrew Desmond plods along trying to make you believe otherwise 
1
The Sonata
Mark Dujsik
Instead of leaning into the inherent creepiness co writer director Andrew Desmond bypasses that for a dull exposition heavy scavenger hunt 
1
The Sonata
Roger Moore
The marvelous score might as well be a funeral dirge as slow as this conjuring is at getting to its payoff and point 
1.5
The Last Mercenary
Simon Abrams
It s nice to see that the Muscles from Brussels is not only self aware but also sharp enough whenever he has to take a baby step or two beyond his own shadow 
2.5
The Last Mercenary
Mark Dujsik
There s a funny joke to all of this but it s one that the filmmakers and Van Damme himself seem incapable of fully embracing 
1.5
The Last Mercenary
Roger Moore
This my friends is the way to walk off into the action hero sunset 
3
Cosmonaut
Stephen Cole
It s a slight charming thoughtful movie one that can be recommended to fallen idealists of every persuasion 
2.5
Cosmonaut
Bill Chambers
Has its charms including an enticing Almodvarian palette 
2.5
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
Kenneth R. Morefield
Does Cao represent personal integrity as he defines it or does he represent the citizens of the second district of Louisiana 
3
Caesar Must Die
John Beifuss
Destined to lose years in prison the actors seem to take pride and solace in their association with something as seemingly immortal as Shakespeare s words 
3.5
Caesar Must Die
Peter Howell
There s barely a wasted moment in the film which runs a brisk 76 minutes and contains no female roles 
3
Caesar Must Die
Farran Smith Nehme
The film gets on screen not only the play s bloody double dealing hungry essence but the redemptive potential of art 
4
Caesar Must Die
Chris Cabin
Deceptively modest on nearly all accounts Paolo and Vittorio Taviani s Caesar Must Die employs seemingly minor directorial contrivances to ruminate on a unique quarrel 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Brian Eggert
A celebration of life that acknowledges how family leads to both great love and anguish yet out of that comes a willingness to endure and overcome 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Nick Rogers
Not content to merely direct traffic of intersecting characters Mira Nair never lets the scurrying ensemble lag or their stories flag Monsoon Wedding is one of the most culturally savory joyously exotic comedies since Strictly Ballroom 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Chuck Bowen
A big galloping party movie in which the party in question is a clear metaphor for the world 
3
Monsoon Wedding
James Kendrick
so alive and colorful both literally and metaphorically that it s easy to overlook its formulaic nature
3
Monsoon Wedding
Marty Mapes
May not have as much gusto as My Big Fat Greek Wedding but has more refinement and flair
3
Monsoon Wedding
Michael Wilmington
A movie to fall in love by and with a wedding to unite both the two film families and the dazzled multicultural movie audiences who watch them 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Dan Webster
Nair and screenwriter Sabrina Dhawan deserve credit for wrapping up this big bundle in such a likeable package backed by such a great musical score 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Jeffrey Westhoff
One of those wonderful foreign films that allow Americans to appreciate another culture and learn how we are the same as much as how we are different 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Jeff Vice
Just when you think you ve got it all figured out the movie becomes something better something decidedly more insightful with a lot to say about family ties and loyalty 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Sean P. Means
Every scene is alive with color and music and passion 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Michael Dequina
Strongly infused with an unmistakably exotic Bollywood flair while addressing themes and concerns that are universal 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Phil Villarreal
The film is a joyful glimpse into a world brimming with song and spirit 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Emily Blunt
The people are so real the emotions so true 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Rene Rodriguez
At heart the film is not that far removed from a well written soap opera but its modern day Delhi setting and its cultural subtexts make up for the pat familiarity of its situations 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Joe Baltake
All in all a great party 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Susan Stark
Swirling loving and brilliantly sensuously colorful Mira Nair s Monsoon Wedding energetically celebrates love family a culture that comfortably accommodates past and present 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Terry Lawson
Monsoon Wedding does what Altman s own The Wedding could not It allows us to celebrate a questionably blessed occasion without feeling embarrassed or complicit in some traditional scam 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it s a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Mike Clark
Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels So too is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today s New Delhi 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Moira MacDonald
An intricate heartfelt tribute to the enduring power of love 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Carla Meyer
Nair in crafting an enchanting movie about a modern Indian family fills the screen with blooming marigolds blossoming romances and sizzling dance scenes thrown in just for the heck of it 
4
Monsoon Wedding
David Elliott
Fills the eyes brimmingly and at moments hits the heart 
2.5
Monsoon Wedding
Steven Rosen
It glows and sings with color and music and with the humanity of its characters 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Roger Ebert
One of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Jay Carr
Cinematic home cooking at its most savory 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Walter Chaw
Nair just doesn t have the necessary self control to guide a loose poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy 
2.5
Monsoon Wedding
Carrie Rickey
A feast for the eyes and ears as its story is a banquet for the heart 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Chris Hewitt
Nair captures the way large family events bring together people who have a lot in common and a lot to disagree about 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Mary F. Pols
Thoroughly satisfying subtle steamy and as evenly balanced between serious and joyous as the best weddings actually are 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Rob Blackwelder
The humor and humanity of Monsoon Wedding are in perfect balance 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Jeanne Aufmuth
An infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Peter Howell
Nair has succeeded in her mission to capture the energy and essence of a Punjabi family in modern India 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Rick Groen
Nair seems finally and truly at home in this film whose prevailing tone is a testament to her comfort and ease 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Bob Strauss
With this movie Nair seems to have gotten every atom of her cosmopolitan sensibility onto the screen in one chaotic but cogent swirl of influences 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Steve Rhodes
There s nothing wrong with Monsoon Wedding but we ve seen it all before 
2.5
Monsoon Wedding
John Anderson
Uneven but worth the trip 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Jonathan Foreman
Exhilarating ensemble piece from India 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Rod Armstrong
Rarely do films come along that are as intelligent exuberant and moving as Monsoon Wedding 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
James Berardinelli
Throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all Nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another 
3
Monsoon Wedding
Harvey S. Karten
A joyous nay exhilarating movie in praise of family 
3.5
Monsoon Wedding
Jason Anderson
Mira Nair s distinctive wholly engaging approach is somewhere between Dogme style immediacy and Bollywood calibre excess 
4
Monsoon Wedding
Ian Mantgani
A sweet poignant and richly perceptive piece of work 
3
The Cheetah Girls
David Nusair
Tom Hanks himself would be hard pressed to inject life into this cliched formulaic storyline 
.5
Audrie & Daisy
Sheila O'Malley
Audrie Daisy is a stark portrait of a problem which is not in any way local aberrant or random The problem is systemic 
3
Audrie & Daisy
Jon Niccum
The documentary scrutinizes the blame the victim mentality that has seemingly gotten worse in the internet era But the film also offers a redemptive message of compassion via a network of survivors 
3
Audrie & Daisy
Scott Renshaw
Feels less like a story than an 95 minute venting of frustrations 
2.5
Audrie & Daisy
Randy Myers
The difficult to watch yet accessible film painstakingly recounts two high profile cyberbullying cases 
3
Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts
Mark Feeney
Hockney has many interesting things to say and not just about his own work 
2.5
The Damned United
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s entertaining even if you don t quite follow all of the intricacies of the game mostly thanks to the boisterous cast 
3
The Damned United
Nick Rogers
Michael Sheen has played vampires and werewolves but works up his most insatiable bloodlust as Brian Clough in this sharply observed superbly acted drama that realizes sports forms as nasty a symbiotic relationship with a nation s people as politics 
4
The Damned United
Rob Thomas
The Damned United is a fascinating look at a very complex man both talented and tone deaf arrogant and insecure caring and hard hearted 
3
The Damned United
Sean O'Connell
Finds its riveting story in the locker room and board room wranglings of competitive team leaders and dissects them with documentary style precision 
3
The Damned United
Matt Brunson
Refusing to devolve into a routine sports flick see Invictus The Damned United is instead more interested in the off field clashes than the on field skirmishes 
3
The Damned United
Duane Dudek
That Clough is still remembered enough to have a film made about him is no surprise But that he is remembered fondly suggests memory is a dish best served cold 
3
The Damned United
Bob Bloom
Sheen gives a magnificent performance His Clough is a character you can neither like nor admire You watch this walking train wreck in amazement as he continually steps on his own feet with his overactive mouth 
4
The Damned United
Joe Williams
Two things that the British know that most Americans don t Michael Sheen is the best actor in the English speaking world and soccer is the only football that matters 
3
The Damned United
John Beifuss
As a film inspired by British football this may hold limited appeal for American moviegoers But it s also a film about a form of spurned love which means it s a story about love and hate which means it s a movie that everybody can relate to 
3
The Damned United
Justin Strout
It s too easy to dismiss Sheen s work as basic mimicry in fact Sheen s Clough is his most intricate work thus far 
3
The Damned United
Steve Rhodes
The Damned United beautifully demonstrates that if you pair a truly gifted screenwriter with terrific actors cinematic magic is possible perhaps even likely 
3.5
The Damned United
Willie Waffle
a wonderful story excellently told and without all sorts of manufactured drama
3.5
The Damned United
Peter Hartlaub
Like a tense World Cup match there s a lack of scoring but it is still riveting 
4
The Damned United
Chris Hewitt
Imagine an in depth movie about a sequin factory in China that assumes we are already familiar with all of the details of sequin making and you have an idea what it s like to sit through The Damned United 
1
The Damned United
Moira MacDonald
While there s plenty of action much of it satisfyingly wet and muddy the reason to watch this film is its splendid cast 
3.5
The Damned United
Rick Groen
Like a skill player who just can t score The Damned United is all dazzle and no finish and ultimately damned frustrating 
2
The Damned United
Wesley Morris
While it s true that a couple of the characters are vivid creations it s hard to glean what else Morgan sees in this story which he adapted from a novel by David Peace besides a showcase for Sheen Mostly that s enough 
3
The Damned United
Roger Ebert
The enigma of Brian Clough has long fascinated British fans The Dammed United offers no easy explanation but plunges into the mysteries of the personality 
3.5
The Damned United
Chris Faraone
In addition to the textured damp British landscapes the film convinces on the strength of impassioned performances by Sheen and Timothy Spall as his assistant manager and muse Peter Taylor 
3.5
The Damned United
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sheen and Spall hit the pitch running at full steam their multifaceted and constantly evolving relationship the film s gripping heart and soul 
3.5
The Damned United
Kyle Smith
As the two coaches head for a faceoff in a climactic live TV interview writer Morgan starts to seem like a rip off of himself 
2.5
The Damned United
Claudia Puig
What vaults the film above the standard sports movie is the stellar performance by Michael Sheen 
3
The Damned United
Robert Levin
The performances by Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall give the picture the dramatic heft it needs to tackle a narrative far beyond the purview of a standard sports flick 
3.5
The Damned United
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A very vivid affectionately prickly film 
3
The Damned United
Nick Schager
The parallel tracks structure smoothly reveals cause effect relationships even as it sometimes feels designed to gussy up the narrative s straightforward rise and fall arc 
2.5
The Damned United
Guy Dixon
Add an extra star rating for footie fans 
3
The Last Race
Mike McGranaghan
The Last Race feels like the work of someone who wanted to make a documentary but had no clue what story he wanted to tell 
2
The Last Race
Tomris Laffly
A gallery of vivid socially conscious photography The Last Race owes much of its artful strength to the filmmaker s resistance to being prescriptive about his unambiguous socio economic message 
3
The Last Race
Rafer Guzman
An unorthodox but often mesmerizing portrait of a gritty local institution 
3.5
The Last Race
Joey Magidson
Between his passion for the subject matter and novel use of sound there s some strong technical prowess on display from Dweck 
3
The Last Race
Roger Moore
Wry nostalgic look at the last stock car race track on Long Island and the colorful folks who race there 
3
The Last Race
Sean P. Means
Photographer Michael Dweck captures a vanishing piece of Americana 
3.5
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A simple animated fable for children that if you think about it turns out to be a provocative allegory about the exercise of power 
2
Cielo
Clayton Dillard
Alison McAlpine s documentary lacks urgency beyond its persistent pondering of the sky s eternal mysteries 
2.5
Cielo
Brad Wheeler
McAlpine s work is subtle and sublime its queries more like answers 
3
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Mattie Lucas
An irresistible and endearing adventure that is pure escapism a rare type of cinema magic that is as transporting as it is captivating 
3.5
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Scott Nash
Surreal and very silly 
3.5
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Rob Thomas
There s a strange almost perverse lesson here about a well lived life how Allan manages to move through life without regret or fear He s crossed every item off his bucket list and then blown up the bucket 
3
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Loren King
It s never explained what Allan s mental state is other than lovable geriatric rascal itis an irritating trope that hardly constitutes a certifiable condition 
2
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
John Serba
Superficially colorful but a dark comedy at heart 
3
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Steven Rea
This peripatetic farce practically propels itself 
3
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Joe Williams
It seems destined for a Hollywood remake which is likely to be more polished but not nearly as weirdly charming 
2.5
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Ann Hornaday
Herngren s hyper plotty story goes from testing credulity to utterly insulting it as incident piles on to incident in an ever escalating cascade of you won t believe what happens nexts 
2
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
John Anderson
Eccentric wry and highly entertaining 
3.5
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
David Lewis
Perhaps most of the humor just doesn t translate the film was a smash hit in Sweden Whatever the case the script needed to mine more comedy from the characters not the clownish plot machinations 
2
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Glenn Kenny
This movie as it happens is a comedy but it s a frequently grisly one and one that makes rollicking fun of a lot of dark Swedish preoccupations 
2.5
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Chris Knight
The 100 Year Old Man is like the box of chocolates you ve had and enjoyed once before You do know exactly what you re going to get but that doesn t make it any less tasty 
3
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Linda Barnard
Aiming for charm but too often settling for slapstick 
2
Humpday
Josh Larsen
gives us a real feel for a friendship its insecurities and the competition that results especially in one of cinema s most amusingly pathetic games of pickup basketball 
3
Humpday
Wesley Lovell
Some nice performances highlight a strangely paced exploration of the male identity and its inability to cope with unique situations 
3
Humpday
David Nusair
a compelling and thoroughly original modern comedy 
2.5
Humpday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shelton s low fi treatment helps soften it but too many overcooked moments still seep through 
2.5
Humpday
Rob Thomas
In its unassuming offhand way Humpday gets the details of male friendship uncomfortably right the self denials the macho bluster the constant comparisons about where that guy s at in life versus me 
3.5
Humpday
John Beifuss
Mumblecore meets screwball in Humpday an audacious character comedy that squeezes so much humor and pertinence out of its low budget and high concept that even the audience feels the pinch 
4
Humpday
Sonny Bunch
Humpday is the reductio ad absurdum of the recent spate of bromance movies It dares to ask what happens when a bromance evolves into a straight up romance 
2.5
Humpday
Lisa Kennedy
Getting to the showdown is a fine and funny journey 
3
Humpday
Jeff Vice
There s something surprisingly perceptive about the way the film looks at male relationships and friendships 
3
Humpday
Austin Kennedy
One thing usually that stands out in independent films is the amateurish acting but that s not the case here Every performance is right on the money and feels 100 natural 
3.5
Humpday
Joe Williams
Humpday is something surprising a sharply observed slice of life an entertaining example of the microbudget genre called mumblecore 
3
Humpday
Amy Biancolli
Humpday succeeds by grounding its risqué premise in the awkwardness and humor of real people trying their damnedest to communicate A lot 
4
Humpday
Chris Hewitt
Unfortunately Humpday is held back by the blandness of both Ben and Andrew Their friendship which is supposed to be along the lines of the uneasy bond in the terrific Old Joy never comes into focus in their dull rambling scenes together 
1.5
Humpday
Brett Michel
There s more believable raw humanity here than in Michael Bay s entire oeuvre 
2.5
Humpday
Michael Sragow
A pleasurable clash goes on in your head between your belief in the moment to moment sincerity of these two guys and your disbelief that they could ever go through with their plan 
3.5
Humpday
Carrie Rickey
While at times the improvisational dialogue sounds like audio filler the three leads are poignant and perceptive Likewise Shelton s film considerably more complex than those bros will be bros comedies of male bonding 
3
Humpday
Rene Rodriguez
With astute and subtle precision director Shelton burrows deeply inside the psyches of her characters who do not want to admit that they ve changed considerably since they last saw each other a decade before 
3
Humpday
Peter Howell
A startlingly good comedy that makes Brüno seem barely daring 
3.5
Humpday
Jennie Punter
Evolves so naturally it never feels outrageous 
3
Humpday
Ty Burr
Humpday just wrings every uncomfortable laugh from its premise then shudders to a halt cut end credits 
2.5
Humpday
Roger Ebert
Humpday is funny yes but also observant and thought provoking 
3.5
Humpday
Robert Levin
Transforms a thoroughly outrageous premise into a thoughtful study of the burdens of 21st century masculinity 
3
Humpday
Kyle Smith
Few kinds of art are more boring than the insistently transgressive and few movies are more boring than Humpday 
1
Humpday
Moira MacDonald
Humpday surprises us from beginning to end It s a fresh take on the familiar topic of friendship and a wise one 
3
Humpday
Sara Michelle Fetters
Delmore owns this scene her transformation from perky good natured housewife to a ball of twisted heartbreakingly confused fury spectacular in both its believability and apparent effortlessness 
3
Humpday
Dustin Putman
A warm and usually winning shoestring budgeted effort that proves money does not equate to real talent 
2.5
Humpday
Kam Williams
A homo erotic adventure which gives bosom buddies a whole new meaning 
2.5
Humpday
Bill Weber
The problem is not the farfetched contrivance of Humpday but how unmoored it seems from anything but self satisfied cuteness 
2
Humpday
Erik Childress
Humpday uses it absurd premise for maximum comic discomfort and its this approach that should have audiences unable to look away unless they are doubled over in laughter 
3.5
A Reasonable Man
Steve Rhodes
The beauty of the script which mixes in large doses of witchdoctors and rural superstitions is that it is always genuine and plausible 
3
Lamb
Peter Canavese
A slow burning Icelandic supernatural horror movie that s beautifully directed and patiently crafted but crash lands at the end 
2.5
Lamb
Steven Prokopy
I cannot wait to see what filmmaker Jóhannsson brings us next he s a gifted storyteller 
3.5
Lamb
Sean P. Means
There s an austere beauty in this place and that beauty helps Rapace the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Guðnason bring the humanity to this surreal scenario 
3.5
Lamb
Linda Cook
Art film aficionados will appreciate the haunting Lamb 
4
Lamb
Tom Meek
It s a deeply moody piece driven by the pall of melancholy and gorgeous photograph of the stunning vast Icelandic green lands 
2.5
Lamb
Sara Michelle Fetters
Does it work Not entirely but Jóhannsson doesn t let that stop him from grabbing the jugular and refusing to let go until the viewer is almost entirely out of breath 
3
Lamb
Rene Sanchez
An introspective and mystifying family drama soaked in folklore and biblical references Full Review in Spanish 
3
Lamb
Matthew Passantino
There s a cult audience waiting in the wings to discover Valdimar Jóhannsson s Lamb and a mainstream horror audience that will leave the theater demanding their money back 
2
Lamb
James Berardinelli
Lamb is at its most successful when seen as a slice of mythology or a dark warped modern day fable 
3
Lamb
Josh Larsen
proceeds with a slowly very slowly building dread that stifles any laughter 
3.5
Lamb
Sonny Bunch
The ending of Lamb didn t really land for me and that failure to bring it all home in a satisfying way undercuts the rest of the picture s great beauty 
2
Lamb
Leo Brady
There s a lot to process with debates about what parenting should look like how to keep a happy marriage and how Noomi Rapace reminds the audience that she s one of the best actors today 
3.5
Lamb
Tomris Laffly
Lamb leaves a unique enough aftertaste for one to crave more of the same distinctive weirdness from Jóhannsson in the future 
2.5
Lamb
Mark Dujsik
H ow it s told is a joke and why it s being told remains a mystery 
1.5
Lamb
Joe Friar
Noomi has a little lamb whose fleece is not white as snow in the horror fantasy from writer director Valdimar Jóhannsson A rousing debut and one of 2021 s best films 
4
Lamb
Jeff Mitchell
Challenging circumstances flock to this intriguing character study Warning The trailer gives too much away Ugh 
3
Lamb
Michael O'Sullivan
Johannsson has a way of imbuing everything animate and inanimate even an empty doorway with a kind of living breathing spirit 
3
Lamb
Randy Myers
Lamb is visually striking and moody a well made curiosity that you ll ponder days after you see it and wonder what the hell it means and why it affected you so 
3
Lamb
Michael Phillips
I was relieved to see how shrewdly Lamb tightens the screws without getting cheap or going for the throat even when the story darkens 
3.5
Lamb
Roger Moore
A chiller you appreciate more than embrace ponder more than wholly understand 
2.5
Lamb
Mick LaSalle
Lamb is too vivid and original to forget 
2.5
Lamb
Keith Watson
Though eerie and quietly deadpan the film circles its grab bag of themes for so long that it also becomes tedious 
2
The Agronomist
Duane Dudek
A compassionate and powerful tribute to a crusader doing battle with no weapon other than his microphone and a thirst for truth 
3
The Agronomist
Phil Villarreal
His story makes us feel for the Haitian people and appreciate the glorious right of a free press 
3
The Agronomist
Jeff Vice
The mark of an effective documentary feature is its ability to work on more than one level And by those standards at least The Agronomist is very effective 
3
The Agronomist
Sean P. Means
Demme captures Dominique s energy and hunger for human rights sometimes by doing nothing more than locking down the camera and letting the guy talk 
3
The Agronomist
Chris Hewitt
Intelligent stodgy and predictable 
2
The Agronomist
Ted Fry
With Haiti again in the news The Agronomist is an apt history lesson about its political turmoil and a powerful testimonial about patriotism in the face of oppression 
3
The Agronomist
Rick Groen
Not an extraordinary portrait but it does portray an extraordinary man 
2.5
The Agronomist
Walter Chaw
Freedom to hope that one person convicted and articulate can still make a difference 
3.5
The Agronomist
Roger Ebert
We watch Dominique use humor and cynicism as well as anger and we understand he is not a zealot but simply a reasonable man saying reasonable things in an unreasonable country 
3.5
The Agronomist
Michael Wilmington
A labor of love in the best sense both a ferocious indictment of the corrupt dictatorships that have subjugated Haiti for decades sometimes with American support and a stirring salute to a fallen comrade Dominique 
3.5
The Agronomist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Agronomist has unexpectedly turned out to be a much more compelling and urgent film than anything else Demme has done 
3.5
The Agronomist
Jonathan Curiel
What comes through more than anything is Dominique s resolve and the ways that Haitian leaders tried to stop him 
3
The Agronomist
Marta Barber
Reminds us of previous events in the country s history as told by a Haitian who impresses us as someone honestly looking for nothing more than peace 
3.5
The Agronomist
Ty Burr
The film crackles with Dominique s voice and personality but not unfortunately his ideas 
3
The Agronomist
James Verniere
Listening to Dominique and his worshipful wife bloviate for about an hour and a half is not my idea of scintillating cinema 
2.5
The Agronomist
Laura Kelly
Jean Dominique was a man worth remembering and Demme does him justice 
3.5
The Agronomist
Jules Brenner
An illuminating portrait of the courage that is as much a part of this Haitian broadcaster for human rights and democracy as vanity pride and almost fanatical fearlessness 
4
The Agronomist
Jeanne Aufmuth
An uncompromising glimpse into a life and a land waging a two hundred year battle for peace 
3
The Agronomist
John Anderson
A film guaranteed to promote righteous indignation sadness and guilt as it makes the case that the intertwined history of the United States and Haiti is one of almost unutterable shame 
3
The Agronomist
Rob Lowman
A powerful look at two tragedies the death of a courageous and inspirational man and the unfortunate land that he loved 
3
The Agronomist
Lou Lumenick
Uses archival footage and music to tell a moving story that s all too common in the Third World 
3
The Agronomist
David Sterritt
Watching Demme s documentary is both a crash course in the nation s tumultuous past and a provocative visit with one of its most colorful citizens 
3
The Agronomist
Keith Uhlich
As if in answer to Haiti s continuing cycle of violence Jonathan Demme proposes through Jean Dominique a new cycle of hope 
3.5
Better Living Through Circuitry
Michael Dequina
All the individual pieces assemble into a piercing look at the music and the rave 
3
Military Intelligence and You!
Ty Burr
It s a great idea for 20 minutes Unfortunately the movie s 78 minutes long 
1.5
Military Intelligence and You!
Tom Keogh
An ingenious satire that could easily tip toward self congratulation yet never does 
3
Military Intelligence and You!
Mick LaSalle
We get the idea we may even agree with it Just don t make us sit through 78 minutes of empty cleverness 
1
Military Intelligence and You!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even at a brief 78 minutes the jokes are too few too repetitive and too obvious to really make this worthwhile 
2
Military Intelligence and You!
Bob Strauss
This gets old in about 10 minutes but the movie strikes the same comic note for another hour 
2
Military Intelligence and You!
Steve Rhodes
If you think all wars are a joke and if we d just turn the other cheek the world would leave us alone then this is just the comedy for you 
2
When Do We Eat?
Jordan Hiller
even with all the strange impractical goings on as with all in this recent string of popular entertainment culled from authentic orthodoxy there are moments of sheer breathtaking joy that elevate the spirit of a Jew by speaking to their core 
2
When Do We Eat?
Geoff Pevere
Litvak s movie almost immediately barges across the line separating the comically absurd from the outright obnoxious 
2
When Do We Eat?
Jason Anderson
Manages to be broad mawkish and mean spirited all at once 
1.5
When Do We Eat?
Claudia Puig
A haunting and disturbing film 
3
When Do We Eat?
Bruce Westbrook
Its strong cast is loud and lively and the bickering banter has snap and drive 
3
When Do We Eat?
Terry Lawson
Crass chaotic comedy 
1
When Do We Eat?
Wesley Morris
The movie s most distinctive feature is its cast which has the fake lived in comfort of a TV clan 
2.5
When Do We Eat?
Jessica Reaves
Watching this movie is kind of like being sprayed with emotional vomit 
2
When Do We Eat?
Maitland McDonagh
Though the script never rises above sitcom style one liners and sight gags strong performances invest both the jokes and the syrupy moments of forgiveness and reconciliation with no small measure of yes heart 
2.5
When Do We Eat?
Timothy Knight
While it does have some sweet moments and a handful of zingy one liners the film all too often resembles a trite dinner theater play that s been minimally opened up for the screen 
2
When Do We Eat?
Lisa Rose
When Do We Eat is as imperfect as the Stuckmans Seder yet it has some decent punchlines a strong cast and a good heart 
2.5
When Do We Eat?
Lou Lumenick
Cliches and loud stereotypes as fresh as year old matzoh infest When Do We Eat a farce about a wildly dysfunctional Los Angeles family s disastrous Passover Seder 
2
When Do We Eat?
Bob Strauss
When Do We Eat is about as funny emotionally satisfying and even spiritually significant as this type of thing gets 
3
When Do We Eat?
Dan Fienberg
When Do We Eat isn t a great film or necessarily a particularly good one but it s a worthy attempt at making an entertaining movie about faith 
2.5
When Do We Eat?
Phoebe Flowers
When Do We Eat takes place before during and after a Passover Seder But you don t have to be Jewish to savor this light and enjoyable comedy 
2.5
When Do We Eat?
Nick Schager
Making The Family Stone s shenanigans and schmaltz seem downright sophisticated by comparison Salvador Litvak s Passover themed film gives Jews an insufferable holiday family comedy to call their own 
1
Project A
Chris Hicks
This one has even less use for plot than Armour of God and displays much more intricately choreographed slapstick demonstrating that Chan sees himself as much a physical comedian as a martial arts action star 
3
The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down
Wesley Morris
A funnier than expected thrillingly accurate assessment of what makes a night out in Los Angeles such a nightmare 
3
Monday at 11:01 A.M.
Dann Gire
Can charitably be called a promising student movie a thriller lacking nuance and suspense a teasing tale with a long long fuse and an underwhelming explanatory explosion for its finale 
1.5
Monday at 11:01 A.M.
Michael O'Sullivan
Monday at 11 01 a m would probably work well as a half hour television episode or a short story 
1.5
Fear(s) of the Dark
Mattie Lucas
Taps into something primal in human nature something that makes the hair on the back of the neck stand up and shivers run down the spine 
3
Fear(s) of the Dark
David Nusair
An ambitious failure 46 46 46 
2
Fear(s) of the Dark
Jason Anderson
This French made chiller proves just how scary a pitch black theatre can be 
3
Fear(s) of the Dark
Rob Thomas
The influences shown by its group of American and European artists are Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock rather than George A Romero and Stephen King getting chills not out of what we re shown but what we imagine lurks in the darkness of the gorgeou
3
Fear(s) of the Dark
Loey Lockerby
They all visualize the fears that haunt our dreams but only McGuire brings them to full unnerving life 
2.5
Fear(s) of the Dark
Steven Rea
Brilliantly creepy 
3.5
Fear(s) of the Dark
Mark Rahner
Maybe different things scare the French But I ll give them this Prattling monologues can be unsettling 
2
Fear(s) of the Dark
Reyhan Harmanci
Fear s of the Dark is a feast for the eyes even if it doesn t always get the pulse racing 
2
Fear(s) of the Dark
Bob Strauss
This may not be everyone s idea of either scary or great animation but it is a generally successful attempt to marry the two forms in a unique way 
3
Fear(s) of the Dark
Roger Ebert
Despite the title and the ads this is not really a horror movie but more of a demonstration of the skills of the animators The segments are like calling cards Younger horror movie fans will not much identify with it 
2.5
Fear(s) of the Dark
V.A. Musetto
There isn t a dud in the 10 shorts although some are more dud ish than others 
2.5
Fear(s) of the Dark
Kam Williams
An arresting array of chilling images worthwhile for the scary visual effects alone 
3.5
Fear(s) of the Dark
Jay Antani
a daring unusual Halloween treat
3
Fear(s) of the Dark
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is maybe something got lost in translation but by and large watching them play out in Persepolis like animation isn t even close to being scary 
2
Fear(s) of the Dark
Nick Schager
A collection of superbly wrought black and white animated vignettes 
3
Between Us
Roger Moore
The lack of big twists or even deeper dives into despair park this film in the area of cinematic comfort food But Entres Nos Between Us like the characters it portrays wins you over with its warmth its pluck and its optimism
2.5
Between Us
Kam Williams
A bittersweet saga chronicling both the rough lot of the recent immigrant and the indomitability of the human spirit 
4
I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine
David Nusair
A vast improvement over its bottom of the barrel immediate predecessor 
2
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
Rob Salem
Ecstasy is to ecstasy what Trainspotting was to heroin Different times different drugs but the Scotland set story of addiction and redemption is pretty much the same 
3
The Advent Calendar
David Nusair
a seemingly foolproof premise that s employed to disastrously underwhelming and uninvolving effect 
1
The Advent Calendar
Randy Myers
It won t be a holiday classic but it is a welcome addition to the holiday horror canon 
2.5
The Advent Calendar
Sara Michelle Fetters
Derouand is very good delivering a playfully multifaceted performance I was instantly drawn to 
3
The Advent Calendar
Peter Sobczynski
A competently executed but painfully familiar genre exercise 
2
The Advent Calendar
Roger Moore
The Advent Calendar is a creeper of a thriller It stalks you sidles up and immerses the viewer in its world and its mood 
2.5
The Good Son
David Nusair
46 46 46 sporadically watchable yet mostly 40 and curiously 41 inert 46 46 46 
2
The Good Son
Austin Kennedy
I guarantee you this would have been 100 more effective if Wood and Culkin switched roles
2
The Good Son
Roger Ebert
The movie is a creepy unpleasant experience made all the worse because it stars children too young to understand the horrible things we see them doing 
0.5
The Good Son
James Berardinelli
At best this film is strictly cable fare 
2
The Good Son
Jeff Vice
Culkin is never really very believable in his role though Wood does better lending depth to a sketchily written character 
2
Persons of Interest
Peter Travers
The callous inequity of what you see and hear will floor you It can t happen here But it did It does 
3
Persons of Interest
John Anderson
Powerful anger provoking documentary 
3
Persons of Interest
Lou Lumenick
Delves into one of the most chronically undercovered 9 11 stories the still unknown number of U S citizens and foreign nationals detained without trial in the wake of the attacks 
2.5
Persons of Interest
David Sterritt
Not a great movie but a valuable and revealing document 
4
Persons of Interest
Joshua Tanzer
Persons of Interest is not bold or especially creative filmmaking It s a document plain and simple and an important one 
3
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
David Nusair
A typically low rent direct to video Disney sequel 
2
Stalker
Roger Moore
quot A ridiculously chatty bore of a thriller 44 a stunning waste of viewing time quot 
1
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
David Nusair
tedious 
2
Fluke
Mike Clark
As if banal platitudes about work vs family aren t insufferable enough there s a kicker gag involving Jackson that ll even have Mister Rogers begging for Pulp Fiction II 
1
The Cousins
Eric Melin
Les Cousins seems to hold contempt for almost every person it characterizes Although the characterizations are right on some of the movie relies too much on melodrama and easy plot devices 
3
The Cousins
James Kendrick
too programmed too deterministic and ultimately too cynical
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Matt Brunson
Like The Gunfighter and Winchester 73 3 10 to Yuma is one of those defining 50s Westerns that is well known by film buffs but has never reached the familiarity level of a High Noon or Shane 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Peter Canavese
Distinguished by its thoughtfulness regarding the nature of Western heroism as defined not only by dead eye gunplay but by family community and moral rectitude Criterion Blu ray 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Bruce Dancis
The new 3 10 to Yuma will have to be quite a film to stand up to the original 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Fernando F. Croce
A sturdy genre piece 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Jeffrey M. Anderson
During the 1950s the Western grew a conscience 
3
Atlantic City
James Kendrick
Lancaster brings to the role a great endearing physicality a sense of presence that is convincing in its character created self delusion 
3.5
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Matt Brunson
Alastair Sim is amusing as the eternally anxious headmistress 
3
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Roger Moore
The third act is a near riot of action climaxing with a restaging of the Zulu Wars in the crowded halls of a tumbledown manor house turned boarding school for girls 
2.5
The Last of Sheila
Matt Brunson
Intricately scripted Heck even the title plays into the big reveal 
3.5
The Last of Sheila
David Nusair
The Last of Sheila possesses few if any attributes designed to capture and sustain the viewer s interest 
.5
The Last of Sheila
Roger Ebert
A devilishly complicated thriller of superior class 
3.5
Priceless
Roger Moore
The film just drags content to stare longingly at Smallbone s chiseled good looks and perfectly trimmed stubble 
1.5
Priceless
Susan Wloszczyna
What should be a lean and taut thriller based on true stories is about as exciting as watching wet socks bounce around in the dryer 
1.5
Adrift
Jason Fraley
The longer we re at sea we the audience begin to drift craving the danger of Open Water or the imagination of Life of Pi 
2.5
Adrift
Matt Brunson
If it s not quite as exciting as watching Blake Lively square off against a particularly pesky shark in The Shallows from two summers ago there s still enough of interest to keep the new nautical drama Adrift afloat 
2.5
Adrift
Mattie Lucas
The entire thing is based on a deeply dishonest premise 
2
Adrift
John Hanlon
The romantic elements work well enough but some of the emotional moments ring false 
2.5
ABCD
Carrie Rickey
An involving study of sibling and interpersonal relationships 
3
ABCD
Jonathan Foreman
Compassionate funny and honest 
2.5
ABCD
Harvey S. Karten
The plight of culturally displaced Americans is given sensitive humorous treatment in what could be the first film to treat the East Indian experience in America 
3.5
Peaceful Warrior
David Nusair
surprisingly inventive 
2.5
Peaceful Warrior
Linda Cook
This is an average movie that s chock full of New Age y self help And not much else 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Robert W. Butler
Warrior is a good looking film that feels more like an allegory about the power of positive thinking than a drama 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Sean O'Connell
Only in filmmaker Victor Salva s world are impossibly chiseled Abercrombie ready gymnasts worshipped by their peers on college campuses and in adjoining dive bars 
1
Peaceful Warrior
Mack Bates
Works overtime to inspire audiences but relies way too much on pop mysticism and half baked artifice to make its point stick 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Ross Anthony
Admittedly I suspected it might be kind of cheesy but the film is directed with great grace and care And the acting is solid It s a beautiful film see it 
3.5
Peaceful Warrior
John Monaghan
A movie about spiritual awakening that plays like a spliced together string of New Age fortune cookie messages 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Jeff Vice
The kind of metaphysical nonsense that gives New Age a bad name 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Geoff Pevere
You re in the moment all right experiencing every passing minute ticking off in slow motion until the blasted thing comes to a merciful end 
1.5
Peaceful Warrior
Connie Ogle
Full of cheap fortune cookie wisdom and noodly inspirational advice 
1
Peaceful Warrior
Liam Lacey
For a story that is supposed to be about gymnastics and Eastern philosophy The Peaceful Warrior is as riddled with homo eroticism as Robert Smigel s Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoons on Saturday Night Live 
1.5
Peaceful Warrior
Ty Burr
It has deep things to say and a hilariously ponderous way of saying them 
1.5
Peaceful Warrior
Thomas Delapa
In a Hollywood of leading boy men Nolte s commanding performance is a throwback to a time when movie virility wasn t an anomaly 
2.5
Peaceful Warrior
Roger Ebert
The story arc of Peaceful Warrior is so familiar that in addition to being inspired by fact it is inspired by at least two thirds of all the sports movies ever made 
2.5
Peaceful Warrior
Chris Hewitt
A screwy mash up of The Karate Kid The Celestine Prophecy and an Abercrombie Fitch catalog 
1
Peaceful Warrior
Michael Phillips
Peaceful Warrior which is basically The Karate Kid with a bigger kid and a bigger mentor represents a journey of predictability rather than a destination worth the trouble 
1.5
Peaceful Warrior
Matt Pais
Even actual therapy wouldn t be this monotonous 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Phil Villarreal
Ever elusive it always keeps you off balance enough to make you want to see more 
3.5
Peaceful Warrior
Ed Gonzalez
Jeepers creepers Victor Salva is at it again His new film is ostensibly inspired by true events but whose events exactly 
1
Peaceful Warrior
Randy Myers
This wake up and smell the roses philosophy is sweet but in Warrior it comes across as trite and manipulative 
1.5
Peaceful Warrior
Claudia Puig
Based on the story by gymnast Dan Millman the movie tries to be inspirational and profound but much of the dialogue sounds like it came out of a fortune cookie 
1.5
Peaceful Warrior
David Elliott
A gift box filming of former gymnastics star Dan Millman s uplift book Peaceful Warrior stars appealing Scott Mechlowicz like a more ripped Tony Perkins as Millman finding his way to glory after a drastic injury 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Maitland McDonagh
A textbook example of how not to visualize spiritual principles of the be here now variety 
2.5
Peaceful Warrior
Ruthe Stein
The film is better than it has any right to be considering the prosaic source 
2
Peaceful Warrior
Timothy Knight
Peaceful Warrior begins promisingly with welcome doses of quirky humor holding the syrupy bathos at bay yet it ultimately becomes just another average inspirational sports themed flick albeit with an overlay of New Age philosophizing 
2.5
Peaceful Warrior
Bob Strauss
It may often seem like an extra pretentious Karate Kid for grown ups but Warrior s soul lessons go much deeper to universally vital places 
3
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Peter Travers
Shoot me now 
1
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hopelessly underwhelming comedy 46 46 46 
1.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kam Williams
About ten times funnier than the similarly themed Observe Report though this silly slapstick adventure is aimed more at kids than adults 
3
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Sean McBride
to my surprise once the action part of the story kicked in Paul Blart Mall Cop transformed into a rather enjoyable comic adventure 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
James Kendrick
a good natured but awkward and often unfunny comedy that bounces from sad sack pathos to slapstick action parody
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Mike McGranaghan
Thanks to Kevin James earnest portrayal of an earnest guy I was won over by the film s goofy charms 
3
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Linda Cook
I really really like Kevin James But this is disappointing 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Michael Smith
James takes a Segway a cheesy mustache and the comic idea of Die Hard in a mall and bumbles his way to a lightweight but frequently funny film for the whole family 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Peter Canavese
The hero is named for a disgusting bodily function that s hardly PG material but the movie itself seems to be aimed at grade schoolers 
1
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Bob Bloom
The film s drawback seems to be Kevin James indecision on a tone as well as how to present Blart 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Perry Seibert
The road from TV star to movie leading man is loaded with ill conceived films 
1
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Claudia Puig
The last name Blart may be the funniest thing in the movie so that s a hint as to just how bad this shopping center saga can be 
1.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Peter Howell
It s surprisingly okay in a January kind of way 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Chris Hewitt
Paul Blart Mall Cop is like the many variations on tuna surprise that show up at potlucks generic but with a little something added to differentiate it 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Moira MacDonald
It s just not particularly funny That Segway alas only goes so far 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Peter Hartlaub
I suppose the food equivalent would be that nacho cheese that comes in a can with little chunks of jalapeo mixed in 
1
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
James Berardinelli
It s a juvenile motion picture designed primarily for a juvenile audience But there s a little more here than one might reasonably expect 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kyle Smith
Laughs occasionally ensue 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Robert W. Butler
Paul Blart Mall Cop is so inconsequential you forget about it even before the movie is over 
1.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Jennie Punter
James at his best when he lets loose plays his character a little too straight and so loses some of the movie s comic potential 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Jeff Vice
This comedy from Adam Sandler s Happy Madison production company takes itself too seriously for its own good 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Lisa Kennedy
Surprisingly winning 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Sara Michelle Fetters
Working from a script co written by James the film feels like a Die Hard parody that s at least a decade too late It s sophomoric and rudimentary the whole thing offering so few laughs I almost fell asleep in the theater while watching it 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Wesley Morris
It s unlikely that even WALL E could bring himself to scoop up this movie and leave it on his post apocalyptic junk heap 
0.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Chris Kaltenbach
You might chuckle occasionally as the film drones on to a close but mostly you ll be wondering when it will all end 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Phil Villarreal
Producer Adam Sandler must have though so little of the film that he didn t even see it fit for a Rob Schneider cameo 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Daniel M. Kimmel
a silly film that exists primarily as a vehicle for James this marks the emergence of a comedy star who may get to fulfill the promise he shows here in films to come 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Michael Dequina
Never delivers the big laughs this star in this promising premise really should 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Dustin Putman
Boring and predictable in both its narrative and its aesthetics Paul Blart Mall Cop is dumbed down low rent slapstick with stereotypes galore and a violent undercurrent that doesn t sit well 
1.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Willie Waffle
It s Die Hard meets Home Alone on a segway Except Kevin James is not as cute as Macaulay Culkin and not as tough as Bruce Willis 
1
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Daniel Getahun
A senseless Hollywood comedy 
1.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Sue Pierman
Co produced by Adam Sandler Mall Cop has an innate sweetness that s reminiscent of Sandler s 1998 romantic comedy The Wedding Singer although the laughs don t quite reach those levels 
2.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Carrie Rickey
The film is completely forgettable frequently funny and weirdly satisfying in a Jersey Loser Gets Respect kind of way 
2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Roger Ebert
Paul Blart Mall Cop is a slapstick comedy with a hero who is a nice guy I thought that wasn t allowed anymore 
3
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Ed Gonzalez
The shot of Blart quietly crawling into a hostage situation inside the mall s bank and walking through a roped line is a moment of absurd grace only it s shot with the vulgarity of a Crash Test Dummies commercial 
1.5
Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
Chris Alexander
Scooby Doo and KISS Rock and Roll Mystery is a great light fantasy for little kids and the perfect companion to improvement upon KISS Meets the Phantom 
4
Jaan E Mann
Michael Dequina
Leave it to the ever grating Salman Khan to render anyone s efforts moot 
2.5
Jaan E Mann
Maitland McDonagh
The film s transition from sight gags to tear stained family drama is especially abrupt and most of the musical sequences are undistinguished 
2
Jaan E Mann
V.A. Musetto
We keep waiting for one of those outlandish musical treats to bring some life to the clichd script Kunder throws in a few breaks but they re tepid and brief 
1
Jaan E Mann
John Anderson
Why every New Yorker has a British accent is a mystery but the musical number built around Piya and Agastya s engagement is worth its weight in rupees 
3.5
The Climb
Roger Moore
Cutesie but not every movie about Everest has to end with Josh Brolin s frozen corpse stuck on the North Face 
2
The Bare Necessity
Roger Moore
The ingredients are here for something silly and droll a French Wes Anderson comedy or David O Russell satire 
2
Hester Street
Matt Brunson
As forceful in its feminist ideals as it is in its championing of Jewish identity and heritage 
3
The Next Big Thing
Walter Chaw
Irritatingly cutesy and self satisfied on top of it all making the picture something of an endurance test besides being a misfire 
1
The Next Big Thing
Harvey S. Karten
A clever amusing parody of the New York art scene that s about something much bigger 
3
Batman Year One
Brian Eggert
I was impressed by its devotion to the source material 46 
3
Batman Year One
Mike McGranaghan
Batman Year One adapts Frank Miller s tale with excellent animation and first rate voice work from a talented cast finding a nice balance between human moments and exciting action sequences 
3
Deadly Games
Matt Brunson
Aside from the eclecticism of the cast and a really cool board game created for the film alas shown throughout there s nothing of value here 
1
Striptease
Gene Siskel
The Striptease script is at a loss for any kind of drama between Moore s dances Not for a second do we care about her as a mother wife or working woman 
1
Striptease
Jeff Shannon
Bergman who made The Freshman and Honeymoon in Vegas provides quotable one liners for everyone especially Rhames and a bevy of strippers lend colorful albeit stereotypically ditzy support 
2.5
Striptease
Desmond Ryan
Men will doubtless be lured to Striptease by Moore s beautifully sculpted body But it s the heart she puts into Erin that gives this more erratic than erotic picture the centering presence it needs 
2.5
Striptease
Mark Caro
The result is a perversely odd concoction a comedy that has fun with everything but stripping which post Showgirls would seem to wear the biggest bull s eye 
2
Striptease
Dennis King
For all its matter of fact nudity and wealth of silicon heavy exotic dancers the film lacks any palpable sense of eroticism 
2
Striptease
Chris Kridler
Although the movie is a bit too long oddball humor and a likable cast keep it entertaining 
2.5
Striptease
Gary Thompson
Kinda made me homesick for Showgirls 
2
Striptease
Dan Webster
Moore doesn t realize that she s supposed to be making a dark comedy instead she seems to be auditioning for the role of Mrs Cleaver 
2
Striptease
David Sterritt
Andrew Bergman s comedy is aggressively vulgar every chance it gets and surprisingly violent to boot 
1
Striptease
Michael Dequina
Comedy thriller drama T A flick you make the choice because writer director Andrew Bergman sure didn t 
0
Striptease
Leonard Schwarz
For the record Moore looks terrific But there is not a single erotic moment in the film nor an entertainingly trashy scene 
1.5
Striptease
Mick LaSalle
We can render a verdict on the movie now It s an interesting misfire 
2
Striptease
Madeleine Williams
This incomplete stripper comedy doesn t have the goods 
1.5
Striptease
Barbara Shulgasser
Although director Andrew Bergman s script based on the book by Carl Hiaasen has a few funny lines this is otherwise one of the dumbest movies I ve ever seen 
1
Striptease
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately Striptease s satirical bent while aimed not only at the sexist attitudes of those who patronize topless joints but at politicians right wing religious fanatics and lawyers is unfocused and lacks the requisite viciousness 
2
Striptease
Steve Rhodes
It is so bad that one begins to think it must be a parody of something but what 
0.5
Striptease
Rob Blackwelder
Let me be blunt In three days of thinking I cannot remember a movie worse than Striptease 
0
Striptease
David N. Butterworth
Demi Moore is proud of her body and in her latest movie Striptease it shows 
1.5
Striptease
Roger Ebert
Certainly the director Andrew Bergman is capable of making a satirical laugh fest But the problem is with Erin Grant who interrupts the comic rhythm with her underlying seriousness 
2
Striptease
Susan Wloszczyna
Moore s body is in better shape than her acting 
2
Grandma
Erik Anderson
At a brisk 80 minutes Grandma doesn t waste a moment in devotion to Tomlin s bravura performance 
3.5
Grandma
Pamela Powell
Grandma tackles social issues with utter frankness humor and intelligence 
4
Grandma
David N. Butterworth
Lily Tomlin and her female counterparts excel in this drama comedy road movie hybrid a warm small film not earth shattering but genuine 
3
Grandma
Max Weiss
The best thing about Grandma other than Tomlin s furious and funny performance is that Elle never gets too cuddly 
2.5
Grandma
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Lily Tomlin is excellent as Elle Full Review in spanish 
3.5
Grandma
Josh Larsen
Tomlin is undone by much of the dialogue even when you get a sense she s putting her own brash spin on it 
1.5
Grandma
Lou Lumenick
With not a wasted frame in its taut 80 minutes this is deserving of your attention as one of the year s best movies even if it s being released in the middle of August 
4
Grandma
Chris Knight
Grandma has no right being as effective emotional and enjoyable as it is But sometimes simple is good 
3.5
Grandma
Simon Houpt
Writer director Paul Weitz turns in a generous handcrafted piece in which everyone shines 
3
Grandma
Lawrence Toppman
The temptation to soften Grandma to sentimentalize her character or sweeten her encounters with people she has cast aside over a long life must have been almost irresistible Luckily writer director Paul Weitz resisted it 
3
Grandma
Bruce DeMara
Both funny and unexpectedly moving 
3
Grandma
John Serba
Tomlin s versatility rarely has been nurtured so well and she s a joy to watch whether she s big and loud or silent and poignant 
3.5
Grandma
John Wirt
Lily Tomlin s performance as the rascally old Elle belongs on short lists for 2015 acting awards 
3
Grandma
Scott Renshaw
It s a mellow journey backed by an acoustic guitar soundtrack never building any emotional response stronger than the warm fuzzies 
2.5
Grandma
Rob Thomas
Weitz isn t aiming for sweeping profundity instead making a character study that s small sour and sweet like one of those hard candies your grandma had in a bowl by the front door 
3
Grandma
Moira MacDonald
Short tart yet unexpectedly sweet Paul Weitz s Grandma is a small scale character study and because that character is played by the great Lily Tomlin it s mesmerizing right up until its final frame 
3.5
Grandma
Michael Smith
The ride is one worth taking to see Tomlin in her element 
3
Grandma
Bob Bloom
But Grandma belongs to Tomlin She gets under the skin of Elle creating a complex woman who has lived life on her own terms and is accepting the price she paid The role could earn Tomlin an Academy Award nomination 
4
Grandma
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is slight and at 75 minutes without end credits barely qualifies as a feature length film But Tomlin is a wonder the embodiment of a woman who isn t at all melancholy or remorseful as she slides into her golden years 
2.5
Grandma
Mark Dujsik
The film tells a simple story with a precise unflinching focus on its characters 
3
Grandma
Steven Rea
There are some terrifically strong scenes and terrific actors contributing to them 
3.5
Grandma
Ty Burr
It s predictable in many places and acerbic in others sentimental when you expect it and poignant when you don t But it stars Lily Tomlin and that s all you really need to know 
3
Grandma
Peter Canavese
Tailor made for the great Lily Tomlin Yeah the circumstances are contrived but easy enough to accept as long as they re forcing interesting dynamics into seriocomic confrontation 
3
Grandma
Leslie Katz
This is an entertaining affecting movie about mothers daughters lovers and the choices we make and how they shape us and others 
3
Grandma
Richard Roeper
This is Tomlin s first leading role in a film in 27 years and even though she is sharing the screen with multiple generations of fine actors nearly every moment in this movie is all hers 
3.5
Grandma
Dann Gire
A smart work where the jokes depend on truths not punchlines to work 
3.5
Grandma
Ann Hornaday
Lily Tomlin comedian activist national treasure and natural wonder deftly balances a dazzling star turn and deeply felt character study in Grandma 
3
Grandma
Michael Phillips
Weitz strips everything down for efficiency in Grandma The writing is relentlessly on point and often lacks breathing room but some films settle for being workable showcases for their interpreters 
3
Grandma
David Lewis
Weitz in a script clearly written for Tomlin has given her the best role of her career and she runs with it 
4
Grandma
Matt Pais
Elliott s compact impassioned work deserves praise and Tomlin s great too the entire movie 
3
Grandma
Jocelyn Noveck
Grandma is a brisk moving bittersweet film that displays the singular talents of Lily Tomlin especially her ability to fuse acerbic and cranky with empathic and sincere 
3
Grandma
Glenn Kenny
I walked into a screening of the film a mild skeptic and I left nearly in tears and grateful for where writer director Paul Weitz and a remarkable cast led by Lily Tomlin took me 
3.5
Grandma
Dan Schindel
the screenplay s comedic elements are serviceable at best 
2
Grandma
Peter Travers
The film is a scrappy delight that opens up feelings you can t laugh off Tomlin the sorceress leaves you dazzled and devastated 
3
Grandma
Stephen Rebello
The movie s ace in the hole is Tomlin for whom Weitz wrote the movie and she is quietly authoritatively and award worthy astonishing 
3.5
Grandma
R. Kurt Osenlund
Writer director Paul Weitz s proudly boisterous star vehicle for Lily Tomlin has about as many ambitions as it does delusions 
2
Grandma
Clayton Davis
Hands down front to back top to bottom this film excels and soars on the work of Academy Award nominated actress Lily Tomlin I can t recall a time when she s been more vulnerable available and prodigious as she demonstrates in Weitz s picture 
4
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Mark Rahner
To describe the film might imbue it with a coherence to which it doesn t aspire 
.5
Funky Forest: The First Contact
V.A. Musetto
Most of the sketches fall flat 
1.5
Caught by a Wave
Roger Moore
The leads are pretty and the locales romantic but the scenario is generic and the pacing funereal in this dry eyed weeper of rehab and regattas 
2
The Doorman
Maitland McDonagh
With such an unconvincing center all the air kissing and second hand glamour in the world can t make the film s mock doc conceit hold 
1.5
The Doorman
Ed Gonzalez
Jesus Bruno is so going to blow this guy out of the water 
1
The Doorman
Steve Rhodes
Wayne Price s hilarious The Doorman is pure Fabio does Borat 
3
Guest of Cindy Sherman
Mattie Lucas
A revealing look at the art culture at the end of the 20th century from a decidedly unorthodox and personal point of view 
3
Guest of Cindy Sherman
Douglas Britt
The film s restraint along with its openness to many points of view is not only admirable but makes for a more entertaining movie 
3.5
Guest of Cindy Sherman
Kenneth Baker
As soon as Guest of Cindy Sherman ended I wanted to see it again for its high entertainment value and to determine better what I had just witnessed 
4
Guest of Cindy Sherman
V.A. Musetto
Guest of Cindy Sherman would be fun to watch on public access some late night But as a big screen attraction it never measures up 
1
Guest of Cindy Sherman
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A latter day exemplar of the postmodern exercise wherein tangential characters become protagonists Guest of Cindy Sherman is a fascinatingly flawed and balloon headed study of an unlikely encounter with greatness 
2
The Return of the Vampire
Sara Michelle Fetters
But Legosi is the primary reason to give the film a look and his playfully lithe performance is an utter delight 
3
The Return of the Vampire
Matt Brunson
Lugosi s fine tackling a variation of his signature role even if he was already starting to look frail at this point in his career and the wartime setting adds some interesting elements 
2.5
Up Close & Personal
Wesley Lovell
It is an engaging 44 almost endearing 44 film with plenty of issues 44 but none of those problems generate any kind of animus 44 just a vague sense of disappointment that it wasn 8217 t ever so slightly better 46 
3
Up Close & Personal
Gene Siskel
Is it worse as a love story or as a drama about the sorry state of television news The answer It s a tie 
1
Up Close & Personal
Michael Dequina
There is no real sexual tension between Pfeiffer and Redford from the get go so when they finally do get together it feels forced ungenuine 
2
Up Close & Personal
Roger Ebert
The temptations are great to mock the cliches and melodrama in Up Close Personal but the movie undeniably works as what it really is a love story 
3
Up Close & Personal
Mike Clark
This is one of those untaxing time killers where you spend a lot of time pondering which of its actress s changing hairstyles you like best 
2.5
I Wish
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s that innocence which sooner or later must meet its match that makes I Wish such a delightfully entertaining film 
3.5
I Wish
Marty Mapes
A charming magical childhood film from Japan
3.5
I Wish
Joe Williams
Like a train I Wish is slow to build momentum then it carries us away in a wondrous rush 
3
I Wish
Moira MacDonald
You watch it remembering the days when you should have walked but simply had to run and when you believed that if you wished hard enough your dead pet just might come back again 
3.5
I Wish
Chris Hewitt
The lives of the children in I Wish seem to be expanding in front of our eyes as evidenced by their changing wishes which become bigger and more beautiful as their plan proceeds 
3.5
I Wish
Roger Ebert
The film is built around performances by two real life brothers who are as unaffected spirited and lovable as I can imagine and one of the pleasures of I Wish is simply spending time with them 
3.5
I Wish
Mark Jenkins
It s about the wonders of everyday life and of childhood imagination 
4
I Wish
Wesley Morris
The sort of small film of real consequence that as a kid I remember seeing and completely losing myself in That was my life 
3
I Wish
Steven Rea
A wistful heartbreaker from the Japanese master of quiet observation Hirokazu Kore eda 
3.5
I Wish
Gerald Peary
At its worst I Wish is static At its best it has the warmth and subtlety of classic Asian works by Edward Yang and Yasujiro Ozu 
3
I Wish
Kent Turner
Never for a moment did I think that the two boys at the heart of Hirokazu Kore eda s simply told and layered film I Wish were actors 
3
I Wish
Robert Levin
This powerful drama is set at that key moment in life when the realities of the adult world impinge on and irrevocably alter the optimism of youth 
3
I Wish
Michael Nordine
I Wish has a tough time balancing the heartfelt with the saccharine and too often feels slight 
2.5
Delivery by Christmas
Roger Moore
Some passages engage 44 and many more just stumble along 44 halting the film apos s flow as they needlessly and charmlessly delay this quot Delivery by Christmas 46 quot 
1.5
Say It Isn't So
Betsy Bozdech
A pointless gross out comedy with fewer real laughs than an episode of ER 
1
Say It Isn't So
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Farrelly brothers Bobby and Peter are beginning to make the same mistake that the Zucker brothers Jerry and David along with Jim Abrahams made which was to split up and take increasingly less responsibility for their films 
2
Say It Isn't So
David Nusair
There are few laughs to be had during the running time of Say It Isn t So 
1.5
Say It Isn't So
Margaret A. McGurk
Credit goes largely to the charm of Ms Graham and Mr Klein both of whom exude a natural sunny innocence that contrasts starkly with the naughty incest jokes swirling around them 
2.5
Say It Isn't So
Jeffrey Westhoff
The trash heap of There s Something About Mary ripoffs grows a little higher 
1
Say It Isn't So
Liam Lacey
This review is written in a state of posttraumatic shock 
0
Say It Isn't So
Mark Dujsik
I must have been gone when the memo about things like this being funny was passed out because in all honesty I never knew strokes were supposed to be funny 
1
Say It Isn't So
Ian Mantgani
You really know a film is dead in the water when it runs for 97 minutes and feels too long 
1
Say It Isn't So
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si piensan entrar a ver esta oda a la estulticia debern dejar su cerebro en la entrada 
1
Say It Isn't So
Michael Dequina
Yet another would be comedy that mistakes cheap shock value for hilarity 
1.5
Say It Isn't So
Dustin Putman
Had Say It Isn t So abandoned its lewd naughty roots and tried to just be a sweet romance it might have worked better 
2
Say It Isn't So
James Kendrick
most of their jokes are forced silly or just not funny
1.5
Say It Isn't So
Mike McGranaghan
As creepily funny as the premise is the execution leaves something to be desired 
2
Say It Isn't So
Mick LaSalle
Stroke jokes prosthesis jokes jokes about body hair and smells and jokes involving the private parts of cows can t keep this one afloat 
1
Say It Isn't So
James Berardinelli
Say It Isn t So is the kind of movie that makes Dumb Dumber and Kingpin a couple of early Farrelly Brothers movies I was not fond of seem like comedic triumphs 
1
Say It Isn't So
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t understand that embarrassment comes in a sudden painful flush of realization drag it out and it s not embarrassment anymore but public humiliation which is a different condition and not funny 
1
Say It Isn't So
Steve Rhodes
Although there are a few good laughs in it most of the film stays at the crudely unfunny level 
2
Say It Isn't So
Tor Thorsen
Although sharply funny in parts it follows Mary s blueprint without variation 
2
Say It Isn't So
Erik Childress
If this film was coated in crap dragged through the Hudson river and then wrapped in the resume of Freddie Prinze Jr it couldn t possibly stink any worse 
1
Say It Isn't So
Rob Blackwelder
Most of the jokes here are such duds that you can see the actors stretching for the laugh 
2
Say It Isn't So
Ross Anthony
Like The Mexican Say It Isn t So tries its hand at genre gender blending 
2.5
Say It Isn't So
Jeanne Aufmuth
No topic is too sacred for the ferocious Farrellys 
2.5
Reckless
Roger Ebert
It s a dark comedy that begins with the creepy underside of Christmas and branches out into the creepy underside of just about everything else It s one of those films where you think it s only a dream and then when everyone wakes up it s worse 
2
Get to Know Your Rabbit
David Nusair
A typically worthless early effort from Brian De Palma 
1
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Zach Campbell
It s some of the seldom seen UFOs in Brian De Palma s career that can dramatically alter one s perception of his work 
3
I Love You, Man
Mattie Lucas
Does nothing more than bank on its audiences inherent homophobia 
1.5
I Love You, Man
Josh Larsen
A mellow Zen like vibe trickles through this otherwise raunchy buddy comedy 
3
I Love You, Man
David Nusair
the movie possesses a stagnant feel that inevitably diminishes its overall impact 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Michael Dequina
Rudd creates a likably uniquely quirky and hilariously adorkable character that would be unthinkable played by anyone else 
3
I Love You, Man
Sonny Bunch
The chemistry between leading men Paul Rudd and Jason Segel is fantastic and the setup although slightly ridiculous yields a mother lode of comedic situations 
3
I Love You, Man
Sean McBride
Call it a better than average comedy When it comes to I Love You Man I liked not loved the movie man 
3
I Love You, Man
Greg Maki
Rudd and Segel form an ideal comedy duo one I hope to see on screen again very soon 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Peter Keough
An outstanding cast makes it possible 
3
I Love You, Man
Daniel M. Kimmel
The problem is that its premise is absurd and its execution is ridiculous However if you ve just come from a fraternity kegger you will no doubt find it hilarious 
2
I Love You, Man
Frank Ochieng
Indeed there is every reason to man up in warped and witty I Love You Man that plays like a screwy The Odd Couple in a millennium zoned out state of arrested development 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Michael A. Smith
Hilariously funny from beginning to end I Love You Man will always be remembered as the film that launched Paul Rudd onto the A list 
3.5
I Love You, Man
James Kendrick
finds room to celebrate the inner caveman without discarding all of the refinements
3.5
I Love You, Man
Peter T. Chattaway
A bit of a mess but it s funny more often than not and at times it has real heart If you can handle the language and gross gags it could be good for a date or a guys night out 
3
I Love You, Man
Eric Melin
Even with a typical script Jason Segel and especially Paul Rudd can carry it to a very funny level 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Sean P. Means
Unfortunately Segel is overbearing as a know it all who isn t really a character but a collection of humorous quirks
2.5
I Love You, Man
Linda Cook
Think back a few years when there were few R rated adult comedies around 
3
I Love You, Man
Gary Brown
This is Judd Apatow material with Apatow nowhere to be found But it is funny 
3
I Love You, Man
Mike McGranaghan
I hesitate to call the film touching because that s kind of the antithesis of R rated humor So instead I will say that I Love You Man locates comedy in the truth and I laughed consistently 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Matt Brunson
I Love You Man doesn t provide much in the way of large belly laughs But it s pleasurable enough to paste a smile on the face for the majority of its running time 
3
I Love You, Man
Christian Toto
I Love You Man is a top notch Judd Apatow comedy without Apatow s name anywhere on the credits 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
But for every moment of greatness there are two or three of such odious idiocy and ineptitude I almost wanted to scream at the screen in anger 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Chris Hewitt
It may not be the freshest comedy but it has the year s biggest laughs 
3
I Love You, Man
Peter Hartlaub
It s a hilarious comedy made even more successful because so much of the satire seems fresh 
4
I Love You, Man
Carla Meyer
A bang up comedy for about 40 minutes that hits misses and meanders after that 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Stephen Whitty
Luckily the cast is so winning that the occasional sexism can be ignored and the off the wall pop culture name checks Lou Ferrigno as a guest star enjoyed 
3
I Love You, Man
Kyle Smith
I Love You Man which is like listening to a 105 minute conversation be tween Ross and Joey on Friends looks like it might be a Judd Apatow movie in the same way Brett Favre in a Jets uniform looked like he might still know how to play quarterback 
2
I Love You, Man
Robert W. Butler
In the end this is all Rudd s movie 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Amy Biancolli
In almost every major detail and minor plot hiccup the sweet vulgar hilariously awkward I Love You Man follows Ye Olde Formulae for standard romantic comedies 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Peter Howell
It s a one joke pony but director John Hamburg and his screenwriters manage to stretch it to nearly two hours of hilarity and quasi profundity 
3
I Love You, Man
Liam Lacey
The comedy I Love You Man marks the overdue emergence of Paul Rudd as a star 
3
I Love You, Man
Lisa Kennedy
As sweet as it is tart 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Michael Sragow
A shrewd balancing act between organic and artificial laughs Even when it swings low it connects 
3
I Love You, Man
Erik Childress
I Love You Man doesn t need the talk to speak to the guys in the audience because just about everything that needs to be said is right there on the screen and is usually accompanied by a huge laugh 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Willie Waffle
Hilarious
4
I Love You, Man
James Berardinelli
Despite the clever premise and several laugh aloud moments the film as a whole underwhelms 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Nick Rogers
This full court press on the bromantic comedy idea works because the rock s been put in the hands of the perfectly paired Paul Rudd and Jason Segel Thanks to friend chemistry better than most movies lovers the film never lets up on tenacious glee 
3
I Love You, Man
Tom Keogh
Smarter than it looks from its ubiquitous trailer but not smart enough to be a fully satisfying adult comedy 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Claudia Puig
I Love You Man s light hearted exploration of male bonding provides substantial fodder for humor heightened by the inspired casting of two of the industry s most appealing comic actors 
3
I Love You, Man
Peter Travers
In a down market for giggles Miss March Please Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are howlingly funny They have skills 
3
I Love You, Man
Jeff Vice
It s surprisingly sweet and genuine 
3
I Love You, Man
Michael Phillips
The movie is The Odd Couple with a looser vibe and more oral sex references 
3
I Love You, Man
Carrie Rickey
Among those buddy films lately called bromances ILYM is both the best friend and best man 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Dustin Putman
Charmless and abysmally unfunny from one end to the next condescension and desperation seeping from its filmic pores At this early date in March it is the year s first lock for December s annual worst list 
.5
I Love You, Man
Ty Burr
It s a bromance that s out and proud In the liberation are the laughs and they stick to your ribs longer than you d think 
3
I Love You, Man
Joe Williams
The key to the success of I Love You Man is that both actors deliver recognizably human performances within the formulaic structure 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Rene Rodriguez
The resulting quest is hilarious and socially astute because co writer director John Hamburg keeps the story grounded in a Judd Apatow ish reality that never edges into the surreal 
3
I Love You, Man
John Anderson
Even though I Love You Man supplies plenty of cringes it also has overtones of warmth and undertones of real humor and two stars Paul Rudd and Jason Segel who do what they do with aplomb 
3
I Love You, Man
Lawrence Toppman
This fluffball is as toothless as an octogenarian lion 
2.5
I Love You, Man
Roger Ebert
It s funny with some dumb physical humor yes and some gross out jokes apparently necessary to all buddy movies but also funny in observations dialogue physical behavior and Sydney Fife s observations as a people watcher 
3.5
I Love You, Man
Rossiter Drake
Rudd and Segel whose on screen chemistry is one of the movie s sublime pleasures take what might have been a slick formulaic exercise and turn it into the year s funniest film to date with their unselfconscious physical humor and goofy repartee 
3
I Love You, Man
Phil Villarreal
I sort of like you man 
3
I Love You, Man
Bill Weber
A drearily tame learning and growing homosocial comedy 
1
I Love You, Man
Robert Levin
Although Rudd and Segel are charming guys and it can be a kick to watch them throw improvised riffs at one another that s not sufficient justification for an entire movie 
2
I Love You, Man
Kam Williams
Highly recommended primarily because of the infectious camaraderie of co stars Paul Rudd and Jason Segel as well as for the casually captivating screen chemistry of Rashida Jones 
3.5
Belly of the Beast
Sean P. Means
Tackles a tough subject the forced sterilization of women inmates at a California prison with journalistic fire and sensitive artistry 
3.5
Silver Skates
Roger Moore
It staggers along drunk on costumes sets and vodka a 90 minute formulaic historical romance skating and stumbling through St Petersburg snow in a 137 minute gift wrap 
2
Quigley Down Under
Ryan Murphy
Anyone who says the western isn t dead hasn t seen Quigley Down Under 
1.5
Quigley Down Under
Gene Siskel
Only Alan Rickman the villain in Die Hard as an evil land baron offers any entertainment 
2
Quigley Down Under
Roger Ebert
Quigley Down Under is a handsome film well acted and it s a shame the filmmakers didn t spend a little more energy on making it smarter and more original 
2.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Erin Meister
The metal scene emerges throughout the documentary as the recruitment center of an army of misfits where the outcasts of the world can seek each other out based on their love of the angsty eardrum destroying tunes their parents warned them about 
2.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Jeff Vice
A film that manages to be intelligent without being boring making it one of the better music documentaries in recent memory 
3.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Kyle Smith
It ll make you want to dig out your Whitesnake T shirt It might even convince Tipper Gore that heavy metal thunder is all in good fun 
3.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Sean P. Means
The movie is woefully short on concert footage which could have shown us the power of metal instead of just telling us 
2.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Glenn Whipp
You might not go out and buy the latest Slipknot album after seeing it but you will understand why some disenfranchised kid would 
3
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Bruce Westbrook
A lightweight fanboy valentine for ostensibly heavyweight music 
1.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Allison Benedikt
The film is packed with hilarious often poignant interviews with metal luminaries 
3
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Ted Fry
It s all jolly good fun captured with proficiency professionalism and the keen sense of someone who truly wants outsiders to understand what makes a dyed in the wool headbanger so passionate about his music of choice 
3
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Liam Lacey
The idea of looking at the music from the perspective of a fan and plugging it full of interviews with rock idols is clearly a winner 
2.5
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Geoff Pevere
It s a fascinating and anecdotally rich journey 
3
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
David Nusair
an engaging entertaining little documentary 
2.5
Suits on the Loose
Jeff Vice
The film perhaps tries a bit too hard for its own good as the filmmakers also try to steer a few scenes in a comic direction when they shouldn t And it gets all gooey and sentimental at the end when it shouldn t 
2
Suits on the Loose
Sean P. Means
It s Happy Texas without the gay humor or for that matter humor of any stripe just a lot of lame slapstick and mugging that seems to go on for hours 
1
Modern Love Is Automatic
Kam Williams
A fascinating character study serving up as sharp a contrast in leading ladies as you re ever likely to encounter onscreen 
4
Modern Love Is Automatic
Nick Schager
Zach Clark s film posits a world in which finding and maintaining amour is anything but routine 
2.5
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Brian Eggert
As if marketing tie ins ranging from action figures to Ryan Reynolds 8217 face on countless junk food items weren 8217 t enough 44 Warner extends their promotions into the home video market with the latest from their Warner Premiere offshoot 46 
2
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Mike McGranaghan
Doesn t have a unified plot but tells a handful of mini stories very well 
3
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Peter Canavese
The cosmic equivalent of hearing a Homeric epic in ancient times we thrill to the battles we wait with bated breath for the appearance of our favorite characters and we root for noble righteous warriors Blu ray 
3
Metroland
Michael Dequina
For all the nudity and sexual content Philip Saville s unoriginal and predictable film is at its core no different from one you d find premiering on network television 
2
Metroland
Roger Ebert
Philip Saville who directs from a screenplay by Adrian Hodges starts with a straightforward story of life choices and slips in teasing asides What Saville doesn t do mercifully is depend on sentiment 
3
Metroland
Elias Savada
There s nothing extraordinary about Metroland 
1.5
Sansón and Me
Wes Greene
Sans 243 n and Me has a way of frustratingly pulling focus away from its ostensible subject 46 
2.5
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Matt Brunson
Despite lasting only one season Kolchak The Night Stalker gained a following over the years 
3.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Matt Brunson
Jurassic World Dominion might be the new best of a bum bunch of sequels 44 but that apos s hardly a cause for celebration 46 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Peter Canavese
Despite its extremely messy story 44 if looked at as a apos 50s B movie matinee 44 it apos s not too bad 46 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Sarah Knight Adamson
The scenes are disjointed 59 the film lacks heart as not enough focus is given to the main characters 8217 story 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Lisa Trifone
An over stuffed 44 over long creature feature that strays so far from the wonder that first enchanted us that it apos s hard to see the connective tissue to its predecessor 46 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
Jay Horton
In order to keep visual track of all the famous faces the sweeping vistas that defined the first Jurassic Park film have been chopped up into 80s TV styled midrange shots leaving a gazillion dollar production looking cheap 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
David Nusair
A decidedly underwhelming sequel 46 46 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Federico Furzan
An ugly franchise entry that feels like a contractual obligation by an employee full of hatred 46 Easily the worst film in the JP universe 46 
1.75
Jurassic World Dominion
Erik Childress
While stuffed with set pieces 44 Treverrow still lacks the skill to set them up or pay them off 46 Plus what use are they when no character feels endangered from the creatures we 8217 re no longer sure are that menacing 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Michael Medved
Does the plot make sense 63 Of course not 46 But the effects are so impressive that even those with dimming affection for this venerable series will feel satisfied with the result 46 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Dann Gire
Like a classic Frank Capra film Dominion believes in the basic goodness of the common person especially peripheral characters such as Dodgson s right hand man Ramsay Cole 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Christian Toto
Generic sequel squanders killer cast 44 overloads on slick CGI dinosaurs 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Rene Sanchez
Despite the long awaited return of the beloved trio of characters 44 this chaotic and inconsequential entry leads the saga straight to extinction 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a mishmash of dueling ideas that never fully congeals 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Sara Michelle Fetters
Jurassic World Dominion is dumb without the fun 44 and that just makes me sad 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Walter Chaw
Either loveless mockeries of family or dinosaurs literal and figurative 
0.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Mike McGranaghan
Arguably the worst entry in the series 46 After sitting through this sorry sequel 44 I apos m ready for the Jurassic franchise to go the way of the real dinosaurs 46 
1.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Mark Meszoros
It 8217 s a fast paced thrill ride 44 a movie with hard charging prehistoric beasts 46 Dominion has little interest in giving you time to think about how silly the thing you just saw was 59 it will just throw something else at you 46 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Jeff Mitchell
Here 8217 s the chaos reality 58 8216 Dominion 8217 is a crowded 44 convoluted movie experience 46 
1.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Tom Meek
We see our old friends but there s no nostalgia no emotional connection It s as if you re in a museum looking at a copy of someone you once knew now cold and inert 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Doug Walker
Why do Jurassic Park sequels think we apos re here for the idiot humans and not the dinosaurs 63 
1.5 
Jurassic World Dominion
Phil Villarreal
It inspires the feeling of awe you might have felt when you first saw dinosaurs romp and stomp on screen way back when 46 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
James Berardinelli
Once again a major motion picture has exploited the undeniable power of nostalgia And it s a good thing the movie has that going for it because there s precious little else to get excited about 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Matt Zoller Seitz
The totality feels indifferently assembled 44 and the stalkings and chases and dino battles are for the most part bereft of the life and death tension that every other franchise entry has managed to summon 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It 8217 s fun to see dinosaurs in snow and ice 44 rather than the tropics 44 and there are moments of real warmth and humor 44 as well as genuine pathos 46 It 8217 s just never all that memorable 46 Rinse and repeat 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Peter Howell
If 100 Tyrannosaurus rexes were put into a room with 100 typewriters pounding away with their adorable tiny claws they would likely produce something of greater value than the witless bombast of Jurassic World Dominion 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
Joshua Axelrod
While Jurassic World Dominion still has its dopy moments and feels more like an amusement park ride than a movie sometimes it s still exciting to watch dinosaurs do their respective things 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Mark Feeney
The movie has its moments and the CGI really is fabulous but this go round feels fairly tired It s also too long and much of it is paced in a somewhat leisurely fashion 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Johnny Oleksinski
At two hours and 26 minutes the behemoth is the heftiest in the 29 year old series But size doesn t matter Dominion is also the worst 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
EJ Moreno
It apos s almost laughably bad 44 but that would make it more entertaining 46 Sadly 44 it apos s just a dull dino drama 46 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
Mark Dujsik
Jurassic World 58 Dominion 46 46 46 takes a series that seemed out of worthwhile ideas and runs merely on the fumes of an idea 46 
1.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Oliver Jones
The film seems hellbent on demonstrating just how out of gas it is 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Russ Simmons
There 8217 s a good hour and a half adventure movie buried in this two and a half hour adventure movie 46 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Leo Brady
It brings me no pleasure to say that this is the worst yet 46 The magic is gone and what this feels like is an attempt for director Colin Trevorrow to put a broken egg back together 46 
1.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Brian Eggert
Viewers will find enough to keep their attention 46 Just don 8217 t expect the experience to last much beyond the end credits or hold up under scrutiny 46 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Scott Greenstone
An insecure movie that is awkwardly searching for approval from the audience and from Spielberg one of the film s executive producers 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Sean P. Means
8220 Jurassic World 63 Not a fan 44 8221 Ian says 44 as if to beat the audience from saying the same thing about this movie 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 a retread of all that has gone before 46 46 46 reducing dinosaurs to essentially zombie hordes 46 46 46 shipping characters where it can and offering fan service in place of originality 46 46 46 the central plot remains status quo 46 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Joey Magidson
Jurassic World 58 Dominion throws everything at the summer movie wall 44 hoping enough sticks to make you have a good time 46 Plenty doesn apos t work here 44 but just enough does to warrant a very mild recommendation for some 46 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Katie Walsh
While 8220 Jurassic World Dominion 8221 offers up some lightweight summer fun 44 it 8217 s not exactly satisfying 46 
2.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Bob Bloom
apos Jurassic World 58 Dominion apos is a been there done that 44 recycled movie 46 It is a drawn out 44 tired series of cliches 46 And if we truly want to save the planet 44 a good way to start is by consigning this movie to a 46 46 46 dustbin where it 46 46 will be forgotten 46 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
Mick LaSalle
The ultimate failure of Jurassic World Dominion is not only that it relies too much on action but that the action is lousy 
1
Jurassic World Dominion
Michael Phillips
The action is perpetual and perpetually in need of a better director and editing that heightens and sharpens our pleasurable excitement instead of dulling it 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Lindsey Bahr
It s fun at times and silly at others But it doesn t course correct enough to redeem this franchise or bring it back to Earth Jurassic World started too big There was nowhere to grow except at the box office 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Thomas Floyd
Trevorrow doubles down on the traits that made 2015 s Jurassic World no more than a guilty pleasure and 2018 s J A Bayona directed Fallen Kingdom a franchise worst catastrophe 
1.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Richard Roeper
Inept as a monster movie a romance and a cautionary tale this disaster makes the case for letting this franchise go extinct 
1.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Brian Truitt
Although overly familiar Dominion boasts everything you d ever want in a Jurassic film and is the best in the series since the original 1993 movie 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Roger Moore
Here 8217 s how that film franchise practice of 8220 fan service 8221 can bite you right in the arse 46 
2
Jurassic World Dominion
Chris Hewitt
Takes an hour to get going but becomes satisfying largely thanks to old cinematic friends who haven t united since the original Jurassic Park in 1993 
3
Jurassic World Dominion
Ed Gonzalez
When Dominion isn 8217 t suffocating itself with world building 44 much of it frustratingly untapped 44 it 8217 s wholly given over to corny fan service 46 
.5
Jurassic World Dominion
Randy Myers
Much better than its predecessor reveals new possibilities in a franchise that had looked like it was on its last legs 
2.5
Illuminata
Michael Dequina
With a streamlined script and a resulting clearer focus Illuminata could have been a lot more than what it is
2.5
Illuminata
Wesley Lovell
The last 30 minutes are stunningly poignant 44 but the rest of the film is hollow and self referential 46 
2
Illuminata
Steve Rhodes
Turturro overdirects his players with an athletic intensity 
2.5
Mountains May Depart
Mattie Lucas
Captures a sense of melancholy about a nation for whom rapid change has created a loss of identity 
3.5
Mountains May Depart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While it falls just short of Jia s best it s still an excellent accomplished film from a master filmmaker 
3.5
Mountains May Depart
Ty Burr
So confident is this director s touch that Mountains May Depart holds you with the humanity of its telling rather than the gloom of its conclusions 
3.5
Mountains May Depart
G. Allen Johnson
Jia s languid style and exquisite framing complement his understated approach to the material which opts for depth over melodrama But Mountains May Depart is grounded in Zhao s delicate performance which is her best 
4
Mountains May Depart
James Adams
There s a lot of heart here 
3.5
Mountains May Depart
Peter Howell
Impressive production values but muddled impact 
2.5
Mountains May Depart
Godfrey Cheshire
Whatever Jia shows us and wherever he takes us we re always aware of being in the hands of one of the contemporary world s great filmmakers 
3.5
Mountains May Depart
Jake Cole
It s the fleshed out first segment that best presents characters with actual lives as compared to the thinly veiled talking points of the film s second half 
2.5
First Snow
Peter Keough
Predictability hangs over Mark Fergus s skillful debut feature but not enough to detract from the intensity of the mood the rhythm and the performances 
3
First Snow
Michael Wilmington
A smart tense modern film noir 
3
First Snow
Marjorie Baumgarten
Brings little new to the genre apart from another outstanding performance by Pearce 
2
First Snow
Vince Koehler
First Snow is a sharp thriller with abstract pretentiousness The writers were clever enough to approach a simple philosophical question in a devious and brusque way 
2.5
First Snow
Carrie Rickey
A haunting neo noir about a man told by a palmist that his karma is about to run over his dogma 
3
First Snow
Matt Brunson
The subdued ending might disappoint those hoping for a more lively denouement but really it seems just right for a tale as chilly as this one 
3
First Snow
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers raise intriguing questions about fate and destiny and they get a soulful performance from Pearce 
3
First Snow
Betsy Bozdech
Fate plays havoc with a salesman s existence in this bleak psychological thriller about life and death in the New Mexico desert 
2.5
First Snow
Jeff Vice
Co screenwriter director Mark Fergus isn t able to build any palpable tension And the fact that we re not really rooting for his protagonist to survive works against the material 
2.5
First Snow
Jack Mathews
This is first rate work from a talented actor who is fated to become a star 
3
First Snow
Bruce Newman
this one foresees a bleak future for anyone fool enough to look into it 
2.5
First Snow
Moira MacDonald
Pearce maintains our interest even as the film in its final half hour seems to take a few wrong turns on the highway 
3
First Snow
Ruthe Stein
The filmmakers pay homage to the genre without bringing much new to it 
2
First Snow
Peter Canavese
Seeing where the road leads audiences will be forgiven for asking their own existential question Is that all there is 
2.5
First Snow
James Berardinelli
First Snow keeps audiences guessing not necessarily about how the film will end but what path things will take to get there 
3
First Snow
Matt Pais
A trusty entertaining notch on the indie drama bedpost 
3
First Snow
Jeanne Aufmuth
Speaks to metaphysical mysteries best left unsolved 
2.5
First Snow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thankfully that illusion is a good one and although I would have preferred a slightly quicker pace and bit tighter of a finale all in all director and co writer Mark Fergus has managed to craft an atmospherically moody success 
3
First Snow
Steve Rhodes
Very little happens and it happens very slowly 
1.5
First Snow
Maitland McDonagh
The story is familiar and the pacing much too measured for a slight tale of ineluctable fate 
2.5
First Snow
Lou Lumenick
Covers very familiar indie territory but debuting director Mark Fergus covers with style 
2
First Snow
Rob Lowman
A small film with Hitchcock ian overtones but it s got a strong pulse and keeps you wondering beyond its end 
3.5
First Snow
Jim Hemphill
With its quiet unassuming style and brooding intelligence First Snow isn t the kind of movie that announces itself but it s well worth seeking out especially for moviegoers who complain that they don t make movies for grown ups anymore 
3
First Snow
Eric Henderson
A fate obsessive film that would nearly register as existential were it not so resolutely low key 
2
First Snow
Rene Rodriguez
A deft piece of storytelling that tightens the noose slowly growing more absorbing and suspenseful as it goes along 
2.5
The Glorias
Tom Meek
A total meandering mess of a movie with killer talent and admirable intent 
2
The Glorias
Cate Marquis
Taymor often bends time and blends different periods of Steinem s life in beautifully creative scenes to crafting a wonderfully entertaining insightful and moving portrait of a life and a movement that changed the world for women 
3
The Glorias
Richard Roeper
there s much to be admired about The Glorias including the very different but equally powerful performances by Vikander and Moore and the staging of some landmark moments in Steinem s life 
3
The Glorias
Ty Burr
Steinem s no nonsense persona actually undercuts Taymor s baroque tendencies such as when the director interrupts an interview scene with an overbaked Wizard of Oz fantasy involving a tornado of feminist fury 
2
The Glorias
Sarah-Tai Black
The Glorias confronts this obstacle with a heavy hand that elides complexities in favour of an idealistic and some might say ironically depoliticized view of its focus women s rights activist and trailblazer Gloria Steinem 
2
The Glorias
Sean P. Means
The four actors all capture facets of Steinem perfectly particularly in Vikander s distillation of the young Gloria s wide eyed enthusiasm which pairs perfectly with the middle age perspective Moore adds to the mix 
3
The Glorias
Anita Katz
The Glorias contains some extraordinary subjects and Taymor dramatizes them with stellar historical elements and colorful character dynamics 
3
The Glorias
Jeff Mitchell
Ironically The Glorias works too hard 
2
The Glorias
Randy Myers
A solid if flawed effort 
3
The Glorias
Jeff York
THE GLORIAS ends up a fascinating and wholly worthy tribute albeit one that bites off more than it can properly chew 
2.5
The Glorias
Joey Magidson
The Glorias never quite captures the activist in all her glory 
2.5
The Glorias
Chris Hewitt
The Glorias is an offbeat biographical tribute that feels like it wants to be offbeater 
3
The Glorias
Christy Lemire
Just when you think she s heading into cliched territory Taymor mixes it up plays with structure and subverts your expectations 
3
The Glorias
Lindsey Bahr
A sprawling and thoughtful biopic of the writer and activist 
3
The Glorias
Mick LaSalle
Despite some doldrums in the second half this is a big life and deserving of large scale treatment and knowing that makes The Glorias worth watching throughout 
3
The Glorias
Mark Dujsik
The Glorias always and inevitably falls back on the kind of standard routine biographical narrative that short changes its subject 
2
The Glorias
Matthew Passantino
The Glorias is a great reminder of how thankful people around the world are and continue to be for her fearless work 
3
The Glorias
Roger Moore
Quite possibly the film of the year 
3.5
The Glorias
Dan Rubins
The film weaves its refreshingly unpredictable web as the strands of Steinem s life spiral around each other through snippets of scenes that work efficiently and never preachily 
3
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A harmless but entertaining pop corn movie 
1
The Boys in Company C
Roger Ebert
I think the movie is first and best a thrilling entertainment that starts by being funny and ends by being very deeply moving But I also think it reflects an attitude about Vietnam that wouldn t have been possible in a war movie of the early 1940s 
4
Angst
David N. Butterworth
Gerald Kargl s home invasion splatter flick the only film he ever made is a fascinating experience despite the sordid subject matter 
3
The Sting
Josh Larsen
A pleasure 46 46 46 
3
The Sting
Gene Siskel
A movie movie that has obviously been made with loving care each and every step of the way 
3.5
The Sting
James Berardinelli
The Sting adopts the playful quasi comedic tone evident throughout much of Butch Cassidy On the whole however this is a more upbeat endeavor 
3.5
The Sting
Kathleen Carroll
As for Newman and Redford they have developed a form of instant communication Words are not as important as they way they look at each other Call it as snow job or call it acting it is very pleasing to watch 
3.5
The Sting
Scott Nash
Redford and Newman provide the real sting 
4
The Sting
Matt Brunson
A great pick for repeat viewings 
4
The Sting
Wesley Lovell
A sly heist style caper the joyously relives the Roaring Twenties
3.5
The Sting
Roger Ebert
The movie has a nice light fingered style to it 
4
The Sting
Michael Szymanski
Robert Redford and Paul Newman prove once again they re a winning team on screen as the young buck who s looking for guidance and the handsome wisened sot who s willing to help out 
3.5
Running Scared
David Nusair
a fairly standard buddy cop comedy that benefits from its top notch performances and smattering of engrossing exciting action sequences 
3
Running Scared
Phil Villarreal
Has all the logic and transitional ease of a Pokmon style card game played by 5 year olds who don t understand the rules so they make up their own as they go 
1.5
Running Scared
Roger Ebert
This genre is so overpopulated that it hardly seems like we need one more example and yet Running Scared transcends its dreary roots and turns out to be a lot of fun 
3
Spirit Untamed
Linda Cook
For superb family fun ride out to Spirit Untamed 
4
Spirit Untamed
Mike Scott
It s also got a healthy dose of wholesome kid led adventure 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Sean P. Means
Even before the pandemic this one had direct to video written all over it 
2
Spirit Untamed
Mark Meszoros
For much of its runtime Spirit Untamed trots around pleasantly enough but often isn t all that exciting 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Peter Canavese
Wins you over pretty quickly It s a likable movie The backgrounds are gorgeous the storyboarding dynamic and the animation is energetic 
3
Spirit Untamed
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spirit Untamed wasn t a horse I found a lot of enjoyment in riding 
2
Spirit Untamed
Richard Roeper
Spirit Untamed is pure and unbridled family fun pardon the pun The animation is crisp and light the voice performances are crackling good and the story of Spirit and the girl who became his best friend is filled with heart 
3
Spirit Untamed
Kevin Carr
It has some fun It has some excitement And it has the girl power stuff to it 
2
Spirit Untamed
Rick Bentley
The film under the direction of Elaine Bogan is both simplistic in design and beautiful in its grandeur There are some very small moments between friends that then give away to the beauty of wide open spaces 
3
Spirit Untamed
Steven Prokopy
I was in a state of low level agony while watching this one 
1.5
Spirit Untamed
Jeff Mitchell
Spirit Untamed is cute but it s also a paint by numbers ride 
2
Spirit Untamed
Chris Hewitt
The characters have the rudimentary appearance of people in a carpeting commercial as if animators planned to take a couple more passes to add shading and depth but forgot to do so 
1.5
Spirit Untamed
Johnny Oleksinski
More like Spirit Uninteresting 
2
Spirit Untamed
James Berardinelli
Anyone old enough to know better will see the movie as a bland retread of the Netflix series a made on the cheap cash grab with minimal artistic merit 
2
Spirit Untamed
John Wirt
A modestly engaging animated girl power adventure best suited for younger children 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The greatest charm of the movie is its emphasis on the three girls and their strength and resilience in the face of real threats 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Mike McGranaghan
A pleasant little film that has real charm 
3
Spirit Untamed
Mark Dujsik
Spirit Untamed almost gives us a chance to recapture a youthful sense of adventure 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Randy Myers
Spirit Untamed takes full advantage of Merced s range and has some finely drawn characters but the story is rather threadbare 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Leo Brady
Spirit Untamed is ultimately an unfulfilling pop animated adventure which will keep the kids attention while the parents think about where to go for lunch after the matinee 
2
Spirit Untamed
Rob Thomas
From A Quiet Place Part II to F9 movie theaters this summer will be full of films that were delayed a year or more due to the pandemic And then there s Spirit Untamed which looks like it s been on the shelf for about 15 years 
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Spirit Untamed
Christy Lemire
A harmless animated adventure that will provide a bland diversion to young viewers 
1.5
Spirit Untamed
Michael O'Sullivan
The scenery of wind and water eroded mesas and stone archways is lovely but the voice performances are largely inert and unremarkable 
1.5
Spirit Untamed
Katie Walsh
Feels more suited for repeat living room watches rather than a big screen movie theater event However Spirit Untamed is a sweet film with a moving message about embracing family heritage and most importantly yourself just the way you are 
2.5
Spirit Untamed
Roger Moore
No sense claiming it is more than it is no sense beating up a TV inspired TV animation quality major motion picture that isn t major in the least 
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Spirit Untamed
Bob Strauss
Whatever its weaknesses contemporary parents who want a nontoxic Western to show their children could hardly find better than Spirit Untamed 
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Spirit Untamed
Joe Friar
Beautiful animation an excellent voice cast and diverse characters make this a real treat for all audiences especially young girls Saddle up for unbridled family fun 
3
Little Big League
Mal Vincent
Little Big League avoids the usual ending but then tacks on an even more corny upbeat prologue 
2
Little Big League
Roger Ebert
It s one of those rare baseball movies that has a real feel for the game instead of using it as a backdrop for bizarre characters 
3.5
Baby Geniuses
Michael Dequina
One completely unwatchable piece of bottom feeding dreck 
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Baby Geniuses
Sandra Contreras
Formulaic and deeply unfunny 
1.5
Baby Geniuses
Liam Lacey
The movie is about as endearing as unanesthetized gum surgery 
1
Baby Geniuses
Rob Blackwelder
Baby Geniuses doesn t waste any time getting stupid 
0
Baby Geniuses
David Keyes
absolute cinematic torture a maniacal insult to the foundation that humanity is made upon 
0
Baby Geniuses
Roger Ebert
Bad films are easy to make but a film as unpleasant as Baby Geniuses achieves a kind of grandeur 
1.5
Baby Geniuses
James Berardinelli
I ll admit to chuckling a few times during the proceedings but it s not worth losing 1 1 2 hours of one s life for a few minutes of amusement 
2
Baby Geniuses
Peter Stack
The film has a freak show quality 
0
Baby Geniuses
Dustin Putman
By the time the tiresome surprisingly violent climax began the last nail had already been hammered in this unfortunate film s coffin 
1
Baby Geniuses
Steve Rhodes
Easily one of the worst films in years 
0
Baby Geniuses
Madeleine Williams
This is a film so completely bankrupt of ideas that the last few minutes are composed entirely of short clips from elsewhere in the film as if anyone would want to relive this travesty even in the form of bite sized none sequiturs 
0.5
Wuthering Heights
Keith Uhlich
This is more than just Celine and Julie Go Boating s haunted house melodrama played straight 
4
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Linda Cook
You don t have to be an anime fan to enjoy Demon Slayer 
3
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Rafael Motamayor
Does it live up to the hype Without question 
3.5
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
G. Allen Johnson
This is not only a film about battles between humans and demons but also a character building buddy movie about maturation 
4
Days and Clouds
David Nusair
Well intentioned yet utterly dull 
2
Days and Clouds
Sara Michelle Fetters
A great deal of the reason for that belongs solely to Buy This is without a doubt one of the finest performances by an actress I ve seen this year nearly up to the same remarkable plateau as Kristin Scott Thomas work in I ve Loved You So Long 
3
Days and Clouds
Moira MacDonald
Days and Clouds despite its darkness warmly reminds us that if we have each other sometimes that s all we need 
3
Days and Clouds
Wesley Morris
The movie s success in Italy is partly a matter of frustration Women need their men to grow up 
3
Days and Clouds
Brent Simon
Little is surprising about either characters behavior but there isn t a single anguished expression that plays forced or false 
3
Days and Clouds
Walter V. Addiego
This is a portrait of nerve racking economic times and it cuts close to the bone in detailing how a marriage suffers when its financial underpinnings are suddenly knocked away 
4
Days and Clouds
Kam Williams
Dude where s my wife and job 
4
Days and Clouds
Rob Humanick
Money makes the world go round in Days and Clouds a darling relationship drama that probes our collective fears about financial instability with an almost profoundly empathetic detachment 
3
Justice
Michael Dequina
Charles Durning does the running with guns blazing action hero bit as a homicide detective 
1.5
Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried von 1914(The Confessions of Winifred Wagner)
Roger Ebert
It s a documentary that fascinates and horrifies us a film that focuses almost exclusively on the face of this formidable 78 year old woman and listens to her talk And what we hear is a woman still almost completely without regrets 
3.5
Wings of Desire
Matt Brunson
How brilliant is Wings of Desire Understand that Peter Falk is playing himself that is to say he s playing actor Peter Falk who happened to be an angel himself until he elected to become human decades earlier 
4
Wings of Desire
Josh Larsen
How much Eurobabble are you willing to endure in exchange for a look at one of the cinema s most ravishing and compassionate screen visions 
4
Wings of Desire
James Kendrick
a film of sheer visual poetry and deep emotional resonance
4
Wings of Desire
Bill Weber
It s hard to think of another movie of its era that makes the viewer so fully feel like a denizen of its setting the roving dollying craning camera makes angels of us all 
3.5
Wings of Desire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A gorgeous and heartbreaking look at angels in Berlin 
3.5
Wings of Desire
Ted Prigge
philosophical while still becoming hypnotic 
4
Wings of Desire
Roger Ebert
The film evokes a mood of reverie elegy and meditation 
4
Wings of Desire
Chris Hicks
like no movie you ve ever seen At once mesmerizing and perplexing this is a film about love and despair and the choices mortals have in dealing with each 
3
The Magician
Peter Canavese
Both a rebuke to critics and a confession of charlatanism The Magician puts forward a one of a kind examination of the problem of truth in life and in art Blu ray 
3.5
The Magician
James Kendrick
reflects Bergman s fundamental understanding of the cinema as an illusionistic play of light and shadow that can nonetheless reveal some of the deepest recesses of the human experience
3
The Magician
John Monaghan
The movie has elements of Gothic horror and philosophy along with lusty low comedy rolls 
3
Driving With Selvi
Chris Knight
The film offers the chilling statistic that some 250 million women worldwide were married before the age of 15 a third of them in India There are many more Selvis out there with less happy narratives 
3
Driving With Selvi
Barry Hertz
Paloschi s tight direction and crisp pace further elevate the film turning what most would assume to be a sob story into a triumphant chronicle that never slips into sentimentality 
3
Eighth Grade
Brian Eggert
Eighth Grade is one of those rare films that speaks to everyone regardless of its subjective specificity through universal life lessons that every person must learn and overcome before becoming an adult 
4
Eighth Grade
Jason Fraley
Writer director Bo Burnham brilliantly dissects modern teenage life with a sympathetic lead performance by Elsie Fisher Gucci 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Mattie Lucas
Burnham so perfectly nails the agonizing beauty of growing up that the film is often difficult to watch but it s never less than a rewarding experience 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Matt Brunson
One of the very best films of 2018 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Federico Furzan
A fantastic and honest coming of age film that does everything but simplify the stage we like to remember but keep getting embarrassed about Review in Spanish 
4
Eighth Grade
Michael Phillips
Burnham puts you through the wringer and ensures your empathetic excruciation in scene after scene 
3
Eighth Grade
Joey Magidson
Eighth Grade is not only a showcase for Burnham it s also a breakthrough for lead actress Elsie Fisher Together they ve crafted something that will stand the test of time 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Alan French
Eighth Grade is one of the most sincere and authentic films of the year You will laugh and likely cry depending on the moment in the film 
4
Eighth Grade
Robert Daniels
Eighth Grade beats back toxic masculinity with kindness 
4
Eighth Grade
Josh Terry
A unique movie that can crush your soul and leave you in stitches at the same time 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Maria Sciullo
The terrors of Eighth Grade are completely relatable 
4
Eighth Grade
Michael Smith
Eighth Grade is an awkward coming of age comedy done well 
3
Eighth Grade
Lisa Jensen
It s a return trip most of us would not care to make in real life but we can view Burnham s intense replication from a safe distance with a spectator s eye and escape intact after only 93 minutes 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Kam Williams
A coming of age dramedy marking the impressive writing and directorial debut of Bo Burnham as well as a breakout performance by Elsie Fisher 
4
Eighth Grade
James Berardinelli
Despite having the best of intentions Hollywood would have told this story differently Burnham keeps it real 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Peter Canavese
With Fisher s endearingly open face projecting every insecurity along the way Kayla s journey of baby steps self empowerment resonates 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Max Weiss
Watching Eighth Grade you want to gently shake Kayla and your eighth grade self and assure her It gets better 
4
Eighth Grade
Rob Thomas
You feel every lunchroom snub every birthday party fumble that 13 year old Kayla Ellie Fisher experiences deep in your bones And yet as uncomfortable as watching can be I would pay money in a heartbeat to see this movie again 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Clint O'Connor
Burnham nicely captures the quirks and cadences of teen speak In that sense Eighth Grade also serves as a nifty time capsule of 2018 
3
Eighth Grade
Rafer Guzman
An achingly honest film about some of the ghastliest years of adolescence Funny tender and endearing 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Roger Moore
Adorably cringe worthy
3.5
Eighth Grade
Gary Thompson
Burnham ends up making a movie about internet immersion that ratifies the importance of human contact 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that refuses to shy away from some fairly dark realities yet at the same time doesn t dwell on them in ways that feel exploitive or supercilious 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Cody Corrall
Eighth Grade is a harrowing portrait of anxiety and acceptance in a post social media landscape showing how all of us cope with an ever changing constantly refreshing world 
4
Eighth Grade
Josh Larsen
an exhausting if ultimately uplifting experience 
3
Eighth Grade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surely one of the year s most notable writing and directing debuts Bo Burnham s Eighth Grade gets as close to the heart mind and soul of a young person as a movie can 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Allyson Johnson
Where Burnham surprises is in his directing He possesses a keen eye for how young teens see the world everything bigger and broader or smaller and suffocating and nothing in between 
4
Eighth Grade
Brad Wheeler
As much as Burnham can be applauded it s impossible not to clap even harder for the pitch perfect acting of newcomer Elsie Fisher a marvel in the lead role of an apparently unremarkable 13 year old 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Mark Dujsik
Eighth Grade is a work of supreme empathy it s a film that feels resolutely both of its time and timeless 
4
Eighth Grade
Jake Coyle
Eighth Grade is a revelation of both a remarkably natural young performer and a clever sensitive young filmmaker 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Ann Hornaday
Burnham is clearly conflicted about the emotional effects of the constant comparisons competitions and invidious voyeurism young people are subjecting themselves to nearly all day long And he gets the subjective experience right 
4
Eighth Grade
Richard Roeper
I loved the look and simple but effective style of this film 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Peter Howell
Everybody who has been through eighth grade needs to see Eighth Grade 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Ty Burr
Burnham s filmmaking is unfussy yet thought through so Fisher s seemingly artless performance is actually a pretty brilliant piece of acting 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Peter Hartlaub
Eighth Grade is a beautiful and uncompromising piece of art from a distinctive new talent 
4
Eighth Grade
Sara Stewart
Writer director Bo Burnham in his feature debut skillfully intertwines the timeless aspects of adolescent humiliation and the very particular ways in which today s tech has changed them 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Sheila O'Malley
Eighth Grade is so grounded in the reality of middle school it almost operates like a horrible collective flashback 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Niles Schwartz
Throughout we re invited to chuckle at the ironies of Kayla s hobbies and activities but underlying such scenes is a strain of eeriness as if the film were offering up a post human spin on Pretty in Pink 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Mara Reinstein
Every moment drips with aching and at times heart swelling authenticity The heart swelling is where the ugly cry kicks in 
4
Eighth Grade
Dustin Putman
A stirring painfully accurate slice of life the kind of film so authentically observed it sometimes feels more like a cinéma vérité documentary than a scripted feature film 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Moira MacDonald
Fisher delivers a glorious symphony of awkward poignancy from Kayla s cringe worthy attempts to chat up a popular girl to her ultimately sweet connection with her kind befuddled single dad 
3.5
Eighth Grade
Sean P. Means
Elsie Fisher is a wonder as the awkward Kayla 
3.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Kyle Smith
In case you miss what s happening one soldier wails Oh man we re gettin picked off one by one here 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Walter Chaw
It sucks balls 
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The Hills Have Eyes 2
David Nusair
dull and interminable 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Elizabeth Weitzman
Written disappointingly by Wes Craven and his son Jonathan this limp sequel to last year s remake of Wes 1977 original feels like the work of a guy who s spent a few too many days lost in the desert 
1
The Hills Have Eyes 2
James Kendrick
It never generates a real sense of dread or building pressure Instead it uses its feeble set up to string together one grisly shock after another 
1
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Wesley Morris
The new movie is a pre combat nightmare whereas the first Alexandre Aja s effective 2006 remake of Craven s low rent 1977 original was pure post nuclear paranoia 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Gene Seymour
You d like to think such bankruptcy of imagination means we ve seen the last of these subterranean creeps But you know they ll be back soon to collect their royalties from the gore hounds who apparently don t care how dull it is 
0.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Peter Hartlaub
The film may not be as scary as its predecessor but it will make you think twice before you use a Porta Potti again 
2
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Jason Anderson
Director Martin Weisz does an adequate job of maintaining the movie s tension and momentum but the lack of compelling characters and the unusual level of nastiness makes this an arduous mission for all involved 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Nick Schager
The film s defining emblematic moment comes when a man crawls out of a Port O Potty covered in feces thereby providing an approximation of the audience s experience 
1
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Dustin Putman
If The Hills Have Eyes II is to gain notoriety for anything it is the invention of one of the most laughable methods of murder ever captured on film death by leather wallet 
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The Hills Have Eyes 2
Ken Fox
Though written by Wes Craven and his son Jonathan Craven this is pretty standard stuff 
2
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Terry Lawson
It is only another by the numbers don t mess with the formula screen filler aimed at the gore hound fan boys who sustain all these franchises while bemoaning their sameness 
1
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
For a sequel made on the quick I m almost loathe to admit it but The Hills Have Eyes 2 is a serious smack upside the head a giddily grisly way to spend a night at the movies 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Glenn Kenny
Rote and crass 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2
James Berardinelli
After this disgrace it s time to shut the hills eyes for good 
1
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Jim Hemphill
A sequel to a remake that s surprisingly intelligent and original and it proves to be a worthy successor to both Alexandre Aja s 2006 Hills and Wes Craven s 1977 original 
3.5
The Other Man
Jeff Vice
Its plotting leans more toward silly soap opera ish machinations and while Banderas is as charming as ever there are a couple of crucial bits of miscasting 
1.5
The Other Man
Amy Biancolli
The result is B grade cheese The only genuine mystery for me is why such a fine cast signed on for such a witless movie 
1
The Other Man
Chris Hewitt
It was directed by British theater director Richard Eyre who knows how to line up the shots but not how to make us feel the compulsive hunger that drives Peter to the brink of a very tidy stiff upper lip breakdown 
2
The Other Man
Stephen Whitty
Before long the characters which director Richard Eyre adapted from a Bernhard Schlink short story cease to be people and start to become devices 
2.5
The Other Man
John P. McCarthy
Near the end Peter issues this verdict on his romantic rival Appalling but also rather wonderful Applied to the film itself he s half right 
2
The Other Man
Claudia Puig
The screen version of Bernhard Schlink s short story The Other Man does not deliver The secret at the heart of the film after all the fractured narrative convolutions is anti climactic and the conclusion is strained and awkward 
2
The Other Man
Adam Keleman
The film is filled with good on paper moments that build up and slowly tighten like a knot but usually end in a whimper 
1.5
The Other Man
David Nusair
pretty much cements Richard Eyre s status as a high brow purveyor of trashy fare 
2.5
A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument
Nick Schager
It s as though the director like his subjects was too comfortable in the safe familiarity of the surface to find the place where it betrays us 
2
Son of the South
James Kendrick
There is nothing particularly new about its narrative or flashy in its production but it tells its story well and conveys its importance without being moralistic 
3
Son of the South
Richard Roeper
The fight for equality isn t over and this story is as relevant today 
3
Son of the South
Mark Dujsik
For all its noble intentions Son of the South never quite figures out its purpose 
2
The Cowboys
Roger Moore
A somber engrossing modern day French re setting of The Searchers which keeps its quest and racial metaphors intact 
3
The Cowboys
Peter Keough
It takes a lot of confidence for a director to pay homage to John Ford s The Searchers 1956 and in the case of Thomas Bidegain s Les Cowboys it is not altogether unwarranted 
3
The Cowboys
Christopher Kompanek
Bidegain and cinematographer Arnaud Potier speak multitudes with wide angle slow panning shots that immerse us in a post 9 11 quagmire that s never less than utterly personal 
3.5
The Cowboys
Glenn Kenny
It proceeds with a hushed tone that wants to be taken for observant modesty but eventually reveals itself as suffocating self importance 
1.5
The Cowboys
Peter Travers
This modern western hits hard and stays with you It s an auspicious debut for Bidegain as a director As to whether it can stand shoulder to shoulder with The Searchers that ll be the day 
3
The Cowboys
David Lewis
It s John Ford s The Searchers French style but director Thomas Bidegain has given the premise a unique flavor crafting a fine timely screenplay that skips over some years of the story but allows us to fill in the blanks 
3
The Cowboys
Kent Turner
Les Cowboys stays on focus while packing in a lot of story Concise yet overflowing with incident it s intimate and large scale told with hindsight and immediacy 
3.5
The Cowboys
Steve Macfarlane
It appears to pride itself on demonstrating both sides of a complex racial divide only for its messaging to wind up flattering the whitest sensibility imaginable 
.5
Piccadilly
Robert Pardi
Dupont s stunning evocation of London s roaring twenties would be of cinematic interest even without Wong but her sultry presence makes this backstage melodrama a must see 
3.5
Piccadilly
Ed Gonzalez
It s difficult to imagine a Hollywood production allowing an Asian star to be as commanding as Wong is in Piccadilly 
3
Piccadilly
Marta Barber
A swinging London club the breakup of a famous performing couple a well known dancer being replaced by one younger and more exotic a murder All juicy fodder for plot and it s a good thing 
2.5
Piccadilly
Michael Wilmington
Wong s role of Shosho the red hot dancing star of London s Piccadilly nightclub shows her at her dramatic and erotic peak 
3.5
Piccadilly
James Verniere
A sophisticated exploration of racial and sexual taboos 
3.5
Piccadilly
Janice Page
Wong is the kind of gorgeous that burns right through a camera lens and the kind of mesmerizing that seems without effort or end 
3.5
Piccadilly
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wong is not top billed but her entrance in Piccadilly and her general presence make her the star 
4
Piccadilly
David Sterritt
Wong has acquired a loyal cult following over the years and Dupont s exquisitely filmed episodes show why 
4
The Song of Names
Bob Bloom
The mystery surrounding Dovidl s disappearance should be the most compelling aspect of the film but director François Girard s approach is so clinical and unemotional that it dilutes the urgency of Martin s mission 
2
The Song of Names
Lisa Jensen
An often moving meditation on the purpose and privilege of artistic expression 
3
The Song of Names
David Nusair
often excessively generic and bland 
1.5
The Song of Names
Lisa Trifone
It all culminates in a full circle moment that the film hasn t earned in any way at all 
.5
The Song of Names
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
At its center lies a tragic tale that should move us all If only this song could sing beyond that single forceful verse 
2
The Song of Names
Mick LaSalle
There s a mystery at the heart of The Song of Names but it isn t much of a mystery and once it s solved the movie loses what little interest it has 
2
The Song of Names
Glenn Kenny
Literate sober soulful 
3
The Song of Names
Kate Taylor
Mainly this movie chatters when it should sing 
2
The Song of Names
Michael Joshua Rowin
In the end the film is unable to bridge the gap between the emotions it elicits and the messages it imparts 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Mal Vincent
On the minus side this bright witty writer seems to have retreated into the very genre he spoofed in Scream 
2.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
John Petrakis
Wastes more opportunities than it does teenagers 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Gregory M. Lamb
The performances by the young actors are engaging 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Gene Siskel
A dreadful mad slasher film that works neither as a thriller nor as a comic commentary on the genre 
1
I Know What You Did Last Summer
John Wooley
A fresh look at the 80s style slasher film substituting characterization and suspense for the graphic violence and nudity that marked the earlier genre entries 
2.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jami Bernard
I Know What You Did Last Summer is gory enough for the devotees and has story enough for everyone else 
3
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Dan Webster
Scream and the even better Scream 2 have intelligence humor and an undercurrent of self knowing satire that shows I Know What You Did to be a passe bit of Hollywood formula 
2.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
David Nusair
a tedious distinctly by the numbers slasher flick 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Peter Canavese
A reasonably well made low end pic that serves as a cautionary tale for callow teens Blu Ray 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Eugene Novikov
I Know What You Did Last Summer is undoubtedly absurd but it tries to pass itself off as a mystery morality tale 
2.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Mick LaSalle
competent but uninspired 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
James Kendrick
Unfortunately I Know What You Did really doesn t know what it wants to do and that is its biggest flaw 
2.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
James Berardinelli
The characters aren t interesting enough for us to be scared for them 
2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Roger Ebert
The best shot in this film is the first one Not a good sign 
1
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Mike Clark
Predictably the derivative title here is a jumping off point for another derivative slasher revenge pic 
2.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Susan Stark
Remember all those terrible slasher flicks from the 80s This could be one of them It certainly ain t no Scream 
1
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Madeleine Williams
If there are more teen slasher films to follow in the wake of Scream one can only hope that they ll at least try to stretch the conventions of the genre Unfortunately I Know What You Did Last Summer is not a sign of good things to come 
1
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Dustin Putman
A respectable smartly scripted slasher film that firmly proved good horror movies were once again being made 
3
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Michael Dequina
Offers heaps of shrieks 
3
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Steve Rhodes
A goose bumps free horror show 
1.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jeff Vice
routine and violent 
1.5
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Joe Baltake
Teasing and taut I Know What You Did Last Summer is a teen horror flick with a different kind of kick to it 
3
Alice in Wonderland
David Nusair
a watchable yet thoroughly forgettable piece of work 
1.5
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Canavese
I m not sure there s anyone alive that believes the 1951 film lives up to Lewis Carroll s deathless 1865 novel Alice s Adventures in Wonderland but the animated feature remains a perfectly decent slice of kid friendly surrealism Blu ray 
3
Alice in Wonderland
James Kendrick
plays as a series of colorful but uneven setpieces that lack an interesting or emotionally engaging heroine to tie them together
2
Alice in Wonderland
Bill Chambers
Even as straightforward eye candy the film is a near miss
2
Alice in Wonderland
Eric Henderson
Disney was and is a studio with an impenetrably inflated sense of quality control 
2.5
Beethoven's 4th
Michael Dequina
Most people can live healthy lives without ever seeing this tired uninspired piece of work 
1.5
Beethoven's 4th
Steve Rhodes
An unoriginal but sometimes funny family film
2
City of Women
Roger Ebert
It is no longer enough that Fellini deal with the ways women tantalize dominate and possess his male heroes Now he must also deal with the women themselves For Fellini this is probably not nearly so much fun 
2.5
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Matt Brunson
It bypasses the more intimate style of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to pay homage to splashy Hollywood musicals 
3
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Josh Larsen
The true pleasures of The Young Girls of Rochefort are its smaller touches 
3
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Marty Mapes
Friends and family on my Christmas list might just see this disc in their stocking
3
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Michael Dequina
A delightful confection made all the sweeter by Michel Legrand s jazzy toe tapping score and the energetic cast 
3
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Octavio Roca
Here is romantic intrigue served up with a knowing lack of shame a musical boasting star power of the highest magnitude that satirizes the conventions of the movie musical with affection and wicked glee 
4
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Jonathan Rosenbaum
My favorite musical 
4
Mind the Gap
Chris Hewitt
Because the performances are so true we believe in these people even when they re doing unbearably wacky things 
2.5
Mind the Gap
Robert Dominguez
Schaeffer known for the quirky romantic comedies goes a more serious route in this disappointing anthology of stories about love and forgiveness 
2.5
Mind the Gap
Lou Lumenick
Schaeffer s rip off er homage to Magnolia 
1
Mind the Gap
Erik Childress
Schaeffer s voice represents the Average Joe in a bar who thinks he has all the answers about the human condition but has nothing interesting to say Yet he keeps talking 
1.5
42 Grams
Roger Moore
A revealing but too narrowly focused documentary on the making of a Michelin starred restaurant and its cost on a young couple s lives 
2.5
42 Grams
Richard Roeper
Based on what we see in 42 Grams perhaps the place collapsed under the weight of the chef s massive ego 
3
Familiar Grounds
James Adams
All this sounds terribly indie admittedly But thankfully Lafleur never lets his movie become an oh so precious assemblage of quirky tics 
3
Familiar Grounds
Greg Quill
Its glacial pace bloodless performances and minimalist architecture will likely assure it a place in the archives of Forgotten Canadian Cinema 
2
Driving Lessons
Jeff Vice
The characterizations and comic situations both seem forced and labored 
1.5
Driving Lessons
Tom Keogh
Driving Lessons is a poignant miniature that offers Julie Walters a chance to be typically wonderful saucy but deep and Rupert Grint to stretch quite commendably 
3
Driving Lessons
John Beifuss
Will be remembered as the movie in which we got to see Ron Weasley utter the s word and the f word numerous times drink wine and hook up with a Scottish hottie who introduces him to Nick Drake and sex in that order 
2
Driving Lessons
Larry Ratliff
Driving Lessons runs out of creative gas near the ridiculous end 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Geoff Pevere
It s an exercise in calculated high quirk in which the most egregious forms of stereotyping particularly along gender and religious lines attempt to pass for human behaviour 
1.5
Driving Lessons
Sue Pierman
Brock creates a sensitive personal tale of an underdog coming into his own 
3
Driving Lessons
Loey Lockerby
Yes the metaphor is that ham fisted as Ben s newfound confidence manifests itself partly in his willingness to chauffeur Evie around although he s only a student driver 
2
Driving Lessons
Liam Lacey
Brock sticks to the inspirational formula of contemporary English sentimental comedies that real life has little relevance 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Chris Hewitt
Veers all over the place in tone especially in the scenes with Linney who seems so much like a part of a different movie that I almost feel like she should only be mentioned in a different review 
2
Driving Lessons
Jeff Strickler
Offers a pleasant excursion down a familiar road 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Lisa Kennedy
Amiable performances and a gentle generous chemistry between Walters and Grint make the ride pleasant 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Connie Ogle
Despite its slight and vaguely silly premise Driving Lessons turns out to be sweet never cloying and amusing in an understated British way 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Amy Biancolli
Driving Lessons doesn t represent a zenith in the subgenre and it trades on some feeble character ploys but it s a kick to watch Julie Walters do a barmy charmer bit on Rupert Grint 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Ruthe Stein
With the aid of a charmingly offbeat story and a jolly good dialect coach the stars leave you thinking well done Their spirited performances help cover up glaring holes in the plot 
3
Driving Lessons
David Elliott
Julie Walters lets out the stops as this stooped bulldozer pushing whole hogs of ham 
2
Driving Lessons
Wesley Morris
Everybody in the movie is so tightly wound that Walters seems a model of actorly limberness 
2
Driving Lessons
Peter Canavese
It s Grint who grounds in reality as best he can Brock s directing debut this conventional Britcom lightly hums along for a good stretch before running off the road 
2
Driving Lessons
Steve Rhodes
A tedious time waster it s never interesting believable or funny 
1.5
Driving Lessons
Ken Fox
Julie Waters fine performance helps center this sentimental British drama 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Timothy Knight
Happily there s Walters a terrific character actress who keeps Evie convincingly life size even when she s carrying on in full grand dame mode Thanks to her Driving Lessons never stalls to a halt 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Lisa Rose
It s sad to see actors like Walters and Linney mired in such undignified one note roles The movie is an object lesson in the lack of good parts around for actresses even on the indie front Class dismissed 
1.5
Driving Lessons
Kyle Smith
The mild British wackiness is more droll than funny but the movie is a pleasant cup of tea 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Elizabeth Weitzman
Linney hits a single note for her uptight character while Walters travels the scale indiscriminately Her outsized eccentric darts from amusing to grating Only Grint is just right as the boy they and the film can t do without 
2.5
Driving Lessons
Glenn Whipp
It s not Godzilla vs Mothra but the slight coming of age story Driving Lessons does set up something of a clash of the titans with Julie Walters and Laura Linney providing a master class in overacting 
1
Driving Lessons
Lisa Ann Cockrel
It s unfortunate the narrative isn t suffused with more zest and nuance Instead it feels calculated and even the most emotional scenes fall flat 
1.5
Driving Lessons
Gene Seymour
Driving Lessons follows the well worn path laid down by other better movies while making strained ludicrous things happen toward the end 
1.5
Driving Lessons
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sweet light and satisfying 
3
Driving Lessons
Jason Clark
Driving Lessons is the type of movie that makes you want to single handedly dismantle the British film industry 
.5
The Sixth Sense
David Nusair
Shyamalan remains unable to wholeheartedly capture the viewer s interest for the duration of the movie s slightly overlong running time 
2.5
The Sixth Sense
Carrie Rickey
So transparent is Osment as an actor and so rare that the pain on his face stabs you in the heart 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An excellent premiere for new director M Night Shyamalan as he packs a punch with a great story excellent directing a great cast great performances and a surprise ending that will leave you breathless for days on end 
4
The Sixth Sense
Joe Lozito
Mr Willis gives a surprisingly quiet performance 
3
The Sixth Sense
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The screenplay with its terrific scares and its amazing double whammy at the end is a grand achievement 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Jim Shelby
This disturbing thriller is distinguished by the moving performance of Haley Joel Osment 
3
The Sixth Sense
Matt Soergel
The Sixth Sense has more than simple ghoulish chills on its mind Instead it s a spooky mind game with a whopper of a twist at the end a twist that even when you think about it makes perfect sense 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Margaret A. McGurk
At its heart it is an intense moving thoughtful drama about the mysterious relationship between an exceptional little boy and a psychologist who wants to help him 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Jeff Gray
Billed as a chilling psychological thriller this movie is actually none of those things 
2
The Sixth Sense
Andrew Howe
Bruce Willis is making it increasingly difficult for me to assert that he has no acting ability 
3
The Sixth Sense
James Kendrick
A unique frightening movie that is never gratuitous or obvious 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Mike Clark
The Sixth Sense is the movie that really deserves to be called The Haunting 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Tom Long
Sixth Sense is scary and smart 
4
The Sixth Sense
Dan Webster
Osment is heartbreakingly true to his character as a boy at a crossroads 
3
The Sixth Sense
Dustin Putman
Amazing too how the ending has the sheer power to completely blindside you when the final ultimate twist occurs 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Ross Anthony
An awesome film Perfectly directed 
4
The Sixth Sense
Cornell & Petricelli
Though in some ways promoted as a scary ghost story Sixth Sense is really a relationship drama set in a supernatural milieu 
4
The Sixth Sense
David Keyes
Here is a movie of long mind numbing tiresome proportions and a brilliant conclusion No one however should be forced to endure all the heartache just for five minutes of audacious footage 
2
The Sixth Sense
Wesley Morris
The Sixth Sense appears headed for horror figures lurking in the shadows the plaster saints in Cole s makeshift shelter shrine on loan from Carrie But Shyamalan detours into gentler maybe even more substantially haunting territory 
3
The Sixth Sense
Mark Caro
It s a rarity for a movie to be willing to try your patience like The Sixth Sense does and even more of one for your perseverance to be so amply rewarded 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Rod Dreher
It is impossible to take your eyes off Osment who vividly conveys the hopelessness of a sensitive intelligent child who bears burdens beyond all telling 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
John Hartl
Genuinely unsettling in a way that no other film this summer has been and that includes The Blair Witch Project 
3
The Sixth Sense
Maitland McDonagh
Buried inside this psychological thriller which takes a brilliant turn in its last 15 minutes is a fantastic half hour Twilight Zone episode 
3
The Sixth Sense
Bob Bloom
Shyamalan elicits a complex and tortured performance from young Osment The young man deserves a supporting actor Oscar nod for his portrayal of a little boy overwhelmed by circumstances he can t even comprehend 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Eugene Novikov
The ghost story is alive and well in Hollywood 
3
The Sixth Sense
Marty Mapes
The film is not perfect but it is pretty darn good Shyamalan s direction is tightly controlled and very well executed 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Mick LaSalle
But just as scary or at least as unsettling is the film s presentation of human existence as an endless series of tragedies and agonies relieved only by foolish distraction 
3
The Sixth Sense
Jorge Avila Andrade
Plana en sus secuencias durante la mayor parte del tiempo
2.5
The Sixth Sense
Michael Dequina
The problem lies with Shyamalan s plodding pacing 
2.5
The Sixth Sense
David N. Butterworth
Even with its potentially interesting supernatural bent it s still largely schlock footage 
2.5
The Sixth Sense
Ann Hornaday
A smart sophisticated and sensitive film that is also by the way very spooky 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Roger Ebert
The Sixth Sense has a kind of calm sneaky self confidence that allows it to take us down a strange path 
3
The Sixth Sense
James Berardinelli
I had to employ all of my usual tricks to keep from falling asleep 
1.5
The Sixth Sense
Ian Mantgani
One of the characters in this pointless movie has supernatural visions and audience members are sharing the affliction unfathomably 
2
The Sixth Sense
Madeleine Williams
An eerie drama that loses most of its impact halfway through 
2
The Sixth Sense
Steve Rhodes
The cinematic equivalent of a page turner the movie keeps your eyes glued to the screen 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Greg Dean Schmitz
The Sixth Sense deals with death ghosts and the effect such things could have a very intelligent little boy in a way that I found refreshing and invigorating 
3.5
The Sixth Sense
Bill Chambers
Osment has since developed the nasty habit of being the best actor in the room 
3
The Sixth Sense
Rob Blackwelder
But this movie stunned me The hair on the back of my neck stood up five or six times in this picture 
3
The Sixth Sense
Scott Nash
This will probably always stand as writer director M Night Shyamalan s masterpiece 
4
Wind River
Brian Eggert
Wind River has the tonal sparsity of a Cormac McCarthy novel the moral justice of a revisionist Western and hits many beats that a detective procedural might 
3.5
Wind River
Matt Brunson
What can pass as a standard murder mystery instead becomes a remarkably complex exploration of various malaises including the agony of familial loss the systematic disenfranchisement of Native Americans and the ever present evil of toxic masculinity 
3.5
Wind River
Jason Fraley
After penning Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan makes his directorial debut blending murder mystery western ruggedness comedic interludes and crime meditations in a unique setting 
3.5
Wind River
Federico Furzan
This feels like a train at full speed A thriller set in a cold and unforgiving place with no rules Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Wind River
Mattie Lucas
While it never quite matches its own ambitions Sheridan still manages to deliver a crackerjack mystery that relies on characters rather than twists turns or shocks 
3
Wind River
Pamela Powell
Standout performances and excellence in direction writing and cinematography create one of the best films of 2017 
4
Wind River
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Bleak stuff but riveting 
3.5
Wind River
Linda Cook
One of the best films of 2017 
4
Wind River
John Serba
An ambitious film a little sloppy but invigorating well made well acted gorgeously photographed It s poetic in its visuals and as is tradition with Westerns its justice 
3.5
Wind River
David Nusair
the film benefits substantially from an inclusion of impressively engrossing sequences 
3.5
Wind River
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sheridan ends his story brilliantly the last ten minutes a startling display of emotional elasticity that left me flabbergasted 
3
Wind River
Lisa Jensen
The resonance of Jeremy Renner s understated acting moments of unexpected visual splendor and mounting psychological intensity make it all irresistibly compelling 
3.5
Wind River
Mike McGranaghan
A solid thriller Wind River represents mature substantive filmmaking at its finest 
4
Wind River
James Kendrick
Sheridan s particular gift is his ability to thread these social and political themes into crackerjack narratives that are so enthralling in and of themselves that it s easy to forget there is a social dimension
3.5
Wind River
Josh Terry
It s an often heartbreaking and bleak movie that is more concerned with emotional vibrancy than fancy filmmaking and it shares a message that will be difficult to forget 
3
Wind River
David N. Butterworth
Gil Birmingham is especially good but Jeremy Renner has rarely been better and Elizabeth Olsen continues to impress 
3.5
Wind River
Barry Paris
Wind River addresses both an inner and outer American wilderness with a sobering look at Native American issues in the process 
3.5
Wind River
Sean P. Means
With Wind River screenwriter and now director Taylor Sheridan completes a trifecta of deeply layered character driven neo Western crime dramas and one that tops the other two 
4
Wind River
Jeff Simon
Even on a hot night audiences might find themselves shivering at this movie 
3.5
Wind River
Tom Meek
The combination of character setting and weave makes well known tropes fresh and new 
3
Wind River
Robert W. Butler
Sheridan s screenplay provides plenty of thumbnail portraits of colorful characters 
3
Wind River
John Wenzel
Sheridan has professed admiration for Clint Eastwood s towering anti Western Unforgiven and dark night of the soul dramas from Michael Mann Both are reference points for his adept mix of masculine posturing and wounded soul searching 
3
Wind River
Richard Roeper
For all the character studies and moments of reflection and lament Wind River never loses its identity as a gritty thriller 
4
Wind River
Robert Horton
A gratifyingly solid movie for grown ups 
3.5
Wind River
Barry Hertz
The film reveals its twists slowly but surely with Sheridan confident that his lead heroes will keep you captivated as he breaks his story down 
3
Wind River
James Berardinelli
Lambert s three dimensionality elevates Wind River above the norms of the traditional crime movie so that in addition to delivering the expected tropes it provides a richer more fulfilling experience 
3.5
Wind River
Mark Dujsik
Everything that sets this story apart from a familiar murder mystery is unceremoniously tossed aside once the mystery comes together 
2.5
Wind River
Peter Howell
An auspicious directorial debut for writer director Taylor Sheridan 
3
Wind River
Dann Gire
Wind River shows us how the isolation and abandonment of Native Americans have created an inhospitable climate 
3
Wind River
Ann Hornaday
Wind River is worth seeing if only to see Renner in the kind of starring role he so richly deserves and with luck will continue to find 
2.5
Wind River
Mark Feeney
The still ruinous treatment of Native Americans hangs over the movie like one of those immense storm clouds Wind River is as much about mourning as murder 
3
Wind River
Roger Moore
Fatalistic somber and shocking 
3.5
Wind River
Michael Phillips
Wind River is roughly 50 percent strengths 50 percent contrivances Often they collide in the same scene 
2
Wind River
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Sheridan excels at simple turns of phrase and leading us into a rat s nest of violence 
3
Wind River
Gary Thompson
Sheridan s genre instincts get the best of him and Wind River gives way to lurid exploitation 
2.5
Wind River
Mick LaSalle
Wind River is an impressive effort and an impressive result that opens up a world that most of us have never thought about and renders it with sorrow and vividness 
3
Wind River
Moira MacDonald
Sheridan the screenwriter behind Sicario and Hell or High Water writes dialogue that s lean yet rich and gives the actors time to let their words hang in that cold air 
3.5
Wind River
Christy Lemire
Sheridan s storytelling is meaty but efficient and his pacing moves along at a steadily engrossing clip 
3
Wind River
Rex Reed
Wind River is one terrific offbeat and heart pounding thriller 
3.5
Wind River
Robert Levin
Wind River is a gritty murder mystery layered with a social conscience 
3
Wind River
Peter Travers
Directorial debut of Sicario screenwriter Taylor Sheridan turns the story of a tracker a Fed and a dead Native American girl into a sharp social commentary that knocks you for a loop 
3
Wind River
Clayton Davis
One of the luring points to Sheridan s mysterious tale is the impeccable and moving work of Jeremy Renner who delivers his finest performance since The Town 
3
Wind River
Brian Truitt
A chilly air of isolation and desperation pervades the thriller Wind River Taylor Sheridan s new directorial effort that proves he s more than an exceptional writer 
3.5
Wind River
Christopher Gray
When Taylor Sheridan is left to his own devices his work seems more abrupt and shallow no more so than when he resolves all of this film s lingering questions in one unremittingly nasty sideswipe of a flashback 
1.5
The Cement Garden
Roger Ebert
It leads us into a world where some secrets are hidden and others indulged and there is no restraint on its dark impulses 
3
Wetlands
Mattie Lucas
A film that is always vibrantly alive with a sense of self discovery and even wonder at the world at life at the human body and it does so without any self consciousness or forced sincerity 
3
Wetlands
Rob Thomas
The right viewer will find it a singular even somewhat moving experience And no film will provide better motivation for you to clean the bathroom this weekend 
3
Wetlands
Brad Keefe
So joyfully perverse its shocks sometimes seem almost playful which is refreshing as Helen works out her kinks by celebrating them 
3.5
Wetlands
David Lewis
Crass vulgar and brilliant 
3
Wetlands
Tirdad Derakhshani
Wetlands is one of the most daring visually arresting innovative and imaginative examples of filmmaking to come out of Europe in recent memory 
3.5
Wetlands
John Anderson
Graphic occasionally disgusting but sweet natured and liberated 
2.5
Wetlands
Michael O'Sullivan
It isn t terribly clear where the movie or its hedonistic heroine is going but getting there is one wild ride 
2.5
Wetlands
Glenn Kenny
An inventively sharp briskly edited spectacularly acted post adolescent coming of age story 
3
Wetlands
Peter Travers
Wetlands is here to freak out the prudes and make dirty fun again That it does You won t find a better movie anywhere that features a teen girl using her crotch to wipe a public toilet seat 
3
Wetlands
Diego Semerene
For its general ludic obsession with all things generally thought of as disgusting the German film Wetlands is stuck in the anal stage 
3
Wetlands
Sara Stewart
Take note Lars von Trier This is how you do a truly funny subversive movie about a woman s obsession with the human body and sex 
4
Run
Namrata Joshi
Run has the word obsolete written on every frame 
1
Mother and Child
Dwight Brown
In the wrong hands this film could have been grating melodrama Under Garcia s watchful eye this is an ode to mothers and children who are lost but not forgotten 
3.5
Mother and Child
Michael Dequina
For the first time in a very long while Bening disappears into a character and turns in a performance that isn t about her shamelessly playing to the rafters to grab after Oscar 
3.5
Mother and Child
Rob Thomas
In a way I was almost hoping that the three storylines didn t tie together at the end Each of them stands so firmly on its own 
3
Mother and Child
Alison Gang
The answers Garcia offers aren t necessarily satisfying particularly for those who believe in adoption or gasp childlessness but they are thought provoking questions nevertheless 
2
Mother and Child
John Beifuss
Whenever we starts to lose patience with the story s conceit García and his actors hit a note of emotional authenticity that pulls us back in 
2.5
Mother and Child
Mike Scott
A well acted and effective drama when writer director Rodrigo Garcia allows it to move along 
3
Mother and Child
Keith Cohen
This movie packs an emotional wallop and women will get the most out of the way difficult decisions are reached in life changing situations Bening gives her best performance in years and makes a remarkable transformation that deserves Oscar consideration
3
Mother and Child
Matt Brunson
For the most part Garcia offers a sober clear eyed picture that s populated with prickly personalities and unenviable situations and he and his actors are brave enough not to flinch even during the most challenging interludes 
3
Mother and Child
Robert W. Butler
Garcia keeps his various stories flowing and in perfect balance 
3.5
Mother and Child
Steve Ramos
Mother and Child s best moments come from its many small and wonderful character details 
3
Mother and Child
Calvin Wilson
A thoughtful and provocative film about the way we live now 
3
Mother and Child
Rene Rodriguez
Garcia lets the picture start to go soft in the middle and teary melodrama floods in like water from a broken dam 
2
Mother and Child
Willie Waffle
Mother and Child has what might be the first Oscar caliber performance of the year 
2.5
Mother and Child
Lisa Kennedy
So many stories come packaged in hyped genres that we can forget how much character can hold sway Watts Bening and Washington along with a fine ensemble and a humane director make sure we remember 
3.5
Mother and Child
Ann Hornaday
With Mother and Child Garca brings his finely calibrated sense of drama to the subject of adoption which he handles with characteristic restraint and insight at least until the film s maudlin too pat finale 
2
Mother and Child
John Hartl
This is an actors showcase first and clearly García enjoys demonstrating what this ensemble can do 
3
Mother and Child
Carrie Rickey
The fine actors show how we bond to those not related to us by blood and also how we love Bring Kleenex 
3
Mother and Child
Michael Phillips
A screenwriter s butterfly flaps its wings and a chain of events is set into motion resulting in the latest cinematic ensemble tale of connectivity and yearning This one s good though 
3
Mother and Child
Roger Ebert
Of all the performances Samuel L Jackson s is the most surprising It sometimes appears that the busy Jackson will take almost any role to stay working This film provides a reminder of his subtlety 
3.5
Mother and Child
Peter Travers
Dynamite performances from Annette Bening and Naomi Watts ignite this strong drama from writer director Rodrigo Garcia 
3
Mother and Child
Rick Groen
It s tough for actors to be nuanced when the movie isn t and these intriguingly jagged edges soon get smoothed out 
2
Mother and Child
Ty Burr
Mother and Child keeps the traffic moving smoothly much more so than a movie like Crash because Garcia writes characters rather than positions and he knows that the silences between people usually speak louder than their words 
2.5
Mother and Child
Tom Meek
Though Watts s Elizabeth brings a sense of darkness and unpredictability to the film the hyperbolic flourishes and the melodramatic climax offset the actresses best efforts 
2.5
Mother and Child
Kyle Smith
The film is an actors showcase that Bening makes the most of 
3
Mother and Child
Greg Quill
That Garcia manages to spin three rich and complex yarns without ever losing hold of the main thread the deep and mysterious connections between mothers and daughters is evidence of a keen eye and an exceptionally curious mind 
3.5
Mother and Child
Mick LaSalle
Rodrigo Garcia knew he was making a good movie but did he really understand the kind of good movie he was making 
3
Mother and Child
Claudia Puig
Writer director Rodrigo Garcia has fashioned a clear eyed look at motherhood at all stages 
3
I'm Not in Love
Roger Moore
An indecisive movie about an indecisive leading man a movie I ll spare you from by saying decide to skip it 
1.5
The Valley
G. Allen Johnson
A film that at best seems like one of those cliched life lesson movies on the Lifetime channel 
2
The Valley
James Berardinelli
With solid performances and a sensitive screenplay The Valley offers a window overlooking a heartbreakingly common situation whose signs and symptoms remain elusive 
3
Sorry We Missed You
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A vibrant and emotional indictment about the consequences of the gig economy within a middle class family Loach directs like he s young and pissed off 
2.5
Sorry We Missed You
John Beifuss
Digs dig deep into a subject filmmakers usually ignore the struggle to make an honest living 
3.5
Sorry We Missed You
Rene Sanchez
Sorry We Missed You is Ken Loach s speciality a social piece carefully crafted to provoke a strong emotional reaction Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Sorry We Missed You
Lisa Trifone
Loach has created a devastatingly affecting portrait of life against a system and circumstances that don t make it easy to get ahead 
4
Sorry We Missed You
Robert Horton
As so often with Loach the sharply identified details are the key and they are often heart rending 
3.5
Sorry We Missed You
Mark Dujsik
This is a film that s quietly devastating in its ordinariness 
4
Sorry We Missed You
Ty Burr
Sorry We Missed You depicts the vise into which many people are forced to put head hearts and lives in order to pay the rent and feed their families 
3
Sorry We Missed You
Ann Hornaday
This absorbing and ultimately shattering portrayal of the costs of a late capitalist system obsessed with convenience efficiency and nanosecond precision couldn t be more timely 
3
Sorry We Missed You
Joe Friar
Ken Loach returns with another story focused on the struggles of the working class in the poignant drama with memorable performances 
4
Sorry We Missed You
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Sorry We Missed You plunges us deep into the rabbit hole of twisted socio economic policies that allow the titans of industry to prosper at the expense of everyone else
4
Sorry We Missed You
Nell Minow
Beautifully performed with searing honesty and naturalism by the entire cast 
3.5
Sorry We Missed You
Pat Brown
It s difficult to imagine a more socially engaged or powerful condemnation of the exploitative gig economy than Ken Loach s latest 
3.5
Sorry We Missed You
Roger Moore
Loach s intimate scathing take on life in the gig economy a family not getting ahead or even holding its own but swimming as frantically as it can even as they spiral down the drain 
3
Sorry We Missed You
Joey Magidson
What s the difference between Ken Loach and Bruce Springsteen Both are poets of the working class but only the latter sees hope in their plights 
2
Sorry We Missed You
Peter Howell
Bleak even by Loach s no guff standards but it kicks like a mule 
3
Downhill
Brian Eggert
Whereas Force Majeure wanted its audience to observe human behavior and judge the complex situation for themselves Downhill presents every emotion and situation with dull unmistakable clarity 
2
Downhill
Mark Meszoros
Ferrell and Louis Dreyfus are as good together as you d expect and we d love to see them pair in something again soon be it more serious or far less so 
2.5
Downhill
Katie Walsh
Downhill retains the essential DNA of Force Majeure and therefore remains a strange and prickly piece of work 
2.5
Downhill
Mattie Lucas
Takes a troubling and uncomfortable study of human relationships and turns it into mildly entertaining sitcom 
2
Downhill
Dann Gire
Ferrell himself seems uncomfortable in his superficial portrait of Pete a character who establishes no connections with us or his fellow cast members 
2
Downhill
Peter Canavese
As long as Faxon and Rash stay in this pitch black pocket of uncomfortable truth telling Downhill retains its power But since this is an American comedy 
2.5
Downhill
David Nusair
Downhill possesses a raft of above average attributes that slowly but surely win the viewer over 
3.5
Downhill
Lara Zarum
Allow me to save you some time and money Force Majeure is streaming on Amazon Prime 
2
Downhill
Lisa Jensen
Co produced by Louis Dreyfus it does have more of a frenetic undercurrent than the spare sober original but the theme of disrupted trust still has a harrowing edge 
2.5
Downhill
Pamela Powell
The topic and subject matter paired with Julia Louis Dreyfus and Will Ferrell s performances are well worth spending the money to see this film 
3
Downhill
Sara Michelle Fetters
I cannot get angry or feel let down by what Downhill is not most obviously that it isn t as deep or as profound as Force Majeure was I can only judge the film for what it actually is 
3
Downhill
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a watered down version of the original but it s still pretty good neither wise nor profound yet sometimes smart and with sharp elbows especially if you have nothing with which to compare it 
2.5
Downhill
Cate Marquis
This re make falls far short despite the determined efforts of the cast to add a little spark 
2
Downhill
Brandy McDonnell
Although Downhill has a few relatable and amusing moments it mostly wastes the considerable talents involved Perhaps the best that can be said for the film is that it might convince more people to rent or stream Force Majeure 
2
Downhill
Richard Roeper
Despite the best efforts of stars Julia Louis Dreyfus and Will Ferrell remake of Force Majeure isn t nearly as entertaining 
2
Downhill
Rene Sanchez
Although Louis Dreyfus and Ferrell have a chance to shine this uninspired and unnecessary remake loses the wit and the nuance of its original source Full Review in Spanish 
2
Downhill
Steven Prokopy
The movie lacks certain subtleties that might have made it more satisfying but what s here is still serviceable amusing and worthy of some attention 
2.5
Downhill
Rex Reed
Downhill is a perfect example of a bad film that doesn t have a clue about what kind of movie it wants to be 
2
Downhill
Sean P. Means
For the first 40 minutes of Downhill Louis Dreyfus is not even doing comedy Her struggle to hold it in when she wants to scream at Pete is the stuff of high caliber drama and Louis Dreyfus plays it perfectly 
3
Downhill
Robert Daniels
Downhill never sticks the landing as a couple s comedy nor as a marriage in crisis 
1.5
Downhill
Michael Smith
This is a movie that should have had much more pitch black humor and shown much more insight into the matters of mortality family failings and the human heart 
2
Downhill
Robert Horton
It s certainly something different from the usual run of bigscreen comedies but what we see doesn t go far enough 
2
Downhill
Christian Toto
The American remake of 2014 s Force Majeure squanders a fine cast and a provocative subject 
2.5
Downhill
Jeff York
Remaking foreign films is tricky especially trying to Americanize one as subtle and insinuating as Force Majeure A noble effort was made here although the endeavor was far too much of an uphill battle 
2
Downhill
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The result is a fresh perspective on the premise to the benefit of all involved 
3.5
Downhill
Mark Feeney
When the best thing about a movie is the title that s never a good sign It s all downhill from there Exactly and that s the case with Downhill 
1.5
Downhill
Rafer Guzman
An uneven but intriguing movie that pushes its two stars slightly outside their comfort zones 
2.5
Downhill
Chris Hewitt
Morality is presented as a black and white affair in Downhill and it s difficult to empathize with this family of privileged creeps 
2.5
Downhill
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers thrive in the potential for discomforting awkward humor 
3
Downhill
Moira MacDonald
I enjoyed Downhill purely for Louis Dreyfus performance we don t get to see the Veep star on the big screen very often so why not revel in her talent when we get the chance 
2.5
Downhill
Mick LaSalle
It s just too bad that the directors allowed Ferrell to settle for such an edgeless performance 
2.5
Downhill
Katie Walsh
Downhill retains the essential DNA of Force Majeure and therefore remains a strange and prickly piece of work 
2.5
Downhill
Jake Coyle
Ferrell and Louis Dreyfus are terrific together and Downhill is sustained by their chemistry 
3
Downhill
Roger Moore
If you want to see Force Majeure rent it and stream it If you want to see two terrific comic talents circling around it in something lighter and funnier then Downhill it is 
2.5
Downhill
Nick Allen
A largely inferior American knockoff that s far less dynamic than the 2014 dark comedy it s based on 
2
Downhill
Johnny Oleksinski
You impatiently tap your foot waiting for the belly laughs to come They never do 
2
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Matt Brunson
Unlike the brilliant 40 and similar 41 Arsenic and Old Lace 44 the material here is very hit and miss 44 but Peter Lorre is hilarious 46 
2.5
Nerve
David N. Butterworth
The plausibility of its scenario gives Nerve an unexpected edge 
2.5
Nerve
David Nusair
it s ultimately difficult to envision this thin story working as a short let alone a 96 minute feature 
1.5
Nerve
Linda Cook
Nerve lacks a courageous plot 
1
Nerve
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the first half of the movie is a giddy good time at a certain point the inherent implausibility fueling things begins to take its toll 
2
Nerve
Peter Travers
It gets off on the highwire fun of living on a digital dare and then pisses away its provocations by lecturing us with a metaphorical take on social media as an STD What a buzz kill 
2.5
Nerve
Jack Howland
If you approach it as a fun excursion and nothing more you ll likely have a good time That s how more summer fare oughta be 
2.5
Nerve
Brad Wheeler
Nerve looks fabulous and the pace is evenly adrenalized which makes up for clichd characters a concocted premise and commentary that is a bit on the nose 
2.5
Nerve
Tina Hassannia
The final act turns Nerve from crime thriller teenage drama into a banal morality play 
2
Nerve
Nick Patch
Like one of its daredevils hanging one handed from skyscraper scaffolding Nerve mostly manages to maintain its precarious balance of pulpy suspense and social commentary 
2.5
Nerve
Willie Waffle
As Nerve loses more touch with reality we lose interest 
1.5
Nerve
Josh Terry
Nerve is all about our dependence on technology but it will also make directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman s movie into a heavily dated time capsule for 2016 
2
Nerve
James Berardinelli
Joost and Schulman use nearly every trick imaginable to keep Nerve s energy at a consistently high level and to give it a visual uniqueness 
3
Nerve
Sean P. Means
The movie falls apart in the second half bogged down in computer hacker mumbo jumbo and a heavy handed message about the insidious effect of anonymous online users 
2.5
Nerve
Kyle Smith
The sharpest wildest and most unpredictable thriller I ve seen this year 
3.5
Nerve
Rafer Guzman
An enjoyable teen flick about the glamour and danger of the internet 
3
Nerve
Lauren Chval
Nerve is quick and suspenseful throughout never lagging for even a second But a moral gray area turns into a sermon and the movie doesn t give you enough to think about to keep you from pulling out your phone afterward 
2.5
Nerve
Ty Burr
For about 45 minutes the movie s engrossing fluff a stylish cautionary cyber tale aimed primarily at teenage girls 
2
Nerve
Richard Roeper
Emma Roberts and Dave Franco are just fine but there s no huge onscreen spark between them Most of the supporting roles are thinly drawn and forgettable 
2
Nerve
Dann Gire
A desperate preposterously stupid climax undermines the already thin narrative negating a solid stabilizing performance by Roberts 
2.5
Nerve
Stephanie Merry
Not only does it uncannily evoke the feelings of awkwardness alienation and excitement that come with being a teenager but it conjures the kind of suspense that will give your armrests a workout 
2.5
Nerve
Mick LaSalle
A successful and memorable thriller 
3
Nerve
Roger Moore
Almost lives up to its name
2.5
Nerve
Peter Canavese
When this thriller has to turn the screws of its climax its fundamental stupidity surfaces 
1
Nerve
Mark Dujsik
What s strange is that the movie becomes significantly dumber once it actually finds a legitimate target 
2
Nerve
Rob Thomas
The freshest thing about Nerve is that there s no big bad guy controlling the strings of the game just a mob of anonymous watchers who bring out the worst in people it s like the villain of the movie is a comments section come to life 
3
Nerve
Odie Henderson
Part of me screamed for this film to get off my lawn but an even bigger part of me succumbed to playing by its rules Nerve is too much fun to stay mad at for long 
3
Nerve
Moira MacDonald
Franco grins diabolically throughout and Roberts sounds a bit like a junior version of Sarah Jessica Parker s Sex and the City character otherwise they re awfully bland and it s hard to get too invested in their fate 
2
Nerve
Tirdad Derakhshani
Nerve gives moviegoers everything they d want from a teen romance It s a little less successful as a critique of life in the age of Instagram 
2.5
Nerve
Christopher Gray
By merely transposing its generic high school clique drama onto an augmented reality platform Nerve sacrifices most of its novelty 
2
Nerve
Katie Walsh
Mr Robot meets Battle Royale a neon saturated teenage dream high on first kisses and digital hearts 
2.5
Nerve
Dustin Putman
Growing increasingly convoluted the further it wades into mundane thriller territory Nerve jumps the proverbial shark and loses its nerve 
2
The Last Wave
James Kendrick
a unique film that bears the uneven yet genuine traces of a deeply felt work not entirely settled
3
Revelations: Paradise Lost 2
Roger Ebert
There is unlikely to be anything else on TV this week or this month more disturbing than this film Watching it you feel like an eyewitness to injustice 
3
Miss Representation
Moira MacDonald
This film needs to be watched by teenage girls for whom it may well serve as both a wake up call and a course called Women s Images in Media 101 
3
Hideaway
Roger Ebert
The movie is an expedition into the deepest caverns of after death spookiness with a hero zapped back to life after lingering just a little too long on the distant shore 
3
12 Rounds
Peter Canavese
Awfully forgettable but Harlin makes things go boom again with ruthless efficiency that puts the flick just over the hump of the straight to cable Jeff Speakman school Blu ray 
2
12 Rounds
Mike Scott
With all the nuance of a fist to the groin it s the kind of forgettable film that isn t impossible to enjoy but that only a Cena fan could truly love 
2
12 Rounds
David Nusair
a decent action movie that could ve been a great one 
2
12 Rounds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Harlin shakes the picture around as if he and the camera were constantly bouncing around in the bed of a rattletrap pickup truck 
2
12 Rounds
Linda Cook
We all have our little fantasies Some people focus on romance some on money some one exotic locales 
2
12 Rounds
James Berardinelli
12 Rounds is the unholy stepchild of Die Hard with a Vengeance and Speed starring a man whose lack of range makes Steven Seagal seem nuanced by comparison 
1
Last Ride
Eric Melin
Weaving carries the film in a rare lead role as a father who loves his son but has criminal tendencies that get the best of him Tom Russell is subtle and effective as the boy who has to grow up fast 
3
Last Ride
Jeff Beck
There were some clear issues with the story and characters that really needed to be addressed well before the cameras started rolling but unfortunately director Glendyn Ivin and screenwriter Mac Gudgeon didn t do so 
2
Last Ride
Farran Smith Nehme
Both Weaving and the movie itself do manage to show that this violent hopelessly damaged man yearns to be a father but will never know how 
2.5
Last Ride
Glenn Heath Jr.
Despite its strong visual sensibility and performances Glendyn Ivin s film gives into contrivance in its final act 
2.5
Last Ride
Roger Ebert
As Kev the veteran actor Weaving gives the performance of lifetime 
4
Three Fugitives
David Nusair
an irredeemably uneven piece of work 
2
Three Fugitives
Walter Chaw
Interesting now only as a better forgotten relic of a time in which people actually paid full ticket price to see Martin Short in a movie 
0.5
Desolation Center
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Even if time has softened interviewees once so set on blowing up boulders or destroying power tools to create art Desolation Center carves its documentary niche with no apologies 
3
Playback
Nick Schager
Playback posits cinema as a conduit for Satanic evil but has nothing to say about the act of watching except that its uniform horridness functions as an unintentional commentary on enduring pitiful horror movie conventions 
.5
The Gospel of John
Ben Witherington III
The Word made flesh has now become the Word made visible In an age of visuals it might just attract many who would never take the time to read John s gospel 
4
The Gospel of John
Erik Lundegaard
It s a straightforward unimaginative narrative and thus not very memorable 
2
The Gospel of John
Ty Burr
The sad truth is that director Philip Saville and writer John Goldsmith have made a picture book rather than a film one that leans so heavily on Christopher Plummer s placid voice over narration as to be cinematically inert 
1.5
The Gospel of John
Jeffrey Westhoff
Henry Ian Cusick creates a persuasive Jesus a savior as happy as often as he is solemn 
3
The Gospel of John
Lou Carlozo
Events unfold as chronological vignettes and there s little room for screenwriter John Goldsmith to reimagine scenes to mine their full dramatic potential 
2
The Gospel of John
Ruthe Stein
Turns out to be surprisingly robust 
3
The Gospel of John
Jeff Vice
The performances are flat and lifeless Cusick may look the part but he has no real charisma and even Christopher Plummer as narrator is less than lively reading in an all too reverent monotone suggesting even he s having a hard time staying awake 
2
The Gospel of John
Phil Villarreal
Sunday school by way of traffic school 
1.5
The Gospel of John
Duane Dudek
A word for word adaptation of the New Testament book Nothing was added and nothing was omitted 
3
The Gospel of John
Chris Hewitt
Feels like the longest Sunday school class ever 
2
The Gospel of John
Jeff Strickler
Despite the filmmakers efforts to make The Gospel of John into a dramatic feature film it never quite makes it beyond the lesson stage 
2.5
The Gospel of John
David Sterritt
Except for a few scenes that evoke the reverent beauty of Renaissance painting the filmmaking and acting are awfully stiff certainly not worthy of the timeless story being told 
2
The Gospel of John
Rick Groen
A hero especially a tragic hero becomes empathetic when his own actions collide with the hand of Fate But when the crucified hero is an all powerful God when his free will is the only determinism Fate goes out the window and with it our sympathies 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Brian Eggert
The film contains memorable moments that make the messy and twisting plot worth trying to figure out 
3
The Gentlemen
Mark Meszoros
Like the vast majority of Ritchie s work The Gentlemen is both entertaining and almost instantly forgettable
2.5
The Gentlemen
Federico Furzan
Ritchie s return to his comfort zone has setbacks But none that make this an unpleasant experience Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Gentlemen
David Nusair
Guy Ritchie returns to the milieu of his first few movies with The Gentlemen 
3.5
The Gentlemen
Linda Cook
The Gentlemen is smart sophisticated tale of criminals 
3.5
The Gentlemen
Matt Brunson
Sure we love to see people take chances or expand their horizons but cinematically speaking it s sometimes good for filmmakers to stay in their own lanes 
3
The Gentlemen
Donovan Farley
The English filmmaker has managed to breathe new and entertaining life into his favorite genre 
3
The Gentlemen
Pamela Powell
Great action smart dialogue and story development give way to a suspenseful oftentimes humorous old fashioned thriller that will keep you engaged and entertained 
3.5
The Gentlemen
Jake Coyle
It s not that Ritchie s film doesn t have some zip But the movie time and time again exalts the gallantry of its gentlemen heroes at the expense of those unlike them It gives this glass of Gritchie s English Lore a bitter taste 
2
The Gentlemen
Sarah Knight Adamson
Guy Ritchie s return to his signature British crime caper movies provides Hugh Grant with a terrific role while Charlie Hunnam shines in the spotlight 
3
The Gentlemen
Sara Michelle Fetters
Grant once again is stunning in a supporting role his twisty grandeur as he spins his verbal web extraordinary 
3
The Gentlemen
Dewey Singleton
The Gentlemen is a highly stylized well written gangster romp that s entertaining as hell 
3
The Gentlemen
Rob Thomas
Watching The Gentlemen is like sinking into a favorite chair pouring a glass of good whiskey and putting a favorite album on the turntable that you haven t listened to in years 
3
The Gentlemen
Richard Roeper
The Gentlemen never ceases to surprise and amuse 
3.5
The Gentlemen
Rex Reed
Written with empty headed desperation and directed with minimal imagination by Guy Ritchie one of the most incompetent filmmakers of the century 
0
The Gentlemen
Tom Meek
If The Gentlemen had been about 15 to 20 minutes shorter it might have been a real rock n roller as is it s sharply slick and witty between bouts of overwrought machinations 
2
The Gentlemen
Christian Toto
It s glorious gangster fun assuming an avalanche of profanity doesn t send you scrambling for the exit 
3
The Gentlemen
Jeff York
The movie is chock full of low life s robberies murders and double crosses It s a lot of fun and a welcome return for Ritchie 
3
The Gentlemen
Mark Dujsik
It s a story that s really about how tricky and showy Ritchie can be when telling a story 
2
The Gentlemen
Phil Villarreal
It s good to have Ritchie back Now to find a way to keep him away from historical epics or Disney remakes 
3
The Gentlemen
Robert Horton
The same smirk is in place the same breezy pleasure in random violence the same snickering over gay jokes and Asian names 
2
The Gentlemen
Johanna Schneller
Oh they re having so much fun these roguish lads that it would be uncharitable to criticize them too harshly And it s January so why resist Better to chuckle fondly enjoy your popcorn and move on 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Tom Russo
It s a diverting if slightly undercooked throwback that could offer more genuine intrigue but that s still worth it to see the cast gamely chuck out the window manners and vanity 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Bob Bloom
The movie offers enough sizzle to keep you warm during these cold times 
3
The Gentlemen
Peter Howell
Prepare to be entertained if you enjoy watching charismatic actors act naughty talk dirty and shoot first 
2.5
The Gentlemen
James Berardinelli
It s generally not a good thing to be sitting in a theater seat and realizing that the director is as interested in showing off as telling a story 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Chris Hewitt
Despite its charms The Gentlemen ends up feeling longer than its 113 minutes for one reason You ve seen it all before 
2
The Gentlemen
Mick LaSalle
The Gentleman isn t offensive and it s not even good enough to qualify as coarse If it weren t mildly annoying it would be as close to nothing as an experience can be 
1
The Gentlemen
Soren Andersen
The dialogue the violence the humor and the intricacy of the storytelling make for a picture in which most everyone in it seems to be having a great deal of chatty bloody fun 
3
The Gentlemen
Steven Prokopy
Ritchie is back to his old stomping grounds with The Gentlemen a polished politically incorrect appropriately violent comedic tale of criminals and the ladies and gentlemen who maneuver in their orbit 
3
The Gentlemen
Michael O'Sullivan
A funny violent rambunctious shaggy dog story of a crime caper featuring an ensemble cast studded with colorful characters played by name actors 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Roger Moore
It s a marvel to listen to But man is there a lot of listening to do And listening 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Robert Levin
The Gentlemen might best be regarded as a greatest hits compilation But the whole aesthetic is tired and could use some genuine refreshing 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Johnny Oleksinski
Grant s second act as a veritable master of disguise in comedies such as Paddington 2 and Florence Foster Jenkins has been the No 1 thing audiences needed but didn t realize they wanted the Taco Bell Doritos Locos of Hollywood 
3
The Gentlemen
Katie Walsh
Ritchie still has undeniable attitude and swagger in spades But kick the tires and you ll start to realize the story s a lemon 
2.5
The Gentlemen
Blake Howard
Ritchie knows the rules knows who he is and owning his storytelling craft leading to a collision of crassness class satire and virtuosic application of the word c nt that I imagine is going to only grow in appreciation with each re watch 
3.5
The Gentlemen
Ben Flanagan
Gentrified London is akin to Guy Ritchie s filmmaking a characterless mockery of its former glories 
1
This Movie Is Broken
Liam Lacey
It s a Broken Social Scene movie with a sweet tease of a story that pretends for a moment that Toronto and Paris could share an affair 
3
Volcano
Dennis King
Movies like Volcano exist for their gigantic humongous eye popping special effects and this picture delivers those Big Time 
2.5
Volcano
David Nusair
The fairly anticlimactic final stretch ensures that Volcano concludes on a less than engrossing note 
2.5
Volcano
Michael Dequina
The characters aren t people they re mere objects to stick in front of the flowing lava 
2
Volcano
Judith Egerton
Movie bombs L A with lava audience with stupidity
1
Volcano
Robert Roten
The film about a volcano erupting in downtown Los Angeles is helped immeasurably by veteran actor Tommy Lee Jones who has enough charm and charisma to rescue just about any movie He needs it all to save this one 
2.5
Volcano
Margaret A. McGurk
On its own escapist terms Volcano dishes up a textbook serving of low I Q high energy entertainment 
3
Volcano
James Kendrick
gives us the bare minimums needed for a story and then lets the lava flow
2.5
Volcano
Marc Savlov
Volcano is an embarrassment albeit one of the so bad it s kinda good variety 
1.5
Volcano
Janet Maslin
Like the substantially better Twister this film insists on a thunderous exhausting pace that inevitably becomes deflating 
2
Volcano
Madeleine Williams
A ridiculous script and mediocre special effects mar this ludicrous disaster pic 
1.5
Volcano
Roger Ebert
Volcano is an absolutely standard assembly line undertaking no wonder one of the extras is reading a paperback titled Screenwriting Made Easy 
1.5
Volcano
James Berardinelli
This is one of the best pure disaster movies ever made not that it has much competition Congratulations to director Mick Jackson for a job well done 
3
Volcano
Steve Rhodes
Memorable Hardly but the main actors are worth seeing and that first act has so much promise it almost makes you want to forgive them for blowing the second 
2.5
Volcano
Mike Clark
Hundreds of screen technicians obviously slaved on the effects and for what A dopey subplot about a bogus arrest Soap opera involving Jones injured daughter 
1.5
Volcano
Rob Blackwelder
I don t want to pay 7 50 to watch a movie imitate CNN 
1
Beneath the Darkness
David Nusair
a pervasively underwhelming thriller that wears out its welcome almost immediately 
1.5
Beneath the Darkness
Rex Reed
You anticipate every scene before it happens and figure out every secret before it s revealed 
1
Beneath the Darkness
Kyle Smith
Even Dennis Quaid s uncharacteristic hamming as a mad mortician in a small Texas town can t save this silly scare free horror film 
1
Beneath the Darkness
Stephen Whitty
The screenplay gets nothing out of the claustrophobic terror of being locked up in that narrow grave and the mystery is obvious from the start 
2
Beneath the Darkness
Robert Levin
This mediocre movie should have bypassed theaters and gone straight to Netflix 
2
Beneath the Darkness
Andrew Schenker
Overly expository dialogue abounds as do questionable filmmaking choices and plenty of stupidly unconvincing actions taken on the part of the film s characters 
1
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
Ty Burr
It s the gulf between what people said then and now that resonates throughout this documentary and the blind spots that continue today 
3.5
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
Roger Moore
A tense tight and timely film
3.5
Saving Atlantis
Roger Moore
A fairly thorough survey of all that s going wrong and many of the efforts underway worldwide to save seed and repopulate coral reefs
2.5
Saving Atlantis
Roger Moore
A coral reef documentary doesn t have the impressive visuals of the BBC s Nature series but it s a fairly thorough survey of all that s going wrong and many of the efforts underway worldwide to save them 
2.5
Hemel
Kent Turner
Sure for viewers turned voyeurs it s hard to look away from the screen but the film is less successful from a psychological point of view even with plenty of daddy issues 
2
15 Minutes of War
Mark Dujsik
In 15 Minutes of War we understand what s happening with every move every stall and every bullet 
3
15 Minutes of War
Roger Moore
Solid cliche ridden B movie about snipers trying to save schoolkids in French Colonial Africa 
2
The Guantanamo Trap
Linda Barnard
It brings perspective to this carefully paced story of four very different individuals whose lives have been forever changed by their relationship with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp 
3
The Guantanamo Trap
Guy Dixon
The Guantanamo Trap not only makes for terrific documentary cinema it does a tremendous journalistic service 
3.5
The Pink Panther
Matt Brunson
Despite the game efforts of a top cast director Blake Edwards noticed that Sellers and his fumbling character were the true stars of the film 
3
The Pink Panther
Peter Canavese
All the ingredients for a great evening at the movies lively music eye catching scenery larger than life comic set pieces suave men and beautiful women and odd man out Clouseau played to perfection by the one and only Peter Sellers Blu ray 
3.5
The Pink Panther
Bill Chambers
Wall to wall exposition courtesy of talking tuxedoes
1.5
Arctic Dogs
Linda Cook
Arctic Dogs should get cold shoulder from audiences 
1.5
Arctic Dogs
Roger Moore
Joyless
1
Final Portrait
Robert Daniels
Stop me if you ve heard this one before no seriously stop me A depraved creative genius is on a quest to find artistic value in living treating everyone around him like sh t in the process 
2
Final Portrait
Bob Bloom
Though Final Portrait only runs about 90 minutes it does feel longer You simply cannot speed up the pace in which an artist sits in front of a canvas studying his subject then going to work before becoming irritated and stopping 
3
Final Portrait
Lisa Jensen
Final Portrait may not plunge you into the miracle of artistic expression go see an Andy Goldsworthy movie for that but it offers a lively glimpse at the process from the outside looking in 
3
Final Portrait
Barry Paris
Final Portrait is a captivating portrait of a haunted but exhilarating artist and an unlikely friendship between two totally different men bonding through the blessing and curse of the artistic process 
3
Final Portrait
Rob Thomas
Portrait is that rare film about art that focuses more on the art rather than the personal life of the artist 
3
Final Portrait
Robert Horton
Tucci does some admirable things despite the film s slimness 
2.5
Final Portrait
Roger Moore
The movie that lifts the patrician pretty boy Armie Hammer out of the league of lightweights he s been trapped in Or anoints him their king 
3
Final Portrait
Calvin Wilson
Working from his own screenplay Stanley Tucci best known as an actor delivers a character study that s low on character development 
2
Final Portrait
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Final Portrait never feels monotonous or claustrophobic Using close ups of Lord s face to capture Giacometti s perspective Tucci thrillingly ushers us into the creative process 
3
Final Portrait
Moira MacDonald
This movie is literally about watching paint dry but Tucci and the cast find a world of detail and nuance 
3
Final Portrait
David Nusair
Filmmaker Stanley Tucci admittedly does an effective job of establishing the specific time and place within which Final Portrait transpires 
2.5
Final Portrait
Kate Taylor
The rare biopic of a visual artist that considers the dilemma of the art more seriously than it considers the drama of the life 
3
Final Portrait
Bruce DeMara
The story doesn t amount to much more than a hill of beans but Tucci manages to make his rumination on the life of an artist slyly amusing and believable 
3
Final Portrait
Tom Russo
We get a vivid image of Giacometti but after a time the film leaves us starving for some variety too 
2
Final Portrait
Gary Thompson
Rush has a lot to do and is the kind of performer who can rise to that kind of challenge Hammer is not so lucky 
2
Final Portrait
Ann Hornaday
Tucci successfully banishes cliches in a finely observed character study that possesses the ring of careworn unprettified truth 
3.5
Final Portrait
Richard Roeper
As a film it s well made and the performances are fine but it feels slight and thin and inconsequential quite the opposite of the work Alberto Giacometti left behind 
2
Final Portrait
Anita Katz
Tucci impresses in depicting Giacometti s creative process 
3
Final Portrait
Mark Dujsik
Final Portrait isn t much of a biography a character study a joke or an examination of the mind of an artist 
2
Final Portrait
Michael Phillips
Final Portrait is barely 90 minutes long which is about right and several of those minutes are wordless patient and observant of the artist s surroundings inquisitive regarding what Giacometti is trying to will into being 
3
Final Portrait
Rex Reed
This movie is a meticulous dossier of the artistic process by one man who created it and another man who lived through it Not your usual bill of fare at the movies but well worth the patience to make it pay off 
3
Final Portrait
Mick LaSalle
Final Portrait is basically just an anecdote about a painting 
2
Final Portrait
Glenn Kenny
An apt tribute to both the artist and art itself 
3
Final Portrait
Peter Travers
Stanley Tucci s look at the legendary artist Alberto Giacometti a live wire Geoffrey Rush is a mesmerizing meditation on the mystery of genius and anything but paint by numbers 
3
Final Portrait
Oleg Ivanov
As seen through Lord s eyes the dramas and passions on display throughout the film come off as melodramas and grotesqueries 
2
Cup of Cheer
Randy Myers
If you find those Hallmark Christmas movies about as tasty as Aunt Sally s rum soaked fruitcake then Jake Horowitz s spoof of holiday romance movies might be for you 
2.5
Cup of Cheer
Roger Moore
Cheerfully cheesy with the occasional off color crack a whole lot of jokes that don t land and a cast that s not quite amusing enough
2
Cup of Cheer
Barry Hertz
The result is messy zippy and smart alecky But never boring and occasionally funny enough to warrant a spit take or three 
2.5
Teddy Bears
Brian Tallerico
It features a central protagonist who s simply not likable supporting characters who serve as little more than plot devices for its lead and a flat tone that somehow seems to soften even its most likable stars 
2
Road
Steven Snyder
It s a less entertaining movie but a much more life affirming one 
3.5
Road
Michele Kenner
Writer director Leslie McCleave offers no explanation beyond juxtaposing sour lake beds and radioactive vats with the tension between the former lovers The environment with upstate New York standing in for Ontario rarely looks this distasteful 
2
Road
Michael Wilmington
McCleave making her feature debut shows skill and emotion 
2.5
Mental
Tom Keogh
The heart of Hogan s film is in the right place and Collette is masterful as an agent of anarchy 
2.5
Mental
Tina Hassannia
Given the film s garrulous multitude of characters one wishes they would all just shut up and sing 
.5
Mental
Lou Lumenick
The scenery Down Under looks great and you certainly can t write off a film where Liev Schreiber plays a shark hunter 
2
Mental
Roger Moore
Not every cute movie about the mentally ill is Oscar worthy but this touching and riotous one from Down Under works well enough 
2.5
Caged Heat
David Nusair
There s ultimately never a point at which Caged Heat is able to overcome its palpably minuscule budget 
2
Caged Heat
John Beifuss
Contains a skits within the movie sequence that comments on the narrative while also exposing the artificiality absudity and performance aspect of the Women in Prison trend itself 
3
Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own
Steven Prokopy
With a running time of only about an hour Into Her Own feels like an episode of American Masters and there s nothing wrong with that 
3
Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own
Joe Friar
A fascinating and streamlined look at the renowned sculptor as we get a behind the scenes look at her creative process 
3
War Witch
Kelly Jane Torrance
That the teenage Rachel Mwanza can show us and make us feel viscerally a bit of what such a child goes through is a miracle in itself 
3.5
War Witch
Dwight Brown
Nguyen s direction and script rarely falter It s a near perfect blend of harsh reality and mysticism 
3
War Witch
Bill Stamets
Atrocity and beauty somehow co exist in War Witch 
4
War Witch
Jesse Kinos-Goodin
This harrowing film refuses to let up long enough to let you catch your breath 
3
War Witch
Ty Burr
War Witch gives us a continent s tragedy in a young girl s face 
3.5
War Witch
Nathan Southern
The picture is far and away most effective in its sequences of quiet lyricism 
3.5
War Witch
John Beifuss
You re likely to ponder its images its insights into a very foreign for most of us location and the tragic situation of Komona and others like her for a long time to come 
3.5
War Witch
Alison Gang
Nguyen creates a mesmerizing tone through his camerawork editing sound and the infusion of African folk imagery and ritual but it s Mwanza s performance as Komona that makes War Witch feel so miraculous 
4
War Witch
Claudia Puig
A powerful and upsetting portrait of a young girl compelled into unimaginably horrific circumstances 
3.5
War Witch
Moira MacDonald
Nguyen astonishingly manages to wring something vaguely like a happy ending from this tragic story 
3.5
War Witch
Robert Levin
The portrait of a girl who retains her dignity and strength her faith in the future in the face of unimaginable horrors It s inspirational in a very real way 
3.5
War Witch
V.A. Musetto
Brutality and tenderness are a potent mix in War Witch 
3.5
War Witch
Calum Marsh
Though ostensibly a character study it s nevertheless characterized by the vaguely moralizing tone of an issue film one whose candor in face of brutality seems calculated for maximum liberal appeal 
2
War Witch
Kam Williams
21st Century Africa presented as a godforsaken wasteland conjuring up primitive images reminiscent of the ghoulish dystopia chronicled by Conrad in Heart of Darkness 
3
War Witch
Guy Dixon
Rebelle is full of such careful detail and is carried so beautifully by Mwanza s performance that questions of authenticity slide away 
3
War Witch
Linda Barnard
The ghosts of murdered villagers that haunt a young girl brutally forced into slavery as a child soldier in Rebelle mirror the film s dramatic effect on an audience 
3.5
War Witch
David Nusair
an intriguing and frequently disturbing drama that tells an important story in an impressively even handed way 
3
Like a Boss
Rene Sanchez
It doesn t dare to break away from the proven formula or take any risks An ordinary comedy saved by the chemistry of its leads Full Review in Spanish 
2
Like a Boss
David Nusair
Entirely forgettable 
1.5
Like a Boss
Matt Brunson
Like a Boss is a truly terrible movie that wastes the talents of a good cast in material that would be beneath everyone with the exception of Rob Schneider 
1
Like a Boss
Sean P. Means
There s a vast gulf between a funny movie and a movie with a lot of funny people in it and within that gulf rests Like a Boss whose raunchy humor misses more than it hits 
2
Like a Boss
Michael O'Sullivan
True to its workplace themed title Like a Boss feels like a chore someone was handed 
1.5
Like a Boss
Mattie Lucas
The by the numbers script does its cast no favors saddling Haddish with lame one liners and completely wasting reliable supporting players like Billy Porter and Jennifer Coolidge 
1
Like a Boss
Jeff Mitchell
The chuckles start to wane after the first 20 minutes and the remaining 60 are largely spent feeling pity for Haddish and Byrne 
1.5
Like a Boss
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even at a brisk 83 minutes the comedy plods around aimlessly for much of its running time building to a foregone conclusion that I saw coming from a mile away 
2
Like a Boss
Steven Prokopy
Boy did they miss the mark unless their mark was an R rated celebration of shallow dummies 
1.5
Like a Boss
Jocelyn Noveck
Despite a briefly promising beginning Like a Boss soon proves itself disappointingly shallow a wanna be female empowerment movie with a paper thin plot seemingly concocted in 20 minutes and scrawled on the back of a napkin 
1.5
Like a Boss
Rob Thomas
Hayek and Arteta can do much better together They already have 
1
Like a Boss
Robert Horton
A movie in which the dead air that follows bad jokes sometimes threatens to swallow its actors whole 
1
Like a Boss
Phil Villarreal
As worn out tired and dated on the meme on which it s based 
1.5
Like a Boss
Mark Dujsik
Each scene plays as its own isolated gag unconnected to the story and only loosely founded on the broad sketches of these characters 
1
Like a Boss
Christy Lemire
In its tone deaf crassness Like a Boss struggles mightily to make the most of its R rating but the characters dialogue and antics tend to be more awkward than shocking 
1
Like a Boss
Moira MacDonald
If Like a Boss had a decent screenplay and was competently directed it might have been pretty good 
2
Like a Boss
Robert Daniels
Like a Boss could be a good uplifting film a narrative about independence and beauty in the face of misunderstanding Instead it buckles and falls into the uglier portions of what s inside 
2
Like a Boss
Sarah-Tai Black
The film has an obvious deficit of story instead of any sort of satisfying sense of development the audience gets 83 minutes of the same problem repeated over and over 
2
Like a Boss
Richard Roeper
To the very end Like a Boss has a cheap and sticky veneer as if they dusted off the script for some dated and crummy 1990s comedy applied a coat of putatively fresh paint and dumped it into theaters hoping we wouldn t notice the stench 
1.5
Like a Boss
Sara Stewart
Despite paying lip service so to speak to female friendship and unconventional women Mia and Mel are proudly unmarried childless roommates in their 30s it loses its bravado halfway through and falls back on the most witless of plot devices 
2.5
Like a Boss
Michael Phillips
Comedies really don t have to settle for this level of whatever 
1.5
Like a Boss
Mick LaSalle
If you make a movie with Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish and they re not funny in it it s your fault not theirs 
1
Like a Boss
Derek Smith
Its inconsistent half baked characterizations would be more forgivable were they at least in the service of some inspired comedy 
1
Like a Boss
Roger Moore
A solid opening 20 minutes and a few laughs here and there after that 
1.5
Sushi Girl
Rob Salem
We can t all be Quentin Tarantino but that doesn t stop some people from trying 
2
Cousins
Grace Culhane
At times the dialogue veers from expository to didactic Luckily for the viewer it s also gorgeously shot and impeccably acted with standout performances by Tanea Heke as older Mata and Keyahne Patrick Williams as a young Missy 
3
Cousins
Roger Moore
Poetry on screen a compact saga of one extended family s history and the lost cousin that those who knew her never give up looking for 
4
Triangle
David Nusair
An erratic yet ultimately rewarding time travel tale 
3
Triangle
Lucius Gore
Triangle is one of the most intelligent thought provoking genre films in recent memory 
3.5
Triangle
Christian Toto
Triangle is so shrewdly conceived that you won t mind its mentally draining resolution 
3
Drift
Ed Gonzalez
Ryan and Leo s free floating love for horror films seems to suggest Drift s first half could have pulled an Audition 
2.5
Ghosts of War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A professional job smooth and good looking with effective creeps and crawls 
3
Ghosts of War
Nick Allen
Even if certain supernatural elements can hold it back they re not what you ll be thinking about after the film is over 
3
Ghosts of War
Mark Dujsik
The final revelation here is as preposterous as the rest of the movie is generic 
1.5
Ghosts of War
Roger Moore
A mediocre mash up of genres that leaves no cliche unspoken no horror trope unturned 
1
Ghosts of War
Pat Brown
The film s unreflective earnestness is haunting in all the wrong ways 
1
A Great Wall
Roger Ebert
A Great Wall is about the sort of visit I imagine most of us would like to make back to the people and the ways of life where we or our ancestors came from 
3
Rough Magic
Roger Ebert
Maybe the project was so weird it was doomed from the start Give Rough Magic credit however for possessing all the pieces necessary to make two other movies that both might have worked 
2
Rough Magic
Mike Clark
Rough going 
1
Finding Oscar
Michael O'Sullivan
A movie solidly constructed by American documentarian Ryan Suffern 
3
Blue Planet
V.A. Musetto
The exhilaration is triggered by the documentary s glowing depiction of a beautiful Earth the depression comes from the knowledge that the natural bounty that God bestowed on us is being destroyed by greedy humankind 
3
Blue Planet
Ed Gonzalez
As witnessed here nature is its own avant garde artist but Blue Planet loses some of its splendor when Piavoli diverts his gaze to the world of humans 
2.5
Blue Planet
Pamela Bruce
If anything Blue Planet should leave a lingering desire to spend an afternoon appreciating the splendors of nature and a lifetime need of preserving and protecting it 
3
Swiped
Roger Moore
Not funny Not sexy Not poignant Not much of anything 
1
American Blackout
Jack Mathews
The movie includes a postscript about McKinney s loss blaming it on more dirty tricks That may be true but it doesn t put the steam back in the film 
2
American Blackout
Neva Chonin
American Blackout makes a credible case with some of its most damning evidence coming from the mouths of the conservatives themselves 
3
Around the World in 80 Days
Nell Minow
It clocks in at under 90 minutes 44 but at times I felt it was taking me 80 days to get to the end of this latest adaptation of Jules Verne 8217 s many times adapted story of a race around the globe 46 
1
Suzi Q
Steven Prokopy
The feature length work about pop rock sensation Suzi Quatro Suzi Q hits just the right spot for me
3
Suzi Q
Kathy Fennessy
All told it s a good solid documentary that lacks any shocking revelations or tear stained redemption arcs and that s kind of refreshing really 
3.5
Suzi Q
Sheila O'Malley
Like Joan Jett says Suzi Quatro really should be much more discussed Hopefully Suzi Q will start that long overdue conversation 
3.5
Suzi Q
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Rock on then and may everyone else follow 
3
Suzi Q
Roger Moore
A conventional but revealing pop star rock star bio doc
2.5
Red Dot
Tom Meek
The dubbing is godawful but if you want to take it in as background noise there is that It s better in Swedish but even then just passable 
2
Red Dot
David Nusair
a relentlessly erratic yet ultimately rewarding piece of work 
2.5
Red Dot
Roger Moore
The twists only pay off if you let yourself fall into the same trap our hunted Stockholmies do You will 
2.5
Yardie
Gary Thompson
Ultimately the movie aspires to tragedy but the flimsy story doesn t support that kind of dramatic weight 
2
Yardie
Kam Williams
A gritty tale of survival slightly marred by a tendency to telegraph its punches 
3
Yardie
Michael O'Sullivan
What sets Elba s movie apart is the distinctive world he creates in the rhythm of the music in the raw gritty poetry of the language and in the powerful mythology it mines 
2.5
Yardie
Odie Henderson
The film is saddled with an extraneous narration that mercilessly distracts the viewer 
2.5
Yardie
Shane Slater
The committed performances and unique setting are wasted on a rather predictable revenge plot 
2.5
Yardie
Joey Magidson
Elba is undercut by a mediocre script dulling his otherwise solid filmmaking style It weighs him down and prevents this from being a success 
2.5
Yardie
Mick LaSalle
Elba has a nice day job acting and he ought to stick with it 
1
Yardie
James Berardinelli
The chances taken by Yardie compensate for the weakness resulting from a derivative story 
2.5
Yardie
Derek Smith
The film s tendency to break the show don t tell directive becomes especially irksome in its homestretch 
1.5
Give Me Liberty
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is liberty in speed for sure but also in the embrace of small quiet moments May such freedom be ours for the taking always 
3
Give Me Liberty
Lisa Trifone
In his first foray into filmmaking Mikhanovsky exhibits a strong sense for personal connection and certainly plenty of ambition in his style 
2.5
Give Me Liberty
Mark Dujsik
W hen co writer director Mikhanovsky tries to imbue his story with more significance the filmmaker loses track of what makes his movie significant in the first place 
2.5
Give Me Liberty
Joe Friar
A funny and charming indie with good performances by the non professional cast 
3
Give Me Liberty
Rob Thomas
Deep down we re all in the same boat or the same van 
3.5
Give Me Liberty
Matt Fagerholm
Perhaps I would ve laughed more at Vic s plight if I wasn t busy having a panic attack 
2.5
Give Me Liberty
Kent Turner
With its overlapping dialogue the ride is like a Robert Altman film on speed 
3
The French Minister
Susan Wloszczyna
Maybe the problem is that Tavernier has made a French comedy but not a very universal one 
2
The French Minister
Farran Smith Nehme
It s pleasant and at times very funny but the meandering episodes mean that despite the long running time the satire never builds to a payoff 
2.5
The French Minister
Kenji Fujishima
With its broad performances rapid fire pacing and rampant visual and verbal gags Bernard Tavernier s first out and out comedy doesn t try too hard to hide its graphic novel origins 
3
J.D.'s Revenge
Roger Ebert
Once we figure out this basic situation we re on familiar ground diabolical possessions are as commonplace in the movies these days as love scenes used to be But J D s Revenge adds a couple of twists 
2
Black Adam
Matt Brunson
While DC might have produced the best superhero saga of 2022 with The Batman 40 take that 44 Marvel 33 41 44 it was also responsible for the worst with Black Adam 40 take that 44 DC 33 41 46 
1.5
Black Adam
Joe Friar
The Rock didn 8217 t cook up this hot mess but he sure is served up as the main dish 46 Sloppy CGI effects 44 overused tropes 44 and a lack of empathy for any of its characters 46 
2
Black Adam
Kevin Carr
Dwayne Johnson brings his action film A game to the table 44 but a crowded script with too much convoluted exposition and overblown CGI soften what could have been a great film 46 
2
Black Adam
David Nusair
A mostly intolerable DC comics adaptation 46 46 46 
1
Black Adam
Sarah Knight Adamson
Johnson is one of the most adept combat actors in Hollywood 44 it apos s fitting he has his own movie 44 although his tireless efforts to project himself as a family guy 44 a dad 44 etc 46 44 conflicts with the violence of his character 46 
3
Black Adam
Mattie Lucas
Jaume Collet Serra is a gifted craftsman who deserves much better than this 44 because his talents are both wasted and buried beneath layers of ugly CGI 44 an overbearing score 44 and a story that makes the proverbial dull dishwater look positively vibrant 46 
1.5
Black Adam
Dwight Brown
It s distinguished itself just enough to satiate action film fans entertain future streaming audiences and warrant further merging into the DC universe 
2.5
Black Adam
Erik Childress
Doppelgangers have always been a staple between the competing comic companies but in this slapped together entry 44 the DCU has officially transformed 40 or transmorphed 41 into The Asylum video boxes designed to trick viewers they are watching the real thing 46 
1.5
Black Adam
Sara Michelle Fetters
Black Adam is nothing more than a splashy two hour coming attractions reel for future motion pictures 46 
1.5
Black Adam
Mike McGranaghan
It delivers all the action you apos d expect from a superhero picture 44 yet possesses a more easygoing tone that invites you to laugh at the comedic moments and enjoy the crazy places the plot goes to 46 
3
Black Adam
Michael Medved
The plot is almost impossible to follow 44 but the characters are intriguing and occasionally amusing 46 You can apos t avoid the impression that the whole is just a setup for future installments of what they hope will be an extended franchise 46 
2
Black Adam
Peter Howell
After the banal prologue and wake up theatrics director Jaume Collet Serra seems to have just turned the film over to the CGI team with the instruction Do your worst people 
1
Black Adam
Matt Zoller Seitz
Black Adam gives the audience everything they wanted 44 along with things they never expected 46 
3.5
Black Adam
Mark Dujsik
By the end of Black Adam 44 there apos s little understanding of who the title character is 44 what he stands for 44 or why we should care about him 46 46 46 
1.5
Black Adam
Sonny Bunch
This movie is nothing if not gleeful about its own brutality 44 and there 8217 s something refreshingly honest about that 46 
3
Black Adam
Dylan Roth
Black Adam is two hours of cinematic soup the ultimate statement from the god king of movies that everyone sees but no one remembers 
1.5
Black Adam
Pablo O. Scholz
Jaume Collet Serra perhaps felt the need to direct Black Adam as if it was another spinoff of a Disney ride Full review in Spanish 
2
Black Adam
Mark Feeney
Collet Serra seems to think that relentless camera gymnastics slo mo eye of God shots well you get the idea make for imaginative and involving visuals He would be wrong 
1.5
Black Adam
Mick LaSalle
I don t even want to admit that it s an actual movie but assuming it is it s the worst of the year and one of the worst I ve ever seen 
0
Black Adam
Leo Brady
There may be a better movie inside but everything on the surface of Black Adam is a dark and murky mess 46 
2
Black Adam
Soren Andersen
Mr Rock Dwayne Johnson these days is a personable personality who has ridden that personableness to superstar heights Sadly there s little sign of that quality in his work as Black Adam 
1.5
Black Adam
Brian Eggert
Black Adam contains little joy or wonder 44 just underdeveloped super beings and a script obsessed with reminding us that Black Adam is not a conventional hero 46 
1.5
Black Adam
Roger Moore
Stunningly decorated tedium 44 as boring an experience as any sentient cinema goer 8217 s going to have at the movies this year 46 
1
Black Adam
James Berardinelli
Black Adam embraces many of the worst elements and tropes of the superhero genre resulting in a loud discordant experience replete with fist fights pyrotechnics and an overdose of CGI 
2
Black Adam
Katie Walsh
While the film does feel cobbled together out of spare parts of other superhero movies 44 and it 8217 s almost instantly forgettable 44 Collett Serra manages to hold it all together out of sheer force of will and an inherent sense of style 46 
2.5
Black Adam
Rafer Guzman
Another low point for the Warner DC franchise 
0
Black Adam
Joey Magidson
Black Adam has Dwayne Johnson but not enough else to warrant a recommendation 46 
2.5
Black Adam
Mark Kennedy
Director Jaume Collet Serra and the design team do a great job in every department but are let down by a derivative and baggy screenplay by Adam Sztykiel Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani that goes from one violent scene to another like a video game 
2.5
Black Adam
Johnny Oleksinski
The Rock arrives with the power of a pebble in the new action movie Black Adam in which the popular star plays the titular anti hero in his first solo outing It s just as thoughtless and rancid as the rest of DC Comics crummy catalog 
1
Black Adam
Brian Truitt
This is Johnson s baby a film spotlighting a complicated antihero he has championed for years It wins some battles and packs plenty of punch yet it just can t get past familiar tropes and flaws 
2
Black Adam
Jake Cole
The film has the courage of its convictions 44 suggesting that violence on behalf of an oppressed people isn 8217 t only justifiable but even moral 46 
2.5
Counting
Brian Tallerico
Cohen is an undeniably gifted filmmaker even if the sum total of this piece isn t quite as interesting as its parts 
3
Counting
Clayton Dillard
The poetic pretenses are compounded by a sledgehammer insistence on elusive and irreducible moments as inherently beautiful 
2.5
Tonnerre
Kent Turner
It leaves an impression of the sweet and menacing in equal measure And you might think of Taxi Driver 
3
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Lisa Kennedy
Director Christopher Zalla may have provided his characters with a overly constructed tragedy but his eye for city life and his seeming gift with actors promises astute generous work to come 
2.5
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Roger Ebert
Stumbles through a maddening screenplay but nevertheless generates true emotional energy 
3
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Tasha Robinson
Director Christopher Zalla keeps the tension high through a taut story rather than through manipulative obtrusive thriller direction 
3
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Larry Ratliff
Zalla utilizes both the dark back streets of New York and the dark nature of some humans to weave an intoxicating tale of stolen identity and pilfered emotions 
3
Sangre de Mi Sangre
V.A. Musetto
A suspenseful movie with no intention of sugarcoating the daily hardships of New York s underclass 
3
Sangre de Mi Sangre
John Anderson
The grimy elegance of this Sundance award winner elevates it well above the standard issue immigrant drama 
3.5
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Ken Fox
An intriguing if flawed mystery set in the shadowy subterranean world of undocumented Mexican immigrants 
3
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Keith Uhlich
Winner of the 2006 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Padre Nuestro unfortunately lives down to the dubious nature with a few notable exceptions of that so called honor 
1.5
E-Team
Ann Hornaday
Exciting absorbing and stubbornly optimistic in the face of overwhelming devastation E Team will with any luck shed deserved light on the routine sacrifices these activists and professionals make for the sake of human values 
3
That Sugar Film
Susan Wloszczyna
Gameau inserts a bit of journalism into the mix with two road trips that elevate That Sugar Film beyond a semi vanity production 
2.5
That Sugar Film
John Hartl
Peppy and eager to please this relentless Australian documentary takes a strange approach to early death and unnatural appetites 
2.5
That Sugar Film
Tirdad Derakhshani
Fun to watch if a little too cutesy for my tastes 
2.5
That Sugar Film
Michael O'Sullivan
Although Gameau s film includes a fair amount of science he and his helpers sweeten the film s statistics delivering them in clever accessible ways 
2.5
That Sugar Film
Roger Moore
Glib but sometimes entertaining and informative recounting of everything we know about why sugar is bad for us 
2.5
That Sugar Film
Clayton Dillard
One senses that all of these kinds of documentaires are finally aggrandizing shrines made by artists trying to erect something out of nothing 
1
That Sugar Film
Manori Ravindran
Gameau does have an undeniable way of grabbing your attention and it s a lack of that that seems to be half the problem when it comes to our sugar packed diet 
2.5
That Sugar Film
Linda Barnard
There s really nothing fresh in terms of news or science about sugar s potential for addiction obesity and disease 
1.5
The Rules of the Game
Brian Eggert
Renoir achieved what remains a supreme appraisal of his society as well as a deliriously accomplished and boundlessly influential motion picture 
4
The Rules of the Game
Mattie Lucas
Filled with nearly boundless pleasures It is a film to be savored like a fine wine whose riches have only grown with age 
4
The Rules of the Game
Josh Larsen
has an attitude of empathetic enlightenment that remains a rarity 
4
The Rules of the Game
Rob Thomas
A great film because of the way it moves beyond social commentary to show how each character rich and poor is isolated and at the same time unified by his fears and needs We re all in a class by ourselves 
4
The Rules of the Game
John Monaghan
A disaster when initially released the movie s reputation has only grown since 
4
The Rules of the Game
Jeff Vice
Jean Renoir s classic 1939 satire hasn t lost any of its ability to both shock and enlighten 
4
The Rules of the Game
Michael Wilmington
There are about a dozen genuine miracles in the history of cinema and one of them is Jean Renoir s supreme 1939 tragi comedy The Rules of the Game 
4
The Rules of the Game
Mark Feeney
What ultimately defines the film what makes it unforgettable is its tragic gravity 
4
The Rules of the Game
Roger Ebert
So simple and so labyrinthine so guileless and so angry so innocent and so dangerous that you can t simply watch it you have to absorb it 
4
The Rules of the Game
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its art lies in what Renoir chooses to exclude rather than what he includes 
4
Gung Ho
Roger Ebert
A disappointment a movie in which the Japanese are mostly used for the mechanical requirements of the plot and the Americans are constructed from durable but boring stereotypes 
2
Bat 21
David Nusair
46 46 46 an above average endeavor that ranks above many of its similarly themed brethren 46 
3
Bat 21
Roger Ebert
BAT 21 is the kind of lean no nonsense war film Hollywood used to make back before the subject became burdened with metaphysical insights 
3
Rogers Park
Matt Fagerholm
It is a testament to the filmmakers and their superb cast that this story arc doesn t come across as mere trickery 
3.5
Rogers Park
Richard Roeper
Rogers Park is poetic and lovely and muscular and unforgiving at the same time much like the area itself and the city as a whole 
3.5
Tightrope
Roger Ebert
Tightrope may appeal to the Dirty Harry fans with its sex and violence But it s a lot more ambitious than the Harry movies and the relationship between Eastwood and Bujold is more interesting than most recent male female relationships in the movie 
3.5
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
Kent Turner
A must have for American studies collections in high schools and colleges and for PBS viewers it s one to look out for 
3
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
Dwight Brown
All facets of Lorraine Hansberry s public life private romances and early death are on view in this beguiling and illuminating documentary which is perfectly assembled by filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain 
4
The Short History of the Long Road
Richard Roeper
Lyrical and melancholy and visually stunning 
3
The Short History of the Long Road
Pamela Powell
Creating an environment that adequately expresses all of this could be a daunting process for any filmmaker but writer director Ani Simon Kennedy expertly takes us on this adventure 
4
The Short History of the Long Road
Sarah Knight Adamson
The film starts as a gentle father daughter story and shifts gears towards a painful coming of age tale Sabrina Carpenter carries the film superbly as she navigates her new life without her parents 
3.5
The Short History of the Long Road
Linda Cook
A gentle road trip well worth taking 
3.5
The Short History of the Long Road
Monica Castillo
Between Simon Kennedy s writing and Carpenter s performance Nola makes for a compelling character gently pushing the story along at her own steady pace 
3
The Short History of the Long Road
Rob Thomas
So much of Ani Simon Kennedy s soulful film exists in the space between necessity and aesthetics what you need to survive and what you need to be alive 
3
The Short History of the Long Road
Mark Dujsik
We can more or less expect everything that happens but the film catches us just off guard enough with how the story unfolds and the sincerity behind the telling 
3
The Short History of the Long Road
Roger Moore
Not as good as say Peanut Butter Falcon but certainly engrossing and entertaining enough 
2.5
The Short History of the Long Road
G. Allen Johnson
Even though the movie s engine sputters at the end it s beautifully shot the actors are fun to watch and the story is decent in fits and starts 
2.5
The Short History of the Long Road
Joey Magidson
This indie drama may walk or more aptly here drive along a previously explored path but it does so with ample amounts of heart and humor 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Rob Blackwelder
Marries B W silent horror movie style with beautifully eerie ballet in a succulently cinematic lustfully melodramatic adaptation that is at once wholly unique and uncommonly faithful to Bram Stoker s classic novel 
3.5
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Matt Brunson
This film does for ballet what Robert Altman s recent dud The Company couldn t It brings the dance form alive on screen at once making it sexy stylish and relevant 
3.5
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
James Verniere
Much of it is dazzling and erotic a postmodern variation on a theme of German expressionism and Gothic horror 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Mike McGranaghan
In a year in which so many movies have pun intended sucked Dracula Pages From a Virgin s Diary stands even higher as a triumph of artistry and entertainment 
4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Maddin s work testifies to the notion that the past knows more than the present and that silent cinema is a richer dreamier sexier and more resonant medium than what we re accustomed to seeing in the multiplexes 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Michael Wilmington
The latest example of Maddin s alchemy not his best but still a picture that aficionados of classic film and classic Dracula should eagerly seek out 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Josh Larsen
An appreciation for ballet certainly will help in appreciating Virgin s Diary A soft spot for the likes of Blade decidedly won t 
2.5
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Roger Ebert
The film is poetic and erotic creepy and melodramatic overwrought and sometimes mocking as if F W Murnau s Nosferatu 1922 had a long lost musical version 
3.5
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Bob Strauss
Degree of difficulty off the charts Level of achievement ditto 
4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Wesley Morris
Maddin takes cinema to its outer limits without stranding you there in a vacuum of heady esoterica 
4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Edward Guthmann
Maddin is an image maker first and a storyteller second and most of the fun in watching Dracula is sharing the high he feels in building such giddy gauzy atmosphere 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maddin follows the time tested PBS route giving the dancers a stage instead of a film set and using cornball dissolves and fog machines 
1.5
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Rick Groen
A 75 minute tour de force that s often fascinating sometimes frustrating but ultimately rewarding 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Anita Amirrezvani
One of the most bizarre and extraordinary dance movies you ll ever see 
3
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Barrett Hooper
As lifeless as a Masterpiece Theatre broadcast broken up by pirouettes and pliés instead of Alistair Cooke s droning 
2
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
David Sterritt
The visual style is at once deliberately archaic and slyly postmodernist slinky and sensuous from first frame to last 
4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
John Anderson
Maddin whose gift for gothic ornamentation couldn t have a better showcase takes a hysterical tale and just makes it more so 
4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
V.A. Musetto
It s a highly erotic work that at no point seems staged 
4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Ed Gonzalez
A master conservationist and expert image maker Madden reimagines Bram Stoker s classic text as a feverish vision of Christian angst and cultural invasion 
3.5
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Jeremy Heilman
Maddin s Dracula will entrance you with its first few flickering frames and then hold you there spellbound until its climatic dance of death 
3.5
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Roger Moore
Unstuck points the way towards that next piece of cinematic Vonnegut scholarship documentaries about Vonnegut to come 
3
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Peter Canavese
One of those what s not to like documentaries as well as a very interesting movie about a very important literary figure 
3
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Matt Zoller Seitz
In the end any flaws or missed opportunities are subsumed by the movie s sincerity and wealth of insight 
3
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Mark Dujsik
I t s a thoughtful effective and affecting eulogy for a beloved author obviously and also for a dear unexpected friend 
3.5
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Chris Barsanti
back the veil on Vonnegut to show how a gloomy dissatisfaction brooded underneath his quippy surface personality 
2.5
Shake Hands With the Devil
Matt Brunson
Opinions will naturally differ on the politics behind this drama set during the Irish War of Independence but there will be no arguments over the quality of James Cagney s performance 
3
Line of Fire
Roger Moore
Whatever merits this failed morality tale might have had are lost as it lurches into the ludicrous 46 The real shame here is worth pointing at the people who made this 46 
1.5
Mandalay
John Beifuss
Gauzy curtains and other bits of decor add eye pleasing depth and complexity to Curtiz s compositions while also suggesting the layers of society and morality that Kay Francis must negotiate to recover her pride 
3
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
David Reddish
Compelling fun and very entertaining we suggest spending an evening with Lady Boss for one simple reason the real life Jackie Collins is the greatest character she ever created 
3
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
Randy Myers
Just as gripping as one of Collins Lucky Santangelo books 
3
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
Kent Turner
A playful penetrating portrait of the prolific best selling author and Hollywood insider the equivalent of a juicy and thoughtful beach read 
3.5
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin
Mike McGranaghan
Perhaps the best compliment one could give this movie is to say that it makes you want to immediately check out something Jean Rollin made after viewing it 46 
3
Paranormal Activity 2
Jeff Beck
To put it simply if you ve seen the first film then you ve seen this film There s nothing new offered here so there s not much of a point in bothering with it 
2
Ballast
Duane Dudek
Has the sparse purity of barren trees and the brutal intimacy of a broken vow 
3.5
Ballast
Peter Howell
Debut writer director Lance Hammer has rendered Ballast with something that can only be called radiant austerity 
3
Ballast
Rick Groen
This is a cinematic tone poem where the dominant mood is a Faulknerian mix of sorrow and endurance 
3
Ballast
Chris Kaltenbach
Even as it stubbornly resists any sense of closure it cautiously reminds its characters and its audience that hope and the future it promises is sometimes more a matter of conviction than revelation 
3.5
Ballast
Carrie Rickey
What this unclassifiable story may lack in decibels it has in emotional depth 
3
Ballast
Chris Hewitt
A mildly subversive storyline is presented in the most inoffensive way possible 
3
Ballast
Wesley Morris
The movie is a beacon of independent filmmaking not simply because Hammer opted more or less to self distribute it but because it s evident that we re a million miles away from Hollywood 
4
Ballast
Michael Phillips
Ballast strikes me as one of the few American pictures of 2008 to say what it wants to say visually and narratively about a specific situation and part of the country in a way that transcends regional specifics 
4
Ballast
Roger Ebert
I always say I hardly ever cry at sad films but I sometimes do just a little at films about good people 
4
Ballast
Lou Lumenick
Hammer whose blunt name belies the movie s many subtle touches has his own distinct style He also has an enormous trust in the audience to sort out this wounded family s miseries without the assistance of narration or even a musical score 
3
Ballast
Chris Cabin
The first film in some time that has attempted to bring Bressonian singularity and emotional depth to the American independent picture 
3
Ballast
Walter V. Addiego
Ballast is truly a winter s tale set in a bleak and rainy corner of the Mississippi Delta and recounting the story of three African Americans teetering on the edge in just about every way 
3
Ballast
Kam Williams
A slice of life adventure featuring a principal cast of non professionals whose gritty naivete manage to imbue the production with a palpable sense of super realism even if in service of a Bill Cosby infuriating display of black on black dysfunction 
3
Ballast
Ed Gonzalez
Lance Hammer s Ballast suggests and suffers from the influence of the Dardenne brothers 
2
The Amati Girls
Roger Ebert
A lot of saints are mentioned in The Amati Girls including Christopher Lucy Cecilia Therese the Little Flower and the BVM herself but the movie should be praying to St Jude patron saint of lost causes 
1
The Son of No One
David Nusair
yet another ineffective endeavor from a curiously incompetent filmmaker 
1
The Son of No One
Roger Moore
The sort of movie Channing Tatum made BEFORE Magic Mike and Jump Street 
1.5
The Son of No One
Stephen Whitty
It just feels like a mess 
1.5
The Son of No One
Lou Lumenick
A laughable police melodrama 
1
The Son of No One
Steven Rea
This heavy handed muddle of a cop thriller is just impossibly bad 
1.5
The Son of No One
Chris Hewitt
It all feels convenient and obvious as do such casting decisions as hiring Liotta to play his millionth cop role and Pacino to play his billionth mobster 
2
The Son of No One
Matt Pais
Apparently nobody in The Son of No One has heard of self defense and accidents 
2
The Son of No One
Roger Ebert
Here s a bad movie with hardly a bad scene How can that be The construction doesn t flow The story doesn t engage 
2
The Son of No One
R. Kurt Osenlund
If you ve got genuine New York gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe chances are Dito Montiel wants to shoot it 
2.5
Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
Simon Abrams
Dealing and Wheeling s argument is almost entirely based on the emotional resonance that its straight laced reportage evokes which is effectively zilch 
1
Only You
Anderson Jones
Sweet but cavity inducing And it s hardly enough to make us believe the blank faced Downey as a romantic lead 
2
Only You
David Nusair
an appealingly romantic premise that s employed to rather hit and miss effect by Jewison 
2.5
Only You
TV Guide Staff
D espite the lovely Italian locales and a relatively appealing cast the film is far too cloying for all but the most sentimental tastes 
2
Rakht
Namrata Joshi
Statutory warning Watch Rakht only if the ticket comes with free ear buds Or better still if the ear buds come with a free ticket 
1
Unknown Pleasures
Rob Thomas
The film just sits there staring back at us 
2
Unknown Pleasures
C.W. Nevius
Too much is left unsaid 
2
Unknown Pleasures
Jeffrey M. Anderson
despite the distinct lack of good times and belly laughs Unknown Pleasures is a great film 
4
Unknown Pleasures
David Sterritt
This sequel to Jia s excellent 1997 drama Xiao Wu is less original and absorbing than its predecessor and less visually impressive than Platform 
2
Unknown Pleasures
V.A. Musetto
A stunning study of ennui 
3
Unknown Pleasures
Jeremy Heilman
Though it s tough to accept such a thoroughly negative appraisal of a country s state of affairs it certainly makes a strong case for one though in all fairness he still finds plenty to laugh at and in doing so holds up a mirror to the rest of us 
3
Unknown Pleasures
Ed Gonzalez
Unknown Pleasures Jia Zhangke s haunting follow up to Platform tracks various stages of underdevelopment 
3.5
A Table for One
Michael Dequina
I m not exactly sure what writer director Ron Senkowski was trying to go for a straightforward thriller or an over the top send up of one 
0
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Matt Brunson
Better certainly classier than most films directed by the late Wes Craven this zombie flick still registers as an also ran in the horror sweepstakes 
2
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Roger Ebert
The Serpent and the Rainbow is uncanny in the way it takes the most lurid images and makes them plausible 
3
The Tall Target
Fernando F. Croce
As in Reign of Terror Anthony Mann fashions a noir mini masterpiece out of incongruous period reconstruction 
4
1
Steve Rhodes
It s certainly no Go Tigers but it is a film filled with heart 
2.5
And Soon the Darkness
David Nusair
a watchable thriller 
2.5
Crypto
Richard Roeper
Rarely do I advocate seeing a movie at home over the full theater experience but Crypto is the exception 
3
Purely Belter
Ian Mantgani
So bad in so many different ways that a review threatens to become a list 
1
Silat Warriors: Deed of Death
Roger Moore
The fights get steadily better the longer you stick with this steal my land get your ass kicked martial arts movie from Malaysia 
1.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Matt Brunson
There s an awful lot of weight for one movie to carry but the strain really only becomes apparent during the latter passages 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and wistful walk down memory lane that reminds us that the past isn t always sunny as we may want to believe 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In many ways a complex exploration of the twin challenges of artistic creation and parenting the film nevertheless strays distressingly from the real facts of the case 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
James Kendrick
has quite a bit to impart about the trauma of betrayal but also the power of forgiveness
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
David Nusair
A sweet gentle drama 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Christopher Schobert
The performances are uniformly excellent 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Michael Smith
Goodbye Christopher Robin has degrees of complexity that are admirable and doesn t shy away from hard truths 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Roger Moore
It s sweetness and Englishness shines through a truncated tone shifting script 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Josh Terry
Even if it s pitched as the behind the scenes tale of a celebrated children s series Goodbye Christopher Robin works best as a story about a father and a son 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Robert Horton
In its admirably modest way this is a thoughtful film more Pooh than Disney in its style 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Bob Bloom
Goodbye Christopher Robin is at times simplistic detailing for example how money and fame taint and corrupt but it also celebrates the wonders of childhood that cannot be stifled by parental missteps and ignorance 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Barry Paris
It is all so beautifully photographed with a surreal snow scene in which the flakes drift up as well as down and impeccable production values highlighted by lovely drawings cum animations of Christopher and Winnie at play 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Sean P. Means
Wallowing in that sadness is less pleasant than a heffalump attack no matter how beautifully the Hundred Acre Wood is photographed 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Lisa Jensen
Simon Curtis crafts a gentle spirited movie around a serious theme 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
James Berardinelli
Winnie the Pooh is timeless and unforgettable The same qualities don t apply to this tale of the real life people and circumstances that inspired his creation 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages to avoid most of the genre trappings by telling a more focused story a story that s about something rather than simply someone s life story 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Sara Michelle Fetters
My love for Winnie the Pooh and his many adventures knows no limitations my admiration of Goodbye Christopher Robin almost equally as strong Silly old bear indeed 
3.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Anita Katz
Competently directed capably acted and visually shimmering But overall the movie is a slightly above par attempted trophy contender 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Mark Dujsik
For those who enjoy having their pleasant childhood memories smashed here s Goodbye Christopher Robin 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Dann Gire
Goodbye proves to be an aggressive tear jerker a manipulative and overwrought biopic that bounces like a bipolar Tigger between an upbeat account of divine literary inspiration and a downer domestic drama 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Rafer Guzman
A sugary version of what should have been a bittersweet story 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Richard Roeper
Like a tap that was turned on the sadness and anger never stopped pouring out 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Gary Thompson
And poor little Tilston who plays Billy is stranded on screen for far too long left to dazzle us with his range of exactly two facial expression frozen happiness frozen disappointment 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Gary Thompson
If the Oscar went to the movie with the most tweed and at times I think it has Goodbye Christopher Robin would win hands down 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Ty Burr
Goodbye Christopher Robin works in spite of itself because it understands what Milne s creation meant to him and to a post war world and to every child and parent since a place forever innocent and forever England 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Moira MacDonald
One of those films that s as good as it needs to be but no better 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Mick LaSalle
Goodbye Christopher Robin touches something bigger than its own ambitions It touches in a way movies rarely do on some essential current of life 
4
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Kenneth R. Morefield
Sadness films like Goodbye remind us can be an appropriate response of a tender heart made for joy but confronted with a fallen and broken world 
3
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Bruce DeMara
Although a decent enough film touching on important themes its emotional resonance falls a little short of satisfying 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Susan Wloszczyna
What could have been a salute to the power of imagination to heal damaged souls and broken relationships instead opts to focus on tragic events 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Christian Toto
It s the feel bad movie Winnie the Pooh fans haven t been waiting for 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Kate Taylor
An occasionally sentimental melodrama with a very sour aftertaste 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Jane Horwitz
Though Goodbye Christopher Robin has moments of delight and even profundity and looks PBS pretty too often it stumbles 
2.5
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Stephen Whitty
Why would anyone want to watch a movie about these people 
2
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Derek Smith
Goodbye Christopher Robin is often bathetic but its most glaring faults lie in its extreme structural imbalance 
1.5
Small Crimes
Roger Moore
Too many moments that should play as darkly funny just don t 
1.5
Small Crimes
Sheila O'Malley
Small Crimes works in part but is strangely murky in others There s a lot of dead air 
2
Irul
Roger Moore
A chatty twisty and overwrought dark and stormy night tale that almost drowns in its cornball theatricality 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Brian Eggert
Be it the fault of the filmmakers or the concept itself 44 something about leather clad badasses who trek through antiquated Eastern European countries to fight monsters with an elaborate 44 modernish arsenal just never seems to work 46 
0
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
David Nusair
more entertaining than one might ve anticipated 
2.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Sonny Bunch
Viewing the film in IMAX 3D was less an experience than an endurance test 
1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
John Serba
I laughed quite often at its brazen and unapologetic stupidity more than its intentional stabs at comedy 
2
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Forrest Hartman
Director Tommy Wirkola attempts to balance his over the top gore with gags but the jokes often fall flat The characters aren t very compelling either and that s a problem in a film built around action 
2
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Nour Habib
The only audience I can think of who might enjoy this movie would be 12 or 13 year old boys whose parents may be wary of letting them watch it because of the numerous instances of haphazardly inserted curse words 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Tracie Cooper
This movie probably isn t going to win anybody any awards Still it seems a logical conclusion that most people willing to part with their hard earned cash would be expecting something great from a film called Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters 
2
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Liam Lacey
The movie settles for showers of gore with intermittent moments of spoofiness 
1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Claudia Puig
At least it puts forth a sound message Kids avoid overdoing it on sweets especially candy that doubles as drywall 
1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
John Beifuss
In the 1960s and 70s violent witch movies offered anti establishment critiques of fascist witch hunt intolerance in 2013 a violent witch movie asks the audience to cheer the torture of suspects and to affirm the slaughter of the other as escapism 
2.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
John Wirt
First there was Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Now there s Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters Neither of them deserved to be mentioned again 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Shaula Clark
A craptastic orgy of gore one that s way better than it has any right to be 
3
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Rex Reed
I doubt that they had Strike Anywhere matches in the 14th century and I m pretty sure nobody said things like Whatever happens stay cool 
1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Mark Dujsik
A clever setup undercut by repetitive sometimes jumbled action and comedy that isn t that amusing in the first place 
2
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Glenn Lovell
Wirkola seems to have been aiming for something campy and irreverent A melding of Princess Bride and Witches perhaps He misses badly thanks to the leaden cliché riddled script
2
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Matt Brunson
Viewers can expect a level of gore that in comparison makes Django Unchained look as wholesome as The Vow OK maybe not quite The bloodletting at least breaks up the monotony of the fight sequences 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Tom Russo
Wirkola tears through Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters with such giddy abandon it ends up being splattery fanboy fun Preposterous clearly but fun 
3
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Daniel M. Kimmel
If the very title has you rolling your eyes don t even bother If however it makes you think you d like to see their further adventures by all means take a chance 
2.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Stephanie Merry
A rarely funny spoof that s heavy on bone crushing and blood gushing 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Peter Travers
This may be the longest 90 minutes you ever spend in a theater You ve been warned 
0
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Eric Melin
It wants desperately to be on the same level as Sam Raimi s slapstick horror Evil Dead trilogy but it s nowhere near as fun or clever 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Calum Marsh
Tommy Wirkola s film suggests A Knight s Tale as penned by Seth MacFarlane 
0
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Peter Howell
The film isn t funny enough for comedy or scary enough for horror and the anachronisms are ludicrous 
1.5
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Lou Lumenick
An exceedingly dull and stillborn attempt to update the Brothers Grimm 
0
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Dustin Putman
Expends its standout moments by the ten minute mark and can never quite capture the same palpable danger atmosphere and imagination again What follows isn t bad so much as it is uninspired 
2
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Roger Moore
They were shooting for sort of a witch hunting Zombieland an f bomb riddled Van Helsing packed with comical anachronisms it doesn t work 
1.5
Redlegs
Calum Marsh
Redlegs may be raw but it s meaningless That s something Cassavetes would have never abided 
1
The Forest of the Lost Souls
Mark Dujsik
T he whole movie feels like two separate ones One is mournful introspective and darkly comic while the other follows a routine to nowhere special 
2
Wajib
Shane Slater
In the end it all boils down to a rather simple father son drama 
2.5
Bunraku
Stephen Whitty
It s not difficult to see why this movie which reportedly cost 25 million has been looking for a release date since it was finished more than three years ago 
2
Bunraku
John Hartl
One long extensively choreographed fight sequence in which mortal blows are delivered so often and with so little lasting impact that a brawl just becomes a brawl becomes a brawl 
1.5
Bunraku
Wesley Morris
You can tell the makers of Bunraku were really excited about creating a cool new movie world because that s all the movie is 118 minutes of effects art direction and genres 
2
Bunraku
Nick Schager
A mega mash up in the vein of Sucker Punch Bunraku jumbles together elements with a self consciousness that s as turgid as its story proper 
.5
Bunraku
David Nusair
Completely pointless and utterly unwatchable 
0
Bunraku
Dave McGinn
With great chemistry between Hartnett and Gackt and incredible visuals the ambitions of director Guy Moshe s sophomore feature more than make up for what it lacks in substance 
3
Family Affair
Ethan Alter
The filmmaking process obviously helped Colvard and his sisters heal in some small way and may have the same effect on certain viewers as well 
3
Family Affair
Lauren Wissot
Hovering safely at the margins the film s the director seems both fearful and detached 
2
Children of the Mist
Marya E. Gates
Di 7877 m 8217 s fly on the wall approach allows her to capture heart wrenching moments
3
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
John Hartl
Above all else Double Play is an invitation to stare usually at an object that s worthy of prolonged attention 
3
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
Steve Macfarlane
Between their wildly different bodies of work a shared appeal emerges to stop look listen and consider not just what s in front of you but also where it came from and where it might be going 
3.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Matt Brunson
An exciting entry 46 
3
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Scott Nash
Nice to see you in action for one last time Captain Kirk 
3
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Josh Larsen
mostly combines the interminable interstellar politics of the later Star Wars films with the slowest game of Clue you ve ever played 
1.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Meyer s direction and dialogue are among the most fluid and exciting of the whole series and he manages a lovely final feel saying goodbye to the old crew and embracing the future at the same time 
3.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Rob Blackwelder
The original crew at its finest and the Trek lore at its most thrilling 
3.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Bill Chambers
A heavy handed yet curiously weightless swan song
2
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Robert Roten
There is some blood and violence in the film but it is generally a lot of fun a fine holiday movie 
3.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
James O'Ehley
The movie realises that its strength lies in our familiarity with the characters by now and exploits this cleverly particularly in scenes where the crew must unearth traitors in their midst almost like in a Agatha Christie detective story 
3.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
James Berardinelli
For a movie that begins with such promise The Undiscovered Country ends with a whimper 
2.5
The Rage: Carrie 2
Matt Brunson
There 8217 s no pig 8217 s blood 44 but everything else is pretty much par for the course in this unnecessary sequel to Brian De Palma 8217 s Carrie 46 
1.5
The Rage: Carrie 2
John Hoyle
Flashbacks of the original Carrie are the only worthwhile portions of this otherwise abysmal movie 
1
The Rage: Carrie 2
Roger Ebert
All of this happens like dreamwalking as if the characters in this movie knew they were doomed to follow the scenario laid down in the first one 
2
The Rage: Carrie 2
Michael Dequina
Fails to offer even one compelling reason for its pathetic existence 
0.5
The Rage: Carrie 2
Dustin Putman
This low rent convoluted follow up gives the great original a bad name 
1.5
Tiger 24
Anne Brodie
Tiger 24 is a painful story 44 but it apos s a tribute to him and a warning against ineptness in those charged with tiger and environmental protection 46 He remains in custody with health problems after India apos s top court allowed it 46 
4
Sobibor
James Kendrick
a fine and moving film but one can t help but wish that Khabenskiy had better trusted the inherent impact of the story and not tried to escalate it quite so much
3
Sobibor
Mark Dujsik
The story is told well 
3
Sobibor
Roger Moore
A sturdy enough recounting of the famous Holocaust Death Camp revolt story blessed with a riveting third act 
2.5
Dancing at Lughnasa
Terry Lawson
Dancing at Lughnasa seems unfinished and its tragedy is diluted and diminished This is a pity considering the extremely high quality of the performances 
2
Dancing at Lughnasa
Sara Wildberger
These are a lot of characters to squeeze into a 94 minute movie especially one that seems compelled to include lots of travelogue style scenery Moments that must in the theater have glowered with magic here become drearily obvious 
2
Dancing at Lughnasa
Michael Dequina
Soapy melodrama masquerading as high art 
2.5
Dancing at Lughnasa
Steve Rhodes
On stage the play may have worked but this movie version doesn t 
1.5
Dancing at Lughnasa
Roger Ebert
It is all memory and no drama Onstage they dance and they are dancing now On film somehow they are dancing then It is not enough 
2.5
Mana: Beyond Belief
Peter Canavese
The medium is also the message the film itself has mana offering a gateway into a whole realm of knowledge material and spiritual 
3
Mana: Beyond Belief
Jason Anderson
Even if it is too brief to do more than touch on some very very big questions the film is an entertaining survey of the many ways we humans imprint the material world with our sincerest hopes and daffiest delusions 
3
Mana: Beyond Belief
Jonathan Curiel
Mana Beyond Belief doesn t have narration which is one of the film s strengths 
4
Vulgaria
Kam Williams
A transparent bait and switch disappointment strictly for suckers 
1
Vulgaria
Jeff Shannon
Vulgaria is certainly crude but most of its amusing vulgarity is discreetly held off screen 
2.5
Vulgaria
Michael O'Sullivan
A broad cartoonish and decidedly filthy satire of moviemaking is as sophomoric as they come 
2
Vulgaria
Chuck Bowen
Pang Ho cheung can t help but humanize Vulgaria s characters which is a kiss of death for what s meant to be a farce of escalating obscenity 
2
Something Borrowed
Roger Moore
Chemistry free casting Ginnifer Goodwin and John Krasinski and a flawed premise not the recipe for a great romance
1.5
Something Borrowed
Michael Dequina
The work of the lead trio keeps the movie from ever becoming something blue 
3
Something Borrowed
Mike McGranaghan
While Something Borrowed obviously wants to explore themes of competitiveness and betrayal in female friendships it seems to feel compelled to hit pre programmed chick flick beats at regular intervals 
2
Something Borrowed
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is another supposedly female friendly motion picture that secretly hates women making both of its main two characters as unappealing as possible seemingly every step of the way 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Linda Cook
You d have a lot more fun sharing a few Heinekens than wasting your time on this movie in which lies build upon lies until the whole plot comes crashing down 
1
Something Borrowed
David Nusair
a passable romcom that just barely gets the job done 
2.5
Something Borrowed
Mike Scott
It should have borrowed some charm 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Matt Brunson
I suspect most of us would cross a crowded highway barefoot and bleeding to avoid any contact whatsoever with the insufferable twits populating this gruesome rom com 
1
Something Borrowed
Keith Cohen
Hudson and Goodwin have great chemistry together Krasinski does the best acting job and steals every scene he appears in The cinematography scenic New York locations and a romantic soundtrack are added bonuses 
2.5
Something Borrowed
Lisa Kennedy
The movie strains far too hard to make what Rachel and Dex have done all right as if their guilty anguish and the movie s saccharine score frees us to root for them 
1.5
Something Borrowed
John Beifuss
The tension between the film s happy public surface and the thorny interior themes of guilt and deception gives the movie a perhaps unintentional romcom noir distinctiveness 
2.5
Something Borrowed
Stephen Whitty
Something Borrowed is something ew 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Peter Canavese
Here we go again big lies swell and then pop in a flick that s one hundred percent adherent to the shiny colorful Warner Brothers rom com style guide 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Chris Hewitt
Something Borrowed asks the question Is it possible to pull off a romantic comedy in which you don t want anyone to end up with anyone else The answer is No 
2
Something Borrowed
Kate Taylor
The sisterhood is already grumbling about a movie that suggests women will happily choose a mate over friendship but actually it s the stereotypes of good behaviour rather than bad that bring this rom com crashing down 
1
Something Borrowed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Love is the only thing that matters here but in an unhealthy annoying way 
2
Something Borrowed
Peter Travers
The half star rating goes to John Krasinski for heroically rising above this vile dung heap of a movie 
0.5
Something Borrowed
Willie Waffle
Starts funny but loses steam towards the end as it gets more dramatic 
2
Something Borrowed
Erik Childress
By the end of Something Borrowed the collective withholding of true feelings is enough to make an audience want to pull the trigger on something else 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Stephanie Merry
Would be wholly unbearable if it weren t for Krasinski who is on the scene with his goofy bulbous nose and perfect comedic timing to partially redeem the almost unwatchable 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Lou Lumenick
The script and direction are by the numbers at best and Goodwin s hairstyles tend to be distractingly awful 
2
Something Borrowed
Jody Mitori
A predictable romantic comedy with cookie cutter characters the nerdy professional with a mean girl best friend both vying for a stoic lawyer who secretly wants to be a teacher 
2
Something Borrowed
Greg Quill
The big moral issues the deception and lies Blown off like so much sand on the deck After all if you re a rich young white American what s a bit of hanky panky among friends 
2
Something Borrowed
Mark Dujsik
Like so many romantic comedies it believes the drama is in contrived conflict 
1
Something Borrowed
Matt Pais
Something Borrowed is really cute if your definition of cute is emotionally abusive people being horrible to each other all the time 
0
Something Borrowed
Dustin Putman
Doesn t always evade the traps of convention but it is the first film of its kind in a while with an ending that isn t such an obvious foregone conclusion 
2.5
Something Borrowed
Mick LaSalle
Goodwin radiates probity and makes waiting almost look interesting and so for all the movie s awkwardness it remains watchable But she s waiting for something that s not worth waiting for not for her and not for us 
2
Something Borrowed
Cathy Jakicic
Unfortunately although it asks some interesting questions it s hampered by annoying and downright unlikable characters 
2.5
Something Borrowed
Carrie Rickey
A film that fails to dramatize its intriguing premise 
2
Something Borrowed
Roger Ebert
All of the characters are treated sincerely and played in a straightforward style It s just that we don t love them enough 
2
Something Borrowed
Wesley Morris
Something Borrowed is carrion that Kate Hudson circles like a vulture 
1.5
Something Borrowed
James Berardinelli
A successful romantic comedy should offer breezy wish fulfillment as sweet and airy as cotton candy Something Borrowed is overlong and at times tedious the taste is gritty and lingers unpleasantly 
2
Something Borrowed
Peter Keough
John Krasinski provides relief as Ethan who would be the gay best friend except that he s straight and who maintains an amused irony that almost makes the film endurable 
1.5
Something Borrowed
Moira MacDonald
Why did this movie leave such a rotten taste in my mouth Because its story based on Emily Giffin s popular novel is a pretty repellent view of women s friendship 
2
Something Borrowed
Nick Schager
It s hard to fathom why director Luke Greenfield agreed to give his film the too apropos title Something Borrowed 
1
Something Borrowed
Phil Villarreal
It made me like it against my will and despite my biases and it made me like that I liked it I enjoyed its walk of shame 
3
Something Borrowed
Rex Reed
Romantic comedy has taken a shellacking lately in a series of stupefying flops but they didn t have Ginnifer Goodwin 
2
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Matt Bobkin
Opting for gross out gags and left field revelations as its main mechanisms for humour the movie operates with all the subtlety you d expect from a sex comedy set in a town called Beaver s Ridge 
1.5
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Peter Howell
It s about social anxiety with Lalonde and his strong ensemble cast smartly illustrating the tyranny of expectations in and out of the bedroom 
3
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Barry Hertz
a light and ultimately charming dramedy about your friends and neighbours 
2.5
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Richard Roeper
Despite its provocative title How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town isn t particularly sexy More troubling it s not very funny either 
1.5
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Moira MacDonald
All of this is sporadically funny and cheerfully tasteless in its low budget way but it s also unevenly acted a bit overlong and never quite as daring as it seems to want to be 
2
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Diego Semerene
The ingenuity of writer director Jeremy LaLonde s film ends with its title 
.5
Racing Dreams
Adam Keleman
Curry has expertly stitched together a 90 minute triumph in crowd pleasing wholesome entertainment 
3
Racing Dreams
Matt Brunson
A Spellbound or Mad Hot Ballroom for the NASCAR set Racing Dreams ends up speeding past its niche market and working its magic on anyone with a rooting interest in the dreams and ambitions of this country s youth 
3
Racing Dreams
John Beifuss
Reveals a fascinating subculture that is unknown to most moviegoers where tweens with a need for speed can spend up to 48 weekends a year behind the wheel 
3
Racing Dreams
Roger Moore
For casual race fans Racing Dreams is a real eye opener And it s a darned entertaining way to get a handle on a sport that can seem like a bunch of cars doing circles for a crowd that seems most interested in seeing that next epic wreck 
3
Racing Dreams
Marty Mapes
They want to grow up to be NASCAR drivers but first they will grow up to be adults
3
El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol
John Beifuss
Unlike Tim Burton s Ed Wood it doesn t make a convincing case for Orol as an artist even a demented or incompetent one The film shows us little of Orol s work we don t know why critics hated his movies or why the public liked them 
2.5
The Other Story
Nell Minow
Nesher skillfully balances a lot of characters and storylines each illustrating a different kind of Israeli and a different connection to Jewish life culture and practice but he never lets any of them become symbolic rather than real 
3.5
The Other Story
Derek Smith
Through this endless string of undercooked subplots Avi Nesher s film continually trips over itself 
2
The Other Story
David Nusair
From director Avi Nesher comes this wildly unfocused drama 
2
Metal Tornado
Michael Dequina
By the end the film commits the ultimate sin not incompetence but boredom 
1
Jîn
Kent Turner
Every frame tells a story 
3
Contagion
Brian Eggert
Here 8217 s a film that exploits all of our inherent concerns with factual detail 44 expertly augmenting those fears into an experience that stays with you long after viewing 46 
4
Contagion
Matt Brunson
An entertaining if occasionally unwieldy cross between a PSA and one of those all star idiocies from the 1970s those disaster flicks involving hijacked planes hurtling meteors or towering infernos 
3
Contagion
Joey Magidson
Here in 2020 Contagion has gone from being a riveting cautionary tale to an absolutely horrifying warning from Scott Z Burns and Steven Soderbergh that was ignored 
3.5
Contagion
Mattie Lucas
Contagion is one of those movies that will be with you for a very long time 
3
Contagion
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s a must see in fact if you wonder how bureaucrats and scientists react behind the scenes when a virus turns deadly for humans 
3
Contagion
Roger Moore
As slick and polished as this real version of 28 Days Later is it s an utterly heartless affair 
2.5
Contagion
Jeff Beck
What we end up with is a film that is not particularly bad just one that seemed unnecessary since it s a story we ve already seen many times before 
2.5
Contagion
Michael Dequina
Soderbergh s detachment actually creates an effective air of understatement when working in tandem with the contrasting warmth and commitment of his cast 
3
Contagion
Sara Michelle Fetters
No Soderbergh and Burns are more interested in tackling this scenario from an almost unbearably direct and unambiguously straightforward journalistic perspective 
3
Contagion
Jordan Hiller
Soderbergh who is as skilled as they come at uplifting routine templates gives the infection movie über A list treatment 
2.5
Contagion
Linda Cook
I m not making this up I had a coughing fit during Contagion Luckily I was sitting at the very back of the theater so I was less likely I hope to add to the tension unfolding on the screen 
3.5
Contagion
Wesley Lovell
A methodical exploration of the threat of pandemics and how we share space with our fellow human beings If you aren t chilled by the potential you should be 
3.5
Contagion
David Nusair
Contagion is by and large about as enthralling and compelling as a typical episode of CSI Miami 
2
Contagion
John Beifuss
Shot with documentary grimness the movie s relative realism is less dramatically persuasive than the go for broke B movie hysteria of such hydrophobic predecessors as Romero s The Crazies and Cronenberg s Shivers 
3
Contagion
Brett McCracken
Contagion shows us that working together is still possible still necessary And in a world as divided and partisan as ours that s an encouragement we need to receive 
3.5
Contagion
James Kendrick
Soderbergh keeps the incessantly yellow tinted film lithe and jaunty moving us quickly amid various subplots while also racheting up the tensions 
3
Contagion
Mike McGranaghan
Strong acting atmospheric direction and a nail biting premise add up to a movie whose impact is hard to ignore 
3
Contagion
Christian Toto
Why did Contagion have to be such an antiseptic thriller 
2.5
Contagion
Brett Michel
For patient viewers prepare to let this film infect your nerves 
3
Contagion
Jesse Cataldo
If Sound It Out never really digs its claws into its material it at least approaches it with a careful level of thought and commitment 
2.5
Contagion
Glenn Lovell
You ll want to make a beeline for the nearest restroom to wash your hands plays like a feature length public service announcement a duck and cover your mouth drill 
3
Contagion
Scott Nash
Gripping from start to finish 
3.5
Contagion
James Berardinelli
Contagion is the best movie made to date about an epidemic pandemic 
3
Contagion
Matt Brunson
An entertaining if unwieldy cross between a PSA and one of those all star idiocies from the 1970s those disaster flicks involving hijacked planes hurtling meteors or towering infernos 
2.5
Contagion
Burl Burlingame
It proves the creepiest movies are also the quietest Although Contagion is a horror movie it s also a response about a viral apocalypse The end arrives with tiny coughs 
3
Contagion
J. R. Jones
Along with the stars Contagion has plenty of scares though in contrast to Matt Damon and Kate Winslet they re things you encounter every day 
3
Contagion
Lisa Kennedy
Steven Soderbergh 8203 s viral who brung it is a mostly style over substance affair 
2
Contagion
Stephen Cole
It s the dark comic moments and the film s sci fi B movie race to develop a vaccine subplot that prevent Contagion from being a gloomy two hours in the dark That and Soderbergh s delight in characters 
3
Contagion
Wilson Morales
While the all star cast and the story about a deadly virus sounds similar to 1995 s Outbreak Contagion is more insightful moving and disturbing with first rate entertainment 
3
Contagion
Tyler Hanley
Contagion offers a healthy dose of smart filmmaking while most of Hollywood is serving up cinematic placebos 
3
Contagion
Eric Melin
Very effective mixing science and timely issues into one terrifically compelling drama with an effective emotional payoff 
3
Contagion
Bob Bloom
The movie plays as if the National Institutes of Health hired director Steven Soderbergh to direct a health warning public service announcement that would scare the heck out of everyone 
3
Contagion
John Wirt
An unusually immersive filmgoing experience no 3 D effects necessary 
4
Contagion
Michael O'Sullivan
If this is an action thriller it s one that makes med school look sexier than the Marines 
2
Contagion
Chris Hewitt
For the most part the movie is like the virus it depicts Once this queasily entertaining movie grabs you it has you in its power 
3.5
Contagion
Erik Childress
Steven Soderbergh is given the opportunity to scare us and it is the calm with which he does it that should frighten us all the more 
3.5
Contagion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s hard to know just what director Steven Soderbergh was thinking in making Contagion The movie about the outbreak of a mysterious and deadly new disease feels oddly mistimed 
2
Contagion
Connie Ogle
Contagion may be the most expensive public service ad ever filmed but it s also a surprisingly light on its feet action thriller 
3
Contagion
Matt Soergel
Contagion keeps us at a distance Rarely has the death of millions seemed so inconsequential 
2.5
Contagion
Barbara Vancheri
Contagion marches through the pandemic with the efficiency of the mutating virus 
3
Contagion
Lou Lumenick
Takes great pains to present its situations realistically and includes a lot of intelligent speculation about what sort of political economic and ethical questions would be raised by such a disaster 
3
Contagion
Peter Howell
Sobering reality for our interconnected world 
2.5
Contagion
Willie Waffle
You will want to bathe in hand sanitizer for a week after seeing Contagion 
3.5
Contagion
Dustin Putman
Frighteningly believable businesslike super smart and never less than riveting 
3
Contagion
Claudia Puig
Contagion is more unsettling than 1995 s Outbreak or the disaster movies of the 70s 
2.5
Contagion
Mick LaSalle
Though modern in its style and gloss Steven Soderbergh s Contagion has the feeling the welcome feeling of one of those epic disaster movies from the 1970s 
3
Contagion
Randy Myers
Steven Soderbergh s grim and gripping medical thriller has arrived and it s guaranteed to turn you into a hypochondriac 
3
Contagion
Jon Niccum
Hypochondriacs might want to steer clear of Contagion Others should find this procedural thriller about the outbreak of a deadly disease to be an informative disquieting and mildly entertaining experience 
2.5
Contagion
Steven Rea
By the time this globe hopping movie star crammed disaster saga directed with petrifying efficiency by Steven Soderbergh comes full circle you ll never want to touch a subway pole or elevator button or ATM again 
3
Contagion
Peter Travers
All this germ procedural offers is the sight of people behaving badly willing to do their worst to get first dibs on a vaccine Sadly that s no surprise 
2.5
Contagion
Stephen Whitty
Soderbergh himself has modestly likened Contagion to a 70s style star driven disaster film But it s smarter than that and a lot closer to medical thrillers like The Andromeda Strain 
3.5
Contagion
Alison Gang
As he did in his 2000 film Traffic director Steven Soderbergh weaves together multiple perspectives in a seamlessly edited collage 
3
Contagion
Wesley Morris
Big ideas and small mindedness threaten to turn Contagion into unwieldy world affairs and family values allegories but Soderbergh and Burns are moving too fast to think 
3
Contagion
Cathy Jakicic
It can t exactly be called a pleasure of any kind but it is quietly compelling building the tension as methodically as its characters chip away at the medical puzzle 
3
Contagion
Mark Dujsik
Part human drama part mystery and part technical babble about viral mutations and with that wide breadth of concentration each element falls short 
2
Contagion
Joe Lozito
This paranoia fest is at its heart a straightforward ticking clock thriller And it generates about all the suspense you can hope for from a movie with a faceless microscopic antagonist 
2.5
Contagion
Matt Pais
Much more compelling when showing what it takes to confront a huge unexpected problem not merely how susceptible we are to sickness and chaos 
3
Contagion
Josh Larsen
a paranoid disease thriller for our glocal age 
3.5
Contagion
Michael Phillips
The result is not quite medicine and not quite cotton candy But it works It s made for grown ups 
3
Contagion
Soren Andersen
While the movie is undeniably riveting it s a little too precisely engineered and emotionally detached for its own good 
3.5
Contagion
Roger Ebert
Contagion deserves praise for taking the scientific method seriously when so much hogwash is floated about regarding vaccines 
3
Contagion
Ed Gonzalez
Steven Soderbergh s feature length Purell advertisement is short on human interest and long on explanations of a pandemic through analogies and generalities 
1.5
Contagion
Rex Reed
Telling a complex story in a coherent narrative arc has never been one of Mr Soderbergh s strengths and chronicling the day by day panic of a killer virus jumps all over the place 
2.5
Contagion
Christy Lemire
Soderbergh takes us from suburban living rooms to labs at the Centers for Disease Control to remote Asian villages with equally clear eyed realism 
3
Contagion
Kam Williams
Though paling in intensity to Traffic Soderbergh apocalyptic cautionary tale nevertheless presents a chillingly plausible peek at how quickly civilization might unravel in the face of a rapidly accelerating extinction level biological event 
3
College
Matt Brunson
College is no match for Harold Lloyd s similarly themed 1925 masterpiece The Freshman but it contains no small measure of uproarious sequences 
3
College
Mattie Lucas
Keaton helped write the textbook on comedy and in College he gives us a master class 
3.5
College
Michael Phillips
The movie is worth seeing for a lot of reasons one of them being the weirdly elegant pratfall Keaton takes on the baseball diamond when he gets clipped by an opposing player sliding into third 
3.5
The Law and Jake Wade
Matt Brunson
The character dynamics are as important as the action set pieces 
3
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fans like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan express unvarnished awe but it s the well told arc of Seeger s life that makes the strongest impression as director Jim Brown takes us from the highs to the lows and back up again 
3
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Rafer Guzman
Pete Seeger The Power of Song could have been called Pete Seeger The First Punk As the film traces the singer s long life it also inevitably tracks the evolution of American countercultures through much of the 20th century 
3
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Steven Rea
The Power of Song shows this icon of 20th century music to be a man of passion and principle and a true American An important figure an important film 
4
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Terry Lawson
Seeger traversed decades styles even continents to bring the people s music to the people This distinction is made with suitable and skillful great appreciation by director Jim Brown in Pete Seeger The Power of Song 
3
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Ty Burr
A full and fond documentary 
3
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Rob Thomas
You sense that Seeger may feel his greatest legacy is not what he accomplished but what his presence gave others the courage to accomplish Even if it was just singing along with a roomful of strangers 
3.5
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Ted Fry
If you ve never heard of Pete Seeger or if you ve known him all your life see this film Walking out you might just be ready to put the world together 
3.5
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Joel Selvin
The filmmakers treat this aged curmudgeon almost too reverently but it is hard not to be awed by this gentle resolute soul because of the ideas he steadfastly and faithfully represented 
4
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Roger Ebert
I don t know if Pete Seeger believes in saints but I believe he is one He s the one in the front as they go marching in 
4
Arena
David Nusair
An absolutely astonishingly incompetent piece of work 
0
Layer Cake
Nick Rogers
Only the accents are thicker than double crosses in a thriller that s stylish and sleek note lyrically appropriate use of Duran Duran s Ordinary World in one sequence but also assuredly delirious ethically hefty and unpredictably treacherous 
4
Layer Cake
Linda Cook
This is one of the few movies for which I can t tell you the name of the hero 
3.5
Layer Cake
James Kendrick
It s nothing we haven t seen before but Vaughn invests it with enough style and energy to make it worth the trip 
3
Layer Cake
Lori Hoffman
Michael Vaughn has cooked up a tasty treat in his directorial debut somewhere between Mike Hodges cool and Guy Ritchie s out of control Smoking Barrels 
3
Layer Cake
Sean O'Connell
Nimbly dances through a handful of plot twists as we track who set up whom and who hired whom to whack whom 
3
Layer Cake
James Berardinelli
It s a little bleak a little twisted a little gory and a lot funny 
3
Layer Cake
Peter Howell
The film is lamentably short of narrative coherence 
2
Layer Cake
Rick Groen
The intricate thing dodges and feints and twists this way and turns that way until by the time of the alleged resolution we ve lost our bearings completely 
2
Layer Cake
David Nusair
a flat riff on a tired genre 
2
Layer Cake
Rob Thomas
A great ride full of menace and sharp dialogue and colorful gangster characters with names like Crazy Larry The Duke and the inaccurately named Mr Lucky 
3.5
Layer Cake
Lawrence Toppman
Full of quirky types who populate Guy Ritchie movies but set forth with more clarity and higher style 
3.5
Layer Cake
Carla Meyer
Marks an impressive directing debut by Matthew Vaughn Guy Ritchie s producer on Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch 
3
Layer Cake
Jeff Vice
All of the nastiness here gets a little tiresome after awhile as do the attempts to glamorize the drug trade 
2.5
Layer Cake
Sean P. Means
British actor Daniel Craig is the latest name rumored to play James Bond and this smart gangland thriller could be his audition tape 
3
Layer Cake
Larry Ratliff
Daniel Craig an actor who ll be noticed whether or not he slips on Bond s tuxedo continues to reveal a different side of himself in every role 
3.5
Layer Cake
Duane Dudek
Feels half baked 
2.5
Layer Cake
Phil Villarreal
Nothing sweet here and a stale crumpet and bad tea don t sound so bad right about now because anything tastes better than a mouthful of hot lead 
3.5
Layer Cake
Moira MacDonald
The film s a diverting enough 105 minutes with a few surprises in store 
2.5
Layer Cake
Eric Harrison
A gangster film despite what its title suggests that ranks with the best of the genre 
4
Layer Cake
Michael Booth
May be a worthy successor to a busy genre but it is not an inventive inheritor 
2.5
Layer Cake
Terry Lawson
As good as the story and direction may be much of the film s success is up to Daniel Craig 
3
Layer Cake
Chris Hewitt
Don t expect Layer Cake to add any new layers to the overstuffed genre of British gangster movies 
2.5
Layer Cake
Phoebe Flowers
It s nice to look at but lacks a sense of purpose 
2
Layer Cake
Hanh Nguyen
Everyone is believable sometimes frighteningly so 
3
Layer Cake
Rob Blackwelder
A stylish dynamic thicket of thorny underworld twists and deceptions 
3.5
Layer Cake
Mick LaSalle
The special appeal of Layer Cake derives from its efficient gripping story and from the personality of the unnamed protagonist 
3
Layer Cake
David Elliott
A virile British bounce off the Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee films and some hyper hip TV shows 
2.5
Layer Cake
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s hard to remember an American gangster film that has been as brazenly entertaining as Layer Cake 
3
Layer Cake
Mary F. Pols
Features a plot anyone over 16 has seen at least a dozen times with slick but completely unoriginal directing by Matthew Vaughn 
2
Layer Cake
Wesley Morris
A propulsive drug world movie that dutifully covers similar ground in and around London guns chicks inventive use of the F word expensive looking locations designer stuff and so on 
2
Layer Cake
Roger Ebert
Craig is fascinating here as a criminal who is very smart and finds that is not an advantage because while you might be able to figure out what another smart person is about to do dumbos like the men he works for are likely to do anything 
3.5
Layer Cake
James Verniere
A stylishly dark occasionally funny UK gangster film in the tradition of John Mackenzie s The Long Good Friday and Peter Medak s The Krays 
3.5
Layer Cake
Bruce Newman
A corrosive confection of style and bile its gleaming butter cream frosted contours not really concealing the crumbs who have curdled British society with their drugs 
3.5
Layer Cake
Allison Benedikt
Craig is a great anti hero tough yet vulnerable conflicted and amused sincere and scared without a hint of any of it on his sleeve 
3.5
Layer Cake
Stephen Whitty
As choices for a night s entertainment well you d do better with a pint of Bass 
1.5
Layer Cake
Glenn Kenny
The extra attention the film demands will be richly rewarded especially with lead Daniel Craig s hilarious and genuinely cool perfromance 
3
Layer Cake
Kyle Smith
Vaughn s film falls short of Goodfellas but thanks to his ability to organize a complex story and bold color drenched photography by Ben Davis Layer Cake is a cocked fist of a movie impossible to ignore 
3
Layer Cake
Jack Mathews
Layer Cake is laced with flashbacks and stylistic tics but it never loses its forward momentum and to the last shot it avoids predictability 
3
Layer Cake
Timothy Knight
Leanly muscled British actor Daniel Craig gives a star making performance in Layer Cake the latest in the recent wave of stylish and ultra violent gangster films from across the pond 
3
Layer Cake
Glenn Whipp
Layer Cake doesn t offer much that we haven t seen before 
2.5
Layer Cake
Steve Rhodes
a real movie rush giving you such an adrenalin high that it feels like it should be illegal 
3.5
Layer Cake
Walter Chaw
Infused with a healthy dose of nastiness and post modern irony 
3
Layer Cake
Willie Waffle
Layer Cake is a fabulous movie about the underworld we only want to visit on film 
4
Layer Cake
Mike Clark
This is one of those movies in which you simply pluck out what there is to entertain you and forget about the rest 
3
Layer Cake
Nick Schager
Matthew Vaughn s confident debut s reserved pace and composed nastiness lends the action a matter of fact menace 
2.5
Layer Cake
Peter Canavese
Layer Cake always pulls itself up by its bootsraps whenever its energy threatens to flag 
3
Layer Cake
Steven Rea
Pulses with nasty thugs cold blooded crime lords drug traffickers blond seductresses and a thumping suspense that can lead to head cracking violence 
3.5
Layer Cake
Scott Nash
Fast paced and complex Layer Cake rewards those who pay attention 
3
Layer Cake
Peter Debruge
Craig proves that he s got the strength sophistication and brawny sex appeal to carry 007 s license to kill if only Hollywood would consider the fair haired hunk 
3
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Frank Ochieng
Outlandishly clichéd and cockeyed The Mortal Instruments City Of Bones is meshed together with all the conviction of preparing homemade goulash but without a comprehensive taste for escapist originality 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Michael Dequina
In the end it comes off as rather inoffensively been there done that except for Jamie Campbell Bower that is who is strictly WTF 
2.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Scott Nash
At least you re not forced to stare at Kristen Stewart s sour mug for two hours 
2.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Sean P. Means
In the end this City of Bones is all gnawed over scraps from other better movies 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
David Keyes
This is a premise that might work in the hands of more eager filmmakers but here it is reduced to a collection of fragmented scenes designed to mystify and infuriate 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Austin Kennedy
Fortunately for Twi Hards this IS the next TWILIGHT Unfortunately for everyone else this IS the next TWILIGHT 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Dann Gire
Here s a familiar story so badly executed that not even the characters pay attention to what s going on in it 
0.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Peter Keough
The Mortal Instruments City of Bones plays like a Scary Movie parody 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
David Berry
The Shadowhunters are a bunch of half angelic beings tasked with fighting demons and watching over the mundanes which I swear is actually what they call humans I guess because boring poo poo stupidheads might be a touch on the nose 
0
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Peter Hartlaub
Every moviegoer will have his own breaking point when The Mortal Instruments City of Bones surpasses the mundane and enters the ridiculous 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Chris Hewitt
Some of the mythology is confusing but its campy humor helps a lot 
3
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Simon Abrams
The Mortal Instruments City of Bones will make you yearn for more Twilight movies 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Willie Waffle
Maybe the most entertaining way to watch The Mortal Instruments City of Bones is to count all of the other movies this one rips off 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Randy Myers
Hollywood has more than enough high caliber young adult lit to mine Filmmakers should tap into richer human stories We mere mortals would dearly appreciate it 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Jake Coyle
It desperately gathers clichés like a teen fantasy Frankenstein that doesn t realize its secret identity parody 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Liam Lacey
Mortal Instruments manages to occupy 130 minutes of frantic numbing activity 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Bruce Ingram
Everything chugs along briskly and reasonably entertainingly until running off the rails a bit with a wildly overcomplicated finale 
2.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Tracie Cooper
The Mortal Instruments City of Bones is a beautifully shot movie featuring talented actors and a story with a lot of potential At the end of the day however it just doesn t have much soul 
2.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Stephanie Merry
The action flick is overly long complicated and even by teen romance standards cringe worthy in its cheesiness 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Kent Turner
A passable late summer stand in for its core audience until the new fall CW television season begins 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
R. Kurt Osenlund
The movie 65279 blasts by for a while as an odd and busy slice of highly watchable garbage 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Scott Bowles
Though it has flashes of promise Bones traces the footsteps of its fantasy film predecessors too closely to blaze anything close to an original narrative 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
James Berardinelli
It sticks so closely to the YA formula that it feels like a mashup of a watery fantasy with soap opera Suds overflow 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Tom Keogh
So derivative of Joss Whedon George Lucas J K Rowling and Stephenie Meyer that it feels like a postmodern young adult mishmash 
1.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
David Hiltbrand
The film s primary problem is its premature climax It goes for the big action crescendo early then tries to sustain that wild intensity for a solid hour Admirable but exhausting 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Bruce DeMara
Zwart finally has a vehicle that tests his talents His dark vision of the shadow world beyond the ordinary one is intricately detailed and believable throughout even if much of it is the product of CGI mastery 
3
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Daniel M. Kimmel
Yet for all that familiarity the story is told with style and some wit 
2.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Mark Dujsik
I t only grows more frustratingly dense with clarifications that toss out a lot of information without ever actually explaining anything 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Dustin Putman
Playing much like bad fan fiction from an immature lovelorn teenage girl who s seen Twilight Beastly Star Wars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer too many times The Mortal Instrument City of Bones is interminable gobbledygook 
1
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Rene Rodriguez
The Mortal Instruments franchise is strictly for the initiated They will no doubt love it Everyone else will be flummoxed 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Roger Moore
They sealed the fate of this franchise when they sold it to Screen Gems and Screen Gems hired the director of Agent Cody Banks 
2
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Matt Pais
Earning the coveted and easily attained praise better than Twilight City of Bones thrives not on the presence of awesome but the absence of terrible 
2.5
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Kyle Smith
The Mortal Instruments City of Bones hopes to be the start of a new franchise for tweens and Twihards but the twuth is this twash is anything but a twiumph 
1
Gun Crazy
Wanda Hale
Lately there have been a number of these pictures about young couples that go in for this type crime Gun Crazy is slightly different in introduction but after the story gets under way the action is the same 
2.5
Gun Crazy
Matt Brunson
A seminal film noir as well as a cinematic primer for 1967 s Bonnie and Clyde 
3.5
Gun Crazy
Josh Larsen
Reefer Madness for gun control 
2.5
Gun Crazy
Scott Nash
It s a scrambled mix of styles that probably shouldn t work but somehow does anyway 
3.5
Gun Crazy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest of all films this B movie classic has it all 
4
Gun Crazy
Eric Henderson
Wild wam bam pacing 
3
Khoya
Linda Barnard
An ill advised melodramatic swing is redeemed with poignancy in the home stretch 
2.5
Juno
Troy Patterson
As directed by Jason Reitman the movie builds from sitcom setups to wistful payoffs 
4
Juno
Mattie Lucas
Whereas most people have seen charm and wit I saw self conscious quirkiness and an excessive smugness that I found off putting 
2.5
Juno
Namrata Joshi
A smart yet sensitive film more a coming of age drama with believable American youngsters rather than TV perfect Beverly Hills types 
3
Juno
James Kendrick
Juno is the best kind of comedy one that makes you laugh but not at the expense of your emotions 
3.5
Juno
Kyle Smith
Being the hipster movie of the year presents a couple of problems One is that hipsters are kind of annoying 
2.5
Juno
Peter Canavese
Gilmore Girls gone wild Blu Ray review 
3
Juno
Michael A. Smith
the cast brings life to Cody s words and raise what could have been a standard television movie of the week to a much higher plain 
3
Juno
Linda Cook
Clever wise and outrageous Juno comes at you with no holds barred 
4
Juno
Wesley Lovell
A teenage pregnancy flick that doesn t insult its audience s intelligence It s filled with several wonderful performances 
3.5
Juno
Larry Ratliff
The best comedy of the year beams with pregnant pauses
4
Juno
Ross Anthony
A very cute movie with a great soundtrack Though imho not the award winner for which it s been receiving so much buzz Michael Cera Bleaker nails every scene he s in 
2.5
Juno
Jay Antani
Page plays each moment without ego and with total candor and that s ultimately the secret to Juno s success 
3.5
Juno
Lori Hoffman
The filmmaking team of Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody have taken the premise of a teen comedy and injected it with an anti cliché serum 
4
Juno
Gina Carbone
The most overrated film of the year isn t bad it s just trying too hard 
2.5
Juno
Rob Thomas
Much of Juno crackles with great lines that nobody would ever actually say but everyone wishes they would think of 
3.5
Juno
Sean McBride
one of the strongest characters in cinema this year Look for a bunch of Academy Award nominations
3.5
Juno
John Wirt
If Juno were cheese and macaroni it would be among the most satisfying mac and cheese dishes ever conceived 
3.5
Juno
Phil Villarreal
Cody s writing is entrancing Characters speak in a stylized heightened reality reminiscent of Kevin Smith s mid 1990s stunners Clerks Mallrats and Chasing Amy 
4
Juno
John Beifuss
After three viewings I kind of feel like I have a crush on Juno the movie and Juno the character I m poised halfway on the emotional scale between the bemused affection of Juno s tolerant father and the wide eyed wonder of Juno s pale boyfriend 
3.5
Juno
Sean P. Means
Cody s writing recalls early Quentin Tarantino dripping with pop culture references from Beverly Hills 90210 to Thundercats but with a welcome sentimental streak 
4
Juno
Greg Maki
Juno is a real treat and maybe the most unexpected great movie in years 
4
Juno
Carla Meyer
Together Cody and Page have crafted a highly memorable character 
3
Juno
Duane Dudek
The film is a portrait of family as a messy group hug and a dysfunctional miracle And considering that it is a comedy about teenage pregnancy it preserves the dignity of its theme by revealing the humanity of the people involved 
3.5
Juno
Rene Rodriguez
Juno comes on all wisecracking and aren t we clever but don t be surprised if you find yourself getting choked up with happy tears by the end 
3
Juno
Robert W. Butler
What propels the film into the stratosphere is Juno herself As played by Ellen Page Juno is a winning combination of fierce intelligence irrepressible irony casual profanity and though she doesn t want to admit it emotional vulnerability 
3.5
Juno
Kimberley Jones
An indie comedy that uplifts funny and smart totally trying to be cool and succeeding and heartfelt to boot 
3.5
Juno
Lawrence Toppman
Comedy comes from an exaggeration of reality not reality itself and on that score Diablo Cody s first screenplay gets high marks 
3
Juno
Matt Brunson
Kicking up a fuss much like Juno s unborn child this is easily one of the year s best releases 
3.5
Juno
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sweet sassy and satisfying 
3
Juno
Moira MacDonald
By its end Juno in its guilelessly chatty way touches the heart and yes I had tears in my eyes This movie works on its own terms 
3.5
Juno
Peter Howell
The best thing about this movie is that for all its wiseacre badinage it s utterly believable about the most basic of human situations 
4
Juno
Chris Hewitt
The movie itself doesn t claim to be anything other than what it is a modest crowd pleaser with a little bite 
3
Juno
David Wiegand
Juno isn t a film made in the bell jar of unlikely reality that is far too often Hollywood It s a film whose attention to real life detail is so fine audiences will be hopelessly and happily lost in its story from the first frame 
4
Juno
Lisa Kennedy
Juno is unerring compassionate and funny as heck 
4
Juno
Ty Burr
That smart hip human comedy you ve been waiting for all year The one with dialogue like a sugar rush and performances like grace notes It s called Juno and it just arrived in theaters Go forth and multiplex 
3.5
Juno
Michael Phillips
It takes Juno about 15 minutes to calm down and get its joke reflex in check And by the end you ve fallen in love with the thing 
3.5
Juno
Josh Larsen
Juno gets two things dead right about contemporary teenagers 
4
Juno
Liam Lacey
The film s forced quirkiness constantly threatens to derail the entire enterprise But it keeps being put back on track by the apparently effortless performance of a great young actress 
3
Juno
Mark Dujsik
Could have played up the subversive satirical possibilities of the scenario but Diablo Cody s first script is too smart her affection for her characters too strong to mistreat the story and its inhabitants so 
4
Juno
Willie Waffle
filled with tart dialogue that entertains the audience but always gives us an insight into the character speaking it and the pain they are going through 
4
Juno
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s so much fun that it s easy to overlook the film s rather conventional plot arc 
3
Juno
David Elliott
Not since Election has a female star talent hit the screen with such a sting of arrival 
3.5
Juno
Carrie Rickey
What kind of movie is Juno The rarity that plucks your heartstrings while tickling them 
3.5
Juno
Steve Rhodes
Full of great characters and well crafted and fascinating relationships it may be the best film of the year 
4
Juno
Jordan Hiller
She is a wonderful character in her own right I d watch a movie about her going to the movies But Cody s conviction is to get Juno pregnant so I ll watch a movie about that 
3.5
Juno
David N. Butterworth
Screenwriter Cody s wit and imagination are seemingly endless 
3.5
Juno
Sara Michelle Fetters
All that aside the only thing that really matters is whether or not it s any good and on that front this one doesn t just score it manages the comedic equivalent of a knockout 
3.5
Juno
Glenn Whipp
You can t help but surrender to its considerable charm 
3
Juno
Roger Ebert
A fresh quirky unusually intelligent comedy about a 16 year old girl who wins our hearts in the first scene 
4
Juno
Walter Chaw
You can t spend this much time being too cool for school and earn a sentimental rimshot it s the boy who cried human 
1
Juno
Mike McGranaghan
Definitely one of my favorite films of the last five years 
4
Juno
Frank Ochieng
Cunningly perceptive and hip in its irresistible skepticism about the comforts and uncertainties of love Juno is enchantingly bright and breezy in its effecting resonance 
3
Juno
John Anderson
A movie already reputed to be hipper than tomorrow night Jason Reitman s follow up to Thank You for Smoking is actually sweet romantic and irony free 
3.5
Juno
Jack Mathews
It is certainly the feel good movie of the season and credit for that goes to the gifted director Reitman novice screenwriter Diablo Cody and the film s sensational lead actress Ellen Page 
3
Juno
James Berardinelli
Juno directed by Jason Reitman is smart witty and engaging three ingredients that when applied to any film comprise a recipe for success 
3.5
Juno
Erik Childress
Has all the rhythms that made films like Little Miss Sunshine and Garden State so beloved by audiences and critics alike but invents its own rhyme to buck familiarity thanks to its brilliantly funny and exceptionally wise screenplay by Diablo Cody 
4
Juno
Claudia Puig
The engaging story coupled with the character s likable quirkiness makes for a film bristling with vitality and heart without resorting to glibness or sentimentality 
4
Juno
Maitland McDonagh
First time screenwriter Cody Diablo s gently comic different for girls tale of a pregnant hyper verbal teenager is the distaff answer to the testosterone fueled hijinks of movies like Knocked Up and Superbad 
3
Juno
Lou Lumenick
Hollywood s Woman of the Year is a pregnant 16 year old the incredibly hip smart mouthed and totally endearing heroine of the wise and witty Juno 
4
Juno
Peter T. Chattaway
Juno has an implicit pro life sensibility Life is life and deserves to be nurtured even if not especially when everything around it is broken 
3.5
Juno
Kam Williams
A terminally clever comedy that s laced with lots of inspired sardonic humor but can t quite convince you to take its slowly thickening plot seriously 
3
Juno
Dustin Putman
Light on plot but plentiful in moments of keen human observation Juno is authentic and oh so winning 
3
Juno
Joe Lozito
What s sure to be the breakout indie hit of 2007 and deservedly so establishes the voice of screenwriter Diablo Cody and the career of young actress Ellen Page 
4
Juno
Fernando F. Croce
Just when one is about to write off Diablo Cody s much praised screenplay as less than the sum of its ornate quips a scene will be flipped in an unexpected direction and a hidden vein of emotion suddenly struck 
3
Juno
Peter Travers
Juno is more than a few smiles it makes you laugh deeply It s one from the bruised heart 
3.5
Juno
Scott Nash
One of my favorite movies of the year 
4
Juno
David Nusair
an impressive step forward for director Jason Reitman 
3
Laughter in Paradise
Matt Brunson
An amiable if ultimately forgettable comedy 
2.5
Laughter in Paradise
Roger Moore
Alastair Sim pretty much steals the picture as a writer of crime fiction who literally cannot get himself arrested 
2.5
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Sean P. Means
With its precise editing and thoughtful storytelling Note by Note is a celebration of craftsmanship of a piano and of film 
3.5
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Jeff Vice
Note By Note The Making of Steinway L1307 doesn t need any cameos by celebrities musical or otherwise to hold our interest 
4
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Joshua Kosman
Like an elegant set of theme and variations director Ben Niles beautiful probing documentary about music and craftsmanship takes a simple idea and follows it in a number of directions 
4
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Duane Dudek
Although Note by Note has the qualities of an industrial or promotional film it also is a lovely and lyrical look at a labor of love 
3
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Maureen M. Hart
It s inspirational to watch and listen as the Steinway employees demonstrate with pride their part in producing an instrument that will sell for more than 100 000 and may succeed some of its brethren on the stage at Carnegie Hall 
4
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Jeremy Eichler
A modestly scaled but enjoyable documentary 
3
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Ken Fox
This unexpectedly charming documentary from filmmaker Ben Niles follows the construction of one piano from the bending and molding of the raw maple that will become the piano rim in workshops of the Steinway Sons factory in Queens 
3
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
John Anderson
Gorgeous visually and musically 
3.5
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037
Kam Williams
A cinematic first a standing ovation by icons for the unsung working class heroes who make them look good 
4
Germinal
Steve Rhodes
An extremely moving tale that points to the ultimate hopelessness of the human condition 
3
Germinal
Roger Ebert
For me Germinal provided visual and dramatic images for 19th century history events that I only understood in an abstract way 
3
Right at Your Door
David Nusair
a low key yet sporadically tense drama 
3.5
Right at Your Door
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Nightmarish 
2
Right at Your Door
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The agitated theatrical dialogue reaches frenzied jackhammer proportions even during the film s supposed quiet moments it s thoroughly draining 
2
Right at Your Door
Marc Savlov
Cunningly riffs on everything from George Romero s Night of the Living Dead and The Crazies to our current terrorist related night sweats 
3.5
Right at Your Door
Maitland McDonagh
McCormack and Cochrane can t transcend the cliched meandering dialogue so Brad and Lexi s dilemma never feels like anything but a didactic contrivance 
2.5
Right at Your Door
Pam Grady
Stars Cochrane and McCormack have zero chemistry and their characters are so different that they never compute as a couple 
2
Right at Your Door
Jim Hemphill
Crosses our real life national nightmares with a cleverly constructed thriller to create a movie that is smart impeccably acted and extremely unsettling 
3
Right at Your Door
Stephen Whitty
It s the Cold War redux but with the Enemy now everywhere 
2.5
Right at Your Door
Kyle Smith
As frightening as it intends to be but not enjoyably so 
2.5
Right at Your Door
Jack Mathews
Has an ironic and unpredictable ending 
2.5
Right at Your Door
Ty Burr
Maybe this is how the world ends in LA not with a bang but a 96 minute whimper 
1.5
Right at Your Door
Sara Michelle Fetters
I d be lying if I didn t admit I wanted more from this but for a while there Gorak and his team really did have me going 
2.5
Right at Your Door
Jan Stuart
If Rod Serling had had a shot at penning a post 9 11 scenario for The Twilight Zone it might have come out something like this compact and creepy suspense thriller of apocalypse Los Angeles style 
3
Right at Your Door
James Berardinelli
While this is admittedly not lighthearted mainstream fare the subject matter is interesting and is handled in a manner that offers a compelling and sometimes unsettling 95 minutes 
3
Right at Your Door
Nick Schager
Right at Your Door finds itself somewhat adrift 
2.5
Right at Your Door
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A healthy mixture of On the Beach and Fail Safe Chris Gorak s Right at your Door is possibly one of the most horrifying apocalyptic films I ve seen in years 
4
Right at Your Door
Erik Childress
Another overstretched Rod Serling episode with misplaced irony that provides so many false moments of its own that its impossible to take seriously 
2
Hands of a Stranger
John Beifuss
Body mind soul can one exist without the others Is the self determined by one or a combination of all three These age old questions are examined more directly in even B horrors such as Hands of a Stranger than in most other entertainments 
2.5
Freaks
Brian Eggert
A genuine rarity about all that is ugly and beautiful about being human
4
Freaks
Josh Larsen
despite its gruesome conclusion the movie seems to do everything in its power to create community 
3
Freaks
Phil Villarreal
The movie s influences can be found in nearly every conceivable corner of modern film 
4
Freaks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a truly amazing film not so much horrific as it is funny touching and extraordinary you d be hard pressed to find another film like it 
4
Freaks
Matt Brunson
Today it s a cult favorite that continues to resonate The Player Toy Story and Hedwig and the Angry Inch are just a few of the major films to have paid it homage 
3.5
Freaks
Ed Gonzalez
Browning uses the film s famous Wedding Feast sequence and its rhythmic use of montage to fantastically blur the lines between the normal and the abnormal 
4
Freaks
James Kendrick
Fascinating repulsive and oddly touching
3.5
Love and Honor
Lou Lumenick
Love and Honor may be politically clueless but Hemsworth and the student journalist he hooks up with fellow Aussie Teresa Palmer of Warm Bodies do make an undeniably attractive couple 
1.5
Love and Honor
Christopher Gray
The deceptions and romances carry on as one might expect all while the film makes some attempt at exploring the cultural shifts of the time period 
1
Detour
Dustin Putman
If Detour appears a touch too familiar for its own good at times director Christopher Smith puts enough of his own stamp on the material to give the story a fresh devious urgency 
2.5
Detour
Glenn Kenny
Neither narrative is particularly compelling but the road trip one has an edge because travel s always fun 
1
Detour
Ed Gonzalez
The effect of the film becomes not unlike watching a puzzle solve itself without demanding either the audience s emotional or intellectual investment 
2
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Megan Turner
It s impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard Eileen Walsh when her real life persona is so charmless and vacant 
1
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Ed Scheid
A clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics 
3
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Jan Stuart
Walsh can t quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in Janice s behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm 
2
NY Export: Opus Jazz
Diego Semerene
Embraces the notion of dancers as characters with histories more than just beautifully coordinated fleshly parts 
3
The Work and the Glory: American Zion
Dan Lybarger
An awkward mix of fascinating history and tepid fiction 
2
The Work and the Glory: American Zion
Jeff Vice
There s been a slight change in character focus and those who receive the spotlight this time around are more interesting and compelling But the technical aspects of the filmmaking aren t quite as good 
2.5
The Work and the Glory: American Zion
Sean P. Means
Director Sterling Van Wagenen and screenwriter Matt Whitaker manage to turn musty dates and place names into wrenching moments
3
The Work and the Glory: American Zion
Jeff Strickler
To call this drama heavy handed would be stating the obvious 
2
The Work and the Glory: American Zion
Phil Villarreal
Unlike Holt Van Wagenen knows what he is doing Now fans of the series can look forward to the next entry in The Work and the Glory series instead of dreading it 
3
Parade
Roger Ebert
Jacques Tati s Parade is such a slight and simple film that its subject almost seems to be self effacing 
2
Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm
Roger Moore
A cute surface gloss in the if these recording studio walls could talk genre 
2.5
Daughter of Mine
Sheila O'Malley
The script is very sparse It feels like an outline a general idea rather than an actual filled out story 
2
Daughter of Mine
Diego Semerene
Unlike My Life in Pink Daughter of Mine sidesteps all ambiguity as the film reveals everything about its characters straight away leaving little room for unexpected complexities about their predicaments to develop 
1.5
Vive L'Amour
Roger Moore
Tsai 8217 s films aren 8217 t for the impatient 46 If he isn 8217 t credited with inventing 8220 slow cinema 44 8221 he 8217 s still one of its undisputed masters 46 
2.5
Vive L'Amour
Peter Canavese
An almost wordless drama and a social satire about the disconnectedness and loneliness of modern living 46 
3.5
Vive L'Amour
Matt Brunson
While I apos m generally a sucker for movies about the connections made 40 or missed 41 by lonely people monumental works like Wild Strawberries 44 The Accidental Tourist 44 Three Colors 58 Blue 44 and Lost in Translation this one left me a bit chilly 46 
2.5
Vive L'Amour
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tsai Ming liang s second feature film established him as a major talent to watch and along with Hou Hsiao hsien and Edward Yang one of the key figures of the Taiwanese New Wave 
4
Beyond Belief
Peter Keough
Director Beth Murphy lets her subjects speak for themselves with a minimum of embellishment and so the moments of stark poignance draw tears without exploiting them 
3
Beyond Belief
Elizabeth Weitzman
Make sure to bring extra tissues when you go see Beth Murphy s intimate and inspiring documentary 
3
Beyond Belief
Ed Gonzalez
Beyond Belief is a poignant portrait of two women coping with their roles as 9 11 widows 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Jeff Vice
Green Street Hooligans loses any credibility it might have had the minute it tries to pass off Elijah Wood as a tough guy 
1.5
Green Street Hooligans
Phil Villarreal
Nothing hits harder or with less tact than the overriding message that Matt is really looking for a surrogate family 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
Duane Dudek
Alexander is a better anthropologist than dramatist and her snapshot of this culture is more revealing than the story crafted around it 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
John Monaghan
There s a good movie to be made about the violent world of British soccer or football as it s called on the other side of the pond This isn t it 
2
Green Street Hooligans
David N. Butterworth
German kickboxer turned director Lexi Alexander s brutal unsparing portrait of disaffected youth running rampant amid the football stands and terraces of jolly old England 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Steven Rea
The script is a jumble of caricatures and cliches 
2
Green Street Hooligans
Steve Rhodes
An energetic mix of Fight Club s adoration of violence and West Side Story s popularization of gang warfare 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Jeff Shannon
The movie forces you into primal alertness its effectiveness enhanced by exceptional casting and escalating tension that plays on your emotions 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Wesley Morris
Unfortunately the beatings are often more interesting than what s caused them 
2
Green Street Hooligans
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A movie about English football soccer hooligans shouldn t be too hard to pull off but Green Street Hooligans manages to botch it up 
1.5
Green Street Hooligans
Jeffrey Westhoff
Director Lexi Alexander wants to make a message movie yet also seems attracted by the firms macho ethics 
2
Green Street Hooligans
G. Allen Johnson
Terrific because director Lexi Alexander a German brings an authentic feel to English hooliganism this is a brutal yet tremendously entertaining film and treats it very seriously 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Michael Szymanski
Pretty boy turned gang leader Charlie Hunnam offers a career performance 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
Kyle Smith
Director and co writer Lexi Alexander choreographs the fight scenes with thrilling chaos and the plot unfolds expertly if melodramatically 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Bob Strauss
The fundamental idiocy of the whole business keeps the movie from scoring any serious goals 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
Jami Bernard
Hooligans delivers two main points that family is where you find it and that violence can be as intoxicating to some as a drug 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
Lisa Rose
Although the central message is questionable and the plot is packed with contrivances the film makes for an engaging treatise on a subculture 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
Kim Morgan
Though the film begins with the promise of dissecting the origins and politics of the firms the neighborhood turf wars and the general attraction towards football hooligan culture it quickly abandons those aims 
2
Green Street Hooligans
Josh Larsen
You watch the movie clutched in a defensive position 
3
Green Street Hooligans
Dan Fienberg
Suggesting Hooligans is just too darned real for the entertainment industry to fathom would make a lot more sense if the movie weren t so mind numbingly derivative 
2.5
Green Street Hooligans
John Anderson
Alexander s techniques occasionally get a bit too fancy but the movie has a kinetic energy and intelligence that score 
2
Green Street Hooligans
Michael Phillips
This is Fight Club without the irony or the metaphysical gaming 
1.5
Green Street Hooligans
Roger Ebert
The message is that violence is hard wired into men if only the connection is made 
3.5
Dark Eyes
Barbara Scharres
This feeble revelation however hardly makes the preceding footage worth the wait 
1
Dark Eyes
Roger Ebert
Dark Eyes tells one of those stories where you think you know everything but you do not and at the end of the story you know that everyone is very unhappy but you cannot see precisely what they should have done differently 
3.5
St. Vincent
Brian Eggert
An endearing if sappy feel gooder made pleasant by the affable presence of Bill Murray 46 
3
St. Vincent
Pamela Powell
St Vincent is a beautifully told story capitalizing on the strengths of its stars The predictable story becomes evident but this is forgivable because it s such a sweet and tender story 
3.5
St. Vincent
Josh Terry
St Vincent is an uplifting film but parents should understand that it isn t an easy film to watch 
3.5
St. Vincent
Lisa Jensen
A well meaning movie that never is quite what it wants to be 
2.5
St. Vincent
Robert W. Butler
With his feature debut writer director Theodore Melfi can be accused of dishing Hollywood cliches but his cast s sheer good humor and professionalism lift this yarn And the pile of improbabilities is offset by real heart and solid laughs 
3
St. Vincent
John Wirt
Bill Murray finds the perfect Bill Murray role in St Vincent 
3
St. Vincent
Mara Reinstein
While the film is stuffed with cliches at least they re the warm and fuzzy kind 
3
St. Vincent
Scott Nash
A showcase for Bill Murray 
3
St. Vincent
Linda Cook
This is one of those curmudgeon with a kind of good heart stories Even when the script gets a little shaky the acting is superlative And the characters for the most part feel real 
3
St. Vincent
Robert Levin
It s a chance for Murray to act the hell out of a juicy part 
3
St. Vincent
Mike McGranaghan
A funny charming feel good movie that rises above a few clichés 
3.5
St. Vincent
John Serba
Bill Murray s performance goes far beyond the irony of laughing at an old man who wears his cynicism on his sleeve 
3.5
St. Vincent
John Beifuss
A showcase for a slobby star and sloppy sentiment St Vincent is an entirely bogus enterprise except that it may leave you against your better judgment with a genuine smile on your authentic face 
2.5
St. Vincent
Matt Brunson
Bill Murray once again knocks it out of the park with a terrific performance 
3
St. Vincent
Kam Williams
Bill Murray s in rare form here as an irascible curmudgeon who exhibits an endearing vulnerability for the sake of an at risk tween in need of a father figure 
3
St. Vincent
Brad Keefe
Shamelessly attempts to harness as much of the Bill Murray magic as it can Results are mixed but at least it s got Bill Murray 
2.5
St. Vincent
Peter Travers
St Vincent will dodge your impulse to projectile vomit For that all hail Bill Murray who whacks away at the script s sentimental softballs like A Rod in full swing 
2.5
St. Vincent
Richard Roeper
The adult supporting players are all excellent but next to Murray the key casting is Jaeden Lieberher as young Oliver The kid is a natural in the sidekick role never once playing it too cute or too actor y 
3.5
St. Vincent
Rob Thomas
It has a serious but not fatal case of the cutes but Murray saves it finding the truth in Vincent in even the most maudlin turns 
3
St. Vincent
Willie Waffle
The legend of Bill Murray has become more about his life than his work Yet his work is fantastic especially in St Vincent 
3
St. Vincent
Duane Dudek
There is little real sense of risk reward or redemption 
2.5
St. Vincent
Lisa Kennedy
It s good to see funny gal McCarthy playing the straight woman in this comedy rather than the appealing appalling lout It s even better to see a working mom depicted with care 
3.5
St. Vincent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This formula has become a staple and honestly if Murray wasn t the lead the movie wouldn t be worth much 
3
St. Vincent
Liam Lacey
St Vincent is no conventional hagiography but it s the movie world s equivalent a star vehicle Give director Melfi credit for knowing the capacity of the engine he has under its hood 
2.5
St. Vincent
Mick LaSalle
One of these days someone should make a movie about a really nasty old guy who by the end of the story is still a nasty old guy 
2
St. Vincent
Mark Dujsik
It gives us a character who is completely unlikeable on the surface and without changing a thing about who the character is the film dares us not to like him by the end 
3
St. Vincent
Dustin Putman
Without its lead actors there would be little that is original or special about St Vincent The film is all the better for them 
2.5
St. Vincent
James Berardinelli
Murray with a stable of eccentric characters ranging across the landscape of his career has selected increasingly idiosyncratic roles in recent years Vincent is no exception 
3
St. Vincent
Anders Wright
Most of the time two hours spent with Bill Murray are well spent because even if he s America s favorite rascal he s certainly no saint 
2.5
St. Vincent
Dann Gire
St Vincent thrives or dies on the relationship between Murray and Lieberher Their amazing chemistry produces sparks between a polite boy and his rude world weary baby sitter 
3
St. Vincent
Moira MacDonald
Murray of course makes it all work well enough 
2.5
St. Vincent
Ty Burr
What is Murray doing in this sort of tapioca 
2
St. Vincent
Peter Howell
A movie with laughter soul and a twisting path to the heart 
3
St. Vincent
Ann Hornaday
Murray s freewheeling deadpan image fuses so thoroughly with Vincent s own endearingly grizzled misanthropy that it s hard to tell where the actor ends and the geezer begins 
2.5
St. Vincent
Joe Williams
Of course Murray is the star attraction here in a role that s both fan friendly and reminiscent of the range he showed in Broken Flowers and Lost in Translation 
3
St. Vincent
Matt Pais
Goes somewhere gooey that only makes the previous rough edges sticky with a finale that s bitten from a late 90s ABC sitcom 
2
St. Vincent
Michael Phillips
The broader visual comedy lacks finesse But the actors win out 
3
St. Vincent
Steven Rea
If St Vincent flirts with sappiness it does and how Melfi has struck gold in the pairing of Murray and Lieberher 
3
St. Vincent
Brian Tallerico
A piece of very well made cheese a movie in which one can feel its manipulations and heart string pulling but the talented ensemble makes those critical talking points easy to dismiss 
3
St. Vincent
Stephen Whitty
This is Bill Murray s movie and he dominates and redeems every scene he s in 
3
St. Vincent
Claudia Puig
St Vincent tries its darnedest to be crowd pleasing This is not to say that it s not entertaining or lacks good performances It s often quite funny 
2.5
St. Vincent
Jocelyn Noveck
Who wouldn t want to spend 102 minutes in the company of Murray at his grumpy best his eyes in a perpetual roll annoyed by anyone and everything but somehow earning affection from those who annoy him 
3
St. Vincent
Elise Nakhnikian
The actors create emotionally coherent and sympathetic characters from a collection of often contradictory monumentally irresponsible or just plain improbable actions 
2.5
St. Vincent
Rex Reed
I found it the cinematic equivalent of a 10 mg Valium 
2
St. Vincent
Roger Moore
Not Murray s best performance the accent and stroke symptoms come and go but his cutest one 
3
St. Vincent
Lou Lumenick
Maybe even Jack Nicholson couldn t do a better job than Murray playing this improbable hero something that probably isn t going to be forgotten come Oscar time 
3
Any Given Sunday
Peter Canavese
Stone isn t interested in merely bashing modern football Any Given Sunday looks at the best and worst of the sport Blu ray 
3
Any Given Sunday
Joe Lozito
With few surprises and little to say in this film it is unclear why Oliver Stone was interested in making it in the first place 
2
Any Given Sunday
Margaret A. McGurk
The cast does an impressive job 
3
Any Given Sunday
David Nusair
the movie remains watchable if only for Pacino s amazing performance and the action packed football sequences 
2.5
Any Given Sunday
Rick Groen
Choc a bloc with manly blather about sacrifice and honour and rugged individuals pulling together for the greater glory of the team 
2
Any Given Sunday
Ed Gonzalez
A flawed yet riveting journey into the heart of a corrupt America 
3
Any Given Sunday
Andrew Howe
The perfect film for anyone in search of transient thrills 
3
Any Given Sunday
Blake French
dead in the water
1.5
Any Given Sunday
James Kendrick
It s almost all surface and clichés 
2
Any Given Sunday
Jay Carr
There s no shortage of color and vigor in this pumped up movie 
2.5
Any Given Sunday
Peter Stack
Raucous violent in your face and occasionally advancing like a punch to the belly 
3
Any Given Sunday
Shay Casey
For those interested in the sport this football movie is a revealing experience 
3
Any Given Sunday
Madeleine Williams
Loud brash and fatally uninteresting 
1
Any Given Sunday
Bob Bloom
Any Given Sunday is merely a routine movie wrapped in an epic s clothing 
2.5
Any Given Sunday
James Berardinelli
The film is restless to the point of distraction and the audio is so pumped up that about a third of the dialogue is unintelligible 
2
Any Given Sunday
Cornell & Petricelli
This pumped up ensemble piece is a boiling sea of adrenaline testosterone with estrogen in the back office and pain during the Sunday Gladiatorial spectacle of American football 
3.5
Any Given Sunday
Roger Ebert
The movie alternates sharp and observant dramatic scenes with MTV style montages and incomprehensible sports footage It s a miracle the underlying story survives but it does 
3
Any Given Sunday
Ross Anthony
This is a hardcore football flick not some mushy tale with football as a backdrop 
2.5
Any Given Sunday
Mike Clark
Pass the popcorn and then the testosterone 
3
Any Given Sunday
Mike Gregory
An exhilarating chaotic film that manages to be both admiring and critical of the game that keeps fans glued to the TV every weekend 
3
Any Given Sunday
David Keyes
A movie of laughably bad proportions shot with extensive graininess and directed at an unforgivably slow pace 
1.5
Any Given Sunday
Susan Stark
Pretentious almost to the point of silliness 
2
Any Given Sunday
Michael Dequina
An Oliver Stone football film a fact that gives one an idea of how testosterone happy this gridiron saga is 
3
Any Given Sunday
Lou Lumenick
Probably the most predictable and blatantly commercial movie Oliver Stone s ever directed 
2.5
Any Given Sunday
Steve Rhodes
An uninviting mess 
2
Any Given Sunday
Dustin Putman
A fast paced entertaining drama that little by little grows problematic when you stop to think long enough about its specifics 
2
Shortcut
Linda Cook
It s a movie that never overstays its welcome a nice outing for horror fans 
3
Shortcut
Simon Abrams
Both an amateurish production and a mindless genre exercise 
1
Shortcut
Mark Dujsik
It s a brief movie and even with that succinctness the filmmakers struggle to find something to do with this material 
2.5
Shortcut
Randy Myers
While Shortcut won t win awards it does take us on a joyride back to the old school horror style in which the scares are teased rather than trumpeted It is ideal drive in fare 
3
Shortcut
Mike McGranaghan
A nifty little surprise Think of The Breakfast Club reimagined as a creature feature and you start to get the idea 
3
Shortcut
Roger Moore
An Italian quicky for the international market a horror tale with a location an unused tunnel complex a somewhat clumsy English ain t my first language screenplay kids a nicely restored bus and a monster 
1.5
Looking for Lincoln
Kam Williams
A worthwhile bio pic which belatedly knocks an American icon undeserving of secular sainthood off his lofty pedestal 
4
Brian's Song
Tom Meek
One of the all time great sports dramas to grace the screen 
4
The Perfect Match
Sheila O'Malley
There is a welcome and surprising layer of complexity running through the film that makes it a little bit more than your standard fare The likable and funny ensemble helps too 
2.5
The Perfect Match
Kam Williams
Overall this delightful ensemble dramedy is reminiscent of a couple of other great urban classics Love Jones 1997 and The Best Man 1999 That s good company 
4
The Rink
Josh Larsen
the sort of comic clumsiness that only a superb athlete could manage 
3
For the Plasma
Brian Tallerico
With deadpan line readings that seem purposefully affected it s a film that plays with our instinct to look for meaning in imagery and the baggage we bring to a movie 
3
For the Plasma
Carson Lund
The film whose disparate narrative threads unsurprisingly never connect drowns in weirdness for its own sake 
1
Louisiana: The Other Side
Robert Horton
I acknowledge this film s power and still feel uneasy about it and unsure of its point But there s no question that in many scenes it captures remarkable details 
3
Louisiana: The Other Side
Kate Taylor
In the end the power of Minervini s pseudo fiction gives way to a much blander version of pseudo reality 
2
Louisiana: The Other Side
Godfrey Cheshire
An immersive almost harrowingly naturalistic plunge into the lives of marginal Louisianans obsessed with guns drugs and belligerent resentments 
3
Louisiana: The Other Side
Carson Lund
Roberto Minervini s documentary is as quintessentially American a text as one could hope for in today s divided union 
3.5
She Came from the Woods
Kevin Carr
I appreciated the nostalgic setting as genre comfort food 44 and the slasher elements work 44 even if the origin story would make a better original movie 46 10 
3
She Came from the Woods
Mike McGranaghan
There are much scarier summer camp movies 44 and much funnier ones 44 too 46 
2
The Visitation
Josh Hurst
Here s a Christian movie that s an embarrassment to a genre that doesn t exactly have a reputation for producing great art 
0
The End of the Tour
Pamela Powell
The End of the Tour is a rare and insightful look into depression and how it affected one brilliantly talented author 
4
The End of the Tour
Max Weiss
I can t speak to its veracity but I loved Segel s work here playing Wallace as someone who over analyzed everything to a compulsive near paralyzing degree while still managing to be the most interesting literary guy in the room 
3.5
The End of the Tour
David N. Butterworth
The End of the Tour made me want to try reading Infinite Jest again so compelling a portrait Jason Segel paints of its troubled author 
3
The End of the Tour
Kam Williams
Unlikely buddy adventuring featuring an intriguing pre mortem of the decompensating psyche of a suicidal savant 
3.5
The End of the Tour
David Frese
Jason Segel is so good in The End of the Tour you can almost smell him 
4
The End of the Tour
John Beifuss
The filmmakers fail to convince us that the low stakes low drama Wallace Lipsky encounter required another telling nor do they justify the decision to produce a blandly traditional film about a writer celebrated for his originality 
2.5
The End of the Tour
Brad Keefe
A dissection of both the mind of a writer and the nature of an interviewer 
3.5
The End of the Tour
John Semley
The performances the writing the direction Segel s D F W impression everything is just fine But The End of the Tour is disgraceful It feels like it s towing out the real Wallace s ghost to perform some soppy parody of himself 
1
The End of the Tour
Peter Howell
It s a movie that makes thoughtful drama out of the essential insanity of celebrity journalism wherein a star proclaims humility while a scribbler promises idolatry 
3
The End of the Tour
Calum Marsh
The film understands that it s a mistake to believe that a road trip with Wallace is enough to somehow solve him That I think is the film s covert virtue deference It defers to the complexity of a man it knows it isn t able to comprehend 
3
The End of the Tour
Robert Levin
What sounds suffocating plays as an openhearted piece of cinema thanks to the filmmaker s great grasp of observational technique and the fine performances 
3
The End of the Tour
Scott Renshaw
Segel and Eisenberg both capture their interplay beautifully in what is essentially a two hander built around their conversations 
3
The End of the Tour
Michael Smith
The End of the Tour makes it look effortless to tell a difficult story about two souls making a connection which is a difficult enough achievement in this world 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Rick Bentley
The real star is the script 
3
The End of the Tour
Bob Bloom
Though it may seem that the film is merely about two guys shooting the bull The End of the Tour is really a compelling character study of young men with different outlooks on fame and celebrity 
4
The End of the Tour
Lawrence Toppman
Eisenberg is a natural for his role which suggests others he has done Segel maligned for taking the part after many superficial comedies gives a superb performance that suggests nobody else he has played 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Calvin Wilson
Despite a premise that seems anything but cinematic The End of the Tour is an offbeat and fascinating film 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Richard Roeper
The End of the Tour is so effective because it s far too smart to engage in ominous foreshadowing 
4
The End of the Tour
Rafer Guzman
More intellectually than emotionally compelling but Segel s sincere performance as Wallace gives the movie a beating heart 
3
The End of the Tour
Steven Rea
We re in the company of a great character here with a lot on his mind a lot to say 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Josh Larsen
most intriguing as a passive aggressive competition of egos between the two men 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Peter Canavese
Its prismatic philosophical and cultural observation offers plenty of angles on the true value of the subjective fictions and supposedly objective non fictions some create and others consume 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Mark Dujsik
The film doesn t simply give us the content of these conversations which are fascinating enough on their own merits It offers up context for and within those discussions 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Moira MacDonald
What Segel does from his opening minutes on screen to the movie s end is craft a portrait of what feels like an utterly real person not an actor s portrayal of one 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Ty Burr
Made with love and skill the movie deserves to be seen 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Dann Gire
End of the Tour does provide a fascinating insight into the relationship between a smart semi fawning journalist and his extremely perceptive subject 
3
The End of the Tour
Dustin Putman
The End of the Tour chooses the low key over grand gestures and melodramatic histrionics and it proves more richly powerful as a result 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Chris Hewitt
Ultimately End of the Tour feels like a sensitive portrait of a good man struggling to deal with depression and fame as well as a tender depiction of what a towering talent and decent person that awful disease snuffed out 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Ann Hornaday
A thoughtful moving testament to genuine connection 
4
The End of the Tour
Michael Phillips
Many feel the film based on Lipsky s interview transcriptions carries a ghoulish aura of opportunism It doesn t strike me that way 
3
The End of the Tour
Matt Pais
A deeply human study of the internal impulses we indulge or hide whether that pertains to intellect attraction emptiness or otherwise 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Randy Myers
This is a peel back the layers drama that addresses the perplexing themes of Infinite Jest which apply to us all What The End of the Tour focuses on is truly an axiom for our times 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Matt Zoller Seitz
Certainly one of cinema s finest explorations of an incredibly specific dynamic that of the cultural giant and the reporter who fantasizes about one day being as great as his subject and in the same field 
3
The End of the Tour
Charles Bramesco
The End of the Tour is less interested in David Foster Wallace as a mythical titan of culture and more in the difficult dynamic between interviewer and subject 
3
The End of the Tour
John Serba
The more these men talk the more the conversation becomes about abstract concepts of self and personae about why we tell stories fiction or non about communication itself 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Jackson Cuidon
What makes the movie s plot a bit wince inducing is the unsubtlety with which Lipsky s book was interjected with artificial conflict for the sake of adaptation 
2
The End of the Tour
Roger Moore
Touching revealing one of the best movies of the summer and a game changer for Jason Segel 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Peter Travers
An illuminating meditation on art and life with Jason Segel giving the performance of his career potently catching the internal conflicts of celebrated novelist David Foster Wallace 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Jesse Cataldo
It does well in using dialogue to shape its escalating tte tte but the filmmaking is too fuzzy to expand on those ideas 
2.5
The End of the Tour
Stephen Rebello
The End of the Tour may be a niche movie but for those willing to tunnel in it s a thing of beauty 
3.5
The End of the Tour
Rob Thomas
it s a fascinating and poignant film about friendship and envy and the ways we can tie ourselves into knots trying to meet our own expectations or the ones we imagine others have of us Better to just take Wallace s advice Be a good guy 
4
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Mattie Lucas
It coasts along on an undercooked idea that never gets off the ground It s hard to imagine the real end of the world being this dull 
2
4:44 Last Day on Earth
David Nusair
4 44 Last Day on Earth quickly devolves into an absolutely endless piece of work that s rife with laughably avant garde elements and underdeveloped one dimensional characters 
0
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Rob Humanick
Intermittently captures the sense of human desperation it strives for as if to say the best we can hope for is to crawl past the finish line 
2.5
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Walter V. Addiego
Though it gains traction toward the end viewers may finally feel puzzled or indifferent You expect a bit more from the end of the world 
2
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Glenn Lovell
the last thing we d expect from the aging enfant terrible behind Bad Lieutenant and King of New York comes off as a somber testimonial warning commissioned by a think tank overseen by Al Gore 
2
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I can t say it s my favorite Ferrara and it s extremely downbeat but it s also amazingly effective for such a low budget maverick effort 
2.5
4:44 Last Day on Earth
V.A. Musetto
If the end of the world was just hours away would New Yorkers still be able to get takeout Yes if Abel Ferrara s mind bending 4 44 Last Day on Earth is any indication 
3
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Scott Bowles
Ferrara doesn t give his protagonists room to do much beyond have arguments and sex though the intimacy is shot well 
2
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Eric Melin
Beyond being an articulate examination of the case the conclusion of the film will leave you with all kinds of questions to ponder about what justice in our legal system really means 
3.5
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Bill Chambers
More a glorified DVD supplement than a documentary 
2.5
Umberto D
Brian Eggert
Earns a place among the most life affirming motion pictures ever made 
4
Umberto D
Mattie Lucas
What a wrenching vision what a painful impassioned plea for overlooked masses 
4
Umberto D
Josh Larsen
a picture of a man who has been cast into a dehumanizing vortex largely because of others indifference 
4
Umberto D
Eric Melin
Even sentimentality is something that springs naturally from the characters situations Umberto has an immense amount of pride despite his impoverished conditions and his attempts to survive aren t accompanied by the usual filmic theatrics 
3.5
Umberto D
Phil Villarreal
De Sica takes a premise that drips with sentimentality and wipes all the sappiness away leaving only raw action and subtle underlying emotion 
4
Umberto D
Michael Wilmington
One of the great humanist cinema works a portrayal of age poverty and simple lives in postwar Rome that is both luminous and heartbreaking 
4
Umberto D
Roger Ebert
It is said that at one level or another Chaplin s characters were always asking that we love them Umberto doesn t care if we love him or not That is why we love him 
4
Caught
Roger Ebert
This looks like the setup for a story of proletarian bliss but in fact Caught is the most carnal of recent movies a film that reminds us how movies used to take sex seriously instead of using it as an excuse for muscular choreography 
3
Fletch
David Nusair
benefits substantially from Chase s far from subtle yet mostly engaging turn as the goofy title character 
3
Fletch
Peter Canavese
What truly holds Fletch together isn t the somewhat off putting Chase whose screen presence was always defined by a love it or hate it smugness but his time tested collaborators screenwriter Bergman and director Michael Ritchie Blu ray 
2.5
Fletch
Roger Ebert
Whenever the move threatens to work there s Chevy Chase with his monotone deadpan cynicism distancing himself from the material 
2.5
Queer As F..K
Ed Gonzalez
Queer as F k collects six short films from the New Queer Cinema movement that simultaneously extol and eat away at gay identity with modes of camp 
3.5
Run With the Hunted
Glenn Kenny
Director Swab handles this all with due dispatch and an ability that s a hair or two above what you d call mere competence One has to give him that But not a whole lot more 
1.5
Run With the Hunted
Mark Dujsik
The second half of the screenplay is in such a rush to resolve things that it seemingly forgets to tell the rest of the story 
1.5
Run With the Hunted
Peter Canavese
Feels like a TV season s worth of script had to be hacked down to 90m resulting in incoherent near pointlessness 
1
Run With the Hunted
Roger Moore
A gritty near miss B movie about abused children who wind up in the clutches of their very own Fagin in a modern spin on Oliver Twist 
2
Run With the Hunted
Derek Smith
Some of the film s narrative threads are frustratingly unresolved while others are wrapped up in arbitrary fashion 
1.5
Beyond the Door
Roger Ebert
It s all trash but it s scary trash I wouldn t call it entertainment but it s a diversion all right 
1
The Ornithologist
Mattie Lucas
A hushed whispered almost transcendent work of spiritual self exploration
3.5
The Ornithologist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film has a remarkable patience and beauty taking the time to live in its offbeat unsettling moments 
3
The Ornithologist
G. Allen Johnson
If nothing else will have the adventurous viewer considering a nature trip to Portugal 
3
The Ornithologist
Nick Allen
There s always something to ponder with this film which gets stranger and more polarizing as it goes along 
3.5
The Ornithologist
Roger Moore
Stunningly strange and out of its time
3
The Ornithologist
Shane Slater
Boldly blurs the lines between reality and fantasy ensnaring the viewer in a mysterious and mesmerizing adventure 
3
The Ornithologist
Jack Rushall
Even the most well read moviegoer might have difficulty sympathizing with the plot holes and general turtlelike pace of the film which drowns Fernando s odyssey long before his misfortune along the river 
1
Emmanuelle
Roger Ebert
It s a relief during a time of cynicism in which sex is supposed to sell anything to find a skin flick that s a lot better than it probably had to be 
3
Bharat
Simon Abrams
A corny drama about the title character s quest to support and do right by his family in post partition India 
2.5
The In Between
Randy Myers
Although The In Between does run on too long its gem of a script and charismatic actors keeps you fully invested in it and its hard to swallow premise 
3
Towncraft
Linda Cook
Towncraft turns a big spotlight on a little scene Wish I d been there 
3.5
Hoot
Todd Hertz
The only highlight is a sequence of outstanding cinematography in Florida s Everglades Oh and there s one funny joke But that doesn t make this film a hoot at all 
1
Hoot
Tim Cogshell
Younger kids will find the pranks and schemes funny while the enviro activist theme is an important message to which they may just latch on The eco responsibility part not the venomous snake part one hopes 
3
Hoot
Thomas Delapa
It s hard to give a hoot about Roy or any of his furtive feathered friends when they re surrounded by a nest of dreary cliches 
1
Hoot
Linda Cook
The owls are awfully cute The eco message is awfully sincere Beyond that you probably won t give much of a Hoot about this mediocre family movie 
2
Hoot
Kit Bowen
Holes Because of Winn Dixie and now Hoot Since we don t really have after school TV specials anymore these kid novels turned hokey movies seem to be fitting the bill 
2
Hoot
Sean McBride
I can t image any kid getting excited by this eco friendly kiddie empowerment flick
1
Hoot
Sean P. Means
It s family friendly eco friendly and puppydog friendly but so mild and sluggish it may put viewers pleasantly to sleep 
2
Hoot
Mark Collette
Unrelentingly sweet and dull as driftwood 
1
Hoot
Peter Canavese
Jimmy Buffet may be known for his Hawaiian shirts but there s something undeniably plaid about Hoot 
2
Hoot
Susan Walker
Endangered as they are burrowing owls will be disappointed to learn that their cause has been hitched to a movie with little entertainment value let alone credible strategies to save their environment 
2
Hoot
Maitland McDonagh
The child actors are bland the adult characters are forced to act like dunderheads to keep the paper thin plot going and the generic sounding Jimmy Buffett songs are just a little out of sync with the film s target age group 
2
Hoot
Josh Larsen
the cute kiddie version of an environmental protest song 
3
Hoot
Claudia Puig
There is nothing objectionable in this family film but it doesn t seem to appreciate the intelligence and savvy of its youthful audience Kids can spot a silly stereotypical character as fast as the rest of us 
2.5
Hoot
Tom Keogh
But while Hoot s pro environment message to kids is certainly worthy the unquestioning pro vigilante angle doesn t sit entirely well 
2
Hoot
Ruthe Stein
Fun to watch although falling short of a real hoot this latest in a barrage of family movies largely succeeds at keeping the kiddies entertained and their parents from nodding off 
3
Hoot
David Elliott
The new movie has some of Hiaasen s anti development vinegar yet given the milkshake spin of a family time teen picture 
2.5
Hoot
Carla Meyer
While the Peter Pan figure is a staple of kids literature and film Hoot lacks the attendant sense of fantasy to pull this character off 
2
Hoot
Timothy Knight
It feels a little churlish to pan an environmentally friendly film that presents kids taking a courageous stand but Hoot is disappointingly lackluster from start to finish 
1.5
Hoot
Carrie Rickey
One wishes that a film about the fight against a bland restaurant chain were more piquant But movies for tweens like burrowing owls are an endangered species that need preservation 
2.5
Hoot
Kyle Smith
The movie pretends to take a kids point of view but it treats kids like idiots 
1.5
Hoot
Jami Bernard
I question the message of Hoot a family movie that tacitly encourages kids to vandalize property and behave like little ecoterrorists 
2
Hoot
Peter Debruge
Hiaasen s sense of humor loses something in the translation What s side splitting on the page becomes silly on the screen 
2
Hoot
Glenn Whipp
Hoot is a modest hoot but enjoyable all the same 
3
Hoot
Loey Lockerby
There s a kind of earnest ineptitude to Hoot that makes it seem like a cheap TV movie with bland virtually unknown young stars 
2
Hoot
Amy Biancolli
The movie is unessential at best But the Everglades and the owls that live nearby are irresistible 
2
Hoot
Liam Lacey
The goal is apparently a double exercise in heartfelt lessons and deep hilarity but it s hard to tell because the pace feels so lethargic 
2
Hoot
John Monaghan
Its makers will tell you that Hoot is an educational film but aside from showing that some owls live underground rather than in trees little knowledge is actually imparted 
2
Hoot
Jeff Vice
This silly family comedy features some of the dumbest slapstick this side of the Disney Channel 
2
Hoot
Dan Fienberg
There has to have been a way for Hoot to have preached the gospel of wildness preservation grabbed a PG rating and still maintained Hiaasen s delirious nastiness 
2
Hoot
Lisa Kennedy
While Hoot has heart subtlety turns out to be endangered 
2.5
Hoot
Ty Burr
Hoot tells kids they can make a difference in this world and that s worth a hundred Ice Age 2 s 
3
Hoot
Roger Ebert
Hoot has its heart in the right place but I have been unable to locate its brain 
1.5
Hoot
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is a film that may inspire kids to become more eco friendly and or go out and read Hiaason s novel 
3
Hoot
Willie Waffle
writer director Wil Shriner gets so wrapped up in hugging the trees and kissing spotted owls that he forgets to put together an interesting movie that we can enjoy for more than its agenda 
1
Hoot
Bill Muller
The movie treats us as if we re all 3 years old and it belies its supposedly positive message by filling the story with dysfunctional families and a teenager left alone to forage in the wilderness 
2
Hoot
Dustin Putman
A big screen adaptation that should have stayed on the printed page where its charms are no doubt better served Hoot isn t a bad film but it is a shrug worthy one 
2
Hoot
Mike McGranaghan
In a time when so many family films are lazy or send mixed messages it s incredibly refreshing to see one that is as brainy funny and charming as Hoot 
3.5
Hoot
Sue Pierman
You can see how Hoot would make a great book for kids but onscreen it all moves just a little bit too ploddingly 
2.5
Hoot
David Germain
Trying to be lighthearted it turns lightweight and bland 
2
Hoot
Chris Hewitt
A bright heartfelt comedy makes it a movie worth giving a hoot about 
3
Hoot
Laura Kelly
Hoot tells a corny but gently humorous can do tale of three Florida kids who help save a family of burrowing owls 
2.5
Hoot
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hoot has a big heart and a generous disposition but not much wisdom for a movie about owls 
2.5
Hoot
Michael Phillips
One more reminder that kids are better off with a book than a middling movie adaptation of a book 
2
Hoot
Matt Pais
A cross between the world as kids wish it was and children as their parents would like them to be 
1
Hoot
Phil Villarreal
Of all the attributes that make Hoot a terrible movie it s the soundtrack that s truly bad enough to drive you to Margaritaville 
1
Hoot
Ed Gonzalez
The story dawdles but it has a healthy message to impart about standing up to evildoers 
2.5
Hoot
Steve Rhodes
Lame and preachy 
1.5
Enemy of the State
David Nusair
Distinctly uneven but generally entertaining 
2.5
Enemy of the State
Josh Gilchrist
Preposterous 
2
Enemy of the State
David Sterritt
The movie has plenty of high tech power spinning out action so explosive you ll hardly notice how preposterous the story is or how cardboard thin the characters are 
2
Enemy of the State
Margaret A. McGurk
You ve got to hand it to director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer They know how to please a crowd 
3
Enemy of the State
Mick LaSalle
Hard to sit through 
2
Enemy of the State
Rick Groen
From there with the mystery entirely gone and the thrills fading fast the rest is pretty much a two hour chase sequence culminating in a hilariously maladroit shoot out 
2.5
Enemy of the State
Peter Travers
What do you say about a movie that sends you home in a frenzy to search for bugs In the new age of Big Brother that s entertainment 
4
Enemy of the State
James Kendrick
This movie plays like a 90 s updating of Coppola s 1974 classic that dealt with surveillance the erosion of privacy and the escalating paranoia that you can never completely be alone because someone could always be listening 
3.5
Enemy of the State
Michael Dequina
Anyone who thinks that the key to Will Smith s big screen success lies solely on his attitude and charisma will be proven wrong once and for all by his work in Tony Scott s smart stylish thriller 
3.5
Enemy of the State
Rob Blackwelder
If only Bruckheimer movies weren t so loaded with recycled paint by numbers story elements and catch phrase dialogue If only the characters exercised common sense 
1.5
Enemy of the State
Jorge Avila Andrade
La tecnologa actual resulta en muchas ocasiones contraproducente ya que mientras ms tecnificado se encuentra el ser humano es ms fcil quitarle su identidad propia
3
Enemy of the State
Bob Bloom
Either way after seeing it you ll be more conscious of the technology surrounding you 
2.5
Enemy of the State
Jeffrey Huston
As with a delicious gallon of Grade A milk it s sad to see a good movie turn sour 
2
Enemy of the State
Dustin Putman
Five times better than Bruckheimer s previous embarrassment Armageddon Of course that isn t to say that it s actually good It s just saying that it isn t terrible 
2
Enemy of the State
Roger Ebert
The movie is fast paced centered around two big chase scenes and ending in a clever double cross that leads to a big shootout 
3
Enemy of the State
Ian Mantgani
A thriller that didn t thrill me with heroes I didn t care about villains I didn t believe and a plot I could not follow 
2
Enemy of the State
James Berardinelli
A solid two hours of pure escapist entertainment 
3
Enemy of the State
Jeff Vice
This lethargic paranoid thriller is one film that actually could have benefitted from the trademark Bruckheimer bombast 
2
Enemy of the State
Marty Mapes
It s not as thoughtful as The Conversation but it s still pretty good 
2.5
Enemy of the State
Edvins Beitiks
If you re getting sick of listening to peek a boo testimony and hearing government snoops justify themselves Enemy of the State is good for what ails you 
3
Enemy of the State
Steve Rhodes
throws believability out the window and happily lets the audience just kick back and have some fun 
3
Enemy of the State
Madeleine Williams
Enemy of the State is a fun film to watch even though it doesn t have as much substance as it initially seems 
3
Enemy of the State
Susan Stark
An exciting if often overheated thriller 
3
They Came From Beyond Space
Matt Brunson
Any film in which character actor Michael Gough receives billing as Master of the Moon should at least be good for a soupçon of entertainment but this is too dull and derivative to stir much interest in any direction 
1.5
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
David Nusair
a fascinating thoroughly engaging documentary 
3.5
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Jonathan W. Hickman
films like Z Channel help to further my education providing an enriching experience for any serious cineaste 
3.5
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Walter Chaw
A glass darkly held to watchers in the dark that succumb now and again to the rapture of the screen 
3.5
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This hugely entertaining documentary tells the surprisingly engrossing story of a beloved cable channel in Los Angeles 
3.5
S.O.B.
Matt Brunson
Blake Edwards outrageous S O B may never be held in the same regard as Sunset Boulevard or The Player but as a searing satire about the underbelly of the Hollywood lifestyle it still ranks as one of the best 
3.5
S.O.B.
Betsy Bozdech
What S O B does do well is poke fun at some of the excesses of late 70s Hollywood 
2.5
Five Graves to Cairo
Matt Brunson
An early and often overlooked effort from writer director Billy Wilder 
3.5
Scarlet Street
Mattie Lucas
Lesser known perhaps but no less accomplished than some of Lang s more famous works 
3.5
Scarlet Street
Matt Brunson
A film noir so potent for its time that it was banned in Atlanta Milwaukee and the entire state of New York 
3.5
Semi-Pro
Scott Nash
It isn t a good enough sports movie to please sports fans and it s not an outright funny enough movie to please Ferrell s fans 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Jonathan W. Hickman
A lot of it is funny but the problem is that it doesn t amount to much 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Austin Kennedy
Coming from someone that didn t like Ferrell s last few comedies I can say that this is an improvement 
3
Semi-Pro
Peter Canavese
Qualifies as a sort of cinematic comfort food it s the mac and cheese of the cineplex 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Lori Hoffman
Will Ferrell has been copying his own parody formula so much after Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory he has become his own joke eating virus 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Matt Brunson
Reaches a point of such creative bankruptcy that Ferrell stands poised to become as tiresome a screen jester as Robin Williams 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Michael A. Smith
The cast does though rise above the top or bottom of some situations and keeps the film on the positive side of funny 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Linda Cook
Well it scores about half the time Semi Pro does indeed have a few laughs But it also has few surprises This most likely is the winding down of the Will Ferrell as sports buffoon franchise 
2
Semi-Pro
Sean P. Means
Even with mile a minute gags and appearances by several of Ferrell s pals a lot of the jokes clang off the rim 
2
Semi-Pro
John Wirt
A not ready for primetime tale that should have stayed on the bench 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Mike McGranaghan
I don t think Semi Pro is a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination It just doesn t rank as one of Will Ferrell s best 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Kam Williams
True to the Will Ferrell formula going for the joke trumps plot and character development at every turn with the trademark humor coming via nonsensical slapstick and such Seventies era fashion statements as cotton candy afros and loathsome leisure suit
2
Semi-Pro
Larry Ratliff
No one will argue that Semi Pro isn t crude and lewd Thanks to Ferrell and his cast of crazies however it plays the lowbrow genre like an all pro 
3
Semi-Pro
Gary Brown
Will Ferrell puts up enough bricks to build a hotel 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Nick Rogers
With all the vertical leap of a pygmy in a pick up game Semi Pro is like a movie in the mind of a 10 year old who s discovered profanity and a shoebox of blank Mad Libs funny only to the person coming up with it 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Jeff Vice
This 70s period sports comedy is only funny about half of the time and seems like an uneasy film hybrid Half the time it s trying to be a Will Ferrell vehicle and half the time it s trying to rip off of earlier better movies 
2
Semi-Pro
Claudia Puig
There are some ludicrous sight gags and uniquely silly if foul mouthed laughs The movie falters when it tries to be serious Fortunately those moments are few 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Ken Fox
The humor is mostly visual while too many of the scenes that are actually written whimper out without a punch line 
2
Semi-Pro
Peter Howell
You can t help but marvel and laugh at Ferrell s indefatigable enthusiasm and willingness to make a complete ass of himself 
3
Semi-Pro
Chris Hewitt
If you re a Ferrell fan this is probably the kind of movie you want to see him in 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Mark Rahner
I laughed from start to finish at its relentlessly energetically profane absurdity and a cast crammed with funny actors in even the smallest roles 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Bruce Newman
Ferrell is capable of a great deal more than he s been delivering It might surprise him to learn that white men can jump But first they have to try 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Mick LaSalle
The real problem lies in the character Ferrell is playing Aside from the unimportant detail that there really were no former disco stars in 1976 the character is vague and specificity of character is what makes Ferrell funny 
2
Semi-Pro
Carla Meyer
The Will Ferrell man boy persona a combination of obstinacy idiocy and innocence that Ferrell has ushered through several successful comedies finally gets called for traveling in Semi Pro 
2
Semi-Pro
Kyle Smith
Semi Pro goes up for the dunk and misses the hoop the backboard and the point Instead it manages to both strike out and get sacked Whose idea was it to remake Slap Shot a la Jerry Lewis 
1
Semi-Pro
Jack Mathews
For die hard Ferrell fans this could be the ultimate test He has been playing variations of Elf for five years and his antics have grown as stale as Jackie s socks 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Duane Dudek
The conceptually canny but narratively disappointing Semi Pro finds Ferrell taking one step forward and two steps back 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Robert W. Butler
Semi Pro is all fancy dribbling and passing with nobody actually scoring 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Amy Biancolli
It s long on shorts but short on punchlines 
2
Semi-Pro
Rick Groen
Ferrell is to the sports comedy what the Toronto Maple Leafs are to the hockey biz Hard core fans are sure to show up and find reasons to be amused The rest of us can only hope for better days 
2
Semi-Pro
Lisa Kennedy
Technically it s not a foul to shoot a stupid sports comedy In fact it s becoming something of a routine maneuver for Will Ferrell 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Lawrence Toppman
Semi Pro is just Will Ferrell doing the same man boy shtick he usually does 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Ty Burr
It does get the funk out ya face for 86 minutes 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Brandon Fibbs
Despite a riotous cast and a battery of what should be hilarious cameos Semi Pro shoots and misses the mark by a wide margin 
.5
Semi-Pro
John Beifuss
Ferrell s character comedies spoof NASCAR figure skating and so on but these films also reveal a sincere envious love and fascination for the cultures and skills they mimic These are wish fulfillment movies 
2
Semi-Pro
Eric Melin
It puts too big a burden on Ferrell to make comedy gold out of rough outlines 
2
Semi-Pro
Christian Toto
Ferrell can t jump in the tepid Semi Pro
2
Semi-Pro
Daniel M. Kimmel
Semi Pro is semi amusing and semi entertaining It s a step up from the real turkeys but like the Tropics it s never going to be ready for the big leagues 
2
Semi-Pro
Bob Bloom
What is most extraordinary about Semi Pro is that someone actually provided money to produce it The funding probably came from someone who did not or could not read the script 
0
Semi-Pro
Sara Michelle Fetters
Let s be honest Will Ferrell has made a career making the exact same movie over and over and over again 
3
Semi-Pro
Willie Waffle
So clichéd it becomes the movie it is supposed to mock
2
Semi-Pro
David Nusair
there does reach a point at which one can t help but shake their head at the relentless needlessness of it all 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Peter Travers
Even when the script by Scot Armstrong shoots airballs Ferrell is a slam dunk 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Carrie Rickey
I loved Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction liked him in Old School and Talladega Nights Yet except for a skyhook or two his work in Semi Pro is strictly amateur 
2
Semi-Pro
Dustin Putman
Stay home and watch any of Ferrell s past films all of which are more worthwhile than this monotonously unfunny tripe 
0.5
Semi-Pro
Nick Schager
Perhaps the feeblest entry in the Will Ferrell Sports Comedy canon 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Michael Phillips
Like so much in this life Will Ferrell s comedies tread the razor thin line separating smart stupid from stupid stupid 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Joe Lozito
There s an honest to goodness sports movie trying to emerge in this typically goofy Will Ferrell comedy Too bad it didn t try a little harder 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Gene Seymour
You keep watching Semi Pro and waiting for its potentially hilarious setup to deliver the goods And after a while you realize that the laughter comes only in anticipation of a payoff that never quite arrives 
2
Semi-Pro
Steve Rhodes
This is a movie about a guy who can t throw up Trust me you ll have no problem with your vomit reflex while watching this cinematic dreg 
1.5
Semi-Pro
Phil Villarreal
You know when a basketball team that s trailing at the end of the game obnoxiously extends the pain by calling a billion timeouts That s exactly how Semi Pro goes out 
2.5
Semi-Pro
Josh Larsen
Is there a point at which excessive public self humiliation becomes its own form of warped narcissism 
2
Semi-Pro
James Berardinelli
If you re on the prowl for a Ferrell yuk fest you d do better renting one of his more successful comedies than spending money on this faux sports dud Only die hard fans of the SNL alumn will find anything worthwhile here 
2
Semi-Pro
Kyle Smith
Goes up for the dunk but misses the rim the backboard and the point Instead it manages to strike out and get sacked at the same time 
1
Semi-Pro
Sean McBride
the sports section simply isn t very stirring and without a supporting cast dedicated to the humor the film isn t consistently funny either 
2
Three Sisters
Chris Cabin
Wang Bing s no frills style of documentation visually echoes the preadolescent trio s simple yet unforgiving world and its sense of labor as life 
3
Vikingdom
Drew Hunt
Intentionally or otherwise Yusry Abd Halim allows the film in all its candy colored visuals and slow mo laden action scenes to revel in its inherent campiness 
2.5
Fortune and Men's Eyes
Roger Ebert
t s a melodramatic soap opera that exploits its story and actors and especially the credibility of the audience 
2
Playing With Fire
Phil Villarreal
One of the worst movies of the year 
1
Playing With Fire
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I didn t like Playing with Fire the kids in the audience did Maybe that s enough 
2
Playing With Fire
Sean P. Means
When Cena tries to be funny it sticks out more than his bulging biceps 
1
Playing With Fire
Sarah Hagi
Will kids care about this man s career or that he is bad at dating Nobody will 
1.5
Playing With Fire
Katie Walsh
Haven t firefighters had it hard enough this fall 
1.5
Playing With Fire
Christy Lemire
A series of wacky antics with little concern for continuity logic or pacing 
.5
Playing With Fire
Mark Dujsik
E veryone just kind of flails around for no rational or even particular reason except in the desperation that someone somewhere will find it funny 
1
Playing With Fire
Steven Prokopy
I keep looking at the names in this cast and being astonished that such a talented collection of individuals could have produced such tragically unfunny work 
1
Playing With Fire
Sara Stewart
Director Andy Fickman favors poop jokes and the cringe humor of watching little kids court danger with a nail gun kerosene an ax and sometimes literally fire 
1
Playing With Fire
Roger Moore
Kids may love projectile poop gags but even they should be able to smell the odor Playing with Fire puts out there 
1
Southern District
Rene Rodriguez
Southern District feels like a snapshot of a world on the brink of extinction 
3
Ferpect Crime
Paul Doro
Scattered clever moments do not a good dark comedy make 
2
Ferpect Crime
Sean P. Means
Long on outrageous style but short on real laughs 
2.5
Ferpect Crime
Peter Howell
A story that begins as farce but that evolves into something approaching satirical profundity 
3
Ferpect Crime
Rick Groen
My advice is to choose the first half where things are really funny until they aren t 
2.5
Ferpect Crime
Larry Ratliff
The Perfect Crime is an outrageous fiesta of decadence 
3.5
Ferpect Crime
Wesley Morris
An outrageous comedy of errors set at a Madrid department store 
3
Ferpect Crime
Tom Keogh
An astute satire on the boundlessness of unchecked sexual fetishism and power 
3.5
Ferpect Crime
Marta Barber
While not boring it is too light to be taken seriously 
2.5
Ferpect Crime
John Monaghan
El Crimen Perfecto loses some steam in the final quarter but still has enough style to make you want to see how it all shakes out 
3
Ferpect Crime
Walter V. Addiego
There are lots of wicked laughs here if nothing tremendously original 
3
Ferpect Crime
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Like any good maker of black comedy Iglesia measures his humor in deviations from the norm 
3
Ferpect Crime
Chris Hewitt
Now that Pedro Almodovar doesn t make Pedro Almodovar movies anymore his countryman Alex de la Iglesia is doing them instead 
3
Ferpect Crime
Roger Ebert
El Crimen Perfecto has energy color spirit and lively performances but what it does not have are very many laughs 
2
Ferpect Crime
Jeff Strickler
Writer director lex de la Iglesia has made it clear that all rules are off and all our expectations are moot Not satisfied merely to follow his premise out the window he s going to drag it up to the 50th floor first 
2.5
Ferpect Crime
Michael Phillips
So much of El Crimen Perfecto sustains such a dazzlingly vital pitch it makes the typical American studio attempt at far out black comedy look pretty far in and pretty pale 
3.5
Ferpect Crime
Peter Canavese
Iglesia s comic cautionary tale observes the monsters created by every man for himself attitudes 
3
Ferpect Crime
V.A. Musetto
There s not enough good material to fill the film s overlong 105 minutes 
2
Ferpect Crime
Annlee Ellingson
El Crimen Perfecto punctuates an otherwise pedestrian plot with wry social commentary diverting camerawork and a title with a cute and unexpected origin 
3
Ferpect Crime
Gene Seymour
Director Alex de la Iglesia has much to teach the world at large about making smart lively social satire that bows to past masters without being hobbled by self consciousness 
2.5
Ferpect Crime
Ed Gonzalez
Spanish auteur lex de la Iglesia continues to show absolutely no signs of reconciling his dramatic and comedic impulses 
3
Bill W.
John Wirt
A beautifully assembled documentary that reveals the purposefully low profiled co founder of Alcoholics Anonymous 
3
Bill W.
John Beifuss
The audiotapes are the treasures They resurrect Wilson as a warm amicable presence It s almost if Wilson had dare we say it invited us pull up a stool to join him for conversation and a non alcoholic drink at a friendly bar 
3
Bill W.
David Lewis
Pretty much like the man himself solid sometimes flawed and seriously unflashy 
3
Bill W.
Roger Ebert
Bill W tells the story of Bill Wilson and the organization he co founded Alcoholics Anonymous 
3
Bill W.
Stephanie Merry
This is a real portrait that demonstrates that even when alcoholics quit drinking it doesn t cure them of their other flaws But it also gives credit where it s due 
2.5
Bill W.
John Anderson
Wilson s presence feels genuine and adds to the unalloyed honesty of Hanlon and Carracino s storytelling 
2.5
Bill W.
Lou Lumenick
Bill W draws on a treasure trove of archival footage audio recordings and interviews with people who knew him and drives home his lifelong struggle with depression as well as the sheer emotional burden of becoming a hero to millions 
3
The Wolfpack
Rania Richardson
THE WOLFPACK is as intriguing as it is unbelievable A paranoid immigrant his pliant wife and their seven children live in self imposed confinement in the middle of New York City 
3
The Wolfpack
Craig D. Lindsey
Hopefully The Wolfpack will also remind some parents that you can t hold onto your kids forever Their desire to see and do everything is too strong Sometimes you just gotta let those little bastards roam 
3
The Wolfpack
Kam Williams
Disturbing documentary chronicling the abusive childhood of seven siblings imprisoned 24 7 in a modest Manhattan apartment by their monster father with the help of their weak mother 
4
The Wolfpack
John Beifuss
A portrait of an utterly distinctive family that raises endless unanswerable questions about art responsibility freedom creativity and so on Plus you get a guy in a Batman costume made from cereal boxes and yoga mats and the costume looks great 
4
The Wolfpack
Tom Meek
The compelling quality of Moselle s exploration get a great boost from the motion creating editing and frenetic metal score not to mention her caring touch 
3
The Wolfpack
John Wirt
A harrowing liberating documentary 
2.5
The Wolfpack
Rene Rodriguez
Whether they are dancing exuberantly to the cheesy 1980s pop hit Tarzan Boy or celebrating Halloween in their tiny living room these kids figured out how to not only survive but thrive Sometimes with a little luck and a lot of love joy finds a way 
3
The Wolfpack
Rob Thomas
The film has a collage like mix of fly on the wall footage on camera interviews and old home movies past and present swirling together within the same four walls 
3
The Wolfpack
Marty Mapes
All cooped up with nowhere to go luckily there are movies
2.5
The Wolfpack
Scott Renshaw
It s a fascinating in the moment experience 
3
The Wolfpack
Robert Horton
The Wolfpack reminds us in extreme terms that watching movies might be a way of learning how to live 
3
The Wolfpack
Gary Thompson
In the Truth is Stranger than Fiction file The Wolfpack a documentary about six teen brothers home schooled to the point of imprisonment In Manhattan of all places 
3
The Wolfpack
Moira MacDonald
A strange and fascinating experience you feel like you ve been given entry into a mysterious world where no one else is permitted 
3
The Wolfpack
Anders Wright
The Wolfpack isn t a perfect movie by any means but it s often a fascinating one and it s less about the power of film than it is a story so strange that it s hard to look away 
3
The Wolfpack
Michael O'Sullivan
More than a testament to the power of cinematic storytelling as food for the human spirit The Wolfpack also is a portrait of a family that has had to rely on each other to survive 
4
The Wolfpack
Dann Gire
The sheer idea that a New York family of nine could not only survive but thrive while being sealed inside a Lower East Side Manhattan apartment most of their lives makes for fascinating viewing that no reality TV show can touch 
3
The Wolfpack
Mick LaSalle
We are presented with something peculiar that s noteworthy mainly for it s just being weird Frankly it s not weird enough to completely engage viewers for more than 90 minutes 
2
The Wolfpack
Matt Pais
This is a fascinating story that deserves a much different film 
2
The Wolfpack
Robert Levin
More than anything The Wolfpack is a true New York City story reminding us that the heart and soul of this metropolis can be found in the diverse journeys of those who call it home 
3
The Wolfpack
Alissa Wilkinson
Director Crystal Moselle stands back from her subjects allowing them to do most of the talking Her camera is remarkably non judgmental especially given how easily it could have become a look at the freak show sort of film 
3.5
The Wolfpack
Veronika Ferdman
an ode to the miraculous power of cinema 
3.5
The Wolfpack
Simon Houpt
If the film is patchy it shows promise Thankfully so do the boys themselves 
3
The Wolfpack
Brian Tallerico
Much of The Wolfpack is undeniably moving especially as the boys come out into the real world frightened and unsure of themselves 
2.5
The Wolfpack
Chris Knight
The result is still a gripping documentary but frustrating in that it seems to have gone for eight of the whole nine yards 
3
The Wolfpack
Peter Travers
What if all you knew of the world came from Hollywood movies That s a loaded question and Crystal Moselle s gripping doc runs with it You won t be able to pull your eyes off the screen 
3
The Wolfpack
Roger Moore
The dysfunctional Duggars of Arkansas have nothing on the Angulos of New York s Lower East Side 
2.5
The Wolfpack
Clayton Dillard
Crystal Moselle aims her cinematic arrow at the hearts of the same choir that Andrew Jarecki s stunted aesthetics preach to 
2
Van Nuys Blvd.
Austin Kennedy
It was infectious in a strange way but after about an hour of this it begins to drag a bit The movie ends up not going anywhere 
2.5
The Change-Up
Brian Eggert
There 8217 s an audience that will go bananas over such a low effort comedy 44 but only if they 8217 re in the mood for shock based and intentionally offensive humor 46 
3
The Change-Up
Josh Terry
For audiences in need of a boost God Bless the Broken Road might offer just enough of a payoff to justify a few rough patches 
3
The Change-Up
Craig D. Lindsey
If you still enjoy the sort of bathroom humor that had you in hysterics back in grade school this movie delivers those juvenile gags in every sense of the word in droves 
1
The Change-Up
David Nusair
A disappointing body switch comedy 
2
The Change-Up
Roger Moore
Overlong and overly obvious
2
The Change-Up
Sara Michelle Fetters
The finale is shockingly flat everything petering out in such a forgettable and joyless manner the effect is frustrating 
2
The Change-Up
Rob Thomas
This may seem like a strange thing to say about a movie in which two guys switch bodies by peeing into a magic fountain but The Change Up doesn t seem very realistic 
2
The Change-Up
Michael Dequina
Jason Bateman s famously quirky comic energy cuts loose in an unusually and hilariously fresh way 
3
The Change-Up
John Wirt
Gross out comedy The Change Up is among the worst of Hollywood s body switching movies 
1.5
The Change-Up
Linda Barnard
The Change Up goes downhill faster than a snowboarder strapped to a jetpack 
1
The Change-Up
Keith Cohen
This movie is the equivalent of being on an emotional roller coaster One minute you like being onboard and the next you desperately want to get off If you are in the mood for the outrageous preposterous and ridiculous this comedy provides a 
2.5
The Change-Up
Scott Nash
Has its moments although you might want to just wait until the DVD to see them 
2.5
The Change-Up
Matt Brunson
The usual mix of anus and penis fixated gags ritual female humiliation Leslie Mann as always deserves far better and insincere late inning attempts to show us that all of these wacky shenanigans have turned Dave and Mitch into better people 
1.5
The Change-Up
Christian Toto
The Change Up thinks any ol R rated gag will make us howl 
1.5
The Change-Up
John Beifuss
Embraces its R rating with all the self restraint and self respect of a teenage boy discovering a Hustler magazine in a neigborhood recycling bin 
1.5
The Change-Up
Jennie Punter
Freaky yes but definitely not Freaky Friday 
2
The Change-Up
Mike Scott
Think Freak Friday with F bombs 
2
The Change-Up
Peter Canavese
A sort of raunchy It s a Wonderful Life though the plentiful nudity and babbling brooks of profanity tip the scale from sensitivity to outrageousness 
2.5
The Change-Up
Stephen Whitty
Bateman and Reynolds never get into the hall of mirrors mimicry that Nicolas Cage and John Travolta so enjoyed in Face Off 
2
The Change-Up
Peter Travers
Another body switching comedy Seriously 
2
The Change-Up
Erik Childress
A screenplay that should equally insult every single AND married man who witnesses this catastrophe They say you have to hit rock bottom before you can find clarity Well after their Hangover Lucas Moore certainly did it with The Change Up 
0
The Change-Up
Lou Lumenick
As in Judd Apatow s phallocentric comic fantasies the considerable raunch and implicit sexism of The Change Up barely mask a worldview that s far from transgressive 
2
The Change-Up
Ann Hornaday
Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds struggle valiantly to transcend the movie they re in 
1.5
The Change-Up
Chris Hewitt
On almost every level The Change Up is sloppy 
1
The Change-Up
Willie Waffle
It s Freaky Friday with dudes That does not make it better 
2
The Change-Up
Mark Dujsik
A lazily vulgar comedy of errors with the underpinnings of sappy sentimentality 
1
The Change-Up
Dustin Putman
Blue and bawdy as all get out but it turns out this is just a ruse for the heart hiding underneath 
2.5
The Change-Up
Claudia Puig
While this raunchy Freaky Friday meets Trading Places has some laughs it s more often frat boy crass frantic and formulaic 
2
The Change-Up
Michael Phillips
A lot of it in fact is hacky and repellent 
2
The Change-Up
Mack Bates
As outrageous as the proceedings get The Change Up is just too predictable Even if you aren t old enough to remember those old body swapping movies you ll feel like you ve seen this before 
2.5
The Change-Up
Carrie Rickey
The filmmakers are under the mistaken impression that in order for a gag to work the audience should gag from the gross out situation 
2
The Change-Up
Wesley Morris
Reynolds speaks in obscenities the way bad bakeries use cupcake icing and Bateman is almost bitterly uptight But the movie largely fulfills the promise of the swap 
2.5
The Change-Up
Joe Williams
I still think it s a funny movie but given its genes it s a bit of a slacker 
2.5
The Change-Up
Matt Pais
Don t start a movie with a baby projectile pooping in his dad s mouth Please Just don t 
2
The Change-Up
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately The Change Up offers a few laughs and fewer surprises 
2
The Change-Up
Roger Ebert
It has a low opinion of men a lower opinion of women and the lowest opinion of the intelligence of its audience 
1.5
The Change-Up
Nick Schager
This middling R rated effort doesn t transcend its groan worthy Freaky Friday setup 
2
The Change-Up
James Berardinelli
It all seems a little tired and more importantly not as funny as it should be 
2.5
The Change-Up
Peter Keough
You know the summer movies are bottoming out when they resort to the old body switch premise 
1.5
The Change-Up
Christy Lemire
It s all over the place in tone veering awkwardly from some daring comic moments to feel good sappiness and back again in hopes of redeeming some semblance of edginess 
2
The Change-Up
Phil Villarreal
It proves Jason Bateman does not employ a blind monkey dart thrower who chooses romantic comedy scripts 
3
Itzhak
Linda Cook
Like its subject Itzhak is filled with the joy of music 
4
Itzhak
Josh Terry
Even for viewers who aren t particularly religious the soul of Perlman s music will make the documentary a spiritually uplifting experience 
3.5
Itzhak
Bob Bloom
The moments during which Perlman is performing are breathtaking Seeing his emotions as he plays and the bond he shares with his violin is wondrous 
4
Itzhak
Gayle MacDonald
We get to know the man the jovial grandfather the joke teller the dedicated husband the patient teacher and loyal friend 
2.5
Itzhak
Mark Dujsik
It feels intimate in a way that so many documentaries about a specific person often do not 
3
Itzhak
John Hartl
Music hangs in the air throughout the film 
3
Itzhak
Mick LaSalle
Itzhak is ideal for Perlman fans but it s also persuasive enough to create new fans It s just impossible not to like this guy 
3
Itzhak
Pat Padua
Director Alison Chernick profiles the violin virtuoso through his performance of course but she also reveals a personality as expressive as his musicianship 
3
Itzhak
Peter Keough
If Alison Chernick s Itzhak a documentary about the great violinist Itzhak Perlman had a musical tempo designation it would probably be A capriccio Italian for following one s fancy 
3
Itzhak
Matt Zoller Seitz
A joyous film about a joyous man 
3.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Matt Brunson
Clear and present slumber 46 
1.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Brian Eggert
The film and story aren 8217 t as dense or involving as the author 8217 s books or previous book adaptations 44 but Paramount has delivered a worthy franchise restarter 46 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Frank Ochieng
Despite Pine s flimsy take as Ryan not being saucy enough to generate any characterization complexity Shadow Recruit is still serviceable as a viable actioner that embraces its manufactured intrigue with ambitious gusto 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
James Kendrick
While much of it is good it often feels overly derivative of other action movie franchises which is probably why it failed to reignite the series 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Sonny Bunch
As an action thriller Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit is more or less competent As an heir to the Jack Ryan mantle however it is less so 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Brad Keefe
Briskly paced and doesn t overstay its welcome which is a good thing because sometimes it s best to not linger on the plot holes 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Wesley Lovell
A simplistic vainglorious attempt to reboot a popular literary character featuring two extremes of acting leaden and scenery chewing 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Linda Cook
Proof that January junk no longer applies to every January release 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
David Nusair
a promising new direction for Clancy s iconic character 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Rex Reed
The dim star wattage in this fifth rehash is palpable from the start 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Lori Hoffman
Most of this year s episodes of the TV series The Blacklist are more engaging than Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Connie Ogle
Director Kenneth Branagh knows how to invest the ridiculous with a sort of grandeur Exhibit A the surprisingly fun Thor but Shadow Recruit is more straightforward in nature so he can t get too fancy 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The moments of inspiration are too few Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit feels like it should have applied for a desk job 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Michael Dequina
This reboot may not exactly be a game changer but it does its job in getting the series established game back up and running in crowd pleasing fashion 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
John Serba
I ll leave it to diehard Clancyites to quibble over any trueness to character points and take the film at face value yawn 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Phil Villarreal
Most importantly who the hell is Jack Ryan 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Rob Thomas
Jack Ryan is competently made entertainment which is often the best we can hope for in the doldrums of January 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Willie Waffle
You are left wondering if everyone involved in this project wishes Jack Ryan would be some American version of James Bond but they don t know how to make it sexier more action packed and interesting 
1.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Glenn Kenny
A pretty suspenseful largely engaging and hardly ever too over the top spy thriller 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Adam Nayman
Almost 25 years later Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit tries its best to reignite the Cold War with tepid results 
1.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Steven Rea
Too much of the action in Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit takes place on laptops thumb drives and video monitors 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Mark Dujsik
Ryan can survive a world where any information one might need is a smartphone away but is doomed to be stuck in a Cold War mentality 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Dustin Putman
An example of exceedingly efficient filmmaking and storytelling getting the job done in a brisk 106 minutes even as the picture isn t really providing its prospective audience with anything particularly new 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
James Berardinelli
The core essentials that made the previous Jack Ryan movies accessible and enjoyable remain intact in Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit even if many of the individual pieces have changed 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Linda Barnard
The dialogue is quick and sharp and there are flourishes to make a spy movie lover smile sleight of hand work and the exchange of a brown envelope in a movie theatre showing 1948 black and white classic Sorry Wrong Number 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Ann Hornaday
Branagh who proved his action bona fides with Thor does an inarguably competent job of choreographing a modestly intelligent espionage thriller even if it s impossible to identify anything new he s bringing to an already groaning table 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Mark Feeney
Jack Ryan is slick loud assured overplotted way overplotted fairly diverting and pretty much empty 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Peter Hartlaub
Under taut direction from Kenneth Branagh who also plays the Russian heavy Pine is convincing as a character who is pushing papers one day and dodging assassins in Moscow the next 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Rafer Guzman
Pine brings a welcome boyishness and idealism to Ryan but he s clobbered with clichés by his director and screenwriters The evildoers it turns out were right in his own backyard 
1.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Peter Travers
As espionage thrillers go Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit skillfully marshals all the familiar elements That s the damn problem 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Michael Phillips
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit well acted up and down feels caught halfway between being an idiotic spy picture for adolescents and a reasonably grown up thriller for reasonably grown up grown ups 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Soren Andersen
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit is an origin story that gets the late Tom Clancy s signature superspy right 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Chris Hewitt
Even if it does feel anonymous it looks sleek and elegant with glittering shots of New York and Moscow and a pace that never flags 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Roger Moore
Competent well acted but unoriginal and uninspiring 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Claudia Puig
The film is slow in getting started and once it s underway it s only intermittently involving It s also occasionally far fetched 
2.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
R. Kurt Osenlund
In keeping his actors on his sober yet buoyant plane Kenneth Branagh presents a convincing romance that doesn t stall the film s brisk clip 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Kyle Smith
Soundly structured smart and fast with a plausible central scenario several gripping moments and well wrought dialogue 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Mara Reinstein
Ryan returns in a quick footed reboot that does its duty as an escape from the January doldrums 
3
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jake Coyle
Branagh endows his film with mostly old fashioned competency something often lacking in today s action films but little to distinguish it from superior thrillers that have come before 
2
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Stephen Whitty
A promising start to a probable new franchise and an early bright spot on the late winter film calendar 
3.5
The Thing
Brian Eggert
The Thing s brilliance rests on the equilibrium between implied and visceral horror often incompatible ideas that Carpenter stirs together in a stylish engrossing way 
4
The Thing
Peter Stack
This version is so full of the thing that it strangles our imagination and becomes a mere exercise in ugly mechanical horrorifics Very dumb very disappointing 
1
The Thing
David Nusair
a methodically paced endeavor that essentially and effectively captures the viewer s interest and attention right from the get go 
4
The Thing
Jeff Mitchell
My favorite horror movie 
4
The Thing
James Kendrick
fascinating horrifying and utterly engaging from the first frame to the last
4
The Thing
Matt Brunson
Far and away the best film of John Carpenter s career 
3.5
The Thing
Dustin Putman
Like Ridley Scott s 1979 classic Alien before it The Thing is science fiction horror with a visionary punch that continues to resonate and inspire filmmakers decades later 
3.5
The Thing
David Keyes
It personifies the definition of popcorn entertainment that is the kind of film that relishes the thrill of its many ambitious moments without seeking total transcendence 
3
The Thing
Josh Larsen
reading this as a Cold War allegory is doing the movie a very big favor In reality this is a film about tentacles and teeth and eyes and orifices and goo goo goo 
2
The Thing
Walter Chaw
I discovered what it was to love a movie that was relentless in its desire to be unpleasant
4
The Thing
Chuck O'Leary
John Carpenter equaled the unrelenting suspense of Halloween with this nerve racking remake Carpenter s The Thing is one of the all time great horror films 
4
The Thing
Eric Henderson
The Thing may be a tad too careful and schematic to stand shoulder with Carpenter s very best films 
3
The Thing
Roger Ebert
Because this material has been done before and better especially in the original The Thing and Alien there s no need to see this version 
2.5
The Thing
James Berardinelli
This is one of those rare remakes that remains faithful to the premise of the original but does something unique with the concept 
3
Arlington Road
David Nusair
An entertaining yet egregiously over the top thriller 
2.5
Arlington Road
Michael Dequina
Stylish and unsettling 
3
Arlington Road
Blake French
almost hard to catch your breath
3.5
Arlington Road
Roger Ebert
The climax is so implausible we stop caring and start scratching our heads 
2
Arlington Road
Dustin Putman
A pulse pounding paranoia thriller 
3.5
Arlington Road
James Berardinelli
The screenplay stretches the viewer s credulity far beyond the breaking point asking us to accept dozens of absurd contrivances and coincidences 
2
Arlington Road
David Keyes
So filled with moronic intentions and illogical ideas that had there been any truth to them might have led audiences to believe that we live in the Twilight Zone 
1.5
Arlington Road
Susan Stark
The machinations and manipulations built into the story it spins are simply too obvious to be taken to heart 
1
Arlington Road
David N. Butterworth
The only sequence more shocking than the film s disturbing opener is its last 
3.5
Arlington Road
Mike Clark
A marginal engrosser that s short on staying power 
2.5
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Matt Brunson
If John Weld did indeed enjoy a remarkable life one wouldn t know it from watching The Remarkable Life of John Weld 
1.5
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Bob Bloom
The movie itself simply skims the surface of Weld s life For a man who supposedly led such as remarkable life the movie is very tame and simplistic It needed to delve deeper into the man 
1
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
Roger Moore
The life of a mostly forgotten journalist novelist stunt man and man who rubbed elbows with the celebrated but a documentary that makes you question the use of remarkable 
2.5
The Remarkable Life of John Weld
David Nusair
Filmmaker Gabe Torres delivers a documentary fiction hybrid that s dripping with good intentions yet never quite becomes the engrossing endeavor one might ve anticipated and hoped for 
2
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie builds with a tragic eloquence that s haunting while at the same time delivering a justifiably tear filled coda that had me smiling in hopeful exuberance 
3
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Wesley Morris
What it doesn t have is drama or wisdom or comedy or heat something to temper the banalities 
2
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Tomas Hachard
The Donald Rice film suffers most from an excessively blunt approach 
1
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Kent Turner
The film snaps along with dialogue loaded with barbed bon mots
2.5
Convergence
Michael Dequina
Any suspense director Gavin Wilding is able to build is all for naught 
0
Chupke Se
Namrata Joshi
An earnest first attempt which could have been so much more fun 
2
No Man's Land
Judith Egerton
Tanovic adroitly indicts the entrenched hostilities between people and nations 
3
No Man's Land
Ian Mantgani
Makes us laugh and frustrates us at the same time 
3
No Man's Land
Jorge Avila Andrade
No es una cinta de guerra heroica sino todo lo contrario y esto de refleja perfectamente en la escena final que es de una incredulidad indescriptible 
3.5
No Man's Land
Jeff Vice
Despite the liberal sprinkling of humor No Man s Land ends with a very powerful and sure to haunt you statement 
3.5
No Man's Land
Jeremy Heilman
This is a sound bite satire for a war fought through them 
2
No Man's Land
Frank Ochieng
No Man s Land does not carry the same impact as the heavyweight war torn social consciousness satires such as M A S H but it does sway in that direction as an ardently funny antiwar statement with a sense of chaotic artistry 
3
No Man's Land
Duane Dudek
In this expertly calibrated debut Tanovic charts the ebb and flow of these events which began in a fog and end in a Pyrrhic tie as a global ripple that is everyone s business 
3.5
No Man's Land
David N. Butterworth
Blazingly good anti war sentiment 
3
No Man's Land
Chris Hewitt
A Waiting for Godot for art house movie buffs 
3
No Man's Land
Rene Rodriguez
The film would have been a stunner under any circumstances but with the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East worsening on a daily basis No Man s Land feels even more relevant 
3.5
No Man's Land
Steve Rhodes
After the movie makes its one didactic point it repeats it endlessly hoping to beat it into out heads that war is fruitless and senseless 
2
No Man's Land
Michael Dequina
While the audience has its laughs along the way the violent tension of war often threatens to erupt and slowly subtly gathering force is the film s emotional weight 
3.5
No Man's Land
Robert Roten
Unlike most American dark comedies there is no soft edge to be found anywhere in this devastating indictment of war 
3.5
No Man's Land
Mick LaSalle
One of the most remarkable films of the year 
4
No Man's Land
Liam Lacey
A skillfully wrought if somewhat predictable farce involving belligerent opponents blundering international peacekeepers and excitable journalists 
3
No Man's Land
Roger Ebert
A bleakly funny parable that could be titled Between Enemy Lines 
3.5
No Man's Land
Jay Carr
From beginning to end it bristles with ironies in classic Eastern European absurdist style 
3
No Man's Land
Carrie Rickey
Tanovic s film is coil sprung to explode on the unsuspecting 
3.5
No Man's Land
Michael Wilmington
An explosively suspenseful deeply moving dark comedy and an astonishingly assured fiction debut from Tanovic 
4
No Man's Land
Rob Blackwelder
It s a great war farce because it s confident enough in its emotions and convictions to focus on the laughs knowing you ll get the message anyway 
4
No Man's Land
Pam Grady
A story told simply with a dose of mordant humor that starkly puts its points across 
4
No Man's Land
Lou Lumenick
An absorbing deeply affecting well acted and remarkably evenhanded antiwar statement 
4
No Man's Land
Harvey S. Karten
Shows that the most effective antiwar statements are clothed in humor and irony 
3
No Man's Land
James Berardinelli
An eloquent anti war testimonial it paints a bleak picture of how there is no simple answer to deeply rooted hatred 
3.5
No Man's Land
Ed Gonzalez
No Man s Land may end with an honest blip yet its history is remiss 
2.5
Blood and Tears: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Ross Anthony
Though refreshingly reluctant to take sides regarding geography of the matter the film has a subtle slant toward peace 
2.5
The Furies
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating entry in the Western genre flawed powerful and haunting a meditation on the all encompassing corruption of capitalism that in perhaps the most American fashion ends up paying tribute to the very figures it set out to condemn 
3.5
The Furies
Matt Brunson
Hardly a formulaic Western 
3
The Godfather Buck
Roger Moore
I could have sworn it was a gay fantasia of what toxic masculinity sounds like 46 It apos s that quot off 46 quot 
0
Dark Was the Night
Dustin Putman
Dark Was the Night is not without a handful of sly moody touches but when it ends just as it should start ramping up it is impossible not to walk away less than satisfied 
2
Dark Was the Night
Glenn Kenny
Dark Was The Night is a horror movie a creepy and atmospheric and sometimes blood soaked horror movie and it s got a good amount going for it 
3
Dark Was the Night
Rex Reed
I mean what else is the night supposed to be 
2
Dark Was the Night
Roger Moore
Dull was the movie
1.5
Dark Was the Night
Chuck Bowen
Director Jack Heller s film may take the notion of implication over illustration a bit too far 
1.5
Fire at Sea
Lauren Terry
It s a stirring testament to humanity when the patient voice of the marine patrol addresses the panicked refugees on their boat s radio 
3
Fire at Sea
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The end result is transporting but also moving it s a wake up call asking us to think about how much attention we really pay to what s around us and perhaps more importantly what to do about it 
3.5
Fire at Sea
Shane Slater
An uncommonly observant film 
3
Fire at Sea
David Lewis
We feel the bewilderment of the parochial yet decent residents the helplessness of the well intentioned yet overwhelmed rescuers and the anguish and disorientation of the refugees 
4
Fire at Sea
Chris Knight
If you think you know how a documentary about the European migrant refugee crisis will play out Fire at Sea will surprise 
3.5
Fire at Sea
Glenn Kenny
As laudable as the movie is it does not quite achieve greatness That s the fault of both its indirectness and its obviousness 
3
Fire at Sea
Mark Medley
Harrowing heartbreaking and humane 
4
Fire at Sea
Clayton Dillard
Fire at Sea initiates a narrative that probes the fundamental gap between wanting to help and actually being able to do so 
4
Across the Sea of Time
Mike Clark
Employing 3 D and PSE sound then projected on a screen that suggests a small skyscraper the new show at West Side Manhattan s Sony IMAX theater is visually speaking nothing but a clear day but it definitely put me in scat mode 
2.5
A Place at the Table
Kelly Jane Torrance
That s one of the infuriating things about this documentary It gives all of the information needed to pull at our heartstrings but almost none needed to assess the problem clearly and think through possible solutions 
1
A Place at the Table
Kam Williams
Tale of two Americas documentary highlights the plight of the 50 million poor folks who go to sleep hungry every night 
4
A Place at the Table
Chris Knight
Filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush chip away at the topic until their message becomes unassailable 
3
A Place at the Table
Rick Groen
Hunger in America is not about a shortage of food but an abundance of poverty This is where the spiral spins downward 
3
A Place at the Table
Linda Barnard
A shocking indictment of how people are starving in the land of plenty 
3
A Place at the Table
Lisa Kennedy
You don t have to be a fan of info graphics in social justice docs to be troubled by one showing that the price of processed food has decreased in almost exact proportion to the rise in cost of fresh fruits and vegetables 
3
A Place at the Table
Walter V. Addiego
A Place at the Table presents a shameful truth that should leave viewers dismayed and angry This nation has more than enough food for all its people yet millions of them are hungry 
3
A Place at the Table
Peter Canavese
Provides plenty of moving case studies but it s most useful for its prismatic look at the problem of American hunger examining the problem s recent history its root causes and its inextricability from other national crises 
3
A Place at the Table
Stephen Whitty
As rich as we are as a nation still many of our citizens are at best malnourished One in six says they regularly don t have enough to eat 
3
A Place at the Table
Michael O'Sullivan
It deserves to be seen along with Food Inc King Corn and other muckraking food docs of recent years 
3.5
A Place at the Table
Steven Rea
A Place at the Table is advocacy journalism at its best lining up its facts illustrating the widespread problem with a few trenchant and compelling cases and offering solutions 
3.5
A Place at the Table
Moira MacDonald
So many of the words spoken in Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush s moving documentary about hunger in the U S A Place at the Table will haunt you long after the film is over 
3.5
A Place at the Table
Duane Dudek
It is the food chain equivalent of the Trail of Tears 
3
A Place at the Table
Mark Feeney
A tighter focus or even just a voiceover narration might have helped 
1.5
A Place at the Table
Chris Hewitt
Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush won t blow you away with their filmmaking but by focusing on people grappling with hunger right now they make their message stick 
3
A Place at the Table
Brett Michel
Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush cover a lot of ground in their heartbreaking documentary examining the hunger experienced by nearly 50 million Americans but at less than 90 minutes it feels a bit overstuffed 
2.5
A Place at the Table
Bill Stamets
A good documentary that is good for you 
3
A Place at the Table
Rob Thomas
Filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush tackle a complex and seemingly intractable problem with every weapon at a skilled documentarian s disposal 
3.5
A Place at the Table
Matt Pais
Moving and sad as an activist effort toward awareness 
3
A Place at the Table
Roger Moore
America s Evil Twins hunger and obesity connected and humanized in one vivid documentary 
3
A Place at the Table
Tomas Hachard
More difficult to convey are the web of moral and political issues that surround the hunger crisis and A Place at the Table proves its worth most by how it treats this wider set of problems 
3
Bride of Silence
Susan Walker
Much remains mysterious in Bride of Silence The journey is its own reward Very little dialogue is required in the long lingering takes that tell the timeless story of rural lives ruled by religion and superstition 
3
Bride of Silence
Jason McBride
So much is told and even if it s in deliberate conflict with what is shown the film bogs down in often unnecessary information and superfluous dialogue 
1.5
All the Cities of the North
Zach Middleton
This film plunges you into a sensory world tuned to the flick of a leaf in sunshine and rising bubbles under the surface of a lake 
2
Hide and Bleed
Roger Moore
Yeah it sucks pretty every way a film can suck But at least the Maze Brothers made sure they got credit for it 
0
All Joking Aside
Roger Moore
Stand up is so over covered as film subject matter that the only way it can work in a movie these days is as backdrop for a more interesting story in the foreground 
1.5
Lightning Jack
Roger Ebert
It s impossible to dislike Paul Hogan and almost as hard to like his movies They re as goodhearted as they are simple minded 
2
Lightning Jack
Chris Hicks
This road has been trod a few too many times before 
2
Lightning Jack
James Berardinelli
Hogan should hang up his spurs until a truly original impulse comes along 
1.5
Scrooged
Ryan Murphy
Despite a lengthy wind up that promises to deliver at least a minor tug at the heart Scrooged is as sterile as some of the film s sexist gross out jokes 
2
Scrooged
Gene Siskel
On balance Bill Murray s lazy humor carries the movie up until his genuinely sweet relationship with an old girlfriend 
3
Scrooged
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Tacky in the extreme this self congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy indulging every form of Christmas exploitation that it pretends to attack and many of the laughs are forced 
1
Scrooged
Roger Ebert
It was obviously intended as a comedy but there is little comic about it and indeed the movie s overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger 
1
Passing
Brian Eggert
Passing is among the most impressive directorial debuts in recent memory by an actor or otherwise 
3
Passing
John Beifuss
The black and white photography exposes the absurdity of racial codification by reproducing every actors face in scales of gray 
3.5
Passing
Peter Canavese
Fascinating material beautifully produced directed and acted 
3.5
Passing
Mark Feeney
Much of Passing could be a stage play people talking in confined spaces the confinement figurative as well as literal It s a chamber drama bearing the weight of several centuries 
3
Passing
Diana Cheng
What Larsen has written Hall has materialized on screen with parallel meticulous mastery 
4
Passing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A truly astonishing impressively assured writing and directing debut by actor Rebecca Hall 
4
Passing
Kevin Carr
It shows what it s like to slip between both worlds but at the same it shows how you have to hide yourself and hide your identity 
3
Passing
Leo Brady
Rebecca Hall turns out a fascinating nearly flawless first time behind a camera with two enigmatic straight up excellent performances by Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga 
3.5
Passing
Jeff Mitchell
Thompson and Negga deliver standout performances and gorgeously filmed and haunting images lay across our senses and settle into permanent recall 
3.5
Passing
Sara Michelle Fetters
This film is nothing short of masterful 
3.5
Passing
Chris Hewitt
Although this is the first film written and directed by Hall it is an astonishingly confident one 
3.5
Passing
Ty Burr
The acting is satisfyingly rich as is often the case when an actor directs a movie 
3
Passing
Michael Phillips
Hall s a tremendous actor working here behind the camera and what Thompson and Negga accomplish on screen in this extraordinarily detailed portrait becomes a master class in incremental revelations the hallmark of the director s own best performances 
4
Passing
Robert Levin
The stars bring it all home by understanding how to say a lot while also saying very little There s a great deal of subtext in every scene and a real sense of tension 
3.5
Passing
Roger Moore
The life this movie looks in on Harlem in its most glorious epoch feels pristine preserved under glass not lived by flash and blood characters 
2
Passing
Cate Marquis
Passing is a thought provoking film a well drawn view of the historical time period but a timeless look at interpersonal dynamics and the nature of some friendships 
3
Passing
Robert Horton
The chemistry between the two of them is persuasive friends united and divided by color 
3
Passing
Richard Roeper
Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson meet the intense acting demands of actress Rebecca Hall s gorgeous directorial debut 
3
Passing
James Berardinelli
It s a tremendous debut effort for Hall whose work seems more like that of a seasoned veteran than a first timer 
3.5
Passing
Jocelyn Noveck
Negga is heartbreaking as a woman who seems to recognize despite fun loving appearances that time is running out on her ruse 
3.5
Passing
Josh Larsen
a portrait of an identity that refuses to be pinned down for better and for worse 
3.5
Passing
Michael O'Sullivan
Hall clearly has the sensibility to flesh out all the complex story s subtilties and nuances shooting in artful black and white 
2.5
Passing
Odie Henderson
The entire film exists in this perpetual state of a deceptively gentle push and pull It s a masterful balance of tone 
3.5
Passing
Mark Dujsik
The performances from Thompson and Negga are essential here and they re particularly notable as well 
3
Passing
Mick LaSalle
A stylistically integrated film that feels like the realization of a singular and powerful vision 
4
Passing
Rania Richardson
The elegant directorial debut of British American actress Rebecca Hall PASSING revolves around two light skinned Black women following different paths 
4
Passing
Rene Sanchez
A quiet and enigmatic drama that examines social themes and issues in the United States through the lens of a complex friendship Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Passing
Dwight Brown
The premise is so repugnant audiences may flinch at the prospect of watching a social racial malady that should have never existed If they do they will miss an impeccable recreation of the Harlem Renaissance era warts and all 
3
Passing
Peter Howell
A mesmerizing movie which examines identity and desire on multiple levels from race to class to sex 
3.5
Passing
Sean P. Means
Hall puts much care and detail into every shot but her biggest coup is pairing Thompson and Negga who embody the two sides of the racial divide and the psychological push and pull that both bonds and separates the characters 
3.5
Passing
Mike McGranaghan
Certainly not a bad film just one that has strengths without living up to its full potential 
2.5
Madame Claude
Roger Moore
A slow and soulless French biography of France s most infamous modern madame Fernande Grudent 
1.5
In the Land of Pomegranates
Godfrey Cheshire
Informative and thought provoking 
3
Just Short of Perfect
Roger Moore
Recycled little man sex gags too obvious fart jokes and unfunny translation blunders limit the appeal and entertainment value in this break stereotypes tale 
1.5
TiMER
V.A. Musetto
TiMER never rises above the level of a sitcom All that s missing is the laugh track 
1
TiMER
Nick Schager
TiMER is not only predicated on a ridiculous premise but one with a surprisingly muddled message 
2
God's Creatures
Randy Myers
God s Creatures might explore familiar terrain but that s fine since it nails all the delights and features raw and real performances from Watson and Mescal 
3
God's Creatures
Peter Canavese
A deliberately paced 44 bleak 44 and unsettling morality play that never really gets much traction 44 spins its heels 44 and ultimately fails to find a way to make its material interesting 46 
2.5
God's Creatures
Roger Moore
It apos s modest ambitions notwithstanding 46 46 46 they 8217 ve created something like the perfect film for autumn 44 a beautiful portrait of intimacy and warmth and family tinged with a chill that can only lead to tragedy 46 
3
God's Creatures
Jeff Mitchell
In this secluded noir 44 Emily Watson delivers a profound performance as a flawed woman churning with guilt and shame 46 
3
God's Creatures
Ty Burr
The beautifully rough hewn locations excellent performances from Watson Mescal and Aisling Franciosi and a sustained air of simmering unease make this worth a look 
2.5
God's Creatures
Odie Henderson
Yet another movie about a mother realizing too slowly that her son may be a dangerous sociopath 46 
2
God's Creatures
Anne Brodie
Darkness falls on Emily apos s religious faith versus her lies and knowledge 46 Heightened tensions provide the engine for this unusual character study of a woman 44 her son 44 and 40 isolated 41 community 46 
4
God's Creatures
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he film creates a definitive mood and sense of doom through its oppressive atmosphere 46 46 46 and the united skill of its performances 46 46 46 
3
God's Creatures
Josh Larsen
Franciosi grabs the film by its shoulders and turns it into a searing 44 singular experience 46 
3.5
God's Creatures
Emily Zemler
Sometimes the best viewings are not the easily digestible ones This is a movie that sucks you in rattles you and then spits you out It s an experience that s worth it 
3.5
God's Creatures
Derek Smith
For all its impressively rendered aesthetic qualities 44 the film 8217 s story feels rote 46 
2.5
Viva Las Vegas
Josh Larsen
Don t tell Ann Margret that this is supposed to be an Elvis Presley movie 
2
Viva Las Vegas
John Beifuss
Justly celebrated as the rare Elvis movie in which Presley is not just complemented but also challenged by a song and dance co star of comparable sexual energy and anatomical expressiveness 
3
Viva Las Vegas
Bill Chambers
It s not magic this movie but it is alchemy of a kind 
3
Viva Las Vegas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Directed by George Sidney it has a carefree spirit as opposed to the carelessness of the other films and for once Elvis is paired with a worthy co star 
3.5
Fire Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fire Island has no business being as good as it is 46 
3
Fire Island
Allyson Johnson
A bitingly hilarious yet earnestly warm approach to modern romance 
3.5
Fire Island
Jeff Mitchell
It 8217 s pretty easy to predict the third act 44 but apos Fire Island apos is a welcoming and boisterous vacation 46 
2.5
Fire Island
Odie Henderson
Director Andrew Ahn proficiently handles the numerous plot lines 44 character conflicts 44 and the tonal shifts between raunch and sweetness 46 
3
Fire Island
Leo Brady
Through the brilliant writing of Joel Kim Booster and guided by the great direction of Andrew Ahn 44 Fire Island is an absolute delight 46 
3.5
Fire Island
Steven Prokopy
It apos s difficult to imagine some of these characters fully growing up 44 but that seems to be the direction in which they apos re heading 46 And that journey is a genuine highlight of the film 46 
2.5
Fire Island
Emily Zemler
If you ve never spent a summer weekend on Fire Island Andrew Ahn s new film Fire Island will make you desperate to hop the next ferry 
3.5
Fire Island
Mark Dujsik
Something about Fire Island feels a bit revolutionary 46 
3
Fire Island
Johnny Oleksinski
The cute romantic comedy Fire Island takes the story of Pride and Prejudice and really amps up the Pride 
2.5
Fire Island
Chris Hewitt
The nicest surprise is that Bowen Yang who seems stuck in loud irreverence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live demonstrates subtler dimensions of his talent 
3
Fire Island
Ann Hornaday
This sunny summer romp checks just about every box when it comes to the pleasures of the genre 
3
Fire Island
Randy Myers
This is really Booster and Yang s shining hour in an Austen renovation that reflects the social chasms within the gay community where the have s sometimes lack human decency and the have nots don t always get a welcoming seat at the table 
3
Fire Island
Scott Greenstone
Fire Island is a mess with a few bright spots and some mildly funny jokes 
2
Fire Island
Mike McGranaghan
With so many smart elements and such appealing performances 44 it apos s unclear why the movie occasionally embraces overused clich 233 s and contrivances 46 
2.5
Fire Island
Hannah Bae
Despite the shortcomings Fire Island is a feel good enjoyable comedy and a celebration of queer Asian American storytelling 
2.5
Fire Island
Richard Larson
The film is filled with a subtextual nostalgia for a fleeting youth and the urgency of figuring things out before it 8217 s too late 46 
2.5
Fire Island
Roger Moore
Just amusing enough to make one forget the other projects with the same title 46 
2.5
Fire Island
EJ Moreno
Many have tried 44 but Fire Island could be the first significant gay rom com 46 The humor and heart work well in this adorable summer love story 46 
3
Earth Days
John Hartl
If you re feeling nostalgic for a time when the environmental movement was something everyone embraced Robert Stone s Earth Days is bound to comfort and alarm 
3
Earth Days
Joe Williams
Honoring the heroes of the environmental movement is clearly appropriate but getting mired in nostalgia is a dirty shame 
2.5
Earth Days
Chris Hewitt
If the aim of Earth Days is to make viewers refall in love with the beauty of this tiny planet then it succeeds 
3
Earth Days
Jeff Vice
It s hard to watch this movie without feeling a little depressed and despondent about the future of mankind and its home 
2.5
Earth Days
Wesley Morris
Earth Days captures those years when through sheer relentlessness activists broke through to the public and put the mounting disaster at its doorstep 
3
Earth Days
Gerald Peary
A surprise of Earth Days is seeing Richard Nixon signing progressive eco legislation and starting the Environmental Protection Agency 
2.5
Earth Days
Michael Sragow
A surprisingly calm documentary about the history of American ecological activism But it s good calm not dead calm 
2.5
Earth Days
Kyle Smith
Crusty eco hippies spin random anecdotes about olden times in Earth Days a turgid documentary on the environmental movement in the 1960s and 70s 
1
Earth Days
Andrew Schenker
There s a bit too much of the self congratulatory in the film with both Hayes and population growth guru Dennis Meadows doing a fair bit of horn tooting but any sense of complacency is quickly undercut by the film s final act 
2.5
Blood Red Sky
Tom Meek
A dull vampire thriller that could have been so much more 
1.5
Blood Red Sky
Leo Brady
There may not be much deeper thought going into Blood Red Sky but this is a thrilling nasty vampire movie soaring above the clouds causing havoc on a 747 
3
Blood Red Sky
Brian Tallerico
The sense of surprise or playfulness that you would think is inherent in a Bats on a Plane concept just isn t here 
1.5
Blood Red Sky
Roger Moore
The surprises have a grim delight about them the violence a righteous maternal fury 
2.5
Blood Red Sky
Randy Myers
Director co writer Peter Thorwarth splatters the screen with gore while tossing in surprises delirious preposterousness and even a few touching moments It s grand fun 
3
Circus Columbia
Diego Semerene
Its lightheartedness and overtly traditional narrative structure become a smart strategy for crafting what is ultimately a very nuanced political critique of capital 
3
Circus Columbia
V.A. Musetto
A family getting evicted from its home is no laughing matter except if you re watching Cirkus Columbia a satiric comedy from of all places Bosnia and Herzegovina 
3
Saving Private Pérez
Claudia Puig
Lively music helps But it s more bullet riddled escapade than an all out laugh riot 
2.5
Blind Terror
Michael Szymanski
If you like stories about psychotic killers See No Evil will make Halloween s Mike Myers look like a sissy 
2.5
Blind Terror
David Nusair
genuinely creepy 
3.5
Like Water
Tom Keogh
A tepid superficial sports documentary about Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight king Anderson Silva 
1.5
The Pledge
Joe Leydon
Penn sustains a mesmerizing intensity while relentlessly building toward an emotionally wrenching climax 
4
The Pledge
Nick Rogers
Sean Penn s agonizing angst ridden The Pledge feels like a mystery less about murder and more about the inexplicable dangers of impulse and guilt It s also a waning opportunity to see Jack Nicholson as anything besides a silver haired hornball 
4
The Pledge
Michael Dequina
Its grip is on the mind but not the heart a problem for a film that clearly aims for some emotional impact 
2.5
The Pledge
Jeff Strickler
Mystery thriller buffs promise yourselves that you ll see The Pledge And while you re at it be sure to invite along Jack Nicholson fans and anyone who saw the first two movies that Sean Penn directed 
3.5
The Pledge
Rick Groen
Ultimately the payoffs just aren t there either psychologically or dramatically 
2.5
The Pledge
Mark Dujsik
Jack the character actor is back and it s been well worth the wait 
3
The Pledge
Ian Mantgani
While some developments are generally predictable the movie ends up taking us on a thematic journey that is unexpected and shattering 
3.5
The Pledge
Marty Mapes
Penn unafraid strategically uses visuals that hack directors don t even know how to approach 
3.5
The Pledge
Bill Chambers
Penn s past directing gigs are the work of a tortured soul The Pledge was guided by a tortured artist 
3.5
The Pledge
Robert Roten
The film is more exciting that watching paint dry however because of great work by some very talented actors 
2
The Pledge
James Kendrick
It is a story that is designed to frustrate those looking for easy answers and a neat wrap up 
3
The Pledge
Cornell & Petricelli
We left with a feeling of lethargy that made watching The Pledge hardly worth the effort 
2.5
The Pledge
Susan Stark
It s the rare and rewarding police drama that cares more for character than plot 
3
The Pledge
Mary Kalin-Casey
The length and rhythms of each scene flow so naturally that time seems to exist on screen as a true mirror of reality 
3
The Pledge
Bob Graham
Dark and disturbing but thoroughly involving It sets off depth charges of the psyche 
3
The Pledge
Roger Ebert
Penn and Nicholson take risks with the material and elevate the movie to another unanticipated haunting level 
3.5
The Pledge
Rob Blackwelder
There s very little compelling or even memorable about it 
2
The Pledge
Dustin Putman
A provocative morality tale The Pledge is not only the first great motion picture of 2001 but also a film that exposes Sean Penn as being every bit as talented a director as he is an actor 
3.5
The Pledge
James Berardinelli
The Pledge will cause many viewers to walk out of the theaters grumbling since there is no traditional closure But the way in which things turn out seems right for the material and the manner in which Penn has chosen to present it 
3
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
David Wiegand
The actors make Muhammad Ali s Greatest Fight seem better than it is but the real Ali with all his youth vigor bravado and passion convinces us that he and his case deserved much better 
2
Mother's Day
Andrea Gronvall
Mays is well matched by McClure Wilmot and Martin who renders every gesture of her reticent character telling beyond words 
3
The Grizzlies
Tom Meek
The film works mostly for its exposure of an off the radar area and situation stick around for the end credits that let you know where the characters real life counterparts wind up 
2.5
The Grizzlies
Nell Minow
Though it s a familiar plot about kids learning discipline and teamwork through sports The Grizzlies is brought to life through the specifics that make the characters and their sense of place and of displacement central to the story 
3
The Grizzlies
Roger Moore
A Canadian feel good sports movie that lets you feel good only after it shows you how bad everything can get 
2.5
The Grizzlies
David Nusair
the screenwriters ongoing efforts at balancing the story s multitude of feel good and gritty elements generally fall fairly flat 
2
The Grizzlies
Simon Houpt
It s a fascinating puzzle a film that is simultaneously an indictment of the toxic legacy of cultural imperialism and a weepie that employs the familiar tropes of Hollywood one of the biggest machines of cultural imperialism on the planet 
3
Undisputed
Michael Dequina
As with any boxing movie or fight card the main event doesn t come until the very end and like too many pay per view packages the undercard is underwhelming 
2
Undisputed
Mark Collette
We have no idea where these characters have been so we don t care where they re going 
1
Undisputed
David Nusair
a B picture in an era that doesn t really allow for them 
3
Undisputed
Nick Rogers
In a better movie we wouldn t feel compelled to choose which fighter to root for 
2
Undisputed
Rick Groen
Hill looks to be going through the motions beginning with the pale script 
2
Undisputed
Marty Mapes
It would not be unfair to say that Undisputed glamorizes prison and boxing two of the last things I d want anyone to aspire to 
1.5
Undisputed
Linda Cook
It s as raw and action packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough man contest 
3
Undisputed
Frank Ochieng
Undisputed in my estimation is one opponent that s definitely down for the count 
2
Undisputed
Harvey S. Karten
Walter Hill continues doing what he does best knocking out a visceral prison melodrama with a show stealing role from Peter Falk 
3
Undisputed
James Berardinelli
An average B movie with no aspirations to be anything more 
2
Undisputed
Joe Leydon
The needle on the testosterone meter zips into the red zone during the opening moments of Undisputed and doesn t dip back down until the closing credits are complete 
3
Undisputed
Mike Clark
This is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September 
2
Undisputed
Jack Zink
Though no classic it s a potboiler worth going a few rounds 
2.5
Undisputed
John Hartl
Amazingly lame 
1.5
Undisputed
Mick LaSalle
For all of Hill s effort Undisputed still seems routine and its hold on the audience is casual 
2
Undisputed
Jerry McCormick
Undisputed is slow going at the beginning and some scenes will leave you yawning At least the fight sequences the film s saving grace are a knockout 
1
Undisputed
Joe Baltake
A first class thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire beloved genres the prison flick and the fight film 
3.5
Undisputed
Steven Rea
A muscular no nonsense genre pic 
3
Undisputed
John Anderson
Coy but exhilarating with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes 
3
Undisputed
Rene Rodriguez
Undisputed isn t exactly memorable and as far as its prison setting goes it has nothing on HBO s infinitely more brutal Oz But as late summer time killers go you could do worse 
2.5
Undisputed
Terry Lawson
After a string of mediocre summer B movies like XXX and Blue Crush masquerading as big deals it s refreshing to see an action drama that doesn t pretend to be anything other than what it is 
3
Undisputed
Jeff Vice
This fightin cons drama may be one of the worst movies ever made about the sport of boxing as well as one of the worst ever cinematic prison tales 
1
Undisputed
Roger Ebert
Walter Hill s Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros B picture and I mean that as a compliment 
3
Undisputed
Lawrence Toppman
An unassuming brief and cheaply entertaining boxing movie 
2.5
Undisputed
Wesley Morris
Listlessly directed and can t surmount the deja vu induced by the prison jumpsuits tattoos and scenes set near the community bench press 
2
Undisputed
Lou Lumenick
Undisputed is a brutally efficient if unsurprising prison melodrama boasting no frills performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes 
2
Undisputed
Phil Villarreal
Iceman Hutchen is much more exciting and much less expensive to watch than Lewis Tyson 
3
Undisputed
Chris Hewitt
By its modest straight ahead standards Undisputed scores a direct hit 
2.5
Undisputed
Glenn Lovell
A lean mean vastly entertaining fight movie 
3
Undisputed
Tor Thorsen
Despite solid turns from Snipes and Rhames the only thing undisputable about this film is its lack of excitement 
2
Undisputed
Mack Bates
This is a throwaway junk food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself 
2
Undisputed
Bob Strauss
Stripped down to a point where it doesn t resemble a movie so much as it does pure chemical testosterone Undisputed is a prison boxing drama that you wish had something more than prison and boxing on its mind 
1.5
Undisputed
Walter Chaw
Each punch seen through prison bars the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs man as Brother Man vs The Man 
3.5
Undisputed
Erik Childress
Cuts right through the B S giving a big middle fingered shut up to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another 
3
Undisputed
Tony Toscano
the direction is as choppy as a high school karate demonstration 
1
Undisputed
Michael Wilmington
It should have been more memorable but at least it doesn t stumble in the ring 
3
Undisputed
Rob Blackwelder
Overly stylized with lots of flash black white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo hip luxury car commercial it s at its worst when it s actually inside the ring 
2
Undisputed
Michael Szymanski
Trying to be the black Rocky in prison this movie is over the top and ridiculous to the point of being cartoony 
2
Undisputed
Steve Rhodes
Staying awake is going to be your problem as you wait through this lifeless movie in the hope that the ending boxing match will be worth the wait It isn t 
1.5
Undisputed
Ed Gonzalez
This 90 minute dud could pass for Mike Tyson s E True Hollywood Story 
2
Grand Unified Theory
Brad Wheeler
A quirky existential comedy that never arrives to any satisfying destination and isn t all that funny along the way 
2
The Moth Diaries
Jeff Beck
The Moth Diaries just ends up feeling like a desperate attempt to cash in on the vampire craze created by Twilight 
1.5
The Moth Diaries
Peter Hartlaub
Way too serious for its own good 
1
The Moth Diaries
Rex Reed
Where are the shivers The girls are properly fragile ethereal and neurotic but the way Ms Harron gingerly moves them around like porcelain dolls is too careful to stir up much terror 
2
The Moth Diaries
Andrew Schenker
This is one vampire film whose sexless generic ending betrays a promise of revisionist complexity 
2.5
The Moth Diaries
Rick Groen
Not enough psychology to be intelligently creepy and not enough schlock to be viscerally scary 
2
The Moth Diaries
Linda Barnard
While there s plenty of promise there s no payoff with this would be horror 
2
Unfriended: Dark Web
David Keyes
If Unfriended showed this idea in a state of awkward infancy then Unfriended Dark Web allows it to mature into a proverbial meticulous beast 
3.5
Unfriended: Dark Web
Federico Furzan
A very effective sequel that changes the course of the original entry and still delivers scares under its technology dependent ambience Full review in Spanish 
3
Unfriended: Dark Web
Robert Daniels
Dark Web Unfriended needs less reliance on lewd jokes and more on its screenwriting 
2
Unfriended: Dark Web
Pamela Powell
Be warned This is a disturbing film and it s not for everyone 
3.5
Unfriended: Dark Web
Linda Cook
Grim and all too realistic Unfriended Dark Web is a smart morality tale 
4
Unfriended: Dark Web
Mike McGranaghan
Things get a little preposterous in the third act but the performances are pretty good and there are a sufficient number of shock moments to hold the movie together anyway 
3
Unfriended: Dark Web
Katie Walsh
No fun because it s just too real a clever concept of cinematic design and storytelling it proves to only be a deeply chilling cautionary tale 
2.5
Unfriended: Dark Web
James Berardinelli
Susco understands that the purpose of any horror film is to deliver shocks and suspense and he succeeds in that regard 
2.5
Unfriended: Dark Web
Barry Hertz
Nasty in its narrative and nifty in its aesthetic Stephen Susco s new film is a solid argument against doing anything remotely illicit online 
3
Unfriended: Dark Web
Simon Abrams
Each new plot development is so slapdash and uninspired that it s impossible to suspend one s disbelief 
1
Unfriended: Dark Web
Sonny Bunch
Unfriended Dark Web is the best horror movie so far this year the scariest most resonant picture of 2018 
3
Unfriended: Dark Web
Roger Moore
Harrowing pitiless and well engineered cyber horror Too bad he didn t write characters we care about 
2
Unfriended: Dark Web
Mark Dujsik
There s something far scarier about this conceit if only because it seems plausible 
3
Unfriended: Dark Web
Dustin Putman
Sure the web can be a dangerous place if one is not careful but Unfriended Dark Web simply doesn t offer enough to think about or cling to as it wallows in slickly designed but thematically shallow cruelty 
2
Unfriended: Dark Web
Dann Gire
This movie actually respects audience intelligence by never dumbing down the information as Hollywood films do when characters read messages out loud to nobody as they write them 
3
Unfriended: Dark Web
David Lewis
Once the hackers infiltrate everyone s computer and a sense of dread hangs over the unwitting young folks Dark Web develops an effective rhythm 
2
Unfriended: Dark Web
Henry Stewart
The film is preposterously conceived but writer director Stephen Susco so tightly excitingly executes it that you hardly notice 
3
All We Had
Sheila O'Malley
With her well meaning desire to create an inspirational story of survival and redemption Holmes has kept the entire film extremely low stakes 
2
All We Had
Kenji Fujishima
More earnest than remarkable but with its heart in the right place 
2.5
Red Flag
Sara Stewart
In an era when awkwardness is the new self confidence the director manages to be palpably neurotic without trying too hard 
3
Red Flag
Nick McCarthy
It surprisingly abandons its obvious meta elements and unfolds as a straightforward road trip flick opting for an exhibition of self loathing rather than self reflexivity 
2
Red Flag
John Beifuss
Establishes Karpovsky as the Woody Allen of the digital media generation As he presents himself here he is as self absorbed as Allen but his comfort with new technology results in a lo fi video diary that the perfectionist Allen would eschew 
3
Cold Blood
Rex Reed
Nobody should have to sit through junk like this even in summer and I don t know anyone who will 
0
Cold Blood
Joey Magidson
The presence of Jean Reno in Cold Blood is undoubtedly meant to invoke memories of better movies like Leon and Nikita Sadly that only exacerbates how poor this is 
2
Cold Blood
Brian Tallerico
Cold Blood isn t so much hysterically awful as simply lifeless 
.5
Cold Blood
Mark Dujsik
T he whole of Cold Blood could be described as obligatory and unconvincing 
1
Cold Blood
Roger Moore
Traces of the Jean Reno we love are obscured by a convoluted hit man thriller that s too obvious to thrill 
2
Gogol Bordello Non-Stop
Mike Scott
As fun as it is it never makes a convincing case for its own existence Here s a cool band Jimeno seems to be saying and that s the extent of it 
2.5
Gogol Bordello Non-Stop
Rob Humanick
Most of the best sequences simply give over to footage of Gogol s live performances with lead singer Eugene Htz often seen inviting audience members on stage for any number of gags or creative involvements 
2.5
Girl on a Chain Gang
Matt Brunson
Moves from exploitation flick to social commentary before getting knocked back down again 
2
Black Water
Simon Abrams
A mediocre submarine thriller that only really comes to life when co star Dolph Lundgren gets to one up the Muscles from Brussels 
1.5
Black Water
Roger Moore
Van Damme and Lundgren can t see to quit each other Action bowzers like Black Water suggest that they try 
1
The Last Blockbuster
Anita Katz
If the phrase Be kind rewind rings a nostalgic bell in your heart this doc will likely qualify as an enjoyable diversion But expect nothing more 
2.5
The Last Blockbuster
Roger Moore
Nostalgic plays like a TV feature story that goes on too long 
2
King of the Hill
James Kendrick
one of Soderbergh s best films a painterly thoughtful and subtly emotional portrait of preadolescent coming of age in dire circumstances
3.5
King of the Hill
Peter Canavese
To revisit King of the Hill mdash or to discover it mdash is to realize how seldom American cinema deems it worthwhile to tell a child s story with anything approaching serious psychological intent Criterion Blu ray DVD 
3.5
King of the Hill
James Berardinelli
A remarkable odyssey about a resilient young hero who uses both his imagination and his sense of reality to survive 
3.5
King of the Hill
Roger Ebert
With the kind of material you d never dream of associating with him Soderbergh has made his best film 
4
Cuba Libre
Connie Ogle
A lively nostalgic blend of Cinema Paradiso and Hope and Glory 
2.5
Mr. Jones
Cate Marquis
An often low key but powerful portrait of courage a moving worthy drama that both revives the memory of nearly forgotten independent journalist Gareth Jones and a timely reminder of the importance of truth telling in these fraught and difficult times 
3.5
Mr. Jones
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lacks the intricate digging for details that drive most journalism movies it s painted in bigger strokes But Holland coaxes appealingly old fashioned performances from all three leads they may have stepped right out of an old movie 
3
Mr. Jones
Roger Moore
A solid straightforward biography of the reporter most widely credited with exposing the man made Ukrainian famine to the outside world 
3
Mr. Jones
Tomris Laffly
A compelling watch throughout in spite of its rambling feel 
3
Mr. Jones
Mark Dujsik
It seems odd to say that a single portion of a movie is too strong for the good of the whole Such though is the case with Mr Jones 
2.5
Mr. Jones
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film never bores but it does lose its way at times 
2.5
Mr. Jones
Christian Toto
If you don t know who Walter Duranty is you will after this unflinching biopic 
3
Mr. Jones
Steven Prokopy
This is a film about how the preferred truth often rules the day and it s ultimately a heartbreaking tale in that respect 
2.5
Mr. Jones
Joey Magidson
This particular story has a lot to offer so it s a shame that director Agnieszka Holland and scribe Andrea Chalupa can t capture it on the screen 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Brian Eggert
Guillermo del Toro has always been fascinated with putting a face to our nightmares 46 And to be sure 44 many moviegoers will have nightmares from Don 8217 t Be Afraid of the Dark 46 
3.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Sara Michelle Fetters
Next to Attack the Block this beautifully realized bit of H P Lovecraft like nastiness might just be the most fun I ve had sitting in a theatre this entire Summer the final product a B grade sensation worthy of adoration 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Linda Cook
Every week it seems I watch a remake or a reimagining of a feature film that didn t need to be remade Now here s a remake of I swear a made for TV movie starring Kim Darby incidentally from the 1970s 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Eric Melin
Del Toro rounded out and deepened the backstory from the original but it s still a pretty simple horror movie spooky atmosphere is just right even if he does give away too much of the creatures too soon 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Brett McCracken
There s a lot more territory here that could have been mined but wasn t which is a shame But for those just looking to be scared the old fashioned way Dark delivers 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Glenn Lovell
Forget the Freudian analysis All you want to know Is it scary Yes especially when Sally ducks under the sheets and comes nose to nose with the gnome leader Think Sixth Sense scary 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
James Kendrick
the best scenes are those that rely entirely on suggestion giving us the impression of presence without actually showing us anything and they become unfortunately less and less frequent as the film moves along
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Scott Nash
The finale doesn t live up to the first act but still a nice old fashioned horror story with plenty of atmosphere 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
John Beifuss
By the end of the film the impressively realized creatures have been revealed in so much detail that we recognize them to be assignments from an artist s workshop and computer not escapees from a nightmare 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Christian Toto
Horror fans can look past a whole lot of stupidity in their favorite genre But Don t Be Afraid of the Dark simply asks too much of us 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Walter Chaw
It s not awful this Don t Be Afraid of the Dark but the world is already full to bursting with not awful 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Matthew Hays
This is still a seriously entertaining horror movie one that will please newcomers as well as fans of the original oddity 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Rene Rodriguez
Despite all the care that has been put into it the film doesn t transcend its dime store horror roots 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Chris Hewitt
It effectively exploits our primal suspicions that there might be something under the bed and that our houses do not go to sleep when we do 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Stephen Whitty
The season s scariest horror film and depending on what the next few months bring perhaps the year s 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Kyle Smith
Don t Be Afraid of the Dark will turn your nerve endings to Popsicles 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Peter Howell
This artless film even approaches child abuse in the way it crassly reconfigures the protagonist from the besieged adult woman of the original into a neglected and terrified tot 
1.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Erik Childress
Occasional visitors into the haunted house fray may want to peek their head in if only to see how quickly they peek out 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Willie Waffle
It relies on cliche but director Troy Nixey gives us enough teases and frights 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Mike Scott
Despite a handful of hiccups and a smattering of cliches it does exactly what it sets out to do It ratchets up the tension then sustains it for an hour and a half 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Mark Dujsik
Far from scary these little nasties move between unintentionally funny and obnoxious 
1.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Robert Levin
There s a serious disconnect between the highfalutin atmospherics and the nitty gritty sloppiness of the premise 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Dustin Putman
Works its way under the skin with a sophistication not often seen anymore in today s horror pictures 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Randy Myers
Just when you thought the housing market couldn t get more frightening along comes Guillermo del Toro to shiver more timbers 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Claudia Puig
Don t worry about fearing darkness but beware horror flicks that trot out every hoary cliché 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Peter Travers
The film never takes hold emotionally despite strong work from Holmes and young Madison With Del Toro s name in the credits standard chills aren t enough 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Ty Burr
While there are moments of eldritch atmosphere and a few pro forma jolts nothing here justifies our attention let alone the film s inexplicable R rating 
1.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Steven Rea
Joltingly graphic and atmospheric Nixey and his crew at least know how to set up a few good shocks Don t Be Afraid of the Dark fails to involve us in any meaningful way with its characters 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Tom Keogh
While the end of Don t Be Afraid is creepy it s far from emotionally satisfying 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Michael Phillips
While director Nixey has talent his indiscriminately roving camera tends to diffuse the tension not heighten it 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
James Berardinelli
Nixey steeps everything in a surfeit of atmosphere It overflows It suffuses every frame It seeps off the screen and into the auditorium 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Josh Larsen
If Gollum and the Tooth Fairy got together and spawned a horde of young uns they might resemble the terrible little creatures here 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Matt Pais
Provides more than enough dread accentuated by the chilling clickety clack of little beasts waiting to strike to turn nonsense into nightmares 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Joe Lozito
This old school monster movie from producer Guillermo del Toro is well shot and well acted but its creatures like its title are frightfully innocuous 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Roger Ebert
This is a very good haunted house film It milks our frustration deliciously 
3.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Roger Moore
The new version of Don t Be Afraid of the Dark is entirely too literal but it still manages to be a literally hair raising piece of modern style old school Gothic horror 
2.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Melissa Lafsky
After announcing he was no longer directing The Hobbit Mr Del Toro sustained a blow to his post Pan s Labyrinth armor and this washout brings him one step closer to full career rupture 
1.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Alexandra Cavallo
What this film really needs is a good exterminator or a better director 
1.5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
David Germain
The tension del Toro and Nixey create promises much more than it delivers 
2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Ed Gonzalez
Pity that the mythology of the homunculi s existence is as arbitrary as the story s lazy asinine plotting 
1.5
Rudo y Cursi
Kelly Jane Torrance
The skewering gives the background depth but the brothers relationships with their fame and each other are front and center here 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Mike Scott
Beneath its gritty visual realism which feels more suited to a full on drama it s a delightful shrug of a movie 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Matt Brunson
A cheeky viewing experience 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Sean O'Connell
A comically relevant fairy tale about the excessive trappings of celebrity and the dangers of achieving one s goals 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Jeff Vice
This Spanish language comedy drama keeps trying to convince us it s lighter hearted than its material would suggest 
2
Rudo y Cursi
Calvin Wilson
Rudo y Cursi never quite figures out what it wants to be Is it a sports comedy A tale of sibling rivalry A look at Mexico s gritty underbelly set against a soccer backdrop 
2
Rudo y Cursi
John Beifuss
The charismatic stars make this film pretty much a delight 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Eric Melin
Carlos Cuaron has directed a typical rise and fall picture Granted it has loads of local flavor and two appealing leads but it adds little to the genre and is too melodramatic to rise above 
2
Rudo y Cursi
Keith Cohen
The cinematography ranks at the top of the class Mexico City shares the spotlight with the acting ensemble as a 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Robert W. Butler
It s satiric yet Cuaron is like a boxer who prefers gentle sparring to throwing a knockout haymaker The film needs to punch things up 
2.5
Rudo y Cursi
Duane Dudek
While the likable film has a vivid sense of place and a tongue in cheek sensibility the visual and storytelling styles of the younger and elder Cuaron are nothing alike 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Chris Hewitt
Lackadaisically directed by Carlos Cuaron the movie lopes along behind the characters both of whom are unlikable and neither of whom is interesting 
2
Rudo y Cursi
Steven Rea
Has a mess of cultural issues to reckon with and Rudo y Cursi deals with them while offering an engaging rags to riches sports fantasy 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Greg Quill
As we follow their adventures it s impossible to ignore how poorly women come off in this story alternatively as nags cheats liars and cloying opportunists 
2.5
Rudo y Cursi
John Hartl
Some of this is funny thanks to the playful performances but much of it just seems familiar and juvenile 
2
Rudo y Cursi
Stephen Cole
Ay carumba blimey what a mess 
2
Rudo y Cursi
Connie Ogle
Carlos Cuarón s fierce profane and hilarious comedy about two brothers is not so much about sports as about how we play the game of life 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Carla Meyer
The lead characters might flirt with spiritual and emotional ruin but Cuarón s filming style is so lively and Luna and García Bernal s performances so full of energy that the picture is fun even when it probably shouldn t be 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Steve Rhodes
While it s never a bad movie it is never a memorable one either It s one of those comedies that produces no laughs at least not from me 
2.5
Rudo y Cursi
Lisa Kennedy
There is plenty of coarse macho humor There are nearly as many moments that are goofy and sentimental 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The material just isn t as fresh as the presentation 
2.5
Rudo y Cursi
Amy Biancolli
There are plenty of kicks class struggle wild crackups Cheap Trick occasional melodrama and lots of blackly comic moralizing on the lure and letdowns of modern Mexican celebrity 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Ty Burr
Rudo y Cursi is a grave and calculated affront to the men of Mexico and that s the source of its roistering charm 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Roger Ebert
Rudo y Cursi is the sort of high level buddy movie every national cinema needs for export along with its masterpieces to be sure 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Jeanne Aufmuth
Never loses touch with its whipsmart core of integrity and humor 
3.5
Rudo y Cursi
Phil Villarreal
The actors chemistry lifts what might have been an average sports melodrama to something near special 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Stephen Whitty
It gives a far deeper and more engaging portrait of Mexico rich and poor rural and urban old and new than you re likely to find anywhere else this week 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Peter Travers
Luna and García Bernal display the kind of chemistry that makes you overlook the clichés in the script by first time director Carlos Cuarón Sometimes good natured fun is enough 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Claudia Puig
Rudo y Cursi is enjoyable with an engaging ensemble cast anchored by the charismatic performances of Luna and Bernal 
3
Rudo y Cursi
Bill Weber
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in Rudo y Cursi to denigrate rubes from Jalisco as slow witted provincial brothers and banana plantation workers whose unlikely rise to soccer stardom supplies the purported comedy 
1
The Butterfly
Walter V. Addiego
The film has a sweetness that stops short of sentimentality 
3
The Butterfly
Rob Blackwelder
Quiet yet wonderfully curious bold but not bratty this moon faced little girl captures the subconsciously tarnished innocence of a child accustomed to having the blues 
3
The Butterfly
Marta Barber
The story is as predictable as a hot summer in South Florida but if you re in need of comfort Le Papillon is a good choice 
2.5
The Butterfly
Chris Hewitt
Just once I d like to see a foreign film about a cranky old person and an adorable tyke who don t become pals and change each other s lives 
1
The Butterfly
Elizabeth Weitzman
Depending on your perspective this French family drama will either feel sweetly sentimental or shamelessly manipulative 
2.5
The Butterfly
V.A. Musetto
Sure to please children and adults 
3
The Butterfly
David Sterritt
It s all very sweet and occasionally touching More lasting shots of more beautiful butterflies would have added a lot though 
2
Rocky IV
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves straight into the 1980s with a slicker look and many training montages as well as a few flat out music videos 
2.5
Rocky IV
Matt Brunson
There are simply too many ludicrous elements to ignore Paulie s robot Brigitte Nielsen even less expressive than the robot about a thousand music video styled montages Lundgren s delivery of Drago s deadly dialogue etc 
2
Rocky IV
Gene Siskel
Stallone creates credible villains worthy of his heroic character 
3.5
Rocky IV
David Nusair
suffers from a vibe of superfluousness 
2.5
Rocky IV
Roger Ebert
Even Sylvester Stallone seems to be getting tired of the series as the writer and director as well as the star he puts himself through the same old paces 
2
FDNY Dream Bike
V.A. Musetto
A tender tribute to Gerard Baptiste one of 10 firemen from Ladder 9 in Lower Manhattan who perished 
3
FDNY Dream Bike
David Sterritt
Lightweight sentimental sweet 
2
Aardvark
James Berardinelli
Cobbled together using clichs and contrivances Brian Shoaf s feature debut perceives mental illness more as a personality quirk than a sickness and treats it almost as a kind of magical realism 
2
Aardvark
Sheila O'Malley
Aardvark doesn t know how to do what it wants to do It s not that the tone is uneven or uncertain it s that the film doesn t have a tone at all 
1
Aardvark
Gary Thompson
Full of awkwardly scripted exchanges between therapist and patient that cause us to wonder if the movie is aware of how dangerously inept she is 
2
Aardvark
Michael O'Sullivan
The film feels stinting as if there s more story somewhere that just hasn t been dished out 
2
Aardvark
Roger Moore
Quirky oddly plotted but saved by winning performances by Jenny Slate Zachary Quinto and Jon Hamm
2.5
Aardvark
Kenji Fujishima
The film adopts a half hearted variation on A Beautiful Mind s gimmicky approach to grappling with a man s mental illness 
1
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
David Wiegand
Many may think they know the facts of what happened at Compton s but Screaming Queens adds telling detail of what led up to the riots as provided by some of the participants themselves 
4
Breaker Morant
Matt Brunson
Based on a true story but playing like a close cousin to Stanley Kubrick s 1957 masterpiece Paths of Glory 
3.5
Breaker Morant
Wesley Lovell
Woodward delivers a fine performance as the soft spoken commander Brown is effectively hot tempered and Fitz Gerald is terrifically nave 
3.5
Breaker Morant
James Kendrick
engrossing military drama that contains a wealth of insight into the intertwined tragedies of power politics war and human nature 
4
Andy Warhol's Trash
Gene Siskel
The Warhol Morrissey world is a strange one but in many ways especially if taken in infrequent doses a far more real world than the formula Hollywood drama or comedy The actors are solidly in touch with their madness and can improvise with wit 
3
Andy Warhol's Trash
Wanda Hale
I ve seen people walk out on less lurid depravity 
0
Andy Warhol's Trash
Eric Henderson
Morrissey s films provided a more welcoming stage for bona fide superstar performances than many of Warhol s own movies 
4
Good Luck Chuck
Federico Furzan
Can I unwatch a movie Full review in Spanish 
0
Good Luck Chuck
Rossiter Drake
Whether or not you appreciate Dane Cook s spastic hyperactive brand of observational humor he cannot be held solely responsible for the unmitigated disaster that is Good Luck Chuck 
0
Good Luck Chuck
David Nusair
comes off as the latest misfire from erstwhile comedian Dane Cook 
2
Good Luck Chuck
Kam Williams
A transparent excuse for a constant parade of topless females eager to assume a compromising position The only thing missing was a cheesy soundtrack 
1
Good Luck Chuck
David N. Butterworth
Good Luck Chuck is a soft core male indulgence posing as a hip Hollywood good luck chuckle 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Eric Lurio
If you like slapstick see it 
2.5
Good Luck Chuck
James Rocchi
You could probably make a good movie out of Good Luck Chuck s pitch that just didn t happen here And I like a good funny smutty comedy the problem is that Good Luck Chuck is a bad unfunny smutty comedy 
0
Good Luck Chuck
Matt Brunson
Cook and Alba generate about as much chemistry as a mongoose paired with a rattlesnake 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Mike McGranaghan
Good Luck Chuck is the anti Superbad 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Linda Cook
Ewww gross 
.5
Good Luck Chuck
Gary Brown
Yecch 
.5
Good Luck Chuck
Timothy Knight
A poor man s version of a Judd Apatow style raunchy romantic comedy 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Ken Fox
The Jessica Alba Dane Cook love match is degraded by vile jokes a boorish attitude toward women and a smutty tackiness not seen since those stupid nudie cuties of the 1960s 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Susan Walker
Good Luck Chuck looks like the unscreenable bits of bad movies best forgotten retrieved from the cutting room floor 
0.5
Good Luck Chuck
Chris Hewitt
There is nothing good about this Luck 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Ted Fry
It s all rather messy in lots of ways Fortunately the appealing presence and physical comedy of Cook and Fogler fill a lot of holes that would otherwise just be dirty ditches 
2
Good Luck Chuck
Peter Hartlaub
It s worth mentioning for the third time that this movie is much closer to Caligula than Sleepless in Seattle 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Jan Stuart
It s a sexed up dumbed down Dr T and the Women with penguins to pacify women who ve been railroaded into going to this movie by their loutish boyfriends 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Kyle Smith
The sex jokes all of them clammy and stale are reminiscent not of Wedding Crashers but of an Eighth Avenue peep show booth in 1979 
0.5
Good Luck Chuck
Jack Mathews
There s still time but for now Fogler gets my vote for the worst performance of the year 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Amy Biancolli
First time director Mark Helfrich brings a ham fisted insistence on the obvious and a tendency to overstate raunchy humor until the raunch becomes a bore 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
John Monaghan
A desperately unfunny mix of romantic and gross out comedy 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Jeff Vice
Chuck actually goes much further and becomes more sexually crude than Apatow s work and its attempts to become redemptively cute are way too saccharine 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Roger Ebert
Here is the dirty movie of the year slimy and scummy and among its casualties is poor Jessica Alba who is a cutie and shouldn t have been let out to play with these boys 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Wesley Morris
It s a good device either for science fiction or romantic comedy But since there s no intelligence to drive the jokes the gimmick turns tiresome quick 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Vince Koehler
You too will find yourself saying Better luck next time Chuck 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Rick Groen
I d like to be able to say they couldn t pay me to see this flick Alas it s apparent I can be bought and pretty cheaply too 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film demeans women in almost every single way imaginable relying upon crass and sickly stereotypes which could make a Stepford Wife look like a Camille Paglia feminist 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Mark Dujsik
Doesn t bode well for Cook s movie career and it s just another in a line of feature comedies that wouldn t cut it even as television sitcoms 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Willie Waffle
Normally I start to get the dry heaves when I see Dane Cook on the big screen but this movie makes him likable
2.5
Good Luck Chuck
Nick Schager
If I had a choice between suffering through a Dane Cook film or the outtakes from Carrot Top s Chairman of the Board I d go with the latter 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Sue Pierman
Alba shines brightly as the beautiful independent klutz who steals Cook s heart Maybe fate will see to it that appearing in this movie will guarantee her next role is a winner 
2
Good Luck Chuck
Jeff Strickler
Cook has a nice comic personality but zilch in the way of comic material But then it s not as if any of those teenage boys are going to care about that 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Frank Ochieng
A fetid romantic comedy In short if it weren t for bad Luck then the chump Chuck wouldn t have any cinematic luck at all 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The makers of this shameful waste of celluloid have padded their work with fat jokes homophobic jokes gratuitous nudity and various bodily functions while harboring a fundamental hatred for women 
0
Good Luck Chuck
Dustin Putman
When a film has as much going for it as Good Luck Chuck did at the onset and the magic is flying it is positively heartbreaking to watch it all deteriorate by way of such glaring condescension 
2
Good Luck Chuck
Michael Phillips
The film is some sort of humor deprivation experiment 
1
Good Luck Chuck
Phil Villarreal
Somebody please stop Dane Cook before he becomes a movie star 
2
Good Luck Chuck
Josh Larsen
wants to position itself as a first date movie but it s a first date movie for those who don t believe in second ones 
1.5
Good Luck Chuck
James Berardinelli
The final screenplay is as devoid of real emotion as it is of real characters 
2
Good Luck Chuck
Sean McBride
a lot of dirty minded snickers but not as many genuine laughs as you might have hoped for 
2.5
Dumbo
Brian Eggert
It feels hollow and cheap despite the production values 
1.5
Dumbo
Jason Fraley
Tim Burton s new live action remake of Dumbo eliminates too many of the beloved elements of the original classic for a relentlessly gloomy endeavor that s way too sad for its intended child audience 
2
Dumbo
Steven Prokopy
It s visually uninspired despite being helmed by a bonafide visionary Tim Burton who has opted to give us his version of a kid friendly movie instead of his twisted take on the circus 
1.5
Dumbo
Mattie Lucas
Burton finds an old fashioned spirit of kindness and generosity in a film that could have easily been another product in Disney s live action assembly line 
3
Dumbo
David Nusair
Dumbo boasts a whole surfeit of compelling characters and contains a strong portrayal of the tight knit community in which they reside 
3.5
Dumbo
Linda Cook
It doesn t focus on the charming pachyderm but rather the people around him 
3.5
Dumbo
Michael Medved
The movie is visually spectacular and the computer generated beasts particularly Dumbo are unforgettably endearing DUMBO is nearly 2 hours of surprisingly effective enchantment 
3
Dumbo
Matt Brunson
Earmarked for disaster 
1.5
Dumbo
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Dumbo gets an electric jolt of nastiness from Keaton whose malicious grin is a character in its own right and Green whose regal spunkiness confirms she s the 21st century equivalent of Grace Kelly 
3
Dumbo
Sara Michelle Fetters
I believed an elephant could fly this Disney remake a beguiling fantasy that does its animated predecessor proud 
3
Dumbo
Gary Thompson
Like so many modernized supersized reboots this one is twice as long and half as good 
2
Dumbo
Sarah Knight Adamson
The CGI Dumbo looks adorable it s just too bad the little fellow has such a miserable life and that he s actually not the star of his own film also non kid centered and lacks heart 
1.5
Dumbo
Alan French
I can happily report that Dumbo surprised me in a big way It also marks a return to form for Burton as his most personal and visually engaging film in more than a decade 
3
Dumbo
Reginald Ponder
This reincarnation of a Disney classic has to find a way to make Dumbo as exciting as its predecessor while addressing the backlash regarding circuses and animals in captivity While Dumbo does fly the movie doesn t soar 
2
Dumbo
Brandy McDonnell
Dumbo seems to coast on its familiar fairytale concept rather than fully taking flight 
2.5
Dumbo
Barry Paris
Director Tim Burton s live action remake is considerably darker but true to the endearing enduring original in many respects 
3.5
Dumbo
Mike McGranaghan
Dumbo is not a bad movie It is however relentlessly bland and uninspired 
2.5
Dumbo
Dustin Putman
This new Dumbo while not without a few moments of whimsy tries to overcomplicate the beautiful simplicity of the original and what we re left with is not even a quarter of that classic s depth and wonder 
2
Dumbo
Dann Gire
If Tim Burton s visually spellbinding re imagining of Walt Disney s 1941 hand drawn animation classic Dumbo possesses magic it must be in its ability to make things disappear Things like sheer amazement And strong emotions 
2.5
Dumbo
Matthew Passantino
Dumbo offers enough razzle dazzle to justify its existence 
2.5
Dumbo
Pamela Powell
While the story isn t uplifting until the very end and is mediocre in telling the story the performances from Keaton and DeVito help to elevate the entertainment value 
3
Dumbo
Bob Chipman
Probably the worst of the live action Disney remakes so far 
1.5
Dumbo
Rubén Rosario
Burton s latest might lack the sinister playfulness of his best work but even if it doesn t quite soar to the heights it set out for itself it glides confidently into your good graces By a Trunk 
2.5
Dumbo
Josh Terry
For fans well versed in the 1941 version it might be interesting enough to see the original story come to life in live action But it s hard to imagine anyone who hasn t seen the first movie getting too excited by this one 
2.5
Dumbo
Phil Villarreal
Whether or not Disney intended a tale of Dumbo destroying Disneyland to be a metaphor is unclear but a cynical view of the material can sure read it that way 
2
Dumbo
Christian Toto
The classic Disney tale is reborn as a slick but soulless enterprise 
2
Dumbo
Robert Horton
As with Burton s puzzling run of recent films the actual business of telling a story seems not terribly important to him 
2
Dumbo
Sonny Bunch
Disney s latest retread of a beloved cartoon bores
2
Dumbo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Burton also makes Dumbo his very own weirdly the little elephant has more than a little in common with his best creation Edward Scissorhands a mocked and ridiculed outcast with an extraordinary ability and soulfully expressive eyes 
3
Dumbo
Mark Dujsik
Burton continues his own trend of finding and sympathizing with those who are considered society s outsiders and outcasts 
3
Dumbo
Peter Howell
The film s a joy to behold if not to ponder Burton and his crew find magic in their paintbox that s missing in the story 
2.5
Dumbo
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The movie feels both overlong and overstuffed the narrative simultaneously rushed and drawn out 
1
Dumbo
Chris Hewitt
Dumbo expands on the original with enough new ideas to justify itself 
2.5
Dumbo
Jake Coyle
It has charms and melancholies of its own starting naturally with the elephant in the room Of all the CGI make overs this Dumbo is the most textured sweetest and most soulful of creatures 
3
Dumbo
Christy Lemire
Dumbo feels like one of the big eared baby elephant s early flights It s adorable and earnest but it causes a lot of commotion and it only sporadically haltingly soars 
2
Dumbo
Josh Larsen
Nothing is really new or improved only amplified 
2
Dumbo
James Berardinelli
Dumbo is a perfectly adequate family film 
3
Dumbo
Katie Walsh
On paper there s so much potential but the result is a strange amalgamation of influences and agendas Stretched thin this dramatically inert film tries but ultimately says almost nothing at all 
2
Dumbo
Keith Watson
Tim Burton manages to put his stamp on this clunky behemoth of a film but in the end the Mouse always wins 
1.5
Dumbo
Ty Burr
Dumbo flies The movie sadly never soars 
2
Dumbo
Michael O'Sullivan
To paraphrase Keaton s V A Vandevere upon witnessing an elephant take flight Dumbo will make you a child again 
3.5
Dumbo
Peter Canavese
Dumbo has morphed into an fable of modernized entertainment business models and the handling and packaging of IP strange thematic material for a PG Disney movie aimed at families and it gets stranger 
2.5
Dumbo
Oliver Jones
Dumbo is pretty standard issue with corporate necessity seemingly dictating Burton rather than the other way around 
2.5
Dumbo
Soren Andersen
Burton s command of this material and his masterful visual sense makes this Dumbo an engaging delight Like that winsome elephant it really does soar 
3.5
Dumbo
Mick LaSalle
Like the original 1941 Dumbo from Walt Disney this movie will probably outlast every single person connected with it and will move and delight children who haven t yet been born and maybe their kids too 
3
Dumbo
Joey Magidson
This is rather anonymous work from Burton though that actually works to the movie s benefit You can enjoy the story without the filmmaker s quirky touches distracting much 
3
Dumbo
Sean P. Means
Dumbo gets airborne but it s another bumpy flight for a director whose reach so often extends his grasp 
2.5
Dumbo
Robert Daniels
Burton s Dumbo is a hodgepodge and ramshackle mess that like its protagonist often struggles to lift itself from ground 
2.5
Dumbo
John Semley
Abysmally scripted and hammily acted and not for the most part in an interesting or ironic way Dumbo recasts Disney s animated classic in the trappings and suits of Burton s pinstripe and pinwheel upholstery 
2
Dumbo
Rafer Guzman
The original Dumbo flew as gracefully as a balsa wood plane the new Dumbo must flap his ears furiously just to get a foot or so of altitude We never have confidence that he or this film will truly soar 
2
Dumbo
Michael Phillips
I felt warmly toward Dumbo but not Dumbo 
1.5
Dumbo
Johnny Oleksinski
Those flight sequences first suspenseful then euphoric take you back to the classic Dumbo as much as they do to classic Burton 
3
Dumbo
Brian Truitt
When Dumbo soars so does the movie and letting Burton be Burton lends needed freshness to a tale that could use it 
3
Dumbo
Roger Moore
I expected Burton to make me cry I didn t expect him to utterly bum me out 
2
Mermaids
Chris Hicks
When Mermaids is on the mark it s a riot but often it bogs down with pointless set pieces that seem to go nowhere and suffers from an ending that feels contrived and overly sentimental 
2.5
Mermaids
Roger Ebert
I found a lot of it preposterous but I enjoyed that quality Why do we look at movies To learn lessons and see life reflected back at us Sometimes But sometimes we simply sit there in the dark stupefied by the spectacle 
3
Walt Before Mickey
Scott Renshaw
Maybe this is the perfect version for everyone who thought the first hour of the PBS American Experience documentary savaged the idealized legend of Walt Disney 
1.5
Walt Before Mickey
Roger Moore
A dull script flat performances and lighting that would embarrass a wedding photographer ruin a promising Walt pre DISNEY story 
1.5
Girls of the Sun
Steven Prokopy
Strictly as a suspenseful wartime tale the film has a handful of genuinely gripping action sequences that pull no punches as far as the violence which only adds to the movie s authentic feel 
3
Girls of the Sun
G. Allen Johnson
Girls of the Sun has an air of authenticity and grit that s convincing and Farahani an Iranian born actress makes us care 
3
Girls of the Sun
Ann Hornaday
Girls of the Sun is a film of admirable ambition but vexingly uneven execution 
1.5
Girls of the Sun
Christy Lemire
Director and co writer Eva Husson awkwardly combines taut action with treacly melodrama 
2
Girls of the Sun
Peter Howell
It doesn t stint on war movie tropes and cliché filled speeches sometimes to its detriment It fares better in recognizing the humanity and determination of the female soldiers 
2.5
Girls of the Sun
Pat Brown
With its naked celebration of self sacrificial combat and idealization of the soldier as an avenging angel it strikes a tone redolent of old school war propaganda 
2.5
Girls of the Sun
Kate Taylor
The political setting is vague and the results erratic alternating between intense suspense and high bathos 
1.5
Love Affair
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An affair to forget 
1
Love Affair
Betsy Bozdech
Ironically Beatty and Bening s 94 film sticks too closely to the plot of its three hanky predecessors when it should have aimed for something a little more current 
2
Love Affair
Michael Dequina
A tepid remake 
2
Love Affair
Roger Ebert
Love Affair depends on grace and style to make its effect and that s just as well because most of the people seeing this movie are going to know how it turns out 
3
Night and the City
Brian Eggert
Night and the City still explodes with the ferocity of Widmark s urgent presence his ruthless gloating and nervous laughter and the way he grows enraged when not taken seriously 
4
Night and the City
Matt Brunson
Few filled the role of the sweaty anti hero better than Richard Widmark and he s in notable form here 
3.5
Night and the City
Nick Schager
The archetypal film noir 
4
Mission to Lars
Brad Wheeler
One is left with the feeling the trip was more in service of the film s narrative than a dream fulfilling jaunt for Tom 
2.5
Mission to Lars
Chris Knight
The documentary has the somewhat loose feel of a family movie which I suppose is what it is 
2.5
My Own Private Idaho
Carrie Rickey
Although River Phoenix has distinguished himself as an actor ever since his second film Stand By Me nothing he has ever done before prepares you for his performance in Private Idaho as the motherless homeless loveless piece of human driftwood 
3
My Own Private Idaho
Stephen Hunter
Cracked and beautiful stranger than strange yet in some assuring way so pulsing with life that it embraces you as warmly as Father Knows Best 
3
My Own Private Idaho
Candice Russell
Van Sant proves again that he is masterful at charting the hearts and minds of young people adrift 
3
My Own Private Idaho
Dave Kehr
This is a very rich very sympathetic piece of work 
4
My Own Private Idaho
Michael Upchurch
One of the most original cinematic talents at work in this country Van Sant has a knack for pulling disparate elements together and twisting them into wildly funny lyrical odysseys of the mind and heart 
4
My Own Private Idaho
Gary Thompson
The movie weakens every time Mike s story is interrupted by the leaden allusions to Shakespeare 
2.5
My Own Private Idaho
Lou Cedrone
It s a very poetic film That is it includes images that may mean more to the director than the spectator but the film is an interesting one 
2
My Own Private Idaho
Josh Larsen
gets off to a gangbusters start And then Shakespeare butts in 
3
My Own Private Idaho
Rob Humanick
My Own Private Idaho might be the perfect cinematic time capsule for 90s aimlessness universal in its details 
4
My Own Private Idaho
James Kendrick
a unique poetic work of great intimacy and sadness
4
My Own Private Idaho
Matt Brunson
Homosexual road movie that espouses the family values of a Disney feature and the pop art sensibilities of a Warhol piece with a dose of Shakespeare added for good measure 
3
My Own Private Idaho
Peter Travers
An essential testament to the beauty and chops of the late River Phoenix 
4
My Own Private Idaho
Ted Prigge
If played straight this would have had depth but been an awful cinematic experience 
3.5
My Own Private Idaho
Roger Ebert
The achievement of this film is that is wants to evoke that state of drifting need and it does 
3.5
A Bag of Hammers
Lou Lumenick
Brian Crano s very slight debut of a comedy 
2
A Bag of Hammers
Andrew Schenker
Suffers from both an odd ineffective structure and a low key tone that jars uncomfortably with the subject matter and makes the film s stakes seem unnecessary low 
2
A Bag of Hammers
Erik Childress
Brian Crano s A Bag of Hammers turns out to be that rare tale that surprises in its maturity while never losing the reality of leopards trying to change their spots 
3
Theatre of Blood
Matt Brunson
Many actors would kill for the opportunity to perform Shakespeare on screen here Vincent Price gets to have his soliloquy and devour it too 
3
Theatre of Blood
Jeremy Heilman
It has the distinction of being perhaps the most critic proof film ever created 
3
Theatre of Blood
James Kendrick
the inherently gruesome comedy rises naturally from the over the top scenarios and Price s fantastically campy performance
3
The Initiation
David Keyes
107 minutes of witless nonsense populated by performers who would look more at home in after school specials and filmmakers who ought to have been left stranded on the unemployment line 
1
Mindhunters
Peter T. Chattaway
There s nothing particularly deep about this film and Harlin s efforts to jazz things up do occasionally go over the top 
2
Mindhunters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its every brain dead move is designed to cover up the implausible story s beehive of inconsistencies 
1.5
Mindhunters
Marty Mapes
A cool scrappy B movie with no pretentions
2.5
Mindhunters
James Kendrick
More so than any other action director Harlin is able to take mediocre and often outlandishly stupid scripts and punch them up into endlessly watchable guilty pleasure gold 
3
Mindhunters
Jonathan W. Hickman
I came away thinking how uninventive the story was and how a little imagination together with a quick read from any issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine might have helped 
1.5
Mindhunters
Walter Chaw
Garbage of the potential camp classic kind 
1
Mindhunters
Linda Cook
For what it is another stalk n slash Mindhunters has a few moments of intelligence 
2
Mindhunters
Dustin Putman
There is no necessary tension no memorable characters and no sense of fun Instead Renny Harlin just lines up his cast and knocks off their boring asses one at a time 
1.5
Mindhunters
Josh Larsen
a movie in search of a brain 
1
Mindhunters
Sean P. Means
Director Renny Harlin ignores logic or coherence intent on stylishly showing people dying in the most creatively gruesome ways possible 
1
Mindhunters
Mick LaSalle
As effective as a movie can be and yet still be 100 percent forgettable 
2
Mindhunters
Susan Walker
It didn t take much mental power to come up with the plot 
2
Mindhunters
Nicole Perri
The climatic shoot out is laughingly ridiculous as is much of the dialogue 
1.5
Mindhunters
Lisa Rose
In a way the movie title refers not only to the characters but also the audience Enduring this harrowingly derivative tale viewers will wonder where the filmmakers minds were 
1
Mindhunters
Robert W. Butler
Yeah it s pretty bad 
1.5
Mindhunters
Eric Harrison
You d think these agents training would kick in that they d analyze the situation deduce who is behind the killings and put a plan in place to stop it You d be wrong They panic like ants after their hill has been stepped on 
2
Mindhunters
Jennie Punter
There is something inherently mindless and preposterously silly about the whole exercise 
2
Mindhunters
Jeff Vice
It s just so ludicrous so completely unbelievable that you can t help but snicker if not outright howl 
1.5
Mindhunters
Lisa Kennedy
On the way to its finale there s plenty of mayhem to keep you guessing 
2.5
Mindhunters
Lawrence Toppman
Surpasses all other Christie knockoffs 
3
Mindhunters
Wesley Morris
The movie can t even have campy fun with the foolishness in Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin s script 
1
Mindhunters
Kim Morgan
Schlocky and fun 
2.5
Mindhunters
Lou Lumenick
The cinematic equivalent of a corpse left out to rot 
1
Mindhunters
Jack Mathews
The murderer may not be obvious because the script breaks every law of probability and ridiculous is too mild a word to apply to the deaths 
1
Mindhunters
Evan Henerson
This is a roller coaster that s actually fun to ride 
3
Mindhunters
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Mindhunters has the dumbest whodunit thriller plot and the least plausible moves of any film I can think of 
2
Mindhunters
Jeffrey Westhoff
If Mindhunters weren t so repellant Kathryn Morris performance might have been her career breakthrough 
1
Mindhunters
Peter Canavese
At the end of the day building a better mousetrap is just mechanics Within that comment is the philosophy of director Renny Harlin you d best lower your expectations 
2
Mindhunters
Chuck O'Leary
Despite having its release date postponed numerous times over the last two years Mindhunters turns out to be much better than expected 
3
Mindhunters
Erik Childress
The good news is that Paul Schrader s Exorcist prequel is finally going to hit theaters The bad news is that Mindhunters is going to beat it by a week 
1.5
Mindhunters
Rob Blackwelder
These clowns couldn t get jobs as dogcatchers let alone FBI agents 
0.5
Mindhunters
Phil Villarreal
It s cheap dirty fun that doesn t stay to cuddle 
3
Mindhunters
Mack Bates
With too many twists and false alarms chances are not too many people are going to care 
2
Mindhunters
Mike Clark
A contrived unpleasant and very drawn out affair 
1.5
Mindhunters
Roger Ebert
The mystery when it is solved is both arbitrary and explained at great length The killer gives a speech justifying his actions which is scant comfort for those already dead 
2.5
Mindhunters
Steven Rea
The movie s title I guess alludes to the student profilers ability to put themselves in the mind set of a murderer In this witless exercise however Mindhunters more accurately suggests that all parties concerned have lost theirs 
1
Mindhunters
Phoebe Flowers
A thoroughly compelling suspense film That doesn t mean it isn t kind of dumb or largely ridiculous it is both but here dumb ridiculousness has been elevated to an art form 
3
Mindhunters
Jeff Strickler
Profilers are supposed to outsmart their foes But the only brains in evidence are the ones oozing out of head wounds 
1
Mindhunters
Chris Hewitt
There s also a quaintness to Mindhunters because it s a whodunit a style of thriller we don t get much anymore 
3
Mindhunters
Jan Stuart
Manages to be expertly ghoulish and exceptionally dumb at the same time Even your goosebumps will feel a bit stupid before the end 
2
Mindhunters
Allison Benedikt
Mark my words Mindhunters will do for psycho thrillers what Showgirls did for stripper movies 
.5
Mindhunters
James Berardinelli
It s not hard to see why this movie lingered on Dimension s shelves for long 
2
Mindhunters
Matt Brunson
For a movie that s been sitting in Miramax s storage bin for well over a year Mindhunters isn t the train wreck one would have assumed 
2.5
Mindhunters
Nick Schager
Saying super hack Renny Harlin is no Agatha Christie might be the understatement of the millennium 
1.5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Brian Eggert
It s apparent that both the director and his film are interchangeable now 
4
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Robert Horton
For at least the first hour it s wild fun fueled by Gilliam s exuberance and a terrifically funny performance by Adam Driver 
2.5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Rob Thomas
Like many Gilliam films Don Quixote has a lot of great ideas and a few clunkers and Gilliam seems unable to edit himself and distinguish between the two 
3
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Richard Roeper
Adam Driver brings a Nicolas Cage esque zeal to his terrifically loony performance as Toby 
3
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Brian Tallerico
Witty goofy and glorious The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is Terry Gilliam s best film in two decades 
3.5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Mark Dujsik
The good news is that The Man Who Killed Don Quixote exists and the bad news is that the movie seems unsure as to why it exists 
2
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Joey Magidson
Just getting to the finish line with this film is something to celebrate for Gilliam Luckily The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is good filled with tons of imagination 
3
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Niles Schwartz
By the end of Terry Gilliam s film Cervantes s heroes are at last free to move beyond representative confinement and once more speak freely as equals 
3
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Peter Howell
Visually heroic narratively tilting at windmills Terry Gilliam s 25 year obsession with Miguel de Cervantes eccentric knight errant embraces illusion with such devotion I ended up liking The Man Who Killed Don Quixote more than fighting it 
2.5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Roger Moore
A bit over cooked and labored but this legendarily unlucky long gestating project is beautifully set and touchingly acted 
2.5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A failed broken film but interesting Full review in Spanish 
0
A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
A Fragile Trust lays it all out sometimes in manipulative ways but always with clarity so that you understand what happened and how it happened 
3
A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a swift vivid movie but 10 years past the scandal not much is new 
2.5
You Again
Roger Moore
Pretty much the end of Disney s attempt to make Kristen Bell America s Sweetheart 
1.5
You Again
David Nusair
the majority of this stuff wouldn t pass muster on even the hackiest of sitcoms 
1.5
You Again
Peter Canavese
Like staring at whorehouse wallpaper it s sort of interesting but you have a strong feeling you might be wasting your time Blu ray 
.5
You Again
Linda Cook
The script is ridiculous the situations are contrived and the ending is preposterous 
2
You Again
David Roark
You Again has its heart in the right place but it s artless unaccomplished and contrived 
2
You Again
Sean P. Means
A half decent comic premise gets beaten to death with lame slapstick monotone performances and a hug it out finale 
1.5
You Again
John Beifuss
Surprisingly agreeable 
3
You Again
Alicia Potter
Flashbacks of the hazing go down like meta torture as Bell overacts and the clichs stack up 
2
You Again
Rob Humanick
You Again almost gleefully aims for the bottom of the barrel jettisoning everything from consistency of character to every last ounce of dignity once possessed by its cast
.5
You Again
Matt Brunson
Leave it to the old pros in the cast to prevent this from completely sinking into the abyss of immediately forgotten comedies 
2.5
You Again
Bob Bloom
As one character says high school is like a four year prison sentence with no hope of parole After 105 minutes of You Again I felt the same way about the movie 
1.5
You Again
Lana Berkowitz
A frothy end of summer treat 
3
You Again
Willie Waffle
Kristen Bell is stuck pratfalling her way to anonymity
1
You Again
Joe Williams
In the constipated comedy You Again a bullied young woman s reluctance to confront an old enemy produces some flatulent laughs but by the time the movie lets loose it s built up such a toxic aura that it s hard to embrace 
2
You Again
Chris Hewitt
Consistently amusing but only laugh out loud funny in its final scene 
2.5
You Again
Greg Quill
A laugh free script that s underscored by a nasty mean streak 
1.5
You Again
Lou Lumenick
Such a stinker that the only way to improve it would be for Disney to run the negative and all of the prints through an industrial shredder 
0
You Again
Dustin Putman
Few people are going to accuse it of being a new masterpiece of cinema but the terrific cast and buoyant direction sure make it entertaining 
2.5
You Again
Moira MacDonald
You again Another dismissible chick flick that revolves around a wedding and wastes a handful of good actresses by making them behave in a way that no recognizable person would 
1.5
You Again
Sue Pierman
Fickman has a deft touch with romantic comedy serving up deliciously combative scenes that are occasionally interspersed with bits of cheese 
3
You Again
Carrie Rickey
What a waste of talented actresses 
1
You Again
Wesley Morris
This is another miserable movie about women at war over nonsense 
0.5
You Again
Matt Soergel
An oddly unpleasant movie one that aims itself at a female audience then proceeds to humiliate its female characters by making them petty ugly and silly 
1
You Again
Rene Rodriguez
This is the sort of story that relies from its outset on the fact that people have decided not to tell the truth that would have saved everyone a lot of grief and distress 
2
You Again
Roger Ebert
The movie is so laboriously contrived in every atom of its being that the only interest is in seeing if the characters can avoid the destinies decreed for them by ancient formulas 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Brian Eggert
Von Trier takes a dark 44 uncomfortable 44 and pointedly unsexy journey into the lows of her sexuality 44 and the result contains everything an audience expects from a von Trier film by way of strong performances 44 confronting subject matter 44 and uneven results 46 
2.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Mattie Lucas
It is as if Von Trier has finally come out of the psychological woods and revisited and refined the ideas explored there with a more clear and rational mind 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Matt Brunson
I used to be able to count on Lars von Trier to deliver my necessary doses of nihilism but no more 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
John Beifuss
If provocauteur isn t a word it ought to be at least in reference to von Trier 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Duane Dudek
Dedicated cinephiles who feel an obligation to see what von Trier has wrought are unlikely to reach consensus on whether he is an exploitative provocateur or crusading pamphleteer 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Joe Williams
Without an explanation for the protagonist s physical and emotional injuries it s a head scratcher As with Joe s sexual compulsion scratching can t cure the itch 
2.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Christy Lemire
Lars von Trier is funny Who knew That s certainly the most startling revelation to come from Nymphomaniac Vol 1 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Josh Larsen
a complicated and compelling film that s uncomfortable in necessary ways 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Rene Rodriguez
Think of Nymphomaniac Vol 1 as the first half of a longer tale which if von Trier has taught us anything will grow infinitely darker and more harrowing 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It could be the most humane film that von Trier has made in some time 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Robert Levin
An arid deconstruction of female sex addiction written and directed by a man who clearly knows nothing about women 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Perry Seibert
Von Trier s remarkable craft as a moviemaker is on display throughout this is a compulsively watchable film 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
David Nusair
fares much much better than one might ve anticipated 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Sheila O'Malley
Despite the sometimes grim tone and bleak color palate it s an extremely funny film playful even 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Stephen Whitty
One of Von Trier s most sympathetic films since Dancer in the Dark 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Steven Rea
Nymphomaniac Vol I is intimate in your face and mostly enjoyably ridiculous 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Liam Lacey
Von Trier s internal battles with freedom and restrictions though not always pretty or wise provide us with these uniquely troubled stories and images 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Mark Dujsik
Von Trier makes no attempt in these early chapters to explain or psychoanalyze Joe s compulsion for sexual pleasure and neither does he look upon Joe in judgment 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Chris Knight
Not to spoil the ending but about 60 minutes into the combined four hour journey a little corner of my mind idly concocted a particularly stupid unsatisfying conclusion to Joe s confessional And darned if von Trier didn t deliver 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Peter Howell
When you get down to the short strokes Nymphomania is a very good film that could have been a great one 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Rafer Guzman
Highly explicit but more intellectual than erotic Music math and sex make an intriguing jumble of ideas though coherence may not appear until Volume II 
2.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Claudia Puig
For those who don t equate sexual appetite with the intricacies of fly fishing Nymphomaniac Vol 1 is more tiresome than titillating 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Ty Burr
What s most disquieting about Nymph maniac is how funny tender thoughtful and truthful it is even as it pushes into genuinely seamy aspects of onscreen sexuality 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Dann Gire
A mad brave but self indulgent merger of hard core sexual imagery with artistic pretense 
2.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Mick LaSalle
See it if you want to be put off of sex for a month longer if you re older and perhaps for years if you re very young 
1
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Matt Pais
Extremely frank about sexual discovery 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Michael Phillips
If it weren t for the explicit sexual encounters this could be an Ibsen or a Strindberg play unclothed and unmoored from the late 19th or early 20th century 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Chris Hewitt
Vol 1 is elegant and beautifully composed The form Von Trier gives it seems meant to assure us that there will be something to learn in the painful chaos of Joe s life 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Jeff Beck
Thus far it s been clear that Von Trier doesn t have that much material for this project and so it ends up being a rather detrimental decision to try and stretch it out as much as he has 
2
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Peter Travers
Uma Thurman is sensational stealing the movie in a moment that cuts to the core of Von Trier s mixed feelings about female power 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Lou Lumenick
Von Trier has made some wonderful movies Breaking the Waves Melancholia but this pretentious snoozer like Antichrist isn t one of them 
1.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Ela Bittencourt
But whereas female sexuality was borderline vampiric in Antichrist this time we re in more ambiguous contextually richer terrain where desire is complicated not only by love but also by a deep need for self determination and pride 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
David Keyes
Nymphomaniac Volume I is not simply a solid achievement but a formidable one too 
3.5
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
James Berardinelli
Nymphomaniac Volume I is possibly the best movie Lars von Trier has made since Dancer in the Dark 
3
Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Mike McGranaghan
Only in a Lars von Trier film would you find yourself asking the question What was more daring the aspect ratio change or the penis montage 
3
Bartkowiak
Roger Moore
By the book basic and boring MMA melodrama
1
The Restless Conscience
Joe Leydon
The Restless Conscience is superior documentary moviemaking and a gripping history lesson 
4
A Geisha
Derek Smith
Mizoguchi relentlessly contrasts the accepted attitudes of the time with the harsh reality they help to create 
4
Darbareye Elly
Brian Eggert
Farhadi peels back layer after layer of the story to heighten the dramatic stakes gradually revealing his cultural commentary 
3.5
Darbareye Elly
Marty Mapes
Group mentality reaches for one lie after another in Iranian tale
3
Darbareye Elly
Anita Katz
Farahani the standout among the cast has a face Hollywood will soon be touting and can suffer on camera in ways the neorealists would have loved 
3.5
Darbareye Elly
Walter V. Addiego
It s an incisive portrait of a particular society but it should resonate everywhere 
3
Darbareye Elly
Mark Dujsik
About Elly is devastating because the lies here are simultaneously necessary useless and so dreadfully familiar 
3.5
Darbareye Elly
Michael Phillips
There are no false notes anywhere in this cast of performers 
3
Darbareye Elly
Tirdad Derakhshani
Always murmuring just beneath the surface there s a political undercurrent to Farhadi s films a gentle whisper of a critique aimed at the weight of Iran s combined cultural and political intransigence 
3.5
Darbareye Elly
Peter Keough
It is perhaps Farhadi s richest most complex and ambitious 
3.5
Darbareye Elly
Ann Hornaday
A fascinating discovery from a filmmaker whose sensitivity to the most confounding motivations is equalled only by his compassion for those who succumb to them 
3
Darbareye Elly
Rene Rodriguez
About Elly is an exploration of human nature and how sometimes without intending to we hurt the ones we love most including ourselves 
3.5
Darbareye Elly
Farran Smith Nehme
About Elly shows that the ethical dilemmas of ordinary adults can with this level of talent become as gripping as any thriller 
4
Darbareye Elly
Godfrey Cheshire
Its belated appearance should be welcomed by cinephiles as it offers solid proof of this writer director s distinctive gifts 
4
Darbareye Elly
Chuck Bowen
Asghar Farhadi s sensibility embodies a combination of empathy and paranoia that s striking considering that the latter is normally driven by self absorption 
3.5
Forgiveness
Ed Gonzalez
Ultimately the film s stilted design is more transparent than clever for which there shouldn t be any excuse 
2
Forgiveness
Maitland McDonagh
Gabriel and screenwriter Greg Latter tackle a thorny subject and do justice to its complexities for much of the film s running time only succumbing to cliches of healing and closure at the end 
2.5
Forgiveness
Maureen M. Hart
Though the film could have used better explainers for some of its talking heads its message is as satisfying as the sweetest revenge 
3
Forgiveness
Kam Williams
More truth than reconciliation in post Apartheid revenge flick 
4
Queen of Earth
Federico Furzan
Queen of Earth is a rather curious take on paranoia and how personal it can be Two astounding performances make it worthwhile Full review in Spanish 
3
Queen of Earth
Mike McGranaghan
It s amazing that a movie about such a dark subject can play so thrillingly and vibrantly 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Anders Wright
Well made written acted and crafted it s the sort of movie that doesn t go down easy takes no prisoners and leaves you hoping your own life will never resemble theirs 
3
Queen of Earth
Rob Thomas
It s that tension will Catherine really go off the rails and how far will she go when she does that makes Queen of Earth such a transfixing experience 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Molly Eichel
Perry s movie may not be easy to watch but that doesn t mean you shouldn t 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Josh Larsen
both a self conscious homage and a frustrating dither 
1.5
Queen of Earth
Mark Dujsik
While the film might seem like an actors showcase It is that too to deem it exclusively as such would undermine Perry s command of tone and structure 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Ben Sachs
Writer director Alex Ross Perry conjures such a strong atmosphere around his characters and Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston are so powerful in the leads that one gets sucked into their emotional conflict 
3
Queen of Earth
Dustin Putman
Queen of Earth is one of these special mold breaking occasions dipping itself into grotesquery with such sneaky abandon it frequently catches one off guard in the best way possible 
4
Queen of Earth
Amir Soltani
the result is an earth shattering performance in a film that solidifies Perry s place among the most exciting filmmakers working in American cinema today 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Matt Pais
The filmmaker creates a bitter chilling mood the score s strings less musical instruments than choking devices 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Michael Phillips
Perry may never make a movie for the masses whoever they are But his truest work burrows into weird blackly comic places few other filmmakers would dare explore 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Brian Tallerico
Anchored by incredible performances from Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston this is one of the most mesmerizing pictures of the year 
3.5
Queen of Earth
Chuck Bowen
Every beautiful resonant image in writer director Alex Ross Perry s film is fraught with neurotic diaphanous riddles 
4
Lacombe, Lucien
Roger Ebert
Malle s film is about a particular kind of human being one capable of killing and hurting one incapable of knowing or caring about his real motives one who would be a prime catch for basic training and might make a good soldier and not ask questions 
4
Lacombe, Lucien
Marty Mapes
A generation after WWII Louis Malle shed light on French collaborators
4
Lacombe, Lucien
Jay Antani
Malle s absolute faith in his skills as a storyteller and in the inherent power of this true story puts Lacombe Lucien in the company of the best humanist portraits ever filmed 
4
Lacombe, Lucien
Peter Canavese
The collaborationist anti hero finds Malle instantly broaching a cultural taboo compounded when the traitorous young man forces himself into a sexual relationship with a not entirely unyielding girl named France 
4
God Said, Ha!
Michael Dequina
Poignant but never depressing thanks to Sweeney s sharp and it appears therapeutic wit 
3
God Said, Ha!
Robert Roten
It is an odd mixture of the mundane the deeply moving the absurd and the tragic all told with equal enthusiasm 
3
God Said, Ha!
Elias Savada
Julia Sweeney fashions a small poignant survivalist gem that s simple in concept entertaining in delivery and big in heart 
2.5
God Said, Ha!
David N. Butterworth
Were Julia Sweeney not such a gifted comedienne listening to her uncompromising account of her brother Michael s struggle with lymphatic cancer would be unbearable 
3
God Said, Ha!
Ross Anthony
you will likely find this picture as therapeutic as a support group should you or a family member be stricken with a cancer 
2
God Said, Ha!
Roger Ebert
At the end of the film we feel we ve been through a lot with Julia and Mike Sweeney and their family We re sad but we re smiling I was thinking Life s like that 
3.5
Afghan Cycles
Roger Moore
Revelatory but not nearly as upbeat and uplifting as the filmmaker hoped it would be 
2.5
Before Night Falls
Austin Kennedy
This could have been a compelling movie about a wonderful writer but instead it s a tedious pointless mess After spending over 2 hours with Arenas I still knew nothing about him Javier Bardem s great performance seemed to be a complete waste 
1.5
Before Night Falls
Nick Rogers
Before Night Falls exuberantly portrays a writer whose legacy remains an acutely observant childhood spirit that no perversion of politics could break Javier Bardem blends the swagger of Robert Downey Jr and the brooding of a young Al Pacino 
4
Before Night Falls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
despite a real commitment to Arenas and his work the film just falls short 
2.5
Before Night Falls
Forrest Hartman
The cinematography is beautiful and clearly shows the director s artistic bent but the storytelling is often disjointed Ultimately Before Night Falls is more successful as a Javier Bardem showcase than a movie 
2.5
Before Night Falls
Michael Dequina
Bardem simply does what the script calls for him to do which is basically sustain a look of pain for two hours plus 
2
Before Night Falls
Marty Mapes
Some may find Before Night Falls boring because of its episodic nature and its lack of a single overriding plot But Before Night Falls has some great qualities 
3
Before Night Falls
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sencillamente una de las mejores y ms emotivas cintas del ao
3
Before Night Falls
Dan Lybarger
Schnabel can take on an apparently spent genre like the biopic and produce a pair of films that ooze vitality as they give their subjects a much needed celebration 
3
Before Night Falls
Susan Stark
The main reason to see Before Night Falls is Bardem one of the few modern actors with real animal appeal and the guts to show it 
3
Before Night Falls
David Keyes
A trip to the bookstore to pick up Arenas memoirs might be a better decision than seeking out this miscalculated character drama 
2.5
Before Night Falls
Roger Ebert
Arenas is not presented as a cliche as the heroic gay artist crushed by totalitarian straightness but as a man who might have been approximately as unhappy no matter where he was born 
3.5
Before Night Falls
Rod Armstrong
Before Night Falls is successful because of their skill at composing and portraying the film s primary focus It s just a shame that Schnabel neglects to fill in the rest of the portrait 
3
Before Night Falls
Lou Lumenick
Anyone expecting a hard hitting biography will be disappointed by Julian Schnabel s soft edged dreamy and relatively nonpolitical film 
2.5
Before Night Falls
Rob Blackwelder
What drives this engrossing biography is the potent but subtle complex intimate and magnetic portrayal of the author by Javier Bardem 
3
Before Night Falls
James Berardinelli
An intriguing and sporadically powerful motion picture with a stellar central performance 
3
Before Night Falls
Greg Dean Schmitz
A valuable film because it tells a tale of Cuban struggle and hardship of a type that we surprisingly don t see that often in film 
3.5
The F**k-It List
Peter Canavese
Pays lip service to questioning the systemic fallacies of American education and capitalism but offers only the shallowest of platitudes in their place before an ending that says f k it to the notion of a coherent message 
.5
The F**k-It List
Roger Moore
What a crock of s t 
1
Ferlinghetti
Chuck Bowen
Christopher Felver is too reverent to properly convey the invigoratingly profane angry messiness of the sense of community that Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his peers too briefly brought to life 
1.5
Ferlinghetti
V.A. Musetto
With Americans civil liberties under constant threat it s comforting to know that Ferlinghetti is still with us 
3
Love Streams
Roger Ebert
The movie is exasperating because we never know where we stand or what will happen next I think that s one of its strengths There s an exhilaration in this roller coaster ride through scenes that come out of nowhere 
4
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Peter Howell
Quietly illustrates the eternal conundrum of trying to be good without being a do gooder and trying to be independent while also recognizing the need for a helping hand 
3
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Roger Moore
The lack of dramatic fireworks mute the film s impact somewhat 
2.5
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Sarah-Tai Black
What Tailfeathers and Hepburn have shared is a practice of filmmaking that grapples with these exact intricacies of embodiment and acknowledges them as wholly inextricable from Indigenous presents and futures 
4
The Trumpet of the Swan
Jay Carr
Too bad the director didn t set his mind to making a film parents could enjoy too 
2
The Trumpet of the Swan
Susan Stark
A shallow tacky finally soupy revision of a wry noticing resonant elegant deeply romantic story 
1
The Trumpet of the Swan
Rick Groen
The movie leeches from the book most of what makes the story wonderful The sly humour and the occasional dark edge that keeps the inherent sweetness on the safe side of sentimentality 
2
The Trumpet of the Swan
Roger Ebert
An innocuous family feature that s too little too late in the fast moving world of feature animation 
1.5
Still/Born
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An entertaining horror film 
1.5
Still/Born
Norman Gidney
Still Born is a genuinely original horror movie that gives a knowing glance to Rosemary s Baby and Gaslight while offering a disarming mix of humor and scares 
3
Still/Born
Nick Allen
An inspired enough take on a woman s horror where the fear of losing her other baby becomes a terror itself as expressed through an excellent performance 
3
The Patron Saints
Kate Taylor
An unflinching look at the inevitable tragedy that is senescence 
3
Bigfoot
Roger Ebert
Big Foot is usually shot from a camera angle between his toes making him loom over the camera like King Kong but when we see him straight on he looks about five feet ten inches or eleven inches tall 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Brian Eggert
The best musicals are those with songs that develop naturally within a story instead of obligatorily filling every moment with yet another song 46 This is not one of them 46 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Kelly Jane Torrance
Rock of Ages might be lowbrow entertainment But there s nothing to be embarrassed about in enjoying it 
3
Rock of Ages
David Keyes
One does not so much watch the movie as they stare on in maddening disbelief 
1
Rock of Ages
Jeff Beck
Rock of Ages just never comes together resulting in a mishmash of mostly bland music and undeveloped stories 
2
Rock of Ages
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Rock of Ages benefits substantially from its fast paced and thoroughly energetic opening few minutes 
2.5
Rock of Ages
James Kendrick
brimming with guilty pleasures for those who are nostalgic for big hair and big power chords but like many musicals of its ilk the story that binds the songs together is decidedly lacking
2
Rock of Ages
Linda Cook
Yeah Monster Ballads is blasting out here on my iPod And I m not ashamed to admit it I ll bet I m among thousands of viewers who just saw Rock of Ages and simply had to listen to some more 1980s era tunes 
3
Rock of Ages
Matt Brunson
Not good enough to recommend or bad enough to qualify as a worthwhile guilty pleasure Instead it s a sanitized pop show that makes rock roll seem about as raw reckless and dangerous as a class of kindergartners singing Itsy Bitsy Spider 
2
Rock of Ages
Lori Hoffman
Despite a mildly entertaining performance by Tom Cruise as a pampered sexed up and boozy rock idol in Rock of Ages the film is a major disappointment
1.5
Rock of Ages
Tyler Hanley
Tom Cruise s magnetic performance almost makes the movie worth the price of admission Almost 
2
Rock of Ages
John Beifuss
You ll sympathize with the prudes when the pro rock forces fight back with a chorus of Starship s We Built This City 
2
Rock of Ages
Keith Cohen
his crowd pleasing film provides goofy fun and outrageous moments A nostalgic good time is guaranteed as you listen to great voices sing these memorable songs You will find yourself laughing at the hilarious surprises along the way Cruise is 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Erik Childress
It is as if the writers tossed off everything they learned from Almost Famous and instead went with the subtle empowerment message of Coyote Ugly That s right folks if you are a woman appearing in Rock of Ages chances are you a big ol whore 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Mike McGranaghan
It s like someone ate an 80s record collection puked it up and then ran it through a film projector 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Rob Thomas
Rock of Ages is like those embarrassing old photos of yourself from the 80s even as you roll your eyes at the bad fashion decisions you feel a lot of affection for that misbegotten youth 
3
Rock of Ages
Peter Canavese
Shankman s frappé of 80s rock is hideous but weirdly fascinating this is a movie you ll never be able to un see so think carefully 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Perry Seibert
If you get people to pay for tickets to a show where the big selling point is they ll hear songs they already know and love why bother creating an actual story or compelling characters 
2
Rock of Ages
Lisa Kennedy
Pour some sugar on it indeed 
3.5
Rock of Ages
Eric Melin
Guilty pleasure material for sure but it s weirder and smarter than that Drop your guard and revel in the innuendo the energy the music and all the terrific supporting performances 
3
Rock of Ages
Alison Gang
The film feels much like where it came from modern day Broadway a formerly grimy section of New York City that s been scrubbed clean and thoroughly Disneyfied 
1
Rock of Ages
Robert Levin
This isn t really a movie It s a collection of covers And if it s possible to have a decent time you can t help but be struck by the emptiness of it all 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The effect is like being stuck at a cheesy wedding with a bad cover band 
2
Rock of Ages
Stephen Whitty
The film s problems begin with who it cast as its leads 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Liam Lacey
Far too mild for its supposedly outrageous subject 
2
Rock of Ages
Rafer Guzman
Cruise once again steals the show but this time he drives it straight off a cliff 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Lou Lumenick
This plodding mess may help put to rest Hollywood s inexplicable two decade love affair with the awful 80s a pop culture decade that s overdue for a break 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Ann Hornaday
It s content to keep toes tapping when it should be bringing the arena to its feet 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Willie Waffle
Just some excuse Tom Cruise found to get more greased up and shirtless than he did playing volleyball in Top Gun
1.5
Rock of Ages
Bob Bloom
Tom Cruise walks off with the film He understands what is required of him as Jaxx playing it as an amalgamation of many of the era s biggest rock icons 
3
Rock of Ages
Austin Kennedy
The movie has it s tongue through it s cheek as opposed to just tongue in cheek It knows how stupid it is and embraces it ROCK OF AGES isn t full of great nuances or anything meaningful It s just one hell of a good time 
3.5
Rock of Ages
Dustin Putman
Yeah it s kind of repetitive and something of a mess but every time the chords of another classic song strike up game audiences will find the movie s eager to please Don t Stop Believin charms to be next to irrepressible 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Mark Dujsik
Individually all of these shortcomings could be tolerable combined they form an unholy alliance of painfully forced kitsch 
1
Rock of Ages
Claudia Puig
Don t stop believing Just avoid clichéd musicals that try to capture the anarchic spirit of rock with trite commercial re treads 
2
Rock of Ages
Amy Biancolli
No matter how you feel about Guns N Roses Tom Cruise s as a bandanna headed Axl Rose type will hit you as the purest bit of genius in the man s entire film career 
3
Rock of Ages
Lawrence Toppman
It vacillates between popcorn silliness and faux profundity for two hours until it finally runs out of breath 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Sean P. Means
Hough is an amazing dancer and a promising actress but as a singer she s reedy and wispy her voice is more suitable for Nashville rather than the raw energy of the rock world 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Peter Keough
Despite some inspired crude humor Rock of Ages is just another meretricious and cynical example of what it occasionally makes fun of 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Steven Rea
There are worse ways to spend a couple of hours than with this odd assortment of courageous thespians bringin on the heartbreak and feelin the noize 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Connie Ogle
For a movie that prides itself on celebrating music Adam Shankman s Rock of Ages is oddly tone deaf 
1
Rock of Ages
Duane Dudek
The songs in Rock of Ages are by bands like Twisted Sister Starship Styx Foreigner Poison and Journey but are sung by the actors They are as familiar as they are forgettable like the film itself 
2.5
Rock of Ages
James Berardinelli
There s a variable quality to the vocals but the production design and choreography are solid leading to a cheesy enjoyability 
3
Rock of Ages
Chris Hewitt
If you know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams I bet you ll think it s good dumb fun 
3
Rock of Ages
Matt Soergel
If you ve ever wanted to see a partially clothed fully comical sex scene set to Foreigner s I Want to Know What Love Is well this is where you go 
3
Rock of Ages
Peter Travers
There s no denying the party time pow of Rock of Ages or of Tom Cruise s performance 
3
Rock of Ages
Jon Niccum
Rock of Ages is like two hours of karaoke at a bar that plays only songs you hear at strip joints 
2
Rock of Ages
Rex Reed
It s about as entertaining as an iron lung 
0
Rock of Ages
Joe Williams
To his credit campy director Adam Shankman knows that his source material is a joke but it s a joke at the expense of musical history 
2
Rock of Ages
Gary Thompson
Tom and his auto tuned voice do okay with Wanted Dead or Alive Musically Rock of Ages is fun 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Matt Pais
It was a time when fake boobs would get you backstage but phoniness like Rock of Ages deserves to be tossed out the back door on its ass 
0
Rock of Ages
Rich Heldenfels
Bland lead actors blah musical arrangements and an attempt to make 80s LA PG 13 add up to an unconvincing overlong and often humorless spectacle 
1.5
Rock of Ages
Ty Burr
Rock of Ages is exuberant silly overlong sexist it s clever in little matters and proudly dumb in the things that should count 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Peter Howell
How can you hate a film that promotes its guitar pick thin story with the surprisingly honest advertising tagline Nothin But a Good Time 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Moira MacDonald
I cannot possibly dislike a movie in which Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand equipped with abundant 80s tresses sing I Love Rock Roll into a hairbrush 
2.5
Rock of Ages
Michael Phillips
A few days after seeing a screening I was driving by a billboard for the movie and I thought well who knows That might be fun Then I realized I d already seen it And forgotten it 
2
Rock of Ages
Roger Ebert
The actors are having a lot of fun and the production values of the musical numbers are slick and high spirited 
3
Rock of Ages
Nick Schager
If the Adam Shankman film s debasement of its subject into campy kitsch is the unavoidable fate of all culturally dangerous art that doesn t make it any less palatable 
.5
Rock of Ages
Karen D'Souza
Choppy editing tepid pacing and generic vocals are bad enough to rival Grease 2 
1
Rock of Ages
Roger Moore
The director never got over his contempt for the music 
2
Rock of Ages
Christy Lemire
If this era was a formative time in your life and you re feeling a yearning for kitschy nostalgia Rock of Ages provides a sufficiently fun little escape 
2.5
Baron Blood
Roger Ebert
Sometimes you can enjoy horror movies because they re so bad but Baron Blood isn t bad enough 
2
Red Riding Hood
Brandy McDonnell
The clunky dialogue overstuffed story and cartoonish special effects riddle the lycanthropic fantasy thriller like a hail of silver bullets 
2.5
Red Riding Hood
Roger Moore
For all the heaving bosoms the big eyed flirtation and the cool Medieval fairytale hair products it doesn t work 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Jeff Beck
With this film and the first Twilight Hardwicke has shown that she doesn t have much talent for direction and that she isn t that good a judge of material if this is the kind of film she keeps choosing 
2
Red Riding Hood
Mike McGranaghan
Mildly diverting if you re curious but don t expect to be blown away 
2.5
Red Riding Hood
Glenn Lovell
We always suspected the kid in the red cloak had a dark side The new Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried confirms our suspicions 
2
Red Riding Hood
David Nusair
By the time the narrative segues into its seemingly endless witch hunt phase Red Riding Hood has certainly established itself as a turkey of almost impressive proportions 
1
Red Riding Hood
Linda Cook
What is going on with this fairy tale thing First Beastly and now this 
2
Red Riding Hood
Richard Larson
Red Riding Hood is sort of like a hook up that you remember more or less fondly but still would never tell your friends about 
2
Red Riding Hood
Rex Reed
Catherine Hardwicke is Anne Rice with a camera 
2
Red Riding Hood
John Beifuss
My what big eyes Seyfried has the better to see what Like Hardwicke s previous films even The Nativity Story this is an extreme coming of age story about young people coping with extraordinary circumstances Yet the focus is unclear 
2.5
Red Riding Hood
Eric Melin
This shameless joyless affair hinges on a whodunit mystery that is so obvious in the first reel it leaves you wondering Is that all there is Unfortunately it is 
.5
Red Riding Hood
Matt Brunson
It s hard to bury oneself in the picture s moody period setting when the central thrust remains that Valerie basically has to choose between Justin Bieber and a Jonas Brother 
2
Red Riding Hood
Stephen Whitty
If you re a Twilight fan you may feel as though you ve already seen this And if you re not well why would you be interested in something like this at all 
2
Red Riding Hood
Keith Cohen
This suspense filled mystery keeps the audience guessing as to the human identity of the werewolf This crowd pleasing guilty pleasure will exceed all your expectations It turns a familiar children s bedtime story into a 
3
Red Riding Hood
Sara Michelle Fetters
This thing is so heavy handed so overly melodramatic so unabashedly sensationalistic it s almost like Hardwicke and Johnson were making it all up as filming went along 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Roger Ebert
Red Riding Hood has the added inconvenience of being dreadfully serious about a plot so preposterous it demands to be filmed by Monty Python 
1
Red Riding Hood
Tyler Hanley
The unfortunate combination of a hackneyed script and inexperienced acting makes the film feel like the big budget version of a bad high school play 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Robert W. Butler
This isn t your typical fairy tale version of Little Red Riding Hood Actually it s hard to tell just what this film by Catherine Hardwicke is meant to be 
2
Red Riding Hood
Robert Levin
A ridiculous teenybopper geared retooling of the fairy tale 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Willie Waffle
Just icky 
0
Red Riding Hood
Liam Lacey
What big eyes and lips Amanda Seyfried has And what nice cheekbones Julie Christie who plays her grandmother has Unfortunately these are about the only outstanding features in Red Riding Hood 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Steven D. Greydanus
In spite of all the Twilightery the movie shows just enough interest in its fairy tale inspiration to make its failure frustrating 
2
Red Riding Hood
Joe Williams
Red Riding Hood is such a sorrowful attempt to resurrect the marketing magic of Twilight that it ought to be titled Career Eclipse 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Chris Hewitt
Red Riding Hood has absolutely no sense of humor about its own ridiculousness and when it s so busy taking itself seriously there s no reason the rest of us should 
1
Red Riding Hood
Kyle Smith
Hardwicke has a gift for taking situations of bloodcurdling thrills and investing them with all of the drama of a sophomore fussing over her prom date 
1
Red Riding Hood
Ann Hornaday
A lurid loopy utterly ludicrous enterprise that seeks to twist the ultimate fable of feminine fear and victimhood into an allegory for finding your inner bad girl 
1
Red Riding Hood
Bob Bloom
Red Riding Hood has some moments but overall it is plodding and dull 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Mark Dujsik
Hardwicke s envisioning rarely achieves the sort of nightmarish quality the material suggests 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Erik Childress
The wolf attacks few and far are roughly the equivalent of a bedtime story that puts the adult to sleep while the six year old gives the finger to the monster under the bed for looking so fake 
0.5
Red Riding Hood
Walter Chaw
horribly written horribly performed but they didn t have a chance directed by someone that cameras should file a restraining order against edited by a cast iron moron
0
Red Riding Hood
Michael Phillips
Overheated yet underpowered 
2
Red Riding Hood
Amy Biancolli
Red Riding Hood is just another movie about a girl pining for a boy defined by a boy held back by a boy And that s not pretty 
2
Red Riding Hood
Dustin Putman
Shot on chintzy soundstages that look like the sets from Fraggle Rock the film doesn t work as horror as whimsical folk tale or as a romance It does however work on occasion as bad dinner theatre 
1
Red Riding Hood
Peter Travers
Seeing the plot of Twilight get stuffed into Little Red s riding hood is a painful business But look for a fat box office 
1
Red Riding Hood
Duane Dudek
Twilight lite a reduction of primal impulses into monosyllabic and mono symbolic teen speak 
2
Red Riding Hood
Steven Rea
Seyfried holds the camera s attention playing this storybook business pretty much straight although David Leslie Johnson s script puts the actress sorely to the test 
2
Red Riding Hood
Sean O'Connell
Gary Oldman bless his heart chews scenery faster than a wolf chomping on a villager but even his fangs aren t sharp enough to puncture the layer of cheese Hardwicke coats atop her dreadful film 
1
Red Riding Hood
Ty Burr
A laughably inept series of adolescent poses trying to pass itself off as a movie 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
James Berardinelli
Poor Amanda Seyfried One of today s most lively and expressive young actresses she finds herself stuck between two lifeless pieces of wood 
2
Red Riding Hood
Moira MacDonald
A movie that has little reason to exist other than as a showcase for Seyfried s uncannily beautiful face framed prettily in red and as the latest in a line of fairy tales on the big screen 
2
Red Riding Hood
Connie Ogle
According to legend a silver bullet can kill a werewolf Too bad it can t slay bad writing without which the ill conceived Red Riding Hood would not exist 
1
Red Riding Hood
Linda Barnard
Hardwicke helms Red Riding Hood with a clear vision for her target audience young teens There s violence but little blood some chaste sexy bits and a few swift scares 
2.5
Red Riding Hood
Matt Pais
A silly mockery of a classic say the Three Little Pigs 
1.5
Red Riding Hood
Peg Aloi
Fattening fairy tales for the screen is tricky and Hardwicke gets it half right valorizing romance over duty integrity over tyranny 
2.5
Red Riding Hood
Phil Villarreal
Here s hoping Hardwicke can top this masterpiece with her inevitable adaptation of Jack Jumps Over the Candlestick 
1.5
Uvanga
Geoff Pevere
Even the natural beauty serves as reminder of what isn t there and I m not just talking about nightfall 
2
Uvanga
Linda Barnard
A story of homecoming and reconciliation told in the patient rhythmic cadences of Inuit voices 
3
Love Story
James Kendrick
It wears its heart on its sleeve and makes no apologies remember what love means and more than anything that is what audiences responded to then and continue to respond to today 
2.5
Love Story
Matt Brunson
The impact of Love Story cannot be overstated Yet despite its touchstone status it s not a particularly good film 
2
Love Story
Roger Ebert
Hiller earns our emotional response because of the way he s directed the movie 
4
Cannes Man
Mike McGranaghan
There s some fun to be had even if Cannes Man never achieves the bulls eye brilliance of Altman s The Player 
2.5
The We and the I
Rick Groen
Credit Gondry like Tocqueville before him with at least re examining tired clichés and scraping the rust off stereotypes 
3
The We and the I
Linda Barnard
An occasionally interesting glimpse into the lives of a diverse group of urban teens and their struggles but also a film that s overly long and often annoying 
2
The We and the I
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gondry s film is like a huge community alive and despite a layer of protective swagger full of sympathy and love 
3
The We and the I
Walter V. Addiego
Gondry has talent and I think he enjoyed being with these youngsters but the film suffers in trying to impose something vaguely like a story on a framework that boils down to teen high jinks during a bus ride 
2
The We and the I
John Hartl
The We and the I is a collection of very thin stories many of which feel incomplete 
2
The We and the I
Elizabeth Horkley
Organic interactions are interrupted by Gondry s words or abandoned in favor of fantasy sequences The film s verisimilitude too often takes a backseat to conventional storytelling and Gondry s whimsical aesthetic 
2
The We and the I
Micha&#322; Oleszczyk
A vivid snapshot of an interracial group of teenagers as they take a bus ride home on the last day of school 
3.5
The We and the I
Kyle Smith
Fake documentaries annoy me why not put in the effort and deliver the real thing and this one is not only aimless and stiff it also rings false 
1.5
The We and the I
Robert Levin
Evoking a New York City commuter s nightmare this movie aims for poignancy but achieves mostly exasperation 
2
The We and the I
Mike McGranaghan
Often raucously funny and occasionally touching with real insight into the behavior patterns of adolescents 
3
The We and the I
Jesse Cataldo
A delirious representation of incipient personalities in bloom its form as amorphous and reckless as the vibrant youths it portrays 
3.5
Pete's Dragon
David Nusair
Saddled with an absurdly overlong running time 128 minutes and a raft of forgettable songs 
1.5
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Namrata Joshi
With Bunty Aur Babli Yashraj had stuck a chord with small town India I doubt if they would be able to repeat it with Lagaa 
1
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Michael Dequina
One can t help but sense an edgier braver film fighting to break free 
2
My Giant
Lisa Alspector
My Giant becomes strikingly incongruous with the circumstances of its making in real life Muresan has racked up a high profile screen credit 
3
My Giant
Mike Clark
Too bad My Giant couldn t be reborn as a smarter sap free movie 
2
My Giant
Roger Ebert
It s interesting the way Muresan in real life a center for the NBA s Washington Wizards establishes himself on screen as a stable area of calm while the plot scurries around him 
2
Saturday Church
Sheila O'Malley
A sweet film with a purity of purpose and intent elevating it above other films portraying similar struggles 
3
Saturday Church
Sara Stewart
Under the generous debut direction of Damon Cardasis there s enough heart and raw truth here to uplift the moments that falter 
3
Saturday Church
Diego Semerene
Writer director Damon Cardasis follows a rather didactic approach to his 14 year old s protagonist s plight in Saturday Church 
1.5
Saturday Church
Clayton Davis
The power of the musical knows no boundaries but so seldom explored as we get to witness in dbut director Damon Cardasis invigorating film Saturday Church 
3.5
Tempest Storm
Johanna Schneller
Mainly the film suffers because Storm is not at all introspective It s all access and no insight 
2
Tempest Storm
Linda Barnard
Often poignant and occasionally heartbreaking Storm who still looks good and can work a shimmy despite breaking a hip a while back sticks her chin out and quotes Muhammad Ali I m still the greatest 
3
Tempest Storm
Matt Bobkin
While these elements on paper seem to explore the precarious balance between career and commitment they don t thematically coalesce until the end of the film long after it should have been played for more effect 
1.5
Out Stealing Horses
Lisa Trifone
Skarsgård delivers a reliably compelling performance in the film s most poignant moments 
3
Out Stealing Horses
Simon Abrams
There s some appreciable serenity and a lot of personal grief on display in Out Stealing Horses but it s only visible in fits and starts 
2
Out Stealing Horses
Mark Dujsik
It s melancholy and rather bluntly honest for sure It s also befuddling and entirely anti climactic 
2
Out Stealing Horses
Roger Moore
Moland has made a movie as repressed as his characters and even the triumph of that becomes a bit much for the viewer to bear 
2.5
Phoenix Forgotten
Federico Furzan
A forgettable found footage flick based on an incident that could have used a better script Very effective in its third act Full review in Spanish 
2
Phoenix Forgotten
Josh Terry
Phoenix Forgotten is more intense than scary and won t make anyone lose any sleep unless they re still waiting for a payoff that just isn t going to come 
2
Phoenix Forgotten
Roger Moore
Great Blair Witch style found footage lame meekly acted and easily forgotten framing footage 
1.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Frank Ochieng
Hello My Name is Doris is indeed a good greeting for introduction but as a sturdy and consistent character study it never quite gels although the always resourceful veteran Sally Field is a welcoming timeless selling point 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Pamela Powell
Hello My Name Is Doris is a film that proves we are never too old to feel young but disproves that with age comes wisdom all in a very genuine and humorous way 
4
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Christopher Schobert
For Field Doris may just herald a career rebirth 
3.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Sara Michelle Fetters
Showalter navigating things in such a way that he s able to pay off early jokes in a way that feels cathartic and genuine yet is still humorous while also allowing for an aura of jovial possibility that s positively joyous 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
David Keyes
A small vehicle simple and altruistic but it rises to joyous consistency because Field grips us with her dependable blend of quirks for nearly every frame she occupies space 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Peter Howell
Field and director Michael Showalter who also co writes with Laura Terruso find humanity within the humour 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Alexander Huls
The familiarity of its humour would be easier to forgive if its narrative ambitions weren t equally recognizable 
2
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Roger Moore
A sleeper for senior citizens this year s Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Linda Cook
You ll have a Sally Field day with Doris 
3.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
John Serba
It s a feel good movie you won t feel guilty for enjoying or even loving 
3.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Mike McGranaghan
There is a lot of laughter and a lot of pathos in Hello My Name Is Doris Sally Field delivers one of the finest performances of her career 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
John Beifuss
The film is much like its title character Its colorful cutesy pie surface camouflages a dark interior 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Barbara Vancheri
Field is at the top of her game and you will cringe worry fear and cheer for Doris 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Rick Bentley
Hello My Name Is Doris is aimed at an older audience but Field s performance has so much youthful energy that it ends up being a broader story of the first buds of love that like Doris would be acceptable and entertaining with any crowd 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Michael Smith
Amid all the darkness in our world Hello My Name is Doris is a simple delightful little human comedy You know like life itself 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Anita Katz
A likable actress Field bravely makes Doris a challenge to like And against all likelihood we re captivated 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Sean P. Means
Field s charm rises to the top turning Doris many neuroses into a fully realized and tenderly sympathetic character 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Rafer Guzman
A winning comedy drama built around one of cinema s most endearing leading ladies 
3.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Rob Thomas
I hope Showalter never abandons the caustic absurdist satire he s known for but Hello My Name is Doris is an empathetic and satisfying step in a new direction for him 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Mark Dujsik
There are a lot of things that could have gone wrong with this material but Hello My Name Is Doris avoids all of the possible pitfalls 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Molly Eichel
A running joke about hipster clichs is tiresome and the movie s plot threads are uneven But watching Field work her magic is so delightful 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Peter Keough
After mugging us for laughs with grotesque close ups of her bewildered disgruntled or near orgasmic expressions Field next tries to touch our hearts with her pitifulness Stay away crazy woman 
1.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Calvin Wilson
If you ve ever been hopelessly in love and who among us hasn t you ll likely recognize some part of yourself in the unrealistic but upbeat Doris 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Robert W. Butler
Doris may be a convenient cinematic conceit but Field gives her real juice moving from a timid wraith to someone who realizes to her amazement that she might be lovable 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Ann Hornaday
A weirdly off plumb little movie one that manages to be condescending and compassionate knowing and blinkered reassuring and unsettling all at the same time 
2
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Moira MacDonald
Field carrying the movie on her shoulders and handing it to us for our approval makes us root for wistful Doris Single handedly she makes the movie work 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Dustin Putman
Like its blessedly quirky heart on her sleeve one of a kind title character Hello My Name Is Doris is beautiful and irreplaceable just as it is 
3.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Peter Canavese
Unlikely as it may be the relationship begins to seem as plausible to us as to the willfully optimistic Doris which is a testament to the performers transcending the script s default mode of condescension 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Peter Travers
Watching Sally Field is one of the pleasures of going to the movies Doris doesn t always give her the material she deserves But even when the film fails her Field never fails to shine 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Susan Wloszczyna
Some might dismiss this tale of a blooming wallflower as simply a manipulative twee fantasy But for those of us who trust in Field this film will have us at Hello 
3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Katie Walsh
At times Hello My Name is Doris can feel too real too raw but it demonstrates the power of decency kindness owning up to things and confronting your own issues 
3.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Sara Stewart
It s great to see a role for an older woman that doesn t require her to dispense pearls of wisdom or traverse the ravages of dementia and that acknowledges that people in their 60s and beyond still have sex drives 
2.5
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Carson Lund
Michael Showalter is content to trade They Came Together s mischievous genre deconstructionism for cheap shot indie quirk 
2
Devil's Gate
Federico Furzan
Its twist allows it to survive the VOD trait that hurts it from the start Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Devil's Gate
Sara Michelle Fetters
I really dug the first two thirds of director and co writer Clay Staub s Devil s Gate the initial setup and the kinetically enthralling second act bolting me forward in my seat 
2.5
Funny Tweets
Pamela Powell
While social media platforms can seem overwhelming and unnecessary Funny Tweets gives Twitter a different spin one of positivity and acceptance of this digital world 
3.5
A Short History of Decay
Matthew Kassel
Modest but winsome 
3
A Short History of Decay
Kyle Smith
Maren s script isn t deep but it s heartfelt without being sticky suggesting that the best way to deal with aging parents is to savor every tender frustration while you can 
2.5
After the Rehearsal
Roger Ebert
What we are left with at the end of After the Rehearsal however is the very strong sense of an artist who has sacrificed many lives for the sake of his art and now wonders if perhaps one of those lives was his own 
4
Endangered
Peter Canavese
Journalism under attack in 2022 in an unfortunately timely documentary that everyone should see 46 
3.5
Endangered
Peter Sobczynski
An eye opening and often enraging glimpse at four journalists attempting to do their jobs circa 2020 and the attacks they endure as a result 46 
3.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Michael Sragow
Kaos is so in love with pyrotechnics and so arrogant in his assumptions about his audience that in the first few minutes he presents one critical car explosion without explanation then has his characters discuss another one 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Alex Kaloostian
The subplots are so complicated it s difficult to keep up let alone care 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Maitland McDonagh
For all the sundered families bereaved mothers and mourning spouses there s not a shred of genuine feeling in the entire film 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Jami Bernard
Between explosions there is enough room left for only minimal character development 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Wesley Morris
Director Wych Kaosayananda or Kaos to you is stupendously inept unable even to properly light a combat sequence 
0.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Nick Rogers
The backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense 46 
0
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Tyler Hanley
Wanton gunfire and witless good guys saturate this sadly scripted waste of hard earned movie money 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Frank Ochieng
Kaosayananda s approach to this thunderous and over indulgent stylish stinker is quite simplistic load up on excessive explosions that s meant to give a personality to a straining and exceedingly moronic martial arts motion picture 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Ross Anthony
Actually not as bad as the reviews say still solidly average does not a red tomato buy 
2
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Kevin A. Ranson
At every opportunity to do something clever the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability all you have left is a no surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he s not trying to laugh at how bad it
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Jonathan R. Perry
After 90 minutes of mind numbing explosions I cheered when a death by electrocution finally broke the monotony 
0
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Steve Rhodes
Maybe you ll be lucky and there ll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back 
.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Mike McGranaghan
The title insipid as it is is more interesting than anything that actually appears on screen 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Dustin Putman
Horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it isn t incomprehensible 
.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Sean P. Means
A loud incoherent piece of action movie overkill 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Joe Leydon
It s tempting to compare Ballistic Ecks vs Sever to a video game but that would be giving it credit for more substance and coherence than it deserves 
2
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Mike Clark
For years people have joked about an action movie that might eliminate plot altogether and simply cut to the pyrotechnics Someone has finally done it 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Erik Lundegaard
The reunion scene between Ecks and his wife is seat squirmingly awful It s one of the few moments where there isn t an explosion and where we really could ve used one 
0.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Mick LaSalle
Two big things are missing anything approaching a visceral kick and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all 
0
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
David Elliott
The movie may be called Ballistic Ecks vs Sever but it could ve been called Audience vs Dozing Off 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Connie Ogle
A fine achievement in stupidity and dullness despite plenty of explosions 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Jeff Vice
In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history Ballistic Ecks Vs Sever also features terrible banal dialogue convenient hole ridden plotting superficial characters and a rather dull unimaginative car chase 
2
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Josh Larsen
brainless idiotic action and somehow still not any fun 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Roger Ebert
Ballistic Ecks vs Sever is an ungainly mess submerged in mayhem occasionally surfacing for cliches 
0.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Lou Lumenick
The awkwardly titled Ballistic Ecks vs Sever try saying it 10 times fast amply demonstrates how even a movie with wall to wall action can be a crashing bore 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Stephen Cole
Connoisseurs of bad action movie dialogue will delight in scenes that have DIA operatives dressed in what look like black beekeeper outfits racing about Vancouver with machine guns slung over their shoulders 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Phil Villarreal
So devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like XXX and Collateral Damage seem like thoughtful treatises
2
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Tor Thorsen
For a shoot em up Ballistic is oddly lifeless 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Jan Stuart
If you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue they still wouldn t add up to the time required to boil a four minute egg 
.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
James Berardinelli
This grim joyless motion picture is anything but fun It s a chore to sit through with all the blazing noisy pyrotechnics proving unable to lighten the mood 
2
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
John Monaghan
The action scenes have all the suspense of a 20 car pileup while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through if Kaos hadn t blown them all up 
1
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Walter Chaw
It hopes to obscure its awfulness with its volume and failing that it hopes to dress up its stupidity with backlit shots of a woman communing with a captive manatee 
0
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Michael Szymanski
For a film about explosions and death and spies Ballistic Ecks vs Sever seems as safe as a children s film Well in some of those the mother deer even dies 
2
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Tony Toscano
the film suffers from a lack of humor something needed to balance out the violence 
1.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Rob Blackwelder
One of the most incompetent big budget action movies I ve ever seen 
0.5
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Robert K. Elder
Ballistic offers little beyond what you d find in a typical subpar Hollywood action film 
1.5
Heaven Knows What
Richard Roeper
Heaven Knows What feels like an authentic sometimes painfully accurate portrait of life in New York City as experienced by the homeless ever hustling teenagers 
3
Heaven Knows What
Michael Phillips
Holmes has a face that reveals everything and nothing Besides being strikingly photogenic she s a natural 
4
Heaven Knows What
Matt Pais
Undermined by the offscreen truth that makes the world onscreen no longer credible lost souls only an intrigued filmmaker away from a chance at being saved 
2.5
Heaven Knows What
Peter Keough
All this desperation and squalor reeks of authenticity 
3.5
Heaven Knows What
Mick LaSalle
It s just a portrait of emptiness but it feels a lot like the real thing 
2
Heaven Knows What
Ann Hornaday
Obeys many conventions of the genre trying its best to plunge viewers into a world that while seemingly liberated of bourgeois proprieties is actually a narrowly constricted prison of desperation and need 
2
Heaven Knows What
Barry Hertz
Although the film is raw intense and even beautiful at times the queasy knowledge of how it all came together constantly threatens to uproot any artistry 
2.5
Heaven Knows What
Calum Marsh
The Safdies observe it all with a smart sensitive eye and of the truth miss nothing Holmes meanwhile is electrifying she really is a star 
4
Heaven Knows What
Godfrey Cheshire
The latest in a long line of movies that seem to assume the milieu of addiction is justification enough for its existence 
2
Heaven Knows What
Roger Moore
The novelty of having a recovering junkie star as a junkie wears thin quickly in this meandering character study streetlife portrait 
2
Heaven Knows What
Kenji Fujishima
Consider this a slice of the titular heaven to the hell that follows 
3
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Verne Gay
But what May It Last never adequately explores is where that desolation and pain came from The result is a celebration without much in the way of revelation 
2.5
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Rob Thomas
Undeniably a movie aimed at the fan base of which I m a part it s an engaging and revealing film about serious minded musicians who have found fulfillment and happiness on their terms 
3
Anastasia
Matt Brunson
The romance between Anna and Bounine seems like an afterthought but other story strands prove compelling particularly those involving the Dowager Empress a wonderful Helen Hayes 
3
Tazmanian Devil
Roger Moore
The mixed messages here fraternity vs church peer abuse vs parental abuse work against it And I ve rarely had so much trouble buying a leading man in a role or understanding much of what he says 
1.5
Tazmanian Devil
Dwight Brown
Pity that the sadistic hazing scenes may turn audiences off before they have a chance to be enlightened 
2.5
Maison du bonheur
Barry Hertz
A film that is as revealing as it is honest and sincere 
3.5
King Rat
Scott Nash
A cynical look at what humanity will do to survive under extreme circumstances 
3.5
Out of Print
Chris Knight
The final act turns into a plea for the preservation of 35 mm film stock which may prove to be a lost cause but give Marchese props for fighting the good fight 
3
Out of Print
David Nusair
An affable yet thoroughly one sided documentary 
2.5
Out of Print
Johanna Schneller
At 20 minutes it would have been delightful At 90 it s fan non fiction 
2
Kiss Me Goodbye
David Nusair
a lackadaisical and somewhat muted piece of work that admittedly does grow more and more compelling as it progresses 
2.5
Kiss Me Kate
Betsy Bozdech
A fun frothy Technicolored romp of a musical that is still as entertaining as they come 
3.5
Kiss Me Kate
Ross Anthony
A little weak in acting at first but warms up nicely Quite entertaining And even more welcoming in 3D 
2.5
Nayak
James Kendrick
Both Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore are fantastic in the central roles and they develop a powerful chemistry
3
Cow
Josh Larsen
There 8217 s nothing pastoral about Cow 46 46 46 
3
Cow
Kevin Carr
I think it s supposed to make you feel for the cow but I don t get the sense that it s leading a terrible life 
2.5
Cow
Peter Canavese
The footage speaks for itself becoming a commentary on the wages of meat eating and having our dairy products 
3
Cow
Steven Prokopy
This one will linger in your mind for quite a while 
3
Cow
Ty Burr
It will deepen your understanding of the world we share with the creatures we use 
3
Cow
Katie Walsh
It is as moving as it is devastating and although this film requires patience and fortitude it rewards with a singular and perspective shifting cinematic experience 
3
Cow
Tomris Laffly
By the end of Arnolds lyrical passion project one feels genuinely connected to Luma and her likes 
3.5
Cow
Leo Brady
Cow is the embodiment of realism through the medium of cinema where Andrea Arnold delivers a groundbreaking production and a true piece of art 
3.5
Cow
Mark Dujsik
We can intuit something behind that face and in those eyes 
3
Cow
Jocelyn Noveck
In Arnold s careful unhurried hands it is a sobering lesson though one without a clear agenda Arnold simply seems interested in telling us Luma s story And that is enough 
3
Cow
Mick LaSalle
If you see Cow and be warned at times it s not an easy watch you will never forget it 
4
Cow
Diego Semerene
Throughout Andrea Arnolds film a kind of affective connection is formed between animal and the cinematic apparatus 
3
Cow
Roger Moore
As mother or calf glances up and gazes at a passing jet or into the night sky seemingly pondering the stars that form Ursa Minor we absorb a Charlotte s WebBabe epiphany 
3.5
Valeria Is Getting Married
David Nusair
46 46 46 a better than anticipated endeavor that 8217 s ultimately 40 and effectively 41 able to transcend its filmed play atmosphere 46 
3
Equinox
Emanuel Levy
Though socially minded in its concern for the moral decay of urban society Equinox suffers from the usual Rudolph problems low key tone and incoherent text made worse by Matthew Modine flat performance in a dual role 
1
Equinox
David N. Butterworth
Should not only satisfy Rudolph fans but garner him some new ones 
3
Last Call
Mark Dujsik
By the end we know these characters their pain and the real cost of what has unfolded 
3
Last Call
Roger Moore
A generic suicide hot line thriller memorable for its long take split screen gimmick and little else 
2
Aaron's Blood
Roger Moore
Conventional vampire C movie that goes utterly off the rails with one of the stupidest scenes the genre has ever produced 
1
Don't Let Him In
David Nusair
a periodically passable yet wholeheartedly underwhelming slasher 
1.5
A Ghost Story
Brian Eggert
While the film proves to be an ambitious and inventive approach to the usual ghost story tropes Lowery over explains the more abstract ideas and underemphasizes the emotional ones leaving his film admirable if disappointingly empty 
2.5
A Ghost Story
Matt Brunson
Moving at the speed of molasses trying to drip UP a wall the movie clocks in at just over 90 minutes yet many fidgety viewers will swear it runs at least four hours Yet for those who can get attuned to its leisurely approach it s a fascinating watch 
3
A Ghost Story
Leo Brady
Some will absolutely hate it some might cry some might laugh at the silliness of it all One thing is for sure A Ghost Story is quite the out of body experience 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Jeff Mitchell
Lowery s film taps into basic human sentiments and also profound theories of metaphysics 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Federico Furzan
A compelling and deep story about sadness loneliness and isolation I felt like a train had hit me after this Full review in Spanish 
4
A Ghost Story
Christopher James
The flaws uneven nature don t betray the strong core that Lowery has constructed What makes the film work is its meditation on the relationship between the dead time 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Joey Magidson
This flick above all else is a showcase for the directorial talents of Lowery 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Even if I found the script itself lacking there is genuine power in the mise en scène and strong visuals that remain with me days after watching the film 
2.5
A Ghost Story
John Beifuss
Employs a symbol so simple a child recognizes it to probe issues of life death time and rebirth 
4
A Ghost Story
Lisa Jensen
If a movie refuses to make linear sense we expect to be affected on some deeper level that makes it all worthwhile But David Lowery s narrative obscurity fails to make you feel anything 
2
A Ghost Story
Sean P. Means
David Lowery s A Ghost Story is a thought experiment that requires viewers to meet it halfway with the reward being a powerful musing on the pull of love over time 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Josh Terry
The title of director David Lowery s A Ghost Story is about as concise a description as you re going to find for a surreal and beautiful film that explores a kaleidoscope of themes and issues 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Rob Thomas
Lowery s low budget reimagining of a haunted house film is strange and lovely creepy and sad and there are moments when you can t quite believe you re sitting in a theater watching it 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Max Weiss
It s hard to quantify the audacity it took for David Lowery to make this film It s a ghost story a haunting meditation on life loss and mankind s place in the universe that features a man under a sheet with the eye holes poked out 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Jeff Simon
A Ghost Story is a minor movie miracle It does something utterly ridiculous and it not only gets away with it but it builds on it to make the movie one of the most conceptually audacious of the past few years 
4
A Ghost Story
Michael Smith
There s supposed to be something there in A Ghost Story but I can t see it I see dread people 
1.5
A Ghost Story
Calvin Wilson
You may not understand A Ghost Story But you won t forget it 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Robert W. Butler
Stick with it and you will be treated to what very well may be the year s most unique cinematic vision 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Dana Alston
Lowry has a well developed eye for inventive storytelling thanks to his background in micro budget shorts His vision is on full display here and the result is one of 2017 s most powerful films 
4
A Ghost Story
Bob Bloom
The film is about insubstantiality As a character explains nothing lasts not books not art not culture not people and not relationships Everything is a slave to time that keeps its own pace and cares nothing for manmade or natural creations 
3
A Ghost Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
Lowery s story never what it looks like it is going to be all of it building to a revelation where the answer to a question isn t nearly as important as the effect it has upon the entity who has spent incalculable lifetimes searching for it 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Peter Howell
A Ghost Story is the most unusual and loneliest phantasm saga ever to give you the shivers 
3.5
A Ghost Story
David Nusair
An often jaw droppingly audacious and singular piece of work 
4
A Ghost Story
Mark Dujsik
A Ghost Story demands thorough and at times frightening introspection on the nature of existence 
4
A Ghost Story
Richard Roeper
The premise and the framework of the story and the photography are much more memorable than the performances and that feels mostly by design 
3
A Ghost Story
Michael O'Sullivan
Lowery pushes the tropes of the haunted house film past the breaking point creating something that is entirely original and oddly if not profoundly unsettling 
3
A Ghost Story
Roger Moore
Cryptic enough to spark a conversation cut and dried enough to ensure that s short one 
2.5
A Ghost Story
Luke Hicks
A Ghost Story may be thinly plotted but it s thick with introspection dodging any easy interpretation It may well be all about time but as C learns time isn t as useful as we might have thought 
4
A Ghost Story
Michael Phillips
This film squanders nothing and rushes very little 
4
A Ghost Story
Josh Larsen
inverts most ghost stories by giving us a specter who is haunted by the living 
3.5
A Ghost Story
Kam Williams
Though Casey is earnest in his attempt to convey a range of emotions from under the sheet ultimately it s the cinematic equivalent of watching a little kid try to fight his way out of a paper bag 
2
A Ghost Story
Matt Zoller Seitz
I loved everything about it including the scenes I wasn t sure how to take 
4
A Ghost Story
Sara Stewart
If you re patient C s wordless vigil will send you away with a shivery melancholy that defies easy explanation 
3
A Ghost Story
Katie Walsh
Their missed connection divided by the void of human existence is also a beautifully sad and poignant representation for the ways in which we all strive or fail to connect in the present 
3
A Ghost Story
Peter Travers
Alternately child like and artful A Ghost Story holds you in thrall get into Lowery s rhythms and the movie will touch you deeply The minimalist performances of Affleck and Mara are mesmerizing
3.5
A Ghost Story
Jake Coyle
It won t scare you it doesn t even say boo But glowing light and ghostly soulfulness linger on like a quiet scratching presence that won t leave you 
2.5
A Ghost Story
Stephen Whitty
Tlthough the spirit here is willing I m sorry This film is just weak 
2
A Ghost Story
Dustin Putman
A cosmically connected masterpiece deceptively simple in design yet awe inspiring in its philosophical vastness 
4
A Ghost Story
Brian Truitt
Beautiful and deeply affecting A Ghost Story is easily the greatest movie ever made with an Oscar winner standing around in a white bedsheet for most of its 87 minute runtime 
4
A Ghost Story
Sam C. Mac
An empty exercise in imitative long take aestheticism A Ghost Story fills its distractingly round cornered frame with endless repetitions on a visual gag 
1
A Ghost Story
Moira MacDonald
This is really about the quiet life of a ghost haunting a house where contentment once lived Bring patience and a fondness for Malick ish stillness and perhaps find reward 
3
The Tomb of Ligeia
Matt Brunson
The final Poe Price Corman film in the successful series 
3
The Tomb of Ligeia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Corman dedicated a little more patience to this movie establishing a creeping gothic mood and slowly building dread It s one of the best of the series 
3.5
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Lisa Trifone
Krstic has achieved quite a lot putting on screen a style unlike anything else seen in the year s best animated films That the storyline in the end distracts from such an impressively drawn film may be a dealbreaker for some or it may not 
2.5
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Corbin Smith
The first half is entertaining though at times the storyline can feel mushed together But when the plot really locks in Ruben Brandt becomes a surprisingly compelling film 
2
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Sean P. Means
Art nerds will get the most out of Ruben Brandt Collector an adults only animated thriller from Hungary whose visual imagination far outpaces its lackluster plot 
3
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Mark Dujsik
Ruben Brandt Collector is to be experienced as a weird and wild ode to art 
3
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Roger Moore
A clever art history primer tucked into an animated caper thriller 
3
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Michael Phillips
A satisfying heist movie animated or live action requires more selectivity and less clutter than this one The movie dashes by door after door but it lacks the key 
2
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Peter Howell
This is Krstic s first feature and it s obvious that he has visual flair to spare If he can only find a story worthy of it he d have a real work of film art 
2.5
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Kate Taylor
Ruben s story may be as oddly illogical as any of his nightmares but the animation here is a dreamy delight 
3
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Ann Hornaday
Something this larky should be swifter and more compact instead Ruben Brandt Collector feels like a sneakily pretentious pastiche and not much else 
2
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Sheila O'Malley
The film is lighthearted but not frivolous and the animation a mix of computer generated and hand drawn is so innovative and fun it s always a pleasure to look at the screen 
3.5
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Ben Lambert
The film doesn t apply the necessary touch and precision to balance its sleek chromed parts into a revving whole 
2
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Alan French
Seek this one out as one of the most visually imaginative films of the year A mashup of noir heist action and surrealist films yields a wholly original concept 
3.5
Stand!
Neil Weisensel
With so many lifeless soulless retreads of Marvel properties and other franchises clogging theatres it s heartening to see a film that is actually about something made by people who are expert storytellers 
3.5
Stand!
Roger Moore
As a labor musical it feels small town It should never have been dragged off the stage and filmed It s strictly a Winnipeg thing 
1.5
Stand!
Peter Howell
Stand unfolds as more of a series of teachable moments than as cohesive drama 
2
Reel Injun
Joe Williams
Reel Injun is not a peace pipe but a convincing case for a place at the table 
3
Reel Injun
Kam Williams
A powerful mythbusting documentary which manages to humanize America s unfairly marginalized indigenous peoples albeit belatedly 
4
Reel Injun
Bill Weber
The debate over the evolution of the movies depiction of native peoples is not always on the mark 
2.5
Reel Injun
V.A. Musetto
Reel Injun will most likely give you a new perspective the next time you watch John Wayne battle Native Americans 
3
Reel Injun
James Adams
Entertaining and informative 
3
Geography Club
James Adams
As a manifesto for tolerance and a contribution to greater social and gender harmony this is an exercise all to the good As a film however it s something of a snooze 
2
Geography Club
Linda Barnard
Its heart is in the right place even if it is a sappy one 
2
The Assassin
Mattie Lucas
Shot in both vivid color and striking black and white the film unfolds like a poem a whispered plea for peace and a stoic reflection on human folly 
4
The Assassin
Kam Williams
Kidnap victim seeks vengeance in majestic martial arts saga set during the Tang Dynasty 
3
The Assassin
Robert Horton
Could Hou have gotten his effects and still provided a little more storytelling clarity Maybe But after a while the movie s countless fogbanks and smoke clouds become as much its subject as the petty intrigues of some long forgotten political dispute 
3
The Assassin
Craig D. Lindsey
An epic martial arts period piece that s beguiling ambiguous and for some at least frustrating in its storytelling 
3.5
The Assassin
Soren Andersen
The visuals relegate the acting to secondary importance They overwhelm the story And they make The Assassin unforgettable 
3
The Assassin
John Serba
The film s cinematography costumes and set design are breathtaking an elegant façade heavily cloaking the story s core emotions 
3.5
The Assassin
Peter Canavese
A Hou film and therefore an aesthete s delight The Assassin breathes more than it talks patiently taking in its landscapes and its silk curtained interiors 
3.5
The Assassin
Josh Larsen
Hou Hsiao hsien wields cinematic tools with such delicate precision it s as if he s working with a paintbrush 
3.5
The Assassin
Chris Knight
The Assassin feels oddly like a film designed to disappoint everyone some of the time perhaps that s a sly reference to the art of political compromise 
2
The Assassin
G. Allen Johnson
Part of the problem is Hou s style works at odds with the material 
1
The Assassin
Scott Renshaw
From the conversations shot through filmy drapes glowing with blobs of candlelight to treks through tall golden grass dozens of individual shots are breathtaking in their composition 
3
The Assassin
Josh Terry
The telling instead of showing makes it hard to get emotionally invested in what s going on 
2.5
The Assassin
Mark Dujsik
This is less a narrative than it is a pageant 
3
The Assassin
Kate Taylor
The Assassin is like some stereotypical beauty gorgeous but frustratingly incapable of prolonged conversation 
2
The Assassin
Ty Burr
It s not for everyone But if you think it s for you if you believe that beauty is its own reward find the biggest canvas on which to behold this movie that you possibly can It s IMAX for aesthetes 
3
The Assassin
Steven Rea
Although Hou Hsiao Hsien s The Assassin is technically a wuxia film martial arts swordplay the whoosh of arrows in flight it is much more a film of stillness quiet beauty 
3
The Assassin
Mark Jenkins
As with Wong Kar wai s The Ashes of Time Hou s take on the martial arts flick is affectionate but may frustrate fans of the genre The Assassin is a mood piece evoking rather than explaining 
3.5
The Assassin
Peter Howell
Hou s kinetic yet serene approach to martial arts is like watching a fast moving river It s less about the plot and body count and more about contemplating a story rich in symbols and multiple meanings 
3.5
The Assassin
John Anderson
Not for everyone but gloriously cinematic utterly absorbing 
4
The Assassin
Peter Sobczynski
Visually ravishing and formally graceful 
3.5
The Assassin
Jesse Cataldo
The film carves out a rich emotional sphere concomitant to its stunning production design finding delicate poetry in the dispassionate pursuit of revenge 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
Jay Antani
pleasant compelling worth a look
3
Intimate Strangers
Agnieszka Tennant
Director Patrice Leconte subtly infuses the movie with humor and psychological depth 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
Forrest Hartman
One of the most unusual screen romances of 2004 
3
Intimate Strangers
Rob Blackwelder
The performances make it worth soldiering past many obvious doubts how hard is it to say You re in the wrong office to find out what happens 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Steven Snyder
A movie of conversations and asides the treasures to be found in the intangible asides and gestures that add depth to the surface words 
3
Intimate Strangers
Sean P. Means
Can you have a Hitchcockian thriller without a body or even a crime Yes and cleverly so 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
Jeff Vice
The performances by the leads go a long way to make this believable And there s no denying their chemistry 
3
Intimate Strangers
Duane Dudek
A complex portrait emerges of two people without revealing or settling too much of anything 
3
Intimate Strangers
Joe Baltake
While other would be Hitchcock imitators limit themselves to seeing only the mayhem or violence in his works Leconte has picked up on the fascinating psychology the subtle moodiness and his obsessive interest in the dark side of people 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
John Beifuss
A movie that would make a good play 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Phil Villarreal
A talky and understated head game 
3
Intimate Strangers
Marty Mapes
Compared to Man on the Train Intimate Strangers is a lightweight
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Walter Chaw
It feels as though Leconte is as sick as we are that he s doing another Leconte movie 
2
Intimate Strangers
Vince Koehler
The entire story is captivating and has some nice touches of humor 
3
Intimate Strangers
Marta Barber
It s a film that teases us with the realm of possibilities and a few really funny scenes 
3
Intimate Strangers
Robert W. Butler
A small masterpiece of tonal balance 
3
Intimate Strangers
Leah McLaren
Personally I like French movies but this one was a lot to take even for me 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Terry Lawson
You may be surprised to find yourself expecting the worst hoping for the best and enjoying yourself through all of it 
4
Intimate Strangers
Laura Kelly
Intimate Strangers may not measure up as Leconte s best work But his always competent helmsmanship has two powerful partners in the male and female lead actors Fabrice Luchini and Sandrine Bonnaire 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Moira MacDonald
Intimate Strangers is full of texture from the murky mottled surface of the hallway walls to the multitudes of swirling violins in Pascal Estve s score 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
David Elliott
As it works out its pattern in an airy carpet of confession and omission you may find the film adroitly involving Or simply boring 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Roger Ebert
We find we cannot take anything for face value in this story 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
Steven Rea
As a modest conflation of mystery melodrama and witty romance Leconte s tale of intimacy and aloneness has its definite charms 
3
Intimate Strangers
Chris Hewitt
There s no M Night Shyamalan moment in Strangers which etches its characters slowly and subtly 
3
Intimate Strangers
Jeff Strickler
This comic drama rises far above the goofball antics that its premise suggests 
3
Intimate Strangers
Michael Wilmington
A psychological drama that reminds us how sexy and charged with romance a simple conversation can be 
3.5
Intimate Strangers
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie by people who know there are few things more thrilling or that seem more perilous than meeting the romantic other and having those first careful conversations 
3
Intimate Strangers
Ty Burr
About the pleasures and dangers of human connection and yet the movie itself barely musters the energy to connect 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Jeanne Aufmuth
A shrewdly observed analysis of the female psyche 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Pam Grady
We wish the best for William and however it turns out his is the journey worth following 
3
Intimate Strangers
Lou Lumenick
Does generate a fair amount of erotic tension and sly commentary on psychoanalysis 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Jami Bernard
This has all the ingredients for a top notch thriller except one a thrill 
2
Intimate Strangers
Bob Strauss
A delicious riff on the old Hitchcock notion of transferal and using it to overcome self imposed limitations 
3
Intimate Strangers
David Sterritt
Leconte justifies his vaunted reputation by lending freshness and feeling to what could have been a gimmicky tragicomedy 
3
Intimate Strangers
Ed Gonzalez
Leconte s clever engagement of noir idiom befits this story of mistaken identity and has a spectacular way of heightening the tension between the titular unfamiliars 
2.5
Intimate Strangers
Steve Rhodes
The journey really is the reward A fascinating film with an intriguing little mystery at its core it is never clear where it is headed 
3
Comedy Confessions
Roger Moore
If Haddish made I was homeless part of her brand during those open mike years it s great to find out just how honest she was being just how hard it was and just how much she and everybody else in the film needed that nightly set 
2.5
Dirty Filthy Love
Mike McGranaghan
You may have to look hard to find Dirty Filthy Love on the video shelf but this is an affecting film that deserves to be discovered 
3
The Wasp Woman
James Kendrick
a campy creature feature that also has some interesting themes regarding science run amok and the fruitless human search for eternal youth as an added bonus the acting is pretty good too 
2.5
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight
Joshua Tanzer
His performance is beset by disaster from faulty amps to out of tune guitars yet his music emerges clear voiced perfectly on key and spellbinding Undoubtedly this is part of Hendrix s brilliance he mastered chaos and turned it into beauty 
3.5
Safer at Home
Mark Dujsik
T here s no excusing the absence of thought that went into the specifics of this story and its staging 
0.5
Safer at Home
Randy Myers
The cast is solid but it s the screenplay from Will Wernick and Lia Bozonelis that leads them astray with a story that s both ridiculous and cliched 
2
Safer at Home
Roger Moore
An interesting failed exercise 
1.5
The Guard
Brian Eggert
Gleeson has rarely been better or been given such a showcase for his talent 46 
3.5
The Guard
Craig D. Lindsey
Much like its protagonist the film appears to enjoy taking the piss out of its audience giving them a cynical yet cheeky neo noir that tweaks the usual conventions and comes up with a story that may be familiar but is told in fresh fashion 
4
The Guard
David N. Butterworth
To paraphrase Nigel Terry in The Lion in Winter The Guard is a stinker and it stinks 
1.5
The Guard
Josh Larsen
Gleeson and writer director John Michael McDonagh are in lock step in characterizing the decidedly unorthodox Gerry Boyle 
3
The Guard
Roger Moore
A laugh out loud comedy as hard as The French Connection a modern spaghetti Western on the windswept wastes of Ireland 
4
The Guard
Eric Melin
John Michael McDonagh is having a lot of fun deconstructing the cop procedural in The Guard because almost nothing goes as planned and everything has a satirical bent It is a very funny black comedy with a stylish palette 
3.5
The Guard
Peter Canavese
Self conscious gestures in the direction of fish out of water comedies buddy cop movies and Westerns don t amount to much in and of themselves but they tie together as a functional clothesline for character comedy Blu ray 
3
The Guard
Marty Mapes
Gleeson s enigmatic character really smart or really dumb 
3
The Guard
Mike Scott
For all of its seeming conventions this surprisingly plot heavy character drama is a wonderfully UNconventional cops and robbers picture 
3
The Guard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
McDonagh s older brother John Michael McDonagh has done him one better with the awesome new The Guard 
3.5
The Guard
Rob Thomas
Writer director John Michael McDonagh s film plays like a cynical foul mouthed version of In the Heat of the Night 
3.5
The Guard
Matt Brunson
The Guard is terrific entertainment and I can t wait to re watch it on Blu ray when I can turn on the subtitles and catch the handful of lines I couldn t locate under those thick brogues 
3.5
The Guard
John Beifuss
Funny and entertaining from first moment to last 
3.5
The Guard
Duane Dudek
It takes a special skill to make this sort of complex schematic coherent and the attractive performances aside it doesn t always work here 
2.5
The Guard
Liam Lacey
Although The Guard is primarily a language romp it s also a terrific showcase for veteran pug faced character actor Brendan Gleeson 
3
The Guard
Peter Howell
Brendan Gleeson is a blooming marvel 
3
The Guard
Lisa Kennedy
McDonagh s script is agile darting between the ridiculous the sage and the surprisingly sentimental His love of language and the absurd has hints of the wisecracking Quentin Tarantino But the story is decidedly more rooted in Ireland s loamy turf 
3.5
The Guard
Joe Williams
The Guard is violent profane and funny 
3
The Guard
Chris Hewitt
Brendan Gleeson is always worth seeing but there are much better places to see him 
2
The Guard
Ann Hornaday
The Guard himself may be no angel but his movie is a wee slice of heaven 
2.5
The Guard
John Hartl
Like an Irish version of In the Heat of the Night the profane and frequently hilarious The Guard watches the sparks fly as a smart African American detective teams up with an unapologetically racist County Galway policeman 
3
The Guard
Steven Rea
Rich with inspired musings on pop culture literature philosophy race sex 
3.5
The Guard
Rossiter Drake
It belongs to Gleeson whose thickly accented growl lends a lyrical quality to McDonagh s wordplay in one of the year s funniest and most spirited offerings 
3.5
The Guard
Ty Burr
When it s over it evaporates leaving only the acrid smoke of its dialogue and the memory of Gleeson reducing lesser mortals to cinders 
3.5
The Guard
Matt Pais
Gleefully hilariously profane and proud of it 
3
The Guard
Roger Ebert
The Guard is a pleasure I can t tell if it s really bleeping dumb or really bleeping smart but it s pretty bleeping good 
3.5
The Guard
Peter Keough
McDonagh s Connacht set cop story would be too clever by half if not for Brendan Gleeson s canny performance 
2.5
The Guard
Stephen Whitty
The Guard alas is just as flawed as Gerry But occasionally when Gleeson or Cheadle or Flanagan is on screen it s nice to pretend it isn t 
2.5
The Guard
Kyle Smith
McDonagh is your man when it comes to cruelly funny dialogue and Gleeson makes it sing and sting 
3
The Guard
Jake Coyle
In a cinema world so awash in either corporate flatness or high art pretension The Guard is a proud foul mouthed exception 
3
The Guard
Nick Schager
McDonagh s direction is smooth but it s his writing that carries the day treating genre elements with both seriousness and subversive humor 
3
Black Widow
David Nusair
a relatively familiar premise that is for the most part utilized to better than expected effect by Rafelson 
3
Black Widow
Matt Brunson
Surprises are few and far between in this attractively filmed yet disappointingly conventional thriller that s short on psychological heft 
2.5
Black Widow
Roger Ebert
Black Widow is an interesting movie struggling to escape from a fatal overload of commercial considerations 
2.5
Impolex
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Impolex ekes out stirring whispers of tender masculine grief 
3.5
The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Dustin Putman
This is a special gem of a movie 
3.5
The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Roger Moore
Eccentric with some striking design touches but humorless and heartless
2
The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Rob Humanick
The film is at once enabled and hindered by its utter strangeness an intrinsic quality surely exacerbated in its English language release 
2.5
Paint
Matt Brunson
Movies that focus on the creative process often fall into a paint by numbers rut Paint on the other hand does nothing by the numbers 
3
Paint
David Nusair
an appealing drama that benefits substantially from the top notch work of its three stars 
3
Paint
Bob Bloom
Writer director Michael Walker offers a mixed brew of bleakness and levity as well as the desperation infecting those who want to offer the world their own vision of how they see it 
2.5
Paint
Federico Furzan
A sometimes witty and sometimes unnatural film that tries to tell a compelling story about struggling painters in the NYC art scene 
2.5
Don't Say Its Name
Walter Chaw
Don t Say Its Name isn t just an activism film it s a pretty effective supernatural procedural featuring a three dimensional pair of law women finding a way through a hostile universe 
3
The Apollo
Dwight Brown
Rarely has a history lesson been so damn entertaining 
3.5
Moonstruck
Leonard Maltin
Moonstruck made me laugh as any good comedy should But this rare and wonderful movie did something more It also made me smile That s because unlike most contemporary comedies Moonstruck isn t a collection of gags It s a picture of genuine humor 
4
Moonstruck
Joel Siegel
Charmingly executed and hopeful Moonstruck is a spun sugar movie It doesn t nourish the mind but for those who aren t terribly demanding about their movie fare it s a sweet treat 
2
Moonstruck
Josh Larsen
A gem in that theres really no other movie like it 
3.5
Moonstruck
Matt Brunson
While it leans a bit too heavily on the whimsy Moonstruck is nevertheless a winning romantic comedy 
3
Moonstruck
Mike Scott
Hinging on the lead performance of Cher who won one of the three Oscars awarded to the film it benefits from its very specific New York setting its consistent sense of humor and its deep sense of romantic realism 
3
Moonstruck
Chris Chase
This is a movie that makes you want to sing Boheme and walk in the moonlight and move to Brooklyn 
4
Moonstruck
Gene Siskel
You will not easily forget this incredibly robust family 
4
Moonstruck
Dave Kehr
It isn t great art it s too closely concentrated on immediate emotional effect for that but it is highly sophisticated craftsmanship 
3
Moonstruck
Ben Yagoda
No resistance could overcome the overfamiliarity of the situations in Moonstruck the corniness of its dramaturgy or the banality of its message 
1
Moonstruck
Carrie Rickey
Charming if erratic Moonstruck is the unlikely marriage of undershirt in kitchen naturalism and urbane drawing room farce 
3
Moonstruck
Peter Canavese
Wears its off balance as a badge of pride Blu ray 
3
Moonstruck
David Nusair
generally unable to live up to its reputation as a classic romantic comedy 
2.5
Moonstruck
Roger Ebert
Reviews of the movie tend to make it sound like a madcap ethnic comedy and that it is But there is something more here a certain bittersweet yearning that comes across as ineffably romantic and a certain magical quality 
4
Min misunnelige frisør (My Jealous Barber)
Steve Rhodes
It s well acted and sometimes a little sweet but it is a comedy which never made me laugh 
2
Red River Road
Roger Moore
The shot selection 44 overly urgent score and editing hypes this bland affair into something it decidedly is not 8212 exciting 46 
1
Africa Blood and Guts
Roger Ebert
Africa Addio is a brutal dishonest racist film It slanders a continent and at the same time diminishes the human spirit And it does so to entertain us 
0
Better Living Through Chemistry
Brad Keefe
It s got some of the comic noir y small town murder plot of To Die For without the payoff It s got some of the male midlife crisis of American Beauty without the nuance 
2.5
Better Living Through Chemistry
Rob Thomas
A classic case of a film trying to have it both ways on an audience 
2
Better Living Through Chemistry
Robert Levin
The film is so divorced from the way humans actually behave that even the starring presence of Sam Rockwell can t save it 
2
Better Living Through Chemistry
Christy Lemire
Better Living Through Chemistry as a whole feels rather superficial and safe 
1.5
Better Living Through Chemistry
Tirdad Derakhshani
An ill conceived if mildly amusing comedy about middle class ennui sexual frustration and drug abuse 
2
Better Living Through Chemistry
Stephen Whitty
Better Living Through Chemistry is too much like the pretty suburbs it was shot in neat and slick and comfortable But ultimately and deliberately safe 
2.5
Better Living Through Chemistry
Moira MacDonald
Too bad with this cast Better Living Through Chemistry could have been a lot more fun 
2
Better Living Through Chemistry
Peter Keough
Maybe writer directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier were sampling some of the mind numbing products featured in their black comedy which might account for its lack of wit imagination or other cerebral effort 
1.5
Better Living Through Chemistry
G. Allen Johnson
Better Living Through Chemistry does have its moments and there are quite a few laughs It tries too hard but at least it s trying 
2
Better Living Through Chemistry
Rex Reed
The end result of this stoned cold picnic is both haphazardly successful and somewhat disappointing but it s worth seeing thanks enormously to the tremendous charisma of Sam Rockwell 
2.5
Better Living Through Chemistry
Sara Stewart
Every character is a pretty well worn archetype including Michelle Monaghan s uptight exercise obsessed wife 
1.5
Better Living Through Chemistry
Roger Moore
A nasty edgy drugs and sex Wilde and Rockwell comedy spoiled by a cloying Jane Fonda narration 
2
Better Living Through Chemistry
Chuck Bowen
A sexily chaotic parody of entitlement becomes just another tale of a white dude learning that there are worse things in life than essentially having no problems 
2
Masterminds
Matt Brunson
Nobody would ever mistake Masterminds for a good movie but it would be criminal to deny the huge laughs strewn throughout sneakily exploding like depth charges at random intervals 
2.5
Masterminds
David Nusair
a watchable yet awfully forgettable comedy 
2.5
Masterminds
David N. Butterworth
Not every gag lands but those that do make this broad yet lovable schlub of a comedy worth a 3 99 online stream 
2.5
Masterminds
Mike McGranaghan
This is the kind of not great not terrible picture that will work better on a casual home viewing than as a big screen experience 
2.5
Masterminds
Tina Hassannia
Its editing rhythm and tension building is so off key it makes something as exciting as a vault robbery torturous to watch 
1.5
Masterminds
Peter Travers
The movie has been on ice awaiting release for over a year owing to the bankruptcy of its studio But some of the jokes were moldy long before that happened Masterminds owes us our two hours back 
1.5
Masterminds
James Berardinelli
Masterminds finds plenty of targets for its satirical jabs and lets them all off the hook 
2
Masterminds
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the movie itself failed to steal my heart it managed to abscond with just enough of my affection I d be tempted to give it a second look at some point in the not so distant future 
2.5
Masterminds
Mark Dujsik
Masterminds piles a few too many additional and arbitrary oddities into the mix 
2.5
Masterminds
Matt Zoller Seitz
If smart dumb comedies hold a place in your heart you ll like Masterminds 
3
Masterminds
Andrew Parker
Masterminds often bears the choppy scars of postproduction tinkering but it remains entertaining for those who like their deadpan with a healthy side of slapstick 
2.5
Masterminds
Tirdad Derakhshani
Masterminds is filled with the sort of idiotic bathroom humor that has become standard in big screen comedies but it is enlivened by the surreal slapstick touches that made Napoleon Dynamite so good 
2.5
Masterminds
Josh Terry
On its own Masterminds is a decent comedy even if everyone involved has done better work elsewhere But next to all the serious options playing in theaters right now Masterminds may be just the goofy change of pace you need 
2.5
Masterminds
Roger Moore
Galifianakis and Sudeikis give this their all but truthfully the REAL heist was funnier than The Hollywood Version 
2
Masterminds
Lauren Chval
McKinnon is wasted Wilson is unconvincing as a hick and the whole film takes a very condescending view of people with low incomes 
2
Masterminds
Elise Nakhnikian
Jared Hess s film turns out to be a succession of failed jokes punctuated by a few cathartic laughs 
2
Masterminds
Peter Howell
Hess and his three scripters rely more on the improv skills of an impressive cast than on anything resembling jokes or a credible story 
2.5
Masterminds
Katie Walsh
There s a certain subset of the population that may find Zach Galifianakis in a ridiculous hairdo the height of comedy If you are in that segment welcome 
2.5
Masterminds
Sean P. Means
Masterminds may be as dumb as its characters sometimes but it s a good entertaining kind of dumb 
3
Masterminds
Sara Stewart
I cracked up here and there watching this broad heist comedy but it wasn t laughter I felt great about 
2
Masterminds
Ty Burr
Weird stupid more than good stupid 
2
Masterminds
Soren Andersen
There are some genuinely funny bits but alas far too few 
1.5
Masterminds
Dann Gire
Masterminds won t rank as one of history s big budget botches such as Ishtar and Heaven s Gate but the colossal waste of class A comedy talent should qualify as a felony in Tinseltown 
1.5
Masterminds
Mick LaSalle
You might forget Masterminds five minutes after you see it but you ll enjoy it in the moment 
3
Masterminds
Lawrence Toppman
Writers Chris Bowman Hubbel Palmer and Emily Spivey start from facts and let their imaginations run wild 
2.5
The Novice
Mitchell Beaupre
The Novice is an experiential film that offers up so much meat to chew on 44 practically demanding repeated viewings whenever the viewer is emotionally ready to take the plunge back into this headspace again 46 
3
The Novice
David Gonzalez
Lauren Hadaway apos s debut film 44 The Novice 44 160 rewards the examination of competitive obssesion with a film that looks at when obsession goes too far in a thrilling character study that mirrors Whiplash apos s Andrew Neiman and 160 Black Swan apos s Nina Sayers 46 10 10 
3.5
The Novice
Lisa Trifone
Hadaway s narrative falls just short of fully flushed out 
2.5
The Novice
Peter Canavese
It s Whiplash for rowing Tedious and one note with an unlikable character at its center but it does have an intriguing philosophical angle to it 
3
The Novice
Leo Brady
What can t be denied is that The Novice is one of the best movies of 2021 and a film that impacted me right in my soul The performance by Isabelle Fuhrman goes to an entirely different level 
3.5
The Novice
Sean P. Means
Hadaway who rowed for Southern Methodist a decade ago brings a painful authenticity to Alex s rowing experiences something a viewer feels in every cramp every bead of sweat every blister on her palm 
3.5
The Novice
James Berardinelli
Lauren Hadaway s feature directorial debut treads a daring line between drama and psychological horror 
3.5
The Novice
Christy Lemire
The feature filmmaking debut from writer director co editor Lauren Hadaway is an intimate and powerful sensory experience all around 
3.5
The Novice
Mark Dujsik
Hadaway making her feature directorial debut puts us intimately and uncomfortably into Alex s mindset 
3
The Novice
Randy Myers
It s hard to take and utterly unforgettable 
3.5
The Novice
Roger Moore
Fuhrman s polished intensity draws us in even if we re repelled a bit by this young woman who will not give herself a break at anything 
3
The Novice
Mark Hanson
For all of the stylistic verve that Lauren Hadaway brings to this tale of compulsive self improvement the film s protagonist remains a cipher 
2.5
Thunderpants
Ian Mantgani
This movie should be shown in prisons so that inmates have a good reason to never return 
0.5
Branded
Monica Castillo
Nothing more than a freshman s first term paper for a sociology 101 
0.5
Branded
Robert Levin
This movie makes absolutely no sense 
1
A Separate Peace
Roger Ebert
Readers of the novel will not feel disappointed or cheated All of the characters and most of the situations are here presented with great fidelity to the book 
3
California Company Town
Kam Williams
A brilliant haunting and informative expose not to be missed and not to be forgotten at awards season 
4
California Company Town
Andrew Schenker
A social and aesthetic document of promise betrayed 
3
The Fury
David Nusair
a somewhat forgettable yet mostly watchable thriller 
2.5
The Fury
Bill Chambers
A hangout movie when all s said and done 
3.5
The Fury
Eric Henderson
The movie that draws the deepest line in the sand between De Palma apologists and De Palma maniacs 
4
The Fury
Roger Ebert
Brian De Palma s The Fury is a stylish entertainment fast paced and acted with great energy 
3
Demonlover
Peter Travers
A potent film 
3
Demonlover
David Nusair
exhausting and mind numbing 
1.5
Demonlover
David Elliott
The movie seems to cannibalize itself and go stupid 
2
Demonlover
Chris Hewitt
Many sequences are more about color or energy than conveying any specific information but the mood the film sets subtly emphasizes the questions it asks about world trade personal responsibility and corporate greed 
3
Demonlover
Erik Lundegaard
All about modern disconnect hardly an original subject but the film gets style points and in your face points 
3
Demonlover
Steven Rea
A multilayered meditation on the fast blurring lines between fantasy and reality and the seductive troika of money power and sex 
3.5
Demonlover
Jeffrey M. Anderson
demonlover looked like a promising return to Irma Vep territory but instead it s merely a hopped up arty cover for a standard issue Hollywood thriller 
2
Demonlover
Ty Burr
Expect demonlover to become a midnight movie staple in the coming years And expect shards of it to roil your dreams for weeks 
3
Demonlover
Glenn Lovell
You ll be as transfixed as you are utterly confused 
2.5
Demonlover
Peter Hartlaub
Well scripted well acted and occasionally sexy but just isn t all that interesting 
2
Demonlover
V.A. Musetto
Under cinematographer Denis Lenoir Demonlover is visually grand and the music by Sonic Youth is a grabber 
2.5
Demonlover
Jami Bernard
A visually stylish movie that equates and fuses high stakes corporate negotiations with the video game mentality 
3
Demonlover
Roger Ebert
I was struck by the complete lack of morality 
2
Demonlover
Bob Strauss
Either too murky or too simplistic a criticism of modern media 
2.5
Demonlover
Glenn Kenny
Early on writer director Olivier Assayas latest effort could be mistaken for a hipper than thou thriller But it isn t it s in fact a difficult challenging and troubling art film 
4
Demonlover
Josh Larsen
Does it all add up to a breathtaking vision of our spectacle driven society as the press kit claims Only if you have a Ph D in stretching 
2
Demonlover
Rob Blackwelder
The score by art punk band Sonic Youth really captures the essense of the film It s deliberately abrasive rapidly pulsing electronic black noise designed to put the viewer on edge but ultimately signifies nothing 
1.5
Demonlover
David Sterritt
While this ambitious epic takes a finely cynical attitude toward the excesses of our media saturated age it never quite jells into a coherent statement 
2
Demonlover
Michael Wilmington
Unlike almost every other sexy modern thriller especially most recent studio blockbusters this one gives you a lot to think about 
3
Demonlover
Steve Rhodes
A convoluted mess that s underacted and overedited 
1.5
Demonlover
Ed Gonzalez
Assayas is a great lover of women so its no surprise that the ladies of demonlover are every bit as vulnerable feral and dangerous as Irma Vep 
2.5
Demonlover
Joshua Tanzer
You can spend half an hour thinking the characters have lost their minds followed by 15 minutes thinking the filmmaker has lost his mind followed by a final two minutes that kind of sort of maybe put the pieces together 
2.5
Demonlover
Jeremy Heilman
As the thinking person s spy thriller Demonlover delivers Its fierce determination in deconstructing the sexual politics that are so often taken for granted in this sort of film provide more thrills than the average Bond outing 
3.5
Academy of the Muses
Carson Lund
It s a shame that the Jos Luis Guern film s verbal qualities far outpace its formal attributes 
2.5
Countdown
David Nusair
a prototypically uneven teen friendly horror flick 
2
Countdown
Matt Brunson
As a horror film Countdown is feeble in almost every regard 
1
Countdown
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final act is a groan inducing slap to the face that had me wanting to throw popcorn at the screen in indignation 
1.5
Countdown
Mike McGranaghan
Countdown is just good enough to make you wish it was better 
2.5
Countdown
Mark Dujsik
T he movie just becomes a parade of jump scares and general silliness 
1
Countdown
Peter Sobczynski
An abject failure whose only virtue is its utter forgettability 
.5
Countdown
Josh Terry
If you re looking for a few good scares that push the PG 13 boundary without breaking it Countdown has fun with its clever premise 
3
Countdown
Phil Villarreal
A bland poorly executed mess that ticks away its sluggish running time all too slowly 
1.5
Countdown
Zaki Hasan
The one thing you can say about Countdown is that the title is entirely accurate Almost from the moment it starts you re checking your watch waiting for the closing credits to come up 
1
Countdown
Roger Moore
Manages the bare horror minimum the occasional shock characters we root for situations fraught enough that the audience is talking back to the screen 
2
Countdown
Sean P. Means
Countdown doesn t break new ground in PG 13 horror but it s quick efficient and gets the job done 
3
Only Yesterday
James Berardinelli
I have little in common with Takeo yet I related to her experiences as if they were my own This represents the genius of Takahata 
3.5
Only Yesterday
John Beifuss
A movie of exquisite deceptive simplicity and painterly beauty with a story that is entirely ordinary yet heartbreaking in its universality 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Mark Dujsik
Only Yesterday is a lovely examination of the difficulties of childhood and the struggles of adulthood 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Brad Wheeler
The animation is marked by a simple sort of elegance the story lucidly and lyrically moves back and forth from 1982 to 1966 
3
Only Yesterday
Steven Rea
Only Yesterday is a meditation on coming of age the ways our personalities are formed and informed 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Tom Keogh
Another sumptuous visual feast from the studio full of endless images finely detailed and often lavish 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Peter Travers
Isao Takahata s film is an animation miracle so subtle that it doesn t fully hit you till you take it home and into your dreams 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Ty Burr
The movie will probably go over the heads of little children but it s certainly for thoughtful older kids and their parents 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Michael O'Sullivan
It s not just the animation that stirs it s also the sound design 
3.5
Only Yesterday
Glenn Kenny
Like Kaguya it functions as a highly sensitive and empathetic consideration of the situation of women in Japanese society but it s also a breathtaking work of art on its own 
4
Only Yesterday
Oleg Ivanov
It uses the trappings of the family melodrama to reveal the subtle social constraints that inhibit people particularly women from attaining full self realization 
3.5
Fighting Tommy Riley
Joe Brown
If it fails to land its big final punch it s still a contender 
3
Fighting Tommy Riley
Kyle Smith
Tommy Riley is a ten cent Baby 
1.5
Fighting Tommy Riley
Elizabeth Weitzman
The sort of slick looking indie that plays well at film festivals this heavy handed boxing drama is really just a flyweight bulked up on cliches and false sentimentality 
1.5
Skinwalker
Roger Moore
A too talkative walking corpse of a Western horror tale
1
The Caller
David Nusair
A seriously oddball piece of work 
1
Otomo
Roger Ebert
The film doesn t believe the police deserved to die or that the ticket inspector should have been assaulted but then again it doesn t believe a society should so treat a man that this is what he comes to do 
3
Otomo
Jonathan Foreman
You do get a sense of a German society that is still amazingly bureaucratic and authoritarian 
2.5
Otomo
Greg Dean Schmitz
I was impressed by the decision to make Otomo a bit of an anti hero seeming aware that in desperate times good people may say or do things outside the norm 
3
Something Big
Roger Ebert
I haven t seen a Dean Martin movie since How to Save A Marriage and Ruin Your Life where his talent was really used 
2
Special ID
Brian Tallerico
It s impossible to deny that what Special ID does well it does extremely well 
2.5
Winter Brothers
Peter Sobczynski
Winter Brothers may not be completely successful when all is said and done but it is certainly a singular film 
3
Winter Brothers
Carson Lund
Winter Brothers s deft ability to sustain it for as a long as it does is a sure sign of a filmmaking force to watch 
3
Breaking Surface
Lisa Trifone
Breaking Surface manages enough ingenuity even within this fairly predictable format to warrant a look 
3
First Match
Roger Moore
A Girlfight size star is born in Elvire Emmanuelle The movie around her takes a few wrong turns though 
2.5
First Match
Jessica Ritchey
A tough film with a tender streak for its protagonist and her struggles 
3
First Match
Wes Greene
The film traffics in the same tired and sentimental clichs that hamper so many sports dramas 
2.5
Re: Generation
Tom Keogh
A well meaning but overreaching documentary that strains to make a Theory of Everything argument about power and powerlessness in America Ultimately it fails to convince about much of anything 
1.5
Re: Generation
Matt Pais
Recalls It Might Get Loud in capturing an experiment done for no reason other than to see what happens when creative minds smash together 
2.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Leo Brady
The Broken Circle Breakdown never pulls punches when it comes to telling the complex realities of life that exist in the films story 
3
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Rania Richardson
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN is a heart wrenching tale and the cinematic equivalent of a twangy country song 
3
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Brad Keefe
A devastatingly sad movie that is beautifully constructed and performed 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Scott Nash
Raises itself far above its Lifetime Movie of the Week premise 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Kam Williams
Groovy German bluegrass if you can believe it 
4
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Liam Lacey
Traditional bluegrass songs of loss and grief provide the inspiration and score for this innovative Belgian Flemish language musical drama 
2.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Bruce Ingram
It s the music that really brings Broken Circle to life an excellent collection of old timey country classics and originals that reconnects the broken bits of the story and resonates with its deepest emotions 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Josh Larsen
Science versus religion debates don t usually feature music this good 
2.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Rene Rodriguez
The Broken Circle Breakdown manages to pull off a small miracle using joyous music and tenderness to tell a tragic story that moves you but doesn t depress you
3
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The shuffled order and the external passive treatment of the story doesn t seem very bluegrass 
2
The Broken Circle Breakdown
David Nusair
a difficult to watch yet thoroughly rewarding foreign drama 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Walter V. Addiego
It s the story of a young married couple undone by a family tragedy but the film loses its way at one point turning into a political harangue 
2
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Moira MacDonald
This is terribly sad stuff and The Broken Circle Breakdown unapologetically explores melodrama these characters experience big dramatic emotions and the movie rides on those waves 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Chris Hewitt
As Broken Circle Breakdown nears its conclusion the minor inauthenticities pile up and even the parts we initially believed in start to seem false 
2
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Steven Rea
The Broken Circle Breakdown deftly juggles some heavy duty themes not just the crisis of cancer parents faced with the possible loss of a child but the eternal questions 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Stephanie Merry
Some moments of the movie might leave viewers feeling bereft or gut punched but the sublime sounds along with the sweet and silly scenes of the pair falling in love provide respites from the sorrow 
3
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Peter Keough
Wastes its potential for honest emotion with schmaltz cheap shots and clichs 
2.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Chris Knight
A simple story of a young couple living in Ghent with a sweet daughter and a love of bluegrass it s almost guaranteed to pluck at your heartstrings like an expert banjo player until your eyes well up in sympathetic vibration 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Peter Howell
When the band is onscreen the film becomes alive even as we know the misery the smiles are hiding and the pain that the harmonies seek to ease 
2.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Joyce Kulhawik
It s a rich raw heartache of a film a beautifully composed soul stirring drama about love family sex sorrow faith and music 
3.5
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Sara Stewart
This Belgian drama is the real deal an alternately wrenching and ecstatic viewing experience adapted from a play by lead actor Johan Heldenbergh 
4
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Robert Levin
Like a great sad bluegrass song this is an affecting drama structured as a series of sense memories 
3
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Wes Greene
Felix Van Groeningen s film owes more than a debt to the unwieldy narrative schematics of Susanne Bier s narratives 
2
Fanga
Randy Myers
The actors are spot on in a hypnotic sometimes violent take of a classic 
3
Tag
Brian Eggert
Despite some funny antics along the way the viewer feels like an outsider looking in at people who are clearly having more fun than we are watching them 
2
Tag
Matt Brunson
A hit and miss comedy with perhaps surprisingly more hits than misses 
2.5
Tag
Dustin Putman
Just because Tag is inspired by a true story doesn t make it any less asinine Unctuous unfunny developmentally discombobulated to the extent it feels like a fever dream in retrospect the film is 100 minutes of would be rollicking nothingness 
0.5
Tag
Linda Cook
Tag delivers slapstick comedy for adults 
3
Tag
Ernesto Diezmartinez
One of the worst movies of 2018 Full review in Spanish 
0
Tag
Stephen Rebello
These terrific goofball actors deserve way better And so do we 
2.5
Tag
Josh Bell
Mildly pleasant but entirely forgettable 
2
Tag
David Nusair
A forgettable yet entertaining comedy 
2.5
Tag
Sara Michelle Fetters
Falls more than a wee bit flat making this an oddly disappointing R rated comedic misfire I kind of now wish I hadn t taken the time to go and see 
1.5
Tag
Rick Bentley
Tag is not only the latest example of how Hollywood is running out of original ideas but it is proof no one seems to care that the imagination void is getting deeper and wider 
0.5
Tag
Mike McGranaghan
There are some genuine laughs in the first ten minutes Then they stop almost altogether and the realization sets in that this movie is a one trick pony 
2
Tag
Peter Travers
Based on a true story about fortysomething manchildren still playing tag this bro bonding comedy is all over the place but fueled by a terrific cast and a partytime atmosphere that might be just what you re looking for on a hot summer night 
2.5
Tag
Rob Thomas
Like a tagger who can t decide which player to chase Tag can t figure out which kind of movie it wants to be 
2
Tag
Josh Terry
As plots go Tag s is about as thin as they come and at times it is clear that the premise isn t quite enough to carry 100 minutes worth of action 
2.5
Tag
Christian Toto
Calling the script for Tag slapdash hardly captures the lack of effort here 
1.5
Tag
Mark Dujsik
Tomsic s approach to the hijinks is almost cartoon like which is fine for well cartoons 
1.5
Tag
Katie Walsh
Tag is like the game itself a whole lot of rambunctious fun 
3
Tag
Maren Longbella
The situations in which they find themselves are often crazy hilarious if you like cartoonish slapstick violence a la the Three Stooges Generally I m not a fan but there s a good natured quality that elevates it all to the level of hijinks 
3
Tag
Bruce DeMara
Looking for a light summer comedy Chase down another movie 
2
Tag
Moira MacDonald
There s virtually no plot to Tag just a lot of chasing around in various locations 
2
Tag
Mara Reinstein
A sufficiently amusing comedy that falls on the right side of silly Emphasis on falls 
2.5
Tag
Oliver Jones
By clumsily melding heartwarming sentiment about the importance of playing games as adults with the take no prisoners R rated shenanigans of the Hangover movies Tag winds up not knowing what game it is trying to play 
1
Tag
Johnny Oleksinski
Clever warm and filled with much better action sequences than a movie about tag deserves 
3
Tag
Richard Roeper
We re not even halfway through 2018 but when it comes time to compile my list of the worst movies of the year I have a strong sense there will be a moment when I ll be saying to Tag you re it 
1.5
Tag
Dann Gire
What does it say about a feature comedy when the funniest parts come from the source material it s been inspired by 
2
Tag
Michael Phillips
If you like the trailer please know the best bits are in it If you re not enticed by the trailer it s not like the movie s better there s just 98 minutes more of it 
1.5
Tag
Ann Hornaday
Thanks to the movie s nimble group of actors their deadpan interior monologues and some well executed ambushes and booby traps Tag winds up being an undemanding if instantly disposable pleasure 
2
Tag
Eric Henderson
It offers amity emotional support awkward tears the specter of death and the spectacle of ass punching slapstick all rolled up in one somehow cohesive collection of all good spare parts 
2.5
Tag
Rafer Guzman
A potentially cute comedy spoiled by a weird mean streak 
1.5
Tag
James Berardinelli
It s another comedy that falls prey to two common problems 1 predictable uninspired humor and 2 inept attempts to inject drama into the proceedings during the last act 
2
Tag
Glenn Kenny
A lazy vulgar celebration of White Male American Dumbness 
1.5
Tag
Tom Russo
What s most unexpectedly gratifying is how much energy veteran standup director Jeff Tomsic and his splashy cast pour into ensuring that this is legit entertainment packed with gonzo wit and even some sentiment 
3
Tag
Roger Moore
It was never going to be as riotous as the trailers but it s still funny and in the case of Isla Fisher damned funny 
2.5
Tag
Kam Williams
A nostalgic walk down Memory Lane courtesy of the ultimate game of Tag You re it 
2.5
Tag
George M. Thomas
Tag is a crass dumb typical summer comedy that delivers in the end 
2.5
The Werewolf
David Nusair
a better than average 50s sci fi quickie 
2.5
Machine Gun McCain
James Kendrick
an absorbing mixture of dramatic pathos and criminal intrigue one of those rare gems of late 1960s international filmmaking that is all but unthinkable today
3
Pinochet's Children
Joshua Tanzer
The main problem with the documentary is that it doesn t tell a story Its four protagonists speak only in retrospective generalities 
1.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the lead role 44 Fredric March apos s transformation from Jekyll to Hyde is still startling and 44 frankly 44 terrifying 46 The superb makeup was certainly part of it 44 but March apos s skill was the finishing touch 46 
4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Matt Brunson
A provocative pre Code chiller 46 
3.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mattie Lucas
Mamoulian apos s pre code film doesn apos t try to shy away from the more lurid elements of the story the way that Victor Fleming apos s remake does 44 and the result is something altogether more eerie and frightening 46 
3.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wesley Lovell
There has never been a more inventive nor engaging retelling of this classic story 
4
Read It and Weep
David Nusair
even the most inept viewer will have little difficulty in figuring out precisely where the film is going at all times 
1
Yellow Asphalt
Loren King
Powerful lingering 
3.5
Yellow Asphalt
Megan Turner
The passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange stark beauty of the Mideast desert so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air 
2.5
Get In
Federico Furzan
A social commentary that feels relevant and does not suffer from the movie s unavoidable violence Full review in Spanish 
3
Get In
Roger Moore
A taut troubling and topical French thriller almost utterly undone bu its over the top finale 
2.5
What Would Jesus Buy?
Wesley Lovell
This funny yet thought provoking film asks many questions that have plagued consumerism for decades While much of the ground tracked over is old it fits perfectly into the modern economic situation 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Lawrence Toppman
These bits of information could have been shocking in about 1940 1980 and 1990 But by now Americans who don t know couldn t care less 
2.5
What Would Jesus Buy?
David Frese
And as far as sermons go it s a good one You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it 
2
What Would Jesus Buy?
David Elliott
An amiable but also angry documentary 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Paul Kosidowski
Obvious or not heeding Reverend Billy s anti Shopacolypse gospel could make your holidays a little simpler sweeter and saner 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Jeff Vice
While you can appreciate what the choir and the film are trying to say too often they get bogged down in trying to spread that message They also take themselves a little too seriously at times 
2.5
What Would Jesus Buy?
Sean P. Means
Watch it then cut back on your credit card purchases and say Hallelujah to Reverend Billy 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Carrie Rickey
WWJB encourages viewers to think outside the big box of super stores such as Wal Mart 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Phil Villarreal
If you re going to live by the word of the Church of Stop Shopping a smart first step would be to avoid buying tickets to this film 
1.5
What Would Jesus Buy?
Bill Weber
Possibly the feeblest entry yet in the anti corporate theatre of muckraking genre 
1.5
What Would Jesus Buy?
Ted Fry
What Would Jesus Buy is paved with good intentions 
2.5
What Would Jesus Buy?
Chris Hewitt
My take is that it should be renamed the Church of Stop Yelling at Me Because You ve Made Your Point 
1
What Would Jesus Buy?
Jessica Reaves
It s a wickedly effective indictment of America s consumer compulsion our mindless shopping and the multinational corporations controlling it all 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Rob Thomas
In a strange way What Would Jesus Buy might actually be the most heartwarming holiday movie out there this year 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Walter V. Addiego
One of the producers of What Would Jesus Buy was Morgan Spurlock and the film is very much in the spirit of his Super Size Me 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
Elizabeth Weitzman
You know that deflated feeling you get after you ve spent a lot of time and money shopping and have little to show for your efforts This disappointing biography about performance artist Reverend Billy does an awfully good job recreating it 
2
What Would Jesus Buy?
Maitland McDonagh
Not bad for a fake preacher 
3
What Would Jesus Buy?
John Anderson
This Rob VanAlkemade film has a good title and no focus 
2
What Would Jesus Buy?
Kam Williams
Merry Capitalism 
4
Cheetah
Chris Hicks
An overly sentimental family film that brings to mind the old Disney True Life Adventures Cheetah is a very old fashioned movie And that s not meant as a compliment 
2
Tuya, Mía... te la Apuesto
Roger Moore
With Penalty Kick you don t have to wait long for the first laugh You have to wait an eternity for the second 
1.5
Tuya, Mía... te la Apuesto
Ernesto Diezmartinez
I do not know what Triana tried to do in this movie but the screenplay moves between the worst farce and the most failed social criticism 
0
Skate Kitchen
Joe Friar
The quasi documentary from The Wolfpack director Crystal Moselle will grind its way into your heart 
3.5
Skate Kitchen
Rob Thomas
On a skateboard there s no room for thinking It s just feeling and doing which is what makes it such a symbol of emancipation in Crystal Moselle s joyful and wise new film 
3
Skate Kitchen
Eric Melin
The real girls of Skate Kitchen make it work beautifully as a coming of age fictional film The group s friendship and camaraderie translates naturally to the screen 
3
Skate Kitchen
Sean P. Means
Skate Kitchen is at its best when its fascinating young women aren t necessarily going anywhere but are enjoying the moment when the wheels roll on the pavement and the air hits their faces 
3.5
Skate Kitchen
Mark Dujsik
More than anything else this vision of this lifestyle feels authentic 
3
Skate Kitchen
Ann Hornaday
Skate Kitchen conveys the simple exhilarating thrill of daring to claim social space and proceeding to occupy it with defiance and ecstatic grace 
3
Skate Kitchen
Carly Lewis
Moselle believes in the power of girls The friendships through which Camille learns how to be loved become the anguish that breaks her heart and the forgiveness that humbly heals her 
3.5
Skate Kitchen
Bruce DeMara
It works in large part because of Vinberg s poignant and persuasive performance When she speaks of escaping the loneliness you have even in a crowded room it makes your heart ache 
3
Skate Kitchen
Graham Ambrose
The entire movie hangs like a varial kickflip on the strength its star Vinberg is quiet subdued and affected when the situation demands 
3.5
Skate Kitchen
Mick LaSalle
It s just one meaningless scene followed by another 
1
Skate Kitchen
Roger Moore
Bracing
3.5
Skate Kitchen
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie really cooks when it s hanging out with the girls and watching them carve out a space for themselves in a city that s indifferent or hostile towards them 
3
Skate Kitchen
Sara Stewart
Moselle shoots downtown street scenes with passion and deep familiarity setting the action to an infectious raucous soundtrack which made me feel about 100 years old for not knowing any of its tracks 
3
Skate Kitchen
Pat Brown
The film is empathetic toward and clear eyed about its young characters even if the drama it constructs around them tends toward the superficial 
2.5
Desperado
Mal Vincent
If you laugh through most of the uniquely entertaining Desperado you ll have a great time 
3
Desperado
Margaret A. McGurk
It s a splashy flashy sexy cartoon with a charismatic star who has a fine old time stomping his refined European image into the dust 
3
Desperado
Juan M. Mendez
A satisfying banquet of pulp filmmaking 
3
Desperado
David Nusair
A direct sequel to 1992 s El Mariachi 
3
Desperado
Michael Dequina
An incredibly violent and infinitely entertaining shoot em up 
3.5
Desperado
Jeanne Aufmuth
A zesty action thriller that recycles the best of the B genres and rolls them into a big budget pistol packing extravaganza that in its best moments leaves you breathless with wonder 
3
Desperado
Mick LaSalle
The routine gets tiresome for the Mariachi and for the audience too after about an hour 
2
Desperado
James Berardinelli
Bloated and overlong 
2
Desperado
Madeleine Williams
A wonderfully exciting and hypnotic action film 
3.5
Desperado
Rob Blackwelder
There s nothing like going into a movie with high expectations and coming out in awe What Rodriguez can do with 7 million would make big budget action directors cry 
4
Desperado
Chris Hicks
Around the halfway or two thirds mark the bloody killings become far too redundant the best supporting characters are gone and Rodriguez rapidly runs out of fresh ideas 
2
Desperado
Mike Clark
Desperado which is nothing but set pieces snoozes between its scenes of carnage 
2
Desperado
Roger Ebert
What happens looks terrific Now if Rodriguez can harness that technical facility to a screenplay that s more story than setup he might really have something 
2
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Michael Wilmington
A bit like wandering into a slice of life that suddenly turns into a Tennessee Williams play with upper class Eastern accents replacing the Southern ones 
3
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Maitland McDonagh
Fans of the first film will want to see this extension though it stands equally well on its own as a portrait of thwarted headstrong women trapped in a degraded present and borne back ceaselessly into the past 
3
Married to the Mob
Roger Ebert
The results are very good far better and funnier than most of what is being made these days 
3
Married to the Mob
David Nusair
a top tier 80s comedy 
3.5
Married to the Mob
Chris Hicks
For fans of Demme s work however or those who are looking for comedy that s off the beaten path Married to the Mob might fill the bill 
2.5
Mister Frost
Roger Ebert
Mr Frost is silly but not silly enough The problem with movies like this is that they ve forgotten how to be absurd 
2
Witnesses
Sean P. Means
One might wish that the filmmakers had kept Joseph Smith an enigmatic side character and focused more on how these three followers persevered in his wake 
2.5
Play It Again, Sam
Roger Ebert
Maybe the movie has too much coherence and the plot is too predictable that s a weakness of films based on well made Broadway plays Still that s hardly a serious complaint about something as funny as Play It Again Sam 
3
Haiku Tunnel
Walter Chaw
ultimately just a little too ingratiating 
2.5
Haiku Tunnel
Elias Savada
If I want to watch a neurotic Jewish guy throw quips at the screen I ll take Woody Allen in New York City over Josh Kornbluth in San Francisco any day Brief case closed 
1.5
Haiku Tunnel
Carrie Rickey
As Josh s story wears on so does one s patience 
2.5
Haiku Tunnel
Steve Rhodes
An over the top yet dead on office comedy that rings true even when it s the most exaggerated
3
Haiku Tunnel
Rod Armstrong
It s only occasionally funny it s exceedingly aimless and the newly added subsidiary personalities have no substance 
1.5
Haiku Tunnel
Mick LaSalle
A winning comedy 
3
Haiku Tunnel
Jonathan Foreman
Amazingly amateurish the film lands wide of satirical targets that should be impossible to miss 
0
Haiku Tunnel
Rob Blackwelder
Eventually becomes less like a comedy and more like a guy working out his neuroses in front of a camera while we pay 8 to watch 
2.5
Haiku Tunnel
Harvey S. Karten
Without Woody Allen in the cast this movie is afflicted with tunnel vision 
2
Strawberry Mansion
Peter Canavese
A whimsical 44 mythical and strangely earnest tale 44 and a funky 44 hand made looking fantasy movie with a dream theme 46 
3
Strawberry Mansion
Mike McGranaghan
Without characters we feel we know 44 and without a story that seems to be leading to a satisfying resolution 44 and without any genuine emotion 44 you just end up staring at the screen impassively 44 waiting for the credits to roll 46 
1
Strawberry Mansion
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Despite the implication that dreams are cathartic ungovernable expressions Strawberry Mansion never musters the intensity necessary to make them feel worth fighting for 
2
Strawberry Mansion
Tom Meek
Visions of pink rooms buckets of fried chicken animated insects and classic 1960s gas guzzlers ensue making for hypnotic and slightly experimental lo fi wonderment 
2.5
Strawberry Mansion
Michael Phillips
Its sensibility is truly a gentle one The screenplay may not cohere in ways designed to please the dream logic averse but its wit is neatly matched by the wit of the visual landscapes 
3.5
Strawberry Mansion
Ty Burr
When it s really cooking Strawberry Mansion is a stalwart entry in the Cinema du Edibles and it marks Audley and Birney as a duo to keep an eye on 
2.5
Strawberry Mansion
Sheila O'Malley
Strawberry Mansion is an eccentric hybrid like a handmade Valentine 
3.5
Strawberry Mansion
Mark Dujsik
Its devotion to a thin plot and broad ideas means that this exercise in hand crafted imagination doesn t amount to much more than that 
2
Strawberry Mansion
Mark Feeney
It s very much its own thing and in this movie day and age that is no small accomplishment 
2.5
Strawberry Mansion
Roger Moore
For those who like a couple of scoops of avante garde on their strawberry waffle cone the weirdness here rarely lets up 
2.5
Strawberry Mansion
Pat Padua
Despite striking images and provocative ideas there isn t enough drama to keep the narrative awake for 91 minutes 
2
Strawberry Mansion
Pat Brown
Strawberry Mansion playfully and delightfully draws parallels between the creative agency of dreams and the waking creativity of filmmaking 
3
Strawberry Mansion
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An imaginative and charming film not despite its financial limitations but in part because of them 
2.5
Strawberry Mansion
Walter Chaw
Strawberry Mansion s aggressive artifice actually enhances its emotional authenticity I love this film 
4
The Broken Hearts Club
Roger Ebert
It s almost the point of The Broken Hearts Club that it doesn t crank up the emotion It insists on the ordinariness of its characters on their everyday problems on the relaxed and chatty ways they pass their time 
3
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy
Namrata Joshi
Dibakar s reinvention of the Sharadindu Bandopadhyay detective is a ponderously crafted artifice rather than the handiwork of an off the cuff talent 
2.5
Racing Extinction
Kam Williams
A chilling rallying cry exhorting humanity to save the planet from climate change if it s not already too late 
4
Racing Extinction
Rob Thomas
This new wave of films wants to make environmental films that aren t just educational and enraging but poignant exciting and even beautiful 
3
Racing Extinction
Robert Horton
As an example of image dissemination Racing Extinction is skillful right down to the evocative but nonstop music by J Sharp 
3
Racing Extinction
Sean P. Means
The breadth of Louie Psihoyos environmental documentary Racing Extinction is wide the fate of animal species around the planet and the overall impact is forceful 
3
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The pockmarked buildings have a peeling grayness as if some forgotten battle had been waged there and dulled everything in its wake 
3.5
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Roger Ebert
These are fellow human beings who suffer who are limited in their freedom to imagine greater happiness for themselves and yet in their very misery they embody human striving 
3.5
Out of Office
Peter Canavese
Lightweight 44 flimsy and sitcomedic in the style of The Office 44 but its cast of funny people being funny is enough for a recommendation 46 
2.5
Out of Office
Roger Moore
Plays more like a pilot to a sitcom that never was 44 a project any principled network quot suit quot would watch and dismiss 46 quot Too derivative 46 46 46 We apos ve already SEEN apos The Office 46 apos quot 
2
Kronk's New Groove
David Nusair
this film proves that Kronk works best in small doses 
2
American Carnage
Mark Dujsik
91 N 93 one of this is particularly subtle 46 46 46 
1.5
Year of the Horse
Gene Siskel
Jarmusch gets nothing out of his interview except the band members and manager repeatedly telling us how long and how well the group works together 
2.5
Year of the Horse
Joe Baltake
Much like the subject himself Jarmusch s film is decidedly not smooth and mellow but it has the kick of a mule 
3
Year of the Horse
Peter Stack
This is an intimate lyrical yet incendiary film and it will please fans of both Young and Jarmusch 
3
Year of the Horse
Roger Ebert
Plays like This Is Spinal Tap made from anti matter Both films are about aging rockers but Year of the Horse removes the humor and energy 
1
Year of the Horse
James Berardinelli
This is quite possibly the worst documentary I have ever had the displeasure of watching on the big screen 
0
Year of the Horse
David N. Butterworth
The boys don t have much to say but it s oddly fascinating watching them try 
2.5
Year of the Horse
Jeff Vice
A far cry from some of the better rockumentaries out there 
2.5
Kitchen Stories
Michael Dequina
The charm and chemistry of the two leads and subtle wry moments of humor make for an endearing entertainment 
3
Kitchen Stories
Kevin John Bozelka
What you re left with is a relationship between two men that is untouched by macho posturing or any trace of anxiety and a perfect respite from the action flick mentality 
3
Kitchen Stories
Marta Barber
What starts as a satire of the methodical modernity seeking society in Sweden ends as a heartwarming dramatic comedy in Norway 
3
Kitchen Stories
Steven Rea
A thoroughly charming oddity And in the end a moving one too 
3
Kitchen Stories
Jeff Vice
A rich character piece with more than a few chuckle worthy moments 
3
Kitchen Stories
Sean P. Means
Hamer s pacing is poky and the well duh moral hits the audience well before it is revealed to the characters 
2.5
Kitchen Stories
Liam Lacey
Rather than simply beating the dead horse of utopian socialist engineering plans Kitchen Stories serves to champion human irrepressibility and unpredictability 
3
Kitchen Stories
Josh Larsen
makes the full circle journey all the way from distant to cloying 
2.5
Kitchen Stories
Chris Hewitt
Almost perfect a film about loneliness that makes you feel less alone 
3.5
Kitchen Stories
Michael Wilmington
The movie s gentle humor and offbeat whimsy prove that humanity trumps bureaucratic foolishness in Norway or anywhere else 
3
Kitchen Stories
Moira MacDonald
Though there s a melancholy mood to much of the film it leaves an audience happy as if we like Folke and Isak have made a new friend 
3.5
Kitchen Stories
Peter Debruge
Folke and Isak s friendship is a beautiful thing unexpected but inevitable and the movie does a delightful job of shaping it 
3.5
Kitchen Stories
James Berardinelli
A simple story told well with plenty of lighthearted moments and kernels of thought provoking material but little to really excite the cinematic appetite 
3
Kitchen Stories
Carla Meyer
Pays off eventually with a lovely story of friendship between two lonely men 
3
Kitchen Stories
Lou Lumenick
It s mostly a well acted expertly directed comedy with characters and situations of truly universal appeal 
3
Kitchen Stories
Bob Strauss
Against all odds it turns out everyday life in a Scandinavian kitchen can be quite a show 
3
Kitchen Stories
Ty Burr
Before it settles down into a two man character study Kitchen offers a succession of quietly uproarious sight gags 
2.5
Kitchen Stories
David Sterritt
Marvelously wry comedy about the odd relationship between a crusty Norwegian man and a snoopy Swedish researcher who s assigned to sit in his kitchen and chart his movements there 
3
Kitchen Stories
John Anderson
An extended ethnic joke Kitchen Stories moves with a glacial indifference to conventional comedic timing But perhaps that s what makes it so funny and so emotionally precise 
3
Kitchen Stories
Ed Gonzalez
A male weepie with a serious case of the cutes 
2
A Dry White Season
Terry Kelleher
Paicy revamped a screenplay by Colin Welland and succeeded in turning the original Andre Brink novel into a movie that works more than acceptably a a thriller But the relationships form the heart of the story 
3.5
A Dry White Season
Kathleen Carroll
Although A Dry White Season is somewhat mechanical in the early scenes Palcy s personal sense of outrage is so strong it ultimately transforms the movie into a stinging indictment of apartheid rule 
3.5
A Dry White Season
Roger Ebert
Here with a larger budget and stars in the cast Palcy still has the same eye for character detail This movie isn t just a plot trotted out to manipulate us but the painful examination of one man s change of conscience 
4
A Dry White Season
Patrick Taggart
A Dry White Season fires a shot right between the eyes of South African apartheid The new movie is a thriller but it s also an education 
3.5
A Dry White Season
Bill Cosford
A Dry White Season hits with the force of its convictions and it hits hard But it could have been more 
2.5
A Dry White Season
Michael Sragow
Palcy s political melodrama is emotionally simplistic where it should be richly textured merely brutal where it should be harrowing and lucid 
2
A Dry White Season
Joe Baltake
Brando is tremendous He sparks the plodding overly sincere film with some much needed energy and humor 
3
A Dry White Season
Judy Stone
Director Euzhan Palcy has adapted Andre Brink s novel into a taut passionate portrayal of the corrosive and murderous effects of apartheid 
4
A Dry White Season
James Kendrick
One of the most unique and intriguing of the 1980s historical political films
3.5
A Dry White Season
Matt Brunson
A potent picture about the horrors of apartheid 
3.5
A Dry White Season
Candice Russell
The tough minded A Dry White Season is the best film yet about the struggle for justice in South Africa 
3.5
A Dry White Season
Desmond Ryan
Searing powerful and eye opening 
4
A Dry White Season
Gene Siskel
This film is unblinking in its depiction of the most violent side of apartheid 
3
A Dry White Season
Gary Thompson
That story unfortunately is frequently sidetracked as the movie turns instead to gratuitous star cameos by Marlon Brandon and Susan Sarandon 
2.5
A Dry White Season
Dave Kehr
This is filmmaking meant to engage the heart and other visceral organs more than the mind its effects are simple broad and directly put 
3
A Dry White Season
TV Guide Staff
An earnest somewhat predictable but moving and significant film 
3
A Dry White Season
David Nusair
a powerful examination of the effects of Apartheid on a privileged white man 
3
Greed
Roger Ebert
Erich von Stroheim s Greed 1925 like the Venus de Milo is acclaimed as a classic despite missing several parts deemed essential by its creator 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Linda Cook
OK I admit it I didn t get the whole Enron thing a few years back 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Rob Thomas
At the end of it all the audience feels exhilarated and outraged and you bet we re concerned that it could happen again 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Lori Hoffman
capitalism in the hands of greed is good Gordon Gekko wanna bes could potentially bring down our nation 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Christy Lemire
Alex Gibney takes a notorious tale of corporate greed and plays it as Greek tragedy Texas style 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Rene Rodriguez
Deft entertaining and infuriating documentary about one of the most egregious cases of corporate corruption in American history 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Phoebe Flowers
This documentary is the most skillful exhaustive and appealing film so far this century about corporate corruption 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Phil Villarreal
It s sobering to realize that the mechanics of their monetary lives destruction makes for invigorating entertainment 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Ross Anthony
Decodes the Enron scandal ties it in with California energy crisis 
2.75
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Sean P. Means
The case Gibney lays out of how arrogance machismo and reckless capitalism drove a company to the top and back down is compelling aggravating and fascinating to watch 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Larry Ratliff
Even news junkies and former Enron employees might be startled by some of the corporate revelations that fill the screen 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Duane Dudek
A primer on corporate malfeasance for dummies clarifying the statistical thicket through illustration and mindful of Deep Throat s advice during Watergate to always follow the money 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Steven Rea
It s not an indictment so much It s more like a mirror 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Rob Blackwelder
Alex Gibney s film based on the book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind feels rushed slight and ultimately inconclusive 
2.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Geoff Pevere
Doesn t require an interest in business affairs to be captivating It unfolds like a Wall St disaster movie with two eminently hissable villains presiding over the catastrophe 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Moira MacDonald
Gibney s documentary is ultimately not about business and numbers but about morality how a group of people blinded by money lost their souls 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Robert W. Butler
Alex Gibney s documentary is a concise examination of the Enron affair that s poised between straight journalism and outright satire When it s over you will be so mad you can t see straight 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Michael Booth
Go see it before you buy another stock you don t understand Go see it before you bank your retirement on the company pension fund Go see it before you vote in another election 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Mary F. Pols
It puts the whole mess in focus and will likely have you stomping about afterward in righteous indignation at the crimes perpetrated on us particularly Californians by the corporate swindlers at Enron 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Jonathan Curiel
There will be lots of seething at the sight of it all but there are enough good laughs to make the experience more than worthwhile 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Ty Burr
Gibney has been able to get his hands on the right materials and he assembles the right talking heads to string the story together 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
James Verniere
Compelling if somewhat belabored 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Glenn Whipp
Funny frightening gut puncher 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Terry Lawson
Allow yourself the pleasure of being thoroughly entertained while being equally outraged by this movie 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Roger Ebert
No matter what your politics Enron The Smartest Guys in the Room will make you mad 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Bruce Newman
Americans love a good villain and in Enron chairman Kenneth Lay former CEO Jeffrey Skilling and CFO Andrew Fastow the movie provides a perfect storm of scoundrels 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Chris Hewitt
Enron quickly settles down cogently laying out how Ken Lay and other hot dogging big shots sank the seventh largest corporation in America 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Michael Wilmington
The movie does more than entertain and enlighten you At the end you also realize you ve been watching a classic American tale one that we can only hope will never be repeated though it well might be 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Steve Rhodes
An entertaining look at an extremely easy target 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Jeanne Aufmuth
Exploring the darker side of human behavior is compelling and entertaining leaving in its wake an acute sense of moral outrage 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Stephen Whitty
Gibney tells a complex story well explaining how one once obscure company ended up committing the corporate crime of the century 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Jami Bernard
A thoroughly fascinating and horrifying documentary about the giant corporate house of cards that came crashing down on the heads of all the little people while the big guys cashed out for mega millions smirking all the way 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Eric Harrison
Alex Gibney s documentary based on the book is pretty much straight ahead journalism
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Russell Scott Smith
The story is fascinating infuriating and even laugh out loud funny at times 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Timothy Knight
It s a gripping frequently infuriating story of greed hubris and creative accounting that unfolds as a tragedy laced with scathing black comedy 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Peter Debruge
Taking an approach that owes more to Errol Morris than Michael Moore Alex Gibney s film delivers a polished well researched look at America s largest corporate bankruptcy 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Willie Waffle
the most fascinating business story I have ever seen on film 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Wade Major
Gibney however is no Michael Moore he knows the difference between hard facts and circumstantial evidence constructing very different arguments with each 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Peter Travers
Alex Gibney s riveting documentary is a rape story with the public trust as the victim 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Claudia Puig
This cinematic scrutiny of runaway corporate greed reveals the nightmarish rapaciousness of those who engineered the fraud 
3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
David Sterritt
As real life stories go this is as riveting and as revealing about the dark side of American business as they come 
4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
John Anderson
Should be essential viewing 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Nick Schager
Light on new evidence but impressively comprehensive in scope 
3.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
James Berardinelli
The picture it paints is scarier than anything offered by any of Hollywood s recycled gore fests 
3.5
A Real Young Girl
John Petrakis
An intelligent coming of age story about a girl who realizes for better or for worse that there s no turning back 
3
Rouleman
David Nusair
something s gotten lost in translation 
1
How to Tell You're a Douchebag
Matt Pais
Total amateur hour 
1
Free in Deed
John Beifuss
Without condescension or editorializing this entirely original feature immerses viewers into a distinctive Memphis milieu of seedy motels antiseptic social service agencies and Holy Ghost worship services 
4
Khachaturian: A Musician and His Fatherland
Rob Thomas
Aram Khachaturian may be one of the most important composers of the last century That doesn t make him one of the most interesting 
2
Khachaturian: A Musician and His Fatherland
V.A. Musetto
The doc is better suited to public TV for which it was made than the big screen 
2.5
La Belva
Roger Moore
An Italian Taken a gripping grueling ride start to very very VERY drawn out finish 
2.5
Happenstance
Michael Wilmington
Discreet delicate and humane a sweet butterfly of a movie that beats up a cinematic windstorm of life 
3
Happenstance
Steven Rea
A mild but engaging romance the charms of which come at you sideways 
3
Happenstance
Peter Howell
It strives mightily to convince us that the Chaos Theory rules us yet everything in it feels preordained 
2
Happenstance
Ray Conlogue
The idea after all is that people don t have free will and who wants to watch puppets however adorable 
2
Happenstance
Moira MacDonald
Each little action as we see causes something bigger to happen resulting in not exactly a tidal wave but a happy sense of cinematic pleasure 
3
Happenstance
James Berardinelli
It s a delight to watch the plot unfold and to become aware of how a small random action by one person can impact the life of another 
3
Happenstance
Leighton Walter Kille
Overall the film is well crafted and pleasantly head snapping 
2.5
Happenstance
Michael Dequina
Sheer mechanism propels Happenstance but the numerous characters and storylines flow and converge in a gracefully unpredictable and witty manner 
3
Happenstance
V.A. Musetto
The ensemble cast is personable and the Parisian ambiance is catching 
2.5
Happenstance
Ed Gonzalez
Firode s drones aren t so much victims to fate than they are passive believers in chance 
2.5
I Sell the Dead
Wesley Lovell
At times predictable At times overwrought Most often a tad too silly 
2
I Sell the Dead
David Nusair
46 46 46 a better than average horror comedy 46 46 46 
2.5
I Sell the Dead
Rob Vaux
It goes about its task with inspiration and heart helping to bridge the gaps between its ambitions and its budget 
3
I Sell the Dead
Ty Burr
If it s not actually a good movie on some level you have to admire the chutzpah of a film set in 1850s Ireland but shot on Staten Island 
2
I Sell the Dead
Christian Toto
The cast and crew behind I Sell the Dead are clearly having a blast and audiences will nave nearly as much fun with this smart horror comedy 
3
I Sell the Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sure McQuaid crushes some heads and slashes a few jugulars but it s all so perfunctory the end result is actually kind of boring 
2
I Sell the Dead
V.A. Musetto
Genre fans will definitely get off on I Sell the Dead but outsiders might be less enthusiastic 
2.5
I Sell the Dead
Stephen Whitty
Movie fans of all kinds will appreciate a film that knows the differences among terror terrible and terribly good fun 
3
I Sell the Dead
Nick Schager
The cerebral horror of Wendigo and The Last Winter is nowhere to be found in Glenn McQuaid s meandering 19th century supernatural gothic tale 
1
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Matt Brunson
Zellweger acquits herself rather well although McConaughey s eye rolling over the top performance is a matter of personal taste 
1
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dustin Putman
Actually a fairly serviceable slasher flick up until a head scratching last fifteen minutes that introduces and then fails to explain a series of plainly stupid plot twists 
2
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Maitland McDonagh
Tired and dated 
2
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Margaret A. McGurk
Its wretchedness is so complete it can t help but attract bad movie addicts the way a dead skunk draws flies 
0
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mike Clark
The kind of cinematic endeavor where you suspect both cast and crew were obligated to bring their own beer 
1.5
The Nutty Professor
John Beifuss
Demonstrates that Jerry Lewis is the absolute master of screen space There s not a single indifferent shot in the film 
4
The Nutty Professor
Eric Henderson
Contains some of Lewis s most outr directorial flourishes 
3.5
The Right Kind of Wrong
Sheila O'Malley
The Right Kind of Wrong is the kind of comedy that asks an audience to find borderline stalking behavior charming 
1.5
The Right Kind of Wrong
Tina Hassannia
The film is so in love with its unoriginal premise that it can t see the forest for the trees treating reality like an occasionally relevant prop and stalking as a sweetly romantic gesture 
.5
The Right Kind of Wrong
Chris Knight
An unfortunate Canadian wrong com 
1
The Right Kind of Wrong
Simon Houpt
Director Jeremiah Chechik imposes a stiff pace on the proceedings toggling between broad physical comedy that aches for a laugh track and oddball moments of genuine whimsy 
2
The Right Kind of Wrong
Bruce DeMara
A pleasantly diverting romantic comedy 
2.5
On the Waterfront
Janet Graves
Marlon Brando has a rewarding assignment in this smashing melodrama full of the frightening sounds and sights of racket haunted docks 
4
On the Waterfront
Kate Cameron
Kazan over emphasized the last sequence in the film but on the whole his fine direction shows in the strength and power of the dramatic action on the screen 
4
On the Waterfront
Matt Brunson
A powerful watch thanks largely to an incredible cast Leonard Bernstein s strong score and a handful of iconic scenes none better than the moving I coulda been a contender sequence 
3.5
On the Waterfront
James Kendrick
a watershed moment in cinema history it remains one of the greatest films of the 1950s
4
On the Waterfront
Wesley Lovell
Marlon Brando is outstanding as a former boxing champ torn between family and duty in the magnificent On the Waterfront
4
On the Waterfront
Phil Villarreal
The difference between pre and post 1950s cinema before and after Brando is as pronounced as moving from black and white to color 
4
On the Waterfront
Stephen Schaefer
What makes On the Waterfront resonate so powerfully all these years later There s the titanic work of Marlon Brando it s his definitive screen performance as boxer turned longshoreman Terry Malloy 
4
On the Waterfront
Ty Burr
So when does it hit you that you re in the presence of movie greatness 
4
On the Waterfront
David Sterritt
Brando made one of his most indelible impressions in this relentlessly dramatic ever controversial tale of loyalty and betrayal in the world of working class unions first released in 1954 
3
On the Waterfront
Sarah Chauncey
There s something uncomfortably humbling about reviewing a movie that is textbook perfect 
3.5
On the Waterfront
Michael Szymanski
What s most amazing is to realize that the most important moments of this is something that director Kazan allowed the actors to improvise Some of the best scenes including the contender scene is all from the heart 
4
On the Waterfront
James Berardinelli
One of the best acted efforts to come out of Hollywood during the 1950s 
3.5
On the Waterfront
Walter Chaw
requisite viewing for any student of the art it is among the best American films
4
On the Waterfront
Ted Prigge
It s one of those films that can inspire and touch an audience with a unviersal message move people with an emotional and powerful dramatic storyline and even get people to forgive anyone who is forced to rat on his friends 
4
On the Waterfront
Roger Ebert
It is still possible to feel the power of the film and of Brando and Kazan who changed American movie acting forever 
4
On the Waterfront
Scott Nash
This movie is all about Brando 
3.5
The Goat
Roger Ebert
The French are funny Sex is funny And comedies are funny Yet no French sex comedies are funny 
1.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Burl Burlingame
Miley might not become another Britney if she keeps away from those way cute Jonas boys They look like trouble I think they ve actually experienced hormones 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
David Nusair
possesses few elements designed to appeal to viewers over a certain age 
2
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Bill Chambers
A film that opens with celebuspawn Cyrus practising scales and ends with me wrapping my lips around the barrel of a twelve gauge
0.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cyrus is that pageant child often drawn in to the background whenever her dad Billy Ray is on set and he even manages to attach himself in to her act 
2
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Sean P. Means
Entertaining thanks entirely to the charms of its 15 year old star 
3
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Linda Cook
There s something adorable about this whole Miley Cyrus phenomenon that appeals to well the girl in me 
3.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Kit Bowen
The movie spectacular to fulfill your little girls wildest dreams and at a considerably lower rate than the live concert 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Maitland McDonagh
For parents who were unable to secure tickets for the young fans in their households it s nothing short of a godsend 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Joseph P. Kahn
One s opinion of it may depend more on age and parental status than exposure to other rock concert films But there s no denying the film delivers on its promise 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Ross Anthony
It s great for kids to see that Miley doesn t just wake up polished She makes mistakes she practices there s a learning curve and work involved Fans are sure to enjoy 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Dave Tianen
Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus is Bubble Yum for the eyes and ears But given the demographic that works 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Elysa Gardner
What this concert film and documentary makes clear is that the real Miley is not just like her predominantly pre adolescent female fans 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Elizabeth Weitzman
Obviously there s no replicating the real thing But it s as close as you ll come to achieving the best of both worlds 
2.5
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Lou Lumenick
Miley Cyrus is not U2 
2
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Jan Stuart
Totally slick and vanilla but you have to like a kid who works this hard 
2.5
It's Not A Burden
Roger Moore
A documentary collage of caregiving showcasing the relationships that endure even if the roles have reversed and the parent has become the child who needs attention and help with the most basic things in life 
2.5
The Daytrippers
Matt Brunson
The climactic twist is not only obvious but also registers as a stunt and the ending is far too abrupt On the plus side the performances are uniformly excellent 
2.5
The Daytrippers
Steve Rhodes
After an hour and a quarter of dead pan humor that only works in fits and spurts the film finally comes alive in the last ten minutes 
2
The Daytrippers
Roger Ebert
I do not mean to criticize Meara herself She is almost by definition superb at her assignment here which is to create an insufferable mother The film s problem is that she does it so well 
2
Violet Tendencies
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Violet Tendencies betrays both its camp roots and its grown up goals 
2
Savages
Brian Eggert
While the juicy performances and exciting meat of Savages are vicious fun 44 it 8217 s a film whose feeble conceit undoes the pleasures of its base appeal 46 
2.5
Savages
Rob Humanick
Essentially stupid but stylistically invigorating like watching a genius muck about with finger paints like a child on a sugar high And then it throws it back in your face 
3
Savages
John Beifuss
Stone substitutes bombast for Winslow s wit and blunts the book s ending to make a cynical but hardly shocking point about government corruption 
2
Savages
Linda Cook
Were it not for its arguably messed up finale Savages would be one of director Oliver Stone s most enjoyable crime dramas 
3
Savages
Michael Dequina
When Stone finally achieves a comfortable balance between the pretty young things and the cornucopia of crazies the film truly comes to full life as the lurid down and dirty entertainer one hopes for 
3
Savages
Lori Hoffman
Savages isn t a bad film but it doesn t come close to matching the best of what Stone has given us in the past 
2.5
Savages
Sean P. Means
The only character who resonates is Lively s O the blissed out object of desire and revenge and the only character who doesn t live down to the film s title 
2
Savages
James Kendrick
aesthetically flashy without being overbearing and politically sensitive without being pushy
3
Savages
Mike McGranaghan
Savages has the components to skirt greatness only to repeatedly trip over its own feet 
2
Savages
John Wirt
Despite the high stakes mission the movie never feels like more than a game Savages does not immerse 
2
Savages
Rex Reed
These are neither good people nor interesting savages and they re not worth caring about Neither is the movie 
1
Savages
Roger Moore
Can a movie be utterly done in by a botched ending Maybe 
2.5
Savages
Kam Williams
An unsettling vision of America degenerating into a lawless dystopia like a latter day Wild West 
4
Savages
Matt Brunson
Viewer agony begins right near the start as O describes her boffing sessions with the battle scarred Chon I had orgasms he had wargasms Yow Haven t Writers Guild of America memberships been revoked for less 
1.5
Savages
Lisa Kennedy
Savages points to a problem with gifted directors which Stone is like him or not They can make a movie that aggravates infuriates falters even but they can really make a movie 
2.5
Savages
Robert Levin
Sure the protagonists are self indulgent bores the narrative peters out with a weird bout of self reflexive tomfoolery and the movie won t be remembered as one of Stone s masterpieces But it s a lot of fun 
3
Savages
Bob Bloom
Director Oliver Stone and his co writers seem to be reaching for something important to say but they fail and we ll never know what it is 
2
Savages
Stephen Whitty
The occasionally sharp tone of Don Winslow s original novel has been lost and the film s ending isn t much more than a joke 
2
Savages
Willie Waffle
One of those movies that feels like it sprang loose from the Mountain Dew induced fantasies of a 13 year old boy 
1
Savages
Ann Hornaday
A candy colored black valentine to titillation garish brutality and groovy post fin de siecle excess this ode to cinema s most exploitative pleasures finds Stone chronicling America s dark side at its most sun kissed 
2.5
Savages
Kyle Smith
This Elmore Leonard style noir about lowlifes versus dirtbags is nasty vicious fun 
3
Savages
Liam Lacey
It all feels more like flexing atrophied muscles rather than creating a believable experience 
2
Savages
Rafer Guzman
Savages is a juvenile fantasy of bullets breasts and bongs not such a bad thing if Stone would just admit it and stop staging the film as a profound ethical wrestling match 
1.5
Savages
Mark Dujsik
Savages says nothing we do not already know about the illegal drug trade 
2.5
Savages
Dustin Putman
Empty mayhem in between plenty of down time 
2
Savages
Peter Canavese
Oliver Stone bless im still believes in red meat cinema 
3.5
Savages
Amy Biancolli
Complain as loudly as you like about Oliver Stone his politics posturing and relationship with the facts but until now he hasn t directed a film that s flat out dull 
0
Savages
Claudia Puig
While Savages aims for provocative and dynamic it comes off as predictable and strained 
2
Savages
Peter Howell
How did this film end up with such a muddled story 
2
Savages
Steven Rea
I thought Stone was redoing Truffaut s Jules and Jim two guys and a girl love pulling them every which way 
2
Savages
Ty Burr
A stylish violent hallucinatory thriller with both a mean streak and a devilish sense of humor 
3
Savages
Gary Thompson
Johnson Kitsch and Lively struggle to make an impression in a movie filled with grand standing stars and one questions the work habits of their characters 
2.5
Savages
Ann Lewinson
Merely continues Stone s tepid streak 
2
Savages
Graham Killeen
For a mess Savages is a big bloody crazy beautiful mess featuring enough visual fireworks to restart the Fourth of July 
3
Savages
Jesse Cataldo
While his classic hyperbolic visual style is back in force Stone can t bother to muster any of his usual righteous anger instead mischanneling his discontent into a kind of zen acceptance of these perpetually tiresome main characters 
1.5
Savages
Joe Lozito
Despite a quick pace and a few flashes of brutal violence Oliver Stone s narcotics thriller feels sanitized like a drug that s been cut one too many times 
2
Savages
Chris Hewitt
It s not worthless Del Toro and Hayek are fun but you can do better 
2
Savages
Matt Pais
Can t decide if it s a horrifying cautionary tale or an ironic comedic nod to those who become wrapped up in a deadly game over an illegal form of entertainment or pain prevention 
2.5
Savages
Tom Keogh
Savages is never quite one thing or another 
2
Savages
Roger Ebert
A return to form for Stone s dark side Savages generates ruthless energy and some but not too much humor 
3.5
Savages
Michael Phillips
Savages has trouble making us care what happens to the beautiful people the untouchables at the center of the sun baked fairy tale 
2
Savages
James Berardinelli
Doesn t break much new ground in the genre but offers a volatile concoction of violence heroism and amorality that is compulsively watchable 
3
Savages
Randy Myers
With Savages Stone gets his mojo back and pulp fiction fans are all the better for it 
3.5
Savages
Rene Rodriguez
The superb craftsmanship and care behind Savages only helps to underscore what an asinine unconvincing picture this is 
1
Savages
Joe Williams
After decades of digging beneath the surface Stone understands the synthesis of good and evil in a way that weekend savages cannot 
3.5
Savages
Christy Lemire
Savages is an enjoyably gratuitous romp but with something to say 
3
Luck
Peter Canavese
A kids movie version of the kill scenes from the quot Final Destination quot horror movie franchise 46 
2
Luck
Ray Gill Jr.
The first feature from Skydance Animation whisks viewers to a wonderful world of magical creatures but it doesn t know what to do once it gets there 
2
Luck
Erik Childress
The film gets bogged down in the details of where the luck flows and who controls it 44 but its heart and its visuals hit the right spot in a way that some of the recent Pixar films have lacked 46 
3
Luck
Leo Brady
Luck has highs and lows 44 looks visually adequate 44 some cute characters 44 and a convoluted plot 46 It 8217 s not bad but it is unlucky 46 
2
Luck
Kevin Carr
Not as great at its Pixar pedigree 44 but it 8217 s still a cute film with sweet 8211 if not derivative characters 46 
2.5
Luck
Kenneth R. Morefield
If you are looking for an animated film with the emotional gravitas of a Pixar heart plucker and just a touch of old school Looney Tunes zaniness 44 you are in Luck 46 
3
Luck
Mark Meszoros
The best thing Luck has to offer is the lesson it gets to about bad luck and how 44 if handled correctly 44 it isn 8217 t so bad 46 That 8217 s a good one for the little ones 8212 and it 8217 s enough to nudge it into the Land of the Recommended 46 
2.5
Luck
Christy Lemire
There 8217 s little magic in director Peggy Holmes 8217 tale of a trip to a magical land 46 
1
Luck
Mark Feeney
Luck is a somewhat confounding blend of past present and future The confoundedness comes of throwback elements and visionary never quite cohering that and an increasingly cluttered plot turning a sweet natured film into a bit of a slog 
2
Luck
Randy Myers
Luck is an all out charmer enchanting us with impressive animation a pithy and touching screenplay 
3.5
Luck
Mark Dujsik
Luck presents a world of so much imaginative potential and possibility 44 and then 44 it has its main characters search for and collect a bunch of stuff 46 
2
Luck
Roger Moore
An almost utterly joyless animated exercise in tedium
1.5
Luck
Michael O'Sullivan
It could have been an auspicious start for Skydance and Lasseter But is it No such luck 
1.5
Luck
Brian Eggert
Luck is the type of G rated fare that parents will load onto Apple TV 43 for their children and soon realize that there 8217 s not much here for adults 44 and they can leave the room 46 
2
House of the Dead 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
at least it is superior to its predecessor which evidently is not saying much Full review in Spanish 
1.5
House of the Dead 2
David Nusair
just as inept as its predecessor 
1
Angela's Christmas
Roger Moore
A witty and warm bit of Frank McCourt in holiday animated form 
3
The Tollbooth
Laura Kelly
Women may recognize with shivers the struggles of twentysomething Sarabeth in The Tollbooth And that s a bad thing 
2
The Tollbooth
Ken Fox
Ambling but never less than endearing 
3
The Tollbooth
Lou Lumenick
Plays like the unholy spawn of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Fiddler on the Roof 
1
The Tollbooth
Elizabeth Weitzman
Sokoloff works hard to make her aspiring artist likable and buried deep under the mountain of clichs is a decent story of a young Brooklyn woman trying to find her own way But to have to swallow such ham fisted writing and direction 
1.5
The Tollbooth
Ed Gonzalez
In short this film ain t kosher 
1.5
The Great Water
Terry Lawson
It is an impressionistic sometimes fascinating sometimes frustrating window into a culture and country that was long walled off from the West 
3
The Great Water
Laura Kelly
The cinematic version should have focused on the strength of the orphans tales without wasting time with story framing 
2
The Great Water
Bob Strauss
The Great Water s greatest value is its depiction of a society that was as savagely committed to a false idea as its neighbor nations but that somehow moved back toward reality and humanity before the Iron Curtain fell 
3
The Great Water
Jack Mathews
The Great Water is ultimately about the indomitability of faith and the Christian symbolism is laid on thick 
2
The Great Water
V.A. Musetto
Nicely acted and stylishly photographed 
3
The Great Water
David Sterritt
This unusual Macedonian release is engrossing if not always nimbly directed 
3
London to Brighton
Philip Marchand
Its tautness is satisfying Not one line of dialogue is superfluous not one take is a second too long 
3
London to Brighton
Jennie Punter
From the near hysteria of this compelling opening sequence Paul Andrew Williams s taut tough and thoroughly satisfying drama grips the viewer and never lets go until its brutal surprising conclusion 
3.5
London to Brighton
Maitland McDonagh
English actor turned filmmaker Paul Andrew Williams made a striking writing and directing debut with this character driven thriller which plays out against a backdrop of desperation self loathing and grinding poverty 
3
London to Brighton
Kyle Smith
The film is a calling card for its sure handed rookie director Paul Andrew Williams who expertly turns up the suspense knob while establishing a thick sense of doom amid grimy settings 
2.5
London to Brighton
Elizabeth Weitzman
Very good but very grim Paul Andrew Williams punishing debut doesn t pull many punches although the characters certainly field their share of body blows 
3
London to Brighton
Ed Gonzalez
Spit polished with Greengrassian artistic din London to Brighton is kitchen sink realism without soul 
1.5
Rewind This!
Jeff Shannon
Johnson s savvy authority ensures that Rewind This will leave many film and video lovers begging for more 
4
Rewind This!
Mike McGranaghan
Perhaps the best compliment I can pay the film is to say that it made me want to go down in my basement and dig through all those old VHS tapes that I have boxed up 
3.5
The Fugitive
Clifford Terry
Working from a tight script by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy director Andrew Davis has fashioned a crackling intelligent thriller 
3.5
The Fugitive
Matt Brunson
Directed for maximum impact by Andrew Davis this contains enough suspenseful set pieces clever red herrings and spectacular stuntwork to satisfy most thriller aficionados yet what really makes the movie work are the performances by Ford and Jones 
3.5
The Fugitive
Jeff Shannon
The film is little more than a well oiled machine that serves a strictly limited function but like a precision timepiece it is a thing to marvel at even under close scrutiny 
3.5
The Fugitive
Gene Siskel
I ve already seen The Fugitive twice I ll probably see it again 
4
The Fugitive
Stephen Hunter
The Fugitive runs hard and true the whole way through 
3
The Fugitive
Steven Rea
Thoroughly engaging edge of the seat entertainment 
3
The Fugitive
Gary Thompson
A sparkling suspense picture 
3
The Fugitive
John Wooley
A fast paced action adventure picture written large upon the screen It s helped along in this case by a couple of things some fine performances especially from the two leads and the collective cultural memory of lots and lots of baby boomers 
3
The Fugitive
Betsy Bozdech
Action movies don t get much better than this the acting is top notch the story is solid and the direction never lets up 
4
The Fugitive
Michael Dequina
One of the most exciting intelligent and all around brilliant action films ever to hit the silver screen 
4
The Fugitive
David Nusair
still stands up today as it did eight years ago as the definitive example of how to make a summer movie right heck how to make any movie right 
4
The Fugitive
Roger Ebert
Davis paints with bold visual strokes so that the movie rises above its action film origins and becomes operatic 
4
The Fugitive
James Berardinelli
Innovative is not a legitimate description of The Fugitive but entertaining is 
3
The Fugitive
Scott Nash
The pacing is terrific and the action always kept on a realistic level even when it s clearly over the top 
4
Star Trek: Nemesis
David Nusair
a thoroughly satisfying capper to a solid quartet of movies 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Michael Dequina
Without an intriguing adversary for Capt Jean Luc Picard and crew it s all for naught 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Joe Lozito
Disappointing 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Peter Canavese
Tinkers around with an intriguing premise but with little creative facility for dialogue or structure splits the difference between fans and neophytes impressing neither 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Scott Nash
If you re a fan you ll be satisfied if not ecstatic but it s doubtful that this movie will win any new converts 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Greg Maki
The science fiction franchise that has been an institution since the late 1960s may be starting to show its age 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Nick Rogers
Well 44 there goes the theory about the even numbered ones all being good 46 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a point in Star Trek Nemesis that I could not help but start to think of The Muppet Movie 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jim Shelby
Boring dark gooey with plenty of earnest furrowed brows all around 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Vanessa Sibbald
It s been almost 10 years since Star Trek The Next Generation ended in 1994 but you d never know it by watching the latest film in the science fiction franchise Star Trek Nemesis 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Frank Ochieng
the Federation should consider their legacy before embarking on another tired journey Alas it s time for the filmmakers to stay home and avoid the exhaustive trappings of being their own worse enemy ah in this case nemesis 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Kevin A. Ranson
it may be time for Paramount to more on to other Star Trek movie ideas or just more on together enjoy it for what it is one more time to see a beloved crew defeat evil in space 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Steve Rhodes
A sci fi snoozer 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
James Kendrick
definitely something different even if it doesn t quite live up to the filmmakers obviously grandiose ideas
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mark Dujsik
Sure it s more of the same but as the film proves that s not always a bad thing 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Dan Lybarger
Star Trek Nemesis is flat and uneventful 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mike McGranaghan
Everything here feels like a rehash of what this series has been doing since 1979 There s no ambition no attempt to take the franchise in a new direction 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Linda Cook
The Enterprise is losing speed 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Steven Snyder
Whatever the weaknesses Nemesis deserves some credit for its universality It can be enjoyed by anyone whether the biggest Trek nerd or a newcomer to the series 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jonathan R. Perry
Never escapes the franchise formula enough to make Warp Factor 9 and take flight as anything more than a superior two part Next Generation episode with improved effects 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jeffrey Westhoff
The ease that the Next Generation actors slip into their roles gives Nemesis a comfort zone that overcomes creaky dialogue and that fact that the biggest moments have been seen in earlier Trek movies 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Dustin Putman
Clear proof that the series has long since surpassed its days of glory 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Walter Chaw
Pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God in the fifth Trek flick 
1
Star Trek: Nemesis
Bob Bloom
The latest adventure of The Next Generation crew is a rip roaring space opera that while containing some grand set pieces is a bit uneven failing to realize its full potential 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It almost plays like Solaris but with guns and jokes 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Wesley Morris
This is the fourth film to feature the Next Generation crew and everyone is still off track after the ideologically unsound sparsely entertaining Insurrection 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Sean P. Means
The worst voyage of the good ship Enterprise since they made the mistake of letting William Shatner direct Star Trek V 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mike Clark
As spent screen series go Star Trek Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up and there s nothing to drink 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mick LaSalle
Stewart instead lends integrity and wry stoicism to Nemesis but the movie is unworthy of him 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
David Elliott
Better than the tepid Star Trek Insurrection falls short of First Contact because the villain couldn t pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige s cape and finishes half a parsec a nose ahead of Generations 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
David Hiltbrand
While the movie itself wanders off course halfway through the coming attractions showcasing Nemesis jacked up special effects production values and camerawork were a knockout 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Howard Cohen
Devotees of Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu and the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes is lacking 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Glenn Whipp
If this is indeed the swan song for the Next Generation gang the end can t come soon enough 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Susan Stark
Star Trek Nemesis spins a fascinating and finally quite moving variation on an old saw You re your own worst enemy 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jeff Vice
This isn t just a bad Trek movie it s also bad science fiction riddled with psychobabble inconsistencies and the hoariest of cliches 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mark Harden
Nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Roger Ebert
Star Trek was kind of terrific once but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Liam Lacey
Familiarity breeds content with Star Trek fans and the 10th movie in the series does nothing to mess with the series comfortably monotonous fantasy formula 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Ron Weiskind
This one has some throwback qualities 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Margaret A. McGurk
Star Trek fans like their philosophy deep and Nemesis the 10th big screen episode does not disappoint 
3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Terry Lawson
May satisfy the faithful but can leave the casual moviegoer feeling as if he s walked into a bar where nobody knows his name 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Gregory M. Lamb
Convincing evidence that the venerable franchise needs to be mothballed in space dock and not come out for another mission without a major refitting 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jon Niccum
Individual episodes of the Next Generation TV series were always clever at addressing social issues even if they were cloaked in the hardware of futurism Yet the movies have routinely devolved into one dimensional battles of good vs evil 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Chris Hewitt
The folks on the Starship Enterprise are never stodgier than when they try to loosen up and play it for laughs as they do often in Nemesis 
1
Star Trek: Nemesis
Todd Anthony
Star Trek Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before Wince inducing dialogue thrift shop costumes prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue light special effects all conspire to test Trekkie loyalty 
1.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mark Rahner
The torpid first half nearly made me drift into suspended animation But the exciting second half makes up for it with a long thrilling Pyrrhic battle 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Glenn Lovell
Won t go into the captain s log as the U S S Enterprise s finest hour that honor still belongs to Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan but it is reasonably entertaining and reassuring like a trip home during the holidays 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Mary Kalin-Casey
Though hardly a ridiculous mess like The Final Frontier the 10th Trek outing Nemesis is as mediocre as the last franchise effort Insurrection with little appeal for anyone beyond patient die hard fans 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
John Anderson
Not a bad premise but the execution is lackluster at best 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jonathan Foreman
It is far from the worst thanks to the topical issues it raises the performances of Stewart and Hardy and that essential feature a decent full on space battle 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Duane Dudek
A strong enough effort to be worthy of faint praise 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Marty Mapes
Perhaps Nemesis is the best we could hope for from a tired franchise
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Michael Wilmington
A better movie than the vacuous Insurrection 
3.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Josh Larsen
At this point looking to juice the series with action scenes is the equivalent of applying a defibrillator to a cadaver 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
James Berardinelli
It has become apparent that the franchise s best years are long past 
2.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Tony Toscano
The film s dark and gritty style gives this trek a real depth and human element most of the other films have lacked 
3.5
Star Trek: Nemesis
Rob Blackwelder
grows decidedly flimsier with its many out sized out of character and logically porous action set pieces 
2
Star Trek: Nemesis
Harvey S. Karten
A school teacher s dream as Patrick Stewart tells his nemesis that the principal goal of every human being should be to become a better person 
2.5
She's Gotta Have It
Josh Larsen
From the start it was less important whether or not you agreed with Lee than if you appreciated him for stirring things up 
3.5
She's Gotta Have It
Eric Henderson
She s Gotta Have It s characters talk into the camera but they do so in service of a Rashomon tinged postmortem on how an artistic young woman couldn t make polyamory work in her favor 
3
She's Gotta Have It
Kam Williams
New York Negro neurosis as source material for mirth amusement and introspection like a Woody Allen classic only in blackface 
4
Dredd
Brian Eggert
When so many action films rely on shaky camera work and a seemingly rushed assemblage of shots strung together by a wired editor 44 Dredd is as calculated as its hero 46 
3.5
Dredd
David Nusair
a hopelessly misbegotten adaptation that suffers from an almost complete dearth of positive attributes 
1
Dredd
Brett Michel
Erase your memories of Sly s bomb with this director Pete Travis and writer producer Alex Garland s lean reboot 
3
Dredd
Calum Marsh
Whether by design or otherwise Dredd seems better suited to a 2D home video presentation than to the 3D silver screen 
3
Dredd
Matt Brunson
Fans were horrified when Sylvester Stallone managed to turn the declarative statement I am the law into a hammy punchline Those same folks will now be delighted to learn that Karl Urban has reclaimed the snatch of dialogue for them 
2.5
Dredd
Scott Nash
Definitely a B Movie but it doesn t want to be anything else 
2.5
Dredd
Claudia Puig
While not for the squeamish Dredd 3D is an effectively gritty B movie accentuated by stylish visuals and irreverent humor 
2.5
Dredd
Jason Buchanan
Dredd 3D is at its core a bloody spectacle and little more 
2
Dredd
Stephen Whitty
We have seen this future And not only does it not work it no longer even surprises 
2
Dredd
Frank Lovece
Proves a surprisingly unimaginative cops vs drug lord story complete with the weathered veteran forced to take a rookie under his wing 
2
Dredd
Kyle Smith
My notes are as follows Shoot bad guy Shoot bad guy Shoot bad guy 
1
Dredd
Sean O'Connell
This finally is the Dredd movie comic book readers have been anticipating 
3
Dredd
Mark Dujsik
Dredd might not glorify its violence but the movie does come close to fetishizing it which is discomforting in its own way 
2
Dredd
David Hiltbrand
For sci fi action fans it s an instant classic 
2.5
Dredd
Gary Thompson
The movie bears a suspicious resemblance to the Indonesian hit The Raid Redemption but trades that movie s sweaty muscular martial arts brio for a RoboCop ish futurism and very slick F X the 3 D is very good 
3
Dredd
Tom Russo
In a generic way the environment works But it drains the material of what should be most unique about it and leaves Urban twisting despite a tightly coiled performance 
2
Dredd
Peter Hartlaub
A fine piece of cheap entertainment 
3
Dredd
Matt Pais
Offers occasional toughness and consistent brutality as compensation for anything interesting 
2
Dredd
Roger Moore
Say what you want about Stallone s kitschy 1995 turn Judge Dredd but the dude wore the helmet Karl Urban replaces him in the new Dredd and frankly the helmet wears Karl 
1.5
Dredd
Christy Lemire
A wickedly dark comic streak breaks up the vivid violence and relentless bleakness of Dredd 3D 
3
Dredd
Nick Schager
The story places a premium on delivering its disreputable sex and violence goods with a minimum of fuss or pretention 
3
Dredd
James Berardinelli
Not much of what Dredd has to offer is new or groundbreaking but the fusion of familiar elements generates a smartly paced suspenseful 90 minutes that s a vast improvement over the 1995 film 
3
Dredd
Daniel M. Kimmel
solid action fare which is a lot closer to its source than the Stallone film was 
3
Come From Away
David Reddish
The show doesnt have a plot so much as a mixture of character beats Here that doesnt just workit has a powerful effect 
4
Come From Away
Randy Myers
Come From Away is a salve for those worrying if we have lost our sense of compassion 
3.5
Come From Away
Lisa Trifone
it is perhaps the most essential consequential piece of art to result from the most tragic day in American history 
4
Come From Away
Don Aucoin
All drama asks you to suspend disbelief but Come From Away asks you also to suspend cynicism aiming to move and uplift you It s not a bad bargain and Come From Away holds up its end 
3
Come From Away
Christy Lemire
Twenty years later the caring gestures large and small depicted here carry a whole new resonance a fresh sense of catharsis and even hope 
3.5
Come From Away
Mark Dujsik
This is a show that definitely benefits from that increased sense of intimacy 
3
Come From Away
Roger Moore
A feel good musical celebration of Canadian empathy and compassion and the unique hospitality of a windswept town at the edge of a continent on 9 11 
3
Joe the King
Michael Dequina
A very tough very real film anchored by the memorable work of the two leads 
3
Joe the King
Roger Ebert
The film is so steeped in resentment that it s not able to pull back and let us see the boy behind the shield of his misery 
2
Perdidos
David Nusair
Graciano s continuing efforts at generating suspense or cultivating a tense atmosphere fall hopelessly flat 
1
Miami Rhapsody
David Nusair
David Frankel s directorial debut 
2
Miami Rhapsody
Roger Ebert
Miami Rhapsody has been dismissed in some quarters as an imitation Woody Allen movie but since the imitation and the movie are both so entertaining I don t see what the problem is 
3
Hoop Dreams
Bill Stamets
Recruiters coaches teachers even the boys fathers could be easy targets but the filmmakers forgo cheap shots 
3
Hoop Dreams
James Kendrick
unfolds like life itself with unexpected ups and downs joys and disappointments both small and large and a sense of lived experience
4
Hoop Dreams
Matt Brunson
A remarkable film saturated with ironic twists heartbreaking scenarios and moments of pure jubilation 
4
Hoop Dreams
Neil Martin
The viewer like the boys parents coaches and friends can t help but get caught up in Gates and Agee s dreams 
3.5
Hoop Dreams
Chris Hicks
A film that is so rich so involving so compelling that superlatives seem inadequate 
4
Hoop Dreams
Roger Ebert
Along the way it becomes a revealing and heartbreaking story about life in America 
4
Hoop Dreams
James Berardinelli
This picture has a legitimate dramatic structure that is equally as compelling as a scripted slice of fiction 
3.5
Hoop Dreams
Mick LaSalle
A documentary that breathes new life into the subject by showing the everyday reality of that dream 
3
Hoop Dreams
Steve Rhodes
Film making at its absolute best 
4
Onegin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall Onegin is a bit of a sloppy and untidy affair but that goes a long way in distinguishing it from the 7000 other movies of this type 
2.5
Onegin
Roger Ebert
There is a cool mannered elegance to the picture that I like but it s dead at its center 
2.5
Onegin
Mick LaSalle
The film s only real flaw alas a substantial one is that its pace is too deliberate and gets more deliberate as it goes along 
2
Onegin
Michael Dequina
Cold and distant 
2.5
Onegin
Bill Chambers
Martha Fiennes has managed to make something at once stylish and melancholy much like her characters I sense that Onegin heralds the next Jane Campion 
3.5
Uncommon Valor
David Nusair
a watchable piece of work that would hardly even be worth mentioning were it not for Hackman s typically superlative efforts 
2.5
Uncommon Valor
Roger Ebert
The basic idea of Uncommon Valor is so interesting that it s all they can do to make a routine formula movie out of it But they do 
2
Uncommon Valor
Jaime N. Christley
Supremely entertaining 
3
Sacrilege
Roger Moore
Sacrilege doesn t defile a horror formula It just shows us how following the recipe to the letter doesn t always work 
1
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
John Hartl
While the movie itself is an uneven sometimes preachy affair it s alive with possibilities whenever Weston s on screen 
2.5
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Kyle Smith
Initially this low budget film writes a lot of checks on the First National Bank of Whimsy but I was astonished when none of them bounced 
2.5
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Steven Rea
A likably goofy lo fi indie propelled by the syncopations of a cheesy keyboard and the cheesy dreams of its hapless heroes 
3
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Diego Semerene
Do we really need another film about underachieving white men with scruffy beards Ryan O Nan thinks so 
.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Glenn Kenny
Dubus anticipating the dreaded Raymond Carver is only concerned with the interiority of the characters It s solipsism once removed and in this film it s that times four 
1
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Matt Brunson
A bracingly mature look at the messiness of matrimony 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
David N. Butterworth
This cautionary tale for adults might be a little close to the bone perhaps for some audience members but it s a sincere and finely wrought ensemble piece 
2.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Steve Rhodes
An intriguing and often gripping character study 
3.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Sean P. Means
For all the acting pyrotechnics the people in We Don t Live Here Anymore scarcely exist outside the confines of their marital turmoil 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Joe Baltake
A terribly slim pretentious movie that wallows in the monotonous far from fascinating angst of its self involved characters 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Rene Rodriguez
We Don t Live Here Anymore deftly captures the pain and suffocation of people who have fallen out of love and don t know who to blame It just forgets to allow them or the audience to feel anything else 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jeff Vice
An artfully directed well acted bore 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
John Beifuss
A film for grown ups in which actions have consequences and consequences aren t resolved with a lecture or a hug or a gun 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Larry Ratliff
If emotional tension is what you re after and all you re interested in though We Don t Live Here Anymore is a provocative address for a one night stand 
2.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Duane Dudek
By focusing on details and rituals that are the glue of our lives but which the characters leave unattended Curran peers into the tragic heart of the mundane 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Phil Villarreal
Painstakingly crafted to terrify the audience about love lust the inability to tell one for the other and the way each is capable of destroying the other 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Lisa Kennedy
Painful powerful adaptation of two of Andre Dubus beautifully frank stories 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Terry Lawson
It s an honest revealing and provocative look at the sort of people we think we know but in reality rarely do 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Eric Harrison
Dramatically slack the story isn t driven by plot so much as by the slow revelation of character 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Chris Hewitt
Ruffalo Watts and especially Dern are splendid but Krause lets Clark down with a performance that feels analyzed rather than lived 
2.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It could have pulled back the rock to reveal the squirmy things living underneath but instead all we get is the rock 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Dustin Putman
A highly charged poignant study of the imperfections within human nature and the frailty of otherwise powerful love relationships 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Moira MacDonald
The performances stay with you 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Mick LaSalle
The acting is fervent and the insights cut deep 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
David Elliott
The key problem of this acting exercise is that we can sense what must come and sadly it does 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Rick Groen
A bookish picture without a book s depth 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Wesley Morris
Inadequate emotionally and psychologically 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Paul Sherman
A miserable movie about miserable people having miserable sex 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Roger Ebert
Too desultory 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Steven Rea
A crackling claustrophobic chamber piece 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Michael Wilmington
Usually American marital problems are left to the soap operas it s nice to see them tackled by experts piercing personas and peeling open hearts 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Peter Canavese
We Don t Live Here Anymore frames with precision emotional moments in the lives of people who build their own prisons and over time plot escapes 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jules Brenner
The actors are seriously exploring how to make it fresh and meaningful but the writing binds them to the prosaic as it focuses on sex confusion and adaptive values 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jan Stuart
Fastidious and controlled to a fault but rewarding nonetheless 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jami Bernard
If you want to see how other couples fight We Don t Live Here Anymore is as good a place as any to visit But why exactly would you want to 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Glenn Whipp
A curiosity best reserved for emotional masochists 
2.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Lou Lumenick
Director John Curran draws skillfully nuanced performances from the four leads who have rarely been better 
2.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Claudia Puig
We Don t Live Here Anymore is a revelation One rarely sees American made movies that are so unafraid to explore emotional cruelty and portray the consequences without positing easy answers or attaching happy endings 
3.5
We Don't Live Here Anymore
David Sterritt
Not a deep movie It is a very honest one though there s not a cheap cinematic trick in sight and it s a graceful one energizing its small town story with eloquent camera work and ingenious musical touches 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Peter Travers
The film sometimes talky and overemphatic is also literate erotic brutally funny and touched by brilliance in its quartet of live wire performances 
3
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jay Antani
Failing to find the cinematic equivalent of Dubus s vertical writing Curran and Gross s movie strains for truths it never earns 
2
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Erik Childress
There s nothing we haven t seen before here and done far better in the snappy works of Neil LaBute or Edward Albee 
1.5
Minnie and Moskowitz
Michael Scheinfeld
The most accessible and endearing example of his very exceptional art 
3.5
Minnie and Moskowitz
Roger Ebert
The movie is sort of a fairy tale Cassavetes says it s dedicated to all the people who didn t marry the person they should have It is a movie on the side of love and it is one of the finest movies of the year 
4
Lady and the Tramp
Wesley Lovell
While 8220 Lady and the Tramp 8221 is enjoyable 44 it pales in comparison to both Disney 8217 s earlier and later works 46 Kids will love it 44 but parents beware 8230 it is a little sappy and occasionally bland 46 
2.5
Lady and the Tramp
Karen M. Peterson
Lady and the Tramp doesn t need to exist any more than any other Disney live action or photoreal remake does But if they are going to make them anyway it would be nice if more of them would do what this one does 
3
Lady and the Tramp
Monica Castillo
As far as feel good fantasies go it isn t so bad 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Sean P. Means
Too bad you can t watch What to Expect When You re Expecting the way most people read the best selling self help book by skipping the unnecessary bits and diving into the important stuff 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Christian Toto
What to Expect trots out the same ol pregnancy gags but the film s hilarious Daddy s Group sets it apart from its rom com peers 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Michael Dequina
An example of how one shouldn t sloppily slap together a narrative feature based on a self help bestseller 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
David Nusair
the film s lack of ambition ultimately prevents it from becoming anything more than a barely adequate time waster 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Matt Brunson
Following in the footsteps of He s Just Not That Into You Valentine s Day and New Year s Eve comes another all star idiocy that strands a number of good and some not so good actors in several thematic vignettes of competing dopiness 
1.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Alison Gang
It is indeed what a moviegoer should expect from a genre in which an ensemble cast of famous pretty faces is loosely strung together by an innocuous holiday or in this case baby having 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Stephen Whitty
Director Kirk Jones and screenwriters Shauna Cross and Heather Hach consistently fall back on corny music and slow motion to try to get laughs Very little of this movie feels risky or even frisky 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Connie Ogle
Remember when advice books stayed on the shelves where they belonged 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Willie Waffle
It is the birth control of movies What To Expect When You re Expecting could scare you away from having a baby for life 
1
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Jennie Punter
It s a sitcom y ensemble film complete with product placement that feels like you re flipping around the TV dial 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is dully shot and so predictably plotted you could tick off the items like you re packing a bag for the delivery room 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Stephanie Merry
The movie turns out to be a little of everything yet succeeds only occasionally at anything 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Mark Dujsik
Director James Kirk and editor Michael Berenbaum chop and sloppily paste the scenes with little concern for the overall flow 
1
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Dustin Putman
Mechanically hits all the manipulative beats and tropes one anticipates while failing to breathe much dimension into the actors vying for screen time 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Mick LaSalle
What to Expect isn t an inspired movie but a manufactured one but one with some laughs and some moments 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Claudia Puig
What audiences should expect is a tone deaf superficial charmless ensemble rom com focused on five attractive but uninteresting couples 
1
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Chris Hewitt
Sometimes a dopey sitcom and sometimes a thoughtful look at how intimidating it is to have a kid 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Jake Mulligan
Most of the time the sentimental rom com antics and underdeveloped archetypes feel as fake as the big bellies the ladies are showing off 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Ty Burr
The writing is sharp and the performances bright and if you ve been through the forced gestational march known as pregnancy there are knowing laughs to be had 
3
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Carrie Rickey
It makes one long for the comparative complexity and subtlety of Valentine s Day 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Ann Lewinson
Expect that two hours will feel like nine months and that before it s over you ll be screaming for an epidural to your brain 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Matt Pais
With this much intelligence about pregnancy What to Expect may as well have come from the instructions on how to build a table 
1
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Rafer Guzman
With 10 main characters and nearly as many smaller players What to Expect attempts to cover every possible type of motherhood in America and very nearly succeeds 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Moira MacDonald
Don t expect much 
2
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Peter Howell
What to Expect When You re Expecting is pretty much what you d expect It plays to its target audience with a vengeance and that audience would be people expecting kids or who can remember their own pre parenthood jitters 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Roger Ebert
The plot nearly stalls with gridlock It s clever but the stories are thin soup 
2.5
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Andrew Schenker
It s the inevitability and uniformity of the film s attitude as well as the desperately strained and unfunny way in which it puts it across that s bothersome 
1
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Roger Moore
Superficial and frothy choppy and episodic and funny especially when Chris Rock a veteran dad in real life is holding court 
2.5
Return to Sender
Glenn Lovell
a slow burn female payback thriller in the tradition of Siegel s Beguiled and Miike s masterful Audition definitely deserved better than being summarily shipped to Vido on Demand Land 
2.5
Return to Sender
James Kendrick
the filmmakers keep the film s narrative trajectory purposefully muddy which has the potential to create real intrigue if you go into the film fully blind
2.5
Return to Sender
Peter Sobczynski
It seems to exist only to answer the unasked question What would I Spit on Your Grave have been like if the main character had been Martha Stewart 
0.5
Return to Sender
Clayton Dillard
The kind of wholly misconceived thriller that begs asking precisely what its filmmakers were seeking to accomplish 
1
Mona Lisa Smile
Mark Collette
would have been better served by characters with a little less formula than the paint by numbers projects so loved by these women of Wellesley College 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Elizabeth M. Tamny
Roberts asks her students rhetorical questions What makes art good or bad Who decides But the movie answers them as canonically as the syllabus Roberts abandons 
1
Mona Lisa Smile
Timothy Knight
This handsomely mounted and beautifully filmed drama sustains your interest for most of its running time and features fine performances across the board 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately despite some winning performances nothing happens we haven t seen before the movie stuck with a script more moribund than a bran muffin at an Atkins Convention 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Steven Snyder
We sense the shallowness of the situations realizing they exist solely to build our expectations and then give us exactly what we want Fulfilling yes enlightening no
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Matt Brunson
Roberts character may be presented as a breath of fresh air but the movie surrounding her is the cinematic equivalent of halitosis 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Peter Travers
Women of the Fifties rise up in protest 
1
Mona Lisa Smile
Sharon Allen Burke
The universally terrific performances by the cast make it a pleasure to watch 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
John Beifuss
fights battles that were won decades ago but avoids pat resolutions 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Tony Toscano
I found the film for the most part a good date film just don t date anyone who is a film critic 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Linda Cook
I liked it better with Robin Williams 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Dustin Putman
Turns its every character into a cliche and its every plot development into an easy preconception 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
James Verniere
A film that forgoes a point of view in favor of a marketing campaign 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Claudia Puig
Rather than being a fascinating exploration of a much more constrained time in our social history the film simply feels anachronistic 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Chris Hewitt
Isn t a subtle movie but it does allow for surprising shades of meaning The teacher is not always right for instance and sometimes it s her students who teach her 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Phoebe Flowers
A movie in which all problems have the complexity of a pleated skirt and can be solved with a heartfelt hug and all characters fit dull and predictable molds 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Moira MacDonald
There seems to be an odd idealization or trivialization of the characters that makes the movie ultimately unsatisfying 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to believe Katherine could become a beloved teacher or inspire her students and in the case of Mona Lisa Smile that s the same as saying it s hard to believe the movie 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
David Elliott
Julia Roberts has no Mona Lisa smile enigmatic coyness isn t in her range but her big horsey grin flashes its horse sense and beaming charm through much of Mona Lisa Smile and viewers can smile in return 
4
Mona Lisa Smile
Joe Baltake
May not be the personably serious movie it sees itself as and it may miss its mark by aiming too intently at its target but it still manages to work on other more simplistic levels that are nevertheless valid 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Guylaine Cadorette
Mona Lisa Smile s lesson of the day is delivered in an unoriginal manner through such shallow and unlikable characters that its message lacks an emotional punch 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Jonathan Foreman
Sanctimonious relentlessly predictable and willfully ignorant of the period it s set in 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Jami Bernard
This is not a feminist movie It even feels at times like a step back partly because the cliches are so tired 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Adam Sternbergh
It s a movie that gets to rail against injustice without making anyone in the audience feel the slightest bit uncomfortable 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Sue Pierman
A bloodless and wan offering 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Connie Ogle
There are a few reasons to enjoy the film namely its likable cast its noble aim of dramatizing one of the many small steps that led to the overhaul of women s higher education and its unexpected ability to surprise you 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Glenn Whipp
The material is so addled that it drags down everyone and everything 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Robert W. Butler
This is a film of frequently pleasant surfaces but there s no heat deep down inside 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Rick Groen
Such a mixed up child but not without worthy intentions and glimmers of realized potential sorry but I just can t bring myself to come down too hard 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Terry Lawson
A classy handsome and serviceable entertainment that may not change your life but could help you appreciate how you came to have it 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Jeff Vice
This ineffectual touchy feely drama essentially a Lifetime cable channel movie with better production values and a name cast is trying to pass itself off as quasi feminist rhetoric when it does as much as it possibly can to undercut those messages 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Lisa Kennedy
Newell has crafted a warm well paced movie out of a somewhat wan script 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Roger Ebert
The characters involve us we sympathize with their dreams and despair of their matrimonial tunnel vision and at the end we are relieved that we listened to Miss Watson and became the wonderful people who we are today 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Lawrence Toppman
Newell keeps us guessing about motives we re on Katherine s side from the start but we acknowledge that she makes wrong choices over and over 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Wesley Morris
The reliable Mike Newell directs Mona Lisa Smile with such assurance that the important moments are never mawkish or dull and he encourages the women to act with absolute conviction 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s not much here to actually smile about 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Sean P. Means
A conformist fantasy disguised as a valentine to female empowerment 
1
Mona Lisa Smile
Marty Mapes
Takes a brave political stand and boldly asserts that women like men deserve a college education
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Shirley Klass
A well written script can give a better slice of life depiction than a whole season of Rich Girls and The Simple Life Interesting characters make it worthwhile 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Bruce Newman
A sharply observed movie 
3
Mona Lisa Smile
Phil Villarreal
If the women of the 1950s were really this stupid there would have never been a feminism movement 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Josh Larsen
The movie thinks it s blazing new trails in the name of feminism when the paths it walks thankfully have long been charred 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
David Sterritt
The college atmosphere is almost never convincing and sentimentality trumps substance at every opportunity 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Carrie Rickey
Strictly a paint by numbers affair No shading Little in the way of perspective To call it one dimensional would be an act of charity 
1.5
Mona Lisa Smile
John Anderson
Sadly the predictability factor of Mona is simply off the charts you can almost recite the dialogue before it rolls off the students well developed palates and the course it follows is a well rutted road 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s always a riot when a movie preaches artistic freedom and nonconformity while the script scrupulously follows Hollywood formula 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Michael Wilmington
This is a movie with few secrets or surprises however much it tries to warm hearts or sell eccentricity and idealism 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
Rob Blackwelder
An ironically conformist piece of mock intellectual fluff and such an appalling waste of talent it actually made me mad Scratch that furious 
1
Mona Lisa Smile
Walter Chaw
It s not a smile it s a smirk and it s predatory 
1
Mona Lisa Smile
Jeanne Aufmuth
Its tidy conclusion belies the fact that the film doesn t know what it wants to be serious drama thorny romance or a searing commentary on the changing times 
2.5
Mona Lisa Smile
James Berardinelli
An exercise in relentless mediocrity 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Steve Rhodes
A female version of Dead Poets Society whipped up into a light fluffy and sugary confection for the holidays 
2
Mona Lisa Smile
Ed Gonzalez
Everyone in Dead Girls Society err Mona Lisa Smile wears their one character trait like a placard 
1.5
Youth
Andy Crump
Shoval mounts tension by gazing at his story straight on and without blinking 
3
Youth
Alan Jones
Tom Shoval who eschews stylistic flourishes in order to focus on character leaves the film s heavy lifting to the actors and his own screenplay 
3
Thin Ice
David Nusair
Thin Ice s troubled production history the film was famously taken away from director Jill Sprecher and re edited following its Sundance premiere can t quite dampen what is for the most part an entertaining little comedy thriller 
2.5
Thin Ice
Eric Melin
It builds suspense slowly and surely as things begin to come apart for Kinnear but it eventually grows tiresome and the twist ending is still a bit hard to swallow 
2
Thin Ice
Chris Foran
The movie s gently snowbound Midwestern setting blunts some of the story s harsher edges and the characters mostly feel real 
2.5
Thin Ice
Michael O'Sullivan
It s just a little slow getting started 
2
Thin Ice
Ty Burr
The movie never fully clicks 
2
Thin Ice
Peter Keough
Sprecher and her co writer sister Karen seem to have gone through a card file of used ideas to cobble together this black comedy 
2.5
Thin Ice
Roger Moore
An amusingly nerve wracking trek into the snow and out onto the ice with those funny folks in the land of you betcha 
2.5
Thin Ice
John Beifuss
A climactic twist tries to make the movie that preceded it more interesting in retrospect than it was while it unfolded but the plot is too implausible too unbelievable really to be clever 
2
Thin Ice
Joe Williams
As a caustic comedy Thin Ice resides just slightly south of Fargo 
3
Thin Ice
Matt Pais
Call me a sucker but Thin Ice played me like a violin 
3
Thin Ice
Roger Ebert
There s nothing like the macabre to bring intrigue to an ordinary life and nothing like the logistics of body disposal to challenge an insurance salesman 
3
Thin Ice
Rafer Guzman
If only the film were as good as Kinnear 
2
Thin Ice
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is familiar and generic a pastiche that often reminds you of other better films 
2
Thin Ice
Kyle Smith
Kinnear and director Jill Sprecher make you feel Mickey s squirming desperation even if the ending feels like a cop out 
3
Thin Ice
Stephen Whitty
In the end it s a little too much like its own main character It wants the big results But it s not willing to put in the hard work to really earn them 
2.5
Thin Ice
Robert Levin
Director Jill Sprecher keeps things moving at a fast and funny pace with the narrative s sleazy underpinnings well disguised by the Upper Midwestern niceties 
3
Thin Ice
Walter V. Addiego
With a handful of blackly humorous jolts and some game performances by a good cast Thin Ice is a watchable if not terribly original piece of Midwestern noir 
2
Thin Ice
Gary Thompson
Director Jill Sprecher and sister writer Karen Sprecher have applied several layers of plot to their chilly thriller and it s a kick to watch it play out 
3.5
Thin Ice
Moira MacDonald
Jill Sprecher s Thin Ice is a small likable movie about a small not particularly likable man 
3
Thin Ice
Steven Rea
Thin Ice is deeper than it first appears 
3
Thin Ice
Chris Hewitt
It takes too long for us to get the information we need to interest us in what s going on there s no wit or suspense and all of the characters are unpleasant 
1
Thin Ice
Nick Schager
The icy fatalism of film noir is turned to slush by Thin Ice a crime saga that reduces its chosen genre to a series of atonal old hat clichs 
1.5
Butter
Christian Toto
Butter is a dizzying blend of smug satire surface level observations and mean spirited swipes at flyover types Oh and take away Olivia Wilde and it s a laugh free affair 
1
Butter
Jordan Hiller
As smart savvy and witty as the film is at times it never escapes the inherent identity crisis in its makeup
1
Butter
Matt Brunson
The film s skewering of Middle America is so soft you could easily cut it with what else a butter knife 
2
Butter
Perry Seibert
It settles for cute when it could have had more bite and it aims for amusing when it had hilarious in its sights 
2.5
Butter
Sean P. Means
Garner s Laura is a lazy caricature a Sarah Palin style Republican trophy wife in power suit and pearls but then every character in rookie writer Jim Micallef s script is a flat stereotype 
1
Butter
Robert Levin
With Sarah Palin the movie s thinly disguised object of derision now operating on the fringe of mainstream culture the entire film feels like yesterday s news 
1.5
Butter
Stephen Whitty
The movie s entire superior attitude is kind of annoying 
1
Butter
Sean O'Connell
We re still just scratching the surface of witty provocative humor as long as envelope pushing directors such as Jim Field Smith continue to find work 
3
Butter
Kyle Smith
At times the Midwestern satire Butter is almost funny and in its honor I almost laughed 
1
Butter
Dustin Putman
Pleasant despite being awfully slight and rather mean spirited 151 proof that this material might have made a far better picture with a smarter more controlled voice 
2
Butter
Chris Foran
The movie is larded up with distracting subplots and poorly used stars Hugh Jackman as an Iowa City car dealer Really 
2
Butter
Mick LaSalle
At 90 minutes it feels inflated and though clearly intended as funny it s difficult to locate except in the most general terms the focus of the movie s satire and there s not a laugh to be had 
1
Butter
Scott Bowles
Butter is a film more enamored of its premise than interested in making it work 
1.5
Butter
Peter Travers
Butter wishes it were a Christopher Guest sendup but comes off like a cheap imitation 
2
Butter
Ty Burr
A shrill cartoonish mess not a total disaster but no one s idea of a good movie 
1.5
Butter
Zeba Blay
It s the film s unwillingness to deal with the sometimes hilarious and often problematic things its characters say and do that stands as one of its ultimate failings 
2
Butter
Chris Hewitt
Like many comedies about small town life Butter is smug in its depiction of its unworldly petty characters many of the actors seem invested in making sure we know they re smarter than the people they play 
2
Butter
Roger Moore
About as subtle as a slab of lard served on a slice of ham 
2
Butter
Rex Reed
The first movie in history that makes Hugh Jackman look repulsive 
2
Butter
David Nusair
an unexpectedly entertaining and frequently laugh out loud funny piece of work 
2.5
Please Kill Mr. Know It All
Geoff Pevere
The ride gets bumpy almost immediately and the scenery is as familiar as what you might see driving to a job you ve had for more years than you care to remember 
1
The Power and the Glory
Kate Cameron
Because of its originality however and because of the fine acting and direction The Power and the Glory deserves to be placed among the most distinguished pictures of the year 
4
Cobb
Gene Siskel
Most biopics mistakenly try to take us from cradle to grave and end up skimming the surface The wisdom of Cobb is that writer director Ron Shelton knows that the close study of a single day can decode a human life 
3.5
Cobb
John Hartl
Unfortunately the movie just makes Stump look like a self important jerk possibly a bigger jerk than Cobb and Wuhl s affable weightless performance doesn t help 
2.5
Cobb
Stephen Hunter
Stump is well played by affable Robert Wuhl who has the unenviable responsibility of representing the one sane man in Ty s crazy universe 
3
Cobb
Michael Wilmington
Jones lets it all loose here It s the performance of a lifetime full of menace and venom eloquence and fire rot and pathos crackling rawness and realism 
4
Cobb
Scott Nash
The movie never equals the performance but still fascinating to watch 
2.5
Cobb
Chuck O'Leary
Completely enthralling from first frame to last Cobb is a fascinating uncompromising portrait of a rage filled contradictory man fighting his own private war with the world 
4
Cobb
Walter Chaw
Completely uncompromising in a way that films especially sports films just aren t 
3.5
Cobb
Peter Stack
This histrionic portrait of the most celebrated cur in sports history comes across like a fly ball that thuds on the ground 
1
Cobb
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of film where you admire the craftsmanship and artistry while questioning the wisdom of the project itself 
2
Cobb
Chris Hicks
Pleasant No But the new biographical film Cobb about baseball great Ty Cobb is certainly engrossing primarily due to a smashing lead performance by Tommy Lee Jones 
3
Cobb
James Berardinelli
Jones on target portrayal of the dying athlete is mesmerizing 
3
Ca$h (Cash)
Wesley Lovell
If you have any desire to see a younger 44 less buff version of a prominent modern actor given the thankless task of carrying a mediocre film on his shoulders 44 this one might be for you 46 
1
The Gumball Rally
Matt Brunson
Raul Julia handily steals the film 
3
The Gumball Rally
Roger Ebert
Although we are all going to have the greatest difficulty even remembering the name of The Gumball Rally in three months time it is a pleasant slick inoffensive entertainment 
2.5
Zombie Honeymoon
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Very good performances heart wrenching story and genuine characterization 
3
Zombie Honeymoon
Pam Grady
Gebroe s romantic comedy satire is pitch perfect but as his movie grows darker in its final act it s also surprisingly moving 
3
Zombie Honeymoon
V.A. Musetto
Whether you re looking for a love story with a little gore or a horror movie with a little romance Zombie Honeymoon will suit your taste 
3
Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald
Matt Brunson
A treat 
3
Wedding Doll
Linda Cook
Wedding Doll is worth a walk down the theater aisle 
3.5
Wedding Doll
Steve Rubenstein
Wedding Doll is an affecting offbeat romance and a coming of age tale of a mentally impaired woman who rises above cruelty prejudice and an overprotective mom 
3
Wedding Doll
Glenn Kenny
The integrity of the filmmaking and the luminosity of Rosenblatt s performance are undeniable And I suppose the fact that I was affected as I was by Wedding Doll is testimony to its emotional effectiveness 
2.5
Wedding Doll
David Nusair
An utterly charming little drama 
3
A Cool, Dry Place
Sandra Contreras
Its heart is in the right place but this sweet drama just doesn t build enough true drama from its slender premise That said it s not bad enough to merit the kind of stealth release its studio has imposed on it 
2.5
A Cool, Dry Place
Michael Dequina
Despite some solid acting by Vaughn Potter and Adams there is no escaping the movie of the week trappings 
2
Criminal
David Nusair
Filmmaker Gregory Jacobs making his debut here delivers an opening half hour that s perhaps not as compelling as it could or should have been 
3
Criminal
Sean P. Means
Like a smash and grab job the movie gets in springs the con and gets out quick leaving the viewer to replay the twists on his or her own time 
3.5
Criminal
Jeff Vice
While the twists at the end are a little more predictable here than in the first film it s still an assured work especially considering that it comes from a first time director 
3
Criminal
John Beifuss
Redundant 
2
Criminal
Vince Koehler
This is one of the best con movies I have seen as rare currency is used as the valuable commodity 
3
Criminal
Liam Lacey
A kind of who done what puzzle You ll probably enjoy it much more if you haven t seen the 2002 Argentine film Nine Queens 
2.5
Criminal
James Kendrick
even when the emotional aspect of the story starts to work it is ultimately undermined by a final twist
2
Criminal
David N. Butterworth
A competent Americanization of the Argentinian film Nine Queens with John C Reilly seemingly enjoying his atypical leading role 
3
Criminal
Aaron Hillis
newbies looking for an easy breezy Ocean s Eleven and a Half should get a kick out of this frugally low key innocuous cover song of a caper 
2.5
Criminal
Moira MacDonald
Maybe watching Reilly Luna and Gyllenhaal is quite enough entertainment value for any movie 
3
Criminal
Carla Meyer
The problems lie not with the actors but with a glib approach that exposes the flaws of the original story 
2
Criminal
David Elliott
The fast forced plot which moves up from street grifts to a big score involving rare currency lives in the amusing and zippered byplay of Luna and Reilly who achieve a sort of marriage du jour for criminal purposes 
3
Criminal
Joe Baltake
It s a good film suitably entertaining but there s the nagging question of why everyone bothered 
3
Criminal
Lawrence Toppman
In the end coincidence undoes Criminal 
2
Criminal
Carrie Rickey
Those unfamiliar with Fabian Bielinsky s 2002 film will delight to this delicious deviousness 
3
Criminal
James Verniere
Entertaining and well acted but redundant and a bit machinelike 
2.5
Criminal
Lou Lumenick
Doesn t exactly reinvigorate an overworked genre but neither does it disgrace the format or the original movie 
3
Criminal
Jami Bernard
It s such a pleasure being in the company of these actors as they work with character rich material that if they burst into the audience and swindled us out of our wallets we would gladly oblige 
3
Criminal
Rene Rodriguez
It s a listless dutiful affair a cover version played out of obligation not inspiration 
2
Criminal
Bob Strauss
Its spiral of deceptions within deceptions remains resolutely character based until the outlandish end which proves emotionally satisfying because it s based on what really drives people as much as too clever plotting 
3
Criminal
Robert W. Butler
An incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams 
3
Criminal
John Monaghan
This is the kind of movie so full of coincidence and double crosses that you simply don t have the mental energy to go back and sort it all out at the end 
2
Criminal
Michael Booth
What elevates Criminal into a delicious con in the league of Red Rock West House of Games or Matchstick Men is John C Reilly 
3
Criminal
Roger Ebert
Follows the original fairly closely and because I already knew the plot secrets it couldn t work on me in its intended way As the recycled characters dialog and events turned up there seemed to be an echo in the room 
2.5
Criminal
Wesley Morris
Reilly sheds a career playing dupes and schlubs and gives his first full tilt electric performance 
3
Criminal
Jeffrey Westhoff
Scores higher than most con artist movies by focusing more on the artists than the con 
3
Criminal
Emily Blunt
Criminal has a wonderful modern film noir feel punctuated with incredibly clever dialog 
3
Criminal
Josh Larsen
It has half the panache and none of the surprise for anyone who saw the original 
2
Criminal
Paul Doro
Manages to satisfy despite being inferior to the original on nearly every level 
2.5
Criminal
Chris Hewitt
A light speedy movie as agreeably modest as a pop hit or a BLT 
2.5
Criminal
Rob Blackwelder
Habitual duplicity and backstabbing create a stimulating deceptively intricate plot maze in this sharp shrewd but not showy remake 
3
Criminal
Bruce Newman
It s all done with sufficient style that when we get there the end no longer feels like the point 
3
Criminal
David Sterritt
This remake of the Argentine hit is effective at times and Gyllenhaal shows a new side of her talent but the main impression is of first rate performers doing second rate work 
2
Criminal
John Anderson
It s an auspicious debut for first timer Gregory Jacobs 
3
Criminal
Jeff Strickler
Fans of con man capers will have no regrets after watching Criminal 
3.5
Criminal
Sid Smith
An exercise where viewers are likely to ponder not How did the characters do it but Who cares 
2
Criminal
Phil Villarreal
The returns will be diminished for those too familiar with the story 
3
Criminal
Walter Chaw
A retread and it feels like it 
1.5
Criminal
James Berardinelli
The result isn t as compelling as Nine Queens but it s a respectable caper movie in the tradition of The Sting and David Mamet s Heist 
3
Criminal
Jeanne Aufmuth
A classic crime caper that twists and turns with an easy subtly 
3
Criminal
Steve Rhodes
Full of fine acting and sharp dialog 
3
Criminal
Peter Canavese
By the end those who haven t seen Nine Queens may applaud the entertaining sleight of hand those who have may lament that Criminal is the proverbial old dog 
2.5
Criminal
Peter Travers
The movie was made just four years ago by Argentinian director Fabian Bielinsky It is called Nine Queens and it is vastly superior to this blah U S remake from director Gregory Jacobs 
2
Criminal
Ed Gonzalez
Criminal s biggest offense may be that Jacobs and his actors make absolutely no attempt to rewrite Nine Queens 
1.5
Paulo Coelho's Best Story
Andy Crump
Paulo Coelho s Best Story should be about Coelho but the results feel trite enough that the picture could be about anybody 
1.5
Paulo Coelho's Best Story
Pablo Villaça
The Paulo Coelho portrayed here is a selfish reckless immature spoiled and deeply boring person 
1
Paulo Coelho's Best Story
Chuck Bowen
Daniel Augusto relies on familiar tropes pertaining to the sexy rebellious rock star artist who does things his own way 
1.5
2021 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Jeff York
This year s shorts work as compelling mini dramas as well as a searing commentary upon those guarding society 
3.5
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!
Ty Burr
Price s approach is to sit author Mason down in what looks like a darkened afternoon bar and essentially talk his book at us abetted by a lot of dramatic reenactments and spiffy animation 
2
She's the One
Mal Vincent
She s the One is the perfect dating movie for those who are well over puberty and are out there on the front lines 
3.5
She's the One
Mick LaSalle
She s the One isn t slick smooth or particularly good and it offers only a perfunctory exploration of the human heart 
1
She's the One
Rick Groen
Edward Burns returns to the themes of family and love that he examined in The Brothers McMullen 
3
She's the One
James Kendrick
A generally unenjoyable romp through the lives of a family of morally misguided dysfunctional New Yorkers and the people they hurt 
1.5
She's the One
Madeleine Williams
Even though it strains credibility at times it never ceases to be amusing 
3
She's the One
Chris Hicks
There s a sweetness to much of the proceedings quite a few funny gags and a couple of excellent performances to drive the film along 
2.5
She's the One
Roger Ebert
Although the movie disappointed me it did not dishearten me about Edwards Burns as an actor or filmmaker 
2
She's the One
James Berardinelli
The sophomore jinx the bane of hot young film makers has struck again 
2
She's the One
Steve Rhodes
The characters are all interesting individually and yet none are compelling or involving With life reduced to one liners they have no way to develop a chemistry with each other or with the audience 
2.5
She's the One
Rob Blackwelder
She s The One becomes the story of secondary characters but the film still works because of Burns unique storytelling 
2.5
She's the One
Mike Clark
A funnier more polished variation on actor director Ed Burns The Brothers McMullen 
3
She's the One
Barbara Shulgasser
This time it seems as if the material is a little ahead of Burns rather than the other way around 
2.25
Let Him Go
Pamela Powell
Let Him Go tries your patience at times but the premise of the film continually cuts through your gut as you place yourself in their shoes 
2.5
Let Him Go
Matt Brunson
One of 2020 s 20 best films 
3
Let Him Go
Peter Canavese
An increasingly intense and compelling neo western with a touch of Douglas Sirk about it Blu ray review 
3.5
Let Him Go
Mark Meszoros
Let Him Go is the rare two hour film that by the end feels rushed 
2
Let Him Go
Sean P. Means
Lane has never been better as Margaret s grandmotherly concern grows into a lioness s ferocious instinct She shares some tender moments with Costner as they together establish the rhythms of a decades long marriage 
3.5
Let Him Go
Rob Thomas
It goes deeper than expected and it s the quiet conversations between husband and wife that linger in the mind afterwards as much as the gunplay 
3
Let Him Go
Linda Cook
Although it s marvelous to see Costner and Lane together allowing their characters to communicate without dialogue it s equally engaging to watch Manville inhabit a villainess so despicable you won t be able to get her out of your head 
4
Let Him Go
Matthew Passantino
Equal parts moving and thrilling Let Him Go is a nice surprise 
3
Let Him Go
Steven Prokopy
Let Him Go isn t afraid to dip its toe in different genres on its way to being a classic David vs Goliath last stand Western 
3
Let Him Go
Mike McGranaghan
A taut 1950s era story combines with the strong chemistry between stars Diane Lane and Kevin Costner to create an electrifying powerful and haunting cinematic experience This is one of the very best adult dramas in years 
4
Let Him Go
Chris Hewitt
Its pleasures are almost contemplative and although there is plenty of action the real meat of the movie is the action in the characters heads 
3.5
Let Him Go
Katie Walsh
In many ways it feels like the midcentury pulp thrillers it emulates well plotted and grisly but almost ephemeral It is Lane s performance that lingers one that dares to be uniquely hopeful about the future and letting the old ways die 
3
Let Him Go
Joe Friar
Thomas Bezucha delivers a contemporary Western that drifts along in slow burn mode as it heads towards a thrilling climax 
3.5
Let Him Go
Rex Reed
Let Him Go wastes no time pulling you into an emotional grasp so compelling you can t believe what happens as the narrative moves from one shocking scene to the next in a pandemic of violence 
3.5
Let Him Go
Ty Burr
It s the contradictions that sell it 
3
Let Him Go
Randy Myers
Superb acting and complex characters prop up this flawed and intense thriller that loses its way with an absurdly violent third act 
2.5
Let Him Go
Sara Michelle Fetters
Costner and Lane know these two characters like the back of their proverbial hands slipping into these personas with hushed unhurried ease 
3
Let Him Go
Mia Vicino
Though both of these portrayals and the pastoral visuals of the Midwest mountains are breathtaking the story itself is lethargic never fully getting off the ground nor matching the strength of the source material Larry Watson s eponymous novel 
2
Let Him Go
Richard Roeper
Watching Diane Lane and Kevin Costner connect as a couple determined to retrieve their grandson is pure movie heaven 
3.5
Let Him Go
Pamela Powell
Not even Costner and Lane s heartfelt performances can make this a memorable film 
2.5
Let Him Go
Tom Meek
Writer director Thomas Bezucha rekindles the essence of a B noir potboiler with the fast efficient and lean in execution Let Him Go which gets a big boost from some knockout performances in the end the main reason to see the film 
3
Let Him Go
Cate Marquis
The final showdown lights up the screening in a burst of bracing violence firing up the audience in a thriller ending worthy of the best of classic drive in Bs 
3
Let Him Go
Jeff Mitchell
Lane and Costner embrace this effective 20th century western 
3
Let Him Go
Dann Gire
These two seasoned vets accurately and subtly capture how older long married couples interact with shorthand knowing looks and an occasional sense of tolerance for each other 
2.5
Let Him Go
David Nusair
Let Him Go progresses into an increasingly compelling midsection that s been spiked with a handful of admittedly captivating sequences 
3
Let Him Go
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If the movie later descends into over the top caricature and violence at least we have earlier moments of profundity 
2.5
Let Him Go
Bob Bloom
A sense of foreboding and air of menace hang over the movie The odor of disaster and tragedy is very palatable 
3
Let Him Go
Mark Dujsik
Let Him Go with strong and specific performances from Lane and Costner is telling a completely different far more compelling story on the road toward a thriller 
3
Let Him Go
Johnny Oleksinski
This is by far the director s tensest and most brutal movie ever and he s a natural Exorcising some inner demons perhaps 
3
Let Him Go
Roger Moore
A real showcase for fine talent and a nicely blended mix of sentiment sadness and the violence that we know as well as any character on the screen does is coming 
3
Let Him Go
Christy Lemire
Understated in its quiet rhythms and vast beauty Let Him Go is fortified with strong performances and eventually punctuated by shocking moments of violence 
3
Let Him Go
Rafer Guzman
A latter day Western whose story never quite comes into focus 
2
Let Him Go
Jake Coyle
What seems set up for a slow burn showdown between rival grandmas dissipates in blunt shoot outs that sidelines Lane s Margaret at just the wrong time 
2.5
Let Him Go
James Berardinelli
Casting turns out to be the best thing Bezucha could have done for this uneven screenplay The pair makes Let Him Go worthwhile even when the storyline is poised to let us down 
2.5
Let Him Go
Christian Toto
Kevin Costner Diane Lane connect as grieving parents until the film s farcical finish 
2.5
Let Him Go
Michael Phillips
What keeps the film on the rails and pretty engaging has a lot to do with the comforting presence of its stars 
3
Let Him Go
Michael O'Sullivan
Let Him Go takes on a greater heft than its more thriller ish contours seem built to handle but Lane carries the additional weight with aplomb 
3
Let Him Go
Barry Hertz
A skilfully executed thriller that is narrowly aimed at one demographic audiences over 50 who like a little violence with their late life dramas but succeeds at entertaining just about anyone who comes across its dusty blood soaked path 
3
Let Him Go
Mick LaSalle
It s just a genre movie that delivers the goods but the restraint and emotional insight of the direction and the quality of the performances bring it up an essential extra notch 
3
Let Him Go
Phil Villarreal
A solid Golden Years revenge fantasy that filled with thrills and sticks to your ribs 
3
Let Him Go
Dan Rubins
Despite a searing performance from Diane Lane writer director Thomas Bezucha s film ultimately self immolates 
1
National Lampoon's Cattle Call
David Nusair
establishes itself as an extraordinarily tedious effort almost immediately 
.5
Let's Talk About Sex
Michael Dequina
The film s hilariously overblown housework as grieving climax complete with cleanser cans being thrown in frustration has to be a cinema landmark of some sort 
0
Let's Talk About Sex
Roger Ebert
Let s Talk About Sex written and directed by Beyer plays like two bad films trying to elbow each other out of the frame 
1
The Informers
Burl Burlingame
Brad Renfro in his last movie role playing a wannabe film actor who sprays out filthy perspiration like a collie emerging from a sewer It s possible this role killed Renfro 
1
The Informers
Sonny Bunch
Imagine American Psycho with less violence but more nudity transplanted from New York to California and stripped of all self awareness That s The Informers 
1
The Informers
Matt Brunson
Filled with narcissistic twits who never say or do anything of consequence or interest 
1
The Informers
Eric Melin
The Informers becomes that rare movie that is so tedious it dares you to keep watching 
1
The Informers
Dustin Putman
Aesthetically pretty subjectively ugly and emotionally incisive the picture celebrates the passing of a not so innocent era and mourns the victims left in its wake 
3.5
The Informers
Lou Lumenick
The Informers is a movie so seamy it makes you want to take a bath afterward Rarely has so much sin seemed so boring 
0
The Informers
Sean P. Means
Ellis doesn t create a single authentic moment or sympathetic character in this lurid pastiche of disconnected vignettes 
1
The Informers
Michael Phillips
This one s a certifiable soul sucker dining out on its characters venalities while wagging a finger at the horror the horror 
1
The Informers
Robert W. Butler
It s almost a relief when one of the characters comes down with a deadly disease 
1
The Informers
Stephen Whitty
The film is as flat as the Hollywood sign with beautiful young people all blonde mostly naked trying desperately to get up the energy to order something else from room service 
1
The Informers
Lisa Kennedy
Ellis s big notions are less insightful than they pretend to be 
1.5
The Informers
Mick LaSalle
Has an air of detachment and sadness enhanced by the movie s being set a full quarter century ago Like new cars in an old movie these people may glow with youth but we watch them in full awareness of the beaters and wrecks they ll become 
3
The Informers
Chris Kaltenbach
An awful film about an awful time 
1
The Informers
Chris Hewitt
Is there an easier target for satire than Hollywood Or a duller one 
2
The Informers
Phil Villarreal
An aimless mess But at least the mess is sexy and exciting 
2.5
The Informers
Christian Toto
Remember the 80s After sitting through The Informers you may wanna burn your Rubik s Cube and Where s the Beef T shirt 
1
The Informers
Michael Smith
The Informers is grimy nasty and graphic in its depictions of excess and those are its good points 
1.5
The Informers
Charles Koplinski
The Informers delivers a muddled message 
2.0
The Informers
Peter Travers
Do some blow Curse humanity Convert to nilhilism Reread American Psycho But don t for the love of God and cinema see The Informers 
0
The Informers
Jeff Vice
This sprawling wanna be Short Cuts tale is so over the top and so insufferably unpleasant that it makes even his infamous American Psycho seem tame by comparison 
1
The Informers
Graham Killeen
Ellis director Gregor Jordan and a cast that s hollow but only occasionally empty manage to anticipate excess hangover a headache we ve become intimately familiar with all over again 
3
The Informers
Moira MacDonald
Ellis book though a grim read had a satirical edge to it that made it darkly enjoyable the movie is simply dark and dull And vampireless more s the pity 
1
The Informers
Ty Burr
The piece had better have something fresh to say The Informers doesn t nor does it seem to want to 
1
The Informers
Claudia Puig
The dialogue is laughable Lines are spoken so languidly that the actors seem bored Shattering revelations are delivered in the same monotone as casual patter 
1
The Informers
Connie Ogle
Perhaps the film s biggest mistake is that after more than an hour of proving how pointless and vapid these characters are it leaves us with a parting shot indicating we should care about what happens to them We don t 
1
The Informers
Joe Williams
An outbreak of 80s nostalgia is the best explanation for The Informers a worse movie based on a worse Bret Easton Ellis book 
2
The Informers
Roger Ebert
If The Informers doesn t sound to you like a pleasant time at the movies you are right 
2.5
The Informers
James Berardinelli
The Informers is the kind of movie that upon leaving the theater provokes the urge to take a shower 
1.5
The Informers
Robert Levin
Features a ludicrously concocted thoroughly unconvincing narrative and the pervading sense of style supplanting substance 
1.5
Overlord
Brian Eggert
Audiences looking for a good time at the movies will find themselves surprised that they re getting something more and it s a higher level of quality than Nazi zombie fare has ever received or perhaps even deserves 
3.5
Overlord
Steven Prokopy
Director Avery is determined to create a horror war movie that is unforgettable to lovers of both genres and I think he makes it work 
3
Overlord
Federico Furzan
Horror placed in a different stage Overlord serves no bigger purpose and manages to establish its own set of rules Full review in Spanish 
3
Overlord
Matt Brunson
What s interesting about this endeavor is that it could largely be stripped of its horror overtones and still work perfectly well as a more traditional World War II action flick 
3
Overlord
Sarah Ward
While Overlord s premise screams B movie and the feature knows it director Julius Avery doesn t handle the narrative in a simple and senseless manner 
3.5
Overlord
James Kendrick
a gory throwback to 70s Nazispolitation films although it doesn t have the conviction to truly follow through in its homage to that particularly sleazy strain of European trash cinema
2.5
Overlord
David Nusair
The movie s eventual shift into sci fi territory as a result doesn t fare quite as well as one might ve hoped 
2
Overlord
Linda Cook
Not for the nervous and not for the kids Overlord is for action enthusiasts and creature feature fans If you re among them it s a don t miss 
3.5
Overlord
Steven Yoder
Overlord while not delivering what the advertisements seem to promise is still a great couple of hours of entertainment that does not have to depend on being gross or gory to succeed 
3
Overlord
Tom Meek
Something of a missed opportunity for all 
2
Overlord
Joey Magidson
In an age where so many special effects are done by computers Overlord thankfully includes some old fashioned gross makeup 
3
Overlord
Katie Walsh
If anyone ever wished Saving Private Ryan were more of a B movie splatterfest Overlord is the movie for you 
2.5
Overlord
Mike McGranaghan
The film moves like a rocket sweeping you up in the first minute and then plunging you into a hell within a hell for the remainder of its running time 
3
Overlord
Sean P. Means
An erratic but entertaining thriller that starts as a World War II action drama and ends up in a really weird place 
3
Overlord
Simon Abrams
A simple mechanism to deliver squib packs and swear words 
2.5
Overlord
Christian Toto
Nazi zombies What could go wrong Plenty including making us wait forever for the star attraction 
2
Overlord
Barry Hertz
By the end Overlord feels if not greater than the sum of its Frankensteined parts at least a monster worth mashing 
2.5
Overlord
Roger Moore
A slick Re animating Private Ryan mashup that grinds through it cliches at half speed 
2
Overlord
Mark Dujsik
Overlord is absurd but it s fairly entertaining too 
3
Overlord
Michael Ordoña
Overlord leaves a wealth of possibilities unmined One imagines it was more compelling as pitch than finished product 
1
Overlord
Rafer Guzman
Overlord has a bit of a video game feel at times though that just adds to the overall sense of pulpy gory fun 
3
Overlord
Soren Andersen
Zombies Nazis Clichés Insane violence Overlord delivers a whole lot of much too much 
1.5
Overlord
Eric D. Snider
Shallow comic book carnage with no subtext but it successfully walks the line between serious and ludicrous without tipping over into campy 
2.5
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Simon Abrams
If there must be more movies set in the Ip Man iverse I hope that they re as dazzling and righteous as Master Z 
3.5
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Mike McGranaghan
You wouldn t think a martial arts movie featuring Tony Jaa Michelle Yeoh and Dave Bautista would be dull Here s Master Z Ip Man Legacy to prove you wrong 
2
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Mark Dujsik
The storytelling feels like a rushed hollow imitation starring a character whose personality and philosophy are constantly overshadowed by the plot 
2
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Roger Moore
Come for the fights stay for the fights The story and acting Meh 
2
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Gary Thompson
The movie is often light in tone and decidedly weird with dazzling colors enjoyably garish use of red and yellow and costumes that make the whole thing play like a musical 
3
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Jake Cole
The film is a reminder of the potential of these films before they became weighed down by blockbuster ready excesses 
2.5
Best Night Ever
Sheila O'Malley
Comedy requires a more delicate specific touch but here the air is slowly let out of the balloon as the scenes limp forward 
1.5
Best Night Ever
Roger Moore
Doesn t live up to its title but it has more than its share of surprising bridesmaids behaving badly laughs 
2
Best Night Ever
Abbey Bender
The filmmakers make sure their female protagonists constantly look immature and irresponsible and are intent on punishing them for wanting to have a good time 
1.5
Twisted
Stephen Holden
Overacted underwritten murky some scenes appear to have been filmed by candelight and essentially implausible it succeeds only in churning up an atmosphere of ghoulish sentimentality 
1.5
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Matt Brunson
It s impossible to overstate the importance of sex lies and videotape when it burst onto the scene in 1989 
3.5
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
James Kendrick
a thoughtful and absorbing portrait of unconventional human relationships
3.5
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Chris Hicks
I was somewhat let down by the film as a whole which seems to feign more than it actually achieves 
2
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Roger Ebert
It is never boring and there are moments when it reminds us of how sexy the movies used to be back in the days when speech was an erogenous zone 
3.5
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Dustin Putman
A brave and adult motion picture that is far more mature and honest about its subject matter than the usual film 
3
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Lean economical relatively unpretentious or at least pretentiously unpretentious and purposefully small scale 
3
Material Girls
Brooke Holgerson
An insipid mess not worthy of the tweens who flock to such flicks 
0.5
Material Girls
Thomas Delapa
As if one Duff wasn t enough for us 
1.5
Material Girls
Linda Cook
I liked it better with Brittany Murphy 
1
Material Girls
Lou Lumenick
It s sort of reassuring that although Madge has seemingly given up starring in bad movies her company is still financing terrible scripts 
0
Material Girls
Lisa Rose
The movie which was not screened for critics makes a joke of everyone who isn t wealthy white and pencil thin 
0
Material Girls
Peter Hartlaub
The scariest part of Material Girls comes when you re sitting in the dark theater and start considering the possibility that young women might find these characters sympathetic 
0
Material Girls
Paul Schrodt
You might remember it from May when it starred Lindsay Lohan and was called Just My Luck 
.5
Material Girls
Dustin Putman
Stays true to its name all right but there s no reason the film also had to be an embarrassingly unfunny and aimless chore to sit through 
1
Material Girls
Elizabeth Weitzman
A superficial tween comedy that mocks celebutantes like the Olsen twins while simultaneously pushing stars Hilary and Haylie Duff as their replacements 
1.5
Material Girls
Ken Fox
Light but listless 
2
Material Girls
Pam Grady
There is no edge to the movie at all and that blandness will render it forgettable to anyone over the age of 12 or so but for all that it is pleasant enough and occasionally even fun 
2.5
Material Girls
Stephen Williams
Madonna s anthem was only good naturedly arrogant but the SoCal twins like the film s script are arrogant ghastly immature and offensive to any audience that isn t all of the above 
0
Material Girls
John Monaghan
Nonsensical from the get go the girls fish out of water routine grows interminable 
2
Material Girls
James Sanford
The film opens with the Duffs huffing and puffing their way through a remake of Madonna s Material Girl an ode to gold digging that Madonna sang with a touch of wry humor the Duffs perform it as if it was The Battle Hymn of the Republic 
.5
Evidence
Dann Gire
The story s strained reaching plot goes so far off the CommonSense o Meter that there s more than enough evidence to convict this movie of impersonating a good mystery 
1.5
Evidence
Steven Boone
A combination of chaotic phony found footage and whimpering models 
1
Evidence
Ed Gonzalez
One wishes it had spared us the remedial theorizing on media culture and artistic representation and license and less apologetically acted the part of a straight up horror film 
1.5
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Mattie Lucas
You can almost feel the love radiating out of every frame from a father to a son who never met but who will touch millions in ways they never thought possible 
4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
David Nusair
An uneven yet frequently heartbreaking documentary 
3
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Nick Rogers
Know as little going in as possible The film s tragedy predates Facebook and Twitter but the rapid fire way in which its memorials are edited and the scope of those offering them feels like social network expression of grief fast immediate unifying 
4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Marty Mapes
A powerful home movie about real world evil and good
4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Rob Humanick
The most ambitious work of its kind 
3.5
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Frank Ochieng
Long after the credits roll one will be rendered both empty and lifted by a bewildered family s sudden forbidden journey into the abyss of emotional darkness 
3
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Jenni Miller
The phrase labor of love is so often tossed about but Kurt Kuenne s emotionally wrenching documentary is absolutely that 
4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Ross Anthony
A sincere heartfelt documentary about life death and murder 
2.5
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Mike McGranaghan
Raw powerful haunting and unforgettable 
4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Bob Strauss
Kuenne uses ingenious montages and judicious pacing tactics to drive through reams of evidence legal codes and other data that in most documentaries would leave viewers eyes glazed over 
3.5
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Lou Lumenick
A four handkerchief documentary if there ever was one 
3
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Erik Childress
Dear Zachary is not just Oscar worthy material but Oscar requisite If the Academy s documentary branch can t find a way to nominate this film and then promptly reward it then there s more than one corruption of justice that needs to be investigated 
4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Steve Rhodes
Prepare to be equally angry and emotionally drained as you watch real so called justice in action This film will be one of the best you re likely to see this year 
4
The Blot
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This superb movie helps restore Weber s reputation 
3.5
The Singing Revolution
Jeff Vice
Fortunately the interview subjects who include festival performers and current and former Estonian leaders are very intelligent and well spoken Their stories are what really holds out interest here 
2.5
The Singing Revolution
Robert W. Butler
If The Singing Revolution were a fictional film it would be dismissed as a pie in the sky fantasy But it s all true 
3
The Singing Revolution
Chris Hewitt
Although filmmakers James and Maureen Castle Tusty haven t figured out how to make historic tidbits come alive they do know how to make them sing 
3
The Singing Revolution
Josh Rosenblatt
Full of the kind of collective passion and struggle and yearning for freedom that makes viewers well up with pride at their shared humanity 
3.5
The Singing Revolution
Amy Biancolli
This fine and surprising documentary asks an even more challenging question Can music promote nonviolence prevent bloodshed and successfully overthrow an oppressive regime Again astonishingly the answer is yes 
3.5
The Singing Revolution
Jessica Reaves
As far as the plot goes widespread lack of familiarity with Estonia s recent history actually works in the film s favor Suspense born of ignorance lends the unfolding drama the urgency of a political thriller 
3
The Singing Revolution
Liam Lacey
Patience may not the most exciting movie subject but The Singing Revolution is in its deceptively mild way inspiring 
2.5
The Singing Revolution
Janos Gereben
An intriguing highly recommended film 
3
The Singing Revolution
Tom Keogh
What makes the film unique is its intermittent focus on one of the country s cultural touchstones a song festival called Laulupidu and its role in bringing freedom to a repressed but restless people after a half century 
2.5
The Singing Revolution
V.A. Musetto
The first feature doc by James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty is a formulaic affair plenty of talking heads and archival footage but its story is an uplifting one befitting the holiday spirit 
2.5
The Singing Revolution
Elizabeth Weitzman
Directors James and Maureen Tusty acknowledge that few outsiders care much about this tiny Baltic nation And then through a mix of moving interviews and affecting footage they show us why we should 
3
The Singing Revolution
Nick Schager
Singing Revolution eloquently illustrates that once granted even a smidgen of freedom can transform into an unstoppable weapon against oppression 
2.5
Show Boat
Mattie Lucas
It piles on the Technicolor spectacle with each number feeling like a finale making for an experience that feels bloated and over stuffed full of flash and visual pizazz but lacking any real stakes or sense of emotion 
2
Show Boat
Matt Brunson
A showcase for some eye popping Technicolor dreams 
3
Northern Soul
Roger Moore
Tone deaf 
1.5
Northern Soul
Linda Barnard
The movie is carried by the two hard dancing leads whose sweat soaked strutting demands attention 
2.5
Northern Soul
Nathalie Atkinson
Rich in period detail it s as transportative to the shuffling spins fashion subculture and euphoric amphetamine fuelled all nighters of 1974 Lancashire and the cult following DJs of the Wigan Casino as a documentary turned up to 11 
3.5
Northern Soul
Chris Knight
Disaffected youth and music go together like well there s actually no better simile So how else to describe British director Elaine Constantine s first film For one thing it s got a well defined sense of place and time 
3
Northern Soul
Glenn Kenny
Where this movie comes up short is in bringing any kind of real life to its bildungsroman side 
2
Northern Soul
Tom Keogh
A revealing if disappointingly thin and histrionic drama about a couple of 18 year old guys who gamble their dreams and future on riding a wave of youthful passion for soul music 
1.5
Feel the Noise
Michael Dequina
Producer Jennifer Lopez s cameo in the film s climactic Puerto Rican Day parade sequence feels like a victory lap for successfully bilking film financiers and moviegoers out of their money 
0
Feel the Noise
Timothy Knight
Dramatic tension and narrative momentum are MIA 
1.5
Feel the Noise
Ty Burr
Could have used more music 
2
Feel the Noise
Elizabeth Weitzman
The plot is contrived the performances are all over the board and Chomski s camera ogles his actresses just a little too much 
2
Feel the Noise
Maitland McDonagh
This simplistic teen drama features an engaging young star but doesn t miss a follow your dreams cliche 
2
Feel the Noise
Peter Howell
I didn t feel this noise 
1.5
Feel the Noise
Rafer Guzman
Instead of trying to find the heartbeat of reggaetn the movie resorts to teen conventions banking that its target audience Latino teens who don t often see themselves onscreen won t know enough to demand better 
1
Feel the Noise
Linda Cook
You really can feel the noise right down t your bones And that s what this above average movie is all about Music 
2.5
Feel the Noise
Kam Williams
How do you say sappy Horatio Alger tale in Espaol 
2
Final Caller
Roger Moore
A gory 44 shlocky 44 ineptly designed 44 poorly cast 44 badly acted and sloppily directed splatter film 46 There 8217 s not one thing to recommend it 46 
0
Free Birds
Tom Meek
In the end this freeform history lesson is a flightless foul 
2
Free Birds
Linda Cook
Strange references to the 1970s and a bizarre plot line about time travel stuff Free Birds with a lot of material that s too weird for either little kids or parents to get
2
Free Birds
Bill Zwecker
Free Birds is not sorry a turkey of a film But it doesn t really soar terribly high either 
2.5
Free Birds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not dazzling like the best animated movies these days are It contains a few laughs but it s not hilarious And though the characters are likable enough it s unlikely you ll want to remember them and buy their toys at Christmastime 
2.5
Free Birds
Liam Lacey
The movie s animal rights vegetarian message should go down easily with politically correct parents at least until they choke on the offensive depiction of 17th century turkeys as face painted headband wearing native Americans 
1.5
Free Birds
Christy Lemire
Everything about Free Birds feels perfunctory from its generic title and holiday setting to its starry voice cast and undistinguished use of 3 D 
1.5
Free Birds
David Hiltbrand
A stale turkey hash that heaves a lot of ingredients in the oven but never turns on the gas a frantic attempt to come up with an animated film built around Thanksgiving Day traditions 
1.5
Free Birds
Dustin Putman
Poppy and entertaining this computer animated jaunt is mighty irreverent a tonal cousin to the Shrek series in the way it appeals to grown ups privy to all the slyly acerbic jokes going over the younger audience members heads 
2.5
Free Birds
Sara Stewart
A forgettable and occasionally borderline offensive animated tale of turkeys trying to take back Thanksgiving 
1.5
Free Birds
Peter Hartlaub
All sidekicks and sight gags with little story cohesion or purpose 
1
Free Birds
Cathy Jakicic
While what may be the first ever major Thanksgiving themed animated feature is fun for kids and witty enough for some adult giggles I was slightly underwhelmed 
2.5
Free Birds
Stephanie Merry
Finally there s a movie vegetarian parents can enjoy with their impressionable offspring 
2.5
Free Birds
Tom Russo
A welcome foray into underexploited territory conceptually at least 
2
Free Birds
Chris Hewitt
There s no way to cover up what this movie is a turkey 
2
Free Birds
Linda Barnard
A seasonally pegged 3D cartoon bore that sets the bar so low it could give a slug a concussion 
1
Free Birds
Jessica Herndon
A solid premiere effort that shows Reel FX s potential to produce quality full length animation But the story line with its hypothetical constituents seems a little desperate at times even for a kiddie film 
2
Free Birds
Chris Cabin
The film is absent of humor and thrills and accented with designs and color schemes that are equally notable for their lack of risk 
1
Free Birds
Matt Pais
Warning Contains tryptophan 
2
Free Birds
Roger Moore
Frozen undercooked and sorely lacking much in the way of all the trimmings this turkey isn t ready to serve 
1.5
Free Birds
Claudia Puig
Likable and amusing if slight 
2.5
Shadow of the Wolf
Roger Ebert
Shot on location in the arctic north the movie is obviously a labor of love which makes it all the more unfortunate that the story it tells is so simple minded 
2
Babe: Pig in the City
Wesley Lovell
8220 Babe 58 Pig in the City 8221 is a wonderful family motion picture that touches various topics 44 but doesn 8217 t live up to the power and overwhelming brilliance of the original 46 
3
Babe: Pig in the City
Rob Humanick
Carries its predecessor s torch into darker quixotic territories bursting at the seams with folkloric witticism and hellzapoppin imagery 
4
Babe: Pig in the City
Collin Souter
An amazing accomplishment George Miller brings the same approach to this sequel as he did with the Mad Max trilogy Don t re make re invent A work of genius 
4
Babe: Pig in the City
Jeffrey Westhoff
Babe needed a sequel as much as Citizen Kane or Casablanca 
2.5
Babe: Pig in the City
Michael Dequina
Universal should have left well enough alone heeding the immortal closing words of Farmer Hoggett in the original 
2.5
Babe: Pig in the City
Elias Savada
It may not be as fresh as its predecessor it still begs a look see As the year winds down this is one fine holiday ham that should be savored not skinned 
2
Babe: Pig in the City
Dustin Putman
Babe Pig in the City is mostly a joyless sequel to the joyful original 
2
Babe: Pig in the City
David Keyes
a completely new experience for the audience and the film s characters and virtually one of the best sequels that has ever come along in the past decade 
3.5
Babe: Pig in the City
Roger Ebert
More magical than the original 
4
Three Amigos!
David Nusair
As excessively silly as its premise would indicate 
3
Three Amigos!
Dave Kehr
It s the laziness of the project that s finally most galling 
1
Three Amigos!
Carrie Rickey
While it s occasionally funny Three Amigos isn t an entirely fun occasion 
2
Three Amigos!
Gene Siskel
You know it s a boring comedy when you find yourself laughing only at the lead actors costumes 
2
Three Amigos!
Candice Russell
The premise is cute the characters are endearing and the wackiness of their predicament in the desert is almost enough to carry the film past dry spells of laughlessness But the dry spells are frequent 
2.5
Three Amigos!
Roger Ebert
All great farces need a certain insane focus an intensity that declares how important they are to themselves This movie is too confident too relaxed too clever to be really funny 
1
Sleeping With Other People
Brad Wheeler
Writer director Leslye Headland has made a film that is saucy and sweet for the boys and for the girls an R rated Seinfeld not that there s anything wrong with that 
3
Sleeping With Other People
David Nusair
Another misfire from Bachelorette filmmaker Leslye Headland 
2
Sleeping With Other People
David Berry
Sleeping With Other People has plenty of bad habits but at its core is a refreshing and sometimes downright sad look at what love can do to people dressed up with the sweet hope of new love 
2.5
Sleeping With Other People
Bruce DeMara
Screenwriter director Leslye Headland has an ear for dialogue and offbeat characters but the film never feels fresh or engaging 
2
Sleeping With Other People
Scott Renshaw
It s hard to shake the notion that Leslye Headland wants soooo badly to make the 21st century version of When Harry Met Sally but there s not nearly the same unique chemistry and relationship insight to match the raunchy jokes 
2.5
Sleeping With Other People
Walter Chaw
Diablo Cody on steroids
0
Sleeping With Other People
Michael Smith
The words remind of a Nora Ephron meets Aaron Sorkin script for their quick hit humor and rapid delivery with maybe a Judd Apatow rewrite to add snarky raunch It works 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Brad Keefe
The more honest depictions of modern love are welcome but you can tell where this is heading early and often 
2.5
Sleeping With Other People
Peter Canavese
Effectively has it both ways with its dark neuroses and naughty humor giving way to a sweet consideration of the rarity of unconditional love 
2.5
Sleeping With Other People
Molly Eichel
Headland refuses to redeem her characters which is what makes Sleeping With Other People ultimately more interesting than other rom coms 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Mark Dujsik
Sleeping with Other People may take a long and winding road to get to its destination but the destination is as conventional as we expect and fear it will be 
2.5
Sleeping With Other People
Tom Russo
If there s a way to charm us with the approach Headland writer of 2014 s About Last Night update never really finds it squandering the appeal of leads Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie 
1.5
Sleeping With Other People
Stephanie Merry
Why Lainey would be enamored by such a dud remains a mystery So is the reason why Lainey would model lingerie for Jake considering that the two are trying to keep things platonic 
2
Sleeping With Other People
Steve Rubenstein
The movie deftly navigates the tricky geography and timing of romance and heartbreak 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Matt Pais
Funny and sexy and only conventional in the sense that it takes a formula and gives it energy and relevance again 
3.5
Sleeping With Other People
Lindsey Bahr
Sudeikis and Brie have an easy heady chemistry although it does take a bit of imagination to accept them seven years apart in real life as college contemporaries 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Dustin Putman
A middle of the road indie piece moments of definite inspiration interspersed with visually uninteresting camerawork and a bumpy script so occasionally misguided it makes one angry at how charming it otherwise can be 
2
Sleeping With Other People
Katie Walsh
Just might be the most romantic and touching film about sex addiction ever 
3.5
Sleeping With Other People
Nick Allen
It s a smooth variation on the type of tale we ve heard before but especially with characters like these it can still have something new to say 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Rex Reed
Everything in this hoax is a cliché inspired by a dozen other B movies about the same subject from No Strings Attached with Ashton Kutcher to Friends with Benefits with Justin Timberlake 
1.5
Sleeping With Other People
Stephen Rebello
The funny cutting sexy and yeah even touching movie manages to make their relationship a blast to watch and a regretful look at the messed up state of modern romance 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Peter Travers
Even when the laughs are spotty the actors stay on point Sudeikis is terrific And Brie can break you up or just plain break your heart 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Carson Lund
This is exactly the kind of movie at which David Wain took aim with his sublime rom com parody They Came Together 
1.5
Sleeping With Other People
Charles Nash
A much more conventional picture than Headland s debut Sweeter messier and far more determined to charm than to provoke 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Rob Thomas
Sleeping With Other People is a love letter to New York romantic comedies or at least a well crafted sext 
3
Sleeping With Other People
Kyle Smith
Rom coms died because they weren t very rom and didn t have enough com But Sleeping With Other People which is both hilarious and emotionally alive is as delightful as a first date that crackles with possibility 
3.5
Life Stinks
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s materialist comedy in the best sense of the word and when it leads to slapstick involving Thorazine in an overcrowded hospital Brooks truly hits his stride 
2
Life Stinks
Matt Brunson
Even comic geniuses are allowed an off day or off movie as the case may be and Mel Brooks strikes out with this sizable flop 
1.5
Life Stinks
Ross Anthony
The slapstick here is nothing to rent the film over Oddly it s the serious moments that charm I was embarrassed to myself for being choked up by Mel Brooks 
2
Life Stinks
Roger Ebert
It may take more skill and intelligence to live without money than to make and spend a great deal of it and that is the buried message of Life Stinks a warmhearted new comedy from Mel Brooks 
3
Wildcat
Mick LaSalle
It tunnels deep and becomes a statement about the beauty and cruelty of the world 
4
Wildcat
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Wildcat 8217 gets sidetracked a bit 44 but this emotional documentary has mesmerizing 44 don 8217 t try this at home vibes as Samantha and Harry raise ocelot kittens to be independent in the wild 46 Animal lover audiences will need a hug 46 
3
Wildcat
Katie Rife
While the points where Wildcat goes beyond simply being a feel good nature documentary and delves into Harry 8217 s mental health struggles are honest 44 they raise more questions than they answer 46 
2.5
Wildcat
Steven Prokopy
Captivating and quite the adventure to boot 46 
3
Wildcat
Randy Myers
Wildcat relates a poignant story about two wounded entities who become more whole once their paths cross 
3
Wildcat
Mark Dujsik
Wildcat lets us see how complex 44 disturbing 44 and upsetting the processes of trying to heal emotionally and psychologically can be 46 
3
Wildcat
Kristen Page-Kirby
It mostly works with one catch Wildcat doesn t quite hang together both visually which is forgivable and narratively 
2.5
Missionary Man
David Nusair
one can t help but appreciate the inclusion of several entertaining and downright brutal acts of violence one particularly hapless baddie receives a point blank shotgun blast to the face 
2.5
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Roger Ebert
The key to the film is in the performances by Spall and Stevenson and by Marsan The utter averageness of the characters their lack of insight their normality contrasts with the subject matter in an unsettling way 
3.5
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Ruthe Stein
Grim and disturbing yet perversely riveting 
2.5
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Susan Walker
The very title of this movie seems to message its doom What could possibly be dramatic enough about Britain s last hangman to carry our interest over a 90 minute film A whole lot it turns out 
3
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Liam Lacey
The film s grittiness instantly adds to the historically and socio economically convincing picture of working class Yorkshire in the last century 
3
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Ty Burr
Very much a bookend to Vera Drake in its mixture of post war British reserve and ugly reality Actor Spall makes it work creating a little man with big and terrible secrets 
3
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Stephen Whitty
It s Timothy Spall who really carries the film 
3
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
V.A. Musetto
You have to wonder just how true to life the melodramatic depiction of these events is 
2
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Jack Mathews
Whether the real Pierrepoint who died in 1992 had a clear conscience the portly Spall creates the perfect impression of a quietly decent proud man who is overwhelmed by unwanted celebrity and by one too many jerking ropes 
3
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Eric Lurio
The shocker near the end is one of the more heartbreaking pieces of cinema in quite a while 
4
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Kam Williams
An empathetic portrait of a complicated figure chronicling the mounting toll which his work in the gallows gradually took on his psyche and private life 
4
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Ken Fox
Director Adrian Shergold and screenwriters Jeff Pope and Bob Mills take certain liberties with the facts of Pierrepoint s notorious career but only to offer better insight into his complex personality 
3.5
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Timothy Knight
See it if you re a fan of serious literate drama and virtuoso acting 
3.5
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Glenn Whipp
The filmmakers fall through their own trapdoor using the hangman s story to fashion a preachy anti capital punishment message movie that seems at odds with the man himself 
2.5
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Gene Seymour
The movie hits its message a little too emphatically and its narrative unwinds a little too schematically But Spall s performance along with that of Juliet Stevenson as his devoted and sometimes credulous spouse keeps things grounded 
3
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Nick Schager
This recounting of Pierrepoint s rise and fall proves mostly a schematic message movie 
2
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the film will work just as well on the small screen as it does in theaters 
2.5
Paper Year
Kate Taylor
Slight but intriguing 
3
Paper Year
Bruce DeMara
Addelman has crafted a story of gentle drama that smacks of authenticity chronicling as the title suggests the couple s bumpy first year of marriage while casting two appealing young actors in the lead roles 
3
Presumed Innocent
Joel Siegel
Presumed Innocent plays the audience for chumps in order to spring its closing reel Big Whammy 
1
Presumed Innocent
David Nusair
a refreshingly adult drama that certainly captures the spirit of Turow s padded out book 
2.5
Presumed Innocent
Dennis King
The film s densely constructed trial sequences are freighted with rich detail unexpected turns and intimate insights into the criminal justice system 
4
Presumed Innocent
Desmond Ryan
Pakula and the cast are excellent in the cut and thrust debates and the grilling of witnesses At least on the surface Presumed Innocent unfolds in the grand tradition of great courtroom drama But nothing in Presumed Innocent is what it seems 
3.5
Presumed Innocent
Gary Thompson
When you get right down to it Presumed Innocent is really just an elaborate version of the standard courtroom drama souped up Perry Mason On the other hand this is as good as Perry Mason gets 
3.5
Presumed Innocent
Gene Siskel
A riveting adaptation of Scott Turow s novel about a prosecutor prosecuted for murder 
3
Presumed Innocent
Dave Kehr
This deliberately paced almost monochromatic movie reserves its real energy and color for blaming the victim 
2
Presumed Innocent
Peter Canavese
As moody mysteries go the courtroom drama Presumed Innocent is among the moodiest Blu ray 
2.5
Presumed Innocent
Roger Ebert
The adaptation of Turow s novel does a good job of presenting the evidence as needed and no more than is needed while allowing time for the characters to establish themselves 
3.5
In Search of Fellini
Rob Owen
This sweet story that has been put to film shows the passion Cartwright found for the 1954 Fellini film La Strada that started a three decade journey that resulted in the story of what it means to be deeply passionate about something 
3
In Search of Fellini
Roger Moore
Never comes close to finding the twee that they were going for 
1.5
Headshot
Mattie Lucas
As both a meditation on the nature of justice and a heart pounding action film Headshot delivers on all fronts 
3
Headshot
Doug Knoop
While there are some great twists and revelations here I just kept wishing it would stop with all the cinematic tricks and get to more conventional straight forward storytelling 
2.5
Headshot
Elise Nakhnikian
This Buddhist film noir as writer director Pen ek Ratanaruang calls it is surprisingly slow moving and soulful for a film full of double crosses and cold blooded killing 
3
Royal Flash
Scott Nash
Completely fails to capture the charm of the book 
2
God's Land
Andrew Schenker
The film is far more successful when it either focuses on the central family or suggests via visual means the odd correspondences between cult and town 
2.5
Alice
Matt Brunson
Nobody can play the nebbish as well as Woody Allen and that includes Mia Farrow unfortunately Allen often saddled her with simpering variations on the same type of character 
2
Alice
Mattie Lucas
This is really the beginning of Allen s penchant for playing the hits rather than pushing himself and experimenting with style and form as he had in the 70s and 80s 
2
Alice
James Sanford
Farrow relishes the opportunity to play everything from a timid guilt racked housewife to a sultry amoral siren who does everything short of attacking her victim 
3.5
Alice
Chris Hicks
Boasts many hilarious moments 
3.5
Alice
Roger Ebert
It s a strange magical film 
3
Destricted
Erik Childress
It s a very up and down affair that alternately has us reaching for a smoke and wishing it was enough already so we can just get some sleep 
2.5
Destricted
David N. Butterworth
Like most films of its type Destricted is a decidedly mixed bag 
2
Crooked Arrows
Michael Dequina
The lack of anything distinctive in execution or performance makes the film instantly forgettable 
2.5
Crooked Arrows
Roger Moore
If you can t guess where these Crooked Arrows are going you aren t getting out enough But Routh is wonderfully light and laid back here perhaps thanks to the low stakes this tiny film has 
2
Crooked Arrows
Gayle MacDonald
An entirely predictable script that chugs along to the foregone loser beats odds conclusion 
2
Crooked Arrows
Jim Slotek
Brandon Routh is the Emilio Estevez of Crooked Arrows 
2.5
Crooked Arrows
Farran Smith Nehme
In another era Crooked Arrows might have been an after school special perfect to have on the TV while cleaning the house miss a scene while you re dusting under the couch and you ll still know exactly what s happening later 
1
Crooked Arrows
Linda Barnard
It s an often awkward niche film enlivened by impressive on field action scenes But those can t get it beyond a predictable sports underdogs fight back plot 
1.5
Crooked Arrows
Kalvin Henely
Although it adheres to the tried and true sports movie formula of an underdog team striving to overcome their limitations to become winners Crooked Arrows lacks captivating emotional momentum 
2
Crooked Arrows
Bob Herzog
While the plot is trite the lacrosse action is right The cameras capture the speed agility and physical nature of the sport 
2.5
Crooked Arrows
Michael O'Sullivan
The lacrosse angle aside Crooked Arrows seems less interested in breaking ground than in following a path that has been trod a thousand times before 
1
Crooked Arrows
Loren King
The story is unique and engaging enough to transcend the uplifting sports underdog formula 
2.5
Crooked Arrows
Gary Thompson
You know what It mostly works 
3
Little Sister
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and lyrical film that deftly avoids emotional fireworks for something much more honest 
3
Little Sister
Calvin Wilson
Rarely has a film more eloquently captured the universality of human experience 
4
Little Sister
Sean P. Means
The most touching of family reunions 
3.5
Little Sister
Bob Bloom
Our Little Sister is a tender and restrained feature that flows by like a gentle stream lulling you with its melodic cadence and drawing you into its beauty 
4
Little Sister
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Our Little Sister is a serene enchanting film that transports us to another gentler world 
3.5
Little Sister
Lawrence Toppman
By the end a Zen like calm that might be mistaken for stasis settles over the story But these lives move forward slowly inexorably and they move us too 
3
Little Sister
Roger Moore
Static slow and slight but with its own rewards 
2.5
Little Sister
Robert Horton
Even death is part of the flow part of the process of getting along and finding a place in the world 
4
Little Sister
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie that by its serene final scene changes its viewer You leave happier honored to have been for two hours part of this family 
3.5
Little Sister
Steven Rea
If you succumb to Koreeda s slow rhythms the climbs up a hill to find a magnificent view the walks along the beach the simple peace of a shared meal this is the kind of movie that will leave you feeling restored maybe a little misty eyed as well 
4
Little Sister
Peter Keough
Sister broods on the past on how it defines the present and future but as a film about remembering it is not especially memorable 
2.5
Little Sister
Tina Hassannia
Our Little Sister does best in small quiet moments 
3
Little Sister
Nathalie Atkinson
It s subdued at times even too leisurely but the film and its characters are luminous especially lead Ayase Haruka 
3
Little Sister
Peter Howell
With a delicate palette and soft tones the craftsmanship on display is impeccable but the pulse free drama think crying over spilled milk makes for muted impact 
2.5
Little Sister
Peter Canavese
Moves at a rhythm akin to the gently lapping waves yet somehow swiftly establishes the personalities of the three sisters a contradiction that speaks to the resonance of the performers and Koreeda s skill at eliciting emotional truth 
3
Little Sister
Anita Katz
The performances are solid throughout and young Hirose s Suzu is an unassuming delight 
3
Little Sister
Vanessa H. Larson
While the emotions may be muted there s still something appealingly heartfelt about the way these siblings find each other One can t help but cheer them on 
2.5
Little Sister
Simon Abrams
Japanese melodrama Our Little Sister is the rare film that captures the everyday pleasures and anguishes of family life 
3
Little Sister
David Fear
It s the way that Koreeda handles such quotidian details and detours of this quartet that makes all the difference 
3.5
Little Sister
Christopher Gray
The film s reserve softens some of its more piquant observations about tradition and mortality 
2.5
Little Sister
Gonzalo Lira Galván
The work of a true artist Full review in Spanish 
4
Little Sister
David Nusair
Our Little Sister slowly but surely morphs from a passable character study into a seriously and aggressively interminable cinematic endurance test 
1
Crossing the Line
Robert W. Butler
There are no absolute answers to these questions but like a brain tickling puzzle Crossing the Line keeps us on our toes and digging for more information 
3
Crossing the Line
V.A. Musetto
Fascinating 
3
Crossing the Line
Elizabeth Weitzman
You ll be untangling Dresnok s knotty reality long after you leave the theater 
3
Crossing the Line
Kam Williams
Not exactly compelling stuff especially if you caught the recent 60 Minutes segment about this traitor which covered substantially the same ground 
2
Crossing the Line
Ed Gonzalez
A scary journey into the belly of the beast but a sketchy psychological portrait 
2.5
In Order of Disappearance
Kam Williams
A Scandinavian splattefest staining the snow capped mountainsides of an otherwise breathtaking Norwegian wonderland 
3
In Order of Disappearance
Tirdad Derakhshani
Swift fleet of foot and efficient with clean lines and a sleek finish the Norwegian black comedy In Order of Disappearance glides through the world like a perfectly engineered car or a gorgeous piece of modern furniture 
3.5
In Order of Disappearance
Peter Keough
Combines black comedy with the dour humorless mood of Nordic noir two elements that are not for Moland at any rate as complementary as one might expect 
2.5
In Order of Disappearance
Michael O'Sullivan
What saves it paradoxically even at times delightfully from skidding off course into cliche is the profound appeal of its middle of the road but never dull protagonist 
3
In Order of Disappearance
G. Allen Johnson
Ultimately the film is carried by Skarsgård in yet another triumph in a Norwegian film 
2
In Order of Disappearance
Chris Knight
There s some dark humour in the screenplay for instance we learn that the deathbed tell my wife scene is very different when it s tell my ex wife 
3
In Order of Disappearance
Sheila O'Malley
The killings are creative and brutal but eventually the whole structure of it becomes an empty slick exercise in style 
2
In Order of Disappearance
Alex Migdal
A cheeky black comedy and worthy Norwegian successor to Kill Bill 
3.5
In Order of Disappearance
Peter Howell
Fabulous scenery dopey cops hapless hoods furious spouses and a Froot Loops loving kid round out a picture that gives new meaning to icing someone 
3
In Order of Disappearance
Chuck Bowen
The film has been executed with a sense of formally stylish and thematically symmetric panache 
3
In Order of Disappearance
Roger Moore
The best thriller of the summer is in Norwegian with snow and snowplows and a Death Wish sized body count 
3.5
Kentucky Kernels
Matt Brunson
Enough bright bits to make it worthwhile 
2.5
Katt Williams: American Hustle
Kam Williams
Likely to resonate with Katt s loyal fans those unshockable and very open minded real N words in his desired demographic 
3
The Formula
Roger Ebert
its completely muddled plot is a disaster There can be no joy in unraveling a plot that is a mystery even to itself 
2
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Mike McGranaghan
It s only real point of view is that the best things you can aspire to in life are to be hot to land a cute boy and to become a famous pop star 
1.5
Cops
Josh Larsen
fairly dark while still being very funny 
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Stefan Ulstein
A fun summer film for grade school kids it avoids the subtle meanness and double entendres that filmmakers sometimes insert into films geared to children 
2.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jorge Avila Andrade
Rodriguez es un nio grande que trabaja como cineasta pero nio al fin y al cabo Esa es la verdadera tercera dimensin del filme la de su corazn infantil
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
David N. Butterworth
Reminds us unequivocally why 3 D has yet to catch on Special effects notwithstanding this Robert Rodriguez quickie is strictly for the younger set 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Linda Cook
What a strange disappointing technically disastrous movie 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Mike McGranaghan
Considering the fact that Sharkboy and Lavagirl is packed wall to wall with fantastic worlds of imagination I d rather have seen them in full color than in 3 D 
2.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Mark Collette
Against the rest of Rodriguez s work it s mostly forgettable But it gives you the feeling he s probably a pretty cool dad 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Sean O'Connell
Movies this tiresome and obvious have no business in multiplexes 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jonathan W. Hickman
Sharkboy and Lavagirl will entertain the youngest viewers but likely erode the good will Robert Rodriguez has built up in the family film genre 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Timothy Knight
A splashy bore 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Nothing s scary and everything s so light it s on the verge of evaporating 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Dan Fienberg
Sharkboy Lavagirl feels like a whimsical afterthought a colorful kid centric lark filled with admirable ideas and nothing to keep older viewers entertained 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Susan Walker
Shark Boy and Lava Girl have about as much appeal as a dogfish and a melting Barbie doll 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Tom Keogh
A rare window into a child s uninhibited imagination and protean playfulness tricked out with tongue in cheek 3 D effects as seen through one blue lens and one red one 
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Ruthe Stein
Parental pride may have clouded Rodriguez s judgment 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Carla Meyer
Visually and even physically irritating the movie follows dream logic which is to say no logic at all 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Kyle Smith
You can t get this kind of full on sensory jolt anywhere else not legally anyway 
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Larry Ratliff
Sharkboy Lavagirl while noble imaginative and a huge valentine to family involvement unfortunately just isn t all that interesting 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Peter Debruge
It s pretty clear that all those terrific ideas could use a little discipline and maturity before they ever amount to a truly great movie 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jack Mathews
The low tech film looks like a kid s crude drawing plays like entry level Game Boy and is about as nourishing as a Tootsie Pop 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Bob Strauss
Rodriguez World is a unique cinematic space that only truly inspired children and child men could bring to life 
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Robert W. Butler
The story is impossible the acting generally awful and the 3 D effects so unremarkable that you re tempted to yank off the glasses and watch it with the naked eye 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Sean McBride
an hour and a half of bad child actors non stop cartoon special effects and another chance for kids to get excited about wearing those uncomfortable 3D glasses
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Bruce Westbrook
Squinting through cardboard glasses you get at the door you see washed out colors blurred images and not enough pop out to merit the trade off 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Liam Lacey
For a movie aimed at children Shark Boy and Lava Girl is gloomy 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Michael Booth
Great effort for a kid perhaps but not worthy of the big screen box office 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Terry Lawson
It s not just that this fable about a picked on kid whose dreams come true is an excruciatingly dumb kids movie It s that it returns us to the bad old days of 3D when the images were rendered too murky to appreciate 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rodriguez is a long way off from the energy of the original Spy Kids and the difference lies between the definitions of childlike and childish 
2.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jeff Vice
This imaginative but silly and headache inducing adventure film was created largely by Racer Maximillian Rodriguez the young son of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez And it should have been left in his subconscious 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Ty Burr
Sounds like a grand old time a hip fusion of Nickelodeon attitude the wittier children s books and retro kitsch culture In fact it s a nearly unwatchable combination of the worst elements of all three 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Erik Childress
Rodriguez would be advised to take a step back from the chintzy plastic red and blue eyewear since what s on the screen is already more than enough 
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Sean P. Means
The rest of us especially parents who have to take those kids to the theater will have to get used to living without little things like story or characters or coherence 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jeffrey Westhoff
So technically flawed it is nearly unwatchable Audiences would be justified in filing a class action suit against the studio 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Dustin Putman
Has a rushed thrown together feel to it made all the more glaring by cheesy 3 D that is ugly and doesn t work in any way shape or form 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Emily Blunt
The Adventures of SB LG are a family funtime extravaganza 
4
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Allison Benedikt
It s hard to argue that a film won t capture a kid s imagination when it comes from a kid s imagination But I will argue nonetheless 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Duane Dudek
While the overall message is positive it is not particularly powerful 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Roger Ebert
An innocent and delightful children s tale that is spoiled by a disastrous decision to film most of it in lousy 3 D 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Mike Clark
There s sad news to report about The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3 D Put on the cardboard glasses and you can still see the movie 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
David Sterritt
You ll know who the target audience is when you discover the story s setting is called Planet Drool and the hero is an imaginative schoolboy who joins the title characters to fight the evil Mr Electric and save the world 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Peter Canavese
The injury of 3D eyestrain adds to the insult of garish production design looks like a 94 minute Saturday morning commercial for Marshmallow Toast Crunch 
1.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Chris Hewitt
It s an imaginative movie likably performed by kids who seem awkwardly real and featuring swell messages about friendship and unselfishness 
2.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jeff Strickler
Visually the film is impressive Rodriguez has an incredible imagination and the computer skills to bring it to vivid life 
2.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Phoebe Flowers
3 D is awful It s annoying and tiresome and stupid If you are an adult it is bearable for about five minutes if that Then you will probably feel the need to close your eyes Forever 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jan Stuart
Rodriguez whose prankish production design was the real star of the original Spy Kids has become a prisoner of his 3 D mandate 
2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Josh Larsen
best left hanging on the Rodriguez family refrigerator not in theaters for all to see 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Phil Villarreal
Every time you stop to catch your breath the movie s round electric eyes stare up at you and push you to keep going After all the sun s up and bedtime is an eternity away 
3
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Walter Chaw
Of course your children will enjoy it given enough flashing lights and farting noises they ll like a George Lucas movie 
0
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Ross Anthony
Paced well for kids heavy on puns and plants a few thought proking seeds but never commits to more than surface depth 
2.5
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Jeanne Aufmuth
A jumble of concepts and half baked imaginings 
1
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Nick Schager
Sharkboy offers up a piece of sage advice when he remarks You snooze you win 
.5
Return From Witch Mountain
Betsy Bozdech
If you were a fan as a kid you ll find a certain amount of nostalgic appeal if not don t bother 
2
The Ambassador
Mattie Lucas
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions And in this case you have to wonder just which road Brügger is on 
2.5
The Ambassador
James Adams
At film s end you ll probably feel like having a long hot shower metaphoric or otherwise to wash away the mire Brgger has presented 
3
The Ambassador
Roger Ebert
You can imagine how this could have become a 1950s British comedy It is all real 
3
The Ambassador
Ty Burr
The Ambassador is a sociopolitical prankumentary in which the prank blows up in the filmmaker s face exploding cigar style 
1.5
The Ambassador
Brett Michel
Taken as satire this isn t particularly funny but then the corruption he s exposing is anything but a joke 
3
The Ambassador
Eric Melin
Brgger recalls gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson who once went undercover with the Hell s Angels Brgger has similar intentions and mostly he succeeds If only he had Thompson s way with words 
3
The Ambassador
John Hartl
The picture sometimes seems to have been assembled rather than creatively edited 
2.5
The Ambassador
Kyle Smith
A stunning funny and vital piece of guerilla cinema 
3.5
The Ambassador
Mike McGranaghan
It s a real eye opener a gutsy piece of investigative journalism mixed with a splash of performance art 
3.5
The Ambassador
Chris Cabin
Simply put there s no fire in Mads Brgger s belly or at least any perceivable fire 
2.5
My New Gun
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Somehow the relevance of guns in all of this top heavy and untidy plot material tends to get lost 
1
Lords of Dogtown
Mattie Lucas
The feelings emotions language every nuance and every frame comes alive with astonishing authenticity 
3.5
Lords of Dogtown
David Nusair
a thoroughly dull piece of work 
1
Lords of Dogtown
Linda Cook
You don t need to know a grind from an ollie to appreciate The Lords of Dogtown the story of the birth of modern skateboarding culture 
3
Lords of Dogtown
James Kendrick
part celebration of 1970s Southern California punk culture part rise and fall social drama and part cautionary tale about the perils of youth and success
3
Lords of Dogtown
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything Lords of Dogtown is an incredibly standard rise and fall tale of a friendship pushed to its limits by unforeseen superstardom If you re looking for anything different or unusual it might be best to take a look someplace else 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Matt Brunson
The movie rarely conveys the import of what these kids accomplished As depicted here their cultural revolution seems no more noteworthy than a day spent at the mall 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Sean McBride
a meandering trip down memory lane punctuated with some really nice skateboarding sequences 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Mike McGranaghan
There s great authenticity in the picture thanks to Catherine Hardwicke s atmospheric direction and Stacy Peralta s first hand account of the era 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Mark Collette
Major plot lines may begin develop and end changing characters lives forever while you are in the bathroom 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Kurt Loder
I t vibrates with a bouncing off the walls energy that sucks you right into the action 
3.5
Lords of Dogtown
Dan Fienberg
Knoxville s arrival marks the end of Dogtown as a free flowing lark and the beginning of the film s over determined and predictable rise and fall story arcs 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Mike Clark
It s hard to think of a movie since 1950 s Sunset Boulevard that has gotten more dramatic impact out of a pool 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Geoff Pevere
For someone who was there not to mention someone who created Dogtown and Z Boys Peralta has crafted a script so superficial and simplistic it feels like it was tapped out by a 14 year old fan 
1.5
Lords of Dogtown
Ted Fry
It s a thrashing good time 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Peter Hartlaub
A strong companion to Dogtown and Z Boys 
3
Lords of Dogtown
James Hebert
The action sequences are real and raw and if Lords never quite gets airborne it does justice to a scene whose legacy rolls on 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Carla Meyer
What Lords needed and what it mostly lacks is dramatic impact off the concrete 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Lisa Rose
A sports memoir fringed with punk rock clamor 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Rene Rodriguez
Unlike the documentary the movie is reluctant to delve too deeply into the darker side of its protagonists 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Amy Biancolli
When the film works dramatically it works because of Emile Hirsch and Heath Ledger 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Rick Groen
Lords of Dogtown is a fictional feature that tries hard to mimic the sun baked realism of the documentary that inspired it But mimic is all it does 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Jeff Vice
It s gone through Hollywood creative processing at least one time too many 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Michael Booth
Accomplished film 
3.5
Lords of Dogtown
Allison Benedikt
Stacy Peralta this is your life Again And again 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Lawrence Toppman
Superficial and chaotic 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Wesley Morris
The movie is like a daydream and it s most infectious when the characters are in motion or misbehaving which is often 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Roger Ebert
Not only is there no need for this movie but its weaknesses underline the strength of Dogtown and the Z Boys 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Tyler Hanley
The trailers for this emotionally charged skateboarding picture are more misleading than a politician s pre election promises 
3.5
Lords of Dogtown
Sean P. Means
Hardwicke falls short in the hardest part of her job pruning back Peralta s unwieldy script to get to the heart of these boys unique bond as friends and competitors 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Greg Maki
Hardwicke recognizes that it is a story about people not skateboards 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Jack Mathews
Peralta s script is hackneyed Hardwicke s direction is flat the cinematography is boring the acting is atrocious and the film s depictions of the 70s surfer skateboarding culture at L A s Venice Beach is scandalously cliched 
1.5
Lords of Dogtown
Kyle Smith
Peralta has actually told this tale once before and done a better job as the director of the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z Boys 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Glenn Whipp
Lords of Dogtown is basically Dogtown and Z Boys with melodrama substituted for self importance 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Terry Lawson
Lords of Dogtown is one of those films that makes everyone who is not a citizen of the realm feel hopelessly disconnected 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Kim Morgan
Gritty exciting sexy and refreshingly honestly 70s Catherine Hardwicke s Lords of Dogtown is one of the most thrilling pictures to be released in years 
3.5
Lords of Dogtown
Jon Niccum
Like the skateboarding punks of the film s title Lords of Dogtown is good looking energetic and rather aimless 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Willie Waffle
Every time you think Hardwicke is about to focus on the story here comes another skateboarding scene After the 5th one I got it They were good Whoopee 
1.5
Lords of Dogtown
Erik Childress
The perfect final image to encapsulate the film A kid in a wheelchair lobotomized by brain surgery sitting in an empty pool surrounded by unlikable skateboarders 
1
Lords of Dogtown
Duane Dudek
The film has an adolescent summer movie breeziness and personalizes and romanticizes many of the original film s themes into a broader and more general canvas of camaraderie and conflict 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Steve Rhodes
Manages to turn an exhilarating documentary into a remarkably boring movie 
1.5
Lords of Dogtown
Chris Hewitt
Lords of Dogtown is probably the best movie this year I can t recommend 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Steven Rea
The film doesn t hold together in any compelling way 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Phoebe Flowers
There is a great story to be told here but it s not in this movie In fact it s already been told in another one 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Rob Blackwelder
doesn t have half the spontaneity and maverick spirit of the vivid kinetic crowd pleasing documentary that inspired it 
2
Lords of Dogtown
Peter Travers
Directed with vigor and wit 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Dustin Putman
Entertaining in its joy and energy and perceptive in depicting a specific one of a kind era 
3
Lords of Dogtown
Peter Canavese
It s hard to shake the feeling that Hardwicke s film is a stunt itself with talented young actors dolled up in skater drag to peddle Peralta s self mythology 
2.5
Lords of Dogtown
Ed Gonzalez
Lords of Dogtown is best described as a poseur s guide to skating culture 
1.5
Lords of Dogtown
Walter Chaw
If only David Fincher hadn t dropped out 
1.5
Lords of Dogtown
James Berardinelli
Lords of Dogtown will have limited interest for those who exist outside of the skateboarding community 
2
Stuck Apart
Roger Moore
A promising but deathly slow stumble footed farce that can t get out of its own way
1.5
Crimson Gold
David Nusair
a slow moving but ultimately intriguing character study 
2.5
Crimson Gold
Matt Brunson
Its cumulative power will smack viewers with all the force of a rattlesnake to the cheek 
3.5
Crimson Gold
Vic Vogler
The movie can feel slow and tedious but the supper it makes us work for is nourishing 
2.5
Crimson Gold
Liam Lacey
A film both shocking and humane as if Taxi Driver were somehow rewritten by Chekhov 
3.5
Crimson Gold
Bill Chambers
A work of poetry
4
Crimson Gold
Jeff Vice
After watching too many scenes run too long Crimson Gold itself will probably become tedious to most audiences especially those outside its home country 
2
Crimson Gold
Sean P. Means
Works better as a sociological study than as drama 
2.5
Crimson Gold
Rob Thomas
Crimson Gold works better when we don t look at Hussein at all but look at Tehran through his eyes 
2.5
Crimson Gold
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s the singular presence of Hussein Emadeddin a nonprofessional like all the other actors Panahi has used in his films that gives the film much of its soul and mystery 
4
Crimson Gold
Roger Ebert
The success of Crimson Gold depends to an intriguing degree on the performance of its leading actor 
3
Crimson Gold
Michael Wilmington
A stark minimalist near masterpiece 
3.5
Crimson Gold
Moira MacDonald
An eloquent look at a man made less human by the world around him 
3
Crimson Gold
James Verniere
A gritty modern urban fable 
3
Crimson Gold
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Panahi is the most promising of the new Iranian directors 
4
Crimson Gold
Jonathan Curiel
An engrossing tale of class differences that reveals tiny details of one man s descent into hell 
4
Crimson Gold
Wesley Morris
The year s first great movie 
4
Crimson Gold
Glenn Lovell
A remarkable work as much for its uncompromising view of a claustrophobic urban landscape as for its always muted compassion 
4
Crimson Gold
Phil Villarreal
Panahi keeps the pace brisk and his story makes us feel sorry and protective of poor hopelessly lost Hussein 
3
Crimson Gold
Steven Rea
A mesmerizing and devastating story 
3.5
Crimson Gold
Steve Rhodes
Strangely entrancing 
3
Crimson Gold
David Elliott
Probes a society uneasily layered and fearful neither quite modern nor medieval 
3.5
Crimson Gold
Bob Strauss
As much a warning about the dangers of self containment as it is an expose of a dysfunctional society 
3.5
Crimson Gold
Jonathan Foreman
It offers a rare glimpse into the lives of the Iranian wealthy And it does so in the service of a surprisingly bleak radically class conscious vision of Iranian life 
3
Crimson Gold
David Sterritt
Panahi s movie is at once a boldly conceptualized drama a complex character study and a gripping suspense thriller 
4
Crimson Gold
Jan Stuart
Hot enough to have been banned in its home country and resonant enough to command our watchful participation 
4
Crimson Gold
Ed Gonzalez
Every scene in Crimson Gold evokes Iranian oppression and much more cunningly the nasty you are either with us or against us mentality of the United States after 9 11 
3.5
The Emperor of the Mughals
Michael Dequina
In this fully colorized version K Asif s already spellbinding romance feels like it s finally truly come into its own 
4
The Emperor of the Mughals
Jonathan Curiel
One of India s greatest feature films has been restored and colorized giving a new generation of filmgoers a chance to see what all the fuss was about 
3
Mine 9
Roger Moore
Everything you want an indie thriller to be topical regional well acted and harrowing as all get out 
2.5
Mine 9
Brad Wheeler
Eddie Mensore has not made a masterpiece of the genre but there s a poignancy to his gritty calamity tale that makes Mine 9 worth watching 
3
Mine 9
Matt Zoller Seitz
An impressive piece of work that deploys low budget filmmaking techniques with cleverness 
3
Mine 9
Mark Dujsik
Mensore does his due diligence in showing us the claustrophobic perilous conditions of the mine even before disaster strikes 
3
El Padrino: The Latin Godfather
Jonathan W. Hickman
The story of El Padrino is bloated and out of control and the filmmaker wants it that way 
2.5
Malena
Michael Dequina
Malna barely speaks a word in the film but Belucci makes a role that is written as a symbol into a full blooded person 
3
Malena
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sutil recordatorio de que en pleno inicio del siglo XXI la imaginacin y la pureza de corazn se mantienen ms que vigentes 
3
Malena
Dan Lybarger
Nonetheless unlike his earlier and far superior Cinema Paradiso Malena often feels more repulsive than touching 
1.5
Malena
Steve Rhodes
The movie is filmed with an honest sensuality and it never overplays its hand when it comes to the erotic parts 
3
Malena
Mick LaSalle
Tornatore eludes sentimentality with a romantic vision wide enough to embrace the range of human experience 
4
Malena
James Berardinelli
An affecting coming of age story 
3
Malena
Susan Stark
Funny as it is sobering 
3
Malena
Roger Ebert
Bellucci s role is not so much dramatic as pictorial a word I am using in the Playboy sense 
2
Malena
Rob Blackwelder
At once a charming and tragic tale Malena is warm poignant and beautifully crafted 
3.5
Green Lantern
Brian Eggert
Overcoming a personal tragedy 44 defeating various villains 44 and discovering his powers with a trendy soundtrack to guide his way 44 Reynolds 8217 Hal Jordan is plain as can be 44 even offensive in an age where this genre has elevated itself with dynamic films 46 46 46 
1.5
Green Lantern
Roger Moore
Not Jonah Hex bad but almost 
1.5
Green Lantern
Jeff Beck
Green Lantern does have a fair share of problems and yet is not quite as bad as some are making it out to be It merely gets added to the long list of superhero films as one of the more forgettable ones
2.5
Green Lantern
Austin Kennedy
I would say that this film is 50 50 good and bad The stuff that works really works but the stuff that doesn t work doesn t really work 
2.5
Green Lantern
Wesley Lovell
Everything fits together just well enough to work but not enough to excel 
2.5
Green Lantern
Linda Cook
The screenplay isn t as bright as those of other superhero films But Green Lantern isn t a dim bulb of a movie either 
2
Green Lantern
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Green Lantern directed by Martin Campbell and with a script credited to four different writers isn t so much bad as it is very very dull 
2
Green Lantern
David Nusair
an overlong and thoroughly uneven big budget blockbuster that just barely earns a passing grade 
2.5
Green Lantern
Sean P. Means
Not even Ryan Reynolds charm which pours out of the actor like water over Niagara Falls can overcome the lumpy narrative and special effects overkill 
2
Green Lantern
Brett Michel
A parlor game could be made out of how many times the word fear is uttered in Martin Campbell s superhero franchise non starter 
0.5
Green Lantern
Eric Melin
The script is pretty dry and many of the scenes between Reynolds and Blake Lively don t work at all It s a shame that the script doesn t give Reynolds the kind of winking humor that Thor had and that he is so good at delivering 
2
Green Lantern
Tyler Hanley
Green Lantern is reminiscent of 2008 s The Incredible Hulk another superhero flick that boasted a strong cast but went overboard on visual stimuli 
2.5
Green Lantern
Keith Cohen
The ironic timing of opening nationwide on Father s Day weekend couldn t be more strategically perfect because this entertaining movie provides dads who grew up reading comic books an opportunity to spend quality time with their young sons daughters
2.5
Green Lantern
Glenn Lovell
a shame this fantasy adventure arrives in a summer swamped by superheroes It s the best of the batch so far but it s in danger of being snubbed by the seen one seen em all contingent 
2.5
Green Lantern
Christian Toto
Green Lantern uses so much CGI it s a wonder anyone bothered bringing a camera to the set 
2
Green Lantern
Kam Williams
Fortunately Ryan Reynolds combination of suave self assuredness seasoned comic timing and old fashioned ability to kick butt outweigh the film s minor flaws to make for a satisfying cinematic experience that just screams sequel 
3
Green Lantern
Scott Nash
Certainly better than Thor 
3
Green Lantern
Matt Brunson
To compare this to truly abysmal efforts like Catwoman and Batman Robin would be an exercise in misguided grandstanding at the same time the middling results suggest that Hollywood might consider cooling it on the super sagas for a while fat chance 
2.5
Green Lantern
Mike McGranaghan
In the hierarchy of comic book movies it s hovering somewhere near the bottom 
2
Green Lantern
James Berardinelli
The result makes the movie seem assembled from bits and pieces of other superhero yarns rather than existing on a plane of its own 
2
Green Lantern
Wilson Morales
The best way to describe his Reynolds portrayal as Hal Jordan is wise ass and with this film his comedic skills should have been laid aside Strong s performance as Sinestro is reason enough to see the film rather than Reynold s campy performance 
2
Green Lantern
Lori Hoffman
Green Lantern fails on almost all levels The story seems determined to hit every cliché in the universe and the dialogue is consistently trite 
1
Green Lantern
John Beifuss
One of the goofier less pretentious and more agreeably kid friendly superhero action movies of the current trend 
2.5
Green Lantern
Sean O'Connell
While Campbell s film is handcuffed by the formula assigned to every single superhero origin story to date Green Lantern constructs some elaborately fantastic universes for the intergalactic portion of its story 
2.5
Green Lantern
Bob Bloom
Green Lantern is badly paced derivative and clunky Its biggest sin is being joyless The film just isn t fun 
1.5
Green Lantern
Mark Dujsik
As he has the power of imagination it is only fittingly ironic that the movie about this Green Lantern guy has so little of it 
1.5
Green Lantern
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The problem is that the story isn t pulp enough The Green Lantern saga has always been notable for its extra weight its sense of propriety and Campbell just can t make it fly 
2.5
Green Lantern
Liam Lacey
The movie groans with the strain of explaining who Green Lantern is while also trying to sell the movie as a big eye popping summer entertainment What gets sacrificed on the altar of this new franchise launch is any real sense of fun 
2
Green Lantern
Willie Waffle
Everything about Green Lantern is unremarkable 
1
Green Lantern
Mark Jenkins
Neither amusing nor exciting enough to ensure a long running franchise 
2
Green Lantern
Chris Hewitt
Although Green Lantern isn t a particularly good movie it could be setting us up for one 
2.5
Green Lantern
Lou Lumenick
A relentlessly silly superhero flick with eyeball rolling dialogue set in vast familiar looking digital realms that look like rejected models from the second Star Wars trilogy 
1.5
Green Lantern
Burl Burlingame
It s unremittingly average high caloric and indigestible junk food for the restlessly stupefied We ve all been there 
1.5
Green Lantern
Amy Biancolli
Half campy half compelling 
2.5
Green Lantern
Wesley Morris
Green we re told at some point in Green Lantern is the color of will Based on the movie surrounding that line it s also the color of won t Won t make sense Won t satisfy a soul Possibly won t make a dime 
1
Green Lantern
Carrie Rickey
About as enjoyable as an explosion in the mold lab 
1.5
Green Lantern
Peter Travers
Green Lantern is a new primer on how not to make a comicbook movie unless you want to screw shit up Flat FX smirky acting clunky writing and clueless direction WTF 
1
Green Lantern
Joe Lozito
Ryan Reynolds most heroic feat in this effects laden comic book adaptation is saving it from being a complete dud 
2
Green Lantern
Brian Orndorf
A soulless thrill ride making a familiar comic book commotion without a sparkling personality or daring script to keep it awake A superhero film shouldn t feel like a bedtime story 
1.5
Green Lantern
Duane Dudek
Expectations were low for this superhero summer blockbuster wannabe with Ryan Reynolds and it meets them head on 
2.5
Green Lantern
Peter Canavese
On brightest screen in threest D It s the latest franchisee This superhero s super slight Beware two hours Green Lantern bites 
2
Green Lantern
Walter Chaw
It s a mess a boring mess featuring boring Ryan Reynolds 
0
Green Lantern
Ted Fry
Green Lantern s ring is cooler than Thor s hammer but not as awesome as Ironman s suit 
2.5
Green Lantern
Roger Ebert
Green Lantern does not intend to be plausible It intends to be a sound and light show assaulting the audience with sensational special effects If that s what you want that s what you get 
2.5
Green Lantern
Michael Phillips
Only in fits and starts mostly in the most earthbound scenes between Reynolds and Blake Lively does Green Lantern offer traces of real personality 
2
Green Lantern
Mike Scott
A solidly entertaining summertime spectacle and one of the more enjoyable films in the genre since 2008 s Iron Man 
3
Green Lantern
Joe Williams
I never thought I could feel sorry for Ryan Reynolds 
1.5
Green Lantern
Erik Childress
Even the most hardcore fans should be leaving the theater saying In brightest day in blackest night may a really crappy movie escape my sight 
1.5
Green Lantern
Christopher Lloyd
One of the weakest comic book superhero adaptations we ve had in awhile 
1.5
Green Lantern
Ed Gonzalez
Martin Campbell s Green Lantern is a mediocrity neither folly nor kitsch 
2
Green Lantern
Stephen Whitty
When it comes to the big questions director Martin Campbell who knows about fresh starts having twice revived the 007 series first with Goldeneye and then with the recent Casino Royale seems to have most of the answers 
3
Green Lantern
Matt Pais
As Norm Macdonald would say Wait what 
1.5
Green Lantern
Roger Moore
Green Lantern isn t Jonah Hex bad But it s silly enough to be part of the same silliest Warner Brothers comic book summer movies of all time conversation 
1.5
Green Lantern
Peter Howell
Campbell seems unsure of what to do with one of the most shopworn figures from the DC Comics stable 
2
Green Lantern
Josh Larsen
a comic book movie that lets its nerd flag fly 
3
Green Lantern
Dustin Putman
Lifeless joyless and a whole lot less than meets the eye One has to wonder if all these superhero tales were created by way of Mad Libs 
1.5
Green Lantern
Rex Reed
Even in the brainless world of cinematic comic books gone bad it s as bad as it gets a dumb pointless ugly moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects technical blunders and cluttered chaos 
1
Green Lantern
Thelma Adams
Green Lantern fails to shine 
2
8-Bit Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very minor 44 but pleasant 46 
3
8-Bit Christmas
Kevin Carr
To me it could be a new holiday tradition 
3
8-Bit Christmas
Richard Roeper
June Diane Raphael has impeccable comic timing as Jake s mom Kathy 
3.5
8-Bit Christmas
Erik Childress
While it may take time for it to achieve the clear Christmas Story like status it aims for this is still a warm often very funny film that avoids the usual slapstick shananigans of materialistic adventures 
3
8-Bit Christmas
Joey Magidson
8 Bit Christmas may not end up a holiday classic in the years to come but anyone looking for a new film to get into the season as November turns to December will be pleased 
3
8-Bit Christmas
Nick Allen
8 Bit Christmas may have a more grounded approach to gamer culture than you d expect but it s constantly beat by its own limited imagination 
1.5
The Flood
Sheila O'Malley
The back and forth structure is sometimes monotonous and Wendy s problems take too much focus but there are specifics that linger 
3
The Flood
Mark Dujsik
The Flood is a movie that puts its good intentions above every other narrative concern 
2.5
The Flood
Christian Toto
Nuance goes out the window in this finely crafted yarn that doubles as an op ed 
2
The Flood
James Kendrick
a moving dramatic portrait of human will that trumps any of the simple politics with which we might be tempted to frame it
3
The Flood
Roger Moore
More grounded and sturdy than moving 
2.5
Gabrielle
Carson Lund
Writer director Louise Archambault s neatly affirmative denouement is at odds with the more uncertain reality occurring at the edges of the film s drama 
2
Gabrielle
Farran Smith Nehme
The film drags when some scenes run long Its sentiment is appealing though and its sincerity doesn t cloy 
2.5
Gabrielle
Roger Moore
Take away the novelty of having an actual mentally disabled actress in the lead role and this is strictly a French Canadian Lifetime Original Movie
2.5
Gabrielle
Liam Lacey
Instead of a message movie Gabrielle is a romance and an unusual kind of musical that seamlessly integrates special needs actors with the other cast members 
3
Gabrielle
David Nusair
an endearing and engaging little drama that benefits substantially from Marion Rivard s captivating turn as the central character 
3
Gabrielle
Peter Howell
Archambault s frequent use of music everything from choral to classical to electropop to samba helps maintain energy and positive vibes in a film that could easily turn maudlin or didactic 
3
Love Affair; Or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
Roger Ebert
You have to be the victim of a certain state of mind to appreciate the humor and truth of Makavejev 
3.5
Missing in Action
Matt Brunson
Norris devotees rank this one highly 59 others might not be as charitable 46 
2
The Stolen Children
Edward Guthmann
The two child actors are wonderful but Amelio is so absorbed with formal composition and slow self conscious pacing that his film feels drained 
2
The Stolen Children
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie with the spontaneity of life watching it is like living it 
4
Burning Bush
Tom Keogh
Enthralling 
3.5
Burning Bush
Scout Tafoya
Holland never risks overlooking the hardship that comes with being on the right side of history Burning Bush is a riposte to the idea that there s anything beautiful about dying for your beliefs 
4
Burning Bush
Ela Bittencourt
The decentralized narrative benefits from the film s original conception as a miniseries with plenty of time to draw us into the morass that was the communist state 
3
Patterns
Peter Canavese
The main draw remains Serling whose story seems every bit as relevant indeed more so today There is efficiency but also music in his theatrical language Blu ray 
3.5
Jism
Namrata Joshi
Bhatt s radicalism is just a token gesture 
1
Nothing Left to Fear
Sara Stewart
Deploys zero humor or wit before moving straight to the sacrificing of a teen girl always it s a girl 
1
Nothing Left to Fear
Roger Moore
Well at least the effects are fear worthy 
1.5
The Go-Getters
Brad Wheeler
Abrams and Piri have scant on screen charisma And even if they did their dialogue together is nothing more than foul mouthed insults unimaginative ones at that 
2
A.C.O.D.
Steven Rea
Watching Jenkins and O Hara go at it in more ways than one is especially terrific fun 
3
A.C.O.D.
Chris Hewitt
N O 
1
A.C.O.D.
Rob Thomas
It s more a situation than a story but a pretty funny situation 
3
A.C.O.D.
Peter Canavese
Hums along nicely as it diagnoses what Dr Judith calls the least parented least nurtured generation mdash ever It s funny without being broad thanks to a fine ensemble 
3
A.C.O.D.
Michael O'Sullivan
A C O D may leave a slightly sour aftertaste As a look at the state of modern monogamy or at least our enduring if misguided faith in it it s refreshingly acerbic 
2.5
A.C.O.D.
Mick LaSalle
Not only is the movie just so so but the parts themselves aren t much 
2
A.C.O.D.
Ty Burr
The movie s messy predictable occasionally sitcom shallow but it s blessed with a cast of pro farceurs including Amy Poehler and Jane Lynch who put a spin on almost everything they do 
2.5
A.C.O.D.
John Anderson
A syndrome that may provide food for thought but not a lot of laughs 
2
A.C.O.D.
Matt Pais
Scott deserves credit for finding a deeper sense that kids of divorce often lose their innocence too soon 
3
A.C.O.D.
Robert Levin
The screenplay simply doesn t provide enough reasons to feel bad for Adam Scott s Carter amid his personal crisis 
2.5
A.C.O.D.
Kyle Smith
A pointless meaningless and witless comedy 
1
A.C.O.D.
Dan Callahan
A C O D is a sharp dark ish character comedy settling for a dry tolerance in its point of view that is very appealing and even admirable 
3
A.C.O.D.
Claudia Puig
A spotty comedy with a great cast and a catchy title that falls apart in the final third 
2.5
A.C.O.D.
Roger Moore
Funny sharply observed but a little slow 
2.5
Falling Like This
Emily Blunt
This is a helluva find folks The teenage wunderkind leads Brian Vaughan and Megan Wilson are the Oscar winners of the future 
4
The Raven
Matt Brunson
An impressive horror yarn that borrows a Poe title but then heads off in its own direction 
3.5
Senza nessuna pietà
David Nusair
suffers from a pervasive air of familiarity that slowly but surely obliterates one s interest in or sympathy for the central character s exploits 
2
Dancing with Crime
Matt Brunson
Strong individual scenes goose what s otherwise a conventional thriller 
3
The Bar
Federico Furzan
A promising movie that falls abruptly at the end Starts as being funny and original and ends up being as generic as possible Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Spring Break Shark Attack
David Nusair
Not even remotely as much fun as its title suggests 
1.5
The Last Song
Brandy McDonnell
It has too many verses and dramatic flourishes including more than a few eye rolling embellishments but The Last Song hits enough right notes to induce laughter tears and fond feelings toward families and first loves 
2.5
The Last Song
Peter Canavese
How do I find thee ridiculous The Last Song Let me count the ways Blu ray 
1.5
The Last Song
Michael Dequina
An obvious bid for the teen queen to extend beyond her comfort zone only to then clearly show her limits and need for further development 
0
The Last Song
Neil Smith
Peddles banal truisms Love is fragile and we re not always the best caretakers as if they re freshly minted 
2
The Last Song
Roz Laws
It s pretty watchable mainly thanks to strong performances from Kinnear and Coleman Cyrus sadly fails to convey a broken heart 
3
The Last Song
David Nusair
The Last Song ultimately proves to be a far more engaging piece of work than the viewer might ve initially suspected 
2.5
The Last Song
Sean P. Means
Cyrus has the potential to play truly adult roles but she ll need a director who s looking out for an involving story and not just protecting Disney s brown haired franchise 
2
The Last Song
Linda Cook
The ending is contrived it s true But I had a good time getting there in Nicholas Sparks The Last Song 
3
The Last Song
Lori Hoffman
Movies made from Nicholas Sparks books often have their nice moments and their moments where the sentimentality goes overboard 
2.5
The Last Song
Michael Smith
Watching her graduate into mature roles is like watching a 17 year old girl graduate from high school So young so full of promise so little idea how to act like a grown up 
1
The Last Song
Keith Cohen
Cyrus does not disappoint her fans and makes a smooth transition from comedy to drama The movie s main drawback is that it compresses everything leaving no breathing room in its under two hour running time Those wishing to spend more time with the cha
3
The Last Song
Matt Brunson
Let s not be too rough on Miley Cyrus It s hard to put one s best foot forward when dealing with a script that s the literary equivalent of cement shoes 
1.5
The Last Song
Robert W. Butler
The Last Song is predictable exactly what you expect it to be 
2
The Last Song
Bruce DeMara
Sadly without a single note of originality Last Song is an awfully long and tiresome tune 
1.5
The Last Song
Sara Michelle Fetters
She retreats far too often into sitcom level emoting channeling her Hannah Montana alter ego when she should be going for the full Rachel McAdams or Kristen Stewart pout 
2
The Last Song
Peter Travers
So bad it makes The Notebook look like Casablanca 
0
The Last Song
Nick Schager
The film is engineered to entice tween female moviegoers and repel everyone else 
1.5
The Last Song
Jon Bream
Cyrus is believable as Ronnie partly because she too is 17 and at a crossroads in her life 
2.5
The Last Song
Matt Soergel
It might as well wear a kick me sign for critics grouches and Internet trolls No matter Its intended youngish girlish audience should like it just fine satisfied sniffles and all 
2.5
The Last Song
Tom Meek
Sparks also chips in as screenwriter so he has no excuse for the messy result and it doesn t help that director Julie Anne Robinson works the material like a pugilist throwing emotional kidney punches 
2.5
The Last Song
Jeff Vice
The one person here who doesn t embarrass himself is Kinnear But it s hard to see what he saw in this project aside from a fairly easy paycheck 
1.5
The Last Song
Stephen Whitty
The Original Nicholas Sparks Romance Factory accomplishes its goals The New Miley Cyrus Acting Company falls a bit shorter 
2.5
The Last Song
Mack Bates
Television director Julie Anne Robinson s big screen debut makes one thing clear As likable a performer as she is Cyrus simply can t act Even Sparks formulaic material proves too challenging for her 
1.5
The Last Song
Mick LaSalle
Cyrus is ghastly in The Last Song bad not just in one or two ways but in all kinds of ways It was a disservice to the audience to the material and to Cyrus herself that she was put in this position 
1
The Last Song
Dan Kois
Cyrus is game and appealing but she s not nearly enough of a natural actress to pull off the emotional whip cracks the story puts Ronnie through 
2
The Last Song
Lou Lumenick
It s the worst of both worlds as Disney cash cow Miley Cyrus makes the most dubious dramatic debut of any singer since Britney Spears 
0
The Last Song
Wesley Morris
The director Julie Anne Robinson makes sure that any scene that might culminate in thought or reflection instead becomes a montage set to music 
2
The Last Song
Liam Lacey
Perhaps feel good tragedy doesn t quite capture it feel good sadism might be more like it 
2
The Last Song
Carrie Rickey
Robinson is a sympathetic director of actors allowing almost everyone their dignity For the most part she keeps this emotionally charged story in the schmaltz free zone 
3
The Last Song
Claudia Puig
All the obvious elements combine to manipulate the audience into a weepy time at the movies again 
2
The Last Song
Michael Phillips
Sand dunes at sunset summer lovin had me a blast a third act medical crisis and a clutch of letters designed to be read aloud in voice over Another month another adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks romance 
2
The Last Song
Roger Ebert
I like Miley Cyrus I like her in spite of the fact that she s been packaged within an inch of her life 
2.5
The Last Song
Connie Ogle
In case you wondered Little girls still scream for Miley Cyrus You too may experience the need to scream albeit for different reasons should you take one or more of them to see The Last Song 
1
The Last Song
Willie Waffle
You can tell Miley Cyrus is trying to show her character is filled with dramatic painful agony because she scrunches up her face like a Cabbage Patch Doll or Renee Zellweger 
.5
The Last Song
Dustin Putman
Playing out like a comprehensive checklist of every convention ever touched upon in a romantic melodrama the picture fails at activating the tear ducts but sure gets the ocular muscles working as the viewer s eyes roll from one side to the other 
1.5
The Last Song
Mark Dujsik
Like a band s greatest hits album The Last Song touches upon just about every character and plot point Nicholas Sparks in his limited imagination has ever used in his storytelling 
1.5
The Last Song
Roger Moore
It s not a great film with some edge Sparks put in the novel left out of the script But there s real chemistry between the young lovers 
2
Underbelly Blues
Hunter Lanier
It s a losing battle to spoof something that s already funny If only Phil Messerer and Seamus Reed the director and writer had taken their anarchic sensibilities and applied them to a world all their own That s something I would like to see 
2
Lone Wolf McQuade
Roger Ebert
All of these people are thrown together into a plot that is of course essentially meaningless But the movie respects the plot and keeps it moving and a lot of excitement is generated 
3.5
Famous
Pam Grady
A marshmallow soft satire that eventually peters out into sticky near melodrama 
2.5
Famous
Steve Rhodes
a little charmer 
3
Famous
Carla Meyer
Often hilarious mockumentary 
3
Famous
Rob Blackwelder
in what seems to be a curse suffered by most mockumentaries none of it is particularly memorable 
2.5
Famous
Jonathan Foreman
Has a pleasingly delicate thoughtful sense of what success and failure really do to people 
3
Desert Dancer
Scott Renshaw
By the time Desert Dancer heads for its shades of Argo climax it s hard not to wish there had been a bit less melodrama and a bit more desert dancing 
2.5
Desert Dancer
Geoff Pevere
There would seem to be only one thing that the act of dancing cannot free the characters in Desert Dancer from and that s the movie they re in 
2
Desert Dancer
Linda Barnard
Desert Dancer strays too frequently into melodrama to have much sticking power 
2
Desert Dancer
Mary Houlihan
In his feature film debut director Richard Raymond keeps the story moving despite some dramatic cliches 
2.5
Desert Dancer
Glenn Kenny
Its depiction of the internal tensions in Iranian politics and culture is not what you d call super nuanced but it is sympathetic to Iran as an entity 
2
Desert Dancer
Mark Dujsik
Desert Dancer is the dramatization of a life story that rarely doesn t feel like a dramatization 
2
Desert Dancer
Dann Gire
Raymond s diffuse direction is so old school made for cable TV that it blunts the drama and never turns up the heat beyond tepid 
2
Desert Dancer
Sara Stewart
Desert Dancer does manage to movingly convey the chilling ultimately triumphant experience of Ghaffarian s struggle for creative expression under a regime that tried to crush it 
2.5
Desert Dancer
Matt Pais
Favors simple and tame to detailed and credible 
2
Desert Dancer
Mick LaSalle
Movies about people trying to start dance companies tend to be as formulaic as sports movies but Desert Dancer escapes the usual drawbacks corniness and bad dancing by the urgency of the context 
3
Desert Dancer
Roger Moore
The interpretative dance is the most passionate thing in this true story of Iranian oppression
2
Desert Dancer
Randy Myers
A little gem that sparkles brightly as it celebrates not just dance but unshackled uncensored creative expression 
3
Desert Dancer
Kam Williams
A must see biopic poignantly illustrating the indomitability of the human spirit even in the most oppressive of circumstances 
4
Desert Dancer
Ed Gonzalez
The film s relentless turning of its characters experience into platitudes and homilies is served for our too easy consumption 
1.5
End Game
David Nusair
The relatively taut and suspenseful opening half hour however is eventually replaced by a far more conventional and unevenly paced sort of vibe with the end result a film that s sporadically intriguing but ultimately forgettable 
2
The Invisible Woman
Mal Vincent
The Invisible Woman is so subtle and secretive that it sets a record as the most low keyed of its usually feverish genre 
2.5
The Invisible Woman
Rob Thomas
The pleasure and the drama come in watching for the real emotions peeking beneath the fancy costumes and flowery dialogue by screenwriter Abi Morgan all the more fierce because they must be repressed 
3
The Invisible Woman
Duane Dudek
The period piece is elegantly if modestly mounted though the flashbacks are a structurally clumsy device that fails in its attempts to place Jones character at the center of the story 
2.5
The Invisible Woman
Carla Meyer
Fiennes who also directed crafts a vividly human and likable character impossible to dismiss as an old whiskered perv 
3
The Invisible Woman
John Beifuss
When the Dickens Ternan relationship becomes physical Fiennes presents the event as more a redundancy than a revelation A truer consummation occurs earlier when Dickens allows Nelly to read Great Expectations in manuscript form 
3
The Invisible Woman
Peter Canavese
Crucially we stay at the side of the conflicted Nelly and Jones proves as powerful in nuanced moments of quiet emotional availability as in Nelly s few stirring allowances to speak truth to male privilege
3.5
The Invisible Woman
Dann Gire
Both Scanlan and Fiennes are splendid performers but this movie belongs to Felicity Jones 
3.5
The Invisible Woman
Rafer Guzman
Why did this bright vivacious intellectually engaged girl willingly lock herself up in a wealthy man s seraglio Put bluntly what did she get out of it In the end The Invisible Woman remains a mystery 
3
The Invisible Woman
Moira MacDonald
It s wonderfully cast and beautifully designed a quiet pleasure 
3
The Invisible Woman
Michael Phillips
Even if you don t entirely buy this version of events director Ralph Fiennes has given us a speculation that works as drama It s an elegant bit of goods 
3
The Invisible Woman
Joe Williams
A literary love story that s rooted in repression 
3
The Invisible Woman
Matt Pais
Jones might be the best young actress who no one s buzzing about 
2.5
The Invisible Woman
Chris Hewitt
There s plenty to like in Ralph Fiennes The Invisible Woman but unfortunately the title proves all too apt 
2.5
The Invisible Woman
Connie Ogle
Fiennes who s getting awfully good at directing himself and everybody around him envisions Dickens as something of a rock star in 19th century London a popular glad handing figure who can t step out in public without an adoring audience swarming 
3
The Invisible Woman
Lisa Kennedy
Fiennes reveals just what a fiercely energetic force Dickens was With her fulsome mouth and hazel eyes Jones offers a convincing mix of youth and precocious awareness 
3
The Invisible Woman
Steven Rea
Shot with a stillness that serves to reinforce the restlessness in its characters souls The Invisible Woman offers a fascinating view of a young woman whose eagerness and energy are slowly compromised 
3
The Invisible Woman
Liam Lacey
While the whole thing is Victorian to the flower patterned mantlepieces and oil lamp lighting this is a living breathing portrait of people caught by familiar emotions and imprisoning social codes 
3
The Invisible Woman
Nathalie Atkinson
Given what is factually known The Invisible Woman is admirably accurate but without more speculation and embellishment it s also rather bloodless 
2.5
The Invisible Woman
Ann Hornaday
A compassionate clear eyed beautifully conceived portrait 
3
The Invisible Woman
James Berardinelli
Ralph Fiennes working from a screenplay by Abi Morgan has brought this story to the screen in a film that will appeal greatly to Dickens enthusiasts and those who enjoy British costume dramas 
3
The Invisible Woman
Roger Moore
It is Fiennes not Felicity Jones in the title role who makes this lovely but tame period piece worth watching 
3
The Invisible Woman
Mick LaSalle
The Invisible Woman is a strong movie about a young woman who makes a choice and then lives with it accepting the reality of knowing all and yet having to stayinvisible 
3
The Invisible Woman
Stephen Whitty
There s nothing here you haven t seen before or see around you today and very little reason to go into a theater and see it again 
2
The Invisible Woman
Godfrey Cheshire
Told with a finely calibrated poetic obliqueness that draws the viewer into the relationship s gradual unfolding the film represents a formidable achievement for Fiennes as both actor and director 
3.5
The Invisible Woman
Jocelyn Noveck
There s plenty of fun here for anyone partial to expertly done period dramas The costumes are wonderful and it s particularly enjoyable to watch rehearsal scenes in a 19th century theater 
3
The Invisible Woman
Farran Smith Nehme
By refusing to consider that Dickens and Ternan ever brought each other any happiness the movie is more Victorian in its attitudes than even some Victorians were 
2.5
The Invisible Woman
Claudia Puig
A meticulously rendered tasteful and moving period drama 
3.5
The Invisible Woman
Rex Reed
Mr Fiennes admirably humanizes the characters while exploring their contradictions and emphasizing their feelings 
3
The Invisible Woman
Kenneth R. Morefield
If only the whole movie had been about Catherine and from her point of view it might have been a story worth telling 
2
The Invisible Woman
Andrew Schenker
Ralph Fiennes s film feels not so much rooted in the past as it is mired in conventions about how to portray that past 
2
The Invisible Woman
Bruce DeMara
Ralph Fiennes both stars as Dickens and directs with an exacting eye to period detail and there are great performances across the board among them Felicity Jones as Nelly Ternan and Kristin Scott Thomas as her mother Catherine 
3.5
The Invisible Woman
David Nusair
The Invisible Woman only grows more and more uninvolving as it progresses 
1
Evelyn
Michael Dequina
Did director Bruce Beresford have to ratchet up the saccharine of an innately sentimental story 
2
Evelyn
David Nusair
too schmaltzy to take seriously 
2.5
Evelyn
Ross Anthony
Here s a sweet film to rent for Father s Day or Christmas It s a heart warmer charming and shot with a sugary cinematic eye 
2.5
Evelyn
Matt Brunson
Adults might find the movie on the slight side though it s a good choice for family night viewing 
2.5
Evelyn
Duane Dudek
An unpolished string of events oversimplified in television movie fashion 
2
Evelyn
Robert W. Butler
It s the relationship between Desmond and his daughter Evelyn Sophie Vavasseur that gives the movie its heart and emotional heft 
3
Evelyn
Jeff Vice
One of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time 
3
Evelyn
Sean P. Means
Based on a true story or not the maudlin tone of Evelyn makes this sugary movie hard to swallow 
2.5
Evelyn
Mark Dujsik
Far too simplified to be effective and far too manipulative to be affective 
2
Evelyn
David Keyes
What a sweet gentle and feisty movie Evelyn is 
3
Evelyn
Dan Lybarger
The beauty of the core story tramples the moments where the Irish set drama sinks into blarney 
3
Evelyn
Chris Hewitt
The sentiment is balanced with cheeky Irish humor Pierce Brosnan is fine as Desmond and there s a sobering sense of history 
2.5
Evelyn
Todd Anthony
That the events really happened offers no excuse for the button pushing by the numbers approach taken by Beresford and screenwriter Paul Pender 
2
Evelyn
Joe Baltake
Beresford s direction makes sure that grit and a certain ugliness get equal screen time with the requisite heartwarming qualities 
3
Evelyn
Susan Stark
So verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard made for TV movie 
2
Evelyn
Terry Lawson
There is enough good and good spirited about Evelyn beginning with the performances by Brosnan and Vavasseur to forgive its more treacly moments 
3
Evelyn
Walter Chaw
Evelyn sports the sort of diminishing returns cheered by idiots 
1
Evelyn
Janice Page
There s real inspiration to be found in this warmly told David and Goliath story and tis a fine time to revel in that 
3
Evelyn
Steven Rea
Evelyn s strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning heartwarming yarn 
3
Evelyn
Jeanne Aufmuth
Chock full of folksy predictability and transient emotion 
3
Evelyn
Jeffrey Westhoff
Brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die Another Day 
3
Evelyn
Rob Blackwelder
Evelyn jerks some earnestly sentimental tears but for a true story it sure feels fake 
2.5
Evelyn
Bob Strauss
One of those based on truth stories that persuades you with every scene that it could never really have happened this way 
2.5
Evelyn
Mary F. Pols
It s that rare family movie genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor 
3
Evelyn
Roger Ebert
Told with the frank simplicity of a classic well made picture it tells its story nothing more nothing less with no fancy stuff 
3
Evelyn
Claudia Puig
A simple sentimental family drama for the holidays Evelyn alas is also predictable and schematic 
2.5
Evelyn
Glenn Lovell
Proves a pleasant enough way to while away a rainy afternoon 
2
Evelyn
Mick LaSalle
The film wakes up when the case goes to court but until then it s a plodding affair and so saccharine that we have to wonder if we re really getting the whole story 
2
Evelyn
John Anderson
Good looking well acted and now and then shamelessly sentimental paean to perseverance spirit and Irish humor 
2.5
Evelyn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Evelyn has little to do with real life For a more realistic true story try this Clueless moviemakers sucker innocent moviegoers into paying nine bucks for a stupid movie 
2
Evelyn
Michael Wilmington
If the real life story is genuinely inspirational the movie stirs us as well 
3
Evelyn
Ray Conlogue
It s a blarney bath from the word go with unbearably winsome characters spinning out Irishisms by the yard 
1
Evelyn
Jonathan Foreman
Despite its treacly sentimentality predictability and gutless evasiveness about the power of the church in 1950s Ireland Evelyn manages to be an enjoyable piece of family entertainment 
2.5
Evelyn
Pam Grady
One fine feel good tearjerker And where else are you ever going to see 007 cry 
3
Evelyn
Steve Rhodes
An unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story 
3
Evelyn
Tony Toscano
The film is one of the year s best 
4
Evelyn
James Berardinelli
A shamelessly uplifting motion picture that attains its feel good status by forging a deep emotional connection between the undertrodden protagonist and the audience 
3
Evelyn
Harvey S. Karten
Only a Scrooge of a critic could cavil about its sentimentality 
3
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Derek Smith
Its condemnation of the acceptance of life as determined by societal convention is so strongly felt that the extremity of the finale is as encouraging as it is disturbing 
3
Mama's Boy
David Nusair
there s certainly no understating the ineffectiveness of Heder s relentlessly and irritatingly over the top performance 
1.5
Mama's Boy
Mike McGranaghan
I expected to laugh a lot harder and more frequently Mama s Boy isn t what I d call a terrible movie Instead it s a movie that assembles a lot of interesting elements that never gel 
2
Mama's Boy
Geoff Pevere
It s not that the movie is utterly bereft of arresting moments It s just that each of these prominently features one of the aforementioned supporting cast and not the so called star 
1.5
Mama's Boy
Rick Groen
Matters quickly regress into an antic romantic comedy potentially buoyed by a strong cast but soon thwarted by a screenplay as leaden as it is predictable 
2
Adventures in Plymptoons!
John Hartl
Plenty of clips from Plympton classics demonstrate why friends and fans have been rounded up to honor him 
3
The United States of Autism
Farran Smith Nehme
Amateurish and rushed 
1.5
What Love May Bring
Kent Turner
Not many directors could get away with dialogue such as Fate like a certain postman always rings twice Cynics beware 
2
Air Doll
Leo Brady
On the surface yes this is a story about an Air Doll coming to life but underneath its closer to finding purpose in the world 
3
Air Doll
Kenneth R. Morefield
Permeated with the auteurs touch of melancholy but it also hints that there is light and love in the world around us 
3
Air Doll
Walter V. Addiego
The film s poignant depiction of human loneliness is undercut by saccharine notes and a drifting tone 
2
Air Doll
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Air Doll goes on far too long and plays with so many different themes that it seems more like a doodle than a film 
2.5
Air Doll
Tirdad Derakhshani
A charming richly textured fable that touches on fundamental questions of existence 
3
Air Doll
Wesley Morris
The movie is a fable etched in comedy sadness and mild existential philosophy Yes the object of Kore eda s fairy tale is a life size sex toy but it s the size and emotional shading of the toy s new life that interests him 
3
Air Doll
Peter Keough
Kind of like what Wim Wenders did in Wings of Desire but here it s all hot air 
2
A Thousand Cuts
Peter Keough
Suspenseful and depressing 
3.5
A Thousand Cuts
Shane Slater
In doing so A Thousand Cuts is a fascinating and at times horrifying demonstration of the power of social media 
3
A Thousand Cuts
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
If it s felt as though democracy has been on the ropes this month this year this century A Thousand Cuts is a harrowing snapshot of its knockout 
3
A Thousand Cuts
Brian Tallerico
A tight piece of non fiction filmmaking that makes its point often merely by bearing witness to history being made in the Philippines 
3.5
A Thousand Cuts
Mark Dujsik
T his film isn t just an account of how quickly and fully a democracy can reach the verge of collapse It s a warning for the rest of the world too 
3.5
A Thousand Cuts
Chris Barsanti
The film uses endangered press freedom in the Philippines to illustrate the threat posed to liberal democracy by weaponized social media 
3
A Thousand Cuts
Max Weiss
A Thousand Cuts is a must see for those who care about freedom of the press democracy and the future of one particular country our own 
4
Footloose
Roger Moore
Director Craig Brewer has Southernized the story made it lighter on its feet 
2.5
Footloose
Michael Dequina
I can easily imagine this FOOTLOOSE being looked back on down the road as the film that launched these names much like how the 84 film is reflected on in terms of Bacon 
3
Footloose
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sadly at least as far as I am concerned this new Footloose doesn t dance to a different enough beat to make it something I d want to cut loose to 
2
Footloose
Linda Cook
It s taken me a long time to come to grips with this cinematic weakness or maybe it s a blessing I like dance movies especially if the music is bouncy and it makes the characters happy That s an infectious film sequence for me 
3
Footloose
Lori Hoffman
While the 2011 version of the film doesn t suck it isn t as good as the original 
2.5
Footloose
David Nusair
the film s overlength ultimately prevent s it from becoming the propulsive piece of work Brewer has clearly intended 
2.5
Footloose
Mark Dujsik
Brewer can stage and shoot a dance sequence in a way that the movement can be wholly appreciated and those scenes become infectiously entertaining 
3
Footloose
Scott Nash
I m sure there are plenty of people who will say that the original version was so much better than this one and they may be right but I m certainly in no hurry to prove it 
2
Footloose
John Beifuss
You deal with your pain in extremes the minister is told The line is a key to Brewer s filmography All the director s movies are about people who deal with their pain in extremes and the plots chronicle the consequences of their coping 
3.5
Footloose
Rob Thomas
This remake plays like the high school version of a big Broadway stage show Although that s probably unfair to high school theater 
1.5
Footloose
Keith Cohen
The movie brings out some touching and heartfelt emotions You won t be able to resist bobbing your head and tapping your toes The 113 minute running time passes by quickly as you become totally absorbed in this crowd pleasing musical extravaganza 
3
Footloose
Kyle Smith
By the time four little girls teach a dorky guy to dance to the original Let s Hear It for the Boy I was a gelatinous blob of pure affection Bring on Flashdance 2 0 
3
Footloose
Ann Hornaday
Brewer has delivered a largely unobjectionable note for note facsimile of Herbert Ross s ode to teenage rebellion young love and the unfettered joy of movement 
2.5
Footloose
Stephen Whitty
This new version will quite capably supply the same amount of carefree fun to a new generation Which is exactly what a clever if not particularly ambitious remake sets out to do 
3
Footloose
Jennie Punter
Footloose drags its heels to the senior prom and when it finally gets there shoves in one last punch up that puts an odd spin on what should be an upbeat display of happy feet 
2
Footloose
Barbara Vancheri
The remake dabbles in unnecessary fisticuffs like the original but also provides greater diversity of dancing and allows Miles Teller to do the unthinkable and shine as Chris Penn did as Willard the friend who cannot dance 
2.5
Footloose
Willie Waffle
You got to turn me around and put my feet on the ground so I can walk out as quickly as possible 
1
Footloose
Mike Scott
Following the script of the original as if it were an Arthur Murray dance diagram Brewer s do over is at its root a very capable display of painting by numbers 
2.5
Footloose
Steven D. Greydanus
A dumbed down sexed up take on a story that was already risqué and not too bright 8230 softens the 84 film s critique of the church but is also further from its lingering Christian worldview 
2
Footloose
Dustin Putman
Works as a breezy entertainment that audiences will want to flock to on a Friday night 
2.5
Footloose
Jon Niccum
Footloose is still too long and too square to jump up and down about But it offers a mild diversion for those who still believe the music is on his side 
2.5
Footloose
Claudia Puig
A new Footloose with sassier steps and the same contrived story is hardly necessary 
2
Footloose
Mick LaSalle
It s a vibrant youth musical that will appeal to audiences who haven t seen the 1984 original And it has enough charm and life to it to compete with the memory of the earlier version 
3
Footloose
Peter Travers
Footloose 2011 is harmless as far as it goes but on the dance floor and off it never goes nearly far enough 
2
Footloose
Chris Hewitt
As in most movies of this ilk the drama is stuff you sit through to get to the good parts which are the zippy music and athletic dancing And they are very good 
3
Footloose
Steven Rea
Every now and then we need to be reminded that shaking your booty is something essential Or in the case of director Craig Brewer s Footloose update shaking your rebooty 
2.5
Footloose
Chris Foran
A boisterous almost scene for scene remake of the 1984 jukebox musical dance hit 
2.5
Footloose
Matt Pais
Finds a victorious sense of pride in dancing your ass off good clean rebellion if there ever was some 
3
Footloose
Joe Williams
Footloose poses as a bold update but it s shockingly out of step with the times 
2
Footloose
Moira MacDonald
It s pretty much the same movie minus some of the more egregious 80s fashions 
2.5
Footloose
Rene Rodriguez
Whatever limitations the movie has are part of its charm 
2.5
Footloose
Michael Phillips
When a film depends on feeling something between the photogenic but antiseptic Wormald and Hough and you don t you realize why that film may come up short in ways unrelated to dance training 
2
Footloose
Roger Ebert
This 2011 version is so similar sometimes song for song and line for line that I was wickedly tempted to reprint my 1984 review word for word 
1.5
Footloose
Peter Howell
None of the changes improves on the original Footloose even though the two young leads are both professional dancers didn t the budget allow for anything more than raft swinging and barn hoofing 
2
Footloose
R. Kurt Osenlund
What results is something stylish modern nostalgic cheesy and more than a little Frankensteinian 
2.5
Footloose
Wesley Morris
I don t know what Brewer wanted to capture There are too many close ups of stomping swinging feet to suggest he cared about great choreography 
2.5
Footloose
Phil Villarreal
As far as acting goes these kids certainly can dance 
2
Footloose
Roger Moore
In most regards We still miss Kevin Bacon this is a new and improved Footloose funnier sunnier and funkier Simply put it works 
2.5
Footloose
Jake Coyle
Wormald and Hough are both handsome and good on the dance floor but they come across more like teen stars in training than representations of real youth angst 
2
Footloose
James Berardinelli
While it s true that few viewers will venture into a theater showing this remake for the story the screenplay should not be a detriment to enjoyment Less talking and more dancing would have made for a more footloose and fancy free environment 
2.5
Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
Keith Uhlich
A gripping very well executed video docudrama 
3
Blood and Chocolate
Maitland McDonagh
A far cry from such sneakily subversive werewolf sex tales as The Company of Wolves or Ginger Snaps this pallid little picture is all Lost Boys posturing by way of the sublimely ridiculous Covenant 
2
Blood and Chocolate
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A bland forgettable and sub par teen marketed horror cash in that bored me to tears 
1
Blood and Chocolate
David Nusair
the film s positives are ultimately outweighed by its negatives 
2
Blood and Chocolate
Gina Carbone
No effects and no cheese Even one shot of Olivier Martinez howling at the moon would ve been worth my matinee ticket 
2.25
Blood and Chocolate
Robert Dominguez
Somewhere Lon Chaney Jr must be howling mad 
1.5
Blood and Chocolate
Kyle Smith
This is the kind of werewolf flick that seems to have used up its entire special effects budget on canine contact lenses 
0.5
Blood and Chocolate
Stephen Whitty
There s no real meat here as the studio which would not screen this in time for critics certainly suspected 
2
Blood and Chocolate
Jan Stuart
The preview audience watched most of this in stony silence broken only by the contented sound of critics scratching bad dialogue in their notepads 
1
Blood and Chocolate
Linda Cook
Less of a horror movie than a romance Blood and Chocolate is opens a new vein for werewolf stories 
2.5
Blood and Chocolate
Peter Howell
In seeking to make a chick flick with fangs the producers of the vampire franchise Underworld are doing a grave disservice to the genre 
1.5
Blood and Chocolate
Jeff Vice
Part romance part horror movie there isn t much chocolate in Blood and Chocolate and there isn t really much blood either in this less than thrilling thriller 
1
Blood and Chocolate
James Berardinelli
Blood and Chocolate has no audience Horror fans will be disgusted by the lack of gore Romance fans will be disgusted by the presence of gore 
1.5
Blood and Chocolate
Timothy Knight
You could almost overlook the chemistry vacuum between Bruckner and Dancy but the shots of actors leaping and morphing into wolves are so cheesy that they make the bargain basement special effects in Teen Wolf look Oscar worthy in comparison 
1.5
Blood and Chocolate
Phil Villarreal
Occasionally there s some unintended comedy such as the part in which a werewolf actually says grace before he s about to chomp into a man s neck Ironic for a movie that doesn t have a prayer 
2
Blood and Chocolate
Mark Dujsik
For a movie so humorless it s amazing how much humor can be found while watching Blood and Chocolate 
1
Blood and Chocolate
Nick Schager
The derivative and dim witted Blood and Chocolate at least provides a practical metaphor for its own detrimental impact on cinema culture 
1
Blood and Chocolate
Peter Hartlaub
If you have a decent laptop a copy of the Final Cut Pro software some gray spray paint and access to a German shepherd then you can probably make a better looking werewolf than the ones in Blood Chocolate 
1
Blood and Chocolate
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all so routine and rudimentary the picture is borderline narcoleptic and if not for some delicately subtle performances and a few gorgeously surreal visual touches the thing would be nothing more than a complete waste of time 
2
Blood and Chocolate
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s no great shakes in either direction but the crossover attempt is mildly interesting 
2.5
Blood and Chocolate
Willie Waffle
Some of the action is ponderous The dialogue is nothing to get excited about and no one in the cast has a chance at getting an Oscar nomination but it s not the worst movie you will ever see 
1.5
Blood and Chocolate
Dustin Putman
All things considered a more appropriate title would have been Oil and Water 
0.5
Blood and Chocolate
Josh Larsen
Silliness is mostly kept at bay though the werewolves habit of hopping around while in human form made me wonder at first if the movie was about werefrogs or werekangaroos 
3
Morbius
Peter Canavese
Falls apart at the halfway point due to its weak 44 and at times 44 laughable script and Jared Leto apos s lack of star power 46 It does 44 however 44 have a certain apos B apos movie appeal 46 
1.5
Morbius
David Nusair
a hit and miss adaptation that is to an increasingly distressing extent more miss than hit 
2
Morbius
Sean P. Means
Odd that playing a man transforming into a vampire feels like a more lived in relaxed performance for Leto than his cartoonish Italian fop in House of Gucci but at least he seems to be having fun with it 
2.5
Morbius
Kevin Carr
If you want the scientific structure and creativity of Birdemic this one s for you 
1
Morbius
Joe Friar
The effects laden film with its hollow storyline ends up being filler between web slinger releases and it makes sure you know that thanks to all the SSU references 
2.5
Morbius
Tom Meek
Morbius becomes pat and predictable with so so FX that look like something from an Underworld flick from two decades ago 
2
Morbius
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Jared Leto has been exquisitely vulnerable Requiem for a Dream exquisitely sinister Blade Runner 2049 and exquisitely ridiculous House of Gucci Yet in Morbius he s something he s never been before disastrously dull 
1
Morbius
Kevin A. Ranson
we know where its been where its going and theres zero emotional impact when we get there without a hint of a denouement a total DC MurderVerse move to computer animate the entire final battle climax 
2
Morbius
James Berardinelli
Despite only being a little over 90 minutes long Morbius is a chore to sit through It lacks imagination zest and a thrill of discovery 
2
Morbius
Mark Meszoros
Morbius is a surprisingly solid building block for Sony as it looks to expand its universe of heroes and villains 
2.5
Morbius
Steven Prokopy
At this point I think it s fair to say that any comic book character that has even the most remote stink of Spider Man on them is fair game for a film adaptation I m looking at you Venom movies whether they deserve one or not 
1.5
Morbius
Roger Moore
I cant remember a Marvel movie that went to less trouble giving us an origin story that put more effort into tying the tale into this corner of the Marvel universe and that had less going for it 
1.5
Morbius
Mark Kennedy
Morbius is a forgettable often laughable entry in Sony s attempt to fill its own Spider Man adjacent cinematic universe a poorly edited derivative time suck pun intended 
1
Morbius
Mike McGranaghan
Too many films like Morbius could hasten the death of superhero cinema 
1.5
Morbius
Phil Villarreal
As disappointing as the movie may be its post credit sequence is even worse 
2
Morbius
Mark Feeney
Even at 104 minutes practically a short by superhero movie standards Morbius feels draggy 
2
Morbius
Sonny Bunch
Morbius wasnt good to begin with There is no doubt whatever about that 
1.5
Morbius
Sara Michelle Fetters
Morbius isn t a bad movie It also isn t a particularly memorable one 
2
Morbius
Doug Walker
Not the best written but Jared Leto s surprisingly restrained performance mixed with Matt Smith s scenery chewing makes this a decent enough monster movie 
3
Morbius
Emily Zemler
Unless your ticket is free don t bother This movie is as lifeless as the bodies Morbius drains and throws on the floor 
0.5
Morbius
Soren Andersen
There s little spark in Leto s performance 
2
Morbius
Mark Dujsik
He s simply not particularly interesting and neither is his origin story 
1.5
Morbius
Brian Eggert
Morbius is what happens when a studio applies a horror filter to an average comic book picture The filter may shade the original image differently but its an unconvincing effect 
1.5
Morbius
Michael Phillips
My bafflement regarding Leto is becoming chronic and I m still recovering from his opera buffa turn and Chico Marx dialect in House of Gucci 
1.5
Morbius
Christian Toto
The latest anti hero saga deserves better than this meandering origin story 
2
Morbius
Katie Rife
A misbegotten superhero horror hybrid 
2
Morbius
Richard Roeper
A second tier MCU movie with some interesting performances and a few flashes of inspiration that unfortunately never goes deeper than superficial storytelling and grows increasingly tiresome over the relatively brief running time 
2
Morbius
Johnny Oleksinski
The viewer struggles to care We re also aware that there are many many better vampire stories than Count Dreckula here
1.5
Morbius
Brian Truitt
Rather than a fang tastic time Morbius is just a soul sucking effort 
1.5
Morbius
Joey Magidson
Morbius has such an anonymous feel to it that it s impossible to work up any strong feelings one way or another 
2
Morbius
Mick LaSalle
Morbius director Daniel Espinosa goes in the other direction If it s something you ve seen before like a rooftop battle he ll give you just enough and no more But if it s something new something interesting between the characters he lavishes time 
3
Marguerite
Jesús Chavarria
Smart moving and fun Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Marguerite
Rob Thomas
Marguerite tells us that if we work hard and believe in ourselves we can achieve our dreams Even if we stink 
3
Marguerite
Sean P. Means
Attitude and aptitude collide in Marguerite a French drama whose absurdity and tender feelings are more in tune than the story s title character 
3
Marguerite
Robert Horton
A funny but thankfully merciful film about a wealthy society lady Catherine Frot who convinced of her talent as a singer subjects her acquaintances to ear splitting recitals of her music 
3
Marguerite
Moira MacDonald
Frot s performance as a woman so caught up in the joy of music that she doesn t quite understand how bad she is is particularly delightful and often quite moving 
3
Marguerite
Anita Katz
A funny thoughtful moving story about art love passion delusion and the sad reality that dreams and personal talents don t always jibe 
3
Marguerite
Mick LaSalle
We laugh during Marguerite but we don t laugh at Marguerite because somehow director and co writer Xavier Giannoli persuades us to see in her the universal tragedy 
4
Marguerite
Peter Canavese
Why is Marguerite so funny to us and why is her public humiliation allowed to continue for so long The answers plumb both the best and worst instincts of human nature and give Giannoli s film a strong heartbeat 
3.5
Marguerite
Tirdad Derakhshani
Marguerite is a powerful film 
3.5
Marguerite
Mark Dujsik
It s a good joke but more importantly the first time that writer director Xavier Giannoli allows us to laugh at Marguerite is also the last time 
3
Marguerite
Ty Burr
It piles too much on its serving plate and at 129 minutes it s definitely overlong But it has Frot an actress with the wise patient eyes of a cat and she invests Marguerite with the multiple meanings the rest of the film elegantly fumbles 
2.5
Marguerite
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end the movie gives voice not just to Marguerite s deficiencies as a singer but also to emotional frailties that are too human and familiar 
3
Marguerite
Michael Phillips
Marguerite achieves what the protagonist herself never managed perfect pitch 
3.5
Marguerite
Sarah Bryan Miller
The film is a little long a couple of subplots could be shed with no problem But Marguerite is a shining star a film that will set you laughing and thinking in equal measure 
3.5
Marguerite
Kent Turner
Its sober tone matches the muted digitally colorized palette deflating any expectation of a campy confection 
2.5
Marguerite
Sheila O'Malley
If someone had said to Marguerite early on Listen You can t sing would it have made a difference Would she have been happy But Marguerite is undeniably happy when she sings It s an ethical quandary one the film has a lot of fun exploring 
2.5
Marguerite
Farran Smith Nehme
It s an often witty smoothly shot film with a couple of extraneous subplots and some last act psychology that feels contrived But Frot shines 
2.5
Marguerite
Diego Semerene
Xavier Giannolli consistently glosses every sequence with a stagey kind of humor albeit at the main character s expense 
1.5
Tyrel
Katie Walsh
Silva s most political work yet though it is sly and subtle the intention is palpable the emotions elicited all too real and ultimately Tyrel proves to be a fascinating entry in his body of work 
3.5
Tyrel
Odie Henderson
I ve seen far worse movies this year but I ve not seen one that left me feeling as indifferent and bored as this one 
1.5
Tyrel
Mark Dujsik
W e start to wonder if writer director Sebastián Silva has any real goal with this movie other than to make us uncomfortable 
2.5
Tyrel
Chuck Bowen
The film is invested with a visceral unease that cuts to the everyday heart of living in a fraught cultural mixing pot 
3
Tyrel
Roger Moore
Low key Get Out without the vast White Wing Conspiracy 
2.5
The Good Night
David Nusair
a low key yet consistently engaging effort 
3
The Good Night
Bob Strauss
The movie drags on 
2
The Good Night
Scott Nash
Despite going in fully expecting and wanting to enjoy this movie it instead left me vaguely depressed and highly disappointed 
1.5
The Good Night
Maitland McDonagh
The movie s film studentish navel gazing wears thin long before its over 
1.5
The Good Night
Lou Lumenick
The sort of movie you forget even as you re watching it 
2
The Good Night
Jack Mathews
As thin and wispy as a dream you can t quite remember in the morning 
2
The Good Night
Jan Stuart
The Good Night has flashes of bookish wit but never quite recovers from the metronomic monotony of its first half 
2
The Good Night
Joe Lozito
Promising debut from writer director Jake Paltrow about a sleep obsessed man who meets the literal girl of his dreams has some perceptive moments amid a lot of tossing and turning 
2.5
The Good Night
Nick Schager
Hanging out with you is pretty depressing says self proclaimed dream expert Mel to Gary a similar reaction aroused by Jake Paltrow s excruciatingly tone deaf writing directing debut 
1.5
The Good Night
Jordan Hiller
With The Good Night like any worthwhile dream you may not be able to fully appreciate the experience but after you wake up you vaguely sense that you accomplished something while being out
2.5
Head Rush
Roger Moore
There 8217 s no getting around how dopey this all is 44 right down to the B movie cliches that make up much of the dialogue 46 
1.5
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
Joe Bob Briggs
You ll be happy to know I m sure that Herschell still makes movies the old fashioned way with no money and no second takes 
4
Our House
Kam Williams
Kids raised by gay couples talk about their challenging childhoods with an admirable honesty 
4
Wild Orchid
Matt Brunson
Writer director Zalman King s Wild Orchid could be considered the Fifty Shades of Grey of its day a would be erotic romp that ultimately carries as much of a sexual charge as a Chicken McNugget 
1
Wild Orchid
Roger Ebert
What I couldn t believe was the chemistry between Rourke and Otis whose passion is supposed to shake the earth but seemed more like an obligation imposed on them by their genitals 
1
The Battle of Jangsari
Mark Dujsik
Much of this non combat story relies on melodrama which means we never gain a sense of these characters as actual people 
2
The Battle of Jangsari
Roger Moore
Visceral and sentimental Korean War as fought by Koreans combat film on an action and production par with a solid Hollywood B movie 
2.5
The Eagle Huntress
Jeff Mitchell
From the other side of the world this documentary soars with inspiration 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Frank Ochieng
Refreshingly uplifting and revealing artfully juggles the perceptions of blossoming girl power animal activism familial norms expectations a rewarding character study particularly for the legions of young girls encouraged to explore their boundaries
4
The Eagle Huntress
John Beifuss
If the girl empowerment message is unsubtle the chronology dubious and the occasionally staged action sometimes manipulative the film also is quite moving especially as the high spirited girl develops her remarkable bond with her 15 pound bird 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Looking for an inspirational dose of female empowerment This is a terrific movie for families but especially for fathers and daughters 
3.5
The Eagle Huntress
Robert W. Butler
It has great cinematography Deep connections between humans and animals And a ton of female empowerment 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Lawrence Toppman
Aisholpan who has a merry face to go with her sturdy frame holds the camera without playing to it and the barrenly beautiful landscape holds your eye 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Sara Michelle Fetters
he Eagle Huntress is a rousing adventure and a soaring testament to the strength of the human spirit this vibrant electrifying teenager an inspirational role model all of Mongolia should be more than proud of 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Roger Moore
Lovely even if much of it was staged or at least altered by the presence of a film crew 
2.5
The Eagle Huntress
Bob Bloom
The Eagle Huntress is an impressive feature with a spunky optimistic bubbly heroine who faces every challenge with a smile and a can do attitude 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Sean P. Means
Stunning cinematography bolsters an inspirational story in The Eagle Huntress a documentary about a teen girl pursuing a dream 
3
The Eagle Huntress
John Hartl
The outline of a modern feminist epic is always there in the background What s surprising is how fresh and charming the movie manages to be 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Peter Keough
Bell translates another culture s traditions into the tired platitudes of a second rate Disney animation 
2
The Eagle Huntress
Ann Hornaday
For every misgiving The Eagle Huntress invites it offers inspiration in equal measure taking the audience on a beautiful thrilling journey to a part of the world that isstill largely inaccessible 
3.5
The Eagle Huntress
Peter Canavese
As a documentary it s only marginally more credible than Nanook of the North So have we really come a long way baby 
2
The Eagle Huntress
Mike McGranaghan
Captivating Over the course of 87 minutes you come to really care about this girl not just for what she accomplishes but for who she is 
3.5
The Eagle Huntress
Robert Levin
The Eagle Huntress exemplifies the best and most noble function of documentary cinema taking a world that s far removed from our own and presenting it in a relatable fashion while retaining some of its mysteries 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Chris Knight
You won t see a more majestic shot in a film this year than in the documentary The Eagle Huntress when a bird of prey swoops down from its rocky perch to land on the leather clad arm of its trainer 
3.5
The Eagle Huntress
Kate Taylor
This carefully massaged doc with its spectacular aerial views of the landscape and the hunt is a heartwarming story about perseverance and talent if you believe it 
2.5
The Eagle Huntress
Peter Travers
There s a spirit that soars in this nature doc about a 13 year old who becomes Mongolia s first female eagle hunter in 12 generations You ll be hooked 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Linda Barnard
Girl power soars on the wings of eagles in this stunning documentary set in mountainous western Mongolia about 13 year old Aisholpan Nurgaiv determined to push past generations of male dominated tradition to become an eagle hunter 
3.5
The Eagle Huntress
Susan Wloszczyna
A sky high documentary salute to girl power 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Stephen Whitty
As a movie The Eagle Huntress would have made a great National Geographic article 
2.5
The Eagle Huntress
Kent Turner
The footage and camera work are amazing 
2.5
The Eagle Huntress
Clayton Davis
Soulful and angelic it s one of the most uplifting and spiritually rousing documentaries of the year 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Oleg Ivanov
Aisholpan s liberation is a harbinger of the growing pressure that the outside world exerts on a once isolated community 
3
The Eagle Huntress
Josh Terry
It s a fun story arc and Aisholpan is a sweet protagonist who is easy to cheer for 
3
Saint Jack
David Nusair
an episodic drama that ultimately benefits quite substantially from its use of real life Singaporean locations and the superb work of its performers 
3
Paka (River of Blood)
Aparita Bhandari
Within India s multilingual cinematic universe Malayalam cinema has long established its own narrative Despite its occasional disjointedness Nithin Lukose s debut feature is a worthy addition to that tradition 
2.5
House
David Nusair
A guy running around in a monster suit isn t enough to sustain a full length horror flick 
1.5
In Pursuit of Silence
Mattie Lucas
There s something deeply beautiful about its simple quest for a moment of peace in a hectic world
3
Fast Convoy
Roger Moore
Cool lean and violent French genre thriller about drugs cars and the bickering crews driving them from Malaga to Paris 
2.5
Lover Come Back
David Nusair
entertaining and amiable 
2.5
Ip Man: The Awakening
Roger Moore
Unless you 8217 re an Ip Man completist 44 8220 The Awakening 8221 sits among the Ip Man movies you don 8217 t bother with unless you 8217 re behind on your sleep 46 
1.5
Hector and the Search for Happiness
David Nusair
a story that runs out of steam virtually from the outset 
2
Hector and the Search for Happiness
John Anderson
A movie bearing as faux naive a title as this has to make a pretty good case for itself This it decidedly does not do 
1.5
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Claudia Puig
Potential peeps out occasionally in Hector and the Search for Happiness but then flounders and gets lost in a bland sea of sentimentality and cultural myopia 
2
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a little while Hector and the Search for Happiness does all right but then it flounders flops flips over and winds up at the usual place 
2.5
Hector and the Search for Happiness
James Berardinelli
While there s limited value in Hector s search for happiness and the dozen plus lessons he learns about the emotional state the film works nicely as a character piece 
3
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Bill Zwecker
This film is a winner It will not only entertain you but also make you think about what it takes to bring happiness into your own life 
3.5
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Tirdad Derakhshani
A rancid insulting and cynical dramedy about a man who travels around the world to reconnect with his soul 
1
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Moira MacDonald
A sweet natured film that flounders a bit before reaching its satisfying destination Hector and the Search for Happiness is about precisely what its title indicates 
3
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Bruce DeMara
It s important that as we follow Hector s travels and travails we see him as well intentioned but flawed Pegg allows that to come through 
3
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Chris Knight
The only thing I found in this self satisfied travelogue was nausea as if I d just eaten an entire barrel of fortune cookies with the fortunes still inside them 
1
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Michael O'Sullivan
Spoiler alert Happiness has to do with loving others and self acceptance 
1.5
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Roger Moore
A couple of supporting players prop it up but it s about as deep as Eat Pray Love And Simon God love im is no Julia Roberts 
2
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Steve Macfarlane
It culminates in a weepy climax that verifies its status as a proud hunk of propaganda from America s massive self help industry 
1
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Sheila O'Malley
Hector and the Search for Happiness has an undeniable strain of poverty tourism mixed with the insulting belief that those who have nothing somehow hold the secret to life 
1
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Lou Lumenick
Hector and the Search for Happiness will most likely inspire audiences to search for the exit door 
0
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Kam Williams
The alpha male answer to Eat Pray Love 
4
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
Odie Henderson
70 Acres in Chicago Cabrini Green continues Bezalel s 20 year look at Cabrini Green and one of the film s strengths is its casual depiction of the passage of time 
3
The Blind Side
Tom Meek
Issues of race and racism are not left on the side though and the onscreen chemistry that Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron score is a game winner from the get go 
3
The Blind Side
Perry Seibert
The movie is very familiar you ve seen it all before but it succeeds at achieving its modest goals 
2.5
The Blind Side
Burl Burlingame
A living tribute to fundamental Christian motivations although the point is hammered home with an extraordinarily soft touch Love thy neighbor 
2.5
The Blind Side
Marty Mapes
Sports movie carefully sidesteps the issue of race and stereotypes
2.5
The Blind Side
Adam Woodward
A few momentary hiccups aside the film plays out in sickly sweet fashion relentlessly shoving the Touhy s self righteous values down the audiences throat and never bothering to consider the wider social ramifications 
1
The Blind Side
Josh Larsen
The fact that The Blind Side is a terrible movie must be approached gingerly 
1
The Blind Side
Wesley Lovell
If Sandra Bullock weren t already a star a star making turn this would be 
3
The Blind Side
Greg Maki
An unabashed feel good movie and one of the best of its kind in recent memory 
3.5
The Blind Side
Mike Scott
There s potential there for cloying movie of the week formula but Hancock deftly dodges it The Blind Side ends up being a tear jerker a heart warmer and a crowd pleaser all in one 
3
The Blind Side
James Kendrick
takes what could have been a clich three hanky tearjerker designed to assuage white guilt and turn it into something deeper and more meaningful
3
The Blind Side
Lori Hoffman
presents the upbeat family film playbook with no surprises but if you re in the mood for a feel good flick this is an excellent choice 
3
The Blind Side
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Veers a bit close to Capra territory but its sure honest touch carries it effortlessly into the end zone 
3
The Blind Side
Nick Rogers
Subtlety is horse collared in John Lee Hancock s disappointingly Lifetime ish sports film It lacks the subtlety or nuance of his The Rookie and is borderline offensive in spots but Sandra Bullock easily delivers her career s best performance 
2
The Blind Side
Walter Chaw
Institutional racism as inspirational melodrama it s regressive entertainment our very own Triumph of the Will 
0
The Blind Side
Claudia Puig
Its superficiality keeps it from being the moving story it could have been 
2.5
The Blind Side
David Hiltbrand
However obvious The Blind Side is touching despite its habit of dropping major character notes into the melody without warning 
2.5
The Blind Side
Jeff Vice
Yes this feel good sports biographical drama is predictable and by the numbers Yet for the most part this cinematic comfort food goes down pretty well 
3
The Blind Side
Wesley Morris
Oher TM s life is meant to make us feel good and it mostly does But how good we feel about his story is proportional to how blind we TM re willing to be about how it TM s told 
2.5
The Blind Side
David Nusair
an affable if entirely unremarkable piece of work 
2.5
The Blind Side
Kam Williams
An antiseptic answer to Precious designed for the tweener demographic 
2
The Blind Side
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a quiet restraint to it all that is at times quite remarkable the film s most emotional moments happening when I usually least expected them 
3
The Blind Side
Christian Toto
Hollywood nearly ruins a great true story like The Blind Side by piling on the schmaltz 
2.5
The Blind Side
Wilson Morales
The Blind Side is an emotionally uplifting tale in which Sandra Bullock excels in her best performance since Crash 
3
The Blind Side
Linda Cook
OK Sandra Bullock I publicly forgive you for the ghastly All About Steve 
3.5
The Blind Side
Matt Brunson
The movie contains enough humor and heartbreak though next to no dramatic tension to make it an engaging if undemanding experience 
2.5
The Blind Side
Steve Rhodes
In probably her best performance ever Sandra Bullock is downright brilliant As in CRASH Bullock proves again that she is much better at drama than comedy 
3
The Blind Side
John Beifuss
Sarah Palin isn t the only gun toting ex cheerleader conservative Christian sports mom back in the news This week also gives us Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy 
3
The Blind Side
Robert W. Butler
Especially effective is the gently comic interplay between the solemn Michael Aaron has little dialogue but speaks volumes through his expressive eyes and Bullock s pushy Southern mama who has a firm grip on tough love and usually gets what she wants 
3
The Blind Side
Stephen Cole
What a drag that one year into Obama s presidency American films remain so careful about depicting black actors 
2
The Blind Side
Lisa Kennedy
We never learn why Leigh Anne is so fearless but Bullock is the force here McGraw is an amiable anchor to her bull by the horns portrayal 
3
The Blind Side
Michael Sragow
It speaks of faith hope and charity with the down to earth tones and rhythms of a high school percussion band in a Thanksgiving Day parade 
3
The Blind Side
Ross Anthony
A Hollywoody realization of a great real life triumph Has its faults but nicely directed acted and edited on the whole 
3
The Blind Side
Kit Bowen
Take a real life story like The Blind Side which on the surface sounds pretty sappy and turn it into something honest heartfelt and surprisingly inspirational 
3
The Blind Side
Matt Soergel
Bullock s the main reason to see the film She s believably feisty and funny as an ex college cheerleader turned into a strong minded NRA card carrying Southern belle with whom you should not mess 
3
The Blind Side
Sean O'Connell
Recycles the charitable messages of other religion based films from Facing the Giants to Fireproof but presents them in an accessible mainstream package 
2.5
The Blind Side
Sonny Bunch
A feel good sports drama about the intersection of race and athletics with solid if unremarkable performances that strains just a little too hard for social relevance
2.5
The Blind Side
Willie Waffle
I should hate this movie with every ounce of my being and that s alot of ounces Yet it has a certain charm that draws you in like the girl next door 
3.5
The Blind Side
Peter Canavese
Surely post recession America will turn out in droves for this cinematic version of a hug But should they 
2
The Blind Side
Linda Barnard
The movie glosses over the deeper issues of the tale ones dealing with race poverty privilege and ethics opting for the feel good quick hit that makes the overall experience unsatisfying 
2
The Blind Side
Lou Lumenick
What makes The Blind Side a Thanksgiving treat is director Hancock s subtle touch and admirable refusal to yield to sports movie clichs something he did previously with The Rookie and Remember the Titans 
3
The Blind Side
Joe Williams
It s hard to overlook that while Michael s benefactors are white the villains in the movie are black 
2.5
The Blind Side
Michael A. Smith
It is easily Bullocks best performance over a career that spans two decades 
4
The Blind Side
Mark Dujsik
Works in its own simple way because we believe and connect to these characters 
3
The Blind Side
Mick LaSalle
If someone were telling you this story you might say Wow That s something Even so the narrative is not quite big enough to bear the weight and significance that writer director John Lee Hancock tries to attach to it 
2
The Blind Side
Mack Bates
Sandra Bullock is two for three in 2009 
2.5
The Blind Side
John Hartl
Except for a few crude exchanges The Blind Side is almost as squeaky clean as an old Disney movie Unfortunately it can also be just as cute and condescending 
2.5
The Blind Side
Sean P. Means
Hancock sands down the rough spots of Oher s story but he also polishes to a glow the family ties that grow between Oher and the Touhys 
3
The Blind Side
Dustin Putman
If a Hallmark greeting card could throw up the puke would come in the form of The Blind Side 
1
The Blind Side
Aaron Cutler
The movie s title refers to the area of a football field that the left tackle protects but it could easily refer to an audience unaware of its prejudices 
1
The Blind Side
Michael Phillips
The Blind Side fumbles a remarkable true story of an African American product of the West Memphis projects who ended up at a Christian school and in the care of a wealthy white family and then went on to professional football glory 
2
The Blind Side
Chris Faraone
Without adding too much cheese director John Lee Hancock channels genuine emotion from the Michael Lewis book and the reality that prompted this moving chronicle 
3
The Blind Side
James Berardinelli
Some will doubtlessly dismiss The Blind Side as another example of a heroic white person saving a black victim but although there is an element of truth in that perfunctory description it misses the point 
3
The Blind Side
Ann Hornaday
While it s possible to be enormously entertained and moved by The Blind Side it s also possible to harbor a twinge of misgiving 
3
If You Build It
Marty Mapes
Unorthodox shop class says if you build it it will mean something to you
3
If You Build It
Tirdad Derakhshani
An inspiring educational highly enjoyable documentary from director Patrick Creadon best known for 2008 s I O U S A which chronicled America s less than healthy fiscal condition 
3
If You Build It
Loren King
The film is about innovation inside and outside the classroom and the transformative power of good teaching 
3
If You Build It
Walter V. Addiego
Creadon probably errs on the side of advocacy here But give him credit for acknowledging that idealistic endeavors don t always pay off 
3
If You Build It
Chris Hewitt
If they build it you should still stay home 
2
If You Build It
Ann Hornaday
A bracing quietly exhilarating documentary about a group of high school students who discover their inner architects over the course of an academic year 
3
If You Build It
Matt Pais
Like a movie about people who see someone with a broken leg and say I bet you d feel better after a massage 
2
If You Build It
Wes Greene
It isn t until the rushed conclusion when director Patrick Creadon shows the possibilities of what the documentary could have been 
2
Sweet Karma
Liam Lacey
Sweet Karma suffers from its generic predictability 
1
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully constructed drag that never seems to become the grand epic it truly wants to be 
2
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Andrew Howe
The moments when it approaches greatness only make its shortcomings that much more transparent 
2.5
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Roger Ebert
Depardieu lends it gravity the supporting performances are convincing the locations are realistic and we are inspired to reflect that it did indeed take a certain nerve to sail off into nowhere just because an orange was round 
3
Small Engine Repair
David Nusair
a striking debut for an exceedingly promising new filmmaker 
3
Small Engine Repair
Leo Brady
Small Engine Repair may seem like a movie of simple minds but it s actually just an honest movie with a big bleeding heart 
3
Small Engine Repair
Erik Childress
Pollono s ease at establishing the rapport of these characters is the key to setting up decisions that would have been far more implausible in lesser works Bernthal and Whigham do some of their best work in one of the year s real surprises 
3
Small Engine Repair
Steven Prokopy
And it s in the way that Small Engine Repair leads you to its true intention which you don t realize until you are neck deep in it that reveals its magical qualities 
3.5
Small Engine Repair
Tom Meek
John Pollono s big screen adaptation of his 2013 off Broadway play is not only provocative but should resonate with area folk it s a local take on class and regional tradition 
3
Small Engine Repair
Joe Friar
The award winning play smoothly transitions to the big screen with three dimensional characters plenty of tension and a powerful final act 
3.5
Small Engine Repair
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The screenplay has an excess of time jumps and tough guy rants but it also offers a biting meditation on American manhood 
3
Small Engine Repair
Kevin Carr
It lays stuff on so so thick it s not subtle at all 
1
Small Engine Repair
Michael Medved
All the characters in this intense and atmospheric movie come to vivid life thanks to superior performances but the film is ultimately disappointing despite real flashes of talent 
2
Small Engine Repair
Mike McGranaghan
Because we come to know these people completely the final thirty minutes make perfect sense and what transpires hits like a sledgehammer 
3.5
Small Engine Repair
Roger Moore
Uneven but the sort of slice of life drinking buddies tested melodrama that will resonate with a lot of American men
2.5
Small Engine Repair
Peter Sobczynski
Small Engine Repair is little more than 103 minutes of a would be provocation whose only real advantage is that it s ultimately too dopey to be as offensive as it clearly could have been 
1
Small Engine Repair
Mark Dujsik
A s a director Pollono knows exactly what he wants to do with this material and how to accomplish that 
3
Small Engine Repair
Randy Myers
It isn t as impressive as one of Martin McDonagh s works which it sometimes goes for but it still has Bernthal who galvanizes every scene he s in 
3
Small Engine Repair
Bob Bloom
An air of authenticity envelops the movie You are engaged with Frankie and his friends hoping they do what is right 
3
Small Engine Repair
Richard Roeper
It s a darkly funny authentic and unforgettable piece of work 
3.5
21 Up South Africa: Mandela's Children
Ross Anthony
With so much information coming at us from all channels it s odd but we often forget about our own progress development as humans worthy of our time on Earth 
3
Earth to Echo
David Keyes
Clichd and predictable it may all be there is no denying the infectious quality of pure optimism 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Mal Vincent
Whether it was trying to copy or pay homage to the Spielberg sentimental fave it missed the mark by light years 
1
Earth to Echo
Ben Sachs
If the movie is a waste at least it s an instructive one signaling just how offensive children s entertainment might become in the YouTube era 
1
Earth to Echo
Linda Cook
While I was watching Earth to Echo I remembered back to when I was 11 It was a time when I was satisfied with watching live action and animated family fare decades before Explorers E T and Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
3
Earth to Echo
Carla Meyer
It does not reveal too much to say that road leads to something otherworldly and that the something otherworldly is kind of cute But considering the whole story rests on it it s also not all that much to phone home about 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Jason Buchanan
Surprisingly elegiac right out of the gate these early scenes give the movie its affectionate foundation while simultaneously revealing the filmmakers keen eye for casting
2.5
Earth to Echo
Matt Brunson
What s next A found footage animated feature A found footage flick A found footage State of the Union address 
2
Earth to Echo
Sean P. Means
The boys charm and camaraderie make the movie s more formulaic moments go down easier 
2.5
Earth to Echo
John Wirt
The movie s wholesale lack of invention includes a plot and characters that parallel 2011 s much better sci fi kids adventure Super 8 
2
Earth to Echo
Willie Waffle
Adults may walk out of this movie with a craving for Reese s Pieces 
2.5
Earth to Echo
James Berardinelli
First the script is dumb 
2
Earth to Echo
Geoff Pevere
A digital remastering of E T for the smartphone social media kinderkultur 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Matt Pais
Pretends its story about kids who stumble across an extraterrestrial who just wants to go home is as original as its poster of a finger pointing at an alien 
2
Earth to Echo
Susan Wloszczyna
Imitation should be flattering not flattening 
2
Earth to Echo
Daniel M. Kimmel
For those viewers who measure their ages in single digits this will prove to be one of the best films of the summer 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Stephen Whitty
At least the title is honest The whole movie s an echo of something better and far more original now bounced back at us more and more quietly until it finally fades away 
1.5
Earth to Echo
David Hiltbrand
Sure Earth to Echo is derivative but it s refreshingly updated Echo I M home 
3
Earth to Echo
Dustin Putman
A sci fi adventure with more interest in the truths of being thirteen years old than in its otherworldly storyline the project s sincerest moments are not surprisingly skewed toward the former coming of age material 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Mark Dujsik
Earth to Echo is repetitive bland and irresponsible And you boys are grounded 
1
Earth to Echo
Graham Killeen
Echo frustratingly short circuits its young protagonists self determination Along with the odds of us caring about anything they do 
2
Earth to Echo
Sandie Angulo Chen
Despite its flaws and recycled parts Earth to Echo is engaging enough to impress pre teen audiences and nostalgic enough to please their parents 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Tom Russo
The young cast s interaction is terrific You might come for the turn on your heartlight riff but you ll stay for the connection the boys share 
3
Earth to Echo
Moira MacDonald
Almost anything s possible if you stick with your friends work together and remember how to get home A nice message in any decade 
3
Earth to Echo
Claudia Puig
Every generation deserves its own visiting extra terrestrial 
3
Earth to Echo
Mick LaSalle
It s as if there s a barrier between the viewer and the story that never comes down 
1
Earth to Echo
Rafer Guzman
The movie tracks E T so closely that you can almost hear the legal ice cracking beneath the children s bicycle tires 
1.5
Earth to Echo
Linda Barnard
With so few kid friendly movies on the summer slate Earth to Echo offers a heartfelt and often comic adventure For that some copycatting can be forgiven 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Ed Gonzalez
The constant foregrounding of so much well executed incident only works to shortchange the heroes yearnings and anxieties 
2
Earth to Echo
Tony Hicks
The moviemakers tell us there s a bond between these characters but they don t really show us Nor do Green and Gayden give us many moments that we ll remember 
2
Earth to Echo
Kyle Smith
Even at a cramped and frenetic 82 minutes the movie feels long That s what happens when the audience can guess everything that s going to happen in advance 
1
Earth to Echo
Roger Moore
An E T knockoff that works 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Terence Johnson
It s hard to really ding a film that s this sincere about what it is trying to do 
2.5
Earth to Echo
Kam Williams
An unapologetic retread bordering on plagiarism that nevertheless provides the perfect popcorn summer escape for the tyke and tweener demographics 
4
Playing For Change
Kam Williams
Street musicians prove that the world is indeed a global village 
4
Painkillers
Frank Ochieng
Painkillers certainly does not reinvent the wheel when it comes to the physicality or emotional presence of pain and suffering It definitely works on the nerves and reinforces a certain kind of fixation that is more than imagined or hallucinatory 
2.5
Painkillers
Roger Moore
Star Adam Huss is better than the script in this incomplete vampires as junkies tale 
2
Love Chronicles
Michael Dequina
Hits a number of nice likable notes that it s all the more dismaying that the assembled picture falls short 
2.5
Lucy in the Sky
David Nusair
Filmmaker Noah Hawley delivers a slow moving and mostly underwhelming character study that persistently holds the viewer at arms length 
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Lisa Jensen
Despite its lofty quasi spiritual ambitions the movie can t escape the gravitational pull of its own mundane disappointing plotting and chaotic execution to get into orbit 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Josh Terry
Lucy in the Sky has enough strengths to deserve some credit but the sum total makes for a rough re entry 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Roger Moore
Over directed 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Bob Bloom
You view Lucy in the Sky through the lens of a telescope from afar and without much detail 
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Robert Horton
Another fine turn for a terrific actress even if the film itself has a tendency to bump its tail on terra firma 
2.5
Lucy in the Sky
Daniel Neman
It s contemplative and meditative sure but it doesn t wind up saying anything 
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In space apparently everyone can hear you scream 
.5
Lucy in the Sky
Sean P. Means
Hawley doesn t bring a lot of profound insight into the astronaut s breakdown He instead clutters the screen with visual tricks like constantly shifting the screen s aspect ratio 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Tom Russo
It s a deep thinking character study that s provocatively if imperfectly presented at least until the story devolves right along with its subject s state of mind 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Moira MacDonald
Lucy should soar but instead it flatlines 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Steven Prokopy
Portman s strong performance here is part of the film s problem She stands out in surroundings that don t rise to her level
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Richard Roeper
Unintentionally funny and then just plain sad Lucy in the Sky is one of the most disappointing films of 2019 
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Michael O'Sullivan
In its ambitions Lucy in the Sky seems at first glance to be a female answer to Ad Astra but it steadily devolves into something worthy of the Lifetime channel 
1
Lucy in the Sky
Rafer Guzman
A sensitive artful and rather odd retelling of a well known news story 
2.5
Lucy in the Sky
Mick LaSalle
Lucy in the Sky has the style of a biopic but we know it s not so at times it s hard to know what we re watching and why 
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Mark Dujsik
Maybe that s why Hawley shifts the aspect ratio so often With a main character this static something has to move 
1.5
Lucy in the Sky
Oliver Jones
Sometimes we look on confused and shaking our head but more often we stare with glassy eyed wonder at a world and a movie that is teeming with all sorts of messy life 
3
Lucy in the Sky
Lindsey Bahr
There are moments of intense beauty in Lucy in the Sky mostly when Hawley zooms in on his star s evocative face But Portman alone can t save this muddled endeavor 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Brian Truitt
Lucy comes from such an oddball scandal yet it rockets past the inherent weirdness at its core and settles for banality 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Katie Walsh
But even in her lowest moments in the craziest scenarios Hawley and Portman never deny Lucy s power making room for a small sense of anarchic triumph to break through with a wink and a wisecrack and a will of iron 
3.5
Lucy in the Sky
Sara Stewart
Trying for humane drama but landing somewhere nearer basic cable shtick it asks a bowl cutted Portman to deliver accusatory lines like I read your emails while you were in space with a straight face 
2
Lucy in the Sky
Keith Uhlich
Noah Hawley treats his protagonist s story as a somber tragedy that at times stoops to trashiness 
1
Lucy in the Sky
Monica Castillo
There s a point at which this joke stops being funny and turns sad and it s very early in its over two hours runtime 
1
Lucy in the Sky
Barry Hertz
Noah Hawley s directorial debut may have started out as a feminist forward film decrying the fact that women have to work five times as hard to succeed in the workplace but it ends up being a movie whose message boils down to Ladies be crazy 
1.5
Richard Jewell
Federico Furzan
Eastwood s last years have been far from impressive But his last movie has a fantastic actor that makes us want to see more of what he can do Full review in Spanish 
3
Richard Jewell
David Nusair
Eastwood s top notch handling of several key sequences eg the aforementioned bombing ensures that Richard Jewell contains its fair share of spellbinding moments 
3
Richard Jewell
Linda Cook
It sets the record straight for one character 
3
Richard Jewell
Matt Brunson
Rather than even squint in the direction of the national mood and place the story within its proper context director Clint Eastwood and scripter Billy Ray set their sights squarely on the usual boogeymen 
2
Richard Jewell
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yet another sturdy classical work from one of America s greatest filmmakers 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Asher Luberto
Without an honest script this historical drama can t help but feel artificial 
2
Richard Jewell
Rene Sanchez
Although it touches on similar themes that Eastwood has been exploring in his latest films Richard Jewell stands out thanks to the magnificent work of its cast led by a breakthrough performance from Paul Walter Hauser Full Review in Spanish 
3
Richard Jewell
Rex Reed
Just when I thought one of the worst movie years in memory was down for the count Clint Eastwood arrived at the last minute with Richard Jewell to show us all how great movies are made 
4
Richard Jewell
Richard Roeper
Paul Walter Hauser commands the screen 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Walter Chaw
Whatever one thinks of it as an expression of Eastwood s politics that contrast captures in a nutshell what makes Richard Jewell an occasional delight in spite of its limitations 
3
Richard Jewell
Jeff York
It s dramatic well acted and moving yet there are strains of the worst instincts of the director in parts that keep it from being one of his very best 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Jeff Mitchell
Eastwood s Richard Jewell is a gem 
3
Richard Jewell
Rosalie Kicks
I found Richard Jewell a worthwhile tale to tell My main gripe is that I could have done without the caricature depiction of the journo 
2.75
Richard Jewell
Joey Magidson
While hardly a misfire Clint Eastwood s Richard Jewell is only a small scale success periodically weighed down by the filmmaker s politics 
3
Richard Jewell
Robert Horton
So well done it makes you regret Eastwood s determination to grind an ax on this intriguing story 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Luke Parker
Wading through a pool of snap happy reporters and bloodthirsty gumshoes it is a timely and polarized tale of trial by fire accusations 
3
Richard Jewell
James Berardinelli
By keeping the tone from becoming too somber and generating a degree of sympathy for Jewell Eastwood has crafted an engaging albeit fictionalized account of the triumph of ordinary men over the establishment 
3
Richard Jewell
Mark Dujsik
Richard Jewell may veer into some wild speculation of its own but it sets the record straight where it matters 
3
Richard Jewell
Kent Turner
The film starts off credibly and compellingly until it turns its attention to its objects of scorn 
2
Richard Jewell
Steven Prokopy
Richard Jewell is a nice looking movie with a handful of not just good performances but some of the most memorable you ll see all year 
3
Richard Jewell
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Who will mourn for Scruggs after watching this film No one and that s a travesty 
2
Richard Jewell
Chris Hewitt
This is a story worth telling but the way it s told makes no sense 
2
Richard Jewell
Glenn Kenny
A fleet densely textured drama 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Peter Howell
Eastwood knows what he s doing here and he does it well especially with the casting of Hauser Rockwell and Bates excellent actors all 
3
Richard Jewell
Moira MacDonald
As always Eastwood s very good with actors and the central trio of Richard Jewell make the film worth watching 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Tom Meek
It s a telling portrait of society s rush to judgment and illuminating as that may be the real pull of Richard Jewell is the evolving relationship between its wronged protagonist and his attorney 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Jake Coyle
If Eastwood had extended the sensitivity it shows to Jewell to others it might have been worth something more Instead it becomes just what it preaches against a hatchet job 
1.5
Richard Jewell
Roger Moore
Dubious
1.5
Richard Jewell
Sean P. Means
With Eastwood and screenwriter Billy Ray truth appears to be a zero sum game because to tell the truth about Jewell these filmmakers smeared the reputation of a dead woman 
2
Richard Jewell
Katie Walsh
No amount of Eastwood nostalgia can make the questionable message he tries to sell in Richard Jewell easier to accept 
2
Richard Jewell
Mick LaSalle
Paul Walter Hauser gives us the soul of a man that deserved respect even before he did something heroic but one that people might never have noticed 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Rafer Guzman
A compelling account of a hero smeared by the media though Eastwood s film treats one real life reporter almost as badly 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Joe Friar
Eastwood is at his best with another compelling story about a real life American hero Hauser excels as the film s unlikely leading man while Bates and Rockwell deliver strong supporting performances 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Sara Stewart
It s a tightly paced feature with strong performances all around It s also one of the season s most politically polarized films 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Pamela Powell
Clint Eastwood is a master of finding a personal story and telling it well No fancy bells and whistles are needed when you have a good story and Richard Jewell is a great one 
4
Richard Jewell
Michael O'Sullivan
Anchored by three top notch performances in a story about the frightening possibility of false accusation Richard Jewell is a handsomely made film But coming as it does in 2019 its vilification of reporters and the feds is even scarier 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Barry Hertz
So just as Richard Jewell saved the day Paul Walter Hauser is left to rescue Richard Jewell And the world thanks him for his service 
3
Richard Jewell
Mike McGranaghan
The most iconoclastic film of the year 
3
Richard Jewell
Mattie Lucas
Paul Walter Hauser is a revelation turning in a truly extraordinary performance that lifts him up into a new realm 
3
Richard Jewell
Chuck Bowen
Ironically Clint Eastwood is as condescending of Jewell as the bureaucrats he despises 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Bob Bloom
Eastwood keeps the story simple warning that a combination of police wanting to solve a big case quickly and a media hungry for scoops and headlines can be a fearsome combination that can swallow an individual whole without a second thought 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Michael Phillips
The actors transcend the simplifications and make Eastwood s 38th feature behind the camera something worth arguing about 
2.5
Richard Jewell
Christian Toto
Director Clint Eastwood s storytelling instincts have never been more accurate or more necessary 
3.5
Richard Jewell
Karen M. Peterson
A welcome respite from the decreasing quality of Clint Eastwood s recent filmography 
3.5
Most Likely to Succeed
Rob Thomas
Most Likely To Succeed is starting a good and necessary conversation But it s a conversation where everybody needs to be called on to speak not just a few loud voices 
2.5
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Tom Meek
The technical accomplishments of the film in scope and FX is stunning by today s standards especially the stunts done by Keaton sans a net or stunt double 
2.5
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
James Kendrick
the story is just a set up for the comedy which Keaton executes with his trademark combination of perfectly timed derring do and taciturn nonchalance
3.5
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Matt Brunson
It may not match Keaton s The General in most respects but it surpasses it in the number of belly laughs generated 
4
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Josh Larsen
Keaton becomes here quite literally the calm in the eye of the storm 
3.5
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Peter Canavese
The extended rescue climax provides the heights of Steamboat Bill Jr s ingenious choreography but Keaton s brilliance as a performer shines just as brightly if not more in the simpler moments Blu ray 
4
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Scott Nash
As light and amusing as the first three quarters of the film are the finale during the storm is a whole other level completely 
3.5
Diminished Capacity
Kyle Smith
Alda s Hawkeye Pierce charm gives way to something snappish and cagey while Broderick s fussy stiffness is perfect 
3
Diminished Capacity
Frederica Mathewes-Green
I wonder if all this worked better as a book It begins modestly interesting but becomes merely agitated 
2
Diminished Capacity
Roger Ebert
A mild pleasure from one end to the other but not much more 
2
Diminished Capacity
Michael Phillips
Striving for low key character comedy Diminished Capacity ends up diminishing its returns 
2
Diminished Capacity
Claudia Puig
It has moments of sweetness but not enough poignancy or wit to turn it into the endearing art house comedy that it aspires to be 
2.5
Diminished Capacity
Nick Schager
Pure unadulterated mediocrity 
1.5
The Retaliators
Randy Myers
Gory and ridiculous this genre hopper manages sort of to succeed as both a revenge thriller and a sicko horror movie 
2.5
The Retaliators
EJ Moreno
A loud 44 in your face adventure 46 Horror needs to be rock n roll 44 and this delivers on that 46 
3
Horizon Line
David Nusair
a mostly unconvincing thriller that s rarely able to wholeheartedly or satisfactorily exploit the seemingly foolproof setup 
2
The Package
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decidedly foolproof setup that 8217 s employed to predominantly engaging and entertaining effect 46 46 46 
3
The Package
Chris Hicks
Style and drive are everything in movies that have storylines that don t hold up to scrutiny and The Package is as flat and bland as they come 
2
The Package
Roger Ebert
Smarter than most contemporary thrillers 
3
Pet Names
Rob Thomas
It s a testament to the power of cinema that the Wisconsin made film Pet Names makes going camping with your ex seem like a pretty fun idea 
3.5
Stronger
Brian Eggert
Green delivers his most accessible film to date and nearly every beat of the film works as intended even if we can occasionally see our heartstrings being pulled 
3
Stronger
Matt Brunson
Director David Gordon Green foregoes any pumped up melodramatics and simply allows Gyllenhaal and Maslany to provide the story with the honest emotion it requires 
3
Stronger
Sarah Knight Adamson
Talk about a winner Jake Gyllenhaal s gritty multifaceted Oscar worthy performance gives us a realistic and profound sense of what it means to be a true hero 
4
Stronger
Federico Furzan
Bland and irrelevant Stronger does a good job when portraying people from Boston but wards off the power of its story Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Stronger
Frank Ochieng
a powerful and probing drama fuels a spellbinding drama of overcoming dysfunction with determination 
3.5
Stronger
Joey Magidson
Never manipulative yet always captivating this portrait of one ordinary man is an extraordinary motion picture 
4
Stronger
Erik Anderson
The film is constantly taking risks where most other inspired by true stories take easy routes 
3.5
Stronger
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A conventional film worthy of Hallmark Entertainment Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Stronger
David Nusair
Filmmaker David Gordon Green offers up a low key deliberately paced narrative that proves an ideal complement for John Pollono s subdued screenplay 
3.5
Stronger
Linda Cook
Stronger will leave you weak 
4
Stronger
Josh Terry
Director David Gordon Green s story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman resonates for the way it explores how its protagonist deals with a public that suddenly calls him a hero 
3
Stronger
Peter Hartlaub
Stronger always feels right in the moment solidified by an outstanding central performance by Gyllenhaal and some wonderful ensemble work especially the actors just below the top billing 
3
Stronger
Rex Reed
I m a sucker for these survival stories that show the best side of man s humanity and Gyllenhaal makes this one a stronger achievement than most 
3.5
Stronger
Robert Levin
Gyllenhaal offers further evidence that he s one of the finest actors working today 
4
Stronger
Peter Canavese
Catches one off guard with the characters open hearted gestures under duress feels as if it single handedly restores humanity to the movies 
3
Stronger
Peter Travers
Kudos to a brilliant hilariously unexpected performance from Jake Gyllenhaal in a powerhouse biopic about Boston bombing victim Jeff Bauman that doesn t sugarcoat the man s story and that makes all the difference
3.5
Stronger
Stephen Whitty
It goes so overboard on humanizing Bauman it actually diminishes him With such a barely there hero we start looking around for other people to become interested in 
2.5
Stronger
Peter Howell
Jake Gyllenhaal s portrayal of the painful and frightening struggle to recover and get his life back feels jarringly real 
3
Stronger
James Berardinelli
Tatiana Maslany known for playing multiple roles in the cult TV series Orphan Black invests Erin with a wealth of complexity in playing a character who wants desperately to do the right thing but who is pushed to the breaking point 
3
Stronger
Sean P. Means
As good as Gyllenhaal is Maslany is the foundation of Stronger she channels Erin s swallowed pain and guilt the notion that Jeff wouldn t have been there that day if not for her in a performance that s pure fire 
3.5
Stronger
Mark Dujsik
The film could have been done with plenty of sentimentality but director David Gordon Green would rather work in a low key way Capsule review 
3
Stronger
Richard Roeper
What makes Stronger stand out is the pitch perfect feel for the dynamic of a loud and constantly bickering and dysfunctional but fiercely loyal and loving extended family 
3.5
Stronger
Michael Beebe
Gyllenhaal s best acting comes as a paraplegic forced to adapt to a frustrating new existence 
4
Stronger
Calvin Wilson
Stronger could have been little more than a melodrama Instead it s a surprisingly gritty film about refusing to give up regardless of the odds 
3.5
Stronger
Derek Smith
Stronger s embrace of the unpredictable nature of Jeff and Erin s journey yields an array of raw surprising character beats that flow organically from one to the next 
3
Stronger
Stephanie Merry
Stronger isn t always easy to watch Jeff makes bad decisions and life gets messy But it does feel like a realistic depiction of one man s life 
3
Stronger
Michael Phillips
Stronger is a movie you need to see no matter how much you think you don t need to see it 
3.5
Stronger
Moira MacDonald
Stronger ultimately leaves its audience feeling a little stronger we fall with Jeff and we stand with him 
3
Stronger
Ty Burr
Jake Gyllenhaal s excellent but playing his girlfriend Tatiana Maslany star of TV s Orphan Black is something special 
3
Stronger
Gary Thompson
Tatiana Maslany is first rate in this role 
3
Stronger
Bob Bloom
Jake Gyllenhaal uncomfortably wears Bauman s unsolicited fame It s a mantle he wants to shed as quickly as possible 
3
Stronger
Sara Stewart
Director David Gordon Green generally skips feel good cliché to chronicle Bauman s struggle with being painted as the face of never letting the terrorists win 
3
Stronger
Dwight Brown
Jake Gyllenhaal s best performance to date 
4
Stronger
Roger Moore
A Movie of the Week weeper lifted by three Oscar worthy performances 
3.5
Stronger
Kate Taylor
Given how rough and tumble Jeff s prior existence seems will leave a skeptical audience wondering how long this happy ending can possibly last 
2.5
Stronger
Brian Tallerico
Stronger transcends your standard inspirational drama mostly through two fantastic performances but also in the way it understands that trauma isn t inspirational to the people who suffer it 
3
Show Dogs
Linda Cook
Bow wow out of this one 
1
Show Dogs
Josh Terry
Without a clever script to back it up the result feels like a much better fit for a slow day on Netflix than a full price ticket to the theater
1.5
Show Dogs
Roger Moore
The good news for screenwriters Max Botkin and Marc Hyman is they got a screen credit out of this The bad news is it was with this movie 
1
Show Dogs
Pat Padua
Grown ups might not roll over for Show Dogs but children almost surely will 
2.5
Show Dogs
Brad Wheeler
Grown ups will find it painful to watch a clearly embarrassed Arnett go through the motions muttering his lines as he internally wonders why he never became the next Kevin Costner 
2
Show Dogs
Christy Lemire
Even by the low standards of this type of live action family friendly comedy Show Dogs is especially lame 
.5
Show Dogs
Peter Hartlaub
Make a stand to Hollywood and vote with your wallet We all deserve a better live action talking dog movie than this 
0
Straight Talk
David Nusair
an agreeable yet hopelessly forgettable little romcom 
2
Straight Talk
Roger Ebert
What s really wrong with Straight Talk is a failure of nerve The screenplay is so painfully conventional that it s clear nobody involved with the movie wanted to push it into new ground or let it take chances 
2
Murmur of the Heart
Jay Antani
the whiff of droll lighthearted humor partially redeems what is otherwise a gorgeously filmed exercise in smug depravity
2
Murmur of the Heart
Peter Canavese
In all their messiness here are love sex society and family met with cleansing laughter 
4
Murmur of the Heart
Roger Ebert
How Louis Malle achieves this effect is beyond me he takes the most highly charged subject matter you can imagine and mutes it into simple affection 
4
Murmur of the Heart
James Kendrick
should be memorable for its keen ability to render the fumbling antics of early adolescent boyhood with an acute eye and a tender touch
3
Somewhere
Katelyn Beaty
Somewhere is Coppola s subtle character study of a man who is barely a character 
3
Somewhere
Marty Mapes
Don t cry for the movie star even if they don t have the glamorous life you imagine
2.5
Somewhere
Roger Moore
Even so called slow cinema shouldn t be this dull 
1.5
Somewhere
Jeff Beck
In Somewhere what ends up happening is that the main character s lack of interest becomes the audience s burden 
2.5
Somewhere
Mike Scott
A thoughtful and interesting deconstruction and demythologizing of American celebrity
3
Somewhere
John Beifuss
Like Coppola s previous films Somewhere examines the isolation and cultural dislocation of privileged public people people enclosed within the exposing fishbowl of celebrity and the protective bubble of entitlement 
3.5
Somewhere
Robert W. Butler
Somewhere begins with a fancy sports car driving in circles out in the desert It s a great looking machine but it isn t taking us anywhere It s a metaphor for the entire movie 
2.5
Somewhere
James Kendrick
Coppola packs meaning into small actions or seemingly benign scenes that in any other film would immediately hit the cutting room floor
3
Somewhere
Duane Dudek
Just an expensive looking sports car driving in circles and going nowhere fast 
2.5
Somewhere
Rene Rodriguez
The best movie directors aren t just masters of technical craft They also are artists capable of showing you the world through their eyes of making you see and feel exactly what they do 
3.5
Somewhere
Matt Brunson
Sofia Coppola s 2003 Lost in Translation was such an unblinking masterpiece one of the two or three best films of its entire decade that it s a shock to witness the near worthlessness of Somewhere 
1.5
Somewhere
Joe Williams
Somewhere is a distinctly European exercise in observational nuance and tonal restraint in which Coppola stretches static images to the breaking point 
3.5
Somewhere
Steven Rea
Ultimately Somewhere may be too static too minimalist a tale But there s grace here in its aching assessment of loneliness in its examination of connections and family 
2.5
Somewhere
Lisa Kennedy
The writer director of Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette has made the malaise of the privileged her special turf Ennui is her milieu And Coppola has a talent for revealing its existential and cultural dimensions 
2.5
Somewhere
Liam Lacey
Throughout Dorff is doggedly credible as an obtuse actor but the richer performance here is from Fanning and it might have been a stronger movie told from her character s point of view 
3
Somewhere
Chris Hewitt
Coppola s film is composed of many long stationary shots in which so little is happening it s as if she s encouraging us to look closer for meaning 
3
Somewhere
Moira MacDonald
There s something mesmerizing and special about Somewhere for those willing to wait and let the movie cast its spell 
3
Somewhere
Peter Howell
It s the singular achievement of Sofia Coppola s affecting new film that she manages to make us care for a dissolute movie star his angry ex wife and their indulged daughter 
3
Somewhere
Miriam Bale
That use of gorgeously subtle sound design and perfectly timed credits is a Sofia Coppola signature that she seems to have bettered through simplification in this film 
3.5
Somewhere
Jordan Hiller
The only question is whether Coppola consciously decided to craft a movie as tedious vacant and void of substance as her subject 
1
Somewhere
Peter Keough
A distinct sensibility often underlies Coppola s half baked symbols a feeling for tone a knack for timing and an instinct for the absurd 
3
Somewhere
Peter Canavese
Somewhere feels like it rsquo s made by the grandchild of Antonioni and in an artistic sense perhaps it is It rsquo ll drive at least half the audience crazy while the rest will walk out with a light buzz 
2.5
Somewhere
Sara Michelle Fetters
Everything plays like a snapshot of a life aloof a life potentially wasted a life currently in flux the whole thing a series of brief vignettes of a father trying to decide who he is and what the next step should be 
3
Somewhere
Peter Travers
As in Lost in Translation Coppola keeps an eye out for the broken places That s when Somewhere is really something 
3
Somewhere
Kyle Smith
This isn t an artistic effort it s a vacant lot whose signpost reads Space available Movie can be made here Or not Whatever 
1
Somewhere
James Berardinelli
Sofia Coppola has strayed into an area of pretentiousness that we have rarely seen since the height of the French New Wave 
1.5
Somewhere
Mick LaSalle
Somewhere in its odd detached way is compelling viewing 
3
Somewhere
Stephen Whitty
It s been interesting watching Sofia Coppola turn into an artful filmmaker Waiting for her to become an exciting storyteller though just gets more frustrating 
2
Somewhere
Wesley Morris
What a flat movie for Coppola to have made four films into her otherwise remarkable directing career 
2
Somewhere
Roger Ebert
Coppola is a fascinating director She sees and we see exactly what she sees 
4
Somewhere
Willie Waffle
You need to pay attention and work a little more than you do during most movies if you want to be lazy check out Yogi Bear 
3.5
Somewhere
Mark Dujsik
Coppola s screenplay finds the sympathy in the surreal lifestyle of a rich and famous man 
3
Somewhere
Dustin Putman
Meticulous yet unrestrained a tone poem of deep quiet lyricism and frequent flashes of striking brilliance That rare motion picture that would stay exactly as is were the liberty be given to change anything about it 
4
Somewhere
Claudia Puig
Somewhere is a perceptive look at celebrity culture even if it sometimes feels more like a collection of scenes a character piece in search of a larger overarching story 
3
Somewhere
Walter Chaw
It s gorgeous and gorgeously broken a movie about lifelines by a person who s drowned 
4
Somewhere
Mike McGranaghan
If you hated not knowing what Murray whispered to Johansson at the end of Lost in Translation you will hate Somewhere Conversely if you loved the fact that you don t know what he whispered you will appreciate the beauty that Somewhere contains 
3.5
Somewhere
Michael Phillips
A small but in its way daring picture set largely within the confines of the Chateau Marmont just above Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood 
3
Somewhere
Josh Larsen
Coppola manages to capture the unique bond the precious platonic romance that can exist between girls and their dads 
3
Somewhere
Ethan Alter
While the final scenes strike a false note so much of Somewhere rings true 
3
Somewhere
Kent Turner
for some Stephen Dorff s life wouldn t be a hedonist hell but heaven 
2
The Singing Detective
James Verniere
Worth seeing on the basis of its cast alone although the characters being played are often so impressionistic even the superstar lineup ends up being a bit distracting 
3
The Singing Detective
Jeremiah Kipp
Potter s gaze into the man s dark sexual and familial secrets isn t about one man s oppression but about his self imposed melodrama 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Joe Baltake
Catch it to see a major performance by a magnetic actor but go in with patience and with the realization that the film is something of an interesting failure 
3
The Singing Detective
Paul Doro
The outstanding ensemble cast goes a long way toward redeeming things 
2.5
The Singing Detective
Lawrence Toppman
Whether Potter condensed his own story so stupidly or others ruined it for him the results are sadly the same 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Jeff Vice
The songs that are being lip synched in The Singing Detective are in tune and on key but very little else is in this nearly unwatchable musical fantasy based on the 1986 BBC television miniseries 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Sean P. Means
Downey spits nails as the pain ridden Dark and masters the Raymond Chandler esque dialogue and mannerisms of Dark s pulp creation 
3
The Singing Detective
Matt Brunson
Making a movie that s both bizarre and boring would normally seem unlikely but The Singing Detective manages this unenviable feat 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Watching Robert Downey Jr perform is one of the great pleasures of going to the movies today 
3
The Singing Detective
Roger Ebert
When I saw it at Sundance my attention was divided because I was trying to process the meaning of the jagged structure Seeing it again a week ago knowing what to expect I found it a more moving experience 
3
The Singing Detective
Shirley Klass
Robert Downey Jr goes into Johnny Depp territory with a great performance that is at once antic and next turning on the tears with ease 
3.25
The Singing Detective
Phil Villarreal
Whenever the movie seems about to say something profound it backs off and goes in another direction The movie winds up as a tantalizing but incomplete experience 
3
The Singing Detective
Terry Lawson
The Singing Detective has to settle for a hung jury 
2
The Singing Detective
Michael Wilmington
If the movie doesn t really work it s because it s a hard piece to bring off an extremely high mark to hit Still enough magic is left especially in Downey s performance to shock and beguile us 
2.5
The Singing Detective
Moira MacDonald
It just doesn t work not as an adaptation of the acclaimed 1980s British television series nor as a stand alone movie 
2
The Singing Detective
Mick LaSalle
The movie makes its point and still has another hour to go 
2
The Singing Detective
David Elliott
Charming and silly absurdist at the right moments but tending to a hernia when it s uplifting this experiment in gargoyle cabaret is a bizarre footnote to an important writer s career 
2.5
The Singing Detective
Rick Groen
Without the breathing spaces allowed by the long form gone are the slow and developing rhythms of the original its depth of characterization and its refusal to sentimentalize a really vicious protagonist 
2.5
The Singing Detective
Michael Booth
The new Singing Detective mirrors Potter s growth as well as his originality and moving from television to silver screen feels like a rewarding round trip 
3.5
The Singing Detective
Ty Burr
True Gordon is working from Potter s own adapted script but it s hard to shake the sense that the writer may simply have been trolling for a Hollywood paycheck 
2
The Singing Detective
Chris Hewitt
The Singing Detective is like that old joke about the Minnesota weather If you don t like it wait a minute 
3
The Singing Detective
Rob Blackwelder
While some may read miscarriage into this film s discombobulation there s astute cerebral cinema with a wicked sense of humor lurking here for those who want to find it 
3
The Singing Detective
Marty Mapes
The Singing Detective is a movie to talk about with friends afterwards
3
The Singing Detective
Carrie Rickey
Although the screenplay is based on one by the late Potter it feels like 100 pounds of material crammed into a small Ziploc bag 
2.5
The Singing Detective
Jeff Strickler
Any sober viewers trying to follow this mishmash mystery are going to wish they d brought along a cache of aspirin 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Jeanne Aufmuth
Robert Downey Jr is the only saving grace of this incoherent crime caper based on the classic British mini series 
2
The Singing Detective
Steve Rhodes
A fascinating failure 
2.5
The Singing Detective
Jami Bernard
The casting misfires 
2
The Singing Detective
Glenn Whipp
It s a stylistic jumble wrongheaded in every way 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Jonathan Foreman
It is worth catching The Singing Detective to see the brilliant Robert Downey Jr in another extraordinary performance 
3
The Singing Detective
Walter Chaw
A film deserving of a conversation and in no higher praise of unreasonable comparisons 
3
The Singing Detective
David Sterritt
The scope and sweep of the yarn have been drastically reduced and while director Keith Gordon tries to sustain its delirious energy through a restless and dreamlike visual style the results are disappointing 
2
The Singing Detective
James Berardinelli
A fine example of entertainment an eclectic mix of drama film noir and comedy with plenty of fantasy musical numbers thrown in for good measure 
3
The Singing Detective
David Nusair
unless you re intimately familiar with either the book or seven hour British mini series that came before it the film s not going to mean much to you 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Jeremiah Kipp
Potter s gaze into the man s dark sexual and familial secrets isn t about one man s oppression but about his self imposed melodrama 
1.5
The Singing Detective
Scott Nash
A quirky film that combines comedy drama film noir and musical numbers in such a way that they form something quite unlike your typical Hollywood movie 
3.5
Bullets Over Broadway
Mal Vincent
This at best is second rate unimportant Woody Allen It tries much too hard and delivers only the obvious 
2.5
Bullets Over Broadway
Matt Brunson
One of Woody s best 
3.5
Bullets Over Broadway
Wesley Lovell
Dianne Wiest elevates even the most esoteric argument in the film to a level of sublime entertainment 
3.5
Bullets Over Broadway
Susan Tavernetti
Woody Allen may not be on screen but he s definitely in control working his magic backstage behind the velvet curtain 
4
Bullets Over Broadway
Edward Guthmann
Woody Allen at his best a gem of a Broadway fable with a crafty premise a raft of brilliant actors at the top of their form and a bouncy just for pleasure attitude 
4
Bullets Over Broadway
Chris Hicks
Most of the way this one is a riot the comedy that Allen fans have been waiting for 
3.5
Bullets Over Broadway
Steve Rhodes
I give it a mild thumbs up I had hoped for more but it is funny 
2.5
Bullets Over Broadway
James Berardinelli
The most insightful and deliciously droll look at show business since Robert Altman skewered Hollywood in 1992 s The Player 
3.5
Bullets Over Broadway
Roger Ebert
The movie is very funny and in the way it follows its logic wherever it leads surprisingly tough 
3.5
Waste Land
Robert W. Butler
The result is a film that works on multiple levels casting light on a worldwide problem while delivering a big jolt of human hope 
3
Waste Land
Roger Ebert
I do not mean to make their lives seem easy or pleasant It is miserable work even after they grow accustomed to the smell But it is useful work and I have been thinking much about the happiness to be found by work that is honest and valuable 
3
Waste Land
Rene Rodriguez
It shows us how artists find ideas and concepts for their work from the most unlikely sources and it demonstrates the power of art to spark curiosity and cultural awareness in even the poorest most underprivileged people 
3
Waste Land
Mike Scott
An entirely immersing documentary one of those movies whose real value comes in the way it envelops viewers in a world they never knew existed 
3.5
Waste Land
Joe Williams
While we await the definitive documentary about the glut of garbage Waste Land reduces this global catastrophe to touchingly human scale 
3
Waste Land
Stephen Cole
It s sheer pleasure watching Muniz work seeing him seized by mad impulses of delight 
3
Waste Land
Stephanie Merry
Waste Land is a testament that things can go from good to bad in an instant But they can also improve just as quickly 
3
Waste Land
Steven Rea
It s not a very good title Waste Land this isn t a bleak film at all but just about everything else in Lucy Walker s documentary works and illuminates 
3.5
Waste Land
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Waste Land is inspirational without seeming self righteous and moving without being hackneyed 
3
Waste Land
Walter V. Addiego
Waste Land is a film about recycling but it s far more intriguing than the average eco documentary 
3
Waste Land
Wesley Morris
Waste Land is just what the film s website says it is stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit 
3
Waste Land
Gerald Peary
Walker combines stirring studies of many of the Jardim Gramacho workers with a documenting of Muniz s project large scale dignified portraits framed by rephotographed recyclable garbage 
3.5
Waste Land
Chris Hewitt
It s an unexpectedly beautiful film not only because Muniz s work is lovely but also because the film is so thoughtfully composed 
3.5
Waste Land
Mary Abbe
Waste Land is a must see PBS style Cinderella story with true grit a brilliant cast and an improbably big heart 
4
Waste Land
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Rather than issuing a warning blow to either our guts or our hearts it s something of a soft wakeup nudge aimed somewhere in between 
3
Waste Land
V.A. Musetto
Walker s breezy film turns Muniz into a folk hero And who am I to argue 
3
Black Widow
David Gonzalez
Black Widow is both complex and engaging as its focus on familial relationships leads to some of the most memorable moments thanks to its ensemble and 44 in turn 44 creates new characters for Marvel 8217 s team to play with in their billion dollar sandbox 46 
3.5
Black Widow
Wesley Lovell
That said if any film had to reinvigorate the box office for audiences Im glad its this one which proves once again to the risk averse Disney that having a female protagonist can actually succeed 
3.5
Black Widow
David Nusair
a relatively watchable endeavor that benefits from its agreeable entertaining performances 
2.5
Black Widow
James Berardinelli
Black Widow represents the MCU looking back when it should be moving forward Everything about the movie seems small even the big action set pieces
2.5
Black Widow
Matt Brunson
In some ways this feels like a good version of the 2018 Jennifer Lawrence vehicle Red Sparrow as it s far more intriguing and far less rapey 
3
Black Widow
Bruce R. Miller
Black Widow spins an awfully good web 
3
Black Widow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Shortland does a solid job with the material but even she isn t able to entirely gloss over how Natasha randomly keeps disappearing in her own movie or how what is supposed to be her story frequently focuses on other characters 
2.5
Black Widow
Peter Canavese
Great casting a sluggish plot for a Marvel movie a super hero riff on Red Sparrow 
2.5
Black Widow
Joshua Axelrod
While it may not be the crème de la crème of the MCU Black Widow is more than worthy of being Marvel s first feature film to hit theaters during a time when people can actually watch it in that form 
3
Black Widow
Mattie Lucas
It should come as no surprise that a film churned out by the biggest entertainment conglomerate on earth is in fact a de facto apologia for American exceptionalism 
2
Black Widow
Matthew Passantino
Shortland isn t afraid to set the camera in the middle of a fight and make the audience feel the punches being thrown rather than keeping them as spectators on the sidelines 
3
Black Widow
Kevin A. Ranson
feels too much like a back door pilot otherwise a solid thriller in the James Bond vein featuring good actors doing a great job with the material given making it look as good as modern technology can safely allow 
3
Black Widow
Peter Howell
All the action set pieces and explosions happen on cue and Shortland handles character development better than most MCU directors 
2.5
Black Widow
Linda Cook
Black Widow spins a tale of action espionage and family 
3.5
Black Widow
Joe Friar
Johansson and Pugh are dynamite together in the MCU spy thriller that plays like Mission Impossible with exhilarating action sequences
3.5
Black Widow
Rene Sanchez
An entertaining and action packed superhero adventure about one of MCU s most beloved characters that carries an important message thanks to the work of its solid cast Full Review in Spanish 
3
Black Widow
Sonny Bunch
The familial interactions are the best part of the movie and a welcome distraction from the fact that there isn t anything approaching an interesting action sequence 
2.5
Black Widow
Kevin Carr
This has everything you want from a Marvel movie It s got the action it s got the scope it s got the humor it s got the irreverence it has a good villain 
4
Black Widow
Doug Walker
It suffers from a bad case of Tell don t show and what it shows is often shaky and hard to see When it tells though it is well written and nicely acted Just enough to say the film is okay 
3
Black Widow
Richard Roeper
Johansson and co star Florence Pugh are terrific but the lightweight story relies on implausible plot turns and cheap soap opera antics 
2.5
Black Widow
Rick Bentley
A bigger reason for the film coming up so short in quality is that the title character ends up being the least interesting of all the players 
2.5
Black Widow
Jeff Mitchell
We get the lowdown on Budapest albeit without a hearty bowl of goulash Anyway this cloak and dagger story somewhat satisfies 
2.5
Black Widow
Ty Burr
The property that was supposed to be the first movie installment of Phase Four by now just feels phased out 
2.5
Black Widow
Randy Myers
It s worth seeing on a big screen not just once but twice 
3
Black Widow
Tom Meek
Harbour so good in the recent Steven Soderbergh noir No Sudden Move brings the comic relief in spades 
2.5
Black Widow
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Black Widow isn t much of an action movie it exists mostly to fill the narrative gap between Captain America Civil War and Avengers Infinity War 
2
Black Widow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The fight scenes do eventually take a backseat to the unlikely family drama that slowly unfolds among the four stubborn vicious and sometimes hilarious family members 
3.5
Black Widow
Mark Dujsik
I t s ultimately disappointing how much of Black Widow is in its comparatively limited way just more of the same 
2.5
Black Widow
Mike Scott
Director Cate Shortland s film was worth the wait 
3
Black Widow
Pamela Powell
Pugh and Harbour are a delight in the midst of a film that is nothing more than ordinary in yet another typical super hero film 
1.5
Black Widow
Mike McGranaghan
Black Widow offers a far deeper portrait of family than the Fast and Furious saga does with all its empty platitudes 
3.5
Black Widow
Katie Walsh
Black Widow has the look and feel of a globe trotting spy thriller and it isn t afraid to puncture some of the Avengers mythology including grappling with what it means to be a hero 
3
Black Widow
Mark Meszoros
An origin story for the character aka Natasha Romanoff a spy turned Avenger it is slightly above average for a Marvel movie That also makes it above average in terms of Hollywood blockbusters 
3
Black Widow
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In short Black Widow is a star vehicle for all involved even if that means its ostensible main star therefore burns less brightly as a result
3
Black Widow
Jeff York
The film s truer purpose seems to serve as a set up for the next Black Widow character Pugh s Yelena Bolava who ll be taking over the franchise but that could ve been done in many ways other than this approach 
2
Black Widow
Mick LaSalle
It s the cynicism that s depressing After all Black Widow is not an attempt at a good movie that failed That would ve been respectable Rather it s an attempt to make a piece of garbage commerce that succeeded completely 
1
Black Widow
Sarah Knight Adamson
What separates the excellent character driven Black Widow from the rest of the Marvel movies is the dynamic of the false undercover family experience and its lasting effects on the siblings younger emotional development 
3.5
Black Widow
Josh Larsen
suffers from MCU bloat yet a strong cast and emphasis on character ultimately overcomes much of that 
2.5
Black Widow
Phil Villarreal
A weak script and low ambition make the movie crumble under the weight 
2
Black Widow
Walter Chaw
Black Widow is the manifestation of the sunk cost fallacy there oughta be support groups Same as it ever was Same as it ever was 
2.5
Black Widow
John Wenzel
Its bottom line spectacle seldom strays from the Marvel path but still manages to explore some invigorating new ground 
3
Black Widow
Bob Bloom
Johansson brings a wistfulness to her character looking backward and inward at the mistakes she has made and the consequences she now faces because of them 
3.5
Black Widow
Jake Coyle
It s absorbing in its own right Less occupied with driving a universe of movies forward the almost standalone film instead digs into slightly darker deeper realms of the typically bright and shiny Marvel world 
3
Black Widow
Rafer Guzman
Black Widow manages to deliver the goods mainly by sticking to Marvel convention explosive action amusing quips 
2.5
Black Widow
Leo Brady
Black Widow remains a tried and true hero the first female superhero that wins with skills and sheer will She s a ferocious and fierce Avenger This Black Widow packs a wicked and awesome punch 
3
Black Widow
Christian Toto
Scarlett Johansson can t muscle past generic storytelling in disappointing spinoff 
2
Black Widow
Brian Tallerico
It makes sense that a no nonsense killing machine like Black Widow should have a no nonsense installment but it s nice to see it actually happened 
3
Black Widow
Sean P. Means
If this is Johansson s final bow as Black Widow and it would take some serious retcon work to avoid that she gets to go out on top showing Natasha s battered resilient heart as she finally earns some redemption for her past sins 
3.5
Black Widow
Johnny Oleksinski
The movie s vibe isn t like your average MCU entry at all really What it reminded me of are the many James Bond films where 007 goes rogue and cavorts around world cities seeking his revenge du jour 
3
Black Widow
Ann Hornaday
Black Widow simultaneously feels like too much and too little 
2.5
Black Widow
Mara Reinstein
The stakes are nonexistent No matter how many times a bad guy or girl aims a gun at our beloved heroine we know she has a specific Endgame 
2.5
Black Widow
Brian Truitt
Black Widow is a strong solo superhero effort that feels both timely and also way too late 
3
Black Widow
Jake Cole
Boiled down to its essence this narrative isn t terribly hard to follow but in execution the film moves so haphazardly as to be bewildering 
1.5
Black Widow
Joey Magidson
It s almost a shame that Florence Pugh is so vibrant here since it takes away from appreciating Scarlett Johansson in likely her last turn as Black Widow 
3
Black Widow
Roger Moore
The stars make it a fun ride even when the action goes Roger Moore as James Bond goofy
2.5
Black Widow
Catherine Springer
Black Widow is just what a world waking up from a coma needs a female centered action extravaganza with exceptional performances lots of laughs and just a touch of that Marvel magic that just may be the antidote we ve all been waiting for 
3
Altered
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Good old fashioned special effects mixed with wicked gore and a compelling story make Altered a great follow up from the Blair Witch creators 
3
Altered
David Nusair
generally comes off as an engaging and genuinely creepy little horror flick 
2.5
Rich and Famous
Roger Ebert
It contains scenes that make you want to squirm because of their awkwardness and awfulness and yet you don t want to look away and you re not bored 
2.5
Freaky Chakra
Namrata Joshi
It s meant to be fun but doesn t even manage to elicit a smile A joke of a film and a bad joke at that 
1
Go Now
Michael Dequina
A story of the heart brought beautifully to life 
3
Purple Hearts
Roger Moore
Carson 8217 s breathy singing voice is pleasant enough and very much of its time 44 even if the ballads she plows through here fit well only because so much of what surrounds them is also pure schmaltz 46 
2
Moving Malcolm
J. Kelly Nestruck
Billed as a comedy that will move you the film is touching tender and yes moving But as a comedy it never fully unpacks 
2.5
Scarborough
Roger Moore
A film based on a play that gets past the icky in teacher student love affairs and wrestles with the crippling psychology of it all 
3
Carbon Nation
Walter V. Addiego
What we get is the filmic equivalent of a smiley face But enthusiasm and sincerity don t make the hard questions go away 
2
Carbon Nation
Diego Semerene
Afraid of the dullness of its subject matter and of being lost in the swarm of patronizing eco documentaries Carbon Nation tries really hard to speak to the language of young people these days 
2
Carbon Nation
Kam Williams
A sobering documentary which makes a convincing case that climate change is a national security issue 
4
Carbon Nation
Kyle Smith
Interviewees who issue hysterical statements like the sea ice cap is almost gone go uncontradicted 
1
Ága
Shane Slater
Despite the film s laborious pacing its humanistic themes come together powerfully 
2.5
Ága
Mark Dujsik
C o writer director Milko Lazarov depicts the deep almost unspoken bond between this couple with tender and acute perception 
3
Ága
Derek Smith
Milko Lazarov seems driven to record the inner workings of a singular slice of Inuit culture before it goes the way of the reindeer 
3
The River
Matt Brunson
Of the three save the farm films that all appeared on the scene in 1984 The River places a distant third behind the superb Places in the Heart and the solid Country 
2
The River
Gene Siskel
The River is nothing more than a conventional albeit pretty melodrama 
2.5
The River
Roger Ebert
The crucial flaw in the movie s plot is that Scott Glenn s ideas which are supposed to make him the bad guy sound like simple common sense 
2
Twentieth Century
Eric Henderson
Casually reverses and undermines its frumpy thesis by validating the effortlessly supple benefits of the seventh art 
2.5
Twentieth Century
David Nusair
far from the classic it s often made out to be 
2
Twentieth Century
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hawks was gifted above all at this kind of fast paced farce and somehow made it work without the aid of padding or rest periods 
4
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
Josh Larsen
Timberlake hardly pauses for a rest and most importantly makes you believe he doesn t want to
3.5
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
Calum Marsh
Certainly it s possible that a live JT concert would entertain But can this special achieve anything more Oh yes 
4
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
Brian Tallerico
A chronicle of a man giving his absolute all to entertain those who pay to see him 
3.5
VHYes
Joey Magidson
Nostalgia mixes with absurdity here and somehow it works In particular the way Robbins throws in some commentary and satire elevates things 
3
VHYes
Nick Allen
VHYes breaks the biggest rule of parody over and over again it simply tries way too hard with material that s far too easy 
1
VHYes
Joe Friar
A hilarious spoof of 80s late night television that would fit right at home on Adult Swim 
3
VHYes
Mike McGranaghan
A clever witty and ridiculously fun flashback to an era where late night TV provided a treasure trove of eccentricity 
3
VHYes
Clayton Dillard
VHYes settles much too comfortably into the well trodden footsteps of other works 
1.5
What Planet Are You From?
Michael Dequina
Shandling s a bland black hole that obliterates whatever trace of energy or inspiration mustered by this unwieldy film 
1.5
What Planet Are You From?
Blake French
One of the most honest comedies I can remember connected with my unusual sense of humor 
3
What Planet Are You From?
Susan Stark
Bottom line this is American Pie for boys will be boys in the fiftysomething age range 
1
What Planet Are You From?
Lou Lumenick
Easily the funniest movie of the year 
3
What Planet Are You From?
Robert Payne
This loony battle of the sexes flick offers a generous supply of laughs for fans of broad humor and actor screenwriter Garry Shandling 
2.5
What Planet Are You From?
Ross Anthony
Love Shandling Me too go see it Hate Shandling don t see it I liked it a lot 
3
What Planet Are You From?
Dustin Putman
Will delight adult viewers who are in the mood for a feel good comedy that turns out to not only be about the punchline of jokes but also takes its characters and their situations seriously 
3
What Planet Are You From?
Bob Graham
A rather sweet fable about sincerity 
2
What Planet Are You From?
James Berardinelli
It s amazing that a movie with so many sex jokes can turn out to be so unfunny 
2
What Planet Are You From?
David Sterritt
Although it offers a few good laughs the movie often seems like a second rate parody of more original pictures 
2
What Planet Are You From?
Susan Wloszczyna
Just what the universe needs A movie that forces you to fixate on Garry Shandling s crotch 
2
What Planet Are You From?
Roger Ebert
Here is the most uncomfortable movie of the new year an exercise in feel good smut What Planet Are You From starts out as a dirty comedy but then abandons the comedy followed by the dirt and by the end is actually trying to be poignant 
1
What Planet Are You From?
Rob Blackwelder
A vulgar sci fi rehashing of the same old Mars vs Venus material that s been visited before in 10 000 romantic comedies 
1.5
Breaking News in Yuba County
Mitchell Beaupre
Taylor is living in the shadow of his influences here 44 which makes sense as he still can 8217 t seem to figure out who he is as a filmmaker 46 
2
Breaking News in Yuba County
Randy Myers
This is beyond terrible 
0
Breaking News in Yuba County
Robert Levin
A weak imitation of much better movies 
1.5
The Omega Man
David Nusair
Filmmaker Boris Sagal working from a script by John William and Joyce H Corrington delivers an erratically paced yet generally entertaining sci fi endeavor that benefits from Heston s commanding ingratiating performance 
2.5
The Omega Man
Roger Ebert
The ghouls are a little too ridiculous to quite fulfill their function in the movie They make all the wrong decisions are incompetent and ill coordinated 
2
The Omega Man
Walter Chaw
At times astonishingly awful 
1
The Omega Man
James O'Ehley
Reasonably good cheese 
3
Loose Cannons
Liam Lacey
As virtual tourism it s a success but as dramatic fare it s a distinctly thin bowl of zuppa 
2
Read My Lips
Nick Rogers
Crawling onto the razor s edge with bare hands Jacques Audiard s film generates daringly uncomfortable psychologically dangerous heat rarely found in romance of any stripe Exhilaratingly paced cleverly suspenseful and tastefully erotic 
3.5
Read My Lips
Joshua Tanzer
Like the Vertigo inspired Chinese film Suzhou River it pays homage to Hitchcock without copying and the results are original and thrilling in their own right 
3.5
Read My Lips
Michael Dequina
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3
Read My Lips
Steven Snyder
Finally the French produced Read My Lips is a movie that understands characters must come first 
3.5
Read My Lips
Rick Groen
Having changed into action gear the picture never looks back leaving two people who seemed wonderfully unique to do things that are cinematically trite 
2.5
Read My Lips
Laura Kelly
The noirish twists are not always believable at least once I laughed out loud incredulously 
3
Read My Lips
Rene Rodriguez
See it now before the inevitable Hollywood remake flattens out all its odd intriguing wrinkles 
3
Read My Lips
Phil Villarreal
The exposition does pay off if you can stay awake that long There s little gripping in the film until the second hour 
3
Read My Lips
David Elliott
A genuinely adult thriller with a sneaky sexual charge 
3.5
Read My Lips
Rob Thomas
The mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted 
3
Read My Lips
Joe Baltake
Read My Lips works on many levels one being a fresh take on the office romance but a romance that evolves in a strictly nontraditional way 
4
Read My Lips
Duane Dudek
Although it has thriller elements Read My Lips is more of a straightforward caper film with substantial personal interaction 
3
Read My Lips
Jeff Vice
There s a lot to recommend Read My Lips 
3
Read My Lips
Susan Stark
Thoughtful provocative and entertaining 
3
Read My Lips
Jeanne Aufmuth
Devos and Cassel give arresting performances as perpetual outsiders who absorb themselves in the ultimate struggle for power and position 
3.5
Read My Lips
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The deafness factor comes into play minimally Though I knew it was possible I can t tell you how refreshing it feels to finally see it on film 
3.5
Read My Lips
Mick LaSalle
Read My Lips is not a heist film a thriller a twisted romance a film noir or a character study but a unique concoction that bends all these genres to its vision 
4
Read My Lips
Wesley Morris
An inventive propulsive office thriller 
3.5
Read My Lips
Marty Mapes
Paul and Carla complement each other beautifully and each becomes more beautiful in the process
3.5
Read My Lips
Walter Chaw
Suffused with intelligence courage and the unmistakable taint of life 
3.5
Read My Lips
Steven Rea
A sharp inventive mix of love story and film noir 
3.5
Read My Lips
Glenn Lovell
Overall it s the best French thriller since With a Friend Like Harry two years ago 
3
Read My Lips
Mary F. Pols
A vivid reminder of the true nature of chemistry between lovers and the rarity with which we see it on the screen 
3.5
Read My Lips
Bob Strauss
Anything but a feel good movie in its particulars Read My Lips nonetheless communicates a liberating message as refreshing as it is peculiar 
3.5
Read My Lips
Roger Ebert
Read My Lips is not about deafness lip reading crime or sex but about that discovery the plot simply provides the rails on which it rides 
3.5
Read My Lips
Michael Wilmington
This is a finely written superbly acted offbeat thriller 
3.5
Read My Lips
Steve Rhodes
Filled with Alexandre Desplat s haunting and sublime music the movie completely transfixes the audience 
3
Read My Lips
Gene Seymour
An ingenious amoral and atmospheric thriller 
3.5
Read My Lips
Jonathan Foreman
Read My Lips isn t just scary charming and delightfully unpredictable it s also smarter and subtler than any new movie out there 
3.5
Read My Lips
Pam Grady
Audiard has dressed an impressive psychological drama in the disguise of a romantic thriller 
3.5
Read My Lips
Ed Gonzalez
Their fascinating interdependence gives way to a power struggle built on unspoken trust and a series of daring demands 
3.5
Read My Lips
Vanessa Sibbald
While alone neither Carla nor Paul is able to succeed in life together they form a strange bond which brings them both power 
3.5
Read My Lips
James Berardinelli
Although the movie contains elements of a romantic thriller it is equally powerful as a drama 
3.5
Read My Lips
Harvey S. Karten
A Hitchcockian thriller that borrows from others but shines under director Audiard s unique touch 
3.5
Forever Young
Roger Ebert
Because the movie seems divided about its real subject it lacks the kind of emotional momentum it needs for its final scenes 
2.5
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Bill Chambers
In Daffy s increasingly harried responses to J L s unquenchable thirst for more story we get some sense of what it must ve been like to work at Termite Terrace 
3
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
Rob Thomas
There s a strange allure to the film how it whimsically and playfully approaches one of the greatest tennis players to play the game from such unexpected angles 
3
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
Mark Feeney
All credit to Faurat for that ability to forge coherence out of such wildly disparate materials 
3
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
G. Allen Johnson
McEnroe Faraut asserts was a man who played on the edge of his senses His film brings that home 
3
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
Josh Larsen
a call to watch things more closely 
3
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
Shane Slater
The film approaches McEnroe like a special animal to be studied But ultimately the effect is more akin to counting sheep 
1.5
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
Josh Wise
The documentary s labored juxtapositions create fission the feel of a director scrambling to dictate the game 
2
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
Roger Moore
Quite simply the greatest tennis film ever made and one of the finest documentaries to honor any sport 
4
Midsummer in Newtown
Robert Horton
Because of its intimate look at the struggle against grief Midsummer in Newtown gets a pass for whatever wobbles it has as storytelling 
2.5
Midsummer in Newtown
G. Allen Johnson
It packs a lot in its 81 minutes and does it well 
4
Midsummer in Newtown
Moira MacDonald
It s one of the most emotionally charged documentaries you ll ever see I m tearing up at my desk just at the memory of it so you can imagine how many tissues it took to actually watch it 
3.5
Midsummer in Newtown
Matt Fagerholm
Midsummer in Newtown is at its best when it simply observes kids like Gregory finding comfort on stage while channeling their inner creativity 
3
Midsummer in Newtown
Kent Turner
Powerful and clear eyed
3.5
Tony Rome
Matt Brunson
Tony Rome features the sort of winding plotline and tough guy characterizations familiar to fans of 40s film noir those down and dirty classics that usually found someone like Humphrey Bogart smacking around someone like Elisha Cook Jr 
3
Tony Rome
Roger Ebert
Sinatra turns in a nice low key performance 
3
Blackbird
Kam Williams
A gospel driven cross of Precious and Rent only set in a sleepy Southern town that time forgot instead of New York City 
2
Blackbird
David Lewis
Director Patrik Ian Polk makes the ending a little too pat but he makes us root for these characters to be happy and for their world to be a better place 
2
Blackbird
Stephanie Merry
Anything that can go wrong will often in spectacular fashion 
2
Blackbird
Diego Semerene
The film is like its main character too nave to understand or at least to deploy the reparative powers of camp 
1.5
Phobia
Matt Brunson
There s so little sense of style in this turkey that Huston s involvement must have solely consisted of yelling Action and Cut from inside his trailer 
1
Riding the Bullet
David Nusair
wholly ineffective 
2
The Prowler
James Kendrick
a better than expected entry into that most despised of genres
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Kelly Jane Torrance
Perhaps the biggest surprise though is Miss Cruz She has always been a more than serviceable actress but here she really shines 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
David Keyes
What you see is less reflective of old glories and more indicative of a new composure that inflicts a lot of Allen s newest endeavors in which characters are seen engaging in discussions that test the limits of their deadening comforts 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wesley Lovell
Although Penelope Cruz s performance is amusing the film feels a bit forced looking for meaning in Spain where there may not be any 
2
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Peter Keough
Many are hailing Woody Allen s new film claiming it to be a return to form I agree he s returned to the earliest form of his career the monologue 
1.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Michael Dequina
I want to know how clumsily delivering punch lines in halting English while playing a shrieking harpy is in any way Oscar worthy 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Christian Toto
Vicky Cristina Barcelona doesn t feel like your standard Woody Allen comedy And that s just one reason why it s such a joy to behold 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
David Nusair
a breezy effort that generally feels like classic Allen 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mick LaSalle
When great artists maintain their health and energy into their 70s amazing things can happen and they re happening with Woody Allen 
4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rene Rodriguez
Every time you re ready to count Woody Allen out for good he comes back and surprises you 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wesley Morris
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is fitfully good 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Michael A. Smith
A solid romantic comedy 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mike McGranaghan
Vicky Cristina Barcelona comes closer than anything to exploring Allen s famous quote made in a time of personal scandal the heart wants what it wants 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
John Beifuss
Allen s camera seems liberated by the sunny locations the director seems to enjoy Gaudi s architecture almost as much as Johansson s 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
John Wirt
Allen stages a late career coup placing his finely sketched characters in an ideal milieu of comedy romance and madness 
4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Lori Hoffman
Allen brings the angst of his Manhattan characters to Spain and tries to blend them into a story that has Almodóvar overtones but Almodóvar does them much better
2
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Kam Williams
A thought provoking cautionary tale juxtaposing blind adherence to American Puritanical values against some more open minded alternative ways of relating 
4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Gary Brown
This time Woody seems to be back on the beam 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is a trifle yes but it is a fantastically entertaining trifle that made me smile laugh cry and at times even coo like a teenage schoolgirl 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Gina Carbone
Isn t up to Allen s old school or new school standards But it s pretty And it shows again if you let Penelope Cruz speak Spanish instead of forcing her through English her presence will darn near suck the film right out of the camera 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Charles Koplinski
An engaging examination of human nature 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Austin Kennedy
There s not enough jokes for it to be comedic and it s not compelling enough for it to work dramatically It just kind of falls flat 
2
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Matt Brunson
The movie stumbles over itself while bringing fresh life to a number of issues 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sean P. Means
Who knew a Spanish accent could make Woody s familiar neurotic dialogue sound fresh 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Willie Waffle
Get rid of the Vicky and it might be passable 
1.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Claudia Puig
As exhilarating captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Maitland McDonagh
The best thing about Vicky Cristina Barcelona is that it acknowledges the maddening complexity of desire 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Peter Howell
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a comedy a good one and also one of Allen s best ever meditations on the many entanglements of love 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Chris Hewitt
A romantic drama that I liked even though I had no investment in any of the characters 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Lou Lumenick
Allen s funniest movie in years and arguably his sexiest 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Duane Dudek
a neatly balanced tale of a carefully balanced menage a trois among people with unbalanced libidos fluctuating interests and roving eyes 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Glenn Whipp
Penelope Cruz kick starts Woody s latest turning it into a dizzy daffy treatise on the place of passion in art and love 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rick Groen
A lightweight musing on love s infinite variety not especially comic and certainly not tragic but breezing along somewhere in the meditative middle 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Jeff Vice
this is one of the more interesting things Allen has done of late Tonally it definitely feels more European than anything he s made â even more than some of his other recent European film ventures 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Lisa Kennedy
After Vicky Cristina Barcelona you may feel you ve learned something about the world How lasting those epiphanies are depends on your constitution But you don t have to go native to enjoy the trip 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Roger Ebert
He is a little like Eric Rohmer here The actors are attractive the city is magnificent the love scenes don t get all sweaty and everybody finishes the summer a little wiser and with a lifetime of memories What more could you ask 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Jeffrey Overstreet
Woody Allen s work should be taking him deeper into complex and revealing stories about the heart Instead he s becoming more preoccupied with the lurid and the lewd 
1.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Michael Phillips
When it s over and the two Americans at the heart of the story depart Barcelona in overlapping states of confusion you re left with a tinge of melancholy that feels not plot driven not engineered but like a slice of reasonably complicated life 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Peter Canavese
Perhaps the greatest compliment to be paid to Vicky Cristina Barcelona is that it serves as a spot on emblem of Allen s own life philosophy cling to the transient pleasures as you re bound to be let down in the end 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Josh Larsen
Sex is usually an intellectual endeavor for Woody Allen but this cast forces him and us to get out of our heads 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Daniel M. Kimmel
audiences once cheered the notion of a new Woody Allen film Now instead we merely endure them 
1.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Vicky Cristina Barcelona the 72 year old Allen comes ever closer to Ozu s territory finding a kind of serenity in the acceptance of life s inevitable disappointments 
4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Dustin Putman
A comparatively minor success on Woody Allen s directorial resume but its reflective depiction of post collegiate confusion and yearning rings true 
2.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Steven Rea
While the territory is familiar the terrain is new Allen shoots his title city with an eye for its art and architecture 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Eric Kohn
The subsequent plot offers little in the way of inspiration but plenty in the way of amusement 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rafer Guzman
Another year another minor masterpiece from writer director Woody Allen 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Joe Lozito
Woody Allen s breezy comic fable is his most effortless and insightful in years and nothing short of a love letter to love itself in all its maddening glory 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Phil Villarreal
A recurring sentiment is that romance is only possible in a love that hasn t been fulfilled That may be true when you re talking about people but not of Allen s best films which never lose their thrill 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Peter Travers
In this light comic breeze of a movie Cruz is a gathering storm 
3
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rossiter Drake
Allen s latest is a comedy of refreshing depth that finds the 72 year old filmmaker invigorated by the picturesque backdrop of the Mediterranean coast and a perfectly matched cast 
3.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ed Gonzalez
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is basically the most arrogant film of the year an occasion for Allen to feign interest in challenging heteronormic ideals when all he s doing is advancing a simplified view of female sexual agency 
1
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
James Berardinelli
There was hope in 2005 that Woody Allen had re discovered his groove with the release of Match Point Since then however he has slipped back into the sinkhole of mediocrity that kept him from greatness throughout most of the 90s and 00s 
2.5
Song of Granite
Mark Matousek
Director Pat Collins s approach to visual composition is more interesting in theory than practice 
1.5
Song of Granite
Shane Slater
Song of Granite begins to outstay its welcome But until then it s an undeniable beauty 
2.5
Pickup on South Street
Brian Eggert
A film that spits in the face of patriotism in favor of human survival 
4
Pickup on South Street
Matt Brunson
This bruising brutal movie was a major studio release but still manages to emanate waves of B movie street cred at every juncture 
3.5
Pickup on South Street
David Nusair
a compelling premise that s employed to watchable yet decidedly erratic effect by Fuller 
2.5
Pickup on South Street
Michael Wilmington
While applauding the patriotism of his low lifes Fuller powerfully evokes a 50s world of brutality compromise and redemption 
3.5
Fauci
Joey Magidson
Fauci is a rock solid documentary about noted scientist Dr Anthony Fauci who has become both a rock star and a lightning rod 
3
Fauci
David Lewis
The strength of Fauci is its underlying theme which is really not about Fauci at all 
3
I, Claudia
Liam Lacey
Astute at maintaining the integrity of the original live feel 
3
L'Amour Fou
Keith Uhlich
L Amour Fou is a transitional work for Jacques Rivette the bridge to the superb Out 1 and its equally masterful re edit Spectre 
2.5
L'Amour Fou
Jeremy Heilman
One of the best French films that I ve seen 
4
In Darkness
Federico Furzan
An absurd movie that travels between genres and ends up being a ridiculous waste of time Full review in Spanish 
1
In Darkness
Glenn Kenny
I did find myself wishing that all films this narratively misguided were so directorially sure footed Makes getting through them a lot less painful 
2.5
In Darkness
Roger Moore
The screen s greatest man eater is ferocious even as the alleged blind prey of killers in this just smart enough thriller 
2.5
In Darkness
Keith Watson
Anthony Bryne s high flown style only serves to highlight the film s icky way of exploiting real world tragedy for kicks 
2
To the Arctic
Sara Michelle Fetters
I didn t feel like I learned anything new and for a documentary that sells itself on doing just that the letdown I felt sadly wasn t much of a surprise 
2
To the Arctic
Michael Dequina
Makes a most compelling and persuasive argument for preserving the rapidly diminishing Arctic ice 
3
To the Arctic
Lisa Kennedy
Yes it s a classy affair but the 40 minute doc s at times nerve wracking power comes from the subjects who put a furry face on the ongoing and daunting issue of climate change 
3.5
To the Arctic
Jennie Punter
A children s choir sings and a graphic of the movie title explodes into ice shards to heighten the dramatic impact Corny You bet 
2
To the Arctic
Lou Lumenick
Yes there s some spectacular footage But there s also an awful lot of filler for a 40 minute movie 
1.5
To the Arctic
Scott Bowles
Unless you re rich it may be the closest thing to being there 
3
To the Arctic
Moira MacDonald
Its breathtaking photography has a purpose beyond pretty pictures to remind us that climate change is causing the frigid Arctic to melt bringing disruption and challenges to the animals who can only live in snow and ice 
3
To the Arctic
Janice Page
A movie too focused on force feeding you its agenda is bound to come across as sorry but it must be said overbearing no matter how beautifully it s packaged 
2.5
To the Arctic
Chris Hewitt
The film is beautifully made and you will not be astonished to learn Meryl Streep s narration is perfect latching on as it does to the theme of nature s moms trying to keep their kids safe 
3
To the Arctic
Cassandra Landry
Catch it in IMAX and 3D if you can swing it because the gimmick works its butt off for this film 
3
To the Arctic
Ed Gonzalez
Though the film is light on anthropomorphization its aesthetic is nothing if not infantile 
2
Bug
David Nusair
Before it completely goes off the rails in its final 20 minutes Bug generally comes off as a slow moving yet exceedingly well acted drama 
2
Bug
John Beifuss
Overly metaphorical but at least uncompromising a surefire crowd nonpleaser 
2.5
Bug
Steven Snyder
A disaster on every level 
1
Bug
Michael A. Smith
you start to wonder what Friedkin has been doing for the past 30 years From the look of Bug I d have ventured not a darn thing 
2
Bug
James Kendrick
a claustrophobic thriller that slowly and methodically peels away layers of normality until we are trapped in a contagious delusion made frightening literal
3.5
Bug
Matt Brunson
It might have taken David Cronenberg that insect fetishist Naked Lunch The Fly to truly turn this into a freak out session 
2.5
Bug
Mark Dujsik
A deeply disturbing claustrophobic look at psychological trauma 
3
Bug
James Sanford
All of the actors find the right rhythm But even the performers complete commitment can t entirely disguise the fact that Bug doesn t seem to belong on the big screen 
2.5
Bug
Michael Szymanski
Friedkin expertly helms this relatively narrow focused screenplay by playwright Tracy Letts 
3
Bug
Jeanne Aufmuth
Both Judd and Shannon reach into the void to draw out raw performances that are alternately gripping and ridiculously extreme 
2.5
Bug
John Wirt
An unpleasant curiosity and train wreck of a movie that never completely sells its stage bound feverish events 
2
Bug
Bob Strauss
Ew Bug 
2
Bug
Matt Pais
Afterwards most people will be asking What the hell was that while still suspecting that the movie has something worthwhile trying to crawl its way out 
1.5
Bug
Sean McBride
disturbing but not scary enough to work as a horror film and not deep enough to work as a drama 
2
Bug
Linda Cook
A perfect film with a limited audience Bug is one of the strangest most mind boggling movies you ll ever see 
4
Bug
Dustin Putman
Dishonestly marketed but fascinatingly macabre Bug is about creepy crawlies as much as Magnolia is about frogs and The Squid and the Whale is about sea creatures 
2.5
Bug
Josh Hurst
The movie seems made for the express purpose of disorienting its viewers causing them to sink into discomfort and dread 
2
Bug
Claudia Puig
Bug won t get under your skin as much as it will assault you with its ghastly claustrophobic drama and over the top performances 
2
Bug
Ken Fox
William Friedkin and Tracy Letts adaptation of Letts stage play is a ludicrous foray into psychological horror 
2
Bug
Susan Walker
The cheesy soundtrack and the lacklustre acting undermine director Friedkin s efforts at turning an intelligent play into a scary movie 
2
Bug
Ted Fry
Bug may not be a big deal but it is a sublime and remarkably disturbing small deal that pays and demands close attention 
3
Bug
Mick LaSalle
Bug goes exactly where it needs to go to a place most filmmakers don t dare go and gets there brilliantly 
4
Bug
Timothy Knight
Bug holds you in its disturbing grip until the genuinely shocking denouement 
3
Bug
Tirdad Derakhshani
After nearly three decades of misfires major and minor William Friedkin the creator of The French Connection The Exorcist and Sorcerer is back in true form with Bug 
3
Bug
Lisa Rose
Bug is a twisted visceral film with an uncompromising sense of nihilism 
2.5
Bug
Kyle Smith
Bug buzzes around in random menace for an hour until its third act when zzzzzt it flies straight into the zapper 
2.5
Bug
Jack Mathews
Bug a tale of love desperation and conspiratorial madness comes off on the big screen as a wacky psychological snow job 
2
Bug
Rene Rodriguez
There s nothing about Bug you d call pleasant but this dark intense picture is the best and most vibrant movie Friedkin has directed in decades 
3
Bug
Amy Biancolli
In all ways Bug is a head scratcher 
3
Bug
Kamal Al-Solaylee
It s one helluva movie that makes Ashley Judd look ugly and demented while turning Harry Connick Jr into the most frightening screen thug since Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast 
3
Bug
Terry Lawson
It is certain to have an impact on anyone who experiences it even if it s not the movie they expected It does not just get under your skin it bores its way into your head 
3
Bug
Michael Booth
You leave feeling alive if severely disturbed rather than deadened by the unthinking horrors of the latest slasher films 
2.5
Bug
Mary F. Pols
When we learn what s eating Agnes the open arms she extends to Peter feel justified she s so deep into grief that it hardly matters what happens 
2.5
Bug
Roger Ebert
William Friedkin s latest film Bug begins as an ominous rumble of unease and builds to a shriek 
3.5
Bug
Wesley Morris
It s an oddball romantic drama that descends into comic horror and delivers Ashley Judd at full neurotic tilt a new angle for her 
3.5
Bug
Daniel M. Kimmel
Blame Lions Gate for neither sending this direct to cable or treating it as the art house movie it is Instead they have ensured the film s failure 
2
Bug
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a crazy intense creepster of a movie masterfully directed in great sinking movements It s The Exorcist for a darker time 
3.5
Bug
Willie Waffle
you realize they are just going to keep talking and talking and talking for the whole movie when you wish they would SHUT UP 
1
Bug
Chris Hewitt
Even when it doesn t quite succeed it s interesting 
2.5
Bug
Peter Canavese
Its brutal mental and physical outbursts will likely remain the most grueling screen scenes of 2007 but it s a shame Bug isn t more than it cracks up to be 
2.5
Bug
Michael Wilmington
A nerve rending extremely unpleasant experience but also a compelling one 
3
Bug
John Anderson
A fascinating exercise in paranoia and terror that sticks to the brain like intellectual flypaper Even viewers who decide they don t like it will find the film as hard to shake off as the insects that plague our two principal characters 
3.5
Bug
Josh Larsen
It s entrancing to watch and wonder just how crazy Bug is going to get Then the movie goes absolutely bonkers and you wish you hadn t asked 
2
Bug
James Berardinelli
After a well constructed first act the story becomes a little tiresome and repetitive and the characters who are will defined to begin with stray ever closer to the edge of overwrought one dimensionality 
2.5
Bug
Ed Gonzalez
Whatever has gotten into Friedkin let s hope it stays in there 
3
Duma
Mary Lasse
A handcrafted masterpiece 
3
Duma
Ty Burr
Too suspenseful for the youngest children but for anyone older than 8 or 9 it evokes nothing less than awe at the harsh beauty of the natural world 
3.5
Duma
Jeff Shannon
With ravenous alligators and lions on the prowl Duma delivers familiar adventure but Ballard refuses to cater to cuteness 
3
Duma
John Monaghan
Like its title character Duma has been left to fend for itself by Warner Bros which is barely releasing it A successful showing this weekend will prove that there really is an audience for this brand of thoughtful literate family film 
3
Duma
Jeff Vice
Director Carroll Ballard makes only one type of movie family adventures that feature some sort of wildlife To his credit however he does them pretty well 
3
Duma
Sean P. Means
Director Carroll Ballard not only captures stellar images of nature but feels the call of the wild in his bones 
3.5
Duma
Robert W. Butler
Exciting but never violent deeply emotional but never saccharine Duma is the sort of solid family film Hollywood is always being criticized for not making any more 
3
Duma
Steve Rhodes
An old fashion adventure yarn and an absolutely delightful throwback 
3
Duma
Walter V. Addiego
Family films can be simplistic or condescending but the joy of Carroll Ballard s work is that it s neither 
3
Duma
Peter Canavese
Grabs for the gut by stoking primal understandings about our loving but tragically distant relationship with the wild 
3
Duma
Jeff Strickler
Director Ballard s dime store philosophizing gets schmaltzy but the emotions seem heartfelt And as he has done in earlier movies he incorporates some spectacular backdrops 
3.5
Duma
Chris Hewitt
Despite the outstanding cast of humans Duma is the star and Ballard obviously places a high value on exploring the real behavior of a cheetah who is cute at times and potentially scary at others 
3.5
Duma
Timothy Knight
A visually stunning and quietly moving film of rare beauty 
3
Duma
Ken Fox
Moving and marvelously entertaining 
4
Duma
Claudia Puig
Unlike many lesser movies aimed at families this has heart humor thrilling adventure and stunning visuals 
3.5
Duma
Jami Bernard
I can t say enough about that magisterial cheetah 
3.5
Duma
Stephen Whitty
Ballard may give us some lovely pictures here and startlingly alive images of Africa s wildlife But the movie itself is stuffed 
2
Duma
Kyle Smith
A pleasing fable reminiscent of G rated nature movies of the 60s and 70s before kiddie cinema required CGI or hip cultural references 
2.5
Duma
Glenn Whipp
Ballard s pitch perfect adventure will engage your imagination no matter your age 
3.5
Duma
John Anderson
Ballard treats the quandary faced by Xan and Duma with a sure hand 
2.5
Duma
Ed Gonzalez
Ballard s new film not only scales much of the same terrain as Fly Away Home and The Black Stallion but it also exudes their humanist power 
3
Duma
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is an old fashioned adventure uncomplicated in its telling but rich in meaning It belongs to a vanishing breed Treasure it while it remains 
3.5
Duma
Michael Wilmington
Exactly the sort of movie parents starved for a good family picture in the theaters should be seeking out 
3.5
Duma
Roger Ebert
It s an extraordinary film and intelligent younger viewers in particular may be enthralled by it 
3.5
Duma
Josh Larsen
stays wild at heart even as it tugs at ours 
3
Duma
Larry Ratliff
Carroll Ballard Fly Away Home is simply the best in the business when it comes to corralling wild animals into the constraints of feature films 
3
Duma
Carla Meyer
Cat fanciers and adventure lovers will like Duma an engaging story of a boy and his cheetah 
2.5
Duma
Rob Blackwelder
While it would hold up well against other routine kiddie animal matinees all through Duma I kept thinking of last summer s similiar but superior Two Brothers 
2
Gremlin
Norman Gidney
The worst sin a film can commit is being mediocre and I think that is what bothers me so I can t pinpoint a single remarkable element positive or negative about this vapid waste If someone tries to give you this box do not accept it 
1
The Seagull
Jeff Mitchell
The Seagull does not take off and fly 
2
The Seagull
Mattie Lucas
Feels somehow staid and safe robbed of its natural theatrically and trapped by the confines of its own frame 
2.5
The Seagull
Joey Magidson
This is the rare play adaptation that is able to cast off its stage shackles 
3
The Seagull
Joe Friar
The English speaking cast gives the film a contemporary feel while Mayer uses the camera fluidly to avoid the perception that you re watching a play This is by far the best cinematic adaptation to date 
3
The Seagull
Josh Terry
While The Seagull certainly has its strong points the weak points make it difficult to recommend fully 
2.5
The Seagull
Rob Thomas
With an absolutely stellar cast the result is a sublime film that aims to be the definitive document of Chekhov s vision rather than take it in a more contemporary direction 
3.5
The Seagull
Bob Bloom
It s all very pretentious with a cast of fine actors spouting dialogue that sounds witty and meaningful yet more theatrical than real life 
2.5
The Seagull
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Try as they might the ensemble can rise above neither the material nor the direction and by the end we long ourselves to be that slaughtered seagull 
1
The Seagull
Roger Moore
A lightly charming chore to sit through
2
The Seagull
Calvin Wilson
Chekhov would be appalled 
1.5
The Seagull
Gary Thompson
Ultimately there aren t enough scenes to support the feelings meant to be generated by the tragic conclusion 
2.5
The Seagull
Ty Burr
Great thoughtful acting can take you only so far and The Seagull has been brought into close up without ever coming into focus 
2
The Seagull
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I found the movie to be just light enough to avoid feeling like a prestige project and just weighty enough to feel like it s worth the trouble 
3.5
The Seagull
Mark Dujsik
Chekhov s drama is played as a comedy of selfishness vanity and egocentrism 
3
The Seagull
Michael Phillips
Bening and Stoll in particular find all the wit vanity vulnerability and casual cruelty there is to be found here 
2.5
The Seagull
Michael O'Sullivan
If nothing else the movie is a double tour de force of acting 
2.5
The Seagull
Mick LaSalle
All in all this Seagull will do until the right one comes along 
2
The Seagull
David Nusair
The Seagull has lost whatever relevance it may have once possessed 
1.5
The Seagull
Peter Travers
When director Michael Mayer lets his restless camera stay out of the way Annette Bening Saoirse Ronan and Elisabeth Moss lift this Chekhov adaptation to the heights 
2.5
The Seagull
Godfrey Cheshire
The Seagull is handsomely mounted and well acted by a stellar cast but it s one of those theatrical adaptations that has no reason to exist for any viewer who can recall a superior stage version of the same work 
3
The Seagull
Kate Taylor
As film the results are often fabulous 
3
The Seagull
Katie Walsh
It captures the true sense of humanism at the very soul of the story which reflects both the lightness and the true darkness of life 
3.5
The Seagull
Bruce DeMara
As period dramas go this one feels a little stiff and staid 
2.5
The Seagull
Jake Coyle
For a distinctly Russian play he s made a notably American film pleasantly unstuffy 
2
The Seagull
Oleg Ivanov
Michael Mayer s film adaptation while certainly reverential to Chekhov s classic feels utterly conventional in today s cinematic landscape 
2
The Conrad Boys
David Elliott
Both very personal and very generic Along with square camera setups and flat lighting it has no going subtext except anxiety 
2
Who's Driving Doug
Nick Allen
The movie fails to create a full character out of Doug beyond his disability and general social awkwardness Mitte s broad performance matches filmmaking that paints a muddy picture of the hero s specific disability 
1
Who's Driving Doug
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s hard to enjoy a film peopled by so many unlikable people 
2
Our Nixon
Kam Williams
Trick Dick and Watergate revisited via lost tapes 
3
Our Nixon
John Hartl
The result is maudlin beyond belief especially Nixon s farewell to the aides he s in the process of firing but other moments simply register as shockingly out of touch 
3
Our Nixon
Robert Levin
A riveting portrait of a man in full 
3.5
Our Nixon
Matt Zoller Seitz
Often plays like a mortifying companion to the Nixon period sitcom The Wonder Years 
3
Our Nixon
Lou Lumenick
Mundane movies of events like the president s daughter s wedding and his groundbreaking trip to China are juxtaposed with Nixon s rants about his enemies and the homosexuals he believed were leading the US into decline 
3
Our Nixon
Liam Lacey
It s an exploration of the banality of evil that constantly puts banality first but this is a relatively narrow experimental film designed to supplement rather than replace more thorough histories 
3
Our Nixon
Kent Turner
An insular time capsule and a somewhat snarky tweak of the country s most complicated president 
3
Our Nixon
Tomas Hachard
The videos fail in their promise of revealing intimate moments but the doc highlights how close Nixon Haldeman Ehrlichman and Chapin were in other ways 
2.5
Dazzle (Oogverblindend)
Adam Keleman
Dazzle reveals the crack in the walls of humanity delicately reflecting upon man s inability to survive when emotional burden becomes too much to handle 
2.5
Love, Antosha
Steven Prokopy
Be prepared to cry and likely be introduced to a side of Yelchin you never knew existed 
3.5
Love, Antosha
Mark Dujsik
We see these people smile laugh and continue to be genuinely befuddled by Yelchin s existence his talent his compassion his health struggles his mind his humility 
3
Love, Antosha
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a fitting tribute to a man who appears as interesting and complicated as we could all hope to be 
3.5
Love, Antosha
Pat Padua
Mostly the Antosha of Love Antosha seems like a good kid someone whose life and tragic death should inspire us to spend our brief time here as wisely and as well as he did 
3
Love, Antosha
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Love Antosha is an illuminating farewell 
3
Love, Antosha
Allyson Johnson
The documentary manages to invigorate because it s difficult not to be swept up in the enthusiasm Anton Yelchin had for life but the note we re left on is almost unbearably bittersweet 
3
Love, Antosha
G. Allen Johnson
Price has given us Yelchin s most complete performance himself It is a cinematic gift to contemporary film fans everywhere 
4
Love, Antosha
Sara Stewart
Love Antosha manages to be both a deeply sad farewell and a fascinating introduction 
3.5
Love, Antosha
Matthew Passantino
Love Antosha is a loving documentary about Yelchin s life and career and it appropriately pays tribute to an actor who loved making movies 
3.5
Love, Antosha
Roger Moore
You will cry And you will laugh 
3
Love, Antosha
Monica Castillo
With Love Antosha there s now a coda to Yelchin s story beyond somber headlines and obits 
3.5
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr
David Berry
Reed and Shepherd do a reasonable job of injecting some level of balance into their straightforward retelling 
3
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr
Marsha Lederman
For viewers with minds made up about Omar Khadr who see him as a terrorist who should be locked away this documentary may make for uncomfortable viewing 
3
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr
Bruce DeMara
You will weep with sorrow rage and finally with a sense of hope at the indomitability of the human spirit 
3.5
Ian
Frank Ochieng
Moving and inspirational Ian is a sweet minded message of inclusion the need to belong and overcome differences that are perceived as glaring obstacles A winning fable about the determination to seek out personal friendships and experience acceptance
3
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
David Lewis
We can feel the bond that these two men had for each other and it makes for a genuine love story 
3
Under the Amalfi Sun
Roger Moore
It wouldn apos t be summer without an insipid Netflix summer romance set somewhere in scenic 44 sunny Italia 46 
1.5
Yves Saint Laurent
Mary Houlihan
The film takes on a dour note as way too much time is spent on Saint Laurent s drunken antics He comes across as sullen and not very likable This may be true to the man but what of his other side 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent
Nathalie Atkinson
The genius of the title remains as inscrutable as ever 
2
Yves Saint Laurent
Bruce DeMara
Does a film with haute couture as its heart guarantee an elegant cinematic experience In the case of Yves Saint Laurent a biopic about the legendary French couturier the answer is a tired non 
2
Yves Saint Laurent
Danny Sinopoli
Despite being sumptuously shot and competently assembled it provides no real insight into the tortured mind of its subject or the creative process in general 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent
Michael Dequina
Yves Saint Laurent as portrayed in the film comes off as no deeper than a symbol much like that familiar brand logo that dominates the key poster art 
2
Yves Saint Laurent
Peter Keough
Alternately meek and tyrannical repressed and Dionysian Niney s Saint Laurent remains both empathetic and obscure 
3
Yves Saint Laurent
Stephanie Merry
When he wasn t silent Yves Saint Laurent could be cruel and selfish He may have been a genius but if he was at all likable this movie doesn t show it 
1.5
Yves Saint Laurent
Rob Nelson
Its tendency to tell rather than show seems ill suited to a portrait of the man who brought haute couture to the masses 
1.5
Yves Saint Laurent
Maghan McDowell
Ultimately the story of Yves Saint Laurent makes a compelling argument for fashion as art and begs to answer the question if there is such a thing as innate taste 
3
Yves Saint Laurent
Moira MacDonald
Skillfully made 
3
Yves Saint Laurent
Farran Smith Nehme
Saint Laurent played with uncanny accuracy by Pierre Niney goes through nervous breakdowns addictions and affairs with gold diggers but remains a comparatively opaque personality 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent
Stephen Whitty
Had he seen his own bio backstage you can t help but feel he would have fussed with it a bit more before sending it out so unadorned 
2
Yves Saint Laurent
Christy Lemire
A tasteful and formulaic biopic visually lush but emotionally shallow 
2
Yves Saint Laurent
Clayton Dillard
For all of the supposed passion and anguish in Saint Laurent s clothing and relationships Jalil Lespert consistently neglects to imbue the film with such a comparable level of ambition or desire 
1.5
The Accursed
Roger Moore
Never gets up a head of steam never delivers a genuine fright and in the end never adds up to anything 
1.5
Blast
David Nusair
If there s anyone that can pull of a Die Hard ripoff it s Steven E de Souza the guy who wrote Die Hard 
2.5
Love's a Bitch
Matt Brunson
A brutal but worthy motion picture 
3
Love's a Bitch
Federico Furzan
A debut in the industry that feels relevant after all these years This is an epic story of power poverty love and guilt Full review in Spanish 
3
Love's a Bitch
Nick Rogers
Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu exert such control over the story that even a cute doggie disappearance develops into a toilet trained take on The Telltale Heart Warts and all Amores Perros is love actually 
4
Love's a Bitch
Margaret A. McGurk
Fresh shocking violent romantic profane and profound Amores Perros is a revelation a jolt of cinematic power and a bracing act of faith 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Rick Groen
Inarritu s talent may be derivative but it s applied to a setting he knows well and whose vibrancy he s keen to convey 
3
Love's a Bitch
Jeremy Heilman
The stories never come together in a way that really enlightens but that s not to say the film is anything less than entertaining 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Mark Dujsik
Even with its flaws it will be hard to find a film with as many complex characters inhabiting its world as this 
3
Love's a Bitch
David N. Butterworth
First time director Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu has taken an original story and fashioned it into a tale that is gritty multifaceted and brimming with edgy performances 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Ian Mantgani
Grabs our attention Innaritu is a clever visual stylist 
3
Love's a Bitch
Greg Dean Schmitz
The performances here are again and again natural and convincing with many of the actors making their debuts 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Dan Lybarger
In a single film director Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu balances stories and moods as diverse as canine breeds 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Michael Dequina
Inarritu and his cast are able to make the audience care for these deeply flawed characters and share their often intertwined feelings of pleasure and pain 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Ed Gonzalez
Give me Los Olvidados instead but this pumped telenovela is very much the film Kieslowski would have made had he followed Buñuel s lead and gone to Mexico 
3
Love's a Bitch
Susan Stark
Inarritu may well be the millennium s first new master film maker 
3
Love's a Bitch
Rob Blackwelder
Inventively restless and relentlessly potent 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Wesley Morris
It finds the human beauty that spills out of the knife wounds 
4
Love's a Bitch
James Berardinelli
Amores Perros is more than just a strong debut it s good gritty filmmaking 
3
Love's a Bitch
Roger Ebert
The work of a born filmmaker 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Jeanne Aufmuth
Six degrees of separation has never felt so merciless and ironic
4
Love's a Bitch
Rod Armstrong
A potent reminder that life is brutal and brief and that bonds between people are much easier to sever than to tie 
3.5
Love's a Bitch
Jorge Avila Andrade
Amores Perros es una historia de amor sin mensajes moralistas o edificantes Simplemente es una experiencia inolvidable
4
Love's a Bitch
Steve Rhodes
The level of violence is so gratuitous and so disgusting that I picked up my coat several times and started to walk out something I almost never do 
1.5
I Dream in Another Language
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Beyond the fact that the story has some originality in the cultural context of the film the truth is that the movie becomes repetitive Full review in Spanish 
1.5
I Dream in Another Language
Rob Thomas
I Dream in Another Language is a dream like film and its poetic meditations on culture and language are more compelling than its plot 
3
I Dream in Another Language
Keith Watson
The film is interested in the metaphysical challenges posed by language than in using it as a narrative device 
2
Schlock
Matt Brunson
Exactly the sort of low budget picture one would expect to be the calling card of a young kid weaned on classic movies and tattered issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland 
2.5
Black Rain
David Nusair
a relic of the 1980s 
2
Black Rain
Roger Ebert
Even given all of its inconsistencies implausibilities and recycled cliches Black Rain might have been entertaining if the filmmakers had found the right note for the material 
2
T2 Trainspotting
Brian Eggert
Boyle s sequel reconnects with its characters two decades later and treats them with a refreshing dose of the humanity and self reflectivity that come with age 
4
T2 Trainspotting
Matt Brunson
Like the excellent original this worthy sequel is similarly distinguished by some memorable set pieces superb dialogue and smashing performances 
3.5
T2 Trainspotting
Sarah Knight Adamson
T2 is uproariously funny from the opening scene to the zany re visiting all of the old gang The idiosyncrasies of each guy are accentuated which adds to the lunacy of tone 
3.5
T2 Trainspotting
Jeff Mitchell
A flawed sequel but fans will get their fix 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It mostly succeeds in advancing the characters dramatic arcs in interesting ways I mean who wouldn t want to watch old friends build a whorehouse together 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Lisa Jensen
There s nothing mellow about T2 or its characters but it s a savvy companion to the first film if you like your biting social commentary spiced with a dash of rue 
3
T2 Trainspotting
James Kendrick
Seeing these characters 20 years on has its own pleasure especially since there was no reason to think that any of them would actually live past 30 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
T2 Trainspotting is inferior to its predecessor but that doesn t mean that it s not an excellent drama with comedic touches and great performances Full review in Spanish 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Roger Moore
Amusing but somewhat toothless 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Rick Bentley
It s taken 20 years to get an update on the guys But the film proves that the pish and vinegar that made the characters so much fun doesn t weaken with time 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Sean P. Means
Boyle s visual panache and rapid fire storytelling bounce around the characters while Lodge keeps the mile a minute dialogue sharp 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Jeff Simon
In a time of year we don t ordinarily great films this one comes very very close 
3.5
T2 Trainspotting
Rene Rodriguez
T2 Trainspotting is mostly a character study of damaged people trying to reconcile their troubled pasts and find a motivation to move forward 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
James Berardinelli
Nothing in T2 is memorable 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
John Wenzel
Improbably the film vaults over most pitfalls of long threatened sequels while evolving the delicately crafted world in the original It s a more sober mature film but no less entertaining or provocative 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Tom Meek
How this T2 ties up isn t satisfying enough but enough loose ends are left on the floor for another fix in 10 or 20 years 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Christian Toto
Choose a good excuse to see Danny Boyle work his directorial magic on a nostalgia blast 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Sara Michelle Fetters
T2 Trainspotting is a fine reunion and while the punk portion might not be as raucous as it once was that doesn t mean these four men have forgotten how to rock one tiny little bit 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Josh Larsen
has plenty of energy and affection but not much purpose 
2
T2 Trainspotting
Rob Thomas
If Trainspotting was about young men running from consequences T2 is about middle aged men finally facing them 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Sonny Bunch
T2 isn t a rehash It s an evolution one that uses the power of the past to inform the peculiarities of the present 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Soren Andersen
With a pulsing soundtrack and an ending scene that cleverly ties the whole thing back to the first picture T2 is a sequel that is at least the equal of the revered original 
4
T2 Trainspotting
Richard Roeper
T2 Trainspotting has one foot firmly planted in nostalgia and the other rooted in the present and thanks in great part to Boyle s unique world class talent everything old feels new again 
4
T2 Trainspotting
Mark Dujsik
The good feeling of reuniting with old friends is too powerful here 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Jay Horton
By setting our anti heroes self mythologizing against Veronika s own willfully blocked horrors or the waking nightmare of Spud s all too clear eyed recall T2 doesn t quite indulge the same melancholy high of romanticized origins 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Mick LaSalle
T2 is not a great film but its pleasures are great and so rare and accomplished that it raises T2 to a level approximating greatness 
4
T2 Trainspotting
Ann Hornaday
A follow up that captures the brio and brotherly angst and affection of its predecessor if not its clarion sense of urgency 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Bob Bloom
T2 Trainspotting is a movie reeking of desperation made by a director going through a malaise looking for a spark to reignite his creative juices 
1.5
T2 Trainspotting
Robert Horton
In one scene Mark revisits his celebrated Choose Life monologue and revs up a new one but he comes across like a scold now taking jabs at cellphones and social media Suddenly T2 sounds like somebody s parent 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Ty Burr
T2 Trainspotting wears out its welcome slowly like a group of old men running out of stories to tell in an afternoon pub 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Rafer Guzman
The follow up is as wistful as the first film was wild which is another way of saying T2 feels like a ghost of its former self 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Gary Thompson
The movie becomes unexpectedly and unhappily for those looking for another generational anthem a rueful song about failure 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Katie Walsh
The referential treatment is wise it s truly the only way a sequel like this could get away with existing That interrogation becomes a quicksand in which the film is repeatedly and unfortunately bogged down 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Peter Travers
The passing of two decades can take the piss out of these era defining Nineties rebels Still there s a hard won wisdom at work here as well as an aching sense of loss 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Kate Taylor
A wittily self referential romp about the disillusionment of age 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Chris Knight
Being constantly in motion has served Boyle well and T2 manages somehow to both wallow in nostalgia and stand back in judgment of it 
3.5
T2 Trainspotting
Peter Howell
There s something reassuring about how little Sick Boy Begbie Spud and Renton have learned about life in the past two decades 
3
T2 Trainspotting
Kyle Smith
T2 is utterly bereft of ideas about aging taking responsibility or the virtues of a life more ordinary 
2
T2 Trainspotting
Stephen Whitty
The first film was revolutionary The second is evolutionary And therein lies the difference and the line between great and good 
2.5
T2 Trainspotting
Christy Lemire
An opportunity to wallow in grimy nostalgia seems to be its sole purpose 
2
T2 Trainspotting
Christopher Gray
The heart of T2 lies in the relationship between Renton and Sick Boy but their rocky reunion is another victim both to the wheel spinning innate in Hodge s script and Boyle s relative lack of fresh ideas 
2
Poor Boy
G. Allen Johnson
At the end the movie breaks apart like crumbling kaleidoscope images scattering plot characters and images in head spinning fashion 
1
Ouija House
Kevin A. Ranson
There s no rhyme nor reason for the characters to speak and or act other than to further the plot the conclusion makes even less sense than the uninspired setup satisfying no one and making viewers question their life choices 
1
Swimming Upstream
David Nusair
routine and banal 
2
Swimming Upstream
Michael Dequina
Leave it to Mulcahy to screw everything up with an overwrought MTV ready visual style that obscures any dramatic heft 
1.5
Swimming Upstream
Connie Ogle
Makes you sit up and take notice if only for the fine performances of the terrific Judy Davis as his abused mother and Geoffrey Rush as his bitter angry dad 
2.5
Swimming Upstream
David Elliott
Mulcahy is terrific with the family scenes the squabbles and tensions the interludes of desperately cherished happiness 
3
Swimming Upstream
Lou Lumenick
The grim material isn t helped by the hackneyed direction of Russell Mulcahy a music video veteran 
2
Swimming Upstream
Jack Mathews
Ends up merely treading water 
2
Swimming Upstream
Evan Henerson
Mulcahy has the good sense not to make those important races big climactic scenes Their results are not what s important here 
3
Swimming Upstream
Tracy Allerton
An inspiring story of triumph over adversity 
3
Swimming Upstream
David Sterritt
Rush and Davis shine and the drama is engrossingly told until it turns sadly sentimental in the last minutes 
3
Swimming Upstream
Ed Gonzalez
This woe is me melorama doesn t vie for universal cred all it does is aim for Daddy 
1.5
Hamlet
Peter Canavese
Tennant s restless Hamlet is never boring and it s not irredeemably a stage performance on camera at times like the ever intimidating To be or not to be speech Tennant curls up into fetal intimacy Blu ray 
3.5
Words and Pictures
Frank Ochieng
Words and Pictures is an ambitious romancer but its missed opportunities leave this charming but trivial tale of artistic rivaling viewpoints not quite making the grade 
2
Words and Pictures
Josh Terry
It is a thoughtful film about redemption and acceptance 
3
Words and Pictures
Dustin Putman
It is a joy to see a film that tackles the topic of art and its value in the world and all the better that actors of Owen s and Binoche s caliber can lead it 
3
Words and Pictures
John Semley
Barely qualifies as a motion picture 
0.5
Words and Pictures
Chris Knight
Maybe it s the words fault but there s something wrong with this picture 
2
Words and Pictures
Peter Howell
A romantic comedy about a match neither written nor pictured in heaven 
2
Words and Pictures
John Wirt
Word and Pictures fails to communicate 
1.5
Words and Pictures
Rob Thomas
In this battle of words vs pictures words win in a landslide 
3
Words and Pictures
Rafer Guzman
The actors are decidedly mismatched not to each other but to the material 
2
Words and Pictures
Steven Rea
Words and Pictures stars Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche a matchup that makes you want to like Fred Schepisi s film even when it becomes impossible to do so 
2.5
Words and Pictures
Mark Dujsik
T he real fight is between phony material and two actors who know better 
1.5
Words and Pictures
Moira MacDonald
One of those films that you want to like rather more than you actually do 
2
Words and Pictures
Ty Burr
No it s not fair that Words and Pictures isn t the movie we d like it to be But if it were better at being the movie it wanted to be that wouldn t be an issue 
2.5
Words and Pictures
Carla Meyer
Owen and Binoche commit fully to their characters prep school teachers who also are complicated intriguing people Words which is gimmicky and too loose limbed lacks such commitment 
2
Words and Pictures
Joe Williams
The movie looks like it was made for broadcast television the place where words and pictures go to die 
2.5
Words and Pictures
Claudia Puig
A love story that actually has something on its mind beyond romance 
3.5
Words and Pictures
Paul Doro
It talks a good game but it s unconvincing 
2.5
Words and Pictures
Matt Pais
A low stakes drama that shoots for intellectual flirting but mostly creates pretentious jibber jabber 
2
Words and Pictures
Michael Dequina
The remarkably unconvincing framework makes the expected rom com bickering feel all the more artificial and forced which is a shame when Binoche and Owen s chemistry is anything but 
2
Words and Pictures
Odie Henderson
If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words this review would be just a slfie of yours truly looking sad and confused as the credits for Words and Pictures played in the background 
1.5
Words and Pictures
Mick LaSalle
Owen makes Jack into such a mess that he casts everything into the zone of ambiguity Does Owen know this Perhaps he does and is intentionally subverting the film 
2
Words and Pictures
Kyle Smith
Clive Owen stumbles around the scenery doing unfortunate drunken writer shtick in Words and Pictures a formula movie whose script is yet more unfortunate 
1
Words and Pictures
Matthew Kassel
Predictable as it is lovely with disappointments regrets and resolutions all thrown into the mix of an uplifting tale 
3
Words and Pictures
Roger Moore
A well cast witty bore 
2
Words and Pictures
Ed Gonzalez
At least the irony with which this transparently written and dispassionately aestheticized film so demagogically argues for the value of words and pictures is brutally convincing 
1.5
Words and Pictures
Matt Brunson
Owen and Binoche expertly punch across the passion of their characters 
3
The Art of Political Murder
Peter Canavese
This well produced documentary does a great job of assembling key players to testify as to what happened in the 1998 assassination of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi 
3.5
Cut
David Nusair
the script is surprisingly clever and funny 
2.5
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Marty Mapes
Van Zandt gets his own documentary
2.5
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Joel Selvin
A documentary that in its spirit and feel catches some of the vulnerability and naive optimism of its subject Van Zandt 
3
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages a pretty fair portrait of Van Zandt and his personal demons pressures and joys 
3
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Lou Carlozo
A less than satisfying examination of the country singer s art career and demons 
2
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many music documentaries this is not a drab talking heads affair but a portrait assembled from evocative images and songs 
3.5
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Wesley Morris
An unnarrated collection of gently told reminiscences that rove impressionistically the film touches on various points in a career that remained a well kept secret from the start when Van Zandt began performing in the late 1960s 
3
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Tom Keogh
Both frustrating and touching 
2.5
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Timothy Knight
To her vast credit Brown doesn t attempt to psychoanalyze Van Zandt or linger over the dark times in his short life in Be Here to Love Me She instead keeps the focus where it should be on the lasting gift of Townes Van Zandt s 30 year career 
3
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Gene Seymour
Brown s film evinces a tender yet unsparing scrutiny of its subject s idiosyncrasies without getting too caught up in the romance of ruin 
3.5
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Kyle Smith
The songs burn with a dark fire yet there are moments when Van Zandt is less Bob Dylan than David St Hubbins 
3
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s Van Zandt s family that provides the film s most memorable moments from the second wife who declared life with him a bummer to the children still trying to reconcile the great artist with the very mortal man 
3
Muscle Shoals
Craig D. Lindsey
An occasionally doleful but otherwise lively trip Muscle Shoals is yet another cinematic shout out to those unsung heroes who came out of nowhere and made music that mattered 
3
Muscle Shoals
Kam Williams
Retrospective rockumentary deconstructs the secret of a legendary Alabama music studio s success 
4
Muscle Shoals
John Wirt
An extraordinary story of singers songwriters musicians producers and most of all two recording studios in a small Southern city 
3
Muscle Shoals
Eric Melin
It posits that the spirit of community forged by the musicians that created this music was part of its magic and listening to it in the movie it s hard to argue The records they created defined an entire genre and hold up today as completely timeless 
2.5
Muscle Shoals
Joe Williams
Director Greg Freddy Camalier augments the talking heads with unusually evocative vistas 
3
Muscle Shoals
Peter Canavese
The lightning rod figure here is Rick Hall the founder of the music business in Muscle Shoals At 80 Hall remains sharply opinionated and his extensive recollections give Muscle Shoals its spine 
3
Muscle Shoals
Marty Mapes
Even if the Muscle Shoals sound isn t on your iPod you ll like seeing where it came from
3
Muscle Shoals
Paul de Barros
It is hands down one of the best music documentaries ever made 
4
Muscle Shoals
Michael O'Sullivan
A mesmerizing documentary 
3.5
Muscle Shoals
Dan DeLuca
Like 20 Feet From Stardom another standout music doc of 2013 Muscle Shoals skillfully shines a light on unheralded musicians whose names usually are not illuminated 
3.5
Muscle Shoals
Austin Kennedy
If you re a music buff than MUSCLE SHOALS is a must see It s a well made Documentary about an important time in music history that s informative poignant funny and always engaging 
3.5
Muscle Shoals
Nathalie Atkinson
As the documentary demonstrates knowing it when you hear it is one thing but trying to explain the origin of the Muscle Shoals sound and its qualities is like dancing about architecture 
3
Muscle Shoals
Walter V. Addiego
It s mandatory viewing for fans of the classic rock soul and rhythm and blues of the 1960s and 70s 
3
Muscle Shoals
Mark Feeney
An alternately maddening and magnificent documentary 
3
Muscle Shoals
Dave Hoekstra
Do not leave the film until the last credit rolls by 
4
Muscle Shoals
Matt Pais
Has funky magic in it Ooh baby does it ever 
3.5
Muscle Shoals
Peter Howell
The film runs a tad long just under two hours and could stand another edit but Mick Keith Bono and Aretha are on a roll man 
2.5
Muscle Shoals
Roger Moore
Music history at its elegiac best
3.5
Muscle Shoals
Christy Lemire
It might have functioned even better as an hour long TV documentary But with such great music coming one hit after after another it s always a joy to watch 
3
Muscle Shoals
Stephen Whitty
The documentary is a little slapdash but then so is the very idea of what Muscle Shoals means Is it the town itself Or the celebrated rhythm section that started at one studio and then formed its own 
3
Muscle Shoals
Robert Levin
It s about music at its most primal and mystical essence exploring the way the soul of a place seeps into and informs the sounds that come out of it 
3.5
Evolution of a Criminal
John Beifuss
Without minimizing Monroe s crime the movie becomes a de facto argument in favor of justice tempered with mercy and understanding rather than mandatory and draconian sentencing 
3
Evolution of a Criminal
Moira MacDonald
Few documentaries are as personal as Darius Clark Monroe s moving Evolution of a Criminal in which the filmmaker turns his camera on himself and members of his family to retell a painful story 
3
Ratcatcher
James Kendrick
Done so deftly with such a exquisitely poetic touch and keen understanding of the paradoxical coexistence of filth and beauty in the world that you can forgive some of its narrative triteness 
3.5
Ratcatcher
Rick Groen
In any good film the opening shot is telling and Ratcatcher is a very good film 
3.5
Ratcatcher
Jeremy Heilman
A surprisingly assured and highly original directorial debut 
3.5
Ratcatcher
Andrew Howe
Ramsay seems intent on jettisoning anything which might arouse the slightest interest 
2
Ratcatcher
Jeff Vice
As bleak as the story is what makes this drama so compelling is Ramsay s ability to interrupt it periodically with moments of almost whimsical fantasy 
3
Ratcatcher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unforgettable haunting film with a daring immediacy that finds poetry in ugliness and decay 
3.5
Ratcatcher
Rod Armstrong
Ramsay wisely inserts some moments of grace into the lives of her young characters and these shifts make for some memorable moments 
3.5
I Want Your Money
Mark Moring
Like a Michael Moore documentary Griggs plays fast and loose with statistics enough to raise my own B S Meter and lower my trust I kept asking Is this the whole truth 
2.5
Caught in the Web
Mick LaSalle
Gao Yuanyuan makes for a sympathetic heroine but the satire has little punch and not much wit and too much of the film consists of people talking about how they feel about things 
2
Caught in the Web
David Lee Dallas
The film opts for didactic resolution instead of fully committing to the contradictions in identity and agency its main character embodies 
2
Tall Story
David Nusair
terminally sluggish and hopelessly forgettable 
1.5
All the Wilderness
Rich Cline
More like a visual poem than a fully formed exploration of grief guilt teen angst or feeling like an outsider
3
All the Wilderness
Christian Toto
Coming of age yarns sink or swim based on their protagonist The minds behind All the Wilderness chose well with Kodi Smit McPhee 
3
All the Wilderness
Susan Wloszczyna
Ultimately amounts to a visually ambitious tone poem about the none too surprising caprices of male adolescence 
2
All the Wilderness
Roger Moore
Covers a lot of overly familiar morbid teen who finds love ground 
2
All the Wilderness
Chuck Bowen
The images gorgeously embody both the fear and the beauty of James s exploratory experiments with socialization 
2.5
The American Side
David N. Butterworth
An extremely satisfying throwback to those classic gumshoe dramas of the 40s and 50s with their style and tone purposefully intact 
3
The American Side
Miriam Di Nunzio
A fascinating whodunit whatisit thriller that s sure to leave some questions unanswered And that s not necessarily a bad thing 
3
The American Side
Steve Rubenstein
The American Side is a swell trip on one of those cheesy carnival rides and you ll know it s time to get off the roller coaster when the credits roll 
3
The American Side
Jeff Simon
The film then will be a different matter for area moviegoers than it will be for others For us it is unfailingly enjoyable good in almost every way 
2.5
The Virgin Suicides
Matt Brunson
A visually resplendent if narratively unsettling drama 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Tom Meek
Sofia Coppola s directorial debut is a dark gauzy adaptation The laconic style of the film purposefully and poetically echoes the emotionally troubled tide that grips the sisters 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Nick Rogers
Sofia Coppola s compelling ethereal fable about adolescent loss of innocence is claustrophobic and uncomfortable but profoundly affecting and gently funny The Virgin Suicides advises teen years are sometimes best remembered as a long ago vacation 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The strongest directorial debut of the year 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Jeanne Aufmuth
Black comedy has never looked so good 
3
The Virgin Suicides
Jon Niccum
If Coppola s debut film is any indication talent does run in the family even if it is a somewhat disjointed talent 
2.5
The Virgin Suicides
Margaret A. McGurk
In the end the strengths of the movie are overwhelmed by what is pretentious unplugged and boring to boot 
1.5
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Westhoff
When a film s most sensible character commits suicide within the first 15 minutes it cannot be a good sign 
2
The Virgin Suicides
Jeremy Heilman
The film coalesces into a truly transporting experience 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Ed Gonzalez
Coppola s adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides s novel is both tender and devastating 
4
The Virgin Suicides
Jim Bartoo
Spunky directing debut by Sofia Coppola unfortunately plays like after school special 
0
The Virgin Suicides
James Kendrick
a compelling evocation of growing adolescent sexuality and the pangs and longing of true first love
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Gemma Files
Cool odd and languorous as its main characters The Virgin Suicides provides a fittingly postmodern debut for screenwriter director Sofia Coppola 
4
The Virgin Suicides
Roger Ebert
Coppola has the courage to play it in a minor key She doesn t hammer home ideas and interpretations She is content with the air of mystery and loss that hangs in the air like bitter poignancy 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Peter Stack
The Virgin Suicides captures in stylized vignettes the intertwining strands of innocence desire and despair in the psyches of teenage girls 
3
The Virgin Suicides
Dustin Putman
A devastating haunting motion picture of inconceivable power 
4
The Virgin Suicides
Michael Dequina
There are a lot of good individual elements on display yet they never quite gel into something that completely satisfies 
2.5
The Virgin Suicides
Steve Rhodes
With its morose subject matter this comedy would certainly have to be classified as a black comedy but its tone is disarmingly light 
2.5
The Virgin Suicides
Rob Blackwelder
One of the most promising directorial debuts in recent memory with the ability to cast a spell I have yet to shake three weeks after seeing the film 
3
The Virgin Suicides
Jonathan Foreman
It s hard to remember a film that mixes disparate delicate ingredients with the subtlety and virtuosity of Sofia Coppola s brilliant The Virgin Suicides 
4
The Virgin Suicides
Kasia Anderson
Though she wisely foregoes drawing simplistic conclusions from a story brimming with unanswerable questions Coppola doesn t scratch very far below the surface of this enigmatic fairy tale 
2
The Virgin Suicides
Jeff Vice
This corrosive tragi comedy is a surprisingly well put together little movie that achieves most of its goals 
3
The Virgin Suicides
James Berardinelli
Tragic haunting and sometimes darkly comedic this movie leaves a strong impression in its telling of a story about the destruction of innocence 
3
The Virgin Suicides
David N. Butterworth
Behind the lens Coppola s direction is sure footed her pacing perfect 
3.5
The Virgin Suicides
Geoff Berkshire
The movie will inevitably be compared to The Ice Storm due to time period and some tone similarities but it pales terribly next to that milestone of the genre 
2.5
The Virgin Suicides
Cornell & Petricelli
Virgin Suicides succeeds as a contemplative metaphor dream like and eerily detached 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Brian Eggert
Dramatically and structurally the film doesn t quite know how to feel about John s story and while presenting them in confusing visual terms it leaves the result admirable for its committed performances but also something of a mess 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Jeff Mitchell
A confusing mess one that Van Sant overcomplicates and creates narrative difficulties where none should exist 
1.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A movie with an asynchronous and fragmented structure built from a edition by the filmmaker himself Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Joey Magidson
The pacing is glacially slow 
2
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Joe Friar
The biopic reunites Gus Van Sant with Joaquin Phoenix who is sensational as politically incorrect Portland cartoonist John Callahan 
3.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Robert Daniels
Based on the autobiography of John Callahan controversial cartoonist quadriplegic and recovering alcoholic it s a story that should be rich in content but often falters from weak character development 
2
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Karen M. Peterson
This film gives glimpses into the promising director we used to know Unfortunately between those glimpses are a whole lot of problems that never really come together 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
David Nusair
Gus Van Sant does an effective job of putting an erratic yet often engrossing spin on the material 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Roger Moore
Jonah Hill and Jack Black are the real revelations in this Joaquin Phoenix tour de force 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Rob Thomas
Don t Worry remains as a sweet and sour ode to survival and beating back the demons inside Or at least turning those demons into dementedly funny cartoons 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Mark Dujsik
Callahan s story has been reduced to a string of miseries followed by a quick trajectory toward becoming an inspirational figure for overcoming adversity 
2
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Rafer Guzman
Gus Van Sant s biopic about a self made artist brims with hard won wisdom and terrific performances from unlikely actors 
3.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Bob Bloom
Joaquin Phoenix as Callahan adds another strong performance to his resume He again subjugates himself to the character burying himself in the role 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Sean P. Means
Callahan s work was politically incorrect before that idea had a name but it was also cathartic for him and for readers If only there was more of that in the movie about him 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Angelo Muredda
One eventually grows weary of granting that there might be some larger design behind such seemingly dashed off choices and accepts that Van Sant is perhaps merely as lazy as he is intuitive 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Robert Horton
Ultimately it works in large part because of a fine cast and Van Sant s sensitive work with them 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Tom Meek
The most telling and frightening aspect of Don t Worry however is its raw and honest depiction of addiction and the grip it has on the ensnared 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is Phoenix almost all on his own who makes Don t Worry He Won t Get Far On Foot something bordering on essential 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Barry Hertz
Can one wan directing job mute the sheer performance power of Joaquin Phoenix The answer of course is no Not this time at least 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Richard Roeper
The film sings with creativity and a feel good 70s vibe and some fantastic dark humor 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Bruce DeMara
Leave it to filmmaker Gus Van Sant to make a film about a hopeless drunk who becomes a quadriplegic into a story that s funny dark sad sweet and even sort of inspirational 
3.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Mark Feeney
There s a truth to life in that shagginess let alone a life as unusual as Callahan s But it does make it hard for Don t Worry to hang together 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Mick LaSalle
Don t Worry tries to find a compelling point or purpose but it never quite does 
2
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Gary Thompson
Can be looked at as Van Sant s belated bookend to Drugstore Cowboy 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Katie Walsh
The dark story didn t need to be sanded down for a Hollywood ending but after the pain and loss he endures the little bit of peace he earns while finding his voice is both hard fought and satisfying 
3
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Ann Hornaday
A movie that s supposed to inspire winds up being irritating instead 
2
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Oliver Jones
A movie about that most essential thing in life finding your people even when you don t know who you are yourself 
3.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Sara Stewart
As an addiction memoir it works well enough there are a handful of deeply felt moments 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Susan Wloszczyna
Van Sant the screenwriter does a disservice to the material by constantly chopping up narrative strands into bite size chunks and later circling back to key incidents 
2.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Steve Macfarlane
The film is disarming for its sincerity unalloyed in its positive thinking but unafraid of showing the gruesome details of alcoholism and denial to back up its bromides 
3
Leprechaun Returns
Matthew Rozsa
As a serious horror flick from scares and gore to actual story quality this is easily the best Leprechaun movie 
3.5
Another Round
Dominic Corry
Audaciously provocative and wickedly funny 
3.5
Another Round
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Comes back spectacularly with a beautiful bittersweet ending incorporating Mikkelson s impressive dance skills 
3
Another Round
Rene Sanchez
A profound reflection on happiness and second chances with Mads Mikkelsen at his best Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Another Round
Steven Prokopy
Another Round is about walking a thin line and seeking a bit of youthful joy while risking everything in the process 
3.5
Another Round
Peter Canavese
A strong performance by Mikkelsen coupled with an intriguing premise all add up to a compelling story about the role of alcohol in Danish culture or any culture for that matter 
3.5
Another Round
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Having it both ways doesn t quite work But at least we get our boogie on 
2
Another Round
Randy Myers
Mikkelsen is magnificent 
3
Another Round
Roger Moore
One of the best pictures of 2020 
4
Another Round
Pamela Powell
With equal parts humor and drama Another Round is robustly satisfying as it quenches your thirst for life 
3.5
Another Round
Anita Katz
Mikkelsen s dark streak complements Vinterberg s sunny tones and who without much to go on creates a multi shaded fascinating frequently funny protagonist filled with frustration anger and misplaced vitality 
3
Another Round
Tom Meek
The final 10 minutes of the film are unforgettable uncannily ebullient and hauntingly disturbing 
3.5
Another Round
Robert Horton
Mikkelsen manages to imbue two syllables with a kind of terrible retreat from life a despondent resignation masquerading as acquiescence 
2.5
Another Round
Brian Tallerico
Mikkelsen elevates what could have been another traditional message movie about living life to the fullest even after you think you ve had your final drink 
3
Another Round
Ty Burr
A stinging gorgeously filmed tragicomedy about male insecurity and the power of positive drinking it s the latest from the Danish provocateur Thomas Vinterberg 
3.5
Another Round
Mark Dujsik
It s a sharply observed study of ennui alcoholism and people s ability and willingness to make as many excuses as possible 
3.5
Another Round
Joey Magidson
As much as it sounds like tricky material it s not The film winds up being as funny as it is serious with Mads Mikkelsen delivering a top notch performance at its core 
3
Another Round
Katie Walsh
Another Round is carefully and delicately wrought the humor authentic and incidental rippling with pathos and longing carefully walking the line between drunken fun and the dark threat of alcoholism that looms 
4
Another Round
Bill Chambers
Mikkelsen is touchingly wistful in a role that s 180 removed from Hannibal Lecter but still counts on his innate combustibility and the film engages in some hilarious internal debate over whether drinking is good or bad for politics 
3
Another Round
Sarah-Tai Black
Another Round will prove to be a fruitful watch for those who are fans of the director s anxious social experiments however those who find his work to be a study in self indulgent intellectualism should stay away 
3.4
Another Round
Dwight Brown
A very pleasurable and sinful experience that could easily be made into an American movie à la The Hangover 
3
Another Round
Chuck Bowen
Thomas Vinterberg s latest like The Hunt is ultimately a parable about breaking a social contract 
3
The Player
Brian Eggert
Through Altman s incomparable perspective The Player would become the ultimate post modern insider s film whose deconstructive approach dishes on Hollywood culture in all its insidious glory 
4
The Player
Mattie Lucas
Altman structures the The Player like a film noir but one that feels like a tune on a piano being played slightly off key 
3.5
The Player
Rob Thomas
In The Player Altman creates a scathing satire of Hollywood and then lets his satire itself gets seduced by Hollywood schmaltz Because what better way to show how seductive it is 
4
The Player
James Kendrick
Altman knew Hollywood but The Player casts a much wider net by allowing the movie industry to stand in for the shark eat shark nature of modern business in general
4
The Player
Matt Brunson
One of the great motion pictures of the 1990s 
4
The Player
Mike McGranaghan
The Player can be admired even more now than it was at the time because it so succinctly diagnosed the sickness that still causes Hollywood to churn out too much soulless product 
4
The Player
Roger Ebert
A movie about today s Hollywood hilarious and heartless in about equal measure and often at the same time 
4
The Player
Chris Hicks
A highly entertaining dark film that says much about Hollywood and the audiences who watch Hollywood movies 
4
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Rob Thomas
In the past we saw a lot of nominated animated films that seemed to be trying to out Pixar Pixar mixing gorgeous 3D animation and frenetic physical comedy But this year s batch is more adventurous harder to pigeonhole 
3.5
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This year s selection of five animated shorts is the strongest I ve seen in a while with all five contributing something special to the bunch and no weak links 
4
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Keith Cohen
This impressive showcase of cinematic treasures all have in common the amazing way that a complete story arc comes to fruition in a brief amount of time The clear favorite to win this category is Day Night 
3.5
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Alison Gang
The Lost Thing s unusual steampunk aesthetic brings to life a first person narrative that really resonates in its 15 minutes 
2.5
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Chris Hewitt
Like any compilation it s a mixed bag but this year s films are stronger than those of the past several years 
3
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Mick LaSalle
Gone are the days of selected shorts on movie bills but thank the gods of cinema for this annual release of Oscar nominees 
3
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Moira MacDonald
There s no unifying theme here except that there s surely a short here for every taste 
3.5
Vampire Diary
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The screenplay is a tad overwritten but the acting is fine and die hard vampire fans will want to check it out 
2.5
The Northman
Robert Horton
It is disappointing that The Northman goes past what would have been a truly radical ending and extends itself for a zany climax that qualifies as Valhalla 46 
2.5
The Northman
Matt Brunson
A ferocious revenge tale that apos s heavy on the blood and sweat but light on the tears 46 
3.5
The Northman
Kevin A. Ranson
Beastly warriors 44 assassinated kings 44 and soothsaying seers look down upon a brutal landscape where the common person could be free one moment and conquered the next with little to say in how their fate will play out 46 46 46 it apos s best to be prepared for both 46 
4
The Northman
Sean P. Means
An authentic looking and dream filled world of a thousand years ago 44 sometimes beautiful and often brutal 8212 but always fascinating 46 
3.5
The Northman
David Nusair
46 46 46 an epically misguided trainwreck that couldn 8217 t possibly be less interesting or involving 46 
1
The Northman
Linda Cook
he tale of Amleth played wonderfully here by Alexander Skarsgård could be called Shakespearian 
3.5
The Northman
Kevin Carr
It s Hamlet with a lot more blood and a lot less clothes 
2.5
The Northman
Mike McGranaghan
Robert Eggers has a unique conception for the film and he s guided his actors and technical team to bring it to the screen with extreme vividness 
3.5
The Northman
Bob Bloom
The Northman may not be your kind of movie Eggers does not seem to care whether or not the violence offends you His purpose is to showcase a brutal time when life and death meant less than today 
3
The Northman
Mark Feeney
It certainly feels authentic there s a sense of constant otherness to what we experience on the screen yet with no sense of contrivance and that s what matters Everything feels strange savage implacably other 
3
The Northman
Mark Meszoros
You never would accuse Robert Eggers of being just another filmmaker 
3.5
The Northman
James Berardinelli
The Northman is gripping cinema of the sort that we get too little of today when too often a director s vision is diluted by box office imperatives and the lure of four quadrant appeal 
3.5
The Northman
Rene Sanchez
Realism and mythology converge in this grandiose and brutal visual spectacle that explores a familiar territory in the revenge saga genre Full Review in Spanish
2.5
The Northman
Richard Roeper
It holds our attention with unforgettable visuals and the sheer raw audacity of its premise 
3.5
The Northman
Tom Meek
Not all of The Northman works some of it s muddled visually and linguistically and at turns it gets a bit too feral for its own good but the immersion and mood makes for a mesmerizing and haunting odyssey 
3
The Northman
Ty Burr
The Northman is authentic atavistic cinema a bulletin from the before times fashioned by one of the great natural filmmakers of the present 
3.5
The Northman
Sara Michelle Fetters
A sensory triumph more than it is an emotional one this is nonetheless an enthralling endeavor everything building to a crushing finale of senseless masculine bravado thats as gut wrenchingly beautiful as it is tragically heartbreaking 
2.5
The Northman
Kent Turner
Psychological probing is squashed like many onscreen skulls It all leads to a slog of a saga of slaughter 
2
The Northman
Jeff Mitchell
The emotional connection meanders but the production and Skarsgard s physical performance fly sky high 
3
The Northman
Sonny Bunch
If youre looking for an unapologetically bloody and masculine movie with just a dash of eerie energy to it youll probably dig The Northman 
2.5
The Northman
Peter Howell
A payback tale for the ages 
3.5
The Northman
Diandra Reviews
The Northman makes you realize that perhaps an entire life grieving what you lost can truly stop you from what you can gain diandrareviews 
3.8
The Northman
Brian Eggert
Eggers does not care if the moviegoing public comes away having learned about themselves or achieved some measure of catharsis The film serves the internal needs of its protagonist nothing more The conceit is admirably single minded 
3.5
The Northman
Josh Bell
Eggers commitment to verisimilitude means that he conveys every sweaty grimy bloody experience of the characters in vivid detail 
3
The Northman
Jake Coyle
For the first time it feels like Eggers is relying on pagan pageant more than psychology to drive the movie and the result is a seance that doesn t quite spellbind despite a sincere effort to 
2.5
The Northman
Chris Hewitt
Northman is relentlessly brutal but the violence feels appropriate for a world in which there aren t any rules and where social change comes at the sharpened edge of an ax 
3.5
The Northman
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Hypocrisy is by no means fatal but despite a glorious climactic duel on a lava drenched volcano The Northman leaves weary familiarity in its wake 
2
The Northman
Josh Larsen
made with blistering cinematic vision 
3
The Northman
Mark Dujsik
Once the underlying ideas about revenge come into sharper focus the filmmakers don t develop those 
2.5
The Northman
Randy Myers
The mood the detail and the look of this production is extraordinary And the fiery showdown at the end is incomparable 
3.5
The Northman
Ann Hornaday
The Northman lavishly rewards fans of the swords and vandals genre even if it leaves the rest of us in bludgeoned bemused awe 
2.5
The Northman
Michael Phillips
The Northman fills out its widescreen canvas carefully and meticulously 
3
The Northman
Jeff York
More of Olgas strong character less of the bellicose brutality of the male ones wouldve helped Eggers in his critique of toxic masculinity Instead his savaging of machismo is dampened by all the savagery he insists on splattering across the screen 
2.5
The Northman
Charles Koplinski
Still and all theres something missing here While we may understand everyones intention theres no emotional connection with any of them 
3
The Northman
Emily Zemler
This movie is so visceral you can feel it reverberating inside your body which is exactly what makes it so delightful 
4
The Northman
Katie Walsh
It is melodrama and murder and mayhem and witchcraft its everything Robert Eggers does best on the biggest scale and its his best film yet 
3.5
The Northman
Steven Prokopy
Gritty bloody visceral and front loaded with a need for vengeance the latest work from writerdirector Robert Eggers The Witch The Lighthouse is so immersive and authentic you ll feel the muck between your toes and every blow across your body 
3.5
The Northman
Scott Greenstone
Despite efforts from the Valkyries and Odin s ravens this Viking action art piece is fettered to the ground by the demands of the studio gods 
2.5
The Northman
David Gonzalez
Never compromising his unique style 44 Eggers crafts a visceral Viking epic with The Northman 46 Eggerss spellbinding blend of blockbuster and art house gives us a haunting experience that will be celebrated amongst the upper echelon of cinema in 2022 46 
3.5
The Northman
Roger Moore
Never less than epic never less than the new benchmark in Viking stories put on film 
3
The Northman
Robert Daniels
Eggers brand of psychological shock is bolder here than his prior works and potent in bursts but barely works on boldness alone 
3
The Northman
Mick LaSalle
With The Northman we encounter the brilliant execution of a fairly demented vision To see it is to think simultaneously Wow and What were they thinking 
3
The Northman
Joey Magidson
In making the violent Viking epic The Northman Robert Eggers has found a way to craft a revenge tale that audiences will go for while not compromising his style 
3
The Northman
Mark Hanson
While the canvas of Robert Eggers latest is considerably broader than that of The Witch and the Lighthouse it feels as if its psychological chaos hasn t expanded accordingly 
2.5
100 Bloody Acres
Wesley Lovell
The film tries too hard to be the next big thing in horror comedy and ends up a trite rehash of genre tropes 
2.5
100 Bloody Acres
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a smartly written and acted and exceptionally well directed movie 
4
100 Bloody Acres
Michael Phillips
It sounds appalling but 100 Bloody Acres has a spring in its step 
3
100 Bloody Acres
Chuck Bowen
One sees a film called 100 Bloody Acres expecting the requisite allusions to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre but an homage to the best scene in Melvin and Howard comes as something of a shock 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Geoff Pevere
The irony is it s a journey with no escape 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Rick Groen
Too soon the stuff that seemed charmingly idiosyncratic turns annoyingly odd and then just plain annoying 
2
The Puffy Chair
Bill Stamets
Built on beats of deadpan timing and splendidly understated reaction shots 
3.5
The Puffy Chair
Jessica Reaves
An enjoyable road movie that feels both comfortable and completely fresh 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Matt Pais
An aching understated treasure that vividly captures two people who just aren t clicking anymore The movie is so small you could fit it in your pocket and so real it hurts 
4
The Puffy Chair
Moira MacDonald
despite plenty of bumps this road comedy gets to its destination just fine 
3
The Puffy Chair
Chris Hewitt
Puffy Chair has real sounding dialogue and a shaggy quality that works in its favor because it makes the outcome unexpected 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Phil Villarreal
Remember the Duplass brothers writer Mark and director Jay They seem to be imbued with the talents of the top moviemaking brother acts the zaniness of the Coens the insight of the Wachowskis and the comedic spark of the Farrellys 
3.5
The Puffy Chair
Walter Chaw
Uses Cassavetes laconic loquacious love stories as a template 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Lisa Kennedy
The Duplass brothers have stuffed their first feature with fine details Not all of them are comfy But they re well crafted and hint at funny ouchy films to come 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
V.A. Musetto
Combines a wise script with funky performances especially by Aselton who could give Jennifer Aniston a run for her money 
3
The Puffy Chair
Maitland McDonagh
Billed as a dark comedy brothers Jay and Mark Duplass shaggy ultra low budget tale of a tense New York to Atlanta road trip is more accurately a relationship hell drama peppered with strangled laughs 
3
The Puffy Chair
Nick Schager
The film never quite strikes a comfortable or graceful balance between silliness and solemnity 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Glenn Whipp
This debut feature takes two genres that have been done to death road trips and romance and makes them into a fresh funny clear eyed and involving film about coming to grips with adulthood 
3
The Puffy Chair
Pam Grady
It is a sad affair if only because this movie starts with a certain amount of promise that is destined to remain unfulfilled 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Ty Burr
The sly ultra low budget film The Puffy Chair fits right in with recent news reports about college graduates refusing to grow up already 
2.5
The Puffy Chair
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Duplass brothers have created three characters of amazing emotional richness each feels as if he or she existed before the movie started and will live on after it ends 
3
The Puffy Chair
Mick LaSalle
For the Duplass brothers and Aselton The Puffy Chair looks like the beginning of fine careers 
3
The Puffy Chair
Peter Canavese
Not very amusing its stabs at humor are low key to a fault and too sporadic but it is mostly truthful about yuppie love and that s something 
2.5
The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom
Mattie Lucas
An oddly self reflexive meta movie within a movie that feels like a very early precursor to the work of Charlie Kaufman 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Mattie Lucas
This is character based comedy without jokes or punchlines but filled with a sparkling dry wit that arises from the situations themselves 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Rob Thomas
What a pleasure it is to see a film that treats the elderly as more just the sum of their age spots 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Linda Barnard
A simple and endlessly charming look at a weekend in the life of an uncomplicated middle aged man living with his aging mama 
3.5
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Robert W. Butler
It s a gentle meditation on food and companionship 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Chris Hewitt
An Italian comedy so slight it practically evaporates 
2.5
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Calvin Wilson
Charming but insignificant 
2
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Sara Michelle Fetters
It was easy to drink down and pleasure to eat up and while it didn t blow my mind or rock my world it left me fully satiated to the point I hungered not a single ounce more 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Moira MacDonald
Not much happens in this wisp of a movie it s barely 75 minutes and not much is necessary it s all about finding a mood and letting it sneak up and envelop the watcher 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Michael O'Sullivan
If Mid August Lunch were a meal instead of a movie it would be something light and quick but not entirely unsatisfying A green salad with a couple pieces of grilled shrimp on top say 
2
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Mick LaSalle
You d have trouble finding another movie with such unforced appreciation of its elderly characters or such intelligent understanding of old age 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Wesley Morris
The movie is a perfect blend of calm execution and uninflected farce 
3.5
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Gerald Peary
It s like an episode of a superior television series that you d like to see week after week 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Liam Lacey
A droll geriatric comedy set during a Roman holiday in the heat of summer 
3
Pranzo di Ferragosto
Bill Weber
At best a cute anecdote that scrapes by at just over 70 minutes 
2
Rasputin
Keith Uhlich
Suffice to say that Elem Klimov s biopic of the mad monk Grigori Rasputin more than lives up to its title 
2
The Dust Factory
David Nusair
It s all very whimsical and fluffy but the bottom line is who cares 
1.5
The Dust Factory
Walter Chaw
I was rooting for the motes 
0
The Dust Factory
Connie Ogle
It could use a better title although this awful one certainly captures the film s tedium 
1
The Dust Factory
Phoebe Flowers
It s actually just kind of stupid 
.5
Blossom Time
Steve Rhodes
Farnese and Gavin play Southern mumblers which make them mysterious I suppose but also make them almost incomprehensible 
1.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Mattie Lucas
Fabulously funny and entertaining but also slyly moving as well 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Austin Kennedy
The movie draws you in and keeps getting better as it went along I have a feeling I might even enjoy it better a second time 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sean O'Connell
A triumphant lark 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Lori Hoffman
This screwball comedy is as light as a feather but what it lacks in substance is counterbalanced by the heavyweight actors who energize the silliness 
2.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Matt Brunson
The only thing possibly more praiseworthy than Miss Pettigrew is the movie that bears her name 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
John Wirt
Despite its often stagy stab at classic screwball comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day eventually finds its feet 
2.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Gary Brown
a screwball comedy that s as light as a hot buttery cinnamon scone and so much easier to digest 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Linda Cook
Once again Amy Adams is a wide eyed delight this time in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day And the wonderful Frances McDormand shines with a luster all her own in the title role 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sara Michelle Fetters
As for Adams her breathily robust portrait is one part Monroe two parts Holliday and one additional piece entirely of her own whimsically unique inspiration 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Claudia Puig
Based on the 1938 novel by Winifred Watson Miss Pettigrew is a veritable treat Wisely cast this handsome production is a delightful farcical fairy tale bolstered by moments of depth and emotion 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Ken Fox
It looks and sounds great and is at its best when it isn t trying too hard to have fun 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Philip Marchand
You can t criticize a soufflé for not being a side of beef 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Moira MacDonald
A lively and often enchanting 30s screwball that just happens to be brand new 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Carrie Rickey
This nostalgic Cinderella story starring Hollywood s scandalously underutilized treasure is a jubilee for McDormand and jolly good fun for most everyone else 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Lou Lumenick
I adore Frances McDor mand but she s seri ously miscast in a title role Emma Thompson could play in her sleep in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day an uneasy blend of screwball comedy and pathos set in 1939 London 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Elizabeth Weitzman
In adapting Winifred Watson s 1938 novel director Bharat Nalluri strains frantically to evoke the champagne fizz of classic screwball comedies 
2.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Stephen Whitty
A snappy adaptation of a nearly forgotten 1938 British novel Madcap chorines long suffering domestics a giddy playboy foolishly sinking Daddy s money into a show it s all here along with a happy ending 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Duane Dudek
A mixture of strange and obscure ingredients that Bharat Nalluri a TV director and Finding Neverland co writer David Magee never bring to a boil 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Joe Leydon
Working from an unabashedly contrived but splendidly clever script by David Magee and Simon Beaufoy director Bharat Nalluri keeps the mood light the pace brisk and the wordplay pleasurable 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Rick Groen
From the premise to the sets to the performances everything about this lively comic fable is dead predictable 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Wesley Morris
If dour Miss Pettigrew does indeed live for a day good for her That s 24 hours longer than this movie seems to 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Jeffrey Westhoff
Adams channels every dizzy 1930s ingénue as she sashays about in silk and exclaims Jeepers at every opportunity 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
James Rocchi
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day may be a fairly small scale comedy but it delivers tremendous satisfaction and that s a victory in and of itself 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sean P. Means
A carefree farce which this movie wants so desperately to be should move a lot faster and be more fun than it is 
2.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Ruthe Stein
Frothy and exuberantly entertaining in part because of the sexual innuendoes it s the best romantic comedy so far this year 
4
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
John Beifuss
This flat footed screwball period piece is aimed at the art house crowd which means it must take itself seriously which means it must stop dead in its tracks to address the waste of war and so on 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Adams can be a better actress than this and the result is something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit Miss Pettigrew is a real person and Delysia is a toon 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Daniel M. Kimmel
one of those madcap farces bringing to mind the era of P G Wodehouse 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It may feel insubstantial but it s far more accomplished than it appears 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Christian Toto
Miss Pettigrew recalls the screwball comedy era but it s more a stylish simulation than a full bodied feature 
2.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Willie Waffle
a perfect example of how you can make a quick witted funny movie and still throw in a bit of raunchiness with taste 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
David Nusair
the pronounced emphasis on the amorous escapades of both Miss Pettigrew and Delysia slowly but surely breathes some much needed life into an otherwise stale affair 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Jeff Vice
A lot of actresses might have shrunk from the challenge of matching her performance but McDormand is terrific And her British accent is subtle enough to work 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Dustin Putman
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is terminally pleasant Granted pleasant isn t a bad thing but the film calls for a looser more wild side that never quite comes 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Michael Phillips
By the end of Miss Pettigrew an artificial construct full of familiar comic archetypes has relaxed into a charming Cinderella story 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Jan Stuart
Director Bharat Nalluri compounds the chintziness with a full throttle approach that blows away any lingering nuance from the source material 
1.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Phil Villarreal
The closest it comes to being interesting is when air raid sirens blare bringing all the nonsense to a halt for a too brief respite But there are only so many air raids to go around 
2
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Josh Larsen
Amy Adams Delysia is a whirling dervish of deceit And yet thanks to Adams beaming smile she s still sweet 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
James Berardinelli
Miss Pettigrew is a feel good production that strives and succeeds to put smiles on the faces of its viewers 
3.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Jeanne Aufmuth
What a difference a day makes in this cheeky comedy of manners 
3
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Jeremiah Kipp
Brisk peppy light on its feet and trying awfully hard to be reminiscent of a fast talking Depression era rags to riches comedy the film can be best described as inoffensive 
2
Suzanne's Career
Matt Brunson
Middling Rohmer 
2.5
Body of Evidence
Michael Dequina
Tries hard to be hot and steamy but ends up being lifeless and laughable 
0
Body of Evidence
Roger Ebert
I ve seen comedies with fewer laughs than Body of Evidence and this is a movie that isn t even trying to be funny 
0.5
Body of Evidence
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of poor effort that s difficult to forgive 
1
Backcountry
Chris Alexander
For what it intends to do BACKCOUNTRY is an almost perfectly realized film making the best of its humble budget and exploiting its stunning locations to maximum effect 
3.5
Backcountry
David Nusair
Backcountry ultimately feels like a short film that apos s been clumsily expanded to a feature length running time 46 
2
Backcountry
Geoff Pevere
Backcountry thrives in the close quarter details the verbal knife pricks of a dying relationship the jangling impact of the smallest sounds breaking silence that dread certainty that you re completely lost and it s getting dark 
3
Backcountry
David Berry
The result is 90 straight minutes of rising tension never so much relieved as occasionally back pedalled to take another mad run at Alex and Jenn and us 
3
Backcountry
Linda Barnard
MacDonald does quite well in his dramatic feature debut with solid performances from the cast Backcountry is satisfyingly intense although quite gory in patches 
3
Backcountry
Josh Spiegel
Backcountry may zig instead of zag from its facile setup but even the payoff doesn t stand out 
2
Backcountry
Glenn Lovell
The alone in the wilderness survival number gets a serious kick in the hindquarters MacDonald harvests gooseflesh the old fashioned way by suggesting much showing little 
3
Backcountry
Glenn Kenny
Apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up which I suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its effectiveness 
2.5
Backcountry
Mark Dujsik
This isn t about the bear It s about two people who get in way over their heads in thinking they know nature and each other 
3
Backcountry
Dustin Putman
Concocted with ace precision worthy of a spectacle of well earned winces and gasps 
3
Backcountry
Mike McGranaghan
Almost traumatically intense The film continually cranks up the danger creating a scenario that becomes more and more harrowing with every passing minute A superb chiller 
3.5
Backcountry
Chuck Bowen
After a surprising development the film grows slack and sentimental reverting to the survival movie platitude about hardship making you a better human 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
David Nusair
a genuinely thrilling movie that s appropriate for all ages 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Margaret A. McGurk
The screenplay by John Fusco is steeped in simple minded stereotypes as well as the usual anthropomorphic silliness 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Jorge Avila Andrade
Spirit llega directamente al corazn dejando una inolvidable leccin de libertad y humanidad que simple y sencillamente lo cautivar
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Loren King
A welcome family film that extols noble values and offers first class animation 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Ian Mantgani
It s drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational and yet it s so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Forrest Hartman
Aside from its nod to silent films Spirit does little to distinguish itself from the scores of straight to video movies peddled to kids 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
David N. Butterworth
A fine family film that hits all the emotional buttons 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Jeffrey Westhoff
Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron proves traditional animation still can feel its oats when filmmakers have a worthwhile story to draw on 
3.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Michael Szymanski
Call me a wimp but I cried not once but three times in this animated sweet film 
3.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Bob Grimm
A beautiful looking movie that suffers a bit due to some lousy Bryan Adams songs
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Mark Dujsik
Unfortunately forgettable and particularly typical 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Phil Villarreal
A straight shooting family film which awards animals the respect they ve rarely been given 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Gary Brown
The reasonably brief 82 minutes but beautifully hand drawn Spirit is worth the ride for small children 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Joe Leydon
The pretty pictures aren t enough to enliven a slow pokey horse opera that plays like blandly generic kid stuff 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Sean P. Means
The animation is breathtaking and it s a shame the script can t keep up 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Susan Stark
As animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Claudia Puig
A movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Tom Sander
A fine rousing G rated family film aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown ups from squirming in their seats 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Tom Keogh
Adams hoarse anthems become a betrayal of this horse opera s true potential fortunately there is enough fine achievement here to make the film worth seeing 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Mick LaSalle
A mishmash that is sometimes moving sometimes absurd and most of the time just oddly off balance 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
David Elliott
It should satisfy the kids it was made for 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Joe Baltake
Refusing to condescend to us with the usual cutesy anthropomorphic qualities often foisted on animated animals Asbury and Cook keep matters realistic 
3.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Steven Rea
A cartoon that s truly cinematic in scope and a story that s compelling and heartfelt even if the heart belongs to a big four legged herbivore 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Gene Seymour
Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Rene Rodriguez
A beautifully rendered but unimaginatively plotted cartoon about settlers Native Americans and the horses caught in between 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Robert W. Butler
It s almost too beautiful to be taken in at one sitting a sort of summation of all our subconscious yearnings for the mythic American West 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Dustin Putman
Individual moments in Spirit are better than its whole 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Ray Conlogue
A strange often intriguing animated film for children and young adults that takes a lot of chances and only occasionally stumbles 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Terry Lawson
Spirit combines the hand drawn artfulness of 2 D with computer generated 3 D backdrops and effects so seamlessly that it s hard to tell what was done by man what by mouse 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Jeff Vice
The animation merely serves up a predictable maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Roger Ebert
Uncluttered by comic supporting characters and cute sidekicks Spirit is more pure and direct than most of the stories we see in animation a fable I suspect younger viewers will strongly identify with 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Lou Lumenick
A boring wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater 
1
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Bob Strauss
Kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie And adults will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film s lamer instincts are in the saddle 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Walter Chaw
Surprisingly dark and probably unintentionally twisted 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Chris Hewitt
Spirit is funny emotionally involving and suspenseful even if some of the time your suspense comes from wondering how long of a break you ll get before you have to sit through another forgettable Adams tune 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Jackie Loohauis
Spirit s lesson of bravery is also a worthy one for children and adults to remember in a troubled world If only Spirit s filmmakers had found a different way to deliver the message 
1.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Tony Toscano
The film is an enjoyable family film pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Glenn Lovell
At its most basic this cartoon adventure is that wind in the hair exhilarating 
3.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Mary Kalin-Casey
Stallion of the Cimarron has much to offer horse loving youngsters 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Mary F. Pols
Like Shrek Spirit s visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Erik Childress
Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron should be destined to remain towards the cream of the crop of family pictures to see 
3.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Ross Anthony
brimming with the quiet strong spirit of the American West from the viewpoint of a horse 
4
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Rob Blackwelder
Take away the gratingly whiney soundtrack anthems by Bryan Adams and Spirit has the heart of a winning animated mini epic 
2.5
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Steve Rhodes
Let me boldly state the obvious even if most people are reluctant to admit it Please bring back the talking animals and please give the animators computers to produce their drawings 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Jeanne Aufmuth
Break out the Kleenex Spirit s story is stirring to the point of tears 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
James Berardinelli
As a kids movie Spirit is a resounding success 
3
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Ed Gonzalez
Everything feels extra maudlin when set to bloodcurdling anthems from Bryan Adams 
2
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Harvey S. Karten
Thrilling for kids just watchable for the big fry 
3
Ethan Frome
Peter Stack
It s impossible to improve on Edith Wharton s great short novel of thwarted love but this adaptation directed by John Madden is sensitive to the story s bleak wintry beauty 
3
Ethan Frome
Jackie Potts
Based on Wharton s chilling Gothic novel of 1911 Ethan Frome is a claustrophobic tale of thwarted love that never quite stirs your compassion 
2
Ethan Frome
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie they used to show us in high school English class where it gave literature a bad name 
1.5
Ethan Frome
Steve Rhodes
Even when you know it is coming it still takes your breath away 
3
Pacific Heights
Roger Ebert
As a story idea Pacific Heights has a certain appeal The movie s problem is in its execution 
2
DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Chris Hicks
I was pleasantly surprised at how clever and funny the film is 
2.5
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Carrie Rickey
Narrated by J K Simmons the film is a spectacular highlights reel of its subject s staggering achievements on the diamond 
3
The Bay of Silence
Kathy Fennessy
If 91 Paula van der Oest apos s 93 film isn apos t quite the disaster its reputation might suggest 44 it doesn apos t add up to a whole lot 44 despite the filmmaker apos s attempts to grapple with serious issues like mental illness and sexual abuse 46 
2.5
The Bay of Silence
Odie Henderson
Being jerked around by a thriller can be fun but there are more red herrings in this movie than there are fish in the sea They all stink 
1
The Bay of Silence
Mark Dujsik
Much of this story is ultimately a hunt for exposition 
1.5
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Keith Garlington
8220 Happy Happy Joy Joy 8221 adds a bitter taste to what was one of my favorite cartoons featuring two of my favorite animated characters 46 
3.5
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Joey Magidson
Happy Happy Joy Joy The Ren Stimpy Story is a tale of two documentaries The one focused on just the making of the show is entertaining thorough and a real winner 
3
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers didn t do what they should have done which was to bulldoze their edit and start over to put the art of Red Stimpy and the abusive treatment of his Spumco staff in context of Kricfalusi s actions as an alleged sexual predator 
2
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Phil Villarreal
Takes an incisive look at the show and proves that the way the sausage was made was often brutal 
3.5
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Mike McGranaghan
Happy Happy Joy Joy really delves into the good the bad and the ugly of what it takes to create a show that breaks all the rules 
4
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Robert Daniels
Happy Happy Joy Joy The Ren Stimpy Story is engrossing and gutsy and tactfully executed but could be more combative 
3
Transsiberian
Barry Paris
Writer director Brad Anderson provides his Hitchcockian thriller with an increasingly startling plot that is nothing if not unpredictable 
3
Transsiberian
Mattie Lucas
Anderson has shown a keen eye for suspense of the less is more vein allowing the audience to create their own shadows on the wall where none exist 
3
Transsiberian
Peter Keough
Although it doesn t go as far as Strangers on a Train TransSiberian is worth the ride 
3
Transsiberian
Jay Antani
As Hitchcockian thrillers go it s one of the smarter and more absorbing ones made in recent years
3
Transsiberian
Wesley Morris
Unfortunately there s never a moment where you can t see Anderson and his co writer Will Conroy yanking on the strings 
2
Transsiberian
Ruthe Stein
As Alfred Hitchcock demonstrated three times trains make a nifty setting for a thriller 
3
Transsiberian
Sean P. Means
Anderson uses snowy locations to impose a chilly menace on the characters and the script ratchets the tension at a sneakily measured pace 
3
Transsiberian
Jeff Vice
Transsiberian has more twists and turns in it than the real life extensive train route that gives this independently produced suspense thriller its name 
3
Transsiberian
Phil Villarreal
Takes a more cerebral route toying with your expectations only to give you something else whispering hints of what fate might have in store for the characters after the credits roll 
3.5
Transsiberian
Robert W. Butler
This diverting effort from writer director Brad Anderson is a generally satisfying fish out of water thriller in which two squeaky clean Americans find themselves caught up in a web of death drugs and disappearances 
3
Transsiberian
Rene Rodriguez
Transsiberian is a model of audience manipulation a slow fuse thriller that builds its suspense gradually in increments until it has becomes close to unbearable Then it pushes things just a little further until you re squirming in your seat 
3
Transsiberian
Chris Hewitt
Transsiberian is fantastic 
3.5
Transsiberian
Austin Kennedy
Some might think this film is unbelievable and they re right But Hitchcock films aren t either They re just fun rollercoaster rides so check your brain at the door and have a blast 
4
Transsiberian
Steven Rea
A morally complex if plot wobbly thriller set on the Trans Siberian Express as it rockets well creaks and groans through snowy forests and forgotten towns 
3
Transsiberian
Roger Ebert
Transsiberian starts in neutral taking the time to introduce its characters and then goes from second into high like greased lightning I was a little surprised to notice how thoroughly it wound me up This is a good one 
3.5
Transsiberian
Christian Toto
Transsiberian shows there s plenty of life left in the strangers on a train genre 
3
Transsiberian
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end while I wanted more I can t exactly say I felt cheated and considering all the crap I ve endured so far this year that s one trait I can t help but applaud 
2.5
Transsiberian
Todd Hertz
It s got that classic thriller feel where characters are slowly caught in a mousetrap and they have to find their way out It s a slow menacing burn 
3
Transsiberian
Joe Lozito
Modest thriller set aboard the titular train plays like low suspense Hitchcock until sadly in the last act it derails 
2.5
Transsiberian
Maitland McDonagh
The execution is masterful and even as you see the building blocks of the climax being put into place it s a delight to watch them fit just so 
3
Transsiberian
Lou Lumenick
An atmospheric Hitchcockian thriller set aboard a famed train route Brad Anderson s Transsiberian is a genuine sleeper that jump starts an almost extinct genre 
3
Transsiberian
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even if you ve seen lots of movies of this type and can figure out exactly what s going to happen Anderson takes great pleasure in the pure form and execution of it 
3
Transsiberian
Jonathan W. Hickman
Transsiberian is a film that fails to make us care enough to be concerned about the peril faced by its protagonists 
2
Transsiberian
Nick Schager
Transsiberian eventually reveals itself to be scatterbrained thematically 
2.5
Big Stone Gap
Richard Roeper
By the time we get to the final borderline ludicrous moments in Big Stone Gap I wasn t even surprised by the overwhelming sappiness of it all 
1
Big Stone Gap
Glenn Kenny
The movie ambles along amiably enough for a while it s better if you are a fan of one or more members of the cast 
2.5
Big Stone Gap
Soren Andersen
It s tempting to say Big Stone Gap is greeting card pretty and sweet but that doesn t quite fit because these days greeting cards seem to have developed a bit of an edge Big Stone Gap is edge free 
2
Big Stone Gap
Molly Eichel
The plot itself has little momentum and what should feel dramatic instead feels inert 
2
Big Stone Gap
Jen Chaney
The warmth of spirit behind this project allows its missteps to be mostly forgiven 
2
Big Stone Gap
Kyle Smith
Good nature counts for something but it s all so comfy you may fall asleep 
2
Big Stone Gap
Roger Moore
A novel setting surrenders to a seriously corny rural romance with not nearly enough laughs to put it over 
2
Severance
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Will surely make you laugh but the guffaws are few and far between That s hardly a caveat when you consider the statement made here though 
3
Severance
John Beifuss
Like a special episode of The Office scripted by Clive Barker 
3
Severance
Bruce Westbrook
The cast shows spark and gusto especially Laura Harris as a vulnerable yet intrepid survivor type and Danny Dyer as a bent druggie who straightens out long enough to fight back 
2.5
Severance
Terry Lawson
It is wonderfully wry and contains some great gags 
3
Severance
Michael Booth
So there s still a smart office horror movie left to be made In the meantime Severance is just another paycheck 
2
Severance
Sean P. Means
Smith paces the gore too unevenly leaving the cast standing around and griping for vast chunks of time And the jokes are either too broad or too underplayed 
2
Severance
Jeff Vice
It turns into yet another graphic Hostel style killfest that eventually washes away all the fun with lots of blood 
2
Severance
Rob Salem
Like Shaun of the Dead the movie enthusiastically embraces all the grotesque clichés we love and have come to expect from the form turning several on their ear 
3
Severance
John Hartl
At heart it s a sophisticated variation on Friday the 13th a splatter film with a slightly more interesting collection of targets 
2.5
Severance
Gary Thompson
Comparisons to Shaun of the Dead are wildly overblown Shaun had pages of hilarious dialogue and Severance has well none 
1
Severance
Rick Groen
You got your humour you got your horror simply ratchet up both and voilà Severance or as the billing not inaccurately puts it The Office Meets Deliverance 
3
Severance
Bill Stamets
Splatter comedy meets comic splatter in this brash crossover film that puts seven white collar workers in the scary wilds of Hungary where psycho killer Russian ex military lurk 
3
Severance
Wesley Morris
The filmmakers want to have it both ways the funny and the sadistic but rarely do so at the same time with any success 
2.5
Severance
Steven Rea
Severance will have you laughing one minute and feeling terribly unsettled the next 
3
Severance
Michael Phillips
Funny and scary in deftly equal measure 
3.5
Severance
Matt Pais
For British horror comedy we ll take Shaun of the Dead and for funny office dynamics we ll take The Office 
2
Severance
Glenn Whipp
It does possess an enjoyably English gallows humor along with a strong visual style and a knack for making its bloody mayhem both creepy and droll 
3
Severance
Peter Hartlaub
If you can handle the warts and all filmmaking Severance is definitely worth your time if not your 9 50 In other words wait a few months and definitely check it out as a rental 
2
Severance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The strong cast of somewhat familiar faces meshes well and the film s first half contains some wonderful byplay 
2.5
Severance
Ken Fox
It s both very funny and very scary and never descends to the level of spoof 
3
Severance
Lisa Rose
The irony is thick and the deaths are brutal as horror and humor are spliced with social commentary The British film sends up scary movies while building characters whose fates matter to the audience 
3
Severance
V.A. Musetto
A sloppy implausible slasher movie 
1.5
Severance
Elizabeth Weitzman
You ll need a strong stomach but director Christopher Smith mixes lots of laughs into the gore Despite its predictable finish Severance is bloody good fun 
2.5
Severance
Sara Michelle Fetters
But it all ends up being such deliciously scary stuff and the comeuppance leveled upon the attackers is so gloriously macabre and warranted putting up with a few distasteful bits is a hardship I m almost happy to endure 
3
Severance
Dustin Putman
Like a lesser 80s slasher movie Severance is fine while it lasts and forgettable once it s over 
2
Severance
Jan Stuart
Christopher Smith s Severance is an odd but entirely welcome duck a horror spoof that strays into zones of political and ethical consequence without ever becoming mired in them 
3
Severance
James Berardinelli
The pacing is uneven leading to a bumpy road where laughter and gore sometimes complement each other and sometimes are at odds This makes Severance more of a mixed bag than an unqualified success 
2.5
Severance
Kam Williams
A comical cautionary tale which ought to trigger a little paranoia in the souls of any advocates of the Military Industrial Complex 
3.5
Severance
Peter Travers
Director and co writer Christopher Smith mischievously blending The Office with Friday the 13th keeps things fierce and funny enough to give Steve Carell ideas 
3
Severance
Rudy Joggerst
It s a brutal gruesome horror film with a dose of refined British wit a delicate combination that serves the film remarkably well 
3.5
Severance
Nick Schager
Severance s lame jokes are fully formed something that can t be said about its political critique
1.5
Severance
Shlomo Schwartzberg
There s nothing new or noteworthy here 
2
Severance
David Nusair
it s not difficult at all to imagine audiences going crazy over some of this stuff the bear trap sequence is an obvious highlight 
3
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Matt Zoller Seitz
What s onscreen here is often so very busy that The Rape of Recy Taylor turns into a parody of a certain mindset in American documentary filmmaking 
2
In Our Mothers' Gardens
Robert Daniels
In Our Mothers Gardens requires time to find its footing but the documentary ultimately offers a salute to the generationally important women who fought to give their families a more fruitful future 
3
Hide and Seek
Michael Dequina
Sounds like nothing especially unusual in straight to tape thriller land but when Jennifer Tilly is cast as the psycho wife what you get is camp nirvana 
0
Skull: The Mask
Steven Prokopy
Skull The Mask feels like an amateur production in the best and worst ways possible 
2.5
Skull: The Mask
Nick Allen
There s a good deal of carnage here more flashy than it is verifiably nasty and so little of it pays off 
1.5
The Complex: Lockdown
Roger Moore
Sleepwalking performances a lack of action and a general ennui behind the camera cripple this bio terrorism thriller
1
Holidate
David Nusair
Holidate improves considerably as it progresses 
2.5
Holidate
Sarah Knight Adamson
What started as a clever storyline quickly turned into an onscreen groundhog day situation The characters became monotonous and somewhat dull 
2.5
Holidate
Lindsey Bahr
The best thing that Holidate has going for it is that Roberts and Bracey do have great chemistry but they just don t have a story or a script that can do it justice 
1.5
Holidate
Roger Moore
As amusing as a hand job and about as intimate 
1.5
Holidate
Ty Burr
You ll find better deals on the sale shelf at the Christmas Store on Dec 26 
1.5
Holidate
Nell Minow
Holidate does not have a single authentic moment appealing character or genuine laugh 
.5
Holidate
Richard Roeper
An excruciatingly cheesy hopelessly dated profoundly unfunny and tone deaf romantic comedy 
2
Holidate
Barry Hertz
The movie surprises on almost every level breaking a number of contemporary rom com rules along the way thanks to Tiffany Paulsen s self aware screenplay 
2.5
Palo Alto
Rene Rodriguez
A pale imitation of the early novels of Bret Easton Ellis who wrote about young ennui and aimlessness from the inside out 
2
Palo Alto
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Palo Alto is a messy yet haunting portrait of a particular time in life 
2.5
Palo Alto
John Beifuss
Not a particularly precocious debut in the context of the Coppola dynasty but nevertheless feels much like the work of a very young if talented person who has yet to discover a unique voice 
2.5
Palo Alto
Brad Keefe
When it sets out to capture some of the meandering aimlessness of teenagehood it succeeds 
2.5
Palo Alto
Rob Thomas
Palo Alto is good at capturing the aimless rhythms of teenagedom from party to car to school to party It doesn t always make for compelling viewing but it certainly feels accurate 
2.5
Palo Alto
Rafer Guzman
Palo Alto feels earnest and promising but half formed 
2
Palo Alto
Peter Canavese
Coppola shows genuine interest in emotional detail and it accumulates into a depth of real feeling 
3
Palo Alto
James Berardinelli
A slice of life story that does a good job italicizing how little moments in the big scheme of things can seem like monumental disasters while one is in high school 
3
Palo Alto
Steven Rea
It s hard getting past the benign menace of the gangs the corny out of touchness of the parentals the stodgy morality of it all 
2.5
Palo Alto
Ty Burr
Palo Alto has a strong feel for youthful fumblings that fall between self pity and self definition and it s especially wise about the parallel world of American adolescents 
3
Palo Alto
Stephanie Merry
The adaptation of this coming of age tale is stylishly brought to the screen even if it feels a bit light on substance 
2.5
Palo Alto
Mick LaSalle
Palo Alto is something to watch and afterward say Yes high school is something like that isn t it That makes this film almost but not quite worth the investment 
2
Palo Alto
Scott Bowles
Palo Alto marks one of those rare films that is so accurate in its portrayal of characters that the movie suffers for it 
2
Palo Alto
Matt Pais
There s authenticity as the teenagers feel tempted and or trapped and adults sometimes do more talking than listening 
2.5
Palo Alto
Randy Myers
While Palo Alto might not point the teen genre into revolutionary new directions it does achieve a major goal Putting its talented filmmaker and cast on the cinematic map 
3
Palo Alto
Sheila O'Malley
Palo Alto is a very strong first feature prioritizing mood over message 
3
Palo Alto
Stephen Whitty
In the end it s all a bit too slight and self pitying to truly engage our interest not so much Less Than Zero as less than compelling 
2.5
Palo Alto
Robert Levin
The film is so severe so dramatic in its portrait of suffering youth that it starts to asphyxiate the audience 
2.5
Palo Alto
Peter Travers
Palo Alto doesn t hit you over the head with hipness It sidles up to you gets whispery close then sidles away again leaving behind an enveloping vapor that lingers for a sweet long time 
3
Palo Alto
Sara Stewart
A thoughtful dreamlike at times nightmarish tour through the day to day lives of several suburban California teens 
3
Palo Alto
Jake Coyle
Palo Alto doesn t chart any new ground but its derivativeness isn t as grating as it should be 
2.5
Palo Alto
Rex Reed
Mr Franco must have had a very boring adolescence because Palo Alto is a very boring movie 
1
Palo Alto
Jesse Cataldo
It presents little that wasn t already done better in Myth of the American Sleepover an equally evocative tale of longing that was far more successful at matching teen tropes with atmospheric naturalism 
2
Palo Alto
David Nusair
a passable debut that could and should have been much much better 
2.5
Luv
Dwight Brown
When Rainey Jr and Common get into their screaming matches it s powerful stuff 
3
Luv
Michael Dequina
Common more than pulls off the tough task in a revelatory award worthy turn 
3.5
Luv
Robert Levin
It s got the heart and soul but not the brain 
2.5
Luv
Farran Smith Nehme
Even the boarded up row houses look romantic 
3
Luv
Stephanie Merry
A sometimes taut and occasionally preposterous day in the life of an 11 year old accompanying his uncle on business in Baltimore 
2
Luv
Michael Phillips
LUV may not convince with Woody s aggressively telescoped transformation But the actors compensate 
2.5
Luv
Roger Ebert
Here is a film about African Americans that sidesteps all the usual hopeful cliches and comments on how one failed generation raises another 
3
Luv
Matt Pais
You re more likely to h8 it 
1.5
Luv
Roger Moore
A clumsily violent attempt at grafting two reliable genres together into one somewhat edgy picture 
1.5
Luv
Jake Coyle
A kind of Training Day hoping for interstitial Terrence Malick poetry in the Baltimore landscape of The Wire with the occasional sensationalism of an action film 
1.5
Luv
R. Kurt Osenlund
As a film that largely works as a subdued twist on the familiar drama about crime and family LUV needed more intimacy and focus 
2.5
Shame
Brian Eggert
Steve McQueen 8217 s Shame takes a nonjudgmental and uncompromising view on sex addiction 46 
4
Shame
Mattie Lucas
McQueen finds broken humanity amidst the depths of despair and emerges with an exceptional film whose effects are hard to shake 
3.5
Shame
Kelly Jane Torrance
Shame is a hard film to watch but it s one of the few released in 2011 that you ll remember for years to come 
4
Shame
Brandy McDonnell
It is a graphic visceral depiction of sexual addiction which too often is treated like a punch line 
3.5
Shame
David Keyes
Not since Eyes Wide Shut has any movie been so audacious to take the clothes off its characters for an interest outside of mere sexual curiosity 
4
Shame
Craig D. Lindsey
Unfortunately with all the deep pluses Shame serves up its clumsy minuses are too glaring and unpardonable 
2
Shame
Roger Moore
Rarely has a movie been so sexual without being remotely sexy Rarely has a guy who might be admired in a sex comedy as a playa seemed more pathetic with each fresh conquest 
3
Shame
Duane Dudek
McQueen again proves that he is not averse to breaking taboos while exploring the uncomfortable and unthinkable Nor is he afraid of stirring up a little fear and loathing in the process 
3
Shame
Mike Scott
Searing performances breathe life into this NC 17 rated portrait of a sex addict 
2.5
Shame
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an exercise in controlled primeval cinematic chaos the filmmaker going places and showcasing facets of the human conditions many would run screaming in the opposite direction to get away from 
3
Shame
John Beifuss
The genitals are exposed while the motivations are mysterious in Shame an elegantly composed but overwrought film about a man who wants to f ornicate away the pain 
2.5
Shame
Matt Brunson
Fassbender was compelling as Rochester in Jane Eyre as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method and especially as Magneto in X Men First Class but it was his role in Shame that allowed him to most fully expose himself in more ways than one 
3
Shame
Calvin Wilson
The film is a raw unsparing look at the downside of humanity 
4
Shame
David Nusair
an admittedly uneven yet often spellbinding piece of work 
3
Shame
Alison Gang
When Fassbender is paired with McQueen the actor is at his most intense physical and even a little frightening 
3.5
Shame
Peter Canavese
A mood piece as abstract and engrossing as the many Bach piano selections laid on the soundtrack 
3
Shame
Chris Hewitt
It s a thought provoking movie that requires you to meet it halfway 
3
Shame
James Kendrick
If we are to suffer through 101 minutes of Brandon s wretched unsatisfying existence shouldn t we at least have some inkling of who the man is and what makes him tick 
2.5
Shame
Rene Rodriguez
You don t just watch Shame You feel it too 
3.5
Shame
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Shame emerges as a sex tragedy and a story without an end it stays with you like the film s frequent cold rain hard to watch and harder to forget 
3
Shame
Carrie Rickey
McQueen finds the exquisite tension between the brother wanting to disconnect and the sister longing for connection 
3
Shame
Gary Thompson
The role leaves Fassbender naked in front of the camera in ways literal and figurative 
3
Shame
Wesley Morris
There s a misery in Fassbender that s spellbinding I rolled my eyes for most of Shame But never at him 
2
Shame
Peter Keough
Shame is Bertolucci for the Internet age as Brandon aspires to achieve intimacy with just one person himself and fails 
3
Shame
Josh Larsen
rough sickening stuff not in a morally offensive way but in the way that it lays bare the rot that can fester in the human soul 
3.5
Shame
Rick Groen
Yes this is an affecting picture that leaves the viewer as wrung out as the protagonist No doubt you ll be seduced but in the end you may also feel abandoned 
3
Shame
Amy Biancolli
Shame has a lolling pace and stunning visual clarity Structurally it s close to perfect 
4
Shame
Peter Travers
There s no easy way to shake off Shame It gets in your head 
3
Shame
Sean O'Connell
It s rife with sexual tension yet doesn t rush the dance so to speak McQueen and Fassbender share an intense collaboration marked by raw emotion and graphic sexuality 
3.5
Shame
Lou Lumenick
A grim and arty drama that more than earns its NC 17 rating 
3
Shame
Kent Turner
What might turn off viewers is not the sexual content but Brandon s lack of self perception and the terse script playing hard to get also keeps us at a distance Shame shows a lot and very little 
2.5
Shame
Mark Dujsik
Despite its performances and McQueen s arresting rhythm Shame is a one note affair about misery 
2.5
Shame
Dustin Putman
Shame is uncompromising no doubt but the picture doesn t add up to as much as the viewer hopes based on the clear talent involved 
2.5
Shame
Robert Levin
It s a soulless distancing portrait set against a bland elite Manhattan universe of sleek high rises and glamorous bars 
2.5
Shame
Glenn Lovell
about as unblinkingly candid as any above ground film now making the rounds Director McQueen is a talent to watch nurture Mulligan makes off with this film and very possibly an Oscar nomination 
3.5
Shame
Peter Howell
The wisdom of Shame is that it offers no easy exit for this prison of the mind 
3.5
Shame
Matt Pais
Brilliant graphic drama represents much more than just Magneto naked Fassbender delivers the year s best male performance 
4
Shame
Mark Sells
Dark and difficult Shame is not really a redemptive film but a heavy reflective one 
3.5
Shame
Claudia Puig
Fassbender s portrayal is truly haunting and when he sobs dramatically unraveling it s clear he s imprisoned by his physical urges 
3
Shame
Michael Phillips
There is a good movie to be made about someone like Brandon especially with someone like Fassbender a performer of exceptional technical facility and a fascinating sense of reserve McQueen s isn t quite it 
2.5
Shame
Roger Ebert
This is a great act of filmmaking and acting I don t believe I would be able to see it twice 
4
Shame
Phil Villarreal
Fassbender is so convincing in the role especially in rare clothed moments when he comes to frantic realizations of his misery that you genuinely ache for him And for his flexible partners 
3.5
Shame
Mike McGranaghan
An indispensable portrait of decay of the way a life can be taken over by too much reliance on an emotional crutch 
4
Shame
Rex Reed
It s the study of a man whose soul has been peeled away like coring an apple But I wouldn t call it sexy or entertaining What does Brandon learn What do we learn 
2
Shame
Christy Lemire
Fassbender s performance here is riveting haunting He immerses himself and makes you feel as if you re truly watching a man hell bent on exorcising his demons through compulsive self destruction 
3
Shame
James Berardinelli
McQueen has taken an unflinching and non judgmental view of sexual addiction in Shame This is sex without emotion nudity without titillation and climaxes without satisfaction 
3.5
Shame
Ed Gonzalez
Shame articulates a shallow even mundane understanding of an uninteresting man s sex addiction in a vibrant city rendered dull and anonymous 
1.5
Ben-Hur
Matt Brunson
The decision to film the major set pieces in extreme close up was ill advised and these murky and incoherent bits are further crippled by obvious CGI as well as rapid fire editing that recalls those Ginsu blades in action on late night infomercials 
2
Ben-Hur
Jeff Simon
What you get here is a movie where you can always tell who the wealthy family is because they re the ones whose hair always looks well shampooed and treated with conditioner 
2.5
Ben-Hur
John Serba
Why bother 
2
Ben-Hur
James Kendrick
works well enough but mostly in workman like fashion that never becomes truly rousing
2.5
Ben-Hur
Michael Smith
Ben Hur is been there done that mediocrity 
2
Ben-Hur
Linda Cook
It won t take its place among the most iconic films of all time certainly but it is worth seeing 
3
Ben-Hur
James Berardinelli
An amateurish effort that boasts direct to video characteristics the latest version disappoints in almost every production aspect 
2
Ben-Hur
Mick LaSalle
Something soulless and empty with all the mystery and grandeur of the tale just gone 
1
Ben-Hur
Peter Travers
The last of the summer s movie epics is a digitalized eyesore hobbled in every department by staggering incompetence 
1
Ben-Hur
Sara Michelle Fetters
This new version of Ben Hur is consistently at war with itself 
1
Ben-Hur
Josh Terry
When you add up all these parts Ben Hur fails to answer the question everyone will take to the theater Why 
2.5
Ben-Hur
Christian Toto
Ben Hur lacks the grandeur the majesty of the 1959 epic It s still a gripping story with a chariot race that lives up to the expectations 
3
Ben-Hur
Robert Horton
If you ve been wondering whether a chariot race can still thrill the answer is yes 
2
Ben-Hur
Glenn Kenny
This is a Ben Hur of and for its time but also a little better than its time it turns out 
3
Ben-Hur
Willie Waffle
This is the remake your grandparents are very very angry about 
.5
Ben-Hur
Roger Moore
Damn fine chariot race though 
2
Ben-Hur
Kate Taylor
Its few good ideas inevitably collapse leaving a remake that can really only justify its existence with the truth that chariot races look great in CGI and Morgan Freeman looks great in dreads 
1
Ben-Hur
Tirdad Derakhshani
Dominated by CGI effects it s a soap opera better fit for basic cable 
2
Ben-Hur
Linda Barnard
While the climactic chariot race comes close to delivering the same level of hoof pounding thrills that helped make William Wyler s 1959 version an Oscar sweeping classic this sappy retread makes audiences endure a lot of mediocrity to get there 
2
Ben-Hur
Sean P. Means
Writers Keith R Clarke and John Ridley strip down Lew Wallace s 1880 novel even further than the Oscar winning 1959 epic but the result still feels bloated and ponderous 
2.5
Ben-Hur
Mark Dujsik
This could be a story worth telling again but it s difficult to determine from the movie at hand 
2
Ben-Hur
Lou Lumenick
A film that fails to deliver pretty much all the way down the line 
0
Ben-Hur
Chris Knight
The latest adds the miracle of 3D but that s not enough to top its illustrious 11 Oscar predecessor In the box office chariot race this one finishes second 
2
Ben-Hur
Richard Roeper
Ben Hur struggles to find an identity and never really gets there The well intentioned efforts to achieve moving faith based awakenings are undercut by the casually violent PG 13 action sequences 
2
Ben-Hur
Michael O'Sullivan
This new Ben Hur could just as easily have been called Been There Done That 
1.5
Ben-Hur
Michael Phillips
Bekmambetov s visual attack and brand of action make me urp But he s a sincere merry hack 
2
Ben-Hur
Soren Andersen
What we have here is a B grade rendering of the oft filmed classic 
1.5
Ben-Hur
Keith Watson
Ben Hur director Timur Bekmambetov offers nothing new to the cinematic lexicon of the chariot race 
1
Ben-Hur
John Hanlon
This exciting but admittedly flawed remake brings the timeless story back to life for a new generation to appreciate 
3.5
Ben-Hur
Robert Levin
To pull that off in an affecting way requires more than the dramatic ploy of Jesus popping up to offer teachings about peace and co existence It demands characters with substantial depth and performances that inspire the audience s investment 
2
Ben-Hur
Stephen Whitty
Not only does this new version not stand out from the others it can t stand on its own 
2
Ben-Hur
Kam Williams
A very entertaining variation on the original that s well worth the investment 
4
Schizoid
David Nusair
a sluggish slasher 
1.5
Memoria
Sean P. Means
8220 Memoria 8221 should be experienced 44 if one is comfortable doing so 44 in a theater with a rich sound system 46 The journey Weerasethakul takes us on is sonic as well as cinematic 44 and that takes some extra space 46 
3.5
Memoria
Mark Feeney
You get caught up in it You don t ask why You don t wonder what s going on what will happen next You just accept it You trust Weerasethakul Until about the 100 minute mark the runtime is 136 minutes he justifies that trust 
2.5
Memoria
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
To fixate on a Weerasethakul movie s plot misrepresents its appeal sensory exploration is the main attraction 
3
Memoria
Michael O'Sullivan
True to its title Memoria s theme is memory and its shifting seams and sandlike substrate on which the footing of the film and by extension our footing as well is never terribly sure 
4
Memoria
G. Allen Johnson
Swinton fully immerses herself in Apichatpong s vision and soundscape 
4
Memoria
Rene Sanchez
A spiritual and sensorial journey that explores the cosmic bond between humans and nature past and present and life and death Full Review in Spanish
4
Memoria
John Beifuss
The climactic revelation is both awe inspiring and deflating retroactively and reductively recasting the woman s experience as more a puzzle than a mystery 
3.5
Memoria
Peter Canavese
A masterful film about dreams curses viruses altered states unreliable memories consciousness and trying to come to a deeper and more profound understanding of existence Museum quality cinema 
4
Memoria
Mike McGranaghan
f you can open your mind to the possibilities the film is rewarding in how it forces you to recognize the importance of drowning out noise and centering yourself 
3.5
Memoria
Brian Tallerico
Rarely have a filmmaker and performer been so completely on the same page as Tilda Swinton and Apichatpong Weerasethakul are here 
4
Memoria
Mark Dujsik
Memoria doesn t need an answer but in giving us the suggestion of one anyway Weerasethakul makes us forget what the question was in the first place 
2.5
Memoria
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film is on the long side with mostly still wide shots held for lengthy moments providing plenty of time to ponder whatever is going on here 
4
Memoria
Mattie Lucas
A staging ground to explore human alienation in ways that seem to echo through the ages rattling around in our minds like a mysterious sound reverberating from the vastness of time and space 
4
Memoria
Josh Larsen
the weaving of a liminal soundspace 
3.5
Memoria
Kate Taylor
It s a beautiful work of cinematic concentration that s purely Apichatpong 
4
Memoria
Pat Brown
Again in a Weerasethakul film we find spirits lurking behind the everyday world but in Memoria they might just be repressed memories emanating from a world that never actually forgets 
4
The Other Side of the Door
Brian Eggert
Bound to be forgotten by those who can get through its 96 minute runtime without walking out of the theater or shutting it off at home 
1
The Other Side of the Door
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even if this effort isn t quite up to snuff I still feel like Roberts has got a picture in him that potentially will be 
2
The Other Side of the Door
Roger Moore
Horror s same old same old flatly acted but set in India 
1.5
The Other Side of the Door
Christy Lemire
It might be trying to make a point If so it sure is hard to hear it over the noisy screeches and cheap jump scares 
1.5
The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park
David N. Butterworth
It s Friday and I m in love 
3
Premium
Kam Williams
A high stakes romantic comedy which pits a bourgie brother against another from the hood who knows how to keep it real 
2
Premium
Wilson Morales
Chatmon s ability to inject humor while addressing some serious issues with the film business and romantic relationships add to his talent and makes Premium worth seeing 
3
Premium
Nick Schager
Premium s believable moments slightly prevail over its inauthentic ones helping writer director Pete Chatmon s modestly played drama just barely cross over the brink of compelling naturalism 
2.5
Premium
Bill Stamets
Chatmon reworks many elements of Robert Townsend s erratic 1987 film Hollywood Shuffle into a fluent story that favors character over satire 
3
The Russian Woodpecker
David Berry
A documentary with no easy antecedents The Russian Woodpecker is at once a glance inside a wondrous mind a journey back into the twisted mire of the Cold War and an experience that can t stop provoking questions 
4
The Russian Woodpecker
Matt Fagerholm
Alexandrovich s ideas are poised to be embraced by a wide swatch of conspiracy theorists as this film continues to be discovered and debated 
3
Queen of the Beach
Sarah Knight Adamson
I applaud anyone in this world that steps up to help children in vulnerable situations to receive an education 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Lisa Trifone
The film plays out a bit like a dream as if we ve stepped into a foggy earth toned other worldly space 
4
The Truffle Hunters
Cate Marquis
The Truffle Hunters is a magical enchanting film that takes us inside an appealing but vanishing world of forests age old traditions and dogs with their owners in pursuit of an elusive culinary treasure 
3.5
The Truffle Hunters
Tom Meek
What s so intriguing is the esoteric and enigmatic process of foraging in the deep woods with trained dogs 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Ty Burr
By putting us behind the eyes of a dog racing through the underbrush happily going about what it understands as its work The Truffle Hunters brings us to the source itself the sniffing out the digging the discovery the reward 
3.5
The Truffle Hunters
Roger Moore
Charming intimate slice of life film about the adored dogs with the million Euro noses 
4
The Truffle Hunters
Jeff Mitchell
Seek out The Truffle Hunters 
3.5
The Truffle Hunters
Anita Katz
Dweck and Kershaw have put some contagiously positive spirit on the screen 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Randy Myers
You haven t lived until you ve experienced the dog cam 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Ann Hornaday
This endearing thoroughly entertaining movie might be what we all need right now An invitation to stop and smell the roses or if you re lucky their far less showy fungal cousins 
4
The Truffle Hunters
Jake Coyle
Wonder and whimsy is back in the forest The Truffle Hunters surely among the greatest dog movies even wryly occasionally shifts to a dog s point of view 
4
The Truffle Hunters
Simon Abrams
Despite its creators general fussiness The Truffle Hunters is good enough if only because guys like Carlo and Angelo are more charming than they are eccentric 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Katie Walsh
A film that lies at the intersection of documentary Italian neorealism and Renaissance painting a wholly singular visual experience that is inextricably tied to the film s storytelling 
4
The Truffle Hunters
Bob Strauss
The Truffle Hunters takes us to a part of the world where time appears to have stood still But that s deceptive 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Rania Richardson
Aging men and their bounty sniffing dogs pursue an increasingly antiquated way of life in this amusing and life affirming gem THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS 
4
The Truffle Hunters
Josh Larsen
beautiful but also personable 
3.5
The Truffle Hunters
Joey Magidson
The Truffle Hunters isn t really about the food but far more about those who seek it out 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Barry Hertz
You ll get to know the titular hunters but only to imagine brief snippets of their life In other words it will leave you hungry for more 
2.5
The Truffle Hunters
Angelo Muredda
What starts as a warm hearted portrait of a stubborn artisan who loves his dog and refuses to share either his knowledge or his life with anyone but her gradually becomes an oddly fraught story of succession and dread about the future 
3
The Truffle Hunters
Carson Lund
The film s reminder of the fragility of agrarian traditions in the face of a merciless profit motive is delivered with tact and subtlety 
2.5
As You Are
Christy Lemire
Joris Peyrafitte shows confidence and talent beyond his years with an artful eye for imagery and a truthful ear for dialogue 
3.5
As You Are
Henry Stewart
The film is above all a striking and affecting expression of the desire repression and violence 
3
As You Are
Scott Renshaw
There s something particularly dispiriting about a movie that seems predicated on edgy authenticity then goes soaring over the melodramatic top without any self awareness 
1.5
U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
Walter Chaw
Films like U S Seals 2 are microcosmic explanations of the kind of thinking that drives most big budgeted Hollywood blockbusters 
1
Everything Must Go
Brian Eggert
Those hoping for a rich dramatic swing from Ferrell will be left remarkably cold by the material 46 
2
Everything Must Go
Roger Moore
The best movie Will Ferrell ever made
3.5
Everything Must Go
Michael Dequina
Gentle understatement that stealthily but surely gets under the skin and touches the heart 
3.5
Everything Must Go
James Kendrick
Ferrell steps more fully and confidently into dramatic terrain with a performance that reveals heretofore unplumbed depths
3
Everything Must Go
Rene Rodriguez
The unlikely combination of Will Ferrell and author Raymond Carver pays off beautifully 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Scott Nash
Will Ferrell plays a grown up and proves maybe he should do it more often 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Ethan Alter
After a strong first half Everything Must Go ends up selling its leading man short 
2.5
Everything Must Go
James Berardinelli
I was not waiting for a punch line I was not primed to laugh I accepted Ferrell as Nick and because of that I was able to enjoy Everything Must Go on its own terms 
3
Everything Must Go
Glenn Lovell
to Ferrell what Punch Drunk Love was to Adam Sandler a gutsy change of pace that reminds us the class clown deep down is a tangle of neuroses 
3
Everything Must Go
Matt Brunson
This adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story is a gem perhaps more of a diamond in the rough than a polished jewel but still 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Keith Cohen
This leading role is quite a departure for Ferrell who most often appears in comedies He does an admirable job but it makes you appreciate even more Nicolas Cage s Oscar winning performance as an alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas 1995 
2
Everything Must Go
John Beifuss
The Raymond Carver story ends on a note of cruelty and ambiguity The movie ends with a reassuring twilight hug scored to The Band s performance of I Shall Be Released 
2
Everything Must Go
Robert W. Butler
Funnymen seem to have a secret desire to play drama At least Will Ferrell has the chops for it 
3
Everything Must Go
Robert Levin
With a likable Will Ferrell as its lead the film offers an incisive personal spin on these tumultuous economic times 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Mike Scott
Will Ferrell proves to have a way of turning fortune cookie platitudes into something that if not especially deep is at least enjoyable and buoyant and entirely watchable 
3
Everything Must Go
Willie Waffle
It s worth going to see Everything Must Go just to watch Ferrell in action 
2.5
Everything Must Go
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fairly effective in a diminished capacity It aims lower but still hits its target 
3
Everything Must Go
Chris Hewitt
It s a low key movie that sneaks up on you gradually until by the end you realize you wouldn t mind spending more time with these characters 
3
Everything Must Go
Michael O'Sullivan
Surprisingly Ferrell underplays it nicely neither milking Nick s misfortunes for laughs nor asking for our pity 
2.5
Everything Must Go
Kyle Smith
The big picture is famil iar busted middle age man suburban alcoholic despair yet the details are so finely rendered that the overall impression is potently strange 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Joe Williams
A superstar like Ferrell could coast through disposable comedies but Everything Must Go is a keeper 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Mick LaSalle
Everything can go Sometimes it does go The movie tells a pertinent story about what happens next 
3
Everything Must Go
Peter Travers
Will Ferrell delivers a performance of implosive intensity that rings true in every detail 
3
Everything Must Go
Moira MacDonald
There s nothing terribly surprising about this movie s dramatic arc but it s nicely executed and Ferrell s restrained almost gentle performance is a revelation 
3
Everything Must Go
Scott Bowles
If he isn t careful Will Ferrell is going to become a bona fide actor 
3
Everything Must Go
Ty Burr
It lives up to its title in ways its maker never intended 
2
Everything Must Go
Roger Ebert
Everything Must Go is not all the film it could have been but is more worth seeing than a lot of other recent releases 
3
Everything Must Go
Duane Dudek
What now and what next The answer unfolds in comically spare emotionally rich fashion in an adaptation of a Raymond Carver story by video music director Dan Rush making his feature debut 
3
Everything Must Go
Steven Rea
A sharply drawn study of down and outness that dovetails neatly alas with the Great Recession fallout that s raining across the land 
3.5
Everything Must Go
Peter Keough
As a showcase of Ferrell s acting potential this impresses otherwise everything must go 
2.5
Everything Must Go
Michael Phillips
Rush respects Carver s slim vinegar tinged story while creating new characters and new and somewhat artificial situations The results go only so far 
2.5
Everything Must Go
Rich Heldenfels
Wastes a good Will Ferrell performance by elaborating on Raymond Carver s short story in ways that go very wrong 
2
Everything Must Go
Matt Pais
Glides along a relaxed non pushy vibe that doesn t overwork to be funny or genuine Everything Must Go feels natural and vulnerable 
3
Everything Must Go
Kathleen Murphy
Reaching for the funny as well as dramatic pathos Ferrell is acting on a high wire 
3
Everything Must Go
Thelma Adams
Though the actor is famous for his outrageous roles he delves deep into this troubled character and nails the quieter moments 
3
Everything Must Go
Rex Reed
Mr Ferrell holds back the comic condiments long enough to paint the portrait of a man lost in low self esteem with nice pastels of realistic restraint But the crossroads he faces are paved with potholes 
2
Everything Must Go
Nick Schager
If Will Ferrell s charisma is directly proportional to his absurdity then it s little surprise that he fares relatively poorly as a sad sack in Everything Must Go 
2
Everything Must Go
David Nusair
Ferrell s personable and charismatic performance certainly proves instrumental in initially capturing the viewer s interest 
2.5
Witness Protection
Michael Dequina
The cast is remarkably convincing in bringing to life the emotional and psychological cost of trading in one life for another 
3
Witness Protection
David Nusair
Who wants to watch a bunch of people that seemingly hate each other trapped in a small house for an extended period of time 
.5
I, Frankenstein
Frank Ochieng
Shockingly talented performers such as Eckhart and the usually reliable character actor Nighy singed on the dotted line for this fetid fishbowl of a frightfest that seems as inconsequential as a pair of Frankenstein s high water pants 
1.5
I, Frankenstein
Perry Seibert
I Frankenstein doesn t have much of a brain and is completely missing a funny bone 
1.5
I, Frankenstein
John Beifuss
The final insult is saved for the end credits Special Thanks to Mary Shelley 
1.5
I, Frankenstein
James Berardinelli
It s no fun Everyone takes this way too seriously 
1.5
I, Frankenstein
Rafer Guzman
What the film doesn t have is a sense of humor 
2
I, Frankenstein
David Hiltbrand
The special effects are pretty good and the fight scenes are adequate But the film loses steam in the fourth act 
2
I, Frankenstein
Daniel M. Kimmel
I Frankenstein isn t a masterpiece but it is a fast paced and slickly made film that holds your attention 
3
I, Frankenstein
Mike McGranaghan
I Frankenstein is like the worst piece of Mary Shelley fan fiction written by the guy behind the counter at your local Hot Topic 
1
I, Frankenstein
John Serba
Eckhart and Otto are Olympic weightlifters of the acting profession clean and jerking half ton lines keeping straight faces nearly prolapsing their thespian intestines 
1.5
I, Frankenstein
Glenn Kenny
A grievously ill advised motion picture on every level 
1
I, Frankenstein
Linda Barnard
The real man made monster in I Frankenstein is the film itself a ridiculous good versus evil story enrobed in a pastiche of religious symbolism and stodgy mythology and set in a world created in a computer special effects lab 
1
I, Frankenstein
Phil Villarreal
I Frankenstein More like Oy Frakenstein 
1
I, Frankenstein
Dustin Putman
Mary Shelley this is not I Frankenstein is a bland mess of a film with nothing going on upstairs and not a thing to separate it from the wave of dreary likeminded sci fi action exercises 
1
I, Frankenstein
Roger Moore
I Frankenstein you bored Blade in a blender
1
Greta
David Nusair
a surprisingly engrossing character study 
3
Wild Indian
Mitchell Beaupre
It 8217 s challenging in the way that a Michael Haneke movie is challenging 44 where it gets to these core ideas of the darkness of human beings 44 and specifically here the bloodied soil that we 8217 re all living on 46 
3.5
Wild Indian
Randy Myers
An undeniably bold and auspicious debut 
3
Wild Indian
Matt Zoller Seitz
Whatever its merits as a self contained and freestanding story Wild Indian may one day be regarded as a major work not just within the context of its director s career but cinema as a whole 
3.5
Wild Indian
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A good crime drama that could have bordered on the grandeur of Crimes and Misdemeanors It does not reach that much but still Chaske Spencer is great Watched in Tulum 2021 
2
Wild Indian
Mark Dujsik
It haunts as a thriller and in the particular way this story is one a tragedy should 
3
Wild Indian
Chris Hewitt
Wild Indian is marked by its restraint Nothing is forced or obvious 
3
Wild Indian
Rene Sanchez
A strong debut with a remarkable performance by Michael Greyeyes that delves on complex themes that are rarely explored on screen Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Wild Indian
Dwight Brown
A shockingly intense disturbing character study from a promising and talented filmmaker 
3
Wild Indian
Peter Howell
A lean script alert to character and nuance and Corbine s taut direction showcase the range and talent of Greyeyes whose star rises 
3.5
Wild Indian
Sean P. Means
Director writer Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr creates a spare storyline that serves as a clothesline onto which he hangs his observations about modern Native Americans those who stay on the reservation and those who flee from it 
3
Zeus and Roxanne
Mal Vincent
More likely Zeus and Roxanne is about money grubbing 
2
It Will Be Chaos
Roger Moore
Vivid generally compassionate but myopic ground level view at Europe s migrant crisis 
3
Child Bride
Mattie Lucas
When the camera begins to leer at young Shirley Mills from the POV of her pedophilic suitor the film ceases to be a goofy grindhouse curio and becomes something truly darkly exploitative 
0
The Address
Kam Williams
A current day Ken Burns PBS production every bit as moving as any of his nostalgic classics 
4
A Beautiful Life
Jeff Shannon
The film strains credulity by pushing its characters wildly to and fro with a shamelessly sentimental screenplay 
2.5
A Beautiful Life
Michael C. Walsh
Unfortunately Lau throws in one too many wrinkles squandering our empathy by forcing us through a long winded relationship involving betrayal and illness 
1.5
A Beautiful Life
V.A. Musetto
A Beautiful Life makes little attempt to be credible or original And the acting is poor 
1
A Beautiful Life
Walter V. Addiego
A Beautiful Life is nicely shot and features some appealing actors and that s about it for the good news The bad news is that the characters and situations are platitudes and the story is so heavy handed that the film is hard to sit through 
1
A Beautiful Life
Nick Schager
This intertwined tale of people struggling on society s fringe plays like bad community theater 
.5
The Convent
Roger Moore
Not that scary but a game cast and a production team that punches WAY above its budget really lift this spooky period piece 
2
The Night of the Generals
Matt Brunson
An ambitious if errant undertaking 
2.5
Apocalypse Pooh
Peter T. Chattaway
The final chapter in The Bible Collection a series of films that stylistically has been all over the map With this the series ends not with a bang but a whimper 
2
Donald Cried
Chris Knight
The characters are so utterly believable 
3.5
Donald Cried
Isabel Zacharias
Donald Cried employs that darkly comedic funny but almost unwatchable sensibility that is slowly becoming the dominant vocabulary of modern funniness but its sharp realism makes it a unique chunk of low budget gold 
4
Donald Cried
Mark Jenkins
Donald Cried succeeds on its own modest terms but watching its title character can be painful This is not a movie for people who d just as soon forget their own teenage mortifications 
2.5
Donald Cried
Mick LaSalle
It s all absurd and enjoyable and yet to spend one minute in his Donald s company is to realize something is wrong with him This is not someone who can function in the world and that s not funny 
3
Donald Cried
Gary Thompson
Much of the movie s can t look away appeal rides on Avedisian s impressively detailed internalized portrait of left behind Donald he wrote the character directed himself raised the 150 000 it took to make the movie 
3
Donald Cried
Nick Allen
Never feels like more than a malnourished Adam McKay movie that lacks even in laughs 
1
Donald Cried
Elise Nakhnikian
Finding the drama and humor in everyday situations like these isn t easy but Avedisian makes it look as natural as swinging on a vine 
3
Passion Fish
Edward Guthmann
Set In Louisiana bayou country John Sayles new character drama his best by far stars Mary McDonnell as a soap opera actress who returns to her childhood home after a paralyzing accident 
4
Passion Fish
Walter Chaw
The picture is sure footed and accomplished and to this point the auteur s most satisfying marriage of head and heart 
4
Passion Fish
Roger Ebert
This is a tough muscular story about a headstrong woman who wants things to go her way 
4
Oklahoma!
Walter Chaw
Pretty fun in spite of itself 
3
Newlyweeds
Robert Levin
Newlyweeds is a rare movie about stoners that treats pot addiction seriously carving out a space of its own in a naturalistic middle ground between the familiar standards of surreal comedy and moralistic drama 
3
Newlyweeds
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a special movie Odd disjointed and not entirely coherent but special 
3
Newlyweeds
Kalvin Henely
Going neither in the direction of Reefer Madness nor a Cheech and Chong movie it s both funny and serious and its depictions of pot smoking could be read as either promotional or cautionary 
2.5
The Oregonian
Michael Nordine
It s the kind of movie you d find in someone s VHS collection decide to watch based on the box art and title and end up switching out for The House of the Devil instead 
1.5
The Losers
Jeff Beck
The Losers was made with one purpose in mind to simply entertain and while it may not be a great movie of substance it certainly fulfills its purpose oh so very well 
3.5
The Losers
Peter Canavese
This comic book knockoff of The A Team is a lot easier to enjoy than Fox s sanctioned remake of The A Team Perhaps that s because Sylvain White s The Losers is self aware of its schlock value Blu ray 
2.5
The Losers
Robbie Collin
Seldom do you see a film title that doubles as a likely box office prediction But that s precisely what we ve got with The Losers 
2
The Losers
Peter Travers
As an action fix to hold you before the summer explosions start you could do worse than The Losers It s no more than an efficient time killer 
2.5
The Losers
John Beifuss
The agreeably loose vibe is sabotaged by the hackneyed action direction whip pans freeze frames yawn the indigestible tonal shifts a helicopter load of children is blown up and the cliched ironic hip pop culture references Journey yet again 
2
The Losers
James Kendrick
The best thing The Losers has going for it is its utter and complete lack of pretension
2.5
The Losers
Linda Cook
An average shoot em up The Losers contains plenty of action but not much that s memorable 
2
The Losers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sadly it s also one of its most rudimentary and run of the mill and as perfectly as each actor fits their respective role there s not a lot of meat on this film s bones 
2
The Losers
Kit Bowen
After watching this stylized comic book action flick and admitting you thoroughly enjoyed yourself you won t feel like a Loser at all 
3
The Losers
Janos Gereben
The action in the film is continuous and the excitement is intense Still there is something just a bit off with the whole plot look and feel of the film 
2.5
The Losers
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Losers proves that screenwriting is easy if you don t sweat story structure Or logic Or the laws of physics 
2
The Losers
Kam Williams
You know how Zoe Saldana s multiple Oscar winning film Avatar has been lauded for its breathtaking state of the art of technical wizardry Well don t expect to see anything like that in this under budgeted homage to bad B movies 
1
The Losers
Mike McGranaghan
The Losers is a 14 year old boy s example of freakin awesome it has lots of shootouts lots of explosions and lots of gratuitous close ups of Zoe Saldana s butt 
2
The Losers
Sean P. Means
As mindless fun in the mold of mid 80s action comparisons to The A Team movie arriving in June are inevitable The Losers delivers the goods No more no less 
3
The Losers
Robert W. Butler
At least they got the name right 
1.5
The Losers
David Nusair
an aggressively middle of the road revenge thriller 
2
The Losers
Lisa Kennedy
There is plenty of good guys vs rotten apple tension here 
2.5
The Losers
Tyler Hanley
This chaotic action flick features a terrific cast but a script so cliched that filmgoers who shell out 10 bucks to see it may feel like the title is directed at them 
1.5
The Losers
Erik Childress
The Roadshow nature of the casting adds another dimension to the film s title as the roles of leader clown and big black guy appear to have been filled with leftovers from The A Team auditions 
1
The Losers
Mark Dujsik
Existing in that unfortunate realm of entertainment The Losers does nothing special in all too familiar ways 
2
The Losers
Michael O'Sullivan
How dumb is it You might actually kill a few million brain cells just watching it Some groups may even want to consider inviting a designated driver to sit in the lobby and eat popcorn till it s over 
2
The Losers
Kyle Smith
The movie based on a comic book features a couple of actors who deserve better Jeffrey Dean Morgan Idris Elba and some who deserve even worse like Chris Evans 
0.5
The Losers
Willie Waffle
Feels dumbed down to appeal to thirteen year old boys instead of fully realizing its potential for greatness
2
The Losers
Mick LaSalle
It s strange what a bad action movie takes seriously and doesn t take seriously Take for example The Losers in which cliches are sacred and human life of no value 
1
The Losers
Peter Howell
The Losers at least has speed on its side not to mention a bad case of ADD and camera jitters but all compliments end there 
2
The Losers
Chris Hewitt
The Losers is eye catching and energetic with a few individual setpieces that are entertaining but the story doesn t make sense 
2
The Losers
Stephen Whitty
The Losers co written by Peter Berg who made the similarly loud and out of control The Kingdom makes a whole lot of noise without making a great deal of sense 
2
The Losers
Dustin Putman
A textbook example of diverting forgettable been there done that middle of the road mediocrity 
2
The Losers
Jeff Shannon
Proving that ensemble chemistry can make or break a franchise The Losers redeems itself with comedic camaraderie delivered by a well chosen batch of rising stars 
2.5
The Losers
Jeff Vice
There s just enough over the top action in this revenge thriller In fact the action is enough to right this vehicle even when the plotting gets a little sketchy or convoluted 
2.5
The Losers
Wesley Morris
Like nearly all action movies horror films and thrillers in the last 15 years a sense of motion is conveyed predominately with editing as opposed to through physical space The compression of time distance and movement into hectic cuts is deadening 
2
The Losers
Steven Rea
The script is boilerplate the wit pretty much witless 
2
The Losers
Michael Phillips
The film is easier to take than say Kick Ass or V for Vendetta both of which came to the screen saddled with misguided pretentions No pretentions here 
2.5
The Losers
Roger Ebert
The movie gets the job done and the actors show a lot of confidence in occupying that tricky middle ground between controlled satire and comic overkill It s fun 
3.5
The Losers
Peter Keough
Awful music obnoxious editing overwrought camera work and strained comedy can t hide the hackneyed smarmy pointlessness of it all 
1
The Losers
Roger Moore
If The A Team is half this much fun they ll be lucky 
2.5
The Losers
Simon Abrams
The film s vain attempts at being flashy and stylish is more loud than charming and never as clever as it acts 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Michael Dequina
Witherspoon is not immune to the bland and processed feel to this rote romantic comedy 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
David Nusair
a sporadically amusing yet entirely ineffective romantic comedy that ultimately squanders an expectedly charismatic turn from star Reese Witherspoon 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Betsy Bozdech
The tale of a down home girl forced to choose between her two beaus has got charm and appeal to spare but there s never much to it that you don t see coming a mile away 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Dan Lybarger
It s a safe bet that the gutsy Lynyrd Skynyrd particularly the outspoken and now deceased singer Ronnie Van Zant would not have approved 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Ross Anthony
I m glad I saw it 
3.5
Sweet Home Alabama
David Keyes
minus the vivacious charm of its lead star the movie would have easily been a waste of celluloid 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Steve Rhodes
Any movie with Reese Witherspoon may or may not have it all but with her in it it certainly has more than enough 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Frank Ochieng
Although the winsome actress is afforded the opportunity to demonstrate her usual perky persona Witherspoon cannot lend her magic to this irritating and witless marshmellow of a movie 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
James Kendrick
feels disingenuous at the end when it attempts to celebrate all that it had previously made fun of
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Kevin A. Ranson
As she did in Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon manages to carry not only her part of the film but also drags almost everyone else through it no matter how far fetched or implausible 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Gary Brown
The story whipsaws back and forth between sentimental mush and outlandish cornball humor 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Jonathan R. Perry
With Witherspoon s charisma and the infectious efforts of a supporting cast it s hard not to like this trifling little stroll down memory lane but not impossible 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Mike McGranaghan
It s a date movie where you laugh have fun and walk out reminded of just how wonderful and magical love can be 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Mark Dujsik
A perfect example of a movie that does as very little as possible
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Mark Ramsey
Sweet Home Alabama is the blue ribbon winner of the low expectation limbo 
1
Sweet Home Alabama
Linda Cook
A sweet breezy guilty pleasure 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Dustin Putman
There simply isn t enough going on in the minds of these simpleton characters let alone in the lugubrious plotting they re stuck in to care about any of it 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Joe Leydon
There s something positively mind numbing about the relentless predictability of Sweet Home Alabama 
.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Mike Clark
Sweet Home Alabama is the latest picture to give you the sense that Hollywood filmmakers simply plucked another old pop tune title ripe for ripping off then were shaken by the rude reality of coming up with a script to jerry build around it 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Chris Hewitt
As formualic as an overfed baby Sweet Home Alabama won t surprise or dazzle But thanks to Reese Witherspoon it s a likable confection bound to cause a gurgle or two 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Todd Anthony
We ve seen all of these elements before and neither the cast nor the filmmakers succeed at breathing new life into them 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Moira MacDonald
Pure formula right down to Melanie s final choice which will come as no surprise to anyone paying attention 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Jonathan Curiel
This is a feel good movie that does just that 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Joe Baltake
Sweet Home Alabama may be sweet and small and inconsequential but it offers the privileged experience of watching two stars being born 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Carrie Rickey
If you can tolerate the redneck versus blueblood cliches that the film trades in Sweet Home Alabama is diverting in the manner of Jeff Foxworthy s stand up act 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
John Anderson
As predictable as a Florida election controversy as wholly amusing as a cold plate of grits 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Jonathan Foreman
Witherspoon is such a delight her comic timing so good and her pixie ish good looks so fascinating that she manages to make Sweet Home Alabama seem charming and funny 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Connie Ogle
A romantic comedy so rote dull and predictable that it makes You ve Got Mail seem innovative and fresh 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Glenn Whipp
Sweet Home Alabama is one dumb movie but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Liam Lacey
Light to the point of disposability Sweet Home Alabama is a small screwball comic idea that spins out far too long 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Susan Stark
A banal virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy 
0
Sweet Home Alabama
Terry Lawson
Reese Witherspoon may be at that precious and precarious point in an actor s career where she can do no wrong I don t know if she s enjoying the ride but I sure am 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Jeff Vice
For a film that s being advertised as a comedy Sweet Home Alabama isn t as funny as you d hoped For a film that s being advertised as a comedy Sweet Home Alabama isn t as funny as you d hoped 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed Witherspoon and the local color but I am so very tired of the underlying premise 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Lawrence Toppman
Lame Sweet Home leaves no Southern stereotype unturned 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Ty Burr
Will the parties responsible for kidnapping Reese Witherspoon and putting a grinning replicant in her place please bring her back 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Bob Bloom
Witherspoon s natural charm and grace propel this vehicle Her winning personality helps you overcome or ignore the movie s weaknesses 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Forrest Hartman
By all accounts this is a typical romantic comedy but the traditional story arc is overshadowed by its terrific cast 
3
Sweet Home Alabama
Sean P. Means
Director Andy Tennant works straight out of the romantic comedy playbook right down to the big kiss in the fake rainstorm 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Phil Villarreal
Melanie eventually slugs the Yankee Too bad the former Murphy Brown doesn t pop Reese back 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Pam Grady
About the best that can be said about Sweet Home Alabama is that it will make a good airplane movie it s bland mostly inoffensive and predictable enough that you can nap through large sections and not get lost 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Sue Pierman
As flat as bad moonshine 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Mary F. Pols
The densest distillation of Roberts movies ever made 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Mark Caro
This movie is phony phony phony 
1.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Tony Toscano
Sweet Home Alabama is what it is a nice harmless date film 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Walter Chaw
Has the unlikely distinction of rendering Witherspoon shrill dull and during one ugly drunken tirade irredeemable 
0.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Peter Travers
Even in this less than magic kingdom Reese rules 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
James Berardinelli
Die hard fans of Witherspoon and the romantic comedy genre will probably find enough to like in this film to make it worth a trip to the theater Everyone else would be best served by spending their hard earned money on something else 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Erik Childress
This is one of the most painful loathesomey unfunny big studio mainstream star vehicle comedies I ve had to sit through in a long time 
0
Sweet Home Alabama
Josh Larsen
Safe satisfying but hardly exciting the cinematic equivalent of caffeine free Coke 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Jeremy Heilman
Sweet relies heavily on the charms of its lead performer Unfortunately not even the talented Witherspoon can sell everything that the film throws at us 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Sal Cinquemani
It s no surprise that Reese Witherspoon s headlong jump into romantic comedy doesn t live up to classic or modern date movie standards 
2
Sweet Home Alabama
Harvey S. Karten
Witherspoon is sweet enough to convince us that she d throw over the country s most eligible bachelor for a southern shack dweller 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Rob Blackwelder
Making only a minimal effort to be any different than the hundreds of other forgettable predictable almost married the wrong guy romantic comedies that have come before it 
2.5
Sweet Home Alabama
Jeanne Aufmuth
Witherspoon deserves credit for turning a sow s ear into a silk purse with just a smile 
3
One Dark Night
Matt Brunson
Only comes to life during the bonkers final stretch 
2
Hud
David Nusair
an erratic endeavor that succeeds most keenly as a showcase for its uniformly superb performances 
2.5
Hud
Josh Larsen
a Western Gothic where everyone is headed for trouble 
4
Hud
Jeffrey M. Anderson
James Wong Howe won the film s third Oscar for his beautiful widescreen black and white wide open spaces cinematography but director Martin Ritt who was nominated keeps things a bit too serious and self important 
3
Hud
Bill Chambers
Hud understands that torches are more often extinguished than passed
4
Hud
Ed Gonzalez
More or less plays out as a home on the range knock off of Nicolas Ray s brilliant Rebel Without a Cause 
2
The Mule
Brian Eggert
The material forces Eastwood s movie star persona into Earl blending the two in troublingly convenient ways that hope to distract from the ugliness of what s happening onscreen 
1.5
The Mule
Steven Prokopy
The film is actually highly watchable emotionally satisfying and quite funny at times which is a welcome shift from a lot of what Eastwood has been dishing out lately 
3
The Mule
Mattie Lucas
Eastwood has made a career out of deconstructing American myth making and here he s not only subverting very idea of the American dream itself but his own cinematic style 
3.5
The Mule
Federico Furzan
A terrible portrait of redemption by a director that seems to have lost everything that made him a golden choice decades ago Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Mule
Matt Brunson
Eastwood who began 2018 by directing the worst film of the year The 15 17 to Paris ended it with this solid effort that better represents his talents and his strengths 
3
The Mule
Mike McGranaghan
While it might not be his deepest or most substantive work the film is nevertheless very entertaining and it offers Eastwood one of his most captivating roles as an actor in a long time 
3
The Mule
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A film in which the old republican libertarian Eastwood appears before the spectators to confront them and provoke them 
3
The Mule
Linda Cook
Eastwood can and has done far better 
1
The Mule
Rene Sanchez
Eastwood s commendable performance isn t sufficient to save this melodrama from its predictable storylines and stereotypes Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Mule
David Nusair
Filmmaker Eastwood working from a script by Nick Schenk delivers a typically lackadaisical narrative 
3
The Mule
Ben Sachs
The Mule thrives in teasing ambiguity For decades now Eastwood has been one of the great interrogators of American social mores 
4
The Mule
Sara Michelle Fetters
While a second tier effort from the Oscar winning veteran that still makes The Mule better than a lot of other filmmakers first tier selections 
2.5
The Mule
Roger Moore
An amiable old man shuffle of a comic thriller
2.5
The Mule
Stephen Rebello
Clint Eastwood is as compelling as ever and the movie offers ample helpings of heart and levity 
3
The Mule
Rex Reed
There s nothing heroic about Earl but in Eastwood s 38th film as a director he makes the character a felonious centerpiece as likable as anyone could ever imagine 
3
The Mule
Barry Hertz
There s an interesting movie or five movies stashed away somewhere in The Mule Good luck to those hoping to sniff it out 
2
The Mule
Christy Lemire
The Mule repeatedly spells out and hammers home its message about the importance of family but it ultimately rings hollow 
2
The Mule
Richard Roeper
An entertaining enough offbeat crime comedy drama featuring an amazing cast led by the grizzled shuffling mumbling wisecracking old dog playing the lead 
3
The Mule
Mark Dujsik
The central thrust is how Earl adjusts to the growing realization that there is a bigger world beyond himself and his flowers 
3
The Mule
Peter Howell
A man s restless quest for meaning and connection in an increasingly illogical and divided America 
3
The Mule
Joey Magidson
Bloated meandering and completely lacking in tension it s a throwaway effort that has no business being spoken of in the same breath as the legend s best work 
2
The Mule
Carson Lund
The film finally ends up souring its perspective on responsibility with a hardened take on the limits of the American dream 
2.5
The Mule
Johnny Oleksinski
The embarrassing drama offensive clunky poorly written sullies Eastwood s storied legacy and makes great actors such as Bradley Cooper and Dianne Wiest come off like amateurs 
1
The Mule
Michael Phillips
The storytelling and Eastwood s own mulish nostalgic longing for an America of by and for guys who look like Clint Eastwood turns terrific raw material into what feels like one fib duck and dodge after another 
1.5
The Mule
Katie Walsh
By the end of the boring racist melodrama that is The Mule thinking twice doesn t even seem worth the effort 
1
The Mule
Robert Daniels
With basic directing and shot selection and a troubling script the only saving grace of The Mule is Eastwood s performance 
1.5
The Mule
Rafer Guzman
The Mule sees Eastwood still playing to type as the rugged American male What s impressive is how gracefully he s aging into the role and at 88 even stretching himself slightly as an actor 
3
Lust for Life
Matt Brunson
The Best Actor Oscar that year went to Yul Brynner for his broad emoting in The King and I but Douglas in one of the defining performances of his career would have been a far more deserving winner 
3.5
Lust for Life
Josh Larsen
Kirk Douglas could be a little much but that proves to be the right amount in Lust for Life 
3
Family Values
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely fascinating documentary 
3
The Vatican Tapes
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Scary Nah Stupid chaotic predictable boring and insulting Yup Full review in Spanish 
1
The Vatican Tapes
David Keyes
So many of these scenes and performances are pitched below the common denominator of acceptable movie tricks 
1.5
The Vatican Tapes
Dustin Putman
In a well made but mostly unoriginal film where interest is held in spite of certain developmental pitfalls The Vatican Tapes defies expectations during its final moments culminating on a note as open ended as it is provocatively chilling 
2.5
The Vatican Tapes
Tomris Laffly
Just as it seemed like the exorcism subgenre was on the verge of a renaissance after The Conjuring here is the cold shower we ve secretly been afraid of all this time 
1.5
The Vatican Tapes
Simon Abrams
Whose idea of a fun time is this 
2
The Vatican Tapes
Clayton Dillard
Like technological innovation itself the film seems overwhelmed by the reach of all its techo cultural parts 
2.5
Mango Souffle
Namrata Joshi
Mango Souffle does not titillate But its dilemmas concerns and prejudices about masculinity and femininity sexual mores and identity crises are too obvious 
2
The Beguiled
Brian Eggert
Attempts to bring prestige and class to a sultry sordid tale that should feel inherently campy Worst of all her remake also ignores the greater implications of the historical setting 
1.5
The Beguiled
Matt Brunson
What s baffling is Coppola s decision to strip the piece of all nuance and all complexity 
2
The Beguiled
Federico Furzan
Just a great depiction of resistance Performances are extraordinary in this short tale of lust death and revenge Full review in Spanish 
4
The Beguiled
Frank Ochieng
All make it as solid junior sized angst ridden seductresses and it s really the spirit of these impressionable yet beguiling ladies that keeps Coppola s dress rehearsal from becoming a cotton picking casualty 
2.5
The Beguiled
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Beguiled is well worth seeing but it s also just as worthy of being taken to task for its shortcomings 
2.5
The Beguiled
Linda Cook
The Beguiled will mesmerize you 
4
The Beguiled
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Only rarely does the film flicker with emotional life which usually happens when the effortlessly charismatic McBurney is onscreen 
2
The Beguiled
Jeff Simon
Coppola s is a very good movie but a small and forgettable one 
3
The Beguiled
Robert Horton
Sofia Coppola in signature mode creating voluptuous sights and sounds that disguise a serious deficiency of ideas 
2
The Beguiled
Julia Cooper
The Beguiled is Coppola s bloodiest most visceral movie to date and it is also one of her best 
3.5
The Beguiled
David Nusair
The Beguiled despite a decidedly erratic sense of momentum stands as one of Coppola s best films 
3
The Beguiled
Moira MacDonald
The actors pitch their roles perfectly Kidman s breathy calm Farrell s charm just hinting at something dark within it Fanning s way of prettily arranging herself showing off Alice s newfound power Dunst s quiet melancholy 
3
The Beguiled
Peter Howell
The story is briskly told it s 11 minutes shorter than Siegel s version with good performances that alternately amuse seduce and shock 
2.5
The Beguiled
Max Weiss
It s clear that Sofia Coppola has been itching to make a gothic film and she luxuriates in the genre 
3
The Beguiled
Walter Chaw
The Beguiled is fantastic 
4
The Beguiled
Gary Thompson
Coppola is having fun around the edges of this Southern gothic with its formal compositions and deliberate pacing as usual a little too deliberate for my taste 
2.5
The Beguiled
Mark Dujsik
Sofia Coppola s version of The Beguiled is perhaps best viewed as a complementary companion piece to the first film 
2.5
The Beguiled
Michael Smith
The Beguiled is clever surprising and less aggressive than your average wartime tale and that seems appropriate for a story of survival told with a woman s touch 
3
The Beguiled
Calvin Wilson
Another big screen adaptation of this story probably wasn t necessary But as unnecessary films go it s well worth a look 
3
The Beguiled
Richard Roeper
Of course something s gotta give and when it does The Beguiled reminds us we haven t been watching a fairy tale all this time we ve been watching a very fractured fairy tale 
3.5
The Beguiled
Dann Gire
Coppola ignites a long long dramatic fuse on this art house project sumptuously rendered by director of cinematography Philippe Le Sourd in ethereal natural light be it from a woozy filtered sun or a soft glowing candle 
3
The Beguiled
James Berardinelli
A near miss that offers a captivating atmosphere and strong performances to go along with an uneven tone and a climax that s so overcooked that it bursts at the seams with unintentional humor 
2.5
The Beguiled
Ann Hornaday
On its own terms The Beguiled is a finely crafted gemlike exercise in surface tension and subterranean stirrings 
3
The Beguiled
Michael Phillips
The Beguiled probably could ve benefited from a little more energy in its telling Still Coppola offers some gorgeous images of the past made present 
3
The Beguiled
Robert W. Butler
Ultimately The Beguiled is clinical when it should be compelling 
2.5
The Beguiled
Ty Burr
The Beguiled is a solid and at times eerily subversive piece of work but it shows that there may be limits to Sofia Coppola s ambition and her nerve 
3
The Beguiled
John Wirt
A droll atmospheric adaptation of Thomas Cullinan s 1966 novel Although the 1971 film adaptation starring Clint Eastwood is well regarded writer director Sofia Coppola deftly reimagines the story from a delectably feminine point of view 
3.5
The Beguiled
Roger Moore
Strip away the dread and much of the menace from this tale of sexual betrayal and revenge and it s an Austen with a drawl comedy of manners utterly missing the point 
2
The Beguiled
Josh Larsen
less concerned about male threat and more interested in feminine desire 
3.5
The Beguiled
Robert Levin
It s consistently engaging and it s assembled with an expert hand even if it s a more serious approach than the story deserves 
3
The Beguiled
Clayton Davis
Touted with suspense and riveting performances from its cast Sofia Coppola s The Beguiled stands alone as the single best film of 2017 so far and the crowning jewel of the director s career 
4
The Beguiled
Sheila O'Malley
The kind of movie that lingers on in your head just like the best fairy tales do 
3.5
The Beguiled
Kam Williams
This relatively refined remake was directed by Sofia Coppola whose effort was richly rewarded at Cannes where she became only the second woman to win Best Director in the history of the festival 
4
The Beguiled
Steve Macfarlane
The Beguiled serves as proof that what goes for naturalism in Sofia Coppola s dominion still verges on being decorative to the point of self parody 
2.5
The Beguiled
Rafer Guzman
Moody and compelling with fine performances all around 
3
The Beguiled
Peter Travers
Sofia Coppola is a virtuoso of image and sound but don t mistake her delicate touch for weakness The Beguiled is a hothouse flower of startling power and intimacy You can t shake it 
3.5
The Beguiled
Brian Truitt
The Beguiled showcases good manners and bad deeds though it lacks the necessary edge to make it a satisfying revenge thriller 
2
The Beguiled
Stephen Rebello
The Beguiled is fun yes and we re all for nuance But for what is essentially a Southern horror movie it s too hermetically sealed wispy and careful to grab you by the throat the way it should 
3
The Beguiled
Kent Turner
Sofia Coppola has corseted the simmering sexual tension The movie feels like an abridgement of a highly pulpy game of cat and mouse s 
2
The Beguiled
Dustin Putman
A masterful study in mood and longing A film to drink in and ponder The Beguiled is artistically alive while delivering in raw often hair raising desperation 
3.5
The Way Home
Janice Page
Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods 
3.5
The Way Home
Marta Barber
The film has good actors and enough quirky moments to keep it interesting 
2.5
The Way Home
Duane Dudek
A sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity 
2.5
The Way Home
Joe Baltake
The kid s selfishness is difficult to watch at times but if you have patience on the level of Granny s the payoff is big 
3.5
The Way Home
Jeff Vice
It s so good that you can practically see the Hollywood suits trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all too inevitable American remake 
3
The Way Home
Chris Hewitt
It s not revolutionary but it s satisfying 
2.5
The Way Home
Phil Villarreal
Has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke 
3
The Way Home
Margaret A. McGurk
Not only is it a charming funny and beautifully crafted import it uses very little dialogue making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time 
3
The Way Home
Steven Rea
Jeong Hyang Lee s film is deceptively simple deeply satisfying 
3.5
The Way Home
Michael Wilmington
Director Lee has a true cinematic knack but it s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly unabashedly on its sleeve 
3
The Way Home
Steve Rhodes
A well acted and well intentioned snoozer 
2
The Way Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The best recent argument for sterilization 
1
The Way Home
Edward Guthmann
Kim is the heart of The Way Home She gives it simplicity truth and a shimmering grace 
3
The Way Home
Rick Groen
If you ever doubted the power and scope of silent film watch The Way Home 
3
The Way Home
V.A. Musetto
The film is worth watching if only for Kim who before this had never seen a movie let alone acted in one 
2.5
The Way Home
Pam Grady
The film occasionally tries the viewer s patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story 
2.5
Circus of Horrors
David Nusair
a tedious and downright worthless endeavor 
.5
Queen Margot
Mal Vincent
If you like historical costume pieces this is your ticket Be warned though that the level of violence is high 
3
Queen Margot
Steve Rhodes
How do I start in describing this disaster of a movie 
0.5
Queen Margot
Roger Ebert
Queen Margot is like elaborate illustrations for a book we haven t read 
2
The Matchmaker
John Hartl
The shadow of the Holocaust hangs over this unique Israeli coming of age film which deals with a special kind of survivor s guilt 
3
The Matchmaker
Walter V. Addiego
Nesher has a populist touch showing a sure hand with the numerous subplots and never allowing us to lose sight of his characters humanity even the mostly pathetic villain of the piece 
3
The Matchmaker
Roger Ebert
This is a sweet bittersweet comedy well executed if perhaps a little heavy on anecdotage 
3
The Matchmaker
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film ultimately fails to treat history as anything but a string of melodramatic reference points for moody characters haplessly trying to find love 
2
The Matchmaker
Loren King
It weaves fable with realism coming of age innocence with adult grief and guilt with romanticism 
3
The Matchmaker
Miles Howard
The jokes come naturally and frequently but the film also haunts with unexpected potency 
3
86 Melrose Avenue
Tom Meek
Lili Matta s tale of an Iraq War vet with PTSD takes some grand loops on a small budget but never really finds the pulse or soul of its troubled protagonist 
1.5
86 Melrose Avenue
Roger Moore
Cringe worthy
1
On the Ropes
Roger Ebert
On the Ropes is a sports documentary as gripping in a different way as Hoop Dreams 
4
Parejas
Jorge Avila Andrade
Su manufactura guin direccin y dems elementos cinematogrficos son ms propios de una tarea estudiantil que de un cine interesante y profesional 
1.5
War of the Worlds
Brian Eggert
Highly influential 44 ever innovative 44 and full of emotion and slick formal trickery 44 the film lives up to the precise definition of what quot Steven Spielberg apos s War of the Worlds quot should be 46 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Mattie Lucas
Moves from one action set piece to another seeing everything only through the eyes of its main characters and in doing so avoids many sci fi clichés 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Jay Antani
so impressive in so many ways that it makes the frustration over its miserable final moments that much harder to bear
3
War of the Worlds
Joe Lozito
Just when it seemed like Mr Spielberg might be maturing into a filmmaker with some much needed cynicism you realize he s still just out there rounding up the dollars 
2
War of the Worlds
Kam Williams
Spielberg flips the E T script with this sci fi flick which reverts to the pulp fiction notion of aliens as the enemies of earthlings 
4
War of the Worlds
Peter T. Chattaway
Like disasters in real life the film hits you in the gut with a vision of catastrophe and leaves you to sort out what it all means 
3
War of the Worlds
Garth Franklin
Spielberg creates an alien invasion movie that can be labelled the antithesis to the likes of Independence Day or the ilk The reason The personal perspective 
3
War of the Worlds
Jorge Avila Andrade
No es la gran película de la década pero sí es un claro ejemplo de entretenimiento del más alto nivel que te mantendrá literalmente en el filo de la butaca 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Wesley Lovell
Spielberg s Worlds is filled with terrific scenes but ultimately he draws the film to a predictable and utterly disappointing conclusion 
3
War of the Worlds
Collin Souter
Certainly a grab bag of Spielberg s Greatest Hits but like The Beatles there s a reason a lot of those Hits were 1 when they came out 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Kurt Loder
A s much a disaster movie as it is a straight sci fi horror film there are very good performances in the film but the movie leaves you feeling let down and quarrelsome 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Steve Rhodes
An adrenaline pumping disaster movie told within the context of a small scale family drama is an entertaining thrill ride 
3.5
War of the Worlds
David N. Butterworth
All summer blockbusters should be as loud and scary and deliver like this 
3
War of the Worlds
Forrest Hartman
War of the Worlds is thoughtful but don t let that worry you This is an action film concerned more with delivering thrills than making bold statements 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Lori Hoffman
The movie is the anti Independence Day the aliens are kicking our butts and we can t do anything but wait for our turn to become kibble 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Greg Maki
A visual and technical achievement but underwhelming on every other level 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Joe Williams
It s a thrilling ride but this bountiful pot of signifiers leaves a caustic aftertaste 
3
War of the Worlds
David Elliott
A rather primitive demolition derby with little of the human solidarity that was corny but meaningful in the 1953 picture 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Peter Travers
H G Wells wouldn t recognize his 1898 alien invasion novel The War of the Worlds in Steven Spielberg s updated film version But Wells could probably relate to the ensuing fear and panic 
3
War of the Worlds
Matt Brunson
Whether it represents filmmaking at its most opportunistic or most empathic will be up to each viewer to decide but there s no denying its potency as a harrowing thrill ride 
3
War of the Worlds
Philippa Hawker
Bewildered mildly optimistic holding out the hope of salvation in spite of everything in a blasted empty landscape War of the World is in the end and perhaps despite its intentions a fairly tentative assertion of hope for the future 
3.5
War of the Worlds
James Kendrick
Spielberg has crafted a genuinely traumatic summer event movie one that gives us images of violence and destruction of often devastating emotional weight
3.5
War of the Worlds
Sara Michelle Fetters
As it is I admire the brilliance of the majority of this picture to no end it s just that pesky literal ending I walked out wanting to declare war on 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Dan Fienberg
An intense sci fi experience that should satisfy viewers who crave both expensive special effects and intimate human drama assuming that such an audience exists 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Gary Susman
War of the Worlds ends too abruptly running out of juice just as the aliens do Even on summer popcorn terms it s a tepid finish to a movie that for its first hour or so taps so expertly into our fears 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Michael A. Smith
director Steven Spielberg has brought the story to this generation And it is a story meant for this time 
3.5
War of the Worlds
David Nusair
46 46 46 compelling subject matter that 8217 s employed to uneven yet sporadically spellbinding effect 46 46 46 
3
War of the Worlds
Mark Collette
Gritty visuals paired with awesome sound design create a trepidation that at moments rises to a quality we haven t seen in a Spielberg film since 1977 
3
War of the Worlds
Kevin N. Laforest
There s not much plot depth or character development but it more than makes up for it in relentless intensity and consistency of vision 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Nick Rogers
Pitched at a level of interpersonal experience amid the mayhem this blockbuster offers no sense of loss Given its ending you d think the power had been out for a few days 
2
War of the Worlds
Mike McGranaghan
My recommendation is tempered by the fact that this started off as a great movie and ended as little more than a piece of pleasant fluff 
3
War of the Worlds
Sean McBride
an awesome summer movie that showcases a director and some actors at the top of their games 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Frank Houston
A sure footed thrill ride with more suspense and spine tingling scares than a Tom Cruise publicity junket 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Scott Nash
Let Cruise rant and jump on furniture all he wants So long as he can churn out movies like this one he s free to make a fool of himself all he wants 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Ross Anthony
A Brick breaking glass shattering emotion grabbing first half stalls then tailspins into a complete mess Ending is as bad as the openning is good 
1.5
War of the Worlds
Linda Cook
Everybody wins with War of the Worlds a fast paced summer blockbuster that will appeal to action sci fi and drama fans 
3.5
War of the Worlds
James Berardinelli
War of the Worlds may not stand up well to careful inspection and it may not be the smartest science fiction film brought to the screen but it is an intense visceral experience 
3
War of the Worlds
Timothy Knight
An unwieldy hodgepodge of spectacular set pieces and sappy family drama 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Bruce Newman
War of the Worlds is a picture without a thought in its pretty head the Tom Cruise movie to end all Tom Cruise movies 
3
War of the Worlds
Tom Keogh
An important film 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Mick LaSalle
Meticulously detailed and expertly paced and photographed with sights so spectacular and terrible that viewers will have to consciously remind themselves to close their mouths when their jaws drop open 
4
War of the Worlds
Carla Meyer
Technically flawless but not especially moving 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Kit Bowen
With the power of Spielberg and Cruise behind it the sinister and tense War of the Worlds is this summer s blockbuster to beat them all 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Carrie Rickey
Urgent and pungent 
3
War of the Worlds
Robert W. Butler
This is one genuinely scary disturbing movie 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Claudia Puig
When it comes to searing and iconic visual imagery Spielberg is still the best filmmaker around 
3
War of the Worlds
Peter Howell
In terms of sheer spectacle alone War of the Worlds is a winner If this movie doesn t help stop or turn around the box office slide of the past few months then Hollywood really is in big trouble 
3
War of the Worlds
V.A. Musetto
This disappointing War of the Worlds limps to a conclusion that mercifully insures there will not be a sequel 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Glenn Whipp
Fantastic and banal terrifying and occasionally dull pure Spielberg and yet at times anonymous War of the Worlds delivers multiple viewing experiences during its two hour running time 
3
War of the Worlds
Aaron Hillis
the film s only sublime moments happen in scenes where the population gets blown up 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Jami Bernard
The movie is no fun There s none of the spirited adrenaline you expect from a bang up blockbuster I ve docked it a star or so because it is nasty and mean spirited and plays on shocking allusions to 9 11 imagery 
2
War of the Worlds
Duane Dudek
War of the Worlds is the kind of movie Spielberg can make in his sleep which may be why it feels like we are sleepwalking while watching it 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Terry Lawson
It is nerve wracking and gripping and draws specific parallels both dramatically and visually to 9 11 but never in a way that seems anything but natural 
3
War of the Worlds
Liam Lacey
This is B movie material all the way yet it s not only watchable it s engrossing That s because the material is in the hands of an A talent director who knows as few of his contemporaries do how to manipulate the plastic qualities of a film 
3
War of the Worlds
Jeff Vice
Spielberg whose previous alien visitation movies E T The Extra Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind are considerably more benign than this film But he does this more mature nightmarish material nearly as well 
3
War of the Worlds
Lisa Kennedy
Wow indeed 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Mary F. Pols
In the second half of the film the wind starts to go out of Spielberg s sails 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Michael Wilmington
A first class pop entertainment packed to the brim with astounding effects and near non stop action and suspense 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Ty Burr
War of the Worlds pushes some of the right buttons and enough of the wrong ones to make you wish that Spielberg would move on from aliens already and use his unparalleled talents to focus once more on earth 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Josh Larsen
wowing enough to silence rude modern movie audiences in their seats 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Spielberg is in absolute visual physical command of this material presenting the complete chaos and destruction with frightening clarity 
3
War of the Worlds
Tyler Hanley
War is a blast 
3
War of the Worlds
Marty Mapes
Spielberg and his team are master filmmakers and it s a pleasure to see them work
3
War of the Worlds
Phil Villarreal
The first two acts are overpowering specimens of effects amped screen incinerating hysteria 
3
War of the Worlds
Jon Niccum
It s refreshing for a change to see an apocalyptic vision that doesn t include shots of prominent world monuments being obliterated 
3
War of the Worlds
Larry Ratliff
It s tiring stressful and just plain not much fun to watch a 10 year old scream in total terror for almost two hours 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Sean P. Means
Stunning Fanning gives such an authentic portrayal of a terror stricken child that you might want to call Family Services on her behalf 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Jeffrey Westhoff
May be the most efficiently built engine of escalating terror you will ever encounter But Spielberg s technique serves no purpose this time except the visceral 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Chuck O'Leary
Almost good enough to make you forget its director is an overrated egomaniac and its star is a self righteous nut 
3
War of the Worlds
Emily Blunt
What what have they created here Really folks I m at a loss 
0
War of the Worlds
Rob Blackwelder
A problematic blockbuster with one essential saving grace It s profoundly frightening in a way that few directors have the talent to capture 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Willie Waffle
It makes Independence Day look like The Muppet Movie 
4
War of the Worlds
Erik Childress
A disturbing account of Earth being thrown into the fan from a master filmmaker ready to take the darkness of our existence to places we may not be ready to confront 
4
War of the Worlds
Jeremiah Kipp
War of the Worlds takes one of our deepest global fears the threat of annihilation and gives us a catharsis when humanity reasserts itself 
3
War of the Worlds
Peter Canavese
Has all the mechanized ingenuity of one of those dazzling Tripods but the bigger they are it s the gutless ending that renders War of the Worlds most insulting 
2.5
War of the Worlds
Roger Ebert
War of the Worlds is a big clunky movie containing some sensational sights but lacking the zest and joyous energy we expect from Steven Spielberg 
2
War of the Worlds
Dustin Putman
Overlooking a disappointing conclusion War of the Worlds is a marvelous entertainment of imagination edge of your seat suspense and surprising thoughtfulness 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Phoebe Flowers
War of the Worlds is easily the most bone chillingly scary movie Spielberg has made but it also taps into an unsettling kind of fear that never goes for the cheap thrill The dread Spielberg conjures is horribly personal 
3.5
War of the Worlds
Jeff Strickler
Spielberg seems to have resigned himself to the fact that he ll never match the impact of the radio show but he s making no bones about going after that FX Oscar 
3
War of the Worlds
Walter Chaw
Spielberg is the only one who can mess up a Spielberg film 
2
Electrick Children
Chuck Bowen
Rebecca Thomas s debut feature is a sensible and humane exploration of youthful curiosity 
3
Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica
Diego Semerene
The film is simply too conscious of its form and its global market ambitions to ever feel honestly interested in the themes it purports to cherish 
1.5
La boda de Valentina
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The sad thing is that this re marriage comedy perhaps the most clearly progressive subgenre within the Hollywood comedy since the times of It Happened One Capra 1934 ended up giving us such a conformist outcome Full Review in Spanish
0
Life 2.0
Diego Semerene
For a moment you wonder or hope that this will be a film entirely shot in Second Life 
2
Life 2.0
Peter Keough
Not so much a documentary of an Internet phenomenon as a deconstruction of 21st century culture Jason Spingarn Koff s unsettling film explores the online game Second Life in which players create avatars to live in a virtual world 
3.5
All or Nothing
Michael Dequina
It s all quite tough going but the actors make it difficult to look away 
3
All or Nothing
John Anderson
Mike Leigh goes spelunking in search of the English soul finds gold 
3.5
All or Nothing
Mark Dujsik
There s an extended scene the film s penultimate one in the family s apartment with a level of verisimilitude that I doubt I ll ever forget 
3
All or Nothing
Chris Hewitt
An observant film 
3
All or Nothing
Jeff Vice
As well acted and well intentioned as All or Nothing is however the film comes perilously close to being too bleak too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good 
3
All or Nothing
Connie Ogle
The film feels uncomfortably real its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority 
2.5
All or Nothing
Steven Rosen
Leigh makes these lives count And he allows a gawky actor like Spall who could too easily become comic relief in any other film to reveal his impressively delicate range 
3
All or Nothing
Marty Mapes
Mike Leigh is back to making the kinds of deeply character driven movies he makes best
3
All or Nothing
Carrie Rickey
It s a challenging film one that rewards the committed filmgoer 
2.5
All or Nothing
Joe Baltake
It is almost impossible to sludge through this tiny morality tale and not recognize bad habits small and familiar that we all share and also take for granted 
3
All or Nothing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sure it would be nice to see more of the droll humor like that of Life Is Sweet or the toxic energy of Naked but All or Nothing contains not one misstep 
3.5
All or Nothing
Moira MacDonald
The resolution which I won t describe as it s something to see is extremely moving 
3
All or Nothing
Edward Guthmann
We re back on the social and emotional turf that Leigh knows best 
3
All or Nothing
Rick Groen
Everything you ve come to expect and cherish in a Mike Leigh movie 
3
All or Nothing
Roger Ebert
These people are real as few movie characters ever are 
4
All or Nothing
Ty Burr
Grueling heavy handed and surprisingly insight free 
2.5
All or Nothing
Glenn Lovell
These characters are beyond hope and caring about 
1.5
All or Nothing
Mary F. Pols
Leigh has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors improvised over many months and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable 
3
All or Nothing
Michael Wilmington
A triumph a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light 
3.5
All or Nothing
Jeanne Aufmuth
The rhythm of their unrelenting despair bonds these hard luck souls with a bitter melancholy that s both fascinating and repellent 
4
All or Nothing
David Sterritt
Leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue This method almost never fails him and it works superbly here 
3
All or Nothing
Peter Travers
Leigh isn t breaking new ground but he knows how a daily grind can kill love 
3
All or Nothing
Pam Grady
Once more Leigh provides an example of why he s one of the finest directors of actors working today 
3.5
All or Nothing
Megan Turner
It s easy to succumb to the rhythms of this melancholic but humanistic rumination on the meaning of life 
3
All or Nothing
Glenn Whipp
The movie s greatest achievement apart from the haunting turns from Spall and Manville is that all this unrelenting bleakness actually goes somewhere 
3
All or Nothing
Steve Rhodes
Fancy a real downer Leigh lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race 
2.5
All or Nothing
Ian Mantgani
Lazy miserable and smug This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year 
1.5
All or Nothing
Jeremy Heilman
Even as All or Nothing doesn t fail it pales in comparison with the best of Leigh s work but all the same it s well worth seeing 
3.5
All or Nothing
Walter Chaw
Spare unsentimental moody and like many films of this skill and observation really funny 
3.5
All or Nothing
Harvey S. Karten
As good a picture of working class desperation as you can get 
3
Outside the Law
Chris Hewitt
Bouchareb sketches this with clarity and skill building toward a bloodstained ending that is technically happy Algerian independence but feels deeply sad 
3
Outside the Law
Peter Howell
Think The Godfather II as told through France vs Algeria tensions and you have the essence of Rachid Bouchareb s vivid combo crime saga action movie and historical drama 
3
Outside the Law
Carrie Rickey
A gripping French Algerian coproduction that makes Algeria s epic struggle for independence from France look like a gangster movie 
3
Outside the Law
Walter V. Addiego
The movie is impressively made but finally feels rote and at 138 minutes outstays its welcome 
2
Outside the Law
Roger Ebert
Outside the Law is at the very least a superior action film in which the action sequences are plausible and grounded in reality 
3
Outside the Law
Lou Lumenick
Extremely well acted suspenseful and produced on a lavish scale Outside the Law may oversimplify the complex politics but it s a worthy companion piece to Army of Shadows 
3
Outside the Law
Andrew Schenker
Whenever the film starts to feel too locked in by its plotting Bouchareb introduces a new element of moral queasiness to upset the easy balance 
3
Outside the Law
Liam Lacey
A potentially inflammatory story about Muslim freedom fighters terrorists in France during the Algerian independence war gets the generic gangster epic treatment 
2
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Robert Daniels
It s sweet to the point of ugly crying with bittersweetness
3
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Mark Dujsik
A beautiful and melancholic story about myth and reality death and what it means to live and the inherent contradictions of parenthood 
3.5
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
James Berardinelli
Despite being set in a Lord of the Rings ish fantasy world the core themes of loss aging and motherhood have real world emotional resonance 
3
Remote Area Medical
John Beifuss
Like many modern documentaries with aspirations to theatrical distribution the film confuses a lack of clarity with cinema verite integrity 
2.5
Remote Area Medical
Matt Zoller Seitz
From these subjects you find out all you need to know in order to appreciate the magnitude of what RAM is doing and the scope of the crisis affecting the rural poor 
3
Remote Area Medical
Stephanie Merry
Remote Area Medical is an incredibly tragic movie It s also an important one reminding viewers that America is more than its coasts and cities There are corners of the country we all too easily forget 
3
Remote Area Medical
Rob Humanick
Despite the subdued anger and drawn out suffering on display the documentary is primarily a work of hope 
3
Burning Kentucky
Roger Moore
Miscalculated Appalachian mush 
1.5
Unforgettable
Matt Brunson
Even worse than the previous movie with this title 
1
Unforgettable
Linda Cook
Unforgettable isn t 
1
Unforgettable
David Nusair
A decidedly underwhelming yet somewhat watchable thriller 
2.5
Unforgettable
Mike McGranaghan
Unforgettable feels like it time warped in from 1992 It easily would have been one of the worst pictures of that year and it s definitely one of the worst of this year too 
1
Unforgettable
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Christina Hodson and first time director Denise Di Novi are clearly trying to go against the grain here It s just a shame that it still feels so routine 
2
Unforgettable
Sean P. Means
There isn t a single thing about the would be suspense thriller Unforgettable that isn t idiotic fake and laughable and that includes the title which paints a fat bull s eye at which critics can take aim 
1
Unforgettable
Christy Lemire
Slick glossy and radiating juicy villainy it knows exactly what kind of movie it is and goes for it with giddy abandon 
2.5
Unforgettable
Peter Travers
Unforgettable is definitely the wrong title for a movie you want to erase from your memory the second it ends 
1
Unforgettable
Julia Cooper
Here the dizzying pairing of slice and splatter violence with the quiet horror of abusive relationships doesn t add up it s used unforgivably as a gimmick 
2
Unforgettable
Katie Walsh
It s a uniquely feminine kind of villainy and Di Novi and Heigl understand it implicitly in order to execute it perfectly 
2.5
Unforgettable
Eric Henderson
The truly depressing thing about a thriller as undercoocked as Unforgettable is its failure to fly on dark fantasy 
1
Unforgettable
Max Weiss
The film is so inept it starts with a teaser of sorts that basically spoils the whole film 
1.5
Unforgettable
Robbie-Ann McPherson
After the screening was over someone asked me what the name of the film was that I had just seen As God as my witness for a moment I forgot 
2
Unforgettable
Peter Howell
Despite its usefulness as a 21st Century public service announcement what Unforgettable can t really do is scare educate or entertain anybody since it blandly misses both extremes of the thriller genre 
2
Unforgettable
Sara Stewart
For a bad movie this one is an awful lot of fun 
2.5
Unforgettable
Gary Thompson
One day very soon folks will be watching it on cable downing pints of pinot and groaning at the lurid eye popping tactlessness of Unforgettable which staggers into the minefield of domestic violence like a drunk 
1
Unforgettable
Rick Bentley
Unforgettable is very forgettable 
0.5
Unforgettable
Pat Padua
This forgettable thriller will simply make you remember other better films 
2
Unforgettable
David Lewis
Drag queens from around the world will eagerly await their chance to play these roles in the near future whether on stage or at midnight movie screenings 
3
Unforgettable
Dustin Putman
Katherine Heigl tears out of the gate with a ferociously understated performance in Unforgettable a from Hell thriller that proves to be a little more psychologically complex than initially meets the eye 
2.5
Unforgettable
Stephen Whitty
Nicely photographed speedily paced Unforgettable is a completely average movie But there s a wonderful bad movie inside it struggling to get out 
2
Unforgettable
Moira MacDonald
That Unforgettable is watchable at least before it disintegrates into generic violence near the end is due to the touches of wit in the directing and to the two lead performances 
2
Unforgettable
Roger Moore
Whatever its problems it s fun that the Hated Heigl gives up her America s Sweetheart dream and wears her resting bitch face with pride 
2
The Angels' Share
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Angels Share certainly has elements of a crime caper but this rich film is actually so much more 
3.5
The Angels' Share
Stephanie Merry
Despite its ultimate sense of optimism the Glasgow set dramedy nevertheless carries a sense of foreboding And yet that might not have been the intention 
2.5
The Angels' Share
John Beifuss
As unlikely a fable of redemption as any that Hollywood might deliver elevated by Loach s insistence on naturalism 
3.5
The Angels' Share
Michael Posner
The result is a sometimes gritty occasionally charming Highland hybrid but the final balance feels slightly off kilter 
2
The Angels' Share
Linda Barnard
Loach takes us through the mysteries of whisky making exploring the subtle tastes and scents in ways that will have audiences wishing they had a dram at hand But a glass also serves more symbolic purposes 
3
The Angels' Share
Chris Hewitt
Drink it up 
3
The Angels' Share
Joe Williams
A fairy tale with its feet firmly on the ground 
3
The Angels' Share
Rob Thomas
Whether Robbie pulls off his caper should be left for the audience to discover But Loach s great cinematic switcheroo goes off almost without a hitch 
3
The Angels' Share
Steven Rea
A lark but it s a serious minded lark addressing issues of class and culture the haves and have nots 
3.5
The Angels' Share
Tom Russo
Charming enough to satisfy even the trenchant commentary crowd 
3
The Angels' Share
Claudia Puig
The plot thickens but the mood grows lighter 
3.5
The Angels' Share
John Anderson
Unexpectedly and blithely amusing 
3.5
The Angels' Share
Stephen Whitty
Like the spirit it celebrates The Angel s Share is a neat little jolt of pleasure and guaranteed to leave you feeling just a mite warmer 
3
The Angels' Share
Farran Smith Nehme
While a few farcical moments fizzle it s mostly charming 
3.5
The Angels' Share
Glenn Heath Jr.
Ken Loach s breezy scribble about lowlife redemption and drunken buffoonery isn t so much heavy handed as it is charmingly weightless 
2
The Angels' Share
Steven Boone
Loach s realism always carries a distinct sense of humor volatility and most alarmingly in this hypercapitalist new century a socialist passion for The People 
3.5
Bubble Boy
Walter Chaw
Bubble Boy squanders its strongest moments but at least has the courage to attempt strong moments 
2.5
Bubble Boy
David Keyes
Calling the picture an insult to the immune deficiency syndrome is inappropriate however calling the movie an act of pure idiocy is bordering generosity 
0
Bubble Boy
Steve Rhodes
The most underrated film of the year While it s not a great film by any stretch of the imagination it is a comedy that had me laughing hard and often 
3
Bubble Boy
Michael Dequina
The ultimate cinematic bafflement one that will leave the most jaded Hollywood observer with a Freddie Prinze Jr like look of bug eyed slack jawed shock 
0
Bubble Boy
Dustin Putman
Rarely funny mildly entertaining in a morbid sort of way and almost always terrible 
1.5
Bubble Boy
Edward Guthmann
It s impossible not to respond to Gyllenhaal s sweetness wide eyes and dazzling smile or to imagine anyone whose looks or personality would be more perfectly suited to the role 
3
Bubble Boy
Mary Kalin-Casey
Both sweet and satirical with a nave hero in the mold of Tim Burton s more tragically tinged Edward Scissorhands 
3
Bubble Boy
Jonathan Foreman
While this critic generally likes it when comedies trample on p c pieties Bubble Boy crosses way over the line 
1.5
Bubble Boy
Rick Groen
It s got a brain that occasionally works a ticker that sometimes pulses and a nose intermittently keen to the whiff of hypocrisy 
2.5
Bubble Boy
Tony Toscano
Bubble Boy s producers should never be allowed to SEE another film let alone make one 
0
Bubble Boy
Ross Anthony
After an outstandingly giddy bold funny fast paced first act the film loses air 
2.5
Bubble Boy
Rob Blackwelder
Mirthfully unfettered lunacy that leaves no joke unturned 
3
Bubble Boy
Harvey S. Karten
Moronic racist embarrassing 
0.5
Bubble Boy
Ed Gonzalez
Who knew that Disney could have turned a potentially insipid project such as this into a raucous journey through a spiritually confused American landscape 
3
Summer '03
Alice Stoehr
Is this a black comedy à la Todd Solondz Or a quirky teen drama with a dash of girl power All in all it s too glib too zany too half hearted to be a solid example of either 
1.5
Summer '03
David Nusair
King s charismatic turn deserved much much better material 
1
Summer '03
Matt Fagerholm
Though the film s screwball energy keeps things relatively sunny neither Gleason nor King fail to take the central protagonist s emotions seriously 
3
Summer '03
Mark Dujsik
Every time Gleason s screenplay shifts away from Jamie the movie seems to enter an entirely different mode 
2.5
Summer '03
James Berardinelli
Summer 03 is a solid feature debut whose missteps are forgivable because of the strength and intelligence of the main character 
2.5
Summer '03
Roger Moore
The one Joey King teen sex comedy that if you watch it will send you to Hell 
1.5
Summer '03
Mike McGranaghan
A charming little feel good indie Summer 03 allows Joey King to give the performance she s always had in her 
3
The Letters
Kam Williams
A warts and all biopic which reveals Mother Teresa as a tortured soul who felt abandoned by the same God she served so selflessly 
2
The Letters
Scott Renshaw
Teresa is simply portrayed as a dedicated servant of God while whatever internal struggle she dealt with remains told not shown 
2
The Letters
Josh Terry
Her work made her one of the most celebrated figures of the 20th century but The Letters is far too preoccupied with the bureaucratic minutiae of her journey 
2
The Letters
Godfrey Cheshire
A drama in which belief is reduced to well meaning but inert treacle 
1
The Letters
Christian Toto
Even Mother Teresa s harshest detractors might say she deserves a better biopic than The Letters
1.5
The Letters
Mike McGranaghan
If Mother Teresa were here to see the film she would probably say You made this piece of garbage about me 
1
The Letters
Soren Andersen
Writer director William Riead offers a highly simplified version of his subject s life 
2.5
The Letters
Rafer Guzman
Slow clunky and not terribly informative 
2
The Letters
Rick Bentley
Mother Teresa s life was so inspiring that even a film that tells her story at only about 75 percent of its potential still delivers a heavy spiritual punch 
3
The Letters
John Beifuss
The Letters was rated PG for its images of human suffering But if you really want to see human suffering take a picture of whatever hapless humans happen to be inside an auditorium while this movie is onscreen 
1.5
The Letters
Kam Williams
A warts and all biopic which reveals Mother Teresa as a tortured soul who felt abandoned by the same God she served so selflessly 
2
The Letters
Clayton Dillard
A brain dead slog whose bankrupt aesthetics ironically soil the very legacy it purports to aggrandize 
.5
The Letters
Roger Moore
More hagiography than biography a dramatically flat film that makes little use of a first rate cast 
2
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
David Nusair
dense impenetrable 
1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
CSM Staff
The humor is as rude and crude as the characters but the picture certainly isn t lacking in energy 
2
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Judith Egerton
Fans of Quentin Tarantino s Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown are in for a treat 
3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Liam Lacey
The best one can say is that it s a smart cartoon and a fairly exhausting viewing experience 
2.5
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Ted Prigge
You re more or less bound to have a blast watching it that is if you don t take any of it seriously 
3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
James Berardinelli
This may be the first movie to capture the reckless exuberance of Pulp Fiction without seeming like a blatant rip off 
3.5
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Roger Ebert
Lock Stock is fun in a slapdash way it has an exuberance and in a time when movies follow formulas like zombies it s alive 
3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Joe Baltake
The film had me alternating between a sugar high and drowsiness One minute I struggled to keep awake the next I was jumping in my seat Neither extreme is particularly pleasurable 
2
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Steve Rhodes
Although there are several funny episodes the picture as a whole never quite gels 
2.5
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
David N. Butterworth
Smokin 
3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Jeanne Aufmuth
Even when the violence gets out of control as bad as a bad day in Bosnia there s an underlying level of wit and humor 
3.5
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Ross Anthony
Maintains a light hearted perspective despite the blood 
2
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Jane Ganahl
A rockin good time 
3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Michael Dequina
A clever complex and comic caper that takes its share of unexpected twists and turns 
3
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Greg Dean Schmitz
Just don t expect to be dazzled by the story because if you re like me you ll have trouble following the faces and hence the plot from one scene to another 
2
Unconditional
Mark Jenkins
Contrived and simplistic 
1.5
Unconditional
Chris Foran
In a year where what divides us seems to get more attention than what unites us it s enough to restore your well faith 
2.5
Body
Barry Hertz
A shoestring house of horrors exercise that just sort of well exists with no real purpose or artistic vision driving it forward 
1.5
Body
Andy Crump
Body mines heaps of tension from Cali and Holly s moral back and forth but their dilemma might have cut deeper with better less predictable characterization 
2.5
Body
Simon Abrams
Body may not be the kind of modern day B movie that wins awards but it does exactly what it sets out to and that s a fair amount So go ahead see this film for yourself You won t know what hit you 
3.5
Into the Mirror
Roger Moore
Into the Mirror gets as close as any movie ever has to simulating the state of mind of someone conflicted if no longer confused about his sexuality the feelings paranoia decision making and resolve that takes one from the closet to the drag club 
2.5
Pistol Opera
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I couldn t give a fully coherent synopsis of Pistol Opera if my life depended on it but it s still the most fun new movie I ve seen since Mulholland Drive and Waking Life both also 2001 
4
Pistol Opera
Gabe Leibowitz
Though extraordinarily simplistic at its core Suzuki s directorial style is so chock full of vigor and passion for his craft that it spills into Pistol Opera allowing the flick to carve out its own niche 
3
Pistol Opera
Joshua Tanzer
Stylish but obtuse Charitably we might try to think of Pistol Opera as the Tampopo of killing people 
1
Pistol Opera
V.A. Musetto
There s style and panache to spare 
3.5
Pistol Opera
David Sterritt
What counts isn t the convoluted plot or exotic characters it s the brilliance of Suzuki s cinematic style articulating the action with eye boggling color and split second editing effects 
4
The Gray Man
Rene Sanchez
Despite its fast paced rhythm and the caliber of the talent in front and behind the camera 44 it ends up being an unimaginative and formulaic spy flick 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2
The Gray Man
Mike Scott
It can fairly be criticized as big 44 loud and derivative 46 But thanks to masterfully delivered one liners from Ryan Gosling and top shelf scenery chewing from Chris Evans it is 44 first and foremost 44 a fun film 46 
3
The Gray Man
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly 40 and often excessively 41 polished thriller that 8217 s really only effective in fits and starts 46 46 46 
2
The Gray Man
James Kendrick
draws liberally from the Bond and Bourne playbooks 44 but lacks the well established wit and panache of the former and the grit and verit 233 intensity of the latter
2.5
The Gray Man
Robert Levin
All that effort and all that money should have paid for a better screenplay 
2.5
The Gray Man
Leo Brady
The Gray Man is a lot of flash with nothing to hold onto 46 Feeling that way about movies is not what I wanted 46 It left me feeling gloomy and gray 46 
2
The Gray Man
Erik Childress
Killers with a conscience 44 flash drives and bosses are the real bad guys 46 Routine action is then not the counterbalance to the question why we are still wasting money making movies like this in 2022 46 
1.5
The Gray Man
Peter Canavese
Spectacular in a garishly stylized way somewhere on the spectrum between John Woo and Michael Bay 46 Big 44 loud 44 dumb escapist spy thriller stuff with nothing to say but a lot to shoot at 44 chase and blow up 46 
2
The Gray Man
Kevin Carr
There 8217 s some decent action set pieces and a formidable cast 44 but not enough to pop out of summertime filler 46 
2.5
The Gray Man
Ty Burr
It as aggressively soullessly stupid a chunk of high density concrete as you ll ever dial into 
1
The Gray Man
Steven Prokopy
I suppose it apos s a world brimming with possibility 44 but The Gray Man doesn apos t offer us a compelling enough first chapter to have me groveling for more of the same 46 
2.5
The Gray Man
Pablo O. Scholz
It s an action film one with fights explosions shootouts and a few gags It isn t original but it s fun Full review in Spanish 
4
The Gray Man
Roger Moore
It 8217 s so hackneyed it 8217 s like the Russos are trying to parody hackneyed 44 blowing their own punchlines as they do 46 
1.5
The Gray Man
Jeff York
Netflix 8217 s latest actioner has a wonderful one played by Chris Evans 46 In this spy tale 44 he plays such a delicious bad guy that he manages to make up for many of the mistakes on display in this big budget adventure 46 
2.5
The Gray Man
Johnny Oleksinski
My barista could have been cast as the lead of this action thriller and the film would be absolutely no different 
1.5
The Gray Man
James Berardinelli
Another Netflix would be blockbuster another disappointment 
2.5
The Gray Man
Tom Meek
The parts and the production values are in place but without a well devised thread or emotional soul binding them that makes for a dull and drab affair 
2
The Gray Man
Randy Myers
The Gray Man barrels along burning the millions of dollars earmarked for its cast globetrotting ways and special effects Is it good Not really But is it fun Hell yes 
2.5
The Gray Man
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 here apos s very little reason to care about anything happening on screen or anyone caught up in all of those happenings 46 
2
The Gray Man
Josh Bell
quot Gray quot is the right word for such an empty 44 forgettable piece of would be studio intellectual property 46 
1.5
The Gray Man
Mark Feeney
The movie feels increasingly tired All that gunplay all that traveling all that sneering from Lloyd Everything gets a bit much 
2
The Gray Man
Mike McGranaghan
Too preposterous to deliver Top Gun 58 Maverick level fun 44 and not preposterous enough to deliver RRR level fun 46 
2
The Gray Man
Jocelyn Noveck
It s hard not to think of the title when contemplating the overall effect of a film that spares no expense to entertain yet ends up feeling a little aimless perplexingly bland and what s the word we re looking for Oh yes Gray 
2
The Gray Man
Phil Villarreal
Apathy is the most severe emotion the movie sparks 46 
2
The Gray Man
Brian Tallerico
Everything here feels so programmatically dull 46 It 8217 s a silly piece of popcorn entertainment that too often forgets that this kind of venture needs to be fun 46 
2
The Gray Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Gray Man would be the most insufferable big budget release of 2022 if not for the charismatic star power of Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans 46 
2
The Gray Man
Sonny Bunch
Joe and Anthony Russo 8217 s use of drone cameras is genuinely fascinating 46 
2.5
The Gray Man
Mark Meszoros
It is easy to recommend this slick but not too slick globetrotting adventure 44 and it 8217 s a solid bounce back for the Russos after last year 8217 s 8220 Cherry 44 8221 a disappointing based on a true story drama starring fellow MCU vet Tom Holland that landed on Apple TV 43 46 
3
The Gray Man
Emily Zemler
While this may be yet another potentially disposable action movie it s still worth seeing on the big screen at full volume if you can The action is big and the stars give it their all even if the dialogue leaves something to be desired 
2.5
The Gray Man
Brian Eggert
The Gray Man cannot be called original 46 46 46 But it supplies an exceptionally well made variation that outperforms many like it with an attractive cast 44 biting humor 44 and several riveting action sequences 46 
3.5
The Gray Man
Joey Magidson
The Gray Man is 44 essentially 44 the best dad action movie TNT will never broadcast 46 
3
The Gray Man
Richard Roeper
They should have just called him The Cliché Man 
2
The Gray Man
Brian Truitt
The Russo brothers are aces at making superhero movies They need more practice with superspies 
2
The Gray Man
Mick LaSalle
Wait and catch it on Netflix 
2
The Gray Man
Chris Barsanti
The Gray Man is a noisy 44 flashy spectacle that piles clich 233 s atop ludicrous plotting and sprinkles it all with half funny quips 46 
1.5
A Little Sex
Roger Ebert
Everything happens a split second after we expect it to People don t think talk or react quite fast enough The movie drags 
2
Tokyo Tribe
Frank Ochieng
Outwardly frivolous frenetic and fueled with a bizarre combination of opulence and outlandishness Tokyo Tribe will indeed stimulate the senses with its hodge podge of hedonistic heft in the realm of instantaneous insanity 
2.5
Tokyo Tribe
Dan Schindel
Even to call it a perverted ultra violent dystopian Japanese gang war hip hop musical while covering all the bases would miss what makes the film so indelible 
3
Tokyo Tribe
Simon Abrams
It s an infectiously over the top and unquestionably idiosyncratic mess but it only holds together for as long as you re impressed by its commitment to an admittedly novel premise 
3
Tokyo Tribe
Mike McGranaghan
The novelty wears out long before Tokyo Tribe is over That s because there s nothing really happening here except for the execution of the novelty 
2
Drive My Car
James Kendrick
Pain and loss and grief and guilt are big emotions that the film manages to render small which turns what should have been an emotionally engaging drama into a study in monotony 
2
Drive My Car
David Nusair
a largely and distressingly ineffective drama that mightve worked at half the length but probably not 
1.5
Drive My Car
Sonny Bunch
It s talky without being snappy languorous without being pleasurable 
2
Drive My Car
Josh Bell
The movie takes its time building its narrative and defining its characters and it requires patience to appreciate its many virtues 
3
Drive My Car
Ty Burr
The pieces Hamaguchi assembles don t seem to add up and yet when it s over you may feel that the whole is much much larger than the sum of the parts in ways beyond the power to articulate 
4
Drive My Car
Sean P. Means
So Drive My Car is great but is it three hours great Thats a decision left for each viewer But I ll tell you this For three hours I was raptly paying attention unable to guess where Hamaguchi was taking us next 
4
Drive My Car
Rene Sanchez
An enthralling and introspective journey that takes us through the winding and mysterious roads of love and loss Full Review in Spanish 
4
Drive My Car
Brian Eggert
It s an introspective film that emphasizes the importance of the road ahead instead of going around in the same circles every day asking unanswerable questions of people who cannot respond 
4
Drive My Car
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
After you see Drive My Car you will never look at snow suspension bridges or stages the same way again When you see the world through the searching eyes of director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi there is no such thing as mere scenery 
4
Drive My Car
John Beifuss
In Hamaguchi s films men and women turn to art to redirect the unsatisfying narratives of their lives 
4
Drive My Car
Rob Thomas
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi s Drive My Car is an empathetic masterpiece that explores love grief and the the porous line between performance and reality 
4
Drive My Car
Allyson Johnson
Hamaguchi s ace in the hole is leading man Hidetoshi Nishijima who conveys a soulful and contemplative portrait of grief and passion and how the two intersect 
4
Drive My Car
Chris Hewitt
Drive My Car viewers need to be patient but that patience is rewarded 
3.5
Drive My Car
Mark Feeney
Over the course of just under three hours Hamaguchi reworks and expands a Haruki Murakami short story it first ran in The New Yorker into an intimate epic 
3.5
Drive My Car
Blake Howard
Director and co writer Ryusuke Hamaguchi and co writer Takamasa Oe adapt a Haruki Murakami short story and create an impactful nerve exposing rumination on love the safety of our weaknesses and the things that we re tethered to in loss 
4
Drive My Car
Mike McGranaghan
Drive My Car certainly has admirable qualities Those qualities however are too frequently pushed aside in favor of material that could easily have been trimmed with no discernible negative impact 
2
Drive My Car
Peter Canavese
A quietly moving exquisitely made intimate and emotionally unsparing drama about the communion between people bonded by art or like minded pain things left unsaid and unanswerable questions 
3.5
Drive My Car
Peter Howell
Its three hour running time flashes by 
3.5
Drive My Car
Josh Larsen
A testament to art as something that s essential rather than a frivolous activity for those who have money taste or time 
3.5
Drive My Car
Robert Horton
Moments bloom into radiant life 
4
Drive My Car
Michael Phillips
For a century and more film directors have explored crosscurrents between art and life and how one informs the other Hamaguchi makes that exploration a fully humanized one 
4
Drive My Car
Sara Michelle Fetters
Drive My Car is one of 2021 s best films 
4
Drive My Car
Mark Dujsik
The film firmly establishes its lonely and wounded characters its melancholy tone and its empathetic philosophy of the lost finding connections with each other 
3.5
Drive My Car
Randy Myers
It s beautiful in every conceivable way 
4
Drive My Car
G. Allen Johnson
There is a deep richness to the film especially in Yûsuke s emotional journey and Hamaguchi does an excellent job of letting his characters secrets unfold naturally 
3
Drive My Car
Michael O'Sullivan
It feels as expansive as the whole world 
4
Drive My Car
Carlos Aguilar
Drive My Car devastates and comforts through its vehicular poetry of the sorrow from which we run the collisions that awaken us and the healing gained from every bump in the road 
4
Drive My Car
Roger Moore
One of those films you ponder and appreciate almost at arm s length It s that afraid of moving you 
2.5
Drive My Car
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Slow and long though it may be every moment in Drive My Car counts Enjoy the ride 
4
Drive My Car
Walter Chaw
It s incredible and incredibly rewarding 
4
Drive My Car
Aparita Bhandari
Drive My Car is a beautiful and mellow ride although you ll need to stretch your legs after it ends 
3.5
Blue Gate Crossing
Chris Hewitt
A wise perceptive marvel a gentle fable about an especially cruel time of life 
3.5
Blue Gate Crossing
Mick LaSalle
Blue Gate Crossing is 85 minutes of wistful gloom 
2
Blue Gate Crossing
Elizabeth Weitzman
A lovely little coming of age story 
3
Blue Gate Crossing
V.A. Musetto
Enchanting 
3
I Love My Dad
David Nusair
46 46 46 a relatively brisk comedy that benefits from a smattering of engrossing sequences and Oswalt 8217 s stellar 44 captivating performance 46 46 46 
2.5
I Love My Dad
Erik Childress
Patton Oswalt slyly sells the cringe factor of this comedy while James Morosini has some wise visual instincts that leads to the rare climactic pit in your stomach of the ruse inevitably blowing up in everyone 8217 s faces 46 
3
I Love My Dad
Peter Canavese
Very funny 44 psychologically fascinating 40 and also very icky 41 black cringe comedy 46 
3.5
I Love My Dad
Jeff York
If you can catch your breath from guffawing 44 you might just find a lump in your throat too 46 10 
3
I Love My Dad
Richard Roeper
Patton Oswalt plays the estranged father posing online as a young woman in the off putting would be comedy 
2
I Love My Dad
Ty Burr
For all the oh no they didn t oh god they did comedy the movie s rooted in real pain and a genuine understanding of parent child dynamics 
3.5
I Love My Dad
Nick Allen
I Love My Dad is the kind of story that doesn 8217 t overthink what makes it so laugh out loud funny 44 but there 8217 s a whole lot of ugly 44 extremely human things going on each time its comedy makes you cover your eyes 46 
3.5
I Love My Dad
Joey Magidson
I Love My Dad isn apos t for everyone 44 but the performance from Patton Oswalt is so good 44 it demands your attention 46 
3
I Love My Dad
Randy Myers
The dark situation produces uneasy laughs and is noteworthy for Oswalt s committed performance and Morosini s unconventional storyline 
2.5
I Love My Dad
Mark Dujsik
Morosini knows and embraces just how weird and discomforting this tale actually is 46 
3
I Love My Dad
Ann Hornaday
Morosini isn t out to settle scores with I Love My Dad he s interested in something bigger having to do with self deception the limits of love and the peculiar individual hells we manage to reach by way of our best intentions 
3
I Love My Dad
Mark Feeney
Emotionally the movie is a mess It can be even messier tonally 
1.5
I Love My Dad
Rob Thomas
Writer director star James Morosini 8217 s black comedy doesn 8217 t do enough with the premise 44 but Oswalt 8217 s fully committed lead performance spackles over some of the bare spots 46 
2
I Love My Dad
Chuck Bowen
For both better and worse 44 I Love My Dad feels less like a film than an exorcism 46 
2
I Love My Dad
Roger Moore
It 8217 s a cute 44 cringey gimmick 44 and it 8217 d be nice to say 8220 I Love My Dad 8221 transcends that and finds something interesting to say about fathers and sons and 8220 growing up 44 8221 even later in life 46 It doesn 8217 t 46 
2.5
I Love My Dad
Kent Turner
This may be the best unofficial sequel to the 2010 documentary Catfish 
3
Making Arrangements
Steve Rhodes
The enthusiastic ensemble cast works so well together that you ll swear they ve been doing it for years They are so perky and cute that they re a hard act not to adore 
3
108
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Renate Costa s doc gradually simplifies into an elaborate seesaw between general journalistic scoopery and unabashedly personal confrontation 
3
Chhalaang
Dann Gire
An accomplished journalistic work of nonfiction that profiles altruistic human actions at their true Christmas best 
3.5
Neruda
Rania Richardson
Chilean director Pablo Larran turns a standard biopic inside out in NERUDA a stylish thriller with a literary bent 
4
Neruda
Ty Burr
Neruda is a dream of Chile of what it was and might have been brought to the screen by a master dreamer 
3.5
Neruda
Sean P. Means
Neruda isn t filled with the writer s poetic words But its focus on the man who made that poetry is strong sharp and insightful 
3
Neruda
Alan Zilberman
Neruda is a delightful mishmash of two disparate genres the biopic and film noir 
3
Neruda
Roger Moore
Picaresque and playful account of Neruda s escape from Chile 
3
Neruda
Robert Horton
Takes a skeptical view not only of its title character but of the idea of making anybody a hero 
2.5
Neruda
Anita Katz
The actors make the robust confident Neruda and the thin self doubting Peluchonneau riveting psychological as well as physical complements 
3.5
Neruda
Walter V. Addiego
This is a serious movie that often feels playful one that has metafictional ambitions but wears them lightly You can surrender to the enjoyment of the chase at the film s heart while not losing sight of Larraín s serious aims 
3
Neruda
Miriam Di Nunzio
Calderon and Larrain have taken great dramatic license with Neruda s story and the payoff is more than worth the risk 
3
Neruda
Mark Dujsik
As the voices of the two men blend together we realize that their stories are what matter to people regardless of whether those tales are genuine or fictional 
3
Neruda
Chris Knight
Even if you ve only heard of Neruda s sonnets or his Stalinist leanings you don t need much in the way of introduction to enjoy this meta narrative 
3.5
Neruda
Robert Levin
Bathed in expressive natural light and bestowed with a sense of constant movement the movie also pulls even further back from the specifics of Neruda s story to depict a battle for the essence of a nation at war with itself 
3.5
Neruda
Glenn Kenny
Neruda is like all the Larraín films I ve seen laudable in its ambitions and ultimately unsatisfying in its execution 
2.5
Neruda
Eva Salinas
Is Neruda a cinematic play a poem a biopic In this near perfect homage to a literary giant it s all open to interpretation 
3.5
Neruda
Bruce DeMara
With great supporting performances and an intelligent script it s an accomplished and engrossing tale 
3.5
Neruda
Oleg Ivanov
Pablo Larraín has captured Pablo Neruda in all of his pomposity pretense courage and undeniable genius 
3.5
Country Life
Roger Ebert
Country Life may not be the deepest Vanya I have seen but it is the funniest bringing out the play s buried potential for farce as well as tragedy 
3.5
The Ring
Peter Travers
As good as The Ring is it can t top the original for sheer shivering terror 
4
The Ring
Maitland McDonagh
A blockbuster in Japan this restrained horror film crosses urban legend conventions with Asian ghost story traditions and the results are truly spooky 
4
The Ring
Bill Chambers
Neither inferior nor superior to the Hollywood version 
3
The Ring
Jeremy Heilman
Even if it s been tailor made for Japanese schoolgirls it still had me screaming like one 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Brian Eggert
Dark and devoid of excess plot 44 Blue Ruin tells a revenge tale filled with superbly tuned suspense and clean 44 efficient filmmaking 46 
3.5
Blue Ruin
David N. Butterworth
Jeremy Saulnier s Blue Ruin is a small quiet film brimming with smart directorial decisions 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Ann Hornaday
The world doesn t need another empty genre exercise But as Blue Ruin reminds us it can always use more filmmakers of Saulnier s resourcefulness sensitivity and quiet assurance 
4
Blue Ruin
Peter Canavese
A hauntingly memorable even thoughtful shoot em up Blu ray 
3
Blue Ruin
Mike McGranaghan
Blue Ruin redefines the revenge picture It continually creates moments of hold your breath suspense 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Soren Andersen
Blair an unheralded actor carries the whole picture He s in practically every scene and his performance is fascinating because in his eyes you can see the character struggling desperately with himself 
3
Blue Ruin
Josh Larsen
a rueful repudiation of the adage that revenge is sweet 
3.5
Blue Ruin
John Beifuss
Upends genre expectations by placing an unskilled often hapless and physically undistinguished Everyman in the violent revenge role that a Hollywood movie typically would assign to an invulnerable tough guy played by the likes of Liam Neeson 
3
Blue Ruin
Bruce Ingram
You couldn t ask for a more unlikely avenger than the ill equipped sort of hero of Blue Ruin and that s precisely why it s far far more suspenseful than the typical violent revenge thriller 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Sean P. Means
A thriller that feels natural and improvisational even when you know it s so tightly plotted it will make you drive your fingernails into the armrests 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Steven Rea
To call Blue Ruin a revenge thriller is to sell this barbed wire sharp and altogether surprising American indie short 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Mark Dujsik
There s something extraordinarily ordinary about Saulnier s approach that cuts right through the thin skin of vengeance 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Peter Keough
As an exercise in cinematic style Blue Ruin is well worth seeing 
3
Blue Ruin
Matt Pais
Much of the pleasure of Blue Ruin is letting its urgency coil around your heart daring it to move 
3
Blue Ruin
Brad Keefe
Fans of the darker side of the Coen Brothers Blood Simple No Country for Old Men and Quentin Tarantino should take note 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Walter V. Addiego
The filmmaker works with economy and has a knack for creating a sense of foreboding which is good because the plot is simply a working out of the old saw that violence begets violence 
3
Blue Ruin
Rob Thomas
This is a filmmaking career you want to get in on the ground floor of 
4
Blue Ruin
Adam Nayman
Blair is excellent in the lead but the filmmaking is the true star here 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Stephen Whitty
Director Jeremy Saulnier has worked largely as a cinematographer and Blue Ruin is marked by careful compositions and lighting 
3
Blue Ruin
Susan Wloszczyna
Saulnier makes some interesting choices that reveal he has more on his mind than just indulging in mindless mayhem with spurts of dark comedy 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Dustin Putman
A lean unsparing carousel of vigilante style comeuppances Blue Ruin brings newfound immediacy and quaking apprehension to a plot that on paper sounds as if it has been seen many times before 
3
Blue Ruin
Claudia Puig
Blue Ruin is the rare film that is nearly consistently tense the suspense only temporarily subsiding about an hour into the story It s a welcome respite 
3.5
Blue Ruin
Peter Howell
Not much is said but much is communicated in a blood soaked film that acts as its own accuser 
3
Blue Ruin
Robert Levin
Blue Ruin stands out because of the way it frames this revenge mission as a preordained conclusion an unstoppable journey toward a brutal end 
3
Blue Ruin
Sara Stewart
Sparse of dialogue terrifically ominous and full of low key high quality performances Blue Ruin is a vigilante tale even haters like me can get behind 
3
Blue Ruin
Roger Moore
Not just a solid Southern Gothic revenge story but as vivid a depiction of homelessness as you d ever want to see 
3
Blue Ruin
Jesse Cataldo
By reducing its principals to stock figures in an extended chess game it ends up providing steady neatly staged thrills but little else of substance 
2.5
Blue Ruin
Walter Chaw
The best Coen Bros noir since they were making them 
4
Blue Ruin
David Nusair
an impressively spare thriller 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Sean P. Means
The movie boasts an engaging assortment of female characters and an arch sense of humor as biting as the Icelandic winds 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Jeff Vice
The performances are solid and the film is just different enough to please open minded audiences 
2.5
The Seagull's Laughter
Janice Page
Lively and beautiful filmmaking 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Ruthe Stein
Seagull often is on the verge of melodrama but in the best sense of the genre where real life is exaggerated but never to the point of being unrecognizable 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Marta Barber
Some scenes drag but Seagull s Laughter is still delightful 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Laura Kelly
A solid example of why foreign film lovers adore foreign films 
3.5
The Seagull's Laughter
Roger Ebert
An uncommonly engaging comedy with ripe tragic undertones 
3.5
The Seagull's Laughter
John Petrakis
Writer director Agust Gudmundsson skillfully balances romantic comedy and melodrama with a coming of age story and morality play 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Elizabeth Weitzman
A droll script and generally deft direction make the Icelandic chill surprisingly inviting 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
V.A. Musetto
Seagulls is easy to take insightful and darkly funny 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
Joshua Tanzer
A strange mix of sexy comedy and deadly thriller from that other frigid island in the Atlantic 
3
The Seagull's Laughter
David Sterritt
Solid acting and an intriguing plot compensate for some dull spots 
2
The Seagull's Laughter
Jan Stuart
A childhood reminiscence set in 1953 that seems to recycle elements from every coming of age movie ever made 
2
Dalya's Other Country
Christopher James
It s empowering and wonderful to watch Dalya s perception of femininity change over the course of four years 
3.5
L'Avventura
Michael Phillips
It s easy to bash Antonioni as passe It s harder I think to explain the cinematic power of the way his camera watches and waits while the people on screen stave off a dreadful loneliness 
4
L'Avventura
Josh Larsen
Carelessness physical emotional intellectual and relational is something of a virus in the film 
4
L'Avventura
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To date this is the best Italian film I ve seen 
4
L'Avventura
Jeremy Heilman
Perhaps the quintessential cinematic expression of ennui 
4
L'Avventura
Ed Gonzalez
Characters root themselves separately in background and foreground planes their emotional distance rendered via the director s unnerving use of deep focus 
4
L'Avventura
James Kendrick
one of those rare achievements that embodies an entirely new mode of film language
4
L'Avventura
Roger Ebert
L Avventura becomes a place in our imagination a melancholy moral desert 
4
You Can't Hurry Love
Richard Freedman
Maybe you can t hurry love but that s no excuse for this sodden jape to be quite so plodding and lethargic 
0
Belle Epoque
Roger Ebert
Here is a film so inviting you would love to sit in the sun with old Manolo and his friend the priest and talk about the great matters of life And about his daughters 
3.5
The Last
Travis DeShong
As for any nuggets of interest that might be there the film s off putting clumsiness makes digging for them a chore 
.5
Big Gold Brick
Steven Prokopy
Its not for lack of trying or lack of vision but iBig Gold Brick i fails to generate much steam either as a personality profile or a heightened disturbing comedy 
1.5
Big Gold Brick
Glenn Kenny
Unlike many other film enthusiasts turned filmmakers Petsos hasnt figured out anything useful to do with his influences 
1
Big Gold Brick
Mark Dujsik
With the movie s bloated narrative and straight faced tone the filmmaker appears to have bought into the very target of his own gag 
1.5
Big Gold Brick
Phil Villarreal
The only real suspense is how long it will take to get to the end of the zany for the sake of zany misadventure 
1.5
Big Gold Brick
Roger Moore
No social psychological or satiric point is made No laughs are scored And nobody involved will be slapping this on their sizzle reel or resumesave for the writer director who may never ever get to make another movie after this all star debacle 
0
Big Gold Brick
William Repass
Brian Pestos s flair for go for broke zaniness transmutes what might otherwise have been a lump of self indulgent clichés into gold 
3
Windtalkers
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not perfection Windtalkers is still one heck of a grand war movie 
3
Windtalkers
Forrest Hartman
It s tough to get worked up after watching superior films like Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers 
3
Windtalkers
Jim Shelby
Sure he directs the heck out of gun battles and hand to hand combat paying loving attention to each grunt spurt and grimace but there is something unseemly about the agony of war serving as fodder for yet another of Woo s sensational spectacles 
2
Windtalkers
David Nusair
Windtalkers is one of the most exciting not to mention violent war movies to emerge in quite some time 
3.5
Windtalkers
Jeff Strickler
The history is fascinating the action is dazzling They just don t work in concert 
3
Windtalkers
Margaret A. McGurk
The subject may be new to him but in Windtalkers Mr Woo abandons none of his obsessions with loyalty duty religious ritual even birds in flight 
3
Windtalkers
Jon Niccum
A genuinely fascinating piece of American history reduced by Woo to a near psychopathic bloodbath full of transparent jingoism 
1.5
Windtalkers
Michael Wilmington
It s the best new battle film since Black Hawk Down 
3.5
Windtalkers
Jules Brenner
John Woo and Nicolas Cage do little to enhance their reputations with this one which is not to say that an indiscriminate war film buff might not get a fix out of the action content here 
2
Windtalkers
Mark Dujsik
Undermines its purpose by becoming a movie about the code protectors and not the code talkers 
2
Windtalkers
Josh Larsen
In Windtalkers one of the most fascinating stories of World War II falls prey to the White Man Syndrome 
2
Windtalkers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Woo probably expected that Enders battle with his demons would drive the movie but unfortunately Rice and Batteer s hackneyed script constantly gets in the way 
2
Windtalkers
Kevin A. Ranson
a character driven story like this should probably have spent more time on the characters and less time on pyrotechnics 
1.5
Windtalkers
David Sterritt
This is a great subject for a movie but Hollywood has squandered the opportunity using it as a prop for warmed over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on 
2
Windtalkers
Harvey S. Karten
The good news is that this movie might inspire an indie team to make a sincere character driven story of the Navajos in WWII 
2
Windtalkers
Robert Roten
Windtalkers is a bloody war film that is long on action but hampered by a thin story and underwritten characters 
2
Windtalkers
Chris Hewitt
Call me crazy but if you were going to make a movie called Windtalkers might it not make sense for the windtalkers to be the main characters 
1.5
Windtalkers
Todd Anthony
Saving Private Ryan made World War II compelling for a new generation of moviegoers Windtalkers marches out so many cliches that it just may have the opposite effect 
2
Windtalkers
Melanie McFarland
This is one of the most intensely personal war films you will ever see 
3
Windtalkers
Mick LaSalle
Despite some feints in a soulful direction the picture has none of the interior quality of a multifaceted war film like Terrence Malick s The Thin Red Line 
2
Windtalkers
David Elliott
Even if you re not squeamish you might leave with a concussion migraine 
2
Windtalkers
Joe Baltake
One thing that should be taught in Film Criticism 101 is that a fascinating subject does not necessarily guarantee a fascinating movie and the new film Windtalkers would be an excellent case in point 
2.5
Windtalkers
Robert W. Butler
Has some pulse quickening moments but it s never fully engaging possibly because the premise is phony 
2.5
Windtalkers
John Anderson
You might need a decoder of your own to figure out what went awry with Windtalkers 
1.5
Windtalkers
Dave Tianen
Unfortunately contrived plotting stereotyped characters and Woo s over the top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie s heart 
2
Windtalkers
Dustin Putman
The star turns by Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach are ultimately what is worth seeing 
2.5
Windtalkers
Rene Rodriguez
The script is riddled with so many cliches you count on the battle scenes to wake you from your stupor 
2
Windtalkers
Susan Stark
Directed without the expected flair or imagination by Hong Kong master John Woo Windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two hour and fifteen minute length 
1
Windtalkers
Terry Lawson
The only time Windtalkers doesn t go by the book is when Woo feels compelled to remind in the know moviegoers that he s John Woo birds artfully flapping their wings grass swaying blood spurting Joe staring soulfully into his personal abyss 
2
Windtalkers
Jeff Vice
The major problem with Windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character 
2
Windtalkers
Steven Rosen
I wish Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted and there still could have been room for the war scenes 
2.5
Windtalkers
Glenn Whipp
What ultimately makes Windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story 
2.5
Windtalkers
Mary F. Pols
It s such an obvious hack gesture you can hardly believe Woo is responsible 
1
Windtalkers
Leighton Walter Kille
Woo wanted the film to be realistic and it is The violence is unrelenting the uniforms are dirty and mismatched the weapons are shiny from use the soldiers are exhausted sick sad 
2.5
Windtalkers
Rick Groen
By my count there are four separate films unspooling here Individually given half a chance any one of them might have been good but collectively squeezed together and underdeveloped they don t really add up 
2.5
Windtalkers
Lou Lumenick
A depressing example of how even the most promising subjects in this case World War II Navajo code talkers can get turned into sentimental mush by Hollywood 
2
Windtalkers
Mike Clark
Windtalkers is capably made and certainly impresses by carrying its length but it doesn t expand 60 years of World War II screen literature by very much 
2.5
Windtalkers
Roger Ebert
The Navajo code talkers have waited a long time to have their story told Too bad it appears here merely as a gimmick in an action picture 
2
Windtalkers
Phil Villarreal
Woo s fights have a distinct flair His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos 
4
Windtalkers
Ross Anthony
film will hold your interest so let s call it a weak B 
2.5
Windtalkers
Erik Childress
Windtalkers is the real deal and fans of those old school war epics shouldn t feel guilty about enjoying the hell out of it 
3.5
Windtalkers
Marty Mapes
The premise is tangential to Woo s real purpose which is to give audiences a visceral action thrill
2
Windtalkers
Tony Toscano
An appealing and well acted film 
3
Windtalkers
Bruce Newman
Despite the movie s overly simplistic view of the bigotry the Navajos faced in the military Windtalkers speaks of a love between men who have come to a place willing to die together 
3
Windtalkers
Tor Thorsen
Woo s most resonant film since The Killer 
3.5
Windtalkers
Carrie Rickey
Windtalkers fascinates in its difference from other war films and overkills in its similarity to other combat movies 
2.5
Windtalkers
Bob Bloom
The Navajos deserve better 
2
Windtalkers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director but how long will filmmakers copy the Saving Private Ryan battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time 
2
Windtalkers
Michael Szymanski
Some of the most ravaging gut wrenching frightening war scenes since Saving Private Ryan have been recreated by John Woo in this little known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war 
2.5
Windtalkers
Walter Chaw
Woo has become only the latest director ripping off the John Woo Film 
1.5
Windtalkers
Steven Snyder
if you like me think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with then you re in for a painful ride 
1
Windtalkers
Rob Blackwelder
A wholly unremarkable cookie cutter war film with a few nuggets of conspicuously modern screenwriting thrown in 
2
Windtalkers
James Berardinelli
This film proves that more is needed than visceral displays of battle carnage digitally amplified gunfire and explosions and a camera that won t keep still 
2.5
Windtalkers
Steve Rhodes
eschews story in favor of pyrotechnics and eschews Navajos in favor of star power This should have been the Navajos picture not Cage s 
2.5
Windtalkers
Ed Gonzalez
Woo s humanity is unmistakably ham fisted 
2
Windtalkers
Andrew Howe
A powerful and involving film that bears the unmistakeable imprint of the greatest action director of our time 
3
Windtalkers
Michael Dequina
Packs a strong amount of firepower not only in terms of pyrotechnics but also in emotional impact 
3
Newtown
Federico Furzan
A harrowing and intimate visit to the place where the Sandy Hook massacre took place Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Newtown
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s impossible to watch this film and feel no particular way about the killings 
3.5
Newtown
Clayton Dillard
Its enervated address of both mental health treatment and gun laws receives few constructive articulations beyond a single scene 
2
Newtown
Scott Renshaw
A consistently lump in the throat experience 
3
Newtown
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 As a filmic journal of a select few experiences Newtown has been approached with sensitivity and respect for the courageous participating subjects 
2.5
The Collector
Maitland McDonagh
Olympia tries to impose order on a loosely shaped series of interviews with and about her dad via voice over narration but her trivial self absorbed musings only make the film seem more like an accomplished home movie than a serious documentary 
2.5
The Collector
V.A. Musetto
An amusing look at the life of a unique human who lived life to the fullest 
3
Critters 3
Matt Brunson
Its claim to fame is that it marked Leonardo DiCaprio s film debut but aside from that Trivial Pursuit tidbit there s not much to recommend this subpar entry 
1.5
What's Up, Doc?
David Nusair
a briskly paced and often hilarious endeavor 
3
What's Up, Doc?
James Berardinelli
The film builds on itself gaining speed as it careens out of control toward its conclusion Only a director in complete control can fashion something so effortlessly chaotic 
3.5
What's Up, Doc?
Peter Canavese
No one is going to match Grant and Hepburn but Ryan O Neal and Barbra Streisand give it the ol college try in the criminally entertaining What s Up Doc Blu ray 
4
What's Up, Doc?
Roger Ebert
The strength of a movie like this of course is that you don t have to believe too much for too long because there s something else happening 
3
What's Up, Doc?
Scott Nash
What s Up Doc is hands down Barbra Streisand s funniest movie and one of the few that even non Barbra Streisand fans if there are any can enjoy 
4
The Rest of Us
Johanna Schneller
I believe that people behaving well can be every bit as dramatic as people behaving badly Here s a movie that proves me right softly 
3
Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World
Eric Henderson
A penetrating contemplation of the American industrial military complex s obstreperous legacy 
3
Kill List
Mattie Lucas
Wheatley is clearly a clever craftsman but by delving into Wicker Man territory for the film s terrifying denouement he ends up sacrificing narrative depth for atmosphere 
2.5
Kill List
Rene Rodriguez
One of the scariest films I ve seen in ages although I cannot in all honesty explain exactly what the movie is about 
3.5
Kill List
Peter Hartlaub
Kill List has a slow build but don t be lulled into complacency This is one of the most violent and disturbing films you ll see in an art house 
3
Kill List
Roger Ebert
It s baffling and goofy blood soaked and not boring That it s well made adds to the confusion it feels like a better film than it turns out to be 
3
Kill List
Peg Aloi
Following up his impressive debut Down Terrace Ben Wheatley s Yorkshire based crime thriller swerves with abrupt satisfaction into horror in its final moments 
3
Kill List
Moira MacDonald
An ultraviolent crime thriller that isn t very thrilling British filmmaker Ben Wheatley s Kill List starts off as businesslike as its title 
2
Kill List
Ty Burr
A scuzzy little cross between a crime movie and a horror freak out that gets under your skin and stays there even if you can t understand half of what the characters are saying 
3
Kill List
Glenn Lovell
a brazen mix of Brit Grit Pulp Fiction and The Wicker Man Wheatley s second feature is definitely fated for horror cult dom It not only stands up under repeat viewings it demands them 
4
Kill List
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wheatley is quickly becoming a top tier director 
3.5
Kill List
Kyle Smith
Kill List jumbles together wildly incongruous ingredients to create a dramatic mush 
1.5
Kill List
Christy Lemire
You may look back at the end and wonder how did we get here Pay attention There are small clues along the way 
3.5
Kill List
Jaime N. Christley
The ending is so gracelessly ironic that O Henry himself would have thrown up his hands in disgust 
1.5
Kill List
David Nusair
an oddly undercooked bit of genre filmmaking 
2
Güeros
Peter Keough
Güeros is brutal ironic madcap and grim 
3.5
Güeros
Robert Horton
It s larky and therefore likable although the youthful spirit rarely deepens into anything beyond that 
3
Güeros
Odie Henderson
As a whole Gueros does not hang together at all But its pieces are intriguing enough to warrant a look for fans of stylish visual filmmaking 
2.5
Güeros
Farran Smith Nehme
Agreeable this film certainly is but the shagginess never seems to take shape 
2
Güeros
Godfrey Cheshire
More than perhaps any other country Mexico has lobbed some real cinematic intelligence onto the world stage in recent years Güeros continues that salutary tradition 
4
Güeros
Kent Turner
Alive with personality and humor to spare 
2.5
Güeros
Elise Nakhnikian
The film s social commentary unspools quietly in the background while the narrative focuses on the ennui free floating anxiety and inchoate longing for meaning experienced by two or three privileged young people from the middle to upper middle classes 
3
Safe in Hell
John Beifuss
Contrary to the implied theology of its title Safe in Hell depicts a hopeless godless world in which man and especially woman is just another morsel of meat on the food chain 
3.5
Shutter
David Nusair
46 46 46 an absolutely redundant piece of work 46 46 46 
2
Shutter
Lucius Gore
the film feels like a made for TV movie 
1
Shutter
Christian Toto
Shutter features another pale scraggly haired young woman a la The Ring haunting our protagonists Yawn 
2
Shutter
John Beifuss
As pretty and bland as its lead actors 
1.5
Shutter
Austin Kennedy
Yeah this movie is a must avoid 
.5
Shutter
Linda Cook
Are more of these Asian remakes in the offering I Shutter to think 
2
Shutter
John Wirt
No one needs a telephoto lens to see what s coming in Shutter 
1.5
Shutter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Really what s the point It s a business deal rather than a movie 
2
Shutter
Chris Hewitt
Your soul will be intact after Shutter but it will cost you 85 minutes 
2
Shutter
Philip Marchand
With Shutter that nerve tingling soundtrack gets heavy use almost from the beginning of the movie It becomes tiresome 
2.5
Shutter
Rafer Guzman
At some point in Shutter you will probably lose count along with your patience but the film will keep right on going 
2
Shutter
Stephen Cole
Though a presentation of 20th Century Fox Shutter has the look and feel of a proper J horror film 
2.5
Shutter
Michael Hardy
If Shutter is any indication the reputation of professional photographers is still on the wane Not only are photographs creepy the film suggests but so are photographers 
2
Shutter
Rob Humanick
Shutter is a ghost story free of logic and spirit representative of everything that s wrong with so much of current mainstream studio fare 
.5
Shutter
James Berardinelli
Asian horror remakes are typically not screened for critics and Shutter is no exception The studios know what they have watered down lifeless shells of motion pictures devoid of characters drama or anything remotely resembling horror 
1
Shutter
Maitland McDonagh
Ochiai directs with calm assurance no eyeball rattling quick cuts here and Dawson s screenplay preserves most of the original script s strengths and fixes a couple of weaknesses 
3
Shutter
Larry Ratliff
Personally I prefer the Thai original which is available on DVD It truly gave me the creeps 
2.5
Shutter
Sara Michelle Fetters
Luke Dawson s screenplay isn t bad it s just pointlessly derivative 
2
Shutter
Josh Larsen
It s fun to root for the one who says Boo rather than the screaming ciphers for whom we are usually asked to cheer 
3
Shutter
Dustin Putman
Ultimately becomes little more than a series of derivative predictable genre conventions without the necessary skill to back them up 
2
Shutter
Willie Waffle
A flat boring lifeless movie pro environmental groups ought to protest as a waste of natural resources Perhaps 20th Century Fox could give some free popcorn to people who buy tickets to their next movie 
0
Brewster's Millions
Matt Brunson
After a million brewskies Brewster s Millions is passable fare as a late night viewing option but those seeking genuine laughs would do well to look elsewhere 
2
Brewster's Millions
David Nusair
a justifiably forgotten relic of the 1980s 
2
Brewster's Millions
Marty Mapes
Compared to Which Way Is Up Brewster s is a work of art Even on it s own merits Brewster s is above average 
3
Brewster's Millions
Bill Chambers
Pryor appears to self delete expletives in Brewster s Millions by making a litany of far more offensive Stepin Fetchit facial expressions 
1.5
The Horror Crowd
Erik Childress
A range of fascinating topics and goodwill through a community are toggled off just as we gain interest in them 46 There apos s a richer dive somewhere through indie horror that doesn 8217 t involve the personal giddiness of connection this one 8217 s director engages in 46 
2.5
Our School
Steve Macfarlane
The filmmakers spend vastly more time chronicling bigoted remarks from Romanians about gypsy life than they do actual gypsy life so a minor crisis of perspective hangs over Our School 
2.5
Three Months
Johnny Oleksinski
The biggest takeaway from Three Months an open hearted new teen drama on Paramount is that Troye Sivan has real acting chops 
3
Three Months
David Reddish
Empathetic writing by Frieder and a directorial style that evokes both Kevin Smith and John Hughes make Three Months into something we once thought impossible a very funny comedy about HIV 
3
Three Months
Nick Allen
For wherever this movies best intentions started it ends up with something thats thoroughly indie wholesale 
2
In Country
Mallory Andrews
In Country is as much an unabashedly humanist document as it is a fascinating and touching piece of nonfiction filmmaking 
3
Dressed to Kill
Matt Brunson
Dressed to Kill remains a prime example of how De Palma is able to marry his awesome technical prowess to the material 44 using his dazzling feats of cinematic derring do to propel his stories rather than bury their weaknesses 46 
4
Dressed to Kill
Eric Melin
A lurid film featuring throat slashing overheated lust and a too simple reduction of cross dressing issues for pulpy purposes But it also uses grand cinematic gestures to relay the dread and guilt of its characters to great effect 
3.5
Dressed to Kill
Scott Nash
A stylish but dated thriller 
3
Dressed to Kill
Dustin Putman
Eerily transcendent Dressed to Kill is a layered machine of on target character work and the sort of tension that only the best of the best filmmakers can ratchet 
3.5
Dressed to Kill
Eric Henderson
Inflates paperback pulp psychology into something like a plot all the better to demonstrate that filmmaking is an inherently visual storytelling 
4
Dressed to Kill
Roger Ebert
DePalma is not yet an artist of Hitchcock s stature but he does earn the right to a comparison 
3
Dressed to Kill
David Nusair
DePalma s inventive style and the quality of acting makes the movie more than just a forgettable horror flick 
3
Dressed to Kill
James Kendrick
a brilliant send up of suspense and horror conventions that is at the same time extremely suspenseful and often vary scary
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Brian Eggert
As Rogers Hanks does something exceptional in his career he disappears 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jason Fraley
A film that positions Tom Hanks for Best Supporting Actor because he s surprisingly not the main character If you know that going in you ll love the movie Just don t expect it to be Fred Rogers life story in a traditional biopic 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Federico Furzan
Hanks does it again His portrayal of Mr Rogers is strong enough to make this family drama an endearing and fun little movie Full review in Spanish 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Matt Brunson
Hanks is excellent as the saintly icon and whenever he s off the screen which is a lot we miss him fiercely and are forced to resign ourselves to yet another standard drama about a guy with daddy issues 
2.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Mattie Lucas
This movie goes to some dark places but it emerges hopeful No other film this year has felt quite so cathartic as if Mr Rogers is somehow exorcising our accumulated pain from beyond the grave 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Sean P. Means
Hanks tender portrayal is not so much an impersonation though he accurately captures Rogers mannerisms as a personification of the man s goodness 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Max Weiss
For a film that I occasionally resisted A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood sure made me cry a lot 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Linda Cook
It ll make you feel neighborly 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Mike McGranaghan
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is not a biopic about Mr Rogers it s a biopic about the values that defined Mr Rogers That s an important distinction one that allows it to become something original 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Christian Toto
Tom Hanks s take on the beloved kiddie show host powers a potent ode to forgiveness 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Richard Roeper
With so much time devoted to Lloyd s world A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood doesn t have room for any sort of standard arc about Fred Rogers 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Katie Walsh
A kind of gentle and deeply affecting filmmaking that is completely original and reflective of Rogers himself 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
James Berardinelli
A celebration of Mr Rogers and the healing capabilities of his words and doctrine the movie may not be a splashy as many of the year end multiplex stocking stuffers but the experience it offers tugs effectively at the heart strings 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Monica Castillo
Hanks energy in the role wonderfully gets at what A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood wants to convey 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Heller makes A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood into a movie movie designed to give you the feels but this is fine given that this is what the movie is actually about 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Josh Terry
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood doesn t take sides but offers its message of kindness equally and makes it clear that sometimes it s the grownups who need Mister Rogers most of all 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Josh Larsen
benefits from surprising almost surreal moments 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Sarah Knight Adamson
An American hero we can all be proud to call our own Now the world can learn from the teachings of this life changing man Marielle Heller s exceptional film should be viewed by all 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Robert Horton
What really puts it over is Hanks doing a wonderful balancing act He s willing to let Mr Rogers be somewhat enigmatic and yet his performance suggests that doing good is a choice and an effort 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Mark Dujsik
Heller s decision to mold this narrative within the format of the original show is simple yes but also unabashedly affectingly hopeful 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though the script takes enormous liberties with the historical record inventing events and rearranging others it at least provides a refreshing approach to the material 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anita Katz
Director Marielle Heller puts irresistible humanity and gracefully keen humor on the screen and she keeps the emotion real 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Steven Prokopy
What s here is a snapshot for a picture board and it is a prime example of a picture being worth a thousand words 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Ty Burr
Let s go ahead and call Marielle Heller the most skillful director working in Hollywood at the moment because I can t think of anyone else who could keep A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood from collapsing into a bath of heartwarming schmoo 
2.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Keith Uhlich
Marielle Heller takes a script that many filmmakers would turn into cringe inducing treacle and interrogates the sentimental trappings 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Ann Hornaday
In an era that seems fatally mired in fear anger and mistrust A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood arrives as something more than a movie It feels like an answered prayer 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Moira MacDonald
A Beautiful Day is lifted by a fascinating performance at its center by a charismatic movie star who just happens to also be a great actor 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Mick LaSalle
It sends you out of the movie feeling as if you ve spent time with Fred Rogers and that you have definitely benefited from the contact 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Maria Sciullo
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a loving tribute to the essence of Fred Rogers Coupled with Neville s documentary it underscores the notion that in ugly times a legacy of kindness and understanding can indeed be stronger than hate 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Rafer Guzman
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a mix of genuinely moving moments and slightly winking artifice 
2.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Joey Magidson
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is the most important movie of 2019 with a vital message of kindness and understanding 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Pamela Powell
Director Heller s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a brilliant work of art as Tom Hanks captures the heart soul and essence of Fred Rogers 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Michael Phillips
Hanks especially keeps the trolley on the rails and everything Heller is after in this film comes together in a remarkable final shot 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Roger Moore
A splendid synthesis of the essence of the man and his values a teacher who never stopped teaching while he was alive and via another Oscar worthy performance by Tom Hanks is teaching us still 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Rene Sanchez
More than a straight biopic about Fred Rogers it plays as a celebration of the late TV host s unforgettable legacy of love compassion and respect Tom Hanks embodies Rogers to perfection Full Review in Spanish 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Bob Bloom
Heller has composed A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood like one of the lessons Rogers would discuss on his program That is evident from the opening shot And Heller maintains that theme until the finale 
4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Angelo Muredda
Heller s take treats the children s broadcaster not so much as a person with a life story worth profiling but as a contagion for radical ways of sublimating anger in children and adults alike 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
David Nusair
Filmmaker Marielle Heller delivers a consistently compelling drama that is perhaps unsurprisingly at its best whenever Hanks true life figure is on screen 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Robert Levin
Tom Hanks perfectly cast delivers a performance that affects the serene calming demeanor but complicates it by suggesting that even Mister Rogers struggles inside 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shane Slater
Eschews traditional biopic expectations for an endearing tribute to Mister Rogers legacy of kindness and empathy 
3
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Peter Howell
Tom Hanks fits the red sweater like he was born in it but Marielle Heller s unique take on Fred Rogers magnetism exceeds impersonation 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Barry Hertz
Hanks is not surprisingly excellently cast but it s Heller s direction and inventive aesthetic instinct everything is washed out browns with the exception of a moving blue lit finale that sell the work so well 
3.5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Sara Stewart
It s the rare biopic that doesn t wander into predictability 
4
The Crazies
Matt Brunson
While far from Romero s best The Crazies is in one way his most frightening film 
2.5
The Crazies
Walter Chaw
It s tough for a dyed in the wool George Romero apologist to observe that a film of Romero s in good repute is an amateurish exploitative piece of shit
1
The Crazies
David Nusair
An uncommonly interminable piece of work 
0
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
Mark Feeney
Diverting as Glaser is being retrospective it s so much more interesting not to mention truer to his achievement watching him being creative 
2.5
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
Kenneth Baker
will leave an audience feeling both lightened and illuminated 
3
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
Joe Neumaier
Collaborators testify to the continuing influence of Glaser now almost 80 but seeing is believing in director Wendy Keys pleasantly conversational documentary Expect to mutter He made that too at least a dozen times 
3
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
V.A. Musetto
A breezy look at the man somebody says may be the best known graphic artist in the world 
3
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
Jay Antani
Keys succeeds in limning an engaging portrait of an artist and mentor who s spent a lifetime affirming the power of art to inform and delight and if he can help it effect positive social change 
3
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Sean P. Means
Which is the real Assange This movie cannot say It s as if Gibney threw up his hands put the whole mess in the audience s lap and said Here YOU figure this guy out 
3
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
John Hartl
Sometimes it takes a feature length documentary to stitch together a story we think we already know 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Chris Hewitt
Smart and opinionated it s a great introduction to this ongoing story 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Steven Rea
A real life cyber thriller with real life consequences Alex Gibney s We Steal Secrets The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting and revelatory documentary 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Kristin Tillotson
Gibney builds a remarkable level of suspense given how exhaustively WikiLeaks has been covered in the media 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
John Anderson
Engaging kinetic revelatory and unexpected 
4
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Bill Stamets
Who is We in the title We Steal Secrets There s no need for a spoiler alert but it s neither Gibney nor Assange 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite its wonky Washington theme We Steal Secrets ends up being a surprisingly soulful and yes even moving story of hubris good intentions and mistakes 
3
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Ty Burr
The movie s especially deft at exposing spin whether it s the US media s or Assange s 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Matt Pais
A fascinating account of a man who loved stirring the pot until he was the one sitting in it 
3
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Nathan Southern
The movie is so beautifully crafted and realized that it might well be called flawless 
4
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Stephen Whitty
Unlike many other non fiction filmmakers Gibney is not interested in scoring easy points He has a point of view but he also wants to be fair 
3
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Robert Levin
Smartly transforms the WikiLeaks story into a character study filtering the events through the unpacking of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning 
3.5
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Kyle Smith
Despite Gibney s best efforts to put a halo on Manning the enormity of what the soldier did towers over what has been done to him 
3
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Nick McCarthy
We Steal Secrets lacks perspective and still feels wrapped in secrets and lies 
1.5
The Price We Pay
Bruce DeMara
In addition to diagnosing the problem the film also offers solutions though the challenge ahead is beyond daunting Open your eyes Go and see this film 
3
The Price We Pay
David Berry
It does a fine job of laying out how much more complicated this issue is in the digital age when even what corporations do is as ephemeral as the way they treat their money
3
Gone With the Pope
Rob Thomas
You can almost smell the Aqua Velva coming off the screen 
1
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Matt Brunson
Second only to A Shot in the Dark as the series apex 
3.5
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Roger Ebert
If I m less than totally enthusiastic about The Pink Panther Strikes Again maybe it was because I ve been over this ground with Clouseau many times before 
2.5
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Bill Chambers
Infectiously enthusiastic
3.5
Jeremiah Johnson
Roger Moore
A 1970s zeitgeist Western 46 46 46 among Redford apos s most endearing and enduring performances 44 a sensitive yet heroic figure 44 a man out of his depth who has to grow and revert to a form of savagery to master it 46 46 
3
Jeremiah Johnson
Walter Chaw
Pollack s attempts at myth making yield the same results as his attempts at most anything else Jeremiah Johnson is boring overlong and pointless 
1
Legacy
Michael Dequina
A complex character study brought to absorbing haunting life through the fierce commitment of its acting and filmmaking 
3.5
Saving Christmas
Michael O'Sullivan
Cameron s characterization of Jesus as a material gift to us from God evidence he claims that God wants us to shop should offend anyone who balks at placing the Christ Child on the same scale as a 25 gift card 
1
Saving Christmas
Matt Brunson
Saving Christmas is basically 80 minutes of Cameron lambasting Christians for not being his equal when it comes to intolerance and close mindedness 
1
Saving Christmas
David Keyes
The worst holiday movie ever made 
0
Saving Christmas
Christy Lemire
It is The Room of Christmas movies Actually The Room is more enjoyable But you get the idea 
0
Saving Christmas
John Serba
Cameron s preferred tool of engagement is a prybar applied to your eyelids with an indelicate hand 
1
Saving Christmas
Peter Sobczynski
Perhaps the only Christmas movie I can think of especially of the religious themed variety that seems to flat out endorse materialism greed and outright gluttony 
1
Saving Christmas
Bill Zwecker
This may be one of the least artful holiday films ever made Even devout born again Christians will find this hard to stomach 
1
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
V.A. Musetto
The plot is secondary Flying Swords is to be seen for its eye popping action 
3
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Jeff Shannon
IMAX 3D turns a slightly above average wuxia martial hero action thriller into an epic extravaganza 
3
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Peter Keough
Swords aren t the only things flying in Tsui Hark s splendidly absurd wuxia the first Chinese martial arts film in 3D 
3
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Andrew Schenker
Tsui Hark s film is the veteran director s chance to let his imagination run riot in the context of a high budget 3D IMAX production 
3
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Kate Taylor
Robert Carlyle is excellent as the lugubrious and downtrodden Barney but as he makes his directorial debut here his rhythm on this deadpan comedy is erratic 
3
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Linda Barnard
Not as clever as it wants to be some comic bits stumble and the ending is ridiculous although Carlyle and Thompson give it their best shot 
2.5
The Legend of Barney Thomson
David Berry
As the man says Barney Thomson is nasty brutish and short but not quite funny enough to always get away with it 
2
Paddleton
David Nusair
a consistently watchable endeavor that s heightened by the superb engrossing efforts of its stars 
3
Paddleton
Joey Magidson
What Romano delivers here is unexpected and downright staggering 
3
Paddleton
Katie Walsh
While Paddleton takes its time to get there it ultimately reaches a deeply poignant conclusion If you re patient enough that alone could be worth the trip 
2.5
Paddleton
Chuck Bowen
The film largely plays its scenario with a straight and gooey face coaxing its actors to indulge their worst tendencies 
1.5
Paddleton
Karen M. Peterson
Even when things get sad they never swerve too far into depressing This isn t a film that tries to manipulate the viewer into tears It simply asks you to feel in whatever way is natural 
3.5
Paddleton
Monica Castillo
An appreciation of friendship for better or for worse in sickness and in health 
3.5
Afterglow
Wesley Lovell
Afterglow 44 while occasionally an entertaining movie 44 focuses too much on sex and not enough on character 46 
3
Afterglow
Mike Clark
Like Tiffany jewels in a Woolworth setting talented veterans Julie Christie and Nick Nolte outshine Alan Rudolph s mediocre film Afterglow 
2.5
Afterglow
Michael Dequina
Alan Rudolph s romantic roundelay sounds a lot more interesting than it plays 
2
Afterglow
Emanuel Levy
The still strkingly beautiful Julie Christie renders such as glowing performance that she alone justifies viewing this incurable frivolous romantic serio comedy in which she plays B Movie actress 
3
Afterglow
Judith Egerton
Will turn off viewers before they arrive at scenes in the final third of this movie that make the previous tedious parts forgivable 
2.5
Afterglow
Roger Ebert
How mysterious and intriguing some performances can be 
3
Afterglow
Steve Rhodes
Certain to invoke conversations afterwards the film exercises viewers minds and emotions 
3
Afterglow
David N. Butterworth
As a showcase for Nolte and Christie especially Christie it s splendid and carries an emotional punch right to the bitter end 
2.5
Love at Large
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that looks like a parody sounds like a parody and plays like a parody but isn t a parody because the genre it s making fun of doesn t exist 
1
R100
Andy Crump
R100 is primarily a parade of kink topped off with explicit allegory for pushing subversive art past prudes 
3
R100
Simon Abrams
Even if you like bizarre movies you ll probably like R100 then hate it then go back to liking it then wonder what you re looking at And then the movie will end 
3
R100
James Lattimer
The set pieces follow their own insane unstoppable logic with each new twist yielding its own outré surprises 
3
Uranus
Roger Ebert
Claude Berri s Uranus is a complex and many layered portrait of this village just at the moment when all of France was sorting out what it would do on the issue of collaboration 
3
Dead of Winter
Roger Ebert
The movie itself is finally just an exercise in silliness great effort to little avail but the actors have fun with it the sets work and there are one or two moments with perfect surprises 
2.5
Obit.
Josh Terry
Its style may be routine but any flaws will easily be overshadowed by Gould s compelling portrait of a dark corner of noteworthy journalism 
3
Obit.
Mark Dujsik
T he film is despite the protests of its subjects about death It s just not about death in a way that the people within the film have accepted yet 
3
Obit.
Gary Thompson
Obit makes the point through its subjects that obituaries are not as downbeat as their reputation They are often in fact a celebration of life and focus on the most productive era of a notable person s life 
3
Obit.
Ty Burr
As someone who takes great pleasure in both reading and writing valedictions to the recently deceased I can personally attest that the movie s dead on 
3.5
Obit.
Leslie Katz
The engaging documentary by Vanessa Gould showcases the experienced intrepid and sensitive writers who do their best to do right by the people who have made an impact whose lives they re bringing to light 
3
Obit.
Jane Horwitz
It is fascinating to watch the writers in Obit strive to do right by their subjects warts and all 
3.5
Obit.
David Lewis
These folks are neither dour nor sappy they are just talented journalists who want to do right by the people who left their mark on the world 
3
Obit.
Godfrey Cheshire
Readers of the New York Times are bound to enjoy an inside look at one of the paper s most dependably enthralling sections 
3
Obit.
Rex Reed
Do something memorable and do it fast Obit implies that the obituary page like everything else is fast becoming a dying art 
3
Obit.
Clayton Dillard
The film ascribes to a conventionally contrapuntal take on the lives of those who spend all day surrounded by death 
2
Obit.
Roger Moore
A bit New York and New York Times myopic but a fascinating portrait of the dying profession of people who sum up the lives of the newly deceased for newspapers 
3
Obit.
Julia Cooper
Documentarian Vanessa Gould leads her viewer by the hand through the day in a life of the darling weirdos at The New York Times obituary desk 
3.5
Obit.
Kathryn Laskaris
Obit is a fascinating if slightly too long look at newspaper journalism in general and obituaries in particular 
3
Obit.
Chris Knight
This is one of the more unusual tales in this fascinating story of life and death in the obit department of the New York Times 
3.5
Obit.
Nathan Carson
The writers stories are juxtaposed snugly beside the details of their subjects to create an exceptionally tight often hilarious film 
4
Voices
Michael Dequina
Despite an impressive performance by Northam this is a movie of the week with explicit sex and nudity I think I ve just convinced a number of people to rent this thing 
2.5
The Mannsfield 12
Michael Dequina
How increased adversity leads the inmates to regain their true selves and purpose makes for the film s unexpectedly inspiring and poignant core 
3
Bullet Head
Tom Meek
Cujo for the new millennium 
3
Bullet Head
Federico Furzan
Not as solid as it should have been Bullet Head introduces itself as a different heist movie and ends up solving everything the easy way Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Bullet Head
Rex Reed
Malkovich has built a career mumbling his way through one disastrous movie after another but this time he s got company 
0
Bullet Head
Richard Roeper
Mostly though Bullet Head is about the characters and the crackling dialogue and the first rate actors giving just the right spin to their lines 
3
Bullet Head
Roger Moore
Generic but edgy smartly written and well played caper gone wrong thriller with a canine twist 
2.5
Graffiti Bridge
Christy Lemire
Graffiti Bridge is essentially a series of music videos strung together uncomfortably with awkward dialogue and stiff acting 
1
Graffiti Bridge
Matt Brunson
Visually unappealing and inane at every turn this one s the absolute pits 
1
Graffiti Bridge
Gene Siskel
Prince follows his disastrous Under the Cherry Moon with another lame film 
1
Graffiti Bridge
Michael Upchurch
Technically the film is a compendium of stale MTV gimmicks dry ice stylized sets It s a neo Expressionist tempest in a teapot 
1
Graffiti Bridge
Dennis King
Hardcore Prince fans might revel in His Royal Purpleness muted philisopical musings but everyone else will likely find this film an overblown bore 
1
Graffiti Bridge
Mark Caro
The movie suffers from various technical difficulties like choppy editing and songs that get cut off mid groove and in the end everything collapses in a heap 
2
Graffiti Bridge
Steven Rea
If as has been reported Graffiti Bridge is Prince s homage to the heyday of Hollywood musicals he should have hired a director who looks at film as more than an extended music video 
1.5
Graffiti Bridge
Deborah Wilker
Even though fans will probably enjoy the rare glimpse of reclusive Prince frolicking on the big screen better to buy the album as well as Pandemonium by The Time than to waste money on this dreck 
1.5
The Shipping News
Margaret A. McGurk
Mr Spacey and his estimable supporting cast bring skill and commitment to their roles they respect their characters and demand as much from the audience 
3
The Shipping News
Jorge Avila Andrade
Queda un sentimiento de insatisfaccin por haber perdido casi dos horas sentado y sin que se nos diga hacia donde van los eventos 
2.5
The Shipping News
Ian Mantgani
Begins so unsurely that it hardly has a chance at recovery
2
The Shipping News
Frank Ochieng
The Shipping News isn t much of a breaking story but its byline is hungry enough to be in the right place despite its convoluted convictions 
2.5
The Shipping News
Mark Dujsik
The simple build of comedy and meticulous build of tragedy are missing and so in effect is the movie s heart 
2
The Shipping News
Emily Blunt
The Shipping News is brilliant heartwarming and divinely sublime as the cast delivers one helluva film 
4
The Shipping News
David N. Butterworth
Solidly directed evenly acted and nicely filmed no real surprises really 
2.5
The Shipping News
Robert Roten
This is a highly amusing tale that is probably supposed to be more serious than it seemed to be on the screen 
3
The Shipping News
Michael Dequina
A passive film playing it quiet and safe hoping that the viewer will extend some good will towards it 
2
The Shipping News
Marty Mapes
Lasse Hallstrom s tone poem on the lonely houses rocky points and foggy seas of Newfoundland
3.5
The Shipping News
Bob Graham
It s hardly possible to overstate what a welcome change of pace The Shipping News is for admirers of Kevin Spacey 
3
The Shipping News
Susan Stark
A quiet penetrating marvel of a movie 
4
The Shipping News
Dustin Putman
Miramax s last bid of the year for Oscar glory but they have struck rock rather than gold with this muddled adaptation 
2
The Shipping News
Harvey S. Karten
Kevin Spacey redeems his performance from K PAX with a patient story of a man s finding his life 
3
The Shipping News
Walter Chaw
Though the scenery is often breathtaking in its post apocalyptic blight Hallstrm s movie is as staid and impenetrable as the frozen loam on which he sets its foundation 
2
The Shipping News
Steven Rea
Despite its haunting artistry and its winning eccentricities The Shipping News is a vehicle that s still very much at sea 
2.5
The Shipping News
Roger Ebert
Relentlessly colorful and cute 
2
The Shipping News
James Berardinelli
Deals with weighty issues and is intellectually intriguing but I found myself uninvolved from start to finish 
2.5
The Shipping News
Lou Lumenick
It s easier to respect than to love a movie almost totally lacking in conventional dramatic conflict with almost all the characters seeming in dire need of antidepressants 
2
The Shipping News
Liam Lacey
Hallstrom has fashioned a disjointed movie full of strong performances and some powerful individual scenes 
2.5
The Shipping News
Michael Wilmington
Hallstrom has always been excellent with scenery and ensemble casts and Shipping News besides its great Trinity Blight vistas has another incredible ensemble 
3
The Shipping News
Rob Blackwelder
The kind of mundanely well tuned movie designed for the singular purpose of winning undeserved Oscars 
2.5
The Shipping News
Steve Rhodes
A schmaltzy snoozer 
2
The Shipping News
Rod Armstrong
Engaging enough to watch and a fair measure better than Hallstrm s ridiculously overrated last work Chocolat 
2.5
The Shipping News
Ed Gonzalez
Hallstrm s rendering of place and time is quaint and evocative even if the film as a whole moves at the speed of a glacial ice flow 
2.5
Hey! Sinamika
Roger Moore
Theres a lighter funnier sexier movie in this material But it was probably the one already made in Argentina without the cool dance numbers 
1.5
They Call Me Trinity
Roger Ebert
The movie is a spoof of the traditional 1960s spaghetti Western In fact it is to spaghetti as spaghetti is to macaroni and cheese a dish I have particularly disliked ever since the meat rationing days of World War II 
2.5
Steve Harvey: Still Trippin'
Kam Williams
Using blue material Steve Harvey rates an A although this critic would prefer that he leave out the cursing since he already proved to me that he can be just as funny without four letter words 
4
Hellions
Chris Knight
The scare factor wears down pretty quickly 
2
Hellions
Marsha Lederman
This creepfest initially serves up some good horror flick fun but seems to lose the plot as the wind kicks up and the sky changes colour and the chase goes on and on 
2.5
Hellions
Peter Howell
Some of the horror tropes being played with here Rosemary s Baby is a clear touchstone are staying up way past their bedtime 
2
Hellions
Simon Abrams
A perfect light midnight movie that should go great with light drinks good company and a warm blanket 
2.5
Hellions
Dustin Putman
When it comes to the visual scheme of Hellions less would have equaled more There is enough good left to savor however to prove more treat than trick 
2.5
Hellions
Mike McGranaghan
A nifty way to get freaked out for eighty two minutes Hellions is Alice in Wonderland if Alice in Wonderland was about unwanted teen pregnancy 
3
Rang de Basanti
G. Allen Johnson
The simple minded presentation ultimately makes it ring hollow 
2
Time
Katie Walsh
An intimate exploration of time unjustly stolen by a justice system that never seems to deliver what it promises 
3
Time
Leo Brady
Time is a gorgeous capturing of love and commitment fighting for someone and fighting against a system that fails to forgive 
3.5
Time
Josh Larsen
both a testament and an indictment 
3
Time
Sarah-Tai Black
It s a document of mutual care a self authored family archive magnified by the scope of its editor and platform and a compassionately rendered adaptation of the ways in which we feel the tempo intervals duration and memory of time 
4
Time
Tom Meek
the focus on family Fox s relentless drive and passion and the final frames pack a gut punch 
3
Time
Randy Myers
It s one of the most beautiful stories about redemption you ll ever see 
4
Time
Mike Scott
Technically it s a documentary but it unfolds with the momentum of a narrative feature which speaks volumes about Bradley s skills as a storyteller 
4
Time
Dwight Brown
This documentary dares to be humanizing and forgiving at a time when dehumanization is so mainstream 
3
Time
Lisa Trifone
Time is as much a testament to Rich s resiliency and persistence as it is an indictment of the system that has kept this family apart for two decades 
3.5
Time
Mark Kennedy
Time is very much worth everyone s time 
4
Time
Jeff Mitchell
Time is sometimes off but the punctual personal messages resonate 
2.5
Time
Odie Henderson
This beautiful and haunting documentary reminds us that there s a human being behind those prison identification numbers someone who is loved and is missed 
3.5
Time
Mark Dujsik
The juxtapositions between the past and the present are staggering 
3
Time
Ty Burr
Intensely moving 
4
Time
Joey Magidson
Time is a portrait of how much someone has to fight when a loved one is stuck within the prison industrial complex 
3
Time
Pat Brown
It reminds us in eminently cinematic ways that behind the numbers and procedures of a court case are actual lives existing in actual human time 
3.5
Time
Sean P. Means
A reminder that the crime may be the start of the story but it s not the whole story 
3
The Lost Okoroshi
Roger Moore
A shambolic satiric fantasy from Nigeria that never quite finds the laughs it s looking for or hits the targets of its satire 
2
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Kam Williams
A hatchet job or an accurate portrait of a Machiavellian manipulator That s apt to depend on whether you lean to the left or to the right 
4
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Stephen Whitty
Like his subject Broomfield prefers flash to facts 
2
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Kyle Smith
Palin texted and chewed gum during meetings so what 
1
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Leba Hertz
Probably the scariest movie you will see all year 
3
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Christy Lemire
It s juicy stuff but not very informative 
2
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Rex Reed
There may be worse things in life than sitting through a 90 minute movie about Sarah Palin At the moment I just can t think of any 
2
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Ed Gonzalez
For all of the documentary s wholesale condescension you never doubt that Sarah Palin conspicuous by her absence has gotten exactly what she deserves 
2.5
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
David Nusair
what s the point of all this muckraking 
1.5
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Bill Chambers
Preaches to the converted 
2
Blind Beast
Kathy Fennessy
None of this is especially subtle 44 especially the actors apos feverish performances 44 though Fires on the Plain cinematographer Setsuo Kobayashi uses negative space masterfully 46 46 46 
3
The Ice Pirates
Matt Brunson
For a far superior mix of science fiction and satire just watch Mel Brooks Spaceballs again 
2
All the Right Moves
Betsy Bozdech
Thanks to strong performances by stars Tom Cruise and Lea Thompson this is one football flick that isn t just about scoring the winning touchdown 
3
All the Right Moves
Roger Ebert
The movie gets into the dynamics of the high school student body and into the tender complicated relationship between the Cruise character and his girlfriend Lea Thompson 
3
All the Right Moves
Walter Chaw
An ending so unlikely in that forlorn uplift way that an insulin shot should be offered as part of the DVD s packaging 
0.5
LX 2048
Tom Meek
Provocative in the issues it floats but D Arcy s Bird is no Joseph K he s more of a blustering Karen 
2
LX 2048
Roger Moore
Science fiction that feels insanely topical at times But damned if LX 2048 doesn t go completely crackers at the end with D Arcy there as both eager participant and appalled eyewitness 
2
LX 2048
G. Allen Johnson
I m not sure how good a movie it is but it would be an excellent basis for a streaming series in which its ambitious ideas would have time to develop 
2
Revenge
David Nusair
a rare out and out misfire from an otherwise reliable filmmaker 
1.5
Revenge
Roger Ebert
It combines the slick high tension filmmaking fashion of today with the values and sexual stereotyping of yesterday It s such a good job of salesmanship that you have to stop and remind yourself you don t want any 
2.5
There's a Girl in My Soup
David Nusair
incredibly dated 
2
The Blob
Matt Brunson
After Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Thing and The Fly demonstrated that classic 1950s fantasy flicks could be reconfigured in new and exciting ways The Blob took a step backward offering gorier effects but little else to absorb 
2
The Blob
Mattie Lucas
The effects are better the deaths are gorier but ultimately the film lack s the original s sincere charm 
3
The Blob
Federico Furzan
Great special effects iconic hairdos and a lame script make The Blob a forgettable remake of the classic alien feature Full review in Spanish 
2
The Blob
David Nusair
a horror movie that manages to be scary funny suspenseful and even a parody of other horror movies 
3
The Crime
Roger Moore
A sort of death bed confessional 47 morality tale that an old man tells of his murderous past 44 it shows more ambition than skill in its meandering 44 clumsy narrative 46 
1.5
Visions of Eight
Peter Canavese
Eight short films from a group of international filmmakers collectively creating an insightful collage of the 1972 Olympics Criterion blu ray 
3.5
Visions of Eight
Matt Brunson
A fascinating exercise in artistry 
3.5
Visions of Eight
Roger Ebert
What nobody could have anticipated perhaps is how similar many of those visions would be 
3
S.W.A.T.
Michael Dequina
Never quite rises above the level of merely watchable 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Greg Maki
S W A T is an action movie for those of us who want to see more than shiny cars and musclebound meathead heroes of the Vin Diesel variety 
3
S.W.A.T.
Wesley Lovell
SWAT is a pale replica of the 1970s cop adventure show with only some of the panache and only slightly better acting 
2
S.W.A.T.
Steven Snyder
Why not just make an action film without pretending to be something more 
2
S.W.A.T.
Kevin A. Ranson
another film franchise based on an aging property because Hollywood would rather spend a few bucks on a barely remembered property instead of a lot of bucks developing something new themselves 
1.5
S.W.A.T.
Paul Povse
S W A T s last seemingly interminable 45 minutes make the Mini Cooper chase of The Italian Job seem practically Truffaut 
2
S.W.A.T.
David Nusair
entertaining enough to overlook small flaws 
3
S.W.A.T.
Timothy Knight
There s no there there 
2
S.W.A.T.
Mark Dujsik
Considering that S W A T is about a highly trained strategic police force it s disappointing how quickly the movie dissolves into a formulaic cop movie 
2
S.W.A.T.
Tyler Hanley
The so so summer movie syndrome continues with this poorly written but finely cast action thriller based on yet another long buried television series 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is an admiring salute to the men and women who protect and serve 
3
S.W.A.T.
Jonathan R. Perry
Dumb lazy predictable and usually preposterous Occasionally it s fun but that s no excuse 
2
S.W.A.T.
Tony Toscano
The film succeeds in developing its story characters and action even though every step of the way is a formula ridden minefield 
3
S.W.A.T.
John Beifuss
Irony is not dead S W A T we are informed during the opening credits is an Original Film That s the name of one of the production companies responsible for this regurgitation of the ABC series 
2
S.W.A.T.
Frank Ochieng
S W A T feels as aimless and baseless as the flashy bullets it shoots around in arbitrary fashion So here s to saluting 2003 s arrival of the insufferable S W A T a S olely W asteful A ction packed T easer 
2
S.W.A.T.
Vanessa Sibbald
S W A T is exactly what it promises to be a fun summer movie that doesn t leave you shaking your head in regret afterwards Besides a man in uniform is always a good thing right 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Monotonous to the point of despair 
1.5
S.W.A.T.
Mike Clark
There have been far worse movies this summer but the best justification for seeing this spinoff of the mid 70s TV series is if your date or mate is holding you hostage in the theater 
2
S.W.A.T.
Moira MacDonald
As summer popcorn movies go you could do worse than S W A T 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Mick LaSalle
SWAT is better than Gigli but so is most outpatient surgery 
1
S.W.A.T.
David Elliott
Bolted for action but flabby all over it is derived in a stupid distilled sense from the 1975 ABC TV show that enshrined a paramilitary elite unit of police full of Vietnam vets and gonzo for firepower 
1
S.W.A.T.
Joe Baltake
Despite the usual macho posturing and testosterone poisoning that are the hallmarks of such projects S W A T finds some room for a comfortable lived in quality among a small likable cast that exudes terrific chemistry 
3
S.W.A.T.
Peter Travers
What we have here is a model for the paint by numbers perfectly generic proudly soulless summer action flick 
2
S.W.A.T.
Megan Lehmann
A lifeless trudge through squandered opportunities and god awful dialogue 
2
S.W.A.T.
Jack Mathews
Fresher popcorn than most of the sequels that have come and gone 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Rene Rodriguez
S W A T is a compendium of missed opportunities uninspired action and clichés so tired you wish the screenwriters had called 911 
1.5
S.W.A.T.
Robert W. Butler
S W A T is exciting but utterly devoid of meaning 
2
S.W.A.T.
Stephen Cole
A film full of phony swagger and dialogue so awful you hope for once distracting conversations to break out in the theatre around you 
1.5
S.W.A.T.
Terry Lawson
One of those generic cop slash war movies of the Jerry Bruckheimer school where men are men and so are the women where the hardware is fetishized 
2
S.W.A.T.
Jeff Vice
S W A T is one of the most pleasant surprises in a summer movie season that s been filled with surprising unpleasantness 
3
S.W.A.T.
Lisa Kennedy
Strictly standard issue 
2
S.W.A.T.
Roger Ebert
A well made police thriller 
3
S.W.A.T.
Ty Burr
Those who love police overkill guns jingoistic race baiting guns macho smugness and guns will be well served 
2
S.W.A.T.
James Sanford
Neither dull nor particularly exciting no one is likely to hold this film up as his or her shining moment when it s time to put together a career retrospective 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Sean P. Means
Johnson s jagged shooting style with handheld camerawork and well deployed video images works on the audience s nervous system tensely conveying the chaos of crime and the brute force S W A T uses to stop it 
3
S.W.A.T.
Phil Villarreal
We want a little more get a little less and keep thinking to ourselves that we should have known better 
2
S.W.A.T.
Glenn Whipp
S W A T the movie is two hours long but doesn t contain enough interesting material to fill a one hour episode of the short lived television series 
2
S.W.A.T.
Chris Hewitt
A muscular efficient police procedural with enough tense action to make up for truly awful dialogue 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Jon Niccum
Like a bullet shot from a rifle this is one shiny noisy and mechanical affair 
2
S.W.A.T.
Leigh Johnson
From the minute S W A T starts rolling it s clear we ve got a wanna be blockbuster on our hands And we all know what that means 
1.5
S.W.A.T.
Bob Bloom
It is just a solid by the book police melodrama with characters and situations we have seen dozens of times before on the big and small screen 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Erik Childress
A game of Cops Robbers offers far more excitement Until ITS eventual big screen appearance 
2
S.W.A.T.
Jack Zink
A straightforward yet interesting yarn 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Mack Bates
The best summer action movie since 1994 s Speed 
3.5
S.W.A.T.
Michael Wilmington
A big near incoherent action thriller best suited for audiences who don t mind being pummeled into submission 
1.5
S.W.A.T.
Glenn Lovell
S W A T proves something of a throwback entertainment in this summer of digital effects duds The story couldn t be more cliched or conservative 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Jeffrey Westhoff
S W A T fits its late summer release date It senses we ve been worn out by blockbusters and doesn t try too hard to please us 
2.5
S.W.A.T.
Steven Rea
S W A T is by the numbers by the book and by the way pretty good 
3
S.W.A.T.
Jan Stuart
A throbbing dose of high testosterone schlock in which logic credibility and characterization also are dispensable in the name of that all consuming end keeping things moving 
2
S.W.A.T.
James Berardinelli
A high octane brain dead action picture that happens to feature cops as the characters 
2
S.W.A.T.
Josh Larsen
By the end you ll think they have already made Bad Boys III 
2
S.W.A.T.
Rob Blackwelder
When even the dynamic charismatic scenery chomping Samuel L Jackson seems so bored that he might as well be phoning in his performance you know your action movie is a lifeless failure 
1
S.W.A.T.
Peter Sobczynski
The actors have an appealing enough chemistry to overcome some of the sillier moments and make S W A T a better film that it probably has any right to be 
3
S.W.A.T.
Walter Chaw
It doesn t even stink in any meaningful way completely forgotten before it s even over 
1
S.W.A.T.
Steve Rhodes
An edge of your seat film that doesn t tire you out 
3.5
S.W.A.T.
Jeremiah Kipp
Think of a citywide version of John Carpenter s B movie gem Assault on Precinct 13 and you ve just imagined a better movie than S W A T 
1
A Tiger's Tale
Roger Ebert
Some movies don t seem to know what they re really about and A Tiger s Tale is one of them 
2
Midnight Mary
John Beifuss
Demonstrates that Metro Goldwyn Mayer could be as down and dirty as Warner Bros when necessary 
3.5
The Opportunists
Steve Rhodes
Directed on snooze control by Myles Connell 
2
The Opportunists
Ross Anthony
slow slow pace
1
The Opportunists
Roger Ebert
Crime movies always seem to have neat endings There s a chase or a shootout a trial or a confession The Opportunists is messier than that It is less a matter of the big payoff than the daily struggle 
3
Copying Beethoven
Brooke Holgerson
Stuck between Kruger s blankness and Harris s overemoting the film never finds a balance 
2
Copying Beethoven
Janos Gereben
The irresponsibly fictionalized Amadeus was an exercise in realism in comparison and it was simply a much better film 
2
Copying Beethoven
Willie Waffle
Ed Harris plays Beethoven but with this material maybe the producers should have turned to Ben Stiller 
1.5
Copying Beethoven
Moira MacDonald
Always an intelligent presence on screen Harris here embraces the challenge of showing us the man behind the wall of music 
2.5
Copying Beethoven
Ruthe Stein
You may walk out of Copying Beethoven humming the movie But that s not the same as singing its praises 
2
Copying Beethoven
Timothy Knight
Copying Beethoven is all too reminiscent of those glossily ersatz biopics that Hollywood used to crank out in the 1930s and 40s 
2
Copying Beethoven
Lisa Rose
It works on an aesthetic level but it s uneven as a drama 
2
Copying Beethoven
Lou Lumenick
Tin eared script and tone deaf direction sabotages a fortissimo performance by Ed Harris in the title role 
1.5
Copying Beethoven
Jack Mathews
It was audacious of the filmmakers to imagine they could build a story and characters around the creation of the Ninth Symphony that would play as dramatically as the music 
2.5
Copying Beethoven
Wesley Morris
Harris saunters through this toasty little piece of biographical fiction in love with the part s fixins 
2.5
Copying Beethoven
Mark Dujsik
While Copying Beethoven eventually finds its way the movie is unfortunately too bogged down by its script s extended rough start to fully recover 
2.5
Copying Beethoven
Erik Childress
You can t just copy the final shot of Shakespeare In Love especially when the music just reminds us how much we d like to see Die Hard again 
2
Copying Beethoven
David Patrick Stearns
What makes this film float if at times just barely is the characterization of Beethoven by Harris and the Christopher Wilkinson script 
3
Copying Beethoven
Bruce Newman
A feminist fantasy that you can either embrace as director Agnieszka Holland Europa Europa seems to have done with an unbecoming schoolgirl gushiness or repeatedly be pulled out of the story by its falseness 
2
Copying Beethoven
Gene Seymour
If you re going to tackle Ludwig van Beethoven you ve got to go as hard and high as he did All this movie does is flounder and flail around his tempestuous spirit 
2
Copying Beethoven
Michael Wilmington
A movie with some flaws but also with moments of beauty and intensity most other films can t match 
3
Copying Beethoven
Matt Pais
Knows as much about the creative process as Beethoven does about snowboarding 
1.5
Copying Beethoven
Josh Larsen
Thank goodness for the music for it is the only thing that can be heard above Harris embarrassing bellowing 
2
Copying Beethoven
James Berardinelli
I have nothing against historical fiction books or movies using real characters in situations that didn t happen However one would hope in such cases that the authors would have a story worth telling 
2.5
Copying Beethoven
Jason Clark
Will there ever be a decent movie made about any part of Ludwig van Beethoven s life 
1.5
Copying Beethoven
James Adams
There s a lot of Romantic hokum here that probably won t play well with many postmodernist sensibilities 
2
Copying Beethoven
David Nusair
That Ed Harris actually makes a fairly convincing Ludwig van Beethoven is undoubtedly a testament to his ample abilities and it s his electrifying performance that keeps the viewer engaged throughout Copying Beethoven s admittedly erratic running
3
License to Wed
Matt Brunson
Robin Williams has made so many one star comedies that it s impossible to keep count at this point But rest assured that there s a multiplex in hell that screens them on a perpetual loop 
1
License to Wed
Jonathan W. Hickman
It s a shame that Robin Williams continues to take roles that exploit and water down his talent 
1.5
License to Wed
Peter T. Chattaway
If ever there was a ceremony or ritual that needed to be called off it is the one that begins with the act of buying a ticket for this movie 
1.5
License to Wed
Linda Cook
Somewhere Rainn Wilson is smiling to himself That s because unlike some of the rest of John Krasinski s castmates from The Office he wasn t involved in License to Wed a wretched excuse for a romantic comedy 
.5
License to Wed
David Nusair
a grating nigh unwatchable piece of work 
1
License to Wed
Gary Brown
a romantic comedy misfire that could send aspirant newlyweds and anyone else in attendance down the wrong aisle to the exit door 
1
License to Wed
Sean McBride
Be sure to say I don t to License to Wed
1
License to Wed
Mark Dujsik
Too dependent on Williams to fill in the humorless gaps here and the humor itself just isn t funny in the first place 
1
License to Wed
Kam Williams
Looks like Robin Williams has replaced Cuba Gooding Jr as the kiss of death on the set of any comedy 
0
License to Wed
Stephen Saito
Krasinski and Moore are an adorable couple but marriage material they aren t especially since they re given a mere ten minutes to form a full fledged relationship before Williams breathlessly barges into the picture 
1.5
License to Wed
Moira MacDonald
Like some weddings License to Wed is a long sit and a bland buffet 
1.5
License to Wed
Geoff Pevere
This assaultively unappealing romantic comedy could well mark the opening salvo in a whole new Hollywood campaign against movie piracy Anybody who d steal this dud would stink just from carrying it around 
0.5
License to Wed
David Elliott
You have to go back to the worst Hanna Barbera cartoons to find gag material this excruciatingly contrived 
1
License to Wed
Kyle Smith
I hereby pronounce you a flop 
1
License to Wed
Kit Bowen
You know you re in trouble when the outtakes during the end credits are the best part 
1.5
License to Wed
Willie Waffle
so lifeless and bland you will only see it when Transformers is sold out and your girlfriend thinks that Jim guy from The Office is cute 
.5
License to Wed
Mick LaSalle
There s bad there s awful and there s horrible and then somewhere beyond that in its own Kingdom of Lousy where all the milk curdles and the jokes aren t funny is License to Wed 
0
License to Wed
Daniel M. Kimmel
What this is really about is yet another entry in one of the more loathsome comedy genres the humiliation of the hero 
1.5
License to Wed
Claudia Puig
The movie is plodding predictable formulaic and worst of all not funny 
2
License to Wed
Maitland McDonagh
The outtakes that accompany the end credits suggest that making the movie was a blast it s a shame the same can t be said for watching it 
1.5
License to Wed
Chris Hewitt
It used to be annoying when Robin Williams insisted on wrecking comedies with his overbearing shtick Now it s just sad and pathetic 
1
License to Wed
Stephen Whitty
All it does is make you wish Robin Williams never discovered movies or at least stuck to voicing cartoons and doing the odd occasional drama 
1.5
License to Wed
Gary Goldstein
The worst idea for a studio comedy since last year s equally dreadful Failure to Launch 
1.5
License to Wed
Elizabeth Weitzman
Will Robin Williams ever divorce himself from the unholy union of silliness and sentimentality 
2
License to Wed
Sue Pierman
A pleasant enough diversion for anyone who likes their comedies as light and fluffy as their popcorn 
2.5
License to Wed
Connie Ogle
Just another mediocre addition worse than the best sitcoms better than the worst to the expanding list of movies that make Netflix a far more appealing option than going to a theater 
2
License to Wed
Glenn Whipp
Robin Williams plays a reverend running the Marquis de Sade School of Marriage Counseling in this desperately unfunny movie 
1
License to Wed
Amy Biancolli
Krasinski affirms that he can carry more than a desk job on The Office and Moore plays straight gal in a film that improves at least on her last role in the ugh inducing Because I Said So License to Wed doesn t fail her this time 
2.5
License to Wed
John Monaghan
Anyone who has been through the process of church mandated marriage preparation counseling should get a chuckle out of License to Wed that is if the comedy weren t so badly handled 
2
License to Wed
Michael Phillips
You d never know from License to Wed that Krasinski is a big asset to The Office Here playing an unappealing male lead he merely smugs his way through the assignment 
1.5
License to Wed
Lawrence Toppman
For all the Hollywood obviousness of the reassuring ending director Kwapis and his writers put over the subversive message that marriage can be maddening 
3
License to Wed
Wesley Morris
This is the sort of lobotomized condescendingly lazy movie that leaves you resentful of Hollywood 
1
License to Wed
Josh Larsen
Reverend Frank offers rib ticklers such as On the honeymoon pretend to be surprised In the theater pretend to be entertained 
1.5
License to Wed
James Berardinelli
No matter how hard I try I m finding it difficult to write anything positive about License to Wed This movie is bad from top to bottom front to back and start to finish 
1
License to Wed
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kwapis directorial license should be revoked while his movie should be divorced from theaters as soon as possible 
1.5
License to Wed
Jan Stuart
License to Wed is another lamebrain Hollywood comedy in which a peanut gallery of the shrill and the narcissistic conspire to drive a wedge between two innocents 
1.5
License to Wed
Jeff Vice
This crude and unfunny comedy represents one of the low points in what has already been a disappointing summer movie season 
1.5
License to Wed
Sean P. Means
Weddings are supposed to be happy occasions but this shrill by the numbers comedy provides little reason to smile 
1.5
License to Wed
Dustin Putman
License to Wed is set on a plane of existence not inhabited by intelligent life but by widespread nincompoops 
1
License to Wed
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like a creepy kid who has taken a few too many Ritalin tablets License to Wed bounds around the screen wildly overanxious to prove its wackiness 
1
License to Wed
Steve Rhodes
Mandy Moore is so likable while Robin Williams is so not But John Krasinski is like wallpaper He s just there 
2
License to Wed
Matt Pais
Williams has become a comedic glass ceiling a black hole of laughs that guarantees every scene he s in will make nails on a chalkboard sound appealing 
1.5
License to Wed
Nick Schager
The only amusing thing about License to Wed is the idea that it s supposed to be funny in the first place 
1
Bounce
David Nusair
generally far more entertaining than one might ve anticipated 
3
Bounce
Matt Brunson
The very premise of Bounce sounds suspect so it s a credit to Roos writing that he largely overcomes his own dubious plotline and fashions a fairly involving love story 
2.5
Bounce
Michael Dequina
What should have been graceful understatement instead reads as lifeless detachment 
2
Bounce
Judith Egerton
Affleck and Paltrow seem to be enjoying their roles far more than we do 
2
Bounce
Rick Groen
Two movies in one lively when people are talking lame when things are happening 
2.5
Bounce
Andrew Howe
An agreeable but ultimately insubstantial piece of fluff 
2.5
Bounce
Susan Stark
The script by Don Roos who also directed makes good use of the dramatic irony 
3
Bounce
Dustin Putman
The sort of romance that doesn t come around too often 151 intelligent without being saccharine heartfelt without being condescending 
3
Bounce
Rob Blackwelder
Guys are idiots lower your standards I can t tell you how sick I am of seeing this moronic message beaten into women s heads in cinematic romance after romance 
2
Bounce
Roger Ebert
I wanted Buddy and Abby to become lovers which means they sold me on themselves 
3
Bounce
Edward Guthmann
The movie never really works because it s hard to root for a screen romance when one of the actors is stiff and unsympathetic 
2
Bounce
James Berardinelli
Don Roos dialogue is a cut above the norm 
3
Bounce
Mary Kalin-Casey
Despite some failings along the way the film builds toward his and the actors strengths by its closing scenes Bounce bounces back 
2.5
Reversion
Wes Greene
It may look like a dream but it plays like someone reading a congressional report on corporate finagling out loud 
2
Inferno
Walter Chaw
second tier stuff
3
Inferno
Ed Gonzalez
More so than any other Argento film this one is for the fans 
3
The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman
Roger Moore
Wearing it may be but a dozen chuckles and half a dozen big laughs make this French farce almost worth the subtitles 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
David Nusair
The Mummy saga comes to a close with this mostly tedious and somewhat interminable entry 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Mattie Lucas
One of the most inane pieces of soulless product churned out to make a quick buck I have seen in quite some time 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Walter Chaw
obviously the low grade stuff users will get their fix but recognize it s been cut too thin no matter how many bells and whistles were crammed into the mainframe 
0
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Jeffrey Westhoff
Another enjoyable bit of high adventure and malarkey 
3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Jolene Mendez
If you are looking for mixed martial arts with a little magic thrown in then this is the film for you Otherwise let me say I hope this Mummy is a wrap 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
John Beifuss
A crazy quilt comic book with Michelle Yeoh as a sorceress a tribe of Abominable Snowmen a visit to Shangri La a three headed dragon and Hong Kong s most honored actor Anthony Wong as a nutcase general Kids should love it
2.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Linda Cook
When a script stoops low enough to involve yak vomit as the focus of a joke that should be a red flag to the studio that it might be a good idea to hold off on production 
.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Felix Vasquez Jr.
If this were Maria Bello s first film I guarantee this would have been the last we d seen of her 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Greg Maki
Parts of the movie are fun mostly due to Fraser s and Bello s winning attitudes But there is too much slapstick too much infantile humor too much messy editing and an overload of special effects 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Matt Brunson
The sloppiness of the entire enterprise is immediately evident by the fact that the 27 year old Ford looks nowhere near young enough to be playing the son of 39 year old Fraser and 41 year old Bello From there the movie only gets more absurd 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Mike McGranaghan
This is the worst kind of sequel the kind of that reeks of having been made purely for the paycheck It s time to seal this Mummy back up into its crypt and keep it there 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Sean P. Means
Can we just bury this franchise and promise not to dig it up 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Willie Waffle
Why 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Carla Meyer
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a cheeseball film that s hard to love but impossible to hate 
2.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Mike Clark
Remarkably the plot has much in common with Hellboy II The Golden Army yet that bundle of fun has enough vision to make even its Barry Manilow interlude seem appropriate 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Ken Fox
There are so few surprises that one not only begins anticipating the next scene but looking forward to the end 
2.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Peter Howell
The story is no more than a thread stitching set pieces of increasing implausibility and ineptitude 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Chris Hewitt
The actor who comes off best in The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the one who opted out Rachel Weisz 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Mark Rahner
If movies were people The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor would be a total bimbo nice looking and kind of fun sometimes but so unbearably empty and dumb that it doesn t matter 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Peter Travers
The new Mummy is how can I put it Just freakin awful 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Stephen Whitty
This movie wasn t so much created as calculated 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Kyle Smith
What s with outsourcing mummies to China Do the undead work for lower wages there Did Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon take place on the Nile 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
David Frese
This sequel is inferior even to its predecessors three if you count the prequel The Scorpion King themselves poor versions of the George Lucas Steven Spielberg franchise 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Amy Biancolli
It s serviceable summer twaddle but you might as well see Hellboy II The Golden Army similar plot much better film 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Jennie Punter
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor marks the sad end we hope to a franchise that delivered two solid highly entertaining summer popcorn munchers both superior to the second Indiana Jones flick 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Lisa Kennedy
While plenty of arrows zing few of the wisecracks or familial confessions in Alfred Gough s and Miles Millar s script hit their mark 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Ty Burr
Despite exotic locations epic cinematography and much spectacular crash and bang this Mummy feels like a threadbare toss off 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Nick Rogers
Soulless loud dull and aggressively unintelligent Questioning creature feature logic usually is a buzzkill but in a film with Tibetan yetis somehow aware of football gestures it s essential to keep your brain from turning to goop 
.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Brandon Fibbs
Exactly the sort of ridiculous vacuous throwaway fare we ve come to expect during the summer season 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Sara Michelle Fetters
You get the feeling watching it no one would know an original idea if it came up and slapped them in the face everything from the crazy fast talking pilot to the field goal kicking Yetis as asinine and as silly as anything else I ve seen this year 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Daniel M. Kimmel
You don t believe it for a minute but you may find yourself having too much fun to care 
3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Pete Hammond
If Universal wants to continue the tired series after this one we suggest they take it to Broadway instead maybe as a musical How about Mummy Mia 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Bob Bloom
It is one of those movies for which you make a mental check list of familiar sequences you ve seen in previous efforts 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Charles Koplinski
Better Left for Dead
2.0
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A terrible third entry in a terrible trilogy 
.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Cathy Jakicic
With an adventure fantasy a certain amount of creative license is to be expected even encouraged but this third installment of the Mummy franchise is nearly swamped by distracting lapses in logic 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Christy DeSmith
The film s best quality is that it continues the Mummy tradition of mocking its own big budget gratuitousness 
2.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Austin Kennedy
These are the middle of the road Hollywood Blockbusters that I dread but there is a fanbase for it and I guess if you liked the others you will like this one just as much probably 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Jeff Vice
The third Mummy movie is overly familiar and is pretty unoriginal And as half hearted as portions of it are you d swear this summer movie medley exists simply to cash in on the success of the earlier Mummy films 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Steven Rea
Full of exclamatory one liners ripped from a copy of Indiana Jones for Dummies and with the breathless cast spewing putatively witty rejoinders that get drowned out by pows and bangs Mummy 3 should have been kept under wraps 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Dustin Putman
There is no excuse for an action feature to not hold a single thrilling moment That s not just bad luck that s bad filmmaking 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Peter Canavese
Joyless spectacle it has a certain epic sweep but it also has tacky CGI Yeti 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Michael Phillips
The film has one objective to smack its audience in the face with fleeting competing wows over and over 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Roger Ebert
Now why did I like this movie It was just plain dumb fun is why It is absurd and preposterous and proud of it 
3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Lawrence Toppman
It s barely possible that Mummy 3 is a colossal in joke a spoof of all the adventure movies that have drab actors laughable computer generated effects a threadbare plot continuity lapses and one liners that repeatedly fall flat 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Rafer Guzman
Though it tries to juice up its mojo with currently popular Asian themes and martial arts sequences this Mummy seems a teeny bit musty 
2.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Josh Larsen
Has there been a more egregious abuse of computer generated imagery than that of the Mummy franchise 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Sean McBride
Fraser s still a lot of fun but the charm seems to be evaporating from the franchise this third time out 
2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Mick LaSalle
The Mummy series has been dead for a long time but like the mummies it depicts it won t stay buried 
1
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Phil Villarreal
There s an important lesson here Whatever immortal ninja temple guardians tell you take it with a grain of salt because they tend to exaggerate Speaking of untrustworthy pronouncements remember when Jet Li said he was retiring 
1.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Nick Schager
Makes the first two Mummy films seem like The Godfather I and II 
1
The Young Lions
Matt Brunson
What s most impressive about Dean Martin s turn is that while his co stars are Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift the era s most celebrated Method performers and among the cream of the Hollywood crop he easily holds his own against this esteemed pair 
3
A Year in Mooring
Roger Moore
Beautifully shot elegantly acted melodrama of the sailboating cure for what ails you 
2.5
A Year in Mooring
Christian Toto
Josh Lucas drinks bats his watery eyes and stares into space for nearly 90 minutes in Hide Away And yet somehow the actor overshadows the obvious life lessons that threaten to sink the project at every turn 
2.5
A Year in Mooring
Lisa Kennedy
A tactile emotion laden world of beauty loss recovery 
2.5
A Year in Mooring
Kyle Smith
In Hide Away Josh Lucas plays an alcoholic widower who undergoes a spiritual rebirth by fixing up a sailboat and I really wish he hadn t 
0
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Peter Canavese
Resembles Crumb in its depiction of damaged souls whose only refuge is art 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Timothy Knight
A haunting frequently unsettling documentary about the blurry line between madness and genius 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Robert W. Butler
What makes Devil fascinating is the harrowing arc of Johnston s life This is a story of youthful promise undermined by horrendous mental illness 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Rob Thomas
The Devil and Daniel Johnston is really something special avoiding easy answers skirting the expected cliches drawing us deeper into the life of a fascinating and complex man 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Rene Rodriguez
A heartbreaking yet strangely uplifting and inspirational exploration of the fine line between genius and madness and how sometimes one becomes impossible to discern from the other 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Laura Kelly
There s something truly illuminating in the telling of Daniel Johnston s story and his painful struggle with bipolar disorder 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Duane Dudek
Since Johnston was prolific and a pack rat director Jeff Feuerzeig had access to a life s worth of audio recordings short films and animation dating back to the formative equivalent of the refrigerator art of Johnston s childhood 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Sean P. Means
Feuerzeig focuses his attention not just on Johnston but on his friends who had to clean up the messes left after Johnston s episodes 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Jeff Vice
The nature and sound of Johnston s music is an acquired taste and that also goes for director Jeff Feuerzeig s documentary though the film is intelligent and approaches the various mental health issues addressed here in a sensitive manner 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
John Beifuss
A documentary with all the suspense comedy pathos and surprise of a great narrative film 
4
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Phil Villarreal
Though Feuerzeig s film isn t quite successful at underlining what exactly it is about Johnston s childlike art that makes him so appealing the documentary works superbly at proving Johnston is insane 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Terry Lawson
This well done documentary will explain why Johnston has never been able to rise above cult status 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Dan DeLuca
Like Capturing the Friedmans Devil is loaded with revealing footage rife with psychodrama including a creepy home movie in which the teenage Johnston plays himself and his overbearing mother 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Liam Lacey
an uncomfortably fascinating document of a man whose bipolar disorder and artistic ambitions are inextricably connected 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Amy Biancolli
A searing compassionate portrait of chronic mental illness 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Thomas Delapa
You don t need to be Einstein to know that not all geniuses are mad More to the relative point not all madmen are geniuses 
2
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Chris Hewitt
There s no question Johnston is an intriguing person Or that based on the treasure trove of illuminating or baffling or maddening footage assembled here into a stylishly messy whole he remains a work in progress 
2.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Jeff Strickler
Perhaps Feuerzeig wanted to get away from the stereotypical talking head interview but by having the subject stop periodically to rinse and spit 
2.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Walter Chaw
It s little more than a decently compiled fan inspired research project as opposed to something organically resonant or artful 
2
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Moira MacDonald
Regardless of how you feel about Johnston s art The Devil and Daniel Johnston is worth seeing as a poignant portrait of a troubled life still in the making 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Roger Ebert
Jeff Feuerzeig who won the best director award at Sundance 2005 for this film has started with a subject who has filmed himself and been filmed by others for more than 20 years 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Marty Mapes
Johnston gets his own documentary
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Allison Benedikt
Feuerzeig recounts it all with clear eyed candor turning to Johnston s battered friends and family for insight and empathy and to Johnston s tapes and drawings for an inside look at his illness 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Joel Selvin
Whether Johnston is a genius or a wonderful anomaly remains to be seen but director Jeff Feuerzeig has stitched together a detailed portrait of the artist s life and music that is never less than compelling 
4
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Ty Burr
Feuerzeig s film is as good a portrait of the artist as a beloved basket case as you ll see but it s kept from greatness by the questions it refuses to ask itself 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Jeanne Aufmuth
A delicious character study that attracts and repels 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Glenn Kenny
Feuerzeig tells the story of Johnston s journey from artistically inspired but domestically and socially challenged teen to singer songwriter to full blown manic depressive with a great deal of resourcefulness and wit 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Ken Fox
While the insane details of manic depressive pop savant Daniel Johnston s troubled life make for gripping viewing the best thing about Jeff Feuerzeig s excellent documentary is his refusal to romanticize Johnston s mental illness 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
V.A. Musetto
Feuerzeig paints a loving portrait of the up and down life of the troubled 45 year old sort of a poor man s Brian Wilson 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Elizabeth Weitzman
Everything a good documentary should be 
4
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Bob Strauss
As for the serious fans of his work well maybe I m not getting something but they seem like the craziest people in the movie 
2.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Kurt Loder
The Devil and Daniel Johnston is a documentary that will haunt you all the way home and into the night 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
John Anderson
The film may be a paean to a lost genius but it is also a gritty involving warts and all tale of celebrity and psychosis that leaves a likely unanswerable question Were the naive songs of Johnston s youth a window into his soul or his disease 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Peter Travers
It s the way Feuerzeig walks with him on the line between creativity and madness that digs this haunting and hypnotic film into your memory 
3.5
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Steve Rhodes
Why he keeps being a called a musical genius in the film is something my ears could never understand 
2
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Geoff Pevere
The Devil and Daniel Johnston is a movie about a man whose demons live with him always but who has somehow found a way of speaking that can still be heard above the din in his head 
3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Ed Gonzalez
A compelling and obsessive humanization of American eccentricity 
3
Brighton Rock
Kelly Jane Torrance
We should at least give director Rowan Joffe credit for taking a risk even if his version of Brighton Rock doesn t approach the achievement of its two predecessors 
3
Brighton Rock
David Nusair
a worthless waste of time that wears out its welcome almost immediately 
1
Brighton Rock
Moira MacDonald
As remakes go this Brighton Rock is probably unnecessary but it s a well acted stylishly filmed thriller and a good story well told 
3
Brighton Rock
Kent Turner
The film is ripe for Helen Mirren to grab and she handily makes off with it 
2.5
Brighton Rock
Chris Hewitt
Please read the book instead 
2
Brighton Rock
Calvin Wilson
Brighton Rock doesn t rise to classic status but it s an intriguing mood piece 
3
Brighton Rock
Claudia Puig
Evocative music and stylish visual flourishes from first time director Rowan Joffe bring heft to a predictable thriller set during a summer of youthful unrest 
3
Brighton Rock
Stephen Whitty
Mirren is marvelous as is Riley The score with Martin Phipps clearly channeling Bernard Herrmann is full of tentative melancholy melodies and dark swirling moods 
3.5
Brighton Rock
Kyle Smith
Screams student film with practically every frame 
2
Brighton Rock
Dustin Putman
Gets to the heart of its tragic underpinnings 
2.5
Brighton Rock
J. R. Jones
I m still trying to figure out what mods have to do with Brighton Rock and I can only guess that Joffe glommed onto the little town s best known pop culture credential in hope of connecting with a broader or perhaps younger international audience 
2
Brighton Rock
Mark Feeney
What was once an impurely pure outpost of Graham Greeneland now feels a bit like the Who s Quadrophenia with mods and rockers mixing it up around the edges 
2
Brighton Rock
Michael Phillips
The new film version of Graham Greene s 1938 novel Brighton Rock isn t very good but if you haven t yet seen the 1947 film version of Greene s book do so It s the right time to do so 
2
Brighton Rock
Matt Pais
Beautifully shot and eerily effective in documenting a relationship with a real connection and an unshakable sinister agenda 
3
Brighton Rock
Roger Ebert
It is about helplessness and evil but isn t merciless enough 
2.5
Brighton Rock
Peter Keough
Joffe fumbles with the bones of Greene s parable but the flesh blood and spirit elude him 
2
Brighton Rock
Christy Lemire
The film as a whole often feels like an exercise in style over substance especially as it becomes clear just how many times we ve seen these kinds of characters in this kind of story before 
2.5
Brighton Rock
Bill Weber
Gutting what made Graham Greene s crime lit classic unique this pointless re setting of the noirish fable fails to bring its puerile antihero to compelling life 
1.5
The Love Letter
Michael Dequina
To call this a romantic comedy drama is to imply an involving emotional core and a witty sense of humor that simply aren t there 
1.5
The Love Letter
Mick LaSalle
A nice old fashioned romance how refreshing 
3
The Love Letter
Susan Stark
A scattershot account of unexpected confusing romantic love that spreads like a virus 
1
The Love Letter
Steve Rhodes
Choosing not to emphasize the romantic angle the film feels more like a pilot for a television sitcom than a movie 
2
The Love Letter
Ross Anthony
Do you know how in love with you I am Did I trip Did I stumble Lose my balance graze my knee graze my heart 
2.5
The Love Letter
Dustin Putman
An enjoyable enough way to spend an hour and a half but doesn t end up having much to offer in the way of substance 
2
The Love Letter
Mike Clark
The Force isn t with nor is there much dramatic force behind The Love Letter 
2.5
Holiday in the Sun
Steve Rhodes
As a travelogue as a video aquarium and most of all as a film for young preteen girls the movie succeeds 
2.5
New France
John Terauds
History is long life is short It s certainly too short for the sort of overblown melodramatic pseudo epic filmmaking Quebec s Jean Beaudin tried to foist on Francophone audiences two years ago 
1
New France
David Gilmour
Feels like a French Romantic novel shot without a trace of irony 
1.5
The Midnight Meat Train
David Nusair
Initially intriguing yet ultimately atrocious 
1
The Midnight Meat Train
Lucius Gore
This is the best Clive Barker inspired movie in a long long time probably since Hellraiser III in 1992 
3
The Midnight Meat Train
Phil Villarreal
Goes full speed on ultra gory rails before slamming to an abrupt stop 
2.5
The Midnight Meat Train
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Destined to be a cult classic as a vicious brilliant and disgusting horror film 
3
The Midnight Meat Train
Austin Kennedy
It was a pretty neat concept but it has such a bad script and bogged down with horrendous acting that I can t say it s a good movie
2
The Anderson Tapes
Roger Ebert
Works very very nicely 
3
Midway
Jason Fraley
It might make a worthy Veterans Day watch if you bring your veteran grandparent or war buff parent You ll remember the experience with your loved ones more than the actual movie 
2.5
Midway
Pamela Powell
Midway is a film to give a new generation an important lesson in history one that feels alive and one that will connect you with the heroes from The Battle of Midway 
3.5
Midway
David Nusair
An uncommonly awful war picture 
1
Midway
Sara Michelle Fetters
There wasn t any tension or suspense and by the time things came to an end I was almost thankful the movie was over 
2
Midway
Matt Brunson
Director Roland Emmerich s 1996 smash Independence Day won an Oscar for its special effects but since then the visuals in his films seem to be getting worse not better 
2
Midway
Josh Terry
There are good actors in the cast but no one seizes the moment and it doesn t help that a lot of dialogue stooped with cartoon patriotism and stiff acting leave the proceedings feeling awfully two dimensional 
2.5
Midway
Kevin A. Ranson
paints a bleak historic picture of how the balance of power in the world shifted in only six months tempered with a necessary glimpse into the human cost and the courage of those facing overwhelming odds 
3
Midway
Phil Villarreal
A well crafted World War II film that will likely end up being one for the ages 
3.5
Midway
Barry Hertz
Midway is a choppy bore its main source of intrigue centred around whatever New Jersey ese accent British actor Ed Skrein is attempting as dive bomber Richard Best 
2
Midway
Jeff Mitchell
No Emmerich s picture is not Pearl Harbor 2001 but it s not Flags of Our Fathers 2006 either Maybe somewhere in the middle You know somewhere 
2.5
Midway
Brandy McDonnell
It was a job only for the bold and brave and there are worse ways to spend the lead up to Veterans Day than remembering the men who risked and sacrificed their lives doing that job 
2.5
Midway
Michael O'Sullivan
Midway tells a story that s vividly and viscerally rendered with all the entertainment value of a big old fashioned war movie cutting back and forth between the home front and front line 
2.5
Midway
Katie Walsh
The film is filled with characters with only a couple fleshed out in any real way the rest just faces and sometimes names The result is a movie about a dramatic battle that s strangely bloodless and unemotional 
2.5
Midway
Odie Henderson
The overabundance of CGI is one of the bigger problems with Midway because far too often it feels like you re watching a video game or an F X highlight reel 
2
Midway
Steven Prokopy
Midway is a sometime flawed film especially when it pushes the patriotism and heroism angles a bit too much but it doesn t always feel inappropriate 
2.5
Midway
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is a series of action setpieces interrupted by strategic debates and the most basic attempts to give its key heroes a personal side 
2
Midway
Richard Roeper
These terrific actors and many more are stuck playing one dimensional characters who have to deliver lines straight out of a second rate mid 20th century war movie while competing with 21st century CGI pyrotechnics 
2
Midway
Joey Magidson
Decent action meets a terrible screenplay in Midway which is perhaps the best definition of a Roland Emmerich picture you can come up with 
2
Midway
Robert Daniels
Though Emmerich delivers sharply constructed battles the sprawling 138 minute epic in its sporadic focus makes Michael Bay s slightly underrated thirst trap Pearl Harbor look like a masterpiece 
1.5
The Handmaid's Tale
Matt Brunson
Offers only fragmented glimpses of a frightening society and never goes much beneath the surface of its sociopolitical trappings 
2.5
The Handmaid's Tale
David N. Butterworth
Schlondorff s treatment is idly drab and antiseptic indifferent almost as though he felt Atwood s vision was cinematic enough 
2
The Handmaid's Tale
James Sanford
Harold Pinter s adaptation has its powerful moments but ultimately the narrowing of the novel s scope dilutes the story s message too much 
2
The Handmaid's Tale
Roger Ebert
At the end of the movie we are conscious of large themes and deep thoughts and of good intentions drifting out of focus 
2
Loser
Michael Dequina
The intended stabs at humor fall with a thud 
2
Loser
David Nusair
engaging and entertaining 
3
Loser
Shay Casey
A shockingly awful movie 
1
Loser
Robert Payne
The flick is hollow 
1.5
Loser
Roger Ebert
The end notes of Loser are lame and it is not encouraging when a college movie means aid but spells it aide 
2
Loser
Rob Blackwelder
The most mundane most out of touch college romance of the year 
0
Loser
Jorge Avila Andrade
Lo pobre del guin lo acartonado de las actuaciones los dilogos absurdos y una mala edicin hacen que las pocas cualidades de la cinta pasen desapercibidas
1.5
Loser
Carla Meyer
Loser is just as it sounds 
1
Loser
Susan Stark
Biggs Suvari turn on their winning charm 
3
Loser
James Berardinelli
Loser bucks the summer trend proving that a little light romance is an appealing antidote to an overdose of testosterone and adrenaline 
3
Loser
Dustin Putman
Boosting a smart savvy screenplay and a bright young cast Amy Heckerling succeeds in telling an oft told story by writing characters who may be flawed but are good hearted inside and often out 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Phil Villarreal
It s a disappointment to report that Bhutanese filmdom is not off to a good start 
1.5
Travelers and Magicians
Jeff Vice
Uses a folktale or parable to impart its message about the simple pleasures in life and it s the telling of that story that makes it watchable and worthwhile 
2.5
Travelers and Magicians
Sean P. Means
There may be moments where the audience feels as restless as Dondup eager to get a move on but by the end you ll appreciate the way it lingers on the little things 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Bruce Westbrook
Refreshingly quiet and thoughtful 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Chris Hewitt
So pretty you want to put it on your wall 
3
Travelers and Magicians
John Hartl
Dondup is the make or break role here and he nails it 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Steven Rea
It s transporting it s magical 
4
Travelers and Magicians
Rick Groen
With its intricate design sly humour and timely theme Travellers and Magicians is a lot more than just a travelogue 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Geoff Pevere
Lovely obvious and strangely unconvincing 
2.5
Travelers and Magicians
Jeanne Aufmuth
Khyentse Norbu traces Dondup s path to enlightenment with mixed results that are nonetheless culturally engaging and gently amusing 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Timothy Knight
Profound and gently funny 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Bob Strauss
Acknowledge the timeless universal human question of whether to stay in the dull safe place you know or take a chance in a wider scarier potentially more rewarding world 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Jami Bernard
Writer director Khyentse Norbu sees paradise not as the seat of perfection but as the warmth of a simple loving community 
3
Travelers and Magicians
V.A. Musetto
Delightful performances are delivered by all in this ingenious work of cinema that is worth seeing if only for its glorious views of the Himalayas 
4
Travelers and Magicians
David Sterritt
Colorful if not exciting 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Gene Seymour
The scenery is breathtaking the amateur cast is appealing and the road trip though as shaggy and unruly as the vagabond official s haircut emits a pleasant buzz 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Joshua Vasquez
A bit too creakingly stiff in its allegory but the film s refusal to provide simple answers is touchingly appropriate 
2.5
Travelers and Magicians
Peter Canavese
A dual story of accidental spiritual journeys that illuminates storytelling s scriptural capacity to impart life lessons a charming little film to see on a big screen 
3
Travelers and Magicians
Carla Meyer
Visually accomplished and loads of fun 
3.5
Travelers and Magicians
Walter Chaw
What salvages the film is the powerful simplicity of its faith 
3
Miracle in Milan
James Kendrick
an uneasy mix that doesn 8217 t entirely work 44 but you can 8217 t fault De Sica for trying something different and unexpected while still maintaining his essential imperative of respecting the dignity of the everyday world through cinematic representation
2.5
Miracle in Milan
Gabe Leibowitz
The contrast of sneering wealth versus timid poverty is quietly sarcastic 
4
Pandas
Peter Howell
This absorbing film manages to pack a lot of information and some real drama into its 40 minute running time 
3
Pandas
Peter Keough
Pandas does its subject justice and is a reminder of the importance of protecting endangered species and preserving the environment when these values have fallen from official favor 
3
Pandas
Jody Mitori
The film creates an immersive experience with sweeping views of the mountains of Sichuan but while the scenery is stunning the focus stays on the bamboo loving Qian Qian and her struggles in her new environment 
3.5
Pandas
Moira MacDonald
About as perfect as IMAX nature documentaries can get informative family friendly beautifully and immersively photographed and so adorable that my scribbled screening notes are full of trenchant observations like SO FUZZY 
4
Get Smart
Mattie Lucas
There are a few funny moments mostly courtesy of Carell s natural charm and some surprising cameos that inject some much needed life into an otherwise generic film 
2
Get Smart
David Nusair
a manufactured piece of work that s been geared towards the lowest common denominator 
2
Get Smart
Susan Tavernetti
You ll have a better time if you don t expect this re imagined work to resemble the original The phone shoe does fit Carell and he wears it well 
2.5
Get Smart
Jolene Mendez
A film with great flair Another hit for Carell and a great summer hit for all that is a must see 
3.5
Get Smart
Wesley Lovell
A slight positive check mark in the history of television adaptations 
3
Get Smart
J. R. Jones
I often wondered if the filmmakers weren t trying to fix something that isn t broken 
1
Get Smart
Lori Hoffman
You can t go home again but giving an old favorite a new spin around the block isn t so bad 
2.5
Get Smart
Kyle Smith
The Aughties equivalent of the Dan Aykroyd Tom Hanks stab at Dragnet 
1
Get Smart
Charles Koplinski
Its sin is that it doesn t live up to expectations and is unsure as to how to bridge the gap between the T V show s Cold War sensibility and today s terrorist paranoia
2.5
Get Smart
Linda Cook
Yes there are a lot of us baby boomers who will want to see Get Smart for the nostalgia factor And a lot of us will wish we d watched re runs instead 
2
Get Smart
Ross Anthony
I kept wanting something more from this pleasant enough flick 
2.5
Get Smart
Matt Brunson
In between all the gags and all the action scenes there s an identifiable human element at work and this empathy prevents this from being just another big dumb summer comedy 
3
Get Smart
Jeffrey Westhoff
After four decades of technological improvements the Cone of Silence still doesn t work but Get Smart still does mostly 
2.5
Get Smart
Kam Williams
Get Smart got stupid 
1
Get Smart
Gina Carbone
Is it too late to go back and make the whole thing about Bill Murray in that tree 
2.75
Get Smart
Gary Brown
This is not your father s Get Smart it is a revved up turbo charged version for the silver screen that appeals directly to the younger age cohort 
3
Get Smart
Willie Waffle
Silly without being stupid
3
Get Smart
Daniel M. Kimmel
a Get Smart for the big screen a feature length spy spoof with up to date gags some thrilling stunts and a top notch cast 
3.5
Get Smart
Connie Ogle
It s not going to redefine comedy as we know it but it s amusing and briskly paced busy with an engaging mix of supporting actors 
3
Get Smart
Mike McGranaghan
Get Smart is an example of getting the right actors and taking the right approach It gave me one of the most fun times I ve had at the movies all year 
3.5
Get Smart
Larry Ratliff
The popular deadpan comedian Carell is only funny about 60 percent of the time Would you believe 50 percent 
2.5
Get Smart
Sean P. Means
Carell draws laughs because he stays true to the character He is self deprecating as he throws himself into every gag 
3
Get Smart
Amy Biancolli
Chipper energetic and unimaginatively plotted re do 
2.5
Get Smart
John Beifuss
A movie without a context as useless as a shoe phone in an iPhone era 
2
Get Smart
Maitland McDonagh
It s a light silly instantly forgettable comedy peppered with action set pieces and affectionate nods to its fondly remembered predecessor 
2.5
Get Smart
Chris Hewitt
Although it s ideally cast and consistently semi amusing Get Smart takes its cue from the wishy washy lead character 
2.5
Get Smart
John Wirt
The big screen Get Smart aspires to being an action movie Big mistake But raising Maxwell Smart s IQ And transforming him into a post 20th century sensitive guy Even bigger mistakes 
2
Get Smart
Mark Rahner
Despite what seemed in the trailers at least like inspired casting of Steve Carell the perpetrators of Get Smart almost entirely miss what made the Cold War TV spy comedy funny 
1.5
Get Smart
Mick LaSalle
Remaking Get Smart for the big screen might have sounded like a bad idea but the movie shows it to have been something else a really bad idea 
1
Get Smart
Carla Meyer
A washout plot places the emphasis by default on the film s uneven action sequences and the faulty chemistry between Carell and Anne Hathaway 
2.5
Get Smart
Stephen Whitty
It has the old lines and the funky props that fans remember But it also has some decent new ideas too And thanks to Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway a bit of a new vibe 
2.5
Get Smart
Lou Lumenick
Would you believe the new version of the 60s spy spoof Get Smart starring Steve Carell isn t awful like almost all TV to movie transfers but instead that it s actually pretty funny if overlong and overproduced 
2.5
Get Smart
Glenn Whipp
It s a movie that spoofs intelligence in the most unintelligent way possible and stretches the boundaries of plot free filmmaking into frontiers until now explored only by former cast members of Saturday Night Live 
1
Get Smart
Robert W. Butler
All this plays like a pale retread of a Mission Impossible script Which would be fine if Get Smart were actually funny 
1.5
Get Smart
Lisa Kennedy
By movie s end we can imagine spending some more time with Agents 86 and 99 and liking it 
2.5
Get Smart
Ty Burr
Get Smart version 2008 surrounds skilled likable players and a handful of solid belly laughs with 80 million worth of formulaic summer movie mediocrity A lot of things explode but the movie never detonates 
2.5
Get Smart
Peter Howell
The truth is that Get Smart is one of the year s sharper comedies and if it contains any WMDs that stands for wit of major delight 
3
Get Smart
Nick Rogers
Dedicating this film to Don Adams is like killing seeing eye dogs as tribute to the American Council of the Blind Lest insults not be spread to the deaf it s cruel irony that Beethoven s Ode to Joy is an integral part of a dreary dismal and soulless
1
Get Smart
Christian Toto
Get Smart has it all the Cone of Silence the shoe phone the familiar one liners But the re imagined Maxwell Smart isn t nearly as funny as the original 
2
Get Smart
Sara Michelle Fetters
For the most part this Steve Carrell Anne Hathaway vehicle was a relatively smooth ride and those looking for a catastrophe aren t going to find it here 
2.5
Get Smart
Josh Larsen
Wait until you see the look of chagrin on Carell s face when he holds a shoe phone to his ear 
1.5
Get Smart
Roger Ebert
It s funny exciting preposterous great to look at and made with the same level of technical expertise we d expect from a new Bond movie itself And all of that is very nice but nicer still is the perfect pitch of the casting 
3.5
Get Smart
Liam Lacey
The new Get Smart doesn t miss it by that much 
2.5
Get Smart
Bob Bloom
Get Smart offers some pleasing homages to its predecessor and an adequate amount of laughs But what the feature sorely needed was more chaos and less control 
2.5
Get Smart
Todd Hertz
Get Smart features near perfect casting with Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway and it largely captures the spirit of the original show But it s just not funny 
2
Get Smart
Claudia Puig
It can t decide whether it wants to be a thrilling action movie or a quirky comic spoof The elements seem in conflict rather than seamlessly blended 
2.5
Get Smart
Bill Weber
An unwieldy spoof thriller of clashing styles that undermine each other like a parade of double agents 
1.5
Get Smart
Peter Travers
No knockout but Carell wins on a rock solid technicality he s funny 
2.5
Get Smart
Duane Dudek
Get Smart is like overripe low hanging fruit Not being rotten doesn t make it edible 
2
Get Smart
Steve Rhodes
Consistently entertaining the movie turned out to be much better than the excessively silly 1965 television series upon which it is based 
3
Get Smart
Jeff Vice
To really do its source material justice Get Smart needed to get a whole lot smarter 
2
Get Smart
Dustin Putman
A spy comedy that isn t clever enough to get many chuckles and isn t over the top enough to work as prime lampoonery It s dull forgettable and uninspired 
1.5
Get Smart
Walter Chaw
A smart update with a hero who has transformed his humiliations and frailties into of all things maturity and empathy 
3
Get Smart
David Hiltbrand
All that s missing is the spirit and the anarchic humor of the sitcom created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry The result is an overdressed carefully stitched scarecrow of a comedy 
2
Get Smart
Michael Phillips
Missed it by that much Actually the new version of Get Smart misses by a fair size margin It s too bad It s just trying to give us a good time at the retroplex 
2
Get Smart
Phil Villarreal
Missed it by that much 
2.5
Get Smart
Rafer Guzman
Get Smart does all it can to please thanks mostly to Carell it just barely succeeds 
2.5
Get Smart
Peter Canavese
For the summer months it ll do nicely and we can all thank our lucky stars that we get Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart 
2.5
Get Smart
Michael A. Smith
a film that would make creators Buck Henry and Mel Brooks shout into their shoe phones with joy 
3
Get Smart
Frank Ochieng
Carell s wacky presence uplifts the modern day gizmo crazed Smart to a passable parade of pure inspired silliness that pays adequate homage to the iconic TV series 
2.5
Get Smart
James Berardinelli
This is one instance when a TV series based movie rewards nostalgia without demanding it Get Smart is funny enough in its own right to attract younger viewers while paying homage to its 40 year old predecessor 
3
Get Smart
Sean McBride
Purists may be disappointed but I must admit that the film is nevertheless a lot of fun 
3
Get Smart
Austin Kennedy
Carell is quite likable at times but for the most part this is just a safe mediocre comedy that isn t good enough for the summer movie season 
2
Dating & New York
Lisa Trifone
a central couple so charming they re endlessly watchable make the film something quite modern enjoyable and sweet if not always profound or terribly deep 
3
Dating & New York
Sheila O'Malley
Dating New York has the comedy part of the equation but not the romantic 
2
Dating & New York
Matthew Passantino
Dating New York is a loving nod to the city s many jagged edges 
3
Dating & New York
Roger Moore
Insipid
1.5
Flee
Matt Brunson
This earned Oscar nominations for Best Documentary Feature Best International Feature Film AND Best Animated Feature Film albeit losing all three 
3
Flee
Sean P. Means
The animation also allows the audience for Flee to see themselves in Amins place and feel empathy not only for him but refugees from all over 
4
Flee
Ty Burr
A heartbreaking nerve wracking ultimately uplifting story of one man s odyssey to freedom 
4
Flee
Allyson Johnson
It never seems exploitative though and there s a remarkable level of artistry displayed especially in the boundary pushing framework in which the film and director work 
3.5
Flee
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A deeply emotional account 
3.5
Flee
Mike Scott
Searing sobering unforgettability 
3.5
Flee
Mark Feeney
What does the word home mean to you the director asks Amin early on He struggles for an answer Those watching Flee may well do so too 
3
Flee
Ann Hornaday
Flee morphs from a tale of dispossession to a testament to the power of narrative to overtake a life and to liberate it 
4
Flee
Josh Larsen
gives intimate attention to one refugee s story 
3.5
Flee
Roger Moore
As an animated documentary is quite engrossing and sometimes even moving But as biography it s barely sketched in 
2.5
Flee
Roxana Hadadi
Evocatively animated in a style that is visually sparse but emotionally vibrant with a strong sense of motion and interiority 
4
Flee
Lindsey Bahr
A rich seamlessly told and emotionally affecting story
3.5
Flee
Mark Dujsik
In depicting Amin s story through animation the actual events take on the unreal feeling that Amin himself must have experienced 
3
Flee
Katie Walsh
A powerfully humane and urgently told film about immigrants refugees and the desire not just to survive but indeed to thrive
3.5
Flee
Angelo Muredda
A high concept work of creative nonfiction whose unconventional style promises an immersiveness it can t really deliver Flee is intermittently moving and insightful 
2.5
Flee
Siddhant Adlakha
Documentary realism rarely goes hand in hand with animated un reality but in Jonas Poher Rasmussen s Flee those two aesthetic worlds collide and create a feeling of being unmoored 
4
Flee
Keith Watson
The film effectively immerses us in the wrenching details of Amin s story but it keeps us just a bit too far removed from the man himself 
2.5
Flee
Sarah-Tai Black
We are witness to both the emotional highs and lows that Amin has lived through all of which are materialized in Flee with grace and an eye for the world s kindnesses just as much as its cruelties 
3
Flee
Rene Sanchez
A fascinating documentary that pushes new boundaries and takes us through a heartbreaking journey to redefine the meaning of family home and belonging Full Review in Spanish 
4
Flee
Kent Turner
The accounts of the clandestine crossings are expertly paced making Flee perhaps the most suspenseful film of 2021 
3.5
Flee
Dwight Brown
Innovative doc filmmaking Impressive visuals A very personal and harrowing story laid bare 
3.5
Flee
Peter Howell
Amin s fight for survival and freedom brilliantly told through animation and archival news footage illustrates the power of film to inform and elevate 
3.5
Lamya's Poem
Roger Moore
More high minded and well intentioned than entertaining 44 but that doesn 8217 t blunt its impact or render it less watchable 46 
2.5
Censor
David Gonzalez
A film that offers something far different and more unique by not harking back to horror films of yesteryear 44 instead of providing cerebral 44 meta yet direct protection of the genre from the often given ignorant criticisms about horror as a whole 46 
3.5
Censor
Brian Eggert
The film doesn apos t stick its landing and leaves the viewer appreciating what it has to say more than how it makes us feel 46 
2.5
Censor
Mia Vicino
The horror here is derived from an inability to cope to gain closure to accept that despite what mainstream movies tell us not every loose end in life ties itself up in an immaculate bow 
3
Censor
Sean P. Means
In her feature debut director co writer Prano Bailey Bond finds delicious tension in following the straitlaced Enid descend into madness and mayhem 
3.5
Censor
Rosalie Kicks
With a swift eighty four minute runtime this movie manages to pack a lot of punch delving into such areas as human trauma and societal fixations 
3
Censor
Peter Canavese
Psychological horror with a few bursts of real gore but this is also serious film making artistically done 
3
Censor
Anita Katz
The ambiguity meanwhile when at its finest results in some challenging intrigue due in part to the assuredness with which Bailey Bond presents it 
3
Censor
Simon Abrams
There are a number of compelling books about the Video Nasty scare two immediately come to mind Kate Egan s Trash or Treasure and James Simpson s Video Nasty Mayhem but Censor works too 
2.5
Censor
Mark Dujsik
As for where Censor ultimately heads there s some to admire but it mostly leaves us with a lingering sense of missed possibility 
2.5
Censor
Katie Walsh
As an experience of mood tone performance and dazzlingly macabre style it s a striking and wholly original piece a cinematic experience that has no obligation to offer the audience pat conclusions wrapped up in a tidy bow 
3.5
Censor
Nadine Smith
Censor might be colorful on the surface but thematically it s like a staticky tape of pure white noise 
2
Censor
Roger Moore
A slight and obvious slasher film whose satiric points are both slapped down and endorsed But the stern star and fascinating if limited peek into the world of ratings and censorship make it well worth a look 
2.5
Censor
Mark Hanson
The film unfortunately pulls back from its social interrogation just when it s working up a head of steam 
2
Censor
Steven Prokopy
The film is clever inventive and true to its time period 
3.5
Censor
Joey Magidson
Censor is an occasionally nasty piece of business but it s as much about how someone reacts to gore as it is a showcase for gore 
3
Censor
Mike McGranaghan
Censor is a smart stylish unsettling chiller with an irresistible meta twist 
3.5
Censor
Erik Childress
Censor is not about big scares but rather the bigger scare that those purporting to look out for us are really the ones we should be worried about 
3
The Paris Express
Roger Moore
A Technicolor novelty and rare Rains star vehicle entirely too haphazard to be the compact dark noirish morality tale it s meant to be 
2
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Brian Eggert
Worth a casual viewing for horror fans looking for a mindless diversion 46 
2
Quarantine 2: Terminal
David Nusair
A superior direct to video sequel 
2.5
The Learning Tree
James Kendrick
a compelling narrative that addresses the realities of black life in America within the familiar framework of a moving coming of age tale whose emotional peaks and valleys are the stuff of shared human experience to which anyone can relate
3.5
American Kickboxer 2
David Nusair
with one liners like your is grass and we re the lawnmowers the movie would surely work better amongst friends and a lot of booze 
.5
The Justice of Bunny King
Steven Prokopy
Seek this one out if you want something that is both hauntingly familiar and utterly unique 46 
3.5
The Justice of Bunny King
Sheila O'Malley
91 Essie Davis 93 outdoes herself 46 
4
Stalags
Kam Williams
A chilling expose which shows how Holocaust internees have been victimized twice violated again by purveyors of smut who would stoop so low as to fabricate a pack of sadomasochistic lies for a quick buck 
4
Stalags
V.A. Musetto
The Israeli documentary Stalags by Ari Libsker should be subtitled How To Turn a Sexy Subject Into a Boring Film 
1.5
Stalags
Ken Fox
Libsker s documentary not only explores the roots of the Stalags and the means by which they were produced and sold but even does a little detective work into the identities of the authors themselves 
3.5
Stalags
Ed Gonzalez
Ari Libsker s film details how books like I Was Colonel Schultz s Private Bitch luridly conflated sex and violence 
2
Make Up
Brian Tallerico
An accomplished piece of work and a pronouncement of a great young actress 
3
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
Katie Walsh
A portrayal we haven t often seen before and marks a new direction for films targeted at that audience It may even draw a new believer or two but there s still a long way to go to totally nail the faith based comedy genre 
2
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
Sean P. Means
The faith promoting comedy drama The Resurrection of Gavin Stone is pretty lifeless as a comedy but earns back some charm as an earnest drama 
2
45 Years
Jeff Mitchell
45 Years captures a lifetime of drama in one particular week 
3.5
45 Years
Lisa Jensen
Less is definitely more in the haunting marital drama 45 Years 
3
45 Years
James Kendrick
transcends the obvious and touches on deeper sometimes unsettling realities about the complicated messy ways we live and love 
3.5
45 Years
Sean P. Means
Together with Haigh s unobtrusive direction the stars make 45 Years one of the most honest and emotionally shattering movies about a marriage ever made 
3.5
45 Years
Sara Michelle Fetters
A drama of profound majesty sure to be marveled at for many years to come 
4
45 Years
John Serba
The final shot of 45 Years is an emotional atom bomb 
4
45 Years
Scott Renshaw
Writer director Andrew Haigh finds the emotional power that a single revelation can hold over decades of history 
4
45 Years
Michael Smith
Very British very subtle and very painful 
3
45 Years
Rob Thomas
Haigh tells this story with devastating restraint letting long close ups of Kate s face tell the story rather than lines of dialogue 
3.5
45 Years
Bob Bloom
Writer director Andrew Haigh s script delves into the fragility of marriage and how one instant can make a person doubt a lifetime choice 
4
45 Years
Allyson Johnson
Poetic and moving in its direction and performances despite being sometimes stilted in its dialogue 45 Years is a beautiful little film 
3
45 Years
Peter Canavese
Implications about the long odds for romance the deeper psychology of mating and the devastating possibility that love isn t an absolute but a willful occasionally mutual delusion 
3.5
45 Years
John Beifuss
From her behavior from Rampling s acting in other words we become aware that Kate has begun to question the very meaning of her marriage which is to say her life Was it an illusion A compromise A deception A settling A mistake 
3
45 Years
Robert Horton
A devastating portrait of the damage that can be done by secrets The two actors are superb 
4
45 Years
Moira MacDonald
In the beautifully acted drama 45 Years a marriage lives and dies we watch its agonized struggle like a butterfly impaled on a pin 
4
45 Years
Mick LaSalle
What s the big deal How does an entire film come of this There are satisfying answers to these questions but to state them would be to ruin a perfectly good movie 
4
45 Years
Anders Wright
Both Rampling nominated for an Academy Award for the first time and Courtenay are wonderful here doing tremendous work as a couple who know each other all too well but perhaps don t know each other at all 
3.5
45 Years
Calvin Wilson
Daringly unsentimental 45 Years makes a persuasive case that marriage demands not only patience but guts 
3.5
45 Years
Josh Larsen
a quiet punch to the gut a reminder that tranquil domesticity should never be taken for granted 
3.5
45 Years
Dann Gire
Rampling and Courtenay have little to do beyond appear glum and forlorn as their characters slog through an airless screenplay begging for a momentary respite of humor 
2.5
45 Years
Mark Dujsik
That there really is no blame here is what makes it tragic 
3
45 Years
Kate Taylor
45 Years exposes the paradoxical balance of the successful marriage one that requires a sentimental suspension of disbelief on the one hand and a hard headed ability to deal with the everyday on the other 
4
45 Years
Chris Knight
A triumph of understatement and narrative circumspection 
4
45 Years
Ty Burr
45 Years is a movie about intuition and inner lives and you have to look fast to catch all its resonances 
4
45 Years
Peter Howell
Both actors deliver a master class in expression by understatement The most unsettling of ghosts we are moved to realize are the ones we try hardest to deny 
3.5
45 Years
Steven Rea
45 Years is a study in economy in the beautiful symmetry of word and image and music 
4
45 Years
Ann Hornaday
Haigh knows how to thread a story in a way that makes it feel deliberate and spontaneous so that when it reaches its climax viewers feel that it s both inevitable and utterly devastating 
4
45 Years
Michael Phillips
It s cathartic and moving without any of the usual obvious contrivances or manipulations 
4
45 Years
Rene Rodriguez
Sometimes just when you think you have things figured out life throws a curve ball 
3.5
45 Years
Peter Travers
casts a hell of a spell And Courtenay and Rampling reward the film with performances of uncommon subtlety and feeling 
3.5
45 Years
Kyle Turner
it s Haigh s specificity that allows that space between the audience and the film to become infinitesimal 
4
45 Years
Alissa Wilkinson
In portraying this woman placid on the outside but rattled to the core Charlotte Rampling defines an understated performance with eyes that are either inscrutable or saying a hundred things at once 
4
45 Years
Susan Wloszczyna
I haven t been this shook up by married seniors under duress as they hang out in the kitchen since Amour 
4
45 Years
Farran Smith Nehme
At some point in her 50 year career Rampling became one of the world s great actresses Driven by her and Courtenay s work and by director Andrew Haigh s limpid style the film is devastating 
3.5
45 Years
Stephen Whitty
Director Andrew Haigh keeps to a realistic minimalist approach as do his two stars each of them mainstays of classic British cinema and together a formidable duo 
4
45 Years
Matt Brennan
It s the summative effect of the story s modest exchanges unspooling one after another in long tranquil shots that lends the film its profound sense of loss 
4
45 Years
Clayton Davis
Subtle and quietly moving Andrew Haigh s fragrantly appealing 45 Years showcases enriching performances from the darling Charlotte Rampling and the stoic Tom Courtenay 
3.5
45 Years
Lou Lumenick
Rampling has never received an Oscar nomination but she deserves one for this performance Courtenay who has two Oscar nods under his belt rates another one for helping Rampling reach this peak
3
45 Years
Walter Chaw
It s a tough film lingering in my memory 
3.5
Farming
Dwight Brown
As anyone who sits through this misguided film will subject themselves to a litany of disgusting racist and sadistic incidents 
1
Hockey Night
Barry Hertz
It s all fairly hokey and dated but at least a young Megan Follows makes the most of her starring role 
2.5
The Gambler
David Nusair
a better than average character study that boasts one of Caan s very best performances 
3
The Gambler
Roger Ebert
Reisz Caan and screenwriter James Toback have constructed the character and the movie so convincingly that the scene not only works but works two ways first as suspense and then as character revelation 
4
Eleven Men Out
Ed Gonzalez
There s at least a half dozen movies fighting for attention here none of them particularly appealing 
2
Line of Descent
Roger Moore
It a mess Brendan Fraser stars in it Eventually 
1
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Austin Kennedy
The comedy has a Keystone Cops feel and the film is also occasionally touching These kinds of silly movies just aren t made anymore and that s too bad 
3
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Roger Ebert
This movie s a nice little treasure 
3
The Gods Must Be Crazy
David Nusair
It s not hard to understand why the film was such a worldwide sensation 
2.5
Endless Poetry
Sean P. Means
In its mix of the absurd and the beautiful Endless Poetry puts into images the sweeping emotions of Jodorowsky s big beating heart 
3.5
Endless Poetry
Mark Dujsik
Jodorowsky is genuinely thoughtful and searching 
3
Endless Poetry
Pat Padua
Tinged with madness and heartbreak Endless Poetry is the unmistakable byproduct of as the character of Alejandro puts it a heart capable of loving the entire world 
3
Endless Poetry
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
It seizes your attention like a flamboyant ringmaster presiding over a circus that despite being baffling is a joy to behold 
3
Endless Poetry
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Endless Poetry raises the possibility that artists young or old can still challenge barriers and ask questions about life 
3.5
Endless Poetry
Simon Abrams
Endless Poetry feels like the product of a revitalized old master There s a generosity of spirit and clarity of intent that gives shape to the the film s rambling narrative and broad brushstrokes characterizations 
4
Endless Poetry
Derek Smith
Endless Poetry eventually like young Alejandro opens itself up to the world in all of its beauty and complexities 
2.5
The Monkey's Mask
Jay Carr
Wary conflicted gutsy and simpatico Lang d make a fine series character 
3
The Monkey's Mask
Carrie Rickey
Emphasizes sex at the expense of mystery 
2.5
The Monkey's Mask
Loren King
The sex scenes between the women do little to advance the story but they blessedly distract both Jill and the viewer from the thin narrative 
2
The Monkey's Mask
Lou Lumenick
Remarkably sluggish and not particularly suspenseful 
1.5
The Monkey's Mask
Steve Rhodes
The film is about nudity and bad poetry really bad poetry The nudity is in the context of a lesbian affair that s about as convincing as a Playboy photo shoot 
1.5
The Monkey's Mask
Bob Graham
Poetry lesbian sex and murder might be a killer combination if a deadly pace weren t included in the mix 
2
The Monkey's Mask
Rob Blackwelder
a brilliantly modern homage to everything that was great about the golden era of gritty gumshoe flicks 
3.5
Zen Life - D.T. Suzuki
G. Allen Johnson
A straightforward breezy 77 minute documentary on the Japanese Zen master that although it seems to be made for television and isn t particularly cinematic does the job 
3
24 Hours to Live
Roger Moore
Solid cast decent shoot outs with all the usual C movie shortcomings
1.5
24 Hours to Live
Brian Tallerico
Plotted like a Crank sequel and has dialogue that sounds like it was written by a teenage boy 
1
24 Hours to Live
Mark Dujsik
It s all about the gimmick and 24 Hours to Live doesn t even buy into that with much conviction 
1.5
24 Hours to Live
Chuck Bowen
Brian Smrz never contrasts the film s violence with stillness allowing the audience to enjoy a sense of foreboding escalation 
1.5
Killing Me Softly
Robert Pardi
Why you might ask is master director Chen Kaige wasting his time on such trashy material 
2
Killing Me Softly
Jeremy Heilman
Though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should 
2.5
Killing Me Softly
Ian Mantgani
Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur 
2.5
David Foster: Off the Record
Nick Allen
While the doc might prove that Foster s approach worked it s progressively tedious to revisit these hits through such a thick air of self affirmation 
1.5
David Foster: Off the Record
Brad Wheeler
Despite the film s laudatory tone a portrait of Foster is competently painted by the veteran documentarian Avrich 
3
Talent Has Hunger
Peter Keough
An illuminating celebration of music and the art of teaching 
3
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Brandy McDonnell
Narrated with warmth and occasional wit by Dustin Hoffman the film relates the artist s growing years and early love of photography 
3
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Ty Burr
Precise as a blueprint the film convinces you of Shulman s worth and by extension of the architects he helped immortalize without imparting the passion the filmmakers so obviously feel It s functional but it could have used a little more form 
2
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Gerald Peary
Eric Bricker s documentary celebration of America s most renowned architectural photographer is effusive in its praise tame in its public television style execution 
2.5
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Joe Williams
Although Shulman died after Visual Acoustics was completed this stylish film reminds us that great images endure after bodies and buildings crumble 
3
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Carrie Rickey
Eric Bricker s glowing portrait of Shulman uses its subject s photos to persuade the viewer that one picture is worth a thousand architectural masterworks 
3
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Walter V. Addiego
The Shulman we see is a man of sharp humor with an ego to match some of the architects he worked for He s been slowed down by time but relishes all the attention lavished on him as a living master 
3
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Bill Weber
Gives a convincing contagious taste of its protagonist s playful optimism 
3
Lie With Me
Susan Walker
Director Clement Virgo working with his partner Tamara Faith Berger s short snappy novel Lie With Me strives to get beyond titillation and largely succeeds 
2.5
Lie With Me
David Nusair
self conscious painfully pretentious 
1
One Piece: Stampede
Mike McGranaghan
One Piece Stampede is an undeniably manic film There are about ten things going on at all times That s kind of what the franchise is though Admirers won t be disappointed 
3
My Gal Sal
Matt Brunson
Victor Mature remains a fairly underrated actor so it s not picking on him to state that he wasn t the best fit for this film 
2.5
Robert J. Lifton: Nazi Doctors
Neil Genzlinger
A lazy piece of filmmaking that consists of little more than letting him talk for almost an hour and a half about one of his better known books 
1.5
Robert J. Lifton: Nazi Doctors
V.A. Musetto
Robert Jay Lifton Nazi Doctors is a perfect ex ample of how not to make a documentary 
1
Letters From Baghdad
Mark Feeney
Tilda Swinton s vocal performance as Bell is so vivid and absorbing 
3.5
Letters From Baghdad
Lisa Jensen
Calling all uppity women If you re looking for a role model on how to defy the rules and live the life you choose look no further than Gertrude Bell 
3
Letters From Baghdad
Josh Terry
Letters from Baghdad manages to concentrate on its subject in a way that avoids feeling political or accusatory 
2.5
Letters From Baghdad
Anita Katz
While Bell deserves a more comprehensive portrait this documentary brings her into vivid focus and captures the world she inhabited 
3
Letters From Baghdad
G. Allen Johnson
The result is something that feels fresh and modern 
4
Letters From Baghdad
Ann Hornaday
It provides a sturdy often exhilarating bridge between the present and a past that not only isn t distant but isn t even really past 
3
Letters From Baghdad
Vikram Murthi
A disorganized onslaught of primary source material that doesn t so much shed light as it does simply exist 
2
Rhinoceros Eyes
Peter Howell
A disturbing movie with new talents to watch 
2.5
Rhinoceros Eyes
Liam Lacey
I ve come to appreciate the comic side of it 
2.5
Rhinoceros Eyes
Jeff Vice
As weird and off putting as portions of the film are the most serious problem is Pitt s performance 
2
Rhinoceros Eyes
John Monaghan
A movie that doesn t always work but certainly earns high marks for weirdness 
2
Rhinoceros Eyes
Lou Lumenick
A thriller that shamelessly rummages through other movies in search of shocks 
2
Rhinoceros Eyes
Ed Gonzalez
What is the film in the end but a string of mediocre sometimes humorous non sequitors 
2.5
Rhinoceros Eyes
Walter Chaw
A lovely dark fairy tale told in unembarrassed allegory with verve and intelligence 
3.5
Quiet Days in Clichy
Matt Brunson
More of interest as a time capsule piece than for its rather unexceptional content and its drab protagonists 46 
2
Wild Guitar
John Beifuss
In the annals of American reinvention perhaps no pseudonym is as starkly brazen or absurdly hopeful as Cash Flagg the name fledgling auteur Ray Dennis Steckler chose for his acting credit in the movie that marked his directorial debut Wild Guitar 
3
The 5th Quarter
Brandy McDonnell
It isn t always warm and fuzzy but The 5th Quarter at least stays true to its true story 
2.5
The 5th Quarter
Russ Breimeier
The 5th Quarter confuses sympathy for empathy This story deserves better than this amateurish production 
1.5
The 5th Quarter
Roger Moore
It scores points for being that rare faith based film to show a little edge 
2.5
Lawless
Brian Eggert
There isn apos t much dimension to these proceedings and not an inkling of greater meaning beyond the story at hand 44 but it 8217 s such a well made picture that one can hardly protest 46 
3
Lawless
Kelly Jane Torrance
The genre of the Western is nearly as old as the medium itself Lawless shows there are plenty of ways to modernize the category while still showing it respect 
3.5
Lawless
Terence Johnson
The MVP of the film is most certainly Jessica Chastain 
3
Lawless
Eric Melin
Lawless features a unique villain and several great supporting actors but none of them are able to rise above what is pretty standard crime movie material with nothing really new added to the mix 
2
Lawless
Rob Humanick
Appropriately solemn and violent yet strangely lifeless I imagine a better film was lost in the editing room and will hopefully be found on Blu ray 
2.5
Lawless
Perry Seibert
Just as he did in his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s The Road Hillcoat creates a very specific and unnerving sense of place in Lawless 
3
Lawless
David Nusair
A sporadically watchable misfire 
2
Lawless
James Kendrick
It offers an anti romanticized history in which the violence is more brutal the characters more deplorable and the vengeance downright Biblical It s not quite a cartoon but it comes close 
3
Lawless
John Beifuss
Seems to have been cut on a tight deadline Gangster Gary Oldman all but disappears after his Tommy gun blazing entrance and Jessica Chastain has little to do as an unlikely refugee stripper turned Bondurant waitress mascot 
2.5
Lawless
Glenn Lovell
the best Michael Cimino film not directed by Cimino a richly appointed family saga that doles out heartland mythology old time religion star crossed romance and thick gooey swaths of the red stuff 
3
Lawless
Kam Williams
An over the top indulgence in sadism strictly recommended for folks with a stomach for gangster fare so gruesome as to border on the cartoonish 
1
Lawless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s like bad moonshine It has some appeal and gets the job done but it could have been better 
2.5
Lawless
Keith Cohen
This gripping crime drama holds your interest You need to be prepared for horrific scenes of bloody violence profane language nudity sexuality La Beouf gives his finest performance to date Pearce is the perfect foil as the villain Hardy continues
3
Lawless
Robert Levin
A western gangster movie hybrid set in 1930s Appalachia that s a welcome return to two old fashioned distinctly American modes of filmmaking 
3
Lawless
Peter Travers
With a dynamite cast an iconic screenwriter in rocker Nick Cave and an Aussie director in John Hillcoat you assume a new classic What you get is an ambitious try 
2.5
Lawless
Peter Keough
Hillcoat strives for epic and ends up with clichs 
2
Lawless
Mark Feeney
Much of the action may be nearly as grim as in director John Hillcoat s previous feature The Road Lawless is very bloody but the scenery and production design are a whole lot nicer 
2.5
Lawless
Sean P. Means
Hillcoat captures the rough and tumble of the Bondurants bootlegging existence the violence that erupts at the intersection of money and vice and the thrill of Jack s rise as a hotshot junior mobster 
3
Lawless
Peter Canavese
Tough minded In recounting the Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy Lawless does not lack for local color and local legend 
3
Lawless
Chris Hewitt
It s the tension filled waiting that makes Lawless great 
3.5
Lawless
Phil Villarreal
The movie pretty much a win especially for LaBeouf since there are no CGI sentient robots swiping all the best lines and no sacred franchises or Walgreens destroyed 
3
Lawless
Roger Ebert
I can only admire this film s craftsmanship and acting and regret its failure to rise above them 
2.5
Lawless
James Berardinelli
This is a well made movie that deserves a higher profile than it is being accorded 
3
Lawless
Stephen Whitty
Ultimately Lawless is just another gangster movie and not a very good one 
2.5
Lawless
Michael Phillips
This should ve been a really good picture especially with Hillcoat s crack ensemble Instead it s a stilted battle waged between the material and the interpreters 
2.5
Lawless
Ann Hornaday
An inescapable sense of so what sets in early with Lawless almost as soon as Shia LaBeouf begins his lackluster opening narration 
2
Lawless
Alison Gang
A steady though rather lifeless backwoods crime drama 
2
Lawless
Steven Rea
A story of entrepreneurship of family of fighting for one s rights the right to make white lightning and money It s as American as apple pie 
3
Lawless
Rafer Guzman
Historical authenticity and pulp fiction blend nicely in Lawless a lush looking drama full of blazing Tommy guns fast jalopies brutish men and delicate women 
3
Lawless
Lou Lumenick
At least a third of its two hours is devoted to arty shots of landscapes 
1.5
Lawless
Mick LaSalle
Hillcoat and Cave give us more than an action story They create a world 
3
Lawless
Duane Dudek
Feels like an account of an isolated incident of no real significance exaggerated by an outsider 
2.5
Lawless
Peter Howell
All slicked up but mostly firing blanks John Hillcoat s Prohibition era western Lawless looks and sounds great but fails to tell a compelling story 
2
Lawless
Christy Lemire
Hillcoat s ultra violent drama plays like a hot sweaty delusional fever dream and is similarly fitful It can be visceral and operatic beautiful and brutal but also slow and overlong 
2.5
Lawless
Soren Andersen
A character study that puts its focus on its least sympathetic characters 
2
Lawless
Mark Dujsik
It does not make for appealing let alone sympathetic heroes 
2
Lawless
Willie Waffle
The salaciousness might help sell some tickets but every character could be used better 
2
Lawless
Dustin Putman
An enthralling mixture of lyricism and curdled blood the film is at once heartfelt and wrenching quietly ominous and literally cutthroat a western cum gangster saga in a vein both classic and modern 
3.5
Lawless
Joe Williams
The fire that stokes the story is violence Yet despite some gruesome images and the psychotic fervor of Rakes it s a frustratingly slow boil 
2.5
Lawless
Matt Pais
Embarrassingly fails to illuminate real life 
1.5
Lawless
Roger Moore
Inauthentic a movie pulled together by a lot of folks who had no feel for the setting or the story they were telling 
1.5
Lawless
Jesse Cataldo
Lawless may be full of half hearted overtures toward depth and emotional complexity but the film s prestige sheen is mostly a sham the real focus here is the irrepressible lure of bad behavior 
3
Daybreakers
Wesley Lovell
Squandered potential at its most obvious 
1
Daybreakers
Michael Dequina
Once the world is set up the follow through comes up short 
2.5
Daybreakers
Lucius Gore
Set in a near future where the entire planet has been taken over by vampires the film is actually quite pertinent in these post credit crisis times 
3
Daybreakers
John Beifuss
With Willem Dafoe is a crossbow wielding ex vampire named Elvis Coincidentally the film opened on what would have been Presley s 75th birthday 
3
Daybreakers
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was in the right frame of mind when I sat down to watch this movie ready to accept it for what it was just as long as it was well made reasonably intelligent scored in the visceral thrills department and was competently acted 
2.5
Daybreakers
Gina Carbone
Now this is a vampire movie 
3
Daybreakers
Christian Toto
Daybreakers injects just enough fresh blood into the vampire genre to make it worth your while 
3
Daybreakers
Kit Bowen
Give it an A for effort C for execution As cool creepy as it seems Daybreakers just doesn t quite measure up to its potential 
2.5
Daybreakers
Mark Dujsik
After taking such pains to establish a dying world it s a shame the Spierig brothers are so intent to kill it off 
2.5
Daybreakers
Wilson Morales
Starring Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe the movie which was shot more than two years ago is clever and gory enough to keep horror seekers happy
3
Daybreakers
Nick Starkey
A slick bloody fast paced and ultimately enjoyable B movie 
2.5
Daybreakers
Kyle Smith
For the lowbrow the thrill is a level of fleshy explosiveness reminiscent of David Cronenberg s Scanners No one dies quietly he must either detonate like Hiroshima or burst into juicy red chunks of viscera 
2.5
Daybreakers
Rick Groen
Daybreakers is more fun than foreboding it s fright lite yet that s par for the bloody course in these busy apocalyptic days 
3
Daybreakers
Sonny Bunch
The action sequences are well executed and the concept is just interesting enough to carry the flimsy plot through its 98 minute running time 
2.5
Daybreakers
Lawrence Toppman
That subtlety makes the Spierig brothers satisfying directors of horror and Daybreakers a small golden nugget in the rocky wasteland of January s movie releases 
3
Daybreakers
Willie Waffle
The movie falls apart as if someone in the production screamed out Stop We forgot to blow stuff up Get the blood 
1.5
Daybreakers
Dustin Putman
Daybreakers isn t exactly good or bad and that is the problem The film could have broken the rules and expounded upon its initial ingenuity It could have been about something It s not 
2
Daybreakers
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end Daybreakers doesn t really want to make anyone think too hard If that were to happen they might stop to wonder why all the human survivors out there hiding in fear of their lives don t just become garlic farmers and call it a day 
1.5
Daybreakers
Linda Barnard
Daybreakers has substance and smarts plus lots of visual treats for the fanboys a mix to keep everybody happy 
3.5
Daybreakers
Claudia Puig
It is a happy alternative to the tepid appeal of pre teen vamps and werewolves But why make a vampire movie lacking the allure of the enticing fiends 
2.5
Daybreakers
Peter Travers
Highbrows will condescend to this movie like nobody s business But there are a few of us left out there junkies for smart exploitation who will relish this stuff You know who you are 
2.5
Daybreakers
Peter Hartlaub
The average human body holds approximately 1 5 gallons of blood Unless you re someone in the film Daybreakers Then you re carrying closer to 47 gallons 46 of which will end up splattered on a wall 
2
Daybreakers
Steven Rea
It s undeniable fun to behold the likes of serious thespians Hawke and Dafoe slumming around in this cheeseball stuff 
3
Daybreakers
Wesley Morris
Just when you think popular culture has exhausted all the metaphorical and allegorical possibilities the film unifies all the usual tropes bloodlust heliophobia fangs into a complete science fiction whole 
3
Daybreakers
Michael Phillips
Peter and Michael Spierig s earlier campier horror outing the zombie picture known as Undead was even bloodier than this one The movie makers are after bigger game here and a subtler mixture of speculative nightmare and action film 
3
Daybreakers
Peter Keough
Although it falls apart as a thriller Michael and Peter Spierig s black comic splatterfest sets up an ingenious metaphor for the current economic nightmare 
2.5
Daybreakers
Roger Ebert
This intriguing premise alas ends as so many movies do these days with fierce fights and bloodshed Inevitably the future of the planet will be settled among the handful of characters we ve met and a lot of extras with machineguns 
2.5
Daybreakers
Joe Lozito
I m as surprised as anyone but this clever vampire movie from the Spierig Brothers proves the genre still has some bite left in it 
3
Daybreakers
Roger Moore
Daybreakers reminds us that from Twilight to Underworld True Blood to The Vampire Diaries this is one genre where supply has utterly overwhelmed demand 
1.5
Daybreakers
Nick Schager
The Spierigs latest doesn t do much to carve out a unique identity 
2
Daybreakers
David Nusair
an exciting albeit slightly uneven addition to the vampire movie canon 
3
Muppet Treasure Island
Mal Vincent
Yet another diverting throwback to these icons of the 1970s and a reassuring assertion that they will be with us for at least another generation 
3
Muppet Treasure Island
David Nusair
has little to offer all but the most die hard Muppet fan 
2
Muppet Treasure Island
Peter Canavese
The humor is up to Muppet par with physical comedy puns running jokes and layered gags Muppet Treasure Island is grand family entertainment new DVD review 
3
Muppet Treasure Island
Susan Wloszczyna
Geena Davis and Renny Harlin couldn t cut it with Cutthroat Island Steven Spielberg nearly got the hook for Hook But leave it to Miss Piggy and Kermit to discover uncharted gold in the shipwrecked pirate genre 
3
Muppet Treasure Island
Roger Ebert
Muppet Treasure Island directed by Brian Henson son of the late Muppet genius will entertain you more or less in proportion to your affection for the Muppets 
2.5
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Linda Cook
This drama is based on the Bible 
3
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Josh Terry
One of the film s greatest strengths is its visual execution which bathes characters in dramatic light and shadow 
3
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Mike McGranaghan
A handsomely mounted production with good performances and minimal dramatic tension 
2
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Kam Williams
A faith based snuff flick with little appeal beyond the Bible thumping demographic 
1
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Ed Gonzalez
The film s simple redundant but valuable moral lesson to its audience finds comfortable enough expression in an aesthetic that s banal but impressively consistent 
2
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Richard Roeper
Caviezel gives a stoic performance as the brave and selfless Luke Lynch and Whalley are excellent as the husband and wife Christian community leaders Aquila and Priscilla Costumes sets cinematography and editing are all first rate 
3
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Ann Hornaday
Paul Apostle of Christ offers both solace and a bracing even revolutionary challenge 
3
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Roger Moore
Handsomely mounted but dramatically flat account of the last days of the Apostle while in prison in Rome 
2
The Valet
Matt Brunson
It ultimately delivers on the raison d apos etre of any rom com 58 a satisfactory mix of laughs and love 46 
3
The Valet
M. Faust
It 8217 s all as predictable as a bowl of macaroni and cheese 44 and at over two hours 8211 well 44 how much macaroni and cheese do you think you can eat 63 
2
The Valet
Bob Bloom
apos The Valet apos will not win any awards 59 it could easily have been trimmed by a few minutes 46 Still 44 it 8217 s a comfort food movie that is enjoyable and easy to digest 46 
3
The Valet
Roger Moore
The comic stuff is kind of tired and bloodless 46 46 46 But the sweet stuff 44 for the most part 44 plays 46 
2
The Valet
Leo Brady
The Valet feels like a missed opportunity 46 In what could be a throwback to older 1980 8217 s movies 44 where the oddball guy gets the girl instead feels like random content for a streaming service 46 
2
The Valet
Kevin Carr
It does work 44 but it apos s a little bit rough and wobbly at times 46 
2.5
The Valet
Sheila O'Malley
The Valet is entertaining 44 thanks mostly to the talented cast 44 but it tries to do way too much 46 
3
The Valet
Randy Myers
Hulu successfully tweaks a 2006 French comedy few have seen and gives it more meaning 
3
Arachnophobia
Ryan Murphy
Its screams are likely to be drowned out by a cacophony of joyful wails reverberating in the theaters when Arachnophobia creeps toward an edge of seat conclusion 
3
Arachnophobia
Gene Siskel
Goodman is a quiet hoot fancying himself as the last samurai in the battle against bugs His performance takes the edge off the horror and makes Arachnophobia palatable for people of all ages 
3
Arachnophobia
Matt Brunson
Fairly engaging 
2.5
Arachnophobia
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie where you squirm out of enjoyment not terror and it s probably going to be popular with younger audiences it doesn t pound you over the head with violence 
3
Dark Fortune
Matt Brunson
Hidden behind a vague title on both sides of the Atlantic this is an engrossing drama that s about loss and guilt and perhaps something more 
3
Before the Fall
Norman Gidney
There are moments of brilliance spotted with occasional gaps in quality that keep the film abundantly charming yet inescapably trapped in the Lifetime original movie zone 
2
Before the Fall
Roger Moore
The germ of a great idea a gay Pride Prejudice set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Va it just lacks the wit warmth and light touch to come off 
2
Dust to Dust
Jorge Avila Andrade
Historia sencilla acerca de la familia y de cmo las relaciones humanas suelen ser bastante complicadas dolorosas y por qu no decirlo divertidas
3
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
Walter V. Addiego
Oudolf mentions in passing that his goal has been to create landscapes you would dream of but would never find in nature and from what we see in this movie that s just what he s done 
3
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
Michael Phillips
Like Oudolf the filmmaker sees the plants first always without denying the people or the other built environments around them 
3.5
The Last Unicorn
Dustin Putman
Holds a forlorn poetic beauty that separates it from the more conventional family targeted animated features of its time 151 or any era for that matter 
3
The Last Unicorn
Walter Chaw
Weighted with moments of surprising power yet undone by crazed crank nickelodeon pacing 
1
No Clue
David Nusair
Butt is it becomes increasingly clear simply not funny in the slightest 
1
No Clue
Liam Lacey
Butt is a decent word spinner and self deprecating funny man but the decision to have the rest of the cast play it straight is a mistake it s as if he plugged his performance into a weak Law and Order episode 
1.5
No Clue
David Berry
If Butt could make the serious bits feel bigger as opposed to just windrow dressing to his jokes he d have a parody worth really taking seriously 
2.5
No Clue
Bruce DeMara
Brent Butt s Corner Gas brand of humour has plenty of loyal fans and if you enjoy his wry and self effacing shtick you ll find No Clue to be an inconsequential but pleasant diversion 
3
Raymond & Ray
Joe Friar
Hawke and McGregor deliver solid performances 46 The problem lies with Garc 237 a 8217 s story which doesn 8217 t utilize the actors to their full capacity 46 Coasts along with bouts of comedy 44 and an occasional traumatic tremor 44 but no real earthquake shaking moments 46 
3
Raymond & Ray
Randy Myers
Raymond Ray does have its moments but it seems obsessed with trying to be different when it s basically just warming up leftovers 
2
Raymond & Ray
Erik Childress
McGregor amp Hawke are both good here 46 So good its easy to wish the film did not keep introducing new characters 44 aside from Sophie Okenedo 8217 s standout scenes 44 so their characters could individually discover their process of grief 44 or lack thereof 44 together 46 
2.5
Raymond & Ray
Anne Brodie
McGregor apos s performance is reserved and powerful 44 Hawke apos s is out there and naked and Rodrigo Garcia apos s flawless script and understanding direction create an experience to treasure 46 And there apos s never been a funeral like it onscreen 33 
4
Raymond & Ray
Ty Burr
Garcia the son of novelist Gabriel García Márquez has made some good movies Nine Lives 2005 Albert Nobbs 2011 the HBO series In Treatment and some misfires but this is the first time it feels like he s running on autopilot 
2.5
Raymond & Ray
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Raymond and Ray 8217 isn 8217 t a bad film 44 but this modest 44 everyday story feels inauthentic and forced at times 46 Still 44 Verdu and Okonedo are terrific in key supporting roles 46 
2
Raymond & Ray
Pamela Powell
8220 Raymond amp Ray 8221 is a thoughtful story 44 carefully peeling back the layers of what it means to be a family and see a parent for who he became 46 
3
Raymond & Ray
Robert Levin
Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke are outstanding in Raymond Ray a movie that gives them the chance to focus on developing their characters rather than serving the whims of a plot 
3
Raymond & Ray
Richard Roeper
Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke show great rapport 
3
Raymond & Ray
Josh Bell
Whether treating its subject matter with humor or gravity 44 it apos s consistently unconvincing 46 
2
Raymond & Ray
Mark Feeney
Raymond Ray is a restless seeker of a movie There are far too few of those which should make us all the more grateful to have this one 
3
Raymond & Ray
Mark Dujsik
Raymond amp Ray 46 46 46 is about 46 46 46 91 these characters 93 trying to cram in decades apos worth of realizations and breakthroughs over the course of a day 46 
2
Raymond & Ray
Chuck Bowen
Rodrigo Garc 237 a 8217 s film is fastidious 44 tidy 44 and lifeless 44 with every obligatory gesture in its place 46 10 
2
Raymond & Ray
G. Allen Johnson
An exercise in melancholic quirkiness that increasingly trades honest feeling for trite situations 
1
Raymond & Ray
Roger Moore
Contrived
2
Raymond & Ray
Brian Tallerico
In the end 44 Raymond amp Ray doesn 8217 t really get to know anyone 44 merely pushing them toward the inevitable finish line 46 
2
Raymond & Ray
David Nusair
46 46 46 the picture does boast predictably strong work from its two leads 46 46 46 
2.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
David Nusair
I did enjoy Mr Belding s cameo but that doesn t change the fact that watching the movie is akin to sitting inside a Chuck E Cheese for an hour and a half 
1.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Jeffrey Westhoff
The moral of Max Keeble s Big Move is that it s awfully easy to say the right thing after getting away with the wrong thing 
2
Max Keeble's Big Move
Michael Dequina
A Disney Channel sitcom pilot that no one over 13 would ever want to watch 
2
Max Keeble's Big Move
Dustin Putman
Young kids may like it others stay far away but it is guaranteed that no audience member young or old will be able to relate to it 
1.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Jonathan Foreman
Bland occasionally funny Disney comedy about a wayward seventh grader 
2.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Mick LaSalle
There s little invention here to disguise the film s formulaic nature 
1
Max Keeble's Big Move
Mary Kalin-Casey
Adds nothing especially notable to the pantheon of kids cinema but offers ample good natured laughs for the tween set 
2.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Liam Lacey
Reportedly eight years in development Max Keeble s Big Move still feels slapped together 
2
Max Keeble's Big Move
Roger Ebert
You will imagine that this is not the kind of movie that holds me spellbound 
2
Max Keeble's Big Move
Ross Anthony
Amusing for adults at least this one a blast and a half for pre puberty members of the family Max Keeble is just good junior high fun 
2.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Loren King
A pleasant family film that will mildly amuse adults and please the kids who ve outgrown Barney 
2.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Tony Toscano
Lands like a newspaper tossed by an angry delivery boy in the mud 
1
Max Keeble's Big Move
Steve Rhodes
This junior high school comedy which is aimed more to the seven year old set doesn t have much in it that s funny for any age group even the younger ones 
1.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Rob Blackwelder
Even when presented with a reasonably original idea for a kids movie Disney can always find a way to bleed all the color out of it 
2.5
Max Keeble's Big Move
Ed Gonzalez
This movie is so uncool your male child could get beaten into a bloody pulp if you take him to see it 
1.5
The Evictors
John Beifuss
Could be a metaphor for the notion that the insular suspicious South would rather evict exterminate a stranger or outsider than risk being contaminated by alien progressive ideas 
3
Muchachas
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A remarkable documentary focused on the lives of three maids Full review in Spanish 
2
Bedlam
Sean P. Means
By turns harrowing and heartwarming director Kenneth Paul Rosenberg s documentary Bedlam exposes deep flaws in the way America handles the mentally ill mixing history anecdote and personal survival story 
3
Kedi
Rob Thomas
Kedi makes a persuasive case that the cats are a civic virtue representing the unpredictability even the nuisance that is an essential part of living in a city 
3.5
Kedi
Josh Terry
Its story may not change one s life but Kedi captures a fascinating portrait of a city and a people from an animal most would disregard 
3
Kedi
Sean P. Means
There is more than meets the eye in Kedi a soulful documentary that follows the wanderings of stray cats in Istanbul Turkey and ends up saying something profound about the symbiosis between humans and animals 
3
Kedi
Robbie-Ann McPherson
This is a small film but what a beautifully heartfelt one It s one that deserves to be seen if for no other reason than to remind us that there are still corners of the world where the vulnerable are watched over by the compassionate 
4
Kedi
G. Allen Johnson
Humans can only draw so many lessons from cats 
2.5
Kedi
John Hartl
Cats wander in and out of frame humans speculate on whether the local cats are ambitious or arrogant Turkish music spills onto the soundtrack and there s more than one growler of a catfight 
2.5
Kedi
Mark Dujsik
There s a sense of despair among the people of Istanbul that director Ceyda Torun captures almost as if by accident 
3
Kedi
Dann Gire
Torun and her filmmaking team do things the hard interesting way 
3.5
Kedi
Vanessa H. Larson
Though pleasant to watch Torun s feature debut feels more like a meandering montage than a structured narrative and it could easily be half as long 
2
Kedi
Peter Keough
Those who don t especially like cats or Istanbul for that matter might not get a lot out of Turkish director Ceyda Torun s love letter to the feline population of her native city For everyone else it should be an almost unadulterated pleasure 
3
Kedi
Rebecca Tucker
Cats despite what any dog people reading may suggest do make great friends especially if you give them a whole city s worth of space 
3.5
Kedi
Kathryn Laskaris
A cat s eye view of the world that showcases both the warm hearted people of this ancient Turkish city and the seamless integration of its felines into everyday life 
3
Kedi
Sheila O'Malley
Caring for one another and caring for animals may seem like a small thing but Torun s affectionate portrait of these cats and the people who love them makes it seem like the most important thing in the world 
4
Kedi
Lauren Terry
The artful shots of Istanbul and moving observations from the locals elevate this cat lady movie into an intimate portrait of a multicultural metropolis and its take on our relationship with animals 
3
Kedi
Keith Watson
Ceyda Torun s Kedi is an open tender hearted meditation on the relationship between felines and humans 
2.5
Hands on a Hardbody
James Kendrick
Bindler s ode to human dedication and endurance in the strangest of circumstances is a rough unpolished gem of documentary filmmaking 
3.5
Hands on a Hardbody
David N. Butterworth
It s absolutely fascinating watching what some people will subject themselves to for a free lunch 
3.5
Hands on a Hardbody
Peter Stack
It s engaging as a non drama of people doing nothing but suffering a lot 
2
Hands on a Hardbody
Steve Rhodes
One of the best documentaries ever made 
4
Us
Brian Eggert
Peele has committed most of his film s runtime to an unyielding scary premise that proves the filmmaker has his audience wrapped around his little finger 
3
Us
David Gonzalez
Just like that 44 Us has confirmed that Peele has become a tour de force as a director in Hollywood 46 
4
Us
Cassidy Olsen
Us introduces so many ideas that it can be difficult to focus But it s fascinating to watch those ideas emerge contort and dance around on screen even if they don t always come together to form a cohesive story 
3
Us
Jason Fraley
The larger social commentary is timely exposing the class divides of two parallel worlds yet the underlying metaphors never fully gel with the surface level A story plot which is what Get Out did so well 
2.5
Us
Steven Prokopy
This film bites with all of its teeth It s an exercise in a certain level of brutality that we seem to reserve for those we know the best our family our friends our neighbors 
3.5
Us
Doug Walker
There s a lot you can open up and analyze but you can just watch it as a straight forward horror film too 
3.5
Us
John Beifuss
Writer director Jordan Peele s followup to the epochal Get Out is as messy and overstuffed as its predecessor was direct and elegant Still it s a nonstop kick bristling with milestone achievements potent jokes and scares and confidence 
3.5
Us
Wesley Lovell
Jordan Peele handily proves that he s one of the leading voices in horror cinema 
4
Us
John Semley
Peele develops a genuinely thrilling heart in the throat scary horror picture 
3
Us
Randy Myers
Every element in this film serves a purpose and is set up like a chess move from the soundtrack to the detailed production values Be sure to check out the old VHS tapes in a flashback sequence 
3.5
Us
Federico Furzan
A close to perfect piece of modern cinema Forget racism and social commentary This is just plain horror Full review in Spanish 
4
Us
Mattie Lucas
Forces us to grapple with our own culpability in systems of oppression What if after all this time the monster is really us 
3.5
Us
David Keyes
Peele is slowly emerging as one of the most exciting provocateurs of modern horror films Us is further proof of that 
3
Us
Linda Cook
Us is part horror movie part social commentary 
4
Us
Bob Bloom
Us is a move that looks at the forgotten and disenfranchised literally those who live in the shadows and have no real place in our world 
3.5
Us
James Kendrick
proves that Peele is hardly a flash in the pan his talent is undeniable as is his dedication to crafting superior horror movies that work beyond the general expectations of the genre
3
Us
Matt Brunson
There s enough thematic material here to power an entire semester of college dissertations even if Peele is never quite able to integrate the sociopolitical horrors with the cinematic horrors as brilliantly as he did in Get Out 
3
Us
Dann Gire
The most frightening element has less to do with its operatic violence than its stunner suggestion as to who the film s true villains might be It s a double delight 
4
Us
Frank Ochieng
The structured anxieties and tampering of normality gives Us its distinctive realm of descriptive cynicism and shock Fittingly Peele s pet project brings a whole new definition to courting face to face double trouble 
3
Us
Barry Paris
Kudos to the cinematography and the soundtrack But it s a visual visceral not an intellectual experience Unlike Get Out the less time you spend thinking about it afterward the better 
2.5
Us
Ben Sachs
it achieves an insidious lingering effect that s rarer in the horror genre 
3
Us
David Nusair
Jordan Peele s follow up to 2017 s Get Out 
3
Us
Stephen Rebello
How fantastic is it in our predigested everything dumbed down era to be able to leave the theater baffled debating interpretations and occasionally throwing nervous glances over our shoulders 
3
Us
Michael Medved
What starts out as creepy and spell binding deteriorates into a silly generic zombie movie before it s partially redeemed by an unforgettably shocking ending 
2.5
Us
Michael Smith
I understand why Peele wants us questioning and talking and perhaps looking inward And why he wants us to be afraid That s what he expects of Us 
3
Us
Kevin A. Ranson
a sinister symphony of symbolism everything is on the screen and well acted but thinking back to where it all began after it s been seen is a true joy 
4
Us
Reginald Ponder
US is another Jordan Peele film with some important messages wrapped in horror and gore If you don t leave fearing yourself you will leave knowing that the worst gang is a doppelgäng Deliberate Disturbing Deserving 
3.5
Us
Donovan Farley
As good as these performances are Us is undoubtedly a film carried by its female characters and the brilliant actresses playing them 
4
Us
Robert Levin
For all the ideas Peele nods toward and all the moments of genuine suspense in a classical sense it all comes back to Nyong o 
3
Us
Brandy McDonnell
In this era of sequels reboots and cinematic universes Peele is building a breakout reputation as a true original who is bringing back the element of surprise to his films 
4
Us
Alan French
Us showcases Peele s step forward as a director and confirms that Lupita Nyong o is a generational star Us has a lot to say about America and the individual 
4
Us
Phil Villarreal
This iw a water cooler worthy experience 
3.5
Us
Tom Meek
Us is best seen as a straight up chiller that s well crafted and fantastically acted 
3
Us
Katie Walsh
It wouldn t be as truly terrifying as it is without the jaw dropping performance from his leading lady Nyong o and with this collaboration they have created another whip smart modern horror classic 
3.5
Us
Sara Michelle Fetters
Peele orchestrates events with marvelous confidence his ability to fill every corner of the frame with a sense of foreboding uncertainty not to be taken lightly or casually dismissed 
3.5
Us
Joey Magidson
Can a film be way overpraised and also be rather terrific In this case that s what I found Us to be Despite not sticking the landing Peele shows he s a new genre master 
3.5
Us
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some may compare Us to Get Out and find it wanting but others will realize no measuring is necessary Us is very simply a tense startling and wildly entertaining movie 
3.5
Us
Pamela Powell
Us showcases Peele s seemingly innate ability to perfectly blend comedy and horror with the timing of a Swiss watch Unfortunately after the initial set up of the premise the film becomes an exercise in typical horror gore 
3
Us
Max Weiss
Us is much scarier than Get Out but less funny Peele occasionally disrupts the tension with a few jokes but he wants to keep you freaked out not laughing 
3.5
Us
Josh Terry
Us is an excellent production that stands above much of the routine horror efforts that dot the release calendar and another interesting step in Peele s evolving entertainment career 
3
Us
Christian Toto
No Get Out wasn t a fluke 
3.5
Relentless
David Nusair
It 8217 s fairly standard thriller territory that 8217 s employed to watchable 40 and periodically electrifying 41 effect 46 46 46 
3
Curtis
Roger Moore
Writer director Chris Bailey has made an indie drama of modest means and ambitions the best kind of debut feature a well acted and affecting story about something 
2.5
Curtis
Dwight Brown
Director screenwriter Chris Bailey evocatively paints a fairly humanizing portrait of Detroit life and two wayward souls finding common ground and a purpose But it is Mr Henry who breathes life into Curtis 
3
Do You Believe?
Kam Williams
The cinematic equivalent of a Jehovah s Witness who won t take no for an answer getting his foot stuck in your door 
1
Do You Believe?
Roger Moore
Do you believe No 
1.5
Do You Believe?
Rafer Guzman
A self aggrandizing sermon that preaches only to the faithful 
0.5
Do You Believe?
Sean P. Means
For most people it will stir a longing for the days when God had a better writing staff Matthew Mark Luke and John 
1.5
Do You Believe?
Mike McGranaghan
While the message is nice the screenplay feels like it was written by a third grade Sunday school class 
2
Do You Believe?
Peter Sobczynski
Subtle as a sledgehammer to the toes and only slightly more entertaining 
1.5
Spring Break
Roger Ebert
It doesn t know that girls are people too 
1
Keanu
Brian Eggert
Amid plenty of funny moments where our heroes are confronted with tense life threatening situations Key and Peele always find humorous ways of defusing the tension 
3
Keanu
Matt Brunson
The movie homage calendar is uproarious and should be sold in stores 
3
Keanu
Sara Michelle Fetters
Keanu is funny oftentimes achingly so watching Key transform himself from George Michael loving suburbanite into a tough talking thug a royal hoot that gets more and more hysterical as things move along 
2.5
Keanu
Sonny Bunch
An excellent cast papers over some of the film s obvious deficiencies 
2.5
Keanu
John Serba
You d think this ridiculous comedy might be all about the laughs And although there are many to be had you d be wrong It s about the human inability to resist irrepressible cuteness 
3
Keanu
John Hanlon
Hilarious and heartfelt this comedy effectively balances its ludicrous plot with its tremendous affection for the title character 
3.5
Keanu
Linda Cook
A purr fect transition from Comedy Central to the big screen 
3.5
Keanu
James Kendrick
certainly lacks the subversive panache and consistent hilarity of their short form sketch comedy but Key and Peele s chemistry is strong enough to see it through
2.5
Keanu
Scott Nash
Silly and fun 
3
Keanu
Kam Williams
That s irritainment 
1
Keanu
Josh Larsen
As smart about identity politics as Dear White People and as amusing a spoof of Michael Bay movies as well Pain Gain 
3.5
Keanu
Barry Paris
The scene stealing charisma of that adorable title kitty makes up for a lot especially in his do rag and neck chains I was much smitten by the kitten 
2.5
Keanu
Lauren Chval
As a five minute sketch Keanu would be amazing As a 98 minute film Not so much 
2
Keanu
Mike McGranaghan
Part of the reason why it works so well is that you gradually realize there s something far more substantive going on and that makes the bits that work hit even harder 
3
Keanu
Katie Walsh
Hilarious in the way you might expect from Key and Peele but on a much larger and more grandiose level a legitimately epic action comedy that is at once a send up of and love letter to the genre 
3
Keanu
Stephen Rebello
Unlike say old comedy movie teams of the past Key and Peele aren t joined at the hip both act in and write other projects for other people But when they do their next movie together yes please let s hope it growls rather than just purrs 
2.5
Keanu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele master the big screen as well as the small one Keanu catapults them into the company of Laurel and Hardy Abbott and Costello Lemmon and Matthau and Pryor and Wilder 
3
Keanu
Rob Thomas
The second best thing about Keanu is that it brings their partnership to the big screen more or less intact The best thing of course is that kitten 
3
Keanu
David Nusair
an almost passable comedic endeavor that wears out its welcome to an increasingly prominent degree 
2
Keanu
Peter Travers
I ve heard complaints that the feature film debut from Comedy Central s Key and Peele is uneven overlong and really just a cat video disguised as a movie Yeah maybe But I laughed my ass off 
3
Keanu
Angelica Jade Bastién
Keanu is a pure pop confection that delights even as it proves to be wildly uneven 
3
Keanu
Willie Waffle
Absurd enough to be funny and smart enough to make you feel guilt free at the end of the movie 
3.5
Keanu
Barry Hertz
Key and Peele are sharp comic actors and know exactly how to prick and push an audience into a realm of delightful discomfort 
3
Keanu
Peter Hartlaub
It s effective both as a thank you to loyal supporters after their five season television partnership ended last year and a love letter to the makers of New Jack City and 48 Hrs 
3
Keanu
Chris Knight
What s astonishing is how the leads manage to keep the comic energy from flagging too much over the film s 100 minutes 
3
Keanu
Mark Dujsik
Key and Peele have moved to the big screen with Keanu which isn t a series of sketches but still unfortunately retains that same spirit 
2
Keanu
Ty Burr
If you re in the right mood and seeing it with the right crowd Keanu can put you close to a giggle coma even as you realize the material s far beneath the talents of its stars 
2.5
Keanu
Moira MacDonald
Give that kitty an Oscar right now And then send him to my doorstep 
3
Keanu
Sara Stewart
Yes it s basically a really long Key Peele sketch but if you were a fan of that show this will be welcome news and if you weren t well Keanu is a reasonably good introduction 
3
Keanu
Dustin Putman
Even amidst the carnage and gunplay the movie is rather sweet 
2.5
Keanu
Peter Howell
This scenario allows free rein for patented Key and Peele riffing on race rap and drug stereotypes while also freestyling on pop cult obsessions 
3
Keanu
Michael Phillips
You can t force comic chemistry in case you hadn t noticed You can however make the mistake of forcing your stars into settling for weaker material than they deserve 
2.5
Keanu
Calvin Wilson
At its best Keanu is reminiscent of Woody Allen s early funny films such as Take the Money and Run and Bananas which were also uneven but frequently hilarious 
3
Keanu
Brian Truitt
Putting a tiny kitten in an action film sounds like a bonkers idea That is until you see the bizarrely wonderful sight of a tiny kitten in an action film 
2.5
Keanu
Roger Moore
Occasionally hilarious usually thanks to Keegan Michael Key 
2.5
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Ty Burr
An eerily moving tone poem as hard to pin down as its subject 
3
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Jack Mathews
This is one for the Warhol archives not theaters 
2
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
V.A. Musetto
We ll probably never know what became of Williams but his short life and mysterious disappearance make for diverting viewing 
3
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Ken Fox
In her search for her uncle director Esther Robinson discovered something quite unexpected A startlingly talented filmmaker 
3
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Jan Stuart
While there is nothing here that will surprise Warhol aficionados Robinson s interpolation of her uncle s ephemeral slo mo images lends a haunting authenticity to the talking heads recollections 
2.5
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Nick Schager
Comprised of confused conflicting recollections and opinions that lead to no concrete truths the film proves a case study in unknowability 
3
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
John Hartl
Inspired by her grandmother to make a film about Williams Robinson painstakingly makes the case that her uncle was exploited by Warhol as well as by fellow Factory workers yet she doesn t quite justify a feature length film about his brief career 
2.5
Lost and Delirious
Walter Chaw
A teen lesbian Phenomenon without the maggots and psychotic chimp 
1.5
Lost and Delirious
Kevin Courrier
Pool and Thompson have turned a tough minded solid narrative into a campy piece of kitsch that panders to teenage angst 
1.5
Lost and Delirious
Carrie Rickey
Isn t it possible to be true to one s heart without self destructing 
2.5
Lost and Delirious
Roger Ebert
Stirred within me memories of that season in adolescence when the heart leaps up in passionate idealism and inevitably mingles it with sexual desire 
3.5
Lost and Delirious
Edward Guthmann
Pool captures the crazed urgency of first love the feeling of a passion so fierce that even a disapproving society can t crush it 
3
Lost and Delirious
Rod Armstrong
A moving and erotic depiction of the pangs of first love in an all girl environment 
3
Lost and Delirious
Lou Lumenick
Pool is working with a bigger budget glossier production values and a much dumber script than usual 
2
Lost and Delirious
Harvey S. Karten
Rich lesbian jilted by boarding school roommate in a surprisingly dramatic film with stunning acting by Coyote Ugly s Piper Perabo 
3
Lost and Delirious
Greg Dean Schmitz
Piper Perabo is the real winner here with a role that showcases her flamboyant acting style and personality we didn t see in Coyote Ugly 
3.5
Hollywood Ending
David Nusair
Hollywood Ending while not quite as lousy as last year s The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is still fairly mediocre 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Margaret A. McGurk
A few bright ideas decorated with snappy one liners are stretched too thin to fill almost two hours 
2
Hollywood Ending
Michael Wilmington
The premise may be outrageous but the film is full of witty lines delightful scenes and sharp performances 
3
Hollywood Ending
Mark Dujsik
Woody what happened 
1.5
Hollywood Ending
Michael Dequina
A rickety and stale idea to build an entire film upon a fact that seems lost on the once mighty himself Woody Allen 
2
Hollywood Ending
Erik Childress
This film may have its titular Hollywood Ending but Allen needs to open his eyes and concentrate once again on what made his films great in the first place 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Rob Blackwelder
A prime cut of anecdotal Allen satire 
3
Hollywood Ending
Gary Brown
While it s no Annie Hall Hollywood Ending is funny enough 
3
Hollywood Ending
Shirley Klass
I don t care how many times and in how many movies Woody s character can think he has a brain tumor I still think it s funny 
2.75
Hollywood Ending
Joe Leydon
The inside jokes and self referential gags that percolate throughout Hollywood Ending are what really make the movie something special for movie buffs and Allen aficionados 
3
Hollywood Ending
Sean P. Means
Essentially a one joke movie but it s a really funny joke and Allen and his cast know how to spin it for lots of laughs 
3
Hollywood Ending
Todd Anthony
Allen s funniest and most assured work since 1994 s Bullets Over Broadway 
3
Hollywood Ending
Moira MacDonald
If all late life male fantasies were as entertaining as Hollywood Ending frequently is well we d all have more fun at the multiplexes 
3
Hollywood Ending
Mick LaSalle
Every time Woody Allen seems as if he s through he comes back swinging 
3
Hollywood Ending
David Elliott
Hollywood Ending seems the latest installment of a long retreat 
2
Hollywood Ending
Joe Baltake
A concept that sounds a great deal funnier within the confines of a sentence than when executed over a seemingly endless 114 minute running time 
1
Hollywood Ending
Rick Groen
Hollywood Ending feels sadly like Woody Allen s ending 
2
Hollywood Ending
Jeff Vice
Allen manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise 
3
Hollywood Ending
Susan Stark
Destined to make Allen s fans around the world giggle guffaw and shiver with delight 
4
Hollywood Ending
Bob Strauss
Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime and perhaps more than he realizes just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work 
2
Hollywood Ending
Roger Ebert
I liked the movie without loving it 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Chris Fujiwara
Hollywood Ending is a small film but its ease and grace are virtues that can t be overrated 
3
Hollywood Ending
Dustin Putman
A baffling misfire and possibly the weakest movie Woody Allen has made in the last twenty years 
1.5
Hollywood Ending
Tor Thorsen
At first the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious but as the film goes on the joke wears thin 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Duane Dudek
These days you take the Woody Allen you get not the one you remember 
3
Hollywood Ending
Rene Rodriguez
While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs including a knockout of a closing line the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Terry Lawson
For a movie considerably longer than Allen s usual 90 minutes Hollywood Ending is curiously underdeveloped 
2
Hollywood Ending
Tony Toscano
A funny film 
3
Hollywood Ending
Chris Hewitt
Allen lingers over tired Hollywood jokes dragging down the first half of the film and making the second half seem slower than it is 
1
Hollywood Ending
Carrie Rickey
The more the film struggles to entertain the less funny it becomes 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Steve Rhodes
Woody Allen has really found his groove these days The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another 
2.5
Hollywood Ending
Glenn Lovell
Inspired in stretches and offers Allen the actor the best role he s had in ages 
3
Hollywood Ending
Dan Fazio
Much of the film s humor is simple slapstick and the blind director premise is straight out of a sitcom 
2
Hollywood Ending
James Berardinelli
The comedy is perfunctory and rarely worth more than a chuckle and all of the attacks on the film industry come across as shallow and familiar 
2
Hollywood Ending
Walter Chaw
The annual visit from that self pitying uncle who always wants you to sit on his lap 
2
Hollywood Ending
Mike Clark
This affable outing wills itself to a higher level on the strength of a few standout scenes 
3
Hollywood Ending
John Anderson
Allen is both more scathingly funny and self deprecatingly vulnerable than he s seemed since Annie Hall 
3.5
Hollywood Ending
Lou Lumenick
A consistently funny comedy about movie making that never quite reaches the heights of Woody s best work 
3
Hollywood Ending
Ed Gonzalez
A xenophobic Allen may have French appeal but what if the French are just more forgiving of his dull post Husbands and Wives output 
2
Hollywood Ending
Harvey S. Karten
Just the film that could help revive the sluggish New York tourist industry 
3
Bloodcar
John Beifuss
This ingenious heir to Roger Corman s Little Shop of Horrors and Bucket of Blood literalizes the idea that the comfort and clout that Americans enjoy are the benefits of a Faustian blood for oil contract to which all of us are de facto signees 
3.5
Wound
Stephen Cole
Continuously shocking and often painful to watch the New Zealand horror film Wound should challenge its audience many of whom believe the genre is best enjoyed as camp entertainment 
2.5
Deuces Wild
Alex Kaloostian
It s full of sound and fury and the ensemble tries hard but mob boss Fitzy has it right They re just kids who need to grow up 
2
Deuces Wild
Jack Mathews
It not only promotes every stereotype and invokes every clich of Brooklyn lore it combines them all into an insulting composite fuses that to the chrome and fins of the pointless Fifties and then weirdly pretends it s Shakespeare 
1
Deuces Wild
Michael Dequina
A summary of the plot doesn t quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie for that comes through all too painfully in the execution 
0
Deuces Wild
Steve Rhodes
Although it s tough to identify the movie s worst part I d go with the fight choreography pure amateur hour 
1
Deuces Wild
Dustin Putman
At best Deuces Wild is adequate direct to video fare At worst it s a horrifically bad theatrical release 
1.5
Deuces Wild
Joe Leydon
Imagine a really bad community theater production of West Side Story without the songs 
1
Deuces Wild
Claudia Puig
No telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie 
1.5
Deuces Wild
Ken Fox
Troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal 
2
Deuces Wild
Tor Thorsen
A completely mediocre retreading of the 50s gang drama formula 
2
Deuces Wild
Rene Rodriguez
It s the sort of thing Roger Corman would have cranked out in the 1960s to fill out the bottom half of a drive in double bill except Corman would have never taken himself this seriously 
1
Deuces Wild
Susan Stark
Deuces Wild is a beautifully textured movie with its heart in the right place Yet it badly wants a mature sense of esthetic balance restraint and decorum 
2
Deuces Wild
Glenn Whipp
Maybe the filmmakers affinity for fog machines clouded their thinking No matter the mists of time are already swallowing this one 
1.5
Deuces Wild
Bryan Reesman
A bit too familiar and occasionally melodramatic Deuces Wild clicks nonetheless thanks to a gritty screenplay and tight direction 
3
Deuces Wild
Jonathan Perry
It s tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by Scott Kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo 
1
Deuces Wild
Lou Lumenick
It s clear why Deuces Wild which was shot two years ago has been gathering dust on MGM s shelf 
1.5
Deuces Wild
Liam Lacey
Brainless but enjoyably over the top the retro gang melodrama Deuces Wild represents fifties teen gang machismo in a way that borders on rough trade homo eroticism 
2
Deuces Wild
Terry Lawson
Deuces Wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell to innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence 
2
Deuces Wild
Tony Toscano
Poorly shot badly written and horribly acted 
0
Deuces Wild
Chris Hewitt
So clichd that at one point they literally upset an apple cart 
1.5
Deuces Wild
Walter Chaw
A Sha Na Na sketch punctuated with graphic violence 
1.5
In the Aisles
Christopher Gray
In the Aisles scrutinizes work friendships with a keen sense of how they evolve from clipped polite niceties to inside jokes and private confidences 
2
In the Aisles
Lisa Trifone
The film s several layers hold one s attention from the chemistry between Christian and Marion to character developments both tragic and otherwise 
3
In the Aisles
Mark Dujsik
A surprisingly deep slice of life about the trials of working class monotony 
3
In the Aisles
Michael Phillips
The stars it must be said are slightly more interesting than the characters which is another way of saying Rogowski and Huller amplify what s there on the page 
3
In the Aisles
Michael O'Sullivan
Stuber is adept at evoking both the ache of unanswered longing and the tiny promise of redemption that flickers still within the human spirit even when crushed under the weight of soulless drudgery 
3.5
In the Aisles
Tomris Laffly
There is a gentle fable like aura in Thomas Stuber s In The Aisles which finds beauty and glimmers of hope in the drab and mind numbingly symmetrical corridors of a German wholesale supermarket 
3
In the Aisles
Roger Moore
A lovely understated elegy to the nobility of work and the family we make while working 
3
Jesus Is King
Josh Terry
Jesus is King presents audiences with a difficult predicament the film s content is fascinating innovative and even inspirational But there s painfully little of it to justify the admission 
3
The Grand Role
David Nusair
works as long as one doesn t think about it too much 
2.5
The Grand Role
Jonathan Curiel
Their characters are compelling and completely realistic the acting is first rate and many scenes in this black and white movie which was shot in different countries including Saudi Arabia are breathtaking 
4
The Grand Role
Stephen Whitty
It s a weirdly winning illustration of love that O Henry himself would have loved 
2.5
The Grand Role
Steven Rea
Bittersweet and sophisticated 
3
The Grand Role
Kyle Smith
A shaky effort to make a point about art triumphing over all 
1.5
The Grand Role
Jami Bernard
Good acting means getting the details right but the details are what s missing in this French tearjerker of a comedy 
1.5
The Grand Role
Ed Gonzalez
Fails to summon a compelling parallel between Merchant s anti Semitic baggage and the Jewish Maurice s own struggles as an actor 
2
Eminence Hill
Roger Moore
Worst picture of the year Maybe Easily the worst Western of the 2019 
0
The Jingle Dress
Kristin Tillotson
The Jingle Dress deserves more attention and wider distribution 
3
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Roger Moore
He s rich and famous he reminds us Huge Clifford big he adds He should start acting like it 
2
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Ernesto Diezmartinez
What is the function of the court jester Tell the truth Sure it makes us laugh too but the laughter caused by the jester s ridiculous behavior is usually a poisoned apple Dave Chappelle is a good court jester 
2
Mean Creek
Mike McGranaghan
I ve actually known my fair share of troubled kids and this film is as accurate a depiction of them as I ve ever seen 
3.5
Mean Creek
Steven Rea
Estes dark sunlit tale cuts like a knife 
3
Mean Creek
James Kendrick
For all its hilarity and there is a lot Mean Girls is primarily a fascinatingly adroit dissection of high school culture 
3.5
Mean Creek
Sean P. Means
Writer director Jacob Aaron Estes coats everything in a brooding self importance as if he was intent on making the most depressing After School Special ever 
2.5
Mean Creek
Larry Ratliff
Raw and in your face Mean Creek eventually ripples emotions all the way to the soul 
3.5
Mean Creek
Jeff Vice
Has an emotional honesty sometimes brutally so and real life comic sensibilities that make it akin to television s late lamented Freaks and Geeks 
3
Mean Creek
Phil Villarreal
Estes born in 1973 hasn t lost his ear for the way kids talk and his dialogue strikes hard and true 
3
Mean Creek
Joe Baltake
Works as a multiple character study complemented by some of the best performances you are likely to see this year all of them from a cast of actors under the age of 20 
3.5
Mean Creek
Connie Ogle
Estes has accomplished quite a bit here In addition to providing a textbook example of suspense he also makes us want to know what happens to these kids after the screen goes dark 
3
Mean Creek
John Beifuss
Not quite convincing but Estes deserves credit for asking us to sympathize with the type of obnoxious bully most movies offer up as a deserving target of payback 
2.5
Mean Creek
Andrew Green
While other teen films cling to the sappy and saccharine first time writer director Jacob Aaron Estes movie has a taut haunting story that is actually relevant 
3
Mean Creek
Phoebe Flowers
A beautifully filmed and frequently stirring drama 
3
Mean Creek
Terry Lawson
As odd as it may sound the best of the many good things that can be said of writer director Jacob Aaron Estes debut feature Mean Creek is that it could have been written by a teenager 
3
Mean Creek
Jeff Strickler
There are all sorts of other themes at work below the surface including examinations of teenage peer pressure and moral responsibility 
3
Mean Creek
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching them finally come together in universal realizations as to what has transpired and their parts played in it is like watching Greek Tragedy in my own backyard 
3.5
Mean Creek
Eric Harrison
Estes dives into this material as if it s never been done before and his characters and situations are so realistic and the film s tone is so assured that he succeeds at making it feel fresh 
3
Mean Creek
Cliff Doerksen
Very much its own picture and a damn sight better one than Stand by Me 
3
Mean Creek
Chris Hewitt
A rare film that cares to explore what s going on in the bully s head 
3
Mean Creek
Peter Debruge
Exceptionally strong performances from the entire cast draw you into the movie s deliberately provocative world 
3
Mean Creek
Ruthe Stein
Takes its place alongside Stand by Me and River s Edge as one of very few films to accurately portray the experience of growing up male 
4
Mean Creek
Moira MacDonald
Estes has an uncanny knack for creating character and for finding the kind of throwaway detail that resonates 
3
Mean Creek
Janice Page
A thoughtful unpretentious coming of age drama with uncommon emotional heft and an engaging young cast 
3.5
Mean Creek
Rick Groen
Through the vast land mass of the teen movie Mean Creek flows with intelligent purpose and thematic passion at least until it doesn t 
3
Mean Creek
Roger Ebert
It could have been simple minded and predictable but it becomes a rare film about moral choices about the difficulty of standing up against pressure from your crowd 
3
Mean Creek
Peter Canavese
Estes s film casts prismatic light on the persistent issues of bullying youth violence and their mortal and emotional consequences 
3
Mean Creek
Glenn Lovell
One of the year s very best independents 
3.5
Mean Creek
Robert K. Elder
Such a simple plot barely fills the film s 87 minutes but writer director Jacob Aaron Estes more than compensates with his labyrinth of moral dilemmas and complex characters 
3
Mean Creek
Willie Waffle
Mean Creek is a movie that lures you in then shocks and surprises the audience with a nice twist 
3.5
Mean Creek
Jeanne Aufmuth
The poignant story represents its players vulnerabilities with swift and clean lines 
3.5
Mean Creek
Walter Chaw
A coming of age film that finds poetry in the struggle to evolve even while the rest of the world is falling down 
4
Mean Creek
Steve Rhodes
Touches us on a personal level 
3
Mean Creek
Jami Bernard
A welcome departure from typical movies about teens 
3
Mean Creek
Timothy Knight
A flawed yet promising first film from a writer director whose ambitions exceed his grasp at least for now 
2.5
Mean Creek
Bob Strauss
We ve seen much of what goes down in Mean Creek before But I can t say I ve ever seen it portrayed with such high standards of responsibility to the way kids really act think and judge 
3
Mean Creek
Lou Lumenick
Estes and his cinematographer Sharone Meir present a vision of paradise and innocence lost in this beautifully understated drama 
3
Mean Creek
Mike Clark
A harbinger of possibly better things to come 
2.5
Mean Creek
David Sterritt
Imagine a bolder Bully blended with a more probing River s Edge and you ll have some idea of this little drama s strong dramatic and emotional power 
3
Mean Creek
James Berardinelli
Estes has provided a keenly honed view of human psychology 
3.5
Mean Creek
John Anderson
While Estes tale is unfolding very little seems anything but natural plausible and emotionally scrupulous 
3
Mean Creek
Jay Antani
The script manages a few compelling characters but the rest falls into that non descript Troubled Teenager category 
2.5
Mean Creek
Dustin Putman
A frightening journey into the heart of human darkness and morality Sure to endure as a watermark of the coming of age genre for years to come 
4
Switching Channels
David Nusair
an aggressively hit and miss endeavor 
2.5
Switching Channels
Roger Ebert
The basic mechanics of the original Hecht MacArthur story are still sound and Switching Channels is true to the obsessive compulsive hostility that is the fuel for all good reporters 
3
Ghoul
Roger Moore
Nothing new to see here not that scary either 
1.5
White Knight
Marty Mapes
A lifer with little chance for appeal
1.5
White Knight
Calum Marsh
The film offers Tom Sizemore the perfect opportunity to prove himself worthy of a comeback Alas he fails spectacularly 
.5
Frank & Penelope
Erik Childress
Though its star 44 Caylee Cowan 44 commands our attention with a confident performance that makes us want to see where she turns up next 44 her director 44 Sean Patrick Flanery 44 does not surround her with much 46 
2
Frank & Penelope
Roger Moore
Flanery apos s script traffics in truck stop philosophy 44 con artist speeches and horror movie tropes that long ago turned into cliches 46 
1.5
Red Heat
John Beifuss
A sort of distaff Midnight Express the movie takes itself seriously even when Linda Blair tells her East German accuser I m an American college student from York Pennsylvania can t you get that straight you douche bag 
2
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Asher Luberto
Passes the acid test with flying colors 
3
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Peter Canavese
Frank and therefore fascinating drug anecdotes and advice from professional storytellers 
3
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Michael O'Sullivan
Good Trip aims to entertain not educate as it presents a star studded parade of celebrity reminiscences about taking hallucinogenic drugs Mostly it succeeds 
2.5
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Roger Moore
Flippant and glib with too many dead people in it to make its so safe point 
2
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Mark Kennedy
Wasted but not in a good way 
1.5
Anzukko (Little Peach)
Keith Uhlich
Naruse examines his own faults and fears through Ryokichi though he also considers the reverberating effects of the character s actions 
4
Dealt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Richard Turner is an amazing figure 
3
Dealt
David Lewis
This is a movie that has lots of magic in more ways than one 
3
Dealt
Josh Terry
The film s story is deeply moving and Korem wisely doesn t doll it up with a lot of fancy stylized cinematic sleight of hand 
4
Dealt
Sean P. Means
The documentary Dealt tells a fascinating and inspirational story about a charming individual but the movie takes way too long to tell it 
2.5
Dealt
Chuck Bowen
Richard Turner is a charismatic subject who demands more than a conventionally entertaining documentary 
2
Heart and Souls
David Nusair
will likely leave you smiling throughout 
3.5
Just Friends
David Nusair
The appealing albeit familiar premise is employed to distressingly and predominantly lackluster effect by Kumble 
1.5
Just Friends
Matt Pais
Every single person operates with the maturity and common sense of a dog chasing its tail Into a tree 
0.5
Just Friends
Sara Michelle Fetters
Playing the incredibly spoiled and remarkably talentless Jessica Simpson meets Britney Spears meets Bimbo Barbie rock star Samantha James Faris brings so much gleefully archaic fireball charisma to her portrayal I couldn t take my eyes off of her 
2
Just Friends
Greg Maki
Reynolds and especially the charming Smart give the movie the kind of heart one would not expect 
2.5
Just Friends
Thomas Delapa
With Reynolds mugging and rolling his eyes from coast to coast this friendly teen frolic doesn t need enemies 
1.5
Just Friends
Kit Bowen
Despite a few bone tickling moments the romantic comedy Just Friends is well just OK 
2
Just Friends
Tony Wong
Just Friends is part Farrelly Brothers and part Romy and Michele s High School Reunion all wrapped together to deliver gross out gags in bizarrely random and rapid fire fashion with zero intent to develop sustainable plot or character 
2
Just Friends
Amy Biancolli
while the ending might be a foregone conclusion getting there involves just enough slapstick manful idiocy to keep the humor moving at a clip 
2.5
Just Friends
Liam Lacey
A barbed romantic comedy with a distinct debt to the Farrelly brothers gross out plus sentimentality formula Just Friends is a welcome antidote to the usual seasonal sweetness 
2.5
Just Friends
Jeff Vice
M ost of the attempts at humor are painfully unfunny 
1.5
Just Friends
Paul Schrodt
Faris s parody of pop culture s vapid idols transcends the film s own brainless romantic plot 
1.5
Just Friends
Tyler Hanley
With fine performers and decent dialogue creating a concrete foundation it s a shame inane smacks and slaps ultimately make for a rickety flick 
2.5
Just Friends
John Wirt
The dreaded friend zone turns out to be a funny place after all 
3
Just Friends
Mike Clark
After peaking with the unsurpassable glories of 2003 s Bad Santa the humbug holiday genre may be getting run into the ground 
2.5
Just Friends
Maitland McDonagh
Even a bracing mean streak can t save this gross out romantic comedy from its lazy mess of a script a string of slapstick gags that demand arbitrary stupid and out of character behavior from all concerned 
1.5
Just Friends
Tracy Allerton
Time and again it goes for cheap laughs at the expense of character development And could the message be any shallower 
2
Just Friends
Tom Keogh
An uneven black comedy that fails to sell its coldhearted central premise Just Friends finds actor Ryan Reynolds in his most tedious turn yet as a theoretically likable reprobate 
1.5
Don't Listen
Roger Moore
Nicely shot and cut together but the disconnect from the characters makes Don t Listen too easy to tune out 
1.5
Roger Waters: Us + Them
Peter Howell
This is more than just a Pink Floyd s greatest hits show but not much more than that 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Roger Moore
Fun fascinating but a fawning documentary that avoids asking the tough questions or making the harsh judgements 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
David Nusair
a very loving very one sided portrait of a man with seemingly few faults 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Steven Rea
How can you not love this guy this story 
3.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Ty Burr
For all the love emanating from client pals Michael Douglas Sylvester Stallone Emeril Lagasse and Steven Tyler there s a sadness to this movie that remains just off camera 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Jeff Albertson
Mike Myers makes his directorial debut by chronicling the fascinating life of one of Hollywood s most fabled raconteurs and charismatic talent managers 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
David Berry
It s not like every biography needs to be a takedown but in this case it misses something significantly deeper Part of why Gordon is so interesting is because he s a bit of a good guy gone bad or at least living in a dark world 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Stephanie Merry
Good natured and an enjoyable watch If Myers really just wanted to show his appreciation he went above and beyond 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Rafer Guzman
Many who knew moments to keep pop culture fans fascinated 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Dann Gire
Shep Gordon has to be a documentary maker s dream subject one so colorful and astonishing no screenwriter could possibly create such an over the top character 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Walter V. Addiego
You may relish the gossipy dishy stuff Myers serves up For a while you can feel like a part of the golden circle 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Matt Pais
Could have been an extraordinary documentary Instead it s a good one packed with great stories 
3
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Dave McGinn
While Gordon may be a minor figure at best he is as this film shows exactly what a mensch should be 
2
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Glenn Kenny
It s pretty entertaining and at times almost educational Gordon s account of how and why he created the category of celebrity chef is a short course in modern day branding for better or worse 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Stephen Whitty
A man is more than just the sum of his dropped names and star dusted anecdotes And a movie needs to be more than this 
2
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Peter Howell
Myers makes a pretty good case for the supermensch benediction for Gordon 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Claudia Puig
While it s an entertaining documentary audiences may not find the 68 year old Gordon s trajectory quite as fascinating as Myers appears to 
2.5
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Sara Stewart
As much fun as it is this all star tribute is awfully one note never questioning Gordon s seemingly casual habit of befriending only the ultra famous 
2
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Kenji Fujishima
A glorified act of hero worship that leaves one hard pressed to form any conclusion other than an infinitely positive one about Shep Gordon 
1
Julieta
Rania Richardson
Is JULIETA a new direction for Pedro Almodvar who has made excess the hallmark of his long career 
3
Julieta
Rob Thomas
Julieta may not be top tier Almodovar but a collaboration between him and Munro two artists who have spent their lives going deep into the interior lives of women shouldn t be overlooked 
3
Julieta
John Beifuss
Designed acted and composed with characteristically admirable intention and intelligence but it doesn t aspire to the pitch of delirium that distinguishes the director s most memorable work 
3
Julieta
Jeff Simon
This is nothing if not an odd movie to encourage people to see It s a graft of artistic forms one atop another that doesn t really take But just the attempt alone is more than a little compelling 
3
Julieta
David Nusair
The end result is an unquestionably above average effort from an often exasperatingly uneven filmmaker 
3
Julieta
Sean P. Means
Touching heartbreaking and beautiful 
3.5
Julieta
Mark Dujsik
However one might label Julieta it s an affecting film guided by a filmmaker who refuses to settle for the obvious 
3
Julieta
Robert W. Butler
There is perhaps less here than meets the eye this is second drawer Almodovar but in Suarez s performance as the mature Julieta the director has an ideal vessel for expressing parental pain and loss 
3
Julieta
Sara Michelle Fetters
Julieta is superb and to say any more could potentially ruin any number of its more intimate surprises 
3.5
Julieta
Calvin Wilson
Julieta is a paean to longing regret and the often painful experience of being human 
3
Julieta
Moira MacDonald
Julieta is filled with Almodvar s usual attention to vivid color a turquoise turtleneck worn by young Julieta seems to add notes to the film s moody musical score and to the ways women talk to each other 
3.5
Julieta
Rafer Guzman
Pedro Almodvar s latest isn t his strongest but his vibrant vivid world of women is always a great place to be 
3
Julieta
Tina Hassannia
It s not insulting to highlight a female character s sexuality in her narrative but the way Almodvar does it feels tacky and objectifying 
2.5
Julieta
Ann Hornaday
It s no surprise that Julieta is marvelous to look at but it possesses just as much substance as style 
4
Julieta
Peter Keough
When the effusive Pedro Almodvar adapts the minimalist Alice Munro he reveals the passions seething under the bleakness of the latter s monotone mid Canada 
3.5
Julieta
Anita Katz
The cast s two Julietas both excel as their character s pre and post tragedy selves who switch place mid scene in a cinematic magic trick that affirms Almodovar s status as a master 
3
Julieta
Mick LaSalle
There s not a scene in this film in which there is not both something to see and an acting moment to savor as well as some nuance or implication or suggestion to ponder 
4
Julieta
Kate Taylor
Almodovar has little time to develop these characters emotional ties because there is so much clutter in his plot a soap opera full of improbable coincidences premature deaths and sad declines 
2
Julieta
Josh Larsen
unfolds with a Hitchcockian sense of mystery and Almodovar s usual bursts of color 
3.5
Julieta
Peter Howell
Themes of loss regret and alienation emerge and are respectfully considered with fine acting but not always the conviction one would expect from both Almodvar and his characters 
2.5
Julieta
Godfrey Cheshire
A film of such quietly assured mastery that it reminds you American cinema today has virtually no one comparable to Almodvar 
3.5
Julieta
Peter Travers
Almodvar s admiration for the Alice Munro short stories he is adapting is not misplaced Despite rough patches Julieta morphs into a haunting and hypnotic tribute to both their talents 
3
Julieta
Stephen Whitty
It s one thing for the director to want to try something new But this feels as if he isn t trying period 
2.5
Julieta
Clayton Davis
As seen in his other films Almodovar captures the essence of his characters by choosing stunning and talented actors to portray them In this instance we have two sensational examples with Emma Surez and Adriana Ugarte 
3
Julieta
Jesse Cataldo
Pedro Almodvar s object oriented approach ends up blocking off the deeper emotional access that Alice Munro s stories so effortlessly attain 
2.5
Last Screening
Kent Turner
Is this what watching too many movies will do to you 
1.5
The Quiet One
Michael O'Sullivan
Unfortunately it might have made for a better movie if its subject had opened up something more than just his attic 
2
The Quiet One
Soren Andersen
The hubbub of his Stones years now long in the past Wyman looks back and remembers quietly 
3
The Quiet One
Sheila O'Malley
The Quiet One is Wyman s journey and because of that the documentary is intimate and personal but by the same token it is also highly selective in what it shows and acknowledges 
2
The Quiet One
Joel Selvin
A banquet for Stones aficionados an insider s scrapbook of memories and glimpses of an illustrious history that Wyman without his vast collection would be little more than a footnote to 
3
The Quiet One
Ty Burr
If there s a Rosebud buried there The Quiet One doesn t find it 
2
The Quiet One
Chuck Bowen
In the end the film feels like a sketch that s been offered in place of a portrait 
2.5
The Quiet One
Roger Moore
A warm surface skimming history jaw dropping in the material he filmed saved and cataloged A must see for Stones fans 
3
The Quiet One
Dwight Brown
Bill Wyman is a quiet treasure and so is this doc 
3.4
Crime Story
Mark Dujsik
None of it matters the movie argues which is correct only not for the reasons it thinks 
1
Crime Story
Roger Moore
a thriller that shuffles when it needs to trot simmers when it needs to boil and goes on after it needs to end 
2
X-Men
Jami Bernard
The X Men comic books have spawned a cottage industry of mutant characters and the movie helps make sense of these legions while offering the established fan base something new to cheer 
3
X-Men
Steven Rea
This is a film that should satisfy fans of the hugely popular comic book and audiences who can t tell one uncanny X Man from another Mutants rule 
3
X-Men
Ann Hornaday
The movie is respectful of its source material without being the least bit self important X Men may have hit the Platonic ideal of comic book movies coming across as lightweight sophisticated wacky and straightforward all at the same time 
3
X-Men
Josh Larsen
These are superheroes who largely regret their powers because of the trouble that they bring 
3
X-Men
David Nusair
X Men s myriad of positive attributes generally compensate for its less than enthralling stretches 
3
X-Men
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A very good comic book adaptation with great performances true entertainment value and wonderful direction 
3
X-Men
Joe Lozito
Relative newcomer Hugh Jackman is a real find as the brooding Wolverine 
3
X-Men
Judith Egerton
Superior to any Batman except the 1989 movie 
3
X-Men
Scott Nash
Finally a movie based on a comic book that actually succeeds 
4
X-Men
Jeanne Aufmuth
Call it a gift from cinema heaven 
3.5
X-Men
Liam Lacey
All these characters with their odd powers are inherently absurd and they throw a barrel of wrenches into the machinery of a coherent narrative 
2.5
X-Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Singer was wise enough to keep the fight scenes silent instead of featuring the usual inane banter of most comic book movies 
3
X-Men
Wesley Lovell
Stylistically 44 8220 X Men 8221 beats numerous other summer films in its ability to bridge story with beautiful settings and stunning visual effects 46 
3
X-Men
Margaret A. McGurk
After seeing this film I am looking forward to seeing more from this sleek new breed of action hero 
3
X-Men
Jules Brenner
It s a model of discipline in that respect 
3
X-Men
Jeffrey Westhoff
It does right by its source material without dumbfounding people who have never set foot in a comic book shop 
3
X-Men
James Kendrick
the obvious result of endless script rewrites from a parade of big shot Hollywood writers who were never in sync with each other
2
X-Men
Emily Blunt
If you re new to these super heroes it s a wonderful introduction 
3
X-Men
David Sterritt
Die hard action fans may cheer but if you re looking for the romantic verve of Superman or the dreamlike edginess of Batman this isn t the comic book movie for you 
2
X-Men
Jorge Avila Andrade
Los fans del cmic seguramente estarn gratamente sorprendidos por el buen acercamiento al espritu del cmic que mantiene Singer a lo largo del filme
3
X-Men
Rob Blackwelder
As overwrought over buzzed F X driven pure popcorn summer escapist flicks go X Men delivers the goods better than most 
2.5
X-Men
Ian Mantgani
Never before has a superhero adventure movie devoted significant time to setting up political context for its fictional reality 
3.5
X-Men
Susan Stark
It s darker more complex and far more substantive than anything in the Superman or Batman cinematic series 
3
X-Men
Dustin Putman
One of the very few comic book adaptations that has been successfully translated to the big screen 
2.5
X-Men
Andrew Howe
X Men is not a disappointment 
3
X-Men
Roger Ebert
The events that end the movie are sort of anticlimactic and the special effects while energetic are not as persuasive as they might be 
2.5
X-Men
Bob Graham
This feast of fantasy is worth it 
3
X-Men
James Berardinelli
The film is effectively paced with a good balance of exposition character development and special effects enhanced action 
3
X-Men
Steve Rhodes
The fast action fighting sequences are imaginatively choreographed and fascinating rather like watching gladiators with different weapons going after each other 
3
X-Men
Bob Bloom
Stan Lee should be proud 
3
X-Men
Bill Chambers
Auteurism despite the odds 
3.5
X-Men
Mary Kalin-Casey
It has style substance and soul 
3
X-Men
Shay Casey
It doesn t disappoint the fanboys by dumbing things down for the mass audience but it doesn t keep its distance either 
3.5
X-Men
Michael Dequina
An exciting fast paced adventure that will satisfy all audiences 
3
X-Men
James O'Ehley
It is quite entertaining but it is simply too short 
3
X-Men
Cornell & Petricelli
X Men is not only a superb action film but also an impeccably woven character drama with a profound emotional dimension 
4
X-Men
David Keyes
It s the character introductions however that give the movie its backbone and they have been cast with actors that look and embody the personas faithfully 
3.5
X-Men
Marty Mapes
It delivers enough action to entertain the masses while offering a little substance for more thoughtful moviegoers 
3
The Corridor
Dustin Putman
It seems like half of genre pics these days begin with a cabin in the woods As such The Corridor is alternately offbeat and derivative reminiscent of a Twilight Zone episode without a satisfying payoff 
2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Matt Brunson
An awe inspiring achievement featuring magnificent sets built on the Universal backlot the proverbial cast of thousands the crowd scenes are mesmerizing and an opportunity to catch Lon Chaney at his most commanding 
3.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Alan French
Despite being 95 years old it remains a classic It also marks a true beginning of Universal Monster Films that would come to define horror for decades 
3.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Scott Nash
It s held up remarkably well 
3.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Josh Larsen
Lon Chaney s Quasimodo is one of early cinema s most forlorn and tragic movie monsters on par with King Kong and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein s creation 
3.5
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Brian Eggert
If nothing else the movies repetitive relentless electronic Silver Shamrock jingle is bound to incept its way into your mind every Halloween season 
3
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
David Nusair
Halloween III Season of the Witch progresses into an increasingly underwhelming midsection focused almost entirely on Dan and Ellie s less than engrossing exploits 
2
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The actual movie is filled with amusingly strange ideas some supremely dark horrific material and some flat out kooky stuff 
3
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Matt Brunson
Halloween III while not a complete success at least offers something different from the norm 
2.5
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Dustin Putman
It is high time for viewers with a hang up to reevaluate the pleasures that Halloween III Season of the Witch has to offer 
3
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Roger Ebert
This is one of those Identikit movies assembled out of familiar parts from other better movies 
1.5
The Gay Divorcee
Josh Larsen
Astaire and Rogers are so elegantly in sync that the ill fitting conventions simply melt away
3.5
Ruby Bridges
Michael Dequina
What sets this film apart from its typically treacly ilk is the the strong subtle work by the cast 
3
Girls Rock!
Loey Lockerby
It s a great program and a great subject but Girl s Rock directors Shane King and Arne Johnson don t quite know what to do with it 
2.5
Girls Rock!
Ty Burr
How are girls supposed to behave in a culture that tells them they re Disney princesses for the first 12 years and sex toys after that Girls Rock has one answer Strap on a Fender and rage against the machine 
3
Girls Rock!
Sid Smith
There s too little clarity or thoroughness in the biographies too few prolonged scenes of the girls creating their songs 
2
Girls Rock!
Jeff Vice
There is a slightly patronizing flavor to portions of this mostly enjoyable film But the interview subjects are very likable and charismatic which certainly helps 
3
Girls Rock!
Phil Villarreal
Girls rock flat documentaries do not 
1.5
Girls Rock!
John Beifuss
Why don t you start your own band That s a lot cooler than having a boyfriend in a band So says 15 year old Laura who makes a better pitch for the empowerment aspects of the Rock n Roll Camp for Girls than do the adult counselors 
3
Girls Rock!
Lisa Kennedy
There s so much joy and coming of age angst turned into nuggets of gold that it seems uncharitable to ask what might be missing more onscreen appreciation for rock s goddesses and gods perhaps 
3
Girls Rock!
Moira MacDonald
Girls Rock happily pulls off the trick of being both entertaining and moving grown up girls may well watch with an occasional tear as we see the campers subtly transform 
3.5
Girls Rock!
Peter Hartlaub
Some of the footage is entertaining Too much of it is confusing repetitive or unremarkable 
2
Girls Rock!
V.A. Musetto
What the girls might lack in musical talent and experience they make up for with infectious energy 
3
Girls Rock!
Elizabeth Weitzman
The directors take a compassionate approach that encourages their young subjects to open up in remarkable ways making this a must see both for girls and the grownups who love them 
3
Girls Rock!
Todd Hertz
Girls Rock is a success story because of the earnest heart with which it introduces us to some girls who don t realize how much they really do rock 
3
Girls Rock!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Takes a trip to the annual Rock n Roll Camp for Girls in Portland Oregon and comes away with something a bit more 
3
Girls Rock!
Peter Canavese
An inspiring rebel yell from four girls unwilling to recede into the background as passive sacrifices to the MTV culture 
3
Girls Rock!
Nick Schager
The directors sacrifice substantially investigating the four girls for Morgan Spurlock ish populist gimmickry 
2
Side by Side
Rania Richardson
Celluloid or digital film which is the better format Directors cinematographers editors and other film professionals weigh in on the question in Chris Kenneally s densely packed doc SIDE BY SIDE 
2.5
Side by Side
Josh Larsen
could have used more movie specific discussions of the aesthetic implications of celluloid versus digital 
2
Side by Side
David Wiegand
The documentary would have been that much better with a more explicit focus on why the average filmgoer should care 
2
Side by Side
John Beifuss
The movie doesn t offer much consideration of digital video as an esthetic in its own right as something that is valuable because it is distinctive from film rather than as a format that aspires to be indistinguishable from film 
3
Side by Side
Rene Rodriguez
Actors such as Robert Downey Jr complain that because digital cameras can be reloaded in seconds there is no time for performers to hang out in their trailers between takes in protest he urinated in jars which he hid all over the sets of Zodiac 
3
Side by Side
Matt Pais
Delights in bringing us all onto the set into the editing room and behind the camera thrilling places in any format 
3
Side by Side
Stephen Whitty
An unapologetically serious geek friendly documentary it talks pixels grain depth of field and other technical concerns with a variety of directors cinematographers special effects wizards and more 
3
Side by Side
Lou Lumenick
A surprisingly accessible documentary about an often very technical subject the revolution surrounding Hollywood s rapid conversion from 35mm film to digital technologies 
3
Side by Side
John Hartl
Side by Side is a kind of eulogy for celluloid beginning with some of the most famous images committed to film A Trip to the Moon Citizen Kane The Wizard of Oz 
3
Side by Side
Scott Bowles
Alas if you re someone who enjoys movies as say a two hour escape you may find this documentary on the death of film at digital s hands a bit too inside baseball 
2
Side by Side
Wesley Morris
You can feel the future even if some of what you feel is worrying 
3
Side by Side
Peter Travers
Keanu Reeves is an astute and witty interviewer in Chris Kenneally s vital film No true movie junkie is going to want to miss Side by Side 
3.5
Side by Side
Bill Weber
A serviceable primer on the digital celluloid divide in commercial cinema if a bit unwieldy in scope and in danger of being made obsolete by the next version of the RED camera 
2.5
Side by Side
Kent Turner
A wonky gabfest for film buffs you re bound to learn something
3
Bewakoofiyaan
Danny Bowes
The star turn and the only major element in Bewakoofiyaan that transcends the by the numbers assembly line rom com is Rishi Kapoor 
2.5
Simpatico
Michael Dequina
With the cast and the pulpy neo noir storyline one would never suspect that the film is the crushing bore that it is 
1.5
Simpatico
Jeffrey Westhoff
Nolte and Bridges have too much talent to play their uninspired characters 
2
Simpatico
Roger Ebert
Simpatico is a long slog through perplexities and complexities that disguise what this really is the kind of B movie plot that used to clock in at 75 minutes on the bottom half of a double bill 
1.5
Simpatico
James Berardinelli
Instead of permitting its characters to be developed naturally Simpatico manipulates them to fulfill the needs of its heavy handed plot 
2.5
Simpatico
David N. Butterworth
If the film s title sounds like the next Mexican cerveza it s not inappropriate Simpatico comes wrapped in a fancy label Nolte Bridges Stone but inside the product is flat and weak 
2
Simpatico
Edward Guthmann
It s a confounding and unsatisfying film 
2
Simpatico
David Sterritt
Simpatico is worth seeing to keep up with Keener s evolving excellence and Stone s continuing effort to stretch her range But the picture isn t likely to linger in your mind once the closing credits have rolled 
2
Simpatico
Jonathan Foreman
Simpatico pulls up lame way before the stretch 
1.5
Simpatico
Rob Blackwelder
Powerhouse performances can t save sloppy Simpatico from the glue factory 
2
Simpatico
Greg Dean Schmitz
Debut director Matthew Warchus didn t trim where needed with some extraneous quiet moments that test the patience 
1.5
Simpatico
Matt Reichl
Despite a dream cast and an interesting neo noir setup his film races straight into tedium 
2
Lil' Buck: Real Swan
Dwight Brown
Director Louis Wallecan doesn t miss one step 
3
Today You Die
David Nusair
there s no denying that these movies are getting awfully routine and predictable 
2
Miss March
Nick Rogers
At its best this lewder cruder spin on last year s Sex Drive has a disarmingly daffy shaggy dog touch a la Half Baked or The Brothers Solomon But by the time a woman enjoys champagne spiked with dog urine Miss March is all turn offs 
2
Miss March
David Nusair
Shockingly second rate and relentlessly unfunny 
1.5
Miss March
Betsy Sherman
The boys directed and co scripted so there s no one else to blame 
1
Miss March
Linda Cook
Here s a movie that isn t fit to debut on the big screen 
0
Miss March
James Berardinelli
Forget waterboarding just show Guantanamo detainees Miss March and they ll say anything 
.5
Miss March
Ty Burr
The movie s aiming for the drunken college crowd but most of the gags have the nervous giggly idiocy of two middle school kids flipping through dad s Playboy 
1
Miss March
Kam Williams
A relentlessly insulting and offensive flick which endeavors to redeem itself via 11th hour moralizing ony after every frame up to the end had been a wholesale celebration of the debasement of females and the stereotyping of blacks 
0
Miss March
Chris Hewitt
Amusing and tired in roughly equal measure 
1.5
Miss March
Stephen Whitty
When the movie was going to come out a month ago it was called Miss February Then the release date changed and so did the title Now it s Miss March Miss This would have been more helpful 
1
Miss March
Kyle Smith
My blood runs cold at the memory of Miss March a 90 minute rip off of the J Geils Band song Centerfold whose multi hyphenate creators prove themselves actor director writer failures 
.5
Miss March
Rob Thomas
Cregger and Moore not only star in Miss March they wrote and directed it too which seems like a selfless act akin to throwing yourself on a live grenade protecting any innocent careers around you from getting hit by flying shrapnel 
1
Miss March
Phil Villarreal
They ve got enough solid material for a half hour sitcom including two great oh so politically incorrect lines worthy of integrating into the annals of pop culture but that does not a feature film make 
2
Miss March
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie operates mainly on a crippling fear of human sexuality female sexuality females in general black people lesbians and just about everything else 
0
Miss March
Nick Schager
So awful as to make heterosexual men actively loathe Playboy 
0
Miss March
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing left me bored and if I d have remembered to wear a watch I m sure I d have looked at it a half dozen times waiting for the torture to end 
1
Miss March
Dustin Putman
The best mainstream comedy so far this year Every time you start thinking how you ve seen it all before you find yourself laughing too hard to care 
3
No
Kelly Jane Torrance
This purposefully low tech approach results in a film with a lot of light Too much perhaps for the contemporary eye but it captures the optimism of the time as well as Saavedra s rainbow laden ads 
3.5
No
Rene Rodriguez
Gripping and suspenseful even though the ending is already known 
3.5
No
John Beifuss
Writer director Pablo Larraín includes much authentic footage from the No and Yes campaign ads and adopts a complementary 1980s TV video design 
3
No
Bob Bloom
NO is an inspirational political drama in which the people are roused by the visual to overcome the vicious 
4
No
Rob Thomas
Silliness is on the side of the angels in a brilliant and highly entertaining film that s part political thriller part media satire 
4
No
Soren Andersen
No is a picture that perches precariously on the cusp of a paradox 
3
No
Duane Dudek
A reflection of a moment in time made in the image of that moment 
3.5
No
Calvin Wilson
No is filmmaking of the first order 
3.5
No
Marty Mapes
Old technology plus the packaging of a revolution add up to a Yes
3.5
No
Liam Lacey
A cunning and richly enjoyable combination of high stakes drama and media satire from Chilean director Pablo Larrain 
4
No
Peter Howell
A mesmerizing realistic and often hilarious look at the politics of power and the power of ideas 
3.5
No
Steven Rea
A political drama a personal drama a sharp eyed study of how the media manipulate us from all sides No reels and ricochets with emotional force 
3.5
No
Peter Canavese
Swims upstream against high definition with a defiantly lo fi approach that s also ingeniously evocative of the historical period 
3.5
No
John Anderson
On every level No leaves one with bittersweet feelings about democracy love and the cost of compromise 
3.5
No
Ty Burr
If there are fewer white knuckle showdowns than in a Hollywood movie the trade off is a cool ironic intelligence that ripples off the screen and up the years to where we live 
3.5
No
Chris Hewitt
It s a fascinating and surprisingly fun look behind the scenes of politics and media 
3.5
No
Michael Phillips
No stands proudly in a select sub category of historical fiction films that work completely and satisfyingly as their own movies 
4
No
Omer Mozaffar
García Bernal quietly carries this film as a soft spoken kid in blue jeans and untucked shirt 
4
No
Matt Pais
An Oscar nominated win for more than just political junkies 
3
No
Ann Hornaday
No isn t nearly as definitive or declarative as its title It leaves viewers wondering whether they should cheer shrug or shake their heads 
3
No
Mick LaSalle
It always retains a level of interest especially for those of us who don t remember or aren t old enough to remember which side won 
3
No
Roger Moore
Paranoia mixes neatly with optimism in this dramedy about the ad campaign that made Chile democratic 
3
No
Peter Travers
Nominated by the Academy as the year s best foreign language film No grabs you hard no mercy and keeps you riveted 
3.5
No
Robert Levin
A fascinating period re creation if not an especially compelling drama 
3
No
Stephen Whitty
Lorrain has made a few daring choices here not all of which work 
2.5
No
Claudia Puig
For anyone fascinated by the political process and the powers of persuasive advertising No is a resounding yes 
3.5
No
Kyle Smith
Largely a gimmick picture At all times it looks like hastily assembled news footage shot on grainy videotape in 1988 
1.5
No
R. Kurt Osenlund
A singular biopic and a snapshot of a society renewed No unaffectedly celebrates faith in democracy and surprisingly truth in advertising 
3
October Baby
David Nusair
A well intentioned yet hopelessly ineffective drama 
1.5
October Baby
Linda Cook
Sometimes it is simply impossible for me to look at a movie with complete objectivity 
3
October Baby
Mark Feeney
October Baby looks and feels like a Lifetime movie waiting not to happen 
1
October Baby
Roger Moore
Timed to come out in the middle of a political dogfight over birth control when candidates tell their supporters that they ll get rid of Planned Parenthood October Baby could have hot button appeal for a certain audience 
1.5
October Baby
John Wirt
An inept message picture 
2
October Baby
John Beifuss
May be somewhat distasteful in subject and dubious in theme but its presentation is as bright and shiny and polished as the fresh face of its pretty young star Rachel Hendrix 
2
October Baby
Joe Williams
Trafficking in 2 D morality and unlikely to be seen by the unconverted October Baby would have been better off as a bumper sticker 
2
October Baby
Kyle Smith
October Baby may be well intentioned but it s as obvious and inert as a spoonful of mashed potatoes 
1
October Baby
Stephanie Merry
Extended scenes are dominated by heavy dialogue while the lighter moments are relegated to montages of prancing across a beach for example which simply aren t that effective at buoying the drama 
2
October Baby
Burl Burlingame
Heavily vested in its peculiarly glossy agitprop that like Saint Sebastian it invites the arrows of kneejerk derision Too bad as the film has really lovely performances 
1
October Baby
Paul Doro
More sermon than movie October Baby has a rigid agenda that it never wavers from 
1.5
October Baby
Chris Hewitt
It s neither entertaining nor thought provoking 
1
October Baby
Roger Ebert
The film as a whole is amateurish and ungainly can t find a consistent tone is too long is overladen with music that tries to paraphrase the story and is photographed with too many beauty shots that slow the progress 
2
October Baby
Kam Williams
An apolitical pro life parable apt to touch the hearts of audience members on either side of the abortion issue 
3.5
After.Life
James Kendrick
makes you think too much about what it s doing rather than what it s about thus drawing you away from the deeper philosophical questions of life and death at its core
2.5
After.Life
Rex Reed
It s too dull for grown ups and too nightmarish for children It makes Nip Tuck look like a Mel Brooks musical 
1
After.Life
Lou Lumenick
I don t think we re expected to take After Life any more seriously than Ricci s last extended near nude role in the immortal Black Snake Moan That one was more fun 
2
After.Life
James Berardinelli
I admire filmmakers who take chances and defy expectations 
3
After.Life
Mark Dujsik
Boiled down to what s actually presented the whole movie is misdirection executed without any subtlety 
1
After.Life
Walter V. Addiego
A few moments of grim humor simply underline long stretches of tedium and the imagery is full of spook film cliches Although there s a juicy role for Liam Neeson and he s good it s just not enough 
1
After.Life
Stephen Whitty
Neeson s right something s definitely deceased here But it s the whole picture And a swift interment on DVD and late night cable seems in the best interest of everyone 
1.5
After.Life
Michael Phillips
Clean precise and terribly sullen After Life is like its female protagonist It feels stuck between worlds or genres 
2
After.Life
Rene Rodriguez
Wojtowicz Vosloo certainly knows how to use a camera Now she just needs to learn how to entertain an audience or at least come up with a film that doesn t try so hard to be profound yet has absolutely nothing to say 
1
After.Life
Roger Ebert
I think in a way the film short changes itself by not coming down on one side or the other As it stands it s a framework for horror situations but cannot be anything deeper 
2.5
After.Life
Nick Schager
Its attempts to intriguingly address issues of life and death are undercut by silly vagueness and sillier gratuitous T A 
1
Grand Theft Parsons
Mike McGranaghan
What I responded to most about Grand Theft Parsons is that it tells the story without excess sentimentality a funny engaging movie that s worth seeking out 
3
Grand Theft Parsons
John Anderson
The Phil Larry dynamic makes up most of the movie and the strain of turning an anecdote into an demi epic can be felt throughout the movie 
2
Grand Theft Parsons
Elizabeth Weitzman
Gram Parsons last rites were among the most extraordinary in rock history Too bad this retelling of the singer s final adventure is so tame 
2.5
Grand Theft Parsons
Megan Lehmann
A ho hum meandering road movie albeit with an extremely cool soundtrack 
2
Clouds
Mark Dujsik
This film s honesty is its greatest strength 
3
Clouds
Nell Minow
This film is particularly perceptive on the issue of what it means to try to be normal under excruciatingly painful circumstances 
3
Clouds
Barry Hertz
Director Justin Baldoni s young adult romance knows exactly which audience it s playing to and accomplishes much of what it sets out to do break your heart while leaving you humming a sorrowful yet catchy tune 
2.5
Clouds
Roger Moore
All this manipulation feels excessive unnecessary padding for a story that needed a vigorous trimming to break your heart and uplift you as it does 
2
Jellyfish Eyes
James Kendrick
Unfortunately a narrative feature film is more than just moving images and once Murakami dives into narrative and character Jellyfish Eyes begins stumbling all over itself
2
Jellyfish Eyes
Robert Horton
Whatever theories Murakami has perfected in his visual art he s miscalculated in his feature filmmaking dabble 
2
Jellyfish Eyes
Chuck Bowen
Takashi Murakami has invested the film with the same sort of primal pop art aesthetic that distinguishes much of his art 
3
Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling
Janice Page
The filmmakers do a fine job of sprinkling in whistling snapshots and other bits of history 
3
Last Holiday
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Alec Guinness is one of classic cinema s truly genuine curiosities 
3
Diamond Hunters
Josh Larsen
a subterfuge film from Buuel in which his style and politics are subsumed within genre trappings 
3.5
Diamond Hunters
Ed Gonzalez
Signoret s frenzy becomes her character s enervating an otherwise humdrum melodrama 
2.5
Mansfield Park
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mansfield Park works because it not only comes from the novel but also from Austen s letters and journals 
3
Mansfield Park
Jeanne Aufmuth
busy nothings add up to motion picture somethings in one of the year s most charming films 
4
Mansfield Park
Steve Rhodes
The beauty of this lavish and gorgeous production isn t in the costumes or the buildings it is in the acting and the script 
3.5
Mansfield Park
Jay Carr
Patricia Rozema s Mansfield Park continues Jane Austen s winning streak on film 
3
Mansfield Park
Kasia Anderson
Overall Rozema succeeds in balancing the plot s lighter elements and heavier undercurrents without compromising either 
3
Mansfield Park
Andy Seiler
Even if you have never read Austen you will sense that something is wrong here long before a nude scene that would have made the author hide under a table 
2
Mansfield Park
Michael Dequina
This incarnation of Fanny may not have been what Austen had in mind but she surely would have approved for the injection of attitude and smarts makes Mansfield Park a much more wicked and irresistible social satire 
3.5
Mansfield Park
James Berardinelli
A fine addition to the filmed Austen canon 
3
Mansfield Park
Roger Ebert
Mansfield Park is a witty entertaining film and I hope I haven t made it sound too serious 
4
Mansfield Park
David N. Butterworth
With its gorgeous cinematography lovely muted score and sure footed performances especially by Frances O Connor Patricia Rozema s Mansfield Park sets a new standard for adaptations of Jane Austen s work 
3.5
Mansfield Park
Ian Mantgani
Mansfield Park is a generally light and funny film which invites us to watch Fanny handle the coldness and pressure of her priggish relatives and not only survive but somehow prevail 
3
Mansfield Park
Peter Stack
A gorgeous enchanting experience 
4
The Waterboy
David Nusair
An agreeable yet forgettable comedy 
2.5
The Waterboy
Peter Canavese
There s an innocence to The Waterboy that makes the picture part slapstick and part fairy tale The only problem with letting kids see this Adam Sandler movie They might want to see another one Blu ray 
2.5
The Waterboy
Kate Manning
The Waterboy should have been sacked long before it reached the theater 
1.5
The Waterboy
John Haslett Cuff
As a satire on the only true religion of the American South football The Waterboy is delightful 
2
The Waterboy
Peter Stack
We ve got somewhat entertaining trash here 
2
The Waterboy
James Kendrick
could not be any more boring predictable and patently unfunny
1
The Waterboy
David Keyes
This is a movie that could have been much better 
1
The Waterboy
Jeff Vice
All of Sandler s worst tendencies are on display for all the world to see 
1.5
The Waterboy
James Berardinelli
The Waterboy is arguably Sandler s most enjoyable motion picture to date but it s still far from a masterpiece 
2.5
The Waterboy
Susan Stark
A series of quickly repetitious sight gags 
1
The Waterboy
Paul Tatara
As a whole it s not so much stupid as it is boring 
1.5
The Waterboy
Roger Ebert
A character whose manner and voice has the effect of fingernails on a blackboard 
1
The Waterboy
Dustin Putman
The type of film that must have been made for 8 year olds 
2
The Waterboy
Michael Dequina
For every chuckle worthy gag there s another that never gets off the ground 
2
The Waterboy
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una pelcula con la que uno puede pasarse 90 minutos entretenido pero nada ms
2
The Waterboy
Elias Savada
Sandler has proven himself a worthy alchemist with The Waterboy transforming swamp water to Evian Quite a refreshing if moronic romp Sandler rocks 
2.5
The Waterboy
Madeleine Williams
There are no epic moments that will go down in comedy history here But there s enough funny stuff to keep you amused throughout the movie 
2.5
The Waterboy
Rob Blackwelder
This picture is almost entirely unintelligible three or four minute set pieces loosely held together by the football theme 
1.5
The Waterboy
Marty Mapes
Dumb as his movies may be Sandler can always make me laugh 
2.5
The Waterboy
Steve Rhodes
The script by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler has all of the depth and originality of a failed pilot for a television sitcom 
1.5
Owl and the Sparrow
Kam Williams
A pleasant change of pace to see a film set in Saigon which isn t a high body count splatter flick about the ravages of the war in Indochina Worthwhile if only for the reminder that the Vietnamese are people too 
4
Owl and the Sparrow
V.A. Musetto
Owl and the Sparrow is a beautifully com posed romance from Vietnam 
3
Owl and the Sparrow
Andrew Schenker
For better and largely for worse Stephane Gauger s Ho Chi Minh City set Vietnamese language debut Owl and the Sparrow is defined by its Amerindie aesthetic 
2
Owl and the Sparrow
Greg Quill
A strangely overdone final complete with surging musical crescendos and tears rings false given the earnest and unsentimental qualities exhibited elsewhere in Gauger s script and direction 
2.5
Owl and the Sparrow
Walter V. Addiego
The principal actors all do a nice job but a special commendation goes to young Han a Saigon resident with some experience onstage 
3
Owl and the Sparrow
Steve Rhodes
a slice of relatively uneventful life in Vietnam I never cared about any of the characters or about the predictable story 
1.5
Ordinary World
Stephen Whitty
Unless you re trying to recreate some sort of updated role swapped kid show a sitcom without a sensibility but a guaranteed group hug at the end Ordinary World is a pretty extraordinary failure 
1.5
Ordinary World
Tom Keogh
The film distinguishes itself by what it lacks simple unrealistic answers to Perry s regrets and the hole in his soul 
3
Ordinary World
Christian Toto
Great concept Cool casting Mediocre at best execution 
2
Ordinary World
Roger Moore
A punk looks at 40 tale that plays like a reality TV pilot that s a little too real boring for its own good 
1.5
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Wesley Lovell
Another terrific batch of short films 
3.5
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Chris Hewitt
The five nominees for the animated short prize are especially strong and with three directed by women they re a hopeful sign of increased opportunities behind the camera 
3.5
Angus
Mal Vincent
Angus has a gentle message of tolerance and understanding Our heart goes out to him even if it is manipulated in the most obvious ways 
2.5
Angus
Peter Stack
Angus is aimed at young audiences who will identify with his insecurities But it s a fine little film for anybody who likes a heartwarming glimpse at where resolve can take forlorn people 
2.5
Angus
Roger Ebert
Here it is at last at long last after years and years and years A movie where the smart fat kid gets the girl and humiliates the football hero 
3
Angus
Susan Wloszczyna
For a movie that extols the virtues of being different Angus is a frustratingly ordinary story of a high school underdog a chow hound in puppy love 
2
Pixote
Matt Brunson
Utterly depressing and utterly devastating 
3.5
Pixote
Roger Ebert
A rough unblinking look at lives no human being should be required to lead 
4
Love, Gilda
Brian Eggert
D Apolito presents a straightforward biographical documentary with Love Gilda She at once mourns the loss of an effervescent life cut short by a cruel disease and she suggests that Gilda lived her life to the fullest 
3
Love, Gilda
Kam Williams
A fond tribute to a much beloved comedy icon 
4
Love, Gilda
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s such an altogether perceptive work of both biography and criticism and so thoroughly researched that it s a shame that its more inventive gambits don t pan out 
3
Love, Gilda
Richard Roeper
There s just too much Gilda greatness on and off camera to be contained in an 86 minute box 
3.5
Love, Gilda
Sara Michelle Fetters
To D Apolito s credit she doesn t shout about the parallels between then and now instead once again allowing Radner herself to do all the heavy lifting for her 
3.5
Love, Gilda
Mick LaSalle
We come away with the portrait of someone who was never just going along for the ride but who was always questioning and challenging herself working toward professional excellence and hoping for an ideal romance 
4
Love, Gilda
Robert Daniels
Love Gilda s weakest points are when it falls into the standard famous figure documentary format Instead the main draw of the film is Radner herself 
2.5
Love, Gilda
Mark Dujsik
Everything that s to like about Love Gilda comes from Radner herself 
2.5
Love, Gilda
Sara Stewart
Love Gilda is sure to leave any fan in bittersweet tears and rightly so 
3
Love, Gilda
Michael Phillips
For older fans it s a welcome excuse to reminisce For newcomers it s an entertaining primer on Radner s life times demons and famous inventions 
3
Love, Gilda
Ty Burr
If you want to feel briefly good and sad about Gilda Radner here s your movie If you want to revisit the laughter itself well as Emily Litella said never mind 
2
Love, Gilda
Peter Howell
My biggest motivation has always been love Radner wrote in another of her diary entries The feeling comes through in Love Gilda prompting us to return it in kind 
3
Love, Gilda
Moira MacDonald
There s no happy ending to this story but it s a pleasure to spend just a bit of time with Radner again 
3
Love, Gilda
Pat Brown
Its success is due to the way it relies on Radner s often elegant words to relay her experience of female stardom 
2.5
Love, Gilda
Roger Moore
That smile 
3.5
The 39 Steps
Walter Chaw
The 39 Steps is light urbane sexy as hell and as so much of Hitchcock was so often right about everything 
4
The 39 Steps
David Nusair
The lack of chemistry between Donat and Carroll s respective characters only compounds the hands off feel 
2
The 39 Steps
Eric Melin
Surprisingly fast paced for a 1935 film full of twists and turns and when the unlikely couple becomes handcuffed together and are forced to pretend they are married it really kicks into high gear Donat and Carroll have chemistry to burn 
3
The 39 Steps
Matt Brunson
The 39 Steps is sexy exciting unexpectedly moving thanks to Peggy Ashcroft s portrayal of a lonely woman married to a brutish farmer and wholly unpredictable with an ending that nicely loops back to the start 
4
The 39 Steps
James Kendrick
an indelibly fun movie one of Hitchcock s early triumphs of sheer enjoyment
3.5
The 39 Steps
Ted Prigge
It s almost cleansing to see a film like this which doesn t insult your intelligence 
4
Juanita
Pamela Powell
It s a funny sweet love story that has subtle undertones about life social issues and race without being heavy handed 
3.5
Juanita
Monica Castillo
The only thing keeping this movie from completely driving off the road is Alfre Woodard 
1.5
It All Starts Today
Michael Dequina
A profound study of an all too common human condition 
3.5
It All Starts Today
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a difficult trick to pull off this kind of story with the light touch Truffaut gave to Small Change But Tavernier is a professional and his doses of gravity and humanity give him a passing grade 
3
It All Starts Today
Marty Mapes
An impeccably tight movie about a French kindergarten teacher where every scene serves the story
3
It All Starts Today
James Kendrick
works principally through the force of its undeniable realism
3.5
It All Starts Today
Roger Ebert
The screenplay written by Tavernier with his daughter Tiffany and a schoolteacher named Dominique Sampiero works by looking at everyday challenges 
3
We Don't Deserve Dogs
Joey Magidson
It s wildly successful even if it turns out to be a different experience than you d initially expect 
3.5
We Don't Deserve Dogs
Courtney Howard
The filmmakers dogged determination to showcase man s best friend as mankind s savior pays off as an essential experience 
4
Tom Sawyer
Matt Brunson
The dramatic interludes with Injun Joe are filmed for maximum impact 
3
Tom Sawyer
Mattie Lucas
Has the sweep of grandeur of a musical in the classic Hollywood style even if the songs don t always fit comfortably into the narrative 
3
The Craft: Legacy
Leo Brady
The problems that lie with The Craft Legacy is that a majority of it feels incomplete 
2
The Craft: Legacy
Steven Prokopy
The movie s biggest flaw is that it never generates any steam until the final act and even the bad guy is dispatched with relative ease 
2
The Craft: Legacy
Joe Friar
Apart from the expected hocus pocus the film tackles social issues facing teens adding real depth to these characters The cast is terrific but scares are at a minimum Think Twilight with witches 
3
The Craft: Legacy
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s magic being performed by this quartet of young witches 
3
The Craft: Legacy
Roger Moore
Let s remake The Craft and rub all its hard cruel edges off 
1.5
The Craft: Legacy
Randy Myers
Sadly the story collapses in its final leg 
2.5
The Craft: Legacy
Chandler Levack
Sadly it then goes totally haywire with a third act trading in maudlin melodrama climaxing in a cheap and poorly directed supernatural battle between the sexes turning what initially felt like a stone cold classic into Twilight Special Witch Edition 
2.5
The Craft: Legacy
Mike McGranaghan
The Craft Legacy doesn t take itself too seriously That makes it fun At the same time it absolutely takes its female empowerment message seriously and that makes it substantive 
3
The Craft: Legacy
Sheila O'Malley
A confused movie 
2
The Craft: Legacy
Richard Roeper
The Craft Legacy is a smart edgy wickedly funny and wild ride from the talented writer director Zoe Lister Jones 
3.5
The Craft: Legacy
Mark Kennedy
The Craft Legacy is firing on all cylinders looking back respectfully but also showing how the same story in different hands can soar 
3
The Craft: Legacy
Mark Dujsik
The Craft Legacy does set out to do something different than its predecessor At the end though we re left wondering if the movie has done much of anything at all 
1.5
The Craft: Legacy
Mick LaSalle
For what it is the movie s OK except that it tried to be more than it is and it isn t 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Jeff Beck
It s strange to have a film have so much magic within and yet ultimately not have enough of the right kind of magic to make it work 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Walter Chaw
drawing a line of lack of inspiration true and dire directly to Renny Harlin s already completely forgotten The Covenant 
1
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Canavese
This PG rated Jerry Bruckheimer production is slick as an oiled weasel larded with fancy special effects canned romance corny humor and a general lack of sophistication Blu ray 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
David Nusair
a disappointingly repetitive and flat out dull piece of work 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
John Wirt
No magic here 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
John Beifuss
Obvious oblivious to logic and overblown but it also reminds us that escapist nonsense can be fun 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Linda Cook
The Sorcerer s Apprentice is not magical It isn t humdrum either 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Matt Brunson
Is any of it memorable Hardly I remember the contours of my theater seat better than I recall the particulars of this cinematic sleight of hand 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Michael O'Sullivan
As Balthazar Cage doesn t disappoint He s just manic enough to keep the character from becoming too predictable More s the pity then that a pro like him has to cede so much screen time to his character s young protege 
1.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Travers
The Sorcerer s Apprentice should be rated U for Untouched by Human Hands 
1
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Jason Heck
Ever wonder what the Harry Potter films would be like without an ounce of wit grace or subtlety Wonder no more 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Jennie Punter
With a predictable plot by the numbers action movie jolts and no real sense of wonder The Sorcerer s Apprentice is really just a pumpkin 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Joe Holleman
If a couple of adults are looking for mature movie enjoyment this can be a disappointing recipe But if you want a fun fast paced film that can be enjoyed by all ages it cooks up just right 
3
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Thelma Adams
I get a charge out of Cage s serious self mockery here as a wizard who d never make the grade at Hogwarts in a fantasy that doesn t aim high but hits the mark for summer entertainment 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Moira MacDonald
The story not to mention Cage s hair is a little murky can t a sorcerer conjure up a little shampoo but it doesn t matter The fun here is in the action 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Roger Moore
A generally joyless pastiche of sorcery history imitation Potter chosen one Messianics and mirthless silliness it s another in a string of recent black marks against Cage s Oscar owning reputation 
1.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
James Berardinelli
The movie isn t so much bad as it is formulaic and uninspired In some ways that might almost be a worse sin 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sara Michelle Fetters
A movie I was very surprised to be enjoying suddenly became tiresome and by the time the special effects filled climax occurred I just about turned on the picture completely 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Matt Soergel
A breezy bit of summertime family entertainment 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Christian Toto
The Sorcerer s Apprentice conjures plenty of FX but too little magic 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mike Scott
Too much eye candy and not enough heart has this bit of blockbuster bait fizzling into frustrating forgettability after its promising and at times dazzling start 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sean P. Means
For all the spellcasting there s very little magic in this movie 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Kyle Smith
The title character in The Sorcerer s Apprentice is played by Jay Baruchel and here things begin to go seriously astray They don t ever stop 
1
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Walter V. Addiego
It s an OK family oriented comedy action blockbuster with jokes and special effects troweled on to bolster its not terribly fresh story of magic and mentoring 
3
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Roger Ebert
In place of a plot there s a premise in place of carefully crafted action there are stupefying exercises in computer generated imagery and in place of an ending there s a hook for the sequel and if all goes well a new franchise 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Bruce DeMara
The story takes a little too long to tell the special effects take precedence over the plot and the climax is as predictable as the hefty box office the film is likely to amass 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Chris Hewitt
You can t fault the film s classy cast or its genial humor or its speedy but comprehensible action sequences which beautifully straddle the line between breakneck excitement and what the what was that 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Cailley Hammel
Baruchel fresh from his first starring role in She s Out of My League establishes again that he can hold his ground as a lead actor even when competing with Cage 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Claudia Puig
The disjointed plot is a mlange of clichs with logic that feels conjured up on the spot Magical legends are cobbled together as if by someone in Screenwriting 101 Or as is the case here by a half dozen writers seemingly at cross purposes 
1.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Carrie Rickey
More Cheez Whiz than wizardly 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Stephen Whitty
It doesn t have a script that draws us in or characters we care about It s a mere jumble of special effects hoping to catch kids searching for a quick summer substitute for Harry Potter 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Jeff Vice
When judged on its own merits this action fantasy is actually one of the more fun movies to come along this summer It has a good combination of thrills and laughs 
3
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Wesley Morris
A movie in which spells are cast is not the same as a movie that casts a spell 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Keough
Cage and Molina add magic but not enough 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Michael Phillips
The many hands script last one in was Matt Lopez of Bedtime Stories exists largely to show Cage and Baruchel and Molina shooting fire jets and balls of compressed energy at one another s heads 
2.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Willie Waffle
We witness a dumbing down of The Sorcerer s Apprentice as director Turteltaub and team seem to be fulfilling some quota of silliness
1.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mark Dujsik
Stuck in that unfortunate movie limbo of being too innocuous for its own good 
2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Dustin Putman
Clanky overblown and impersonal a metallic bombardment of empty CGI pizazz and very little heart For a film all about magic it s amazing how indifferent the whole corporate enterprise leaves the viewer 
1.5
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Simon Abrams
There s no logic in The Sorcerer s Apprentice that can t be and mostly isn t made up on the spot a concept that will likely appeal to real life 10 year olds but irk everyone else 
2
Once Upon a Time in the West
Brian Eggert
Self aware in every respect from his dynamic framing to the prolonged showdowns Leone s meticulous style may distance some viewers from making an emotional connection to his work but striking dramatic chords is hardly his principal intention 
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
Josh Larsen
an exaggerated fairy tale variation on the Western big bad wolf and all 
3.5
Once Upon a Time in the West
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The 165 minute feature doesn t always make perfect sense but it s a thrill to just sit back and enjoy the scenery 
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
Roger Ebert
The movie stretches on for nearly three hours with intermission and provides two false alarms before it finally ends 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in the West
Derek Smith
even the quieter romantic or reflective moments are filled with a sense of energy coming from the expectation that at any given moment something huge is going to happen 
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
James Kendrick
Leone s masterpiece the pinnacle of his storied career
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
Nick Schager
Sergio Leone made a fistful of great films but none better than 1968 s ode to the fading American frontier Once Upon a Time in the West 
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
Bill Chambers
Though elegiac Once Upon a Time in the West is too vital to be a flat out elegy too influential to be a lament It very simply matters 
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
Matt Brunson
Leone s operatic oater remains notable for a number of achievements 
4
Once Upon a Time in the West
Ted Prigge
A kick ass flick 
4
Journey to Space
Matt Brunson
The astounding visuals are the real draw of the film 
3
Journey to Space
Linda Cook
What better narrator for a documentary about space exploration than Patrick Stewart 
3.5
Summer '04
John Monaghan
What better way to spend 97 minutes in November than trying to sort out romantic complications in shorts and sailboats 
3
Summer '04
Amy Biancolli
All I know is I didn t buy it It didn t scan And I m sorry it didn t because Summer 04 offers much to admire and a few things to fear 
2.5
Summer '04
Ken Fox
The film unfolds with cold Chabrolian detachment and quietly builds to a coolly satisfying denouement that leaves everyone involved including the audience second guessing everything that s come before 
3
Summer '04
Kam Williams
As twisted and steamy a psychological thriller as you could hope to find provided you re not put off by the pedophilia coursing through this intriguing romantic roundelay 
4
Summer '04
Ed Gonzalez
Summer 04 couldn t have come soon enough 
3
Prophecy
Matt Brunson
Many consider Prophecy the nadir of director John Frankenheimer s career but despite its occasional dopiness I ll take it in a heartbeat over the likes of Reindeer Games and that truly bizarre Brando version of The Island of Dr Moreau 
2.5
Prophecy
Walter Chaw
Prophecy fails so miserably that it reaches depths generally reserved for William Shatner records and Nora Ephron screenplays Watch it with a friend 
0.5
Prophecy
James Kendrick
a dim witted creature feature that takes itself far too seriously
1.5
No Time to Die
Wesley Lovell
No Time to Die is an amalgam of all that has been the Craig Bond experience 46 The thrills are all still there and the action segments are among the best the franchise has offered 46 
3.5
No Time to Die
Brian Eggert
Fukanaga delivers a good looking movie with a couple of fine action sequences but No Time to Die doesn t dazzle 
2.5
No Time to Die
David Reddish
Craig comes back to the role of Bond in full form while Waltz and Malek both deliver the goods in terms of creepy Bond villainy Ana De Armas damn near steals the movie 
3.5
No Time to Die
Matt Brunson
An excellent achievement 
3.5
No Time to Die
Peter Canavese
For the most part a very consistent Craig tenure Bond installment with a boiler plate Bond plot which for the most part delivers 
3
No Time to Die
Walter Chaw
The best one since Peter Hunt s On Her Majesty s Secret Service and for many of the same reasons 
4
No Time to Die
Steven Prokopy
No Time To Die gets the unfathomable task done ending things definitively for this James Bond
3
No Time to Die
David Nusair
The Daniel Craig 007 era comes to a merciful close with this punishingly overlong and predominantly ineffective entry that marks an obvious low point for the venerable series 
1
No Time to Die
Kevin A. Ranson
fails to live up to the potential of Casino Royale and Skyfall undermining this Bond series within a series Craig nevertheless wrings every ounce of anger and angst out of the super spy making his portrayal an impossible act to follow 
3
No Time to Die
Sarah Knight Adamson
Fans will enjoy seeing Bond s non stop hand to hand combat and his iconic driving skills cinematography is stunning 
2.5
No Time to Die
Rex Reed
The film s sole distinction is the fact that it s the James Bond epic that finally manages to make 007 a crashing bore 
1
No Time to Die
Mark Feeney
With this fifth and final go round it s clear who the best Bond is It s Craig Daniel Craig 
3
No Time to Die
Dann Gire
Daniel Craig s richly layered performance in No Time to Die just might attract Oscar s attention 
3
No Time to Die
Kevin Carr
As a Bond movie it works It s enjoyable But it s not the Avengers Endgame of the Bond universe 
3
No Time to Die
Sara Michelle Fetters
No Time to Die is an outstanding end to Daniel Craig s James Bond era 
3.5
No Time to Die
Mark Daniell
Fukunaga deserves credit for taking the character and adding real stakes to his 15 year story arc 
3.5
No Time to Die
Joe Friar
Fukunaga delivers a rousing finale to close out an era while Daniel Craig gives us a final definitive performance as the most vulnerable and down to earth representation of Ian Fleming s character 
3.5
No Time to Die
Mike McGranaghan
Daniel Craig s turn in the iconic role comes to a glorious end with No Time to Die a definite highlight not just in his era but in the franchise overall 
3.5
No Time to Die
Joshua Axelrod
While not a complete home run No Time to Die was worth the wait See this one in a movie theater if you can Craig has earned that much and the film more than justifies a big screen experience 
3
No Time to Die
Richard Roeper
Daniel Craig s final moments as Bond rank among the most moving sequences in the history of this franchise which has long favored the fantastic and the eye popping in favor of genuine emotional stakes 
3
No Time to Die
Ty Burr
I was surprised and pleased by how well this entry honors the compact the series has made with audiences over the decades while retooling it for today 
3.5
No Time to Die
John Wenzel
It s as crisply entertaining as any of the previous Craig movies but circuitous in its quest to tie them all together 
3
No Time to Die
Robert Horton
What it lacks in speed in makes up for in attitude as the glum mood of the previous couple of Craig titles is leavened with humor and a certain pleasing deftness 
3
No Time to Die
Peter Howell
This is Craig s finest moment as an actor a magnificent performance of power and range that makes his Bond by far the most human and involving of the six actors to carry the name 
3.5
No Time to Die
Sonny Bunch
This quintet of pictures has packed a more poignant punch than any of the previous Bond movies 
3.5
No Time to Die
Rob Thomas
it works as a fitting sendoff to Craig and his Bond films which took big risks with an iconic character that for the most part paid off James Bond Will Return as the closing credits promise But he ll never be the same 
3
No Time to Die
Linda Cook
It s Craig s swan song but Bond will return 
3
No Time to Die
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Director Cary Joji Fukunaga breaks visual ground in the enchanting blues and purples of nocturnal Cuba and Jamaica set pieces and bursts of eerie emotional tension stamp his trademark on action set pieces 
3
No Time to Die
Michael Medved
A more mature Bond with a richer performance than ever by Daniel Craig 
3
No Time to Die
Josh Bell
Spends so much time on its sentimental farewell to Bond that it seems to forget what made him worth watching in the first place 
2
No Time to Die
Mark Dujsik
It gives us a number of reasons to appreciate the Bond he Craig has been as well as to wonder what kind of Bond he could have been 
2.5
No Time to Die
Tom Meek
The action sequences especially that opener in Italy are crisp and well choreographed with exceptional aerial photography and camera work in tight confines as the mayhem goes down Like much in the film though they tend to go on too long 
2.5
No Time to Die
Josh Larsen
has a self awareness that s suffocating 
2.5
No Time to Die
Randy Myers
Daniel Craig s fifth and final mission as Ian Fleming s super suave sexy 007 is one of the actor s best in the series but it s not as good as Casino Royale or Skyfall 
3
No Time to Die
Jeff York
Produced beautifully it s one of the year s best tent poles But what you ll remember most is how much heart Craig puts into it And yours might just ache considerably after the film ends 
3
No Time to Die
Mark Meszoros
Some things are worth the wait 
3.5
No Time to Die
Jeff Beck
It s hardly the best Bond film but what screenwriters Purvis Wade Fukunaga and Waller Bridge have given us here is an emotionally satisfying exciting and solidly entertaining entry in the franchise that delivers exactly where it needs to 
3
No Time to Die
James Berardinelli
The film s occasional overreaches aren t always a negative the high points are very high and when it s all over most viewers will remember them 
3.5
No Time to Die
Michael O'Sullivan
Craig s fifth and final outing as the secret MI6 superagent James Bond is also a fittingly complicated and ultimately perversely satisfying send off for the actor 
3
No Time to Die
Michael Phillips
I appreciate director Fukunaga s confident swank handling of the action and his juggling of tones 
3
No Time to Die
Brian Truitt
Amid seriously high stakes Craig makes you root for Bond like never before in a swan song that ll leave die hards shaken if not stirred 
3
No Time to Die
Rafer Guzman
Daniel Craig s historically uneven 007 gets a solid send off 
3
No Time to Die
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A great closing for the cycle of films starring Daniel Craig and one of the best James Bond films in the history of the franchise 
3
No Time to Die
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is a lot to like in No Time to Die It s great to see strong women in major positions though Lynch s Nomi ultimately takes a backseat in the grand finale 
3
No Time to Die
Bob Bloom
The movie s biggest mistake is that instead of taking the franchise forward eventually a new actor will be given a license to kill it spends a lot of time looking over the series cinematic shoulder 
2.5
No Time to Die
Moira MacDonald
No Time to Die has moments of pleasure lots of them but ultimately it feels heavy in a way a Bond movie shouldn t its pacing is off and it can t quite sell the earnestness and even sentimentality of much of its storyline 
2.5
No Time to Die
Leo Brady
What fascinated me and satisfied me the most about this James Bond film is how smooth it goes down It s not forgetting the gadgets the beautiful women the swagger the cool intro sequence or a lounge tune to set the mood 
3.5
No Time to Die
Mick LaSalle
Craig leaves the series in a mammoth 163 minute extravaganza that audiences will be enjoying for decades It s a lovely thing to see 
4
No Time to Die
Brian Tallerico
There s nothing here that s hasn t been done better in one of the other Craig movies 
2
No Time to Die
Keith Uhlich
This Bond s overall arc from modishly merciless killing machine to aging assassin with the familial feels comes off as a treacly sop to psychological complexity 
2
No Time to Die
Christian Toto
Nobody does it better but this woke free Bond runs out of gas when it s needed most of all
2.5
No Time to Die
Wade Major
quite likely the most satisfying Bond film ever made and it is absolutely the right film Bond or otherwise for this moment in time 
3.5
No Time to Die
Joey Magidson
No Time to Die ends Daniel Craig s time as James Bond in epic style It s everything you want out of 007 including a bit of emotion It s long but it earns your time 
3.5
No Time to Die
Roger Moore
Craig weathered perhaps appreciative and certainly schooled by the experience of the amusing Knives Out finally does something he promised with the very first film He lightens up 
3
No Time to Die
Sean P. Means
Craig s is a Bond who s secure enough in his manhood to let de Armas Paloma or Lynch s Nomi shine and strong enough to bring some emotional weight and even tears to 007 s world saving mission 
3.5
Bloodletting
David Nusair
this is the first movie I ve ever seen in which a baby gets brutally murdered so there s some historical significance going on here 
2.5
Vic & Flo Saw a Bear
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Vic Flo becomes both horrific and strangely surreally beautiful in a final moment in the afternoon sun 
3
Vic & Flo Saw a Bear
Matthew Connolly
The film presents its tonal switch ups and narrative swerves with a deadpan belligerence by turns stimulating calculated and poignant 
3
Vic & Flo Saw a Bear
Nathalie Atkinson
As Vic Robitaille is superb cordial with something hinting at gratitude and relief buried in her resignation 
3.5
Vic & Flo Saw a Bear
Liam Lacey
The way it unfolds feels less about a conventional story than a series of set ups and what next moments in a genre bender that might be called nature noir 
3
Vic & Flo Saw a Bear
Bruce DeMara
While the film has quite a lot to recommend it in terms of the strong performances and Côté s idiosyncratic auteur style its conclusion is a major letdown 
2
Stan & Ollie
Brian Eggert
Coogan and Reilly s astonishing recreation of their humor is just as funny as the real thing 
3.5
Stan & Ollie
Jason Fraley
The real fun is simply watching Coogan and Reilly recreate all of the timeless gags It s another fine mess they ve gotten us into 
3.5
Stan & Ollie
Steven Prokopy
It s almost impossible to watch Steve Coogan and John C Reilly in these roles and not be impressed even bowled over by their attention to detail 
3
Stan & Ollie
Mattie Lucas
The kind of film that derives from a true passion for its subjects borrowing snippets from some of their most famous films without feeling as though it s simply wallowing in nostalgia
3
Stan & Ollie
Michael Smith
Stan Ollie tells what is essentially a love story between a pair of performers who love to make each other and other people laugh 
2.5
Stan & Ollie
Peter Canavese
Labors a bit to create drama from what s essentially a gentle wistful story of two artists together eking out a last hurrah but there s a refreshing warmth to a family friendly show business tale one not about backbiting but about love 
3
Stan & Ollie
Tom Russo
T his one is worthwhile viewing 8201 no matter how lightly it might tread 
3
Stan & Ollie
Matt Brunson
Perhaps only viewers with an interest in classic cinema will fully be able to appreciate this gentle valentine 
3
Stan & Ollie
Michael Phillips
It s a modest film but a very good one and by the end I was quite moved by its valiant belief in decency and in the duo s eternal appeal 
3.5
Stan & Ollie
Josh Bell
The pleasures of the film come mainly from its gentler moments as Coogan and Reilly expertly re enact the dynamic between the two veteran performers 
2.5
Stan & Ollie
Rob Thomas
Jon S Baird s genial and warm hearted film looks at them not as legends but as men who have their friendship tested by fame when it s there and when it s gone 
3
Stan & Ollie
Robert Horton
A premise so crackpot it s impossible to believe that one of its 17 credited producers didn t pull the director aside and slap him with a tuna 
1
Stan & Ollie
Robert Horton
They re create some classic routines with obvious affection these are performers who understand comedy in their bones 
3
Stan & Ollie
Moira MacDonald
When it s not trying too hard Stan Ollie is itself a sweetly charming good time 
3
Stan & Ollie
Sean P. Means
The biographical comedy drama Stan Ollie is indeed a fine mess a string of sentimental cliches that are enlivened by stars Steve Coogan and John C Reilly and their abundant fondness for the real life duo they play Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 
3
Stan & Ollie
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If Stan Ollie as a heartfelt eulogy to its titular characters may not quite do their genius full justice it certainly offers them full honors 
3
Stan & Ollie
Bob Bloom
A slight whiff of melancholy looms over Stan Ollie but it is tempered by the endearing and spot on performances by Steven Coogan and John C Reilly Both do much more than impersonate their characters they inhabit them 
3
Stan & Ollie
Barry Hertz
For a movie focused on two of the most influential performers in comedy history it feels like an especially cruel joke and not even the punchiness of its two stars can help the thing land 
2
Stan & Ollie
Roger Moore
Warm sentimental well acted But muted The laughs can feel malnourished 
2.5
Stan & Ollie
Neal Justin
I m nuts about Laurel and Hardy but the folks behind the bioflick Stan Ollie clearly adore them more Blame that love on creating a nice mess 
2.5
Stan & Ollie
Peter Howell
Coogan and Reilly perform the alchemist s feat of turning lead into gold finessing all the trademark details Laurel s puzzled head scratching Hardy s flirtatious tie flipping the duo s adorable dance moves with skill and affection 
3
Stan & Ollie
Ann Hornaday
Stan Ollie has allowed viewers to understand what made their characters so great and so beloved in a film that magnanimously invites us into a world no less recognizable for being almost entirely erased 
3.5
Stan & Ollie
Richard Roeper
Thanks to the subtle brilliance of Reilly and Coogan even someone who s never heard of Laurel and Hardy would likely see how magical these two were together 
3
Stan & Ollie
Robert Daniels
Stan Ollie is a touching tribute to a love that endured through disagreements and has survived through time 
3
Stan & Ollie
Mick LaSalle
It s valedictory with a sense of the ephemeral nature of life the inevitability of regret and the bittersweetness of looking back on past happiness 
4
Stan & Ollie
Rex Reed
It is aided immeasurably by the triumphant performances of the two stars Steve Coogan as Stan and John C Reilly as Ollie who manage to avoid caricature while giving 150 percent of themselves from first to final reel 
4
Stan & Ollie
Frank Ochieng
A reverential and resourceful dramedy biopic Stan Ollie s flashiness exists in its low key premise of two gifted men bound at the Hollywood hip in mutual admiration and quieted strife We are elated to see Stan Ollie get us all in another fine mess
3
Stan & Ollie
Mike McGranaghan
Coogan and Reilly create a chemistry that feels true to the one they re emulating 
3
Stan & Ollie
Mark Dujsik
T he film feels honest in how it portrays these two men as being simultaneously much more and much less than friends 
3
Stan & Ollie
Johnny Oleksinski
Reilly and Coogan dig into this old school style whistling a happy tune dancing at a saloon peeling a hard boiled egg It s simple stuff but 65 years later it still holds up 
3
Stan & Ollie
Odie Henderson
The clichés are there but its heart beats loud enough for us to embrace and forgive them 
3.5
Stan & Ollie
Lindsey Bahr
It is simply terrific an understated but smartly told crowd pleaser about the legendary comedy duo in their last act with wonderful production value a sharp and surprisingly poignant script and brilliant performances 
3.5
Stan & Ollie
Joey Magidson
Reilly is a large part of what makes the film worth making time for but don t sleep on the ladies Arianda and Henderson bring an essential spark to an otherwise mellow tale 
3
Stan & Ollie
Chuck Bowen
At its best Stan Ollie shows how the private and personal dimensions of art are achingly inseparable 
2.5
Stan & Ollie
Clayton Davis
Reilly falls into Ollie with impeccable precision and genuine sensitivity More than just a makeup trick Reilly delivers a searing realistic depiction of an emotional and delicately damaged soul 
3.5
Tootsie
James Kendrick
a wonderful movie full of warmth and good humor balanced with both farcical silliness and level headed recognition of certain social truths about the sexes we often want to ignore
4
Tootsie
Matt Brunson
Hoffman is magnificent in his dual role though it s Bill Murray who stealthily steals scenes 
4
Tootsie
David Nusair
an amiable and frequently hilarious comedy that boasts one of the most effective performances of Hoffman s career 
3
Tootsie
Roger Ebert
It turns out to be a touching love story after all so touching that you may be surprised how moved you are at the conclusion of this comedy 
4
Tootsie
Jeremy Heilman
The politics of the film seem to be a bit out of whack 
1.5
Stay Hungry
Roger Ebert
It introduces us to sharply defined rather odd characters and then lets them mix it up The movie is episodic and some of the episodes are brilliant 
3
Stay Hungry
David Nusair
if nothing else the film is worth checking out for the sight of Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a fiddle 
2.5
We Are Mari Pepa
Clayton Dillard
The film finally works because of its multitudinous interests in adolescent shell shock where paralysis and uncertainty can only be momentarily assuaged through gendered outrage 
2.5
The Wanted 18
Robert Horton
Taken separately there is nothing wrong with political documentaries animation or talking animals Put them together and you have my kryptonite 
1.5
The Wanted 18
Glenn Kenny
While Shomali resists easy cynicism while seeming to have almost every excuse to indulge it he doesn t try to craft a hopeful parable out of his material either 
3
The Wanted 18
Wes Greene
The eccentric artistry calls so much attention to itself as to make the subject of the film feel like an afterthought 
1.5
Sieranevada
Brad Wheeler
The film s 176 minute length will tax patience but that almost seems the point in a story about how truth is arrived at and or denied 
3
Sieranevada
Calum Marsh
That s the other thing about Puiu s brand of realism it effaces the virtuosity required to pull it off The very mode downplays the feat 
3.5
Sieranevada
Bruce DeMara
It is a bit of a slog clocking in at almost three hours but those of us with quarrelsome kin will find much to relate to 
2.5
Sieranevada
Oleg Ivanov
The barely muffled anger and violence of the social ills at Sieranevada s core hint at but never reveal the larger political chaos seemingly waiting to erupt just off camera 
2.5
Half-Sister
Kam Williams
A poignant parable which puts what matters most in proper perspective 
3
Antiquities
Roger Moore
Twee and tries too hard but comes off like the pilot to an hour long TV comedy Northern Exposure among Arkansas antiques dealers 
2.5
The Last Winter
Chris Hewitt
Last Winter does make good on its intriguing premise And after a dandy beginning and a so so middle it delivers a knockout ending 
2.5
The Last Winter
John Monaghan
Fessenden who directed produced cowrote edited and even has a part in the film rightly values mood at least as much as he does delivering more abominable snow monsters 
3
The Last Winter
David Wiegand
The film isn t very interesting because it isn t well made 
1
The Last Winter
Ty Burr
It works eerily well 
3
The Last Winter
Betsy Bozdech
Sure global warming is scary but chances are even Al Gore would be baffled by Larry Fessenden s moody Arctic set eco thriller 
1.5
The Last Winter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This message hangs over the entire film but Fessenden still manages to craft an intense and effective thriller 
3
The Last Winter
Aaron Hillis
A richly drawn ambitious character piece both socially relevant and genuinely suspenseful This is filmmaking both gorgeous and deeply unsettling 
3.5
The Last Winter
Jim Hemphill
In the end the scariest thing about The Last Winter is how few of its ideas seem truly fantastic or implausible 
3
The Last Winter
Stephen Whitty
Even if this is no red blooded shocker its unsettling mood lingers long past the final fade out hinting at all sorts of retribution just lying in wait for polluters 
3
The Last Winter
Jack Mathews
Larry Fessenden has fashioned a different kind of horror movie here one that moves at glacial speed offers few scares and provides the viewer virtually no satisfaction 
1.5
The Last Winter
Bob Strauss
Consistently chilling no that s not a pun with crisp haunting visuals and sound character relationships 
3.5
The Last Winter
John Anderson
The acting s good the camera work is haunting and director Fessenden continues to build his image as the thinking person s creepmeister 
3.5
The Last Winter
V.A. Musetto
the film should please Fessenden s loyal followers and win him new ones 
3
The Last Winter
Maitland McDonagh
Fessenden consistently ignores contemporary trends in fright films his brand of horror unfolds at the intersection of myth and modern day malaise and gets there by way of a slow excruciating build up rather than a series of short sharp shocks 
3
The Last Winter
Nick Schager
What with his interest in using B movies as vehicles for intelligent political and psychological inquiries Larry Fessenden is the type of genre craftsman easy to champion 
3
The Last Winter
David Nusair
sporadically intriguing but mostly dull 
2
The Last Winter
Bill Chambers
An elegiac piece of filmmaking that transcends cheap thrills
3
The Cleanse
Brian Eggert
During the brief 81 minute runtime the characters barely grow or change or even find much definition while the audience is left wondering about the origins of the cleanse program 
1.5
Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France
Ross Anthony
This story marries together two seemingly distinct subjects the Tour de France and the science of the brain It s a marriage that seems somewhat contrived but it works 
3
Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France
David Elliott
The sense of speed the thrill of competition and the awful awareness of danger are intense and unremitting 
3
Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France
Wesley Morris
Take comfort fogies according to Wired the brain never stops learning 
3.5
Marfa Girl
Glenn Lovell
When not taking timeouts for gratuitous sex Clark s characters drone on about sex This being the case whatever he has to say about life on the Texas border or about the treatment of undocumented immigrants feels both inconsequential and insincere 
1
Marfa Girl
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s refreshing to see a film set amid the daily life of an impoverished rural immigrant community It s a shame the only aspect of the social world that is explored is the sexual exploits of a few teens 
2.5
Marfa Girl
Odie Henderson
Clark clearly has a visual eye and some of the compositions in his films are breathtaking but unless his predilections float your boat his movies are endurance tests 
0.5
Marfa Girl
Carson Lund
The film finds the actors performance deficiencies functioning less as signs of authentic teenage behavior than as an incompetent carrier of plot 
2
Eddie
Matt Brunson
Whoopi apos s character takes the team to the verge of the playoffs thanks to her brilliant motivational talks 40 8220 Who the hell do you guys think you are 63 8221 41 and ingenious sideline coaching 40 8220 Defense 33 8221 41 46 
1.5
Eddie
Mal Vincent
Even with many fouls Whoopi s film still is entertaining 
2
Eddie
Mick LaSalle
It s a fresh funny engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically 
3
Eddie
Mike Clark
As long as the hoopsters mix it up with the Whoopster it s fun A second string story keeps interrupting though 
2.5
Eddie
Barbara Shulgasser
There s no doubt she s funny but she could be so much more 
1
Eddie
Roger Ebert
This sounds like a sensational scenario but alas almost everything in betweenis recycled out of lightweight sports movie cliches and the movie never captures the electricity and excitement of the real NBA 
1.5
Eddie
Rob Blackwelder
Eddie certainly would have been a mess without Goldberg to add an unexpected feminine view It probably would have been a failure too because she s the only thing drawing women to this sports picture 
2.5
Eddie
James Berardinelli
It s a dull stale affair with suspenseless game sequences humorless jokes and pathetic drama 
1.5
Eddie
Jeff Vice
If the people responsible for Eddie were trying to make a statement about greed in professional sports with this laughless comedy they didn t just miss the shot they missed the rim net and backboard completely 
0
Lymelife
Reyhan Harmanci
At no point did I feel bored or condescended to and even though the ending may be overwrought it had me gripping my chair 
3
Lymelife
Lee Grant
The rest of the cast is splendid including Alec Baldwin a long way from the network executive on the TV sitcom 30 Rock 
3
Lymelife
Derek Armstrong
Tthe third act plot developments telegraph themselves well in advance 
2
Lymelife
Jason O'Bryan
Derick Martini s quirky frustrating directorial debut seems to believe that a dystopian view of suburbia will suffice for a film without the need of an engine to drive the story or really any story at all 
2
Lymelife
Sean P. Means
The performances are strong But to anyone who saw The Ice Storm or American Beauty or a dozen other tales of suburban angst there s nothing here you haven t seen before 
2.5
Lymelife
Jeff Vice
While the performers do what they can with the material we ve seen this premise done too many times especially recently 
2.5
Lymelife
Keith Cohen
Deserves recognition as one of the best independent films released so far in 2009 
3
Lymelife
Robert W. Butler
Fueled by great performances keen observations of human behavior and a streak of dark comedy Lymelife is a coming of age movie with a kick 
3
Lymelife
Liam Lacey
Another film that looks back at late seventies suburbia with a mixture of tenderness and condescension 
2
Lymelife
Joe Williams
The offbeat Lymelife is so clearly leeching off other suburban dysfunction films that it could have been titled The Lice Storm 
2.5
Lymelife
Chris Hewitt
I ve seen Lymelife twice and I liked it better the first time when it was called The Ice Storm 
1
Lymelife
Greg Quill
Even in its darkest moments there are flashes of warm comedy and gentle farce that lend the story considerable credibility and charm 
3
Lymelife
Steven Rea
The cast is ferociously good bringing an edgy unpredictability to familiar scenarios of infidelity alienation and betrayal 
3
Lymelife
Roger Ebert
Lymelife doesn t have the sheer power of The Ice Storm but it s not just another recycling of suburban angst By allowing their characters complexity the Martinis spill open those tiny model homes as thoroughly as a dropped Monopoly game 
3.5
Lymelife
Reyhan Harmanci
Rory Culkin does more than hold his own in this high powered cast He shows the angst of a teenage boy but also the resilience There is a sweetness to this film that keeps the darkness at bay 
3
Lymelife
Wesley Morris
Like so many of these farm raised films this one looks polished but takes no risks offers no surprises and contains a final sequence that s laughable for its lack of courage 
1.5
Lymelife
Claudia Puig
It s a family drama that treads on well worn middle class territory but is redeemed by the complexity of the characters and the intriguing ambiguity of their actions 
3
Lymelife
Stephen Whitty
The film itself never becomes more than a trip back to the same suburban dystopia we ve been visiting since at least Welcome to the Dollhouse 
2.5
Lymelife
Kyle Smith
Martini brews a hazy feeling out of memory and time a sense of relief and regret in the knowledge that nothing so exotic as ordinary suburban puberty can ever happen to you again 
3.5
Lymelife
John Anderson
Lymelife is well told superbly acted recalls some of the truly banal pop hits of the late 70s and hardly ever digresses from the genuine It s a pearl among zucchinis 
4
Lymelife
Robert Levin
The film evokes the realistic emotional ramifications of the stories being told and skillfully connects them to the frailty of the American Dream 
3
Lymelife
Andrew Schenker
After so many Ice Storms and American Beautys what further insights could the present offering hope to add 
1
Lymelife
Peter Travers
Director and co writer Derick Martini throws all this drama on a high burner Even when the drama gets overcooked Lymelife sends off sparks 
2.5
The Stand at Paxton County
Roger Moore
True story Not exactly Not even close 
1
The Stand at Paxton County
Peter Canavese
There might ve been a good film in the true story that provides the jumping off point but it s not this badly scripted thriller that plays like a lost episode of Walker Texas Ranger
1
Daguerréotypes
Jesse Cataldo
Like many of Varda s similarly themed explorations the results are more than they initially seem casual anthropology with a strongly humanist bent resulting in a film that s fueled more by compassion than curiosity 
3
Ladybird, Ladybird
Roger Ebert
The woman s name is Maggie and she is played by a former barmaid and stand up comic named Crissy Rock who has never acted before It is the strongest performance in any film of the last 12 months 
4
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Matt Brunson
It apos s that rare romantic comedy that deserved its riches 44 given its penchant for avoiding brain dead formula almost every step of the way 46 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gene Siskel
Although the film is basically a light romantic comedy it couldn t be more psychologically astute in its portrait of a man who defines himself by his bachelorhood which empowers him to get past his fear of commitment 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Steven Rea
Four Weddings and a Funeral is one of those rare films that have you smiling from the get go and keep you that way with a few well earned poignant interludes including of all things a reading of W H Auden right to the end 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gary Thompson
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a rare movie commodity an adult comedy that takes a mostly smart mordant approach to such topics as sex and romance 
3
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Stephen Hunter
The movie dazzles with its slick lines but there s a situational intelligence at play too 
3
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Peter Canavese
Not everything works out neatly for everyone but life seems a little better by the end of two hours struggle for the characters and for the audience Blu ray 
3
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Frank Lovece
A witty romantic comedy with a sardonic edge 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Betsy Bozdech
Succeeds largely thanks to the fortuitous pairing of Richard Curtis s dryly cynical yet sweet script and Grant s iconic performance 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Thomas Delapa
Courting stardom Grant delivers an engaging performance in Mike Newell s romantic comedy about the horrors of flying solo in a married world 
3
Four Weddings and a Funeral
David Nusair
Richard Curtis screenplay nicely blends humor with drama ensuring that some of the more serious moments never seem jarring or out of place 
3
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Susan Tavernetti
A high spirited romantic comedy of intoxicating fun 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Steve Rhodes
Take a date it s great fun 
3
Four Weddings and a Funeral
James Berardinelli
The simplest and most honest expression of praise that I can offer Mike Newell s latest movie is that it represents two hours of solid movie magic 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Roger Ebert
Delightful and sly 
3.5
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Chris Hicks
A very funny and warm effort Four Weddings strives to recapture the screwball sensibility of another era succeeding to a surprising degree 
3
Don't Be Nice
Mark Dujsik
W e re actually invested in these poets as artists trying to make sense of themselves and the world not just as competitors trying to win 
3
Burn Burn Burn
Roger Moore
It s all just sweet and lovely not terribly deep but charming 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Mattie Lucas
Given the current economic situation in America the themes of Tokyo Sonata resonate even more 
3.5
Tokyo Sonata
Mark Peranson
Though far from flawless it s an adventurous work that is both disturbing and ultimately moving 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Joe Williams
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa cut his teeth on horror movies and his flattened formal style mines the horror in everyday urban life 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Jason Anderson
A skilful and continually surprising drama Tokyo Sonata depicts the gradual deterioration of an ordinary Japanese family after its breadwinner loses his job owing to corporate downsizing 
3.5
Tokyo Sonata
Jennie Punter
The film transcends conventions of genre and cultural boundaries and turns out to be one of the most compelling finely orchestrated and oddly enchanting films of the year so far 
4
Tokyo Sonata
Chris Hewitt
While the first half of Tokyo Sonata plays like a darkish comedy the last half is both bleaker and more emotionally engaging 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Wesley Morris
Tokyo Sonata in so many senses is about an allergic reaction to the very idea of what it means to be Japanese The characters misplace their belief in etiquette politesse dignity and propriety or they struggle to maintain it 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Carrie Rickey
An extraordinary work in three movements about the Sasakis a seemingly ordinary family In this unpredictable work the clan implodes explodes and glues itself back together 
3.5
Tokyo Sonata
Walter Chaw
Tokyo Sonata is Kurosawa allowed at last to make a horror film that reveals that for him true horror is being content to accept salvation in the life of a sheep 
4
Tokyo Sonata
Michael Phillips
Each performance in this plaintive work is superb but Kyoko Koizumi s gently melancholy portrait of the businessman s wife keeps Tokyo Sonata true and affecting 
3.5
Tokyo Sonata
Roger Ebert
We believe we know where Tokyo Sonata is going We are wrong 
3.5
Tokyo Sonata
Reyhan Harmanci
Tokyo Sonata is a bit overwrought especially in the final act but it is beautifully shot features moving performances by the well chosen cast and has the unity of vision that is the hallmark of an auteur 
4
Tokyo Sonata
John Hartl
A goofy and remarkably topical comedy drama 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Stephen Whitty
It s a painfully pertinent subject although the best work on this is still Laurent Cantet s 2001 Time Out Yet Kurosawa while working in domestic drama gives this his own quirky sensibility 
3
Tokyo Sonata
V.A. Musetto
Although few families are likely to suffer the extreme fate of this one the well acted sensitively told Tokyo Sonata hits home in this time of financial crisis 
3
Tokyo Sonata
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tokyo Sonata runs a bit long and it s tough to laugh when the jobless situation looms large in real life but this is a brilliantly crafted picture 
3.5
Tokyo Sonata
Nick Schager
Another of Kiyoshi Kurosawa s chilling portraits of micro and macro alienation a family drama as chillingly controlled and despondent as the horror films that gained him international recognition 
3
All Night Long
Matt Brunson
Gene Hackman is typically on point but this is a muddled and meandering film that s sabotaged by embarrassing comic interludes and a woefully miscast Barbra Streisand 
2
All Night Long
Larry Vitacco
Low keyed comedic action matched against well realized characterizations make All Night Long one of this year s brightest urbanely sophisticated romantic comedies 
3
All Night Long
Roger Ebert
Some movies seem to bring their own moods with them and the mood of All Night Long is dispirited mopery Here s a movie with a high energy cast and a promising comic plot and the director seems to be aiming for the bittersweet 
2
The Batman (An Evening with Batman and Robin)
Peter Canavese
Columbia Pictures Batman is just about as good as the next serial which spells plenty of two fisted fun 
2.5
Break Point
Mike McGranaghan
Break Point is light and bouncy not unlike a tennis ball being lobbed back and forth You always know where it s going yet there s a distinct pleasure in the fast paced way it gets there 
3
Break Point
Sheila O'Malley
It s a mild mannered film strange considering the ferocious nature of tennis itself the sport that supposedly holds Break Point together 
2
Break Point
Richard Roeper
Always nice to enjoy a little comfort food movie in which almost nothing surprising or particularly fresh happens but we re happy to spend time with the characters and we wish them the best as the credits roll 
3
Break Point
Sara Stewart
Karas doesn t exactly reinvent the wheel as he puts this odd couple through the paces of getting in shape and reconciling old wounds but he s helped by some laugh out loud quirk 
3
Break Point
Clayton Dillard
A mostly laugh free paint by numbers approach to a pair of former pros vying for relevance as they enter kicking and screaming into their mid 30s 
1
Barbara
Chuck Bowen
In Barbara the process of filmmaking is shown to be a nesting series of shells that allow one to be simultaneously freed and lost 
3
The Last Cruise
Robert Daniels
The contours of Olson s modestly shaped documentary reveal anxiety panic and indulgence 
3
The Last Cruise
Mick LaSalle
It s an experience you would not want to have directly but it s fascinating to watch 
3
The Last Cruise
Morgan Hines
Though the documentary painted a story and highlighted onboard emotions of anxiety frustration and fear something was missing input from health and industry officials 
3
How They Got Over
Kenneth R. Morefield
It mixes some talking heads with archival performances the better to understand the contributions of gospel to the development of rock and roll 
3
How They Got Over
Ty Burr
The film offers great history and greater music 
3.5
Mapplethorpe
Steven Prokopy
Smith is a man possessed and he embraces both the charm and danger of his character so completely that you don t dare take your eyes off of him 
3
Mapplethorpe
Sean P. Means
A dry retelling of the artist s life with much of the passion kept at bay 
1.5
Mapplethorpe
Mark Jenkins
If the new biopic Mapplethorpe presents this transgressive vision is vivid detail and it does that s only because it includes so many of Mapplethorpe s pictures Everything else in the film is timid and pedestrian 
1.5
Mapplethorpe
Ross Raihala
Mapplethorpe paints a dark depressing picture of the tortured artist but does little to answer any questions about his motivations 
1.5
Mapplethorpe
Ty Burr
There s a way to frame great art and the problematic artists who make it but Mapplethorpe hasn t figured it out 
1
Mapplethorpe
Sara Stewart
There are two things that make the flawed Mapplethorpe worth a watch Matt Smith s dedicated performance and a reverent inclusion of so much of the artist s work 
2.5
Mapplethorpe
Rex Reed
You go away feeling soiled and confused disliking and distrusting him more than you did going in 
1
Mapplethorpe
Joey Magidson
Deeply by the book the photographer is treated as though he was any other 20th century figure What a disservice 
2
Kawasaki's Rose
Jesse Cataldo
The first film to confront the ghosts of government collaboration in communist Czechoslovakia may be new for Czechs but otherwise it s a familiar invocation of a problematically buried past 
2.5
Kawasaki's Rose
A.O. Scott
The point of this thoughtful moving film is that the motives and actions that define human ethics are never simple and that the Communist regime was especially adept at exploiting this complexity for its own ends 
4
Kawasaki's Rose
Kent Turner
Kawasaki s Rose is at least two films in one compact film a domestic drama and a Cold War conundrum the latter more fluid than the former 
2.5
Looking for Eric
Mark Dujsik
A conventional and entirely dishonest turn of events undermine s everything that has come before in Looking for Eric 
2.5
Looking for Eric
Moira MacDonald
The film feels a little slow at times but its characters always seem real and the final scene is genuinely heartwarming 
3
Looking for Eric
Chris Hewitt
Looking for Eric would be a whole lot better if it never found Eric 
2
Looking for Eric
John Beifuss
An unpersuasive exercise in what might be called kitchen sink magic realism 
2
Looking for Eric
Jeff Vice
There s some smart and sweet material in particular some story elements and character driven moments that would probably appeal to a wider audience if only Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty had toned things down in respect to the dialogue 
2.5
Looking for Eric
Mick LaSalle
Looking for Eric emerges as a portrait of a world and a way of life 
3
Looking for Eric
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In Loach s hands it has a measure of dignity and it works beautifully 
3
Looking for Eric
Ty Burr
Beginning in grim kitchen sink territory the movie gets lighter and goofier as it goes and if it s a bit of a mess it s also a pick me up that suggests how hard and how rewarding it can be to set a life back on course 
3
Looking for Eric
Steven Rea
Cantona big and bearded is a genial Gallic guru It s hard not to be swayed by his optimism his sagacity his generosity And the optimism and generosity of Loach s film 
3
Looking for Eric
Peter Keough
A brooding uneven but ultimately satisfying venture into levity Loach style 
3
Looking for Eric
Michael Phillips
Loach can t resolve this picture s contradictory impulses but he has made the most entertaining sports film in a while And I didn t know Cantona from a can of gray English peas 
3
Looking for Eric
Kyle Smith
A mashup of Nick Hornby and Martin Scorsese Why not 
3
Looking for Eric
Janos Gereben
Though certainly well intended and with a pleasant enough spirit it lacks anything in the way of urgency usually the defining trait of a Ken Loach movie 
2
Looking for Eric
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Ken Loach worms beneath sooty surroundings to examine the dreamy undercurrent of idealism that facilitates conflict in his Thatcher ized milieu 
3
Looking for Eric
Rene Rodriguez
Capable of lifting even the stoniest heart 
3
Backgammon
Odie Henderson
Something is off from the first scene 
0
Backgammon
Chuck Bowen
The imagery fails to express either the characters or the filmmakers obsessions or synchronicities 
1.5
Without
John Beifuss
At times the movie suggests a sort of incipient mumblecore Repulsion 
3
Peel
Roger Moore
Potential turned inconsequential 
1.5
The High Cost of Living
Nick Schager
The High Cost of Living is yet another example of the high cost for moviegoers of lowered production barriers for aspiring filmmakers 
.5
The High Cost of Living
Liam Lacey
An already iffy premise is badly served by a film that is tonally jarring 
2
The High Cost of Living
David Nusair
a decidedly off kilter premise that s utilized to pervasively agreeable effect by filmmaker Deborah Chow 
3
Bad Channels
Felix Vasquez Jr.
There isn t much about the film that makes sense as it s strictly a film with the intent on shining a spotlight on early nineties surrealism and pop 
3
Bad Channels
David Keyes
pushes so many buttons that I wouldn t blame anyone who would like to push them back 
0
Other Music
Roger Moore
The only thing that Other Music does differently from the scores of last days of a dying business docs preceding it is showing us the day AFTER the emotional last day in business scene 
2.5
Other Music
Tom Meek
The store was so tiny one manager says there was a height limit because anyone too tall would hit their head Filmmakers Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch Miller capture not only this quirkiness but the social and cultural relevance of the venue 
3
Dead Ant
Roger Moore
Occasionally rises to the level of amusing junk 
2
Donkeyhead
Roger Moore
Might be the best indie dramedy on Netflix right now 
2.5
Vinyl Nation
Max Weiss
It s a whole lot of fun to see people who love not just music but their stuff so much 
3
Vinyl Nation
Steven Prokopy
I don t think anything about this movie thrilled me more than hearing even the most ardent vinyl enthusiasts admit that vinyl doesn t sound any better than CDs or streaming services 
3
Trudell
Kam Williams
A bittersweet bio pic which presents an articulate defiant and sensitive soul who promises to remain committed to resistance till he draws his last breath 
4
Trudell
Chris Hewitt
The movie tries to do too much sandwiching in extraneous histories of the Indian occupation of Alcatraz for instance and skimming quickly past the mysterious fire that killed Trudell s wife and children 
1
Trudell
Phil Villarreal
Trudell may be a one sided work of propaganda but it s effective well crafted and informative propaganda 
3
Trudell
Jeff Vice
This documentary feature is more concerned with telling us about Trudell s many exploits than with telling us about the man As a result it feels superficial and the tone is much too reverential 
2
Trudell
Erin Meister
Despite the rambling finish however overall the film is a thought provoking and graceful portrait of a tenacious peace warrior whose frankness is his greatest weapon 
3
Trudell
Ken Fox
Serves as both a timely tribute to the man and an important reminder for those in danger of forgetting the issues at stake in the Native American struggle for rights and dignity 
2.5
Trudell
V.A. Musetto
Politics aside Trudell plays like an infomercial for its subject rather than a serious examination of the man and his beliefs 
1
Trudell
Elizabeth Weitzman
More tribute than true documentary Heather Rae s reverential biography of Native American activist John Trudell sells everyone a little short 
2
Trudell
Peter Canavese
When Trudell expounds on his political philosophies the film is fascinating but Rae lets style obscure substance 
2
Trudell
Walter V. Addiego
Trudell is an entrancing character and quite camera friendly But the film is so one sided as to put the disinterested viewer on guard which I don t think is Rae s intention 
3
Trudell
Nick Schager
Trudell belongs to a strain of documentary biopic wherein one sided reverence is the principle impetus 
2
Budrus
Walter V. Addiego
No one can believe that Budrus is showing us the key to peace in the Middle East But any positive note about this most intractable of conflicts should be savored 
3
Budrus
John Hartl
Bacha who worked on the impressive 2004 documentary Control Room does well to focus on one tiny town and its leading citizens Budrus is at its best when she keeps the scale small 
3
Budrus
Chris Hewitt
Bacha s film has a naive charm that fits well with the simple goals of the people who were just asking that they be allowed to continue raising their kids and making a living in the place where they grew up 
3
Budrus
Wesley Morris
Uncertain which approach to use the filmmakers try a little of everything sit down interviews in the moment footage sentimental close ups A patient on the ground approach would mostly have sufficed But the movie is fascinating anyway 
3
Budrus
Gerald Peary
Simply shot and straightforward in its argument this film from Brazilian documentarian Julia Bacha is an agitprop rallying cry for Palestinians living in the West Bank s Occupied Territories 
3
Budrus
Ann Hornaday
For those who despair of ever seeing peace in the Middle East Budrus offers both sobering and cheering evidence that progress is possible 
3
Budrus
Chuck Bowen
Budrus is passionately more than competently made but it s a civics lesson that doesn t quite shake you to your core 
2.5
Budrus
Mike Hale
Engrossing and sometimes inspiring 
3.5
Lunacy
Bill Stamets
A horse drawn carriage crossing an expressway overpass promises a more subversive ride than Svankmajer delivers 
2
Lunacy
Michael Phillips
While Lunacy leaves you with the impression that Svankmajer is more expressive with cutlets than he is with his atypically human dominated dreamscape some of the images are doozies 
2.5
Lunacy
Jeff Shannon
This is one of those deliriously unhinged movies that looks feels and sounds genuinely insane for all the right artistic reasons 
3
Lunacy
Sean P. Means
For all the arresting visuals Svankmajer s morose depiction of the blurry line between madness and sanity is surprisingly pedestrian 
2.5
Lunacy
Ty Burr
At nearly two hours Lunacy becomes repetitive at first ingeniously and then with a slowly dulling edge The meat parade ceases to shock 
2.5
Lunacy
Laura Kelly
Yes the film s undeniable horror lies in the lunacy of filmmaking not the story 
2.5
Lunacy
Ruthe Stein
Fans of movies about inmates who take over an asylum King of Hearts and Marat Sade are prime examples will be amused by this surrealistic take on the subject punctuated by animated interludes featuring of all things dancing meat 
2
Lunacy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These ideas are twisted enough that they still hold a certain kind of interest 
3
Lunacy
Bob Strauss
Only a master filmmaker could make such a fantastically sustained voyage into the Land of Questioning Reality God and Propriety and everything else we try to organize our sensibilities around 
3
Lunacy
Gary Goldstein
The movie is an ugly self indulgent pretentious exercise masquerading as artistic and insightful filmmaking 
2
Lunacy
Stephen Williams
A bad dream leads to constant conscious nightmares in this wacky surreal creepshow from over the edge Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer 
2.5
Lunacy
Ken Fox
The lunatics have taken over the asylum It s an old metaphor but one that achieves a certain poignancy in Svankmajer s hands 
3.5
Lunacy
V.A. Musetto
Svankmajer s newest the awesome Lunacy is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and the Marquis de Sade interesting combination no 
3.5
Lunacy
Ed Gonzalez
Lunacy is Svankmajer s most political work or rather the one that most explicitly announces its political ambitions 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Mattie Lucas
Result s in a huge emotional payoff that resonates more deeply than its sparse elements might suggest 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Eric Melin
The Dardennes have once again crafted a lean efficient film that is plotted with singular purpose without hitting a false note 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Mark Deming
It s a powerful well crafted film and a striking depiction of a side of growing up few filmmakers have tried to put on film Fewer still have captured it with this sort of honesty and emotional gravity 
4
The Kid with a Bike
Chris Foran
De France does a terrific job of balancing maternal instinct with matter of factness in a performance that is more human than tender and all the more powerful for it 
3
The Kid with a Bike
James Kendrick
a complex interweaving of bitter reality and a deeply humane worldview that sees the possibility of redemption in even the cruelest of circumstances
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Marty Mapes
Dardenne brothers set an orphan in search of a father
3
The Kid with a Bike
Calvin Wilson
This is a film that s not always easy to watch but just about impossible to forget 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Chris Hewitt
It is crystal clear on at least one point People are mysterious and beautiful and they need each other 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Josh Larsen
manages to balance a spiritual sense of grace with the earthy eye of a here and now realist 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Ann Hornaday
Cyril is one of the most inspiringly resilient self aware young characters to arrive on screen in recent memory 
4
The Kid with a Bike
Moira MacDonald
Hunched over the handlebars the boy s body seems to carve a hole in the wind And we watch as this unhappy rejected child makes some terrible choices some of which make us want to look away 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Ty Burr
The Kid With A Bike is remarkably about hope about the connections people forge when the ones they ve been given desert them 
4
The Kid with a Bike
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems like a fairly minor movie although one with major emotional pull 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Rafer Guzman
The Dardennes quiet naturalistic style strips this story of melodrama but not of emotion 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Mick LaSalle
Without diminishing the boy s intensity or making him in any way ingratiating the Dardennes take us into his mind and we begin to appreciate not only his predicament but his resiliency 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Michael Phillips
The Dardennes latest is one of their best a memorable cinematic portrait of troubled youth and soul saving charity 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Matt Pais
An organically unfolding plot and riveting performances make this Cannes prize winner searing and sad 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Roger Ebert
Young Thomas Doret fills the role with natural sincerity and focus and not a second that seems contrived 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Sara Michelle Fetters
As the movie progressed the Dardenne brothers unwavering and unflinching eye kept me captivated 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Stephen Whitty
As is usual in their films the Dardennes remain both deeply interested and carefully objective The photography and editing are unfussy and unhurried There is no attempt to do anything but present these small fictions as simple fact 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Kyle Smith
A sly but finally banal update of the Italian neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief 
2
The Kid with a Bike
Kent Turner
In an act of grand thievery debut child actor Thomas Doret makes off with The Kid With a Bike 
3
The Kid with a Bike
Robert Levin
A lovingly understated film from masters of naturalistic cinema 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Jay Antani
continues the Belgian writing directing brothers Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne s extraordinary run of charting the lives of European down and outers navigating difficult moral and spiritual terrain 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Rene Rodriguez
Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne return to devastating form with this compelling riff on the Italian neo realist classic Bicycle Thieves 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
David Nusair
a rote disappointingly conventional piece of work 
1.5
The Kid with a Bike
Steven Rea
The Kid With a Bike grabs at the heart 
3.5
The Kid with a Bike
Fernando F. Croce
Per usual the Dardennes introduce a conflict and jump right in with subsequent details gradually illuminating the narrative 
3.5
Wild Target
Christian Toto
Two delightful stars nudge Wild Target into sleeper territory but only by a few inches 
2.5
Wild Target
Matt Brunson
Wild Target is the sort of madcap comedy that breaks a sweat trying to generate a steady stream of laughs but the film only works in fits and starts 
2
Wild Target
Chris Hewitt
Wild Target has fast quippy dialogue and exactly the right actors to drive it home 
3
Wild Target
Steven Rea
The film has to fly by its wits and its witty lines and by the charm of its stars This it does just barely 
2.5
Wild Target
Michael O'Sullivan
It s never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned down hit man 
1.5
Recruits in Ingolstadt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a powerful film shot quickly and economically with incredible cinematic poetry 
4
Recruits in Ingolstadt
Ed Gonzalez
Fassbinder is clearly bored and it shows 
2.5
Revenge of the Nerds
David Nusair
It s clear too that the movie s almost complete dearth of laughs plays a significant role in its downfall 
2
Revenge of the Nerds
John Beifuss
Advances an interesting pro diversity agenda The nerds aren t just brainy geeks but outcasts including a flamboyant gay black man When big block letters that spell NERDS are set on fire outside the nerd house you re reminded of burning crosses 
3.5
Revenge of the Nerds
Scott Nash
Although the time period may feel ambiguous its message of everyone feeling like an outsider and just wanting to belong is universal 
3
Revenge of the Nerds
James Kendrick
The conflation of discriminated against minorities and discriminated against nerds is something of an uneasy pairing but it does bring out the fact that predjudice is prejudice no matter who it s aimed at or for what reason 
3
Hot to Trot
David Nusair
A justifiably notorious bomb 
.5
Hot to Trot
Dave Kehr
It s true that there has been a shocking dearth of talking horse pictures lately but even so Hot to Trot has few pleasures to offer 
1
Hot to Trot
Carrie Rickey
The humor is so low that it could justifiably be called subterranean 
1
Hot to Trot
Ben Yagoda
Hot to Trot sounded truly awful It turned out to be worse 
1
Black Butterflies
V.A. Musetto
Van Houten gives a strong performance as Jonker and the cinematography is pleasing but the script is cliché ridden and ends on an overly sentimental note 
2
Black Butterflies
Rex Reed
Black Butterflies is a dark moving depiction of the life and death of a brave rebellious idiosyncratic woman who made significant strides toward changing the world around her and paid a heavy toll for her passion 
3
Black Butterflies
Kent Turner
The screenplay defiantly never softens Ingrid Jonker but challenges the audience to take her or leave her 
2
Black Butterflies
Kenji Fujishima
As far as middlebrow biopics go it may not break any molds but it s a reasonably sensitive and occasionally insightful look into the mind and psyche of an impassioned and deeply troubled artist 
2.5
Changing Times
Kam Williams
This poignant flashback flick is worthwhile for the opportunity to see a couple of seasoned pros its very well acquainted leads Oscar nominees Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve opposite each other again for the seventh time in their careers 
3.5
Changing Times
Jeff Vice
Techine would have been better off ditching the supporting characters altogether and focusing on the relationship between Antoine and Cecile 
2.5
Changing Times
Sean P. Means
Techine s observations of culture clashes are thought provoking but like most of the movie keep the audience emotionally separated from the characters hearts 
2.5
Changing Times
Michele Kenner
A spare but rich film from French master technician Andr C T C chin C 
3
Changing Times
Jay Antani
a strangely moving love story
3
Changing Times
Chris Hewitt
Techine is so intrigued by the dramatic differences between the sisters that you might not even notice they are the same actress 
3
Changing Times
Bill Stamets
French director Andre Techine sketches a family with the usual flaws but takes the unusual step of not fixing them 
2.5
Changing Times
Wesley Morris
another gorgeous and immensely satisfying reminder that there are few better directors than Techine when it comes to capturing the vagaries of the heart 
3
Changing Times
Michael Wilmington
If Changing Times last shots don t touch you your heart may be frozen 
3.5
Changing Times
Mick LaSalle
Techine has a location two stars and a situation but he can t seem to parlay that into a story and a story would help not only in terms of audience pleasure not something to be dismissed but also in terms of focusing the film s intention 
2
Changing Times
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Techine is intelligent and intuitive getting up close to his characters and snatching glimpses of their souls with only the tiniest effort 
3
Changing Times
Ken Fox
The film seems to lack real weight or resonance beyond itself despite the warm and easy working relationship Deneuve and Depardieu share 
2.5
Changing Times
Stephen Whitty
Changing Times offers a cool and refreshing aperitif at the end of a warm Bastille Day 
3
Changing Times
V.A. Musetto
It s always enjoyable watching Depardieu and Deneuve but they deserve better material than they ve been given by Techine 
2
Changing Times
Jack Mathews
The ending is both shamelessly clichd and for Cecile out of character 
2.5
Changing Times
Ethan Alter
The movie is burdened by several other far less compelling subplots that compete for our attention 
2.5
Changing Times
John Anderson
Director Andre Techin always locates a steadfast emotional element in the worlds he creates a defiant human construct against unstoppable change In Changing Times it is love in unfamiliar forms 
3.5
Changing Times
Ed Gonzalez
There s a greater range of emotional complexity in a single close up from Changing Times than there is in all of Cach 
3
You Should Have Left
Brian Eggert
The haunted house in You Should Have Left is more compelling than the story more spine tingling than the film s eerie atmosphere or various twists 
2.5
You Should Have Left
David Nusair
Filmmaker David Koepp delivers a predictably slow burn endeavor that benefits quite substantially from the actors stellar work 
2.5
You Should Have Left
Dann Gire
Despite exquisitely rendered scenarios from Angus Hudson s shadowy camera work You Should Have Left produces more manipulative atmosphere than genuine frights 
2.5
You Should Have Left
Tom Meek
The supernatural aspects take a long time to emerge and then feel rushed 
2
You Should Have Left
Peter Canavese
This visually stylish creep show effectively employs practical tactics such as a swinging light bulb or a forced perspective even as its familiar story line stagnates 
2.5
You Should Have Left
Federico Furzan
A terrible concept turned into a thoughtless and confusing movie Full review in Spanish 
1.5
You Should Have Left
James Berardinelli
In the realm of throwaway horror flicks there s a place for You Should Have Left It doesn t deliver enough to warrant being labeled as more 
2
You Should Have Left
Barry Hertz
You Should Have Left will however make you seriously rethink your next Airbnb rental And maybe even push you to watch Mortdecai just to see what a real horror looks like 
2
You Should Have Left
Jeff Mitchell
It s okay to walk away from You Should Have Left 
2
You Should Have Left
Jocelyn Noveck
The tension escalates quite effectively but the payoff feels weak because the thing or person or whatever that we re supposed to be most scared of is hardly as scary as the buildup 
2
You Should Have Left
Roger Moore
Has an A picture gloss and sophistication often missing from the genre And the ending makes logical sense even if the pathos and sucker punch frights the terror of real violence are missing 
2.5
You Should Have Left
Rafer Guzman
David Koepp s haunted house story entertains despite getting lost in its own corridors 
2.5
You Should Have Left
Joe Friar
The Stir of Echoes team of Bacon and Koepp reunite for the haunted house thriller The frights are sparse but it manages to get under your skin 
3
You Should Have Left
Johnny Oleksinski
The film begins at ugh and ends at dang You don t yell at the screen so much as yawn at it 
1.5
You Should Have Left
Brian Tallerico
Kevin Bacon and David Koepp may not work enough but they should both be working on better projects than this one 
1.5
You Should Have Left
Mick LaSalle
You Should Have Left is horror for a thinking audience 
3
You Should Have Left
Mark Dujsik
T he movie ultimately feels like a long con 
2
The First Time
Roger Ebert
I gather the kids are around 16 or 17 years old Yet they have the personalities of 13 year olds the emotions of 9 year olds the naivete of 6 year olds the mannerisms of child stars and the vocabularies of teenagers circa 1916 
1
Toxic Beauty
Roger Moore
With so many voices so many locations so many researchers and patients case histories and so many chemicals Toxic Beauty can t help but bog down in details
3
Autumn Ball
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Despite the meandering script Sugisball is a mildly piquant experience 
2.5
Goal! 2: Living the Dream
Linda Barnard
Despite the predictable clich riddled script the soap opera hokum that passes for drama Goal II somehow works 
3
Goal! 2: Living the Dream
Jason Anderson
Goal II clumsily telegraphs all of its moves far in advance 
1.5
Goal! 2: Living the Dream
Johnny Vaughan
Next stop the World Cup can t wait 
3
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Donald McLean
Once in a very great while comes along a film that is so perfectly made a critic throws pad and pencil to the wind and tends to find himself frothing with glee and writing things like One of the year s best and Not to be missed 
4
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
David Nusair
A typically underwhelming early effort from Martin Scorsese 
1.5
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Roger Ebert
The movie s filled with brilliantly done individual scenes 
4
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Coming just after Mean Streets and before Taxi Driver it s as good as either of them 
4
The Pebble and the Boy
Roger Moore
The leads are engaging the obstacles not wholly undemanding and the whole enterprising Mod and modest just light enough to skip from plot contrivance to contrivance 
2.5
Under the Sun
John Hartl
It s a movie self consciously framed around its own making specifically the creation of a Korean propaganda spectacle Mansky uses the limitations imposed on him by the government to create a kind of commentary on the genre 
2.5
Under the Sun
Barry Hertz
Both provocative and underwhelming 
2.5
Under the Sun
Godfrey Cheshire
Although unintentionally funny throughout its evocation of life in a totalitarian society is ultimately chilling 
3
Under the Sun
Jesse Cataldo
The film s primary effect is to substantiate gossip while satisfying the perverse human desire to gander at misery 
2
The Grandmaster
Mattie Lucas
An intoxicating exploration of love and honor and Wong s finest film since his 2001 masterpiece In the Mood for Love 
3.5
The Grandmaster
Sonny Bunch
Wong Kar Wai s latest film is by turns elegant and frustrating beautiful and hard to track sumptuous and spartan 
3
The Grandmaster
Rene Rodriguez
The Grandmaster blends right in with Wong s body of work a gorgeous meditation on the importance of sorrow and lament This one just happens to have kung fu too 
3.5
The Grandmaster
John Beifuss
More impressive than its flurry of fists is its sleight of hand the misdirection that perhaps conceals for some the truth that this is not primarily a decades spanning historical drama but a romance of unrequited love 
3
The Grandmaster
Marty Mapes
Martial arts resonant themes and lush visuals make a well rounded package
3.5
The Grandmaster
Peter Travers
You leave this deeply flawed deeply beautiful film with no doubt that you ve seen an indisputable cinematic grandmaster in action 
3
The Grandmaster
Steven Rea
Wong Kar Wai is an expressionist master A master of character deep rich truthful character especially in The Grandmaster he is not 
2.5
The Grandmaster
Mark Dujsik
W e watch this version of The Grandmaster not for what it is but what might be 
2.5
The Grandmaster
Walter V. Addiego
Beautiful but troubled achieving in stretches the director s signature dreamy mood but dragged down by narrative confusions 
2
The Grandmaster
Bill Stamets
Granted The Grandmaster is not a primer on Chinese philosophy Yet it may score as crossover cinema for Wong fans and Lee fans 
3
The Grandmaster
Peter Keough
As a kung fu film The Grandmaster with its exhilarating fighting sequences won t disappoint As a Wong Kar wai film it rates high 
3
The Grandmaster
Soren Andersen
Writer director Wong Kar wai has made a martial arts movie that is truly a work of art His The Grandmaster is a picture of staggering beauty 
3.5
The Grandmaster
Mark Jenkins
The director took great efforts to be true to Chinese martial arts but he did so without sacrificing his own distinctive vision 
3
The Grandmaster
John Anderson
The Grandmaster is the work of a director whose work throughout his career has been visually exhilarating sensuous even sublime To that end The Grandmaster doesn t disappoint 
2.5
The Grandmaster
Duane Dudek
You don t have to be a martial arts fan to be bowled over by The Grandmaster the atmospheric and poetic martial arts love story about Ip Man s early life by director Wong Kar Wai 
3.5
The Grandmaster
Joe Williams
Whereas many kung fu movies are a feast that leaves us weary with sensations the tastefully bittersweet Grandmaster puts us in the mood for more 
3
The Grandmaster
Chris Knight
Fans of Wong s esthetic will no doubt lap it up as it marks a return to some of his favourite actors Leung has appeared in all but three of his 10 features while Chang Chen cast here as a character called The Razor makes his third appearance 
2.5
The Grandmaster
Josh Larsen
It takes more than intertitles and explanatory voiceovers to derail a master like Wong 
3
The Grandmaster
Chris Hewitt
It s a terrific film and it s a lot of fun 
3.5
The Grandmaster
Matt Pais
This super serious horribly told story may focus on kung fu but it put me in an almost instant sleeper hold 
1
The Grandmaster
Peter Canavese
More than anything perhaps The Grandmaster is a feminist tragedy that at least in this cut seems to lose interest in Ip Man and pass the torch to the considerably more fascinating Gong Er 
3.5
The Grandmaster
Kam Williams
Yip Man lives 
3
The Grandmaster
Robert Levin
Blending the markings of a kung fu epic with scenes of stark emotional longing Wong Kar wai s latest movie offers a hybrid that s hard to decipher 
2
The Grandmaster
Steven Boone
A glorified trailer by Wong Kar Wai is still something to see 
3
The Grandmaster
Peter Howell
Ip Man s story has been told many times before by other filmmakers Wong builds upon it establishing the noble fighter as a reflective but still ferocious grandmaster in 1936 in Foshan Ip Man s home city in southern China 
2.5
The Grandmaster
Liam Lacey
There are sequences in Hong Kong director Wong Kar wai s new film The Grandmaster that are as gorgeous as anything you ll see on a screen this year or perhaps this decade 
2.5
The Grandmaster
V.A. Musetto
Wong extracts magnetic performances from his two stars and Philippe Le Sourd delivers gorgeous cinematography 
3
The Grandmaster
Jeff Beck
With so many years spent on it Wong should have been able to see that the structure wasn t coming together and that his characters needed further work 
2
The Grandmaster
Scott Bowles
An historical opus that is equal parts ballet and biography though the second component pales in comparison with the first 
3
The Grandmaster
Drew Grant
It s a little like getting Jim Jarmusch to direct a film about Spider Man 
2.5
The Grandmaster
Roger Moore
Lovely well acted with great set pieces but edited into something choppy and less satisfying than one would hope
2.5
The Grandmaster
Chuck Bowen
The film more likely to invite comparisons to the writings of Marcel Proust than the previous Ip Man films is a gorgeous folly that never entirely emerges from its creator s head 
2.5
What We Become
Brian Tallerico
As the film peaks its derivative clichd nature falls away and it becomes its own thing Your enjoyment level will be determined by if you re patient enough with it to get to that point 
2.5
What We Become
Chuck Bowen
When Bo Mikkelsen springs his traditional yet cathartic climax it s earned because the violence matters truly as violation 
3
The Secret Garden
Matt Brunson
Like everything else about this Garden the characterizations keep viewers at a chilly distance 
2
The Secret Garden
Steven Prokopy
This new version changes a few of the details but maintains a certain sense of wonder and period imagination 
2.5
The Secret Garden
Barry Hertz
The latest adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett s 1911 novel is not necessarily a bad film just an unnecessary one 
2
The Secret Garden
Jeff Mitchell
The Secret Garden doesn t quite bloom 
2
The Secret Garden
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just can t say I was even invested in the outcome the story s inherent magic never strong enough to mask this presentation s frequently obvious shortcomings 
2.5
The Secret Garden
Tomris Laffly
A slightly monotonous but still wondrous reading of the source 
3
The Secret Garden
Jason Fraley
The Secret Garden pales in comparison to the 1993 children s flick but it still provides a warm blanket of familiarity during a chaotic time 
2.5
The Secret Garden
Johnny Oleksinski
I have never watched an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett s novel and repeatedly thought Is someone going to get murdered Until now 
2
The Secret Garden
Mike McGranaghan
Heartwarming and entertaining 
3
The Secret Garden
Jake Coyle
This is a pleasingly patient film that honestly tackles grief death and rejuvenation without sentimentality 
2.5
The Secret Garden
Bob Strauss
It s probably not possible to make a bad movie out of The Secret Garden 
3
The Secret Garden
Wes Greene
The film fails to deliver on its initial promise of branching its story out into bold new emotional terrain 
2
The Marijuana Conspiracy
Roger Moore
Of all the ways the folks north of the border could have approached the story of a 1970s marijuana use and its consequences study why d they take the Lifetime Original Movie tack 
1.5
The Marijuana Conspiracy
Odie Henderson
Hippie swooning temptations aside I remained tethered to The Marijuana Conspiracy thanks to the excellent performances by the actresses playing the main roles 
2.5
La La Land
Brian Eggert
La La Land may seem romantic and wistful but from the opening sequence onward it balances reality and romance the frustrating quality of every day life and the false allure of Hollywood 
4
La La Land
David Gonzalez
When discussing the great musicals of all time 44 La La Land is a film that makes us dreamers remember that anything is possible 46 Not only can it be added to the list of greatest musicals ever made but to the top of any list as the best film of 2016 46 
4
La La Land
Matt Brunson
As effervescent as the finest bottle of champagne La La Land is an intoxicating motion picture that should particularly please anyone whose heart skips a beat whenever Fred dances on the late show or Judy sings on TCM 
4
La La Land
Leo Brady
A gorgeous spectacle filled with beautiful music lights and colors This is the must see movie of the year 
4
La La Land
Sarah Knight Adamson
An up beat enchanting classic musical 
3.5
La La Land
Mattie Lucas
A ravishing romance to be sure filled with romance deliriously exhilarating music and declarations of love in the classic Hollywood vein 
4
La La Land
Erik Anderson
Chazelle has crafted a true modern day classic that reminds us of the power of possibility and of dreams the belief in love and being in love It s one of the very best films of the year 
4
La La Land
Pamela Powell
La La Land is a wonderful romp back into the dreamy time of Old Hollywood that will make you smile 
3.5
La La Land
David Keyes
Ambitious hopeful and loving a celebration of musical culture 
3.5
La La Land
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
From its exuberant opening musical number set atop a traffic jammed Los Angeles freeway overpass La La Land announces its intention to win your heart through whimsy 
4
La La Land
George M. Thomas
There is a reason that La La Land is the best film of the year 
4
La La Land
Lisa Jensen
La La Land is a virtuoso production that gives us all something to sing and dance about 
4
La La Land
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
La La Land deserves all the awards and praises it has received so far and more It s an ode to jazz cinema theater classical musicals and love Full review in Spanish 
3.5
La La Land
David N. Butterworth
Alas the stylized wall to wall inauthenticity pries out the emotional heart of this modern day musical fantasy leaving it needless and empty 
2
La La Land
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It can be exhilarating thanks to Chazelle s marvelous use of space and color and thanks to Justin Hurwitz s lovely score 
3.5
La La Land
David Nusair
An engaging yet far from flawless modern musical 
3
La La Land
Linda Cook
Surreal romantic and a strong contender for Best Picture at the Academy Awards 
4
La La Land
Wesley Lovell
A modern lover story with a healthy dose of homage 
3.5
La La Land
Jeff Simon
It s an easy film to enjoy even love But it s unwise to carry that love to any irrational extremes Me I d be very careful tossing gold statues in its direction 
3
La La Land
Mal Vincent
La La Land shows that you can make a highly personal intimate movie and still use the style of an old fashioned cast of hundreds musical 
3.5
La La Land
Karen D'Souza
If you haven t already fallen for this gauzy romp through the city of Angels at this point you surely will during the last scene with its bittersweet homage to the way times goes by 
3
La La Land
John Serba
Of course movie critics love this film shamelessly referential it clearly loves movies as much as we do But don t let that scare you Chazelle s filmmaking is at once virtuosic and instinctive 
4
La La Land
Brad Keefe
This is why we go to movies 
4
La La Land
Kevin A. Ranson
fans of 2011 s big award winner The Artist are in for a treat greater than the sum of its parts PG 13 for language and criminal use of the a ha song Take On Me 
3
La La Land
Glenn Lovell
One from the heart Chazelle doesn t for a moment wink at the viewer He s guileless he really believes in this trompe l oeil world of violet sunsets movie star murals twinkly planetarium stars 
3.5
La La Land
James Kendrick
La Land Land gives us the beauty of the world and its harder realities and intertwines them leaving us with notes of grace and hope and love that transcend cynicism bulldozes it really And that is lovely 
4
La La Land
Rick Bentley
The last quarter of La La Land is so beautifully shot and performed it makes up for the flat opening It becomes a film that embraces a world where dreamers may seem foolish but eventually are very interesting 
3
La La Land
Michael Smith
La La Land has the best opening scene of the year It has the best closing scene of the year What s in between those scenes is merely incredible entertainment and expert filmmaking 
4
La La Land
Peter Howell
People say the movie musical is dead Tell that that to your tapping toes while watching the enchantment of La La Land one of the year s best films 
4
La La Land
Barry Hertz
Almost anyone who happens to see it will be converted by minute three Guaranteed 
4
La La Land
Tom Meek
It s deeply derivative yet wholly original an odd mix that will keep audiences on their toes 
3.5
La La Land
Calum Marsh
Audiences find themselves carried away That may be sensible enough What s odd is that La La Land is not the merry entertainment it sometimes seems to be 
2
La La Land
Christian Toto
Can one movie revive Hollywood s musical era AND bring old fashioned courtship back to theaters La La Land just might 
4
La La Land
Josh Terry
As fun as that opening scene may be the story that follows is what makes La La Land a great movie 
4
La La Land
Sara Michelle Fetters
La La Land is magnificent Chazelle delivering a musical that instantly ranks alongside my favorites of the genre 
3.5
La La Land
Rob Thomas
The musical romance from writer director Damien Chazelle is packed with movie magic big un self conscious moments where the characters burst off the screen in song and dance This is a movie in love with movies 
4
La La Land
Sonny Bunch
Much to my surprise I quite enjoyed La La Land And I imagine most moviegoers will too 
3
La La Land
Rex Reed
The movie comes off as a well intended tribute to the fabulous MGM musicals of the great Vincente Minnelli made by people who have never seen one 
3
La La Land
Richard Roeper
It s simply wonderful 
4
La La Land
Sean P. Means
La La Land is more than just a chance to bask in the warm nostalgia of Hollywood musicals Chazelle captures a feeling reminiscent of the jazz Sebastian so admires He takes what s familiar tinkers with it and creates something new and alive 
4
La La Land
Mark Dujsik
It s a shame about the rough start to La La Land but does it really matter when the rest of the film is as assured and at times exhilarating as it is 
3.5
La La Land
Robert Horton
I believe people when they say they are moved or enchanted by the film it just didn t move or enchant me 
2.5
La La Land
Robert W. Butler
Despite his tender years Chazelle is a master of composition color and camera movement and there are shots here so drop dead gorgeous you wonder how he and cinematographer Linus Sandgren pulled them off 
3.5
La La Land
Ann Hornaday
Working together for the third time Stone and Gosling quickly establish an easy rapport with one another their surpassingly attractive physical features the perfect foils for Chazelle s aesthetic approach of naturalism and extreme stylization 
4
La La Land
Michael Phillips
Chazelle is a born filmmaker and he doesn t settle for rehashing familiar bits from musicals we already love He s too busy giving us reasons to fall for this one 
4
La La Land
Calvin Wilson
At a time when musicals seldom grace the big screen La La Land is practically a miracle 
4
La La Land
Bob Bloom
Director Damien Chazelle has interwoven the innocence and idealism that permeated films in the genre with a contemporary albeit realistic vibe that skirts cynicism without passing over the line 
3.5
La La Land
Dann Gire
The breathless 5 1 2 minute opening musical number in Damien Chazelle s La La Land is worth the price of admission all by itself 
4
La La Land
Rene Rodriguez
During one musical number when fireworks start going off in the sky you can feel them going off in your head too 
4
La La Land
Lawrence Toppman
Chazelle creates a realm that suspends disbelief forestalls cynicism and lets us open our hearts to emotion that s as real in this setting as in any naturalistic drama 
3.5
La La Land
Ty Burr
It s a film for those who feel a little out of step with the 21st century as Mia does with her love of classic cinema and Sebastian does with his angry jazz certainty A lot of us can relate If you can t we don t really want to hear about it 
3.5
La La Land
Chris Hewitt
As genres go in and out of style the movies occasionally forget some of the wonderful things they can do Luckily La La Land remembers 
4
La La Land
Moira MacDonald
That not every note or dance step is perfect isn t the point it s that the actors find perfection and magic in the moment in that flight 
4
La La Land
Max Weiss
La La Land is hopeful even giddy And Chazelle directs with heaps of style and charm 
3.5
La La Land
Phil Villarreal
Relentlessly stunning and possibly life altering 
4
La La Land
Mick LaSalle
We don t generally think of musicals in these terms but following the impersonal splashiness of the opening number La La Land slowly dawns as a film of great intimacy It s as if it were whispering to us 
4
La La Land
Robert Levin
It s a picture filmmakers have propagated since time immemorial a valentine to show business itself and yet filmmaker Damien Chazelle renders it anew in La La Land an original musical that pays tribute to the city and all it represents 
3
La La Land
Neil Rosen
Writer director Damien Chazelle whose last film was Whiplash has made a movie that s visually amazing awash in vibrant colors while the camera magnificently swirls around the stars as they sing and dance 
3
La La Land
James Berardinelli
It s more vibrant than Chicago more heartfelt than Les Miserables and more successfully staged than a chorus of other contenders 
3.5
La La Land
Mike McGranaghan
La La Land fills your soul with joy and happiness A dazzling work that you want to see again the very second its over 
4
La La Land
Jocelyn Noveck
Long live the musical Bring enough Kleenex 
4
La La Land
Katie Walsh
As a candy hued musical valentine to Los Angeles La La Land is both a crowd pleaser and a locals only inside joke 
3
La La Land
Rafer Guzman
Romantic inventive visually dazzling and yet Damien Chazelle s ambitious movie promises slightly more than it delivers 
3
La La Land
Stephen Rebello
It isn t merely that Chazelle has made a film with eye popping color and bold lighting fantastical sets and characters showing their souls in movement and rhyme He s made it feel revolutionary and brand new even when it s as old as the hills 
4
La La Land
Josh Larsen
One of the fizziest dizziest most delightful movie musicals to come around since Fred Astaire spun Ginger Rogers across soundstages 
3.5
La La Land
Kyle Smith
La La Land deserves credit for high spirits even if it s essentially a collection of glamorous throwback music videos for so so songs 
2.5
La La Land
Stephen Whitty
There s more to a Hollywood musical than the musical There s fantasy There s magic There s a genre which isn t afraid to recreate what romance actually feels like And that s where La La Land soars 
3.5
La La Land
Kam Williams
If you only see one movie this year you need to get out more That being said this endlessly enchanting panoramic homage to the Hollywood musical is the picture to catch 
4
La La Land
Peter Travers
La La does nothing less than jolt the movie musical to life for the 21st century You leave exhilarated by Damien Chazelle s nonstop inventiveness dazzled by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling and thrilled how they made movies magic again 
4
La La Land
Brian Truitt
A fabulous old school Hollywood musical in modern day Tinseltown with joyous tunes exceptional choreography a feel good love story and a hint of bittersweetness to keep all that wonder grounded 
4
La La Land
Christopher Gray
Every element of La La Land is bound up in a referentiality that largely precludes the outpourings of emotion we come to musicals for 
2
La La Land
Mara Reinstein
A gorgeous homage to the golden age of Hollywood musicals in the 1950s the film has the power to make audiences laugh weep and feel as if they can float on air 
4
La La Land
Roger Moore
Impressive But it lumbers along when it s supposed to fly and groans under the weight of its own ambition 
2.5
La La Land
Dustin Putman
Giddily ambitious but perhaps more bittersweet than some will be expecting this melodic love story proves fanciful but rooted emotionally in a reality where happily ever afters are not certainties 
3.5
La La Land
Steven Rea
If you haven t succumbed to the joyous magic of La La Land by the end of the Fred and Ginger flavored A Lovely Night well then pick up your Official Curmudgeon badge and head for the exit 
4
La La Land
Clayton Davis
Your heart gets tightened the frog enters your throat and as soon as you know it the single tear streams down your face Stone sums up not just the film s underlying message but the hopes and dreams of ourselves 
3
La La Land
Kent Turner
From the set design to direction the film has a big heart on for golden age Hollywood 
3.5
La La Land
Brian Tallerico
La La Land serves to remind us that movies can still be magical and they can still provide the channel for us to see magic in the world around us 
3.5
La La Land
Walter Chaw
Step Up 6 Awards Season
1
Attack of the Crab Monsters
John Beifuss
A truly weird even surreal film that offers more evidence that dehumanization whether by mutation takeover identity transference transformation or insanity is Corman s great theme 
3
Halloween Kills
Aprillé Morris
Halloween Kills attempt at addressing mob rule and the dangers it poses doesn 8217 t mesh in a movie about an unstoppable killer 46 
2
Halloween Kills
Bill Chambers
Not so much remakes as we makes Green s films depend on us our familiarity with the Halloween iconography to fill in their blanks 
2
Halloween Kills
David Gonzalez
While the screenplay is quite messy and some character choices are eye roll inducing 44 Halloween Kills is a worthy sequel to the beloved franchise 46 
3
Halloween Kills
Brian Eggert
More often than not retconned movies are hollow and convoluted revivals of old franchises and this one is no exception 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Matt Brunson
A depressing disaster 
1
Halloween Kills
Sean P. Means
The evil this time is Green himself laying waste to everything that was good and scary and entertaining about his earlier film and the franchise that John Carpenter started back in 1978 in this tediously gory slasher flick 
1
Halloween Kills
Mattie Lucas
There s little fun to be had in Green s ponderous slasher epic that now seems as far removed from Carpenter s devious indie thriller as any of the subpar sequels it seeks to negate ever were 
2
Halloween Kills
Lindsey Bahr
Perhaps the biggest sin is that it doesn t feel like a movie Halloween Kills is a board clearing pit stop 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The movie has some good ideas but after the interesting reboot of 2018 this second part of the final Halloween trilogy is a disappointment But entertaining 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Tom Meek
It s lazy predictable and hollow Myers should call his agent and get his own series on Netflix or Prime 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Leo Brady
All of the characters are back and some of the kills are bloodier than ever but Halloween Kills fails to scare fails to thrill and fails at making any sense 
2
Halloween Kills
Oliver Jones
A film that so completely sucks the vitality out of John Carpenter s and Debra Hill s original vision that one would be tempted to call it a desecration if that didn t make it sound like more fun than it actually is 
0.5
Halloween Kills
Erik Childress
It is stunning how the people who purport to be fans of the original and then get to make new ones don t understand how the stuff of nightmares is the stalk and the chase not the kill Plus horror blowing social commentary this badly is embarrassing 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Kevin A. Ranson
mines the original film not only for fresh victims but also new meaning behind Michael s behavior This is highly effective until the abrupt ending one that may leave many viewers feeling shortchanged 
3
Halloween Kills
Joe Friar
There s a lot for fans of the 1978 classic to love lack of story by Green and co writers Danny McBride and Scott Teems excluded The film s objective is to lay the groundwork for 2022 s final chapter 
3
Halloween Kills
David Nusair
a hit and miss endeavor that fares best in its striking engrossing opening stretch 
2.5
Halloween Kills
Mark Meszoros
This much blood shouldn t be this boring 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Mike McGranaghan
In a bad choice of epic proportions it takes almost a full hour before Laurie Strode becomes a prominent figure in the story 
1.5
Halloween Kills
James Berardinelli
Halloween Kills is one of the better sequels put it alongside Halloween 4 and H20 and a shade below the 2018 production and contains all the elements to make it popular among horror film lovers regardless of their ages 
3
Halloween Kills
Kevin Carr
At least they didn t just remake Halloween 2 from 1981 Of all the second Halloween movies this is the best second movie there is 
3
Halloween Kills
Richard Roeper
Halloween Kills puts a knife in the promising reboot of Michael Myers 
2
Halloween Kills
Christian Toto
This pointless sequel stalls the momentum started by the slick 2018 reboot 
2
Halloween Kills
Phil Villarreal
Myers appearances insight more ennui than terror 
2.5
Halloween Kills
Chris Hewitt
Among many other things it s possible Halloween Kills thinks it s a comedy 
2
Halloween Kills
Sara Stewart
Halloween Kills knows what you re here for 
2.5
Halloween Kills
Mick LaSalle
If you like this sort of movie knock yourself out 
2.5
Halloween Kills
Brian Tallerico
It barely even wounds 
2
Halloween Kills
Mark Dujsik
Green and company might not understand this character and what he represents as well as the previous film displayed 
2
Halloween Kills
Michael O'Sullivan
The narrative is saggy and chaotic the acting histrionic and the cinematography unremarkable 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Michael Phillips
Halloween Kills settles for the reductive distressingly anonymous hackwork of its title 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Derek Smith
As far as improvements go Michael Myers s revitalized brutality is arguably the only successful one that Halloween Kills makes 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Robert Levin
This Halloween movie has more on its mind than just the usual scares 
3
Halloween Kills
Sara Michelle Fetters
Halloween Kills knows how to jolt an audience into fits of giggly yelps of fright and watching this iconic villain do his thing with such calmly calculated ferocity is oftentimes bone chilling 
3
Halloween Kills
Roger Moore
Well crafted but not particularly well thought out
2
Halloween Kills
Joey Magidson
Halloween Kills is a gory Michael Myers sequel through and through offering up exactly what you d expect from a new installment 
3
Halloween Kills
Katie Walsh
In trying to do too much Halloween Kills ends up doing nothing at all 
1.5
Halloween Kills
Brian Truitt
As gruesomely brutal as a night spent with Michael Myers should be although the horror sequel loses some of its skull crushing effectiveness juggling rampant carnage and social commentary 
2.5
Home for the Holidays
Matt Brunson
Celebrates the family unit without ever getting sanctimonious about its merits 
3
Home for the Holidays
Jim Shelby
I found myself shaking my head in embarrassed smiling recognition 
3.5
Home for the Holidays
Mick LaSalle
Neither caustic nor sentimental it s a film that maybe half the people on Earth have at one time considered writing 
4
Home for the Holidays
Chris Hicks
Overstuffed with subplots the film is somewhat episodic in nature giving each of the characters a few scenes to develop some depth But their eccentricities seem overly mannered and the big gag scenes are not played strictly for laughs 
2
Home for the Holidays
Barbara Shulgasser
This movie is about fixing the little cracks in love and it s a fine example of the restorer s art 
3
Home for the Holidays
Rob Blackwelder
Holly Hunter is amazing When watching her you get a sense of her character s whole life not just the time she spends on the screen 
4
Home for the Holidays
Steve Rhodes
There is a good movie contained within Home For the Holidays which I suppose is why most of the critics love this show For me there are way too many failed sight gags and characters that got on my nerves with their antics and mannerisms 
1.5
Home for the Holidays
James Berardinelli
Aside from a few effective low key scenes the movie doesn t involve the viewer 
2
Home for the Holidays
Susan Wloszczyna
With her keen actor s instincts Foster piles on plenty for her terrific cast to chew on and for us to savor 
3
Home for the Holidays
Roger Ebert
The movie which is about the Thanksgiving family reunion from hell is not exactly a comedy and yet not a drama either Like many family reunions it has a little of both elements and the strong sense that madness is being held just out of sight 
3.5
Witches in the Woods
Sara Michelle Fetters
Witches in the Woods isn t much fun to watch 
2
Chak De India
Michael Dequina
A very familiar very formula underdog sports movie with nothing to distinguish it from similar equally slick Hollywood product except for maybe a Bollywood norm run time of 150 minutes 
2.5
Ganja & Hess
Brian Eggert
Bill Gunn took the structure of a Dracula story and made an open wounded statement that was brazenly uncommercial and intensely personal 
4
Ganja & Hess
Josh Larsen
an experimental overlapping of dialogue image voiceover and music that makes you feel as if you re suffering from an awful fever dream 
3
Smile Again, Jenny Lee
David Lewis
A cringe inducing bloated story about a bratty tennis star in search of her long lost father painful to watch because it feels like a passion project in which everyone is trying to serve aces yet all we get are double faults 
1
Threesome
Chris Hicks
A minor exploitation flick gussied up as an important piece of commentary on sexual politics 
0
Threesome
Roger Ebert
Not a great movie but in its own way it is an effective one and more than most other movies it is accurate and honest about the sexuality of young people 
3
Threesome
James Berardinelli
Threesome by falling into the common trap of mistaking pretentiousness for substance loses its way early on 
2
Threesome
Steve Rhodes
The guy s parts were poorly written especially the handsome dumb jock type character Stephen Baldwin 
1.5
The Phantom of Liberty
David Sterritt
Made near the end of Buñuel s career it s not his greatest movie but it contains some of his most memorable moments 
4
The Phantom of Liberty
Michael Scheinfeld
An uproarious summary of Luis Bunuel s surrealistic concerns in a collection of anecdotes starring Jean Claude Brialy Michel Piccoli and Monica Vitti 
4
The Phantom of Liberty
James Kendrick
one of Buñuel s most narratively unconventional films stringing together a series of loosely connected vignettes that focus on various illogical situations and absurdities 
3
The Phantom of Liberty
Roger Ebert
A tour de force a triumph by a director confronting almost impossible complications and contradictions and mastering them It s very funny all right but remember With Buuel you only laugh when it hurts 
4
The Phantom of Liberty
Ed Gonzalez
This heady masterwork isn t particularly easy to decipher but it s best approached as the literal comedy of manners Buuel intends it to be 
4
Rick
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very funny very dark and very clever a tale of the corporate id gone wild that promises to upset even the most jaded and hardened of sensibilities 
3.5
Rick
Sean P. Means
Wcreenwriter Daniel Handler a k a Lemony Snicket employs an O Henry like twist of irony that first time director Curtiss Clayton telegraphs long before it strikes 
2.5
Rick
Rob Blackwelder
Manages to be both disquieting and entertaining and that s quite a cunning feat of cinema 
3
Rick
Joshua Kosman
By hewing so faithfully to their source the creators don t let the material pursue its own direction and the result feels dramatically arbitrary 
2
Rick
Paul Sherman
Sometimes it s hard to hear the dialogue because the gears of the plot are trying so hard and creaking so loudly 
2
Rick
Walter Chaw
A new mythology with new morals for a rough uncertain age 
3.5
Rick
Moira MacDonald
The story and emotions seem a little too big for the frame 
2.5
Rick
Erik Childress
Rick is dark dark comedy at its most hedonistic 
3
Rick
Ty Burr
Everything about this curio is claustrophobic 
2
Rick
Roger Ebert
It s rotten to the core and right down to the end But if you find that such extremes can be fascinating then the movie may cheer you not because it is happy but because it goes for broke 
3
Rick
V.A. Musetto
Daniel Handler s script has snap crackle and pop he s the author of the popular Lemony Snicket children s books and Curtiss Clayton s direction is darkly crisp 
3
Rick
David N. Butterworth
Simply put rrrrRick is grrrreat 
3.5
Rick
David Nusair
thoroughly unpleasant on so many levels 
0
Sleepless Night
Roger Ebert
The film s headlong momentum streamrolls over all our questions and we re carried along by the expertly choreographed action 
3
Sleepless Night
Jeff Shannon
The plot is clever yet breathtakingly simple the action is relentless but logical and the lead role is tailor made for Hollywood s A list action stars 
3
Sleepless Night
Ty Burr
It s fast lean satisfying and forgettable nothing special really until you realize that the movies have largely lost the knack for brisk mayhem like this 
3
Sleepless Night
Peter Keough
Kind of like Oliver Stone s Savages or French director Fred Cavay s Point Blank but without the nonsense 
3
Sleepless Night
Stephen Whitty
The sort of stripped down Francophone picture that s been spoiling American action fans over the last few years There are no Cuisinarted fight scenes no pauses for awkward romantic subplots 
3
Sleepless Night
Jaime N. Christley
After a few turns in the modest narrative an unlikely sense of structural resilience begins to emerge 
3.5
Sleepless Night
David Nusair
an impressively visceral piece of work that boasts a number of thrilling action sequences and interludes 
2.5
Funny Girl
David Keyes
In lesser hands this would fall flat because nothing is written to comfort the supporting players They are extras with names and blurred faces 
3
Funny Girl
Michael Dequina
Given how she grew into perhaps the most annoyingly egocentric entertainer in all the world it s difficult to imagine that Barbra Streisand was once an ingenue 
2.5
Funny Girl
Roger Ebert
It is impossible to praise Miss Streisand too highly hard to find much to praise about the rest of the film 
4
Funny Girl
Harvey S. Karten
There s a reason to see this revival and it s called Barbra fair enough 
3
Cremaster 2
David N. Butterworth
The only film in recent memory in which serial killer Gary Gilmore attempts to conjoin two Ford Mustangs with petroleum jelly 
3
Cremaster 2
Ian Mantgani
It s a little longer than Cremaster 1 and it has extra room for more confusing craziness 
2
Cremaster 2
Jeremy Heilman
Easily the most plot driven in all of Matthew Barney s Cremaster cycle Cremaster 2 still conveys the thematic obsessions that drive the series and stands as one of its most accessible entries 
4
Evil
Ty Burr
Extremely watchable even if it never goes as deep as it should 
2.5
Evil
Jeff Shannon
Movies like Evil entertain us by serving sweet revenge on a platter and director Mikael Hfstrm manipulates emotions more intelligently than most 
2.5
Evil
John McMurtrie
Wilson who plays Erik had never been in a film before Evil which was nominated for a best foreign language Oscar in 2004 and there s no reason that he can t make many more of them 
3
Evil
Jeff Vice
Its stuffy private school scenes nearly turn the whole thing into The Dead Pugilist s Society but this Swedish import does have its chilling moments 
3
Evil
Sean P. Means
Director Mikael Hfstrom exudes no subtlety and lets the blood flow at odds with the nonviolent moral message this Oscar nominated film aims to deliver 
2.5
Evil
Michael Phillips
The way it plays out Evil feeds the audience s bloodlust as much as it decries the worst acts of its characters 
2.5
Evil
Maitland McDonagh
So unsubtle as to verge on the comical this didactic drama is set safely in the past and says nothing about the culture of conformity at all costs that hasn t been said before 
2.5
Evil
Timothy Knight
While it s sometimes obvious Hafstrom s film is so emotionally satisfying on a gut level like Rebel Without a Cause that it holds you from start to finish 
3
Evil
V.A. Musetto
Hafstrom keeps us guessing as he confidently builds suspense 
3
Evil
Elizabeth Weitzman
Hafstrom never finds the shades in his morality tale so while Wilson is an intensely charismatic actor all he can do is respond to relentless escalating tortures It s immensely unpleasant for him and frankly not a whole lot better for us 
2
Evil
Gene Seymour
Comes perilously close to making Erik s suffering at the hands of sadistic upperclassmen seem almost fetishistic 
2.5
Evil
Ed Gonzalez
not even a film as colossally absurd as Crash dares to completely sum up its entire train of thought in its one word title but such is the insult this 2005 Oscar nominee from Sweden commits 
1.5
Guidelines
Wes Greene
It effectively implies that the subjects troublemaking is the stuff of transience a phase before they re ushered into the realm of adult responsibility 
3
Wildlife
Brian Eggert
Dano s control throughout Wildlife does not apply to his actors who perform in scenes of such complexity and unconstrained emotion that it would be impossible to reduce their characters to mere tropes 
3.5
Wildlife
Roger Moore
Dano and his cast make this broken home where the child is more mature than the adults period piece more real and subtly disturbing than many a memoir of the Glass Castle and Hillbilly Elegy variety 
3.5
Wildlife
Matt Brunson
An emotionally devastating and morally complicated film 
3.5
Wildlife
Peter Howell
Few could play a character so ordinary with as much empathy as Oxenbould brings to the role He s one to watch here and in the future 
3
Wildlife
Frank Ochieng
A solemn and soul searching period piece family drama Wildlife is an affecting low key gem of an absorbing story that packs an unassuming punch regarding a portrait of a dysfunctional family unit lost in heartbreak and indecision thought provoking
3.5
Wildlife
Sara Michelle Fetters
The jittery physicality of Mulligan s portrayal is frequently surprising 
3.5
Wildlife
Bob Bloom
From the outset Dano s direction is nicely understated Joe realizes something is wrong between his parents but he does not know what it is or why He simply feels the tension in the household 
3
Wildlife
Joe Friar
Carey Mulligan delivers another outstanding performance in Paul Dano s directorial debut Wildlife is a must see 
4
Wildlife
Max Weiss
A quiet film but it sneaks up on you gaining in emotional urgency as it goes on 
3.5
Wildlife
Brandy McDonnell
Dano and his cohorts have made an evocative film that will quietly break hearts but should also make Oklahomans swell with state pride 
3.5
Wildlife
Rob Thomas
Wildlife is one of the best movies of the year and a hard one to shake 
4
Wildlife
Rubén Rosario
The harder Dano tries to make the movie feel cinematic and boy does he the more stagy it feels 
2
Wildlife
Michael Smith
This is a movie that delights in confusion and in not giving its viewers enough of a reason to stay interested in that murkiness of its very unlikable characters 
2
Wildlife
Sean P. Means
Wildlife is a perfectly measured drama boasting some powerhouse acting 
3
Wildlife
Josh Larsen
chronicles the dissolution of a marriage from a particular stunned vantage point 
3.5
Wildlife
Richard Roeper
Here is a film with much to recommend and yet the screenplay is just a little too uneven and from time to time there s an unsettling creepiness and change in tone that seems inconsistent and manufactured and I was left underwhelmed 
2.5
Wildlife
Robert Horton
While it has a formal visual style as though emphasizing how trapped its characters are it really comes alive in the energy between the performers onscreen 
3
Wildlife
Mark Dujsik
Dano has made a fine first film a quiet and restrained study and dissection of domesticity 
3
Wildlife
Allyson Johnson
Mulligan is graceful and subtle vulnerable and scornful domineering when covering up her many insecurities It s a towering commanding performance 
3.5
Wildlife
Oliver Jones
There is a dreamlike quality to actor Paul Dano s debut film as a director one where everyday things and places are imbued with otherworldly beauty and time seems to stand still 
3
Wildlife
Gary Thompson
It s a bold and borderline eccentric performance by Mulligan 
2.5
Wildlife
Moira MacDonald
A small scale gem with a haunting final image Paul Dano s debut feature Wildlife is the story of a 1960s family quietly imploding 
3.5
Wildlife
Peter Canavese
First time director Dano who co scripted with partner Zoe Kazan has a knack for capturing quotidian daily struggles as well as moments of discovery that hearten or more often horrify 
3
Wildlife
Mick LaSalle
Wildlife isn t dazzling entertainment but an intelligent low key and satisfying film with a rare respect for every character 
3
Wildlife
Michael O'Sullivan
A slightly wobbly if just this side of wonderful film 
2.5
Wildlife
Johnny Oleksinski
Gyllenhaal and Mulligan are in fine form here but too much of the screenplay written by Dano and Zoe Kazan doesn t ring true 
2
Wildlife
Lindsey Bahr
It s one worth making the trip to the theater for Wildlife isn t just a great first film it s a great film 
4
Wildlife
Joey Magidson
Impeccably acted brilliantly written confidently directed and full of quiet desperation it s rather magnificent 
3.5
Wildlife
Clayton Davis
Dano magnifies the source material by pulling out extraordinary performances from his cast most particularly Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan and newcomer Ed Oxenbould 
3
Wildlife
Dwight Brown
Dano directs the hugely talented cast into giving three dimensional performances that lead to a final act that isn t as spellbinding as the first two 
3
Wildlife
Brian Tallerico
An accomplished moving piece of filmmaking one that cares about its characters and trusts its performers 
3.5
Wildlife
Greg Cwik
Wildlife is at once loquacious and laconic a film in which simple words hold unspoken and unequivocal power and the space between banal utterances become chasms 
3
Wildlife
Erik Anderson
This is a deeply humane story without heroes or villains that resonates with its honesty and top notch performances 
3.5
Sex Ed
Kam Williams
The only thing this titillating teensploit is missing is Haley Joel Osment periodically whispering I see people 
4
The Descendants
Brian Eggert
The film could have easily crossed over into a manipulative 44 melodramatic tearjerker 44 but instead 44 Payne treats the material with profound emotions and a very human sense of humor 46 
3.5
The Descendants
Sarah Knight Adamson
Plenty to like in this tour de force comedy Seeing it on the big screen is a plus as the cinematography is gorgeous 
4
The Descendants
Mattie Lucas
A veritable showcase for Clooney who has honestly never been better than he is here 
3.5
The Descendants
Kelly Jane Torrance
As an unsure father George Clooney s more down to earth than he s been allowed to be in years 
3
The Descendants
Roger Moore
Like Sideways and About Schmidt The Descendants lets Alexander Payne show us the Other America and the Other Americans little lives caught up in small but epic problems far away from the La La Land of Hollywood hype sex and violence 
3
The Descendants
Jeff Beck
Each year there are usually one or two films that don t deserve all of the insane praise they get last year s The Fighter is a prime example and it looks like The Descendants is one for this year 
2.5
The Descendants
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Will keep you soaked in its melancholy until the very end 
4
The Descendants
Sara Michelle Fetters
Few films have dealt with the concept of parental death as movingly poetically and lovingly as this delivering a strikingly powerful narrative that is as profound as it is honest 
4
The Descendants
Bob Bloom
George Clooney gives a complex and complete performance as a man who put his career ahead of his family and is stumbling to try to reconnect to make his life whole again 
3.5
The Descendants
Rich Heldenfels
Clooney is remarkable in Alexander Payne s film about loss confusion and getting by 
3.5
The Descendants
Jordan Hiller
Hawaii s lush and luminous landscape is well appreciated but it does nothing to mask the maddeningly irrational plot points Payne expects us to swallow in the name of an alleged skewering social commentary 
1
The Descendants
Linda Cook
A dramedy directed by the same hands that helmed Sideways The Descendants is one of the year s best movies It s a grownup look at loss and betrayal with terrific performances and memorable characters you ll root for warts and all 
3.5
The Descendants
Lori Hoffman
The Descendants hums along fueled by the imperfections that make us all human while trying to uncover moments of grace and wisdom despite those imperfections 
3.5
The Descendants
Mike Scott
A grown up emotionally complex film buoyed by Clooney s wonderfully nuanced performance 
3.5
The Descendants
John Wirt
George Clooney an actor who more often than not appears in exceptional projects finds another gem in The Descendants 
3.5
The Descendants
Marty Mapes
Clooney holds his tribe together
3.5
The Descendants
Kam Williams
A touching enough to recommend tale about an absentee father s belated if bittersweet quest for redemption 
3
The Descendants
Walter Chaw
It s possible to blame the book as it s despite reviewer comparisons to Roth and Updike just a longer version of Judy Blume s Tiger Eyes 
2
The Descendants
John Beifuss
Becomes more enjoyable and somehow even looser as its plot tightens and as the hand holding narration disappears 
3
The Descendants
Glenn Lovell
Payne once again feels his characters pain and this makes for something very special an achingly sad comedy of errors 
3.5
The Descendants
Burl Burlingame
A large patch of the movie s social contract are the Hawaiian notions of aina malama and pono It joins the short list we aren t embarrassed to screen for malahini 
3.5
The Descendants
Matt Brunson
Marked by stellar performances and an incisive screenplay The Descendants packs a real Hawaiian punch 
3.5
The Descendants
Mike McGranaghan
It s smart funny heartbreaking heartwarming wise and despite some sad moments genuinely optimistic I experienced more feelings watching it than I usually get from ten movies 
4
The Descendants
Eric Melin
What s so special about Payne s approach in The Descendants is how acutely observed and subtle the movie is especially since the previews are selling it as a broader more absurd comedy 
3.5
The Descendants
Peter Canavese
If you see The Descendants see it for Clooney and Woodley but don t believe the hype that it s one for the ages 
2.5
The Descendants
Keith Cohen
This unforgettable movie succeeds by making audiences feel like a part of the family Clooney knocks it out of the park with a marvelous performance Woodley makes a strong bid for a supporting actress nomination The supporting players are all given 
4
The Descendants
Rob Thomas
Audiences will argue about whether it s a comedy or a drama but they ll agree they saw a wonderful film 
4
The Descendants
Ann Lewinson
The Descendants finds Payne now 50 having arrived in midlife with a new maturity eschewing solipsism and snickers for a deeper engagement with the world 
3.5
The Descendants
Rene Rodriguez
In the hands of writer director Alexander Payne Clooney has rarely seemed so much at home 
3.5
The Descendants
Duane Dudek
An emotionally ennobling film that wears its compassion on the sleeve of its ugly Hawaiian print shirts 
3.5
The Descendants
James Kendrick
Payne displays a knack for both perfect casting and using his lead actor in sometimes unconventional unexpected ways
3.5
The Descendants
Lawrence Toppman
Director Alexander Payne prefers to start a movie with one strike against him He always picks a dislikable protagonist Then as he slowly gives characters self awareness he gives us reasons to watch and care about them 
3.5
The Descendants
Joe Williams
In playing an everyman stranded between anger and duty Clooney earns an emotional payoff that a lesser actor would simply demand 
3.5
The Descendants
Moira MacDonald
It s Clooney and Woodley s movie as they become a team before our eyes 
4
The Descendants
Phil Villarreal
I kept expecting it to get better but it just sort of did its thing and called it a day 
2.5
The Descendants
Ann Hornaday
A tough tender observant exquisitely nuanced portrait of mixed emotions at their most confounding and profound all at play within a deliciously damp un touristy Hawaii that s at once lush and lovely to look at 
4
The Descendants
Liam Lacey
Payne has always tended to look at society from the perspective of a curious puzzled alien but now the alien has grown moist eyed and affectionate 
3
The Descendants
Lisa Kennedy
Clooney is a movie star who can t shake and doesn t want to one suspects the baggage of that good fortune yet consistently works to blend into the ensemble for the sake of story The Descendants gives us his most emotional work to date 
3.5
The Descendants
Alison Gang
The balmy breezes and small town intimacy of island life give The Descendants a leisurely tone that distinguishes it from Payne s more angry edged work 
3
The Descendants
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Payne has the ability to make something as rich and as joyous as Sideways and The Descendants is not it 
2.5
The Descendants
Willie Waffle
George Clooney shows up for Oscar season more reliably than Elmer Fudd shows up for the first day of Rabbit Season or maybe that s Duck Season 
3.5
The Descendants
Mark Dujsik
In Clooney The Descendants has a backbone of anguish and basic human decency 
3
The Descendants
Dustin Putman
Tough touching and unsentimental Payne s low key hymn to loving losing and learning to move on is a pleasing addition to an impressive oeuvre 
3
The Descendants
Mick LaSalle
It s more straightforward and sentimental than most Payne films and at times it lands very close to sitcom territory But it also has scenes as wrenching and as true as any onscreen this year 
3
The Descendants
Chris Hewitt
From beginning to end everything that happens in The Descendants feels false 
1
The Descendants
Ty Burr
I can t think of another movie this year that made me laugh or weep harder for the whole lumpy business of being the compromises and connections that get us through the day and somehow add up to entire lives 
3.5
The Descendants
Steven Rea
Payne introduces a circle of friends and family and shows us the connections and conflicts in play And he makes it all feel lived in real 
4
The Descendants
Gary Thompson
Descendants finds its footing hitting Payne s unique note of comedy drama and benefits greatly from some terrific third act appearances by actors in small but crucial supporting roles 
3
The Descendants
Peter Howell
This is stealth comedy richly delivered and the rising Oscar buzz around it is deserved 
4
The Descendants
Matt Pais
Clooney delivers a tender performance that makes up for him not quite looking the part Woodley s just as good if not better 
2.5
The Descendants
Roger Ebert
We get vested in the lives of these characters That s rare in a lot of movies We come to understand how they think and care about what they decide 
4
The Descendants
James Berardinelli
The Descendants may be director Alexander Payne s finest outing to date 
3.5
The Descendants
Rex Reed
It s worth seeing for the sharp but uneven human observations in the script and direction by Alexander Payne Sideways and sometimes it s fun but mostly exasperating watching George Clooney trying to act as he struggles through 
2.5
The Descendants
Michael Phillips
It s lovely funny and sad and funny sad in ways you can t always pinpoint capturing both the perpetual Pacific island breezes and the unsettled interior lives of Hemmings characters chief among them the attorney played by George Clooney 
4
The Descendants
Lou Lumenick
Great movies like The Descendants don t only take an audience on an absorbing journey in the hands of Alexander Payne and a superb cast headed by George Clooney you feel like you ve come to know the characters entire lives in the span of two hours 
4
The Descendants
Stephen Whitty
The Descendents is terrific 
3.5
Ya tozhe khochu (Me Too)
Kristin Tillotson
A darkly pleasing sometimes surreal parable shot through with thoroughly Russian attitude and humor 
3
Incendies
Roger Moore
Rewarding but ridiculously stingy in handing out simple details relationships geographical settings etc vital to our grasp of what s going on 
3
Incendies
Rob Thomas
It s a raw and brutal look at the unending strife in the region but it s also an unforgettable mystery that keeps the audience riveted through one surprising plot turn after another 
3.5
Incendies
Mike Scott
A story of hope amid the ruins one that everybody can appreciate no matter their politics 
3.5
Incendies
Matt Brunson
Of the four 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominees that I ve seen Canada s Incendies ranks as the only one remotely worthy of the prize 
3
Incendies
Lawrence Toppman
The movie never feels long partly because of Azabal s terrific performance 
3
Incendies
Keith Cohen
The movie plays out like a page turning novel that you can t put down There are a number of shocking revelations that take you completely by surprise The acting is outstanding especially the 
4
Incendies
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a mind blowing quality to this story that is visceral and current speaking to the world as we know it and hinting at a peace we sadly can only imagine 
3.5
Incendies
Jason Heck
he film offers moments for comprehension and reflection beautifully pacing itself right up until its stunning conclusion 
3.5
Incendies
Ted Fry
A deeply resonant literary quality gives what might otherwise seem like a dubious series of coincidences a profound sense of plausibility 
3
Incendies
Graham Killeen
Begins with a promise and ends with revelations so combustible they ll consume anyone who uncovers the truth 
3.5
Incendies
Michael O'Sullivan
It is no surprise that it was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 
4
Incendies
Joe Williams
Villaneuve knows how to stoke a hot debate about the legacy of violence But in this case where there s smoke there s not enough air 
2.5
Incendies
Rene Rodriguez
The movie engrossing as it is intentionally horrifying is capped by a last minute revelation that brings the story to a haunting powerful close 
3.5
Incendies
Chris Hewitt
The title means scorched but burned is closer to how I felt 
1
Incendies
Ty Burr
A mystery a melodrama a prison film and a love story Incendies is foremost a scream of rage at a society destroyed by religion and by men 
3.5
Incendies
Gerald Peary
Incendies moves back and forth between the 1980s and the present and every scene is unexpected from the forced recruitment of child soldiers accompanied by a mournful Radiohead song to a startling revelation at a Montreal swimming pool 
3.5
Incendies
Walter V. Addiego
Overplays its hand piling tragedy on tragedy until we feel browbeaten with misery 
2
Incendies
Michael Phillips
Incendies is no mere riff on a Greek mainstay It is its own entity delicate and fierce 
4
Incendies
Matt Pais
Absolutely shattering Nawal forces information on her children because while there may be devastation in knowledge there is no peace of mind in uncertainty 
4
Incendies
Roger Ebert
Most people do not choose their religions but have them forced upon themselves by birth and the lesson of Incendies is that an accident of birth is not a reason for hatred 
3.5
Incendies
Robert Levin
Infused with mystery tragedy and humor serving as a genealogical study and Greek tragedy wrapped in one it s a fine achievement of bold deeply felt cinema 
3.5
Incendies
Stephen Whitty
Villeneuve has a sober eye and a steady hand 
3.5
Incendies
Kyle Smith
A kind name for this attitude is false moral equivalence or perhaps post imperial cringe A less kind one is Western self hatred or an urgent plea to tolerate the intolerant 
2
Incendies
Peter Travers
Incendies is a devastating mystery thriller from Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve that grabs you hard and won t let go 
3.5
Incendies
Steven Rea
Reverberates with the power and passion of Greek tragedy 
3.5
Incendies
Andrew Schenker
The film s high drama like its dexterous handling of narrative and its expert mixture of static framings and skillful tracking shots seems like so much empty sensation 
2.5
Incendies
David Nusair
a compelling and downright powerful piece of work from one of Canada s most promising up and coming directors 
3.5
Incendies
Liam Lacey
Incendies is a significant international step forward for a filmmaker who has already established himself as one of Quebec s most distinctive cinematic stylists 
3
Incendies
Peter Howell
All involved with Incendies are working at the top of their game but Azabal stands first amongst equals 
4
Incendies
J. Kelly Nestruck
A sensible switch from stage to screen but lovers of the original may be disappointed
3
Executive Power
David Nusair
it s movies like this which give the moniker straight to video a bad name 
0
Temporada de Caza
Roger Moore
Doesn t reinvent the father son bond over hunting genre but it does take it into interesting emotional and Argentinian places 
2.5
Hudson Hawk
Matt Brunson
Here 8217 s a bomb so enormous 44 it could level Rhode Island in a second 46 
1
Hudson Hawk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very simply made the mistake of being a Bruce Willis movie that wasn apos t apos Die Hard 46 apos 
3
Hudson Hawk
David Nusair
an exceedingly erratic yet generally watchable comedy 
2.5
Hudson Hawk
David N. Butterworth
You know where a film s heading when it manages to poke fun at Asians the handicapped and overweight people all within the first five minutes 
1.5
Hudson Hawk
Chris Hicks
The plot is convoluted the characters are silly and the ancient jokes puns and sight gags are so low they make the Three Stooges seem sophisticated 
0
All Together Now
Roger Moore
You wish it was better even as it isn t But at least All Together Now manages to make one feel even if you feel manipulated as you do 
2
All Together Now
Joey Magidson
Brett Haley continues a winning streak that really shows to me that he can do no wrong behind the camera 
3.5
All Together Now
Mark Kennedy
It helps when you have an actress like Cravalho who allows us to see pools of sadness yearning and hunger behind her eyes 
4
Moonwalkers
Neil Rosen
The whole thing has a retro swinging 60s vibe that I enjoyed The actors all commit to both the lunacy on screen and its premise and the result is a good natured and entertaining film 
3
Moonwalkers
Susan Wloszczyna
Forget a fake moon landing Moonwalkers is a fake comedy 
1.5
Moonwalkers
Richard Roeper
A cheerfully insane comically violent often confounding sometimes tedious but ultimately entertaining trip through the looking glass 
3
Moonwalkers
Michael O'Sullivan
There s little payoff in trying to make sense of the various plot threads The logic holes in this film are several and the more you dwell on them the less fun you will have 
1
Moonwalkers
Chuck Bowen
Chummy often amusing slapstick goofiness merges with hard jarring violence 
2.5
Armbryterskan Fran Ensamheten
Steve Rhodes
If you are looking for a positive film about female athletes or one win with a likeable lead this movie supplies both 
2.5
Pirate for the Sea
Marty Mapes
The underdog is the marine ecosystem and the hard nosed protagonist is Paul Watson
4
Cash Crop
Kam Williams
After offering medicinal religious monetary and recreational rationales Cash Crop concludes that it s high time that California stop squandering tax dollars by prosecuting folks for mass producing marijuana Are you listening Governator 
3
Frame by Frame
Kam Williams
Fearless Afghani photojournalists defy fatwas 
4
R.M.N.
Rene Sanchez
Mungiu leverages his characteristic style to examine the nationalism and lack of empathy that seems to be spreading throughout the world 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
R.M.N.
Peter Howell
Martin Grigore s Matthias a bear of a man who quits a slaughterhouse job in Germany and returns home to many problems and the sound of no hands clapping is the embodiment of Hitchcock s definition of suspense 
3
R.M.N.
Ed Gonzalez
R 46 M 46 N 46 is a film almost perversely pregnant with sinister possibility 44 but it also reveals an unforgiving cynicism about the world as its social realist strains become increasingly apparent 46 
2.5
A Small Act
Andrew Schenker
A Small Act is ultimately less about the triumphs of educational aid than the abyss faced by those children left very much behind 
2.5
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour
Linda Cook
Someone must have greenlit this one without realizing it doesn t have a ghost of a chance 
.5
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour
Ty Burr
The ear numbing dialogue explains and explains rather than dramatizes though and the performances are earnest and flat
1
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour
Maitland McDonagh
The filmmaking is borderline incompetent the acting varies from okay to awful the cinematography is unpleasantly soft and the tone is badly misjudged 
1.5
Tricked: The Documentary
Kenji Fujishima
For all the heartbreaking depth with which the filmmakers explore the horrors of human trafficking the film still leaves one with a sense of a larger story just beyond their grasp 
2.5
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Kevin A. Ranson
The conclusions to many lingering questions only get a brief nod rather than a season eight exploration but it thankfully resolves Ray s biggest headache even if it s not the happiest of endings 
3
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Richard Roeper
With this movie Ray gets the send off he deserves 
3
After Midnight
Nick Allen
The balance that After Midnight strikes between a two hander and a monster story warrants a Valentine s Day weekend look and maybe even a scary conversation 
3
The Witchmaker
Lucius Gore
It s hard to imagine a film this gruesome being shown on commercial TV stations but it was a staple on the defunct Creature Features TV show on KTVU Channel 2 in the 1970s 
3
CinemAbility
Matthew Rozsa
CinemAbility The Art of Inclusion tells a Hollywood story that has long been overlooked 
3.5
CinemAbility
Scott Jordan Harris
The most entertaining and comprehensive history of disability in American film and television ever filmed 
3
Uncle David
David N. Butterworth
David Hoyle s doomed love affair Uncle David is constantly at odds with itself yet somehow it all works 
3.5
Freedom Writers
Sean McBride
yet another feel good teacher flick that will leave most audiences satisfied
3
Freedom Writers
Thomas Delapa
Gee whiz if Swank taught in the typical American school there d be no child left behind They d all be polishing apples and asking for homework 
2
Freedom Writers
Linda Cook
Considering that I thought this was going to be another badly written piece of January Junk Freedom Writers is surprisingly entertaining 
3
Freedom Writers
Nick Rogers
On its face it looks like Dangerous Minds 2 without a Coolio song It s not so good that it can t wait until it shows up on CBS but it scribbles sensibly in the margins of the well worn inspirational teacher drama notebook 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Lori Hoffman
It doesn t have a catchy hit tune sung by Lulu but Hillary Swank does a nice take on a dedicated teacher ala To Sir With Love in the engaging Freedom Writers 
3
Freedom Writers
Peter Travers
Corny You bet And worse when the plot veers into the glitz of a Dangerous Minds and the sappiness of a TV After School Special But the movie which Swank helped produce by using her clout as a two time Oscar winner gets to you 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Kam Williams
Hilary Swank delivers as impressive a performance as her Oscar winning outings in Boys Don t Cry and Million Dollar Baby 
4
Freedom Writers
Ross Anthony
Takes to screen w gritted teeth edgy determination to teach something worthwhile Strong performances tear jerking message barrel through its sometimes rickety structure
3.5
Freedom Writers
Maitland McDonagh
Formulaic though it is the story hits the right emotional buttons and promises that hope and dogged work trump despair 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Geoff Pevere
Freedom Writers confounds its own claims to veracity by coming across as a veritable textbook in itself a textbook of earnest liberal white woman in the blackboard jungle clichs 
2
Freedom Writers
Moira MacDonald
It s a truly inspiring story pity the movie doesn t live up to it 
2
Freedom Writers
Ruthe Stein
At a time when New Year s resolutions to change already are falling by the wayside you can t help but be moved by a group of young people who followed through on their resolve 
3
Freedom Writers
Pam Grady
Annoying subplots and paper thin villains ensure that the movie remains mired in mediocrity 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Stephen Whitty
An unashamed heart tugger Freedom Writers is based on the true story of Erin Gruwell a teacher so full of gee whiz decency she can only be played by Hilary Swank 
3
Freedom Writers
Kyle Smith
One teacher can make a difference in a troubled student s life I learned this from To Sir with Love Dangerous Minds and Van Halen s Hot for Teacher video 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Sara Michelle Fetters
By using the voices of the students their words their tones their highs their lows the film takes on a gut punching immediacy that s more than a bit startling 
3
Freedom Writers
Jack Mathews
An educational fantasy that happens to be mostly true 
3
Freedom Writers
Cathy Jakicic
Freedom Writers manages to strike some fresh chords without playing its audience 
3
Freedom Writers
Connie Ogle
Never quite succeeds as anything more than Dangerous Minds Redux 
2
Freedom Writers
Glenn Whipp
A flawed but engaging mentor making a difference story based on the experiences of a Long Beach high school teacher 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Loey Lockerby
These stories can be so trite and predictable Freedom Writers can t escape this curse entirely but it does have an authentic atmosphere that many of its predecessors lack 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Bruce Westbrook
This film fails to earn what Erin Gruwell earned in real life credibility 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Rick Groen
Freedom Writers is a tribute to individualism wrapped in the most conformist of packages one of those pictures where the message of the tale is flatly contradicted by the manner of the telling 
2
Freedom Writers
Terry Lawson
What is profoundly different about this based on fact film is that although we leave the theater wishing there were more teachers as devoted as the one depicted here 
3
Freedom Writers
Teresa Budasi
Freedom Writers which has a lot to say about education and the flaws in the American public school system gets high marks for effort and for merit 
3
Freedom Writers
Ty Burr
The kids individual triumphs seem satisfyingly hard won 
3
Freedom Writers
Sean P. Means
Swank s scenes with the students spark with such energy that the rest of the movie reminds you how formulaic it all is 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Peter T. Chattaway
At first glance it looks like it might be just another one of those films in which a white idealist liberates her non white pupils but thankfully it s better than that 
3
Freedom Writers
Kit Bowen
At times Freedom Writers invokes genuine emotions but this derivative teacher inspires troubled kids movie mostly just pries your eyes open and jerks the tears out 
2
Freedom Writers
James Sanford
involving and touching when it focuses on Gruwell s attempts to inspire the students and rather insipid when it dramatizes Gruwell s predictable battles with policy conscious school administrators 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Willie Waffle
Doesn t add anything new to the formula no matter how much of a hero Erin truly has become 
1.5
Freedom Writers
Robert Keser
At once heartfelt absorbing and dopey 
2
Freedom Writers
Claudia Puig
The story feels like a rehash of movies we ve seen such as Stand and Deliver Dangerous Minds and Take the Lead If Swank s character weren t so saintly the story might be more convincing 
2
Freedom Writers
Jeff Vice
Even earnestness and good intentions can t save Freedom Writers from feeling overly familiar We ve already seen this story many times in various forms 
2.5
Freedom Writers
John Anderson
Freedom Writers takes plenty of shots at the system too and makes the quite righteous statement that only through individual effort does anything wrong ever really get changed 
3.5
Freedom Writers
Dustin Putman
Proof positive that a formulaic plot done to death can still work if enough effort and passion is put into it 
3
Freedom Writers
Steve Rhodes
Completely flat it s a well intentioned dog but a dog nonetheless 
1.5
Freedom Writers
Jeff Strickler
Sure we ve been here and seen all of this before But when it s this well done we thoroughly enjoy seeing it again 
3.5
Freedom Writers
Chris Hewitt
A white teacher takes on a classroom full of nonwhite kids in Freedom Writers and proves that old adage The perkier they are the harder they fall 
2
Freedom Writers
Lawrence Toppman
The students are uniformly affecting R B singer Mario Jason Finn and April Hernandez stand out as teens about to fall permanently into thug life 
3
Freedom Writers
Michael Wilmington
Hilary Swank gives a powerhouse performance as a maverick high school teacher in Freedom Writers an often gripping and sometimes even inspiring film 
3
Freedom Writers
Matt Pais
Like the troubled kids Freedom Writers has the potential to succeed with a little work 
2.5
Freedom Writers
Phil Villarreal
A movie you ve seen plenty of times before but never mind 
2.5
Freedom Writers
James Berardinelli
For those who see it the movie has a chance to connect Freedom Writers is superior to what film goers typically expect from an early January release 
3
This Land
Isaac Feldberg
Despite its lyrical presentation 44 the film 8217 s lingering ideas are straightforward and sentimental 44 arguably even self serving 46 
2
Corporate Animals
Joey Magidson
Demi Moore deserves credit for going all in on a bold role like this Unfortunately while her performance has bite the film itself doesn t really 
2.5
Corporate Animals
Monica Castillo
A miserable time in poor company 
1.5
Corporate Animals
Mark Dujsik
Mercifully short but still stretched far beyond sustainability Corporate Animals is a methodically tedious comedy 
1
Corporate Animals
Rex Reed
It s good to have Demi Moore making a comeback after a prolonged absence from the screen but not in a load of unmitigated crap called Corporate Animals 
0
Corporate Animals
Johnny Oleksinski
The worst episode of The Office ever 
1
Corporate Animals
Roger Moore
A lot of generally funny people in front of and behind the camera fail to find the funny here 
1.5
The Final Option
Matt Brunson
It s quite daft 
2
The Final Option
Roger Ebert
There are so many errors of judgment strategy behavior and simple plausibility in this movie that we just give up and wait for it to end You know you re in trouble when the movie s audience knows more about terrorism than the terrorists do 
1
Days of Being Wild
Matt Brunson
Moderately interesting 
2.5
Days of Being Wild
Josh Larsen
These days are both electric and exhausted 
3.5
Days of Being Wild
Geoff Pevere
Needless to say a must see for Wongcolytes Days of Being Wild is also an excellent entry point for people who haven t yet caught this most exotic and habit forming of cinematic bugs 
4
Days of Being Wild
Carla Meyer
Every shot is perfectly composed and compelling with light and shadow manipulated to maximum effect 
4
Days of Being Wild
John Hartl
It now seems like a promising apprentice work almost a blueprint for the writer director s most acclaimed and famous film In the Mood for Love 
2.5
Days of Being Wild
Ty Burr
There are images in Days that can make your heart stop for no other reason than that they re perfect 
4
Days of Being Wild
Michael Wilmington
A triumph of movie pop poetics 
4
Days of Being Wild
John Anderson
Wong creates a dream state of shifting stalling liquid time a kind of gauzy unreality that made In the Mood for Love so seductive 
1.5
Days of Being Wild
David Sterritt
It s inexplicable that Wong s early masterpiece has been virtually absent from American screens since he completed it in 1991 
4
Days of Being Wild
Jeremy Heilman
It goes to show that average Wong Kar Wai is better than just about anyone else on a good day 
3.5
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Matt Brunson
Terrific entertainment 
3.5
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
David Nusair
guaranteed to turn Motown neophytes into fans 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
John Beifuss
Like some of the poppier Hitsville U S A songs the film is a little too slick and a little too warm and fuzzy but it is always engrossing and enjoyable 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Mark Dujsik
A loving tribute to the forgotten legends of Motown 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Jeff Vice
If anything the film is doing something of a public service shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans 
3.5
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Sean P. Means
It s a thrill to see these guys playing and having fun stuck in the shadows no more 
3.5
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Phil Villarreal
Scenes in which the band grooves with modern musicians Montell Jordan and Joan Osborne singing covers are spectacular 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Dave Tianen
As a belated nod to some neglected all stars Standing in the Shadows of Motown is cultural history of the best kind informative revealing and richly entertaining 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Margaret A. McGurk
It s poignant surprising triumphant funny and you can dance to it 
3.5
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Steve Rhodes
Marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Paul Justman hits all the right notes 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Geoff Pevere
Try as you might to resist if you ve got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson this movie will worm its way there 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Steven Rosen
The movie lets us realize this Sound still so alive and vibrant today was created by flesh and blood people each of whom has a compelling story to tell 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Liam Lacey
A triumphant documentary 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Roger Ebert
The Motown Sound was quite simply their sound 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Joe Leydon
Guaranteed to please even folks who normally avoid documentaries as avidly as Superman keeps clear of Kryptonite 
4
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Moira MacDonald
A great story and great music right down to the final credits 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Jonathan Curiel
When the old guys sit around and tell their stories Standing in the Shadows of Motown catches magic on the screen a behind the curtain peek at some of the world s best loved music straight from the cats who made it happen 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Glenn Whipp
You may leave the theater with more questions than answers but darned if your toes won t still be tapping 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Susan Stark
After watching it you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no nonsense human beings they are and for the still inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history 
4
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Ty Burr
Standing in the Shadows of Motown is one hell of a party and it doesn t let anything get in the way of that 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Jason Anderson
This terrific doc pays tribute to a group of musicians unfamiliar even to many soul fans 
4
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Lou Lumenick
If there is any doubt about the Funk Brothers key contributions to the Motown sound it s dispelled when these aging musicians take the stage with contemporary performers who re create the classics 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Pam Grady
There is a warmth to Standing in the Shadows of Motown that is absent from most documentaries 
4
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Carrie Rickey
Ain t no mountain high enough to keep the Funk Brothers from getting to you 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Terry Lawson
Moving and heartfelt documentary about the overlooked heart of the Motown Sound 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Mark Caro
Much of the movie s value is to document these particular players making beautiful music 
3.5
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Peter Travers
It s a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more 
3
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Bill Chambers
There are suckers out there for the film s brand of shrink wrapped nostalgia I m not one of them 
1.5
Outrage
Mattie Lucas
A powerful indictment of those who are willing to throw others like themselves under the bus to save their own skin
3
Outrage
Roger Ebert
With all due respect I expected a better time 
2.5
Outrage
Chris Hewitt
The examples trotted out in Outrage are so old that if you re interested in this topic you read about them on the Internet years ago 
2
Outrage
Wesley Morris
Outrage succeeds as activism but it excels as a window into certain political psyches 
3
Outrage
Michael Phillips
The film s pretty good about saying why so much in the culture encourages a political life in the closet either tacitly or directly But even The Advocate had a problem with calling it a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy 
2.5
Outrage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A hugely entertaining effective doc and even if no one sees it it should provide fuel for the fire for years to come 
3.5
Outrage
Moira MacDonald
As always Dick brings passion and immediacy to what s essentially a series of talking heads his position on the issue is clear and powerfully argued 
3
Outrage
Rene Rodriguez
There is an undercurrent of anger coursing through Outrage but the anger is unusually restrained and eloquent 
3
Outrage
Lou Lumenick
Hypocrisy Your call 
2
Outrage
Stephen Whitty
It would be nice if the film had less of McGreevey and even more on some of its lying politicians And was willing to entertain at least for a moment the idea that other motives might be at work than simple internalized self hatred 
2.5
Outrage
Jonathan Curiel
Outrage is essential viewing a film that offers a window into modern politics and the political obstacles faced by gays and lesbians around the country 
4
Outrage
Peter Travers
This film is a muckraking provocation whose time has come 
3
Outrage
Carrie Rickey
Despite its title Outrage is calm riveting and provocative taking pride in officials who come out and and taking aim at those who remain closeted 
3
Outrage
Bill Weber
One can at least partly embrace the concept that outing pols who torpedo gay rights is defensible and still find Dick s film too frequently a would be sensationalistic bit of tut tutting for queer Dems and their politically connected friends 
2
Outrage
Robert Levin
The perceptive exploration of the deep rooted fundamental problems of a culture preoccupied with the perfect American brand provides the heart of Outrage 
3
Tying the Knot
Mary Brennan
A quietly effective exploration of the divisive subject of gay marriage in America 
3.5
Tying the Knot
David Elliott
De Seve brings together the stories documenting them and not drilling rhetorically 
3
Tying the Knot
Paul Sherman
Its issue is the debate over gay marriage and director Jim de Seve does an outstanding job of humanizing the issue 
3
Tying the Knot
V.A. Musetto
The subject is worth exploring unfortunately de Seve does so in a cut and dried manner that never explains why these two couples were able to stay together for so long 
2
Tying the Knot
Glenn Whipp
Like most hot button documentaries its impact is debatable but filmmaker Jim de Seve makes an effective an often moving case for tolerance 
2.5
Tying the Knot
Wesley Morris
The movie directed by Jim de Seve personalizes a ferocious political debate never losing its frequently sad human face 
3
Tying the Knot
Carla Meyer
This documentary by Jim de Seve succeeds anyway by putting a poignant human face on the struggle for equal rights 
3
Tying the Knot
Robert Dominguez
Whether one is pro or con on the issue of same sex marriage Jim de Seve s thought provoking and timely documentary succeeds in putting the hot button topic in human and often heartbreaking terms 
3
Tying the Knot
David Sterritt
Informative documentary about the recent history of efforts to legalize gay marriage tying these in with the history of marriage as an institution Packed with information 
4
Tying the Knot
Steven Rea
Makes the case that it is not just societal recognition that same sex partners lack without the official decree of a marriage it is the legal rights that married couples share 
3
Lovesick
Chris Knight
If you ve seen one rom com you ve seen them all That may not always be true but it certainly sums up the way Lovesick unfolds 
2
Lovesick
Barry Hertz
This material might make for a sly subversive take on the genre but writer director Tyson Caron positions Dash as the hero of his story a fatal flaw 
2
Lovesick
Bruce DeMara
It s a familiar and semi depressing tale But Caron has a host of tricks up his sleeve starting with Tierney as Dash a lovable loser in love who has our sympathy even as he makes one damn misstep after another 
3.5
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Moira MacDonald
Pieces together an irresistible puzzle 
3
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Jennie Punter
Fascinating accomplished and surprisingly emotional 
4
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Peter Howell
Filmmaker Jon Foy sets it to a thriller s pace even contributing his own fateful score 
3
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Roger Ebert
This doc is interesting not because of the explanation but because of the investigation 
3
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Kyle Smith
Riveting innovative and provocative are just three of the adjectives that never occurred to me while watching the documentary Resurrect Dead The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles 
1
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The testimony we hear from suspects neighbors and similarly curious media underlings feels muted like a halfhearted repetition 
2
Deal
Mike Scott
As a piece of entertainment it s like being dealt a pair of twos You could certainly do worse but 
2
Deal
Rossiter Drake
The outcome is never in question but for fans of the game even simulated action is preferable to perfunctory drama 
2.5
Deal
Wesley Morris
Deal could use a touch of the slickness that s making the blackjack drama 21 such a greasy hit 
2
Deal
Daniel M. Kimmel
a movie making a brief stop at local theaters on its way to DVD bargain bins and cable showings at two in the morning 
1.5
Deal
Erik Childress
Deal has to take the title of the worst film ever about the game and that includes the how to videos with Joan Rivers impersonators you see in your Vegas hotel room 
0.5
Deal
Michael Phillips
Moving slowly these days Burt Reynolds does less than no acting in this role and he s still the best thing in Deal 
1.5
Deal
Josh Larsen
It s quite possible that I still would have been bored out of my mind during Deal even if I cared a lick about poker 
1.5
Deal
James Berardinelli
The film has more of a checklist of clichs than an actual script and when it comes to the cast director Gil Cates Jr is scraping the bottom of the barrel 
2
The Will to See
Roger Moore
Levy s compassion is unquestionable but his methods have a patronizing self aggrandizing show the flag effect 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Kurt Loder
Egoyan s hypnotic new movie is a meditation on truth identity innocence and murder a puzzle palace filled with locked rooms and dubious keys that stick at every turn 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Jeff Vice
As it turns out the furor and hubbub about the ratings squabbles over Where the Truth Lies may have just been a smokescreen to cover up the film s storytelling deficiencies 
1.5
Where the Truth Lies
Larry Ratliff
Where the Truth Lies is an erotic period mystery awash in intrigue unfolding against a behind the scenes showbiz backdrop 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Terry Lawson
A mystery inside a mystery that mostly just drives around in search of a nonexistent address and hits dead ends 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Rob Thomas
A piece of lurid salacious and utterly enjoyable trash a kissing cousin to the collected works of Kitty Kelley 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Phil Villarreal
The way to appreciate the film is to sit back and enjoy it as a revolving carousel replete with character situation and deception 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Brian McTavish
Take away the kinky sex the reason for no MPAA rating and there s even less to be interested in 
1.5
Where the Truth Lies
David Elliott
This oddball wallow is both tonic and toxic packaged in Egoyan s dishy style so capably served by Paul Sarossy s images and Philip Barker s sleek design 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Rene Rodriguez
Replete with the sort of wooden acting sleazy atmosphere and unsexy eroticism one normally associates with late night Cinemax movies 
1
Where the Truth Lies
Michael Booth
Every face on screen seems wrong for the part chosen 
1
Where the Truth Lies
Chris Hewitt
Swipes the structure of Agatha Christie s The Mirror Crack d and tacks on a bunch of coincidences and an ending that isn t even worth stealing 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Phoebe Flowers
Alas the melodrama is utterly unsexy sloppy and dull 
1
Where the Truth Lies
Moira MacDonald
The film s twisty structure mirroring that of the book eventually grows tiresome without a strong central character to anchor it 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Bruce Westbrook
More about vulgar shock value and vivid period re creations than it is an absorbing or convincing crime story 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Wesley Morris
The trouble with Where the Truth Lies is that it s lousy art Egoyan rubs our noses in behavior that he seems to think his movie is too good for 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Steven Rea
Where the Truth Lies might have worked if Egoyan had cast someone more credible in the central role of the reporter but Lohman isn t believable for a minute 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Jessica Reaves
The whole thing is supposed to be funny the book at any rate was funny but instead it just feels sordid 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Roger Ebert
Another director might handle the showbiz and the murder and intrigue with dispatch but Egoyan thinks about the emotional cost to the characters as he also did in Felicia s Journey 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Peter Travers
Awful finds new meaning in this monumental misfire from Atom Egoyan 
1
Where the Truth Lies
Ruthe Stein
The film a pseudo noir is compulsively watchable even as laughably over the top moments start piling up 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A nicely crafted piece of work an odd departure for Egoyan but another step forward in the long journey toward truly showing sex in cinema 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Frank Houston
A stylized sin filled film noir the film is also a meta narrative about show business in which no character bothers with the pretense of seeming to be one thing 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Frank Ochieng
misguided and semi sensationalistic Truth plays more like a tension filled tease than it does a scathing commentary on the rigors of fame and its unpredictable frivolity
2
Where the Truth Lies
Dan Fienberg
Buried pasts and repressed histories have long been favorite Egoyan themes but who would have expected this intellectual to get so stymied by stardom and desire 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Glenn Whipp
As unconvincing as it is unsavory 
1.5
Where the Truth Lies
Jami Bernard
Egoyan s uncharacteristic bid for the mainstream flames out on many levels but it s hard not to stare with fascination at the dying embers 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Stephen Whitty
Not only is Where the Truth Lies not particularly erotic it s not even particularly good 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Lou Lumenick
Egoyan s screenplay based on a convoluted novel by Rupert Holmes never achieves any kind of dramatic credibility 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Pam Grady
Even flawed Egoyan offers its own fascinations 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Mike Clark
Atom Egoyan s stilted film squanders an intriguing premise 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Jan Stuart
A brain twisting mystery that vaults among multiple time frames and narrators 
3
Where the Truth Lies
Keith Uhlich
After his unjustly underrated Ararat it s frustrating to see Egoyan stumble and fall so far 
1.5
Where the Truth Lies
James Berardinelli
The difference between a good potboiler and a bad one comes down to tone and Egoyan chooses the wrong approach 
2
Where the Truth Lies
Liam Lacey
Egoyan includes a grieving mother a painful back story and a couple of gestures of healing and recognition but they feel like add ons to the pulp plot 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Jonathan W. Hickman
A sexy throw back mystery with one twist too many Where The Truth Lies is a beautiful production with classic appeal and an edge that is as hard as nails 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
Erik Childress
Like watching an episode of Veronica Mars penned by Joe Eszterhas
2
Where the Truth Lies
Bill Chambers
Canadian filmmakers tend to expose their limitations when they mimic American pop and Atom Egoyan is no exception
1.5
Where the Truth Lies
Peter Howell
It s the stuff of grand intrigue and Egoyan relishes it 
2.5
Where the Truth Lies
David Nusair
never quite becomes much more than a mildly diverting period piece 
2.5
Humoresque
Dan Callahan
Crawford and Haller make it into a dreamy wallow in velvety masochism 
3
Affluenza
Sheila O'Malley
Affluenza thinks it is deep when it is merely trite It illuminates nothing 
1.5
Affluenza
Steve Macfarlane
The film is like an episode of Gossip Girl that s mistaken itself for one of the great satires by Evelyn Waugh 
1
The Signal
John Beifuss
Much more elaborate than the typical example of Sundance science fiction 
3
The Signal
James Berardinelli
There s something welcome about a motion picture that doesn t hand out a dumbed down resolution in a neatly wrapped package 
3
The Signal
Bruce Ingram
Eubank could have a terrific future as a director As a screenwriter though maybe not so much 
2.5
The Signal
Rene Rodriguez
The Signal is too ambitious for its own good but it is still a pleasure to watch 
2.5
The Signal
Glenn Kenny
Eubank s talent is not at all in doubt and science fiction mavens who embrace this picture will rightly be excited for whatever he turns to next 
3
The Signal
Stephen Whitty
A slow starting but smart and deliciously weird sci fi thriller 
3
The Signal
Steven Rea
Let The Signal take you by surprise And it will 
3
The Signal
Mark Dujsik
It s all a mystery in The Signal which means that it ends just as it starts to get interesting 
1.5
The Signal
Peter Keough
After a half an hour the developments grow busy rather than mysterious the focus blurs and the kicker ending well I was neither surprised nor satisfied 
2.5
The Signal
John Hartl
It s fun while it lasts though it feels less like a completed movie than a demonstration of director William Eubank s spooky ability to shift gears and string genres together 
2.5
The Signal
Scott Bowles
Signal thinks big takes chances and has enough arresting scenes to stand apart from the science fiction films of late 
2.5
The Signal
Michael O'Sullivan
A less than wholly satisfying destination despite some fun detours 
1.5
The Signal
Dann Gire
Thwaites is an actor to watch in launch mode for he easily anchors a flighty sci fi thriller one both provocative and challenging but utterly without obligation to satisfy our piqued curiosity 
2.5
The Signal
John Anderson
Amid all the self conscious virtuosity certain things are right 
3
The Signal
Mick LaSalle
For a while a little while it seems like it just might be interesting 
1
The Signal
Matt Pais
Every bit of action is in service of the big moment meant to blow your mind Alas you touch your head and discover your mind remains intact largely unstimulated 
2
The Signal
Kyle Smith
Though you could argue that Eubank simply throws in bits of a dozen classic sci fi movies without ever making them cohere the way he springs open his various trapdoors makes the film an entertaining tumble down the rabbit hole 
3
The Signal
Roger Moore
Even though Signal isn t great sci fi you d never know it to look at it and listen to it Visually and sonically gorgeous and eerie
2.5
The Signal
Ed Gonzalez
The titular signal refers to the Nomad hacker s taunts though it may as well point to the film s nature as a self styled calling card 
2
45365
Ethan Alter
The overall effect is almost hypnotic 
3
45365
Lauren Wissot
An exhaustively detailed entrancing journey crafted with love for everything from raindrops on a windshield to a cheesy Elvis impersonator 
2.5
45365
Robert W. Butler
The result is a film that seems to slide effortlessly between situations and seasons presenting a kaleidoscopic look at a community 
3
45365
Roger Ebert
The first shot tells us 45365 is the zip code of the town In this achingly beautiful film that zip code belongs to Sidney Ohio a handsome town of about 20 000 residents 
4
45365
Moira MacDonald
45365 doesn t quite satisfy with many of its through lines feeling just a bit off 
2.5
45365
Mike Scott
Imagine Norman Rockwell had he been more of a realist than a nostalgist 
3
Whirlpool
Roger Ebert
Whirlpool is fairly ridiculous especially in its dialog 
1
Peepli Live
V.A. Musetto
You can t decide whether to laugh because the events are so absurd or cry because you can imagine them really happening 
3
Peepli Live
G. Allen Johnson
I liked Peepli Live which is colorful and at times quite lively but I wish it were funnier and its satirical edge a bit sharper 
2
Peepli Live
Jay Antani
Its comical sharply observant caricatures of India s political and media jackals offers a much needed reality check in a country where celluloid escapism is too often the rule 
3
Peepli Live
Andrew Schenker
Peepli Live forgets to consider the person in whom it s allegedly interested 
2
Girl Walk: All Day
Kenji Fujishima
A proudly optimistic spirit animates this joyous film illustrated by a combination of thrilling street ballet exultant music and unflagging verve 
3.5
The Maid
Kelly Jane Torrance
The performance at the center of this film and the breath of fresh air provided by the lively Miss Loyola remind us that there are depths no one suspects at the center of that iconic figure in a black and white uniform 
3
The Maid
Rob Thomas
The movie edges into psychological thriller territory at times but it s mostly an intriguing character study of a woman who has spent her adult life mistaking a business relationship for a personal one 
3
The Maid
David Nusair
Sporadically intriguing yet ultimately unsatisfying 
2
The Maid
Linda Barnard
As unlikable and unstable as the character is Saavedra finds a way for the audience to care about Raquel deeply and even to root for her to come out on top with her childish evil plots 
3
The Maid
Robert W. Butler
Without ever turning didactic The Maid suggests that domestic employment cannot help but affect human relationships It may be honest work but that doesn t mean that on some level it doesn t wear away at the soul 
3
The Maid
Matt Brunson
It isn t until late in the game that audiences will be able to determine the extent of the picture s darker undertones 
3.5
The Maid
Jeff Vice
The absence of any really likable characters in the film is troublesome Over the course of the movie we become less interested in finding out what happens to any of these people 
2.5
The Maid
Tom Keogh
Fun for a while but increasingly tedious 
2
The Maid
Joe Williams
It s tough and unsentimental with a documentary aesthetic that belies the craft of the calibrated tension 
3
The Maid
Michael Phillips
The Maid is a small film but very sure and extremely well acted 
3.5
The Maid
Mick LaSalle
With a few brushstrokes Sebastian Silva communicates the complicated social and moral dynamic involved in having a live in maid 
4
The Maid
Carrie Rickey
Silva expertly maintains the tension asking the audience to interpret Raquel s bizarro behavior His diagnosis is a pleasant surprise 
3
The Maid
Ty Burr
The tension doesn t just derive from wondering where the story s going to go but to which genre this movie even belongs Are we in a horror film or a humanist drama Will Raquel burst into tears or break out the knives 
3
The Maid
Marianna Faynshteyn
In the end the characters multi dimensionality makes any loose ends unimportant 
3
The Maid
Jan Stuart
A deserved prizewinner at Sundance Saavedra seems to age 25 years and then drop 35 in the space of an hour and a half 
4
The Maid
Elizabeth Weitzman
Just when her Chilean employwers wonder if she s sociopathic Saavedra suggests that Raquel s behavior is in fact perfectly rational 
4
The Maid
V.A. Musetto
Silva s script has the ring of truth not surprising since he based it on real life experiences He even shot most of the scenes in his own family s house 
3
The Maid
Nick Schager
Saavedra s performance has an unwavering intensity that serves the film well 
2.5
Stealth
Russ Breimeier
Neither entertaining nor exciting the dumb and noisy Stealth will hopefully live up to its name by fading quietly from movie theaters 
1
Stealth
David Nusair
Undoubtedly a perfect example of everything that s wrong with contemporary action flicks although the movie isn t quite as bad as it s been made out to be 
2
Stealth
Linda Cook
More of a flying turkey than a tale of airborne action Stealth begins to nosedive moments from its liftoff until it spirals out of control about half way through 
.5
Stealth
Christian Toto
Stealth offers the kind of razzle dazzle action Michael Bay only thinks he creates 
3
Stealth
Tyler Hanley
The blueprints for Stealth called for long forgotten spare parts and the end result will likely cause a box office crash 
1
Stealth
Jonathan R. Perry
Witless but marginally watchable for almost 70 minutes of its bloated 120 minute length until it begins to take itself entirely too seriously 
1.5
Stealth
Mike McGranaghan
A movie filled with dumb moments 
1.5
Stealth
Matt Brunson
Young dumb and full of fun 
2.5
Stealth
Erik Childress
Rob Cohen Has Officially Killed More Brain Cells Than Drugs Alcohol
1
Stealth
Scott Nash
Doesn t really generate any emotion at all other than apathy 
1.5
Stealth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Stealth isn t a very good movie It s contrived and silly moving at warp speed so as to leave novel concepts like character development floating somewhere off in the distance 
2.5
Stealth
Jeff Vice
This material brings out the worst instincts in director Rob Cohen 
1.5
Stealth
Geoff Pevere
Stealth manages to be so ridiculously unconvincing you think you re watching a live action version of last year s sublime action movie puppet satire Team America 
1
Stealth
Larry Ratliff
Stealth breaks the astound barrier before you can say Woo hoo that blew up real good 
2
Stealth
Moira MacDonald
Rob Cohen s airborne adventure Stealth commits the cardinal sin for an action movie It s very very dull 
1
Stealth
Mick LaSalle
No matter how hard Cohen flogs it whips it beats it shakes it kicks it and prods it with a sharp stick Stealth his latest just doesn t spring to life 
1
Stealth
David Elliott
Checks should be mailed to the estate of Stanley Kubrick for the brazen lifts from 2001 A Space Odyssey and a small one from Dr Strangelove 
2
Stealth
Carla Meyer
Visually and sonically boisterous Stealth updates Top Gun but with special effects replacing plot and character development 
1.5
Stealth
Stephen Whitty
Harsh and tasteless it doesn t even qualify as a popcorn movie Popcorn at least has some taste to it and a certain airiness 
1.5
Stealth
Peter Debruge
Stealth succeeds in satisfying a dozen different pubescent fantasies while simultaneously violating every aspect of logic and good taste 
1
Stealth
Bruce Westbrook
Beyond mind numbing explosions Stealth s effects are good especially the whooshing flight scenes But as Eddie shows humanity matters and computer wizardry won t fill an empty plot 
2
Stealth
Liam Lacey
Cohen is no stranger to cornball excess but Stealth is his chef d oeuvre a movie so audaciously preposterous and jingoistic it plays like a parody of the genre 
1
Stealth
Terry Lawson
Stealth doesn t so much crash and burn as just fly and fade into its CGI created sunset 
2
Stealth
Lisa Kennedy
Hollywood hokum Absolutely Pop culture propaganda Perhaps Yet Stealth goes beyond feeding our popcorn proclivities 
3
Stealth
Ty Burr
Stealth is a pretty fair military hardware action movie until you start thinking about it at which point it turns incredibly sour in your mouth 
.5
Stealth
Sean P. Means
This is the sort of action movie that in spite of its title you can see coming a mile away 
1.5
Stealth
Kyle Smith
Stealth is so over painted with CGI that it doesn t look as real as the sequence starring Shepard that inspired it in The Right Stuff a movie made with model airplanes 
1
Stealth
Glenn Whipp
Aggressively stupid and blissfully unaware of it Stealth follows a robot plane on a journey of self awareness 
1
Stealth
Timothy Knight
Watching Stealth you can t help but wonder why the filmmakers didn t save themselves and Sony Pictures a lot of time and money and just make a video game instead of a movie 
2
Stealth
James Verniere
Instantly disposable effort 
1.5
Stealth
Jami Bernard
Stealth is flimsy and forgettable but it does have a few worthy action and special effects sequences 
1.5
Stealth
Greg Maki
Watching this movie becomes physically painful 
0.5
Stealth
Willie Waffle
Has Stealth shown up on your radar Shoot it down before it steals 2 hours of your life 
1.5
Stealth
Meg Jones
Stealth is a widescreen video game except all the audience can do is watch instead of grabbing a joystick and playing along 
2.5
Stealth
Michael Wilmington
Stealth s strengths are obvious high tech marvels and a good cast so are its flaws At its worst moments a mad robot seems to have taken over the movie too 
2
Stealth
Dustin Putman
Will please non discriminating action hounds while leaving everyone else in search of a little meat unfulfilled It s as fun as it is instantly forgettable 
2
Stealth
Chris Hewitt
You know the old joke about military intelligence being an oxymoron Stealth proves it 
1
Stealth
Tracy Allerton
Hey its not like we came to this movie for its plot or anything 
2
Stealth
David Hiltbrand
If Stealth were a recruitment film for aircraft carrier duty one would be tempted to say Mission accomplished As a feature film it s a washout 
1.5
Stealth
Jan Stuart
After 110 minutes of this atheists will storm monasteries and acrophobics will scale redwood trees anything to find an oasis of calm 
2
Stealth
Roger Ebert
Stealth is a offense against taste intelligence and the noise pollution code a dumbed down Top Gun crossed with the HAL 9000 plot from 2001 
1.5
Stealth
Josh Larsen
so many beautiful explosions here that Stealth might work as a fetish film for pyromaniacs 
2.5
Stealth
Peter Canavese
Lucas insists I just don t think war should become some kind of video game Too late 
2
Stealth
James Berardinelli
Overlong disjointed and rarely compelling Stealth has the capacity to put viewers into a catatonic state 
1.5
Stealth
Walter Chaw
A headache and tinnitus 
2
Stealth
Steve Rhodes
Preposterous and predictable Stealth hides 2 pleasures under its wings It is laughably bad and it provides the adrenaline pumping thrills of a video game 
1.5
Stealth
Steven Snyder
Despite its creative premise involving a robotic and intelligent fighter jet which goes bad is remarkably uncreative in coming up with a story that actually makes use of this cool toy 
2
Stealth
Rob Blackwelder
Daisy Daisy I ll blow you out of the sky I m half crazy seen Top Gun too many times a plumb guilty pleasure 
2.5
Stealth
Nick Schager
Reflects Cohen s own aesthetic modus operandi of replacing all traces of humanity with digitized artificiality 
1
Stealth
Frank Ochieng
this pseudo stylish yet laughable flyboy fable runs out of some serious fuel in the storytelling department glaringly unimaginative as a thumping techno thriller
2
Jimmy's Hall
John Beifuss
It s rare to see a film that presents its characters working class bog folk and haughty clergy alike without a trace of condescension or caricature it s rarer still to see a movie that unambiguously champions so called radical politics 
3.5
Jimmy's Hall
Scott Renshaw
No one has mastered the art of turning tense discussions over political philosophies and tactics into drama like director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty it s a shame there s not more of it here 
2
Jimmy's Hall
John Wirt
A dark period of Irish history revealed as unvarnished drama with a little romance 
3
Jimmy's Hall
Bob Bloom
The movie paints a picture of a church hierarchy that has basically ruled people s lives for centuries and is unwilling to bend with modern times not out of malevolence but of fear and distrust of change 
3.5
Jimmy's Hall
Calvin Wilson
Working from a fact based screenplay by his longtime collaborator Paul Laverty Loach addresses a theme that resonates throughout his work the effect of the political on the personal 
3.5
Jimmy's Hall
Anita Katz
Directed by Ken Loach who has been making old fashioned unashamedly leftist radiantly humanist cinema since the 1960s the film is a foot stompingly enjoyable biopic 
3
Jimmy's Hall
Robert Horton
The tensions in Ireland after independence are fascinating but complicated and Loach and Laverty haven t found a way to bundle those tensions into a movie that breathes on its own 
2.5
Jimmy's Hall
John Hartl
Loach is clearly on Gralton s side but he s remarkably evenhanded about it Norton is a formidable villain while Ward is just vulnerable enough to make the showdown dramatically persuasive 
3.5
Jimmy's Hall
Roger Moore
A fresh view of the historic schisms within Catholic Ireland given a muted but lovely treatment by Ken Loach 
3
Jimmy's Hall
Liam Lacey
As dramatically stilted as Jimmy s Hall is it has an undeniably appealing integrity 
2.5
Jimmy's Hall
David Berry
It s all that talk that makes Loach s latest Jimmy s Hall more than just a particularly dour Depression era remake of Footloose 
2.5
Jimmy's Hall
Steven Rea
There s humanity here on all sides and a gentle wisdom beneath the raging rhetoric 
3.5
Scorpius Gigantus
David Nusair
Bottom of the barrel nonsense from start to finish 
.5
Breaking Boundaries: The Science Of Our Planet
Nick Allen
This unabashed infomerical is broadly affirming but now I m worried about the future of urgent issue documentaries 
2
The Pleasure Is All Mine
Collin Souter
Occasionally funny but it wears thin after a while and I m sure there are plenty of movies out there with this exact same plot 
2.5
This Is Not a Movie
Mark Jenkins
The documentary adroitly demonstrates that Fisk is still motivated by the boyish curiosity that drew him to journalism 
3
This Is Not a Movie
Simon Houpt
A laudatory engaging profile of Robert Fisk 
3
Demons
Matt Brunson
Disreputable fun 
3
Demons
David Nusair
the film s performances dialogue and storyline all suffer from an unmistakable vibe of incompetence 
2
Darfur Now
Connie Ogle
Informative and effortlessly gripping 
3
Darfur Now
Ty Burr
Slick impassioned and guardedly upbeat 
3
Darfur Now
Amy Biancolli
The title says Darfur Now not Darfur Then not Darfur Sometime But the question it asks emphatically is Darfur Now What 
3
Darfur Now
Elizabeth Weitzman
A disquieting and somewhat disjointed call to arms 
2.5
Darfur Now
Eric Lurio
This is a feel good film for activists which barely scratches the surface 
2.5
Darfur Now
Loey Lockerby
Admirable work 
3
Darfur Now
Sean P. Means
A rallying call to aid Darfur and an uplifting case study in the power of individuals to effect change 
3
Darfur Now
Jeff Vice
Darfur Now does one thing other documentaries on the region in western Sudan haven t done so far It offers hope that something substantive may be done about the Darfur genocide 
3
Darfur Now
Claudia Puig
By showing the struggles and efforts of about half a dozen people it puts a human face on the tragedy 
3
Darfur Now
Geoff Pevere
In movie making as in life it s not enough to mean well The real challenge is in being meaningful 
2
Darfur Now
Moira MacDonald
Both important and engrossing devastating yet inspiring 
3.5
Darfur Now
Peter Hartlaub
At 99 minutes the documentary presents a quick but thorough lesson 
3
Darfur Now
Terry Lawson
A documentary exploring the roots and reason of African political corruptness and its history of a tribal violence that shows no signs of abating might have done more to raise real outrage 
2
Darfur Now
Stephen Cole
Darfur Now is effective pamphleteering but only an occasionally compelling documentary film 
2
Darfur Now
Roger Ebert
If it accomplishes nothing else Darfur Now locates Sudan on the map More than that the film provides faces for the people of Darfur 
3
Darfur Now
Kelley L. Carter
This is the kind of film that doesn t end after the credits roll and it s a gold star example for what a documentary should do inspire 
4
Darfur Now
Kyle Smith
The documentary Darfur Now proves that no matter how important the subject matter following various people around with a camera doesn t necessarily make a film 
2
Darfur Now
Ken Fox
Inspiring is a word often used to describe human rights oriented documentaries but Theodore Braun s film about efforts to ease the ongoing genocide in Sudan s Darfur region really earns that epithet 
3.5
Darfur Now
Jan Stuart
Darfur Now is a worthy if inconsistent attempt at collaring a concerned audience and saying You too can make a difference 
2.5
Darfur Now
Bob Strauss
Much of the film plays like a static lecture and a repetitive one as well 
2.5
Darfur Now
Camerin Courtney
Hopefully well crafted and moving films such as Darfur Now will inspire more people to take that small but significant first step toward ending these atrocities 
3.5
Darfur Now
Jason Clark
Its 99 minutes could have easily been about 65 if you removed all of the celebrity do gooder filler 
2
Western Stars
Rob Thomas
It goes without saying that the bigger a Springsteen fan you are the more entranced you ll be by Western Stars But it s such an original and unexpected way of presenting the music that even non fans have to respect 
3
Western Stars
Steven Prokopy
Having just turned 70 last month it s not surprising that a man so gifted with words might have a few thoughts on growing older 
3.5
Western Stars
Anita Katz
The elements add up to a generous encounter with the Boss and stirringly demonstrate the art of music making 
3
Western Stars
Brian Tallerico
A lovely companion piece to the latest album from the legendary musician 
3.5
Western Stars
Peter Howell
Western Stars Bruce Springsteen s best album in years makes for an enchanting movie that looks bravely ahead at the open road while casting a longing glance in the rear view mirror 
3.5
Western Stars
Brad Wheeler
It s lovely film to look at Springsteen confronting his past and demons in the prettiest gently tuneful barn and big sky way imaginable 
3
Western Stars
Mark Jenkins
It s basically a concert flick with some extras And those extras are not the best things in it 
2.5
Western Stars
Joe Friar
Even if you re not a diehard Springsteen fan it s hard to resist the country tinged songs and ballads behind the 83 minute performance film Pure magic 
4
Western Stars
Mike McGranaghan
There are plenty of great documentaries about great musicians Not many have the soul of this one nor the revelations of the artist s mind 
3.5
Western Stars
Roger Moore
Not misguided It s just dull and self serious But if you re Bruce Springsteen nobody around you s going to point that out 
2
Western Stars
David Nusair
Western Stars rarely comes off as a been there done that concert movie 
3
Western Stars
Joey Magidson
An immensely satisfying concert film that makes for a profound companion piece to Springsteen on Broadway as well as The Boss memoir Bruce fans are in for a treat 
3.5
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Farran Smith Nehme
There s virtually no biographical content The songs stick very much to one plaintive folk pop style and if that is not your passion the flood of concert footage becomes wearing fairly early on 
2
Sex and the Teenage Mind
David Nusair
the complete lack of salacious content ensures that the film s core audience of teenaged boys will dismiss this as fast as everyone else 
1.5
Jaws 2
David Nusair
A fairly decent sequel 
2.5
Jaws 2
Joseph Gelmis
There was reason to believe that Jaws 2 would be a mess It isn t It s better than most sequels It s formula ridden but slick and the special effects work as intended 
3
Jaws 2
Bill Chambers
Jaws 2 hits a qualitative ceiling due to the joint absence of Steven Spielberg and Academy Award winning editor Verna Fields 
2.5
Jaws 2
James Kendrick
the filmmakers did everything they could to breathe new life into the material without forgetting what had made that material work in the first place
3
Diamonds
Roger Ebert
Well I guess I ve finally gotten over my thing for heist movies 
2
Other Half
V.A. Musetto
A melodramatic import from Algeria is so relevant in this age of global terrorism it s a shame it isn t much better 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Brian Eggert
Because of the subpar animation and also because of the new digital camera s limitations the entire film exists on flat planes without depth Then again so does the story 
0.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Namrata Joshi
Attack of the Clones fails to offer the same brand of unadulterated thrill and excitement as the Star Wars trilogy 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
for me it is definitely an improvement over the childish and irregular first episode Full review in Spanish 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
David Nusair
As perpetually uneven as its underwhelming predecessor 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Joe Williams
The technical wizardry of the action scenes are ultimately more important than the story and reason enough for nonbelievers to see and enjoy the movie 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jack Mathews
Lucas obsession with digital technology has obliterated the saga s last remnants of human purpose and turned his once mesmerizing space opera into a pure dehumanized cartoon 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Joe Lozito
It is certainly better than the childish Phantom Menace and the final 45 minutes of straight action beat the editing nightmare at the end of the last film 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Peter Canavese
It s impossible to dismiss a film with this much stuff exotic production design imaginative characters and a wide variety of digital jedi fu 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Judith Egerton
Superior to Episode I The Phantom Menace with its annoying Jar Jar Binks and its dull galaxy hopping story line 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jim Shelby
Alternately excites and bores 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Wesley Lovell
The Star Wars franchise continues to slip into obscurity with another underwhelming entry 46 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Margaret A. McGurk
It has all the moves it never quite catches the rhythm 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jon Niccum
If Phantom Menace resulted in mindless boredom then Attack of the Clones at least offers mindless entertainment 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Emily Blunt
Star Wars fans will be in heaven 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es divertida visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida Simple y sencillamente te sorprender 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Forrest Hartman
Lucas returns the series to its roots delivering a cartoon like adventure that uses special effects to enhance rather than replace storytelling 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jeffrey Westhoff
The battling Yoda looks ludicrous like Kermit the Frog in a Matrix fight scene 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
James Kendrick
less Jar Jar no discussion of taxes and trade blockades and more Jedis violence and sex appeal
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Steven Snyder
In the end what I appreciated most was the unpredictability of it all 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jonathan R. Perry
What Lucas needs to wrap up this franchise properly is a return to the fundamentals less overplotted hooey more thick blue liquid 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
David Keyes
Why does Lucas even bother planting the seeds if he refuses to let them sprout 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Joe Leydon
Abounds in A budget variations of Saturday matinee B movie excitement 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Ian Mantgani
Isn t it sad that these movies no longer sweep us away but force us to sit making mental checklists of what George Lucas has done right and what he has done wrong 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mike McGranaghan
As one of the millions of so called fan geeks out there Episode II was all I hoped it would be 
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Michael Szymanski
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones is the most stunningly beautiful visually dazzling and fiercely action packed of all the Star Wars films 
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Scott Nash
George Lucas unwilling to relinquish control over this universe he created is solely to blame for this celluloid garbage 
1
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Noah Davis
The diverging plot lines and the rich expansive and incredibly beautiful scenery and planets not to mention the constant action almost make up for Lucas deficiency with the spoken word 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Gary Brown
There s an amazing gladiator like confrontation in a coliseum followed by a rip roaring battle scene between the Jedi warriors and the army of clones 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Collin Souter
THX Digital sound and some great visual fury signifying nothing 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Phil Villarreal
By far the best movie to be released so far in 2002 
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Bob Bloom
This is a special effects extravaganza 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Dustin Putman
Beautifully majestic often awe inspiring five times better than Episode I 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Kevin A. Ranson
Fans have a fix audiences have an adventure and Lucas has another blockbuster what s not to love 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Duane Dudek
May qualify as the third best episode yet behind The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Robert W. Butler
An entertainment so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Joe Baltake
This film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
David Elliott
The old charm is mostly left behind a twinkle in Princess Leia s eyes while Lucas clones films with industrial fervor 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mick LaSalle
Unlike the first Star Wars made for a general audience in search of a good time Attack of the Clones is pitched to a cult audience 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Rick Groen
Watching Attack of the Clones is like getting rapped on the head with a rubber mallet no lasting damage I pray and hope but bad enough to bring on an acute bout of dizziness and disorientation 
1.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Melanie McFarland
Yes Episode II is beautifully rendered and better than the last It s also duller than Tatooine s desert landscape until the last half hour 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Terry Lawson
To borrow from Yoda speak Much to desire we still have 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Steven Rosen
By going forward into the past to create a prequel trilogy Lucas has trapped himself in a fundamentally anticlimactic venture 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Sean P. Means
Lucas trumps himself with the coolest lightsaber fight since the first Luke vs Vader face off in The Empire Strikes Back 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Glenn Whipp
A cosmic letdown to watch this new film and realize that Lucas still doesn t know how to write dialogue or direct flesh and blood actors and even more significantly has largely forgotten how to evoke wonder and have a little fun 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Renee Graham
Instead of zesty and daring Attack of the Clones is often labored and stiff 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Donald Munro
Christensen succeeds because he reveals the flashes of evil within Anakin s character a word a gesture a youthful burst of impatience 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Stephanie Zacharek
This is a fantasy with no poetry in it which explains why barely a frame of it stuck with me after I left the theater 
1
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mark Dujsik
Lucas has recaptured and accentuated the elements that made the original films such a joy to experience 
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Tony Toscano
Bristles with excitement in every frame making this installment a high energy adventure 
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mary F. Pols
The emphasis on computer generated effects ultimately robs the movie of much of its energy 
1.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Glenn Lovell
Clones is more star chores than Star Wars 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mary Kalin-Casey
Episode II is certainly flawed but Lucas gets enough things right to give even disillusioned Star Wars fans new hope for Episode III 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mike Clark
No screen fantasy adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of Clones last 45 minutes 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Todd Anthony
It s better than The Phantom Menace But unless you re an absolute raving Star Wars junkie it isn t much fun 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Rene Rodriguez
Attack of the Clones is a triumph of technology over humanity and if it falls short of a completely fulfilling experience it also achieves the kind of primal emotion movies were invented for wonder 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jeff Vice
It may not be a perfect film but Attack of the Clones is close to what we ve come to expect from a Star Wars movie 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Dan Fazio
The film isn t without flaws acting is wooden early on at least one action scene could be cut and certain computer effects look phony But it s worthy of this compliment Clones is a real Star Wars movie 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Andrew Howe
If you re not a long standing admirer there s little reason to join the queues on opening night 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Matt Soergel
One thing you notice about the new Star Wars movie is how people who did little but stand around in the previous story now get up and get down and actually do something 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Mark Caro
For those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer generated effects the new Star Wars installment hasn t escaped the rut dug by the last one 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Michael Wilmington
This movie should thoroughly please old fans and even create new ones even if it probably won t win over critics who believe the series has turned into the movie equivalent of a slick vacuous theme park 
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dozens of moments catch you up and take your breath away 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
James Berardinelli
In a time when more often than not sequels disappoint it s refreshing to uncover something this high profile that fulfils the promise of its name and adds another title to a storied legacy 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Steven Rea
This thing will have your mind glazed over faster than a glob of dough in a Krispy Kreme plant 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
John Anderson
Much anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Lou Lumenick
On a purely visceral level Clones is a delightfully rousing eye popping crowd pleasing homage to Saturday morning serials of the 30s and 40s 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Michael Dequina
Lucas slickest trick is how by the end in spite of any snickers or groans one may have uttered along the way one finds oneself invested in the fates of these characters 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Jeanne Aufmuth
Millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Peter Travers
The Force against dullness is finally goosing George Lucas 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Roger Ebert
Episode II Attack of the Clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight 
2
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Erik Childress
Wonder hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars
4
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Walter Chaw
Its screenplay serves as auto critique and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure 
0.5
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Ross Anthony
It s all about Anakin and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and of course special effect 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Rob Blackwelder
as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Steve Rhodes
Move over Spidey George Lucas is bringing out a sci fi movie with a little more gravitas to knock you off your perch 
3
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Ed Gonzalez
Here s the good news the latest toy from George Lucas s soulless Star Wars factory is better than The Phantom Menace Now the bad it s not much better 
2
The Town
Mattie Lucas
Affleck gets the tone mostly right his use of natural lighting in the film s final stretch is impressive but he has yet to completely find his footing as a director 
2.5
The Town
Roger Moore
One of the great modern heist pictures 
3.5
The Town
Jeff Beck
Action can be difficult for someone not experienced with it Yet Affleck shows that he s more than up to the task 
3
The Town
Josh Larsen
Because this all revolves around Affleck The Town is a curiosity directed by him under another name and it would be forgettable 
3
The Town
Wesley Lovell
Ben Affleck may not be his generation s best actor but he is quickly becoming one of its best directors 
3.5
The Town
Jordan Hiller
A film can only be as riveting as its ability to have the audience believe or suspend belief and though The Town takes steps toward authenticity it fails to meet even the basic requirements of plausibility 
2
The Town
Tyler Hanley
Ben Affleck has matured as an actor and serves up what is arguably his best performance to date 
3.5
The Town
David Nusair
the familiarity of the storyline is rarely as problematic as one might ve anticipated 
3.5
The Town
Linda Cook
One of the first serious adult dramas of the fall season The Town also is one of the first serious Oscar contenders 
3
The Town
Mike McGranaghan
The emotional action in The Town is just as gripping as the physical action 
3.5
The Town
Sean P. Means
Affleck calls his own number giving a strong turn as the conflicted criminal who thinks he might finally taste life without looking over his shoulder 
3.5
The Town
James Kendrick
Affleck takes a number of risks which helps elevate The Town above its admittedly pulpy roots into something that is both harder and more moving
3.5
The Town
Lori Hoffman
The heist sequences and chase scenes are beautifully staged although the romance seems unlikely and taints an otherwise solid action film 
2.5
The Town
Todd Hertz
Ben Affleck s visionary story telling top shelf acting deep characters and emotional weight put some hefty meat on the tired bones of the action genre 
3.5
The Town
Eric Melin
Affleck is a little wooden and most of what happens outside of the actual bank robberies themselves is pretty predictable 
2
The Town
Michael A. Smith
A tense thriller full of great performances The Town is a heist film that rivals Dog Day Afternoon and Heat 
4
The Town
Walter Chaw
It still feels odd to say it but I can t wait for the next Affleck joint 
3.5
The Town
Kam Williams
A riveting immorality play establishing Ben Affleck as a director to be reckoned with 
4
The Town
Matt Brunson
While The Town doesn t quite match Gone Baby Gone which after all was second only to No Country for Old Men on my 10 Best list for 07 it illustrates that Affleck won t have to contend with either the label of beginner s luck or sophomore jinx 
3.5
The Town
Sean O'Connell
a solid riveting thriller from a gifted gritty filmmaker 
3
The Town
Keith Cohen
Affleck s attention seems diverted on camera because of his directorial duties Hall stands out displaying real emotions Renner brings out the toughness spontaneous hair trigger qualities of his role Hamm never gets 
2.5
The Town
Christian Toto
All is forgiven Ben Just stay behind the camera so you can give us more films like The Town
3.5
The Town
Sara Michelle Fetters
Affleck has talent behind the camera so much I can t wait to see what he s got up his sleeve next but even with that being so his latest cinematic heist is in the end one I didn t want to remain a part of 
2
The Town
Mike Scott
Although it lacks the emotional wallop of Gone Baby Gone it is an exceedingly well assembled genre picture a spell binding edge of your seat thriller 
3.5
The Town
Bob Bloom
Ben Affleck s work behind the camera is sure and concise He knows how to stage exciting and realistic gun battles and is aware of how to build suspense and tension 
3
The Town
Amy Biancolli
Affleck s direction is clipped when the plot requires but he lingers on character driven scenes at a garden a restaurant a corner in no apparent rush Why hurry after all He s arrived 
3.5
The Town
Liam Lacey
A deliberately old fashioned melodrama that echoes the pulpy mix of violence and romanticism of gangster films of the Thirties and Forties 
3
The Town
Lisa Kennedy
Ben Affleck s follow up to his gritty directorial debut Gone Baby Gone proves the actor director co writer is here baby here to stay 
3
The Town
Lawrence Toppman
Think of Ben Affleck as the Woody Allen of Boston 
3
The Town
John Beifuss
The profane stylized typically menacing speeches delivered by the movie s preening bank robbers gangsters and federal agents are scary poetic and even beautiful in their way and they help elevate the film to the top rank of recent crime thrillers 
3.5
The Town
Ann Hornaday
Affleck made a quietly astonishing directorial debut a few years ago with the taut atmospheric mystery Gone Baby Gone With The Town he proves he s no one hit wonder 
3
The Town
Matt Soergel
Now this is how you make a crime yarn 
3
The Town
Lou Lumenick
The Town is an exciting and extremely well acted film 
3.5
The Town
Rene Rodriguez
Affleck s smooth elegant directorial style is strong reminiscent of Clint Eastwood s He takes his time establishing characters who are far more complex than they initially appear then thrusts them into moral dilemmas with no easy outs 
3
The Town
Alison Gang
With gunshots that roar like cannons and exhilarating car chases through Boston s narrow streets the execution of the crimes is far more interesting and convincing than Doug s personal journey 
3
The Town
Willie Waffle
Ben Affleck has gone from being the butt of jokes to being the next Clint Eastwood 
3.5
The Town
Claudia Puig
Though the narrative is a conventional one the well acted suspenseful story deals in fascinatingly murky morality and mines intriguing material from a historic and complex city 
3.5
The Town
Kit Bowen
Ben Affleck crafts a compelling tight knit bank heist drama 
3.5
The Town
Bill Weber
As a chaser to Affleck s last offering of pungent Beantown brew The Town is near beer 
2.5
The Town
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This one is a little more pedestrian in the story department Happily Affleck more than makes up for it with his handling of rich details his skill with actors and his pure love for the city of Boston 
3
The Town
James Berardinelli
With a crisp clear style and a focus on character director Ben Affleck is able to imbue staple action scenes with a sense of urgency and tension 
3
The Town
Moira MacDonald
Behind the jangly car chases and the procedural action in The Town lurks a doomed beautifully acted romance and a still young filmmaker already at the top of his game 
3.5
The Town
Robert W. Butler
Ben Affleck grew up in Boston which may explain why The Town reeks of authenticity along with a palpable sense of desperation and existential angst 
3
The Town
Dustin Putman
What we have here is more firmly rooted in formula albeit with a capable even impressive handle on strong old fashioned storytelling 
2.5
The Town
Linda Barnard
Ben Affleck has managed to sidestep the curse that can dog a sophomore directing effort with The Town which is in many ways a superior movie to 2007 s Gone Baby Gone 
3
The Town
Tom Horgen
As an action movie The Town is good But as a moody character study it can be mesmerizing 
3.5
The Town
Duane Dudek
Affleck s affectations facial stubble Southie patois and more tattoos than a Russian mobster are on the money 
3
The Town
Steven Rea
Affleck works the familiar turf of a cops and robbers thriller but populates it with characters who come convincingly and often creepily to life 
3
The Town
Peter Travers
Ben Affleck 38 kicks it up a notch with The Town a gripping human drama disguised as a blazing heist film that comes on like gangbusters 
3.5
The Town
Rossiter Drake
The Town holds its own with crisp ferocious dialogue and a disquieting aura of danger most palpable when Jeremy Renner is on screen 
3.5
The Town
Michael Phillips
There s a decent movie in The Town though this adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel Prince of Thieves stretches out to a misjudged 130 minutes 
2.5
The Town
Roger Ebert
Here is a well made crime procedural and audiences are likely to enjoy it at that level but perhaps the mechanics of movie crime got in the way of Affleck s higher ambitions 
3
The Town
Phil Villarreal
Affleck shows this is how you f_ck_n direct a movie 
3.5
The Town
Peter Keough
In terms of character and plot The Town doesn t challenge conventionality Where it excels is in sustaining mood and this has a lot to do with the performances 
3.5
The Town
Ty Burr
If Affleck s doing a riff on the sexy doom laden antiheroes of 40s film noir Renner s doing straight up Cagney and he s the most watchable thing in the movie 
3
Addicted to Love
David Nusair
an oddball premise that s employed to mostly underwhelming effect 
2
Addicted to Love
Michael Dequina
Stalking does not sound like a viable basis for a romantic comedy but director Griffin Dunne and screenwriter Robert Gordon have somehow made it work 
3
Addicted to Love
Susan Wloszczyna
This twisted romance possesses the soul and edgy atmosphere of an independent film but not quite the conviction 
3
Addicted to Love
Roger Ebert
What bothered me more was that the characters are supposed to be intelligent and yet they have the maturity of gnats It is always a problem in a love story when the rival seems more interesting than the hero and that s what happens here 
2
Addicted to Love
David N. Butterworth
Appealing actors alone do not a romantic comedy make 
2
Othello
Matt Brunson
Qualifies as a film noir 
3.5
Othello
Peter Keough
Seldom has a director encountered so many frustrations and obstacles and turned those obstructions into inspirations integrating them into his vision 
4
Othello
Michael Wilmington
Othello has been filmed numerous times but never with such extraordinary visual grace and power 
4
Othello
Chris Hicks
Any film student who hasn t seen this film has not completed his education And for the rest of us this Othello is a fascinating film with moments of great power 
3
Othello
Roger Ebert
From its opening shots where the camera looks down on a solemn funeral procession Othello exhibits Welles flair for dramatic compositions 
3
Mo' Money
Michael Dequina
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2
Mo' Money
Chris Hicks
Damon Wayans wrote Mo Money as a star vehicle for himself and is credited as an executive producer So so it s safe to say he deserves the blame 
2
What Have They Done to Solange?
Maitland McDonagh
Even if it were loosely adapted from a Wallace mystery the seemy sexual elements of the film s plot would have to have been invented by the scrrenwriters 
2
My Country, My Country
Sean P. Means
Poitras creates a vivid portrait of Iraqi civilians siding with neither the U S occupation nor the insurgents but just looking for the killing to end 
3
My Country, My Country
Bill Stamets
A compelling report 
3
My Country, My Country
Michael Wilmington
A memorable portrait of a nation s growing pains 
2.5
My Country, My Country
Jeff Shannon
In 90 captivating minutes Laura Poitras extraordinary documentary My Country My Country gives you a greater understanding of the situation in Iraq than you d get from 100 hours of Fox News or CNN 
3.5
My Country, My Country
Laura Kelly
The camera should never leave the four walls of the Riyad family home Beyond that story there is a dullness to the pacing and the wider tale of the Iraqi elections 
2
My Country, My Country
Glenn Whipp
The film delivers powerful images of a country mired in chaos where explosions gunfire power outages and unrest rule the day leading to a national despondency that understandably fails to rise above the endemic suffering and daily death 
3.5
My Country, My Country
Walter V. Addiego
sobering documentary 
3
My Country, My Country
Ken Fox
Poitras boldly dispenses with the traditional documentary voice over but her film is filled with telling moments that are far more eloquent than any scripted narration 
3.5
My Country, My Country
Kyle Smith
Often the film is muddled it isn t until the second half that the doctor who is the main subject is revealed to be a Sunni who considers the people who blow up schools and police stations to be the resistance 
2
My Country, My Country
Elizabeth Weitzman
Hard to watch but important to see this compassionate documentary tracks the considerable travails of Iraqis living under U S occupation 
3
My Country, My Country
Nick Schager
Laura Poitras s film depicts the way in which managing perception of the ongoing war is as vital as any battlefield success or failure 
2.5
My Country, My Country
Gene Seymour
My Country My Country chronicles events leading to the January 2005 Iraq elections with such breadth and detail that it almost feels as if they re being revealed for the first time 
3.5
Where the Boys Are
Matt Brunson
The slang is even more outdated than the sexual politics but all of the performers shine with colorful characterizations particularly Hart Prentiss and Gorshin 
3
Lost Transmissions
Simon Abrams
Pegg and Temple are good enough to make you want to care even when their characters don t seem to be worth caring about 
1.5
Lost Transmissions
Mark Dujsik
Perhaps the uncertainty about O Brien portrayal of Theo s condition comes from the movie s almost dreamlike form 
2.5
Lost Transmissions
Roger Moore
Juno Temple has reminded us that she s better than all those bit parts as tarts broads and the like a leading lady of formidable empathy and range 
3
Lost Transmissions
Joey Magidson
Simon Pegg and Juno Temple have never been better exercising new acting muscles and causing you to re evaluate what each is capable of 
3
Even Money
Nick Schager
Producer Bob Yari returns to the Crash well with Even Money and comes up with a turgid PSA about the dangers of gambling 
1
Even Money
Maitland McDonagh
This collection of cautionary anecdotes never adds up to much more than the sum of their obvious morals 
1
Even Money
Timothy Knight
Robert Tannen s first produced screenplay certainly doesn t lack for story or clichs for that matter Nor does Tannen skimp on trite predictable plot twists or well worn stock characters in his pedestrian script 
2
Even Money
Kyle Smith
Strong performances save this somewhat melodramatic film from sudsing up at least until the end 
2.5
Even Money
Jack Mathews
If you re looking for entertainment save your 10 bucks for the lottery 
1.5
Even Money
Bob Strauss
Director Mark Rydell is often good at evoking the desperation and superstitious hope that s a big part of the gaming spirit This is nothing new either but it s enough to keep the movie intriguing enough to watch 
2.5
Even Money
Erik Childress
Because of the 1985 Ryan O Neal fiasco Fever Pitch Even Money doesn t have the distinction of being the worst film about gambling ever made Then again second place is also the first loser 
1
Son of the Mask
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A transparently minimal effort in which many jokes and pivotal plot points are grossly inappropriate for children 
0.5
Son of the Mask
Willie Waffle
How far down the Hollywood food chain do you have to go before you get stuck with Jamie Kennedy as the star of your movie Did Ben Affleck turn down Son of the Mask 
0
Son of the Mask
Linda Cook
Color movement and loud noises do not disguise an idiotic movie 
0
Son of the Mask
Angel Cohn
While the bright colors and occasional chuckles might amuse the younger set this film will seem tediously long to the adult audiences who may even be outraged at the way they ve blatantly and badly ripped off the Tex Avery style and plots 
0.5
Son of the Mask
Vince Koehler
Definitely not for adults some younger kids may appreciate the wild humor 
2
Son of the Mask
Frank Ochieng
messy and meandering Clearly this banal computer generated clunker has all the witty bounce of a disabled kangaroo Mask needs to hide its hideous face
1.5
Son of the Mask
Scott Nash
You know how awful this movie looks in the previews Well that s exactly how bad the movie actually is 
.5
Son of the Mask
Tom Meek
Kids aren t going to get the sexual innuendo and not many adults will enjoy the blast of urine and splatters of snot and vomit 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Jennie Punter
If you are the son of Frankenstein Flubber Dracula Lassie Ali Baba Sinbad Billy the Kid Davy Crockett Robin Hood Tarzan or Satan you have to accept that the movie about you is likely not as good or memorable as the one about your dad 
2
Son of the Mask
Mike McGranaghan
Has it not occurred to Hollywood that no one wants to see Jim Carrey less sequels Isn t that kind of obvious or have they completely underestimated the comedian s appeal 
2
Son of the Mask
Joshua Vasquez
Remarkably inept 
.5
Son of the Mask
Forrest Hartman
It took little effort to push Son of the Mask from memory Sadly my duties as a critic have forced me to recall it and the flashbacks aren t pretty 
0
Son of the Mask
Tyler Hanley
It s doggie vs baby vs daddy vs deity in a sequel so cartoonish it makes Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 look like a dry documentary 
2
Son of the Mask
Susan Walker
With so many cuts a second all attention goes into following the visuals Just as well since the story leaves so little to work with 
2
Son of the Mask
Tom Keogh
Forget about such fripperies as story and character and your inner 7 year old can have a pretty good time with the film s Tex Avery style mayhem and Chuck Jones inspired sight gags 
2.5
Son of the Mask
Kim Morgan
It s irritating And bizarre Double bill it with the also freakish Super Babies Baby Geniuses 2 and you might have something a new kind of accidental horror film 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Lou Lumenick
Parents who let their kids see this stinker should be brought up on abuse charges so should the movie ratings board that let this suggestive mess slip by with a PG rating 
0
Son of the Mask
Jack Mathews
What the filmmakers missed in assuming the mask from the earlier film is that it was Carrey s astonishing physical comedy that made that film a hit not the animation 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Evan Henerson
If there is any thought more singularly horrifying than that of a mask franchise may it never enter this critic s humble noggin 
0
Son of the Mask
Roger Ebert
What we basically have here is a license for the filmmakers to do whatever they want to do with the special effects while the plot like Wile E Coyote keeps running into the wall 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Wesley Morris
90 minutes of flying grand pianos green vomit giant hand grenades and photography that almost takes you into the actors pores 
0.5
Son of the Mask
Larry Ratliff
As sequels go this computer effects invigorated wall banger engages only slightly 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Mike Clark
Icky and incompetent special effects aside in equal parts this groaner makes 1994 s The Mask look like something you d study in a film graduate course at NYU 
1
Son of the Mask
Mary-Liz Shaw
To heck with suspense I ll just tell you right now Jamie Kennedy is no Jim Carrey 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Terry Lawson
The attempt to invoke the imaginative mayhem of Warner Bros animation never gets anywhere beyond the obvious effort and it rests uneasily with the messages about the importance of being a good parent and balancing work and play 
2
Son of the Mask
Peter Debruge
Unnecessary but not entirely unpleasant 
2
Son of the Mask
David Sterritt
The special effects are ubiquitous but not very special 
1
Son of the Mask
Chris Hewitt
Making a sequel to The Mask without Jim Carrey is like trying to make peanut butter without peanuts 
1
Son of the Mask
Dustin Putman
There is no reason to make a trip to the theater for what amounts to a loud and frenzied day at Chuck E Cheese s 
2
Son of the Mask
Steven Rea
Curdled gobs of antic shtick 
1
Son of the Mask
Gene Seymour
A perfectly good six minute animated short is taffy pulled and inflated beyond reason or tolerance 
2
Son of the Mask
Jeff Strickler
Jim Carrey doesn t go anywhere near this follow up to his 1994 blockbuster and neither should viewers 
1
Son of the Mask
Walter Chaw
No matter how much you paid or were paid to watch this capophagic mess son you been robbed 
0
Son of the Mask
Allison Benedikt
Congratulations it s a talking dancing top hat wearing boy Just like in those incredibly innovative Quiznos commercials and that sitcom that got cancelled a while back 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Josh Larsen
offers not just one but two entries into the annals of repulsive computer generated characters Make room Scooby Doo and Garfield 
1
Son of the Mask
Phil Villarreal
The mask works its bizarre corruption on the director who wears it proudly His slap happy movie ricochets from one incomprehensible explosion of sound and color to the next 
1.5
Son of the Mask
Sean McBride
Adults may be disappointed but ten year olds should love it 
2.5
Son of the Mask
Rob Blackwelder
If this sounds more like a horror movie than a family matinee to you then you obviously don t work for New Line Cinema 
0.5
(Untitled)
John Hartl
The impenetrable gallery jargon is quite funny at first and the brothers twisted relationship is set up nicely but the movie errs when it takes itself seriously 
2.5
(Untitled)
Steven Rea
Untitled asks a lot of intriguing questions more intriguing than the film itself 
2
(Untitled)
Wesley Morris
A serious comedy in which the assorted players a couple of artists some gallerists and the people who attend or don t attend their shows discuss what art is what it should aspire to be and what kind of people collect exhibit and consider it 
3
(Untitled)
Peter Keough
Woody Allen might have passed on making this film 35 years ago because it was too dated and middlebrow 
2.5
(Untitled)
Michael Phillips
Has the punctuation and the thinness of a gallery wall label 
2
(Untitled)
Mick LaSalle
It doesn t have a hero who s right and everyone else is wrong And though it mocks every character it dismisses nobody It makes a case for every point of view including those the filmmakers don t share 
4
(Untitled)
Roger Ebert
Untitled is a comedy worthy of the best Woody Allen and Adrian is not unlike Woody s persona a sincere intense insecure nebbish hopeless with women aiming for greatness 
3.5
(Untitled)
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Parker s new film has that same ultra black comedy vibe which means good news for us few fans and bad news for everyone else 
3
(Untitled)
Robert Levin
It s a sharp movie pitched at a tone located squarely between archness and sincerity 
3
(Untitled)
Kyle Smith
Untitled is a tinny satire destined to go Unwatched because it is Uninteresting 
1
(Untitled)
Simon Abrams
Parker reduces the art world to the insipid backbiting and conniving of malign thugs that enthusiastically bat around grandiose self serving endorsements
1
Auntie Mame
Wesley Lovell
Auntie Mame is a prime example of form and function unifying in a delightfully rich and complex comedic package 
4
Simon Killer
Rene Rodriguez
Simon Killer is a sensory experiential film more of a state of mind than a straightforward story 
3.5
Simon Killer
Tom Keogh
Self consciousness passing for style 
2
Simon Killer
Glenn Lovell
a sexy edgy character study that slowly draws you into its web even as it unnerves you a hybrid of The Talented Mr Ripley and for its steamy lovemaking the X rated Last Tango in Paris 
3.5
Simon Killer
Kyle Smith
A noirish character study of a young American in Paris Simon Killer chillingly combines the classic amoral drifter out of James M Cain with a very contemporary figure the overemotional overeducated spineless slacker 
3
Simon Killer
Simon Abrams
A relentless and largely unrewarding descent into an ostensibly personal hell 
2
Simon Killer
Tomas Hachard
The film has many elements of a thriller but ultimately Antonio Campos s interest lies much more in profiling yet never over determining his moody protagonist 
3
The Brandon Teena Story
Roger Ebert
The film itself is not slick and accomplished Oddly enough this is an effective style for this material it captures the banality of the world in which individuality is seen as a threat 
3
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
David Nusair
46 46 46 this essentially feels like an extended episode of the series 46 46 46 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Sonny Bunch
A sloppy second rate entry in the catalog of standalone X Files adventures 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Charles Koplinski
The X Files 2 I Want to Believe isn t a groundbreaking film by any stretch u2014 but that it challenges the viewer to consider certain moral imperatives in a season devoted to films revolving around explosions and fart jokes makes it a daring pie
3.0
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Mike McGranaghan
There s a very strong spiritual underside to The X Files I Want to Believe It gives the story a lot of emotional weight while also making the creepy stuff that much more disturbing 
3
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Lori Hoffman
Scully and Mulder should have stayed retired 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Sean McBride
This could just be my nostalgia talking but it s hard to get excited about the movie when the TV show consistently offered better stories 
1.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Austin Kennedy
After 10 years you would think creator Chris Carter would want his series to go out with a huge bang But it doesn t even go out with a whisper
1.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Greg Maki
There is comfort just in spending time with Fox Mulder David Duchovny and Dana Scully Gillian Anderson six years after the series ended 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Nick Rogers
With half formed discussions of pedophile priests same sex marriage stem cell research media manipulation American health care and George W Bush one could call it Michael Moore s The X Files But Fahrenheit 9 11 and Sicko were considerably mor
1
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Eric Melin
What is amazing u2014and flies in the face of most conventions of the mystery genre u2014is that once Mulder and Scully are convinced out of retirement they do absolutely nothing to advance the case 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Gina Carbone
As bad as the final season of the show 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Dustin Putman
As a genre effort it s strictly forgettable but as an emotional addendum into the ongoing lives of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully it is satisfying and bittersweet 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Rossiter Drake
The good news I Want to Believe plays like a solid albeit unexceptional stand alone episode broad enough to ensnare the uninitiated without alienating the show s loyal base 
3
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Zachary Woodruff
The stand alone story is an uninspired excuse to drag Fox Mulder and Dana Scully through the same faith vs reason debates that encumbered the TV program 
1.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Phil Villarreal
A tight entertaining and thought provoking thriller that accomplished something movie spinoffs of TV shows rarely do It allowed its characters to grow out of the holding pattern the basic premise requires 
3.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The thrill is gone but we shouldn t discount the place for epilogues and endings in pop culture 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Claudia Puig
There may be no going back as much as we might want to believe otherwise 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Daniel M. Kimmel
an intelligent and moody thriller that may send newcomers off to discover what the original series was all about 
3
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Maitland McDonagh
To Carter and Spotnitz s credit such weighty concerns aren t the stuff of most mainstream genre movies But they re also not sufficiently gripping to transform a middling thriller into something truly provocative or haunting 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Peter Howell
Astute readers will note that I have abstained from making cheap cracks about the I Want to Believe title an almost superhuman feat given this movie s abundance of sheer nonsense 
1.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Chris Hewitt
After 10 years that s the best Carter could come up with 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Mick LaSalle
In the end it s all about these very full and rewarding lead characters 
3
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Carla Meyer
What s most surprising is the filmmakers treatment of two key characters Linked by the story to a hot button topic these characters are presented in a most unenlightened fashion 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Peter Travers
In not knowing who it needs to please I Want to Believe pleases no one 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
James Berardinelli
Rather than providing a springboard to a movie franchise this film puts the final nail in The X Files coffin Mulder and Scully can now fade into pop culture history 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Lou Lumenick
The X Files I Want to Believe is atmospheric and moves briskly but it s basically TV writ large 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Connie Ogle
The writers know these characters the believer seeking the truth no matter how outlandish the religious skeptic with her own rock hard belief in science and the actors step into their roles without missing a beat 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Bob Strauss
Such a rich intelligent pop culture creation as The X Files has earned enough grace to mainly riff on what its troubled heroes are all about 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
David Frese
While it s nice to drop in on Scully and Mulder again moviegoers new to the franchise might have trouble drumming up empathy for this odd couple 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the chemistry between the stars is as palpable and stirring as ever there is an inert laziness to Carter and Frank Spotnitz s script bordering on the inexcusable 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Amy Biancolli
The truth is they re boring now 
1
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Matt Brunson
Perhaps they should have called it X and the City 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Liam Lacey
Though the mood of The X Files I Want to Believe remains consistently funereal the storytelling is all over the place 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Lawrence Toppman
This is it 
1.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Wesley Morris
The truth is indeed still out there And when Carter finds it may he heed its wisdom Let go 
1.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Willie Waffle
Seeing any movie after watching The Dark Knight is like dating another woman after you break up with Angelina Jolie but Duchovny and Anderson find their rhythm quickly and still have a fun chemistry together 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Duane Dudek
A decade has passed since the last film based on the show which went off the air in 2002 and while I had few expectations for the sequel the depth of my disappointment is proportional to my lingering affection for the characters and the concept 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Jeff Vice
There s really nothing here that will attract casual viewers to the movie And even die hard X Philes are in for a huge disappointment 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Sean P. Means
The movie delivers the same bracing blend of intelligence and adrenaline that made The X Files such an enjoyable TV series 
3
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Jeremiah Kipp
Because the show has been off the air for so many years now audiences may wonder why these characters haven t moved on from their obsessively singular points of view 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Steven Rea
Gloomy and serpentine with a pointless chase sequence and a couple of big revelations about what Mulder and Scully have been up to on a personal level The X Files I Want to Believe will make believers of no one who s not already a diehard X phile 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Michael Phillips
The story is both a muddle and a drag having to do with stem cell research and regeneration and missing limbs and a fraught psychic and that s enough detail for the purposes of this review 
2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Peter Canavese
Interesting enough as a symbolic drama of conflicting and conflicted beliefs But this is also supposed to be a spooky movie right 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
John Anderson
The way the film marries its subplots will keep audiences off balance which is exactly right for an X Files movie 
3.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Moira MacDonald
As a movie it doesn t add up to much as another glimpse at two characters who remain fascinating it s worth seeing 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Roger Ebert
I make it sound a little silly Well it is a little silly but it s also a skillful thriller giving us just enough cutaways to a sinister laboratory to keep us fascinated 
3.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Joe Lozito
Fans of the TV show may enjoy seeing Mulder and Scully back in action but there s little in this run of the mill mystery to attract the uninitiated 
2.5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Josh Larsen
I Want to Believe had the right strategy too bad Carter and company couldn t commit to it 
2
Captain America
James Berardinelli
The biggest flaw isn t so much the acting the directing or the screenwriting all of which deserve demerits but that the movie s meager budget doesn t allow it to look cinematic 
2
Young Black Stallion
David Nusair
on home video stripped of its visual grandeur the movie comes off as a superficial and woefully inept piece of work 
1.5
Young Black Stallion
Ross Anthony
This 50 minute L F narrative is at its best with music big sky interesting terrain and a charming girl on the back of a beautiful horse Sticky in acting dialogue 
2
Young Black Stallion
C.W. Nevius
Tired rehash 
1
Young Black Stallion
Chris Hewitt
A choppy disjointed film that feels like it was edited down to suit the typical 45 minute running time of a large format film 
1.5
Young Black Stallion
Jim Carnes
It s a full flat 50 minutes long enough to get the job done and fast and short enough that the kids won t get antsy And luckily for us adults it s well crafted and keeps us interested too 
3.5
Young Black Stallion
Elizabeth Weitzman
Has gorgeous cinematography with spectacular landscapes plus a lazy script forgettable performances and regrettably uninspired direction 
2.5
Young Black Stallion
Jeff Strickler
Family friendly to the max it s a bit corny but beautifully shot 
3
Young Black Stallion
Terry Lawson
This prequel is little more than a very large space filler distinguished as you might have guessed by its 3D like exploration of the desert and a very beautiful horse 
2
Young Black Stallion
Megan Lehmann
A visual treat diminished by lifeless dialogue and self conscious acting 
2
Young Black Stallion
Jeffrey Westhoff
As with most IMAX pictures the spectacular presentation is worth seeing although this time the cinematography is nearly ruined by some spectacularly awful child acting 
2.5
Young Black Stallion
Linda Cook
Definitely a treat for the small fry The Young Black Stallion races along swiftly on the IMAX screen 
3
Young Black Stallion
Gene Seymour
The new giant screen contribution to the stallion s legend is a 45 minute story which at best plays as if it could have barely passed muster as an installment of the old 1960s Disney TV series The Wonderful World of Color 
2
Killer Bees
Mark Johnson
Killer Bees does a terrific job showing the significance that high school athletics plays in the life of a kid and the gravity of value that one person can add to the life of a developing youth 
3
Highlander: Endgame
Nick Rogers
There s little that anyone who doesn t catalog Highlander kills online could possibly comprehend about this mythology heavy permutation while mocking its Casio demo score junior high play scene blocking Skinemax sex and oafish action sequences 
1
Highlander: Endgame
Maitland McDonagh
Frequent flashbacks equal parts soap opera and historical fashion show explicate the complicated relationships between Kell Faith and the MacLeods 
2.5
Highlander: Endgame
Scott Nash
We have a sad attempt at action which fails miserably 
1
Highlander: Endgame
David Nusair
do not under any circumstances rent this if you ve never seen the Highlander TV series 
1
Highlander: Endgame
Liam Lacey
Och lads and lassies on the souls of our shape shifting Gaelic forebears do not enter unwarned into that dark cave of confusion known as Highlander Endgame 
1
Highlander: Endgame
Edward Guthmann
Even the sound effects get tiring How many times can you hear swords being clanged yanked from the Earth or sinking squishily into quivering flesh without getting bored 
1
Highlander: Endgame
James O'Ehley
People going to see this movie without any knowledge of the Highlander TV series or the original film will be lost Fans on the other hand will love it 
3
Highlander: Endgame
Michael Dequina
If you re a fan there could be something here to keep you involved and maybe leave you satisfied But for newcomers it s an uphill battle to make sense of it all and just about impossible to care 
1
Highlander: Endgame
Robert Roten
As is the case with most sequels the quality is much lower than the original 
1
Highlander: Endgame
Mary Kalin-Casey
Too many time trips detract from the present and their comic shenanigans border on embarrassing 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Larry Vitacco
Clash of the Titans promises much more than it is prepared to deliver 
2
Clash of the Titans
David Nusair
a camp infused fantasy flick that will probably work best among younger viewers and those with fond memories of its original theatrical release 
2
Clash of the Titans
James Berardinelli
Mostly the problem is Beverley Cross screenplay which is unacceptably irredeemably bad 
2
Clash of the Titans
Ed Gonzalez
Ray Harryhausen s homely visual effects evoke sights unseen since Hoyt s The Lost World 
3
Te Amo (Made in Chile)
Walter Chaw
It s an endurance test that might pass the sniff test in terms of the insufferable lightness of being a teenager but stinks to high heaven in terms of watchability 
1
Te Amo (Made in Chile)
Beth Wood
An uneven but endearing movie 
2.5
Habit
Joshua Katzman
In the spin that Fessenden gives the vampire flick we re all ultimately our own worst enemies ushering in the agents of our own demise 
3
Habit
Maitland McDonagh
Despite its low budget the assets of Fessenden s film include startlingly rich cinematography and an above average cast most of whom have roots in New York s downtown performance scene 
3
Habit
Marty Mapes
Several things make this film a surprisingly good sleeper 
3
Habit
Steve Rhodes
Always mesmerizing film has few faults 
3
Habit
Roger Ebert
The movie is done in a flat realistic tone that is perfectly suited to the material 
3
Black Christmas
Matt Brunson
Black Christmas is one of the best in the endless cycle of slasher flicks 44 largely because it arrived before the genre got set within its tired and overly familiar parameters 46 
3
Black Christmas
Federico Furzan
This is better than it sounds and much more effective than today s films Great use of a premise that feels real Full review in Spanish 
3
Black Christmas
David Keyes
A well made excursion into the bloody unknown driven by characterization and modulated by a tone that knows when to amplify the scares and when to back away from them usually at the service of a story with the morbid curiosity to investigate further 
3
Black Christmas
Bill Chambers
Generally heralded as the first of its kind Black Christmas may actually be one of a kind 
4
Black Christmas
David Nusair
a sporadically effective slasher 
2.5
Black Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This dark holiday classic ranks as one of the screen s very first slasher flicks 
3
Beyond Words
David Nusair
A decidedly interminable mess 
1
The Milagro Beanfield War
Wesley Lovell
8220 Milagro 8221 is a wonderful film with a nice message that is too overpowering to the story
3
The Milagro Beanfield War
Matt Brunson
A charming ensemble piece that sprinkles a dash of magical realism over the familiar tale of underdogs rebelling against a corrupt and capitalist system 
3
The Milagro Beanfield War
Bob Thomas
Magazine articles about its making have outlined the problems multiple script changes wholesale reshooting The tinkering appears to have eroded the film s basic core It is now a series of audience pleasing turns with little sense of unity 
2.5
The Milagro Beanfield War
Roger Ebert
If Redford had left out a few of the waffling undecided characters and drawn his dramatic lines more strongly the film might have been a lot more powerful 
2.5
The Milagro Beanfield War
Chris Hicks
The simple fact is that despite its flaws Milagro is still a very pleasant outing loaded with delightful characters and a great many very enjoyable set pieces 
3
The Captain
Joe Friar
Robert Schwentke s powerful film tells a fascinating story that s intensified without the use of color which also makes The Captain easier to digest 
3.5
The Captain
Peter Keough
Though he belabors the obvious and sensationalizes the carnage and sadism Schwentke is dealing with some relevant issues 
2.5
The Captain
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a fine affair hard to watch at times but incisive in its assessment of the depravity of human nature 
3.5
The Captain
Mick LaSalle
The Captain is full of suspense and interest throughout 
3
The Captain
Mark Dujsik
The Captain asks the question of what it takes for a man to do evil and the simple answer is terrifyingly simple 
3
The Captain
Michael Phillips
Many of the flourishes come off as callow superficial You watch The Captain with a sick feeling in your stomach but probably not sick enough 
2.5
The Captain
Glenn Kenny
The movie seems at times a little too pleased with itself and its mordant observations on humanity 
2
The Captain
Chuck Bowen
In one fashion Robert Schwentke proves to be too complicit with his protagonist regarding evil and human banality as stimulation 
2
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Rob Thomas
In the film as was probably true in life Zappa gets the first and last word 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Barry Paris
Schütte s portrait of an avant garde icon and iconoclast comprises concert footage and interviews over the years including one by a state trooper in which Zappa provides irreverent articulate deadpan answers to all questions 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Jeff Simon
The interviews tell the story better than anyone else possibly could have 
4
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Lawrence Toppman
When son Dweezil was born Zappa filled in the spot for religion on the birth certificate with musician Eat That Question shows how true that was 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Calvin Wilson
Eat That Question may be of most interest to Zappa fans but newcomers to the man and his music may also find it well worth a look 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Robert Horton
Covers only a portion of the man s Zappa ness But it s an entertaining start 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Peter Canavese
From the evidence of Thorsten Schütte s found footage documentary Zappa saw the interview as sometime endurance test sometime amusement and all the time chess match he could never lose played as it was against lesser lights 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Matt Bobkin
The film can be frustrating for those who need a bit of context but doesn t add anything new for the experts either 
2.5
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Brad Wheeler
Eat That Question a fascinating and compelling dive into an artist s uniquely ticking parts gives voice to a complex dude and broadens the picture 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Dan DeLuca
Zappa was never at a loss for words 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Peter Howell
There s no small irony in a Frank Zappa doc being built around the man s interviews since he regarded journalism as a form of torture 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Mark Jenkins
Amusing and even edifying although it is also unlikely to make converts out of those who just don t get Zappa s pastiche of juvenile parody and sophisticated songwriting derived from rock jazz and 20th century experimental music 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
G. Allen Johnson
Eat That Question will please Zappa fans but it s not just for fans only It serves as a great introduction to an important artist who was ahead of his time 
4
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Glenn Kenny
The movie put me on a major Zappa listening jag which makes it sound like a fan only proposition It kind of might be but I hope it isn t 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Kyle Smith
Zappa made for a good celebrity if a rotten musician and his takes on language and fame keep this doc sprightly and engaging 
2.5
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Kam Williams
A riveting retrospective plumbing the depths of the brilliant mind of a bona fide Renaissance man underappreciated in his own time 
4
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Oleg Ivanov
It presents a captivating portrait of one of the era s greatest defenders of artistic freedom and a true American original 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Roger Moore
A laugh out loud celebration built on his decades of often hilarious TV interviews Congressional hearings and public appearances 
3
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Sean P. Means
Zappa s prickly demeanor is on full display and it s to Schütte s credit that he finds what Zappa doesn t say as illuminating as what he does 
3.5
Coach
David Nusair
An affable piece of work 
2.5
Relative
Jeff York
It 8217 s an intimate portrayal of three generations of family 44 full of laughter 44 grievances 44 rituals 44 and numerous bottles of wine 46 And any relation to your clan or mine is purely intentional 46 
3
Relative
Leo Brady
Relative is an emotional and poignant film 46 It 8217 s a lovely reminder that our circle of family is all that we have 46 
3
Relative
Richard Roeper
Brilliant actors play characters so intriguing they all deserve movies of their own 
3.5
Relative
Matt Zoller Seitz
In setup as well as execution 44 the movie often plays like a less polished 44 more fragmented attempt to make something like an American version of a film by British dramatist Mike Leigh 46 
3
They Live by Night
Matt Brunson
More romantic than the typical film noir but also just as fatalistic and hard hitting 
3.5
They Live by Night
Eric Melin
Maybe because of this close up strategy the actors all have a more naturalistic bent than most of the films of the day opting for a low key simmering approach The result is a more intimate portrait of these two lovers 
3
They Live by Night
James Kendrick
a truly unique film a groundbreaking entry in a distinctly American genre that announced in no uncertain terms the arrival of a major new talent
4
Dont Look Back
John Anderson
Even though Pennebaker s film is sloppy and occasionally incomprehensible it s a vivid snapshot made by a guy at the right place at almost the right time Had the director been really clairvoyant he would have documented Dylan s next English tour 
3
Dont Look Back
Terry Lawson
Here s Don t Look Back still looking like the best documentary about a popular artist ever made revealing a whole lot about what we wanted from Dylan back then which was something to believe in 
4
Dont Look Back
Michael Wilmington
Both a great concert movie and an amazing documentary of mid 60s cutting edge pop culture 
4
Dont Look Back
Roger Catlin
If Don t Look Back has a familiar feel to it more than 30 years after it was first released it s only because nearly every rockumentary owes something to it Just as most pop artists owe something to its subject Bob Dylan
3
Dont Look Back
Mike Scott
Unencumbered by voiceover or any sort of forced narrative the result is an intimate and riveting look at Dylan unfiltered a portrait of the artist as a 24 year old superstar 
4
Dont Look Back
Maitland McDonagh
The film s greatest incidental pleasures are images of a time when outlaw musicians wore suit jackets and the craggy Dylan was a delicate unconventionally handsome young man 
3.5
Dont Look Back
Roger Ebert
D A Pennebaker s 1967 film which invented the rock documentary is a time capsule from the period when Sgt Pepper was steamrolling Mr Tambourine Man 
3
Dont Look Back
Joe Baltake
Pennebaker who more recently shot The War Room and Moon Over Broadway shows the tour in strict chronological order staying out of it as usual and yet masterfully capturing it all with an edginess that s not always objective 
4
What's Cooking?
Susan Stark
It wears both its heart and its politics too obviously on its sleeve for comfort 
2
What's Cooking?
Roger Ebert
Because the stories are so skillfully threaded together the movie doesn t feel like an exercise Each of the stories stands on its own 
3.5
What's Cooking?
Greg Dean Schmitz
I was most impressed with the story of Kyra s character and how her lifestyle affects her relationship with her parents 
3
What's Cooking?
Rob Blackwelder
It would take up too much space here to go through the huge cast trying to single out actors who deserve praise for the expressive details that bring such truth to the picture 
2.5
What's Cooking?
Mike Gregory
Burdened with a largely uninspired script that serves up stock characters and one too many clichs 
2
What's Cooking?
Bob Graham
Patient viewers will find that by the time the sparks start to fly and the tears to flow the wait will have been worth it to say nothing of the laughs 
3
What's Cooking?
James Berardinelli
The kind of obvious theatrics employed by Chadha do a great disservice to both her characters and her audience 
2
Side Street
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hit and miss endeavor that 8217 s at its best when focused on Joe 8217 s increasingly frantic attempts at clearing his name 46 46 46 
2.5
Shine
Michael Dequina
Inspiring memorable cinema 
3.5
Shine
Steve Rhodes
With some incredible performances expect to see this movie on many best of the year lists 
3.5
Shine
Roger Ebert
His life story is not exactly as it is shown here but close enough I gather for us to marvel at the way the human spirit can try to heal itself 
4
Jeffrey
Mal Vincent
This hetero friendly comedy is filled with fresh ideas 
2.5
Jeffrey
Matt Brunson
The energy level drains away once the picture turns serious and what remains is a somber plotline that was handled far more effectively in such works as And the Band Played On and Longtime Companion 
2
Jeffrey
Edward Guthmann
It s not a total bust and some of the performances are charming but it never matches the gleeful irreverent mischief it had on stage 
2
Jeffrey
Roger Ebert
It s more a series of sketches and momentary inspirations than a story that grows interesting 
2
Jeffrey
Joe Baltake
It comes with a superficially sunny sitcom adorableness that mixes well with Rudnick s smart scathing urban and very dark one liners 
3
Jeffrey
James Berardinelli
If nothing else Rudnick and director Christopher Ashley know how to keep the audience off balance and in stitches 
3
Jeffrey
Tom Green
It is startling that such a funny play is not so funny a movie 
2
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Eric Harrison
A pointed and funny allegory about a clash of values 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Rob Thomas
It works as a message movie about the evils of capitalism but could have been a much richer film if it ever strayed off message 
2.5
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Jeff Vice
Alexandrowicz manages to express most of his ideas without getting too heavy handed and the low key tone is refreshing not just the humor but also the characterizations and story developments 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Sean P. Means
A gentle and moving parable 
3.5
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Carla Meyer
A sly and insightful fable about a religious pilgrimage derailed 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Marta Barber
An engaging and poignant film one that could only be done by an insider 
2.5
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Steven Rea
A fluid and often funny morality tale 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Wesley Morris
Searing little parable 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Paul Sherman
It s a sweet and effective present day fable 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
John Petrakis
This wise clever Israeli film reintroduces the once popular concept of film as allegory as it follows a Christian pilgrim on his bumpy road to salvation 
3.5
James' Journey to Jerusalem
V.A. Musetto
Funny knowing and immensely enjoyable 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
David Sterritt
It has a thought provoking mix of skepticism hopefulness and respect for all but its most scurrilous characters 
3
James' Journey to Jerusalem
John Anderson
Much of the charm of James is attributable to Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe the absorbing South African actor who portrays the enchantingly guileless religious pilgrim of the title 
3.5
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Eric Henderson
The film whips up a benign portrait of slavery instead of making a true grit political statement on the nature of New World capitalism 
2
The Lady Vanishes
David Wiegand
The result is entertaining without either dethroning Hitchcock s 1938 film or embarrassing itself 
2.5
Lore
Kelly Jane Torrance
Cate Shortland s tough moving film is shot with great intimacy driving home the idea that great horrors are ultimately a personal responsibility 
3.5
Lore
Peter Keough
Rosendahl puts the onslaught of horror and absurdity in poignant perspective with her limpid depiction of her character s growing resourcefulness and awareness 
3
Lore
Michael Phillips
Lore from Australian director Cate Shortland proceeds like a long ago fairy tale dark hued grounded in real life 20th century horrors 
3
Lore
Jason Buchanan
The dream of every director tasked with bringing such a difficult story to life is to have a star who can carry the drama and in her feature debut Rosendahl is a revelation 
3
Lore
Chris Knight
We see no fighting and no high level participants just ordinary people before a backdrop of natural beauty and manmade horror 
3
Lore
Rick Groen
The young principals here Malina and especially Rosendahl are superb at conveying that premature hardening their elastic minds pummelled by inelastic forces 
3.5
Lore
Linda Barnard
The sins of the Fatherland send a German teenage girl and her Nazi connected family on the run in Australian director Cate Shortland s vividly rendered and sensual drama Lore 
3
Lore
Rob Thomas
One could have made a much more didactic film with the same story German girl learns Jews aren t so bad after all but Shortland is after something much more elliptical here 
3
Lore
John Beifuss
Brings a distinctive perspective to familiar themes 
3
Lore
John Wirt
Saskia Rosendahl succeeds in a demanding role set amidst a bleak post war landscape 
3
Lore
Marty Mapes
Texture and detail embellish a provocative story
3.5
Lore
Sean P. Means
Rosendahl s performance is raw and compelling as Lore fights for her siblings survival and grows up in a hurry 
3
Lore
Roger Moore
Worthwhile but so subtle that it s frustrating 
2.5
Lore
Michael O'Sullivan
Lore is not a love story nor the story of a friendship Rather it s a story of healing and of how breaking sometimes painfully is often necessary before that process can begin 
3.5
Lore
Ty Burr
A fiercely poetic portrait of a young woman staggering beyond innocence and denial it s about the wars that rage within after the wars outside are lost 
3.5
Lore
Leba Hertz
Full of surprises the movie draws a thin line between pity and revulsion how would you feel if you had discovered your whole life had been based on lies 
3
Lore
Chris Hewitt
Shortland and her ferocious lead actress Saskia Rosendahl burrow so deeply into the thoughts of the stubborn infuriating protagonist that you leave the movie unable to stop wondering what the rest of her life will be like 
3
Lore
Steven Boone
We know where this is going pretty early on but that doesn t prevent Lore from being riveting stuff start to finish 
4
Lore
Rex Reed
It s a remarkable accomplishment 
4
Lore
Farran Smith Nehme
Lore is the sort of movie you d already expect to rip your heart out but that doesn t diminish the tragedy when it does arrive 
3
Lore
Nick McCarthy
Copious amounts of landscape and wilderness shots cover up its schematic plot as its indirect visual allusions take precedence over thematic development 
2.5
Pale Rider
Peter Canavese
His saddle bag is a mixed one though Pale Rider still has the touch of quality associated with latter day Eastwood Blu ray 
2.5
Pale Rider
Roger Ebert
Eastwood understands so well how he works on the screen that the movie has a resonance that probably was not even there in the screenplay 
4
Just Like a Woman
Peter Keough
Bouchareb fails to turn his outsider s point of view into new insights and instead takes the easy route falling back on familiar stereotypes in his tour of US misogyny and xenophobia 
2
Just Like a Woman
Farran Smith Nehme
Miller and Farahani give strong performances as women bonding over their delight in both movement and their own beauty 
3
Top End Wedding
Kenneth R. Morefield
The clash of cultures was an integral part of the story without it being a cheap shortcut for generic laughs
2.5
Top End Wedding
Roger Moore
There aren t many surprises but the amusing bit players throw away lines and general feels that Top End Wedding leaves you with put it over 
2.5
Top End Wedding
Pamela Powell
Co writers Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler develop a heart felt and stunning story of true love while remembering the humor that is an integral part of life 
3.5
Collection
Mark Dujsik
Todd M Friedman s screenplay doesn t care about the country s debt crisis any more than it cares about crafting a believable drama or thriller 
1.5
Air Buddies
David Nusair
it s clear that small children will delight to the over the top antics of the various talking animals 
1.5
Run This Town
David Nusair
It s almost astonishing just how misbegotten and uninvolving Run This Town is virtually from the get go 
1.5
Run This Town
Joey Magidson
When you can t even make Rob Ford a captivating figure you know something has gone very wrong 
2
Run This Town
Arielle Bernstein
This is well trod territory in 2020 explored richly in any number of TV shows and films and the choice to center Run This Town on Millennial malaise is an odd one 
2
Run This Town
Mark Dujsik
In trying to or simply falling into addressing so many issues Run This Town loses its primary focus 
2
Hi-Life
David Nusair
an enjoyable if altogether forgettable comedy 
2.5
Mortdecai
Brian Eggert
This madcap caper exists only to provide an excuse for the movie apos s crude zaniness and gratingly repetitive gags 46 
1
Mortdecai
Matt Brunson
More a misguided mess than a truly abysmal effort 
1.5
Mortdecai
Dustin Putman
Mortdecai wallows in the shallow and moronic as the energetic actors struggle to bring dignity to a project that has none They should have known better 
1
Mortdecai
David Nusair
An overlong disaster 
1.5
Mortdecai
Jackson Cuidon
I have no idea for whom this movie was made 
0.5
Mortdecai
Luke Goodsell
There s just never enough ham on the buffet for Johnny Depp these days 
1.5
Mortdecai
John Serba
Depp s performance is insipid scraping the bottom of his wardrobe of over the top weirdo personae 
1.5
Mortdecai
Linda Barnard
With art heist caper Mortdecai Johnny Depp tries his darnedest to start a kooky Austin Powers like franchise with a side of bumbling Insp Clouseau But dash it all if it isn t a crashing bore old bean 
1.5
Mortdecai
Rafer Guzman
Depp s strenuously unfunny performance turns a frivolous caper comedy into a grim death march to the closing credits 
1
Mortdecai
Peter Sobczynski
An absolutely bewildering waste of time talent energy and money 
0.5
Mortdecai
Willie Waffle
Only 14 year old boys are this enamored with growing a mustache 
.5
Mortdecai
Stephen Whitty
Don t be tiresome Paltrow tells Depp at one point Or did I forget myself and yell that at the screen myself 
1.5
Mortdecai
Brian Truitt
A whirlwind of horrible British accents too much gagging and not enough good gags and weak dialogue that while not exactly terrible is terribly boring 
1.5
Mortdecai
Mark Dujsik
Mortdecai is the stuff that inspires stipulations in wills as in Have some basic decency on the event of my passing and don t let people bring up that one movie 
0.5
Mortdecai
Roger Moore
Never amounts to anything more than a watchable mess an inside Anglo joke that most of us aren t in on 
2
Mortdecai
Kyle Smith
Mortdecai is mortdifying a mortdal sin of a movie that s headed for the cinematic mortduary 
0.5
The Gasoline Thieves
Rene Sanchez
A visually striking debut feature that portrays a timely and polemic theme in Mexico in a realistic fashion staying away from the usual tropes of melodrama Full Review in Spanish 
3
American Hardcore
John Beifuss
The hit and run effect sometimes suggests a documentary equivalent to slam dancing but without the bruises 
3
American Hardcore
Jeff Vice
While this documentary features rare performance footage of hard core punk rock bands Black Flag and Bad Brains it s not exactly the best assembled or deepest cinematic exploration of the subject 
2.5
American Hardcore
Paul Kosidowski
Rachman s concert footage confirms that the music was unique bruising chaotic and blisteringly electric 
3
American Hardcore
Phil Villarreal
American Hardcore harkens back to the time when punk rockers were actual punks not whining prefabricated MTV pretty boys 
3
American Hardcore
Marc Savlov
Crammed with grainy shot on the fly mid Eighties video footage recent interviews and a genuine love for its subject American Hardcore encapsulates a largely forgotten moment in maximum rock roll history 
3
American Hardcore
Dan DeLuca
American Hardcore Paul Rachman s impressively thorough documentary tells of the second generation punk rockers who learned from the Sex Pistols and Ramones and then did their DIY thing 
3
American Hardcore
Terry Lawson
American Hardcore gets what most music lovers could not at the time Sometimes that noise in your head and that anger in your heart just has to get out and there s always a guitar around somewhere 
3
American Hardcore
Thomas Delapa
For the record Rachman s punk rockology has its cracks While he worships at the altar of Henry Rollins and Black Flag he excludes such key West Coast bands as X and the Dead Kennedys 
2
American Hardcore
Bruce Westbrook
Instead of an insightful look at disaffected youths finding an outlet for angry energy in rock rages American Hardcore is a slanted history lesson coming solely from its subjects 
2
American Hardcore
Michael Booth
What s irritating about the movie is how much time it spends on empty nostalgia shouldn t real punks scorn reminiscing and how little time it spends truly exploring the roots of America s punk prime in the early 1980s 
2
American Hardcore
Laura Kelly
Hardcore could have done with a little more self criticism instead of self congratulation a little more outside commentary as opposed to inner circle ramblings 
2
American Hardcore
Chris Riemenschneider
Leaves little doubt that this truly was one of the wildest eras in rock 
2.5
American Hardcore
David Elliott
You can come away feeling bruised and half deaf 
2
American Hardcore
Ted Fry
An energetic and grandly entertaining tribute to a short lived period of early 80s punk rock 
3
American Hardcore
Chris Hewitt
The movie is hazy about dates and names but bracing in its depiction of young people who made music because they loved it not because they thought it would make them rich or famous 
2.5
American Hardcore
Lou Carlozo
Exhaustive and at turns exhausting American Hardcore explores 1980s punk subculture with the frenetic energy of mile a minute mosh pit music sealed with a fist 
2.5
American Hardcore
Matt Pais
A better doc about punk music would contextualize the genre in the industry and interview kids who cried No when their parents told them to turn down that racket 
2.5
American Hardcore
Peter Howell
A reverential but knowledgeable documentary about an aggressive offshoot of punk that flourished on the Left Coast from 1980 86 with outposts in such far flung locales as Washington D C New York Boston Detroit Chicago and Austin Tex 
2.5
American Hardcore
Will Crain
There s a lot of interesting material here but Rachman doesn t offer any real analysis of his own and the film suffers from a lack of narrative focus 
2
American Hardcore
Ty Burr
The film s a pretty good scrapbook and it evinces a healthy cranky old man disgust with the mega platinum punk acts of today 
2.5
American Hardcore
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you re going to make a movie about hardcore punk make a movie about hardcore punk This looks more like the same old PBS documentary 
2.5
American Hardcore
Peter Canavese
Though American Hardcore doesn t achieve a cogent and authoritative history it succeeds in giving the general impression of the early 80s hardcore punk scene 
2.5
American Hardcore
Steve Rhodes
starts promisingly but quickly settles into a repetitive pattern of talking heads repeating the same mantra interspersed with brief clips of barely visible old film footage 
2.5
American Hardcore
Bob Strauss
Almost anyone who s had enough of the purposeless processed pop that passes for entertainment today will nod their heads in emphatic agreement with what the film says when you re not covering your ears anyway 
3
American Hardcore
Stephen Whitty
If it all goes by too fast and leaves you with a headache when it s done well wasn t that the point all along 
2.5
American Hardcore
Ken Fox
The film features virtually no commentary from anyone who wasn t part of the original scene and who might put hardcore into a larger cultural context and ends up an intermittently interesting laundry list of same sounding bands 
2
American Hardcore
Pam Grady
It s an expansive look at a genre and a tribe of musicians that found their collective voice And there s one thing you could always say about hardcore it was never boring 
3
American Hardcore
Lou Lumenick
Inspired by a book by Steven Blush Rachman deftly sketches the hardcore scene in a dozen cities and chronicles the growing violence that signaled its demise 
3
American Hardcore
James Rocchi
Punk rock was never about sonic perfection It was and is about emotional intensity and American Hardcore has that in van loads and delivers with onetwothreefour power 
3
American Hardcore
Peter Travers
Based on the 2001 book by Steven Blush Paul Rachman s raw and riveting documentary traces the rise of of hardcore punk through Los Angeles Boston D C and the Big Apple 
3
American Hardcore
Gene Seymour
Filmmaker Paul Rachman and writer Steven Blush make an impressive case for a grass roots movement of mostly white working to middle class misfits who thought rock and roll needed to be rude abrasive and somewhat scary at the dawn of the Reagan era 
3
American Hardcore
Nick Schager
A routine nonfiction trip back in time but a fiercely rough around the edges one 
2.5
Clean and Sober
David Nusair
benefits from Keatons often spellbinding turn as the impressively unlikable protagonist 
2
Clean and Sober
Roger Ebert
One of the strengths Michael Keaton brings to Clean and Sober is his wild tumultuous energy which makes his character seem less like a victim than like an accident causing itself to happen 
3.5
Divine Madness
Larry Vitacco
From her opening number Big Noise from Winnetka to her triumphant grand finale I Shall Be Released there is nary a dull moment 
3.5
Revolution No. 9
Megan Turner
A smart little indie 
2.5
Jolly LLB
Namrata Joshi
The film may be titled Jolly LLB but belongs wholly to Justice Sundarlal Tripathi rivetingly played by Saurabh Shukla 
2.5
Citizen Kane
Brian Eggert
Perhaps the film s most resonant quality is that through the film s story and production Welles inspires the same investigative process about himself and his picture 
4
Citizen Kane
Mattie Lucas
There are few more endlessly engrossing character studies to be found in the history of the medium 
4
Citizen Kane
James Kendrick
a visual marvel of expressionistic deep focus cinematography elaborate production design and varied editing rhythms
4
Citizen Kane
Kate Cameron
Some day and the time won t be long in arriving Welles will be the greatest director in Hollywood 
4
Citizen Kane
Chris Cabin
Welles s deeply haunting depiction of the life of William Randolph Hearst has long been synonymous with the director s spectacularly odd and genuinely tragic career 
4
Citizen Kane
Matt Brunson
Citizen Kane has been cited as the greatest film ever made from so many different quarters it s a wonder that a Congressional law hasn t been passed making it required viewing for anyone who claims they like movies 
4
Citizen Kane
Wesley Lovell
The amazing depth of story and richness of composition make Citizen Kane a must see for anyone who considers themselves a lover of films 
4
Citizen Kane
Phil Villarreal
Citizen Kane is no relic Pop in the DVD and you ll find what you least expect a really cool flick 
4
Citizen Kane
Pam Grady
Gregg Toland s legendary black and white cinematography renders Kane absolutely transcendent 
4
Citizen Kane
Ed Gonzalez
A backwards detective story with Kane s lost childhood as an elusive puzzle piece in a lifetime of megalomania 
4
Citizen Kane
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No scene in Kane ever fails to amaze me and watching it for perhaps the 15th time on this new DVD I still felt fulfilled and happy afterward 
4
Citizen Kane
Ted Prigge
I ve always said that the greatness of a film is truly measured over time and this is one of the few films that is truly amazing to watch and actually lives up to all that damn hype 
4
Citizen Kane
James Berardinelli
Motion picture archives and collections across the world would be poorer without copies of this film which will forever be recognized as a defining example of American cinema 
4
Citizen Kane
Roger Ebert
Its surface is as much fun as any movie ever made Its depths surpass understanding 
4
Citizen Kane
Steve Rhodes
Filled with intriguing layers the story of Kane s life becomes an onion that the movie keeps peeling 
4
Me, Myself & Irene
David Nusair
Me Myself Irene would ve fared much much better had it topped out at 90 minutes 
2
Me, Myself & Irene
Michael Dequina
While the film does deliver enough laughs to merit a recommendation it is a letdown given the caliber of the comic minds involved 
3
Me, Myself & Irene
Betsy Bozdech
The kind of movie that gets its biggest laughs on opening weekend in front of sold out audiences when everyone watching gets carried away by the group experience of it all 
2.5
Me, Myself & Irene
Judith Egerton
Involves a knock down drag out fight between the two personalities It s like watching Jerry Lewis and Buster Keaton duke it out while inhabiting the same body 
3
Me, Myself & Irene
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Zellweger shares nearly all her scenes with Carrey and doesn t get gobbled up by him She s a lovely comic foil a straight man that can take any number of hits 
3
Me, Myself & Irene
Shay Casey
It s a great showcase of flexibility and split second role shifting but none of it is terribly funny 
1.5
Me, Myself & Irene
Roger Ebert
Me Myself Irene is a labored and sour comedy that rouses itself to create real humor and then settles back glumly into an impenetrable plot and characters who keep repeating the same schtick hoping maybe this time it will work 
1.5
Me, Myself & Irene
Dustin Putman
One of the more enjoyable and lively motion pictures to come along this summer and demonstrates how a successful comedy should be carried out 
3
Me, Myself & Irene
Greg Dean Schmitz
Has a few funny bits but most of the time it relies upon sight gags and profanity neither of which are humorous alone 
1.5
Me, Myself & Irene
Cornell & Petricelli
One belly laughing sequence after another 
3
Me, Myself & Irene
Jeffrey Wells
I still like Irene I still think it s funny as hell I still think it has one of Jim Carrey s best performances ever 
2
Me, Myself & Irene
Ross Anthony
Funny 
2.5
Me, Myself & Irene
Bob Graham
Carrey himself provides the biggest flash from a major star since Rudolf Nureyev in Valentino 
2
Me, Myself & Irene
David N. Butterworth
Two personalities in love with the same women Clever idea Let s stick a chicken up someone s butt and see if it flies Ah the subtle humor of Bobby and Peter Farrelly 
2
Me, Myself & Irene
James Berardinelli
Works because it does its job of making viewers laugh 
3
Third World Cop
Jeremiah Kipp
Third World Cop shows that Hollywood hackdom isn t that far removed from independent and foreign digital video posturing 
1
Third World Cop
David Nusair
proof that not just the Americans are capable of churning out cliched action flicks 
2
This Girl's Life
David Nusair
Star Juliette Marquis delivers a brave eye opening performance 
3
This Girl's Life
Roger Ebert
An imperfect movie with so many moments of truth that you forgive its stumbles 
3
This Girl's Life
Erik Childress
This Girl s Life was a standout at the CineVegas Film Festival the best of the lot James Woods is in great form as usual and if Juliette Marquis is not a star within the next five years then you can judge me all you want 
3.5
Sophie's Choice
David Nusair
a cynical too slick for its own good bit of blatant awards season filmmaking 
1.5
Sophie's Choice
James Berardinelli
Without Streep Sophie s Choice would have been a very good motion picture With her it attains greatness 
4
Sophie's Choice
Roger Ebert
So perfectly cast and well imagined that it just takes over and happens to you It s quite an experience 
4
The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea
Loren King
The story line is lacking If reefs can rebuild themselves after nuclear bombing can t they survive other endangerments 
2.5
The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea
Brett Michel
You ll be tempted to reach out and touch the hovering schools of jellyfish just try not to get stung 
3
All You Need
Steve Rhodes
The picture manages to pack much more of an emotional wallop that you initially suspect 
3
S... Year
Glenn Heath Jr.
Cam Archer s Shit Year is a volatile but intoxicating examination of personal emptiness 
3
S... Year
V.A. Musetto
A proteg of Gus Van Sant Archer who also makes short films and music videos has a wild imagination he has trouble harnessing He doesn t know the meaning of too much 
2
Private Violence
Sheila O'Malley
Private Violence is extremely sad but it has a lot of hope 
3
Private Violence
Kenneth R. Morefield
As with most complicated questions Why don t they just leave has more than one answer 
3
Hair Show
Kam Williams
Coiffure competition at center of sibling rivalry comedy 
2
Hair Show
Robert Dominguez
A predictable urban comedy set mostly in a chichi Beverly Hills beauty salon Hair Show is a female oriented Barber Shop minus the steady humor and pointed social commentary 
2
Hair Show
Megan Lehmann
The story is so slight a low wattage hair dryer could blow it away 
1.5
The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith
Josh Terry
The cumulative effect elevates Fire of Faith beyond what initially feels like a simple series of adventures in the islands and leaves audiences with a much more thoughtful examination of its subject 
3
The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith
Christy Lemire
Everything is so extreme here the storms the score the pouring of emotions that a moment of subtlety is welcome by comparison 
1.5
The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith
Sean P. Means
The care and attention that Davis applies to this universal story is so encompassing so nondenominational that one need not be a Latter day Saint to appreciate it 
3
Troubadours
Jesse Cataldo
Troubadours gets off on vague talk about community and a generous helping of tunes 
1.5
Rollerball
James O'Ehley
This remake exists for no clear reason at all It doesn t even make sense and the action is dull and repetitive 
1.5
Rollerball
Greg Maki
It s rare to see a movie fail in every possible area 
0
Rollerball
David Nusair
tries to work in some eye rolling instances of social commentary and this is where it fails completely 
2
Rollerball
Margaret A. McGurk
A bad movie that could have been a lot better if it had been a little bit worse 
2
Rollerball
Mark Dujsik
An insultingly bad movie and even the flashiest most distracting sound and visual gimmicks cannot hide this fact 
0.5
Rollerball
Ian Mantgani
Such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema 
0.5
Rollerball
Jorge Avila Andrade
Habr que darle a McTiernan el beneficio de la duda y esperar hasta su siguiente pelcula porque esta debe ser enlatada y no ser exhibida nunca ms 
1.5
Rollerball
Frank Ochieng
Who s in the mood to play games with Rollerball an insipid and excitable mindless sports fantasy that rolls over your cinematic senses in incomplete boisterous fashion 
1
Rollerball
David Keyes
without a doubt the single most atrocious and disgraceful major studio release of the new millennium 
0
Rollerball
Gary Brown
For more fun I would recommend an evening at the bowling alley instead 
.5
Rollerball
Joe Leydon
Klein is out of his league on and off the Rollerball court and his determined efforts to behave like a studly action hero seldom rise above the level of a good try 
1.5
Rollerball
Jim Lane
McTiernan and company do take one more thing from Jewison s original the game still doesn t make any sense but now the plot doesn t either 
1
Rollerball
Steve Rhodes
Loud silly stupid and pointless 
.5
Rollerball
James Berardinelli
Like a gerbil exercising in a wheel this movie spins and spins generating a lot of action and noise but getting absolutely nowhere 
1
Rollerball
Chris Hewitt
A limply acted inane orgy of bloodletting 
0
Rollerball
Mark Rahner
They should have called it Gutterball 
1
Rollerball
Mick LaSalle
A remarkable film Remarkably empty remarkably noisy remarkably pleasureless 
0
Rollerball
David Elliott
A long violent expensive and very stupid movie 
0
Rollerball
Joe Baltake
The new film looks as if it were made in 1975 while Jewison s 27 year old movie seems like up to date state of the art 
0
Rollerball
Dustin Putman
About as enjoyable I would imagine as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces positively dreadful 
0.5
Rollerball
Tor Thorsen
Problem is we have no idea what in creation is going on 
1.5
Rollerball
Gene Seymour
With this new Rollerball sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment 
1.5
Rollerball
Nick Carter
Its semi serious story weighed against its cartoonishly violent game scenes pull viewers toward conflicting but mutually unfulfilling peak moments 
1.5
Rollerball
Rick Groen
Despite the technical advances of the past quarter century the game sequences are as goofy as the first go round 
1.5
Rollerball
Glenn Lovell
Not so much a redo of the 1975 sci fi allegory of the same title as a denial of everything that made that film timely and interesting 
1.5
Rollerball
Valerie Kuklenski
What do you get when you cross an MGM cult film with costumes from a World Wrestling Federation garage sale and an editor with a short attention span 
1.5
Rollerball
Jonathan Taylor
Laughably irredeemably awful 
1
Rollerball
Jay Carr
It had a chance to improve upon the crude and stupid 1975 original set in a future America Instead it s only cruder and stupider 
1.5
Rollerball
Sean P. Means
McTiernan tries to bury the idiocy of his high tech Gladiator under flashy editing and unexplained rock star cameos 
1
Rollerball
Jonathan Foreman
This oddly scrambled new version eventually falls apart so badly you feel embarrassed for the people who made it 
1.5
Rollerball
Mike Clark
Missing a few key elements a script a reason for being and maybe a few Britney Spears ads strategically placed throughout to break up 98 minutes of solid tedium 
1
Rollerball
Roger Ebert
An incoherent mess a jumble of footage in search of plot meaning rhythm and sense 
0.5
Rollerball
Jeff Vice
This re do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that ironically it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against 
1
Rollerball
Marty Mapes
Rollerball is just plain bad 
1
Rollerball
Rob Blackwelder
a virtually plotless flash bang failure so devoid of substance it almost defies description 
1
Rollerball
Walter Chaw
What it might look like if Vince McMahon were to direct Starlight Express with all the stage blood testosterone and suck such a union implies 
0.5
Rollerball
Michael Wilmington
It s dull spiritless silly and monotonous an ultra loud blast of pointless mayhem going nowhere fast 
1.5
Rollerball
Terry Lawson
Composed almost entirely of smash cuts and camera gimmickry it makes most rock videos look like Ingmar Bergman dramas 
1
Rollerball
Steven Rea
By the end you just don t care whether that cold hearted snake Petrovich that would be Reno gets his comeuppance Just bring on the Battle Bots please 
1.5
Rollerball
Todd Anthony
The action makes no sense the death metal soundtrack drowns out most of the dialogue and the acting feels half hearted 
1
Rollerball
Ed Gonzalez
The uneven Rollberball still feels like the dopiest punchiest studio satire since Starship Troopers 
2.5
Cinemania
David N. Butterworth
Eccentricity never struck this close to home before 
3
Cinemania
David Elliott
Do not mutter Get a life These people have a life in the cavern of dreams No film critic is in a position to criticize them 
3.5
Cinemania
Roger Ebert
I know people like these and I understand their desire to be absorbed in the darkness and fantasy 
3
Cinemania
John Monaghan
There s a certain smugness to the proceedings like an episode of Cops where the camera lingers a bit too long on a police suspect s trailer trash housekeeping 
2
Cinemania
Wesley Morris
What Christlieb and Kijak do so well is keeping these folks from not seeming like loons 
3.5
Cinemania
Elizabeth Weitzman
Are we expected to sympathize with this motley bunch Admire them Laugh at them Or perhaps relate to them Against all odds we do a little of each 
3
Cinemania
V.A. Musetto
They seem quite satisfied with their lives which is more than can be said for a lot of people with more conventional lifestyles 
3
Cinemania
Peter Debruge
These guys are eccentrics in the fondest sense of the word and that alone makes their stories worth a movie or two 
2.5
Cinemania
Walter Chaw
It s unable to dig beneath the surface of movie obsession to find a chord of humanity 
1
Cinemania
Jeremy Heilman
An enjoyable look at the almost frightening grip that cinephilia has on these people s lives 
3
Universal Remote
Michael Dequina
One can make like the channel surfing framing device and just skip around and fish for a good skit 
2
Carrie
Brian Eggert
The new Carrie offers no fresh insights into the material and delivers far less than what De Palma achieved both thematically and cinematically 46 
1
Carrie
Frank Ochieng
It is certainly asking a lot to buy into the shoddy remake of Brian De Palma s 1976 macabre masterpiece Carrie There needed to be more shock inducing significance poured onto this callow Carrie besides the standby bucket of pig s blood
2
Carrie
Matt Brunson
A wan retelling which pales in practically every department when compared to the 76 model 
2
Carrie
Michael Dequina
Begs that age old remake of a classic question of why even bother even if the very capable actors do the best that they possibly can 
2.5
Carrie
David Nusair
a passable adaptation that fares about as well as one might ve anticipated hoped 
2.5
Carrie
John Beifuss
A purposeful revamp of Stephen King s prescient novel updated for an era of cyberbullying home schooling high school mass murder and America s so called culture wars De Palma referenced Norman Bates the new movie name drops Tim Tebow 
3
Carrie
James Kendrick
ends with what has to be the cheesiest most inexplicably silly image of any film this year a desperate stab at giving this retread a memorable exit that only confirms how utterly unnecessary and inferior a remake it is
1.5
Carrie
Christy Lemire
It is a timeless thing for all of us the ritual of high school expectation and heartache Once again as it did nearly 40 years ago Carrie turns it into an experience of biblical proportions 
2.5
Carrie
Jeff Beck
It s a nearly exact copy of the original film that makes so few changes to the story that you have to wonder why they didn t just use the original screenplay and do a shot for shot remake along the lines of Gus Van Sant s pointless Psycho replica 
1.5
Carrie
James Berardinelli
Rather than fixing some of the problems with De Palma s approach and trying something fresh Peirce compounds them 
2
Carrie
Willie Waffle
A run of the mill average movie 
1.5
Carrie
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone who thinks Carrie is just another horror remake will be in for a rude awakening Or should I say a pleasant surprise 
3
Carrie
Jason Buchanan
While it s tempting to be cynical about a remake of a film that gave the much maligned horror genre a rare moment of real prestige dare to judge Peirce s version on its own merits and you might just be frightened at how well it measures up 
3
Carrie
Carla Meyer
Peirce s Carrie is not as accomplished but still feels more substantial than most contemporary teen horror films It s well acted insidiously creepy and sufficiently bloody if you re into that 
2.5
Carrie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Given Peirce s penchant for bullied characters and her overall female perspective this pairing makes startling sense 
3
Carrie
Matt Zoller Seitz
There s a lot to like in this remake It s sincerely interested in exploring the pain that its characters suffer and inflict 
3
Carrie
Stephen Whitty
Nothing but a fancy bit of corporate Hollywood graverobbing slipping into the copyright cemetery digging up a generous loved one and calmly stripping her of every bit of gold and silver they can pawn 
2
Carrie
Wilson Morales
While this updated remake may bring in a new audience it offers little surprises little effect and pales in comparison to the original 
2.5
Carrie
Mark Dujsik
There is no good reason to revisit the story except for the most important one It s a really damn fine story 
3
Carrie
Rene Rodriguez
Kimberly Peirce s new adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel is a grave but listless thriller 
2
Carrie
Roger Moore
Updated but with much of the scary stripped out
2
Carrie
Bruce DeMara
Literally a pallid imitation of the original 
2
Carrie
Lou Lumenick
The results are distressingly anemic pig blood and all 
1
Carrie
Mick LaSalle
A well made highly satisfying and not particularly deep high school revenge movie 
3
Carrie
Walter Chaw
The DePalma is about Sue and Kris the Peirce is about Carrie herself and therein lies all the difference 
3.5
Carrie
Steven Rea
If you re going to take another stab at this tale of a taunted traumatized teen who exacts fiery revenge on well everyone then Kimberly Peirce is the director to do it 
3
Carrie
Claudia Puig
Rather than offering new blood Carrie is a purely cosmetic revamp 
2
Carrie
Ty Burr
Man what a disappointment 
1.5
Carrie
Michael O'Sullivan
Recent events the Columbine massacre and the news just this week that a young Florida girl killed herself after being taunted by bullies who allegedly boasted about it online have added resonance to the source material 
3
Carrie
Michael Phillips
A work of smooth confidence and a humane dimensionally human brand of horror 
2.5
Carrie
Kevin C. Johnson
The new movie won t overshadow the superior original but that was never the point On its own merit Carrie is a bloody good time 
3.5
Carrie
Eric Henderson
In focusing on predominately kid gloves portrayals of her teen players Kimberly Peirce never properly addresses the machinery behind their doom which is why the film is relentlessly lifeless when it s not literally ripping off De Palma shot for shot 
1
Carrie
Chris Hewitt
The original Carrie still holds up Rent it instead 
2
Carrie
Dann Gire
Peirce gives us a respectable Carrie remake but it lacks the power and excessive stylistic trimmings of the 1976 original that put DePalma on the cinematic map as the heir apparent to Alfred Hitchcock 
3
Carrie
Karen D'Souza
For all its cheesy 70s vibe De Palma s movie far better captured the primal almost Lord of the Flies nature of the high school experience the sheer terror of being a social outcast That s what really gave the Carrie myth such staying power 
2.5
Carrie
Moira MacDonald
It speaks well to the talents of Peirce and her cast that in this Carrie you find yourself caught up in the story once more 
3
Carrie
Matt Pais
Not just the best horror in ages but a remarkably astute teen drama 
3.5
Carrie
Dustin Putman
A coming of age morality play a vividly textural horror film and a disquieting cautionary tale in the form of a supernatural thriller Carrie has much to impress and debate 
3
The Bride Wore Black
Matt Brunson
Moreau is mesmerizing as the avenging angel 46 
3.5
The Bride Wore Black
Fernando F. Croce
A frigid and oddly static procession of Hitchcockian shout outs that plays like an affected sequel to the two filmmakers celebrated interview book 
2
The Bride Wore Black
Roger Ebert
Miss Moreau remains one of the screen s great actresses and there is a supporting cast of unusual quality 
3.5
Zemsta
Edward Guthmann
It s Polanski s show clear and simple On the heels of his well deserved Oscar for The Pianist it s a treat to see this terrific artist reveal another unexpected dimension of his talent 
3
Twists of Terror
David Nusair
Hurt by a painfully dull second story which just seems to go on and on for far too long 
1.5
Look Away
Roger Moore
For a nothing of a movie the vibe is pleasant and it s an easy enough sit through 
1.5
The Outlaw and His Wife
Fernando F. Croce
A tale of redemption played out against the vast expenses of nature 
3.5
Wolves in the Snow
David Nusair
increasingly tedious 
1.5
The Flesh and the Fiends
Matt Brunson
Grisly British chiller Donald Pleasence is particularly good 
3
Song of Back and Neck
Joey Magidson
Lieberstein showcases a great handle on tone 
3
Song of Back and Neck
Roger Moore
An alumnus of The Office has created a rom com with the cringe worthy situations the quirky comic banter and a killer running gag worthy of the sitcom that made him 
3
The History of Future Folk
Tom Keogh
The nonsense proves good goofy fun that works well because History at least acts as if it takes itself seriously going easy on obvious ironies while dishing out catchy tunes 
2.5
The History of Future Folk
Mike McGranaghan
In addition to being funny the movie has a surprising sense of warmth and an abundance of charm 
3
The History of Future Folk
Nick Schager
Ridiculousness played with a straight face The History of Future Folk is endearing even if it s never quite hilarious 
2
The History of Future Folk
Roger Moore
A sci fi comic thriller folk music musical Even its genre is a hoot 
3
Detective Knight: Redemption
Matt Brunson
The returning characters provide the requisite hooks 46 
2.5
Detective Knight: Redemption
Roger Moore
One just hopes The Once and Future John McClane was well compensated 44 and that his retirement is as comfortable as he 8217 s earned 44 even if this is nobody 8217 s idea of 8220 Redemption 46 8221 
1.5
Pather Panchali
Shadow Stage
It s a truly amazing accomplishment which Hollywood and its mass production thinking could well ponder on 
3
Pather Panchali
Brian Eggert
Pather Panchali more than its social significance within Indian culture film history or even Ray s oeuvre endures because quite simply Ray captures the beauty of the human condition 
4
Pather Panchali
Wanda Hale
Although Pather Panchali falls short of perfection in production the acting is impeccable and it hits you right in the heart 
4
Pather Panchali
Desmond Ryan
A moment where Apu and Durga walk through long grass and the boy catches his first glimpse of a train crossing the landscape defines Ray s genius for composition and his gift for metaphor 
4
Pather Panchali
Robert W. Butler
Pather Panchali concludes with one of the most extraordinary evocations of grief ever captured on film a wrenching scene that tears us out of our roles as complacent movie watchers and transforms us into participants 
4
Pather Panchali
Dave Kehr
Masterfully Ray balances a growing sense of possibility and a feeling of irreplaceable loss Its truth is obvious its beauty no less 
4
Pather Panchali
Frank Bruni
Pather Panchali offers the pleasures of exquisite black and white cinematography and eye opening glimpses of life in a poor Indian village but much less in the way of compelling accessible storytelling 
3
Pather Panchali
Michael Wilmington
In the history of cinema there are a number of great pictures but only a few miracles One of those miracles is Pather Panchali the late filmmaker Satyajit Ray s brilliantly executed shatteringly realistic and compassionate drama 
4
Pather Panchali
Josh Larsen
truly one of the most delicate humble and deeply felt movies I ve ever seen 
4
Pather Panchali
Jay Antani
There is a faith in the art form here a pure loving embracing faith that really restores my own faith in movies 
4
Pather Panchali
David Nusair
Ray s ability behind the camera is unmistakable 
3
Pather Panchali
Roger Ebert
The great sad gentle sweep of The Apu Trilogy remains in the mind of the moviegoer as a promise of what film can be 
4
Pather Panchali
Steve Rhodes
Sincerity is not enough for me I like a movie where something happens 
2
Pather Panchali
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of motion picture that will stay with you for hours or perhaps even days after you ve left the theater and that s a rare characteristic for any movie 
3.5
Pather Panchali
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There were some moments in the film of pure magic that swept me away 
3.5
Pather Panchali
Edward Guthmann
One of the legendary debuts in the history of film deservedly so 
4
Lovely Jackson
Dwight Brown
Long winded but worthy 
2.5
The Celebration
Brian Eggert
The Celebration transcends the movement even while its narrative exists in symbolic dramatic harmony with Dogme 95 s attitude toward cinematic conventions 
4
The Celebration
James Kendrick
an interesting experiment that works as a scathing sometimes humorous drama whose mixed feelings are hard to shake off
3
The Celebration
James Berardinelli
The Celebration rips apart the placid facade of a familiar subject leaving its audience stunned As difficult as the film can at times be the patient viewer will be rewarded 
3.5
The Celebration
Ross Anthony
showcases excellent acting a great screenplay and new innovative cinematography that is exciting and exhausting at the same time
3
The Celebration
Dustin Putman
Watching the picture it felt more like a cerebral experience than a normal film 
4
The Celebration
Roger Ebert
Thomas Vinterberg s The Celebration mixes farce and tragedy so completely that it challenges us to respond at all 
3
The Celebration
David N. Butterworth
The Celebration is one of the finest films ever made 
4
The Celebration
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The plot and the style are both founded on deceptive appearances 
3
The Celebration
Michael Dequina
It s a fine line to walk that between comedy and misery but Vinterberg handles the balancing act magnificently 
4
Sex, Drugs & Bicycles
Tom Meek
Blank is a skilled filmmaker and knows how to ply and pique but he should make it more about who s in front of the lens than who is behind it 
2.5
The Yellow Wallpaper
Kenneth R. Morefield
What the film does right making the psychosis rather than the patriarchy the antagonist comes with challenges 
2.5
101 Dalmatians
David Nusair
an entertaining surprisingly charming update of the Disney s 1961 animated classic 
2.5
101 Dalmatians
Jeffrey Westhoff
To find the biggest source of problems with this remake take a look at the producer s name 101 Dalmatians is Disney s first joint venture with John Hughes 
2.5
101 Dalmatians
Robert Roten
This is very harmless entertainment for kids with a non so subtle anti fur coat message It is not quite up to adult standards however 
1.5
101 Dalmatians
Roger Ebert
This is not one of the great Disney classics it s not in the same league with Snow White or Pinocchio but it s passable fun and will entertain its target family audiences 
3
101 Dalmatians
Michael Dequina
Close s Cruella matches her animated counterpart s nastiness and then some her hilariously over the top turn is sure to influence drag queens everywhere 
2.5
101 Dalmatians
Steve Rhodes
This time they simply forget the part that made the original work the dogs story 
2
Cheats
David Nusair
essentially unwatchable unlikely to appeal to anyone other than undiscriminating teenagers 
1
A Better Place
Michael Dequina
Pereira has made a smart and affecting film about a particularly difficult subject 
3
Port of Shadows
Diego Semerene
We empathize with their resistance to suffer but it s hard to feel something other than philosophical respect for characters who think of swimmers as soon to be drowned men 
3
Crown Vic
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A police thriller with few police and fewer thrills Crown Vic nevertheless offers a few rewards for the patient viewer though these come wrapped in a derivative package 
2
Crown Vic
Rex Reed
The rest of Crown Vic written and directed by Joel Souza will keep you glued to your watch more than the screen while you remember how much better Training Day was 
2
Crown Vic
Glenn Kenny
Has very little to offer the discriminating moviegoer 
1.5
Crown Vic
Mark Dujsik
Crown Vic offers no sweeping sentiments because it s too busy picking apart the mucky gray morality of two men 
3
Crown Vic
Roger Moore
Not a bad picture It s just too unexceptional to stand out 
2
Crown Vic
Dwight Brown
Thomas Jane is the glue and mortar 
3
Crown Vic
Joey Magidson
In its best moments Crown Vic aims to figure out why someone chooses and or stays on that particular tour However too much else is filled with cliches 
2
Dr. T & the Women
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves at hurricane speed for most of its 122 minute running time but Gere deliberately underplays his character providing the calm center that the story needs 
3
Dr. T & the Women
Wesley Lovell
The ending is so supremely awful that whatever progress had been made up to that point was washed away by the film apos s obtrusively climactic storm 46 
2.5
Dr. T & the Women
Rob Blackwelder
A capricious celebratory fable about the dichotomy of gender from the marvelously idiosyncratic Robert Altman 
3.5
Dr. T & the Women
Dustin Putman
Not only a thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying piece of work but one of the better more thought provoking movies Altman has made 
3.5
Dr. T & the Women
Susan Stark
A widely pertinent richly textured comedy with real resonance 
3
Dr. T & the Women
David Sterritt
It may aggravate as many moviegoers as it pleases but it s likely to live in memory longer than most of the well behaved fare seen in recent months 
3
Dr. T & the Women
Peter Stack
Loaded with so many keen observations and opposing ideas that it holds interest throughout 
3
Dr. T & the Women
Roger Ebert
What holds the stories and the characters together is the decency of Dr T and Gere seems wholly comfortable with the role 
3
Dr. T & the Women
James Berardinelli
While it s impossible to call anything fashioned by a man of Altman s skill unwatchable there are times when this pedantic and dull effort comes close 
2
Dr. T & the Women
Pam Grady
Is this the sight the whole world s been waiting to see A latex gloved Richard Gere holding a speculum with his hands thrust between the legs of an elderly woman 
1
Dr. T & the Women
David N. Butterworth
Any film which opens with an implicit pelvic exam and closes with an explicit live birth is trying to say something but the stuff in the middle alas doesn t amount to much of anything 
2
Lower City
Kam Williams
A gritty Brazilian drama which called for Alice Braga to be naked and in heat nearly non stop whether in a bed with a boyfriend or one of her assortedy Johns 
4
Lower City
Rob Thomas
For stretches it s enough to enjoy the grungy but gorgeous locations the soulful performances of the three leads and the frequent ravenous sex scenes OK for long stretches it s enough 
3
Lower City
Tom Keogh
Everything feels obvious and by the numbers as if director and co writer Srgio Machado was constrained by archetypes and narrative tradition 
2
Lower City
Ruthe Stein
With a distinct lack of action Machado resorts to far too many close ups of his stars until as good looking as they are you tire of looking at them 
2
Lower City
Terry Lawson
A steamy love triangle that may earn our attention primarily on prurient interest but ends up being honestly involving 
3
Lower City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Brazilian director Sergio Machado once worked as an assistant to Walter Salles but fortunately his new film as director Lower City is alive in ways that Salles could not conceive 
3
Lower City
Mary F. Pols
Machado asks us to believe in the love between Karinna Deco and Naldinho without ever making us feel anything but the tug of their sexual attraction 
2.5
Lower City
Michael Hardy
Everyone involved in the film seems better than the material 
2
Lower City
Phil Villarreal
Any social comments the film might contain fall by the wayside in your brain pushed aside by the bullet Karinna s topless again That s life in Lower City 
3
Lower City
Rene Rodriguez
Strong performances by the three leads help to make up for the story s sliver of a plot 
2.5
Lower City
Michael Wilmington
Tells a familiar story with an emotional intensity and a high eroticism that makes a lacerating impact 
3
Lower City
Bill Stamets
Brazilian filmmaker Sergio Machado scores a strong debut with this look at young hustlers in a lovers triangle 
3
Lower City
Jeff Vice
Machado a former assistant to Central Station filmmaker Walter Salles doesn t seem to have a particular cinematic destination in mind for these characters and the rather abrupt ending doesn t work 
2.5
Lower City
Bob Strauss
As universal as the plot may be it must be said that Karinna Deco and Naldinho s longings resentments economic desperation and confusions are unnervingly palpable throughout 
3
Lower City
Maitland McDonagh
The story wears thin long before it s over but Machado draws strong performances from his leads and makes excellent use of its rundown locations 
2
Lower City
Stephen Williams
The film is gritty and graphic with artsy takes where the camera holds on a motionless actor But art it isn t 
1
Lower City
V.A. Musetto
Machado remains nonjudgmental while getting convincing performances from Braga and as the young men Lazaro Ramos and Wagner Moura 
3
Lower City
Elizabeth Weitzman
There s also something patronizing about the zeal with which Machado wallows in the muck especially since his characters lives revolve entirely around sex 
2
Lower City
Ed Gonzalez
The Monster s Ball Fan Club will surely get a kick out of Srgio Machado s Lower City another specious mix of febrile sex and faux race commentary 
2
Lower City
Timothy Knight
The Lower City is a disappointing picture that s less than the sum of its sporadically involving parts 
2.5
Arab Conspiracy
Roger Ebert
We walk out scratching our heads but we remember some scenes that worked 
2.5
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
David Elliott
Canned theater 
1.5
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Guttenberg s Jimmy is such a natural extension of the actor himself which adds a dimension the original playwright never could have imagined 
2.5
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
Edward Guthmann
It s another world now which is why Kirkwood s play adapted to the screen by actor Steve Guttenberg feels so moldy and out of date 
1
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
John Anderson
It is inevitably an actorly exercise not off puttingly so perhaps but at no time do we have a sense that we ve transcended the stage Or for that matter 1970 
2
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
Lou Lumenick
The performances are solid but as a screenwriter Guttenberg can t make the situation seem like more than a theatrical construct in a contemporary setting 
2
The Good Old Naughty Days
David N. Butterworth
Needless to say the quality leaves a lot to be desired but it s an educational mix of pre Talkies explicitness and hilarity 
2.5
The Good Old Naughty Days
V.A. Musetto
Good old dirty fun 
3
A Good Day to Die Hard
Brian Eggert
A Good Day to Die Hard fails not only to meet the requirements of an ample Die Hard sequel 44 but it also fails to be a watchable piece of mindless action 46 
0.5
A Good Day to Die Hard
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s always fun to hang with John McClane for a day at least from the comfort of the cinema But this trip doesn t merit a yippee ki yay 
2.5
You Disappear
Shane Slater
You Disappear raises thought provoking questions but its heady approach neglects the soul of its most fascinating character 
2.5
You Disappear
Dave McGinn
But after pondering the question of what makes us who we are over and over you re reminded that the question is so much more captivating than the answers we re given here 
2
You Disappear
David Nusair
Exceedingly well made yet palpably overlong 
3
From Paris With Love
David Nusair
a workable premise that s squandered from the word go 
2
From Paris With Love
Michael Dequina
Action fans are likely to be as giddy as the perma grinning Travolta 
3
From Paris With Love
Lori Hoffman
Director Besson ignores reality and common sense creating a ludicrous plot that barely provides an excuse for John Travolta to do very bad things in Paris 
0
From Paris With Love
Sara Michelle Fetters
Amidst the car chases and the gunfights Reese and Caroline rip out their hearts in hopes they won t be broken their last scene so obnoxious and unbelievable it would almost be silly if it hadn t been so melodramatically unbearable 
2
From Paris With Love
Peter Travers
Crushing dull repetition that makes one noisy violent scene play exactly like the last one 
1
From Paris With Love
James Kendrick
an over the top mixture of bad ass verbal bluster two dimensional villainy martial arts mayhem and absurd action setpieces
2
From Paris With Love
Brett Michel
Blame scenarist producer Luc Besson whose women are either whores or terrorists Besson may be from Paris but his idea of love is laced with bile 
1
From Paris With Love
Eric Melin
It is so dumb so obnoxiously over the top so asinine that you have to wonder if Travolta knew what kind of a movie he was in and tailored his performance to match 
2
From Paris With Love
Kam Williams
A splatter flick featurng an almost infantile Ugly American in Paris with access to an infinite supply of live ammo and misbehaving like the proverbial bull in a china closet 
3
From Paris With Love
Mike McGranaghan
A disposable piece of action fluff that never satisfies our hunger for fun 
2
From Paris With Love
Sean O'Connell
Lightning doesn t strike twice as Morel returns to Paris with Travolta in tow though the chrome domed A lister has enough fun with his gonzo performance to fill at least two movies 
2
From Paris With Love
Robert Levin
It s only remotely fun when John Travolta takes center stage rampaging across the screen 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Peter Canavese
If only Morel and Besson would have committed to satirizing instead of merely exploiting this superficially cool destructively cold archetype of American firepower they could ve had more than multiplex filler 
2
From Paris With Love
Liam Lacey
Desperately unoriginal 
1
From Paris With Love
Christian Toto
From Paris with Love is a Royale with way too much cheese for most diets 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s definitely something to be said for an exciting weightless second gear popcorn muncher like this 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Willie Waffle
When it s campy at least the movie is something 
1.5
From Paris With Love
Sonny Bunch
Unfortunately From Paris with Love is unable to keep up the pace of Morel s previous Gallic adventures 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Chris Hewitt
There isn t a moment in this movie that makes sense but stupid as it is it also has a joie de dopey vivre you have to love 
2
From Paris With Love
Michael O'Sullivan
With love my eye 
2
From Paris With Love
Kyle Smith
Morel s strategy is to speed up the stupid and hope no one cares 
1
From Paris With Love
James Berardinelli
Everything s fast and furious the good guys rarely miss and the bad guys rarely hit 
3
From Paris With Love
Jason Anderson
Cast in the time honoured double act of straitlaced newbie and wingnut who gets the job done Rhys Meyers and Travolta develop an affable rapport possibly because they both recognize the movie for the trash that it is 
2
From Paris With Love
Mark Dujsik
Almost passable 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Dustin Putman
The film s negative narrow minded opinion of anyone who isn t a Caucasian American is truly disturbing Despite the title the City of Light gets no love here 
1
From Paris With Love
Mick LaSalle
Instead of including the audience in on the joke it offers second rate goods and then tries to slip them by us 
1
From Paris With Love
Michael Phillips
Stoopid fun From Paris With Love doesn t do much for Paris or love or your brain cells but it flies like a crazed eagle on uppers and comes from the talented propulsive schlocketeer Pierre Morel 
3
From Paris With Love
Stephen Whitty
Rude male bonding eye catching action fast editing and loud music drive the plot logic takes a back seat or sometimes just gets shoved in the trunk 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Steven Rea
Morel and his crew certainly know how to stage action the fight scenes and shootouts the stairwell pursuits and motorway mayhem are as good if not better than anything to come out of Hong Kong in a long time 
3
From Paris With Love
Jeff Vice
It appears that the makers of From Paris With Love were hoping to land Bruce Willis as their star but had to settle for John Travolta instead 
1.5
From Paris With Love
Wesley Morris
This is the sort of asinine action exercise that needs a star to blow up cars and leap from rooftop to rooftop with gusto So right about the time that Travolta curses out the Charles De Gaulle customs staff we know this movie has found a reason to be 
2
From Paris With Love
Roger Ebert
Pauline Kael has already reviewed this movie in her book Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and it only took her the title 
2
From Paris With Love
Rene Rodriguez
This is Travolta s most enjoyable and energetic performance since Pulp Fiction and Primary Colors and he s a blast to watch 
2.5
From Paris With Love
Roger Moore
There s no escaping the grinding gears of an American buddy picture that loses something in the translation 
2
From Paris With Love
Ed Gonzalez
It s more cheese than royale 
2
The Living
Jake Mulligan
The Living is one of those unfortunate films ignorant of any world outside its author s head 
1.5
The Living
Kam Williams
A grim grudging buddies splatterfest featuring a few surprising plot twists and all the fixin s for a riveting cinematic experience 
3
The Living
Roger Moore
Hire a hitman face the consequences Cheap thrills and lots of dark surprises 
3
Ivan the Terrible, Part II
James Kendrick
A brilliant cinematic work that was a thinly veiled portrait of not only Stalinism at its worst but also the failed Bolshevik Revolution 
4
Weather Girl
David Nusair
An affable yet conventional romantic comedy 
2
Weather Girl
Andrew Schenker
The film breaks down into a simplistic dichotomy 
1
Time Changer
Frank Ochieng
Time Changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets
2.5
Time Changer
Joe Baltake
A whimsical if predictable time travel fable marred by a willful single mindedness 
1.5
Time Changer
Keith Cassidy
Will give many ministers and Bible study groups hours of material to discuss But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film which is often preachy and poorly acted 
2
Time Changer
Lawrence Toppman
A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics aren t likely to enter the theater 
2.5
Time Changer
Phil Villarreal
The movie oozes innocent charm and keeps time with a brisk story 
3
Iron Sky
Jeff Shannon
Great idea lousy execution Iron Sky boasts one of the zaniest premises in recent memory and somehow manages to squander most of its potential 
2
Invincible Force
John Hartl
The only entertaining touches are Drew s interactions with visitors or bystanders who are shocked by his behavior The rest is simply interminable 
1.5
Don't Think Twice
Leo Brady
Don t Think Twice happens to be one of the funniest and kindest films of 2016 
4
Don't Think Twice
Frank Ochieng
Bitingly honest revealing insightful and hysterical Twice is an off kilter comedy that resonates because it feels like an inside road map into the chaotic lives of the featured troupe members utilizing improvisation as their creative tool of trade 
3
Don't Think Twice
David N. Butterworth
A finely crafted ensemble piece 
3
Don't Think Twice
Brad Keefe
One of the funniest warmest and best movies of the year 
4
Don't Think Twice
Robert Levin
Don t Think Twice depicts the travails of a longstanding improv troupe in New York City and it does so with the sort of exacting specificity only possible from a filmmaker who understands that world intimately 
4
Don't Think Twice
Maria Sciullo
Don t Think Twice written and directed by Mike Birbiglia is full of cringe worthy oh no moments But beyond its subject jealousy desperation and sadness run neck and neck with the funny stuff 
3
Don't Think Twice
Bob Bloom
A heavy air of desperation weighs on Don t Think Twice The troupe members all frantically seek validation recognition and most importantly praise from each other celebrities students family and audience members 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Appealingly rich and cluttered as well as fascinating and funny 
3
Don't Think Twice
Rob Thomas
Don t Think Twice is one of the best of the year an Altman esque ensemble comedy drama that blends loose and funny comedy with painfully true insights about the strain that success and failure can put on friendships 
4
Don't Think Twice
Jeff Simon
It s the truth and commitment of this film that really got to me It may get to you too 
4
Don't Think Twice
Sean P. Means
The ensemble really come together in their weekly performances where the laughs rise and fall in direct correlation to what s happening to their lives 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Max Weiss
Don t Think Twice is about the creeping realization that you might not live up to that dreaded thing called potential or that the mythical big break might never come your way It s also about learning to be okay with that 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Sara Michelle Fetters
Each actor is given multiple moments to shine all of these recognizable faces bringing each of their respective characters to life with winsomely authentic determination and grace 
3
Don't Think Twice
Christian Toto
Don t Think Twice is hard to watch at times but that s a compliment 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Tirdad Derakhshani
Don t Think Twice does a nice job of satirizing this corner of the showbiz world More than that it s a celebration of improv a uniquely American art form 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Ty Burr
Don t Think Twice manages the neat trick of remaining sweet natured while letting absolutely no one off the hook 
3
Don't Think Twice
Alan Zilberman
Paradoxically Don t Think Twice feels both dramatically thin and overstuffed 
2
Don't Think Twice
Moira MacDonald
A smart wistful and very funny movie in which six friends weather difficult times but ultimately realize that they do indeed have each other s back for always 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Robert Horton
This movie has a few hard feelings and one thrown punch but Birbiglia prefers to capture a detailed world and its relationships not hunt for dramatic beats 
3
Don't Think Twice
Peter Hartlaub
There are many moments that don t ring true from a narrative standpoint but they don t detract from the message Improv is beautiful difficult delicate and fleeting and its practitioners suffer for their art 
3
Don't Think Twice
Peter Canavese
Pinpoints a creative community that s never been explored in a narrative film its wistful naturalistic presentation of a thirtysomething turning point a forced maturation of sorts rings true 
3
Don't Think Twice
Roger Moore
Intimate but melodramatic and conventional look behind the laughter at comics who realize I might never make it when one of their troupe does 
2.5
Don't Think Twice
Mark Dujsik
Don t Think Twice is wise about the way people cling to the dreams of the past even when the promise of the future could be better 
3
Don't Think Twice
Darel Jevens
It s a movie that fleshes out the people who entertain us not with bemusement like a Christopher Guest mockumentary but with compassion 
3
Don't Think Twice
Lauren Chval
The film is a very specific representation of the comedy scene in New York but ultimately the performances script and direction elevate it to a universal portrait of figuring out who you are 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Michael Phillips
Don t Think Twice is a genuinely charming comedy about real people challenging themselves to create new realities for laughs and a little truth one made up scene at a time 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Peter Travers
Birbiglia a filmmaking talent to watch lays out the joy pain anger and aching doubt that go into letting an audience in on the joke You ll laugh till it hurts 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Sheila O'Malley
Don t Think Twice is hilarious yes but it s also thoughtful and sad and sweet Birbiglia knows how to communicate those things too 
3.5
Don't Think Twice
Chuck Bowen
It displays an intimate chemical understanding of the exhausting and unrelentingly impotent agony of failure 
3
The Heroic Trio
David Nusair
Shockingly incoherent from start to finish 
.5
The Heroic Trio
Jeremy Heilman
An unforgettable chaotic experience that s decidedly unlike any domestic superhero movie 
3.5
Dead Birds
Felix Vasquez Jr.
What a shame it didn t get the theater treatment 
3
Dead Birds
David Nusair
The deliberate pacing of the movie does take a while to get used to though especially for viewers who like their horror movies fast and bloody 
2.5
Cowboys & Angels
David Elliott
In 2004 there is no excuse for a gay themed film to be a translucent closet with a cute revolving door 
2
Cowboys & Angels
John Hartl
A feel good coming of age movie that floats on a boatload of Irish charm 
3
Cowboys & Angels
John Monaghan
A likable if ordinary Irish indie that barely squeaks by on the charms of its leads 
2
Cowboys & Angels
Carla Meyer
Enlivens the classic premise of innocent in the city by moving its archetypal characters in unexpected directions 
3
Cowboys & Angels
Lou Carlozo
Stack Cowboys against most of the fare American studios offer young adults and it s meatier by far 
3
Cowboys & Angels
V.A. Musetto
If this sounds like one big cliche that s because it is 
1
Absolut
Marty Mapes
If Eternal Sunshine didn t have Charlie Kaufman and a big budget it might have looked like Absolut 
3
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dustin Putman
This is an uneven Halloween addition but also more ambitious than the norm 
2.5
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
David Nusair
The film s been infused with a run of the mill slasher vibe complete with oversexed teenagers and moronic authority figures 
1
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
James Kendrick
for most of the running time one wonders what is the purpose of the movie outside of rehashing old slasher cliches
2
Hit
Michael Dequina
Blair Underwood easily outclasses everything else in this production by miles 
2
Heart of Midnight
Roger Ebert
Much of Heart of Midnight is simply silliness devoting itself to a series of false alarms in which strange noises mean nothing and Carol always is having to calm herself after her imagination runs away with her 
2.5
Who Invited Them
Roger Moore
A short but not particularly brisk thriller delivers smirks 44 not laughs and intrigues 44 not frights 46 
2
Who Invited Them
Simon Abrams
A staid home invasion thriller about a timid married couple who are bullied by two flirtatious strangers 46 
1
The Usual Suspects
Matt Brunson
With one Internet to rule them all 44 it apos s hard for most folks to avoid cinematic spoilers of yore 40 whether it apos s the sled in Citizen Kane or the penis in The Crying Game 41 44 but even knowing the answer shouldn apos t spoil this film apos s myriad other pleasures 46 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Margaret A. McGurk
Singer uses a clever combination of flashback and straight narrative to keep his tale of crime and betrayal moving through a tangle of blind alleys and false leads 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Rene Rodriguez
The Usual Suspects flirts with greatness but attempts too much It s a fascinating failure 
2
The Usual Suspects
Dan Webster
Singer like Tarantino is less into mining new film themes than in re inventing old ones And the way he does so shows full well that there is still a bit of life in the old mob movie yet 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Gary Thompson
Give director Bryan Singer credit for providing a plot that is not resolved by an exchange of gunfire but don t expect the movie s glib punchline to stay with you for very long 
2.5
The Usual Suspects
Doug Thomas
An imaginative entertaining crime mystery with plenty of nerve and vigor 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Michael Wilmington
It s a nerve shredding suspense movie about corruption a bravura actor s show full of deliciously twisted cops and robbers and a complex riddle packed with unexpected turns 
4
The Usual Suspects
Stephen Hunter
It may ultimately make sense no one could tell without at least four or five viewings What is totally commanding however is the level of ensemble acting and the adroitness of the storytelling 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Peter Canavese
While it s fair to call The Usual Suspects a gimmick in search of a movie one could say something similar of say an Agatha Christie mystery Blu ray 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Rob Humanick
Bryan Singer s poker face is worthless at best 
1
The Usual Suspects
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To many young film buffs this is where film history begins and ends 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Phil Villarreal
McQuarrie s script is a scurrying lizard of a yarn scaly swift and difficult to follow 
4
The Usual Suspects
Michael Dequina
One of the most ingenious unpredictable films in recent memory and one of the biggest cheats 
2.5
The Usual Suspects
Leonard Schwarz
It s a real dazzler a neo noir hybrid of a heist and a mystery film that sucks you into a dark world where nothing is what it seems 
4
The Usual Suspects
Robert Roten
It is a complex story but I found it fun 
3
The Usual Suspects
Ed Gonzalez
The Usual Suspects has always kind of sat there hoping that you ll love it for its twist ending 
2
The Usual Suspects
Steve Rhodes
The interaction of all the characters is both fascinating and unusual 
3
The Usual Suspects
Madeleine Williams
There are plenty of twists in the plot to keep you on your toes throughout the film 
3.5
The Usual Suspects
Mike Clark
Director Bryan Singer gives his film enough surface flash to entertain future late night cable possibilities 
2.5
The Usual Suspects
Mick LaSalle
As entertainment the film is a lukewarm experience But as a piece of construction The Usual Suspects is a slick bit of business 
2
The Usual Suspects
Roger Ebert
Once again my comprehension began to slip and finally I wrote down To the degree that I do understand I don t care 
1.5
The Usual Suspects
James Berardinelli
The Usual Suspects is an accomplished synthesis of noir elements and as such is an entertaining entry to the genre 
3.5
Educating Rita
Roger Moore
A true classic 44 one of the finest films of the 8217 80s 44 a high point for Caine 44 Walters and Gilbert
3.5
Educating Rita
David N. Butterworth
Time has not been kind to Educating Rita 
2.5
Educating Rita
Roger Ebert
If only I d been able to believe they were actually reading the books then everything else would have fallen into place But I didn t believe it 
2
The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
Chris Knight
Filmmaker Martin Witz keeps the trippy imagery to a minimum as he explores the various reactions to LSD 
3
Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
V.A. Musetto
A thoughtful if dry discussion of the death penalty revolving around the titular gentleman 
2
Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
Nick Schager
Miring itself in both the sound and troubling aspects of Blecker s views as well as the honesty and hypocrisy of his actions Schillinger s portrait unobtrusively allows its zealous self reflective subject to speak for himself 
2.5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Michael Dequina
An all too sobering reminder of how in the purported land of the free any voices deemed radical and hence dangerous can lead the powers that be to find any remote angle to silence them by whatever force and means they deem necessary 
3.5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Ann Hornaday
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners may seem to take place in a distant past but it resonates with improbable timeliness 
2.5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Mark Feeney
People who weren t around during the 60s 70s cusp can hardly appreciate just how weird that time was Free Angela brings that weirdness back 
2.5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Steve Macfarlane
It foists its own retelling of Angela Davis s story over any contemplation of her politics effectively neutering their power as it could apply to today in the hands of a proper film essayist 
2
Jungle Warriors
John Beifuss
Plenty of absurd fun as a planeload of supposed supermodels their similarly babe like assistants and a few dingy men including a coke snorting and soon to be impaled by a jungle booby trap Marjoe Gortner are shot down over South America 
2.5
Gentleman Jim
Irene Thirer
Gentleman Jim is both dramatic and amusing and will be particularly interesting to those who remember him and to those who would like to know about the first great boxer who relied upon brain and skill to overcome brawn 
3
Consecration
David Nusair
46 46 46 an utterly worthless endeavor that feels much 44 much longer than its 91 minutes 46 
.5
Consecration
Roger Moore
Director and co writer Christopher Smith 44 who did 8220 The Banishing 44 8221 has a distinct visual style that makes his not quite horrific thrillers look better than they play 46 
2
Consecration
Kevin Carr
There are some neat ideas and atmospheric moments 44 though the story structure is a bit wobbly 46 
2
Consecration
Marya E. Gates
Another retread of 8220 spooky 8221 Catholic themed horror tropes without adding any insight or originality to the subgenre 46 
1
Consecration
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 one of those the devil in the details kinds of church mystery films 46 46 46 too many mysteries unsolved at once that drags down an already meandering story 46 46 46 A clever plot device wasted on an atmospheric nunsploitation flick that tells instead of shows 46 
2
Consecration
Mark Dujsik
Whatever grim atmosphere the filmmakers establish 46 46 46 isn apos t nearly enough to distract us from how routine and vague the particulars of this plot are 46 
1.5
Consecration
Charles Koplinski
8220 Consecration 8221 is a film that twists about in your mind 44 its narrative constructed in such a way that it doubles back on itself throughout 44 revealing greater meaning when seen through its ever shifting lens 46 
3
Consecration
Mike McGranaghan
Consecration is a movie that seems like it apos s going to be riveting at the beginning 46 Then you get about halfway through and realize it apos s too muddled to be riveting 46 
2
Consecration
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Consecration ends up not just gimmicky but derivative of Christopher Smith 8217 s own prior work 46 
1.5
Consecration
Joey Magidson
Consecration merges Jena Malone with convent based scares for a solid genre picture 46 
3
Bachelor Party Vegas
David Nusair
never manages to rise above the level of pure idiocy 
1.5
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Mattie Lucas
This is skillfully executed comedic filmmaking that uses slapstick to its advantage along with witty repartee to make one zingy cocktail of a movie 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
David N. Butterworth
The first of two OSS 117 spy spoofs from the director Hazanavicius and star Dujardin of The Artist is sublimely silly stuff 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Robert W. Butler
Those looking for big laughs will leave disappointed OSS 117 barely qualifies as comic 
2
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Roger Ebert
The French made movie travels familiar ground with a nod as well to Airplane Top Secret and that whole genre Even compared to them it pushes things just a little not too far but toward the loony 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Sid Smith
French cinema s reputation for subtlety goes up in smoke with OSS 117 Cairo Nest of Spies a movie whose satire proves as lame as its clunky title 
2
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Rob Thomas
There aren t a lot of huge belly laughs in OSS 117 although the chicken fight had me in convulsions but consistently clever and amusing it provokes a lot of grins 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Austin Kennedy
This spy spoof could be described as the French Austin Powers but that s not entirely accurate This is a loving homage to spy films from the 50 s and 60 s 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Chris Hewitt
Every single second of O S S 117 Cairo Nest of Spies is fun and I m talking about the opening credits too 
3.5
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Wesley Morris
Directed and co written by Michel Hazanavicius and starring the French comedian Jean Dujardin as OSS 117 the movie is a sketch stretched to tedious feature length 
2.5
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Maitland McDonagh
Director and co writer Hazanavicius comedy generally avoids broad jokes in favor of tweaking the conventions and attitudes of cold war era spy thrillers just enough to bring their fatuous absurdities to the surface 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Mark Rahner
Dujardin is what really makes it all work though He s an absolute riot with Conneryesque looks and physicality and the ability to segue into utter goofballery with a degree of arch browed suaveness 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Walter V. Addiego
Dujardin nails his character who is deeply dense but always seems to draw the winning card mainly through dumb luck And Hazanavicius clearly knows the 60s era Bond films which are full of ripe targets that he lovingly demolishes 
3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
V.A. Musetto
The film is a collection of not especially funny routines with lots of homophobic jokes thrown in that have been done to death in previous movies of this sort 
1
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Ed Gonzalez
Until someone figures out a way of truly subverting what s already been subverted cartoon stick figures like Austin Powers and Johnny English will never feel fresh even when they re actually saying funny things 
2
The Pope of Utah
David N. Butterworth
Temple University film grads Chaim Bianco and Steven Saylor s The Pope of Utah is a wacky colorful and savagely funny deconstruction of the American Dream 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mattie Lucas
A film that engages the mind and the heart in ways that few films do 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Nick Rogers
Untethered to any post TV era is a conclusion that America gets too comfortable with the mental inactivity it enables Edward R Murrow s titular signoff begins as a trademark and ends as a challenge to a medium one too often unmet today 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Joe Lozito
Good Night is not your average historical recreation It doesn t dumb down its story or its characters with needless explanation for the benefit of an under educated audience 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Wesley Lovell
David Strathairn is terrific and with George Clooney s passion for his subject they make i Good Night i a satisfying comparison between the past and the present 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Stefan Ulstein
Many will see it as a cautionary tale Don t let anyone else do your thinking for you The truth is the thing Cherish it and defend it 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jay Antani
more interested using the movie medium as a pulpit from which to pontificate political beliefs rather than in telling a dramatically engaging story
2.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Kurt Loder
An admirable film it tells an important story and it s stoked with obvious conviction 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sean McBride
one of the most thoughtful impassioned and best films of the year 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jon Niccum
When Murrow cautions viewers they should not be driven by fear into an age of unreason the film seems more culturally relevant than anything playing at the multiplex 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Lori Hoffman
The movie takes us back to the time when TV was at its infancy but already marching towards its inevitable position as America s favorite waste of time 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mike McGranaghan
While the harmfulness of McCarthyism is a significant part of the film it approaches the subject by examining the power of the media 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sara Michelle Fetters
Good Night and Good Luck is the must see event picture of the Fall 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
James Kendrick
George Clooney s Good Night and Good Luck has the visual feel of a chamber drama with the majority of its action taking place in a handful of offices in the CBS building in New York but the emotional gravitas of a morality play 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Ross Anthony
you might be safe secure comfortable but you will lose something precious something self defining something whose loss will make security feel pointless 
2.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jonathan R. Perry
We relied on Edward R Murrow for his calm his unflappable integrity in times of both crisis and elation Good Night and Good Luck reminds us why we need him now 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
James Sanford
While networks can no longer fire people for wedding a co worker and the once terrifying threat of Communism has long since evaporated many of the other problems addressed in Good Night are still startlingly relevant 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Linda Cook
What an astonishing well made historical drama 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Forrest Hartman
The political themes are broad enough to speak to today s audiences while allowing the film a lengthy shelf life 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jeff Vice
This fact based drama has much to say about the current state of journalism especially television journalism and the obligation of news media to challenge and criticize governmental actions 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Larry Ratliff
Clooney s script doesn t venture far from the news desk If anything s lacking here it s a little insight into Murrow himself away from his news cronies 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sean P. Means
The triumph of this spare and elegant drama is that it feels like an instant classic displaying old school filmmaking flair as timeless as the story is timely 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Daniel M. Kimmel
It reminds us of the promise of television journalism at its best and just how far today s TV news has fallen short 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Duane Dudek
As overflowing as an ashtray with details that are so ingrained into the whole as to become almost invisible but which are critical to mood and tone 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Eric Melin
There is a privileged fly on the wall quality 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jeanne Aufmuth
George Clooney makes a bold move and raises tough issues in the meticulously recreation of a seminal chapter in television history 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Bruce Newman
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow s deadpan delivery style 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s an interesting way to represent the past though the use of space actors and archival footage seems more theatrical than cinematic 
2
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Peter Howell
Clooney continues to improve as both a writer and director showing huge advancement from his underwhelming 2002 helming debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Liam Lacey
Good Night and Good Luck may be simplified history but it s almost consistently well crafted 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Phil Villarreal
aA channeled rigorous tribute 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Josh Larsen
believes in something that perhaps only the child of a former television news anchor could believe in that TV news can save the nation 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Steve Rhodes
The year s most wildly overrated movie 
2.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
David Elliott
In 2005 the moral lessons feel just like live news 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Carla Meyer
Stylish and insightful Good Night and Good Luck offers vital lessons from our nation s political and broadcast history 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Lawrence Toppman
Straightforward and stirring but not preachy 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Roger Ebert
Clooney s message is clear Character assassination is wrong McCarthy was a bully and a liar and we must be vigilant when the emperor has no clothes and wraps himself in the flag 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Erik Childress
As Cassius infamously stated he fault dear Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves But somehow it sounds more potent coming from Edward R Murrow 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Michael Phillips
A sleek broadcast journalism procedural 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Michael A. Smith
director Clooney has fashioned a masterpiece 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Lisa Kennedy
Clooney makes an elegant argument that something of vital interest is still at stake in this story It would take a stubborn soul to disagree 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Terry Lawson
Good Night and Good Luck stands tall solid impressive and expressive joining not only the best films about journalism but also those about real Americans 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Amy Biancolli
As an actor George Clooney is often compared with vintage stars like Cary Grant but with his latest work he aligns himself with history s great directors 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rene Rodriguez
There s no sense of nostalgia to the picture no wistful romanticism or longing Instead the movie has a steely dead serious vitality a sense of immediacy and urgency that makes it seem it could be happening right now 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Carrie Rickey
Do you respect the corporate line or do you cross it Clooney who in his life wears the hats both of the entertainer and the actorvist gives us an intelligent electric film that knows this question is as timely now as it was for Murrow 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Moira MacDonald
See it to see what the news once was and to see what movies can be 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Greg Maki
An eloquent cautionary tale 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Marty Mapes
Standing up to bullies is hard and not everyone who does stays standing
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jeff Strickler
We re not sure if Strathairn is playing Murrow or channeling him Either way we re impressed 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Phoebe Flowers
This is unmistakably a political movie and the modern day parallels are incessant and obvious but hardly inaccurate 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Chris Hewitt
It s a calm modest movie very much like the character at its center 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
James Berardinelli
Part docu drama part thriller and part cautionary tale the movie offers something to everyone who craves more than escapism from the cinema 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Walter Chaw
Rigorous and principled but neither provocative nor stylish enough to inspire 
2.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Frank Ochieng
an ambitiously earnest and well informed biopic Clooney s Good Night And Good Luck is perceptive manipulating and cleverly crafted 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Scott Nash
A fascinating time capsule that succeeds at entertaining but fails at creating an analogy with today s relationship between politicians and the media 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Dustin Putman
Isn t nearly as hard hitting as it wants to be or as penetrating as it should 
2
Good Night, and Good Luck.
James Verniere
Relevant well meaning and a bit arid 
3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Peter Keough
It s a reminder of a time when TV journalists challenged authority rather than defended it drew on indignation rather than on self righteousness promoted clarity instead of deceit 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Gene Seymour
Strathairn s Murrow is poised at the center of this quiet whirlwind and this actor s actor deftly weaves many aspects of the broadcaster s mercurial personality within the movie s tight time frame 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mike Clark
George Clooney s second directorial outing couldn t be more topical though the events it chronicles occurred over half a century ago 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Ken Fox
Could actor writer director George Clooney s smart reenactment of the 50 year old fracas between a courageous newsman and a paranoid power mad U S senator be the most politically relevant Hollywood film of 2005 It just might 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mick LaSalle
Part drama and part civics lesson Good Night and Good Luck is an entertaining slice of American political and cultural history 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Pam Grady
By George Clooney s done it This paean to Murrow and excellence in broadcast journalism is filmmaking at its best 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Stephen Whitty
Good Night and Good Luck says two things at least and they are worth repeating There is always the chance for one good man to make a difference And in 1954 Edward R Murrow did 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Randy Myers
Everything in the movie feels like the real deal from the wood paneling in the waiting room of Paley s office to the perilous amount of cigarette smoking lingering on and off camera The dialogue is razor sharp 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Ty Burr
A hermetically sealed period piece so intensely relevant to our current state of affairs that it takes your breath away 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Peter Canavese
A theatrical movie infused with the energy of live TV Good Night and Good Luck reminds us that when played right journalism is a dangerous game 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Willie Waffle
Everyone will know this film as the one directed by and starring George Clooney but the real star is the relatively unknown but immensely talented David Strathairn 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The most exciting film about journalism and the media since All the President s Men 1976 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Dan Fienberg
It s literate and dense with detail even if some viewers will feel irked by the absence of characterization 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Peter Travers
In ninety three tight terrifically exciting minutes Clooney makes integrity look mighty sexy 
3.5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Emily Blunt
Good night and goodluck is a stunning uniquely timely piece that gloriously interweaves real behind the story stories tween Murrow Senator McCarthy 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jack Mathews
The biggest little movie of the year and one of the best ever about the news media 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Lou Lumenick
By far the smartest American film released in 2005 
4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Nick Schager
The film s bedrock is Strathairn s performance a masterpiece of calibrated dignity and self doubt 
3.5
Volition
Simon Abrams
The plot twists in this movie are so obvious and unappetizing that you couldn t miss them if you tried 
1
Volition
Roger Moore
The performances save it The pathos of the picture pays off And the puzzle that the Smiths create doesn t slow down the panicky pace enough to stop it in its tracks 
2.5
Volition
Jeff Mitchell
This crime story elevates into a science fiction mind bender 
3.5
Volition
Mark Dujsik
T he screenwriters decide to blow up their simple clever gimmick for a much more ambitious and fatally convoluted one 
1.5
The Hard Corps
David Nusair
there s simply no denying that the film feels like a return to form for the Muscles from Brussels 
2.5
House of Gucci
David Nusair
yet another unfocused misfire from an increasingly lackluster director 
2
House of Gucci
David Reddish
Lady Gaga fans should swoonthe actress gives a splendid performance here proving that her turn in A Star is Born was no fluke 
3.5
House of Gucci
Michael Medved
It s fun watching all the indulgence and corruption but the underlying assumption is banal and predictable Elegant if imperfect 
2.5
House of Gucci
Matt Brunson
A film that wildly careens between a dour biopic and a rowdy camp fest without slowing down to take the curves 
2
House of Gucci
Rene Sanchez
Beneath its lavish surface House of Gucci hides an unemotional and irregular story of power and greed Full Review in Spanish
2
House of Gucci
David Gonzalez
House of Gucci is quite the cinematic animal 46 Its not the Oscar bait y drama I anticipated 44 but its certainly a film I immensely enjoyed 46 From its initial viewing 44 it enters the pantheon of a cult classic 46 
3
House of Gucci
Brian Eggert
House of Gucci qualifies as a work of instant camp it might also be a tragedy on an operatic scale 
3
House of Gucci
Wesley Lovell
Real life with a soap opera flavor makes up Ridley Scotts look into the collapse of the Gucci dynasty as the family who gave its name to the luxury clothing brand succumbs 
2.5
House of Gucci
James Kendrick
feels both packed to the rafters and slightly hollow
2.5
House of Gucci
Sean P. Means
Clearly Scott has told Gaga to go big or go home and she goes big in every scene until the law of diminishing returns takes her and the movie down But it s a wild ride along the way 
2.5
House of Gucci
Kevin A. Ranson
If the point was to treat the characters like animals in a zoo laughing and pointing at them through the glass for being what they are mission accomplished but doing so renders the climax trivial and the rest of the production unimportant 
2
House of Gucci
Matthew Passantino
House of Gucci is one of the big letdowns of the year 
2
House of Gucci
Sarah Knight Adamson
Director Ridley Scott has created an enticing film that captures the Gucci family dynamic while highlighting Lady Gaga and making her his centerpiece 
3
House of Gucci
Max Weiss
It gave me everything I needed and then some I wanted the film to be over the top messy silly involving gorgeous stylish and it s all those things 
3.5
House of Gucci
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Not even Lady Gaga could save this mess 
1
House of Gucci
Steven Prokopy
I m not entirely sure Ridley Scott set out to make a broad comedy but that s what his finished film is 
2.5
House of Gucci
Tom Meek
It s got devious parlor games backroom corporate jockeying bloody agendas and plenty of unintentional camp which is both good and bad 
2.5
House of Gucci
Ty Burr
A loud enjoyably pointless opera buffa that fictionalizes the financial and criminal shenanigans of the famous Italian design family 
2.5
House of Gucci
Erik Childress
Ridley Scott is not exactly adept at finding humor as anyone who has seen A Good Year can attest But it is also unsure what anyone saw in this project other than doing the accents 
2
House of Gucci
Mike McGranaghan
View it as a star studded romp filled with bad accents wild costumes odd 70s and 80s needle drops and enough theatrics to fill an airplane hanger and you re bound to have a ton of fun 
3
House of Gucci
Walter Chaw
Like a Nagel painting come to life gaudy affectations of glamour and art for the bawdiest appreciators of unintentional camp 
3
House of Gucci
Mattie Lucas
For all its glamorous excesses hammy performances and pulpy premise the film remains a curiously understated affair as if the actors completely understood the assignment but Scott seriously misjudged the tone 
2
House of Gucci
Sara Michelle Fetters
Scott goes for broke hitting the mark more often than he misses but when those shots go wide they do so by a country mile 
3
House of Gucci
James Berardinelli
Scott is by no means a can t miss filmmaker Although this is far from the worst films he has made House of Gucci is among his most disappointing 
2.5
House of Gucci
Mark Meszoros
House of Gucci is about as bland as a story involving ambition greed betrayal and even murder can be 
1.5
House of Gucci
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a while the film has some campy comedy but after about an hour of that it dries out and goes on mirthless for another hour and a half 
2.5
House of Gucci
Kevin Carr
A real mixed bag 
1.5
House of Gucci
Chris Hewitt
You reach the end of the movie sometimes having been entertained and more often irritated and wonder What were they trying to do here 
1.5
House of Gucci
Mark Feeney
Say this for House of Gucci it announces its basic silliness right off the bat 
2
House of Gucci
Rex Reed
Like it or not see this lavish soap opera and you ll know you ve been to the movies 
3
House of Gucci
Cate Marquis
House of Gucci is an entertaining engrossing film that mixes crime thriller with farce While it is a good film an enjoyable film one can t help but feel it could have been more 
3
House of Gucci
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Thanks to the palpable enthusiasm of Scott and the cast House of Gucci has hunger in its eyes lust in its heart and the sweet breath of decadence in its lungs 
4
House of Gucci
Jeff York
We re introduced to awful loathsome people Unfortunately Scott treats them all too sympathetically creating more of a grand tragedy here with far too much pity for Patrizia and the miscreants in her orbit 
2
House of Gucci
Randy Myers
This would have made such a better streaming series As is it s an overstuffed turkey 
1.5
House of Gucci
Peter Howell
Regrets we have more than a few regarding House of Gucci beginning with the underachieving A list cast 
1.5
House of Gucci
Josh Bell
A version of House of Gucci that embraced campy ridiculousness would have been more entertaining but camp is not within Scott s skill set 
2
House of Gucci
Christian Toto
It s alternately trashy and sober but the script s shallow nature is its undoing 
2.5
House of Gucci
Katie Walsh
Gaga delivers a bravura performance as Patrizia an alchemical blend of sheer charisma power of personality undeniable magnetism and most importantly commitment to the bit 
3
House of Gucci
Mark Dujsik
It s admirably to the point but lacking a certain verve 
2.5
House of Gucci
Tomris Laffly
A film that would have benefited from a coherent silhouette and a little hemming of its tiresome runtime 
2.5
House of Gucci
Moira MacDonald
House of Gucci is no masterpiece but it s often crazy good fun 
3
House of Gucci
Mick LaSalle
Scott is not just at the height of his powers he s breaking new ground 
4
House of Gucci
Leo Brady
It s not always pretty but House of Gucci is a lavish dark and disturbing tale of how this fashion house of cards came tumbling to the ground 
3.5
House of Gucci
Lindsey Bahr
It is stupidly watchable If you don t know or remember the details of what went down save the search for after Just wear your gaudiest designer logo order a martini at the bar and give in to the easy pleasures of House of Gucci 
2.5
House of Gucci
Richard Roeper
House of Gucci feels coldly calculating when it should have been flush and warm with scandalous sensationalism 
2.5
House of Gucci
Michael Phillips
For Scott House of Gucci is an entertaining if dramatically thin return to the fact based machinations of the rich famous and weaselly 
2.5
House of Gucci
Michael O'Sullivan
Apologies for making any of this sound like Gucci could be one of those so bad it s good larks For all its imperfections the sin this movie is most guilty of is taking itself too seriously 
1.5
House of Gucci
Johnny Oleksinski
The abysmal Gucci would get a better grade perhaps if it was a term paper titled How to Make the Assassination of a Famous Person Boring 
1
House of Gucci
Derek Smith
Ridley Scott s tale of greed and revenge practically begs for melodramatic excess 
2
House of Gucci
Brian Truitt
Lady Gaga again owns the big screen in the true life drama House of Gucci though this time it s not a pop star that s born but instead one of soapy greatness 
3
House of Gucci
Josh Larsen
There s exactly one person who understands at what volume and pitch House of Gucci should be operating 
2
House of Gucci
Roger Moore
It s a bit mad and it doesn t all work But the upscale conspicuous consumption shimmers through even in its most down market moments 
2.5
House of Gucci
Joey Magidson
House of Gucci s first hour or so is a blast though it does go more than a bit downhill after that This is basically well done trash so make of that what you will 
3
The Leisure Class
David Nusair
a half baked idea that clearly needed more time in the writing phase 
2
Rio Grande
James Kendrick
despite all that talent behind the camera Rio Grande still strikes one primarily as a film that Ford just wanted to get done
2.5
Rio Grande
Matt Brunson
John Wayne is excellent even if this Kirby Yorke seems different from the one in Fort Apache 
3
Victoria
David N. Butterworth
One City One Night One Take One Wow 
3
Victoria
Brad Keefe
Victoria has emotional depth but a plot that boils too slow for its own good and the one take gimmick paints it into a corner 
2.5
Victoria
Stephanie Merry
With or without the crazy single shot experiment the German drama is thrilling 
3
Victoria
Mark Dujsik
There s nothing particularly special about Victoria but the form makes it so 
3
Victoria
Brad Wheeler
With no cutaways the film s story and the momentum of the unlikely robbers seems as unstoppable as the camera The characters are confused adrenalinized and breathless as are you 
3.5
Victoria
Steven Rea
Victoria is thrilling cinema and just plain thrilling too 
3.5
Victoria
Chris Knight
At 138 minutes Victoria drags mightily at times but unless you cut from the beginning or end there s really no way to fix it 
2
Victoria
Bruce DeMara
Victoria is suspenseful and engagingly subversive creating a surreal sense of anything goes that takes place in the wee hours before dawn 
3.5
Victoria
Roger Moore
138 minutes one brilliant breathless and headache inducing take 
3
Victoria
Ty Burr
It s a showcase for an actress who wins us over by degrees and a reminder that there are no new stories only fresh ways of telling them 
3
Victoria
Soren Andersen
Everything that happens in Victoria is 100 percent predictable 
2
Victoria
Mick LaSalle
Obviously no one should wish all films were shot like this But the approach suits this story and these characters and that s all it had to do 
3
Victoria
John Anderson
Exhilarating slightly improbable and shot in a single two hour plus take 
3
Victoria
Rene Rodriguez
Victoria is a stunt but it s a neat stunt that shapes and informs the movie an integral part of the story 
3
Victoria
Katie Walsh
The audacious one shot wonder Victoria is a masterful feat of execution but the long take is so much more than a nifty trick it s an absolutely necessary part of the storytelling that colors in the themes explored in this wild film 
3
Victoria
Chuck Bowen
One can chart the very moment that Victoria s existence slips out of the routine into the nightmarish and there s no escape by temporal omission 
2
Victoria
Brian Tallerico
The greatest accomplishment of Victoria is that you stop wondering how it was done and experience the characters and their incredible journey It becomes less a movie about one take and more a movie about one character 
3
Victoria
David Nusair
Victoria ultimately comes off as an excessively erratic and punishingly overlong drama that never quite lives up to its potential 
2.5
The Covered Wagon
Roger Moore
Dated and corny but still an impressively detailed costumed and designed wagon train epic the Ur Western of the American cinema 
3
The Baxter
Kam Williams
A droll romantic comedy that relies on a self deprecating brand of humor which must be a bit of an acquired taste The film s utter predictably sinks this exercise in obviousms making its few funny moments not worth waiting for 
1
The Baxter
David Elliott
What comes to mind are TV sitcom pilots full of strain and the forlornly perky mechanisms of old Day Hudson comedies 
2
The Baxter
Jeff Vice
Clearly the filmmakers are trying to make The Baxter look old fashioned But there s a modern smugness and superiority that undermines that attempt 
1.5
The Baxter
Jeffrey Westhoff
It doesn t take much imagination to guess who will end up with whom but The Baxter is agreeably silly and has lots of simple charm 
3
The Baxter
Sean P. Means
Every romantic comedy clich gets played out but merely re enacting those clichs in an arch tone isn t funny enough 
1.5
The Baxter
Jeff Strickler
Showalter tackles his mission with energy and an upbeat attitude that makes him a winner as a lovable loser 
2.5
The Baxter
Phil Villarreal
The structure is a miscalculation by Showalter who inexplicably drives his audience through the exact type of sappy material he had started off satirizing 
2
The Baxter
James Verniere
Unlike Woody Allen s nebbishes who are always the smartest and funniest people on the screen Elliot is a bore 
1.5
The Baxter
Wesley Morris
Only when Williams is around does the movie seem human true and funny Even in her slapstick there s pain She s almost too good It s not until she s left a scene that you realize the movie isn t working 
2.5
The Baxter
Rob Thomas
Think of The Baxter as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dumped 
3
The Baxter
Chris Hewitt
The movie is like an extremely faithful cover version of a song you like it adds nothing new so what s the point 
2
The Baxter
Erik Childress
With seemingly thousands of romantic comedies to slay Showalter wound up joining the party instead of peeing in the punch 
1.5
The Baxter
Peter Canavese
Conceptually The Baxter is hobbled and all Showalter has is his concept 
1
The Baxter
John Monaghan
The Baxter has many of the ingredients of a good natured indie date movie But when the lead performance isn t one of them it gets difficult to recommend 
2
The Baxter
Michael Booth
The Baxter is a self conscious one man show that obliterates the fine line between quirky and annoying 
1.5
The Baxter
Steven Rea
No great shakes The Baxter nonetheless has a quiet loopiness going for it 
3
The Baxter
Josh Larsen
Showalter s Elliot Sherman gives 40 year old virgins a bad name something Steve Carell has done so much to disprove 
1.5
The Baxter
Allison Benedikt
Michael Showalter is a funny man but how to put this gently not a funny movie star 
2
The Baxter
Roger Ebert
The problem with The Baxter is right there at the center of the movie and maybe it is unavoidable Showalter makes too good of a baxter He deserves to be dumped 
2
The Baxter
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a terrible comedy and a worse movie and I m hoping like its namesake people leave this at the alter and look elsewhere for their entertainment I know I wish I could have 
1
The Baxter
Hanh Nguyen
Like Elliot himself the film aspires to be no more and no less than what it is a thoroughly charming and satisfying romantic comedy with charismatic quirkiness 
3
The Baxter
Timothy Knight
A sweetly engaging homage to the dizzy screwball charmers of Hollywood s golden age The Baxter is a happy surprise enlivened by its cast s appealing performances 
3
The Baxter
Evan Henerson
It contains a wry throwback charm 
3
The Baxter
Walter Chaw
His party of one status is a result entirely of his own noxiousness 
1
The Baxter
Stephen Whitty
If Showalter s acting is misjudged his direction is merely uninspired 
1.5
The Baxter
Kyle Smith
The only way to even guess that humor is being attempted here is to monitor the comical faces mustered by the actors 
1
The Baxter
Jami Bernard
There are enough laughs in it if you re willing to settle 
2.5
The Baxter
Jan Stuart
The Baxter is more than a little out of step in a summer peppered with crude or idiosyncratic wallflower romantics 
.5
The Baxter
Nick Schager
Chooses to embrace rather than transcend via zany bawdiness the schmaltzy genre within which it s operating 
2.5
Touch
Tom Meek
It doesn t quite gel but it is intimate and marks a calling card of future promise 
2.5
Touch
Matt Brunson
Szczepanowska delivers a strong and richly textured performance in the central role 
2.5
Touch
Federico Furzan
Emotionally gripping thriller made by a very talented filmmaker that knows exactly how to approach the genre 
3.5
Touch
Bob Bloom
Touch keeps you engrossed because you want to see how it plays out It s a story of emotional turmoil and tattered connections 
2.5
Days of Santiago
Maitland McDonagh
The film s greatest asset is Sibille s slow burning performance Santiago a man whose nature and aspirations are fundamentally at odds 
3
Days of Santiago
V.A. Musetto
Pietro Sibille is exceptional as Santiago and the rest of the cast turn in dynamic performances 
3
Belle Epine
Chris Cabin
Neither sentimentality nor nostalgia for reckless years gone by can be found in Rebecca Zlotowski s Belle Epine 
3
Dreamscape
David Nusair
There s little doubt then that Dreamscape improves immeasurably 
3
Dreamscape
James Kendrick
a diverting enjoyably creative thriller
3
Dreamscape
Roger Ebert
Most movies that try to crowd so much into an hour and a half end up looking like a shopping list but Dreamscape works maybe because it has a sense of humor 
3
Dreamscape
James O'Ehley
Except for a few contrived surrealistic dream sequences there is little that is memorable about this movie 
1.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Brian Eggert
At once an expression of interiority drawing from ideas swirling around in Kaufman s brain and a self loathing critique of that inwardness I m Thinking of Ending Things questions the extent to which we see each other as real 
4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Walter Chaw
The thing I say about Charlie Kaufman films is that I never really understand them but they always seem to understand me 
4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mattie Lucas
Charlie Kaufman s confounding whatsit in a snowglobe is as insular and obfuscating as anything he s ever made but I m Thinking of Ending Things is perhaps one of his most personal and prismatic works yet 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Blake Howard
Charlie Kaufman s I m Thinking of Ending Things is simultaneously specific and profoundly universal a beguiling dissection of relationships and family in time 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What haunted me about the film is the way that Kaufman fully inhabits this shifting twisting nightmare world and the way that little existential clues seem to pop up everywhere 
4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Rene Sanchez
A labyrinthine and melancholic story about the high expectations we set for ourselves and the disillusion of finding how unattainable they are Full Review in Spanish 
4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Sonny Bunch
Your ability to enjoy or appreciate this will be directly related to just how willing you are to roll with intentional disorientation and obfuscation 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
James Berardinelli
Although there s a desire to give the benefit of the doubt to any filmmaker who was once involved in the creation of screen treasures there comes a time when one must ruefully give up the hope that the future will be reflective of the past 
2
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Rosalie Kicks
It s hard to articulate the adventure you are taken on but much like a Reese s cup I believe there is no wrong way to interpret this flick 
2.75
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
David Nusair
a progressively surreal endeavor that s been littered with baffling yet oddly engrossing elements 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Roger Moore
It s a morose puzzle of a tale that one can appreciate even if you don t mind if you never see it again 
2.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Joe Friar
Charlie Kaufman s disorienting film is a downer despite the amazing cast Plemons is in top form but his narcissistic character Jake is so annoying that it overshadows the actor s performance 
2.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Pamela Powell
The symbolism within the film is myriad and requires multiple viewings as this is an incredibly cerebral film which recognizes mortality and that we have only one chance to make the most of our lives 
4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
I m Thinking of Ending Things wouldn t work at all if it wasn t for Jessie Buckley The excellent Irish actress provides the film with the warmth it sorely needs 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tom Meek
The film ends and you re left with WTFs you can t shake or wrestle to the ground I m not sure that was necessarily Kaufman s aim but whatever it is Ending Things is captivating and inescapable brain floss 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Ty Burr
Like graphic artist Chris Ware Kaufman is a meticulous master at capturing the beauty that lies in bleakness He s our patron saint of desolate lives 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Steven Prokopy
I m Thinking of Ending Things almost demands multiple viewings which is exactly what I ll make happen 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Brian Tallerico
Plemons and Buckley are both absolutely phenomenal here finding relatable character beats within a script that would have stymied other performers 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mark Dujsik
Kaufman wants us to dig perhaps but more to the point he wants us to feel the doubts the anguish the confusion the absence of logic and the dread 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mick LaSalle
The movie asks us to wonder what s real and what s false and what it all means But it goes on for 134 minutes without ever giving viewers a reason to keep watching 
1
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Johnny Oleksinski
And now your love it or loathe it movie of 2020 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mike McGranaghan
A movie that s filled with weird wonderful quirky elements 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Katie Walsh
A fable that whipsaws between the rational and the bizarre and like all of his work it presents the unique opportunity to once again plunge into the weird dark mind of Kaufman searching for rare gems of insight 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Joey Magidson
In a lot of ways this is a hard movie to critique impeccably made as it is 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Josh Larsen
A slippery surreal experience 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Richard Roeper
Charlie Kaufman gives a novel his usual peculiar spin in one of the year s most creative films 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Chuck Bowen
The film has a weird ghostly even beautiful pull but it functions mostly on theoretical terms because Charlie Kaufman has thought it to death 
2.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jeff York
It can be as chilly as the stormy landscape seen onscreen Ultimately though Kaufman s film manages to be quite moving a mournful elegy to lives lost in a wasteland 
3.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Michael Phillips
The actors couldn t be better attuned to the nervous system of this universe 
3
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Robert Daniels
His least accessible film in some ways but his most universally affecting in others I m Thinking of Ending Things is Kaufman s most advanced directorial work to date 
4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Barry Hertz
It is beautiful delirious frustrating and so wedded to that film critic notion of the unimpeachable Kaufman esque sensibility that there is little point in arguing with its power with its immeasurable impact 
3.5
Public Enemies
Mal Vincent
This film is worth a look for Depp fans and art film fans and because it s not a noisy summer piece of bombast 
2.5
Public Enemies
Tom Meek
Somehow this bigger than life true cat and mouse saga never fully hits the heights of its ambitions or the capabilities of its cast 
2.5
Public Enemies
Mattie Lucas
The lush sets and gorgeous costumes coupled with the grainy cinematography make for a totally immersive experience pulling a modern audience into a bygone era of fast cars tommy guns and femme fatales 
3
Public Enemies
Peter Keough
Mann seems undecided about what he wants Enemies to accomplish so he tries a little bit of everything 
2
Public Enemies
Sonny Bunch
Michael Mann director of Public Enemies has capped an extremely impressive decade of work with a movie that approaches greatness but just misses 
3
Public Enemies
Linda Cook
John Dillinger was a violent man who died a violent death In Public Enemies we learn the story of how he evaded the FBI u2013 even escaping from prison to become a nationally known bank robber and Public Enemy No 1 
3.5
Public Enemies
James Kendrick
a cool and calculated throwback to the romanticized heyday of gangster films
3
Public Enemies
Lori Hoffman
Depp has a few solid scenes that spark to life only to have the spark fail to ignite a consistent interest in the story 
2
Public Enemies
Sean P. Means
Mann draws a sprawling cast together with a myriad of period details that give an authentic sheen without letting the audience get confused in the sea of historic information 
3.5
Public Enemies
Rossiter Drake
Though faithful to Bryan Burrough s painstakingly researched book Michael Mann s Public Enemies offers more an abstract impression of Dillinger than a fully satisfying portrait 
3
Public Enemies
Jeffrey Westhoff
Some sloppy storytelling prevents Public Enemies from reaching greatness anyway but what hampers the movie is Mann s decision to shoot in high definition video The movie just looks cheap 
3
Public Enemies
John Beifuss
The great theme of Public Enemies is the inevitability and finality of death 
3.5
Public Enemies
Kit Bowen
Expect good but not great Despite the clear talent behind this highly competent film it is a little disappointing Public Enemies is not as Best Picture quality as it purports to be 
2.5
Public Enemies
Gina Carbone
Never mind crime I m declaring the nation s first war on hand held cameras 
2.5
Public Enemies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What Michael Mann has achieved with the new Public Enemies is to capture some of the raw energy and allure of the old gangster B films 
3
Public Enemies
Mike McGranaghan
Public Enemies is at its core a fascinating portrait of criminal narcissism 
3.5
Public Enemies
Kam Williams
Hyper romanticized revisionist history reflecting America s ongoing love affair with gangsters 
1.5
Public Enemies
Matt Brunson
This period gangster saga may be filled with exciting gun battles yet can t deliver the firepower in ways that matter the most 
2.5
Public Enemies
John Wirt
Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger with wry charm but the famous actor also gets in the legendary gangster s way 
2.5
Public Enemies
Christian Toto
Public Enemies is exactly what summer audiences deserve a smart sophisticated action movie So why does it feel like a letdown 
2.5
Public Enemies
Sara Michelle Fetters
The screenplay s layers reveal themselves gradually the film having a documentary like verisimilitude that is at times absolutely electric 
3
Public Enemies
Keith Cohen
The movie tangentially holds your interest but could have been so much better if it had developed a rooting interest for one side or the other 
3
Public Enemies
Nick Rogers
It s no Heat For skirting the lawman s story call it Warmth Still it bulks up with Midwestern muscle from a violent version of The Aviator into Mann s Gangs of New York unwieldy and imperfect but compelling exciting and thoughtful 
3.5
Public Enemies
Jeanne Aufmuth
My biggest gripe lies with Mann who mixes movie metaphors like a mad scientist 
2
Public Enemies
Michael A. Smith
flat The film moves along with no rhyme or reason 
2.5
Public Enemies
Cammila Albertson
For people who loved Heat this is a tour de force 
3
Public Enemies
Robert Calvert
Michael Mann shows some restraint and comes up big with this one 
3
Public Enemies
Rob Thomas
Public Enemies knows the language of the gangster movie so well and yet director Michael Mann has taken it and created something exciting and new out of it 
3.5
Public Enemies
James Berardinelli
Although Public Enemies does not ascend to the heights of Bonnie and Clyde or The Untouchables it is nevertheless an effective depiction of the final months of the life of one of the United States most infamous criminals 
3
Public Enemies
Duane Dudek
This account is true as far as it goes It just doesn t go far enough 
3
Public Enemies
Mick LaSalle
Director Michael Mann has taken the story of John Dillinger and has made from it a drama full of dread and atmosphere a 140 minute film that in no way seems long that s a succession of compelling scenes with no dead wood 
3
Public Enemies
Lisa Kennedy
Public Enemies is as elegant and muscular a film as one could hope for in a summer of flash and noise Which is not to say director Michael Mann s gangster saga lacks flash and simmer 
3.5
Public Enemies
Sean O'Connell
More enamored with the Dillinger myth than with the actual man 
2
Public Enemies
Chris Hewitt
Michael Mann has terrific visual ideas but in Public Enemies even more than Miami Vice he is so fascinated by how everything looks that he doesn t care whether the story or people make sense 
2
Public Enemies
Peter Howell
Mann and co screenwriters Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman faithfully adapt the Dillinger portion of Bryan Burrough s absorbing 2004 book by the same name using the same locations where famous breakouts and shootouts occurred 
3
Public Enemies
Willie Waffle
Could be a battle of wits and wills Instead it s a battle to stay awake 
1
Public Enemies
Claudia Puig
Director Michael Mann mounts a technically proficient visually enthralling crime drama anchored by the low key but captivating performance of Johnny Depp as legendary bank robber John Dillinger 
3
Public Enemies
Peter Canavese
True crime story or romantic myth making This was the question I brought in to Michael Mann s Public Enemies and though seemingly an either or proposition the question still on my mind when I walked out 
3
Public Enemies
Erik Childress
We ve been left with a film that can t settle on which history it wants to tell and ends up dispelling the myth that a new film by Michael Mann is a cause worth celebrating 
2
Public Enemies
Bob Bloom
Public Enemies had the potential of being one of the best adult films of the summer season However Mann s would be gangster saga lacks personality It fails to exploit its topic and its first rate cast And that is a crime 
1.5
Public Enemies
Robert Levin
Falls short in the areas that set great cinema apart 
2.5
Public Enemies
David Nusair
Mann s head scratching use of bottom of the barrel HD cameras ensures that each and every shot looks as though it were filmed in somebody s backyard 
2
Public Enemies
Brandon Fibbs
Public Enemies is Heat with fedoras a gangster epic that is easily the best thing Mann has done in more than a decade an intensely visceral tour de force 
3.5
Public Enemies
Dustin Putman
Downright amazing in the ways it has gone wrong Taking into account the talent involved in front of and behind the camera the finished product is almost a travesty 
1.5
Public Enemies
Josh Larsen
There is a lot to discuss concerning Public Enemies but the elephant in the theater is that the movie looks like crud 
3
Public Enemies
Jeff Vice
This film deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible though It certainly features terrific performances by the cast especially the leads 
3.5
Public Enemies
Ty Burr
Public Enemies has everything going for it except a reason and a script 
2
Public Enemies
Walter Chaw
a collection of beautiful pictures as inert as a coffee table book 
2
Public Enemies
Joe Lozito
Though it provides no insight into its subject Michael Mann s John Dillinger biopic is still an engrossing period piece thanks largely to the director s sure hand and signature style 
3
Public Enemies
Steven Rea
Ultimately the movie s a bust 
2.5
Public Enemies
Liam Lacey
What s strangely missing from this social picture is any image of the economic misery that made Dillinger a folk hero 
2
Public Enemies
Peter Travers
It s movie dynamite 
3.5
Public Enemies
Lou Lumenick
The fatally miscast Johnny Depp s smaller than life performance as the famed gangster is the central flaw in Michael Mann s disappointing curiously uninvolving Public Enemies 
2
Public Enemies
Rene Rodriguez
Michael Mann s extraordinary Public Enemies is an unusual sort of gangster picture a near impressionistic recreation of the last year in the life of one of American history s most notorious bank robbers 
3.5
Public Enemies
Michael Sragow
Depp operates like a star in more ways than one He holds everyone in place with his gravitational pull 
3.5
Public Enemies
Stephen Whitty
What s the reason to make this movie now 
2.5
Public Enemies
Robert W. Butler
Is there any role Johnny Depp cannot make his own 
3
Public Enemies
Rafer Guzman
Something about Dillinger s bloody summary death has always nagged at the public Mann is clearly urging today s audiences to draw its own conclusions 
3
Public Enemies
Moira MacDonald
Mann knows exactly how to pace this kind of movie set to a veritable symphony of gunshots and Public Enemies feels both wonderfully populated and beautifully controlled 
3
Public Enemies
Roger Ebert
Here is a film that shrugs off the way we depend on myth to sentimentalize our outlaws 
3.5
Public Enemies
Michael Phillips
It s a fascinating bundle of contradictions authentic in a million details deeply romanticized in others Cool calm and collected this is more love story than gangster picture 
3
Public Enemies
Nick Schager
Public Enemies fizzles at the moment of detonation 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Wesley Lovell
This introspective co writing effort with The Hurt Locker scribe Mark Boal might be the pinnacle of Haggis 8217 career 46 The rest of Haggis 8217 filmography has been a letdown 44 but at least for this one moment in cinema 44 he got it mostly right 46 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Mattie Lucas
Tommy Lee Jones gives an extraordinary brilliantly understated performance 
3
In the Valley of Elah
David Nusair
Filmmaker Haggis does an effective job of cultivating an impressively engrossing atmosphere right from the outset 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Nick Rogers
It s a testament to Elah s stoicism that the heartbreak at how dishonesty undoes decades of dignity pierces without ever patronizing It s an unforgettable angry film that understands several simple thank yous can trump eruptive emotive speeches 
4
In the Valley of Elah
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Will hopefully be appreciated years from now when the Iraq war is looked upon by many as a war that revealed to its citizens what America has truly become 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Michael Dequina
Excellent turns cannot make this plodding package any more of a bludgeoning chore to sit through 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Lori Hoffman
Despite an Oscar worthy compelling performance by Tommy Lee Jones Haggis anti war film overplays its hand 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Mike McGranaghan
After the potent final image of In the Valley of Elah faded to black I had that very special tingle I get when I know I ve just seen a great movie 
4
In the Valley of Elah
Marty Mapes
A well made issue movie but a little too dense and structured
3
In the Valley of Elah
Sean McBride
features some fine acting and a touchstone subject matter but I wasn t nearly as impressed as I thought I would be by a film with this pedigree 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Gina Carbone
I m happy to have found quiet slow burning Elah the better Middle East movie of the week despite the Oh no he dih int ending 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Kam Williams
Postwar is hell 
1.5
In the Valley of Elah
Susan Tavernetti
Walking a razor wire fence Writer Director Paul Haggis honors Americans serving their country while lacerating the military mindset that got them there 
4
In the Valley of Elah
Daniel M. Kimmel
one of those near misses that have enough things going for it like the performances of Jones and Theron that you may be willing to forgive the films its flaws 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Rob Thomas
It s when the investigation sorts out the knowable what happened and then moves into the unknowable why that Elah moves beyond genre and becomes one of the year s best films 
4
In the Valley of Elah
Matt Brunson
Attempts to depict the manner in which the specter of war can follow a soldier back to civilization and inform every subsequent decision and action 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Larry Ratliff
Haggis camera hovers over Jones craggy face as if it were the lunar lander looking for a smooth spot to land There is no virgin terrain on Jones weathered face just creased landscape that could be headed for another well deserved Oscar nomination 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Rene Rodriguez
The movie isn t nearly as obvious or redundant as writer director Paul Haggis s previous film the Oscar winning Crash but it still feels like the work of someone trying too hard to enlighten you 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Roger Deakins beautiful cinematography makes the film look professional but it doesn t disguise the fact that Haggis isn t a particularly inspired or visual director 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Eric Lurio
This is definitely worth a bargain matinee 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Sean P. Means
Each of Haggis Oscar winning leads brings out facets of grief and resolve with Jones particularly affecting as a man who realizes too late that his son may not have been prepared for combat 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Vince Koehler
This is another home run hit for Tommy Lee Jones 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Peter Howell
The failure to avoid pat answers and cheap grandstanding dogs Haggis here as surely as it did in the overrated Crash and robs In the Valley of Elah of much of its power 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Chris Hewitt
It s not just that Haggis has cast fine actors but that he has created a mood and pace that makes the actors the story and the themes of the film mesh 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Carla Meyer
In the Valley of Elah offers a fine example of a mutually beneficial pairing of filmmaker and actor Director and co screenwriter Paul Haggis gives Tommy Lee Jones a great role In exchange Jones supplies Haggis with nuance 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Bruce Westbrook
Haggis self serious tone becomes wearisome and he fails to explore how the military failed its men while clumsily laying a guilt trip at its feet 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Jeff Vice
An involving character piece and mystery thriller albeit a tad slow 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Terry Lawson
Tommy Lee Jones gives such an amazingly nuanced judicious soulful and selfless performance as a military man distraught over the death of his soldier son in In the Valley of Elah that one can only wish it was in a movie that had the same virtues 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Lawrence Toppman
The movie Haggis made and the movie Elah could have been are as far apart as Washington D C and Baghdad 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
John Beifuss
Haggis premise becomes confused he inadvertently seems to suggest that this war is wrong not because it was unjustified but because of its corrupting influence on its participants 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
James Sanford
The movie wears each of its hot button issues as casually as a runway model might sport the latest Hermes scarf The topics are brought up shown off and then in most cases replaced with something else 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Rick Groen
In his first solo outing since the Oscar winning Crash writer director Paul Haggis falls into a familiar trap where his lofty social theme fights its own battle against the forces of artifice and contrivance 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Carrie Rickey
Paul Haggis earnest and eloquent film about the impact of the war in Iraq on U S soldiers and by extension their nation is human scaled And as deep and harrowed as Jones crevassed face 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Duane Dudek
You can literally read on Jones face All of which makes certain genre devices intrinsic to the murder mystery aspect of the story seem trivial and anticlimactic by comparison 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Bruce Newman
Elah uses a slightly plodding police procedural format as an opening to a discussion about the effect the war is having on returning soldiers It s a lot to ask of one movie 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Phil Villarreal
In the Valley of Elah is so majestic in its themes and searing in execution it s hard to imagine Haggis won t figure prominently in the Oscar race once again 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Peter Travers
The haunting heart piercing Elah isn t perfect It s something better essential 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Joe Lozito
A fierce performance by Tommy Lee Jones as a father searching for his son AWOL after returning from Iraq anchors this flawed but important film from flawed but important writer director Paul Haggis 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Dustin Putman
A penetrating lacerating angry as hell condemnation against the incalculably devastating cost of war as it pertains to both those fighting in it and those consequently affected by it back home 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Claudia Puig
This is undeniably a haunting movie But don t let that scare you off The ending and all that leads up to it will leave viewers devastated but deeply moved 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Lou Lumenick
Tommy Lee Jones is at the top of his game as a grieving fa ther determined to uncover the disturbing truth behind his soldier son s death in Paul Haggis In the Valley of Elah 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
James Berardinelli
The last scene of In the Valley of Elah may be the most ridiculously ham fisted and over the top moment in all of 2007 s supposed prestige cinema 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Pam Grady
It is a showcase for Jones who is moving as a father who only wants to know what happened to his son but it is also a vile hopelessly reductive film 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Kyle Smith
Will forever be known as the upside down American flag movie But showing the flag this way is heavy stuff that is supported by the movie the way a bowling ball is supported by a dandelion 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Maitland McDonagh
Though the portentous title is taken from the Old Testament the film s concerns are painfully timely and forcefully articulated 
3
In the Valley of Elah
John Hartl
Thanks largely to the intricate committed performances of Jones and Theron it succeeds as an effective whodunit 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Tamara Straus
Elah does have moments of slipping into political sermon but for the most part it is an effective disturbing and a rarity for Haggis subtle exploration of the stateside war story 
4
In the Valley of Elah
Stephen Whitty
In the Valley of Elah is an almost painfully powerful drama 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Jack Mathews
What Haggis obviously wants to explore is what the war in Iraq is doing to the humanity of our soldiers there By approaching it indirectly he simplifies it to a degree that I expect will anger many Iraq veterans 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Glenn Whipp
If there was a symbol for cinematic distress it would be raised in front of any theater playing this movie 
2
In the Valley of Elah
Roger Ebert
Paul Haggis In the Valley of Elah is built on Tommy Lee Jones persona and that is why it works so well 
4
In the Valley of Elah
Wesley Morris
None of the exasperating guilt on display in Crash has made it into In the Valley of Elah a solidly made genre movie the Army mystery 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Sara Michelle Fetters
Red State Blue State All States this movie offers food for thought no matter what your political persuasion 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Peter Canavese
In and of itself the story offers rich dramatic material that Haggis exploits well but the writer director s unsubtle condescension to his audience represents small thinking 
2.5
In the Valley of Elah
Josh Larsen
Haggis may be our patron saint of noble cinema yet he s cagier than such a title would suggest 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Michael Phillips
A lot of very good films have a distinct drop off point usually occasioned when the gods of character are shoved aside for the gods of plot In the Valley of Elah is one of those very good pictures 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Jan Stuart
In Paul Haggis In the Valley of Elah Jones face is a poignantly detailed map of skepticism simmering rage and in the final count self recrimination 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Matt Pais
A different and devastating look at the residual effects of war presenting the small pieces of purity its survivors and victims lose whether or not the battle is won 
3.5
In the Valley of Elah
Steve Rhodes
Jones is terrific as is a barely recognizable Theron but an awkwardly tacked on subplot implies our soldiers in Iraq are sadists and psychopaths 
3
In the Valley of Elah
Ed Gonzalez
A namby pamby tirade against the war in Iraq In the Valley of Elah is a Canadian s Sydney Pollack inspired drag revue 
1
In the Valley of Elah
James Rocchi
In the Valley of Elah doesn t actually say Bring the boys home it mostly tells us how much Paul Haggis would like to take home another Oscar 
2
Super Speedway
Ross Anthony
Though elements of that push to the limits speed appear in this film Super Speedway is much more of a documentary than a ride But it s a good one 
2.5
Young & Reckless
Dwight Brown
Writer director Timothy Barker is deft at setting up this slice of life story He s created engaging characters and directs the actors in a way that lets them be uninhibited It s like you re one of the gang hanging out 
3.5
Faith Under Fire
Doug Walker
Absolutely hilarious Shame it s not a comedy 
1
The Cincinnati Kid
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet stirring drama that benefits greatly from McQueen s mere presence 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Brian Eggert
It s far more existential and even primal in the way the film circles around as most Coen films do to the simple and unforgiving notion that the meanings people assign to their lives rarely matter 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Matthew Rozsa
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is deliciously misanthropic despite the Coen Brothers protesting otherwise 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Steven Prokopy
A strangely moving exercise in looking at mortality in ways we don t often do so The Coens still know how to surprise us with both their writing and their philosophy 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The Coens have directed a magnificent nathology not only of the western cinema but of their own filmography Full review in Spanish 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
James Kendrick
testament to the Coens far flung sensibilities and their persistent agility in wringing comedy pathos and irony from the most well worn of genre conventions respecting them while also gleefully dismantling them
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Sonny Bunch
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs alternates between dark lunatic humor and darker depressing morbidity In other words it s The Full Coen 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
David Keyes
Unpredictable and masterful 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Walter Chaw
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs features six narratively unrelated Old West challenges to genre mythology that are so practically effortless so technically perfect that the typical Coen payload of misanthropy and nihilism lands as particularly caustic 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
James Berardinelli
Those wacky Coens are at it again And those serious Coens And those loquacious Coens 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Alan French
The Coen Brothers have not created the most iconic film of their career but bring a unique bend to the American Western in the process 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Josh Larsen
There are laughs aplenty in this lawless arbitrary Old West but a feel good yarn it ain t 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joe Friar
Tragedy is at the forefront of the Coen Brothers western anthology The wildly entertaining yarn incorporates many of the Coen s staples quirky characters witty dialogue and plenty of misfortune 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Will not be to every taste but for a few of us it s a treasure trove worth re visiting whether in small dips or in another deep dive 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Richard Roeper
After a darkly hilarious musical number the Buster story loses steam in its goofy closing moments but that s OK it s time to move on to the next chapter 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Robert Horton
It s like a beautifully embroidered needlework laid across a gravesite 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Some stories are better than others but even the best are merely pleasantly diverting while the bad are distractingly mediocre 
2
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Mark Dujsik
B ecause the film comes from Ethan and Joel Coen it is as funny and clever as it is despairing and hopeless 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Johnny Oleksinski
You d think with viewers short attention spans and love of binge watching it would be the perfect format for today But Buster Scruggs is mostly unengaging 
2
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Neal Justin
Ethan and Joel Coen have a reputation for making films that shatter expectations and Ballad is no exception 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Peter Howell
There s also entirely too much talk and an ending that goes nowhere But the film as a whole satisfies even if it s something less than the sum of its parts Any new Coen Bros offering is always worth celebrating 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Ty Burr
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a Coen brothers western style buffet that didn t quite work out so they re serving it to us on one plate If you eat around a few items there s certainly enough for a meal 
2.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Gary Thompson
Death emerges as a theme first as a punchline then as a chilling presence 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Michael O'Sullivan
Ballad paints a deliciously dismal portrait of the human condition 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Michael Phillips
Every tale in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs runs out of steam before it runs out of story 
2
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Soren Andersen
All in all this Buster is something else 
3.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Mick LaSalle
It s a good movie better than good and if you like the Coen Brothers you should enjoy it and if you don t like the Coen Brothers why don t you You really should like the Coen Brothers 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joey Magidson
Whichever type of Coen film you prefer there s a bit of that to be found here Kazan and Nelson are best in show though it s the shifting tone that s the true focus here 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Robert Daniels
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is reliant on life and fate s brutal eccentricities while incorporating and morphing the reverberations of the Western genre with the Coen brothers oddball humor 
4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Robert Levin
It s the sort of impressionistic pastiche the tweaking of iconic Americana that defines so much of the Coens best work The other chapters have their moments
2.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Roger Moore
A delirious opening followed by a much slower string of episodes watchable in its ambling petering out sort way but not one of the Coens best 
2.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Dwight Brown
The beautiful cinematography and rousing musical score are excellent throughout 
2.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Clayton Davis
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs finds the enthusiasm in its provocative personas Each person grossly unique yet commonly familiar the movie stimulates the viewer for its boisterous moments and subdued notes 
3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Greg Cwik
A few sharp one liners seem to be anchoring a meandering story that however beautifully filmed fails to linger in the mind dissipating quickly like all that gunsmoke 
2.5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Glenn Kenny
Its meshing of formal discipline and screwed down content sometimes give it the sense of a work that has been carefully and elaborately embroidered rather than photographed 
4
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Wesley Morris
This is an exceedingly friendly portrait a disarming one too The filmmaker invites us to reconsider the author as someone warmer and less intimidating than his body of work On that count Wrestling With Angels succeeds 
3
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Hedy Weiss
The final portrait is unquestionably entertaining very occasionally teasing and largely adoring Because Kushner is a devoted political commentator his thoughts on everything from America s role in the world to the nature of Zionism are on full display 
3.5
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Marta Barber
Wrestling with Angels is personal and intimate insightful about Kushner as well as instructive about his collection of works 
3
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Steven Winn
Wrestling With Angels is a canny piece of filmmaking sure to absorb both audiences familiar with Kushner s plays and those who know little or nothing about him 
3
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Joey Guerra
A sentimental valentine to a man who underneath it all simply wants to move people with his message 
3
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Timothy Knight
Flaws aside Wrestling With Angels Playwright Tony Kushner is still worth a look for its glimpse at one of the leading voices of 21st century American drama 
2.5
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Bob Strauss
While Wrestling With Angels is definitely a worthwhile experience you d expect it to be a more dramatic one considering what Kushner has produced 
2.5
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Lou Lumenick
An overly adoring but still quite interesting profile of the writer 
2.5
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Elizabeth Weitzman
Freida Lee Mock s adulatory portrait makes for pleasant viewing but should it Her subject is a professional rabble rouser an intellect determined to provoke a sleeping world into action 
2
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
John Anderson
Mock is good at seizing a subject and exploiting it for her own purposes But one doesn t get the feeling that she unlike Tony Kushner wants to get her hands dirty 
2
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Ken Fox
Mock s film leaves us with a sense of gratitude and relief that so thoughtful an artist as Kushner continues to work among us capturing and reacting to the world as he buzzes through it 
3.5
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Ed Gonzalez
Wrestling With Angels is better than a puff piece getting at how Kushner s personal life has shaped the political and philosophical dimensions of his flawed but breathtaking plays including the prescient Homebody Kabul 
2.5
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Emanuel Levy
I wish another director had chronicled the life and times of the vibrantly alert Tony Kushner Mock s docu is diffuse rambling and fails to delve into some crucial issues pertaining to the playwright s creativity and personal life 
2
From Up on Poppy Hill
Mike McGranaghan
It s really hard to go wrong with a Studio Ghibli film and From Up on Poppy Hill is no exception It may not be their very best work but it s still good work full of charm and fun 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Josh Larsen
The magic is found in the everyday details of domestic life 
3.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
John Beifuss
The film refuses to apologize for honor decency politeness and modesty it celebrates stoicism not self indulgence it assumes that these finer qualities are the norm not the exception 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Rene Rodriguez
A departure for Studio Ghibli an emotionally nuanced nostalgic look at the past that is grounded in everyday reality but retains the humor and delight that are part of the studio s trademark 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s definitely enough here to provide a quick fix for older Studio Ghibli fans though children will probably be bored 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Duane Dudek
The charming and nostalgic From Up on Poppy Hill is as lushly illustrated and vividly realized as memory itself 
3.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Rob Thomas
Poppy Hill proves to be more than just a visual feast Its seemingly slight storyline has a warm emotional resonance tapping into both the uncertainty of a Japan caught between past and future 
3.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Joe Williams
Goro Miyazaki has a style that s both more painterly and more cinematic than the cartoonish norm while his father s screenplay is a classic coming of age story that seems suited for a live action remake 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Steven Rea
In the wisdom of this artfully rendered film Umi and Shun and the viewer come to learn that the past and the future should go hand in hand that the best way to move forward is to reflect and respect what came before 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Ann Hornaday
The story of a girl grappling with first love the absence of her parents and the anxieties of an on rushing future in 1963 Yokohama has all the earmarks of a Miyazaki classic 
3.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Ty Burr
The film s perfectly fine but it s not a patch on Spirited Away My Neighbor Totoro Princess Mononoke and other Studio Ghibli classics 
2.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Cammila Collar
Rest assured the younger Miyazaki has clearly earned his stars as Poppy Hill offers just the same intimate ultimately life affirming kind of storytelling we ve come to expect from the family name 
4
From Up on Poppy Hill
G. Allen Johnson
This is a gentle film hand drawn with irresistible colors that exudes nostalgia in a lovely way 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Mark Dujsik
A study of how the tolls of war reverberate through generations 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
John Anderson
Both genuinely emotional and blithely engaging 
3.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Peter Canavese
Sunny days blue skies and rippling blue waters lined with greenery Plain nice and there s nothing wrong with that 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Chris Hewitt
The film shows the younger Miyazaki going off in a new slightly older skewing direction while still firmly working in the gentle hand drawn style with which the old man has been dazzling filmgoers for decades 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Michael Phillips
Your kids may well fall in love with it if you help them find it 
4
From Up on Poppy Hill
Roger Ebert
The artistry is peaceful and comforting to the eyes but not especially stirring Given the pictorial extremes that Studio Ghibli has gone to in the past Up on Poppy Hill is weak tea 
2.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Matt Pais
Based on the jolly jazzy score that keeps From Up on Poppy Hill lively the latest from Studio Ghibli appears to have missed its calling as a Broadway musical 
2.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Bruce DeMara
Likely to appeal to young audiences especially teenagers and possibly even to jaded adults who may look back on their own first yearnings of puppy love with nostalgia and affection 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Farran Smith Nehme
It s the sort of movie that can prompt daydreams about inhabiting its world of flowers and hills passing ships and harbor lights where there s no Internet and romance happens face to face 
3
From Up on Poppy Hill
Caroline McKenzie
The story arc is somewhat facile and its lesson about preserving history instead of demolishing it to make way for new shiny things is too obvious 
2
From Up on Poppy Hill
Roger Moore
Lovely sentimental but a conventional nostalgic melodrama that had no compelling reason to be filmed as anime
2.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Marty Mapes
Miyazaki yes but Goro and not Hayao
2.5
The World According to Sesame Street
Rob Humanick
Anyone who doubts the socially and culturally shaping powers of television film or any other medium of expression need only look to Sesame Street in order to dispel their skepticism 
3
Table 19
Brian Eggert
It all lacks spontaneity and feeling rushing toward its conclusion without savoring a single moment 
1.5
Table 19
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A minor trifle Table 19 nevertheless manages to be quite entertaining when it sticks to comedy 
2.5
Table 19
David Nusair
Essentially The Breakfast Club crossed with a conventional romcom 
3
Table 19
Linda Cook
You really don t want to take a seat at Table 19 
1
Table 19
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The majority of the movie s gags are staged so blandly that you re more likely to wince than laugh 
1
Table 19
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end this is a comedy I was glad I d made the time for and as blind dinner dates go this is one I d go out with again a second time with few reservations whatsoever 
3
Table 19
Josh Terry
Table 19 is a wedding movie for people who hate weddings and an underdog movie for anyone who has ever felt life s wrath in a social setting 
3.5
Table 19
David Fear
Mostly however what you get is six characters in search of a cringe comedy that can cohere around them 
2.5
Table 19
Mark Dujsik
A talented cast comes together for forced awkwardness of the social and comic varieties in Table 19 
1.5
Table 19
Anita Katz
A bland screwball comedy sunk by an excess of gimmickry and a lack of credibility and punch 
2
Table 19
Stephen Whitty
In the end Table 19 feels a little like the kind of wedding toast made by a not very good friend long on time filling cliches short on specifics and still going on long after you ve started checking your watch 
2.5
Table 19
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s worth seeing for its performances though in particular Merchant s His ostrich walk and deadpan line deliveries are a continual source of delight 
2.5
Table 19
Nathalie Atkinson
RSVP Decline with regret 
2
Table 19
Tina Hassannia
It s not a complicated or original idea but one that Table 19 manages to express on genuinely heartfelt terms You can t hate a movie that courageously wears its heart on its sleeve 
2.5
Table 19
Sean P. Means
Kendrick s impeccable comedy chops and plucky charm carry the day raising Table 19 to the level of an unassumingly pleasant comedy 
3
Table 19
Kyle Smith
This comedy about the random losers stuck together at a wedding reception actually uncannily creates an experience as dull awkward and excruciating as the thing it mocks 
1
Table 19
Kathryn Laskaris
It feels a bit like an unfocused drunk uncle speech it s got a couple of good jokes but mostly you just wait it out to get to the inevitable sweet table at the end of the night 
2
Table 19
Richard Roeper
You ve been to worse weddings and just as many that were more memorable 
2.5
Table 19
Calvin Wilson
If being seated at Table 19 is a drag watching the film of the same name is worse 
2
Table 19
Stephanie Merry
The movie races through each of its stories careening toward tidy endings with all the grace of a car trying to make it though the intersection before the light turns red 
1.5
Table 19
Tom Russo
One big adult paean to that old adolescent screen staple from the unlikely bonding to the way 80s music to the wacky tobacky scene And we re still suckers for it 
3
Table 19
Mick LaSalle
Table 19 is a comedy to the extent it can get laughs and when it can t the movie switches to trying to make us feel sorry for everyone onscreen That doesn t work either 
1
Table 19
Christopher Gray
Each of Table 19 s faint glimmers of grace are overwhelmed by elements of general spatial and narrative incompetence 
1
Table 19
Roger Moore
A winning comedy of slight uneven charm
2.5
Concussion
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is never less than watchable and thanks to the collective efforts of Smith Morse Baldwin and Brooks it s oftentimes more than that 
2.5
Concussion
Robert Levin
The fact that this movie exists at all is astounding but the quality of the filmmaking never quite lives up to the caliber of the subject 
2.5
Concussion
James Kendrick
works very well first drawing us into Omalu s pursuit of understanding and then into his fight to get the NFL to recognize his research and stop covering up the dangers of professional football 
3
Concussion
John Beifuss
Saint Will Smith see also The Pursuit of Happyness Seven Pounds returns to suffer stoically forgive those who know not what they do and otherwise ennoble the world with his sensitivity and acuity 
2
Concussion
Moira MacDonald
The movie murmurs when it and others should be shouting 
2.5
Concussion
Michael Smith
Smith is very good Albert Brooks as Omalu s coroner mentor brings the dry film some much needed humor and Alec Baldwin is solid as the former team doctor with guilt driving his support of Omalu 
2.5
Concussion
Josh Terry
Concussion gives audiences some sobering things to ponder 
3.5
Concussion
Tom Meek
It s a cautionary tale that should make those driving the NFL moneymaker take pause more than they already have 
3
Concussion
Willie Waffle
Will Smith s fantastic performance deserves a better movie 
2
Concussion
Matt Brunson
In most respects this plays like a well tailored TV movie of the week the sort that hits every expected narrative beat just before the fadeout to commercial 
2.5
Concussion
Christian Toto
If Concussion had tackled DeflateGate it would have made Tom Brady kick kittens before every snap 
2.5
Concussion
Mark Dujsik
Concussion possesses neither courage nor conviction 
2
Concussion
Brad Wheeler
A melodramatic but compelling enough lab coat drama about football players and the pathological implications of too many blows to their heads 
2.5
Concussion
Bob Bloom
Concussion may make you think twice about letting your child participate in football It also may change the way you view the professional gladiators who it now seems put their lives at risk to entertain and thrill us 
3
Concussion
James Berardinelli
Concussion s dramatic core is solid and its unwillingness to sugarcoat the NFL s tactics is likely to raise some eyebrows 
3
Concussion
Anders Wright
This is a pretty intriguing idea for a film certainly and couldn t be more of the moment But Concussion is an interesting story uninterestingly told 
2
Concussion
Linda Barnard
Writer director Peter Landesman often gets stuck in the soft stuff in between hitting the NFL hard 
2
Concussion
Stephanie Merry
As Omalu Smith gives an emotional performance bolstered by capable supporting players 
2.5
Concussion
Connie Ogle
The NFL is a moneymaking monster America s game What Concussion effectively asks us to consider is this How many ruined lives will it take to make a change 
3
Concussion
Brian Truitt
Despite its faults Smith s excellent execution and Concussion on the whole will hit home in the hearts and especially minds of the audience 
2.5
Concussion
Mick LaSalle
Sometimes a good story is enough and Concussion is one of those cases 
3
Concussion
David Berry
Everything here is roughly that plodding managing to make what actually should be a life and death issue into something with all the nuance and depth of a Law and Order courtroom capper 
2
Concussion
Daniel Brown
The film captures the essence of how an unlikely scientist forced a monumental shift in the NFL culture Concussion gains just enough ground to score 
3
Concussion
Dann Gire
Smith s polished selfless performance carries this film a disappointment as far as heroic underdog dramas go But still effective as a reminder of the high principles we profess to the world and how crushing it should be when our institutions sell out 
3
Concussion
Rick Bentley
The biggest problem with Concussion is that it takes the less interesting approach to a fascinating subject 
2.5
Concussion
John Serba
Landesman seems uncertain if he should serve character or procedure and ultimately does justice to neither 
2
Concussion
Glenn Kenny
Will Smith s performance as Omalu is lovely small scaled precise imbued with righteousness but not tritely pious 
3
Concussion
Stephen Whitty
Despite the rumors the gossip the stolen emails describing NFL involvement in this film the story and the stinging end titles do not let that organization off the hook 
2.5
Concussion
Lawrence Toppman
If Omalu seems impossibly naive in spots Smith still conveys the right air of injured innocence Why won t anyone listen 
3
Concussion
Peter Travers
The film goes slack when its screws most need to tighten Luckily Smith flawless in accent and commitment to Omalu s worthy cause as the NFL s worst nightmare grips you from first to last 
2.5
Concussion
Kyle Smith
The film is sober honest and serious about an important subject 
2.5
Concussion
Roger Moore
Damning
2.5
Concussion
Mike McGranaghan
Will Smith is excellent and the story absolutely drives home the point that the NFL is perfectly willing to sacrifice the health and well being of the very players who line its executives pockets 
3
Concussion
Kam Williams
Make no mistake Concussion is a marvelous Will Smith vehicle one that he ll undoubtedly get to drive for the duration of awards season possibility all the way to the Oscars on Sunday February 28th 
4
Concussion
Radheyan Simonpillai
Concussion plays Omalu s compelling work as your by the numbers lone crusader story which is effective right up to the point when a bristling Smith barks Tell the truth 
2
Concussion
Richard Roeper
Concussion is a sobering sometimes infuriating look at one doctor s discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE and his crusade to tell the country its favored game was causing the deaths of many a former hero 
3
Concussion
Matt Pais
This story deserves a movie that allows for complex ideas not just a blanket of corruption and a definitive statement of danger 
1.5
Concussion
Ed Gonzalez
The tacky and loose means by which the platitudinous screenplay dances around what ails the story s football players is just one cog in a whirligig of pat representations 
1.5
Concussion
Clayton Davis
Settling into a role that calls for the best parts of Smith s charisma which he has demonstrated effortlessly throughout his career he handles it with an equally emotional heft that garners most of the film s best moments 
2.5
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Roger Moore
As edgy 44 scary and challenging as a bowl of New England chowder in a winter 8217 s day 8212 horror comfort food 46 
2
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s a pretty simple quot be careful what you wish for quot scenario 44 handled softly and without many scares 44 but Martell and Sutherland really sell their deep friendship 44 and it apos s easy to forgive Craig for the things he does in grief 46 
3
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Erik Childress
Stephen King 8217 s work has always veered between horror and drama 44 but aside from Donald Sutherland 8217 s first act performance the film works neither as supernatural terror nor morality tale of technology displacing us from our humanity 46 
1.5
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Pablo O. Scholz
Good fun with a touch of the supernatural though in the end it isn t a horror film but a fine and well made suspense film Full review in Spanish 
3
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Brian Tallerico
An early engaging performance from the great Donald Sutherland and a consistently grounded one from Jaeden Martell keep Mr 46 Harrigan 8217 s Phone from completely going dead 44 but you 8217 re going to want to send this one to voicemail 46 
2
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Randy Myers
It won t keep you up at night but it is a solid and surprisingly poignant effort 
2.5
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Mark Dujsik
Mr 46 Harrigan apos s Phone gets us involved in one story 44 only to arrive at a completely different one with higher stakes but a decidedly lesser impact 46 
2
Metamorphosis
Brad Wheeler
The film is graceful visually and beautifully harrowing its worry for a planet and hope for humanity is reasoned and well explained 
3.5
Metamorphosis
Peter Howell
Shock awe and alarm as Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper aim a poetic lens at a rapidly changing world 
3
The Infidel
Christian Toto
Can t we all just coexist The Infidel can t bring the laughs but it s a subtle peek at scapegoating on all sides 
2.5
The Infidel
John Beifuss
Omid Djalili a standup comic is in almost every scene and his unflagging energy and commitment to the material is the movie s saving grace 
2
The Infidel
Rick Groen
Tthis thing plays like a cheeky Brit com blown up to feature length with a thin coat rack of plot to hang the ethnic humour on and a wish to offend without being offensive 
2
The Infidel
Kent Turner
Some of the punch lines land better than others and the script keeps them coming 
2.5
The Infidel
Robbie Collin
The Infidel s got some great gags most of which have a stand up routine kind of feel but a hopelessly contrived climax saps it of any real satirical bite 
3
The Infidel
Alistair Harkness
The film slugs along never bad exactly but never funny either and as it works towards its vaguely farcical resolution it starts to resemble every other lame Brit com 
2
The Infidel
Alex Zane
Thankfully the sometimes muddled message on religion is propped up by good gags such as a running joke about hating people who do quotation marks with their fingers 
3
Great Balls of Fire!
David Nusair
46 46 46 a relentlessly 40 and woefully 41 uneven true life tale 46 
2.5
Great Balls of Fire!
Roger Ebert
Great Balls of Fire gives us a Jerry Lee Lewis who has been sanitized popularized and lobotomized Even then the story ends in 1959 before most of the events for which The Killer became notorious 
2
Dog
Matt Brunson
Dog goes astray when it tries to nyuk it up 46 
2.5
Dog
Matthew Passantino
Most of Dog feels surface level but Tatum and Lulu find ways to spark an odd couple rapport which keeps this lighthearted movie engaging 
2.5
Dog
Kevin Carr
This one tells an authentic story and I was pleasantly charmed by this movie 
3
Dog
Sarah Knight Adamson
Its been a few years since weve seen Channing Tatum as the lead and here he carries the entire film on his own it s really great to have him back on the big screen 
3
Dog
Sean P. Means
Dog ends up being a solid drama about loyalty and loss and a certain kind of audience will appreciate it for those strengths Im just concerned that an audience expecting the lighthearted comedy the marketing promises may not be as receptive 
3
Dog
Randy Myers
Welcome back Channing Tatum 
3
Dog
Ray Gill Jr.
As the co director of Dog Tatum proves that no one knows how to use him as well as he does and makes the film a treat for anyone who s ever had a pet with a lot of personality and a fun ride for anyone else who wants to come along
3
Dog
Tom Meek
Not a particularly nuanced title for a film with heart and verve 
2.5
Dog
Rex Reed
Dog may be man s best friend but Dog a snooze about a boring 1500 mile road trip shared by a dog and a man both war ravaged brain damaged soldiers should have stayed in the kennel 
2
Dog
Charles Koplinski
Perhaps the most refreshing thing about the film is the fact that it underplays its most important moments using a degree of subtlety when an emotional connection needs to be made Dog is all the better for it 
3
Dog
Richard Roeper
Dog isn t going to enter any annual conversations about the best canine films of all time but Lulu is basically a good girl and Briggs is basically a good guy and we re glad they were given the high concept road trip adventure they deserve 
3
Dog
Mike McGranaghan
Often funny and with an appealing tenderness at its core 
3
Dog
Pamela Powell
The road trip begins and ends as you might expect but its all the filling in the middle that makes this film heartfelt sometimes funny and most importantly meaningful 
3
Dog
Leo Brady
At the center is a refreshing outlook at redemption a releasing of the clenched fist of masculine men that are too proud to have flaws and a companionship with an animal that many of us can relate with 
3
Dog
Johnny Oleksinski
Tatum lets his cuddly co star shine and wrings out a few touching moments of his own too 
2.5
Dog
Steven Prokopy
iDog i is all over the place trying on different vibes like it cant decide what t shirt to wear 
2.5
Dog
Lindsey Bahr
Ultimately it does work but Dog is a movie that is trying to do quite a bit and perhaps bites off a little more than it can reasonably handle in 90 minutes 
2.5
Dog
Frank Wilkins
Big shout out to the three Belgian Malinois used for filming Britta Zuzu and Lana who each had a different role in playing Lulu on the screen
3
Dog
Ty Burr
Tatum as expected brings depth and detail to a less than nuanced part and the three Belgian Malinoises playing Lulu are gorgeous and thankfully not anthropomorphized with too many cutesy reaction shots 
2.5
Dog
Jeff Mitchell
Kudos to Tatum for raising awareness for soldiers both dogs and humans but Dog attempts too many tricks during this bumpy road trip 
2
Dog
Nell Minow
Dog is uneven in tone and quality but shows promise in the way co directors Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin approach the story with care and heart 
3
Dog
Kristen Page-Kirby
Dog turns out to be a deeply thoughtful surprisingly resonant look at trauma and what stems from it 
3
Dog
Rafer Guzman
Movies like Instagram accounts always score big when pets are the focus but Dog has a heart too 
2.5
Dog
Phil Villarreal
The film is a pure passion project by Channing Tatum who not only stars but steps into the director s chair for the first time working with Reid Carolin to deliver a heartfelt and funny road trip film 
3
Dog
Hope Madden
Its a worthy message trapped in a sincere tonally chaotic humorless lazily constructed mess of a movie 
2
Dog
Soren Andersen
Tatum s command of the role and his confident direction of the picture make Dog a very engaging experience 
3
Dog
Mark Dujsik
Dog isn t a sneaky film since its more serious intentions are apparent throughout but its emotional impact certainly does sneak up on you 
3
Dog
Wes Greene
Dog cannily smuggles a nuanced inquiry of a social issue under the guise of popular entertainment 
2.5
Dog
Roger Moore
Out STANDING
3
Dog
Katie Walsh
Carolin and Tatum s directorial instincts bring a fresh approach to this type of film It s a pleasure to say that this is one good Dog 
2.5
Dog
Joey Magidson
Dog is a winning buddy comedy with Channing Tatum and a four legged friend 
3
Dog
Mick LaSalle
Channing Tatum is pleasant to be around so we understand why a dog would like him We like him too and that basically is the appeal of the new movie Dog 
2.5
A Raisin in the Sun
Wanda Hale
First things first Sidney Poitier is one of the true artists of our time 
4
A Raisin in the Sun
Matt Brunson
A groundbreaking work that manages to be both specific to the African American experience and universal in its themes of hope change and upward mobility 
4
A Raisin in the Sun
Christopher James
The themes and words that rang through Broadway cut like a thousand knives in the movie adaptation as well 
4
A Raisin in the Sun
James Kendrick
hits on an intertwined set of realities involving family conflict and deeply embedded social racism that still affects us today
3.5
A Raisin in the Sun
TV Guide Staff
The performances are uniformly excellent 
4
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
John Wirt
Earns its stripes as one of those bad movies that s so bad it s good in its bad way 
2
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Robert Levin
An arty action flick that s almost worth watching The odds of director John Hyams pulling off such a feat were only slightly worse than winning Powerball 
2.5
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Stephen Whitty
There is no end Van Damme announces in between blows As a comment on the current film I ll agree As a prediction all I can do is shudder 
0
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Kyle Smith
An intensity of purpose and a patient suspenseful directing style make the B movie Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning superior to most of the big budget action films I ve seen lately 
3
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Scott Bowles
Universal soldiers it seems never die even if they deserve a slow and deliberate farewell 
1
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Kam Williams
A bloody free for all so gruesome it makes Peckinpah look like Winnie the Pooh 
2.5
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
John Semley
Like a stiff Schwarzeneggerian conqueror making good on an I ll be back John Hyams returns to one up the franchise again 
2
Odd Brodsky
Pamela Powell
Cindy Baer s off beat and engaging writing is swept up by cinematographer Matthew Irving s highly stylized eye as each character is allowed to shine in their roles 
3
Avenues
Joey Magidson
Michael Angarano stars as well as writes and directs this charming New York tale His work in front of and behind the camera is compelling and steady It s an assured debut 
3
Tiger Within
Roger Moore
Whatever its scattered virtues Tiger Within never shakes that didn t think this through vibe poor choice of titles included 
1.5
Disclosure
Mal Vincent
It s glossy and hokey but it is also good storytelling More importantly within its aims it s a lot of fun 
3.5
Disclosure
Gene Siskel
Pure and simple trash masquerading as significance 
2
Disclosure
Carrie Rickey
This witty wily battle between genders is not so much about sexual harassment as it is about power politics in the workplace where water cooler gossip is replaced by E mail and where memo warfare is waged by combatants in virtual reality goggles 
3
Disclosure
Jeff Shannon
For those who would question Crichton s motives Levinson and Attanasio haven t let men off the hook 
3
Disclosure
Michael Wilmington
This is the least personal movie Levinson has made in years and the script is more a shortening of Crichton s story than a dramatization 
2.5
Disclosure
Gary Thompson
Douglas makes for a sympathetic and wily hero 
3
Disclosure
David Nusair
watchable yet far from engrossing 
2.5
Disclosure
Michael Dequina
Entertaining adaptation of Michael Crichton s sexual harassment thriller 
3.5
Disclosure
Monica Hayde
Viewers who will find the most to appreciate here are men in the winter of white male discontent 
1.5
Disclosure
Chris Hicks
If you can turn off your Vulcan circuits and ignore illogical loopholes Disclosure generally delivers the goods 
2.5
Disclosure
Roger Ebert
It is an exercise in pure cynicism with little respect for its subject or for its thriller plot which I defy anyone to explain 
2
Disclosure
Mick LaSalle
As the poor shlub fighting several battles at once all of them against shrewder meaner adversaries Douglas is a complex and sympathetic Everyman 
3
Disclosure
Steve Rhodes
Moves with the speed of a freight train 
3.5
Disclosure
James Berardinelli
As a thriller this movie is effective and gripping if occasionally contrived as a result of overplotting 
3
Office
Simon Abrams
A must see for anyone looking for a thoughtful and genuinely spectacular new musical 
3.5
Far From Vietnam
Peter Keough
Alternately strident and eloquent muddled and incisive Far From Vietnam remains compelling both as artful propaganda and as a prophetic historical artifact 
3
Far From Vietnam
Ela Bittencourt
Most problematic is the way in which the Vietnamese are romanticized as if they had not fought for their livelihoods and land visceral and specific but for ideals alone 
2.5
Finding Fela
John Beifuss
The wild life risky art and radical politics of an African revolutionary receive generally entertaining if inappropriately conventional treatment in this documentary 
2.5
Finding Fela
Matt Pais
Leaves you tapping your feet and scratching your head about why such a rich story didn t generate a better deeper smarter movie 
2
Finding Fela
J. R. Jones
The problem isn t really finding Fela but containing him 
2
Finding Fela
Nathalie Atkinson
Anytime the ersatz Fela and crew are on screen performing numbers the real Kuti isn t And that s a shame since watching the real Kuti onstage is as much concert as political rally and liturgy 
2.5
Finding Fela
Tom Keogh
Finding Fela is an apt title for this dynamic and thorough documentary by Alex Gibney 
3.5
Finding Fela
Tim Campbell
At its best the film manages the trick of constructing a modern myth while simultaneously deconstructing it on one level this is a story about how to tell a story Plus it s got a great beat and you can dance to it 
3
Finding Fela
David Hiltbrand
The constant flipping between stagecraft and reality creates a dissonant static that prevents any satisfying connection with the film 
2
Finding Fela
Ty Burr
The early songs are a celebration the later music is a weapon It would be nice to get more of both but for that there are the reissued CDs not to mention this film s soundtrack a decent sampler 
3
Finding Fela
Walter V. Addiego
For all his strangeness Fela had a captivating side and his music could be riveting That s why the film disappoints a movie about such a man as this ought to be more exciting 
2
Finding Fela
Michael O'Sullivan
On camera Jones acts as a sort of safari leader hacking away at the thicket of thorny contradictions that surrounded Fela in the hopes of shaping a coherent yet honest portrait of the man 
3.5
Finding Fela
Matt Zoller Seitz
Feels like a rough draft for a very good movie 
2.5
Finding Fela
Farran Smith Nehme
Though the filmmaking is not terribly exciting Fela s life and music are 
2.5
Finding Fela
Clayton Dillard
Alex Gibney uses archival and Broadway footage so seamlessly that telling the difference between reality and recreation becomes not only difficult but one of the film s central metaphors 
3
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
John Beifuss
Thhis dreamlike folk tale is highlighted by exquisite watercolor and ink wash artwork that offers soul satisfying relief from the garish pandemonium of most animated films 
4
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Rob Thomas
The animation in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is created using cutting edge 21st century tools pen pencil a splash from a watercolor brush 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Mark Dujsik
The magic is in the technique 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Mary Houlihan
It s the beautiful and breathtaking animation that gives The Tale of the Princess Kaguya a luster that is both simple and sophisticated 
3
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
J. R. Jones
One can only hope Ghibli maintains a creative standard as high as his 
4
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Michael Phillips
What makes Princess Kaguya stick in emotional terms Its depiction of an extraordinary girl learning for herself that a life without real joy and spontaneity is only a shadow of a life 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Matt Pais
Pretty but not gorgeous affecting but not enchanting 
2.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Josh Larsen
seemingly built on nothing more than slight sketches and quick brushstrokes 
4
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Sean P. Means
With its sumptuous images and impressionistic storytelling the animated The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a moving work by Isao Takahata 
3
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Ty Burr
If there s a message here about the foolhardiness of parental expectations it fades away in the face of the film s rapturous visuals 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Roger Moore
Lovely if patience testing old school anime fairytale
3
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Michael O'Sullivan
It s more deeply satisfying and complex than similar Hollywood produced fare like fine wine compared with Kool Aid 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Randy Myers
With no bombast whatsoever The Tale of the Princess Kaguya manages to stir the soul 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Anita Katz
Takahata s screenplay cowritten by Riko Sakaguchi features impressively intricate scenarios It contains better than a conventional villain flawed but human characters 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
G. Allen Johnson
Although most know the name Hayao Miyazaki there are many wonderful directors under the Ghibli umbrella and Isao Takahata is as great as they come 
4
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Peter Howell
A real treat for animation fans although its meditative pace may test the patience of younger viewers 
3
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Glenn Kenny
A thing of endless visual beauty that seems to partake in a kind of pictorial minimalism but finds staggering possibilities for beautiful variation within its ineluctable modality It s a true work of art 
4
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Elise Nakhnikian
The soft colors graceful movements and clean lines that depict the animated figures and their environments and the frequent close ups of beautiful flora and fauna embody the ineffable beauty of life on Earth that is one of the film s main themes 
3.5
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Kent Turner
One of the most gorgeous animated films of the last decade 
2.5
The Secret of NIMH
Susie Eisenhuth
Parents wistful for the world of mystery and magic fondly remembered from the best of the Disney cartoon features should hasten along to this rather endearing fantasy 
3
The Secret of NIMH
Peter Stack
The film carries us to a wonderful sometimes scary underworld of colorful animal characters Grating cynics need not apply 
3
The Secret of NIMH
John Stark
If you ve given up on good old fashioned animated movies the kind Disney used to do so well cheer up The Secret of NIMH is quite wonderful alive with dramatic conflicts colorful characters pretty music and sophisticated animation 
3
The Secret of NIMH
Desmond Ryan
A sumptuous celebration of the animator s art If it were not for E T this would easily be the best children s film released this year 
4
The Secret of NIMH
Alex Keneas
As they deliver NIMH s crisply written narrative the drawing board creations come to life Papa Walt would have been pleased 
3
The Secret of NIMH
Bruce Bailey
Thanks to a palette of more than 600 colors 500 of which are newly developed the film has a kaleidoscopic impact of a sort that we haven t seen since Fantasia 
3.5
The Secret of NIMH
Bill Cosford
The result of all this is what we recall from the great Disney period a cartoon of amazing depth of image and rich nuance This may be a film for children but its achievement is no less serious 
3.5
The Secret of NIMH
Robert W. Butler
It s a terrific film Animation this detailed lifelike and eye popping hasn t been seen for years not since such early Disney classics as Snow White and Pinocchio 
3
The Secret of NIMH
Perry Stewart
As visually rewarding as it is NIMH finds its real forte in the area of voice characterization The actors speaking the lines were chosen with scrupulous care and they re perfect 
3
The Secret of NIMH
Gene Siskel
The Secret of NIMH is charming but it could use a little bit more of Disney s bad guys versus good guy s mentality And yet the second half of NIMH is a genuine pleasure taking us to a secret rat world that should amaze little ones 
3
The Secret of NIMH
Roger Ebert
It looks good moves well and delights our eyes 
3
Rabid Dogs
Sara Michelle Fetters
While there are some eye opening moments not the least of which is a foray into a small town that looks like they re in the midst of a May Day celebration straight out of The Wicker Man there simply are not enough of them 
2.5
Rabid Dogs
Glenn Lovell
What this French redo of Mario Bava s 1974 heist thriller lacks in plot it more than makes up for in flashy camerawork energy Hitchcock would have cued us to the surprise twist earlier 
2.5
Rabid Dogs
Clayton Dillard
There s no reason for Rabid Dogs to exist as even character identity and motivation receives little attention 
2
Tennis, Anyone ...?
G. Allen Johnson
The question the filmmaker is asking perhaps of himself is a legitimate one How worthy is a life that consists of nondescript supporting film roles a lousy TV show and a string of failed relationships 
3
Tennis, Anyone ...?
David Elliott
The movie isn t deeply about anything even including tennis though it has a smartly rancid skill in spearing phonies 
2.5
Glitch
David Nusair
an amateurish and consistently underwhelming romcom that s lacking in both romance and comedy 
1.5
Dragonfly Eyes
Mattie Lucas
A missed opportunity on almost all levels a gimmick that really should be an avant garde piece of existentialism that instead never gets off the ground 
1
Pure
G. Allen Johnson
Although there is nothing really new here an honest sense of humanity wins out 
3
Pure
Michael Booth
Parker and Harry Eden the boy who plays her precocious by necessity son elevate Pure from a tedious cautionary tale to a wrenching drama 
3
Pure
Phil Villarreal
You kinda wish something anything good would happen to the kid Maybe someone could get him some ice cream 
2.5
Pure
Roger Ebert
Molly Parker is an extraordinary actress of the ordinary 
3
Pure
Timothy Knight
A decent but ultimately unmemorable film 
2.5
Pure
Ed Gonzalez
Though compellingly acted Pure s spit and polished kitchen sink realism exudes a disconcertingly cheery affection for the lives of its characters 
2
Pure
Ian Mantgani
Talented performers effectively dramatic 
3
Hangman's Curse
Todd Hertz
The film does keep viewers attention and has some shining scenes But it might also leave readers wondering how a pretty good book ended up as a not so great movie 
2
Hangman's Curse
Lou Carlozo
We definitely could use more wholesome teenage flicks but Hangman s Curse is just plain hokum not so much for the values it tries to convey but the slipshod way it conveys them 
.5
Off and Running
Ty Burr
A patient slightly stiff often intensely moving portrait of a girl who believes her choices are literally black and white 
3
Off and Running
Robert Levin
Blessed with candid subjects a sure sense of emotional honesty and an eye for drawing out the power of small moments Opper has produced a memorable deeply affecting film 
3.5
Off and Running
V.A. Musetto
As the father of an adopted daughter I was very moved But the film is so well done that just about anybody will have that feeling 
3
Off and Running
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Director Nicole Opper never resorts to promoting reductive campus counselor esque values 
3
Off and Running
Kam Williams
Ultimately uplifting this endearing bio pic offers a wonderful warts and all look from the inside out at both the blessings and challenges of trans cultural adoption 
4
Relaxer
Simon Abrams
I can t honestly recommend Relaxer to most readers but if you like this kind of thing you ll probably love it 
3.5
Relaxer
Mike McGranaghan
I have a feeling that Relaxer is the kind of movie you re supposed to watch while wasted Watching it sober is an endurance test 
1.5
Relaxer
Joey Magidson
This is an absurd endurance test one that overstays its welcome by a large margin 
2
Relaxer
Christopher James
It s a thoroughly unpleasant experience that at best is somewhat humorous as a sketch At worst it s an endless trudge through the mind of toxic irresponsible man children 
1
Relaxer
Carson Lund
Joel Potrykus s droll world is defined by feats of man child pettiness by lazy guys who turn the banalities of daily life into meaningless trials of integrity 
2.5
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
Jeff Shannon
Ellis has broken every rule and emerged triumphant creating a dark cynical vision of problematic futures made bearable by an undying glimmer of hope for humankind 
3
I Wish I Knew
Mattie Lucas
A city symphony in a minor key reminiscent of Pennebaker and Ruttman that searches for the soul of a people and finds a microcosm of a century of upheaval and uncertainty 
3.5
I Wish I Knew
Glenn Kenny
I Wish I Knew functions as an admirable cinematic tone poem about a place and its times 
3
I Wish I Knew
Guy Dixon
The pacing is steady The stories are told simply with zero affectation or buildup by the director The effect is astonishing 
4
Moby Doc
Leo Brady
It s the more honest and humble sides we see of Moby that work best in Moby Doc 
3
Moby Doc
Christy Lemire
With its surrealist tones striking visuals and self referential asides director Rob Gordon Bralver establishes a delicate balance between the playful and the tragic that s constantly alive and surprising 
3.5
Moby Doc
Mark Dujsik
D irector Rob Gordon Bralver s biographical film is strange thoughtful and bluntly honest 
3
Moby Doc
Diego Semerene
The film s tendency to over explain over intellectualize and over script events leaves little room for spontaneity and doubt 
2
My Bakery in Brooklyn
Brad Wheeler
A layer cake of cutesy romance fight for your dreams earnestness and a syrupy score 
0.5
My Bakery in Brooklyn
John Hartl
You never feel connected to couples who are clearly supposed to be infatuated It s left to the actors to pull off the illusion and they fail almost immediately 
1.5
11 Flowers
Clayton Davis
A classy poignant tale that resonates loudly and enchants the most tender parts of the human soul 
3.5
11 Flowers
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie lingers in the mind largely because director Wang Xiaoshuai s theme is poignant and classic The more a child perceives of what the adults around him are doing the more childhood slips away 
2.5
11 Flowers
Caroline McKenzie
Because of its choice in subjectivity and despite the film s historical context 11 Flowers firmly elevates the experience of the personal over the political 
3.5
Larry Flynt for President
Kent Turner
There are few political documentaries as entertaining timely and well raunchy as Larry Flynt for President 
3
Bobbi Jene
Roger Moore
The dance is fascinating The dance Not so much And the director is the only one who doesn t seem to see that 
2
Bobbi Jene
Sheila O'Malley
It doesn t know what it wants to be or what story it wants to tell 
1
Bobbi Jene
Shane Slater
Lind doesn t quite illuminate what exactly makes Bobbi Jene so groundbreaking But ultimately the emotions expressed speak for themselves 
3
Bobbi Jene
Clayton Dillard
Elvira Lind s film is closer to an advertisement for Bobbi Jene Smith than a film about the contemporary dancer 
1.5
Christmas, Again
Sheila O'Malley
The most striking thing about it is its evocation of an extremely specific mood Once we settle into it and it happens early everything else becomes possible 
3.5
Christmas, Again
Clayton Dillard
Charles Poekel displays an assured directorial hand and maintains a modest appealing even droll sensibility throughout 
3
The Pact
David Nusair
The Pact fizzles out significantly as it marches towards its rather generic final act 
2
The Pact
Stephen Whitty
McCarthy is clearly an economical director and what he gets on screen here while hardly new is still effective and occasionally creepy 
2.5
The Pact
Kyle Smith
A tightly controlled low budget chiller whose occasional moments of unexpected special effects are set up beautifully by long periods of suspense 
2.5
The Pact
Calum Marsh
When The Pact descends finally from suggestion to explication the scares regrettably slink away 
2.5
The Impostors
Steve Rhodes
Sputtering like a two day old campfire the story plays like an ad lib sketch that was never polished or completed 
1
The Impostors
Michael Dequina
For every inspired character and performance there are duds 
2.5
The Impostors
Roger Ebert
There was nothing I actively disliked about the film But my affection was more polite than impassioned 
2
The Impostors
Elias Savada
This is easily one of the funniest films of the year and in many a year A laugh riot Honest Please Mum give me more 
3.5
Marriage Italian Style
Mattie Lucas
It s a romantic comedy every bit as delicious as something Howard Hawks might have concocted with Loren and Mastroianni proving fine rivals for the likes of Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant 
4
Alsino and the Condor
Roger Ebert
Like the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez who is one of the outspoken supporters of this film Alsino and the Condor is a mixture of poetry political reality and fantasy 
3
Fiddler on the Roof
Peter Canavese
As a nbsp musical look at family generational and cultural conflict and faith Fiddler on the Roof makes a virtue of its quaintness Blu ray 
3
Fiddler on the Roof
Jordan Hiller
With each musical number another integral and eternal aspect of Judaism is pondered explored and expressed with passionate flourishes 
3.5
Fiddler on the Roof
Roger Ebert
Would it be heresy on my part to suggest that Fiddler isn t much as a musical and that director Norman Jewison has made as good a film as can be made from a story that is quite simply boring 
3
Fiddler on the Roof
Jeremy Heilman
Norman Jewison s mind numbingly literal adaptation of the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof is no disaster but it certainly has its limitations 
2.5
Fiddler on the Roof
James Berardinelli
Jewison s attention to detail is undeniable great care was taken to represent Jewish customs as accurately as possible 
3.5
Deathwatch
Ian Mantgani
It s horror crossed with a war movie and if you suspect this might mean it consists of men running around in mud while eerie music plays on the soundtrack you would be correct 
1.5
To the Left of the Father
Fernando F. Croce
Long heavy and soberly elating the film envisions a heightened reality like Visconti s Rocco and His Brothers 
3.5
The Savage Bees
Matt Brunson
Fairly decent 46 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Matt Brunson
Towering over the entire picture is Jackson who takes a showy role and invests it with so much humanity that it s impossible not to feel deeply for the character every step of the way 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Jeffrey Westhoff
Resurrecting the Champ is a specialty of director Rod Lurie a civics lecture disguised as a film 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Michael A. Smith
Like a championship fight a movie is often reviewed in rounds This being said I think I ll go the safe route and call the film a draw 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Mark Dujsik
The script and director Rod Lurie just can t get the parts to meld 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Michael Dequina
It s hard to have a genuine emotional response when the manipulative mechanics are all too strongly felt 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Gina Carbone
Everything is about winning respect versus earning it This film earned mine I m glad I took a chance on it By the look of my theater not many others did 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Linda Cook
Reporters also refer to what they write as my story 
3.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Kam Williams
Pardon me for being offended when a flick revolving around the question of journalistic ethics takes so many liberties with the truth simply to spin a tall tale designed to tug on unsuspecting heartstrings 
.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Steve Rhodes
A feel good wannabe it tries hard to pull at our heartstrings but consistently falls flat 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Maitland McDonagh
Hartnett just seems sullen and sneaky and the powerhouse performances that Jackson Alda and Paymer deliver without apparent effort underscore the weaknesses in Hartnett s characterization 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Geoff Pevere
While Resurrecting the Champ seems to be just what you expect it s only when you ve let your guard slip that you realize it s hiding something altogether more forceful in its glove 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Chris Hewitt
Resurrecting the Champ isn t about what it seems to be about It also isn t about what it thinks it s about 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Tom Keogh
There s no rule that says a movie must have a likable character at its center but it helps if a nonlikable central character is at least interesting 
1.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Mick LaSalle
Resurrecting the Champ is enjoyable in the moment But it s the complexity of Lurie s moral universe that makes it linger in the mind 
3.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Carla Meyer
Samuel L Jackson easily could have gone over the top with his role as an elderly and homeless former professional boxer He s gone pretty far with less tempting material Instead he gives a subdued often poignant performance as Champ 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing is a mismatch from the start 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Lou Lumenick
authentic isn t the word I d use for this maudlin male weepie a compendium of the worst clichés of sports and journalism movies 
1
Resurrecting the Champ
Jack Mathews
What is irony if not a movie whose production notes declare A film about truth demands authenticity and is not authentic 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Rene Rodriguez
The thoroughly unconvincing drama Resurrecting the Champ might be based on a true story but that doesn t mean you re going to believe a single frame of it 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Robert W. Butler
Director Rod Lurie and screenwriters Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett have fashioned a sneaky drama that sets us up for bland clichés and instead veers into big questions of ethics and exploitation 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Terry Lawson
In Lurie s Resurrecting the Champ about the only cliché missing is somebody barking Get me rewrite into a Bakelite pay phone 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Jeff Vice
The explorations of the strained father son dynamic and a message about redemption are well done 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Lisa Kennedy
director Lurie displays discipline and finesse in telling a compelling tale that explores the tensions between fathers and sons and then some Lurie and Jackson have also given audiences a rare and striking portrait of homelessness 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Roger Ebert
Jackson disappears into his role completely convincing but then he usually is What a fine actor 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Lawrence Toppman
Jackson has never done subtler more powerful work 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Wesley Morris
Resurrecting the Champ is one sided Hollywood claptrap about honesty and valor about how the truth sigh can set us free well some of us 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Daniel M. Kimmel
Resurrecting the Champ raises some interesting questions about the price of success and whether the cost it has on our loved ones is worth it 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Carrie Rickey
Though sensitively acted by Jackson this solemn sermonette from Rod Lurie struggles to get off the ropes and never quite establishes its rhythm 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Sara Michelle Fetters
These two make the movie their own hold it in their hands with conviction and for every tiny thing I didn t care for these two more then made up for them with performances so galvanizing I couldn t take my eyes off either of them 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Sean McBride
despite its shortcomings still functions as a piece of crowd pleasing cinema 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As the film descends into its big life changing final scenes and unresolved family issues things turn soggy it s a movie with a glass jaw 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Willie Waffle
Director Rod Lurie delivers a compelling story dramatic when it needs to be touching in the right places and full of strong acting performances even the guy with that crazy voice 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Duane Dudek
Resurrecting the Champ leaves a lot to be desired as a boxing movie And compared with newsroom drama champs like Shattered Glass and Absence of Malice it is undercard caliber material 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Sean P. Means
Hartnett barely manages to carry all the movie s weight only to be blown off the screen by Jackson s quiet performance as the shambling Champ 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Matt Pais
A heart warming film about sons and fathers and the reality of famous figures whether they re on the radio or across from you at the dinner table 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Michael Phillips
The film is easy to take though it must be said It s almost 100 percent blather 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Gene Seymour
When Resurrecting the Champ climbs off its high horse and makes itself comfortable within the contours of daily newsroom life with its alternating languor and tension the movie feels authentic and lived in 
2.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Phil Villarreal
Ever bobbing and weaving Resurrecting the Champ packs a wallop 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Josh Larsen
understands what a good piece of journalism should and shouldn t be about 
3
Resurrecting the Champ
Vince Koehler
This is the first movie of 2007 to change my way of thinking It will have you cheering Champ on 
3.5
Resurrecting the Champ
Paul Schrodt
Rescurrecting the Champ is a snooze 
2
Resurrecting the Champ
Pam Grady
Ultimately the film fails because it never answers the question of why anyone should care about this guy who cares so little about himself that he lands himself in trouble in the first place 
2
Elstree 1976
Anders Wright
How many movies would inspire a documentary about its bit players almost 40 years after its initial release Very few but Star Wars is certainly one of them 
3
Elstree 1976
Christopher Schobert
Elstree 1976 is a must see for Star Wars fanatics and coming shortly after the much hyped franchise adrenaline shot that is The Force Awakens it s almost shocking to hear firsthand accounts of the first film s way under the radar status 
3
Elstree 1976
Neil Rosen
It wears out its welcome after about an hour It also raises a few questions that are left unanswered But there s still enough here to make it worth a look for fans 
2.5
Elstree 1976
Odie Henderson
You re hearing some good stories told from the viewpoints of minor characters This will hold your attention best if you are a Star Wars completist or a super fan 
2.5
Elstree 1976
Richard Roeper
A sweet quietly funny fascinating and contemplative study of 10 character actors and extras none of whom had any idea back in the 1970s they d forever be defined by the one or two days they spent on the set of a sci fi movie 
3.5
Elstree 1976
Kyle Smith
Elstree 1976 is an amazing experience I m shocked that a documentary revisiting the making of Star Wars could be this boring 
1.5
Elstree 1976
Nick Prigge
Jon Spira doesn t extrapolate from his interviewees whether they feel like a true part of the Star Wars universe or mere tag alongs to a pop cultural phenomenon 
2
Elstree 1976
Roger Moore
Charming portrait of the extras the unknowns the bit players made immortal by Star Wars 
3
The First Nudie Musical
Kevin Carr
The things you d expect to come out in a movie like this have a song based on them The production numbers are hilarious It was such a bizarre time in the 70s 
2.5
Hair High
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plympton s fourth feature film is also his least inspired but it s still very much worth a look 
2.5
Hair High
Gary Goldstein
It s a wickedly fine ensemble and Plympton gives everyone free rein which is no surprise from the creator of this irreverent freewheeling delight 
3
Hair High
Michael Booth
Rarely is filmmaking of any kind this exuberant this inventive or this entertaining 
3
Hair High
Jeff Vice
It s probably time for Plympton who s been making films for nearly 30 years to try to do something a little loftier 
2
Hair High
Sean P. Means
With sharp animation funny gags and catchy songs Hair High plays like the weirdest and improbably sweetest send up of Grease you ll ever see 
3
Hair High
Wesley Morris
Much of the visual comedy comes from the incongruous proportions of the bodies skinny legs and puffed out chests 
3
Hair High
Phil Villarreal
The film spoils itself u2014 and not in the way Plympton has spoiled his fans so much before 
2
Hair High
Maitland McDonagh
The monstrous images that are so effective in Plympton s short Plymptoons can be unpleasant at feature length and eventually overwhelm what is at heart a Grease like teen movie parody 
2
Hair High
Stephen Whitty
None of this is for kids and the way Plympton works clearly isn t for studios It s just for grown up fans of eye catching animation 
3
Hair High
Brian D. Schiller
The taste meter on Hair High gets turned off somewhere around the halfway mark 
2
Hair High
Tom Keogh
Demonstrates the problem with taking a singular animated style best seen in witty small doses and extending it to a 78 minute feature that taxes one s patience 
1
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Brian Eggert
A vital film about a heartbreaking page in history Zbanic has made an unforgettable triumph 
4
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Lisa Trifone
The film s final few moments are perhaps the most affecting the ramifications of that day that war devastatingly laid out before us 
3.5
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Tom Meek
Other films have tackled the genocide fueled conflict but none so inwardly emotionally and intimately as Zbanic s caught in the crosshairs depiction It s one that truly and rightfully won t let us forget 
3.5
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Ty Burr
Life goes on says Quo Vadis Aida but you must never ever forget After seeing this movie you won t 
4
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Anita Katz
For the movie s merits as a thriller and a drama credit goes to Jaroslaw Kaminski s taut editing and to Djuricic s sensational lead performance 
3.5
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Mark Dujsik
The story itself is infuriating on multiple levels Zbanic knows she simply must show it as it happened 
3.5
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Brian Tallerico
A razor sharp incrimination of failed foreign policies from around the world 
3.5
Quo Vadis, Aida?
David Nusair
a sporadically spellbinding piece of work that tells a powerful important story 
3
Philophobia: or the Fear of Falling in Love
Joseph Braverman
With a sumptuous color palette Philophobia will leave viewers viscerally intoxicated despite the purposeful mental scarring 
3
Girls With Balls
Roger Moore
Can t say it s great cinema Can t say I didn t laugh more than once 
2
If You Saw His Heart
Kate Taylor
This debut feature from Joan Chemla begins with a riotous Romani wedding impressively filmed but soon gets stuck in a grim flop house 
1.5
Justice
Ed Gonzalez
The film brings to mind the good and bad of two other courtroom documentaries 10th District Court and Sisters in Law 
3
Zemanovaload
Steve Rhodes
Movies most in need of a script doctor are those least likely to realize it 
2
Flypaper
Michael Dequina
Just when you thought the age of the Tarantino ripoff was over 
1.5
Alamar
Mattie Lucas
A small wonder of a film a beautiful and bittersweet ode to the love shared by a father and son that resonates in powerful and unexpected ways 
3.5
Alamar
Linda Barnard
So little is said on any subject that we re free to make our own conclusions about the world Natan inhabits 
3.5
Alamar
John Hartl
Alamar takes a lyrical approach to a story about father son bonding in the tropics It s as sketchy as it is beautiful 
3
Alamar
Marty Mapes
Magical portrait of one five year old s summer with his fisherman father
4
Alamar
Robert W. Butler
A remarkably pure cinema experience not just because it s about selfless parental devotion but because the film itself has been stripped down to the basics 
3.5
Alamar
Loren King
Pedro Gonzlez Rubio takes the viewer on a leisurely journey through the timeless ritual of catching and cleaning fish and the natural progression of paternal love over the course of a few days 
3
Alamar
Peter Keough
Alamar is worth seeing if only for the cattle egret that puts in the year s best animal performance 
3
Alamar
David Lewis
Without the director resorting to sentiment we experience the growing bond between father and son Their happiness is infectious 
3
Alamar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Absolutely breathtaking portrait of a father and son so realistic that it plays like a documentary 
3.5
Alamar
Kent Turner
Without an obvious imposed narrative Alamar s more a cinema vrit home movie than a documentary or a feature film but one where you really feel you re there 
2.5
Alamar
Andrew Schenker
Alamar is as much about the way a coat of yellow paint looks spread across wooden planks as it is the tender regard a father bestows on his son or the manner by which a lobster is speared and stripped 
3
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Roger Moore
Critical Race Theory delivered as a sort of TED Talk thats what this illuminating damning and sometimes touching film is
3
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Michael O'Sullivan
Robinson s quasi TED Talk is both broad ranging and deep covering a history that is political legal cultural economic psychological emotional moral and in the end also profoundly personal 
4
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Matt Fagerholm
Who We Are should be made required viewing in every American school as we find ourselves perched once again at a pivotal tipping point 
4
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Mark Dujsik
Robinson s lecture serves as a vital reminder not only of where this country has been but also of how quickly political social and cultural climates can change 
3
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Jocelyn Noveck
No matter how much you think you already know you re bound to learn new things from Who We Are directed by Emily and Sarah Kunstler And to be stunned at some point 
3.5
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Kent Turner
The presentation is intimate as well as clear passionate yet calm even while Robinson describes some of the most horrific and violent chapters in American history 
3.5
Cowards Bend the Knee
John Hartl
If you ve never seen Maddin s work Cowards Bend the Knee is a good place to start 
3.5
Cowards Bend the Knee
John Anderson
Lurid tawdry and untoward entertainment from Canada s reigning mad genius 
3.5
Cowards Bend the Knee
David Sterritt
There s a new visual idea every second each teeming with energy pitch dark comedy and inspired cinematic lunacy 
4
Cowards Bend the Knee
Jami Bernard
It s bliss I tell you 
4
Cowards Bend the Knee
Eric Henderson
Cowards Bend the Knee is paradoxically retrograde and ultramodern 
3.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Janice Page
Feels a bit like a racy after school special 
2.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Megan Turner
Pretentious when it should be penetrating spasmodic when it means to be lyrical 
1.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Rob Blackwelder
A highly personal meditation on the choices we make that define our identity 
3.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Jonathan Curiel
A movie that can be trying at times but is ultimately satisfying to watch 
3
The Business of Fancydancing
Pam Grady
Sparks with occasional flashes of wit and pathos but it is mostly a well intentioned mess 
1.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fancydancing has a totally open heart and showcases a bravura centerpiece performance by Evan Adams that won me over completely 
3.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Steve Rhodes
A pretentious and politically correct movie that is partially saved by some wonderful and eclectic music choices 
2
The Business of Fancydancing
Walter Chaw
There is a certain literariness about The Business of Fancydancing that I found fascinatingly uncinematic 
2.5
The Business of Fancydancing
Moira MacDonald
Not everything happens in order not everything is explained but it s all told with a haunting honesty 
3
Nearing Grace
Mike McGranaghan
It feels like perhaps the screenplay was intensely personal and or autobiographical yet it s suspiciously lacking in any dramatic tension 
1
Nearing Grace
Maitland McDonagh
The story is small but their performances give it depth and weight 
3
Nearing Grace
Ted Fry
Moral dilemmas faced by immature teens is fine fare for young adult fiction but a movie that wants them to be taken as something bigger needs better management than Nearing Grace can provide 
1.5
Nearing Grace
Pam Grady
It s also refreshingly low key and more intelligent than 90 of the movies aimed at the teen crowd That by itself is a fine achievement 
3
Nearing Grace
Stephen Whitty
The story here is as dog eared as an old beach book and about as deep 
2
Nearing Grace
Jack Mathews
The performances by Smith Brewster and veteran David Morse as a morbidly depressed widower elevate Nearing Grace to something near grace 
2.5
Nearing Grace
Bob Strauss
The tone is psychological realism as opposed to say American Pie style burlesque But the main emphasis is on sex and drugs anyway In any case it s not very illuminating 
2.5
Nearing Grace
Chris Hewitt
Nearing Grace means to be a gritty look at what it was like to come of age in the late 70s but its reality is hampered by the unreal pretentiousness of every word the characters utter 
1
Nearing Grace
Jeff Strickler
The characters are stereotypes their situations are familiar and the outcome is predictable But the whole thing is viewed from such a feel good perspective that we re willing to overlook much of that 
2.5
Nearing Grace
John Anderson
An unsympathetic lead a story that s been told a million times the Scarlett Ashley star crossed lovers story relationships that don t make sense and an unfamiliarity with basic physics 
1.5
Nearing Grace
Ed Gonzalez
Sucks to be Nearing Grace on the same week that Zerophilia also opens 
1.5
The Beta Test
Brian Eggert
Although occasionally messy and tangential the film and Cummings performance keeps us involved from moment to moment 
3
The Beta Test
Matthew Passantino
The Beta Test is about unpleasant people and their unpleasant truths but it s told with a ferocity that s hard to turn away from 
3
The Beta Test
Erik Childress
The only person I want to see having a nervous breakdown in public to protect their own entitlement is Jim Cummings and The Beta Test is another exhibit that he is a talent worthy of your attention 
3
The Beta Test
Leo Brady
The Beta Test is a mixture of dark comedy and the psychologically creepy in what is undoubtedly another unique output from the unshakeable Jim Cummings 
3
The Beta Test
Kevin Carr
This is a dark sardonic and cynical look at Los Angeles and the entertainment industry also the secondary industry to it the agents the managers the publicists 
2.5
The Beta Test
Matt Zoller Seitz
Cummings and co director co star PJ McCabe are more adept at maintaining tone than a lot of better known filmmakers 
3
The Beta Test
James Berardinelli
The movie falls down when it comes to basic storytelling 
2.5
The Beta Test
Joey Magidson
The Beta Test again sees Jim Cummings alongside PJ McCabe tackle a potentially basic premise in a wholly unique cinematic manner 
3
The Beta Test
Mark Dujsik
As a dark comedy and an off kilter thriller featuring a fascinatingly detestable protagonist the film is admirably challenging and yes wickedly funny 
3
The Beta Test
Roger Moore
There s overreach here a Big Message that feels a little Western Union in a Grindr Instagram age 
2.5
The Beta Test
Chuck Bowen
Underneath the film s seeming casualness is an astute portrait of alcoholism as well as a knowing glimpse of how micro tensions affect macro power plays from pissing contests between men to sexual violations 
3
Resistance
Matt Brunson
A tense and unsettling drama 
3
Resistance
Barry Hertz
The Second World War drama Resistance however possesses a style that can be summed up as simply formulaic 
2
Resistance
Robert Horton
The material itself is compelling enough to succeed without the strong arm tactics 
2.5
Resistance
Steven Prokopy
The problem with Resistance is that it tells a truly fascinating story in the least interesting way possible 
2
Resistance
Glenn Kenny
Jakubowicz handles these threads with coherence and vigor 
3
Resistance
Mark Dujsik
It makes Marceau a supporting player in his own story too often 
2.5
Resistance
Christian Toto
This indie gem is a fitting tribute to some incredible World War II bravery 
3.5
Resistance
Joey Magidson
Biopics can be dry affairs and there are times where this film falls into that trap Luckily Jesse Eisenberg has rarely been better than he is in Resistance 
3
Resistance
Mick LaSalle
The truth is even if young Marcel didn t go on to become a major artist this was a story worth telling 
3
Resistance
Bob Bloom
Resistance makes for engrossing viewing shining a light on a little known portion of the life of a man who became one the world s most celebrated artists 
2.5
Resistance
Roger Moore
When we re meant to be moved there s a disconnect And when we should be transfixed something Marceau managed in mastering his art we re let down Every time 
2
Resistance
Chris Barsanti
Resistance functions as a handsomely mounted biopic that tells a little known story with considerable passion 
2.5
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Roger Moore
Violent generic not awful but nothing more than that 
2
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Simon Abrams
There s a good story somewhere in Revenge of the Green Dragons but it s not the one Lau and his colleagues chose to retell 
1.5
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Chuck Bowen
Like Better Luck Tomorrow it tries to cut cool movie poses under the pretense of providing an alternative racial viewpoint to typical genre tropes 
1.5
When Comedy Went to School
Kam Williams
Enlightening history lessons and lots of one liners delivered by yesteryear s stars of tomorrow preserved on vintage footage of yesteryear 
4
When Comedy Went to School
Donald Liebenson
One minute it s about the comedians the next it s about the Catskills guest experience the next about the Jewish immigrant experience and Jewish theatre and the next about indefatigable Jewish humor itself 
2.5
When Comedy Went to School
Stephanie Merry
Will do little to crystallize the convoluted picture of how the Catskills had a lasting impact on comedy 
2
When Comedy Went to School
Dann Gire
Where s the joy Where s the dramatic conflict Where s the beef Uh brisket 
2.5
When Comedy Went to School
Walter V. Addiego
If you can overlook the unfortunate stuff and a cornball windup what s left is fascinating and funny 
2
When Comedy Went to School
Austin Kennedy
With its cheap Television production values Karaoke quality soundtrack and poorly focused narrative these legendary comedians definitely deserve something better than this 
1.5
When Comedy Went to School
Chris Hewitt
It s not bad but it will be a better fit when it eventually ends up on PBS or the History Channel 
2.5
When Comedy Went to School
Mark Feeney
It answers that age old question What happens when a can t miss subject gets missed 
1.5
When Comedy Went to School
Kam Williams
An alternately informative and hilarious documentary featuring reflections about the roots of the comedy icons who got their start in the Borscht Belt 
4
When Comedy Went to School
Lou Lumenick
Superficial and hokey yet still oddly endearing 
2
When Comedy Went to School
Stephen Whitty
By no means a great documentary but it s a very entertaining one mostly because of the entertainers it spotlights the generations who passed through the Catskills learned their craft and went on to create modern American humor 
3
When Comedy Went to School
Wes Greene
It confuses nostalgia for earth shaking cultural upheaval never really expounding on the actual effect of the Borscht Belt circuit s influence 
2
Attenberg
Kam Williams
Bittersweet Greek coming of age drama about an inexperienced young woman who explores bisexuality while caring for her terminally ill father 
3.5
Attenberg
Walter V. Addiego
Tsangari s art house minimalism which never lets us forget we re watching a movie still permits a surprising degree of tender emotion 
3
Attenberg
Stephanie Merry
Part of the film s success comes from Labed s performance as Marina who infuses all that weirdness with a barely there vulnerability 
3
Attenberg
Andrew Schenker
A boldly conceived assemblage of diverse and seemingly random fictional materials 
3.5
Attenberg
Kent Turner
Maybe after Dogtooth s transgressions it s a little harder to surprise us with eccentric behavior 
2
Attenberg
David Nusair
too weird for its own good 
2
Attenberg
Rick Groen
What a strange moving puzzling funny frustrating and ultimately absorbing film this is 
3
Attenberg
Jason Anderson
The film succeeds not only as an idiosyncratic spin on the coming of age story but a wider comment on what it means to be fully human and fully alive in an age of diminished expectations 
3.5
Chinese Roulette
Ed Gonzalez
A rigorous extrapolation of deception as a survival tactic and a vicious indictment of victimhood martyrdom and the games people will play in order to destroy one other 
3.5
The Raven
Jeremy Heilman
It s so deftly made superbly acted and relentlessly bitter that it manages to condemn repression hypocrisy and those eager to be judgmental on a universal level 
3.5
Giddy Stratospheres
Roger Moore
The film needed more scenes more background more fizzy fun and more pathos for any of this to come off properly 
1.5
Homesick
David Nusair
an almost aggressively slow paced drama 
2
Colette
V.A. Musetto
I was especially impressed by Colette in which the author of Claudine gets nostalgic about the houses where she s lived and worked 
3
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Alison Gang
This Norwegian import quickly surprises as a quirky dark comedy reminiscent of lightweight Coen brothers 
3
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Calvin Wilson
Skarsgard who is perhaps best known for Good Will Hunting and Breaking the Waves makes the most of his rich role imbuing Ulrik with a knockabout charm 
3
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Ty Burr
A Somewhat Gentle Man is welcome in part because Skarsgrd is almost the whole show but also because the actor doesn t use the role as an excuse to put on a big performance to do more On the contrary he quite wonderfully does less 
3
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Betsy Sherman
It s not bad but only somewhat funny 
2.5
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Carrie Rickey
Only an actor of Skarsgard s resources could do so little and make such a big impression 
2.5
A Somewhat Gentle Man
V.A. Musetto
A slim story that becomes schmaltzy at the end 
2
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Bill Weber
A comedy of an Oslo gangster s fumbling attempts at post parole living ticks off all the twee requirements of this apparently deathless subgenre 
2
New Life
Christian Toto
When was the last time a movie romance gave you a lump in your throat Here ya go 
2.5
New Life
Dann Gire
The hope infused family drama New Life possesses a huge heart with its arteries seriously clogged by narrative cholesterol in the form of gooey voice over narration 
2
New Life
Kam Williams
A bittersweet tale of undying love marking the directorial debut of actor Drew Waters Parkland 
2
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Rubén Rosario
It runs out of juice near the end but it s held afloat by strong characters and a topical urgency 
2.5
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Anita Katz
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem resonantly conveys the tensions that pervade its setting and the mistrust inherent in what appears to be virtually every cross cultural interaction 
3
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Zaki Hasan
A fascinating and unsettling look at the ramifications of marital infidelity when shone through a specific geopolitical prism 
3
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Vanessa H. Larson
The fraught relationship between Israelis and Palestinians is this tale s powerful overlay But it s the questions it raises about personal accountability that speak to wider truths 
3.5
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Diego Semerene
We never spend enough time with the characters to believe the urgency and lushness of their cravings 
1.5
Jessabelle
Dustin Putman
An alternately kooky effectively low key chiller worth seeing 
2.5
Jessabelle
Tirdad Derakhshani
An ineffective derivative and awkwardly executed mash up of ghost flicks and voodoo movies 
1.5
Jessabelle
Sheila O'Malley
Jessabelle is interesting in some of the small details and in its strong sense of the Louisiana bayou atmosphere and then it completely falls apart when it starts being a horror film 
1.5
Jessabelle
Dann Gire
Despite a few scenes fraught with genuine suspense and Snook s strong centered performance as a wounded woman in survival mode Jessabelle operates on the ridiculous premise that young ghosts actually grow up and mature just like regular people 
2
Jessabelle
Sara Stewart
Occasionally shivery overly familiar 
2
Jessabelle
Nick McCarthy
Rather than commit to exploring Jessabelle s existential crisis the filmmakers opt to pile on the clichs straight until the rotten denouement 
1
Across the Universe
Carolyn Arends
Across the Universe is a good natured if sometimes enthusiastic to the point of corniness romp 
3
Across the Universe
Peter Keough
What would the world be like with Beatles music but no Beatles 
3.5
Across the Universe
Michael Dequina
The actors all do considerable justice to the Fab Four s classics but they are ultimately failed by Taymor s neglect of actual story 
2
Across the Universe
David Nusair
Visually and thematically audacious 
3
Across the Universe
Wesley Lovell
A marvelous visual experience that works even for non Beatles fans 
3.5
Across the Universe
Rossiter Drake
Across the Universe is whimsical silliness imaginatively constructed but precious and gratingly excessive 
2
Across the Universe
Peter Canavese
It s a dicey proposition to reverse engineer a story and Across the Universe shows the strain nonetheless a very impressive music video anthology DVD review included 
2.5
Across the Universe
Steve Rhodes
Thoroughly entertaining and delightfully tuneful this fun little film will have you singing to yourself for days afterwards 
3.5
Across the Universe
James Kendrick
an ambitious mess of a movie that stretches a thin premise across a bold canvas resulting in moments of near ecstasy mixed with a nagging lack of emotional involvement
2
Across the Universe
John Beifuss
The jump the shark moment Weary soldiers tote the Statue of Liberty across a tabletop Vietnam to the strains of the She s So Heavy chorus from Abbey Road 
2
Across the Universe
Matt Brunson
A magical mystery tour with the power to restore one s faith in both movies and music 
3.5
Across the Universe
Sean McBride
The Beatles will certainly want to drive across the city to see Across the Universe 
3.5
Across the Universe
Sean O'Connell
A low rent off Broadway spectacle that s desperately in need of a stage
1.5
Across the Universe
Linda Cook
You need to know right up front that I m a music junkie a person who cannot stand to go very long without hearing music I love Although I count hundreds of musicians among my favorites The Beatles are in my top 10 
3.5
Across the Universe
Frank Ochieng
Somehow the Beatles precious diamonds are glaringly missing from Lucy s sky if not in Julie s unevenly charismatic but cluttered and customary Universe 
2
Across the Universe
Lisa Kennedy
Across the Universe isn t beholden to any stage incarnation It owes its vision to the vibrant imagination of its director who created a musical that reminds us how cultural political events can change our tune 
3
Across the Universe
John Wirt
Across The Universe goes irretrievably off key thanks to thin artificial storytelling and director Julie Taymor s hammer handed approach to an already floundering script 
2
Across the Universe
Eric Melin
All the stylistic flourishes in the world cannot cover up a screenplay that works better as a game to guess which song will accompany which cheesy generalization next 
2
Across the Universe
Peter Travers
A visionary attempt to wed a story of young love and 1960s war protest to the Lennon McCartney catalog 
2.5
Across the Universe
Amy Biancolli
Julie Taymor s rhapsodic mash note to John Paul George and Ringo falls just short of breathtaking 
3.5
Across the Universe
Terry Lawson
Most of the songs are performed in such saccharine style and staged so literally that they almost seem like they belong in a Broadway show That s a very bad thing 
1
Across the Universe
Jeff Vice
Muddled overlong 
2
Across the Universe
Graham Killeen
I never realized what a lush cast of characters populate Fab Four records Or how giddy it would be to see Max Jude Jo Jo Prudence and Sadie come to life 
3
Across the Universe
Chris Hewitt
Think of it as more like a video installation at a gallery than a movie 
2.5
Across the Universe
Jeff Strickler
A groundbreaking rule bending expectation smashing musical 
3.5
Across the Universe
Phil Villarreal
Every little thing Julie Taymor does is magic 
3
Across the Universe
Jeanne Aufmuth
Julie Taymor s wildly ambitious ode to the Fab Four is a flawed but occasionally fabulous change of pace 
3
Across the Universe
Daniel M. Kimmel
a mess that might be the camp classic of 2007 
1.5
Across the Universe
Kit Bowen
John Lennon would be proud 
3.5
Across the Universe
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end while The Beatles told us all you need is love a movie needs more than that to find success 
2.5
Across the Universe
Erik Childress
You could make the same movie using the music of Huey Lewis And most likely a less embarrassing one 
0.5
Across the Universe
Mark Dujsik
A monumental miscalculation of a musical 
1
Across the Universe
Willie Waffle
One of those movies some people will hail as artistic imaginative and visionary while the rest of us wonder if those people are high 
1
Across the Universe
Dustin Putman
An ambitious failure but a failure nonetheless For a film celebrating life and love Across the Universe ironically and unforgivably leaves the viewer feeling cold 
2
Across the Universe
Rene Rodriguez
Across the Universe can t achieve the transcendence and exhilaration musicals strive for but it often generates a singular kind of magic you ve never experienced before 
3
Across the Universe
Claudia Puig
An often dazzling rock opera set to the accompaniment of 33 Beatles songs 
2.5
Across the Universe
Glenn Kenny
Just when you think the movie can t possibly get more literal more kitsch infused more mortifyingly soft headed it does 
1
Across the Universe
Timothy Knight
It s overlong exhaustingly so and barely held together by the flimsiest of narratives 
2.5
Across the Universe
Stephen Whitty
Across the Universe doesn t have a story so much as a sloppy collage It drops in character names from the lyrics and shoves in a new song whenever possible But it only manages to do all that by mangling ideas and misreading the music 
1
Across the Universe
Kyle Smith
An interesting failure not a fascinating one 
2.5
Across the Universe
Jack Mathews
The movie is no more than an interesting experiment and a rarity among movie musicals in that even if you enjoy it you won t want to hear it again 
2.5
Across the Universe
Peter Hartlaub
The movie succeeds on sheer catchiness and director Taymor piles on enough visual extravaganza to conceal the fact that there isn t much of a story 
3
Across the Universe
Peter Howell
You d have been better off sampling the brown acid at Woodstock than risking brain cells on Across the Universe the bizarrely ornate nail Julie Taymor hammers into the Beatles coffin 
1.5
Across the Universe
Bob Strauss
There s brilliance in there that s undeniable and if you re in the right mood that will be all you need 
2.5
Across the Universe
Roger Ebert
The experience of the movie is joyous 
4
Across the Universe
Ty Burr
Contrary to what you may have heard love isn t all you need 
1.5
Across the Universe
Steven Rea
Sometimes it works brilliantly other times masked dancers gyrating on ocean waves ick you just want to run 
2.5
Across the Universe
Rick Groen
Yes this is tour de force stuff and yet just like a good pop tune the premise is all boy meets girl simplicity 
3.5
Across the Universe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When it comes to the in between scenes the direction falls back to a routine rudimentary style It makes a far better trailer than a movie 
2.5
Across the Universe
Jessica Reaves
If you can get past its relatively minor failings it s hard not to be seduced by the big heart of this chaotic colorful movie 
3
Across the Universe
Gene Seymour
There s so much to like even love about Across the Universe that you re even more exasperated about its faults 
2.5
Across the Universe
Matt Pais
As Beatles tunes are turned into schmaltzy goo you ll learn nothing about Vietnam hate the Fab Four and still have no clue what it means to be an eggman or a walrus 
1
Across the Universe
James Berardinelli
One could never argue that Across the Universe isn t ambitious However like many ambitious movies this one fails spectacularly 
2
Across the Universe
Ross Anthony
A lush interesting mix of media song old school psychedelic effects acting dance It s a musical tribute to Rock s most loved British band that plays out in America 
3
Across the Universe
Jason Clark
Taymor s signatures are visible throughout but she is clearly trying hard to gussy up a screenplay that plays more like The Wonder Years without the cultural insight 
2
Peter Brook: The Tightrope
Farran Smith Nehme
The way the tightrope works is vague but what the exercise shows is straightforward and marvelous 
3
Bombardier Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tender and heartfelt 
3.5
2 Frogs in the West
David Nusair
progressively uninvolving 
2
The Sharks
Luke Parker
Cool gazes and strikingly extended shots work together to harness a steady sense of uneasiness in the viewer who s forced to sink in their seat and doubt how far Rosina can go 
2.5
The Sharks
Rene Sanchez
The Sharks is a stylish and authentic coming of age story that announces the arrival of a fresh voice in Latin American cinema Full Review in Spanish 
3
100 Proof
John Petrakis
It s quite mesmerizing to watch these two lost souls trade in their last gasp at salvation for a bottle of cheap hooch and a noseful of cocaine 
3
Toi, moi, les autres
Kent Turner
Leila needs a Prince Charming
2
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Susan Wloszczyna
The prequel is like eating a second helping of underdone bronto burger and being kept awake by the resulting indigestion induced Dali esque nightmare 
1.5
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Lou Lumenick
Kids will love the crowd pleasing depiction of an entire prehistoric world complete with an adorable baby Dino and loads of great sight gags and puns 
2.5
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Elias Savada
Here s one that should have stayed buried under a rock pile down at Fred and Barney s quarry 
1
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Roger Ebert
It s not delightful or funny or exciting and for long stretches it looks exactly like hapless actors standing in front of big rocks and reciting sitcom dialogue 
0.5
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Peter Stack
Falls from interestingly loopy to tiresome 
2
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Rob Blackwelder
It s dumb screwy and proud 
3
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Susan Stark
A pleasant surprise 
3
Deadline U.S.A.
Matt Brunson
Although it was made over a half century ago expect to find plenty of topicality in Deadline U S A a sturdy drama about life at a big city newspaper 
3
Among Giants
Michael Dequina
There is little Griffiths or Postlethwaite can do to fill out Beaufoy s underwritten uninvolving script 
2
Among Giants
Roger Ebert
As actors Postlethwaite and Griffiths have the ability to evoke people it might be interesting to be or know The director Sam Miller uses this gift in unexpected ways 
3
Among Giants
Elias Savada
Among Giants blah story of love among the high tension wires is a limp disappointment of voltages dashed 
1
Boiling Point
Michael Wilmington
Takeshi Kitano is scary hilarious and in a strange way touching 
3.5
Boiling Point
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Boiling Point isn t as refined as Kitano s later works but it establishes Kitano as an artist with a clear vision and distinctive style 
3.5
Boiling Point
Peter Stack
It s hard to laugh but the overall joke of placing an explosive man in a society known for harmony is darkly fascinating 
3
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Rene Sanchez
A cautionary environmental fable where complex family dynamics and unresolved trauma threaten to destroy an idyllic paradise 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Glenn Kenny
Akl 44 making her directorial debut 44 takes resourceful advantage of her freedom as a filmmaker 44 creating some startling effects 46 
3
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Mark Dujsik
91 There apos s 93 an encroaching feeling of imprisonment 44 as well as doom 46 46 46 
3
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Roger Moore
Mounia Aki takes on 8220 Mosquito Coast 8221 themes for a debut feature whose ironic title 46 46 46 reminds us that 8220 paradise 8221 can be anywhere 44 and that you don 8217 t save paradise by checking out of the real world as an escape 46 
3
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The Mosquito Coast in the mountains of Lebanon Derivative although with undeniable allegorical force and very good acting all around 
1.5
The Curse of Downers Grove
Roger Moore
Leave it to Bret Easton Ellis to conjure up the worst movie of the summer 
1
The Curse of Downers Grove
Peter Sobczynski
Too dumb to be scary too listlessly written and directed to be suspenseful and too unpleasant to work as camp 
1.5
The Curse of Downers Grove
Dustin Putman
An amateur hour hodgepodge of painfully extraneous voiceover narration and hacky underdeveloped plot points that add up in the end to one big poof of dust 
1
The Curse of Downers Grove
Mike McGranaghan
The Curse of Downers Grove is a movie that keeps you watching with its clever hook without ever delivering the kind of hardcore satisfaction the best teen themed shockers provide so well 
2.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Matt Brunson
An enjoyable family feature with the ability to please even adults with limited knowledge of the popular Nickelodeon show 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Steven Prokopy
The end result is something like an Indiana Jones for younger kids but one that has plenty of humor 
2.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Pamela Powell
Overall Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a vibrant fun film that will delight youngsters as they learn great information about a unique part of the world solve problems and root for the kids to prevail 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Jeff Mitchell
Isabela Moner earns a sizable pile of silver 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Kristen Page-Kirby
Sure there may be a nugget or two of gold in Lost City But it mostly stays lost in this convoluted drag of a script Dora should have picked a path and stayed on it Instead it s a movie that is muy aburrido boring 
1
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Christian Toto
The long running TV show makes a successful leap to the big screen thanks to one plucky star 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Michael Smith
Dora and the Lost City of Gold won t be for everyone but for those with a familiarity with and fond memories of Dora s continuing adventures this just might energize them to close with her celebration song 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Christy Lemire
Dora and the Lost City of Gold manages to ride a fine line between being true to the characters and conventions of the series and affectionately skewering them 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Dora not only finds what she s looking for but so do we in this charming zippy romp of a thrill ride May she get all the gold and more 
3.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Mark Dujsik
S omething that so affably jokes about one formula suffers for relying on another one 
2.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Josh Terry
The story is serviceable enough but it gets undercut by the kind of dialogue and performances that make it feel more appropriate for a kids TV network than a feature film 
2
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Zaki Hasan
There s a genuine void in the marketplace for offerings like this It s so joyful and confident in its own premise that it practically dares you not to walk out of the theater with a smile on your face strutting like a peacock 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Rafer Guzman
The movie demands too much of Dora and doesn t give her enough help to do it well 
2
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Sara Stewart
Disney take note This is how to do a winning live action update of a cartoon 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Sean P. Means
Thankfully the powers that be picked director James Bobin to bring Nickelodeon s plucky bilingual adventurer Dora the Explorer into her teen years with the right mix of earnest naivete and knowing irony 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Sara Michelle Fetters
Putting it simply this is one of the most entertaining movies of the entire summer 
3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
David Berry
Kids certainly won t learn anything here but they re not likely to mistake it for entertainment either 
1.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Roger Moore
Still childish but still aDORAble 
2.5
Fast Color
Roger Moore
Co writer director Hart is so sparing with her action beats and so staid and self serious in her supernatural touches that the picture never sparks to life 
2
Fast Color
Federico Furzan
It s a promising story that feels wasted with unnecessary garnishing of super hero fantasies Full review in Spanish 
2
Fast Color
Josh Larsen
A subdued take on the superhero film 
2.5
Fast Color
Josh Terry
The more you find out the more Julia Hart s film settles into a kind of ponderous groove that eventually works its way into a solid story arc but struggles to register on the Richter scale 
2.5
Fast Color
Sean P. Means
One of those small mighty movies that can easily slip under the radar in a busy season of blockbusters 
3.5
Fast Color
Lisa Trifone
Fast Color has been labeled a superhero origin story in much of its marketing materials But that characterization is much too narrow for what the film encompasses 
3.5
Fast Color
Matthew Passantino
So what s Fast Color about From the establishing scenes it s not immediately clear and that s the gently hypnotic splendor of the movie it casts its spell right away and keeps you in a trance throughout 
3.5
Fast Color
Katie Walsh
The story crafted in images is mysterious and moving whether in the quick flashes of memory that invade Ruth s psyche or the beautiful special effects that render the women s unique abilities 
3
Fast Color
Joey Magidson
For a few years now Gugu Mbatha Raw has been impressing Here she ll blow you away 
3
Fast Color
Rex Reed
The title Fast Color is just as meaningless as everything else in the movie which hobbles along stretching the parameters of female empowerment to pad out the running time but fails to hold audience attention 
1
Fast Color
Alan Zilberman
By finding the right note of empathy Hart creates a space for the audience to share their doggedly earned hope 
3
Fast Color
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s lovely to see a genre film like this starring three strong African American women defined neither by race nor gender but character 
3
Fast Color
Richard Roeper
This is one of my favorite movies of the year so far 
3.5
Fast Color
Gary Thompson
Fast Color is disciplined and restrained yet feels a few tweaks away from being the rousing origin story it aspires to be 
2
Fast Color
Mick LaSalle
It s hard not to see in Fast Color a reflection of the current national mood But there are winning and losing strategies for doing such reflection and a static story about static characters is inevitably a loser 
1
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Michael Dequina
This is an inherently moving story and director Mark Jonathan Harris has the wisdom to trust that 
3.5
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Susan Stark
Students of both the dark and bright side of human nature cannot afford to miss it 
3
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Mick LaSalle
At its best the film gives a human face to stories of unimaginable suffering and unexpected triumph 
4
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Greg Dean Schmitz
The tales here are worth being told and worth hearing 
3.5
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Elias Savada
Producer Deborah Oppenheimer s journey of discovery about her late mother s past appears legitimately destined for award consideration 
3
Prospero's Books
Roger Ebert
It is simply a work of original art which Greenaway asks us to accept or reject on his own terms 
3
Prospero's Books
Ted Prigge
It s not concerned with anything but being hypnotic and using film s plastic elements to its extremes or at least as far as Greenaway can take it 
3.5
Lying and Stealing
Sheila O'Malley
A mostly satisfying entry in the art heist genre 
3
Lying and Stealing
Richard Roeper
D irector and co writer Matt Aselton has fashioned a slick cool mischievously dark and fast paced B movie thriller 
3
Lying and Stealing
Rex Reed
It s all been done before but the reason it s worth watching is to see James do it again 
2
Lying and Stealing
Roger Moore
This Thomas Crown Lite caper comedy makes a fine vehicle for Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski 
2.5
Come Back, Africa
Joe Williams
Come Back Africa is most effective as an ethnographic documentary with cinema verite images of white privilege and black poverty 
3
Come Back, Africa
Stephen Whitty
While the sights and the sounds aren t enough to constitute a great movie in and of themselves they do result in a fascinating document 
3
Come Back, Africa
Bill Weber
A solid affecting artifact of the cruelty of late 1950s South Africa in which music often makes despair and long suppressed anger bearable 
3
Rebel in the Rye
Carson Lund
Danny Strong s film suggests dramatic Tetris and it leeches J D Salinger and his process of any mystery 
1.5
Rebel in the Rye
Dave McGinn
We see the young Salinger stuck at his desk lighting matches and throwing pages in the garbage We see his trembling hand hovering above a page There is sometimes music When all else fails there s a montage 
1.5
Rebel in the Rye
Bruce DeMara
A faithful and often moving look in the life of J D Salinger a warts and all portrayal that succeeds in large part because of a dynamically persuasive performance by Nicholas Hoult 
3.5
Rebel in the Rye
Lisa Jensen
Strong loses focus by stuffing his movie with too many incidental details like an early draft of a novel with too much material left in that the author can t bear to cut 
2.5
Rebel in the Rye
Josh Terry
While the angles are plentiful this broad biopic of the famous reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye feels like it might have benefitted from a little more focus and depth 
2.5
Rebel in the Rye
Sean P. Means
Strong squanders a talented cast including Sarah Paulson as Salinger s literary agent and solid performances by Hoult and Spacey In spite of the title and the spirit of Holden Caulfield there s little that s rebellious in Rebel in the Rye 
2
Rebel in the Rye
Jeff Simon
I set a personal record watching Rebel in the Rye I have never before hated a film this quickly and thoroughly It took me about 2 minutes to despise the film and my feelings never really changed despite the fact that there are truly fine actors in it 
1.5
Rebel in the Rye
Roger Moore
Informative and worthwhile But where s the wit 
2.5
Rebel in the Rye
Richard Roeper
With Rebel in the Rye we get a solid well acted and basically standard biopic 
3
Rebel in the Rye
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A most conventional but smoothly watchable biopic 
3
Rebel in the Rye
Robert Horton
A well meaning but ham handed attempt to get at Salinger s mystery 
2
Rebel in the Rye
G. Allen Johnson
If Jones doesn t quite pull it off it is at least a film of many pleasures and a thought provoking look at American literature s most famous loner 
3
Rebel in the Rye
Mark Dujsik
This doesn t seem like a movie of passion or even significant intrigue for its subject The movie feels like a work of obligation 
2
Rebel in the Rye
Rex Reed
You do see how Salinger s own words thoughts and actions were reflected in the character of Holden 
3
Rebel in the Rye
James Berardinelli
The film offers little more depth about the writer than his Wikipedia article and considerably less than one would get from reading the semi autobiographical The Catcher in the Rye 
2.5
Rebel in the Rye
Calvin Wilson
This is a movie that Holden would have skipped 
2.5
Rebel in the Rye
Pat Padua
It s hard to imagine a film more inaptly named As a movie this Rebel is as it turns out terribly by the book 
1.5
Rebel in the Rye
Ty Burr
You realize the director has bought into the myth along with everyone else to the point where he thinks the life itself is all the story you need That s not art that s worship and it s what sent J D Salinger heading for the hills in the first place 
2
Rebel in the Rye
Moira MacDonald
Even its title feels kind of off brand as if chosen for alliteration rather than art or sense 
2
Rebel in the Rye
Matt Fagerholm
A feature length biopic that appears to be comprised of half realized highlights from a television miniseries 
2
Rebel in the Rye
Stephen Whitty
Don t ever go see movies about writers All it ever makes you do is wonder why you re not home reading them 
2
Flushed Away
Barbara Vancheri
Flushed Away directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell is creatively realized especially in how it takes found materials underground and re imagines London landmarks 
2.5
Flushed Away
Felix Vasquez Jr.
So confusing so jarring so utterly irritating how I long for Wallace and Gromit at this moment 
2
Flushed Away
Glenn Whipp
The movie s gaggle of writers seven different men have either screenplay or story credits come up with enough clever visual references to ease the burden of familiarity 
3
Flushed Away
John Beifuss
The dialogue is witty and the action exciting but without the hands on homemade appeal of stop motion the Aardman magic is missing 
3
Flushed Away
Linda Cook
If you love Wallace and Gromit you ll want to get Flushed Away with these new characters from Aardman 
3.5
Flushed Away
Jonathan W. Hickman
A mixed bag that will leave you packing up your coat before the end credits roll 
2
Flushed Away
Matt Brunson
Where the Aardman wit is retained and what significantly elevates the film s worth is in the small details tossed off asides and background imagery 
2.5
Flushed Away
James Sanford
endearingly loony nearly stolen by a chorus of hard working slugs that slithers from scene to scene often contributing exactly the right reaction or song as the case may be at the right time 
3
Flushed Away
Sean O'Connell
The film s humor actually splits down the middle with intelligent puns for parents and gratuitous pratfalls for kids 
3
Flushed Away
Sean McBride
easily one of the best animated films of the year
3.5
Flushed Away
Kit Bowen
Well placed pop culture references wry British humor u2014and some singing slugs u2014elevate Flushed Away from the typical animated fare but only slightly 
2.5
Flushed Away
Thomas Delapa
Though Roddy s tale is set in London it s bloody obvious that DreamWorks is the American tail wagging the rat in this one 
1.5
Flushed Away
Mark Collette
This is a stunning example of a dumb concept that an ingenuous team of screenwriters animators and voice actors turned squarely on its head And there s scarcely a potty joke to be found 
3.5
Flushed Away
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is one of those movies that sends kids and adults out of the theater listing dozens of things that made them laugh 
3.5
Flushed Away
Laine Ewen
Though Flushed Away certainly aims to please viewers of all ages it s the anglophiles of all ages who are going to get the most out of the film 
2.5
Flushed Away
Peter Debruge
It s rat a tat pop culture references but consistently hilarious 
3
Flushed Away
Amy Biancolli
Actually a lot about the film is certified cool from its whirly animation to the hordes of crunchy pop songs on the soundtrack 
3
Flushed Away
Liam Lacey
Flushed Away subsumes its British charm with an aggressive American pace and more obvious body function humour and the film shows evidence of an awkward fit between American and British sensibilities 
3
Flushed Away
Duane Dudek
Flushed Away is more of the same but with just enough sassy flourishes a villainous French frog voiced by Jean Reno or a Greek chorus of singing and dancing slugs to keep the conceit above water 
2.5
Flushed Away
Jack Mathews
Though Flushed Away duplicates the stop motion clay animation look of Aardman s earlier Chicken Run and Wallace Gromit it was made using computer software and its liberated action sequences are truly dazzling 
2.5
Flushed Away
Terry Lawson
As some other witty Brits once promised a splendid time is guaranteed for all 
3
Flushed Away
Jeff Vice
What makes the film s preoccupation with low brow crudities so distressing are its infinitely more clever and inspired moments 
2.5
Flushed Away
Kyle Smith
How this thing got made in Hollywood is a mystery but I laughed at most of it especially the mean stereotypes about the French and the even meaner stereotype about England s soccer team 
3
Flushed Away
Lisa Kennedy
The chatter is as zingy for the adults in the theater as the action is zippy for the kiddies 
3
Flushed Away
Steven Rea
Little kids are sure to be bowled over by Roddy s reluctant heroism and Rita s resourcefulness while the more grown up among us should appreciate the gleeful pokes at pop culture and Anglo French relations 
3
Flushed Away
Timothy Knight
A delightfully silly and laugh out loud funny animated comedy Flushed Away bodes happily for future collaborations between DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features 
3
Flushed Away
Carla Meyer
Animated films can take years to complete and judging by some gags Flushed Away was in the works for a while A bit about French toads kind of like frogs wink wink being less than lionhearted plays as stale 
2.5
Flushed Away
David Elliott
Many hands including many writers applied themselves to Flushed Away doesn t that usually require just one hand The result is committee animation cute fast uninspired softly consumable 
2
Flushed Away
Peter Hartlaub
The short attention spans of directors David Bowers and Sam Fell are mostly forgivable because the movie is filled with so many entertaining characters 
3
Flushed Away
Ty Burr
Kids will probably be in stinky sewage heaven with the new computer animated critter comedy Flushed Away but even they may realize they re up the proverbial creek in a boat with a faulty motor 
2.5
Flushed Away
Ted Fry
Fans of Wallace and Gromit may be puzzled by a visual disconnect in Flushed Away They will certainly however be delighted by the unrelenting whimsy and fast paced gags of a story that never slows down to think about where it s going next 
3.5
Flushed Away
Claudia Puig
Flushed Away is this year s wittiest animated adventure saga 
3.5
Flushed Away
Ethan Alter
Despite the switch from stop motion to CGI the hallmarks of a typical Aardman production are intact right down to the characters round eyes and prominent teeth 
3
Flushed Away
Peter Howell
Toilet humour and Aardman characters go together like tar and tea 
2
Flushed Away
Peter T. Chattaway
The film throws just enough lunacy at us to keep things entertaining even when we re not really sure where it s going 
3
Flushed Away
Tyler Hanley
One of the most outright enjoyable films of the year an imaginative and entertaining ride from the very first flush 
3
Flushed Away
Sara Michelle Fetters
Simply put this motion picture is a delight a winning work of humor and adventure ranking as one of the very best comedies I ve seen all year 
3.5
Flushed Away
David Nusair
the almost total lack of substance ensures that most viewers will have an awfully hard time finding much here to embrace 
2
Flushed Away
Daniel M. Kimmel
Flushed Away ought to stand as one of the highlights of the season Let s hope the title isn t a prediction of its future 
3
Flushed Away
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Each and every character gets one joke that s repeated into infinity 
1.5
Flushed Away
Erik Childress
Where the film may lack in plotting it makes up by being one of the most consistently inventive bits of eye candy these retinas have seen in some time 
3.5
Flushed Away
Willie Waffle
A hilarious film full of pratfalls for the kids and smart humor for the parents and adults who are just looking for a good time in the clean non suggestive way 
3.5
Flushed Away
Jeff Strickler
This movie lacks the cleverness of the Aardman classics but it more than makes up for that with its nonstop action 
3
Flushed Away
Fernando F. Croce
Digital animation has elbowed claymation out of the frame and a certain frenetic coarsening has settled over Aardman s latest 
2
Flushed Away
Dustin Putman
Flushed Away deserves to be just that 
1
Flushed Away
Chris Hewitt
Flushed Away was made by Aardman Animation which also did Chicken Run and the Wallace and Gromit films Flushed Away is not in their rarefied league but it s pretty clever anyway 
3
Flushed Away
Bruce Newman
An adventure that in both its breathtaking ingenuity and breathless excitement exceeds Wallace Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit and Chicken Run the two previous collaborations between DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features 
3.5
Flushed Away
Jan Stuart
Despite the efforts of five writers and Aardman s trademark puppets with their malleable eyebrows and cheeks bulging like those of a mumps sufferer none of these characters are particularly endearing 
2
Flushed Away
Michael Phillips
After the fourth electrocution gag the 10th smack in the face and the 12th assault on a wee rodent crotch we could all use something quiet 
2
Flushed Away
Matt Pais
A guaranteed good time for any member of the family easily this year s best animated movie 
3.5
Flushed Away
Peter Canavese
More concerned with character well timed sight and sound gags and witty banter than it is with smooth plotting but well worth the plunge 
3
Flushed Away
Josh Larsen
when it pauses to catch its breath and especially when it indulges in idiosyncratic bits of transatlantic humor the movie gets its Aardman personality back 
3
Flushed Away
Phil Villarreal
Flushed Away is the new front runner in the animated Oscar rat race 
3
Flushed Away
James Berardinelli
It s better than 90 of the animated fare of the last few years It s refreshing not to have to qualify the movie s appeal by appending the words for the kids 
3
Flower & Garnet
Walter Chaw
Behrman has a lot of demons and a little bit of skill enough to make you wonder about his next movie though not enough to save this one 
2
Millions
Nick Rogers
Danny Boyle s only great film featuring Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is an urbane thoughtful fable of Lego bright color vast imagination and a stout belief in meaningful displays of humanity charity and altruism without stooping to sermons 
3.5
Millions
Jay Antani
if you re a sucker for adorable freckle faced kids you may not be able to resist the infantile wiles of this movie
.5
Millions
Betsy Bozdech
A charmingly surreal warmly imaginative glimpse inside the mind and heart of an earnest seven year old 
3
Millions
Walter Chaw
Corrupted by a hideous paternalism 
2
Millions
Jonathan R. Perry
In sly sweet and frequently funny terms Danny Boyle pleads a compelling case for the fundamental goodness of mankind 
3.5
Millions
David N. Butterworth
Director Boyle continues to genre hop but Millions a quirky comedy punctuated by unnecessary digressions nicely fits the childhood fantasy bill 
3
Millions
Linda Cook
I hesitate to say that this is a family film That phrase too often conjures up at least for adults cutesy poo animated features aimed squarely at the younger set 
4
Millions
Greg Maki
One of the best family films in recent memory 
3
Millions
Jon Niccum
What makes Millions quirky is also what prevents it from genuinely immersing the viewer in the story 
2.5
Millions
Larry Ratliff
Millions serves up enough touching emotional moments to coin its own richness a respect for goodness in human nature 
3
Millions
Lori Hoffman
Millions is a kids movie that doesn t talk down to its audience 
3
Millions
John Beifuss
As a stylist Boyle is something of an action painter throwing images on the canvas of the screen and seeing what sticks 
2.5
Millions
Jeff Vice
This winning low key British yarn is told with real creativity and succeeds by developing characters and situations in an original way 
3.5
Millions
Phil Villarreal
It gets you to look at cardboard boxes bank notes and for that matter Danny Boyle in quite a different way 
3.5
Millions
Phoebe Flowers
Captures the moment when every kid must break free from it and start to become part of the significantly darker and less fun adult world 
3
Millions
Lawrence Toppman
Boyle confuses whimsy with gas 
2.5
Millions
Bruce Westbrook
A charming cash cow with cute twists to its tale 
3
Millions
Steven Rea
Leaves you feeling rich and richly satisfied 
3
Millions
Duane Dudek
Its miracles are the one foot in front of the other stuff of daily life which makes it unique in a family film genre dominated by contrivance treacle and sanctimony 
3.5
Millions
Marty Mapes
The right balance between sweet and funny Or are the scales rigged 
3
Millions
Matt Brunson
Reveals what it means to be truly spiritual in a world in which religion is too often used as a smokescreen for bigotry and intolerance 
3
Millions
James Kendrick
The saving grace of Millions is that it never for a second pretends that everyone can be saints 
3.5
Millions
Bruce Newman
The best movie of the new year 
3.5
Millions
Michael Booth
One of the best children s movies of recent years 
4
Millions
Jeff Strickler
It s cute and touching Who would have thought we d ever use those terms to describe a Danny Boyle movie 
3
Millions
Chris Hewitt
Millions remembers what it s like to be a kid and it picks up on the way kids tell stories giving every element of the tale the same emphasis so that miraculous things seem matter of fact and vice versa 
3.5
Millions
Jeanne Aufmuth
Danny Boyle flaunts his diverse talent by tackling the lighter side of family values with infectious whimsy 
3
Millions
Paul Sherman
Unfortunately it s too cute for adults and perhaps too complex in premise for kids 
2
Millions
Ruthe Stein
This utterly enchanting British import manages to transport us to other worlds some of them heavenly 
4
Millions
Geoff Pevere
The best thing about Millions is the freckled open faced seriousness of young Etel s Damian a kid whose faith in goodness can t be bought 
2.5
Millions
David Elliott
Puts a new spin on the high energy of English director Danny Boyle 
3
Millions
Moira MacDonald
A gentle illustration of that particular moment in childhood when the world begins to make its mark 
3.5
Millions
Roger Ebert
A family film of limitless imagination and surprising joy 
4
Millions
Ty Burr
Visually arresting seriously whimsical and suffused with a dreamy yet sad awareness of where life falls short and imagination has to pick up the slack 
3
Millions
Jeffrey Westhoff
Weird vibrant and charming family film 
3
Millions
Rob Blackwelder
What s Danny Boyle doing making a sweet sentimental kids movie Virtually reinventing another genre of course 
3
Millions
Michael Wilmington
One of the more delightful and satisfying family movies I ve seen recently 
3.5
Millions
Jeffrey Overstreet
It s 2005 s first fiction film to deserve the word fantastic Millions sends the audience out feeling like well a million bucks 
3.5
Millions
Jonathan W. Hickman
the intent was clearly to show Boyle s softer side And for much of this film softer is brilliant 
3
Millions
Mike Clark
Boyle is enough of a stylist to make it all passable 
2.5
Millions
Timothy Knight
It s hard not to get swept up by the buoyant charm and scrappy wit 
3.5
Millions
Kyle Smith
Give Boyce and Boyle credit for daring to be strange but this enchilada is so overstuffed it s falling apart 
2.5
Millions
Jack Mathews
This is a family movie in the best sense it plays to children without talking down and to their parents without pandering 
3
Millions
Glenn Whipp
A nice if flawed bit of whimsy 
3
Millions
David Sterritt
It s a movie about family that family viewers will find good quirky fun 
3
Millions
Dustin Putman
Warm funny weighty wholly original and even occasionally quite tense Millions will open up the minds of both adults and children without talking down to them 
3
Millions
Ross Anthony
A sweet magical music box Warm slightly surreal sincere 
4
Millions
Peter Canavese
Boyle s energetic pace and typically creative visuals suit the film s fanciful brushes with magic realism 
3
Millions
James Berardinelli
Millions offers a tale of great heart that can be enjoyed by all but the youngest of children 
3
Millions
Scott Nash
Who knew that Danny Boyle the director of such dark movies as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later could direct such a heartwarming story 
3.5
Millions
Steve Rhodes
If you feel like being whimsically delighted Millions can easily become a film you ll cherish 
3
Millions
Nick Schager
Sure to be Sally Struthers s all time favorite film 
2.5
Millions
David Nusair
the bottom line is that this just isn t a terribly interesting story despite the best efforts of everyone involved 
2
Moss
Christopher James
The film seems more like a languid cinematography reel than a fleshed out narrative film 
1.5
Moss
Wes Greene
Daniel Peddle s film emphasizes for better and worse the crushing monotony of living in insolated parts of the Deep South 
2
Hondros
Nick Allen
While Hondros prevails with its intimate POV it also makes for a wide scope tribute to the profession of photojournalism 
3.5
Hondros
Chuck Bowen
Chris Hondros sought to reconcile peerless beauty with unfathomable atrocity and Greg Campbell s film follows suit 
3
Hondros
Roger Moore
A conflict photographer biography that goes to some length to get beyond the cliches of the genre and often succeeds 
3
Deck the Halls
David Nusair
There s ultimately not a whole lot contained within Deck the Halls worth getting interest in or excited about 
2
Deck the Halls
Matt Brunson
This nonsense seems to have been conceived on the back of a snot soaked tissue by a none too bright third grader 
1
Deck the Halls
Tom Meek
The gags land like lumps of coal but at least the unnatural mounds of fluffy white snow remain unsullied in the dreck 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Sean McBride
seems to have only been greenlit because producers know that families need PG rated dreck to occupy the kiddies while mom is out shopping for Christmas presents 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Linda Cook
Watching Deck the Halls is like getting a lump of coal in your stocking Except receiving a lump of coal takes only seconds while this awful movie goes on for an hour and a half 
0
Deck the Halls
Thomas Delapa
Like that holiday fruitcake that nobody wants here s another stale and joyless Christmas comedy 
1
Deck the Halls
James Berardinelli
I love the Christmas season but there are times when I wish it would go away if only to save audiences from horrific experiences like this 
1
Deck the Halls
Ken Fox
Filled with forced yuletide cheer and mixed messages about the true meaning of Christmas this loud and obnoxious holiday comedy boasts a fine cast and little else 
2
Deck the Halls
Geoff Pevere
As long as atrocious fake pine duds like this keep making their money back there s no such thing as a Christmas that s too commercial 
1
Deck the Halls
Ted Fry
Looking for some early holiday cheer Look at anything but Deck the Halls 
0.5
Deck the Halls
Walter V. Addiego
The raw ingredients of this crass holiday comedy include an inept stab at Home Alone style slapstick sitcom thin characters a snickering attitude about tacky yuletide decorations and a good helping of smarmy sentimentality Merry Christmas 
0
Deck the Halls
Mark Collette
I m tired of filmmakers screenwriters directors and studios that believe every holiday is its own excuse for making films 
0.5
Deck the Halls
Lisa Rose
A holiday farce that pairs a colorful cast with a generic filmmaker 
2
Deck the Halls
Kyle Smith
The ending is so sweet that it ll send your family out of the theater for 3 1 2 solid minutes of smiles before everyone starts drinking and pointing fingers again 
2.5
Deck the Halls
Elizabeth Weitzman
As reliable as your Aunt Harriet s sweet potato casserole every holiday season brings a movie just like John Whitesell s Deck the Halls in which otherwise sensible actors commit themselves to a cheerless exercise in jingle bell hell 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Sue Pierman
Deck the Halls a flabby attempt at false holiday cheer opening in theaters today resembles an inflatable Santa after vandals have gotten to it 
1
Deck the Halls
Peter Debruge
Movies like Deck the Halls should make us all thankful that Christmas only comes once a year What other season could possibly inspire a story as insipid as this 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Jennie Punter
Although it borrows ingredients from many familiar Christmas flicks it s got a sly twinkle of its own 
2.5
Deck the Halls
Terry Lawson
Since this is ostensibly a holiday family picture things never get so nasty as to be Bad Santa style outrageous unless you think a rigged speed skating competition or a cross dressing local sheriff is the height of hilarity 
2
Deck the Halls
Richard Roeper
You cannot believe how excruciatingly awful this movie is 
0.5
Deck the Halls
Daniel M. Kimmel
this sour eggnog combines bad taste with ersatz holiday cheer 
1
Deck the Halls
Ty Burr
How come the talk radio blowhards never bring movies like this up when they re inveighing against the War on Christmas 
1
Deck the Halls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Broderick and DeVito must be mentally physically and spiritually exhausted by the sad tired quality of these lame gags 
1
Deck the Halls
James Sanford
has no real heart and certainly not a trace of warmth You may leave the theater with a strong desire not to decorate a tree but to deck the person who talked you into seeing this turkey 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Willie Waffle
After seeing the trailers and commercials for this one I was convinced it would be utterly detestable but it turns out Deck The Halls is only majorly annoying I guess that is a step up 
.5
Deck the Halls
Josh Larsen
one of those dreadful pandering seasonal pictures that sneaks into theaters Grinch like and makes off with tons of cash each year 
1
Deck the Halls
Sara Michelle Fetters
Goodness knows we could all use some more butternut squash especially during the holidays 
0
Deck the Halls
David Hiltbrand
a mirthless comedy with Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick as warring neighbors can be described as whatever is the opposite of a Christmas classic 
1
Deck the Halls
Laura Kelly
Deck the Halls has a cute if ho ho hum story which makes it more like getting that nice sweater from grandma again 
2
Deck the Halls
Dustin Putman
A one part mean spirited one part saccharine all parts forgettable piece of fluff 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Chris Hewitt
Deck the Halls is no classic but it has its amusing moments and its tender ones 
2.5
Deck the Halls
Pam Grady
The word comedy only applies loosely the laughs are strictly sporadic and not even Danny DeVito s gruff appeal is enough to overcome the soulless cynicism at the heart of this paint by numbers exercise 
2
Deck the Halls
Gene Seymour
Deck the Halls strains to be both naughty and nice with much clamor and not much conviction 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Jessica Reaves
Deck the Halls has little to recommend it 
1.5
Deck the Halls
Nick Schager
Nothing says Christmas quite like incompetent slapstick saccharine sermonizing and cavernous cleavage 
.5
Live and Let Die
Matt Brunson
This introduces the worst I repeat worst character to be found in any Bond movie 
2.5
Live and Let Die
Austin Kennedy
I can see how many people can be entertained by this ludicrous film but not because it s good It features an outstanding performance from Moore and has an enjoyably bad Blaxploitation thing going on here but not much else 
2
Live and Let Die
Peter Canavese
I know I probably shouldn t like Live and Let Die but I do This crackpot entry the eighth in the long running James Bond series is figuratively all over the map Blu ray 
3
Live and Let Die
Roger Ebert
It doesn t have the wit and it doesn t have the style of the best Bond movies 
2.5
Live and Let Die
David Nusair
Live and Let Die is not only a terrible James Bond flick it s a terrible movie period 
1
Live and Let Die
James Berardinelli
The only thing about Live and Let Die to weather the test of time is its title song 
2
Live and Let Die
Steve Rhodes
Where is SPECTRE when you need it 
1.5
The Seat Filler
Kam Williams
Females take it on the chin with the description of one as a snaggle toothed crack head with four baby daddies Worse it is suggested to the protagonist that dating a prostitute would be a step up for him Sorry no redeeming qualities 
0
The Seat Filler
John Monaghan
It would be easy to dismiss The Seat Filler as a by the numbers romantic comedy the only difference being its mostly black cast 
2
Never Say Macbeth
Jonathan W. Hickman
Never Say Macbeth is a movie for a narrow audience theater fans and stage actors For that audience it will be indispensable viewing 
3
Flight
Brian Eggert
Washington delivers one of his most complex and intricate performances 46 
3.5
Flight
Sara Michelle Fetters
Flight isn t an easy sit It doesn t offer up comforting answers to the many questions it raises or deal in exaggerated platitudes an audience might find simplistically comforting 
3.5
Flight
Mattie Lucas
Even amidst the depths of personal despair Zemeckis maintains a light touch interjecting moments of humor that keep the film entertaining and not as ponderous as it could have been 
3
Flight
Wesley Lovell
Not the most compelling portrait of addiction but it s a satisfactory one 
3
Flight
Josh Larsen
isn t true to the hard work of confession 
2
Flight
Jordan Hiller
More than anything the film seeks to capture the anguish of a man trapped not struggling with not dealing with but TRAPPED by his own vices 
4
Flight
David Nusair
a stepping stone back to bigger and better things for Zemeckis 
2.5
Flight
Linda Cook
This may be the most heavy duty and finest Oscar worthy performance yet from Denzel Washington 
4
Flight
John Beifuss
As excerpted in the trailer the harrowing crash sequence suggests a revamp of the disaster genre But this is more The Lost Weekend than Airport with a spiritual emphasis typical of such past Zemeckis films as Cast Away and Contact 
3
Flight
Jay Antani
As A list substance abuse melodramas go this one lands safely enough 
3
Flight
Glenn Lovell
Washington and Zemeckis should be shoo ins for Oscar nominations Washington comes as close as an actor can to sabotaging audience allegiance It s one gutsy turn 
3
Flight
James Kendrick
a story about the question of redemption not just whether the protagonist in crisis can be redeemed but whether we want him to be redeemed at least in the manner that is most likely to result in true justice
3
Flight
John Wirt
Washington already the winner of two Academy Awards does more exceptional work in Flight 
3.5
Flight
Lori Hoffman
After the tremendous opening just like the ex girlfriend in that Visa commercial I raged at my expectations by admitting that this movie is boring boring boring 8233 
2
Flight
Scott Nash
An Oscar worthy performance by Denzel Washington 
3
Flight
James Berardinelli
Flight is a well made motion picture but not a fun or entertaining one 
3
Flight
Matt Brunson
Flight depends almost entirely on Washington s central performance since the movie emerges as less a drama about an airplane crash and more a character study about a man who won t admit his problems to anyone including himself 
3
Flight
Sean P. Means
Zemeckis sometimes gets in the way of John Gatins screenplay telegraphing the emotional cues But Flight is at heart Denzel Washington s show and he makes the most of it 
3
Flight
Michael Dequina
Shows how much Robert Zemeckis s well balanced expertise in the technical elements as well as in story and character have been missed in the live action cinema the last ten plus years 
3.5
Flight
Stephen Whitty
This is Washington s movie from beginning to end and full of little layers 
3.5
Flight
Mike McGranaghan
Riveting as both character study and morality tale Another milestone performance from Denzel Washington 
3.5
Flight
Lisa Kennedy
An old fashioned drama and all the better for it 
3.5
Flight
Wilson Morales
Aided by Washington s memorable performance and a thrill seeking edge of your seat nine minute action sequence Flight is an emotional roller coaster that will have audience holding their stomachs 
3
Flight
Austin Kennedy
It has one amazing sequence in the beginning and a fine performance from Washington but the way it deals with alcoholism is like a glitzy afterschool special 
2
Flight
Rob Thomas
Some viewers might be surprised where it goes like they bought a ticket for a flight to New York and ended up in Philadelphia But trust me Flight is worth the trip 
3.5
Flight
Eric Melin
It s a testament John Gatins screenplay that the movie finds it s own voice and repeatedly asks tough questions even if it has a tacked on happy ending 
3
Flight
Willie Waffle
Almost perfect
3.5
Flight
Alison Gang
In an outstanding raw performance Washington never strays from Whip s rough road of addiction and psychological turmoil 
3
Flight
Rick Groen
This movie is captivating until it gets uplifting Flight soars when it crashes and crashes when it soars 
2.5
Flight
Ann Hornaday
Zemeckis reins in the story s potential for moralizing and melodrama instead delivering a refreshingly sophisticated mature human drama 
3
Flight
Mark Dujsik
This is not an ambiguous portrait of a man it s a schizophrenic one 
1.5
Flight
Mick LaSalle
It s 150 minutes long goes by in a shot and for at least 135 minutes it s a thoroughly engrossing experience 
3
Flight
Joe Lozito
A highly pedigreed Lifetime movie about a heroic pilot who s also a raging alcoholic 
2
Flight
Bill Chambers
The moments that dazzle are not so much visual as conceptual thus harking back to Zemeckis s Used Cars days 
2.5
Flight
Dustin Putman
Becoming preachy heavy handed and patently predictable the film fully transforms into the Afterschool Special it s been flirting with all along trading tough complexity for strained unrealistic patness 
2
Flight
Peter Travers
Flight reminds us of what Washington can do when a role hits him with a challenge that would floor a lesser actor He s a ball of fire and his detailed depth charged bruisingly true performance will be talked about for years 
3.5
Flight
Claudia Puig
The image of the heroic he man so entrenched in Hollywood mythology takes an intriguing detour with Flight 
3
Flight
Wesley Morris
Just a couple of hours with Washington reclining within the contours of a role until a piece of cardboard becomes a character 
3
Flight
David Frese
Its muddled message and some storytelling cliches prevent Flight from being a great film 
2
Flight
Gary Thompson
A movie that resonates deeply Its moral autopsy of a crash and its aftermath of butt covering and blame shifting is ideally suited to our time 
4
Flight
Duane Dudek
Flight never soars despite the often persuasive best efforts of Denzel Washington 
2.5
Flight
Rafer Guzman
Flight performs a daring wing walk between politically incorrect comedy and gut wrenching drama and it succeeds partly thanks to Washington 
3.5
Flight
Peter Howell
There s a lot of talk of miracles and acts of God in Flight but it s completely human deeds that make this movie soar 
3
Flight
Perry Seibert
Flight isn t a bad movie but it isn t a good one either 
2.5
Flight
Peter Canavese
Despite misguided commercial instincts Flight offers much that s productively unsettling anchored by Washington s old school movie star performance 
3
Flight
Chris Hewitt
It s the kind of provocative character based drama Hollywood almost never makes anymore 
3.5
Flight
Connie Ogle
But while a movie as grim as Flight could use a moment or two of levity does it have to be in service to the antithetical idea that drug dealers are awesome 
2.5
Flight
Matt Pais
Awfully superficial focusing only on the need to recognize you have a problem and suggesting that it s smooth sailing from there 
2
Flight
Michael Phillips
Flight is Washington s show and he s marvelous in it But Zemeckis and his team put everything in place so that Washington could run with it with unnervingly good results 
4
Flight
Moira MacDonald
In Robert Zemeckis Flight we watch a master actor play a character who s always acting 
3.5
Flight
Roger Ebert
Not often does a movie character make such a harrowing personal journey that keeps us in deep sympathy all of the way 
4
Flight
Steven Rea
Flight is neither a simple story of heroism nor one of a fallen hero Things are more complex than that and it is its complexities that make the film all the more rewarding an experience 
3.5
Flight
Christy Lemire
For the most part Flight manages to achieve the tricky balance of functioning as a serious adult drama that s also crowd pleasing 
3
Flight
Rex Reed
Mr Zemeckis has forgotten nothing about how to stage the kind of breathtaking live action fireworks display that keeps an audience paralyzed 
3
Flight
Kam Williams
An instant screen classic destined to be deemed among the very best of Zemeckis alongside Forest Gump Back to the Future and What Lies Beneath 
4
Flight
R. Kurt Osenlund
A unique audacious studio movie kicking off as a star driven spectacle before whittling itself down to a raw and riveting character study 
3.5
Flight
Prairie Miller
The crash sequences are nothing less than visually and viscerally electrifying Along with Denzel s complex portrayal of a boozed up cokehead caught up in a complicated moral quandary that is simultaneously dramatically explosive and nuanced 
2.5
Sinister
Brian Eggert
The protagonist 44 played by Ethan Hawke 44 spends too much time bumbling around in the dark to discover the origin of mysterious sounds 44 and not enough time heeding the obvious warning signs that foretell his doom 46 
2
Sinister
Mattie Lucas
Bughuul is perhaps one of the most terrifying horror villains in recent memory even though he has relatively little screen time 
2.5
Sinister
Frank Ochieng
Cheapened scare sequences an ambiguous monstrous myth transparent characterizations and a mixed bag of a supernatural storyline barely put any Sinister thoughts in our heads worth contemplating 
2
Sinister
Terence Johnson
Mildly engaging but incredibly flawed 
1.5
Sinister
Brandy McDonnell
It s a shame that a story as chilling as Sinister should induce eye rolls instead of sheer scares 
2.5
Sinister
James Kendrick
Derrickson is a sharp stylist who knows how to meld dreadful imagery with actual ideas that make his horror films more than just exercises in goose the audience manipulation
3
Sinister
Alexandra Cavallo
Sinister isn t perfect but it easily tops most of its scare starved competition 
3
Sinister
John Beifuss
Indebted to some welcome influences including King The Shining and Antonioni Blowup 
3
Sinister
Peter Howell
More stupid than scary Sinister can t even figure out who its real demon is 
2
Sinister
Sean P. Means
Sinister veers inexorably from being a mildly effective bump in the night thriller to being the sort of depressing monster mash that makes you feel icky inside 
1.5
Sinister
David Nusair
one of the most promising horror efforts of its type to come around in quite some time 
3
Sinister
Kevin C. Johnson
It comes together with a gruesome though excellent ending that some will find difficult to shake 
3.5
Sinister
Liam Lacey
A mixed bag of old school and contemporary horror tricks that occasionally raises a hair prickle of intrigue 
2
Sinister
Rafer Guzman
Despite some effective bumps and frights and at least one memorable jolt from a full throated D Addario Sinister is mainly just a series of snuff reels with sick joke titles 
2
Sinister
Sara Stewart
C mon Ethan Hawke you re better than this Isn t there a Before Sunset sequel that needs your attention 
2
Sinister
Michael O'Sullivan
The hero of Sinister is almost unaccountably dumb So unfortunately is the movie 
1.5
Sinister
Daniel M. Kimmel
It uses some solid performances and some chilling imagery to distract us from how many elements of this haunted house story we ve seen in other films 
3
Sinister
Mark Dujsik
T he developments in the last act only serve to deflate the atmosphere of unease that has come before them 
2.5
Sinister
Dustin Putman
Some kind of twisted work of genius proudly joining the upper echelon of horror cinema 
3.5
Sinister
Cathy Jakicic
Watching Hawke investigate strange goings on night after night without turning on one light in the house becomes unintentionally comical 
2.5
Sinister
Wesley Morris
As much as Sinister wants to tell a story there isn t much of a story to be told 
2.5
Sinister
Scott Bowles
Relies more on gotcha moments than storytelling 
2
Sinister
Gary Thompson
Sinister borrows shrewdly expanding on the found footage gimmick in a way that manages to invoke both Manhunter and The Ring 
3
Sinister
Jon Niccum
Central to the cinematic impotency on display in Sinister is the ludicrous behavior of its hero 
1.5
Sinister
Chris Hewitt
A scary movie that knows the imagination is the scariest place of all 
3
Sinister
James Berardinelli
In true horror movie tradition characters do things that are head scratchingly dumb Once you accept those logic defying moments the movie works with diabolical effectiveness 
3
Sinister
Matt Pais
A horror movie s doing its job if you catch yourself eying the corners of the screen anxiously searching for the presence of evil waiting to strike 
3
Sinister
Stephen Whitty
There s something smarter and truly creepy crawly about the way this movie sneaks up on your ears 
3
Sinister
Roger Moore
It whiffs on a horror film fundamental Nobody seems to be all that scared 
1.5
Sinister
Soren Andersen
That title is off the mark Here s a better one Stupid 
2
Sinister
Roger Ebert
Sinister is an undeniably scary movie with performances adding enough human interest to give depth to the basic building blocks of horror 
3
Sinister
Nick McCarthy
Ellison s fascination with celluloid to solve a crime recalls Antonioni s Blowup but Scott Derrickson is unable to conjure an aura that isn t as transparent and weightless as a ghost 
2
Smokey and the Bandit
Brandy McDonnell
This Southern fried romp has a big personality and an infectious sense of fun that makes it worth taking for another spin 
3
Smokey and the Bandit
Matt Brunson
The movie benefits from some excellent vehicular stuntwork an apt role for Burt Reynolds the introduction of Jerry Reed s East Bound and Down a bright turn by Reynolds real life girlfriend Sally Field and Jackie Gleason at his hammiest 
3
The Double Hour
Mattie Lucas
A taut and twisty thriller whose surprises genuinely surprise and whose shocks genuinely shock 
3
The Double Hour
Roger Moore
A modest and modestly effective Italian thriller with a supernatural twist 
2.5
The Double Hour
Jay Antani
most of The Double Hour doesn t really need to exist in order for the viewer to process the impact of the finale
2
The Double Hour
Rob Thomas
Every 10 minutes writer director Giuseppe Capotondi reshuffles his narrative deck of cards and deals the audience a completely new hand Just when you think you re ahead of the game you ve been played for a sucker 
3.5
The Double Hour
Keith Cohen
Don t let anyone spill the beans and tell you too much before you get a chance to sit through all the twists and turns in this mind blowing experience 
3.5
The Double Hour
Loey Lockerby
The final resolution is easily forgotten more of an afterthought than anything else The fun is in the twisting absurd journey not the destination 
2.5
The Double Hour
Matt Brunson
The Double Hour obviously wants to be compared to efforts by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock Brian De Palma and Christopher Nolan but it s ultimately like watching a child clamoring to sit at the table of the grownups 
2
The Double Hour
Moira MacDonald
It keeps you off balance constantly assessing and reassessing 
3
The Double Hour
Chris Hewitt
It s so entertainingly convoluted that the minute it ends you want to watch it again to see if it plays fair 
3.5
The Double Hour
Duane Dudek
It s a Moebius strip of a tale about two equally suspicious people who appear to fall in love 
3
The Double Hour
John Beifuss
A promising suspense film from Italy that loses its way not in the multiple twists of its clever narrative but in a dispiriting fog of mind games and art house pretensions 
2.5
The Double Hour
Peter Canavese
The ostensible genre elements that seem to pitch The Double Hour somewhere between crime film and ghost story begin to look like the stuff of an allegory about modern relationships and the fright of commitment 
2.5
The Double Hour
Calvin Wilson
If you liked Dressed to Kill or Blow Out you ll appreciate the ways in which The Double Hour artfully messes with your mind 
3.5
The Double Hour
Mark Jenkins
The movie s enjoyment derives heavily from surprise which the script uses both to advance the plot and just for fun 
3
The Double Hour
Erik Childress
The Double Hour would like to fool us into believing that it is really a story about people rather than crime gimmicks and twists but it really is just fooling itself 
2
The Double Hour
Walter V. Addiego
The Double Hour is an Italian crime thriller loaded with twists and if it doesn t work 100 percent of the time it s still worth a look 
3
The Double Hour
Michael Phillips
I ve seen the fabulously acted Italian thriller The Double Hour twice now and for all its intricate manipulations it stays with me for a very simple reason The love story at its bittersweet heart is played for keeps 
3.5
The Double Hour
Matt Pais
What seems like a gloomy story of love turned tragic is really a somber look at the short and long term cost of mistakes both your own and others 
3
The Double Hour
Steven Rea
A beautiful head spinning mystery that requires keen attention and rewards it with a tricky and poetic payoff The Double Hour is a topflight Euro thriller right up there with Tell No One 
4
The Double Hour
Ty Burr
The Double Hour is a decent night at the movies filmed with swank professionalism moody lighting and the proper attention to the curves of a lover s skin 
2.5
The Double Hour
Michael C. Walsh
The knockout climax comes about two thirds of the way through the film rendering the tail end a punch drunk afterthought but that doesn t detract from the clinic in critical suspense that Capotondi gives in the film s first hour 
3
The Double Hour
Lou Lumenick
Nothing is quite what it initially seems in this twisty Italian thriller the auspicious debut feature by Giuseppe Capotondi 
2.5
The Double Hour
Jesse Cataldo
Giuseppe Capotondi at least keeps a strong rein over the proceedings preventing any direct slides into silliness 
3
The Double Hour
V.A. Musetto
Doesn t always deliver on its twists But it works well enough that an American remake is in the works 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Brian Eggert
Capably made but misguided in its attempts to satiate its fanbase The Rise of Skywalker marks some kind of end to the franchise 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
David Gonzalez
Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver are the MVPs of Rise of Skywalker 46 Both give their all in their final performances as Rey and Ben Solo 46 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Wesley Lovell
Attempting to reverse all of the details in the prior film this hackneyed adventure finishes out the third Star Wars trilogy well enough but does so in a surprisingly disappointing fashion in spite of its own positive qualities 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jason Fraley
If anything the movie plays it too safe with everything tied up too neatly but as a final chapter for these characters it s a solidly satisfying conclusion 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Doug Walker
So much thrown at you with so little character reaction that it feels more like fanfiction 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Stephen Rebello
Star Wars ends with a whimper not the royal farewell the franchise deserved 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Federico Furzan
It contributes to a major cause but this last entry feels like a fun adventure from start to finish and that s what this world is all about It s not about angry fans Full review in Spanish 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
James Kendrick
fundamentally a nostalgia machine drawing heavily on the iconography and narrative beats of the original trilogy but with just enough of twists that it feels relatively new
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Matt Brunson
The nitpicks are small compared to what the film gets right 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Alan French
The sprint to the finish leaves the audience with a movie that has more in common with Transformers than Return of the Jedi 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
David Nusair
The saga ends with this somewhat watchable yet entirely disappointing entry that falls well short of the high bar set by its two top flight predecessors 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Linda Cook
It will take you back And The Force will go forward forever 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mattie Lucas
A naked exercise in retrograde nostalgia that is perfectly content with playing the hits but fails to provide anything new or exciting 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Bob Bloom
Yet despite its flaws and familiarity The Rise of Skywalker draws you in mainly because you are ardently invested in the characters old and new You want to know and care about their fates 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mike McGranaghan
I found The Rise of Skywalker s attempts to congeal the disparate elements from the previous eight chapters captivating No not every choice succeeds but a bold attempt is far more satisfying than a lackadaisical effort 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jeff Beck
Whereas Johnson s The Last Jedi had been daring exciting and encapsulated everything that makes Star Wars great The Rise of Skywalker brings the trilogy to an end with a bland dull and very forgettable final entry 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Robert Horton
I don t go into a Star Wars movie with the fear that my childhood will be ruined if the moviemakers give Boba Fett the wrong color headpiece so for me The Rise of Skywalker dumb title by the way played just fine as a sci fi spectacle 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Matthew Rozsa
If you disliked The Last Jedi like I did you ll like but probably not love The Rise of Skywalker If you liked The Last Jedi this review might not be for you 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Roger Moore
It ends just as predictably as it began a trilogy of Star Wars movies built on George Lucas s Greatest Hits 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Joe Friar
A gracious exit to the sags George Lucas unveiled 42 years ago The nostalgic and sentimental film isn t concerned with breaking new ground as it is with bidding farewell 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Phil Villarreal
Like a ride in the Millennium Falcon Rickety often misguided and often seeming like it s about to fall apart at any moment But the sucker sure does move fast and keep things exciting 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jeff Mitchell
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker lifts our spirits just enough 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mark Dujsik
Star Wars Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker latches its existence to the past and in doing so the movie fails its own characters and story 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Barry Hertz
Despite the vast deepness and immense possibilities of George Lucas s long ago galaxy located far far away Disney s Star Wars is more an exercise in exhumation than storytelling 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Walter Chaw
The Rise of Skywalker could be described as a mere compendium of betrayals it commits against itself 
1
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Abrams opts for completeness rather than pacing Still this final movie concludes satisfyingly with a mix of joy and sadness 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Tom Meek
Rise of Skywalker feels more like a Disney theme park experience than an organic narrative 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Josh Terry
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker is a lot of fun a genuine achievement and a great way to spend a couple of hours at the theater But once the stardust settles we ll probably still admit that the original trilogy is just never going to be matched 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Kevin A. Ranson
giving Carrie Fisher top billing the big Skywalker finale isn t the best film of the series but does manage closure of every current character arc topping it off with a perfect coda 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Steven Prokopy
I m genuinely stunned that not only did Abrams learn nothing from the risks taken by Johnson but also that he actively attempts to dismantle some of Johnson s boldest choices 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Calvin Wilson
The storytelling is solid and at a time when the CGI in some films is downright embarrassing the special effects are superb 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Josh Larsen
With Rise of Skywalker Star Wars limps to a close but there s still good in it 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
James Berardinelli
It s too bad that the Star Wars saga has saved the worst for last 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Ty Burr
In terms of pure narrative it s satisfying What it very rarely is is inspired 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Katie Walsh
A harried and hectic affair 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is the first time I feel like The Force is no longer with the franchise and the Darkside of corporate cookie cutter greed has proven to be victorious 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Pamela Powell
With a couple nostalgic twists and turns this newest and very long final installment will be as memorable as The Phantom Menace 
1
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Maria Sciullo
Director J J Abrams revisits worlds and echoes events from the saga s more beloved stories Musical cues from John Williams iconic scores heighten the moments 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Joey Magidson
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker is clearly fan service which is fine but so much of it hammers home that it s the end it loses some of what makes a great Star Wars film 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
John Wenzel
The Rise of Skywalker earns much of its affection with cameos callbacks and other candy that will be best savored upon repeat viewings 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Brian Tallerico
It s not unlike a rollercoaster ride in that it has just enough thrills to satisfy fans but you can also see exactly where the ride begins and ends before you strap in 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sean P. Means
Fans will find more to like about The Rise of Skywalker than dislike and even in its faults there lies the joy of flying through a familiar universe one last time 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Christian Toto
We waited 42 years for laughable plot twists and fan service on steroids 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jake Coyle
For a movie predicated on satisfying fans The Rise of Skywalker is a distinctly unsatisfying conclusion to what had been an imperfect but mostly good few films 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s moving at times but also somewhat forgettable The nostalgia is strong even if the narrative force is weak 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Rafer Guzman
After more than 40 years the Star Wars series comes in for a smooth landing 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Richard Roeper
The Rise of Skywalker rarely comes close to touching greatness but it s a solid visually dazzling and warmhearted victory for the Force of quality filmmaking 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Michael O'Sullivan
Panders wildly closing out this last chapter of the nine films that have come to be known as the Skywalker Saga with a story that delivers to the faithful exactly the movie they wanted 
2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Michael Phillips
It wraps up the trio of trilogies begun in 1977 in a confident soothingly predictable way doing all that cinematically possible to avoid poking the bear otherwise known as tradition minded quadrants of the Star Wars fan base 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Brian Truitt
After paying homage to everything that came before this Star Wars ending is a too safe landing of a massive pop culture starship and a spectacular finale that misses a chance to forge something special 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Ross Raihala
There s no way it could please every fan and it most certainly will not But I think Abrams did the best he could with a seemingly insurmountable task 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Chris Hewitt
This Star Wars made me chuckle more than any of the previous ones 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mick LaSalle
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker does the most important thing the one thing it absolutely had to do It ends well 
2.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Johnny Oleksinski
Let s hand it to Lucas and Abrams they did it knowing full well there is no try 
3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Soren Andersen
Epic it indeed is full of magnificent set pieces sprawling space battles and incandescent lightsaber duels gripping performances and a number of truly stunning surprises 
4
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Peter Howell
The Rise of Skywalker is pure fan service for better or worse and it s mostly for the better 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Dustin Putman
A rousing thrilling altogether touching farewell to the Skywalker legacy It scarcely could have ended in a lovelier place 
3.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Robert Daniels
The Rise of Skywalker eases its viewers into comfortable resignation and uncomplicated callbacks meant to pacify and not injure 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Michael Joshua Rowin
The film struggles to both honor and redeem the past before everything comes to a close 
1.5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Peter Canavese
SPOILER FREE REVIEW If Abrams has topped himself it s by making a Star Wars film that s even more of a multiplex filling Hollywood widget than his first 
2.5
My Toxic Baby
Bill Chambers
Setting out to enlighten and inform her fellow parents Lee instead captured the onset of OCD from the eye of the storm 
3
The Devil's Own
Bill Chambers
Finally just another schoolmarmish prestige piece touting America s moral superiority
2
The Devil's Own
Michael Dequina
A cobbled together mess of conflicting tones 
2
The Devil's Own
Roger Ebert
The film should make it clear whether it considers the Brad Pitt character to be a hero or villain My best guess is he s a villain given a moral touch up because he s also a movie star 
2.5
The Devil's Own
Mike Clark
Though Hour 2 s heavy emphasis on physical and emotional confrontations stimulates dramatic momentum this respectable superstar meeting is finally of all things ordinary 
2.5
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Nathalie Atkinson
Ms Dore s work is not only a tribute to past bravery and determination but also a warning and urgent rallying cry to the next wave 
3.5
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Rob Thomas
At times She s Beautiful When She s Angry seems like a checklist of all the things women had to fight for But it s a long list and one that still faces women today 
3
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Dann Gire
Director Mary Dore isn t much of a dramatic storyteller in her documentary She s Beautiful When She s Angry but she presents a straightforward report on the rise of American feminism so passionately that it achieves a sense of giddy triumph 
3.5
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Tirdad Derakhshani
A superbly researched and edited documentary about the women s movement in the 1960s 
3.5
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Anita Katz
Dore made the movie to counter the lack of films about the women s movement a fine idea nicely realized 
3
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Ann Hornaday
She s Beautiful When She s Angry doesn t break much formal ground But it serves as a moving reminder of how crucial citizen action is in fomenting social change 
2.5
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Mick LaSalle
It s a useful documentary and it needed to be made now 
4
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Moira MacDonald
A few awkward re enactments mar the effect but they re over quickly while the narrators voices and plentiful historical footage create a rich mosaic 
3
On the Run
Michael Wilmington
The most complex of the three Life is also the most powerful and revelatory 
4
On the Run
Ruthe Stein
Bruno s domination of the first installment contributes to its being the least appealing 
2
On the Run
Rob Thomas
On the Run is worth seeing on its own but those who like it should come back to see how the rest of the machine works 
3
On the Run
Jeff Shannon
Sharp fast paced and eminently logical 
3.5
On the Run
Ty Burr
Belvaux doesn t yet have the filmmaking chops to create a believable thriller 
2
On the Run
Aaron Hillis
For such a meticulously carved puzzle that all but announces it has missing pieces On the Run mostly succeeds as both an exercise and a stand alone entertainment 
3
On the Run
Jack Mathews
The first and third add up to something very poignant and satisfying 
3
On the Run
Joshua Tanzer
To get the desired effect you have to see all three films none of which is much worth seeing by itself 
2
On the Run
Jonathan Foreman
An enjoyably spare and fast moving French thriller 
3
On the Run
David Sterritt
An unusually quick witted thriller that rarely relaxes its grip 
3
On the Run
Jan Stuart
Technically adept but alienating 
2.5
On the Run
Ed Gonzalez
As a genre exercise it s a ringing success but the film lacks subtext 
2.5
North Sea Texas
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
It s not just that film is underdeveloped it s that it feels unwilling to develop preferring to leave its characters and plot points static The result feels stunted 
2.5
North Sea Texas
David Lewis
It s a story that s been told countless times but first time director Bavo Defurne has such an assured hand and visual flair much credit also belongs to cinematographer Anton Mertens that everything seems fresh and new 
3
North Sea Texas
John Hartl
Splendidly acted especially by Florizoone whose every thought appears to register on his wide open features it s more than promising 
3
North Sea Texas
Dustin Putman
In the annals of gay cinema about growing up North Sea Texas is regrettably an unoriginal and rather disposable take on a subject that s been done much better in the past 
2
North Sea Texas
Caroline McKenzie
The film succeeds in creating a dense atmospheric feel and avoids generic tropes but it does so somewhat at the neglect of its characters and narrative 
2.5
Under Siege
David Nusair
a seriously appealing premise that s employed to distressingly erratic effect by Davis 
2.5
Under Siege
Gene Siskel
The tension and humor level tail off a bit toward the conclusion but Steven Seagal and Chicago director Andy Davis clearly declare themselves as top flight talent 
3.5
Under Siege
Roger Ebert
I walked into the screening in a cynical frame of mind but then a funny thing happened The movie started working for me 
3
The Argument
Pamela Powell
It s a masterpiece in storytelling utilizing small casts skillful editing dexterous direction and of course the actors polished performances 
4
The Argument
Joey Magidson
The Argument is a dark comedy that waits a bit long to expose its weirdness but has something ultimately unique to offer 
3
The Argument
Sheila O'Malley
There are some very funny bits here but unfortunately the concept takes too long getting off the ground leaving the first three quarters of the movie floating in limbo waiting for it to all make sense 
1.5
The Argument
Mark Dujsik
T the cast is game the premise and its escalation are clever and the comedic execution of The Argument is right on target 
3
The Argument
Roger Moore
If only the set up was half as amusing as the payoff 
2
Flight / Risk
Soren Andersen
Despite its flaws Flight Risk is a comprehensive and stinging critique of a once proud company that has lost its way and is struggling to make a comeback And it s a tribute to the people who died and the families who mourn them 
3.5
Flight / Risk
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The story full of righteous outrage is what makes it I recommend the documentary to everyone even though it will make you never want to fly again 
3
The Addams Family
James Kendrick
captures the family s droll humor with just the right mixture of morbidity and genuine care
3
The Addams Family
Matt Brunson
Intermittently amusing 
2.5
The Addams Family
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld has infused The Addams Family with a gleefully broad visual sensibility that remains a highlight from start to finish 
3
The Addams Family
Betsy Bozdech
All of the actors are spot on perfect in their roles particularly Ricci whose performance as Wednesday helped cement her status as the queen of dark offbeat films 
3
The Addams Family
Chris Hicks
The story doesn t really matter What matters is the laugh quotient which is very high 
3
The Addams Family
Roger Ebert
There are a lot of little smiles in The Addams Family and many chuckles and grins but they don t add up to much 
2
The Wanting Mare
Roxana Hadadi
The Wanting Mare is so enamored with its own mythos that it prioritizes ambitious iconography over immersive narrative 
2
The Wanting Mare
Henry Stewart
It s as if Nicholas Ashe Bateman is commenting on a distinctly American suburban malaise using a fictional place digitally made to get at a real painful truth about being stuck in a place you didn t choose amid circumstances you didn t create 
3
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end Dragon Ball Super Broly gave me something of a tiny headache 
2.5
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Linda Cook
Dragon Ball Super Broly provides both dazzling action and character development 
3
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Roger Moore
Nonsensical junk culture anime for devotees only 
1.5
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Mark Dujsik
Ignorance was such bliss 
1
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Mike McGranaghan
Dragon Ball Super Broly is designed specifically for those who have a long term investment in the characters and story On that level it delivers a satisfying new adventure 
2.5
The Cannibal Club
Roger Moore
A clever satiric idea the rich killing and eating the poor is ruined by static pacing a filmmaker content to make this a gruesome wallow
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Gene Siskel
The only decent video game turned into a movie Why Obviously because the filmmakers have really tried to offer some eye popping visuals that can provide the same stimuli as the video game itself 
3
Mortal Kombat
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A fun visually appealing film with effective performances and well choreographed fights Full review in Spanish 
3
Mortal Kombat
TV Guide Staff
We ll concede that four armed Prince Goro is a hoot Christopher Lambert looks fabulous in a flowing white wig and Talisa Soto who plays some kind of princess can lord it over us anytime 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Madeleine Williams
It should be worth noting that you can play the game much cheaper than seeing the movie and the end result is much the same 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Chris Hicks
The characters are cardboard the humor is lame and the heroes are all so unlikable most of the way that the audience won t be able or want to identify with them 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Laura Evenson
The movie has everything a teenage boy could want Everything that is but an interesting plot decent dialogue and compelling acting 
1
Curse of the Faceless Man
Matt Brunson
The faceless man comes alive mayhem ensues and audiences realize that despite its monotony the film is still easier to take than Paul W S Anderson s 2014 turkey Pompeii 
1.5
Curse of the Faceless Man
John Beifuss
Its surfside climax is pure pulp poetry that functions as both a literal dramatization and a romantic evocation of the devastation wrought by the tides of time as they break against the eternal shore of love 
2.5
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
David Reddish
It would be easy to dismiss Civil War as a work trying to shame the south and nationwide white complacency but Boyntons camera paints a far more complicated picture 
4
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Matt Zoller Seitz
Its thesis that the North won the Civil War and the South won the Reconstruction will be revelatory to young students and anyone whose past schooling glossed over or distorted the deeper meaning of those events 
3
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Ann Hornaday
Interviewing teachers students Confederate buffs and state politicians Boynton delves into the abyss dividing Americans in terms of what we know about our own history and how what we know differs by region self selection and heritage 
2.5
Ararat
Ian Mantgani
The movie s flaws ring of underconfidence as if Egoyan intellectualised its parts until he ended up draining them of power 
2.5
Ararat
Jeff Vice
It s not easy to shake or dismiss 
2.5
Ararat
Sean P. Means
Exploring the fluid nature of history is a fascinating conceit but one Egoyan has trouble executing 
2.5
Ararat
Marty Mapes
Ararat feels like a book report
1.5
Ararat
Joe Baltake
The work of an artist tormented by his heritage using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims 
3.5
Ararat
David Elliott
There is a fabric of complex ideas here and feelings that profoundly deepen them 
3.5
Ararat
Phil Villarreal
Too much time is wasted showing how these people are joined instead of what those connections mean and why these characters all belong in the same movie 
2
Ararat
Duane Dudek
Egoyan uses outrage and curiosity to craft an enigmatic and shifting act of memory his impression of an event and its repercussions 
3
Ararat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s the type of stunt the Academy loves a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film 
2.5
Ararat
Chris Hewitt
A puzzle whose pieces do not fit Some are fascinating and others are not and in the end it is almost a good movie 
2
Ararat
Moira MacDonald
It s a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story 
2.5
Ararat
Glenn Lovell
Given the convoluted approach and tongue tied delivery we re left to conclude that Egoyan s emotions got the better of him this time 
1.5
Ararat
Mick LaSalle
Has the obsessiveness and audacity of a film that had to be made or its filmmaker would have combusted 
3
Ararat
Susan Stark
Only the most patient sensitive and sensible of viewers will cut through the film s affectations and indulgences to come to the point 
2
Ararat
Terry Lawson
Part impassioned history lesson part reflection on the way entertainment distorts history part extension of Egoyan s previous explorations of how desire and need distort our sense of self 
3
Ararat
Mary F. Pols
Deliberately ponderous meticulously constructed 
3.5
Ararat
Roger Ebert
Egoyan s work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose 
2.5
Ararat
Wesley Morris
Before long you get Egoyan s big idea and it s hardly a good one He wants to turn the movie screen into a blackboard 
2.5
Ararat
Michael Wilmington
In the end Ararat has enough artistry and intelligence and enough commitment from Egoyan producer Robert Lantos and company to justify more than a higher than mixed rating 
3
Ararat
Mike Clark
Has its moments and almost as many subplots 
2.5
Ararat
John Anderson
Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world 
2
Ararat
Bob Strauss
A beautiful and essential experience 
3.5
Ararat
Liam Lacey
The metaphors are provocative but too often the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery 
2.5
Ararat
Jonathan Foreman
The Armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment 
2.5
Ararat
Rob Blackwelder
The impact of the Armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day 
2.5
Ararat
Pam Grady
Ararat is among the director s best work a rendering of the past that offers hope for the future 
4
Ararat
James Berardinelli
Did the film inform and educate me Yes Did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia No And that is where Ararat went astray 
2.5
Ararat
Harvey S. Karten
A difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of Armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present 
3
Ararat
David Nusair
Atom Egoyan s most personal film to date but it s also his most flawed 
2.5
Ararat
Bill Chambers
Too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century 
2
Sacred Stage - The Mariinsky Theater
David Nusair
entirely superfluous 
1
Preaching to the Choir
Kam Williams
A blasphemous blaxploit 
1
Preaching to the Choir
Sean O'Connell
Filters its lessons through contemptuous twin brothers before settling on the redemptive power of gospel music sung by a church ensemble 
2.5
Preaching to the Choir
Bruce Westbrook
Nor does it sermonize at the expense of entertaining Instead it melds gospel and hip hop for a music driven tale of twin brothers who reconnect 
2.5
Preaching to the Choir
John Monaghan
A sappy redemption soaked story about two Harlem raised brothers that is as old as the Bible itself 
2
Preaching to the Choir
Matt Brunson
Both lead actors are as likable as everything else in this dulcet entertainment 
3
Arthur
David Nusair
suffers from a hit and miss quality that wreaks havoc on its momentum 
2.5
Arthur
Roger Ebert
Only someone with a heart of stone could fail to love a drunk like Arthur Bach 
3.5
The Rule
Stephen Whitty
A moving film about an inspiring place 
3
What Is It?
Michael Wilmington
A shocker but not a world class one 
2.5
The Holly and the Ivy
Mattie Lucas
A great cast including Celia Johnson and Denholm Elliot add some heft but the film ultimately feels like a missed opportunity 
2.5
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Matt Brunson
A tedious action yarn 
2
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Gene Siskel
So powerful and intoxicating is this kind of movie hero that when we see him operating in a flaw riddled movie like Rambo we realize that heroic action can override almost any script 
3
Rambo: First Blood Part II
David Nusair
precisely the sort of unapologetically brutal piece of work that s sorely missing from contemporary multiplexes 
3
Rambo: First Blood Part II
TV Guide Staff
All in all it s a pretty offensive movie especially to the Americans who fought in Vietnam 
1
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Bill Chambers
It mocks Rambo somehow mortalizing him in the midst of mythologizing him rendering the character even more absurd 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Brian Eggert
Self indulgent nonsense filled to the brim with pointless action sequences and a planet hopping plot that seems to go nowhere 46 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Mattie Lucas
The script is heavy handed and cheesy the acting is leaden Dench nonwithstanding the special effects are overblown and the costumes are truly ridiculous 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Peter Canavese
Vainly attempts to elevate Riddick into a mythological hero in a political intrigue contest meant to be Dune in an action context though it s a lot more like Stargate in a crap context Blu ray 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Eric Melin
Riddick is a loner Dottie a rebel He s a simple man like Pee Wee Herman who is not concerned with getting the girl But unlike Pee Wee poor Riddick doesn t even have a bicycle for companionship 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Todd Hertz
Like the heat on Crematoria little is fleshed out But I suppose it really doesn t matter because wow isn t Riddick cool 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
James Kendrick
Twohy wants Riddick to become a great mythological figure of conflicting goodness and badness but the character just doesn t have enough weight to sustain all that baggage 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
David Keyes
as a proletarian concept artist David Twohy proves that he has both the imagination and the skill to build exciting worlds for his characters to interact in 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Lori Hoffman
a turbo charged sci fi action flick with Vin Diesel in kick anti hero form 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Kevin A. Ranson
In Pitch Black Vin Diesel made Riddick his own in Chronicles nothing has changed but the budget 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Linda Cook
How can so much action be well boring 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Frank Ochieng
Utterly ponderous and as clunky as a crater rock Twohy forgot to inject his Diesel fueled narrative with the spunk and drive that made his first installment so palatable
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Judi Dench and Vin Diesel appear in the same movie and indeed perform scenes together Unfortunately the film is so bad that even this novelty loses its appeal 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Matt Brunson
Here s one Diesel fueled vehicle that s neither fast nor furious 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Vince Koehler
Although the story is a little confusing science fiction fans should enjoy the action and fine special effects 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Tyler Hanley
It would have been more apropos had the filmmakers titled this confusing sci fi epic The Chronicles of Ridiculous 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Jonathan R. Perry
What might have happened if Frank Herbert had written Dune after a lobotomy 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Mike McGranaghan
Have you ever tried to watch a TV series like The Sopranos or Twin Peaks without starting at the beginning It s disorienting That s what watching this movie is like 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dustin Putman
A thankless visual spectacle marvelous to look at but woefully empty where its heart should be 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a complex hard to follow onslaught of characters and concepts rooted in mythology and classical literature And while it isn t completely successful by any means it is still something completely original and new 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Sean P. Means
But Diesel s one note tough guy the oppressive production design and the overramped special effects crush the movie like a trash compactor 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
James Verniere
This is what one of those cheesy Mortal Kombat movies would be like if it had delusions of grandeur 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Chris Hewitt
Whereas Pitch Black served up witty elegant suspense the new one is dull blunt gun and run 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Erik Lundegaard
Diesel makes a fine action star and some of the fight scenes are cool but resistance is recommended 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Mick LaSalle
An inane film rendered sometimes laughable by an atmosphere of dead serious reverence 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
David Elliott
The dense visuals are the entire story and the only reason to attend 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Phil Villarreal
A movie so bad it s baaaaad in the 1980s sense of the word 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Megan Lehmann
Writer director David Twohy has a much bigger budget than he did for Pitch Black but he makes the all too common mistake of believing money can substitute for imagination 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Jami Bernard
Despite a few goofily entertaining moments that are so over the top they are instant camp the movie suggests that the hero s name derives from ridiculous 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Gemma Tarlach
An entertaining but shameless mash up of other escapist fare 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Connie Ogle
There s nothing here you haven t seen before especially if you own a PlayStation 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Bob Strauss
This is purely a movie for fans of elephantine production values and the dwindling number of remaining Diesel enthusiasts 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Sarah Chauncey
It s a little strange seeing quirky pianist Glenn Gould in a smackdown with xXx 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Terry Lawson
Hyper assaultive 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Jeff Vice
An incoherent mishmash of ideas swiped from other better science fiction sources chiefly the Star Wars Star Trek and Matrix movies 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Roger Ebert
An exercise in computer generated effects 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Lawrence Toppman
Like so many sequels The Chronicles of Riddick demonstrates Hollywood s law of diminishing returns Its quality is inversely proportional to its budget 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Ty Burr
A hodgepodge of Lord of the Rings Starship Troopers and the more recent Star Wars films 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Aaron Hillis
Much like a William S Burroughs novel the film could be cut up and reassembled and make just as much sense 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Stephen Cole
The script is terrible a confounding mish mash of action thriller chases sci fi travelogue and phony political intrigue 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dan Lybarger
Writer director David Twohy has apparently forgotten everything that made his previous movie such an unexpected thrill 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Marty Mapes
A tedious silly overbudgeted overwritten popcorn flick
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Christian Toto
Chronicles packs too much story into what should be another Diesel shoot em up
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Walter Chaw
Plays like a fabulously outfitted boy s adventure serial 
3.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
David Nusair
The open ended conclusion is intriguing but the film is destined to join the ranks of Son of Blob if further installments aren t forthcoming 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Guylaine Cadorette
fans won t be disappointed by this big budget sci fi opera 
3
The Chronicles of Riddick
Claudia Puig
The movie is less than two hours but feels three times as long 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Steven Rea
Bears no resemblance to the movie that spawned its namesake 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
David Sterritt
The screenplay is idiotic 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Willie Waffle
I hope Judi Dench did this for her grandkids or something because I cried when I saw her in this bad movie 
.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Jeffrey Westhoff
The quantum leap from Pitch Black to Riddick is disorienting 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Chauncey Mabe
A crackerjack B movie sci fi adventure 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Glenn Lovell
In terms of idiotic incoherent plot progression David Twohy s spacey follow up is in a class by itself Think John Travolta s Battlefield Earth and then drop a couple of rungs 
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Ross Anthony
Aside from a sticky clunky beginning in which the audience must be taught the rules of this sci fi adventure the film shows great discipline in pace and intensity 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
John Anderson
Essentially a long winded excuse for action sequences and Diesel making menacing faces mostly over his left shoulder 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Mark Caro
The tightness of the Pitch Black horror movie structure has been replaced by sprawl and lots of back story geography and interstellar politics 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Josh Larsen
Rarely has such minor success spawned such major hubris 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
James Berardinelli
Although The Chronicles of Riddick offers its share of solidly entertaining moments it doesn t hold together as a single coherent motion picture experience 
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
Steve Rhodes
Diesel poses pretentiously like a body builder trying to do a silent version of Hamlet 
1
The Chronicles of Riddick
Rob Blackwelder
Riddick ulous 
2
The Chronicles of Riddick
Nick Schager
Eschewing the claustrophobic minimalism of its predecessor Pitch Black The Chronicles of Riddick is an extravagant orgy of used sci fi parts 
1.5
Smashed
Sara Michelle Fetters
Smashed tells a familiar story with subtle simplicity 44 never beating the audience over the head with its themes or ideas 46 
3
Smashed
Mattie Lucas
This may be Winstead s show but Ponsoldt displays a remarkable restraint that demonstrates a keen directorial instinct 
3
Smashed
Eric Melin
Smashed is a non judgmental snapshot of the small world surrounding this couple and is filled with insightful moments and really great low key performances 
3
Smashed
Bob Bloom
Mary Elizabeth Winstead s vulnerability turmoil and pain as she faces the challenges of beginning a new life without the crutch of booze are heartbreaking as well as courageous 
3
Smashed
Joe Williams
There will never be another Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor but Hollywood may have found a new Lee Remick in Mary Elizabeth Winstead 
3
Smashed
Sean P. Means
Smashed does in 82 minutes what Robert Zemeckis Flight took more than two hours to do and does it better without a spectacular computer animated plane crash 
3.5
Smashed
Moira MacDonald
The camera work is handheld and jittery reflecting Kate s often wobbly state of mind and the character s decidedly nonglam wardrobe minimal makeup and charm free home feel honest and right 
3.5
Smashed
Duane Dudek
The way that the willowy brown haired girl next door type Winstead throws herself into the role results in a sobering character study 
2.5
Smashed
Rafer Guzman
Winstead a relative newcomer handily carries this slender film 
2.5
Smashed
Robert Levin
There are some clunky moments here but the movie conveys the fundamental truth that some victories don t always feel so victorious 
3
Smashed
Liam Lacey
It s an addiction and recovery movie without the usual side effect of wallowing melodrama 
3
Smashed
Wesley Morris
Winstead is an inarguably warm actor She s just not doing the sort of work that transcends the movie s shortcomings 
2.5
Smashed
Gary Thompson
Smashed is low budget realistic well acted and shrewd 
3
Smashed
Chris Hewitt
Funny sensitive and nonjudgmental about its messed up characters Smashed is a real find 
3.5
Smashed
Linda Barnard
As disappointingly predictable as the final chapters are nothing can diminish Winstead s outstanding performance as Kate 
3
Smashed
Jake Mulligan
The film is at its best only when its characters are at their worst 
2
Smashed
Roger Moore
Winstead laughing and lurching sleepy eyed running home in shame over her latest transgression is an EveryAlcoholic for a new generation 
3.5
Smashed
Rene Rodriguez
Winstead is terrific as a young woman scared into sobriety only to discover telling people the truth is much harder than lying and hiding her addiction 
3
Smashed
Alison Gang
Despite the youth of its main characters Smashed doesn t deliver much that s new to the sobriety genre 
2
Smashed
Michael O'Sullivan
Smashed never really rises much above the level of a dramatic public service announcement 
2
Smashed
Mick LaSalle
The act of going out there as an unknown and coming back a star is the time honored showbiz fantasy and if there s any justice that s about to come true for Mary Elizabeth Winstead on the basis of Smashed 
3
Smashed
Michael Phillips
Winstead is very good in Smashed though she s saddled with a merely adequate co starring performance 
2.5
Smashed
Matt Pais
An effectively direct story about different ways to feel powerless Smashed features a best yet performance from Winstead 
3
Smashed
Roger Ebert
This is a serious movie about drinking but not a depressing one 
3.5
Smashed
Claudia Puig
While Smashed documents both the crazy highs and the terrifying lows of addiction the story is primarily about commitment 
3
Smashed
Kyle Smith
There needs to be a 12 step program for movie people to stop sharing their deeply personal yet insight free stories of addiction 
1
Smashed
Peter Travers
Addiction dramas are as common as reality shows and often just as rank Smashed joins the ranks of the winners mostly because of an unmissable and unforgettable performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead 
3
Smashed
Chris Cabin
The filmmakers attitude toward Kate is chiefly as a victim but Mary Elizabeth Winstead s admirable performance suggests so much more than that 
2
Smashed
Christy Lemire
The bottom isn t low enough the struggle isn t difficult enough and the characters especially the supporting ones don t feel developed enough to provide necessary context for our heroine s journey 
2
Smashed
David Nusair
the movie remains compulsively watchable from start to finish due in most part to star Mary Elizabeth Winstead s engrossing immersive performance 
3
In Your Hands
Ed Gonzalez
In Your Hands means to convey the divinity of human interaction 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
David Gonzalez
In a year that will mostly be remembered in a negative light 44 Bill and Ted Face the Music is everything cinephiles needed in a time of such darkness 46 A lighthearted 44 heartfelt gem that cements itself as one of the most entertaining films of 2020 46 
3.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Mark Meszoros
Excellent No But not bogus either 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Blake Howard
Bill Ted Face the Music is like a gift in a dream You re visiting old friends familiar gags and an aged brand of whimsy gives you a microdose of nostalgia that doesn t make you choke When it ends it s an emotional jolt 
3.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Matt Brunson
In theory it s nice to imagine that those amiable airheads Bill and Ted would be the ones to save 2020 from being a complete downer but this belated sequel feels more wheezy than anything 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Federico Furzan
Nostalgia driven vehicle that intelligently introduces more characters and manages to be interesting and silly just the way it has to be Full review in Spanish 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Steven Prokopy
It works as a breezy tale of two middle aged men discovering what they are what they aren t and what they have inspired 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
James Berardinelli
The movie runs out of steam well before the halfway point and after that it seems to be going through the motions as if everyone involved was having too good a time to put the meandering narrative out of its misery 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Kevin A. Ranson
squeezing every drop of entertainment out of each ridiculously escalating moment With superior effects cool cameos and a renewed emphasis on the music itself this band s reunion is resplendently non non non heinous 
4
Bill & Ted Face the Music
David Nusair
the picture is in the final analysis more in line with Bogus Journey than Excellent Adventure 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Joe Friar
Bill Ted may not be able to save our world but it s comforting to see them save theirs Reeves and Winter round out the trilogy with a film that captures the magic of the first two Party on dudes 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Doug Walker
Not the most excellent adventure but semi excellent enough 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Christian Toto
This sad superfluous sequel makes us question our faith in the 80s slackers 
1.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Joey Magidson
Unfortunately this is a film that I can t be excellent towards Bland unnecessary and tired it just has no reason to exist 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Rob Thomas
We needed this right now Bill Ted Face the Music may not actually save reality but it sure brightens it up for 90 minutes or so 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Brian Tallerico
A remarkably likable comedy about two good guys still trying to find their place in the world 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Mark Dujsik
The movie ultimately becomes too comfortable in nostalgic ideas at the cost of some tougher more honest ones 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Written like the first two films by creators Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon and directed by Dean Parisot Galaxy Quest the new sequel uses that same irresistible formula ridiculous things happen which are then met by obliviousness and optimism 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Katie Walsh
Reeves and Winter revisit their quintessential burnout bestie characters in a film that offers up an easy dose of nostalgia 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Roger Moore
Maybe thirty one years later they have one more excellent adventure in them Maybe not
1.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Norman Wilner
Bill Ted Face The Music is the movie we need right now 
4
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Mara Reinstein
Happy yet hapless the comedy is sort of like a high school reunion Good times in theory but anticlimactic and disappointing once you actually show up 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Richard Roeper
Suffering through Bill Ted Face the Music is like attending a reunion concert of a two hit wonder band you loved in high school and realizing their original material wasn t all that great in the first place 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Johnny Oleksinski
The plot rips off the original which was thin to begin with and makes it worse 
1
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Mike McGranaghan
Bill Ted Face the Music is hilarious for the first fifteen minutes Then the plot kicks in and the laughs become fewer and further between 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In all it s a pleasant enough reunion if nothing extraordinary matched in its droll harmlessness by the uninspiring melody that we finally hear at the end 
2
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Michael Phillips
Cheesy yes hit and miss maybe but the bits that work really do work 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Barry Hertz
Although the tale feels a bit slight and yeah I m still aware we re talking about a Bill Ted movie the affair is ultimately breezy harmless fun 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Bob Strauss
Any movie that celebrates the power of music friendship family and all of that scientific stuff Kid Cudi keeps jabbering about has got to be somewhat welcome at this particular point in the space time continuum right 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Brian Truitt
Puts a big stupid grin on your face yet also brings a certain dignity and depth to these two ride or die best friends now in middle age 
3
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Oliver Jones
What the movie proves definitively is just what a durable vehicle screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon stumbled onto when they first created the Candide like Valley metalheads as UCLA undergrads 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Chuck Bowen
The film suggests that Bill and Ted s dreams of stardom which have evolved into dreams of acceptance and expression aren t so stupid after all 
2.5
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Ty Burr
A sweet dumb unnecessary and absurdly charming movie 
3
Never Take Candy From a Stranger
Matt Brunson
A startling drama 
3.5
Mr. Wrong
Mal Vincent
The most outright unfunny comedy in a long while 
1
Mr. Wrong
David Nusair
An almost astonishingly atrocious piece of work 
1
Mr. Wrong
Michael Dequina
Charming and funny Ellen DeGeneres made her big screen leap make that dive in this most uncharming and unfunny black comedy 
0
Mr. Wrong
Mick LaSalle
A dreadful movie 
1
Mr. Wrong
Chris Hicks
There are places where even Matheson and Castle seem ill at ease with their own premise as if they are trying to make both a dark satire and a bright light comedy The result is like oil and water 
1.5
Mr. Wrong
Madeleine Williams
A clumsy repetitive attempt at comedy 
1
Mr. Wrong
James Berardinelli
This is a romantic comedy parody but how can you satirize something that s a comedy to begin with If this motion picture is an example not only can t it be done but the result is downright ugly 
1
Mr. Wrong
Susan Wloszczyna
Like its title character Mr Wrong doesn t know when to quit 
2
The Associate
Michael Dequina
Goldberg s unconvincing makeup looks like a cheap latex Halloween mask of a cross between Marlon Brando and the guy on the Quaker Oats box 
1.5
The Associate
Jeffrey Westhoff
The farce promised by The Associate disappoints but Goldberg and Wiest s sister act is surprisingly affirming 
2.5
The Associate
Roger Ebert
An uninspired recycling of the Tootsie formula 
2
Hollow in the Land
Brad Wheeler
The low budget effort from Vancouver writer director Scooter Corkle is earnest and methodical with a tone setting murkiness to it 
3
Hollow in the Land
Bruce DeMara
Corkle has amply demonstrated his strengths as a filmmaker in crafting a noir ish tale with a few well placed twists and in assembling a solid cast bolstered by an engaging lead 
3
Hollow in the Land
Katie Walsh
It s a rough neck Shakespearean tragedy that makes for a fine showcase for Dianna Agron and proves a sharp directorial debut for filmmaker Scooter Corkle 
3
10 Minutes Gone
Derek Smith
Almost every element of the film has been seemingly engineered to be the ne plus ultra of slapdash ineptitude 
.5
The Weasel's Tale
Randy Myers
Juan Jose Campanella s update of a 1976 black comedy is a tasty bon bon ideally paired with bubbly as you giggle at the conniving oldsters getting back at the young uns trying to rob them 
3
City of Men
Mike Scott
Despite its sincerity and the beautiful visuals the often disjointed story takes too long to gain traction 
2
City of Men
Jeff Vice
Both Silva and Cunha who reprise their roles from the television show do make compelling leads and their performances add needed weight and shadings to their underwritten characters 
3
City of Men
Austin Kennedy
It s decent enough but I just wish that it tried for something a little more fresh 
2.5
City of Men
David N. Butterworth
More bronzed bodies bearing arms leading to inevitable shootouts delivered via a washed out hand held digital style pulsing along to an infectious Latin beat 
3
City of Men
Matt Brunson
One plotline ends with a twist that doubtless felt more authentic in the halls of a film school than it would on the streets of Rio de Janeiro 
2
City of Men
John Beifuss
Morelli s film is most effective at its most documentarian when it focuses on street detail and the casual everyday behavior of the people inside the desperate favelas 
2.5
City of Men
Larry Ratliff
City of Men in Portuguese with subtitles never quite achieves the dramatic impact of the Oscar nominated drama that inspired it 
3
City of Men
Wesley Morris
Where City of God was ferocious grandiose and glamorous this movie is modest and intimate acoustic where the other was desperate to electrify 
2
City of Men
Lawrence Toppman
I wish I hadn t seen the masterpiece City of God before the current City of Men which is a more conventional story in the same setting Judged on its own merits the latter film still makes a considerable emotional impact 
3
City of Men
Rick Groen
Along comes a sequel of sorts City of Men but the difference is clear right from the first frame Meirelles is gone and so is the intensity What s left is a mix of credible sociology and tired melodrama along with a palpable sense of déjà vu 
2.5
City of Men
Jason Heck
It s strong enough to hold your interest and well done enough to make you care about these boys their families and their futures in a fascinating place where most American audiences have never been 
3
City of Men
Duane Dudek
City of Men is more like New Jack City telling a similarly themed tale with less artistic finesse or dramatic insight but with some emotional resonance 
2.5
City of Men
Elizabeth Weitzman
The movie s power comes less from its contrived story than everything else the stark setting chaotic energy and authentic cast 
2.5
City of Men
V.A. Musetto
Performances are up to par but the story unfolds conventionally it lacks the fragmented fury of its predecessor You might call it City of God Lite 
2
City of Men
Stephen Whitty
Yet even with its reined in aims City of Men still gives you what few American urban crime movies do a sense of life as it s really lived in the slums where there are few options and almost all of them are bad 
3
City of Men
Ruthe Stein
A compelling and visually arresting drama from Brazil 
3
City of Men
Jeff Shannon
There are moments in City of Men that feel so vividly accurate that you may find yourself ducking from the gunfire 
3
City of Men
Chris Hewitt
City of Men builds suspense as it flashes back and forth in time revealing to us and to the young men details about their pasts that force them to confront battles that aren t even theirs 
3
City of Men
Ken Fox
Paulo Morelli s feature lacks the visceral punch and epic sweep of Meirelles s searing look at life in the gang ridden favelas of Rio But it s lighter funnier and violent and it s not entirely without hope 
3
City of Men
Claudia Puig
While Men is not as energetic or bracing as God it is a disturbing exploration of violent drug culture in Rio s shantytowns It s also a poignant look at the legacies of fathers who abdicate their responsibilities 
3
City of Men
Philip Marchand
This is an engrossing film partly because the director pulls the camera back from time to time to mitigate the occasional effect of claustrophobia and to remind the audiencehow stunning the landscape is 
2.5
City of Men
Phil Villarreal
Brazil s Boyz n the Hood 
3.5
City of Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still City of Men is a very good film on multiple levels not the least of which is that the relationship between Ace and Wallace is continually intriguing emotional and dynamic 
3
City of Men
Steven Rea
Shot in a gritty kinetic style that captures the colorful squalor of a neighborhood dubbed Dead End Hill City of Men is in many ways a more satisfying piece of storytelling than City of God 
3.5
City of Men
Gene Seymour
Despite its contrivances and flashiness City of Men somehow wins you over with its steady underlying flow of intimacy and compassion 
2.5
City of Men
Michael Phillips
The new picture directed by Paulo Morelli does not try to compete with the dizzying visual gyrations and propulsive nearly maniacal energy of the previous one which was directed by Fernando Meirelles 
3
City of Men
Jeanne Aufmuth
Paulo Morelli mines old territory in yet another ode to Rio s vivid favelas 
2
City of Men
Ed Gonzalez
By now it s safe to say that the House of Meirelles is as chic as Chanel s 
1.5
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Dwight Brown
This documentary that chronicles Maurice s achievements ups and downs is pretty enlightening and certainly entertaining 
3
The Square
Brian Eggert
Sharpened by a series of corrosive comic moments and provocations The Square lashes out with a refined blow against both indifference and empty gestures of faux humanitarianism 
4
The Square
Jeff Mitchell
Ostlund s film carries bizarre and hilarious edges 
3.5
The Square
Mattie Lucas
A film that is merely good when it should have been great insisting on holding our hands and asking do you get it rather than allowing its brilliantly bitter wit to speak for itself 
3
The Square
Rania Richardson
Swedish writer director Ruben Ostlund creates an ingenious high wire act putting bourgeois beliefs and interpersonal trust to the test in THE SQUARE 
4
The Square
David Nusair
A seriously oddball piece of work 
2
The Square
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The total is very much the sum of its terrific parts although the film could in all honesty be a little shorter 
3.5
The Square
Sean P. Means
Ruben Östlund s dark comedy drama The Square starts as a satire on the modern art world a big fish in a small barrel but grows into a stinging examination of how well or how poorly we treat our fellow human beings 
3.5
The Square
Bob Bloom
The Square makes you uncomfortable it is off putting which may be director Ruben Ostlund s intention 
2.5
The Square
Rob Thomas
Again and again Ostlund returns to the theme of human behavior and the uneasy comedy that can result when so called civilized people are pushed out of their comfort zones The iconic image in an Ostlund film is a nervous frozen little smile 
3.5
The Square
Mark Dujsik
Clearly Östlund is reaching for more than a straightforward character morality study with The Square but in the process of looking for more the movie loses its way 
2.5
The Square
Mick LaSalle
It s funny throughout not to say that it inspires many laughs but it s full of irony and absurdity and is very smart 
3
The Square
Robert Horton
For me the excitement waned as the film got into the last stages of its 142 minute run time but until then it fulfills the requirements of an arthouse roller coaster ride 
3
The Square
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It gazes disturbingly absurdly head on as humans unused to conflict find themselves challenged 
3.5
The Square
Peter Howell
It s laugh out loud funny and occasionally just plain silly But it asks a serious question that seems more urgent with every passing day How much inhumanity does it take before we access your humanity 
3.5
The Square
Ann Hornaday
For all its stylishness and sophistication The Square never adds up to more than its very attractive parts 
2
The Square
Peter Travers
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund s art world satire is frustratingly hit and miss But when it hits this slapstick tragedy will knock the wind out of you 
3
The Square
James Berardinelli
The good parts of The Square and there are quite a few of them can t overcome the weaknesses making this a decidedly mixed bag 
2.5
The Square
Robert Levin
the movie effectively eviscerates the recognizably high minded aloofness that defines them 
3.5
The Square
Jake Coyle
The Square where the enlightened and well heeled are always gliding past beggars remains a potent satire 
3
The Square
Clayton Davis
Östlund s script becomes painfully drawn out aching to build to a fulfillment that never really comes This all partnered with a long runtime that feels both obnoxious and unnecessary 
2.5
The Square
Roger Moore
Faintly amusing obscure overlong and often as pretentious as the art world is mocks 
2.5
The Square
Carson Lund
In scene after exquisitely staged scene it threatens to put too fine a point on otherwise thrillingly indeterminate situational comedy 
2
The Square
Barry Hertz
The Square turns from a sharp art world satire into something egregiously bonkers a mish mash of blunt comic beats and heavy handed social commentary 
2
Town & Country
David Keyes
Here is such a colossally bad film that there is little wonder in how it failed so catastrophically in the public eye 
0.5
Town & Country
Jeffrey Westhoff
Some scenes are all wind up and no pitch but Town Country and its perfect cast often meander into hilarious insights on the frailty of love 
3
Town & Country
David Nusair
guess what It really does suck 
1.5
Town & Country
Sara Michelle Fetters
Despite what you may have heard the long delayed and reported 90 million Town Country is not the train wreck it has been made out to be 
2
Town & Country
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ejemplo claro de lo que no se debe hacer a la hora de escribir un guin 
2
Town & Country
Ross Anthony
struggles for commitment
2
Town & Country
Michael Dequina
After all the expense and time New Line spent on the film it s likely to be forgotten by moviegoers within a month 
1.5
Town & Country
Elias Savada
This romantic dud is the kind of fowl weather friend everyone will want to pluck As an affair or two or more to remember Town Country is better off Lost Forgotten 
0.5
Town & Country
Michael Medved
People we re supposed to care about come across like Marxist cartoons of the idle rich 
2
Town & Country
Wesley Morris
The movie s not bad enough to be world ending merely clumsy enough to make the offending studio exec clean out his desk 
2
Town & Country
Mary Kalin-Casey
A film with major stars ample humor meaningful themes and significant adult appeal 
3
Town & Country
Susan Stark
Urbane observant and read with expertise by its once in a lifetime cast 
3
Town & Country
Marty Mapes
It s a shame that so little works 
1.5
Town & Country
Harvey S. Karten
Aimless and vulgar sex comedies can be made with 60 year olds too 
2
Town & Country
Michael Wilmington
Looks like a movie that s been hacked up and messed over too long 
2
Town & Country
Steve Rhodes
A dreadful comedy that s as flat as a can of soda left open all night 
1.5
Dune
Brian Eggert
Dune is ripe for cult adoration 
2.5
Dune
David Nusair
a predominantly inert adaptation 
1.5
Dune
Matt Brunson
As with many things lousy this acquired a cult following over the years but it s hardly worthy 
1.5
Dune
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Of course this movie is very flawed But Kenneth McMillan laughing preying on his victims and floating in the air I saw this movie at the premiere and I have never forgotten those images 
1
Dune
Kevin Carr
The first 15 minutes of this movie is exactly what you d get if you gave 40 million to the guy who did Eraserhead to make an epic sci fi movie but I absolutely love it 
4
Dune
Josh Larsen
a reminder that when auteurism goes up against genre genre often wins 
1.5
Dune
Bill Chambers
If you think David Lynch is the Kwisatz Haderach baby have I got a movie for you 
3.5
Dune
Roger Ebert
This movie is a real mess an incomprehensible ugly unstructured pointless excursion into the murkier realms of one of the most confusing screenplays of all time 
1
Dune
James Kendrick
an exasperating experience because it rarely if ever feels cohesive and intelligible
2
The 2nd
Roger Moore
Pig headed ham fisted Die Hard on a closed college campus 
1
Google Me
David Nusair
a fun yet entirely inconsequential documentary 
2.5
Karen
Erik Childress
While the film blindly jumps headstrong into so bad it s good territory it nevertheless features a committed performance by Taryn Manning that holds our attention through laughable attempts at racial awareness 
1.5
Karen
Nick Allen
Karen can only pat itself on the back for making a movie about the tyranny of a Karen but it doesn t bring any critical thinking to its own conversation 
0
Karen
Richard Roeper
Karen is a fictional tale about one of the worst people on the planet and it s also one of the worst movies of 2021 
1
Karen
Mark Dujsik
Everything about Karen is so broadly imagined and portrayed as a thriller and as a social commentary that it almost becomes a parody of its own intentions 
1
Karen
Mike McGranaghan
A trash masterpiece 
3
Great Expectations
Josh Larsen
Handsome and ghostly 
3
Great Expectations
Roger Ebert
It has been called the greatest of all the Dickens films and it does what few movies based on great books can do Creates pictures on the screen that do not clash with the images already existing in our minds 
4
Winter Passing
Lawrence Toppman
Performances keep the film afloat and focused whenever it threatens to drift 
2.5
Winter Passing
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately this too dour film can t decide whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama As a result it doesn t really work as either 
2
Winter Passing
Sean P. Means
The comic moments fall flat while the serious stuff often is unintentionally funny 
1.5
Winter Passing
Steve Rhodes
A film that feels like it will take forever to pass 
1.5
Winter Passing
Karl Rozemeyer
Winter Passing s quirky elements and light comedic touches fail to save it from its dark and lumbering premise 
2.5
Winter Passing
Allison Benedikt
Midway through Rapp loses momentum failing to hone in on just what kind of movie he wants to make and Winter Passing languishes in that no man s land between tiny meandering indie drama and plotted pointed family melodrama 
2.5
Winter Passing
Walter V. Addiego
This flawed drama about a self destructive young actress and her reclusive novelist father has its rewards mainly in some good performances 
3
Winter Passing
Matt Pais
Zooey Deschanel carries the heavy and sometimes uneven Winter Passing which possesses not only a love of language but a moving adoration for the language of love 
3
Winter Passing
Ty Burr
There are intriguing actors and ideas here but only occasionally do they combine with convincing force 
2.5
Winter Passing
Josh Larsen
a finding yourself drama that gets lost in unnecessary character quirks 
2
Winter Passing
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie routinely dismissed as too slow and quiet by those who don t know it is more exciting to listen than to hear 
3.5
Winter Passing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The overall impression is one of so what 
2.5
Winter Passing
Ken Fox
Rapp s theatrical past is evident throughout His strongest scenes tend to be those purely character driven moments when his sharp dialogue takes precedence over any cinematic action 
3
Winter Passing
Timothy Knight
And therein lies the chief problem with Winter Passing there s very little nuance to any of the characters in Rapp s meandering narrative which the first time director wraps up on an emotionally pat note that doesn t feel earned 
2
Winter Passing
Stephen Whitty
The best part of Winter Passing is the way its random characters connect like snowflakes bouncing off each other like words suddenly taking shape on a page 
2.5
Winter Passing
Linda Stasi
Rapp plays out the relationships between these superficially drawn characters in an entirely pat manner yet Deschanel manages to make Winter Passing almost matter That s real talent 
2
Winter Passing
Jami Bernard
Underneath the contemplative tone and poetic visuals lies a disappointingly familiar coming of age story 
2
Winter Passing
Annlee Ellingson
Unfortunately as a character Don Roth like in stature Salinger esque in seclusion and the angst of a blossoming performer among literary giants is too familiar to feel fresh 
2.5
Winter Passing
James Berardinelli
Winter Passing is a classic example of a pedestrian motion picture being lifted out of mediocrity by an arresting lead performance Zooey Deschanel doesn t just elevate Winter Passing she carries it 
3
Winter Passing
Nick Schager
The film delivers nothing more than a familiar Sundance style brand of stagy small scale drama 
2
Winter Passing
David Nusair
an oddly compelling beautifully acted drama 
3
Annie
Bill Cosford
Annie is big Annie is loud Annie is wholesome fun for the whole family And Annie is actually a bit of a bore 
2
Annie
Judy Stone
On stage Annie had ebullience every step of the way It s more like flatulence in this overblown mechanical big bucks production with out any grace or charm in its musical numbers 
2
Annie
Kathleen Carroll
What makes Annie so winning is that while it could have easily been just another cutesy poo Hollywood musical it happens to be as gritty genial and boisterous as little Annie herself 
4
Annie
Roger Ebert
It s like some kind of dumb toy that doesn t do anything or go anywhere but it is fun to watch as it spins mindlessly around and around 
3
Annie
Steve Rhodes
Whenever the kids are singing you ll want to put their numbers on infinite loop 
2.5
Don't Say a Word
Ian Mantgani
Dull and drab with a lack of imagination
1.5
Don't Say a Word
Andrew Howe
Features inexplicable actions dubious coincidences and characters you d happily murder yourself given half a chance 
2
Don't Say a Word
Michael Dequina
If only this workmanlike thriller were as much fun as mimicking Brittany Murphy s singsong delivery of the film s tagline 
2
Don't Say a Word
James Berardinelli
In the place of consistent psychological tension we are saddled with shoot outs chases and fight scenes 
2
Don't Say a Word
Mike McGranaghan
Just another generic suspense film destined to top the box office charts for one week before dropping into obscurity 
2.5
Don't Say a Word
Dustin Putman
A melodramatic potboiler that stretches the boundaries of believability far more than any one movie can withhold 
2
Don't Say a Word
Steve Rhodes
It keeps you on your toes and ready to be frightened even if things rarely do go Boo It is anticipation that causes chills not actions 
3
Don't Say a Word
Walter Chaw
A lazy knock off film that plays a lot of familiar notes but doesn t once strike a chord nor find a melody of its own 
1
Don't Say a Word
Bob Graham
Maybe the less said about Don t Say a Word the better 
1
Don't Say a Word
Rick Groen
This is one of those many movies where there s nothing terribly wrong and yet it still never feels even remotely right 
2
Don't Say a Word
Roger Ebert
The movie as a whole looks and occasionally plays better than it is 
2.5
Don't Say a Word
Tor Thorsen
Offers the slick looking non demanding suspense that A Hollywood Thriller copy promises 
2
Don't Say a Word
Carrie Rickey
Enjoyable escapism 
2.5
Don't Say a Word
Dan Lybarger
Don t Say a Word pleads on bended knee for its audience to abandon common sense 
2
Don't Say a Word
Rob Blackwelder
Fleder attempts to puff this picture up with quasi intellectual hot air But the truth is Don t Say a Word is the kind of movie Hollywood makes on auto pilot 
2
Don't Say a Word
Ross Anthony
Builds with conviction well on its way to an A rating before dropping the marbles 
2
Don't Say a Word
Jeanne Aufmuth
It s the Douglas formula and it works 
3
Don't Say a Word
Ed Gonzalez
From Hollywood s school of pop psychology comes Don t Say a Word a Freud for Dummy s journey into mind cracking 
1.5
Don't Say a Word
Harvey S. Karten
Slick predictable routine race against the clock stuff 
2
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Michael Dequina
Walken injects the lumbering final installment of this trilogy with whatever energy he can 
0
Monarch: Henry VIII
Steve Rhodes
It s not a good sign when the best parts of a drama are the sound effects 
2
The Dark Knight
Brian Eggert
An incomparable crime thriller and superhero film and an instant classic in both genres
4
The Dark Knight
Mattie Lucas
The definitive movie of its genre and the best Batman film to date
3.5
The Dark Knight
Rick Bentley
The Dark Knight is a triumph from beginning to end 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Dann Gire
Nolan s Dark Knight constantly keeps us off balance and fills us with breathless anticipation for the next stunning turn of events Ask yourself this How long has it been since you ve seen a movie like that 
4
The Dark Knight
Michael Dequina
Thank Warner Bros for letting Nolan make such a smart thrilling emotionally involving just terrifically well rounded and fully realized entertainment that challenges and elevates notions of what a so called summer blockbuster can do 
4
The Dark Knight
Mark Dujsik
The Dark Knight is the best kind of sequel one that uses its predecessor as a gateway to explore new facets of its characters and its world 
4
The Dark Knight
Brett Michel
Completely lacking in vanity Ledger creates his finest performance 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Scott Nash
In this one Gotham is finally a real city 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Mike Scott
It not only surpasses Batman Begins previously considered the high water mark of movies about the Caped Crusader but one that magnificently transcends the superhero genre 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Sonny Bunch
The Dark Knight is a masterpiece of the first order and the first great post Sept 11 film 
4
The Dark Knight
David Keyes
This is without a doubt the best and most important picture of the year 
4
The Dark Knight
Jolene Mendez
This film is sure to surpass your wildest expectations The summer film that is sure to be unforgettable and leave you craving for more 
4
The Dark Knight
Ross Anthony
Powerful acting powerful action huge IMAX sequences give this Batman a great big commanding feel However story is held hostage to action especially in the second half 
2
The Dark Knight
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over its immediate predecessor 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Sean McBride
thanks to an atypically meaty screenplay this might very well be the best superhero movie of all time and is the only film in this genre that is so well crafted that it deserves some serious respect when Oscar season rolls around next year 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Lori Hoffman
The Dark Knight is both a brilliantly nihilistic incredibly dark and richly layered filmgoing experience and a painful reminder of what the film world lost with the senseless death of Heath Ledger 
4
The Dark Knight
Charles Koplinski
The Dark Knight is a film steeped in tragedy sacrifice and heroism and the eternal struggle at its core gives it a resonance that makes it one for the ages 
4.0
The Dark Knight
Wesley Lovell
The darkest and most clever of all of the superhero movies ever made 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Austin Kennedy
Besides a couple of flaws and Batman s distractingly garbled voice this is one entertaining superhero crime saga 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Eric Melin
It plays with the same themes as a lot of other superhero movies but is about something bigger 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Kam Williams
You heard it here first the late Heath Ledger will win an Academy Award for his defining spine tingling performance as The Joker 
4
The Dark Knight
Daniel M. Kimmel
in the world of movies based on comic book heroes there are the new Batman films and then there s everything else 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Mike McGranaghan
Not just a comic book movie but a virtual dissertation on the nature of good and evil as well as the thin line that sometimes separates them 
4
The Dark Knight
Linda Cook
No wonder people were lined up long before midnight for the first showing 
4
The Dark Knight
Jordan Hiller
Though The Dark Knight is a film one can respect it is very difficult to enjoy 
2.5
The Dark Knight
Sean P. Means
The movie is relentlessly paced as Nolan constantly pushes the film with nail biting action sequences and resonant dialogue exchanges 
4
The Dark Knight
Matt Brunson
The Dark Knight might be the first superhero movie that exudes a palpable sense of dread and menace that tugs at our nerves in a way that both disturbs and delights us 
4
The Dark Knight
John Wirt
During the summer of 2008 at least the price of a single movie ticket isn t likely to buy more on screen entertainment value and cinematic ambition than The Dark Knight 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Christian Toto
Believe every ounce of the hype surrounding The Dark Knight 
4
The Dark Knight
Wilson Morales
Nolan hasn t just created another comic book film but a well crafted solid engrossing thriller
3.5
The Dark Knight
John Beifuss
A drama about hard moral choices The Dark Knight is The Godfather of superhero movies or at least The Departed 
4
The Dark Knight
Carla Meyer
Quite good Nolan s visually sophisticated and well acted sequel engages and even wows for about two hours of its 2 1 2 hour run time 
3
The Dark Knight
Glenn Whipp
Ambitious and relentlessly dark and altogether better than its predecessor 
3
The Dark Knight
Lisa Kennedy
Watching The Dark Knight is like gazing into a mirror on a waning moon night chilling and mesmerizing 
4
The Dark Knight
Barbara Vancheri
If a movie is only as good as its villain then Dark Knight is a winner hands down 
4
The Dark Knight
Chris Knight
The stunts are exciting but here s an action movie where the bits in between feel like more than setup for the next set piece We ve seen Bat movies that wink sink or stink this one thinks 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Des Partridge
The Dark Knight illuminates courtesy of Ledger s brilliant interpretation of the madman 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Bob Bloom
Ledger is magnificently malevolent He creates a character who revels in mayhem a criminal with no agenda other than to spread terror 
4
The Dark Knight
Steve Rhodes
Mixed with the flashes of absolute brilliance are long dead sections The film left me more often bored than entertained It s a certain candidate for my list of this year s most overrated movies 
2.5
The Dark Knight
Jeff Vice
The whole thing would be worthwhile if for nothing else than the late Ledger s brilliant and creepy performance as the unhinged deranged villain Hopefully his achievement will be remembered when film award season comes around 
4
The Dark Knight
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ambitious flawed and erratically visionary Batman is back 
3
The Dark Knight
Lawrence Toppman
The Dark Knight succeeds as an action film character study and metaphor for our own terrorism obsessed time Even the hoary device of suggesting a bond between the outcast hero and the outrageous criminal misused in so many films makes sense 
4
The Dark Knight
Willie Waffle
The Godfather of summer movies Yes I mean it 
4
The Dark Knight
Todd Hertz
Under the fun summer blockbuster sheen lives an unnerving serious complex and ambitious crime epic about three good men with the courage to stand against evil 
4
The Dark Knight
Greg Maki
The Dark Knight is a masterpiece easily the strongest effort in the history of its genre and one of the best movies of the decade 
4
The Dark Knight
Nick Rogers
Do not go gently into The Dark Knight It s an electrifying thought provoking meditation on the modern wages of fear And you haven t danced with the devil by the pale moonlight until Heath Ledger has taken your psyche for a twirl 
4
The Dark Knight
Walter Chaw
Whatever the causes the effects of The Dark Knight are subtle and powerful It s rejuvenating it renews the faith 
4
The Dark Knight
Larry Ratliff
The Dark Knight should not be remembered as the movie that took Heath Ledger out Thanks primarily to him it should be remembered as the movie that propelled fantasy action thrillers to a higher level 
4
The Dark Knight
Sara Michelle Fetters
Nolan has turned this comic book creation into almost Wagnerian opera the characters going through more twists turns and crescendos then any I could have ever imagined 
4
The Dark Knight
Gina Carbone
I m tired of the early Oscar talk too but when you re talking the best performance in years if not decades it s worth talking about The whole movie is worth the buzz Christopher Slowly Revealing Myself To Be God Nolan has done it again 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Peter Howell
This film is not only one of the year s best it may well end up as the finest of 2008 At the very least it deserves consideration for Best Picture and Best Director along with the expected Oscar kudos for Ledger 
4
The Dark Knight
Moira MacDonald
See this one on the biggest screen you can IMAX ideally and experience both the magic of top notch technical filmmaking and the bittersweet pleasure of watching a young actor gone too soon giving a performance that won t be forgotten 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Duane Dudek
The Dark Knight is better than you have heard and as good as you had hoped 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Ty Burr
You come away impressed oppressed provoked and beaten down holding on to Ledger s squirrelly incandescence as a beacon in the darkness 
3
The Dark Knight
Nick Schager
The Dark Knight resounds with a throbbing topical undercurrent its superficially good versus evil setup slowly revealed to be a complex examination of the ways in which democracies can and must combat zealotry 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Josh Larsen
Ledger s Joker sports greasy green tinged hair and a permanent slouch It s as if he had bad posture as a kid and things only got worse from there 
4
The Dark Knight
Michael A. Smith
I have no idea if Ledger will win the Oscar next year James Dean didn t However both men left us albeit too soon with performances that will endure forever 
4
The Dark Knight
Erik Childress
The most brilliantly complex perfectly paced nerve jangling moral wrangling film ever based on a graphically detailed literary work and dare I say one of the most important American films to be made in years 
4
The Dark Knight
Liam Lacey
Mixing bravura filmmaking with flat clichés in about equal amounts The Dark Knight is all about dualism Appropriately the movie s half inspired half frustrating 
3
The Dark Knight
Carrie Rickey
Shakespearean but overlong The Dark Knight is two hours of heady involving action that devolves into a mind numbing 32 minute epilogue 
3
The Dark Knight
Maitland McDonagh
Ledger s mesmerizingly damaged agent provocateur is the film s dark heart a presence so malevolently unpredictable that it remains palpable even when he s not on screen 
4
The Dark Knight
Dustin Putman
Nihilistic imaginative and emotionally gratifying The Dark Knight is in many ways a groundbreaking triumph and perhaps the best superhero film to date 
4
The Dark Knight
Claudia Puig
As much as this is Ledger s movie that should not diminish the notable accomplishments of other key cast members 
4
The Dark Knight
Mick LaSalle
Christopher Nolan wanted to make an action movie that was different from other action movies darker more twisted more despairing more bleak and he has mostly succeeded in this latest Batman installment He can thank Ledger for a lot of that 
3
The Dark Knight
Amy Biancolli
This is not merely a Batman movie It is not merely a comic book movie It is not merely gripping summer entertainment It is with Wall E one of the two best mainstream films to be released all year and far and away the most hypnotic chiller 
4
The Dark Knight
Rafer Guzman
It s a comic book movie but it s also a dark and highly complex drama 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Robert W. Butler
The Dark Knight is a good not great superhero movie that crams as many ideas into its 2 1 2 hours as it can and still be considered a summer action picture 
3
The Dark Knight
Chris Hewitt
Among this summer s action films Dark Knight is easily the best in show 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Lee Grant
The Dark Knight is ahead of the curve dense and demanding an art film on a grand scale It won t make you smile but it will make you ponder this mesmerizing experience 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Michael Phillips
Nolan paints an inky portrait of a city falling apart and in a movie rife with two faced masquerading freaks the Joker is merely the least conflicted of the bunch Ledger s work is improbably droll impossibly creepy meticulously detailed 
4
The Dark Knight
Peter Canavese
Ledger slips into the purple suit as if it were an animal skin for a primal archetypal dance Nolan s richly realized adaptation of a modern American mythology fulfills our faith in the material and its interpreters 
4
The Dark Knight
Roger Ebert
Iron Man and even more so The Dark Knight move the genre into deeper waters They realize as some comic book readers instinctively do that these stories touch on deep fears traumas fantasies and hopes 
4
The Dark Knight
Phil Villarreal
Analyzing the successes of such a blistering genre defining masterwork I m already slipping is tantamount to judging the contours of Michelangelo s David or evaluating the shading and form of Da Vinci s The Last Supper 
4
The Dark Knight
Rossiter Drake
From the start it drags us down to the fiery pits of Gotham s anarchic hell and never lets us up for air it is a bruising unrelenting slice of sensory overload a captivating spectacle as likely to dazzle the eyes as fray the nerves 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Joe Lozito
Freed from the confines of an origin story director Christopher Nolan lets loose with an intense challenging flawed and yes dark vision of Gotham under siege featuring an unforgettable final performance by Heath Ledger as the clown prince of crime 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Stephen Whitty
It s a hugely entertaining bit of eye candy 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Kyle Smith
Batman takes a fierce stance in favor of untruth surveillance and but the American way Bruce Wayne says Batman has no limits and there are two sides to that coin 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Rene Rodriguez
It s proof that popcorn entertainments don t have to talk down to their audiences in order to satisfy them The bar for comic book film adaptations has been permanently raised 
3.5
The Dark Knight
James Berardinelli
Nolan has provided movie goers with the best superhero movie to date outclassing previous titles both mediocre and excellent and giving this franchise its Empire Strikes Back 
4
The Dark Knight
Marshall Fine
This movie is too in love with itself to make you love it 
2.5
The Dark Knight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I loved The Dark Knight It s unbelievably dark and uncompromised it s the film noir we deserve for our terrifying 21st century 
3.5
The Dark Knight
Peter Travers
The haunting and visionary Dark Knight soars on the wings of untamed imagination 
3.5
Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
James Kendrick
a drama about coming to terms with and accepting difference in the ones you love and the manner in which it ends makes it one of the most hopeful of Ozu s late dramas
3.5
Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Comes at a wonderful middle period in Ozu s career between Late Spring and Tokyo Story as more questions were being asked and themes became more appealingly layered 
4
And Then Came Love
Maitland McDonagh
The film falters on many fronts including truly wooden performances and a thoroughly uninteresting heroine 
1.5
And Then Came Love
Kam Williams
Entertaining enough as a mildly amusing diversion even if it might deliver a dubious message to impressionable teenage girls torn between dating a nerdy nice guy and a loser without much of a future 
2
And Then Came Love
Ed Gonzalez
Turning its back to the feminist movement And Then Came Love believes to the bottom of its execrable core that single mothers should go the way of the dodo bird 
1.5
RoboCop 2
Matt Brunson
Unremittingly trashy and ugly 46 
1.5
RoboCop 2
Gene Siskel
Gone is the heart of the first film with its mini tragedy of a man trapped in a machine 
1
RoboCop 2
David Nusair
You almost have to admire Robocop 2 for undermining everything its predecessor stood for with an incredible sense of single mindedness 
1.5
RoboCop 2
Roger Ebert
The movie s screenplay is a confusion of half baked and unfinished ideas 
2
RoboCop 2
Chris Hicks
Despite a few laughs and some exciting moments RoboCop 2 is a mess 
1.5
Swim Team
Stephen Whitty
This isn t just a film about special needs It s about special kids and the very special adults who advocate for them 
3
Swim Team
Christy Lemire
Swim Team is a sports movie full of familiar highs and lows great expectations and come from behind victories 
3
Geostorm
Brian Eggert
Geostorm offers a few unexpected if ironic delights If you ve ever wanted to see Ed Harris lift an RPG launcher from the trunk of a car this is your chance 
1.5
Geostorm
Bill Chambers
That it was finally unleashed without fanfare in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria isn t Devlin s fault though with Puerto Rico begging for electricity his fetish for global chaos and destruction has never seemed a more shameful kink 
0.5
Geostorm
Matt Brunson
Give Devlin credit for trying to mate a government paranoia thriller with a disaster flick but take away points for making a movie as alternately dull and daft as this one 
1.5
Geostorm
Mattie Lucas
A gleefully over the top piece of pop trash that has but one thing on its mind and delivers it with such conviction that manages to succeed on its own terms 
2.5
Geostorm
Federico Furzan
Bad filmmaking that doesn t even work when lowering the standards The premise is just ridiculous Full review in Spanish 
1
Geostorm
David Keyes
A movie so bankrupt of ideas that it has the gall to masquerade as something more meaningful 
0.5
Geostorm
Mike McGranaghan
Disaster movies are often silly fun Geostorm is way too heavy on the silly which makes it not as much fun as it could or should have been 
1.5
Geostorm
David Nusair
Geostorm is ultimately bogged down by a meandering midsection that s devoted almost entirely to Jake s dull exploits aboard the aforementioned space station 
2
Geostorm
Roger Moore
An effects extravaganza with few surprises a movie star Gerard Butler in eclipse 
1.5
Geostorm
Sara Michelle Fetters
I d be lying if I didn t admit to giggling madly through the majority of this bit of B grade hokum 
2
Geostorm
John Serba
Geostorm is exactly what we expect it to be an aggressively mediocre display of expensive digital effects 
1.5
Geostorm
Peter Sobczynski
Really could have used a Sharknado or two to liven things up 
1.5
Geostorm
Mark Dujsik
You can see how this intentionally could have been fun Instead Geostorm is the sort of movie that s only worth making fun of 
1
Geostorm
Rick Bentley
Geostorm finds ways to draw attention away from an interesting use of weather as a weapon by using a cold front of political jabber 
2.5
7 Boxes
Tirdad Derakhshani
This is good escapist stuff 
3
7 Boxes
Anita Katz
The closure like much of this film superbly blends the cynical and the sunny 
3.5
7 Boxes
Walter V. Addiego
There s no subtlety here coincidences are wildly abundant but with this kind of vitality who cares Sit back and be carried away by the extended tracking shots and bam bam editing 
3
7 Boxes
Chris Knight
The Paraguayan action movie 7 Boxes has something for everybody Corrupt and inept police halfwit criminals the most polite and helpful carjackers in this hemisphere and the best wheelbarrow chase scenes in recent memory 
3
7 Boxes
Rene Rodriguez
A fun relentless thriller set in the mean streets of Paraguay 
3
7 Boxes
Sheila O'Malley
7 Boxes is both a tense and frightening crime film as well as a sometimes dreamy evocation of life in the sprawling underclass its hallucinatory aspects its chaos and violence its fantasies 
3.5
7 Boxes
Michael Phillips
Shot in an expedient cellphone aesthetic visual style sometimes with the camera planted at the front end of Victor s pushcart in dizzying motion the movie manages quick and dirty introductions to all the major players in an increasingly bloody game 
3.5
7 Boxes
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film is ripe with powerful subtext specifically how greed celebrity and technology help to form a misguided sense of opportunity that keeps the working class downtrodden 
3
King Car
Simon Abrams
King Car is most enjoyable when its creators are developing their movie s world and not its story 
3
King Car
William Repass
Renata Pinheiro s film boasts the pleasures of shlock while sacrificing none of its philosophical rigor 
3
Reach Me
Richard Roeper
At times Reach Me is undeniably intriguing mostly because it s just so weird and disconnected Eventually though it just becomes tiresome 
2
Reach Me
Glenn Kenny
Once you ve sunk into the entirely warped groove of Reach Me you re almost eager to experience the next offense against aesthetics and or common sense it is poised to commit 
1
Reach Me
Sara Stewart
Plays like an amateur acting exercise in which each participant picks a name and a couple of defining props 
1
Reach Me
Rex Reed
In the 2014 annals of throwaway flops save a special place for 95 wasted minutes of drivel called Reach Me 
1
Reach Me
Roger Moore
Somehow this thin script attracted that star sprinkled cast 
1.5
Reach Me
Oleg Ivanov
It s as if the filmmakers wanted to create a multifaceted social drama then decided halfway through that it would be more entertaining to make an action exploitation film full of outdated racial and gender stereotypes 
2
Tarzan Escapes
Bill Chambers
Where the Tarzan series starts going south
2
Jane by Charlotte
Nick Allen
Jane by Charlotte is meaningful in concept but fleeting in its expression 
2
Jane by Charlotte
Clayton Dillard
The film neglects to find a conceptual framework for its prolonged consideration of Charlotte Gainsbourg s eventual revelation I have always loved you but it s much clearer to me now 
2
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Michael Dequina
Mister and Pete are as the title goes inevitably served up defeat at practically every turn but ultimately it is outweighed by the strength and resilience the pair come to consistently display in the oppressive face of it 
3.5
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
John Beifuss
Even more welcome than its unusual story content is its humanistic impulse It comes from a place of respect for its characters and belief in their dignity by extension it offers these same courtesies to its audience 
3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Kam Williams
A picture which proves it s hard in the hood not only for pimps but for kids too 
3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Robert Levin
This isn t a grim wallow in the depths of poverty There s hope here and it s earned not forced 
3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Sara Stewart
A gritty sometimes downright heartwrenching story of two young boys left to fend for themselves for weeks during a boiling hot summer in a Brooklyn housing project 
3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Peter Sobczynski
Proves to be as awkward as its title thanks to its uneven screenplay and tone and questionable casting in supporting parts 
2
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Michael O'Sullivan
They may be tiny little kids but they deliver outsize performances 
3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Duane Dudek
The real heroes of Mister and Pete are the terrific performances of the two young actors Brooks and Dizon who humanize the proposition that dreams delayed need not become dreams defeated 
3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Roger Moore
Gritty somewhat compelling but hampered by inconsistent performances and a confused tone 
2.5
Frankenfish
David Nusair
rife with over the top kill sequences and satisfyingly broad stock characters including a crazy survivalist and a panicky jerk 
2.5
You Can Count on Me
Nick Rogers
A score of Bach s unaccompanied cello suites befits siblings accustomed to solitude passages of mourning and joy given life by characters with proper proportions of antagonism and affection Unresolved yet complete it s about replacing fear with truth 
4
You Can Count on Me
Michael Dequina
Linney and Ruffalo s rapport is warm but raw and unsentimental capturing the unconditional tough love dynamic that can only exist between siblings 
3.5
You Can Count on Me
James Sanford
Unconditional love is a beautiful theory Lonergan suggests but putting it into practice can be exasperating 
4
You Can Count on Me
Collin Souter
feels as natural as a conversation between two people who have known each other their whole lives One of the year s best 
4
You Can Count on Me
Jeremy Heilman
It compares poorly to stuff like Five Easy Pieces 
3
You Can Count on Me
Marty Mapes
It is a simple low budget film that succeeds because of a great script and good performances 
3.5
You Can Count on Me
Ed Gonzalez
Some of its best moments are so painfully familiar that their overall theatricality is easily forgiven 
3
You Can Count on Me
James Kendrick
works well at conveying complex familial relations
3.5
You Can Count on Me
Susan Stark
The key to Lonergan s success He has faith in the intelligence of his audience It s that simple and encouraging 
3
You Can Count on Me
Carla Meyer
It s simply a quiet and heartbreaking look at the dynamics of one family That s the beauty of it 
4
You Can Count on Me
Roger Ebert
The characters in You Can Count on Me have been freed from the formulas of fiction and set loose to live lives where they screw up learn from their mistakes and bumble hopefully into the future 
4
You Can Count on Me
James Berardinelli
A pleasant motion picture offering a solid evening s worth of entertainment 
3
You Can Count on Me
Tor Thorsen
A simple beautiful story 
3.5
You Can Count on Me
Rob Blackwelder
Kenneth Lonegran brings such authentic humanity to this relationship it would be hard to not feel a involved and invested in these people s lives 
3
You Can Count on Me
Greg Dean Schmitz
The small scale of the film is challenging on a big screen but the performances transcend that scope and make it a small story worth seeing 
3
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Matt Brunson
Bunuel fearlessly tears into class hypocrisy 
3.5
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Josh Larsen
There is one clear target for Buuel that crosses all ideological lines hypocrisy
3
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Budd Wilkins
Dreams nest within other dreams like so many Chinese puzzle boxes while no dream belongs exclusively to a single dreamer as though Buuel were toying with the Jungian notion of the collective unconscious 
4
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Ed Gonzalez
Buuel repeatedly takes on the gross presumptuousness of his characters their unwillingness to admit defeat and to take things only at face value 
4
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
James Kendrick
Buñuel s gift is his ability to take the most absurd subject matter and film it with a completely straight face It is farce draped in realism and the results are as hilarious as they are willfully confounding 
3.5
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Joe Baltake
Although it doesn t hold up as much as you d like it to I liked its sense of scattered independence 
3
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
But though Buuel himself is gone his films remain to skewer the bourgeoisie whenever we feel the urge to see them humiliated 
4
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Robert W. Butler
It remains a classic of surrealism packed with disturbing images and sly some would say perverse humor 
3
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Roger Ebert
Most of the films of Luis Bunuel are comedies in one way or another but he doesn t go for gags and punch lines his comedy is more like a dig in the ribs sly and painful 
4
Active Measures
Matt Fagerholm
A documentary that chillingly illustrates the decline not only of democracy but of moral leadership in America 
3
Active Measures
Bruce DeMara
Riveting and authoritative 
4
Lorna's Silence
James Kendrick
a moving portrait of emotional and social awakening
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Josh Larsen
Once again brothers Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne explore the moral predicaments that arise from economic desperation 
3
Lorna's Silence
Rob Thomas
It s Lorna s evolution charted through Dobroshi s uncompromising performance that makes Lorna s Silence worth seeing But the Dardennes shouldn t have been so deliberately stingy with the details of her story 
2.5
Lorna's Silence
Graham Killeen
By scorning accessibility the filmmakers unwittingly throw out the baby with the bathwater After all what s authentically human if not high drama 
2
Lorna's Silence
Mike Scott
Mirthless and deliberately paced there s still enough in the well acted Lorna s Silence to make it worth listening to 
3
Lorna's Silence
John Beifuss
Money not love or family is the literal currency that motivates social behavior human relationships are reduced to financial transactions 
3
Lorna's Silence
Chris Kaltenbach
Lorna s Silence speaks volumes 
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Keith Cohen
A unique filmmaking style that resembles near documentary realism If you were not aware that this was a movie you would think you were watching surveillance footage recorded by a sophisticated private investigation firm 
2
Lorna's Silence
Rene Rodriguez
Lorna s Silence doesn t work but it s a beautiful misfire 
2.5
Lorna's Silence
Calvin Wilson
As filmmakers the Dardennes are more concerned with probing the causes of crime than in glamorizing it 
3
Lorna's Silence
Austin Kennedy
I could see what they were trying to do but it was a little too artsy and didn t really work for me 
2.5
Lorna's Silence
Sonny Bunch
Lorna s Silence is an interesting and entertaining film that poses a more difficult moral dilemma than its authors might have intended 
3
Lorna's Silence
Peter Howell
In casting the previously unknown Dobroshi the brothers approach greatness with their lean portrait of simple humanity tested by desire and driven desperate by circumstances 
3
Lorna's Silence
Lisa Kennedy
The Dardennes are masters of their brand of realist cinema Over the years the brothers move from documentaries to narrative features has been handsomely rewarded 
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Moira MacDonald
Dobroshi a dark browed beauty has an arresting stillness never smiling except for one brief unguarded moment with Sokol never letting down her guard It s a slice of a life nobody would want and a portrait that s not easy to forget 
3
Lorna's Silence
Rick Groen
Don t look for milk and kindness in the cinematic world of the Dardennes brothers 
3
Lorna's Silence
Peter Canavese
The Dardenne brothers have seemed infallible but their signature style begins to show strain in Lorna s Silence 
2.5
Lorna's Silence
Chris Hewitt
It s not the Dardennes best work but if you re not familiar with their films this is an audience friendly one to start with 
3
Lorna's Silence
Steven Rea
The Dardennes film offers a portrait of a fragile yet determined woman set on making a home for herself in the world even as that world unravels before her eyes 
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Ty Burr
It s a very good film nevertheless and in Dobroshi it has a face that passes through every conceivable shade of sorrow 
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Roger Ebert
What power is here What affecting acting by Dobroshi Renier and Marinne 
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Steve Rhodes
Slow and plodding the movie still manages to keep you interested in where it is headed The ending however is completely unresolved and borderline bizarre 
2.5
Lorna's Silence
Mick LaSalle
It leaves the audience with neither a sense of uplift nor devastation but rather with something more akin to intellectual appreciation 
3
Lorna's Silence
V.A. Musetto
The always reliable Dardenne brothers Jean Pierre and Luc the Belgian poets of the underclass outdo themselves in Lorna s Silence 
4
Lorna's Silence
Stephen Whitty
This is a familiar crisis for characters in the movies of Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne the Belgian brothers whose grubbily realistic films often focus on the lives of the desperate 
3
Lorna's Silence
Fernando F. Croce
Lorna the young Albanian immigrant at the center of Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne s Lorna s Silence is both the newest addition to the twin auteurs gallery of spiritually anguished outsiders and a subtle departure from it 
3.5
Lorna's Silence
Liam Lacey
Perhaps not quite the razor sharp effort of their last few films Lorna s Silence proves the Dardennes aren t afraid of looking conventional 
3
Lorna's Silence
Bill Chambers
Clever and affecting
3.5
Lorna's Silence
David Nusair
46 46 46 the film is rife with precisely the sort of elements that one has come to associate with the brothers apos body of work 46 46 46 
2.5
Falling Inn Love
Roger Moore
Not unpleasant Not much of anything else either 
2
Falling Inn Love
Nick Allen
An impressively mechanical distraction that owns its cliches for the most part 
3
New Jerusalem
Roger Ebert
An intense study of these two men and their barren work in a shabby store by the side of a highway 
3
New Jerusalem
Kalvin Henely
Unlike the soul searching characters from Old Joy which also stars Will Oldham Ike and Sean always feel as if they ve fallen out of the sky just for the film s setup 
2
Orgasm Inc.
David Lewis
Can best be described as a compelling mess 
2
Orgasm Inc.
Gerald Peary
Shows how the American pharmaceutical industry in legion with famous doctors in its pay has identified a disease female sexual dysfunction FSD that they claim dubiously afflicts 43 percent of American women 
3.5
Orgasm Inc.
Wesley Morris
Some subjects are so compelling that not even bad filmmaking can ruin them And for most of Orgasm Inc it feels as if Canner is trying with all her might to do just that 
2
Orgasm Inc.
Rene Rodriguez
Many documentaries lose focus or become unwieldy as their directors uncover unexpected facts about their subjects but Canner is able to keep Orgasm Inc trained on its eponymous theme 
3
Orgasm Inc.
Jesse Cataldo
This is a strident issue movie with the feel of a more objective portrayal 
3
Orgasm Inc.
Ethan Alter
This thoughtful if at times clumsy film is the latest salvo in the ongoing debate over the increased power of the pharmaceutical industry 
3
Orgasm Inc.
Kam Williams
An eye opening cautionary tale unveiling a diabolical corporate conspiracy to turn healthy people into patients by medicalizing everyday aspects of the human condition 
4
Empty Nest
Liam Lacey
There is one little problem with the Argentine drama Empty Nest an all too convincing film about a man suffering from a middle aged malaise Nothing of interest happens 
2
Empty Nest
Jason Anderson
Burman s fifth feature is too slight and uneven to fully satisfy even though it does have much of the same wit and insight as Lost Embrace and Family Law two previous films that earned the director many comparisons to Woody Allen 
2.5
Empty Nest
V.A. Musetto
The script doesn t offer anything especially new but Burman infuses the film with innovative lensing and capable acting that should draw in viewers 
2
Empty Nest
Andrew Schenker
This sense of unreality this feeling of being ill at ease in one s surroundings is communicated via Burman s off kilter rhythmic filmmaking 
3
Empty Nest
Marta Barber
Empty Nest doesn t offer anything new in the style Ingmar Bergman made so famous but the film captures your heart thanks to the fine acting of its two main characters and Burman s deft hand 
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
could have been worse Full review in Spanish 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Matt Brunson
So now even social apps are being turned into feature films At this rate should we expect Internet Meme The Movie next 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
John Serba
Inside Out this is not the most constructive outlet for anger is a violent bombing of the birds adversaries as if Ted Cruz s foreign policy advisor wrote the screenplay 
1.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Linda Cook
Angry Birds never really takes flight 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
John Hanlon
Families of all ages deserve a lot better than this 
1.0
The Angry Birds Movie
Mike McGranaghan
It captures a lot of what s so enjoyable about the mobile app which is really all it needs to do 
3
The Angry Birds Movie
James Berardinelli
There s not enough here for a full length feature film something that becomes obvious the longer the movie is on the screen 
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Matt Bobkin
While Pixar s masterfulness is found in the subtlety of their approach The Angry Birds Movie goes for broke in a more visceral approach packing in pop culture references bound to go over any child s head no matter how precocious 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Josh Terry
The plot is pretty simple The real question is can it entertain the kids and the answer depends on how receptive your children are to gyrating dance sequences set to covers of old pop standards 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Willie Waffle
Might not be the most original and novel way to convert a game and its characters into a movie but it can be funny most of the time 
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Kate Taylor
Both children and adults will delight in the way the destruction of the pigs island amplifies the joys of the original game The effect is an amusing reversal of cultural recognition as the role of the icons expands through reproduction 
3
The Angry Birds Movie
Anders Wright
The Angry Birds Movie is about as filling as the game itself and has little to say other than friendship is good pigs are bad and angry payback is best of all 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Peter Canavese
Even though Anger is not always the answer sometimes it has to be or there s no movie and here s where The Angry Birds Movie will divide audiences 
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Jon Niccum
a chaotic yet amusing tale of animated avians battling plundering pigs
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Peter Hartlaub
The game Angry Birds at its core is a destination for switching off your brain And movies even throw away summer animated kid films should aim for something more 
1
The Angry Birds Movie
Tom Russo
Game over 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Lou Lumenick
Parents of 5 year olds you have been warned 
1.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Mark Dujsik
The moral of Angry Birds is that it s fine even necessary and virtuous to be angry to rage and to destroy Have fun explaining that one to the kids 
1.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Tom Meek
Overall the film s a long play of a video game barely propped up by plot and stock personalities 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Jen Chaney
After paying good money to take your family to see this film you may be dealing with some anger management issues of your own 
0.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Jody Mitori
The movie is ultimately a 90 minute commercial with vivid colors and other cuddly game characters popping up along the way 
2
The Angry Birds Movie
Rick Bentley
The only saving grace is that it should keep anyone under the age of 6 entertained Of course you can do the same thing with the video game 
1.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Moira MacDonald
The Angry Birds Movie is unnecessary but cute like a bonnet on a cat and there are certainly worse recommendations than that 
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Peter Travers
Repackaged way past the time when the game was a peak obsession this animated joyride is still an irresistible invitation to shake your sillies out 
3
The Angry Birds Movie
Rafer Guzman
The movie s story by John Cohen is pretty thin gruel but Jon Vitti s smart aleck script can be quite funny and the brightly colored animation is appealing 
2.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Kam Williams
A kooky kitchen sink comedy with lots of laughs for kids of all ages 
3
The Angry Birds Movie
Eric Henderson
The Angry Birds Movie is a lot of things but none of them true to the app s appeal 
1.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Katie Walsh
Angry Birds proves to be more than just a gimmick and doesn t skimp on any of the quirky wackiness that you might expect from a film about blob shaped flightless birds battling pigs 
3
The Angry Birds Movie
Susan Wloszczyna
Instead of elevating the Angry Birds concept to surreal heights of insane genius the filmmakers settle for a tale bogged down by familiar themes plucked from much better films 
1.5
The Angry Birds Movie
Roger Moore
Pretty animation weak jokes and a message that feels downright sinister 
1.5
Go/Don't Go
Tom Meek
In the end it feels quite meta without any punch 
2
Go/Don't Go
Roger Moore
How you take Go Don t Go depends on your tolerance for minimalism existentialism and cinema that s almost devoid of incident 
2
All Eyes Off Me
Roger Moore
The second act 8217 s length and explicit nature suggest the filmmaker got lost in the particulars of filming intercourse and titillation and decided to make a primer on rough sex 44 Israeli style 46 
2
Wyrm
Peter Canavese
A deliberately cringe y comedy that apos s also deeply empathetic 44 heartfelt and sweet like quot Eighth Grade quot directed by Wes Anderson and an indie gem worth seeking out 46 
3.5
Wyrm
Erik Childress
A wonderful 44 really funny film about the intersection of puberty and grief 59 two moments in life no one has a roadmap through when first encountering them 46 It is original 44 sweet and worth every effort to discover 46 
3.5
Wyrm
Mark Dujsik
The movie is so conflicted about what it wants to do that there apos s almost no telling what it wants to say 46 
1.5
Wyrm
Roger Moore
Might be the quintessential 8220 film festival film 44 8221 one more at home in the rarefied world of film fans who gather to see movies just like this 46 But that doesn 8217 t mean you shouldn 8217 t check it out 46 
2.5
Prime Cut
Brian Eggert
Prime Cut is an essential crime picture that finds new relevance in a period that not so long ago may have seemed dated and backward but today feels maddeningly disappointingly true 
4
Prime Cut
David Nusair
you really can t go wrong with a film that casts Gene Hackman as a sleazy villain named Mary Ann 
2.5
Prime Cut
Roger Ebert
Prime Cut is very different from the usual gangster movie it s put together almost like a comic strip with all of the good and bad things that implies and the Marvin character has more in common with superheroes than with mobsters 
3
Stage Fright
Frank Ochieng
Sable s slasher entry delivers a devilish wink and is surprisingly spirited in its gruesome gumption 
2.5
Stage Fright
Brad Keefe
Strangely straightforward for being an episode of Glee attached to a paint by numbers slasher flick Human Centipede style 
2
Stage Fright
David Nusair
a pointless and often interminable mess 
1
Stage Fright
Liam Lacey
Writer director Jerome Sable who co wrote the songs with Eli Batalion has a sharp ear for musical pastiche from Andrew Lloyd Weber to heavy metal But he comes up flat on the horror musical spoof 
2
Stage Fright
Odie Henderson
Stage Fright could have been so much fun 
2
Stage Fright
Robert Levin
The world needs more campy rock musicals starring Meat Loaf But not this 
1.5
Stage Fright
Mark Jenkins
Whether it s being sexy jokey or homicidal Stage Fright doesn t deliver the goods with sufficient spirit It lacks the sparkle to be a truly killer show 
1.5
Stage Fright
Bruce DeMara
Too bad Stage Fright isn t a better movie 
1.5
Stage Fright
Kyle Smith
Stage Fright starts out as a funny musical mashup Glee meets Friday the 13th but winds up indulging slasher flick clichés instead of spoofing them 
2
Stage Fright
Roger Moore
It starts with great giddy promise and then bleeds out
1.5
Stage Fright
Ed Gonzalez
Jerome Sable s debut feature couldn t be further from De Palma s delirious cinematic essays on vision and genre 
1
Stage Fright
Dustin Putman
For an enthusiast of horror and Broadway like myself it is disappointing to root for Stage Fright and keep getting let down by the scattershot results 
2
God's Country
Christian Toto
One sided red vs 46 blue state thriller goes haywire in feverish third act 46 
2
God's Country
James Kendrick
as much as God 8217 s Country is about conflict and our almost fatalistic collision course with each other 44 Higgins offers small glimpses of the possibility of connection
3.5
God's Country
Peter Canavese
A dark 44 timely and endlessly fascinating mood piece 46 Thandiwe Newton is perfection in a deep dive character study that explores several interesting triangular conflicts 46 
3.5
God's Country
Anne Brodie
Racism 44 sexism 44 abuse 44 mental illness 44 duplicitous authorities and neighbors 44 and the natural end of out of control situations frame this quiet 44 gutsy portrait of a brave woman 46 Thandiwe Newton 8217 s phenomenal control is reason alone to catch God 8217 s Country 46 
4
God's Country
Joe Friar
Julian Higgans apos riveting thriller is a character driven film that features a solid cast led by Thandiwe Newton 8217 s powerhouse performance 46 The finale lingers long after viewing 46 
3.5
God's Country
Lisa Trifone
Higgins succeeds 40 to a great degree 41 44 then 44 because just as the film proceeds at its low grade heat for the first two acts 44 it more than delivers when that fire finally explodes into something not even the stoic and controlled Sandra can keep contained 46 
3
God's Country
Roger Moore
A most interesting fall drama that you will never let yourself love 46 
2.5
God's Country
Isaac Feldberg
Profound and haunting 46 
4
God's Country
Mike McGranaghan
God apos s Country is a riveting twist on a classic Western formula 46 Instead of sheriffs and outlaws 44 or black hats and white hats 44 the film reimagines the genre apos s conventions as a kind of blue state 47 red state showdown 46 
3.5
God's Country
Mark Dujsik
91 The 93 film 46 46 46 possesses the atmosphere of a thriller 44 the intimacy of a character study 44 and a central performance that elevates both of those intentions 46 46 46 
3
God's Country
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
With a nod to Do the Right Thing this is one of the few modern Westerns that becomes something new while invoking age old American conflicts
3
God's Country
Dwight Brown
It s easy to dislike the bullies Too easy They re cliché 
2
God's Country
Peter Howell
Julian Higgins auspicious feature debut employs genre violence to make social revolution explosively real 
3
Jack of the Red Hearts
Mike McGranaghan
A dull predictable melodrama that only pretends to be about autism 
1
Jack of the Red Hearts
Peter Keough
From the opening scene Robb takes over the screen with a coltish toughness and mercurial charisma 
3
Jack of the Red Hearts
Dann Gire
A few POV shots provide us with insight and empathy Too many of them simply devalue the POV impact and tend to give Jack of the Red Hearts the texture of an ABC Afterschool Special 
2.5
Araya
Lisa Kennedy
This expertly restored black and white work is a thing of wonder 
3.5
Araya
Roger Ebert
This astonishing documentary so beautiful so horrifying was filmed in the late 1950s when an old way of life had not yet ended 
3.5
Araya
Wesley Morris
Like the late famed anthropologist Claude Lvi Strauss the movie wants to find a culture and explain it to the world Araya finds a degree of romance in that discovery and is weaker for it 
2.5
Araya
Gerald Peary
Be grateful that Araya is here in an exquisitely restored print with images of struggling Venezuelan peasants as luminous as the Mexican photographs of Edward Weston 
4
Araya
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Araya is an artifactual account of human sweat that aims for pithy sympathy but strikes a far more bewitching bull s eye 
4
Little Boy Blue
Dustin Putman
So muddled and frustrating in its storytelling that I felt like giving up on the film halfway through 
1.5
2046
Josh Larsen
Nothing here hurts as much as it should 
2
2046
Matt Brunson
Ambitious sequel to In the Mood for Love 
3
2046
Mattie Lucas
Cinematographer Christopher Doyle adds to the atmosphere using vibrant colors that seem to pop right off the screen and Shigeru Umebayashi s lush score sweeps through the film like a master painter s brush 
3.5
2046
Rob Thomas
2046 feels like a lot of half finished ideas all bound together with fancy ribbon 
2
2046
Forrest Hartman
For viewers willing to look at the picture as they would an abstract painting there are layers of enjoyment to be peeled back 
3
2046
James Kendrick
Visually ravishing and deeply melancholy 
3
2046
Robert W. Butler
Be prepared for a movie that unfolds with painstaking slowness and deliberation But if you can hook into its peculiar wavelength it s a small masterpiece 
3
2046
Jeff Vice
Sometimes muddled and confusing but beautiful looking follow up effort 
2.5
2046
Duane Dudek
The result is almost fetishistic come hither doodling of Wong s own making He is a craftsman mumbling to himself in a language only he understands 
2.5
2046
Rene Rodriguez
This long gorgeous occasionally maddening movie is the work of a hopeless romantic who knows there is no pain as bittersweet or as haunting as the pain of a broken heart 
3
2046
Lisa Kennedy
In a film that likes teasing mysteries the greatest revelation is Ziyi Zhang 
3
2046
Josh Larsen
I suppose it was only a matter of time before Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai fell into self parody 
2
2046
Marty Mapes
An engaging drama and character study but without much to rally behind
3.5
2046
Steven Rea
It s all terribly atmospheric and if you re in the mood for atmosphere 2046 delivers 
3
2046
Roger Ebert
It s like a sketchbook These are images tones dialogue and characters that Wong is sure of and he practices them but he does not seem very sure why he is making the movie or where it should end 
2.5
2046
Michael Wilmington
At its best it drenches the screen with sensuous poetry and touches a core of sadness 
3.5
2046
Moira MacDonald
2046 isn t entirely successful It s very high concept and can be difficult to follow But when it was over I immediately wanted to watch it again 
3.5
2046
Bruce Westbrook
Some directors wouldn t know a true love story if it smacked them in the face like a big sloppy kiss 
1.5
2046
Chris Hewitt
If you could touch 2046 it would feel soft and luxurious like cashmere 
3.5
2046
Peter Keough
This is a film of surfaces atmosphere and fluid but delimiting time 
3.5
2046
G. Allen Johnson
Lovelorn loneliness has never been this mouth watering 
4
2046
Ty Burr
Long enigmatic rapturously beautiful meditation on romance and remembrance 
4
2046
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wong Kar wai s expensive mysterious 2046 finally emerges as a fully formed and astoundingly beautiful masterpiece 
4
2046
Peter Canavese
Rapturous cinema of the senses proves once again that nobody does swoony romantic longing and heartache like Wong Kar Wai 
3.5
2046
Joshua Tanzer
Did you get it Guy 1 asked Guy 2 in the men s room after seeing 2046 Yeah said Guy 2 I think so Maybe 
2.5
2046
Peter Howell
It is best to think of 2046 as a series of short stories pulp fiction penned by a master mood setter 
3
2046
Rick Groen
A beautifully flawed film 
3
2046
Steve Rhodes
A handsome enigma that offers little to reward the viewer s patience 
2
2046
Rob Blackwelder
Another achingly evocative and melancholy near masterpiece from Wong Kar Wai blessed with vivid visceral performances that burst at the seams with reserved passion 
3.5
2046
Stephen Whitty
If only the movie s pace were a little quicker its compositions a little less studied and those sci fi interruptions simply missing 2046 would be perfect 
3.5
2046
Jack Mathews
Like Wong s past films 2046 is lovely to behold elegantly moody and rich in atmospherics 
2.5
2046
Lou Lumenick
2046 is a bit overlong and not for all tastes but fans of In the Mood for Love will relish this second helping which is more emotionally substantial than the first 
3.5
2046
Pam Grady
More dream than drama a languid and sometimes frustrating evocation of love and regret and the most purely romantic film of this or most years 
3.5
2046
Glenn Whipp
2046 at its best is simply Wong being Wong delivering eroticism of the highest order working on a level that no one else can hope to match 
4
2046
David Sterritt
Filmed to perfection by the great Christopher Doyle and others 
4
2046
Jan Stuart
The editors of Mad Magazine could have had a ball satirizing Wong Kar Wai s gaseous cavalcade of pretentiousness 2046 if the filmmaker hadn t gotten there first 
1
2046
Walter Chaw
Wong might be making a stab at illustrating self destruction as the only possible aftermath of arriving late at the station to greet the love of your life 
2.5
2046
Ed Gonzalez
Like In the Mood for Love 2046 is gorgeous through and through intoxicating even but not necessarily in a good way 
2
Rottweiler
David Nusair
surprisingly entertaining and well made up to a certain point 
2
The Silencing
Joe Friar
A good cast and first rate cinematography by Manuel Dacosse help but the storyline falls flat and the film becomes a frivolous mess 
2
The Silencing
Steven Prokopy
The Silencing concludes with a fizzle more than the required jolt 
2
The Silencing
Glenn Kenny
One does feel one s seen all this before 
2
The Silencing
Mark Dujsik
There is some promise to the setup of the tale but Micah Ranum s screenplay would rather play a game 
1.5
Trishna
Kelly Jane Torrance
Tess was very much a novel of its time Those times have changed though as Winterbottom does manage to show here not as much as we think 
2.5
Trishna
Barbara Sullivan
With Trishna writer and director Michael Winterbottom updates Thomas Hardy s 1891 novel Tess of the d Urbervilles with decidedly mixed results 
2
Trishna
Lisa Kennedy
Trishna engages the potent collisions of the rural and the urban the poor and the rich and considers how these interactions unfold in a romance and how they might also destroy it 
3
Trishna
Chris Hewitt
Freida Pinto is so incredibly pretty in Trishna And so incredibly boring 
2
Trishna
Michael Dequina
Pinto s piercingly expressive eyes tell the whole story the excitement of not only first love but the new and that innocent hope and romantic idealism slowly inevitably bled dry 
3.5
Trishna
Ann Hornaday
A rare unsatisfying swerve from an otherwise reliably provocative career 
1.5
Trishna
Rafer Guzman
Trishna works largely on the strength of Winterbottom s clever updates of a century old story 
2.5
Trishna
James Adams
A loose but nonetheless pretty faithful recasting of Hardy s penultimate tragedy Tess of the d Urbervilles 
2.5
Trishna
Mick LaSalle
Winterbottom gives a bright panorama of Indian life from the agrarian countryside to the tumult of Jaipur and the sophistication of Mumbai 
3
Trishna
Peter Keough
The performers seem apathetic about their fates and the tragedy unfolds with a perfunctory arbitrariness 
2.5
Trishna
Ty Burr
Trishna should move the soul and engage the tear ducts yet it passes by as distant as it is lovely And the blame must fall on the movie s star Freida Pinto 
2
Trishna
John Hartl
Featuring a Bollywood subplot and an irresistible East meets West score the movie is lush and lusty both a strong vehicle for Pinto and a good match for Winterbottom s impressionistic style 
3
Trishna
Linda Barnard
This escalation of passions and Trishna s humiliation demands much of both actors yet neither Pinto nor Ahmed is completely convincing and this is the main flaw of Trishna 
2.5
Trishna
Matt Pais
The sort of vivid portrait deliberately avoided by the dopey tourist grazing of stuff like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 
2.5
Trishna
Roger Ebert
Winterbottom is a director who never repeats himself films all over the world and in Trishna effortlessly embeds his story in modern India 
3.5
Trishna
Kent Turner
Not wasting any time Michael Winterbottom hurls Thomas Hardy s 1891 novel into the 21st century He s indebted to but not weighed down by the literary classic
3
Trishna
Roger Moore
Pinto stoic and stunning demonstrates why this heroine and this tale of her woe still have power more than 150 years after it was written 
3.5
Trishna
Jay Antani
dismal and unconvincing
2
Trishna
Lou Lumenick
Pinto s lack of dramatic range she basically has two expressions and an awkward third act do not provide a solid foundation for Hardy s tragic ending 
2.5
Trishna
Andrew Schenker
Class privilege and sexual politics are inextricably linked in Michael Winterbottom s blunt self consciously brutal and rather loose updating of Thomas Hardy s Tess of the D Urbervilles 
2
Waiting for Lightning
Sean P. Means
Director Jacob Rosenberg interviews Way and many of his friends relations and peers but he never digs too deeply or draws out of them much more than the clichéd this is what he was born to do talking points 
2
Waiting for Lightning
V.A. Musetto
The person we want most to hear from Way himself is largely missing Go figure 
1.5
Waiting for Lightning
Michael O'Sullivan
Only for the converted 
2
Waiting for Lightning
G. Allen Johnson
It s enjoyable enough but how much you like it will depend on how much you like skateboarding and extreme sports 
2
Waiting for Lightning
Andrew Schenker
With Danny Way almost never weighing in directly the film s attempts to portray his story as an inspirational tale of triumph over adversity scarcely registers 
1.5
Moscow Never Sleeps
Anita Katz
Beyond the novelty and beneath the surface dazzle the human stories while solidly acted deliver little emotional impact Moscow may never sleep but the waking lives depicted in movies like this need to truly affect us 
2.5
Moscow Never Sleeps
Alan Zilberman
O Reilly s ambitions notwithstanding Moscow is uneven because of the inescapable nature of such interlocking narratives some land better than others 
2
The Players
Roger Moore
Mere Italian comic crumbs when one expects a meal or at least a dessert 
1
White Shadow
Oscar Uriel
White Shadow is a movie you shouldn t miss because of its strong message full review in Spanish 
4
She's Missing
Roger Moore
Writer director McGuiness got Irish Film Board money to make this and that was money flushed down an Irish drain Whatever she was getting at she doesn t really get at it 
2
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
David Nusair
ultimately finds itself unable to hold the viewer s interest for more than a few minutes at a time 
2
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
Mark Rahner
It ranges from awkward to excruciating 
1
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
Chris Hewitt
The chief virtue of Amateurs is that it gives many talented people Valerie Perrine Judy Greer Lauren Graham Tim Blake Nelson a scene or two in which to shine 
3
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
Sara Michelle Fetters
Writer and director Michael Traeger cribs from a variety of sources and paints a sitcom like façade that at times becomes more than a bit unbearable Thankfully he s got a keen eye for casting 
2.5
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
Bob Strauss
The Amateurs has been shelved for a number of years because just a ballpark guess here it s not funny 
1
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
Erik Childress
The Amateurs turns out to be a mini classic of sweet vulgarity much in the vicinity if not the exact class of the recent spate of the Judd Apatow canon 
3.5
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie)
Peter Travers
You ll notice that the actors are way overqualified for this nonsense But the kick they get out of one another is what pulls you in 
3
Just Before Dawn
John Beifuss
The film s lush locations the mossy forest with its prehistoric ferns huge trees rocky cliffs and misty waterfalls add not just production value but a sense of urgency and conviction to the smart script s subtle environmental message 
3.5
Just Before Dawn
David Nusair
an exceedingly familiar premise that s been done countless times before 
2
Barking Water
Ted Fry
Harjo is clearly giving his all in trying to convey a soulful mysticism in this existential journey But the tone becomes a little ham handed with all the lengthy interludes of barren fields roadside fences and tracking shots of the ever moving Volvo 
2.5
Barking Water
Nick Schager
Harjo poeticizes the open road with increasing redundancy yet his identical scenic panoramas remain preferable to his dramaturgy which mistakes silence for pensiveness 
1.5
Ste. Anne
Barry Hertz
More experiment than straight ahead narrative Ste Anne rewards patient careful attention But the rewards are great 
3
Suicide Squad
Brian Eggert
The result is dull predictable and feels more standardized than one would imagine given the subject matter and its attempts to be the DCEU s wildcard 
1.5
Suicide Squad
David Gonzalez
Suicide Squad is a step in the right direction for the DCEU 46 Is it perfect 63 No 46 Is it flawed 63 Yes 46 Is it entertaining 63 Hell Yeah 33 
2
Suicide Squad
Matt Brunson
At least the soundtrack is good with such gems as Sympathy for the Devil Fortunate Son and Without Me But it makes sense that no one thought to include Ozzy Osbourne s Suicide Solution since Suicide Squad isn t the answer to anyone s prayers 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Sarah Knight Adamson
You may enjoy it if you are familiar with the comics and therefore don t need the context that would normally be required But for the rest of us it s one of the biggest disappointments of the year 
2
Suicide Squad
Frank Ochieng
Woefully sketchy and missing the fueled opulence that one would expect emerging from this cockeyed costume caper Suicide Squad is a detonating dud for the missing explosive DC Comics movie brand
2
Suicide Squad
Pamela Powell
Suicide Squad is full of action lots of violence and larger than life evil thanks to Computer Generated Imagery and costuming It s dark and menacing and will please fans of this genre 
2.5
Suicide Squad
George M. Thomas
Somewhere in that mess is a film possibly a good one As presented however Suicide Squad is a wasted opportunity 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Matthew Rozsa
Based on the screening I attended I can attest that audiences seemed to genuinely enjoy the jokes and get swept up in the action sequences 
3
Suicide Squad
Brad Keefe
Man DC Comics movies I am rooting for you but you are not making it easy 
1.5
Suicide Squad
David Nusair
A rather aggressively unwatchable comic book adaptation 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Eric Melin
In Guardians and Avengers both when the team finally comes together it s big Cinematic Triumphant That same moment in Suicide Squad feels more like the Ben Stiller led Mystery Men 
1.5
Suicide Squad
John Serba
Needs three more re writes more depth to at least two out of the dozen characters at play here more of a reason to give a rip and about 15 more minutes of the Joker 
2
Suicide Squad
John Beifuss
Jared Leto s tatted up bling brandishing Clown Prince of Crime is more Juggalo than Joker 
2
Suicide Squad
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of this year s biggest disappointments Worst than Batman vs Superman Full review in Spanish 
2
Suicide Squad
James Kendrick
begins with such promise full of such boisterous unruly energy and mash up devil may care style that its eventual descent into the doldrums of formulaic familiarity feels that much more disappointing
2.5
Suicide Squad
Wesley Lovell
It succeeds more than it fails It s certainly entertaining and Smith is better than he has been in years with Robbie a star in the making but the structural problems are almost fatal 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Tom Meek
For me I d just be happy to follow Ms Quinn for a day at the mall Cyndi Lauper s Girls Just Want to have Fun would be the anthem Leave the Joker at home Ah missed opportunities 
2
Suicide Squad
Linda Cook
Suicide Squad is nothing to Marvel at 
2
Suicide Squad
Sara Michelle Fetters
Add Suicide Squad to the growing list of summer 2016 disappointments 
1.5
Suicide Squad
John Hanlon
Despite some major flaws this film still packs a punch thanks to the performances of Will Smith and Margot Robbie and a few solid action scenes 
3.0
Suicide Squad
Scott Nash
Has its flaws but still manages to entertain 
3
Suicide Squad
Tony Norman
The plot is unbelievably dumb but there are some winning performances 
2
Suicide Squad
Mike McGranaghan
While far from perfect Suicide Squad is a step forward for the DC Cinematic Universe after the utter disaster that was Batman v Superman 
3
Suicide Squad
Neil Rosen
The production values are quite good and so is the fun pop music score But there s a lot of action scenes and that shortchanges the storyline It could have also used more doses of humor 
2
Suicide Squad
Josh Terry
A lot of quality performances are undercut by a weak story and Suicide Squad kamikazes its way into a clunky disappointment 
2
Suicide Squad
Robert Horton
The movie never stops underlining how cool their anti authoritarian attitudes are 
2
Suicide Squad
Phil Villarreal
Whatever the revisions were they turned out to be masterstrokes that boosted the material to fulfill the promise of the trailers 
3
Suicide Squad
Christian Toto
Can t we go back to watching those cool Suicide Squad trailers and ignore this massive disappointment 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Willie Waffle
This is how you end the summer blockbuster season with a yawn 
1.5
Suicide Squad
John Semley
Regrettably the film s place setting opening lays the scene for a different more exciting film that never really unfolds 
2
Suicide Squad
Sonny Bunch
Suicide Squad is an exposition dump masquerading as a cinematic experience 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Anders Wright
The plotting which initially seems intriguing eventually collapses onto its own narrative petard and the entire affair devolves into a rain drenched slow motion climax 
2
Suicide Squad
Chris Hewitt
The biggest bummer about Suicide Squad is that its ads promised something different from the other too many superheroes crammed in one movie movies What it delivers is yet another film overflowing with superheroes we barely get to know 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Jeff Simon
I don t know about you but these are my kind of meta humans 
3
Suicide Squad
Bob Bloom
It lacks that in your face presence that dares the audience to embrace it It s a film that should say take me or leave me I don t give a damn 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Calum Marsh
Suicide Squad is the most miserable time I ve had at the movies in my life 
1
Suicide Squad
Michael Smith
Embrace the bad guy version of being good and how visibly uncomfortable that fit is on the members of Suicide Squad and you ll find some fun 
3
Suicide Squad
Mark Dujsik
S pends more than half of its running time establishing these characters only to turn them into personality deprived pawns when they actually have to do something 
1
Suicide Squad
Lauren Chval
Suicide Squad is the biggest superhero disappointment in recent memory even more than Batman v Superman Not only does it fail to shake things up but it s not even competent enough to be a serviceable superhero flick 
1
Suicide Squad
Peter Howell
A strange embrace of a movie which continues to tantalize even as it overstimulates 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Ty Burr
Everything about Suicide Squad from the title on down promises overkill And the movie to its ultimate discredit delivers 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At some point with Smith and Robbie getting most of the screen time this team was supposed to jell and form a unit whose members depend on one another Frankly they don t 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Calvin Wilson
Suicide Squad is an interminable muddle 
2.5
Suicide Squad
David Frese
It starts with a bang ends in a yawn and features a whole lot of What the along the way 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Michael O'Sullivan
In aiming for but falling short of appealing to the teenage demographic the film is a double cop out disappointing both fans of the source material s grown up gloom and doom aesthetic and discerning adolescents 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Josh Larsen
You could put this movie s scenes on shuffle and it would almost make as much sense 
1
Suicide Squad
James Berardinelli
A bloated and cheerless monstrosity 
2
Suicide Squad
Dann Gire
Ayer clearly wants to delve into taboo territory with Suicide Squad but PG 13 limitations blunt his provocative story into a teasing narrative of pulled punches and cartoony sanitized violence 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Rick Bentley
Even Robbie s performance can t counter the painfully slow start steady flood of trite action scenes and a convoluted story that would have to improve tenfold to be even passable 
2
Suicide Squad
Max Weiss
It gives me no pleasure to trash this film I want D C Comics fans to have nice things too On the bright side there are like a gajillion more D C Comics films coming down the pike At least one of them has to be good right Right 
1
Suicide Squad
Rafer Guzman
Ayer tries to bring his trademark realism to the action sequences but it gets lost in the realm of comic book fantasy 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Christy Lemire
It s massive messy and noisy And it stinks 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Sean P. Means
Suicide Squad is a flawed movie but it does manage to squeeze out more moviegoing pleasure than the stodgy Batman v Superman did It opens up the possibility that Warner Bros extension of its DC universe won t be a joyless chore 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Jake Cole
David Ayer s film longs to be bad yet its forced by outside pressures to follow narrow preset rules 
2
Suicide Squad
Kyle Smith
The question isn t whether Suicide Squad is as good as The Avengers but whether it s as bad as Green Lantern 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Tirdad Derakhshani
Suicide Squad does have quite a few tremendously entertaining sequences of high action and low comedy It s a shame it never rises beyond that 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Rene Rodriguez
There isn t a moment of spontaneous fun or humor in this long turgid movie the latest letdown for DC Comics fans who ve been waiting for someone to pick up the baton Christopher Nolan left behind 
1
Suicide Squad
Dustin Putman
In terms of the promise it held and the folly of what has found its way to the screen Suicide Squad is easily one of 2016 s most disappointing films 
1
Suicide Squad
Jeff Beck
The film is a heartbreaking disappointment in several ways from the overcrowded cast of characters to the uninspired and undeveloped villains to the bland action sequences to the half baked story 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Lawrence Toppman
Ayer has often been a careless writer and so he is here 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Mick LaSalle
If you know someone you really can t stand not someone you dislike not someone who rubs you the wrong way but someone you really loathe and detest send that person a ticket for Suicide Squad 
0
Suicide Squad
Tony Hicks
It will be interesting to see where DC takes these characters after the semi delightful mess that is Suicide Squad But for now just enjoy the sloppy and wild ride 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Soren Andersen
In a year overloaded with comic book movies Suicide Squad just seems like more of the same 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Peter Travers
Who stole the soul of Suicide Squad I d say it s Ayer s willingness to go all limp d and compromise his hardcore action bona fides for a PG 13 crowdpleaser that would rather ingratiate than cut deep or even cut at all 
1
Suicide Squad
Richard Roeper
What a waste of a perfectly twisted Suicide Squad 
2
Suicide Squad
Katie Walsh
The characters are the ultimate in squad goals but they re far more fun than the actual story itself 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Brian Truitt
Compared to its ilk Suicide Squad is an excellently quirky proudly raised middle finger to the staid superhero movie establishment 
3.5
Suicide Squad
Michael Phillips
It s not satisfying storytelling the flashbacks roll in and out explaining either too much or too little and the action may be violent but it s not interesting 
1.5
Suicide Squad
Stephen Whitty
Sorry as far as movies about superhero supergroups go The Guardians and the Avengers still have these jokers beat 
2.5
Suicide Squad
Peter Canavese
A novel but muddled supervillain action movie Some comic book fans will lap it up but Suicide Squad is all sauce and no meat 
2
Suicide Squad
Roger Moore
Bloody and boring and built around Jared Leto s dentistry Will Smith s high mileage and Margot Robbie s butt cheeks 
2
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Rick Groen
Always informative yet never remotely original The story gets told we learn something class dismissed 
2.5
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Bruce DeMara
Talk about a slow dance 
1.5
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Moira MacDonald
Joffrey Mavericks of American Dance is an exhilarating piece of dance history 
3.5
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Diego Semerene
While the doc offers us a story that needs to be told it does so in very non Joffrey ways 
2
Adrenaline Drive
Jeffrey M. Anderson
works because it s rather low key 
3
Rhythm Is It!
Jeff Strickler
If you can make it through this documentary without having your toes tap even once then you are defying its very premise 
3
Rhythm Is It!
Chris Hewitt
What s really impressive in Rhythm is the passion and commitment of young people figuring out how their bodies work 
3
Shallow Grave
David Nusair
An almost astonishingly interminable thriller 
1
Shallow Grave
James Kendrick
While it is not a great film it is a good first film amply demonstrating Boyle s catchy visual flair and rat a tat sense of tempo as well as Hodge s ear for dialogue and intuitive sense of character dynamics
3
Shallow Grave
Michael Dequina
Nasty mean spirited and heartless perfect qualities for a thriller 
4
Shallow Grave
Roger Ebert
Since no reasonable person can remotely hope to identity with Juliet David or Alex the whole case drops through 
2
Shallow Grave
Steve Rhodes
We end up with a Hitchcock lite tale that has gratuitous violence a la Steven King or any slasher movie pasted on in place of a viable script 
2
Shallow Grave
Madeleine Williams
A few good moments but you never truly connect with the main characters 
2
Shallow Grave
James Berardinelli
A reasonably enjoyable for those captivated by this sort of thing black comedy noir thriller 
3
Shallow Grave
Edward Guthmann
A tight little thriller filled with exhilarating twists that quickly establishes its artistic contract with the audience 
4
Dead Man on Campus
Chris Kaltenbach
The jokes are few And the only real reason you ll laugh is that by the time they appear on screen you ve been waiting so long for the opportunity you ll laugh at anything 
1
Dead Man on Campus
Dave Kehr
Oddly the troubled Cliff is more sympathetic than the two self involved protagonists 
2
Dead Man on Campus
Sandra Contreras
Surpise surprise This college comedy is better than you d expect 
3
Dead Man on Campus
Phil Villarreal
An education in cheap easy laughs 
4
Dead Man on Campus
Margaret A. McGurk
Some of the endless drug sex rock n roll gags are cute but most are so paper thin they disintegrate on contact with fresh air 
2
Dead Man on Campus
Liam Lacey
If you have a roommate you really want to see suffer here s a suggestion Buy him or her a ticket to Dead Man on Campus 
0
Dead Man on Campus
David Keyes
Just as dead as its title 
0.5
Dead Man on Campus
Mick LaSalle
The overall premise involving mental illness and suicide isn t all that funny at least not in practice and the picture begins to seem labored and long 
1
Dead Man on Campus
James Berardinelli
It represents yet another reason to avoid the multiplexes until the late year Oscar contenders start arriving 
1.5
Dead Man on Campus
Michael Dequina
Doesn t grow tiresome it already is once the clever opening titles are through 
1
Dead Man on Campus
Madeleine Williams
For a black comedy the humor here is well on the bland side and definitely not worth the price of tuition 
1.5
Dead Man on Campus
G. Allen Johnson
This film is unendurable but aside from that it s also troubling 
1
American Pastime
Bob Strauss
American Pastime s inclusive forgiving message could hardly be more admirable It could have been more exciting though 
2.5
American Pastime
Sean P. Means
Rich period detail and solid performances by Aaron Yoo and Gary Cole 
2.5
American Pastime
Jeff Vice
The historical elements particularly those that deal with Japanese internment camps during World War II definitely make the movie worthwhile 
3
Escape The Field
Peter Canavese
Feels longer than six seasons of Lost with only a sliver of that quot Mystery Box quot show apos s cohesiveness 46 The actors gamely sally forth but they 44 like us 44 are getting nowhere 46 
1.5
Escape The Field
Leo Brady
It can work and it can be fun but you have to get it right and Escape the Field is unfortunately hoping the concept alone will win you over 46 
1.5
Escape The Field
Kevin Carr
As cool as the concept is 44 the writing is just not up to snuff 46 
1.5
Escape The Field
Nick Allen
With such hand holding dramatic direction and a dreary visual palette that never creates terror out of random corn stalks 44 it couldn 8217 t be more dull 46 
1
Escape The Field
Roger Moore
The players struggle to escape the archetypes they 8217 re playing and the plot they 8217 re selling 46 
1.5
1-800-Hot-Nite
Roger Moore
An upbeat finale excuses some of the earlier sins 44 if not all of them 46 
2
1-800-Hot-Nite
Brian Eggert
There 8217 s some impressive nighttime cinematography by Nathan Presley that makes the movie stand out on a purely visual perspective 44 and many of the boys 8217 performances suggest they have promising futures 46 
2.5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Liam Lacey
How does it end With a headache of course from all those cheering children 
2.5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Lou Lumenick
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland won t tickle anyone much above the age of 6 
2.5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Michael Dequina
Strictly for those who are currently watching the PBS series that is the preschool kindergarten audience 
2.5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Susan Stark
Teens and young adults who have loved Sesame Street since childhood may just find themselves drawn to The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 
3
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Steve Rhodes
The film isn t all it could be 
2.5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Jeffrey Wachs
Tailor made for small fry with the same care imagination and subtle adult friendly witticisms that have made the long running children s program so successful 
3
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Rob Blackwelder
This one is definitely a kiddie keeper 
3
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Peter Stack
Full of that wonderful junky clunky huggable smartness that has made Sesame Street an enduring phenomenon 
3
Dummy
Katrina Onstad
Set at an odd pitch one best described as shrill 
2
Dummy
Rick Groen
Definitely lives down to its name you can see the lips moving on this wooden thing 
2
Dummy
V.A. Musetto
What could have been a biting dark comedy is instead uninspired and generic 
2
Dummy
Jack Mathews
Brody is a real talent and Illeana Douglas is a riot as his older sister 
2.5
Dummy
Jan Stuart
Adrien Brody rescues Greg Pritikin s self consciously eccentric comedy 
2.5
Dummy
Peter Debruge
Brody shot this film pre Pianist and performed all the puppetry and ventriloquism himself and it s pretty impressive watching the Oscar winning actor externalize his expressions on the dummy s face 
3
Dummy
Ed Gonzalez
Walter and Douglas stand out in particular 
3
Happy Tears
Joe Neumaier
A cringe inducing self consciously kooky indie comedy that s best enjoyed for its taste of Rip Torn who judging by his recent alleged bank break in comes to loose cannon stuff naturally 
1
Happy Tears
Michael Phillips
Happy Tears settles for the usual moments even at its quirkiest 
1.5
Happy Tears
Rene Rodriguez
On its way to a climax that ends every plot strand on an unrealistically upbeat and pat note Happy Tears loses sight of what made the film so engrossing in the first place 
2
Happy Tears
Roger Ebert
In the role of a dialed down capable woman Demi Moore suggests dramatic possibilities for future roles She projects a kind of calm and it s attractive 
3
Happy Tears
Rex Reed
A vulgar happy as cancer aberration that takes the dysfunctional family idea to a new low Whimsical yes Happy never 
1
Happy Tears
Nick Schager
Succeeds only at suggesting the incompatibility of returning home dramedy and surrealistic flights of fancy 
.5
Happy Tears
Walter V. Addiego
In this year s crop of Oscar nominated shorts the animated category beats the live action offerings 
3
Happy Tears
Lou Lumenick
Moore steals Happy Tears by underplaying in what may be the warmest performance of her career 
2
Torrents of Spring
Roger Ebert
It is a tragic love story told in limp images its tone a dying sigh its high points scarcely less nostalgic than the low 
1
Sullivan's Travels
Brian Eggert
Sullivan s Travels remains an unconventional comedy a blend of slapstick and drama and one of the few effective message films in any genre 
4
Sullivan's Travels
Roger Moore
The most moving scenes are Grapes of Wrath accurate depictions of homelessness and the African American church the prison inmates are ushered into a preacher calling for sympathy for those less fortunate as they re led in
4
Sullivan's Travels
Eric Melin
the movie road trips from its scripter s typical cynicality to finding an assured kind of resonance in the third act in the most unlikely of places 
3.5
Sullivan's Travels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Forgotten for years along with its maker writer director Preston Sturges Sullivan s Travels has only recently enjoyed a comeback and induction into classic status 
4
Sullivan's Travels
Phil Villarreal
A full blooded thesis deriding the boring message film 
4
Sullivan's Travels
Jeremy Heilman
It s no wonder that the film remains hugely influential to this day 
3.5
Sullivan's Travels
James Kendrick
A work of great depth and humanity that also happens to be very funny 
4
Caterpillar
Mattie Lucas
It s difficult not to admire the clarity of his vision but in the end its over the top nature seems to undercut his message 
2.5
Caterpillar
V.A. Musetto
Caterpillar is difficult to watch But it s directed acted and photographed well and it s worth seeing even if it makes you uncomfortable 
3
Caterpillar
Andrew Schenker
Aesthetically emotionally and intellectually crude Koji Wakamatsu s brutally effective Caterpillar finds the director making obvious points about Japanese nationalism militarism and less obvious ones about the sexual dynamic of marriage 
3
Death in Sarajevo
Amy Wolfe
The film s simple set serves as a wonderfully detailed base for its dramatic themes 
4
Death in Sarajevo
Shane Slater
It all gets a bit too academic to fully keep your interest 
2.5
Love, Rosie
Christy Lemire
Love Rosie is one of those annoying movies in which everything would be just fine if the two central characters had a simple conversation that cleared up all their misunderstandings 
2
Love, Rosie
Kiva Reardon
Love Rosie s early charm fades by the end given that as time and the movie wears on neither Rosie nor Alex get any more mature when it comes to matters of the heart 
2.5
Love, Rosie
Linda Barnard
A visually pleasing film given to framing the characters in dappled sunlight that peeks through windblown leaves It s a pity the rest of the project is so poorly executed 
2
Love, Rosie
Moira MacDonald
The problem isn t that Rosie and Alex aren t charming in fact they re both thoroughly nice and endearing and attractive so much so that I lost interest in them pretty quickly 
2
Love, Rosie
Roger Moore
A romance found wanting thanks to watered down chemistry between the stars 
2
What If ...
Mike McGranaghan
I felt affection for the film growing as I watched It pulled me in with its warmth and its performances 
3
What If ...
John Beifuss
A mash up of It s a Wonderful Life and the story of Saul s encounter with the heavenly light of Jesus on the road to Damascus except in this case replace Saul with Kevin Hercules Sorbo and the heavenly light of Jesus with John Ratzenberger 
2
What If ...
Annie Young Frisbie
Ultimately What If fails before it hits the 10 minute mark 
2.5
Aimée & Jaguar
Cornell & Petricelli
a fascinating bold and deeply personal story of a woman s empowerment 
3.5
Aimée & Jaguar
Steve Rhodes
Khler gives a strong performance with equal measures of fiery passion and frightened vulnerability 
3
Aimée & Jaguar
Carla Meyer
A lustrously shot well acted and immensely moving romantic drama 
3
Aimée & Jaguar
Roger Ebert
Schrader plays Felice with a kind of doomed and reckless bravery 
3
Aimée & Jaguar
Rod Armstrong
Frberbck s film is ambitious and tells a fascinating story about the unlikeliest of relationships but it s unfortunate that there wasn t a bit more bite 
2.5
Aimée & Jaguar
Elias Savada
A striking poignant and seductive saga of a Jewish lesbian in love with the dallying wife of a Nazi officer and mother of four 
3
The Legend of Cocaine Island
Brian Tallerico
Kind of like its subject one wishes the film about him made a few smarter decisions 
2
Menéndez: The Day of the Lord
Roger Moore
Nasty brutish and short 
1.5
The Miracle Season
Karen M. Peterson
The world needs more of these stories and there are a lot of them out there waiting to be told 
3
The Miracle Season
Linda Cook
The Miracle Season is a wonderful movie for sports enthusiasts families or anyone who appreciates old fashioned heartfelt storytelling 
3.5
The Miracle Season
Josh Terry
Altogether the effort is bound to tug at the heartstrings and many audiences will be perfectly happy with the results 
2.5
The Miracle Season
Glenn Kenny
This movie goes for the heartstrings and tear ducts more than the sports conscious The results are pretty mixed 
2.5
The Miracle Season
Brad Wheeler
A simple movie of straightforward sentimentalism and gung ho against all odds inspiration 
2
The Miracle Season
Mark Dujsik
It becomes exactly what it had avoided a sports story that just happens to feature tragedy 
2.5
The Miracle Season
Bruce DeMara
It simply wallows too deeply in its grief to be uplifting 
2
The Miracle Season
Dann Gire
Regrettably The Miracle Season packages an excellent message inside a mediocre formulaic sports drama loaded with cliches but the miracle in Miracle Season has little to do with sports 
2.5
The Miracle Season
Mark Jenkins
It s no champion but it s still a reasonably good cry 
2.5
The Miracle Season
Carla Meyer
High school volleyball is not an exciting sport to watch on a big screen At least not the way Miracle director Sean McNamara presents it 
2
The Miracle Season
Rafer Guzman
This dramatization of a true story is long on sentiment short on character and drama 
2
The Miracle Season
Calvin Wilson
It s downright depressing to see Oscar winners Hunt and Hurt struggling to make something meaningful out of their superficially written characters 
2
The Miracle Season
Roger Moore
We AREN T Marshall 
2
Tarnation
Nick Rogers
As performance art born of personal pain Tarnation stares teary eyed into how genetics culture environment and susceptibility conspire to trigger mental illness a documentary more to be experienced than simply viewed 
4
Tarnation
Lawrence Toppman
The film is in the May program of the Charlotte Film Society and even the CFS has offered few pictures this compellingly strange 
3
Tarnation
Rob Thomas
You shouldn t go see Tarnation because it was made so cheaply You should see it because it was made so well 
4
Tarnation
Geoff Pevere
Although aggressively unconventional it s never pretentious 
3.5
Tarnation
Stephen Cole
An astonishing multimedia diary all accompanied by a scrolled family history that is as harrowing to read as a ransom note 
2.5
Tarnation
John Beifuss
A disturbing self portrait limned from the filmmaker s relentless narcissism and his fetishization of mental illness family dysfunction and personal suffering 
3.5
Tarnation
Jeff Vice
It is a brave personal statement 
2.5
Tarnation
Robert W. Butler
For all the horrors Tarnation exposes it s ultimately a supremely uplifting experience for the simple reason that Jonathan Caouette survived 
3.5
Tarnation
Lisa Kennedy
In making beautiful peace with a difficult past Caouette has delivered a promising vision of a future 
3.5
Tarnation
Chris Hewitt
A fluid emotionally acute movie full of soul and raw energy 
3.5
Tarnation
Phil Villarreal
A documentary on the making and selling of Tarnation its most fascinating selling points could have been more cohesive and compelling than the movie itself 
2.5
Tarnation
Rene Rodriguez
Utterly absorbing and accessible 
3.5
Tarnation
Phoebe Flowers
It s one of the best movies of the year and simultaneously one of its oddest 
4
Tarnation
Steven Rea
Tinged with nostalgia and flooded with narcissism this isn t easy to watch But Caouette s fractured history is imbued with heart crushing sincerity 
3
Tarnation
Moira MacDonald
The mesmerizing trippy and thoroughly heartbreaking result of two decades work 
3.5
Tarnation
David Elliott
Often this is like watching a film by a Diane Arbus who grew up in the video age 
2
Tarnation
Eric Harrison
A tortured inspired convulsively beautiful film memoir 
4
Tarnation
Paul Sherman
It s almost hypnotic as the family members do a dysfunctional two step with each other and Tarnation will sweep you up with a style unlike no other documentary 
3.5
Tarnation
Walter V. Addiego
A lacerating portrait of a family in free fall 
3
Tarnation
Bob Strauss
Both nakedly revealing and irrepressibly arty it s a therapeutic home movie made as form redefining documentary morphed into aesthetic object 
3
Tarnation
Roger Ebert
It is a remarkable film immediate urgent angry poetic and stubbornly hopeful 
4
Tarnation
Wesley Morris
A masterpiece 
4
Tarnation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Caouette deftly overcomes all such labels with his new film Tarnation a surprising shocking and genuinely compassionate look at his own life 
3.5
Tarnation
Michael Wilmington
As raw and personal as a movie can be the equivalent of a cinematic journal or diary But it s also artfully constructed and articulated written edited and musically designed with often jolting brilliance 
3.5
Tarnation
Peter Canavese
Tarnation is some kind of triumph of personal expression but also maddening at times in Caouette s lack of restraint defiantly is what it is one of a kind 
2.5
Tarnation
Pam Grady
The film is moving and disturbing at the same time 
3.5
Tarnation
David Sterritt
Harrowing extremely disturbing at times but brought to the screen in dazzling pop art images that make the movie s grim content very much worth watching 
4
Tarnation
John Anderson
The results Cuisinarted but coherent are an entrancing egocentric trip into a life so unfavored by fortune its owner would be forgiven for believing in past life crimes and karmic retribution 
4
Tarnation
Lou Lumenick
Caouette s triumph over his harrowing childhood and adolescence is itself a huge accomplishment but with Tarnation he has used art wit and a huge heart to forge his experiences into an unqualified masterpiece 
4
Tarnation
Jami Bernard
It s a riveting high wire act by a young man on the verge 
3.5
Tarnation
Phil Hall
Hey it s not every 11 year old boy who wants to grow up to be Ellen Burstyn 
0
Tarnation
Joshua Tanzer
I didn t enjoy Tarnation I didn t like it I didn t particularly want to stay and watch it but I respect it 
2.5
Tarnation
Peter Travers
A film that defies description I d call it some kind of miracle 
3.5
Tarnation
David Nusair
it seems fairly obvious that the movie would ve been far more effective had Caouette reigned in some of his over the top directorial choices 
2.5
Tarnation
Bill Chambers
I do wonder if it s possible to review Tarnation without fearing that you re complimenting the emperor on his new wardrobe
2.5
Tarnation
Ed Gonzalez
A kaleidoscopic found art project that looks to redefine the nature of documentary filmmaking 
3.5
Dead of Night
Scott Nash
If you haven t seen it and you re a fan of creepy ghost stories this one is definitely worth checking out 
3.5
Dead of Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Absolutely one of the spookiest films ever made 
4
Dead of Night
Eric Henderson
Cavalcanti s contribution might be the finest single episode to appear in any horror anthology film 
3.5
Dead of Night
Jeremy Heilman
Though quite obviously possessing both structure and content that has been influential to its genre there s something about it that keeps it from rising very far above its legions of imitators
3
Ek Tha Tiger
Namrata Joshi
Maybe no one really sees anything in a Bhai film It is just a mandatory event to be compulsorily thrilled by 
2
Titans of the Ice Age
Linda Cook
This is one of the best uses of computer generated imagery or CGI you ll ever see And the 3 D technique makes the animals seem even more alive in Titans of the Ice Age 3D which is wonderfully narrated by Christopher Plumme
4
The House at the End of Time
Federico Furzan
Pretty solid horror movie from Venezuela that at least tells a different story from the rest of its genre s typical films Full review in Spanish 
3
Sorry Angel
David Lewis
The film pleasantly meanders from time to time but it knows exactly where it s going and we embrace every step 
4
Sorry Angel
Peter Sobczynski
A film that has both a narrative and an approach that transcends the expected cliches in order to give viewers a more ambitious experience 
3.5
Sorry Angel
Diego Semerene
Much more interesting than Jacques and Arthur s relationship is Christophe Honoré s subtle portrait of the early 90s as a time of accelerated mortality and mourning but also of material encounters of all kinds 
3
The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
Alan French
Featuring a strong woman as a rebuff to traditional anime issues it Night is Short Walk On Girl serves as a funny and fancy romantic narrative 
3
West Side Story
Matt Brunson
As far as splashy 2021 musicals go I prefer both tick tick BOOM and In the Heights 
3
West Side Story
David Reddish
Moreno happens to turn 90 one day after the premiere and if nothing else she can now boast that shes the absolute best thing about two versions of the same movie 
3
West Side Story
David Gonzalez
West Side Story is one of the years biggest surprises 46 
3.5
West Side Story
Brian Eggert
West Side Story moves at a brisk pace and improves on the original which I know may sound like blasphemy to some
3
West Side Story
Wesley Lovell
the story of two rival gangs on the streets of New York as they fight for dominance in what feels like a more significant fit in our modern political landscape than it was when it was originally brought to the screen in 1961 
3.5
West Side Story
John Beifuss
Spielberg demonstrates that bodies in motion especially when moving in partnership with a sympathetic and perceptive camera remain the most thrilling movie special effect 
3.5
West Side Story
Blake Howard
West Side Story is not so much a masterpiece but rather a master s piece a film so formally and technically assured that it envelopes you 
3.5
West Side Story
Sarah Knight Adamson
The remake is tremendous the choreography is on target the drama has more depth the cinematography during the vocal numbers resonates with viewers film in ways the original was lacking 
4
West Side Story
Dann Gire
The master has remastered a masterpiece 
4
West Side Story
Tom Meek
The real stars are Mike Faist excellent as Riff the unwavering leader of the Jets David Alvarez as Bernardo the de facto leader of the Sharks and Ariana DeBose who knocks it out of the park 
3
West Side Story
Mattie Lucas
Pure cinema a dazzling barnstorming musical reverie that stands toe to toe with the classic original 
3.5
West Side Story
Sean P. Means
Why would Spielberg remake West Side Story when the original still exists Think of it as following the Broadway tradition of reviving classic works every few years to let a new generation of talent test itself against the material 
3.5
West Side Story
Matthew Passantino
West Side Story is the most alive one of his Spielberg films has felt on screen in a long time 
3
West Side Story
Peter Canavese
In a lot of ways the original 61 is superior but this one has a surprising amount of energy about it and Spielberg s cinematic language sings here in a way it hasn t for awhile 
3.5
West Side Story
Rex Reed
Mr Spielberg did not waste his time or ours The new West Side Story is simply fabulous 
4
West Side Story
Linda Cook
A timeless beautiful movie 
4
West Side Story
James Berardinelli
Resplendent entertainment and a reminder that at least some of cinema s great classics can in fact find new life in the hands of a master director who is more concerned about crafting a movie than making a blockbuster 
3.5
West Side Story
Richard Roeper
The reboot pulsates with life thanks to the director s artistry and a sensational cast led by Rachel Zegler in a starmaking feature debut as Maria 
4
West Side Story
Sheri Flanders
Supporting characters like Chino a layered Josh Andrés Rivera receive more depth adding more meat to the story 
3
West Side Story
Kevin Carr
This is a very well done movie I think it will connect with fans of the original show 
3.5
West Side Story
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Spielberg makes us forget the earlier version from 1961 
4
West Side Story
Joe Friar
Steven Spielberg refines the 60 year old musical while reminding us once again why we fell in love with going to the movies 
4
West Side Story
Ty Burr
This is still the West Side Story we know and love It s just been enhanced and in all the right ways 
4
West Side Story
Rob Thomas
Spielberg s been making musicals his whole life This is just the first time he added music 
4
West Side Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Spielberg s musical numbers are glorious exhilarating especially the comic showstopper Gee Officer Krupke which makes an Olympic gymnastics event look like a bingo game 
3.5
West Side Story
Brian Tallerico
There s so much beauty in this West Side Story 
3.5
West Side Story
Phil Villarreal
It s a worthy fresh take on the material that stands up well on its own 
3
West Side Story
Jeff York
It is as spirited sexy dangerous and moving today as it was then And how many remakes can say that 
3
West Side Story
Leo Brady
Beaming with beautiful colors elaborate sets and that sweet sounding music West Side Story is a triumph against the odds 
3
West Side Story
Mike McGranaghan
From top to bottom this is a high quality project 
3.5
West Side Story
Kent Turner
The new West Side Story won t knock the earlier movie off its pedestal Instead it sits comfortably by its forerunner s side 
3
West Side Story
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
With a surgeon s precision Spielberg has transformed West Side Story into an epic so bloated and unmagical that even its sublime dancing scenes can t make it worth seeing 
2
West Side Story
Chris Hewitt
West Side Story is Spielberg s first musical but it s solidly in his comfort zone 
3.5
West Side Story
Mark Dujsik
West Side Story pulls off a difficult trick with seemingly effortless skill 
3.5
West Side Story
Rafer Guzman
Steven Spielberg s dazzling update earns a place alongside the iconic 1961 original 
4
West Side Story
Michael Phillips
Whatever this new adaptation s popular reception it s five times the movie the 61 movie was 
3.5
West Side Story
Don Aucoin
There have been countless iterations of this masterwork it was revived again on Broadway as recently as last year but Spielberg and Kushner enable us to see it with new eyes 
3.5
West Side Story
Lisa Trifone
It s evident fairly early on in Steven Spielberg s exceptional re imagining of West Side Story that this production is something special 
4
West Side Story
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
All hail Ariana DeBose who makes the part of Anita decidedly her own She can sing she can dance she can act as could and can Moreno and is always mesmerizing 
3
West Side Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
I d always prefer original material get produced but when a movie is as grandly entertaining as this one who am I to get angry at Spielberg for choosing to direct a remake 
3.5
West Side Story
Randy Myers
Spielberg s West Side Story will go down as one of Hollywood s best musical adaptations ever 
3
West Side Story
Peter Howell
Spielberg triumphantly pulls it off delivering a finger snapping West Side Story that faithfully honours the past while energetically showcasing much fresh and diverse talent in a show that s more in tune with the times 
3.5
West Side Story
Mark Meszoros
This new West Side Story may not have been necessary but it is spectacular 
4
West Side Story
Ann Hornaday
In this respectful but smartly tweaked and slightly toughened up version Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner prove that the best works of art are simultaneously strong and elastic enough to withstand a wide range of interpretations 
4
West Side Story
Katie Walsh
Kushner Spielberg Kaminski and the cast of soon to be superstars breathe new life into the work while paying tribute to the grandeur of the original production The result is nothing less than an incredibly thrilling piece of work
3.5
West Side Story
Jake Coyle
It s narrative context and authenticity that give Spielberg s West Side Story its own verve It most definitely still plays the hits but the film feels less like a Broadway to screen transfer than a cinematic staging of a classic 
3.5
West Side Story
Robert Horton
Come back Richard Beymer all is forgiven 
2.5
West Side Story
Josh Larsen
The thrill of West Side Story is the way Spielberg makes this distinctly a movie 
3.5
West Side Story
Bob Bloom
Director Steven Spielberg s version improves on some aspects that dated the 61 version most notably in the screenplay s dialogue and the era s cultural ethnic and sociological issues 
3.5
West Side Story
Dan Rubins
Steven Spielberg s West Side Story is at its best when it zooms in and settles down into character study 
2.5
West Side Story
Joey Magidson
There are flaws to this movie and it pales in comparison to the original but considering what could have been it s damn good 
3
West Side Story
Mick LaSalle
The big news about Steven Spielberg s West Side Story is that it s a magnificent movie even by Spielberg standards and even by West Side Story standards 
4
West Side Story
Moira MacDonald
If you know the original West Side Story pretty well watching this one is fascinating like getting reacquainted with an old friend who now looks quite different 
3.5
West Side Story
Brian Truitt
Steven Spielberg worked wonders with a shark before and he makes magic with a bunch of Sharks and some Jets too 
3.5
West Side Story
Johnny Oleksinski
It s the ET director s most visually exciting film in a zillion years 
3
West Side Story
Roger Moore
Spielberg finds more grit and reality even if there s no improving on the show s topicality or untoppable tunes This West Side is good not great 
3
Dirty Country
Liam Lacey
An affectionate celebration of retired Indiana auto worker and songwriter Larry Pierce a country singer with a baritone like Waylon Jennings and lyrics reminiscent of bus station toilet walls 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Brandy McDonnell
Geography aside Extraordinary Measures includes some memorable moments but doesn t live up to the stirring real life story that inspired it 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Michael Dequina
A garden variety disease of the week TV movie dressed up with cinema marquee names 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Jeffrey Westhoff
If the two leading characters were women this would have gone straight to the Lifetime network 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Russ Breimeier
A touching story inspired by true events A timely subject Two high profile actors in Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford Sadly it all adds up to an extraordinary bore 
2
Extraordinary Measures
David Nusair
the actors uniformly stellar work ultimately alleviates the movie s made for television proclivities 
3
Extraordinary Measures
James Kendrick
Minus its above the name stars and theatrical distribution it is largely indistinguishable from any number of made for TV melodramas
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Linda Cook
A stellar cast performs in a so so script based on a real life series of events 
2
Extraordinary Measures
John Wirt
Despite appealing leads and a little guys vs corporate honchos scenario it s a muted rendition of a family s real life drama 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching it is extremely easy and at just under two hours it gets to the point quickly never coming close to wearing out its welcome 
3
Extraordinary Measures
Tom Meek
Vaughan s effort isn t quite as composed as it should be but the emotional current and tart commentary on the business of who lives and who dies is stirring 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Kam Williams
A syrupy saga which somehow proves moving in spite of a fairly formulaic Hollywood approach to a truly inspiring real life triumph 
3
Extraordinary Measures
Mike McGranaghan
Extraordinary Measures skips over some of the most potentially dramatic stuff in this semi true story The movie undermines its own drama 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Robert Levin
Not so much directed as processed hewing closely to the cut and dry inspirational template 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Keith Cohen
The movie injects doses of humor into a deadly serious subject Be sure to bring tissues since this crowd pleaser will elicit tears of sadness hope and joy 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Robert W. Butler
The whole affair has the atmosphere of a disease of the week drama 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Matt Brunson
Even its potential worth as a tool for universal health care coverage is compromised by the fact that it s even more likely to bore politicians than a stodgy slide show presentation on the subject 
1.5
Extraordinary Measures
Willie Waffle
Quite average but not horrible Forget about those claims in its TV ads that it is more inspirational than The Blind Side It s barely more inspirational than Avatar 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Sonny Bunch
Shouldn t this be playing Sunday night at 8 p m on CBS 9 instead of five times a day at the cineplex 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Christian Toto
Extraordinary Measures battles to overcome the disease of the week tag and eventually succeeds 
3
Extraordinary Measures
Ann Hornaday
Vaughan has a tendency to underline italicize and boldface the emotion when no such emphasis is needed 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Lou Lumenick
As the film builds to a credulity testing climax there is less schmaltz than you might expect from the screenwriter of Chocolat though the filmmakers seldom hesitate to milk the Crowley kids and other Pompe afflicted children for tears 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Peter Howell
Few films on this topic so clearly illustrate the competing agendas and cut throat capitalism of America s for profit health care 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Chris Hewitt
I know this sounds like faint phrase but Extraordinary Measures could have been dreadful and it isn t 
3
Extraordinary Measures
Matt Soergel
The film has the feel of real life to it as without doing anything fancy it plumbs the depths of a parent s love a parent s desperate devotion 
3
Extraordinary Measures
James Berardinelli
The movie is a generally insipid feel good production that s high on sentiment and manipulation but low on genuine drama and good acting 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Mark Dujsik
Perhaps an accurate representation of the current state of health care in the United Sates Extraordinary Measures is all about the healing powers of a good business plan It s not exactly inspiring stuff 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Tom Vaughan seems to have put more thought into that five second title card inspired by a true story than he put into the rest of the movie 
1.5
Extraordinary Measures
Dustin Putman
As a motion picture arriving in theaters it is nothing but a noble unspectacular TV movie that will cost audiences ten bucks a pop for the luxury of not having to sit through commercial breaks 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Sue Pierman
Unfortunately director Tom Vaughan appears determined to deliver every minute detail of the Crowleys story 
2
Extraordinary Measures
John Hartl
The teamwork of the actors may seem bland at first but it grows into something spikier Ford and Fraser tap into both their ability to generate movie star charisma and their considerable talent for character acting 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Claudia Puig
There might be a poignant movie based on the true story of a father s devoted efforts to help his ailing children la Lorenzo s Oil But this tediously told tale is not that movie 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Carrie Rickey
A slack well meaning disease of the week drama of the sort one might encounter on the Hallmark Channel 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Stephen Whitty
Extraordinary Measures feels like one of those old disease of the week flicks from a couple of decades ago predictable programmed feel bad feel good melodramas forgotten as soon as you tossed away the last Kleenex 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Jeff Vice
The person you really feel sorry for is the talented Keri Russell who plays Crowley s understanding patient wife If anything she s more lively and watchable than Fraser is but she doesn t get that much to do 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Wesley Morris
Ford and Fraser make this melodrama with all its suits and lab coats more watchable than it has any business being 
2.5
Extraordinary Measures
Rene Rodriguez
Even if this feeble film weren t based on a book with a gigantic plot spoiler title it would still feel like something you endure more than watch 
1
Extraordinary Measures
Michael Phillips
You can find more provocative medical crises on TV every week of the year albeit without this film s headliners 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Roger Ebert
This is a remarkable story I think the film lets them down It finds the shortest possible route between beginning and end 
2
Extraordinary Measures
Roger Moore
Extraordinary Measures isn t extraordinary It s simply safe 
2
The Worst Person in the World
Brian Eggert
About the long process of accepting that some opportunities will be missed 44 some choices will be regretted 44 but to keep trying new things 44 Trier 8217 s film and Reinsve 8217 s performance feel alive and urgently explored 46 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Trier has made a film about aimlessness that is also an aimless film 
2
The Worst Person in the World
Sean P. Means
This is a funny and touching comedy drama and Reinsve is outstanding as the sorta title character whos not that bad but still figuring things out 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
James Kendrick
Reinsve grounds her character in a sense of genuine 40 but not neurotic 41 instability that we can understand 44 even if it sometimes makes her disagreeable
3
The Worst Person in the World
Rania Richardson
The worst person label is a misdirection that belies the richly observed characters in Joachim Trier s smart and playful film THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Rob Thomas
Right up to its exquisite final shot The Worst Person in the World is one of the best movies of the year 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Lisa Trifone
A film like this depends on a strong lead performance and Reinsve more than delivers 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
Tom Meek
Norwegian director Joachim Trier rounds out his Oslo Trilogy with this engrossing tale about a young woman struggling to define herself in the world 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
Robert Horton
These are mundane things 44 but Trier apos s methods keep the movie alive and buzzing 46 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Mark Feeney
Worst Person is attractive to look at and not tedious 
2.5
The Worst Person in the World
Randy Myers
It s sexy funny sad and takes your breath away 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most fanciful The Worst Person in the World stays grounded in what it means to be human 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Mick LaSalle
By making Julie so real and vivid Reinsve and Trier accomplish something rare They make everything that happens to her feel as interesting as if it were happening to you 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Walter Chaw
Trier is incredible We re lucky to be alive with him 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
Roger Moore
A wistful ironic film about being young having options and waiting for something that will perhaps make up ones mind for one 
3
The Worst Person in the World
Emily Zemler
The Worst Person in the World Norwegian director Joachim Trier s latest film hits on a universal truth None of us know what the hell we re doing 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Carlos Aguilar
A stirringly sophisticated masterpiece 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Peter Travers
Joachim Triers scintillating Oscar contender from Norway led by a captivating star in Renate Reinsve sets a new gold standard for romantic comedy just before it sneaks up and hits you like a shot in the heart 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Lindsey Bahr
Everyone it seems can see themselves in The Worst Person in the World whether your 20s are a distant memory or not 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Mark Dujsik
Reinsve is almost instinctively charming in the lead role and there s a genuine sense of how much these experiences and relationships come to shape Julie by the end 
3
The Worst Person in the World
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To question ones place in a complex world is a universal activity and Trier populates his cinematic canvas with a cast of fascinating ordinary folks whose journeys never cease to hold our interest 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
Mike McGranaghan
This wickedly funny emotionally resonant story is a knockout you don t want to miss 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Katie Walsh
Effervescently swooningly romantic yet filled with the deepest sorrow capturing all of the very real feelings of falling in love falling out of love and of the most painful and bittersweet losses 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Rene Sanchez
Renate Reinsve is marvelous in this brutally authentic and bittersweet rom com capturing the insecurities and the sense of invincibility of every thirty something to perfection Full Review in Spanish 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps one of the most indelible portrayals of millennial angst and ennui ever seen on screen 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Josh Larsen
has the same unsentimental empathy evident in the likes of Reprise and Oslo August 31st 
3.5
The Worst Person in the World
Peter Howell
The romantic drama for people who hate romantic dramas 
3
The Worst Person in the World
Chandler Levack
The Worst Person in the World might be the best film Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach never got to make 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Joey Magidson
I fell in love with The Worst Person in the World and you will too This is a gloriously funny moving sexy and smart romantic dramedy that subverts all expectations 
4
The Worst Person in the World
Pat Brown
The film may be the prime example of how to restore fun significance and even a little bit of sex to the well worn terrain of the romantic comedy 
3.5
Movement and Location
Richard Roeper
Movement and Location has some clear cut parallels to the stories of immigrants who are in the States illegally and are trying to live quiet productive lives But it also works as a Rod Serling esque sci fi adventure of the mind 
3.5
Three Kings
James Sanford
The screenplay abruptly changes tone after the first half hour eventually incorporating some genuinely harrowing sequences The final picture becomes something noticeably deeper and smarter than its first reels suggest 
3.5
Three Kings
Joe Lozito
Worth watching 
3
Three Kings
Judith Egerton
The violence and profanity are there but so is a sharp edged political point of view interesting characters and a plot enhanced with dark humor 
4
Three Kings
Rick Groen
No Three Kings is not a great picture but it is a very good one perhaps the first feature of merit to come out of the Gulf War 
3.5
Three Kings
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Three Kings refuses to be pigeonholed 
3.5
Three Kings
James Kendrick
a quirky surrealistic examination of war that breaks every conceivable genre boundary
4
Three Kings
Shay Casey
Damn good 
3.5
Three Kings
Mike Gregory
Funny poignant and unrepentantly forthright in its dissection of U S military policy and switching with ease from side splitting black comedy to thoughtful drama 
4
Three Kings
Susan Wloszczyna
Three Kings rules 
3
Three Kings
Steve Rhodes
A movie in need of pruning it still provides good entertainment value 
2.5
Three Kings
Ian Mantgani
Uneven patches notwithstanding it s original powerful and very unexpected 
3
Three Kings
Madeleine Williams
War story heist thriller action comedy human interest drama media satire and stylistic groundbreaker Three Kings has no hope of filling all the roles it tries to occupy However it fills plenty enough to be a good movie and then some 
3
Three Kings
David Keyes
What we have here is not just a surprisingly proficient action picture but also an enlightening and touching human drama that hits the heart in more ways than one 
3.5
Three Kings
Marty Mapes
An ironic thoughtful film about war freedom and greed 
3
Three Kings
David Sterritt
The overall shallowness of Three Kings is especially regrettable since so much genuine talent has gone into the picture 
2
Three Kings
Ross Anthony
a strong bold film with an incredible pace outstandingly creative direction rock solid acting an aggressive script and a fiercely subtle sense of dark humor 
3.5
Three Kings
James Berardinelli
Interesting and occasionally exhilarating 
3
Three Kings
Roger Ebert
Three Kings is some kind of weird masterpiece a screw loose war picture that sends action and humor crashing head on into each other and spinning off into political anger 
4
Three Kings
Greg Dean Schmitz
Refreshing 
3
Three Kings
Emily Blunt
This ain t your dad s war movie that s for sure 
3
Three Kings
Mike McGranaghan
I was engrossed in the movie from start to finish because it s the kind of picture where you never know what s going to happen next 
4
Three Kings
Jonathan Foreman
An original and brilliant combination of comedy action and sophisticated political comment 
4
Three Kings
David N. Butterworth
Ultimately it s the director s confidence behind the camera that makes Three Kings a powerful piece of filmmaking as dry bleak and brutal as the barren Iraqi desert 
3
Three Kings
Michael Dequina
A studio picture uncommon in its unique sensibility and personality 
3.5
Three Kings
Dustin Putman
Although imperfect Three Kings has enough vigor and intelligence to satisfy both audiences that prefer action and those that enjoy more thought provoking fare 
3
Three Kings
Rob Blackwelder
a Desert Storm action flick with conscience
3
Three Kings
Susan Stark
Artsy style overpowers message in Three Kings 
2
Kajaki
Brad Wheeler
Mines detonate the men hold on the humour is the gallows kind and the audience s gut is as tight as the tourniquets on the hurt soldiers stumps 
3.5
Kajaki
Chris Knight
The cast are fully believable and the landscape Jordan filling in for Afghanistan as it did for Saudi Arabia in the recent release Theeb provides another character implacable and indifferent War may be hell but hell can be starkly beautiful too 
3.5
Kajaki
Linda Barnard
An intimate unforgettable examination of war 
3
Kajaki
Alan Zilberman
Few war films are entertaining in a traditional sense This one is so relentless that recoiling from it is nearly impossible 
3.5
Wild Duck
David Nusair
An absolute disaster of a movie 
0
After Midnight
David Nusair
how can you go wrong with a flick that features the girl from Mr Belvedere being mauled to death by crazy dogs 
2.5
The Honeymooners
Kam Williams
A disconnected series of skits and one liners likely to satisfy children while only infuriating nostalgic adults in search of the magic of the Fifties sitcom 
2
The Honeymooners
Peter T. Chattaway
Fans of the original series probably won t care for it and the rest of us could probably get the same kind of entertainment in our living rooms for free 
2
The Honeymooners
David Nusair
Even if one were willing to overlook the fact that The Honeymooners is virtually nothing like the show that supposedly inspired it the film would still come off as an unnaturally prolonged second rate UPN sitcom 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Linda Cook
The Honeymooners is a good natured movie that s not so much a remake as a nod to the old television series 
3
The Honeymooners
Mike McGranaghan
I have some real affection for The Honeymooners because I liked the core cast so much I just wish that everything else was on the same level 
2.5
The Honeymooners
Dan Fienberg
Rather than putting a modern stamp on a reliable product The Honeymooners renders one of the most distinctive formulas in television history entirely anonymous 
1
The Honeymooners
Matt Brunson
Forget Gleason s To the moon Alice catchphrase To the video bargain bin is more like it 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Christian Toto
The Honeymooners is as unnecessary a remake as one might fear but we ve seen plenty of worse TV to film translations
2
The Honeymooners
Phil Villarreal
They should have just dug up three scripts from the old shows stapled them together and turned that in for their screenplay Instead we re stuck with a shapeless mass 
1
The Honeymooners
Frank Ochieng
Is it acceptable if we skipped this particular honeymoon and head right over to the divorce settlement instead 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Dustin Putman
This isn t the worst movie of the year 151 it isn t even the worst comedy of the year 151 but it may be one of the blandest 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Nick Schager
Deserves to be sent straight to the moon 
1
The Honeymooners
Peter Howell
The lunar destination aims far too high This misbegotten movie heads straight for the dogs and the sewer literally so 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Ted Fry
Cedric the Entertainer comes close to sharing Gleason s gift for well entertaining He s the biggest reason this version of The Honeymooners is such an amusing surprise 
3
The Honeymooners
Walter V. Addiego
Cannibalizing old programs has become a reflex action in Tinseltown and as a result audience expectations are low It must be hard to resist the temptation to live down to them 
2
The Honeymooners
Carla Meyer
Jackie Gleason s Ralph Kramden was a powder keg Cedric the Entertainer s Ralph Kramden is a cream puff 
2
The Honeymooners
Lisa Rose
The funny stuff is too scattered to forgive the buffoonish storyline 
2
The Honeymooners
Lou Lumenick
A bland dull and only occasionally funny waste of time that will very soon be gathering dust in the remainder bins 
1
The Honeymooners
Jami Bernard
The honeymoon is over 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Glenn Whipp
There is no reason for it to exist other than cashing in on a brand name There are new ideas here Scratch that There are no ideas here period 
1.5
The Honeymooners
David Frese
Never rises above the level of a Friday night network sitcom 
1
The Honeymooners
Amy Biancolli
Why Why would someone do this How did we get here watching mediocre remakes of classic 1950s sitcoms What is the meaning of it all Does cinema have a purpose beyond supporting the theater concessions industry 
1
The Honeymooners
Liam Lacey
If not for a few interludes of lively riffing by John Leguizamo playing a dog trainer and all around hustler named Dodge there would be nothing funny about any of this 
1
The Honeymooners
Michael Booth
There have been funnier comedies But there also have been far worse reasons to make a movie Or remake a sitcom 
2.5
The Honeymooners
Terry Lawson
The best thing that can be said about the new Honeymooners is that it respects its elders It plays like an episode of the show The worst thing is that it plays like an episode of the show 
2
The Honeymooners
Wesley Morris
It s not as bad as the average Hollywood movie it s stupendously worse 
.5
The Honeymooners
Jeffrey Westhoff
Cedric the Entertainer is a funny man but he isn t Jackie Gleason and anyone who isn t Jackie Gleason has no business playing Ralph Kramden 
2
The Honeymooners
Peter Canavese
The Honeymooners though not bad is hardly ever good either 
2
The Honeymooners
Kit Bowen
don t expect any spousal abuse in the mushy pedestrian and totally unnecessary big screen version of The Honeymooners 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Willie Waffle
Cedric doesn t display his usual flair and energy 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Mike Clark
Cedric and Epps have none of the team chemistry Gleason shared with Art Carney and Epps Norton displays none of Carney s eccentricities 
1
The Honeymooners
Paul Doro
The movie falls into a quickly boring pattern Ralph does something boneheaded Ed says something stupid and falls down Alice becomes exasperated with Ralph Repeat 
2
The Honeymooners
Peter Debruge
It s as if whenever The Honeymooners comes close to delivering on a funny idea the movie runs screaming in the opposite direction 
1.5
The Honeymooners
Mary F. Pols
A tasteless comedy rife with bad slapstick dull humor and a host of unpleasant characters 
1
The Honeymooners
Lawrence Toppman
The real question is whether we like these people To my surprise the answer is yes 
3
The Honeymooners
Roger Ebert
A surprise and a delight a movie that escapes the fate of weary TV retreads and creates characters that remember the originals yes but also stand on their own 
3
The Honeymooners
Michael Wilmington
Though the patterns are there the laughs aren t mostly because the writing is so lazy and formulaic 
1.5
The Honeymooners
David Hiltbrand
Not only an insult to the original it should be shown at film schools as proof of how pointless a movie can be 
1
The Honeymooners
Chris Hewitt
The script is no better than it has to be and the movie doesn t stretch anyone s talents but it s as efficiently entertaining as a classic record by the Spinners 
2.5
The Honeymooners
Tracy Allerton
This is a honeymoon trip worth taking 
3
The Honeymooners
Jan Stuart
A get rich quick picture about a guy with get rich quick dreams The moon may shine high over Ralph Kramden s New York City but sights are set depressingly low in the studio schemes of Hollywood 
2
The Honeymooners
Sarah Chauncey
Unless you re related to one of the actors there is absolutely no reason to see The Honeymooners 
0
The Honeymooners
Rob Blackwelder
just another fat sitcom loser who never changes and his young gorgeous savvy wife who apparently doesn t have the self respect to dump the schmuck 
0
Troll 2
J. R. Jones
Troll 2 is bad Very very bad The script is stupid the acting is wooden the special effects are laughable the vintage 80s synthesizer score is cheesy 
1
Troll 2
Matt Brunson
I ve seen worse but nevertheless this is wretched bottom of the barrel stuff 
1
Troll 2
James Kendrick
No description of it can quite contain its misguided ludicrousness or the way its infinite and varied sins against the traits of good cinema combine to produce one of the most uproarious unintentional comedies ever made 
.5
Fireball
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A solid B science fiction action film 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Ron Reed
It is a film that doesn t want us to forget Or perhaps it is a film that wants a new generation to remember a past which profoundly shapes its present 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
James Sanford
It s risky material for a first time director But Schreiber s involving screenplay and his remarkably assured handling of the material somehow brings it all together into an effective charmingly offbeat whole 
3.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Larry Ratliff
Alex Hutz can t get back on screen soon enough if you ask me He displays enormous range for a first time actor 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Eric Melin
some surprising revelations give the movie the dramatic weight it was missing 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Carla Meyer
A sometimes funny largely heartbreaking look at how tragic events can resonate through generations 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Jeff Vice
This quirky comedy drama features enough style laughs and genuine warmth to help it overcome some storytelling deficiencies 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Lawrence Toppman
Schreiber was smart enough to cut the 40 percent of the novel dealing with Trochimbrod s twisted history but he couldn t assemble the remaining pieces into a satisfying whole 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Sean P. Means
The big reveal when the movie turns dramatic is something of a fizzle a destination not as interesting as what leads up to it 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Amy Biancolli
It s profound in the way that life is profound in hindsight its view of the past both fixed in history and mutable in the telling And it s exquisitely tender 
3.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Dan Lybarger
Everything Is Illuminated is a movie so in love with its own quirkiness that the moving story almost gets lost in a cacophony of eccentricities 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Daniel M. Kimmel
T his is like being trapped in a confined space with three overbearing and unpleasant people It s simply not a fun ride 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Duane Dudek
Schreiber s formal yet poetic aesthetic from snapshots of clashing cultures values and chronologies to the irresistible metaphor of an army of sunflowers matches the recurring theme he has fashioned for the film 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Peter Howell
Schreiber has managed something of a feat in spinning a single charming story out of Foer s yarn ball of a novel which spanned 200 years multiple stories and various protagonists 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Connie Ogle
Schreiber effectively incorporates some of the novel s humor most of which revolves around Alex s amusingly improvisational English but never comes close to mining the book s true substance or heartbreak 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Liam Lacey
A movie that wraps a story of mass murder in a package of whimsy and prefers to focus on our commonality rather than any collective complicity in the crimes of history 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Terry Lawson
Schreiber s streamlined version may be only a sliver of the whole but it s a thoroughly entertaining and very rewarding piece of a very tasty pie 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Carrie Rickey
If Jonathan were a character instead of a symbol of American Immigrants Disconnected From Their History Schreiber s movie might have worked 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Chauncey Mabe
The heart and soul of Foer s novel are sacrificed in the process By trucking in broad Holocaust clichs Schreiber repudiates his more nuanced source material 
1
Everything Is Illuminated
David Nusair
one of the most impressive first efforts to come along in a while 
3.5
Everything Is Illuminated
John Hartl
Perhaps because it s no longer so much about the language the movie comes across as slight and somewhat fussy What distinguished the novel doesn t quite translate to the screen 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
G. Allen Johnson
Schreiber s images a graveyard of old war machines a field of sunflowers are impressive and help convey the wonderful idea behind Everything Is Illuminated that no matter who we are or where we live we are all connected 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Ty Burr
Fans of Jonathan Safran Foer may rightly consider this an act of taxidermy Everything Is Illuminated hasn t been adapted so much as gutted stuffed and mounted 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Schreiber does a spectacular job of making the transition 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Erik Childress
Everything becomes a rather foolishly optimistic term to lead off your title when the only thing illuminated is the window next to the projection light 
1
Everything Is Illuminated
Walter Chaw
It so softens the source that the moments that actually capture Foer s darkness and irony land with an unpleasant thud in the middle of all that beautiful quirk 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Allison Benedikt
Every novel cannot be a movie and this one should not have been 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Roger Ebert
A film that grows in reflection 
3.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Steve Rhodes
I got whimsied out 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Bob Strauss
Amid abundant visual and behavioral kinks he stays focused on the heart of the story And that s the true mark of a director who can see the light 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Jack Mathews
Jonathan is about the most passive protagonist you re likely to see on the screen for a while 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Lou Lumenick
Schreiber s film version of Everything Is Illuminated achieves the impossible it s even more annoying than Jonathan Safran Foer s gratingly precocious novel 
1
Everything Is Illuminated
Stephen Whitty
Falls far short of illuminating Foer s complicated book But it does provide the sort of low key road trip ramblings we haven t seen since the 70s heyday of Hal Ashby 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
Pam Grady
A remarkable first effort 
4
Everything Is Illuminated
Peter Travers
Wood whose mostly mute turn is defined by his black suit and glasses can only stare in stupefaction at Schreiber s jittery mix of broad laughs and sentiment Audiences will share the feeling 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Ken Fox
Schreiber wisely adapts only the portion of the book narrated by Alex who speaks and writes as if every other word were pulled from a thesaurus 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Dan Fienberg
Wood gives as inert a performance as you re likely to see from a leading man but Illuminated ultimately isn t his story and there s no reward in treating it as such 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Claudia Puig
A movie with wit warmth and unabashed emotion 
3
Everything Is Illuminated
Gene Seymour
Schreiber shows enough heart and mind in his first time at bat to make you hope he gets another shot 
2.5
Everything Is Illuminated
James Berardinelli
Everything Is Illuminated left me cold and in the dark 
2
Everything Is Illuminated
Nick Schager
Most of Everything is Illuminated seems to have been dipped in a vat of second hand Wes Anderson affectation 
2
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Rob Humanick
It betrays the essence of its subject while attempting to make it more streamlined and palatable for the apathetic viewer 
2
Six Days, Seven Nights
David Nusair
a somewhat hit and miss endeavor that benefits substantially from Ford s remarkably loose engaging turn 
2.5
Six Days, Seven Nights
David N. Butterworth
Six Days Seven Nights Eight dollars wasted 
2
Six Days, Seven Nights
Michael Dequina
Unpretentious undemanding and most importantly fun fluff that goes down as easily as a frothy pina colada on a balmy tropical beach 
3
Six Days, Seven Nights
David Sterritt
This is a vacation moviegoers can afford to miss 
1
Six Days, Seven Nights
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie that provides diversion for the idle channel surfer but isn t worth a trip to the theater A lot of it seems cobbled together out of spare parts 
2.5
The Bounce Back
Kam Williams
Confirmation that opposites do in fact attract even shrinks dispensing diametrically opposed dating advice 
3
The Little Mermaid
Rick Bentley
Without Drayton The Little Mermaid would flounder completely At least she brings enough energy life and charm to the role that the grade for this movie sounds like a trip on the ocean It s somewhere in the high Cs 
2.5
Girlfriend
Namrata Joshi
How else can you watch Girlfriend but with patience fortitude and a sense of humour 
1
Stop-Zemlia
Roger Moore
lacking a more coherent organizing principle than fly on the wall slice of life renders Stop Zemlia somewhat colorless if not entirely pointless 
2
The Broken Land
Jorge Montiel
A curious and accomplished Western Full review in Spanish 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Matt Brunson
The movie 8217 s tense climax is a perfect marriage of editing and camerawork 46 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Brian Eggert
It would become the first and perhaps the greatest of Lean s signature late career epics in which he places involved relationships between a few complex characters within vistas of uncommon splendor 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Janet Graves
The contrasted acting styles of Alec Guinness and William Holden the authoritative manner of Jack Hawkins keep human qualities dominant in a powerful tension filled action movie 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Josh Larsen
dedicates its final moments to detonating its own stiff upper lip 
3.5
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Kate Cameron
It is a stirring drama of World War II in which Spiegel has had the excellent help of British director David Lean in charge of the action and of a fine company of international players 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Christian Blauvelt
The Bridge on the River Kwai is David Lean s last film not to succumb to bloat 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Wesley Lovell
Alec Guinness outstanding performance is one of the many things that work in David Lean s intriguing epic 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
James Berardinelli
In my opinion it is one of the two best films to emerge from a very strong decade of cinema 
4
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Michael Szymanski
One of the most rousing and inspiring war films this is also a psychological battle of wills The intensity between Hayakawa and Guinness is captivating 
3
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Roger Ebert
Most war movies are either for or against their wars The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 is one of the few that focuses not on larger rights and wrongs but on individuals 
4
The Wheel
Peter Canavese
Understated relationship drama about two couples one about to get married and the other about to get a divorce 46 Well acted and talky 44 albeit a bit programmatic and script y 46 
2.5
The Wheel
Richard Roeper
The four main players are all excellent with Amber Midthunder delivering particularly outstanding work that shows she is a young actor capable of great things 
3
The Wheel
Roger Moore
With this cleverly unassuming script 44 anything could happen 44 no matter where the momentum is taking them and us 46 
2.5
The Wheel
David Nusair
a frustratingly erratic yet ultimately satisfying relationship drama 
3
The Wheel
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A waste of time I do not mean that the couple in crisis in the film have lost eight years of their lives I mean the time I spend watching the movie 
1
The Assault
Kyle Smith
So gripping and focused that it easily bests Hollywood movies with 50 times its budget 
3
The Assault
Robert Tumas
Julien Leclercq s The Assault works hard at finding its human factor the thread linking the cold blooded facts of the 1994 hijacking by Muslim extremists of Air France Flight 8969 and the people on the plane 
2.5
3rd Street Blackout
Christian Toto
The romance in 3rd Street Blackout isn t fully powered But at least no one sings into a hairbrush 
2.5
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Steve Rhodes
Denise Gentile tries her best to save the picture but can t The writing is too loose and the other acting is credible only in fits and spurts 
2
Soul Food
Michael Dequina
As warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving with fully fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting 
3.5
Soul Food
Judith Egerton
A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer director George Tillman 
3
Soul Food
Margaret A. McGurk
Despite its weaknesses Soul Food offers enough pleasures to rate as a respectable freshman effort from Mr Tillman 
2.5
Soul Food
Peter Stack
A warm funny touching African American family drama the kind of bittersweet melodrama that critics tend to relegate as crowd pleasing corn We could use more when it s this well done 
3
Soul Food
Walter Chaw
Such ease of shorthand the earth Mother Hubbard the three sisters as mother whore and lawyer detracts from the kind heart of Soul Food 
2.5
Soul Food
Jeff Vice
Most of his dialogue sounds like it came straight out of a mediocre made for cable drama 
2
Soul Food
Roger Ebert
George Tillman says Soul Food is based in part on his own family and I believe him because he seems to know the characters so well by the film s end so do we 
3.5
Soul Food
James Berardinelli
There s a fine line between good solid drama and the sudsiness of a soap opera and although there are times when Soul Food crosses over the movie remains predominantly on the right side 
3
Witkin & Witkin
Ernesto Diezmartinez
As in his previous films Ziff focuses on art artists and those around them 
1.5
Hansan: Rising Dragon
Roger Moore
The phrase 8220 It 8217 s a TRAP 33 8221 40 in Korean 44 with English subtitles 41 erupts so often I half expected 8220 Star Wars 8221 Admiral Ackbar to make his presence known 46 But he 8217 s here in spirit 46 
2.5
Passion
Brian Eggert
All the director 8217 s themes are at play in Passion 58 obsession 44 voyeurism 44 eroticism 44 murder 44 and the warped mind of a killer 8212 they 8217 re all present 46 But they never come alive in the sensational way they do in his best films 46 
2.5
Passion
Frank Ochieng
Hopelessly dull and flat Sadly Passion is merely reduced to silly minded sensual cinema as it awkwardly echoes DePalma s earlier influences with psychological thrillers 
2
Passion
Craig D. Lindsey
As much as De Palma beautifies this mess the movie s so sleek you ll worry that the cast is gonna slip off the damn screen it s still a mess 
1
Passion
Matt Brunson
Brian De Palma has enough great movies in his filmography that he can always count on remaining one of my all time favorite directors But man it sure would be nice if he made at least one wholly successful film in the 21st century 
2
Passion
Kent Turner
De Palma wallows in the excesses of his cutthroat corporate connivers Virtually actor proof his movie withstands performances that aren t as wild and liberated as his direction 
2.5
Passion
Soren Andersen
What we have here is a tale of lust deception manipulation and murder Quintessential De Palma in other words 
2
Passion
Bruce DeMara
One s ultimate reaction is likely to one of indifference bemusement or outright disdain considering the pedigree of the filmmaker helming the project Brian De Palma 
1.5
Passion
Rene Rodriguez
A throwaway by a gifted filmmaker who has run out of ideas 
2
Passion
Robert Levin
Passion is a Brian De Palma greatest hits package the filmmaker showing off more than anything else 
2
Passion
James Kendrick
generates suspense and tension the old fashioned way while simultaneously heightening everything to the point of near absurdity
3
Passion
Marty Mapes
De Palma twists his noir into a Gordian knot
2
Passion
Peter Travers
I have no objection to DePalma laughing at himself But his heart s not in it Neither is his libido Passion lacks the promise of its title It s dead inside 
1.5
Passion
Jeff Beck
Passion is one of those films that could almost act as a guilty pleasure if there weren t so many silly things holding it back 
2.5
Passion
Lou Lumenick
Mostly it s another opportunity for this most self referential of directors to dip once again into his well worn bag of tricks 
2
Passion
Roger Moore
On the cusp of being vintage DePalma but missing the titular you know what that would have made it work
2
Passion
Dustin Putman
Doesn t really break any new ground for the director and yet as a technical exercise it s nice to see De Palma back in his element 
2.5
Passion
Glenn Lovell
This slant is as melodramatic and obvious as the original was meticulous and surprising De Palma being De Palma the remake is awash in self referential tropes including the false endings a la Carrie 
1.5
Passion
Peter Sobczynski
Brian De Palma is one of the great seducers of the cinema and he proves it with Passion a spellbinding thriller 
4
Passion
Ed Gonzalez
Passion is a serpentine gorgeously orchestrated gathering of all of De Palma s pet themes and conceits 
3
Passion
David Nusair
a partially successful throwback to the type of thrillers that De Palma used to specialize in 
2.5
The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
Roger Ebert
It s lovable in a way that s sometimes goofy sometimes sad always optimistic 
3
Our Life
Liam Lacey
Even Germano s charismatic performance leaves the impression that when you get down to the core of human behaviour a conscience is far less helpful than a talent for charm 
2
Those Who Deserve To Die
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With the exception of a fierce striking little girl ghost Alice Lewis and a supporting role by cult favorite Lynn Lowry the movie relies on some rather flat characters and it s easy to find yourself feeling a bit detached 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Brian Eggert
As one character points out 58 8220 This thing 8217 s got layers 46 8221 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s pure pleasure for both those who like crime capers and those who like mocking them 
4
Seven Psychopaths
Terence Johnson
It s a film that will leave you puzzled especially after a rough first half hour but the more you open your mind to will prove revelatory entirely engrossing and incredibly funny 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Craig D. Lindsey
Violence may be served up in copious amounts but McDonagh also creates characters who have no qualms going gently into that good night 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Matt Brunson
If it doesn t quite match In Bruges in terms of total success it s still potent enough to indicate that McDonagh managed to dodge the dreaded sophomore slump 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Peter Keough
McDonagh achieves the tricky feat of balancing cleverness carnage and compassion 
3
Seven Psychopaths
David Nusair
an entertainingly erratic effort 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Marty Mapes
McDonagh manages to have it both ways
3
Seven Psychopaths
Jason Buchanan
For those who aren t averse to a bit of gallows humor Seven Psychopaths is just original and morbid enough to be genuinely memorable 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Eric Melin
Seven Psychopaths isn t interested in complete narrative coherency only with ridiculous flights of fancy and layering joke upon joke as McDonagh skewers the modern crime genre and just about every other action movie trope 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Peter Canavese
Smart enough to work on multiple levels as a witty salute to masculine 70s cinema as a deconstruction of same and as an existential consideration of the role of self expression in ascribing meaning to life 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Austin Kennedy
It s like a BOONDOCK SAINTS for people who have good taste in movies 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Lisa Kennedy
Yes it s a lot to keep track of but writer director Martin McDonagh does so with deft humor as the film hurls toward a desert climax foreshadowed in one of Billy and Marty s exchanges 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Sean P. Means
Rockwell is impressive as the manic Billy while Walken steals his scenes as he gives Hans a world weary seriousness that keeps McDonagh s weird world nicely grounded 
3
Seven Psychopaths
James Berardinelli
For about 75 minutes Seven Psychopaths is a rollicking good movie kinetic clever funny and brutal Then inexplicably it falls apart 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Rick Groen
This flick never pretends to be anything but a bright hall of fun house mirrors And there so gloriously distorted gargoyles look right at home 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Kyle Smith
Too many of its moments of let s subvert the genre seem to leave McDonagh stranded and flailing at just the moment when a Tarantino movie or a Chuck Palahniuk novel is snapping into place 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Ann Hornaday
A toxic little bauble of Hollywood gestures cliches and tropes 
2
Seven Psychopaths
Mick LaSalle
Seven Psychopaths has to be counted as a disappointment 
2
Seven Psychopaths
Mark Dujsik
T his is a film that revels in the act and art of storytelling 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Dustin Putman
Here is a motion picture that proudly bends genre conventions and follows a multilayered narrative not quite like any other viewers will have seen 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Joe Williams
Seven Psychopaths is a vivid illusion of fun but sane consumers can find similar sensations in the discount video bin eight days a week 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Peter Travers
What movie junkie out there wouldn t leap at the chance to see merry pranksters such as Christopher Walken Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson go nuts in something called Seven Psychopaths It s crazy killer fun 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Steven Rea
Put a gun in the hands of Woody Harrelson and some glorious gab in the mouth of Christopher Walken the most deadpan of deadpanning thespians and it s impossible not to make something of this profanity flying conflation 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Rene Rodriguez
For a good hour Seven Psychopaths is lively bloody fun Then the yawning starts 
2
Seven Psychopaths
Ty Burr
Seven Psychopaths is many things chief among them a long overdue love letter to Christopher Walken and a crudely drawn ransom note from Sam Rockwell 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Rafer Guzman
Movies about moviemaking can often feel lazy like rock songs about touring or poetry about sitting in cafes but McDonagh is such an energetic filmmaker and fancy footed writer that he nearly pulls it off 
2
Seven Psychopaths
Ann Lewinson
The tug of war of a writer wrestling with his own worst instincts 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Chris Hewitt
You re unlikely to be invested in the outcome of Seven Psychopaths but there s a lot of good grisly fun to be had along the way 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Graham Killeen
All great films are both fairy tales and confessionals and when the two collide what s left beyond the crumple zone is magic 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Matt Pais
Anything but the same old thing anchored by a fantastically weird energetic Rockwell y Sam Rockwell performance and several scenes of excellent Tarantino esque anxiety 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Peter Howell
The really crazy thing about Seven Psychopaths is how much sense it makes in a weird sort of way And how much fun it has while doing so 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Soren Andersen
It comes off as a big inside joke And not a very funny one at that 
2
Seven Psychopaths
Michael Phillips
McDonagh s characters may be awful or simply lost but they re all addicted to the art of the tall tale and the dark allure of the nightmarish bedtime story 
3
Seven Psychopaths
Roger Ebert
Well they have the title right I don t know how these people found one another but they certainly belong on the same list 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
Jake Coyle
After breaking apart the crime film McDonagh puts it back together again for a conclusion worthy of the genre 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Claudia Puig
Seven Psychopaths is about seven times more clever than most Hollywood comedies And way more demented 
3.5
Seven Psychopaths
John Semley
If Seven Psychopaths smacks a bit showoff y in places it s only because Martin McDonagh has so much worth showing off 
2.5
Seven Psychopaths
Rex Reed
To me the movie is genuinely humor resistant Any cult it develops will be chewing gum and wearing Halloween costumes 
0
Seven Psychopaths
Roger Moore
Smarter than Tarantino cleverer than Carnahan literary minded and violent and wickedly funny 
3
Sherman's March
Ed Gonzalez
McElwee asks us to reconnect not only with each other but with our human spirit 
3.5
Conscience Point
Rafer Guzman
A solid documentary in which a Long Island culture clash opens a window onto larger issues 
2.5
History Lessons
Jonathan Foreman
An intermittently instructive and amusing jumble that might have been seen as daring and transgressive in both form and content if it had been released say three decades ago 
1.5
Mandela
Steve Rhodes
It is a shame that the Academy ignores so many brilliant documentaries Hoop Dreams while nominating high minded but bland ones like Mandella 
2
Mandela
Roger Ebert
What a fascinating portrait this film paints of Mandela 
3
21 Bridges
David Nusair
precisely the sort of instantly forgettable thriller that one used to stumble upon on late night television 
2.5
21 Bridges
Matt Brunson
A generic cop thriller with plot twists so obvious that they could be spotted as far back as the Cretaceous Period 
2
21 Bridges
Richard Roeper
Everything about 21 Bridges is pure counterfeit 
1.5
21 Bridges
Katie Walsh
A high concept thriller with a ticking clock and a killer premise though it doesn t totally deliver on that promise 
2.5
21 Bridges
Glenn Kenny
One of the most entertaining and thoughtful American policiers in recent memory 
3
21 Bridges
Mark Dujsik
To damn with faint praise 21 Bridges is wholly competent 
2
21 Bridges
Jake Cole
It s difficult to imagine a worse time to release 21 Bridges than the present 
1
21 Bridges
Steven Prokopy
The best thing I can say about the new crime actioner 21 Bridges is that it s mercifully short 
2
21 Bridges
Michael Phillips
There s strangely little urgency to the internal rhythms and pacing of 21 Bridges It s not so much a ticking clock thriller It s more like Is this clock still working Why didn t I get a digital clock 
2
21 Bridges
Jake Coyle
21 Bridges is well crafted enough to pass the time but anything more than that is a bridge too far 
2.5
21 Bridges
Roger Moore
Nothing kills a tense ticking clock thriller quicker than stopping that clock 
2
21 Bridges
Rafer Guzman
Kirk an Irish director whose credits include HBO s Game of Thrones keeps the action moving at a decent clip Overall though the movie is as generic as its ersatz New York backdrop 
2
21 Bridges
Mick LaSalle
There are worse things you can do with your time than watch Boseman Miller and Simmons for an hour and a half Just know that 21 Bridges is the kind of movie you ll forget five minutes after seeing it 
2.5
21 Bridges
Sean P. Means
There s a moment where a character walks in and you d half expect the character to say Hi I ll be your dirty cop this evening Have you had a chance to look at the menu Things are that obvious 
1.5
21 Bridges
Tom Russo
It s telling though that the biggest reaction at a preview screening came when one audience member punctuated a climactic scene with an amusingly timed Wakanda forever But it shouldn t be solely about Wakanda forever should it 
2
21 Bridges
Brad Wheeler
It s all just so average 
2
21 Bridges
Johnny Oleksinski
Boseman for his part brings warmth to an outwardly chilly role and continues his usual high caliber acting But the only way he could save this script is with a pencil 
1
21 Bridges
Michael O'Sullivan
21 Bridges will win no prizes for originality or twists It won t win any prizes for anything to be honest But it s made well enough 
2.5
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Matt Brunson
A missed opportunity exercise that might as well have been called Remo Williams The Adventure Begins and Ends 
2
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
David Nusair
46 46 46 a sporadically watchable 40 yet surprisingly dull 41 piece of work 46 
2
Hell House
Joshua Tanzer
It s up to you to decide whether to admire these people s dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism manipulativeness and narrow fearful view of American life 
3.5
Hell House
Leslie Katz
Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers the show represents a spectacular piece of theater and there s no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it 
3
Hell House
V.A. Musetto
Frightening well done documentary 
3
Hell House
Robert K. Elder
Texan director George Ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings and he delivers fascinating psychological fare 
4
Hell House
Mary Brennan
Lazy filmmaking with the director taking a hands off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it s compelling 
2
Hell House
Jonathan Perry
A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services 
3
Sister Aimee
Sara Stewart
Sister Aimee is a true original apparently just like its namesake 
3
Dorfman in Love
Farran Smith Nehme
The plotting is like uninspired Mad Libs and the premise so slight it s practically transparent Nor is there much going on visually beyond Jay s to die for loft 
2
Dorfman in Love
Diego Semerene
The film s moral lesson is too contradictory to be taken seriously 
2
Convention City
Wanda Hale
It ias all a lot of fun if you like seeing the same old faces in the same old predicaments 
2.5
Grey Owl
Michael Dequina
Good intentions equal boredom in this slow overly reverential portrait 
2
Flash of Genius
David Nusair
many of Flash of Genius problems stem from an overlong and padded out running time 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Greg Maki
Its true story filmed and acted with great skill has an uncommon poignancy 
3.5
Flash of Genius
Michael Dequina
As in all films that make the questionable move of placing him front and center Kinnear just blends in with the wallpaper 
1.5
Flash of Genius
Linda Cook
You may find yourself staring at your windshield wipers in fascination after you see Flash of Genius whichi s based on the real life story of a little guy who went up against a corporation 
3
Flash of Genius
Steve Rhodes
It s an amazing and touching true story that will have you on the edge of your seat and may even cause you to shed a tear or two 
3.5
Flash of Genius
Josh Hurst
For those who enjoy this sort of inspiring true life story and are able to sort through the good and the bad in its central character Flash of Genius is a smart choice 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Claudia Puig
While some scenes deliver Flash of Genius suffers from an occasional lack of narrative tension 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Linda Barnard
The notion that a car part holds all the beauty and inspiration of a great piece of art is what makes Flash of Genius so watchable 
3
Flash of Genius
Chris Hewitt
Did you like Tucker The Man and His Dream It s in the same boat but less stylish and with a bit more heart 
3
Flash of Genius
Tom Keogh
We might be talking about windshield wipers instead of industry pollution in Flash of Genius but somehow justice seems more dear in this odd movie 
3
Flash of Genius
Peter Hartlaub
Flash of Genius isn t that good but it s an enjoyable way to start the Oscar season 
3
Flash of Genius
James Berardinelli
We have seen this kind of tale before and director Marc Abraham is unable to convince us that we want to see it again 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Daniel M. Kimmel
However the makers of Flash of Genius faced a problem they couldn t quite solve This is a story about windshield wipers 
2
Flash of Genius
Stephen Whitty
Although it s competently made Flash of Genius contains no spark of life at all 
2
Flash of Genius
Lou Lumenick
The flaws of Flash of Genius are worth putting up with for Kinnear s committed performance 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Bob Strauss
The most gripping movie about engineering windshield wipers you will ever see Take that any way you care to 
3
Flash of Genius
Robert W. Butler
It s a testament to Kinnear s charisma that we stick with Kearns through thick and thin 
3
Flash of Genius
Liam Lacey
This is an inspirational melodrama derailed by the low stakes of the subject and the flaws of its hero 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Mark Olsen
It wants so desperately to be a Hollywood style story of the little guy triumphing over the big guy that it races past much of the subtlety of Kearns story 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Christopher Kelly
The movie seems to have been crafted on an assembly line that specializes in inspirational tales of ordinary Davids triumphing over merciless Goliaths 
2
Flash of Genius
Ty Burr
The problem with Flash of Genius isn t that the subject is dull but that the movie is 
2
Flash of Genius
Michael Sragow
Out of such plain materials as a windshield wiper an inventor and a courtroom trial Abraham has made one of the most original and memorable American movies of the year 
4
Flash of Genius
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sadly first time director Marc Abraham presents this story exactly the same as all the other biopics all highlights 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Willie Waffle
just about everyone not named Trump or Gates will be rooting for this underdog to get what is rightfully his
3
Flash of Genius
Cathy Jakicic
It s the individual story fleshed out by Philip Railsback s intelligent script that makes the audience care 
3
Flash of Genius
Jeff Vice
Flash of Genius takes an uninteresting idea on the surface at least and actually makes it even less interesting than it already would be 
2
Flash of Genius
Austin Kennedy
This movie doesn t really offer anything new but the quiet meditative execution was refreshing 
3
Flash of Genius
Steven Rea
Flash of Genius has its corn its conflation its composite characters But Kinnear does what he s done in the past You underestimate the guy s acting chops and suddenly strikingly he floors you 
3
Flash of Genius
Dustin Putman
With minimal saccharine emotions and a reliance on low key realism Flash of Genius is a formulaic underdog tale carried out with decided intelligence 
2.5
Flash of Genius
Peter Travers
Kinnear takes the star spot in Flash of Genius and rides it to glory 
3
Flash of Genius
Rafer Guzman
This film rises slightly above convention thanks to Kinnear s strong performance as its not entirely likable hero 
3
Flash of Genius
Roger Ebert
Flash of Genius tells this story in faithful and often moving detail 
3
Flash of Genius
Josh Larsen
thinks it s an inspirational based on fact little man beats the system drama when in fact it is one of the more depressing pictures I ve seen in quite some time 
2
Flash of Genius
Phil Villarreal
An endearing underdog yarn 
3
Flash of Genius
Jeanne Aufmuth
A stirring David and Goliath tale of steadfast perseverance and pride 
3
Flash of Genius
Nick Schager
What little tension exists in Flash of Genius stems not from its ho hum narrative but from its attempts to fashion a heartwarming tale from a true life story that in many respects wasn t all that heartwarming 
2
Raiders!
Brad Keefe
The dedication of the boys to this project is the sort of inspiration only a real film geek can understand and count me among that group 
3
Raiders!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the end the doc captures that magical way that movies can speak to us and transport us and how for some that feeling becomes a way of life 
3.5
Raiders!
Rob Thomas
In a day where middle aged fans rant on Twitter that Batman vs Superman Ghostbusters or some other piece of pop culture ruined their childhood we see how loving Raiders not only saved these boys childhoods It saved their adulthoods too 
3.5
Raiders!
James Kendrick
highly entertaining documentary
3
Raiders!
Sean P. Means
Skousen and Coon who worked in various capacities on the no budget Napoleon Dynamite have an obvious empathy for these do it yourself film fanatics and that cinephilia pours out of this warm hearted movie 
3
Raiders!
Odie Henderson
This is a smartly made movie that might win you over I was pleasantly surprised because there s something truly Spielbergian about it 
3
Raiders!
Brad Wheeler
If you see only one movie this summer see the movie about the movie it took seven summers to make 
3.5
Raiders!
Mike McGranaghan
A celebration of motion pictures and their power to impact people Inspiring and endearing 
3.5
Raiders!
Kyle Smith
Fanboys gotta fan but beneath the surface Raiders is the opposite of what it s trying to be not a salute to monomania but a lesson in its destructiveness 
1
Raiders!
Chris Knight
We root for those kids of 30 years ago to finish their movie And we root for their still eager elder alter egos to nail that last shot That s a lot of cheering 
3
Raiders!
Pat Padua
The film s most profound subject matter may simply be the passage of time 
2.5
Raiders!
Roger Moore
Over hyped But you will laugh out loud at the chutzpah and the kiddie DIY problem solving it took to do a shot by shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark 
2.5
Raiders!
Bob Bloom
You watch Raiders shaking your head in astonishment questioning the sanity of the filmmakers as children and adults 
3
Drug War
Mattie Lucas
To is a born storyteller and his work here is nothing short of astonishing Drug War is a great film
3.5
Drug War
Josh Larsen
as nimble as a ballet dancer even while dancing in muck 
3.5
Drug War
Tom Russo
Another inkling of the style limitations perhaps most responsible for To s lower visibility stateside compared with say his countrymen John Woo and Wong Kar wai 
2
Drug War
G. Allen Johnson
As always To delivers fantastic set pieces 
4
Drug War
Tirdad Derakhshani
Drug War is a deeply intelligent exhilarating and eminently satisfying adult crime story one of the best thrillers you re likely to see this year 
3.5
Drug War
Tom Keogh
An intense and constantly surprising crime story in which destiny seems to fold in on itself 
3.5
Drug War
David Nusair
An almost incongruously exciting effort from Johnnie To 
3
Drug War
Mike McGranaghan
It s like a Chinese version of The Wire 
3.5
Drug War
Simon Abrams
While it takes a while to come to a full boil Drug War is an atypically grim gangster film from the typically inspired Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To 
3.5
Drug War
V.A. Musetto
Cars go crunch bullets fly blood spurts bodies splatter and an unbelievable amount of cocaine is snorted The climactic shootout which goes on for 15 minutes and has an astronomical body count is a masterpiece of its kind 
4
Drug War
Chuck Bowen
The film is a singularly huge relentless all encompassing set piece that mutates and spasms with terrifying lack of foresight It s all business business business 
4
Phil
Rex Reed
Character development is non existent and isolated scenes resonate with occasional whimsy but they don t add up to a satisfying whole The adjective that best describes Phil is preposterous 
1
Phil
Nick Allen
An affable but profoundly bland dark comedy that depicts an existential crisis with soft philosophizing and some jokes 
1.5
Phil
Mark Dujsik
T he story is an aggressively lazy situational comedy 
1
Phil
Joey Magidson
If not for Mazur s script dropping the ball this might have been just worthy of a mild recommendation Kinnear however has a future behind the camera if he wants it 
2.5
Grasshoppers
Roger Moore
Bischoff has created a bracing first feature in which society apos s designated losers mask their bitterness in contempt and their desperation in alcohol 46 
3
A Lesson Before Dying
Michael Dequina
This riveting drama stands far above most straight to tube efforts in fact its many virtues surpass many films that receive theatrical release 
3.5
Kettle of Fish
Ty Burr
A fumbled attempt at modern romantic comedy 
1
Kettle of Fish
Willie Waffle
Claudia Myers fills the movie with the rhythms jokes and turning points of a sit com or romantic comedy making Kettle of Fish a delightful funny comfortable diversion
2.5
Kettle of Fish
Maitland McDonagh
If only there were some spark between Modine and Gershon who s hampered by an annoying and unnecessary English accent 
2
Kettle of Fish
Lou Lumenick
The film s leisurely pacing and Modine s overly laid back work leave something to be desired 
2
Kettle of Fish
Elizabeth Weitzman
Writer director Claudia Myers clunky debut feature makes the case that first timers should probably focus on either writing or directing 
1.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Mattie Lucas
For all its drama it feels painfully forced and trite as dour and dull as it is unfocused 
2
The Secret in Their Eyes
Matt Brunson
A dizzying mix of suspense intrigue and romance 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Sean O'Connell
A slow burn of a thriller an intricately plotted and subtly acted mystery
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Mike Scott
The film s few soapy moments and the plot s investigational contrivances are easily offset by the fine acting and storytelling as well as unexpected moments of humor 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
John Beifuss
An expertly crafted murder and more mystery that should appeal to fans of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and other ambitious thrillers that work to attract a mass audience 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Rob Thomas
The Secret in Their Eyes has all the entertainment value of a great mystery and a great love story but that connection to Argentina s collective conscience helps it transcend its genre conventions 
4
The Secret in Their Eyes
Roger Moore
Romantic obsession at its two extremes is explored with sympathy and intelligence in the thriller The Secret in Their Eyes 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Keith Cohen
The compelling story plays out like a page turning suspense novel that you can t put down The acting is superb and the camera lingers on the actors faces in 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Robert W. Butler
Its real power lies in the passage of time the dull ache of loss and the grim satisfaction of revenge and yearnings of love unrealized There s an awful lot going on in this film and all of it is good 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Jeff Vice
Both Darín and Argentine television actress Villamil are terrific It s the supporting performers whose work really sticks with you though especially that of Argentine comedian Guillermo Francella 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Joe Williams
Although it has some memorably disquieting scenes this story of long delayed justice is sustained by its melancholy more than its thrills 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Duane Dudek
A meditation on justice and memory rooted in Argentina s turbulent political past wrapped in a doomed and rekindled love affair between two people incapable of seeing what is right before their eyes 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Moira MacDonald
Though the story occasionally seems a little too convenient to be true it doesn t matter a whit as the filmmaking is so skilled 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Chris Hewitt
There s a deep sense of foreboding in the film but it s also lushly romantic 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Sara Michelle Fetters
This central relationship both broke and enraptured my heart Benjamin and Irene s slow waltz one round the other but both still just out of reach of touching keeping my pulse racing at an ever accelerating pace 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Steven Rea
Engages with style suspense and seriousness of intent Criminal intent and otherwise 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Rick Groen
The wonder is that the film balances its many genres from the thorns of murder to the bloom of romance to the thickets of politics with such easy grace 
4
The Secret in Their Eyes
Mark Dujsik
A haunting tale of things left unsaid and unfinished 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Tovin Lapan
Just as the title implies there are several secrets guarded by different characters and the movie is about more than just tracking down the killer 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Mick LaSalle
Exalted and frustrating graceful in its filmmaking and clumsy in its storytelling 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Michael Phillips
You never quite know where it s going yet its mixture of tones and colors and melodrama and mature mellow romance is irresistible 
4
The Secret in Their Eyes
Roger Ebert
Sometimes I watch a film unspool like a tape measure and I can sense how far we are from the end Sometimes my imagination is led to live right along with it 
4
The Secret in Their Eyes
Kent Turner
Though well acted and efficiently told Secret as a mystery sorely lacks an ah ha moment it could have used an extra twist or two 
2.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Ann Hornaday
An absorbing story of the unlikely intersection of an unrequited love affair and an unresolved crime this taut thriller features some bravura cinematic moments and memorable performances from an exceptionally attractive cast of players 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
V.A. Musetto
A nearly perfect love story murder mystery that unfortunately falters at the end 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Peter Travers
This spellbinder from Argentina will sneak up and floor you It s that good 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Stephen Whitty
The Secret in Their Eyes is ostensibly a murder mystery but that part of the story is the least interesting 
3
The Secret in Their Eyes
Wesley Morris
The secret here is that the movie is rather tasteless It has the high slightly nauseating stink of perfume on garbage 
1.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Peter Keough
The Best Foreign Language Film Oscar went to this piece of crap from Argentina It seems that as soon as they see subtitles the Academy voters feel free to succumb to their worst instincts regarding kitsch cliché and cornball contrivance 
1.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Aaron Cutler
These ingredients combine for a sort of idiot salad but because it s a foreign film with boobs in it Secret passes for high art 
1
The Secret in Their Eyes
Rene Rodriguez
Although it is structured like a thriller The Secret in Their Eyes is really a cautionary tale about the consequences of a life of too much apprehension and propriety 
3.5
The Secret in Their Eyes
Jules Brenner
When a film comes together as powerfully as this with the full advantage of classic mystery construction and graceful originality it s a joy to behold 
4
Player Hating: A Love Story
Sara Stewart
It s a sobering slice of life that puts actual faces to local violent crime statistics 
2
Player Hating: A Love Story
Chuck Bowen
One of the more intimate and revealing looks at American projects ever made it s assured and empathetic without indulging in fashionable white guilt 
3
The Skip Tracer
Elliott Stein
It would be unbearable without the steely attractive repulsive central performance of David Petersen 
2
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ultimately director Burnett offers a remarkable gift an intelligent sense of relativity As Woodard s narration puts it For a nation unable to come to terms with the legacy of slavery Nat Turner remains a troublesome property 
4
Djinns
David Nusair
a fairly worthless piece of work 
1
Waiting for Happiness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A moving picture that does not move 
1.5
Waiting for Happiness
V.A. Musetto
Manages to delight without much of a story 
3
Waiting for Happiness
John Monaghan
Though talk in the film often turns to death Khatra s enthusiasm and love of life keep the movie surprisingly upbeat 
3
Waiting for Happiness
Jeremy Heilman
Once the audience figure out what s being said the filmmaker s relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care 
2
Waiting for Happiness
Ed Gonzalez
Abderrahmane Sissako s Heremakono Waiting for Happiness is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences 
3.5
Koch
Mattie Lucas
It isn t really any more illuminating beyond the history we already know but it humanizes the man in a way rarely seen in the national media 
3
Koch
Rob Thomas
Forget A Tale of Two Cities the documentary Koch is a tale of two mayors At LEAST two 
3
Koch
Steven Rea
He was certainly combative and confident and full of love for the city he governed with such gusto Koch is a New York story for the whole world to appreciate 
3.5
Koch
Mark Feeney
What he really was was one of a kind Whether intentionally or not Koch shows that that s not necessarily a bad thing 
3
Koch
Roger Moore
Captures the man burnishes the myth and remembers the mouth 
3
Koch
Kam Williams
The rise and fall from grace of a good Jewish boy gone bad who ostensibly sold out the Big Apple but never summoned up the courage to come out of the closet 
4
Koch
Rafer Guzman
Koch is a treasure trove of little moments that illuminate a famously cantankerous sharp elbowed showboating personality 
3
Koch
Robert Levin
A thoughtful look at the fundamental reasons a down and out city was primed to embrace this larger than life cheerleader for all things Gotham 
3.5
Koch
Stephen Whitty
I wish other questions had been asked and pushed and a lot more context provided 
2
Koch
Lou Lumenick
Koch presents an uncommonly juicy subject for a documentary and filmmaker Neil Barsky makes the most of the opportunity 
3.5
Koch
Chuck Bowen
Neil Barsky is aware of how a great and terribly troubling person can reside in the same body but his occasional eagerness to appoint himself as his subject s latest press agent is dubious 
2.5
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Peter Travers
Books could be written about Gondry s pieces but this former drummer remains a rock roller at heart Invariably his videos are visual invitations to bang your head 
4
The Sandlot 2
Walter Chaw
A caricaturist would draw stink lines emanating from this direct to video stillbirth 
0.5
The Sandlot 2
David Nusair
does feature a brisk pace and several charismatic performances 
2.5
Róise & Frank
Randy Myers
While this is a twee film that leads us down a familiar trail it undeniably warms your heart and puts a smile on your face and sometimes that s exactly what we need at the movies 
3
Róise & Frank
Nell Minow
It is delicately told 44 sweet but never sugary 46 
3.5
Just 6.5
Walter Chaw
Just 6 5 feels hopeless and manic in the same breath It s timely as hell 
4
The Omen
Matt Brunson
The devil taking over the world is a terrifying concept yet there s so little urgency to the proceedings that you d think his master plan extended only to prank phone calls to the Vatican and TPing ministers houses 
2
The Omen
Mattie Lucas
In the world of the Antichrist the original Omen reigns supreme 
2
The Omen
Namrata Joshi
The film doesn t leave you with bad dreams It just makes you wonder what s the point watching this remake when DVDs of the original are at hand 
2
The Omen
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Certainly it s not the worst remake of all time but it really is one of the more ridiculous unnecessary and gimmicky of them 
2
The Omen
Michael A. Smith
the second half of the film devoid of the cheap thrills and subliminal images that fill the first half moves along smoothly 
2.5
The Omen
Peter T. Chattaway
The times may not be as apocalyptic as they once were but this is still an Omen for the age of irony 
2
The Omen
Michael Dequina
As is the case of any virtual carbon copy this version isn t quite as sharp 
2.5
The Omen
David Nusair
a slow paced surprisingly tedious update that ultimately feels more redundant than anything else 
2
The Omen
Lori Hoffman
rent the original instead
2
The Omen
Mike McGranaghan
Younger viewers may find this new movie more exciting anyone with a memory of the old Gregory Peck version will most likely feel a sensation of been there done that 
2
The Omen
Steve Rhodes
A delightful throwback to a time when really good horror movies were more interested in the mystery than the special effects 
3
The Omen
Jonathan R. Perry
10 Things I Hate About the Apocalypse 
1.5
The Omen
Lawrence Toppman
Was the original this deliberately slow you ll wonder Was Gregory Peck powerfully stoic or was he really as stuffy as Liev Schreiber in the role of Satan s stepdad Did the director telegraph every killing 
2.5
The Omen
David Elliott
John Moore directed with verve and glosses nonsense with artful lighting The audience is lured into not giggling too early or often though decapitation gets a howl 
2
The Omen
James Emanuel Shapiro
What s wrong with the 2006 version Well it has none of the positive elements of the original and there s no chemistry between Stiles and Schreiber The acting the music the photography and the technical elements are all fair to downright awful 
0
The Omen
Peter Travers
Not since Gus Van Sant inexplicably directed a shot by shot remake of Hitchcock s Psycho has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact 
1
The Omen
Sean O'Connell
Dead on arrival 
1.5
The Omen
Mark Dujsik
This version of The Omen comes prepackaged nearly identical to the original and as such it is unnecessary 
2
The Omen
Thomas Delapa
In an almost shot for shot remake of the 1976 occult hit the boy Antichrist otherwise known as Damien returns to the screen born of the greedy she wolf otherwise known as Hollywood 
1
The Omen
John Beifuss
For decapitation completists only 
2
The Omen
Kit Bowen
There s really only two words to describe remaking cult classic The Omen Not necessary 
1.5
The Omen
Phil Villarreal
You ll stumble in your seat all right not so much out of fear but lack of balance your inner ear destroyed by random blasts of sound 
2.5
The Omen
Daniel M. Kimmel
Where in the original the camera quickly cut away now it lingers on the carnage This isn t necessarily a sign of how much we have progressed since then 
2
The Omen
Josh Larsen
features an alarming number of classy actors getting whacked in the most ghastly and classless of ways 
2
The Omen
Peter Hartlaub
Other than the obvious marketing advantages of releasing this movie on 06 06 06 a second Omen seems completely unnecessary even if it is kind of fun 
2
The Omen
Sara Michelle Fetters
Other than that beat for beat and scene for scene this is almost exactly the same film start to finish director Moore completely disinterested in doing something different or intriguing to make it stand out 
1.5
The Omen
Gene Seymour
There seems little rationale for Omen 06 except to resuscitate a brand name that carried enough pop culture clout in Watergate s aftermath to inspire a host of gnarly sequels 
2
The Omen
Kyle Smith
The devil takes care of business in exactly the same way as if he s reading from the book of Re Revelation But director John Moore has added some creepy visuals and assembled an unusually strong cast for a horror flick 
3
The Omen
Peter Debruge
An unnecessary but not as awful as you might think remake 
2
The Omen
Terry Lawson
In their religious fidelity to the original director John Moore and writer David Seltzer don t attempt to paper over anachronisms from Seltzer s 1976 script 
2
The Omen
Randy Myers
Moore realizes creating an unsettling mood genuine suspense and fully realized characters is as important maybe even more important than mere bloodshed 
3.5
The Omen
Wesley Morris
It s a terrible sign for a movie when the sole reason for its existence is a satanic opening date 
1
The Omen
Jeffrey Westhoff
For a movie packed with religious symbols The Omen has little understanding of religion It arrives at spirituality backwards The devil is real so you better believe in God 
2
The Omen
Matt Pais
Maybe they should pay more attention to Damien s sketch of his babysitter hanging herself instead of freaking out when he makes a peanut butter and jelly sandwich 
1.5
The Omen
Kurt Loder
This new Omen works fine It has its own look and it plays the story straight as if this were the first time it was being brought to the screen If you haven t seen the original movie this one should provide some good shivery fun 
2.5
The Omen
Sean P. Means
There seems to be little reason for its existence except to take advantage of the calendar anomaly of June 6 2006 6 6 06 
1.5
The Omen
Linda Cook
Everything adds up to make The Omen a great horror movie 
3.5
The Omen
Claudia Puig
Yes it may be 6 6 06 but was there a reason beyond that to remake the 30 year old horror classic 
2
The Omen
Maitland McDonagh
There are no surprises for anyone who s seen the earlier version and younger horror fans may find the modest body count and restrained gore unsatisfying 
2.5
The Omen
Geoff Pevere
If the opening date driven re make of The Omen succeeds in tapping into any fears of the existence of evil in the world these will be most acutely felt when you realize that Satan the old showbiz devil has picked your pocket once again 
1.5
The Omen
Chris Hewitt
Wanna know a bad omen for a horror movie When it spends an hour or more trying to decide what kind of horror movie it s going to be 
2
The Omen
Bruce Newman
Schreiber seems to wander through the film like Hamlet s ghost waiting for his soliloquy to come and it never does He s kind of a cold fish and Stiles isn t much better 
2
The Omen
James Berardinelli
It s hard to imagine college age movie goers being attracted by such a passé premise And fans of the original will end up doing shot by shot comparisons On every level The Omen isn t just bad filmmaking it s bad storytelling 
1.5
The Omen
Carrie Rickey
The Omen remake is creepily efficient 
2.5
The Omen
Stephen Whitty
While it s not exactly a horror it s still a long way from a great horror film 
2
The Omen
Jack Mathews
I say rent the original It tells exactly the same story with a better cast and with special effects that are as good or better 
2
The Omen
Jackie Loohauis
Take the numbers 06 06 06 and calculate them according to the rituals of ancient mystical prophecy and what do you get Zilch 
1
The Omen
Glenn Whipp
The original Omen spawned two sequels This lifeless remake guarantees we ll be spared the run up to Armageddon 
1.5
The Omen
Amy Biancolli
A slavishly literal remake of the satanic horror standby that elicits laughter sleep and occasional eye popped shock but drums up scant real terror 
1
The Omen
Liam Lacey
Compared to Al Gore s new global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth The Omen makes the Apocalypse look comforting and child friendly 
1
The Omen
Michael Booth
The update is serviceable but fairly bland 
2.5
The Omen
Jeff Vice
You can file the remake of The Omen under Unnecessary With a cross reference to Uninspired 
2
The Omen
Michael Phillips
Aside from a couple of brief jolting dream sequences The Omen plods along 
1.5
The Omen
Roger Ebert
The Omen is a faithful remake of the 1976 film and that s a relief it depends on characters and situations and doesn t go berserk with visuals 
3
The Omen
Erik Childress
John Moore has ultimately succeeded in creating an adequate xerox of the first film but failed to keep us from asking why it was worth doing in the first place 
2.5
The Omen
Willie Waffle
nothing can top the awkward unintentionally hilarious and career ending performance of Seamus Davey Fitzpatrick kid pouts as if he was told he can t have some ice cream instead of raging like the Anti Christ 
0
The Omen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Neither good enough to be worthwhile nor bad enough to be interesting 
2
The Omen
Dustin Putman
Goes to show that magic can t always strike twice 151 not even when virtually the same script is used 
1.5
The Omen
Peter Canavese
If you ve never seen The Omen the technically well made remake is an effective chiller a cut above today s standard but if you have there s no reason to watch this rote replay 
2.5
The Omen
Jeanne Aufmuth
A faithful re creation altered to appease a modern audience s thirst for well crafted gore 
3
The Omen
Jeremiah Kipp
This latest unnecessary remake of a minor horror flick lacks even the benefit of novelty 
1
The Omen
Garth Franklin
There is absolutely nothing new here nothing to justify why it was made and nothing of redeeming value short of a few jump scares
1
Dead Heist
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I won t argue in its favor and defend it to you but I had fun sitting through it for eighty minutes 
2.5
Robin Hood
Matt Brunson
In Robin Hood you can t see the forest for the cheese 
1.5
Robin Hood
Linda Cook
Bow out It misses the mark 
1
Robin Hood
David Nusair
a misguided reimagining that s rarely as effective or enthralling as intended 
1.5
Robin Hood
Pamela Powell
The cast gives it their best but with a script that slowly slips down the slope of silliness there s not much an actor can do All of the characters are one dimensional cutouts of men and women in a dark and violent time 
1.5
Robin Hood
Robert Horton
Trapped somewhere between the legit derring do of Robin s role in the resistance and the movie s smirky attitude about the whole thing 
2
Robin Hood
Frank Ochieng
Vastly messy and meandering in its whimsical wasteland Robin Hood awkwardly strains for credibility in biting off more than it can chew in a toothless bombastic actioner that has all the appeal of a dull arrow penetrating a stone wall 
1.5
Robin Hood
Rob Thomas
Forget history the opening narration to Otto Bathurst s Robin Hood intones Forget everything you think you know And while you re at it forget pacing character development and general excitement 
1.5
Robin Hood
Joe Friar
The dialogue is ridiculous and the action dull Robin Hood is now stealing from anyone who buys a ticket rich or poor 
1
Robin Hood
Richard Roeper
It s legitimately funny Not sure that was the intention 
1
Robin Hood
Matt Zoller Seitz
You could build a suspension bridge over the gap between what Robin Hood could have been and what it is 
2
Robin Hood
Roger Moore
Worst Robin Hood Ever 
1
Robin Hood
Josh Terry
There s a place for bombastic over the top popcorn movies that don t take themselves too seriously But Robin Hood s humor isn t quite funny enough and its serious content isn t quite serious enough 
2
Robin Hood
Bruce DeMara
Sure there are some decent action scenes and star Taron Egerton has loads of insouciant charm But that s about it The rest is sporadically engaging drivel 
2
Robin Hood
Keith Watson
Robin Hood s shameless silliness only takes it so far as the film is frequently undermined by Otto Bathurst s wobbly direction 
2.5
Robin Hood
Mark Dujsik
Despite its early protests Robin Hood is just another Robin Hood story and a pretty monotonous and half hearted one at that 
1.5
Robin Hood
Michael O'Sullivan
Amounts to a chilly and flavorless frappé of historical speculation revisionist folklore and every lazy action movie cliche ever written 
1
Robin Hood
Sean P. Means
The capper is an ending that induces slaps to the forehead revealing all of this confusion to be an origin story for a franchise this Robin Hood may and if there s a God should never gets to fulfill 
1.5
Robin Hood
Michael Ordoña
The delight taken in throwing film references in the blender with a shot of social consciousness can take a familiar tale only so far 
2
Robin Hood
Robert Daniels
Despite Robin Hood boasting a talented cast the cheesiness of their script would blunt the sharpest of performances 
0
Robin Hood
Meredith Goldstein
Egerton makes for an ideal Robin with his Lego shaped jaw and his ability to deliver lines with great sarcasm while looking good in stylish outerwear The only problem is that there isn t much for Egerton s Robin to say The zingers don t quite zing 
2
Robin Hood
Johnny Oleksinski
The cast is uniformly terrible 
1
Binti
Sean P. Means
If American kids movies were as naturally energetic and as willing to explore some hard emotional truths as the Belgian movie Binti our children and Hollywood would be much better for it 
3.5
Zu, Warriors From the Magic Mountain
Greg Dean Schmitz
This 1983 fantasy kung fu classic is pure visual flash and thrill making up for in eye candy what it lacks in a story
3
Meditation Park
Julia Cooper
A bit too hammy at moments Meditation Park is otherwise a complex film that hews with tenderness to Asian stereotypes in order to reflect back their often obscured depths 
3.5
Wonder Woman
Josh Larsen
Wonder Woman may look like a sex object but she doesn t carry herself like one nor does the narrative treat her as such 
3.5
Wonder Woman
Peter Canavese
A fast paced feature sure to satisfy fans and win a generation of new ones Blu ray 
3
Wonder Woman
Rob Vaux
Warner s line of direct to DVD superhero films has finally given the Amazing Amazon her due 
3
Wonder Woman
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I really enjoyed my short time spent with the character and her mythos 
3
Cop and a Half
Peter Stack
Henry Winkler directed this dreary exercise about a burned out detective Burt Reynolds forced to work with an 8 year old crime witness who wants to play cop 
1
Cop and a Half
Gene Siskel
The villains are lame the stunts are tired and the dialogue wouldn t work on a network sitcom 
1
Cop and a Half
Roger Ebert
Norman D Golden II does a splendid job of playing the pint sized cop and that Reynolds finds the right note as his partner a note somewhere between benevolence and incredulity 
3
Home of the Brave
David Nusair
there s certainly no denying the effectiveness of one unintentionally hilarious moment in which Biel s spurned boyfriend exclaims I guess it only takes one hand to push people away 
1
Home of the Brave
Kam Williams
Patriotic claptrap masquerading as a touchy feely salute to the troops 
1
Home of the Brave
Phil Villarreal
This is morose head shaking stuff and director Irwin Winkler Life as a House De Lovely isn t one to ease up on the ol emotional manipulation button 
3
Home of the Brave
Rob Thomas
It often undercuts its nobler goals by resorting to hammy dialogue and unnecessarily melodramatic contrivances 
2
Home of the Brave
Willie Waffle
a clunky movie lacking subtlety and full of bad dialogue that tries too hard to get its point across 
1.5
Home of the Brave
Nick Schager
A laughably clichd melodramatic Oscar courting prestige pic 
1
Home of the Brave
Jim Hemphill
Director Winkler clearly loves these characters and if he sometimes pushes too hard in his effort to make the audience share his affection it s forgivable under the circumstances 
3
Home of the Brave
Janos Gereben
Without question an important thought and emotion provoking film certain to be controversial and to be remembered 
3
Home of the Brave
Ethan Alter
In an attempt to honor the veterans of our Middle East misadventure Winkler and screenwriter Mark Friedman wind up reducing their experiences to the stuff of bad TV movies 
1.5
Home of the Brave
Ken Fox
Mark Friedman cover all the bases but good intentions aside it s hard to recommend such a thin cliched fictionalization when so many good documentaries The War Tapes The Ground Truth feature the voices of actual soldiers 
2
Home of the Brave
Stephen Whitty
The intentions are good The actors have been assembled with care and the production is polished But everything feels assembled as if it were put together from blueprints 
2
Home of the Brave
Lou Lumenick
It gets points for being the first movie to depict Iraq war veterans adjusting to civilian life It loses points for being a painfully earnest and very thinly conceived update of The Best Years of Our Lives and Coming Home 
1.5
Home of the Brave
Elizabeth Weitzman
While Mark Friedman s script is as unsubtle as Winkler s direction their sincerity and the subject s sharp immediacy lend the film a certain power 
2.5
Home of the Brave
Bob Strauss
The first major feature film about the Iraq War Home of the Brave deserves a pass because it ain t half bad and well it s the first feature about the Iraq War 
3
Home of the Brave
Erik Childress
A vote against its heavy handedness does not make you or I a troop hater In fact I believe they deserve a narrative free of after school special dramatics 
1
Home of the Brave
James Berardinelli
After the action shifts from the deserts of the Middle East to the relative calm of the home front specifically Spokane Washington it devolves into a morass of melodramatic clichs 
2
Home of the Brave
Gene Seymour
Just because there s nothing new to see here doesn t necessarily mean there s nothing worth seeing 
2.5
Them That Follow
Federico Furzan
The movie feels like something someone can t let go off for some reason Fascinating cast Weak script Full review in Spanish 
2
Them That Follow
Mike Scott
It s a film that slithers forward slowly but those who stick with it will be rewarded thanks largely to a raft of strong performances and a powerful third act 
3
Them That Follow
Lisa Trifone
The film certainly captures one s attention thanks in large part to the strong cast 
2.5
Them That Follow
Richard Roeper
Directors Poulton and Savage and cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz consistently deliver visually arresting shots while the music by Garth Stevenson helps build the suspense 
3.5
Them That Follow
Mark Dujsik
The movie seems only mildly interested in the specifics of these faith practices and the nature of this community 
2
Them That Follow
Roger Moore
Walton Goggins charismatic dogmatic turn as the snake handling preacher makes this worth your while 
2.5
Them That Follow
Marella Gayla
The problem isn t that Mara behaves passively it s that the character is too flat to gain our sympathies 
2.5
Them That Follow
Travis DeShong
Coupled with a slow burning first act this feeling of disorientation limits our investment in Mara s plight But the generally engaging performances and stylish directorial flourishes elevate what are otherwise flatly written characters 
2
Them That Follow
Bob Bloom
Englert s performance is very strong Her eyes and movements display the battle within Mara She wants to please her father not from a place of fear but because of the depth of her love and respect 
3
Them That Follow
Joe Friar
The dark faith driven film doesn t resort to vilifying it s characters The performances by Goggins Colman and Englert are so natural that at times it feels like you re watching a documentary 
3
Them That Follow
Kutter Callaway
Them That Follow is a coming of age love story But it s also more than that in large part because it offers a rare glimpse into a world of Christian faith and practice that will strike many viewers as strange and unfamiliar even evangelical Christians 
3.5
Them That Follow
Matt Zoller Seitz
The funereal gloom of the forest and the earnest anxiety of the performances particularly by Goggins and fellow Justified alumnus Dever are worth a look 
3
Them That Follow
Jake Cole
Unfortunately the care with which the filmmakers set up Them That Follow s context and their characters crumbles in the final act 
2
Them That Follow
Sean P. Means
If only the plot of the Appalachia based drama Them That Follow matched its atmosphere and its acting 
2.5
The Seed
Walter Chaw
A spirited if familiar body horror comedy 
2.5
The Seed
Abby Olcese
While it has some technical achievements to recommend it the movie suffers from inconsistent pacing as if its trying to fill time to get to the good stuff 
2.5
The Invisible Man
Brian Eggert
Whannell delivers an often terrifying experience that just happens to be achingly germane 
4
The Invisible Man
Mark Meszoros
This film with its science fiction slant delivers scares and works as a heightened examination of obsession and an abusive relationship 
3
The Invisible Man
John Beifuss
Leigh Whannell s update of the classic concept stars Elisabeth Moss as the ex girlfriend of a millionaire inventor turned high tech gaslighter whose goal is to erase his victim s humanity as effectively as he has obscured his own visibility 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Jason Fraley
You have to see it to believe it but it s a rare remake that actually works chilling in all the right ways and infusing enough modern sensibility for our current social climate 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Sarah Knight Adamson
The tension never lets up and you will be on your seat every frame of the film An award worthy film for Elizabeth Moss 
4
The Invisible Man
Federico Furzan
Few horror movies tend to be this well made and wonderfully casted The direction on this is admirable Full review in Spanish 
4
The Invisible Man
David Nusair
Filmmaker Whannell does an absolutely stunning job of immediately drawing the viewer into the deliberately paced proceedings 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Blake Howard
In the glut of Hollywood reboots remakes and sequels Leigh Whannell s new take on The Invisible Man comes along and makes a good case for why remakes can work 
4
The Invisible Man
Matt Brunson
The Invisible Man is a potent look at the abuse foisted upon women by the nation s predators and how it feels like that threat is perpetually present even in moments of calm 
3
The Invisible Man
Steven Prokopy
Writer director Leigh Whannell paces The Invisible Man so perfectly it earns every punctuated scare 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Jeff York
Moss gives it her all throwing herself into the role literally and figuratively with courageous abandon Still such attributes feel lost on a film far too content to render story logic and common sense as invisible as the bad guy 
1.5
The Invisible Man
Rene Sanchez
Elisabeth Moss delivers a spectacular performance in this smart and opportune retelling of a horror classic Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Invisible Man
Dann Gire
Moss courageously devoid of vanity when the character calls for it seamlessly whisks Cecilia from victim to victor but with a high cost of humanity attached 
3
The Invisible Man
Matthew Passantino
The silences are the scariest parts of The Invisible Man 
3
The Invisible Man
Stephen Romei
Moss is terrific as a woman who believes or says she believes her not dead husband has come back masked by an invisibility he has created 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Mattie Lucas
As Whannell builds tension past the point where other films would have offered a cheap payoff he instead continues to turn the screw resulting in a film that s not only scary but genuinely surprising 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Jake Coyle
A bracingly modern MeToo allegory that despite its brutal craft rings hollow 
2.5
The Invisible Man
Walter Chaw
Leigh Whannell s The Invisible Man is a masterpiece 
4
The Invisible Man
Pamela Powell
Each scene in The Invisible Man sets the right tone building the foundation of tension block by block so that we the viewer have no choice but to jump in our seats as the madness unfolds 
3
The Invisible Man
Michael Smith
The Invisible Man is a new kind of monster movie and it is really creepy because it knows what makes us afraid today It knows what a modern monster looks like 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Josh Larsen
a timely metaphor about believing women who make charges against powerful men 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Kevin A. Ranson
With tricks of misdirection creative camera angles and spot on editing to tighten an already above average script this thriller is far better than the trailers suggest and earns every moment of attention 
4
The Invisible Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
Whannell has gone back to basics crafting a grounded deeply unsettling character driven thriller 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Mike McGranaghan
The best Invisible Man movie ever made hands down bar none 
4
The Invisible Man
Brandy McDonnell
The Invisible Man does compellingly and sympathetically depict the devastatingly all consuming effects of domestic violence while providing plenty of suspense and scares 
3
The Invisible Man
Richard Roeper
In this heart stopping update the Gotcha moments really do surprise 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Jeff Mitchell
Alternative title Sleeping with the Invisible Enemy
3
The Invisible Man
Matthew Rozsa
Despite its lack of pretense there are actually layers of intelligent subtext curling beneath the standard horror plot 
3
The Invisible Man
Kenneth R. Morefield
So it falls to me to be that guy The woke critic who points out that the film sadistically brutalizes women for 120 minutes of entertainment in order ostensibly to tell us that brutalizing women is bad 
1
The Invisible Man
Robert Horton
That rare film in which screen space becomes a living vital presence 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Rosalie Kicks
Finally a Universal monster reboot flick worth chattin about 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Christian Toto
No woke lectures just thrills and suspense until the brutally weak ending 
3
The Invisible Man
Mark Dujsik
This is a genuinely distressing and nerve racking film because its very fiber is composed of trauma pain and hopelessness 
4
The Invisible Man
Phil Villarreal
A tight and compelling thrill ride for horror fans who shouldn t let this one slip by them unseen 
3
The Invisible Man
Max Weiss
The Invisible Man is one of those great everyone thinks she s crazy but we know she s not movies and the frustrations and stakes keep mounting as the film goes on 
3
The Invisible Man
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As messy and silly as The Invisible Man gets however it still works as a powerful parable of an abuse victim striking back and claiming her own 
2.5
The Invisible Man
Michael O'Sullivan
It s never fair to judge a movie based on what you want it to be But when that movie sets an explicit goal and then fails to meet it heck doesn t even try to meet it it s open season 
1.5
The Invisible Man
Oliver Jones
The reason The Invisible Man holds you in an emotional vise grip for so much of its running time is thanks almost entirely to Moss 
3
The Invisible Man
Ty Burr
Directed by Leigh Whannell whose screenplays jump started the Saw and Insidious horror series it s a sly twisty little chiller not ashamed of its B movie bona fides and better for it 
3
The Invisible Man
Michael Phillips
Whannell lights a slow fuse in The Invisible Man and Moss follows it every step of the way 
3
The Invisible Man
Moira MacDonald
Whannell expertly plays with our fears the sudden metallic screech of a dog dish accidentally kicked in the quiet the house s labyrinthine hallways the breathing darkness of an empty road 
3
The Invisible Man
Tomris Laffly
A mean handsomely styled and absorbing thriller 
4
The Invisible Man
Bob Bloom
Whannell makes a wise choice emphasizing the plight of Cecilia rather than the tired old clichés of an invisible man running amok It makes it easier for the audience to accept the premise and identify with Cecilia s situation 
3
The Invisible Man
Sean P. Means
Moss finds in Cecelia both a vulnerable victim and a fed up fighter who can outfight and outthink her unseen tormentor and her performance turns The Invisible Man into something deeper than a standard horror movie 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Sara Stewart
This is one screenplay that needed well a little more vision 
2
The Invisible Man
Robert Daniels
The Invisible Man interlocks the real world distress felt by many women while giving face to the demons men would rather think only exist in handfuls today 
3
The Invisible Man
Katie Walsh
With devastating specificity and empathy for his heroine Whannell has inverted the invisible man archetype into an incredibly tense and suspenseful thriller exploring the psychological horror of intimate partner abuse 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Mick LaSalle
Elisabeth Moss is an acting event all by herself a modern version of Bette Davis and The Invisible Man gives her a chance to embody all kinds of emotional extremes terror dread madness inconsolable grief and murderous rage 
3
The Invisible Man
James Berardinelli
Although too much of the final half hour feels like a cookie cutter collage of familiar moments it delivers an adequate main course for a time of the year in which movies of this genre clog the box office 
2.5
The Invisible Man
Joey Magidson
The Invisible Man is riveting As much a look at gaslighting and trauma as it is a vehicle for a classic Universal monster it s top notch Elisabeth Moss is terrific too 
3.5
The Invisible Man
Roger Moore
A brilliantly acted thematically simple technically adept thriller of genuine suspense a movie where the faintest noise in dead silence chills you to the marrow 
3
The Invisible Man
Rafer Guzman
A slow moving thriller with too many blank spaces 
2
The Invisible Man
Ed Gonzalez
Like its style The Invisible Man s cruelty is the point 
1.5
The Invisible Man
Brian Truitt
I t s an Invisible Man much more than a maniacal guy in gauze for the better 
3
Steel Magnolias
David Keyes
Steel Magnolias is so immersed by the conviction of its story that in a way it becomes an extension of our own human experience 
3.5
Steel Magnolias
Walter Chaw
chooses to leave the rearing of her moppet to Dylan McDermott or Dermot Mulroney Doesn t matter 
1
Steel Magnolias
Roger Ebert
Steel Magnolias is essentially a series of comic one liners leading up to a teary tragedy but let it be said that the one liners are mostly funny and the tragedy deserves most but not all of the tears 
3
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Bill Weber
Mondo Video is far from the most refined or successful expression of O Donoghue s darkly antic vision but its spray of seething occasionally fetishistic buckshot is unmistakably in its master s voice 
2.5
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
Kam Williams
A tasteful examination of the climax strictly from the female perspective incorporating a clever combination of the clinical the carnal and even the downright comical 
4
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
Tamara Straus
Passion Power may lay it on too thick with its You Go Girl message but in the end it does bring to life a remarkably amusing and strange secret history 
3
Dr. Giggles
Jeff Shannon
The doctor s incessant giggling is supposed to represent the outlet of childhood psychological trauma but don t expect Dr Giggles to give Drake s performance a sympathetic or tragic dimension 
1
Dr. Giggles
Stephen Hunter
In all quite depressing Two aspirin just won t get it done Take three 
2
Dr. Giggles
John Wooley
Sick is the operative sorry word for Dr Giggles a by the numbers horror entry distinguished only by a good performance by Tulsa s Larry Drake as the deranged doc 
1
Dr. Giggles
Dave Kehr
Though Coto demonstrates a fairly sophisticated film school technique he is interested in his characters only as stick figures to be marched through a mechanical plot There s no emotional connection and without that there can be no real suspense 
1
Dr. Giggles
David Nusair
Dopey absurd fun 
2.5
The Big Hit
Wesley Lovell
The film fails on so many levels that it 8217 s hard to even remember the ONE extremely funny scene about one hour into the film 46 
0.5
The Big Hit
David Nusair
There s a lot going on within The Big Hit and filmmaker Wong making his North American debut here generally does a nice job of juggling the various digressions and subplots 
3
The Big Hit
Jeffrey Westhoff
This frantic black comedy is one long obscure joke 
2
The Big Hit
Margaret A. McGurk
Aside from everything else it does The Big Hit proves that any subject matter can be funny in the right hands 
3
The Big Hit
Susan Stark
crude and bloody but effective action comedy 
3
The Big Hit
James Berardinelli
As low intelligence entertainment goes this film is very much a hit and miss affair 
2.5
The Big Hit
Jay Carr
In its non A list way The Big Hit is the most successful attempt yet to transfer the Hong Kong action movie to Hollywood 
3
The Big Hit
Jeff Vice
there are as many awful moments as good ones 
2
The Big Hit
Craig Marine
One of the funniest movies to come along in awhile 
3
The Big Hit
Michael Dequina
Wong shows he can do a capable action humor juggling job If only he had a funnier script to work with 
2.5
The Big Hit
Peter Stack
Score it big time inane but a load of fun 
3
The Big Hit
Roger Ebert
The characters in these movies exist in a Twilight Zone where thousands of rounds of ammunition are fired but no one ever gets shot unless the plot requires him to The bullets have read the screenplay 
1
Finding Ophelia
Bob Bloom
This would actually make for an interesting movie if writer director cinematographer film editor Stephen Rutherford was more interested in telling his story that displaying his visual and auditory mastery 
1.5
Finding Ophelia
Roger Moore
Obscurant trippy and more Shakespeare Adjacent than an adaptation of Hamlet or its tragic female lead one of the more visually arresting misfires you ll encounter on the big screen 
1.5
The Green Promise
Roger Moore
An indifferent trouble on the farm melodrama with a message chiefly valued today for reminding us of what a remarkable child star young Natasha Zacharenko Natalie Wood was 
2
The Crying Game
Mick LaSalle
Irish director Neil Jordan s compelling new film is both a political thriller and a love story uniting various sexual and political currents into one dreamlike narrative 
3
The Crying Game
Wesley Lovell
Finding oneself in the midst of chaos forms the perfect metaphor in The Crying Game 44 a film that explores race 44 identity 44 sexuality 44 and perception during a tumultuous time in Ireland 46 
4
The Crying Game
David Reddish
As LGBTQ lovers of the movies its important to see movies like this one flaws and all for that very reason Watch it and let the debate rage on 
4
The Crying Game
Brian Eggert
The Crying Game searches for its characters natures with a yearning that at once unveils yet retains mystery not only in terms of sexual and political identity but in the capacity for understanding and compassion 
4
The Crying Game
Gary Thompson
Here s a movie that is difficult to outguess difficult even to describe The Crying Game belongs to no particular genre though it is an absorbing thriller and a memorably offbeat love story 
3.5
The Crying Game
Jeff Shannon
Seeing the film twice reveals two completely different viewer perspectives a kind of before and after syndrome and like any good film The Crying Game grows richer as it sinks into your thoughts 
3.5
The Crying Game
Gene Siskel
One of the year s best films 
4
The Crying Game
Stephen Hunter
The movie is at its stunning best as it comes to terms with the impact of its own most devious surprise Still at a certain point it reverts to formula 
2
The Crying Game
Clifford Terry
Its components are built upon deception and forgiveness misconnections and misunderstandings sexual jealousy and moral ambivalence trust and loyalty desperation and loneliness It is also not incidentally a crackling good movie 
3.5
The Crying Game
Steven Rea
Jordan veers from taut thriller to devilishly sly comedy from romance to a story of torment and redemption 
3.5
The Crying Game
Thom Anderson
The battle of the sexes has been transformed into a war between women and gay men with straight men as bemused spectators and prudent judges 
1
The Crying Game
James Berardinelli
If you re waiting for something explosive to happen that may be the case but if you re absorbing the meticulous and subtle character interaction the pacing is perfect 
3.5
The Crying Game
Roger Ebert
Reasons remain to watch this movie the development of Fergus and the fine performances most notably Whitaker and Richardson who plays her character with just the right number of screws loose 
4
Five
Matt Brunson
The character dynamics are what drive this pensive and minimalist movie 46 
3
Five
John Beifuss
A beautifully realized semi pretentious almost forgotten mini classic of Atom Age after the bomb poetry and paranoia Five sketches its post disaster environment with admirable economy it now seems more like an art film than a genre effort 
3
Viva Riva!
Kam Williams
Worth checking out just based on the rarity of a movie with an empathetic black protagonist even being made about the Congo The un Tarzan 
3
Viva Riva!
Roger Ebert
A slick exciting well made crime thriller dripping with atmosphere 
3.5
Viva Riva!
Bruce DeMara
It feels so raw and urgent and real 
3
Viva Riva!
Joe Williams
Pulsing with polyglot music and outlaw vigor Viva Riva is a raucous reply to the new world order 
3
Viva Riva!
Chris Hewitt
There s a ton of stuff going on in Viva Riva but it s always willing to pause for a steamy sex scene 
3
Viva Riva!
Ty Burr
Viva Riva has its cake and eats it too Shoots it to pieces actually 
2.5
Viva Riva!
Tom Meek
Riva s a gritty get down that ll hit you in the gut 
3
Viva Riva!
Walter V. Addiego
The titular exclamation point promises exuberant fun that the movie delivers only in spots 
2
Viva Riva!
Kam Williams
The un Tarzan 
3
Viva Riva!
John Hartl
Despite a nifty final twist and a willingness to dispense with a few taboos it fails to establish a consistent rhythm 
2.5
Viva Riva!
Kent Turner
Viva Riva however plays dirty a buoyant throwback to the glory and gory days of the grindhouse All you need is an empty beer bottle to roll down the aisle 
3
Viva Riva!
Robert Levin
Part African noir and part concise summation of busy heady life in modern day Kinshasa 
3.5
Viva Riva!
Ilya Tovbis
The landscape may have changed but Viva Riva s story is a familiar one 
1.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Brian Eggert
John Wick Chapter 2 does exactly what good sequel should it replicates aspects of the original while also expanding its mythology through a measure of novelty and one upmanship 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Matt Brunson
The Raid movies make the John Wick films look like outtakes from Driving Miss Daisy by comparison 
2
John Wick: Chapter 2
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There are clear plans for a John Wick Chapter 3 but unless they refocus on meaningful characters and dramatic conflict beyond slaughter I will not be there to watch it 
2
John Wick: Chapter 2
Walter Chaw
John Wick Chapter 2 isn t perfect Doesn t matter It s fantastic 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Serba
It s bigger better funnier and even more stylishly violent But it s still thematically concise Vengeance Reprisal Retribution Wrath Consider the Old Testament righteously evoked 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Beifuss
The bounty on Wick s head that turns the hit man s life into a nonstop epic battle gives the story an expressionistic existential underpinning Isn t living under a death sentence an extreme metaphor for what all of us do 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
David Nusair
A vast improvement over 2014 s John Wick 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Linda Cook
Stylish and slick it s a ballet of violence 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
AP Kryza
John Wick was a surprise hit that might just be the best action movie of the decade Its sequel could end up becoming a contender for second best 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Max Weiss
The funny thing about John Wick Chapter 2 is that it s the exact same movie as John Wick Chapter 1 and yet somehow manages to work almost as well 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Mike McGranaghan
A fun frenetic action picture 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Chris Knight
John Wick Chapter 2 works well by letting the audience laugh at such excesses reminding us that there is a fine line between a punch and a punchline 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Director Stahelski cements his status as an audaciously talented newcomer worth keeping an eye on and whatever he decides to do next rest assured I ll be first in line to give it a look 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Josh Larsen
will make even the most hardened action fan wince 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The many long exhausting fight scenes in John Wick Chapter 2 are captured in sustained takes and vivid backgrounds unique to the personality of each scene 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
James Berardinelli
This is more of the same but at least in this case that s a good thing 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Robert Horton
If the outline is more ordinary the movie still scores big with its not quite real world 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Christian Toto
Miss those brawny action movies of the 80s Here s why John Wick Chapter 2 would fit right in with films with Stallone Schwarzenegger and co 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Sonny Bunch
A worthy sequel to the best American action film of the 2010s 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Barry Hertz
You would not expect a sequel to a Keanu Reeves shoot em up to be one of the more engrossing and beautiful films of the year but hey it s 2017 there have been a lot of surprises 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Katie Walsh
A symphony of violence a ballet even and the visuals are abstracted to the surreal 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Kam Williams
A twisted Wick continues to burn bright 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Richard Roeper
Who would have guessed Keanu Reeves stoic black clad one man killing machine would become THE go to bad guy action hero of the 2010s 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Mark Dujsik
Its protagonist and story may not have changed much but director Chad Stahelski has more than a few new tricks up his sleeve 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Rick Bentley
This is pure entertainment that is entertaining because Reeves plays the character with never wavering sincerity 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Jon Niccum
The fringe details save the project from degenerating into homicidal overkill 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Kyle Smith
The first John Wick was taut and nasty a potent slug of B movie This one is so enamored of its own extravagance that on more than one occasion I was reminded of Zoolander 2 
2
John Wick: Chapter 2
Dann Gire
Not since the John Woo inspired Lethal Weapon have fight segments so delightfully surprised us with their lyrical movement raw force and explosive spontaneity all supplemented by Oscar grade sound editing and mixing 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bob Bloom
The movie provides an adrenaline rush that will keep action junkies high for weeks A few times the feature does slow down to allow you to take a breath then it accelerates as Wick takes on hordes who expire as quickly as Star Trek red shirts 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Angelica Jade Bastién
John Wick Chapter Two demonstrates what film as an art form is all about it awes and delights challenges and provokes 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Mick LaSalle
This is pathetic What kind of person is this 
1
John Wick: Chapter 2
Calvin Wilson
Reeves is thoroughly persuasive as a killer who takes pride in his expertise The role he began with 2014 s John Wick is tailor made for his laconic acting style 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Michael O'Sullivan
It isn t easy to explain the appeal of the John Wick movies and they are inarguably not for every taste but there is a purity to them that transcends their barbarity and has something to do with the central character 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Tom Russo
It might not be Matrix territory exactly but with John Wick Chapter 2 genre fans finally get the sort of expanded Keanuverse they were craving 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Michael Phillips
The semiretired superassassin killed 77 adversaries last time around The numbers are similar here 
2
John Wick: Chapter 2
Soren Andersen
I ll say this for John Wick Chapter 2 It sure does deliver the bang for the moviegoer s bucks 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Rafer Guzman
The first film had its moments but this action packed follow up is a major improvement Wild funny and thrilling 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Peter Canavese
Makes the case for the Wick franchise as a kind of bizarro James Bond This antihero may not be licensed to kill but now he lives in a similarly slick universe of action fantasy and exotic settings 
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Roger Moore
Magnificent mayhem
3
John Wick: Chapter 2
Jake Cole
The film remarkably balances its predecessor s spartan characterizations and plotting with a significant expansion of scale 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 2
Peter Travers
Chapter 2 with Keanu Reeves at his absolute best is the real deal in action movie fireworks it s pure cinema an adrenaline rocket of image and sound that explodes on contact 
3.5
All Eyez on Me
Jim Lane
It s strictly Amateur Night at the Biopic Factory 
2
All Eyez on Me
Nick Allen
All Eyez on Me is one of the most useless music biopics ever made it ll be too confusing for newcomers and too underwhelming for those familiar with the work and the life of rap prophet Tupac Shakur 
.5
All Eyez on Me
Richard Roeper
It s a relatively straightforward biopic using conventional framing devices including the liberal use of flashbacks to tell the story of an extraordinary artist who overcame tremendous odds to become an American icon 
3.5
All Eyez on Me
David Fear
As for the people banking on Tupac getting his own Straight Outta Compton level movie well we ain t mad at cha All Eyez on Me Just majorly disappointed 
2
All Eyez on Me
Steve Macfarlane
The tension between verisimilitude and economy of storytelling dictates everything in All Eyez on Me 
1.5
All Eyez on Me
Barry Hertz
A by the numbers biopic that trades on the worst clichs of the hip hop world that is drugs bling and a preoccupation with women s butts that puts the Fast and Furious franchise to shame 
1.5
All Eyez on Me
Roger Moore
Ambitious but more solid than sizzling a generous overview of a too short life 
2.5
All Eyez on Me
Rafer Guzman
A badly botched biopic that won t earn Shakur any new fans and will disappoint the ones he has 
2
Trouble Is My Business
Tim Cogshell
A crunchy witty and often just plain funny mash up of classic noir tropes in addition to dialogue worthy of Dashiell Hammett and occasionally Mel Brooks 
3.0
Trouble Is My Business
Kevin A. Ranson
Trouble is to film noir what Once Upon a Time in the West was to the western the final word 
4
Private Resort
David Nusair
Private Resort fares best in its lighthearted and freewheeling first half 
2
The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress
Rob Thomas
The guy must own a chutzpah mine 
3
The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress
Kyle Smith
The slipshod documentary The Big Buy plays Whac a Mole with Tom DeLay the former House majority leader who recently stepped down in the wake of the Jack Abramoff scandal 
.5
Casomai
Marta Barber
A film that starts dark enough to be memorable but soon disintegrates into a farce 
2
Casomai
Chris Knight
Art holds a mirror up to nature but it s a rare film that lets us see ourselves so clearly in that mirror flaws and all 
2.5
Casomai
Jennie Punter
A one trick pony you could call the Italian Four Weddings and a Funeral 
2
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Kate Taylor
A solid intellectual biography 
2.5
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Farran Smith Nehme
The film works to rescue Arendt and her phrase the banality of evil from years of clich and largely succeeds 
3.5
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Clayton Dillard
It reduces its historical moment to a series of vignettes and voiceovers each evincing a curiously tone deaf sentimentality 
2
From Beyond
David Nusair
a disappointing missed opportunity that never becomes the fun fast paced horror effort that one might ve expected or hoped for 
2
From Beyond
Mike McGranaghan
From Beyond is just as unnerving now as it was in 1986 A boldly ambitious work of cinematic terror 
3.5
From Beyond
Walter Chaw
exceptional pulp
2.5
From Beyond
Jeremiah Kipp
Faithful to that netherworld of Lovecraft s fiction where otherworldly monsters lurk just under the fabric of our reality 
3
From Beyond
Roger Ebert
From Beyond doesn t quite measure up to Re Animator it s not trashy enough and it doesn t have the insane tunnel vision of the first movie but in its own way this is quite a job 
2.5
9 Dead Gay Guys
Terry Lawson
Ridiculous and offensive 
1
9 Dead Gay Guys
David N. Butterworth
Not for the politically correct or the sexually squeamish but definitely for those who enjoy a bloody good larf 
3
9 Dead Gay Guys
Mick LaSalle
If garbage could think it would look down on 9 Dead Gay Guys as garbage 
0
9 Dead Gay Guys
V.A. Musetto
Straight or gay viewers will find 9 Dead Gay Guys offensive and unwatchable 
0
9 Dead Gay Guys
Steven Rea
It s mindless 
1
You Hurt My Feelings
Glenn Heath Jr.
For a film that often veers into potentially absurd territory You Hurt My Feelings shows a great deal of sensitivity toward its sad sack characters 
2.5
Time Trap
David Nusair
A progressively bonkers thriller 
3
Time Trap
Roger Moore
Not worth your time 
1.5
Time Trap
James Berardinelli
In the moment it s entertaining and chock full of enough deliciously weird interludes that it s impossible to be too harsh 
2.5
The Gift
Brian Eggert
Edgerton 8217 s engrossing and innovative directorial debut is a complicated 44 cleverly crafted drama about secrets and revenge 44 implanting definite anticipation for his next effort as a director 46 
3
The Gift
Tom Meek
There s something clearly off with the new friend but Bateman s buttoned up dismissive twerp isn t quite the kind of guy you d want to hang with either 
2.5
The Gift
Frank Ochieng
However the crafty Joel Edgerton provides the mind bending goods in the refreshingly titillating The Gift an edge of your seat chiller that definitely is worth unwrapping with nervous anticipation 
3
The Gift
Claudia Puig
The Gift is a tense unsettling and expertly crafted psychological thriller that keeps the audience consistently on edge Full review in Japanese 
3.5
The Gift
David N. Butterworth
Joel Edgerton proves a triple threat in The Gift as writer director and creepy villain of the piece 
3
The Gift
John Beifuss
Begins as a familiar Cape Fear type suspenser but twists into an unusual psychological drama that challenges the viewer s presumptions while critiquing a me first culture that rewards deception and bullying 
3
The Gift
James Kendrick
It is not a perfect film but it is a strangely powerful one that plays with familiar tropes to reveal darker depths than we might have expected 
3.5
The Gift
Roger Moore
Engrossing but not as logical or as smart as it thinks it is 
2.5
The Gift
James Berardinelli
Clever and atmospheric the film has enough twists to keep the average viewer guessing 
3
The Gift
Taylor Lindsay
The conclusion will probably stun you and it s firmly good and scary But possibly not worth waiting through everything before it 
2
The Gift
Christian Toto
The Gift doesn t succumb to genre banalities until its final scenes That s more than enough reason to see it 
3
The Gift
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most skillfully executed thrillers you re likely to come across The film is a great example of how intelligence in storytelling creates far more suspense than generic attempts at shock 
3.5
The Gift
Scott Nash
An impressive directorial debut from one of the film s stars 
3
The Gift
Linda Cook
Smart unexpected and beautifully directed The Gift is just that for fans of psychological thrillers 
3.5
The Gift
Richard Roeper
Just when we think we know where The Gift is going we re surprised And then surprised again 
3.5
The Gift
Anita Katz
The Gift is a solid revenge thriller It s also a stirring psychodrama about people who intimidate and terrorize others as well as a thoughtful consideration of the consequences of bullying 
3
The Gift
Sheila O'Malley
The Gift uses the tricks of the thriller trade well but why it really works is that it withholds the necessary information until almost the very end 
3
The Gift
Brad Wheeler
Edgerton s touch as a director and writer is fluid he eerily holds our attention like Hitchcock holds a door for Tippi Hedren 
3
The Gift
David Nusair
writer director Edgerton does a superb job of ultimately subverting one s expectations 
3.5
The Gift
Stephen Rebello
For heat ravaged late summer moviegoers The Gift ought to do just fine 
2.5
The Gift
Dustin Putman
A dynamite psychological suspenser that plays like a greatest hits compilation of Alfred Hitchcock Michael Haneke and John Carpenter This is classy filmmaking with inventively devilish intent 
3.5
The Gift
Chris Knight
Better to go in unaware and let Edgerton take you where he will 
3.5
The Gift
Peter Keough
An expertly crafted exercise in guilt ambiguity and revenge 
3
The Gift
Peter Howell
This indie pulse raiser is more of a stealth shocker than an overt one even if the twisted payoff is telegraphed to anyone paying attention 
2.5
The Gift
Gary Thompson
The Gift sets up as a stalker movie but there s something in the smart writing Edgerton directed and contributed the screenplay and the performances that hint at more 
3
The Gift
Anders Wright
It s tight and taut and much creepier than it is actually scary though it has a jump in your seat moment or two 
3
The Gift
Mark Dujsik
The movie s finale resolves everything by raising another ultimately unanswered question which would be a fascinating solution if not for how repugnant that question is 
2
The Gift
Brad Keefe
A story that seems deceptively simple and predictable which then defies those expectations it s both a satisfying popcorn thriller and a complex morality tale 
3.5
The Gift
Dann Gire
Unnerving and jaw droppingly memorable 
3.5
The Gift
Rick Bentley
Edgerton has created a movie that respects the intelligence of the audience He s created an ending that will spark debates and that s a blessing in the summer plot doldrums where everything gets wrapped up with a loud bang or big scare 
3
The Gift
Michael Phillips
At heart this is a three character chamber piece And Bateman Hall and Edgerton are three very interesting actors showcased in a confident directorial debut 
3
The Gift
Mick LaSalle
The Gift stretches things a little too much for it to be a first rate thriller Still among second rate thrillers it s one of the best 
3
The Gift
Sara Stewart
A dark and ultimately quite nasty psychological thriller from actor writer debut director Joel Edgerton who manages to yank the carpet out from under his audience a couple of times 
2.5
The Gift
Matt Pais
Continually had me on edge with an appreciation that the person behind a thriller actually wants audiences to feel intellectually challenged not physically bludgeoned 
3
The Gift
Sandy Cohen
A satisfying directorial debut from writer producer and actor Joel Edgerton 
2.5
The Gift
Jake Cole
Joel Edgerton s boilerplate direction is a blessing for a genre increasingly saddled with literal visualizations of madness 
3
Deathdream
James Kendrick
belies its low budget with both an impressive cast headed by veteran character actors and director Bob Clark s creative economy
3
Deathdream
Bill Chambers
John Marley imbues the film with the kind of pathos that wears down the defenses of a principally comic filmmaker like Clark
3.5
Thunderheart
Tom Meek
A straight ahead murder mystery 
2.5
Thunderheart
Roger Ebert
What s most absorbing about Thunderheart is its sense of place and time
3.5
A Little Trip to Heaven
David Nusair
needlessly arty 
1.5
Root of All Evil
Will Crain
Those viewers who are trying to keep an open mind about the existence or nonexistence of the divine may find Dawkins certainty as off putting as that of the religious activists he meets 
2
Lord of the Flies
Matt Brunson
No matter how many years one is removed from the reading of Golding s book for school its portrait of youth gone wild remains burned in the brain and a viewing of Brook s cinematic take only serves to bring those thoughts to the surface once again 
3.5
Lord of the Flies
Peter Canavese
While showing great fidelity to his source Brook succeeded in delivering a version of Lord of the Flies that could best be described as psychological horror Blu ray 
3.5
Lord of the Flies
James Kendrick
The brute simplicity of Golding s dark adventure story is almost perfectly captured in Peter Brook s film adaption 
3.5
Fat, Bald, Short Man
John Beifuss
The rotoscoped animation keeps things interesting The characters who sometimes move in front of blurred live action backgrounds seem composed of bold lines and broad planes of color that waver and vibrate with a watery instability 
3
Spencer
David Reddish
Viewer reaction to Spencer will vary in the extremeanyone looking for the empathy or activism that made Diana so beloved and important wont find them here 
3
Spencer
David Gonzalez
Spencer ultimately is not just a tragedy of a trapped princess but a downright satirical examination of the monarchy 59 one that is dependent on propping up an illusion of perfection to the masses 46 
4
Spencer
Brian Eggert
Like Scrooge in the Dickens story Stewart s Diana spends the film ruminating on her past hindered by her present and dreading the future 
3.5
Spencer
John Beifuss
Kristen Stewart is a nerve racked Diana Princess of Wales who endures a torturous Christmas weekend with her scornful royal in laws while in a state of glam delirium Something wicked this way comes No it s just the queen trailed by her corgis 
3.5
Spencer
Matt Brunson
Spencer gets up close and personal with its subject both in director Pablo Larrain s shooting style and in scripter Steven Knight s attempts to analyze and understand the mindset of Diana Princess of Wales 
3
Spencer
Rene Sanchez
Kristen Stewart delivers a career best performance in this dark and haunting fairy tale turned nightmare Full Review in Spanish 
4
Spencer
Matthew Passantino
To call Spencer a biopic would be to misunderstand the term because the movie is more of an interpretation of Diana not her life story 
3.5
Spencer
Lisa Trifone
Unlike other overly polished portraits of the Princess of Wales Spencer aims to humanize Diana in ways that aren t always entirely flattering 
4
Spencer
Dwight Brown
Leave it to actor Stewart to save the day Ninety percent of the time she brings the spirit and look of Princess Di back to earth in an eerily real performance that captures the spirit of Buckingham Palace s most rebellious daughter in law 
2.5
Spencer
Sean P. Means
Spencer becomes a fascinating showcase for Stewart giving the toughest and most brilliant performance of her career She captures the fragility and eventually the maternal ferocity that made Diana a people s princess 
3.5
Spencer
David Nusair
aggressively uneventful 
1
Spencer
Mattie Lucas
Very much a ghost story but not a typical one it is a tender and prickly like a raw wound abstract and unsettling yet full of emotional grace notes that cut deep 
3.5
Spencer
Josh Larsen
A condensed biopic that also functions as a psychological horror film 
3
Spencer
Sarah Knight Adamson
If anything the film demonstrates the determination Diana had for her own stable mental health and happiness despite the pressures of her royal life
3.5
Spencer
Mark Feeney
What must it be like for an actor to play a famous person let alone one this impossibly famous The challenge starts with resemblance and Stewart gets Diana s wounded deer manner the sulky eyes the slight tilt of the head 
3
Spencer
Tom Meek
Kristen Stewart fills big shoes as Lady Di in this tightly focused immersion into the inner turmoil of another woman under duress and at the breaking point 
3
Spencer
Jeff Mitchell
Larrain s film is a challenging and traumatic time at the movies Stewart s Diana is living in a nightmare 
3.5
Spencer
Erik Childress
Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larrain put us through the paces of a horror film about a woman trying to escape from a cult We may call it royalty but Stewart s exquisite claustrophobic performance has us longing for catharsis and oxygen 
3.5
Spencer
Michael Medved
An oppressively gloomy mood piece but the performance by Kristen Stewart is a career topping breakthrough that will inevitably receive Oscar consideration 
3
Spencer
Michael Dequina
Stewart s presence and emotional authenticity lends gravitas to this otherwise fairly slight look at the Princess of Wales 
3
Spencer
Roger Moore
Nothing less than the reinvention of Kristen Stewart 
3.5
Spencer
Leo Brady
It works better when stared at and the message remains that we can t keep something graceful locked away Like a beautiful butterfly a powerful lion or a wild horse Spencer is something that should not be tamed 
3.5
Spencer
Richard Roeper
We re in a time period where Diana has only about six more years on this Earth but at least she was able to break free and hopefully experience a measure of happiness in the years after the imagined events of Spencer 
3
Spencer
Ty Burr
I once wrote that Stewart had a narrow range and I have never been happier to eat my words 
3.5
Spencer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Spencer employs an impeccable visual design and brilliant music with compartmentalized editing and dashes of art and history to paint an unconventional yet universal picture 
4
Spencer
Jake Coyle
The casting with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana is brilliant and the ending in a top down convertible is sublime So why is the rest of Pablo Larraín s Spencer such a hollow exercise in high camp 
2.5
Spencer
Rafer Guzman
Mood and ambience are no substitute for a compelling story and Spencer doesn t tell us one 
2
Spencer
Kent Turner
What remains elusive is Diana s charisma her natural star wattage that came out effortlessly in public 
2.5
Spencer
Siddhant Adlakha
It s also a good film a very good one in fact that frequently threatens to be great but it seldom lives up to the weighty themes promised by its dialogue and it comes achingly close to scaling the heights Kristen Stewart reaches with her performance 
3
Spencer
Randy Myers
It s weird but it works Just be prepared for one wild sometimes out of control ride with Stewart always showing a steady hand on the steering wheel 
3.5
Spencer
Mark Dujsik
All of this is a decidedly one note affair but to be fair Larraín plays that note with such confidence that there s at least some stylistic nuance to it 
2.5
Spencer
Mike McGranaghan
Kristen Stewart gives the performance of her career Her work as Diana is both layered and compassionate 
4
Spencer
Moira MacDonald
You watch wishing this story in the real world could have had a different ending and marveling at how Stewart finds new close to the bone layers in a character we thought we already knew 
3
Spencer
Michael Phillips
There s more than one way to dramatize the public private schisms of celebrity and this way feels right for this director this actress and this movie 
3
Spencer
Katie Walsh
Stewart is perfect as the angsty tortured Diana carefully captured by Claire Mathon s camera bathed in cold English light 
3
Spencer
Hau Chu
For better and for worse Spencer conveys one thing quite powerfully the feeling of living in a rarefied indifferent world that doesn t seem to value independent women much less people 
3
Spencer
Brian Truitt
With a stellar performance from Kristen Stewart director Pablo Larraín s supremely brilliant Spencer is an enlightening glimpse into the mind of Princess Diana that doubles as an effective horror film 
4
Spencer
Mick LaSalle
It takes one of the most promising screen actresses of her generation and casts her out to sea with nothing to hold onto but a hideous script that s all attitude without depth or understanding 
1
Spencer
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Sigh What a waste of talent everyone deserves better 
1
Spencer
Jeff York
It s a laser focused study of a woman at her breaking point and Stewart does her best screen work to date in bringing the terribly fragile young woman to pained life 
4
Spencer
Peter Howell
Larraín admits up front it s more fable than fact and while he occasionally overreaches with his myth spinning his empathy and compassion for a woman suffering a mental breakdown are beautifully expressed 
3.5
Spencer
Joey Magidson
Spencer is Kristen Stewart s finest hour and an hypnotically immersive experience Stewart deserves to win the Oscar for Best Actress full stop 
4
Spencer
Chandler Levack
Stewart disappears into the role but it s in the moments where she s allowed to be herself that Spencer rings true 
3.5
Spencer
Mark Hanson
Pablo Larraín s film readily conjures a paranoia suffused atmosphere of fear for what might happen at any moment 
3
Spencer
Mara Reinstein
Like the austere artwork in the Sandringham House the film deserves to be framed and hung on a wall Admire it don t embrace it Maybe that s the point 
3
Spencer
Monica Castillo
A haunting reimagining of a tense Christmas holiday in the life of Princess Diana 
3
Hannah
Susan Wloszczyna
Those who think that the word marvel applies only to superheroes should steer clear of Hannah But Rampling is a true marvel here in every other sense of the word 
3
Hannah
Rex Reed
Rampling is so mesmerizing you can t take your eyes off her This is good because there s nothing else to watch or care about in the entire film anyway 
2.5
Hannah
Peter Travers
In a film that otherwise operates in a forbidding chill it s only Rampling s magnificent performance that holds us in expectant suspension 
2.5
Hannah
Godfrey Cheshire
There is a real seed of dramatic possibility in Hannah but Pallaoro smothers it beneath the lacquer of the film s fastidiously mannered minimalism 
1.5
Enemy of My Enemy
Michael Dequina
If there s anything sadder than watching once hot stars toiling in direct to video action dreck it s seeing them barely hiding the fact that they don t care 
1.5
Skyline
Jeff Beck
The filmmakers thought that all it would take to make a movie is some special effects but this film only goes to show what most people already know a film shouldn t be designed around something meant to be an afterthought 
1.5
Skyline
David Nusair
there is for the most part simply no shaking the feeling that the really interesting stuff is happening elsewhere 
2.5
Skyline
Linda Cook
Skyline is an outlandishly awful excuse for a movie about aliens from outer space People not only groaned at the end of this monstrosity but one guy in the audience was so angry that he actually began to swear 
.5
Skyline
John Beifuss
The story s brain snatching aliens must have attacked the filmmakers before they invaded the rest of Los Angeles 
2
Skyline
Tom Meek
The premise of this low budget sci fi thriller might be familiar from Signs War of the Worlds and Cloverfield but the lesser acting talent is more in line with Plan 9 from Outer Space 
2
Skyline
James Berardinelli
How this managed not to go direct to DVD and actually get a wide distribution rather than just a handful of theaters dump is one of 2010 s great cinematic mysteries 
0.5
Skyline
Wesley Morris
These aren t moviemakers who live even in other movies let alone the world They live in hard drives 
1
Skyline
Rossiter Drake
If Skyline never seems interested in pushing the envelope it at least begins with enough promise to suggest a competent thriller No such luck 
2
Skyline
Nick Rogers
Derivative enough to be called quot Adherence Day 44 quot quot Skyline quot knocks off so many alien invasion films you can almost hear commentary referring to quot Cloverfield quot or quot District 9 quot moments 46 The quot Skyline quot moment 63 Future filmmakers won apos t be so stupid as to ape that 46 
1.5
Skyline
Nick Schager
The film plays like Cloverfield redux except with less personality and tension 
1
Skyline
Jason Anderson
There s a kind of magic that happens when a movie inspires complete strangers to ridicule it to each other on the way out of the theatre 
1
Skyline
Liam Lacey
The only fascinating thing about Skyline is that that such a mad muddle of a movie can even exists in an era of corporate homogeneity and purported quality controlled 
1
Skyline
Sara Michelle Fetters
As sci fi epics go this one looks great buts tastes terrible and by the time it was over I couldn t get out of the theatre fast enough 
1.5
Skyline
Michael Phillips
It s like a trip to a Kmart staffed by the ugliest beings imaginable 
1.5
Skyline
Josh Larsen
I suppose it s fitting that a movie about aliens extracting human brains would eventually lose its head 
2
Skyline
Roger Moore
Skyline plays like an effects guru s resume reel not a movie 
1
Skyline
Dustin Putman
A minor step above a Sy Fy Original sauteed with the theatrics of a Melrose Place type nighttime soap Skyline is certainly ambitious and appropriately epic in scale but also hampered by a plaguing amateurishness in its other aspects 
2
Smithereens
Matt Brunson
A spirited mix of indie grit and DIY aesthetics 
3
3-Iron
Josh Larsen
Evanescence is the movie s most distinguishing characteristic 
2.5
3-Iron
Rob Thomas
A poignant love story that seems to exist off the map of the real world living in the blank spaces vacated by others 
3
3-Iron
Jeff Vice
The quirkiness does get a little tiresome even though director Kim Ki duk and cinematographer Jang Seung beck are able to capture some eerily beautiful images 
2.5
3-Iron
Sean P. Means
Kim creates an offbeat and almost entirely wordless romance between misfits and finds beauty and tranquility in this strange form of domestic bliss 
3
3-Iron
Phil Villarreal
You realize that you ve been more hypnotized than intellectually involved The movie is nothing like a think piece just a clever diversion like a glossy action movie 
3
3-Iron
Larry Ratliff
3 Iron the latest import from a resurgent South Korean film community Oldboy is only a chip shot and a short putt away from perfection 
3.5
3-Iron
Forrest Hartman
It s difficult to imagine an American director making 3 Iron yet the intimate South Korean drama has worth beyond cultural borders 
3
3-Iron
John Hartl
For the most part they achieve a delicate balancing act mixing near silent comedy with an old fashioned sense of whimsy 
3
3-Iron
Geoff Pevere
Moves from a strangely spiritual reality to a really strange spirituality and leaves its best parts behind 
2.5
3-Iron
Carrie Rickey
A mesmerizing offbeat violent playful yet serious parable 
3
3-Iron
Rick Groen
What is meant to be profoundly puzzling can start to seem just theatrically silly 
2.5
3-Iron
John Monaghan
3 Iron may not be a horror movie but it is still haunting 
3
3-Iron
James Berardinelli
This enigmatic and in some ways maddening motion picture has the power to haunt every viewer it reaches 
3.5
3-Iron
Marty Mapes
More art than entertainment in that it requires an audience to complete it
3
3-Iron
Eric Harrison
Here is where things get murky intriguingly so 
3
3-Iron
Michael Wilmington
A lyrical sporadically violent tale of love on the run that gradually turns into something spooky poetic and disarmingly gentle 
3
3-Iron
Rene Rodriguez
Delicate and subtle 
3
3-Iron
Walter Chaw
Just unbelievably good 
4
3-Iron
Laura Kelly
In the actors wordless portrayals Kim creates an entire world made up of gestures from the small to the sweeping the logical to the enigmatic the hilarious to the hurtful 
3.5
3-Iron
Chris Hewitt
Their speechlessness gives this love story a ghostly unsettling vibe depriving us of a key way we usually get to know movie characters 
3
Army of Thieves
Roger Moore
A more likable affair than the video gamish Army of the Dead Taking the zombies out of the equation altogether helps Just not enough 
2
Army of Thieves
Steven Prokopy
I just wish the filmmakers had taken more time letting us know these characters a bit more and with a running time of slightly more than two hours it s not like the minutes aren t there to do it 
2.5
Army of Thieves
Leo Brady
There s a goal of harmless fun when Army of Thieves starts trying to get us on board with a heist crew but harmless is not the same as entertaining 
2
Army of Thieves
Kevin Carr
I don t know if there was ever a big call for this guy to get his own movie but it s entirely enjoyable and works as a heist movie 
2.5
Army of Thieves
Richard Roeper
Thanks to Schweighöfer s stylish Italian Job influenced directing a sense of its own ridiculous nature and some fabulous performances by the charming and good looking supporting cast Army of Thieves is the very definition of entertaining 
3
Army of Thieves
Brian Tallerico
A heist action movie that takes forever to get going with an admittedly fun second half that can t make up for the dull set up 
2
Army of Thieves
Mark Dujsik
Army of Thieves eliminates the zombies as well as the cleverness and the basic level of humanity in its storytelling 
2
Army of Thieves
Mark Kennedy
You find yourself rooting for this unlikely safecracker a savant when it comes to vaults and opera but a bumbling awkward guy otherwise who stuns even himself with his bravery 
3
Army of Thieves
Randy Myers
If you happen to love the Ocean s films you ll want to cozy up with this pleasing diversion that is directed with a breezy touch by the talented Schweighöfer 
3
Army of Thieves
Bob Strauss
Thieves lacks the mature sophistication of a Topkapi or The Thomas Crown Affair Still it s an amusing two hours in the industrial manner of most films made for Netflix 
2.5
Army of Thieves
Pat Brown
Matthias Schweighöfer never imbues the act of turning the dial on a combination lock with tension intrigue or variation 
1
She Hate Me
Marty Mapes
Seems like the ramblings of an insulated precocious teenager
1.5
She Hate Me
Sean P. Means
A train wreck as only Spike Lee could make it 
0
She Hate Me
Jeff Vice
An overreaching satire that even Lee s biggest fans will find disappointing 
1.5
She Hate Me
John Beifuss
Allusions to Frank Wills the security guard who discovered the Watergate break in suggest a story that would have made a much better Spike Lee movie than this misfire 
2
She Hate Me
Matt Brunson
The notion that all these lesbians are physically and emotionally satisfied by their trysts with Jack would have played well at the recent Republican National Convention 
1.5
She Hate Me
David Elliott
Using sex so amusingly Lee makes satire sexy 
3.5
She Hate Me
Phil Villarreal
If Lee had focused the film might have been a great one 
3
She Hate Me
Joe Baltake
If you re truly adventurous in your movie going and fed up with movies that play by the numbers play it safe and come with audience fawning reassurances then She Hate Me just might be the harsh cinematic tonic you crave 
3
She Hate Me
Lisa Kennedy
Lee s most muddled message movie to date 
1.5
She Hate Me
Duane Dudek
Someone needs to show Lee how to draw a straight line He remains a vital and distinctive stylist but as a storyteller he flies from one tangent to the next as if he is so outraged all he can do is sputter 
2
She Hate Me
Glenn Kenny
Less a joint than a high rise built on a wobbly foundation 
2.5
She Hate Me
Chris Hewitt
As visually electric as it is conceptually stupid 
1
She Hate Me
Jeff Strickler
Two movies mashed together 
2.5
She Hate Me
Mick LaSalle
Spike Lee s She Hate Me is about as awful as a film can be without being the ultimate awful which is boring 
1
She Hate Me
Terry Lawson
It s not only unfathomable and borderline offensive it s never ending leaving its bewildered and battered audience in the dark for well over two hours 
1
She Hate Me
Rene Rodriguez
Nothing in the film rings remotely true 
1
She Hate Me
Glenn Lovell
It s a muddled overlong politically incorrect satire that goes wrong in so many ways it s hard to know where to begin dismantling the thing 
1.5
She Hate Me
Carrie Rickey
I will not say that I liked it I will say that like Bamboozled it exasperates and resonates 
2
She Hate Me
Phoebe Flowers
A train wreck 
1
She Hate Me
Jeanne Aufmuth
Spike Lee s bold voice is lost in a sea of snaky narrative threads that squeeze the plot and virtually choke it to death 
2
She Hate Me
Peter Canavese
A reminder that Spike Lee is one of our great American filmmakers unafraid to address directly and artfully contemporary issues in a context of national history 
3.5
She Hate Me
Moira MacDonald
Lee should know better he s too talented to be serving up this kind of silliness and so are his actors 
1
She Hate Me
Liam Lacey
Easily Lee s most disorganized movie She Hate Me is also one of the most preposterous efforts by any major director in recent memory 
1
She Hate Me
Bill Chambers
Once your hero s crisis is whether or not to pity f card carrying bombshell Monica Bellucci you might as well have unicorns and gnomes running around
1
She Hate Me
Wesley Morris
For all his irreverence Lee still seems uncertain how to convey deep adult feeling without seeming obligated to feel 
2.5
She Hate Me
James Verniere
After the 2000 satire Bamboozled and now this I can t help but wonder how much longer Lee can afford to make interesting but deeply flawed movies 
2.5
She Hate Me
Roger Ebert
She Hate Me invites anger and analysis about the stereotypes it appears to celebrate a film that attacked those stereotypes would inspire yawns 
3
She Hate Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What could Spike Lee have been thinking 
1.5
She Hate Me
Michael Wilmington
Fun to watch and fun to think about later it s chockful of provocative statements about corporate morality sexual hypocrisy and what s wrong about both today 
3
She Hate Me
Glenn Whipp
She Hate Me is more like an automobile accident designed to get liberal minded looky loos to crane their necks and survey the wreckage 
2
She Hate Me
David Sterritt
This intensely topical satire tackles a wide range of important issues from corporate whistle blowing to the toll sexual license takes on stable family structures 
3
She Hate Me
Joshua Tanzer
If you re going to make a political statement back it up Don t give us this half baked atrociously acted tin eared five films in one everything you want to know about sex three s company heather has two mommies fiasco 
1
She Hate Me
Mike Clark
This 140 minute I don t know what it is unravels like a ball of yarn after a bout with a tiger on Colombian catnip 
2
She Hate Me
Peter Travers
When a Spike Lee film doesn t fly it sinks like a stone This one is Gibraltar 
1
She Hate Me
Jan Stuart
At 2 1 2 hours running time you get more than you bargained for in sheer befuddlement 
1.5
She Hate Me
Lou Lumenick
May not be subtle or disciplined but it is funny as hell 
2.5
She Hate Me
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s quite a paradox that someone so acutely attuned to racism would so enthusiastically embrace the worst clichs of homophobia and misogyny 
1
She Hate Me
James Berardinelli
A mixed bag but at least it s interesting and almost never boring 
2.5
She Hate Me
Ed Gonzalez
Most contracts are negotiated with John Hancocks but in She Hate Me deals are sealed with hot lesbian action 
1.5
Wolf at the Door
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Wolf at the Door succeeds within its own limitations in showing what Gauguin left behind 
2
Sid & Nancy
Matt Brunson
Alex Cox s eye for capturing the grungy London and New York scenes in the late 1970s provides the picture with an added kick 
3
Sid & Nancy
James Kendrick
There is some nobility in the film s relentlessness and single minded focus but not enough to redeem its lack of having anything much to say beyond what we get on the surface 
2.5
Sid & Nancy
Desmond Ryan
They are more than zombies doing needlepoint on each other s veins Both are brought to life in complex deeply felt performances from two actors who have abandoned themselves to enormously demanding and difficult roles 
4
Sid & Nancy
Candice Russell
Sid and Nancy is a brilliantly acted surprise from newcomers Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb 
3.5
Sid & Nancy
Gene Siskel
Once we sense a glimmer of talent and accept these people as human beings the tragedy of their drug use resonates enormously 
3.5
Sid & Nancy
Dave Kehr
This is a love story an unlikely perverse disturbing love story but a genuine one 
3.5
Sid & Nancy
Peter Canavese
Oldman s mid film music video performance of nbsp My Way before a neon staircase compares favorably as a revelation of character through performance to Robert De Niro s framing monologues in Raging Bull Blu ray 
3.5
Sid & Nancy
Roger Ebert
Cox and his actors pull off the neat trick of creating a movie full of noise and fury and telling a meticulous story right in the middle of it 
4
The Prodigies
Dave McGinn
The Prodigies pulls together a lot of familiar tropes from superhero movies without adding anything new or compelling to the genre 
1.5
The Prodigies
Linda Barnard
Too violent for youngsters and so poorly written it won t engage an older audience it seems to be targeted towards youthful nerds nursing overwhelming revenge fantasies 
1
Spike of Bensonhurst
Roger Ebert
Spike of Bensonhurst is not the best comedy ever made but has energy and local color and a charismatic lead performance by Sasha Mitchell as Spike 
3
Venus
Aparita Bhandari
To its credit Venus manages to take a complicated premise and turn it into a pretty compelling drama 
2.5
England Is Mine
James Berardinelli
England is Mine is watchable but not special and those with the strongest interest in the story may be unhappy about what s missing 
2.5
England Is Mine
Brian Tallerico
For the majority Lowden feels restrained by a director who has a very specific flat vision of a musical legend 
1.5
England Is Mine
Mark Dujsik
Little here points to the man Morrissey would become and the hints of the young man s future that we do see here don t make him seem like anyone particularly special 
2
England Is Mine
Mike McGranaghan
If you re going to make a movie about one of the greatest singer lyricists of all time but you can t get the rights to their story or any of their music don t even bother 
1.5
England Is Mine
Derek Smith
England Is Mine is a tour ride through a legend s formative years that s more concerned with the familiar signposts than the intricacies of the scenery along the way 
1.5
England Is Mine
Roger Moore
No rights no permission no Morrissey comes of age biopic 
2
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
James Kendrick
a decidedly different kind of film than its predecessor and unfortunately not as good
2.5
The Water Diviner
Pamela Powell
The Water Diviner is a beautiful story engaging the viewer on many different levels 
3.5
The Water Diviner
Mike McGranaghan
The film is well acted beautifully photographed and thematically rich Russell Crowe may have a second whole career ahead of him 
3
The Water Diviner
Matt Brunson
The Water Diviner qualifies as a valiant even worthwhile effort even if in the long run it s nothing to err crow about 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Stephen Rebello
Crowe who s been having a rough time finding his footing again for a decade now underplays his role so self consciously that when he wants us to feel his pain all we feel is his ego He fails to move us And so does The Water Diviner 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Peter Travers
Crowe strives to strike a universal chord about the futility of war Simplistic Maybe But in crafting a film about the pain a parent feels after losing a child in battle Crowe transcends borders and politics 
3
The Water Diviner
Stephen Whitty
Even slightly self censored its images of broken cities and the walking wounded is a strong restating of the film s message There is no such thing as a good war There s only war sometimes necessary sometimes not And always inhuman 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Matt Zoller Seitz
To watch The Water Diviner it be warned constantly that we must break ourselves of our addiction to imagery that the film we re watching can t seem to resist 
2
The Water Diviner
Brad Wheeler
Water seeks its own level and Crowe while in over his head will find his audience 
2
The Water Diviner
Mark Dujsik
The Water Diviner almost succeeds by way of its unfaltering sincerity but the movie is too unfocused for it to have much of an effect 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Peter Howell
The awfulness and futility of war are seared onto the screen in images that are often hard to look at 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Claudia Puig
While the war story aims for epic turf the love story settles for manipulation 
2
The Water Diviner
Michael Phillips
Assuming you buy that a noble man of the earth can use his divining skills to locate loved ones in the muddy remains of war there s plenty else that stretches credibility in Crowe s film 
2
The Water Diviner
Ty Burr
It suggests nothing so much as a movie version of a book club novel that has yet to be written That doesn t have to be an insult and it isn t 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Steven Rea
After toiling for the likes of Ridley Scott Ron Howard and Peter Weir all these years Crowe takes command of his own camera crews and castmates mounting an ambitious and sentimental period drama 
2.5
The Water Diviner
David Berry
This is truly a story about the wounds that wars leave even on those who don t fight in them and all the lengths to which Crowe will go to convince you that strong men also cry sir Strong men also cry 
2
The Water Diviner
Dann Gire
The Water Diviner brims with ambition and gorgeous digital camera work 
3
The Water Diviner
Joe Williams
Crowe is effectively restrained in his acting but in his debut as a director he overdoes the manipulative music and the pretty images from cinematographer Andrew Lesnie 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Rafer Guzman
The Water Diviner just wants to tell an old fashioned war story but it might have picked the wrong war 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Mick LaSalle
Crowe is not messing around here not trying to dream up opportunities to throw himself another close up He s a genuine director 
3
The Water Diviner
Ann Hornaday
The Water Diviner begins to feel less organic than catered from an ordering menu of movie cliches 
2
The Water Diviner
Soren Andersen
The feature directorial debut of Russell Crowe who also stars it tells a compelling tale of loss and reconciliation and does so with evenhanded sympathy for the adversaries on both sides of the conflict 
3
The Water Diviner
Matt Pais
While it s exciting that my watch learned to talk and yelled Stop looking at me that doesn t excuse the two hour incompetence festival that is The Water Diviner 
1
The Water Diviner
Sara Stewart
Crowe makes the most of his own quiet presence and this ode to the world s never recovered soldiers and their families is a fitting meditation on the insanity of war 
3
The Water Diviner
Rex Reed
As a director Mr Crowe s camera meanders all over the place as an actor he mumbles and growls his way through the carnage like it was nothing more important than a re make of Gladiator filmed on old sets from Gene Autry westerns 
2
The Water Diviner
Roger Moore
Stately old fashioned and sentimental and historically revisionist 
2.5
The Water Diviner
Matt Brennan
In straining for the profound the film ultimately loses its way in a veritable no man s land of ill conceived stylistic choices and narrative switchbacks 
2
The Comedians
Walter Chaw
Far more interesting to deconstruct than to watch 
1.5
The Comedians
Roger Ebert
The movie tries to be serious and politically significant and succeeds only in being tedious and pompous 
2.5
Win Win
Roger Moore
McCarthy has found his emotional sweet spot a gentle and complex story to set it in and the perfect title for it 
3.5
Win Win
Jeff Beck
Win Win continues McCarthy s streak of bringing realistic characters and realistic situations to life on the screen He has clearly shown his talent for writing and directing making him one of those directors to watch out for 
3.5
Win Win
Ann Hornaday
The rare humanist beauty of Win Win is that none of its characters is a caricature none of its plot twists a blatant play for tears or laughs none of its appeal based on some mythical lowest common denominator 
4
Win Win
Linda Cook
You know there is truth in advertising Or titles I should say 
4
Win Win
Glenn Lovell
If there s a more agreeable comedy now making the rounds please someone tell me about it easily the best film I ve seen so far this year 
4
Win Win
Mike McGranaghan
Funny touching and beautifully acted Win Win is definitely a victory in humanistic storytelling 
4
Win Win
Mike Scott
An under the radar breath of fresh air built on a strong cast and a smart script 
3
Win Win
James Kendrick
stays true to the realities of the difficult situation it presents and still sends you out feeling hopeful and fulfilled
3.5
Win Win
Rob Thomas
It s easy to undervalue a movie like Win Win because it does seem so offhand and entertaining But this is near perfect filmmaking not only does every piece fit together just right but you forget there are even any pieces 
4
Win Win
John Beifuss
As the movie s frequently comical but believable characters coped with economic responsibilities and emotional challenges I was reminded of The Andy Griffith Show and I mean that as praise 
3
Win Win
Bob Bloom
Win Win is a very likable small movie The characters and the situation feel authentic 
3.5
Win Win
Matt Brunson
If life is indeed about enjoying the little things then it s entirely appropriate that the best scenes in Win Win are the little slice of life ones 
3.5
Win Win
Keith Cohen
This disappointing hard luck story is elevated above an average television sitcom only because of the exceptional cast This eccentric moral fable should appeal strictly to the art house crowd 
2.5
Win Win
Amy Biancolli
Giamatti excels as the weak kneed Mike nicely working his gift for inner conflict and outer bumbling As his wife Amy Ryan is a ballast of unflinching moral certitude 
3.5
Win Win
Robert W. Butler
It s a solid effort that delicately balances hilarity suspense and affection for its characters foibles 
3
Win Win
Duane Dudek
Giamatti brings his trademark plucky underdog quality to an imperfect man who should know better but whose heart is in the right place and he plays both sides of that equation perfectly 
3
Win Win
Connie Ogle
In the end the film stacks up just this side of twee as the sort of quirky fare that s passably entertaining without ever offering anything real or remarkable 
2.5
Win Win
Lisa Kennedy
Tom McCarthy s third feature proves something incontestable The writer director has a way with American characters 
3.5
Win Win
Chris Hewitt
It s aptly titled If you like character based movies there s no way you can lose with this one 
3
Win Win
Alison Gang
McCarthy has finally delivered a realistic take on the male teen along with a tender funny look at family and what it means to be a man 
3
Win Win
Moira MacDonald
A comedy that s ultimately more touching than funny and a joy from beginning to end 
3.5
Win Win
Steven Rea
Giamatti rooting down to the soul of this stressed out struggling man delivers a marvel of a performance all the more so because we forget that he is performing 
3
Win Win
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie about everyday people doing everyday things and finding their own uniquely everyday ways to go about their lives 
3.5
Win Win
Rick Groen
It s refreshing to see a lawyer unshackled from the usual cinematic stereotypes 
2.5
Win Win
Roger Ebert
You have a funny situation and there s some truth in it and unexpected characters well acted and you may not have a great film but you enjoy watching it 
3
Win Win
Mark Dujsik
McCarthy s decision to focus so keenly on these characters and not the potentially destructive forces surrounding them is the most important one for Win Win 
3
Win Win
Dustin Putman
A small but pleasurable film that nonetheless leaves room for improvement Win Win is more like Win Tie on final calculation 
2.5
Win Win
David Nusair
the inhabitants of the film s off kilter world are as vividly realized and authentically portrayed as one might have expected 
3
Win Win
Ty Burr
In its charming and self effacing way Win Win is the most radical movie yet from writer director Tom McCarthy and it may be one of the more daring movies to be recently released in America 
3.5
Win Win
Linda Barnard
McCarthy builds his narrative with care and without sentiment and it s impossible to not feel for these characters Who hasn t taken an easier way out rather than the high road at some time in their lives 
3.5
Win Win
Matt Pais
Enjoyably pitched on life s fork in the road between comedy and drama the easy way and the hard way 
3
Win Win
Michael Phillips
A sports movie in which winning is neither everything nor the only thing 
3
Win Win
Peter Keough
Although shafted by politicians and the economy the middle class is now a winner on the screen 
3
Win Win
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Win Win isn t exactly easy to sum up or pitch in one sentence which reveals how deceptively complex it is It could be a modern Jean Renoir movie 
3.5
Win Win
Stephen Whitty
Win Win is more comic than McCarthy s other films intentionally and successfully 
3
Win Win
Lou Lumenick
McCarthy has a rare ability to make familiar situations seem fresh in an era when many so called indie films have become as predictable and formulaic as their big budget brethren 
3
Win Win
Nick Schager
Despite embroiling its characters in thorny ethical and legal quandaries Win Win is after only uncomplicated tidiness 
2
Win Win
Peter Travers
This movie wins you over head and heart without cheating It s just about perfect 
3.5
Meet the Deedles
Ken Fox
Dumb is one thing but this sorry attempt at action comedy from stuntman turned director Steve Boyum is in an intelligence deprived class all its own 
1.5
Meet the Deedles
Roger Ebert
I am prepared to imagine a theater full of 11 year old boys who might enjoy this movie but I can t recommend it for anyone who might have climbed a little higher on the evolutionary ladder 
1.5
Meet the Deedles
Steve Rhodes
Steve Van Wormer and Paul Walker as Stew and Phil give lifeless performances The only actor in the movie with any demonstrable talent is a cute little prairie dog named Petey 
0
Meet the Deedles
David Keyes
One of the worst movies that has ever been conceived I loathed and despised absolutely every pathetic second of it 
0
Meet the Deedles
Madeleine Williams
You ll have much better luck finding a good spot to surf in Wyoming than finding entertainment in Meet the Deedles 
0.5
Alone in Berlin
Chris Knight
The story provides satisfaction not least from Emma Thompson as Otto s wife and sometimes partner in crime She s so good that she shows up lesser supporting actors hardly her fault 
3
Alone in Berlin
Brad Wheeler
Alone in Berlin is a modest hard faced film offering a nervous study of humanity and civil disobedience in a societal bullying era 
2.5
Alone in Berlin
Richard Roeper
When Alone in Berlin reaches the end of its journey it s the performances of Gleeson and Thompson that ensure we ll never forget the bravery of Otto and Anna 
3
Alone in Berlin
Rex Reed
The splendid actors make up for the weaknesses with performances that radiate strength and integrity 
3
Alone in Berlin
Keith Watson
The film attempts a tone of tragic understatement that registers instead as flat plodding and underfelt 
1
Scream Queen
JimmyO
The humorous look at low budget filmmaking and the challenge of an actress getting too old to play a virgin bloody teenager is inspired 
3
Scream Queen
Jonathan W. Hickman
The problem is that it does not know whether it wants to be a parody or a straight film And when it opts for both simultaneously Scream Queen is a derivative miss 
2.5
1st Born
Roger Moore
Fails on pretty much every level music direction script and the cast that performs it 
0
O.K. Garage
David Nusair
Avoid All Revved Up at all costs even if you ve got to watch a three hour Celine Dion concert or plunge nails into your thighs 
0
O.K. Garage
Steve Rhodes
The characters warm your heart even if the script doesn t exactly dazzle your brain 
2.5
Children of the Corn: Genesis
Walter Chaw
The best film of the series mainly because it doesn t try to recapture the lightning King caught in a bottle 
3
3
Michael Dequina
Writer director Aishwarya R Dhanush is not quite up to the task of the difficult delicate subject matter she chooses to tackle 
2
The Unknown Known
Bill Stamets
A scary inquiry 
3
The Unknown Known
Michael Phillips
By now the director s technique is so savvy so confident in its visual layering and atmospheric assurance even a dodgy cagey camera subject such as Rumsfeld becomes movieworthy 
3
The Unknown Known
Robert Levin
The picture amounts to one grand show of self incrimination 
3
The Unknown Known
John Anderson
Morris doesn t break Rumsfeld as some think he did McNamara He has held a mirror up to the man and found no reflection The viewer simply has to realize that what s important is what s not there 
4
The Unknown Known
Sean P. Means
There is no introspection in Rumsfeld only the same snarky double talk that he displayed during his tenure in the George W Bush administration 
3.5
The Unknown Known
John Beifuss
Rumsfeld seems to suggest that any pre emptive strike can be justified if we have the imagination to envision future history as a succession of Worst Case Scenarios enacted by America s enemies 
3
The Unknown Known
Tom Keogh
A portrait of a wartime leader determined to avoid at any cost an honest perspective 
3.5
The Unknown Known
Chris Knight
What emerges from The Unknown Known is a fascinating portrait of a logical mind tasked with managing one of the messiest realms of human interaction international conflict 
3.5
The Unknown Known
Godfrey Cheshire
More than any film this reviewer has seen in ages The Unknown Known richly rewards a second viewing 
3.5
The Unknown Known
Adam Nayman
In the end The Unknown Known is inconclusive albeit provocatively so 
3
The Unknown Known
Tirdad Derakhshani
We get little in response from Rumsfeld but a demonstration of his cunning at parrying dodging and twisting queries 
2
The Unknown Known
Peter Howell
Despite the best efforts of Morris the man comes across as not only shallow but as a completely empty vessel It makes for repetitive and depressing viewing 
3
The Unknown Known
Mark Feeney
The only self examination he ever subjects himself to would appear to involve a shaving mirror and lather 
3.5
The Unknown Known
Mick LaSalle
In short bursts Rumsfeld is an engaging witty personality For the first half hour no matter what your politics are you will find yourself liking him He s good company until he s not 
3
The Unknown Known
Ann Hornaday
We might have journeyed inside Rumsfeld s mindset for a while but are we richer for the excursion 
2.5
The Unknown Known
Kyle Smith
Morris is heard badgering Rumsfeld on camera about torture WMD intelligence and the handling of the war His subject though earns at least a draw 
2.5
The Unknown Known
Stephen Whitty
If this was meant to be a portrait it s one completely framed by its subject 
3
The Unknown Known
Steve Macfarlane
Viewers tolerance for Errol Morris s apparent sheepishness will hinge on their prior appreciation of the filmmaker s investigative acumen 
2
The Unknown Known
Roger Moore
Damning but even the dogged Errol Morris can t land the knockout punch on the slippery buck passing Rummy 
3
The Unknown Known
Kam Williams
Errol Morris cross examines ex Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld about Iraq but with less success than he had grilling his predecessor Robert McNamara about Vietnam in The Fog of War 
2.5
The Unknown Known
Walter Chaw
When Rumsfeld laughs it s frightening an alien thing s attempt to simulate a human emotion 
4
Harold
Lou Lumenick
Harold is a genuine oddity that s more watchable than it sounds 
1.5
New World Order
Kyle Smith
Instead of digging up and making sense of true information it tracks half a dozen boring conspiracy theorists spouting balderdash and makes no effort to check out their cuckoo claims 
1
New World Order
Lauren Wissot
The directors never bother to delve into why these men need simple answers and avoid complications at all costs 
1
Yi Sheng Yi Shi
Simon Abrams
But Always deserves every bit of scorn heaped upon it 
0
Yi Sheng Yi Shi
Mark Jenkins
While most of But Always takes place in New York City the Chinese drama s blend of sentimentality and romantic fatalism is very Asian 
2
Pokémon: The First Movie
CSM Staff
The story is trite and the cartooning is cut rate but youngsters will enjoy seeing their TV heroes in a movie length adventure Shown with a 20 minute short called Pikachu s Vacation so sloppily made that it s barely coherent 
1
Pokémon: The First Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you re over 10 years old I have four words for you See Princess Mononoke instead 
1
Pokémon: The First Movie
Laura Reiley
Abysmally bad 
1.5
Pokémon: The First Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
With its undertones of slavery and cockfighting Pokmon may have the most unsavory premise ever for children s entertainment 
1
Pokémon: The First Movie
Liam Lacey
The wisdom of putting bad experiences behind us never rang more true than after viewing this movie Avoiding it though may be impossible so be prepared 
0
Pokémon: The First Movie
Robert Roten
This Japanese film s free will philosophy is in stark contrast to the determinism that seems to be running rampant in today s Hollywood films 
2
Pokémon: The First Movie
Madeleine Williams
The animation is crude and there s certainly not much depth to the storyline or the characters 
2
Pokémon: The First Movie
Hannah Brown
Strictly a kids movie 
2
Pokémon: The First Movie
Jeffrey Wachs
The finale s violence undermines the film s much trumpeted message that fighting is wrong 
2
Pokémon: The First Movie
Roger Ebert
It s just a sound and light show linked to the marketing push for Pokemon in general 
2
Pokémon: The First Movie
Michael Dequina
An overreaching hypocritical mess 
1.5
Pokémon: The First Movie
Steve Rhodes
You may not want to deny your children the pleasure of seeing it but there s no reason whatsoever that you can t try to spare yourself from the ordeal 
1.5
Pokémon: The First Movie
Elias Savada
I m about forty years too old to take this movie seriously Or even understand it 
0.5
Pokémon: The First Movie
Greg Dean Schmitz
Pokemon is a quality example of the genre and it is indeed one of the most successful anime shows ever 
3
Pokémon: The First Movie
Peter Stack
For the record it isn t terrible It s far from a milestone in Japanese animation and not an especially memorable entertainment Yet it doesn t try to be either of those things 
2
The Hindenburg
Roger Ebert
The Hindenburg is a disaster picture all right How else can you describe a movie that cost 12 million and makes people laugh out loud at all the wrong times 
1
Werewolf by Night
Randy Myers
The sets harken back to the vintage 30s and the dark streak of humor and make this one irresistible viewing for the Halloween season 
3
Werewolf by Night
Kevin Carr
More effective diversification by Marvel with some nice action and a clever throwback to 1940s horror movies 46 
3.5
Werewolf by Night
Brian Tallerico
For the most part 44 Werewolf by Night is a modestly entertaining diversion 44 but one can 8217 t shake how it doesn 8217 t add up to as much as it could have been with a more ambitious team behind it 46 
2.5
Werewolf by Night
Bob Strauss
An hour of pure cinematic delight 
3
Werewolf by Night
Phil Villarreal
Director Michael Giacchino makes a stylish and confident debut 44 opting for black and white to give his film a timeless feel 46 
3
Werewolf by Night
Roger Moore
Marvel could do more in this 8220 universe 8221 in the future 44 but it 8217 s damned certain they couldn 8217 t do much less 46 
2
Conciencia sucia
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It will not win any awards for its direction performances or technical qualities but it wasn t made for that It was made so that the public can enjoy well choreographed hand to hand combat Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Bleeding Audio
Randy Myers
An illuminating portrait of the pitfalls and the triumphs of an indie band that has had more than one life and not a lot of business sense 
3
Lost Bayou
Joey Magidson
A compelling narrative and a pair of strong performances only help further the already solid cause of this Southern Gothic mystery 
3
Old Dog
Caroline McKenzie
Minimalist in its aesthetics and soundtrack quiet and deliberate in its plot but nonetheless familiar endearing and a vital addition to the small but growing Tibetan cinema
3.5
Deterrence
Michael Dequina
Lurie quickly glazes over one important bit of backstory in the early going a point that is crucial to understand some motivation 
2.5
Deterrence
Ross Anthony
Ironically the entertainment arc of this film follows that of a launched missile 
2
Deterrence
Cornell & Petricelli
In order to get into this film one must suspend a truckload of disbelief 
3
Deterrence
Rob Blackwelder
Collapses under weight of its own absurdity 
1.5
Deterrence
Steve Rhodes
The movie has more than enough for me to be able to recommend it 
3
Deterrence
James Berardinelli
The material exhibits too many flaws to be regarded as anything more substantial than an interesting failure 
2.5
Deterrence
Mick LaSalle
One of the pleasures of Deterrence is that it does not tell the audience what to think 
3
Deterrence
Greg Dean Schmitz
The drama builds slowly and carefully as surprises and twists crop up and we can see that there are secrets still left to be discovered 
3.5
Deterrence
Roger Ebert
I got caught up in the global chess game in the bluffing and the dares the dangerous strategy of using nuclear blackmail against a fanatic who might call the bluff 
3
Deterrence
Eliot Forbes
Hopefully the only people who will be deterred by this film are those considering plunking down good money to see it 
1.5
Deterrence
David Sterritt
As a former film critic Lurie presumably knows how to communicate ideas but there s an unbridgeable gap between the movie he thinks he s made and the movie he s actually made 
2
Deterrence
Lou Lumenick
A very effective updating of the underrated Cold War thriller Fail Safe 
3.5
10 Days of a Good Man
Roger Moore
Kind of an entertaining 44 watchable mess 44 this one 46 
2
The Outrage
David Nusair
the actors grating annoying work here is indicative of The Outrages wrongheaded sensibilities 
1
Sebastian
Roger Ebert
What we are stuck with then is a movie that moves confidently in three directions arriving nowhere with a splendid show of style 
2.5
Mulroney: The Opera
Robert Everett-Green
I felt a new emotion while watching this sympathy for Brian Mulroney 
1.5
The Courier
Mitchell Beaupre
This is a gripping story of adversity against all odds 44 mixing patriotism and uncomplicated heroics with a well paced structure that knows when to escalate and when to settle back into the calm 46 
3
The Courier
Matt Brunson
The movie works on a small scale but never quite conveys the enormity or sheer terror of the global situation 
2.5
The Courier
Rene Sanchez
Benedict Cumberbatch leads this well executed and effective spy thriller that captures the fears and uncertainties of the 1960s Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Courier
Linda Cook
A true espionage story all the better for the presence of Benedict Cumberbatch 
3
The Courier
Peter Canavese
Does a great job in being properly grounded in the telling of this essentially true but fascinating Cold War spy story 
3
The Courier
Tom Meek
Cumberbatch is fun to watch in the role as his Wynne is something of a putz in the cloak and dagger universe 
2.5
The Courier
Michael Medved
Masterful in every detail completely compelling and one of the best films of 2021 
4
The Courier
Steven Prokopy
The low key nature of the film almost works against its ability to be emotionally impactful I found myself gently pulled into this story almost imperceptibly 
3
The Courier
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Greville Wynne risked his life to prevent nuclear war The least The Courier could have done was risk being honest 
2
The Courier
Lindsey Bahr
While it might not be on the same level as Bridge of Spies it s solid well acted and enjoyable nonetheless Just don t use it as the text for any history reports 
2.5
The Courier
Randy Myers
Combine impressive production values and a ratcheting up of suspense and you re in for a solid genre entry Don t expect more than that 
3
The Courier
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Courier feels authentic and that s what matters Wynne s everyman journey into the unimaginable the trip of a lifetime 
3
The Courier
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Narrowing its focus on Greville and Alex though The Courier gains power both in the men s friendship and shared beliefs but also in the heroic reality of what they accomplished how they might have saved the world 
3
The Courier
Roger Moore
about the worst you can say about it is that it s a washed out copy of Bridge of Spies which is far more suspenseful and immersive 
2.5
The Courier
Jeff York
This is a character driven espionage thriller a true story and it s all the more incredible because of it The film may not have the snap crackle and pop of 007 but its stakes are higher and its effect much more palpable 
3.5
The Courier
Kevin Carr
Benedict Cumberbatch really shines 
4
The Courier
Richard Roeper
If there s such a thing as a Cold War Comfort Movie and let s say there is The Courier fits the bill perfectly ticking off many of the familiar boxes of the genre 
3
The Courier
Rob Thomas
Cumberbatch has had a lot of success playing larger than life roles like Doctor Strange and Sherlock Holmes but Wynne is one of his finest recent performances because he plays him as so resolutely life size 
3
The Courier
Mark Feeney
Consider it the courier who came in from the cold if not quite cold enough 
2.5
The Courier
Mark Dujsik
T he film offers up a nice understated sense of idealism 
3
The Courier
Leo Brady
The Courier is a solid nuts and bolts thriller proving once again that being a secret agent man is not always what it s cracked up to be 
3
The Courier
Chris Hewitt
It feels like a documentary about an intriguing subject where the cameras weren t on when some of the best stuff happened 
2.5
The Courier
Jeff Mitchell
The Courier delivers an empathetic personal and true Cold War spy story 
3
The Courier
Mark Meszoros
Yes you ve seen it all before and you ve seen it done bigger but this is well worth seeing nonetheless 
2.5
The Courier
James Berardinelli
A sometimes riveting old fashioned spy thriller that is occasionally reminiscent of the fictional works of John Le Carre and Len Deighton 
3
The Courier
Odie Henderson
Though there s nothing new or transformative here The Courier stays afloat due to the acting by Buckley Cumberbatch and Ninidze 
3
The Courier
Ann Hornaday
The Courier isn t a great movie but it s a good one And right now that s enough 
3
The Courier
Mick LaSalle
As the pressures on Wynne increase and the missions become more dangerous the spectacle of this average man trying to stay safe becomes riveting 
3
The Courier
Pamela Powell
While The Courier is a historical recreation it also has tremendous heart thanks again to not only the direction and writing but the superb performances by Cumberbatch and Ninidze 
4
The Courier
Mike McGranaghan
The Courier gives Benedict Cumberbatch one of his best roles 
3
The Courier
Keith Watson
Dominic Cooke s film is content to regurgitate some of the more tired artistic tropes about the Cold War 
1.5
The Thing About My Folks
Stefan Ulstein
Reiser has given us a film that makes us laugh while contemplating the ways we understand and misunderstand those we love 
3.5
The Thing About My Folks
Matt Brunson
Moderately appealing 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Michael Szymanski
It s a slow enjoyable ride where you aren t asking are we there yet all the way through it 
3
The Thing About My Folks
Phil Villarreal
Before I saw this film only one movie Field of Dreams had ever made me cry Now there are two 
4
The Thing About My Folks
Jeff Vice
A lot of the humor is forced and unfunny 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Sean P. Means
Falk turns a stereotyped curmudgeon into a warm and winning character and the only reason to watch 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Susan Walker
Reiser a famous face from the long running TV series Mad About You here proves himself to be a skilful writer and actor for the big screen 
3
The Thing About My Folks
Lisa Kennedy
Two men of very different generations coming to understand and appreciate each other makes for some fine moments And that s just the actors 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Raymond De Felitta s clinical visual treatment renders the tone too cold 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Bruce Newman
If you ve ever wondered what it would feel like to be trapped in a 36 Ford convertible for 47 years with a Yiddish theater version of Dr Phil and the runaway bride this is the movie for you 
0.5
The Thing About My Folks
Chuck O'Leary
This passable dramedy plays like a Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm with fart jokes 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
James Verniere
It has all the bland emotional heft of a Hallmark card 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Timothy Knight
Ultimately more cloying than poignant 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Connie Ogle
About as entertaining as the yearly family argument without any of the holiday turkey to make it worthwhile 
1.5
The Thing About My Folks
Chris Hewitt
Reiser and Falk never stop yammering at each other not when they re line dancing not when they re watching a baseball game not when they should be trying to counter steer their way out of the car accident they re in the midst of 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Laura Kelly
Reiser s meandering story could have used a more strongly cohesive presentation and the dialogue could have been a lot sharper 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Jeff Strickler
Reiser wrote the script specifically for Falk and himself so it s not surprising that the actors bond with their characters And that makes it easy for the viewers to bond with them 
3
The Thing About My Folks
Bob Strauss
The thing about Paul Reiser is just when you think you can t stand another lame vulgar obvious scene he s written he blindsides you with some real insight or character truth 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Maitland McDonagh
As it is it s shamelessly manipulative shtick brightened by sharply drawn supporting performances 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Lou Lumenick
The movie belongs entirely to Falk s memorable Sam 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Jami Bernard
A talky therapy session of a comedy 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Renee Graham
Flat and forgettable it s a tiresome film barely held together by its plinky piano score sophomoric flatulence jokes and cloying greeting card emotions 
1
The Thing About My Folks
Josh Larsen
not nearly enough of the film finds the proper balance between slapstick and sap 
2
The Thing About My Folks
Carrie Rickey
While I resisted much of it by its finale I was grateful for the trip and even more grateful to Reiser who enabled Falk and Dukakis to give the performances of their careers 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Willie Waffle
brings out the best in Falk and Reiser especially Falk who could be looking at another Academy Award nomination
3.5
The Thing About My Folks
John Anderson
The Thing About My Folks is a crowd pleasing tear tugging film about relationships that should have wide appeal and widespread resonance 
3
The Thing About My Folks
Michael Phillips
This movie won t dent anyone s career It s too eh for that 
1.5
The Thing About My Folks
Roger Ebert
I can t recommend the movie but I can be grateful that I saw it for Falk 
2.5
The Thing About My Folks
Nick Schager
Like Peter Falk s trifecta of farts the movie stinks 
.5
The New Rijksmuseum, Part 2
Tom Keogh
Hoogendijk breathes life into this compelling reality drama 
3.5
The New Rijksmuseum, Part 2
Michael O'Sullivan
Unexpectedly it works 
2.5
The New Rijksmuseum, Part 2
Bill Stamets
Suspense is modest as world famous artworks are finally installed 
2
The New Rijksmuseum, Part 2
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is enthralling despite a few too many shots of mud puddles on the construction site and slow pans over the roof 
3
The New Rijksmuseum, Part 2
Nick McCarthy
It most potently strikes the tone of an elegy pensively observing that beneath the bickering in museum boardrooms lies a massive treasure trove of art history that s being kept from the public s eye 
3
The New Rijksmuseum, Part 2
Steven Boone
The New Rijksmuseum proves that films can describe nuances of character and situation as finely as the finest novel or creative non fiction 
4
The Death of Klinghoffer
Joshua Kosman
Sellars original staging was a stylized almost pageant like affair which allowed the creators to claim descent for the piece from Bach s Passions Without that fig leaf the ugliness at the heart of the work becomes all the more apparent 
1
Proximity
Sara Michelle Fetters
Demeusy is talented and while his debut isn t all that fresh or original the filmmaker s presentation of the material is still notably impressive 
2
Proximity
Roger Moore
The cast is a collection of bland unknowns the plot is buried under nonsense the dialogue often tin eared and the entire enterprise gets worse the longer it goes on 
1.5
Proximity
Mark Dujsik
Proximity shifts between three ideas The first is fairly clever The second is plainly generic The third is well downright weird 
1.5
Proximity
Mike McGranaghan
Proximity starts off like Close Encounters of the Third Kind then becomes George Lucas s THX 1138 before finally morphing into The Day the Earth Stood Still by way of a faith based film I liked this crazy little picture a lot 
3
Proximity
Peter Canavese
A commercially ambitious nouveau B movie pieced together from recycled materials from the Spielberg catalog 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I think it should be considered child abuse to inflict this tripe upon children 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Peter Travers
There s something pernicious about a toxic mix of sitcom and snickering sex jokes getting packaged and effectively sold as wholesome fun for the family 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Carolyn Arends
Its heart is in the right place but a reliance on gimmicks and sentiment undermines the story In the end both the laughs and the tears here come just a little too cheap 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Kim Morgan
Here s a sentence I never thought I d write Carmen Electra is more interesting than Steve Martin 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Linda Cook
Cheapr by the Dozen 2 is not as ghastly as one might expect In fact it has moments that are realistic and sweet 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Neil Smith
Crammed with moppet mayhem mawkish sentiment and bruising slapstick it s a flat footed retread only Right to Lifers could love 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Sean P. Means
The humor in Sam Harper s script is as malnourished as Hilary Duff appears to be 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Tom Meek
For the most part director Adam Shankman keeps the mayhem comprehensible 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Steve Rhodes
Running a painfully long 100 minutes the movie is made up of a tiresome series of predicable slapstick moments 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Frank Ochieng
When cutesy family oriented comedies start to show the strained buffoonery of its leading star Martin you know it s time to hang up the hat and call it the day 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Jeff Strickler
While their last movie relied on boisterous physical humor this is built on a family feud 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Thomas Delapa
Shankman drops the ball at the finish line jettisoning the tough love fun for cheap sentimentality 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Daniel M. Kimmel
The kids will love it parents will just have to put up with it 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Chris Hewitt
Cheap is the word for Cheaper by the Dozen 2 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Tony Wong
Sequels tend to be stupider by the dozen and part two is perhaps overshadowed only by the banality and pointlessness of say Leprechaun 6 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Angel Cohn
Unfortunately in this instance more doesn t make merry only mayhem 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Laura Kelly
We likely have a sequel because the first Steve Martin family comedy successfully grossed 3 1 2 times its budget by teasing light humor out of family high jinks That s all fine but did it have to be set in summer camp style 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Peter Hartlaub
Steve Martin is kind of like your uncle who still gets to play quarterback during the holiday family football game even though he hasn t thrown a touchdown since 1992 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Tom Keogh
With three inspired comics Martin Levy and Hunt as the adult leads Cheaper 2 is not an entirely wearing experience But its predictability borders on the insulting 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Lisa Rose
Moviegoers who enjoyed the PG anarchy the first time around should find amusement in the second Dozen If the last picture left you with a migraine and a sense of claustrophobia the sequel will be another bout of pain 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Brian McTavish
There is no hilarity just a couple of veteran funnymen going through the hellishly predictable motions in this unimaginative and unnecessary sequel 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Glenn Whipp
There is a good movie to be made about the difficulties parents have in letting go of their children Actually Ron Howard already made that movie It was called Parenthood and it starred Steve Martin 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Connie Ogle
If the creators seem lethally bored with their product most viewers will find their patience tested too 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Sue Pierman
The film is at its best when it s not trying to be desperately funny but that s rare 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
I did say almost As comedies and sequels go this one still isn t any good The writing by screenwriter Sam Harper is astonishingly limp going to places even a bad NBC sitcom would be afraid to tread 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Elizabeth Weitzman
A cheerless sequel to an uninspired remake 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Terry Lawson
The only ones who are likely to have any investment in all this would be the on set caterers who probably bought their own vacation homes after preparing meals for 24 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Jeff Vice
This half hearted obviously obligatory sequel feels labored and twice as long as it really is 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Rick Groen
Sure ain t a movie Nope it s a product pure and very simple and carefully tested to sell to the widest possible market 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Roger Ebert
As I watched this sequel a certain good feeling began to make itself known Yes the movie is unnecessary However it is unnecessary at a higher level of warmth and humor than the recent remake Yours Mine and Ours 
3
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Ty Burr
Noisy silly gratingly upbeat and piously sentimental Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is what passes for wholesome family entertainment these days 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Willie Waffle
After making Shopgirl it appears Steve Martin had a lobotomy 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Mike Clark
Give Dozen a slight edge to the mournful Yours Mine Ours as a holiday season bottom feeder because Martin and Levy are better at slapstick than Dennis Quaid 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Robert K. Elder
A harmless inoffensive bit of family programming during the holiday season and there s nothing wrong with that But harmless doesn t have to mean dull 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Gene Seymour
Heed my warning Unless you guys stop going en masse to movies like the first Cheaper by the Dozen genuinely funny people like Hunt Martin and Levy will forever be forced to pay their heating bills doing bland franchise fillers like this 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Walter Chaw
Martin s soul is for sale dirt cheap 
0
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Dustin Putman
Shallow meandering predictable padded and jam packed with one unfunny hoarily conceived slapstick bit or pratfall after the next 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Nick Schager
Concerned with pat platitudes about learning to say goodbye the importance of family and the superiority of parental leniency over authoritarian strictness 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Peter Canavese
Okay everybody back to your shopping there s nothing to see here 
1.5
The Look of Silence
Kam Williams
Frightening illustration of how cavalier the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing can be about their heinous acts 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Eric Melin
Not as formally exciting as The Act of Killing but because it s so singularly focused it s a more emotionally engaging story And because its concerns are different both films together are a richer experience and provide a more complete picture 
3.5
The Look of Silence
John Serba
Awareness is everything Closure is a myth 
4
The Look of Silence
Mark Dujsik
Like and perhaps more so than its predecessor this film is an act of moral necessity 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Lawrence Toppman
Forget ghosts aliens slashers zombies or any other deadly creatures you ll encounter through mass media this year The most horrific beings will be elderly Indonesian chaps in The Look of Silence 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Michael Phillips
The Look of Silence is painful and unforgettable a serious and honorable form perhaps the highest of gotcha journalism imaginable 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Josh Larsen
If The Act of Killing was operatic this is bluntly intimate 
3
The Look of Silence
Anita Katz
Like its predecessor the film succeeds as a document of admissions made by participants in government sanctioned genocide and as an indictment of a system that needs to address its history 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Robert Horton
Whether the events of 1965 will ever entirely bend toward justice is hard to predict but these films with their bold and unsettling tactics will have played a role in that process 
4
The Look of Silence
Scott Renshaw
The Act of Killing was one of the most emotionally staggering explorations ever filmed about how easy it is to justify horrible evils this follow up approaches the subject from a different equally devastating angle 
4
The Look of Silence
Gary Thompson
Adi s central question Why is never answered but that doesn t really feel like a flaw in Look of Silence 
3
The Look of Silence
Ty Burr
There s a rage far beneath Adi s placid expression and the director s dispassionate style It s not a rage for vengeance but anger at an all consuming blindness 
4
The Look of Silence
Stephanie Merry
A profoundly shattering movie 
4
The Look of Silence
Walter V. Addiego
It s a testimony to how much this is a live issue in Indonesia that some of the credits are listed simply as anonymous 
3
The Look of Silence
Liam Lacey
The stories the perpetrators tell are hideous but Adi proves to be a calm and unrelenting interrogator even in the face of direct death threats 
4
The Look of Silence
Peter Howell
The film is all the more potent for its restraint as constant on the mind as the cicadas that sound throughout the unyielding night 
3.5
The Look of Silence
David Berry
There s little comfort here no easy way to reconcile anything 
4
The Look of Silence
Glenn Kenny
Strong and upsetting 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Jake Cole
Viewed collectively The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence just so happen to represent some of the greatest work in the nonfiction field in decades 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Farran Smith Nehme
As the title indicates this follow up is dealing with a somewhat blunter set of symbols than its predecessor It s just as wrenching though 
3.5
The Look of Silence
James Lattimer
If The Look of Silence still remains a gripping vital consequential documentary it s in spite of its approach rather than because of it 
2
The Look of Silence
Erik McClanahan
While not as mind blowing or surprising as Killing The Look of Silence is perhaps the more necessary film 
3.5
The Look of Silence
Kent Turner
It s the seeming normality that imbues the film with its power 
3
The Look of Silence
Bill Chambers
A B side to The Act of Killing but no mere Blue in the Face afterthought 
4
Defamation
Ty Burr
The film wades airily into a cultural no flyover zone sits down and says OK let s talk 
3
Defamation
Gerald Peary
Shamir is smart enough to move his film beyond shrill polemics and into more observational territory Israeli high school kids visiting Poland to see the death camps African Americans on a street corner in Brooklyn discussing their experiences with Jews 
3
Defamation
Kam Williams
Borat hunts for neo Nazis 
4
Defamation
Walter V. Addiego
Yoav Shamir s documentary Defamation takes on such an explosive topic that the director only gradually reveals the film s real subject 
3
Defamation
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Shamir s propensity for scatterbrained journalism muddles the film s first half to the point of irritation 
2.5
Agnes
Kevin A. Ranson
boring silly blasphemous bloody as long as it seems random or wrong Too tame to be considered nunsploitation yet too silly to be thought of as subvert Agnes wastes its cast likes it wastes our time 
0
Agnes
Sheila O'Malley
Reece shows an intuitive understanding of when to move the camera and more importantly when not to move the camera It s all very elegantly put together 
3
Agnes
Mark Dujsik
T he two sections don t form a unified whole 
2
Agnes
Diego Semerene
The film is a thoughtful examination of the human desire for it and the accompanying hope that it may exorcise the emptiness we feel 
3
Agnes
Roger Moore
A callow facsimile of deep horror movie deep 
2
Agnes
Walter Chaw
The temptation will be to declare that Agnes is two films when really it s just one extraordinarily clever unimpeachably ethical treatise on sexual repression spiritual isolation and the profound loneliness that derives from it It s so good 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Rene Sanchez
A captivating and touching documentary that teaches us the value of empathy and compassion through the story of an unlikely friendship Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Lisa Trifone
The Painter and the Thief is that rare documentary that not only chronicles an exceptional story but does it with a masterful grasp of the craft 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gets very close to the fly on the wall territory of that master Frederick Wiseman with the camera seeming to be in the most private of spaces at the most intimate of times 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Brian Tallerico
The concept of being seen through someone else s eyes drives the best parts of The Painter and the Thief a documentary that illuminates a great deal about the human condition even if it does kind of fizzle out in the third act 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Mark Dujsik
Ree wants us to have a better deeper comprehension of and sympathy for the people involved 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Jake Coyle
Through twists and turns The Painter and the Thief depicts not just the two way transactional relationship between artist and subject but the shared pain and mutual rehabilitation that can inspire and surround art making 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Ty Burr
So compelling is The Painter and the Thief and ultimately so powerfully moving in its faith in human resilience that you may not notice the illuminating ways in which Ree plays with form and viewpoint 
4
The Painter and the Thief
Katie Walsh
A story of deeply human connection between two souls that actually see each other and the healing power wrapped up in that sense of visibility 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Roger Moore
A fascinating glimpse of the myopic mania for inspiration of the artist and a look at a culture where compassion and restitution apparently carry more weight than punishment for the thief 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Josh Larsen
a remarkable story of artistic understanding 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Barry Hertz
Instead director Benjamin Ree s film is more a mesmerizing and potentially transgressive investigation into just how far the documentary form can be torn apart and put back together and whether the audience should accept such a wild reconfiguration 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
G. Allen Johnson
For the most part The Painter and the Thief seems authentic a very real portrait of two unique individuals It not only explores the artistic impulse but also issues of relationships addiction and rehab 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Chuck Bowen
Throughout the documentary Benjamin Ree upsets conventions offering a moving portrait of two lost souls 
3
The Painter and the Thief
Joe Friar
The art theft becomes the background setting as the journey to self development for the painter and the thief develops into the documentary s prime focus Fascinating 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Sean P. Means
Through this story which has plot twists too outlandish for a fictional film Ree explores the give and take between artist and subject and the weight of responsibility for a remorseful criminal and a forgiving victim 
3.5
The Painter and the Thief
Walter Chaw
There s nothing pat or easy about The Painter and the Thief itself a work of poetry and art the film plays with the meaning of its own title at several points 
4
Colewell
Steven Prokopy
Colewell is a movie about reflection and our value to the work and ourselves as we get older I found it deeply profoundly and unexpectedly moving 
3.5
Colewell
Roger Moore
An elegy to age rural post offices and community
2.5
Destroyer
David Nusair
Rarely as much fun as one might ve anticipated and hoped 
2
Midsommar: The Director's Cut
Federico Furzan
Definitely adding depth to the conflict this version feels like the product Aster always wanted to make This is sunny depiction of Hell on Earth Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja
Rene Rodriguez
Corben has done an impressive amount of journalistic research that will be of particular interest to South Florida audiences 
3
Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja
V.A. Musetto
You could get a contact high just watching it 
2.5
Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja
Nick Schager
Billy Corben s doc boasts little intoxicating energy or compelling drama 
1.5
Woman on the Beach
Josh Larsen
None of it is very compelling thanks in large part to Hong s painfully perfunctory camera style 
1.5
Woman on the Beach
G. Allen Johnson
Woman on the Beach perhaps director Hong s most accessible film and often a funny one too is a good introduction even if it is not a masterpiece Here s hoping more of his films see the light of an American day 
3
Woman on the Beach
Jeff Shannon
A richly satisfying film that compassionately probes the human heart while preserving its elusive mysteries 
3.5
Woman on the Beach
Jack Mathews
The scenery s great and the performances adequate but wake me when it s over 
2.5
Woman on the Beach
Jan Stuart
An elegant serving of comic Seoul food from director Hong Sang soo 
3.5
Woman on the Beach
V.A. Musetto
The pace is leisurely the humor sly and the cast superb All in all a civilized way to spend two hours 
3
Woman on the Beach
Kam Williams
Unpredictable and refreshingly inventive this flick certainly stands on its own as perhaps South Korea s kookiest contribution to the battle of the sexes genre 
4
Woman on the Beach
Rudy Joggerst
Simple and nicely convoluted at the same time 
4
Woman on the Beach
Nick Schager
Hong paints a piercing portrait of impetuous confused selfish masculinity in which the thrill of the chase repeatedly proves more enticing than the rewards of triumph 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Nick Rogers
Like the darkest pop song Billy Joel never wrote Friedmans hauntingly asked how far faith goes when it comes to family how much mercy we d grant them based merely on our memories and how forgiveness sometimes endures years of fury before it s granted 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Judith Egerton
The Friedmans are a case study in family dysfunction 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Josh Gilchrist
This film is an American dream gone awry 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Frank Ochieng
one comes away with a sense of angered sensationalism Clearly this odd and probing documentary is affecting in its seedy uncertainty 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Forrest Hartman
This is probably the closest viewers will ever come to watching a family in this sort of crisis
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Jon Niccum
Capturing the Friedmans is the type of film that begs to be discussed once the house lights come up 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Linda Cook
I can t stop thinking about the Friedmans I want to but I can t 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Sean P. Means
The questions of sexual abuse family dysfunction and police zealousness and the examination given to them remain eerily fascinating 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Jeff Vice
So effective in the way it challenges our perceptions about what we believe and what we think we know that it qualifies as a must see 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Robert W. Butler
It s an exquisitely timed and organized drama one that regularly detonates with nuclear strength revelations that force us to stop and reconsider everything that has come before 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
John Beifuss
To some extent the movie becomes an examination of a camera on its subjects even when the subjects are in the privacy of their home and facing disaster 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Jennie Punter
Disturbing yet undeniably fascinating 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Lisa Kennedy
The MPAA doesn t have a rating for queasy making and heartbreaking If it did then Capturing the Friedmans would carry an advisory 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
James Sanford
Jarecki constructs the documentary in the same way a mystery writer would plot a brainteasing novel After the first half hour you ll have strong impressions of Arnold Elaine and their sons Jesse and David those initial thoughts are likely to change 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
David N. Butterworth
This is a film that s as difficult to watch as it is to dismiss 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Joshua Tanzer
Not convincingly redeemed by any ultimate meaning the film remains essentially a car wreck by the side of the road that we compulsively gawk at as we cruise by 
2
Capturing the Friedmans
Duane Dudek
A compelling yet ambiguous mosaic that is less about the facts presented in the case than about people s perceptions of them 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Terry Lawson
An experience you will never forget 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Phil Villarreal
Surprise after surprise unravels changing our take on the whole situation 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Rene Rodriguez
The year s most compelling cinematic conversation piece 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Joe Baltake
It is one of those rare films whose subject matter alone can wipe you out emotionally 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
David Elliott
A fascinating and rather repulsive dossier of interviews old family films and videos that David obsessively taped after the legal nightmare erupted 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Matt Schudel
Even if the ultimate truth remains elusive one thing about this gripping documentary is certain You ll never forget the Friedmans 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Chris Hewitt
You may never see a film more explosive frank and upsetting 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Jeff Strickler
A disquieting documentary about a disturbing incident 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Howard Karren
Jarecki does a remarkable job with this easily exploitable material 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Walter Chaw
It s dangerous incandescent and essential a picture that exhausts and stimulates 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Moira MacDonald
A fascinating meditation on truth telling and on the flickering nature of memory 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A hugely powerful documentary 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
James Berardinelli
In the end while Jarecki may not be able to answer our most basic questions about the guilt or innocence of the Friedmans he makes a profound statement that in situations like this no one can be completely innocent and everyone is a victim 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Edward Guthmann
It leaves us puzzling long after the film has ended about the Friedmans strange family dynamics about the justice system and community that condemned them about the elusive nature of truth 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Ty Burr
A devastating and tragic tale of one suburban family s meltdown as played out on the 6 o clock news and in private home videos 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Bob Strauss
A remarkable document whether you feel such private revelations should be made public or not 
3
Capturing the Friedmans
Jonathan Rosenbaum
As an investigation into the psychology and processes of witch hunts Capturing the Friedmans is one of the most valuable film documents we ve had since Carl Dreyer s 1943 Day of Wrath 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Mike Clark
Not since Memento has a movie served up such a provocative mind bender and the Sundance winner by first time filmmaker Andrew Jarecki has the advantage of being true 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Glenn Lovell
A movie that will haunt you for months to come 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Carrie Rickey
Everything is evidence in this astounding movie that frustrates the moviegoer s natural instinct to identify with the hero 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Mary F. Pols
An extraordinary rendering of an extraordinary story 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Roger Ebert
Disturbing and haunting 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Friedmans story leaves you questioning the nature of family of the criminal justice system and of truth itself 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Jeanne Aufmuth
Disturbing and deleterious cinema 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Mark Caro
Leo Tolstoy wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own fashion but not even he could have invented the Friedmans 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Steve Rhodes
masterpiece
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Jeremy Heilman
A document that much like the denial stricken members of the Friedman clan seems to have become so clouded by bias that it refuses to look for the truths in front of it 
2
Capturing the Friedmans
Jami Bernard
This extraordinary film refracts truth through the prism of memory until what you get is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions full of sacrifice and betrayal 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Lou Lumenick
A remarkable and shattering documentary 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
David Sterritt
A compulsively watchable movie that s also a provocative inquiry into the ability of the criminal justice system to determine culpability and truth 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
John Anderson
Jarecki has taken an impossible subject and subjects and made a movie that works as crime thriller social document and occasionally surrealist comedy 
4
Capturing the Friedmans
Peter Travers
This movie will pin you to your seat 
3.5
Capturing the Friedmans
Ed Gonzalez
An oddly riveting chronicle of one family s devastating demise and less successfully an attempt to shed light on the validity of pedophile witch hunts 
2.5
Beneath Clouds
Andrew Howe
One of the few feature films to canvass the issues facing the aboriginal community from an adolescent perspective 
3
The Real Thing
Kathy Fennessy
At the very least the actors make their irresistible attraction to each other unsettlingly believable 
3
The Real Thing
Roger Moore
A fascinating dive into dysfunction co dependency and the credo that some women are just no damned good for a man and vice versa 
2.5
The Real Thing
Simon Abrams
There are a lot of fragmentary ideas in The Real Thing but they re not cohesive or worthwhile as they re loosely formed into one grey 232 minute lump 
1
The Real Thing
Chuck Bowen
The film reveals Kôji Fukada to be playing a patient very resonant long game underscoring the struggle to wrest oneself out of social vices 
3
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Steve Rhodes
The cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself which contains few laughs and not much drama 
2
Cock & Bull Story
Steve Rhodes
A gripping and honest exploration of maleness sexuality brutality and sports 
3
Cock & Bull Story
Ted Fry
A load of affected hooey 
0
Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy
Roger Moore
Kajol takes this star vehicle as far as her temper her chastened rage and her skill in applying that Old English word that starts with an F can take it 
2.5
65 Revisited
Elizabeth Weitzman
Originally made to supplement a new DVD release this is one extra worth watching on the big screen thanks to additional and extraordinary concert footage that never made it into the original film 
3
65 Revisited
Ken Fox
While not as revealing as the original film there s some great stuff here 
3
65 Revisited
Bill Weber
Where the original was defiantly not a concert film but a chronicle of the astonished hubbub surrounding the first hipster folksinger the follow up s treasure lies with seven intact live performances 
3
Now or Never
Joshua Tanzer
The film is about a moment about everything good and bad absurd and true in that time when ideals matter and the intoxication of rebellion takes hold before falling away 
3.5
Allegro non Troppo
Chris Hicks
The animated pieces are uniformly terrific some touching most hilarious and more than a few expressing Bozzetto s trademark anti war sentiments 
3.5
The Cats of Mirikitani
Janice Page
It should not have taken luck and a charitable filmmaker to save Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
Rob Thomas
One is struck by how both filmmaker and subject had their lives changed and improved by such a chance encounter the kind we hope for when we live in a city 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
Jeff Shannon
Offering pleasant surprises and emotional revelations it s a compassionate film about healing and the human connections that are vital to that process 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
Carrie Rickey
Poignant beyond words The Cats of Mirikitani is comparable to finding a pearl in a pile of oyster shells 
3.5
The Cats of Mirikitani
Robert W. Butler
A low budget effort with a huge emotional and intellectual payoff 
3.5
The Cats of Mirikitani
Michael Wilmington
If you re not moved by his movie you re really a hard case 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is an unofficial movie about an unofficial life which is why we have to take some initiative in order to see it 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
Pam Grady
Graceful and poignant 
4
The Cats of Mirikitani
Maitland McDonagh
Director Hattendorf s willingess to shelter an aging eccentric stranger brought about the ending that makes her film such a sweetly unsentimental charmer 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
V.A. Musetto
Problem is director Hattendorf insists on inserting herself in what seems like every other scene a device that dilutes Jimmy s story 
2
The Cats of Mirikitani
John Anderson
Mirikitani makes you realize why the elderly are revered in some cultures and not ours 
3
The Cats of Mirikitani
Ed Gonzalez
Together filmmaker and subject pave a symbolic path toward healing that is an inspiration to us all 
3
An American Affair
Bob Strauss
Out of its mind at a deep essential level An American Affair plays its dubious scenario with a straight face that makes the silly thing quite watchable 
2.5
An American Affair
Claudia Puig
The title sums up the bland unimaginative and cliche laden thriller coming of age tale 
1.5
An American Affair
Stephen Whitty
It s a good rule of thumb that any film that grandly puts American in its title is going to try to make some statements way beyond its pay grade 
1.5
An American Affair
Kyle Smith
Even Oliver Stone would giggle 
2
An American Affair
Kam Williams
A flick for Kennedy assassination conspiracy buffs which puts a whole new spin on the grassy knoll courtesy of the flamboyance of a nearly naked Gretchen Mol 
3
An American Affair
Bill Weber
An unholy genre mutation undreamt of on the isle of Dr Moreau An American Affair piggybacks the pubescent sexual awakening sapfest onto the JFK assassination conspiracy thriller 
.5
The Princess Switch
Christopher James
It s a mess but it s a jolly fun mess 
2
Sex and Breakfast
Kam Williams
Don t be duped by the steamy sounding premise for this dud manages to turn the prospect of swinging into a dull and decidedly antiseptic affair 
1
Sex and Breakfast
Bob Strauss
Along with his insights into love and tedium writer director Miles Brandman makes sure that a lot of mopey mumbling and guitar strumming fills the soundtrack 
1.5
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Roger Moore
How many a filmmaker of an artistic bent would love to go out and hope to be remembered with a little philosophy a little sadness and a smile of reminiscence 
3
Ever Deadly
Anne Brodie
Ever Deadly spotlights Tanya Taqaq 8217 s performance 44 throat singing 44 and the harsh 44 otherworldly environs of Canada 8217 s Cambridge Bay 40 Iqaluktuuttiaq 41 singing seems too tight a definition for the ecstatic 44 pain filled 44 gorgeous soundscape she produces 46 10 
4
Cinderella
Larry Vitacco
A fresh and unique interpretation of an age old tale 
4
Cinderella
Matt Brunson
One of the most beloved of all animated features in the Disney stable Cinderella was also the box office smash that saved Walt s studio during the precarious post war period 
3.5
Cinderella
Michael Scheinfeld
Excellent animation marvelous color and lovely music make Cinderella a delight all the way around 
4
Cinderella
David Nusair
there s no denying the overall effectiveness of this familiar tale 
3
Cinderella
Eric Henderson
A trim hour and change worth of Gerber life lessons 
2
Cinderella
Bill Chambers
It s Lynchian Buuelian too 
3
Cinderella
Roger Ebert
When those little mice bust a gut trying to drag that key up hundreds of stairs in order to free Cinderella I don t care how many Kubrick pictures you ve seen it s still exciting 
3
Cosmos
Peter Keough
Nonstop epistemological slapstick 
3
Cosmos
Scout Tafoya
Confined to a few locations and shaking with ecstasy possibility and the torment of being alive Cosmos is like absinthe distilled secretly in a prison cell 
4
Cosmos
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a surreal piece of mischief equal parts breezy fun and maddening confusion 
2.5
Cosmos
Jesse Cataldo
Andrzej Zulawski s film experiment ranks somewhere between captivatingly off the wall and utterly exhausting 
2.5
The Bubble
Matthew Passantino
It certainly strains for its pandemic era laughs 44 mostly missing the mark by always feeling out of date 46 
1
The Bubble
Robert Levin
There s an undercurrent of desperation in the frenzied dialogue readings and hamming for the camera as if the skilled people assembled here somehow implicitly felt the need to compensate for the writing by forcing things 
1.5
The Bubble
Oliver Jones
It has nothing new or insightful to add to the discourse and instead seems comfortable recycling jokes that weren t funny when we first encountered them on Twitter two years ago 
0.5
The Bubble
Richard Roeper
Apatow s movie sinks under the weight of its own farcical execution 
2
The Bubble
Peter Canavese
Uneven much too loosely scripted half an hour too long and tonally wackier than usual for Judd Apatow 
2
The Bubble
Tom Meek
Nothing s worse than a laborious comedy seeking a laugh you re not feeling 
2
The Bubble
Mark Meszoros
One of Apatows strengths is digging into the humanity of his characters but there just isnt much of worth to be mined here Ultimately his idea probably would have been better off in the hands of a director more adept at zippy satire 
2
The Bubble
Roger Moore
Apatow s turn towards indulgent overlong nepotism laced comedies in recent years wasn t going to be helped by giving him Netflix money casting control and final cut 
1.5
The Bubble
Ty Burr
Blunderbuss parody and over two hours of it You have been warned 
1.5
The Bubble
Steven Prokopy
I wish I were kidding when I say almost nothing in this film made me laugh or registered that anything being said or demonstrated was clever or insightful about what the life of a quarantined actor has been like for the last two years 
1
The Bubble
Sheila O'Malley
The film is best in its embrace of the random its moments when the talented and funny cast goof off with each other responding to one another s eccentricities 
3
The Bubble
Nina Metz
Doesn t bring anything new or especially satisfying to the genre going for gently absurd rather than truly savage in its ridicule of the rich and famous 
1.5
The Bubble
Mark Feeney
The targets here are depressingly easy the narcissism of actors the mindlessness of special effects movies the even greater mindlessness of TikTok videos 
1.5
The Bubble
Mick LaSalle
Perhaps to make up for the feebleness of the story the actors are directed to be as broad as possible 
1
The Bubble
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Apatow gets some good jokes here and there if it had been shorter and hadn t fallen into the trap of softening his attacks against its targets I could ve recommend it easier 
3
The Bubble
Leo Brady
I m not entirely sure where The Bubble went wrong The laughter is too infrequent The cast is trying too hard and it seems there wasn t a single voice to reel it all in 
1.5
The Bubble
Mark Dujsik
The Bubble becomes an overloaded mess that takes one decent idea and keeps splitting it until we re left with a couple dozen useless ones 
1
The Bubble
Jake Cole
The Bubbles toothless showbiz satire mostly comes down to teasing its characters for their entitlement and self importance 
1
The Bubble
Joey Magidson
Judd Apatow s The Bubble is taking a canon to self absorbed actors Hollywood s sometimes questionable response to the pandemic and blockbuster filmmaking in general Not everything works but more does than doesn t in this satirical comedy 
3
The Bubble
Mike McGranaghan
The Bubble is a huge mess but it s a funny mess 
3
Cremaster 4
David N. Butterworth
A repetitive and not altogether successful entry in the mind n bum numbing Cremaster series 
2
Cremaster 4
Ian Mantgani
Fairly straightforward at least compared to the rest of the cycle 
2
In the Soup
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly rough around the edges endeavor that grows less and less interesting 40 and more and more interminable 41 as it progresses 46 46 46 
1
In the Soup
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yes it s an old story that has been told a thousand times before and since but Alexandre Rockwell s little film has a home movie charm and a streetwise wit that make it a must see sleeper 
3.5
In the Soup
James Berardinelli
Because of the generally poor quality of character development I just didn t care about how things resolved themselves A strong ending might have redeemed something from this mess but it was not to be 
1.5
Gordy
Mal Vincent
Although it s rather cheapjack Gordy is still harmless 
2
Gordy
Carrie Rickey
This little piggy goes whee whee whee all the way home But will parents go for Gordy Not in a pig s eye 
2
Gordy
John Hartl
Alas Gordy is no Charlotte s Web It s not even a threat to Mr Ed 
2
Gordy
John Petrakis
Methinks there is something else ahoof here since no one could be dim witted enough to swallow this cinematic goulash without taking a step back from the trough first 
2
Gordy
Susan Wloszczyna
25 little piggies put in squealing duty as Gordy Too bad they couldn t have gone whole hog and played the other parts in this curdled curly tale 
1.5
Gordy
Roger Ebert
I can t recommend it for people like me but there are many other kinds of people in the world some of them children who believe that pigs can talk 
2
The Indian Tomb
Ken Hanke
If subterranean lepers appear in part one there will be leper mayhem before part two is over 
4
Twice Told Tales
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s too long 44 at 2 full hours 44 to be good quot B quot movie entertainment 44 it apos s not much of a horror movie 44 and the storytelling is too sloppy and haphazard to really stick 46 
2.5
Twice Told Tales
Matt Brunson
Macabre tales 44 color saturated sets 44 and prime Price performances 46 
3
Twice Told Tales
Jeremy Heilman
Twice Told Tales manages to retain a great deal of the literate feel of Hawthorne s work 
3.5
A Haunted House 2
Frank Ochieng
The movie feels relentlessly overwrought and never quite knows how to deliver its outrageous shtick in broad doses Otherwise A Haunted House 2 is a fetid foundation that begs to be condemned 
1.5
A Haunted House 2
Jason Griffith
A Haunted House 2 isn t the worst way to entertain a switched off brain for an hour and a half but it s nothing you haven t already seen 
2
A Haunted House 2
David Berry
The other flavours in A Haunted House 2 s neapolitan ice cream are people getting hurt and sex jokes 
1
A Haunted House 2
Odie Henderson
Why did I need to see scene after unfunny scene of Wayans nakedly humping a creepy children s doll there must be 10 minutes of this footage 
0.5
A Haunted House 2
Kam Williams
A kitchen sink comedy more shocking than funny and strictly recommended for rabid fans of the bottom feeding franchise 
1
A Haunted House 2
Kevin C. Johnson
This send up of current horror movies is a go for broke hoot a hot mess of a comedy that doesn t have a lick of sense And knowing that going in adds to the often knee slapping laughs 
3
A Haunted House 2
John Semley
A Haunted House 2 is dumber than dumb dumb which at least has the nerve to be unapologetically dumb Worse it s Wayans dumb 
0
A Haunted House 2
Dustin Putman
It becomes apparent after only moments that the filmmakers are once more happy to reach for the lowest common denominator slapping together an icky non stop barrage of bodily functions racial stereotyping and rancid epithets and call it a comedy 
0.5
A Haunted House 2
Bruce DeMara
A movie for morons that is offensive on so many levels It is loud profane and profoundly stupid One has to question how a film so awful could even be made it is that bad Most regrettably it is not funny not even a tiny bit 
0.5
Cupcakes
Clayton Dillard
Eytan Fox opts for a thoroughly hollow rumination on pop culture mechanics as they pertain to young aspiring professionals 
2
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Ross Anthony
Impressively filmed with good action a compellingly dramatic story line with simply great lion shots Roar is improved with the added dimension 
3.5
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Carla Meyer
A certain majesty is conveyed by the cinematic largess In three dimensions the imperial nature of the lion is fleshed out It s akin to the difference between seeing a magazine photograph of a lion and encountering one at the zoo 
3
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Jeff Strickler
Director Tim Liversedge truly knows his stuff when it comes to shooting wildlife he gets so close to some of the lions that we expect their breath to fog up the lens Now he just needs to work on finding a story worthy of his pictures 
2.5
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Jackie Loohauis
For those who can take it the film offers an experience that s literally wild 
2
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Louise Kennedy
Thrilling and beautiful to watch 
3
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Vince Koehler
This amazing documentary is presented on the huge Imax screen and feels like a real live Lion King 
3.5
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Jim Carnes
At once informative and entertaining 
3
Never Get Outta the Boat
David Nusair
a tedious and hopelessly irrelevant endeavor that overstays its welcome by at least a full hour 
1
Light of My Eyes
Marta Barber
A character study that deserves viewing thanks to the acting of its two principals 
2.5
Mogul Mowgli
Lisa Trifone
a story rooted in a search for identity both as a brown rapper in Britain and as a man losing control of his own body 
3
Mogul Mowgli
Leo Brady
Mogul Mowgli is an emotional drama about one man going through a horrific health scare to discover himself It s powerful stuff led by the always powerful Riz Ahmed 
3
Mogul Mowgli
Emily Zemler
This is an intimate story sometimes uncomfortably so but it s also an expansive one about whether our societies allow people to live outside prescribed boxes and whether it accepts them when they do 
3.5
Mogul Mowgli
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is too ambiguous to match its thematic ambitions 
2.5
Mogul Mowgli
Pam Grady
A drama that rings with truth about a musician s ambition a son s relationship with his father and how the immigrant experience shapes following generations 
3
Mogul Mowgli
Wes Greene
The film s poignancy derives from its profound understanding of its main character s identity crisis 
3
Mogul Mowgli
Rob Thomas
The scruffy sometimes surreal film seems closer to Ahmed s heart and his life story than Sound of Metal 
3
Raven's Hollow
Steven Prokopy
The film feels like a decent short story expanded about 20 minutes past the point of interest 46 A closer call than I was expecting 44 but Raven 8217 s Hollow is still a Nevermore from me 46 
2
Raven's Hollow
Randy Myers
An effective little creeper for those who swoon over Gothic looking fright flicks 
2.5
Raven's Hollow
Roger Moore
A thriller of modest budget and modest thrills 40 that 41 gets by on funereal gloom and sheer ambition 46 
2
Pearl Diver
Loey Lockerby
This is only King s first feature and if he can take a few more narrative risks without giving up his subtle style he may become that rare director who can tackle spiritual issues without literally preaching to the choir 
2.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Roger Moore
Afilm buff s film about Hitch Truffaut and the interviews that became one of the Holy Texts of cinema appreciation 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Robert W. Butler
There s no shortage of film themed documentaries that have dealt in some way with Sir Alfred and his career but Hitchcock Truffaut introduces a new element by allowing Hitch to comment on his movies 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Robert Horton
Filmmaker Kent Jones captures the spirit of the book even if the documentary strays into generalized observations about Hitchcock s art 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Moira MacDonald
An engaging film 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Rob Thomas
Watching Hitchcock Truffaut is like taking a film class albeit a film class with a master teacher and some of the brightest students you ll ever meet 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Scott Renshaw
Smartly conveys the significance of this text in the history of movie making being taken seriously as an art form 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Steven Rea
The two men come alive responses that seemed dry or diffident on paper are tinged with humor with audacity even and so too do the images 
4
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Ty Burr
The meeting of the two men becomes increasingly fruitful and there s the sense of a private genius finally allowing himself to tip his hand 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Chris Hewitt
If you are interested in movies and specifically how they work on our brains and emotions you should definitely see Hitchcock Truffaut 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Mark Jenkins
If the documentary concentrates on the mechanical aspects of filmmaking that s clearly because it was Hitchcock s preference 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Mick LaSalle
Hitchcock Truffaut gets a lot done in only 79 minutes 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Veronika Ferdman
the conversations surrounding Hitchcock s films in Hitchcock Truffaut are little more than serviceable primers to the director s work 
2.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Kate Taylor
This all male discussion is fascinating on the topic of the director s visual style his approach to actors and his Catholicism but is largely silent about his voyeurism let alone his misogyny 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Kent Turner
May be the most effective inducement to pick up a book since Oprah s Book Club left the air 
2.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Odie Henderson
Hitchcock Truffaut offers a lot of ideas to contemplate and discuss especially if you re a lover of Hitchcock s works 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Stephen Whitty
Just be prepared This movie is only the first part of an endless film festival Because once the credits roll you re going to want to seek out a real Hitchcock movie immediately And then another And another 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Carson Lund
A buoyant tribute even if the pedigree of the project implies something more paradigm shifting 
2.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Peter Howell
It makes for a lively documentary subject for critic director Kent Jones despite a dearth of archival video and photos of the famous exchange 
3.5
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Josh Larsen
Hitchcock Truffaut rises above an archival exercise to become a piece of criticism itself 
3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Kam Williams
Reverential documentary deconstructing Hitchcock s genius through the eyes of a protege and other admiring directors 
4
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Lou Lumenick
The fact is that Hitchcock made some of the poorest movies of his career after Hitchcock Truffaut vaulted him to the top of the pantheon but you wouldn t know it from this documentary aimed at newcomers to Hitchcock s work 
2
Death to Smoochy
Michael Szymanski
I giggled all the way through Death to Smoochy It wasn t that ha ha giggle it was that evil kind of maniacal giggle 
4
Death to Smoochy
Michael Wilmington
A dark comedy that blows up like an exploding cigar leaving nothing much behind but smoke noise and a bad taste 
2
Death to Smoochy
James Kendrick
a gale force of energy and creativity in the service of a lame idea
1.5
Death to Smoochy
Mark Dujsik
A dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so The movie is without intent 
1
Death to Smoochy
Collin Souter
It has comedic dead zone written all over it Its subject might be prime fodder for satire but it lacks even the smallest words for an essay 
1
Death to Smoochy
Kevin A. Ranson
this film embraces an R rating that can cause damage to a small child s fragile mind or educate them prematurely 
2.5
Death to Smoochy
Michael Dequina
DeVito and Resnick revive an old joke with such venomous verve that it feels freshly wicked 
3
Death to Smoochy
Mike McGranaghan
They took a risk here hoping to make a wildly offbeat and hilarious comedy unlike anything else to ever hit a movie screen and they failed 
2
Death to Smoochy
Ross Anthony
A twisted collision of Barney The Fisher King and Serpico 
2.5
Death to Smoochy
Robert Roten
It is an uneven film to be sure but it is still a lot of fun 
3
Death to Smoochy
Frank Ochieng
Sadly a pending death for Smoochy is not instantaneous enough 
2
Death to Smoochy
Joe Leydon
Runs out of gas before the finish line and detours into an unconvincing cop out of a climax that plays like something propelled by a last minute failure of nerve 
2.5
Death to Smoochy
Geoff Pevere
An annoying strident misfire 
1
Death to Smoochy
Todd Anthony
The punch lines that miss unfortunately outnumber the hits by three to one But Death to Smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end 
2
Death to Smoochy
Moira MacDonald
There s so much that s just right in Danny DeVito s dark behind the scenes satire of children s television that it s frustrating and a bit puzzling that the film doesn t quite work overall 
2.5
Death to Smoochy
Mick LaSalle
In Death to Smoochy we don t get Williams usual tear and a smile just sneers and bile and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing 
3
Death to Smoochy
David Elliott
The result is a gaudy bag of stale candy something from a Halloween that died 
1
Death to Smoochy
Tor Thorsen
After years of assaulting our tear ducts the old edgy Williams is back where he should be tickling our funny bones That alone is worth 10 
3.5
Death to Smoochy
John Anderson
The cynicism is colossal the casting superb Norton may be the only actor alive who could pull off a character like Sherman without making him either an idiot or a parody 
3.5
Death to Smoochy
Rene Rodriguez
The cinematic equivalent of being poked in the ribs with a fork for two hours this relentlessly irritating comedy redefines the term over the top and we don t mean that as a compliment 
1.5
Death to Smoochy
Liam Lacey
The comedy Death to Smoochy is a rancorous curiosity a movie without an apparent audience 
2
Death to Smoochy
Susan Stark
Loud obscene obvious and endlessly assaultively repetitive Death to Smoochy stands as a classic case of a bad thing happening to good actors 
0
Death to Smoochy
Terry Lawson
For all its calculated cruelties Death to Smoochy never gets as down and dirty 
2
Death to Smoochy
Steven Rosen
This is the kind of stinker that emerges every so often from Hollywood when major talent Danny DeVito and Robin Williams in this case get it into their heads that something disastrously unfunny is hilarious 
0.5
Death to Smoochy
Glenn Whipp
There are a couple of good one liners here and there in the last hour but the movie s forced vulgarity mostly plays as a hopeless attempt to disguise its thin conceit 
2
Death to Smoochy
Loren King
The script boasts some tart TV insider humor but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy 
2
Death to Smoochy
Dustin Putman
Its downfalls are evened out by a creativity all too rarely seen at the movies 
2.5
Death to Smoochy
Sean P. Means
Williams his id and his motormouth running rampant gives his most manic screen performance since Aladdin 
3.5
Death to Smoochy
Roger Ebert
In all the annals of the movies few films have been this odd inexplicable and unpleasant 
.5
Death to Smoochy
Claudia Puig
The premise is silly enough to wring out some laughs but the plot plays out disappointingly 
2
Death to Smoochy
Jeff Vice
Has just enough clever moments including a hysterically funny ice show climax and some amusing musical numbers to make up for some of its more leaden and forced humor 
3
Death to Smoochy
Lou Lumenick
Death to Smoochy is so off the wall that it may well ultimately acquire the cult status of Resnick s earlier Chris Elliot vehicle Cabin Boy 
2
Death to Smoochy
David Sterritt
If you re in the mood for razor sharp satire this is the most refreshingly outrageous movie of the season 
3
Death to Smoochy
Elvis Mitchell
There are a few laughs but I m not sure that a comedy is supposed to make you recoil which is what Smoochy does 
1
Death to Smoochy
Kevin Thomas
Death to Smoochy has appealing manic energy especially in its performances but it s too cumbersome for its send em home happy ending to seem well deserved 
2
Death to Smoochy
Jonathan Taylor
Completely nasty and consistently hilarious Smoochy is wild wicked fun 
3
Death to Smoochy
Walter Chaw
The sinister inspiration that fuelled DeVito s early work is confused in Death to Smoochy into something both ugly and mindless 
2
Death to Smoochy
Chris Hewitt
Death to Smoochy isn t good but it s so odd I m almost tempted to recommend it 
1.5
Death to Smoochy
Steven Rea
Death to Smoochy has some of the same determinedly twisted tumbleweed energy as DeVito s The War of the Roses and Throw Mama From the Train What it lacks though is real wit 
1.5
Death to Smoochy
Duane Dudek
Less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is 
2
Death to Smoochy
Tony Toscano
Under the direction of Danny DeVito Death to Smoochy catapults the dark comedy to new heights 
3.5
Death to Smoochy
Jeanne Aufmuth
Weird vulgar comedy that s definitely an acquired taste 
3
Death to Smoochy
Rob Blackwelder
It is so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he s been making for the last several years 
3
Death to Smoochy
James Berardinelli
Like a can of 2 day old Coke You can taste it but there s no fizz 
2.5
Death to Smoochy
Ed Gonzalez
Much like Robin Williams Death to Smoochy has already reached its expiration date 
2
Death to Smoochy
Harvey S. Karten
Children s shows as fronts for gangster My innocence would be destroyed if this picture had any subtlety 
2
Death to Smoochy
Steve Rhodes
Although the movie tries to parody kids television productions the movie ends up being almost as awful as what it is trying to parody 
1.5
Quiet
Roger Moore
Rough around the edges and melodramatic But Piola manages to be likable within the borders of its limitations 
2.5
Stone Fruit
David Reddish
For all its heavy subject matter Stone Fruit doesnt depress 
3
Army Of The Dead
Brian Eggert
Army of the Dead manages to provide ample escapism for a two and a half hour zombie movie 
3
Army Of The Dead
Blake Howard
Snyder is an aggregator of inspirations unabashedly spring boarding from the giant canonical zombie and action texts Snyder is a Bro Poet Bro et and I for one enjoy his predictable rhymes 
3
Army Of The Dead
Linda Cook
Snyder does it again with Army of the Dead 
3.5
Army Of The Dead
Mike Scott
There s an old school sense of fun to Army of the Dead that recalls the overblown unapologetically ridiculous action movies of the 1990s 
3
Army Of The Dead
Peter Canavese
A dumb post apocalyptic Las Vegas zombie heist genre movie that s tackled with verve 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Matthew Passantino
Zack Snyder is most alive as a director when he is working with the undead 
3
Army Of The Dead
Kevin A. Ranson
interesting ideas constantly getting dropped the script doesn t matter as long as all the money shots deliver coolness Even the denouement feels like a cheat 
2
Army Of The Dead
David Nusair
a mostly watchable albeit thoroughly erratic endeavor that fares best in its briskly paced first and third acts 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Joey Magidson
Zack Snyder is at his best when zombies are involved 
3
Army Of The Dead
Roger Moore
This is Escape from New York where nobody is cool enough to make us care where the stakes are low and the pace is slower than slow 
1.5
Army Of The Dead
Kevin Carr
If you want to see a run and gun zombie movie this is your bag 
3
Army Of The Dead
Doug Walker
A completely serviceable zombie and heist film 
3
Army Of The Dead
Johnny Oleksinski
The best aspects of Army of the Dead are hindered by undue excess 
2
Army Of The Dead
Mark Meszoros
You can t help but appreciate Snyder for the vision he brings to his projects even if you disagree with so many decisions that go along with them 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Walter Chaw
A remorseless brazen rip off of Aliens down to outfitting a monster killing badass exactly like Jenette Goldstein s Vasquez and to cribbing a few lines from James Cameron s script wholesale 
1
Army Of The Dead
Michael Medved
Bizarre and occasionally brilliant the characterizations are far better and far deeper than you would ever expect from a zombie apocalypse film 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Mark Kennedy
Expertly paced and with top notch special effects Army of the Dead is a popcorn zombie movie for our time Long live the undead 
3.5
Army Of The Dead
Ty Burr
Army of the Dead is more than the sum of its basted together parts barely 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
James Berardinelli
Although trapped surfing a wave of predictability Snyder delivers enough gore to keep zombie movie fans happy and enough adrenaline driven action to maintain a high level of suspense 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Phil Villarreal
If you re a Snyder fan you ll be right at home in the visionary s go for broke testosterone fueled mindscape 
3
Army Of The Dead
Bob Strauss
Snyder s first zombie film since his debut feature the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead is his most enjoyable in 17 years as well 
3
Army Of The Dead
Erik Childress
Zack Snyder delivers another wicked zombie prologue but then takes his foot off the gas and allows too much talking and not enough tension to drain the energy out of its lengthy running time 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Leo Brady
The ending part still seems to be something that Snyder can t get right building a cool big scale concept and forgetting how to flesh out the adventure Army of the Dead is fun when it s not thinking too much 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Tom Meek
Kinda like a video game and likewise solid if predictable genre fun 
2.5
Army Of The Dead
Sonny Bunch
Like all Snyder movies there s a dark mordant humor to the picture the safecracker Dieter Matthias Schweighöfer is one of my favorite supporting characters in some time 
3
Army Of The Dead
Sean P. Means
Snyder has overloaded the movie with too many characters to keep track of too many soft focus views of the crumbling Vegas skyline and too much wasted effort to make a grandiose epic out of what should be a sleek speedy action movie 
2
Army Of The Dead
Mark Dujsik
Army of the Dead is just enough about people dealing with the aftermath of crisis even if the film really is just about zombies 
3
Army Of The Dead
Chuck Bowen
The film s masterful prologue writes a check that the remainder of this very long very indulgent film labors mightily to cash 
1.5
Army Of The Dead
Randy Myers
Army of the Dead is overstuffed and ridiculous but that is partly why it s irresistible 
3
Army Of The Dead
Michael O'Sullivan
I like zombie movies as much as the next guy but let s be honest There s filler here 
2
Army Of The Dead
Richard Roeper
Essentially a standard issue zombie movie albeit an extremely well executed entry in the genre 
3
Army Of The Dead
Katie Walsh
An evolution of and homage to his first feature with direct references and a return to its snarky and cynical tone Much like Dawn Army of the Dead is sarcastic funny shockingly bloody and almost unbearably bleak 
3
Army Of The Dead
Brian Tallerico
It s fun and unpretentious driven more by its action set pieces than anything else 
2.5
Confusion of Genders
Jami Bernard
Despite a plethora of naughty bits it s a yawn 
2
Confusion of Genders
Megan Lehmann
The central character in the cynical French sex farce Confusion of Genders is such an odious piece of work weak indecisive and shallow that it s hard to follow his carnal misadventures with anything approaching interest 
.5
Confusion of Genders
David Sterritt
Although there s quite a bit of nudity and sex the potentially sensationalistic story is acted with sincerity and directed with a creative eye 
3
Death on the Nile
Roger Moore
It holds up glorious hammy fun 
3
Death on the Nile
Matt Brunson
The intricacies of the plot the top production values and a splendid cast add up to stellar entertainment 
3.5
Death on the Nile
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Once it gets going Death on the Nile is bright and leisurely like a vacation and the notes of humor are enough to keep things from getting too heavy 
3
Rosie!
Roger Ebert
This is not comedy but satire and an interesting development from Hollywood It is also by the way excellent entertainment for the holidays a family film of interest to adults too not just to 6 year olds 
3
Bleeding Steel
Simon Abrams
The plot light nature of Bleeding Steel wouldn t be so vexing if the film s tone and story didn t seemingly shift at random 
1.5
Bleeding Steel
Mark Dujsik
There was a time when Jackie Chan would dazzle us with lightning fast fights and death defying stunts The climax of Bleeding Steel features Chan shooting a laser blaster 
1.5
Bleeding Steel
A.J. Serrano
A film so brazen in its desire to reach a wide audience that it plays like a compilation of disparate action set pieces each shamelessly stolen from successful Hollywood franchises 
1
Bleeding Steel
Roger Moore
Bled out a tepid imitation of Chan s signature stunts and fights
1.5
Coda
Richard Roeper
Coda is a great looking film filled with dagger sharp dialogue wonderful performances and as you d expect a wondrous and heavenly score courtesy of Bach and Beethoven Chopin and Schubert 
3
Coda
Joey Magidson
There are two good performances here but sadly not much else to speak of Patrick Stewart is reliably strong but it s largely for naught 
2
Eleven Minutes
Steven Rea
McCarroll comes off as a likable and talented guy amazingly calm as the Big Moment arrives and the guy making his models shoes is nowhere to be found 
3
Eleven Minutes
Peter Travers
Even if you ve never heard of Project Runway the battle between art and wicked compromise never goes out of style 
2.5
Eleven Minutes
David Wiegand
For general audiences it could use a bit of ahem tailoring taking in here and there 
2
Eleven Minutes
Lou Lumenick
Though this is the rare documentary that admirably admits recording reality on film actually shapes how people behave under the camera s gaze I think Eleven Minutes is going to appeal mostly to hard core fashionistas 
2
Eleven Minutes
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fashion fanatics will appreciate the behind thescenes perspective as McCarroll plans his first show 
3
Eleven Minutes
Claudia Puig
What is meant to be a no holds barred exploration of the creative process often comes across more like the tiresome Confessions of a Reality TV Darling 
2
Eleven Minutes
Paul Schrodt
A movie for Project Runway obsessives only 
2
Stander
Rick Groen
Stander refuses to take a stand on its own subject matter 
2.5
Stander
Phil Villarreal
Stander is the political crime biopic starring Thomas Jane Standard is the narrative and presentation Snoozer is the effect it has on the audience 
2
Stander
Joe Baltake
A crackling good yarn 
3.5
Stander
Ruthe Stein
Has you in its grip from the beginning 
3
Stander
Bruce Newman
Adds up to what is less a movie than an entertainingly episodic rap sheet 
2.5
Stander
Peter Canavese
The South African tale of Andre Stander adds fuel to the old chestnut that truth is stranger than fiction a wild and gripping ride 
3
Stander
Timothy Knight
Holds together fairly well considering that it s both an unsparing depiction of Apartheid era South Africa and a rollicking deadpan funny crime yarn 
3
Stander
Jack Mathews
Maryland native Thomas Jane affects a very convincing South African accent for the title role in this compelling exploitative true life drama about a Johannesburg police captain turned bank robber 
2.5
Stander
Lou Lumenick
A second rate action picture that s content to use apartheid as a colorful background 
2
Stander
Bob Strauss
An ambitious leap for Hughes 
3
Stander
David Sterritt
The story is so eager to highlight macho action scenes that it loses track of the important historical and political issues it raises 
2
Stander
John Anderson
It s Jane breaking out of pretty boy roles in vacuous movies who provides Stander its vortex of violent conflict and makes the film both kinetic and socially resonant 
3.5
Stander
Steve Rhodes
Good story but mediocre movie 
2.5
Stander
Glenn Kenny
The action is great the story line unpredictable the ending satisfying 
3
Stander
Ed Gonzalez
Be wary of any film that bookends a blistering portrait of social unrest with Skinemax style sex scenes 
1.5
Stander
David Nusair
a dull and overlong heist flick 
2
Queen Kong
Matt Brunson
Drowning in kitschy excess Queen Kong strains hard for laughs that simply don t materialize 
1.5
Begotten
Jeremy Heilman
A passion play that wavers between amateur hour incompetence and an undeniable directorial vision 
2.5
April Fool's Day
David Nusair
familiar territory that is for the most part employed to hopelessly and pervasively underwhelming effect 
1.5
April Fool's Day
Matt Brunson
Basically a Brat Pack slasher flick 
2.5
April Fool's Day
Dustin Putman
Even today it holds up as a spooky flirty entertainment doing justice to the folly and mirth of its namesake holiday 
3
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
David Nusair
Shockingly inept from start to finish 
1
Beneath Us
Roger Moore
Brutishly heavy handed with a performance or two so hammy they came straight from the smokehouse
2
Beneath Us
Rex Reed
Everything you can think of goes wrong in this clueless farrago of tasteless stupidity and faulty timing including a theme song My Little Corner of the World sung repeatedly by get a grip Anita Bryant 
0
The Third Wife
Roger Moore
A passive pastoral drama meticulously detailed and lovely but lacking the payoff conflict and fireworks that would make it something extraordinary 
3
The Third Wife
Brandy McDonnell
Writer director Ash Mayfair makes a hauntingly beautiful feature film debut with The Third Wife a quietly devastating period drama based on her own family history 
3.5
The Third Wife
Tom Meek
Ash Mayfair crafts a composition that feels masterful beyond her slim CV in emotional complexity plot and orchestration 
3
The Third Wife
Ty Burr
There s a fury underlying this film that goes unexpressed to the point of almost going unacknowledged and it saps The Third Wife of a strength and momentum it could use 
2.5
The Third Wife
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s almost too inert for much of its length sidetracked away from important issues into glossy softcore 
2.5
The Third Wife
Mark Dujsik
The point is to show this system as inherently flawed It does not need to be attacked because it condemns itself 
3
The Third Wife
G. Allen Johnson
What we have here is a small delicate mini masterpiece and bright new talent behind the camera 
3
The Third Wife
Shane Slater
There s a subversive undercurrent to the film which manifests in genuinely surprising ways 
3
Love's Enduring Promise
David Nusair
there s just something oddly compelling about the film s complete lack of cynicism 
2.5
Licensed to Kill
Nick Charles
Disturbing unflinching and brilliant 
3.5
Licensed to Kill
Steve Rhodes
Documentaries need energy or they can become as dry as reading a dictionary Dong s questions too often illicit little interest from the prisoners 
2.5
Licensed to Kill
Robert Roten
It s a simple idea for a film Do interviews with people in prison who have killed gays and ask them to explain why they did it but the riveting result is far from simple 
3
A Grin Without a Cat
Eric Henderson
A masterpiece among masterpieces the two part three hour A Grin Without a Cat is Chris Marker s most ambitious clear headed string of cinematic clauses and ideological couplets and also his most impenetrable 
4
A Grin Without a Cat
John Hartl
While it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets it s alarmingly current 
3.5
A Grin Without a Cat
Jonathan Curiel
A timely look back at civil disobedience anti war movements and the power of strong voices 
3
A Grin Without a Cat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Marker s incredible collection of newsreel footage TV footage from various countries home movies and other celluloid wonders eventually shapes a scattered pinwheel idea of the era s attitude 
3
A Grin Without a Cat
Patrick Z. McGavin
This is a movie about the world at war with itself and the result is riveting sublime and unforgettable 
4
A Grin Without a Cat
Chris Hewitt
Although it s a bit smug and repetitive this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do 
3
A Grin Without a Cat
Jeremy Heilman
Achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium 
3.5
A Grin Without a Cat
John Anderson
Fierce glaring and unforgettable 
4
A Grin Without a Cat
V.A. Musetto
A remarkable 179 minute meditation on the nature of revolution 
3
Game Night
Brian Eggert
Consistently funny and filled with dark screwball antics Game Night is a rare satisfying modern comedy 
3
Game Night
Matt Brunson
Game Night works best when it focuses on the personalities of its characters and meanders when it pays too much attention to the particulars of the plots within the plot 
2.5
Game Night
Mattie Lucas
It has energy and verve to spare operating with a sense of comic anarchy that is hard to resist 
3
Game Night
Federico Furzan
Great cast and a great script Game Night is as entertaining as a classic comedy Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Game Night
John Hanlon
A delightful comedy that offers some great comedic bits and a few wonderful surprises 
3.0
Game Night
Christopher James
Watching clueless suburbanites stumble around a plot grander more complex than their own is funny Abandoning the game night for unsatisfying action set pieces is not funny 
2
Game Night
Josh Larsen
A goofy ensemble comedy that also functions as a spoof of middle class malaise 
3.5
Game Night
Wesley Lovell
With so many different types of comedies there is plenty of room for a slow boil riot like this one 
3.5
Game Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s surprising how well it works and how funny it is 
3
Game Night
Kevin A. Ranson
If your game night sometimes turns into movie night this one should fill the bill nicely the less you know the better 
3
Game Night
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A light deliciously black and consistently funny experience Game Night is one of 2018 s greatest surprises so far Full review in Spanish 
3
Game Night
David Nusair
Filmmakers Daley and Goldstein have infused Game Night with a very slick very fast paced sensibility that is at the outset impossible to resist 
2.5
Game Night
David N. Butterworth
A mostly enjoyable well written romp wisely entrusted to the comedic chemistry of Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams 
2.5
Game Night
Rob Thomas
Bateman and McAdams have enormous chemistry in Game Night That energy propels them into two of their funniest performances in a surprisingly clever comedy thriller 
3
Game Night
Stephen Rebello
Game Night turns out to be a cool clever surprise The cast crackles Bateman and McAdams are fast easy and terrifically enjoyable together and there s bright sharp supporting work 
2.5
Game Night
Linda Cook
Want some laughs Make Game Night your next move 
3
Game Night
Katie Walsh
It s very funny with a script by Mark Perez and all the pieces fit together like a perfect Rubix cube 
3
Game Night
James Berardinelli
Game Night is canny enough to go full throttle with the absurd and not bother trying to do much with its meager dramatic and or sentimental elements 
3
Game Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
But Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams are a superb comedic pair the two actors playing off of one another as if they ve been doing it their whole careers 
3
Game Night
Mike McGranaghan
Spot on in terms of tone and performance Game Night never goes off the rails even in its most outrageous moments The only goal here is to generate laughter and boy does it ever succeed 
3.5
Game Night
Josh Terry
Even though it has some really great funny moments Game Night struggles to produce a successful whole 
2.5
Game Night
Christian Toto
You keep thinking the relentless array of funny jokes will dry up sooner or later and then the end credits roll 
3
Game Night
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A completely stupid film about a group of friends whose game night goes horribly wrong but also so right Game Night somehow succeeds in telling a winning story 
2.5
Game Night
Richard Roeper
The Game Night co directors deliver a stylish and good looking movie 
3
Game Night
Johnny Oleksinski
The jokes are witty the risk is real and there s at least one thrilling plot twist 
3
Game Night
Mark Dujsik
Game Night is clever and appropriately demented when it needs to be 
3
Game Night
Bruce DeMara
Bateman has a natural flair for comedy but it s McAdams who s a pleasant surprise here a partner who s equally engaging and doesn t settle for playing second fiddle Together their on screen chemistry is a huge bonus 
3
Game Night
Dann Gire
They inject this funny film with just enough realism to make us feel threatened relieved and elated 
3
Game Night
Clint O'Connor
It helps that Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams are two of our most affable movie stars They are both deft at delivering dry asides and getting caught up in the more manic moments 
3
Game Night
Maren Longbella
Game Night gets it right 
3
Game Night
Michael Smith
This is high grade adventure comedy laughs thanks to someone using their cranium to create something more than a trivial pursuit 
3
Game Night
Keith Watson
The film establishes coherent characters and drops them into a twisty mystery plot that s tightly crafted enough to generate some real narrative momentum while never getting too bogged down in its own plot that it forgets to be funny 
2.5
Game Night
Stephanie Merry
Like a real life game night the comedy may not leave a lasting impression but it s plenty of fun while it lasts 
2.5
Game Night
Michael Phillips
Bateman s sly way of staying one step to the left of the center of the action extracts an additional layer of humor McAdams meantime does all she can to activate the screwball fizz amid the improbabilities 
2.5
Game Night
Tom Russo
Shouldn t a movie called Game Night be entertaining 
2
Game Night
Moira MacDonald
This will be a game night to remember intones a character early on in the film this isn t true as I ve already forgotten most of this movie despite having taken notes 
2
Game Night
Peter Travers
Farce is a beast to get right in movies The fact that Game Night hits the mark more often than it hits a wall is cause for cheering Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams make sure its always party time Talk about fun company They re it 
3
Game Night
Lindsey Bahr
A charismatic ensemble cast a sharp script and a few well placed twists make Game Night one of the more enjoyable big studio comedies in recent memory 
3
Game Night
Matt Zoller Seitz
A raucously funny film that has a knack for going right up to the edge of nastiness 
3.5
Game Night
Peter Canavese
Just manages to sustain its is it real or is it a game tension through to its climactic twists 
2.5
Game Night
Mara Reinstein
Snappily paced and cleverly plotted Game Night is the rare farce that exceeds low ish expectations 
3
Game Night
Phil Villarreal
You ll find yourself laughing then laughing at yourself and others for what you laughed at 
3.5
Game Night
Roger Moore
Rachel McAdams steals the movie at gunpoint 
2.5
The Rookie
David Nusair
One of the worst films directed by Clint Eastwood 
1.5
The Rookie
Peter Canavese
The one in which Clint Eastwood gets raped Blu ray 
1.5
The Rookie
Chuck O'Leary
An entertaining buddy cop movie with some exciting action sequences and some great lines Eastwood and Sheen are an amusing odd couple 
3
So Close
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Contains some clever set pieces mostly involving a Cyrano type communication between the sisters 
2.5
So Close
Walter Chaw
could suck a tennis ball through a keyhole
1
So Close
Chris Hewitt
The action in So Close is so giddily relentless that it makes you realize how stodgy most American tough guy movies are 
3.5
So Close
Steven Rea
If stiletto heeled heroines outfoxing legions of dunderheaded males are what you re looking for seek no more 
3
So Close
Mark Rahner
Charlie s Angels only wish in some corner of their empty overstimulated minds that they were as cool as the chicks in So Close 
3
So Close
Edward Guthmann
Has moments of style and audacity but the script is a shameless muddle and the shifts in tone from gooey romance to hard driving hyper pop action give the impression that the movie was directed by six or seven people in alternating shift 
2
So Close
David Elliott
Action scenes make the acting scenes look vacuous and you wonder why Yuen bothered with mushy memories emotive close ups and lyrical injections of They Long to Be Close to You 
2
So Close
Megan Lehmann
Hong Kong s answer to Charlie s Angels has big guns hot chicks and cool gadgets hooked into a junky killers for hire narrative so nonsensical it practically neutralizes any guilty pleasure positives 
2
So Close
Jami Bernard
A brilliant example of the genre 
3
So Close
Bob Strauss
Every shot in So Close is a compositional masterpiece 
3.5
So Close
Josh Larsen
has the operatic emotionalism of early John Woo 
3
So Close
Allison Benedikt
I didn t really understand what was going on but I loved every stylized minute of it 
3.5
So Close
Steve Rhodes
The exhilarating movie is high energy laugh out loud fun It s what Charlie s Angels Full Throttle should have been 
3
So Close
Joshua Tanzer
A fun ride if what you want in a movie is long shapely legs kicking a 
3
Invisible
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Giorgelli does not judge his central character but shows her in full action empathy can come from know her 
2
Invisible
Roger Moore
Maddening
2
LEGO DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League -- Gotham City Breakout
Mike McGranaghan
Takes two cool things and combines them in a really pleasurable family friendly way 
3
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
Mike Scott
This is the kind of movie you ll want to sit down with and watch with your kids or grandkids no matter their age 
3
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
Richard Roeper
A suitably warm and breezy love letter 
3
Princess Caraboo
Mal Vincent
With so many stunning but unpleasantly violent films in theaters here s an entertainment that is thoroughly comfortable 
3
El Camino Christmas
Roger Moore
A bloody humorless debacle of a comedy 
1
The Falling
David Nusair
suffers from an egregiously low rent sensibility 
1
True Blue
David Nusair
True Blue may hold some interest for Berenger completists but really you d be far better off watching Shoot to Kill again 
.5
Souad
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Death may be a way out of chains for some but for others the path ahead holds at least a hint of promise 
3.5
Always Shine
Mark Dujsik
The film cuts deep into the struggles of and expectations for women in this superficial industry 
3
Always Shine
Sheila O'Malley
None of this would be possible without the extraordinary performances of these two actresses 
3
Always Shine
Carson Lund
The film undermines the unity of its characterizations redirecting into garish phantasmagoria 
2
Girl, Interrupted
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We end up getting thin supporters as seen through the eyes of a main character that doesn t do anything 
2
Girl, Interrupted
Wesley Lovell
Mangold knows how to bring the film into the lives of the characters and their personalities without distracting the audience from them 46 
3
Girl, Interrupted
Jeffrey Westhoff
Girl Interrupted is Hollywood s latest simple minded treatment of mental illness 
2
Girl, Interrupted
Peter Stack
A muddled production that misses the jarring tone of the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen on which it is based The film is entertaining but not very powerful 
2
Girl, Interrupted
James Kendrick
It offers a penetrating look into a world few of us will thankfully never see 
3
Girl, Interrupted
Cornell & Petricelli
A well intended but dramatically flaccid tale of a young woman s struggle to find sanity independence and integrity 
3
Girl, Interrupted
Ross Anthony
Some advice never stick your finger out at a crazy person 
2.5
Girl, Interrupted
Jonathan Foreman
It s an odd mixture of an unsentimental darkly humorous take on mental illness with the usual Hollywood loony bin cliches 
2.5
Girl, Interrupted
Susan Wloszczyna
Fiendishly feline Jolie is stressed to impress but her efforts are foiled by a script that keeps her tiger caged 
2
Girl, Interrupted
Jorge Avila Andrade
Puede verse y disfrutarse particularmente por mujeres jvenes pero tiene el problema de ser probablemente bastante pretenciosa
2.5
Girl, Interrupted
Rob Blackwelder
If you don t already have something in common with Susanna the whole experience will likely feel trite 
2
Girl, Interrupted
Steve Rhodes
This just leaves you feeling empty and wanting to know more 
2.5
Girl, Interrupted
Susan Stark
It has neither the clarity nor strength of purpose to engage an audience much beyond the converted 
2
Girl, Interrupted
Dustin Putman
What the picture lacks in freshness it more than makes up for it in the outstanding performances across the board 
3
Girl, Interrupted
James Berardinelli
The inclusion of this picture on Mangold s resume will only enhance his future prospects 
3
Girl, Interrupted
Roger Ebert
Although there are individual scenes of powerful acting there doesn t seem to be a destination That s why the conclusion is so unsatisfying 
2.5
Girl, Interrupted
Jay Carr
It s difficult to imagine any actress today bringing more sentience and intelligence to Ryder s role 
2.5
Girl, Interrupted
Michael Dequina
Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie further cement their reputations as two of the most gifted young screen actresses today 
3
The Reflektor Tapes
Brad Wheeler
This isn t a standard rockumentary this is willful inscrutability audacious pretension and artful interference 
2
The Reflektor Tapes
Ben Rayner
A muddled directionless splatter of concert footage studio cin verit music video abstraction and Haitian Jamaican travelogue exotica that aspires to mythmaking but instead strangles itself on its own self indulgence 
2
The Reflektor Tapes
Tom Keogh
Lacks immediacy and actually seems designed for viewers who will discover and romanticize Arcade Fire 20 years from now 
1.5
American Dreamer
Matt Brunson
Williams has been just fine in co starring roles or as part of ensembles but she struggles mightily to carry this heavy handed comedy on her shoulders still she s better than Conti whose miscasting is a perpetual distraction 
2
The Relic
Malcolm Johnson
In the end The Relic erupts into a monster mash Hyams has filmed it excitingly and Stan Winston delivers a blazing special effect But there is a bit too much of Godzilla in the monster when it finally is revealed in all of its ghastly glory 
2.5
The Relic
Gene Siskel
A surprisingly entertaining monster on the loose picture set mostly in halls and private passageways of Chicago s Field Museum of Natural History 
3
The Relic
Susan Wloszczyna
Gore seekers need only to know the body count is high and the scares are cheap as director Peter Hyams shares his beast s repellent disregard for human life 
2
The Relic
Roger Ebert
All of this is actually a lot of fun if you like special effects and gore 
3
The Relic
Michael Dequina
Miller turns every scene that requires the slightest display of emotion into an overblown Oscar clip complete with piercing wails and glycerine tears 
0
Thick as Thieves
David Nusair
a hopelessly uneven endeavor that s consistently buoyed by Freeman s mere presence 
2.5
States of Control
Joshua Tanzer
A yuppie in a midlife crisis alternates between repression and indulgence in new experiences Sensual but unsympathetic 
2
States of Control
Dustin Putman
An astute thought provoking film but the ending left me just as dissatisfied as Lisa is throughout the movie in her journey to not follow by the rules of today s superficial society 
2.5
Pendular
Chuck Bowen
Jlia Murat s Pendular abounds in exquisite displays of negative space reminding one that there s few artistic elements as inherently appealing visually as a symmetrical image 
3
Playhouse
Roger Moore
A fumbling groping and almost wholly unsatisfying thriller set in a towering old house near the water s edge where the wind howls and there s a shock fright or laugh behind every tree Except that it being Scotland there re no bleeding trees 
1.5
Kedma
Harvey S. Karten
This poor man s Exodus brings to life the struggle of an illegal shipment of Jews to Palestine just weeks before the declaration of the State of Israel 
3
Dancer in the Dark
Mattie Lucas
A sweeping denunciation of the myth of the American dream the idealized America put forth by escapist Hollywood fare 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Nick Rogers
Habitually galling director Lars von Trier s musical is a black swan genre rarity a 1960s set sledgehammer to Broadway and Hollywood s insistence on sunshiny endings in golden era musicals about Nazis murder and suicide 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Von Trier is vicious when it comes to milking the melodrama 
3.5
Dancer in the Dark
Margaret A. McGurk
Though flawed Dancer in the Dark is a worthy addition to the filmography of Mr von Trier 
3
Dancer in the Dark
Collin Souter
One critic has been quoted as describing Bjork s acting style as a re invention of the art form Another bit of hype that turned out to be true 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Liam Lacey
At least Dancer in the Dark is bad in a complicated way 
2.5
Dancer in the Dark
Jeremy Heilman
Ultimately it s a tribute to the power of cinema 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Marty Mapes
The powerful emotional music perfectly complements the dark somber tone of the film 
3
Dancer in the Dark
Andrew Howe
An arresting emotionally charged paean to the insulating power of imagination 
3.5
Dancer in the Dark
Wesley Lovell
quot Dancer in the Dark quot is an exciting and daring experiment in musical filmmaking 46 
4
Dancer in the Dark
James Kendrick
it is hard to resist the suspicion that the whole thing is a ruse to satisfy some deep seated sadistic urge in von Trier s artistic psyche
2
Dancer in the Dark
Robert Roten
Björk is magic in the lead role It is no wonder she won the best actress award at Cannes because of power and subtlety of her performance 
3
Dancer in the Dark
David Keyes
a magnificent human drama that sends us searching for messages in a thick blanket of emotional pain 
3.5
Dancer in the Dark
Jeff Vice
Noble even interesting but also long and ultimately flawed experiment 
2
Dancer in the Dark
James Berardinelli
A thought provoking emotionally resonant and innovative cinematic experience 
3.5
Dancer in the Dark
Roger Ebert
It smashes down the walls of habit that surround so many movies It returns to the wellsprings It is a bold reckless gesture 
3.5
Dancer in the Dark
Edward Guthmann
It s great to see a movie so courageous and affecting so committed to its own differentness 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Michael Dequina
A film like no other and even if only to simply bear witness to such a bold experimental work it commands a viewing 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Rob Blackwelder
Nothing less than a groundbreaking and magical art house reinvention of a genre that even Disney cartoons have been shying away from in recent years 
3.5
Dancer in the Dark
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Selma asks for so little complains so seldom and is in such perpetual denial about her problems that I find her virtually indigestible as a character 
2
Dancer in the Dark
Rod Armstrong
The Danish director has made an incredibly dour music tinged drama that might break some hearts but just made me want to break things 
1.5
Dancer in the Dark
Susan Stark
Strange cerebral immensely interesting and weirdly thoroughly distancing Dancer in the Dark is a movie like they used to make em 
2
Dancer in the Dark
David N. Butterworth
The musical is dead Long live the musical Lars Von Trier has not only resurrected the form in his latest film he has reinvented it 
4
Dancer in the Dark
Robert W. Butler
Powerful and powerfully irritating But love it or hate it you re not likely to forget it 
3
Life During Wartime
Troy Patterson
Life During Wartime presents scenes that feel as authentic as bad dreams and sometimes that s happiness enough 
3
Life During Wartime
Mattie Lucas
Solondz populates his strange little world with a host of wounded characters that are all fascinating in their own right leaving a bittersweet and indelible impression 
3
Life During Wartime
James Kendrick
works extremely well especially in the way its challenging material is contrasted by the bright sunny cinematography which captures southern Florida in all its gaudy inferno ice cream colored splendor
3
Life During Wartime
Peter Canavese
A typically thorny Solondzian dramedy Solondz s is a universe of limitless disappointment Blu ray 
2.5
Life During Wartime
Sean P. Means
Solondz might have maintained sympathy for these characters before but now seems to hate them as much as they hate themselves 
2.5
Life During Wartime
Robert W. Butler
A mere shadow of its predecessor 
2
Life During Wartime
Rob Thomas
Todd Solondz s Life During Wartime is full of characters who make the same mistakes over and over again unable to change their bad habits He must know just how they feel 
2
Life During Wartime
Rene Rodriguez
Life During Wartime which feels like a movie made to fulfill a contractual obligation says nothing new nothing that Happiness didn t already say only better 
2
Life During Wartime
Joe Williams
The daring director is still a fascinating craftsman but now we don t feel welcome in his dollhouse 
2.5
Life During Wartime
Stephen Cole
For all of Solondz s mischief we sense he likes his unhelpable characters and that they maybe like each other A little bit anyway 
3
Life During Wartime
Geoff Pevere
An easy film to dislike a piece of cake to admire and all but impossible to love But I think that s part of the intent 
3
Life During Wartime
Chris Hewitt
It s tough stuff but it s worth it 
3.5
Life During Wartime
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s the kind of movie I don t so much hate as find not worthy of even discussing Solondz quickly becoming a misery selling afterthought I no longer want to give the time of day 
1
Life During Wartime
Michael Upchurch
Solondz through the troubled voice of 13 year old Timmy does rigorous justice to the difficulties of forgiving and or forgetting 
3.5
Life During Wartime
Carrie Rickey
Lachman and Solondz have a gift for finding the extraordinary in the ordinary and that ray of hope amid the hopelessness 
3
Life During Wartime
Ann Hornaday
Solondz seems mired in simply rehearsing his characters most fatal flaws 
2
Life During Wartime
Mick LaSalle
Todd Solondz keeps attempting the impossible and deserves credit for trying 
3
Life During Wartime
Ty Burr
At times it makes you realize Solondz may be the closest heir we ll get to Robert Bresson the French filmmaker of human despair and mysterious grace 
3
Life During Wartime
Roger Ebert
Here Solondz has made a film that is sad without energy dead without life As a sequel to Happiness it regards the same lives then as tragedy now as farce 
2.5
Life During Wartime
Dustin Putman
What s here is superb but there s not enough of it the film does not feel like a complete whole so much as an extended tease 
2.5
Life During Wartime
Kam Williams
My Big Fat Jewish Wedding 
4
Life During Wartime
Lou Lumenick
While it obviously isn t for all tastes this is a big thematically rich step forward mostly it s about tolerance and forgiveness from the empty provocation of Solondz s Storytelling and Palindromes About time 
3
Life During Wartime
James Berardinelli
Life During Wartime relies on uncomfortable black humor and moments of sincere drama to involve viewers But everything is encased in artifice and the movie becomes a chore to take in 
2
Life During Wartime
Rex Reed
There s no arc here no real pathos and the direction is like watching snow melt on the side of a road 
0
Life During Wartime
Christian Toto
Wartime will make you squirm just like Todd Solondz s other movies But it still marks a departure for the king of alienating cinema 
3
Life During Wartime
Nick Schager
As with Palindromes Life During Wartime revolves around a casting gimmick with its predecessor s roles now embodied by all new performers 
1.5
Life During Wartime
Peter Keough
You can t get enough Happiness or so Todd Solondz must have thought when he spun off this sour sequel to his 1998 misanthropic ode to suburban perversion 
2
Life During Wartime
David Nusair
The various performers effectively manage to put their own spin on these already established figures 
2.5
Francine
Moira MacDonald
While it s audacious on the part of the filmmakers and of Leo to keep Francine at arm s length from us it makes the film a frustrating experience 
2
Francine
Michael Phillips
Francine portrays a woman on the socioeconomic margins and the sort of fiscal cliff that personalizes the phrase no politician can avoid these days 
3
Francine
Roger Ebert
Melissa Leo plays her without inflection giving us no instructions about what our opinion should be It is a brave performance an act of empathy with a sad woman 
3.5
Francine
Farran Smith Nehme
What with the unexciting hand held camerawork and the off putting script and lead performance Francine remains as frustrating as its inscrutable title character 
1.5
Francine
Bill Weber
In a character study of an ex con who gives her heart and mind to animals rather than people Melissa Leo s risky performance is ultimately framed with a disappointing distanced pity 
2
The Ice Harvest
David Nusair
generally comes off as an effective adaptation of Scott Phillips admittedly superior novel 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Sara Michelle Fetters
But these moments are few and far between the majority of the picture nothing more than a nice idea tied to bits and pieces I ve seen far too many times before in far better movies 
2
The Ice Harvest
Sean O'Connell
A total bomb the wrong project for almost everyone involved 
1
The Ice Harvest
Forrest Hartman
A film populated by nasty characters who spend nearly 90 minutes doing nasty things to one another That some of those things are darkly funny helps but not enough to merit a viewing 
2
The Ice Harvest
Linda Cook
How I wish I hadn t seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang just days before I saw The Ice Harvest 
3
The Ice Harvest
Greg Maki
An enjoyable early Christmas present 
3
The Ice Harvest
Thomas Delapa
Another barren black comedy that skates a thin line between bad taste and gift wrapped stupidity 
1
The Ice Harvest
Matt Brunson
As an exercise in neo noir the film is surprisingly inert and as a dark comedy it fails to offer many laughs 
1.5
The Ice Harvest
Dan Fienberg
Viewers are likely to leave this movie not having laughed as much as they expected not having gotten as many thrills as they hoped for and ambivalent to the experience 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Mike McGranaghan
The Ice Harvest delivers a nice mix of humor tension and seediness 
3
The Ice Harvest
Bruce Westbrook
The Ice Harvest is like Sin City without the bold style and crooked smile disgorging grisly bloodbaths without drawing artful things out of them 
2
The Ice Harvest
Susan Walker
a thriller that s not very thrilling but is as violent as the best of them 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Phoebe Flowers
T he tired heist concept is considerably enlivened by excellent casting and behind the camera pedigree 
3
The Ice Harvest
Carla Meyer
T here s little to laugh at 
2
The Ice Harvest
Jeff Vice
The Ice Harvest is supposed to be a thriller with dark comic elements but the movie stops being entertaining fairly early on and none of its characters is even remotely likable 
1.5
The Ice Harvest
John Beifuss
The movie twinkles sardonically like the eyes of the Grinch when Chuck Jones animates the character s most cunning twisted smile 
3.5
The Ice Harvest
Jonathan R. Perry
Few cinematic experiences are more depressing than a black comedy that isn t funny 
1.5
The Ice Harvest
Ross Anthony
Starts with great scripting a sweet quirky tension that sets the film skating Unfortunately the writing cracks and all breaks through the ice Platt performs strongly 
2
The Ice Harvest
Scott Nash
Manages to entertain even if it does leave you feeling unsatisfied 
3
The Ice Harvest
Dustin Putman
The Ice Harvest has talent to spare in front of the camera but isn t nearly as smart or sharp as it would like to be 
2
The Ice Harvest
Claudia Puig
Given that pedigree it s all the more disappointing that this movie falls flat 
2
The Ice Harvest
Ken Fox
How about something a little nasty for the holidays Harold Ramis take on crime writer Scott Phillips hard boiled yuletide noir may be just what Santa ordered 
3
The Ice Harvest
John Hartl
As a feel bad holiday comedy The Ice Harvest sometimes recalls Thornton s own Bad Santa though it s never as outrageously funny and Thornton doesn t get nearly as much to do 
2
The Ice Harvest
Neva Chonin
Ice Harvest sir is no Groundhog Day 
1
The Ice Harvest
David Elliott
In my movie fridge The Ice Harvest packs in far beneath Iceman The Ice Storm and The Iceman Cometh It suffers freezer burn even below Ice Palace and Ice Station Zebra 
1
The Ice Harvest
James Berardinelli
This is strictly B movie fare 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Timothy Knight
A surprising misfire on all counts 
1.5
The Ice Harvest
Steven Rea
A s an antidote to the sugary confections of the season its hung over cynicism works wonders 
3
The Ice Harvest
Lou Lumenick
The Ice Harvest is a treat for everyone who hates holidays 
3
The Ice Harvest
Michele Kenner
seems slight and underdeveloped 
2
The Ice Harvest
Rene Rodriguez
G enerates more nervous smiles than belly laughs 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Glenn Whipp
It s neither convincing nor just as importantly clever in pulling off its thriller story line and it s not funny enough to sustain your interest save for its hilariously chaotic 20 minute middle section 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Robert W. Butler
A lightweight Bad Santa 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Josh Larsen
What does Billy Bob Thornton have against Christmas 
3
The Ice Harvest
Terry Lawson
Ice Harvest does not take itself seriously and at least provides an amusing respite from the forced cheeriness of the season 
3
The Ice Harvest
Michael Booth
The Ice Harvest is too tepid to have much taste either way and it ends up lulling us to apathy 
2
The Ice Harvest
Jeffrey Westhoff
Ramis gives this twisted thriller the grim irony Quentin Tarantino and his followers boast of but don t understand 
3
The Ice Harvest
Emily Blunt
The Ice Harvest is a hearty hued anti jovial though oddly not anti humorous Christmas neo Noir that ll have you giggling with morbid glee and properly cringing where need be 
4
The Ice Harvest
Roger Ebert
The movie directed by Harold Ramis finds a balance between the goofy and the gruesome 
3
The Ice Harvest
Lawrence Toppman
This Harvest yields nothing but chaff 
1
The Ice Harvest
Ty Burr
Bumptiously entertaining 
3
The Ice Harvest
Phil Villarreal
Ramis might have been onto something had he been able to include less ice and more harvest 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Daniel M. Kimmel
Ice Harvest has its laughs but you may come out of the theater feeling like you need to take a shower 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Peter Canavese
Zesty enough to make the ol noir two step seem worthwhile 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Erik Childress
Ramis does some of his best work balancing the immoral tone of the plot with biting humor that rises from the situations and not just fitted in as obvious tension relievers 
3
The Ice Harvest
Willie Waffle
In many ways The Ice Harvest is like half of a movie 
1.5
The Ice Harvest
Jeanne Aufmuth
Falls into place too little and too late 
2.5
The Ice Harvest
Chris Hewitt
The movie builds some suspense around our curiosity about the theft but we don t know enough about anything to get involved 
2
The Ice Harvest
Jan Stuart
Harold Ramis aptly titled The Ice Harvest has the cynicism in spades but stylistic savoire faire has been replaced by take no prisoners boorishness 
2
The Ice Harvest
Chuck O'Leary
A comic noir that feels like a direct to DVD movie that could have easily starred Matthew Modine Dennis Hopper and Gina Gershon 
1.5
The Ice Harvest
Matt Pais
The Ice Harvest is an odd twist on the Christmas crime movie and a strangely therapeutic use of the Cusack pout 
3
The Ice Harvest
Steve Rhodes
The dialog is as wickedly funny as the sets are tackily humorous 
3
The Ice Harvest
Nick Schager
The Ice Harvest proves that modest workmanlike film noir need not be accompanied by hipster homages and ironic self consciousness 
3
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Roger Ebert
The movie itself is finally embarrassing It s embarrassing because Vadim s personal hang ups don t fit the nature of his material and so he tries to bend things 
2
Your Day Is My Night
John Beifuss
The film which introduces viewers to the culture of shift bed tenement apartments in New York s Chinatown is perhaps the most accessible and emotionally affecting to date of Lynne Sachs signature experimental documentaries 
3
The Houses October Built
Dustin Putman
This is a somewhat tiresome found footage excursion admirable in how it came together and disappointing that it couldn t have added up to more than it ultimately does 
2
The Houses October Built
Mike McGranaghan
While there s much to admire the film also falls victim to the pitfalls that plague many found footage movies 
2.5
Nikita Blues
Michael Dequina
An afterschool special level morality play 
1.5
Go-ji-jeon
V.A. Musetto
A potent anti war movie with breathtaking battle sequences 
3
Go-ji-jeon
Bill Weber
Both brutal and sentimental this Oscar submitted Korean war drama offers up rusty tropes as telling ironies 
2
Red State
Brian Eggert
With elements of horror and ham fisted social allegory 44 Kevin Smith 8217 s Red State has a lofty set of goals that go unreached 46 
1.5
Red State
Joey Magidson
Red State is one of Kevin Smith s best and smartest films as well as his most nihilistic 
3.5
Red State
Joey Magidson
The writer director known for being a premiere comedy auteur has made a gritty horror thriller satire that defies convention 
3.5
Red State
Lucius Gore
One of the best white trash horror films in recent memory 
3.5
Red State
John Beifuss
If his performance were contained in some other film a so called serious movie about religion and politics for example Michael Parks would be discussed as an Academy Awards contender 
3
Red State
Robert Levin
A simplistic poorly constructed exercise in low rent genre moviemaking It s as if Kevin Smith made the movie just so he could promote it 
1
Red State
Phil Villarreal
Director Kevin Smith rebounds in a major way from the Cop Out debacle with a heady thriller that subversively comments on religion law enforcement the media and gun control 
4
Red State
David Nusair
An impressive departure for Kevin Smith 
2.5
Red State
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s very effective and highly powerful but its main drawback is that it s so darn heavy and black although it is a merciful 88 minutes 
3
Red State
Rene Rodriguez
The startling Red State proves that everything you knew or thought you knew about Kevin Smith is wrong 
3
Red State
Mike McGranaghan
It s official Cop Out is no longer the worst movie in Kevin Smith s filmography Red State is a disaster 
1
Red State
Stephen Whitty
Add a bunch of forgettable characters including a one note Melissa Leo and an ending which flirts with but then flees from a truly provocative climax and you ve got a project which perhaps only Rob Zombie could have made something of 
2
Red State
Dustin Putman
If Red State isn t necessarily Kevin Smith s best picture it most certainly is his best directed It s a smart mature film from a man who now has artistically come of age 
3
Red State
Eric Melin
It offers some very tense moments and some good old fashioned revenge escapism but in an effort to make it a straight genre film Smith misses out on some great opportunities to pack a more emotional punch 
2
Undercover Punch and Gun
Roger Moore
A lark a middling martial arts action comedy that s worth a few laughs if you re in the mood for that 
2
Craptastic!
Roger Moore
The pitfalls of not knowing the difference between notoriety and fame were never clearer 
2
Craptastic!
Nick McCarthy
The cinematic equivalent of staging a disaster and then bitching about the mess 
1
Gandhi, My Father
Namrata Joshi
The film comes alive in playing off one personality against the other even as the audience keeps switching its sympathy between the two 
3
Gandhi, My Father
Nick Schager
Gandhi My Father weakly opts for lionization at precisely the moment it should go in for the killshot 
1.5
Warrior of Light
V.A. Musetto
Heartbreaking film 
3
Warrior of Light
Edward Guthmann
When it sticks to Bezerra de Mello who s a genuine heroine despite her joking disavowals of her importance it s riveting 
3
Warrior of Light
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A powerful film 
3
Freaky
David Reddish
Freaky takes advantage of its gender bending premise to explore teen gender stereotypes and the somewhat arbitrary privileges afforded to young women and middle aged men 
3
Freaky
Brian Eggert
What the movie does well is engage a horror savvy viewer with its playful understanding of genre making the experience like a game to see how Landon and company will turn certain tropes or references into a joke between the filmmaker and audience 
3
Freaky
Mark Meszoros
As entertaining as Freaky is it does have its issues 
3
Freaky
Kevin Carr
Excels at deconstructing the slasher genre while at the same time being a bona fide slasher movie 
4
Freaky
Peter Canavese
Freaky Friday the 13th very entertaining amusing extremely gory comedy horror movie with some interesting moments 
2.5
Freaky
David Nusair
an irresistibly high concept premise that s employed to consistently and impressively engrossing effect by Landon 
4
Freaky
Sean P. Means
Freaky doesn t have the same level of wit Landon brought to the Happy Death Day films but there are some clever gender bending moments and a fair share of laughs 
3
Freaky
Tom Meek
Overall this Scream wannabe is more groan than cheeky grin 
2.5
Freaky
Matt Brunson
The hook is the whole show since unlike Happy Death Day there s not enough subversion of either the expected horror tropes or the standard school routines 
2.5
Freaky
Walter Chaw
As it is it s a fascinating footnote to our era of assumed identities and finding out that our next door neighbour is maybe not who we thought they were 
2.5
Freaky
Linda Cook
I know this is impossible because these kinds of films never earn Oscar nominations But darned if Vaughn doesn t deserve one for his performance here He s hysterically funny and endearing The whole movie in fact is a real scream 
3.5
Freaky
Michael Medved
Vince Vaughn is occasionally funny but the high school characterizations are tired stereotypes with no hint of humanity 
1.5
Freaky
Steven Prokopy
As much fun as Vaughn is clearly having Newton does a terrific job taking on the persona of a brooding psychopath 
3
Freaky
Richard Roeper
Vince Vaughn is convincing as both a serial killer and the teen who inhabits his person in the self aware horror comedy 
3
Freaky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Coming from the director of the two clever and spirited Happy Death Day movies it s fresh and lively and funny 
3
Freaky
Pamela Powell
It s just another horror flick that is way too graphically violent 
2.5
Freaky
Cate Marquis
Freaky is most entertaining for fans of the teen horror comedy but has moderate comedic appeal even if one isn t largely thanks to Vince Vaughn 
3
Freaky
Christian Toto
Laughs and plenty of gore await in this sorta kinda woke slasher film 
3
Freaky
Jeff Mitchell
This switcharoo horror movie lives up to its name for a while 
2
Freaky
James Berardinelli
Blumhouse has an uncanny ability to identify projects that sound compelling on paper but are less attractive when watched on screen Freaky is the latest of these 
2.5
Freaky
Kevin A. Ranson
More intent on entertaining than making a statement gleefully hits all the high note screams in a semi grounded story that earns its winks at the audience 
4
Freaky
Mark Dujsik
W e keep waiting for the promise of the conceit to be fulfilled It gets close especially in the movie s climactic chaos 
2.5
Freaky
Jeff York
The two stars commit to all the screaming running fighting and killing here 100 and it makes a lot of what s wholly unsavory stabbings slashing kicks to the nuts hilariously infectious because they re going full throttle with it all 
3
Freaky
Tomris Laffly
A fun frisky and nostalgic ride that delivers laughs various inventively bloody kills and on occasion even some 21st century appropriate observations on gender norms and sexuality 
3
Freaky
G. Allen Johnson
Vaughn and Newton look as if they re having fun but each play one note 
1
Freaky
Joey Magidson
Freaky thrives by embracing yet also satirizing the genres that it s floating between 
3.5
Freaky
Sara Michelle Fetters
Newton delivers a triumphant star making turn that s nothing short of glorious 
3
Freaky
Joe Friar
The slasher comedy brings back the spirit of the Scream films with a focus on laughs over frights Newton kicks butt Vaughn brings the laughs 
3.5
Freaky
Randy Myers
A killer screenplay and adroit tone switching by director and co writer Christopher Landon make it a treat but it s the performances that truly sell it 
3
Freaky
Michael O'Sullivan
Don t think about it too hard Freaky isn t AP Bio It s a shop class project a couple of mismatched planks cobbled together well enough to get a passing grade 
2
Freaky
Mike McGranaghan
Freaky is a total scream in more than one sense of the word 
3.5
Freaky
Barry Hertz
This is candy coloured mayhem bright and snappy and enjoyably wince inducing in its desire to disgust 
3
Freaky
Roger Moore
Vince Vaughn runs like a teenage girl News flash right 
2
Freaky
Katie Walsh
A gender bending twist on the classic slasher with flourishes of social commentary that make Freaky resonate far beyond its novelty 
3
Freaky
Pat Brown
Freaky doesn t reach for any arch commentary beyond the suggestion that hey Freaky Friday the 13th is a pretty funny idea 
2.5
Chopsticks
Roger Moore
Finishing with a fine flourish makes this slow starting caper comedy a near miss
2
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
Shane Slater
Floyd Norman An Animitated Life is a heartwarming tribute to an underappreciated unassuming man who broke boundaries and impacted many lives for the better 
3
A Walk in the Clouds
David Sterritt
The tale is far from original but director Alfonso Arau bathes it in a golden glow that goes beyond nostalgia to sheer dreaminess 
3
A Walk in the Clouds
Betsy Bozdech
With its golden countryside sweeping score tender romance and powerful traditions it s virtually impossible to resist the spell of A Walk in the Clouds 
3
A Walk in the Clouds
Michael Dequina
Reeves and Sanchez Gijon generate a palpaple romantic chemistry that makes this shamelessly sappy often unabashedly cornball story work 
3.5
A Walk in the Clouds
Roger Ebert
A Walk in the Clouds is a glorious romantic fantasy aflame with passion and bittersweet longing 
4
Sweat
Roger Moore
Coming to a too obvious conclusion aside if there s a better minimalist parable for living on line I m hard pressed to think of it 
2.5
Sweat
Whitney Spencer
An impressive art film that tells a story outside of the pathological narcissism commonly associated with the world of social media influencers 
3
Sweat
Mark Hanson
Sweat mostly adheres to a time honored tale of the pitfalls of fame despite its ultra modern context 
2.5
Vicious
David Nusair
Though Vicious has been made on a low budget that s not what sinks it rather it s the terrible performances and laughable special effects that do the film in 
1
Leonor Will Never Die
Rob Thomas
The real hero of 8220 Leonor Will Never Die 8221 is an elderly woman who finds hope and salvation in the creative process 8212 even if her creative process involves shootouts 44 fistfights and a scene where a bad guy gets a nail hammered into his eyeball 46 
3
Leonor Will Never Die
Carlos Aguilar
91 An 93 endlessly imaginative delight 46 
4
Pretty Ugly People
David Nusair
An uncommonly horrible debut from a filmmaker who s obviously gone onto bigger and better things 
.5
Darkness by Day
Walter Chaw
I was in love from the moment Virginia kills a mosquito on her arm and leaves a smear of blood there 
4
Nobel Son
Linda Cook
I have no idea how all the scenes in this movie connect But I loved watching it unfold 
3
Nobel Son
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s the sort of movie where calling it over the top can only be taken as a compliment 
2.5
Nobel Son
Christian Toto
Nobel Son wins the prize for best Guy Ritchie copycat 
2
Nobel Son
Nick Schager
An absolutely abysmal crime flick 
.5
Nobel Son
Liam Lacey
Even if you can summon some admiration for Nobel Son s editing or snippets of clever dialogue the movie is so relentlessly self congratulatory you can t help becoming thoroughly sick of it 
1
Nobel Son
Joe Leydon
Only when Nobel Son stops trying so hard does it have any appeal at all 
2
Nobel Son
Daniel Getahun
Like the worst of holiday quarrels it s much more irritating than interesting and by the end of it you ll be filled with as much seasonal cheer as Ebenezer Scrooge 
1.5
Nobel Son
Kyle Smith
Except for a mildly engaging heist scene in the middle of the movie the story never gets within a mile of the Quentin Tarantino classics it tries to evoke 
1
Nobel Son
Stephen Whitty
A snarky blackly comic crime drama the whole thing unfolds like the feverish Welsh Rarebit dream of Guy Ritchie s chauffeur 
1.5
Nobel Son
Steven Rea
Fans of Rickman will appreciate the actor s sneering mix of buffoonery and misanthropy Steenburgen gives another of her playfully ironic turns and Miller s direction allows for few if any lulls 
2.5
Nobel Son
Ruthe Stein
Nobel Son is a dreary little thriller that irritates more than it thrills 
1
Nobel Son
Moira MacDonald
Nobel Son isn t funny enough for black comedy nor suspenseful enough for a thriller for all its flashy flailings and thumb slicings it s ultimately a little dull 
2
Nobel Son
Chris Hewitt
Nobel Son contains precisely one funny bit but the film is pokey and unoriginal 
1
Nobel Son
Susan Walker
Nobel Son is as darkly funny as it is exhilarating 
3
Nobel Son
Wesley Morris
Not flagrant enough to be vile not original enough to be any good Nobel Son does offer a rare opportunity to see Alan Rickman at his worst 
2
Nobel Son
Austin Kennedy
With all of the potential Oscar bait this month NOBEL SON is well out of it s league A few quirky bits of humor can t save this lazy attempt at making a hip kidnapping movie 
1.5
Nobel Son
Michael Phillips
I enjoyed Eliza Dushku s mad poetess probably for the wrong reasons but with a project this meager you take your artful sneers and scenic diversions where you can get them 
1.5
Nobel Son
Roger Ebert
The plot by itself could have become tiresome no audience enjoys spending all evening walking into stone walls But the acting is another matter 
3
Tangent Room
Roger Moore
Good performances and simple effects lift this generally dry but fascinatingly cerebral Big Concept sci fi drama 
2.5
Clouds of Sils Maria
Brian Eggert
Whereas identity time and works of art are better understood within clearly demarcated boundaries Assayas film suggests that none of these concepts is permanent 
4
Clouds of Sils Maria
Leo Brady
Never has a film so successfully captured the strengths weaknesses fears desires and passions of women as Clouds of Sils Maria 
3.5
Man of Steel
Brian Eggert
Snyder 8217 s film is humorless and flavorless 44 unmemorable and underwhelming 44 epic sized but far from grand 46 
2.5
Man of Steel
David Gonzalez
If there is one word to describe Man of Steel 44 it would be a disappointment 46 
2
Man of Steel
Mattie Lucas
An event movie that is actually an event 
3
Man of Steel
Kelly Jane Torrance
The ending is particularly ridiculous with a series of lines that the screenwriters obviously liked but couldn t fit in anywhere else 
1.5
Man of Steel
Terence Johnson
Driven by fantastic performances and a confident script Man of Steel manages to both capture the imagination and ground the character in the modern day 
3.5
Man of Steel
Sonny Bunch
Man of Steel is the movie of the summer It s the Superman movie we deserve And it s about time 
3.5
Man of Steel
Tom Meek
What s missing in Snyder s Superman is a dash of the hokey goodness that Christopher Reeve contributed to the role and the comic cold cheesiness that Gene Hackman and Terrence Stamp brought as Luthor and Zod 
2
Man of Steel
Neil Rosen
It s bland and boring 
2
Man of Steel
Wesley Lovell
A definite step up from the last attempt to revive this character but there s something still missing from this origin story Other franchise builders have done more with less but here that isn t for lack of trying 
3
Man of Steel
Mara Reinstein
No fun costume change in a phone booth no wowing humans with his powers and no repartee with reporter Lois Lane 
2
Man of Steel
Michael Dequina
Snyder delivers the type of undeniable overwhelming charge with which he s become Sny nonymous and his affinity for spectacle strongly courses throughout 
3
Man of Steel
David Keyes
The screenplay by David S Goyer is like an arm wrestling match between brain and muscle and when one takes charge the other falls out of line 
2.5
Man of Steel
David Nusair
The worst Superman movie since 1987 s Superman IV The Quest for Peace 
2
Man of Steel
John Beifuss
The battles between Superman and the evil Kryptonians set a new standard for on screen urban destruction but they also give us pause Aren t hundreds even thousands being killed in the riveting spectacular smashing of skyscraper after skyscraper 
3
Man of Steel
Linda Cook
Although the CGI takes over far too many times the personality and inner torment of the Man of Steel win out over the special effects 
3
Man of Steel
Michael Smith
The film is about finding your inner child and acceptance and maturing into something greater This is what gives me hope for the inevitable sequel 
2.5
Man of Steel
Lori Hoffman
The problem with Man of Steel is that while the background story and character development are solid the action sequences are distressingly generic and bland 
2.5
Man of Steel
James Kendrick
While expertly rendered by the film s army of special effects artists the violence feels simultaneously bloated and empty yet another exercise in wide scale cinematic decimation without any sense of humanity or the weight of its loss 
2
Man of Steel
Jeff Beck
Man of Steel shows evidence that the filmmakers were on the right track but then they allowed the film to de evolve into a chaotic mess 
2.5
Man of Steel
Eric Melin
An oppressive movie filled with a blaring seriousness inconsistent production design mundane conflict heavy exposition and a huge amount of super destructive action that leads to nothing 
1.5
Man of Steel
Phil Villarreal
I like this movie in spite of itself I guess At the very least I have to hand it to the film that it s not as awful as its 2006 predecessor 
3
Man of Steel
Scott Nash
A highly enjoyable film but a little less noise and a little more humanity would have made it a better one 
3
Man of Steel
Matt Brunson
Man of Steel offers nothing but torturous exposition heavy handed symbolism criminally ill used actors and a numbing finale that would be right at home in a Transformers sequel It s one massive superbore 
1.5
Man of Steel
Sean P. Means
Man of Steel gives the last son of Krypton an action packed origin story with a minimum of camp and an intense emotional authenticity 
3.5
Man of Steel
Willie Waffle
Abs of Steel not a Script of Steel 
1.5
Man of Steel
Tyler Hanley
DC still has much to learn from rival Marvel in the filmmaking realm but Man of Steel at least offers hope Hope and a slight headache
3
Man of Steel
John Wirt
Man of Steel plays like two movies in one One film is the familiar story of Earth s invasion by merciless aliens The other better movie is about a young man discovering his identity and purpose 
2.5
Man of Steel
Mike McGranaghan
Man of Steel is the Superman movie I ve been hoping someone would eventually make This is awesome popcorn entertainment that doesn t neglect substance 
3.5
Man of Steel
Austin Kennedy
From an action stand point MAN OF STEEL delivers But I didn t connect with it on an emotional level which would be fine if this was something like G I JOE but this is SUPERMAN There should be more to it than just a couple of swell battle scenes 
2.5
Man of Steel
Rafer Guzman
Cavill broods handsomely as Superman but this reboot skimps on fun and romance 
2.5
Man of Steel
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie delivers on the promise of its title and then some 
3
Man of Steel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What Man of Steel does have are several good ideas that never really pay off 
2.5
Man of Steel
John Serba
Man of Steel is no fun whether Superman broods or is in action Endless mindless explosive stultifying action 
2
Man of Steel
Kirk Baird
Man of Steel is an expensive set up piece that puts everything and everyone in the familiar positions but moves no further 
3
Man of Steel
Lisa Kennedy
The chief problem here is one of rhythm and balance in the storytelling and directing The movie swings between destructive overstatement and flat footed homilies 
2.5
Man of Steel
Bob Bloom
While the story may fall apart in the last several minutes Man of Steel connects on a strong emotional and spiritual level presenting the audience with a man who must come to grips with a destiny that is not of his own choosing 
3
Man of Steel
Barbara Vancheri
Mr Cavill distinguishes himself as a worthy successor to Christopher Reeve although one charged with much more physically punishing scenes and almost no hint of Clark Kent as sweet bumbler 
3.5
Man of Steel
Scott Renshaw
Snyder cranks up the apocalyptic donnybrook sending the combatants blasting through skyscrapers and punching one another into exploding tanker trucks but all that down to earth character stuff does help make it more potent 
3
Man of Steel
Walter Chaw
44 beautifully constructed trailers strung together in the world s most expensive promo reel 
2
Man of Steel
Liam Lacey
It all gets exhaustingly bombastic although sequence by sequence Man of Steel is something worth seeing 
2.5
Man of Steel
Dustin Putman
Mistakes serious faces and shaky cammed anarchy for what it so desperately needed most a sense of wonder and a beating heart 
2
Man of Steel
Carla Meyer
Man of Steel contains little fun apart from the visceral thrill of seeing objects smashed in one of its endless action sequences 
2.5
Man of Steel
Ann Hornaday
For now audiences can only speculate as to the hidden depths of Cavill who in Zack Snyder s busy bombastic creation myth is reduced to little more than a joyless cipher or dazzling physical specimen 
1.5
Man of Steel
Dann Gire
Man of Steel marks an unexpectedly dour revisionist retelling of the Superman myth a 2 1 2 hour epic laden with emotionally misconnecting characters prone to uttering speeches in lieu of actual conversations 
2
Man of Steel
Mark Dujsik
Man of Steel gives us some things we might never have expected from Superman but doesn t give the character what he needs to thrive 
2.5
Man of Steel
James Berardinelli
For those who crave cinematic mayhem Man of Steel is right up your alley and it will make a ton of money 
3
Man of Steel
Peter Travers
Man of Steel is a bumpy ride for sure But there s no way to stay blind to its wonders 
3
Man of Steel
Rich Heldenfels
While the final fight sequences go on too long the movie is for the most part a thoughtful reimagining of the 75 year old character 
3.5
Man of Steel
Steven Rea
Man of Steel is just the same old same old 
2
Man of Steel
Rene Rodriguez
Man of Steel starts feeling like just another generic superhero movie the exact opposite to the radical and unique stamp Nolan placed on the Dark Knight trilogy
2
Man of Steel
David Frese
Man of Steel is visually spectacular but for the most part emotionally distant It s just another 200 million superhero movie and another wasted opportunity 
2
Man of Steel
Duane Dudek
Some elements give this franchise reboot a perfunctory feeling But then a detail emerges the mythology kicks in or the reinvention makes sense and the elements feel connected in a way that offers a fresh perspective on a familiar thing 
3
Man of Steel
Chris Knight
Man of Steel can t erase the memory of Christopher Reeve who made us believe that a man could fly But it s the Superman this century deserves shucked of some of his aw shucks mannerisms while retaining the Kansas bred Clark Kent earnestness 
3
Man of Steel
Mick LaSalle
If Man of Steel is Snyder at his most conventional he s still more inspired and innovative than his competition 
3
Man of Steel
Jason Buchanan
Perhaps one of the most brave and unusual aspects of Man of Steel is the fact that by the time the credits roll there seems to be a world of possibilities for the future 
3.5
Man of Steel
Chris Hewitt
Super No But it s good 
3
Man of Steel
Joe Lozito
Zack Snyder s epic adaptation gives this generation a Superman movie to call its own Call it Superman Begins 
3.5
Man of Steel
Moira MacDonald
It is thoughtfully crafted and occasionally breathtaking what it isn t unfortunately is much fun 
2.5
Man of Steel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Warners has its Superman franchise back What they do with it now remains to be seen 
3.5
Man of Steel
Claudia Puig
Henry Cavill has the strapping good looks of the comic icon and humanity to match his superheroism 
2.5
Man of Steel
Chris Cabin
All its faux patriotism isn t played for satire but instead utilized to align the film with an idyllic unquestioned vision of goodness 
1.5
It Follows
Brian Eggert
David Robert Mitchell has made such a superb horror film that its clinging aftereffect continues for an uncommonly long period 46 
4
It Follows
Chris Alexander
It Follows is an incredibly evolved joyously alive piece of dead teenager cinema that likely requires a few viewings to properly assimilate its rhythms 
3
It Follows
David Keyes
Has no qualm about paralyzing the audience in deafening silence and then unleashing fearful episodes in very gradual doses 
3
It Follows
Sonny Bunch
This impressive throwback to 80s slasher flicks is packing houses for good reason 
3.5
It Follows
Eric Melin
The only control the teenagers have in the situation is to pass on the curse and increase their sexual guilt tenfold It s a brilliantly clean metaphor not just for sexual nervousness but also the transience of youth 
3
It Follows
Michael Smith
It Follows is a classy scary horror show Pass it on 
3.5
It Follows
Josh Larsen
In It Follows sexual activity has metaphysical implications 
3.5
It Follows
Glenn Lovell
The fright film du jour succeeds as both cautionary teen allegory and unnerving blend of Blue Velvet and the underground Deadgirl an instant cult classic 
3
It Follows
Linda Cook
A kind of art house horror movie an allegory about AIDS and believe it or not a love story It Follows is one of a kind 
4
It Follows
Brad Keefe
So this is when I am going to break from the critical chorus of praise It Follows wasn t flawless for me and perhaps a victim of its own hype in that regard 
3
It Follows
Mike McGranaghan
It Follows is bold provocative original artfully made perfectly acted and creepy as hell 
4
It Follows
Timothy Wainwright
Formally and visually it is a work of real craftsmanship and it displays a conscious understanding of the paradoxes of the heart that the horror genre plumbs so well 
3.5
It Follows
Lindsey Bahr
It s a wildly fun conceit Mitchell s atmospheric rendering of It Follows gives the film a fanciful otherworldly feel 
3.5
It Follows
James Kendrick
Even though the setup creates little more than variations on the same basic threat the film maintains a rigorous tension that is as unrelenting as the ambiguous monstrosity that keeps coming at us 
3.5
It Follows
John Beifuss
What the movie acknowledges is that the biological imperative that perpetuates the human race carries its own curse of mortality that the act of reproduction passes on both the gift of life and a death sentence 
3.5
It Follows
James Berardinelli
Good horror films rely on suspense and tension and this one has both elements aplenty 
3.5
It Follows
Rob Thomas
Remember kids when you have sex you re having sex with every person they ve ever had sex with And also with a demon stalking all of you 
3.5
It Follows
John Wirt
The better things in It Follows are a tempting tease for what the film s young director will do next 
2.5
It Follows
John Serba
Stylish filmmaking invigorating and delightfully creepy 
3.5
It Follows
Peter Howell
It Follows manages to bend the rules of fateful juvenile sexuality and does so in a manner that genuinely tingles the spine and disturbs the mind 
3.5
It Follows
Bruce Ingram
It s hard not to share Jay s mounting panic as she watches the thing in its various guises walking slowly toward her wherever she may be invisible to everyone else and entirely intent on destroying her 
3
It Follows
Carla Meyer
It succeeds as a thriller with performances that strike a grave quiet tone suited to the film s wide shots long takes and carefully cultivated mood of foreboding 
3
It Follows
Jon Niccum
It horrifies It disturbs It rules 
3.5
It Follows
Steven Rea
The matters of sex and lost innocence work like a thematic undertow pulling the characters down into the dark psychological depths 
3.5
It Follows
Rafer Guzman
Promises more than it delivers but engrossing throughout 
2.5
It Follows
Stephen Rebello
It s all made more powerful and paranoia inducing because the shuffling stalkers could be anyone anytime anywhere They re as inexplicable as they are impossible to escape 
3
It Follows
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It Follows is both scary enough to please horror fans and deep enough to inspire term papers 
3.5
It Follows
Mark Dujsik
It Follows is as scary as it is because in part it doesn t try to be scary 
3.5
It Follows
Christy Lemire
Mitchell s skills in crafting mood and building tension result in one of the most mesmerizing and suspenseful horror movies to come along in a long time 
3.5
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Roger Ebert
Even at its worst Chips is inoffensive in its sentimentality At its best it s the first film since The Two of Us that I genuinely feel deserves to be called heartwarming 
4
The Coldest Game
Roger Moore
There are third act twists that atone for some of what s lacking in the first two 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
Russ Breimeier
A film with two opposite interpretations to its title figuratively sad literally joyful 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Forrest Hartman
Writer director Michael Schorr s story moves with remarkable sloth 
0
Schultze Gets the Blues
Phil Villarreal
Krause a natural physical comic lights up with endearingly childish glee as he joyously samples his new life 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Larry Ratliff
When his friends send him off to America to his town s sister city of New Braunfels for Wurstfest Schultze begins to spiral out of control 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
Jeff Vice
Those who are patient enough to stick it out will be charmed 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Sean P. Means
Though it sometimes seems nothing much is happening in Schultze Gets the Blues watching it happen to the deadpan Schultze is surprisingly enjoyable 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
John Beifuss
The geriatric Teutonic equivalent of a Jim Jarmusch film 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Duane Dudek
In his debut film German writer director Michael Schorr has crafted a deadpan and droll yet lyrical whale out of water tale about defying peer pressure and self limitations 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Jeff Shannon
Schorr s award winning film may be a bit on the slight side to some tastes but it s a journey well worth taking 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Jeffrey Westhoff
Director Michael Schorr finds quiet unforced hilarity in Schultze s awkward transition to nonconformity 
3.5
Schultze Gets the Blues
Phoebe Flowers
The first 30 minutes or so of Schultze Gets the Blues do a spectacular job of allowing you to empathize with just how bored the men are Unfortunately the movie accomplishes this by boring you itself 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
Lisa Kennedy
The first time feature director has a gift that will be interesting to watch Still his well executed choices make Schultze at times slow going 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
Terry Lawson
In his first feature film Schorr also shows a surprising confidence in his ability to sustain this joke for nearly two hours which like a zydeco dance party is over before you know it 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Walter V. Addiego
A genuinely endearing soul Schultze earns our admiration not because he indulges himself in a senior citizen s lark but because his journey like our hero himself has depths we hadn t suspected 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Roger Ebert
The writer and director Michael Schorr is making his first film but has the confidence and simplicity of someone who has been making films forever 
3.5
Schultze Gets the Blues
Ty Burr
One of those movies where nothing whatsoever seems to happen until you look closely at which point everything happens 
3.5
Schultze Gets the Blues
Allison Benedikt
Schorr steers clear of emotion and character development content to just putter down the river to nowhere 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
Marty Mapes
Charm culture and dry humor make it worth a look
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Susan Walker
Winner of the special prize for directing at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival Schorr has made an impressive debut 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Liam Lacey
Highly original bittersweet comedy 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Bob Strauss
There is so little to him really that Schultze s journey from there to here is rather less meaningful than we re supposed to imagine 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
Elizabeth Weitzman
Reminiscent of the films of Aki Kaurismaki and Jim Jarmusch this wry very slow German import by Michael Schorr has amusing moments but doesn t possess the droll absurdity needed to make it genuinely compelling 
2
Schultze Gets the Blues
V.A. Musetto
A sweet and charming treat 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
Peter Canavese
Defiantly slow paced Schultze gets the blues embraces a neglected subject the wanderlust of the retiree 
3
Schultze Gets the Blues
John Anderson
A rough cut wonder a movie that evolves from Teutonic inertia into a deadpan polka a bouquet of edelweiss tossed into the melting pot 
4
Schultze Gets the Blues
David Sterritt
Filmed in a leisurely understated style this dark comedy is downright entrancing 
4
Schultze Gets the Blues
Pam Grady
Schultze may have the blues but the film of his wanderings is a joyful experience 
3.5
Schultze Gets the Blues
Steve Rhodes
Like The Straight Story sans story it s sweet but very very very slow 
1.5
Schultze Gets the Blues
Ed Gonzalez
Few films pay this close and considerate attention to the physical and emotional heartache of growing old 
3
Black Cop
David Nusair
a seriously striking yet ultimately unsuccessful debut effort from a promising new filmmaker 
2
Black Cop
Barry Hertz
Tilting between social satire and pitch black drama with unnerving ease Cory Bowles s feature debut Black Cop is an intriguing high wire act 
3
Black Cop
Peter Howell
Bowles expands an earlier short into an engrossing and uncompromising feature debut 
3
Nénette
Matt Brunson
This is a touching movie that reminds viewers of the fact that the chasm between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom isn t always as wide as readily accepted 
3
Nénette
Stephanie Merry
The collection of images and tidbits of information raise interesting questions about keeping animals in captivity 
3
Nénette
Joe Williams
The persistent gaze in both directions raises unanswered questions about captivity and voyeurism 
3
Nénette
Moira MacDonald
For all but the most devoted animal watchers the film may come across as slow and repetitive 
2.5
Nénette
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Admittedly this is both fascinating and boring at any given moment 
3
Nénette
Peter Hartlaub
Zoo creatures seem like funny caricatures during a short visit After 67 minutes of observation Nénette seems stuck in a dreamlike limbo disconnected from the world going through the motions waiting patiently to die 
3
Nénette
Chris Hewitt
It s a fascinating puzzle that requires you to keep evaluating what you think about Nenette and the unseen visitors reactions to her 
3
Nénette
Wesley Morris
Philibert s film finds a rather contemplative creature Her mood complements his 
3.5
Nénette
Jeffrey Gantz
This documentary from Nicolas Philibert To Be and To Have opens in close up of a pair of orangutan eyes 
4
Nénette
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film s narrative elliptically presents a series of contexts through which we glean Nénette s rather epic story 
3.5
Nénette
V.A. Musetto
Maybe being an orangutan has its merits 
3
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Peter Keough
Marc Silver s moving and illuminating documentary 3 1 2 Minutes Ten Bullets reveals a lot about what is wrong in the United States today and a little bit of what s right 
3.5
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
David Lewis
The straightforward well edited trial scenes speak volumes not only about the defendant but also about the racism that still haunts our country 
3
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Roger Moore
Moving account of a Stand Your Ground law death that s a bit limited in its point of view and is the poorer for it 
2.5
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Ann Hornaday
A deep core of emotion gives 3 8202 1 2 Minutes Ten Bullets its ballast but Silver who also serves as cinematographer infuses the production with simple elegant sophistication 
3
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s told in a contemplative style that brings the story s emotions to life without hyping them 
3
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Steve Macfarlane
A barbed inquiry into this particular notion of self defense enabled by the quotidian racism state and perpetuated de jure by the state 
3.5
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Kyle Smith
A legally morally and politically gripping film about a Florida killing 3 8322 Minutes Ten Bullets is the rare documentary that gives both sides of a controversy ample opportunity to make their cases 
3.5
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
Kam Williams
A riveting courtroom drama chronicling an emotionally draining showdown played out on a world stage between the Black Lives Matter and Stand Your Ground movements 
4
Waltzing Anna
Lou Lumenick
Excruciating as it is well meaning Doug Bollinger s Waltzing Anna is a vanity production that turns serious issues about the aging into a schmaltzy dramatic comedy 
1
Waltzing Anna
Elizabeth Weitzman
Given the dismal reception that greeted their last comedy Mail Order Bride you d think filmmakers Doug Bollinger and Robert Capelli Jr would have considered alternate career choices 
1.5
Fearless
Josh Larsen
it s the sense of sadness that gives the movie its backbone 
3
Fearless
Emanuel Levy
Weir and Yglesias who adapted his novel don t shy away from dealing with the kinds of issues seldom portrayed in mainstream movies Fear of death and fear of life after a traumatic airplane crash 
3
Fearless
Roger Ebert
Fearless is like a short story that shines a bright light briefly into a corner where you usually do not look 
3
Paper & Glue
Odie Henderson
I love movies about process and this film is chock full of scenes showing how things get done 
3
Paper & Glue
Pat Padua
This is a story about people first but also about the way we see 
3
Held for Ransom
Mark Dujsik
Held for Ransom is effective as a kind of real world thriller It s also more than that 
3
Held for Ransom
Roger Moore
A sober unglamorous and moving account of one man s ordeal as he was held by the disparate Syrian factions that became known as Daesh or ISIS 
3
Wild in the Country
Bill Chambers
That the picture doesn t yield to convention in the final minutes where it counts won me over 
3
The Life Ahead
Rene Sanchez
Despite its memorable performances The Life Ahead follows a conventional dramatic formula without offering much new Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
The Life Ahead
Steven Prokopy
There is something about watching the legendary Loren give one of her purest and most impressive performances 
3
The Life Ahead
Joey Magidson
The Life Ahead is at its best when Sophia Loren is the focus That kind of goes without saying 
3
The Life Ahead
Sheila O'Malley
Loren inhabits the role of Madame Rosa as if it was written for her 
3
The Life Ahead
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Starring the great Sophia Loren the movie undercuts its finer moments with excessively maudlin sentiment yet still proves moving and effective where and when it counts 
2.5
The Life Ahead
Mick LaSalle
We go in thinking we re about to see a Sophia Loren movie but instead we get an obnoxious kid with Loren occasionally stumbling into and out of the frame with a vacant expression on her face 
1
The Life Ahead
Ty Burr
The attempt s the thing and watching these two tough customers wrestle for control within the film and on the screen is worth the monthly subscription 
3
The Life Ahead
Ann Hornaday
The Life Ahead might be a familiar story but as a showcase for Loren s sensuality star power and unfailing instincts it feels both classic and exhilaratingly new 
3
The Life Ahead
Randy Myers
Directed with delicacy by Loren s son Edoardo Ponti the Netflix drama avoids getting saccharine by offering an authentic slice of life in an Italian port city 
3
The Life Ahead
Chris Barsanti
The film doesn t deliver much in the way of surprises but it turns out to be a starker and more honest piece of work than it might initially seem 
2.5
The Life Ahead
Richard Roeper
Under her son s direction Loren is fierce and funny the 86 year old commands the screen 
3
The Life Ahead
Mark Dujsik
S o much of what we could have seen in from and between these characters is sidestepped 
2.5
The Life Ahead
Johnny Oleksinski
This is not only a perfect pairing of actress and part but some good old fashioned family bonding 
3.5
The Life Ahead
Barry Hertz
Ultimately Ponti s film survives on the one surprise that s not much of a surprise at all the power and majesty of his lead actress 
2.5
The Life Ahead
Roger Moore
Pairing Loren up with a child with this much spark acting up and acting out proves to be a winning formula for the film 
2.5
The Life Ahead
Christopher James
Directed and written by her son Edoardo Ponti the drama comes alive thanks in larger part to Sophia Loren s incredible performance 
3
The Missing Ingredient: What is the Recipe for Success?
Brad Wheeler
Beyond the insight into the restaurant culture Sparaga shows us a bit of that celebrated New York state of mind 
3
Heaven Is a Playground
Roger Ebert
What is strange about Heaven Is a Playground is how this dynamite material is defused how the movie meanders and loses its way drags to a halt when it should be most exciting and goes through strange shifts in tone and style 
1.5
Father and Son
Rob Thomas
A beautiful but static viewing experience that utterly fails to touch the viewer 
2
Father and Son
John Hartl
Although Father and Son is never as deep or wrenching as Mother and Son the careful casting and Sokurov s unique visual style continue to make this a series worth following 
3
Father and Son
David Elliott
The film seems to have internalized Sokurov s inspiration so far that it becomes a blur of hints and vapors 
1.5
Father and Son
Ruthe Stein
The best way to watch Father and Son is to let it wash over you and not be overly concerned with prosaic matters like plot 
3
Father and Son
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Father and Son is definitely a puzzle and frankly I was about to walk out on it before it drastically improved 
3
Father and Son
Wesley Morris
Poised and teasing in a way that might incite less patient viewers to madness But you don t come to Sokurov for his narrative agility you come for his rhapsodic longueurs 
3
Father and Son
Glenn Whipp
A magnificently shot exercise in tedium 
2.5
Father and Son
V.A. Musetto
A feast for the eyes 
3
Father and Son
Keith Uhlich
Sokurov firmly establishes his film as a spiritual parable the characters every glance and touch seems a cosmic gesture 
4
Father and Son
David Sterritt
Like most of Sokurov s movies this oblique parable is mysterious elliptical irresistible 
4
Father and Son
John Anderson
A more naked movie than Father and Son is hard to imagine and would be impossible to watch 
3.5
Father and Son
Ray Conlogue
A tasty hors d oeuvre while waiting for a really good French film to come along 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Wesley Lovell
If you take out Cate Blanchett s amazing performance you re left with a dull husk of a film from a director who knows little about filmmaking 
2
Veronica Guerin
Lori Hoffman
Cate Blanchett gives a performance that gets under your skin 
3
Veronica Guerin
David Keyes
The movie is driven by a brilliant performance from Cate Blanchett who becomes Veronica Guerin almost as easily as a caterpillar evolves into a butterfly 
3
Veronica Guerin
Jeffrey Westhoff
Either the movie isn t worthy of the real Veronica Guerin or the real Veronica Guerin wasn t worthy of a movie 
2
Veronica Guerin
Forrest Hartman
Anyone disappointed by the lack of hefty women s roles during the first nine months of the current movie season will find solace in Veronica Guerin 
3.5
Veronica Guerin
Tyler Hanley
The unfortunate feeling of untapped potential is ultimately what lingers 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Nick Rogers
It needs to be more than a surface show of what we know Drugs are bad but so is giving up a family and a life without a reason that s well galvanizing 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Steve Rhodes
An engrossing thriller with another superlative performance by Cate Blanchett 
3
Veronica Guerin
Glenn Kenny
Guerin deserves a tribute but she deserves a better one than this 
2
Veronica Guerin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joel Schumacher use their populist instincts to craft a down to earth biopic minus the usual loftiness 
3
Veronica Guerin
Leigh Johnson
Despite a powerful performance from star Cate Blanchett Veronica Guerin is a good story gone mediocre in the hands of Hollywood hotshots Jerry Bruckheimer and Joel Schumacher 
2
Veronica Guerin
Steven Rea
The movie never adequately explains the inner conflicts that led its relentless reporter heroine to die 
2
Veronica Guerin
Phoebe Flowers
Veronica Guerin is a tad too facile to be a great movie It is redeemed by Blanchett s stirring performance 
3
Veronica Guerin
Moira MacDonald
A woman died that day in 1996 not a saint and not a symbol Despite its excesses Veronica Guerin comes tantalizingly close to introducing us to her 
3
Veronica Guerin
Mick LaSalle
A smart brisk thriller 
3
Veronica Guerin
David Elliott
Cate Blanchett was tremendous in Heaven Elizabeth Oscar and Lucinda The Gift and Charlotte Gray and is tremendous again in Veronica Guerin 
3.5
Veronica Guerin
Joe Baltake
Even a showy Oscar calculated performance by the estimable Cate Blanchett in the title role can t disguise just how limited and insubstantial this prestige biopic really is 
2
Veronica Guerin
Pam Grady
While well intentioned Veronica Guerin lacks the dramatic weight that it ought to naturally have considering the subject matter 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Jonathan Foreman
Shamelessly schmaltzy biopic 
1
Veronica Guerin
Katrina Onstad
the film s great offence phoniness 
2
Veronica Guerin
Connie Ogle
The real Guerin deserves a more complete cinematic tribute 
2
Veronica Guerin
Robert W. Butler
A sobering tale of real life heroism 
3
Veronica Guerin
Liz Braun
An entirely watchable drama despite a clumsy opening and closing 
3.5
Veronica Guerin
Rick Groen
What you expect from a feature film especially one made seven years after her death is the further matter of why she did so Alas that tricky little W gets barely a mention 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Jeff Vice
While Blanchett s performance as the title character is terrific the film undercuts her at nearly every turn 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Lisa Kennedy
Veronica Guerin is the kind of edifying movie that Hollywood loves and critics are often deeply suspicious of a film that celebrates the heroic If not for Cate Blanchett s compelling performance we d have just cause 
3
Veronica Guerin
Wesley Morris
An action flick passing as a eulogy 
2
Veronica Guerin
Emily Blunt
Veronica Guerin is a heart breaker not just the true story about the woman who gave her life to save others in a round about way but because the film hardly does her justice 
2
Veronica Guerin
Sean P. Means
A biopic that s more pic than bio more a Hollywood beatification of its title subject than an examination of what made her tick 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Josh Larsen
A cloying martyr movie 
1.5
Veronica Guerin
Chris Hewitt
Intelligent but bloodless 
2
Veronica Guerin
Jami Bernard
It s hard to get behind a protagonist who keeps blundering ahead 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Terry Lawson
Slick but sincere 
3
Veronica Guerin
Roger Ebert
Cate Blanchett plays Guerin in a way that fascinated me for reasons the movie probably did not intend 
3
Veronica Guerin
Claudia Puig
Made gripping almost single handedly by Blanchett s superlative performance 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Shirley Klass
The most intriguing scenes are of the dealers and their henchmen 
2.75
Veronica Guerin
David Sterritt
Gains energy and credibility from skillful acting by a largely Irish cast 
3
Veronica Guerin
James Berardinelli
With this movie Cate Blanchett adds another fine performance to her resume 
3
Veronica Guerin
John Anderson
A good story told with the usual Jerry Bruckheimer Joel Schumacher glibness pseudo social concern 
2
Veronica Guerin
Jeff Strickler
Veronica Guerin is an inspiring biopic It just isn t much of a thriller 
2.5
Veronica Guerin
Michael Wilmington
Veronica Guerin succeeds as a memorial to a gutsy journalist who changed a country 
3
Veronica Guerin
Nick Schager
The film s laughably hokey and nave coda leads us to believe that as a result of Guerin s efforts drugs were forever banished from Dublin 
2
Veronica Guerin
Rob Blackwelder
you re provided with a visceral sense of why everyone in Ireland remembers where they were when they heard Veronica Guerin was killed 
3
Veronica Guerin
Ross Anthony
The film engages generally average 
2
Veronica Guerin
Walter Chaw
Fairly typical Schumacher fare in that it looks okay in an over processed sort of way tackles middlebrow concerns with a middlebrow squeamishness and sucks 
1
Veronica Guerin
Tony Toscano
a deep and meaningful film 
3.5
Veronica Guerin
Peter Travers
A well meaning but by the numbers biopic 
2
Veronica Guerin
Scott Nash
The remarkable story of a remarkable woman 
3.5
Veronica Guerin
Ian Mantgani
A big and glossy piece of crap that seems to be using the right tricks to get us teary eyed but hasn t got any heart 
1
Hurley
Roger Moore
Intriguing but arms length intimate documentary about a legendary racing driver who has lived most of his life in the closet 
2.5
Naples in Veils
Brent McKnight
The sensual gorgeously filmed psychological thriller roots around in the hidden corners of the titular city digs into long buried family secrets and weaves a tense noir inspired narrative trap as Adriana pursues the case and begins to unravel 
3.5
Cujo
Eric Henderson
Directed by Lewis Teague with less cinematographic flair than even the TV miniseries for Salem s Lot Cujo unfortunately demonstrates the difficulty in adapting King s shorter works 
2
Cujo
David Nusair
there s no denying that the sequences dealing with Cujo s assault on Wallace s cheap Pinto are extremely effective 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Jeanne Aufmuth
El Dorado is not striking or groundbreaking but it s accomplished enough 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Margaret A. McGurk
Gets by with a story that is good but not great not unlike the famous Road movies made 50 years ago by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Jeffrey Westhoff
In the few moments when the noise and the fast paced story subside long enough for a good look at the scenery the animation is impressive 
2
The Road to El Dorado
Liam Lacey
Engaging children s entertainment 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
James Kendrick
Certain scenes are good but visual wonder can only take a film so far especially when that visual wonder is becoming an expected component 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Robert Roten
Funny and harmless family entertainment 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Cornell & Petricelli
Sort of cute and at times funny this ultimately torpid story makes for safe but disengaging kiddy fare 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Ian Mantgani
It s such an entertaining children s movie because it gives the audience some credit 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Susan Wloszczyna
This is one Road whose gold apparently got paved over 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Steve Rhodes
A movie that s kind of cute but rarely anything more 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
David Keyes
It uses a new approach but lacks the energy and ambition to match breathtaking animation with an exciting story 
2
The Road to El Dorado
Jorge Avila Andrade
Su argumento es bastante dbil y esta estructurado tan pobremente que no logra empatizar con la audiencia
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Ross Anthony
The film s vivid wonder and wholesome story are sure to leave an impression 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Roger Ebert
Bright and zesty 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Lou Lumenick
The Road to El Dorado is well worth traveling with the kids though most adults will find it a somewhat less rewarding trip than DreamWorks last the The Prince of Egypt 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Marty Mapes
I expect to roll my eyes several times while the kids consume their dose of morality In contrast El Dorado skips the preaching and focuses more on the comedy 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Bob Bloom
Filled with potholes and ruts 
1.5
The Road to El Dorado
Rob Blackwelder
How Hollywood s animated filmmakers can continue to crank out pictures built on the same template year after year and have them continue to be even occasionally entertaining is something I ll never completely understand 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Michael Dequina
A film as easy to enjoy as it is to watch 
3
The Road to El Dorado
James Berardinelli
It does not represent engaging entertainment for parents as well as their children 
2.5
The Road to El Dorado
Jeffrey Wachs
Kline and Branagh create a camaraderie that fills the film with an infectious energy 
3
The Road to El Dorado
Susan Stark
Timid and flat 
2
The Road to El Dorado
Peter Stack
The animation is handsome but hardly stirring 
2
Rough Cut
Roger Ebert
It s fun it s slick and it s carefully put together but it s more of an exercise than an accomplishment 
2.5
King of the Hill
Bill Chambers
A political thriller in the sense that it s bound to polarize audiences 
3.5
King of the Hill
Christian Toto
King of the Hill targets our fear of someone having us in their sights 
3
The Man With the Iron Fists
Jeremy Wheeler
Kung fu fans will be happy that Iron Fists exists and is just as entertaining as they hoped it would be 
2.5
The Man With the Iron Fists
Linda Cook
Oh how The Man With the Iron Fists longs to be Kill Bill It isn t but its environments blood letting and martial arts along with an interesting score and soundtrack make no bones about its filmmakers being Quentin Tarantino devotees 
2
The Man With the Iron Fists
Michael Dequina
RZA s obvious and infectious affection for the genre carries the film past its equally obvious rough spots 
3
The Man With the Iron Fists
Ty Burr
Lunatic slipshod absurdly violent horribly acted and borderline incomprehensible 
1.5
The Man With the Iron Fists
David Nusair
nothing less than a misbegotten mess that frustrates and annoys more than it entertains 
1.5
The Man With the Iron Fists
Peter Howell
There s little happening here except slavish imitation and embarrassing hackwork 
1
The Man With the Iron Fists
Roger Moore
RZA is a terrible actor an incompetent narrator a mediocre writer and spatter paint by numbers director 
1
The Man With the Iron Fists
Kyle Smith
At 96 minutes it is exactly 93 1 2 minutes too long 
1
The Man With the Iron Fists
Austin Kennedy
For those of you who ve been looking forward to a totally awesome and crazy martial arts flick prepare to be epically disappointed Because this movie SUCKS 
.5
The Man With the Iron Fists
Steve Macfarlane
The chop socky wire fu scenes are beautifully choreographed but pretty crudely edited despite its gourmet neo grindhouse trappings the film won t bring the heat like you ve never seen before 
2
The Man With the Iron Fists
Scott Bowles
Goes a long way in demonstrating that a bad movie with big names is still a bad movie Just prettier 
1.5
World of Tomorrow
Josh Larsen
a morbidly witty retort to our continual quest for a fountain of youth 
4
The Wood
Liam Lacey
Choppy coming of age story 
2.5
The Wood
Margaret A. McGurk
A charmer a heartfelt memoir full of the buoyant good spirits and free wheeling fun that say American Pie never had 
3
The Wood
Rod Armstrong
It is unremarkable in every way save one the cast is African American 
2
The Wood
Ross Anthony
this film s spirit and charm overwhelmingly eclipse technical pops and sputters 
3
The Wood
Susan Stark
Since positive images of middle class black friendships and romance remain rare while gangster tales drugs and gang gunfire dominate the screen The Wood gets bonus points 
3
The Wood
Bob Graham
When will Epps who was in The Mod Squad get a picture worthy of his obvious talent 
2
The Wood
Wesley Morris
Part after school sex comedy part wedding blues slapstick part cornball friends are family moralization The Wood exists as a seldom represented American time capsule and it s all good 
3
The Wood
James Berardinelli
The Wood is a solid debut for director Famuyiwa 
2.5
The Wood
Roger Ebert
The growing up stuff is kind of wonderful 
3
The Wood
Jeff Vice
It s got heart and it s much smarter and funnier than you d be led to believe 
2.5
The Wood
Michael Dequina
By the film s final toast one feels as if they are indeed part of The Wood 
3
The Wood
Dustin Putman
It simply sits there motionless without any notable attributes to recommend or that are even worth mentioning It s unfortunate but it s the truth 
1.5
Confessions of a Burning Man
Moira MacDonald
Fails to convey what brings thousands of people to this place every year Guess you had to be there 
2
Confessions of a Burning Man
Megan Lehmann
It s more like a routine home video with arty pretensions 
1.5
Confessions of a Burning Man
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly routine and listless 
2
Confessions of a Burning Man
Steve Rhodes
One supposes and hopes that this celebration in the wilderness isn t as boring as the documentary about it 
1.5
Confessions of a Burning Man
Bill Picture
While Confession of a Burning Man manages to accurately capture the Burning Man spirit it falls just short of capturing the entire Burning Man experience 
3
Confessions of a Burning Man
Joe Brown
It s like being trapped at a fascinating party with a boring guide 
2
Becoming Redwood
Adam Nayman
There s a fine line between quirky and overbearing and Becoming Redwood keeps stumbling over to the wrong side 
1.5
10
Peter Canavese
10 s tossed off quality keeps it from greatness but it also distinguishes it from the great mass of contemporary comedies smoothed to a shiny edgeless formula Blu ray 
2.5
10
Roger Ebert
Blake Edwards s 10 is perhaps the first comedy about terminal yearning Like all great comedies it deals with emotions very close to our hearts 
4
Supersonic
Frank Ochieng
Feisty and unapologetic Oasis Supersonic impishly encourages a radical ride on Oasis symbolically aforementioned Champagne Supernova The feral Gallaghers would probably prefer you travel without any safety hats 
3
Supersonic
David N. Butterworth
Does exactly what it says on the tin 
3.5
Supersonic
Mark Caro
Supersonic boasts an ear blasting you are there immediacy utilizing a treasure trove of archival photos and footage to make you feel present 
3
Supersonic
Jeff Albertson
Offers a nostalgic glimpse back at a band that made lasting music and enjoyed massive success despite its own drug abuse and malfunction 
3.5
Supersonic
Brad Keefe
Oasis was just like a f cking Ferrari Great to look at Great to drive And it would f ckin spin out of control every now and again when you went too fast 
3.5
Supersonic
Rob Thomas
The brothers are unabashedly cocky and often very funny They may be jerks but they certainly are entertaining jerks And the most enduring testament to Oasis is that its success however short lived seems to humble even them 
3.5
Supersonic
Mark Dujsik
It comes across as a highlight reel commented upon by participants who aren t ready or willing to look at themselves or each other in a critical light 
2
Supersonic
Brian Tallerico
While Oasis Supersonic is never boring especially for fans it s also not quite deep enough to justify its narrow focus especially at its overlong running time 
2.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
David Lewis
One fascinating tribute 
3
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Ty Burr
Mostly A Man Within is a breezily stylized very enjoyable trot through the writer s life theme by theme era by era 
3
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Gerald Peary
Fairly disorganized in the telling and rather impersonally told by filmmaker Yony Leyser this documentary biography of the stone faced Beat author of The Naked Lunch is still worth seeing 
2.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The documentary persuasively argues that Burrough s most dangerous addiction might have been the refusal of love 
3
The Outsiders
Matt Brunson
What particularly sells this pensive if occasionally overwrought melodrama is the amazing collection of then rising stars 
3
The Outsiders
Walter Chaw
A devouring CinemaScope fever dream an homage to Robert Wise and Nicholas Ray that took its chief inspiration from the timeless backlit twilights of Gone with the Wind 
4
The Outsiders
Kyle Smith
A deeply strange film that gives 60s hoodlums the personalities of Care Bears and places them under constant attack from preppies in pastel sweaters 
1.5
The Outsiders
Peter Travers
Francis Coppola s revision of his 1983 film of S E Hinton s best seller The Outsiders is funny touching and revelatory 
3
The Outsiders
Roger Ebert
There s not much life in this movie or spontaneity It s a stylistic exercise 
2.5
The Outsiders
Steve Rhodes
like a Disney movie that might be titled Spin and Marty Get Serious 
2
On the Rumba River
Maitland McDonagh
Like The Buena Vista Social Club to which it has been compared the film s great strength is its performance footage 
2.5
On the Rumba River
Lou Lumenick
Delightful music alternates with too brief interviews with Wendo and his colleagues On the Rumba River cries out for narration to help viewers understand the tragic context of his life 
2
On the Rumba River
Rob Humanick
On the Rumba River illuminates a culture s means of political response via communal expression through music 
3
On the Rumba River
Kam Williams
The Kinshasa Social Club if you get my drift 
3
Blithe Spirit
Mattie Lucas
May be a trifle but it s a glorious trifle and features one of the great comedic roles in English theatre the medium Madame Arcati here memorably embodied by a deliciously batty Margaret Rutherford 
3
Blithe Spirit
Josh Larsen
almost too breezy 
3
Blithe Spirit
Matt Brunson
Blithe Spirit is beloved by so many people that I feel like a curmudgeon handing it a mixed review But when it comes to supernatural comedies starring Rex Harrison I much prefer Joseph L Mankiewicz s 1947 The Ghost and Mrs Muir 
2.5
Blithe Spirit
James Kendrick
While Coward s witty dialogue and pungent take on the mores of the British upper crust can t help but elicit some smiles as a whole Blithe Spirit feels like a film that is just going through the motions 
2
Vacationland
Maitland McDonagh
Though Verow attended the American Film Institute and has made more than a dozen shorts and features since 1994 his low budget gay themed films are characterized by phenomenal indifference to framing sound quality and performance 
1.5
Vacationland
V.A. Musetto
The autobiographical script meanders and the acting never solidifies Besides the leads look too old to be in high school maybe even college 
1
Vacationland
Ed Gonzalez
The film aspires to the splendor of The Living End and Totally F ed Up but Verow s passion and talent unlike Gregg Araki s is not equal to his ambition 
2
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Matt Brunson
Those with no investment in MMPR lore will find it tough going throughout 
1.5
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Steve Rhodes
As the picture finally ended I found myself musing about poor Amy Jo Johnson I wondered if when she was on the set she was hoping that some producer would see this show find her hidden talent and save her from having to do this anymore 
1
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Peter Stack
It s cheesy looking and convoluted and has as much character as a bus tire 
1
Halloween
David Gonzalez
The film set the standard for horror and the slasher film genre and is one of the most influential 44 imitated 44 and commercially successful independent films in history 46 
4
Halloween
Brian Eggert
Halloween is a cipher that moviegoers critics and film scholars have filled in with countless readings 
4
Halloween
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Halloween is still the best slasher in movie history 
3
Halloween
Mattie Lucas
Not just the gold standard for American horror but one of the greatest achievements in cinematic history 
4
Halloween
Federico Furzan
The beginning of the franchise is a masterpiece of horror which every aspiring filmmaker should see Full review in Spanish 
4
Halloween
Josh Larsen
most compelling as a metaphorical manifestation of Laurie Strode s sexual fears 
3.5
Halloween
David Nusair
Filmmaker Carpenter certainly does an effective job of immediately drawing the viewer into the proceedings 
3
Halloween
Dustin Putman
To call Halloween merely brilliant isn t giving it enough credit As a horror film and as a historical milestone that single handedly shaped and altered the future of an entire genre it s downright transcendent 
4
Halloween
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Halloween brilliantly uses its widescreen frame a lot of hand held camerawork and scary foreground and background action 
4
Halloween
Roger Ebert
Halloween is an absolutely merciless thriller a movie so violent and scary that yes I would compare it to Psycho 
4
Halloween
James Kendrick
Even after repeated viewings Carpenter s minor masterpiece holds up as a staunchly effective thriller that will always stand head and shoulders above the cinematic progeny it spawned 
4
Halloween
Walter Chaw
very possibly no other seminal seventies film not The Godfather not Star Wars perhaps not even Jaws has had a greater influence on popular culture 
4
Halloween
Phil Villarreal
flawless for what it is a completely immersive visceral dynamo of stylistic belly jiggling and spine shivering 
4
Halloween
James Berardinelli
Halloween remains untouched a modern classic of the most horrific kind 
4
The Theatre Bizarre
Mark Jenkins
These elements may be shocking and even bizarre But like a lot of midnight movie provocations they soon turn predictable 
1.5
The Theatre Bizarre
Chris Hewitt
Absent anything scary or even shocking the only question is why Enola sticks around for all six shorts Or why the filmmakers think we would 
1
Punishment Park
Jeremiah Kipp
Punishment Park is told in the pseudo documentary style that defines most of the obscure body of work by British filmmaker Peter Watkins 
4
In the Blood
Chris Knight
Most of the dialogue consists of Where is my husband And for variety Tell me where my husband is 
2
In the Blood
John Semley
The closed quarters combat crackles with bone shattering believability And that s really all that matters 
3
In the Blood
Brian Tallerico
In the Blood is a dull piece of nonsense that makes one feel bad for straight to DVD staples like Treat Williams Danny Trejo and Luis Guzman 
1
In the Blood
Stephen Whitty
This isn t much more than a straight forward get the baddies action flick 
2.5
In the Blood
Steven Rea
In the Blood is generic B movie fare bloody and alas increasingly dumb 
2
In the Blood
Tom Keogh
There is an odd even creepy undercurrent in Ava s backstory that is both repellent and underdeveloped as an idea 
2
In the Blood
Mark Jenkins
As is typical of the genre the plot gets sillier as it unfolds while the violence gets gnarlier 
2
In the Blood
Dann Gire
Emoting isn t the star s strong suit Neither is delivering dialogue with conviction when the director isn t Soderbergh 
1.5
In the Blood
Drew Hunt
Aside from being another rote addition to the revenge film canon John Stockwell s In The Blood is also a supreme waste of Gina Carano s talent 
1
In the Blood
Glenn Lovell
Carano s newlywed with a dark past 8210 think Jeanne Moreau in The Bride Wore Black meets Michelle Yeoh kicks some serious butt One of the best payback thrillers since Death Wish and First Blood 
4
A River Runs Through It
Peter Stack
The film shimmers with grace and visual beauty 
4
A River Runs Through It
Robert Roten
A very unusual Hollywood movie it is literary and it has a heart of gold 
3
A River Runs Through It
Roger Ebert
Redford and his writer Richard Friedenberg understand that most of the events in any life are accidential or arbitrary especially the crucial ones and we can exercise little conscious control over our destinies 
3.5
A River Runs Through It
James Berardinelli
This has the feel of something genuine sweet touching and sentimental 
3.5
A River Runs Through It
Chris Hicks
This is a movie that is not only highly entertaining but will remain etched in the memories of audience members for some time to come 
4
Spoor
Tom Meek
The cinematography by Jolanta Dylewska and Rafal Paradowski captures the snowy woodlands in stark aesthetically composed and contrasted frames 
3
Spoor
Ty Burr
I t s well worth a look 
3
Spoor
Tomris Laffly
Holland s cinematic mastery charges every frame of her misty mud ridden and chilly to the touch film with the grandeur and ominous aliveness of the nature that surrounds Duszejko s world 
2.5
Spoor
Katie Walsh
A wildly entertaining eco feminist crime caper anchored by a winning lead performance from Agnieszka Mandat
4
Spoor
Mick LaSalle
Any Agnieszka Holland movie is worth seeing even if Spoor isn t up to the director s best 
3
Spoor
Rania Richardson
SPOOR is an environmental thriller that brings justice to animal abusers by veteran Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland Europa Europa Darkness and her daughter Kasia Adamik 
4
Spoor
Chuck Bowen
Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik s Spoor is a tree hugging animal loving film with a stinger in its tail 
3
Kichiku: Banquet of the Beasts
David Nusair
best partial decapitation since Bad Taste 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kevin Carr
It s what it needs to be for a Diary of a Wimpy Kid flashback 
2.5
The Last Good Time
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An approach that is this acutely aware of itself is clearly limited when it comes to spontaneity But it s part of Balaban s achievement that he never overshoots his mark 
3
The Last Good Time
Roger Ebert
The movie is worth seeing I think for Mueller Stahl and for the blunt outspoken charm of Lionel Stander 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Wesley Lovell
It 8217 s a film of unique and divergent opinions that remain heavily debated 25 years after its initial release 46 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Brian Eggert
Ghost in the Shell is part of a long tradition of science fiction films that consider the limits of humanity technology and the potential for consciousness within an artificial intelligence
3
Ghost in the Shell
Gene Siskel
The drawing style is remarkable in a story that reveals a Japanese preoccupation with roboticized culture and hard edged sexuality 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An excellent science fiction story that has a lot to say about human nature Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell
Marty Mapes
Surprisingly less interesting than its sequel
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Susan Tavernetti
Adds an intriguing philosophical dimension to the cyber thriller genre 
3
Ghost in the Shell
James O'Ehley
Its animation is so rich in meticulous and sumptuous detail that it blows previous Japanese landmarks like Akira simply out of the water 
4
Ghost in the Shell
Rob Blackwelder
It s the ideal movie for animee virgins and will be a hit with the medium s hardcore fans too 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Barry Walters
If you try focusing on the plot particulars Ghost is frustrating and despite the gunfire not entirely dramatic But as a piece of dark art it s substantial and successful 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Laura Evenson
Mamoru Oshii s direction deftly merges gritty realism with a dreamlike quality 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed its visuals its evocative soundtrack including a suite for percussion and heavy breathing and its ideas 
3
Twisted
Bob Bloom
Muasaya gives up on that premise a little more than halfway through 8220 Twisted 44 8221 so the only detail left is the figure out who else will be killed and who will survive 46 
1
Twisted
Roger Moore
It apos s not helped along its merry way by clumsy plotting 44 slack direction and stiff performances 44 which seem more amateurish the further away from the leads that you get 46 
1
Agora
Mattie Lucas
Feature s a truly gorgeous sweeping score by Oscar winning composer Dario Marianelli filled with soaring choirs and massive crescendos Had the film shown the same kind of epic emotional fervor as its music it would have been a great film indeed 
2
Agora
Rene Rodriguez
All brain no heart 
2
Agora
Chris Foran
A landscape where heart and head can collide in a great fury and when the world felt like it could go one way or the other 
2.5
Agora
Rob Thomas
Just preaching to the choir even a secular choir isn t enough 
2
Agora
Chris Hewitt
It s not perfect but it s not like any other movie in theaters now 
3
Agora
Ann Hornaday
Agora Alejandro Amenabar s absorbing historical drama proves that in an era of movies made for iPhones with artistic ambitions to match there are still filmmakers willing to swing for the fences 
3
Agora
Peter Hartlaub
An interesting but often frustrating effort by the director of The Sea Inside who proves that ambition and talent aren t enough to ensure a compelling drama 
2
Agora
Tom Keogh
A strikingly physical as well as thoughtful drama 
3.5
Agora
Steven Rea
Agora is entertaining and even at times illuminating 
2.5
Agora
Ty Burr
It s still more than watchable thanks to the ministrations of a talented director Spain s Alejandro Amenábar but the togas seem to have brought out the stiff declamatory earnestness in everyone 
2.5
Agora
Brett Michel
We re but tiny specks in the cosmos a point Alejandro Amenábar drives home via nigh omnipresent powers of 10 shots 
3
Agora
Roger Ebert
I went to see Agora expecting an epic with swords sandals and sex I found swords and sandals some unexpected opinions about sex and a great deal more 
3
Agora
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The balance tilts away from characters and mystery toward messages 
2.5
Agora
Michael Phillips
With fire in her eyes and the riddle of the solar system in her brain Weisz struggles in fleshing out a historical character well worth a movie though frustratingly sketchy as written here 
2
Agora
Jennie Punter
This lavish Spanish production begins to plod after a brisk lively first half 
2
Agora
Linda Barnard
The biggest problem is that Gil and Amenábar haven t been able to make the script hold together and there are times especially with the love triangle when things veer into the cheesy 
2.5
Agora
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a cycle of deranged depravity all done in the name of God Gods and Goddesses everyone certain in their beliefs and just as certain in their right to show no mercy to those who do not believe the same 
3
Agora
Robert Levin
It s possible to admire the grand sweeping ambitions poured into the production of Agora without having much use for the movie itself 
2.5
Agora
V.A. Musetto
There are a few exciting battle sequences and the sets are lavish but mostly the film meanders aimlessly for more than two hours No wonder new sword and sandal movies are in short supply 
1
Agora
Simon Abrams
A pointless spectacle that champions free thinking intellectuals over violent zealots while ineffectually appealing to the same uncontrollable emotions it condemns 
1.5
Agora
David Nusair
terminally uninvolving virtually from start to finish 
1
The Moustache
A.S. Hamrah
Carrère shows how a minor change can make the world a different place how it disappears under our feet without our noticing how glimpses into little truths can make the people around us seem hostile and ultimately drive us mad 
3
The Moustache
Michele Kenner
A mind bending treat adapted by director Emmanuel Carrère from his novel 
3.5
The Moustache
John Monaghan
What the movie lacks visually it makes up for with the performances especially by Lindon who leads us on a journey we want to stick with even if we can t fully understand 
3
The Moustache
Chris Hewitt
It s a brief simple film that never overreaches but if you re into it it raises fascinating questions about identity 
3.5
The Moustache
Michael Phillips
An absorbing riddle posed in cool matter of fact tones 
3
The Moustache
Ruthe Stein
I found it mesmerizing from beginning to end 
3
The Moustache
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As intelligently as Carrère handles this material giving it just the right hint of distance and ambiguity La Moustache tends to drift toward the mechanisms of the thriller 
2.5
The Moustache
Steven Rea
An intriguing study of identity marriage and perhaps madness 
3.5
The Moustache
Wesley Morris
Leaps from a gripping identity thriller into a strange yet equally involving adventure about the bounds of self knowledge and the incredible liberty of disregarding them 
3.5
The Moustache
Tom Keogh
A profound allegory about the tension between isolation and intimacy 
3.5
The Moustache
Amy Biancolli
Spins an agitated mystery well beyond its minimalist starting point offering up giant questions about sanity and identity on its trip from the bathroom mirror 
3
The Moustache
Glenn Whipp
Carrere playfully adapts his own novel for his feature debut and makes the interesting decision to show the film s events entirely through Marc s perspective 
3
The Moustache
Ken Fox
Director Carrere re creates the insane mind through his camera and diffuses his point about subjective experience by inadvertently raising questions about truth and the movies 
3
The Moustache
V.A. Musetto
La Moustache the first feature by novelist Emmanuel Carrere begins as a comedy but grows darker and darker by the frame It s like a Hitchcock thriller filtered through the mind of Austrian firebrand Michael Haneke who gave us Cache 
3
The Moustache
Jack Mathews
La Moustache dissolves into a meandering annoyance that takes us from Paris to Hong Kong and back again 
2
The Moustache
Ed Gonzalez
The film is an unpretentious blank slate almost totally without point but so unassuming it earns consideration 
2.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Dustin Putman
Tyler Perry means well but there is no denying that all of this would work far better on daytime television 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
Kam Williams
A Tyler Perry tour de force 
4
Madea's Family Reunion
LaTonya Taylor
Although his work isn t high art and is occasionally problematic he s telling stories that aren t often told And for that this black woman can t be too mad at him 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
John Beifuss
It s interesting that nobody ever connects the dots between Madea s frequent corporal punishment of children which is presented as instructive comedy and the abusive grownups who function as Perry s villains 
2.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Christy Lemire
At times it feels as if Perry made three separate films dumped them in a blender and hit the puree button 
1.5
Madea's Family Reunion
James Hill
Is Madea a postive move You bet Positively insulting to anyone who s graduated middle school and read at least one book since 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
Ruthe Stein
Family Reunion doesn t know if it wants to be a comedy or a drama and ends up as mostly a melodrama with scenes that would be embarrassing on a soap opera 
1
Madea's Family Reunion
Lisa Rose
Goodwilled Sure Good filmmaking Lord no 
1
Madea's Family Reunion
Kyle Smith
Too bad the story is so predictable and the big wedding scene in which women dressed as angels dangle from the church ceiling strumming harps is cornier than an Orville Redenbacher factory 
1.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like horror flicks or family films Tyler Perry s Madea movies based on his enormously successful plays are a genre unto themselves which means one thing Either you are going to see them or you are not and no review will change your mind 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
Matt Pais
Madea s Family Reunion does an amateur job of addressing valid issues of love faith and independence 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
Chris Jones
A generally enjoyable mess 
2.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Wesley Morris
Some parts of Tyler Perry s new movie are better than others and all of it is better than Diary of a Mad Black Woman his last one 
2.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Paul Schrodt
Trapped in the closet fittingly describes Tyler Perry s lurid melodrama in which characters repeatedly stumble onto others dark secrets during living room chats 
1.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Frank Ochieng
Reunion plays like some dizzy minded daytime drama that s complete with transparent pesky personalities wrapped up in a numb sermonizing of faith and fruitless frolic 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
Jennie Punter
Anyone curious about all the fuss surrounding Perry is advised to track down a DVD of one of his stage productions Madea his big mama is not working on the big screen 
.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Maitland McDonagh
The film is too long and its tone is disconcertingly uneven but Perry never betrays or condescends to his characters He agonizes with their unhappiness and rejoices in their victories 
2.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Gene Seymour
There s a ragged road show texture to Madea s Family Reunion which along with the rest of the movie would be easy to dismiss if one didn t suspect that it might be calculated 
2.5
Madea's Family Reunion
Geoff Pevere
I m just not on the guest list 
2
Madea's Family Reunion
Dan Fienberg
Madea is meant to be a communal experience But a critic s job isn t to judge how a movie plays in an ideal viewing It s to look at the movie Madea is dismal 
1.5
Broken City
Brian Eggert
Not much of anything works in Broken City 44 making the title more than apt 46 
1.5
Broken City
Nour Habib
The movie is thoroughly entertaining But it is entertaining in a way that though you enjoy each scene on its own after it s over and you think of the work as a whole you can t help but be less than impressed 
2.5
Broken City
Linda Cook
Some corrupt politicians will stop at nothing to be elected 
2
Broken City
David Nusair
a perfunctory and distressingly forgettable piece of work 
2.5
Broken City
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite its talent Broken City is an unremarkable film Soon enough most everyone will forget about it It s not Chinatown 
2
Broken City
Mark Dujsik
What the movie lacks and desperately needs is personality 
1.5
Broken City
Peter Keough
To paraphrase Roman Polanski s masterful noir it s not Chinatown 
2
Broken City
Rex Reed
Most of the roles are so ambiguous you end up scratching your head in the final reel and some of the loose ends are so irrelevant they seem to have ended up on the cutting room floor 
2
Broken City
Rob Salem
Did these people or even these people s people not bother to read the script first 
1
Broken City
Perry Seibert
If you need a pithy Twitter ready review for Broken City it would be Forget it Jake it s not Chinatown 
2.5
Broken City
Lisa Kennedy
It is not that Broken City boasting a cast worth big expectations is bad exactly But it is deeply mediocre When they say television dramas are getting the better of the movies this is the sort of middling outing that proves it 
2
Broken City
Connie Ogle
Broken City is one of those movies in which characters keep reminding you that nothing is what it seems and sure enough there s more going on here than mere infidelity But the audience is hard pressed to follow exactly what it is 
2
Broken City
Stephen Whitty
A more than pleasant change from the month s parade of horror films and trash comedies 
3
Broken City
Lou Lumenick
There s rarely a believable moment 
2
Broken City
Stephanie Merry
You may want to account for low expectations but the crime drama Broken City turns out to be much better and funnier and more suspenseful than both trailer and release date portend 
2.5
¿Y Cómo Es Él?
Mike McGranaghan
Cleverly melds cringe comedy with emotional resonance 
3
SLC Punk
Matt Brunson
The characters quickly wear out their welcome 46 
2
SLC Punk
Roger Ebert
Matthew Lillard s performance dominates the film and he does a subtle tricky job of being both an obnoxious punk and a kid in search of his direction in life He s very good 
3
SLC Punk
Dustin Putman
An assured first feature from Merendino a filmmaker whom I look forward to his next film from 
2.5
SLC Punk
Michael Dequina
Would be all sound and fury without a strong center and the film does have one in Lillard 
3
SLC Punk
Elias Savada
a moderately enjoyable scourging of red necks and Ronald Reagan 
2
Before the Rain
Carrie Rickey
In this triptych of inhumanity Manchevski answers that finally man s humanity is as immutable as his violence And that finally love is a given that keeps on giving 
3.5
Before the Rain
Dave Kehr
We ll have to wait for Manchevski s next feature to know whether he s an artist or a shrewd entertainer In the meantime Before the Rain is one of the more worthy efforts of the season 
3
Before the Rain
Michael Wilmington
It shakes you up the way many other notable foreign language film debuts once did films like Breathless The 400 Blows or Knife in the Water 
4
Before the Rain
David Sterritt
Most of the characters are two dimensional embodiments of commonplace attitudes and few of the narrative developments gather much momentum 
3
Before the Rain
Gene Siskel
An important new director announces his arrival 
4
Before the Rain
Dan Webster
Manchevski leaves us with too many unanswered questions most of them involving the very time and space that these characters seem to inhabit all at the very same time 
2.5
Before the Rain
Jeremiah Kipp
What it loses in novelty and subtlety it makes up for in its earnest depiction of love and individual human decency in the face of societal cruelty 
3
Before the Rain
Emanuel Levy
Dealing with the Balkan wars this ambitious and compassionate art film interweaves three stories one set in London that contrast the calm beauty of the Macedonian landscape with the harowing violence that erups within its borders 
3
Before the Rain
Leonard Schwarz
After beginning with a powerful presentation of the destruction of our humanity that ethnic struggles bring Manchevski shifts his focus to a self indulgent and self congratulatory hero who acts as if the answer to war is attitude 
2.5
Before the Rain
James Berardinelli
If there s one weakness in Before the Rain it s that despite an ambitious story beautiful cinematography convincing acting and a powerful message character development is surprisingly feeble 
3
Before the Rain
Steve Rhodes
The cinematography is spectacular in the outdoor scenes The editing on the other hand was terrible 
2.5
Before the Rain
Roger Ebert
This is one of the year s best films a brilliant directorial debut for a young man named Milcho Manchevski 
4
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Roger Moore
God this guy sucks Swardson And Bucky 
1
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Linda Cook
Putrid and completely unfunny Bucky Larson Born to Be a Star is a torturous exercise for a viewer I can t count the times I wanted to walk out of this ghastly excuse for a movie Still I stayed with it I just couldn t bring myself to leave 
0
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Betsy Sherman
Swardson just doesn t rise to the occasion apparently hoping that enormous buck teeth and a Dutch Boy wig will do the acting for him 
1.5
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Tom Russo
Swardson and the gang generally opt for silly over edgy and outrageous but Bucky is just too dashed off a character for the movie to get by on that 
1
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Scott Nash
The worst Saturday Night Live sketch movie ever made that was never actually a Saturday Night Live sketch 
.5
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Rob Humanick
You may or may not laugh but at least you ll be closer to death and no better for it 
1
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Dustin Putman
Blatantly silly and a bit bland Bucky Larson Born to Be a Star is better than its low rent trailer might have suggested but not by enough to warrant a full recommendation 
2
Madras Cafe
Danny Bowes
The most shocking thing about it is how dull it is 
1.5
Silver City
Steve Rhodes
A lifeless production that s underwritten and overcast it s preachy and just plain dull 
2
Silver City
John Beifuss
Sayles should switch to television because each new movie now resembles a pilot episode for an HBO series 
2
Silver City
Claudia Puig
Though there s nothing wrong with moral outrage it doesn t always aid the telling of a complex story More subtlety might have worked better 
2.5
Silver City
Sean P. Means
Sayles may be after the big picture of poisonous politics in Silver City but it s the small strokes like Dreyfuss that bring it to life 
3
Silver City
Jeff Vice
This is Sayles least coherent and certainly least satisfying film in quite some time 
2
Silver City
Rick Groen
Long windy diffuse in its message and blunt in its satire 
2
Silver City
Walter Chaw
Tilting at windmills with dull ripostes 
1.5
Silver City
Marty Mapes
Characters inhabit different movies and the trademark Sayles complexity seems forced not organic
1.5
Silver City
Joshua Tanzer
Sayles has made many movies like this and they ve ranged from genius Lone Star to just average City of Hope Silver City falls in between 
3
Silver City
Moira MacDonald
The movie s so crowded the story becomes strangled and the political message Sayles is clearly aiming for loses its bite But it s worth seeing if only for Cooper s performance 
2
Silver City
Ruthe Stein
Wildly uneven 
2
Silver City
Joe Baltake
A juicy political lampoon that may be too close to reality for certain people to find amusing 
3.5
Silver City
Pam Grady
The movie deserves to be seen for Danny Huston He s that good 
3
Silver City
Robert W. Butler
Aside from those moments of broad satire there s not much there there 
2
Silver City
Eric Harrison
Silver City has a detective plot important themes clever lines and a passel of intriguing characters but they re not put together in a way that holds your interest 
2
Silver City
Michael Booth
A terrible disappointment 
1
Silver City
Ty Burr
If there s one thing Sayles has proved he s not gifted at over his long respected career it s comedy 
1.5
Silver City
Duane Dudek
Less a freshly hatched and cohesive pre election polemic than a dramatically reheated survey of recurring concerns and themes from his past films 
2
Silver City
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It clearly hasn t occurred to anyone to try to say something new about these issues instead we re reassured that we re in known territory 
1
Silver City
Megan Lehmann
Sayles unabashedly partisan film moseys along in an unhurried fashion encompassing myriad story lines yet taking the trouble to fully develop each of its many characters 
3
Silver City
Roger Ebert
Sayles shows how lives can be unexpectedly connected how hidden agendas can slip in under the radar how information can travel and wound or kill 
3.5
Silver City
Paul Sherman
Sayles fails to turn his Moore like outrage over the state of the nation into entertaining or interesting fiction 
2
Silver City
Bob Strauss
Silver City gets so tied up in underhanded plots and plot complications that it never really goes anywhere 
2.5
Silver City
Jack Mathews
Heard a good movie lately John Sayles Silver City is one you might try 
3
Silver City
Josh Larsen
dull yet hectoring political drama 
1.5
Silver City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very much worth seeing for Cooper s rendition of a puppet caught in a sinister political system as well as for its memorable shocker of an ending 
3
Silver City
Rob Blackwelder
The most deadpan dead on sharply focused political satire in recent memory 
3
Silver City
Glenn Lovell
This is an if the shoe fits non partisan attack on the whole crummy self perpetuating System And as such it s a whole lot more disquieting 
3
Silver City
Terry Lawson
Compared to City of Hope the director s fine state of the American city drama this seems overpopulated and scattershot 
2
Silver City
Steven Rea
The storytelling is slack and lackluster the cliches rampant 
1.5
Silver City
David Sterritt
Leaving aside Huston s bland acting and a few other flaws Sayles s politically charged drama raises a rousing number of issues and ideas inviting us to ponder them and draw our own conclusions 
4
Silver City
John Anderson
Sayles wants to win our minds and maybe our hearts but once again he ignores the seduction process 
2
Silver City
Jeff Strickler
With more than 20 major speaking roles this is an ambitious project by Sayles indie standards He handles that dimension of the project deftly Where he bites off more than he can chew is in trying to make two movies into one 
2.5
Silver City
Connie Ogle
A thought provoking and searing portrait of a country foundering in greed and cynicism no longer a land of dreams but a nightmare of lapsed ethics and stinking moral rot 
2.5
Silver City
Chris Hewitt
A satire that s as subtle as a bulldozer 
1
Silver City
Phoebe Flowers
A pretty good film that will likely feel dated by the next presidential election 
2.5
Silver City
Robert K. Elder
Instead of tracing character paths Sayles sacrifices solid storytelling in favor of forwarding a political and environmental ideology 
2.5
Silver City
James Berardinelli
It doesn t pretend that politics and business are decoupled that the little guy can pull off the upset or that the bottom line is anything other than money It s refreshing albeit grim to see a movie that s not afraid of telling these truths 
3.5
Silver City
Erik Childress
Sayles strives for the Chinatown of modern political movies and winding up with an unfocused mishmash of his earlier efforts 
2
Silver City
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sayles reigns in his large and talented cast and keeps the loose ends from strangling his narrative 
3
Silver City
Peter Canavese
A pastiche of Chinatown and the deeply sarcastic ensemble satires of Robert Altman Cooper s English mangling version of George W is a certified hoot
3
Silver City
Peter Travers
Cooper has a ball with the role 
3
Silver City
Ed Gonzalez
More expository than the lovely fragile Sunshine State the slow burning Silver City may be equally spare but has none of its southern comfort 
2
Silver City
Dustin Putman
A hit and miss affair commendable for its intricate unpredictable storytelling but frustrating that it all adds up to a poof of smoke and a wink at the viewer 
2
A Far Off Place
Peter Stack
A handsomely photographed but troubling new Disney film 
2
A Far Off Place
Roger Ebert
While Walkabout found adequate material in the wonder of nature and the enormity of the young peoples experience A Far Off Place plugs into the tired conventions of violence in order to flesh out its plot 
2
Urok
Alex Nelson
The talented Margita Gosheva grippingly plays an assertive hardworking honest heroine but that s all she ll do here Following her static white knuckled strain is compelling but not exactly a delight 
2
Urok
Farran Smith Nehme
The script s mordant humor only makes Nade s situation feel more bleak 
3
Urok
Joe Leydon
A spare stripped to essentials drama about economic stress and mounting desperation that should resonate with a wide range of international audiences 
3.5
Urok
Chuck Bowen
The film ultimately understands poverty as a profound and often irreversible desolation of terra firma 
3.5
The Broadway Melody
Wesley Lovell
Mediocre performances and poorly constructed musical numbers are the low points in this modestly interesting all talking all singing production 
2
The Broadway Melody
Scott Nash
Without taking the historical context into account it would be impossible to imagine that it won the Best Picture award It surely must be the most frivolous film to ever hold that honor 
2.5
The Broadway Melody
James Berardinelli
The Broadway Melody has not stood the test of time in ways that many of its more artistic contemporaries have 
2
Silo
Glenn Kenny
The shooting is picturesque the acting overbaked 
2
Silo
Mark Dujsik
S creenwriter Jason Williamson and director Marshall Burnette seem to scramble for conflict and purpose in this story 
2
Silo
Roger Moore
Finely detailed sharply observed a quietly gripping thriller wrapped in tragedy
3
Carter & June
Kam Williams
An overplotted mess that throws everything but the kitchen sink up on the screen 
1
Carter & June
James Berardinelli
The film fails on countless fronts but two bob to the top the sophomoric humor is too broad to generate laughter and not a single character in the ensemble is sufficiently developed for viewers to care about 
1.5
Watermarks
Jeff Vice
That the film is watchable is largely due to the women any of whom could have been the subject of a better considerably more focused film 
2.5
Watermarks
Susan Walker
Zilberman s storytelling is a little jumpy but his documentary is a fitting tribute to seven women whose strength of mind and character as much as their physical prowess was developed by the organization that ensured their survival 
2.5
Watermarks
Liam Lacey
Modest moving and intelligently assembled 
3
Watermarks
Moira MacDonald
His film both reverent and affectionate has at its heart a story that richly deserves the telling 
3
Watermarks
Laura Kelly
The film s denouement is one of triumphant symbolism as the women return to Vienna for a swim in their former pool There are no medals given for this reunion but it s definitely one that deserves a cheer 
3
Watermarks
Marta Barber
A touching film providing a glimpse into yet another hidden story about the history of European Jews before the arrival of the Nazis 
3
Watermarks
James Verniere
One of the most amazing aspects of this film is how many of the octogenarian plus swimmers have survived after first fleeing post Anschluss Austria for the four corners of the world 
3.5
Watermarks
G. Allen Johnson
It seems that some stories especially those that study human nature are universal 
3.5
Watermarks
Wesley Morris
The images of them swimming together after all those years are beautiful and a little holy They look like angels in the water 
3.5
Watermarks
David Sterritt
Not a great movie but contains fascinating historical material 
3
Watermarks
Debra Birnbaum
A moving poignant tale about triumph in the face of the unthinkable 
3
Watermarks
Jami Bernard
As documentaries go Watermarks is nothing special But the women who inhabit it are sensational 
2
In Search of Beethoven
Jeremy Eichler
Tells the story of its subject in a clear accessible and gimmick free manner while still preserving or perhaps even cultivating a core sense of wonder at the creative monuments he bequeathed to us all 
3
In Search of Beethoven
Shaula Clark
An intriguing portrait of the man as a hopeless romantic a smack talking punk a sickly individual tormented by his deafness and thoughts of suicide and an eternal optimist 
3
In Search of Beethoven
Joshua Kosman
In Search of Beethoven trudges through the composer s life and works pausing along the way for the usual smorgasbord of talking heads and performance clips The results are shapeless drab and mostly predictable 
1
In Search of Beethoven
Evan Williams
There are too many snippets of music too many talking heads too little to define that great arc of the composer s life and spiritual development But no one who cares about the man and his music will miss it For that I give credit to its subject 
3
In Search of Beethoven
Philippa Hawker
Beethoven s creative life with all its achievements cannot easily be reconciled with the image of a difficult solitary figure shadowed by depression Grabsky to his credit doesn t try to make one life fit the other but manages to illuminate both 
3
In Search of Beethoven
Paul Byrnes
As good as the film is Beethoven remains mysterious He refuses to roll over so to speak 
4
In Search of Beethoven
Gavin Bond
Despite its excessive length this reverential doco will enthuse fans historians and even those like yours truly whose familiarity with Beethoven is limited to the opening strains of his 5th Symphony 
3.5
In Search of Beethoven
Rob Humanick
After the monotonous guide through history that was In Search of Mozart Phil Grabsky s follow up plays like a much needed shot of adrenaline to the brain 
3
In Search of Beethoven
V.A. Musetto
What made Ludwig such a great musician The documentary In Search of Beethoven directed by Phil Grabsky answers that question reasonably well 
3
Captain Blood
Brian Eggert
Captain Blood is a bold 44 swashbuckling adventure 46 
4
Captain Blood
Tom Meek
A classic swashbuckler from Flynn whose charisma and star power remains eternally bright 
3
Captain Blood
Nick Schager
Not nearly as exciting as 1940 s The Sea Hawk but a sturdy first swashbuckling foray for Flynn 
3
Knuckle
Mike Scott
An extraordinarily compelling and hard hitting portrait of two Irish families and their decades old bare knuckled feud 
3.5
Knuckle
Jason Buchanan
A compelling and occasionally disturbing documentary shot over the course of 12 years and covering too many conflicts to count 
3.5
Knuckle
Kyle Smith
Palmer s film is brutally compelling to look at as the lads get down to face rearranging but it also carries a lot of tragic historical freight 
3
Knuckle
Bill Weber
A documentary of bareknuckle fights among feuding Irish Traveller clans can t give the participants self perpetuating dead end rivalry the scope of tragedy 
2
The Grief of Others
Matt Zoller Seitz
An unusual and involving if sometimes demanding and difficult movie 
3
The Grief of Others
Peter Canavese
While the subject matter amounts to standard fare audiences can all the more appreciate the thoughtful rigor applied by a team of artists working from page to screen 
3.5
The Rep
Mike McGranaghan
Fascinatingly up close and personal It serves as a forceful reminder that we should never let the moviegoing experience die 
4
Triumph of the Spirit
Jeffrey Lyons
If this sounds depressing and difficult to endure well it is But it is also a gripping powerful movie with performances as forceful as the screenplay 
3
Triumph of the Spirit
Ryan Murphy
Triumph is spooky and it is winningly effective that way 
3
Triumph of the Spirit
Roger Ebert
Blinded by the fact that the story is based on a man s life that it actually happened the film seems to assume that the message is in the very accuracy itself But at the end we feel confused and unsatisfied 
1
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Duane Dudek
Every film is a balance of style and storytelling the ideas explored and the medium used to express them 
3
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Alison Gang
A delightful set of films spanning genres styles and the globe in just one outing 
3.5
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Steven Rea
A strong field of Oscar contenders 
3.5
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Peter Hartlaub
The Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2012 lack the consistency of last year s group 
2
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Lou Lumenick
There are three separate annual compilations of Oscar nominated shorts with the animation reel always more popular than the live action and documentary offerings 
3.5
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Michael O'Sullivan
This year s Academy Award nominees in the category of animated short film feel notably old fashioned quaint even 
2.5
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Ty Burr
While there are few genuine knockouts the 2013 crop is an improvement over last year 
3
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Chris Hewitt
I liked all five of the animated shorts 
3.5
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Betsy Sherman
The roster of animated shorts is strong 
3
2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Roger Moore
See the showcase of animated shorts pick your favorite to root for Oscar night I m pulling for Adam and Dog 
3
The Voice of the Moon
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The film s visual organization perhaps owes more to lyrical poetry than to narrative prose at least in the excuses it uses for getting from one thing to another 
2
The Color Wheel
Josh Larsen
Altman and Perry manage a teasing banter that s true to most brother sister relationships while also hinting at an additional edge 
3
The Color Wheel
Christopher Gray
The Color Wheel requires a brand of empathy mainstream audiences are unaccustomed to but rewards it with nearly revolutionary insight 
3.5
The Color Wheel
Jeff Shannon
The Color Wheel partially recalls the scathing audacity of The Graduate some 45 years ago 
3
The Color Wheel
Michael Dequina
The film s out of nowhere shock value conclusion suggests that Perry and Altman were really at a loss as to how to tie everything up 
2.5
The Color Wheel
Christy Lemire
It s a defiant uncompromising statement in every way 
3
The Color Wheel
Walter V. Addiego
We re no doubt intended to find a relationship between the climax and the darkly comic misadventures that make up most of the film but Perry declines to connect the dots for us 
2
The Color Wheel
Wesley Morris
Perry should be commended and encouraged You now just want to see where else he can take that fidgety iconoclasm 
3
The Color Wheel
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Much like the work of generational cohort Michael Robinson Alex Ross Perry s films are steeped in a viscous cultural past 
4
The Color Wheel
Peter Keough
I liked this film better when it was The Puffy Chair 
1.5
Longtime Companion
Roger Ebert
Longtime Companion is about friendship and loyalty about finding the courage to be helpful and the humility to be helped 
3.5
Squared Love
Roger Moore
Inane
1.5
As Above, So Below
Brian Eggert
Fulfilling its B movie requirements with ample jolts and tension throughout 44 the low budget production boasts a diverting storyline and some fun 44 cheap thrills for casual late night viewers 46 
3
As Above, So Below
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 filming in Paris 8217 actual catacombs gives the movie an undeniably spooky aura and oppressive claustrophobia 46 
2.5
As Above, So Below
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Its success depends on the way it s presented to fully develop tension as well as on a sensation of collective terror Full review in Spanish 
2.5
As Above, So Below
David Keyes
I have seen dozens of these queasy cam vehicles in my 18 years as a writer of film and so few of them ever surpass the limitations of their technique This is one that carves out a spot in the upper tiers 
3.5
As Above, So Below
David Nusair
A typically underwhelming found footage horror flick 
2
As Above, So Below
John Beifuss
Scarlett a pretty young archeologist who favors allowing her sweater to slip coyly off one shoulder to expose a fashionable bra strap while she s vandalizing ancient relics may be the year s most absurd movie character 
2.5
As Above, So Below
Kam Williams
A harrowing tale of survival revolving around an endearing heroine every bit as brainy as she is resourceful 
2.5
As Above, So Below
Simon Abrams
As Above So Below is novel enough to be worth the price of admission but you ll think twice before getting back in line for a second visit 
2.5
As Above, So Below
Mike McGranaghan
As a movie so it blows 
1
As Above, So Below
Bruce DeMara
While the film has a reasonably engaging cast and some decent scares the script feels like an uneasy blend of The Blair Witch Project and Tomb Raider 
2
As Above, So Below
Mark Dujsik
As Above So Below earns its trek into the supernatural realm by creating a sense of dread for the natural one 
3
As Above, So Below
Claudia Puig
As forewarned so avoid 
1
As Above, So Below
Willie Waffle
Abandon hope all ye who enter here
0
As Above, So Below
Dustin Putman
Delivering a more riveting journey than ultimate destination the film excels as a fantastical thick tensioned mood piece with an eye for the deliciously preternaturally unknown It also happens to be damn scary 
3
As Above, So Below
Roger Moore
More headache inducing than hair raising
1.5
As Above, So Below
Ed Gonzalez
The film predictably alternates in scaring its characters by tapping into their deepest fears and having them rub shoulders with the relics of a past that insists on being undisturbed 
2
Nine Lives
David Nusair
46 46 46 an uncommonly tedious piece of work in which Hilton apos s less than engaging performance proves to be its least problematic attribute 46 
1
Nine Lives
Sara Michelle Fetters
What Wright Penn does here is almost unfathomable This is in many ways the performance of the entire year and it doesn t even last long enough to the fill the running time of a television sitcom 
3
Drought
Richard Propes
The film s real revelation is Owen Scheid a young actor with autism making his feature film debut 
3
Sankofa
Mal Vincent
Although the limited budget dictates that the film be photographed largely in close up the director transcends such limitations to make this a meaningfully mood piece 
3
Sankofa
Ty Burr
It s a film that seems ancient and wise 
4
Sankofa
Robert Daniels
A visually enrapturing movie 
4
Sankofa
Roger Moore
A gem a landmark of indie cinema and a benchmark on the storytelling road between TV s Roots and the Oscar winning drama 12 Years a Slave 
3
Walt & El Grupo
Andrew Schenker
Whatever glamour theres to be found in this Yanks below the border venture is imperfectly conveyed to the audience because of a scarcity of suitable archival material 
1
Walt & El Grupo
David Nusair
a niche effort that has little to offer all but the most ardent of animation junkies 
.5
Walt & El Grupo
Robert W. Butler
Above all else the film is a treasure trove of fantastic archival material much of it never before shown 
3
Walt & El Grupo
Mick LaSalle
The production values are first rate But you will wait in vain to hear a good reason for this movie s existence 
1
Walt & El Grupo
Roger Ebert
At a time when Hollywood doesn t remember last year is obsessed with the bottom line and is run by men who often have no sense of history Walt El Grupo evokes a better time 
3
Walt & El Grupo
Joe Williams
While skimming over the troubled waters of impending war and ongoing labor unrest it s both a vicarious vacation and a crash course in animation 
3
Walt & El Grupo
Chris Foran
You get a taste of what the Disney group went through and saw and you see how that work translated into rough sketches and designs 
2.5
Walt & El Grupo
John Hartl
Thomas may need more distance from the subject Walt El Grupo could shed about 20 minutes but there s no questioning his sincerity or his instinct for revealing anecdotes 
3
Walt & El Grupo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The trouble is that there s no real drama here Walt is painted as a kind benevolent soul whose very presence gave a lift to the poor citizens and their dreary lives below the equator 
2.5
Walt & El Grupo
Claudia Puig
While Walt El Grupo could use trimming it also is visually stunning 
3
The Boy Friend
TV Guide Staff
THE BOY FRIEND is a sincere celebration of the musical from a camp point of view And let it be said Russell discovered Tommy Tune many years before Broadway did 
3
The Boy Friend
Roger Ebert
Even when he s not deliberately doing Berkeley takeoffs Ken Russell s camera is so joyless that it undermines every scene 
2.5
Runaway Train
David Nusair
a periodically effective yet predominantly tedious misfire that squanders a seemingly foolproof setup 
2
Runaway Train
Matt Brunson
A rare quality credit for The Cannon Group 
3
Runaway Train
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a great simple story and in the history of action movies ought to be considered alongside Die Hard and Speed 
4
Runaway Train
Janet Maslin
The nihilism and the vicious intensity of Mr Voight s performance here are entirely different from anything else he has done on screen it s a shame those qualities emerge in such a vigorous but disjointed film 
2
Runaway Train
James Berardinelli
Runaway Train belongs to a rare genre the intelligent thriller 
3.5
Runaway Train
Roger Ebert
Runaway Train is a reminder that the great adventures are great because they happen to people we care about 
4
Night in Paradise
Roger Moore
Pitiless riveting 
3
Ever Since the World Ended
Maitland McDonagh
The mockumentary conceit gives a vivid immediacy to the material and the PAL digital video cinematography is often surprisingly lyrical 
3
Ever Since the World Ended
Nick Schager
A science fiction tale shares a deep fascination with the logistical and psychological dilemmas arising from society s breakdown 
3
Ever Since the World Ended
Ross Anthony
Wow The acting is fantastic I was mesmerized by these performances Strong direction as well However I don t think they add up well in the format of feature length film 
2
Sister of the Groom
Mark Dujsik
Sister of the Groom is torn between serving as a gimmicky comedy and an incisive character study and those two elements never quite come together 
2.5
Sister of the Groom
Roger Moore
Write this one off as a nice try and too bad about the laryngitis Ms Silverstone 
2
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
David Nusair
a minor improvement over its nigh disastrous predecessor 
2
Sleep Furiously
Roger Ebert
Sleep Furiously is a lovely film but maddeningly complacent 
3
Sleep Furiously
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A paean to the dignity of ritualized traditions that aims for poetic calmness but more often smoothes its subjects into deliberately emblematic somnambulism 
2.5
Sleep Furiously
Doug Knoop
This film is best taken as a visual ode to an all but forgotten way of life 
3
The Sterile Cuckoo
Roger Ebert
The Sterile Cuckoo is not as good as it should have been because it lacks consistency of tone But parts of it are awfully good and Miss Minnelli is one hell of an actress 
3
Without the King
Ken Fox
An intelligent but incomplete feeling documentary 
2.5
Without the King
V.A. Musetto
Without the King is a fascinating documentary about a little known African tyrant King Mswati III of Swaziland a country the size of New Jersey with a population of 1 1 million 
2.5
Without the King
Kam Williams
Bio pic about the last reigning monarch on the continent governing just about the only sub Saharan nation untouched by civil war or ethnic cleansing despite the world s lowest life expectancy at 31 
4
Without the King
Kam Williams
We re supposed to buy the idea that the Swazis will be saved by Africa s answer to Paris Hilton Yeah right Proof positive that despotism and decadence comes in all colors 
4
Without the King
Ross Anthony
Despite its lack of fair balance the piece is absolutely compelling and makes a point that is far more universal than any one country 
3
At Berkeley
Rob Thomas
At Berkeley is an epic watch but you certainly come out of there feeling like you ve learned a lot 
3.5
At Berkeley
Bill Stamets
At Berkeley earns credit for documenting a distinctly articulate community 
3
At Berkeley
Michael Phillips
The fragility of public education looms in the background of every scene but as always Wiseman proves a wizard at shutting up and listening and learning 
3.5
At Berkeley
Mick LaSalle
A film is not just about intent It is also an experience and this is where At Berkeley becomes an iffy proposition 
2
At Berkeley
Moira MacDonald
Anyone who cares about documentary filmmaking or about the state of public higher education will find themselves quietly dazzled by the picture Wiseman paints here in small dabs 
3.5
At Berkeley
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was going to make a joke about how after four hours of At Berkeley I deserved my own honorary degree But instead of book learning this movie is more about life learning 
3.5
At Berkeley
Matt Zoller Seitz
If you re willing to go where Wiseman takes you and on his terms it might feel like a late career near masterpiece 
3.5
At Berkeley
Kyle Smith
If only everything were interesting 
2
At Berkeley
Andrew Schenker
The crisis that looms over every minute of the film s four hours is the ongoing threat and increasing actuality of budget cuts 
3.5
100 Days to Live
Brian Tallerico
100 Days to Live gets over some sketchy writing through sheer momentum and the power of a charismatic performance from its leading lady 
2.5
100 Days to Live
Federico Furzan
A fantastic action thriller that will leave you speechless with its powerful portrayal of a conflict with twisted morals 
4
High Tech, Low Life
Mark Feeney
High Tech Low Life not a good title has a nice easy rhythm It feels neither hurried nor emphatic 
2.5
High Tech, Low Life
Kalvin Henely
As far as its subject matter goes the doc only scratches the surfaces only reaffirming the simple idea that Internet censorship in China is prevalent and unfair 
2
Social Hygiene
Carson Lund
Compellingly and surprisingly the film doesn t propose an entirely celebratory view of our accountability seeking present 
3.5
The Return
Randy Myers
The Return does suffer from a cut the corners budget but there s talent here and Verot does the absolute most with what he is given 
2.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Michael Phillips
Stranded is remarkable documentary filmmaking unflinching and full of unlikely grace 
3.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Steven Rea
A tale of horror heroism unimaginable physical challenges and yes cannibalism Stranded offers the kind of real life drama that can t help but bring up notions of God fate and nature s imposing will 
4
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
John Hartl
Stranded is a magnificent achievement a true nonfiction epic that makes its predecessors seem puny What were the Academy Awards voters thinking when they recently rejected it from this year s documentary competition 
3.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Chris Hewitt
Suspenseful and powerful 
3.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Austin Kennedy
It s more disturbing than a fiction film could get If you love true life survival stories this is the ultimate one Unbelievable 
3.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Ty Burr
Can you call a movie feel good if it includes an aviation disaster a deadly avalanche and human cannibalism That s the paradox of the grueling yet ultimately exhilarating Stranded 
3.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
V.A. Musetto
So powerful is Stranded that when the lucky few finally make their way back to civilization you feel as thrilled as if they were your own loved ones 
3.5
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Kam Williams
An uplifting tale of triumph over nature and a moving tribute to the indomitability of the human spirit 
4
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Micah Towery
The film s care in telling the story produces a real sense of condemnation for the invasiveness of the media after the survivors return 
3.5
Life According to AGFA
David Nusair
uniformly amateurish 
.5
Burnt by the Sun
Mal Vincent
In its emotional involvement it reaches a rare cinematic level of tragic grandeur 
4
Burnt by the Sun
David Sterritt
Deep historically revealing unforgettable 
3
Burnt by the Sun
Steve Rhodes
I generally don t like slapstick comedy and this movie was no exception 
1
Burnt by the Sun
Roger Ebert
Burnt by the Sun was not the best of the nominated foreign films Before the Rain deserved to win and is not even very original 
2
Encino Man
David Nusair
watchable yet somewhat disappointing 
2.5
Encino Man
Chris Hicks
This is every bit as insipid as it sounds but it s also surprisingly innocent and has a most unexpected sweetness 
2
The Interval
Chris Cabin
Visually the film has a near delicate look to it but the characters are so broadly etched that they evaporate within Leonardo di Costanzo s sunlit environs 
2
Straight to VHS
Roger Moore
Torres 8217 film has moments when it 8217 s a fun man hunt movie 46 46 46 But as each and every on camera interview rambles on 46 46 46 a nagging feeling overwhelms the non Lamas cultist that Torres has never answered question one 46 10 10 8220 Why is this guy worth hunting down 44 again 63 8221 
2
Millennium Bugs
Roger Moore
Think 8220 American Graffiti 8221 and 8220 High Fidelity 8221 in terms of themes and genre 44 without the wit 44 budget 44 or cast to pull that off 46 
1
The Specialist
David Nusair
46 46 46 the movie remains watchable enough from start to finish due mostly to a smattering of compelling set pieces and Woods 8217 perpetually spellbinding performance 46 46 46 
2.5
The Specialist
Ted Prigge
A totally dull story that thinks it can use various explosions to make it interesting The Specialist is about as exciting as an episode of Dragnet and about as well acted 
1
The Specialist
James Berardinelli
This movie is excruciatingly dumb 
1.5
The Specialist
Roger Ebert
The Specialist is one of those films that forces the characters through torturous mazes of dialogue and action to explain a plot that is so unlikely it s not worth the effort 
2
The Specialist
Chris Hicks
A bizarre mix of explosions histrionic acting and ridiculous plotting and it isn t pretty 
0
T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous
David Wiegand
It veers wildly from being very funny to sounding like a stoner s meandering journey through topics only he finds funny to stuff you d expect to hear from a 12 year old 
3
Loveless
Michael Phillips
Watch for director Serry he is a genuine talent with a sidewinding sense of humor and an affection for his characters 
3
Loveless
Diego Semerene
Its aesthetic and narrative references feel gratuitous and flat as Loveless can never match the sensibility of its cinematic muses 
1.5
Loveless
Roger Ebert
Andrew is played by Andrew von Urtz in his movie debut and is played so easily and convincingly that you not only believe such a person might exist but that you are probably looking at him 
3
Beyond the Night
Roger Moore
An earthy rural thriller about blood and kin Winter s Bone with a supernatural twist rather than a meth addiction one
2.5
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Peter Canavese
Charles Dickens unfinished novel receives a somewhat mediocre but fairly entertaining treatment in this Kino Lorber Studio Classics blu ray highlighted by a strong central performance by Claude Rains 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
David Nusair
Tyler seems like she would be more at home playing a tomboy 
1
One Night at McCool's
Mark Dujsik
Once the gimmick has worn out its welcome the movie makes misstep after misstep until a final shootout of baffling stupidity 
1.5
One Night at McCool's
David N. Butterworth
An odd fish this although there s no denying the conviction the ruby lipped temptress Liv Tyler brings to washing a car 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
James Kendrick
has energy but as a farce it falls flat because it has no tone and no center
1.5
One Night at McCool's
Michael Dequina
Much like how Liv Tyler s beauty is softened by the affectless drone of her voice the film s stylish flash is made less inviting by some dullness in design 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
Wesley Morris
Feels like a needless thankless charmless shout out to the 80s rock video 
0
One Night at McCool's
Pam Grady
Has moments of inspired dark hilarity 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
Roger Ebert
It is so busy with its crosscut structure and its interlocking stories that it never really gives us anyone to identify with 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
Rob Blackwelder
The movie is certainly amusing but it s uneven 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
Michael Wilmington
Clever dark and juicy 
3
One Night at McCool's
Steve Rhodes
An uneven and fairly forgettable comedy that produces only sporadic laughter 
2.5
One Night at McCool's
Jeanne Aufmuth
Loses steam early on as the result of a jumping bean plot 
2
One Night at McCool's
Ross Anthony
burns like the sun through magnifying glasses and sets smoldering a hot spicy funny story full of unexpected twists INTERVIEWS 
3
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Michael O'Sullivan
Although this latest documentary is in large part simply more of the same stuff we saw in the earlier films there s also a lot of background material here about Servin and Vamos that makes this outing a bit more interesting 
2.5
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Dan Schindel
The Yes Men Are Revolting eludes serious interaction with these ideas and charges straight for pat reassurance 
1.5
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Nick Allen
Who said that a political film can t be sweet too In its grandest triumph The Yes Men Are Revolting is an activist doc inspired by more than just its topical issues 
3
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Soren Andersen
Laughing at the apocalypse is hard work 
2.5
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Kyle Smith
It s a tiresome preachy repetitive disorganized and dismally unfunny attempt to appeal to Michael Moore fans 
1
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Oleg Ivanov
The Yes Men show that while reality might get lost in this struggle the truth does occasionally emerge from the chaos 
3
The Yes Men Are Revolting
Kent Turner
Who would have thought that the funniest moments at the Toronto International Film Festival would revolve around climate change and activism 
3.5
Lonely Hearts
Maitland McDonagh
Hayek is a standard issue femme fatale damaged on the inside but flawless on the surface 
2.5
Lonely Hearts
Peter Travers
When Hayek and Leto are onscreen you do not look away 
2.5
Lonely Hearts
Jim Hemphill
Their amorality isn t presented in a conventional manner it s depicted in an unremarkable matter of fact style that makes it all the more realistic and all the more unsettling 
3
Lonely Hearts
Stephen Whitty
It s with the focus on the police though that the script fails to truly connect 
2.5
Lonely Hearts
Lou Lumenick
A rather plodding movie 
2
Lonely Hearts
Elizabeth Weitzman
Oddly sterile 
2
Lonely Hearts
Bob Strauss
While writer director Robinson may have known and loved a key character he hasn t really figured out a good way to bring his story to life 
2.5
Lonely Hearts
Gene Seymour
Strongly focused when it comes to atmosphere But it strains too hard to contain its disparate plot elements 
2
Lonely Hearts
Dan Callahan
One more dip into the tin eared neo noir well 
1.5
Tuesday, After Christmas
Mattie Lucas
A slow burner but the final payoff is extraordinary leaving the characters before grappling with their inner turmoils before embarking on a very tough road 
3.5
Tuesday, After Christmas
V.A. Musetto
Marital infidelity is hardly a new cinematic topic But this film is far from cliched thanks to the literate script and a trio of sensitive performances 
3
Tuesday, After Christmas
Nick Schager
Muntean s obsessive gaze might border on the emotionally exploitative were it not accompanied by deep empathy for the plights of all involved 
3.5
Monuments
Richard Roeper
Monuments is at times grounded at times almost hallucinogenic and always smart and entertaining 
3
Monuments
Peter Sobczynski
A tedious and unfulfilling exercise in sentimental quirk 
1.5
How to Grow a Band
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The movie is unsurprisingly devoted to peddling up and comer Chris Thiele as something daring something new 
2
Duelle: Une Quarantaine (Twilight: A Quarantine)
Elliott Stein
Duelle is the sort of bad bad movie which gives good bad movies a bad name Wild horses mounted by Jonathan Rosenbaum could not get me back to see it again 
1
The Guilt Trip
Phil Villarreal
Rogen s deadpan misery meshes well with Streisand s oblivious idiocy making the laughs roll in 
3
The Guilt Trip
David Nusair
It s a familiar yet promising setup that s employed to curiously subdued effect by filmmaker Anne Fletcher 
2
The Guilt Trip
Robert Levin
There are bad movies There are BAD movies And then there s The Guilt Trip 
0.5
The Guilt Trip
Matt Brunson
If this Streisand vehicle isn t quite as disastrous as Jane Fonda tethering her mid 2000s comeback to projects co starring Lindsay Lohan Georgia Rule and Jennifer Lopez Monster in Law it s not an occasion for celebration either 
1.5
The Guilt Trip
Perry Seibert
While it doesn t break new ground it will play well for all those who appreciate Streisand or want to be reassured that their adult children still love them 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
James Adams
To its detriment The Guilt Trip opts to work gently on the heart rather than hard on the funny bone 
2
The Guilt Trip
Peter Canavese
Silly and nice basically unfunny but basically innocuous mdash so as satisfying as your average leftovers 
2
The Guilt Trip
Betsy Sherman
Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand make a snappy comic duo in this road movie about a tetchy mother son relationship 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
Connie Ogle
The Guilt Trip is clearly targeted at older audiences less than receptive to the crude jokes that made Seth Rogen famous 
3
The Guilt Trip
Stephen Whitty
It takes more than a few wrong turns And once you ve reached the end you have no urge to ever do it again 
2
The Guilt Trip
Roger Moore
It s everything you d expect in a mother son road trip comedy starring the profane Rogen and the smart mouthed diva Streisand And less 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
R. Kurt Osenlund
Mothers and sons deserve an amiable comedy they can share but this one is faulty long before the requisite freeway breakdown 
2
The Guilt Trip
James Berardinelli
It doesn t take every predictable detour but it takes enough that the movie never ceases to feel overly familiar 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
Phil Villarreal
The mental and emotional torture Rogen endures translates to comic bliss His sacrifice is filmdom s gain 
3.5
The Guilt Trip
Cathy Jakicic
The pairing of Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand certainly sounds promising and to a large extent the promise is realized But not quite 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
Ty Burr
The Guilt Trip is tripe but it s tripe that knows its audience Seriously take your mother It ll be a mitzvah 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
Austin Kennedy
This movie takes absolutely zero chances It s one of those safe middle of the road movies that conservative Uncle Fred who sees 2 movies a year can recommend to you during Thanksgiving Thanks Fred 
1.5
The Guilt Trip
Willie Waffle
If you see The Guilt Trip and don t immediately call your Mommy you are almost not human 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
Gary Thompson
The shackles the script places on Rogen don t help his performance he s low on energy mumbles a great deal and delivers many of his lines while staring at his shoes 
2
The Guilt Trip
Ann Hornaday
A lifeless comedy about an overbearing mother and her exasperated adult son 
1.5
The Guilt Trip
Chris Hewitt
The premise sounds formulaic but the movie transcends the formula because of the spontaneous obviously affectionate byplay between Streisand and Rogen 
3
The Guilt Trip
Steven Rea
Are we there yet 
2
The Guilt Trip
Kyle Smith
No movie should credibly simulate the experience of being stuck in a car with Barbra Streisand for eight days Not unless it s being billed as a spine tingling tale of modern horror 
2
The Guilt Trip
Mark Dujsik
A n experiment in seeing how long a movie can present a series of awkward situations before the entire affair seems awkward in and of itself 
2
The Guilt Trip
Claudia Puig
Embarrassing dreck masquerading as comedy 
1.5
The Guilt Trip
Dustin Putman
Airy fare but Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand are just about as perfect as perfect can be together believably playing son and mother in all of its hair pulling but ultimately reassuring intricacies 
2.5
The Guilt Trip
Moira MacDonald
Some movies are all about chemistry and The Guilt Trip has enough to fill a lab 
3
The Guilt Trip
Mick LaSalle
Something rare a warm and insightful comedy about a mother and her grown son 
3
The Guilt Trip
Linda Barnard
The Guilt Trip is like getting rice pudding for dessert it s sweet simple and will do when you can t get anything else 
2
The Guilt Trip
Kristin Tillotson
It s the entertainment equivalent of a good roadside diner meal No big belly laughs but quite a few chuckles No catharsis but some really sweet moments 
3
The Guilt Trip
Michael Phillips
It s formulaic but sweet in its way 
3
The Guilt Trip
Frank Lovece
Despite some funny offhand moments The Guilt Trip doesn t jell I almost feel guilty for saying that 
2
The Guilt Trip
Matt Pais
Sweet and adult enough to admit that even a parent s unsolicited advice is often good just the same 
2.5
Old Gringo
Matt Brunson
Truthfully it isn t as bad as its reputation registering less as an out and out disaster and more as a missed opportunity 
2.5
Old Gringo
Roger Ebert
There is a potentially wonderful story at the heart of Old Gringo but the movie never finds it the screenplay blasts away in every direction except the bulls eye 
2
Yellow Rose
Jake Coyle
Yellow Rose sings an affecting sorrowful and defiant song where dreams collide with a cruel reality 
2.5
Yellow Rose
Mike McGranaghan
Eva Noblezada is the real deal someone we instantly care about want to follow and endlessly root for 
3
Yellow Rose
Carlos Aguilar
Paragas strings too many variables on the story most of which require a more thorough inquiry than they get 
2.5
Yellow Rose
Joe Friar
Immigration and country music collide as Broadway star Eva Noblezada and Austin based musician Dale Watson deliver terrific feature film debuts 
4
Yellow Rose
Mark Dujsik
A s sincere as the movie is about each part of its two sided tale Yellow Rose never brings them together in a satisfactory or impactful way 
2.5
Yellow Rose
Sarah Hagi
What we are left with is a true and honest account of how quickly the lives of millions change overnight 
3.5
Yellow Rose
Roger Moore
It taps into our need to see that there are decent people out there even in the South even in the most conservative corner of music fandom 
2.5
Yellow Rose
Katie Walsh
An affecting portrayal of a young woman finding her footing against all odds and claiming her home in a nation that makes it unduly challenging 
3
We Are Your Friends
Max Weiss
Efron is a natural and likeable presence on screen and has proven to be a pretty decent actor in films like Hairspray and The Paperboy But the problem with regularness is that in the wrong hands it s kind of dull 
2
We Are Your Friends
Charles Bramesco
In the line of succession for Channing Tatum s throne as Hollywood s go to charismatic bro type Efron s still pretty far down 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Linda Cook
An enjoyable movie about music maturity and relationships We Are Your Friends is a little offbeat That s because it s set in the club community of California
3
We Are Your Friends
Burl Burlingame
There is a howling deadness at the heart of Friends however it lies in the charisma challenged relationship of Zac Efron s Young DJ and Emily Ratajkowski s Hot Girlfriend 
1
We Are Your Friends
Brian Truitt
A plethora of beats drop but little else of note musical or otherwise happens in the Zac Efron DJ fest We Are Your Friends 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Christy Lemire
It s the perfect one last blast movie for the end of summer 
3
We Are Your Friends
Christian Toto
Is it a comedy A coming of age film A cautionary tale A romance These Friends can t make up their minds 
2
We Are Your Friends
Scott Renshaw
The buzz of restless energy in co writer director Max Joseph s movie at times keeps it from finding a groove but it certainly captures the Millennial uncertainty at its center 
3
We Are Your Friends
Mike McGranaghan
We Are Your Friends has an undeniably nice beat but it never hits the magic tempo that is so vital in getting everyone to euphorically groove 
2
We Are Your Friends
Stephen Whitty
It all ends exactly the way you knew it would although not as soon as you d like 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Willie Waffle
OK but delivering pretty visuals trumps the need for development and true emotion and that includes the actors 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Laura Beeston
If you suspend your disbelief for some of the weaker plot points and unnecessary use of the c word the film is palatable 
2.5
We Are Your Friends
James Berardinelli
If you find yourself in an auditorium watching We Are Your Friends there s no need to get up and leave On the other hand there s no compelling reason to be put in that position in the first place 
2.5
We Are Your Friends
Richard Roeper
We Are Your Friends is one of the worst titles of the year and the trailer was just awful The actual product is a step up squarely in land of Below Average 
2
We Are Your Friends
Ty Burr
We Are Your Friends is a drama set in the electronic dance music scene and starring Zac Efron and yes that sentence just canceled itself out 
2
We Are Your Friends
Molly Eichel
Who is this movie for Is it aimed at women who will be drawn to Efron with his cut body and brow furrowed just so in order to feign depth It s hard to justify that when the movie seems to have no respect for women at all 
1
We Are Your Friends
Mark Dujsik
We Are Your Friends tells a routine story but it tells that story with flashes of insight and admirable conviction 
3
We Are Your Friends
Jon Niccum
We Are Your Friends will probably date faster than most movies there can t possibly be a genre more disposable than electronic dance music 
2
We Are Your Friends
Chris Knight
Maybe I m getting old and cranky but I like my fictional characters to earn their redemption moments 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Ben Sachs
Like its protagonist a 23 year old DJ from the San Fernando Valley the coming of age story We Are Your Friends is sentimental eager to please and full of energy 
3
We Are Your Friends
Peter Howell
The cast is uniformly good especially Efron and Bentley as collaborators on the dance floor but rivals in the bedroom 
2.5
We Are Your Friends
Caitlin Moore
By the end the original bits fade as easily as one song bleeds into another 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Peter Hartlaub
When it sticks to the music which is about 50 percent of the time We Are Your Friends is a success And when it strays to matters of love friendship and loss the film is predictable slow and jarringly contrived 
2
We Are Your Friends
Glenn Kenny
Friends shouldn t let friends pay money to see We Are Your Friends 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Peter Travers
Wes Bentley s DJ tells Zac Efron s wannabe that the ideal EDM track would work up the heart rate of the crowd to 128 beats per minute This movie never even gets us to break a sweat 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Soren Andersen
Efron is excellent in the central role sensitive and confident with his movie star good looks shown to best advantage in his moments of repose 
3
We Are Your Friends
Kyle Smith
We Are Your Friends is a study in intoxicants drink drugs youth and Emily Ratajkowski All four are potentially dangerous yet nearly impossible to leave alone 
3
We Are Your Friends
Christopher Gray
As Zac Efront s Cole tiptoes away from his past the film keenly observes a character who doesn t know how to secure his future or his identity 
2.5
We Are Your Friends
Roger Moore
A musical romance about tying beats per minute techno music to a dancer s heartbeat It flatines 
1.5
We Are Your Friends
Katie Walsh
Injects a throbbing beat and fresh style into a classic coming of age tale but all the electronic dance music and formal experimentation can t keep it out of the mire of a well worn narrative 
2.5
We Are Your Friends
Randy Myers
There s a good movie to be made about the DJ club scene We Are Your Friends with Zac Efron is not it 
2
We Are Your Friends
Matt Pais
Sweetly retrieves the EDM genre from the artificiality of elbow throwing bros and emoji hearts It s life as mash up idealism fighting to survive against adversity 
3
We Are Your Friends
Peter Canavese
Does not miss its chance to blow Every bit a screenwriter s idea of what it takes to make it while accidentally cultivating the pervading sense that real DJs would laugh their asses off at this movie and its endless dopey brodowns 
1
Definition Please
Joshua Axelrod
This is a self assured amusing dramatically honest film and Day proves herself to be an adept triple threat to keep an eye on 
3
Definition Please
Randy Myers
Day and Rajan make you care deeply about both of their vulnerable and flawed characters 
3
Definition Please
Mike McGranaghan
Definition Please is one of those relentlessly charming slice of life movies that are always fun to discover 
3
Gods of Egypt
Brian Eggert
Summit Entertainment s absurdly staged sword and sandal epic features a laughably silly script derivative plotting and despite no established audience or recognized source material on which it s based boasts a hefty price tag of 140 million 
0.5
Gods of Egypt
Kevin A. Ranson
Not funny enough to laugh at not pretty enough to look at and not serious enough to care Like what the devil were they thinking bad 
0
Gods of Egypt
Sean P. Means
Gods of Egypt wraps a cheesy storyline within yards of gaudy spectacle 
2
Gods of Egypt
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not an outright disaster this is still as massively perplexing a misfire as any likely to see a release this year 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
David Nusair
The downward trajectory of Alex Proyas output reaches a new low with Gods of Egypt 
2
Gods of Egypt
Matt Brunson
Proyas stated that his film was influenced by Lawrence of Arabia but it plays more like Lawrence of Nintendo with impersonal and often unconvincing effects doing their best to bury the campy proceedings 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
John Beifuss
An overall aura of unpretentious mytho il logical goofiness doesn t quite compensate for the digital tedium that is the defining aesthetic of this odd sword and sorcery would be blockbuster 
2
Gods of Egypt
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The film does not even serve as some kind of guilty pleasure for the simple fact that it is boring Full review in Spanish 
1
Gods of Egypt
John Hanlon
Gods of Egypt is an over the top superficial and flashy drama It s also a lot of fun 
3.0
Gods of Egypt
John Serba
It s with a quiet sad desperation that one yearns for the doofus almost charm of a Brendan Fraser movie but this is where Gods of Egypt leaves us 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
James Berardinelli
If one is going to make special effects the focus of a movie they need to be good special effects and that s not the case here Proyas ideas are never fully translated from imagination to screen 
2
Gods of Egypt
Barbara Vancheri
Definitely not one for the gods or the ages in 2 D or 3 D 
1
Gods of Egypt
David Berry
A feckless fantasy 
1
Gods of Egypt
Peter Travers
What raises Gods of Egypt above all other historically botched FX epics is the stupefying schlock of its visual effects they re like something out of Video Aps for Dummies Come back Clash of the Titans all is forgiven 
0
Gods of Egypt
Josh Terry
Gods of Egypt is much more interested in spectacle than substance which would be great if its spectacle were more substantial 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
Michael Smith
This is a movie for 10 year olds and mouth breathers 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
Katie Walsh
The movie most likely to be airbrushed onto the side of a van 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
Mark Dujsik
Everyone is doing their own thing and none of it fits together 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
Kyle Smith
The Battlefield Earth of sword and sorcery movies 
1
Gods of Egypt
Dustin Putman
It s a goofy adventure no more and no less 
2
Gods of Egypt
Christian Toto
We proudly present the Beastmaster for the 21st century 
2
Gods of Egypt
Phil Villarreal
Everyone is an Aussie with Donald Trumpish orange spray tan and a forced British accent 
1
Gods of Egypt
Brad Wheeler
It s hard to take it all nearly as seriously as the actors including a braided pony tailed top god playing Geoffrey Rush in a spaceship do 
2
Gods of Egypt
Soren Andersen
See it if you dare 
1
Gods of Egypt
Peter Howell
An ungodly jumble of a mortals versus deities rumble placed in the time before the pyramids were tourist attractions 
1.5
Gods of Egypt
Drew Hunt
Its virtues as throwback don t elide the foolhardly decision to imprint an ancient mythology on a contemporary superhero framework 
1
Gods of Egypt
Rick Bentley
Gods of Egypt is the most epic sun and sand disaster since Elizabeth Taylor almost broke 20th Century Fox with her 1963 film Cleopatra 
0.5
Gods of Egypt
Rafer Guzman
If it didn t make you constantly wonder whether some actors are standing closer to the camera than others Gods of Egypt might pass muster as an occasionally lively and frequently campy B movie 
2
Gods of Egypt
Mick LaSalle
Butler charges around flexing his muscles and growling maybe throwing in a few snarls and snorts and he s nothing but boring He s the best thing in the movie 
0
Gods of Egypt
Michael Phillips
Call it Clash of the Whitans and call it a folly that doesn t have the energy or delirium to qualify as entertaining crap It s just crap 
1
Gods of Egypt
Matt Zoller Seitz
After a point this proudly silly film about gods and mortals in ancient Egypt devolves into an sword and sorcery flavored riff on a weak Marvel movie 
2
The Journey
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Journey does not claim to be historical fact but that doesn t make the creatively intelligent fiction it muses on any less fascinating 
3
The Journey
Josh Terry
It s a little heavy on exposition and drags a bit as it goes along but director Nick Hamm s effort makes for a thoughtful take on a pivotal moment in recent history 
2.5
The Journey
Brad Wheeler
The bit of MI 5 chicanery behind the whole plot is a tad silly but the sparring of Spall and Meaney is just worth the 94 minute investment 
2.5
The Journey
Mark Dujsik
It s bunk 
1.5
The Journey
Linda Barnard
The dialogue swings between quick and banal as the chipper McGuinness tries to crack the self righteous stoic Spall is brilliant Paisley 
2
The Journey
Stephanie Merry
Every element of the movie feels fabricated from the stilted conversation to the all too convenient obstacles the movie keeps throwing in the path of progress including a flat tire an empty gas tank and an implausible detour to a church 
2
The Journey
J. R. Jones
The Journey functions primarily as a hopeful story of people overcoming their differences but it also looks at how each man rationalized his own role in the endless violence 
3
The Journey
David Lewis
Even if the construct seems a tad forced the winning performances make the excursion worthwhile 
3
The Journey
James Berardinelli
The movie contains some tremendous individual scenes but the whole isn t better than the sum of its parts and in the final analysis it s a little disappointing 
2.5
The Journey
Peter Keough
A platitude laden sermonizing and artless episode of The Odd Couple 
1.5
The Journey
Sheila O'Malley
The real life version of how these two mortal enemies became so close that they were referred to in the press as The Chuckle Brothers is way more interesting than the imagined version presented in the film 
1.5
The Journey
Mike McGranaghan
A riveting and even inspiring look at two prominent adversaries who came together to do what was right Magnificently accomplished performances from Spall and Meaney 
3
The Journey
Kenji Fujishima
Paisley and McGuinness s intellectual back and forth is rendered so compellingly that one wishes the filmmakers didn t feel a need to resort to a surfeit of momentum killing plot contrivances 
2
The Journey
Roger Moore
Wonderfully acted and just whimsical enough to make this fantasy riff on the Irish Peace Process go down easily 
2.5
When the Whales Came
Roger Ebert
Loving the whales and loving this movie are two different enterprises and to the degree that When the Whales Came makes the fate of the whales seem like a dreary and boring subject it is likely to harm the cause 
1.5
Faith Based
Michael Medved
Occasionally hilarious occasionally as clumsy as the film within a film that the goofball main characters are creating 
2.5
Faith Based
Linda Cook
The movie while it maintains an edge really doesn t have a mean bone in its cinematic body I love the way the friendship is depicted with realistic dialogue and great chemistry between the two leads 
3
Faith Based
Sarah Knight Adamson
The dynamic duo of Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason carry Faith Ba ed as a buddy movie leaving the making of a Christian based film as a minor subplot 
3.5
Faith Based
Luke Parker
A surprisingly affectionate and compassionate tale of bum luck charisma uphill determination and lasting friendship 
3
Faith Based
Joey Magidson
Even though Faith Based is a satire the fun being poked by director Vincent Masciale and writer Luke Barnett is fairly gentle Their good time rubs off on you too 
3
Faith Based
Roger Moore
As a faith based film spoof this one is basically a 90 minute swing and a miss 
1
The Oh in Ohio
Kam Williams
Tongue in cheek humor that s kinda kinky around the edges 
3.5
The Oh in Ohio
Robert W. Butler
A comedy that s never funny enough or clever enough 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Michael Booth
A vibrator may put the buzz back in the solo sex life but it tends to suck the life out of any movie not rated with three Xs 
1
The Oh in Ohio
Jeff Vice
Most of the comedy has Posey bumbling through one embarrassingly unfunny situation after another 
1.5
The Oh in Ohio
Laura Kelly
Much like Priscilla s sexual difficulties The OH in Ohio just doesn t satisfy 
2
The Oh in Ohio
David Elliott
The Oh in Ohio has a light scampy spirit that rides to its rescue often enough 
2.5
The Oh in Ohio
Tom Keogh
Posey s such a delight it s easy to appreciate her even in a film as fruitless as The Oh in Ohio 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Bruce Westbrook
I felt some of its heroine s pain She s spent her life waiting for an orgasm I spent the movie waiting for a plot 
1.5
The Oh in Ohio
Matt Pais
The Oh in Ohio would make a second rate lover You ll lose interest a while before it reaches its climax 
2.5
The Oh in Ohio
Steven Rea
This is the slightest and slimmest of sex comedies 
2.5
The Oh in Ohio
Bill Zwecker
At the end of the day Kent and screenwriter Adam Wierzbianski have given us a mildly amusing premise but fail to turn it into a story that takes us anywhere pleasurable 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Michael Wilmington
A C sex comedy with a near A list cast at least in terms of talent The Oh in Ohio is one of those movies that promises much but doesn t deliver 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Terry Lawson
Unfortunately writer Adam Wierzbianski who seems more steeped in the rhythm method of sitcom than the less predictable peaks of screwball allows the batteries to run down prematurely 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Wesley Morris
It s a thrill to watch Posey incorporate at last some true emotion into her exuberant screwball wit 
4
The Oh in Ohio
Bob Strauss
For all of its faults however the movie is so nonjudgmental and unashamed about enjoying sex it can t help but leave you with a good feeling 
2.5
The Oh in Ohio
Jack Mathews
People who complain about the lack of good adult comedies will still be complaining after watching Billy s Kent s The Oh in Ohio 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Stephen Whitty
Sometimes a flop is simply a case of a movie taking a wrong step In the case of The OH in Ohio it s a case of never taking a right one 
1
The Oh in Ohio
Pam Grady
The OH in Ohio offers a cinematic representation of Priscilla s sex life a lot of promise with no payoff 
2.5
The Oh in Ohio
Ruthe Stein
Satire is awfully hard to pull off but screenwriter Adam Wierzbianski exhibits a flair for it 
3
The Oh in Ohio
Maitland McDonagh
Billy Kent and Adam Wierzbianski s genial comedy about one woman s search for sexual satisfaction takes an unsmutty attitude but falls disappointing short of its ambition to be both sympathetically straightforward and funny 
2.5
The Oh in Ohio
Peter Canavese
The comedy misfires and the film winds up strangely impenetrable 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kent directs with clean precise strokes and with little of the desperation associated with most American comedies 
3
The Oh in Ohio
Stephen Williams
Eventually the oh s becomes zzzzzz s 
.5
The Oh in Ohio
Dustin Putman
Its coarse opening sections are ill matched for the warmly compassionate tale it ultimately matures into 
2
The Oh in Ohio
Dan Callahan
The sound recording is hollow and muddy the cinematography underlit and sometimes blurred at the edges and the whole thing has the dreary feeling of a bottom of the barrel clammy 70s sex comedy 
0
The Oh in Ohio
Emanuel Levy
Parker Posey and Paul Rudd play a couple that is entrapped in a marriage where nothing seems to go right in bed or otherwise just like the movie itself 
1
The Laundromat
Brian Eggert
The film s soft news approach meant to evoke indignation fails to take hold or make the viewer incensed by the injustice of it all 
2.5
The Laundromat
John Wirt
Has entertaining sequences a master director s touch and Meryl Streep but the pieces don t make a satisfying whole 
2.5
The Laundromat
Rene Sanchez
Although The Laundromat intents to simplify the story of the scandal that shook the world its disjointed vignettes and characters make it way more convoluted Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
The Laundromat
Roger Moore
If you re lost you re not alone The evidence suggests Soderbergh and his screenwriter were too 
2
The Laundromat
Joey Magidson
So little works here The structure is muddled the characters are bland and the point being made is so thin it doesn t warrant its own existence 
2
The Laundromat
David Nusair
An often excessively irreverent endeavor 
2
The Laundromat
Tom Meek
Gary Oldman who won an Oscar last year for playing Churchill gets to take a German accent out for a spin For the most he handles the curves nicely but in the pit he lays it on a bit thick 
2.5
The Laundromat
Ann Hornaday
An intriguingly interpretive if scattershot and tonally uneven attempt to deconstruct the financial and legal arcana contained in the massive data dump known as the Panama Papers 
2.5
The Laundromat
Ty Burr
Does it work Enough for an evening s diversion but not enough to get you good and mad the way you should and the filmmakers intend 
2.5
The Laundromat
James Berardinelli
Other filmmakers might have approached the material with more heat and passion Soderbergh opts for an arm s length style using this as an opportunity to educate as much as entertain 
3
The Laundromat
Steven Prokopy
The Laundromat turns into one of Soderbergh s rare misfires 
2
The Laundromat
Richard Roeper
Steven Soderbergh s social satire mashes up multiple stories of various tones but they never become a cohesive package 
2
The Laundromat
Mark Dujsik
The Laundromat is a jumble that only makes this confusing issue even more difficult to comprehend 
2
The Laundromat
Robert Daniels
Soderbergh s bigger mistake is coming to The Laundromat with a message but forgetting to make the film 
1.5
The Laundromat
Michael Phillips
Soderbergh and Burns remain exceptionally well matched collaborators They re after just enough human interest to make us care and just enough socioeconomic outrage to make us seethe some of us anyway 
3
The Laundromat
Mick LaSalle
The Laundromat finds director Steven Soderbergh in a playful mood but this time he s a little too playful and the result is a scattered and seemingly trivial movie about a serious subject 
2
The Laundromat
Robert Levin
It manages to muddle simple concepts in the process by being too cute with them and to meander when it should entertain though a couple storylines have an absurdist flair to them when taken in miniature 
2
The Laundromat
Mark Kennedy
Like the film he made the director is compromised 
1
The Laundromat
Johnny Oleksinski
I ve just watched a 96 minute op ed 
1
The Laundromat
Keith Uhlich
Steven Soderbergh takes a macro approach to the scandal though the results with rare exception are vexingly micro 
1.5
The Laundromat
Brian Tallerico
Burns and Soderbergh never quite cracked The Laundromat even if there are individual elements here to admire 
2
The Laundromat
J. Don Birnam
This film is what happens when you over stuff the washer s basket and the thing becomes unbalanced and breaks down before you can get to the spin cycle a soggy lumpen mess
1
The Laundromat
Barry Hertz
The Laundromat is more like the zippy comedy of The Informant but with Meryl Streep subbed in for Matt Damon 
2.5
Lone Star
Wesley Lovell
Exploring the interconnection between truth and legacy Lone Star is a neo western exploration between the lawmen in myth and in practice as a young sheriff comes to learn the truth about his larger than life father 
4
Lone Star
John Hartl
A complex and rewarding new Texas murder mystery 
3.5
Lone Star
Michael Dequina
Well over two hours with not a single minute wasted 
4
Lone Star
Walter Chaw
It is among the best films of the nineties and the best independent features ever made in the United States 
4
Lone Star
Roger Ebert
John Sayles Lone Star contains so many riches it humbles ordinary movies 
4
Lone Star
Mike Clark
Sayles latest never bores during its 21 4 hour unreeling But neither does it soar despite finessing a complex flashback narrative set in 1957 and present day 
2.5
Vasermil
Hannah Brown
The story meanders at times and the focus on soccer and the Vasermil stadium doesn t give the plot the coherence it could Yet Vasermil is an impressive debut for Salmona and his actors he is clearly a filmmaker to watch 
3
Kingpin
David Nusair
a pervasively uneven comedy that just isn t able to overcome its various deficiencies 
2
Kingpin
Matt Brunson
It s Bill Murray who easily swipes the picture he s at his unctuous best as Ernie McCracken an oily bowler with an ego as enormous as his libido 
3
Kingpin
Jeffrey Westhoff
Has plenty of clever sight gags and outrageous jokes you can t help laughing at no matter how hard you resist 
2.5
Kingpin
Roger Ebert
Some of the gags don t work and yet I laughed at the Farrellys audacity in trying them And the humor isn t just gags and punch lines but one accomplished comic performance after another 
3.5
Kingpin
Mike Clark
With maybe 25 belly laughs the brazenly crude Kingpin is often uproarious but be forewarned that its creators apparently conceived it underneath a limbo bar How looow can a funny guilty pleasure go 
3
Pusher
Geoff Pevere
Just stick to the original Fate is always more fetching than formula 
2
Pusher
Linda Barnard
The characters that populate Pusher are surprisingly naïve and hardly the brightest of bulbs So much for the image of the wily street smart criminal 
2
Pusher
Jay Antani
a perfectly serviceable race against the clock thriller thanks to a powerful lead performance from Richard Coyle 
2.5
Pusher
Kyle Smith
Prieto does what he can to keep things roaring along but the overall effect is not a lot more stimulating than your average diet cola 
2
Pusher
Michael O'Sullivan
We re left to cheer someone simply because there s really no one else to root for 
2
Pusher
Roger Moore
A remake of a 1996 Danish thriller it s a pulsating propulsive and nerve racking film that breathes new life into a genre whose tropes wore out long ago 
3
Pusher
Roger Ebert
If we haven t caught on from earlier films that drug pushing is a thankless persuasion maybe this is the movie that will pound in the lesson 
3
Pusher
Glenn Heath Jr.
Do we really need another cautionary tale about an ambitious drug dealer dramatically falling from grace 
1.5
Pusher
David Nusair
a questionable reboot that is unlikely to enjoy the success and sequels of its predecessor 
2
The Woman in Black
Brian Eggert
The filmmakers rely far too much on common ghost story mechanics to propel the plot 46 
2
The Woman in Black
Roger Moore
The bottom line on The Woman in Black is that it is a very spooky movie Old fashioned and old school it makes a convincing case for life after death and for Radcliffe life after Harry Potter 
3
The Woman in Black
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers understand the simple power of ghosts and they deliver a tense and chilling spook fest 
3
The Woman in Black
Linda Cook
The Woman in Black is a solid British ghost story in which Daniel Radcliffe bids adieu to his Harry Potter persona while his character of Arthur Kipps wonders whether he s bidding farewell to his senses 
3
The Woman in Black
James Kendrick
a doggedly old fashioned Gothic chiller filled with dank rooms creepy old toys flickering candles and miles of gray mist
3
The Woman in Black
John Beifuss
Director James Watkins conjures a spooky atmosphere a long overnight sequence in the house is like The Evil Dead done straight but relies too much on loud noises and other Boo effects
2.5
The Woman in Black
John Wirt
Daniel Radcliffe outgrows Harry Potter convincingly in this well done ghost story 
3
The Woman in Black
Tyler Hanley
The movie bombards viewers with a host of scare tactics from barely startling to borderline terrifying And therein lies the problem 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Rex Reed
It takes quite a time before the pieces of a poisonous puzzle appear and when they do they don t always fall into place with clarity 
2
The Woman in Black
Scott Nash
Sure it feels a little old fashioned but The Woman in Black actually makes that work to its advantage Fans of creepy ghost stories should find plenty to enjoy with this one I know I did 
3
The Woman in Black
Sara Michelle Fetters
If only the denouement wasn t so forgone didn t revel in familiarity while also telegraphing its scares like a second rate John Carpenter B movie 
2.5
The Woman in Black
James Berardinelli
The star s job description is that he be able to react convincingly to a variety of supernatural events and to endure being covered in mud He has difficulty with neither 
3
The Woman in Black
Matt Brunson
The best ghost stories are the ones that rely on careful exposition and a pervasive sense of mounting dread to unsettle audiences e g The Others The Orphanage but director James Watkins and scripter Jane Goldman abandon that approach shockingly fast 
2
The Woman in Black
Glenn Lovell
Radcliffe s first post Potter outing is plenty atmospheric in the style of Roger Corman s Poe series It s just not all that scary 8210 unless you find rattling doorknobs and dead children s faces pressed to frosty windows scary 
2
The Woman in Black
Stephen Whitty
None of it s new but it s fun particularly because like those Hammer films of yore it peoples its great sets with solid actors 
3
The Woman in Black
David Nusair
The Woman in Black ultimately overstays its welcome to a distressingly demonstrable degree 
2
The Woman in Black
Willie Waffle
More frightening than Kathie Lee Gifford without her makeup 
3.5
The Woman in Black
Joe Williams
There s little that s new revealing or stylish about this basic black horror story but if you ve got a Goth sensibility it might suit you 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Steven D. Greydanus
The best ghost stories from The Uninvited to The Sixth Sense play to the heart if not always to the head The Woman in Black is at its best when playing to the nerves 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Liam Lacey
Though Radcliffe occasionally seems too stiffly callow to be completely convincing in this grown up role the movie is a proficient thriller with a potential appeal beyond the star s fan girl audience 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Lou Lumenick
A creaky haunted house story that s strong on creepy atmosphere but woefully deficient in the scare department 
2
The Woman in Black
Michael O'Sullivan
Watkins knows how to make a body jump out of its skin even if he does use the face reflected in the mirror window trick once too often At the same time the film is kind of well silly 
2
The Woman in Black
Mark Dujsik
E very closed door must be opened at some point and it s in this regard that The Woman in Black cannot fulfill the promise of its moody backdrop 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Dustin Putman
It has been a while since a film caused the hair on my legs to stand up on end The Woman in Black achieves this more than once 
3
The Woman in Black
Walter Chaw
Popping up from behind bushes is startling but it isn t art 
1
The Woman in Black
Claudia Puig
The Woman in Black is a tasteful old school frightener emphasizing suspense and foreboding over blood and guts 
3
The Woman in Black
Amy Biancolli
The frights don t exceed PG 13 and the color never brightens much past gray 
2
The Woman in Black
Lawrence Toppman
The expressive Radcliffe looks Byronic with his high collar haunted eyes and five o clock stubble he s a good match for Hinds whose beefy stolidity keeps the younger man grounded 
3.5
The Woman in Black
Tom Horgen
After a while The Woman in Black amounts to an elaborate jack in the box Yes it will make you jump But will you remember what forced you out of your seat a month from now Or even next week Probably not 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Chris Hewitt
I checked my watch a couple of times there s a limit to how many times a spooky face at a window can startle us and this film exceeds it 
2
The Woman in Black
Wesley Morris
The director James Watkins appears to have studied other movies bumps in the night and accepted the real estate and clammy skin loaned to him by the Hammer studios which not incidentally receive a production credit 
2
The Woman in Black
Peter Travers
The Woman in Black doesn t break new ground but in its suggestions of fine film ghost stories it works you over with riveting restraint 
2.5
The Woman in Black
David Hiltbrand
The Woman in Black has lovely period atmosphere Unfortunately it doesn t have much else besides atmosphere 
2
The Woman in Black
Jon Niccum
Watkins is forced to rely on sinister cutaways and jump scares punctuated by orchestral blasts Without the contribution of post production sound effects this film might play like a stuffy period drama 
1.5
The Woman in Black
Gary Thompson
I haven t seen this many people jump out of their seats since Jack and Jill although in this case people returned 
3
The Woman in Black
Peter Howell
What begins as something akin to Robert Wise s The Haunting becomes something more like James Wan s recent Insidious which makes The Woman in Black a multi generational horror 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Rene Rodriguez
Just about the only trick the movie doesn t resort to is The Screaming Cat That Jumps Out of Nowhere although there is a pesky crow fond of cawing suddenly in Dolby Digital 5 1 sound 
2
The Woman in Black
Matt Pais
Frequently accentuates its brooding aimless scenes with music that sounds like someone dropped an elephant on a piano 
1.5
The Woman in Black
Michael Phillips
The film a handsome nerve jangler co produced under the storied Hammer horror banner amps up the scares without turning them into something completely stupid 
3
The Woman in Black
Moira MacDonald
A reminder that often what scares us most isn t the gruesome or the gory but the sounds in a dark house that we can t explain 
3
The Woman in Black
Jake Coyle
The appeal of a good ol ghost story is strong and the simplicity of The Woman in Black suits the tradition 
2.5
The Woman in Black
Roger Ebert
Not since young Hutter arrived at Orlok s castle in Nosferatu has a journey to a dreaded house been more fearsome than the one in The Woman in Black 
3
The Woman in Black
Randy Myers
Director Watkins and company are masters at getting under our skin and straight into our nightmares 
3
The Woman in Black
Ed Gonzalez
James Watkins can frame a fierce image along a diagonal line but he has few tricks up his sleeve often recycling similar shots from scene to scene as well as spring loaded scares that would get Roger Ebert s blood boiling 
2
Kárhozat, (Damnation)
Jeremiah Kipp
In terms of creating a strong cinematic world Tarr has few equals 
3
American Swing
Mattie Lucas
There are lots of interesting tidbits here but I can t help but feel that the real meat of the story has yet to be explored 
2.5
American Swing
Kam Williams
A scary reminder of the potentially disastrous physical and emotional consequences of indiscriminate mating 
3.5
American Swing
Lou Lumenick
American Swing doesn t have a particularly well defined point of view but it is a succinct entertaining and valuable record of a time that in some ways now seems as remote as the Roaring 20s 
3
American Swing
Stephen Whitty
In the end the impression isn t that much different from one given by the club s own hairy habitues lots of sleazy charm pounds of gold chains and a smarmy shallowness that goes very very deep 
2
American Swing
Robert Levin
The filmmakers never adequately confront the complex nature of the iconic locale 
2.5
American Swing
Eric Henderson
And what of New York s disco era gays They re written out of the story here just as decisively as they were written out of Levenson s version of utopia 
2
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Steve Rhodes
Dad I not known that this was a documentary I could have convinced myself that this was a Woody Allen comedy about a genius inventor of screwball machines 
3
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Roger Ebert
Watching Theremin An Electronic Odyssey is a curious experience You begin with interest and then you pass through the stages of curiosity fascination and disbelief until in the last 20 minutes you arrive at a state of dumbfounded wonder 
3.5
Easy Money
Mark Dujsik
A fine thriller that relies entirely on the characters motivations to drive the plot instead of the opposite 
3
Easy Money
Matt Pais
JW s naivete that no one will get hurt will more likely inspire chuckles than sympathy for a guy who gets in over his head 
2
Easy Money
Roger Ebert
One of the most involving of the many first rate thrillers that have come recently from Scandinavia 
3.5
Easy Money
Linda Barnard
Chalk another one up for Swedish crime thriller novels 
3
Easy Money
Liam Lacey
What really distinguishes it from any number of drug escapade stories is the unusual and welcome sense of Dostoyevskian moral gravity of the narrative 
3
Easy Money
Joe Williams
Although this Swedish vehicle is thoughtfully engineered and has some vivid streaks of color it could use a jump start to escape the vanilla ice 
2.5
Easy Money
Stephanie Merry
The increasing action and double crosses create an ambient crescendo leading to a final anything could happen rendezvous 
3
Easy Money
Mick LaSalle
The movie builds and builds only to land in a zone of ambiguity 
2
Easy Money
Mark Feeney
The hand held camerawork may be shaky and the editing flit furiously but Espinosa has them shaking and flitting on purpose 
3
Easy Money
Jake Mulligan
The most powerful moments involve private lives and social conflict not gunfights In this world it s not the blood on your hands that brings you down it s the stain on your cufflinks 
3
Easy Money
Chris Hewitt
If the only way to make us care about the main characters is to jeopardize their more compelling loved ones why not make a movie about the loved ones instead 
1.5
Easy Money
Moira MacDonald
We re left with the impression that though the mark may eventually be washed away this man in a mask will never be truly clean 
3
Easy Money
Steven Rea
The action is fast and fierce as are the crosses and double crosses 
3.5
Easy Money
Kyle Smith
A sort of mash up of Goodfellas and The Great Gatsby 
2.5
Easy Money
Claudia Puig
So sobering an example of why crime doesn t pay that it could be shown to petty drug thugs to scare them straight 
3
Easy Money
Stephen Whitty
Things move quickly and while the storytelling can be disorienting at first with Espinosa cutting among three different plotlines the charismatic actors keep it together 
3
Easy Money
R. Kurt Osenlund
The humanization of these antiheroic outlaws doesn t feel forced but it does feel engineered and there s never a viewer investment to match the story s wide expanse 
2.5
Easy Money
David Nusair
Easy Money builds to an absolutely electrifying finale that s as exciting and thrilling as anything within the genre and it s certainly difficult not to wish that the rest of the proceedings had been even remotely as jaw droppingly exciting 
3.5
Cleanflix
Joe Williams
Even those who agree with its conclusions might wonder what s been edited out 
2.5
Au Hasard Balthazar
Ron Reed
It s a study of human weakness and cruelty it s a portrait of Christ the suffering servant it s the heartbreaking story of a young girl s descent from innocence to despair But above all it s a movie about a donkey 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Each scene emerges as a minor miracle Which makes the sum total an object of extraordinary glory 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
Eric Henderson
The lens of dispassion Bresson invites us to look through during Balthazar embodies a prayer which slips into life without interrupting it 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
Ty Burr
Quietly devastating nearly perfect allegory 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
James Verniere
After seeing the film you will never hear a donkey s bray without thinking of Bresson s meek four legged saint 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
Roger Ebert
Bresson is one of the saints of the cinema and Au Hasard Balthazar is his most heartbreaking prayer 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
Josh Larsen
has the transcendent beauty of a Renaissance painting and the inspiring fire of a sermon 
4
Au Hasard Balthazar
Michael Wilmington
It is a devastating picture scored to a Schubert piano sonata and done with a purity and austerity that transfixes us 
4
The Reivers
Roger Ebert
The Reivers is a pleasant wholesome straightforward movie of the sort as they say they don t make anymore 
3
The Young Karl Marx
Michael Phillips
Peck s work is handsome what it lacks is a true sense of danger a feeling of history roiling in the present tense 
2.5
The Young Karl Marx
Ernesto Diezmartinez
His film works as a well informed and intelligent biopic not as a vulgar propaganda film Full review in Spanish 
2
The Young Karl Marx
Glenn Kenny
Raoul Peck is on a roll 
3
The Young Karl Marx
Chuck Bowen
The film is ironically gripped by the sort of ideological vagueness that Karl Marx dismisses throughout 
2
Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World
Ed Gonzalez
A multi layered demonstration of living in almost perfect harmony 
3
Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World
Ariella Budick
A sluggish documentary about reclusive painter Martin who died in 2004 at age 92 
1.5
Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World
V.A. Musetto
Well made 
3
Planet of the Humans
Peter Canavese
A vital eye opening inquiry into American energy consumption 
3
Crazed Fruit
Chris Barsanti
A troubled youth movie that doesn t waste too much time trying to shock 
3
Something Must Break
Kent Turner
Like a 90 minute private moment centered in practically every frame on the love him or leave him Sebastian Elle a young adult who doesn t fall conveniently into a pigeonhole
2.5
Last Knights
Christy Lemire
Last Knights is so thoroughly mediocre so dully empty that it s difficult to summon the enthusiasm to trash it And yet duty calls 
1.5
Last Knights
Liam Lacey
A movie this silly should be prefaced with an apology Um about Last Knights 
0.5
Last Knights
Peter Howell
Morgan Freeman thunders and Clive Owen glowers but there s little that can be done to save this muddled medieval adventure from itself 
1.5
Last Knights
Claudia Puig
Sadly the talents of an impressive cast far outstrip the tedious material they re given 
1.5
Last Knights
Sara Stewart
This ponderous drama from director Kazuaki Kiriya quickly gets weighed down by its own blood drenched armor 
1
Last Knights
Chuck Bowen
Another macho celebration of fighting for freedom because someone else told you to devoid of any acknowledgement of the inherent irony of that ideology 
1
Gringo Trails
Wes Greene
Pegi Vail beautifully edited film somehow addresses a lot but ultimately says little 
2.5
Stardust
Steven Prokopy
Despite the lack of the subject s music there is something inherently interesting about watching Flynn and Maron interact 
2.5
Stardust
Peter Canavese
Lacks insight believability and inspiration as to who David Bowie was as an individual 
1.5
Stardust
Barry Hertz
A rock star biopic without the music of said rock star ends up being a pointless exercise 
2
Stardust
Monica Castillo
A rough draft that seems to be missing quite a few elements to make a good idea into a great movie 
1
Stardust
Mark Dujsik
Stardust is either spiteful or wholly wrongheaded 
0.5
Blackout
Roger Moore
It 8217 s a somewhat dimwitted thriller 44 sloppily plotted 46 But the fights are pretty good 8212 and there are a LOT of them 46 And Duhamel always gives fair value 44 even in a B picture 46 
1
15 Reasons to Live
Chris Knight
There are enough hits among the misses to make the viewing experience worthwhile 
3
Left Luggage
Amy Bracken Sparks
The film has glaring plot holes and quite a few missteps though it never loses it enigmatic charm 
3.5
Left Luggage
Roger Ebert
Left Luggage is one of those movies where the audience knows the message before the film begins and the characters are still learning it when the film ends 
2
The Blech Effect
Peter Keough
Greenwald depicts Blech unsparingly but sympathetically 
3
The Blech Effect
Roger Moore
Blech s is almost the only voice heard in the movie and after a while the bipolar fallen investor with a gambling problem is all too easy to tune out 
2
DeepStar Six
Kathy Fennessy
Not exactly essential 44 DeepStar Six is an enjoyable watch 46 
2.5
DeepStar Six
Matt Brunson
In water no one can hear you scream 
2
DeepStar Six
David Nusair
a slow moving thriller that admittedly and for the most part fares better than one might ve anticipated 
2.5
The Devil Rides Out
Matt Brunson
The film s greatest strength rests in the casting of Christopher Lee as the hero rather than the villain 
3
The Devil Rides Out
Eric Henderson
Lee seems to be sniffing out the evil 
3
Hatching
Ty Burr
Bergholm isn t exactly subtle about doling out the metaphors but Hatching sustains a fugue state of empathy and unease that puts it within shouting distance of David Lynch and Solalinna is impressive in the lead 
3
Hatching
Brian Eggert
Looks and plays like a made for TV coproduction between the Lifetime and SyFy channels 44 undercutting its otherwise inspired concept 46 
2
Hatching
David Gonzalez
Hanna Bergholm 8217 s Hatching joins the club as one of the most frightening and imaginative horror films of the year 46 
3.5
Hatching
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This body horror from Finland feels a tad sparse 44 but its icy design and icky parallels between the mother and daughter character make it a fascinating watch 46 
3
Hatching
Mick LaSalle
Hatching is bigger than its ideas and uncanny and unsettling in unconscious ways 
3
Hatching
Simon Abrams
Hatching never really congeals into something thats as unsettling as it is gross 
2
Hatching
Leo Brady
Hatching is the birth of a fantastic new creature feature 
3
Hatching
Rob Thomas
I cant wait to see what Bergholm does next as a horror filmmaker now that shes come out of her shell 
3
Hatching
Lindsey Bahr
Hatching is an assured and promising debut for Bergholm with a jaw dropping ending that may just cement it as a cult classic in the making 
3
Hatching
Mark Dujsik
The origin portrayal and design of the monster give one a sense of the film s deeper more human intentions 
3
Hatching
Mike McGranaghan
Hatching is everything you would want a picture like this to be It s gross It s creepy It s darkly funny at times 
3
Hatching
Joey Magidson
Hatching is a fairly gnarly monster as message movie experience one that gives you plenty to chew on 
3
Hatching
Katie Walsh
Like many great monster movies Hatching uses a monster as a metaphor for repressed emotion and the creature at the center of this film is one of the most uniquely grotesque creations seen on screen in a long time 
3
Hatching
Christian Toto
Smart shocker captures social media narcissism but something s missing 
3
Hatching
Roger Moore
A sins of the mother creature feature parable played out in blunt gruesome strokes 
2.5
Hatching
Lisa Trifone
Part social commentary part creature feature Finnish thriller Hatching succeeds in large part because it commits so diligently to its conceit as out there as it is 
3
Hatching
Randy Myers
Funny at points and scary at others Bergholm s trippy feature debut is a shocking oddity that you can t stop watching 
3
Hatching
Keith Watson
The ham handed allegorical construction generically titled characters and self serious tone in its final third drains the story of the specificity that might have resulted in a more incisive critique of the perils of perfectionism 
1.5
Hatching
Sean P. Means
Heikkilä makes a compelling wicked queen in this fractured fairy tale but Solalinna in her first movie is a real find bringing out all of Tinja s doubts and vulnerabilities and twisting them as the story reaches its shocking conclusion 
3.5
Dutch
Roger Ebert
Hughes has written directed and or produced so many of these films by now that perhaps we can even forgive him for beginning to repeat himself 
1.5
Dutch
Chris Hicks
I s not hard to understand how Hughes turns out so many screenplays He probably just leaves the old ones in his computer so they re easier to rewrite 
2
Richard III
Steve Rhodes
Well worth seeing 
3
Sex Appeal
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Sex Appeal promotes positive values but the negatives squeak out a win at the end 
2
Sex Appeal
Mark Dujsik
A bit too much of the humor feels like a dishonest evasion tactic on the filmmakers part 
2
Sex Appeal
Randy Myers
An entirely unsexy but casually entertaining offering 
2.5
The Narrows
John Wirt
Shuffling mumbling and musing about his loser s life Vincent D Onofrio stealthily steals the picture 
2
The Narrows
David Nusair
Awfully familiar yet superbly acted 
2.5
Woodsrider
Roger Moore
Dull random never quite meditative look at one snowboarder s solitary life in the shadow of Mount Hood Oregon 
2
Brothers of the Head
Rob Thomas
Brothers puts a clever and disturbing twist on the self destructive arc that so many real life rock bands take 
3
Brothers of the Head
Phil Villarreal
What becomes painfully apparent as the drudgery rolls on is that the only freak show here is the movie itself 
1
Brothers of the Head
Michael Szymanski
No doubt one of the weirdest most off beat movies you can see all year and with a rocking soundtrack 
3.5
Brothers of the Head
Jeff Vice
This music heavy period piece is so dour that it s a bit of a drag 
2.5
Brothers of the Head
Sean P. Means
What s missing is any insight to cut into the twins opaqueness which turns the movie into a stylistic experiment without any reason to be 
2
Brothers of the Head
Thomas Delapa
Fulton and Pepe s double headed head trip is mostly drab gray matter 
1.5
Brothers of the Head
Geoff Pevere
Undermined by its form strange as it ought to be the mockumentary conventions of the movie make everything strangely familiar 
2.5
Brothers of the Head
David Elliott
The Treadaways are terrific and comedy finds an umbilical link to tragedy 
3.5
Brothers of the Head
Chris Hewitt
It s knowledgeable about the dynamics of a band about the conventions of documentaries and about how complicated sex drugs and rock n roll would be if you shared a liver 
3
Brothers of the Head
John Hartl
It s two thirds of one of the year s best movies 
3
Brothers of the Head
David N. Butterworth
Methinks it might have connected better as a narrative piece 
2.5
Brothers of the Head
Ruthe Stein
So cleverly constructed that it s easy to be taken in and believe these twins really rocked 
3
Brothers of the Head
Carrie Rickey
A provocative but oddly unsatisfying film experiment 
2.5
Brothers of the Head
Stephen Whitty
All the artiness on hand can t conceal the familiar raucous sound of the carnival barker outside 
1
Brothers of the Head
Glenn Whipp
Self consciously strange and surprisingly haunting 
3
Brothers of the Head
Ty Burr
Apes the cinematic and musical excesses of its era so eerily that it s worth a look 
3
Brothers of the Head
Michael Phillips
Here at least played straight the mockumentary strictures are more like straitjackets 
2
Brothers of the Head
Ken Fox
Despite some excitingly shot concert footage one scene begins to feel very much like the next and it s all rather predictable 
2.5
Brothers of the Head
Kyle Smith
Directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe the duo who made the documentary Lost in La Mancha turn the movie itself into a kind of conjoined twin the silly and the grim are attached to each other at awkward angles 
1.5
Brothers of the Head
Jack Mathews
This is a very tender portrayal of young people caught up in a blisteringly fast and cynical world and though their music is hideous they are a compelling act 
3
Brothers of the Head
Sara Michelle Fetters
If David lynch and David Cronenberg ever had a hybrid filmic lovechild it would look a heck of a lot like directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe s strangely surreal Brothers of the Head 
3
Brothers of the Head
Gene Seymour
The arc of the Howes careers looks so much like the autopsies of similar 1970s rock bands that you brace yourself for the inevitable tragic end And yet even with the details of their demise more implied than stated it still stings like real life 
3.5
Brothers of the Head
Nick Schager
Wields its carnival sideshow story about a Siamese twins fronted 70s British glam band not for parodic silliness but rather for surprisingly tender haunting melodrama 
3
Brothers of the Head
Pam Grady
This dark and sometimes blackly humorous drama told cinema vrit style is of a different intent and miles away from the type of comedy normally associated with that word 
4
The Lighthouse Keepers
Ben Sachs
Remarkably it doesn t feel at all disjointed Grémillon shifts fluidly between styles the film flowing like a piece of music 
4
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
Ty Burr
The movie s refusal to judge is its most interesting attribute if one many audiences won t be able to get around 
2
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
Nick Schager
Affects an air of expressionistic realism but has no interest in actual believability 
1
Hula Girls
Jeff Shannon
An irresistible Japanese import Hula Girls is a crowd pleaser so comfortable with its own clich C s that it goes down smoother than a mai tai on Maui 
3
Hula Girls
Janos Gereben
An eminently likeable well made film 
3
Hula Girls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While he s coasting through on his story Lee concentrates on giving his movie a great big heart Either that or this tired old tale simply sounds better in Japanese 
2.5
Hula Girls
Maitland McDonagh
U S audiences may find themselves impatient with the leisurely way Lee a Japanese director of Korean descent lets the tale unfold 
2.5
Hula Girls
V.A. Musetto
Director Lee Sang il employs every possible clich as he shamelessly tries to manipulate viewers emotions 
1
Hula Girls
Bill Stamets
Slick cinematography makes this bland social comedy always watchable but the movie has its insipid moments 
2
Hula Girls
Rob Humanick
Steadfast tradition and encroaching progress lock horns in the surprisingly cheerful Hula Girls 
2.5
I'll Believe You
John Monaghan
Cult movies have been made with a lot less but this one harmless enough doesn t have enough originality or personality to get it off the ground 
2
Four Hands
Mark Dujsik
Four Hands is effective enough that we expect a cleverer more satisfactory resolution 
2.5
Theo & Hugo
Godfrey Cheshire
Paris 05 59 conjures a world and a moment in time and it does so with an understated skill throughout 
2.5
Theo & Hugo
Diego Semerene
Very few films accept the contradicting velocities of gay desire and present them in such blunt yet graceful fashion the way Paris 05 59 does 
3.5
Virus tropical
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A remarkable animated film that without neglecting its very specific cultural specificity ends up becoming an emotive universal story of growth maturation and feminine self knowledge 
2
Last Tango in Paris
David Keyes
In this age where the human behavior system is rarely an important facet in film narratives here is a picture that still throbs with all the pain and misery of its deep emotional wounds 
4
Last Tango in Paris
Peter Canavese
Took the world by storm with its strategy of sexual frankness and a towering performance by Marlon Brando Blu ray 
3.5
Last Tango in Paris
Roger Ebert
The look feel and sound of the film are evocative 
4
Jane Wants a Boyfriend
Susan Wloszczyna
Sweetly intentioned though somewhat awkwardly structured 
2
Jane Wants a Boyfriend
Sara Stewart
Jane Wants a Boyfriend loses momentum careening between Dushku s Bianca and Krause s Jane the latter of whom is far more interesting 
2
Point of Order
Fernando F. Croce
An extended inquiry that through de Emilio s editing strategies emerges as both claustrophobic and cleansing 
3
The Cutting Edge
David Nusair
a briskly paced and mostly engaging romance that benefits rather substantially from the affable work of its stars 
3
The Cutting Edge
Stephen Hunter
The Cutting Edge is an enjoyable piffle completely divorced from any recognizable reality 
2.5
The Cutting Edge
Gene Siskel
The chemistry between the co stars makes it work 
3
The Cutting Edge
Peter Canavese
The only thing that could make The Cutting Edge more absurd would be if the final competition revolved around a potentially deadly possibly illegal move called the Pamchenko Twist Wait it does Never mind Blu ray 
1.5
The Cutting Edge
Michael Dequina
Grafts one screen formula on top of another but that doesn t mean the film isn t a blast to watch 
3
The Cutting Edge
James Berardinelli
For unadulterated fun The Cutting Edge may not earn a gold medal but it s worth at least a bronze 
3
The Cutting Edge
Roger Ebert
There is essentially not an original moment in the entire film and yet it s skillfully made and well acted 
2.5
The Cutting Edge
Mark Caro
Certainly almost every aspect of the plot seems preprogrammed the movie is like a series of compulsory exercises 
2
Ghostbox Cowboy
Roger Moore
A trippy Texas rube hustling in modern China comedy that s better in concept than in execution
2
The Jerk Theory
Michael Dequina
It s in the comedy aspect that this teen rom com goes all wrong 
1.5
Neil Young Journeys
Mattie Lucas
It s a journey unto itself a performance doc with a very special kind of intimacy 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Roger Moore
It s OK But seriously how many Neil Young documentaries do we need 
2.5
Neil Young Journeys
Eric Melin
too much material drawing from his mediocre Le Noise album and the interview segments where Young drives around Ontario telling stories from his youth are less than revelatory 
1.5
Neil Young Journeys
Bob Bloom
The director is putting Young in the audience s lap allowing the viewer to examine all the creases and crevices of his grizzled face as well as capturing the emotion the singer pours into his songs 
3.5
Neil Young Journeys
John Beifuss
Long may he run sure but Neil Young Journeys has the feeling of a farewell 
2
Neil Young Journeys
Chris Foran
Journeys is about looking back not in sorrow or wistfulness but in affection and often impassioned remembrance of times past and how they still resonate in the present 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Joe Williams
On its own terms Neil Young Journeys is an enjoyable concert film of a solo show in Toronto interspersed with memories of his Canadian boyhood 
2.5
Neil Young Journeys
Dan DeLuca
I d say the movie does a fine job of completing the trilogy but I wouldn t be surprised if Demme and Young have more in them yet 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Paul de Barros
The concert camera work is sometimes a little tight for comfort not really interested in Young s bridge work though it adds to the intensity 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Chris Hewitt
Movie fans probably don t need to hear him sing Ohio again but Neil Young Journeys Jonathan Demme s second Young doc if you re counting does have some new wrinkles 
2.5
Neil Young Journeys
Chris Riemenschneider
Forget Crosby Stills and Nash and maybe even Crazy Horse Jonathan Demme might be Neil Young s ultimate collaborator 
3
Neil Young Journeys
James Adams
The wartsy antipode of Katy Perry Part of Me with an intimacy and intensity bordering on the overwhelming 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Ty Burr
For true believers Neil Young Journeys is a visit with a still vital friend For the merely curious it s proof that there s more to the man more strangeness deeper communions with the muse than classic rock radio will ever let on 
2.5
Neil Young Journeys
Michael Phillips
With its one of a kind poetic lamentation Young s voice sounds more peculiarly lovely than ever A small picture but good and true 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Roger Ebert
It s an intimate performance portrait divided among new material from his 2010 album Le Noise and many of his classics 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Peter Keough
The third collaboration between Demme and Young since 2006 this may be the sparest and most personal of all 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall it s not a dazzling or groundbreaking movie but it s an awfully good one showcasing one of our most durable and honest rockers 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Peter Hartlaub
More casual fans will twist in their chairs uncomfortably wishing that a roadie would walk up and wipe it off Neil Young die hards will cherish the spittle 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Kalvin Henely
As great and intimate as Live at Massey Hall 1971 may be it s not as transportive as this filming of a Neil Young performance at the venue 30 years later 
3
Neil Young Journeys
Stephen Whitty
What s the point of this particular project Why apart from any marketing concerns did either artist feel it was essential to capture this concert on film 
2
Neil Young Journeys
Kyle Smith
The nicest thing I can think of to say about the doc Neil Young Journeys is that at least it isn t in 3 D 
0.5
Neil Young Journeys
Claudia Puig
Neil Young Journeys underscores the continuing relevance of Young s artistry over the last 45 years and why he is regarded as one of rock s most influential musicians and songwriters 
3.5
Neil Young Journeys
Peter Travers
Journeys shot on the last two nights of Young s 2011 solo world tour is essential Neil Young 
3
All in This Tea
Pam Grady
It makes one long to sit down with a nice cup of tea Theaters showing this excellent documentary might want to keep that in mind and stock up 
3.5
All in This Tea
David Wiegand
The film is both delightful and informative at every turn 
4
Unfriended
Brian Eggert
Meant as an attack on cyberbullying 44 this body count movie loses any hope of a meaningful social commentary just around the time a possessed blender frapp 233 s a teen 46 
1
Unfriended
Mattie Lucas
A creatively bankrupt product of the Internet generation that lacks any real sense of purpose or innovation leaving the audience wishing we could just hit CTRL ALT DELETE and put us out of our misery 
.5
Unfriended
David Keyes
There are some noteworthy thrills amongst a plethora of urgent details 
2.5
Unfriended
Josh Larsen
takes seemingly benign everyday technology and turns it into a vehicle for menace 
4
Unfriended
Lauren Chval
Cursed with the common horror movie problem of being unintentionally hilarious 
2
Unfriended
David Nusair
A surprisingly decent little horror film 
3
Unfriended
David N. Butterworth
A nifty little shocker that leverages today s plugged in experience to excellent effect 
3
Unfriended
Bill Chambers
Unfriended portends a revolution but it s click bait after all 
2
Unfriended
James Berardinelli
I ll admit the film held my attention but I left the theater unsatisfied which I think will be a common reaction among those not within the demographic niche for which the production was mounted 
2.5
Unfriended
Sean P. Means
The screengrab gimmick is smarter than the mundane pattern of screaming teens and gory deaths set up by the premise 
2.5
Unfriended
John Beifuss
By turning the movie screen into a laptop Gabriadze flattens the picture as surely as if he were an artist experimenting with painting in the 1950s the lack of the illusion of depth makes each portion of the canvas of potentially equal interest 
3
Unfriended
Andy Crump
Unfriended happens to be a pretty good time 
3
Unfriended
Christy Lemire
If you can give yourself over to the idea of Unfriended you ll find it s surprisingly engrossing and really quite clever 
3
Unfriended
Kam Williams
Revenge as a dish best served pixilated 
4
Unfriended
Glenn Lovell
a cyber chiller twist on Agatha Christie s And Then There Were None creates a claustrophobic sense of inevitability even as it has us glancing nervously over our shoulder 
2.5
Unfriended
Mike McGranaghan
The only thing more annoying than internet connectivity problems is seeing them simulated onscreen 
2.5
Unfriended
Mark Dujsik
Superficially this is a horror movie although its distinct lack of such important elements as mounting suspense and genuine scares forces us to think otherwise 
1
Unfriended
Willie Waffle
More than a cheap stunt 
3
Unfriended
Brad Wheeler
If death invented the telephone it probably invented the Internet infernal too Disconnect The scariest thing is that we can t 
3
Unfriended
Chris Knight
Blaire s atrocious spelling and grammar will no doubt annoy purists but speaks to how srsly stressed she is And something as simple as a pointer hesitating or pacing between two windows provides its own window into her motivation 
3
Unfriended
Tirdad Derakhshani
A horror pic with a new gimmick that likely will spawn an entire subgenre of more substandard rubbish 
2
Unfriended
Ann Hornaday
At times Unfriended really clicks but ultimately it s a drag 
1.5
Unfriended
Bruce DeMara
Younger audiences in particular are likely to enjoy this entertaining and fast paced chiller And who knows They may even absorb the film s underlying message 
3
Unfriended
Stephen Whitty
Give this movie credit for trying something new and flat out committing to it But just because no one s tried an idea before doesn t mean it s a great one 
2
Unfriended
Michael Ordoña
The inevitable meltdowns feel unearned because of predictable yet unmotivated character turns There s no one to root for not even the dead girl Nothing seems important enough 
1
Unfriended
Claudia Puig
Fresh and fearsome fun 
3
Unfriended
Moira MacDonald
I kept hoping a power outage would hit their neighborhood or some sort of natural disaster Aren t the movies supposed to be a break from being online all the time 
1.5
Unfriended
Dustin Putman
Despite its imperfections this is a smart entry in the horror genre a film that isn t just about spooking its audience but actually has something meaningful and urgent to say about the modern world as it stands in 2015 
3
Unfriended
Peter Travers
It s basically Friday the 13th on a laptop but the gimmick works like gangbusters One request Please Hollywood cybergods no sequels 
3
Unfriended
Lou Lumenick
Unfriended starts wearing out its welcome about 10 minutes before the end But it s clever enough about social media to keep an audience engaged until then 
2.5
Unfriended
Roger Moore
A great gimmick but uncinematic and not as scary as you d hope 
2.5
Unfriended
Calum Marsh
When the genre film spectacle arrives it s in full force and the strictures of the framing device manage to amplify rather than suppress the impact of the shocks and scares 
3.5
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police
Brad Wheeler
The film is a drag lightened up unintentionally by Summers s laughable prose 
1
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police
Chris Knight
This documentary narrated by Summers through passages from his 2006 memoir One Train Later provides a unique exploration of the trio s history 
3
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police
David Lewis
This is a needlessly dull movie that should have gone back to the drawing board 
1
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police
Mike McGranaghan
An insightful peek into how the intersection of ambition creativity and ego can yield both brilliance and heartache 
3.5
Grass
Mattie Lucas
Takes snippets of overheard conversations and turns them into something wonderful and new a summation of life s tiny moments made disarmingly momentous 
3
Grass
Simon Abrams
One of the best expressions variations on Hong s usual formula 
3
Grass
Chuck Bowen
With Grass Hong has taken the familiar elements of his work and exploded them fashioning a kind of lonely cinematic cubism 
3.5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
David Nusair
the movie admittedly boasts and benefits from an ongoing emphasis on appealing engaging elements 
2.5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Dave Kehr
The pleasures here are entirely cruel with an unhealthy concentration on the suffering of the victims on the thudding impact of various objects against their heads on their howls of agony 
2
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Dennis King
Despite this material s definite loss of innocence and surprise it offers some engaging moments 
2
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
David Keyes
Whatever merits we attach to the first film in this series they are all but abandoned somewhere in the mess of a follow up 
1.5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Matt Brunson
Just when it appears this can t get any worse along comes white supremacist Donald Trump in a pointless cameo 
1.5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Roger Ebert
I didn t much like the first film and I don t much like this one with its sadistic little hero who mercilessly hammers a couple of slow learning crooks 
2
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Gene Siskel
We know exactly where this film is headed but director James Keach tells a slightly darker story than you might expect and delays the inevitable to the point of genuine entertainment 
3
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Roger Ebert
The film lays meticulous groundwork for a payoff that never takes place The last 20 minutes which should deliver a big emotional punch simply do not work 
2
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Kevin Harley
Little narration is needed sweeping shots of the truly overwhelming natural terrain are as awesome as anything in Avatar 
4
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Jennie Punter
The film s power is the contemplative space crafted by Mettler and his collaborators 
3
Flytrap
Federico Furzan
The problem lies in a forgettable approach that raises more questions about its main character than there should be 
1.5
Five Easy Pieces
Brian Eggert
A landmark of counterculture filmmaking 
4
Five Easy Pieces
Edward Guthmann
If the function of art is to help an audience feel less alone then Five Easy Pieces succeeds beautifully 
4
Five Easy Pieces
Matt Brunson
A new kind of picture even for its era Jack Nicholson s performance still stands as one of his greatest 
3.5
Five Easy Pieces
Gene Siskel
Nicholson makes it all go He proves he is more than a character actor with many scenes especially the confrontation with his father 
4
Five Easy Pieces
Wesley Lovell
An American entry into the French New Wave starring a compelling Jack Nicholson 
4
Five Easy Pieces
James Kendrick
moves from scenes of quiet desperation to moments of great black humor
3.5
Five Easy Pieces
Phil Villarreal
Just give the guy a piece of toast 
4
Five Easy Pieces
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It hasn t aged as well as some of its 1970s counterparts but it s still a heartbreaking film and a minor classic 
3.5
Five Easy Pieces
Roger Ebert
We d had a revelation This was the direction American movies should take Into idiosyncratic characters into dialogue with an ear for the vulgar and the literate into a plot free to surprise us about the characters into an existential ending 
4
Five Easy Pieces
Jeremy Heilman
It often seems endless in the possibilities of its human observation 
4
The Call
Roger Moore
Writer director Lee takes a simple supernatural premise and runs it to death and then some in this sinister tale of a land line that cuts through time if not space in a Korean village 
3
Panama
Kevin Carr
This movie feels like it should have been made when it took place it feels like it wants to be an 80s thriller but it s failing miserably 
1
Panama
Mark Dujsik
The movie set amidst the political upheaval in Central American of 1980s barely makes logical or logistical sense on any level 
1
Panama
Roger Moore
Gibsons worst movie about covers it until the next contender comes along 
1
The Promise
Matt Brunson
Movies like Lawrence of Arabia and Reds had the ability to sweep viewers away with their passion and grandeur The only sweeping to be found in this case will be by the theater employee tasked with removing spilled popcorn from the auditorium floor 
2
The Promise
Rob Thomas
That awkward mix of romance and violence hobbles The Promise an otherwise well intentioned attempt to dramatize the 1915 murder of over one million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire
2.5
The Promise
John Hanlon
The plot has some underlying issues but the overall film works despite its flaws 
3.0
The Promise
Lisa Jensen
Shifting focus away from history to follow the exploits of these fictive characters has the effect of reducing the Armenian tragedy to background material for a less compelling more conventional romantic drama 
2.5
The Promise
Rex Reed
Terry George proved with Hotel Rwanda that he can tackle the wrenching subject of genocide with thrilling cinematic results A wonderful cast adds no fail polish 
3
The Promise
Kenneth R. Morefield
Admittedly generic but it covers an important topic respectfully 
2.5
The Promise
Stephen Rebello
How did a film so loaded with good intentions and talent on both sides of the camera go so badly off the rails 
2
The Promise
Josh Terry
The film definitely has its moments and at arm s length The Promise will resonate But overall it feels like a missed opportunity a good film that could have been much better 
2.5
The Promise
Sara Michelle Fetters
Because there s no time for these three to develop as impassioned characters all this soap opera tedium does is devalue the real human catastrophe unspooling alongside it 
1.5
The Promise
Barry Paris
In the end the movie is not all that the Armenian diaspora might have hoped for but earnest and moving despite its flaws a Promise half kept half broken 
2.5
The Promise
Sean P. Means
Alas there s never a moment of this romantic subplot that doesn t feel like a contrivance a way to get audiences to eat their vegetables and learn about the Armenian genocide 
2
The Promise
Phil Villarreal
But a dull meandering script is all it takes to turn the potentially resonant film into a slow long winded bore 
2
The Promise
Robert Horton
The characters are all thinly sketched stereotypes but with Isaac and Bale around to provide ballast at least there s some decent acting going on 
2.5
The Promise
Glenn Kenny
The Promise is drenched in production value and replete with ravishing shots of sunrises and sunsets but it s in the scenes of fleeing of battle and of horrendous loss that the film is at its most effective 
3
The Promise
Stephen Whitty
Despite its flaws it s important that it was made 
2.5
The Promise
Christian Toto
They don t make em like this anymore even if The Promise can t compare to epic love stories of yore 
3
The Promise
Peter Travers
Director Terry George delivers a scalding dramatization of the Ottoman Empire s 1915 genocidal annihilation of its Armenian citizens and then dulls it with a soapy invented love triangle 
2
The Promise
Johanna Schneller
Noble intentions can t disguise their epic failure The love story fails to ignite 
2.5
The Promise
Katie Walsh
With seemingly all the right pieces it s a disappointment that The Promise lacks the energy and originality needed to sustain itself 
2
The Promise
Chris Knight
Neither dreadful nor magnificent it features some powerful performances in the service of what should be an undeniable truth 
2.5
The Promise
Richard Roeper
Yes The Promise veers into corny territory and yes it s derivative of better war romances but it s a solid and sobering reminder of the atrocities of war bolstered by strong performances from Isaac and Bale 
3
The Promise
James Berardinelli
Although at times overwrought and overtly manipulative the film as a whole is like a kick to the gut 
3
The Promise
Mark Dujsik
It s a movie of two minds and they never meet 
2
The Promise
Bruce DeMara
A well executed and reasonably engrossing film 
2.5
The Promise
Dann Gire
The Promise falls so much in love with its own epic grandness that its dramatic heart gets lost among sweeping vistas and endless parades of violent confrontations tearful reunions and tearful goodbyes 
2
The Promise
Gary Thompson
You can see what the movie is after here Dr Zhivago is an obvious model but George lacks David Lean s command of the epic form and his movie while important strains to match his ambitions 
2
The Promise
Mark Jenkins
Attempting to make an atrocity palatable to a mainstream audience The Promise delivers the history but undercuts its impact 
2
The Promise
Mick LaSalle
The historical context renders the fictional story trivial while the fictional story keeps the audience removed from the history We end up with an unimportant movie about important events 
2
The Promise
Tom Russo
Even when showing atrocity up close The Promise rarely makes us feel as if we re doing anything more than watching from a distance 
2
The Promise
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The Promise will not be denied as George powerfully dramatizes stunning acts of both savagery and decency 
3
The Promise
Rick Bentley
The movie serves as a heartrending memorial to a people who persevered even in the face of some of the most inhumane actions in history 
3
The Promise
Kam Williams
War may be hell but luckily love still conquers all 
3.5
The Promise
Kenji Fujishima
The Promise simply turns this historical tragedy into mere background noise for a flimsy romantic triangle 
1.5
The Promise
Roger Moore
Love triangle period pieces set against the backdrop of war all start out as Doctor Zhivago and wind up as The English Patient or worse 
2
The Russia House
Matt Brunson
Connery and Pfeiffer are both excellent 44 but much of the film 8217 s pleasure comes from watching the consummate pros filling out the roles of various bureaucrats
3
The Russia House
Mattie Lucas
Eschews the chase scenes and shoot outs usually associated with espionage thrillers for dazzling wordplay character driven intrigue and a strong emotional core 
3.5
The Russia House
Roger Ebert
To judge by this film the life of a Cold War spy consists of sitting for endless hours in soundproof rooms with people you do not particularly like waiting for something to happen Sort of like being a movie critic 
2
Apocalypto
Mattie Lucas
If Mel Gibson is a mad genius then Apocalypto may be his most insane work yet 
3.5
Apocalypto
David Keyes
Apocalypto isn t simply an effective movie but an immensely powerful one a benchmark and a foresight seemingly all rolled into one 
4
Apocalypto
Felix Vasquez Jr.
All in all Apocalypto is probably Gibson s best film to date because it s almost free of any of Hollywood s tainting 
3.5
Apocalypto
Peter Keough
The middle of the film though finds Gibson at his sadistic best depicting monumental savagery with a surreal cinematic glee that puts the Apocalypse in Apocalypto 
2.5
Apocalypto
Joe Lozito
If you can get past Mr Gibson s public persona Apocalypto is a good solid action movie 
3
Apocalypto
David N. Butterworth
All it did was convince me that Mel Gibson appears to have found his niche as the Grande Dame of Brutally Realistic Semi Mythological Epics 
2
Apocalypto
Steven Snyder
It doesn t take long for the question to arise and to linger unanswered over a film that never offers an answer Why in the world did anyone make this movie 
0.5
Apocalypto
Kam Williams
About the best that can be said for Mel Gibson s overblown indulgence in sadism is that at least it isn t anti Semitic 
1
Apocalypto
Lori Hoffman
the storytelling is simplistic and tells us little about the culture of the Mayans 
2
Apocalypto
Sean McBride
As good as it is the film is nevertheless tempered by an overwhelming streak of sadism 
3
Apocalypto
John Beifuss
The premise of Cornel Wilde s The Naked Prey the jungle savagery of a 1980s Italian cannibal film and the sadomasochistic martyr complex obsessions that apparently churn like a ball of snakes inside Mel Gibson s head are all here 
3
Apocalypto
Matt Brunson
Gibson isn t interested in educating either us or himself and the switch to pure action allows him to indulge in his by now predictable sadism 
2
Apocalypto
Walter Chaw
What most disappoints about Apocalypto is that it is ironically not particularly risible in any way 
3
Apocalypto
Mark Collette
Rather than sprawling into far reaching epic mode this carefully contained script zooms in on one man s drive to protect his family against the backdrop of a civilization on the point of collapse 
3
Apocalypto
Thomas Delapa
Gibson s ancient Mayan version of The Most Dangerous Game played with clubs and spears While Gibson and Farhad Safinia s script begins as an anthropological saga it brutally evolves into a Darwinian gospel according to Mel 
2.5
Apocalypto
Linda Cook
Brutal compelling and utterly convincing Apocalypto is an adventure that stuns overwhelms and above all entertains 
3.5
Apocalypto
Scott Nash
Think what you want of Gibson as a person but when it comes to making action movies he knows what he s doing 
3
Apocalypto
Dustin Putman
By the end there s nothing to grab onto except spare limbs and innards 
2
Apocalypto
James Berardinelli
It s unlike any other movie to reach theaters this year and because it is as visual an experience as it is visceral it is best seen on a large screen 
3.5
Apocalypto
Betsy Bozdech
As an action piece Mel Gibson s violent subtitled Mayan epic is engrossing but it lacks a real emotional hook 
2.5
Apocalypto
Geoff Pevere
If as a filmmaker the obviously soul stricken former movie star is an unabashed red meat primitivist he s also become an undeniably polished one 
2.5
Apocalypto
Maitland McDonagh
It s a mesmerizing vision of the past refracted through the dark obsessions of the present 
3.5
Apocalypto
Jeff Shannon
Gibson has delivered an impeccably crafted action adventure that starts fast and never lets up 
3.5
Apocalypto
Sean P. Means
Whatever you may think about Gibson the man Apocalypto shows he s determined to lay all his art and sweat and blood up there on the screen 
3.5
Apocalypto
Mick LaSalle
By now it s fair to say that Mel Gibson does not make boring movies He does however make movies that make you a little worried about him 
2
Apocalypto
David Elliott
Apocalypto is a big load of sado 
1
Apocalypto
Carla Meyer
The seamlessness of the actors performances underscores Gibson s directing skills 
3.5
Apocalypto
Timothy Knight
The film s ultimate descent into laughable implausibility is regrettable for there s so much that s otherwise genuinely impressive about the boldly realized yet wildly uneven Apocalypto 
2.5
Apocalypto
Steven Rea
Apocalypto is primal 
3.5
Apocalypto
Jack Mathews
An Oscar would not be forgiveness it would be blindness 
2.5
Apocalypto
Lisa Rose
The movie doesn t leave you pondering the mysteries of a lost civilization It leaves you pondering the psychopathology of the director 
1.5
Apocalypto
Lou Lumenick
Forget your history lessons about what an advanced civilization the Mayans were Here they re bloodthirsty savages 
2
Apocalypto
Robert W. Butler
The difference between a great movie and a merely acceptable one often isn t a matter of what you put in but what you leave out Apocalypto could have done more with less 
2.5
Apocalypto
Duane Dudek
Whatever Gibson s flaws as a man and the public has every right to judge him by his actions he is no fraud as a filmmaker 
3
Apocalypto
Connie Ogle
Gibson may have ravaged his career but he has also created an extraordinary world we ve never seen and leaves us with a glimpse of the hard future to come 
3.5
Apocalypto
Glenn Whipp
What Gibson really wants is to make your heart pound and your blood run cold He succeeds on both counts though not before roughly 45 minutes of self parody 
3
Apocalypto
Rick Groen
Apocalypto is a lotta woe to sit through with not much to think about and only one matter to address 
2.5
Apocalypto
Eric Melin
It has more in common with every modern Hollywood crowd pleaser than anything else complete with crotch jokes nagging mother in laws and silly dialogue 
2
Apocalypto
Amy Biancolli
It is Mel Gibson s latest proof that as a director his ambition is boundless and his energy nearly so but his judgment is sorely lacking 
3
Apocalypto
Terry Lawson
Say what you want about Mel Gibson and people are likely to be saying whatever forever he is one hell of a filmmaker 
4
Apocalypto
Jeff Vice
Credit should also go to the fierce eyed Youngblood and Hernandez for making their onscreen relationship so believable And youngster Baez is completely natural which is even more incredible when you consider that he s speaking an ancient language 
3
Apocalypto
Michael Booth
Apocalypto wants us to believe there is an overpowering darkness in the land while I can t quite get past a suspicion of overpowering darkness in the filmmaker 
1.5
Apocalypto
Laura Emerick
Filming in the state of Veracruz and on the Yucatan Peninsula Gibson and his production team transport viewers six centuries back in time to create an amazing you are there effect 
3
Apocalypto
Lawrence Toppman
It represents as brazen an act of career suicide as I can recall from a star director If he were a first timer he d never work again 
1.5
Apocalypto
Sara Michelle Fetters
As an action epic this movie is extraordinary As an examination of the Mayan civilization and the causes for their dissolution it is an outright disaster 
2.5
Apocalypto
Ty Burr
Mel Gibson may be a lunatic but he s our lunatic and while I wouldn t wish him behind the wheel of a car after happy hour or at a B nai Brith function anytime behind a camera is another matter 
3
Apocalypto
Jeffrey Westhoff
The plot has been stripped to the essence of chase and survival 
3
Apocalypto
Peter T. Chattaway
Gibson has made a bloody flick about death and social decay in a pagan culture and he hints ever so obliquely that the world has not fared any better under we Christians 
2.5
Apocalypto
Daniel M. Kimmel
Gibson may have a long way to go in dealing with his prejudices but we can marvel that someone can be a terrible person and yet still produce great art 
4
Apocalypto
Erik Childress
What s truly challenging about it is the ironic displacement of anyone s God as the all knowing presence in the face of our fellow man constantly preaching the myths as the key to survival 
3
Apocalypto
David Nusair
feels like a phenomenal step backwards for the thoroughly talented filmmaker 
2
Apocalypto
Willie Waffle
a borderline movie stuck with a remarkably difficult marketing problem and lots of bloody violence 
2
Apocalypto
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The buzz is wrong Apocalypto is unquestionably the most reprehensible brain dead and offensive movie I ve seen all year and this year has been a doozy 
.5
Apocalypto
Claudia Puig
Perhaps Gibson is trying to shock us into absorbing the torment and severity of man s inhumanity to man The tragedy is that the film has the opposite effect As we are bombarded by savagery we become inured to it 
1.5
Apocalypto
Peter Canavese
As in The Passion of the Christ Gibson s empathy extends only as far as feeling his characters pain It is however a rip roaring ultraviolent action picture 
2.5
Apocalypto
Bruce Newman
With a ferocity that is often as difficult to take as it is fascinating to watch Mel Gibson s Apocalypto comes crashing across 500 years of history with such immediacy that it feels as if this haunting fierce sadistic movie will never leave you 
3.5
Apocalypto
James Rocchi
Gibson s directorial efforts have been fairly blood soaked historical exercises and Apocalyto isn t just more of the same it s entirely too much of the same Apocalypto is a career ending flop and easily the worst movie of 2006 
0
Apocalypto
Michael Phillips
Gibson s interest in human cruelty and human suffering does not make him unique among filmmakers His preferred mixture of piety and viciousness however makes him uniquely suited to our post Cecil B DeMille age of cinematic mythmaking 
2
Apocalypto
Chris Hewitt
Apocalypto recovers from its excesses quickly with Gibson crafting a shock and awe ending that is one of the year s best 
3
Apocalypto
Phoebe Flowers
You could dog ear the pages of every thesaurus imaginable though and still not be able to capture the visceral power that Gibson presents You just have to see it 
3.5
Apocalypto
Jan Stuart
Any claims of cinematic prowess or social political consequence however are obliterated by the relish Gibson seems to take in wowing us with his inventory of tortures and outrages 
1
Apocalypto
Matt Pais
While Gibson certainly doesn t prove he s not crazy he reminds us that he sure is an accomplished filmmaker 
3
Apocalypto
Phil Villarreal
It s the cinematic equivalent of Pop Rocks and soda 
3.5
Apocalypto
Josh Larsen
As confessional as any Diane Sawyer interview 
3
Apocalypto
Jeanne Aufmuth
Smolders with cinematic fever 
4
Apocalypto
Steve Rhodes
It isn t merely fascinating it is nothing less than one of the very best movies of the year and it contains some of the best foot chases in cinematic history 
4
Apocalypto
Ed Gonzalez
Mel Gibson is sick but his new film profits from his weakness 
2.5
Apocalypto
Peter Travers
Gibson has made a film of blunt provocation and bruising beauty 
3.5
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Mattie Lucas
It s the film s feminist edge that remains powerful and it s easy to see why it became Fassbinder s biggest box office success 
3.5
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Matt Brunson
Had Robert Altman not already employed the title 3 Women for his 1977 gem that would have handily served as a header for Rainer Werner Fassbinder s acclaimed BRD Trilogy 
3
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film s epic structure and period detail has always pleased critics but Fassbinder avoids the usual trappings of the genre and manages a raw intimacy throughout 
3.5
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Roger Ebert
Fassbinder himself was cruel and distant to those around him particularly those who loved him and in Maria Braun he created an indelible monster who is perversely fascinating 
4
Tales From the Script
Elizabeth Weitzman
Amusingly blunt 
3
Tales From the Script
Kam Williams
No wonder they call screenwriters egomaniacs with low self esteem 
4
Tales From the Script
Kyle Smith
Bulletin from Hollywood Screenwriters are anxious and whiny 
2
Tales From the Script
Ethan Alter
This behind the scenes look at the art and commerce of Hollywood screenwriting is filled with memorable yarns 
3
Tales From the Script
Bill Weber
A flimsy opportunity to rubberneck at the misfortune of a profession where the summit of aspiration is getting lied to by a higher caliber of person 
2
Tales From the Script
Ross Anthony
A must see for anyone with a script or an intention to write one It s also likely inspiring in a tough love sort of way for anyone with any kind of ambition I enjoyed it 
3.5
Murder in the Woods
Richard Roeper
T hough we ve seen this story dozens of times before director Luis Iga Garza and screenwriter Yelyna De Leon deliver a darkly funny self aware and deliberately I would think cliché riddled screamer 
3
Homunculus
Roger Moore
I m not overstating it in saying this borders on nauseating 
1.5
They Were Expendable
Matt Brunson
The film moves along curiously and cautiously prideful of the crews of the PT boats but also aware that each victory was achieved at a great cost and that sacrifices would have to continue to be made as the war trudged along 
3.5
Proud
Willie Waffle
Proud may not have the best acting biggest budget or best written dialogue you will see in a movie but it does tell an important story 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Mattie Lucas
A mood piece a wholly transporting and wonderful film that exists in that special realm where the young and the young at heart meet 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Kelly Jane Torrance
The emotional departure Max finally takes from the Wild Things almost redeems the rest of the film in its wordless anguish Yet for all that it still doesn t have the charm of the brief original 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Michael Dequina
Does leave a lingering impression but more due to the nagging feeling that it never quite connects than to Jonze actually meeting his grandiose thematic ambitions 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Jeff Beck
Jonze has created a world in which even wild things can be full of personality and fun to be around 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Jordan Hiller
The conversations and interactions Jonze orchestrates whether real imaginary spoken with an inner voice or cried aloud are delivered with the unmistakable rhythm and in the grandiose rubber and glue terminology of children 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Wesley Lovell
Exploring the mind of an angry little boy Where the Wild Things Are is an psychological exploratory fantasy of intriguing depth 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jonze creates perhaps the most artful film aimed at children since The Red Balloon and one with unusually deep emotional resonance 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Carolyn Arends
In many respects a creative triumph The film is visually stunning and the writing is equally fresh 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
James Kendrick
Jonze and Eggers do an admirable and at times alchemic job of transforming the slim volume into something decidedly weightier in terms of plot without sacrificing the essence of the book s focus on the darker edges of childhood
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
John Wirt
Better not set foot hoof or paw on this isle of pain 
1.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Mike Scott
A near perfect live action adaptation Where the Wild Things Are is a brilliantly conceived and artfully realized translation of Sendak s beloved story 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Sean P. Means
For grown ups Jonze s exploration of Max s imaginary world is a wonder 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Linda Cook
It s less ABOUT a kid and more about BEING a kid 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Mike McGranaghan
A work of genuine imagination and intelligence that doesn t try to ram the same old feel good platitudes down our collective throat 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Gina Carbone
Where the Wild Things Are is the least fantastical fantasy and the most raw honest personal and magical film about childhood angst since ever 
3.25
Where the Wild Things Are
Eric Melin
Anybody that says this isn t a kids film is misunderstanding the point This movie gets at the heart of what it s like to be a kid one of the best films of the year 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Matt Soergel
Uneven Yet it has a beauty and integrity and wildness of its own it s clear this is a film that just loves the book 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Bob Bloom
Like most classic fairy tales Where the Wild Things Are offers hints of danger and a few scary moments 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Michael A. Smith
All of the actors do incredible work with Gandolfini giving a performance that is award worthy
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Matt Brunson
Like the wild things inhabiting Max s world it s fascinating but also lumbering and to paraphrase The Troggs it s unlikely to make everyone s heart sing 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Christian Toto
Where the Wild Things Are is too quirky for the kids and too scattered for grown ups but boy does it come close to capturing the book s eternal appeal 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Kit Bowen
Let s pronounce Spike Jonze the King of All Wild Things 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Canavese
A fine conversation piece for gifted kids u2014assuming parents willing to talk to their kids about their feelings also a fascinating psychological study for adults looking back on the roiling emotions of childhood 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the time it was over I was deeply unsatisfied and while I did see glimmers of my own childhood here and there I didn t see enough for the movie to win me over 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Liam Lacey
Wild Things you do not make my heart sing 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
Sean O'Connell
Sendak s book crackled with the combustible energy of adolescent anarchy and creative play two elements severely lacking from Spike Jonze s mopey withdrawn feature length adaptation 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
Lisa Kennedy
Spike Jonze we salute you 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What I love about the film is that director Spike Jonze and co writer Dave Eggers as well as producer Sendak have made a film for themselves 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Willie Waffle
Spike Jonze has gone to great lengths to make Where The Wild Things Are feel magical mysterious dangerous and enthralling but doesn t have the story to make it happen 
1.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Robert Levin
So self conscious about being a return to an earlier era of family filmmaking it never gets under your skin in the visceral immersive way it should 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
John Beifuss
The title isn t a question but the movie provides an answer Everywhere 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Lou Lumenick
Some very good books were just never meant to be turned into movies Sadly you can now add Maurice Sendak s 1963 classic Where the Wild Things Are to that list 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
Phil Villarreal
More effective birth control than condoms 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Mick LaSalle
Where the Wild Things Are is audacious in its refusal to be reassuring which makes it hard to love but also hard to dismiss 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
Nick Rogers
The film encourages embracing all that we are but it s not presumptuous to suggest what it is as it differs for every child Profoundly thoughtful unexpectedly moving adventurous in spirit and unforgettable it s one of the best films of 2009 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Howell
It s a joy for thinking moviegoers of any age It doesn t seek to keep out all the sadness yet neither does it wallow in gloom Instead it presents childhood as a journey filled with things both wonderful and fearful and ultimately all of the mind 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Mark Dujsik
Does indeed deserve admiration for its loving actualization of Sendak s world but the movie s dissertation like expansion of the story never truly comes together into anything meaningful 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Erik Childress
The sort of innovative storytelling that will see Where the Wild Things Are mentioned in the same breath as some of the best family films ever made 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Joe Lozito
Spike Jonze s beautifully audacious and sadly flawed film brings Maurice Sendak s much beloved nine sentence children s story to vivid CGI enhanced life If only he had kept it a short story 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Claudia Puig
Where the Wild Things Are is a fiercely innovative film with surprising texture and nuance It captures the joy and exuberance of childhood without shying away from its very real pains and woes 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Michael Sragow
You never completely lose their feeling for the little guy but by the end you feel a bit like Max s mom Once you know he s safe you re more than ready to drift into deep sleep 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Lawrence Toppman
It s a blurry vision that comes into focus only intermittently 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
Robert W. Butler
The resulting movie isn t for young children I m not sure it s for grown ups either not unless they re into boredom 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Travers
For all the money spent the film s success is best measured by its simplicity and the purity of its innovation Jonze has filmed a fantasy as if it were absolutely real allowing us to see the world as Max sees it full of beauty and terror 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Walter Chaw
the rare work of art in any media that actually evokes the experience of sadness the sensation of melancholy the mechanism of regret We re lucky to have it 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Duane Dudek
Children s literature is filled with loss fear and sorrow and we can only imagine how such stories pinball around a child s developing subconscious And such concerns are the live action film s speculative springboard 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Moira MacDonald
Some children I think will love this film some will find it frightening and some will be bored Adults likely will experience it the same way 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Stephen Whitty
It s a qualified pleasure now to say that the movie is not a disaster in fact parts of it are miraculous and that it is still very much a Spike Jonze movie 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Ty Burr
The movie is a wild thing and that s not such a bad thing at all 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Dustin Putman
Bold and cinematic at once wondrously epic yet achingly intimate and honest Touting it as this century s answer to 1939 s The Wizard of Oz would not be flagrant hyperbole 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Steven Rea
With Sendak s blessing and with the aid of writer Dave Eggers who teamed on the screenplay Jonze has transformed the iconic picture book into a satisfyingly moody melancholy madcap live action romp 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Rene Rodriguez
The film lacks the menace and danger of Sendak s book along with the beautiful simplicity and delicated understated portrait of a lonely misunderstood boy 
2
Where the Wild Things Are
James Berardinelli
The result is an involving experience for all but the most fidgety children and an opportunity for parents to enjoy rather than endure a motion picture with their offspring 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Michael Phillips
There s a certain amount of pain in Where the Wild Things Are but it s completely earned The movie fills you with all sorts of feelings and I suspect children will recognize those feelings as their own 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Rafer Guzman
Jonze and Eggers have a firm grasp on the way a child s joy can quickly turn to tears but they squeeze hard and can t let go The film is essentially a parade of negative emotions sorrow anger jealousy regret 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Roger Ebert
The plot is simple stuff spread fairly thin in terms of events but portentous in terms of meaning It comes down to What is right a question that children often seek answers to 
3
Where the Wild Things Are
Josh Larsen
gets one thing crucially right about the 1963 Maurice Sendak picture book on which it s based Max the young hero is not a nice kid 
4
Where the Wild Things Are
Joe Williams
To their credit the creative team has retained the handmade look and unruly spirit of Maurice Sendak s bedtime fable to their discredit they haven t added enough narrative or emotional dimension to make it an effective movie 
2.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Keough
I can t speak for the kids but I would rate Spike Jonze Dave Eggers s adaptation of Maurice Sendak s 40 page children s picture book up there with Up and WallE as topping the recent renaissance in children s movies 
3.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Ed Gonzalez
Max s dilemma and emotions are distilled to their essence so the way his real life suffering informs his dreamscapes becomes unmistakable 
3
Batman: Bad Blood
Mike McGranaghan
So much is made of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but what DC is doing with these animated features is much more organic 
3
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Tirdad Derakhshani
You may prefer spending your money on the book 
2.5
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Peter Keough
For the most part documentarians Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot do this potent story justice 
2.5
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Loren King
A straightforward documentary that uses Yoni s own words in the form of his moving eloquent letters and poems to create a searing portrait of his short but meaningful life 
3
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Roger Moore
As biographies go this one s pretty close to hagiography painting in personal details glossing over the chinks in his armor and in Israeli history 
2
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Rafer Guzman
Never explains why exactly Israel embraced this dead soldier so tightly 
2
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Lou Lumenick
Doesn t give much more than a cursory sense of what Yonathan Netanyahu was like as a person 
2
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Chuck Bowen
The documentary is briskly paced often compelling but a little soft as it succumbs to hero worship 
2.5
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Stephanie Merry
This was a man who needed no help standing out from the crowd 
2.5
Basic Instinct
David Nusair
a slick stylish and generally unsatisfying thriller from a distressingly erratic filmmaker 
2
Basic Instinct
David Keyes
Here is a film so utterly devoid of art and intellect that nothing remains other than a husk of ridiculous ploys 
1
Basic Instinct
Dave Kehr
Verhoeven does not explore the dark side but merely exploits it and that makes all the difference in the world 
1
Basic Instinct
John Hartl
Slick clever and entertainingly overheated while you re watching it Basic Instinct starts to evaporate the second you leave the theater 
2.5
Basic Instinct
Stephen Hunter
Verhoeven has always had a skill for storytelling however questionable and tasteless the materials but here he is hopelessly defeated by Ezsterhas talky slow moving and derivative script 
2
Basic Instinct
Carrie Rickey
Call me a prude but it s not sexy watching an erotic thriller in which every time a couple does it one of them gets it with an ice pick I don t care how many firmly toned tummies and tushes are bared 
2
Basic Instinct
Gary Thompson
If Basic Instinct achieves nothing else it will replace Caligula as Bob Guccione s favorite movie 
2
Basic Instinct
James Berardinelli
The film s problems begin with its story which is constructed with relentless manipulation in mind It never plays fair with the audience 
2
Basic Instinct
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It actually works in a nasty tasteless sort of way 
3.5
Basic Instinct
Michael Dequina
Shocking and effective but doesn t quite live up to all the hype 
3
Basic Instinct
Ian Mantgani
Could we be ready to stop snickering about it and admit to its status as a modern classic 
4
Basic Instinct
Roger Ebert
The film is like a crossword puzzle It keeps your interest until you solve it Then it s just a worthless scrap with the spaces filled in 
2
Basic Instinct
Scott Nash
Basic Instinct was a seminal 1990s film but like a lot of things from the 1990s it hasn t aged very well 
2.5
Dawg Fight
Rene Rodriguez
From the outside at first glance it looks like a horror show young men inside a small ring pummeling each other in the backyard of a private home in West Perrine bare knuckled and often bleeding 
3.5
Dragstrip Girl
Walter Chaw
That Dragstrip Girl inspires core disquiet because of its confounding badness is probably not reason enough to see it 
0
Sabrina
Betsy Bozdech
Falls flat compared to the original 
2
Sabrina
Michael Dequina
Retains all the wit and charm that made the original such a winner 
4
Sabrina
Robert Roten
A very effective updating of an old rags to riches tale being careful not to suggest that a woman needs to find a rich man in order to be happy 
3
Sabrina
Rob Blackwelder
Rich with the kind of conversation that most movies even romances don t even aspire to 
3
Sabrina
Roger Ebert
Just as satisfying if not as dry and cynical as the original 
3.5
Sabrina
Susan Stark
Polished classy
3
Sabrina
Susan Wloszczyna
Sydney Pollack miraculously almost pulls off his updated homage simply by choosing well and popping enough champagne corks to make us believe the wealthy are still glamorous despite Donald Trump 
3
Sabrina
Madeleine Williams
Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond have great chemistry 
3.5
Sabrina
Steve Rhodes
A surprisingly delightful and fresh romance 
3
Sabrina
James Berardinelli
Despite the unambitious formula driven plot wonderful performances by Julia Ormond and especially Harrison Ford keep this remake afloat 
3
Drifting
Kathy Fennessy
Though Drifting is the top billed feature 44 the jewel in the crown is White Tiger 46 46 46 
3
Taste of Cherry
Mattie Lucas
Attains a kind of haunting mysticism profoundly shifting the audience s perception of reality It s Kiarostami s finest work and one of the best films of the 1990s 
4
Taste of Cherry
Matt Brunson
Neither masterpiece nor misfire 
3
Taste of Cherry
James Kendrick
It is both drama and allegory and while it has been met with ardent praise from critics over the years it doesn t quite work for me either way 
2.5
Taste of Cherry
Edward Guthmann
Kiarostami is in no rush but the respect and love he shows for his characters and the confidence and simplicity of his technique make Taste of Cherry a satisfying experience 
3
Taste of Cherry
Roger Ebert
The film is such a lifeless drone that we experience it only as a movie 
1
Taste of Cherry
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A masterwork 
4
Dot.Kill
David Nusair
Director John Irvin s attempts to infuse the film with a somber Fincheresque sense of style fall flat 
1
Vulgar
David Nusair
an amateurish unpleasant and primarily worthless effort 
1
Vulgar
Mike McGranaghan
Imagine John Waters remaking Deliverance starring Bozo the Clown and that s Vulgar 
3
Vulgar
Michael Dequina
Being unique doesn t necessarily equate to being good no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke 
2
Vulgar
Edward Guthmann
An ugly revolting movie 
0
Vulgar
Rob Blackwelder
Hey everybody wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children s party clown gets violently gang raped I didn t think so 
0.5
Vulgar
Gene Seymour
It s hard to imagine any recent film independent or otherwise that makes as much of a mess as this one 
.5
Vulgar
Bob Strauss
Unspeakable of course barely begins to describe the plot and its complications Vulgar is too optimistic a title 
0
Vulgar
Lou Lumenick
For those willing to risk being made very uncomfortable this instant cult classic announces the arrival of a distinctive new talent behind the camera 
3
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
Peter Howell
Monroe s measured performance anchors a strong cast that overcomes occasional doldrums confirming the stardom conferred by It Follows and The Guest 
3
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
David N. Butterworth
Lightning strikes a chord with the surefootedness of its cast and crew 
3
The Salt of Tears
Roger Moore
The pointless pretentious narration and overcast black and white cinematography make The Salt of Tears play like a parody of French cinema of the 60s
2
The Salt of Tears
Diego Semerene
Philippe Garrel illustrates the absurdity behind the myth of the complementary couple without humor or wit 
1.5
Gattaca
Brian Eggert
The writer director crafts a paranoid 44 discriminatory world out of ripped from the headlines science 46 Adopting a noirish mood amid an austere dystopian backdrop 44 it 8217 s the sort of Orwellian vision that could only exist in a movie 46 
3
Gattaca
David Nusair
a deliberately paced yet mostly spellbinding sci fi drama 
3.5
Gattaca
Mike Clark
An institutional hush envelops the compelling cautionary fable Gattaca as if it were muffled by a velvet lab coat 
3
Gattaca
Walter Chaw
It predicts the way the world would change in 2001 and how our films would reflect that change 
3.5
Gattaca
Peter Canavese
Ripe for reappraisal the storytelling integrity and thoughtful themes of a good novel 
3.5
Gattaca
Maitland McDonagh
This stately stunningly beautiful picture evokes a future in which present day prejudices and neuroses have been taken to new insidious scientifically rationalized heights 
3
Gattaca
Emanuel Levy
One of first Hollywood films about the effects of genetic engineering on human conduct Andrew Niccol s directing debut is an intelligent and timely sci fi that despite some illogical plot contrivances is emotionally engaging almost up to the end 
3
Gattaca
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of my favorite sci fi films of recent years 
3.5
Gattaca
Margaret A. McGurk
A spare intelligent thriller from first time writer director Andrew Niccol 
3
Gattaca
Gina Carbone
This film illustrates what some of us have long suspected Uma Thurman and Jude Law were genetically engineered 
3.5
Gattaca
Rick Groen
Designer babies rule dystopia in stylish SF thriller filled with recycled plot devices 
2.5
Gattaca
James Kendrick
At its best Gattaca makes you ponder about serious questions of identity and why we are who we are 
3
Gattaca
Bill Chambers
Gattaca falls short not on ambition but in execution 
2
Gattaca
Madeleine Williams
Its three leads are all engaging and well written and its attention to detail enhances the film in ways big budget special effects can t 
3
Gattaca
Michael Dequina
Intriguing and atmospheric 
3
Gattaca
Marty Mapes
I think it was an inspired attempt at timeless filmmaking by a novice director no less but for me it didn t quite make it 
3
Gattaca
James O'Ehley
It is a step in the right direction for the sci fi genre being more cerebral than visceral 
3
Gattaca
Rob Blackwelder
The most original and visionary movie of its ilk in a long time 
3
Gattaca
Steve Rhodes
Mesmerizing thriller 
3.5
Gattaca
Mick LaSalle
The hero s struggle in Gattaca would have been more compelling were he an average fellow going up against geniuses and not a healthy fellow going up against somewhat healthier specimens 
2
Gattaca
Ted Prigge
The acting from everyone is great with Thurman giving a wonderfully cold performance and Hawke creating a character who has been beaten down by the system but has found a new sense of optimism by a bitter man who was willing to give it out anyway 
3.5
Gattaca
Walter V. Addiego
Overall Niccol has done a fine restrained job in a genre for which many of us have lowered our expectations 
3
Gattaca
James Berardinelli
Gattaca doesn t just function as a science fiction thriller but as both a cautionary tale about the dangers of letting scientific ability outstrip ethics and as a morality play about the irrationality of bigotry 
3.5
Gattaca
Roger Ebert
At a time when we read about cloned sheep and tomatoes crossed with fish the science in Gattaca is theoretically possible 
3.5
Jimmy the Kid
Roger Ebert
Since Jimmy the Kid is basically a kid s movie it s too bad they didn t empathize more with the kids in their potential audience 
2
Cremaster 5
David N. Butterworth
Barney climbs the stage of the Budapest opera house while underwater androgynous faeries attend to the nether regions of a differentiated being in a finale that defers definitive conclusion 
2.5
Cremaster 5
Ian Mantgani
Lots of classy dark colours and soaring music 
2
Welcome to Me
Brian Eggert
Wiig delivers a sensational performance in a film that deserves comparisons to uneasily funny titles like The King of Comedy and Being There 44 and perhaps like those films 44 it will only improve with age 44 reassessment 44 and time for clarity 46 
3
Welcome to Me
Peter Canavese
Wiig plays her role with total commitment fearlessness and lack of vanity the movie we deserve in the age of social media and cable television a satiric child of Paddy Chayevsky s Network in its autopsy of vox populi viral video 
3.5
Welcome to Me
James Berardinelli
There s not much plot here and very little in the way of character development Alice is defined by her disorder and the screenplay isn t interested in delving into her life and relationships 
2
Welcome to Me
David Berry
Though it is shaggy and loose Welcome to Me wants to confront us with how casually and confusingly we tend to treat mental illness laughing in its face or vaguely romanticizing it or tightly stigmatizing it 
3.5
Welcome to Me
Brad Wheeler
Welcome to Me is an unsettling comedy and I mean that in the best possible way 
3.5
Welcome to Me
Brad Keefe
A bittersweet comedy that sometimes uncomfortably uses Alice s disorder as a comedic crutch but generally lands with its heart in the right place thanks largely to Wiig 
3
Welcome to Me
Scott Renshaw
There s not much payoff beyond the train wreck emotional exhibitionism
2.5
Welcome to Me
Rob Thomas
Every generation gets the Network it deserves For ours obsessed with self actualization fame and personal branding we get the disturbingly funny satire Welcome To Me 
4
Welcome to Me
Mark Dujsik
This isn t funny It s sad and disheartening and demeaning 
1.5
Welcome to Me
Stephen Rebello
Like the heroine it portrays the whole thing is a curio a queasy unpleasant thing wrapped around a cry for help and a self indulgent one at that 
2
Welcome to Me
Anders Wright
Wiig may still become a megastar she s one of the leads in the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot and will appear in the Zoolander follow up but she ll be lucky if she ever again gets a part this good 
3
Welcome to Me
Jocelyn Noveck
There s dark comedy and then there s take no prisoners dare you to keep looking dark comedy Kristen Wiig s Welcome to Me falls decidedly in the latter category making us laugh but feel deeply unsettled about doing so 
3
Welcome to Me
Michael Phillips
The movie is small but the actors make it seem larger like binoculars turned around the right way 
3
Welcome to Me
Tirdad Derakhshani
At turns horribly funny and simply horrific Piven s film suggests our therapeutic age has reduced us all to psychic cripples who resort to emotional exhibitionism in lieu of honest self examination and self expression 
3
Welcome to Me
Joe Williams
This is Wiig s show and connoisseurs of the comedy craft will flip for her 
3
Welcome to Me
Claudia Puig
Welcome to Me works better as a character study than a full fledged story Audiences will have little sense of Alice beyond what they first see 
2
Welcome to Me
Dan Schindel
this film is worthy of its own celebration at least among those who can get onto its extremely idiosyncratic wavelength 
3
Welcome to Me
Michael O'Sullivan
There s an emotional nakedness to Wiig s unhinged performance as Alice Klieg a woman with borderline personality disorder who has stopped taking her antipsychotic medication that sometimes makes her hard to watch even as she is in the limelight 
3
Welcome to Me
Matt Pais
Highly gawkable 
3
Welcome to Me
Kam Williams
Alternately vulnerable and bizarre but always endearing the Saturday Night Live alum enjoys her best outing since Bridesmaids here as an anguished soul allowed against her better judgment to purchase a terribly embarrassing 15 minutes of fame 
4
Welcome to Me
Susan Wloszczyna
Welcome to Me basically lives and dies by Wiig s performance and luckily her Alice Klieg is a carefully and cunningly crafted creation which exposes an undercurrent of pain and sorrow beneath her often placid pixilated state 
3
Welcome to Me
Dustin Putman
Has a few funny moments but much of this dryly squirmy humor is laced with a pall of deep sadness and concern for a protagonist who is clearly psychologically unstable 
2
Welcome to Me
Rex Reed
The movie is nothing more than a labored series of skits that play like ideas from rejected TV pilots 
1
Welcome to Me
Lou Lumenick
It all plays more like a long dark TV comedy sketch than an actual movie 
2
Welcome to Me
Roger Moore
Maddeningly indulgent an SNL sketch that goes on and on 
2
Welcome to Me
Thelma Adams
In the burnt toast black Sundance comedy Kristen Wiig goes dark and bipolar without losing her shield of likeability It s a superpower to be marveled at like the ability to carry on a long conversation without looking at one s mobile device 
3
Welcome to Me
Christopher Gray
The film rejects a fawning or even particularly detailed account of mental illness in favor of a plunge into the deep end of a bottomless ego 
3.5
Welcome to Me
David Nusair
it s hard to deny that the actress sporadically delivers a far more raw and naked performance than one has come to expect 
2.5
Welcome to Me
Kent Turner
Wiig has one of the balliest acting careers out there 
3
Guava Island
Nick Allen
Glover casts himself as a man of the people in the film a rebel with some Childish Gambino songs in his heart and its inspired however slight storytelling makes for another great display of Glover s many talents as an entertainer 
3
Ruby Sparks
Brian Eggert
The setup may be ancient in origin 44 but the treatment is sophisticated 44 beguiling 44 insightful 44 and brimming with charm 46 
4
Ruby Sparks
Linda Barnard
Sure it s been done before man brings ideal woman to life but not quite like Ruby Sparks And that sets this film up to be a smart and romantic low key comedy that goes beyond expectations 
3
Ruby Sparks
Ann Hornaday
Kazan winds up indulging in the very wish fulfillment she initially sets out to deconstruct 
2.5
Ruby Sparks
Chris Hewitt
Screenwriter actress Kazan s theory seems to have been that if she s going to write herself a part she might as well make it a crackerjack one 
3
Ruby Sparks
Perry Seibert
Even with the draggy pacing though the actors and the central idea are so good that Dayton and Faris never lose us completely 
3
Ruby Sparks
Eric Melin
It tackles the idea that people in a relationship will often try to remake the other person in their image Some of the twists are more obvious than others but it has just enough charm mostly from Kazan herself to skate by 
2.5
Ruby Sparks
Jeff Beck
Kazan has fashioned an odd yet interesting film that reminds us that relationships are never easy even when you think you have complete control over them 
3
Ruby Sparks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I think the problem with Ruby Sparks is that it s never really sure what the rules are 
2.5
Ruby Sparks
John Beifuss
Is Ruby Sparks named for the fiery static generated by Dorothy s slippers when the talons of the Wicked Witch come near As in The Wizard of Oz dreams and reality overlap here and magic can hurt 
3
Ruby Sparks
Matt Soergel
Starts off charmingly then gets even better especially as it ventures into darker more unsettling territory that is terra incognito for 99 9 percent of movie romances 
3
Ruby Sparks
Matt Brunson
Zoe Kazan wrote herself a doozy of a part She s the title character in Ruby Sparks a film that superficially appears to be a romantic comedy but whose disturbing undertones guarantee that it will never be mistaken for some Katherine Heigl stinkbomb 
3
Ruby Sparks
Rafer Guzman
Sneaks up on you with deep questions discomfiting insights and more emotional punch than you may expect 
3
Ruby Sparks
Rene Rodriguez
Ruby Sparks opts for a seemingly darker but ultimately easier resolution one that involves magic and fantasy and the sort of neat happily ever after finales that only exist in movies 
2
Ruby Sparks
David Nusair
a satisfyingly off beat romance that consistently stands apart from its bland brethren 
3
Ruby Sparks
Alison Gang
A refreshing romantic comedy for the smart set 
3
Ruby Sparks
Peter Canavese
In a time of mind numbing rom coms Ruby Sparks uses fantasy to get real about modern romance 
3.5
Ruby Sparks
Kate Taylor
The meta fiction concept of characters interacting with their creator is hardly original but it s neatly packaged here by Kazan herself who wrote the script for this clever little charmer 
3
Ruby Sparks
Calvin Wilson
Sparklingly entertaining 
3.5
Ruby Sparks
Moira MacDonald
There are moments in this movie that are mind bendingly funny and that fill the viewer with the thrill of discovering great new talent 
4
Ruby Sparks
Steven Rea
What starts off as a sunny daydream a shot of whimsy and mild mannered magical realism turns into something more serious and seriously reflective Satisfyingly so 
3.5
Ruby Sparks
Mark Feeney
Kazan isn t beautiful She s not even pretty at least not in any conventional way But she s enormously attractive and the camera can t get enough of that heart shaped face and those bouncing bangs 
3
Ruby Sparks
Gary Thompson
Written by Zoe Kazan Elia s granddaughter who plays the title character written by Kazan as a pointed inversion of movie formula and an updating of the classic Pygmalion myth 
3
Ruby Sparks
Betsy Sherman
Ruby Sparks is a frothy thoughtful take on the Pygmalion Living Doll genre 
3
Ruby Sparks
Graham Killeen
Where s writer s block when you really need it 
2
Ruby Sparks
Christy Lemire
Maybe it ll give you something to think about as you Facebook stalk that cute girl you just met for coffee 
3
Ruby Sparks
Lou Lumenick
A twee mildly amusing rom com from the directors of Little Miss Sunshine 
2
Ruby Sparks
Peter Travers
Don t look for sweet and embraceable This movie is not afraid to show its claws Like the spirited teamwork of Kazan and Dano Ruby Sparks is honest deep and true 
3
Ruby Sparks
Michael Phillips
It s refreshing to see a premise such as this one treated to a nonsmarmy telling But the picture intelligent but mild has more of a 10 volt hum than a true spark 
2.5
Ruby Sparks
Stephen Whitty
It s not the sunniest romantic comedy you ll see But it is one of the smartest And perhaps the likeliest to get you thinking about what romance and relationships are really all about 
3
Ruby Sparks
Roger Ebert
I imagine most people seeing Ruby Sparks will consider it to be about a writer and his fictional creation There may be another way to approach it 
3
Ruby Sparks
Rex Reed
The movie is sweet but it s a lollipop of whimsy Lick it and it s gone 
1
Ruby Sparks
Claudia Puig
A sophisticated and beguiling romantic fable 
3
Ruby Sparks
Mick LaSalle
A movie about the power of the imagination really becomes a movie about a certain element of surrender about the release of power that is practically a requirement for loving somebody 
3
Ruby Sparks
James Berardinelli
Not only does the movie play with a lot of intriguing quasi philosophical issues but it is uncompromising in its trajectory 
3.5
Ruby Sparks
Dustin Putman
Delicate unassuming and like Ruby herself kind of difficult not to fall for 
3
Ruby Sparks
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Zoe Kazan takes a whimsically fantastical idea and sees it through to its inevitably bitter end 
3.5
Ruby Sparks
Josh Larsen
Clever but not clever enough to make its central conceit work 
2
Ruby Sparks
R. Kurt Osenlund
Succeeds as a satirical fantasy about writerly self involvement but it s worth celebrating as a testament to self made greatness particularly in regard to the efforts of writer star Zoe Kazan 
3
Ruby Sparks
Matt Pais
Insightfully trades on people s need for clarity both as a creative type and someone looking to collaborate with a partner 
3
Ruby Sparks
Roger Moore
The great romantic gem of the summer a diamond in the rough that bends genres tickles the fancy and trips up expectations 
3.5
All Is True
Matt Brunson
All Is True ultimately has more in common with The Real Housewives of Atlanta than with The Merry Wives of Windsor 
2
All Is True
Soren Andersen
The movie s impressive appearance notwithstanding Shakespeare s domestic problems do not a classic make 
2.5
All Is True
Rob Thomas
Macbeth and King Lear didn t exactly stick to the historical record either and Ben Elton s speculative screenplay finds poignancy and wit in this unauthorized and unexpected portrait of Shakespeare 
3
All Is True
Lisa Jensen
These guys know their Bard and they ve come up with a wonderful homage witty atmospheric at times heartbreaking to both the towering genius of myth and the oh so fallible man within 
3.5
All Is True
Kenneth R. Morefield
Much as with Anne Rice s The Young Messiah the film s use of an historical frame adds nothing vital to its story and creates an expectation of truth adjacency that it lacks the skill or imagination to meet 
1.5
All Is True
Josh Terry
Considering the film s subject a different focus and more strictly faithful narrative might have delivered a more resonant experience 
2.5
All Is True
Sean P. Means
All Is True works best in small moments often when Branagh is parrying with great actors like Dench or Ian McKellen 
2.5
All Is True
Bob Bloom
The strength of All Is True lies in Branagh s depiction of Shakespeare as a flawed man Though proud of his accomplishments and fame he is self conscious about what others think of him and he continues to fester long held grudgess 
3
All Is True
Roger Moore
Not nearly as witty as one might have hoped but a warm appreciation for The Bard in Winter 
2.5
All Is True
Ty Burr
All is True is expertly acted and handsomely filmed but suffers from an excess of sentimentality a rash of revelations and a surfeit of subtext with characters blurting out the hidden motives for their behavior instead of simply behaving them 
2
All Is True
Gary Thompson
Branagh with a false nose and inside out comfort with his subject makes a formidable Shakespeare Dench is his equal as Anne 
3
All Is True
Chris Hewitt
A fake schnoz significantly alters Branagh s appearance as the Bard of Avon but his career long interest in Shakespeare shines through 
2.5
All Is True
Joe Friar
After devoting forty years of his life interpreting Shakespeare s work Kenneth Branagh plays The Bard in the gracious biopic that features wonderful performances by Branagh Dench McKellen and especially Kathryn Wilder 
4
All Is True
Mattie Lucas
Branagh s uncharacteristic restraint even amid such gorgeous production design and vibrant cinematography displays a disarming maturity of craft 
3
All Is True
Andrea Gronvall
In All Is True Branagh and Elton do what the Bard did himself take something be it someone else s idea an historical fact or a recent event and mash it up with original material to fashion an entertainment that feels real 
3
All Is True
Mark Dujsik
It s a fine handsome and intelligent piece of speculative fiction 
3
All Is True
Peter Canavese
An elegiac valediction for Shakespeare s genius a celebration of the centuries of scholarship that got us here and an ode to parental love complicated as it is by ego 
3
All Is True
Michael Phillips
All is True shows a better eye and a less fussy more purposeful sense of rhythm and pacing than all but one or two of the Shakespeare adaptations Branagh has brought to the screen 
3
All Is True
Ann Hornaday
A n intriguing speculative drama about the playwright s final years 
3
All Is True
Robert Daniels
Kenneth Branagh bungles All is True worse than Malvolio with a letter from Olivia 
1.5
All Is True
Odie Henderson
Purists may have a field day with All Is True and it does have a tendency to lag but I found myself thinking about it days after I d seen it 
3
All Is True
Wes Greene
It s an unfussy intimate chamber drama that s fearless in confronting the attitudes of its exalted subject 
3
All Is True
Alison Rowat
Mostly enjoyable but not without the odd toe curling moment when the joke is too obvious 
3
All Is True
Oliver Jones
Forget all of it being true I would have settled for some of it being interesting 
1
Single All the Way
David Reddish
Single All the Way isnt the kind of movie to watch for plot twistschances are you can predict how it all ends already It does however still feel refreshing to see a queer couple included in a holiday fairytale romance 
3
Single All the Way
Peter Canavese
A standard issue rom com that s heavy on the rom and light on the com The movie equivalent of a smile and a hug Undeniably sweet the only thing it s trying hard at here is trying to convince you that you re having a good time 
2.5
Single All the Way
Randy Myers
Single All the Way is a smooth fun and funny holiday rom com that respects its characters and avoids making anyone a villain 
3
Single All the Way
Roger Moore
A Home for the Holidays rom com that s rom enough but entirely too safe to be anything other than Hallmark Channel fodder in the rom or com department 
1.5
Single All the Way
Nina Metz
Single All the Way cannot sustain itself on Urie s considerable charms alone but he s been underused since the days of Ugly Betty that it s thrilling to see him in a starring role If only it was a better one 
2
Single All the Way
Carla Meyer
Veteran TV writer Chad Hodge s self aware script acknowledges all the tropes gay and holiday while continuing to employ them effectively 
3
Lady Macbeth
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully produced and atmospheric work through which Oldroyd shows great promise But thematically it s a bit of a mess 
2
Lady Macbeth
Josh Larsen
a character study of a ruthless and wily soul 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
John Beifuss
Owing more to Bront and Highsmith than to Shakespeare this grim moor noir presents its catalog of parricide mariticide and equine cide as the consequences of a class and caste system that dehumanizes even those who materially benefit from its design 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Rob Thomas
Lady MacBeth is a costume drama that moves with the anxiety inducing momentum of a thriller 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Lisa Jensen
This is not a movie to take to your heart but as a psychological character study it s both grueling and profound 
3
Lady Macbeth
Barry Paris
The cinematography rivets our attention with every frame not just in the shocking murder scenes but also in the details 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
David Nusair
Lady Macbeth s positive attributes are ultimately cancelled out by a middle that just doesn t for the most part work at all 
2
Lady Macbeth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Lady Macbeth strikes hard and digs deep 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Robert Horton
If it sounds a little like a film noir transplanted to an English country house Double Indemnity with whalebone corsets that s not far off 
3
Lady Macbeth
Kate Taylor
The brazenness of her actions and opacity of her emotions suggest a tragic heroine in the grand tradition but the film lacks the propulsive drive to make her fate moving 
2.5
Lady Macbeth
Jeff Simon
It is a completely original adaptation of Leskov set in England never predictable in any way and in its final inevitable scene icily brilliant 
4
Lady Macbeth
Bruce DeMara
Director William Oldroyd delivers a taut and well paced period drama elevated by Pugh s riveting performance 
3
Lady Macbeth
Calvin Wilson
A fascinating portrait of empowerment gone awry 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Despite director William Oldroyd s vengeful flair and admirable exploration of the tale s racial fissures Lady Macbeth is memorable mainly for attempting to drown its audience in misery 
2
Lady Macbeth
Moira MacDonald
Pugh a young newcomer with just a tiny handful of film credits gives a performance of rare ferocity 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Gary Thompson
Much of the credit goes to Pugh who s an obvious talent with the kind of readable and expressive face the camera adores 
3
Lady Macbeth
Maia Silber
Oldroyd never allows us to look away from the horror focusing in long intense shots on the faces of his characters as they suffer 
4
Lady Macbeth
Michael Phillips
Throughout Lady Macbeth we see Pugh s eyes full of possibility and optimism at the outset gradually darken Even her breathing changes It s a wonderful performance in a very fine film 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Mark Dujsik
There s a twisted sense of logic to it and that makes this story engaging even as the story follows that cruel logic to its inevitable result 
3
Lady Macbeth
Mick LaSalle
Oldroyd s approach to Lady Macbeth guarantees some longueurs as the film wears on But the clarity with which Pugh and Oldroyd communicate Katherine s thoughts and motives maintains a sold interest throughout 
3
Lady Macbeth
Ty Burr
Pugh and the film around her hold an audience transfixed and conflicted to the end 
3
Lady Macbeth
Roger Moore
The leads aren t dazzling but the story is cruelly efficient and chilling
3
Lady Macbeth
Christy Lemire
You can t stop watching its beauty even as you long to look away from its cruelty 
3
Lady Macbeth
Peter Travers
Newcomer Florence Pugh in a performance that will soon be legendary dives deep into this terrifically twisted erotic thriller and makes it matter 
3.5
Lady Macbeth
Katie Walsh
A haunting angry vision of feminine rebellion 
4
Lady Macbeth
Oliver Jones
There is an emptiness to Lady Macbeth part of it on purpose and part of it not 
2
Lady Macbeth
Sam C. Mac
Lady Macbeth eventually turns into a meaningless mean spirited and proudly irredeemable non character study 
1
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Rob Thomas
This affectionate documentary is focused more on Tucker today 44 reclaiming her power and looking forward to a different 44 brighter future than she ever expected to have 46 
3
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Anne Brodie
Carlile devoted five years to Tucker apos s comeback and while T hesitates at each step 44 she apos s overwhelmed by the attention 46 There are moments of excruciating tension but there is so much love 46 
3
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Mark Dujsik
While watching Tucker record and perform and reclaim some success is a bit fulfilling 44 the whole project comes across as a publicity piece 46 
2
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Roger Moore
The magic here is seeing an established star like Brandi Carlile go full blown fangirl on her idol 46 
3
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Erik Childress
There have been some stellar music docs recently and this bridge between two generations is an exemplary and moving piece on how music can bring us all together as well 46 
3
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Michael O'Sullivan
Mostly The Return is about listening to great music getting made by two women representing two generations of country music Carlile is 41 who genuinely seem to respect each other and who have obvious talent 
2.5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Nell Minow
The documentary 8217 s skillful use of archival footage connects us to Tucker 8217 s extraordinary talent as a singer and her vibrance and magnetism as a performer 46 
3.5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Dwight Brown
Bless Carlile for giving Tucker the respect she deserves now 
4
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Mike McGranaghan
You apos d have a hard time finding a better portrait of the creative process in making music 46 
3.5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
David Nusair
46 46 46 a solid documentary that shines a spotlight on a deserving 40 and somewhat forgotten 41 figure 46 
3
47 Meters Down
Leo Brady
I found 47 Meters Down to be intense well constructed and a good time at the movies 
3
47 Meters Down
Federico Furzan
Rarely do shark movies feel as lame as this one Great ending barely saves the movie from oblivion Full review in Spanish 
2
47 Meters Down
Frank Ochieng
Although it boasts two pretty Barbie Doll leading ladies a flavored scenic land and watery locale and those toothy Jaws knock offs swarming around it still barely remains afloat with all the conviction of a defective hole ridden buoy 
1.5
47 Meters Down
David Nusair
a disappointingly generic offering that contains few elements designed to capture and sustain one s interest 
2
47 Meters Down
Linda Cook
It s a solid summer thriller 
3
47 Meters Down
James Kendrick
does exactly what it needs to do in setting up a precarious situation trapping its protagonists and then forcing us to endure their panic fear resilience and hope the latter of which is more often than not dashed at just the wrong moment
3
47 Meters Down
Lauren Terry
Those seeking the heart pumping adrenaline of a summer shark flick won t be disappointed 
2
47 Meters Down
Dave McGinn
Even at 89 minutes you can feel the oxygen running out of this movie 
1.5
47 Meters Down
Peter Howell
It s gratifying to see a summer popcorn movie where a simple idea goes a long way 
3
47 Meters Down
Mike McGranaghan
This nifty little B movie is surprisingly satisfying 
3
47 Meters Down
John Serba
Teases a conclusion punctuated with blood or salvation but manages to contrive both via a screenplay that would impress professional contortionists 
2
47 Meters Down
Sean P. Means
A moviegoer may find 47 Meters Down too shallow to be worth sticking to the final reel 
2
47 Meters Down
Josh Terry
47 Meters Down is a fun kind of bad 
2.5
47 Meters Down
Jeff Simon
This is as such things go a first rate summer scare throwaway You plunk down your money to get a few jolts to curl your toes during the suspense and laugh at the stupidity of the calamity procession the script gets away with 
3.5
47 Meters Down
Bill Zwecker
While the plot is a bit shaky in parts the overall effect of creating needed tension and some outright out of your seat jumps of fright is quite effective 
3
47 Meters Down
Robert Horton
The dialogue is terrible Moore and Holt are likable enough actresses but they sound like Romy and Michelle on a deep diving expedition 
1.5
47 Meters Down
Peter Sobczynski
The screenplay by Johannes Roberts and Ernest Riera is a weirdly clunky work that never seems to know what it s doing 
2
47 Meters Down
David Lewis
This flick is a summer diversion pure and simple so don t expect a deep message Except that is when you go on vacation next leave your scuba diving equipment at home 
3
47 Meters Down
Mark Dujsik
T he problems arise in the movie s inconsistency with its established rules and the invention of more complications than are really necessary 
1.5
47 Meters Down
Stephen Whitty
A movie that s meant to fill this summer s smart low budget thriller slot Except it s not very smart and it s not very thrilling 
2
47 Meters Down
Tom Russo
An effectively disorienting undersea aesthetic and some inspired late jolts and chills can t fully counterbalance the schlock that keeps dragging this one down 
2
47 Meters Down
Roger Moore
Has a hint of Wait for Netflix about it but that denies you the fun of sitting in the dark hooting shrieking and talking back to the screen with a hundred other fans of shark cinema cheese
2
47 Meters Down
Derek Smith
Like Lisa and Kate s pendular swings between hope and despair Johannes Roberts s film can t help alternating between the genuinely terrifying and the just plain dumb 
1.5
The Quick and the Dead
David Nusair
a pared down premise that s employed to predominantly entertaining and sporadically spellbinding effect by Raimi 
3
The Quick and the Dead
Janet Maslin
Mr Raimi is limited by a sketch mentality which means his jokes tend to be over long before his films end But his tastes for visual mischief and crazy ill advised homage can still make for sly sporadic fun 
3
The Quick and the Dead
Roger Ebert
As preposterous as the plot was there was never a line of Hackman dialogue that didn t sound as if he believed it The same can t be said alas for Sharon Stone 
2
The Quick and the Dead
Chris Hicks
As it is the film s more off the wall tendencies and there are plenty just seem ill at ease if not completely out of place 
2
The Quick and the Dead
James Berardinelli
Raimi s choice to give the film a comic book like aura of mingled camp and grit makes for some fitfully energetic and entertaining moments but it s not enough to overcome The Quick and the Dead s primary fault 
2
The Quick and the Dead
Madeleine Williams
Sam Raimi s over the top homage sendup of old westerns actually succeeds in making Sharon Stone a believable gunslinger 
3
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Aaron Riccio
The film is at least a marvelously enticing advertisement for the upcoming Final Fantasy XV video game 
2
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Soren Andersen
The narrative content of Kingsglaive is a barely coherent muddle 
1.5
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Roger Moore
Improved animation but the hash of a story and the myriad of forgettable characters and situations make this more of a video game commercial or primer for players than a movie 
1.5
The Grey
Brian Eggert
An unforgivingly brutal 44 brilliantly acted 44 beautifully shot motion picture 46 
3.5
The Grey
Mattie Lucas
A tremendous film a fierce and exciting thriller that sets the bar high in a very young year It s Neeson s best film in a long long time 
3.5
The Grey
Betsy Sherman
Both visceral and thoughtful 
3
The Grey
Jason Buchanan
Carnahan s gripping yet grim thriller is either a masterpiece of reflective cinema or a bleak inexcusably nihilistic bid to transcend movie tropes by alienating the audience 
3
The Grey
Jeff Beck
There are points where you can feel the filmmakers really trying to get their point across only to have it lost again in a film that gets its story stuck in a rut 
2.5
The Grey
Roger Moore
Remember all the big talk from Joe Carnahan about bringing this back to theaters for Oscar consideration in the fall Seems pretty stupid now doesn t it 
2
The Grey
David Nusair
Joe Carnahan apos s best film since Narc 46 46 46 
3
The Grey
Michael Dequina
To be let down by the film s rather poetic conclusion to miss the true introspective intent of the film entirely 
3.5
The Grey
Jay Antani
Aside from Neeson s top caliber performance the movie s got several excellent set pieces 
3
The Grey
James Kendrick
a physically and philosophically grueling survival thriller
3
The Grey
Matt Brunson
Even Twilight haters might join Team Jacob rather than watch this shaggy undertaking 
2
The Grey
John Beifuss
The final act is marred by too much unnecessary backstory and characterization not to mention a leap from a cliff episode that shatters the integrity of the movie s relative realism even so this marks a solid comeback for director Joe Carnahan 
3
The Grey
John Wirt
An action movie with a brain and a heart 
3
The Grey
Mike McGranaghan
There s not a lot of breathing when you watch this movie It makes you hold your breath at regular intervals and scarcely gives you time to exhale 
3.5
The Grey
James Berardinelli
The Grey is about raging against the dying of the light but also about accepting it with peace once the fight has been lost 
3
The Grey
Glenn Lovell
a wilderness horror story where one by one the victims fairly rush to their gruesome fates Think Jack London meets John Carpenter s The Thing and you ll be close to the mark 
3
The Grey
Keith Cohen
The cinematography is spectacular This is one movie where the handheld camera is used effectively The production design of the disassembled plane the attendant wreckage is top drawer Other strengths include the lighting facial close ups makeup 
2.5
The Grey
Sara Michelle Fetters
Joe Carnahan s The Grey is easily the filmmaker s most intriguing unusual and risky effort to date 
3
The Grey
Peter Canavese
Though it does thrill with intense close cropped action photography swift editing and vivid sound design The Grey makes as much of an impression by being unexpectedly emotional 
3
The Grey
Stephen Whitty
Somewhere along the line apparently it was decided that having men fight for their lives is not enough to hang a movie on It has to be a movie about Big Ideas 
2.5
The Grey
Brandy McDonnell
It s too bleak and talky to qualify as a guilty pleasure action horror flick but it relies too much on stock characters laughably fake computer generated wolves and gruesome death scenes to be taken seriously as a meaningful existential drama 
1.5
The Grey
Peter Travers
Hold on tight It s a true call of the wild 
3
The Grey
Willie Waffle
The wolves look phony If you want the audience to get all scared the predators need to be more ferocious than Scooby Doo 
1
The Grey
Rafer Guzman
The film s conflicting tones never quite mesh but some fine acting and powerful moments make The Grey watchable if not entirely compelling 
2
The Grey
Kyle Smith
It may be too conventional for the art house crowd yet too arty for the megaplex I prefer to call it an unusually reflective blood and guts saga 
3
The Grey
Liam Lacey
The film sustains some suspense and brooding atmosphere for its first half but eventually the clichs of character and dialogue drag it struggling to ground 
2.5
The Grey
Mark Dujsik
What s less expected is that the film has the mindset of a weary philosopher behind it 
3
The Grey
Dustin Putman
Evokes an eerie solitude between moments of stark horror 
3
The Grey
Claudia Puig
What starts as a tense and moody survival thriller fairly quickly becomes tedious forced and far fetched as a septet of men is preyed upon by a wolf pack in the Alaska wilderness 
2
The Grey
Amy Biancolli
A handsome but gabby take on the standard survivalist thriller that s more concerned with lofty metaphysics than which poor blockhead is about to bite it next 
1
The Grey
Peter Howell
As stripped of colour as its title apart from the red of flowing blood and burning eyes The Grey urges contemplation on man as the human animal one suddenly cast into the wilderness where real beasts dwell 
3
The Grey
Jon Niccum
Although The Grey occasionally succumbs to heavy handed narration with its musings about God and the natural world it delivers in the visceral realm 
3
The Grey
Steven Rea
Devolves into a predictable man against nature and man against fellow man affair 
2.5
The Grey
Wesley Morris
It s cheap the way The Grey wants to be both a Liam Neeson Quit Taking My Stuff movie and an existential thriller about survival 
2
The Grey
Lawrence Toppman
It makes for an occasionally suspenseful if credibility stretching thriller with a strong emotional performance from Neeson at its core 
2.5
The Grey
Gary Thompson
It s a tight thriller helped a great deal by on location shooting in British Columbia that gives the movie a very vivid sense of place and of winter peril 
3
The Grey
Chris Hewitt
Carnahan never rushes the storytelling which gives us more time to ponder the fascinating dilemmas the movie raises but he doesn t waste a second 
3
The Grey
Josh Larsen
For an adventure movie about a group of plane crash survivors being hunted by wolves this is heavy stuff 
3
The Grey
Matt Pais
As if a few hungry wolves could mess with Liam Neeson 
2.5
The Grey
Michael Phillips
There s an actual human element to go with Carnahan s Jack London inspired depiction of humans against the elements 
3
The Grey
Roger Ebert
When I learned of Sarah Palin hunting wolves from a helicopter my sensibilities were tested but after this film I was prepared to call in more helicopters 
3.5
The Grey
Soren Andersen
Neeson has the ability unmatched by any other Hollywood leading man to convey soul deep anguish In this picture it s shattering in its intensity 
3
The Grey
Rene Rodriguez
The wolves seem to have watched a lot of Friday the 13th movies because they have a knack for pouncing out of the shadows that rivals the mad skills of Jason Voorhees 
1
The Grey
Jake Coyle
Ultimately the film feels less like a genuine existential thriller than a movie aping the conventions of one 
2
The Grey
Rex Reed
Prepare to be devastated 
3
The Grey
Jesse Cataldo
Joe Carnahan s film largely works building toward a great ending which functions as one of the best truest action climaxes in recent memory 
3
Big Bully
Susan Wloszczyna
A moronic buddy comedy with a fuzzy wuzzy coating 
1
Night Train to Mundo Fine
Matt Brunson
This grade Z atrocity is astonishing in its ineptitude 
1
The Virgin Spring
Brian Eggert
As filmmakers move from one period to the next 44 sometimes the most fascinating examples of their work occur in the transitions between phases 46 The Virgin Spring 40 Jungfruk 228 llan 41 is such a film 46 
4
The Virgin Spring
Matt Brunson
Fleshing out the source material director Ingmar Bergman and writer Ulla Isaksson have created a powerful examination of Old Testament ire coupled with New Testament redemption 
3
The Virgin Spring
David Nusair
Overwrought and ineffective 
2
The Virgin Spring
Eric Henderson
Represents the primary nexus between Bergman s austere but accessibly recherché works of the 1950s and his downright ascetic 1960s cinema 
2.5
A Decent Factory
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though it lacks a focus or greater artistic vision Thomas Balms no frills documentary offers Westerners a valuable glimpse into the sweatshops of the new China 
2
A Decent Factory
Kyle Smith
Unintentionally funny is still funny and the documentary A Decent Factory which opens with a misspelled quotation from Milton Friedman had me giggling 
2
Queen of Katwe
Brian Eggert
The film plucks our heartstrings and despite our awareness of its manipulative formula and inherent melodrama it nonetheless accomplishes everything the story sets out to do with impressive precision 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
Frank Ochieng
And although the film feels strongly familiar in pathos and promise it is still a capable message movie about disenfranchised youngsters that overcome their desperately humble beginnings in the face of unflattering odds 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
John Serba
Nair emphasizes authenticity in both performance and setting She plants the seed early on and never fails to fertilize that soil 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
Allyson Johnson
It s a quiet and sturdy installment to Nair s impressive filmography and an under the radar delight for 2016 
3
Queen of Katwe
Linda Cook
Why are you fooling around on your laptop when you could be watching this beautiful movie 
4
Queen of Katwe
Sara Michelle Fetters
I loved the way that the film shows so much patience that it allows things to develop at their own naturalistic pace 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
Josh Terry
Nalwanga s performance is well supported by veterans Oyelowo and Wyong o 
3
Queen of Katwe
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Fiercely protective and suspicious of her daughter s new pastime Nyong o s wonderfully expressive face reflects her entire life story Her scenes with Oyelowo are an acting master class 
3
Queen of Katwe
Sean P. Means
Every game of chess has its overt attacks and its stealthy ones and the chess based drama Queen of Katwe is no different 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
Loey Lockerby
Chess isn t the most cinematic of pastimes yet Nair finds ways to make each match as exciting as any soccer or basketball game 
3
Queen of Katwe
Rafer Guzman
Predictable and very Disneyfied but Mutesi s remarkable story carries the day 
3
Queen of Katwe
Lawrence Toppman
The honesty of the performances more than makes up for slight amounts of hokiness in the telling 
3
Queen of Katwe
Rex Reed
The story is true and the message it delivers with care and help the disenfranchised can become role models and inspire others is unabashedly sentimental but in a good way 
3
Queen of Katwe
Roger Moore
Nair skillfully plays the limited board this story gives her a queen among filmmakers making all the right moves 
3
Queen of Katwe
Peter Canavese
A co production of Disney and ESPN Films Queen of Katwe unsurprisingly has a calculated quality to it What s thrilling is the story s girl power with Phiona described as an aggressive player of astonishing power 
3
Queen of Katwe
Kent Turner
It s quietly triumphant told modestly and straightforwardly 
3
Queen of Katwe
Peter Travers
Directed by the great Mira Nair the film hits you like a shot in the heart Nyong o and Oyelowo are both extraordinary giving newcomer Nalwanga a chance to shine as Phiona grows into her own woman 
3
Queen of Katwe
Robert Horton
The material might have become fodder for a standard piece of uplift but Queen of Katwe is better than that 
3
Queen of Katwe
Mark Dujsik
William Wheeler s screenplay avoids the trappings of biography to tell a bigger story 
3
Queen of Katwe
Calum Marsh
To find where you belong sometimes you must make your move is the Disney approved no doubt focus tested tagline that bubbles up in block letters during the trailer That s how groan inducingly broad this stuff is 
1.5
Queen of Katwe
Tirdad Derakhshani
Ultimately Queen of Katwe fosters a belief in the triumph of merit and talent And that message is definitely applicable to Western kids 
3
Queen of Katwe
Katie Walsh
An uplifting and emotional story rendered with a lively vibrancy by Nair and her stars
3
Queen of Katwe
Sara Stewart
Sometimes it s enough to walk out of a film with your heart warmed even if your brain s still craving a little something more 
2.5
Queen of Katwe
Matt Brennan
It s a mere fulfillment of familiar tropes but it approaches sports movie s conventions with a light funk inflected touch 
3
Queen of Katwe
Richard Roeper
It s a team effort and even though we know this playbook by heart cheers all around 
3
Queen of Katwe
Lauren Chval
A sweet film that sticks to a tried and true formula and still manages to inspire 
3
Queen of Katwe
Stephanie Merry
Subtlety isn t the strong suit of Queen of Katwe But beneath the hackneyed aphorisms there s a thrilling story worthy of our attention 
2.5
Queen of Katwe
Peter Howell
There s much to cheer about a movie with such a diverse cast of talent both familiar and new set in a land that all too often is depicted on screen as a place of war and hopelessness 
2.5
Queen of Katwe
Brian Truitt
It deals in a world of pawns rather than punches but Queen of Katwe is just as uplifting and feel good a sports drama as any Rocky movie 
3
Queen of Katwe
Michael Phillips
Nair s film her best in a long time is hardly the first to use a chessboard as a symbol of one life s struggles It is however one of the best 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
Calvin Wilson
What redeems Queen of Katwe is the performance of Oyelowo who imbues Katende with an exhilarating blend of humor and humanity 
3
Queen of Katwe
Moira MacDonald
Just try to resist the charms of Mira Nair s Queen of Katwe a triumph of the human spirit movie that s ultimately well triumphant 
3.5
Queen of Katwe
Ty Burr
While it hits predictable beats of uplift the triumphs are often measured out painfully and the heroine faces barriers of class gender and crippling self doubt 
3
Queen of Katwe
David Lewis
Chess is not the most visual of games but Nair makes these competitions come alive She also gets the most out of her mostly nonprofessional African cast not to mention her two stars Oyelowo and Nyong o 
3
Queen of Katwe
Brian Tallerico
The story of Phiona Mutesi is a fascinating one on its own but what could have just been an extended 30 For 30 feels lived in compassionate and truthful 
3
Red Letters
David Nusair
The Red Letters is generally entertaining though and especially enjoyable is Paul Gleason essentially reprising his Breakfast Club role except this time he s a Dean instead of a Principal 
2
Desk Set
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Desk Set is a big shiny doohickey coasting on the warm offerings of earlier triumphs 
2.5
Desk Set
Bill Chambers
You d never find a backer for a rom com with this little relationship anxiety now
2.5
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
Michael Dequina
When Billy ends his opening monologue saying that the film is for both gays and straights he is not lying 
3
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
Roger Ebert
Billy s Hollywood Screen Kiss seems besotted by its sexuality and wouldn t be able to pass this test Would the film be interesting if it were about heteros 
2
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
David N. Butterworth
Once you ve gotten your tongue around that awkward little title you might actually enjoy Billy s Hollywood Screen Kiss I did 
2.5
Charm City
Frank Ochieng
a disturbing and defiant documentary Thoroughly involving and moving Charm City is both oddly inspirational and nightmarish in its raw presentation Ness oversees a different kind of horror show 
3.5
The Wedding March
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The current school of critical thought is that The Wedding March is a minor Stroheim effort but I find it to be one of his most complete and most satisfying films 
4
The Wedding March
John Monaghan
One of the most eccentric and fascinating vanity projects in the history of film 
3
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Brian Eggert
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a technical marvel even in today s cinema where computers do most of the complex work 
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Christy Lemire
Technology has advanced significantly since 1988 but Roger Rabbit doesn t just hold up it wows 
3
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Carrie Rickey
Imagine watching cartoon characters and relating to them as if they were flesh and blood instead of paint and ink This is the slap happy effect of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and please a 24 carrot salute to director Robert Zemeckis 
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gene Siskel
This is a movie that demands to be seen twice The first time one is likely to be dazzled to the point of exhaustion the second time one can appreciate the artistry and good humor more easily 
3.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Dave Kehr
More than a technological wonder Who Framed Roger Rabbit is brilliantly funny bracingly smart and surprisingly moving 
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A Hollywood entertainment that lived up to its hype 
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Matt Brunson
A spectacular blend of live action and animation 
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Bill Chambers
Miraculously the film isn t overshadowed by its technical achievement 
3.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Roger Ebert
Sheer enchanted entertainment from the first frame to the last a joyous giddy goofy celebration of the kind of fun you can have with a movie camera 
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Scott Nash
Apart from the interesting premise and the novelty of seeing so many famous cartoon characters together on the screen I was overall disappointed and it completely failed to live up to my memory 
2.5
Giving Voice
Nell Minow
Fittingly the highlight of the movie is Wilson himself seen in archival footage an interview and a graduation speech 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Matt Brunson
Like Jaws Carrie and The Bridges of Madison County director Robert Redford s screen version of Nicholas Evans smash bestseller has largely been deemed one of those rarities a movie that improves on its source material 
3.5
The Horse Whisperer
Maitland McDonagh
Curl your cynical lip if you want but there s a place for heartwarming life affirming even weepy dramas 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Jeanne Aufmuth
A lovely piece of filmmaking 
3.5
The Horse Whisperer
Robert Roten
This is a beautiful movie but not for those in a hurry 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Margaret A. McGurk
Despite its flaws The Horse Whisperer is a marvel in its artistry its love of place and its tender regard for broken hearts 
3
The Horse Whisperer
James Kendrick
Redford is obviously a romantic at heart and he brings a light touch to the erotic moments in the film 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Marty Mapes
Booker s way with people and horses is at once mesmerizing and unbelievably simple His story of patience love and simple contact is a nice parable for our time 
3.5
The Horse Whisperer
David N. Butterworth
That rare kind of movie it looks good it feels good and by golly it does you good 
3.5
The Horse Whisperer
Ted Prigge
By the way it s shot and directed it s easy to see how people can spend their entire lives in the country 
3.5
The Horse Whisperer
Walter V. Addiego
What s missing is spontaneity soulfulness or any hint of mischief 
2
The Horse Whisperer
Michael Dequina
There won t be a damp eye in the house 
1.5
The Horse Whisperer
Ruthe Stein
As good as Redford and Scott Thomas are at the outset they can t convey the passion necessary to make the affair believable 
2
The Horse Whisperer
Bob Bloom
Evans original story as well as Redford s pro Earth campaign are lost in unending travelogue like vistas of distant horizons majestic mountain peaks and dazzling sunsets 
1.5
The Horse Whisperer
David Sterritt
Robert Redford is one of those unquenchable movie stars who look ever more fascinating as they mature His new drama The Horse Whisperer shows him at his rugged best 
2
The Horse Whisperer
Joe Baltake
transporting and therapeutic 
4
The Horse Whisperer
Roger Ebert
there is a magnificence in his treatment here that dignifies what is essentially a soap opera 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Susan Stark
an intelligent lush looking tale 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Bill Chambers
Revisiting The Horse Whisperer fifteen years later I am relieved to encounter a film that isn t simply marking time until a climactic moment that was for me a cherished eureka at the movies 
4
The Horse Whisperer
Rob Blackwelder
Redford is attentive to small details that highly personalize his films 
3
The Horse Whisperer
Steve Rhodes
I fell head over heels in love with this powerful but subtle movie 
4
The Horse Whisperer
James Berardinelli
A film as rich in its visual presentation as it is in its emotional resonance 
3.5
Solis
Roger Moore
Like the escape pod in the story adrift in space with limited power and time running out Not fast enough it turns out 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Brian Eggert
The movie s attempts at social commentary about the decline of U S culture and increasingly extreme politics are overshadowed by how DeMonaco revels in morbid ultra violence 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Sonny Bunch
Progressive allegory so stupid it comes across as conservative parody 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
David Keyes
Perhaps it s fitting that the word anarchy is in the movie s title it implies all that is necessary in describing such a disorderly narrative 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Wesley Lovell
A fascinating concept taken to a logical and engaging new level in this superb sequel 
3.5
The Purge: Anarchy
John Beifuss
This violent survival saga wears its angry politics on its bloody sleeve Government conspiracies black revolutionaries the redistribution of wealth and the worship of firearms are among the topics broached and sometimes bludgeoned 
3
The Purge: Anarchy
David Nusair
The passable watchable atmosphere persists right up until the purge itself commences 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Mal Vincent
an alarmist cautionary tale that suggests a division more flagrantly than has yet been heretofore evident in films 
1
The Purge: Anarchy
Linda Cook
Whoever Saw this franchise coming 
3.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Michael Dequina
The proper Purge film that should have been made in the first place 
3
The Purge: Anarchy
Kam Williams
A perhaps prophetic satire celebrating senseless slaughter as a natural national holiday in such a gun loving country 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Glenn Lovell
How do you take your dystopian nightmares Sunny side up or hardboiled If you re taste runs to the latter you re a Purge person 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Chris Knight
The Purge Anarchy a brainless followup to last year s The Purge which was already pretty anarchic bludgeons whatever goodwill that film might have engendered 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
John Wirt
A goofy parody of dystopian storytelling 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Tirdad Derakhshani
An equally effective deliciously disturbing movie 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Simon Abrams
Somehow the fact that writer director James DeMonaco is more ambitious with his sequel makes it that much more disappointing 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Dustin Putman
A fitting companion piece that doesn t simply repeat the formula of its predecessor Each are worthy of discussion and debate both of them socially conscious politically loaded allegories that just so happen to also pass for genre fare 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
James Berardinelli
It is better than the first film in almost every way but that doesn t mean it s appreciably smarter or has appeal to those who like meat on their action oriented bones 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Bruce Ingram
Government sanctioned mayhem continues unabated in the follow up to last year s surprise hit The Purge but the wickedly satiric sense of humor that made the original worth watching is nowhere to be found 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Bruce DeMara
It s the plotting including a number of unexpected twists and turns throughout that raises the film above the expected blood fest and for that we must be grateful 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Rafer Guzman
It s better made than the first DeMonaco s writing and directing are much stronger and it also has the courage of its convictions 
3
The Purge: Anarchy
Jason Buchanan
Not grimy enough to qualify as neo grindhouse and not smart enough to be effective social satire 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Mark Dujsik
The sequel takes the morally hypocritical position of its predecessor s climax as its foundation 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Loren King
The film wants to have it both ways It mixes sanctimonious commentary about violence and socioeconomic claptrap with grand depictions of violent assaults and terror on cue 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Michael O'Sullivan
The Purge Anarchy obeys a cardinal law of Hollywood Shoot first and ask questions later 
1
The Purge: Anarchy
Brad Keefe
Moves from the Panic Room style plot of the first film to a more action oriented pseudo Escape from New York vibe And it works 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Claudia Puig
While the film is rutted with plot holes lapses in logic and tin eared dialogue the obvious is stated again and again it falls squarely into a category that used to be called B movies 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Jon Niccum
Anarchy expands the setting and the social commentary resulting in a fierce thriller that roars with contemporary relevance 
3
The Purge: Anarchy
Sue Pierman
Ultimately the movie begins to fall apart as clichs and contrivances start piling up faster than the bodies 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Kevin C. Johnson
The Purge Anarchy is a dirtied up breath of fresh air an old school exploitation movie that does what it sets out to do 
2.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Kyle Smith
A plodding horror flick that mistakenly thinks it has big ideas 
1
The Purge: Anarchy
Matt Pais
Would people really wait until the official start time to begin and lower their guns the moment it ends like Top Chef contestants being told to put down their utensils 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Stephen Whitty
The Lottery without the poetry Death Wish without the Bronson The Return of the Archons without the Archons it s just nasty and brutish 
1
The Purge: Anarchy
Soren Andersen
A small improvement over its predecessor 
2
The Purge: Anarchy
Roger Moore
A more diverse but far less accomplished cast a more preachy rush job script Inferior to the original 
1.5
The Purge: Anarchy
Ed Gonzalez
James DeMonaco may doubly sometimes triply underline the story s governing theme of social power and how it s exchanged but the rage and lucidity of these ideas resonate 
2.5
Stalker
Tom Meek
The alternating use of matted and color palettes and frame within frame shots by Tarkovsky and his trio of cinematographers is an aesthetic wonderment in its own right 
4
Stalker
Mattie Lucas
Like something out of a dream guiding us through a haunted desolate landscape that eerily presages the Chernobyl disaster that would occur seven years later 
4
Stalker
James Berardinelli
It is masterfully done contains some haunting images and has a difficult to pinpoint mesmerism in the way it progresses Once it gets you which for some may never happen it will hold you like a fly trapped in amber 
3
Stalker
Eric Melin
Aa lengthy talky quest for meaning punctuated by long takes and huge moments of silence Ultimately though it s a rewarding one for sure especially once you fall under the spell of its hypnotic filmmaking 
3
Stalker
James Kendrick
an emotionally and philosophically intense experience that rewards patience and attention and all but demands repeat viewings
4
Stalker
Michael Scheinfeld
It has enough hauntingly beautiful images and profound ideas to linger in one s mind 
3.5
Stalker
Nick Schager
A tangled knot of memories fears fantasies nightmares paradoxical impulses and a yearning for something that s simultaneously beyond our reach and yet intrinsic to every one of us 
4
Stalker
Jeremy Heilman
More obviously a metaphorical construct than Tarkovsky s Solaris and as a result a bit less emotionally satisfying 
3.5
'Til Kingdom Come
Roger Moore
There s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right 
3
Notes for My Son
Roger Moore
A dry eyed weeper that s not nearly as sad as you might expect 
1.5
Don't Breathe
Brian Eggert
Not long after it s over the previous 90 minutes go from being an impressive exercise in cinematic tension to little more than a technically sound production hanging by the thin threads of a plot hole ridden script 
2.5
Don't Breathe
David Gonzalez
Dont Breathe is the ideal title for this film as not only its characters 44 but the audience spends a part of the film holding their own breath rooting against the blind man and hoping the protagonists are able to escape 46 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Kevin A. Ranson
what viewers accept as tolerable from one character or another is both curated and wielded with anime like precision tempting viewers to pick a side before gleefully twisting the knife and the plot again 
4
Don't Breathe
Leo Brady
In twenty years from now I can see Don t Breathe being viewed as a classic thriller It grabs your attention on the premise alone 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Sarah Knight Adamson
If you like a good rush of adrenaline to wash over you as you experience the unexpected then this film is for you If you are faint at heart then you might want to stay home where you d feel safe 
4
Don't Breathe
Frank Ochieng
The very thought of a psychotic blind man enforcing his brand of warped justice on the youthfully sighted self indulgent saps is deliciously manipulative and wonderfully inventive certainly will not disappoint in this percolating peek a boo primer 
3
Don't Breathe
Brad Keefe
Those underdeveloped characters become more of a problem when the plot starts to run into the realm of the indestructible bad guy and a shocking twist I found lazy and in poor taste even in this realm 
2
Don't Breathe
Walter Chaw
Fede Alvarez is the real deal
3.5
Don't Breathe
Josh Larsen
relies on some outlandish plot twists to amp up the ickiness 
2.5
Don't Breathe
Linda Cook
It will have you gasping with terror 
3.5
Don't Breathe
David Keyes
There is no doubt that Alvarez has a knack for creating effective framing devices and the movie is chock full of good suspense 
3
Don't Breathe
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An atmospheric claustrophobic and undeniably intense horror thriller Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Glenn Lovell
take See No Evil and its ilk stand this horror sub genre on its head and you ve got Fede Alvarez s Don t Breathe our pick for the best read most unrelenting chiller of the Halloween season lights out scary 
3
Don't Breathe
John Serba
Alvarez builds and builds and builds putting his audience through an exhausting and intensely satisfying rigor 
3.5
Don't Breathe
John Beifuss
Taking advantage of the cinematic opportunities inherent to a story about the usefulness of eyes the filmmakers creatively exploit the veteran s blindness for maximum tension 
3.5
Don't Breathe
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Don t Breathe rarely lives up to the tremendous potential of its setup 
2.5
Don't Breathe
John Hanlon
An intensely satisfying thriller packed with undeniable tension and shocking surprises 
3.5
Don't Breathe
James Kendrick
the setting in the decaying emptiness of a largely deserted suburban Detroit neighborhood gives the horror thriller an atmospheric sense of loss abandonment and desperation that greatly enhances its relatively rote trapped in a house narrative
3
Don't Breathe
Sara Michelle Fetters
For Alvarez and Sayagues the film is additional proof these are two guys who know their stuff and watching them continue to work over the coming years is likely going to prove to be a real delectably frightening treat indeed 
3
Don't Breathe
Rene Rodriguez
You start out fearing Don t Breathe but by the end you re laughing at it and the humor is not intentional 
2
Don't Breathe
Mike McGranaghan
This is the kind of film that just makes you nuts for ninety minutes which is the highest compliment it can be paid 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Robert Horton
Slick and nasty in a way that prevents it from being pure escapist fun 
2.5
Don't Breathe
Phil Villarreal
You may walk away with a scarred psyche and enough nightmare material to stock your subconscious up through the winter 
3
Don't Breathe
Sonny Bunch
If you re looking for something scary this is the first great horror film of the spooky season 
3
Don't Breathe
Willie Waffle
Succeeds when it doesn t try to be too complicated and conventional 
2
Don't Breathe
Brad Wheeler
A home invasion story that is as artfully terrifying as Home Alone was entertainingly hilarious 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Dustin Putman
Ceaseless in its nail biting tension and only becoming more breathlessly savage as it goes Don t Breathe shreds one s nerves and leaves them for dead It s easily one of the smartest most riveting thrillers of the year 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Calum Marsh
Our heroes are compelled to spend so much time skulking around the house quietly that whenever one of them do make a noise often stupidly the entire audience groans in unison as if they re blurting out Hey blind man I m over here 
2
Don't Breathe
Sean P. Means
Don t Breathe is almost a throwback to older horror films It s meticulously planned and thrillingly satisfying with a camera always a step ahead 
3
Don't Breathe
Tirdad Derakhshani
One of the most suspenseful terrifying and devilishly original horror pics in recent memory 
3
Don't Breathe
Peter Travers
This is some weird twisted s t Don t groan when I say Don t Breathe is a home invasion thriller Director Fede Alvarez is as good as it gets when it comes to playing with things that go bump in the night 
3
Don't Breathe
Stephen Rebello
It s a sharp and savvy thriller for an age in which more than half of Americans seem to feel less secure than ever a fear that politicians tend to stoke despite violent crime and violence being down significantly since the 90s 
3
Don't Breathe
Mark Dujsik
A n elaborately staged finely choreographed game of cat and mouse 
3
Don't Breathe
Kyle Smith
Apart from its thin characters and occasional trite moments as well as a silly attempt to set up a sequel Don t Breathe is just about perfect 
3
Don't Breathe
Jon Niccum
How refreshing to see fight scenes that pivot on panicked opportunism rather than martial arts skills or mutant powers 
3
Don't Breathe
Richard Roeper
In what is shaping up to a banner year for scary movies this is another solid and memorable entry 
3
Don't Breathe
Tom Russo
Alvarez serves up some jaw droppingly tasteless third act twists to ensure this all sticks And that s his big mistake 
2
Don't Breathe
Peter Howell
This is a movie where every jump scare is worthy of a shriek 
3
Don't Breathe
Dann Gire
From the opening shot the R rated Don t Breathe drops us into an ominous environment crackling with suspense jolts and uncertainty about what will happen next 
3
Don't Breathe
Pat Padua
Alvarez who directed the 2010 remake of Sam Raimi s The Evil Dead effectively sets up a brutal cat and mouse game the problem is that sometimes you don t know who to root for 
2.5
Don't Breathe
Brian Tallerico
The kind of morality play that toys with audience loyalty and conveys its protagonists predicament by making us feel claustrophobic right alongside them 
3
Don't Breathe
Michael Phillips
A clever if increasingly mechanical suspense contraption yanking our sympathies this way and that before turning into a different sort of movie entirely 
2.5
Don't Breathe
Lawrence Toppman
Lang snorting and enormous and bestial seems like the Minotaur stalking intruders in his deadly labyrinth For the first hour the psychological cruelty far outweighs the physical 
3
Don't Breathe
Walter V. Addiego
Connoisseurs of creepy and sometimes brutal chills will have a good time 
3
Don't Breathe
Peter Canavese
Once Don t Breathe detonates its big twist some audience members will feel the film stops being fun while others will feel the fun has started in earnest 
2.5
Don't Breathe
Roger Moore
What happens on the screen spreads to the audience The silence like the fear is contagious 
3
Don't Breathe
Katie Walsh
While the sight based conceit offers the opportunity for clever suspense and scares it s the starkly realistic setting and all too newsworthy themes underpinning the spooky tale that makes the horror of this film so bone chilling 
3.5
Don't Breathe
Ed Gonzalez
Don t Breathe s sustainment of its corkscrew tension is so elegant and methodical as to feel dance like 
2.5
Sunday's Children
Chris Hicks
For many lightweight Bergman can be more enjoyable than almost any other film work 
3
Sunday's Children
James Berardinelli
Ingmar Bergman s days behind the camera may be over but he apparently still has a worthwhile story or two left to tell 
3.5
Killing the Shepherd
Matt Brunson
A documentary that focuses on poaching but is at its best when it centers on anything but poaching 
2.5
Killing the Shepherd
Blake Howard
The summation of Killing the Shepherd is one of hope and caution Change on the global scale begins and ends in first nation community empowerment Hope is not a strategy but it s the fire fuelling those passionate for a better future 
2.5
Killing the Shepherd
Tom Meek
While impressively shot and gripping and harrowing in context Opre s approach remain aloof and the resulting affect is flat 
2
Road to Bali
Matt Brunson
Offers enough nyuks to maintain interest 
2.5
The Girl Without Hands
Sheila O'Malley
Laudenbach s style is haunting Some of his artwork stops you in your tracks What he does best is create a palpable sense of dread without pushing without tilting into melodrama 
3.5
The Girl Without Hands
Derek Smith
The film creates a deeply rooted sense of realism that contrasts the austere surreal illustrations 
3.5
The Girl Without Hands
Moira MacDonald
Those fascinated by the art of animation will find much to ponder here the hand drawn brush strokes the lush colors the way just a few quickly sketched lines suddenly take vivid life 
2.5
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Roger Moore
Interesting but glum and pretentious collection of filmed short stories In James Franco the movie has its unintentional poster boy title character 
1.5
Wilde Salomé
James Berardinelli
Wilde Salome is great neither as a documentary nor a drama 
2.5
The Virgin of Lust
Jeremy Heilman
At times almost stage bound but perhaps that s because it s better than most homage at being faithful to the material that inspired it 
4
Columbus
Robert Daniels
Columbus becomes a dark meditative quasi romance as we consider the term modernism with a soul 
4
Columbus
David Lewis
The quietly stirring exquisitely photographed Columbus is an art house gem that beautifully illuminates not only the architecture of a small Indiana town but also the characters who inhabit it 
4
Columbus
Rob Thomas
A wonderful film that takes the time to notice the world how strangers can connect with each other how architecture can define a community how complicated the relationships between parents and their adult children can get 
4
Columbus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kogonada makes a striking debut with Columbus a movie about architecture nerds that is itself composed like great architecture 
3
Columbus
Peter Canavese
Kogonada s cleverly integrated use of the architecture beautifully framed from visual and narrative standpoints lends his freshman feature a sense of modernist mastery 
3.5
Columbus
Josh Terry
It may take a little more effort and patience to appreciate what Columbus has to say about friendship grief and courage but the messages are worth that effort 
3
Columbus
Sean P. Means
a tender beautiful gem that should not be overlooked 
3.5
Columbus
Christopher Schobert
Columbus is the debut from Kogonda and it marks him as a filmmaker to watch closely 
4
Columbus
Miriam Di Nunzio
Rarely will images of mighty concrete and stone dwellings set against tranquil waters or a gentle spring shower resonate so powerfully as those on display every day in the southern Indiana city of Columbus captured so breathtakingly in the film 
3.5
Columbus
Mark Dujsik
There is not much to the story or characters of Columbus but neither of those elements is necessarily the film s point 
3
Columbus
Michael Phillips
Few contemporary American films operate on this level of aesthetic precision In a first feature yet 
3.5
Columbus
Peter Keough
Kogonada in his impressive feature debut applies the principles of these architects to the compositions and structure of the film a formal tour de force that eclipses its modest though affecting and impeccably acted narrative 
3.5
Columbus
Josh Larsen
fluidly incorporates architectural artistry into that of the cinema 
3.5
Columbus
Bob Bloom
Even the impressive structures throughout the city cannot disguise the fact that we ve seen these characters before They lack depth and at times appear as human props supporting the architecture 
2.5
Columbus
Stephanie Merry
The director s greatest strength lies in creating a mood Columbus is melancholy without being morose and talky without forced cleverness 
3.5
Columbus
Sheila O'Malley
The depth of emotion the film stirred up surprised me I got so involved in these two people s lives I cared about them I liked eavesdropping on their conversations 
3.5
Columbus
Oliver Jones
As much as it is about architecture the film is also a love letter to movies themselves the sense of majesty they can capture and the strange little worlds they allow us to discover 
3.5
Columbus
Peter Travers
The feature directing debut of Kogonada the South Korean video essayist and critic is a poetic spellbinder about two strangers bonding over modern architecture 
3.5
Columbus
Chuck Bowen
The seeming miracle of Columbus is its mixture of formal precision with a philosophical grasp of human mystery 
4
Planet Earth
Matt Brunson
Superior to Genesis II 
2.5
Hi, Mom
David Nusair
Hi Mom suffers from an almost painfully meandering and off the wall vibe that grows more and more infuriating as time slowly progresses 
1
Hi, Mom
Eric Henderson
The most Hitchcockian riff that De Palma ever examined is the capacity for the human psyche to harbor intense complicated divergence 
4
The White Rose
Linda Cook
First of course is the message of the movie Actually I should say the history that the movie contains The true story of Sophie Scholl a young German woman who was a student during the 1940s 
3.5
A Simple Curve
David Nusair
earnest yet engaging 
3
A Simple Curve
Peter Howell
Possesses wisdom that is rare for film these days let alone a debut 
3.5
A Simple Curve
Liam Lacey
Yes there s craft in Nealon s writing but it seems more suited to the riffing non sequiturs of episodic television than the narrative arc of a film 
2
The Evening Hour
Leo Brady
There is potential from director Braden King and the entire cast is game to take on their roles but it all just doesn t come together 
2
The Evening Hour
Sheila O'Malley
The Evening Hour falls back on clichés telling its story with a palpable sense of distance from the characters from their struggles and from the world they inhabit 
1.5
The Evening Hour
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Something will have to give and the beauty of the drama is that we re never sure what that might be until the very end 
2.5
The Evening Hour
Mark Hanson
In spite of its strikingly lived in sense of place The Evening Hour s melodramatic storytelling works against that verisimilitude 
1.5
The Evening Hour
Roger Moore
May lean into stereotypes of Appalachia and the lawless dead end many find themselves driving into But King humanizes the character types and the statistics to make one of the more compelling dramas set in this world and its struggles 
3
The Evening Hour
Sean P. Means
The well realized setting doesn t make up for a familiar storyline the one where a guy riding the edge between legal and illegal finds he can t keep the balancing act going indefinitely 
3
The Evening Hour
Walter Chaw
Weighty stuff and The Evening Hour handles it with agility and charm 
3
Love Is the Devil: Study of a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Roger Ebert
Maybury and his cinematographer John Mathieson make the film itself look like a Bacon A viewer who has never seen a Bacon would be able to leave this film and identify one instantly in a gallery 
3.5
Desperate Acts of Magic
Diego Semerene
It gives off the alienating feel of an inside joke that you miss in the off chance you re not part of the professional magic business 
.5
Exposed
Glenn Kenny
Much of what is depicted here is not for the easily shaken If you associate burlesque exclusively with Natalie Wood s striptease scene in Gypsy take a step back 
3
Exposed
Farran Smith Nehme
As chirpily inspirational as an Oprah show only with naked guests 
2
Exposed
Eric Henderson
Beyond the forthright identity politics and titillating theatrical misdemeanors one still comes away wondering about the things that remain concealed 
2
Lake Placid 2
David Nusair
As typically second rate as one might apos ve anticipated 46 46 46 
2
American Pie Presents: Beta House
David Nusair
completely and utterly devoid of anything even resembling competence 
0
Marmaduke
Mark Dujsik
It apos s unappealing on a visual level 44 confused on a narrative one 44 and absent in terms of humor 46 
1
How to Marry a Millionaire
Austin Kennedy
Despite some good work from Bacall and Monroe this comedy ends up feeling flat How many people want to watch a movie with a bunch of selfish women who want to find a rich husband so they don t ever have to work again Yeah I didn t think so 
2
How to Marry a Millionaire
Betsy Bozdech
Though the plot of Millionaire is a little thin the cast makes it worth watching 
3
How to Marry a Millionaire
Scott Nash
A delightful little comedy 
3.5
Suburban Commando
Roger Ebert
By golly by the time it was over I was feeling kind of tired of going to the movies 
1
Dead Man Walking
Peter Canavese
Has the distinction of including not one but two of the greatest screen performances of all time undeniably one of the most gut churning emotional experiences of 1990s cinema Blu ray 
4
Dead Man Walking
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dead Man Walking is one courageous film one of the very best of its time 
4
Dead Man Walking
Michael Dequina
Penn proves once again that he should stop writing and directing and stick to what he does best 
3.5
Dead Man Walking
Jeanne Aufmuth
Dead Man Walking was worth the river of tears I waded through on my way out 
4
Dead Man Walking
James Kendrick
One of the deepest human films in a long time one that doesn t back down from baring the human soul and exploring the vastness of its complexities 
4
Dead Man Walking
James Berardinelli
Dead Man Walking could easily be manipulative or exploitative but it s neither Instead this is hard hitting drama that neither accepts nor offers quarter 
4
Dead Man Walking
Madeleine Williams
Expresses a heartfelt opinion on the death penalty without seeming either preachy or one sided 
3
Dead Man Walking
Chris Hicks
A profoundly affecting film that will touch you deeply and perhaps even prompt you to re examine your notions about the issues at hand 
4
Dead Man Walking
Mike Clark
is the finest least compromised film about capital punishment ever advancing a gently stated anti view but going the extra 100 miles to give victims their due 
4
Dead Man Walking
Susan Stark
It will send you home with more than a few long thoughts 
3
Dead Man Walking
Roger Ebert
Absorbing surprising technically superb and worth talking about for a long time afterward
4
Dead Man Walking
Edward Guthmann
Acting rarely gets better than this 
4
The Drownsman
Dustin Putman
Aims to build dread over aqua but instead creates frustration over its own inexcusable senselessness 
1
The Drownsman
David Nusair
The seemingly endless climactic stretch confirms The Drownsman s place as a rather worthless homegrown endeavor 
1.5
Warchild
Tamara Straus
Warchild the second feature of German director Christian Wagner s Balkan Blues Trilogy is one of those rare war films like Apocalypse Now and Hiroshima Mon Amour that makes brilliant use of symbolism 
3
Free the Nipple
Diego Semerene
This is kind of didactic topical movie that distributes its rhetoric evenly between characters with clear distinction as to who s playing devil s advocate to the other one s points 
1
On the Right Track
Roger Ebert
What could have been a bright little comedy is so jampacked with supporting players subplots and distractions that it seems much longer than it is and even Coleman s fortitude doesn t get us through 
2.5
Darkness Falls
Sheila O'Malley
The attempt to create a serious anti misogyny message through this shallow improbable material directed and written by two men with no complex female characters onscreen is maybe the worst part of it 
1
Darkness Falls
Mark Dujsik
To list all of the movie s many and assorted narrative failures would be a fool s errand 
0.5
Darkness Falls
Roger Moore
A violent grimly ridiculous serial killer thriller 
1
9500 Liberty
Ty Burr
9500 Liberty is not just about the clash of immigrant Hispanics and white nativists but about what happens when a community s civic machinery is hijacked by ideologues and extremists and what exactly it takes for the silent center to push back 
3.5
9500 Liberty
Chris Faraone
Notwithstanding that it s an anti hate advocacy piece this YouTube spawned documentary gives plenty of voice to the depraved foot soldiers and their opportunistic enablers It just so happens that they look like race baiting rednecks 
3.5
9500 Liberty
Jeff Vice
The movie allows all sides in the issues debated to state their cases using their own words If anyone is seen in a negative light it s only because their words and actions condemn them 
3
9500 Liberty
Roger Ebert
Park and Byler began as objective documentarians who found this story being pressed upon them They become advocates and are clear about that 
3.5
9500 Liberty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In other hands in other times it could have been a simple film that followed the democratic process But Byler and Park saw their film growing organically in a new direction and went with it 
3.5
9500 Liberty
Mick LaSalle
The movie is such a polemic in favor of open immigration and such an attempt to demonize through strategic cutting the anti immigration forces that it plays more like a propaganda piece 
2
9500 Liberty
Marjorie Baumgarten
What this film has in urgency and timeliness makes it a unique witness to our times 
3
Beloved
Wesley Lovell
8220 Beloved 8221 is easily one of the year 8217 s best films 46 An emotionally intense motion picture 46 
4
Beloved
Elvis Mitchell
It s a daring and provocative collection of ideas and heart that needed to be better but still has something going for it 
3
Beloved
Alison Macor
Beloved stumbles a bit during its first half hour The narrative smooths itself out however and finds a groove that makes the remaining 145 minutes barely noticeable More important the length proves absolutely essential in conveying Sethe s story 
4
Beloved
Ann Hornaday
The result is an extraordinary film that is always hypnotically watchable even as it presents the audience with scenes of harrowing pain 
4
Beloved
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Demme is the right choice to direct Toni Morrison s Pulitzer Prize winning novel He brings to the movie his humanism his fascination with nature and the inexplicable and his respect for actors As Sethe Winfrey has rare grace and strength 
3.5
Beloved
Linda Cook
It s been years since a movie literally gave me nightmares But Beloved literally haunted me with bad dreams 
4
Beloved
Rene Rodriguez
Beloved overflows with passion and grace It feels alive 
3
Beloved
Hap Erstein
As a cerebral ghost story and a bitter slice of history Beloved is as hard a movie to watch as it is to shake off afterward 
3
Beloved
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is a horror movie that means something This is Sophie s Choice blended with The Exorcist 
3
Beloved
Bob Ross
There s excitement here particularly for admirers of the world s most successful talk show host who makes a triumphant big screen return in a vehicle that would overpower a performer with less gumption 
2.5
Beloved
Jack Mathews
Though the fantasy element redone sparingly in the movie they give it the feel of a good horror mystery 
3.5
Beloved
Terry Lawson
Beloved forces the audience to look at slavery the way Schindler s List made it look at the Holocaust and if anything it s even harder to watch 
3
Beloved
Judith Egerton
Winfrey s performance in the Jonathan Demme directed movie resounds with emotional honesty moving one to understand the depth of Sethe s lost self 
4
Beloved
Jay Stone
From the care with which it was made to its uniformly wonderful performances to the audacious scope of its theme this is clearly a major motion picture And yet and yet At 10 minutes short of three hours Beloved is also a long haul 
3.5
Beloved
Robert W. Butler
Admiration is one thing enjoyment quite another 
2.5
Beloved
Joe Holleman
Beloved is a good movie With a tighter ending a shorter running time and fewer special effects it could have been a great one 
3
Beloved
Steven Rea
Beloved has moments of keening power and terrifying poetry 
3
Beloved
Dave Kehr
Commendably serious and uncompromising 
3
Beloved
Marshall Fine
Winfrey gives a compelling performance one endowed with total commitment to this role minus any trace of vanity 
3.5
Beloved
Malcolm Johnson
A masterly if unsettling vision of the mid 19th century 
4
Beloved
Bill DuPre
Jonathan Demme s ambitious disturbing screen treatment of Toni Morrison s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved wraps the viewer in a beautiful and terrible crazy quilt 
4
Beloved
Jeremiah Kipp
Filled with some of the most extraordinary images of recent years Beloved was apparently too powerful for audiences to handle back in 1998 
4
Beloved
Margaret A. McGurk
It is sure to be studied debated and cherished decades from now when Americans look to film for insights on who we are and where we have been 
4
Beloved
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Demme masterfully exhibits both the harsh realities of the time with the unexplainable mystical world that settles in and around them like a fog even if he has trouble making the two elements mesh 
3.5
Beloved
James Sanford
An intense often impressionistic picture about the price of freedom Beloved represents a personal triumph for Winfrey 
3.5
Beloved
Edward Guthmann
Something rare a brave film about the emotional toll of slavery the anguish of memory and the cruel divisions that still sear African American lives 
4
Beloved
Liam Lacey
Demme s potent adaptation of Morrison s novel may be substantial but it is also engrossing 
3.5
Beloved
James Kendrick
When the final scene fades to black it s almost hard to know what to feel Exhausted Exhilarated Confused Unsure Unsettled Reawakened Haunted 
3.5
Beloved
Steven Rosen
There are many strengths including the cinematography sound design and a hauntingly allusive score 
3
Beloved
Michael Wilmington
Beloved is a movie that swims in your bloodstream echoes through your bones 
4
Beloved
Joe Baltake
The film s success lies mainly in its fidelity to its source It never tries to avoid or sidestep the madness Morrison so bravely embraced 
4
Beloved
Roger Ebert
I was sometimes confused about events as they happened but all the pieces are there and the film creates an emotional whole 
3.5
Beloved
Dustin Putman
While watching Beloved I could easily see one of the best films of the year within but it ultimately let me down in its penultimate moments 
2.5
Beloved
Chris Vognar
This is a history making piece of work in ways that will take some time to comprehend Not coincidentally it s also an outstanding movie 
4
Beloved
James Berardinelli
A powerful and disturbing motion picture 
3.5
Beloved
Walter V. Addiego
Director Demme has made a courageous decision in not trying to downplay the Southern gothic elements here and even permits a few comic notes but I don t think the mixture finally works 
2.5
Beloved
Michael Dequina
A movie of moments moments of raw lyrical emotional power scattered over a nearly three hour time expanse 
3
Beloved
Rob Blackwelder
Completely unique and often daring 
3.5
Beloved
Susan Stark
It is an urgently intimate epic of the heart a dramatization of a monumental journey of pain love and tentatively hope that has scorching emotional impact 
4
Beloved
Marty Mapes
Frustrating dull and confusing 
1.5
Beloved
David Keyes
the best movie of 1998 
4
Beloved
Mike Clark
Often a cinematic marvel and often the year s most pungent movie medicine Beloved always feels as if it s carrying the world s weight and maybe it is 
3
Beloved
Madeleine Williams
It s eerily supernatural yet with an earthy realism It s intimate in scale and yet epic in scope 
3.5
Beloved
Sean P. Means
It is a deep profound sadness that draws the viewer into director Jonathan Demme s adaptation of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison s novel with an intimacy and power usually found only in dreams 
3.5
Beloved
Jeff Vice
Although it s extremely well acted and has a very powerful message behind it this supernatural Civil War era drama is also overwrought and overly long 
2.5
Beloved
David Sterritt
Much of the acting is solid but earnest performances can t give the picture all the bite and excitement it sorely needs 
2
Spider-Man 2
David Crumpler
Through it all Maguire remains the ideal actor to play the conflicted superhero Earnest and vulnerable you see why he delights in the transformation to superhero And why he also feels its burden 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Leah Rozen
For summer popcorn fun this movie has it all special effects romance action and humor 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Joe Lozito
Mr Raimi working at the top of his game reunites the entire cast of the first film and by this point they feel like family 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Kam Williams
Spider Man wrestling with demons literally and figuratively 
4
Spider-Man 2
Russ Breimeier
Hands down the best comic book franchise on film 
4
Spider-Man 2
Michael Szymanski
If you even remotely enjoyed the first Spider Man you ll certainly love the second 
4
Spider-Man 2
Mark Dujsik
Gets the characters where they need to go but it doesn t develop their struggles to a satisfactory level 
2.5
Spider-Man 2
Wesley Lovell
Maguire has limited moments of acting inspiration while Dunst wanders aimlessly through a role that may be too normal for her 
3
Spider-Man 2
Eric Melin
It has a resonating tenderness that no superhero movie is likely to approach anytime soon 
4
Spider-Man 2
James Kendrick
It is so rare that a sequel improves upon the original but that is exactly what Sam Raimi and company have done with the magnificent I Spider Man 2 I 
4
Spider-Man 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Llegó para quedarse y hacernos pasar un gran rato en compañía del más humano de los superhéroes quien nos recuerda nuestra propia condición humana Estupenda 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Julien Lapointe
Raimi is good with the details 
3
Spider-Man 2
Forrest Hartman
An apt yet unoriginal sequel 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Steve Rhodes
The best date movie of the year 
4
Spider-Man 2
David N. Butterworth
By focusing on his characters as much as his special effects Sam Raimi has made that rare sequel one that s every bit as good as the original 
3
Spider-Man 2
Lori Hoffman
Spider Man 2 despite a terrific villain is boring 
2
Spider-Man 2
Erik Childress
Ranking amongst the best films of 2004 the best action films of the past decade and once again THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK SUPERHERO FILM EVER MADE 
4
Spider-Man 2
Jeff Simon
The digital special effects especially those glorious block long Tarzan style web swings up and down the city boulevards are exhilarating and wonderful to watch even better than they were the first time around 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Linda Cook
This sequel has legs 
4
Spider-Man 2
Frank Ochieng
Invitingly grand and resounding with cheeky energy this is one exhilarating and thought provoking spider that does more that crawl up the water sprout
3.5
Spider-Man 2
James O'Ehley
A blockbuster with humanity 
3
Spider-Man 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a winning web and everyone involved should be proud 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
James Verniere
Raimi s strengths are his keen visual imagination and his flair for slapstick comedy 
3
Spider-Man 2
Michael Sragow
Raimi s control of the material is rare for directors of any movie of this scale 
4
Spider-Man 2
Tyler Hanley
Spider Man 2 swings alone atop the growing library of superhero cinema This is the most honest and entertaining comic book film ever made 
4
Spider-Man 2
David Elliott
Surges and sags in massive sections 
2
Spider-Man 2
Jonathan R. Perry
Not a perfect film or an indelible moment in American cinema just one enormously entertaining night at the movies 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Jon Niccum
Director Raimi manages to combine the exaggerated quirkiness of his Evil Dead trilogy with the emotional impact of his taut morality play A Simple Plan 
4
Spider-Man 2
Mike McGranaghan
Never have I seen such an intelligent emotionally resonant screen adaptation of a comic book Spider Man 2 takes the genre to a whole new level 
4
Spider-Man 2
David Sterritt
An entertaining warm weather spectacle 
3
Spider-Man 2
Nick Rogers
Inspiration strikes when Spider Man returns to full tilt but with a better balance of spectacle and sentiment it could have been a four star fist pumping triumph 
3
Spider-Man 2
Bob Bloom
You can t help but like the movie The blending of action humor drama angst and romance is as balanced as a high wire performance 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Tony Toscano
worthy of the title Blockbuster 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Raimi has clearly enjoyed working on this film and his joy shines through It s his best film since A Simple Plan 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Sean McBride
It s a rare treat to watch a sequel that s better than the original 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Matt Brunson
Some ill advised decisions don t come close to overshadowing the overall sense that we re watching a film franchise grow up before our eyes 
3
Spider-Man 2
Lawrence Toppman
Improves on the first one in significant ways but probably ought to end this mixed bag of a series 
2.5
Spider-Man 2
Michael Booth
Easily the most fun movie of the summer an all ages show that crawls deep into the heart 
4
Spider-Man 2
Jeff Vice
It s the human drama that makes it all work The main character is the best developed most sympathetic superhero ever seen on film 
4
Spider-Man 2
Rick Groen
This Spidey ain t heavy this Spidey ain t light this Spidey weighs in just right 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Robert W. Butler
What s disarming about this sequel is the psychological depth director Sam Raimi and his team have brought to the franchise 
3
Spider-Man 2
Rene Rodriguez
A masterpiece of pop filmmaking a fantastic exuberant entertainment that manages to be both sleek and substantial without being patronizing 
4
Spider-Man 2
Duane Dudek
Smart funny and surprisingly heartfelt 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Kim Morgan
Takes us into a comic book universe with depth humor and reverence without ever losing its humanity 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Josh Larsen
full bodied summer fluff 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Sean P. Means
Sam Raimi upgrades the action and raises the emotional stakes for the Marvel Comics wall crawler to create an epic summer movie 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Larry Ratliff
Spider Man 2 doesn t just come from Marvel it is a marvel 
4
Spider-Man 2
Phil Villarreal
Tough to watch without getting bored in the middle it s a two hour plus film that easily could have shed half an hour and not imagining how it could have been better 
2.5
Spider-Man 2
Kit Bowen
Spidey and gang are back in Spider Man 2 perhaps in need of some therapy but ultimately bigger and better than ever 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Judith Egerton
Maguire doesn t overplay Parker s meekness or Spider Man s cleverness he s just right 
4
Spider-Man 2
Vince Koehler
Your friendly neighborhood Spider Man is back burning up the big screen with the best super hero movie I have seen so far 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
David Nusair
The bottom line is that Spider Man 2 is a summer movie for people that don t ordinarily enjoy summer movies 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Christian Toto
Spider Man 2 is double the romance and one half the slam bang action
2.5
Spider-Man 2
Moira MacDonald
This is undoubtedly the most fun you ll have at the multiplexes this season or maybe even this year 
4
Spider-Man 2
Mick LaSalle
Smart fun entertainment made by people who took nothing for granted including the audience 
4
Spider-Man 2
Joe Baltake
The closest thing to an art house action film since Tim Burton s original Batman in 1989 
4
Spider-Man 2
Carrie Rickey
A deeply satisfying and involving sequel 
3
Spider-Man 2
Lou Lumenick
Sequels don t get much better or smarter than the action drama romance and comedy packed Spider Man 2 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Jami Bernard
Spider Man 2 is a perfect blend of summer action a big movie with a deeply personal story 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Glenn Whipp
Best comic book movie ever 
4
Spider-Man 2
Terry Lawson
If the first installment of Spider Man lived up to expectations the new film surpasses them 
4
Spider-Man 2
Roger Ebert
The best superhero movie since the modern genre was launched with Superman 1978 
4
Spider-Man 2
Wesley Morris
This sequel is a more complete not to mention more complex experience 
3
Spider-Man 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like The Empire Strikes Back Spider Man 2 is a sequel that enriches the original 
4
Spider-Man 2
Aaron Hillis
smarter hipper faster funnier and flat out more electrifying than the original swinging to new summer movie heights as the greatest comic book adaptation yet made 
4
Spider-Man 2
Austin O'Connor
Might just be the most perfect summer popcorn flick since Raiders of the Lost Ark 
4
Spider-Man 2
John Beifuss
With great power comes great responsibility is a lesson the makers of Spider Man 2 have taken to heart 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Steven Snyder
He could be any of us exposed overcoming our fears and coming to grips with our destiny He reminds us of why we were ever excited by superheroes in the first place 
4
Spider-Man 2
Mike Clark
Has something for everyone 
4
Spider-Man 2
Chris Hewitt
Spider Man 2 is spectacular mostly because it s more Man than Spider 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Phoebe Flowers
Spider Man 2 while it sometimes lapses into dirgelike dullness still manages the impressive feat of bestowing a human face on a story that could easily feel like a cartoon 
2.5
Spider-Man 2
Bruce Newman
The first big fight scene looks so realistic that it s hard to believe the whole thing was shot in a computer 
3
Spider-Man 2
Mark Caro
Until it develops a bad case of verbosity toward the end it improves upon its predecessor in almost every way delivering flashier thrills while digging deeper into its characters and adding an overlay of wit 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Rob Blackwelder
Spider Man was good bubble gum but this movie is a Willie Wonka Everlasting Gobstopper 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
James Berardinelli
A worthy sequel to the 2002 blockbuster Spider Man 2 will deposit fans somewhere on the satisfaction spectrum between quietly pleased and overjoyed 
3
Spider-Man 2
John Anderson
Spider Man 2 is that rare thing a thoroughly successful sequel 
4
Spider-Man 2
Walter Chaw
Spider Man 2 continues Parker s adolescence with an identity crisis and a sort of superhero version of erectile dysfunction 
4
Spider-Man 2
Scott Nash
Raises the bar a notch for all future super hero films 
4
Spider-Man 2
Dustin Putman
A visually dazzling spectacle and a technically creative triumph Spider Man 2 is a significant and grandly entertaining cinematic work 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Willie Waffle
Thank you Sam Raimi I m in geek heaven because Spider Man 2 is AWESOME 
4
Spider-Man 2
Ross Anthony
It s worth twice the ticket price 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Peter Travers
Spider Man 2 is all you can ask for in summer fun 
3.5
Spider-Man 2
Ed Gonzalez
Like Spider Man before it Spider Man 2 is a superhero flick bursting at the seams with big emotions 
3
Retaliation
Richard Roeper
in a brilliant brooding captivating performance here Bloom has established himself as an intense physical screen dominating presence 
3
Retaliation
Simon Abrams
Retaliation may be effectively provocative but only because its creators put more effort into upsetting viewers than converting us 
0
Retaliation
Mark Dujsik
It all leads up to a final confrontation and epilogue that somehow seems to do everything wrong 
2
Retaliation
Roger Moore
There s substance in Bloom s performance that lifts Retaliation above its hammered home metaphors 
2.5
Forgotten
Mark Jenkins
Despite numerous missteps and contrivances Olvidados succeeds as an indictment of Operation Condor s horrors 
2
Beneath
Brian Tallerico
When does a bad cheap horror movie becomes something more offensively horrible When it pegs its generic nonsense on real life tragedy and becomes exploitation 
1
Beneath
Rex Reed
Halfway through the movie loses its grip on logic and truth and you stop believing it s based on anything other than the years the director spent in his youth marching in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade 
1
Beneath
Chuck Bowen
The film is impersonal and populated with wisps of characters who spend most of the running time wandering around in the dark yelling at one another 
2
Opposing Force
David Nusair
a slow moving narrative that boasts very little in the way of compelling elements 
1
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Roger Ebert
Parents know Disney movies are OK to send the kids to because there won t be any nudity or profanity But isn t it also poisonous for kids to be exposed to stupid characters lame brained plots and humorless gags 
0.5
One Magic Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The most depressing Christmas movie of all time 
1
One Magic Christmas
Roger Ebert
This is very unfortunate What we have here is a movie with an intelligent screenplay wonderful performances and skillful direction but it is a tactical miscalculation from beginning to end 
2
Detective Knight: Independence
Matt Brunson
The Detective Knight series should have ended at two movies 46 Instead 44 there 8217 s a third movie 44 and it 8217 s largely a nonstarter 46 
2
Edge of Darkness
Matt Brunson
An atypical WWII film unfolding as methodically as a good book 
3.5
Swiss Family Robinson
Josh Larsen
a crudely calibrated series of thrills each timed for maximum sustained interest 
1
Swiss Family Robinson
Steve Rhodes
It has atmosphere wild animals pirates and most of all an awe inspiring sense of wonderment about creativity in general and about inventions in particular Director Ken Annakin fashions an imaginative and special movie 
3
An Unquiet Grave
Kevin Carr
It s disturbing and uncomfortable and it s one of those things that makes you wonder what you would do in that situation How far would you go and who would you hurt 
3
An Unquiet Grave
Sara Michelle Fetters
Nyland delivers an excellent performance one that is forced to transform into something questioningly introspective as events progress 
3
An Unquiet Grave
Simon Abrams
A spare dread filled mood piece whose just so dialogue too tight close ups and deceptively subdued pacing all tease out small but essential details from both of these elusive central characters 
3
Rush Hour
CSM Staff
The fast talking Tucker and quick kicking Chan are a surprisingly good team that manages to deliver a stylish and fun combination of highly choreographed action and comedy 
3
Rush Hour
Peter Canavese
Chan can make something out of nothing while Ratner s chief skills seem to be talking himself into the director s chair and hiring the right people Blu ray 
2.5
Rush Hour
Michael Dequina
The action and stunt scenes are not on a par with those in Chan s HK efforts 
2.5
Rush Hour
Maitland McDonagh
Brash stupid and surprisingly watchable this picture puts just the slightest spin on the 48 HRS 
2.5
Rush Hour
David Nusair
manages to coast on the palpable chemistry between the two leads 
2.5
Rush Hour
Bob Graham
Rush Hour is a righteous title for an action comedy and that s only the beginning 
3
Rush Hour
James Kendrick
Most of it pales in comparison to Chan s earlier movies which makes one wonder if he might be getting too old for some of the more dangerous fare he might have attempted five or ten years ago Let s hope not 
2.5
Rush Hour
Bob Bloom
While it is cartoonish it also is fun and that is due mostly to Chan 
2.5
Rush Hour
Marty Mapes
You won t be disappointed 
3
Rush Hour
Steve Rhodes
If the director had thrown out the script left the set and just filmed the characters ad libbing he would have had a superior product 
2
Rush Hour
Mike McGranaghan
Rush Hour proves that old formulas can be made fresh with a few good ideas 
3
Rush Hour
Rob Blackwelder
these two are no Murtaugh and Riggs and something gets lost in the compromise leaving this cop caper short on both action and laughs 
2
Rush Hour
Roger Ebert
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker make an entertaining team 
3
Rush Hour
James Berardinelli
As Chan moved from Hong Kong to Hollywood something got lost in the translation 
2
Rush Hour
David Keyes
The story is still routine and still predictable and still unimportant 
2.5
Rush Hour
Elias Savada
Rush out and catch Rush Hour 
3
Rush Hour
Jeff Vice
Doesn t feature nearly enough Jackie Chan action and has way too much Chris Tucker dialogue 
2
Rush Hour
G. Allen Johnson
If one of the cinema s most unique talents has decided to make another go of it in Hollywood Rush Hour isn t a bad start 
3
Rush Hour
Matt Prigge
What s surprising is that though this should be crap and perhaps it is it doesn t come off that way The reason is because of Chan and Tucker 
3
The Land Girls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very charming if slightly conventional 
3
The Land Girls
Roger Ebert
More than with most movies I felt the reality of the rural setting the earth beneath the grass the closeness of the animals to their masters But the story itself seemed thin in comparison 
2.5
Sink or Swim
Fred Camper
Friedrich has raised those flailings to the level of art and in so doing has expressed both their regressive terror and their forward progress 
3
Gallipoli
Graeme Tuckett
Gallipoli remains one of the better World War I dramas yet made well worth revisiting 
4
Gallipoli
Scott Nash
Although we ve seen this story before it is told exceptionally well here 
3.5
Gallipoli
Jeremy Heilman
War has rarely felt more nonsensical in film than it does here 
3
Dirty Dishes
Roger Ebert
It s doubtful Bunuel even intended Dirty Dishes as a general view of domestic routine Like the other Bunuel she lets a little insanity and a little poetry into the frame It makes for a more interesting picture 
3
Jacqueline Argentine
Scott Renshaw
Almost profound in its rambling search for a point 
3.5
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
David Wiegand
Well researched and detailed documentary 
3
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Matt Brunson
George Plimpton seemingly approached life as if it were a buffet table and this compelling documentary manages to offer a sizable sampling 
3.5
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Walter V. Addiego
The film strongly evokes a certain segment of the American cultural scene from the 1950s through the 70s though Plimpton continued working until his death in 2003 
3
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Stephanie Merry
He was many things the documentary reveals but self serious was not among the late writer s lengthy list of descriptors 
3.5
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Mark Feeney
Failure was at the heart of Plimpton s appeal and of the documentary Plimpton Starring George Plimpton as Himself 
3
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The doc s looseness adequately portrays George Plimpton as an inwardly conflicted figure but it fails to make much of a case for the man s legacy outside of The Paris Review s still noticeable brand 
2
Senna
Roger Moore
No NASCAR coverage on TV never looks as good as this 
3
Senna
Jay Antani
Senna stands as a triumph of its makers knack for story craft and their ability to sort through a staggering volume of material and piece it together into a unified powerful narrative 
3.5
Senna
Burl Burlingame
While this documentary is unreeling we re definitely along for the ride But there s no aftertaste except for that of burnt metal 
2.5
Senna
John Beifuss
A model of documentary storytelling efficiency 
3
Senna
Rob Thomas
Senna is a streamlined piece of filmmaking completely immersing the viewer in Senna s world and never losing momentum as it moves from one breakneck race to another 
3.5
Senna
Chris Foran
Uses an astonishing wealth of racing and interview footage including film shot by in car cameras during races to chart in a compelling way the dramatic rise and heart rending end of the Brazilian legend 
3
Senna
Joe Williams
Senna is simply the greatest sports film I have ever seen 
4
Senna
Peter Canavese
Kapadia fosters a distinct you are there feeling for the races by composing his visual storytelling entirely of vintage footage mostly derived from the Formula One archives 
3
Senna
Lisa Kennedy
A psychologically intriguing if at times too hagiographic portrait of a man who often held pole position in his profession and felt nearer to God because of it 
2.5
Senna
Chris Hewitt
I simply didn t care about it and unless you already know who Senna is and are curious to know more I doubt if you will either 
2
Senna
John Hartl
Senna is carefully edited and makes sometimes spectacular use of extensive home movies and videos 
3
Senna
Bruce DeMara
Real life eclipses fiction in delivering a tale that combines heroism villainy suspense and a surprising amount of emotional resonance 
3
Senna
Ann Hornaday
What makes Senna essential viewing is the propulsive education it provides in one of the world s most popular sports and the introduction it provides to an extraordinary athlete and human being 
3.5
Senna
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Senna is a really good movie and I m a little bit more into racing than I once was 
3
Senna
Rick Groen
Kapadia is working with an embarrassment of riches but to his credit he selects wisely and has the good sense to keep the talking heads off the screen 
3
Senna
Mark Dujsik
Kapadia s access to archival footage is impressive the coverage is sometimes staggering 
3
Senna
Steven Rea
Senna is earnest eloquent and impossibly charismatic and his rocketing ascension through the ranks of professional drivers gunning his car at more than 200 m p h down the straightaways is something to behold 
3.5
Senna
Wesley Morris
The movie s assemblage of audio interviews poured mostly over astounding race footage is fit for a shrine 
3
Senna
Michael Phillips
Plays like a narrative feature juicy and alive with enough kinetic excitement to hook the Formula One ignorant me I knew next to nothing about the subject let alone racing fans worldwide 
3.5
Senna
Matt Pais
Racing absolutely takes skill and knowledge but Senna doesn t say anything about what made Senna so brilliant at driving fast in a circle 
2
Senna
Roger Ebert
Senna is a documentary that does the job it sets out to do I wish it had tried for more 
2.5
Senna
Peter Keough
Those who like me don t get the point of racing in general might glimpse an insight into the compulsion from the film s hypnotic driver s eye views but more so from Senna s own testimony 
3
Senna
Robert Levin
The film simultaneously hurls you into the highly charged world of Formula One and the private emotional space of its complex protagonist 
3
Senna
Stephen Whitty
Kapadia has quite daringly decided to rely completely on primary materials although occasionally we hear the voices of after the fact observers what we see is what happened then 
3.5
Senna
Kyle Smith
My interest in watching men drive machines in ovals is limited and in this documentary the title character mostly comes across as an uninteresting dope 
2.5
Senna
Una LaMarche
There is simply not enough material to make a compelling movie even though Mr Kapadia appears to have used every last frame of footage from the Formula One archives 
2
Senna
Christy Lemire
You don t have to know a thing about Formula 1 racing to become engrossed by Senna 
3
Senna
Nick Schager
Senna is a stirring snapshot of a charismatic immensely talented man driven to be the best even if the risks of chasing such success were fatal 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Steven Rosen
There are some truly wacky parallels with Shakespeare s play 
3
Scotland, Pa.
James Hebert
Underachieves only in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Sue Pierman
The combined talents of cast and crew create a new take on an enduring drama that pairs nicely with a side order of kitsch 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Chris Hewitt
This spawn of William Shakespeare and Ray Kroc has more fun with the thin premise than you might expect mostly because of Maura Tierney 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
Emily Blunt
Wonderful 
3.5
Scotland, Pa.
Joe Baltake
Scotland Pa is a strangely drab romp Some studio pizazz might have helped 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
Susan Stark
the quality of the material is scattered and uneven 
2
Scotland, Pa.
Terry Lawson
plays like one of those lampoons put on by lawyers and journalists the kind that start out amusing and end up grasping for gags 
2
Scotland, Pa.
Walter Chaw
The audacity to view one of Shakespeare s better known tragedies as a dark comedy is by itself deserving of discussion 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Jim Lane
a gleefully grungy hilariously wicked black comedy 
4
Scotland, Pa.
Sean P. Means
A wickedly funny and dark take on Macbeth 
3.5
Scotland, Pa.
Jeff Vice
Morrissette s screenplay is filled with funny touches 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
Misha Berson
while certainly clever in spots this too long spoofy update of Shakespeare s Macbeth doesn t sustain a high enough level of invention 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
Carrie Rickey
a Shakespearean happy meal 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Jay Carr
Scotland PA blurs the line between black comedy and black hole 
1.5
Scotland, Pa.
David N. Butterworth
There s extra cheese on this Big Mac 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
Carla Meyer
Scotland Pa succeeds because of the cast s communal vibe of arrogant stupidity 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the movie in a superficial way while never sure what its purpose was 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Transforms one of Shakespeare s deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Rob Blackwelder
deliriously funny fast and loose accessible to the uninitiated and full of surprises
3
Scotland, Pa.
Michael Wilmington
Out damned flop 
1
Scotland, Pa.
James Berardinelli
Peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Rod Armstrong
Morrissette s script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit but it doesn t signify a whole lot either 
2.5
Scotland, Pa.
John Anderson
Film can t quite maintain its initial momentum but remains sporadically funny throughout 
3
Scotland, Pa.
Bob Strauss
Every performance whether LeGros slow development from sedentary to sinister or Kevin Corrigan s dimwitted but always fully realized Banco character is a gem 
3.5
Scotland, Pa.
Lou Lumenick
Scotland PA goes down as smooth as a McShake thanks to Walken s priceless performance 
3
The Hidden Face
Chris Hewitt
I m not sure La Cara Oculta can stand up to much scrutiny there s at least one gaping plot hole but it s plenty of fun while its 93 minutes are zipping by 
3
Loggerheads
Rob Thomas
Loggerheads is like a person who never raises her voice yet somehow you know to pay attention to every word she says 
3
Loggerheads
Sean P. Means
The dramatic tension is nil But the performances particularly by Hunt in a non comedic role for a change are worth a look 
2.5
Loggerheads
Phoebe Flowers
The movie could have benefited from a lighter touch 
2
Loggerheads
Walter Chaw
You re in deep 
1.5
Loggerheads
David Elliott
A chamber piece of subtle touches finely acted the movie has time jumps that are a little confusing 
2.5
Loggerheads
Michael Booth
This quiet community and family drama set on the North Carolina shore offers a bighearted outlook on how to absorb change and defeat 
3
Loggerheads
Ty Burr
Slow unadorned compassionate and earnest Loggerheads is a low fi throwback to the independent films of the 1980s and 90s heartland miniatures hewn from plainspoken lives 
3
Loggerheads
John Monaghan
Loggerheads has the best qualities of independent filmmaking 
3
Loggerheads
Chris Hewitt
Freshness aside Loggerheads is beautifully performed especially by Hunt and Harper and the script is finely attuned to the nuances of communication that has nothing to do with words 
2.5
Loggerheads
Tom Keogh
An achievement for Kirkman and the best acting opportunity nearly everyone in the cast has had in a long time 
3
Loggerheads
Walter V. Addiego
In the end for all its good intentions Loggerheads is so slow and earnest that it s hard for the viewer not to lose patience 
2
Loggerheads
Roger Ebert
Loggerheads is not a movie where the emotions are tidy and the messages are clear 
3
Loggerheads
Michael Wilmington
A delicate if somewhat soap operatic Southern mood piece that occasionally clicks 
2.5
Loggerheads
Ken Fox
The rare spirit of character driven independent American movies lives on in writer director Tim Kirkman s beautifully acted structurally sophisticated heart tugger 
4
Loggerheads
Lou Lumenick
Writer director Kirkman takes the basic ingredients of a Lifetime movie and turns Loggerheads into something special indeed 
3
Loggerheads
Elizabeth Weitzman
An underachieving indie 
2
Loggerheads
Ed Gonzalez
Not only is the film distinguished by its very fine performances and lovely detail work but also by its fascinating timeline of events 
3
I Am Mother
Federico Furzan
A pretty good start that feels rushed at the end and ultimately damages a promising movie Full review in Spanish 
2.5
I Am Mother
Matt Zoller Seitz
Frustrating but engrossing and impossible to critique in depth without spoilers because it s driven by regular plot twists 
3
I Am Mother
Toni Garcia
Overall the movie forces some very intriguing questions and lively discussions The first two acts are satisfying and engaging The third act not so much 
2.5
Mandy
Brian Eggert
Don t expect a straightforward plot deeply felt emotions or even a sense of reason behind the formal choices throughout 
3
Mandy
Kevin A. Ranson
there is a sense of raw filmmaking and imagery herein coupled with throwbacks to 1980s post apocalypse sci fi and fantasy but the underfunded and under edited final cut drags like a battleship anchor holding back a rowboat 
1
Mandy
Tom Meek
Between Red s acumen for bloodletting and Cosmatos pushing of boundaries in glamour gore Mandy is poised for near instant cult classic status 
3
Mandy
Federico Furzan
Psychedelic horror had never been this relevant and effective Nicolas Cage delivers one of the best genre performances of the year Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Mandy
John Beifuss
A slow motion descent into a sludge rock hell as Nicolas Cage tracks a killer hippie cult across a landscape that seems printed on discarded Mountain and Uriah Heep album covers and painted with tar 
3.5
Mandy
Matt Brunson
An offbeat endeavor that s basically for folks who might find Death Wish any version too quaint for their tastes 
3
Mandy
Walter Chaw
All the elements will be represented here as metaphor for the completeness of their bond It s not subtle Now s not the time for subtlety 
3
Mandy
Joe Friar
Nicolas Cage serves up horror awesome sauce in the psychotomimetic film from sensory overload filmmaker Panos Cosmatos 
3.5
Mandy
Alan French
With Cage in the lead role the glorified grindhouse flick is sure to catch the attention of niche audiences 
3
Mandy
Rob Thomas
Cage is at his most unhinged here without degenerating into self parody in a film that s part B movie horror part phantasmagoric fantasy 
3.5
Mandy
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is an aggressive and violent movie yet it is also one that unabashedly wears its heart on its Black Sabbath t shirt wearing sleeve 
3
Mandy
Dann Gire
Cage treats Red Miller not as a knocked out one note vigilante but as a full blown Shakespearean figure filled with vengeful wrath 
3
Mandy
Robert Levin
Mandy is the real deal It s a disturbing expressionist horror picture 
3
Mandy
Brian Tallerico
There s a masterful version of this movie that runs notably shorter but that doesn t mean there s not an unforgettable one the way it is right now 
3
Mandy
Robert Horton
Walks a fine line between the cool and the ridiculous and then finally erases the line 
3
Mandy
David Nusair
an art house exercise in often infuriating self indulgence 
.5
Mandy
Sonny Bunch
Mandy is an instant cult classic This is a rock opera as envisioned by the lords of hell 
3
Mandy
Barry Hertz
For those who think nothing of staying up past midnight to devour the strange and fantastic it hits the sweetest of spots 
3.5
Mandy
Mark Dujsik
Even with the radical shift between its two halves the film presents a cohesive vision if only on account of how utterly strange it is 
3
Mandy
Sean P. Means
Too bad that heart gets sacrificed to Cosmatos over the top madness 
2
Mandy
Bruce DeMara
Displays some decent visual gimmickry but shoots for mystical and epic but ultimately feels laboured and pointless 
2
Mandy
Christian Toto
Cage unleashed unchecked and unstoppable 
3
Mandy
Chuck Bowen
Panos Cosmatos s film is a profoundly violent and weirdly moving poem of male alienation 
3
Gaga: Five Foot Two
James Kendrick
Gaga allows the camera into various realms that emphasize her vulnerability her flaws and her weaknesses which only serve to empower her as a pop star by reinforcing her underlying humanity
3
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Roger Moore
Indulgent exhibitionistic but putting her pain management struggles out there for all to see 
2.5
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Peter Sobczynski
Manages to create a sense of intimacy and revelation even as we sense that there is really no such thing as an unguarded moment for Lady Gaga 
3
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Eric Henderson
Far from seeming like a strategic element created to define Lady Gaga s reinvention the documentary instead feels like a natural outgrowth of it 
2
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Stephen Whitty
Why given unfettered access to such an inventive imaginative iconoclastic performer would you take such scant opportunity to actually show her performing live 
2
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Brad Wheeler
Entertaining but manipulative Gaga is always on 
2.5
Highway Courtesans
Michael Wilmington
Highway Courtesans carries a feeling of truth of bravely facing problems that are pressing and real It s a good informative piece on the oldest profession and on how the world differs from what we usually see in the movies 
2.5
Highway Courtesans
Maitland McDonagh
Ultimately the film feels unfocused and attenuated despite its brief running time 
2
Highway Courtesans
V.A. Musetto
The film isn t hefty enough for a theatrical release Public TV would be a better showcase 
2
Highway Courtesans
Ed Gonzalez
Though six years in the making the film feels flimsy at 71 minutes lacking both in ambition and focus 
2.5
Strange Fruit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a talking head documentary but a great one 
4
Strange Fruit
Wesley Morris
Good if unremarkable 
3
Strange Fruit
Pam Grady
Though only 60 minutes long the film is packed with information and impressions 
4
Strange Fruit
Edward Guthmann
In his excellent documentary also called Strange Fruit filmmaker Joel Katz takes a fascinating look at the origins and impact of a ballad that s been called one of ten songs that changed the world 
3
Strange Fruit
Lou Lumenick
An absorbing documentary 
3
No Way Out
Molly Haskell
This stunning thriller about a murder and an elaborate cover up in present day Washington power circles was one of the best movies of 1987 and to my mind an all time classic 
4
No Way Out
Richard Freedman
The summer s best movie is No Way Out a complex rip roaring suspense tale with a difference It s about believable people caught in a real jam 
4
No Way Out
Walter Chaw
No Way Out is a secret noir 
3
No Way Out
Dave Kehr
No Way Out emerges paradoxically as a film that is better than it has to be and not as good as it ought to be but there is skill here as well as an admirable willingness to try something new 
3
No Way Out
Carrie Rickey
A juicy thriller romance bursting out of the Pentagon s arid corridors 
3
No Way Out
Scott Nash
A tense and well made thriller 
4
No Way Out
David Nusair
primarily comes off as a fast moving and increasingly compelling thriller 
3
No Way Out
Roger Ebert
A superior example of the genre a film in which a simple situation grows more and more complex until it turns into a nightmare not only for the hero but also for everyone associated with him 
4
Backseat
Tom Keogh
Once in a while a movie inspires nothing more than complete apathy Backseat is such a lackluster work 
1.5
Backseat
Kimberley Jones
Alexander s script considers context anathema leaving us to wonder among other puzzlers why these two jerks are friends to begin with and perhaps on what bad breakup or neglected childhood one may blame the film s dispiriting misanthropy 
2
Backseat
Lou Lumenick
Sporadically funny micro budgeted indie comedy 
2
Backseat
Maitland McDonagh
Just a series of character skits some charming and others tedious 
2
Lucky Star
Enrique Fernandez
Both genders should come to the theater armed with hankies and that isn t meant as a put down For this is a story that is both austere and sentimental 
3
The 24 Hour War
Christian Toto
Adam Carolla s detour into documentary filmmaking is no vanity effort The 24 Hour War proves it anew 
3
The 24 Hour War
Roger Moore
Seriously Ford centric remembrance of the greatest rivalry in endurance racing Ford vs Ferrari in the 1960s 
2.5
Nigerian Prince
Roger Moore
If the plot takes a few predictable and a few implausible turns that s a forgivable sin in an otherwise eye opening and immersive story that only a Nigerian could properly tell 
2.5
Oh Lucy!
Richard Roeper
Oh Lucy is quirky and offbeat and strange and sometimes quite dark and yet oddly lovable 
3.5
Oh Lucy!
Wade Major
sensitive penetrating and frequently unsettling study of one woman s battle with regret 
3
Oh Lucy!
Walter V. Addiego
An idiosyncratic character study suggesting that the road to self knowledge is beset with obstacles and uncertainties 
3
Oh Lucy!
Maren Longbella
Equal parts funny and tragic It sticks with you long after you ve seen it 
2.5
Oh Lucy!
Peter Keough
What makes Hirayanagi s iteration of this familiar theme appealing are the quirky characters the nuanced performances and the curious cultural topography of Tokyo 
3
Oh Lucy!
Kristen Page-Kirby
Although Lucy is on a journey of self discovery she often hurts others in her quest for herself That makes Hirayanagi s take on the later in life coming of age story more honest than most 
3
Oh Lucy!
Robert Levin
It is unabashedly strange in the ways it assembles seemingly disparate elements and it s unafraid to bring its character toward an unlikable place in the service of its broader truths 
3
Oh Lucy!
Glenn Kenny
The treatment of its central character veers so wildly between the sympathetic and just plain pathetic that there s a blur where the movie s heart ought to be 
2.5
Oh Lucy!
Roger Moore
Darkly comic culture clash wish fulfillment fantasy that turns from twee to ugly realism in a heartbeat 
2.5
Oh Lucy!
Peter Goldberg
Atsuko Hirayanagi s feature length directorial debut Oh Lucy offers a surprising take on the tricky art of communication 
2.5
Oh Lucy!
Kent Turner
Revenge is served with gleeful laughter 
3
Haven
Thomas Delapa
An extraordinary directorial debut that just may knock your socks off or at least your flip flops Though Flowers may be accused of sensationalizing his subject there s no denying his stunning cinematic flourishes 
3
Haven
Timothy Knight
Director Frank Flowers seems more interested in playing with narrative chronology than developing an emotionally and thematically coherent storyline populated by multi dimensional characters 
1.5
Haven
Ted Fry
An ineffective experiment about ugly things happening in a beautiful place 
1.5
Haven
Mick LaSalle
It s a muddled disjointed and fairly undramatic film 
1
Haven
Peter Debruge
Flowers style suffers from attention deficit disorder leaving just enough vital information for you to follow the convoluted plot But just when one story gets rolling he s off and chasing another 
1.5
Haven
Terry Lawson
A movie that would go down easier if you didn t have a feeling you d seen it already 
2
Haven
Lisa Kennedy
Time will tell if Bloom can grow but Haven suggests writer director Flowers may become a perennial pleasure 
3
Haven
Wesley Morris
Despite Flowers s obvious ambition Haven rarely feels more than third rate 
2
Haven
Betsy Bozdech
Orlando Bloom swaps swashbuckling swords and Elvish arrows for crimes of island passion in this murky confusing thriller 
1
Haven
Josh Larsen
wants to be one of those interwoven multiple plot dramas that are so fashionable these days but the movie seems to decide that about halfway through its running time 
2
Haven
Willie Waffle
Dillane and Paxton could have been great with an entire movie to themselves
1.5
Haven
Tracy Allerton
Though it s needlessly opaque and doesn t completely hold together Haven seldom fails to fascinate 
2
Haven
Michael Phillips
The film is a fancy pants muddle in terms of technique 
1.5
Haven
Matt Pais
The film pushes its many strands too far apart before eventually aligning them together 
2.5
Haven
Maitland McDonagh
What could have been a routine but entertaining crime story gets hopelessly muddled in its telling despite the efforts of a generally strong cast 
1.5
Haven
David Elliott
This end of summer screen filler has despite some blatancy force of conviction and some sharp whippet style 
2.5
Haven
Lisa Rose
More a mediocrity than a shipwreck 
2
Haven
Kyle Smith
The debut from writer director Frank E Flowers tosses all the classic noir elements into the shaker but comes up with a taste that s excitingly pungent 
3
Haven
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like a mango rotting in the sun Frank Flowers squishy Caribbean thriller has been sitting on the shelf long enough to attract suspicion Bite into it at your own risk 
1.5
Haven
Bob Strauss
Too bad Flowers couldn t have put the two stories he s telling together as well as he did the shooting schedule 
2
Haven
Nick Schager
Structurally indebted to Pulp Fiction but lacking Quentin Tarantino s sense of humor and knack for dramatic rhythm 
1.5
Haven
David Nusair
a complete and utter mess 
1.5
Haven
Erik Childress
Writer director Frank E Flowers is way too occupied with finding throwaway dots to connect within the multi linear framework of the 6 000 short stories he s trying to tell 
1
Now and Then
Mal Vincent
Now and Then is rather obvious and predictable about its girls but it is thoroughly likable There is a sensible balance between girlish wonder and the sense of impending adulthood 
3
Now and Then
Margaret A. McGurk
This would have been a more appealing movie with less Now and a lot more Then 
2.5
Now and Then
Roger Ebert
The adult actresses are completely superfluous to the movie which is a contrived Stand by Me kind of story 
2
Junior Bonner
David Nusair
the leisurely pace effectively prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly connecting with the material 
2.5
Junior Bonner
Walter Chaw
There s something essential about boys playing men in front of the women they love 
3
Junior Bonner
Jeremy Heilman
A superior rodeo movie 
4
Junior Bonner
Roger Ebert
The movie simply never comes together and works as a whole The material is terribly thin 
2
Junior Bonner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Peckinpah s loveliest films simmering with family animosity but also brimming with terrific moments of graceless quiet 
3.5
Spiderhole
Sara Michelle Fetters
Soon the movie is going through the slasher playbook offering up nothing new and doing little different making the eventual outcome a rather pedestrian and ho hum affair that even with a nifty final twist sort of bored me senseless 
2
Catwoman
Joe Lozito
I m pretty sure an actual cat could have made a better film 
0
Catwoman
Jorge Avila Andrade
Claro ejemplo de la forma en que no se debe gastar el dinero en caprichos de productores a los que les importa un comino la inteligencia de la audiencia 
1
Catwoman
Mark Collette
She stands on ledges peering at all the buildings or at the moon she might be hoping one of those places holds a better script 
0
Catwoman
Wesley Lovell
And what would the film be without its performances Better 
1
Catwoman
Frank Ochieng
doesn t quite cut it as the escapist comic caper this tepid and tired movie has all the appeal of a box of stale Tender Vittles
1.5
Catwoman
Tony Toscano
a monumental waste of your time to see 
.5
Catwoman
Jeffrey Westhoff
Another story of female empowerment written and directed by guys who think empowerment gives a woman the courage to shop from a fetish catalogue 
2
Catwoman
Noah Berlatsky
Obviously no one involved in this disaster cares anything at all about Catwoman 
1
Catwoman
Matt Brunson
The early segments of the film are deadly dull but once Berry suits up the movie enters MST3K territory and never looks back 
1
Catwoman
Vince Koehler
I was pleasantly surprised with this new outing for Halle Berry 
3
Catwoman
Peter Debruge
Berry is giving a performance much too earnest to have been intentionally campy setting herself up as a veritable shoo in for this year s Worst Actress Razzie Me ouch 
1
Catwoman
Collin Souter
An adolescent fantasy run amok that owes more to drummer Peter Criss than to Julie Newmar 
1
Catwoman
Linda Cook
Me ouch This is going to hurt Halle Berry s reputation as a serious actress 
1
Catwoman
Mike McGranaghan
The complete absence of a distinct visual style robs Catwoman of its imagination and wonder It looks and feels utterly flat which is the kiss of death in this genre
1.5
Catwoman
Bob Bloom
Catwoman should be a fantasy fest enjoyed by every fetishist and dominatrix in the country 
1
Catwoman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This hilarious sexy exciting farce is instead so consistently surprising and dazzling that I m still not sure if it s a good bad movie or a good good movie 
3
Catwoman
John Beifuss
This hairball on the soiled rug of the summer blockbuster schedule is gruesome enough to have been ejected from the esophagus of Bill the Cat 
2
Catwoman
Chris Kaltenbach
Maybe if Catwoman didn t take itself so seriously the filmmakers might have been onto something 
1.5
Catwoman
James Verniere
This film is just awful A kitty cat aclysm 
1.5
Catwoman
Ted Fry
Most respectable comic book plots rely on a genius scientist gone insane an alien invader or the like as villainous foil In Catwoman the bad guy is a cosmetics company 
1
Catwoman
Mick LaSalle
An odd idiosyncratic movie dark in look and dark in spirit that plays as a kind of pop culture investigation into the meaning of feminism and the options open to women in the modern world 
3
Catwoman
Christian Toto
This Catwoman s super power is dressing up Halle Berry in a sexy leather number and still leaving audiences snoozing 
1.5
Catwoman
Jerry McCormick
Halle Berry s Catwoman is a dog And no amount of tight black leather outfits nauseating CGI effects and good looking actors and actresses is going to change that 
0
Catwoman
Joe Baltake
Here s a movie that has nothing going for it except good bone structure 
1
Catwoman
Connie Ogle
Catwoman doesn t belong on the big screen It belongs in the litter box or to be scraped off the bottom of our shoes as we head quickly for another theater 
1
Catwoman
Bob Strauss
The cinematic equivalent of a cat box 
2
Catwoman
Loey Lockerby
If Halle Berry keeps this up she s going to have to give that Oscar back 
.5
Catwoman
Terry Lawson
Catwoman isn t really bad enough to be one of those awful movies we can t resist nor is it incompetent enough to be the female Daredevil 
3
Catwoman
Jeff Vice
The worst superhero movie to date 
1
Catwoman
Lisa Kennedy
A laughable disaster 
1.5
Catwoman
Wesley Morris
Watching Halle Berry run around in that getup I felt embarrassed the way I do for people who put on makeup before climbing a StairMaster it s too much 
1.5
Catwoman
Austin O'Connor
You gotta be kidding me 
.5
Catwoman
Jeffrey Overstreet
The summer that gave us what is arguably the best comic book movie of all time Spider Man 2 has now choked up what is arguably the worst 
0
Catwoman
Rick Groen
Every odorous frame before and after the outfit can be safely consigned to the litter box 
0.5
Catwoman
Jon Niccum
French director Pitof exhibits an approach to filmmaking as one dimensional and pretentious as his own name 
1.5
Catwoman
Phil Villarreal
Hate is a strong word but nowhere near fierce enough to describe the ear steaming loathing Catwoman deserves 
1
Catwoman
Sarah Chauncey
Law Order Feline Investigations Unit 
2
Catwoman
Sean P. Means
When you have Berry in a Catwoman costume and Stone in a catsuit and you can t even stage a decent catfight why make a Catwoman movie at all 
1.5
Catwoman
Roger Ebert
Tired and dated 
1
Catwoman
Claudia Puig
The screenplay is flat and predictable and bad dialogue prevails 
1.5
Catwoman
Chris Hewitt
Catwoman mixes its messages but it mixes them with style 
2
Catwoman
Phoebe Flowers
A sloppy dull brain dead waste of a movie 
1
Catwoman
Bruce Newman
Another phony story of female empowerment 
2.5
Catwoman
Peter Travers
The stench of the litter pan is all over this big screen 90 million disaster in waiting 
1
Catwoman
Steven Rea
If things begin to go south for the actress careerwise Berry can use Catwoman as an audition reel to land a part in a road company of Cats 
1.5
Catwoman
Jeff Strickler
The movie suffers from the opposite of a syndrome affecting most comic book spin offs 
2.5
Catwoman
Duane Dudek
The result may appeal to Berry s fans but is Catwoman in name only 
2
Catwoman
David Sterritt
Cartoonish effects and overacting make this more corn than catnip 
1
Catwoman
Robert K. Elder
The Showgirls of superhero movies 
1
Catwoman
Lawrence Toppman
Catwoman is destined not for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 fate but for immortality as one of the subtlest most thorough parodies I ve ever seen 
1
Catwoman
David Nusair
a repeat viewing of Spider Man 2 would undoubtedly be a better idea 
1.5
Catwoman
Rob Blackwelder
Wildly entertaining but for all the wrong reasons 
3
Catwoman
Jan Stuart
Campy smart and dumb fun 
2.5
Catwoman
Lou Lumenick
A purr fectly ridiculous and boring cat astrophe 
1
Catwoman
Jami Bernard
A movie needs more than a few sexual innuendos and throaty purrs to keep us from taking a catnap 
1.5
Catwoman
Willie Waffle
She can do everything a Spider Man can but worse Much much much much worse 
.5
Catwoman
James Berardinelli
Despite its feline pretensions Catwoman belongs to another animal family it s either a dog or a turkey Take your pick 
1
Catwoman
Walter Chaw
It s bad enough that not only are careers over but somebody should be slapped 
0
Catwoman
Jeanne Aufmuth
What s not to love about a gal with a whip stilettos and sharp rhinestone claws Guilty pleasure be thy name 
3
Catwoman
Sean McBride
Not even the sight of Halle Berry brandishing a whip while wearing a barely there black leather catsuit is enough to excuse this campy exercise in bad filmmaking 
1
Catwoman
Scott Nash
Big budget cheesiness built around the idea of getting Halle Berry into a sexy outfit
1.5
Catwoman
Dustin Putman
Overtly bad and unintentionally funny enough to become a camp classic 
1.5
Catwoman
Ed Gonzalez
Feels as if it s been pieced together from a dozen or so Ally McBeal parodies posing as hip hop videos 
2
Freeland
Randy Myers
Fairchild is magnificent and the cinematography is absolutely staggering 
3.5
Freeland
Roger Moore
Well acted simply plotted and surprisingly poignant it could be about any way of life any chosen profession that becomes endangered in a heartbeat thanks to change some see coming and others hope to wait out 
2.5
Freeland
Tomris Laffly
A contemplative film that manages to whisk the audience away to an unfamiliar land whose off the grid survival you can t help but root for 
3
Freeland
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Mario Furloni and Kate McLean evince a masterful grasp of storytelling that s subtle and rich in innuendo 
2.5
Monster House
Michael Dequina
Delivers the freaky funny goods for audiences of all ages 
3
Monster House
Kam Williams
A cleverly conceived kid friendly horror flick with a lot going for it mixing clever asides in a thrill a minute roller coaster ride on the way to a finale with a satisfying send off 
3
Monster House
Forrest Hartman
The best animated film of 2006 
4
Monster House
James Plath
A visual treat with characters that look like caricatures and a house that s as much of a monster as anything Hollywood has given us 
3
Monster House
Peter T. Chattaway
Monster House may look like the sort of movie that is more or less safe for little kids but the humour gets a little crude in places 
2
Monster House
Collin Souter
So fresh innovative and fun you can t believe it wasn t written by Brad Bird and directed by Robert Zemeckis 
4
Monster House
Linda Cook
Am I the only one wondering why Monster House wasn t released at Halloween 
2.5
Monster House
Josh Larsen
an often beguiling piece of computer animation that could nonetheless benefit from a gentler touch 
2.5
Monster House
John Beifuss
Creepy in more ways than one The performance capture technology still results in animated human characters who look more disturbing than natural 
2.5
Monster House
Sara Brady
Monster House is crammed to the rafters with the kind of satisfying horror lite scares that make it a perfect midsummer diversion 
3.5
Monster House
Matt Brunson
What initially appears to be a straightforward haunted house tale morphs into a haunting tale about love retribution and acceptance 
3
Monster House
Sean O'Connell
Unfurls like a campfire story sugar infused teenage counselors would spin for frightened scouts on an overnight trip 
3.5
Monster House
Nick Rogers
One of the best puberty peril films since the 1980s boom Monster House balances out its elements of Burton and boyhood to make a movie more alive with the magic of Halloween than The Polar Express was with the spirit of Christmas 
3.5
Monster House
Mike McGranaghan
I was wondering whether Summer 2006 was going to provide me with a genuine 4 star this is what I love about movies experience And then I saw Monster House 
4
Monster House
Rob Thomas
Monster House is just a blast expertly turning those old childhood fears about the weird house down the street into big screen entertainment 
3.5
Monster House
Dan Fienberg
Ultimately the environments are far more interesting than the humans navigating within them 
2.5
Monster House
Thomas Delapa
After a clever and well constructed first half this digital family cartoon falls apart before your eyes When the kids finally get inside the house it s as if the script gets eaten alive too 
2
Monster House
Larry Ratliff
If you ve ever been freaked out by that run down gothic looking house down at the end of the block you must see Monster House If not go anyway 
4
Monster House
Sean McBride
A fun trick and a real treat 
3.5
Monster House
Susan Tavernetti
Sometimes irreverently hip and sometimes sweet the spooky house tale provides the best and worst in family entertainment 
1.5
Monster House
Peter Travers
Until this animated horrorfest turns shrill debuting director Gil Kenan delivers enough visual goods to justify the faith of producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis 
2.5
Monster House
Lou Lumenick
The storytelling skill in Monster House isn t always up to its visuals But as a roller coaster summer entertainment it s a heck of a lot more fun than Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest not to mention a full hour shorter 
3
Monster House
James Berardinelli
It s part story and part spectacle with the two halves being nicely balanced to offer something for just about everyone 
3
Monster House
Timothy Knight
While it has some spectacular set pieces and dollops of goofy wisecracking humor Monster House rests on such a flimsily constructed narrative framework that it starts collapsing in on itself long before the predictably over the top conclusion 
2
Monster House
Moira MacDonald
An enjoyable ride on a dark but not quite scary enough to make you scream roller coaster told in elegant motion capture animation 
3
Monster House
Geoff Pevere
The hybrid computer animation technique used by Robert Zemeckis in Polar Express finds both better expression and a more appropriate holiday Halloween in the witty kids horror movie Monster House 
2.5
Monster House
Maitland McDonagh
Surprisingly enough puberty stricken J D and Chowder actually sound like real teenagers but the cartoony look will probably alienate real life kids that age and the man eating house might be downright terrifying to younger kids 
2.5
Monster House
Scott Bowles
The movie treats children with respect Monster s pre teens are sarcastic think they re smarter than their parents and are going crazy over the opposite sex 
3
Monster House
Stephen Whitty
There s no gore no nudity and only the mildest of vulgar jokes But this time the haunted house isn t full of clever crooks and the scares aren t just an excuse for silly humor 
3
Monster House
Jack Mathews
What the movie lacks in story development it makes up for in spooky thrills 
3
Monster House
Duane Dudek
Monster House is a cute fun and smart stroll down the universal adolescent memory lane a sort of haunted Home Alone or a Leave It to Beaver episode set in The Twilight Zone 
3
Monster House
Glenn Whipp
Monster House energetically directed by first timer Gil Kenan takes what could have been a pretty thin story and turning it into a grand tale of daring and friendship 
3
Monster House
Amy Biancolli
Monster House a frankly horrific and full tilt hilarious family yarn about a man snacking mansion It s engineered to scare your pants off split your sides and squeeze your tear ducts into submission 
3.5
Monster House
Liam Lacey
Monster House chooses not to take the interesting route opting more often for wisecracking dialogue and bombastic effects 
2.5
Monster House
Terry Lawson
Like the books of Roald Dahl and the Harry Potter novels Monster House does not condescend to kids but respects their intelligence and their ability to separate fantasy from reality 
3
Monster House
Jeff Vice
Some of the humor is a little crude for a PG rated film and the material does get dark But the animation is bright and colorful and it looks pretty spectacular 
3
Monster House
Lisa Kennedy
Monster House never pulls off this transit of kiddie fright to delight and back Yet there is plenty here to dread The movie is a creepfest And I don t mean that kindly 
1.5
Monster House
Michael Phillips
Viewers of all ages who survived the 2003 film version of the Disney ride known as The Haunted Mansion will appreciate the improvement Monster House represents in the realm of old dark houses with great big secrets 
3
Monster House
Ty Burr
Even at 87 minutes Monster House overstays its welcome The finale is an overbearingly loud chaos of splintered boards and sentiment 
2
Monster House
Mick LaSalle
Best of all Monster House employs technology that allows for facial expressions and nuances of performance in its animated characters 
3
Monster House
Sara Michelle Fetters
As far as 2006 is concerned Monster House is the best animated picture I ve seen so far this year 
3
Monster House
Sean P. Means
The house is the coolest thing in Monster House though that s largely by default 
2
Monster House
Willie Waffle
a bit too scary for kids under the age of 8 years old but provides wonderful funny and frightening entertainment for everyone else 
3
Monster House
Erik Childress
Ranks in a class of haunted house tales alongside the original Haunting and The Others But you know for kids 
3.5
Monster House
Bill Muller
Most viewers will see this computer animated movie on a conventional 2D screen That s too bad because given the range of motion capture effects and camera moves the film was made for 3D 
3
Monster House
Bruce Newman
Monster House is like an amusement park ride through a fun house It s a great deal more fun than that other amusement park ride Pirates of the Caribbean and funnier than the summer s Pixar picture Cars 
3
Monster House
Chris Hewitt
After a promising beginning with some clever dialogue Monster House can t figure out where to go 
2.5
Monster House
Dustin Putman
A feast for the eyes Monster House should become a mainstay of the Halloween season 
2.5
Monster House
Phoebe Flowers
It s equal parts funny and frightening and should like its two decades old predecessors turn into a slumber party staple But really you must be this tall to ride this ride 
3
Monster House
Steven Rea
Easily the best computer animated feature to come from Hollywood in a long while Monster House is also one of the weirdest 
3.5
Monster House
Stephen Williams
When the fat lady finally sings the filmmakers turn up the volume and the visuals explode It s these sensations and not necessarily the content that might overwhelm some youngsters 
2
Monster House
Jeffrey Westhoff
The ultimate movie for 10 year old boys 
3.5
Monster House
Peter Canavese
Seems less a joyous return to innocence and more like the nightmares we have while contemplating the real estate market 
2.5
Monster House
Matt Pais
The lone minority character is a complete fool and the onscreen kids either mock or fear the overweight both pretty monstrous messages to send to a young audience 
2
Monster House
Phil Villarreal
Acceptable as a kids film only as a punishment tool 
2
Monster House
Steve Schneider
Monster House is professionally assembled and contains a good amount of irreverent fun as an adult I dug a lot of it 
3
Monster House
Walter Chaw
When all s said and done you wish the film had been about Nebbercracker and his girl 
3
Monster House
Nick Schager
A spasmodic cacophonous roller coaster ride 
2
Monster House
Steve Rhodes
The Academy should seriously consider awarding the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar to Monster House which is way way better than Cars 
3.5
The Big Tease
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Big Tease is about a flamboyant Scottish hairdresser who travels to Los Angeles to compete the World Freestyle Hairdressing Championship Believe it or not it s worse than it sounds 
2
The Big Tease
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some of the jokes are obvious and fall flat but others work their sly charm on you 
3
The Big Tease
Rob Blackwelder
Little more than a tiresome transplanted sports underdog plot complete with a showdown finale exaggerated six foot tall hair chitecture and cornball cameos 
2
The Big Tease
Michael Dequina
A strange thing happened from the 25 minute mark I began to be charmed by this film 
3
The Big Tease
Ross Anthony
Just plain good clean fun the tease climaxes in a ridiculous display of hair presentation 
2.5
The Big Tease
James Berardinelli
Although it has its moments The Big Tease doesn t fulfill its potential 
2.5
The Big Tease
Roger Ebert
The Big Tease is a movie with a lot of laughs but they come one at a time It doesn t build and by the time we get to the big payoff it s kind of dragging 
2
The Big Tease
Mick LaSalle
The Big Tease aims to do nothing but please and it accomplishes its modest aim with charm and intelligence 
3
The Big Tease
Lou Lumenick
Crawford is engaging as what he calls Rocky in Curlers though he wears out his welcome by the end 
2
Rise of the Guardians
Brian Eggert
91 The film 93 has an intriguing premise that makes you wish the writers had spent more time developing the conflict 46 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Wesley Lovell
A beautiful fantasy adventure that might change a few minds about the power and importance of these childhood fantasy characters 
3.5
Rise of the Guardians
Nour Habib
DreamWorks newest picture is definitely one for the kids but director Peter Ramsey makes it fun enough to put a smile on parents faces 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Linda Cook
An entertaining experience whether you see it in 3 D or 2 D Rise of the Guardians is an enjoyable adventure for all ages 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Matt Brunson
More exhausting than exciting but there are enough amusing gags to prevent on the fence viewers and critics from going full Scrooge on the final product 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Mike McGranaghan
Rise of the Guardians is kind of like The Avengers except that instead of superheroes the characters are people your parents lied to you about when you were a kid It could become a perennial family favorite 
3.5
Rise of the Guardians
John Beifuss
A visual feast and a serious miscalculation The movie tells us that if kids don t get toys and colored eggs they stop believing and Christmas and Easter die 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Jason Buchanan
Like a treasure hidden in plain sight this is one film that will no doubt be cherished by children and adults who are fortunate enough to recognize its enchanting glimmer 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Michael Phillips
Rise of the Guardians is harmless enough and the lack of easy pop culture jokes represents the post Shrek direction of DreamWorks well enough But this is the studio s least entertaining film 
1.5
Rise of the Guardians
Brett Michel
A true surprise 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Kam Williams
Yes Virginia there is not only a Santa Claus but a Tooth Fairy a Jack Frost an Easter Bunny and a Sandman too 
3.5
Rise of the Guardians
Peter Canavese
Even if the cause and effect of the plot proves fairly impenetrable one can t deny the film is frequently visually resplendent and imaginative 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Sean P. Means
An engaging mash up of holiday icons sort of a Justice League of fairy tales 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Liam Lacey
All this feels formulaic and the believe in magic message is even more treacly than typical but give first time feature director Peter Ramsey credit for his visual panache 
2
Rise of the Guardians
Stephen Whitty
A satisfying holiday treat for adults and children alike 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Chris Hewitt
It s not fantastic but it s fun 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Jody Mitori
The Guardians make a winning team that is a prime candidate for a sequel just like The Avengers 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Carrie Rickey
The joy of Peter Ramsey s clever and well paced film is how it maintains its focus on the experience of childhood wonder rather than on holiday loot 
3.5
Rise of the Guardians
Peter Howell
You ll perhaps need a little patience to fully appreciate Rise of the Guardians which is likely to grow in stature over time 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Tom Russo
The movie s bid for distinctiveness works in lots of little ways 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Michael O'Sullivan
A charming if slightly dark and cobwebbed animated feature about how believing in something makes it real or real enough 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Kyle Smith
This 3 D cartoon manages to be frantic and bizarre yet boring 
0.5
Rise of the Guardians
Roger Ebert
Peter Ramsey and his art team have created a crisp colorful fantasy world sharper edged than many feature length children s cartoons 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Mark Dujsik
Rise of the Guardians has the requisite action sequences but they are kinetic and have the spark of a conceptual struggle beneath the flashy visuals 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Dustin Putman
A wasted concept that fails to take advantage of its own originality 
2
Rise of the Guardians
Cathy Jakicic
Rise of the Guardians gives classic holiday heavyweights a fresh and funny new spin but it s the delightful fleshing out of the fantastical B team that really makes the movie click 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Claudia Puig
With its fanciful razzle dazzle Rise of the Guardians is appealing if slightly hectic family fare 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Peter Hartlaub
Innocence and joy are threatened by the Boogeyman and from there the plot comes pretty close to mirroring this summer s The Avengers movie Mostly in a good way 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Rafer Guzman
This animated 3 D film is essentially a Marvel ized version of old fairy tales but Rise of the Guardians has several things going for it 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Jon Niccum
Rise of the Guardians is not the first holiday effort to explore this Polar Express style concept but it s one of the most inventive 
3
Rise of the Guardians
Ed Gonzalez
This spirited enough yarn is sincere and heartening in its belief that our devotion to these youthful myths is healthy for our sense of wonderment 
2.5
Rise of the Guardians
Matt Pais
As vapid and false as The Polar Express Hop and the tale of Dwayne Johnson becoming the Tooth Fairy Combined 
0
Rise of the Guardians
Roger Moore
The worst animated movie to ever wear the DreamWorks logo 
1.5
Rise of the Guardians
James Berardinelli
Rise of the Guardians is enjoyable as a stand alone adventure not groundbreaking animation but a solidly entertaining 90 minutes for older children and adults 
3
Night of Dark Shadows
Roger Ebert
Night of Dark Shadows is bad all right but not merely bad It is also shabby and unwholesome made by people who take no joy in their work It is a mean evil little enterprise 
1
Next Day Air
Michael Phillips
Next Day Air is sort of bracing though it isn t very good Its total lack of dramatic and comic bearings to say nothing of a point keeps you wondering about the next fatality in a half interested way 
2
Next Day Air
John Wirt
Best to refuse this delivery
1.5
Next Day Air
Matt Brunson
Here s a project so ill conceived that it finds room in its cast for the talented Mos Def but then bungles that gift by giving him the smallest role among the principal cast members 
1.5
Next Day Air
Kam Williams
A screwball comedy splatter flick which might best thought of as a campy cross of Cotton Comes to Harlem and No Country for Old Men 
4
Next Day Air
John Beifuss
Forty years from now this may be fascinating for its relentless early 21st century urban slang and attitude Let s hope it also seems antique for the idea that guns are as accessible as Kleenex 
2
Next Day Air
Sara Michelle Fetters
Next Day Air is dumb Completely totally and almost irredeemably dumb 
2
Next Day Air
Kyle Smith
Far from the worst of Taran tino knockoffs Next Day Air takes the standard formula of dimwits chasing bags of drugs to the hood 
2
Next Day Air
Jason Heck
Guy Ritchie called He wants all of his movies back 
1.5
Next Day Air
Joe Williams
From the violent opening to the nihilistic ending Next Day Air is so cynical that its few laughs are a release of tension 
2
Next Day Air
Peter Hartlaub
Screenwriter Blair Cobbs delivers some good lines but the inconsistent tone and overacting by some of the lesser actors sabotage his efforts 
1
Next Day Air
Chris Hewitt
Next Day Air is a stylish movie that smoothly shifts from genial comedy to violent action and back again almost like a Missy Elliott song cramming together four different snippets that magically mesh 
3
Next Day Air
Lisa Kennedy
Stripped of f bombs and b words Blair Cobb s screenplay could make a fortune cookie threat You will see a bad movie today 
1
Next Day Air
Ryan Stewart
An incessantly talky inert crime film that s like a hip hop poseur all swagger and mouth but with no real taste for the grittiness of thug life 
.5
Next Day Air
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is one package that should be returned to sender 
1.5
Next Day Air
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an oddly lethargic production heavy in foul language and gun pointing but slow witted and uninspired 
2
Next Day Air
Dustin Putman
Reprehensible trash that has no business showing up on a theatrical marquee With no one to care about nothing to learn and no place to go the miserable plot just sits there and rots 
.5
Next Day Air
Claudia Puig
Next Day Air can t decide whether it s a broad stoner comedy or a gritty Tarantino esque action flick The humor is there but violence brings the laughter to an abrupt halt 
2
Next Day Air
Janice Page
This is a movie that mines its plot from the Stone Age or is it Stoned Age of caper comedies 
1.5
Next Day Air
Rene Rodriguez
An uneasy mix of farcical slapstick and comedy of errors with a violent blood soaked tale of inner city crime 
2
Next Day Air
Roger Ebert
Next Day Air is a bloody screwball comedy a film of high spirits It tells a complicated story with acute timing and clarity and gives us drug dealing lowlifes who are almost poetic in their clockwork dialogue 
3
Poetry
Josh Larsen
Yun gives us a lifetime in a few hours 
3.5
Poetry
Mattie Lucas
A powerhouse a masterful evocation of a free spirit torn down by the fog of age and tragedy whose search for poetic inspiration leads to an unlikely and heartbreaking source 
4
Unplanned
Barry Hertz
Unplanned will make you writhe in agony over how such an ugly malicious and potentially dangerous piece of religious and political propaganda could have made its way into this world 
0
Unplanned
Josh Terry
Unplanned doesn t come close to exploring all of the different combating arguments connected to abortion but the case it makes is sobering to consider 
3
Unplanned
Roger Moore
Let s just hope this latest Pure Flix propaganda doesn t actually incite violence 
1
Unplanned
Christian Toto
The film industry s pro choice agenda takes a hit with this thoughtful broadside against Planned Parenthood 
3
Unplanned
Mike McGranaghan
A reasonably engaging story about a woman who has a crisis of conscience at her job anchored by a strong leading performance from Ashley Bratcher 
3
Unplanned
Kam Williams
A riveting reminiscence recounting a Planned Parenthood exec s unlikely conversion to outspoken anti abortion activist 
3
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Peter Canavese
Every time you watch it you re newly impressed by its heartfelt story line unfussy direction wit and humor with Gene Wilder giving a performance for the ages Warner 4K HD blu ray 
3.5
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Matt Brunson
Where it reigns supreme is in its casting of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka 
3
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
James Berardinelli
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory like many childhood favorites is better left in the past and allowed to reside in memories As an adaptation of Dahl s story it s inferior to the Burton remake 
2.5
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Roger Ebert
Probably the best film of its sort since The Wizard of Oz It is everything that family movies usually claim to be but aren t Delightful funny scary exciting and most of all a genuine work of imagination 
4
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Chuck Bowen
The passages in the mysterious factory which should be Charlie s and our release from the oppression of the earlier scenes are just as ugly as everything that s come before so there s no contrast 
2
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Betsy Bozdech
Director Mel Stuart doesn t shy away from bringing Dahl s unique slightly twisted vision to the screen intact 
4
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Phil Villarreal
The movie bursts with creativity deep thought and comedy 
4
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Steve Rhodes
The original feel good film from 1971 is back in a special new DVD edition for its thirtieth anniversary with some great special features 
4
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Chris Hicks
The zany factory s imaginative gimmicks and that vivid color scheme will keep even the youngest kids alert 
3
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
Jonathan Curiel
Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing and through a simple story line dramatic acting and National Geographic like shots of the city s rough and pristine edges creates cinematic magic 
4
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
V.A. Musetto
In its own low key way Ali Zaoua is just as stirring as City of God 
3
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
Moira MacDonald
It s the eyes of the children that stay with you after Ali Zaoua is over as well as the compassion that s evident in every frame 
3
Herr Arnes pengar (Sir Arne's Treasure)(Snows of Destiny)(The Three Who Were Doomed)
Ed Gonzalez
A landmark of the silent film era Sir Arne s Treasure is the spiritual cousin of Greed and Sunrise 
4
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Matt Brunson
The Hitman s Bodyguard features at least one tiresome car chase too many and the final half hour feels as if it s going to stretch into next week But even these debits can t completely diminish the bullseye turns by the winsome protagonists 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Frank Ochieng
The draw other than the grandstanding of flashy explosions animated gunplay and calculating car chases is obviously the rollicking rapport between hedonistic hotshot leads Samuel L Jackson and Ryan Reynolds as the titular characters 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It may not be art it s not even close but it s definitely light violent hilarious vulgar and well made entertainment Full review in Spanish 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
John Serba
A who wrote this crap movie in which a ready and willing cast becomes a just get paid cast when it s handed a cruddy script 
1.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a crassly violent comic book an insane bit of violence and bloodshed overflowing in crude one liners car chases explosions and random jolts of gunfire 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
David Nusair
an assault on one s senses for the duration of its extremely padded out and overlong running time 
2
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Jay Horton
The stars complement one another perfectly and in the weirdest way organically flesh out undeveloped characters otherwise defined solely by Hollywood clichés 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Josh Terry
Fans of Reynolds and Jackson will probably be more than happy to see their favorite actors push each other s buttons 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Mike McGranaghan
The Hitman s Bodyguard is one of those right down the middle movies It s neither great nor terrible 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
James Berardinelli
For me The Hitman s Bodyguard is the epitome of what a summer movie should be 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Robert Horton
There are worse ways to spend a late summer evening at the multiplex 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Sean P. Means
The we aren t partners and we aren t friends strain of buddy action movie seldom gets played with as much gusto and knowing humor as in The Hitman s Bodyguard a movie that fires off bullets jokes and F bombs with equal frequency 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Susan Wloszczyna
While no one is going to mistake The Hitman s Bodyguard for high art it will please those in the mood for late summer fun 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Kate Taylor
The political realism doesn t sit well with the exploding cars singing nuns and quipping killers 
2
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Christian Toto
If you think about any one element in The Hitman s Bodyguard long enough your head might hurt Don t You ll be glad you didn t 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Soren Andersen
Standard stuff But it s got more humor and zest than most movies of its kind And that makes it pretty darn enjoyable 
3
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Bob Bloom
Nothing in The Hitman s Bodyguard is original nor surprising This is a by the numbers action feature with the usual quota of fights vehicle chases and explosions 
2
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Sara Stewart
Why did either of you gentlemen sign up for this tone deaf piece of work Who thought it was appropriate to use mass graves as a plot point in an action comedy 
1
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Peter Howell
The Hitman s Bodyguard is the cinematic equivalent of a guilty burger drive thru meal when dinner is too wearisome to contemplate 
2
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Mark Dujsik
The Hitman s Bodyguard is an ugly repetitive and nihilistic piece of supposed entertainment 
1
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Rick Bentley
Jackson and Reynolds are so good at handling this kind of verbal sparring that they make up for the weakness in both the direction and writing 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Peter Travers
Reynolds and Jackson make this summer lunacy go down easy with their banter and bullet dodging skills They re the only reason this R rated action comedy doesn t sink into the generic quicksand from whence it came 
2.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite all the mayhem The Hitman s Bodyguard is a surprisingly bland dish 
1.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Richard Roeper
There s nothing and no one to like in The Hitman s Bodyguard This is one loud generic forgettable late summer action flick 
1.5
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Dann Gire
Therein lies both the appeal and the problem with Patrick Hughes lightning edited instantly forgettable Guy Ritchie lite ode to exploitative violence It caters to our low expectations and never exceeds them 
2
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Michael Phillips
The result is passable stupidity leaning hard on its wily leading men The movie s also pretty galling in its unceasing brutality for laughs 
2
Time Out of Mind
John Beifuss
Another painstaking portrait of an American man in crisis from writer director Oren Moverman 
3
Time Out of Mind
Michael Smith
Life affirming in a way that I didn t expect 
3
Time Out of Mind
Steven Rea
Powerful 
3.5
Time Out of Mind
Peter Keough
If Gere and Moverman get Oscars for it they deserve them 
3
Time Out of Mind
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an almost dreamy piece of work with very little preaching about the state of homelessness today and instead a deep pondering of existence surfaces and identity 
3.5
Time Out of Mind
Mark Moring
Moverman and cinematographer Bobby Bukowski let their shots linger long almost uncomfortably so But that s the point This film forces you like George s character to wait for something to happen 
3.5
Time Out of Mind
John Anderson
Fascinating both for what it is and what it does 
3
Time Out of Mind
Neil Rosen
As a document of homelessness it s well done and Gere is incredible as George But as a movie with a dramatic arc it s not engrossing or captivating so on that level it fails 
2.5
Time Out of Mind
Stephanie Merry
Like George the movie sometimes dillydallies but the unhurried rhythms ultimately have a hypnotic effect 
3
Time Out of Mind
Katie Walsh
Too enamored of its own stylistic tics to be a truly successful film 
1.5
Time Out of Mind
Anita Katz
A humanist filmmaker whose credits include The Messenger Moverman has made an urban survival story in a highly watchable semi documentary style 
2.5
Time Out of Mind
David Lewis
It s memorable in the sense that it has an unsettling and disorienting and even educational effect yet as a work of drama it s often an exercise in drudgery 
2
Time Out of Mind
Rex Reed
Time Out of Mind is not sentimental or overly plotted It s just a sober emotionally direct film of subtle observance on the road to Hell 
3
Time Out of Mind
Peter Travers
Gere who has shockingly never been nominated for an Oscar is intuitive and indelible Maybe it s naive to think a movie like this can heighten our awareness even change things So what Godspeed 
3.5
Time Out of Mind
Matt Zoller Seitz
Watching Time Out of Mind is not like the ordinary experience of watching a movie it s more like being in a public place and deciding to allow the scene around you to become a drama 
3.5
Time Out of Mind
Peter Canavese
Though it s hit and miss for audiences trying to forget Gere s screen history Moverman ably serves a slice of homeless life dramatizing a problem we ve contended with further back than we can remember 
2.5
Time Out of Mind
Lou Lumenick
While Gere is very good in Time Out of Mind he doesn t have the kind of character arc or bravura scene necessary to put over this very well meaning drama which is too often content to preach to the choir on an important social issue 
2
Time Out of Mind
David Nusair
an intriguing yet underwhelming cinematic experiment 
2
Time Out of Mind
Elise Nakhnikian
The extremely slow pace that felt a little mannered in Moverman s The Messenger works well here rhyming with George s generally unscheduled existence and unusual relationship to time 
2.5
Time Out of Mind
Kent Turner
Time Out of Mind challenges audiences to accept Richard Gere as a homeless man who has been living off the grid for nearly a decade 
2.5
Up to the Angels
Donna Pazdera
Silly as it seems the setting is so lovely the sluggish pace is easily tolerated 
3
Pretty Little Stalker
Roger Moore
Friends don t let friends watch soap opera sloppy tripe like Pretty Little Stalker do they 
0
Dorian Blues
David Elliott
McMillian and the big Coco are excellent and Fletcher makes something scarily comical of dad s hardball glares and proudly Nixonian grievances 
3
Dorian Blues
Lisa Kennedy
Dorian Blues makes me yearn for the day that audiences have become so comfortable enough with this subgenre that a clever director can make a spoof in which many if not all of the conventions get lampooned 
2
Dorian Blues
Wesley Morris
Rarely feels fresh It s special but in an after school sort of way 
2
Dorian Blues
Laura Kelly
Cute clean and snappy 
3
Dorian Blues
Lou Lumenick
Dorian Blues eschews the heavy sexual content and most of the clichs of so many gay films it also has a lot of heart 
2.5
Dorian Blues
Ed Gonzalez
Coming out films are not uncommon but rare are the ones directed by straight dudes and cut from such an abnormal mold as Dorian Blues 
2.5
Glory
Michael Upchurch
Stefan Denolyubov as the linesman and Margita Gosheva as his nemesis are painfully on target in this Bulgarian satire 
3
Glory
Ty Burr
Grozeva and Valchanov relate their morality play with fluid grimy realism 
3.5
Glory
Christopher Gray
Its rough hewn naturalism belies an exquisite sense of pace and a sneaky breed of gallows humor 
3
Glory
Curtis Cook
Slow paced and dialogue heavy Glory by directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov uses grim satire to show how money class and power can unravel the best of our humanity 
3
Excess Baggage
James Sanford
a series of flaccid go nowhere scenes featuring a sullen Silverstone and the inarticulate Benicio Del Toro 
0
Excess Baggage
Steve Rhodes
A story without context or compass 
1.5
Excess Baggage
Roger Ebert
Silverstone is OK in it but no better than OK Benicio Del Toro steals it with his performance as a car thief who becomes an unwilling kidnapper 
3
Secret Magic Control Agency
Roger Moore
It ll play as dull to all but the youngest least discrimination viewers 
2
I Am Eleven
Stephanie Merry
Regardless of background sophistication or home country the kids all share a lovely sense of open heartedness They all talk about being part of a collective and see the human race as a large extended family 
2.5
I Am Eleven
Thomas Lee
What emerges is a group of kids who are generally content but must confront the often confusing time between childhood and adolescence 
3
I Am Eleven
Kam Williams
Pearls of wisdom from the mouths of babes uttered with such heartfelt conviction that you want to believe them even when you re a little skeptical 
4
I Am Eleven
Roger Moore
Pretty and ambitious but scattered and inconsequential 
2
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Peter Canavese
A highly interesting document of a pretty potent story told in its entirety 46 
3
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Kelly Vance
Buried takes on a philosophical note with the recollections of the survivors It s a detailed minute by minute account of the vicissitudes of nature and the ultimate bravery of the rescuers 
3
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Roger Moore
The stunning recreations 46 46 46 put the viewer as close to an actual avalanche as anybody 8217 d ever want to get 46 
3
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Randy Myers
Highlights the valiant work of first responders and reminds us that Mother Nature s unpredictability should be respected 
3
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Mick LaSalle
Buried The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche is a compelling documentary about memory tragedy and the terrifying power of nature 
3
Schizo
Laura Kelly
Omarova s thoughtful offering is not so much a visual triptych of the country but a human portrait of youthful purpose in the face of fisted danger 
3
Schizo
Bruce Westbrook
An unflinching look at poverty expedience and harsh choices in a desolate environment 
2.5
Schizo
Jeff Vice
This Russian made thriller is seriously lacking energy which is surprising considering the material 
2
Schizo
Sean P. Means
First time director Guka Omarova has a strong eye for telling detail and a sensitivity to Mustafa s slow awakening 
3
Schizo
Ruthe Stein
Offers not just the proverbial window into village life in Kazakhstan but a panoramic view 
3
Schizo
Moira MacDonald
Nusuppaev simply isn t skilled enough to bring us along on Schizo s journey and Omarova s sense of pace is uneven 
2.5
Schizo
Peter Canavese
Guka Omarova s assured first feature Schizo is a noir forced out into the sunlight 
3
Schizo
Ty Burr
An austere moving tale about a young man underestimated by everyone except himself 
3
Schizo
Gene Seymour
A transfixing gracefully constructed slice of realistic cinema 
3
Schizo
Stephen Whitty
It s unlikely that many Americans know much about Kazakhstan Schizo gives them a fascinating tour of its wide steppes its dusty cities its grimy mines 
3
Schizo
V.A. Musetto
A stylish portrait of down on their luck people with just one goal in life survival 
4
Schizo
Jami Bernard
A sophisticated blend of crime thriller coming of age story and social realism 
3
Schizo
Nick Schager
A stark and stylistic hybrid of the Dardennes formal austerity and Terrence Malick s lyricism 
3
Schizo
Collin Souter
The beauty of coming of age movies such as this is that we can somehow relate to its odd protagonist in spite of his predicaments 
3
Pink Flamingos
Paul Gessell
There is even a touch of genius to the filth of Waters Divine and company These folks were way ahead of their time They may still be ahead of the times Indeed the times may never catch up 
3
Pink Flamingos
James Kendrick
a deranged home movie that took the midnight circuit by storm with its trashy excess 44 low brow aesthetic 44 and raunchy delight in whatever perversions Waters could dream up
3.5
Pink Flamingos
Joe Baltake
While the film now looks primitive and even more amateurish it is laudable if that s the right word because unlike most movies being made these days almost everything that happens in it is absolutely horrifyingly real 
3
Children of the Living Dead
Walter Chaw
It doesn t even offer any puerile thrills avoid at all costs 
0
Fourteen Hours
David Nusair
Simple yet strangely compelling 
3
Aeon Flux
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Between bouts of gun fights and acrobatics Aeon Flux is a dreadfully boring and incomprehensible mess with a screenplay that constantly jumps between clunky to just plain embarrassing 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Kam Williams
Between Charlize s skimpy spandex outfits and the equally sparse angular modernistic architecture this readily digestible if implausible sci fi adventure is laced with enough surprises to keep you engaged throughout 
3
Aeon Flux
Peter T. Chattaway
The telling of this story is rather dull and lifeless the film is full of rote combat sequences and no real sense of danger or adventure 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Matt Pais
A high octane indisputably terrible piece of futuristic silliness 
1
Aeon Flux
John Beifuss
The bright retro futuristic Pop Art production design matches the 1970s THX 1138 values of a story that suggests freedom can be found within the natural world that lies outside our technological cocoons 
3
Aeon Flux
Frank Ochieng
sci fi jolting gibberish Did we already mention witnessing Theron in skin hugging get ups acting like a curvaceous contortionist experiencing PMS 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Ryan Devlin
If the film proves anything it s that what made Aeon Flux compelling and special as an animated series had everything to do with the medium and the freedom Chung was given to shape the story as he pleased 
2
Aeon Flux
William Arnold
It s not as bad as you might think 
2
Aeon Flux
Linda Cook
Aeon Flux is Catwoman Redux 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie s violent set pieces are absurd so frenetic and incoherent they aren t even as good as the average ones showcased in a syndicated late night cable television action spectacular 
2.5
Aeon Flux
John Anderson
A failure even on the action adventure vicarious butt kicking level 
1
Aeon Flux
Steve Rhodes
Neither cheesy fun nor laughably bad it is just lifelessly dull 
1
Aeon Flux
Thomas Delapa
Cirque du Soleil downloaded into a three ring video game 
1
Aeon Flux
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Portray s the future in a monotone drone forcing the poor actors to murmur their flat lifeless dialogue 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Rob Thomas
Aeon Flux is thoroughly ridiculous all but begging to be laughed out of the multiplex and into the second run theaters 
1
Aeon Flux
Matt Brunson
An impersonal slab of sci fi sameness Aeon Flux wears its lethargy like a badge of honor 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Mike McGranaghan
The movie should have been called Aeon Sucks 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Sean McBride
isn t as bad as I feared it might be but it s certainly nothing more than a run of the mill action flick that just happens to have some cool set designs
1.5
Aeon Flux
Jami Bernard
In the dystopian future apparently women will be bendable Barbies in leather scanties and everyone will speak like brain dead robots 
1.5
Aeon Flux
David Hiltbrand
We know it s the future because everyone has the most ridiculous hairdos 
1
Aeon Flux
Lisa Rose
The picture climaxes with the crashing of a blimp an image that encapsulates the Hindenburg scale of its failure 
1
Aeon Flux
Mick LaSalle
One would figure after 400 years of bad action movies that leaders would learn If a woman comes at you dressed in a tight jumpsuit duck 
1
Aeon Flux
Timothy Knight
A hokey post apocalyptic jumble of clunky storytelling tin ear dialogue and ineptly staged action sequences 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Robert K. Elder
Ten years ago Chung s animated Aeon Flux was groundbreaking inspirational It still is Maybe another spin through Chung s Flux DVD set will wipe away all memory of its middling live action cousin 
2
Aeon Flux
Mark Collette
Aeon Flux isn t about how cool or weird or geeky it can be but about the potential endgame of a contemporary social debate and that is its best asset 
3
Aeon Flux
Dustin Putman
The waste of talent and money thrown into this cheesy haphazard production should be a criminal offense the world over 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Dan Fienberg
Despite the studio s lack of confidence it isn t exactly an awful movie it s not Honeymooners bad at least and Paramount eagerly welcomed critics to that one 
2
Aeon Flux
Nick Schager
An estrogen energized companion piece to Michael Bay s The Island 
1
Aeon Flux
Maitland McDonagh
This live action cartoon tries to walk the line between pleasing the faithful and appealing to a broad based action audience It fails on both fronts 
1.5
Aeon Flux
Chris Hewitt
The film has lots of violence but there aren t any consequences it s like a videogame where the worst thing that could happen is you have to start over 
2
Aeon Flux
James Berardinelli
Although it would be difficult to laud this movie as being anything stronger than mediocre it is superior to what one would reasonably expect from something Paramount was trying to keep under wraps 
2.5
Aeon Flux
Wesley Morris
Thanksgiving is over but those gluttons still hungry for turkey should enjoy picking at the carcass of Aeon Flux 
1
Aeon Flux
Lou Lumenick
Aeon Flux is by far the year s worst movie a most dubious achievement 
0
Aeon Flux
David Frese
Charlize Theron has her Oscar Now she has her Catwoman 
1
Aeon Flux
David Nusair
A thoroughly awful and unusually incoherent piece of work 
.5
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Rob Thomas
It should also be required viewing for thoughtful hawks Greenwald s restrained approach won t insult their intelligence and will give them plenty to chew over 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Bob Bloom
This feature actually is better suited as an episode of PBS Frontline than as a theatrical release 
2
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Tom Keogh
Uncovered The War on Iraq is like a trial lawyer s summation during a lengthy case in which allegations are familiar but their full context is not 
2.5
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Terry Lawson
Uncovered has no interest in explaining the Bush administration s case for war for them This is the prosecution s argument and it is extremely well made 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Jeff Strickler
This documentary makes an effective argument that isn t likely to spur much debate despite the efforts of the filmmakers to do just that 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Chris Hewitt
Nothing in Uncovered The War on Iraq will change your opinion but it may give you bullet points to back up your cocktail party arguments 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Michael Wilmington
If you ve ever wondered why we got into the Iraq war and what still faces us there this is the film that can explain it to you even if you agree with Bush s policies 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Peter Travers
There is nothing new in Robert Greenwald s sobering doc 
2
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Jonathan Curiel
A thorough indictment of the Bush administration s focus on Iraq 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Bob Strauss
Even though Greenwald has an extensive Hollywood background his showmanship abandons him when he takes on partisan projects such as this one 
2
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Peter Canavese
Cogent this too rare piece of skeptical journalism may play a significant role in our consideration of this moment in history 
3.5
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
V.A. Musetto
Greenwald does nothing with the interviews basically just posting them one after the other with the hope that viewers will do his job for him The result is one sided and bone dry 
1
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Jack Mathews
A crisp historical document that is worth your time 
3
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Wesley Morris
The movie manages to slap some of the cynicism out of you even if it feels more like a box of dossiers than a documentary 
2.5
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
David Sterritt
The result is memorable viewing is mandatory 
4
Jennifer's Body
Barbara Vancheri
Writer Diablo Cody lobs smart and too smart for her own good bombs throughout Jennifer s Body a blend of horror and comedy featuring Fox as a girl who becomes a she demon 
3
Jennifer's Body
Scott Nash
Like a sloppy episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Rossiter Drake
Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama seem less interested in cheap scares than in something more substantive exploring the purgatorial existence of teens caught between being kids and adults 
3.5
Jennifer's Body
Wesley Lovell
Attempting to instill wit into a witless horror flick Diablo Cody shows that her faux hip dialogue does not a feature make 
1
Jennifer's Body
John Beifuss
Tonally inconsistent at least it errs on the side of ambition and cleverness its box office failure suggests that male genre fans don t want to be asked to identify with the victims instead of the menace 
3
Jennifer's Body
Linda Cook
Jennifer s Body is a good idea that just doesn t stack up 
2
Jennifer's Body
Matt Brunson
What might have been a penetrating high school comedy a new Heathers or Mean Girls turns out to be nothing more than a cheap horror flick packed with lowbrow titillation 
1.5
Jennifer's Body
Erik Childress
A pathetically worthless horror piece from nearly top to bottom that fails in virtually every genre and subgenre it wanders into 
1
Jennifer's Body
James Kendrick
the various ingredients Diablo Cody tosses into the script blender mix into a lumpy mess rather than the smooth concoction you might expect 
2
Jennifer's Body
Noah Berlatsky
The flashes of competence just emphasize the extent to which the film has no idea what it s doing 
2
Jennifer's Body
Kam Williams
Megan Fox needs to set her sights a little higher now that she has some clout in Hollywood 
0
Jennifer's Body
Kit Bowen
Enjoy some quirk with your blood splatter While certainly not the most innovative of horror comedy flicks Jennifer s Body still has some pizazz thanks to Diablo Cody s pen 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Phil Villarreal
This movie thrives on its intended level of Scream style horror comedy blazes through its running time and had me laughing throughout 
4
Jennifer's Body
Mike McGranaghan
A good example of how someone like writer Diablo Cody with a fresh perspective and an original voice can make even a genre picture better 
3
Jennifer's Body
Rick Groen
Apparently there s nothing like lean and hungry times to awaken the undead 
3
Jennifer's Body
Lisa Kennedy
Director Karyn Kusama finds resonant terror in details the look Anita and Jennifer exchange before Jen s fateful ride or a victim s last minute ah hah 
3
Jennifer's Body
Christian Toto
Jennifer s Body features a feisty script by Juno scribe Diablo Cody but the film still falls for all the staid horror cliches 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Michael Phillips
The tone wavers the direction s slackly indecisive and visually drab and in the middle of it is a thinly conceived antagonist played by Megan Fox Honestly she s a pretty bad actress She doesn t seem to get Cody s sense of humor At all 
2
Jennifer's Body
Ty Burr
Jennifer s Body falls into the dispiriting category of dumb movies made by smart people in this case a glibly clever writer and a talented director who think a few wisecracks are enough to subvert the teen horror genre 
1.5
Jennifer's Body
Michael Sragow
The one perfect aspect of Jennifer s Body is its title No one is going to like this movie for its brain 
2
Jennifer's Body
Sonny Bunch
Unfortunately Jennifer s Body is neither laugh out loud funny nor cringe inducingly frightening 
2
Jennifer's Body
Willie Waffle
Surprisingly more than a dumb teen exploitation film relying completely on Fox s fame and promises of risqué behavior to sell tickets Part campy part scary horror film and part female empowerment call to arms 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Peter Canavese
Sets thoughts swirling about three bitch goddesses the teenage variety namely Megan Fox s Jennifer success in the commercial cinema and that fickle mistress called hype 
2
Jennifer's Body
Peter Howell
Jennifer s Body comes across as Diablo Cody lite something she seems to have dashed off in between talk show appearances and updating her MySpace page with her latest caustic witticisms 
1.5
Jennifer's Body
Carrie Rickey
As a horror movie Jennifer s Body doesn t fully deliver But as a comic allegory of what it s like to be an adolescent girl who comes into sexual and social power that she doesn t know what the heck to do with it is a minor classic 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Peter Travers
Director Karyn Kusama is torn between duty to female empowerment and slasher convention But Fox shows a comic flair that Transformers never investigated 
3
Jennifer's Body
David Nusair
a hopelessly uneven endeavor that s good for a few laughs but little else 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Sara Michelle Fetters
When your favorite part are the ingenious stills of a bloody massacre accompanying the end credits that s never a good sign the devil in the details here being that this cinematic exorcism just isn t good enough to warrant all the fuss surrounding it 
2
Jennifer's Body
Lou Lumenick
Fox eats and heats up screen 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Mark Dujsik
Wants a lot but doesn t manage to achieve any of it 
1.5
Jennifer's Body
Duane Dudek
Fanboys get to drool over haughty come hither Megan Fox playing the oversexed and undead title character And fangirls get a feminist version of a genre that typically is made in the image of a male fantasy 
3.5
Jennifer's Body
Moira MacDonald
Seyfried approaches her role with such honesty and vulnerability that she transforms the movie you see in her bottomless blue eyes that she long ago accepted being the girl that nobody noticed 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Claudia Puig
Jennifer s Body tries hard to be cool gross and nasty but feels forced and misses the mark 
2
Jennifer's Body
Dustin Putman
Jennifer s Body could strip away its violence and otherworldly elements and would still work as a supernaturally tinged emblem of teenage life 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Joe Williams
You ought to have a movie that s both smart and sexy But Jennifer s Body is neither Most damning of all it s not scary 
2
Jennifer's Body
Rene Rodriguez
Not since Brian De Palma s Carrie has a horror movie so effectively exploited the genre as a metaphor for adolescent angst female sexuality and the strange sometimes corrosive bonds between girls who claim to be best friends 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Roger Ebert
There is within Diablo Cody the soul of an artist and her screenplay brings to this material a certain edge a kind of gleeful relish that s uncompromising This isn t your assembly line teen horror thriller 
3
Jennifer's Body
Shaula Clark
It just kind of works there s something delightful about watching a jailbait hottie cooing You re just Jell O cuz you re not invited one moment and slurping the entrails out of a pulverized jock s thoracic cavity the next 
3
Jennifer's Body
Rafer Guzman
Last year a horror flick called Teeth about a girl who had incisors where she shouldn t covered this territory with more creativity complexity and humor Jennifer s Body for all its promise could use some of that bite 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
Josh Larsen
Cody has a distinct authorial voice and specific pop culture interests and absolutely no idea what to do with either quality 
2
Jennifer's Body
Ryan Stewart
Represents a cornucopia of ideas both comedy and horror and the determination of the filmmakers to simply play the odds of getting more elements right than wrong instead of pursuing a purer vision makes it a mixed viewing experience 
2.5
Jennifer's Body
James Berardinelli
If you re in search for a way to ogle Megan Fox s body there are a lot better ways to do it than subjecting yourself to this 
1
Good Housekeeping
Lou Lumenick
Plays like one long meandering sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz rather than a fully developed story 
2
Good Housekeeping
Ed Gonzalez
Novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama 
2.5
Good Housekeeping
Harvey S. Karten
The War of the Roses trailer trash style Entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel 
2
Good Housekeeping
Roger Ebert
The movie is very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes 
3
The End of Time
Peter Howell
Funny how a film that explodes our conventional notions about time should be so up to date with the news 
3.5
Best of the Best
David Nusair
a watchable yet entirely forgettable drama 
2
Best of the Best
Roger Ebert
There is not a single scene in this movie that I found amusing original or interesting What we really have here is a documentary of the actors wasting their lives 
1
Vallanzasca
V.A. Musetto
What is missing is any sort of psychological insight Just what made Renato run You won t find out here 
2.5
Vallanzasca
Tom Keogh
As a tale of squabbling gangsters and prison intrigues Angel of Evil is ordinary 
2.5
Angel
Roger Moore
The cryptic storytelling style makes Angel test your patience But it works a tragic story given a wish fulfillment fantasy underpinning and a film that doesn t flinch from letting harsh reality show its face 
2.5
Angel
Dwight Brown
This moody gorgeously crafted portrait of two disparate souls who tryst with each other one fateful night is a hypnotic ode to damaged people looking for a night of consoling 
3
Angel
Gayle MacDonald
Flemish director Koen Mortier s latest film uses flashbacks which are sometimes confusing to flesh out the two main characters backstories 
2
Returning to Reims
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This film directed and edited by Jean Gabriel Périot it moves and sways gracefully crossing the boundaries between personal memory historical reflection and social chronicle 
3
Grandma, a Thousand Times
Chuck Bowen
Director Mahmoud Kaabour is Fatima s grandson and she instantly seizes on lightly in her way the guilt and panic that s inspired him to make this film 
3
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
Christopher James
It s not just that the movie is poorly made written and acted That was a given What s most criminal is that the movie has no fun 
1
The Work
Mike McGranaghan
A monumental achievement in documentary filmmaking Profound and transformative it utterly absorbs you for every single second of its running time 
4
The Work
Vikram Murthi
By simply watching the participants talk about their feelings sometimes in the vaguest of terms McLeary illustrates how men build strong faades to conceal their pain from others and themselves 
3
The Work
Chuck Bowen
In its visceral purity the film drags male toxicity up into the light offering it as a cure for itself 
3.5
Anote's Ark
Bruce DeMara
The film s waning moments suggest that hope for this paradise may be lost 
3.5
Riphagen: The Untouchable
Roger Moore
A gripping 44 ugly movie built around one of the great villainous Nazi turns 46 As Bernardus Andries 8220 Dries 8221 Riphagen 44 Jeroen van Koningsbrugge is more than a hulking 44 evil presence 46 He is cunning incarnate 44 a brute with brains
3.5
Daylight
Mike Scott
An icy and humorless but entirely suspenseful film that works mostly because of its unpredictability 
2.5
Daylight
Glenn Heath Jr.
Perpetually torn between its philosophical ambitions and horror film roots Daylight suffers from a debilitating identity crisis 
2
Fall
Rob Thomas
With vertigo inducing stunts and strong performances 44 quot Fall quot is a thriller for most of us but a horror movie for acrophobics 46 
3
Fall
Jorge Montiel
Mann manages to capture our attention in spite of the logic defying events Full review in Spanish 
4
Fall
Peter Canavese
A successful nail biter and armrest gripper 46 Good at building tension 44 built for maximum suspense 44 and it apos s very well filmed and composited 46 
3
Fall
Tom Meek
The scenes of derring do and the two women perched atop the tower impress but the reweaving of threads thin character development and plot gotchas detract from an otherwise disorienting thrill 
2
Fall
Randy Myers
Silly plot contrivances intrude and clutter up what should have been an 80 minute thrill ride 
2.5
Fall
David Nusair
46 46 46 the picture 8217 s ludicrously overlong running time results in a spinning its wheels 44 let 8217 s get on with it already feel 46 46 46 
2
Fall
Erik Childress
When the situation takes over there are a number of true 8216 no no no no no 8217 moments 44 but its setup is clunky and a pair of late evolving twists trigger unnecessary distractions and an anti climax instead of a true nail biter 46 
2.5
Fall
Steven Prokopy
There are shots that made may heart pound and my stomach turn 44 and when it was all over 44 I allowed myself to exhale and breathe normally 46 
3
Fall
Leo Brady
There genuinely should be more movies made like this 46 B Movie 44 genre action 44 whatever you call it 44 Fall is a thrilling climb to the top and a sweat inducing ride when you get there 46 
3
Fall
Joe Friar
The nerve wracking film which caused me to look away several times dares you not to look away 46 Scott Mann delivers a tension filled thriller 44 beautifully shot 44 featuring good performances by the two female actors 46 
3
Fall
Kevin Carr
It is strongest with the climbing suspense 44 triggering acrophobia 44 and it manages to balance its characters enough to follow through with the plot 46 
3
Fall
Brian Tallerico
The thin dialogue 44 showy cinematography 44 and overzealous edits betray the potential of this nightmare 46 
2
Fall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mann beautifully captures the heart stopping sense of height 44 and invents several natural obstacles that make the climb a tense affair 46 40 My palms were sweating and I needed to get up and pace 46 41 
2.5
Fall
James Berardinelli
Forgettable Yes But good enough to provide a couple hours diversion 
2.5
Fall
Michael O'Sullivan
Lots of people pay good money to endure the kinds of thrill rides that make them wish they were back on solid ground Fall does the same thing but with the added benefit of being entirely vicarious 
2
Fall
Mark Dujsik
The fear based spectacle of the story does most of the work here 46 
3
Fall
Brian Eggert
Disappointing as a whole 44 Fall nonetheless contains a few memorable sequences that could justify a casual viewing 46 But don 8217 t expect to feel much beyond some unsteadiness 46 
2
Fall
Roger Moore
Pretty damned good for what it is 46 
2.5
Fall
Mike McGranaghan
I loved Fall 44 and was extremely glad when it was over 46 
3.5
Fall
Mark Hanson
Scott Mann 8217 s film succeeds by simply committing to and steadily ratcheting up the ludicrous awesomeness of its premise 46 
2.5
The Girl Is in Trouble
Kam Williams
This predictable whodunit proves a tad too transparent 
1
The Girl Is in Trouble
Brian Tallerico
Onah doesn t quite stick the landing narratively although he has such filmmaking energy that his work here merits comparison to that of the film s executive producer Spike Lee 
3
The Girl Is in Trouble
Sara Stewart
Ultimately it s not so much the story centered around a coke fueled murder that compels as Onah s familiarity with his setting He s got a great feel for the vibrancy of downtown and the diversity of its population 
3
The Girl Is in Trouble
Roger Moore
Wilmer Valderrama yes HIM reinvents himself as a truly scary heavy in this brisk and biting thriller 
2.5
A Match Made in Heaven
Namrata Joshi
You have to leave the theatre with a goofy smile 
2
A Match Made in Heaven
Michael Dequina
Leave it to Shahrukh Khan to make what sounds preposterous on paper to be both hilarious and emotionally involving 
3
Pelican Dreams
Mattie Lucas
Documentaries are meant to observe life as it actually is and in this case life didn t give us a story that makes for great cinema 
2
Pelican Dreams
Moira MacDonald
The film is basically 80 minutes of bird watching but Irving has a knack for storytelling that makes the time like those birds fly away effortlessly 
3
Pelican Dreams
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a nature film with a very personal entry point Two really The fate of these birds which the film tells us could live into their 40s becomes as engrossing as many a human drama 
3
Pelican Dreams
Rob Humanick
The film is spare empathic and deeply introspective and its imagery such as a pelican fascinated by its own reflection is so sublime in its kookiness as to be worthy of Werner Herzog 
3
Pelican Dreams
Sara Stewart
Their prospects seem more nightmarish than dreamy but Irving s gentle narrative is also an ode to their grace and almost alien beauty 
3
Pelican Dreams
David Lewis
This threatens to get precious at times but Morro is a great character and for the most part the film is animal friendly and environmentally serious 
3
Godzilla
Brian Eggert
The last 30 minutes of Godzilla are so marvelously exciting that by this point 44 the dull humans 44 and the film apos s generally slow build 44 are secondary to the pure blockbuster showmanship anyway 46 
3
Godzilla
Matt Brunson
At least it s superior to 1998 s hopeless Godzilla vs Ferris Bueller with the oversized monster no match for Matthew Broderick s shtick 
2.5
Godzilla
Mattie Lucas
Instead of numbing us with monster action Edwards teases us stringing us along before finally hitting us with the epic payoff And boy is it ever worth it 
3.5
Godzilla
Sonny Bunch
Big lizard big budget big fun 
2.5
Godzilla
Timothy Wainwright
Gareth Edwards take on the classic monster franchise has much of what a great blockbuster should and I wonder if it won t be a Jurassic Park for millennial teenagers 
3
Godzilla
Sean P. Means
Edwards exercises a sure hand marshalling the special effects needed to make Gojira s brawls realistic He also pivots smoothly from the skyscraper size action to the human drama at the monsters feet 
3.5
Godzilla
Leigh Paatsch
Anyone who has loved or admired Godzilla in any of his many guises are going to get a major rush from how the majestic mega lizard handles the mayhem depicted here 
3
Godzilla
Clayton Davis
Exhibiting such creative styles of directing Edwards hones in on all of Godzilla s personality traits that have made him such an icon to the cinematic universe 
3
Godzilla
Wesley Lovell
More disaster movie than monster movie Godzilla is a thrilling film with a faint examination of imperialistic hubris 
3.5
Godzilla
David Nusair
Godzilla returns in an installment that s certainly better than Roland Emmerich s disastrous 1998 effort 
2.5
Godzilla
David Keyes
A lot of descriptive words can be used to critique the new Godzilla but the last one I ever expected to use was dull 
2
Godzilla
Kam Williams
Hey why didn t they make monster movies like this when I was a kid 
4
Godzilla
Michael Dequina
Even if this Godzilla doesn t work on every level it at least suggests that these filmmakers and this new series are well on their way to getting it completely right 
3
Godzilla
Scott Nash
Disappointingly dull 
2
Godzilla
Christy Lemire
This is what you get San Francisco with all your douchey flashy dot com money You get stomped on by Godzilla 
3
Godzilla
Glenn Lovell
Gawd zero Take a lesson Hollywood Light years ahead of this 160 million boondoggle 8210 the jittery zero budget Cloverfield 
1.5
Godzilla
Wilson Morales
Nothing beats the 1954 version but this film is good enough to side by side with it It will make fans of the franchise proud 
3
Godzilla
Alynda Wheat
Godzilla is a bloated beast in search of a logical plot an engaging lead and a reason for its existence 
1.5
Godzilla
Mike McGranaghan
Incredibly entertaining The film does a very wise thing in staying true to the spirit of the original It fundamentally feels like a Godzilla movie should 
3.5
Godzilla
Linda Cook
While it may not be the most gargantuan movie of the summer Godzilla certainly is a force to be reckoned with 
3
Godzilla
John Beifuss
A superior monster movie that unfortunately devalues Godzilla s status as an anti war metaphor and a caution against the abuse of science and power 
3
Godzilla
Mal Vincent
This new Godzilla is significantly better than the 1998 mess 
2.5
Godzilla
Robert Levin
Offers a respectable Hollywood treatment of the iconic monster but can t sustain the momentum generated by a riveting opening sequence 
2.5
Godzilla
John Serba
The director s occasional artsy flourishes in Godzilla turn an orgiastic display of mass destruction into wily smart entertainment 
3.5
Godzilla
Joe Lozito
Ambitious and reverent reboot may not manage to satisfy either purists or modern moviegoing audiences 
2
Godzilla
Geoff Pevere
Godzilla both the movie and the big guy is something of a lumpy lumbering great beast of a thing lurching from city to city continent to continent smackdown to smackdown and plot point to plot point 
2
Godzilla
Steven Rea
Edwards expertise in the visual effects field manifests itself in the seamlessness of the computer generated imagery if not in its extraordinariness 
2.5
Godzilla
Willie Waffle
Some solid special effects they got Godzilla right lots of stuff blowing up and plenty of cool creatures that make this a classic monster movie but it needs more Bryan Cranston and more humanity 
2
Godzilla
Burl Burlingame
The American nightmare that provides context and weight is the 9 11 attack and the long shadow of that horror has permeated American films since 
2
Godzilla
David Berry
This may be the exceedingly rare American remake of a movie that is at its best when it isn t trying to engage with the original s legacy 
3
Godzilla
Walter Chaw
It s great I can t wait to see it again 
3.5
Godzilla
Michael O'Sullivan
This Godzilla is ready for his close up and he looks pretty great in Imax 3 D 
2.5
Godzilla
Jason Buchanan
Edwards ultimately fails to do justice to the big lizard s legacy 
2
Godzilla
Jon Niccum
Godzilla fully embraces its blockbuster stature using high production values cavernous sets and convincing special effects to create a monstrously entertaining experience 
3
Godzilla
Josh Larsen
Godzilla manages to give the beast the mythic mystique it deserves 
3
Godzilla
Joe Williams
There s a word for the kind of technocratic brains behind Godzilla unbalanced 
2
Godzilla
Rene Rodriguez
In Godzilla director Gareth Edwards sets out to revive something that has practically disappeared from big budget Hollywood spectacles A sense of awe 
3
Godzilla
Mick LaSalle
For at least 75 minutes of the movie there s not a single moment of human peril that s made vivid or consequential It s all just spectacle whether it s people or buildings getting destroyed 
2
Godzilla
Dann Gire
Given a chunky budget of 167 million Evans creates a creature feature with a bland band of humans bearing witness to giant reptiles participating in a numbing series of protracted professional wrestling matches 
2
Godzilla
Peter Travers
In the last third of this lumbering reboot the latest Godzilla springs to life and wakes up the wide eyed kid in all of us 
2.5
Godzilla
Brad Keefe
Maybe the most exhilarating summer movie since Jurassic Park 
3.5
Godzilla
Mark Dujsik
I t s disappointing that the latter half can t maintain the emotional core of the prior but even so Godzilla remains a human story of a more general variety 
3
Godzilla
Duane Dudek
When it belatedly puts the spotlight where it belongs is transformed into massively entertaining spectacle 
3
Godzilla
Bob Bloom
Coming on the heels of Guillermo del Toro s Pacific Rim Godzilla lacks the jaw dropping wow factor and emotional impact of its predecessor 
2
Godzilla
Rafer Guzman
The iconic movie monster feels diminished in this multimillion dollar disappointment 
1.5
Godzilla
Matt Pais
Poetry in commotion 
3
Godzilla
Chris Hewitt
A drive in would be perfect 
2.5
Godzilla
Matt Zoller Seitz
The sheer filmmaking craft on display here shames almost any comparably budgeted superhero picture you can name 
3.5
Godzilla
Matthew Kassel
Godzilla is loud and grandiose at times but it s also an elegant understated and welcome approach to the kaiju genre 
3
Godzilla
Tom Russo
This latest bid to Hollywoodize a uniquely Japanese icon is an uneven spectacle that can t sustain its solid first half character moments But the movie can also flash a surprising often clever sense of legacy 
2.5
Godzilla
Peter Howell
Edwards wants to do more than make our eyes bulge and our popcorn crunch 
3
Godzilla
Soren Andersen
As cities are reduced to dusty ruins and fleeing survivors jam highways echoes of Sept 11 resonate unmistakably and that significantly dilutes the fun factor 
3
Godzilla
Dustin Putman
A summer blockbuster with terrifyingly majestic sights breathlessly constructed action sequences tautly eloquent storytelling and an overall sense of wonder and imagination At the risk of sounding trite it has to be said Godzilla is awesome 
3.5
Godzilla
Eric Henderson
In form it s no wham bam VFX sizzle reel replete with sputtering ejaculatory climaxes It s the magnificently sustained equivalent of Ravel s Bolero with nuclear warheads in place of timpani rolls 
3.5
Godzilla
James Berardinelli
This may not exactly be the Godzilla I grew up with but it s a more than acceptable upgrade 
3
Godzilla
Claudia Puig
Aiming for a titanic tale that is also seriously ominous Godzilla opens with a bang and concludes with an exhilarating roar 
3
Godzilla
Carla Meyer
We came to see things get smashed Godzilla delivers 
3
Godzilla
Daniel M. Kimmel
What Edwards and screenwriter Max Borenstein get is that while Godzilla is a monster he is a monster we want to cheer 
3
Godzilla
Michael Phillips
Is there enough Godzilla in Godzilla Folks there is There is just enough 
3.5
Godzilla
Lou Lumenick
Even in 3 D these human characters are barely one dimensional but in the end that doesn t really matter very much 
3
Godzilla
Roger Moore
Bryan Cranston chews more scenery than the lizard 
2
Godzilla
Tony Hicks
This is the Godzilla fans have been waiting for and any other big budget summer action flick will be hard pressed to equal the fun 
3.5
Godzilla
Jessica Herndon
Edwards version of Godzilla remains the ultimate monster movie The legacy has been upheld 
3
Godzilla
Stephen Whitty
If you really don t ask for anything more than a solid hour or so of giant creatures beating on each other well then this new Godzilla is for you just the way all the old ones were 
2.5
Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Thomas Delapa
The let it be flip side of A Hard Day s Night 
3
Let's Tie the Knot, Honey!
Roger Moore
An antic if not quite silly enough sequel to the Peruvian rom com quot Si 44 Mi Amor 46 quot 
1.5
Number 17
Matt Brunson
By most measurable standards it s not a very good movie but fans will want to take a peek 
3
The Silent Partner
David Nusair
a deliberately paced thriller that grows more and more absorbing as time progresses 
3.5
The Silent Partner
Matt Brunson
Gould s blasé demeanor is perfect for his role as a meek man who s constantly underestimated by everyone around him while Plummer is absolutely chilling as the psychotic thief 
3.5
I Want to Live!
Betsy Bozdech
At its core is a moving portrayal of regret bravado and fierce determination 
3
I Want to Live!
Jeremy Heilman
As Hayward s steely visage begins to splinter from the burden of her stress the beauty of her performance emerges 
3.5
My Dead Boyfriend
Christy Lemire
A mixture of misplaced gallows humor wildly over the top caricatures and a gimmicky use of animation 
1
My Dead Boyfriend
Keith Watson
Slacker that it is the film never seems willing to put in the necessary work to live up to its potential 
2
My Dead Boyfriend
Roger Moore
The laughs are scattered in this comedy which finds a lot of 40something actors playing New York caricatures of their much younger selves 
1.5
New Gods: Yang Jian
Simon Abrams
While the first hour of 8220 New Gods 58 Yang Jian 8221 is about as attractive as it is surreal 44 the back half only works if you care about the destinies of its undistinguished protagonists 46 
2
New Gods: Yang Jian
Mike McGranaghan
The chance to see the extraordinary work Light Chaser Animation has done is reason enough to check out the film 46 
3
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Michael O'Sullivan
The excursions into moral and sociological themes are what makes Smash and Grab so intriguing and what separate it from a kind of Ocean s Eleven style verite 
2.5
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Kent Turner
The film will more than scratch an itch for heist film fans waiting for the next Topkapi Rififi or The Thomas Crown Affair 
3
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Ben Kenigsberg
The most interesting aspect of Smash and Grab is that the thieves while not exactly repentant are depicted as fallible and human 
3
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Farran Smith Nehme
The characters are so flashy that you can cast the Hollywood adaptation in your head while you watch 
3
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Wes Greene
It occasionally succumbs to the pitfalls of the mock thriller kitsch it slyly dismantles but it s made up for in a wry and experimental visual style that satirically paints a vibrant crime fantasia 
3
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
Doug Adrianson
Whatever its flaws Listen Up deserves a look for its messages of self determination and racial pride for its terrific music and for its human glimpses of legends at ease 
3
Old Partner
Jeff Shannon
Old Partner may strike some as sentimental and repetitious but it s only because Lee has matched his style to the material 
3
Old Partner
V.A. Musetto
Too bad there isn t an Oscar for best performance by a beast of burden 
3
Old Partner
Andrew Schenker
The film s unrelenting presentation of raw misery not only shortchanges the fullness of the subjects experience but with its hovering pitch perfect camera eye feels dangerously like an invasion 
2
Janasheen
Namrata Joshi
Watching the film is like feasting on cold and congealed leftovers of yesterday 
1
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Cassidy Olsen
The Second Part is still a testament to the creativity that has blessed big budget animation and children s programming in recent years but everything can t be awesome forever 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Jason Fraley
The 2014 original was better as a one time surprise that no one saw coming rather than a building block for an entire franchise If everything was awesome the first time everything is now just average 
2
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Steven Prokopy
The Lego Movie 2 is certainly a quality work as far as its pure entertainment value but I wish the filmmakers has devoted slightly more screen time to what gave the first film its heart 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Matt Brunson
What largely made The LEGO Movie so popular was the unexpected twist at the end and the unexpected poignancy it provided With that cat Unikitty out of the bag the film has to work overtime to manufacture a similar scenario and similar sentiments 
2
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Kevin A. Ranson
Tiffany Haddish s Queen Watevra Wa Nabi is definitely a stand out but a reliance on either repeating the same bits or failing to impress beyond them doesn t set the sequel significantly apart 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Jay Horton
What passes for narrative requires manufacturing an antagonist whose motivations never make sense and whose very existence disregards the absurd yet otherwise continuous rules defining Emmet s universe 
2
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Alan French
It never fully comes together without breaking up the forward momentum and sadly that means it doesn t work 
2
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Michael Smith
The storyline is all over the place and the action is too often manic but at least The Second Part retains enough pop culture references aimed at parents to go with the slapstick humor that makes the kids chuckle 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Tom Meek
The animation is just as visually stunning but in the end it s just pieces of its former self 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Sara Michelle Fetters
The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part might not be as awesome as its forerunner but that doesn t make it any less worthwhile 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Linda Cook
It builds cleverly on the first one 
3.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Frank Ochieng
The latest installment may be starting to show some wear and tear in its kooky conception Thankfully there is still some off kilter playfulness and irreverence left over to convey the nutty minded relevance of the Lego landscape 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Mike McGranaghan
If it falls slightly victim to the typical pressure to go bigger that s okay because where the story takes us contains an important ring of truth 
3.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
James Berardinelli
By this point I think I ve had enough of The Lego Movies These things can only go so far and I think they may have exceeded their natural life span 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While The Lego Movie 2 doesn t tower over its predecessor it adds to the franchise s bricky structure with a satisfying click 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Brandy McDonnell
Like the venerable versatile plastic bricks it s literally built on The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part imaginatively expands in fun freewheeling ways on the cleverly rendered foundations of the original 2014 computer animated feature 
3.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Michael Medved
The animation isn t quite as crisp or imaginative and the plot is just about impossible to follow but there are so many clever references and so many dazzling stars how can you not enjoy it 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Christian Toto
It s fun but exhausting and you can t help but wonder how future generations will think of films comprised mostly of meta gags and arcane pop culture references 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Barry Hertz
And while it takes a few beats to rediscover the manic rhythm of the original about half an hour in every piece more or less clicks and I will not apologize for that sentence 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Matthew Rozsa
The expression more of the same isn t always what artists want to hear but for The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part it is very good news indeed 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Phil Villarreal
The film is packed with inventive songs the best of which comes in the end credits 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Robert Horton
If the sequel doesn t have the nonstop zing of the first movie it s still the kind of thing that makes you grin from beginning to end 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Personally by the conclusion I felt as if I had eaten too much candy If your tolerance for pop junk is higher you may fare better At least I laughed more than I didn t 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Gary Thompson
LEGO 2 though bouncy and propulsive feels cribbed from other better films including the ingenious LEGO Movie original 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Rick Bentley
Everything that was awesome about 2014 s The Lego Movie has been taken away brick by brick for the sequel 
1
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Michael O'Sullivan
The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part is at times enormously fun But like a forced marriage between a Lego minifig and a Duplo character its parts don t fit together seamlessly 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Peter Howell
It s like watching an infomercial where children mindlessly smash heaping piles of name branded toys together for the better part of two hours although the children are invisible for the most part 
1.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Sara Stewart
It s almost impossible to resist The Lego Movie 2 for its continued everything is awesomeness even if it does fall back on the trope of playthings terrified of being relegated to the storage bin 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Mark Dujsik
The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part is a fine follow up although it s not quite as invested in the absurdist spirit of its superior original 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Oliver Jones
While the new film is heavy handed in its messaging about friendship and the power of getting along it does so with little of the emotional heft of the previous installments and about half the wit 
1
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Rob Thomas
It isn t quite the revelation that the first movie was but keeps the original s zippy cheerful spirit intact while building upon its world 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Ty Burr
Everything s Not Awesome but just enough is to keep this series in one piece 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Chris Hewitt
The Chris Pratt Elizabeth Banks duo remains a very appealing protagonist pair the movie doesn t take itself too seriously the sheer volume of non sequitur cameos is astonishing and the moral is another sweet one 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Josh Larsen
crosses the line from exhilaration to exhaustion 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Rafer Guzman
More in jokes and wisecracks than new ideas here but the animation still dazzles and the voice cast still charms 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Maren Longbella
Sequel may be a little too meta for its own good 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Christy Lemire
While it s a lot of fun it isn t as consistently clever or thrilling as its predecessor 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Moira MacDonald
It s a bunch of plastic blocks that have an adventure and it s basically insane not quite as pleasantly so as the first movie the element of astonished surprise isn t there but hey that s a high bar 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Robert Daniels
Lego Movie 2 The Second Part is built for laughs questions aggressive masculinity and is a worthy successor to its predecessor even if the story becomes too convoluted at points 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Peter Hartlaub
The Lego Movie remains one of the most consistently humanizing franchises in the realm of family friendly movies 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Peter Canavese
While adults will probably find somewhat diminishing returns in The Second Part its cheeky variations on all the constructions that worked so well the first time also work pretty darn well and to a good end 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Katie Walsh
A sly subversive and decidedly pointed argument against xenophobia that asks can t we all just get along Although it s packaged in a wild neon bright irreverent movie about toy bricks it s a moral that resonates deeply 
3.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Mara Reinstein
Everything is not awesome but it s still pretty good 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Joey Magidson
Though not as stunning as the first one this is still a very fun kids flick that adults can also easily enjoy 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Michael Phillips
I loved The Lego Movie and I liked The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part That about covers it 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Brian Truitt
Equals the zaniness of the fantastic first Lego Movie by giving most of its overflowing cast something to do adding extra emotional layers with a live action familial component and doubling and tripling down on catchy songs 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Roger Moore
An animated comedy you like as opposed to one the first Lego Movie that you love 
2.5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Richard Roeper
The filmmakers occasionally remind us the animated adventures are reflecting the real world sibling dynamic but they never get too heavy handed with the life lesson messaging 
3
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Chris Barsanti
The deconstruction of corporatized play culture gets run through the sequelizer machine with predictably acrid results 
1.5
Appropriate Behavior
Robert Levin
A true multicultural comedy equally at home in its hipster Brooklyn and Iranian immigrant settings taking a loving and scornful look at both 
3
Appropriate Behavior
Tom Keogh
Akhavan s most effective resource as a storyteller is her own face a sometimes Chaplinesque blend of farce and pathos She is a big talent to watch 
3
Appropriate Behavior
Jake Cole
Appropriate Behavior depicts a woman striving to be a quirky indie protagonist and gradually realizing that she s actually a human being 
3
Appropriate Behavior
Sheila O'Malley
There s a lot to get across here a lot of information but the real strength of Appropriate Behavior is that you can sense in every scene that Akhavan really has something to say 
3
Appropriate Behavior
Stephanie Merry
It seems poised to become a similar cult classic for young urbanites 
3
Appropriate Behavior
Diego Semerene
Desiree Akhavan s tale of queer post breakup funk shows more nuance and racial dimension than its cinematic cousins 
3
Strange Cargo
Dan Callahan
MGM megastars Clark Gable and Joan Crawford headline Strange Cargo a humid prison break movie that turns into a bald faced religious allegory 
2.5
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Matt Brunson
Nothing could top John Boorman s superb 1981 achievement Excalibur but say this about The Sword and the Sorcerer It s a helluva lot more fun than the lumbering Conan the Barbarian 
2.5
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Roger Ebert
The Sword and the Sorcerer is so dominated by its special effects its settings and locations that it doesn t care much about character 
0.5
Plot for Peace
Walter V. Addiego
Not everyone is an unalloyed fan of Ollivier but it s hard not to admire his effectiveness 
3
Plot for Peace
Stephanie Merry
If you re not steeped in the recent history of southern Africa the timeline can prove hard to follow 
2
Tokyo Ghoul
Mike McGranaghan
Provides blood dripping horror entertainment while also delivering a character based story worth becoming invested in 
3
Thief
Matt Brunson
James Caan delivers what might be the best performance of his career 46 
3
Thief
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 as if Le Samourai got mugged in an Uptown alley 46 
3.5
Thief
Gene Siskel
The film s big acting surprise is the performance by Robert Prosky as Leo In addition to the film s nighttime photography it is the character of Leo who gives Thief much of its power and realism 
3
Thief
Perry Stewart
James Caan contributes a good performance as a sometimes sympathetic title rolist but a handful of secondary players are more memorable Thief is full of that sort of contradiction 
3
Thief
Robert W. Butler
Thief shows Michael Mann to be a film craftsman of the first order If in subsequent efforts he proves that he actually has something to say we can start referring to him as an artist 
3
Thief
Terry Lawson
Well acted smoothly directed highly intelligent caper fodder marred only by gratuitous violence at the finale 
3
Thief
Alex Keneas
Mann s romance with the technology and his preoccupation with this strange panorama intrude upon and occasionally digress statically but never eclipse his intent to show a topsy turvy world 
3
Thief
Kathleen Carroll
Loaded with striking night shots of back alleys and glittering skyscrapers Thief has an all pervading atmosphere of gloom that suggests it could have been the work of a European director someone who is as much a master of his craft as Antonioni 
3
Thief
John Stark
The word boring takes on a new dimension in Thief 
2
Thief
John Lapsley
Mann has a great capacity for viewing old situations with a fresh eye Thief won t be remembered as one of the very top movies of the year but it is a very satisfying piece of original entertainment 
3
Thief
David Nusair
a deliberately paced character study that s peppered with heist like elements 
3
Thief
Bill Chambers
Ground zero for Michael Mann his origin story 
3
Thief
James Kendrick
James Caan gives a standout performance investing in Frank a sense of determination that runs contrary to the fatalistic drive of the narrative 
3.5
Thief
Roger Ebert
It s one of those films where you feel the authority right away This movie knows its characters knows its story and knows exactly how it wants to tell us about them 
3.5
Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)
Oleg Ivanov
Throughout his nearly six hour documentary Abbas Fahdel is content with showing only the outer surface of people s lives 
2
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
David Nusair
strictly for kids 
1
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Peter Canavese
We re a long way from the creative energy heart and charm of Henson s Muppet movies even though I m not ready for the Henson Company to stop trying 
2
Bowling for Columbine
Brian Eggert
The film s continued relevance is impossible to ignore 
2.5
Bowling for Columbine
Matt Brunson
Bowling for Columbine isn t a subtle film instead it makes its case with Magnum force 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Mattie Lucas
The most striking thing about Michael Moore s 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine is how painfully relevant it still is 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
James Kendrick
hits us with hard truths and thought provoking inquiry while also making us laugh
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Dequina
Agree with his messages or not there s no denying the effectiveness of Moore s presentation 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Kam Williams
Why do Americans seem so inclined to slaughter one another Once again Michael Moore has once again waded into some rather murky waters to weigh in on a very thorny subject 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Jorge Avila Andrade
Valiente ejercicio de uno de los pocos individuos pensantes por parte de Estados Unidos que se ha atrevido a hacerse escuchar 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Wesley Lovell
is a lively movie that gives us we believe a firm grasp on the side of pro gun control activists while portraying gun rights supporters as purveyors of senseless violence 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Nick Rogers
Michael Moore clearly and convincingly expresses his rage at the way fear violence and the ignorance they both breed are whittling away this country s soul 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Leigh Johnson
This film is bitingly brilliant as only Michael Moore can be 
4
Bowling for Columbine
David Keyes
startling thought provoking brave and aggressive 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Ross Anthony
I personally don t always agree with this guy or his one sided methods but either way I think the film is worth viewing and I m glad he s got the gonads to make it 
2.5
Bowling for Columbine
Linda Cook
Michael Moore s aim is true 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Ian Mantgani
It could change America not only because it is full of necessary discussion points but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment 
4
Bowling for Columbine
David N. Butterworth
Bowling for Columbine isn t always pretty but it s never less than disarming 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Mark Dujsik
An important film not only because of what it s about but also because of what it represents Films like this strengthen our opinions and give us a feeling of democracy and freedom of speech at work 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Tony Toscano
Bowling for Columbine remains a disquieting and thought provoking film 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Forrest Hartman
Columbine is a remarkable piece of work It s a meditation on a serious subject presented in a manner so lighthearted that it might actually convince people to listen 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Margaret A. McGurk
Bowling For Columbine should be required viewing for teenagers 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Jeff Vice
No one goes unindicted here which is probably for the best And if you re not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes you ve got ice water in your veins 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Steven Snyder
It is a film that will have people walking out halfway through will encourage others to stand up and applaud and will undoubtedly leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
James Sanford
Moore sees a nation that extols the glories of family values while millions line up to see Jackass The Movie 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Shirley Klass
While watching Bowling for Columbine the word absurd kept coming to mind 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Phil Villarreal
The most bold and socially important film to hit theaters this year 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Duane Dudek
Moore s most coherent and complex film yet 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Jeremy Heilman
Always the underdog Moore s fighting hard against just about everyone here but mostly he s fighting to give a movie that s saddled with a terminally unclear thesis some sense of gravitas 
1
Bowling for Columbine
Dustin Putman
Bowling for Columbine isn t just a highly recommended accomplishment it deserves to be required viewing One of the year s biggest entertainments and one of its most thought provoking 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Terry Lawson
Bowling for Columbine would never be mistaken for even handed but it is at least a sincere attempt to find the source of this country s inability to curb gun violence and murder 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Todd Anthony
Thought provoking outspoken and frequently hilarious Bowling for Columbine is vintage Michael Moore 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Joe Baltake
Gutsy mandatory viewing 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Rene Rodriguez
By turns hilarious infuriating moving manipulative self serving and most importantly absolutely required viewing 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Robert W. Butler
A film as mournful as it is amusing one that forces even a seasoned agent provocateur like Moore to admit that he cannot answer the questions he poses 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Susan Stark
There is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Steven Rosen
At its best which occurs often Michael Moore s Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking soul searching spirit of the Are we a sick society journalism of the 1960s 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Marty Mapes
Bowling for Columbine is a great national conversation starter
3
Bowling for Columbine
Joe Leydon
Moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought Better still he does all of this and more while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Elias Savada
This disquieting comic brand of guerrilla filmmaking is two hours of subjective preaching that should be required viewing 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Jonathan Curiel
It explains the very fabric of American society 
4
Bowling for Columbine
David Elliott
By film s end the foolish are piled up like dead deer on a car hood 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Moira MacDonald
Watch it argue about it embrace it denounce it 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Roger Ebert
A documentary that is both hilarious and sorrowful 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Wesley Morris
It s a crazy enthralling sometimes hilarious mess of hypotheses accusations and head scratching flights of folly and it s there to be wrestled with 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Rick Groen
Stuffed with content that is sometimes riveting and occasionally meandering and often arguable the documentary is a bit of a shambles yet an intriguing and in light of the timid conservatism that typifies pop Americana a valuable shambles 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Glenn Lovell
It gets my vote for the bravest most incendiary film of the year 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Carrie Rickey
Irreverent provocative and provoking 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Jeffrey Westhoff
As the national media become more sedate and incurious this country desperately needs a gadfly like Moore Indeed we need more like him 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Wilmington
It s unnerving stimulating likely to provoke anger and sorrow on both political sides and above all it s extremely funny 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Rob Blackwelder
but pardon me if I shoot the messenger ooh the horrible pun for his propagandist approach to the subject that comes close to crippling his credibility 
2.5
Bowling for Columbine
Erik Childress
Michael Moore has created a dark and twisted piece of Americana that deserves to be seen in every home and every school for years to come Strike that it needs to be seen 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Jeanne Aufmuth
One gets the sense that Moore is setting out to provoke rather than seek out honest answers 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Walter Chaw
It s not the best film of the year by a long shot but it s the first one that demands to be seen and once seen dissected among friends 
3
Bowling for Columbine
John Anderson
Moore gets at vital issues the way no one else seems able to 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Glenn Whipp
For anyone who cares about the future of America it s required viewing 
4
Bowling for Columbine
Tor Thorsen
For the most part it s a work of incendiary genius steering clear of knee jerk reactions and quick solutions 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
James Berardinelli
Regardless of how dubious its documentary tactics may be Bowling for Columbine is powerful thought provoking and upon occasion bitingly funny 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Ed Gonzalez
There s no excuse for Moore s frequent self aggrandizing and shrill sanctimoniousness but he does manage to put the Man in his place 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Steve Rhodes
Frequently extremely funny sometimes quite intriguing and other times infuriatingly naive 
3
Bowling for Columbine
Harvey S. Karten
Why do Americans kill one another in such numbers Michael Moore doesn t know but he sure make the exploration of the question a fascinating one 
3.5
Bowling for Columbine
Peter Travers
This volcanically funny and seriously scary look at America s obsession with guns is meant to shake us up good And it does 
3
Sex and Lucia
Peter Canavese
A bizarre alternately joyful and gloomy take on sexual fantasies and complications Blu ray 
3
Sex and Lucia
Michael Dequina
Don t go in expecting Eurotrash art for the film tells a beautiful and earnestly romantic story 
3.5
Sex and Lucia
Nick Schager
As a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled literally and figuratively by desire Sex and Luca makes for an arousing good time 
2.5
Sex and Lucia
Phil Villarreal
Say what you will about Sex and Lucia but don t call it boring 
3
Sex and Lucia
Rick Groen
It s a hall of mirrors this flick every one of them pretentious 
2
Sex and Lucia
Chris Hewitt
If Sex and Lucia were any more explicit you d watch it in a booth and pay for it a quarter at a time 
2.5
Sex and Lucia
David N. Butterworth
Julio Medem s sexy road movie is an Y Tu Mam Tambin lite that arouses the senses as much as it does the imagination 
3
Sex and Lucia
Carrie Rickey
What distinguishes Julio Medem s humid magic realist eroticon from the average soft core fare is its writer director s playful interest in storytelling as a form of sexual sublimation and release 
3
Sex and Lucia
Marta Barber
Medem may have disrobed most of the cast leaving their bodies exposed but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt That s why Sex and Lucia is so alluring 
3
Sex and Lucia
Marty Mapes
With or without the sex a wonderful tale of love and destiny told well by a master storyteller
3.5
Sex and Lucia
John Dolen
A sophisticated examination of body and soul 
3
Sex and Lucia
David Elliott
If you removed the show time sex would more than a handful of festival fixated Americans bother to watch this Unlikely 
2
Sex and Lucia
Terry Lawson
I would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation but that shouldn t make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable 
2
Sex and Lucia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s warm and open to the idea of sex unlike other recent films such as Romance Lies Fat Girl and Intimacy that purported to explore sex but in the end were just as repressed as any Hollywood movie 
3
Sex and Lucia
Mick LaSalle
Between bedroom scenes viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap 
1
Sex and Lucia
Rod Armstrong
Instead of being truly erotic like Y Tu Mama Tambien or provocative as with some of Catherine Breillat s work Sex and Lucia is quite simply flaccid 
2
Sex and Lucia
Ty Burr
Half baked ponderings on the nature of fiction and reality 
2
Sex and Lucia
Rob Blackwelder
a heart catching hair pin curving narrative of circumstance coincidence and destiny 
3
Sex and Lucia
Roger Ebert
Medem likes to toy with the mind of the audience and he s good at it 
3
Sex and Lucia
Michael Wilmington
Medem packs it with so much stunning wildly colorful imagery and so much sex that it transfixes you even when you re not quite sure what s going on 
3
Sex and Lucia
Steve Rhodes
My reaction in a word disappointment His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images but his latest has nothing going for it 
2
Sex and Lucia
John Anderson
An erotic but muddled marriage of fact and fiction love and memory 
2.5
Sex and Lucia
Jonathan Foreman
Sexy but pretentious melodrama 
2.5
Sex and Lucia
Harvey S. Karten
In this erotic atmospheric film you ll discover why Europeans like telephone showerheads 
3.5
Sex and Lucia
Ian Mantgani
A beautifully made piece of unwatchable drivel 
1.5
Sleight
Roger Moore
Overly familiar drug dealer wants to get out plot saddled with a scientifically insupportable gimmick as its solution 
2
Sleight
Christy Lemire
Latimore has a magnetic screen presence mixed with a down to Earth directness And while he s got swagger for days he s just as compelling when his character is quietly contemplating his next move 
3
Sleight
Richard Roeper
Like Moonlight and Get Out this is a non traditional multi genre film with impressive cinematography a smart screenplay with some creative twists and brilliant performances from the lead players 
3.5
Sleight
Rafer Guzman
An unlikely superhero origin story executed with the style themes and budget of independent cinema 
3
Sleight
Sam C. Mac
Sleight never shows much interest in exploring how blackness can inform its genre s tropes 
1
Sleight
Shane Slater
Underneath the film s unconvincing portrait of urban woe is a well paced superhero narrative that keeps you engaged 
2.5
Sleight
Scott Renshaw
Can t overcome the sense of a filmmaker pushing too hard to make his movie awesome when he hadn t yet figured out how to make it good 
2
Huda's Salon
Sean P. Means
Hudas Salon has perhaps the most nail biting first 10 minutes in a movie recently and follows that with a plot that cant keep pace with that opening 
3
Huda's Salon
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s a portrait of a traitor but with a big dialogue box where her face should be 
2
Huda's Salon
Sheila O'Malley
Huda s Salon does not stop for one second to take a breath and the subjects revealed have enormous and urgent philosophical reverb 
3.5
Huda's Salon
Mark Dujsik
The necessity of both the broader plot and in the filmmaker s mind a straightforward answer gets in the way of some uncomfortable but thoughtful material 
2.5
Huda's Salon
Randy Myers
Abu Assad s tautly plotted shout out against a patriarchal way of being that crushes the souls of women couldn t be more relevant 
3
Huda's Salon
Roger Moore
Reminds us that whatever we re too distracted to notice about the Occupied Territories whatever whitewashing goes on about the problems there the consequences of this festering injustice are not something the Israelis can just wall up or rinse away 
3
Huda's Salon
Wes Greene
Formally Hudas Salon is nothing if not effective sustaining the unrelenting tension of its opening scene for the duration of its runtime 
3
Huda's Salon
Kenneth R. Morefield
It resists dividing the world into neat piles of good and evil
2.5
Huda's Salon
Aparita Bhandari
Although the film doesn t fully deliver on the political thriller element it asks some powerful questions How does violence become intimate blurring the line of morals and ethics 
2
Moon Point
Stephen Cole
Unfortunately Moon Point s fresh interesting ideas are compromised by an often mean and shallow script 
2
Moon Point
Bruce DeMara
This movie is not funny not even a bit 
1
Old Goats
Drew Hunt
Taylor Guterson s film offers thoughtful if familiar comments on friendship self doubt and romantic angst 
2.5
Old Goats
Moira MacDonald
A low key homemade pleasure a quiet appealing film about a late chapter in life 
3
...And Justice for All
David Nusair
the actor s completely convincing impressively lived in turn as the sympathetic protagonist effectively anchors the proceedings and carries it through its sporadic less than enthralling stretches 
3.5
...And Justice for All
Peter Canavese
Pacino at the top of his game but the film s lack of faith in its audience is glaringly apparent DVD review 
2.5
...And Justice for All
Roger Ebert
Here s an angry comedy crossed with an expose and held together by one of those high voltage Al Pacino performances that s so sure of itself we hesitate to demur 
3
...And Justice for All
James Berardinelli
And Justice for All has no part in the stock trade of shock witnesses and surprising revelations This is about how too many guilty people walk while the innocent take their places in overcrowded jails 
3.5
In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter
Robert Levin
The low key approach befits the distinguished subject s modesty 
3
Tempestad
Godfrey Cheshire
In showing the emotional impact of Mexico s ongoing political crisis Heuzo has provided a valuable reminder of why broad systemic change is needed 
3
Tempestad
Jesse Cataldo
This is a heartfelt essay film that digs into several instances of trauma occasioned by Mexico s drug war 
3
Ex Drummer
Ted Fry
A thoroughly offensive and often hilarious punk requiem about rape murder violence kinky sex drugs destruction bad manners and rock n roll not necessarily in that order 
2
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
Rene Rodriguez
Ends up uncovering some poignant truths about the nature of love the pressures of commitment and the limits to the compromises we are willing to make for the people we care about 
3
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
John McMurtrie
An often tender and revealing documentary 
3
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
Gary Goldstein
Ultimately a tedious and exasperating look at a domestic experiment gone wrong 
2
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
David Nusair
an incredibly comprehensive documentary 
2.5
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
Kyle Smith
That rare documentary whose first half could have been written by Rosie O Donnell the second half by Pat Robertson 
3
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
Jack Mathews
The documentary fascinates not only because of its subject matter but because the three people whose backgrounds are individually developed are so likable and because Kaplan began filming their relationship in the midst of its best times 
3
Nobody's Fool
David Nusair
one of those pleasant inoffensive movies that crawls along until reaching its expectedly happy ending 
2
Nobody's Fool
Roger Ebert
The whole movie in fact is filled with good small moments it s the big moments that don t seem convincing 
2
Piñero
Loren King
A vivid rendering of the complexities of the artist s soul and a notable attempt to convey the trajectory of a volatile creative life 
3
Piñero
Terry Lawson
Bratt s performance is as steady and consistent as the film is frustrating 
2
Piñero
Chris Hewitt
It attempts to champion the phony theme that poor vulnerable artists should be forgiven their failings because they are so much more important than the rest of us 
1
Piñero
Joe Baltake
Bratt takes a giant step forward in terms of credibility 
3
Piñero
Jay Carr
It s impressionistic and risks incoherence but it works as a successful montage of the unruly life of a sensitive talented but conflicted man whose self destructiveness it never tries to sugarcoat or deny 
3.5
Piñero
Jeff Vice
There s no denying that Bratt s riveting live wire performance as the title character here energizes an otherwise sketchy biography 
3
Piñero
Misha Berson
What makes the film so grueling and eventually tiresome is the relentlessness of the guy s self destruction 
2.5
Piñero
Jeremy Heilman
One would wish that the end result of their labors which is an obvious effort of love would be better 
2
Piñero
Walter Chaw
Pinero is a disingenuous huck about a disingenuous huckster 
2
Piñero
Bob Graham
A daring free spirited and ultimately moving performance by Benjamin Bratt lies at the beating heart of Pinero 
4
Piñero
Rod Armstrong
Too scattered and problem riddled to ever do its subject justice 
2
Piñero
Michael Dequina
Bratt s fast talking all attitude interpretation is showboating without soul which can be said of the entire movie 
2
Piñero
Rob Blackwelder
Who d have thought Benjamin Bratt could give such an impassioned stormy totally absorbing performance that he would leave you gaping in astonishment and admiration 
3.5
Piñero
Lou Lumenick
Has its moments but overall it doesn t do justice to Bratt s brave performance 
2.5
Piñero
Ed Gonzalez
The film s rhythm is so deftly crude it unwinds like an underground 80s cinematic relic 
3
Oculus
Brian Eggert
Flanagan s treatment elevates the material both in his use of mind games and emotional complexity 
3.5
Oculus
Frank Ochieng
In some off the wall realm Oculus works its seedy magic because the concept of frightening furniture and childhood disillusionment is not exactly what one would expect as a passable taunting tie in of sorts 
2.5
Oculus
Chris Alexander
Without spoiling anything the last half hour of OCULUS is one of the most stressful disorienting and hypnotizing divebombs into child s eye horror I ve ever sat through 
3
Oculus
Mick LaSalle
Oculus is about one adjustment away from being a superior thriller 
2.5
Oculus
Ben Sachs
Oculus a cleverer than average haunted house movie speaks to a couple of widespread anxieties one topical the other sadly timeless 
3
Oculus
John Beifuss
Like that other frame that captures and displays images the motion picture screen the haunted mirror that is the star of this low budget horror entry distorts and rearranges reality 
2
Oculus
Linda Cook
Yes Oculus is worth seeing by horror fans who are tired of excessive gore and paint by the numbers haunted house films 
3
Oculus
John Wirt
A hallucinogenic plunge down a rabbit hole of no return 
3
Oculus
Alynda Wheat
A smarter than it has to be supernatural thriller 
3
Oculus
Robert Levin
The screenplay comes up short when it comes to probing the larger concerns exacerbated by the demonic presence 
2.5
Oculus
Scott Nash
The creepiness and a strong performance from Karen Gillan make up for the disappointing ending that is left wide open for a sequel 
3
Oculus
Jason Buchanan
This supernatural spellbinder succeeds at disorienting the viewer with a cleverly structured screenplay but it never quite manages to frighten despite some solid tension and eerie imagery 
2
Oculus
Sean P. Means
Flanagan sets the rules for this supernatural setting only to break them turning what could have been terrifying into something merely annoying 
2.5
Oculus
Adam Nayman
A deeply silly and mildly effective horror movie about two young adult siblings coping with the mysterious deaths of their parents 
2.5
Oculus
James Berardinelli
For a horror movie Oculus is surprisingly lean on the scares It s more interested in playing tricks with perception and bending reality 
3
Oculus
Brian Tallerico
Solid performances and a few memorable images save it from disaster but Flanagan s film left me longing for the movie it could have been instead of what it actually is 
2
Oculus
Willie Waffle
A few more moments that shock us out of our seats would have made Oculus memorable instead of moody 
2
Oculus
Stephen Whitty
It s just a little vague a little familiar a little fake 
2
Oculus
Tirdad Derakhshani
What makes Oculus ingenious is how Flanagan and co writer Jeff Howard take this hackneyed storyline and twist it round n round ad infinitum into a dizzying corkscrew of a narrative 
3.5
Oculus
Mark Dujsik
Discovering the method of this mirror is the film s central delight 
3
Oculus
Carla Meyer
Holy heck Oculus is scary It s also well crafted and highly confident 
3
Oculus
Peter Keough
Originally a 30 minute short director Mike Flanagan and his co writer Jeff Howard s thin scenario does not improve when expanded to feature length 
2
Oculus
Rene Rodriguez
As Oculus builds toward its gruesome but not unexpected finale the characters get lost in a series of hallucinations and flashbacks that don t amount to much other than eat up screen time 
2
Oculus
Michael O'Sullivan
Oculus director Mike Flanagan has crafted a satisfyingly old fashioned ghost story that in its evocation of shivery dread is the most unnerving poltergeist picture since The Conjuring 
3
Oculus
Chris Knight
Even in its more banal moments Oculus has its eye on a higher prize 
3
Oculus
Kevin C. Johnson
It s never actually scary 
2
Oculus
Cathy Jakicic
I don t have much time to write this review because after seeing Oculus I need to cover every mirror in the house before I go to bed 
3
Oculus
Michael Phillips
Flanagan s a skillful director and editor and simply by placing the camera in logical but unusual places the tension increases moment by moment ghost by ghost frightening reflection by reflection 
3
Oculus
Loey Lockerby
What it has going for it is a slow steady build up of tension leading to a final act that makes up in pure intensity what it lacks in originality 
2.5
Oculus
Claudia Puig
Logic aside a mounting sense of dread permeates the film Thankfully suspense trumps blood and guts 
3
Oculus
Dann Gire
Oculus marks an ingeniously inventive horror film hailing from a fine tradition of haunted house tales where mysterious forces play with human perceptions and attempt to corrupt people s souls or force victims to commit heinous acts 
3
Oculus
Lou Lumenick
Oculus eschews the buckets of gore common to R rated horror movies and takes a relatively subtle psychological approach even if the somewhat disappointing ending leaves the door open for a sequel or three 
3
Oculus
Matt Pais
Sometimes unintentionally funny but never scary 
1.5
Oculus
Moira MacDonald
I found myself bothered by its repeated scenes of violence against young children which are depicted with a disturbing realness it s hard to be deliciously scared when you just don t want to watch 
2
Oculus
Dustin Putman
The buzz it turns out has overinflated a film with a riveting structure and not much else going for it 
2
Oculus
Roger Moore
This April s Insidious a creepy complex ghost story told with a hint of flair 
2.5
Oculus
Ed Gonzalez
Through a mini triumph of montage what begins as run of the mill backstory vomit is thrillingly repackaged as an almost Lynchian duet between warring states of consciousness 
2.5
Oculus
David Nusair
A bracingly original horror flick 
3.5
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Matt Brunson
One of those so bad it s good to experience at least once in a lifetime efforts this grade Z cheapie is pretty wretched yet deserves extra credit for being so brazenly bizarre 
1.5
Jess & Moss
Glenn Heath Jr.
A strange and intoxicating indie constructed as a series of vignettes that capture two children grappling with the overlap of trauma and nostalgia 
2.5
Die Präsenz
David Nusair
One of the worst found footage horror flicks of all time 
0
Hunting Humans
Joe Bob Briggs
This is an extremely well directed film that has already won some B movie awards and once again it cements the reputation of the Baltimore area as the place where all the most interesting low budget work is happening these days 
4
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Matt Brunson
One of 2022 apos s 20 best films 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Kevin A. Ranson
The plot isn apos t particularly amusing 44 the kills aren apos t at all interesting 44 and the point appears to be the pointlessness 46 46 46 the Thelma and Louise of whodunnit plot devices 46 46 46 if you can apos t take the yeet 44 get out of the mansion 46 
1
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Rene Sanchez
A hilarious and gripping whodunit with sharp dialogue that puts a fresh spin on the conventional slasher formula 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
EJ Moreno
This feels like hanging out with the worst possible group 44 but still loving it somehow a twisted and hilarious delight 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Ray Gill Jr.
Reijn s avant garde style is striking and the layered characters are full of intrigue but we never really get to know them and the lack of clues as to the culprit turns a whodunit into a less interesting game of Guess Who 
2
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Mike McGranaghan
A smart satire about bored 44 rich kids who only feel happy when they think they apos re being victimized 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Erik Childress
Two sequences encapsulate the best and worst of a film that cleverly upends the slasher genre while trying to desperately sell too late the word salad of a me generation obsessed with appearing philanthropic while destroying things around them 46 
2.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Steven Prokopy
However you read it 44 the movie is dynamic 44 ruthless 44 occasionally bloody 44 very funny 44 and something decidedly enjoyable 46 46 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Leo Brady
With an all star cast of young and talented actors 44 nervous laughs 44 and violent slashes 44 Bodies Bodies Bodies is easily one of the most exciting movies of 2022 46 
4
Bodies Bodies Bodies
James Berardinelli
Ultimately the movie is more interesting for the shifting power dynamics and relationships among the dwindling group of survivors than for the whodunnit elements 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sara Michelle Fetters
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a gnarly 44 uncouth 44 and suitably deceitful breath of fresh horror air 46 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sonny Bunch
Bodies Bodies Bodies is perhaps the funniest 8212 and almost certainly the meanest 8212 movie I 8217 ve seen this year 46 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Michael O'Sullivan
It s intentionally chaotic and now and again surprisingly funny 
2.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Danielle Momoh
With its runtime of 95 minutes Bodies Bodies Bodies has a cutthroat pace By the time it s over you ll want to see it play out again 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Richard Roeper
Devilishly funny satire 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Randy Myers
Everyone in the cast particularly Stenberg Bakalova and Lee Pace make Bodies a total scream 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Roger Moore
The plot is tricky enough that even if we can guess where it 8217 s going 44 we can 8217 t really grasp how it began until we hit the finale 46 
2.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a hate watch thriller that scoffs at its characters as much as you do 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a clever take on the one location slasher with some biting social commentary on Generation Z 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Innocence and guilt slip and slide around as the body count changes and new clues turn up 46 It tingles the synapses 46 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Brian Eggert
Bodies Bodies Bodies is at once a keeps you guessing whodunit and a sharp cultural critique 46 46 46 This is inventive 44 fun 44 and wildly entertaining stuff with more on its mind than fulfilling a standard genre exercise 46 160 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Ty Burr
It s being billed as a Gen Z horror movie but Helina Reijn s movie could better be described as a murder comedy and a sprightly and inventive one it is 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Jeff York
Its fun comes from watching young people who are supposed to be friends become monstrous 46 Their attempts to justify their thoughts amp actions with 8220 woke 8221 language and motivations is a stitch too 46 As is watching the story pull the rug out from all of them 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Tomris Laffly
The kind of stuff fun summer entertainment should be made of 46 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
David Lewis
It s the rare film that can match the vapidity and venom of Bodies Bodies Bodies a combination that s both toxic and entertaining 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Michael Nordine
Bodies Bodies Bodies is sus 46 
2.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Johnny Oleksinski
Bodies Bodies Bodies is stolen by the extraordinarily talented Sennott as Alice The 26 year old actress was equally terrific in the subtler lovely 2020 comedy Shiva Baby but here she s allowed to totally unleash 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Lindsey Bahr
Bodies Bodies Bodies might just be the first great Gen Z thriller In director Halina Reijn s film is a razor sharp satire of a very specific kind of modern privilege 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Mark Dujsik
Bodies Bodies Bodies makes one wonder if a documentary of its actors playing the eponymous game might be more entertaining 46 
2
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Emily Zemler
It may alienate an older audience But to those it does speak to it s a genuinely fun watch that plays on our expectations of the murder mystery genre 
3.5
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Joey Magidson
Bodies Bodies Bodies is somewhat exhausting and repetitive but it apos s also undeniably clever as well 46 
3
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Katie Walsh
From the sticky 44 slippery opening frames of 8220 Bodies Bodies Bodies 44 8221 director Halina Reijn lets the audience know that we 8217 re in for one silly smart and deeply self aware roller coaster ride 46 
4
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Derek Smith
Helina Reijn 8217 s film is as hilarious as it is pointed 44 with its dialogue distinctly attuned to the Gen Z mindset 46 
3
The Long Dumb Road
Sheila O'Malley
The film is built on the chemistry of Revolori and Mantzoukas 
3
The Long Dumb Road
Joey Magidson
The Long Dumb Road is one of the year s better comedies with Mantzoukas an absolute showstopper 
3.5
The Long Dumb Road
Roger Moore
Just scruffy enough to get by 
2.5
The Long Dumb Road
Pat Brown
Director and co writer Hannah Fidell s film never finds the right mix of meaningful parable and sophomoric romp 
2
Calendar Girls
David Nusair
uncomfortably familiar and thoroughly predictable 
2
Calendar Girls
David N. Butterworth
They dropped everything for a good cause would seem to refer more to the filmmakers than the gutsy middle aged women shedding their clothes for a hospital couch 
1.5
Calendar Girls
Lori Hoffman
a bit of enjoyable fluff 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Paul Povse
Gentlemen you whose significant other may hold the weekend movie choice card keep a stiff upper lip You ll get through Calendar Girls just fine 
3
Calendar Girls
John Beifuss
Despite the mischievous implications of its title the film ultimately reaffirms the status quo with all the certitude of an episode of Mayberry RFD 
1.5
Calendar Girls
Linda Cook
No this isn t the female version of The Full Monty Calendar Girls stands on its own as a memorable movie that contains a week s worth of chuckles 
3.5
Calendar Girls
Chris Hewitt
Funny and hopeful but not particularly dramatic 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Joe Baltake
The movie like the calendar moves along smoothly 
3.5
Calendar Girls
Jeff Strickler
Calendar Girls will make your day 
3.5
Calendar Girls
Meg Jones
A fun film that celebrates the pluck of a group of women who aren t afraid to bare all for a calendar that most likely hangs in the front of car repair shops and not in the back 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Robert W. Butler
Dishes just enough laugh out loud jokes and female empowerment moments to divert our attention from its threadbare script 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Terry Lawson
A refreshing lark made all the more enjoyable by a cast of fine actors 
3
Calendar Girls
Lisa Kennedy
A lovely romp 
3
Calendar Girls
Lawrence Toppman
A gently pleasing if mostly undramatic picture 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Phil Villarreal
Could Raise the Roof in which residents of a decrepit Liverpool rest home make their own movie to raise cash to repair the ceiling be far behind 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Michael Szymanski
It s a delightful holiday romp that s safe to take your mom to and you may enjoy it as well 
3
Calendar Girls
Matt Brunson
Unabashedly celebrates the luminescent beauty of the older woman 
3
Calendar Girls
Dan Lybarger
Calendar Girls benefits immeasurably from a talented agreeable cast who manage to elicit far more chuckles than the thin setup would seemingly allow 
3
Calendar Girls
Rob Blackwelder
There s a good time to be had watching Calendar Girls but formulaic fictional plot points drag terribly on the movie s clever humor 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Paul Sherman
Proves Hollywood isn t the only moviemaking factory that can turn an inspirational real life tale into a generic product 
2
Calendar Girls
Mike Clark
The never naughty Calendar Girls is as easy to take as it is because director Nigel Cole avoids the hard sell 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Moira MacDonald
A heartwarmer of a story 
3
Calendar Girls
Ruthe Stein
A charming movie 
3
Calendar Girls
Sarah Chauncey
A pleasant reminder that real women do in fact exist complete with hard earned wrinkles and breasts low from feeding babies even if only in British films 
3
Calendar Girls
Lou Lumenick
Calendar Girls may be boomer baiting formula but this ingratiating big hearted holiday treat is as British as plum pudding and the closest thing on the market to the famous Ealing comedies 
3
Calendar Girls
Jack Mathews
Calendar Girls will leave you with that exuberant smile you wore after The Full Monty 
3
Calendar Girls
Bob Strauss
An amusing film 
3
Calendar Girls
Liam Lacey
Mirren and Walters have the moxie and art to make you forget at least for stretches the very wobbly contrivance of the story around them 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Roger Ebert
A sweet good humored comedy 
3
Calendar Girls
Wesley Morris
A featherweight trifle 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Leigh Johnson
A decent movie whose few failings are made obvious in a field of quality pre Oscar releases 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Glenn Lovell
Pat contrived and entirely predictable 
2
Calendar Girls
Josh Larsen
It would take a monumental effort to keep this from being charming 
3
Calendar Girls
David Sterritt
Don t race to see it unless a female Full Monty is just what you ve been waiting for 
2
Calendar Girls
Carrie Rickey
It reels us in because it is about people who for so long have paid lip service to making a difference that they are profoundly altered when they actually do 
3
Calendar Girls
John Anderson
What Calendar Girls gives us is all a bit too thin for a feature film Or even jam 
2
Calendar Girls
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sweet and funny but wouldn t be worth seeing at all without Mirren and Walters 
3
Calendar Girls
Mark Caro
It creates a strong sense of a living breathing community and you root for its affectionately drawn characters as they experience the giddiness of triumph without forgetting the project s bittersweet inspiration 
3
Calendar Girls
Emily Blunt
It s a joy to see Helen Mirren frolicking on the screen delivering a unique role for the usually serious thespian 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Glenn Kenny
While the picture which is based on a true story has its charms it just gets flimsier as it goes on 
2
Calendar Girls
Jeanne Aufmuth
Strikes a chord for post menopausal feminism that rings loud and clear 
3
Calendar Girls
James Berardinelli
These women deserve more than Calendar Girls ultimately gives them 
2.5
Calendar Girls
Steve Rhodes
Something like a cute female version of The Full Monty 
3
Calendar Girls
Ed Gonzalez
Nigel Cole s feature length sitcom Calendar Girls reimagines The Full Monty with boobies 
2
Calendar Girls
Ian Mantgani
Places itself in a tradition of films that are fairly easy to make looks like it s doing a professional job and still ends up failing 
2
Si le Vent Soulève les Sables
David Nusair
Simple yet surprisingly affecting 
3.5
House of Deadly Secrets
Roger Moore
Gives away its lame secrets far too quickly
1
69 Parts
Matt Brunson
Like a Frankenstein monster rising unsteadily from an operating table 44 this initially seems like it was similarly stitched together from bits and pieces of existing material 46 But also like Mary Shelley apos s brainchild 44 it soon establishes its own identity 46 
3
The New Black
Farran Smith Nehme
The New Black often feels like a polished but uninspired op ed 
2
The New Black
Glenn Kenny
If you re looking for insight context poignancy the movie does offer all of the above 
3
The New Black
Nick McCarthy
It does little to break free of the conventional talking head documentary format but thoughtful in how it prizes dialogue over acrimony and one sided rhetoric 
3
The New Black
Kam Williams
The African American community collectively jumps the broom over its last big taboo 
4
Constellation
Kam Williams
This overplotted emotional dump plods along as if the characters are stuck in the cinematic equivalent of quicksand never generating any traction because no matter how much everybody vents nothing of consequence ever transpires 
1
Constellation
Maitland McDonagh
The stage is set for emotional pyrotechnics that never quite materialize because for all their squabbles grudges and grievances they all basically love each other 
2
Constellation
Stephen Whitty
There are too many characters too sketchily defined and some of the relationships are pure contrivances 
1.5
Constellation
Kyle Smith
Scenes in which little or nothing happens pass by slowly and the only point of suspense is whether the number of tearful hugs at the end will reach double digits 
0
Constellation
Bob Strauss
A movie whose abundant smarts are fatally compromised by its writer director Jordan Walker Pearlman s rudimentary filmmaking skills 
2
Constellation
John Anderson
Moody pictures swollen music and portentous dialogue are all great but they need to have a narrative propping them up 
1
Constellation
Nick Schager
It s tempting to simply dismiss Constellation as a TV movie quality feature but such a description nonetheless probably sells TV movies short 
1
The Adventurers
Simon Abrams
A sleepy globe trotting adventure 
2
The Adventurers
Mark Jenkins
While the basic ingredients are familiar Fung endows them with panache and speed and he punctuates the action with humor 
2.5
A Breed Apart
David Nusair
Rutger Hauer is frequently seen riding around his island on a white horse wearing pirate s clothing and holstering a cross bow 
3
All the Light in the Sky
Sheila O'Malley
Adams yet again commands the screen with authenticity and simplicity but the film lacks commitment 
2
All the Light in the Sky
Diego Semerene
In Joe Swanberg s disaffected little film the drama is never explicit or even fully conscious 
2
D.O.A.
David Nusair
an underwhelming thriller that could and should have fared so much better 
2
When Marnie Was There
Brandy McDonnell
It may not have the magic of Miyazaki s classic work but if it is the last Ghibli film it is an elegant and elegiac way to end of an era 
3
When Marnie Was There
Kam Williams
Bittersweet fantasy about an orphan who escapes into a fantasy world to cope with her unfortunate lot in life 
3.5
When Marnie Was There
John Beifuss
Although it might be described as a kind of ghost story When Marnie Was There offers evidence of the Studio Ghibli belief that animation should not be restricted to tales of talking animals one eyed minions and other impossibilities
3
When Marnie Was There
Robert Horton
Like the best of Ghibli s films Marnie is absolutely in sympathy with its young protagonist there are no fake grown up inventions about what kids are like 
3
When Marnie Was There
Scott Renshaw
It s an honest rich story about the emotional volatility of a young girl and it just happens to be a story that s told through animation 
3
When Marnie Was There
Marty Mapes
A new director at Ghibli makes a young adult mystery worthy of the brand
3.5
When Marnie Was There
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a kid s movie that grown ups will like As Marnie does on Anna the movie casts a spell 
4
When Marnie Was There
John Serba
A straightforward melodrama the animation serves its impressionist flavor to balance its more plainspoken qualities 
3
When Marnie Was There
Peter Keough
Yonebayashi has touched on the greater mystery underlying everyday life a world pulsing with wonder and possibility edged with a shadow of melancholy 
3
When Marnie Was There
Molly Eichel
While not a masterpiece it is beautiful nonetheless 
3
When Marnie Was There
Walter V. Addiego
If you feel any kinship with the disaffected When Marnie Was There has much to tell you 
3
When Marnie Was There
Peter Canavese
This latest gentle sensitive unhurried tale from Studio Ghibli excels not only at natural beauty touched with supernatural flourishes but also at acute psychological perceptiveness 
3.5
When Marnie Was There
Mark Dujsik
This is an understated affair but the screenplay understands Anna s dilemma and communicates it with clarity 
3
When Marnie Was There
Calum Marsh
A lot of young children indeed more than you might expect are routinely whipped and thrashed by mental illness When was the last time you saw a movie about one 
3.5
When Marnie Was There
Linda Barnard
Showcasing the gorgeous hand drawn work that is a hallmark of Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli When Marnie Was There tells a story of youthful friendship tinged with melancholy and magic 
3
When Marnie Was There
Brian Tallerico
There are times especially in the first act when When Marnie Was There lacks a certain urgency often moving with all the drive of a breeze through the oft heard wind chimes And then the final act really grabs the heartstrings 
3
When Marnie Was There
Dan Schindel
Taken as the punctuation mark on Studio Ghibli s oeuvre it s underwhelming Taken on its own terms it s still underwhelming but significantly less so 
2
When Marnie Was There
Sara Stewart
Subtle sometimes really sad and honest about the struggles of adolescence Marnie is a worthy last entry from Ghibli before the studio reportedly goes on hiatus 
3
When Marnie Was There
Clayton Dillard
The film at first plays like a refresher and throwback to Hayao Miyazaki s Kiki s Delivery Service before revealing itself to be less minimal than minor 
2.5
Nowhere Man
V.A. Musetto
Dreadful acting direction and script 
0
Sympathy for Delicious
Michael O'Sullivan
You can t make this stuff up Or maybe you can but you shouldn t 
1.5
Sympathy for Delicious
Stephen Whitty
While as director Ruffalo is a little too fond of hand held shots he keeps all the performances simmering and moves the story ahead in simple straightforward steps 
3
Sympathy for Delicious
Lou Lumenick
Interesting but never compelling 
2
Sympathy for Delicious
Rex Reed
Sympathy for Delicious is populated by so many good people who ought to be better that it s hard to ignore But sympathy for Delicious or anyone else eludes me totally 
2
Sympathy for Delicious
Andrew Schenker
On odd mishmash that leads to some headscratchingly bizarre moments while ultimately skirting incoherence of purpose 
1.5
Sympathy for Delicious
Erik Childress
Sympathy For Delicious doesn t just go from bad to worse with each passing scene but dives wheelchair first into downright laughable waters during its final ten minutes 
1
Revengers Tragedy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cox is laughing and enjoying all the twisted ridiculousness of it all 
3.5
Revengers Tragedy
Doug Knoop
Probably destined to join Cox s other films Sid and Nancy Repo Man as a cult favorite 
3
Revengers Tragedy
Ian Mantgani
Could use a few things like I dunno maybe life skill comprehension and the wisdom of knowing that jokes and a sense of humour are not the same thing 
1
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Josh Terry
Altogether God s Not Dead A Light in Darkness means well but it needs to drop the editorializing streamline its story and let its message stand on its own 
2
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Roger Moore
Toxic
1
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Roger Moore
Toxic
1
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
Sheila O'Malley
It features all of the familiar elements from the two previous films a persecution complex an us vs them attitude and visions of the brave faithful going up against a hostile secular society 
2
Bidder 70
Kyle Smith
As dully earnest disorganized and self righteous as an editorial in a student newspaper 
1
Bidder 70
Kam Williams
A powerful empathetic portrait of a selfless planetary patriot willing to sacrifice his liberty for the sake of Mother Earth s long term prospects 
4
Bidder 70
Kalvin Henely
Without being didactic the documentary demonstrates how an ordinary concerned citizen can take a stand when politicians neglect to make decisions for the good of the people and instead serve the interests of big business 
3
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Jack Mathews
Kempner demonstrates how the star s success and dignified bearing inspired a generation of Jews to fight through the ethnic barriers in all fields 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Kam Williams
A moving tribute to an overlooked American icon who invariably exhibited an admirable combination of integrity humility and loyalty 
4
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Desmond Ryan
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is a gem of a baseball documentary because it illuminates what the Hall of Famer s splendid career meant away from the ballpark 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Chris Kaltenbach
Greenberg led by quiet example and left an indelible mark on thousands of young lives not to mention a plaque in baseball s Hall of Fame 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Mark Caro
Aviva Kempner s documentary The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg does what a historical documentary should do It tells an inspiring story while bringing the past to life and illuminating issues that persist today 
3
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Erik Lundegaard
Hank Greenberg is an unabashed paean and just a joy to watch It should be required viewing for all modern athletes who disregard their role model status 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Ken Fox
A fine straightforward tribute to a sports giant who faced blatant prejudice and paved away for the likes Jackie Robinson Hank Aaron and other minorities 
3
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you re a baseball fan you shouldn t miss this film 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Rick Groen
For once the image and the reality make for a perfect fit the man and the symbol are one 
3
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Walter Chaw
A bulging photo album of carefully cropped idolization its saving grace that the affable unaffected Greenberg appears a worthy recipient of all that devotion 
2.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Elias Savada
A marvelous pastiche of a legendary sports hero a compelling and fascinating tribute to one of baseball s great figures in size six feet four and accomplishment 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Peter Stack
Kempner s documentary which has some very funny moments too weaves an affectionate portrait of the larger than life ballplayer into the complicated layers of prewar America 
4
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Cornell & Petricelli
A wonderful and much needed tribute to the great Jewish baseball player 
3.5
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Pam Grady
As the director makes abundantly clear this legendary player nicknamed Hankus Spankus and Hammerin Hank for his awesome ability to spray a baseball around the yard and over the fences was more than just an athlete 
3
Dear Daddy
Kam Williams
Another masterful examination of the African American psyche by documentary filmmaker Janks Morton 
4
I'm the Father
Steve Rhodes
Steals your heart in scene after scene without a single overacted moment in the entire production 
3.5
Elsa & Fred
John Hartl
Unlike so many American remakes of foreign films this reboot improves on the original mostly because it takes full advantage of the star power of its English speaking cast 
2.5
Elsa & Fred
Odie Henderson
This movie is so tone deaf that it tries to wring charm from questionable stereotypes about senior citizens and minorities 
1
Elsa & Fred
Stephen Whitty
A not terrific not terrible romantic comedy that owes most of its charm to its two stars 
2.5
Elsa & Fred
Claudia Puig
Why must so many movies featuring retirees in romantic relationships make audiences cringe 
2
Elsa & Fred
Rex Reed
Forced contrived and slow as Christmas it s a pleasant enough time waster but what a treat to spend just under two hours in the hands of pros 
2
Shatter Dead
Joe Bob Briggs
It s one of those movies where half the time you don t know exactly what s going on but the gritty video makes it realistic and scary enough that you don t really care 
3
Dillinger Is Dead
James Kendrick
Seems less groundbreaking than simply intriguing as an artistic relic of a much different cinematic era 
3
Dillinger Is Dead
Ty Burr
Dillinger is one of those artful endurance tests that views conventional storytelling as a sell out Yet the movie s also playful droll and unexpectedly wise within its rigorous framework 
3.5
Into the Forest
Frank Ochieng
an intimate gripping and quietly thoughtful post apocalyptic drama Undoubtedly Into The Forest marches into the wayward woods of darkness in what amounts to be a surreal disastrous fairy tale tainted in psychological turmoil 
3
Into the Forest
Glenn Lovell
a different kind of near future drama one that s by turns elegiac and comforting closer to Children of Men than the unrelievedly downbeat The Road 
3
Into the Forest
Peter Travers
Rozema s minimalist approach pays dividends until a final third hobbled by overdone effects and a thrashing musical score Too bad The story being told on the faces of Page and Wood has eloquence and power 
2.5
Into the Forest
Rob Thomas
Into the Forest is a post apocalyptic disaster movie without a single visual effect No explosions no zombies no mobs rioting in the streets There s just quiet and dark 
3
Into the Forest
Peter Sobczynski
A strong smart and moving end of the world drama that is further bolstered by strong performances from co stars Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood 
3
Into the Forest
Christian Toto
Into the Forest offers that rare take on a dystopian future So why is it so often a slog 
2.5
Into the Forest
Sara Stewart
Wood and Page generate a believable prickly sibling closeness in Rozema s unhurried but harrowing micro portrait of how easily civilization could crumble 
3
Into the Forest
Oliver Jones
One of the more intimate and thoughtful takes on the post apocalypse in cinematic memory 
3
Into the Forest
Diego Semerene
Essentially a post apocalyptic telenovela it sanitizes the concept of sisterhood and even womanhood 
1
Into the Forest
Kate Taylor
Page gently matures the girlish Nell creating a figure of increasing psychological strength while the more high strung Eva who cannot cope without music to dance to falls into a despair that Wood makes desperately real 
3
Into the Forest
Chris Knight
Page and Wood truly carry the picture Apparently they had a year to hang out and create something of a sisterly bond and it comes through on the screen 
3.5
Into the Forest
Linda Barnard
A rare postapocalyptic story with both intelligence and dramatic heft 
3.5
The Betrayed
David Nusair
a gripping downright suspenseful thriller 
3
Fifty Shades of Grey
Brian Eggert
Here apos s a film that is offensive only in how inoffensive it proves to be 46 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Pamela Powell
Sometimes a book should just remain a book and in the case of Fifty Shades of Grey that is exactly the case 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I m really worried about the fact that some people especially girls regard Mr Grey as an object of desire as some sort of ideal man Full review in Spanish 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
David Keyes
Certainly there is an audience out there for this kind of story and with any luck neither you nor I will ever have to interact with it 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Robert W. Butler
It s not overstating the case to say that Dakota Johnson achieves stardom with this role She mines moments of humor that help offset the soul searching and weeping and she s appealing without being impossibly beautiful 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Tom Meek
Yes there s tons of nudity but erotic No 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Neil Rosen
One day it may become a bad movie cult classic the kind of film that people go to laugh at like Showgirls But for now it s so boring it feels endless 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Mal Vincent
Johnson brings some wonder and vulnerability to her part but even with a listenable soundtrack the song that most comes to mind is Peggy Lee s Is That All There Is 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Linda Cook
He s a wealthy tycoon named Gray who takes a woman to her limits I m talking of course about 9 1 2 Weeks 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
David Berry
I fault no one for whatever it is that gets their crank turning but if this movie is working you need to take that thing out for a spin far more often 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Stephen Rebello
In the end Fifty Shades of Grey isn t so much terrible as it is timid and tame 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
John Beifuss
What is this thing called love That s a question asked by Cole Porter In Fifty Shades of Grey the initially virginal heroine has a very different if not entirely unrelated query What are butt plugs 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Josh Larsen
a lukewarm exercise in timidity that if not exactly embarrassed by its subject matter is extremely wary of diving too deeply into it 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Christy Lemire
It realizes this story is ridiculous in ways the book itself never could It has an actual sense of humor 
3
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glenn Lovell
As silly and yes sanctimonious as this adaptation is it deserves mention as one of the first major studio releases in ages to promote sex over vigilante violence or superherodom And that in a peculiar way makes the film a refreshing departure 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Matt Brunson
I expect most viewers would rather see the filmmakers take this franchise in a different direction How about Fifty Shades of The Grey with the two vapid protagonists forced to contend with Liam Neeson and a pack of ravenous wolves 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Kam Williams
A monochromatic misfire featuring only one shade blushing pink 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
John Wirt
There s no escape from the silly pulpy predictability of Fifty Shades of Grey 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Brad Keefe
Still not bad for being based on a book with a narrator who exclaims jeez while in the throes of orgasm and talks about her bottom like she s a 4 year old 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
James Berardinelli
Who would have imagined that a movie about sex could be so boring 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Mike McGranaghan
Were it not based on a massive best seller no one would have made such a thematically reprehensible movie If you think rape is a turn on this is the film for you Personally I m perfectly happy not to be included in your ranks 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
John Serba
Every line of dialogue is loaded Loaded like a diaper 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What s worse than the boring sex scenes however is the rest of the boring movie 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Peter Canavese
Absolutely ludicrous dramatically clumsy fifty shades of wrong but If audiences can cool their loins long enough they may have a productive think about the nature of their desires 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
David Nusair
a passable adaptation that could and should have been much better 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Bob Bloom
Grey has about as much steam as a day old cup of Earl Grey The sexual scenes are ordinary and fail to push the envelope they definitely do not arouse any viewer 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Susan Wloszczyna
In the annals of sexually charged event cinema Fifty Shades of Grey barely lights a candle let alone combusts with unbridled forbidden passion 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Christian Toto
Will you sign the necessary paperwork to enjoy Fifty Shades of Grey 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Willie Waffle
If this was written by Adam Sandler groups of offended ladies would be outside theaters protesting with pitchforks and torches Also we wouldn t be laughing as much 
0
Fifty Shades of Grey
Courtney Shea
Nobody sweats or pants or experiences onscreen ecstasy which is presumably how a movie about violent sex manages to avoid an NC 17 rating but the result feels like 50 shades of beige 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Steven Rea
Isn t the stuff of bondage and discipline sexual role play silky blindfolds and whips and floggers supposed to be well exciting 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Michael Smith
I have seen more heat and more skin in late night offerings on Cinemax I ve seen more realistic romance in young adult movies and I ve seen better acting by furniture 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Mark Dujsik
Anastasia is a problem Christian is one too We spend most of the movie trying to figure out which character is the bigger one 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Jay Posner
Dornan simply doesn t have the ability to truly offer up deep unimaginable pain and self loathing He s just not that talented an actor and if the part were recast for the next two movies no one would bat a blindfolded eye 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Meredith Goldstein
The director of the much anticipated adaptation Sam Taylor Johnson made what could have been a trashy TV movie into well conceived cinema 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Dann Gire
Oddly enough Sam Taylor Johnson s movie version of E L James phenomenal sexy best seller begins as an intriguing exciting even eroticizing experience before its S M engine jumps the rails 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Stephanie Merry
In the end there s nothing here we haven t seen before But there s also nothing as agonizingly awkward as James s prose 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Joe Williams
The likably coy Johnson has no chemistry with the dreary self serious Dornan He s a casting disaster 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Thelma Adams
The biggest disappointment for those non readers of the book is the feeling of is that all there is A bit of rope some hanging around six smacks it s tame enough to make Tyrion Lannister of Game of Thrones smirk 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Moira MacDonald
Fifty Shades of Grey the movie for the record is not quite as bad as Fifty Shades of Grey the book But that s not saying much 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Connie Ogle
Despite what you might fear the movie is not torture And even if it doesn t inspire lust you will breathe a warm sigh of relief thinking This could have been so much worse 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Dustin Putman
Fifty Shades of Grey should be fun and frisky and most of all hot Instead it is a reserved sanitized overinflated downer as sterile as Christian s sleek luxury penthouse 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Matt Pais
Unofficially titled So Can I Spank You or What Grey leaves you with a question you don t want to ask after a movie or after sex Is that it 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Karen D'Souza
About an hour in it finally dawned on me that perhaps the movie was giving me insights into masochism after all As the minutes slowly painfully ticked by I came to accept my punishment 
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Michael Phillips
Fifty Shades of Grey turns out to be an intriguing tussle not in the sack or in the Red Room of Pain but in its internal war between the dubious erotica of James novel the first of three and the far craftier trash offered by the movie 
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Mick LaSalle
I m not going to pretend I didn t like this movie just as I can t pretend there s nothing wrong with it But try thinking of it this way It s an event movie that s also a relationship drama and that s rare 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Maren Longbella
I expected a lot of things from Fifty Shades of Grey but I didn t expect to be bored 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Peter Howell
Vainly seeking to reach the widest possible audience the makers of this exercise in banality stripped it of almost anything that could cause offence 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Roger Moore
Colorless
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey
Peter Travers
I m shocked shocked do you hear me that the film version of E L James Fifty Shades of Grey is such a dull decorous affair about as erotic as an ad for Pottery Barn Strictly intended for gluttons for punishment by boredom 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Rex Reed
Maybe in future installments there will even be something that resembles a plot For now the entire movie is about as sexy as a root canal 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Robert Levin
It looks and feels like a sequel to Twilight with deadly dull talk about S M replacing endless consternation over turning into one of the undead 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Mara Reinstein
A limp bore 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing s about as transgressive as ordering a Cabernet Sauvignon with your fish 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
R. Kurt Osenlund
Jamie Dornan somehow manages to render his sculpted beauty moot which throws a major wrench in the gears for a film dependent on eroticism 
2
Fifty Shades of Grey
Rafer Guzman
Despite the endless sex a highly unsatisfying encounter Cold as a fish and almost as dumb 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Claudia Puig
Sitting through the turgid and tedious S M melodrama that is Fifty Shades of Grey may feel like its own form of torture 
1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Sara Stewart
Gone are the truly dreadful aspects of the book and the biggest surprise may be that Ana and Christian have developed senses of humor 
3
24 Hour Party People
Nick Rogers
Tony Wilson s and 24 Hour Party People s tossed off philosophy was that the worst of times like the best pass away never truer than in the fickle music industry A free form view of a freefall where artifice and artistry tumbled head over heels 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Michael Dequina
Those wishing for a full on comprehensive look at the era will be disappointed but Winterbottom Coogan and Boyce serve up a vivid and lively thumbnail sketch 
3
24 Hour Party People
Judith Egerton
When it comes to capturing music in a visual medium 24 Hour Party People ranks right up there with Martin Scorsese s 1978 rock documentary The Last Waltz 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Mark Dujsik
Director Michael Winterbottom has pulled off an inspired act of self referencing post modern filmmaking that does these people their attitude their home their music and their legacy proud 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Jeff Vice
Winterbottom gets the look and feel of the various periods right the terrific soundtrack certainly helps 
3
24 Hour Party People
Sean P. Means
The music scene plays as a frenetic ever changing background for the always engaging and often enraging Wilson who juggles legends half truths exaggerations and baldfaced lies about the times and his part in them 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Joe Baltake
Fun for a spell but becomes repetitive and monotonous It leaves you in a haze 
2.5
24 Hour Party People
Duane Dudek
It speaks for itself in the language of its kinetic subject matter and challenges viewers with a strongly held and distinctive point of view rather than reassuring them with paint by numbers familiarity 
3
24 Hour Party People
Frank Ochieng
However Winterbottom is astute enough to rise above the rollicking and rhythmic cliches and provide the audience with an insightful and robust musical melodrama that is as staunchly riotous as it is refreshingly informative 
3
24 Hour Party People
Sean Piccoli
Think of this dizzying sometimes surreal presentation as fabricated truth a memoir that freely admits to coloring facts while keeping the broad essentials straight and the real names intact to expose the guilty 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
James Hebert
It s part of the charm of 24 Hour Party People that the filmmakers gleefully embellish or downright invent scenes and often admit that they re doing it 
2.5
24 Hour Party People
Terry Lawson
Even if you have never heard of the Mondays whose members swiftly self destructed in Ecstasy and excess or of Tony Wilson the entrepreneur the film is about you may find yourself drawn into the vortex created by director Michael Winterbottom 
3
24 Hour Party People
Evelyn McDonnell
It s inaccurate to pin Manchester s rise as a musical mecca wholly on one person but Wilson makes for a fascinating character study and he s drolly played by Coogan 
3
24 Hour Party People
Steven Rosen
With enough verve and energy if a not an absolute devotion to truth to keep you dancing and thinking for days 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Chris Hewitt
It gives you the privilege of feeling what it would be like to have been at the gig where Joy Division unveiled their transcendent Love Will Tear Us Apart on a pogoing throng 
4
24 Hour Party People
Ray Conlogue
So energized by the subject that it overflows with inventiveness 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Ty Burr
Great good fun even if you spent the 1980s listening to Loverboy 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
David N. Butterworth
Michael Winterbottom puts the Manchester England music club scene circa 1980 under the microscope and forgets to take the lens cap off 
1.5
24 Hour Party People
Walter Chaw
Not flawless by any stretch 24 Hour Party People has an ear to the spirit of a time pitch perfect and infectious 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Coogan is definitely funny but even he can t inject the needed energy into this tired film 
2
24 Hour Party People
Jonathan Curiel
Winterbottom has set a high new standard with 24 Hour Party People his funny riveting look at the music scene that ruled Manchester England from 1976 to 1992 
4
24 Hour Party People
John Hartl
Winterbottom who rarely makes comedies nevertheless appreciates Coogan s richly comic portrait and lets him run with it 
3
24 Hour Party People
Bob Strauss
Although you don t really get to know most of the players 24 Hour does make you feel like you could have been up all night partying and puking with them 
3
24 Hour Party People
Roger Ebert
Shines with a kind of inspired madness 
4
24 Hour Party People
Steven Rea
The actors performances are a mix of eerie mimicry and something more a portrait of ambitious dreamers kicking around big notions and doing absolutely self destructive stupid things 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Michael Wilmington
If you re even vaguely a fan of any of the groups in 24 Hour Party People you d be an idiot not to see this film 
3
24 Hour Party People
Jeanne Aufmuth
A graying fan s letdown 
2
24 Hour Party People
John Anderson
The rare film about rock that actually captures the anarchic essence of its subject matter 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
Pam Grady
An engaging funny sometimes sad compulsively compelling story even for those who wouldn t know the difference between Joy Division and long division 
4
24 Hour Party People
Megan Turner
This wonderful party of a movie as totally original as its hero stamps on a smiley face that will linger for hours 
3.5
24 Hour Party People
David Sterritt
It s not a perfect movie but it s the smartest excursion into pop culture in recent memory 
4
24 Hour Party People
Steve Rhodes
An incomprehensible mess 
1
24 Hour Party People
Harvey S. Karten
Involving though it won t replace Amadeus 
3
24 Hour Party People
Peter Travers
Like the music the film is outspoken roaringly funny defiantly sexual and relentlessly in your face I couldn t have liked it more 
3
24 Hour Party People
Ian Mantgani
Pulls us in and along with giddy energy
3.5
Birthday Girl
Judith Egerton
Although Birthday Girl is labeled a romantic comedy it s not wildly funny or romantic 
2.5
Birthday Girl
Scott Nash
Simple but effective 
3
Birthday Girl
Jeffrey Westhoff
Chaplin s performance is the only present Birthday Girl offers 
2
Birthday Girl
David Nusair
pretty much the definition of mediocre 
2
Birthday Girl
Mark Dujsik
Works for the most part as an interesting and entertaining experiment in genre bending and tone 
3
Birthday Girl
Ian Mantgani
Not a bad film just a bland one 
2
Birthday Girl
Jeremy Heilman
It leaves little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors 
3
Birthday Girl
Frank Ochieng
Overall the outlandish proceedings fall as flat as a Russian blini Birthday Girl unwraps its package alright but the contents inside only reinforce what a psuedo stylish actioner Butterworth s thrilling cinematic gift really is 
2
Birthday Girl
James Kendrick
a sleazy weirdly uncomfortable would be crime thriller black comedy
2
Birthday Girl
Glenn Whipp
The movie isn t that funny when John and Nadia are pulling off their awkward courtship dance and it goes completely flat in its thriller aspirations 
2
Birthday Girl
David N. Butterworth
A true Birthday surprise by filmmaker Jez Butterworth no relation 
3
Birthday Girl
Michael Dequina
A pleasant and engaging enough sit but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole 
2.5
Birthday Girl
Dustin Putman
An ineffective romance a monotonous thriller and a decidedly banal crime picture 
1.5
Birthday Girl
Mick LaSalle
Birthday Girl gets points for strangeness 
3
Birthday Girl
Pam Grady
Would ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story and left off the film s predictable denouement Then Nadia s birthday might not have been such a bad day after all 
2
Birthday Girl
Lou Lumenick
Certainly isn t the laugh riot of a thriller the trailers suggest 
2
Birthday Girl
Rick Groen
Light the candles bring out the cake and don t fret about the calories because there s precious little substance in Birthday Girl it s simply and surprisingly a nice light treat 
3
Birthday Girl
Roger Ebert
The movie s downfall is to substitute plot for personality It doesn t really know or care about the characters and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events 
2
Birthday Girl
Carrie Rickey
Because some of the characters pretend to be people they are not the actors look like victims of multiple personality disorder 
2
Birthday Girl
Rob Blackwelder
A modest and acerbically clever escapade that relies more on wit than excitement 
2.5
Birthday Girl
Jeanne Aufmuth
The script is smart and dark hallelujah for small favors 
3
Birthday Girl
Steve Rhodes
A fun little film that takes as many satisfyingly predictable turns as it does ones that come completely unexpected 
3
Birthday Girl
Walter Chaw
Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and by extension its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual 
2
Birthday Girl
James Berardinelli
Passable entertainment but it s the kind of motion picture that won t make much of a splash when it s released and will not be remembered long afterwards 
2.5
Birthday Girl
Bill Chambers
None of Birthday Girl s calculated events take us by surprise 
2.5
Wildcats
Roger Ebert
Wildcats is about how spunky Hawn is and how cute it s supposed to be that this little woman can make all those great big football players do what she says 
1.5
The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent
Chris Knight
Between clips of him in TV s Quentin Durgens M P and the made in Newfoundland film The Rowdyman we see what a Renaissance man Berman is 
3
The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent
Brad Wheeler
A fluidly told yarn about an artist of the national treasure kind 
3
10x10
Glenn Kenny
The opening scenes of this thriller look and feel like something I ve seen dozens maybe hundreds of times before 
1.5
Robinson Crusoe
Roger Moore
Buñuel Crusoe holds up like the benchmark telling of the story it has long been the version every adaption since has referred to even those that modernized its values and morality 
2.5
Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro (Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro)
Keith Uhlich
Primarily a vehicle for its very attractive stars Isuzu Yamada and Kazuo Hasegawa 
3
Beyond the Reach
John Beifuss
Elevated by its sense of humor which is connected to its political conscience Dressed like Donald Rumsfeld playing cowboy in a black vest blue shirt and big hat Michael Douglas finds economic reasons to justify his decision to commit murder 
2.5
Beyond the Reach
Alberto Acuña
The director makes the confrontation interesting and factual because he makes the best use of the environment and landscape full review in Spanish 
3
Beyond the Reach
James Kendrick
a stylish narratively stripped down thriller that works quite well right up until it stumbles and falls into a terrible ending that feels both utterly contrived and morally ridiculous
2.5
Beyond the Reach
Glenn Lovell
a Most Dangerous Game update that benefits from spectacular terrain and decent performances Douglas makes up in killer sarcasm and animal cunning what he lacks in physical prowess 
2
Beyond the Reach
Scott Renshaw
Rich people shouldn t be able to get away with murder sure but screenwriters shouldn t be able to get away with this 
2
Beyond the Reach
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately the take away from Beyond the Reach is this Don t go into the desert with a guy in a blazer Even if he offers you a martini 
2
Beyond the Reach
Simon Abrams
Watching Douglas behave like a narcissistic scumbag is an absolute pleasure one in which viewers of action adventure Beyond the Reach can happily indulge 
3
Beyond the Reach
Brad Wheeler
A deadly desert set game of cat and mouse that is tired and beyond plausibility 
1.5
Beyond the Reach
Linda Barnard
Douglas is in his element and the throwback stylized look of the production makes Beyond the Reach an entertaining hit of escapist fun 
3
Beyond the Reach
Tirdad Derakhshani
There s not much here The characters are paper thin and the action is slow at times agonizingly so 
2
Beyond the Reach
Stephen Whitty
It isn t nearly as much creepy fun as it sounds like 
2
Beyond the Reach
Michael O'Sullivan
There are goofy primal pleasures to be had in the first two thirds of the film But Beyond the Reach exceeds even its humble grasp in the final act collapsing in a clatter of blockheaded manhunter movie cliches 
1.5
Beyond the Reach
Michael Ordoña
The flat out awful ending deflates much of the goodwill built up by the rest of the film 
2
Beyond the Reach
Kyle Smith
Beyond the Reach fails to achieve the Southwestern noir potency of No Country for Old Men but there s no denying it brings to mind another Southwestern classic about malicious pursuit the Road Runner cartoons 
0.5
Beyond the Reach
Rex Reed
The movie tries too hard to promise nail crunching terror that it never really delivers 
2
Beyond the Reach
Roger Moore
The attempted new twists on a classic story that s been filmed to death almost ruin it 
3
Beyond the Reach
Ed Gonzalez
If all a movie needed was a boy with abs and a gun or slingshot then Beyond the Reach would be a masterpiece 
1
Beyond the Reach
David Nusair
Douglas gleefully smarmy performance goes a long way towards perpetuating the thoroughly watchable atmosphere 
3
Court
Brad Wheeler
Although the film is an unruffled work of fiction the absurdity of the legal and political state of affairs it quietly but powerfully comments upon may be all too real 
3
Court
Linda Barnard
Untrained actor Vira Sathidar is wonderful as Kamble a proud man who remains stoic even as an antiquated and often absurd legal system chips away at his freedom 
3
Court
Robert Horton
The movie is simply called Court and the generalized title is as potent here as it is with Kafka s nightmare novel The Trial 
3
Court
Andy Crump
Court is a courtroom drama that s so muted and stripped down we may at times come dangerously close to forgetting it s a courtroom drama at all 
3
Court
Farran Smith Nehme
Tamhane s quiet techniques build to pure cold fury 
3
Court
Laya Maheshwari
It treats the audience as both witness and jury and lays out a sprawling argument for them to ponder over It s hard to shake this one off long after the credits have rolled 
4
Court
Kenji Fujishima
Chaitanya Tamhane s grand canvas is Indian society as represented by its legal system and what it reveals is none too flattering 
3
Friday the 13th
Matt Brunson
Betsy Palmer cast as Mrs Voorhees delivers the most embarrassing performance found in ANY film in the franchise 
2
Friday the 13th
Federico Furzan
The beginning is not a fantastic movie But it s solid enough to create a whole franchise Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Friday the 13th
James Kendrick
a campfire boogeyman story designed to do little more than build tension and deliver a few well timed shocks which it does with precision and even a bit of artistry
3
Friday the 13th
Peter Canavese
Cheap and virtually plotless Friday the 13th keeps cycling back to those low expectations as a scary campfire tale it gets the job done 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Josh Larsen
a woefully bad slasher flick complete with an inept cast including Kevin Bacon in uncomfortably tight shorts laborious pacing and an interminable catfight climax 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Christian Toto
Friday the 13th set the tone for the modern slasher flick So you know which film to blame for all those lousy horror films 
2
Friday the 13th
Jeremiah Kipp
You really have to wonder what exactly made the Friday the 13th series so wildly successful 
2
Friday the 13th
Dustin Putman
A skillful if by the numbers horror pic 
2.5
Friday the 13th
David Nusair
uneven 
2
My Suicidal Sweetheart
Joshua Tanzer
Parness is a tourist in the land of mental illness sitting in the air conditioned tour bus of his mind looking out at the people below scratching his head for clumsy jokes 
0.5
My Suicidal Sweetheart
Erik Childress
Distracting in both appearance and tone keeping us from caring if either of these characters find love or death first Death would be preferable 
1.5
Carjacked
David Nusair
a disappointingly disposable thriller that simply isn t as good as it could and should have been 
1
Showboy
Lou Lumenick
A no budget vanity production that almost instantly wears out its welcome 
0
Screwballs
Roger Ebert
It s another one of the teenage sex movies that are hot at the box office this summer And it s not the worst of its genre It s a good hearted fairly harmless little movie but if it s about anything other than T A I missed it 
1
The Killing of John Lennon
Mark Rahner
It s well constructed and acted but mainly just left me feeling like I needed a shower after an exercise in voyeurism surrounding an event that s still hard to watch 
2
The Killing of John Lennon
Kyle Smith
Even if you can forgive director Piddington s mangling of the basics you will find it hard to overlook his frantic use of slo mo a wobbly camera freeze frames double exposures and a close up of a single eye 
1.5
The Killing of John Lennon
Ken Fox
Though the psychic space Piddington and Ball create is certainly a terrifyingly claustrophobic place to be it s also stultifying and banal in the way other people s crazed obsessions become after a very short while 
2.5
The Killing of John Lennon
Gene Seymour
The only revelations in The Killing of John Lennon are those we could have picked up ourselves assuming we cared enough to do so 
2
The Killing of John Lennon
Jack Mathews
Piddington does a beautiful balancing act creating a movie that works both on the level of suspense and as a detailed factual chronicle 
3
The Killing of John Lennon
Ed Gonzalez
Piddington never dares to diagnose Chapman s rage settling for Wikipedia style objectivity dressed in the more fatuous than provocative manner of Robinson Devor s Zoo 
2
Damned in the USA
Roger Ebert
The kind of smart aleck documentary that gives liberalism a bad name 
1
Money Monster
Brian Eggert
For a hostage thriller that wants its audience to ponder Wall Street s crimes Money Monster s message feels muddled and the film remains far too dismissible after it s over 
2.5
Money Monster
Matt Brunson
In the minds of its makers this ripped from the headlines drama is the celluloid equivalent of Men Walk On Moon and Nixon Resigns in actuality it s more like Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby and Bigfoot Kept Lumberjack As Love Slave 
2
Money Monster
Sarah Knight Adamson
Money Monster s skewering of our media obsessed society will certainly make you think and it s always fun to watch George Clooney and Julia Roberts banter on the big screen but overall the film s predictability is a letdown 
2.5
Money Monster
Frank Ochieng
Money Monster has no real fresh ideas in the realm of TV sensationalism or finance stagnation and it certainly flirts around with a bankrupt aftertaste despite Clooney s impishness and charisma in addition to Roberts s infectious charm and radiance
2
Money Monster
Lisa Jensen
Money Monster is a smart fast paced thriller 
3
Money Monster
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s a great moment near the end where she literally turns the camera on the audience itself breaking the fourth wall in a way that is eerie and striking 
2.5
Money Monster
Sonny Bunch
Far from the painfully earnest snorer that the first trailer promised Money Monster is surprisingly funny impressively acted competently shot and remarkably efficient 
2.5
Money Monster
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It never reaches greatness or profundity but it s a well built entertaining Hollywood movie in the best sense of the term 
3
Money Monster
John Serba
Switch hits between a foam bat and a good old fashioned hardwood Louisville Slugger The former is used for character the latter for bits of harsh commentary about The State of Things 
3
Money Monster
James Kendrick
a mix of high concept obviousness and genuine passion for the difficulties endured by those who get chewed up and spit out by the system
2.5
Money Monster
John Beifuss
The film delivers a dubious mixed message It condemns the big money investor and cable news cultures treats the working class as expendable and ultimately offers forgiveness and redemption to the privileged celebrity rank to which Foster belongs 
2.5
Money Monster
Mara Reinstein
No matter how many times Jack O Connell waves his gun in the air and threatens to detonate the place with a bomb you never truly believe anyone s life is in danger 
2.5
Money Monster
Michael Smith
Money Monster isn t deserving of a large investment but it s dollar movie worthy 
2.5
Money Monster
David Nusair
The movie which definitively goes off the rails in its final stretch ends on as anti climactic and underwhelming a note as one could possibly envision 
2.5
Money Monster
John Hanlon
A populist thriller that both sides of the political aisle can appreciate 
3.0
Money Monster
Robert Horton
It s all admirably intended to combine suspense with social comment but with its breathless revelations about how the system is rigged and TV is sensationalized this film is too little too late 
2.5
Money Monster
Mike McGranaghan
Works slightly better as a hostage drama than as an expose of Wall Street corruption but that s okay because the performances are so good and the pace is so quick that you don t really have time to quibble until after it s over 
3
Money Monster
Lauren Chval
It doesn t help that none of the characters are likable 
1.5
Money Monster
Stephen Rebello
It s a well made well meaning piece of entertainment and it s grown up 
2.5
Money Monster
Christy Lemire
Jodie Foster has directed a real time drama that s lean efficient and benefits from the enormous charisma of George Clooney in the starring role as a slick smug financial pundit 
2.5
Money Monster
Kam Williams
A riveting thriller featuring classic screen chemistry coming courtesy of the eternally bankable Clooney and Roberts 
4
Money Monster
Katie Walsh
A Network for the financial crisis era mashing up the sensationalist nature of cable news with anxieties about corporate greed and unregulated Wild West financial practices 
3.5
Money Monster
Phil Villarreal
It gets to the point that if a space monkey wielding a gun showed up it wouldn t be at all surprising 
1.5
Money Monster
Rob Thomas
Clooney s character swaggers about the studio using macho catchphrases like Let s throw some punches or Get some b If only the movie he was in would heed his advice 
2.5
Money Monster
Christian Toto
Add a star if you really really hate The Man 
2.5
Money Monster
Willie Waffle
Money Monster is a more than solid film for those adults who don t own a Captain America costume 
3
Money Monster
Lou Lumenick
A clever financial thriller with comic overtones that s a solid investment of your time thanks to stellar work by George Clooney and Julia Roberts 
3
Money Monster
Kate Taylor
In a different year Money Monster might just be another solidly entertaining thriller with an admirable script in 2016 it feels like the movie of the moment 
3
Money Monster
Bob Bloom
Director Jodie Foster and her cast deftly tap into the anger and distrust that is percolating in the country today about Wall Street big business and the people who run it all 
3.5
Money Monster
Anders Wright
Try as it might to tap into such previous populist films as Network or perhaps more appropriately Dog Day Afternoon it undercuts its own potential importance by being overly simplistic 
2
Money Monster
Sean P. Means
I m up for a good tarring of the corporate class as much as any pinko member of the lamestream media but even I have my limits and Money Monster runs over those limits with the subtlety of a SWAT team 
2.5
Money Monster
Rick Bentley
Money Monster isn t solid gold but it is worth the investment to see the rich acting work by Clooney and O Connell and the solid direction by Foster 
3
Money Monster
Mark Dujsik
F orget the 2008 financial crisis The message of Money Monster would probably feel quaint at any point after the market crash of 1929 
2
Money Monster
Richard Roeper
Sometimes very funny and occasionally legitimately tense 
3.5
Money Monster
Chris Knight
Foster directing from a script by Jamie Linden Alan DiFiore and Jim Kouf lets the hostage drama play out in the foreground while slyly building a secondary layer of drama 
3
Money Monster
Rafer Guzman
A potentially topical thriller marred by pandering dialogue and clumsy plotting Spend your money elsewhere 
1.5
Money Monster
Ty Burr
It s well made juicily acted a fun watch but for all its financial vigilante noise the movie s a slick Hollywood response to the depredations of Wall Street 
2.5
Money Monster
Christopher Gray
Jodie Foster manages the interlocking tones of outrage and low humor with an unfailing rhythm and an engagingly casual cynicism 
3
Money Monster
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately despite a surfeit of talent in front of and behind the camera the movie is unable to overcome a shaky narrative whose increasing preposterousness ensures it s difficult to take seriously 
2.5
Money Monster
Peter Travers
Foster moves her film from a pulse quickening nail biter to an incisive look at a beleaguered America undergoing a crisis of faith 
3
Money Monster
Mick LaSalle
Money Monster is better than a mere statement of the times It s terrific entertainment and it deserves to be seen now 
3
Money Monster
Dann Gire
Money Monster reverberates with echoes of Network and Dog Day Afternoon with a Big Short vibe yet its quick discoveries and narrative shortcuts undermine the dramatic intensity that Foster clearly intended 
2.5
Money Monster
Brian Truitt
Foster has crafted a piece that in places proves to actually be funnier than might be expected and she gets the most out of her fellow A listers 
2.5
Money Monster
Peter Howell
It recognizes the inchoate anger of people who suddenly realize they ve been duped by a fast talking hustler who promised gold but delivered dirt 
2.5
Money Monster
Dustin Putman
Taut as a tug of war rope timely corporate thriller Money Monster has not an ounce of fat on its slickly efficient exceptionally self assured bones 
3
Money Monster
Ann Hornaday
Not quite the sophisticated drama the era deserves but not the usual adrenaline addled genre exercise either 
2.5
Money Monster
Stephen Whitty
The movie itself feels a little out of date taking place in the present but emotionally invoking a world of Enrons Bernie Madoffs tech bubbles and Wall Street meltdowns 
2
Money Monster
Roger Moore
The only difference between Clooney s character and real life TV shills like Jim Cramer is we may not want him blown up by the end 
2.5
Money Monster
Michael Phillips
Clooney provides the glue Like director Foster he has a genuine interest in making commercial movies that matter at least a little bit movies that engage with questions of media hypocrisy and financial outrages 
2.5
Money Monster
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Money Monster is always watchable but forgets to give us a compelling reason to watch 
2.5
IMAX - The Living Sea
Linda Cook
Like a soothing too brief vacation The Living Sea takes us to the spectacle of the sea and its residents 
3.5
IMAX - The Living Sea
Roger Ebert
The Living Sea seems reluctant to look very deeply into anything as if afraid of testing its audience s patience But it takes less patience to look at one interesting thing deeply than many interesting things hardly at all 
2
System Crasher
Roger Moore
Zengel is a balled up fist of energy in the title role getting across the sweetness that can convince those who take pity on Benni that she s making progress but unleashing hell in a flash to remind them she isn t 
3
S.O.S. Planet
Jim Carnes
It s short enough to keep younger students from getting restless And it s visually and intellectually stimulating enough to keep adults from falling asleep 
3
S.O.S. Planet
John Petrakis
Though its intentions are honorable SOS Planet turns out to be more convoluted than motivational 
2
Melody Time
Wesley Lovell
8220 Melody Time 8221 is comprised of seven featurettes set impressively to music with some very eclectic animation added 46 
3
The Novelist's Film
Mattie Lucas
One of Hong apos s most deeply felt works 44 a kind of mea culpa and act of personal renewal 46 Longterm followers of the filmmaker will find themselves greatly rewarded as he reflects on his life 44 work 44 and legacy with the grace of a true master of the craft 46 
3.5
The Novelist's Film
Jake Cole
The film proves that Hong Sang soo has yet to exhaust his methods of deriving significance and beauty from the most quotidian of details 
3.5
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control
Mike McGranaghan
It doesn t necessarily stand alone although if you saw Get Smart and liked the Bruce and Lloyd characters then you can get a certain level of enjoyment out of their pseudo sequel 
2.5
The House is Black
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The result is a masterful achievement and the finest melding of poetry and film since Bunuel and Dali s Un Chien Andalou 
4
The House is Black
Eric Henderson
A deceptively simple film 
3.5
Zero to Hero
Roger Moore
It s meant to be inspiring and a little sentimental and thanks to sturdy service behind the camera and tearful turns in front of it it is 
2.5
Lost & Found
Moira MacDonald
By the end of Lost Found you feel as if you ve spent some time in that Irish town and that you ve lost just a little something when it s over 
3
Working Class Rock Star
David Nusair
46 46 46 an uneven yet sporadically intriguing documentary 46 46 46 
2.5
Hector
Roger Moore
Through it all Mullan is the stoic face of weary depression resigned to a fate he may have chosen or that may have been thrust on him although that makes no difference to him 
3
Airplane!
Matt Brunson
With its endless succession of movie parodies puns and non sequiturs it s the closest that cinema has ever seen to a live action interpretation of Mad magazine 
3.5
Airplane!
Tom Meek
The visual and cultural gags are limitless and remain mostly relevant and chuckle worthy across time 
3.5
Airplane!
Kathleen Carroll
Jim Abrahams David Zucker and Jerry Zucker who share both writing and directorial credits become so desperate for laughs that the jokes descend to a much cruder level 
2
Airplane!
Josh Larsen
Most of the jokes are groan worthy and some are downright racist 
2
Airplane!
James Berardinelli
The fact that the movie doesn t work as well today as it did in 1980 in no way diminishes its importance in recent motion picture history 
3
Airplane!
Thomas Delapa
Still the funniest and most inspired of the madcap genre spoofs For every dumb or tasteless joke that doesn t fly a dozen land directly at Laugh Central 
3
Airplane!
Peter Canavese
Unprecedented nonsense that fashions aside will remain timeless comedy cinema new DVD review 
4
Airplane!
Roger Ebert
It is sophomoric obvious predictable corny and quite often very funny And the reason it s funny is frequently because it s sophomoric predictable corny etc 
3
Airplane!
Eric Henderson
Sustains a single premise for its entire running time and does so without lagging or going limp 
3
Airplane!
Wesley Lovell
Disaster parody at its finest Airplane is a hilarious comic treat 
2.5
Airplane!
David Nusair
46 46 46 a straight forward premise that 8217 s employed as a springboard for an erratic yet frequently hilarious satire of disaster movies 46 46 46 
3
Airplane!
James Kendrick
a nonstop assault of sight gags silly verbal puns and pop culture references
3.5
Brilliant Lies
David Nusair
LaPaglia can make reading the alphabet exciting 
2.5
The General
Roger Moore
Before he was Mad Eye Moody before he took Colin Farrell to the woodshed In Bruges before The Guard the great Irish actor Brendan Gleeson was the infamous Irish crook known as The General 
3
The General
Ken Fox
The film has little of the visual dazzle often associated with Boorman s movies but the somber black and white cinematography helps even out the often larger than life tone 
3.5
The General
Michael Dequina
Enjoyable for what it is problem is what it is doesn t amount to much in the end 
2.5
The General
Judith Egerton
Neither Boorman s cinematic expertise nor Gleeson s canny performance is enough to make us care about Cahill s destruction 
3
The General
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film glides on seriocomic wings and whisks us rapturously away It ranks with Boorman s own classic crime film Point Blank 1967 and that s high praise 
4
The General
Marty Mapes
The General is a great character study 
3
The General
G. Allen Johnson
The General is sharply written by Boorman but its fascination lies in the contrast between the energetic almost goofy performance by Gleeson 
3
The General
Bob Bloom
The force of Cahill s personality draws you to the screen and rivets your attention 
2.5
The General
James Berardinelli
Veteran director John Boorman weaves together real life incidents and fictional anecdotes to create a fascinating portrait of a man who was both more human and more humane than the legends about him indicate 
3
The General
Roger Ebert
Boorman s film is shot in wide screen black and white and as it often does black and white emphasizes the characters and the story instead of setting them awash in atmosphere 
3.5
The General
Edward Guthmann
Gleeson plays Cahill as an ordinary man who does this stuff because he s good at it 
4
The General
Steve Rhodes
An astonishing and captivating portrait of an iconoclastic criminal 
3.5
Shag
David Nusair
There s ultimately not a whole lot within Shag worth getting excited about or engrossed in 
2.5
Shag
Roger Ebert
The actors in Shag are some of the best of the younger generation in Hollywood and they treat their material with the humor and delicacy it deserves 
3
Shag
Chris Hicks
Director Zelda Barron in true music video style tends to cut too quickly from scenes instead of letting them play out each moment seeming more like a calculated set piece than a natural evolution of the story 
2
New Waterford Girl
Andrew Howe
A film which can be enjoyed on many levels 
2.5
Soumaya
Roger Moore
Perfectly watchable but the mixed message is too muddled to have maximum impact 
2.5
Teacher
Joey Magidson
The anger depicted here in front of and behind the camera is something to behold 
3
Teacher
Roger Moore
So real it leaves bruises 
3
A Trip to the Moon
Matt Brunson
A treat for cineastes and sci fi fans alike 46 
4
A Trip to the Moon
Mattie Lucas
That childlike wonder at the power of cinema is what makes A Trip to the Moon and indeed all of Méliès work so very special
4
A Trip to the Moon
Josh Larsen
suddenly we have the cinema that glorious mutt art 
4
A Trip to the Moon
Wesley Lovell
Early filmmaking at its best 46 
4
The Golden Child
James Kendrick
an Eddie Murphy vehicle through and through with little holding it together outside of the familiar cadences of his streetwise confidence and infectious laugh
2
The Golden Child
Matt Brunson
With The Golden Child Murphy unfortunately if unsurprisingly morphs from Explosive Comic Talent to Narcissistic Action Star 
2
The Golden Child
Roger Ebert
This film insignificant and lightweight and monumentally silly is entertaining from beginning to end 
3
Tiger Zinda Hai
Simon Abrams
Exceptionally good comfort food cinema 
3
Love Type D
Roger Moore
The star s likable enough The germ of an idea is here They re aiming for the correct tone but neither the script nor the players land on the twee bullseye 
2
Carnage Park
Dustin Putman
Carnage Park is a solid unsparing thriller but its potential for greatness slips just out of grasp during its climactic stretch 
2.5
Carnage Park
Sheila O'Malley
Carnage Park is an extremely empty experience 
1.5
Carnage Park
Chuck Bowen
The film covers The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by way of Rob Zombie Quentin Tarantino and Ti West 
1.5
Harvest
Rob Humanick
Harvest finds a comfortable naturalism in the rhythms of daily life 
3
Harvest
Keith Cohen
The movie drives home the point expressed so eloquently by Siv that family is the only thing in life that really matters Some may find the viewing experience hits too close to home and will be in tears remembering similar personal incidents 
2.5
Harvest
Robert W. Butler
A modest but terrifically acted independent feature In just his second feature film director Marc Meyers hits the right buttons 
3.5
Wood and Water
Jake Cole
Jonas Baks semi autobiographical film is a gentle depiction of modern alienation 
3
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Ty Burr
Despite its unearthed treasures Eyes remains a scrapbook by comparison and a self indulgent one 
2.5
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Matt Zoller Seitz
This movie is iffy as both biography and unconventional documentary but as a work of old school art criticism fronted by the kind of teacher whose classes you d never skip it s hard to beat 
2.5
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Chuck Bowen
The film honors the central paradox of Welles that he was a joyful poet of alienation who was like most of us both victim and victimizer 
3.5
A Guy Thing
David Nusair
forgettable yet mostly watchable 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Peter Canavese
Cycles through the same old cliches like squares accidentally being dosed with drugs overzealous pharmacists blaring out sensitive medical information nothing like a good ol venereal disease joke and climactically scotched weddings Blu ray 
1
A Guy Thing
Betsy Bozdech
One of those predictable harmless occasionally funny romantic comedies that tends to inspire comments like Well it wasn t as bad as I thought it was going to be 
2
A Guy Thing
Michael Dequina
I can t imagine this painfully unfunny and often boring movie being a thing for guys or gals 
0
A Guy Thing
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a delightful turn in a movie that doesn t deserve it and I could only imagine the movie that could have been were a stronger script available 
2
A Guy Thing
Tyler Hanley
The quirky comedic timing of skater turned thespian Jason Lee helps resuscitate a screenplay choking on its own predictability and awkwardly odd scenarios 
2
A Guy Thing
Susannah Gora
Of course the story line is painfully predictable but everyone involved does such an entertaining job that it doesn t really seem to matter 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Peter Travers
If you ever admired Julia Stiles Selma Blair and Jason Lee and who didn t don t watch them crush their careers in this laugh free romantic comedy from the director of Snow Day 
1
A Guy Thing
Jonathan R. Perry
Laboring through the pigeon toed waddle of just add water mediocrity in A Guy Thing reinforces three immutable truths A Jason Lee is wasted on romantic comedy B Sexually transmitted disease is not funny and C Garbage seems marginally less repugn
1.5
A Guy Thing
Jeffrey Westhoff
The material s familiarity doesn t help but what really drags down A Guy Thing is that the filmmakers try to cram too much into it 
2
A Guy Thing
Joe Leydon
Here and there amid the lightly amusing fluff you will find an unexpected quirk a perversely amusing flourish or a totally twisted supporting character 
3
A Guy Thing
Tony Toscano
ends up tedious and redundant 
.5
A Guy Thing
David Sterritt
In place of real romance and comedy it offers worn out clichs by the numbers platitudes and frozen smiles that few in the audience will want to imitate 
1
A Guy Thing
James Berardinelli
It takes a truly awful motion picture to nullify the considerable appeal of Lee Stiles and Blair but A Guy Thing has what it takes 
1
A Guy Thing
Dustin Putman
A charmer when it wants to be if only because the characters on display are ones we enjoy spending time with 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Moira MacDonald
Gets bogged down by predictable supporting characters and some tasteless humor 
2
A Guy Thing
Mick LaSalle
What a childish empty effort and what a dispiriting thing to watch or think back on watching 
1
A Guy Thing
Joe Baltake
A Guy Thing is only a slight improvement over Down to You but is actually more of a disappointment considering that in the ensuing years its young stars have moved on to better things 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Tor Thorsen
The collective charms of both Lee and his love interest Julia Stiles make the film an often pleasant distraction 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Gene Seymour
It s one of those movies whose sole conviction is that no gag is so tired or gross or easily grasped the first time that it cannot be run into the ground 
1.5
A Guy Thing
Lou Lumenick
A better date movie than you might expect 
2
A Guy Thing
Bob Strauss
A series of hit and miss gags and embarrassing situations that should be a lot more suspenseful 
2
A Guy Thing
Rick Groen
A laugh several laughs are not only expected but flat out demanded Try as I might I couldn t produce any Let s hope you have better luck 
1.5
A Guy Thing
John Monaghan
What should have been an entertaining take on screwball comedy conventions with a likable cast is undermined by cheap laughs 
2
A Guy Thing
Jeff Vice
This material couldn t be more painfully obvious if the filmmakers had neon signs at the top of the screen 
1
A Guy Thing
Gary Brown
Another witless slapstick romantic comedy 
1
A Guy Thing
Ty Burr
Some of the gags are solid but this sort of thing lives or dies on the strength of its cast and unfortunately the leads are playing against their own strengths 
1.5
A Guy Thing
Kit Bowen
A Guy Thing is just about as predictable a romantic comedy as you can get save for a few laughs here and there Unless you re hard up for something to see or perhaps on a first date give it a pass 
1.5
A Guy Thing
Phil Villarreal
Lee loose and freewheeling is at his best since Chasing Amy 
3
A Guy Thing
Walter Chaw
Something only instantly forgettable suddenly seems a lot better than it probably actually is 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Sue Pierman
Lee always is a pleasure to watch and his put upon wisecracking persona is perfect as the Everyman to whom anything and everything can happen the week before his wedding 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Chris Hewitt
A surprising comedy with likable characters memorable gags and two running jokes that are funny every time the movie revisits them 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Connie Ogle
What in heaven s name is Julia Stiles doing in this mess 
1
A Guy Thing
Claudia Puig
There s enough chemistry between the leads a few ludicrous plot twists and a fair amount of laughs to entertain audiences 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Steven Rea
Manages more than a few laughs 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Michael Wilmington
Though A Guy Thing has a good cast and some funny moments there s something forced and a little frowzy about the way it s put together 
2
A Guy Thing
Steve Rhodes
A pretty stupid comedy that has a much better cast than it deserves 
2.5
A Guy Thing
Rob Blackwelder
Jason Lee and Julia Stiles couldn t be more mismatched as romantic leads 
2
A Guy Thing
Ross Anthony
I m a big Julia Stiles fan still this is only a better than average average film 
2.5
Father Stu
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hopelessly generic and pervasively tedious drama that contains few 44 if any 44 elements designed to capture and sustain the viewer 8217 s interest 46 46 46 
.5
Father Stu
Peter Canavese
A socially conservative 44 faith based biographical drama 44 and an unconvincing 44 broadly played 44 sinner redeemed story with shallow characterizations and the pick up line 58 quot I apos d wait 40 years in the desert for you 46 quot 
1
Father Stu
Matt Brunson
It apos s too bad that Rosalind Ross 44 making her feature writing and directing debuts 44 doesn apos t offer a smoother or deeper ride 46 
2.5
Father Stu
Linda Cook
Father Stu is an inspirational true story 
2.5
Father Stu
Sarah Knight Adamson
Father Stu provides Mark Walberg with a role of a lifetime only to be overshadowed by Mel Gibson s constant upstaging of a drunken snarly role a false representation of the source material 
2.5
Father Stu
Steven Prokopy
iFather Stui gives us a road to redemption that is as bizarre as it is entertaining 
2.5
Father Stu
Jeff Mitchell
The film isn t divine but I m glad that I know Stuart Long s inspirational story 
1.5
Father Stu
Tom Meek
Father Stu may be about faith but you don t need to be of faith to appreciate the trials and tragedies endured by a man who has persevered against all odds 
2.5
Father Stu
Charles Koplinski
The film finds its feet in its third act and Ross applies a surprisingly deft touch as Longs condition worsens It would be tempting to lay the sentiment on with a trowel but the director is wise enough to step back and simply let the events play out 
3
Father Stu
Michael O'Sullivan
Its clumsy inert storytelling seems less interested in converting nonbelievers than in convincing us of Wahlberg s piety 
1.5
Father Stu
Katie Walsh
It can be entertaining but its rarely truly engaging and the tell not show approach to the screenwriting renders the characters two dimensional and hollow 
2
Father Stu
Nell Minow
Instead of reaching a broader audience Wahlberg and Gibson preach to the choir 
2
Father Stu
Roger Moore
Wahlberg and the movie are likable enough but overstay their welcome like a priest or pastor who never mastered the art of wrapping things up 
2
Father Stu
Derek Smith
The film is a Hollywood approved show of Old Testament judgment that sees all people as sinners and thus deserving of all the punishment they receive 
1
Father Stu
Mark Dujsik
The potential of this material is let down by its central performance 
2.5
Father Stu
Dann Gire
Wahlberg is pugnaciously committed 
3.5
Father Stu
Mark Kennedy
Wahlberg is simply miscast out of his depth and the overly long poorly edited Father Stu never finds its rhythm Good at humor sweet with regret but the film ironically ends up short when it comes to the most important part handling faith itself 
1
Father Stu
Christian Toto
Father Stu showcases Mark Wahlberg at his most compelling and the layered screenplay makes sure not to waste his stellar work 
3.5
Father Stu
Richard Roeper
Father Stu breaks no new ground in the biopic game but it s a solid and worthy tribute to the real life Father Stu 
3
Father Stu
Mark Feeney
Beside Gibson the best thing about Father Stu is how it s consistently sincere without ever descending ascending into piety 
2
Father Stu
Bob Strauss
Father Stu is often entertaining thus avoiding the sin of omission committed by many movies made to proselytize It s just too damn likable to judge harshly 
2.5
Father Stu
Mike McGranaghan
Humorous and uplifting Mark Wahlberg gives one of the best performances of his career 
3
Kill Order
Roger Moore
Plotless martial arts sci fi mashup
1
Kill Order
David N. Butterworth
Kill Order isn t terrible but it will likely appeal more to those who prefer their martial arts mayhem free of such contrivances as fully realized characterizations skilled plotting and a satisfying tone 
2
The Pact II
David Nusair
An entirely underwhelming horror sequel 
1.5
Rockaway
Linda Cook
This solid indie film is more than just another coming of age story It s based on the real life boyhood of a child who survived a violent father with a protective brother and supportive friends 
3
Rockaway
Nick Allen
Rockaway relies on blunt sentimentality and awkwardly expressly warps its own story inspired by true events to be adoption ready for Stand By Me fans 
1.5
Rockaway
Roger Moore
Attempts at giving this Stand by Me meets The Sandlot an edge are overwhelmed by efforts to rub that edge off 
1.5
Blue Miracle
Robert Levin
It s painstakingly predictable and unabashedly sincere unable to distract from the reality that there are many more exciting things to do than to watch people fish 
2
Blue Miracle
Roger Moore
A single decent twist and a pleasant lump in the throat finale are what you get for your time here 
2
Blue Miracle
Leo Brady
If you could imagine the majority of Blue Miracle is quite predictable If any of this would have resulted in a good movie that would have been the biggest miracle of them all 
2
Blue Miracle
Carlos Aguilar
A well intentioned artistic misfire 
1.5
Blue Miracle
Randy Myers
While it doesn t deviate a bit from the faith based cinematic playbook director co writer Julio Quintana s family drama based on a true story achieves what it sets out to do and tells an uplifting story 
2.5
Blue Miracle
Ann Hornaday
Thanks to the taste and shrewd judgment of director Julio Quintana this funny heartwarming movie provides just the right combination of adventure character driven humor spiritual depth and inspirational uplift 
3
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
G. Allen Johnson
In a neat and tidy hour we get a sense of the African American activist s life his personality and motivations and some powerful speechifying 
4
Lost Souls
Michael Dequina
Mood alone cannot energize this slow simplistic and anticlimactic Exorcist pretender 
1
Lost Souls
Jeanne Aufmuth
There s a good reason this lackluster fright fest sat on the shelf for two years It s nothing more than a tired Winona Ryder vehicle taking advantage of the topic du jour demonic possession 
1
Lost Souls
Margaret A. McGurk
An engaging stylish and satisfying film 
3
Lost Souls
Rick Groen
An unholy mess of a flick 
1
Lost Souls
Jorge Avila Andrade
Est destinada a acabar directamente en el infierno correspondiente a las peores pelculas del ao
1
Lost Souls
Ian Mantgani
Already I m looking forward to Kaminski s next picture with a good script this guy could be dangerous 
3
Lost Souls
Robert Roten
First time director Janusz Kaminski a well known cinematographer was very focused on the images of the film perhaps at the cost of such things as story and character development 
1.5
Lost Souls
Dustin Putman
Kaminski may not hold a firm grip on the picture the whole way through but he does conclude on an unexpectedly high note that questions life faith and one s mortality 
2.5
Lost Souls
David Keyes
Funny how in movies like this everyone seems to wait until the last minute to take action against something that could easily be halted right from the beginning 
1.5
Lost Souls
Marty Mapes
Either a weak undercooked Exorcist clone or an elegant subtle psychodrama Maybe it s both but I hope it s the latter 
2.5
Lost Souls
Rob Blackwelder
Certainly nothing to write home about but compared to its recent predecessors it s nothing to be ashamed of 
2.5
Lost Souls
Carla Meyer
While it s beautifully shot it s way too slow And it isn t one bit scary 
1
Lost Souls
James Berardinelli
On those occasions when the movie makes sense the implications are often so idiotic that we wish it didn t 
2
Lost Souls
Rod Armstrong
Dumber than Stigmata murkier looking than The Crow and about as scary as C H U D 
0.5
Lost Souls
Steve Rhodes
The talented actors have no hope of overcoming Pierce Gardner s uninvolving unimaginative and unoriginal script and first time director Janusz Kaminski s lackluster direction 
1
Lost Souls
Roger Ebert
For a thriller about demonic possession and the birth of the antichrist it s curiously flat 
2
Over Your Dead Body
Dustin Putman
Evocatively shot and earns a few winces of discomfort on its way to a lurid finale twist What the picture fails to accomplish however is giving the viewer someone to care about relate to or understand 
2
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Matt Brunson
Argento s scripting isn t always fluid but he nevertheless manages to create a mystery that s genuinely compelling 
3
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Lucius Gore
Those familiar with Argento s films should be able to see the groundwork that was being laid for later classics like Deep Red in this one 
3.5
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
TV Guide Staff
A heart stopping horror melodrama with excellent acting from all involved 
4
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dario Argento came into his own with this outstanding widescreen Italian suspense flick in which an American writer witnesses a murder through a huge plate glass window 
3.5
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Walter Chaw
The genius of Argento once upon a time was the understanding that every mystery is at its essence existential and subjective 
3.5
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Roger Ebert
Its scares are on a much more basic level than in say a thriller by Hitchcock It works mostly by exploiting our fear of the dark 
3
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Ed Gonzalez
While Plumage may not demand active spectatorship the two killer theory of Tenebre and Stendhal Syndrome makes its first appearance in an Argento film 
3.5
Walking on the Sky
David Nusair
a fine first effort 
2.5
Walking on the Sky
Jack Mathews
I haven t spent an hour and a half with worse company since high school detention 
1
Walking on the Sky
Lou Lumenick
Six Lower Manhattan thirty somethings ponder the suicide of a mutual friend in Walking on the Sky a tediously self absorbed variation on The Big Chill and The Return of the Secaucus 7 
1
I Married a Witch
Matt Brunson
It may be not be one of the classic examples of a Hollywood screwball comedy might I recommend His Girl Friday to anyone interested but I Married a Witch contains enough modest laughs to satisfy couch potatoes on a chilly fall evening 
3
I Married a Witch
James Kendrick
any rough spots are smoothed over by Lake and March s considerable charms which turn out to be this fantastical comedy s best special effects
3
When I Consume You
Roger Moore
A triumph of tone more than anything else
2.5
When I Consume You
Walter Chaw
It s a strong noble work from a team I m excited to see more of 
2.5
Sleeping Giant
Peter Howell
Not just the best Canadian movie of 2015 but one of the year s best films period 
3.5
Sleeping Giant
David Nusair
Sleeping Giant s lackadaisical atmosphere ensures that there s just nothing here for the viewer to enthusiastically embrace 
2
X/Y
Kent Turner
Ryan Piers Williams is a rarity a director who can not only act but does so with skill a credible leading everyman 
3
Lost Holiday
Steven Prokopy
Margaret and Henry are a bit unbearable at times and not generally people you feel like spending time with or even observing as a casual audience member 
2
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Diego Semerene
The tension between the amateurish interviewer and the star interviewees gives the doc a layer of authenticity that its otherwise formulaic structure and storytelling fail to find 
2
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Sara Stewart
It s unfortunate that director Whitney Sudler Smith seems to have spent more time on his own hair than his interview prep 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Hannah Brown
The movie may be slight and a bit predictable but these two actors are wonderful to watch 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Kam Williams
There s chemistry and tension aplenty in this bittersweet character study 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Forrest Hartman
A charming piece that entertains without getting heavy yet dares to make poignant statements when the moment is right 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Matt Brunson
When exactly did one of cinema s most accomplished actresses turn into one of its most boring 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Scott Nash
Dench can say more with just her eyes than many young actresses of today can say with whole pages of dialogue 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Thomas Delapa
Frears skimpy plot is only a false front for the nudity which includes a peek at Hoskins naughty bits Dame Judi to her everlasting credit keeps her clothes on 
1.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Lori Hoffman
perfectly pleasant and exceedingly predictable 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Marty Mapes
Even in its finest hour still a sad little movie about the guilty thrill of ogling nudity
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
David Elliott
If Britain s demurely charming Ealing Studios had ever made a nudist comedy the result could be close to Mrs Henderson Presents 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Carla Meyer
The picture is humorous but straightforward its mores seeming to reflect the mores of the time 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Robert W. Butler
Worms its way into our hearts thanks to a terrific cast solid directing from Stephen Frears and yes naked girls 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Bruce Westbrook
Though nudity will keep this from being a family film for those who love the family of the theater this postcard from its past is worth framing in your heart 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Michael Booth
The greatest pleasure of Mrs Henderson Presents is watching two of the grandest British lions taking their talents for a long walk 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
John Beifuss
Moviegoers who relish the thought of hearing the imperious Dench pronounce various circumstances as delicious or intolerable are most likely to enjoy this film 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Daniel M. Kimmel
a wonderful tribute to the notion that you re never too old to shake things up a bit 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Duane Dudek
Although Mrs Henderson Presents takes a promising running start only Dench manages to soar on show must go on wings 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Phoebe Flowers
No actress has been as purely delightful to watch all year as Dench is tromping her way through this effervescent comedy which falters only during its inevitably somber final act 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Phil Villarreal
The dynamic between Van Damm and Henderson bubbles with delicious tension a barely suppressed sexual dynamic palpitates beneath the stinging insults and bitter condescension 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Linda Cook
If you enjoyed the likes of Waking Ned Devine and Calendar Girls please head out and see it as Mrs Henderson might say this very instant
4
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Connie Ogle
The role of Mrs Henderson may not have been written with Judi Dench in mind but it s hard to imagine who else might slip into the part so effectively 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Walter Chaw
If you squint even a bit you could swear that Miramax is alive and well 
1.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Steve Rhodes
Never a bad movie its problem is that it doesn t contain a single compelling moment 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Moira MacDonald
The redoubtable Mrs Henderson is the sort of character that Dench was born to play funny eccentric cranky and with a spine of all too visible steel 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Terry Lawson
Perfectly enjoyable entertainment for anyone who can abide showbiz sentimentality 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Ty Burr
Frears gives us a sweet old fashioned study of time and place and one unsinkable woman 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Josh Larsen
gets lost in a series of sentimentalities 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Jeffrey Westhoff
Mrs Henderson Presents whips up a sexy bit of froth that goes flat only near the end when the movie tries to justify itself 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Willie Waffle
a wonderful playful fun movie until Frears suddenly realizes he has Judith Dench and Bob Hoskins on board and decides THIS SHOULD BE MORE DRAMATIC 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Carrie Rickey
Me I prefer my candy bittersweet But purring Dench and sparring Hoskins are agreeable company 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Michael Phillips
A dear film sentimental and fond full of beautifully acted British resolve 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Chris Hewitt
Mrs Henderson Presents begins with zippy animation but cuts immediately to a funeral and that s exactly how you should expect the movie to go 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Jeff Strickler
Dench s Oscar worthy performance is a delight She turns Mrs Henderson into a cross between the stereotypical little old lady and a hurricane As Guest s character discovers you ve got to love her even as she s steamrolling you 
4
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Roger Ebert
Mrs Henderson Presents is not great cinema and neither was the Windmill great theater but they both put on a good show 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Jeanne Aufmuth
As the story s disjointed perspective widens the energy dwindles and the film loses focus 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Bruce Newman
Wickedly funny 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Ruthe Stein
Although technically not a musical Mrs Henderson Presents is filled with musical numbers some of them quite accomplished 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Rick Groen
the picture is as tastefully pretty as its girls and just as motionless 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sean P. Means
Such an odd mixture of old fashioned sentiment and bare skin that it s either the dirtiest clean movie or the cleanest dirty movie ever made 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Jeff Vice
Mrs Henderson Presents does present opportunities for Dench to point her nose in the air But then the film loses track of her character to an extent and begins concentrating on others that are less interesting 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Stephen Frears usually excels at jumping genres but fails to do so within a single film 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Peter Canavese
The diminished return of the English striptease comedies neither swanky nor funny enough to entertain and Sherman s shallow script never earns its melodramatic turns 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sara Michelle Fetters
Based on a true story Mrs Henderson Presents is a delightful and frothy comedy guaranteed to tickle the funny bone and bring a smile to the face 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Maitland McDonagh
The live nude girls notwithstanding this is the Dench and Hoskins show and they both rise to the occasion bickering bantering and sniping at each other with genteel glee 
3
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Gary Goldstein
The film rarely bares its claws or its teeth just its heart which as we all know can be a sincerely misguided piece of equipment 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Stephen Whitty
Mrs Henderson Presents is pretty but static There s flesh from wall to wall all right But the movie never comes alive 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Lou Lumenick
Mrs Henderson Presents is a classy crowd pleaser with two stars who can pretty much count on Oscar nominations 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Jami Bernard
The splintered bantering relationship between Mrs Henderson and Van Damm and the chemistry between Dench and Hoskins is what gives the movie its slender charms 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Glenn Whipp
A not so grand star vehicle for the Grand Dame 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Dan Fienberg
The film has its greatest spark when Hopkins and Dench are on screen together and those moments are far too rare in its second half 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Gene Seymour
Stephen Frears seems constitutionally incapable of making an uninteresting movie 
2.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
James Berardinelli
It comes highly recommended and is right at home in the company of other end of the year prestige pictures 
3.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Ed Gonzalez
I m tempted to borrow one of Mrs Henderson s lines and call the film a frivolous distraction except a frivolous Oscar bid is more like it 
1.5
Mrs. Henderson Presents
David Nusair
Oscar bait 
2
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Susan Walker
Mrs Henderson presents a pretty lacklustre songbook the production numbers are more costume party fun than musically enjoyable 
2.5
LA 92
Tom Meek
A telling chronicle of rage and a reflection of the rage felt now 
3
LA 92
G. Allen Johnson
An immersive you are there experience that is as dramatic or more so as any Hollywood feature film 
4
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
David Nusair
a fairly standard made for television production 
2
Hostiles
Brian Eggert
Cooper s film both embraces and questions the mythology of the West He underscores the violent past of the United States and yearns for atonement but then he also relies on many of the same generalizations he tries to dispel 
2.5
Hostiles
Jason Fraley
Overall there s enough gorgeous images symbolic direction poignant themes and powerful performances to recommend Hostiles I just won t fault you if you re hostile to the violence 
3
Hostiles
Luke Parker
Hostiles is unyielding and brutal and is a fine addition to the masterclass of modern westerns February 1 2018 
3.5
Hostiles
Mattie Lucas
Cooper riffs on John Ford s The Searchers in a minor key filling Hostiles with sweeping vistas that recall the grand Monument Valley locations that graced so many classic westerns 
3.5
Hostiles
John Hanlon
Morally provocative and thoughtful this Western offers a few standout performances including a great supporting turn by Rosamund Pike 
3.0
Hostiles
Robert Daniels
The wants are grandiose but the gains are minuscule 
2
Hostiles
Rob Thomas
Hostiles is a grim and thoughtful Western that evokes the spirit of the genre while having a modern conversation about the cost of brutalizing those not like us 
2.5
Hostiles
John Serba
Scott Cooper uses the Native American genocide as a springboard to show that aggression begets aggression and only unity can transcend it It s an obvious statement but a noble one 
3
Hostiles
Linda Cook
A violent neo Western with a message that s timely for today 
4
Hostiles
Stephen Rebello
Cooper s reach may exceed his grasp with Hostiles which is never as incisive or as profound as it often wants to be But he s made a movie that says America can never come to terms with its divisive hate filled present unless it finally faces its past 
3
Hostiles
Peter Canavese
Works as a contrived but effective parable of the American West its painful legacy and small measures of redemption But our focus frustratingly remains on the white people and Blocker s struggle to reach empathy 
2.5
Hostiles
Randy Myers
It offers shreds of hope something we can cling to even now 
3.5
Hostiles
Max Weiss
Cooper is something of a master of macho poetry he makes films about taciturn often violent men who can t fully express the depths of their feelings 
2.5
Hostiles
Sonny Bunch
Hostiles is not exactly a feel good film But it features a stellar cast 
3
Hostiles
Roger Moore
Interminable and inept 
1.5
Hostiles
Maren Longbella
Hostiles is billed as a Western but don t expect a shoot em up even though there s plenty of gunfire There s a lot to think about here and none of it is easy 
3.5
Hostiles
Calvin Wilson
Clearly influenced by classic Westerns particularly the films of director John Ford Hostiles is a worthy addition to the genre 
3.5
Hostiles
Michael Smith
In some ways this is one of the best Westerns in years both adventurous and tough minded from writer director Scott Cooper 
3
Hostiles
Bob Bloom
Overall Hostiles is pompous garbage meant to assuage a nation s guilt for its treatment of those who were here before us 
1.5
Hostiles
Phil Villarreal
It s a robust full bodied experience that is as exhausting as it is envigorating 
2.5
Hostiles
Josh Terry
Thankfully Cooper affords the audience enough room to think about the story without forcing the outcome 
3
Hostiles
Peter Howell
Bale and Pike find a strange kind of peace within their characters intuiting how tough it would be to live in a world where death is easier to contemplate than life 
3
Hostiles
Ann Hornaday
It engages the conventions of the genre including ideas about male honor and egotistical frailty in ways that feel alert and timely 
3
Hostiles
James Kendrick
the film s ultimate goal is to encourage us to see past all the violence and recognize the possibility of common ground of coming together of seeing shared humanity even within those we have spent much of our lives considering as somehow less than human
3
Hostiles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It wants to be a very pro Indian movie but has very little use for them 
2.5
Hostiles
Mike McGranaghan
There s a great movie hiding somewhere in Hostiles one that s a little shorter and got some nuance The one being released is a good movie with a few flaws Good s still good though 
3
Hostiles
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its myriad of layers and moral ambiguities aren t sitting right there at the surface waiting to be explored 
3.5
Hostiles
Mark Dujsik
T here s another side of this conflict that isn t provided a chance to offer its side of the story 
2
Hostiles
Soren Andersen
Cooper intersperses scenes of bloodshed with long scenes where characters have Very Important Things To Say about racism vengeance and soul corroding guilt 
2
Hostiles
Richard Roeper
Bale is as good as he s ever been especially in the film s final 30 minutes or so 
3.5
Hostiles
Lindsey Bahr
Bursts of intense violence are punctuated with sometimes tedious blocks of speeches and silence but Hostiles despite its posture of brutal amorality has a goodness at its core of understanding and empathy 
2.5
Hostiles
Dann Gire
Pike dominates Cooper s draggy elegant movie with a brutal performance so raw and real it sears the heart 
2.5
Hostiles
Michael Phillips
For Hostiles to fully make sense of its introductory on screen D H Lawrence quotation we d need a tougher less comforting ending than the one Cooper provides 
2.5
Hostiles
Mick LaSalle
There s a thin line between depicting and inflicting misery and Hostiles crosses the line with its dull characters its almost endless tedium and its nihilistic violence 
1
Hostiles
Gary Thompson
What is Cooper after here 
2
Hostiles
Ty Burr
They re all left to twist in a film that imagines it has the epic historical melancholy of Clint Eastwood s Unforgiven or James Grey s The Immigrant but instead becomes defined by lugubriousness 
2
Hostiles
Rex Reed
Hostiles breathes fresh oxygen into a genre as old as a Confederate cough 
3
Hostiles
Peter Travers
The continuously astounding Christian Bale is one of our best film actors and he s at his peak in Hostiles a powderkeg of a western written and directed in a soulful fever by Scott Cooper 
3.5
Hostiles
Godfrey Cheshire
A film that s beautifully shot and acted but also meandering overlong and only sporadically focused on its central issues 
3
Hostiles
Kam Williams
Luckily some cliches die hard 
3
Hostiles
Robert Levin
within the tradition of revisionist Westerns in which a generation of movies have effectively apologized for the casual racism and tremendous oversimplifications of the genre in its classic form Hostiles finds a worthy place in the canon 
3
Hostiles
James Berardinelli
Cooper doesn t cheapen the subject matter by introducing lighter moments that would seem inappropriate This is an entirely serious movie about important matters 
3.5
Hostiles
Chuck Bowen
Scott Cooper s film moves at a funereal pace implicitly celebrating its sluggishness as a mark of integrity 
1.5
Hostiles
Clayton Davis
Hostiles is a harshly eloquent piece that is well peppered into our less than enthusiastic film year For a cinephile there s plenty to chew on as it examines the nature of violence in all its American glory 
3.5
Hostiles
Dwight Brown
Gorgeously photographed and well directed 
3
Cruise
Roger Moore
Melodramatic car culture summer romance a laugh free American Graffiti set in 1980s Queens 
1.5
Hotel Mumbai
Steven Prokopy
At a certain point it s impossible not to feel every death or injury in your gut Hotel Mumbai does a great service in telling this story 
3.5
Hotel Mumbai
Matt Brunson
A gripping thriller that offers little insight from any political perspectives but instead serves as a reminder that heroism can flourish in even the most extreme of situations 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Federico Furzan
An unforgiving movie that never stops It hits the audience with the force of a relentless train Full review in Spanish 
3
Hotel Mumbai
David Nusair
slightly overlong yet mostly engrossing 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Tomris Laffly
What do we do with all this filmmaking dexterity when it serves an effort that feels exploitative and too soon 
2.5
Hotel Mumbai
Lisa Jensen
There s nothing especially transcendent in Maras storytelling some epiphany that would make wading through all the bloodshed more meaningful 
2.5
Hotel Mumbai
Roger Moore
Harrowing and realistic
3
Hotel Mumbai
Michael Smith
The live action adaptation of a very simplistic 1941 animated Disney movie has the magic of misfits to convince me that Dumbo actually needed a remake to remind us of the story s wonder 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Gary Thompson
There is value in its subjective approach It is used here to celebrate ordinary heroes and it s hard not to conclude that they deserve it 
2.5
Hotel Mumbai
Richard Roeper
Hotel Mumbai is a chilling and valuable reminder of acts of madness and acts of heroism that should never be forgotten 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Robert Daniels
Hotel Mumbai feels 5 years too late and maybe even 5 years too soon with a subject matter that s been covered before with greater dexterity 
2
Hotel Mumbai
Dann Gire
Maras constructs scenes of unyielding suspense as patrons we come to know are placed in jeopardy again and again 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Max Weiss
Hotel Mumbai has moments of grace But it s still brutal unforgiving and the viciousness of the violence can t help but to feel exploitative 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Rob Thomas
It s hard to watch yet I could not look away 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Rene Sanchez
A brutal and harrowing cinematic experience that examines the lack of humanity in today s world Full Review in Spanish 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Peter Howell
Hotel Mumbai is part survival thriller part docudrama and all of a confusion 
2
Hotel Mumbai
Mark Dujsik
The experience of watching all of this unfold is consistently horrifying That s the point of course but it also seems to be the only point 
2.5
Hotel Mumbai
Chandler Levack
An all out assault on the senses Hotel Mumbai will stay with you though it s hard to watch 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Tom Meek
The grim reenactment works primarily because of the vast and credible ensemble with restrained and subtly affecting performances by Patel and Kher standing out 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Sean P. Means
There are enough thrills and moments of human kindness throughout Hotel Mumbai to make the trip worth it 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Anita Katz
Patel is as deep as a tea saucer here but the likability and ease he brings to his character make the hackneyed material bearable 
2.5
Hotel Mumbai
Tom Russo
Hotel Mumbai captures the Taj siege so hauntingly messages of hope and reassurance aren t easily heard 
2.5
Hotel Mumbai
Michael O'Sullivan
Hotel Mumbai is a clockwork thriller but man is it hard to watch 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Joe Friar
A riveting thriller based on actual events with a stellar cast led by seasoned actors Anupam Kher who is terrific and Jason Isaacs who I would have enjoyed in an expanded role 
3.5
Hotel Mumbai
Kam Williams
An uplifting tale of heroism and survival as well as a haunting reminder of the evil that men do 
4
Hotel Mumbai
Soren Andersen
Hotel Mumbai is a road map of atrocity 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Walter V. Addiego
The fictionalized parts are hamstrung by clichés of character situation and dialogue making for a very uneasy experience 
2
Hotel Mumbai
Rex Reed
There isn t a single wasted frame in this movie which is both richly detailed and economically direct in its emotional impact all the more astounding for a first feature film 
4
Hotel Mumbai
Katie Walsh
Visceral and suspenseful Hotel Mumbai is also deeply humane and moving 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Joey Magidson
The power of this film resides in how visceral it makes the story Not just in terms of the violence but the true intensity of the story It s an exhaustive experience 
3
Hotel Mumbai
Dwight Brown
Edgy nerve wracking and nightmarish from beginning to end Yet surprisingly encouraging too 
4
Straightheads
David Nusair
a low key drama disguised as a revenge thriller 
2.5
Straightheads
Felix Vasquez Jr.
About how some of us would be willing to sell our souls to protect our loved ones if we had to 
3
Max Rose
Lawrence Toppman
It inhabits a world frivolous American moviegoers seldom visit The last way station before death where the will and body and memory all begin to fail together 
3
Max Rose
Mark Dujsik
The stakes of the premise simply aren t enough to carry this story 
2
Max Rose
Pat Padua
The movie gains resonance from its look at what may be the final years of a movie legend 
2.5
Max Rose
John Hartl
Fascinating at certain moments especially when Lewis is exploring his character s grief and bitterness it still feels like a work in progress 
2.5
Max Rose
Walter V. Addiego
Director Daniel Noah aims at being sad heartwarming or even humorous by turns but almost every scene feels forced and predictable 
1
Max Rose
Rafer Guzman
A bummed out unfunny Lewis seems to be the main selling point for this dreary drama 
1
Max Rose
Robert Levin
Jerry Lewis is of course the reason to see writer director Daniel Noah s movie which otherwise hits its beats with an obviousness that borders on heavy handedness 
3
Max Rose
Christian Toto
If this haunting portrait of growing old turns out to be Lewis cinematic swan song so be it 
3
Max Rose
Neil Rosen
Lewis does some nice work here but the film itself written and directed by Daniel Noah is maudlin and a downer 
2
Max Rose
Peter Travers
Max Rose might not be up to Lewis but he gives it everything he s got in a quietly devastating performance You can t take your eyes off him 
2.5
Max Rose
Stephen Whitty
Whatever you think of Jerry Lewis he deserves better than this And so do we 
1.5
Max Rose
Lou Lumenick
Two decades after his last film the legendary Jerry Lewis performs a truly unfortunate encore playing an elderly widower in writer director Daniel Noah s morose and thoroughly unconvincing drama 
1
Max Rose
Rex Reed
A tender showcase for a different kind of Jerry Lewis that utilizes the strengths and frailties of a 90 year old show business survivor as few films have ever done 
3
Max Rose
Chuck Bowen
It occasionally and promisingly suggests an obsessive and free associative paean to regret 
2
Que Viva Mexico
Ed Gonzalez
Alexandrov s interpretation of the Eisenstein s Que viva Mxico becomes rather slippery when analyzed using an auteurist model 
4
Experimenter
Brian Eggert
The result may leave some viewers emotionally cold toward the material but our intellect is engaged in the engrossing subject and the absorbing way it was made 
3.5
Experimenter
Eric Melin
one of the best and most overlooked films of the year 
3.5
Experimenter
Kam Williams
Chilling docudrama revisiting Yale Professor Stanley Milgram s surprising experiment in human behavior finding a sadistic streak in subjects directed by an authority figure to torture by delivering electric shocks 
3.5
Experimenter
James Kendrick
you need more than an intriguing social experiment to drive a feature length film
2
Experimenter
Robert Horton
A compelling experience a film of ideas that is almost a tone poem too
3.5
Experimenter
Peter Keough
Mostly playful if occasionally pretentious 
3
Experimenter
John Anderson
Fascinating work by Michael Almereyda a mix of audacious artifice ruminations and reality 
3.5
Experimenter
Richard Roeper
When you have such a provocative foundation and such rich material to work with pushing it to the next level isn t necessarily the best choice 
2.5
Experimenter
Stephanie Merry
Experimenter s most striking quality is the way it encourages us to think deeply from the first frame to the last even if it s just to consider what on Earth an elephant is doing on screen 
3.5
Experimenter
Mick LaSalle
Seemingly loose and free associative in style Experimenter builds to an effect and for all its humor or rather through its humor makes a sober and chilling point 
4
Experimenter
Brad Wheeler
Peter Sarsgaard is wonderful as the postulating professor but the fresh attractively stylized film is less about Milgram and more about empathy duty and post Holocaust elephants in rooms 
3
Experimenter
Godfrey Cheshire
Bracing original and thought provoking 
3.5
Experimenter
Rebecca Tucker
Sarsgaard is exceptional in the role His embodiment of Milgram s measured demeanour is ferociously calm almost chilling 
3
Experimenter
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie s an intellectual shock tactic but it succeeds 
3
Experimenter
Roger Moore
Dark and yet cinematically playful 
2.5
Experimenter
Clayton Davis
Michael Almereyda s Experimenter is so bizarrely structured there s so little to admire or invest as you re constantly ripped in and out of the story with silly fourth wall monologues and even duller scene engagement 
1.5
Experimenter
Chuck Bowen
Aesthetically the film cunningly suggests life that exists solely within an academic experiment closed off from chaos that isn t manufactured 
3
Villisca: Living With a Mystery
Linda Cook
If ever a documentary was worth waiting 10 years to see then Villisca Living with a Mystery is it 
4
La Mami
Rene Sanchez
An intimate look into the sacrifice and resilience of a group of women whose lives converge every night in a dance hall in Mexico City Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Stupidity
Jonathan Curiel
A movie that s clever hilarious and in its own stylish way ironic 
3
Quest for Camelot
Jeffrey Westhoff
Quest for Camelot slavishly follows the formula Disney minted with The Little Mermaid 
2
Quest for Camelot
James Berardinelli
The Quest for Camelot rapidly grows tiresome 
2
Quest for Camelot
Roger Ebert
The animation isn t vivid the characters aren t very interesting and the songs are routine 
2
Quest for Camelot
Peter Stack
The new animated feature Quest for Camelot is a spirited adventure with generous romantic and comic charms 
3
Quest for Camelot
Michael Dequina
If this shoddy enterprise is what it considers topline animated entertainment Warner Bros is a mere pretender to the Mouse s throne 
2
Quest for Camelot
Steve Rhodes
Although not a bad movie it is an almost terminally bland one 
1.5
Quest for Camelot
Rob Blackwelder
Quest for Camelot is fun and energetic Something parents can enjoy rather than suffer through 
3
The Final Master
Odie Henderson
This is a juicy beach read of a movie the kind of overstuffed story you d devour in book form while slumming on the sand under an umbrella 
3
The Final Master
Peter Keough
Initially astonishing overly complicated increasingly incoherent and ultimately silly 
2.5
The Final Master
Mark Jenkins
During the impressive action sequences which Xu choreographed himself the director plays it straight Otherwise he introduces playful kinks into most of the genre s other conventions 
3
The Final Master
Soren Andersen
A Chinese martial arts movie of rich visual beauty and intricate narrative complexity 
3.5
The Final Master
G. Allen Johnson
The fight climax and very interesting resolution cap off an exhilarating two hours of entertainment and suggests a sequel to come Hope there is one 
4
The Final Master
Oleg Ivanov
The film is a seemingly endless series of convoluted double dealing backstabbing and factional realignment 
1.5
Seeking Asian Female
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The tension between personal filmmaking and documentary filmmaking is what keeps Seeking Asian Female alive throughout it s the best kind of documentary 
3.5
Seeking Asian Female
Roger Moore
White guys with yellow fever looking for an Asian mate Not as creepy as you might expect 
3
Sicilian Vampire
Will Sloan
As with all of D Angelo s films Sicilian Vampire s main agenda seems to have been to make its author look cool 
1
Find Me Guilty
Matt Brunson
The best way to enjoy Find Me Guilty is to view it as an indictment of the jury system 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Robert W. Butler
While it delivers a few good laughs the film is short on drama and suspense 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Christy Lemire
If you didn t know you were watching Vin Diesel in Find Me Guilty you wouldn t know you were watching Vin Diesel And that s a compliment 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Lawrence Toppman
You won t feel uplifted and you won t have any faith in the American justice system after watching its wheels grind to a halt then start turning the wrong way But you won t be bored 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Sean P. Means
Vin Diesel has seldom been more likable but the movie itself feels like jury duty 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Sean O'Connell
This guilty pleasure holds our interest as it chides our country s justice system and honors the celebrity status of the American mafia 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Thomas Delapa
A clear case of not enough gas and too much Diesel who should have copped a plea of overreaching in the third degree 
1.5
Find Me Guilty
Duane Dudek
The narrative feels episodic it pops in and out of the courtroom without much sense of drama or continuity and the testimony seems to lead nowhere 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Roger Ebert
This movie by its nature is not thrilling but it is very genuinely interesting and that is rare 
3
Find Me Guilty
J. R. Jones
This may be the most Brechtian thing Lumet has ever done a movie that repeatedly challenges us to think and then to reconsider 
3
Find Me Guilty
Claudia Puig
Sitting through the belabored courtroom drama Find Me Guilty feels like a particularly prolonged session of jury duty 
1
Find Me Guilty
Michael Phillips
Minor but well crafted 
3
Find Me Guilty
Steve Rhodes
It s as cold and dead as one of the many corpses produced by the defendants Rarely have two hours felt so much like two years 
1.5
Find Me Guilty
Maitland McDonagh
Certainly evidence that truth is stranger than fiction but it s also tedious and shockingly uninvolving 
2
Find Me Guilty
Jeff Shannon
It falls short of vintage Lumet while playing to his strengths as an actor s director who s built a career on themes of moral ambivalence 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
G. Allen Johnson
Lumet is back on top of his game Find Me Guilty is his first feature after the awful 1999 remake of Gloria and the reason is his strong grasp of characters who have a point of view 
4
Find Me Guilty
David Elliott
Diesel owns it He hits us in the eye with the whole pizza pie 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Gary Goldstein
The excellent acting and offbeat humor that highlight veteran director Sidney Lumet s 43rd film Find Me Guilty can t make up for an overlong morally topsy turvy tale that s more claustrophobic than compelling 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Stephen Whitty
You can t build a modern day Crucible out of one crook s refusal to rat out a bunch of pimps and loan sharks 
2
Find Me Guilty
Lou Lumenick
Belongs to the odd couple of Dinklage and Diesel whose volatile performance finally proves he is much more than an action star 
3
Find Me Guilty
Jack Mathews
It s one thing to project sympathetic qualities onto fictional gangsters like the Corleones and the Sopranos it s another to make protagonists out of actual members of the Lucchese crime family 
2
Find Me Guilty
Matt Pais
Spunky and entertaining it s a smart and multi layered movie about the humanity of a gangster and the persuasive influence of humor 
3.5
Find Me Guilty
Glenn Whipp
It s a showboating role for Diesel but it should also be noted that the actor brings a self awareness to the character that cuts deeper than the comedy 
3
Find Me Guilty
Bruce Westbrook
To the charge of squandering credibility despite being based on a true case guilty 
2
Find Me Guilty
Terry Lawson
A pleasing return of sorts to Lumet s training in the early years of TV 
3
Find Me Guilty
Michael Booth
Slow repetitive flat and altogether wrongheaded using suspect editing of a true story to make us celebrate a bunch of vicious crooks 
1.5
Find Me Guilty
Wesley Morris
Starting in 1987 the Lucchese trial crawled on for a historic 21 months and the movie feels like it lasts twice that long 
2
Find Me Guilty
Josh Larsen
Diesel comes off better than you would expect but he s chosen to redefine himself in the wrong film 
2
Find Me Guilty
Dan Fienberg
Guilty simulates the experience of sitting on the jury for a lengthy court case moments of excitement sprinkled throughout an endless monotony of posturing 
2
Find Me Guilty
Peter Canavese
The most fun I ve had at the movies this year 
3.5
Find Me Guilty
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is unfortunately not Lumet at his best Thankfully it is still a highly enjoyable motion picture buoyed by Diesel s charmingly clever central performance and the director s ironhanded confidence in the material 
3
Find Me Guilty
Willie Waffle
When star Vin Diesel showed up on screen looking a little paunchy and wearing some sort of hair piece visions of Gigli were dancing in our heads Surprise It doesn t stink 
2
Find Me Guilty
Rene Rodriguez
It s best to approach Find Me Guilty as a showcase for Diesel who is finally beginning to prove he s more than the next generation Van Damme 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Steven Rea
For all its ripped from the headlines verisimilitude Find Me Guilty sometimes feels like it should have been called Find Me My Cousin Vinny 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Bruce Newman
As Jackie Diesel s the real surprise in what otherwise is a less than electrifying courtroom drama 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Chris Hewitt
Entertaining because it s a good old fashioned yarn 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lumet returns to the big screen with his best film since Running on Empty 1988 
3.5
Find Me Guilty
James Berardinelli
Not the best work Lumet has done but it s worthwhile viewing for anyone who likes gangsters courtrooms and what happens when the two are brought together 
3
Find Me Guilty
Gene Seymour
Diesel s groping around in the role as with Jackie s clumsy attempts at courtroom decorum gradually wears away resistance 
2.5
Find Me Guilty
Nick Schager
Actively tries to replicate what it must have felt like to endure 600 plus days of jury duty 
1.5
Find Me Guilty
Peter Travers
Except for a scene with the electrifying Annabella Sciorra as Jackie s ex wife Diesel cuts up when he should cut deep 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Brian Eggert
In its depiction of The End 44 it 8217 s quite brave and oddly beautiful 46 The film takes hold of you all of a sudden and won 8217 t let go 46 Before you know it 44 your eyes begin to tear up 44 and a lump develops in your throat 46 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Kelly Jane Torrance
With her debut as director director Lorene Scafaria has created something really unique 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Christian Toto
Seeking a Friend mocks the modern rom com formula but its apocalyptic gags soon give way to a heart breaking love story 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
John Wirt
A modest mismanaged tale of the apocalypse 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
John Beifuss
Here s the silver lining in the dark cloud of mankind s doom Even a mopey insurance salesman in a Rick Santorum sweater vest can find true love with a sexy young free spirit with a hip vinyl record collection 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a stunner Unlike many other romantic comedies of recent years it s actually funny and actually romantic heartbreakingly so since there s no happily ever after part 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Matt Brunson
Call it this summer s Garden State Tag it this season s 500 Days of Summer Either way it s clear that this is the sort of top notch humanist picture that s always appreciated at a time when most other movies are striving to be the biggest and the best 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Scott Nash
Seeking an audience for the most charming end of the world story 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Lisa Kennedy
This is an exceedingly promising directorial debut for Scafaria who adapted the winning romance Nick Norah s Infinite Playlist 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
David Nusair
the film in the end makes a far more pronounced impact on the viewer than one might ve reasonably expected 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Robert Levin
The film doesn t go far enough in exploring the unique setting playing things safe when they should be outrageous 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Stephen Whitty
A movie that may be in its own small weird way the most bizarrely bittersweet and oddly beautiful romance you ve seen in quite awhile 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Joe Williams
The problem with this nice try comedy is the nice guy protagonist 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Rick Groen
Scafaria seems to get disoriented by her own scenario boxing herself into an apocalypse whose initial absurdities feel so wonderfully right but where to go from there 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Rafer Guzman
It s too bad the movie chose to go so gentle into that good night 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Lou Lumenick
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World has its laughs but pretty much every single one of them is in the trailer 
1.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Ann Hornaday
Unsure whether it wants to be a quirky sad eyed indie pixie or a brassy raunchy broad it veers uneasily between the two never quite settling into a comfortable or recognizable groove 
1.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Dustin Putman
It may be one of the bleakest mainstream comedies ever released but viewers willing to go with it will find a conclusion that isn t depressing so much as it is wondrously bittersweet 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Willie Waffle
It s very difficult to mix comedy and drama and writer director Lorene Scafaria proves it 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Phil Villarreal
Turns out the coming obliteration of creation not only distorts the judgment of romantic leads but also filmmakers 
1.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Austin Kennedy
What starts off as almost a sketch comedy with broad humor turns into an intimate character piece about 2 unlikely individuals forming a strong bond 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Mark Dujsik
Embraces the pessimism that could would and well probably should accompany the prospect of facing an event that will wipe out every human being on the planet 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Claudia Puig
This is a romantic comedy for people who don t like rom coms There s no chance of a happy ending but its tender mercies speak volumes 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Amy Biancolli
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World a half tender portrait of two very lonely hearts in the closing weeks of humanity s run on Earth is a strange movie 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Carrie Rickey
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World offers the beats of a series of bad news worse news jokes This is not necessarily a good thing 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Duane Dudek
A subdued tale told in a string of alternately rollicking and somber but equally predictable on the road vignettes 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Peter Travers
Carell and Knightley give it their bittersweet best But I never rooted for them as a couple And in a romance even one with tragic notes that really is the end of the world 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Scafaria avoids so many pitfalls that I m tempted to praise the movie for what it doesn t do 
3.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Gary Thompson
The movie grinds gears as it shifts moods and the one thing that does unify it Carell s downbeat muttering performance begins to wear after awhile 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Ty Burr
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World struggles to find its voice 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Chris Hewitt
I really really wish I could recommend Seeking I think writer director Lorene Scafaria is an interesting talent 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Rene Rodriguez
As Seeking a Friend for the End of the World crawls toward its sentimental finale you re rooting for that asteroid to get here quick 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Michael Phillips
What it doesn t have is a way of making sense of its comic and dramatic strains together in the same movie 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Matt Pais
Mistaking friendship for true love represents an unfortunate ultimately empty miscalculation at the end of the world or early enough to choose more wisely 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Roger Moore
Seeking is a movie you have to give time to work It was written and directed by the woman who wrote Nick Norah s Infinite Playlist so you owe it that much 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Soren Andersen
Think of it as a greeting card version of the end of times Self consciously winsome Decorous 
2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Linda Barnard
Bittersweet moments that remind us of the importance of family questions of faith the nature of forgiveness and facing mortality are handled deftly but the swings in mood are unsettling 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Roger Ebert
It amounts to sort of a romanic comedy although it makes no promises of providing a happy ending 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Peter Keough
In her directorial debut Lorene Scafaria doesn t flinch from the big questions though she does fall back on some easy answers 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Christy Lemire
Buoyed by individual moments and by some of the inspired casting that s revealed at each stop along the way 
2.5
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Rex Reed
After so many hellish apocalypse movies Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is intelligent dignified and emotionally satisfying 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
James Berardinelli
Seeking a Friend plays to the strengths of both leads allowing Carell to be the controlled introvert and Knightley to portray the bubbly extrovert 
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Andrew Schenker
A predictable drawn out romantic comedy that happens to be set in the shadow of impending apocalypse 
1.5
Lu Over the Wall
Joe Friar
Masaaki Yuasa may be working in restrained mode but his visual style remains intact Lu is an adorable protagonist that audiences will adore while absorbing the vibrant animation 
3
Lu Over the Wall
Alan French
If given the opportunity this is a wonderful children s movie that many kids should see It serves as a good message and has some surprisingly emotional moments 
3
Lu Over the Wall
Simon Abrams
I can t lie I was bored throughout the 112 minutes I spent watching Lu Over the Wall 
2
Lu Over the Wall
Mark Dujsik
This bizarre animated movie is part fantasy part pop musical part coming of age story part tale of an interspecies friendship and mostly really quite strange 
2
Lu Over the Wall
Anita Katz
The storytelling is messy but the spirit is exuberantly winning in this all ages adventure 
3
Lu Over the Wall
G. Allen Johnson
It s colorful and imaginative but other than Lu the characters don t have much depth Emotional that is not oceanographic 
2
Lu Over the Wall
Derek Smith
Throughout director Masaaki Yuasa s imagination runs so wild that it becomes impossible to resist 
2.5
Year One
Tom Meek
Not everything Judd Apatow touches is gold 
1
Year One
Nick Rogers
Producer Judd Apatow has gone from comedy gourmand to McDonald izing in four years And when in doubt director Harold Ramis makes Jack Black eat his own feces and Michael Cera pee in his own mouth Yes this is at the level of YouTube monkey comedy 
.5
Year One
David Nusair
As underwhelming as its buzz might have indicated 
1.5
Year One
Michael Dequina
If there s anything sadder than an unfunny comedy it s an unfunny comedy that tacks on an equally unfunny blooper reel over the closing credits 
1
Year One
Sonny Bunch
Year One feels lazy There s no cheap joke Mr Ramis and company didn t go for no gag worthy gag they didn t include 
2
Year One
Linda Cook
Boy does this stink and I mean almost literally 
0
Year One
James Kendrick
throws its comedy around with semi reckless abandon but never quite achieves more than a few good chuckles
2
Year One
Eric Melin
Post modern awareness is mixed with an ancient setting but the humor still manages to be prehistoric If you ve always wanted to see smart comedians revert to grade school hi jinks for cheap laughs then this is the movie for you 
1.5
Year One
Peter T. Chattaway
A buddy comedy that takes a relentlessly lowbrow look at the Book of Genesis 
2
Year One
Matt Brunson
Far too witless to even be considered distasteful or disturbing it s more like watching with pity as a dorky fifth grader tries to shock adults with a string of profanity 
1
Year One
Gina Carbone
Blessed are the cheesemakers Not this time 
2
Year One
Kam Williams
Might not be Jack Black s best film but it s definitely his worst 
0
Year One
Kit Bowen
Pointless and droll Definitely but Year One still has its moments 
2
Year One
Sean P. Means
Ramis aims for a satirical Old Testament spoof akin to Monty Pythons Life of Brian but the one liners and grossout jokes are cribbed from the Gospel According to Mel Brooks 
2
Year One
Willie Waffle
A weak comedy that overly relies on jokes from the Unholy Trinity of P Penises Poop and Pee Pee 
.5
Year One
Mike McGranaghan
Rarely in the history of cinema have so many genuinely funny people come together to make a film that is so painfully unfunny to watch 
1
Year One
Kyle Smith
Year One is nowhere near as funny as the ancient civilization movies I saw in high school Life of Brian History of the World Part I Caligula Its script isn t worth the papyrus it s inscribed on 
1.5
Year One
Stephen Whitty
Has neither wit nor wisdom nor charm nor beauty 
1
Year One
Robert W. Butler
Black who has been hilarious elsewhere is working so hard to be funny that it s exhausting 
1
Year One
James Berardinelli
An inexplicably unfunny comedy made by two people who have proven they can do much better director co writer Harold Ramis and co producer Judd Apatow 
1.5
Year One
Liam Lacey
Black and Cera posed in cave man outfits for an amusing poster Then the movie was brought forth and things went downhill 
1
Year One
Mick LaSalle
Year One has one joke but it s a good one played for many variations over the course of an often very funny comedy 
3
Year One
Chris Hewitt
Expect to be amused not hilarioused 
2.5
Year One
Peter Howell
The jokes are so laden with groaners you almost expect to hear rim shots after every line 
2
Year One
John Wirt
Cecil B DeMille meets Monty Python meets Superbad Year One has some funny moments but it eventually flops 
2
Year One
Christian Toto
Audiences get clubbed by some pretty old shtick in Year One
2
Year One
Peter Canavese
There s no shortage of anatomical jokes scatological jokes and fart jokes toilet humor being the last refuge of a spent comedy writer 
1.5
Year One
Sean O'Connell
At its best Year One is offensive At its worst however it s downright repulsive 
1
Year One
John Beifuss
The obligatory gross out moments function as camouflage for what proves to be a surprisingly trenchant critique of the human penchant for violence greed deceit hubris and especially religious superstition 
3
Year One
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a weirdly awful movie that while not exactly hard to watch is rather quite pointless and altogether boring 
1.5
Year One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a bit flabby and careless but it s also gleefully stupid and it has the ability to knock you off guard and make you giggle helplessly 
2.5
Year One
Moira MacDonald
Mostly Year One moves along ploddingly stepping frequently into bathroom humor and never quite funny enough to justify its high concept when it s over it quickly slips away 
2
Year One
Claudia Puig
Year One is scattershot and silly squandering its potential by relying on juvenile bawdy humor 
2
Year One
Tom Horgen
On paper Ramis and producer Apatow set themselves up for success The cast is a who s who of funnymen Unfortunately the script doesn t give them a whole lot to work with 
2
Year One
Sue Pierman
The problem with Year One is that all the best jokes have been used in the promos 
1.5
Year One
Rene Rodriguez
emYear One is destined to become one of those movies you always stop to watch a little of while channel surfing late night TV but there s too much dead air to warrant its survival past next week when Transformers 2 arrives to clean house 
2
Year One
Roger Ebert
Year One is a dreary experience and all the ending accomplishes is to bring it to a close Even in the credit cookies you don t sense the actors having much fun 
1
Year One
Ty Burr
Any good will the movie generates is grated right back off by Black whose obnoxiousness has lost whatever charm it once possessed 
1
Year One
Michael Phillips
Ramis challenge in Year One which he wrote with Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg is to keep the vibe loose while delivering the laughs They come in fits and starts 
2.5
Year One
Jeff Vice
Year One a film so simple minded that even a caveman could have written it Or could have directed it 
1
Year One
David Hiltbrand
The actors make a surprisingly effective comic team with Black s manic energy trampolining off Cera s deflated passivity 
2.5
Year One
Dustin Putman
Creative desperation leads to slapdash boredom in Year One a substandard Monty Python wannabe that hasn t a story so much as a series of bad barely connected sketches 
1
Year One
Robert Levin
The filmmaker imbues Year One with all the creative energy of a middling time filler Saturday Night Live skit 
2
Year One
Michael Sragow
If Harold Ramis Year One were a bowling match it would lurch between gutter balls and spares with some scattered lucky strikes 
2.5
Year One
Nick Schager
Year One is a slapdash film in desperate need of more authoritative stewardship 
1.5
Year One
Michael A. Smith
If this all sounds familiar it s because you ve seen this all before in Carl Gottliebs Caveman 
2
Year One
Joe Williams
On the surface it resembles Monty Python s Life of Brian Yet underneath there s cheap material Sometimes it briefly gleams but in the final reckoning it s dull 
2.5
Vares - Yksityisetsivä
Steve Rhodes
Kind of fun even not especially original 
2.5
Pink Cadillac
Henry Sheehan
Eastwood constantly shifts back and forth in his feelings about the relationship between his heroes and the society that breeds them 
3
Pink Cadillac
Chris Hicks
Calling Pink Cadillac dumb is an insult to dumb movies 
1
Pink Cadillac
Roger Ebert
There s little that s new in the material and nobody seems to have asked whether the emotional charge of blatant racism belongs in a lightweight story like this even if the racists are the villains 
1
A Sinner in Mecca
Omer Mozaffar
My true frustration about Sharma s film is that beneath the diversions it contains the material for what could have been something as controversial powerful and tender as he seemed to wish 
2
A Sinner in Mecca
Oleg Ivanov
What the film lacks in narrative unity and aesthetic splendor it makes up in moral grandeur and ethical purpose 
2.5
City of Life and Death
Mattie Lucas
Shot in striking black and white the film almost feels like a living war document with a haunting immediacy and authenticity that seems completely organic 
3.5
City of Life and Death
Jay Antani
among the greatest war films ever made Rich in humanist themes and absolutely unflinching in its depiction of the moral chaos and physical violence of war 
4
City of Life and Death
David Lewis
Lu Chuan makes this feature film soar by telling the story both through the eyes of the Japanese occupiers and the defenseless Chinese civilians in the ancient capital It makes the savagery all the more senseless 
4
City of Life and Death
Joe Williams
Exquisitely shot in black and white with a rare attention to detail and dramatic complexity City of Life and Death is a timelessly great film that commands our collective attention 
3.5
City of Life and Death
John Hartl
In almost any form the story of the Nanking atrocities can leave you profoundly shaken But Lu Chuan s version may be the most compassionate and emotionally satisfying treatment to date 
3.5
City of Life and Death
Chris Hewitt
There is real beauty in its effort to comprehend the incomprehensible 
3
City of Life and Death
Burl Burlingame
A work of grim art told with relentlessly restless curiosity about the human capacity for survival 
4
City of Life and Death
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a muscular physical movie pieced together from arresting imagery and revelatory gestures large and small 
3
City of Life and Death
Wesley Morris
Lu does more with the first 50 minutes than some directors accomplish in 10 movies 
3.5
City of Life and Death
Tom Meek
The most visceral war film since Saving Private Ryan a portrait of the hopeless in the grasp of a sadistic oppressor 
3.5
City of Life and Death
Stephen Whitty
Directed by Lu Chuan it s a fascinating film and an unusual entry in the current Chinese cinema 
3.5
City of Life and Death
Bill Weber
The 1937 38 massacres and rapes in conquered Nanking are dramatized with flawed but unflinching horror in this grim epic lament 
3
City of Life and Death
Tim Robey
Possibly the war film of the year Lu Chuan s picture about the Rape of Nanking has a lacerating immediacy and a true artist s gravity and tact 
4
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
David Reddish
As the granddaughter of the Rosenbergs Meeropol has every reason to hate Cohn How shocking then that she manages to show so much empathy for the man 
3.5
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Peter Canavese
Another solid survey of Cohn s career and personal life that inevitably struggles to humanize an inhumane man 
2.5
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Matt Fagerholm
Its timing couldn t be more eerily prescient 
3.5
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though she treads many of the same narrative paths previously walked by Tyrnauer Meeropol brings in as one would hope the additional angle of her own family history 
3
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Mark Kennedy
The documentary calmly and with dignity documents Cohn s fall Disbarred and battling AIDS he is abandoned by his fancy friends including Trump and dies in 1986 
3
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
Mike Clark
Jane Eyre with William Hurt as Rochester sounds dicey enough but the last thing you expect from Zeffirelli s latest is a Jane without juice 
2
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
Roger Ebert
This is a romance between two troubled wounded people and by playing it that way Zeffirelli makes it touching when it could have been recycled Gothic Lite 
3.5
The Man Inside
Bill Cosford
As a kind of All the President s Men turned inside out The Man Inside has its moments but they don t add up to much 
2
The Man Inside
Roger Ebert
Here is one of the most inexplicable exposes ever filmed wrapped in a package that sometimes is intriguing sometimes so howlingly overacted that all we can do is watch in disbelief 
2
1001 Grams
Josh Larsen
takes its central metaphor very seriously 
2
1001 Grams
Peter Howell
Gorgeous cinematography balances impeccable acting and directing for a romantic trifle that delights with design more than content 
3
1001 Grams
Kam Williams
The latest offering from filmmaker Bent Hamer an enigmatic Norwegian with a knack for creating droll dramedies 
3
1001 Grams
Farran Smith Nehme
Hamer s style is what might happen if Ulrich Seidl liked people with immaculate balance in each shot but the emotions in focus as well 
3
1001 Grams
Wes Greene
In the end Bent Hamer s view of current international relations comes to down to a treacly rendition of Kumbaya 
1.5
1001 Grams
Marty Mapes
Hamer brings his visual wit to lives of Norwegian precision
3.5
1001 Grams
David Nusair
a special little film that s well worth seeking out 
3.5
Charlotte
Mark Dujsik
Its details about the artist and the art are unfortunately slim 
2
Charlotte
Roger Moore
Charlotte comes off as colorless and given the notoriety Salomons life story has taken on we feel were seeing a very adult tale watered down for the medium 
2
Charlotte
Kate Taylor
The genius of Charlotte directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana is to recognize that the best way to tell this story is through animation that can reproduce Salomon s quick expressionistic gouaches as it recounts her life 
3
Cool World
Matt Brunson
The groovy animation retains its kicky charm 44 but everything else about this live action 47 cartoon hybrid remains a hopeless mess 46 
2
Cool World
Dave Kehr
A few of Bakshi s inventions such as a rattled telephone that panics every time it rings are amusing and well animated but most of the characters are grating and dislikable 
1
Cool World
Steven Rea
Watching Byrne Basinger and Pitt struggle to bring verisimilitude to this cockeyed business is painful And watching the parade of ricocheting doodles is just headache inducing 
1.5
Cool World
Jeff Shannon
Bakshi s world is typically subversive anti nostalgic and at times a brilliantly conceived grafting of two and three dimensions Unfortunately its ingenuity matrix seems to have short circuited 
2
Cool World
Gary Thompson
The movie has no internal logic It s a mess 
1
Cool World
Stephen Hunter
Much ballyhooed much advertised the live action animation feature is much disaster Not even an animated Kim Basinger dancing the hoochie coochie can save it from its own death wish combination of outsized ambition and undersized budget 
1
Cool World
Dan Webster
A combination of Ghostbusters and Roger Rabbit Cool World unfortunately plays more like the lamentable Howard the Duck 
1.5
Cool World
Betsy Bozdech
Strip away all of Cool World s gimmicks and constant cartoon chaos and you ll be left with not much 
1.5
Cool World
James Kendrick
Unfortunately the film doesn t have much else to offer beyond narrative incoherence and bad acting 
1.5
Cool World
Roger Ebert
A surprisingly incompetent film 
1
Cool World
Chris Hicks
What Bakshi has come up with is merely a one joke movie and it s a dirty joke 
1.5
White Mischief
Roger Ebert
The film has been directed by Michael Radford who also made the recent version of 1984 and he goes for atmosphere rather than plot I think that is the right decision 
3
A Faithful Man
Lisa Trifone
Carrière s script succeeds as it finds truth in both life s heaviest moments and its most absurd 
3
A Faithful Man
Rene Sanchez
Love is a battlefield in Garrel s delightful and ironic romantic comedy Full review in Spanish 
3
A Faithful Man
Glenn Kenny
Garrel shows genuine springy inventiveness as a director particularly with respect to Eve s sometimes self correcting flashbacks 
3.5
A Faithful Man
Roger Moore
So brief dry and airless one hesitates to call it a romantic comedy or even a comedy 
1.5
A Faithful Man
Joey Magidson
What sounds more like a French film festival outing than a romantic comedy centered around infidelity 
3
A Faithful Man
Sam C. Mac
It reveals itself as neither committed New Wave subversion nor skillful homage but rather a weak and uninspired imitation 
2
Three to Tango
Michael Dequina
Perry and Campbell s natural rapport is put at the service of an idiot plot 
2
Three to Tango
Dustin Putman
Like a loaf of stale bread From afar it may look fresh and mildly engaging but get closer and its appeal sours 
1.5
Three to Tango
Susan Stark
An essentially subversive comedy with a bubbly immensely entertaining face 
3
Three to Tango
Steve Rhodes
A pleasant surprise 
3
Three to Tango
Jonathan Foreman
A cute often very funny romantic comedy 
2.5
Three to Tango
Mick LaSalle
A charming romantic comedy 
3
Three to Tango
Roger Ebert
This is the Meet Cute as Meet Puke 
1
Three to Tango
James Berardinelli
Three To Tango goes too far in its desire to appease an unthinking audience 
2.5
Tropic of Cancer
James Kendrick
a dirty movie worth watching
3
Tropic of Cancer
David N. Butterworth
The colors of Henry Miller s worlds coupled with his colorful expressions of desire make the experience a timeless one 
3
Sputnik
Matt Brunson
One of the best films of its type to hit movie theaters excuse me home entertainment centers in many a moon 
3.5
Sputnik
Walter Chaw
As metaphors for this ugly moment in history go Sputnik is one of the best 
4
Sputnik
Federico Furzan
It s messy but ultimately the movie delivers with a slow burn trait that makes it a worthy foreign horror movie Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Sputnik
Roger Moore
We get a pretty entertaining thriller out of what s here no matter how the finale sets up and how the picture resolves itself 
2.5
Sputnik
Brandy McDonnell
Between the smart script and stalwart performances Abramenko achieves a fine blast off for Sputnik and he gets plenty of help from his team fueling the skin crawling suspenseful journey 
3.5
Sputnik
Tom Meek
Egor Abramenko s debut feature is something of a throwback both in time and genre 
2.5
Sputnik
Joe Friar
Inspired by Ridley Scott s classic the low budget Russian thriller is tense and impressive 
3
Sputnik
Lisa Trifone
With a few unexpected twists and solid craftsmanship the film becomes something worth seeking out 
3
Sputnik
Joey Magidson
With a memorably original creature a pulsating score and a vibe of creative this easily sets itself apart from the pack 
3
Sputnik
Sean P. Means
Abramenko and screenwriters Oleg Malovichko and Andrei Zolotarev modulate the tension well building up the suspense and gore on parallel tracks toward a bloody satisfying ending 
3
Sputnik
Mark Dujsik
Sputnik uses the creature as a springboard for a tale about actual characters wrestling with and struggling against each other over ideas 
3
Sputnik
Matt Zoller Seitz
The performances and characterizations add heft and the very Russian vibe of soulful heaviness sets it apart from its American cousins 
3.5
Sputnik
Robert Daniels
Egor Abramenko s Russian extraterrestrial creature feature Sputnik is a gory science fiction fright 
3
Sputnik
Katie Walsh
This offspring of Ridley Scott s classic is very much its own slick engaging psychological horror thriller anchored by a strong lead performance by Oksana Akinshina 
3
Sputnik
Bob Bloom
Director Egor Abramenko slowly builds the story keeping us on edge about the secret within the cosmonaut Even before we see the creature an atmosphere of dread hangs over the film 
3
Sputnik
Michael Phillips
The clever and nicely gory Sputnik comes from Russia with love slime and an impressive lesson in efficient low cost pulp filmmaking 
3
Sputnik
Christian Toto
The smart indie isn t afraid to make Communism the scariest monster of all 
3
Sputnik
Mike McGranaghan
Intelligent stylish and scary Director Egor Abramenko delivers all the suspense you d expect along with a welcome focus on character leading to one of the most nerve rattling genre films I ve seen in years 
4
Sputnik
Chuck Bowen
Sputnik s third act is a rush of formulaic action meant perhaps to compensate for the interminably repetitive and impersonal second act which is mostly concerned with reinforcing a set of foregone conclusions 
2
Alias María
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Alias Maria is a powerful movie Imperfect maybe a little slow for some but nevertheless gratifying Full review in Spanish 
3
Son-in-Law
Roger Ebert
This story was never going to be great moviemaking but it might have been more palatable if Shore had been able to make Crawl even marginally likable 
2
A One and a Two...
Josh Larsen
Yi Yi has space for everyone 
4
A One and a Two...
Nick Rogers
Blending the Coen Brothers karmic rubicon with Robert Altman s ensemble heart Yi Yi scratches the identifiable itch to reach out for what we ve loved set free and had come back perhaps still not meant to be jobs lovers freedoms opportunities 
4
A One and a Two...
Andrew Howe
The film is underpinned by Nien Jen Wu s magnificent performance 
3.5
A One and a Two...
Rick Groen
The artistry is undeniable tough insights blended with graceful compassion gloomy certainties flecked with rays of hope 
4
A One and a Two...
Ed Gonzalez
A humanistic masterwork 
4
A One and a Two...
Roger Ebert
Only rarely is a film this observant and tender about the ups and downs of daily existence 
3.5
A One and a Two...
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yang s divine control and precision of his material is almost imperceptible 
4
A One and a Two...
Edward Guthmann
Looks at one middle class family in transition and does so with such a kind and probing eye that we all see our lives reflected through Yang s lens 
4
A One and a Two...
Tor Thorsen
Yang s film reveals the vulnerability and hope beneath the misery of the daily grind and shows how extraordinary ordinary lives can be 
3.5
A One and a Two...
Michael Dequina
Each character and story can also be seen as an individual note in a larger musical piece not simply the whole of a family but the entire span of a lifetime 
3.5
A One and a Two...
Rob Blackwelder
All of this is very much ordinary life yet Yi Yi sucks you in vicariously somehow and the film is extraordinary for that very reason 
3.5
Bad Fever
Calum Marsh
Rather than express any emotional truth of its own Bad Fever merely adopts an attitude that resembles one 
1.5
Split Estate
Marty Mapes
Documentary on Colorado mineral rights earns a little outrage and then asks for even more
2
Eros
Michael Dequina
No matter what caliber of talent is on board omnibus anthology pictures are almost doomed to be uneven affairs 
2
Eros
Phil Villarreal
At least the editor had the good sense to place Antonioni s film at the end allowing you to walk out without having to see a cinematic great in pathetic decline
3
Eros
Stephen Whitty
There s one good movie in here sure But unfortunately it s over after the first 43 minutes 
2
Eros
David Sterritt
Three short movies with sexual themes by filmmakers of extraordinary interest 
4
Eros
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After all it was Antonioni who inspired Wong and Soderbergh to make this film in the first place 
3
Eros
Mick LaSalle
The three films are watchable but resolutely minor works though each has something to recommend it 
2
Eros
Timothy Knight
In comparison to the Kar Wai and Soderbergh segments The Dangerous Thread of Things is a languorous bore that provides an unsatisfying coda to Eros 
2.5
Eros
Lou Lumenick
A flaccidly pretentious and snooze inducing trilogy of allegedly racy tales 
1
Eros
Jack Mathews
When the producers of Eros described what they wanted from Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai American Steven Soderbergh and Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni they must have written the memo in Chinese 
2
Eros
Bob Strauss
Boiled down to their primary impressions the Chinese story is tragic the American one s neurotic and after some emphatic arguments about love the Italian one gets down to the business of buxom nude women jumping up and down 
2.5
Eros
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The strongest segment is Wong Kar wai s The Hand 
3.5
Eros
Peter Canavese
I d say that this mixed bag is better toted home from a video store but Wong Kar Wai s just not as swoony on a picture tube cineastes proceed with caution 
2.5
Eros
Chris Hewitt
The Hand is worth the price of admission to Eros but you may want to stick around for Steven Soderbergh s Equilibrium 
3
Eros
Jan Stuart
Wong s is the sexiest Soderbergh s the funniest Antonioni s the most Italian 
2.5
Eros
Michael Wilmington
This justly renowned trio combine for an ambitious original anthology of international sexual tales and the results are variable stimulating and quite different in tone and mood 
3.5
Eros
Nick Schager
An anthological example of attentive students surpassing their teacher 
2
The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor
John Hartl
Arthur Dong the director of Coming Out Under Fire tells this strange sad unresolved story with remarkable clarity 
3
Secrets of Silicon Valley
Steve Rhodes
A frustrating film it is more memorable for its unasked questions than for the answers it receives 
2.5
The Reckoning
Brian Eggert
Here s a movie where the witch trials are not merely evidence of a frightened patriarchal system resorting to violence to maintain control It s a system that apparently fights the very real threat of witches and demons 
1
The Reckoning
Walter Chaw
It s like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo only more boring What a pity 
1.5
The Reckoning
Kevin Carr
Charlotte Kirk needs more acting gravitas to bring to this than she did 
2
The Reckoning
Simon Abrams
A well meaning but consistently staid horror movie about institutionalized misogyny and the women who have to survive it 
1
The Reckoning
Mark Dujsik
It s a movie not to be watched or experienced but to endure 
1
The Reckoning
Leo Brady
The Reckoning turns into a mixture of painful survival and a dance with demonic hallucinations That could be cool for a horror movie but in this instance it becomes tedious 
1.5
The Reckoning
Roger Moore
The whole tedious affair makes one wish they d gone to less trouble making a bad movie
1.5
The Champion
Roger Moore
Not all concentration camp dramas are created equal 46 Maciej Barczewski apos s debut feature looks right but never feels anything but contrived 46 
1.5
No Ordinary Man
David Reddish
No Ordinary Man chronicles a life almost lost to history Its a fascinating character portrait and a subtle reminder that yes LGBTQ people have existed throughout history 
3
No Ordinary Man
G. Allen Johnson
There s one big problem about No Ordinary Man The Billy Tipton Documentary It s not really about Billy Tipton 
1
No Ordinary Man
Carlos Aguilar
The filmmakers use traditional modes of storytelling to handle revolutionary content 
3
No Ordinary Man
Brad Wheeler
Tender topical and well crafted No Ordinary Man is no ordinary film 
3
No Bears
Ann Hornaday
In the auteur s latest masterpiece every moment is suffused with not just purpose but captivating beauty 
4
No Bears
Odie Henderson
Panahi deftly juggles his stories merging them together in the devastating final minutes of No Bears 
3.5
No Bears
Rob Thomas
The only happy ending here is that Panahi 44 against the odds 44 has made another film 44 and hopefully will be able to keep making them 46 
3.5
No Bears
Ty Burr
Witty and despairing in equal measure No Bears is a fascinating cinematic layer cake of themes sorrows and banked fury 
4
No Bears
Robert Horton
No Bears has many shades and moods 44 from delightful rural comedy to the most serious kind of social concern 46 And it has the kind of open ending 44 somehow very stirring 44 that qualifies as another hallmark of classical Iranian cinema 46 
4
No Bears
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
In No Bears as with This Is Not a Film and Taxi before it Panahi autobiographically prods the very meaning of cinematic intervention and political filmmaking 
3
No Bears
Steven Prokopy
A remarkable achievement in modern cinema 44 No Bears puts forth a voice and message that is loud 44 clear and undeniable 46 
3
No Bears
Michael Phillips
A master class in house arrest filmmaking from Jafar Panahi 
4
No Bears
Bob Strauss
This Is Not a Film Closed Curtain Taxi and 3 Faces have all been brilliant but No Bears transcends them as both outlawed artistry and a moral interrogation of that art itself 
4
No Bears
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The oppression that Panahi and his characters endure are 44 thus 44 not much more than arbitrary fairy tales 58 quot Things are this way because we say so 46 quot Panahi is a warrior 44 continuing to fight against this authoritarian way of thinking 46 
4
No Bears
Mark Dujsik
Despite the film apos s relative simplicity of narrative 44 it becomes a deep and considered act of self reflection 46 46 46 
3
No Bears
Anne Brodie
Iranian Jafar Panahi apos s No Bears brings to light the suppression of artists in his homeland 44 who 44 like him 44 carry on a stoic figure shooting 44 observing 44 and directing his feature remotely as tensions rise in brutal government suppression and mob rule 46 
4
No Bears
Glenn Kenny
91 Panahi apos s 93 work has not astonished like this in some time 46 
4
No Bears
Walter Chaw
Through clever subterfuge Panahi has continued to direct new movies during his ban of course good ones perhaps none so good as his latest 
4
No Bears
Sam C. Mac
No Bears generally spends less time finding aesthetic articulations of its themes than it does building out an increasingly convoluted plot to support them 46 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Roger Moore
Benefits the most from a sexy emotionally available vulnerable turn by Natalie Portman But the Kutcher guy isn t bad either 
3
No Strings Attached
Linda Cook
This is what I mean by January junk 
1.5
No Strings Attached
Ethan Alter
As factory assembled rom coms go No Strings Attached isn t as dire as last year s Killers also starring Kutcher or 2009 s Bride Wars 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Lori Hoffman
It doesn t avoid a cookie cutter feel early on when the storyline is being awkwardly set up but eventually the chemistry between Portman and Kutcher overcomes the clichs 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Betsy Sherman
It s a good premise but Reitman and screenwriter Elizabeth Meriwether do little aside from ape Judd Apatow movies 
1
No Strings Attached
Eric Melin
Contains less pandering humor and a couple of characters that actually resemble real human beings The high concept unfolds in a more natural progression than one might expect 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Kam Williams
A vulgar exercise in depravity radiating such bad karma that you ll need to take a cleansing shower right after watching it
0
No Strings Attached
David Nusair
a typically slick romantic comedy 
2
No Strings Attached
Keith Cohen
This guilty pleasure starts 2011 off with an ecstatic bang Portman and Kutcher have a sizzling hot chemistry The movie takes some unexpected turns to arrive at a predictable destination It is filled with indelibly cute moments winning dialogue that 
3
No Strings Attached
Jesse Cataldo
The film sets off coarse jokes like signal flares positioned to distract from its otherwise dowdy makeup 
1.5
No Strings Attached
Wilson Morales
While Portman along with Greta Gerwig keep the film lively No Strings ultimately suffers from unimaginative sequences blandness and jokes that are not funny at all 
2
No Strings Attached
Robert Levin
Reitman maintains a buoyant tone throughout capturing millennial life in Los Angeles with squeaky clean affection for the sunny city s perfectly manicured delights 
3
No Strings Attached
Matt Brunson
Think of it as a Last Tango in Paris for the Internet generation with cell phones instead of butter as the story s chief accessory But instead of Brando and Bertolucci we have Kutcher and Reitman and the result is the usual rom com ditherings 
1.5
No Strings Attached
Christian Toto
Portman shows Heigl Bell and Aniston what it takes to be a rom com queen in No Strings Attached 
3
No Strings Attached
Mike McGranaghan
This is a movie that introduces a very provocative idea only to progressively water it down until the audience is left with a generic romantic comedy virtually indistinguishable from all the other generic romantic comedies 
1.5
No Strings Attached
Sara Michelle Fetters
Reitman may not be back at the top of his game but he certainly knows what he s doing the picture handsomely made and efficiently put together with a touch that s confident and self assured 
3
No Strings Attached
Kate Taylor
A lot of sharp lines from screenwriter Elizabeth Meriwether and a strong supporting cast are often enough to make that premise pleasant if not exactly shocking 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Lisa Kennedy
It s not that the leads aren t affable They are It s not that they aren t nice to look at They are Although the cinematography makes them look sort of blotchy It s just hard to care if they hook up after they well hook up 
1.5
No Strings Attached
Willie Waffle
Our Oscar princess Natalie is a naughty naughty girl 
2
No Strings Attached
Stephen Whitty
No Strings Attached is the first fun date movie of the year The first fun movie actually 
3
No Strings Attached
Chris Hewitt
Portman s intelligence and warmth are no surprise but I didn t expect to like Kutcher who stunk up the screen in Killers and Spread 
3
No Strings Attached
Lou Lumenick
The movie quickly sinks into a terminal case of the cutes and extreme predictability amid the usual surfeit of wacky supporting characters 
2
No Strings Attached
Mark Dujsik
I can t shake the feeling that each of the romantic leads of No Strings Attached would be better off without the other 
1.5
No Strings Attached
Dustin Putman
The on screen lovers in question 151 and the actors portraying them 151 have a heck of a lot of chemistry not only with each other but with an ensemble of sparklingly written and well cast supporting players 
3
No Strings Attached
Claudia Puig
There are humorous moments and it s a bit less bland than its contemporaries 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Mick LaSalle
It takes a gimmicky premise about two people who try to have a purely sexual relationship and then fulfills it without distorting or bending the characters around a formula 
2
No Strings Attached
Robert W. Butler
It s a godsend in the January movie wasteland 
3
No Strings Attached
Peter Travers
After the heavy dramatic lifting of Black Swan you can t fault Oscar favorite Natalie Portman for signing up for some romcom R R It s too bad she couldn t have landed a less generic vehicle than No Strings Attached 
2
No Strings Attached
Bruce DeMara
What elevates No Strings Attached above the average usually awful romantic comedy is a decent script the sure hand of veteran director Ivan Reitman and the likeable performances of stars Portman and Kutcher 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Mack Bates
Director Ivan Reitman and the cast do what they can with the material but it s hard to tell what No Strings Attached is trying to be 
2
No Strings Attached
Moira MacDonald
Much of Elizabeth Meriweather s dialogue is snappy and No Strings Attached though overlong is mostly painless 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Carrie Rickey
Kutcher and Portman have terrific screen physics using their 12 inch height difference to considerable slapstick effect 
3
No Strings Attached
Tom Russo
It doesn t hurt that Portman and Kutcher really are sexy together 
3
No Strings Attached
Michael Phillips
A more interesting actor could make do with those but Kutcher just doesn t seem to fill up a leading role especially when acting opposite the nuanced likes of Portman 
2
No Strings Attached
James Berardinelli
For the romantic comedy audience those who attend movies of this genre out of a genuine love for this sort of thing No Strings Attached delivers what it promises 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Rene Rodriguez
Even though No Strings Attached is the sort of movie in which you know exactly how things will turn out five minutes into the story it makes the predictable journey surprisingly fun and enjoyable 
2.5
No Strings Attached
Roger Ebert
Here is a titillating sex romp in 2011 when the very words titillating and romp have outlasted their shelf lives The movie is rated R but it s the most watery R I ve seen It s more of a PG 13 playing dress up 
2
No Strings Attached
Rex Reed
Portman is herself partly to blame Nobody with an upwardly mobile career who is suddenly being taken seriously should co star in a movie with Ashton Kutcher 
1
A Family Affair
Connie Ogle
Lesnick s sharp eye for humor manages to keep things from getting too preachy 
2.5
A Family Affair
Laura Kelly
An uneven appeal 
2
A Family Affair
Loren King
Without the ready made drama of coming out and identity struggle gay romance can feel as flimsy and forced as its straight counterpart 
2
A Family Affair
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We get on board because of Lesnick s crazy singular personality and we re expected to stay in our seats when she grows conventional and boring 
2.5
A Family Affair
C.W. Nevius
A good old fashioned love story 
3
A Family Affair
Steve Rhodes
Lesnick who over exaggerates her every facial gesture like a stand up comic would have benefited from having a director other than herself 
2.5
The Proposal
John Beifuss
Tailored to fit Sandra Bullock more snugly than the antique wedding gown altered for the star during the final act the film begins to fall apart at the seams after its focus wanders from its promising screwball premise 
2
The Proposal
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfortunately this winning team is stuck in a dumb vehicle 
2.5
The Proposal
Matt Soergel
It s obviously formula stuff and follows that formula so earnestly that at points you ll wince more than swoon why does every big proclamation of love in the final scenes need to be made in public 
2
The Proposal
Michael Dequina
There is something to be said for such a relentlessly by the numbers chick flick programmer that is nonetheless a breezily enjoyable sit 
3
The Proposal
Mike Scott
Bullock and Reynolds end up elevating The Proposal turning something old into something almost new something borrowed into something cute 
2.5
The Proposal
Linda Cook
Sometimes The Proposal is rather engaging 
2.5
The Proposal
Rob Thomas
What fate could be so horrible that someone would defraud the government lie to family and friends even marry someone they didn t love just to avoid it Why moving to Canada of course 
2.5
The Proposal
Lori Hoffman
a cookie cutter rom com but despite my critical instincts screaming at me that I didn t need these empty calories I was eating the whole cookie and liking it 
2.5
The Proposal
Mike McGranaghan
A great example of moviemaking on autopilot The screenplay not only heads for the predicable finish line it also makes sure to hit all the predictable stops along the way 
2
The Proposal
Annie Young Frisbie
The fresh dialogue gorgeous scenery and ultimately winsome love story make this one of the most appealing romances to come down the pike in recent years 
3.5
The Proposal
Matt Brunson
While the picture occasionally goes out of its way to make Bullock s character a ninny the actress refuses to let the role manhandle her and she and the ever charming Reynolds work well together 
2.5
The Proposal
Jeffrey Westhoff
Once you ve set your story up as a bedroom farce resisting the form seems futile The Proposal meanders toward a tone without arriving at one 
2.5
The Proposal
Keith Cohen
The here comes the bribe relationship between these two likable personalities mirrors that of an ice cream cone that starts off freezing cold and then deliciously melts from the sizzling summer heat 
3
The Proposal
Sean P. Means
Bullock and Reynolds play against type well and their spicy chemistry is contagious But while the leads are doing their thing Betty White slips in and steals the movie 
3
The Proposal
Willie Waffle
It s about a guy who has to be blackmailed into marrying Sandra Bullock Blackmailed He d have to be married to Scarlett Johansson for that to be realistic 
2
The Proposal
Lou Lumenick
Shamelessly derivative contrived and predictable The Proposal is nonetheless a crowd pleasing romantic comedy 
2.5
The Proposal
Stephen Whitty
A mostly harmless completely unsurprising romantic comedy 
2
The Proposal
Christian Toto
The bar for modern rom coms remains depressingly low but The Proposal clears it with ease 
3
The Proposal
Sharon Hoffmann
There s nothing surprising here 
2
The Proposal
Carla Meyer
The Proposal often lies flat where it should spark with director Fletcher failing to maximize her talented cast s potential The timing is off in several scenes and a would be outrageous character inspires more eye rolls than laughs 
2.5
The Proposal
Amy Biancolli
It isn t a film with a lot of big guffaws but I smiled through most of it 
2.5
The Proposal
Liam Lacey
Onscreen chemistry is an elusive notion but you know it when you see it and Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds definitely have it in The Proposal 
3
The Proposal
Lisa Kennedy
The script encases Margaret in rusted defenses from which it can t free her without awkward leaps and cheats 
2
The Proposal
Tyler Hanley
Although The Proposal isn t a sweep you off your feet affair Bullock and Reynolds make it a thoroughly charming engagement 
3
The Proposal
Chris Hewitt
Kudos to Bullock for trying something different 
2.5
The Proposal
Peter Howell
Nobody who ever attended a date movie will be surprised by what happens but The Proposal has low expectations and good vibes in its favour 
2.5
The Proposal
John Wirt
The Proposal restores Sandra Bullock to comic glory It s her best role since While You Were Sleeping 
3.5
The Proposal
Sean O'Connell
It s the undeniable chemistry u2013 both romantic and comedic u2013 shared between Reynolds and Bullock that ultimately carries The Proposal over its mediocre formulaic writing and predictable plotting 
2.5
The Proposal
Erik Childress
Anne Fletcher has practically established herself as the anti feminist playing more to the hopeless ring chasers out there rather than those who might be insulted at the prospect of independent women needing a man in their lives to complete them 
1
The Proposal
Kit Bowen
Know this There are no original romantic comedies anymore only original people in them Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds make The Proposal a lot better than it ought to be 
2.5
The Proposal
Sara Michelle Fetters
Am I huge fan then of the finished product No not really but I am absolutely sold on Bullock and Reynolds making more movies together 
2.5
The Proposal
David Nusair
Fletcher apos s labored 44 downright desperate efforts at wringing laughs out of hopelessly stale material results in a series of entirely needless sequences 46 46 46 
2
The Proposal
Moira MacDonald
The Proposal coasts along on likability right up to its standard issue ending what it doesn t do is surprise us in any way 
2.5
The Proposal
Claudia Puig
Though it falls short of winning our hearts completely The Proposal is a serviceable and intermittently funny romance made enjoyable by the sparks between Bullock and Reynolds 
2.5
The Proposal
Kara Nesvig
And though Bullock and Reynolds have snappy chemistry to spare their love affair stops just shy of being believable There are too many awkward tender moments and not enough vigor for a real romance 
2.5
The Proposal
Mack Bates
Surprisingly charming and smartly executed 
3
The Proposal
Wesley Morris
Why a screenwriter would think hilarity would ensue from this premise is anybody s guess 
1.5
The Proposal
Michael Phillips
The problem is not the acting The problem is what these actors are required to say and do 
2
The Proposal
Jeff Vice
All this predictable romantic screwball comedy really has to do is supply us with a steady supply of laughs And in that regard the film succeeds 
3
The Proposal
Peter Travers
A romantic comedy so numbing it feels like Novocaine 
1
The Proposal
Carrie Rickey
The setup is formula but Bullock and Reynolds supply surprising fizz and kick 
3
The Proposal
Dustin Putman
Bullock and Reynolds play off each other with a real zing and zeal but the narrative journeys down an avenue so formulaic the viewer s heart shatters at the very realization of it 
2
The Proposal
Peter Canavese
Though there s definitely an audience for the story s increasingly sunny sweetness the film sparks to life pretty much only when the estimable duo of Bullock and Reynolds bickers 
2
The Proposal
Michael Sragow
It s been made according to the chapter in the box office manual labeled summer counter programming 
1
The Proposal
Rafer Guzman
Somehow someone decided this rom com needed less rom and more com a fatal mistake 
2
The Proposal
Roger Ebert
The Proposal recycles a plot that was already old when Tracy and Hepburn were trying it out You see it coming from a great distance away As it draws closer you don t duck out of the way because it is so cheerfully done you don t mind being hit by it 
3
The Proposal
Josh Larsen
Did you ever notice that the best romantic comedies are often the cynical ones 
2
The Proposal
Calvin Wilson
The Proposal could have been much smarter and much hipper Instead it settles for silliness and sentimentality 
2.5
The Proposal
James Berardinelli
The Proposal is a standard order by the book romantic comedy that offers nothing remotely fresh or new while following a formula even neophytes know by heart 
2
The Proposal
Kam Williams
An old fashioned romp reminiscent of the best of Doris Day and Rock Hudson 
4
The Proposal
Nick Schager
Humor and romance are interspersed so predictably it s as if screenwriter Pete Chairelli were working from a rom com checklist 
1.5
Jean de Florette
Matt Brunson
Visually resplendent and magnificently acted particularly by Auteuil Jean de Florette has all the trimmings of a great Greek tragedy 
3.5
Jean de Florette
Roger Ebert
The point of the film is not to create suspense but to capture the relentlessness of human greed the feeling that the land is so important the human spirit can be sacrificed to it 
3.5
AKA
Wesley Morris
The three panel format gives the digitally shot picture enormous psycho emotional layering 
3.5
AKA
Marta Barber
Coupling the plot with the presentation and the appealing cinematography makes AKA a film not to miss 
3
AKA
David Elliott
The triptych scheme underscores the basic blandness of Matthew Leitch as the hero a cipher on the make 
1.5
AKA
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Roy has told an engaging complex story with masks under its masks 
3
AKA
David N. Butterworth
Beautifully crafted daringly staged and movingly scored AKA is a triumph of British cinema and cinema in general 
3.5
AKA
Jonathan Curiel
An unforgettable film 
4
AKA
V.A. Musetto
Watching three frames at once is disconcerting at first but eventually the experience gives the film a high tech boost 
2.5
AKA
Jan Stuart
AKA has the ruthlessness and compassion of someone who has been there done that and emerged with a heightened understanding of our shared sense of fraudulence 
3.5
AKA
Ian Mantgani
The visual style makes us look from left to right unable to take our eyes from the screen When we are not getting inside characters memories or being invited to muse on their ways of looking at the world we are simply immersed in the film s reality 
3
Fear No Evil
Matt Brunson
The most impressive aspect of this low budget horror flick is its soundtrack the Sex Pistols the Ramones Talking Heads The B 52 s In all other respects it s pretty lousy 
1
Fear No Evil
Lucius Gore
It s worth checking out if you re a big fan of 80s horror and have seen a lot of the essential titles already 
2.5
Collateral Beauty
Brian Eggert
Collateral Beauty should be seen by no one not even ironically as its device laden attempt to draw out tears remains calculating absurdly structured and borderline offensive 
0.5
Collateral Beauty
Matt Brunson
The closest this train wreck will get to Oscar is if some guy with that name makes the poor choice to go see it during its theatrical run 
1
Collateral Beauty
David Nusair
Collateral Beauty s positive attributes are slowly but surely crushed beneath the weight of a progressively eye rolling and impossible to swallow storyline 
2
Collateral Beauty
John Serba
The absurd premise body checks the movie s well meaning intentions right out of the hockey rink across 4th Street into the river and downstream to the ocean where it drowns then is eaten by a school of barracudas 
1.5
Collateral Beauty
James Berardinelli
If there s one constant about Collateral Beauty it s how consistently it disappoints 
1.5
Collateral Beauty
Chris Knight
This may not be a new Christmas classic but give it a little time and love and it won t be the death of you 
2.5
Collateral Beauty
Gary Rotstein
Some may be willing to overlook a hackneyed script and unbelievable characters so long as it s all wrapped with a pretty bow in the end Anyone with the slightest scintilla of Scrooge or rationality in them however might balk 
1.5
Collateral Beauty
Anita Katz
It s a ludicrous story and the filmmakers despite a grade A cast deliver neither the Capra spark nor a credible depiction of grief 
1
Collateral Beauty
Josh Terry
Frankel overcooked some nice raw ingredients The all star cast is certainly giving their best especially Smith But the noble performances aren t enough to overcome the weaknesses of the story or the miscalculation of the tone 
2
Collateral Beauty
Mark Dujsik
Collateral Beauty is junk that thinks it s meaningful about grief and believes it is doing good No it s emotionally fraudulent narratively underhanded junk 
1
Collateral Beauty
Brad Wheeler
Loeb the man behind more than one Kevin James vehicle attempts Christmastime magic la Miracle on 34th Street but ends up conjuring Maudlin on Madison Avenue instead 
2
Collateral Beauty
Mick LaSalle
Most of Collateral Beauty is spent rooting for it to be better Even the concept behind the title comes up short 
2
Collateral Beauty
Sean P. Means
A horribly contrived drama about the ripple effects of one man s grief 
2
Collateral Beauty
Richard Roeper
It s quite possible Collateral Beauty will move you to tears Then again it s quite possible you ve been moved to tears by commercials about dogs that befriend horses 
1
Collateral Beauty
Peter Howell
The year s worst movie 
1
Collateral Beauty
Susan Wloszczyna
I don t think I ve witnessed a film this year that managed to so completely and utterly collapse into crass garbage in its last few minutes while abusing what little goodwill it has 
1.5
Collateral Beauty
Sara Michelle Fetters
Collateral Beauty is a waste of time and I just don t see myself reassessing that verdict anytime soon 
1.5
Collateral Beauty
Kyle Smith
Collateral Beauty couldn t be more calculated and manipulative if it slapped you on the back shoved a giant lollipop into your mouth and immediately tried to sell you a time share in Tampa 
1
Collateral Beauty
Peter Travers
It s near impossible to make a movie with no redeeming features but this tearjerker hits the zero stars jackpot taking an all star cast on a journey from absurd to zombified with frequent stops at pretentious 
0
Collateral Beauty
Bob Bloom
Collateral Beauty is such a coldly calculating and manipulative misfire that it s incomprehensible how anyone who read Allan Loeb s script thought it would make a decent movie 
1
Collateral Beauty
Katie Walsh
A demented tapestry of bizarre interactions and strange choices that results in a bigger picture that reveals absolutely nothing at all 
1
Collateral Beauty
Stephanie Merry
The movie manages to be simultaneously superficial and heartbreaking That s no easy feat nor is it a laudable one 
2
Collateral Beauty
Kathleen Rizzo Young
It s hard to predict if audiences will want to take such an emotional ride at the holidays but the supporting performances and overall message make it a worthwhile one 
3
Collateral Beauty
Calvin Wilson
Collateral Beauty is based on a premise so preposterous that the film shouldn t work But the illusion of credibility is sustained just well enough to keep things from falling apart 
2.5
Collateral Beauty
Nick Rogers
Will Smith apos s latest Oscar chasing provocation of existential platitudes and placating pabulum is trying to be a contemporary quot Christmas Carol 46 quot Instead 44 this odious 44 distasteful drama just winds up emphasizing the quot dick quot in Dickens 46 
.5
Collateral Beauty
Tom Russo
Seeing Smith go deep opposite Kate Winslet Helen Mirren and Edward Norton should be cause for excitement It s frustrating that the impressive cast is instead squandered on far fetched story developments and telegraphed pathos 
2
Collateral Beauty
Rick Bentley
Although it continuously slips into being overly sentimental it s hard not to be pulled in by the film s tale of love loss and the time it takes to deal with both 
3
Collateral Beauty
Eric Henderson
David Frankel s film argues that the power of miracles can be manufactured by those who can fund them 
.5
Collateral Beauty
Moira MacDonald
Collateral Beauty a movie so earnest it almost has Tom Cruise in it misses its mark by a mile stranding an impressive cast whom you d think would have better things to do 
1.5
Collateral Beauty
Lawrence Toppman
Most movies today remind us dates in high school are hard to come by superheroes can beat up aliens or serial killers are scary dudes A movie that wisely contemplates how to deal with profound sadness deserves our respect for that alone 
3
Collateral Beauty
Peter Canavese
Chicken Poop for the Soul 
0
Collateral Beauty
Roger Moore
But everybody looks so pretty 
2
A Patient Man
Roger Moore
The picture is let down by a flat performance at its heart however justified a poker faced turn might be to the actor making that choice 
2
Pulse
Wesley Morris
Where the average Japanese horror flick is petulant and nasty Pulse is dolorous shivery and surreal 
3
Pulse
Rob Thomas
The remake looks like it will hit the right notes especially for American horror fans But I don t think it will hear the mournful music of the original 
3
Pulse
Walter V. Addiego
It s an apocalyptic ghost story with some eerie images and a surprising turn toward the end but it bogs down considerably between the good scenes 
2
Pulse
David Elliott
Pulse is emptied and perplexing at trying length 
2
Pulse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kurosawa scares the bejeezus out of us 
3.5
Pulse
Jeff Shannon
While it s rattling your nerves Pulse leaves your brain wanting more 
2.5
Pulse
Terry Lawson
It s best just to give yourself over to its dizzy dreaminess and abstract analysis of the persistent beckoning throb of the digital underground 
3
Pulse
Bob Strauss
Kurosawa brings a true philosopher s existential eye and a born dramatist s emotional integrity to a much degraded genre 
3.5
Pulse
Peter Travers
Pulse possesses the dark art to make your pulse pound and your hair stand on end with no cheating 
3
Pulse
James Emanuel Shapiro
This is a breathtaking thoroughly crafted piece of near perfect filmmaking that s scarier than bloody hell 
4
Pulse
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even though Kiyoshi Kurosawa s influential Japanese horror film captured a particular mood when he made it in 2000 its late arrival here is likely to elicit jaded yawns 
2
Pulse
John Anderson
Kurosawa places his scary story in the context of intellectual conflict In the case of Pulse it s a Cartesian argument but one with which Kurosawa is careful not to get too bogged down while scaring the bejesus out of his audience 
3
Pulse
Ken Fox
If one masterpiece were to emerge from the recent glut of generally good quality Japanese horror movies this chilling apocalyptic ghost story from Kyroshi Kurosawa is it 
4
Pulse
V.A. Musetto
You ll never think of your computer in the same way 
3
Pulse
Jeremiah Kipp
During a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film one sits in anticipation of the horrors lingering just outside the frame 
4
Pulse
Jeremy Heilman
The film s calculated elusiveness has the effect of distancing us from the story 
2
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Juan M. Mendez
To Wong Foo is worthwhile if only for the performances which are surprisingly good 
2.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Matt Brunson
A moderately amusing effort with a marquee challenging moniker 
2.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Edward Guthmann
Imagine Wong Foo suggests a world where people stopped judging one another and simply surrendered to the silliness that s dormant inside us 
3
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Roger Ebert
What is amazing is how the movie manages to be funny and amusing while tippy toeing around a sex b controversy and c any originality in the plot 
2.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Susan Wloszczyna
It s a glam o rama party until the trio hits the road Suddenly Wong Foo is all cross dressed with no place to go but down 
2.5
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
Brian Tallerico
For a documentary about form breaking artists the film is surprisingly straightforward 
2.5
The Fourth Kind
Nick Rogers
If there were a low point of viral movie marketing last decade consider The Fourth Kind the Marianas Trench The title refers to four levels of alien interaction and the pedestrian plotting on display proved Steven Spielberg stopped at the right one 
0
The Fourth Kind
Rob Thomas
He apparently thinks white owls are a lot scarier than they are I mean I guess because their heads swivel around you can t sneak up on them from behind But when would you need to sneak up on an owl 
1
The Fourth Kind
Bob Bloom
Director Olatunde Osunsanmi his cast and crew work so hard to make it all seem so real that you spend more time debating with yourself whether what you are watching is truth or fiction 
3
The Fourth Kind
Linda Cook
The release date is not the fault of the movie 
3
The Fourth Kind
Christian Toto
Truth is stranger than fiction and The Fourth Kind is neither strange nor fictional It s just plain silly 
2
The Fourth Kind
Sean P. Means
A cut rate X Files rehash cleverly dressed up with the trappings of supposedly real footage a la The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
Robert W. Butler
In the end the film is more desultory than disturbing 
2
The Fourth Kind
Amy Biancolli
Ultimately the film s narrative segments are far too glossy and over stylized larded with ponderous scoring obvious melodrama and split screen visuals that offset the reenactments with the real 
2.5
The Fourth Kind
Rick Groen
The mission here is to demonstrate how in this explosive age of dubious information cynicism can be quickly trumped by gullibility 
3
The Fourth Kind
Kyle Smith
The Fourth Kind has a clever gimmick and nothing more 
2
The Fourth Kind
Willie Waffle
going to great lengths to make us believe the events depicted in this movie are real but it s about as a real as the date I had with Jennifer Aniston in my dreams the other night 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
David Nusair
46 46 46 The Fourth Kind clearly would apos ve benefited from a more conventional approach 46 46 46 
2
The Fourth Kind
Michael O'Sullivan
At a recent preview screening the most common audience response to this nonsense was laughter not gasps of horror 
1
The Fourth Kind
Linda Barnard
Without the true story conceit The Fourth Kind would be just another formula horror flick with a couple of passable jolts trying to hold a flimsy story together 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
Chris Hewitt
The Olatunde Osunsanmi who directed The Fourth Kind should have fired the Olatunde Osunsanmi who wrote it 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
Joe Lozito
The Fourth Kind aims to do for alien abduction what Paranomal Activity did for hauntings And to a large degree it succeeds 
3
The Fourth Kind
Wesley Morris
In two climactic scenes the screen goes fuzzy For over a minute what we re watching is basically a television on the fritz The only place that s ever been frightening is in the privacy of your living room 
1
The Fourth Kind
Mark Dujsik
A lot of nothing happens in The Fourth Kind 
1
The Fourth Kind
Dustin Putman
In a land of recycled ideas and remakes The Fourth Kind is a valiant original no matter how deceptive it may ultimately be 
3
The Fourth Kind
Connie Ogle
The Fourth Kind may not be the most honest movie in the galaxy but it s got one thing right With horror what you don t see is usually more terrifying than what you do 
2
The Fourth Kind
James Berardinelli
Not entirely uninteresting but it suffers from some ill advised decisions In fact the film s hook may be its greatest detraction 
2
The Fourth Kind
Kara Nesvig
The Fourth Kind is legitimately scary enough to keep you in your seat Just don t Google the flick before you see it 
2
The Fourth Kind
Jeff Shannon
A frustrating exercise in terror that relies too heavily on gimmicks to have any genuine impact 
2
The Fourth Kind
Steven Rea
A mildly scary totally meaningless excursion into the realms of psychological horror and alien abduction conspiracies 
2
The Fourth Kind
Stephen Whitty
As the movie repeatedly insists it s only presenting this information it s up to you to decide what to believe Well I believe this was a waste of about an hour and a half 
1
The Fourth Kind
Jeff Vice
A more accurate title for The Fourth Kind would be Close Encounters of the Worst Kind 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
Graham Killeen
Osunsanmi s action sequences resemble episodes of Unsolved Mysteries without the budget where a spooktastic owl stands in for belligerent ETs Honestly 
2
The Fourth Kind
David Wildman
Filmmaker Olatunde Osunsanmi does such a clumsy job of arguing that ancient Sumerian aliens are causing havoc in Nome that he spoils any chance he might have had to make a decent scary movie 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
Roger Ebert
Why the aliens chose this community of 9 261 to abduct so many people is a mystery Also why owls stare into bedroom windows 
1.5
The Fourth Kind
Simon Abrams
Osunsanmi knows that everybody secretly wants to believe and when it comes to giving the people what they want he does not disappoint 
3
Gambit
Matt Brunson
This agreeable caper comedy was amusingly advertised with the tagline Go Ahead Tell the End It s Too Hilarious to Keep Secret But Please Don t Tell the Beginning 
3
Prelude to a Kiss
Betsy Bozdech
A thoughtful magical romantic dramedy that pre dates most of Baldwin s attempts to simultaneously be both himself and a cartoon of himself 
3
Prelude to a Kiss
Roger Ebert
Prelude to a Kiss is the kind of movie that can inspire long conversations about the only subject really worth talking about the Meaning of It All 
3
Wendigo
Michael Wilmington
a post modern pop scare show that doesn t quite work 
2
Wendigo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a horror movie that knows how to be scary but not at the expense of fascinating characters 
3
Wendigo
Jay Carr
This film is only scary if you re afraid of artfully self conscious grainy cinematography 
2
Wendigo
Chris Hewitt
It follows the Blair Witch formula for an hour in which we re told something creepy and vague is in the works and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes 
2
Wendigo
Mark Rahner
A subtle and well crafted for the most part chiller 
2.5
Wendigo
Glenn Whipp
It s a pretty good little thriller 
3
Wendigo
Roger Ebert
The ending doesn t work but most of the movie works so well I m almost recommending it anyway maybe not to everybody but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right and then step wrong 
2.5
Wendigo
David N. Butterworth
Director Fessenden s inventive camerawork staccato editing and creative use of sound make Wendigo a creepy entertaining ride 
3
Wendigo
Megan Turner
No amount of arty theorizing the special effects are German Expressionist according to the press notes can render it anything but laughable 
1
Wendigo
Walter Chaw
Wendigo is why we go to the cinema to be fed through the eye the heart the mind 
4
Wendigo
Jordana Brown
A beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world 
3
Wendigo
Ed Gonzalez
Fessenden s narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy 
3
El Tiempo Perdido
Peter Sobczynski
Listening to these people grapple with Proust 8217 s work and relate it to their own individual lifetimes of experience is often fascinating 46 
3
Night After Night
David Nusair
West s brassy turn which stands in sharp contrast to her comparatively bland costars ensures that the film suffers whenever she s offscreen 
2.5
The Big Fisherman
Shadow Stage
Among scenes of breathtaking spectacle and settings of colorful splendor you see the dramatic stirring beginnings of Christianity unfold before you 
4
Found Memories
John Beifuss
If a supernatural intepretation is correct is the village s fate melancholy or enviable Is an eternity of old age pleasant or pointless 
3
Found Memories
R. Kurt Osenlund
Julia Murat shows a fine grasp of form letting her technique reflect the elements and moods of her story 
3
Bed of Roses
Roger Ebert
Bed of Roses tells a sappy story about two sad sacks who get more or less what they deserve each other 
2
Bed of Roses
Mike Clark
Don t blame the leads but the movie has less emotional resonance than an old FTD florist commercial with Merlin Olsen 
2
Valley of the Dolls
Matt Brunson
The newfound envelope pushing in cinema tested so brilliantly in 1967 by Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate is botched here 
1.5
Valley of the Dolls
James Kendrick
Director Mark Robson gives the film a thin veneer of respectability but mostly stands by while it descends into absurdity 
2
The Boss
Sara Michelle Fetters
While there s plenty about The Boss to appreciate I m just not certain there s a great deal to like 
2
The Boss
Peter Canavese
Needlessly starting out on such a false bombastic note emblematizes the film s mistake of blowing up the character past what made her recognizable and thereby funny in the first place 
1.5
The Boss
Robbie-Ann McPherson
The Boss has its moments and a first rate cast but considering the level of talent involved just doesn t quite get the job done 
2
The Boss
Max Weiss
Look I love Melissa McCarthy she is a truly gifted comic actress and I want to love her films So she should stop making bad ones It s bumming me out 
1.5
The Boss
Allyson Johnson
It s a shame then that such a wonderfully vibrant performer ends up in a film that can barely stagger to her level of commitment 
1
The Boss
Katie Walsh
An opportunity to watch a comedic performer at the top of her game revel boldly in her own confident weirdness 
2.5
The Boss
John Hanlon
There s a lot to love about Melissa McCarthy as a comedic performer Few of those qualities are on display here 
0.5
The Boss
Matt Brunson
They say that love is blind but when it comes to starring in a movie co written and directed by your spouse it can also prove to be deaf and dumb As in tone deaf and very very dumb 
1.5
The Boss
Sean P. Means
The script written by McCarthy Falcone and Steve Mallory is a barebones frame on which Falcone hangs opportunities for McCarthy to riff and improvise which produces a few gut busting moments but not enough 
2
The Boss
Phil Villarreal
It takes a lot of work to make Melissa McCarthy seem unfunny but The Boss is more than up to the task 
1.5
The Boss
David Nusair
The Boss affable midsection gives way to a seriously tedious third act 
2
The Boss
Mark Dujsik
The Boss McCarthy s latest starring vehicle once again gives her the insults the bad attitude and the sudden change of heart and the whole routine feels stale 
1.5
The Boss
Stephen Whitty
McCarthy is great foul mouthed funny and fierce And for those of us who suffered painfully yet hopefully through things like Identity Thief the movie feels like a healthy step forward 
2.5
The Boss
Christian Toto
That Ghostbusters reboot simply can t get here soon enough for this falling star 
1.5
The Boss
Willie Waffle
The Boss was hilarious until they got all emotional Ick 
2.5
The Boss
Brad Wheeler
This is a lazy Melissa McCarthy vehicle that relies on relentless potty mouth moments it s so funny when otherwise decorous characters continually do the vulgar and the pratfall comedy of McCarthy 
1.5
The Boss
Bob Bloom
The Boss would have benefited if they had just gone all in on making the disgraced titan hilariously despicable 
2
The Boss
Richard Roeper
It s just early April but I have an early contender for the most loathsome ill advised horrible executed most spectacularly unfunny movie scene of the year 
1
The Boss
Peter Howell
Did you ever think only male comics could obsess over infantile boob crotch and sex jokes The Boss will set you straight on that delusion too 
1.5
The Boss
Sara Stewart
McCarthy shines when loosely riffing but the plot tightens around her like a vise 
2
The Boss
Chris Hewitt
If you re a McCarthy fan I bet you ll give The Boss excellent feedback on its performance 
3
The Boss
Molly Eichel
McCarthy is such a comedic powerhouse that she can play Michelle with incredible physicality and slapstick while also imbuing the character with wit cunning and even ruthlessness 
2.5
The Boss
Ann Hornaday
Although her charisma is still undeniable there s also no denying that McCarthy is capable of much more than she s allowing herself to do here There comes a point when every force of nature starts to look just plain forced 
1.5
The Boss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Michelle is too much of a caricature she doesn t have the soul of say Megan in Bridesmaids or Susan in Spy She never feels like a person She learns lessons but she never has doubts or fears 
2.5
The Boss
David Berry
The thing that consistently holds this latter kind of movie back is McCarthy s inability or unwillingness to give anyone else anything interesting to do 
2
The Boss
Eric Henderson
It clips its own wings and tames the force of nature at its center short circuiting its potential as a rude tempered star vehicle 
1.5
The Boss
Tom Russo
The loosey goosey fun might be a bit much at the finish but it s still a laugh watching McCarthy try to get back on her feet 
3
The Boss
Peter Travers
McCarthy is a national slapstick treasure but The Boss is a weak kneed comedy that would topple without her 
2.5
The Boss
Dann Gire
The Boss may be a better written tighter comedy than Tammy the first feature directed by McCarthy s husband Falcone but it s still a hollow echo of the superior work the star has executed in Spy and Bridesmaids 
2
The Boss
Matt Zoller Seitz
It is the worst kind of bad movie It s not actively confidently exuberantly bad in a way that engages with you and forces you to react in some way It s passively bad 
1.5
The Boss
Loey Lockerby
There s no question that The Boss is McCarthy s show and her ability to be lovable while playing a foul mouthed narcissist is a wonder to behold 
3
The Boss
Michael Phillips
The Boss has zero finesse as a comedy When Darnell crashes into a wall or takes a tumble down the stairs it s alarming and painful as opposed to funny 
1.5
The Boss
David Lewis
The Boss provides the talented Melissa McCarthy plenty of scenery to comically chew on she is very funny at times but the story is paper thin and the script gives much of the supporting cast the proverbial pink slip 
2
The Boss
Moira MacDonald
McCarthy s trademark blend of chipper likability and treble voiced rage just isn t quite enough to carry things through 
1.5
The Boss
Rafer Guzman
A hit and miss comedy but McCarthy leads a game cast through several memorable moments 
2.5
The Boss
Roger Moore
Catastrophic
1
The Boss
Dustin Putman
Melissa McCarthy has once again breathed irrepressible life and spirit into a truly original creation 
2.5
The Boss
Brian Truitt
A free for all of inappropriate language unsuitable for even the most crass boy s club boardroom The Boss can t quite decide if warming the heart or obliterating it with insults is the end goal 
2
The Human Stain
Austin O'Connor
a well acted misfire 
2
The Human Stain
James Verniere
It s a thought provoking unusually intelligent and well acted film 
3.5
The Human Stain
David N. Butterworth
A valiant attempt to bring a difficult book Philip Roth s The Human Stain to the screen that s undermined by the added distraction of Nicole Kidman as a char lady 
2.5
The Human Stain
Paul Povse
Even when The Human Stain founders the skill and professionalism of those trying to communicate Philip Roth s mood is undeniable 
3
The Human Stain
John Beifuss
As airless as a museum gallery where guards shush those who speak above a whisper 
2
The Human Stain
Jeff Vice
There s some powerful thought provoking material here that deserves considerably better treatment 
2
The Human Stain
Sean P. Means
The miscasting of the luminous Kidman as the road weary janitor destroys the story s credibility 
2
The Human Stain
Matt Brunson
Hopkins hasn t been this interesting in years while Kidman s amazing portrayal is merely the latest in her current winning streak 
3
The Human Stain
Dustin Putman
The performances save the day in The Human Stain bringing humanity to a worthwhile film that could have ultimately been much better 
2.5
A Love Affair of Sorts
Roger Ebert
A Love Affair of Sorts answers the question of whether you can make a feature film with a Flip camera and leaves open the question of whether you can make a good one 
1.5
A Love Affair of Sorts
V.A. Musetto
You show me your camera and I ll show you mine That sums up the low budget indie A Love Affair of Sorts 
2
A Love Affair of Sorts
Andrew Schenker
Billed as the first feature film to be shot on a flip camera A Love Affair of Sorts looks it 
.5
The Ice Road
Peter Canavese
The kind of dopey turn off your brain movie that probably a lot of people might sit on the couch and watch with their Dad 
2
The Ice Road
Tom Meek
It gets down the road predictably and by the numbers 
2
The Ice Road
Randy Myers
The setup has potential with trapped miners needing saving but icy roads making rescue efforts difficult But it hits the skids and ends up formulaic and cliched 
1.5
The Ice Road
Robert Levin
Piles cliches atop cliches with an end result of mush not content to be the story of a dramatic rescue it s also a conspiracy movie and a revenge thriller 
1
The Ice Road
James Berardinelli
The Ice Road may be the worst direct to Netflix movie to feature a major star 
1
The Ice Road
Jocelyn Noveck
Neeson s durability as an action hero seems more remarkable as the years go on Yes he s older and brittler and paler here But just like Mike he gets the job done and he s the reason to watch this 
2
The Ice Road
Steven Prokopy
The Ice Road is an above average thrill ride that s as predictable as it is exciting 
2.5
The Ice Road
Leo Brady
This isn t a miss for Liam Neeson but a movie that fails to tap into its true potential 
2
The Ice Road
Roger Moore
An over the top third act topping even the odd operating on ice physics of The Ice Road tends to take the air right out of the Jonathan Hensleigh film s tires 
2
The Ice Road
Richard Roeper
The Ice Road is what we used to call a B movie but there s no shame in a B movie that carries out its mission with such competence and star power 
3
The Ice Road
Bob Strauss
Even The Ice Road s dumbest turns are stabilized by the presence of Neeson a real Kenworth of a man if there ever was one Even when big rigs are dieseling next to him he commands the screen 
2.5
The Ice Road
Christy Lemire
Despite its many perils both natural and human The Ice Road is surprisingly dull It s definitely not as crazy as it should have been given the setting and the stakes 
1.5
The Ice Road
Chuck Bowen
The film is a muddle of clichés and unremarkable action sequences that bleed together into a cacophony 
1
All the Pretty Horses
Betsy Bozdech
If Thornton had cut a few extra minutes worth of pretty horses and left in a few more storytelling scenes this attempt at a Western epic might have had more impact 
2
All the Pretty Horses
David Nusair
it s just so dull 
1.5
All the Pretty Horses
Ian Mantgani
Unfolds carefully over an expansive canvas with the same feel of involvement as a well written epic novel 
3
All the Pretty Horses
James Kendrick
a beautifully filmed modern Western that moves at a quick pace but feels clunky and ill formed
2.5
All the Pretty Horses
Susan Stark
Working from Ted Tally s casually artful script director Billy Bob Thornton guides Matt Damon Henry Thomas and Penelope Cruz to their most impressive performances in a major movie yet 
4
All the Pretty Horses
Edward Guthmann
An elegiac visually hypnotic film about love honor reverence for nature and the loss of tradition 
3
All the Pretty Horses
Mike Clark
This rendering is chillier than yesterday s coffee 
2
All the Pretty Horses
Pam Grady
Thornton can t quite transcend a script that s fraught with portent Hallmark aphorisms 
2.5
All the Pretty Horses
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie that s best to see on a big screen where the size of the sky and the colors of the land can do their work 
3.5
All the Pretty Horses
Rob Blackwelder
A familiar and satisfying if not entirely memorable eulogy to a lifestyle that rode off into the sunset some time last century 
2.5
All the Pretty Horses
Michael Dequina
A hollow shell the frame of a story that either hasn t had a chance to fully gestate or a more full bodied beast that was ultimately stripped down to the bare essentials 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Matthew Rozsa
There aren t enough creative Yiddish insults in the world to adequately express how much I hate Adam Sandler s Eight Crazy Nights 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Michael Dequina
Sentimentality and secretions with a generous helping of blatant product placement do not make for the most graceful of holiday entertainments 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Mark Collette
a story whose cleverness and meaning is sullied among horseplay we can t take the kids to see 
2.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
David Nusair
ideal for Adam Sandler fans who were confused by Punch Drunk Love 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Nick Rogers
Only in the world of Adam Sandler could an animated message of inter faith holiday appreciation be mixed in with a sextet of defecating deer 44 a woman with three breasts and songs about hatred and drinking 46 
3
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Tyler Hanley
Small town goofballs bizarre musical numbers and plenty of toilet humor ah the holidays are here again 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Peter Travers
I d prefer to think of Sandler in Punch Drunk Love the one good movie of the three he did this year 
1
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
David Keyes
Eight Crazy Nights is a shallow crude mean spirited and painfully unfunny excursion into lunacy 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not even Steven Spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie 
1
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Tony Toscano
Adam Sandler s 8 Crazy Nights is a crass crude holiday stocking filled with disgustingly inappropriate humor 
3
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Linda Cook
Almost as offensive as Freddy Got Fingered 
.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Dustin Putman
When all is said and done it could have afforded another rewrite and a willingness to avoid pandering to the MPAA ratings board 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
David Elliott
The Hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Carrie Rickey
It leaves no bodily fluid unexpressed no heartstring unplucked 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Sue Pierman
Irritating boring gross silly 
.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Christine Dolen
Do not under any circumstances consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Susan Stark
Without question it is not the major Hanukkah family classic just waiting to be made 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Mark Dujsik
It s definitely not made for kids or their parents for that matter and I think even fans of Sandler s comic taste may find it uninteresting 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Sean P. Means
T hat fluttering sound you hear is just the critics goodwill Sandler earned from Punch Drunk Love flying out the window 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Margaret A. McGurk
Every bit as violent profane mean spirited and artificially sentimental as any live action Adam Sandler movie 
1
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Shirley Klass
Where Sandler s career is going is anybody s guess 
1
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
John Monaghan
If a lump of coal was once the symbol of a worthless holiday gift it s now a ticket to Eight Crazy Nights 
1
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Rob Blackwelder
A sub formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer 
0.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Steve Rhodes
I could never figure out why this crude asinine film was made in the first place 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Chris Hewitt
Schmaltzy and unfunny Adam Sandler s cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad Little Nicky bad 10 Worst List bad 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Wesley Morris
Priceless 
3
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Mike Clark
Adam Sandler s 8 Crazy Nights is 75 wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice over hero in Columbia Pictures perverse idea of an animated holiday movie 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Moira MacDonald
All this is rendered with pedestrian animation deadly dialogue and a general air of indifference as if the whole thing was the result of a late night bet or a joke gone horribly wrong 
.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
C.W. Nevius
You ve never seen a movie go from awwwww to ewwwww so fast 
1
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Joe Baltake
Adam Sandler s Eight Crazy Nights grows on you like a rash 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
John Anderson
Animated drivel meant to enhance the self image of drooling idiots 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Megan Turner
There are a handful of genuinely comical moments in Eight Crazy Nights but the whole thing reeks of a super indulgent cobbled together vanity trip by a star whose ego obviously leads him to believe he can put anything on screen 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Jeff Vice
If the traditional two dimensional cel painted format of animation really is dying it s because of films like Adam Sandler s Eight Crazy Nights 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Roger Ebert
If there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout this is the one 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Gary Brown
Goes on and on to the point of nausea 
.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Phil Villarreal
One of the oddest animated holiday films you ll ever see 8 Crazy Nights is also probably the funniest 
3
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Bob Strauss
Don t waste your money on a movie ticket Buy the soundtrack album instead 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
James Berardinelli
The only time 8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Liam Lacey
There is something poignant about being the only kid in town without a Christmas tree Too bad you have to dig through so much stinky stuff to get to it 
1.5
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Ross Anthony
Stale first act Scrooge story blatant product placement some very good comedic songs strong finish dumb fart jokes 
2
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Tor Thorsen
An unholy union between saccharine holiday sentiment gross out comedy and fourth rate animation 
0
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Mark Caro
Who is this movie for Not kids who don t need the lesson in repugnance It s also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers not everyone thinks poo poo jokes are edgy 
1
Zombi Child
Matt Brunson
The ideas are often better than the execution 
2.5
Zombi Child
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Zombi Child is not the zombie movie you re expecting It s a wafting interior movie more I Walked with a Zombie than Night of the Living Dead more whisper than scream 
3
Zombi Child
Joe Friar
Bertrand Bonello s excellent supernatural thriller blends Haitian folklore previously covered by Wes Craven with girls at a Parisian prep school 
3.5
Zombi Child
Kathleen Sachs
Bertrand Bonello blends his singular style with his fascination with voodoo for an exceptional film 
3
Zombi Child
Mattie Lucas
Manages to work as both an otherworldly romance and a ferocious critique of cultural colonialism that lingers with the understated power Bonello s more indelible works 
3
Zombi Child
Simon Abrams
French voodoo gothic drama Zombi Child is mostly satisfying but also a little frustrating because of its creators walking on shells sensitivity 
3
Zombi Child
Roger Moore
If you see one zombi movie this year 
3
Zombi Child
Joey Magidson
Zombi Child consistently manages to surprise It does so not with shocks but with a consistently evolving story that sucks you thoroughly in 
3
Zombi Child
Sam C. Mac
Bertrand Bonello s quixotic slow burn genre film is political largely in the abstract 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Brian Eggert
Christopher Nolan elevates his genre and stretches the limits of blockbuster filmmaking with a boldly artistic wildly ambitious production that is as evocative as it is impressive 
4
The Dark Knight Rises
Mattie Lucas
A sprawling messy thrillingly imperfect film that delivers on its promise to shock and awe the audience 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Kelly Jane Torrance
Hardy in a miraculous performance manages to communicate the intelligence behind the muscle using just his voice 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Sonny Bunch
The Dark Knight Rises may not reach the heights of its predecessor but it is a worthy epic conclusion to a trilogy that has raised the bar for an entire genre 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Scott Renshaw
It s a film with so much it wants to say that the words sometimes collide 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
John Serba
Although often absorbing and on par with the quality of spectacle we expect from the franchise Rises proves that its predecessor is a film nearly impossible to follow 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Clayton Davis
If there were ever doubts about Christopher Nolan and his ability as a filmmaker he puts all things to rest and declares himself one of the most innovative and visionary directors working today 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Dann Gire
No villain could come close to matching Ledger s inspired Joker but give Hardy credit for supplying Bane with plenty of conviction and gravitas in a movie that frankly is less about actors than knockout set pieces captured in eyeball popping spectacles 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Carla Meyer
Gloom never looked as good as it does in the mesmerizing The Dark Knight Rises 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Kirk Baird
The Dark Knight Rises is all about risks and there are payoffs and failures to go with it 
4
The Dark Knight Rises
Chris Knight
This is a solid film taking itself seriously and asking that we do the same 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Jordan Hiller
The Dark Knight Rises directly counters the arguments made against The Dark Knight Maybe sometimes it is better to leave the demons unvanquished 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Rob Humanick
There s enough that works in The Dark Knight Rises that I can overlook most of the more glaring flaws but it remains to date the most disappointing film I ve seen from 2012 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Jeff Beck
It may be the weakest film in the trilogy but it is still a satisfactory and exciting conclusion to what has been the greatest treatment of any superhero in film history 
3
The Dark Knight Rises
Sean P. Means
Nolan again transforms Bob Kane s classic DC Comics creation into a superhero for our times flawed but fighting against supervillains and also the decay and corruption that created them 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
John Beifuss
Contains images destined to become classics of what we might call pretentious popular culture For example Batman and Bane slugging it out on the steps of a neoclassical downtown building in the midst of a sunlit snowstorm 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It addresses the darkness in everyday life acknowledges the pain and fights back 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
James Kendrick
a canny Obama era blockbuster feeding equally into rightwing fears of the unwashed mashes and leftwing anger at the dominance of the much loathed one percent
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
David Nusair
Christopher Nolan s Batman saga comes to an end with this engrossing and absolutely spellbinding installment 
4
The Dark Knight Rises
Wesley Lovell
A fantastic conclusion even if a bit bloated 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Christian Toto
Nolan s final Batman film delivers grand excitement grounded performances and the kind of conservative themes rarely embraced in blockbuster films 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Loey Lockerby
While The Dark Knight Rises is much better than most third entries it s still flabby and convoluted 
2.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Matt Brunson
Anne Hathaway provides The Dark Knight Rises with most of its levity the rest of the time this brooding bruising movie is content building its reputation as a black beauty 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Michael Dequina
The legend ends makes for a most inaccurate tag line for the film for this ambitious largely satisfying wrap up only further ensures that Nolan s legendary achievement with this three film cycle will long live on 
3.5
The Dark Knight Rises
Linda Cook
It rises above other sequels and its predecessors 
4
The Dark Knight Rises
Mike McGranaghan
This is an amazingly brave piece of filmmaking in that it stares directly into the abyss and then pulls out one hell of a satisfying ending 
4
Under the Same Moon
Mattie Lucas
May be predictable and sentimental but it s impossible to question its conviction 
3
Under the Same Moon
Susan Tavernetti
Patricia Riggen s feature debut proves that the terms crowd pleaser and social issue movie can apply to the same film 
3.5
Under the Same Moon
Austin Kennedy
This is a sweet charming movie 
3
Under the Same Moon
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a movie guaranteed to leave you at the end with tears in your eyes and a big smile on your face 
3
Under the Same Moon
Pete Hammond
A beautifully rendered unforgettable story of the invincible bond between a mother and son 
3.5
Under the Same Moon
Duane Dudek
The film is a romanticized effectively personal and emotionally heightened story 
3
Under the Same Moon
John Beifuss
What s stuck with me aren t the film s flaws but the success of its mission It puts a real human face many human faces in fact on a problem that many politicians would prefer to represent with a racist caricature 
3
Under the Same Moon
Robert W. Butler
The critic in me found plenty of nits to pick with Under the Same Moon The sentimentalist though was ready to blubber 
3
Under the Same Moon
Lawrence Toppman
A sentimental sometimes manipulative but genuinely touching film 
3
Under the Same Moon
Matt Brunson
It works at least until all those pesky coincidences get in the way 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Philip Marchand
The performances and the movie s sideways glance at the culture of illegal immigrants including a funny song about Superman He has no social security and no green card give the movie its nicely controlled vitality 
3
Under the Same Moon
Chris Hewitt
Director Riggen coaxes fine understated performances from her actors whose faces are all she needs to sell the movie s heartfelt climax a graceful scene that makes us feel what Rosario and little Carlitos feel 
3.5
Under the Same Moon
Jeff Shannon
Under the Same Moon combines all the elements of an old fashioned tear jerker with the low key low budget intelligence of a carefully crafted indie film 
3
Under the Same Moon
James Berardinelli
The strong final third counterbalances the weaknesses of the first half 
3
Under the Same Moon
Rene Rodriguez
An endearingly sweet fable about a hotly debated subject 
3
Under the Same Moon
Sean P. Means
This kid is so plucky and cute and charming it s impossible not to fall in love with him 
3.5
Under the Same Moon
Ty Burr
Under the Same Moon La Misma Luna is the nightmare Lou Dobbs has when he goes to sleep at night 
3
Under the Same Moon
Stephen Cole
If Under the Same Moon is formula melodrama the film is well acted and its lead character perceptively drawn 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Steven Rea
A story that s too cute too corny and too contrived 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Peter Schilling
Under the Same Moon despite some mature themes is fine family entertainment It is a crowd pleaser in the best sense of the word compelling humorous and profoundly moving 
3
Under the Same Moon
Jeff Vice
The film does have its sweetly appealing moments as well And the cast is good 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Phil Villarreal
More than once the narrative may push you to tears but the emotion Carlitos draws most effectively is not pity but awe We should all be such great Americans 
3
Under the Same Moon
Gary Brown
Under the Same Moon is a superb heart tugging affair 
3.5
Under the Same Moon
Larry Ratliff
This is not simply the case of a child learning his lines and delivering them in OK fashion Adrin Alonso is an actor to be reckoned with even as a young teen 
3
Under the Same Moon
Ruthe Stein
It has the feel of truth and is a vivid reminder of the hell Mexicans put themselves through to live in the United States even illegally 
3
Under the Same Moon
Stephen Whitty
You may be pleasantly surprised by how affected you are by the small kindnesses the boy finds And you may be absolutely shocked at how moved you are when finally gratefully Carlitos journey comes to a joyful end 
3
Under the Same Moon
Joe Neumaier
Director Patricia Riggen s film mostly succeeds despite a sometimes maudlin story that seems to bring multiple dangers a day to its young hero 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Ken Fox
It s an unexpectedly powerful little film that manages to say a lot of what despite all the talk on the subject isn t being said in the national debate on immigration 
3.5
Under the Same Moon
Peter Canavese
Tries so hard to put a human face on the immigration issue that it ends up feeling as genuine as a plastic Halloween mask 
2
Under the Same Moon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Another one of those soft simpleminded imports specifically designed for Western arthouse audiences with everything spelled out in dialogue 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Claudia Puig
Under the Same Moon is a heartfelt story of unquenchable hope with the plight of illegal immigrants serving as an intriguing and timely backdrop 
3
Under the Same Moon
Michael Phillips
What does it say about a film when you believe only parts of the journey yet are moved by the arrival 
2.5
Under the Same Moon
Jan Stuart
A drama of mother son love that lunges for the heart from its pulsating curtain raiser to its leap for joy fade out 
3
Under the Same Moon
V.A. Musetto
An overly sentimental drama which although sweetly well intentioned is stereotypical and overwrought 
2
Under the Same Moon
Josh Larsen
Some situations may be too tied to contemporary reality to receive a fairy tale touch The illegal immigrant experience is one of them 
2
Under the Same Moon
Bill Weber
Under the Same Moon aims to get audiences to blubber at the trials of mother and child but doesn t persuasively put convincing flesh on people caught in the immigration firestorm 
2
Viral
David Nusair
it is in the end not difficult to see why the prolific Blumhouse Productions decided to keep this one out of theaters 
1.5
Viral
Ed Gonzalez
The filmmakers notably doodle in the margins from the start slightly reorienting our perspective on the familiar tropes of both the teen and apocalyptic genres making them feel almost new again 
2.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
James Kendrick
Johnson replaces the insular familial privilege at the heart of Knives Out with an even more obnoxious form of privilege whose odiousness is in direct proportion to how much its characters flaunt it in the public sphere
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mike Scott
Reteaming Johnson with actor Daniel Craig as genteel master detective Benoit Blanc 44 it is a smart storytelling treat 8212 and also the rare sequel that fully lives up to its promise 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Diana Cheng
Benoit Blanc 40 Daniel Craig 44 never mind his accent 41 44 a dapper Columbo 44 a sunny locale 44 striking set design 44 a well written screenplay and seamless editing 44 and not least 44 an animated ensemble cast 44 we get an entertaining feature 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Diandra Reviews
Glass Onion 58 A Knives Out Mystery is one of the best films of 2022 because it reminds you just how fun the movies can be 46 
4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 Benoit Blanc goes full Hercule Poirot 46 46 46 fun but feels more intent on whimsy than trudging up anything sinister 46 46 46 the preachy commentary holds the sequel down from reaching the heights of its predecessor 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
David Nusair
46 46 46 a briskly paced and perpetually unpredictable endeavor 46 46 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Pablo O. Scholz
The humor upholds and instead of twists and shouts Glass Onion delivers twists and murders Full review in Spanish 
4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mark Meszoros
Rian Johnson is really getting the hang of this Agatha Christie thing 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Pamela Powell
Johnson 40 and Netflix 41 have a hit on their hands and lucky for us 44 there are two more in the pike 46 On a cold winter 8217 s night 44 there 8217 s nothing better to warm your heart than a good old fashioned murder mystery filled with intrigue and laughter 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The central mystery is almost beside the point 59 instead 44 the zaniness is the goal 46 Does it satisfy 63 Yes 44 but it 8217 s a little less filling than the first installment 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
John Wenzel
Everyone in Rian Johnson s Glass Onion the sequel to his unexpectedly delightful 2019 murder mystery Knives Out seems to be having a blast especially the highly accomplished director 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Emily Zemler
Glass Onion is not a perfect film but it makes for a really good time 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rafer Guzman
A bright and bubbly whodunit perfect for holiday season escapism 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mike McGranaghan
The film is certainly more over the top than the original 44 yet every bit as entertaining 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Bruce R. Miller
When you see a room full of glass sculpture 44 you know something is going to break before the visit is up 46 10 10 And 44 sure enough 44 that happens in 8220 Glass Onion 8211 A Knives Out Mystery 44 8221 another Rian Johnson treat that smashes more than a glass ceiling 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Erik Childress
Rian Johnson has once again elevated the mystery genre with a funnier and even more clever sequel whose takedown of foolishly revered 44 disruptive billionaires is even more on target now than when it premiered 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Sean P. Means
Johnson 8217 s plotting 44 and the dispensing of information about the characters and the crime 44 is as intricate and as clever as in 8220 Knives Out 46 8221 What 8217 s different is an added layer of comedy 44 mostly provided by the continued exploration of Blanc 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Johnson apos s plotting is impeccable 44 creating mystery after mystery with clever deceptions 44 clues dropped so quickly you won apos t see them 44 and ultimately satisfying denouncements 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Michael Medved
Rian Johnson shows irresistible skill with this sprightly 44 elegant and occasionally ingenious concoction 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rob Thomas
It 8217 s one of the best comedies of the year masquerading as one of the best mysteries of the year 44 with knife sharp dialogue 44 heightened performances 44 and an interlocking series of twisty puzzles at its center 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Roger Moore
quot Cute and clever quot still apply 46 But there apos s quite a bit of desperate grasping here 46 
2
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mattie Lucas
Johnson apos s screenplay is consistently fleet footed and funny 44 deftly peeling back the layers of the story and having a blast doing it 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Sarah Knight Adamson
I dare you not to laugh out loud 44 at Daniel Craig apos s outrageous accusations who knew James Bond could be so comical 63 
4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Leo Brady
Rian Johnson proves once again that he is a brilliant writer 44 especially with the humor 44 as Glass Onion is even funnier than its predecessor 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Peter Howell
How much you ll enjoy Glass Onion may depend entirely on your fondness for ridiculous coincidence and crowded contrivance but none of it is meant to be taken seriously 
2.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Brian Eggert
Fans of Knives Out will surely enjoy the result 44 albeit with the slightly diminished enthusiasm that 8217 s customary for a sequel 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Jeff York
A delightfully fiendish romp filled with snarky characters 44 loads of visual humor 44 and a loosey goosey Daniel Craig 46 46 46 Janelle Mona 233 is so good it would be a crime for her not to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Anne Brodie
A danged blast 46 It apos s bracing 44 zingy 44 whipsmart not afraid to poke fun at the pandemic 44 mock a somehow familiar 44 attention seeking 44 infantile tech mogul 44 to skewer social media and generally rebel against the now 46 
4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Tom Meek
It s just not as sharp as its predecessor though the cameos by Hugh Grant Ethan Hawke and Serena Williams are spikes of punchy good fun 
2.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
James Berardinelli
Glass Onion is a late year present from a director who rarely disappoints 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Michael Phillips
Blanc feels one draft one rewrite away from a truly distinctive creation Easier said than done meantime Craig s filling in the blancs very nicely indeed 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Odie Henderson
As he did in Knives Out Johnson craftily weaves in a strong plot thread of the haves versus the have nots That inclusion feels less clunky this time the outcome is equally enjoyable in its schadenfreude 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Steven Prokopy
The film is spectacular to look at 44 so try to catch this in theaters when you can 46 And it 8217 s one of those rare treats that is actually more fun to watch a second and third time 40 which I have done 44 so you can trust me 41 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Sara Michelle Fetters
While different in tone and structure from the previous film 44 this one is even more rapturously entertaining than its predecessor 46 It is also quite a bit funnier 46 
4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Christy Lemire
91 An 93 uproarious if slightly inferior sequel 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Lindsey Bahr
It s bigger wilder and funnier than its predecessor 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Brian Truitt
It s a bigger showier follow up from the A list cast to the twistier twists even if it doesn t have the same witty punch as the original 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Richard Roeper
This is a whip smart consistently funny and sure to be crowd pleasing affair 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Josh Bell
Johnson and the actors make the playful 44 barbed interactions between the characters a delight 44 all while seeding clues for the eventual solution to the crime 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mark Dujsik
Glass Onion is as much a creative success as its predecessor 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Randy Myers
Leave it to screenwriter director Rian Johnson to give us the perfect holiday after dinner aperitif a sparkler worth imbibing more than once with family and friends 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Josh Larsen
Norton emits a hilariously potent eau de Elon Musk 46 46 46 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Ann Hornaday
Whether they see it on a big screen or small viewers will no doubt instantly recognize the new batch of characters invented by writer director Rian Johnson whose timing and satirical targets have once again proved utterly uncanny 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Moira MacDonald
You watch Glass Onion relaxed feeling like you re in good hands everyone on screen is clearly having a wonderful time so you can t help but join right in 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mick LaSalle
The bottom line is that Johnson has established a tone a style and a lead character that should serve him well for years 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kevin Carr
Clever and funny 44 this traditional murder mystery is quite an enjoyable ride 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
EJ Moreno
While it lacks the sleekness of the original 44 Glass Onion does something rare for anticipated sequels 58 it actually finds a way to work 46 
4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
David Gonzalez
With its exquisite style and deconstruction of the influencer culture 44 160 Glass Onion 58 A Knives Out Mystery 160 is a dazzling murder mystery ripe with laughs 44 twists 44 and performances to die for 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Dwight Brown
If you like your gaudy whodunits stirred but not shaken this might be for you 
2.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rene Sanchez
This long awaited adventure delivers layer upon layer of wit 44 fun and mystery 44 thanks to its phenomenal and hilarious cast 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Ty Burr
The first Knives Out remains a delight that repays return visits Glass Onion is a very funny one and done 
3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kenji Fujishima
The climax has a certain primally cathartic power 44 but it doesn 8217 t quite dispel the air of self satisfaction that envelops the script 46 
2.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Joey Magidson
Rian Johnson has even more twisty fun in store for you with Glass Onion 58 A Knives Out Mystery 46 
3.5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Johnny Oleksinski
Murder Mayhem Mediocrity 
2
Sanjuro
Brian Eggert
Among Kurosawa s most well balanced films Sanjuro resounds with equal parts artistic intent and sheer entertainment value 
4
Sanjuro
Peter Canavese
Rather than simply repeating the successful formula of Yojimbo which incorporated humor but largely played it straight Sanjuro flips the script for a largely comic action picture punctuated by a dark rug yanking conclusion Blu ray 
4
Eye Without a Face
Roger Moore
The acting s perfunctory and unaffecting There s not much story here and nothing that s all that original There s virtually no building of suspense 
1.5
A Tuba to Cuba
Josh Terry
Jazz fan or not A Tuba to Cuba should resonate with anyone with an appreciation for the power of music 
3
A Tuba to Cuba
Sean P. Means
W hen the music is playing breaking through language and cultural barriers like they were crepe paper this movie swings joyously and exuberantly 
3
City of Lies
Steven Prokopy
With almost as many twists turns false leads and possible suspects as the JFK assassination City of Lies is a great showcase for Depp and Whitaker 
3
City of Lies
Joe Friar
The scenes with both Whitaker and Depp are the film s strongest as if we re watching a Masterclass as these two exceptional actors inject vitality into the story that moves at times at a moderate pace A good thriller that covers the facts 
3
City of Lies
Richard Roeper
Depp and Forest Whitaker go for authenticity in the gritty drama reminiscent of 70s procedurals 
3
City of Lies
Mark Dujsik
City of Lies asks the right questions It leaves us with a lot of questions worth investigating too 
3
City of Lies
Mike McGranaghan
A spellbinding drama that suggests massive abuses of power in the name of self protection 
3
Euthanizer
Mark Dujsik
I t s fascinating to observe how fully the film embraces its nastiness 
3
Euthanizer
Bill Chambers
Some part of me couldn t wait to forget Euthanizer and the film for all the ghoulish residue of its subject matter hasn t put up much of a fight 
2.5
Euthanizer
Gayle MacDonald
Euthanizer shocks from the outset and nauseates by the conclusion 
2
Astral
Roger Moore
Moody nicely played But there s not quite enough there to make this chiller come off 
2
The Statement
Walter Chaw
Confused at its core and too befuddled to make that a virtue 
0.5
The Statement
Dan Lybarger
For the most part though there really isn t enough suspense or drama to make The Statement more than an occasionally chilling civics lesson 
2.5
The Statement
Matt Brunson
A listless melodrama that smothers its own potential 
2
The Statement
Terry Lawson
Caine bounces back and forth almost randomly between pitiable and detestable following the dictates of a formulaic plot 
2
The Statement
Kevin John Bozelka
All Jewison has to offer us is an exquisitely packaged reminder of the Catholic Church s collaboration with the Vichy government But why distort history when your sole purpose is to offer a history lesson 
2.5
The Statement
Connie Ogle
Seems more an excuse to attack a target than an exercise in solid storytelling 
2
The Statement
Jeff Vice
The film is rather unbelievable even though it s based on real life tales of the Vichy Milice 
2
The Statement
Sean P. Means
This Ludlum esque political thriller might be funny if it wasn t exploiting such a serious topic as the Holocaust 
1.5
The Statement
Chris Hewitt
Rome Paris Provence London labels like these pop up so often in The Statement you re not sure if you re watching a movie or reading a map But a map would be more compelling 
1
The Statement
Laura Kelly
The Statement elicits more yawns than gasps and plays like a second rate rerun from Sunday afternoon television 
1.5
The Statement
Joe Baltake
Worth catching for Caine s bravura turn as a despicable old man begging for sympathy and also for its fascinating insights into the darker side of both France and the Catholic Church 
3.5
The Statement
John Beifuss
Caine s good but his Cockney accent is the most unlikely voice to emerge from a French character since Cary Grant was Capt Henri Rochard in I Was a Male War Bride 
2.5
The Statement
Howard Shapiro
Partly because of Caine and partly because of meticulous work by veteran director Norman Jewison The Statement is a fiction done so effectively it rings true even slick lines that may otherwise be rancid 
3
The Statement
Christian Toto
Caine makes Statement rise above its soporific story 
2.5
The Statement
David Elliott
The Statement has the old appeal of esteemed actors in interesting places sharing reasonably adult talk but as a thriller it could make Hitchcock rumble and sputter 
2
The Statement
James Verniere
Caine gives a gripping performance 
3
The Statement
Roger Ebert
Although the story is based on fact the movie never convinced me of its truth 
2
The Statement
Moira MacDonald
Intelligent and thought provoking but as drama it fails to live up to its own high expectations 
2
The Statement
Mick LaSalle
Somewhere in this disappointing political thriller was a superb character study trying to get out 
2
The Statement
Wesley Morris
A tasteless hunt the war criminal thriller 
1
The Statement
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jewison has no timing for this material and doesn t manage to build any kind of suspense 
2
The Statement
Bruce Newman
There is nothing particularly clever or twisty about it as a thriller 
2
The Statement
Michael Wilmington
Raises such important issues guilt conscience the memory of the Holocaust that along with Jewison s skill and Caine s power they carry the movie 
2.5
The Statement
Marty Mapes
Has the right spirit of tension Europe hopping espionage and double crosses
3
The Statement
Lisa Kennedy
Caine s performance makes it a striking portrait of a man of faith s profound hypocrisy 
2.5
The Statement
Peter Travers
Director Norman Jewison dodges the issues in the script by Ronald Harwood to focus on cat and mouse chases that kill interest 
2
The Statement
Steve Rhodes
Like a John Le Carr mystery on a very slow boil a film more likely to induce slumber than outrage or excitement 
2
The Statement
Timothy Knight
Almost completely devoid of narrative tension or intriguing characters The Statement is the surprisingly bad work of a normally reliable director 
1.5
The Statement
Emily Blunt
All this talent and still barely a fizzle of yum from the whole yarn Shame because Caine shed his wink and really delivers one of his finest roles ever 
2
The Statement
Jami Bernard
With only a few exceptions and these exceptions do scream out for the mercy of the cutting room floor Jewison directs with a quiet authoritative hand and delivers a suspenseful little movie with historical roots 
3
The Statement
Megan Lehmann
Overripe dialogue and a fevered score fail to inject any real tension and the accentless English spoken throughout a film set entirely in France is ludicrous and jarring 
2
The Statement
Bob Strauss
Despite Caine s excellent alternately haunted and frightening central performance and what should be a blistering subplot about Catholic culpability in this monster s survival the film almost entirely lacks tension and grows irritatingly repetitive 
2.5
The Statement
Liam Lacey
The Statement never comes together as a persuasive whole 
2.5
The Statement
Joshua Tanzer
It might have been braver to tell the truth about the Touvier case than invent a leering fiction that only hints at dark conspiracies whose workings are unknown 
2.5
The Statement
Mike Clark
A severe cinematic stiff 
2
The Statement
David Sterritt
The drama starts with great promise but loses credibility when it lapses into long stretches of hackneyed dialogue and a general failure to make the central character convincing as a deeply religious man who is also a self absorbed psychopath 
2
The Statement
John Anderson
A surprisingly mild thriller one that meanders and spasms dramatically and that despite its occasional outburst of violence wastes a cast of ordinarily superb actors 
2
The Statement
Rob Blackwelder
comes alive only when Caine is on screen but somewhere under the stilted surface there is a savvy intelligent anxiety packed political thriller struggling to get out 
2
The Statement
Jeremiah Kipp
The Statement never delves too deeply into the pitch black heart of its premise 
2
Nostalgia
Roger Moore
Not a movie for the young but for those dealing with the philosophical questions you have at the taking stock stage of life 
2.5
Nostalgia
Josh Terry
In this world Nostalgia is a long drag 
2
Nostalgia
David Nusair
Nostalgia gets off to a somewhat underwhelming start 
2
Nostalgia
Chandler Levack
Only a few of the characters are well developed enough to sustain the movie s interest while the rest speak in obscure poetic dialogue that repeats the central thesis ad nauseam 
2.5
Nostalgia
Rob Thomas
Nostalgia is not the film you want to watch before cleaning out the basement as it forces the viewer to reconsider the power of those things we ve held onto for so long 
3
Nostalgia
Bruce DeMara
It s a film steeped in melancholy that gently reminds us to live life fully before it s time to say goodbye 
3.5
Nostalgia
Rex Reed
A well meaning expertly acted film it unfortunately drowns in its own sorrow making its commercial prospects dim 
2.5
Nostalgia
Mark Dujsik
Nostalgia reveals that it has a lot of sentiments to spout but little to say 
2
Nostalgia
Michael O'Sullivan
A slow talky and only faintly moving meditation on mortality and memory 
1.5
Nostalgia
Tom Russo
The film can be naggingly vague and patchily written where precision seems called for but the familiar procession keenly digging into the wistful material does hold interest 
2.5
Nostalgia
Christy Lemire
Rarely as profound as it aims to be 
1.5
Nostalgia
Mark Kennedy
Nostalgia is not a perfect film but it is moving and sensitive You leave with your head in the clouds and a new view of your precious stuff 
3
Nostalgia
Chuck Bowen
In the context of screenwriter Alex Ross Perry s other work the sledgehammer preachiness of Nostalgia almost scans as a failed hipster joke 
1.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
Gene Siskel
The marvel of Hannah and Her Sisters is just how many fully realized characters and relationships Allen is able to weave into the fabric of this extraordinarily well written film This script is one to be studied by aspiring filmmakers 
4
Hannah and Her Sisters
Desmond Ryan
Hannah and Her Sisters is also filmmaking of consummate skill and emotional range It encompasses brilliant comedy and almost unbearable poignance often in the same scene 
4
Hannah and Her Sisters
Josh Larsen
makes me wish Allen would get men out of the picture more often 
3
Hannah and Her Sisters
Steven Snyder
No matter how passive a viewer you are how much you attempt to dismiss it or judge its characters Woody Allen reaches past those sleepy cynical or questioning eyes and makes you think as much as any film I ve seen 
4
Hannah and Her Sisters
Bill Chambers
Romantic sentiments drive all the lust and blood out of the picture 
2.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
Roger Ebert
Allen s writing and directing style is so strong and assured in this film that the actual filmmaking itself becomes a narrative voice just as we sense Henry James behind all of his novels or William Faulkner or Iris Murdoch behind theirs 
4
Falling Overnight
Chuck Bowen
Recalls some of the more annoying entries in the mumblecore subgenre that erroneously believe that every indiscriminate moment in a person s life is worthy of a film regardless of subtext 
1
Enforcement
Simon Abrams
Hviid and Olholm spend a lot of time wringing their hands about the future of race relations but always in flat heavily filtered images 
1.5
Enforcement
Mark Dujsik
Hviid and Ølholm let the action get in the way of their bigger ideas and as a result those ideas start to look smaller and far more simplified 
2.5
Enforcement
Chuck Bowen
The film is both a lurid urban thriller and an earnest parable about almost literally walking a mile in someone else s shoes 
3
Enforcement
Roger Moore
A solid is slow moving police actioner that reminds us that no matter the continent police work is the same dangerous game 
2.5
The Final Countdown
James Kendrick
a unique merging of military drama and science fiction and even if it doesn t always work it presents such a fascinating scenario that you can t help but get sucked into its swirling vortex of unending and paradoxical what if s 
3
The Final Countdown
Matt Brunson
Stronger direction might have resulted in a more robust and exciting presentation but a great what if premise and an impressive cast easily compensate 
3
The Final Countdown
Burl Burlingame
Best bad movie of the year Best because it s carefully crafted streamlined entertainment bad because it s monumentally silly We know it s awful but we have fun anyway 
3
The Final Countdown
Roger Ebert
It s filled with technology special effects and action But it just doesn t make any sense 
2
The Final Countdown
Walter Chaw
A solid movie with a lousy ending 
2.5
The Final Countdown
James O'Ehley
Something you d watch on TV for free without complaint 
2
Abominable
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Excels in spite of the major plot holes mainly because it has such an entertaining attitude about itself 
3
Abominable
David Nusair
Thoroughly uneven yet undeniably entertaining 
2.5
Abominable
Maitland McDonagh
Schifrin s modest thriller delivers some gross out gore in the last third but spends most of its running time building up a tidy atmosphere of mounting dread 
2.5
State and Main
Brian Eggert
The film may be the sharpest of all Hollywood satires a comedy which recognizes the equally chaotic and creative process of filmmaking while also offering a scathing perspective on a film s behind the scenes challenges 
4
State and Main
Nick Rogers
David Mamet that president emeritus of hard consonant profanity often seems as comfortable with softer stuff as a man wearing wool in July But this on the nose Hollywood satire played like Preston Sturges absolved of Production Code limitations 
3.5
State and Main
Michael Dequina
One giant testimony to unmet potential 
2.5
State and Main
David Nusair
quirky 
3
State and Main
Dan Lybarger
It s a treat to see a movie that rewards its viewers for paying attention 
3.5
State and Main
James Kendrick
Funny satirical and touching
4
State and Main
David Keyes
manages to be one of the most brilliant films of 2000 a satirical edgy and sweet comedy in which every person detail and camera shot is of complete significance 
4
State and Main
Elias Savada
Devilishly wicked if occasionally slight Mamet s third film in as many years is alas one of his weakest but still strong compared with the rest of the holiday film pack 
2.5
State and Main
Marty Mapes
Works very well not only as a comedy but also as an ensemble character study 
3
State and Main
Susan Stark
A finely tuned satire of the insane Hollywood modus operandi heightened by farcical flourishes and grounded with the kind of reportorial integrity that distinguishes Mamet s best work 
3
State and Main
Tor Thorsen
The usually sharp penned playwright slums it giving us a pedestrian culture clash comedy 
2.5
State and Main
Mick LaSalle
A film of unexpected warmth and geniality 
3
State and Main
Roger Ebert
It s Mamet in a lighthearted mood playing with dialogue repeating phrases just because he likes them and supplying us with a closing line that achieves I think a kind of greatness 
3
State and Main
Rob Blackwelder
The first brilliantly biting showbiz satire of Hollywood s second century and one of the subgenre s most droll and original entries 
3.5
State and Main
Erik Childress
An intersection of all kinds of filmmaking genres and values that is ingeniously rich and one of the true gems of the year 
4
State and Main
James Berardinelli
It s highly watchable and at times humorously compelling 
3
Narc
Michael Dequina
The stylish conviction of Carnahan and his never better leads make this familiar yarn worth caring about 
3
Narc
Sara Michelle Fetters
Joe Carnahan s Narc is familiar stuff but it is bracingly effective There hasn t been a cop and robbers film this cold and harsh since the 1970 s 
3.5
Narc
Greg Maki
A showcase for two talented actors and Joe Carnahan s technical wizardry Narc is welcome entry in a tired genre 
3.5
Narc
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una verdadera recomendacin que lamentablemente dur muy poco en pantalla por lo que no se la pueden perder en video 
3
Narc
Nick Rogers
Carnahan isn t breaking new ground but he has administered an astoundingly visceral shot of adrenaline to the police procedural genre 
3.5
Narc
Steven Snyder
As Narc i builds in momentum becoming anything but what we expected it deserves credit for being one of the few captivating and original cop films of recent memory 
3
Narc
Glenn Kenny
Opening with a chase scene that s real heart in your mouth stuff the movie barely ever lets up it s exciting almost to the point of being exhausting 
3
Narc
Matt Brunson
Narc isn t bad but it s also nothing too far removed from the usual cops n robbers fare that passes through the multiplexes on a regular basis 
2.5
Narc
Ian Mantgani
The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance but twists are getting irritating and this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows 
2.5
Narc
Frank Ochieng
Haggard police personnel the riff raffish opportunists the disoriented victims colorful cop lingo and the stench of the hazardous surroundings give Narc its rousing element of sleazy adventure 
2.5
Narc
Joe Leydon
Call it The Badge on steroids and you won t be far off the mark 
2.5
Narc
Tony Toscano
a well built cop opera 
3
Narc
Mark Dujsik
Narc is certainly alive before the conclusion but once it hits the film is reborn into a cynical and weary story of sins and hopes of the past coming to light 
3
Narc
James Kendrick
filmed with such energy and bravado and boasts two performances by Ray Liotta and Jason Patric that are so impressive that it rises above its generic roots and becomes something that is very nearly powerful
3
Narc
Marty Mapes
Its aggressive unrelenting energy makes up for all the cop movie cliches
3
Narc
Frank Ochieng
If only Narc had its originality in check this could have been more of a chilling visceral ride into depravity 
2.5
Narc
Linda Cook
This is an adults only down n dirty whodunit 
3
Narc
Chris Hewitt
Marred only by a mildly disappointing ending it s a smart hard hitting drama 
3.5
Narc
Todd Anthony
A solid hard hitting but not particularly original genre flick 
2.5
Narc
Moira MacDonald
A good cop movie 
3
Narc
Mick LaSalle
There are things to admire about Narc but they re individual things not the movie as a whole 
1
Narc
David Elliott
One of the harshest cop stories ever filmed 
3.5
Narc
Joe Baltake
A truly great B movie 
3.5
Narc
Rene Rodriguez
A stylistic throwback to such classic 1970s cop dramas as The French Connection and Serpico with a 21st century helping of the old ultra violence 
3
Narc
Jeff Vice
A few artsy flourishes aside Narc is as gritty as a movie gets these days 
3
Narc
Wesley Morris
Narc is all menace and atmosphere 
2.5
Narc
Forrest Hartman
Sacramento filmmaker Joe Carnahan grabs viewers by the throat 
3
Narc
Liam Lacey
A cop movie that refuses to cop out in the usual way 
3
Narc
Terry Lawson
Narc isn t the great movie the gifted Carnahan probably has in him but it s a great cop B movie 
3
Narc
Shirley Klass
The film may be bloody but it still has depth and honesty 
3.5
Narc
Margaret A. McGurk
The acting is outstanding Ray Liotta is as good as he has ever been Jason Patric is notably better 
3
Narc
Roger Ebert
The movie s writer and director Joe Carnahan brings a rough aggressive energy to the picture 
3
Narc
Phil Villarreal
Liotta put on 30 pounds for the role and has completely transformed himself from his smooth Goodfellas image 
3
Narc
Steven Rea
Deflated ending aside there s much to recommend the film 
3
Narc
Paul Doro
In both style and story Narc reinvigorates a tired genre with brute force 
3.5
Narc
Mary F. Pols
Feels like an R rated episode of NYPD Blue with its only real distinction being that neither Nick nor Henry are characters we re particularly attached to 
2.5
Narc
Mark Caro
Narc is a gritty cop movie for people who like gritty cop movies 
3
Narc
Josh Larsen
An inevitable showdown between two men who don t know how to blink 
3.5
Narc
James Berardinelli
Jason Patric an actor who has mastered the art of giving an understated portrayal is riveting 
3
Narc
Rob Blackwelder
A rogue cop drama with such robust performances and realistic grit that its flirtation with clichs hardly matters 
3
Narc
Steve Rhodes
An absolutely riveting crime drama an exhilarating ride that will leave you exhausted and satisfied 
3.5
Narc
Jeanne Aufmuth
Joe Carnahan and his players manage to synchronize their story to the primal drumbeat of cruelty keeping it tense and edgy to the last frame 
4
Narc
Jules Brenner
Jason Patric as the sympathetic hero who is tough enough to do the right thing in extreme circumstances throwing personal consequences to the wind is quite good 
3
Narc
Mike Clark
This may be the most uncompromisingly raw police drama since Across 110th Street starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto 
3
Narc
Jan Stuart
The actors are all charged up by their roles and it rubs off on us You walk out with a caffeine and doughnut high 
3.5
Narc
Lou Lumenick
Exciting but brutal 
3
Narc
Glenn Whipp
A live wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze 
3.5
Narc
Tor Thorsen
A riveting profile of law enforcement and a visceral nasty journey into an urban Hades 
3.5
Narc
Erik Childress
There s an absolute professionalism on display that displaces the usual cheap look of an independent production and opens your eyes to the realization that you may be witnessing the birth of a career here 
3.5
Narc
Walter Chaw
When Narc works it works because of the conviction of its leads 
3
Narc
Ross Anthony
Very well produced acted directed and shot with a 70 s cop bluish cinemagraphic feel but on a subjective level Narc ultimately offers little thematically 
2
Narc
Peter Travers
Narc is a no bull throwback to 1970s action films It zips along with B movie verve while adding the rich details and go for broke acting that heralds something special 
3
Narc
Harvey S. Karten
Effective as both a visceral cop thriller and as an intriguing psychological study 
3
Who Am I?
Michael Dequina
Agreeable enough fun but only to a point 
2.5
3 Needles
Ken Fox
Demonstrates that the transmission of HIV has become an uncontrollable global pandemic that feeds on poverty and recognizes no sexual national or religious borders 
4
3 Needles
G. Allen Johnson
If nothing else director Thom Fitzgerald has demonstrated how huge a challenge the AIDS epidemic is on a worldwide scale and how it will take a concerted intelligent effort to solve it It ll take a lot more than throwing money around 
2.5
3 Needles
Jim Hemphill
3 Needles is difficult to take at times but it ultimately rewards those viewers willing to meet its challenges 
3
3 Needles
Jack Mathews
Only the African story feels complete while the Chinese story is gloomily hopeless and the Montreal story is just a bad idea 3 Needles is not about AIDS it s about the exploitation of it 
2
3 Needles
Evan Henerson
3 Needles Thom Fitzgerald s globe spanning investigation of the effects of AIDS may ultimately be a call to unity but there s an extreme amount of despair and misery before we get to hear that trumpet blare 
3
3 Needles
Teresa Budasi
Broad in scope and at times visually stunning director Thom Fitzgerald s project is ambitious but lacks cohesion 
2.5
3 Needles
Wesley Morris
It s hard to know what exactly the movie means with a lot of the choices it makes even if ultimately it means well 
2.5
3 Needles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s gorgeously filmed but its character logic very rarely makes any sense 
2.5
3 Needles
Walter Chaw
I d love a peek at the keyboard Fitzgerald uses to conjure his screeds I ve never seen one sledgehammered into dust and splinters before 
0.5
3 Needles
Michael Phillips
A well meaning misfire 
1.5
3 Needles
Jan Stuart
Provocative and ambitious 
3
3 Needles
Matt Pais
Between the annoying voiceover and the detail free storylines 3 Needles is like a bad filmstrip you stumble onto at the library 
1.5
3 Needles
Ed Gonzalez
Each of these stories is a hissy fit of heinous proportions one progressively worse than the other all end on a sickeningly satisfied note of irony tied together with hectoring narration that suggests a yuletide story 
1.5
3 Needles
Kate Taylor
The results can be gripping but also difficult to follow in some places and difficult to swallow in others 
2
3 Needles
Peter Howell
The film is unfocussed and listless Fitzgerald has the ideas what he needs more than anything is a ruthless editor 
1.5
Grace Is Gone
David Nusair
packs an emotional wallop that ultimately belies its low key sensibilities 
4
Grace Is Gone
Mick LaSalle
Depicts a side of the Iraq war the American home front that has been barely touched in other Iraq war movies 
3
Grace Is Gone
Moira MacDonald
Despite the strength of the cast in particular O Keefe who s making her film debut here and shows tremendous promise it s hard to muster much enthusiasm for Grace Is Gone 
2
Grace Is Gone
Amy Biancolli
Good intentions can only go so far 
1.5
Grace Is Gone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Strouse gives the movie an industrial sparseness which only increases its intimacy 
3
Grace Is Gone
Roger Ebert
Not a great movie simply functional but Cusack gives a great performance 
3
Grace Is Gone
Michael Phillips
Grace is Gone works best in the quiet moments Shelan O Keefe couldn t be better this low keyed weepie belongs to her 
3
Grace Is Gone
Josh Larsen
Cusack makes such a scene not showing off that he s distracting 
1.5
Grace Is Gone
Mark Dujsik
True in its core depiction of a man dealing with limitless sorrow 
3
Grace Is Gone
Betsy Bozdech
John Cusack takes it down several notches in James C Strouse s somber well acted family mourning tale 
2.5
Grace Is Gone
Ken Fox
Strouse forgoes an explicit critique of the Iraq War in favor of a more universal portrait of grief and acceptance 
3
Grace Is Gone
Stephen Whitty
Grace Is Gone is a small film but mostly in all the right ways 
3
Grace Is Gone
Kyle Smith
A barbell of a movie that carries some weight at either end What s in between is purely utilitarian though 
2
Grace Is Gone
Elizabeth Weitzman
This is a movie that lobs even appropriate criticisms from a safe distance a flaw its strengths can t overcome 
2.5
Grace Is Gone
Bob Strauss
It can t be denied that writer James C Strouse s directing debut is uniquely of our time as home front films go and he exploits that new wrinkle for all it s worth 
3
Grace Is Gone
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Cusack deserves high praise for his terrific work as an emotionally cold man suddenly devastated by grief but this effort is expended on a vehicle that has little going for it in the first place 
1.5
Grace Is Gone
Claudia Puig
A moving and tender family drama built on the foundation of a serious contemporary issue 
3
Grace Is Gone
Jan Stuart
Cusack has never been better he disappears into his character s repressed skin so utterly we can barely recognize in him the perky teen heartthrob of Say Anything 
2.5
Grace Is Gone
James Berardinelli
If Martian Child is the price film goers must pay in order to get Grace Is Gone then it s a worthwhile trade 
3
Grace Is Gone
Nick Schager
It s the Paul Haggis version of National Lampoon s Vacation 
1.5
Grace Is Gone
Peter Travers
No politics no pleading No artifice 
3
House of D
Stefan Ulstein
House of D is a delightful coming of age drama comedy that deals with weighty matters of the soul 
2.5
House of D
Greg Maki
In this house D is for dull 
2
House of D
Matt Brunson
Maybe not a D but this coming of age yarn from writer director actor David Duchovny certainly rates no better than a C 
2
House of D
Larry Ratliff
Duchovny cares dearly for these characters Unfortunately he s little more than a novice when it comes to keeping clichs out of the storytelling process 
2
House of D
John Beifuss
As synthetic and embarrassing as the knit lace up shirt the 12 year old hero wears to his first boy girl dance 
1
House of D
Geoff Pevere
Because dark secrets always summon flashbacks the telling of Tom s plunges us back to Greenwich Village circa 1973 Sideburns sprout classic rock proliferates and lapels run amok Then the horror really begins 
1
House of D
John Hartl
The kind of personal film that fails in a way that makes your teeth ache It s obviously a labor of love on the part of its first time writer director but as a coming of age memoir it lacks charm originality and taste 
1
House of D
David Elliott
Though intermittently charming House of D forecloses on itself 
1.5
House of D
Carla Meyer
Clanks on nearly every level 
1.5
House of D
Connie Ogle
Duchovny displays a firm sense of time and place and genuine affection for all his characters offering up plenty of amusing running gags and most courageously unabashed emotion 
2.5
House of D
Jennie Punter
In need of a tighter narrative and more importantly a raison d tre 
1.5
House of D
Jeff Vice
Of the many mistakes Duchovny makes perhaps the worst is his criminal underuse of Leoni his real life spouse who s about the only thing the film has going for it 
1.5
House of D
Mick LaSalle
As soon as Williams enters simpering this is a character that we wish would die a horrid death or at least disappear That s a problem Duchovny can t overcome 
2
House of D
Wesley Morris
House of D dawdles along as the sort of 1970s inflicted coming of age reminiscence that feels like the unprocessed ramblings of its creator 
1.5
House of D
Sean P. Means
Duchovny s tone shifts in this seriocomic mess are mishandled so that the comic parts aren t funny and the serious stuff elicits inappropriate laughter 
1.5
House of D
Michael Booth
Despite a weak foundation built with coming of age clichs House of D almost works as a melancholy look back 
2
House of D
James Verniere
A shaggy self indulgent psychodrama 
2
House of D
Terry Lawson
The year is young there is a movie featuring Paris Hilton due soon but it s hard to imagine anything in 2005 being more excruciating to endure 
1
House of D
Mary-Liz Shaw
House of D wears its classic story like a fine suit but it teeters on the clich occasionally falling into the rut of the predictable 
2.5
House of D
Roger Ebert
House of D is the kind of movie that particularly makes me cringe because it has such a shameless desire to please 
1.5
House of D
Carrie Rickey
Less successful with these sentimentally embroidered holy fools and fairy tale damsels than with its nicely drawn relationship between Tommy and Melissa 
2
House of D
Chris Hewitt
This sort of tommyrot might make you cry but so would getting smacked in the face with a bag of onions which is what watching the movie is like 
1
House of D
Phoebe Flowers
Although Williams performance is painful to watch the bigger problem is the role he serves in the story as a whole 
2
House of D
Allison Benedikt
Goes from bad to unbearable in a single scene 
.5
House of D
Phil Villarreal
Duchovny hoped to make his viewers laugh and cry He succeeded all right but for all the wrong reasons 
1
House of D
Jeanne Aufmuth
A mawkish coming of age tale that relies on melodramatic theatrics 
2
House of D
Walter Chaw
It s both something you can guess and something I can t revisit without wanting to pit up 
1
House of D
Peter Debruge
The movie presents Tommy s crisis and its resolution back to back with little to suggest the years of damage that would require such a feel good epilogue 
2
House of D
Frank Ochieng
It s too bad that upstart moviemaker Duchovny couldn t imprison the schmaltz factor in this sappy detention drama and throw away the jail keys in the process
2
House of D
Peter Travers
The film looks and feels authentic but Duchovny has powered his undeniably personal journey with a counterfeit heart 
2
House of D
Timothy Knight
The D in the House of D refers to Detention which is where David Duchovny should be sent for writing directing and starring in this earnest self consciously quirky coming of age mess 
1.5
House of D
Lisa Rose
House of D is intensely incompetent 
1.5
House of D
Lou Lumenick
Duchovny s evil alien twin perhaps the same one who chose roles in Return to Me and Connie and Carla must have written the schmaltzy wildly improbable script 
1.5
House of D
Jami Bernard
A sappy and improbable story 
2
House of D
Glenn Whipp
Based on the miserable results House of D will be Duchovny s only shot And that s the one blessing to come from this mess 
1.5
House of D
Claudia Puig
The movie is Exhibit A of what can happen when an actor is allowed to pursue a vanity project without outside intervention 
1.5
House of D
David Sterritt
I m sorry to report it s the opposite of impressive 
1
House of D
Steve Rhodes
A cacophony of completely false notes that end in a tear jerking crescendo 
1
House of D
Emily Blunt
There s a new young star in the making named Anton Yelchin awaiting your perusal in this touching film 
3.5
House of D
Peter Canavese
Duchovny shows signs of wit and wisdom but this feels much more written than lived for every funny or gut wrenching moment three head scratching ones are sure to follow 
2
House of D
Keith Uhlich
Awkward and atrocious in equal measure 
1
Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A film that never justifies its own existence either as an extremely free adaption of the games or as the prequel of an already disastrous movie Full review in Spanish 
0.5
The Winning Season
Willie Waffle
I want you to see this movie On Demand to witness the most underrated actor in all of the world Sam Rockwell That way he won t have to make another movie like this ever again 
2
The Winning Season
Lou Lumenick
Rockwell does a typically fine job he s funny touching and appalling as an alcoholic mess of a former high school basketball coach who s been reduced to washing dishes in a restaurant 
3
The Winning Season
Nick Schager
Considering its status as merely a puddle of regurgitated elements The Winning Season is to be as coarse as its protagonist the cinematic equivalent of vomit 
1
Slipstream
David Nusair
baffling irritating and even a little infuriating 
1
Trollhunter
Matt Brunson
One of the better entries in the 8220 found footage 8221 series of faux documentaries 46 
3
Trollhunter
Roger Moore
Not nearly as much fun as it might have been neither consistently funny nor remotely scary 
2
Trollhunter
Peter Howell
It s so steeped in troll and paranoia lore it risks boring you with the details at times But it also makes you more inclined to believe it and the frights are real enough 
2.5
Trollhunter
Loey Lockerby
An entertaining effort with cult following written all over it 
2.5
Trollhunter
Duane Dudek
Beneath its Blair Witch Project faux vrit facade is a smart and Ghostbusters like funny fantasy film rich in Norwegian folklore 
3
Trollhunter
Moira MacDonald
Those fog draped fjords provide a distractingly pretty backdrop to this tale of mysterious massive creatures who roam the forest by night searching for Christians on whom to munch 
3
Trollhunter
Chris Hewitt
I couldn t decide if TrollHunter was trying to be funny or scary but I can tell you it succeeds at neither 
1
Trollhunter
Michael O'Sullivan
It can t seem to make up its mind about whether it wants to frighten us or make us laugh It does a little bit of both to be sure but not nearly enough of either to make much of a lasting impression 
1.5
Trollhunter
Joe Williams
Trollhunter has a lot of down time as the crew treks to the fjords but it s also got dryly subversive humor and eventually some impressive special effects 
2.5
Trollhunter
Steven Rea
Andr vredal s enjoyably goofy scare pic purports to offer real footage of real horror in this case a variety of forest and mountain trolls 
3
Trollhunter
Ty Burr
Once again material for a great short film has been expanded to feature length at its peril and ours Still this is clever stuff and surprisingly engrossing on its own terms 
2.5
Trollhunter
Tom Meek
If you just go with it Troll Hunter may satisfy your taste for cult campiness 
2
Trollhunter
Roger Ebert
They spend a great deal of time roaring bleating squealing and snorting at a very high volume which is after a point too much of a muchness 
2.5
Trollhunter
Peter Hartlaub
Successful on multiple levels with a brisk pace excellent location work and a strong lead performance by Norwegian comedian Otto Jespersen 
3
Trollhunter
Robert Levin
Fun comic horror with a classic tough guy protagonist and just the right amount of frigid Norwegian atmosphere 
3
Trollhunter
V.A. Musetto
You ll want to catch this clever movie before Hollywood ruins everything with a dumb remake 
3
Trollhunter
Sara Michelle Fetters
It must be admitted that writer director Andr vredal fantastical real world fairy tale opus gets the job done delivering a 90 minute entertainment that s as silly and nonsensical as it is a heck of a lot of fun 
2.5
Trollhunter
Brian Orndorf
Exists somewhere between The Blair Witch Project and a particularly edgy Rankin Bass holiday special It s a crafty motion picture with ingenious visual effects and a healthy sense of humor but it overstays its welcome 
3
Trollhunter
Rex Reed
Like the folks who dreamed up lycanthropy the Trollhunter writers either have an abundance of imagination or they ve been smoking a controlled substance 
1
Trollhunter
Dustin Putman
An example of just how much bang indie filmmakers these days can get with their bucks Hollywood are you listening 
3
Trollhunter
Chris Cabin
For such a direct and plainly titled film Trollhunter doesn t have a clue as to what it wants to be 
1.5
The Art of War
David Nusair
features several unexpectedly enthralling action sequences 
2.5
The Art of War
James Kendrick
The title alone is a tip off that the filmmakers feel they are making something much more grand that what actually appears on screen 
2
The Art of War
James Berardinelli
The Art of War manages to entertain without being enriching and at least in some circles that s the definition of what a summer film is supposed to accomplish 
2.5
The Art of War
David Keyes
The plot lacks any sense of direction and is told in such a reckless manner that it practically derails itself 
2
The Art of War
Rob Blackwelder
The Art of War becomes a convoluted yarn of international conspiracies thinner than the paper the script is printed on 
2
The Art of War
Elias Savada
The Art of War is drenched with a script so incomprehensible you d prefer Chinese water torture than wracking your brain trying to keep score 
1
The Art of War
Edward Guthmann
The Art of War makes no sense at all 
1
The Art of War
Michael Dequina
While Snipes remains convincing throughout the entire film the film itself doesn t 
2.5
The Art of War
Shay Casey
The writers haven t a clue how to properly construct an action film 
1.5
The Art of War
Tor Thorsen
Duguay weighs the film down with jarring plot twists and action movie tropes that are often totally extraneous 
2
The Art of War
Cornell & Petricelli
Unconvincing rationale unclear characters motivations and most annoyingly absurd action scenes take away from the kind of invincible and fun warrior spirit everyone expects Snipes to deliver 
2
The Story of Temple Drake
Mattie Lucas
Made with the full knowledge of how society at large felt about girls like her and those stereotypes of the loose woman are consistently interrogated and subverted 
3.5
The Story of Temple Drake
James Kendrick
quite a good film apart from its scandalous reputation which tends to overshadow any of its other accomplishments
3
The Story of Temple Drake
Matt Brunson
If anyone needs an example of the sort of movie that forced the Hays Office prudes to become moral watchdogs over the American film industry The Story of Temple Drake will serve just fine 
3
Wolf Creek
Matt Brunson
Wolf Creek bills itself as Based On Real Events a dubious claim since the film is rife with the sort of boneheaded plotting that can only be found in sub par thrillers of this nature 
1
Wolf Creek
Lucius Gore
Despite the obvious influences of the original Chainsaw Hills Have Eyes Last House and other kidnap terror films you can t predict what is going to happen in this film 
3.5
Wolf Creek
David Nusair
an effective and thoroughly tense horror flick that s stylish without being obtrusive 
2.5
Wolf Creek
Jonathan R. Perry
Inhumane Yep Sadistic Sure But it works where countless others of the genre have failed by introducing people we get to know and care about before all hell breaks loose 
3
Wolf Creek
James Berardinelli
What Wolf Creek offers is a competently made horror excursion with an unfortunate reliance upon clichés balanced off by some legitimate shocks 
3
Wolf Creek
Tyler Hanley
Viewers eager to embrace 90 minutes of footage featuring women being brutalized beaten stalked and slaughtered may want to consider some serious introspection 
1
Wolf Creek
Sara Michelle Fetters
Women in horror movies are always the ones most brutalized sure but what McLean does to Magrath and Morassi borders on pure amoral hatred 
2
Wolf Creek
John Beifuss
The darkest lump of coal ever dropped down a moviegoer s throat on Christmas Day bought by the Weinsteins for 3 5 million Next time could we get a gift certificate instead 
2
Wolf Creek
Sean McBride
one of the more disturbing horror films I ve seen in quite some time 
3
Wolf Creek
Lisa Rose
It s not your typical holiday attraction but it should lift the spirits of horror devotees if no one else 
3
Wolf Creek
James Emanuel Shapiro
A patient naturalistic white knuckled ride of terror 
3
Wolf Creek
Bruce Westbrook
Wolf Creek is wicked and witless cruel for the sake of cruelty 
1.5
Wolf Creek
Linda Cook
Hey here s an idea for the new year What if a bunch of us get together somewhere and burn all copies of movies like Wolf Creek 
0
Wolf Creek
Mike Clark
There s no substitute for bad taste And this one has it double barreled both in the timing of its release and as a movie one said to be loosely based on fact 
1.5
Wolf Creek
Ken Fox
The even pacing and attention to character detail is what makes that harrowing second half so effective 
3.5
Wolf Creek
Chris Hewitt
There s no suspense really and the movie is carelessly vague about the victims who have as much personality as lambs lining up for the slaughter 
2
Wolf Creek
G. Allen Johnson
This is some horror flick 
3
Wolf Creek
Steven Rea
The four actors fit into their respective roles nicely though in the case of Jarrat s bushman Mick nice isn t quite the right word 
3
Wolf Creek
Elizabeth Weitzman
Just because Dimension considered Greg McLean s nasty exploitation flick worthy of their time and money doesn t mean it deserves yours 
0.5
Wolf Creek
Mack Bates
Made with the intention to scare moviegoers silly and it succeeds 
3
Wolf Creek
Rene Rodriguez
As the situation grows more dire and the film turns the screws you remain thoroughly invested in the plight of its protagonists because McLean has taken the time to make you care about each of his three main characters 
3
Wolf Creek
Bob Strauss
Disappointingly formulaic 
2.5
Wolf Creek
Jennie Punter
You want to close your eyes but can t a sure sign the horror is working 
2
Wolf Creek
Terry Lawson
As a purely visceral in both senses of the word exercise Australian import Wolf Creek is extremely effective 
3
Wolf Creek
Phil Villarreal
That s not a horror flick This is a horror flick 
3
Wolf Creek
Willie Waffle
Writer director Greg McLean shows a deft hand setting up the audience and terrorizing us but doesn t do it enough or early enough in the film 
2
Wolf Creek
Walter Chaw
No new ideas and runs out of old ones fast 
1.5
Wolf Creek
Sean P. Means
The movie descends into a pool of bloody entrails with lurid and sadistic killings that are more likely to nauseate than entertain 
2
Wolf Creek
John Anderson
Shoehorning predictable parable and pallid allegory into a hobnail boot full of horror and sadism 
1
Wolf Creek
Lou Lumenick
A gorily effective Australian variation of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 
3
Wolf Creek
Jessica Reaves
As horror movies go this is a pretty good one at once a tense visceral and tightly woven tale 
2.5
Wolf Creek
Janice Page
At least as unnerving as it is gratuitously sadistic skin deep and full of plot holes the size of Ayers Rock 
2.5
Wolf Creek
James Verniere
It s the quality of Wolf Creek and power of both its explicit and suggestive content that make it a standout 
3.5
Wolf Creek
Jeff Vice
The film will probably be too much for the majority of audiences As for hard core horror fans they may become a little restless themselves during the first half of the film 
2.5
Wolf Creek
Tony Wong
Australian writer and director McLean produces what is likely the most riveting horror movie you will see this year 
3.5
Wolf Creek
Daniel M. Kimmel
A repulsive and forgettable serial killer movie from Down Under without a trace of plot character or theme that would take us beyond the gore 
1
Wolf Creek
Dustin Putman
The gritty starkly uncompromising Wolf Creek comes as a breath of fresh air or a breath of freshly coughed up blood 
3.5
Wolf Creek
Roger Ebert
There is a line and this movie crosses it I don t know where the line is but it s way north of Wolf Creek 
0
Wolf Creek
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Greg McLean takes the plot in unpredictable directions but the brain dead characters continuously fail to use their heads 
2.5
Wolf Creek
Thomas Delapa
Only a slight cut above the run of the mill American slasher picture 
1.5
Wolf Creek
Phoebe Flowers
A lo fi masterpiece an intense ride through your worst nightmares 
3.5
Wolf Creek
Ed Gonzalez
In this era of horror films soullessly carted out of Hollywood Wolf Creek immediately stands apart from the pack 
3.5
Manto
Aparita Bhandari
Unfortunately Nandita Das s sophomore directorial venture Manto serves neither as a primer on the in famous author nor offers any deeper insight to those familiar with his oeuvre 
2
Avanti!
Roger Ebert
Avanti isn t a laugh a minute kind of a movie and it s too long by maybe half an hour 
2.5
The Creeping Garden
Peter Keough
Documentarians find beauty everywhere even in the world of slime mold 
3
The Creeping Garden
Robert Horton
The Creeping Garden is indeed a fascinating film about slime mold and that it fulfills the documentary objective of informing us about a subject we know little about The film flies bravely in the face of the world s ignorance of slime mold in fact 
3
The Creeping Garden
Farran Smith Nehme
As filmed under a microscope by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp slime mold turns out to be rather beautiful It s also interesting 
2.5
The Creeping Garden
Wes Greene
It s something unique for both a genre exercise and a documentary a science fiction film that doesn t contain an ounce of fiction 
2.5
Thursday
Michael Dequina
Believes that shock value in and of itself equals hipness In actuality it only equates to pathetic desperation 
0
Flesh
Roger Ebert
It s at least interesting It isn t very good though if it hadn t come from New York under Warhol s sponsorship we d never have seen it 
2.5
Flesh
Jeremy Heilman
By comparison to the aimless young adults of Flesh the troubled teens in any given Larry Clark film seem downright motivated 
4
While We're Young
Brian Eggert
Baumbach apos s poignant dialogue and wry examination of people cannot help but inspire us to consider our own relationships 44 friendships 44 and attitude toward the world 8212 no matter how commercial or audience friendly it may become 46 
3.5
While We're Young
David Nusair
Filmmaker Noah Baumbach has infused much of While We re Young with a loose freewheeling quality that s impossible to resist 
3
While We're Young
Michael Smith
The actors are all uniformly excellent Stiller can still be so good and Watts is his match in mutual frustration and lasting love and it s as though everyone involved has a vested interest in this smart timely endeavor 
3.5
While We're Young
Robert W. Butler
It s easy to appreciate what Baumbach is aiming for in While We re Young but it feels more like an intellectual exercise than an involving emotional encounter 
2.5
While We're Young
Amanda Adame
The cast and the sophisticated comedy thats trademark Baumbach make this a really enjoyable film And also hipsters will love it Full review in Spanish 
3
While We're Young
Jeffrey M. Anderson
None of the characters have any kind of inner life and they only exist in relation to Stiller s character 
2
While We're Young
John Serba
Broader and significantly funnier than any Baumbach project yet 
3
While We're Young
Matt Brunson
A great film about modern generational relationships still needs to be made But until such a movie comes along the entertaining and occasionally insightful While We re Young does its part to help fill in the generation gap 
3
While We're Young
Josh Larsen
very little feels organic about the film starting with Stiller and Watts as the central couple 
2
While We're Young
Peter Canavese
The obvious shots at hipster scenes eventually sour into a complex critique of modern ambition in a changing cultural landscape 
3
While We're Young
Lisa Kennedy
The wonderful thing about While We re Young and the relationship that develops between Josh and Cornelia and Jamie and Darby is that it s less about resentment than it is a celebration of romantic love At least initially 
3.5
While We're Young
Scott Renshaw
Baumbach knows we re all wondering if we re on the right life track and While We re Young once again shows that he understands how funny that wondering can be 
3
While We're Young
James Berardinelli
While We re Young may provide the fusion of two disparate narrative packages but the glass is only half full 
2.5
While We're Young
John Beifuss
The first two thirds of the movie are absolutely delightful but once the gears of the arguably too clever plot begin to grind While We re Young loses some of its appeal 
3.5
While We're Young
Rob Thomas
While We re Young is clever and sharp but it s also uncommonly generous for a Baumbach film towards all its characters That kindness must be a byproduct of getting older 
3.5
While We're Young
Steven Rea
Baumbach whose films include the searingly funny autobiographical The Squid and the Whale and the brilliantly uncomfortable Margot at the Wedding writes wry sharp poignant stuff 
3
While We're Young
Mark Dujsik
Yes both characters have some major character defining flaws but Baumbach observes the two men with unexpected sympathy 
3
While We're Young
Carla Meyer
When Young is good it is delicious playing on 40 somethings resistance to being considered middle aged 
3
While We're Young
Moira MacDonald
For a while much of this contemporary comedy is great fun until the party ends and you re ready for these people to go home 
2.5
While We're Young
Rene Rodriguez
While We re Young starts off as an empathetic funny look at middle age and winds up as profound and schematic as a Neil Simon play or for the younger set an episode of The New Girl 
2
While We're Young
Joe Williams
Only an artist at the midpoint between the maypole and maturity could concoct a comedy as potent as While We re Young 
3.5
While We're Young
Robert Levin
Baumbach has a solid grasp of what it feels like to hit one of those life transition points but a far more tenuous sense of the hip milieu occupied by the younger characters 
2.5
While We're Young
Liam Lacey
If you ve been wishing you could see a good Woody Allen comedy again you should check out Noah Baumbach s While We re Young which sees the 45 year old director moving in on Allen s territory the Manhattan comedy of manners 
3
While We're Young
Anders Wright
Baumbach has always tackled tough stuff the universal truths of growing up growing older and confronting oneself but I usually found his take on it to be overly precious Until now that is 
3
While We're Young
Ty Burr
Baumbach may be the sharpest social satirist of his generation in some ways he s a Woody Allen with clearer vision and fewer nervous tics but the message of this droll enjoyable bourgeois vaudeville can be boiled down to Father Knows Best 
3
While We're Young
Peter Howell
While We re Young pairs two New York couples one middle aged and anxious and the other millennial and carefree Both are in for a satirical skewering but also and here s a change for Baumbach something close to a hug 
3.5
While We're Young
Dustin Putman
A smart empathetic sometimes scarily identifiable work from a writer director who continues to carve a gratifying niche for himself in independent cinema 
3
While We're Young
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most confected this is a film that tells the truth 
3.5
While We're Young
Michael Phillips
Baumbach belongs in a select group of invaluable American directors He makes movies built increasingly like traditionally structured studio comedies of an earlier age 
3
While We're Young
Matt Pais
A triumphant examination of confusing efforts to figure out what to do with yourself as a human of any age 
3.5
While We're Young
Mick LaSalle
While We re Young is one step forward and two steps back for writer director Noah Baumbach whose movies are never less than intelligent but at their worst tend to settle for gestures instead of movements 
2
While We're Young
Tomris Laffly
There are no definite heroes or villains here just shifting values that reward the good old human vanity in a new locally grown artisanal organic insert your own buzz word here way 
3.5
While We're Young
Christy Lemire
The observant and mocking humor that makes the film s first two thirds so breezy and enjoyable gives way to shattering realizations but Baumbach ultimately tempers that instinct somewhat by exhibiting genuine sympathy for Stiller s character 
3
While We're Young
Brett McCracken
Fear is a major theme of While We re Young seriously explored even when played for laughs 
3
While We're Young
Claudia Puig
A sharply observed and witty dark comedy 
3
While We're Young
Stephen Whitty
While We re Young is snarky smart and surprising right up until the final shot 
3.5
While We're Young
Peter Travers
Stiller s scenes with the gifted Adam Driver escalate into generational comic warfare of a high order Baumbach touches a raw nerve 
3
While We're Young
Roger Moore
Baumbach s most conventional comedy turns out to be his most fully realized film sharp polished nicely pitched and played 
3
While We're Young
Rex Reed
Another inconsequential Noah Baumbach parody of so called normal people trying to function in a fractional society changing too rapidly to keep up with While We re Young is a dreary bummer 
2
While We're Young
Christopher Gray
Noah Baumbach lobs jokes with hectic editing and a Sturgesian velocity but much of this cross generational comedy is frantic and wearisomely superficial 
2
While We're Young
Kent Turner
A decaffinated and sitcomish approach to a boulevard comedy of early middle age behavior
2
Against the Sun
Sheila O'Malley
Director Brian Falk who co wrote the script with Mark David Keegan worked well with cinematographer Petr Cikhart to keep the story visually interesting despite the limitations placed on the tale by the monotonous setting 
3
Against the Sun
Roger Moore
Overly familiar but still slightly more moving than Unbroken which covers some of the same nautical territory 
2
Modus Operandi
Roger Ebert
Do you understand why I enjoyed Modus Oprandi You don t Millions agree with you 
2.5
Modus Operandi
Diego Semerene
Modus Operandi does fall too in love with its muses to avoid some of its experimental cum normative conventions 
2.5
Modus Operandi
Kyle Smith
Although the film is by design an unwatchable mess on one level and its one joke about 8 mm filmmaking would play better as a music video or a TV commercial there s no denying the crazed dedication to detail 
2.5
Big Words
Michael Dequina
The nuances and layers the actors bring to these complicated all too real characters and dynamics between them speak far more loudly than any written or spoken word no matter how big 
3
Big Words
Kam Williams
A poignant portrait of a very eventful day in the lives of a trio of African Americans too self absorbed to care about the fact that Barack Obama was about to win the Presidential Election that night 
3
Shallow Hal
Betsy Bozdech
A sweet romantic comedy that rises above its moments of lowest common denominator humor to offer a positive message about love and perception 
3
Shallow Hal
Jorge Avila Andrade
Amor Ciego pretende ser moralista lo que choca con los Farrelly para quienes significa un retroceso en su carrera que de por si no tiene nada de extraordinaria 
2
Shallow Hal
Mark Dujsik
Don t expect me to say this too often but I hope the Farrellys maintain their immaturity if only because they do it so well 
2.5
Shallow Hal
Robert Roten
This time they ve added some heart and insight and cut back on the gross out humor 
3
Shallow Hal
Michael Dequina
The Farrelly Brothers retreat to a gentler mode and in the process a far less funny one 
2.5
Shallow Hal
James Kendrick
tackles the beauty mythos with both humor and sensitivity that may surprise those who think only of body fluid jokes when they think of the Farrellys
3
Shallow Hal
Andrew Howe
Two fine performances and the thought provoking subject matter raise it above the level of a disposable comedy 
3
Shallow Hal
Mike McGranaghan
A big part of what makes the movie successful is the combination of Black and Paltrow he gives the movie its humor while she gives it some heart 
3
Shallow Hal
Dustin Putman
A tender hearted feel good romance about not taking everything in life at face value Paltrow gives an alternately heartbreaking and comical performance 
3
Shallow Hal
Bob Graham
It gets away with fat jokes at the same time it seems to be on the side of the angels and inner beauty 
3
Shallow Hal
Tor Thorsen
By preaching that beauty comes from within while simultaneously leering at slender examples of the female form and poking fun at the portly Shallow Hal undermines its own message 
2
Shallow Hal
Rick Groen
The Farrellys had a golden chance to be creatively satirically usefully offensive and they wimped out 
2.5
Shallow Hal
Roger Ebert
Often very funny but it is also surprisingly moving at times 
3
Shallow Hal
Carrie Rickey
If like the Farrellys you want to challenge stereotypes about the plus sized then why not give the job to a plus sized gal 
2
Shallow Hal
Mark Caro
So intent on driving home its worthy if not mind blowing message that it becomes surprisingly conventional 
2.5
Shallow Hal
Tony Toscano
Together Black and Paltrow create an air of believable charm to make this fantasy work 
3
Shallow Hal
Erik Childress
As much a fracturing of the romantic comedy genre the way Shrek splintered Disney fairy tales into a thousand pixels 
3
Shallow Hal
Walter Chaw
Sadness saturates every frame of Peter and Bobby Farrelly s Shallow Hal like a melancholy tune 
3.5
Shallow Hal
Rob Blackwelder
A nearly laughless woefully under written romantic comedy that flaunts its political incorrectness only to conclude with an insultingly insincere sermon 
1
Shallow Hal
Steve Rhodes
feels like the Farrellys are taking us to a circus sideshow hoping we will laugh at the workers inside and then be ashamed of ourselves 
2
Shallow Hal
Jeanne Aufmuth
This is a wildly uneven farce 
2.5
Shallow Hal
James Berardinelli
A sweet somewhat dumb romantic comedy that s almost impossible to actively dislike 
2.5
Shallow Hal
Harvey S. Karten
The Farrelly Brothers have become Smart and Smarter 
3.5
Shallow Hal
Ross Anthony
Hal If you can see it and smell it and feel it who s to say it s not real 
2.5
Shallow Hal
Ed Gonzalez
The end result isn t so much a blind taste test for the male pig than it is a subversive jab at the fragile male ego and the moral sightline 
3.5
Everything, Everything
Matt Brunson
It isn t nearly as successful as the lovely The Fault In Our Stars but it s an agreeable movie with a startling final act that might catch young audiences off guard 
2.5
Everything, Everything
Frank Ochieng
Lastly the damaging dart of creativity for Everything Everything lies in the obviousness of the lazy familiar material while shamelessly ripping off everything from the seventies sapfest a lightweight love story of underage lonely hearts 
1.2
Everything, Everything
Mike McGranaghan
Excellent lead actress Amandla Stenberg is let down by an uneven tone and a flawed story 
2
Everything, Everything
David Nusair
a sweet somewhat uneventful coming of age story 
3
Everything, Everything
Kent Turner
Director Stella Meghie s retelling aims for the heart along with humor tears agita and more For the most part the film succeeds 
2.5
Everything, Everything
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
If you ve been hoping to take your teenage daughter or son to a smug facile and deeply offensive YA melodrama here s your chance 
1
Everything, Everything
Peter Canavese
Soft touch kids may enjoy the smooth jazz romance of this ludicrous fantasy with true love challenged by caring but misguided parental overprotectiveness but the story fails to deal honestly with its what if scenarios 
1
Everything, Everything
Michael O'Sullivan
Stenberg and Robinson are enormously appealing young actors but charisma only goes so far in a story that manages to be as directed by Stella Meghie sterile and wildly far fetched 
1.5
Everything, Everything
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Director Meghie misses the opportunity to illustrate the experience of discovery and awakening 
2.5
Everything, Everything
Josh Terry
Director Stella Meghie s film pales next to its competition and even has the unfortunate audacity to suggest where you should go instead 
2
Everything, Everything
Dann Gire
Unencumbered by financial restraints Maddy and Olly apparently can own any phone any size Apple computer screen or new Toyota pickup truck they want 
2
Everything, Everything
Susan Wloszczyna
Only partially succeeds in being the right romantic medicine 
2
Everything, Everything
Sara Michelle Fetters
So much wasted potential turning my own cinematic immune system into a lethally cancerous nightmare of bitter frustration and dejected disappointment 
2
Everything, Everything
Julia Cooper
Engrossing and not too sugar sweet Meghie s movie is slightly paranoid surprisingly fantastical and superb at translating the overwhelming stupor of first love with big bold shots and a banging soundtrack 
3.5
Everything, Everything
Kam Williams
A tender enough tearjerker to dehydrate even this crabby curmudgeon 
4
Everything, Everything
Kathryn Laskaris
With fewer longing stares out the window and fewer plot holes maybe this movie could have turned into Something Something 
2
Everything, Everything
Moira MacDonald
Thinking is overrated says Olly at one point it s probably the best philosophy with which to approach this film 
2
Everything, Everything
James Berardinelli
As YA romances go and there are plenty to choose from this is a lesser option 
2.5
Everything, Everything
Jon Niccum
They re interesting as a romantic couple when a glass barrier separates them Without it these teens are just as dull as any others 
2
Everything, Everything
Stephen Whitty
The romance is sweet The actors are charming And judging by the whooping and hollering at a recent sneak preview for a romance starved movie audience the love story was very very welcome 
3
Everything, Everything
Mark Dujsik
T he mostly hollow Everything Everything abandons all rationality and a good portion of its decency by the end 
2
Everything, Everything
Calum Marsh
How can any interesting comment be made about how we live today if the reality of that living is so decorously rejected It s a parable compromised by politesse 
1
Everything, Everything
Eric Henderson
The film s plot crux isn t romantic fatalism but the year s cutest manifestation of trendy gaslighting 
1.5
Everything, Everything
Roger Moore
Charming and gooey but in the end gutless 
2
Everything, Everything
Ty Burr
The movie reminds you of what it s like to fall in love for the first time in all its glory and embarrassment 
3
Railroad Tigers
Frank Ochieng
These Tigers claw their way into a frivolous lather but whether or not Chan s latest spectacle deserves a boarding pass to enjoy the same blueprint thrills well hey would you rather see the sequel Skiptrace 2 I rest my case 
2.5
Railroad Tigers
Nick Allen
With little to grab onto and despite all that it offers Railroad Tigers is far slower than a goofy action movie that mostly takes place on a locomotive should ever be 
1.5
Railroad Tigers
Peter Keough
It s only the first week of January but it will be hard to beat Hong Kong director Ding Sheng s Railroad Tigers for the best opening credit sequence of the year 
3
Railroad Tigers
Tom Keogh
While the film s sometimes gritty violence is surprising for an action comedy delightful moments abound too such as a scene in which Ma s men argue over the proper key for a peasant song 
3
Railroad Tigers
Jake Cole
However disjointed Railroad Tigers can be the film offers a much needed reminder of Jackie Chan s prodigious gifts 
2
World War Z
Brian Eggert
Though it contains a few impressive set pieces and some engaging individual sequences 44 the overall effect is flat and unmemorable 46 
2
World War Z
Sonny Bunch
A mishmash of epic action close quarter combat and family drama that feels neither grand nor intimate just confused 
2
World War Z
Jordan Hiller
Danny Boyle 28 Days Later and Edgar Wright Shaun of the Dead did so much more with less nearly a decade ago 
2.5
World War Z
Wesley Lovell
There are two distinct films here and both are successful on their own terms but more gritty survivalist story over world spanning question resolution would have been preferable 
3
World War Z
David Nusair
a sporadically passable yet terminally misguided blockbuster that squanders its promising setup 
2
World War Z
Christy Lemire
As both thrilling spectacle and escapist summer entertainment World War Z is enormously effective with Brad Pitt at the center hopscotching the globe in search of the origin of a zombie apocalypse 
3
World War Z
Eric Melin
The ultimate strength of World War Z is its ability to consistently create ticking clock situations for its characters after laying out very specific parameters 
3
World War Z
Lori Hoffman
World War Z is often suspenseful and exciting even in the midst of clashing cinematic styles that were often incongruous but somehow come together eventually 
3
World War Z
John Beifuss
The spectacular set piece highlights were revealed in the trailers what s left is nothing that hasn t been done much better many times before by Romero Danny Boyle even AMC 
2.5
World War Z
James Kendrick
the film s best thrills almost always rely on the terror of space rapidly collapsing leaving you no place else to run the very essence of panic which is the film s primary emotional register
3
World War Z
Jay Antani
Pitt s soulful performance lends World War Z real heart and strength 
3
World War Z
David Keyes
distinct off beat and fearsomely entertaining and functions on a canvas that reaches far beyond what we are used to in pictures of this nature 
3
World War Z
Linda Cook
If only it could have taken itself less seriously If it had the cartoonish atmosphere of say 2012 then World War Z would have been a silly fun popcorn movie 
2
World War Z
Michael Smith
There s less blood and more brains put to use in the making of the film rather than being munched on and it feels more streamlined than some of this summer s more bloated entries 
3
World War Z
John Serba
A well made escapist action picture it did a good job of staving off my growing zombie ennui for what it s worth 
3
World War Z
Glenn Lovell
Silly isn t a word one usually associates with the Zombie Holocaust but that s the adjective that leaps to mind Forster flinches turns away from the carnage the equivalent of being afraid of your own shadow 
2
World War Z
Sean P. Means
Director Marc Forster brings a kinetic energy to some of the zombie set pieces but the episodic structure of the tag teamed script makes for a stop and start pace 
3
World War Z
Scott Nash
It s not a movie for investing much emotion but as big budget eye candy goes it delivers 
3
World War Z
Matt Brunson
It s only natural to worry that World War Z will be more like World War Zzzzz That s not the case thanks to a committed performance by Brad Pitt and a handful of exciting sequences Still it might be time to call for a moratorium on undead activities 
2.5
World War Z
Kam Williams
A bona fide summer blockbuster any way you slice it with all the fixin s to assure any audience its money s worth of viewing pleasure and excitement 
4
World War Z
Willie Waffle
You have to love the zombies in this movie 
3
World War Z
Bob Bloom
While World War Z has a lot going for it the cause of the virus is never discovered the film moves at a brisk pace and the characters behave rationally considering the circumstances some of the technical choices are drawbacks 
3
World War Z
Matt Zoller Seitz
If you need proof that sometimes more can be less here you go 
2
World War Z
Lisa Kennedy
As compelling as Pitt is at reflecting the world s pain through Lane s eyes the movie treats him too often as if he truly is the only one with loved ones to lose or a world to save 
2.5
World War Z
John Wirt
Despite some slow spots and incongruities Pitt and his zombie movie win the day 
3
World War Z
Phil Villarreal
Instead what he gave us was World War Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
1
World War Z
Carla Meyer
Pitt has hidden his inner John Wayne Bruce Willis for too long In the highly engaging World War Z he proves to be a capable winning and in the great American film tradition exceptionally hard to kill action hero 
3
World War Z
Kirk Baird
Playing the reluctant hero dragged into service Pitt neither oversells Lane s bravery and action hero abilities nor underplays his strength and quick thinking skills It s a restrained but effective performance 
3
World War Z
Rene Rodriguez
World War Z opens with an undeniable bang But if this is the way the world ends we re going out with a whimper 
2
World War Z
Rob Thomas
Marc Forster s World War Z based on Max Brooks clever bestseller delivers the doomsday goods with a fresh take on the zombie thriller that s just smart enough to stand apart from the blockbuster hordes 
3
World War Z
Liam Lacey
World War Z is a perfectly decent thriller the smartest and most sober action film so far this summer and a grown up addition to the zombie canon 
3
World War Z
Austin Kennedy
The movie doesn t work because it feels like you re watching a really good R rated film edited for television 
2.5
World War Z
Mark Dujsik
World War Z may represent a different approach to handling zombies but it s not necessarily an effective one 
2.5
World War Z
Ann Hornaday
The result is a movie that while no classic can be credited with giving the audience something a bit more substantive than the usual disposable summer fare 
2.5
World War Z
Jason Buchanan
A frantic zombie opus that strips away all the nuance of its innovative source material in favor of sheer cinematic spectacle 
3
World War Z
Steven Rea
A relentless horror thriller that serves up a chilling vision of a planet in the throes of apocalypse 
3
World War Z
James Berardinelli
A letdown with a strange mixture of epic apocalyptic material and generic zombie stuff 
2.5
World War Z
Mike McGranaghan
World War Z is less intense than any given episode of The Walking Dead but there are undeniably suspenseful moments nonetheless It s atmospheric and brainy 
3
World War Z
Mick LaSalle
The choreography is thought out and the use of 3 D is at least good enough that I embarrassed myself leaping in my seat to get out of the way of a zombie that was falling on me 
3
World War Z
Rafer Guzman
A smart entertaining zombie flick that s slightly cleverer and classier than most 
3
World War Z
Peter Travers
World War Z is still as smart shifty and scary as a starving zombie ready to chow down on you baby you 
3
World War Z
Chris Knight
World War Z knows how to eat its brains and use them too 
3
World War Z
Dann Gire
As Gerry Pitt provides the requisite star power as the hero but this one comes off as a less fun version of Indiana Jones 
2.5
World War Z
Jon Niccum
Riveting smart and cohesive the movie is equally comfortable operating in scenes grand or intimate 
3
World War Z
Duane Dudek
Smartly lighted dramatically photographed briskly paced and often suspenseful 
3
World War Z
Peter Howell
The whole movie seems in many ways like a fortunate accident But there s no doubting the deliberate wisdom of making a star of Pitt s talent and stature the lead 
2.5
World War Z
Walter Chaw
It s mediocre Huzzah 
2
World War Z
Matt Pais
Takes a perceptive story about withering global society and makes it about the special treatment one invincible man receives from the government 
2
World War Z
Chris Hewitt
It s a smart and mostly satisfying blockbuster with the soul of a paranoid thriller 
3
World War Z
Soren Andersen
A genuine nail biter 
2.5
World War Z
Stephen Whitty
It has a fragmentary feel with its novel multipart style eventually turning a bit jarring 
2.5
World War Z
Dustin Putman
Mild to an almost offensive degree World War Z has a whole host of issues but the most irresponsible of all is in turning a grand scaled epic story of an undead pandemic into such a benign experience 
2
World War Z
Ty Burr
The surprise of the absorbing frightening World War Z is that what sounds ridiculous on paper turns out be a gripper on the screen 
3
World War Z
Claudia Puig
Essentially it boils down to familiar fare a well paced entertaining conventional action thriller where a reluctant hero saves the day 
2.5
World War Z
Jocelyn Noveck
Pretty much what you d want in a summer blockbuster scary but not too gross zombies a journey to exotic locales a few excellent action scenes and did we mention Pitt 
3
World War Z
Chris Cabin
The zombies twitch leap gnash and destroy but the film has all the thrill and surprise of a model U N summit 
1
World War Z
Josh Larsen
a B picture on a massive budget 
3.5
World War Z
Michael Phillips
The stakes are high and the excitement s there and the results are messy but fairly entertaining 
2.5
World War Z
Karen D'Souza
Other than the CGI eye candy which is intense there is little in the way of layers and complexity to this portrait of pandemonium 
1.5
World War Z
Joe Williams
It has a relatively plausible perspective on mass catastrophe It deserves comparisons to Steven Soderbergh s brainy Contagion 
3
World War Z
Roger Moore
Not the ultimate zombie movie But quite good and the opening 25 minutes will leave you breathless 
3
World War Z
Kyle Smith
It s just a jumped up midnight movie that thinks stuff jumping out at you and making loud noises equals horror and perfect human being impervious to everything equals hero 
2
Gun City
Roger Moore
A lumbering ticking clock detective tale historical drama so slow and obsessed with style it never gets going 
2
Zone of the Dead
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Ken Foree and Kristina Klebe are really the reason to watch 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Matt Brunson
The film s notion that true love conquers all would fall flat with the wrong leads but Damon and Blunt possess a lovely laid back chemistry that allows us to believe in their union 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Sarah Knight Adamson
This film creatively challenges the mind consistently 
4
The Adjustment Bureau
Mattie Lucas
a fun ride a top notch sci fi romance and despite a few blatant plot devices that are a bit too convenient the story s inherently human elements keep it going 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Roger Moore
Romantic and intellectually stimulating and like Inception it may have you arguing with your date on the ride home 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Jeff Beck
It s rare when a film is able to blend together two different genres so well especially when they are two genres that you don t normally see together in this case science fiction and romance 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Wesley Lovell
A bit muddled through the middle third and a Hollywood like ending make for a good though not a brilliant film 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Glenn Lovell
more hearts aflutter romance than nuts and bolts sci fi 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Marty Mapes
Focus on love story distracts from film s concept
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Claudia Puig
This mind meld of sci fi thriller morality play and passionate romance is worth seeing mostly for the palpable chemistry between the lead actors 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Linda Cook
Philip K Dick s original science fiction story gets an adjustment in The Adjustment Bureau a fantasy rather than a sci fi piece about freedom of choice and to what lengths we will go to pursue love 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Rafer Guzman
Damon and Blunt give such terrific performances you might almost forgive the movie s dopey ending 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
James Kendrick
dips into some heady issues fate free will the relationship between humankind and its creator while remaining in a fundamental mode of popcorn munching entertainment 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Mike Scott
A nicely paced exercise one that benefits from both a sprinkling of humor and all around strong performances 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
David Nusair
The compelling atmosphere is heightened by the inclusion of several absolutely electrifying sequences 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Lori Hoffman
It takes awhile for the strangeness of this weird story to give way to a more secular rooting interest that eventually makes it very human and hopeful 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Kam Williams
An entertaining if blasphemous mindbender suggesting that love conquers all even the will of God 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Eric Melin
In the end no matter how tidy or preachy it gets the relationship and therefore the movie works 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Christian Toto
Hollywood can always count on Philip K Dick whose short story inspired The Adjustment Bureau to bring something fresh to tired film formulas 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Keith Cohen
Damon has never been better showing an emotional vulnerability The movie s other strengths include great special effects superb cinematography a wonderful musical score and an elegant wardrobe of high fashion designs 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Mike McGranaghan
Finding a movie that can so successfully pull off romance and otherworldly mystery is rare When one comes along it s something that shouldn t be missed 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Stephen Whitty
Fans looking for something a little different will find it here as well as the first real romance of the year 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Rick Groen
Sometimes a strong premise makes for a weak movie which ends up drowning in its own clever conceit 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Lawrence Toppman
Even if you like much of the story and I did the muddled theology is baffling 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Matt Soergel
They have the power to walk through doors in one part of New York and come out in another That power involves hats Magic hats Natty fedoras mostly Look I told you it was loopy 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Rob Thomas
The next time your cell phone drops a call don t get mad AT T may be doing the Lord s work 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s brave enough to be a bit loopy and to hang its entire emotional throughline on a passionate romance 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Walter Chaw
it would be offensive if it weren t so clearly an object better pitied or ignored It s a conversation starter for idiots God bless em 
0.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Camerin Courtney
A great springboard for faith oriented conversations about free will fate and the role of a higher power in our lives 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Peter Canavese
As interpreted by first time director George Nolfi screenwriter of The Bourne Ultimatum Dick s story transforms into an endearingly silly allegory of the mysterious interaction of free will and fate 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
John Beifuss
A typically paranoid Philip K Dick story about the fragile fabric of reality is repurposed as a reassuring fable about true love s destiny and the rightness of the celestial master plan 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Robert Levin
The premise promises an engaging wronged man thriller with metaphysical overtones but director George Nolfi fails to deliver 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Erik Childress
Even as writer director George Nolfi fails to generate a more far reaching narrative into the questions it raises he has helped immeasurably by the kind of chemistry between his two leads that turns audiences into believers 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Willie Waffle
A curious mix of science fiction and romance which I enjoyed much more when it was mysterious Sci Fi 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Lou Lumenick
The misleading trailers for the supremely goofy The Adjustment Bureau promise action packed sci fi What you actually get is a love struck Matt Damon running for the US Senate as he s stalked by fedora wearing angels 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Ann Hornaday
A smart stylish thriller that melds science fiction romance and Hitchcock ian intrigue with surprising ease 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Roger Ebert
The Adjustment Bureau is a smart and good movie that could have been a great one if it had a little more daring 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Calvin Wilson
Suspenseful romantic and wryly funny The Adjustment Bureau is the kind of film that reaffirms one s faith in Hollywood 
4
The Adjustment Bureau
Mark Dujsik
There s a decided lack of information within the unraveling of the mystery behind the plot of The Adjustment Bureau that is equal parts admirable and frustrating 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Mick LaSalle
Easily one of the best American love stories of the past year 
4
The Adjustment Bureau
Dustin Putman
Now here s something you don t see every day 151 a gripping literate sci fi film full of thematic texture emotional warmth and existential complexity 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Sean O'Connell
The actors convincingly sell that passion and their union smoothes any wrinkles an otherwise critical eye might spy as The Adjustment Bureau races along 
4
The Adjustment Bureau
Peter Travers
The Adjustment Bureau misses by a mile Despite heroic efforts by Damon and the lovely Blunt to build a plausible love story the movie dissolves into silliness 
1.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Graham Killeen
The Adjustment Bureau is what Inception might have been like if it were written by Nicholas Sparks 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Robert W. Butler
A metaphysical love story with some wonderfully droll ideas 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Michael Phillips
Nolfi s movie works on an interesting scale and a disarmingly gentle spirit even though it s being sold as a hard charging romantic thriller I like it I hope it finds an audience 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Peter Howell
Where the drama falters the romance rises Damon and Blunt make a smart and sassy pair You want them to be together even if it does mean that their political and artistic futures will be thwarted and history will be denied 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Moira MacDonald
An elegant fantasy only slightly marred by rather too much science fiction explanation 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Carrie Rickey
A lively premise turned into an inert and uninsistent film by screenwriter and rookie director George Nolfi 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Wesley Morris
Whether this movie works for you largely depends on whether you re willing to work for it To which I say Bring your gym clothes 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Steven Snyder
Compare the adaptation to the original and you see a complicated saga of personal sacrifice streamlined into a rosy tribute to love supreme Feels good but also feels empty
1
The Adjustment Bureau
Josh Larsen
Too often Damon resembles a besotted middle school boy who s chasing his crush not at recess but in the Matrix 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Brian Orndorf
Love Story meets Dark City which doesn t quite do justice to the moviegoing experience at hand but comes close to describing the idiosyncratic highly cinematic world Nolfi generates here for his filmmaking debut 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Matt Pais
Deliriously romantic with Damon and Blunt s chemistry perfectly capturing love s ability to supersede all 2011 s first mainstream movie that makes you feel something 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
James Berardinelli
It s about love conquering all It s about people risking everything for a chance at romantic joy 
3
The Adjustment Bureau
Peter Keough
At least the filmmakers have Blunt and Damon to rely on you can believe they share a love stronger than any revision 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Rene Rodriguez
I can t imagine anyone s ever speaking about this movie with fondness other than the people who made it and maybe their close relatives 
1
The Adjustment Bureau
Thelma Adams
The actors romantic scenes excel Just sitting side by side on a bus their sexual connection crackles 
2.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Rex Reed
Mr Nolfi who is also making his debut as a director is another unfortunate Christopher Nolan wannabe so the movie is a preposterous muddle that borrows heavily from Inception without a single original idea 
2
The Adjustment Bureau
Phil Villarreal
They re called the Adjustment Bureau but what they really are is the C Block Bureau 
3.5
The Adjustment Bureau
Bill Weber
When it comes to setting up the rules for its unearthly puppetmasters agenda and sticking to them this fantasy adaptation doesn t know Dick 
1.5
Kid 90
Robert Levin
Kid 90 shows the extent to which being subject to this strange life can also lead to the creation of powerful and lasting bonds with those experiencing it alongside you 
2.5
Kid 90
Richard Roeper
It would have been nice if the 72 minute film had expanded to fill in that gap but Kid 90 is still a valuable and unique rewind glimpse of what it was like to be a teenage celebrity in the pre Instagram era 
3
Kid 90
Zack Ruskin
Frye presents her film in part as a way of testing of her recollections against the raw footage of the actual moments And make no mistake this footage is often raw 
3
The Hurricane
Jim Shelby
The film has genuine impact and I m betting that leading and supporting Oscar nominations will follow 
3.5
The Hurricane
Liam Lacey
A reminder that there s still a lot to be said for the good old fashioned inspirational Hollywood movie 
3
The Hurricane
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A great showcase for the actor s skills 
3
The Hurricane
Margaret A. McGurk
As the center of the drama Mr Washington more than fills the screen he very nearly sets it on fire 
3
The Hurricane
Mick LaSalle
Give director Norman Jewison credit for two things 1 He made the movie 2 He let Washington run away with it 
3
The Hurricane
Andrew Howe
A story which needed to be told 
3
The Hurricane
James Kendrick
A well intentioned true story of hope and justice that is well acted enough to overcome its weaknesses 
3
The Hurricane
Jay Carr
Its celebration of a spirit that refused to go down for the count is the important thing here and Washington gets it shiningly right 
3
The Hurricane
Cornell & Petricelli
A powerfully uplifting film 
4
The Hurricane
David Keyes
This is a moving extraordinary work that has something to say to everyone who lays eyes on it 
3.5
The Hurricane
Shay Casey
Only one actor could have made a schmaltzy predictable picture like this work as well as it does and it s a good thing The Hurricane has that actor 
3
The Hurricane
Susan Wloszczyna
Epic in nearly every way The Hurricane has the power to blow you away 
3.5
The Hurricane
Susan Stark
An extraordinary story by any measure 
3
The Hurricane
James Berardinelli
Beautifully crafted and uplifting 
3.5
The Hurricane
Steve Rhodes
A stunning piece of work that deserves high praise 
3.5
The Hurricane
Rob Blackwelder
A deeply affecting drama of the human soul thanks in no small part to Washington whose immense talent has never been more evident 
3
The Hurricane
Michael Dequina
Forceful dynamic and wholly natural Washington s performance ranks among the very best of his illustrious career 
3.5
The Hurricane
Ross Anthony
The film is good but doesn t quite pack the stormy punch you d rightfully have anticipated 
2.5
The Hurricane
Lou Lumenick
An expertly crafted deeply moving film 
3.5
The Hurricane
Roger Ebert
This is strong stuff and I was amazed after feeling some impatience in the earlier reaches of the film to find myself so deeply absorbed in its second and third acts until at the end I was blinking at tears 
3.5
The Hurricane
Ian Mantgani
Just as Hurricane himself championed over oppressive forces so too does his legend transcend a sloppy telling and remain one worth knowing 
3
The Hurricane
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
I think Denzel s acting was exceptional but his acting wasn t enough to save this movie 
2
The Hurricane
Eliot Forbes
Though it s fascinating to watch Washington every second he s on the screen when it comes to The Hurricane he s already been there and done that 
2.5
The Hurricane
Bob Bloom
By force of his acting skill Washington transcends the script s and Jewison s flaws The movie crackles when he is onscreen 
3
The Hurricane
Jorge Avila Andrade
Muestra que el mayor triunfo que puede tener cualquier persona es el de mantener la esperanza hasta el ltimo momento
3.5
Driveways
Peter Canavese
Done so well and so delicately unforced beautifully performed understated and quite lovely I liked the feel and texture of this movie the intimacy of it 
3.5
Driveways
Asher Luberto
I wish I took the time to take a good look at stuff Del explains He s talking about relishing what s in front of you before it s gone a kernel of wisdom for those watching Dennehy s final deeply moving performance 
4
Driveways
Diana Cheng
Driveways shows us the power of caring human relationships and the change love can bring yet painfully unfurls the precariousness of life 
3.5
Driveways
Nick Allen
A movie that s impressively if not stubbornly understated where life stories come from select bits of precise dialogue with lovingly rendered characters put into a collection of scenes that simply allow us to live with them 
3.5
Driveways
Mark Dujsik
It s the little things that matter Driveways a little film with a surprisingly emotional punch understands that 
3
Driveways
Michael Phillips
By the end of Driveways the feelings of the characters spill over into your own experience of watching a small very quiet very powerful 83 minute short story of a movie 
4
Driveways
Johnny Oleksinski
Dennehy s performance as a widowed veteran is right up there with his finest screen work which makes his passing all the sadder 
3.5
Driveways
Ty Burr
Some might find it dull Others may notice a simple decency to this story and these people that somehow eludes sentimentality and that with the aid of Jay Wadley s evocative score has a cumulative power that can be intensely moving 
3.5
Driveways
Derek Smith
The film s devotion to the belief that kindness can be a balm for almost any hurt is deeply moving 
3
Driveways
G. Allen Johnson
A sweet understated masterpiece simply told of human connection 
4
Driveways
Sean P. Means
Ahn has the good fortune to have two strong lead actors here Hong Chau and in one of his last roles before his death at the age of 81 the burly character actor Brian Dennehy 
3.5
Driveways
Walter Chaw
A sentimental film neither cheap nor schmaltzy Andrew Ahn s sophomore feature Driveways is a rare beast in more ways than that 
3.5
Driveways
Rania Richardson
Natural moving performances are the hallmark of this low key heartfelt film DRIVEWAYS 
2.5
Now and Then: From Frosh to Seniors
Steve Rhodes
There aren t many surprises but each of the them has become such a friend by the end that you want to personally wish each of them well 
3
The Darkest Minds
Frank Ochieng
the derivative dramatics of hormonal awkwardness cynical imprisonment and the overall struggles of growing pains her junior sized X Men copycat is a rote manipulative melodrama pandering to the lazy sentiments of its younger demographics 
1.5
The Darkest Minds
Katie Walsh
Despite its radical potential it s disappointing to see this story fall back on what s considered typical teen stuff 
2
The Darkest Minds
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not as annoying as the one in that first Maze Runner or 2009 s Cirque du Freak The Vampire s Assistant proved to be is still rather obnoxious and unsatisfactory 
2.5
The Darkest Minds
Kate Taylor
The film s bittersweet conclusion is strong enough to provide real narrative impetus for the inevitable sequel 
2.5
The Darkest Minds
Josh Terry
The Darkest Minds has its moments but for the most part it s like watching a dubbed VHS copy of a dubbed VHS copy 
2
The Darkest Minds
Monica Castillo
The environment in which stories like The Hunger Games or Divergent gained followings has changed and The Darkest Minds has not adapted to survive it 
1.5
The Darkest Minds
David Nusair
The Darkest Minds suffers from a run of the mill quality that s woefully prevalent in all its various attributes 
2
The Darkest Minds
Jake Cole
The Darkest Minds never communicates the overwhelming horror of a society whose children are either dead or in the process of being exterminated or the hopelessness of kids discovering that every potential benefactor may have ulterior motives 
1.5
The Darkest Minds
Clayton Davis
From the producers of Stranger Things and Arrival this ain t any of those 
2
The Darkest Minds
Mark Dujsik
Another adaptation of a young adult novel that seems more concerned with its sequels than itself 
1.5
The Darkest Minds
Mick LaSalle
The movie doesn t end so much as stop while promising at least one sequel But here s a wild guess This is the last you ll be hearing about The Darkest Minds 
0
The Darkest Minds
George M. Thomas
Something we ve seen before 
2
The Darkest Minds
James Berardinelli
I suppose it s possible to argue that The Darkest Minds can be enjoyed for what it is Unfortunately that what refers to something incomplete 
2
The Darkest Minds
Sean P. Means
There s not quite enough oomph to sustain this story into more chapters Besides it s hard to get excited about end of the world scenarios when we see them playing out on the news 
2.5
The Darkest Minds
Lindsey Bahr
About five years and 15 movie dystopias too late to feel the least bit fresh or interesting 
1.5
The Darkest Minds
Roger Moore
Tediously derivative
1
Alien Addiction
Kevin A. Ranson
all the wonderful alien antics and innovative filmmaking can t make up for a disjointed script and final cut that actively resists any sense of cohesion 
2
Alien Addiction
Roger Moore
The stoner humor works the bum hole stuff runs out of gas ahem quicker than all involved seem to realize 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
Peter T. Chattaway
Are We There Yet is more interested in crass humor than in creating remotely believable characters that we might actually care about 
1.5
Are We There Yet?
Michael Dequina
What does Brian Levant have against the stars of Boyz N the Hood First Cuba Gooding Jr in Snow Dogs now Cube and Nia Long in one fell swoop 
1
Are We There Yet?
Vince Koehler
Several of my grand kids were with me at a recent screening and loved the film Some critics have panned the film citing the kids were too cruel I disagree 
3
Are We There Yet?
John Beifuss
The evolution of Ice Cube from AmeriKKKa s Most Wanted to America s Most Cuddly continues 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
None of the film s major events are very funny or interesting but Cube manages a few delightfully funny and charming small moments 
2
Are We There Yet?
Sarah Chauncey
Maybe the MPAA needs to create a new rating 5 for movies like this Not recommended for those over the age of five 
2
Are We There Yet?
Jonathan R. Perry
Are We There Yet is an eerily appropriate title for cinema s first authentic endurance test of 2005 
1
Are We There Yet?
Greg Maki
Gags that wouldn t be funny in small doses drag on to excruciating lengths 
1
Are We There Yet?
Frank Ochieng
So Are We There Yet The answer is yes we arrived and from the looks of this fettered fluff we could ask an equally appropriate inquiry Is it too late to go back 
1.5
Are We There Yet?
Paul Sherman
The chemistry between Nick and the scheming kids has a definite flair 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
Glenn Whipp
Think twice about getting involved with the woman who reared these two little sadists Maybe these two rotten apples haven t fallen far from the tree 
0
Are We There Yet?
Reed Parsell
Too bad some studio executive didn t post a wrong way sign when this road picture was pitched 
1
Are We There Yet?
Lisa Kennedy
How much sweeter Nick s heart to heart with Lindsey and Kevin would be if the movie was more than a clichéd journey 
1.5
Are We There Yet?
Leah McLaren
Uh oh pull over I think I m gonna be car sick 
1
Are We There Yet?
John Monaghan
Worse than the crude humor is the movie s forced sentiment 
1
Are We There Yet?
Jeff Vice
The humor is typified by the painfully unfunny recurring gag that has a bobble head doll of Satchel Paige voiced by Tracy Morgan giving life and love advice to Nick The late baseball great deserves better than that and so do audiences 
1
Are We There Yet?
James H. Burnett III
The road it turns out has a few detours along the way 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
Elizabeth Weitzman
Are we laughing yet 
1
Are We There Yet?
Ted Fry
The kids finally soften Cube s heart and vice versa get Mom to see past his scowl and into his kind heart and become a wholesome unit that makes this a distastefully fit and formulaic family film 
1
Are We There Yet?
Mick LaSalle
Shows children behaving in ways that go right to the edge of absolute evil and who are snotty and charmless besides At the same time the movie demands that we should feel warm toward those kids after all 
1
Are We There Yet?
David Elliott
The answer to Are We There Yet is yes we are there in comedy hell 
1
Are We There Yet?
Susan Walker
Never quite arrives and perhaps at a cost to Ice Cube s career 
2
Are We There Yet?
Roger Ebert
I would have loved to see a genuine love story involving Ice Cube Nia Long and the challenge of a lifelong bachelor dating a woman with children Sad that a story like that couldn t get made but this shrill comedy could 
2
Are We There Yet?
Amy Biancolli
Ice Cube is an essentially soft screen presence despite the assumed belligerence of his shtick His knotted scowl hides a mushy middle of basic human decency 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
Lou Lumenick
Parents should be warned that dropping the kids off at this one may be tantamount to child abuse 
1
Are We There Yet?
Wesley Morris
This gnarly and illogical little sitcom is bound to make any adult reconsider that next outing with the kids 
1
Are We There Yet?
Claudia Puig
Never arrives at any entertaining destination 
1.5
Are We There Yet?
Chris Hewitt
The kids are so horrendous in road romp Are We There Yet that Ice Cube turns out to be the adorable one 
2
Are We There Yet?
Carrie Rickey
Cube is a human teddy bear His charm is about the only thing that carries the movie 96 manic minutes of two obnoxious children holding hostage their caretaker 
2
Are We There Yet?
Gene Seymour
Why can t anyone in Hollywood find something more worthy for the lovely talented Nia Long to do besides play a simpering single mom This isn t the first time I ve asked such a question and I m sure it won t be the last 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
David Sterritt
You may be asking yourself the title question as you watch a kid phobic man take an unwanted road trip with the children of a single mom he wants to woo 
2
Are We There Yet?
Michael Wilmington
Are We There Yet won t make your day but it won t kill it either 
2
Are We There Yet?
Jeffrey Westhoff
This family comedy is a way for kids to punish their parents for making them eat their vegetables 
1
Are We There Yet?
Nick Rogers
You ll likely be checking your watch in hopes of an affirmative answer to the movie s title In this case for Cube N W A stands for Nominally Worthy Adventure 
2
Are We There Yet?
Nick Schager
The type of fluff usually reserved for the likes of Tim Allen or a post Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy 
2
Are We There Yet?
Phil Villarreal
You think Hey these kids have put Nick through every conceivable indignity except kicking him in the groin Then sure enough one of them kicks Nick in the groin 
1
Are We There Yet?
Peter Canavese
Alternates rocket fueled slapstick with soft piano sentiment Then again it s not every day you see Ice Cube on a horse charging after a train 
2
Are We There Yet?
Scott Nash
A commercial for Military School 
1
Are We There Yet?
Walter Chaw
Doesn t even have the wit to be energetic funny or humane en route to being inane irritating and corrosive 
0
Are We There Yet?
Willie Waffle
We all saw the trailers and commercials so we should have known better than to have high expectations 
1.5
Are We There Yet?
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ridiculously trite but ultimately harmless 
2
Are We There Yet?
Steve Rhodes
A silly comedy that provides plenty of laughs for those in the audience who are in the single digits or who can make like they are 
2.5
Are We There Yet?
Dustin Putman
Damn that Satchel Paige bobblehead doll and double damn director Brian Levant for thinking it was a good idea 
1.5
The Unknown Girl
Rob Thomas
Oddly this realism heightens the suspense Because Unknown Girl doesn t feel like a movie the peril that Davin faces as she pokes around into the girl s death feels that much more genuine 
3
The Unknown Girl
Sean P. Means
Buoyed by a quietly intense performance by Haenel The Unknown Girl delivers a clear eyed and gut wrenching look inside the lives of Europe s downtrodden whose problems are bigger than one well meaning doctor can fix 
3.5
The Unknown Girl
Michael O'Sullivan
The question that looms large here lingering long after the closing credits is whether despite our human need for forgiveness absolution is ever truly possible 
3
The Unknown Girl
Mark Dujsik
The Unknown Girl is too indecisive about its goals to be either an involving mystery or a study of morality 
2.5
The Unknown Girl
Peter Sobczynski
An odd fusion of an earnest socially conscious drama and a B movie mystery programmer that never quite comes together despite a strong performance from Adele Haenel at its center 
2.5
The Unknown Girl
Kenneth R. Morefield
How we think about our neighbor in the abstract can and usually is a very different thing from how we respond to that same neighbor when we have to look him or her in the face 
3.5
The Unknown Girl
Jake Cole
This is a left footed and clumsily insistent work exposing the worst aspects inherent to the Dardennes style 
1.5
The Unknown Girl
Kent Turner
For a drama that strives for a sense of contemporary reality the artifice of the plot overturns the directors efforts 
2
Little Feet
Nick Prigge
This is a micro budgeted affair of the heart that s never precious or obnoxious but tender and moving and occasionally explosive in its intrinsic emotion 
3
Voyage of the Damned
Matt Brunson
If anyone emerges as first among equals it would be Max von Sydow who lends enormous dignity to the role of the ship s captain 
3
Salinger
Nathan Southern
An emotionally stirring and affecting work albeit a flawed one 
3
Salinger
Matt Pais
Perpetuates a problem that the film fails to acknowledge Artists most devoted supporters frequently refuse to oblige their simple request to be left alone 
2
Salinger
Soren Andersen
What emerges is a portrait of an enigma 
3
Salinger
Richard Roeper
Where Salinger succeeds is in the gripping section on World War II and in the exquisite often melancholy details in the stories told by the likes of Joyce Maynard 
3
Salinger
Michael Phillips
A good documentary can lead you to a place of not knowing what to believe about a subject A bad documentary tells you what to believe and why but in ways provoking disbelief in the movie s tactics 
1.5
Salinger
Joe Williams
This documentary reconstructing the life of the ultimate cult author is like a three act thriller and the character at the center of the story is a mute man of mystery 
3
Salinger
Mark Dujsik
It s clear director Shane Salerno is an admirer of Salinger but his movie has no patience for the writer s work 
1.5
Salinger
Graham Killeen
Just because most attempts to deconstruct reclusive artists like J D Salinger are mechanically illustrative yet poetically disappointing doesn t mean they have to be so shameless Or outright crummy 
1.5
Salinger
John Anderson
Cataloging what s missing from Salerno s movie for instance why The Catcher in the Rye worked or didn t and what it meant and still means to the American novel would run into the sports section 
1.5
Salinger
Chris Knight
If you come to this film as I did with little knowledge of the man beyond his notorious reclusivity Salinger provides much fascinating biographical detail 
3
Salinger
Ty Burr
The movie epitomizes everything in the culture from which Salinger himself fled It is as Holden Caulfield would put it phony 
1
Salinger
Kristin Tillotson
A fluffed up documentary that sticks it to the already famously flawed author without providing much revelation 
1.5
Salinger
Michael Ordoña
A fascinating picture of one of the 20th century s most enigmatic writers a man who retreated from public life only to be pursued by prying fans 
2
Salinger
Steven Rea
Salinger is fascinating because Salinger was fascinating But the film is frustrating maddeningly so because it is bent on trumpeting its own importance over that of its subject 
2.5
Salinger
Stephanie Merry
Given the many stories about Salinger and the dearth of images it would have been more efficient just to skip the documentary altogether 
1.5
Salinger
Peter Howell
Salerno s 10 year trawl through Salinger s closely guarded life gets repetitive since there are no known film interviews or audiotapes of the author to draw on 
2.5
Salinger
Chris Hewitt
It s mostly for fans but fans already know this stuff 
2
Salinger
Scott Nash
A dull look at an interesting man 
2.5
Salinger
Odie Henderson
It s a relentless assault on a man who wished to be left alone 
1.5
Salinger
Peter Travers
Make sure you bring a barf bag when you watch this doc s tacky re enactments hear its cheeseball score and endure literary posturings so florid they d embarrass Baz Luhrmann of The Great Gatsby 
1
Salinger
Christy Lemire
It feels overstuffed and overlong getting bogged down as it does in the minutiae of certain segments of Salinger s life without conveying a big picture sense of what his actual writing was like 
2
Salinger
Stephen Whitty
One of those documentaries where a lot of fancy people who never met the guy use the word must a lot Oh well he must have thought this they say waving their hands around Oh this must be why he did this It s all kind of annoying actually 
2.5
Salinger
Claudia Puig
Insightful gems are unearthed throughout the flawed but engrossing Salinger a much anticipated documentary about the author of The Catcher in the Rye 
3
Salinger
Jocelyn Noveck
Salerno took a kitchen sink approach and while the film moves quickly for its 120 minutes that approach blunts its impact 
2.5
Salinger
Steve Macfarlane
An outsized A E Biography episode coursing with the strident urgency typical to anyone convinced they have something new to say on a long since played out topic 
1.5
Since You Went Away
Wesley Lovell
In a vital period of film history war films ran the gamut of topics none more fascinating or heart wrenching as those of the lives of the people left behind at home 
4
Painless
Bob Bloom
Painless is an understated low key indie film that explores the psyche of an individual who knows he is different from the vast majority of people and refuses to accept that he cannot be fixed 
3
Painless
Roger Moore
Sensitive and touching portrait of a man trying to cure himself of his inability to feel pain but forgetting to live in the process 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Brandy McDonnell
A funny if hardly revolutionary new entry in the teen sex comedy genre 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
John Beifuss
Nick Twisp is no Scott Pilgrim but this is another witty ensemble comedy that successfully reinvigorates that most benighted of genres the teen film 
3
Youth in Revolt
David Nusair
an engaging and faithful adaptation of Payne s admittedly superior novel 
3
Youth in Revolt
Michael Dequina
Deviates from the teen comedy norm and becomes something darker edgier and more unexpectedly funny 
3
Youth in Revolt
Sean P. Means
I m now officially done caring whether Michael Cera loses his virginity So it seems in this hit and miss comedy is Cera 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Michael Smith
Michael Cera can t forever play a teenage boy in search of lust That s a shame because there are a lot of lousy movies in this genre and he s in the good ones 
3
Youth in Revolt
Peter Canavese
Call this one the thinking boy s sex romp 
3
Youth in Revolt
Linda Cook
If Michael Cera were a dog he d probably be a chihuahua Not a yappy chihuahua but a nervous quiet one lacking in confidence and bravado 
3
Youth in Revolt
Sara Michelle Fetters
I must say not since Paul Brickman had Tom Cruise set up a brothel in his own home as a teenage figure been so very good at being so very bad 
3
Youth in Revolt
Mark Dujsik
Detached from whatever world in which it is set and whatever characters inhabit it 
1.5
Youth in Revolt
Matt Soergel
It runs out of inspiration eventually But not before a solid hour or so of consistently amusing absurdist humor that s way more off kilter than is usual for a comedy about randy young men 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Kam Williams
As for Michael Cera s career Look a falling star Make a wish 
.5
Youth in Revolt
Kit Bowen
Michael Cera puts another notch in his droll performance belt 
3
Youth in Revolt
Mike Scott
This is film clearly made by people who remember all to well what it was like to be a teenager throbbing with hormones 
3
Youth in Revolt
Robert W. Butler
Just roll with the amusement provided by Cera and a deep supporting cast Justin Long Fred Willard Adhir Kalyan Jonathan B Wright and the ability of director Arteta and screenwriter Gustin Nash to keep matters at just the right ironic distance 
3
Youth in Revolt
Amy Biancolli
A clever and often riotous burst of cynicism that pushes let s face it some pretty questionable ideas 
3
Youth in Revolt
Rick Groen
Cera may be trapped in his unchanging persona but no more than this picture is walled in by its sitcom conventions 
2
Youth in Revolt
Sean O'Connell
This hormonally charged teen comedy has one ace hiding up its sleeve u2013 a brain 
3
Youth in Revolt
Sonny Bunch
More of the same from Cera and not terribly funny to boot 
2
Youth in Revolt
Willie Waffle
A movie with great dialogue silly situations and enough teen angst to win over the most hardened of hearts 
4
Youth in Revolt
Ann Hornaday
From The Catcher in the Rye to Rushmore it s a story we ve seen in better versions before 
2
Youth in Revolt
Peter Howell
It s an amusing concept as far as it goes although it doesn t go far enough 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Chris Hewitt
Cera s Nick is like a lot of the actor s previous roles mild mannered smarter than everyone else but Cera s nimble performance keeps his frequently mean character from seeming mean 
3.5
Youth in Revolt
Claudia Puig
It s a pleasant surprise to see the engaging soft spoken star of Superbad and Juno stretch and play a devil may care slimeball 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Kyle Smith
An improbable but hilarious combine of losin it comedies and the rarefied Europhile air of the Cinema du Twee 
3.5
Youth in Revolt
Scott Nash
Tries too hard to be quirky and fails 
2
Youth in Revolt
Dustin Putman
As one of the first releases of 2010 it is doubtful many viewers will remember Youth in Revolt by 2011 
2
Youth in Revolt
Michael Phillips
I laughed a fair bit That s no ringing endorsement but it s January 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Peter Travers
Director Miguel Arteta working from a tight script by Gustin Nash tinges the mirth with malice Sweet 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Rob Nelson
This tale of a sex crazed teen who invents a nasty alter ego in a perverse bid to seduce his dream girl has too many unfunny moments to justify more than a rental 
2
Youth in Revolt
Steve Ramos
Thanks to its dizzy comic style Youth in Revolt is more than the standard coming of age comedy It s silly surreal and offers the best comic role for the deadpan Cera since Superbad 
3
Youth in Revolt
Tom Keogh
Between delightful sequences of animation vibrant performances by the likes of Justin Long Fred Willard and Ray Liotta and Arteta s mastery over comic tones ranging from the sensitive to the surreal this is the rare movie one doesn t want to end 
3.5
Youth in Revolt
Steven Rea
Although director Miguel Arteta s adaptation of C D Payne s cult fave book series brings little new to the coming of age comedy genre it s hard not to be beguiled by Youth in Revolt 
3
Youth in Revolt
Stephen Whitty
Perhaps this all works better on the printed page where readers don t actually have to watch the character behave so rudely Or better before Cera rewrote much of the script 
2
Youth in Revolt
Jeff Vice
While the preoccupation with teen sex is distasteful the film also appears to be making a case that sincerity and genuineness are the way to a woman s heart 
3
Youth in Revolt
Ty Burr
There are some good sharp surprising laughs in Youth in Revolt So why does it feel so dreadfully familiar 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Rene Rodriguez
Youth in Revolt follows what happens when a good kid turns hilariously rotten for the sake of love 
3
Youth in Revolt
Calvin Wilson
Youth in Revolt is a delightful film that makes no apologies for its irreverence It s also the first great comedy of this decade 
4
Youth in Revolt
James Berardinelli
It s not that the film is fatally flawed but the tone is uneven the satire is blunt the comedy rarely generates more than feeble laughs and the lead character never comes fully to life 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Peter Keough
The filmmakers try really hard to be hip and inventive but aren t Steve Buscemi Fred Willard and M Emmet Walsh are among the indie casualties 
1
Youth in Revolt
Roger Ebert
Cera s style lends itself to one note and the movie wisely gives him another character to play an imaginary alter ego named Francois Dillinger inspired by Jean Paul Belmondo 
3
Youth in Revolt
Roger Moore
Punk and rebel don t belong in the same sentence with Michael Cera But somehow they connect in the few holds barred teen comedy Youth in Revolt 
2.5
Youth in Revolt
Andrew Schenker
But even apart from the film s vaguely insane endorsement of love at all costs there s the fact that much of it is simply not very funny 
2
House of Boys
Eric Henderson
Heteros get their Crazy Stupid Love this weekend and I guess gay New Yorkers fresh off their immensely satisfying we have arrived nuptials get their own Crazy Stupid Tragedy as counterprogramming 
2
Where Are You Taking Me?
Kalvin Henely
The documentary revels in the simple joys of finding something that captures the eye and paying attention to it 
2.5
Stealing Beauty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I find it to be one of his most sublime achievements filled with a sunny laziness and slow awakening 
3
Stealing Beauty
Bill Chambers
Auteur slumming at The WB
1.5
Stealing Beauty
Susan Tavernetti
When a party at an elegant villa threatens to become a full blown musical number one wonders if Mel Brooks has taken charge of the production 
2.5
Stealing Beauty
Mick LaSalle
Bertolucci builds an homage to beauty around a sullen void 
2
Stealing Beauty
Barbara Shulgasser
Tyler is a find for a director like Bertolucci 
3
Stealing Beauty
Chris Hicks
The result is more tedious than insightful and the film just meekly limps along without any wit passion or fire 
2
Stealing Beauty
Steve Rhodes
The film does have a small mystery in it but it is easily solvable and plays only a small part in the plot 
2
Stealing Beauty
Rob Blackwelder
An intriguing good looking movie and character driven in the best sense But truly it s fanciful 
3
Stealing Beauty
James Berardinelli
What do you call a character study with shallow sketchily drawn characters but a gorgeous setting A scenery study perhaps Or an atmosphere study 
2.5
Stealing Beauty
Roger Ebert
The movie plays like the kind of line a rich older guy would lay on a teenage model suppressing his own intelligence and irony in order to spread out before her the wonderful world he would like to give her as a gift 
2
Lay the Favorite
David Nusair
The degree to which Lay the Favorite fizzles out is ultimately nothing short of devastating 
2
Lay the Favorite
Kyle Smith
Frears has a lot of fun with the bad tempers and high spirits of this crew of adrenaline junkies and though the story falls a little flat the script is sprinkled with dry wit 
2.5
Lay the Favorite
Mick LaSalle
Lay the Favorite is a small and not particularly ambitious movie but it s pleasing and exceptionally well made 
3
Lay the Favorite
Moira MacDonald
The dots are there but they don t connect 
2
Lay the Favorite
Jeff Beck
What little plot Lay the Favorite has is lost in a mess of a screenplay that does absolutely nothing to stand out in any way whatsoever 
1.5
Lay the Favorite
Steve Macfarlane
Hollywood celebrities romping around in a candy colored Alexa shot criminal underworld pretty much as a means of passing time 
1
Lay the Favorite
James Berardinelli
As forgettable a motion picture as can be found during the 2012 holiday season 
2.5
The Color Purple
Federico Furzan
Spielberg s first entry into cultural history is just as shocking as it is a beautiful story about self empowerment Full review in Spanish 
3
The Color Purple
Bill Chambers
Spielberg s classicism comes to be appreciated in a goosebumps inducing send off for Mister 
3
The Color Purple
Roger Ebert
It is a great warm hard unforgiving triumphant movie and there is not a scene that does not shine with the love of the people who made it 
4
Dopamine
Betsy Bozdech
While Lloyd and Livingston both turn in earnest performances their on screen chemistry is never strong enough to give true legitimacy to either of their positions on love 
2
Dopamine
Liam Lacey
Mostly a drab affair unfolding in restaurants office cubicles and anonymous apartments in which characters talk endlessly about relationships in ways that suggest they think they re being intelligent 
1.5
Dopamine
Paul Sherman
Evocatively captures the uncertainties of being in your 20s and the bars and cafes its characters inhabit 
3
Dopamine
Joe Baltake
Likable but utterly forgettable 
2.5
Dopamine
Jack Mathews
An amiably slight independent film that probably should have gone directly to the Sundance Channel 
2
Dopamine
Steve Rhodes
Has several parallel storylines and all of them work 
3
Dopamine
Peter Debruge
Decena treats everything with a slick cold edged elegance 
2.5
Dopamine
Moira MacDonald
While there s nothing terribly wrong with it there s not much that s memorable either 
2
Dopamine
Mick LaSalle
Decena hooks us with these characters from the start and makes us believe in their pain and longing 
3
Dopamine
Megan Lehmann
The emotional immaturity of the self obsessed thirtysomething characters particularly the passive incongruously smirking Rand beggars belief 
1.5
Dopamine
Jan Stuart
One never ceases to be amazed at how emerging independent filmmakers are able to deploy state of the art techniques on the same old slop 
2
Dopamine
Ty Burr
The result is both earnest and passionless 
1.5
Dopamine
Josh Larsen
a dreary exercise in philosophy of the heart 
1.5
Dopamine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film lacks character and relies on standard issue rom com formulas 
2
Dopamine
Terry Lawson
While the route Dopamine takes in addressing the nature of attraction is schematic the film is never less than clever surprisingly charming decidedly thought provoking and in its own undefinable way touching 
3
Dopamine
Roger Ebert
In one way or another Dopamine is about us 
3.5
Dopamine
Ellen Fox
It s more likable than it is good Still it might leave you feeling romantic and romantic about your particular city even if it doesn t nail its case for love in a psychopharmacological age 
2.5
Dopamine
Collin Souter
A smart insightful romantic movie that will probably launch some interesting discussions afterwards Unlike Hollywood s version of the romanctic comedy drama this one has well rounded and realistic characters worthy of our sympathies 
3.5
Dopamine
Erik Childress
Director Mark Decena and co writer Tim Breitbach have formulated that rare screenplay that adapts out of its characters and not a predetermined road The camera doesn t just love Sabrina Lloyd it s looking to get down on one leg and propose 
3.5
Perfume War
Brad Wheeler
The soundtrack is a bit earnest and the quotes from Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius make for a self helpy vibe but otherwise the film s message and momentum is contagious 
3
Perfume War
Tina Hassannia
Perfume War has real substance The doc is smart enough to identify and provide compelling answers for how and why socially conscious business models are the only sustainable form of capitalism for the future 
3
The Collapsed
Jennie Punter
What The Collapsed lacks is the jolts that horror fans may prefer in their post apocalyptic fare 
2
Action Jackson
Richard Freedman
Weathers shows here what one had long suspected from his Rocky debut an attractive personality with more than enough charisma to fill the screen in a worthier film than this 
2
Action Jackson
Roger Ebert
Action Jackson is a movie where some of the parts are good but none of them fit and a lot of them stink 
1
Con Express
Walter Chaw
The main problem of action films that rely on unused footage from bigger budgeted films is that said footage has probably been excised for a very good reason 
0.5
Welcome to F.L.
T'Cha Dunlevy
We also see young people etching out their own place in the world and making their way in spite of the obstacles in their path It s both encouraging and enlightening and a reminder that sometimes the best thing one can do for a kid is listen 
3.5
Lauryn Hill: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
Walter Chaw
One thing to fulfill the sophomore jinx another altogether to reach a career nadir that calls into question the wisdom of one s career path 
0
Five Came Back
David Nusair
watchable yet mostly forgettable 
2.5
Urban Justice
David Nusair
That Urban Justice eventually devolves into yet another tedious Steven Seagal actioner is particularly disappointing as the movie boasts an opening half hour that essentially possesses the feel of an old school Seagal effort 
2
No Home Movie
Mattie Lucas
The scenes lack context and therefore emotional resonance even if the film s fly on the wall verisimilitude has a kind of mesmerizing quality 
1.5
No Home Movie
Peter Keough
Akerman is her own best spokesperson as she discusses her films at locations where they were shot 
4
No Home Movie
Clayton Dillard
For Chantal Akerman there can be no home there can be no movie and there certainly cannot be a combination of the two 
3.5
Heaven
Andrew Sarris
Heaven is a chaotically incoherent viewing experience 
1
The Amityville Horror
Matt Brunson
A pack of flies swarm all over Father Delaney then again 44 given Rod Steiger apos s howling performance as the priest 44 it could just be that the flies like reeking ham 46 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Nick Schager
Moronic 
2
The Amityville Horror
David Nusair
certainly looks a whole lot better when compared to its sequels 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Roger Ebert
We watch two hours of people being frightened and dismayed and we ask ourselves what for If it s real let it have happened to them Too bad Lutzes If it s made up make it more entertaining If they can t make up their minds why should we 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
James Kendrick
really more about the deep seated primal fear of family members inflicting violence on each other than it is about ghosts and demonic spirits 
2.5
The Way, Way Back
Pamela Powell
With a talented and star studded cast including Steve Carell Toni Collette Allison Janney and Sam Rockwell you would expect nothing less than total entertainment This film lives up to your expectations 
4
Love in Dangerous Times
Randy Myers
If you need to lift your spirits start here 
3
Love in Dangerous Times
Roger Moore
There s enough here to merit a look to see What kind of movie romance can you make in a pandemic 
2
Spree
Federico Furzan
A wild ride into the mind of a modern psychopath and the relationship engaged with the audience who is also sick Full review in Spanish 
3
Spree
Richard Roeper
Just about every aspect of Spree has a layered meaning including the title itself 
3
Spree
Sean P. Means
Kotylarenko buries the moral in self consciously flashy editing and a during the credits epilogue that unfairly turns the filmmaking process and the audience into accessories 
1
Spree
Sheila O'Malley
An awkward and mostly unpleasant hybrid of social critique and horror comedy 
1.5
Spree
Mark Dujsik
The movie suffers both from repetition and the erroneous belief that we want to spend so much time with the protagonist 
2.5
Spree
Joey Magidson
Spree has an idea that s for sure It just doesn t really know what to do with it 
2
Spree
Roger Moore
As social media murder movies go we ve all seen worse 
2.5
A Prayer for the Dying
Richard Freedman
It is almost inexplicable how dull and sodden a melodrama A Prayer for the Dying about an IRA terrorist in London manages to be 
1
A Prayer for the Dying
Roger Ebert
A ludicrous movie about a subject that deserves more serious treatment 
1
Gone
David Nusair
suffers from an egregiously laid back pace that ultimately negates its few positive attributes 
2
The Confirmation
Roger Moore
A gritty compellingly acted but lightly amusing Bicycle Thieves set in the working class despair of modern America 
3
The Confirmation
Rob Thomas
Although they re separated by some 40 years in age Owen and Lieberher are very similar actors They have an unforced and intimate rapport together that fits Nelson s eloquent no nonsense writing and direction 
3
The Confirmation
Robert Horton
If The Confirmation ties things up too easily it still creates a nice sense of place and a fine showcase for an underrated actor For some movies low key is enough 
3
The Confirmation
Mark Dujsik
This is a smart effective coming of age tale about a boy figuring out that there are gray areas to life s moral choices 
3
The Confirmation
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Confirmation is a powerful directorial debut from 59 year old writer Bob Nelson who received an Oscar nomination for his first screenplay Nebraska 
3.5
The Confirmation
Stephanie Merry
One of the selling points of The Confirmation is how it steers clear of melodrama or tidy perfection in favor of a taste of life on the margins where even living paycheck to paycheck would be a luxury 
2.5
The Confirmation
Rex Reed
The Confirmation is a nice change of pace from most of the hateful violence we re getting these days inescapably inconsequential but ultimately endearing 
2.5
The Confirmation
Soren Andersen
A low key gem 
3
The Confirmation
Elise Nakhnikian
The premise is undermined by the film s occasionally dubious ethics and its tendency to soft pedal the dangerous situations it sets up 
2
D.E.B.S.
Betsy Bozdech
A fun fast paced action comedy that makes up for most of its shortcomings with sheer enthusiasm 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It still has some of the fun jokes and the carefree slam bang premise but lacks the punch of its predecessor 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Phil Villarreal
With the fun nonstop momentum of a Saturday morning cartoon D E B S makes you forgive most of its shortcomings 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Peter Debruge
Works perfectly well as a 10 minute short film with four of those minutes consumed by the opening and closing credits but flunks out as a 91 minute feature 
1
D.E.B.S.
Susan Walker
Only the world of X rated movies overlooks such flimsiness of plot absence of acting talent cheap special effects banal dialogue and scantily clad young women 
1
D.E.B.S.
Jennie Punter
The most endearing aspect of D E B S a sweet spirited spoof is that the lesbian romance is played for real with no nudge nudge wink wink irony 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Ruthe Stein
A prime example of a dispiriting trend movies whose primary point of reference is other movies 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Kyle Smith
Most of the second half is taken up by the surprisingly sticky amateurishly acted love story about desperate lovers on opposite sides of the law and there are long stretches without laughs 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Bob Strauss
It s not easy to make an unwatchable movie about too skinny girls in too short skirts packing big guns Somehow though D E B S gets it all wrong 
1
D.E.B.S.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Cute campy and as proudly insubstantial as its heroines micro miniskirts 
3
D.E.B.S.
Roger Ebert
The character traits of the D E B S are only slightly more useful than the color coded uniforms of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 
1.5
D.E.B.S.
Sarah Chauncey
The movie feels like a live action Saturday morning cartoon from the 1970s 
3.5
D.E.B.S.
David Nusair
semi entertaining 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
Peter Travers
You might think there s no downside to a movie that peeks up the skirts of babes in micro minis but writer director Angela Robinson s dimwitted satire is libido killing proof to the contrary 
1
D.E.B.S.
Gene Seymour
Even if it doesn t add up to a whole lot the movie is content to tickle you gently more than jab you in the ribs These days that s saying a lot Alas 
2.5
D.E.B.S.
David Sterritt
Alas the movie isn t nearly as amusing as its premise but it s refreshingly different from most run of the mill teenage fare 
2
D.E.B.S.
Allison Benedikt
Robinson never lets her feature film debut expanded from a festival short after drawing raves at Sundance 2003 stray too far from its satiric base 
3
D.E.B.S.
Jeanne Aufmuth
Deliberate dimwitted and surprisingly dull 
1
D.E.B.S.
Ed Gonzalez
Rent Pootie Tang instead 
1
D.E.B.S.
Scott Nash
Flat out funny but a lack of tension undercuts the plot 
3
D.E.B.S.
Erik Childress
D E B S is so unflinchingly cute that it forgets to be either funny or flat out satiric 
1
Stalker
Matt Brunson
A disturbing ride 46 
3
Stalker
Roger Moore
Talks its way out of any sense the story might have made and any sense of satisfaction the viewer might have hoped for 
2
The Peace Game
Jeremiah Kipp
Watkins was reacting against Vietnam but his assessment can easily be translated into today s hotbed political climate 
3
Montana Story
Peter Canavese
A well worth seeing domestic drama 59 more backstory than story 44 beautifully shot with a pleasant sense of place 44 sensitively acted and directed 46 
3
Montana Story
Erik Childress
There are not many actors today doing it as well as Haley Lu Richardson 46 Her ability to communicate her thoughts at any given moment without saying a word is what the great ones are made of 46 
3
Montana Story
Rob Thomas
McGehee and Siegel 8217 s screenplay reminded me of the novels of great modern writers of the West like Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane 44 with indelible characters and a deep sense of place 46 
3.5
Montana Story
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Despite its genre trappings Montana Story is ultimately an anti Western an ode to stunning rugged country best left and loved 
3
Montana Story
James Berardinelli
An intimate story of tragedy and reconnection that is no less riveting than the terrain where it transpires 
3
Montana Story
Randy Myers
This is a reflective sensitive feature in which the stunning cinematography of stark Montana landscapes compliment the mood and further the accomplishments of the thoughtful performances and story 
3.5
Montana Story
Mick LaSalle
The film constitutes a breakthrough for Teague and confirms the promise that Richardson showed in Five Feet Apart and Edge of Seventeen a powerhouse in the making 
3
Montana Story
David Walsh
The relatively conventional 8220 progressive 8221 character of the ideas finds expression 44 in the case of Montana Story 44 in the too familiar character of the father 8217 s villainy 44 as well as the predictability of the siblings 8217 break up and their eventual reuniting 46 
2
Montana Story
Jeff Mitchell
If you enjoyed apos The Rider apos or apos Certain Women apos 44 which featured the American West as a majestic and timeless character while the human counterparts struggle with 21st century society 44 then apos Montana Story apos is your film as well 46 
3
Montana Story
Charles Koplinski
The fine work between Richardson and Teague keeps us hooked 44 each of them effectively conveying much more with their silence than words 46 
3
Montana Story
Matt Zoller Seitz
The expansive widescreen images of Montana landscapes and the impeccable lead and supporting performances carry the picture 44 and it apos s generally a pleasure to see a film done in this mode at a time when so few filmmakers dare attempt it 46 
3
Montana Story
Pat Padua
The flawed young characters grow on you their troubles gradually becoming as mythic as the landscape that surrounds them 
2.5
Montana Story
Mike McGranaghan
A film of uncommon depth and meaning 46 
4
Montana Story
Mark Dujsik
The tale is primarily compelling 46 46 46 because it focuses on these characters and the slight but perceptible evolution of their relationship 46 
3.5
Montana Story
Jake Cole
The film is initially distinguished by its poetic understatement 44 only for it to eventually succumb to staleness 46 
2
Safe Conduct
Marta Barber
Longer than 2 1 2 hours there s too much to sort out and the confusion becomes annoying 
2.5
Safe Conduct
Roger Ebert
While The Last Metro was more melodramatic confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions while Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history 
4
Safe Conduct
Michael Wilmington
No one who loves French film or movies in general should miss it 
4
Safe Conduct
Ty Burr
There s an epic here but you have to put it together yourself 
2.5
Safe Conduct
Mick LaSalle
Though it runs 163 minutes Safe Conduct is anything but languorous It s packed to bursting with incident and with scores of characters some fictional some from history 
3
Safe Conduct
Walter Chaw
The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism and Bertrand Tavernier s oft brilliant Safe Conduct Laissez passer wears its heart on its sleeve 
3
Safe Conduct
Jan Stuart
For devotees of French cinema Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it s like dying and going to celluloid heaven 
4
Safe Conduct
V.A. Musetto
Some episodes work some don t 
2.5
Safe Conduct
Ed Gonzalez
At nearly three hours the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts 
2.5
Safe Conduct
Harvey S. Karten
Overlong occasionally unfocussed yet a fascinating glimpse at the French film industry under German occupation 
3
The Wind
Matt Brunson
The lovely Greek scenery is the only positive in this dreadful thriller that features Wings Hauser playing a crazy killer for the umpteenth time 
1
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
David Wiegand
People make documentaries about musicians all the time and some of them are rich with insight But even among the best of the bunch few are as thorough about the artist s music as Alex Gibney s Mr Dynamite The Rise of James Brown 
4
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Chris Cabin
Mr Dynamite is a strikingly varied and substantial portrait of an intensely complex artist 
3.5
One Eight Seven
Steve Rhodes
The film asks all the right questions but with its Billy Jack approach it rings false even when making some sense 
2
One Eight Seven
David N. Butterworth
Samuel L Jackson gets a B for his solid towering performance but the film itself should ve been held back 
2
One Eight Seven
Roger Ebert
It feels like the movie lost the nerve of its original story impulse and sought safety in elements borrowed from thrillers Its destination doesn t have much to do with how it got there 
2
One Eight Seven
Michael Dequina
What makes the film work perhaps better than it has any right to be is Jackson 
3
One Eight Seven
Mike Clark
A combined psychological and vigilante drama 
3
After the Storm
Aaron Cutler
The kids themselves drop in and out of the movie their personal conflicts briefly raised and left unresolved which is a shame because the few bits of their home lives post Katrina that we discover are intriguing 
1.5
Spork
Carrie Rickey
A potty and potty mouthed junior high school musical that is by turns both energetic and slack 
2
Spork
Kam Williams
Proof positive that hermaphrodites are people deserving of Hollywood endings too 
3
Spork
Paul Schrodt
Never feels authentically out there because it still more or less toes the line of every teen comedy from Welcome to the Dollhouse to Mean Girls 
1.5
Spork
Kyle Smith
Camp often means a lack of feeling and generalized disdain not so in Spork which has as much heart as Sixteen Candles 
3
The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
Farran Smith Nehme
Mancini is a tremendously sympathetic figure a hard working man who became a fighter because he wanted to make things right and still does 
2.5
The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
Stephen Whitty
Mancini himself comes across as quiet modest and painfully honest even as the sport his family has devoted itself to reveals itself once again over and over again to be brutal to be corrupt 
3
The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
Michael O'Sullivan
As documentaries go it s somewhat dull 
2
The Retrieval
Linda Cook
It s not a coming of age movie and it s not a slavery movie Nor is The Retrieval a Civil War movie 
4
The Retrieval
Matt Pais
Has guilt and cooperation self interest and generosity and a moving demonstration of the rite of passage that is considering the cowardly path and choosing otherwise 
3
The Retrieval
Brad Keefe
At its heart it s a story of journey as the three central characters traverse the land and are only tangentially affected by the distant cannon fire of the Civil War 
3
The Retrieval
Mike McGranaghan
A movie of quiet but undeniable power with a naturalistic feel that truly pulls you in 
3
The Retrieval
Kam Williams
Slavery revisited as a sick institution making for strange bedfellows 
4
The Retrieval
Farran Smith Nehme
Low budget period indies rarely inhabit their world as convincingly as does this drama which is set in the South in 1864 
3
The Retrieval
Godfrey Cheshire
Both in its structure and its dialogue Eska s writing is similarly adroit and he matches those accomplishments with the topnotch performances he gets from his three leads 
3
The Retrieval
Clayton Dillard
Less old fashioned than demure and pass evoking the visual style and rhythms of a 1990s made for TV movie rather than a daring revisionist independent feature 
2
Mary Goes Round
Kate Taylor
McGlynn s quiet approach may be admirable but it falls awkwardly between two stools proving itself neither dramatic enough nor fun enough to raise up the drunken Mary 
2
Mary Goes Round
Bruce DeMara
With her soulful brown eyes and subtle expressions Cash perfectly conveys the sense of a woman putting on a brash front who cannot quite disguise the melancholy inside 
3
Mary Goes Round
David Nusair
the above average atmosphere is certainly heightened by Cash s completely convincing turn as the self destructive protagonist 
2.5
Swimming
John Hartl
A gracefully acted unsentimental quite likable little coming of age movie 
3.5
Swimming
John Anderson
Swimming isn t a major film Nor does it try to be But what in the end is a major film If it s one that accomplishes what it sets out to do then we ought to correct ourselves 
2.5
Swimming
Megan Turner
A refreshingly authentic coming of age tale 
3
Swimming
Roger Ebert
Swimming is above all about a young woman s face and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman s doubts and yearnings it succeeds 
3
Swimming
Loren King
A well crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity 
3.5
Swimming
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Offers absolutely nothing I hadn t already seen 
1
Swimming
Carla Meyer
Keenly observed and refreshingly natural Swimming gets the details right from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach S C to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner 
3
Swimming
Terry Lawson
Well meant but unoriginal 
2
Swimming
Steve Rhodes
Makes 98 minutes feel like three hours 
2
Swimming
Ed Gonzalez
A wonderful low key coming of age saga with none of that after school special hysteria 
3
Swimming
Walter Chaw
insightfully written delicately performed
3
Swimming
Robert Payne
Building slowly and subtly the film sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise 
3.5
Swimming
David Elliott
Savvy director Robert J Siegel and his co writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense 
3.5
Swimming
Carrie Rickey
The volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried low key film that is so off Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance 
3
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Matt Brunson
Here s another movie illustrating how the root of all evil can often be found in the midst of misguided religious zeal 
2.5
Robot Stories
Chris Hewitt
The title encourages us to think of Robot Stories as the cinematic equivalent of a book of short stories and I d say a book in which half the stories are excellent is not a bad bet 
2.5
Robot Stories
Jeff Shannon
Robot Stories has the look and feel of an above average student film but Pak s potential promises better things to come 
2.5
Robot Stories
Steven Rea
These are tales from the heart pulsing to a high tech beat 
3
Robot Stories
Peter Hartlaub
Robot Stories is a both a throwback and hopefully a sign of things to come 
4
Robot Stories
Glenn Whipp
This collection of four thinly connected pieces possesses an immediate relevance grounded in the everyday tension between the real and the artificial and ever narrowing distinction between the two 
3
Robot Stories
James Verniere
An exploration of robot themes in the humanist tradition of such acclaimed authors as Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov 
3
Robot Stories
Michael Szymanski
They re not like the Twilight Zone which is an easy comparison they re more deep artistic and subtle 
3
Robot Stories
Wesley Morris
The work of a feeling thinker who understands how to communicate sincerity without giving you a headache a cavity or a lecture 
3
Robot Stories
Joshua Tanzer
In two segments wacky robots are the obvious punch lines of hackneyed plots But the other two succeed by making technology the stimulus for much more human explorations 
2
Robot Stories
Joshua Vasquez
Concerned with detailing the various interactions of an unsettling fragile humanity with its own technology 
3
Robot Stories
Jack Mathews
The stories which range in length from 20 to 25 minutes have an unhurried pace but they never dawdle and never bore 
3
Robot Stories
V.A. Musetto
The Twilight Zone for the 21st century 
3
Robot Stories
David Sterritt
The last is the most touching but all are skillfully made 
3
Dreambuilders
Matt Brunson
While there s some imagination shown in creating the dream world the characters are strictly subpar Pixar and Illumination wannabes particularly the blue minions who inhabit the dreamscape 
2
The Rage in Placid Lake
Stephen Cole
An amiable film comedy that leaves you feeling good as opposed to feeling for your wallet 
3
The Rage in Placid Lake
Ty Burr
What s missing from McNamara s film is right there in the title the anger that cauterizes teen movie glibness and burns down to the heart of the matter 
2
The Rage in Placid Lake
Paul Sherman
Presents the business world as a caricature without bringing fresh comic twists to a much lampooned subject 
2
A Good Marriage
Glenn Kenny
Rohmer like Jean Renoir doesn t see things in purely black and white terms and the fun of his movies is in how he shows each of his characters from a number of different angles shifting our sympathies subtly with nearly every shot 
3
The Pixar Story
James Kendrick
Pixar ceases to be a particularly interesting documentary subject once it becomes known as the studio who can do no wrong
2.5
The Pixar Story
Duane Dudek
For a company promotional film The Pixar Story is pretty tasty stuff 
3
Emmanuel's Gift
Jonathan W. Hickman
a wonderfully inspiring film about overcoming disabilities and not forgetting others who also share your problems 
3.5
Emmanuel's Gift
Phil Villarreal
Oprah Winfrey is almost too good at narration 
3
Emmanuel's Gift
V.A. Musetto
A documentary about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah a one legged young man from Ghana Africa who overcame his handicap to ride a bicycle across his country among other amazing achievements 
3
Emmanuel's Gift
Elizabeth Weitzman
Yeboah is so levelheaded about his own accomplishments that the swelling score and emotional narration from Oprah Winfrey feel embarrassingly sentimental 
2.5
Emmanuel's Gift
Ty Burr
Directed in the breathless inspirational tones of an infomercial the film s an acceptable document of a thoroughly remarkable individual 
2.5
Emmanuel's Gift
Chris Hewitt
Emmanuel s Gift isn t great but the story is and so unquestionably is Emmanuel himself 
2.5
Emmanuel's Gift
Michael Wilmington
This film becomes memorable through the sheer force of Emmanuel s personality his ready smile his intent gaze his fierce resolution and the way he keeps moving forward against all barriers 
3
Emmanuel's Gift
Ed Gonzalez
Not only has Emmanuel persevered life s hard knocks but also the film s short tempered look and sound 
2.5
Emmanuel's Gift
Steve Rhodes
Tells about an amazing life 
3
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Moira MacDonald
It takes tremendous courage to expose one s life to the camera as Fox does here and while she answers few of the universal to women anyway questions she raises at least she s asking them 
2.5
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Jessica Reaves
Despite director Fox s excruciating level of self involvement she manages more than once to lay bare critical questions that are at once familiar and compelling 
2.5
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Ken Fox
In the end this very personal journey becomes a valuable universal document from which we can all learn about the way women live today 
3.5
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
V.A. Musetto
How would you like to be stuck in a dark room for hour upon hour listening to a neurotic middle aged woman complain about her love life 
1
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Kam Williams
Curiously like a compelling cross of Annie Hall and Erica Jong it is the globetrotting Fox who emerges as the most empathetic and elegant figure by film s end in spite of her warts and all confessional style 
4
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Elizabeth Weitzman
The combined view of so many varied lives does make this a worthwhile commitment since at its best we feel as if we ve been invited into the homes of unusually interesting strangers 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Brian Eggert
By demystifying the original films Lucas does not so much expand on his original mythology but fills in blanks and answers questions that once enchanted us with their mystifying qualities 
1
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace is the weakest movie in the series but that does not mean it s an absolute disaster Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
David Nusair
The saga begins with this relentlessly erratic installment 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Joe Holleman
The movie is fun for the most part and several scenes are as good or better than anything Lucas created in the original films The human characters however are not nearly as interesting as those in the earlier episodes 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Ann Hornaday
Neeson and McGregor seem so focused on hitting their marks for the blue screen that they barely make eye contact let alone generate any genuine emotion 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Roger Moore
We don t want to remember it s pretty bad Then we do 
1.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Linda Cook
It s a nifty enough film that s entertaining but not comparable to the original Star Wars 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
John Anderson
Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace got dismissive reviews in 1999 and it deserves the same today But you probably know that 
1.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Stephen Whitty
You realize how much humor Harrison Ford brought to things without him at times the movie itself feels frozen in Carbonite 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Calum Marsh
It s difficult to discern precisely where this all went wrong and even more difficult to speculate about possible improvements 
0
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Joe Lozito
It s still a galaxy far far away and it still looks like nothing we ve ever seen before 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Betsy Bozdech
Lucasfilm s two disc edition is stuffed with more special features than Jabba the Hutt could cram down his throat including one of the best making of documentaries around 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s good to have Star Wars any Star Wars back after such a long time and it s worth seeing 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Jim Shelby
No film made could measure up to the avalanche of buzz and craziness surrounding this release There is plenty of both good and bad news here 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Scott A. Mantz
As an artist Lucas is lacking but as a businessman he knows his stuff 
1
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 lacks so much in the story and acting departments that one can 8217 t help but wonder if there is any hope for this slowly disintegrating franchise 46 
1.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Rick Groen
It does the job just fine That job as director George Lucas freely admits is quite simply to thrill the beating hearts and the inquiring minds of 12 year old boys 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
James Kendrick
The visual imagery comes off the screen in leaps and bounds and it allows Lucas the freedom to construct intricately detailed action sequences that put the audience right in the action 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
John Podhoretz
The Phantom Menace takes twists and turns you don t expect 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Steve Rhodes
Thoroughly entertaining 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Rod Dreher
Everything about this film is so mechanical you wonder if it was written directed and acted by droids 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Robert Roten
It isn t the best in the series but it delivers about what you would expect 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Michael Dequina
Exceptionally well made highly imaginative 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Roger Ebert
There is a sense of discovery in scene after scene of The Phantom Menace 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
John Hartl
Story Character They used to mean something to George Lucas 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
David Sterritt
Geared more to video game fans than to grown up moviegoers who remember when the best fantasy films had grander ambitions 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Dustin Putman
Flawed as it is The Phantom Menace captured my imagination and I enjoyed it 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Bob Bloom
Not a great film but it is magical and majestic 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
David N. Butterworth
It s a frenetic visual feast indeed there s nothing quite like it in the galaxy 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
David Keyes
Only time will tell if this movie deserves to be connected to the last three episodes or for that matter if the final three episodes deserve to be connected to this one 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Susan Stark
Visually dazzling inventive beyond imagining and full of resonant detail that recalls stories told or hints at those to come 
4
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
James O'Ehley
An old fashioned epic and like epics of yore it supplies its audiences with enough spectacle and awe 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Eugene Novikov
It works as an action flick visually eye popping and often paralyzingly exciting it also works as an elicitor of memories a piece of exquisite nostalgia 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Ian Mantgani
It s wholesome and enjoyable entertainment for kids rather than the slap in the face a truly bad movie would have been but the fans deserve more 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Emily Blunt
Wait till it s out on video Then borrow it 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Tor Thorsen
It actually undoes some of the myth and magic that the first three movies forged in the hearts and minds of millions of movie lovers 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Matt Prigge
The story was well told the characters were for the most part nicely drawn and the action was phenomenal 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Madeleine Williams
Lucas has gotten rusty and it shows in quite a few places But he still has the heart of a visionary and when that shines through The Phantom Menace is a wonder to behold 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Jorge Avila Andrade
Perfecto ejemplo de cómo la imaginación puede traspasar fronteras y edades
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Julie Hinds
This isn t a film that will change history the way the first Star Wars did 22 years ago 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Jack Mathews
With Phantom Lucas has brought the series to the brink of total artificiality the future as a video game 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Michael Wilmington
A highly entertaining and visually breathtaking movie capable at times of rocking and delighting you 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
James Berardinelli
A testimony to how far special effects have come 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Ted Fry
A breathless exciting family movie with a couple of truly memorable sequences and just enough in the way of story and character to keep the franchise going for another 20 years 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Melanie McFarland
The computer generated creatures and characters are splendid the kingdom of Naboo is a colorful paradise and Trish Biggar s costume designs for Queen Amidala lets young actress Natalie Portman shine in her regal best 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Thelma Adams
What s missing from George Lucas heralded return to the screen is sex 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Bob Graham
In special effects Lucas has moved a galaxy beyond In energy not yet 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Jonathan Foreman
Lucas directorial attention is clearly not focused on the cast most of whom seem slightly adrift 
2
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Susan Wloszczyna
Lucas has proved he has the Naboos to pull it off again 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Rob Blackwelder
Still you have to see it don t you I know I did and I m glad I did But I can honestly say I was never really entertained 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Mike McGranaghan
This is a film made for the fans On that level it doesn t disappoint 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Ross Anthony
Quite uninteresting in its stale moments the Menace soars from time to time 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Marty Mapes
This entry into the Star Wars saga does the originals justice in terms of heart action and fun 
3
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
Scott Nash
I could still have enjoyed it if only there were actors or characters strong enough to stand out against this computer enhanced backdrop 
2
Chasing Liberty
Austin O'Connor
Chasing Liberty just isn t worth the effort 
2
Chasing Liberty
Michael Dequina
What sad times we live in when a contemporary knockoff of Roman Holiday stars in the place of the immortal Audrey Hepburn Mandy Moore 
1
Chasing Liberty
Dan Lybarger
The attempts at humor make a viewer long for the comedy and romance of Freddy vs Jason 
1
Chasing Liberty
Collin Souter
Mandy Moore s best movie so far which I realize doesn t say much The movie has its charm but not enough to sustain its length 
2
Chasing Liberty
Kelly Borgeson
Feels slapped together and unfocused 
1.5
Chasing Liberty
Linda Cook
The winter doldrums always are cursed by what I call January Junk 
1
Chasing Liberty
Tyler Hanley
For teenage girls anxious to learn about love through rose colored glasses look no further 
2
Chasing Liberty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chasing Liberty is a fantasy without anything fantastic 
2
Chasing Liberty
Nick Rogers
Mandy so doesn t want to be lumped in with Hilary and Lindsay Their names end in y but like Kiss Mandy wants to put the x in sex OK maybe not that rowdy 
2
Chasing Liberty
Tony Toscano
a predictable lukewarm comedy 
1.5
Chasing Liberty
Mike McGranaghan
The total familiarity of the plot wore on my nerves especially since the movie could have been better than it is 
2
Chasing Liberty
Wesley Morris
It s one TV movie romp that Kristy McNichol never got around to starring in 
2
Chasing Liberty
Dustin Putman
Sparks of interest are few and far between and the only thing worth looking at is the pretty European scenery 
1.5
Chasing Liberty
Sara Michelle Fetters
Really it s hard to really become upset with Chasing Liberty Sure it s obvious the story s potentially more interesting tangents all left somewhere off to the side in the unproduced good ideas handbook 
2.5
Chasing Liberty
Steve Rhodes
A montage of Mandy Moore moments it has the flavor of a big slice of white bread 
2
Chasing Liberty
Ted Fry
A fluffy romance vehicle that does manage a few charms 
2
Chasing Liberty
Mick LaSalle
It s all quite engaging 
3
Chasing Liberty
David Elliott
This is 2004 s first airball of goo 
2
Chasing Liberty
Joe Baltake
Movies don t get more disposable than this one 
2
Chasing Liberty
Peter Travers
It defines blah 
1
Chasing Liberty
Megan Lehmann
A feather light doggedly formulaic romantic comedy that s almost instantly forgettable despite the sunny presence of teen queen Mandy Moore 
2
Chasing Liberty
Jami Bernard
Chasing Liberty is a comedy with no sense of fun a romance with no passion 
1
Chasing Liberty
Adam Sternbergh
It s light airy fun with the cheery snap of bubblegum and the proficiency of a well turned sitcom 
2.5
Chasing Liberty
Connie Ogle
The film does provide some nice shots of Venice and offers one solid reason to display a little patriotic fervor We do have the freedom to avoid such rote shallow dullness 
1
Chasing Liberty
Bob Strauss
Moore s abundant charm and the nicely exploited foreign locations are the only things this formulaic coming of age semi comedy have going for it 
2
Chasing Liberty
Rick Groen
Chasing Liberty is a many unsplendoured thing but the one thing it isn t is a movie 
2
Chasing Liberty
Terry Lawson
No more than a series of postcard backdrops 
2
Chasing Liberty
Jeff Vice
This comedy drama is more of the formulaic predictable and lightweight fluff Moore s been making all along 
2
Chasing Liberty
Kit Bowen
Chasing Liberty should have been called How To Deal with Chasing Liberty While Remembering To Walk 
1.5
Chasing Liberty
Michael Booth
A happy trip 
3
Chasing Liberty
Roger Ebert
Chasing Liberty is surprisingly good in areas where it doesn t need to be good at all and pretty awful in areas where it has to succeed 
2
Chasing Liberty
Christian Toto
Liberty s engaging leads make this pedestrian romp a harmless way to spend two hours
2.5
Chasing Liberty
Phil Villarreal
Even though Cadiff and crew didn t make a memorable or remarkable film at least they chased a heck of a vacation out of the deal 
2
Chasing Liberty
Claudia Puig
An innocuous occasionally cute movie made watchable by the appealing Mandy Moore and hunky Matthew Good 
2
Chasing Liberty
Sarah Chauncey
A fun adventure around the world movie Just don t expect any more than that 
2
Chasing Liberty
Kevin John Bozelka
Amounts to little more than a nearly two hour travelogue of Europe a la The Lizzie McGuire Movie 
2
Chasing Liberty
David Sterritt
Chasing Liberty may find some fans among female teens But even they may decide the project cares more about quick profits than real entertainment value 
2
Chasing Liberty
Nick Schager
Bubblegum pop songstress turned budding thespian Mandy Moore once again transforms a dreadful teen oriented romance into something moderately watchable 
2
Chasing Liberty
David Nusair
Chasing Liberty is just the sort of instantly forgettable romantic comedy that all up and coming actresses seem required to tackle at the beginning of their career 
2
Chasing Liberty
Chris Hewitt
A generic bland formula 
1.5
Chasing Liberty
Phoebe Flowers
Like Moore herself it s kind of sweet but mostly bland 
1.5
Chasing Liberty
Bruce Newman
The picture is filled with Mandy Moore Moments approximations of recognizable human emotions without the complicating necessity of actual feeling 
2
Chasing Liberty
Jeffrey Westhoff
We expect such shallowness from Britney Spears not Mandy Moore 
2
Chasing Liberty
Steven Rea
Chasing Liberty boasts exceedingly high levels of improbability and an embarrassment of continuity and character shortfalls but still has a certain bubbleheaded charm 
2.5
Chasing Liberty
John Anderson
The best that you can say about this predictably facile production is that it s harmless even if it requires the dismissal of acres of reality before digestion can ensue 
2
Chasing Liberty
Robert K. Elder
A likable light as air road comedy 
3
Chasing Liberty
Scott Nash
Call me a sap if you want to but I enjoyed Chasing Liberty 
3
Chasing Liberty
Walter Chaw
The annual edition of Bad Judgment Theater featuring everyone s favourite holier than thou teen Mandy Moore 
0
Chasing Liberty
Rob Blackwelder
It s hard not to wonder when Mandy Moore whose potential is so palpable it s like a hand grenade with the pin pulled will pick a script that challenges her 
2.5
Chasing Liberty
James Berardinelli
A fairly standard issue teen romantic comedy 
2.5
Trouble in the Garden
Brad Wheeler
The best thing you can say about Trouble in the Garden is that it s well intentioned 
2
Six Days in Roswell
Michael Dequina
Displays a genuine affection for these people on the fringes and this rather unique celebration 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
Roger Moore
Let s hope The New Zach Braff learns from the original Zach Braff to strike while the iron is hot and not dither away his potential waiting for that perfect next project to come along 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
David Nusair
a striking promising debut that hopefully bodes well for Radnor s future endeavors 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
Willie Waffle
It s co star Malin Ackerman who proves to be more than a pretty face 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
Wesley Morris
It s sluggish and trite and irrelevant in a way that suggests that the TV soundstage is a kind of hothouse that Radnor doesn t leave often enough 
2
Happythankyoumoreplease
Chris Hewitt
The comedy is called Happythankyoumoreplease but a better title would be Icknogoaway 
0
Happythankyoumoreplease
Ted Fry
A perky if undistinguished emulation of a mid period Woody Allen relationship comedy 
2.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
Carrie Rickey
A case of when bad scripts happen to good actors Given its similarities to a bygone sitcom one might call it Friends without benefits 
1.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
Mark Dujsik
T he guy learns that kidnapping is all right as long as you have good intentions and your best friend s sort of boyfriend works in the legal department of their office 
1.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
Mick LaSalle
It s an observant and heartfelt film with turns of dialogue that show that writer director Josh Radnor really can write 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
Matt Pais
Reflects a romantic shallow view of happiness and clarity just have it muddled by a refusal to really chip away at situations that neither click separately or as a unit 
2.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
Robert Levin
Radnor s script is well attuned to the lonely disorientation of being young and less than wealthy in the increasingly gentrified high end Big Apple 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
Alissa Wilkinson
Takes the themes of mumblecore twentysomethings looking for love and life direction and makes them into something more universal and blessedly less cynical more full of hope 
3
Happythankyoumoreplease
Kyle Smith
This unbearably cutesy and hackneyed movie is a vanity piece starring and written and directed by mild sitcom presence Josh Radnor 
0.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
Thelma Adams
Fun but forgettable 
2
Happythankyoumoreplease
Andrew Schenker
Tony Hale s winning characterization of an improbably straightlaced suitor who woos the quirky Annie saves the movie from total disaster 
.5
Happythankyoumoreplease
Erik Childress
Throughout the film we get about 87 montages characters behaving like shallow idiots and not backing it up with the wit necessary to dare criticize Woody Allen 
1
The Visitor
Tom Meek
The special effects are quite chintzy Sam Peckinpah casts barely a shadow of humanity and then there s the teeming flock of birds This is Cheez Whiz that barely cuts it as a cult staple 
1.5
The Visitor
John Beifuss
The movie suggests that contrary to Cassius claim the fault is not in ourselves but in our stars that as the paranoid and psychotic have suspected our unhappiness is the collateral damage of an eternal and cosmic struggle 
3
The Visitor
Peter Keough
It wows cult fans connoisseurs of the absurd and cinephiles intrigued by the evolution of the sci fi and horror genres in the 70s and 80s 
2.5
Snake Eyes
David Nusair
It s immediately impossible to mistake Snake Eyes for anything than a vintage De Palma thriller 
3.5
Snake Eyes
Maitland McDonagh
Brian De Palma s exercise in flashy paranoia and shallow cynicism comes out of the gate like gangbusters but falls apart in a flurry of preposterous plotting 
2
Snake Eyes
Paul Schrodt
Snake Eyes is about multiple perceptions of one major event their relationship to each other and to the audience 
3.5
Snake Eyes
Chuck O'Leary
A moderately suspenseful thriller that seems somewhat conventional compared to De Palma s earlier envelope pushing efforts Intriguing but the mystery villain is rather obvious from the start 
3
Snake Eyes
Judith Egerton
The mundane plot of Snake Eyes is disguised with lots of camera razzle dazzle 
1.5
Snake Eyes
Leonard Schwarz
A dazzling piece of entertainment a mystery so cleverly constructed you find yourself wanting to see it again before it s over 
3.5
Snake Eyes
Margaret A. McGurk
It is a bravura display of acting from Mr Cage and equally dazzling work from director Brian De Palma 
3
Snake Eyes
Jeffrey Westhoff
Snake Eyes opens on a roll but ultimately craps out 
2
Snake Eyes
Rick Groen
Director Brian De Palma does his stylish best to weave the patchy script into a cinematic quilt but despite his best efforts and they re often formidable the thing just doesn t cohere 
2.5
Snake Eyes
Bob Graham
What might have been fascinating after a while becomes frustrating and finally a real slog 
1
Snake Eyes
James Kendrick
De Palma makes the mistake of revealing the mastermind behind an assassination conspiracy before the movie is half over thus leaving himself with nothing to work with 
2
Snake Eyes
Mike McGranaghan
It doesn t even make good camp 
2
Snake Eyes
Rob Blackwelder
I ve never seen anything like it It s not that you look back after the credits roll and realize where the movie went wrong It happens right before your eyes 
2
Snake Eyes
Michael Dequina
The twists are thoroughly predictable but even if any tension and suspense were generated it would all be squandered by the film s contrived fizzle of an anticlimax which is not only disappointing but makes little sense 
2
Snake Eyes
David Sterritt
The picture is a small scale symphony of kinetic camera movements rapid fire montage sequences split screen effects and long lasting shots that allow characters and settings to interact more artfully than happens in less imaginatively filmed movies 
3
Snake Eyes
Jeff Vice
Once the central plot is revealed it s all downhill 
2
Snake Eyes
Bob Bloom
DePalma s overuse of his point of view shots especially his out of focus sequences with his nearsighted damsel in distress adds nothing to the proceedings 
1.5
Snake Eyes
Roger Ebert
It s the worst kind of bad film the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down instead of just being lousy from the first shot 
1
Snake Eyes
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Although De Palma doesn t always stick rigorously to each separate viewpoint there s an undeniable finesse in the way he parcels out the exposition in increments 
2
Snake Eyes
David Keyes
After the premise settles in the dust just as it should the movie crumbles into one big mess where the characters spurt out some incredibly dumb dialogue and act like they are in some sort of Spice Girls music video 
2
Snake Eyes
Ted Prigge
The most aggravating kind of movie the kind that shows so much potential then becomes unbelievably disappointing 
1.5
Snake Eyes
James Berardinelli
De Palma doesn t know the meaning of the word subtle every scene in Snake Eyes uses a brash in your face approach that works until the disappointing climax 
2.5
Snake Eyes
Marty Mapes
At first the script is tight and twisty but its resolution is a mediocre anticlimax 
2.5
Snake Eyes
Steve Rhodes
The movie s outline has some promise but the movie itself is leaden 
1
Smoke Signals
Wesley Lovell
8220 Smoke Signals 8221 is an interesting film 44 but it is too long and lifeless to achieve success 46 The performances are on par 44 but don 8217 t seem to further the cause of the film 46 
2
Smoke Signals
Roger Ebert
There s a particular satisfaction in listening to people talk about what they know well and care about The subject isn t as important as the feeling 
3
The Fourth Protocol
Roger Ebert
The Fourth Protocol is first rate because it not only is a thriller but it also pays attention to its characters and shows how their actions grow out of their personalities 
3.5
God's Not Dead: We the People
Christian Toto
The fourth film in the Christian franchise dresses down the elites at long last 
2.5
The Tiger and the Snow
Ken Fox
Benigni can t even be bothered to get the chronology or the details of the American occupation right and his keen visual sense isn t enough to save him Benigni s artfully composed images are as empty as his political convictions 
1.5
The Tiger and the Snow
G. Allen Johnson
This film one of the worst of 2006 almost has to be seen to be believed a comedy about a man who goes to Iraq and amid a string of comic misadventures tries to save the life of his love who has been gravely wounded in a bombing 
0
The Tiger and the Snow
Pam Grady
He certainly never shuts up and he never stops joking he s a neurotic narcissist to whom a war and a country s misery mean little except how they affect him personally 
1
The Tiger and the Snow
V.A. Musetto
The only award Benigni s misconceived and unfunny The Tiger and the Snow could possibly win is for Worst Movie of 2006 
0
The Tiger and the Snow
Chad Greene
What Benigni was able to do so improbably in a World War II concentration camp in his masterpiece Life Is Beautiful find comedy he is utterly unable to do in the shock and awed streets of Baghdad in the early days of Gulf War II 
2
The Tiger and the Snow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Benigni s peculiar editing choices and snail s pace only increase the film s gnawing of creepy discomfort 
1
The Tiger and the Snow
Ed Gonzalez
The Tiger and the Snow is another objectionable romantic comedy from Roberto Benigni a con man who treats war as his comedic playground 
1.5
Les Girls
Matt Brunson
While Gene Kelly s hoofing remains delightful he delivers only a half hearted performance in a rather sketchy role It s Kay Kendall who steals the show with a highly amusing turn 
2.5
Ultras
Roger Moore
A bloody minded Italian melodrama that asks the eternal question Can this soccer hooligan be saved 
2.5
American Chaos
Simon Houpt
Would you like to be punched in the face for 90 minutes Then do I have the film for you 
2
American Chaos
Josh Terry
It s compelling but if it had done a better job of sticking to its plan American Chaos could have been even more impressive 
3
American Chaos
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s disorganized and erratic jumping from thesis to thesis and location to location sometimes seeming to pride itself on adopting a nonjudgmental I m just listening attitude 
2
American Chaos
Christian Toto
This listening tour keeps interrupting its subjects 
2.5
American Chaos
Mark Dujsik
There are a few miscalculations in Stern s goals and some significant errors in his approach 
2
American Chaos
Richard Roeper
Stick with your instincts good sir Keep questioning how we got to where we are 
3
American Chaos
Sean P. Means
Stern s mournful but hopeful film shows us how their problems and their lives will still be there waiting for an answer after the White House s current occupant is gone 
2.5
American Chaos
David Lewis
It plays like a rerun of a dated CNN segment 
2
American Chaos
Alan Zilberman
Throughout Chaos Stern presents himself as the voice of reason one that deserves to be listened to with respect although he never really examines his own assumptions 
0.5
American Chaos
Roger Moore
It turns out Trump voters in their own voices is the most damning portrait imaginable 
3
Message in a Bottle
Ross Anthony
Just a Degree or Two Shy of True North
2
Message in a Bottle
Michael Dequina
Perhaps the most disappointing thing about Message in a Bottle is that it really could have turned out to be something 
2.5
Message in a Bottle
Dustin Putman
It should have read Memo to screenwriters Use you brain 
1.5
Message in a Bottle
Roger Ebert
The climactic events are shameless contrived and wildly out of tune with the rest of the story To saddle Costner Penn and Newman with such goofy melodrama is like hiring Fred Astaire and strapping a tractor on his back 
2
Message in a Bottle
David N. Butterworth
Message in a Bottle bids Costner a return to his more romantic roots but since he s in mourning throughout most of the picture he slips into portraying The Carpenter 
2.5
Johnny Be Good
Matt Brunson
The worst football flick ever made 
1
Johnny Be Good
Dave Kehr
Buried somewhere in the screenplay are some Robert Altman esque satirical intentions in which the wildly corrupt college football recruitment process is offered as a panoramic image of frenzied American venality 
1
Johnny Be Good
Walter Chaw
Reflects the mentality of great swaths of artless ignorant slobs 
0
Johnny Be Good
Betsy Bozdech
Johnny Be Good may be teen fluff but even fluff can be better than this 
1.5
Johnny Be Good
Roger Ebert
The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves 
0.5
Evil Under the Sun
Kathy Fennessy
Evil Under the Sun is more a product of the expansive time it was made than the more austere time it was written 44 and that apos s a big part of its appeal 58 the 1980s in full 44 indulgent flower 46 
3
Evil Under the Sun
Matt Brunson
After Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun Ustinov would return to the role of Poirot for three made for TV movies and a chintzy 1988 theatrical release 
3
Evil Under the Sun
Larry Vitacco
Evil Under the Sun the latest Agatha Christie murder mystery adapted for the silver screen offers the escapist moviegoer a hell of a good time 
3
Evil Under the Sun
Roger Ebert
There are delicious moments in the final fifteen minutes of Evil Under The Sun but what I especially liked about this Christie were the opening scenes the setup 
3
Ball of Fire
John Beifuss
I ve gone goofy completely goofy Cooper says as the chaos of slang overwhelms his orderly vocabulary Bim buggy slap happy Watching Ball of Fire you feel similarly liberated 
4
Ball of Fire
Fernando F. Croce
After the rush of His Girl Friday Ball of Fire is a more sedate ride full of such marvelous passages as the conga line Stanwyck s delectable Sugarpuss teaches the professors 
3
The Full Picture
Peter Hartlaub
The story is stronger than the individual scenes and the characters often talk like sitcom stars stuck in a drama But there are moments of fun with a particularly strong ending 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Brian Eggert
However simplistic the characters and often banal the dialogue may be Alita Battle Angel offers an escapist science fiction showpiece that may not be high art but it nonetheless offers an important component of the moviegoing experience spectacle 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Cassidy Olsen
Against all odds Alita actually works While previous live action manga adaptations like Death Note and Ghost in the Shell came out bloated and disingenuous Alita Battle Angel is fun fiery and focused enough to know what it s about 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Steven Prokopy
For all of its familiarity and predictability I still found Alita Battle Angel a fantastic visual experience and fun virtual ride with just enough of the unexpected thrown in to keep things interesting 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Doug Walker
One of the best live action anime adaptations I ve ever seen 
3.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Federico Furzan
Fun cyberpunk adventure that works well for fans and those who are looking for a good time Full review in Spanish 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
James Kendrick
a highly entertaining and at times emotionally gripping excursion into dystopic science fiction
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Stephen Rebello
What s the point of blowing somewhere around 200 million on boldly innovative sound and vision when it is built upon a script that just thuds along 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Peter Canavese
Silly but big dumb fun 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
This results in a film whose director and protagonist have something in common they re both pretenders not the real deal 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Frank Ochieng
The cyborg sass grips grunts grinds and groans but all the flashy manufactured mayhem feels as rambunctious as poking a dent in a pile of mashed potatoes 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Matt Brunson
There s something both unsettling and absorbing in seeing human faces grafted onto all hardware bodies and it s the only instance in which the film feels like it s breaking new ground Otherwise there isn t much that warrants attention or excitement 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Linda Cook
It s more than the sum of its parts 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Radheyan Simonpillai
Alita is powered by James Cameron s visionary world building But the last thing you want to use to sell something is written by James Cameron 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
David Nusair
an ambitious misfire that could and should have been so much better 
1.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Mike McGranaghan
Perpetually feels like it s on the cusp of being great without ever quite getting there 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Alan French
Alitasuffers from an overly wordy screenplay that spoon feeds the audience Perhaps worst of all the story suffers from being repetitive 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Robert Horton
A little too glib to be truly memorable and a little too top heavy to be really fun 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Matthew Rozsa
Attending the movies should not come with homework assignments and if a film only works if you study its backstory in advance there is something terribly wrong 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Sonny Bunch
Fun exciting a little sweet the perfect Valentine s Day blockbuster
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Richard Roeper
Basically we re talking about a lot of human heads doing a lot of insulting and quipping and grunting and groaning while atop all manner of fighting cyborg bodies
1.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Rick Bentley
There s no core of originality It s all just a collection of familiar sequences tied at the hip to the unemotional love story and presented in a so so 3D version 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Michael Smith
This is the reason we go to the movies visual filmmaking 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Peter Howell
It s more of a scavenger hunt than a movie 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Allyson Johnson
For all Alita gains in technical achievements it loses in dialogue that is near embarrassing with wooden simplicity coupled with often rote delivery 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Sarah Knight Adamson
No doubt we have to talk about those creepy big eyes from start to finish they are disconcerting which is a shame as Alita Rosa Salaza the spunky female lead character doesn t need them to be alluring 
1.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Josh Terry
The ambitious Alita feels custom made for adult fans of the graphic novel a narrow segment that is not enough to justify the film s expense 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Kevin A. Ranson
Stylized vibrant and impactful the first great escape 2019 has arrived the world building high adventure fortified with underdog championing hopefulness in a bright manga wrapper you ve been yearning for 
4
Alita: Battle Angel
Monica Castillo
The visual bonanza cooked up by Rodriguez cinematographer Bill Pope and editors Stephen E Rivkin and Ian Silverstein is enough to power through any narrative bumps with quickly paced action and bleak yet colorful imagery 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Phil Villarreal
A fun and exciting romp Alita does Kishiro s vision proud 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Soon we re in the middle of rousing action adventure that has no right to be as enjoyable as it is both supremely stupid and amazingly good fun Did I mention trash 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Tom Russo
For all of Alita s she Pinocchio charm and her Cameronian estrogen charged badass itude she can t quite carry the audience all the way across that pesky uncanny valley 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Mark Dujsik
Alita isn t simply an exquisitely rendered visual effect She s an actual character with a clear but dynamic personality 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Johnny Oleksinski
Alita is just pretty And pretty horrible 
1
Alita: Battle Angel
Rob Thomas
Alita Battle Angel is like It s Just a Flesh Wound The Motion Picture 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not all of it is as fresh or as original as I m certain Rodriguez and Cameron hope it is that does not make what transpires any less magnetically thrilling 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Brian Truitt
The results are what one might expect from two nerd gods of filmmaking a visually stunning computer generated heroine impressive futuristic world building and some seriously neat action scenes 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Sean P. Means
What happens when a famously seat of the pants director goes to work for a notoriously detail oriented filmmaker Unsurprisingly in the case of Alita Battle Angel a big mess though an exhilarating one 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
James Berardinelli
Without a follow up the character s story will be left incomplete another example of filmmakers whose hubris about the inevitability of sequels will likely leave fans high and dry 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Mark Kennedy
The film crams in so many plot lines that it risks being overstuffed but somehow stays true to its mesmerizing vision and emerges as a sci fi success if not a triumph 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Hau Chu
I t s hard to follow where this movie goes in no small part because the film itself has trouble finding a path 
1.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Alison Rowat
Robert Rodriguez delivers a by the numbers story 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Katie Walsh
With tonal inconsistencies and poorly written characters any awe inspired by Alita Battle Angel is replaced with a profound sense of confusion 
2
Alita: Battle Angel
Joey Magidson
Everything visual here is a treat That s about the only thing to praise Everything else is mediocre or worse Plus it ends right as you re starting to get invested 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
John Semley
T aken on its own terms the commingling of writer producer James Cameron s monster budget technowizardry and director Robert Rodriguez s B movie sensibilities doesn t amount to a heck of a lot 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Mick LaSalle
Alita is an action movie and some of that is who cares But the bigger thing about this film is that it makes us think about humanness what it means what it is and what it might be in the future 
3
Alita: Battle Angel
Rafer Guzman
A mishmash of many old sci fi ideas made watchable by energetic directing from Robert Rodriguez 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Walter Chaw
I thought for a while that the film is written for twelve year olds and then I thought of my son who is twelve who would think this was useless garbage and ask for palate cleansing fifth and sixth screenings of The Good the Bad the Weird 
1
Alita: Battle Angel
Jake Cole
The action boasts some of the most impressive choreography and sturdy coherent direction to mark a giant scale blockbuster in some time 
2.5
Alita: Battle Angel
Roger Moore
They may have a franchise on their hands but one without heart or sex appeal 
2
Love Always
Steve Rhodes
A lightweight romantic comedy and road picture that is the cinematic equivalent of easy listening music 
2.5
Love Always
Roger Ebert
This movie is so bad in so many different ways you should see it just to put it behind you 
0.5
Spoiler Alert
David Nusair
46 46 46 compelling subject matter that 8217 s employed to mostly watchable 40 albeit entirely familiar 41 effect by Michael Showalter 46 46 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Bruce R. Miller
While tears are inevitable 40 bring Kleenex 41 44 there 8217 s something about the ending that suggests all is right in the world 46 That 8217 s a rare conclusion to reach with an end of life drama but this one finds its sweet spot 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Alex Barr
Rom com fans clear your schedule and run to the next showing of Spoiler Alert 
4
Spoiler Alert
Roger Moore
A weeper without tears 44 a dramedy with the dramatic edges rubbed off and nothing particularly funny about its 8220 Disease of the Week 8221 tragedy 46 
1.5
Spoiler Alert
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spoiler Alert is a delightfully effective melodrama 44 one that pulls few punches and isn 8217 t afraid of wearing a plethora of emotions out in the open for all to see 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Sean P. Means
The movie presents the struggles of a cancer patient 8212 the chemotherapy 44 the depressing news from doctors 44 and the fear that wells up in a cancer patient 8217 s friends and family 8212 with tenderness and authenticity 46 
3.5
Spoiler Alert
Steven Prokopy
Spoiler Alert isn 8217 t trying to break new ground 44 but it does want to create an authentic 44 modern romance and embrace all that comes with it 46 On that level 44 it succeeds the most 46 
2.5
Spoiler Alert
Katie Rife
This is a nice film 46 A sweet film 46 A film you can watch with your mother in law 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Odie Henderson
Parsons and Aldridge have fantastic chemistry together 
3
Spoiler Alert
Richard Roeper
As you d expect Sally Field and Bill Irwin are great together as Kit s parents who are so loving and accepting you wonder why Kit waited so long to come out to them 
3
Spoiler Alert
Mark Meszoros
With a deft touch 44 Showalter infuses what ultimately is a heartbreaking story with life and laughs 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Brian Eggert
Spoiler Alert is an endearing romance in the first half and an effective tearjerker in the second 44 and both aspects work as intended 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Mark Dujsik
Despite and because of the ending 44 this film is a love story 46 It apos s a good one 44 at that 46 46 46 
3
Spoiler Alert
Kristen Page-Kirby
Unlike so many illness movies I m looking at you Nicholas Sparks Kit s life is not mined for the lessons it teaches us 
3
Spoiler Alert
Jocelyn Noveck
At times Spoiler Alert feels like an edgy clever film that plays wittily on the main character s lifelong obsession with TV At others it feels like a more formulaic holiday themed tearjerker 
2.5
Spoiler Alert
Emily Zemler
This is probably best to skip if you have history of helping a loved one through cancer but for everyone else it s a solid weekend watch once it hits streaming 
2.5
Spoiler Alert
Randy Myers
It s heartfelt genuine funny and yes terribly sad but it also celebrates love and life even when it s dealing with a tragic illness 
3.5
Spoiler Alert
David Lewis
To the film s credit it never wallows in false sentimentality or asks us to feel pity for these characters I d say more but I don t want to spoil the ending 
3
The Baby
Matt Brunson
Even by the standards of early 70s cinema The Baby is one odd puppy 
3
The Baby
John Beifuss
The Baby is absolutely gaga Or should that be goo goo gaga It s a multiple personality disorder of a film that vacillates among the extremes of weirdo exploitation psychological horror and social reform drama 
3.5
The Baby
Lucius Gore
the film has the look and feel of a TV cop drama and a politically incorrect outlandish storyline that couldn t be filmed today 
3
Bright Star
Mattie Lucas
There are moments of great and sublime beauty at work here 
3.5
Bright Star
Kelly Jane Torrance
Bright Star is a beautiful film filled with the glories of nature and man that inspired Keats 
3
Bright Star
Marty Mapes
Romance and poetry have no time to sag
2.5
Bright Star
Josh Larsen
Gorgeous and anchored by a flinty performance from Abbie Cornish it s a mystery as to why this Jane Campion period piece fades away rather than catches fire 
3
Bright Star
Janos Gereben
High Toned Tragic Exalted Soap
3
Bright Star
John Beifuss
The most perfect film of the year 
4
Bright Star
Wesley Lovell
A lush romantic drama where the best elements are the least romantic 
3
Bright Star
Brett McCracken
A beautiful film and a strikingly truthful one and not because it waxes too philosophic or throws down the intellectual gauntlet 
4
Bright Star
John Wirt
Gorgeous to behold the film also devastates with its meticulous portrait of impassioned lovers against whom fate conspires so mightily 
4
Bright Star
Sean O'Connell
Plays by the strict and proper rules of the period genre resulting in a predominantly frigid and impersonal love story 
2
Bright Star
Matt Brunson
Bright Star isn t in the same ballpark as The Piano heck it s not even in the same time zone but it s the first Campion movie since then to warrant 10 Best consideration 
3.5
Bright Star
Robert W. Butler
This film about the doomed love affair of poet John Keats and his neighbor Fanny Brawne left me underwhelmed 
2.5
Bright Star
Amy Biancolli
Greig Fraser s cool cinematography offsets the heat in Campion s ecstatically literate screenplay which quotes Keats handiwork all the way through the end credits It sounds like music 
4
Bright Star
Lisa Kennedy
Silence and stillness as well as the restrained desire of its lovers are given their due After the clatter and rush of the summer flicks patience is demanded but also rewarded 
3
Bright Star
Michael Sragow
It s immediately refreshing in its unabashed flow of feeling but it also wields a cumulative punch 
3.5
Bright Star
Justin Strout
Has Lady Jane gone as chaste as the PG rating on Bright Star suggests You have no idea 
2
Bright Star
Peter Howell
It s refreshing to see romantic drama where credulity hasn t been stretched by the magic of Hollywood or the fantasies of the mind 
3
Bright Star
Joanne Weintraub
A movie as incandescent as its title 
3.5
Bright Star
Joe Williams
What animates this dramatically constrained film are the lively words and the vitality of nature An image of butterflies blooming in a bedroom is Keats worldview in miniature 
3
Bright Star
Carrie Rickey
Intimate as a whisper immediate as a blush and universal as first love the PG rated film positively palpitates with the sensual and spiritual 
4
Bright Star
Ty Burr
Bright Star is ripe with the eroticism of a proud woman being seduced by words and undone by emotions If that s not worth more than a year of Megan Fox movies I can t help you 
3.5
Bright Star
Connie Ogle
Bright Star is a well acted well crafted but excruciatingly tepid romantic film about a subject that will attract poetry lovers and yet test even their considerable patience 
2
Bright Star
Jeffrey Gantz
Fanny deserved more than just a generic place in the heavens as a Great Lover Thwarted by Fate Bright Star is only second magnitude 
2.5
Bright Star
Roger Ebert
What Campion does is seek visual beauty to match Keats verbal beauty There is a shot here of Fanny in a meadow of blue flowers that is so enthralling it beggars description 
3.5
Bright Star
Amy Biancolli
Every frame of this exquisite period romance features an attention to detail a passion for literature and an intense fully clothed pre Victorian sexiness that suggest a director in something close to rapture 
4
Bright Star
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie hovers just above moments of fact and reportage resting almost totally on a cloud of passion and emotion The fact that Keats was one of the greatest romantic poets is merely a bonus and an excuse for some gorgeous glorious dialogue 
4
Bright Star
James Berardinelli
There s enough material here for a solid heartfelt period love story it may not make viewers swoon the way a good Jane Austen adaptation might but it s well enough made to deliver an emotional impact 
3
Bright Star
Peter Travers
A literate lyrical love story in the age of Hollywood crass I must be dreaming 
3
Bright Star
Sara Michelle Fetters
Bright Star isn t just a superlative achievement for director Campion it might just be her best work yet 
3.5
Bright Star
Claudia Puig
Those who love language and particularly poetic verse will savor the dialogue as well as the visual splendor of the film With its gorgeously framed shots and superb craftsmanship Bright Star is a thing of beauty 
3
Bright Star
Robert Levin
A work blessed with keen insight into the heart and soul 
3
Bright Star
Ed Gonzalez
Through a lush filmic vernacular Campion shows how these two figures were not only fiercely devoted to their work but also kindred spirits 
3
Bright Star
David Nusair
an ordeal for the bulk of its hopelessly overlong running time 
1
Bright Star
Rick Groen
Star Abbie Cornish shines 
3
Halloween II
David Nusair
The nadir of both the Halloween series and Rob Zombie s filmography 
0
Halloween II
Wesley Lovell
Pushing the Halloween series further from its roots Rob Zombie s first sequel to his remake of the popular John Carpenter slasher is a muddied mix of symbolism and excessive violence 
1.5
Halloween II
Linda Cook
Rob Zombie makes incoherent films about people killing each other in brutal ways Here s another one 
.5
Halloween II
Lucius Gore
OK but not great
2.75
Halloween II
John Beifuss
Brutal and redundant but not without a certain ugly integrity this gruesome sequel allows Zombie to continue to explore his idea that Michael Myers is a pathetic and tragically irredeemable product of childhood abuse 
2
Halloween II
Michael A. Smith
to steal animated critic Jay Sherman s best line it stinks 
1
Halloween II
Mark Dujsik
Moments that add up to a bit more than incoherence and an overall sense that Zombie has a clear idea of what he s trying to say but is without the skill to say it 
1
Halloween II
Kyle Smith
Halloween II offers up a rush of fiercely imagined nightmare images 
2.5
Halloween II
James Berardinelli
This one represents Rob Zombie s vision That being the case he s blind 
0.5
Halloween II
Tom Russo
With his new sequel Zombie spends less time paying tribute and more time getting inventive with mixed results 
2
Halloween II
Austin Kennedy
It s not one of those so bad it s good or B movie fun MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D this is a serious and genuine shocker If you like Zombie s sadistic offbeat humor and his filmmaking style you ll eat this up 
3
Halloween II
Christian Toto
Zombie redeems himself with Halloween II but let s hope this is the last we see of Michael Myers for a while 
2.5
Halloween II
Nick Schager
Without a new path for its central trio Halloween II merely rehashes in quick distracted swipes 
2
Halloween II
Mike McGranaghan
After the success of his original director Rob Zombie warned fans that he had no intention of making a cheesy sequel Oh how I wish he d stayed true to that promise 
1
Halloween II
Peter Hartlaub
This movie isn t horrible but it seems like a waste for Zombie to keep revisiting someone else s world 
2
Halloween II
Dustin Putman
Almost shocking how skillfully anchored it is Halloween II is confidently and assuredly its own beast and what a beast it is 
3
Halloween II
Chris Hewitt
Zombie is a terrific stylist there s a red tinted party sequence that s nightmarishly creepy but he seems bored with this material 
2
Jimmy P.
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie offers the most psychologically complex screen portrait of a Native American character in at least twenty years probably more 
3.5
Jimmy P.
Kyle Smith
Tell a dream lose a reader is the Henry James advice that the makers of Jimmy P Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian should have heeded 
1
Jimmy P.
Jesse Cataldo
Seems to struggle in making its interesting ideas apparent leaving them stranded beneath the dry surface of an otherwise ordinary procedural 
2.5
The Jimmy Show
Bill Chambers
So faithful to the doldrums of the not quite urban not quite suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check 
2
The Jimmy Show
V.A. Musetto
The film like Jimmy s routines could use a few good laughs 
2
All That Matters Is Past
David Nusair
it is in the end impossible not to wonder just what Johnsen originally set out to accomplish with this debacle 
1
Facing Nolan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bit of myth making 44 but it apos s also highly entertaining 46 
3
Facing Nolan
David Nusair
46 46 46 an entertaining 44 sporadically enthralling portrait of a justifiably iconic sports legend 46 
3
Facing Nolan
Brandon Towns
A baseball fan 8217 s dream come true 46 
3.5
Facing Nolan
Erik Childress
Baseball purists should really enjoy this dive into one of the greatest pitchers ever 46 The numbers alone will initiate enough wows to put the modern game in context but each pitch is a treasure if Ryan was not in your TV market 46 
3
Facing Nolan
Richard Roeper
An unapologetically sincere biography that plays like an old Saturday Evening Post cover come to life 
3
Facing Nolan
Tom Meek
Bradley Jackson s debut feature on legendary pitcher Nolan Ryan is more than just your typical jock doc It gets at the heart of the man who made it to the top but remained a devout Texas homebody the entirety of his career 
3
Facing Nolan
Matt Brunson
A film dedicated to Ryan apos s achievements as a pitcher 44 with a look at love of family to fill in the margins 46 
3
Facing Nolan
Bob Bloom
The movie is not simply about wins and losses or balls and strikes its a love story that examines the loving and enduring relationship between Ryan and his wife Ruth 
3.5
A Christmas Carol
Scott Nash
This film and Alastair Sim s performance as Scrooge in particular so perfectly captures Dickens s novella that all other versions feel redundant 
4
A Christmas Carol
James Berardinelli
At a reasonably short 85 minutes this is nevertheless a complete experience and the strength and depth of its drama makes it the most memorable of any adaptation of the tale 
3.5
7 Days in September
Walter Chaw
another strong argument for the importance and pervasiveness of digital video in a post information age
3.5
7 Days in September
Megan Turner
A worthwhile addition to the reams of footage of the day the earth stood still 
2.5
Waterloo Bridge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Features Mae Clarke in a truly great heartbreaking sympathetic performance for the ages 
3.5
Bon Voyage
Betsy Bozdech
Has the kind of clear cut characters melodramatic twists and rapid fire dialogue of Hollywood s Golden Era albeit with a modern polish 
3
Bon Voyage
Robert W. Butler
Bon Voyage has been sumptuously mounted with spectacular cinematography and a lush perhaps overly so musical score by Gabriel Yared that s a throwback to 30s moviemaking 
2.5
Bon Voyage
Jeff Vice
A cinematic trifle that quickly wears out its welcome 
2
Bon Voyage
Sean P. Means
The dense plotting and a comic insensitivity just this side of Hogan s Heroes leave Bon Voyage an enervating experience 
2.5
Bon Voyage
Vince Koehler
This Hitchcock like French film taking place during World War II buildup is excellent 
3
Bon Voyage
Matt Brunson
It s all about as believable as those comic shorts in which The Three Stooges smacked around Adolph Hitler and no less entertaining 
3
Bon Voyage
Elias Savada
a film drenched in rich character and drunk with the buffoonery of life amid chaos and circumstance It s a rousing Gallic gem 
3
Bon Voyage
John Beifuss
Rappeneau directs with dutiful predictability even resorting to slow motion when the hero throws a chair through a window 
2
Bon Voyage
Kevin John Bozelka
It s an utterly accessible thoroughly entertaining World War II thriller whose mild comedic touches detract not a whit from the haunted memory of Nazi occupation 
3
Bon Voyage
Chris Hewitt
This is a they don t make em like that anymore movie one that only wants to give us a couple of hours of uncomplicated fun 
3.5
Bon Voyage
Joe Baltake
It s Adjani at turns hammy and heartfelt who makes this film positively levitate 
4
Bon Voyage
Roger Ebert
This is a grand confident entertainment sure of the power of Adjani Depardieu and the others and sure of itself 
3.5
Bon Voyage
Rick Groen
On its own terms Bon Voyage succeeds Too bad the terms are so questionable too bad that some successes like some wars aren t worth the effort 
2
Bon Voyage
Michael Wilmington
A genre piece full of great actors and fabulous scenery a rousing full blooded entertainment that uses serious themes and events mostly for pure pleasure 
4
Bon Voyage
John Anderson
What s funny when the Nazis are coming to town Not everything but these guys assume otherwise 
2.5
Bon Voyage
Ty Burr
One of the great pleasures of Bon Voyage is its evocation of a precise time and place in history 
3
Bon Voyage
David Elliott
To treat the fall of France in 1940 like an old Warner Bros thriller jammed with minor Hitchcock diversions is to leave history mortally and morally reduced 
2
Bon Voyage
Ruthe Stein
A bit of fluff expertly made and a hoot to watch 
3
Bon Voyage
Moira MacDonald
Rappeneau has effectively created a small densely populated world despite its flaws you may find yourself reluctant to leave it 
3
Bon Voyage
Steve Rhodes
Enjoying its lush images and dreamy music is like lying on a pristine beach while soaking up the sun and being lulled to sleep by gentle ocean breezes 
3
Bon Voyage
Bob Strauss
It s a marvel of silly improbability serious historical criticism and romantic intrigue 
3
Bon Voyage
Peter Travers
It s sexy suspenseful fun and gorgeous looking to boot 
3
Bon Voyage
V.A. Musetto
There s too much going on in terms of characters and side plots 
2
Bon Voyage
Jack Mathews
The acting is uniformly good and it s an absolutely gorgeous film to watch 
3
Bon Voyage
Mike Clark
A breezy time out with upscale audiences 
3
Bon Voyage
James Berardinelli
A little too much pointless running around coupled with the underdevelopment of several key characters results in a movie that s never more than mildly diverting 
2.5
Bon Voyage
Rene Rodriguez
A high wire act of storytelling tone and old fashioned chutzpah 
3
Bon Voyage
Ed Gonzalez
Bon Voyage is cute but it s no Underground 
2.5
Bon Voyage
Bill Chambers
Within twenty minutes Bon Voyage has dipped a toe in the waters of five or six distinct genres never to cohere alas
1.5
My Little Chickadee
Peter Canavese
Iconic Mae West W C Fields comedy western beautifully restored in this Kino Lorber Studio Classics blu ray 
3
My Little Chickadee
Matt Brunson
The plot is sloppy but the stars nevertheless shine 
3
People v. the State of Illusion
Roger Moore
What are they trying to sell me here 
1.5
People v. the State of Illusion
G. Allen Johnson
There is an intriguing message behind this film too bad it is presented so awkwardly 
1
People v. the State of Illusion
Jeff Shannon
If you can overlook its shortcomings and focus on the information it provides you may find it enlightening 
2.5
Our Own Private Bin Laden
David Nusair
Incredibly pointless and thoroughly pretentious 
.5
The Low Down
Wesley Lovell
quot The Low Down quot is a hapless film that tries to be more artistic than it really is 46 
1.5
The Low Down
Rob Blackwelder
Until literally 30 seconds before the credits roll the film s cast of arguably interesting people don t do a thing worth paying eight bucks to watch 
2
The Low Down
Mike McGranaghan
If you hid a video camera in a room recording every word and action of the people there watching that video would be something like watching The Low Down 
3
The Low Down
Marty Mapes
The scenes aren t very believable and the characters never deliver a single insight 
2
The Low Down
Pam Grady
The overall effect is like being trapped watching someone else s home videos despairing that they will ever end 
1.5
The Low Down
Roger Ebert
To say nothing happens is to be blind to everyday life during which we wage titanic struggles with our programming 
3
The Low Down
Harvey S. Karten
So darn down to earth you ll feel you re eavesdropping on private conversations 
2.5
The Cry of the Owl
David Nusair
The Cry of the Owl much like Highsmith s virtually unreadable book is saddled with an absolutely ludicrous premise that proves an immediate detriment to one s enjoyment of the film 
2
The Cry of the Owl
Bruce DeMara
Unfortunately another bird beside an owl comes to mind to describe this misbegotten feature a turkey 
1.5
Wrong Turn
David Nusair
a repetitive cat and mouse midsection that boasts few compelling attributes 
2
Wrong Turn
Bill Chambers
The grey area is whether it s Schmidt s fault or the zeitgeist s that the film doesn t resonate even ten seconds past the finish line
2
Wrong Turn
Ian Mantgani
I got the feeling that a whole lot of talented people had gone and wasted their time on a project too bland to be worth it 
1.5
Wrong Turn
Nick Rogers
Wrong Turn has plenty of bad ations decapitation mutilation evisceration But it s got an unexpectedly fun ation its hillbilly variation on Panic Room 
2.5
Wrong Turn
Sara Michelle Fetters
The scares are legit making this one of the better pure sit in the dark and tell a scary story horror flicks to come down the pike in quite some time 
3
Wrong Turn
John Monaghan
While this movie doesn t have the warped sensibilities of 1977 s similarly plotted The Hills Have Eyes it has decent performances and genuine suspense 
2
Wrong Turn
Collin Souter
We never actually see the cannibals eat anybody which leaves me to wonder Are they really cannibals or just slightly carnivorous pack rats We may never know the answer and we will probably never care Completely forgettable 
1.5
Wrong Turn
Steve Rhodes
It s a lot of fun if you like to grimace jump and squirm in the theater 
3
Wrong Turn
Linda Cook
Slasher fans take a whack at Wrong Turn 
2.5
Wrong Turn
Kim Morgan
Tense well directed adequately acted and frequently funny 
2.5
Wrong Turn
Glenn Lovell
Schmidt makes us flinch the old fashioned way by giving us a box seat to the unspeakable 
3
Wrong Turn
C.W. Nevius
The plot unfolds like a slasher by the numbers kit 
1
Wrong Turn
Kevin M. Williams
The sole saving grace of Wrong Turn is its honesty You get exactly what you expect blood guts and people being taken to the killing floor But just because it s honest doesn t make it good 
2
Wrong Turn
Wesley Morris
A stultifying blend of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre boot camp and maybe The Blair Witch Project Wrong Turn is profoundly less than the sum of its influences 
1
Wrong Turn
Jeremy Heilman
It is better than the average entry in the subgenre because it eschews exposition in favor of thrills 
3
Wrong Turn
Lou Lumenick
Dull humorless slasher flick 
0
Wrong Turn
Dustin Putman
Takes itself and the horrific situation it puts its characters in seriously A tense and frightful good time 
3
Wrong Turn
Jeff Vice
The film is ludicrous and poorly directed and the cast appears to be looking for the exit 
1
Wrong Turn
Phil Villarreal
One of the rare recent fright flicks to get the heart thumping 
3
Wrong Turn
Guylaine Cadorette
With Stan Winston s disturbingly realistic effects and spine chilling mountain men Wrong Turn takes the concept of hillbillies to a whole new level You seriously may never go into the woods again 
2.5
Stopping Traffic
Mark Jenkins
As both a movie and a battle plan for ending the child sex trade Stopping Traffic is disorganized and incomplete 
2
High Tide
Matt Brunson
Lee Tracy gives one of his best performances as the wily editor who never slows down 46 
3
Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress
V.A. Musetto
The result is a portrait that should interest art savvy viewers and neophytes alike 
3
Santiago, Italia
Anita Katz
In Moretti s deft hands this seemingly small film delivers in multiple arenas as a historical document a condemnation of fascism a journey of hope and a universal call for compassion 
3
Boynton Beach Club
Susan Walker
Seidelman maintains the narrow path between ridicule and dignity in a movie that dishes out humour even handedly but spares the characters total humiliation 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Rick Groen
Replaces one set of clichs with another and does what all lame comedies do to young and old alike It robs them of their humanity and makes them cute 
2
Boynton Beach Club
Loey Lockerby
The characters are treated with respect and their zest for life is inspiring and not just for those who share their age bracket 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Jeff Vice
Its obsession with elderly sex makes it come off like a dirtier extended play version of the long running television series The Golden Girls 
2
Boynton Beach Club
Phil Villarreal
Boynton Beach Club can warm a heart of any age 
3
Boynton Beach Club
Chris Hewitt
The achievement of Boynton Beach Club is to remind moviegoers that there are huge portions of the population who never appear on screen and that they have interesting lives too 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Jeff Strickler
There s no character in the group who doesn t ooze good natured charm 
3
Boynton Beach Club
John Hartl
Unsatisfying comedy drama which features a cheesy golden oldies soundtrack that feels even more packaged than the dialogue 
2
Boynton Beach Club
Bruce Westbrook
More a series of anecdotes than an insightful dramedy and relies too much on absurd coincidences and needless sitcom style lying 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Michael Booth
Not a very good movie but it somehow manages to be enjoyable 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Ruthe Stein
While it occasionally strains to be cute and borders on sitcom many issues addressed will ring true to the over 65 crowd its target audience 
3
Boynton Beach Club
Jim Emerson
The script co written by Seidelman based on her mother Florence s adventures in a butterfly balloted suburban retirement community feels like it was written by Neil Simon on a bad comb over day 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Wesley Morris
These characters longing for affection and their fear of loneliness are both painfully specific and soothingly universal We are all Boynton Beach 
3
Boynton Beach Club
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It falls too easily into romantic comedy movie conventions but for the first two thirds at least it s an enjoyably sassy comedy reveling in the all too rare idea that mature people are people too 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Michael Phillips
The script is longer on good intentions than on good dialogue 
2
Boynton Beach Club
Lori Hoffman
the fabulous cast makes sure the good lines have some zing 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Jeanne Aufmuth
Puts the va va in sixties voom 
3
Boynton Beach Club
Gary Goldstein
A sincere and honest little dramedy for and about Hollywood s most underserved age group senior citizens 
3
Boynton Beach Club
David Elliott
Jokes set up humane feelings the actors including Brenda Vaccaro and Joseph Bologna hit their marks gracefully Seidelman doesn t overload cuteness 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Maitland McDonagh
Susan Seidelman s sweet natured episodic comedy drama about life and love in a planned Florida development for active seniors offers fine actors and actresses of a certain age the opportunity to step out of supporting roles and back into the spotlight 
2.5
Boynton Beach Club
Lou Lumenick
A lively and poignant comedy with lots of laughs and juicy roles for a roster of seasoned performers who should be seen more often 
3
Boynton Beach Club
Elizabeth Weitzman
While Seidelman deserves considerable credit for making the rare romantic comedy about seniors it s a shame the movie itself is as bland as a low sodium diet 
2
Boynton Beach Club
Glenn Whipp
It s all harmless enough predictable but refreshingly free from condescension and will probably find a long life on cable television 
2
Boynton Beach Club
James Berardinelli
The problem with the film is that although it is well performed and competently directed the blandness of the result renders it easy to watch but hard to be enthusiastic about 
2.5
Souvenir of Canada
Peter Howell
For the most part Coupland s far too fascinated with minutiae to offer any meaningful insights and he s downright woeful at his attempts at stand up humour 
2
Souvenir of Canada
Liam Lacey
Though Coupland is a postmodernist he gives in to certain coercive generalizations 
2
Blackball
Bob Bloom
Blackball is a cinematic dirty bomb a mediocre comedy that offers as many laughs as a dentist s drill 
0.5
Blackball
Phil Villarreal
Only occasionally does Blackball rise to the level of something that would stop you from flipping channels on TV 
2
The Toy
Gene Siskel
Pryor seems in chains in this movie and he rarely breaks out for more than a second or two Gleason 66 looks remarkably good but he is just presiding over his performance 
2
The Toy
John Stark
Anyone who could get Richard Pryor for a toy would be damn lucky Wish I could say the same about his new comedy 
2
The Toy
Bill Cosford
Nothing here works 
1
The Toy
Tom Sabulis
Although the film is not very good Pryor repeatedly rescues us from boredom 
2
The Toy
Ernest Leogrande
The movie definitely belongs to Pryor although it s no big prize to own a movie so raggedly stitched together 
1.5
Rear Window
Wesley Lovell
Rear Window is a fascinating film whose tension and trappings enrapture the audience 44 giving them feelings of dread 44 inevitability 44 and relief in a seemingly compact 112 minute package 46 
4
Stage Beauty
Wesley Lovell
Stage Beauty has the grace and charm of a great play It has its acts its drama and its comedy 
4
Stage Beauty
Lawrence Toppman
A vapid confection 
2
Stage Beauty
Wilson Morales
It s Crudup s performance that takes the film from being dull and stage like to exhilarating and entertaining 
3
Stage Beauty
David Keyes
the kind of picture that comes with challenges but is not afraid to meet them or indeed overcome them head on 
4
Stage Beauty
Jeff Vice
All too often this period comedy drama takes itself far too seriously 
2
Stage Beauty
Sean P. Means
While the names and places are authentic the byplay between Kynaston and Maria is not 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Matt Brunson
A movie that recognizes the poetry in both Shakespeare and Benny Hill 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Vince Koehler
Richard Griffith was stellar as the lecherous Sir Charles Sedley Ben Chaplin was good as the Duke of Buckingham A jolly good show 
3
Stage Beauty
Joe Baltake
Has a lot to say and manages to say most of it in an unexpectedly entertaining way and also with no small amount of poignancy 
3
Stage Beauty
Connie Ogle
Has a weird compelling energy fueled by a deliciously dynamic cast a cheerfully bawdy and odd story line and a refreshing impossible romance 
3
Stage Beauty
John Beifuss
Bypasses its provocative potential to follow the well trod path of Tootsie and Mrs Doubtfire being a woman is just another way for a man to become a better man 
2
Stage Beauty
Larry Ratliff
The story s good the sets of Old London are terrific and memories of Andrew Dunn s cinematography will linger The outstanding acting though that s the thing 
3.5
Stage Beauty
Phoebe Flowers
This is easily the best work Danes has done in the decade since TV s My So Called Life 
3
Stage Beauty
Duane Dudek
The material is intriguing the dialogue is often biting and the film is richly appointed in costume and setting But the character centric film captures little of the character of the period 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Jeffrey Westhoff
Stage Beauty despite many merits seems to reach the harmful conclusion that sex with Claire Danes will cure homosexuality 
2
Stage Beauty
Tom Keogh
Director Eyre brings a brisk energy and knowing eye to the period textures atmosphere and supporting characters one expects in a drama comedy unfolding by candlelight on backstages and behind palace walls 
3
Stage Beauty
Ty Burr
The result plays like a theater person s idea of serious cinema 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Liam Lacey
Danes who specializes in sincerity and lacks Crudup s theatrical training doesn t fare nearly as well Playing an actress who can t act very well she seems genuinely lost 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Roger Ebert
It has a poignancy that Shakespeare lacks because it is about a real dilemma and two people who are trying to solve it must Ned and Maria betray their real natures in order to find love or accept them 
3
Stage Beauty
James Verniere
An ill conceived sentimental romance with a surprisingly conventional view of social class given its subversive sexual politics 
2
Stage Beauty
John Monaghan
For Crudup this is a career topping Oscar worthy performance that goes beyond the novelty of simply dressing in women s clothes 
3
Stage Beauty
Chris Hewitt
Goes off in about a million directions fails to find its tone and undercuts fine work done by its actors 
1.5
Stage Beauty
Jeff Strickler
Weaves an element of farce into a historical theatrical setting confronting serious issues and raising thoughtful questions at the same time as it has a little fun 
3
Stage Beauty
Michael Wilmington
A rich shining valentine to the British theater and the eternal joys of Shakespeare 
3.5
Stage Beauty
Walter Chaw
A somehow more dewy Shakespeare in Love 
2
Stage Beauty
Carla Meyer
Stage Beauty captures the tensions and electricity of backstage dramas 
3
Stage Beauty
David Elliott
Stage Beauty is dressed to kill and yet it never quite seems 17th century 
2
Stage Beauty
Glenn Whipp
In the end will likely satisfy only the most ardent fans of droll period costume dramas 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Carrie Rickey
Boasts excellent actors a good story and no particular point 
2
Stage Beauty
Jeanne Aufmuth
Flawed but fascinating a handsome kaleidoscope of adult themed pleasures 
3
Stage Beauty
Steve Rhodes
starts strongly but completely loses its way in a long and lackadaisical second act 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Willie Waffle
Crudup will grab your attention and make you remember what a great actor he can be 
3.5
Stage Beauty
Pam Grady
This is a movie full of passion for the theater that zestfully captures the color of Ned Kynaston s times 
3.5
Stage Beauty
Megan Lehmann
Claire Danes and Billy Crudup certainly spark a terrific chemistry on screen 
3
Stage Beauty
Jack Mathews
Earlier this week I named 25 legitimate contenders for this year s Best Actor Oscar Make it 26 
3.5
Stage Beauty
Peter Travers
The gender role playing puts spine in this period piece that is vital to the here and now 
3
Stage Beauty
Rob Blackwelder
It should be an enthralling tale but too many story elements just don t jive 
2
Stage Beauty
David Sterritt
In the popularity sweepstakes Stage Beauty may earn top honors outdoing the overrated Shakespeare in Love as a dramatic comedy about life and love in an era more naive but hardly more innocent than our own 
3
Stage Beauty
Gene Seymour
One could call it a romantic farce except it s not much of a romance not much of a farce and despite the talent at work here not much of anything 
2
Stage Beauty
James Berardinelli
Those who are looking for a love story along the lines of Shakespeare in Love may be disappointed Stage Beauty is neither as romantic nor as endearing 
2.5
Stage Beauty
Erik Childress
Crudup s performance is sensational playing off the gimmicky actor s challenge of mocking the opposite sex and turning it into something both dazzling and pathetic 
3
Stage Beauty
Scott Nash
Strong performances from leads and supporting players alike 
3.5
Stage Beauty
Ed Gonzalez
A prissy dissertation on identity politics in Shakespeare s time from a modernist perspective 
2.5
The Star
Matt Brunson
Neither the humor nor the animation ever rises above humdrum 
2
The Star
Linda Cook
A sweet and often tastefully funny story of The Nativity told from the perspective of the animals involved 
3
The Star
Kenneth R. Morefield
It is meant as a mild endorsement to point out that this animated nativity story is every bit as good as the jungle adventures of the animated parrots Blu and Jewel 
2
The Star
Roger Moore
Tepid
2
The Star
Rafer Guzman
All told The Star should be a safe bet for families during the upcoming holiday season 
2.5
The Star
Josh Terry
The Star may not make your Best Christmas Movies list but Reckart has turned an interesting idea into a sincere and curious film 
2.5
The Star
Susan Wloszczyna
This outing is a bit toon deaf in how it tries having it both ways by mixing the holy with high jinks 
2
The Star
Lola Landekic
Drifting through brainless slapstick mixed metaphors moral high ground and back again it is the latest entry in a recent procession of communion bread and circuses 
2
The Star
Sean P. Means
Propelled by innocuous Christmas carol covers The Star passes by harmlessly toward its pretty tableau of Mary and Joseph holding their son in the manger 
2.5
The Star
Kam Williams
The Nativity revisited as a kiddie cartoon adventure guaranteed to enthrall tykes of any race color or creed 
3
The Star
Jane Horwitz
The movie is sincerely Christian in its outlook while also a slapstick animal toon It s a mix that works only intermittently But when it doesn t pop it thuds 
2
The Star
Keith Watson
Director Timothy Reckart s The Star turns the greatest story ever told into just another kids movie 
1.5
The Star
Christian Toto
Funny characters Gentle slapstick A faith friendly narrative that won t annoy non believers What s not to enjoy 
3
Control Alt Delete
David Nusair
a misguided effort that essentially represents everything that s wrong with Canada s movie scene 
1.5
I Lost My Body
Wesley Lovell
A clever premise overcomes occasionally cheap looking animation 
3.5
I Lost My Body
Matt Brunson
One of the year s best 
3.5
I Lost My Body
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This hand drawn animated movie from France starts with genuine amazement suggesting the promise of something we ve never seen before 
3
I Lost My Body
Rene Sanchez
Unique poetic and mysterious I Lost My Body combines stunning animation with a touching story about fate and the unexpected journeys we embark on Full Review in Spanish 
4
I Lost My Body
Roger Moore
It almost but not quite defies description 
3
I Lost My Body
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers animate the hand with a distinct personality that make the detached appendage if you can believe it a sympathetic character 
3
I Lost My Body
Brian Tallerico
A visually sumptuous slice of macabre storytelling that works best when it uses its director s magical sense of composition and less when it feels weighed down by narrative 
3
I Lost My Body
Steven Nguyen Scaife
It focuses equally on moments of shared connection and incidental loss until the two feel indistinguishable 
3
She's Just a Shadow
Simon Abrams
Writer director Adam Sherman s apparent disinterest in his characters hang ups is maybe best illustrated by his movie s aimless plot 
.5
She's Just a Shadow
G. Allen Johnson
This utterly tasteless crime film about Tokyo s top madam a drug dealer a serial killer is one of the worst films of the year 
0
Green Lantern: Beware My Power
Peter Canavese
A fun and exciting space action adventure in the apos Guardians of the Galaxy apos mold which takes a bold and controversial twist that makes for some interesting 44 nuanced storytelling 46 
2.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Brian Eggert
Achieves a pitch perfect balance of silly humor and compassionate characters proving both oddly funny and profoundly moving despite some very clichéd archetypes propelling the story 
4
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Matt Brunson
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is excellent when it focuses solely on the relationship between and the misadventures of its two central figures It s less captivating when the attention turns to several doltish supporting characters 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Roger Moore
What sticks with you is the sweetness the soft edges Neill gives to his bush savvy curmudgeon the kid s street smarts that re really just naivete 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Max Weiss
In the hands director Taika Waititi who mixes sentimentality with spiky even absurdist humor it s a remarkable treat 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Josh Larsen
looks as funny as it sounds 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Josh Terry
This charming witty and heartfelt film about the meaning of family might just remind you that there really are fresh voices at the movies 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Sean P. Means
The byplay between the newcomer Dennison and the veteran Neill is delightful as the two characters faades slowly melt and a genuine bond of affection develops 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Jeff Simon
This is a movie you watch with minor pleasure when you happen upon it channel surfing on cable TV Leaving home for it and selecting it over and above a city s full cinematic outlay is another matter 
2
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Rob Thomas
Wilderpeople is one of those rare movies that works for almost any generation silly and sweet and big hearted To quote Hec it s a majestical piece of filmmaking 
4
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Peter Canavese
Has more genuinely funny moments than most so called comedies at the multiplex abetted by Waititi s now practiced comic sensibility his stylized snap of performance and editing 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Miriam Di Nunzio
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is all about life changing moments and the people who are the catalysts It s about learning from those around you regardless of age or circumstance 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Mark Dujsik
There is so much goodness such an unabashed sense of decency in the first act of Hunt for the Wilderpeople that the sentiment carries through the rest of the film 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Robert Horton
Given Waititi s creativity I was a little disappointed in how few surprises there are in Wilderpeople But it s all right to be just a well executed charmer and this movie is certainly that 
2.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Rafer Guzman
A lopsided gem full of off kilter humor hard truths and real emotion Great for preteens and up 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Soren Andersen
Laugh out loud funny one minute achingly sad the next Hunt for the Wilderpeople takes the audience on a rollicking yet poignant journey through the New Zealand backcountry in the company of a pair of engagingly eccentric characters 
4
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Dann Gire
A kind and moving story bristling with honest humor and genuine affection for its characters 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
G. Allen Johnson
Hunt for the Wilderpeople has much to recommend it but none of it would work unless Hec and Ricky are believable and have chemistry Fortunately they do 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Mike McGranaghan
Hunt for the Wilderpeople manages to be touching without turning sappy and funny without relying on cheap humor 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Tirdad Derakhshani
Hunt for the Wilderpeople magically taps into the logic thought processes and emotions of a child It s a rich strange and wondrous world 
4
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Tom Russo
A New Zealand import with a knack for finding humor in dreary even ill advised themes 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Ann Hornaday
Waititi is an expansive warm hearted humanist The fun he pokes is strictly superficial never grazing his characters vital organs or essential dignity 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
David Fear
An oddball and oddly affecting take on two misfits finding their metaphorical partner in crime match 
3
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Linda Barnard
New Zealand writer director Taika Waititi blends sharply cynical humour with huge heart in arguably his best film to date Hunt for the Wilderpeople 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Brian Tallerico
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is consistently clever and even moving It s proof that we ll keep listening to the familiar stories if they re this well told 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Barry Hertz
101 minutes of pure comic joy 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Chris Knight
Enjoy this wonderfully unpredictable eccentric tale 
3.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Chuck Bowen
It infuses an outdoorsy survival tale and a coming of age story of friendship with Taika Waititi s penchant for distaff flakiness 
2.5
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Scott Renshaw
Built on formula but when a formula is this well executed it s awfully hard to complain 
3
Hubble
David Germain
The view is humbling and heavenly enough to make you feel puny and exhilarated at the same time 
3
Hubble
Michael Dequina
A uniquely thrilling virtual trip that one is unlikely to get to experience first hand in this lifetime at least 
3
Hubble
Mike McGranaghan
A wonderful film for anyone who still has a passion for watching the skies and wondering what s out there 
4
Hubble
Russ Breimeier
Hubble 3D doesn t weigh in heavily on theories of Big Bangs evolution or creation Instead it lets the visual data speak for itself 
3.5
Hubble
Chris Hewitt
What sent me over the boohooing edge was an overpoweringly beautiful shot of the astronauts at work with Hawaii 325 miles behind them shimmering in the blue blue Pacific 
4
Hubble
Roger Ebert
A movie like this can get you thinking 
3
Hubble
Linda Cook
This then is how a star is born 
4
Hubble
Sara Michelle Fetters
While at its heart a standard PBS style documentary the film ends up being an extraordinary standout achievement when viewed in a state of the art IMAX theatre 
3.5
Hubble
Lou Lumenick
Contains some of the most spectacular 3 D footage I ve ever seen 
3.5
Hubble
Joel Achenbach
The daring mission by astronauts to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope in May 2009 is the perfect subject for a brilliant thrilling 3 D Imax movie Such a movie alas has yet to be made 
2
Hubble
Tom Keogh
A typical IMAX spectacle of enormous proportions the film is both a fantastic summary of the knowledge we ve gained through Hubble and an often edge of your seat documentary about some of the specialists who ve serviced the telescope five times 
4
Hubble
Mark Feeney
Leonardo DiCaprio as narrator sounds very nearly reverent and not without reason 
2
Final Combination
David Nusair
why does Michael Madsen keep making movies like this anyway 
1
Users
Sean P. Means
The planet is at a breaking point Almada suggests and her kids are in the generation that will pay the price 
3.5
I Am Battle Comic
Kam Williams
A moving concert flick that ll make you laugh while bringing a tear to your eye in appreciation of our soldiers selfless sacrifices 
3
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Simon Abrams
The action choreography is exciting the operatic plot is compelling and there s a genuine sense of optimism that undercuts the gouts of blood and thunderous sound effects 
4
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Mattie Lucas
A wholly magical experience a refreshingly old fashioned fable for the young and the young at heart 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a refreshingly old fashioned flick 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Brandy McDonnell
While some aspects of the story are pretty predictable Peter Hedges manages to work in a few surprises and more importantly conjure plenty of magic and emotion along the way to a satisfying conclusion 
3.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Perry Seibert
What the movie needs is an element of fun or at least childlike wonder to balance out the foreboding gloom that hangs over every interaction 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Sean P. Means
It gets a tad bittersweet in its finale but it s Disney schmaltz of the highest order By the end the movie grows on you 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie has some truly lovely moments achieved through total open heartedness and then some awfully awkward ones arrived at through the same means 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
John Beifuss
When you hear the late night thunder and see the ragged hole in the ground from which the boy has emerged you may wish this Odd Life had been conceived by Stephen King rather than Ahmet Zappa 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Michael Dequina
Just whom exactly is this movie for 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Rene Rodriguez
A fable about parenting and its accompanying joys and sorrows done in the trademark Walt Disney style of pleasant feel good entertainment that doesn t leave much of an emotional trace 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Claudia Puig
Mostly The Odd Life of Timothy Green feels contrived if undeniably sweet 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Bob Bloom
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is not great it is not even remarkable It is simply a relaxing respite that celebrates the concept of family 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Willie Waffle
If I do the same thing will Kate Beckinsale emerge from my garden 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
David Nusair
a watchable endeavor that s often more effective as an actor s showcase than as a fully realized drama 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Stephen Whitty
It feels like a retreat into manufactured drama shellacked with sticky sentimentality into risk free storytelling full of coldly contrived conflict 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ty Burr
It s the sort of thing you ll either find enchanting or an excellent reason to reach for the Scotch 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Chris Hewitt
I liked its gently comic take on humanity It has a sense of wonder and a conviction that by and large people are good both of which give it the old fashioned feel of the kind of book that used to become a children s classic 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Michael O'Sullivan
Anyone with an expectation of reality or an aversion to mawkish melodrama should probably stay home 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Michael Phillips
Hedges is a determined romantic and a bit of a saphead He s also humane 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Kyle Smith
It invites critical derision and Mom always taught me it was rude to refuse an invitation 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Rafer Guzman
Someday we should hold a contest to see who s better at smiling through tears Robin Williams or Jennifer Garner 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Paul Doro
The Odd Life of Timothy Green never earns the tears it works so hard to generate 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Amy Biancolli
A sun dappled heartwarming family film about a 10 year old who sprouts out of the garden one magic night It stars an extraordinary boy C J Adams with an extraordinary pair of gray eyes that gleam with joy and insight 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Moira MacDonald
A pleasant if occasionally humdrum fairy tale The Odd Life of Timothy Green lets us spend two hours in the company of some very nice people 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Ann Lewinson
The Odd Life is not just odd it s morbid and morose 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Roger Ebert
The kind of full bodied family film being pushed aside in favor of franchises and slam bang confusion 
3.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Roger Moore
An achingly sweet parent and child tearjerker that s every bit as precious as its title 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Mark Dujsik
As for the illusion of the inherently fanciful nature of the tale the framing scenes become an even greater problem 
2.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Dustin Putman
Produced by Walt Disney Pictures this live action fable is the best original project the studio has rustled together in at least a few years 
3
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Joe Williams
Kids are too smart to fall for it and any grown up who thinks that The Odd Life of Timothy Green is funny or heartwarming has a head made out of cabbage 
1.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Matt Pais
Take the remarkably disingenuous Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close then replace the exploitation of 9 11 with an insulting adoption fairy tale 
0.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Linda Barnard
The only thing growing in these rows is corn the kind used to make high fructose syrup 
1.5
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
David Germain
Fantastic though the story may be the people in it need to make it feel real and no one in Timothy Green has any claim to authenticity 
2
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Elise Nakhnikian
Disney draws a big fat bullseye on the fast growing infertile couple demographic with this airless misfire 
1
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Kam Williams
An enchanting fairytale designed for young and old alike with a satisfying payoff for anyone willing to suspend disbelief in the face of a supernatural storyline with an implausible premise 
4
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Kam Williams
An enchanting fairytale designed for young and old alike with a satisfying payoff for anyone willing to suspend disbelief in the face of a supernatural storyline with an implausible premise 
4
Five Card Stud
Scott Nash
Without the presence of Martin and Mitchum this would be strictly a B Movie but with them it becomes something quite enjoyable 
3
Five Card Stud
Roger Ebert
Five Card Stud has the elements of an action Western lots of gun battles fist fights stranglings barroom brawls fires and lady barbers with hearts of gold But it also has something rather rare a well made story 
3
Braddock America
Elise Nakhnikian
It s mercifully free of the ruin shots that turn so many contemporary films about struggling cities into self consciously arty exercises in the romanticization of decay 
2.5
Eternals
David Reddish
We have to wonder what kind of movie Zhao would have made left to her own devices We suspect it would have less CGI monsters and more ruminations on character immortality and watching humanity evolve 
2.5
Eternals
Matt Brunson
Mind you it is one of the weaker MCU outings but is it really inferior to some of the Iron Man and Thor entries 
2.5
Eternals
Wesley Lovell
With Eternals Disney seems to have settled on a galaxy spanning villain that could hang over the entirety of their Phase IV efforts but the film might just feel too obvious to entice the legion of franchise fans to their latest lengthy story arc 
3
Eternals
Joshua Axelrod
Though there s definitely some fun to be had with this film beyond Zhao s glorious compositions Eternals ends up being one of the more overwrought and frankly silly additions to the MCU canon 
2.5
Eternals
Rene Sanchez
Eternals pushes the envelope both visually and narratively taking the superhero franchise to new and exciting directions Full Review in Spanish 
3
Eternals
David Nusair
a completely misguided and misbegotten piece of work that stands as the absolute nadir of both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Zhao s filmography 
.5
Eternals
Mattie Lucas
A thoughtful and earthy epic that dares to ask big questions and acknowledge its characters weaknesses 
3
Eternals
Sean P. Means
Eternals isn t a terrible Marvel movie just an average one Considering the talent at work and the potential of such a world changing set of heroes it could have been so much more 
3
Eternals
Mark Meszoros
Eternals is a slow paced affair that runs too long and never quite delivers heart stopping moments 
2
Eternals
Kevin A. Ranson
everything fans expect from Marvel Studios while still feeling a bit hollow fuel for the imagination angsty and lovelorn but adds few revelations to the who wants to live forever trope 
3
Eternals
Steven Prokopy
This one captured my eye as well as my intrigue for this continuing storyline in ways I had not anticipated
3
Eternals
Mike McGranaghan
Eternals is somehow Marvel s most ambitious movie and also its worst 
2
Eternals
Josh Larsen
At its best this is galaxy brain comic book stuff rooted in a tactile sense of place 
2
Eternals
Michael Medved
None of the characters come across and compelling yes these being are supposed to be immortal but you ll feel as if you re time with the Eternals has lasted for an eternity 
1.5
Eternals
John Wenzel
Gorgeous and vacant The Eternals is the most numbing entry in Marvel s 13 year old MCU franchise even as it struggles to be its weirdest and most philosophical 
2
Eternals
Richard Roeper
This is one of the more forgettable MCU movies despite the direction of Oscar winner Chloé Zhao 
2
Eternals
Kevin Carr
You can absolutely believe that this is a Marvel movie made by the director of Nomadland 
3
Eternals
Doug Walker
Like an X Men movie if all the characters were Cyclops 
2
Eternals
Peter Howell
Chloé Zhao s dreadfully dull Marvel movie Eternals should really have been titled Loiterers 
1
Eternals
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If a movie is as good as its characters then Eternals is still a good movie one that I ve been enjoying thinking about again and again 
3
Eternals
Mark Kennedy
The use of tendrils of light connecting the superheroes is impressive and the special effects at the end are truly mind blowing but the film is mostly saved by Nanjiani whose humor and delivery makes him seem like he s in another movie 
2.5
Eternals
Phil Villarreal
Little is at stake and there is a tenuous at best connection with the rest of the Marvel heroes and villains 
2
Eternals
Sonny Bunch
Marvel s first DC movie 
2
Eternals
Mark Feeney
All superhero movies are ridiculous That s where the super part comes in With the good superhero movies you don t notice the ridiculousness or it doesn t matter With Eternals you notice 
2
Eternals
Jay Horton
Eternals arrives as Marvel s greatest failure and feels like the worst Power Rangers adaptation yet conceived 
1
Eternals
Erik Childress
A turn in the Marvel universe where characters their fears and emotions take center stage which in turn raises the stakes in the action beats and for their arcs in the future Better than any of the Marvel films released this year 
3
Eternals
Tom Meek
The depth of character too is slight and the CGI effects don t really break any ground and occasionally look Sharknado cheesy 
2
Eternals
Chris Hewitt
The elements seem to be there for Eternals to further stretch the boundaries of what constitutes a Marvel movie but too much of the time it settles for being more of the same 
2
Eternals
Josh Bell
It s sprawling and somber collapsing under the weight of its own misguided ambitions 
1.5
Eternals
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The glacial pace of the piece makes sense given how time must appear to those for whom it never ends Despite the heavy use of exposition nothing else proves as logical 
1.5
Eternals
Mark Dujsik
Something as huge in scale and scope on the surface shouldn t seem this dull and perfunctory 
2
Eternals
James Berardinelli
Eternals despite trying to be a departure from the superhero generic norm misses wide of the mark and ends up being a major lapse 
2
Eternals
Roger Moore
Marvel s bid for a Suicide Squad level bust 
1.5
Eternals
Sara Michelle Fetters
Eternals shoots for the stars and if the finished feature isn t quite out of this world it s still close enough to getting there that my interest in seeing where these characters go next is exceedingly high 
3
Eternals
Michael Phillips
This movie is more risk prone than the majority of Marvel titles Yet it frustrates even beyond a screenplay full of self competing interests And as far as MCU fatigue goes well at this point it goes pretty far 
2
Eternals
Ann Hornaday
A Marvel Cinematic Universe origin story that suffers from all the baggy convoluted drawbacks of the form 
2
Eternals
Katie Walsh
Eternals is a strange film both within context and on its own But in the lookalike soundalike and corporately synergistic MCU perhaps that s not such a bad thing 
2.5
Eternals
Christy Lemire
A blockbuster of unusual gentle beauty that also strains to fulfill the gargantuan requirements of a massive action spectacle 
2
Eternals
Joey Magidson
Chloé Zhao presents some of the biggest strengths of Eternals with her direction but also some of its biggest weaknesses with her writing 
3
Eternals
Wade Major
Where Kubrick and Clarke took seriously the idea that human evolution may be prompted by alien intercession Eternalsmakes the whole thing part of some gargantuan intergalactic eugenics experiment wrapped in pop philosophy and popcorn authoritarianism 
2
Eternals
Leo Brady
In many ways Eternals is not a Chloe Zhao problem as much as it is an MCU problem After the lights came back on my first thought was that this is where comic book movies have jumped the shark 
2
Eternals
Walter Chaw
it s pretty clear that Zhao s empathy for unaffected performers rambling in lingering magic hour landscapes has won the day 
1
Eternals
Mick LaSalle
It takes a special kind of movie anti magic to make an entire audience indifferent to the potential destruction of the planet and the elimination of all life and Earth Eternals manages it 
1
Eternals
Moira MacDonald
It s a different kind of superhero movie not to everyone s taste but made for us all 
3
Eternals
Jake Cole
At once bloated and rushed Eternals suffers from frequent lurches in tempo that dispel its occasional moments of tranquil thoughtfulness 
2
Eternals
Johnny Oleksinski
Seriously what a snooze Fresh off of winning the Best Director Oscar for Nomadland Chloé Zhao has upchucked one of the MCU s worst movies in ages 
1
Eternals
Oliver Jones
This is a film that asks on a grand scale questions we grapple with every day How do we navigate and understand difference Why do we value humanity so much when humans often do not seem to value each other 
3.5
Eternals
Brian Truitt
Utilizing Zhao s penchant for naturalistic environments Eternals looks unlike any other Marvel movie and isperhapsthe most welcoming for MCU neophytes in forever 
2.5
Songbird
Steven Prokopy
This movie isn t going to make anyone feel better because it s lame 
1
Songbird
Randy Myers
This Michael Bay produced travesty exploits the coronavirus epidemic for thrills That s right for thrills 
0
Songbird
Sonny Bunch
It s like a cultural car crash a pile up of people and ideas and memes slamming together 70 mph in a way that leaves nothing but goo on the windshield 
2.5
Songbird
Brian Tallerico
Even if one sets aside all potential moral arguments about the very existence of Songbird it s still just really bad 
0
Songbird
Sara Michelle Fetters
It pushes buttons that feel ugly and inappropriate all of which makes giving the film any sort of fair assessment difficult to do 
2
Songbird
David Nusair
Songbird s entertaining atmosphere dwindles steadily as the novelty of the movie s premise begins to wear off 
1.5
Songbird
Mark Dujsik
It s dumb enough that we can t assume some malicious intent in its existence 
1
Songbird
Barry Hertz
Warning If you are experiencing nausea headache fatigue or vomiting you might have just watched Songbird 
1.5
Songbird
Michael O'Sullivan
There is precious little of anything that would help make this universe feel plausible let alone inhabited by characters who are fully fleshed enough to care about 
1
Songbird
Richard Roeper
We ll eventually see dozens if not hundreds of projects using the pandemic as a plot point Songbird will be among the least memorable 
2
Songbird
Mike McGranaghan
The real pandemic is obviously more anxiety producing than a film could ever be That along with a couple plotting issues cause Songbird to yield mixed results 
2
Disturbing Behavior
Matt Brunson
Disturbing Behavior should have just been called The Stepford Students 44 since its very existence owes a huge debt to the Ira Levin property 46 
2
Disturbing Behavior
Dustin Putman
Far from perfect but in its own flawed way it is perfect to me entering my life the summer before my senior year in high school and making an impact on me that has increased rather than lessened in the nearly two decades since it was made 
3
Disturbing Behavior
Roger Ebert
Unlike Scream 2 which kids the horror cliches Disturbing Behavior pretends they still hold power But the movie is light on shocks and not ever scary 
2
Disturbing Behavior
Elias Savada
boring and predictable
0
Disturbing Behavior
Michael Dequina
Marsden has blue eyes and clean cut looks tailor made for a Bop pinup and all the emotional depth and acting range of the page it would be printed on 
0
Zathura
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It doesn t talk down its audience it doesn t paint clichés it doesn t insult our intelligence and its entertainment is enjoyable for both adults and children That s rare 
3
Zathura
Kam Williams
A practically perfect family flick which delivers a big lesson about the true meaning of brotherly love 
4
Zathura
Peter T. Chattaway
For those who love the majesty of the solar system the thrill of space battles and the adventure of finding secret passageways in old houses this movie should be just the ticket 
2.5
Zathura
David Nusair
rarely dull 
2.5
Zathura
Steven Snyder
It works because the adventures are fresh and compelling and because as the house gets trashed young Danny and Walter must realistically adapt and grow 
3
Zathura
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thankfully Zathura is generations beyond Jumanji This low rent continuation may not boast the star power of its predecessor but it more than makes up for it in intelligence subtlety and pure entertainment value 
2.5
Zathura
Ryan Devlin
There s nary a smidgen of adult humor so parents might find things a bit on the dull side at times but in the end they will likely thank Favreau in droves for making a film that is at least certain not to give them a headache 
2.5
Zathura
Tom Meek
Favreau s direction has none of the needed edge and the coming of age revelations plop like the same old platitudes 
2
Zathura
Steve Rhodes
This extremely cute adventure is certain to keep you laughing and smiling from beginning to end whether you are six or a hundred and six 
3.5
Zathura
Larry Ratliff
If you re looking for a sci fi family lark you might want to roll the dice on Zathura 
2.5
Zathura
Rob Thomas
When Robbins exits the movie for a business meeting we kind of wish he d take us with him 
1.5
Zathura
Mike McGranaghan
Here s a film that is stuffed with cleverness and imagination one that taps into some of the most primal childhood fantasies of adventure 
3.5
Zathura
Sean O'Connell
Go with kids to Zathura because it will look so much better through their eyes 
3
Zathura
Christian Toto
Zathura could have used that Tim Burton touch but it s still an imaginative way for kids to kill an afternoon 
2.5
Zathura
Nick Schager
Zathura ultimately comes across as little more than the template for an eventual kiddie friendly theme park attraction 
2
Zathura
Elizabeth Weitzman
Zathura Jon Favreau s adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg s kid lit adventure of the same name more than fills the bill though it s unlikely to draw anyone over the age of 11 not counting baby sitters 
2.5
Zathura
Maitland McDonagh
The film s Buck Rogers style graphics are cool but the shrilly squabbling brothers are insufferable the story s your turn my turn structure is tedious and its relentlessly reiterated message about brotherly love and cooperation is really grating 
2
Zathura
Peter Howell
In seeking to entertain adults as well as children director Jon Favreau Elf may have overplayed his hand a bit on the grown up side 
2.5
Zathura
Tom Keogh
Zathura is most interesting and least predictable in its opening scenes before the impressive special effects take over 
2.5
Zathura
Ruthe Stein
Zathura can be enjoyed solely as a sci fi adventure But it also sneaks in a couple of messages for those receptive to them 
3
Zathura
David Elliott
If adults find a drawback it s in watching the old home and its beautiful woodwork destroyed in serial blastings and smashes But there are no dumb songs small jokes slip in neatly and Zathura can please its market niche mostly sub 12 
2.5
Zathura
Timothy Knight
The zingy wit and ingenuity of the film s early scenes gradually fades as Zathura becomes an increasingly repetitive series of action sequences each noisier than the last 
2.5
Zathura
Lisa Rose
Zathura serves up kid friendly sci fi thrills along with a little nostalgia for grownups Its low tech special effects are a refreshing departure from the CG norm 
2.5
Zathura
Josh Larsen
Director Jon Favreau mostly keeps it exhilarating rather than headache inducing 
3
Zathura
Lou Lumenick
Zathura is basically Jumanji in outer space and even without Robin Williams this is still a singularly loud charmless and overbearing family movie that could use a hit or two of Ritalin 
2
Zathura
Peter Debruge
A wild buckle up and blast off adventure that plunges every corner of kids favorite subject 
3.5
Zathura
Bob Strauss
The best adaptation yet of a Chris Van Allsburg Jumanji The Polar Express children s book Zathura confirms director Jon Favreau s mastery of the retro cool family film format 
3
Zathura
Robert W. Butler
The performances lavish special effects the setting and Favreau s pacing combine in a winning adventure 
3
Zathura
Amy Biancolli
After watching the kids play Zathura in Zathura a crackling family adventure in which sibling rivalries play out against a backdrop of Robbie like robot assaults and devouring gila monsters all I can say is let me at it 
3
Zathura
Liam Lacey
Zathura is easygoing brashly humorous and a lot less interested in technology than adventure 
3
Zathura
Terry Lawson
Zathura is that rare movie that keeps the game enjoyable from beginning to end Nobody will be inclined to pack up the pieces before the finish line is reached 
3
Zathura
Jeff Vice
Zathura really is what the television ads and movie trailers make it out to be Jumanji in Space Though better and more exciting than that probably makes it sound 
3
Zathura
Michael Booth
Zathura is a rousing tale with an agreeable balance of fear and teachable moments the kind of adventure story that seems old fashioned these days 
3
Zathura
Nick Rogers
One of the best live action family films of the year because it understands that its wowing sights would be just as enjoyable acted out by an imaginative child 
3.5
Zathura
Randy Myers
Actor and director Jon Favreau follows up his hugely successful Elf with this shining example of the best way to adapt and expand on Chris Van Allsburg s popular yet slim children s book 
3
Zathura
Kit Bowen
Tagged as a new adventure from the world of Jumanji Zathura certainly keeps to the same venturesome spirit as the original But the sequel still seems to be a bit of a retread 
2.5
Zathura
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Favreau is one of those rare directors who remembers his own childhood and can actually re create what kids might want to see in a film 
3
Zathura
Lawrence Toppman
An odd mix of honesty and hokum that pilots a course toward greatness before settling into a somewhat lower orbit 
3
Zathura
Wesley Morris
Rarely is a movie audience asked to put up with so much noise for such a thankless payoff as it must with Zathura 
1.5
Zathura
Eric Melin
comes back to the troubled adolescent relationship that is at the core of its story 
3
Zathura
Jeffrey Westhoff
Zathura is a far better film than Jumanji and not just because Robin Williams isn t in it 
3
Zathura
Bob Bloom
Director Jon Favreau creates a childlike world for the movie Mostly everything is shown through the eyes of the boys 
3
Zathura
Erik Childress
It confirms the idea that the imagination knows no boundaries And it would have been nice to find one of those imaginations to make the movie 
2.5
Zathura
Jon Niccum
What makes the fantasy elements seem particularly colorful is that the film immediately grounds the characters in reality 
3
Zathura
James Sanford
How to play Zathura Scrub away as much of the charm of Chris Van Allsburg s original book as possible Raise the volume level to ensure that every one of the heroes shrieks caresses each viewer s eardrums like a rusty fork 
2
Zathura
Willie Waffle
fun imaginative adventure for kids and adults that needs some help in the special effects department but keeps you interested throughout 
3
Zathura
Dan Fienberg
Much of the pleasure of Jon Favreau s adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg s Zathura comes from its utter simplicity and directness of purpose 
3
Zathura
Mike Clark
Thanks in part to its over reliance on special effects the result seems all too familiar 
2
Zathura
Carrie Rickey
Favreau draws the audience in by keeping it simple 
3
Zathura
Piet Levy
What really ruins this game is a contrived pair of bickering brothers at the heart of the tale whose relationship swallows any potential excitement like a gargantuan black hole 
2
Zathura
Roger Ebert
Zathura lacks the undercurrents of archetypal menace and genuine emotion that informed The Polar Express But it works gloriously as space opera 
3
Zathura
Dustin Putman
A film experience to treasure It is difficult to imagine any person of any age going to see Zathura and not being swept away in the sheer spectacle of it all 
3
Zathura
Chris Hewitt
The movie has just the right amount of scariness just the right amount of humor and just the right amount of magic 
3.5
Zathura
Tracy Allerton
It s not nearly as good as Jumanji 
2
Zathura
James Berardinelli
Zathura is welcome late year fun for all ages a pleasant contrast to the nauseating dreck that normally masquerades as family friendly science fiction Clockstoppers Thunderbirds need I go on 
3
Zathura
Gene Seymour
The movie is so well paced for much of its run that you barely notice how efficient it is at balancing the all too human with the otherworldly exotica 
2.5
Zathura
Michael Phillips
For a kid aimed PG rated fantasy you could do worse than Zathura A Space Adventure Now there s a ringing endorsement You could do worse 
2
Zathura
Phil Villarreal
Manages to entertain on various levels excelling as an intense visceral thrill ride as well as a small scale drama with emotional punch all peppered with smart humor 
4
Zathura
Ross Anthony
Not without its flaws but overall surreal fun Slightly above average Might be a bit too scary for little kids 
2.5
Zathura
Sean McBride
a perfect PG adventure where two brothers bond while dodging meteors and fighting off giant space lizards
3
Zathura
Linda Cook
Here s a space mess that s all show with very little go 
1.5
Local Color
Roger Ebert
Now here s a strange and wonderful movie 
3.5
Norte, the End of History
Peter Keough
A political and spiritual parable but related with such subtle realism and incantatory rhythms that it is far more mysterious than didactic 
3.5
Norte, the End of History
Mark Jenkins
If the movie s universal themes don t impress its specific details do 
3
Norte, the End of History
Peter Sobczynski
There are moments of staggering beauty and power on display here and yet there are also moments when it seems to be ambling around with no clear idea of where it wants to go 
3
Norte, the End of History
Calum Marsh
Lav Diaz s film doesn t just convey time endurance perseverance it makes us feel them 
3.5
Made in Italy
Sean P. Means
As a director D Arcy knows to use his talented cast and the bounteous views of Tuscany to full advantage 
3
Church & State
Sean P. Means
Church State spins a good yarn giving depth and correcting some misconceptions about the case and providing context about the influence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints that infuses everything in Utah 
3
Kamp Katrina
Bill Stamets
This verite digital video about coping with natural disaster contains exotic characters tragic hardships bureaucratic indifference inner demons and the birth of a crack baby 
3
Kamp Katrina
Maureen M. Hart
For a much more micro look at the storm s impact upon a small band of New Orleans eccentrics there s David Redmon and Ashley Sabin s Kamp Katrina 
3.5
Kamp Katrina
Kam Williams
An eye opening expose welcoming white Americans to the Third World 
4
Kamp Katrina
V.A. Musetto
A touching documentary by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon introduces us to residents of the makeshift Kamp Katrina 
3
Kamp Katrina
Maitland McDonagh
Ashley Sabin and David Redmon s bittersweet film documents the efforts of two New Orleans natives to help their beloved city heal from Hurricane Katrina s devastation 
3
Kamp Katrina
Ed Gonzalez
The film is ungainly and lacks for focus not unlike its subjects but it has a heart as big as the Mississippi and believes in the future of New Orleans and its people 
2.5
Christmas in Compton
V.A. Musetto
The actors are personable but they re burdened with a script full of stereotypical characters and offensive jokes 
1
Disclosure
David Reddish
Director Sam Feder compiles the most impressive lineup of transgender artists yet ever assembled to retrace a history of trans representation in TV and film 
3.5
Disclosure
Peter Canavese
An instantly essential film history and social plea that does for the trans community what The Celluloid Closet did for gays and lesbians 
3.5
Disclosure
Roger Moore
Get past the jargon and you realize what you re watching is one of those landmarks in queer cinema a Celluloid Closet for the transgender community 
3
Disclosure
Bob Strauss
Disclosure does an admirable job of covering many issues and contradictions a century of mostly insensitive screen depictions have raised 
3
Disclosure
Nick Allen
Disclosure makes clear that the conversation about transgender representation is only just beginning but it offers an incredibly thoughtful opportunity to make more people aware 
3.5
Disclosure
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Featuring a rich talking head cast of academics activists actors directors and more the film shows both how far we ve come and how far we still have to go 
3
Miss Stevens
Glenn Kenny
A low key and intelligent character study 
2.5
Miss Stevens
Clayton Dillard
The film is more progressive than Anomalia Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson s downtrodden apologia for male chauvinism 
3
Stage Struck
David Nusair
the movie succeeds as a behind the scenes portrait of what goes into mounting a big Broadway play 
2.5
Walking Distance
Rene Sanchez
A simple yet sincere story about the mental prisons we build and the small steps needed to break out of them Full Review in Spanish 
3
Walking Distance
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A sensitive story of a trio of characters trapped in routine and conformism 
2
Walking Distance
G. Allen Johnson
While Alejandro Guzman Alvarez s Mexican indie Walking Distance moves as slowly as its corpulent hero it s mostly gentle and sweet if you can forgive its somewhat unsatisfactory third act 
3
Lucky Numbers
Michael Dequina
With this dud of a dark comedy it s clear that director Nora Ephron s unluckiest number is that of John Travolta 
1.5
Lucky Numbers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Lucky Numbers builds from a shaky first act and actually gets funnier as the tone gets darker 
3
Lucky Numbers
Blake French
does manage to possess an enjoyable tone but often loses its focus and wonders off in so many directions it s hard to keep up
3
Lucky Numbers
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una verdadera pena que una directora capaz como Ephron se haya prestado para esta cinta que ni llega a ser comedia ni thriller en su totalidad
1
Lucky Numbers
David Keyes
a movie with a strong premise nailed down firmly but no decent characters inspiration mild humor or even stable plot structure to top off the package 
1.5
Lucky Numbers
Pam Grady
Taking a chance on Lucky Number is a lot like playing the actual lottery You might enjoy it but the odds are against you 
2
Lucky Numbers
Roger Ebert
Tells too much story at not enough energy It should have been cut back and cranked up 
2
Lucky Numbers
James Berardinelli
Instead of becoming involved in the convoluted plot we stand on the outside looking in not laughing enough to make it all worthwhile 
2
Lucky Numbers
Dustin Putman
It proves to be a detached experience that isn t much fun at all 
1.5
Lucky Numbers
Ross Anthony
would make a fine watch on TV if there were nothing else to do 
1.5
Lucky Numbers
Rob Blackwelder
Leave it to director Nora Ephron to declaw a black comedy like Lucky Numbers turning it into something docile and almost sweet 
2.5
Phantom of the Opera
Matt Brunson
I daresay this might be the worst of all adaptations 44 take offs 44 and knock offs 44 and 44 yes 44 I apos ve seen the version starring Freddy Krueger as the Phantom 46 
1
Phantom of the Opera
Michael Dequina
Missing is one decent scare and worst of all the passion that this classic gothic romance is known for 
1
Phantom of the Opera
Ed Gonzalez
Argento s lowest moment 
1
Revenge of the Musketeers
Michael Dequina
The musketeers tiring banter is needless to say not nearly as exciting as seeing Sophie Marceau cut loose with a sword 
2
The Incredible Hulk Returns
Walter Chaw
Speaks volumes about the inevitability of the metamorphosis of hippie to yuppie as well as the death of a dream that that transformation encompasses 
2
The Long Dark Night
John Beifuss
Becomes a metaphorical gang film demonstrating how unloved and unwanted children or dogs may turn to their peers for support and to crime eating people for example to survive on the streets or in the woods 
2.5
Murder in the First
Mal Vincent
See this only for Bacon s compelling performance Factual or not he creates a moving portrait of a young man who never had a chance 
3
Murder in the First
James Berardinelli
Regardless of how this version raises the hackles of Alcatraz aficionados Marc Rocco s movie is a solid and affecting example of film making 
3
Murder in the First
Mick LaSalle
An example of what happens when a picture has everything going for it except good writing and good direction 
1
Murder in the First
Roger Ebert
Slater who in certain shots looks curiously like Kevin Costner is an actor with talent but he is too young for this role and not confident enough to dial down a little 
2
Murder in the First
Chris Hicks
As a thriller Murder in the First has all the elements but is so flamboyant and overblown that it becomes off putting quite quickly 
1.5
Murder in the First
Madeleine Williams
Attempts to masquerade as a historical drama but twists the facts to have them fit the traditional Hollywood courtroom drama 
1.5
Dark City Beneath the Beat
Max Weiss
The dancing filled with kicks and scissors and stepping so fast it sometimes looks like the film has been sped up is electrifying 
3
Cannibal
Robert Horton
No this cannibal we do not root for although eventually we might feel pity 
3
Cannibal
Soren Andersen
Unhurried in its pacing exquisitely photographed and very sparing in its presentation of bloodshed and violence Cannibal observes but does not comment 
3.5
Cannibal
Brian Tallerico
Knowing as little about Carlos as we do makes for a film that frustrates 
2
Cannibal
Ed Gonzalez
It keeps us at a remove that becomes telling of the filmmaker s reticence to explore whatever feelings of isolation and yearning may inform his main character s grisly compulsion 
2.5
Cannibal
Jim Brunzell III
Cuenca s mixture of beauty and grotesquerie brings enough edginess to Carlos murderous and loving ways 
3
Cannibal
David Nusair
a seemingly electrifying premise that s utilized to hopelessly uninvolving and consistently dull effect 
1
The Boxer
Matt Soergel
We never figure out though what drives Day Lewis Danny We just take it on faith that he s stubborn and sick of violence The filmmakers don t help much offering just a twist on the star crossed lovers story mixed with standard boxing melodrama 
2.5
The Boxer
Carrie Rickey
Day Lewis has the ability to make the will to nonviolence look positively volcanic And Watson with her 200 watt incandescence makes longing look radiant 
3
The Boxer
Michael Wilmington
Though we ve seen this unquiet terrain before this new film about boxing star crossed lovers and the Irish Republican Army temporarily gives us fresh eyes 
3.5
The Boxer
Ken Fox
Unfortunately the film never really catches fire despite uniformly high caliber performances Day Lewis surely one the finest actors of his generation is excellent 
3
The Boxer
Ann Hornaday
Precisely because it lacks bombast not to mention cheap sentiment cant and pretension The Boxer makes its mark as a quietly powerful contender 
3
The Boxer
Michael Dequina
Even with a predictably strong performance from Day Lewis who once again immerses body and soul into his role the film is a letdown 
2.5
The Boxer
Jeff Strickler
The climax is unsettling and effective All of Sheridan s Northern Ireland stories have had realistic endings The Boxer saves one of its best punches for the end 
4
The Boxer
Margaret A. McGurk
Day Lewis is superb His boxing scenes are every bit as credible as his love scenes and his performance throughout hums with intensity wrung from stillness and restraint Ms Watson proves equal to her co star 
3.5
The Boxer
Liam Lacey
There is little chance for the movie s talented stars Day Lewis and Emily Watson to establish and develop their characters beyond their set piece declarations of love 
2.5
The Boxer
Edward Guthmann
Daniel Day Lewis is such a consummate actor that every film he makes and every blood and sinew performance he delivers tends to have the stamp of prestige about it 
4
The Boxer
James Berardinelli
To anyone who cares to look beneath the surface details it will become clear that this is not a political movie at heart but an examination of far more primal forces 
3
The Boxer
Roger Ebert
What s fascinating is the delicacy of the relationship between Maggie and Danny 
3
The Boxer
Madeleine Williams
Director Jim Sheridan teams up again with Daniel Day Lewis for another Irish saga But this one while enjoyable doesn t quite live up to their prior films 
3
The Boxer
Rob Blackwelder
The Boxer would be only a strongly directed special interest film if it wasn t for the emotional intensity provided by Day Lewis and Watson 
3
The Boxer
Marty Mapes
Excellent portrait of Irish boxer who becomes a symbol of both sides of the IRA 
3
The Boxer
Steve Rhodes
A beautiful story with wonderful performances by an ensemble cast it suffers a single but all encompassing problem the over restrained tone set by the director Jim Sheridan 
3
The Boxer
Ted Prigge
The acting is amazing with Day Lewis and Watson giving excellent performances and showing great chemistry 
4
The Boxer
Mike Clark
As a grown up drama of occasional power it serves 
3
The Boxer
Barbara Shulgasser
Most disappointing is the fact that the movie ends so abruptly that you can t help wondering what the whole story amounts to moving as it is 
2.5
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 1: The Moab Story
David N. Butterworth
Maddeningly brilliant and typically excessive in keeping with Greenaway s more mature works 
3.5
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Peter Canavese
Groening s notoriously prickly fanbase may well overlook the inclusion of nearly the entire extended universe of Futurama characters and focus on the negative the warmed over story and jokes Blu ray 
2.5
Henry Rollins Live Uncut from NYC
Walter Chaw
Entertaining unfocused 
1.5
Band of Outsiders
Eric Melin
Besides being a stirring portrait of a youth culture in crisis the film is very charming and accessible especially for anyone that s experienced teen alienation at once a snapshot in time and a timeless piece of cinema 
3.5
Band of Outsiders
Jaime N. Christley
The film sees Godard parsing out his feelings for Karina then his wife and meditating on the mercurial nature of his own preoccupations 
3
Band of Outsiders
David Sterritt
It offers 10 times more pleasures than the average picture 
4
Band of Outsiders
Dave Kehr
This 1964 feature remains one of Godard s most appealing and underrated films relatively relaxed and strangely optimistic 
4
Band of Outsiders
Gabe Leibowitz
An exhilarating experience 
4
Band of Outsiders
Steve Rhodes
a remarkably inconsequential story about three young adults 
2.5
The Girl in the Yellow Pajamas
Matt Brunson
It s obvious how the two stories will dovetail 
2
Blossoms of Fire
Maitland McDonagh
While the subject is potentially fascinating director Gosling s unfocused sluggish film is a case study in missed opportunities 
2
Applecart
Peter Sobczynski
It has a couple of interesting ideas a certain degree of style and one impressive performance but never manages to pull them together into a cohesive or satisfying whole 
2
Applecart
Mike McGranaghan
The movie oozes eerie atmosphere and sinks its teeth into you 
3
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Glenn Kenny
This is not a banal or mundane fake objective music history doc it s an almost real time chronicle of a daughter coming to grips with a mother s legacy 
3
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Roger Moore
A punk icon who died too young is wistfully remembered by her daughter in this informative and downbeat biography 
3
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Kathy Fennessy
When filmmakers cycle through the same photographs and video clips repeatedly tedium can result but Celeste Bell and Paul Sng have assembled enough material to keep things moving 
3
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Roger Ebert
Do you find this premise anything but repugnant It offends not only civilized members of both sexes but even dirty old men dramatizing as it does their dirtiness and oldness 
1
House of the Sleeping Beauties
V.A. Musetto
Sure there s copious full frontal female nudity and an aroused male body part but such scenes are a means to an end not an end in themselves There s a subtle difference but still a difference 
3
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Kam Williams
Despite the fact that its premise sounds like it was dreamed up by a pervert who depends on that date rape drug for a social life this macabre molestation mystery proves to be easy to swallow 
3
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Andrew Schenker
Telling what amounts to a rather simple story Glowna puffs up his exposition with quotes from Chinese poetry rounds of heavy handed symbolism and experiments in multiple narration 
2
Love Nest
Bill Chambers
Feels like a sitcom premise annexed by the big screen
2
Claire Dolan
Roger Ebert
Kerrigan accepts the challenge of central characters who do not let us know what they re thinking 
3.5
Claire Dolan
Hannah Brown
In spite of Cartlidge s impressive performance in the lead the film is simply not as involving or moving as it should be 
2.5
Jersey Shore Massacre
Dustin Putman
Distinctly unimaginative in its third act but competently made nonetheless Jersey Shore Massacre should divert viewers under the right circumstances Otherwise this is pretty disposable fare 
2
Jersey Shore Massacre
Stephen Whitty
I felt like I needed to take a shower before I went back inside my house 
0
Jersey Shore Massacre
Kam Williams
While the film fails to break any new ground in terms of the splatterflick genre it s still entertaining enough to recommend provided you have a strong stomach for vivisection and Italian stereotypes
2
Mademoiselle C
Leba Hertz
There are just so many ways Carine Roitfeld can say she loves fashion in Mademoiselle C a somewhat interesting documentary that brings us into the inner workings of a magazine but harps a bit too much on her ideas of fashion and style 
2
Mademoiselle C
Christy Lemire
Roitfeld seems constantly inspired by the prospect of pushing boundaries and expectations and that in turn is inspiring to watch 
3
Burlesk King
Emanuel Levy
Though using the same format and basic elements sexually titillating scenes with heavy dosage melodrama this is an inferior follow up to Mel Chionglo s charming efforts Macho Dancers and Midnight Dancers 
1
Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger
Roger Ebert
Bob Hercules documentary assembles archival and new footage and interviews into a comprehensive portrait If you ve heard of Father Pfleger and want to know more here is the place 
3
Exiles
John Terauds
Through facial expression gesture and deed Gatlif manages to coax such a deep humanity out of his characters situations that dialogue becomes superfluous 
2.5
Exiles
Adele Weder
We don t get much in the way of witty dialogue or character development but the choice shots of clammy skin tousled hair odd scars and bad weather evoke an engaging story just the same 
3
Exiles
Bill Chambers
The primordial pleasures are at least a little less ephemeral with Gatlif around
3
Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy
Molly Eichel
There are only so many scenes I want to watch of other people partying and destroying stuff 
2
Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy
Tom Keogh
An eye opening documentary about a bizarre sociological phenomenon that has been evolving on an Ohio farm since 1995 
3
Teachers
Laurie Horn
It s not the comedic touch that s the problem it s that the touch doesn t sting 
2
Teachers
Kathleen Carroll
Fails to communicate its message of social concern and it winds up looking as frenzied and juvenile as every other teen exploitation flick 
2.5
Teachers
Mike Ritchey
Nolte is always interesting to watch Had they not been detained with an elementary school script both he and the picture would have fared better 
2.5
Teachers
George Williams
You walk out feeling badly used 
2
Teachers
Matt Brunson
It s too often painfully obvious in its implications and heavy handed in its delivery but that s countered by the assembly of an exceptional cast as well as the prevalence of themes that remain relevant to this day 
3
Teachers
Roger Ebert
The idea here was to do for teaching what MASH did for the war Unfortunately they ve done for schools what General Hospital did for medicine 
2
Blackmail
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall it s an essential early Hitchcock showing the master confidently finding his stride 
4
Battle for Terra
Michael Dequina
That the film has a fair amount on its mind and expresses its concerns in an effectively restrained manner is just gravy on top of a true visual feast 
3
Battle for Terra
James Kendrick
an intriguing and frequently exciting experiment in using 3 D computer generated animation for serious minded entertainment
3
Battle for Terra
Linda Cook
It s everything you wanted A great science fiction yarn fascinating aliens terrific battle scenes and moral dilemmas I m talking of course about Battle for Terra and not the upcoming Star Trek flick 
3.5
Battle for Terra
Christian Toto
The spaceships and the film s ideological bent jump out at you during the new 3 D film Battle for Terra
2.5
Battle for Terra
Frank Ochieng
Although well meaning Battle for Terra is too tame to capture the active imagination of adventurous tots as a mediocre driven meteorite looking to impact young minds with its slow footed pacing and puffy minded pathos 
2
Battle for Terra
Keith Cohen
Science fiction geeks will be in paradise watching this animated adventure where 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Kyle Smith
Aggressively ugly and intergalactically boring the dismal sci fi kiddie cartoon Battle for Terra is too weak to be shown anywhere except maybe on the next flight to Saturn 
1
Battle for Terra
Jason Heck
A film that will delight anyone under 6 and almost no one else 
2
Battle for Terra
Amy Biancolli
An earnest 3 D eco sermon 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Stephen Whitty
A cheap and tiresome outer space cartoon aimed at restless children desperate parents and people who ll watch anything in 3 D 
1
Battle for Terra
Daniel M. Kimmel
In spite of the good intentions and colorful visuals there s a flatness to the proceedings 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Lisa Kennedy
Battle for Terra turns an overly familiar sci fi cliche on its head 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Chris Hewitt
What it lacks visually Battle for Terra makes up for with fine voice acting a lovely score and solid story telling 
3
Battle for Terra
Justin Berton
The creators of the 3 D animation film Battle for Terra have developed such an entirely new world inside the movie theater it s hard not to think they just pushed the film viewing experience forward 10 years 
4
Battle for Terra
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bad combination of simple minded and heavy handed And the 3D animation feels practically coagulated in comparison to the fluid smooth energetic work in Monsters vs Aliens 
2
Battle for Terra
Claudia Puig
An earnest animated tale of war and peace in outer space augmented by captivating 3 D images 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an interplanetary parable that fits perfectly inside our modern political discourse the film offering up both ecological and philosophical talking points without letting them overwhelm the exhilarating adventure surrounding them 
3
Battle for Terra
Dustin Putman
Sanctimonious claptrap 151 a can t we all just get along plea wrapped in futuristic warfare dirty dishwater animation and dreary plotting 
1
Battle for Terra
Tom Keogh
A dystopian view of future interplanetary relations and a real bummer of a picture of humankind s future Battle for Terra is a solid though not sugarcoated animated film for the whole family 
3
Battle for Terra
Jeff Vice
Battle for Terra shows that you need more than computer generated graphics to make a quality animated movie these days 
2
Battle for Terra
Michael Phillips
Why is the film almost good which is to say not bad but not more Largely I think it s because screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos invents a lot of narrative complication of minimal interest to stretch out a short film to feature length 
2
Battle for Terra
Mack Bates
The 3 D animated alien invasion flick Battle for Terra upends well worn conventions of the genre and packages them in a compelling story 
3
Battle for Terra
Ethan Gilsdorf
If you find the plot predictable as a distraction we present an arsenal of 3 D visuals 
1.5
Battle for Terra
Joe Williams
A middling movie an admirable effort that looks much better than Star Wars The Clone Wars but won t incite similar battles pro or con 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Rafer Guzman
The script by Evan Spiliotopoulos borders on the heavy handed but director Aristomenis Tsirbas creates an intensity that may raise even grown up neck hairs 
2.5
Battle for Terra
Rob Vaux
It can t bring its unique elements online with sufficient skill to offset its flaws 
2
Battle for Terra
Roger Ebert
A bewitchingly animated story about an invasion from outer space by aliens who threaten to destroy all life on the planet so they can claim it as their own 
3
Battle for Terra
Matt Brunson
It sounds rather novel until one recalls that The Twilight Zone tackled this notion in one third the amount of time 
2
Battle for Terra
Nick Schager
A bizarre preachy pro peace animated adventure 
1.5
The Cheetah Girls 2
David Nusair
an interminable piece of fluff that holds absolutely no appeal for viewers outside the film s target demographic of teenaged girls undiscriminating teenaged girls at that 
1
The Mummy
Brian Eggert
Less a Dark Universe than a dimly lit actionized blockbuster 
1
The Mummy
Matt Brunson
A plastic product made by mercenaries pimps and profiteers rather than filmmakers who give a damn 
1
The Mummy
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The topper for me is the ending however which blatantly states everyone s intentions to make a sequel and more Really I for one have already had enough 
.5
The Mummy
Matthew Rozsa
It feels less like a movie than a series of compromises worked out by a corporate committee 
0
The Mummy
David Nusair
A fairly forgettable and ill conceived summer blockbuster 
2
The Mummy
James Kendrick
never really works because it is so focused on laying the groundwork for future installments that it sacrifices narrative engagement in the here and now 
2
The Mummy
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A product made just to copy the Marvel formula but without understanding exactly why that formula has worked so well Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Mummy
Sonny Bunch
You should skip it because it s worse than incompetent It s soulless 
2
The Mummy
Walter Chaw
It took me a while but it finally clicked about an hour into Alex Kurtzman s hilarible The Mummy that the whole thing wasn t a really bad movie but a really bad videogame in bad movie form 
1
The Mummy
Kevin A. Ranson
In the end the 2017 version mostly makes one yearn for the 1999 reboot It isn t all bad though Tom makes getting beat down look believably good 
2
The Mummy
Thelma Adams
You only have to watch the trailer to know that Producer Director Alex Kurtzman s reboot of Brendan Fraser s once charming mummy movies is full of embalming fluid 
1.5
The Mummy
Sara Michelle Fetters
Let s not mince words As a kickoff to a proposed new series of films dubbed the Dark Universe The Mummy is a very bad movie 
1
The Mummy
Josh Terry
The Mummy is at best a muddled echo of the kinds of things that more seasoned franchises do much better 
2.5
The Mummy
Barry Paris
A dreadful pastiche of tried and false devices from the Indiana Jones Dracula Living Dead Fast Furious franchises with a little Lawrence of Arabia 
1.5
The Mummy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays as if its creators spent too much time trying to guess what people wanted to see and not enough on what kind of movie they d like to make 
2.5
The Mummy
Robert Levin
It doesn t really know what it is In trying to offer a little bit of everything it instead amounts to a lot of nothing 
2
The Mummy
Mike McGranaghan
The Mummy is the perfect movie if you love mindless big budget special effects extravaganzas but absolutely hate having fun 
1
The Mummy
Stephen Rebello
If you re that hungry for a dark monster o rama universe then for the love of James Whale Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger go back and binge watch the originals then chase it with two seasons of Penny Dreadful 
2
The Mummy
Christian Toto
The Mummy makes Tom Cruise s couch jumping antics look sane 
1
The Mummy
Kate Taylor
The movie itself is rather like the Hollywood mummies of old There it walks lurching from side to side on rigid legs deadly in its intent but uncertain of the right path trailing bandages as it goes 
1.5
The Mummy
Phil Villarreal
Somewhere Brendan Fraser and awful early 200s CGI artists remember the Scorpion King spinoff smirk in satisfaction 
1
The Mummy
Robert Horton
This one is going in a lot of different directions at once 
2.5
The Mummy
Dustin Putman
When it sticks to thrills and spectacle and you know horror there is unmistakably exciting potential in seeing the first glimpses of Universal s Dark Universe take shape 
2.5
The Mummy
James Berardinelli
Narratively incoherent and full of cheese and camp this movie makes it clear that the mummy should have remained dead and buried 
1.5
The Mummy
Peter Howell
Did our hero even bother to read the script for this toxic CGI dump site 
1
The Mummy
Stephanie Merry
The big thrills and few laughs are no match for the cumbersome convoluted story not to mention the nonexistent chemistry between Cruise and Wallis 
1.5
The Mummy
Chris Knight
That may sound like faint praise but Universal s first chapter in its so called Dark Universe franchise of gods and monsters is off to a fair start 
3
The Mummy
Mark Dujsik
T his is a prime example of bait and switch advertising 
1.5
The Mummy
Sean P. Means
The action thriller The Mummy meant to be the Big Bang of Universal s new Dark Universe franchise is something of a wet firecracker more a corporate driven branding exercise than a living breathing movie of its own 
2.5
The Mummy
George M. Thomas
Kurtzman and his crew are ambitious in that they try to introduce the audience to several monsters at once but the effort falls short 
2.5
The Mummy
Richard Roeper
Sometimes it takes a disaster of this magnitude to leave us hoping a studio will take a long hard look at the universe they re about to expand 
1
The Mummy
Bob Bloom
This The Mummy is a disjointed mess It lacks horror and suspense It is very generic and formulaic as if written by rote with a fill in the monster blank antagonist 
1
The Mummy
Jeff Simon
What struck me as delightful about this Mummy is the moment a portly Russell Crowe with his voice deepened to Orson Wellesian octave introduced himself as Dr Henry Jekyll 
3
The Mummy
Mick LaSalle
The Mummy is the rare Cruise film that doesn t quite give audiences their money s worth 
2
The Mummy
Michael Phillips
The movie is a pain in the sarcophagus I fear that it will anger the gods 
1
The Mummy
Ty Burr
It plays in fact like a movie directed by a producer someone checking items off a to do list rather than telling a story in a consistent tone 
2
The Mummy
Peter Travers
How meh is The Mummy Let me count the ways For all the digital desperation from overworked computers this Tom Cruise reboot lands onscreen with a resounding thud Epic fail 
1
The Mummy
Katie Walsh
Falls apart at the end rattling its bones through a series of shockingly violent clashes with Ahmanet Ultimately despite her awesome powers this goddess is reduced to participating in a love triangle with mere mortals How pedestrian 
2.5
The Mummy
Gary Thompson
It s brisk competent and kind of funny for about an hour before the sweaty labor of franchise building starts to kick in 
2
The Mummy
Dann Gire
This Mummy teems with promising ideas that never fully materialize 
2.5
The Mummy
Jake Cole
Too much is at stake throughout leading to formulaic plot filler and exposition that snuff out the spark of the early scenes 
2
The Mummy
Brian Truitt
A tomb full of action packed guilty pleasure that owns its horror humor and rampant silliness equally 
3
The Mummy
Roger Moore
Action packed and patently ridiculous but all in good fun
2.5
The Mummy
Peter Canavese
As a story to speak to our hearts and minds it s an utter failure and perhaps so too even as a disposable corporate product 
1.5
The Mummy
Stephen Whitty
Unlike the old movies that supposedly inspired it The Mummy has no atmosphere no menace no romance 
1.5
Massie Affair
Burl Burlingame
No lessons to impart no epigrams the documentary simply trails off by noting these awful people got away with murder while righteously pointing the finger at white racism 
2
Atlantis
Michael Nordine
Makes a habit of providing just enough detail to pique our interest and ensure that we re giving the film our undivided attention 
2.5
Atlantis
Peter Sobczynski
An extremely well made film that contains some truly extraordinary imagery 
3.5
Atlantis
David Robb
The film s use of scale to drive home the absurdity of its characters actions sometimes calls to mind Werner Herzog s tragicomic existentialism as well as early silent cinema 
3
Himizu
Kenji Fujishima
Sion Sono s film is a vision of coming of age as trial by fire a thunderous encapsulation of that period of transition in which adolescents try to discover themselves their passions their purpose their sense of morality 
3.5
Applause
Eric Henderson
Even more impressive was its pre Freaks sympathetic portrayal of a shunned community in all its self contained lip biting game face pride 
3
Blue Island
Simon Abrams
Blue Island features a lot of great footage 44 but a lot of it either doesn 8217 t hang together or flow seamlessly from one episodic scene to the next 46 
2.5
Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur
Namrata Joshi
The film never gets dull or downbeat It never loses out on its rustic humour courtesy some fine dialogue 
3
The Misfits
Steven Prokopy
Well staged action heist practices and other elements help make key aspects of The Misfits come together and provide a few thrills and tense moments along the way 
2.5
The Misfits
Richard Roeper
The humor falls flat the action bores and the big break in makes little sense 
2
The Misfits
Brian Tallerico
No one involved has any idea what to do with Brosnan burying his playful performance in a film that s almost impressively soulless 
1
The Misfits
Mark Hanson
The film is almost refreshing in its flightiness even as it remains defiantly ignorant of the world in which it exists 
2
Piranhas
Zaki Hasan
Stylistic utility isn t enough to mask the essential emptiness at the heart of the story When you strip away the novelty of it all we re left with little more than a kids meal version of Scarface 
1
Piranhas
Mick LaSalle
It s visually interesting but stylistic utility isn t enough to mask the essential emptiness at the heart of the story 
1
Piranhas
Michael O'Sullivan
Piranhas is no documentary but it plays out with a deadpan style that is deeply unsettling 
3
Piranhas
Tom Meek
To be certain it crackles and sparks at points but it never catches fire 
2
Piranhas
Vikram Murthi
At some point Piranhas stops trying to be even mildly unique and starts sluggishly going through the motions 
2
Piranhas
Pat Brown
Claudio Giovannesi s film is more an interesting tweak of Goodfellas than an eye opening social statement 
2
Astro Boy
Steven Rea
Like its supersonic jets in his feet hero the movie itself feels totally robotic 
2
Astro Boy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s all presented with a lack of real emotion and in a hail of noise and explosions 
2
Astro Boy
Jeffrey Westhoff
Director David Bowers supplies just enough heart and more than enough humor to make Astro Boy an agreeable entertainment 
3
Astro Boy
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that goes nowhere and offers up little in the way of originality and while the majority of it is technically well presented the boredom I felt while watching it was almost enough to put me to sleep 
2
Astro Boy
Matt Brunson
Just dub this one Where the Mild Things Are 
2.5
Astro Boy
Russ Breimeier
More than anything Astro Boy is simply fun to watch 
3
Astro Boy
Linda Cook
Here s a movie with an origin that s almost more interesting than that of its Astro Boy hero
3
Astro Boy
Amy Biancolli
Awesome Truly 
3
Astro Boy
Jennie Punter
Astro Boy definitely sets himself up for a sequel and the overall scenario is ripe to explore many current issues But let s hope the creators trade in the well used parts for some fresh material 
2
Astro Boy
John Beifuss
It may creep some people out parents more than children no doubt 
2.5
Astro Boy
Peter Canavese
What Astro Boy has in spades are energy good humor and the demolition derby action of a superhero smash up reasons enough to recommend it to grade school boys 
2.5
Astro Boy
Willie Waffle
Astro Boy provides all of the elements needed to create a super hero movie but it lacks soul 
1
Astro Boy
Michael O'Sullivan
While the film retains some of the DNA of the original TV series it bears more similarity to such recent fare as Wall E and Transformers 
2
Astro Boy
Billy Heller
This computer animated adaptation of the 1950s created future boy from Osamu Tezuka the godfather of Japanese manga is actually a sweet and endearing movie 
3
Astro Boy
Jason Anderson
Lacklustre design and rudimentary storytelling sink Astro Boy below the level of the recent hits of Pixar and DreamWorks 
2
Astro Boy
Chris Hewitt
For at least half of its length it s an Astro Bore 
2
Astro Boy
Claudia Puig
Tthis CG animated adaptation of the Japanese comic classic feels derivative but moderately entertaining particularly in some of the highflying visuals 
2
Astro Boy
Frank Lovece
Strictly for small fry 
2
Astro Boy
Sonny Bunch
Summit Entertainment has tried just a little too hard to broaden the appeal of its new computer animated feature Astro Boy 
2.5
Astro Boy
Sean P. Means
The cheap 60s Japanese TV cartoon series is updated into a cheap and sometimes unsettling computer animated adventure 
1.5
Astro Boy
Michael Phillips
I wish the film version of Astro Boy provided a stronger antidote to mediocrity the script takes its sweet time establishing its rules and locale then rolls in one too many subplots 
2
Astro Boy
Mack Bates
Although Astro Boy has its moments in a movie year already crowded with animated successes it may not have the superhuman strength to stand out 
2.5
Astro Boy
Dustin Putman
A morbidly insensitive insult 
1.5
Astro Boy
Ty Burr
Astro Boy alternately soars and sputters through a story line that s not quite sure who it s aimed at 
2.5
Astro Boy
Adam Keleman
Astro Boy succeeds at creating a complex world filled with second class robots and sometimes careless greedy humans providing food for thought and animated thrills for adults and kids alike 
2.5
Astro Boy
Chris Faraone
Serious Tezuka fans will likely appreciate the sharp multi dimensional presentation even as they resent Osamu s being pimped out for Obama 
2
Astro Boy
Roger Ebert
Astro Boy is better than most of its recent competitors such as Monsters vs Aliens and Kung Fu Panda 
3
Astro Boy
Joe Williams
Cobbled together from trusty old parts Astro Boy manages to stand on its own feet 
3
A Kind of Murder
Oleg Ivanov
The film seems more interested in its art design then in fully developing the story s underlying sexual ethics 
2.5
A Kind of Murder
Roger Moore
A promising period piece murder mystery that s been production designed to death 
2
The Beast
David Nusair
a surprisingly effective look at how men behave during times of war 
3
Hunger Ward
Linda Cook
Hunger Ward is a compelling disturbing documentary 
4
Hunger Ward
Tom Meek
The cinematography and production values are high as is the human drama and compassion on display 
3
Katie Says Goodbye
Pamela Powell
It s a powerfully evocative story with outstanding performances beautiful dialogue and most importantly a lasting effect of optimism 
3.5
Katie Says Goodbye
Joey Magidson
Katie Says Goodbye is nearly 90 minutes of terrible things happening to the protagonist Despite strong work from Olivia Cooke it s painful to sit through 
2
Katie Says Goodbye
Rex Reed
The point of this grim first film by writer director Wayne Roberts is that lousy things happen to innocent people But Katie is guileless to the point of stupidity 
1
The High and the Mighty
Matt Brunson
A multi Oscar nominee in its day underrated today 
3.5
The High and the Mighty
David Nusair
Bloated and overlong 
2
Chang
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers assemble an impressive array of wild animal footage none more impressive than a herd of charging elephants storming right over the camera 
3.5
Immortal Beloved
Gene Siskel
Music scholars have challenged the film s authenticity but they cannot dispute the magnificent image making by director Bernard Rose 
3.5
Immortal Beloved
Michael Wilmington
It may be a cartoon Yet with Beethoven s compositions crashing and storming around him it s a cartoon that has some dark harrowing grandeur 
2.5
Immortal Beloved
Malcolm Johnson
Despite Oldman s powers this adds up to a less than immortal musical love story 
2.5
Immortal Beloved
Stephen Hunter
Da da da DUMB 
2
Immortal Beloved
James D. Watts Jr.
Immortal Beloved is a lot like the famous sketch of Beethoven s study made shortly after he died showing a piano strewn with piles of junk and papers It s a mess but you know there has to be examples of Beethoven s genius in there somewhere 
3
Immortal Beloved
Roger Ebert
There is an image in Immortal Beloved as evocative as any I can remember as complete as the sled in Citizen Kane or the shadowy doorway in The Third Man 
3.5
Going Shopping
Jeff Vice
The film is less than two hours long but feels considerably longer thanks to a few drawn out scenes and some clunky character drama 
2
Going Shopping
Michael Wilmington
Henry Jaglom s Going Shopping is a nifty little oddity another of his unlikely entertaining movie hybrids 
3
Going Shopping
Matt Pais
As breezy as window shopping and reminds us that in both shopping and love everyone has buyer s remorse and few items fit right 
3
Going Shopping
Peter Canavese
Like the funky little shop at its heart Going Shopping may not look like much from its exterior but a little browsing turns up unexpected treasures 
2.5
Going Shopping
Ruthe Stein
It s the last and least successful of indie director Henry Jaglom s trilogy looking at female issues 
2
Going Shopping
Wesley Morris
The trouble with Going Shopping is that it s clogged with personalities and styles that don t congeal 
2
Going Shopping
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An incredibly tedious and gruesome affair 
.5
Going Shopping
Marta Barber
Going Shopping can make a wonderful outing for girlfriends It s fun 
3
Going Shopping
Bob Strauss
If this sounds like your type of thing you ll probably get your money s worth 
2.5
Going Shopping
Ken Fox
There s one thing to be said for Jaglom He continues to make movies in the face of critical brickbats and audience indifference and he s lost none of his power to insult 
1.5
Going Shopping
Gene Seymour
Not only is indulgence a frequent subject for Jaglom it also sums up what his movies do and what they demand from their audience sometimes to tedious degrees 
2
Going Shopping
Stephen Whitty
None of these is a character you want to spend much time with and even with the diverting guest appearances this is still strictly discount merchandise 
2
Going Shopping
Kyle Smith
Comes as close as any film to explaining what the deal is with women and shopping 
3
Going Shopping
Elizabeth Weitzman
Has enough moments of insight to blunt charges of sexist stereotyping 
2.5
Thriller
Brian Tallerico
A movie for which a customer might have demanded a refund in the DTV days 
1
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Erik Childress
Imagine watching Born on the Fourth of July without the drama and Good Morning 44 Vietnam with the comedy and that roughly sums up this poorly calculated tale 46 
1.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Peter Canavese
Tonally shifty 44 overlong 44 repetitive and as history simplistic 44 but well made and an interesting effort to reach across the aisle from the socially liberal to the socially conservative 46 
2.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Roger Friedman
Farrelly gets a bad rap from the snobs in moviedom because he made so many crazy comedies before 8220 Green Book 46 8221 I totally agree with that movie getting its Oscar 46 It was full of heart 46 So is 8220 Beer Run 46 8221 
3
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Katie Walsh
Though the messaging is a bit flat footed 44 it 8217 s nonetheless effective and clearly deeply felt 44 and it brings a sense of significance to this otherwise wacky real life story 44 one that really does have to be seen to be believed 46 10 10 
2.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Richard Roeper
While well intentioned it just feels forced 
2.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Tom Meek
Russell Crowe adds a nice gruff touch as the war correspondent Chickie teams up with as Saigon starts to fall shades of Peter Weir s great The Year of Living Dangerously 
2.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Michael Medved
The film provides a challenging and intriguing view of painful moments in American history 46 46 46 it may not be the GREATEST beer run 44 but it apos s still a trip worth taking 46 
3
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Mark Meszoros
Beer Run isn 8217 t as substantive as Green Book 44 a film that has its detractors 44 but if nothing else is a different kind of Vietnam War movie 46 
3
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Jeff Mitchell
Peter Farrelly apos s movie doesn apos t work as a riotous comedy 44 but he and Zac Efron effectively present a preposterous true story 46 The hook is watching the insanity play out 46 
2.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Rob Thomas
Just as 8220 Green Book 8221 took a simplistic but heartfelt look at race relations in America 44 8220 Beer Run 8221 is a sometimes effective 44 sometimes misguided attempt to wrestle with the Vietnam War 46 
2.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Brian Tallerico
A movie that 8217 s about as a realistic about combat 44 trauma 44 and death as a high school play 46 
1
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Randy Myers
It has its heart and mind in the right place even if we might not want to hear what they are telling us 
3
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Mark Dujsik
In the right hands 44 comedy can be serious and sobering business 44 but those of the filmmakers 44 unfortunately 44 are not such hands 46 
2
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Mark Feeney
A seriously miscast Efron does his best He s good at looking perturbed and perturbation of many sorts is Chickie s lot throughout the movie But that s about all Efron s good at here 
1.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Mick LaSalle
The Greatest Beer Run Ever asks us to see Chickie as zany and comical and as a man in pursuit of a noble end But he s neither 
1
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Pamela Powell
Zach Efron takes on the lead role of Chickie in this narrative film 44 creating a character you initially question but begin to love as you watch him grow to understand the world around 46 
3
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Roger Moore
Starts jaunty 44 gets somber and sentimental and then goes oh so very wrong 46 
2
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Joey Magidson
The Greatest Beer Run Ever uses good intentions to make for a decently good time 46 
3
Indochine
Edward Guthmann
Deneuve elevates all with innate dignity and a surprisingly impassioned performance 
3
Indochine
Roger Ebert
The beauty the photography the impact of the scenes shot on location in Vietnam are all striking But the people seem to drift and waver in their focus 
2.5
To Kill a Mockingbird
Eric Melin
Because the story is related through young Scout and Jem that childhood wonder and fear is never close behind 
3.5
To Kill a Mockingbird
Matt Brunson
One of those rare instances when a movie perfectly captures the essence of its source material without compromising it in any way 
4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Roger Ebert
To Kill a Mockingbird is a time capsule preserving hopes and sentiments from a kinder gentler more naive America 
2.5
To Kill a Mockingbird
Wesley Lovell
A terrific central performance by Gregory Peck makes for an outstanding big screen adaptation of Harper Lee s classic novel 
4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Josh Larsen
So much of the novel s reckless atmosphere is missing 
2
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mark Bourne
With the Tom Robinson plot intertwining with Scout and Jem s education in the ugly flaws of a world they re only beginning to comprehend today the film offers an extra accumulated layer of meaning 
4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Phil Villarreal
Above all it s a film about listening to Dad 
4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Steven Snyder
The film is honest about a time in this country when happy endings were few and far between 
4
To Kill a Mockingbird
James Berardinelli
Universally recognized as a classic and the label is well deserved 
4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Steve Rhodes
Made in black and white in 1962 at a time when other movies had switched to color it shattered many notions of what was right 
4
The Army of Crime
Leba Hertz
This is a fact based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people 
4
The Army of Crime
Andrew Schenker
Unlike Inglourious Basterds objectively superior from a cinematic standpoint this French resistance drama evinces some interest in assessing the ethical compromises required of those opposing Nazi rule 
2
Stella Days
Kyle Smith
Soft Irish accents and good intentions aren t enough to save the poky Irish drama Stella Days set in a small town on the cusp of change in the 1950s 
1.5
Man Push Cart
Matt Brunson
The Italian neorealism of the 1940s is reconfigured by Iranian American writer director Ramin Bahrani 
3
Man Push Cart
James Kendrick
a film in the neorealist vein one of close observation and conviction that brings us into a world that many of those who live in larger cities see every day right under their eyes but probably rarely if ever stop to consider 
3.5
Man Push Cart
Peter Canavese
The one that started it all for Ramin Bahrani and is emblematic of his neo realist aesthetic Blu ray Review 
3.5
Man Push Cart
Bruce Dancis
The darkly realistic cinematography of Michael Simmonds gives the film a near documentary style in its depiction of the endless physically draining work 
3
Man Push Cart
Chris Hewitt
Recalling Italian neorealist movies such as The Bicycle Thief Man Push Cart is a slice of a very sad life 
3
Man Push Cart
Peter Hartlaub
The makers of Man Push Cart seem so dedicated to making a film that defies Hollywood conventions that the finished product lacks enough entertainment value to justify price of admission 
2
Man Push Cart
Mary F. Pols
Man Push Cart is likely too slow to pull in much of an audience but that s a shame because it has so much empathy for the plight of the lonely 
3
Man Push Cart
Lisa Kennedy
Michael Simmond s cinematography especially in scenes of Ahmad muscling his way amid evening traffic and early morning delivery trucks is wonderfully true to the moods of a city that never sleeps and seldom nods at the hard work going on before it 
2.5
Man Push Cart
Roger Ebert
Free of contrived melodrama and phony suspense it ennobles the hard work by which its hero earns his daily bread 
4
Man Push Cart
Michael Wilmington
Ahmad s concerns his sadness and his striving become universal Though his early morning riser s world is gray and threaded with melancholy it becomes in the end a place we recognize 
3
Man Push Cart
Jack Mathews
You ll think of him the next time you pass a cart 
3
Man Push Cart
Ken Fox
the events of Bahrani s film unfold with the same inexorable predictability nothing happens that you didn t anticipate from the outset but it s beautifully played by Bahrani s largely inexperienced cast 
3
Man Push Cart
Pam Grady
a film that is at once a delicate moving drama and a vibrant city symphony offering a predawn view of New York seldom captured on film 
3
Man Push Cart
Lou Lumenick
a fascinating sad sometimes quite poetic window into a grueling way of life most of us know little about 
3
Man Push Cart
John Anderson
Synthesizes aspiration resignation anonymity celebrity opportunity and denial into a portrait of something far beyond the immigrant experience 
3.5
Man Push Cart
Nick Schager
Like that daily grind his story of salvation sought and never attained is one of listless bloodless tedium 
2
Leprechaun 4 in Space
Matthew Rozsa
Whenever someone lists so bad they re great movies Leprechaun 4 In Space should always be there right next to the likes of Troll 2 and Plan 9 from Outer Space 
3.5
Take Shelter
Brian Eggert
A suspenseful 44 thoughtful film 44 propelled by Shannon 8217 s astounding performance 46 
4
Take Shelter
Kelly Jane Torrance
Jessica Chastain is just as preoccupying here as in the better films she s appeared in this year 
2.5
Take Shelter
Roger Moore
Director Nichols walks a tightrope between giving us a dark Gothic tale of misunderstood prophecy and a sobering lesson on the state of mental health care in rural America 
4
Take Shelter
Michael Dequina
The riveting performances turn what on paper is a fairly simple climax into quite the emotional wallop 
3.5
Take Shelter
Jason Buchanan
As a director Nichols creates such an intense aura of dread and impending apocalypse during the visions that when Curtis simply describes one that is not shown in the film we shudder at the mental image it paints 
3.5
Take Shelter
Mike Scott
A richly drawn and at times disturbing portrait of one man s descent into madness 
3
Take Shelter
Rob Thomas
It s also very moving showing how paranoia pulls the man away from the people he loves and the people he thinks he needs to protect 
3.5
Take Shelter
James Kendrick
Michael Shannon gives the performance of the year
4
Take Shelter
John Beifuss
A movie born from the atmospheric pressure of the national mood from the sense that danger is lurking around every corner The star is Michael Shannon the human storm front he s a brooding intense presence that occasionally thunders and explodes 
3.5
Take Shelter
Bob Bloom
Take Shelter is one of the best movies of the year In its own understated way it also is one of the most frightening
4
Take Shelter
Matt Brunson
Rod Serling would have been proud 
3
Take Shelter
Eric Melin
Nichols takes this 21st century fear of losing everything you have and makes it physical It s a portrait of destructive behavior that is motivated by the purest of intentions wanting to protect your family 
3.5
Take Shelter
Jon Niccum
This unsettling hypnotic drama boasts a quietly powerful performance by Michael Shannon as Curtis a man succumbing to apocalyptic visions 
3
Take Shelter
Lawrence Toppman
Nichols builds unease from small repeated details and he has a terrific asset in Shannon No modern actor seems as likely to snap and explode 
3
Take Shelter
Roger Moore
Shannon wonderfully modulates Nichols portrait of a man whose mind and life seem to unravel before our eyes 
4
Take Shelter
Joe Williams
In an era of empty entertainments Take Shelter is built to last 
3.5
Take Shelter
Duane Dudek
Life is a double edged sword Be careful how you hold it 
3.5
Take Shelter
Rene Rodriguez
Take Shelter is paced slowly and deliberately which is necessary to make believable whatever is tormenting Curtis 
3
Take Shelter
Josh Larsen
With that frowning face including a right eye that looks sleepy and a left one that looks crazed Michael Shannon could play Jekyll and Hyde at the same exact time 
4
Take Shelter
Lisa Kennedy
A work of hushed and persuasive emotional veracity 
3.5
Take Shelter
John Hartl
It s so stunningly effective at establishing a sense of dread that it s almost impossible to recommend it without reservations 
4
Take Shelter
Ty Burr
The chilling genius of Take Shelter isn t that the threat is never specified but that it doesn t need to be 
3.5
Take Shelter
Steven Rea
A movie for this moment in time this moment in our lives 
4
Take Shelter
Peter Keough
Wavers between the terrifying stasis of The Birds and the bogus theatrics of The Happening 
2.5
Take Shelter
David Nusair
a consistently watchable yet pervasively uneven drama 
3
Take Shelter
Liam Lacey
The story of a man afflicted with fearful visions Take Shelter is a film that s hitting the right apocalyptic trumpet call at the right time 
4
Take Shelter
Ann Hornaday
Taut unsettling haunting and powerful Take Shelter stars Michael Shannon in a shattering performance as a man caught up in forces beyond his control 
4
Take Shelter
Peter Canavese
A Rod Serling esque social allegory for these days of economic collapse environmental sea change and increasing talk of end times 
3.5
Take Shelter
Dustin Putman
Relies on a mounting atmosphere of slow burn intensity and an attention to people rather than plot points 
3
Take Shelter
Peter Howell
The really chilling thing is how believable it is 
3.5
Take Shelter
Chris Hewitt
When the movie stays with its strength the family members and their doubts about how well they know the people they love it is riveting 
3
Take Shelter
Alissa Wilkinson
The end is a head scratcher destined to provoke late night pondering But for anyone grappling with what it means to be a citizen of the 21st century it s required viewing 
4
Take Shelter
Mick LaSalle
It s a film without suspense and with a slow moving story that unfolds without surprise or embellishment 
2
Take Shelter
Roger Ebert
Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land that the good days are ending and climate changes or other sinister forces will sweep away our safety 
4
Take Shelter
Stephen Whitty
All in all this is a movie that confronts its own hard challenges and feels utterly uncomfortably relevant in this new Age of Anxiety 
3.5
Take Shelter
Lou Lumenick
It would be possible to appreciate Shannon s fabulous work in Take Shelter far better if the filmmaker lost a quarter of the two hour running time there are many overlong scenes that make this a needlessly tough sit 
2.5
Take Shelter
Peter Travers
Michael Shannon gives himself over completely to a complex role and leaves you shattered Director Jeff Nichols throws curveballs but his film is unique and unforgettable 
3
Take Shelter
Christy Lemire
Daring thematically and striking aesthetically even as it pierces at the heart of the most relatable everyday anxieties we all experience 
3.5
Take Shelter
Bill Weber
Michael Shannon s haunting performance as a blue collar Ohio man victimized by schizophrenia carries this dread infused character study 
3
Phantom of the Theatre
Mark Jenkins
Phantom glories in its own artifice The movie is carried by sweeping widescreen images dynamic camera movements impressive special effects and a color scheme that contrasts icy blues against fiery reds 
2.5
Beethoven
Hal Lipper
If you have any desire to see Charles Grodin upstaged by a slobbering St Bernard in the formulaic comedy Beethoven then I suggest you rent Turner and Hooch and see Tom Hanks being slimed by his large canine partner instead 
1
Beethoven
Roger Ebert
If I were under the age of 14 and had not already seen all of those earlier animal movies I might well have enjoyed Beethoven more It s the kind of clever innocuous family entertainment that s always in short supply 
2.5
Beethoven
Chris Hicks
The first half of the film is amusing but when it turns to a distasteful subplot that has an evil veterinarian scientist stealing pets for nasty experiments it goes sour 
2
Beethoven
Steve Rhodes
Grodin s acting is so detached and lifeless that it is close to an out of body experience 
1.5
Possessed
Josh Larsen
An early starring role for Joan Crawford Possessed knows where the spotlight belongs 
3
The Third Wheel
David Nusair
often feels more like a second rate sitcom than an actual movie 
2
Byzantium
Brian Eggert
From the stunning compositions to Eleanor 8217 s thoughtful narration to the poetic drama of Jordan 8217 s treatment 44 the theme of storytelling itself unfolds and transforms what may be considered familiar vampire material into operatic fantasy 46 
4
Byzantium
Federico Furzan
Neil Jordan doing a vampire movie I m instantly sold Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Byzantium
Sarah Nicole Prickett
Female forward and class conscious allegorical and adventurous Byzantium is almost the anti Batman 
2.5
Byzantium
Rob Thomas
It s stylish and gory with excellent performances and a similarly grim approach to the life of a vampire And it s not really a scary movie although whatever it is it s a good one 
3
Byzantium
Sean P. Means
Jordan true to form moves fluidly between past and present toward an archly frenetic finale 
3
Byzantium
Liam Lacey
A drama that feels both strenuously earnest and impossible to take seriously 
2
Byzantium
Michael O'Sullivan
Byzantium has a few moves that might surprise you They have nothing to do with blood but everything to do with the heart 
2.5
Byzantium
Linda Barnard
A confusing yet eye pleasing tale that struggles to breathe new life into the well worn mythology 
2
Byzantium
Austin Kennedy
It has a great mythical feel and is loaded with beautiful haunting imagery If you like good vampire movies then you won t want to miss this
3.5
Byzantium
Mick LaSalle
Neil Jordan s sensitive and very slow exploration of vampire angst That the film also seems intended as some kind of vampire feminist statement makes it a rare combination of mildly boring and mildly hilarious 
3
Byzantium
Walter Chaw
I can t wait to see it again to see what else I can see 
4
Byzantium
Moira MacDonald
It s a pleasure to see a vampire movie that aspires to something artful and that explores the misery that comes with living forever on blood and in the shadows 
3
Byzantium
Steven Boone
An exquisite lovely film in which contemporary characters struggle to suspend their disbelief in vampire lore while Jordan s eye for formal beauty and truthful performances suspends ours 
3.5
Byzantium
Robert Levin
This is a stale vampire soap opera that goes over the top early and stays there with waterfalls literally running red with blood 
1.5
Byzantium
Cammila Collar
The irony is that while the story being told to the teachers is meant to be literal the story being told to us is indeed an adroit metaphor and one about a woman s coming of age no less 
4
Byzantium
Bruce Ingram
Mother daughter conflict runs deeper and much much longer than usual in this gorgeous brooding fascinatingly female centric vampire saga which also gushes waterfalls of blood 
3.5
Byzantium
Kyle Smith
Byzantium dares to rework Twilight with twice the teen moping and Robert Pattinson replaced by a guy with the sexual magnetism of a sickly Ron Weasley 
1
Byzantium
Tirdad Derakhshani
Lyrical full of visually enthralling fantasy sequences punctuated by moments of intense bloody violence 
3
Byzantium
Dann Gire
A stylish vampire movie that confuses complication for complexity 
2.5
Byzantium
Chris Hewitt
You could tell what Jordan was trying to do with his Interview With the Vampire He finally gets it right here 
3
Byzantium
Matt Pais
Everyone s heard it before You re a vampire Get over it 
1.5
Byzantium
Rex Reed
It s not perfect but when it works Byzantium towers above all of the romantic vampire slobber we ve been getting lately 
3
Byzantium
Roger Moore
The story s nothing new but the film is still vivid lurid sexy and seedy
2.5
Byzantium
Ed Gonzalez
Forlorn depictions of love and death may dignify Neil Jordan s film but narrative withholding ultimately drives a stake into its unmistakable heart 
2.5
The Image Book
Mattie Lucas
A radical reinvention of cinematic language that will be studied and appreciated for decades to come 
3.5
The Image Book
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hugely startling challenging and mesmerizing perhaps even a masterpiece 
4
The Image Book
Michael Phillips
The Image Book lives and breathes cinema the cutting and sound games up and down and all around remain arresting and instinctive and inspired 
3.5
The Image Book
Ben Sachs
Concerned neither with telling stories nor even making rational sense Godard aims straight for lyrical beauty and he almost always hits his target 
4
The Image Book
David Davidson
The film has the intimacy of a personal postcard sharing memories of deceased friends favourite films and political touchstones 
4
The Image Book
Matt Zoller Seitz
Another free associative cinematic meditation on language the image and extinction by a master of the form 
3
The Image Book
Peter Howell
Jean Luc Godard is a lion in winter He fairly roars in The Image Book his new film that serves as a visual essay about life on planet Earth 
3
The Image Book
Sam C. Mac
The Image Book ends with another display of madness that would be a more than appropriate sendoff for the French New Wave figurehead s restless career 
3
Hitler's Hollywood
Michael Phillips
There s a great deal to process and absorb here We are the images we make of ourselves and our times for better or worse 
3.5
Hitler's Hollywood
Godfrey Cheshire
A cavalcade of images icons and ideas that while less innovative are every bit as eye popping in their own way as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Nosferatu and Metropolis are in theirs 
3.5
Hitler's Hollywood
Diego Semerene
Rdiger Suchsland s film is a master class in the relationship between image production and ideology writ large 
3
The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood
Roger Moore
Like most make work with our down time pandemic film projects 44 quot Disappearance quot is a sketch comedy idea that overstays its welcome 44 a short film that feels too long because it lacked enough top flight comic talent to make it come off 46 
1.5
Summercamp!
Paul West
Summercamp maintains a gentle lackadaisical tone that eloquently captures the triumphs and traumas of this ageless ritual 
3
Summercamp!
Bill Stamets
Unlike the intense cadets for Christ and creationism in the recent documentary Jesus Camp the kids in the sweet Summercamp have fun 
3
Summercamp!
Matt Pais
Sweet and alive with homesickness and high fives sing a longs and armpit farts 
3.5
Summercamp!
Phil Villarreal
I guess as a film concept it s more engaging than MVD Visit or Grocery Shopping but not by much 
2
Summercamp!
Ty Burr
It observes the specific until the specific turns universal and the universal until you find yourself moved beyond words 
3.5
Summercamp!
Duane Dudek
Poignant and perceptive 
3.5
Summercamp!
Ken Fox
The film is great fun and the perfectly summer sun baked soundtrack comes largely courtesy of Beesley s good pals the Flaming Lips 
3.5
Summercamp!
V.A. Musetto
A sweeter more unassuming movie isn t likely to come our way anytime soon 
3
Paul
Roger Moore
Passable f bomb riddled fanboy fare a bit of a comedown from Frost and Pegg s British movies 
2.5
Paul
Jeff Beck
It s not a bad film by any means it was just slightly disappointing especially when you take into account the talents of Pegg and Frost 
2.5
Paul
Peter Canavese
The comic targets and the central manchildren bromance all feel overly familiar Still Paul benefits from Pegg and Frost s British comedic slant and the full complement of comedic talent Blu ray 
2.5
Paul
Glenn Lovell
The poster is cute the trailer cuter Paul the movie Don t ask 
1.5
Paul
John Wirt
A fun ride through a comic twilight zone 
3
Paul
Lori Hoffman
Even with a wee too many bladder jokes Paul is sweet and often hilarious 
3
Paul
David Nusair
46 46 46 elevated by the charisma of the various actors and by the enjoyably tongue in cheek nature of Pegg and Frost apos s screenplay 46 
2.5
Paul
Linda Cook
How strange that two of my favorite movies so far this year star little green men Paul the latest Simon Pegg Nick Frost movie is a science fiction comedy that s strictly for grownups It s raunchy rude and raucous 
3.5
Paul
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a sunny road trip comedy that had me smiling from the start and while there are the occasional hiccups this is still as breezily a good time at the movies as I ve had this year 
3
Paul
John Beifuss
A foul mouthed Mac and Me funnier than its mostly lukewarm reviews suggest 
3
Paul
Rafer Guzman
Well that s one joke Ninety more minutes to go 
2
Paul
Tyler Hanley
Paul is aimed primarily at comic book fans and cosmos loving adults who aren t easily offended But the phenomenal cast funny script and solid pacing help make Paul a stellar cinematic excursion for even the most down to earth humans 
3.5
Paul
Bob Bloom
Paul is a science fiction fan s delight filled with references and situations reminiscent of some iconic favorites 
3.5
Paul
Matt Brunson
Paul is ultimately a sweet homage to pop culture geeks sci fi aficionados and anyone who came of age on a steady diet of Spielberg blockbusters 
3
Paul
James Berardinelli
Paul is arguably the best science fiction comedy since Galaxy Quest 
3
Paul
Mike McGranaghan
Enthusiastically acted and sharply written A big old lovefest in honor of the classic alien visitation movies that we all hold near and dear 
3
Paul
Liam Lacey
The results it must be said are less hi larious than sporadically mid to low larious 
2.5
Paul
Lisa Kennedy
In the end as well as the middle and maybe even at the outset Paul is more often a close encounter of the middling kind 
2.5
Paul
Stephen Whitty
Beam us up Scotty There s no intelligent life here 
2
Paul
Eric Melin
It doesn t have any of the invention of the pair s last two outings Overall Paul is a genial unremarkable movie that skates by on its charm 
2.5
Paul
Rob Thomas
If you ve ever stood outside on a cloudless night gazed up at the stars and wondered if there was life on other planets and if that life would be fun to do bong hits with this is your movie 
3
Paul
Peter Travers
Paul is more a bagful of giggles Rogen is a nonstop hoot but it s the byplay between Frost and Pegg that roots the laughs in characters we care about 
3
Paul
Sean O'Connell
Infused with an appreciation of all things sci fi specifically all things Steven Spielberg
3
Paul
Erik Childress
A reference laden road trip chase yukfest that doesn t quite capture that same Spaced magic but is eventually just so likable it is hard to knock its flaws too much 
3
Paul
Michael O'Sullivan
It s more than occasionally cute if less than consistently clever 
2
Paul
Michael Phillips
What has happened to Pegg Why does he mug so Why can t he relax and let the audience come to him rather than auditioning for our affection with every reaction shot 
2
Paul
Kyle Smith
Set your humor detection capacitors for moderate to above average intake levels I haven t laughed this much since maybe last Monday but that was a particularly strong Monday 
3
Paul
Willie Waffle
A celebration of geek culture and silliness that vacillates between lowest common denominator and rewards for those who spend too much time enamored with Star Wars 
2.5
Paul
Brett Michel
It all launches an E T riff that the two Brits would have mocked in their seminal TV series Spaced 
2
Paul
Rene Rodriguez
How could so many talented people collaborate on something so dull 
1
Paul
Mike Scott
A movie that knows exactly what it is and never tries to overreach This is an unapologetic goofball romp nothing more nothing less
3.5
Paul
Chris Hewitt
I d recommend it but I d also recommend going in with medium ish expectations 
2.5
Paul
Roger Ebert
Here s a movie that teeters on the edge of being really pretty good and loses its way 
2.5
Paul
Mark Dujsik
More in love with its ability to quote an assortment of science fiction works than to actually find a comic niche of its own 
2
Paul
Dustin Putman
It s vaguely pleasant and never offensive but also predominately blah 
2
Paul
Mick LaSalle
This is a well made well plotted and sensitive movie 
3
Paul
Scott Bowles
It s not out of this world but Paul is just spacey enough to convince us the truth is out there And buzzed 
2.5
Paul
David Frese
Most of it crash lands 
1
Paul
Graham Killeen
Paul embraces sci fi culture with gleeful abandon Anybody who catches its Mac and Me reference earned their laughter years ago 
2.5
Paul
Moira MacDonald
Paul gets messy in places and is a bit overlong but overall it s great fun so much so that you wonder why the makers of dreary Hollywood comedies don t take a look at this and realize that yes you can make a funny movie without gross out humor 
3
Paul
Carrie Rickey
Because of the lethargic pace cheeky jokes become positively jowly And the easy lampoons of rednecks and bible thumpers beg to be called Close Encounters of the secondhand 
2
Paul
Wesley Morris
Never achieves the exhilarating feat of exemplifying the types of Hollywood movies it wants to unpack The airline s lost their luggage 
1.5
Paul
Walter Chaw
if there are chuckles to be had along the way they re the asthmatic superior kind that Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons enjoys 
1
Paul
Linda Barnard
A simple entertaining road trip movie that doesn t ask us to do much more than strap in and enjoy the trip 
3
Paul
Joe Williams
Somewhere between high concept and lowbrow humor Paul hits the sweet spot of a genuine heart 
3
Paul
Brian Orndorf
Gags and lines are clunky but the majority of the picture creates a swirling sense of sci fi devotion conveyed with a heartfelt tone that makes Paul feel like an elaborate inside joke most audiences should be able to enjoy 
3
Paul
Matt Pais
An alien encounter would be memorable Paul is forgotten before you get to the car 
2.5
Paul
Nick Schager
Geek is its own language and Paul speaks it fluently 
2.5
Convoy
Matt Brunson
A road movie of the yee haw variety it makes the more enjoyable Smokey and the Bandit look positively Shakespearean in comparison and even allows the dim witted The Cannonball Run to appear as mature and masterful as The Grapes of Wrath 
1
The Night Watchman
Roger Ebert
After this experience everything else seems trivial There s nothing like death to make further discussion unnecessary 
3.5
The Night Watchman
Nick Schager
Almada s attention to sound the wind blowing across the foliage creates immediate almost spiritual engagement with her milieu and its inhabitants 
3.5
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Mike Scott
It s not a film for the impatient no guns no chases no explosions What it does have is beautiful cinematography and a thoroughly positive vibe 
2.5
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Sid Smith
The cycle of youth and age and the trope of a journey come together inevitably maybe predictably but not without sparks of wisdom 
3
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Peter Schilling
It is neither engaging nor enlightening 
2
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Marty Mapes
More like homework than entertainment
2
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Michael Hardy
Perhaps inevitably the story and characters in Bab Aziz never rival the interest of its photography 
2
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Ruthe Stein
There s nothing wrong with being difficult if there s a payoff at the end Screenwriter director Nacer Khemir provides that with a visually stunning final scene that makes sense of everything that came before 
3
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Ted Fry
Using a mostly seamless series of narrative techniques the film spins a string of interconnected stories based on Sufi mysticism 
3
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Glenn Whipp
An episodic fairy tale that dazzles the eyes and sometimes tries the patience 
2.5
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
Paul Schrodt
As far as fable imports go Bab Aziz is a step up from the Disney grade moralism of Milarepa but it s even less memorable 
2
The Prince Contemplating His Soul
V.A. Musetto
The director Nacer Khemir wrote the story with the participation of Tonino Guerra who has worked with greats such as Fellini Antonioni and Tarkovsky Enough said 
3
36 Fillette
Kurt Jacobsen
A must see 
3
36 Fillette
Jeremy Heilman
By not making judgments on the characters it endows the audience with the greatest understanding of the situation 
3.5
36 Fillette
Roger Ebert
Its whole delicate existence depends on the performance by Zentout a 16 year old in her acting debut She gives a brave and convincing performance 
3.5
The World According to Dick Cheney
David Wiegand
The film probably won t change anyone s opinion of the man but that doesn t make Cheney any less of a fascinating figure 
2.5
The World According to Dick Cheney
Linda Stasi
Many expected to see Cheney not just screwed but nailed to the wall This documentary comes awfully close 
3.5
Resolution
David Nusair
the movie benefits from the strong work of its stars and an episodic and somewhat hit and miss midsection 
2
Resolution
Perry Seibert
One of the first things about Resolution that catches you off guard is the humor 
3
Good Timing with Jo Firestone
Nina Metz
Watching the special it s clear no one is thinking about their act in terms of whether it punches up or punches down There is no punching Only self deprecation And an invitation to laugh 
3
White Lies
Kam Williams
A deeply moving reminder of man s inhumanity to man in less enlightened times 
3
Louis van Beethoven
Roger Moore
No he wasn t Amadeus That doesn t mean his life can only be viewed and studied at arm s length which is all Stein manages here 
2.5
The Endless
David Nusair
the thin premise is at 111 minutes consistently stretched to its breaking point 
2
The Endless
Kimberley Elizabeth
The Endless will haunt you even if it doesn t try to frighten you outright 
3
The Endless
Federico Furzan
Confusing but surrounded by a shroud of logically designed mystery The Endless lives up to genre expectations Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Endless
Robert Daniels
The biggest lesson of The Endless is how we can allow our lives to loop around in one crappy cycle until we cop out 
3.5
The Endless
Roger Moore
The mystery is more intriguing than thrilling That goes for the performances as well 
2.5
The Endless
Ty Burr
This is Benson and Moorhead s most professionally made movie to date but they hold on to an amateurish enthusiasm that works largely for the best 
3
The Endless
Josh Terry
The interesting premise and the measured storytelling style help The Endless overcome the limitations of its modest budget and even if the final outcome isn t hugely satisfying the film should be a nice option for genre fans 
2.5
The Endless
Gary Thompson
The Endless is inventive and imaginative in a low budget DIY way it has some of the do a lot with a little spirit of those early Brit Marling independents 
3
The Endless
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Endless goes places both eerily unexpected and emotionally affecting the all encompassing monstrous beauty of this spellbinding sci fi thriller impossible to understate 
3.5
The Endless
Rob Thomas
The Endless is more of a sci fi thriller but it is exquisitely tense at times as well as intellectually engaging And when you least expect it it s funny and moving too 
3.5
The Endless
Norman Gidney
Part of the delicious joy of watching this film is by allowing it to unfold Benson s script that he also co directs with his real life sibling is a slow drip of confounding developments 
4
The Endless
Mark Dujsik
Beneath the story s weird surface there s also a perceptive study of the fraught relationship between the two brothers 
3
The Endless
David Lewis
The Endless gets into your head and keeps you alert for whatever abnormal turn comes next 
3
The Endless
Michael O'Sullivan
Spooky funny touching and very very well made 
3.5
The Endless
Matt Zoller Seitz
A movie that plays with our perceptions of time space and reality and sketches the outlines of unimaginable terror while leaving the details to our imagination 
3.5
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Leo Brady
There s so much more to be said about the performance from Faison His work here is incredibly natural an exercise in just living the character becoming who this man was and never delivering a false word 
3
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Brian Tallerico
A stunning showcase for the great character actor Frankie Faison who conveys Chamberlain s confusion and terror with palpable empathy and honesty 
3
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Linda Cook
An unforgettable true story that will have you at the edge of your seat while it moves you to tears 
4
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Roger Moore
Veteran character actor Frankie Faison gets a rare leading role and acts the hell out of this spare compact tragedy
3.5
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Dwight Brown
The entire cast breathes life into characters in ways that will haunt audiences long after the film ends 
4
Hearts and Bones
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A strong sturdy feature directing debut by Ben Lawrence son of filmmaker Ray the emotionally astute drama Hearts and Bones is both bold in its vision of the world and quietly respectful of its characters needs 
3
Hearts and Bones
Roger Moore
Isn t particularly graceful in the way it unfolds but some very fine acting a few poignant scenes and a general earnestness carry it off 
2.5
Mr. Roosevelt
Christopher James
From the characters to the situations they are placed in Mr Roosevelt updates just enough to separate itself from the pack 
3
Mr. Roosevelt
Richard Roeper
Wells is a talent as a storyteller and as a director with a nice visual touch and as a screen presence Emily is wonderful We like spending time with them Noel and Emily I mean 
3.5
Mr. Roosevelt
Sheila O'Malley
The premise of Mr Roosevelt is pretty slight but it s filled with funny performances and biting snippets of social commentary 
3
Mr. Roosevelt
Roger Moore
Quirky funnier than any movie about mourning a dead cat ought to be 
2.5
The Moving Creatures
Diego Semerene
Caetano Gotardo s triptych of short tales features a sense of experimentation and poetic license mostly seen in European cinema 
3
Fida
Namrata Joshi
Though better made than an average Bollywood flick it would appear juvenile to any self respecting thriller fan 
2
Raging Hormones
Joe Bob Briggs
The problem when people other than John Waters try to DO John Waters is that the acting gets too broad and that s what happens here with a couple of the girls so over the top they d have to tone it down for the Seaquarium dolphin show 
2
The Boy
Chuck Bowen
Craig William Macneill s film is a sporadically frightening slow burn with a fatally overlong fuse 
2
Spring Breakdown
Kam Williams
Thirty something girls gone wild 
3
Spring Breakdown
Mike McGranaghan
When I did laugh it was because of some weird little twist one of the actors gave to a line reading or some bit of physical comedy they tried It wasn t because the movie itself was actually witty 
2
Spring Breakdown
Christian Toto
Spring Breakdown Three terrific actresses in one mediocre misfire 
2
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Wesley Lovell
91 on Ala Kachuu 93 It shines a light on just how difficult life can be for women in a country where tradition dictates a woman 8217 s lot in life as a wife and mother rather than as an autonomous figure capable of self determination 46 
3.5
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Mark Feeney
This year s five Oscar nominated live action short films come from seven countries two are joint productions Which makes all the more striking the universality of the emotions on display 
3
No Date, No Signature
Shane Slater
The journey towards the conclusion is a rollercoaster of raw emotion that deftly lays bare the fragility of humanity 
3
No Date, No Signature
Godfrey Cheshire
The execution on display here posits Jalilvand as among Iran s most assured directors to have emerged in this decade 
3.5
No Date, No Signature
Chuck Bowen
Vahid Jalilvand s film is so worked out that you know that every nuance is pointed and intentional 
2
When a Stranger Calls
David Nusair
the movie s absolutely enthralling opening 20 minutes is unfortunately followed by a narrative that couldn t possibly be more anticlimactic 
1.5
Horror Express
Matt Brunson
There s much more to the film than a simple synopsis should I drop a hint that a dinosaur makes an appearance but part of its allure is that it takes all manner of detours both fun and far fetched 
3
Horror Express
Kevin Carr
It s not just a rampaging creature It s more than just a monster There s some real depth to it 
3
Horror Express
Lucius Gore
This Spanish production is one of the most entertaining and well plotted horror films of the 1970s boasts great acting plenty of gruesome gore and u2014best yet u2014Telly Savalas 
4
Thunder Soul
Kam Williams
They don t make em like Prof anymore 
4
Thunder Soul
John DeFore
Arguably the current generation of funk and soul revivalists owes a debt to musicians who forged their astonishing sound in between Algebra study sessions 
3
Thunder Soul
Matt Pais
Radiates warmth and energy from fun kind people sharing love for each other and playing music together 
2.5
Thunder Soul
Roger Moore
An uplifting and entertaining film 
3
Thunder Soul
Rich Heldenfels
A touching tribute to a teacher who managed to inspire his students not only to do good work but to live good lives 
3.5
Thunder Soul
Jesse Cataldo
It traffics in broad feeling and fluff but despite the familiarity of its themes manages to not turn cloying 
2.5
Lansdown
Steve Rhodes
A very promising first effort by writer director Tom Zuber and his first time cast and crew 
3
The Race to Alaska
Roger Moore
It apos s a playful movie 44 very much in the spirit of the engine free race it documents
3
Free Enterprise
David Nusair
uniformly superb performances 
2.5
Free Enterprise
Michael Dequina
The highly charged comic engine for the entire vehicle is none other than William Shatner 
3
Free Enterprise
James Berardinelli
When compared to other entries from the recent crop of new filmmakers crafting movies about their lives Free Enterprise stands out as one of the most entertaining and least pretentious efforts 
3
Free Enterprise
Gemma Files
Facile but fun Free Enterprise is essentially a harmless goof that packs a bit more resonance than you d expect 
3
Postcards From the Edge
Rob Lowing
When Streep and MacLaine are on screen together it s hard to know who to watch Both actresses bring a crucial authority to their roles which also gives the fluffy plotline some ballast 
3
Postcards From the Edge
Roger Ebert
Postcards from the Edge contains too much good writing and too many good performances to be a failure but its heart is not in the right place 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Matt Brunson
An odd sort of love story 44 a melancholy rumination that apos s as much about the head as the heart 46 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Federico Furzan
A spectacular film that dwelves into a primitive feeling more authentically than any other film A modern classic Full review in Spanish 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mattie Lucas
From the opening frame to the closing credits Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is unmistakably the work of a true creative genius 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Peter Bradshaw
It s a very Kaufmanesque narrative experiment technically ingenious and sophisticated It also looks like some lost comedy idea by Philip K Dick you could call this film We Can Forget It for You Retail 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gina Carbone
Walking into a theater with Charlie Kaufman on the screen is like volunteering for that wacky boat trip Willy Wonka took through the chocolate factory tunnel 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kevin A. Ranson
You won t soon forget this walk down memory lane Actually make that a RUN down memory lane 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jeffrey Overstreet
Most Hollywood films tell us we have everything we need within ourselves This movie indicates that we need each other even when togetherness disrupts happiness 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mark Dujsik
Without a connection to the central relationship all of Kaufman s musings and Gondry s visual frills would be for naught but it all fits into place 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mark Collette
Carrey gracefully paints the neuroses of a man who has no security or intimacy beyond the close grip of his gloomy knit hat 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eric Melin
Movies this brilliantly designed and executed are rarities 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Wesley Lovell
Love must flourish in the heart and soul of every romantic and emerge without trepidation or doubt 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Anita Katz
If this isn t a great film it s still a winning cerebro fantasia that is entertaining and occasionally poignant in its depiction of the callings of the heart 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
David Keyes
a wonderful little motion picture that perplexes and baffles the audience almost as easy as it charms them 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
David N. Butterworth
Significant performances from Carrey and especially Winslet highlight Charlie Kaufman s latest brain tease which might have worked a little better with concept set to medium 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dan Lybarger
Carrey can play heartbreak with the same conviction that he can perform a fart gag in one of his regular comedies 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Willie Waffle
one of those movies that dares to be about something
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind continues to come up with such amazing visuals but its real trick is that it makes us care for Joel and Clementine 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
James Kendrick
a mind bending heart tugging ode to the highs and lows of romantic love
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Erik Childress
A provocative intelligent romance that is as challenging as it is saddening
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Chris Knight
Every bit as unapologetically old fashioned and romantic as is it chronologically and visually twisted 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Glenn Kenny
A wildly imaginative hugely entertaining tour de force that asks big questions about life and love and fate while never ceasing to fully engage the viewer 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
James Verniere
Like footprints in the sand of a Montauk beach no one leaves much of an impression 
2.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Marty Mapes
Joel s head is like Dante s or Matt Groening s rings of relationship Hell
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Tony Toscano
the story s brilliance shines through despite some minor problems 
2.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Linda Cook
It s as astounding as its title is unusual 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Phil Villarreal
Blisteringly funny thought provoking and heartfelt romance 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Frank Ochieng
festive identity crisis romancer a durable love story that s surrealistic in its compelling and cockeyed wonderment Adventuresome cinema intelligent and taut
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mike McGranaghan
I fully expected a trippy experience What I didn t expect was to be so moved by the film Beautiful and life affirming 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michael Sragow
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind wants to be a bittersweet comedy about erotic loss and memory loss But it doesn t have the heart or brain 
2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sara Michelle Fetters
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind isn t just a surprise it s a bona fide cinematic miracle I m not ever going to forget 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dustin Putman
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet exude just the right chemistry a destined connection to make the love story between them ring with emotion and vitality 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Moira MacDonald
It s a scruffy blurry puzzle to put together and well worth the effort just be sure to clear a tabletop for it in your mind 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mick LaSalle
The thinking is shallow The emotions are tepid But the creativity is dazzling 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
James Hebert
The movie s tone which is as naturalistic as the plot is fantastic heightens the tantalizing sense that maybe finally this is the real Carrey we re seeing 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joe Baltake
Carrey is essentially the straight man yet he s rarely been funnier And Winslet is perfect as the model of an unstable woman who s bad news but irresistible 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kim Morgan
Though certainly elliptical and challenging and it moves well past the typical romantic notions it gently attacks it s Kaufman s most universal and accessible film to date 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lou Lumenick
Audacious thought provoking and ruefully funny 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jack Mathews
A masterpiece Probably Ingenious Absolutely Unforgettable I ll see you at the 10th year anniversary 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Glenn Whipp
An amazingly complex and yet strikingly affecting look at love life and memory that gives us one of the great movie love stories ever told 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Loey Lockerby
One of the most realistic movies ever made about the unpredictable impact our experiences have on our sense of self 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rick Groen
The twists here are the rare sort that seem both narratively surprising and emotionally engaging particularly the one that boxes us into this interrogative corner 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jeff Vice
The pairing of Carrey and Winslet may sound like a stretch but both make it work with terrific performances 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lisa Kennedy
A loving often rigorous look at love gone awry 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Roger Ebert
Despite jumping through the deliberately disorienting hoops of its story Eternal Sunshine has an emotional center and that s what makes it work 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ty Burr
Hectic muffled maddeningly near brilliant 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jeffrey Westhoff
Exhilarating cinema entertaining and challenging bizarre yet truthful In many ways it works like a dream 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Austin O'Connor
H ow does Kaufman keep coming up with these things How does he keep remembering to forget all the rules 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sean P. Means
The cluttered direction by Michel Gondry who made a botch of another Kaufman screenplay Human Nature keeps this story from soaring higher than it does 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kit Bowen
Charlie Kaufman has succinctly combined his innate quirkiness with his intuitive imagination to create one of the more ingenious yet simplistic love stories ever written 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joe Lozito
Writer Charlie Kaufman spins another tale of the search for love among the maladjusted this one a head spinning combination of Groundhog Day and Memento featuring Jim Carrey s best performance to date 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ken Fox
It s both a brilliant piece of visionary filmmaking and a deeply romantic love story and while Charlie Kaufman s script will undoubtedly become required film school reading it s the performances that really make it play 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Claudia Puig
A poignant story set in a clever plot amidst exceptional performances 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rene Rodriguez
A thoughtful audacious meditation on love and relationships that finds a group of wildly disparate talents clicking together in perfect unison 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Terry Lawson
What s lacking is what the movie is ostensibly about the heart that so often leads us to fall in love with the wrong people at the wrong time 
2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lawrence Toppman
Daffy gratifyingly inventive 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Glenn Lovell
At once heartfelt and hilarious another Kaufman esque mix of black comedy shaggy dog romance retro sci fi and metaphysics 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Duane Dudek
The real breakthrough comes from Kaufman whose absurdist sensibility has finally coalesced into narrative maturity 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
David Sterritt
Spreads the brightest cinematic sunbeams of the season 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Walter Chaw
I m haunted by its ability to formulate the impossible complexity of the will to love to the screen 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Chris Hewitt
It s a beautiful sad profound film and although parts of it may remind you of other works of art it is like nothing you ve ever seen 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Steven Rea
It s a trippy but tender examination of human emotions relationships all consuming love 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
John Anderson
Ingenious eccentric and very moving 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
James Sanford
While Kaufman has sprung some world class brainteasers on us before Sunshine is the first screenplay he s written that hits the heart 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rob Blackwelder
Ingeniously idiosyncratic Charlie Kaufman wraps his head around themes of lucid dreaming and lost love in Eternal Sunshine and once again hits the Freudian jackpot 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mark Caro
You constantly appreciate Kaufman s intelligence and Gondry s lively filmmaking 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Josh Larsen
this isn t a romance about the flowering of first love but about learning how to make a mature love stay in bloom 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Nick Rogers
Wholly romantic but Kaufman focuses less on the grand and sappy and more on those moments where a heartstring tug is inexplicable to anyone besides those doing the pulling 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Steven Snyder
A dizzying film that pulses with confusion fantasy and heart asking questions about memory and the nature of love that one can t help but apply to his own life 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Emily Blunt
By its delightful end Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will have you heart mind and soul 
4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
James Berardinelli
A unique romantic comedy unfettered by the normal expectations of the genre is a rare and wondrous thing 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Steve Rhodes
Great concept but mediocre movie 
2.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jeanne Aufmuth
Delightfully demented and edgy enough to sustain interest 
3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Peter Travers
A remarkable film that can coax a smile about making the same mistakes in love and then sneak up and quietly break your heart 
3.5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jeremiah Kipp
Michel Gondry s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a comedy that has the bracing fright of an identity crisis horror film 
3.5
Robbery
Kent Turner
A forensic examination of the making of a crime Robbery keeps pace with other 60s capers Topkapi and overtakes others The Italian Job 
3
Robbery
Roger Ebert
We don t need to be told why a man would rob a bank we just want to know how he gets away with it right 
3
Ragtime
James Kendrick
The film flounders in its rhythms and the editing is sometimes jagged suggesting that there should be more than there is
2.5
Ragtime
Peter Canavese
Somewhat disjointed and while it doesn t quite get its hands around the novel still enjoyable with a great cast Blu ray includes the 19 minutes longer director s cut with the 4K restoration of the original theatrical release 
3
Ragtime
Matt Brunson
Although often episodic in nature the picture manages to successfully link its various looks at a growing nation too giddy to address its mounting sins and scandals 
3.5
Ragtime
Larry Vitacco
Forman s deft handling of Weller s teeming screenplay is a testament to his skill as a filmmaker 
3.5
Ragtime
Roger Ebert
The great achievement of Ragtime is in its performances especially Howard E Rollins Jr and the changes he goes through in this story 
3.5
End of the Spear
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Through the harrowing experience of two men as told in End of the Spear Steve Saint and Mincaye moviegoers can learn the power of forgiveness and reconciliation 
3
End of the Spear
Linda Cook
I knew nothing about this movie going in u2026 nothing When I came out I swore I would do everything I could to let people know about the wonders of End of the Spear 
3.5
End of the Spear
Jonathan R. Perry
No level of noble intent by the filmmakers can compel me to recommend a work of cinema that s this cheap simplistic and sloppy 
1
End of the Spear
Ken Fox
This ersatz jungle adventure is really a thinly disguised Sunday School lesson in faith charity and the savagery of life without Christ 
1.5
End of the Spear
Ruthe Stein
Too bad this sincere but inept movie doesn t do justice to any of the real people whose powerful story it tells 
1
End of the Spear
Gary Goldstein
End of the Spear is so ineptly rendered it all but erases the importance of the events it strains to honor 
2
End of the Spear
Steven Rea
This is a movie albeit one with a great gripping story shot through with meaningful glances middling performances and melodramatic music cues Pity 
2
End of the Spear
Stephen Whitty
Filmmakers don t need stories with a religious agenda any more than they need ones with an irreligious one They don t need stories with any agenda frankly They just need good stories 
2
End of the Spear
Lou Lumenick
This undramatic would be piece of inspiration seems like made for TV fare for the Christian Broadcasting Network before it morphed into the Family Channel 
1.5
End of the Spear
Jami Bernard
Though designed by director and co writer Jim Hanon to be spiritually uplifting the story feels as whitewashed and disingenuous as an episode of Lassie with the natives emerging as savage buffoons 
1.5
End of the Spear
Robert W. Butler
Whether or not you re religious End of the Spear tells a compelling and moving story that leaves you wondering at the human heart s capacity for love forgiveness and change 
3
End of the Spear
John Monaghan
The production is sometimes so handsome the scenery so compelling that you almost forget about the melodramatic missteps and the bad wigs 
2
End of the Spear
Wesley Morris
Not an emotional powerhouse so much as a dutiful public service announcement 
2
End of the Spear
Jon Niccum
This generally engrossing Christian parable is the type of film that conservatives will overpraise and liberals will overcriticize 
2.5
End of the Spear
James D. Davis
A nuanced occasionally beautiful work though not flawless 
3
End of the Spear
Allison Benedikt
End of the Spear is a childish and visually repetitive movie ham fisted proselytizing and overtly simplified 
1
End of the Spear
Ed Gonzalez
The Waodanis await a film that humanely considers their conversion as intensely as this film single mindedly sanctifies those who turned them away from killing 
1.5
Future TX
Roger Moore
They make D movies for kids in Dorset 63 Who knew 63 
1
Maigret's Dead Man
David Wiegand
Screenwriter Stewart Harcourt makes his point telling us something about Maigret and his wife 
3
Out
Joshua Tanzer
A surprisingly good natured black comedy about corpse mutilation by mistreated Japanese housewives 
3
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Carrie Rickey
By all evidence to make Nerds II it took over 1 000 people with an aggregate IQ of under 1 
1
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Candice Russell
One hopes that more inspiration comes to the creation of Nerds III which already is being planned The essence of the nerds needs to be resurrected 
2
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Dave Kehr
The leading characters may have high IQs but most of the humor rests a few degrees south of lowbrow 
2
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
James Kendrick
has little to offer that wasn t done better by the first movie
1.5
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Roger Ebert
If the filmmakers had possessed an ounce of imagination they would have invested the Tri Lambs with true nerd dom and then watched them try to overcome their nerdy tendencies 
1.5
Assault on Precinct 13
David Nusair
a seriously erratic early effort from an otherwise masterful filmmaker 
2.5
Assault on Precinct 13
Matt Brunson
Perhaps Carpenter s best film next to The Thing this is a model of low budget filmmaking with a tight script appropriately tight lipped actors and atmospheric location shooting 
3.5
Assault on Precinct 13
Mike McGranaghan
Carpenter stages the action expertly always getting maximum impact from the moments when Precinct 13 explodes into violence 
3
Assault on Precinct 13
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Assault on Precinct 13 is one of Carpenter s best an ultra gritty cop story 
4
Assault on Precinct 13
Ed Gonzalez
there s no mistaking the modern racial and sexual politics encoded in the distinctly western elements of Carpenter s lean mean genre defying masterpiece 
4
A Day in the Country
Mattie Lucas
It s one of Renoir s most bittersweet works a film that just like the country life it depicts feels beautifully perfectly incomplete 
3.5
A Day in the Country
Matt Brunson
The seductive visuals and brief length allow it to function as a cinematic poem rather than a feature length tale 
3.5
A Day in the Country
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of his most beautiful films and one in which he purposely aped his father s painting style 
4
Down to the Sea in Ships
David N. Butterworth
A boisterous affair featuring 19th Century whaling star crossed lovers and a young Clara Bow in her screen debut 
3
Fragment of an Empire
Mattie Lucas
As bold and uncompromising as its director and its central performance by Nikitin is a truly exceptional work some of the best acting of the silent era 
4
A Very British Gangster
Maitland McDonagh
It s all eminently watchable but feels more like the run up to a larky crime picture like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels than a serious documentary 
2
A Very British Gangster
Andrew Schenker
Takes great pains to tart up its mildly intriguing subject matter 
2
A Very British Gangster
Jonathan W. Hickman
At times MacIntyre s narrative abilities in making the Manchester gangster life style appear glamorous makes you question how much of the film is real but when you get down to it the reality here is between the lines 
3.5
The Draughtsman's Contract
Jeremiah Kipp
A puzzle book for intellectual aesthetes 
3
The Draughtsman's Contract
Roger Ebert
What we have here is a tantalizing puzzle wrapped in eroticism and presented with the utmost elegance I have never seen a film quite like it 
4
90 Minutes
David Nusair
a sporadically riveting yet all too oblique piece of work 
2.5
The Way Back
Mark Meszoros
The Way Back is less a sports movie and more a character study of an alcoholic And as such it is only so compelling 
2
The Way Back
Michael Phillips
Affleck does a lot with a tailor made role by doing as little as his movie stardom will allow him 
2.5
The Way Back
Jason Fraley
We admire the script s attempt to make the character arc about something more than just basketball but the heavy dramatic elements occasionally feel cliche By the time we get to the final act you might even miss the basketball 
2.5
The Way Back
Federico Furzan
A Ben Affleck redemption vehicle that does great at portraying an honest conflict without being too melodramatic Full review in Spanish 
3
The Way Back
Sarah Knight Adamson
The recreation of the championship game is outstanding you ll feel the heightened crowd electricity and see the immense pressure of the players Ben Affleck gives an award worthy performance 
3
The Way Back
Matt Brunson
Life is messy but you wouldn t know it from watching this film 
2.5
The Way Back
Johanna Schneller
It s a solid effort There are guts here just not quite enough glory 
2.5
The Way Back
Blake Howard
The Way Back is a triumph as director Gavin O Connor fashions a tale of the redemptive power of sports and purpose and at its core is a near unbearably personal performance from Ben Affleck 
3.5
The Way Back
Christian Toto
The star s topsy turvy career hits a high note as a high school coach battling for more than a few precious wins 
3
The Way Back
Richard Roeper
Despite those momentum stalling and unnecessary detours the irresistibly cheer worthy basketball sequences and Affleck s resonant and authentic performance are more than enough to carry the day 
3
The Way Back
Mike McGranaghan
The Way Back won t be Ben Affleck s biggest hit but it s certain to be one of the most significant films on his resume The actor gives a performance that s raw and real in a way we haven t seen from him before 
3
The Way Back
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Way Back emotionally double dribbles far too often before ultimately clanking the last shot off the front of the iron just as time expires 
2.5
The Way Back
Dewey Singleton
Ben Affleck has never been better in this haunting performance that was nothing short of stunning 
3
The Way Back
James Berardinelli
Despite narrative issues the film is overall affecting and effective with Ben Affleck s powerful performance being a driving force 
3
The Way Back
Rex Reed
The plot may be formulaic but there s nothing predictable about Ben Affleck s commitment to the role of Jack or the subtlety and sincerity with which he plays it 
3
The Way Back
Tom Meek
The Way Back might not be an instant classic but it is a sobering spin on hopelessness and despair and finding the way forward 
2.5
The Way Back
Sheila O'Malley
I couldn t help but notice the goosebumps covering my arms when the music swelled 
3
The Way Back
Lisa Trifone
O Connor smartly balances all this aggressive signaling with an ultimately deeply human story about love loss grief and recovery something one assumes Affleck knows a thing or two about
3
The Way Back
Keith Watson
The film makes the path to basketball glory and the road to personal redemption seem oddly effortless 
2.5
The Way Back
Rene Sanchez
Although The Way Back decides to stay true to the formula of sport dramas Ben Affleck s sincere and moving performance gives it an edge towards victory Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Way Back
Johnny Oleksinski
The Way Back turns out to be the perfect way back on screen for Ben Affleck 
3
The Way Back
G. Allen Johnson
In The Way Back you believe the idea of what Jack Gallagher is because you believe the man who plays him Ben Affleck 
4
The Way Back
Mark Dujsik
A less honest movie might find the answers to all of Jack s troubles in the sport The Way Back though denies this story such simplicity 
3
The Way Back
Soren Andersen
Clichéd as it is The Way Back is not a mawkish picture Rather it s notable for the quiet dignity that O Connor and Affleck bring to the proceedings 
2.5
The Way Back
Rafer Guzman
Aside from Affleck s quietly convincing performance The Way Back offers nothing to make it stand out in a crowded field of underdog sports movies 
2
The Way Back
Brian Truitt
Ben Affleck shoots often scores and most importantly slam dunks a seriously gripping role in his new basketball drama The Way Back 
3
The Way Back
Roger Moore
I m an Affleck fan But man if you don t let us see the suffering what s the point 
2
The Way Back
Rosalie Kicks
Hidden in Gavin O Connor s pseudo sports drama The Way Back lies a compelling relatable story about a person that is seeking their purpose 
3
The Way Back
Katie Walsh
Though the focus is on Jack s journey back to himself through the device of basketball the best moments in The Way Back are the basketball itself The game is what makes The Way Back hum not Jack s tragic backstory 
2.5
The Way Back
Ty Burr
Can a film be a compendium of clichés and still feel emotionally honest The Way Back is a test case and aside from the commitment shown by its cast the answer is sorry no 
2
The Way Back
Mara Reinstein
Ben Affleck is still portraying a version of the Tortured Good Guy with a Past but he exposes his vulnerabilities in ways that audiences have rarely seen 
2.5
The Way Back
Joey Magidson
Ben Affleck has rarely been better than in The Way Back Tapping into his personal demons he gives a haunting performance that deserves to be honored at the end of 2020 
4
The Way Back
Lindsey Bahr
Affleck carries the film well on his larger than usual shoulders capably showing all sides of a down on his luck alcoholic the funny the sweet the explosive and the self destructive 
2.5
Wool 100 Percent
V.A. Musetto
If Tim Burton were to go to Japan to make a movie about two elderly sisters living in a house filled with junk and a girl who invades their lives and spends day and night knitting a red sweater it would be something like Wool 100 
3
Bloodline
Meg Jones
Tedious 
1.5
Bloodline
Kam Williams
If you re a conspiracy buff who believes The Da Vinci Code and who wants further proof that Jesus was just a man then have I got a flick for you 
1
Bloodline
Rob Humanick
As purportedly nonfictional cinema Bloodline poses an implicit dilemma to viewers and critics How do we know if what we re watching is real 
2.5
One Night Stand
Mike Clark
The acting hits all the right notes especially Wesley Snipes as a married man drawn into a fling with a stranger Nastassja Kinski and Robert Downey Jr in a stripped down portrait of a gay man dying of AIDS 
3
One Night Stand
Steve Rhodes
Suffers from its aloof and uninviting approach 
2.5
One Night Stand
Roger Ebert
The result is peculiar I liked almost everything about the film except for the central relationship which struck me as just an excuse for everything else 
3
One Night Stand
David N. Butterworth
The performances are all fine it s the writer composer and director Mike Figgis all that spoil the show 
2
One Night Stand
Michael Dequina
After a promising start this look at adultery loses its way and in the end anything resembling a point 
2
It's a Disaster
Jason Buchanan
Despite the strength of his writing and his cast Berger still falters when it comes to the final act 
2.5
It's a Disaster
Rick Groen
The humour may not be wickedly black but once in a while it s amusingly beige 
2.5
It's a Disaster
Peter Howell
You need better dialogue than Berger supplies to help It s a Disaster make a liar out of its title 
1.5
It's a Disaster
Jim Emerson
The movie s funniest touches are quiet flashes of character expertly timed and nimbly played by a deft ensemble It s a Disaster is consistently funny but you wince more often than you laugh out loud 
3
It's a Disaster
Robert Levin
The apocalypse is the catalyst for a dissection of modern self absorption there s nothing like a major disaster to rouse you from a technologically induced zombie state 
3
It's a Disaster
Stephen Whitty
Berger never takes the camera more than a few yards outside the house but that s fine there s plenty going on inside as characters carom off each other like billiard balls slipping down pockets of misunderstanding and jealousy 
3
It's a Disaster
Lou Lumenick
A practically laugh free vanity comedy with C listers facing the apocalypse in the form of a nerve gas attack on Los Angeles 
1
It's a Disaster
Tina Hassannia
The film flirts with big ideas about adult relationships but fails to locate any gravitas about its characters existential or psychological crises 
2
Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Marty Mapes
Real life cads live large and give offense in swinging 60s Denmark
2.5
The Revisionaries
Chuck Bowen
Scott Thurman captures not only the fear and anti intellectual resentment and insecurity that govern the dictations of the far right but also the rampant unchecked egotism 
3
35 & Ticking
Kam Williams
Takes an amusing look at the state of black on black romance in the 21st Century 
2.5
35 & Ticking
Stephanie Merry
It s a familiar setup for an ensemble dramedy about relationships If only the movie had a heart 
2
'Til There Was You
Mal Vincent
It has some very bright witty even sharp moments but for the most part it is inflicted with too much plot and not enough emotion 
2.5
'Til There Was You
John Petrakis
I had mixed feelings about the slow ride but one thing is certain This film could have been a lot stronger if it was a lot simpler 
2.5
'Til There Was You
Jami Bernard
It tries for fizzy but there s hardly a bubble in it 
2
'Til There Was You
Michael Ollove
Very little is amusing in all of this the lighting is murky the sound is mumbly and will someone please tell the piano player to knock it off 
1
'Til There Was You
John Hartl
Alas first time director Scott Winant and screenwriter Winnie Holzman rarely get beyond the cuteness of the story s structure 
2
'Til There Was You
Dennis King
Coincidence follows coincidence as the story moves predictably toward its pre determined ending But not before Winant and Holzman parade an annoying array of thinly drawn eccentrics and weirdos across the screen by way of fleshing things out 
1
'Til There Was You
Jean Hacklander
Sometimes funny but often plodding 
2
'Til There Was You
Maitland McDonagh
Graceless star Tripplehorn who s called upon to execute a painful series of pratfalls in a high tech restaurant is not a natural comedian and overall the movie is awkward and leaden 
2
'Til There Was You
Leonard Schwarz
The film s real irony is that Gwen and Nick are so annoying that they deserve each other 
2
'Til There Was You
Rob Blackwelder
It is so poorly executed that if you didn t know going in that these two were supposed to meet you d never figure out what the movie is about 
1.5
'Til There Was You
James Berardinelli
The payoff such as it is is distressingly anticlimactic and results in frustration 
2
'Til There Was You
Steve Rhodes
With dialog like this why did the producers go forward with this project The movie needs a rewrite and a new director 
1
'Til There Was You
Andy Seiler
A fragmentary and amateurish fairy tale 
1.5
'Til There Was You
Ruthe Stein
Tripplehorn and McDermott don t look as if they belong together and aren t strong enough actors to overcome their physical incompatibility So there s no sense of urgency about them getting together 
2
'Til There Was You
Roger Ebert
Here is the most tiresome and affected movie in many a moon a 114 minute demonstration of the Idiot Plot in which everything could be solved with a few well chosen words that are never spoken 
1.5
'Til There Was You
Barbara Shulgasser
Even if they never met nothing about this movie would be different except the last two or three minutes Not exactly a ringing example of great writing or involving direction 
2
Turning Green
Andrew Schenker
An Irish set comedy drama Turning Green is not particularly comic or compellingly dramatic 
1
The Air I Breathe
Claudia Puig
Each story has its moments but Air lacks an overarching vision 
2
The Air I Breathe
Ken Fox
Aside from demonstrating how liberation and change can occur even at the most dire turn of events it s not exactly clear exactly what his overly ambitious drama is trying to say 
2.5
The Air I Breathe
Kyle Smith
Brendan Fraser is Pleasure Sarah Michelle Gellar is Sorrow Kevin Bacon is Love Forest Whitaker is Happiness and the director is Pretension 
1.5
The Air I Breathe
Jack Mathews
I can t fault any of the actors for anything other than bad judgment Their performances are fine but a good fortune cookie might have told them to stay away from this 
2
The Air I Breathe
Gene Seymour
With any luck The Air I Breathe should be the last gasp of the faux Altmanesque school of serendipitous storytelling 
1.5
The Air I Breathe
Nick Schager
A breathtakingly bad Altman rip off that seems like a wholly unintentional parody of multi narrative films 
.5
The Nun
Pat Brown
Neither La Religieuse nor its main character is ultimately able to see a way out of alienated individualism 
3.5
The Nun
Keith Uhlich
A garish potboiler first and a harsh critique of religious institutions last 
3
Unclenching the Fists
Rene Sanchez
A poignant coming of age drama elevated by its naturalistic style its powerful message and its authentic performances Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Unclenching the Fists
Diego Semerene
Unclenching the Fists is a tale of how the desolation of a nation inhabits and engraves a woman s body 
3
Radio Unnameable
John Hartl
You re overwhelmed by the feeling that you ve seen this tale of corporate greed and arrogant mismanagement before Still the filmmakers tell it with gusto 
3
Radio Unnameable
V.A. Musetto
Directors Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson weave together archival visual and aural materials along with new interviews with Fass his wife Lynnie and other WBAI alumni 
3
Radio Unnameable
Bill Weber
While crediting free form radio pioneer Bob Fass with changing the culture of broadcasting this doc remains clear eyed about the decline of community radio and the New Left 
2.5
Fan Girl
Jack Moulton
Scott Adsit is the highlight of the familiar faces as the overenthusiastic film teacher Maybe watch it for these guys but otherwise it s skippable 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Mattie Lucas
A lot of pretty faces in pretty costumes making each other and the audience completely miserable 
2
Brideshead Revisited
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Julian Jarrold has made a beautiful film that marvelously captures the heady atmosphere of the novel and coaxed compelling performances from his three young leads 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Mike Scott
A bleak and often befuddling 2 hour 15 minute disappointment 
2
Brideshead Revisited
Janos Gereben
Thompson s work is especially dazzling because the mean sanctimonious character is so clearly alien to the actress 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Alissa Wilkinson
Though a story of the disappearing tradition of aristocracy Brideshead Revisited is at its core a tale of the outworking of God s grace in people s lives 
3.5
Brideshead Revisited
Austin Kennedy
This is a beautiful production that doesn t succeed due to a major casting blunder and how the story switches focus in the final act 
2
Brideshead Revisited
Bob Bloom
It is all very civilized with people retaining their manners even as they verbally shred an individual s dignity or remind them of their station in the social order 
3.5
Brideshead Revisited
Chris Hewitt
There s a reason Emma Thompson looms over the posters for Brideshead Revisited She has a smallish part but she makes a huge impact 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Sean P. Means
Jeremy Brock s screenplay hits the high spots but leaves many characters particularly the status striving Charles sketchy and incomplete 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Connie Ogle
Thompson though is marvelous with understated precision and grace she makes every word count Also excellent is Michael Gambon 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Amy Biancolli
What s missing from Goode s performance and from the film as whole is the layer upon layer of accumulated motive the gradual evolution of a man s complex desires and even more complicated fears 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Lawrence Toppman
The fine acting benefits from luxury casting Thompson and Michael Gambon as Sebastian s separated parents and the intensity of Goode and Atwell 
3
Brideshead Revisited
John Beifuss
When the increasingly anguished and dipsomaniacal Sebastian exits the story he takes much of our interest with him 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Duane Dudek
Its scope is broad it has three flashbacks in the first 10 minutes before sticking with the 1920s and 1930s but its focus is sharp 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Jeff Vice
A slowly paced uninvolving revisitation of Waugh s novel 
2
Brideshead Revisited
Phil Villarreal
Plays like a SparkNotes version of a homework assignment you put off until it was too late 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Matt Brunson
If you don t have time to savor the 300 plus pages of Evelyn Waugh s 1945 novel or all 11 hours of the 1981 British miniseries then a quick gulp of this 135 minute adaptation might suffice 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Claudia Puig
The saga ultimately lacks the emotional wallop of the TV version But its clever writing strong performances and sumptuous production design make for a rich experience nonetheless 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Ken Fox
With a masterfully economical screenplay by Jeremy Davies Jarrold s version of Waugh s novel wastes no time with subtleties 
3.5
Brideshead Revisited
Susan Walker
Director Julian Jarrold and writers Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies have not surpassed their predecessors but neither have they done any lasting damage with their interpretation of the 1945 novel 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
David Wiegand
A very noble movie which makes it interesting at times but not often enough 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Stephen Whitty
Thompson and another great veteran Michael Gambon who shows up as her estranged husband and Waugh s wit are reason enough to revisit this Brideshead 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Kyle Smith
Feels like a lot of other costume dramas The phrase Brideshead Regurgitated creeps into mind 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Glenn Whipp
The movie may not be a masterpiece but it makes for good theater all the same 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Moira MacDonald
Brideshead Revisited it turns out deserves a revisit 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Peter Canavese
No classic but it does hold interest in part by dealing honestly with the intriguing religious themes and in part for its fine cast 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
Josh Larsen
It s like three movies about a single book in one
2
Brideshead Revisited
Carrie Rickey
The film is plush and passionate and graced with elegant performances Best is that of Emma Thompson as Brideshead s matriarch Lady Marchmain who resembles a cross between Helen Mirren s Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Liam Lacey
Threaded through with ambivalence about class religion and sexuality Brideshead Revisited is overnuanced a world of delicate cruelty where most of the wounds take place without breaking the skin or even a sweat 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Roger Ebert
A good sound example of the British period drama mid range Merchant Ivory you could say 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Willie Waffle
If you go with a group of friends to see Brideshead Revisited the one who is still awake at the end wins a free dinner from the rest of the group 
0
Brideshead Revisited
Michael Phillips
Thompson Goode and Atwell make for fine screen company despite Emma Thompson s arguable miscasting 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
John Anderson
A lush bold intellectual treatment of the Evelyn Waugh novel about Catholicism and nonconformity which ventures where the fabled 80s miniseries couldn t 
3
Brideshead Revisited
Dan Callahan
This new Brideshead takes a step in the right direction but it s time some radical writer or filmmaker dared to leave out the dim Julia charade and let Charles and Sebastian play out their Isherwood Auden Oxford love match to its full 
2.5
Brideshead Revisited
James Berardinelli
For those with an affinity for this kind of movie and you know whether this applies to you Brideshead Revisited is a worthy although not superior motion picture 
3
I Vitelloni
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Masterpiece Its influence can be seen everywhere from Mean Streets to Pixar 
4
I Vitelloni
Lisa Kennedy
What stays fresh and enhanced by the beautifully restored black and white print is how so many of Fellini s gifts and obsessions are already apparent in this early work 
3
I Vitelloni
Michael Wilmington
One of the screen s great portrayals of the hell raising and malaise of young men in their 20s 
4
I Vitelloni
Mick LaSalle
A must see for Fellini enthusiasts and a worthwhile investment for everyone else 
3
I Vitelloni
Glenn Lovell
Besides being the film that most influenced Martin Scorsese s breakthrough Mean Streets this 1953 release remains the last word on friendship and disillusionment 
4
Spotlight
Brian Eggert
McCarthy s sobering drama affects on multiple levels from personal to spiritual 
4
Spotlight
Wesley Lovell
A glimpse behind the scenes of the Boston Globe s revelatory articles exposing pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church takes few prisoners and paints the staff of the Globe as heroes who had to put aside their own cherished beliefs to bring about justice 
4
Spotlight
Pamela Powell
The truth is sometimes hard to swallow but Spotlight reminds us that we can t turn a blind eye 
4
Spotlight
Barbara Vancheri
Birdman couldn t do it but Spotlight just may win Michael Keaton an Oscar 
4
Spotlight
Michael Phillips
Ruffalo gets top billing in the movie and he brings some wonderfully lived in behavioral details to his performance the quick terrier like movements of the head and the bitten off sentences 
4
Spotlight
Sean P. Means
The other great thing about Spotlight is that it never shouts out its message McCarthy employs the secret every good reporter knows Let the facts speak for themselves and they will make your story worth the audience s time 
4
Spotlight
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spotlight giving center stage to unsung warriors for truth who understood telling the story right without embellishment without melodramatic editorial excess was the greatest victory of them all 
4
Spotlight
Sonny Bunch
Shattered Glass is still the best movie about journalists I ve ever seen but Spotlight is definitely the best movie about journalism 
3
Spotlight
Max Weiss
Spotlight is acted and directed with great urgency and a little bit of necessary dread 
3.5
Spotlight
David N. Butterworth
Now this is more the Tom McCarthy Director we know and love 
3.5
Spotlight
David Keyes
A stirring assessment of the right and wrong of our humanity in the volatile world of a changing newsroom 
4
Spotlight
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Spotlight is not just an impaccably performed film it is also a relevant story that all audiences should see Full review in Spanish 
4
Spotlight
Phil Villarreal
A tough and firm movie thorough and fierce 
3.5
Spotlight
James Kendrick
a solid workman like evocation of how journalism when done right and for the right reasons can be a saving grace and an invaluable corrective to power run amok
3.5
Spotlight
David Nusair
one of those movies one admires more than one wholeheartedly enjoys 
2.5
Spotlight
Mike McGranaghan
Riveting from its first second to its last With a smart script perfectly paced direction and superb acting this is a work that manages to be as entertaining as it is important 
4
Spotlight
John Serba
Destined to be one of the great film procedurals 
4
Spotlight
Scott Nash
A gripping story of investigative journalism 
3.5
Spotlight
Kent Turner
The re creation of the local atmosphere adds credibility to the star power At its most stripped down and plainspoken Spotlight allows the record to speak for itself 
3
Spotlight
John Beifuss
The movie is essentially a procedural it never detours from the investigation to spend time with a priest or a victim at home Spouses and significant others are mentioned but rarely seen domestic drama is more or less irrelevant 
3
Spotlight
Linda Cook
Now Steve Jobs has a competitor for Best Picture 
4
Spotlight
Matt Brunson
Spotlight is especially admirable in its restraint not only in its approach to unsettling material but also in the acting by all concerned If it isn t quite the match of the peerless All the President s Men we have to remind ourselves what is 
3.5
Spotlight
Scott Renshaw
Spotlight may make the results of old school reporting look heroic but it also makes that work look human 
3.5
Spotlight
Rob Thomas
The film takes the dogged persistent mundane work of old school newspaper reporting digging through records interviewing people connecting dots and makes it the stuff of high drama exciting and even heroic 
4
Spotlight
Brad Keefe
Movies about journalism are rarely this authentic let alone this gripping 
4
Spotlight
Lawrence Toppman
McCarthy captures the flow of information around a major newsroom back in the days when papers had the luxury to pay for year long investigations by a four person staff that worked on nothing else 
4
Spotlight
Jon Niccum
The subject already provokes rage and or revulsion without having to endure a step by step procedural But this stark and effective prestige picture makes the experience palatable by approaching the material with journalistic tenacity 
3
Spotlight
Calvin Wilson
Spotlight isn t quite as good as All The President s Men the gold standard of films about journalism But it s close 
3.5
Spotlight
Roger Moore
The best film about journalism since All the President s Men And the most important 
4
Spotlight
Bob Bloom
Spotlight avoids sensationalism telling its lurid story in a low key even keeled manner It is by far the best movie about investigative journalism since All the President s Men 
4
Spotlight
James Berardinelli
If there was a Best Ensemble acting category the cast of Spotlight would be a frontrunner The film has no lead actor but there are five or six strong supporting performances 
3.5
Spotlight
Christy Lemire
Like the story being reported within the film Spotlight is simultaneously emotional and clear eyed It s an explosive yet necessary piece of journalism in and of itself And it s easily one of the year s best 
4
Spotlight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It may even be the best newspaper movie since All the President s Men although its conspiracy story cuts deeper molested children rather than crooked politicians and its villain the Catholic Church more dangerous 
3.5
Spotlight
Robert Horton
Spotlight creates excitement from the day to day business of recognizing uncomfortable facts 
3
Spotlight
Neil Rosen
A brilliant absorbing film 
4
Spotlight
Josh Larsen
defined by Keaton s blah button down shirts and McAdams grown out roots 
3.5
Spotlight
Barry Hertz
A remarkably assured and tight retelling of the Boston Globe s investigation into the Catholic Church s legacy of child abuse and cover ups 
3.5
Spotlight
Ann Hornaday
It s not a stretch to suggest that Spotlight is the finest newspaper movie of its era joining Citizen Kane and All the President s Men in the pantheon of classics of the genre 
4
Spotlight
Moira MacDonald
Though Spotlight is definitely a reporter as hero story and along the way a bittersweet love letter to the kind of investigative journalism that s increasingly disappearing the film doesn t let its characters off the hook 
4
Spotlight
Steven Rea
Inspiring stuff the stuff of Hollywood all the way back to Frank Capra and before a story of scrappy underdogs determined to get to the truth and toppling the mighty in the process 
4
Spotlight
Anders Wright
It tells a tremendous story of journalism from behind the scenes creates vibrant well acted characters inhabited by terrific actors and truly reminds us of the value and importance of journalism and its place in our society 
3.5
Spotlight
Mark Dujsik
This is a film that not only understands the journalistic process but also respects it enough to delve into the particulars 
4
Spotlight
Richard Roeper
It s one of the best movies I ve ever seen about the art and the science of newspaper reporting
3.5
Spotlight
David Berry
For a story of such monumental scope which asks some awfully big questions about what constitutes good writer director Tom McCarthy seems finely attuned to minor but infinitely human moments 
3.5
Spotlight
Dann Gire
I watched Spotlight in awe of the raw power that McCarthy s restrained meticulously measured direction generates from his ruthlessly tight screenplay with Josh Singer 
4
Spotlight
Chris Hewitt
IIt s important and it s gripping 
3.5
Spotlight
Rene Rodriguez
Spotlight doesn t wallow in the glory of old media ethics or lament the ongoing death of newspapers but the movie quietly celebrates the rigorous standards of journalism that are dissipating in this era of click baiting and Twitter outrage 
4
Spotlight
Mick LaSalle
The movie finds drama not in telling the audience what it doesn t know but in showing us people finding out the scope and dimension of what we already know and then letting us see them react with shock horror and a firm sense of purpose 
4
Spotlight
Matt Pais
Should be called brilliant by anyone regardless of where they work 
4
Spotlight
Randy Myers
One of the most accurate depictions of journalism put on film perhaps even the finest example we ve seen yet It s easily one of 2015 s best films 
4
Spotlight
Peter Canavese
Smart and stinging Spotlight excels not only in depicting the stonewalling around the scandal but also the double talk conversations from within and without the Globe that don t say but don t not say Don t go there 
3.5
Spotlight
Tom Meek
Spotlight is a rare journey into cinematic journalism that gets at the heart of its investigators subject without grandstanding the personalities or personal lives of those doing the poking around 
4
Spotlight
Brian Truitt
No need to bury the lede Spotlight is a masterpiece 
4
Spotlight
Tomris Laffly
Spotlight is an exceptional slow burn fueled by a consistently in sync ensemble of actors pulling their weight on all fronts 
4
Spotlight
Stephen Whitty
This tautly directed terrifically acted movie springs from a Boston Globe investigation a decade ago that led to hundreds of incidents of abuse in reality an entire perverted culture being hauled out into the sanitizing glare of daylight 
4
Spotlight
Rex Reed
The year is not over but I ve already seen my favorite film of 2015 
4
Spotlight
Sheila O'Malley
Spotlight is the kind of movie where a scene showing a group of reporters huddled over church directories taking notes in silence becomes a gripping sequence 
3.5
Spotlight
Peter Travers
A landmark film about investigative journalism and the year s most thrilling detective story Keaton and Ruffalo lead a cast of exceptional actors who could not be better or more fully committed 
4
Spotlight
Ty Burr
Tom McCarthy s movie doesn t turn its journalists into heroes It just lets them do their jobs as tedious and critical as those are with a realism that grips an audience almost in spite of itself 
4
Spotlight
Lindsey Bahr
Unlike an ongoing investigation we know the outcome here already The trick of Spotlight is making the potentially unsexy how they got there into not only one of the best movies of the year but one of the best journalism movies of all time 
3.5
Spotlight
Jesse Cataldo
By modeling its structure so closely after All the President s Men Spotlight only draws closer attention to its lack of scope and ambition 
2.5
Spotlight
Kam Williams
An iconoclastic drama that makes a convincing argument in support of the incendiary axiom The closer to Church the further from God 
4
Spotlight
Walter Chaw
If anything Spotlight suggests that it knew better than to get in the way of its story and you know I ll take it 
3
Spotlight
Clayton Davis
Honestly speaking Spotlight is the best investigative news drama this century Matter of fact behind All the President s Men and maybe The Insider it s among the best ever made 
4
Spotlight
Kenneth R. Morefield
Spotlight is a serious film both artistically and morally and it wrestles with explosive content while never feeling exploitative or self aggrandizing 
3.5
Spotlight
Lou Lumenick
What the film gets brilliantly right is how journalists can get co opted by the institutions they cover when their interests converge And just how much courage it takes to pursue a story that may alienate many of your readers 
4
Spotlight
Peter Howell
Good old fashioned journalism makes for great drama in Thomas McCarthy s Spotlight 
3.5
Spotlight
Stephen Rebello
Spotlight even with its shortcomings is high quality stuff 
3.5
Buckley's Chance
Roger Moore
A lad lost in the Outback drama that takes a bloody long time to get that lad lost in the Outback 
2
The Grand
David Nusair
A typically uneven fake documentary 
2.5
The Grand
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Decided that sticking to the formula was more important than letting something organic or crazy happen 
2.5
The Grand
Austin Kennedy
THE GRAND has it s funny moments and there were some things that I laughed hard at but it s 104 minutes which is much too long to be consistently funny 
2.5
The Grand
Christian Toto
The Grand gambles on its cast s improv chops but comes up only with a pair of sevens 
2.5
The Grand
Chris Hewitt
Worth a gamble 
2.5
The Grand
John Hartl
There may be too many cooks here too many TV stars trying to make an impression in a relatively high profile independent film but they connect just often enough to leave you smiling 
2.5
The Grand
Walter V. Addiego
You eventually get the feeling that the actors are riffing mainly for each other Their attitude is We re talented trust us we know how to be funny but in the end it s mostly just a bluff 
1
The Grand
Maureen M. Hart
It s hard to believe that a lineup so stellar could generate so few laughs but there it is 
1
The Grand
Claudia Puig
The Grand is in the grand tradition of Christopher Guest mockumentary comedy satires Its greatest asset is its eclectic quirky funny cast 
2.5
The Grand
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even if you know nothing at all about the game you d be hard pressed to find better entertainment for such a modest entry fee 
3
The Grand
Jennie Punter
The card flick has usually been a standard western drama or crime deal that is until a pack of mostly veteran comic actors tried their hand at improvising Christopher Guest style in the highly amusing The Grand 
3
The Grand
Maitland McDonagh
If it never achieves the balance of broad laughs and barbed insights into human frailty of say A Mighty Wind it delivers plenty of sharply funny moments 
3
The Grand
Philip Marchand
This failure of steely intention combined with a not quite satisfactory resolution of the fates of the characters keeps the movie just shy of being a first rate comedy 
2.5
The Grand
Lou Lumenick
The sort of half baked vanity project favored by the Tribeca Film Festival Zak Penn s The Grand features a slew of recognizable faces in a fitfully funny improvised comedy 
1.5
The Grand
Jan Stuart
The Grand lacks any sort of urgency or inner propulsiveness the actors do their little goofs then hand them off to the next lending the jest the frolicking but ultimately monotonous quality of a game of tag 
2.5
The Grand
Ed Gonzalez
Did Zak Penn s The Grand an improvisational comedy set in the world of poker cast itself 
2.5
The Hater
Christian Toto
Political comedy proves short on laughs but offers empathy for Red State USA 
2.5
The Hater
Roger Moore
The cleverest thing about The Hater is the way it upends expectations just enough to keep things interesting and make you wonder How will Ally write her way out of this 
2.5
Valley of the Sun
Michael Dequina
The generally groan worthy humor makes the film far from the rollicking romp the premise would suggest 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Brian Eggert
Apart from the film s acting fans of the source material should ignore the adaptation and preserve their imagination s picture of Hawkins novel 
2
The Girl on the Train
Matt Brunson
The herrings in The Girl on the Train might be the usual shade of robust red but the film itself is largely a bloodless affair not so much a whodunit as a wellobviouslythatpersondunit 
2
The Girl on the Train
Jeff Mitchell
Four key characters concoct decisions that no actual human beings would ever ponder 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If you like your stories obvious where everything is spelled out for you then The Girl on the Train might just work If not well you have been warned 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Lisa Jensen
Emily Blunt is terrific in the complicated role of Rachel as flawed vulnerable and misguided as she often is 
3
The Girl on the Train
Brad Keefe
I went into The Girl on the Train with muted expectations and perhaps because of them came out somewhat pleasantly surprised 
3
The Girl on the Train
David Nusair
A vast improvement over Paula Hawkins plodding novel 
3
The Girl on the Train
David Keyes
A strange excursion into the tackiest of subject matters the sort that builds its leads up into objects of a misogynist agenda that is extremely mean spirited even by definitions of any normal thriller about sex and violence 
2
The Girl on the Train
Linda Cook
It s a wreck a television movie dressed up with a cinematic ensemble 
1
The Girl on the Train
Robert Levin
It s acted with great passion and helmed with steadfast commitment to a glossy psychologized aesthetic 
3
The Girl on the Train
Michael Smith
Emily Blunt is wonderful in a mediocre movie 
2
The Girl on the Train
Christian Toto
Emily Blunt is fabulous before the story embraces its inner Gone Girl 
3
The Girl on the Train
Brandy McDonnell
It s sometimes a slow and bumpy ride but The Girl on the Train eventually builds enough steam to become an intriguing and surprisingly affecting domestic thriller 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
John Serba
That it s in some ways a righteous portrayal of three caged frustrated women seems accidental Taylor would rather we recall a spiked pump in the eye than a Gloria Steinem lecture 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Mike McGranaghan
Both exhilarating and frustrating Exhilarating in that it s a rare mainstream Hollywood film filled with strong female characters frustrating in that the storytelling around those characters is needlessly muddled 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Gary Rotstein
To its credit The Girl on the Train features an unusual number of strong female roles but neither they nor their men are people we d want to spend more than the film s 112 minutes with if that 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Sara Michelle Fetters
Blunt s impressive performance is the single saving grace that keeps it from going off the rails completely 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Robert Horton
You might be vaguely curious about who did what but you won t care much about this drab batch of characters 
2
The Girl on the Train
David Frese
Fabulous performances and a multilayered narrative tighten the screws into a mysterious and ultimately satisfying thriller 
3
The Girl on the Train
Willie Waffle
Has too much filler to ever be as mysterious and full of tension as it needs to be 
2
The Girl on the Train
Kate Taylor
Whatever the locomotive power of the novel this film adaptation only limps into the station 
2
The Girl on the Train
Sean P. Means
Whatever word is the opposite of page turner a story that sits there lifeless trapped in a boredom of its own making would aptly fit director Tate Taylor s movie adaptation 
2
The Girl on the Train
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Girl on the Train is a fun ride despite its failings 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Chris Knight
The result is a mostly a bloodless thriller 
2
The Girl on the Train
Mark Dujsik
There s a distinct sense of distance from the trio of women since screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson and director Tate Taylor have latched onto the mystery 
2
The Girl on the Train
Peter Howell
Some books just can t make the leap from page turning read to big screen attraction 
2
The Girl on the Train
Dann Gire
Not a single character in this dreary and dour dramatic experience earns our empathy sympathy or good will 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
James Berardinelli
Although The Girl on the Train is a serviceable thriller it s hard not to see it as something of a disappointment 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Lauren Chval
This movie is just a faux prestigious underwhelming murder mystery I ve seen less obvious episodes of Law and Order SVU 
2
The Girl on the Train
Kyle Smith
It has about as many twists and turns as an L The third act of a movie shouldn t make you feel as though the first two acts were a waste of time 
2
The Girl on the Train
Jeff Simon
Readers of the best selling novel may be satisfied The rest of us may well find it tough work at times to get through it 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Ann Hornaday
It s a movie that chugs along smoothly and uneventfully until it pulls into a station that could have been seen from a mile away had you not already been lulled just to the edge of sleep 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Jane Henderson
The Girl on the Train is a taut psychological thriller just as tense for those who already know its conclusion 
3
The Girl on the Train
Christy Lemire
A flat and suspense free tale of pretty people in peril 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Rafer Guzman
Preposterous and slightly cheesy like an erotic thriller from the 1990s 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Ty Burr
The Girl on the Train deserves to be a minor guilty pleasure hit for its performances and hot house plotting and for its keeping of the compact of classic women s films where the heroine most wronged turns out to be most right 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Lawrence Toppman
Somehow the elements don t add up as they did on the page and Tate Taylor s leisurely direction doesn t help 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Moira MacDonald
There s a lot to recommend it most notably a quavering magnetic central performance by Emily Blunt 
3
The Girl on the Train
Mick LaSalle
The Girl On the Train may be too idiosyncratic and moody to get the credit it deserves but if there s any justice Emily Blunt should be up for awards consideration at the end of the year 
3
The Girl on the Train
Richard Roeper
It s shiny trash that begins with promise but quickly gets tripped up by its own screenplay and grows increasingly ludicrous and melodramatic to the point where I was barely able to suppress a chuckle at some of the final scenes 
2
The Girl on the Train
Dustin Putman
While the film does not add up to as much as the setup might suggest the getting there is captivating enough to smooth over its rougher edges 
2.5
The Girl on the Train
Peter Canavese
A mental health exploitation picture 
2
The Girl on the Train
Brian Truitt
The major whodunit here is who made a best selling thriller so darn boring 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Peter Travers
The movie gives away the game faster than the novel but Emily Blunt digs so deep into the role of a blackout drunk and maybe murderer that she raises Girl to the level of spellbinder 
3
The Girl on the Train
Roger Moore
A tricky psychological thriller whose tricks are less interesting than the riveting Emily Blunt in the walking wounded title role 
3
The Girl on the Train
Christopher Gray
It forgoes its promise of twisty adult thrills in favor of a grimly deadpan lecture about messy truths and false perceptions 
1.5
The Girl on the Train
Clayton Davis
The film boasts an all out amazing performance from Emily Blunt but that s about the only major highlight from this frustrating and very predictable thriller 
2
The Girl on the Train
Katie Walsh
Wilson brings themes that are latent in the book to the surface in the film exposes them to the harsh light to make them visually cinematically real 
3
The Girl on the Train
Stephen Whitty
It clearly aspires to the gourmet delicacies of the recent Gone Girl its married angst interrupted by bursts of violence But a slightly convoluted script a few flat casting choices and some uninspired direction leave it short 
2.5
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Matt Brunson
Newman s direction is as understated as Woodward s performance is magnified 
3
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Mattie Lucas
Newman wisely gets out of Woodward s way who delivers a tour de force performance that remains one of the most fully realized and painfully destructive mothers in cinematic history 
3.5
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Roger Ebert
Joanne Woodward s performance is not like anything she s ever done before 
3
Gold
Matt Brunson
Sandwiched between the releases of Roger Moore s initial two outings as 007 this benefits from director Peter Hunt s able handling of the tense mining sequences as well as engaging performances from the entire cast 
3
Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey
Kam Williams
A peaceful walk issuing a warning from the top of the world about the dangers of global warming 
3
The Devil's Doorway
Federico Furzan
A terrible found footage film that does not go by the rules when it should have done that in order to be at least decent Full review in Spanish 
1
The Devil's Doorway
Walter Chaw
The found footage approach is often criticized but I love it when it s used well and reasonably In The Devil s Doorway the conceit is effective and smart 
3.5
The Devil's Doorway
Sara Michelle Fetters
Aislinn Clarke s confident and sinister debut is more concerned with her three principal characters and their twisting moral ambiguities than it is in unleashing a bunch of nonsensical cheap scares 
3
The Devil's Doorway
Mike McGranaghan
More cerebral than your garden variety found footage picture although it still contains plenty of moments to give you chills 
3
Mickey and the Bear
Jeff Mitchell
Take notice of director Annabelle Attanasio s feature film debut 
3.5
Mickey and the Bear
Ann Hornaday
Every shot in Mickey and the Bear is scrupulously judged but never overworked or fussy resulting in a movie that is as artful as it is unforced 
4
Mickey and the Bear
Joe Friar
Rich in authenticity with superb performances by Camila Morrone and James Badge Dale One of the best Indie films of 2019 
3.5
Mickey and the Bear
Joey Magidson
James Badge Dale and Camila Morrone are achingly real here The film s script gives them plenty to do and both ace their difficult roles 
3
Mickey and the Bear
Matt Zoller Seitz
An almost perfectly realized drama that feels as if it was time warped in from 40 or 50 years ago when people still wanted to see movies about people living in the actual world 
3.5
Mickey and the Bear
Mark Dujsik
Mickey and the Bear cuts deep and to the core of a loving bond that has turned toxic 
3
Mickey and the Bear
Roger Moore
To be relished for its performances and its gritty indie cinema sense of place 
3
The Tournament
Scott Nash
With this plot gimmick it should have been more fun than it is 
2.5
Major Payne
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The problem with this movie isn t ambivalence because nothing has been sufficiently established either morally or psychologically 
1
Major Payne
Mal Vincent
The movies have yet to utilize the writing and performing talents that were evident from Damon Wayans on In Living Color 
1.5
Major Payne
Roger Ebert
Although the plot of the movie is a familiar formula the dialogue and performance are not it s a smart funny job of poking fun at all those movies where sadistic drill instructors terrorized their green recruits 
3
Foster Boy
Roger Moore
A well acted but uneven melodrama that s easier to get behind than to endorse for its cinematic realism 
2.5
Lost Horizon
Roger Ebert
The material is so slight it can hardly bear the weight of music and it sinks altogether during a series of the most incompetent and clumsy dance numbers I ve ever seen 
1
Women in Cages
John Beifuss
An unsung grindhouse gem a despairing film of pitiless integrity that functions as a corrective to the Women in Prison idea that life behind bars is action packed and titillating 
3
Catfight
Dustin Putman
Again and again Catfight verges on astonishing in its go for broke no fucks given audacity 
3.5
Catfight
Mark Dujsik
As a joke Catfight is a punch line with a really shaky setup 
1
Catfight
Sheila O'Malley
Catfight is not the story of two gals who hate each other and then realize over appletinis how much they have in common Tukel takes that tired clich and blows it to smithereens 
3
Catfight
Keith Watson
Onur Tukel attempts to connect Ashley and Veronica s barbarity to the broader callousness of American life but the satire is too blunt to really stick 
2
Catfight
David Nusair
An annoyingly smug self satisfied satire 
1
A Recipe for Seduction
Carla Meyer
Lopez is the most respectful fake Sanders yet giving Recipe s least soapy performance He brings a stoicism and a bravery to the character who can head butt a guy without disturbing his own horn rimmed specs 
3
My Favorite Wife
David Nusair
benefits heavily from Grant s charismatic presence 
2.5
From Nowhere
Rex Reed
As a film it s uneven and clumsy but as a responsible political statement about the chaos we live in now it s both enlightening and troubling 
3
From Nowhere
Glenn Kenny
From Nowhere is not a visionary work and I don t think it aims to be but it sets a coherent agenda from the get go and manages to make a credible and disquieting narrative out of that 
3
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Larry Vitacco
A free wheeling adventurous tongue in cheek yarn 
3
New Urban Cowboy
Marty Mapes
Won t win any filmmaking awards but the subject will make you think about your surroundings
2.5
Compadres
Glenn Kenny
I only stayed to the end out of professional obligation 
1
Hyena
Peter Sobczynski
I suspect that anyone who actually makes it to the bitter end will be enraged by what it does and does not contain 
1.5
Hyena
Ben Sachs
Johnson aspires to make Hyena into the stuff of classical tragedy yet he telegraphs Michael s inward transformation way too soon 
2
Hyena
Michael Phillips
At its most palatable the film recalls The Long Good Friday at its harshest it s a grotty cousin to The Bad Lieutenant There s enough filmmaking intelligence to guide Hyena through its worst excesses however 
3
Hyena
Kenji Fujishima
The Gerard Johnson film s blanket cynicism is its most shopworn quality of all 
1.5
Infernal Affairs III
Ed Gonzalez
It seemingly exists to buff its predecessors rough spots but only tarnishes their memories 
2
Criminal Law
Roger Ebert
Criminal Law is a textbook example of a movie going wrong before our very eyes because of the curious failure of the filmmakers to realize that you can toy with an audience only so long before the audience grows resentful 
2
Last Rampage
Roger Moore
More efficient than stylish but terrific performances by Robert Patrick Heather Graham Chris Browning Bruce Davison and the late John Heard make this one perfectly Netflixable 
2.5
Last Rampage
Rex Reed
An unflinching centerpiece performance by the character actor Robert Patrick as the embittered Tison is so toxic you can t take your eyes off him even when the watching gets tough 
3
Last Rampage
Mark Dujsik
I t s never quite certain what we re supposed to take from all of this 
2
Last Rampage
Derek Smith
Although Last Rampage s overarching narrative travels a well tread road it strikes a number of potent grace notes along the way 
2
Crimson Peak
Brian Eggert
Sumptuously detailed and ornamented 44 Crimson Peak lays the foundation for a macabre romance of intricate costumes 44 set pieces 44 and special effects in the tradition of classical gothic style 46 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Frank Ochieng
Aesthetically stunning and armed with a sophisticated lining of suspense Crimson Peak does not necessarily exude any real momentum of toxic scares or memorable chills Still it manages to rely on its Gothic induced romanticism that is enough
2.5
Crimson Peak
Pamela Powell
If you enjoy a bit of gore creepiness and ghouls along with a rather unusual love story then check out Crimson Peak You ll never see red in the same way again 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Sonny Bunch
Beautiful and well acted expertly staged and shot but tonally very uneven veering wildly from one style of film to another with little warning 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Max Weiss
Not only did I love every silly gothic gorgeous minute of Guillermo del Toro s Crimson Peak I m actually suspicious of those who didn t 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Walter Chaw
There s a point at which someone who is an expert in something can go from teacher to pedant 
1
Crimson Peak
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Crimson Peak is a disappointment because it doesn t have a particularly interesting plot nor does its characters end up being too charismatic even if it does show the visual inventivness of Del Toro Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Crimson Peak
John Beifuss
An exquisitely rendered color coded amplification of a Corman Poe film of the 1960s the characters intense but concealed emotions find vivid expression in the elaborate design the flayed agony of the ghosts and the infrequent but shocking violence 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Linda Cook
It isn t your grandma s gothic 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Mal Vincent
Crimson Peak is a visually stunning movie of little substance 
2
Crimson Peak
Richard Roeper
All the carefully orchestrated color schemes and all the dark corridors and secret chambers and all the flowing red metaphors in the world can t accelerate the slow patches or make us care about lead characters 
2
Crimson Peak
Mick LaSalle
Del Toro just goes for effect and the effect he seems to be going for here is something like Ew Guillermo that s really gross 
1
Crimson Peak
James Kendrick
an impressive overripe cinematic feat that makes up for its somewhat pedestrian plotting with a stunning visual imagination that impresses in both the scope and detail with which it merges so many of del Toro s cultural obsessions
3.5
Crimson Peak
Robert Levin
There s only one character that really matters in this sumptuous romantic ghost story the grandiloquent decaying mansion at its center 
3
Crimson Peak
John Serba
Del Toro co writing with Matthew Robbins nurtures the stately tone of Victorian times so he can haunt its romanticism with deeply repressed sins 
3.5
Crimson Peak
David Keyes
With a movie that looks this great why is del Toro holding his narrative back in the throes of convention It is not a sound impulse 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Josh Larsen
There are creepy old houses and then there is Crimson Peak 
3.5
Crimson Peak
John Wirt
Uneven though this horror film from Guillermo del Toro is this haunted mansion is worth a visit 
3
Crimson Peak
Matt Brunson
Del Toro has crafted a predictable movie that will likely only appeal to modern moviegoers thoroughly unfamiliar with Jane Eyre or Henry James or Bluebeard or Daphne du Maurier or heck even The Silence of the Lambs 
2
Crimson Peak
Mike McGranaghan
While it may not be Guillermo del Toro s best film Crimson Peak nonetheless offers enough phantasmagoric appeal to draw you in 
3
Crimson Peak
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s no Pan s Labyrinth but it is as intricately astoundingly designed and as entertaining as del Toro s Hellboy II The Golden Army 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Jason Gorber
Guillermo del Toro s latest dive into the darkness is a sumptuous beautifully constructed tale that feels both archaic and inviting 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Scott Renshaw
Guillermo Del Toro has long been a filmmaker who devotes nearly all of his energy to visual style but he finds a solid foundation for his twin fascinations of elaborate production design and body horror in this Gothic ghost story 
3
Crimson Peak
Leonard Maltin
Gothically impressive visuals rise story unfortunately fizzles 
2.3
Crimson Peak
Peter Travers
Guillermo del Toro doesn t merely direct movies He paints them dreams them shapes them into private fantasies Too much Of course But that s part of the fun 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Timothy Wainwright
Ultimately though Crimson Peak is a movie that s only pretty good It s fine And for this director working in this genre with this budget and this cast that s almost worse than making a bad movie 
2.5
Crimson Peak
James Berardinelli
Director Guillermo del Toro s unique visual style is on display but the story is predictable the characters are flat and the supernatural elements are red herrings 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Anders Wright
Despite its cast it s a bit thin on the acting but like all of del Toro s films it has a visual sensibility that s truly the star of the show 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Bob Bloom
If Charlotte Bronte and Daphne du Maurier had been collaborating screenwriters at Universal Pictures in the 1930s the result might have been Crimson Peak 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Stephen Rebello
The good news is that this one a ghostly gothic romance is at least a step up from Del Toro s killjoy kaiju would be epic Pacific Rim The less good news is that this one is strictly forgettable 
2
Crimson Peak
Chris Knight
Even watered down blood runs red 
3
Crimson Peak
Mark Dujsik
Crimson Peak is worth a significant deal of admiration even if that is primarily on its technical merits 
3
Crimson Peak
Ty Burr
Del Toro s creativity the joy he finds in splicing together pieces of the movies and books and characters he loves is hard to resist This is a film that believes deeply in ghosts and half of them are in its director s head 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Rafer Guzman
An extravagantly entertaining ghost story Hiddleston could be our next Vincent Price 
3
Crimson Peak
Peter Howell
You don t go to a del Toro movie for the story he co wrote this one with Matthew Robins or even the characters You go for his all encompassing imagery 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Dann Gire
Wasikowska creates a wonderful heroine with her porcelain features and lily white complexion But Hiddleston and Chastain are so overtly villainous that their reactions elicit unintended laughs 
2
Crimson Peak
Lawrence Toppman
You could justly apply many adjectives to movies by director Guillermo Del Toro but conventional wasn t one of them until Crimson Peak 
2
Crimson Peak
Michael O'Sullivan
The old fashioned good intentions of Crimson Peak like the house at the center of the film quickly get swallowed up by puddles of bright red goo 
1.5
Crimson Peak
Michael Phillips
Crimson Peak is frustrating from nearly every angle It lets the audience race ahead of the reveals while struggling to put all that tantalizingly rich atmosphere to effective narrative use 
2
Crimson Peak
Sheila O'Malley
Watching Del Toro s films is a pleasure because his vision is evident in every frame Best of all though is his belief that what terrifies him will terrify others He s right 
4
Crimson Peak
Moira MacDonald
Crimson Peak is more creepy than scary despite a couple of gruesomely violent deaths but del Toro s imagination blooms in every frame 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Karen D'Souza
This haunted house flick has all the discipline and restraint of a Spirit Halloween store Once the suspense is gone all that s left is the blood spatter 
2
Crimson Peak
Rick Bentley
The pacing by director del Toro is so slow that by the time a ghost does show up it s more apt to wake the audience than scare them 
1.5
Crimson Peak
Sara Stewart
The setting is spectacular but its ghosts underwhelm Kudos to del Toro for bucking the minimalist trend in spooky movies but his Grand Guignol spirits are so visible they begin to resemble fun house monsters 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Charles Bramesco
It all adds up to a gorgeous tone perfect haunted house filled with immediate pleasures 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Dustin Putman
A resplendently mounted thriller old fashioned in spirit and decked with lavish production values Crimson Peak is classically confident aesthetically arresting moviemaking 
3
Crimson Peak
Jake Cole
Guillermo del Toro s fussiest most compartmentalized construction filled with the most powerful sense of repression and delusion 
3.5
Crimson Peak
Roger Moore
Old fashioned and obvious but genuinely hair raising and stylishly gruesome 
2.5
Crimson Peak
Stephen Whitty
At its worst and best Crimson Peak exists in a weird parallel world where very separate rules of logic apply It s a true waking nightmare 
3.5
Thermae Romae
David Nusair
There s an expected lack of momentum here that s nothing short of disastrous 
1.5
Clerks
David Gonzalez
After 22 years 44 Clerks remains a quintessential part of 90s independent cinema 44 and the start of the career of one of the most well rounded directors and writers of this era 44 Kevin Smith 46 
4
Clerks
Matthew Rozsa
At his best Kevin Smith captures the zeitgeist of an era and becomes the voice of a generation 
4
Clerks
Alan French
This remains Smith s masterpiece and demands our attention 25 years after its premiere just as it did when it released 
3.5
Clerks
James Kendrick
an exemplar of what can happen when the stars align and someone s home movie can help foment a revolution
3
Clerks
James Berardinelli
Nothing no matter how outrageous is beyond Smith and his willingness to flaunt cinematic taboos is one of the reasons why Clerks is such a unqualified success 
3.5
Clerks
David Nusair
the film s inherent deficiencies are generally overshadowed by the distinctly earnest vibe 
2.5
Clerks
Emanuel Levy
Smith dogpiles absurdity and obscenity on top of each other The dullness of the dead end jobs is brightened by bizarre bits a fat guy asking for softer toilet paper drops dead on the toilet 
3
Clerks
Phil Villarreal
It comes from bad stock curses like a longshoreman and doesn t bring a gift Nevertheless it s the life of the party 
4
Clerks
Chris Barsanti
Cheap touching and downright nasty Kevin Smith s first feature still remains the ultimate cinematic tribute to slackers 
4
Clerks
Lori Hoffman
an utterly profane and amusing movie by first time filmmaker Kevin Smith 
3.5
Clerks
Michael Dequina
Fresh funny 
3.5
Clerks
Neil Martin
In style and execution Clerks isn t on par with its generational predecessors but what can you expect from an ex convenience store jockey writer director Kevin Smith with a 30 000 budget 
2
Clerks
Ross Anthony
a script so full of words that it probably rivals the telephone book in size 
1.5
Clerks
Roger Ebert
Clerks is so utterly authentic that its heroes have never heard of their generation 
3
Clerks
Steve Rhodes
Movies like this either work for you or they don t This one frequently put me to sleep 
1.5
The Criminal
Ian Mantgani
I thought the movie was going to follow through but it settles into a conventional man on the run formula 
2
Fresh Dressed
Dan Schindel
The story is little more than a visualized CliffsNotes of a Wikipedia article 
1.5
Fresh Dressed
Odie Henderson
The throwback elements of Fresh Dressed are probably enough for most people to thoroughly enjoy the film But nostalgia only gets you so far and I hungered for more sustenance 
2.5
Fresh Dressed
Moira MacDonald
A lively documentary about the rise of hip hop fashion 
3
Fresh Dressed
Molly Eichel
It s an interesting look at an often glossed over aspect of the subculture although the doc sags as it progresses into the mid 1990s and current modes of fashion 
3
Fresh Dressed
Stephanie Merry
A lively history of style from the street to the stage 
3
Fresh Dressed
Kam Williams
A nostalgic tribute to a materialistic generation weaned on conspicuous consumption where capped gold teeth and gaudy clock necklaces were trendy fashion statements 
4
Fresh Dressed
Roger Moore
Illuminating but feels a tad incomplete thanks to the famous and or female voices that don t weigh in on the subject of hip hop fashion history
2.5
Victoria Day
Kate Taylor
It is intensely well observed but somewhat lacking in drama It is lightly nostalgic about its moment in history It s probably autobiographical And it doesn t have much of an ending 
3
Madonna and the Breakfast Club
Alice Stoehr
It s stiff and colourless at best an act of devotion Made with much love and little skill the film is strongest as a repository for everything about Madonna before Madonna 
2
Kikujiro
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Filtered through Kitano s distant and deadpan touch the material works and it works well 
3.5
Kikujiro
Kevin Courrier
the slapstick and sentiment make for a queasy mixture 
2.5
Kikujiro
Jeremy Heilman
Kikujiro like the childhood games that its characters play offers a temporary distraction from the disappointments of reality 
3.5
Kikujiro
Rob Blackwelder
If distracting the audience from the movie s ingrained blunders is what he s Kitano trying to accomplish it doesn t work 
2
Kikujiro
Roger Ebert
You can t smile when you keep feeling sorry for the kid who is not after all in on the joke 
2.5
Kikujiro
Dave McCoy
Kitano keeps things fresh however as he skirts the usual sentimental trappings of such a story 
3.5
Kikujiro
Joe Baltake
sappy tedious and way overlong at 122 minutes 
0
Kikujiro
Steve Rhodes
the comedy never got a laugh from this critic 
2
Kikujiro
Bob Graham
The comic drama is refreshingly anti sentimental but will break your heart anyway 
3
Kikujiro
Jeff Vice
it s a refreshing change of pace coming from the all too often pigeon holed Kitano 
3
Kikujiro
Ross Anthony
too slow and too long for its own good Kikujiro gives us a juicy character so rough to like that his description must have been written on sandpaper 
2
One, Two, Three
Matt Brunson
Cagney performs at such a breakneck speed it s no wonder he retired from movies immediately thereafter only returning 20 years later for a role in 1981 s Ragtime 
3.5
One, Two, Three
Marty Mapes
The last hour of the film is an exhilarating exhausting series of gags chases and twists that will have you glued to your TV 
3.5
House of Wax
Brian Eggert
Although it s filled with stupid characters who make basic horror movie mistakes they take the detour accept a ride from a stranger investigate the creepy town etc it also has a way of getting under the skin 
2.5
House of Wax
Matt Brunson
Somehow manages to be even worse than the 21st century renditions of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Amityville Horror the mind boggles 
1
House of Wax
Bill Chambers
A 2005 review of this picture would ve registered more shock from me 
2
House of Wax
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mal actuada mal editada previsible de principio a fin y sin terror alguno de por medio es una de esas cintas que deberían haberse quedado en la fase de proyecto 
1.5
House of Wax
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After one gets past the trendy casting of Paris Hilton this above average horror flick actually surfaces from the bloody pit of remakes clutching a few decent ideas 
2.5
House of Wax
Frank Ochieng
a throwaway thriller Serra conjures up a pseudo sizzling frightfest that s not imaginative enough to force a dead tick off a shaggy dog s hind leg 
1.5
House of Wax
Linda Cook
OK guys let s just cut to the chase Paris Hilton does not bare all in House of Wax That said the show isn t as awful as I had anticipated 
2
House of Wax
Sara Michelle Fetters
Her demise is spectacularly gruesome gory and bloody and the filmmakers even throw in an entirely too obvious gag about the hotel heiress penchant for letting herself get recorded on video tape 
2
House of Wax
Bob Strauss
Fright films that deliver the shocking goods with noticeable dashes of wit and style are so hard to find these days even a flawed one such as House of Wax deserves to be given a chance 
2.5
House of Wax
Greg Maki
If you ve seen one horror movie you ll always be several steps ahead of everyone in House of Wax 
1.5
House of Wax
Mike McGranaghan
I ve got some real affection for House of Wax and perhaps that more than anything is why I wish it were just a tiny bit better 
2.5
House of Wax
Josh Larsen
Much of the film s running time is devoted to subtle provoking of primal fears 
3
House of Wax
Christian Toto
Don t blame Hilton for this misbegotten Wax job
1.5
House of Wax
Michael A. Smith
the 2nd best Paris Hilton film I ve seen this year 
1
House of Wax
David Keyes
Such a vile and despicable heap of trash that I pity any lucid person who will actually pay decent money to sit through it 
0
House of Wax
Mike Clark
When the cast starts wondering where the roadkill is someone says Follow the smell Good tip That s how you ll know where Wax is playing 
1
House of Wax
Peter Howell
A very stupid very nasty and very messy horror film 
1
House of Wax
Jeff Shannon
Wretched excuse for a horror flick 
1.5
House of Wax
Mick LaSalle
The debut feature from director Jaume Collet Serra does two things rare in the horror genre It takes its time and it actually gets better as it goes along 
3
House of Wax
Sarah Chauncey
Something s dead out there Yeah like this movie 
.5
House of Wax
Kyle Smith
The movie would have been creepier if it had shut us inside the museum and given us more creative wax based killings instead of revisiting familiar slasher flick stuff 
2
House of Wax
Jack Mathews
A remake in title only this House of Wax is mostly inspired by The Twilight Zone and the Friday the 13th movies 
2
House of Wax
Bruce Westbrook
Yet for a so called exploitation film Wax is slow to exploit Its leisurely setup is a fright challenged snooze and at nearly two hours it s bloated for a slasher flick 
1.5
House of Wax
Rick Groen
The original was shot in 3 D this by contrast is 1 D all the way 
2
House of Wax
John Monaghan
The acting in House of Wax is as horrible as you might expect 
2
House of Wax
Jeff Vice
The new remake of House of Wax proves it s actually possible for a movie to get dumber as it goes along 
1
House of Wax
Kurt Loder
House of Wax is a classic of a kind It plays its alarming carnage straight and it s very scary 
3
House of Wax
Lawrence Toppman
The filmmakers have one good idea Otherwise the picture remains imagination free 
1
House of Wax
Wesley Morris
The acting in House of Wax ranges from bad to worse 
2.5
House of Wax
Roger Ebert
House of Wax is not a good movie but it is an efficient one and will deliver most of what anyone attending House of Wax could reasonably expect assuming it would be unreasonable to expect very much 
2
House of Wax
John Beifuss
Redeemed by the surreal nightmare of its fiery finale when it s not a wicked witch but the world itself that seems to be crying I m melting 
2.5
House of Wax
Tyler Hanley
This is bad horror at its best hokey predictable and completely unrealistic 
2
House of Wax
Sean P. Means
Rookie director Jaume Collet Serra concentrates on mild shocks unpleasant bloodiness and a dank stickiness in the set design 
1.5
House of Wax
Aaron Hillis
A sadistically bland entertainment that oversells its reveals and lets its suspense drip so long that it would be nice if something anything happened 
1
House of Wax
Jeffrey Westhoff
House of Wax is not a remake of the 1953 Vincent Price movie with the same title Rather it is the umpty third version of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 
2
House of Wax
Larry Ratliff
House of Wax really heats up in the final reel That considering the subject matter is one way to bring down the house 
2.5
House of Wax
David Nusair
dominated by long unnecessarily prolonged sequences in which the various characters are either poking around where they shouldn t or hiding from a deformed maniac 
1.5
House of Wax
Willie Waffle
I wanted to see Paris Hilton die early and painfully Nothing else really mattered 
1.5
House of Wax
Erik Childress
It s sad that the film had to place Hilton front center with a video camera joke then a BJ gag before finally having a large phallic object go right through her face 
1.5
House of Wax
Jackie Loohauis
In this film Paris is the brains of the outfit 
.5
House of Wax
Steve Rhodes
The acting is so generic and dead that they might as well have poured hot wax on all the characters in the first scene 
1.5
House of Wax
David Hiltbrand
House of Wax is a sturdy and cohesive representative of what tends to be a flimsy and tawdry B movie genre 
2.5
House of Wax
David Sterritt
As a frightfest it s better than today s average 
3
House of Wax
Dustin Putman
Scary scream and squirm inducing and suspenseful it s the first unequivocally good and often downright great popcorn entertainment of the still early summer movie season 
3.5
House of Wax
Chris Hewitt
House of Wax is suspenseful well paced and other than Hilton capably acted 
3
House of Wax
Phoebe Flowers
As embarrassingly guilty pleasures go House of Wax does a decent job of molding itself to your needs 
2
House of Wax
James Berardinelli
A horror movie can get away with a lot but once it crosses a certain line it is insulting to viewers House of Wax crosses that line 
2
House of Wax
Gene Seymour
As slick as it is House of Wax basically serves up the kind of gory oozing jolts that will transport some toward a kind of antic release and others towards the nearest exits 
2
House of Wax
Robert K. Elder
The remake of House of Wax anchors itself firmly in the time honored tradition of horror exploitations 
2
House of Wax
Phil Villarreal
The camera is like a loving captive of Hilton s assured smirk and self aware demeanor It s as if she s acting while watching herself on an internal monitor 
3
House of Wax
Sean McBride
The film does everything that teen horror flicks are supposed to do but Hilton undermines it all by not even trying to act 
1
House of Wax
Peter Travers
Hilton runs the gamut of emotions from A to A minus and the others look desperate to forget that this dazzlingly dumb debacle will be on their resumes 
1
House of Wax
Scott Nash
Slasher lite
2
House of Wax
Ed Gonzalez
That s hot 
2
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
James Berardinelli
I guess plunging necklines and tight shorts aren t what they used to be Not that such a realization will hamper anyone s enjoyment of this or any other Meyer endeavor 
2.5
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Roger Ebert
What is it about Meyer that spurs critics to this hyperbole I think it is an intensely personal reaction to the visceral power of Meyer s unusual images 
3
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When is Russ Meyer going to be taken seriously as an auteur 
4
The Summer of Sangaile
Mark Dujsik
It s a movie of lovely surfaces that only alludes to and rarely explores what is happening beneath them 
2
The Summer of Sangaile
Diego Semerene
Writer director Alant Kavait s film is a string of softly weaved pictorial metaphors steeped in reverie 
3
The Summer of Sangaile
J. R. Jones
There s something cold about Sangaile 
2
Ode to Passion
Roger Moore
It s as self aware as a blind narcissist 
1.5
Cairo Exit
Kent Turner
Timely aiming to please and with a strong dose of street cred
3
Cairo Exit
Kenji Fujishima
Cairo Exit has other virtues to recommend it beyond topical relevance 
3
Blood Brother
Mark Dujsik
The movie s promise collapses under the weight of inconsistent characters and a generic cliché ridden plot 
1.5
Blood Brother
Roger Moore
What might have been a lean crime spree thriller is talked and walked slowly to death 
1
Veronica
Federico Furzan
Possession stories are not usually portrayed with such honesty Director Paco Plaza just knows how to do horror Review in Spanish 
3
Veronica
David Nusair
Plaza delivers a consistently engaging narrative that only grows more and more compelling as time progresses 
3.5
East of Eden
Matt Brunson
After testing various performers including a newcomer named Paul Newman Kazan went with the unknown Dean a move that immediately yielded dividends 
3.5
East of Eden
Walter Chaw
a reaction to our plutocracy s values and a further case for Dean as the sainted figure of rebellion that would fuel the generational schism of the 60s 
3.5
East of Eden
Dan Callahan
If you turn the sound down on East of Eden and by all means do you ll see why Dean is a legend 
2.5
Mary Magdalene
Jason Fraley
If you re simply looking for a spiritual reminder this Easter weekend the film offers the disciples Last Supper refrain His steadfast love is eternal As an objective film grade it s a 2 star take on a 4 star miracle 
2
Mary Magdalene
Richard Roeper
This is a noble effort but ultimately Mary Magdalene isn t much less of a mystery than she was at the start of the journey 
2
Mary Magdalene
Joe Friar
The film approaches Mary Magdalene with sensitivity at Terrence Malick speed giving the audience plenty of time to absorb Garth Davis eye opening film about the often misunderstood disciple of Christ 
4
Mary Magdalene
Nick Allen
Mary Magdalene moved me in a way that no previous film about Christianity ever has 
4
Mary Magdalene
Robert Horton
The film overall suffers from sluggishness you wonder whether the characters are getting enough iron in their diet 
2.5
Mary Magdalene
Mark Dujsik
W hile the film may deal with matters of religion and faith it has more earthly things on its mind 
3
Mary Magdalene
Barry Hertz
Johann Johannsson s comically overbearing score is just interesting enough to justify the entire project but Mary Magdalene is ultimately an unnecessary cinematic resurrection 
2
Mary Magdalene
Rex Reed
If the son of God dedicated his life to building a kingdom of peace and justice for the poor and oppressed could it be that he was a thumping bore while doing it 
1
Mary Magdalene
Sean P. Means
In the movie s slower passages and there are a few of those it s Mara s performance that carries Mary Magdalene through 
3
Mary Magdalene
James Berardinelli
One reason why the movie seems so emotionally hollow is because the relationship between Mary and Jesus which is supposed to be at the heart of the story isn t developed in a meaningful fashion 
2
Mary Magdalene
Joey Magidson
Mara and Phoenix try to give this life but they end up wasted Their parts had cinematic potential but it s all squandered in scene after scene that goes nowhere 
2
Mary Magdalene
Oleg Ivanov
As the plot mechanically moves through Jesus s greatest hits the narrative focuses less and less on Mary Magdalene until her life feels completely beside the point 
1
Star Light
Joey Magidson
Star Light arguably shouldn t work but the throwback vibe to B movie genre fare ultimately does 
3
Unidentified Objects
Leo Brady
It 8217 s that serious approach to the two characters internal struggles that helps push the narrative along 44 while asking us to walk in these characters shoes 44 and maybe believe them for what may seem like grand illusions 46 
3
The Mudge Boy
Steve Rhodes
Tender touching and tragic it s also rewarding and redemptive 
3
The Mudge Boy
David Elliott
You can hardly fault the details the resonant silences the sudden gushers of pent up feeling 
2.5
The Mudge Boy
Roger Ebert
The Mudge Boy is odd and intense very well acted and impossible to dismiss 
3
The Mudge Boy
Robert K. Elder
Because the camera so closely follows Duncan there s scarcely a scene he s off frame his awkwardness is bold and unapologetic he sticks close to our sympathies 
2.5
The Mudge Boy
Ruthe Stein
A little picture the names of the entire cast would fit on half a sheet of paper but it s more heartfelt than movies with 50 times the budget 
3
The Mudge Boy
Jan Stuart
Unsettling and mildly shocking at times this is an adolescent tale of the sort one might expect from Flannery O Connor or Paul Bowles if they were in the business of coming of age dramas 
2.5
The Mudge Boy
Moira MacDonald
Treads a well traveled road and needs more than a chicken to be distinctive it needs a sense of transcendence a reason to endure its sadness 
2.5
The Mudge Boy
Megan Lehmann
Hirsch gives a brave affecting performance 
3
Steam
Lou Lumenick
The clichés are thicker than the Steam in Kyle Schickner s hackneyed dramedy 
2
The End of Poverty?
Mattie Lucas
In the end it leaves the audience with a desire to make a difference and no outlet to do so 
2.5
The End of Poverty?
Kam Williams
In essence this damning documentary is a history lesson uncovering the ugly underbelly of Western Civilization from 1492 up to the present 
4
The End of Poverty?
Lauren Wissot
Perhaps most surprising of all are the parallels Diaz accidentally draws between the evil First World and the innocent Third 
1.5
Tarzan & Jane
Walter Chaw
Just when things seem like they couldn t get any worse a couple of songs by Phil Collins and Mandy Moore remind just how deep the bottom can be 
0.5
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Verne Gay
Come Inside My Mind valiantly tries to penetrate the silence 
2.5
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Odie Henderson
One is left feeling that this is the generically structured and tamer approved version of a much richer story 
2.5
The Lottery
David Nusair
An intriguing if uneven documentary 
2.5
The Lottery
Mick LaSalle
You look at all these beautiful kids with all the potential in the world and every expectation for a great life and you know that at most one sixth of them will come out of the room with a fighting chance That shouldn t be 
4
The Lottery
Bill Weber
The Lottery insufficiently dares a more probing documentary approach in addressing the crises surrounding inner city education 
2
The Lottery
V.A. Musetto
Charter schools good or bad That s the question raised by director Madeleine Sackler s timely but standard documentary The Lottery 
2
The Lottery
Kam Williams
An extraordinary expose illustrating what a crying shame it is that the public schools in the inner cities have degenerated to the point that you have to rely on the luck of the draw for a decent education 
4
Moneyball
Brian Eggert
Even if you don 8217 t care much for baseball or sports in general 44 traces of a very human underdog drama come through to render the experience a universally consumable one 46 
3
Moneyball
Mattie Lucas
Miller opens up what could have been a dry baseball procedural and turns it into a fascinating and even touching exploration of America s pastime as we know it today 
3
Moneyball
Brandy McDonnell
With Pitt and Hill swinging for the fences Moneyball does more than just get on base And as we ve learned that s the key to winning the game 
3.5
Moneyball
Rafer Guzman
Moneyball is a winner one of the freshest and smartest sports movies in years 
3.5
Moneyball
Chris Knight
Writer Aaron Sorkin works best at auctioneer speeds and some of the best scenes involve Pitt s character working the phones calling and stalling other teams managers trading players like a used car salesman 
3.5
Moneyball
David Elliott
Brad Pitt is at the top of his own game as Beane Cocky and often nonchalant he is gnawed by doubts that he tries to cover by grabbing a snack or pitching a grin 
4
Moneyball
Brad Keefe
Moneyball is a great sports movie yes but it will also cross audiences It s one of the year s finest 
4
Moneyball
Roger Moore
A thinking person s baseball movie 
3.5
Moneyball
Jeff Beck
With its wonderful performances and well written script Moneyball is one of the better sports movies of recent years 
3.5
Moneyball
Michael Dequina
Even when delving deep into stats talk one doesn t need to be at all interested in baseball much less sports geek minutiae to be hooked in 
3.5
Moneyball
David Nusair
Moneyball is in the end undone by its excessively subdued atmosphere and pace 
2
Moneyball
Sara Michelle Fetters
I couldn t take my eyes off of it and as emotionally interior and as dialogue driven as much of it the whole thing ends up being as thrilling as a big budget action blockbuster and as compelling as your typical star powered Hollywood melodrama 
3.5
Moneyball
Perry Seibert
Two features into his directing career Bennett Miller has managed to refresh not only the traditional biopic but the inspirational sports drama as well 
4
Moneyball
Linda Cook
A highly detailed fascinating slice of baseball history Moneyball will appeal to both sports aficionados and those like yours truly who are not This is the true story of how a manager met the challenge of a small budget and beat the odds 
4
Moneyball
Eric Melin
Despite being a tale of the front office it also works as a tale of the haves vs the have nots and rarely panders to its audience putting it in the higher eschelon of sports underdog movies 
3
Moneyball
Matt Brunson
Like a businessman settling into his recliner after a hard day s work Brad Pitt has slid into middle age with an ease that s both pleasurable and enviable to watch 
3
Moneyball
James Kendrick
unfolds smoothly as the kind of baseball movie that even those who couldn t care less about baseball will find engrossing
3
Moneyball
John Beifuss
Tasteful entertaining but not entirely satisfying How can you not be romantic about baseball Beane asks twice A more relevant question might be How can you be romantic about sabermetrics 
3
Moneyball
Kam Williams
A tender reminder that the heart sometimes still matters even if we now live in a technology driven Digital Age where machines lead and humans follow 
4
Moneyball
Scott Nash
An entertaining look at what could have been a very dry subject 
3.5
Moneyball
Mike McGranaghan
I m not sure I ve ever seen a sports movie quite like this and that s a major compliment 
3.5
Moneyball
Alison Gang
Just like any baseball game Moneyball has its slow points But while you re waiting for something of substance to happen there are plenty of worthwhile glimpses behind the scenes of a low budget baseball club to keep your interest 
3.5
Moneyball
Lisa Kennedy
Pitt who has a producing credit is not the sole reason this tremendous yet intimate sports tale soars over the fences The bench is deep And the script has a powerful but finessed swing 
3.5
Moneyball
Rick Groen
Moneyball is exactly like moneyball infused with intelligence amusing in its attacks on false gods but way easier to admire than to love 
3
Moneyball
Wilson Morales
With phenomenal performances given by its key leads Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill the film works on multiple levels and can be considered as one of the best films of 2011 You don t have to a baseball to enjoy this film It s pure solid entertainment 
3.5
Moneyball
Alissa Wilkinson
It inspires because it says that sometimes overlooked people are worth a second look without succumbing to a Disneyfied anything is possible if you follow your dreams trope 
3.5
Moneyball
Tyler Hanley
The unlikely tandem of Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill helps drive what is arguably the most compelling and insightful baseball themed film since Robert Redford launched a homerun into the stadium lights in The Natural 
3.5
Moneyball
Keith Cohen
Pitt is outstanding putting his heart and soul into this Oscar caliber performance Hill offers comedic relief as the awkward fish out of water computer nerd The hearty round of applause at the end of the advance screening indicates the groundswell of 
4
Moneyball
Rob Thomas
It s the best baseball movie since Bull Durham 
4
Moneyball
Bob Bloom
What is most maddening about Moneyball is that its Hall of Fame potential is squandered on crass sentimentality a lack of focus and a exasperating refusal to take a hard look at the way the business of baseball is run today 
2
Moneyball
Mike Scott
Coasts along the old fashioned way On great performances and a surprisingly engaging script
3
Moneyball
Jon Niccum
Moneyball isn t ultimately about baseball as much as it is an exploration of those who do and don t adapt to change 
2.5
Moneyball
Stephen Whitty
A well written sharply acted film that s guaranteed to garner attention 
3
Moneyball
Peter Hartlaub
Naysayers have been claiming for years that the Moneyball book wouldn t work as a movie But ultimately it s the cinematic touches that keep this film version from becoming something exceptional 
2
Moneyball
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moneyball is slick and good looking and it feels alive to its very core 
3.5
Moneyball
Matt Soergel
A smart subtle and quotable tale that s happy to take that familiar formula and give it frequent unsentimental but still satisfying tweaks 
3.5
Moneyball
Ann Hornaday
Like a cold beer under a bluebird sky like a flawless line drive on a warm summer s day like a long languorous seventh inning stretch Moneyball satisfies 
4
Moneyball
Lou Lumenick
A crowd pleasing baseball movie for people like me who don t like baseball movies 
3.5
Moneyball
Chris Hewitt
Moneyball is consistently entertaining even if it doesn t add up to much 
3
Moneyball
Willie Waffle
Director Bennett Miller wisely allows Pitt to dominate the movie with his irresistible charisma 
3.5
Moneyball
Rossiter Drake
I m still wondering how people indifferent to baseball will respond to the story of the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their smartest kid in the sandbox general manager But I will say this the casting is strong and the human drama has universal appeal 
3
Moneyball
Mark Dujsik
There s nothing romantic about the behind the scenes look at baseball in Moneyball It s a story of negotiations statistics professional clashes and inner turmoil 
3.5
Moneyball
Dustin Putman
It takes a brave studio picture to recognize that there s sometimes more to the sports genre than the common trifles and clich eacute s audiences have been predisposed to expect these days 
3
Moneyball
Lawrence Toppman
It s tense strangely funny in a lot of spots and if you grew up loving old fashioned seat of the pants baseball as I did the most depressing movie of the year 
3.5
Moneyball
Randy Myers
Moneyball astutely depicts money as the hot button dividing line in our culture and reflects the value that true success comes not from wealth but from having the vision to try something new and the confidence to pursue it 
4
Moneyball
Claudia Puig
Baseball fans know this story but Miller puts it all in fascinating context This is a thinking person s baseball movie a more complex version of the inspirational sports story 
3.5
Moneyball
Joe Williams
Although you don t have to be a sports fan to enjoy it Moneyball is one of the best baseball movies imaginable 
3.5
Moneyball
Ty Burr
Moneyball is a hilarious and provocative change up entertaining without feeling the need to swing for the fences 
3.5
Moneyball
James Berardinelli
Moneyball illustrates what can happen when a non fiction book that s more about ideas and processes is translated into a feature film 
3
Moneyball
Steven Rea
Don t be surprised to see Pitt in the best actor Oscar race come the new year 
4
Moneyball
Duane Dudek
Moneyball exploits Pitt s regular guy likability without sacrificing the procedural elements or dumbing down the baseball 
3.5
Moneyball
Peter Travers
Moneyball is one of the best and most viscerally exciting films of the year 
3.5
Moneyball
Moira MacDonald
Moneyball reminds us in case we needed reminding why Brad Pitt is a movie star 
3.5
Moneyball
Michael Phillips
Everything in Beane s story and in Moneyball could ve been rendered dull or sappy or both by a lesser director It is at heart about a man out to redeem himself 
4
Moneyball
Rene Rodriguez
If you like baseball you will love this movie If you hate baseball you will still love this movie 
4
Moneyball
Peter Howell
Pitt and Hill make Beane and Brand seem like the year s most intriguing couple bringing deep shades of humour and pathos to their characters that help make Moneyball more than just another sports or baseball movie 
3.5
Moneyball
Roger Ebert
A smart intense and moving film that isn t so much about sports as about the war between intuition and statistics 
4
Moneyball
Bill Weber
A wavering intermittently smart story of daring to think differently that often flattens its narrative into formula 
2
Moneyball
Matt Pais
Baseball teams have more than three players on them 
2.5
Moneyball
Josh Larsen
has the snap and crackle of a timely behind the scenes documentary 
3
Moneyball
Peter Keough
Sorkin s dialogue in Moneyball is as brilliantly acerbic as it is in Network Luckily so because for a baseball movie there isn t much baseball 
3
Moneyball
Erik Childress
Baseball is more than just America s pasttime or America s game It IS America Moneyball should leave outsiders more appreciative of the game through an exceptionally crafted piece of work and true baseball lovers in seventh heaven 
4
Moneyball
Rex Reed
This is a subtle elegant and altogether triumphant film about a subject I thought I was tired of told with an artistry and freshness that is positively thrilling 
3.5
Moneyball
Phil Villarreal
There s no reason Moneyball should be remotely watchable let alone freaking amazing which it surely is
4
Moneyball
Christy Lemire
Like the A s themselves at this time Moneyball has enough unlikely pieces that do work and it generates enough underdog goodwill to make you want to stick around for the final out 
3
Moneyball
Sean O'Connell
As is the case with most memorable sports films Bennett Miller s Moneyball engages amuses and educates us with moments that happen off the field of play rather than with what happens on it 
3
The Great Bank Hoax
David Nusair
a fairly disappointing misfire that feels as though it should be so much better 
2
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
Nick Schager
Even those with a soft spot for The Dancing Outlaw will likely have a hard time warming up to The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia 
2
The Party Animal
Austin Kennedy
If you have a morbid curiosity in seeking out the worst films ever made then I have a treat for you it s called PARTY ANIMAL 
0
The Party Animal
David Nusair
shockingly bad and hopelessly inept 
0
Authors Anonymous
Glenn Kenny
The only reason to watch this picture is for the novelty value of feeling bad for Chris Klein and or Teri Polo To each his own but my recommendation is pass 
1
Authors Anonymous
Kyle Smith
Pulling off a broad satire requires great finesse If as in the mockumentary Authors Anonymous all of the subjects are idiots why should we care 
1
Authors Anonymous
Mike McGranaghan
Some good performances and amusing insights are undone by a mockumentary format that doesn t fully support them The stuff that works will ring a few bells for writers though and that may make it worth a conditional look 
2.5
Authors Anonymous
Stephen Whitty
Authors Anonymous may be about amateur writers But its own script needed a professional polish 
2
Authors Anonymous
David Lee Dallas
It takes the easiest approach to every scene haphazardly juggling different tones without integrating them into a cohesive and consistent thematic identity 
1
Layover
Steve Rhodes
Layover is a lovely little gem 
3
Old People
Roger Moore
The genre isn apos t known for its profundity 44 but Fetscher could have leaned into that more and given this movie the chance to become that horror rarity 44 a genuinely disturbing thriller 46 
2
The Big Squeeze
Roger Ebert
It has a story that feels like a 1930s screwball comedy but is set in the present day and even more incredibly doesn t seem to know it s a comedy It plays its contrived story perfectly straight as if events like this could happen 
1
Christopher Robin
Brian Eggert
Disney has made another uninspired live action version of a heartwarming character by relying on derivative ideas and the result amounts to an unabashed cash grab dependent on name brand awareness 
2
Christopher Robin
Jason Fraley
Sometimes you go into a remake skeptically thinking Why bother and exit so pleasantly surprised that you do your best impression of the honey bear Oh bother 
3
Christopher Robin
Mattie Lucas
There s something hauntingly elegiac about Christopher Robin almost if it is somehow as much about putting aside childish things as it is about recapturing one s childhood 
3
Christopher Robin
Matt Brunson
Like honey Christopher Robin is very sweet Unlike honey it doesn t really stick 
2
Christopher Robin
Joey Magidson
Had there been a little more fun here it would have been a great nostalgic blast 
2
Christopher Robin
Alan French
Cumming s performance as Pooh is one of the best vocal performances since Scarlett Johansson in Her and actually deserves awards conversation 
3
Christopher Robin
Oliver Jones
A better title for this entry the first of the Disney Poohs to be live action although neither word in that phrase is an apt descriptor would be Winnie the Pooh and the Unfilled Zoloft Prescription 
1
Christopher Robin
Robert Daniels
Marc Forster s Christopher Robin is genuinely fun and charming 
3
Christopher Robin
David Nusair
the exceedingly familiar storyline does tend within the film s meandering midsection to prevent one from wholeheartedly embracing the material 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Dann Gire
Fun yet unsurprisingly conventional 
3
Christopher Robin
Katie Walsh
Even though the story around him is at times questionable the performance and realistic animated rendering of this character is the perfect distillation of Winnie the Pooh s essential philosophical self 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Kenneth R. Morefield
The script seems to operate on the assumption that if it announces and acknowledges the stale predictability of its character moments this makes it a postmodern wink rather than a routine bit of fan service retrieved from a warehouse 
1.5
Christopher Robin
George M. Thomas
Christopher Robin suffers from occasionally languid pacing but it s a truly worthy summer entry for families 
3
Christopher Robin
Linda Cook
Return to innocence and Pooh with Christopher Robin 
3.5
Christopher Robin
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie touched my soul speaking a language that swept me back to my own childhood days 
3
Christopher Robin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Christopher Robin misses the point In trying to rescue the hero from his seriousness the busy film hasn t the faintest idea how to play 
2
Christopher Robin
Richard Roeper
Simple Sweet Effective And it s always nice to revisit the Hundred Acre Wood 
3
Christopher Robin
Sean P. Means
Winnie the Pooh s human friend is facing grown up problems in a live action story that pulls itself out of its heffalump trap to deliver a charming adventure 
3
Christopher Robin
Sarah Knight Adamson
Oh bother as Winnie the Pooh would say this is not the live action over the top film kids and adults may expect however it is true to the laid back nature of the books 
3
Christopher Robin
Christian Toto
An irresistible gimmick meets a warm witty presentation It s no bother at all 
3
Christopher Robin
Odie Henderson
Christopher Robin can t reconcile its darkness and its light 
2
Christopher Robin
Niles Schwartz
Unlike the red balloon that Pooh follows through much of the running time Marc Forster s film lacks lightness 
2
Christopher Robin
Josh Terry
In some ways Christopher Robin might be better suited for a night out for Mom and Dad rather than a Saturday afternoon with the whole family but it s doubtful that s what Disney is hoping for 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Sonny Bunch
Pooh saves his possibly crazy childhood chum from adulthood s doldrums 
3
Christopher Robin
Mark Dujsik
Christopher Robin sees what an adult vision of Milne s stories could be and it simply says No thank you 
3
Christopher Robin
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If you like a film where everyone repeats the central expositional message work less play more ad nauseum then this might work better for you then it did for me 
2
Christopher Robin
Dustin Putman
Christopher Robin is an uplifting bear hug of a movie It delights yes but it does one better it makes the viewer want to be a kinder better person 
3
Christopher Robin
Kate Taylor
Christopher Robin is not a naked cash grab just a prettily clothed one 
2
Christopher Robin
Tom Russo
What s so satisfying about these telegraphed messages is the earnest old fashioned charm that McGregor and longtime Pooh voice actor Jim Cummings bring to them 
3
Christopher Robin
Michael O'Sullivan
A sweetly good natured fable with winning voice performances by Disney veteran Jim Cummings in the dual roles of Pooh and Tigger and especially by Brad Garrett as the perpetually gloomy Eeyore 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Peter Howell
Christopher Robin may be gloomier than past Pooh pursuits but its message of personal redemption is considerably deeper 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Roger Moore
Glumly dispiriting
2
Christopher Robin
Mark Daniell
Christopher Robin pricks the surface and it ll certainly leave you with the warm and fuzzies but the story sticks a little too closely to the surface 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Brian Truitt
There s no end to the schmaltz in Winnie the Pooh s honey pot yet Disney s live action Christopher Robin also tosses in enough charm and tomfoolery for a sufficiently delightful hang with the iconic bear 
2.5
Christopher Robin
Clayton Davis
Director Marc Forster makes the film much more cinematic than anticipated which results in an artistic interpretation of our childhood memories 
3
Christopher Robin
Michael Phillips
Movies about saying goodbye to childhood friends and finding them again work on our emotional defenses like nothing else 
3
Christopher Robin
Peter Hartlaub
Movies like Christopher Robin don t come around that often any more and they re good for the soul 
3
Christopher Robin
Moira MacDonald
I d been missing the 100 Acre Wood What a pleasure it was to visit it again 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Craig D. Lindsey
Ultimately Elaine Stritch Shoot Me makes you root for her even when you ve had your fill of her 
3
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
John Anderson
Chiemi Karasawa deserves all the credit in the world for the intimate and hilarious portrait that is Elaine Stritch Shoot Me a sparkling cocktail of music and memoir On the other hand she didn t exactly have to drag her subject out of her shell 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Chris Hewitt
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch is the subject of the documentary Elaine Stritch Shoot Me and quite a bit of the time she also tries to direct it 
3
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Michael O'Sullivan
Elaine Stritch s strength along with the film s comes from her honesty She is herself even when maybe especially when she knows she s being watched 
3
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Mick LaSalle
Really the experience of Elaine Stritch Shoot Me is the experience of being in Stritch s company for 80 minutes and that s fine Still I doubt anyone will walk out of this film wishing it were 10 minutes longer 
2
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Joe Williams
By the end even those who had never heard of Stritch can share her rage against the dying of the light 
3
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Bill Zwecker
This is a must see for anyone who loves theater acting and especially individuals like Elaine Stritch unafraid to bare their souls so all of us can gain more insight into the complicated essence of the human condition 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Steven Rea
Stritch in her trademark billowy white blouses and skinny black tights or in bed without makeup and without sometimes a lucid notion reveals herself to be full of opposing emotions and desires 
4
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Moira MacDonald
You watch Shoot Me wishing this woman could keep sashaying through her showbiz life forever 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Michael Phillips
I suppose it helps to have seen Stritch onstage to fully appreciate the bracing new documentary Elaine Stritch Shoot Me released by Sundance Selects I wish I d seen more 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Matt Pais
She s an original straight shooter and the doc s not far from a bull s eye 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Dustin Putman
Irresistibly brash and deeply moving Elaine Stritch Shoot Me is a vanity free portrait of a phenomenal artist 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Kent Turner
Ever the trooper Stritch grabs the audience s attention which never wanes There s not one diffident moment Elaine Stritch Shoot Me is the natural born sequel to her stage show and just as revealing 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Peter Travers
Cheers to a movie as gloriously entertaining and bluntly honest as the lady herself Everybody rise 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Brian Tallerico
Ultimately Elaine Stritch Shoot Me borders on inspirational in the way that it humanizes someone this undeniably talented and successful 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Sara Stewart
A generous and hilarious portrait of life as an aging legend 
3
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Rex Reed
Ms Stritch is sharp funny brittle caustic demanding exaggerated critical especially of herself and infuriating She is also elaborately unique and awesomely brilliant 
4
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Jake Coyle
An irresistibly entertaining documentary that captures Stritch during what she unsentimentally calls almost post time 
3.5
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Kenji Fujishima
Chiemi Karasawa s documentary is remarkable for its candor but it s a brutal honesty that Elaine Stritch herself gladly offers 
3
Dot the I
David Nusair
benefits greatly from the inclusion of a thoroughly unpredictable third act twist 
2.5
Dot the I
Jeff Vice
The term terrible not only describes what happens to the characters it also describes the brain numbing sensation of having to sit through this movie 
1
Dot the I
Sean P. Means
The movie stops being about its characters and starts being about the ways writer director Matthew Parkhill can screw with your head 
2
Dot the I
Michele Kenner
But despite its trickery dot the i lacks emotional resonance that would elevate it above the banal 
2
Dot the I
John Monaghan
Parkhill tries to keep new blood pulsing through the film but the movie stalls by its third act where he plays a trick that seems more desperate than fresh 
2
Dot the I
Rob Thomas
Dot the I wants to join the ranks of Memento and The Usual Suspects films that reward multiple viewings but it s so ridiculous that it doesn t sustain a first 
1.5
Dot the I
Bruce Westbrook
Take a long hard look at Parkhill s film and you ll find too many i s undotted 
2.5
Dot the I
Chris Hewitt
Even when you don t believe what Bernal and the effervescent Verbeke are doing it s fun to watch them do it 
2.5
Dot the I
Michael Booth
It plays like the last paragraph of one of those Encyclopedia Brown stories where the solution is an unknown twin brother or the wrong sized footprint 
2
Dot the I
Roger Ebert
The movie not only scatters undotted Is and uncrossed Ts in its wake but unsquared circles unfactored primes unrisen souffles and unconsummated consummations 
3
Dot the I
Jessica Reaves
Let me know if you figure it out 
2.5
Dot the I
Paul Sherman
At times it s a romantic comedy at others it s a dark thriller and sometimes it s a mangled crash of elements 
2
Dot the I
Kyle Smith
It s a hugely entertaining thriller disguised as a chick flick 
3.5
Dot the I
Wesley Morris
Begins as a romantic comedy turns into romantic thriller then collapses into a sick and illogical self reflexive noir If this sounds even vaguely exciting I promise it s not 
1
Dot the I
John Anderson
Like the fire trucks that can t quite reach the burning building there are a lot of good ideas racing toward Dot the I and they can t quite get there Besides the movie is intent on self immolation 
2
Dot the I
Mick LaSalle
It eventually crosses that elusive line into absurdity rendering meaningless in retrospect most of everything that went before 
2.5
Dot the I
Jeff Shannon
Implausibility and banality join forces to turn dot the i into the kind of pretentious pseudo clever claptrap that most wanna be directors get out of their system during film school 
1.5
Dot the I
Rob Blackwelder
While Parkhill s filmmaking remains almost hypnotic throughout the increasingly nonsensical manipulations doom Dot the I to being a deftly made blunder 
2
Dot the I
Michael Szymanski
Filled with passion and humor as well as suspense 
3
Dot the I
Evan Henerson
The revelation of the film is not Bernal but D Arcy who loafs from a callow throwaway part into something a heck of a lot more interesting 
3
Dot the I
Emily Blunt
Here s something you don t find everyday An original film superbly acted 
3
Dot the I
Ed Gonzalez
Dot the I is no different than the emotional snuff film it pretends to condemn wiping out human emotion in favor of soulless twists 
1.5
Dot the I
Jorge Avila Andrade
Un filme inteligente y perfectamente bien estructurado en el que nada es lo que parece 
3
Mother of Tears
Mattie Lucas
A goofy bumbling effort without the basic decency to know how bad it is 
.5
Mother of Tears
Michael Phillips
Mother of Tears may not stand tall in Argento s body of viscera laden work but this final chapter of a loosely defined trilogy is refreshingly old school in its trashiness 
2.5
Mother of Tears
Mick LaSalle
Aside from being vile and repellent it s mainly dull old fashioned in its shock tactics and culminating in a ho hum climax 
0
Mother of Tears
Christian Toto
Mother of Tears puts a dent in Argento s rep as a horror maestro 
2
Mother of Tears
Phil Villarreal
Should be locked away for the sake of mankind 
1
Mother of Tears
Chris Hewitt
A gruesome drama enacted by a cast that speaks English with a bewildering variety of accents Mother of Tears is reliably gruesome and occasionally startling but not particularly scary 
2
Mother of Tears
Austin Kennedy
Asia Argento s outright horrendous performance ruins what could have been a decent B movie 
2
Mother of Tears
Lucius Gore
No this film doesn t make a ton of sense but it is highly entertaining An insane delirious bloodbath 
3
Mother of Tears
Maitland McDonagh
A crude artless bogey tale Attempts to position it as a camp masterpiece are misguided and condescending 
1.5
Mother of Tears
Stephen Whitty
The gore is simply midnight movie disgusting And the ending is rushed and flat as if it had been tacked on by another hand 
2
Mother of Tears
V.A. Musetto
The film lacks the visual class of previous Argento efforts and relies more on shocks than suspense 
1
Mother of Tears
Bob Strauss
It s hard to find lines and performances like Mother of Tears outside of anything that doesn t come with a XXX rating 
2.5
Mother of Tears
Wesley Morris
Mother of Tears transcends camp without forsaking it Argento pitches the proceedings toward the ridiculous his pacing is as perfect as some of the witches breasts are fake but only in the name of reaching a new cheesy sublime 
3
Mother of Tears
Sara Michelle Fetters
As horror movies go the only thing scary about The Mother of Tears is that a director as talented as Dario Argento could have lost his once unmistakably virtuoso touch so completely 
1.5
Mother of Tears
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So logically impaired so clumsily written and so haphazardly designed that it s a sheer delight 
3
Mother of Tears
Steven Rea
The final installment of filmmaker Argento s Three Mothers series this rollicking scarefest boasts roving bands of leggy witches blundering priests and voices from Beyond 
3
Mother of Tears
Rafer Guzman
Dario Argento s ketchupy brand of horror hasn t aged well nor have his sexual politics Enjoyably campy at first then offensive and ultimately just bad 
1
Mother of Tears
Kam Williams
A kinky alternative to The Da Vinci Code for conspiracy theorists with cast iron stomachs 
0
Mother of Tears
Fernando F. Croce
A work that builds on the visions of Suspiria and Inferno while crafting its own distinct dark fairy tale landscape 
3
Mother of Tears
Bill Chambers
Marries CGI to Guignol whimsy in ways so tasteless that you can hear the crackle of Argento s mojo working 
3.5
Mother of Tears
David Nusair
one can t help but admire any flick that features a baby death count of two 
2.5
Goosebumps
Federico Furzan
A family friendly horror film that s so well made and effective one can t help but wonder how someone didn t try it before Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Goosebumps
Frank Ochieng
Perhaps the tots will get a decent rise out of the jolly emptiness that is Goosebumps As for the rest of us we will probably get a better result in sucking on last year s recycled stale Halloween candy 
2
Goosebumps
Brandy McDonnell
The child friendly horror comedy displays dialogue that is snappier special effects that are zippier and a heart that is bigger than so many so called family films 
3
Goosebumps
John Wirt
Movie junk food 
1.5
Goosebumps
Matt Brunson
While it could stand to subtract a couple of annoying characters and add a few more late inning twists it s still above average entertainment for the children and adequate enough for their parents 
2.5
Goosebumps
Brad Keefe
While those bite size treats don t lend themselves to a feature film the makers of Goosebumps found a way to keep the spirit intact in a roller coaster paced movie 
3
Goosebumps
John Beifuss
If the movie is entirely conventional from its I can do this in my sleep Danny Elfman score to its hey look here s the high school crane shot it s also entirely agreeable 
3
Goosebumps
Kate Taylor
It gently mocks the traditions of the genre giant preying mantis rips roof off high school while never getting too frightening 
3
Goosebumps
Scott Renshaw
Goosebumps never really appears interested in delivering situations that are truly creepy or in allowing brave resourceful kids to be the center of attention 
2.5
Goosebumps
Peter Travers
Jack Black fires up a stampede of comic terrors ready made for Halloween Sure it s exhausting But Goosebumps knowing its audience lets it rip 
3
Goosebumps
James Berardinelli
At a guess I d say that Goosebumps will satisfy its core audience fans of R L Stine s popular children s books and bore pretty much everyone else 
2
Goosebumps
Dustin Putman
Goosebumps isn t without glimmers of charm but the film isn t as funny as it wants to be as scary as it should be or as magical as it needs to be 
2
Goosebumps
Chris Knight
Goosebumps goes a long way on its retro charms and spirited performances including a clever cameo by the real Stine And so what if the chief villain is a bit wooden Surely that s part of the attraction 
2.5
Goosebumps
Tom Russo
It s the best treat we ve gotten this Halloween and definitely not just a bigger budgeted version of the Goosebumps seen on TV 
3
Goosebumps
Molly Eichel
Goosebumps fulfills its purpose and that s what matters 
3
Goosebumps
Katie Walsh
Silly spooky monster mash up Goosebumps doesn t have to be as good as it is Slyly smarter and more entertaining than it appears adults might have just as much fun as the kids who will undoubtedly gobble up this Halloween treat 
3
Goosebumps
Michael Smith
Goosebumps is a little bit creepy and it s a little bit kooky and its a genuine bit of Halloween fun for the whole family just like reading an R L Stine book 
3
Goosebumps
Dann Gire
Goosebumps despite its enticing title remains curiously devoid of actual scares and honest emotions Nobody appears to be in any real danger despite being chased by werewolves zombies yard gnomes and an Abominable Snowman 
2
Goosebumps
Stephanie Merry
The production values are better suited for a television movie and the music by Danny Elfman is distractingly intrusive 
2
Goosebumps
Glenn Kenny
The movie is breezy and fun offering thrills for kids and a nicely nostalgic matinee vibe for adults 
3
Goosebumps
Stephen Whitty
The pace is great with the last hour being an all out monster attack as all of Stine s creatures a werewolf zombies a mummy murderous garden trolls and a particularly sarcastic ventriloquist s dummy go on the rampage 
3
Goosebumps
Linda Barnard
Jillian Bell s brief scenes as Zach s Bedazzling obsessed singleton aunt are fun So is Darren Lemke s solid script which leans heavily on groaners and bad jokes to balance scares 
2.5
Goosebumps
Bill Zwecker
Black gets to show us his ability to play nasty distant and angry all in a way we really have never seen from him before The bottom line is It works perfectly 
3
Goosebumps
Kyle Smith
A special effects extravaganza that skips over basics like coming up with an interesting origination myth for the creepy creatures who bring havoc to a sleepy suburb 
2
Goosebumps
Rick Bentley
It s a film that s as much fun as it is creepy It can t survive under the harsh scrutiny of horror film experts but it is mildly chilling enough to scare youngsters 
3
Goosebumps
Kam Williams
A family friendly romp providing just the perfect blend of light hearted humor and spine tingling fright fare to scare and delight kids of all ages 
4
Goosebumps
Roger Moore
Funny and fun the perfect scary movie for younger kids 
3
Goosebumps
Kenji Fujishima
Some of the wittier one liners and more affecting emotional moments feel undermined by the frenzy of chaotic excess 
2.5
An Evening with Robin Williams
Josh Larsen
The thrill comes in watching in real time the ways Williams synapses are firing to get him from one joke to the next 
3.5
The Letter
Josh Larsen
This might be one of Bette Davis least sympathetic parts which is saying something 
3.5
The Letter
Matt Brunson
The greatest actress that the cinema has ever had the honor to service is typically terrific 
3.5
The Letter
Jeremiah Kipp
even a bad Davis movie where she s hamming and mugging and even humiliating herself is more fun than practically no Bette at all 
2.5
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
Chris Hicks
Marceau and Bean have no chemistry which is essential to a film like this 
2.5
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
Roger Ebert
Bloodless and shallow adaptation 
1.5
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
James Berardinelli
A copy of the paperback book should cost about as much as a movie ticket and will provide a more lasting and worthwhile investment 
2
Waiting for Dublin
Mike McGranaghan
The plot isn t entirely successful in achieving the farcical tone it aims for 
2.5
Waiting for Dublin
Ty Burr
A movie so unendurably bad it deserves to be put down like a sick dog 
.5
Waiting for Dublin
Roger Ebert
The actors are pleasant the locations County Galway are beautiful but the movie is a wheeze 
2
Querelle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s probably worth a look only for Fassbinder s most die hard fans 
2
The Boy and the Beast
Sean P. Means
Animated wonders abound in The Boy and the Beast a beautifully drawn fantasy tale by Japanese anime filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda 
3
The Boy and the Beast
Johanna Schneller
The soundscape is rich and the beast battles well executed But the characters never develop beyond their two word descriptors Conflicted Boy Lonely Girl Angry Son etc 
2.5
The Boy and the Beast
Chris Knight
There are images as gorgeous as paintings including rain soaked streets and reflections in glass that are seldom even attempted in hand drawn animation and even less frequently managed so well
2.5
The Boy and the Beast
Scott Renshaw
We re all quite clear that it s about letting go of anger before it consumes you and it manages to be about that idea with some style 
3
The Boy and the Beast
Josh Terry
As cool as those visuals may be the thing that will resonate most with viewers is The Boy and the Beast s messages about family and finding the personal strength to resist the darkness within our hearts 
3.5
The Boy and the Beast
Rob Thomas
Writer director Mamoru Hosoda Wolf Children Summer Wars expertly blends emotion and action into a gorgeous and enchanting anime film aimed at older children and adults 
3
The Boy and the Beast
Simon Abrams
What sets this film apart from its generic predecessors is writer director Hosoda s knack for playful set pieces and unsentimental love of surrogate familial communities 
3
The Boy and the Beast
Peter Keough
A mish mash that seems original 
2.5
The Boy and the Beast
Tom Keogh
Anime enthusiasts will enjoy The Boy and the Beast but so will anyone who appreciates a good fantasy yarn 
3
The Boy and the Beast
Pat Padua
It is the world of man not beast that makes this coming of age movie most touching 
2.5
Orange County
Betsy Bozdech
Despite the fact that an inordinate number of its scenes seem to feature Jack Black running around in his underwear Orange County is actually a pretty tame movie 
2.5
Orange County
David Nusair
an effective and surprisingly funny teen comedy 
3
Orange County
Ian Mantgani
Engages us in constant fits of laughter until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched 
3.5
Orange County
Margaret A. McGurk
The Farrelly brothers should take notes 
3
Orange County
Forrest Hartman
Orange County is a likable curiosity but never more If it s remembered at all it will be as the starting point for a new generation of Hollywood stars 
2
Orange County
Jonathan R. Perry
Jack Black is back on track 
3
Orange County
Frank Ochieng
Clearly nobody will mistake Kasdan as a modern day Aesop as his floundering yet free wheeling fable Orange has the unwelcoming taste of a dour lemon 
2
Orange County
Mark Dujsik
Its head is in the gutter yes but its heart and brain are in the right place 
3
Orange County
David Keyes
a situational comedy in which the only funny thing is the fact that decent human beings allowed themselves to be associated with it 
0.5
Orange County
James Kendrick
an amusing sometimes witty but often uneven comedy about the horrors of familial dysfunction
2.5
Orange County
Mike McGranaghan
Orange County is a very smart movie masquerading as a very dumb one 
3
Orange County
Gary Brown
Picture an overbearing overweight Jack Black running around in his underwear not once but several times in this film Sound inviting 
2
Orange County
Michael Dequina
As with films typically released in January the film s staying power is about nil once you leave the theatre but you re certain to enjoy the time you spend watching it 
3
Orange County
James Berardinelli
It s derivative and tiresome with little more to offer than one might anticipate from a teen comedy road trip 
2
Orange County
Dustin Putman
Orange County flies right by with the blink of an eye not because it is necessarily too short but because you are having so much fun that you don t want it to end 
3.5
Orange County
Mike Clark
This one is geared more toward the volleyball players we see early on leaping and spiking in the sand 
2
Orange County
Tony Toscano
The film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip The end result is a film that s neither 
1.5
Orange County
Mick LaSalle
There are laugh out loud moments and some well observed satire but when the movie tries to get serious it collapses 
2
Orange County
Jonathan Foreman
Pale stale teen comedy with a lame message 
1.5
Orange County
Rick Groen
Just when it seemed there was no other possible way to copy a cat they prove you wrong 
2
Orange County
Susan Stark
Young Hanks and Fisk who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work 
2
Orange County
Roger Ebert
One of those movies like Ghost World and Legally Blonde where the description can t do justice to the experience 
3
Orange County
Harvey S. Karten
Not another teen comedy thank goodness but a refreshing comedy of the plight of a clean cut applicant for college 
3
Orange County
Rod Armstrong
Though it is intermittently amusing the movie unwisely chooses broad jokes over subtle humor coy casting over talented actors and forced feel good moments over genuine emotion 
2
Orange County
Steven Rea
A pleasantly screwy surprise 
3
Orange County
Jeanne Aufmuth
The material is punctuated by a series of genuinely funny set ups made all the more lively by some serious comic talent 
3
Orange County
Rob Blackwelder
has twice the laughs and six times the personality of feeble prefabricated sitcoms like American Pie 
3
Orange County
Steve Rhodes
With little visible talent and no energy Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee 
1.5
Orange County
Walter Chaw
OC is a pretty good film at its best fairly harmless at its worst but with the talent involved established and burgeoning it should have been great 
2.5
Orange County
Ross Anthony
a ragtag ensemble of purposely cartoony yet lovable characters host this silly yet substantially entertaining little picture 
3
Orange County
Ed Gonzalez
Jake Kasdan son of Lawrence directs Colin Hanks son of Tom in Orange County a Wonder Boys for the teeny bopper sect 
2.5
Happy Gilmore
David Nusair
holds up impressively well all these years later 
3
Happy Gilmore
Dave Kehr
The comedy is never more than sudden outsized explosions of violence from the otherwise placid childlike Happy But director Dugan maximizes the laughs through careful timing and counterpoint 
3
Happy Gilmore
Phil Villarreal
From beginning to end there s not a slow moment in Happy Gilmore the Tiger Woods of gleefully idiotic comedy 
4
Happy Gilmore
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Happy Gilmore provides Sandler with a perfect outlet for his character 
3
Happy Gilmore
Michael Dequina
Lame unfunny stuff 
0
Happy Gilmore
Malcolm MacLachlan
You probably already know if you think Adam Sandler is funny so let that be your guide 
1.5
Happy Gilmore
Edward Guthmann
It may smell awful from a distance especially if you have low tolerance for lowbrow humor but up close this yarn about an unlikely golf star is fairly painless 
2.5
Happy Gilmore
James Berardinelli
Sandler s movie is worth a few laughs but not many of the comic sequences are original and even fewer are inspired 
2
Happy Gilmore
Ted Prigge
It s just a minor little film that you forget until the next Adam Sandler flick comes along 
2.5
Happy Gilmore
Walter V. Addiego
As dumb as Caddyshack was though it seems like George Bernard Shaw compared to this poor stepchild Back to stand up Adam Sandler 
1
Happy Gilmore
Chris Hicks
To my own surprise I laughed a lot 
2.5
Happy Gilmore
Mike Clark
The story has all the thickness of a well trimmed green but it s a decent excuse for some heady sight gags 
3
Happy Gilmore
Roger Ebert
The Happy Gilmore character is strange I guess we are supposed to like him 
1.5
The Vessel
Rick Bentley
A moving and emotional production 
3
The Vessel
David Lewis
We keep waiting for the film to wash over us and it never quite does 
2
Silver Circle
Michael O'Sullivan
The fevered imagination of the film makes tea party paranoia pale in comparison 
0.5
Silver Circle
Drew Hunt
Amateurish and hyperbolic this animated feature directed by Pasha Roberts makes quite clear his political leanings 
1
And Life Goes On...
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The film s exquisite sense of reality is of course a construction it s really nothing more than a profound sense of material presence 
4
And Life Goes On...
James Kendrick
a self conscious deconstruction of the cinema itself uncovering in ways both subtle and overt how movies are fictions that nevertheless help us recognize fundamental truths
3.5
And Life Goes On...
Mattie Lucas
There s a kind of playfulness here that belies the seriousness of the task at hand and yet under Kiarostami s masterful eye the film becomes a sort of wry celebration of the Iranian people s determination to keep going 
3.5
And Life Goes On...
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yet another masterpiece and perhaps the first film on which the filmmaker really began playing around with space and reality 
4
And Life Goes On...
Jeremy Heilman
The responsibility that Kiarostami feels toward truth combined with the genuine compassion that he displays toward his characters makes the film profoundly humanistic 
4
Johnny
Roger Moore
Slow footed 44 more downbeat than sad and endlessly narrated in voice over 46 46 46 it left me as cold as a Warsaw winter 46 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
Tom Meek
It s thin but enough to make you forget the cold for 90 minutes 
2
Big Momma's House 2
Kam Williams
No logic no laughs a classic take the money and run sequel which had me praying for a projector malfunction or some other excuse to leave the theater early 
1
Big Momma's House 2
John Beifuss
So desperate that barely a half hour passes before we get the inevitable jokes about Dr Phil Oprah Al Sharpton Tupac and Billy Dee 
0.5
Big Momma's House 2
Jessica Letkemann
Just like the first film it s another basic unoriginal fish out of water story stocked with predictable plot twists and physical comedy 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
Timothy Knight
Nothing to write home about 
1
Big Momma's House 2
Linda Cook
I wasn t big on this on to begin with 
2
Big Momma's House 2
Peter Canavese
Is it too much to hope that the sequel will be Nanny McPhee vs Big Momma Just asking 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
Dustin Putman
Plagiarizes an already very bad movie in this case The Pacifier and everything that fell flat there is mercilessly carried over for this ill advised carbon copy 
1
Big Momma's House 2
Lisa Rose
Big Momma may be larger than life but the shtick is older than old 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
Kyle Smith
A partial list of things that are more amusing than Big Momma s House 2 Beverly Hills Cop Fletch the original Big Momma s House every sitcom currently on TV open heart surgery 
0
Big Momma's House 2
Ken Fox
Lawrence is a comedian with talent who rarely uses it for anything worthwhile and here he makes a halfhearted paycheck collecting effort that s actually in perfect keeping with the rest of the movie s tired recycled tone 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
Jack Mathews
Usually you can tell when an actor is enjoying himself in a role but I honestly couldn t tell whether Lawrence was having fun or simply exploiting the character for a second dip at the box office I just hope he has no reason to do it again 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
John Monaghan
Even if you still find the premise funny how long can you laugh at this same sorry routine 
1
Big Momma's House 2
Matt Pais
Passably entertaining mildly funny and consistently stupid 
2
Big Momma's House 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Okay wait just one darn second Are you kidding me Seriously even for January the best 20th Century Fox can come up with is this 
1
Big Momma's House 2
Frank Ochieng
As absurd and blatantly offensive as Momma purports to be in its bloated skin there s not one genuine funny tidbit to behold in this chunky comedy 
1.5
Big Momma's House 2
David Hiltbrand
BMH2 is a harmless genial outing a comedy that is amusing without ever rising to the level of funny 
2.5
Big Momma's House 2
Keith Uhlich
The funniest thing about Big Momma s House 2 is what I believe to be a grammar error in its press notes 
.5
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Rob Thomas
In between the gushing testimonials from the likes of Carl Reiner Ryan Reynolds and Valerie Bertinelli there s the story of a smart talented woman who figured out right away what made television different 
3
The Book of Delights
Pablo O. Scholz
The sex scenes which a grandmother would say are more about sex than love are strong but tasteful Full review in Spanish 
3
The Book of Delights
Randy Myers
Marcela Lordy adapts Clarice Lispector s novel with candor and feeling 
3
Who Is Norman Lloyd?
Maitland McDonagh
Slickly illustrated with stills and archival footage 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Brian Eggert
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom has a few primal thrills and bouts of humor but a story structure that remains distractingly uninspired 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jason Fraley
A disappointingly dark fifth installment that offers a few fleeting moments of nostalgia while taking a giant dino step backward for a brand that was once beloved for all the right reasons and now exists for all the wrong ones 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Matt Brunson
Stating that Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom is the best of the sequels is a largely empty declaration equivalent to opining that a Hostess Twinkie is the best of the largely inedible sugary snacks flooding the marketplace 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mattie Lucas
Exactly the kind of soulless spectacle that Jurassic World satirized big loud action packed but completely lacking in the heart that has made this series special 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Federico Furzan
The poorest of the dinosaur franchise dwells in pointless plot directions and harmful comedy tones Full review in Spanish 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
John Hanlon
Fans of this series might find something to like here I did but others should steer clear 
3.0
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Joey Magidson
This movie is the epitome of dumb fun 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Joe Friar
The kingdom has fallen and it can t get up in this lifeless rehash completely devoid of anything new and interesting 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Alan French
Even with lowered expectations 44 the film struggles to succeed on any level 46 
.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Glenn Lovell
This overlong over the top continuation sniffs and scratches so desperately to establish its pedigree it could be a mutt cousin of Spielberg s original blockbuster You feel less like criticizing the thing than putting it down 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Linda Cook
They re bigger than ever and they re endangered again 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
James Kendrick
There is a twin sense of safety and déjà vu all throughout the film and the only real standout moments occur when director J A Bayona breaks out of the mold and does things his own way 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Stephen Rebello
Bayona directs with such style and verve that he almost glosses over the script s patchiness and paper thin characterizations But it s the beautifully realized CGI beasts that convey so much more heart charisma and likability 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
David Keyes
The dinosaurs have ceased being sources of excitement and are now superficial showpieces in a plot that piles one ludicrous moment on top of another without providing us much time to react or contemplate them 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Rick Bentley
Save yourself a few bucks and just pick up a copy of The Lost World Jurassic Park 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Sarah Knight Adamson
I totally believe that Michael Crichton would be on board with the fresh ideas and especially the terrifying child ginormous sized new hybrid Indoraptor dinosaur scene 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Kenneth R. Morefield
How did we get to the point where we are shedding tears over the potential deaths of dinosaurs while cheering the grisly demise of human villains 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Walter Chaw
Fallen Kingdom is stately to the point of reserved immensely weird and overtly critical of the current state of affairs I m not sure it s a good dinosaur movie but it s an angry swollen red metaphor All things being equal I guess I ll take angry 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Tom Meek
Never quite achieves the amusement ride thrill that made its ancestors such scary good fun 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Kevin A. Ranson
With world building a priority and more ethics questions introduced regarding the use of technology Fallen Kingdom will satisfy the diehard dinosaur lovers but is far more interesting in suggesting what future sequels might hold 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
David Nusair
a passable followup that s lacking most of the awe and wonder and fun of Steven Spielberg s superlative 1993 original 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While there s certainly more here than in say a Transformers sequel Fallen Kingdom is still a sequel that doesn t have much to add to its series 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mike McGranaghan
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom might make a ton of money but it ll be a shock if it doesn t end up being the biggest creative dud of Summer 2018 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Barry Paris
The uninspired script by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow recycles the usual conflict between good and bad guy scientists government agents and private profiteers 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Michael Smith
In other words there s nothing in Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom that you haven t seen before other than the third of the movie that finds the dinosaurs locked inside cages so small they can barely move which isn t very exciting 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Robert Horton
If it all sounds calculated that s how it plays although the film is peppier than the first Jurassic World 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Josh Terry
It should make for a satisfying sequel to 2015 s Jurassic World and a worthwhile entry to a series that has admittedly struggled to match the quality of that first 93 film 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Phil Villarreal
Subtlety is not this movie s high point 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Matthew Rozsa
This is without question the best Jurassic Park sequel smart scary and even emotionally powerful 
4
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Sonny Bunch
Stop trying to save these dinosaurs 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Rex Reed
As brainless summer escapism movies go this one can t go fast enough 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Barry Hertz
Like almost every other major studio film this summer Fallen Kingdom plays dumb and happily 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers can go through the motions again but for the first time in the 25 year old franchise it seems like folly to do so 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Peter Howell
It s time for these dinos to become extinct again 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Richard Roeper
It s is a movie that pounds us with a pretentious nearly operatic score while indulging in B movie clichés and calling for the main characters to make idiotic decisions just to keep the story rolling 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Calvin Wilson
Another Jurassic flick wasn t necessary but it s a fantastic ride all the same 
3.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Go team T Rex Who needs humans anyway Dumb thy name is Jurassic 
1
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Sara Michelle Fetters
As for Bayona he s clearly picking up a paycheck but that doesn t mean he still can t stage some crackerjack moments overflowing in visual ingenuity and bristling in viscerally unsettling elegance 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Ross Raihala
While it s got its faults Fallen Kingdom provides plenty of thrills 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Michael Phillips
Bayona and his writers wanted to give audiences a different kind of monster movie That they did 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mick LaSalle
This newest entry in the Jurassic series is a pretty good dinosaur movie entertaining most of the way 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Ty Burr
It s enough for a fun fright night at the movies but lacks anything else character mystery wonder danger The film s a rush for an audience that only wants the high 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
George M. Thomas
Fallen Kingdom offers enough twists that give the film an air of freshness when accompanied by taut rapid paced directing from J A Bayona 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Travis M. Andrews
It commits the worst possible sin It makes dinosaurs boring 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Bob Bloom
Fallen Kingdom is a cliché ridden succession of useless and superfluous expository and hoary dialogue interspersed with formulaic sequences of narrow escapes and close calls 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Josh Larsen
quadruples down on scenes of forced wonder and emotional manipulation 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Moira MacDonald
The movie too often defaults to people running around screaming which is to be fair the backbone of this franchise but it gets awfully old here 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Dustin Putman
Director J A Bayona cooks up one socko armrest clenching situation after the next 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Gary Thompson
It s more appetizer than meal 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Brian Truitt
Bayona knows why audiences flock to a Jurassic movie and the best thing he does is create a strong empathy for the exquisitely detailed computer generated dinos 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Peter Canavese
In what starts to feel like a meta running joke or admission of creative exhaustion the characters keep stumbling upon the leftovers of the earlier films 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
James Berardinelli
Fallen Kingdom isn t dino myte It s dino doo doo 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Roger Moore
Transformers dull a summer bore that no matter how much it earns fails to justify its existence 
1.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Katie Walsh
The best thing Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom has going for it is director J A Bayona who takes a mediocre script by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow and directs the living daylights out of it 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Glenn Kenny
Bloodless soulless bereft of personality or idiosyncrasy delivering only meticulously engineered thrills based on repeating what has worked in the past 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Peter Travers
Sequel to the 2015 franchise revival wastes its stars and feels like a T Rex sized cashgrab Why cast Pratt that rare movie star with a comic s sense of mischief and then reduce him to a pawn who runs around hitting his marks like a robot 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Josh Wise
J A Bayona s gothic flourishes suggest opioid hallucinations and they re a welcome escape from the doldrums of the writing but they seem at odds with the rest of the film 
2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Lindsey Bahr
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom gets away with its unoriginality for the most part but this franchise s desperation is starting to show It s time to evolve or go extinct 
2.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Johnny Oleksinski
In making even the most vicious creatures more than just hungry hungry dinos the aging franchise has rediscovered its inner child And ours 
3
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Rafer Guzman
Fallen Kingdom sticks to the series dependable template 
3
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Liam Lacey
Like cross breeding a chihuahua with a Jack Russell the result may be doubly cute but also doubly annoying 
2.5
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Bruce DeMara
A challenging film that adults might enjoy but one that is likely to leave younger audiences bewildered 
2.5
The Company
Kam Williams
Eschews any concern with the cinematic foreground in favor of wide angled pans across an expanded back cast encouraged to indulge in Altman s trademark overlapping dialogue 
2
The Company
Jon Niccum
To call this movie dramatically inert is to oversell it This is one of the few non experimental films that is virtually without plot 
1.5
The Company
Forrest Hartman
The real star of this movie is dance and director Robert Altman with cinematographer Andrew Dunne has captured some of the finest footage I have seen 
3.5
The Company
Sara Michelle Fetters
Instead it is the collective nature of the artistic medium that is the focus Altman introducing an almost stream of conscience like narrative that s mesmerizing and distant all at the same time 
3
The Company
John Beifuss
Plays like a fly on the wall documentary that wrapped production before anything interesting happened 
2
The Company
Matt Brunson
The climactic production is no less cheesy or campy than the notorious set pieces from Showgirls and Staying Alive 
1.5
The Company
Rob Thomas
Ballet and Robert Altman should be the most mismatched of dance partners But amazingly the two are perfectly in step 
3.5
The Company
Duane Dudek
In Altman The Company and the dancers of the Joffrey have luckily stumbled onto a kindred and no less nimble spirit for whom dance is just another type of storytelling 
3
The Company
Chris Hewitt
A plotless characterless but oddly involving film 
2.5
The Company
Steven Rea
It neither adores nor disapproves of its players which leaves the moviegoer a little clueless and unmoved 
2.5
The Company
Jeff Vice
This really is nothing new and the cliched dialogue and one note characterizations may have you wishing Altman had decided to make a documentary instead 
2
The Company
Sean P. Means
Campbell would rather be dancing Altman would rather be showing us the dancing and we would rather be watching it 
3
The Company
Liam Lacey
A love letter to performers who put their egos and bodies on the line 
3
The Company
Walter Chaw
Not so much the story of a rising star falling in love but a suggestion that life is ebbing and flowing and starting over again from the beginning 
4
The Company
David Nusair
The film likely marks Altman s most obtuse and plotless effort in ages but the lifestyle and natural skill of these ballet dancers is fairly compelling in itself 
2.5
The Company
Joe Baltake
A documentary like movie that s as self absorbed and artificial as those reality shows now littering network television and enragingly pretentious to boot 
2
The Company
David Elliott
The movie shows Altman s embracing confidence with ensembles His old eagle eye flies through the maze of supple bounding bodies and burning egos 
3
The Company
Lisa Kennedy
In straining to mix the real story of ballet s demands with a romance The Company fails to capture our imaginations 
2.5
The Company
Phil Villarreal
It s a film with which to sit back get comfortable and let one of the greatest living master directors transport you into his world 
3
The Company
James Verniere
For Campbell this is a personal triumph in spite of its flaws 
3
The Company
Moira MacDonald
A loving tribute to artists and to art 
3.5
The Company
Ruthe Stein
Lacks what could kindly be called coherence 
2
The Company
Ty Burr
Feels like a documentary that s missing the surprises of real life 
2.5
The Company
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Altman delicately and masterfully records every moment comical or tragic performance or practice with the same consummate skill 
4
The Company
Phoebe Flowers
The movie is occasionally absorbing but more often boring 
2.5
The Company
Jeanne Aufmuth
Drenched in the sweat soaked nature of the dream and the ultimate enchantment of the performance
3
The Company
Peter Travers
Altman showing the ardor and assurance of a master pulls us into his film with seductive power 
3.5
The Company
Steve Rhodes
Thoroughly enjoyable as the images wash over you like warm ocean waves 
3
The Company
Pam Grady
Employing his trademark multilayered sound and a fluid documentary like camera style Altman captures the day to day exhilaration and stress of a world class ballet company 
3
The Company
Glenn Whipp
The film s glories are small and sweet best appreciated by those with a love for dance and this movie s director 
3
The Company
Roger Ebert
Why did it take me so long to see what was right there in front of my face that The Company is the closest that Robert Altman has come to making an autobiographical film 
3.5
The Company
Megan Lehmann
Altman presents a fly on the wall insight into the lives of a group of people whose public face is one of unadulterated grace and beauty but whose private existence is as disorderly as anyone s 
3
The Company
Jami Bernard
Altman s reverence for ballet respect for the dancing life and even his voyeuristic view of the ballerinas bodies carry the viewer along effortlessly 
3
The Company
Jeffrey Westhoff
The experience will satisfy ballet lovers more than film lovers 
3
The Company
Rob Blackwelder
Without a particular interest in dance the picture may not seem especially memorable moving or entertaining 
2.5
The Company
James Berardinelli
This is a dull lifeless production that will find favor only with those with an insider s perspective or who feel compelled to praise the acclaimed director s every film no matter how out of touch and pretentious it may be 
2
The Company
Glenn Kenny
Ramshackle one minute pointlessly deliberate the next 
2
The Company
John Anderson
The dancing is fantastic We get glimpses of the ballet dancer s life the extra jobs the injuries the sex the noise the heartbreak and the egos But the drama in The Company is all in the legs and the feet 
2.5
The Company
Michael Wilmington
The film achieves that poetry of motion and lyrical delight musical films always strive for but rarely capture 
3.5
The Company
Scott Nash
Altman has directed a clich free movie that draws you entertainingly deep into the world of dance 
4
The Company
Ed Gonzalez
This elegant movement in still life unravels as a profound metaphor for both the filmmaking process and life itself 
4
Locked Down
Tom Meek
The film picks up some but by that point its myopic pandemic over focus will likely have made many check out 
2
Locked Down
Mark Meszoros
Locked Down takes us back to a pretty rotten time a time we ve not yet truly been able to put in the rearview but it has a pretty good time doing it 
3
Locked Down
Rene Sanchez
A sluggish heist comedy set in times of COVID 19 that spends its premise and confinement clichés in its first few minutes Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
Locked Down
Steven Prokopy
This is a movie of the moment and can be enjoyed as such 
3
Locked Down
Jake Cole
Had the filmmakers taken a more easygoing approach Locked Down might have landed in the realm of The Thomas Crown Affair 
1
Locked Down
Roger Moore
In the end we re left with a gimmick movie that doesn t come off an accurate enough artifact of the global lockdown of last spring that will be remembered for that and little else 
2
Locked Down
Robert Levin
While you might not be eager to see a movie set during the COVID 19 pandemic and featuring many scenes on Zoom Locked Down at least establishes a template for how to be creative and interesting in doing it 
3
Locked Down
Mark Dujsik
T his story is much more about the central relationship than the mechanics of a multi million pound robbery 
3
Locked Down
Nick Allen
In spite of the available chemistry and charisma from Hathaway and Ejiofor Locked Down proves to be a bewildering mess in part because of choices made in how to tell a story that mixes two hander drama with a heist 
2
Locked Down
Barry Hertz
Turns out that there is a reason most films worth watching take longer than 10 months to conceive of write pitch cast shoot edit and release 
1
Locked Down
Michael Phillips
A movie shouldn t rely on Hathaway and Ejiofor to shell game your attention away from the movie itself 
1.5
Locked Down
Mick LaSalle
Locked Down is just an OK to pretty good movie but it s a novel creation all the same 
2.5
Night Train to Lisbon
Margaret Pomeranz
I think somewhere along the line this is one of those films that you are just going to embrace or step back from and I embraced it 
4
Night Train to Lisbon
Farran Smith Nehme
It s all terribly talky and low energy that wonderful noirish title it turns out was just a front for a history lecture 
1.5
Night Train to Lisbon
Bill Weber
Bille August s film is a protracted soporific trip into Portuguese history that would like to be a romantic thriller 
1
Night Train to Lisbon
Roger Moore
Sedate and old fashioned but a well cast and well acted romantic mystery 
2.5
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Liam Lacey
Prepare yourself for nights wandering around the house singing unshakable tunes 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Michael Booth
The flabby fawning film Gigantic comes across as 102 minutes of rib nudging by one of the duo s annoyingly self satisfied connoisseurs 
1.5
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Kevin John Bozelka
Suffers the same banal fate of most band documentaries It s essential for rabid fans but even ordinary ones will live rich and meaningful lives without ever having seen one minute of it 
2.5
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Erik Lundegaard
Tries to be as irreverent and bouncy as a song by its subject and succeeds for the most part 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even at face value the world of TMBG is still wonderful and fascinating making for an engaging film 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
James Sullivan
A modest amusement 
2
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Steven Rea
As tooting your own horn documentaries about innovative alt rockers who ve been around for 20 years go Gigantic A Tale of Two Johns goes very well indeed 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Jeff Vice
As entertaining as Gigantic A Tale of Two Johns is most of the time you kind of wish the filmmakers would have concentrated a little more on the music itself 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Chris Hewitt
Gigantic accomplishes something very difficult It makes you feel like part of a club even if you aren t 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Jeffrey Westhoff
Traces the band s 20 year odyssey in creating Dada you can dance to 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Robert K. Elder
Their sheer existence affirms that all things corporate and bland don t always win out that music can be intimate political and alienating sometimes all on the same album 
3.5
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Ross Anthony
You ll find yourself donning that wonderful half smile John L comfortably dons while singing 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Ken Fox
Despite Schnack s half hearted attempt to divide the film into chapters his film is too unstructured to hold the interest of non fans who might have appreciated a somewhat less hagiographic approach 
2.5
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Elizabeth Weitzman
Musician Syd Straw unintentionally strikes truth when she sardonically asks about the film Is this more like a fluff piece 
2.5
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Megan Lehmann
It s hard to go wrong with documentary subjects as articulate and intriguing as childhood friends John Flansburgh and John Linnell 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Gene Seymour
As incessantly clever and coyly ironic as its subject s music 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Walter Chaw
While a contrary viewpoint would have been welcome Gigantic A Tale of Two Johns is occasionally more than modestly successful a little like the band itself 
3
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Joan Anderman
Generous helpings of performance footage and band interviews will gratify the group s die hard cult of fans But there s stuff of interest here for general audiences too 
3
Mr. Majestyk
Matt Brunson
Leonard s brusque dialogue Bronson s stabilizing presence and Fleischer s able handling of action set pieces combine to make this a breezy watch 
3
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Leo Brady
Ghosts of the Ozarks is not groundbreaking or ushering a new kind of terror but it does have an impressive premise worthy of appreciation in the wealth of knowledge of the genre making it an independent horror film worthy enough to seek out 
2.5
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Roger Moore
Theres a lot less here than the credits promise 
1.5
Jim Brown: All-American
Frank Ochieng
What Lee does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown a celebrated wonder in the spotlight
3
Jim Brown: All-American
Gene Seymour
Only an epic documentary could get it all down and Spike Lee s Jim Brown All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents 
3.5
Jim Brown: All-American
Justin Hartung
A well rounded tribute to a man whose achievements and complexities reached far beyond the end zone 
3
Jim Brown: All-American
Megan Turner
Overly long and worshipful bio doc 
1.5
The Sun
Janos Gereben
Alexander Sokurov s The Sun arriving in the U S five years after its release in Europe is a stunning film fascinating to some probably sleep inducing to others 
3
The Sun
Rob Thomas
Those with the patience to stick with Sokurov s stately pacing will find an engrossing character study in The Sun that of a very odd polite man who also happened to lead a nation at war during World War II 
3
The Sun
Janos Gereben
It s been called maddeningly meditative and a vision of life shrouded in dust and cobwebs
3
The Sun
Wesley Morris
Working from Yuri Arabov and Jeremy Noble s script Sokurov has a wonderful time not simply with Hirohito and history but with his filmmaking which can be oblique to the point of being stultifying Here he plays with scale 
3.5
The Sun
Walter V. Addiego
Alexander Sokurov s The Sun demands and rewards patience 
4
The Sun
Peter Keough
Sokurov doesn t answer MacArthur s disingenuous question but he suggests why no one else can either 
3
The Sun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Since this is a man more or less stripped of emotion it s like watching a newborn fawn violently ripped from its safety and learning its way in the world 
3.5
The Sun
Geoff Pevere
While The Sun staunchly refuses to pass judgement on a figure considered by many to be a war criminal it does essay a vivid portrait of the utter experiential vacuum that attends the stupefyingly powerful the Emperor has no clue 
3.5
The Sun
Liam Lacey
The Sun may be a kind of cinematic masterpiece it s just not a morally defensible one 
3
The Sun
Keith Uhlich
Sokurov reveals a man trying desperately though honorably to avoid an inevitable turn of the tide 
4
American Storytellers
Rob Thomas
Really when you want to learn about the ins and outs of cinema who else would you turn to but the auteurs behind Analyze That Wild Things and Hope Floats 
2
Fierce Goodbye
David Neff
A good resource for churches families pastors and seminary classrooms to open the topic and to begin an exploration 
2.5
Dagon
Matthew Rozsa
The only reason this review describes Dagon as one of the scariest movies ever made instead of as the scariest movie ever made is because I haven t seen every film 
3.5
Dagon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dagon isn t as outright funny as Gordon s Re Animator or From Beyond but it has moments of spunkiness to puncture the incredible strangeness of it all 
3
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Stephen Whitty
In the end The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson never really offers the closure that it is looking for so determinedly but then closure is kind of a myth anyway 
3
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Glenn Kenny
The movie reminds the viewer how far we ve come but also how far we have yet to go 
3.5
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Keith Watson
It passionately covers a number of important issues without quite unifying them into a coherent whole 
2.5
Shiver
Lucius Gore
Worth catching but not worth writing home to mother about 
2.5
Ramen Heads
Ty Burr
Ramen Whispered in anticipation or delight it s enough to stir the emotions is how the film s voice over narration begins It gets more effusive from there 
2
Ramen Heads
Maura Judkis
Although Ramen Heads is an interesting glance at the craft of ramen it ends up feeling lukewarm 
2
Fever Pitch
Roger Ebert
The opening segments of the movie are simply odd distracting and unconvincing It s the movie s final act that is sick 
0
The Hunter
Roger Ebert
As I followed step by step the unfolding of the ending I could see how the plot makes perfect sense in a sinister way that adds one brilliant additional twist 
3.5
The Hunter
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Rafi Pitts manages an atmosphere of choked ambiguous dread that recalls nothing less than Godard s Alphaville 
3
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Kathy Fennessy
It may represent the less sexy part of her story but when it comes to sticking it to the man Lunch s modus operandi acting as her own boss was one of the most punk things she ever did 
3
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Jay Horton
Lydia s greatest work of art was herself one adoring fellow traveler marvels early on but doesn t that make the curator s job that much more important 
2
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Kent Turner
At 75 minutes the movie is short and sharp Lunch continues to look back and forward in anger 
2.5
Imitation of Life
Wanda Hale
The race angle is treated with so obvious an attempt at tear jerking that a good part of the Hurst appeal for increased tolerance is lost in a welter of sentimentality 
2.5
13 Ghosts
Matt Brunson
Slender but fun 
3
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
John Beifuss
A time travel sequence is an eye searing mind melter while the scene in which Plankton literally enters SpongeBob s brain mixes the sickly sweet esthetic of the Candyland board game with the nightmare surrealism of 1938 s Porky in Wackyland 
3
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Linda Cook
Psychedelic colorful and in your face you ll want to soak up the latest from Spongebob 
3.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Mike McGranaghan
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water finds a reason to come off the TV and onto the movie screen More than fifteen years since his debut he feels fresh once again 
3.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Calum Marsh
Why a movie about an unassuming cartoon sponge felt compelled to adopt the register of a summer blockbuster is beyond me 
1
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Peter Canavese
A nominal theme mdash complete with theme song mdash of teamwork But really Sponge Out of Water is about little more than fast food and ice cream with the same promise of empty calories 
2
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sometimes certain kids movies are so flat out weird that they eventually become cult classics for viewers who take pleasure in not being able to quite believe what they re seeing 
3
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Rafer Guzman
Not the most gripping narrative but the frenetic pace and nonstop gags will please young fans 
3
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Christy Lemire
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water remains true to the surrealism of its animated television roots But it also tries to force a live action element which isn t as comfortable a fit as a certain pair of symmetrical trousers 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Willie Waffle
A funny sequel too slow to get to what the entire audience wants and has been promised 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Stephen Whitty
Even childless and sober I still had a pretty good time and if you like silliness with a sprinkling of surrealism you will too 
3
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
John Semley
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water mostly nails what has always made the character and his brightly coloured underwater world so endearing the abundant innocence the welcome lack of cynicism and the out and out stupidity 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Linda Barnard
A goofy gag filled surf and turf romp that will entertain adults with its ridiculous lunacy as it delights kids with colourful fun 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Jen Chaney
There s something about this project that despite checking all of the requisite plot and sensibility boxes doesn t convey as an organic work of SpongeBob ishness 
2
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Joe Williams
Even kids will smell something phony about the repeated cheers of Teamwork And any grown up who thinks the obvious puns are somehow clever or subversive has been smoking seaweed 
2
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
David Hiltbrand
You can tell the script is short on punch lines by how often it resorts to poop and fart jokes the last refuge of the desperate gag writer 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Michael Phillips
The film runs a reasonable sounding 92 minutes Yet those 92 feel like more than enough 
1.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Jon Niccum
The film strives to be weird as often as funny But it s such a good natured kind of weird that the viewer can t help but succumb to this barrage of nautical nonsense 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Claudia Puig
While the outcome is intermittently funny it s also watered down and hyperactive 
2
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Soren Andersen
This megadose of Spongeyness is laugh out loud funny A lot 
3
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Sara Stewart
Ultimately for the show s fans it may not matter if Sponge Out of Water shows a hint of mildew 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Roger Moore
Not remotely original but loopy and small fry friendly 
2.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Eric Henderson
Its dedication to the transgressive power of frivolity remains the franchise s greatest weapon 
2.5
Survive the Night
Nick Allen
Watching Willis in Survive the Night you d think he was already dead 
1.5
Forbidden Zone
Matt Brunson
Where else can one see Fantasy Island apos s Herve Villechaize as the king of another dimension 44 an Oscar nominee as his wife 44 and Batman 47 Spider Man composer Danny Elfman as Satan 63 
3
Czech Dream
Mark Feeney
Let s encourage people to make fools of themselves then mock them when they act foolishly 
1.5
Czech Dream
Michael Phillips
A small but droll big box comedy 
3
Czech Dream
Jeff Shannon
It s obviously more fun to watch Czech Dream than it was to experience the deception firsthand 
3
Czech Dream
V.A. Musetto
Eat your heart out Michael Moore 
3
Czech Dream
Ken Fox
It s a fascinating account formulated and filmed by a pair of young Czech media students of the way advertising and consumer manipulation can create a market for anything at all even something that doesn t even exist 
3.5
Viking Wolf
Roger Moore
An interesting attempt to find a salty fresh angle to the werewolf genre 44 but a quot apos Jaws apos with Claws quot that ends up being mostly toothless 46 
1.5
The Homestretch
Matt Pais
Takes a small bite and leaves too much on the table 
2.5
The Homestretch
Glenn Kenny
The Homestretch invites you to empathize with its subjects to worry with them to laugh with them to worry about them It s engaging and compelling viewing 
3
The Homestretch
Mark Dujsik
As affecting as these teenagers stories in The Homestretch are the accounts of their advocates are equally inspiring 
3
Human Flow
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A necessary and exhausting revision of the global refugee crisis 65 million who have fled their countries due to civil wars extremism violence misery or even global warming Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Human Flow
Mark Dujsik
Ai s goal with the film is simple yet profound and his method of accomplishing that goal is straightforward but elaborate 
3.5
Human Flow
Robert Horton
Watching the film is like seeing a portrait of the human soul as it is being systematically reduced in size not the soul of the international refugee but everybody s collective soul 
3.5
Human Flow
Mark Feeney
The film is all the more powerful for being so calm and unhurried Ai doesn t castigate or preach He doesn t have to The facts the images speak for themselves Instead he bears witness 
3
Human Flow
Josh Terry
Human Flow is another example of how visionary filmmaking can make the bleak beautiful 
3
Human Flow
Murray Whyte
Ai Weiwei has made something beautiful Human Flow is neither indulgent nor pedantic but clear eyed in its view of the enormity of the crisis too vast for most of us to comprehend 
3
Human Flow
Sean P. Means
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei s documentary Human Flow captures the plight of millions of refugees around the world and does so with images that are by turns disturbing and luminous 
3.5
Human Flow
David Lewis
Weiwei doesn t break any new ground in covering the global refugee crisis but he vividly illustraes in straightforward yet artistic terms the scale of the problem without compromising the dignity or humanity of the survivors 
3
Human Flow
Matt Fagerholm
A towering achievement from one of the world s foremost champions of human rights Its subject matter may be overwhelmingly bleak but its call for unity is profoundly invigorating 
4
Human Flow
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is long but the cumulative effect is not exhaustion or boredom but rather sorrow and outrage at the violence economic despair and persecution whether religious ethnic or political that have driven these people from their homes 
3
Human Flow
Kate Taylor
Ai simply bears witness in a film that like many of his sculptural pieces establishes a creative tension between its giant scale and its individual pieces 
3
Summer Catch
Jami Bernard
It s a movie that should have been called on account of boredom 
1
Summer Catch
Matt Soergel
Big chunks of plot seem to be missing as if left on the editing room floor so that director Mike Tollin in his feature debut can get to yet another inspiring speech 
1
Summer Catch
Emily Blunt
If this is what the boys of summer are offering I say bring on football season now 
1
Summer Catch
Andrew Rodgers
Not that this is a particularly dispicable film it just doesn t try to do anything new and delivers mostly wooden performances 
1.5
Summer Catch
David Nusair
Perhaps Freddie is simply a pawn in some sinister plan to destroy his career 
1.5
Summer Catch
Joe Mader
Call this one foul 
2
Summer Catch
Jeffrey Westhoff
Freddie Prinze Jr has become the opposite of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval His face on a movie poster guarantees a bad time 
1
Summer Catch
Stephen Himes
Whitman is right Baseball is our poetic register and so I ve become whimsical for the days of tee ball and George Brett and when baseball movies were beautiful 
1.5
Summer Catch
Walter Chaw
Notable only for the spectacle of watching both Prinze and Biel getting out performed in the same motion picture by Matthew Lillard 
0
Summer Catch
Gary Brown
Will Ryan get a big league contract or spend the rest of his life mowing lawns Will Ryan get the girl Is baseball still America s pastime 
1
Summer Catch
James Kendrick
Especially in the moments when Prinze Jr is supposed to be an angry young man the movie veers dangerously toward unintentional comedy 
2
Summer Catch
James Berardinelli
Because I m a baseball fan I tend to be an easy mark for baseball themed movies but something as badly focused and feebly scripted as Summer Catch just makes me wish for the Fall 
1.5
Summer Catch
Michael Dequina
There are no surprises to be had except that somehow some way the fluke that is Freddie Prinze Jr s film career has managed to go on for another couple of hours 
1
Summer Catch
Dustin Putman
A glossily filmed well acted comedic drama that gets buried in one scene and the next of worn out material 
2
Summer Catch
Bob Bloom
This feature is like a double header two sets of clichs for the price of one 
1.5
Summer Catch
Maitland McDonagh
This lightweight poor boy rich girl romance 
2
Summer Catch
Pam Sitt
Part of the problem with Summer Catch is that it can t decide if it wants to be a comedy or a drama 
1
Summer Catch
Mick LaSalle
Summer Catch is the equivalent of a full course meal with no calories It is a mirage of a movie 100 minutes of nothing 
0
Summer Catch
Jonathan Foreman
Offensively bad teen movie that makes a bore of both baseball and sex 
0
Summer Catch
Ray Conlogue
This one though awkward and derivative has a modest charm and is not entirely populated with howling simians 
2
Summer Catch
Susan Stark
Summer Catch has neither the weight nor flying power of a softball 
1
Summer Catch
Tor Thorsen
Probably the most derivative film of the year Catch is a collage of sports clichs romantic tropes and hackneyed class warfare drama 
1.5
Summer Catch
Steven Rea
Predictable and slight 
2
Summer Catch
Robert K. Elder
Neither drama nor comedy Summer Catch is a long slow lob of a movie that never crosses the plate 
1.5
Summer Catch
Tony Toscano
For the love of God save your money 
0
Summer Catch
Ross Anthony
I actually enjoy Freddie but like Ryan himself Summer Catch throws inconsistently 
2
Summer Catch
Rob Blackwelder
For the first time in his career Prinze displays more than two facial expressions and exudes enough charm to appeal to someone over the age of 14 
2.5
Summer Catch
Steve Rhodes
There isn t one scintilla of chemistry between the love birds and not much between Ryan and the sport with which he is supposedly so infatuated 
1.5
Running Scared
David Nusair
Running Scared boasts a larger than life gleefully broad sensibility that s been hard wired into almost every facet of the proceedings 
3
Running Scared
Forrest Hartman
A well acted piece that should appeal to anyone who enjoys the films of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez 
3
Running Scared
Walter Chaw
An example of a film I recommend just because it tickled my undercarriage 
3
Running Scared
Lori Hoffman
Trying for a Tarantino like riff on ultra violence and over the top police corruption Running Scared is a film noir on steroids 
2
Running Scared
Mark Dujsik
The movie doesn t so much wallow in the abhorrent side of humanity as it showers bathes and dresses in it before heading off to work at MTV 
1.5
Running Scared
Thomas Delapa
Run away Just when you think Hollywood can t get any worse in an era of Bad Boys and Scream it constantly surprises you with even more putrid product 
0
Running Scared
Mike McGranaghan
If Running Scared is supposed to be a satire it s not funny enough to work If it s meant to be taken seriously then it s the most unintentionally funny movie of the past ten years 
1.5
Running Scared
Kit Bowen
Running Scared is filled with plenty of blood splattering violence profanity sexual perversions and whatever other deviant behavior you can think of What it doesn t have is any cohesiveness or finesse 
2
Running Scared
Jonathan R. Perry
The action movie is the cheese sandwich of film genres but efforts like Running Scared remind us all too rarely that they don t have to be Kraft Singles on Wonder Bread 
3.5
Running Scared
Steve Rhodes
Hello cheesy fun It s a roller coaster of a thrill ride 
3
Running Scared
Liam Lacey
Ethnic stereotyping moral qualms and plot improbabilities aside you just wish a movie like Running Scared wasn t so anxious to be exciting all the time It gets so monotonous 
2
Running Scared
Allison Benedikt
There s clearly supposed to be tension between Joey s good and bad sides Sure he s a mobster but he s also a family man which makes him gray Not black and white very sophisticated 
1
Running Scared
Geoff Pevere
In the opening minutes of Running Scared a drug deal goes bad and takes the entire movie with it 
1.5
Running Scared
Maitland McDonagh
It s way too violent and perversely excessive for many tastes but there s more to its outrages than meets the eye and that second look is well worth taking 
3
Running Scared
Moira MacDonald
There is a child at the center of this ultraviolent story and the devices used to keep us on tenterhooks regarding his survival are appallingly manipulative 
1
Running Scared
Sara Michelle Fetters
Let me be clear I m not saying I liked Running Scared from the get go or for all the way through start to finish but I did like it all the same 
3
Running Scared
Mick LaSalle
Running Scared is for people who like movies who don t need to have a movie mean something in order to enjoy it and who can delight at the sheer craft of a story designed only to shock amuse and hold an audience 
4
Running Scared
Carla Meyer
For a moment it appears as if Running Scared has developed into a different better movie But subsequent gratuitously violent scenes hint at a determination by Kramer to keep his film at low grade exploitation level 
2.5
Running Scared
Pam Grady
It s hard to believe that this mess was made by the same man who made The Cooler 
2
Running Scared
Kyle Smith
Kramer seems to be aping Quentin Tarantino s brilliant tangents in Pulp Fiction but he doesn t have Tarantino s imagination or gift for dialogue 
1.5
Running Scared
Jack Mathews
This overlong fantasy of urban violence is so far over the top you might as well be watching a computer monitor while somebody else has a high time playing the video game Grand Theft Auto 
1.5
Running Scared
Rene Rodriguez
Running Scared is a vicious and brutal B movie jacked up to hysterical hallucinatory proportions a pulpy violent action picture that torments the viewer as much as its characters and I mean that as a compliment 
3
Running Scared
Matt Pais
With a herky jerky visual style and a plot riddled with bullet holes Running Scared is a brutal misanthropic and downright nasty excuse for bang bang entertainment 
0
Running Scared
Glenn Whipp
Kramer s grating bombast exists only to call attention to itself as well as the complete absence of any moral implications or recognizable human behavior in the film 
0
Running Scared
Bruce Westbrook
But even beyond its sleazy pandering and sensationalism the film s worst transgression is its exploitation of young children 
1.5
Running Scared
Josh Larsen
an abhorrently exploitative exercise in child endangerment 
0
Running Scared
Jeff Vice
You could laugh off the film s more over the top aspects including the performances and its quasi Quentin Tarantino dialogue if it didn t treat women and children with such brutality and contempt 
1
Running Scared
Michael Booth
Running Scared is about as hard an R rating as you can get with buckets of blood full frontal nudity and swearing that would peel gum from the sidewalk 
1
Running Scared
Randy Myers
Running Scared will be reviled by those who deplore violence and adored by those who like their movies brutally edgy 
2.5
Running Scared
Mark Keizer
Running Scared will probably play best in prisons where lowlifes applauding the heroic amounts of foul language and blood will be heartened to know that society has finally stooped to their level 
0
Running Scared
Wesley Morris
A depressing piece of gun crazy Hollywood scuzz that with its gassy style and runaway immorality makes a Tony Scott movie look like a Robert Bresson picture 
1
Running Scared
Sean P. Means
Too bloated with its own seriousness to achieve the so sick it s funny vibe of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 
1.5
Running Scared
Jon Niccum
For a picture so fetishistically obsessed with death Running Scared is vibrantly alive 
3
Running Scared
Dan Fienberg
Impossible to adequately summarize alienating at every tonal turn off the rails with every storytelling and aesthetic choice Running Scared is ambitious to a fault 
2
Running Scared
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is a movie with yards and yards of plot but none of it that makes much sense nor that you ll think about afterwards Instead what you ll remember is the blood 
1.5
Running Scared
Meg Jones
Tthe gimmicks can t hold up a weak implausible plot that substitutes violence and gore for a smart story and believable characters 
1.5
Running Scared
Willie Waffle
I can t believe I am saying this but Paul Walker doesn t stink in Running Scared In fact Running Scared is a decent guys night out movie 
2.5
Running Scared
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A vile disaster 
0
Running Scared
Peter Canavese
Kramer stokes kinetic energy and hard R intensity may amount to no more than a punch to the gut but it s all in bad fun 
2.5
Running Scared
Mike Clark
A potential howler done in by a tendency to wear too much body tissue on its sleeve 
1.5
Running Scared
James Berardinelli
With a complex plot that unspools with surprising clarity Running Scared displays a reckless intensity 
3
Running Scared
Roger Ebert
Running Scared goes so far over the top it circumnavigates the top and doubles back on itself it s the Mobius Strip of over the topness I am in awe 
3
Running Scared
Bruce Newman
If Running Scared sometimes looks like a storyboard sprung violently to life Kramer s assured direction turns that into its greatest strength in the clinches of which there are plenty 
3
Running Scared
Randy Cordova
It s like a gruesome merry go round filled with unpleasant characters and bad acting 
2
Running Scared
Chris Hewitt
Luciano Pavarotti s eyebrows during the Olympic opening ceremonies were disturbing Multiply that by about 1 000 and you have the creep out factor in the gory Running Scared 
3
Running Scared
Gene Seymour
If it s possible to admire his movie s heedless energy it s also possible to hate its guts 
2
Running Scared
Jeff Strickler
This is the kind of movie where character development consists of a guy mentioning in passing he has a meth lab in his back yard 
1
Running Scared
Dustin Putman
If Running Scared were set in Hell the actual place rather than a figure of speech perhaps it would have been easier to swallow 
2
Running Scared
Nick Rogers
A spinning plates movie that only makes a shattered glass mess in its finale with one twist for each character left standing Otherwise this empty calorie eye candy cartoon is an ultraviolent boot on throat thiller with style and humor 
3
Running Scared
Nick Schager
The aesthetically derivative Kramer takes a misguided turn into Tony Scott territory with his latest 
1
Running Scared
Jeanne Aufmuth
A kinetic guilty pleasure 
2.5
Ode to Joy
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ode to Joy is one strange little motion picture 
1.5
Ode to Joy
Sean P. Means
Freeman and Baccarin have little chemistry even when their characters are trying to generate some and Lacy is too convincing at being a shallow jerk to make his role any fun 
2
Ode to Joy
James Berardinelli
Instead of being a song to lift the heart Ode to Joy is a discordant off key tune that lasts too long 
2
Ode to Joy
Joey Magidson
What makes this movie work are the interactions between the quartet of main cast members Morena Baccarin Martin Freeman Jake Lacy and Melissa Rauch are all a ton of fun 
3
Ode to Joy
Nick Allen
A plainly affable romantic comedy that s not too powerful with its romance and certainly not its comedy 
2
Ode to Joy
Mark Dujsik
The movie makes its inherently sympathetic lead character into a rather unlikeable jerk 
1.5
Ode to Joy
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Missteps aside however Ode to Joystill provides ample opportunities for cheer hardly a symphony but at least a pleasant ditty 
2.5
Ode to Joy
Mike McGranaghan
Ode to Joy is about a man with a disease that causes him to pass out whenever he experiences pleasure He d be safe seeing this movie 
1
aTypical Wednesday
Joey Magidson
There are moments of smart comedy here and J Lee has a solid filmmaker s eye but the dramatic moments fall flat 
2.5
King Kong Escapes
Matt Brunson
Plays like a romper room version of a James Bond adventure 
2
King Kong Escapes
John Beifuss
Colorful cartoonish fun with an improved Toho Kong who eventually battles a robot Kong created by evil Dr Who Hideyo Amamoto variously described as an Oriental skeleton an international Judas and a devil who lies like a gutter rat Ouch 
2.5
4/20 Massacre
Norman Gidney
What we have here is a serviceable movie with arid production design moderate acting and a script in need of focus If you can get past those misgivings and make your way from one kill scne to the next you might have a good time 
2
Presenting Princess Shaw
Tirdad Derakhshani
An inspiring enjoyable and utterly stage managed documentary from Israeli director Ido Haar 
3
Presenting Princess Shaw
Peter Keough
Just when you were about to give up on the Internet as a swamp full of trolls bullies and liars along comes a documentary like Ido Haar s Presenting Princess Shaw 
3.5
Presenting Princess Shaw
Stephanie Merry
Shaw is a complex character and an underdog worth rooting for 
3
Presenting Princess Shaw
David Fear
And how much of the marionette like tug you feel leading up to that pay off will color how you view this exercise in big screen D I Y wish granting 
3
Presenting Princess Shaw
Walter V. Addiego
A hymn to self reliance although bolstered with a modest amount of plain old luck 
3
Presenting Princess Shaw
Glenn Kenny
It s a pretty involving piece of storytelling and because Princess Shaw herself is such an immediately engaging sympathetic and inspiring figure 
3
Presenting Princess Shaw
Sara Stewart
In this trolling heavy era Presenting Princess Shaw is a refreshingly positive ode to the power of the Internet to bring far flung artists together and change lives in the process 
3
Presenting Princess Shaw
Kam Williams
Let s just hope that Princess Shaw is able to turn the corner with the help of this uplifting biopic and Kutiman s mashups of her soulful ballads 
4
Presenting Princess Shaw
Clayton Dillard
The peculiar circumstances of the documentary necessitate more transparency than the filmmaker is willing to offer 
2
Presenting Princess Shaw
Rene Rodriguez
The emotional connection we develop with her as the movie unfolds pays off in the final 20 minutes which is about as happy of an ending as anyone could imagine except this one really happened Sometimes good things happen to good people 
3.5
Gaza Strip
Jordan Hiller
Therein lies the persisting sentiment of guilt and fiendishness in trying to adequately talk about a film that portrays rather poignantly and starkly the suffering of Palestinians
3
Gaza Strip
John Hartl
Presents a most persuasive vision of hell on Earth 
3.5
Gaza Strip
V.A. Musetto
While it is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side Longley s film lacks balance and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context 
2.5
Born Romantic
Michael Dequina
Like the salsa music that provides the musical backdrop this pleasantly low key rom com proves to be smoothly seductive 
3
Born Romantic
James Berardinelli
The screenplay is a shade smarter than that of the average romantic comedy and there are plenty of funny lines and scenes 
3
Born Romantic
Ed Gonzalez
This lightweight British import is harmless but unenlightening a scruple that seems to have taken its lead from an episode of HBO s Taxi Cab Confessions 
2
Born Romantic
Harvey S. Karten
The best movie revolving around a dance hall since Shall We Dance 
3.5
Journey to Greenland
Roger Moore
A deadpan fish out of water comedy that has a script but rarely seems like it 
2.5
CBGB
Robert Levin
The magnitude of what went on at 315 Bowery is largely missing though it s hard not to be at least a little bit stirred by the covers 
2
CBGB
Christy Lemire
CBGB ain t no party it ain t no disco it ain t no foolin around 
1
CBGB
Stephen Whitty
If you really want to remember those times Get out Horses Or Talking Heads 77 Or Blank Generation Preferably on vinyl with all the pops and scratches And play them Loud 
2
CBGB
Farran Smith Nehme
In place of punk s howling rage you get gross out jokes that include at least a half dozen close ups of the poop from Kristal s bowel challenged dog 
1
CBGB
Tomas Hachard
As the film moves from one musical performance to another the result increasingly feels like a series of celebrity impersonations set to a best of punk compilation album 
1
The Oxford Murders
Rossiter Drake
Hurt sells the silliness almost convincingly but even from such a skillful pitchman it comes out sounding finally like junk 
2
The Oxford Murders
David Lewis
This purported whodunit thriller never solves its main mystery How and why did this film get made in the first place 
1
This Is the End
Brian Eggert
Much of the movie goes by with almost nothing of significance happening beyond these actors goofing around together 44 and this is enjoyable until the formulaic plot takes over 44 and we lose interest 46 
2
This Is the End
Kelly Jane Torrance
These guys all take as much as they dish out though McBride is the star of this show 
3.5
This Is the End
Josh Larsen
runs on some delicious self critique 
3.5
This Is the End
Forrest Hartman
The best thing about This Is the End is playing spot the celebrity in the early frames Do this and you ll find everyone from Jason Segel to David Krumholtz If all that talent were put to better use the film might have been worth watching 
2
This Is the End
Michael Dequina
That Rogen and Goldberg make one of the Backstreet Boys more annoying yesteryear hit singles something you giddily sing along to is a measure of just how on point the satire is that or that it truly is the end of the world 
3.5
This Is the End
David Nusair
it s ultimately clear that This Is the End could and should have topped out at a brisk 80 or 90 minutes including credits 
2
This Is the End
Linda Cook
Profane shocking and absolutely hysterical This is the End is one of the most creative comedies to come along in years 
3.5
This Is the End
Linda Cook
Profane shocking and absolutely hysterical This is the End is one of the most creative comedies to come along in years 
3.5
This Is the End
John Beifuss
Depicts the end of the world with such drug addled potty mouthed over the top and below the belt enthusiasm that it also might signal Armageddon for a certain type of boys club comedy 
3.5
This Is the End
Eric Melin
Because its transplanted the egotistical and childish behavior normally reserved for Team Apatow s lovable manchild characters onto the actors themselves it feels dangerous For awhile it feels like anything can happen and its thrilling 
2.5
This Is the End
Scott Nash
A funny but flawed film that would have benefited from a tighter edit 
2.5
This Is the End
Kam Williams
Armageddon never looked like so much fun 
4
This Is the End
Matt Brunson
The moments of comic gold are sometimes diluted by considerable stretches of tedium generally occurring when the filmmakers and their improvising actors refuse to end scenes and instead carry them past the point of comedic no return 
2.5
This Is the End
Dann Gire
This is the End makes for one absurd fantastic end of days thriller stuffed with so many jaw dropping scenes that you may not be able to chew food for a while 
3.5
This Is the End
Austin Kennedy
Just when I thought I was getting tired of this comedy group they surprise me with this refreshing dark gross raunchy brave bold satire that made me laugh hard and often It s a little rough around the edges but the laughs are definitely there 
3
This Is the End
Michael Smith
Rude crude and socially unacceptable and in all of those ways it is hilarious 
3
This Is the End
John Wirt
The outrageous This Is The End takes an early lead in the summer movie comedy sweepstakes 
3
This Is the End
Jason Buchanan
Uneven yet sporadically hilarious the film does a spectacular job at toying with the public personas of its prolific stars but frequently allows their riffing to go on far too long 
2.5
This Is the End
Chris Knight
The funniest end of the world movie so far this year and that s a crowded field 
3.5
This Is the End
Mick LaSalle
Though This Is the End drags slightly here and there the filmmakers keep it interesting by making the personal relationships dynamic and the movie redeems all that is self referential and self congratulatory about it with a warmth of spirit 
3
This Is the End
Peter Travers
This Is the End is the bust out badass comedy of the summer And then some It s so good you ll think you hallucinated it 
3.5
This Is the End
Willie Waffle
If the world is coming to an end and Armageddon is nigh you can do worse than hanging with some of the funniest people on the planet and James Franco 
2.5
This Is the End
Peter Canavese
This type of thing has already been diluted by Funny or Die The main difference and it s not to be underestimated is that End is profane in the extreme an R rated stoner comedy gleefully grafted onto a splatstick horror picture 
2.5
This Is the End
Mike McGranaghan
This is the End is like The Walking Dead meets The Real World cast with an entire generation of hot comic actors An example of meta filmmaking at its finest 
3.5
This Is the End
Odie Henderson
This is the End finds a balanced tone most horror comedies fail to deliver Grossout humor melds easily with grossout horror sometimes at the same moment 
3.5
This Is the End
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers and the cast have a great deal of fun playing up or playing against their established screen personas whether it s Hill as a teddy bear of positive affirmations or Franco as a self absorbed esthete 
3.5
This Is the End
Robert Levin
This is fundamentally a narcissistic venture undone by the fact that none of these guys are compelling enough to sustain an entire movie without a story 
2.5
This Is the End
Rene Rodriguez
Most of the celebrities playing things straight Michael Cera is a notable exception portrayed as a cokehead sex addict who likes blowing cocaine into people s faces without warning 
3
This Is the End
Bob Bloom
The movie is one grand in joke that smartly lets us in on the gag These guys don t care if we laugh with them or at them as long as they can keep us in stitches 
3.5
This Is the End
Rob Thomas
In a summer where the world seems to be going up in flames over and over again at the movies This is the End shows you don t need to take the death and destruction of every single thing you ve ever known or loved so darn seriously 
3
This Is the End
Ann Hornaday
As both homage and send up it presents viewers with the ultra meta image of a comedy genre eating its own tail 
2
This Is the End
Chris Hewitt
A decent percentage of the insults hit their targets but the extended improvisation doesn t make for an especially disciplined film The movie feels longer than it is 
2.5
This Is the End
Daniel M. Kimmel
One gets a sense that these guys really are friends and they made this for the same reason Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack made the original Ocean s Eleven 
3
This Is the End
Steven Rea
Out of control hilarious 
3
This Is the End
Roger Moore
Hollywood s pot pack gives us a version of The Rapture we can all get behind 
3
This Is the End
Mark Dujsik
It may be a sophomoric type of imagination but it s still better than the alternative 
3
This Is the End
Ty Burr
A crass patchy occasionally hilarious farce 
3
This Is the End
Duane Dudek
A slapdash amount of effort modest effects and a modicum of talent are on display but the imagination deployed is negligible 
2.5
This Is the End
Claudia Puig
The film is uneven and about 15 minutes too long But when it s funny it s hilarious 
3
This Is the End
Rafer Guzman
With no outsiders to coddle this tight knit ensemble locks into a groove and reaches some truly giddy heights turning even the weakest material a spoof of The Exorcist into anarchic fun 
3
This Is the End
Joe Williams
This gut busting comedy is an intoxicating mix of Write what you know and Give the people what they want 
3.5
This Is the End
Tom Keogh
A story lurching moment to moment for inspiration or full of ceaseless gags about every bodily fluid or featuring rape jokes or the sight of Franco spitting food into Hill s mouth doesn t pass as wit 
1
This Is the End
John Serba
Banking successfully on the chemistry of its cast it s a thoroughly enjoyable tweak of stoner dude grossout yukfests 
3
This Is the End
Peter Howell
You may have trouble at times deciding whether to laugh out loud or to avert your horrified gaze 
3
This Is the End
James Berardinelli
It s funnier and more energetic than a lot of what s out there in a movie season most would qualify as disappointing 
3
This Is the End
Joe Lozito
It s the end of the world as we know it and I feel high 
3
This Is the End
Stephen Whitty
It has a gleeful sloppiness that seems to owe more to multiple rounds than multiple drafts 
3
This Is the End
Michael Phillips
The thing really moves Even the grottiest bits have a way of hitting their marks and darting onward the way they did in Borat 
3.5
This Is the End
Dustin Putman
Dies a slow wheezing woefully unfunny death 
1
This Is the End
Jeff Beck
Imagine how funny it could have been if they had actually put some thought into the humor instead of trying to appeal to the basest levels of comedy and then imagine if they had actually done something with this story 
2
This Is the End
Kyle Smith
There is stuff in This Is the End that had me laughing so hard I sensed new body parts joining in to help out my pancreas was heaving my bile ducts ripped 
3
This Is the End
Jon Niccum
Its wild and hilarious elements don t cancel out its smug and lazy ones 
2.5
This Is the End
Jesse Cataldo
It s disheartening that despite some half hearted overtures toward shifting the comedy paradigm the filmmakers make little attempt to expand their comedic palette 
2
This Is the End
Randy Myers
You never know exactly what lunacy lurks around the corner or just how far Rogen and Goldberg will push the R rating to its limit 
4
This Is the End
Matt Pais
Even without James Franco and Danny McBride threatening to ejaculate all over each other This is the End would be an aggressive misguided demonstration of self love 
2
The Child
Matt Brunson
The Bad Seed with zombies might be the best way to describe this one although the actual film delivers little of the fun that such a mashup might suggest 
1.5
Dead & Beautiful
Steven Prokopy
Verbeek opens up some interesting Pandora s Boxes in Dead Beautiful but he slams them shut before allowing anything genuinely nasty to escape 
2.5
Dead & Beautiful
Sara Michelle Fetters
This thriller has bite and in this instance that s enough to warrant a look 
2.5
Dead & Beautiful
Monica Castillo
There s something strangely vacuous about David Verbeek s Dead Beautiful 
2
An Awfully Big Adventure
David Sterritt
The filmmakers appear to be aiming for laughs much of the time and on this level their efforts fall completely flat 
2
An Awfully Big Adventure
Roger Ebert
As a portrait of the company and its emotional tangles An Awfully Big Adventure has a gritty authenticity But as drama and melodrama the movie stumbles 
2
Osama
Jay Antani
A wonderful and riveting movie experience
3.5
Osama
Stefan Ulstein
Great films like Osama thoughtfully considered give us the ability to withhold blanket judgments and come that much closer to the truth 
3.5
Osama
Forrest Hartman
A film that is not only moving but valuable as a historical and social instrument 
3.5
Osama
John Beifuss
Gives real insight into a part of the world that likely will dominate our newscasts and newspapers for years to come 
3
Osama
Sean P. Means
Barmak details the Taliban s picayune restrictions which would be comic if they weren t enforced with such brutality 
3
Osama
Jeff Vice
It offers valuable insights into a foreign culture that few of us have more than a cursory knowledge about 
3
Osama
Joe Baltake
A powerful film 
4
Osama
Walter Chaw
Feel vindicated in the mad incongruity of popular foreign policies advocating war with the other for the sake of the innocents 
1.5
Osama
Marty Mapes
What Osama shows all too well is that things can always get worse
3
Osama
Lisa Kennedy
Barmak and his little star bring artistry and truth to the plight of women under the Taliban 
3.5
Osama
Chris Hewitt
Although its story is horrifying Osama wisely makes its points through irony and understatement 
3
Osama
Jeanne Aufmuth
Pregnant with emotion and bitterly realized 
3
Osama
James Berardinelli
In most ways that count it s as true as any documentary 
3
Osama
Steven Rea
Heartbreaking stuff 
3.5
Osama
John Hartl
A melancholy movie but a necessary one 
3
Osama
Carla Meyer
The horrors of Osama are pervasive not acute so they take longer to sink in But once in they stay there 
4
Osama
David Elliott
Outrage is concentrated by art but how can you urge people to watch a child being tortured for 82 minutes 
3
Osama
Liam Lacey
The film a simple tale of a girl who disguises herself as a boy begins with a Nelson Mandela quote I can t forget but I can forgive is designed to ensure the audience won t forget either 
3
Osama
Terry Lawson
Despite an absence of subtlety the film has a very real impact 
3
Osama
Roger Ebert
Imagine if we could see films from previous centuries records of slavery the Great Fire of London the Black Plague Osama is like a film from some long ago age 
3.5
Osama
Ty Burr
Works simply as the story of one unlucky young girl 
3.5
Osama
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Barmak tells his story without a ton of explanation often we have no more idea of what s going on than our hero does which increases the film s sense of danger and fear 
3
Osama
David Nusair
the sad truth is that potential viewers would be far better off watching a documentary on the rise and fall of the Taliban 
2
Osama
Mark Caro
Derives most of its power from providing a clear window on a previously obscured world 
3
Osama
Mike Clark
A smooth mix of humanism and keen filmmaking instincts 
3.5
Osama
Timothy Knight
A profoundly moving story that demonstrates the power of art to enlighten and entertain 
3.5
Osama
Jonathan Foreman
That it is such a powerful and indeed beautiful film is simply extraordinary 
3
Osama
Marta Barber
Will touch everyone with its haunting sounds and images 
3
Osama
Bob Strauss
Its central performance by young Marina Golbahari registers a terrorized and unforgettable personal response to pervasive mass intimidation 
3.5
Osama
Josh Larsen
its poeticism contains a power no newspaper report can match 
3.5
Osama
David Sterritt
It s gripping timely and revealing 
4
Osama
Emily Blunt
Osama is an exposing opinionated frighteningly frank and fascinating film It s also an actual Afghani film so It s amazing it even got made 
4
Osama
Ed Gonzalez
May seem redundant after Jafar Panahi s more structurally impressive The Circle or Mohsen Makhmalbaf s absurdist Kandahar but it s no less powerful 
3
Restless
Kelly Jane Torrance
It might be a meta commentary on the characters but it feels far too earnest for that 
2.5
Restless
Roger Moore
Quirky death obsessed oddly touching faintly amusing
3
Restless
Michael Dequina
A slight tale whose self conscious indie quirks fail to lift it beyond familiar Disease of the Week formula 
2
Restless
Eric Melin
The couple s ability to see through how people perceive courageous behavior in the face of death forms the heart of the film Van Sant illustrates that those trappings usually exist only to make the ones who are not sick feel better about themselves 
2.5
Restless
Joe Williams
If you haven t seen a wasting disease in real life you might think Restless is romantic If you have you might diagnose it as terminally cute 
2.5
Restless
Rob Thomas
A terminal illness is the ultimate hipster accessory 
2
Restless
Bob Bloom
The only restless activity in this movie will derive from audience members squirming in their seats 
1
Restless
John Beifuss
The sense of specialness of the privilege of being pretty and in pain should be the film s undoing but it proves to be its saving grace 
3
Restless
Mike Scott
A calcuated portrait of teen angst but one that s just interesting enough to be worth watching 
2.5
Restless
John Hartl
This low budget movie takes its time filling in the backgrounds of its characters That works for a while but when it s over you may wonder if that s all there is 
2.5
Restless
Chris Foran
Restless teeters close to so many screen clichs that even when it treads in uncharted territory it feels like you ve been there before 
2.5
Restless
Rene Rodriguez
If anyone other than Gus Van Sant had directed Restless the film could have well been impossible to sit through 
2
Restless
Roger Moore
Restless is far more precious than profound But that takes little away from this soulful teenage exploration of love life and death 
3
Restless
Liam Lacey
A film that is often as insipid as one of Nicholas Sparks s commercial melodramas 
2
Restless
Peter Howell
Twee doesn t begin to describe this set up and it doesn t suit Gus Van Sant or any director for that matter 
2
Restless
Chris Hewitt
It would be easy to make fun of the woozy soap operatics of Restless but Wasikowska cuts through all of that with piercing clarity 
2
Restless
Ty Burr
Is the title meant as a joke A torpidly precious love story about death obsessed adolescents the film s becalmed and embalmed in its own sensitive self pity 
1.5
Restless
Steven Rea
In its episodic bits of quirk and whimsy and its romantic morbidity it s a project that smacks of film school you can practically follow the cookie crumbs of Wes Anderson and Harold and Maude and the French New Wave 
2
Restless
Peter Keough
She s kooky and she s going to die 
1.5
Restless
Ann Hornaday
Not this era s Love Story despite its most ingratiating efforts to find meaning laughter and romance by way of a too young protagonist battling cancer 
2
Restless
Walter V. Addiego
The film is morbid and mawkish and packed with enough forced whimsy to make you scream 
1
Restless
Roger Ebert
An uncommonly touching romance about a young man and woman who essentially worship at the shrines of their own deaths 
3
Restless
Matt Pais
Van Sant gets lost in no man s land between his daring independent sensibilities and his mainstream compromises 
2
Restless
James Berardinelli
Van Sant salts the film with moments of macabre humor but never goes beyond the bounds of good taste His directorial touch is restrained 
3
Restless
Lou Lumenick
Unlike Van Sant s grittier less sentimental recent small films it s twee enough to make your teeth ache It s the director s biggest miscalculation since Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 18 years ago 
1.5
Restless
Claudia Puig
More care seems to have gone into wardrobe choices than into clever dialogue or plot 
2.5
Restless
Peter Travers
Van Sant and his longtime cinematographer Harris Savides can caress the faces of youth with a poet s eye for beauty and pain 
2.5
Restless
Jake Coyle
The material isn t up to Van Sant s abilities and the impression of Restless is of a filmmaker playing with familiar themes and searching for an adequate vessel 
2
Restless
Nick Schager
A work of off putting bathos and lovey dovey nonsense that inspires not just the titular agitation but stomach cramping eye rolling antipathy 
1
The Party Crashers
Steve Rhodes
The movie s big twist is so obvious that they might as well as have proclaimed it in the opening credits 
2.5
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Manori Ravindran
There s an honesty and whip smart humour to the micro budget Everyday Is Like Sunday that separates it from similar fare and Moondi and Sloane have expertly distilled the disillusioned charm shrouding Toronto youth into snappy dialogue 
3
Squadron Leader X
Wanda Hale
Squadron Leader X has a good idea behind it Too leisurely presentation of the thinly spun plot however cripples the picture s holding powers 
2.5
The Big Knife
Matt Brunson
A Clifford Odets theatrical piece morphs into a Hollywood insider movie and while the staginess remains it actually suits this claustrophobic story 
3
Domestic Import
Walter V. Addiego
The direction by TV veteran Kevin Connor and the acting are reminiscent of the Disney Channel 
1.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Sarah Knight Adamson
Oliver Stone director of Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is beginning to grow on me Yes I m even a bit surprised myself by this turn of events 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Jeff Beck
The bottom line on Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is that it is sprinkled with inspired scenes but is never able to fully engage the viewer because of its meandering and unfocused storylines 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
David Nusair
A decidedly inferior sequel 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Peter Canavese
Though the carpe diem theme comes as something of a surprise Wall Street Money Never Sleeps makes its political points with moral hazard mdash the dark side of second chances mdash the film rsquo s punny refrain 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Linda Cook
Gordon Gekko is back but he s not as powerful a force as he once was 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Sean P. Means
The old Gordon Gekko would have torn this movie apart with his gleaming teeth while today s Gekko seems content just to nibble on the edges 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Matt Brunson
It s Douglas continuing commitment to his iconic role that sporadically gooses the proceedings at least until a mawkish conclusion that resembles nothing so much as a Wall Street crash 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
John Beifuss
The recent economic collapse would seem to offer a goldmine of opportunities for a sequel but Stone concentrates on a dull retread of the earlier movie s deal with the devil scenario 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
James Kendrick
Stone frequently trips the film up on idiosyncratic visual devices and shifting tones that make one wonder if he is making a serious drama or a slightly veiled satire
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Rossiter Drake
In hindsight Stone should have left Gekko behind bars a casualty of his own hubris and shark like appetites but here he is back on the New York streets he once owned in Money Never Sleeps And to what end 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Lori Hoffman
As part of Stone s rant on the financial mess foisted on us he shoots the boardroom scenes as if the bankers are mafia dons ordering a hit on the American people 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Scott Nash
The immortal Gordon Gekko is back 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Kam Williams
Crime might not pay but greed is still good 
4
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Eric Melin
It s not a convincing family drama or rise and fall story the redemption is forced the plot twists are painfully obvious its sluggish and preachy offers no real insight into the current financial collapse and worst of all it s dreadfully boring 
1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Joe Lozito
This sequel like its iconic character is every bit as slick relevant and yes mature as you d want it to be 
3.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Robert Levin
Stone loses his grasp of the overall narrative minimizing the intimate authenticity and the broader themes of friendship loyalty and betrayal that the material requires 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
James Berardinelli
There are times when iconic characters should be left alone to bask in the glory of a single appearance and unfortunately that s the case with Gordon Gekko 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Sara Michelle Fetters
Here s a shocker Oliver Stone s Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is both better than the original film that inspired it and the best thing the idiosyncratic outspoken director has made in almost two decades 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Mike McGranaghan
For me the basic problem with Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is simple Oliver Stone s rage is missing this time 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Peter Travers
Stone used to know in his gut that a sermon belongs in the pulpit not the multiplex No more 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Katelyn Beaty
Stone is to be commended for showing the high stakes world of Wall Street without glamorizing it even if his approach is at times heavy handed 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Rick Groen
Saddled with this hollow script Stone pads with elaborate set pieces 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Jeffrey M. Anderson
LaBeouf seems unclear as to how to play all this 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Willie Waffle
The movie fails because we don t get enough Gekko I feel like I was promised a steak and ended up getting a salad 
1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Joe Williams
It s a wholly successful sequel audacious entertaining and bracingly pertinent 
3.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Chris Hewitt
Give Stone credit for great timing sparkling dialogue and vivid characters but debit him for pouring it on too thick 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Kyle Smith
I liked Gordon Gekko better before he turned into Paul Krugman but in Wall Street Money Never Sleeps he is still at his core a seductive high priest of the money changers temples 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Ann Hornaday
Stone has a knack for pacing detail and atmosphere that manages to feel authentic and fancifully allegorical at the same time 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Mark Dujsik
Gordon Gekko turns out to be more human than that unapologetic greedy egoistic quick tempered sociopathic thief we once loved to hate 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Dustin Putman
Wider in scope than its predecessor and technically more ambitious It s a lot of other things too including clumsy obvious and safe 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Moira MacDonald
If you re not looking for anything particularly profound it s entertaining thanks to the zest of the cast and the stylish look of the film 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Robert W. Butler
Douglas is fun to watch Little else in this movie is 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Tom Horgen
Eventually Stone allows the squishy love story between Jacob and Winnie to take center stage It s a mistake 
1.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Carrie Rickey
Money Never Sleeps is diverting enough But as a cautionary tale of personal and business ethics the film has all the urgency of snail mail 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Ty Burr
The film s lack of focus is almost criminal but schadenfreude energizes Stone Everyone here is dancing on a bubble and no one has the guts to admit the bubble is about to pop 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Josh Larsen
bloated obvious and most damningly immediately irrelevant 
1.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Michael Phillips
It has its satisfactions thanks mainly to a cast skillful enough to finesse what is effectively two films sharing the same screen 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Roger Ebert
It s an entertaining story about ambition romance and predatory trading practices but it seems more fascinated than angry Is Stone suggesting this new reality has become embedded and we re stuck with it 
3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Roger Moore
Money Never Sleeps is never boring even as its plot descends into cheap melodrama and the script runs out of banter about the the NINJA generation no income no job no assets 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Rex Reed
Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is a movie only a hedge fund manager could love 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Peter Keough
Stone jazzes up the dry proceedings with fancy filmic footwork but even he is no match for derivatives 
2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Rene Rodriguez
The undeniably polished and professional work of a once iconoclastic filmmaker who appears to be mellowing with age I liked him better when he was ruthless 
2.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Nick Schager
there s no revelation to these blunt garish perfunctory proceedings only timely moralizing
2
Just One Look
David Sterritt
A romantic kung fu comedy with a good heart 
3
Just One Look
V.A. Musetto
Just One Look proves that Hollywood doesn t have exclusive rights to jokes about constipation 
2
Just One Look
G. Allen Johnson
Sometimes hilarious sometimes melodramatic Just One Look always rings true 
4
A Band Called Impaled Rektum
Simon Abrams
A cult hit waiting in the wings Come for the brutal music stay for the charming DIY optimism 
3.5
A Band Called Impaled Rektum
Pat Brown
Its story distances heavy metal from any whiff of toxic masculinity by setting Turo and company against homophobes and rakes 
2
A Band Called Impaled Rektum
Robert Daniels
The band at the center of Heavy Trip Impaled Rectum provide the best comedy of the year and one of the best music films in decades
3.5
Phat Beach
Mal Vincent
Hopkins and Hooks are such a contrasting comedic duo that it would be surprising if they didn t turn up on screen again 
2
If... Dog... Rabbit
Walter Chaw
Almost garnering a recommendation just for the sight of Lisa Marie getting zapped by a car battery and shot to death 
1
We're Not Broke
John Beifuss
A documentary about what one lawyer calls non taxation through extraordinary representation The movie might make you angry and if it does it s succeeded 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Brian Eggert
Another retconned franchise another ill advised attempt to capitalize on an intellectual property well past its prime 
1.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Federico Furzan
It works right up until someone very familiar appears and it s not Sarah Full review in Spanish 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Blake Howard
The Terminator Series like The Godfather and The Godfather Part II before it are burdened by staggering genre and cinema redefining perfection The rest of the franchise including Dark Fate are frozen 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Linda Cook
Terminator stays entertaining now and in the future 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
David Nusair
The movie s downward trajectory then is triggered by a midsection focused around two often astonishingly underwhelming heroes 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Matt Brunson
In this instance familiarity doesn t breed contempt as much as it fosters complacency 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
James Kendrick
a profoundly female centric action film one that is committed to flipping the script on action movie gender politics in almost every way possible but without doing so in a way that feels forced or didactic
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Robert Daniels
When Miller s picture allows Hamilton and Schwarzenegger to handle characters they re more familiar with than anyone the film hits its stride like a tremendous machine 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Walter Chaw
All of this to say that Dark Fate is a deep and complex satire of contemporary gender roles the danger of massive lurches in military and surveillance technology and the broken state of our national politics 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Barry Hertz
Ultimately Dark Fate is nothing more than a run duck and repeat production an extraordinarily familiar if efficiently made exercise in Terminatorology 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Kevin A. Ranson
past its posted 1997 expiration date Dark Fate relaunches the original Terminator franchise in a meaningful way embracing the violent spectacle of late 20th century action films using modern effects infused with characters worth caring about 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Luke Parker
Miller whose work at the helm of Deadpool saw a pleasant balance between action and comedy cannot groom the three man teamed screenplay to satisfy as anything other than a well executed if cyclic game of cat and mouse 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Richard Roeper
There are more than enough ingredients here to cook up one rousing and thought provoking sci fi thriller Except this time around they re just serving up overcooked leftovers 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Mike McGranaghan
We may not ever be completely floored by a Terminator picture again but it sure feels good to get another one that understands what made the idea so appealing to begin with 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Matthew Rozsa
An actor s age is irrelevant What matters is that you have compelling characters performed well which is why Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger carry this film 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Steven Prokopy
This an epic action journey could easily wrap up this decades long franchise or kick start a whole new series of films with a new hero at the epicenter 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Michael O'Sullivan
Director Tim Miller Deadpool has hit a reset button and he finds just the right mix of action suspense and when needed old school comic relief 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Tom Russo
As with the installments that this one ostensibly overwrites Dark Fate offers some diverting conceptual riffs and effects updates Still it hardly feels essential 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Michael Medved
Much better than the last 3 films in the series but not nearly as good as the first two 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Josh Terry
Dark Fate is nothing more than an attempt to sell the same product to the same audience with just enough window dressing to make it look new 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Christy Lemire
The visual effects are consistently the strongest part of Dark Fate But they re in the service of a blockbuster that is relentless in its one note intensity 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Robert Horton
Cameron s gift for grabby ideas is on juicy display it s candy you know is empty calories but hard to resist 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Christian Toto
The sixth film in the series flirts with anti Trump sentiment but sticks to the crisp action movie beats 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Phil Villarreal
There s a clear passing of the cybernetic torch at play which adds an elegiac and resonant tone to what otherwise might have been little more than a rambunctious action flick 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Sean P. Means
Sure the action sequences are ridiculously entertaining but they re driving the story rather than the other way around 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hamilton is as ferocious as ever as Sarah Connor and to say the series has missed her is a massive understatement 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Terminator Dark Fate mostly delivers the cinematic goods even as it mines its own past to recycle plot lines that worked once before 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
James Berardinelli
The story introduces interesting new wrinkles and the ending when considered in the context of a trilogy makes this movie feel less like an extraneous add on than a part of a larger tale 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers have gone all in on spectacle and they ve sacrificed just about everything else for it 
1.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Peter Howell
Nostalgia chemistry and some sneaky Deadpool sarcasm help carry the load 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Soren Andersen
Hamilton steps back into the role of Sarah for the first time since Judgment Day and instantly becomes the heart and soul of the movie 
3
Terminator: Dark Fate
Jeff Beck
Terminator Dark Fate ends up being so close to what we should have for a sequel but in the end it just falls a little too short 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Brian Truitt
Dark Fate ultimately blows up any chance for innovative storytelling with rehashed plot points and reheated signature moments 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Mick LaSalle
In the end the great fault of Terminator Dark Fate is that the filmmakers didn t trust what they had They didn t trust how much audiences enjoy Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger 
1.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Michael Phillips
Terminator Dark Fate rates as a fairly entertaining sequel to James Cameron s low budget high yield The Terminator and the hugely expensive and enjoyable Terminator 2 Judgement Day 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Rafer Guzman
As a passable piece of entertainment that re teams old talent and adds a new wrinkle or two the movie generally succeeds 
2.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Roger Moore
The most ridiculous repetitive and recycled Terminator yet 
1.5
Terminator: Dark Fate
Michael Joshua Rowin
The film is good enough to redeem the bad taste that lingered from its predecessors but too uninspired to make one want more 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Lindsey Bahr
Terminator Dark Fate is just another bad Terminator movie in a string of bad Terminator movies although better than Genisys 
2
Terminator: Dark Fate
Johnny Oleksinski
Reyes and Davis can t even save their movie 
1.5
The Surrounding Game
Roger Moore
Intriguing and meditative look into the ancient Asian board game Go and efforts to popularize it in America
3
Northern Light
Wes Greene
The film has an atmosphere of endless experimentation which compliments the constant revision the subjects apply to their lives in the wake of their economic insecurity 
3.5
Northern Light
Tom Keogh
Northern Light can be monotonous 
2.5
Come Back Anytime
Rania Richardson
COME BACK ANYTIME is an uplifting film that follows a local elder with a passion Masamoto Ueda and his ramen noodle bar in Tokyo There is no lack of mouthwatering close ups that will have audiences anticipating their next meal 
4
Teen Wolf Too
Matt Brunson
An awful sequel to a mediocre original 
1
Teen Wolf Too
Kathleen Carroll
A feeble bush league comedy 
1
Teen Wolf Too
Malcolm Johnson
No one should pay any attention to this picture 
0
Halloween Ends
James Kendrick
commendable for its ambition 44 although said ambition is relentlessly stretched to the breaking point by shoddy plotting 44 confusing characters 44 and a general lack of focus
2
Halloween Ends
Steven Prokopy
Despite a few nice touches along the way 44 mostly scenes between Laurie and Allyson 44 as well as Laurie and a would be suitor in returning Officer Hawkins 40 Will Patton 41 44 Halloween Ends is dull 44 unsatisfying stuff 46 
1.5
Halloween Ends
Erik Childress
Has all the feel of a leaden straight to video chapter after all the principles had bowed out 46 Except they are still here playing second fiddle to a new character in what is basically David Gordon Green 8217 s Jason Goes To Hell 46 
1
Halloween Ends
Walter Chaw
Halloween Ends is an evocation of aftermath romantic in some ways and silly in others but above all doomed It s the final film in a trilogy about how the best we can hope is not to get better but to not get worse 
3.5
Halloween Ends
Richard Roeper
They say this is Halloween Ends I say Can we get that in writing 
1.5
Halloween Ends
David Nusair
46 46 46 the film could 8217 ve gone in so many directions and this is what they settled on 63 
2.5
Halloween Ends
Mattie Lucas
Less interested in the shameless nostalgia of its predecessor and more concerned with reflecting on its own place in a legacy of terror that mythologizes madmen 46 
3
Halloween Ends
Dylan Roth
An engaging and suspenseful psychological thriller that could have functioned totally independently of the Halloween series but works in concert with what s most interesting about Green s prior two entries 
3
Halloween Ends
Joe Friar
It feels more like the epilogue rather than the final chapter 46 However 44 Green is to be commended for shifting the focus back to Laurie Strode 46 It 8217 s always been her story and her monster 44 with Michael Meyers as the undertone that drove the franchise 46 
2.5
Halloween Ends
James Berardinelli
It s not a bad way to go out At least it has the virtue of trying something new 
3
Halloween Ends
Doug Walker
If apos Halloween Kills apos was a bridge film to this 44 then something got lost during construction 46 
1.5 
Halloween Ends
Mike McGranaghan
Halloween Ends is a half decent entry in the Halloween franchise 44 but a fairly weak entry in the recent David Gordon Green directed trilogy 46 
2.5
Halloween Ends
Kevin Carr
This will be polarizing for fans 44 but there are some clever elements to David Gordon Green 8217 s final Halloween film 46 
2.5
Halloween Ends
Leo Brady
Halloween Ends tries to be a send off 44 an introduction to a new kind of evil 44 a Michael Myers slasher 44 and a family drama and ends up being a mixed bag of rotten candy 46 
2
Halloween Ends
Pablo O. Scholz
We can say without affliction or guilt that at last it ends Full review in Spanish 
2
Halloween Ends
Brian Tallerico
It apos s easy to admire its wide swings at doing something different with a trilogy closer 44 but Green and his team can 8217 t figure out how to wed their undeniable ambition to something that 8217 s coherent 46 
1.5
Halloween Ends
Kevin A. Ranson
Not the mystical voodoo the last film suggested 44 but 46 46 46 redefines the very nature of The Shape 46 46 46 interesting as a stand alone offering 46 46 46 won apos t be a popular choice for some franchise fans 46 
3
Halloween Ends
Sonny Bunch
A very strange movie 44 one that 8217 s almost certainly going to alienate audiences looking for a straight up slasher flick 8212 and one that 8217 s almost equally certain to find a small but doggedly loyal group of defenders as the years pass 46 
2
Halloween Ends
Sara Michelle Fetters
The climax of Halloween Ends is pure 44 unabashed 44 blood soaked nonsense 44 culminating in that full throttle showdown that 8217 s been 44 years in the making and promised in the sequel 8217 s title 46 
2.5
Halloween Ends
Mark Dujsik
For all of its risk taking 44 Halloween Ends disappoints 46 46 46 
2
Halloween Ends
Brian Eggert
Even though Green has plenty of surprises in store 44 Halloween Ends doesn 8217 t commit to its digression 44 leaving both the new evil and the old one underserviced 46 160 
2
Halloween Ends
Christian Toto
Horror trilogy wraps with fan friendly beats but leaves out scares 44 Michael Myers 46 
2
Halloween Ends
Chris Hewitt
Green returns to form for the climax a suspenseful witty and satisfying battle between 44 years and counting enemies Laurie and Michael 
2.5
Halloween Ends
EJ Moreno
Halloween Ends is all about choices 46 Bad choices 44 good choices 44 and bold choices 46 At least it apos s not the same old Myers slasher 46 
2
Halloween Ends
Katie Walsh
By the time we get to the last act for the final 44 final denouement 40 really 44 it better be final 41 44 all of the energy has been sapped 44 and it feels like a compulsory trudge to the finish line 46 
2
Halloween Ends
Peter Howell
Halloween Ends provides catharsis one way or another 
2.5
Halloween Ends
Johnny Oleksinski
You ll consider taking Wite Out to the title and changing it to Halloween Keeps Going Please 
3
Halloween Ends
Kelly Lawler
A Halloween flick that should go out with a roar but instead closes with a masked wheeze 
2
Halloween Ends
David Lewis
Halloween Ends feels like there are too many writers on the keyboard juggling too many subplots themes and superfluous characters 
2
Halloween Ends
Joey Magidson
Halloween Ends goes in a very different direction for its final act 46 It apos s a big swing and plenty of folks won apos t go for it 44 but I appreciated the bold choices from David Gordon Green and company 46 
3
Halloween Ends
Keith Watson
Just as David Gordon Green seems to have finally unshackled his legacyquel trilogy from the dead weight of the past 44 the film loses the courage of its convictions 46 
1.5
Halloween Ends
Roger Moore
The direction Green and a tag team of screenwriters take the characters and the story in this finale is hard to defend 44 harder to swallow 46 
2
The Kid
Steven Prokopy
The true scene stealer of the movie is Pratt with full beard strange haircut and false teeth who brings us a level of surreal unredeemable villainy that is unlike anything he s done before 
3
The Kid
Matt Brunson
An above average oater 
3
The Kid
Linda Cook
The Kid is a solid violent Western 
3
The Kid
Richard Roeper
First time director D Onofrio has as an admirable visual style whether we get medium long shot takes or intimate close ups This is a good looking period piece film percolating with top tier performances 
3
The Kid
Arielle Bernstein
This relegation of female characters to the sidelines is depressing for a film released in 2019 especially because it seems entirely possible to have a film looking at masculinity without reducing women to archetypes 
1.5
The Kid
Robert Horton
The concept is promising and D Onofrio obviously has affection for the Western
2.5
The Kid
Keith Watson
Its scenes wildly escalate to a fever pitch at the drop of a hat before then ending more often than not with abrupt violence 
1.5
The Kid
Katie Walsh
The script is laden with painfully outdated representations and vacillates between snooze inducing speechifying and bare bones storytelling that doesn t elucidate a damn thing
1.5
The Kid
Mark Dujsik
The Kid examines the power of legend with some thoughtfulness 
3
The Kid
Jocelyn Noveck
Check out The Kid for some pleasant entertainment 
2
The Kid
Joey Magidson
This effort from D Onofrio is undeniably well made It just simply comes off as unexceptional and never rouses you from a low gear 
2.5
The Kid
Sean P. Means
The problem with The Kid is that the relationship between Rio and Billy never feels authentic kindred spirits in a cruel world feels like a Screenwriting 101 exercise rather than an organic part of the story 
2.5
The Kid
Roger Moore
Ethan Hawke Dane DeHaan and Chris Pratt cast against type shine in this sharply detailed twist on an over familiar Western tale 
2.5
The Kid
Soren Andersen
There s gunplay aplenty but nothing about The Kid sets it apart from the many Billy movies that have preceded it 
2
The Wait
Stephanie Merry
The lead actresses like the story work in subtle ways There s plenty of potency in small gestures anecdotes and shared glances 
3
The Wait
Moira MacDonald
We watch Binoche s face in eloquent mesmerizing close up pain and grief engulf her expression like water flooding into a still pool She has few words She doesn t need them 
3.5
The Wait
Mick LaSalle
L Attesa also known as The Wait is atmospheric and moody serious and full of portent and if it weren t so good it would probably be unbearable 
3
The Wait
Susan Wloszczyna
What Messina lacks in substance in his storytelling he mostly makes up with raw feelings We come to care through our own powers of observation and that might be enough 
3
The Wait
Christopher Gray
It s bedecked with religious themes and iconography that add up to little more than gorgeous window dressing 
1.5
Ginger Snaps
Mike McGranaghan
An uncommonly intelligent fright film one that unnerves you at a very deep primal level 
3
Ginger Snaps
Lucius Gore
A stunning teen angst werewolf film from 2001 this was the best lycanthrope movie since An American Werewolf in London 
4
Ginger Snaps
David Nusair
winds up wallowing in its own detached ironic humour 
2
Ginger Snaps
Ray Conlogue
The ideas are thin and the scene by scene execution of them is bumbling 
1.5
Ginger Snaps
Jeremy Heilman
Ginger Snaps starts out so well that its terrible last half hour feels insulting 
3
Ginger Snaps
Ian Mantgani
Reminded me of the early work of David Cronenberg
3.5
Ginger Snaps
Ed Gonzalez
John Fawcett s Ginger Snaps cleverly links lycanthropy to vaginal flow 
3
Ginger Snaps
Maitland McDonagh
The script is full of inventions so felicitous that you can only wonder why no one ever thought of them before 
3.5
Ginger Snaps
Bill Chambers
When you can see through a film it s not as much fun 
2
Ginger Snaps
Mick LaSalle
The best teenage werewolf movie ever made 
3
Ginger Snaps
Steve Rhodes
The wickedly effective performances by the two leads turn what would otherwise be a forgettable low budget movie into an intriguing little tale of the macabre 
3
Children of the Night
Dustin Putman
An underseen genre fluid gem a weird and wonderful film that on occasion one ups the acclaimed better known titles of its ilk 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Sean P. Means
The prime reason for this movie s infectious spirit is Perry s performance in concert 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Mike McGranaghan
A fascinating and surprisingly intimate look at the person inside the superstar 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Roger Moore
Through it all through her cotton candy colored hair hues her candy store concert sets and cheesy looking stage costumes all her chart topping success Perry comes of as genuine 
2.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Stephanie Merry
Although there are moments when the filmmakers fingerprints are nearly visible on the manipulated putty of an audience the scenes aren t enough to break the fruit flavored spell 
2.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Michael Dequina
Has more stand alone substance and resonance than anticipated 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Mark Shanahan
Just like it says Part of Me is one aspect of Perry but her fans may leave the movie wanting more 
2
Katy Perry: Part of Me
John Beifuss
In some ways I live in a fairy tale says Perry a polychrome Snow White who doesn t just charm the birds out of the trees but sings of being a phoenix of having a hummingbird heart of longing for a bold display of peacock 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
David Hiltbrand
What is worth seeing and shelling out the 3 D premium for is Perry s eye popping showmanship 
2.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Andrea Anderson
Katy Perry s sugary sweet wonderland is a hit with her fans but it also makes for an inspiring movie for those who might have never heard her music 
2.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Chris Hewitt
Footage from Perry s elaborate stage show which hit Xcel Energy Center last August is so energetic and fizzy that the blandly catchy songs feel like just a small and not unpleasant piece of the puzzle 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Rafer Guzman
I m willing to believe Perry is everything Part of Me says she is kind smart talented hardworking deserving of success I just wish the movie trusted me to decide for myself 
2
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Kevin C. Johnson
Surely there are more interesting subjects but Perry manages to pull it off here coming off completely likable and real never insufferable and fake 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Stephen Whitty
It goes a bit beyond the usual music documentaries which rarely document anything beyond how beloved their stars are 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Sara Stewart
Ever the professional the pop star has surrounded herself with people who know how to make a tour work but none of them seem well equipped to give a heartbroken 27 year old girl a much needed hug 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Andrew Matson
You realize the main drama of the movie and Perry s career is not that she has any special artistic talent but rather the drive to take on an insane workload and see it through to the bitter end 
2
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Mick LaSalle
Any self produced documentary about oneself is bound to be a propaganda film but Katy Perry Part of Me is a good one and a persuasive one 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Edna Gundersen
It s difficult to assess the authenticity of Perry s big screen portrait shaped by handlers friends family and gushing Katy Kats But her zeal geeky enthusiasm and generous spirit feel genuine 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Bruce DeMara
There s nothing new or radical in those ideals learning to accept yourself not taking life too seriously but they are messages that resonate with her young fans female and male and that s not at all a bad thing 
2.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Kara Nesvig
Part of Me succeeds because it s not afraid to let its big star be vulnerable 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Timothy Finn
What resonates in this film is the personal thread of the narrative that erupted unexpectedly which is epitomized in one brief moment 
3
Katy Perry: Part of Me
R. Kurt Osenlund
This frothy 3D concert doc often plays like a Perry ad campaign assuring viewers that their Teenage Dream diva is a good fun loving person and that by God she s doing fine 
2
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Jake Coyle
As artificial as much of the apparatus surrounding Perry may be none of it works without her charisma at the center That comes through in Part of Me as does her intense drive to succeed after early failures 
2.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Matt Pais
She dresses like an ice cream sundae but never offers more than a sample spoon into her life 
1.5
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Michael Phillips
I find Perry likable in her camera friendliness 
2.5
The Man in 3B
Kam Williams
A multi layered mystery where just about everybody but the butler proves to be a prime suspect 
2
Antonia
V.A. Musetto
a raw reality underscored by believable performances by nonprofessional actors 
3
Antonia
Elizabeth Weitzman
the unpolished actors and raw So Paolo setting offer an unusually authentic feel 
2.5
Antonia
Kam Williams
Rather weird for an overcoming the odds flick in that the newcomers cast in the starring roles are obviously attempting to achieve in real life what the characters they re portraying are trying to do in the saga on screen 
4
Antonia
Ed Gonzalez
The style of Antonia like the melodramas that simmer at its center is neither smutty nor glorifying sensitively keyed to the struggles of its working class characters 
2.5
The Return of Count Yorga
Roger Ebert
I m convinced we re taking vampires ghouls and zombies much too casually these days 
2
The Return of Count Yorga
Matt Brunson
The unusual setting an orphanage is a nice touch but too many narrative and stylistic choices echo those from the first picture 
2.5
Sunshine
Namrata Joshi
The human interaction and tension works how every single member can be sacrificed for the larger good of the humankind But the acting is uniformly dull the cast is deadpan poker faced and robotic at best 
2
Sunshine
David Keyes
In an age of technical advancements when filmmakers have circumvented ideas for synthetic visual thrills here is a movie that plays like some decisive brilliant rebellion to that pattern 
4
Sunshine
Nick Rogers
Sunshine s mostly cerebral adventure into unquantifiable science and human nature makes its huh what conclusion more forgivable Loopy as it gets once the Icarus II sets a course for the heart of the sun Sunshine becomes a head trip and a half 
3.5
Sunshine
James Kendrick
a visually striking film that uses the expected elements of the science fiction genre to create memorable sometimes mesmerizing images
3
Sunshine
Rossiter Drake
The closer he gets to the sun the more Boyle loses his nerve reducing a tense unpredictable thriller to a needlessly bloody pseudo spiritual mess 
1.5
Sunshine
Steven Snyder
It may at the very end be a failure but it s a glorious failure 
3
Sunshine
Peter Keough
Unlike the films of Kubrick Tarkovsky and Scott Sunshine is empty of ideas So Boyle fills the void with sound 
2
Sunshine
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An underrated and utterly excellent installment from Boyle who continues topping himself 
3.5
Sunshine
Rob Thomas
You just want to shake the filmmakers by the shoulders and yell You have a damaged spaceship loaded with nuclear weapons speeding straight into the heart of the sun Really that s not enough drama for you 
3
Sunshine
Lori Hoffman
Sunshine borrows liberally from 2001 A Space Odyssey and Alien with accents of Outland Solaris and Saturn 3 
2.5
Sunshine
Mark Dujsik
The whole of Sunshine does not live up to the enthralling provocative final act but it is science fiction that cares about ideas over special effects 
3
Sunshine
John Wirt
While Sunshine echoes some previous films especially 2001 A Space Odyssey and Alien Danny Boyle imprints his distinctive mark This visionary director from Manchester England may be on his way to being one of moviemaking s greats
3.5
Sunshine
John Beifuss
The brilliant production design and convincing special effects which eschew the CGI slickness of most Hollywood productions make up for a confused final act 
3
Sunshine
Matt Brunson
As with last year s The Fountain the likewise leisurely paced Sunshine employs dazzling visual effects in the service of an ambitious and heady undertaking whose philosophical reach attempts to exceed its narrative grasp 
3
Sunshine
Daniel M. Kimmel
science fiction for people who like to think as well as experience a sense of wonder 
3
Sunshine
Linda Cook
Sunshine is a sight for sore eyes 
3.5
Sunshine
John Hartl
Cluttered storytelling undermines Sunshine 
2
Sunshine
Bruce Westbrook
On sci fi s crowded table Boyle serves a fresh feast for our eyes minds and hearts 
3.5
Sunshine
Rene Rodriguez
There s a near tactile pleasure to the special effects in Sunshine that is uncommon in this era of CGI imagery 
3
Sunshine
Marrit Ingman
Problems arise in the film s third act and the film doesn t recover 
2.5
Sunshine
Eric Melin
Sunshine does not achieve the unity of theme or abstract totality of 2001 which remains the gold standard for the genre but it does effectively grapple with provocative questions of morality and spirituality 
3
Sunshine
Sean P. Means
The spaceship sequences are done entirely with computer generated images but the contrast between darkness and light provides the tactile feel of old fashioned visual effects 
3.5
Sunshine
James Sanford
Boyle has always been exceptionally good at creating suspense and he succeeds again here incorporating tight close ups sometimes distorted sound and a series of striking visuals into a wondrously warped picture 
3.5
Sunshine
Sara Michelle Fetters
The first two thirds are really something special 
3
Sunshine
Steve Rhodes
A sci fi snoozer that will remind one of another such pretentious dud Solaris Steven Soderbergh s 2002 fiasco starring George Clooney 
1.5
Sunshine
Chris Hewitt
The knockout trailer promised a masterpiece It s not that but it is entertaining 
3
Sunshine
Steven Rea
At a certain point like a dying star about to pop into eternal nothingness the movie can t be seen as anything it just implodes 
2.5
Sunshine
Duane Dudek
It is a great looking but dramatically flat bit of star lore docked at the inner shores of the galaxy rather than its outer limits 
2.5
Sunshine
Jeff Vice
Around the hour mark the movie takes a turn for the worse Not to give too much away but it pretty much turns into a dumber gory thriller 
2
Sunshine
Walter Chaw
As long as the picture maintains a philosophical distance there is about it a magisterial ravishing loveliness 
3
Sunshine
Jeanne Aufmuth
an odyssey of stupidity with one bad decision piling on another 
1.5
Sunshine
David Nusair
a mesmerizing and thoroughly captivating piece of work 
3.5
Sunshine
Dustin Putman
A moody classy skin deep sci fi piece 151 Sunshine gets enough right to please genre buffs 
2.5
Sunshine
Claudia Puig
The pressure to save mankind is enormous and our attention grows as the tension mounts Light is used in haunting and powerful ways throughout But as the film ultimately deviates from its course the entire undertaking suffers 
2.5
Sunshine
Ken Fox
But what this spectacular looking sci fi thriller lacks in originality it makes up for in pure beauty It just might be the most visually audacious and startlingly beautiful space opera since the original Solaris 
3
Sunshine
Bruce DeMara
Sunshine despite a title so at odds with the film s tone is engrossing believable and intelligent sci fi filmmaking at its best 
3.5
Sunshine
Mick LaSalle
The overall effect is the creation of something truly unbearable and the curious thing is that this unbearableness is apparent from the first portentous voice over 30 seconds into the film 
1
Sunshine
Timothy Knight
Sunshine is also an atypically humorless entry from Boyle who s never made a film this oddly devoid of personality 
2.5
Sunshine
Jan Stuart
Every frame wows with exquisite arrangements of light and color each of the characters choices is packed with a sense of consequence and urgency that makes us feel as if we re frittering away our lives by comparison 
2.5
Sunshine
Kyle Smith
So what starts out as fascinating sci fi becomes just fi and winds up pulp fi 
2.5
Sunshine
Elizabeth Weitzman
We don t know if we re watching a thriller or a sci fi parable a utopian dream or a deeply cynical nightmare But in the end it may not matter The whole thing burns out well before the director reaches his final destination 
2.5
Sunshine
Roger Ebert
science fiction fans will like it and also brainiacs and those who sometimes look at the sky and think man there s a lot going on up there and we can t even define precisely what a soliton is 
3
Sunshine
Wesley Morris
If their Boyle and Garland movie doesn t float your boat as a work of science fiction action philosophy heliocentrism or staggering visual spectacle although it really should then it certainly succeeds as a parable for cinematic ambition 
3.5
Sunshine
Peter Canavese
There is nothing new under the sun but at least the talented Boyle still brings the heat 
2.5
Sunshine
Erik Childress
While its first two acts earn their advancement through the course of time its final 25 minutes set it back to prehistoric times and I just can t throw it a bone 
2.5
Sunshine
Michael Phillips
Near classic modern science fiction 
3.5
Sunshine
Matt Pais
Bears the mark of all really good sci fi flicks After you see it the world just doesn t look the same 
3
Sunshine
Joe Lozito
With an intriguing premise stellar visuals and an ending that spirals out of control genre jumper Danny Boyle s sci fi effort is familiar without being dull 
3
Sunshine
Josh Larsen
Flickers of incoherence serve as foreshadowing for the chaotic climax which doesn t resemble Kubrick s 2001 A Space Odyssey as much as it does The Shining 
2
Sunshine
James Berardinelli
Sunshine has a more ethereal look than the average science fiction movie but considering the subject matter it works 
3
Sunshine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In essence Boyle chooses not to embrace the sci fi genre he tries to rise above it as if it weren t worthy of him 
2.5
Sunshine
Jeremiah Kipp
Despite all that talent on display Sunshine is a philosophical blank slate 
2
Sunshine
Johnny Vaughan
Brilliantly mixes eye popping effects and edge of your seat action to make this sci fi scorcher the hottest ticket around 
4
The Hunt
Brian Eggert
The Hunt offers two or three sequences that genuinely impress but too few surprises to extend its novelty for the entire 89 minute runtime 
2
The Hunt
Mark Meszoros
While you d hope The Hunt is a smart movie that occasionally behaves like a dumb one the opposite is true 
2
The Hunt
John Beifuss
As funny and vivid as it is opportunistic 
3.5
The Hunt
Federico Furzan
As offensive as fun as irreverent as it should be Far from perfect but this is a kick in the nuts to the politically correct Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Hunt
David Nusair
Filmmaker Craig Zobel delivers an exceedingly erratic piece of work 
2
The Hunt
Linda Cook
Now you finally can see what all the fuss was about 
3
The Hunt
James Berardinelli
It s a solid throwaway B movie that probably thinks it has more to say than it actually does but is entertaining nonetheless 
2.5
The Hunt
Asher Luberto
Critics panned it The president hated it But I found myself elated by The Hunt a social satire that uses provocation as ammunition with both sides of the political divide in its crosshairs 
3
The Hunt
Rene Sanchez
A social satire that succeeds when it embraces its absurdity instead of trying to take itself too seriously Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Hunt
Matt Brunson
The worth of The Hunt as satire is rather limited It s in other areas where the film excels particularly the terrific performance by Betty Gilpin 
2.5
The Hunt
Mattie Lucas
This one s not worth risking the spread of coronavirus stay home and avoid this film like the plague 
0
The Hunt
Matthew Rozsa
President Donald Trump s supporters aren t victims they re victimizers Shame on The Hunt for pandering to one of their most cherished fantasies that they are persecuted 
1
The Hunt
Kevin A. Ranson
this explosive bloodfest is equal parts education and entertainment an ultra violent allegory within an allegory where everyone is a target both literally and literarily 
3
The Hunt
Steven Prokopy
The Hunt s final act pits Swank and Gilpin in a fairly impressive and epic battle of wills 
2.5
The Hunt
Mike McGranaghan
Undeniably provocative This is an example of why no one should ever judge a movie without actually having seen it first The Hunt is not an anti conservative picture It mocks everyone equally 
3
The Hunt
Katie Walsh
The only thing worth discussing about The Hunt is the genius of Betty Gilpin The story is too pat and flat to invite any real discussion with or about it but Gilpin offers up a performance that you won t be able to shake 
2
The Hunt
Luke Parker
A blistering sore of a production and a political party pooper 
1
The Hunt
Richard Roeper
Despite the provocative premise of liberal elitists hunting deplorables for sport the movie is basically easy jokes and ho hum splatter 
2
The Hunt
Sara Michelle Fetters
The didactic preachiness is too toothless to become truly tiresome 
2
The Hunt
Barry Hertz
With the exception of a well placed Ava DuVernay gag and one very instructive lesson on the power of a bread knife The Hunt seems like a too obvious and disappointingly safe jab at Our Polarized Times 
2.5
The Hunt
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers made a pretty ordinary thriller in which the politics are basically decoration 
2
The Hunt
Tom Meek
The plot s got a bunch of holes in it but The Hunt s more about the pursuit cheeky spoofs and the notion that elitism ain t pretty no matter what flag you re waving 
2.5
The Hunt
Christian Toto
The hot button thriller isn t as divisive or satirically sharp as you were told 
2
The Hunt
Jeff York
As edgy commentaries about society go it doesn t pack nearly the wallop that it should both the right and the left get satirized to the point of caricature in the movie 
2
The Hunt
Roger Moore
Like sitting in a deer blind Look it up Hollywood Elite on the wrong corner of the pasture Pointless 
1.5
The Hunt
Mick LaSalle
In the end though you might not endorse every aspect of The Hunt you will probably recognize it as a useful movie 
3
The Hunt
Ty Burr
The Hunt has been cast as The Enemy by both sides in our cultural trench warfare and that s not only wrong but proof of the problem The movie sees the enemy and the enemy is us 
3
The Hunt
Ann Hornaday
The Hunt a movie straining so hard to be edgily of the moment that it can t help but be utterly irrelevant strives to impress viewers with sadistic killings oozing viscera and extravagant gushers of blood 
1
The Hunt
Monica Castillo
The movie is both disposable in its inability to say something anything about the current political climate beyond Oh it s dicey out there and as a strange cultural artifact of the times 
1.5
The Hunt
Robert Daniels
The Hunt talks a big game but it ultimately comes home empty handed 
1.5
The Hunt
Mark Kennedy
The Hunt is not great satire or even a great film It s an unstylish and heavy handed horror thriller that turns into a revenge gore fest as it mocks everyone with a big clumsy paw 
2
The Hunt
Michael Phillips
It s a lame and weaselly thing made strangely more frustrating by some excellent performers 
1.5
The Hunt
Johnny Oleksinski
There simply aren t enough synonyms for loathsome to do the new movie The Hunt justice Perhaps if we expand into other languages C est détestable È ripugnante 
0
The Hunt
Rafer Guzman
The Hunt may not strike all viewers as hilarious but it certainly isn t a one sided hate fest It s just bloody entertainment with a thick slab of socio political humor 
2.5
The Hunt
Brian Truitt
The Hunt is definitely controversial but it s an equal opportunity offender that forgoes partisanship to poke bloody gory fun at everybody 
3
The Hunt
Henry Stewart
The film was almost canceled for being too partisan so it s ironic to discover that it s practically apolitical 
2
The Hunt
Joey Magidson
There s a devilish sense of humor on display in The Hunt Far more a satire than an action horror thriller the creative forces here seek to skewer woke PC culture 
3
Life of a King
Kam Williams
A Sunday school style parable which makes very effective use of chess mastery as a metaphor for negotiating the perilous gauntlet of possible ghetto pitfalls 
2.5
Life of a King
Christy Lemire
Solid performances especially from star Cuba Gooding Jr elevate the film slightly above the familiar trappings of its genre 
2
Life of a King
Michael O'Sullivan
An effective even heartwarming tale of one man s commitment to teaching that playing by the rules is more important than winning 
3
Life of a King
Veronika Ferdman
Any potential flights of invention or creativity are subordinate to the plain and emphatic delivery of life lessons 
1.5
Life of a King
Roger Moore
Sentimental somewhat predictable feel good tale of saving lost kids through chess Very well acted 
2.5
In Her Place
Liam Lacey
It lacks a distinctive visual rhythm and the screenplay meanders but it s thematically ambitious and blunt in its portrayal of the bloody minded demands of domestic bliss 
2.5
In Her Place
Linda Barnard
Making good use of the mist shrouded rural South Korea setting to create moody tension Shin s film builds slowly to a shattering finale that shocks as much as it surprises 
3.5
In Her Place
David Nusair
a well crafted yet mostly uninvolving drama that s too long and too slow for its own good 
2
Operation Crossbow
Matt Brunson
Although it doesn t rank in the upper echelons of WWII set men on a mission movies see The Guns of Navarone The Dirty Dozen Where Eagles Dare Operation Crossbow gets the gritty job done 
3
Operation Crossbow
David Nusair
an entertaining genuinely exciting adventure flick 
3
Skin
Kelly Jane Torrance
There s something of a happy ending to this tortuous tale but it s not completely satisfying 
2
Skin
Wesley Morris
Laing s life despite its inherent melodrama does not automatically lend itself to the screen And without the aid of a smart script or a prevailing sense of delicacy a movie about her or apartheid risks being a blunt instrument 
1.5
Skin
Lance Gould
From an increasingly vibrant cinema about South Africa 
3
Skin
Chris Hewitt
Given the subject matter I wish there were more outrage and passion in Skin which plods from one huge event to another 
3
Skin
Roger Ebert
This great film by Anthony Fabian tells this story through the eyes of a happy girl who grows into an outsider 
4
Skin
Michael O'Sullivan
What takes that story of heartbreak and makes it ultimately heartwarming is that Sandra s story much like the history of apartheid itself doesn t end there 
3
Skin
Walter V. Addiego
Director Anthony Fabian lets the story sell itself and it does so partly on the strength of the lead performance by Sophie Okonedo 
3
Skin
Ted Fry
Skin is a moving and smartly made account of a truly peculiar episode from the period of apartheid that existed as national policy in South Africa until just 15 years ago 
3
Skin
Carrie Rickey
As told by director Anthony Fabian Skin is both exasperatingly choppy and exceptionally moving 
2.5
Skin
Kam Williams
A frightening primer on how untreated racism can lead someone to abandon even hate their own offspring 
4
Skin
V.A. Musetto
The direction is never more than conventional with a tear inducing finale better suited to a TV soap opera 
2
Skin
Nick Schager
A true life tale of prejudice that hinges on a unique anomaly 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Kelly Jane Torrance
If you can make it through an ending that s over the top sappy even for a children s film you ll find a story about a girl who does embody some of the best ideals of American girlhood 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Tim Grierson
Emotionally affecting but dramatically wobbly Kit Kittredge An American Girl touchingly illustrates the sting of poverty without overly resorting to childish shenanigans 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Mike McGranaghan
When I have children this is the kind of movie I hope they will like It s intelligent it s meaningful and it doesn t condescend to kids In fact it actually encourages kids to think 
3.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Carolyn Arends
Kit Kittredge has many of the classic ingredients of a successful family tale but it s most notable success is in the unusual themes it brings to the forefront 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Sean McBride
If only all family films could be this good 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
John Beifuss
The movie would be more interesting if it weren t photographed in the amber glow we associate with Kodak commercials and other happily ever after exercises in nostalgia 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Linda Cook
There I sat alone in the dark trying to figure out why no one else was in the theater for Kit Kittredge An American Girl 
3.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Austin Kennedy
The story isn t bad and it has a good message but the pacing drains all of the energy and fun out of what could have been an exceptional family movie 
2
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Daniel M. Kimmel
I t may seem like it s part of a commercial juggernaut but it s also a well made and well acted family film 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages a careful balance of entertainment and realism It could be a Shirley Temple movie for our current hard times 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Dustin Putman
Paved with such good intentions that it s a shame to have to criticize it Alas said good intentions cannot stop the picture from being a decidedly dull and eventless experience 
2
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Chris Hewitt
A vibrant character filled mystery comedy set during a Depression that resembles the present all too much 
3.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Moira MacDonald
This is a sweet G rated story of 1930s girl power with nary a princess in sight 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Ruthe Stein
Kit Kittredge is proof of how far you can get with the right screenwriter in this instance one versed in Children s Adventures 101 and director 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Christy DeSmith
Smart empathetic fun loving and best of all a delight for all audiences 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Rene Rodriguez
A thoroughly satisfying and engaging children s picture that never forgets those kids probably didn t get to the theater by themselves 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
David Frese
That Kit largely succeeds is testament to not only its timing but also its craft 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Lisa Kennedy
Kit Kittredge An American Girl is rife with feisty generous pleasures 
3.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Ty Burr
There s nothing remotely cool about Kit Kittredge That s why it s cool 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Jeff Vice
Frankly they are lucky to have this cast Breslin pretty much charms her way through some rough patches and both Cusack and Tucci provide welcome comic relief 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Duane Dudek
And any film that plants such ideas in the cultural compost heap should be commended Here s hoping they bloom 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers balance the pre teen frivolity of Kit s adventures with a gentle and now timely history lesson about soup kitchens selling eggs and other symbols of the Great Depression 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Phil Villarreal
Earns its lunch with disarmingly upbeat sentimentality 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Lawrence Toppman
Breslin keeps her cool and anchors the film in reality each time the camera crosses her face but she fights a losing battle 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Kam Williams
A wholesome family friendly adventure so good you have to wonder why nobody seems to make movies like this anymore 
4
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Frank Ochieng
Rozema delivers an elegantly spry children s tale about nostalgic hardship and growing pains in the overly sentimental but uniquely inspiring Kit Kittredge 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Claudia Puig
Though predictable and unabashedly sentimental the film is a warmly appealing tale of a bright girl bravely navigating tough times 
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Ken Fox
It s fun fast paced educational entertainment that s fit for the whole family American boys included 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Lou Lumenick
One of the 10 best American movies released so far this year Kit Kittredge An American Girl is the surprisingly satisfying first theatrical film inspired by a long running series of historically themed dolls 
3.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Glenn Whipp
But then Kit written by Ann Peacock and directed by Patricia Rozema is that rare all ages movie that never talks down to its audience and isn t afraid to use history to illuminate current times 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Josh Larsen
Why do so many family films think their young audiences are imbecilic 
1
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Roger Ebert
Considering that it is inspired by one of the dolls in the American Girl product line Kit Kittredge An American Girl is some kind of a miracle an actually good movie 
3.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Jessica Reaves
I predict with great confidence that the big screen debut of the American Girl brand will be a resounding success This rosy prediction is based partly on the fact that Kit Kittredge is a solidly made movie and partly on the fact that the America
2.5
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Rafer Guzman
The overall glow remains golden of course But with a dash of realism and more than a little intelligence Kit Kittredge becomes a kiddie film that s worth an adult ticket too 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Peter Canavese
In a Barbie world American Girl Kit Kittredge is a hero and Kit Kittredge An American Girl is heroic 
3
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Ed Gonzalez
For a G rated film Kit Kittredge s profound insight into the breakdown of society and families during the Depression and the country s subsequent rebirth is surprising 
3
1911
Bill Weber
A historical superproduction in which style aside from committee made widescreen tedium is spectacularly absent 
1.5
1911
Burl Burlingame
Students of revolutionary Chinese history can have fun checking them off Look there s Li Yuanhong And over there Feng Guozhang 
2
1911
Stephen Cole
The Revolution will not be televised Gil Scott Heron once sang Nor should it be filmed we might add at least not as a costume drama with stirring speeches an inspirational love story and gloriously heroic military charges 
2
1911
Sara Stewart
May be slow going for anyone not well versed in this chapter of Chinese history 
2
1911
G. Allen Johnson
Packed with so many characters and subtitled history lessons it barely allows its excellent main cast room to maneuver 
2
1911
Mark Feeney
With 1911 art direction speaks louder than words 
1.5
1911
Peter Keough
A bombastic incoherent though occasionally eloquent period epic co directed by Jackie Chan and Zhang Li 
1.5
1911
Greg Quill
1911 serves too many masters for its own good 
2
Americathon
Roger Ebert
Americathon is a puerile exploitation of one very thin joke during 98 very long minutes 
0.5
Not Safe for Work
David Nusair
an erratic yet entertaining little thriller that could and should have been better 
2.5
Tabu
Mattie Lucas
A relatively minor Murnau film lacking the director s usual visual flair but Murnau s mastery of film as a visual language remains on display along with Flaherty s clear love of its island location 
3.5
Tabu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If D W Griffith created the language of film he left it up to his successors to add their own personal esthetics On the short list of the cinema s all time greatest artists belongs the name F W Murnau 
4
Traces of Red
Roger Ebert
The movie mystifies you as it goes along but that s nothing to the confusion you feel when it s over 
2
Contract to Kill
Odie Henderson
It s clear Seagal is no longer limber enough to whip all the ass that s flung at him 
1
We Come as Friends
Peter Keough
A fascination with serendipity irony and absurdity like that in Werner Herzog s documentaries propels Friends into unexpected territory 
3.5
We Come as Friends
Peter Howell
We Come as Friends aims a cinéma vérité lens on a place where many promises are made but few are kept 
3
We Come as Friends
Ann Hornaday
We Come as Friends has been beautifully filmed with Sauper s God s eye views of his plane s wing and the African landscape below resembling something Saint Exupéry might have conjured 
3
We Come as Friends
Simon Abrams
A deliberately vague portrait of Sudan as a country beset by self interested neocolonialist outsiders 
1
We Come as Friends
Chuck Bowen
It grows increasingly hopeless as it contrasts the alien paradise of the opening with the wastelands that resemble corporate dump sites 
3
The Wild Hunt
Sara Michelle Fetters
Nice performances interesting ideas and intriguing visuals aside the final product is as cold as the environment its set in and as such my medieval instincts are to urge people to ultimately leave this particular picture alone 
2.5
The Wild Hunt
Roger Ebert
The acting is effective the direction by Alexandre Franchi is confident and the cinematography by Claudine Sauve could hardly look more assured 
3
The Wild Hunt
Kam Williams
A psychological thriller highlighting how hell hath no fury like a frustrated knight in shining armor even if he only has a plastic sword at his disposal 
3
The Wild Hunt
Liam Lacey
More entertaining in concept than execution 
2
Videophobia
Mike McGranaghan
A little patience is required due to the intentionally slower pace 46 Put in the work 44 though 44 and the tale proves rewarding 46 
3
Gunner Palace
Marty Mapes
A commendably apolitical visit to the soldiers in Iraq
3
Gunner Palace
Bob Bloom
The filmmakers have created a thought provoking documentary that is at times disturbing uncomfortable brutal profane and amusing 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Peter Howell
Tucker takes it all in without taking a stand though his sympathies expressed through voiceover narration clearly lie with the men and women in the field 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Forrest Hartman
Gunner Palace is important because of its unique depiction of military service 
3
Gunner Palace
Phil Villarreal
The filmmakers strove to shock a society addicted to reality TV by forging through and actually showing them something actually real 
3
Gunner Palace
David N. Butterworth
Frank and fascinating Gunner Palace brings the Iraqi War home putting the dangerous and boring lives of U S soldiers into equally provocative perspective 
3
Gunner Palace
Larry Ratliff
First time documentary makers Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein get a little bogged down in letting soldiers express their feelings through amateur rap 
2.5
Gunner Palace
Terry Lawson
While Gunner Palace has the immediacy of street rap it is actually a throwback to the cinema verite style of pioneering documentarians D A Pennebaker Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman 
3
Gunner Palace
John Beifuss
Lock n load as the flip side of rock n roll with literal battle raps that function as both painful autobiography and frontline reportage 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Steven Rea
The film s strength and its weakness is in its you are there view of guys who are e mailing their loved ones back home one minute and breaking down the doors of Iraqi homes the next on the hunt for the enemy 
3
Gunner Palace
Jeff Vice
Compelling fascinating stuff 
3
Gunner Palace
Rene Rodriguez
Reminds you that the thousands of faceless nameless troops in Iraq are still there after you switch off CNN 
3
Gunner Palace
Sean P. Means
There isn t much of a narrative arc to Gunner Palace and that s sort of the point of this grunt s eye view of Iraq 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Chris Hewitt
If you have conflicted feelings about the war in Iraq prepare for them to be even more conflicted after the movie ends 
3
Gunner Palace
Jeff Strickler
A bit disjointed but accomplishes its mission to provide a glimpse into the soldiers everyday lives without taking a side on the war 
3
Gunner Palace
Laura Kelly
Goes inside the Baghdad war zone with the soldiers stationed at the title locale 
3
Gunner Palace
J. R. Jones
Jammed with information and serious testimony giving a detailed and textured account of what it s like to be fighting the war more than a year after victory was declared 
4
Gunner Palace
Paul Sherman
The American soldiers in the documentary Gunner Palace aren t strictly heroic liberators or jackbooted imperialists They re neither and both and that s what makes the movie interesting 
3
Gunner Palace
Wesley Morris
Works purely as a series of complex snapshots of the conflict in Iraq 
2.5
Gunner Palace
Roger Ebert
This film is so valuable Not because it argues a position about the war and occupation but because it simply goes and observes as soldiers work and play talk and write letters home and on a daily basis risk their lives in sudden bursts of violence 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Mary Brennan
One of the most frightening aspects of the movie is the random feeling it conveys Another is the shock of seeing such very young soldiers many of them teenagers caught up in a war they don t really understand 
2.5
Gunner Palace
Eric Harrison
We don t get to know the soldiers as individuals well enough 
2
Gunner Palace
Lisa Kennedy
Invaluable if incomplete 
3
Gunner Palace
Bruce Newman
Suggests the primacy of movies in shaping both the reality that led these soldiers to enlist and the one they found in Iraq when they got there 
3
Gunner Palace
Allison Benedikt
Tucker has an eye for arresting imagery but not the maturity or finesse to illuminate it 
2
Gunner Palace
Walter Chaw
Hamstrung by embarrassingly trite narration and a lack of any sort of unifying theme in its editing 
1
Gunner Palace
Jeanne Aufmuth
As powerful as raining artillery and as listless as a weekend bash at a bombed out pleasure palace 
3
Gunner Palace
Stephen Whitty
Too much of the film feels like a slavish imitation of the fictional Apocalypse Now with Michael Tucker s narration sounding like a parody of Martin Sheen s raspy weariness 
2.5
Gunner Palace
Mike Clark
With its title concisely suggesting what we re about to see Gunner Palace is an Iraq war documentary that seems to lack an agenda But that doesn t mean it doesn t have a brutally direct question on its mind 
3
Gunner Palace
Mick LaSalle
Gunner Palace gives us the best glimpse yet of what it s like to be in Iraq 
3
Gunner Palace
Timothy Knight
Offers viewers an extraordinarily revealing portrait of the soldiers lives in Baghdad and how they weather the stress of being under constant siege 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Kyle Smith
The directors of this documentary about our troops in Baghdad tell us more about their own views than the soldiers 
2
Gunner Palace
Jack Mathews
An intimate nonpoliticized uncensored and totally unappealing look at the lives of U S soldiers serving during a grim and uncertain period of insurgency 
2.5
Gunner Palace
Glenn Whipp
Tucker s digital video portrait of life in Iraq is fascinating and unsettling 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Mary F. Pols
A frank look at life on the ground in Iraq 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Peter Canavese
A valuable if understandably haphazard record of the American occupation of Iraq 
3
Gunner Palace
David Sterritt
Illuminating disturbing evenhanded 
4
Gunner Palace
Jan Stuart
At times the film s evocation of war s absurdities invokes memories of Robert Altman s M A S H 
3
Gunner Palace
Ed Gonzalez
Shapeless but its objective stance is powerful 
2.5
Gunner Palace
Peter Travers
A riveting and indispensable record of the war in Iraq because it comes from the men who lived it 
3.5
Gunner Palace
Ross Anthony
They re young humans put in extraordinary circumstances and this documents some of their internal struggles 
2.5
He Got Game
Maitland McDonagh
Though too long by a good half hour Lee s latest film packs a genuine emotional punch 
2.5
He Got Game
Judith Egerton
Shrewdly exposes the underbelly of college recruiting and the pressures exerted on talented high school basketball stars 
3
He Got Game
Margaret A. McGurk
As brilliant and perplexing as the filmmaker himself 
3
He Got Game
Peter Stack
Washington s Jake Shuttlesworth looks tough and hard an odd but refreshing turn for an actor long associated with handsomely heroic roles 
3
He Got Game
Rick Groen
A two hour air ball 
2
He Got Game
James Kendrick
As Jesus Ray Allen gives a better performance than one would expect from a professional athlete 
3
He Got Game
Michael Dequina
Could have used a clearer focus but what does come sharply into view registers strongly 
3
He Got Game
Madeleine Williams
As a Spike Lee movie it is a little disappointing It s not among his best work but neither is it down among his worst 
2.5
He Got Game
David Sterritt
This stands with the most exciting pictures Lee has made since Do the Right Thing established him as one of the screen s most inventive young artists 
3
He Got Game
Roger Ebert
He Got Game is Lee s best film since Malcolm X 
3.5
He Got Game
Joe Baltake
Spike Lee s He Got Game is gripping in spite of itself 
2.5
He Got Game
Jay Carr
Milwaukee Bucks guard Ray Allen delivers nothing less than the best performance ever put on film by a pro athlete 
3.5
He Got Game
Marty Mapes
He Got Game is great for looking at a sense of time and place and at the web of relationships that describes the community in the film reasons enough for setting this film above many others 
2.5
He Got Game
Jeff Vice
A highly flawed but entertaining drama 
3
He Got Game
David N. Butterworth
Spike Lee got game Ain t no two ways about it 
4
He Got Game
Steve Rhodes
Long after viewers have forgotten the storyline they ll remember the film s sounds and sights 
3
He Got Game
James Berardinelli
an effective companion piece to Hoop Dreams and Blue Chips 
3
He Got Game
Susan Stark
The wildly uneven script includes both disciplined lively riffs and amateurishly artificial exchanges 
2
He Got Game
Mike Clark
The year s first Hollywood movie to burst with palpable feeling 
3.5
He Got Game
Ted Prigge
It s the best basketball film since White Men Can t Jump only it s better 
3.5
Lazy Susan
Richard Roeper
Instead of being condescending about the Wisconsin characters and their mediocre lives the comedy shows fondness for them 
3
Lazy Susan
Christy Lemire
Susan is more of a collection of quirks and bad choices There just isn t much to her 
1.5
Night Game
Joe Kane
Sort of a Field of Yawns Night Game has the feel of a feeble made for TV movie fleshed out with a few R rated epithets and glimpses of gore not unlike your typical made for cable time killer 
1.5
Night Game
Bill Kelley
Unless you have a weakness for hard boiled detective movies that overstay their welcome by an hour there s no reason to chase after this one 
1.5
Night Game
Terry Kelleher
The quality of play in Night Game is sloppy all around 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Brian Eggert
Kurzel s brooding internalized work often appears through a literal or figurative haze which doesn t help matters 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Matt Brunson
Assassin s Creed is many things and none of them good Visually it s the ugliest movie of 2016 and keep in mind that I saw Robert De Niro s prosthetic penis in Dirty Grandpa 
1
Assassin's Creed
Khari J. Sampson
To make this sort of thing work a film needs an element of joy and there s simply none to be had 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
John Serba
As I squinted at the screen mentally parsing reams of exposition trying to distinguish one character from the next I wondered if playing the game for 150 hours would have helped I have my doubts 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Assassin s Creed is neither better nor worse than the average adaptation of a video game there s no doubt that the film has nice performances but it s mediocre dumb confusing and even boring at times Full review in Spanish 
2
Assassin's Creed
Linda Cook
A waste of star power And your time 
1
Assassin's Creed
Josh Terry
The movie looks cool and if you can lose yourself in the thunderous soundtrack and the various action scenes you might be OK But once you start trying to connect the dots you ll probably be better off going back to the game 
2
Assassin's Creed
Peter Canavese
Despite its style points fails to resonate on a higher octave than its low hum of dark doings leaping around and fisticuffs 
2
Assassin's Creed
David Nusair
Assassin apos s Creed ultimately comes off as one of the worst and most joyless videogame adaptations ever made 46 46 46 
.5
Assassin's Creed
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is nothing more than another video game adaptation that fails to rise to the challenge of being reborn for the cinema 
2
Assassin's Creed
James Berardinelli
Obtuse narratively incoherent and ultimately frustrating it stands as another example of how hard it is to make a good mainstream movie out of a popular computer game 
2
Assassin's Creed
Barry Hertz
A wan video game adaptation revolving around some Knights Templar nonsense 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Mark Feeney
Fassbender one of the producers and Cotillard head a lavishly wasted cast All score bonus points for keeping a straight face throughout 
2
Assassin's Creed
Peter Travers
So what if philosophical depths are out of the film s reach there s a seed of ambition in this one that suggests the transfer of a video game to the screen doesn t always have to be a suicide mission And that s something 
2.5
Assassin's Creed
Sean P. Means
The result is action sequences that feel too much like gameplay and there s nothing more boring than watching someone else play a video game 
2
Assassin's Creed
Calum Marsh
Both perform Fassbender as the death row convict whose ancestral memories Abstergo is after Cotillard as the lead scientist working on behalf of the Templar cause with grim conviction Neither seem to be having any fun 
1
Assassin's Creed
Soren Andersen
The picture has an undeniable rough stylishness but in terms of coherence of storytelling it leaves the audience choking on all that swirling dust 
2
Assassin's Creed
Stephen Rebello
Stay home and play the game instead 
1
Assassin's Creed
Simon Abrams
Unlike the actual video game Assassin s Creed isn t ridiculous and fun but rather ridiculous and turgid 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Rob Thomas
For a while the balance between the lean even elegant action and laborious backstory is pretty fun the fact that the film takes itself so seriously having these great actors earnestly sell such nonsense is paradoxically kind of hilarious 
2.5
Assassin's Creed
Michael O'Sullivan
Assassin s Creed isn t quite as bad as one might fear as measured against the abysmal track record of movies inspired by video games 
2
Assassin's Creed
Michael Phillips
It s just a mediocre action movie poorly edited and larded with a terrible musical score based on a video game Nothing new there 
1
Assassin's Creed
Tirdad Derakhshani
It has great momentum good set pieces and so much frothy nihilism it s just plain fun 
2.5
Assassin's Creed
Katie Walsh
Despite the tortured writing Kurzel shoots the heck out of the film especially the flashbacks when Aguilar and his assassin companion Maria parkour around ancient Andalusia kicking some serious Templar butt 
2.5
Assassin's Creed
Mark Dujsik
It s astounding how the movie completely misses the appeal of the games 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Kyle Smith
Perhaps all of this will be thrilling for fans who ve played it The rest of us I imagine may come out of this film invigorated with a creed of our own Avoid movies based on video games 
1
Assassin's Creed
Roger Moore
Dull 
1.5
Assassin's Creed
Aaron Riccio
It ends up with blurry action that often looks digitally faked and a fractious plot that s stuck over explaining itself 
.5
The Mighty Quinn
Vincent Canby
Washington gives the kind of smooth funny laid back performance that could help make him the first black matinee idol since Sidney Poitier 
3
The Mighty Quinn
Roger Ebert
The Mighty Quinn is a spy thriller a buddy movie a musical a comedy and a picture that is wise about human nature And yet with all of those qualities it never seems to strain 
4
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Roger Ebert
The Night They Raided Minsky s is being promoted as some sort of laff a minit slapstick extravaganza but it isn t It has the courage to try for more than that and just about succeeds 
3
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives
David Lewis
This film is so bereft of conflict and seems so intent on celebrating commune life and the sisterhood and the joys of midwifery that it glosses over important issues 
2
Wheely
Roger Moore
A tepid imitation of Pixar s lukewarm Cars movies with one really good Disney Star Wars joke 
1.5
Le Rapport Karski
Peter Keough
After nine and a half hours of Shoah what remains to be said Everything and nothing 
3.5
Jane
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s a family friendly winner of a film 
4
Jane
J. R. Jones
Like so many women in pursuit of their studies Goodall had to tolerate being studied herself 
3
Jane
Josh Larsen
captures what nature might look like through Goodall s eyes 
3
Jane
Robert Horton
A fascinating treat 
3.5
Jane
Moira MacDonald
It s most evocative as a memorable portrait of a woman both in youth and late life who always knew what she wanted and who in doing so helped make the world a better place 
4
Jane
Josh Terry
Overall Morgen s film is a thoughtful examination of Goodall s work and an interesting presentation about a woman who made great strides both for science and for her gender 
3
Jane
Sean P. Means
Morgen melds von Lawick s footage and Goodall s words into a moving intelligent look at the primatologist s pioneering work and the effusive passion that drove it 
3.5
Jane
Brad Wheeler
Jane is Brett Morgen s gorgeous convincing new documentary on Jane Goodall the one time ape watcher and current UN messenger of peace 
3
Jane
Bruce DeMara
Goodall has left her mark on the world and this documentary ably and engagingly celebrates that legacy 
3.5
Jane
Peter Keough
The film confronts not just the expected issue of environmentalism but also explores themes of survival separation loss and death 
3.5
Jane
Anita Katz
a captivating profile of an extraordinary woman and of a career distinguished by intelligence and an undying sense of wonder 
3.5
Jane
Mark Dujsik
Jane works as a serviceable biography but the film is more informative as a direct account of scientific history being made 
3
Jane
Pat Padua
For all the advancements that Goodall brought to our understanding of chimpanzees the real lesson of Jane may be that it is connection whether among humans or chimpanzees that is the true measure of a species 
2.5
Jane
Carla Meyer
Full of vivid greens and sun backlit wildlife imagery Van Lawick s shots are beautifully composed yet not too formal looking thanks to the warm grainy quality of 16 millimeter film Jane looks like an old home movie directed by David Lean 
3
Jane
Kent Turner
The call for conservation has rarely looked so captivating 
3.5
Jane
Brian Tallerico
One of the best documentaries of the year so far 
4
Dr. Cyclops
Matt Brunson
Albert Dekker delivers a chilling performance 
2.5
Moonlight
Peter Hartlaub
There s an air of prefab provocation about the whole thing and viewers should know that the director has a penchant for squirm inducing images not all of them strictly necessary 
2
Moonlight
Ken Fox
A pretty daring and disconcerting depiction of adolescent sexuality 
2.5
Moonlight
V.A. Musetto
Moonlight is a disturbing and daring thriller with an exceptional performance by 13 year old Laurien Van den Broeck 
3
Moonlight
Elizabeth Weitzman
A wild dream that spins into a nightmare Moonlight isn t quite as provocative as it aims to be 
2.5
P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)
Caroline Madden
P E N S is an inspiring work that radiates with the artists deep love for their creative passion and most importantly amplifies Black voices 
3.5
P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)
Federico Furzan
An eye opening recollection of truth we are familiar with but done in a setting that s as original as it is poignant 
3
I Am David
Peter T. Chattaway
While some parents might wish the film had more emotional depth they will probably appreciate the gentle humor Then they can introduce their children to the book 
2
I Am David
Sean P. Means
How David escapes alas is less compelling than wondering how this drearily earnest movie escaped the Hallmark Channel 
2.5
I Am David
Eric Harrison
The film is marred by too many coincidences but there are a couple of twists at the end that tug at the heartstrings and leave you with a warm feeling 
2
I Am David
Jeff Vice
While the material itself has promise it s an adaptation of Anne Holm s best selling novel this drama fumbles and stumbles its way to a resolution that s far too easy 
2
I Am David
John Monaghan
Feig s neorealist approach to the look of the film might work better if he didn t fill it with so many coincidences and melodramatic flourishes 
2
I Am David
Roger Ebert
I know I know I m supposed to get sentimental about this heart warming tale But I couldn t believe a moment of it and never identified with little David 
1.5
I Am David
Dan Lybarger
I Am David earns just about every teardrop it elicits The journey isn t smooth but that doesn t mean it isn t worthwhile 
2.5
I Am David
Chris Hewitt
He knows there s so much drama and emotion in the story it doesn t need schmaltzy dialogue or actors begging us to cry 
3
I Am David
Robert K. Elder
Falls prey to the defect of all poor road movies In gluing together unbelievable but convenient episodes with sugary sentimentality it loses most of its credibility 
2
I Am David
Nick Schager
Hinges on a rather unbelievable characterization of fascist kindness 
2
The Prestige
Barbara Vancheri
While you re looking here it s executing a trick there and the film is in fact structured like a magic act with three parts called the Pledge the Turn and the Prestige 
3
The Prestige
Justine Elias
Although the slowish pacing early on over indicates how both magicians marquee misdirection a disappearing act will be achieved The Prestige still manages a neat trick of its own 
3
The Prestige
Roger Ebert
It s quite a movie atmospheric obsessive almost satanic 
3
The Prestige
Joe Lozito
As is his want Mr Nolan jumps between time periods and voice overs with reckless abandon The movie s real trick is that it all somehow manages to congeal 
3
The Prestige
Michael A. Smith
Like a great magician Nolan makes the pledge takes the turn and delivers the prestige 
3.5
The Prestige
James Kendrick
Perhaps it is because the film focuses so much on the mechanical and the material that the sudden intrusion of the genuinely magical feels forced and even somewhat silly 
2.5
The Prestige
Steve Rhodes
Rarely has magic been presented less magically 
2
The Prestige
John Beifuss
Part Sleuth part Itchy Scratchy part science fiction 
3
The Prestige
Walter Chaw
It lodges itself as not much more than a perhaps shockingly bitter little pill 
3
The Prestige
Mark Dujsik
Part homage to the art of performance part admiration of science and technology part unexpected turn to science fiction and total mind melting madness 
4
The Prestige
Lori Hoffman
this odd tale about obsessive Victorian era magicians and their blood feud isn t nearly as enchanting as it should be 
2
The Prestige
Greg Maki
The Prestige is about dueling magicians but the movie itself is the magic trick 
3.5
The Prestige
Ross Anthony
Clever story up the sleeve but nothing in the way of the wonder of magic Honestly I found the mood rather miserable 
1
The Prestige
Linda Cook
Not to be confused with The Illusionist although it will be is The Prestige the second period piece about magicians to hit the big screen within the last few weeks 
3
The Prestige
Scott Nash
Stylishly twisty turny
3.5
The Prestige
Susan Tavernetti
There s no real magic here 
0.5
The Prestige
Rob Thomas
The Prestige is a terrifically entertaining thriller even if you spot the false bottoms and secret trap doors in the screenplay 
3.5
The Prestige
Gina Carbone
This guy knows how to tell stories for audiences who can hold their own hands thank you 
3.25
The Prestige
Steven D. Greydanus
Tightly plotted and thematically well crafted 
3
The Prestige
Thomas Delapa
Nolan has nothing special up his sleeve in this hazy smoke and mirrors drama especially in Jackman s climactic trick that s too sci fi and fantastic to be believed 
2
The Prestige
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film begins to teeter slightly as it reaches its climax it takes too long to unveil the many twists and surprises but up to then this is impeccable enormously invigorating filmmaking 
3.5
The Prestige
Mike McGranaghan
The Prestige quite brilliantly replicates the experience of a great magic trick You know what you have just seen isn t possible and while you recognize some of the trickery you can t spell it all out You walk away completely amazed 
3.5
The Prestige
Jeffrey Westhoff
Following The Illusionist The Prestige is this season s second thriller about stage magic at the end of the 19th century The Prestige is the more satisfying 
3
The Prestige
James Berardinelli
Watching The Prestige is like observing a magic act where the magician s sleight of hand isn t deft enough The trick almost works but not quite 
2.5
The Prestige
Claudia Puig
The Prestige is wonderfully engrossing darkly mysterious and entertaining from start to finish 
3.5
The Prestige
Maitland McDonagh
The film s prestige is a doozy both dazzling and preposterous but if you re watching closely it s flawlessly set up 
3.5
The Prestige
Peter Howell
A pleasing puzzle of feuding conjurers played by Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman 
3
The Prestige
Moira MacDonald
An assured bonbon of a film that s thoroughly and deliciously entertaining 
3.5
The Prestige
Mick LaSalle
Director Nolan s fascination with magic and with tricks in general comes through without question but he approaches the subject with a seriousness that soon turns grim 
1
The Prestige
David Elliott
It is good for magic to be in effect confounding It is not so good for a movie about magic to be confusing 
2
The Prestige
Carla Meyer
The Prestige plunges us into a world of deception as means end and the whole point really 
3
The Prestige
Peter Travers
There are nifty tricks galore up the sumptuous sleeve of this offbeat and wildly entertaining thriller 
3.5
The Prestige
Timothy Knight
A frequently dazzling display of cinematic sleight of hand from writer director Christopher Nolan The Prestige is an entertaining handsomely produced period thriller 
3
The Prestige
Steven Rea
Siblings Jonathan and Christopher Nolan s adaptation of the novel by Christopher Priest offers three acts of exasperating muddle 
2
The Prestige
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately the script is too smart for its own good 
2
The Prestige
Kyle Smith
The film s title is defined as the big finish to a magic trick but the prestige of The Prestige just lies there like an abracadaver 
2.5
The Prestige
Jack Mathews
By describing the structure of a great trick in a movie about a great trick The Prestige makes a promise it can t keep Its third act is about as convincing as a photo of a cow jumping over the moon 
2.5
The Prestige
Rene Rodriguez
Befitting a story about magicians The Prestige is certainly tricky and deceitful But it s also too elegant and classy to resort to cheap third act revelations as a way of juicing its story 
3
The Prestige
Glenn Whipp
The Prestige is the kind of popcorn movie that M Night Shyamalan should dedicate himself to making a dark freaky thrill ride committed to old fashioned storytelling that doesn t take itself too seriously 
3
The Prestige
Robert W. Butler
A lavishly mounted but maddeningly uninvolving piece about dueling stage magicians 
2
The Prestige
Bruce Westbrook
It s more confusing than absorbing 
2
The Prestige
Terry Lawson
The Prestige is as entertaining as it is intricate and as enticingly mysterious as its title which comes from the professional magician s lexicon 
3
The Prestige
Jeff Vice
The most disappointing film to date from director Christopher Nolan whose track record was pretty much perfect up to this point 2000 s Memento 2005 s Batman Begins 
2.5
The Prestige
Michael Booth
Christopher Nolan s directing skills are in evidence with The Prestige which follows the long feud of Victorian era illusionists 
3.5
The Prestige
Frank Ochieng
Visually spry and contemplative what more can one say about a forceful film that asks us to unmask our hidden Houdini within Hey it s just plain magic 
3
The Prestige
Ty Burr
This is grand half crazy fun and Jackman and Bale are committed to their parts Genuine madness glints in their eyes 
3
The Prestige
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Prestige offers entertainment and wonderment unlike anything else currently in theatres and that might be Nolan s greatest magic trick of them all 
3.5
The Prestige
Sean P. Means
The key is in the title and the dawning realization that the movie is structured like a truly original magic trick 
3.5
The Prestige
Eric Melin
M Night Shyamalan could learn a thing or two from the Nolans when it comes to dramatic tension and payoff A good story isn t just about the twist it s about people 
3.5
The Prestige
Dustin Putman
A complex revenge drama and an intriguing mystery that like the old magic act standby attempts to pull a rabbit or two out of its hat by the end 
2.5
The Prestige
Peter Canavese
Nolan s supreme confidence narrative skill and taste for complexity make for unusually rich popular entertainment Where was The Prestige this summer when we needed it most 
3.5
The Prestige
Bob Bloom
Throughout director Christopher Nolan creates not so much an atmosphere of suspense as one of anticipation 
3
The Prestige
Erik Childress
Nolan has used the same illusionist s ruses to craft an entertainment whose power lies not behind the curtain but right in front of all the types of magic imaginable 
4
The Prestige
Willie Waffle
a thrilling movie with great twists and turns fantastic acting and an intensity that can only be matched in theaters by The Departed 
4
The Prestige
Ethan Alter
If The Prestige is something of a let down as a magic trick it s more successful as a tale of obsession 
2.5
The Prestige
Paul Doro
Although the new film comes with a superior pedigree it s just about equal in terms of quality with its earlier in theaters rival 
3
The Prestige
Chris Hewitt
The first words in the dazzling The Prestige are Are you watching closely You d better be 
4
The Prestige
Phoebe Flowers
The Nolan brothers have collaborated on a script that is sometimes on target but hopelessly hamstrung by a wobbly second half for which its grand finale cannot compensate 
2.5
The Prestige
Jan Stuart
Expect to leave exhilarated and more than a bit disturbed 
4
The Prestige
Michael Phillips
The Prestige gets to be a bit of a grind after a while despite all the finery and the elegantly detailed atmosphere 
2.5
The Prestige
Lawrence Toppman
The twistiest thriller since Memento 
4
The Prestige
Garth Franklin
Many films are under written or not well thought out enough Prestige is the opposite it s almost too clever for its own good and consequently thinks it can outsmart the audience at every turn 
3
The Prestige
Matt Pais
Ultra stylish and handsomely acted by Bale and Jackman The Prestige is a workout for your mind and entertainment of the highest order 
3.5
The Prestige
Josh Larsen
the rare magic trick that still holds its power even after you ve learned all of its secrets 
4
The Prestige
James Sanford
Nolan has handed himself a difficult task by tackling a complicated often downbeat story with two cold central figures But Nolan like Angier and Borden has no shortage of tricks up his sleeve 
3
The Prestige
Phil Villarreal
It s a battle that s played out every day at recess in kids imaginations Who would win in a fight between Batman and Wolverine 
3
The Prestige
Matt Brunson
Because the movie is exemplary on a number of levels the production design is immaculate and the cast members consign themselves to Nolan s dark vision it doesn t need to live or die solely on the strength of the script s cinematic sleight of hand 
3.5
The Prestige
Nick Schager
Underneath the film s tantalizing stratagems lies little more than mundane truths 
2.5
Getting to Know You
Joshua Tanzer
Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to the Dollhouse stars as a teenage girl who tries to find humanity at an upstate bus station as it evaporates in her own family
2.5
Getting to Know You
Roger Ebert
Movies about people are being drowned out these days by movies about things which can give you insights about yourself only if you are a cyborg Here is a film about people 
3
Frances
Roger Ebert
Jessica Lange plays Frances Farmer in a performance that is so driven that contains so many different facets of a complex personality that we feel she has an intuitive understanding of this tragic woman 
3.5
Sex Positive
David Wiegand
Wein tackles an incredibly complex array of issues surrounding HIV focusing largely on Berkowitz once a nice young Jewish kid at Rutgers who found a lucrative career as an S M hustler before becoming an activist and co author 
4
Sex Positive
Lisa Kennedy
Wein clearly cares for his subject Yet he leaves room for our admiration and our ambivalence This is an achievement of heart and of mind 
3
Sex Positive
Kyle Smith
For gays who remember the nightmare Sex Positive may be too depressing to watch But the movie strikes a cautionary tone for a younger generation that it says isn t taking the HIV threat seriously 
2.5
Sex Positive
Bill Weber
Sex Positive uses the dual activist sexual outlaw persona of safer sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz as a prism through which to view the life and death struggles of an era 
3.5
Julia
Matt Brunson
How curious that in a movie titled Julia the least interesting character would be Julia 
3
Julia
Roger Ebert
This movie s problems start with its point of view and it never quite recovers from them 
2.5
False Positive
Mitchell Beaupre
This is a largely regrettable misfire that feels more often than not like a script letting down a talented group of actors who are generally much better than this 46 
1.5
False Positive
David Gonzalez
Ultimately 44 False Positive may not entirely stick the landing 44 but it does offer an array of themes and moments that will merit its existence 46 
2.5
False Positive
Brian Eggert
What works best is how Glazer and Lee make the proceedings just familiar enough to be relatable while also making the story s transition into horror freakily memorable 
3
False Positive
Rene Sanchez
Though Ilana Glazer delivers a solid performance this pregnancy thriller ends up taking a predictable and unoriginal route Full Review in Spanish 
2
False Positive
Mark Meszoros
As problematic as it ultimately is False Positive is interesting enough at least for a while to give it the slightest of recommendations 
2
False Positive
Steven Prokopy
False Positive is a worthy and necessary point of view without feeling like work for its audience 
3
False Positive
Tomris Laffly
It s easy to forgive the deficiencies of False Positive simply because it feels so oddly unique 
2.5
False Positive
Mark Dujsik
The movie works so hard to fool us that all of these ideas and emotional beats lose their potential 
2
False Positive
Richard Roeper
With Ilana Glazer leading an outstanding cast False Positive is not a movie you can easily shake off in a day or two Or three 
3.5
False Positive
G. Allen Johnson
While False Positive has lapses in logic and could have a quicker pace in the second half it fully embraces a bizarre sense of the macabre that is irresistible 
3
False Positive
Randy Myers
You won t be able to shake this one off 
3
False Positive
Katie Walsh
Perhaps the point of False Positive is that we cannot become inured to those all too plausible villains who walk and work among us and are applauded They deserve our full throated rage and bloodlust too 
2.5
False Positive
Chris Barsanti
False Positive threads classic horror film tropes with a woozy partially comic sensibility but doesn t fully commit to this approach 
2
51 Birch Street
Marty Mapes
Leads us through a nice range of emotions and invites us to contemplate our own parents lives
3
51 Birch Street
John Hartl
It gradually turns into a vivid demonstration that truth can be stronger than fiction and that compromise is necessary in any lasting relationship 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The overall effect makes one ponder how much we really know about our parents as well as how much we really want to know 
3
51 Birch Street
Rob Thomas
Just as Doug starts looking at his own marriage through new eyes after reading about his parents so will most viewers 51 Birch Street could be any address in America 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Ty Burr
The film grows in power as it goes finding ever more universal levels of feeling 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Peter Travers
Through haunting home movies Mina s diaries and interviews with Mike a raw riveting portrait emerges of what a child sees in his parents relationship and what lies beneath 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Peter Canavese
We d all be better off if we could find our grace without a camera s obstruction but ironically Block s film provides a useful direction to see our way 
2.5
51 Birch Street
Ruthe Stein
A resounding success because it touches on things every child has wondered about on the road to adulthood 
4
51 Birch Street
Chris Hewitt
It s a fine film and it s practically guaranteed to make you think about your own relationships 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Michael Phillips
The film has a compelling way about it All five of the immediate Block family members emerge in full and affecting portraits 
3
51 Birch Street
Matt Pais
An intensely painful personal and cathartic movie of a man coming to accept his parents as people with flaws problems and regrets 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Elizabeth Weitzman
The intimate history of Doug Block s parents becomes fodder for a broader look at family secrets in this complex documentary 
3
51 Birch Street
Glenn Whipp
The movie s considerable strength lies in the evolution of Block s relationship with his father 
3
51 Birch Street
John Anderson
Doug Block s very moving honest and even suspenseful autopsy of his parents marriage is the kind of film audiences leave the theater talking about and which keeps them talking days later 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Ken Fox
What s best about director Block s documentary is how well he captures his own shifting perceptions 
3
51 Birch Street
Ed Gonzalez
The filmmaker s intrusion into the private world of his parents marriage gets at truths about a generation of men and women 
3
51 Birch Street
Rene Rodriguez
Doug Block s 51 Birch Street proves that the simplest most ordinary stories can also be the most spellbinding 
3.5
51 Birch Street
Jim Emerson
In some ways an antidote to the sugarcoated myths and lies the movies have taught us about love and marriage 
4
Delirium
Roger Moore
A good looking thriller with barely a fright in it 
1.5
Delirium
David Nusair
An often extraordinarily tedious horror effort 46 46 46 
1.5
Rescue Dawn
Brandy McDonnell
While Zahn and Davies offer amazing performances Bale s starring turn often falls flat Herzog doesn t give him much to work with The writer director is reluctant to allow his hero any flaws even fear and despair on his harrowing journey 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Nick Rogers
Werner Herzog isn t interested in patriotism as product placement like other directors might be Though uncommonly somber Dawn is still an engrossing prison break film It s not The Great Escape It s The Sheer Dumb Luck Escape 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Chris Fujiwara
Bale s lack of ambiguity points to the biggest limitation of a film that makes the grade as an adventure yarn by ignoring the most disturbing implications of its story 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Brett McCracken
Even as this film is being proclaimed as Herzog s most accessible yet there are still some serious layers of beauty and depth that go beyond most any film you ll see this year 
4
Rescue Dawn
Marty Mapes
Herzog s POW movie doesn t have swagger It has bravery cunning and triumph tempered by reality 
3
Rescue Dawn
Linda Cook
This is the second movie that director Werner Herzog has made about a remarkable hero 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Lori Hoffman
an escape movie with a distinctly European feel which means it is more real and less about rah rah American ingenuity in the face of impossible odds 
3
Rescue Dawn
Susan Tavernetti
Without a semblance of Herzog s signature mysticism or an ounce of insightfulness the film becomes an unremarkable retelling of a remarkable true life story 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Matt Brunson
While Herzog has hardly sold out he has tamed his inner filmmaking demons long enough to make a respectable movie that won t ruffle any feathers during the summer film season 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Kam Williams
Further proof that Christian Bale might be the best thespian around never nominated for an Oscar 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Daniel M. Kimmel
a portrait of man in dire straits forced to dig deep into himself for the resources to survive and fight back 
3
Rescue Dawn
John Beifuss
It would be interesting to pair this well reviewed art film with Make Them Die Slowly or another of the usually reviled Italian jungle atrocity movies that covered similar ground literally dense tropical forest and incidentally 
3
Rescue Dawn
Rene Rodriguez
It s easy to understand why Herzog was driven to tell this story twice 
3
Rescue Dawn
Terry Lawson
The performances here are as excellent as they are unnerving 
3
Rescue Dawn
Eric Melin
Naturalistic the dialogue was very unforced and it contains spectacular performances 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
James Sanford
certainly effective in its own way thanks to a number of excellent performances a few jolting visuals and Herzog s evocation of the steamy almost impenetrable jungles of Laos and Thailand 
3
Rescue Dawn
Duane Dudek
Although the drama is taut and terrifically acted it is pretty standard fare 
3
Rescue Dawn
Jeff Vice
Rescue Dawn is one of the best movies out there war or otherwise 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Phil Villarreal
Herzog s familiarity with the material is an invaluable resource His insight and vision lead to an experience that can t be matched by soundstages or computer graphics 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Jeffrey Westhoff
A compelling and compassionate portrait of a survivor 
3
Rescue Dawn
Michael Booth
That heart stopping beginning tells us Herzog is again in top form richly depicting the true story of the only American POW known to have escaped from Laotian captivity 
3
Rescue Dawn
Chris Hewitt
There s a matter of fact quality to the horrors of Rescue Dawn and to Herzog s visualization of Dengler s half starved hallucinations as he makes his escape Herzog s point is that when everything is absurd nothing is War makes the surreal real 
3
Rescue Dawn
Steven Rea
If Rescue Dawn isn t about heroism then it s about something deeper more primitive survival instinct 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Moira MacDonald
An odd but vivid and compelling mixture of big movie showmanship and eccentric vision 
3
Rescue Dawn
Walter V. Addiego
Herzog aims this genre effort at a broader audience than he usually gets and he does so without losing his soul It s a remarkably straightforward tale that allows the director to dwell on obsessions familiar to those who know his work 
4
Rescue Dawn
Mary F. Pols
A story of true humanity and inspiration 
4
Rescue Dawn
Richard Roeper
Herzog makes no attempt to pump this story up into a thrilling adventure There is nothing thrilling about dysentery starvation insect bites and despair 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Ty Burr
Those coming to Rescue Dawn cold will probably accept it as a straightforward even predictable account of POW suffering and they ll hang on Bale s muscular portrayal of a man who refuses to say die 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Josh Larsen
the deep seated look of absolute fear never leaves Zahn s red ringed eyes 
3
Rescue Dawn
Joe Lozito
Essentially a fictionalization of the documentary he made in 1997 the film seems like fertile ground for this unpredictable director But his painstakingly plain dramatization of Dengler s experience ultimately rings hollow 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Sara Michelle Fetters
I like filmmakers as fiercely independent as this one directors who refuse to paint easy portraits for their audiences and make them use their brains to decipher the pluses and minuses of what is going on 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Mark Dujsik
Herzog s admiration for Dengler and his story is apparent 
3
Rescue Dawn
Matt Pais
Gives a sense of not only what it was like to be there but the brotherhood that comes from being holed up in close quarters waiting for a search party that may never come 
3
Rescue Dawn
Michael Phillips
Its tone is reflective not combative and it operates on a lulling rhythm so that the jungles become either mesmerizing or a narcotic depending on your blood sugar 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Ken Fox
Once again back in his element Herzog brings man s struggle against nature both outer and inner to the screen with an often enthralling immediacy 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Bruce DeMara
Workmanlike and watchable Rescue Dawn is nonetheless a disappointment in its depiction of a hero with plenty of scars but little depth or substance beyond an iron will 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Stephen Whitty
In its study of an American pilot surviving only because of his single minded obsession with staying alive Rescue Dawn is compelling and dramatic and emotional 
3
Rescue Dawn
Kyle Smith
What a sweet collision is Rescue Dawn the American psycho meets the German kook 
4
Rescue Dawn
Rick Groen
The whole last act is to borrow a Martin Amis phrase a losing war against cliché 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Herzog never shies away from anything horrific or disgusting but rather moves in closer with an unusual fearlessness 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Scott Bowles
As prison break movies go Rescue ranks among the best 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
James Berardinelli
With its high level of verisimilitude unhurried pace and stretches of tension Rescue Dawn represents a solid effort from Herzog that fans of the genre should actively seek out 
3
Rescue Dawn
Elizabeth Weitzman
Problematic is Herzog s wildly romanticized view of his protagonist No matter what tortures he faces Dieter never has a moment of vulnerability He s not a man he s a superhero 
2.5
Rescue Dawn
Bob Strauss
Extremely well made Vietnam War era POW escape adventure is both psychologically and politically bizarre 
3
Rescue Dawn
Jim Hemphill
Made up of moments that represent cinema at its best moments of pure sensation of the type that can t be expressed with the same degree of immediacy in any other art form 
3
Rescue Dawn
Jan Stuart
If you know the original then you may receive this gripping and faithful dramatization as a kind of cinematic experiment in the relative merits of the spoken word vs the illustrated 
3.5
Rescue Dawn
Fernando F. Croce
Like his obsessed heroes Werner Herzog continues to hear the call of the jungle 
3
Rescue Dawn
Jonathan W. Hickman
Herzog delivers an inspiring apolitical look at what it is to be a soldier in time of war 
4
Rescue Dawn
David Nusair
much of the film s success is due primarily to Bale s captivating flat out astounding performance as the actor becomes Dieter to an almost ridiculous degree 
3
Rescue Dawn
Walter Chaw
Exactly no more and no less than what it is 
2.5
Junk Mail
Roger Ebert
It s a film about a voyeur and it appeals to the voyeur in us We don t like Roy or approve of him but we watch fascinated because he lives so casually outside the rules 
3
You've Been Trumped
Michael O'Sullivan
Earnest if rough around the edges 
2.5
You've Been Trumped
Roger Ebert
I imagine Trump s idea of beauty is the antiseptic tackiness of the tinfoil towers he erects around the world 
3
You've Been Trumped
Stephen Whitty
Baxter is a little too staid too polite to get outrageous and that keeps the film from outraging us the way it should 
2.5
You've Been Trumped
Calum Marsh
Though Anthony Baxter seems driven by empathy rather than greed his film is ultimately as reductive and misleading as the expensive Trump PR campaigns he righteously rails against 
1
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters
Mike McGranaghan
When it was over I had the strong desire to run to my Nintendo Wii and play some Tetris And isn t that exactly the reaction a movie like this should want to induce 
3
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One
Mattie Lucas
Taken on its own it often feels aimless and scattershot but when viewed as part of a larger whole it s spectacular a wholly unique work of artistic activism 
3
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One
Calum Marsh
Gomes proves more than mere raconteur And Arabian Nights turns out to be as much about the art of storytelling as what the stories tell us about Portugal and the world 
4
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One
Michael Phillips
The subtitle tells the truth here is a wonderfully restless movie 
3.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One
Bruce DeMara
Some of the stories are genuinely affecting But Gomes arcane storytelling style and frequent use of absurdity will require a good deal of patience from filmgoers 
2.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One
Amir Soltani
Gomes s wildest most auspicious and gloriously messy film to date borrows the structure of the eponymous Middle Eastern collection of folkloric tales but appropriated to modern Portugal under the government s extreme austerity measures 
4
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One
Scout Tafoya
Each of these stories slowly unfurls its metaphoric underpinning and meaning in modern Portuguese politics just in time for the next fable to begin 
3
Complicity (Kazenoki wa koto no youni)
Roger Moore
Subtle tense touching and somewhat slow
2.5
For a Few Lousy Dollars
David Nusair
apes much of what made Pulp Fiction such a big hit without bothering to add in any original ideas 
1
The Mean One
Nick Allen
A parody only by legal definition 44 The Mean One has no teeth as a naughty comedy or gory horror 46 
1
The Mean One
Richard Roeper
The Mean One has a handful of inspired lines e g Time to roast this beast but the production values editing score and photography are average at best and we re left with a film that will be remembered mostly for a cleverly twisted marketing hook 
2
The Mean One
Steven Prokopy
I can see this working as a group watch among holiday enthused friends drunk on spiked nog 44 but beyond that 44 its novelty wears off quickly 46 
2
The Mean One
Roger Moore
Amateurish 46 46 46 I did not care for 8220 The Mean One 8221 mess 46 I do not like bastardized Seuss 44 I confess 46 
0
Train of Life
Michael Dequina
Deep and poignant 
3.5
Train of Life
Andrew Howe
The marketers would have you believe that Train of Life is a touching thought provoking masterpiece For sixty seconds it s exactly that 
2
Train of Life
David N. Butterworth
An often amusing parody that more closely resembles Hogan s Heroes than Life is Beautiful 
2.5
Call Her Savage
John Beifuss
Prostitution half breeds cross dressing cat fights dog wrestling wild poets wagon train lechery and rampant bralessness are among the consistently jaw dropping elements of this rollicking 1932 melodrama 
3.5
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Matt Brunson
A decent primer for those interested in history 
3
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Linda Cook
Beautifully illustrated solidly researched and smartly presented D Day Normandy 1944 is a terrific movie about a terrible time 
4
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Soren Andersen
The use of 3 D and other up to the minute techniques to tell this often told story make this D Day a riveting and informative film experience 
3
Happy Birthday!
Wes Greene
It plays like it was written by a bro who just discovered the early films of Quentin Tarantino 
.5
4th and Long
James Wegg
Those who love to laugh will be rewarded many times over Who knew that humping a lawn ornament winning a fishing tournament with a snagged larynx or trying out for the last spot on the Frisbee all star team would produce belly laughs on the first down 
3.5
The Separation
David Sterritt
France has been showering American moviegoers with riches since the days of silent cinema None of this year s French offerings is more captivating than La Separation 
4
The Separation
Steve Rhodes
A subtle movie in which facial expressions are where the action is 
3
Firecreek
Roger Ebert
The Jimmy Stewart hero usually isn t very happy with his job He doesn t go around sticking his neck out He s no John Wayne type But finally he gets pushed beyond the breaking point and Wayne hath no fury like a Stewart scorned 
3
Running America
Mike McGranaghan
I found myself riveted by Running America It has plenty of drama but also a deeply inspirational quality 
3.5
The Village Barbershop
Rob Thomas
This is one movie that could really use a trim 
2
Pahokee
Joe Friar
An immersive documentary that captures the essence of a rite of passage that to most high school seniors represents the pinnacle of their lives You are left caring for these teens and community 
3
Pahokee
Max Weiss
All in all the film is an excellent portrait of a town fueled by collective dreams of living elsewhere 
3
Pahokee
Sean P. Means
The notion that small town life often revolves around the local high school and in particular that school s football team isn t a new revelation but the absorbing documentary Pahokee captures that truism with a clear eye and stunning images 
3
Journey's End
Sarah Knight Adamson
Bleak stuff however it s powerfully moving 
3.5
Journey's End
Robert Daniels
Journey s End is dependent upon the change that comes to the psyche when one s life is literally ticking away 
3.5
Journey's End
Roger Moore
Entirely conventional The characters have become stock types the setting is the setting of pretty much every World War I movie that isn t about aviators or Africa 
2.5
Journey's End
Josh Terry
What s more interesting about Journey s End is its detail 
3
Journey's End
Anita Katz
Playing young men facing possible even probable doom the actors are magnificent 
3
Journey's End
Peter Keough
Lugubrious and anticlimactic inadequate testimonial to those slaughtered in this pointless battle and the million more who would die before the war s end 
2.5
Journey's End
Walter V. Addiego
There s a heavy handed and dated feeling about this version of Journey s End it never really breaks loose from its theatrical origin 
2
Journey's End
Gayle MacDonald
The actors are superb at impressing some humanity onto this ugliness 
3
Journey's End
Bruce DeMara
War is hell but we ve seen that story before Journey s End manages to reaffirm the message in a tale that is both harrowing and heartbreaking 
3.5
Journey's End
Dann Gire
Stagy and deliberate in its pacing the earnest World War I drama Journey s End provides a wonderful opportunity for its cast members to demonstrate some actorly acting 
2.5
Journey's End
Ann Hornaday
This taut emotionally wrenching snapshot of both the mythologies and grim realities of war possesses useful reminders about self deception and abuse of power especially at a time when bellicose rhetoric and war cabinets seem to be the order of the day 
4
Journey's End
Gary Thompson
The play wears well even if its ending is a bit dated 
3
Journey's End
Mark Dujsik
Journey s End is a distressing examination of how the wait for war is enough to destroy these men s spirits 
3
Journey's End
Rex Reed
Nothing happens and everybody talks incessantly 
2.5
Journey's End
Peter Travers
Saul Dibb s World War 1 tale of British soldiers in the trenches is a bleak sobering experience that puts audiences through a wringer It s also an emotional powerhouse you will not forget 
3.5
Journey's End
Godfrey Cheshire
An intelligent meticulously crafted drama about British soldiers in the trenches of World War I 
3
Journey's End
Keith Watson
Director Saul Dibb has infused his adaptation of R C Sherriff s play with a striking sense of urgency 
2.5
Requiem NN
Diego Semerene
Filmmaker Juan Manuel Echavarra s hands off approach hinders us from mocking the believers navet 
3
Mia and the White Lion
Rick Bentley
Mia and the White Lion not only deeply embraces the nature elements but it also manages to be a moving story about family trust love and conservation 
3
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
Douglas Britt
The film stands alone as a remarkable achievement as intimate a portrayal of a living artist as one could ask for And a likeable one at that 
4
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
V.A. Musetto
Remembrances by aides and relatives plus antique photos and close ups of her work including her iconic giant spiders round out the loving film 
3
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
Ed Gonzalez
Frequently roving around and taking awe at Bourgeois s massive artwork the filmmakers may understand the artist as a woman and a living creature but they often treat her as if she herself were a museum piece 
2
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
Ken Fox
Art world iconoclast feminist icon cranky old Frenchwoman with a sharp tongue and a gothic family history Artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois is all these things and more 
3.5
John Waite: The Hard Way
Roger Moore
Very much a surface gloss 44 not really all that polished 44 not particularly thorough 44 mostly just the former lead singer of The Babys and Bad English 44 Mr 46 8220 Isn 8217 t It Time 8221 and 8220 Missing You 8221 himself being interviewed 46 
2.5
The Bad and the Beautiful
Matt Brunson
Working from a poison pen script by Charles Schnee director Vincente Minnelli uncovers the darkness behind every deal and the provocation behind every production playing into the narrative of Tinseltown as a place where souls are sold rather than saved 
3.5
The Bad and the Beautiful
Josh Larsen
swoons for all things silver screen 
3.5
The Bad and the Beautiful
Wesley Lovell
Three disjointed stories awkwardly connected by a frayed thread 
2.5
Love in the Time of Hysteria
Marta Barber
Cuaron demonstrates his capacity as a director The camera work is impressive his sense of humor sharp and the characters are well defined 
3.5
Love in the Time of Hysteria
Jan Stuart
First released in 1991 Alfonso Cuaron s Solo Con Tu Pareja Only With Your Partner is a manic puff of nonsense that plays off the AIDS panic of the preceding decade 
2
Love in the Time of Hysteria
V.A. Musetto
Solo Con Tu Pareja is not as mature as Y Tu Mama Tambien but it is consistently funny 
3
Love in the Time of Hysteria
Maitland McDonagh
Cuaron who cowrote the screenplay with his brother Carlos cited Ernst Lubitsch and Woody Allen as influences but the shadow of Pedro Almodovar s frantic early comedies hangs heavily over the film s farcical complications 
3
Love in the Time of Hysteria
Ed Gonzalez
The film is like a champagne bottle s ricocheting cork an explosion of poppy camera maneuvers literary allusions chatty reiterations raunchy sex and spastic flights of fantasy rich in cultural flavor 
2.5
From Afar
Shane Slater
From Afar showcases a promising auteur in the making but this lauded debut outing is ultimately a disappointment 
1.5
From Afar
Anita Katz
This is small film that aims nobly and impresses 
3
From Afar
Farran Smith Nehme
Carefully composed shot in the usual gray and mustard digital palette the film deals in small slivers of information 
2.5
From Afar
Godfrey Cheshire
From Afar suffers from the writer s way of using disjuncture and opacity to suggest meaning where if you look closely enough there really is none 
2.5
From Afar
David Nusair
A well conceived and executed character study that fares better than most similarly themed efforts 
3
From Afar
Diego Semerene
It suggests that when straight men finally offer some kind of reciprocity to gay men they lose their status as proper objects of desire 
3.5
From Afar
Kent Turner
It s a fine representative of the current crop of formalist stripped down Latin American filmmaking Expect this slow builder to have more of an impact post viewing 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Mike McGranaghan
A movie that works beautifully when it s on point and feels sort of hollow when it s not 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Claudia Puig
Introducing the Dwights is funny and poignant with a tour de force performance by British actress Brenda Blethyn 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Lawrence Toppman
Short on credibility characterization humor and honesty 
1.5
Introducing the Dwights
Peter Debruge
The broader characterizations may be off but director Nowlan observes other small details with sensitive precision 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Loey Lockerby
Undeniably funny pulling back just before it gets too cute or Jeannie gets too annoying When the script can t quite do the job Blethyn uses all her charm and talent to compensate 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Bruce Westbrook
Some offbeat humor shines through the clouds of this glum domestic drama especially when fun friends shift the focus from Jean s grating histrionics But it never lasts long 
2
Introducing the Dwights
Rob Thomas
When the film veers into drama toward the end it s a bottle throwing mascara streaked exercise in bathos rather than anything remotely resembling real life 
2
Introducing the Dwights
Cathy Jakicic
Leads right back to the usual sitcom destination 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Jeanne Aufmuth
A smart alternative to summer s bloated blockbusters 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Susan Walker
This film avoids the predictable Director Cherie Nowlan shows a deft hand taking us right into the anger and pain of a single mother confronting disappointment and loss even as she s delivering her zingers 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Moira MacDonald
Blethyn Chittenden and Wilson create a believable and ultimately endearing family a trio of dreamers big and small 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Ruthe Stein
Ultimately this wondrous film is about letting go of old wardrobes bad jokes unrealistic dreams and of children and parental ties You leave glad to have met the Dwights and applauding their adaptability if not Mom s jokes 
3
Introducing the Dwights
James Berardinelli
It gives us a few interesting characters and allows us to follow them through a critical phase of change and growth It does what all good coming of age movies do and that makes it a worthy and welcome entry into the genre 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Terry Lawson
Keith Thompson s screenplay is clever and ensures that every character is well rounded and recognizably human 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Teresa Budasi
A throw your hands up head shaking disappointment 
2
Introducing the Dwights
Wesley Morris
The film likes these people and these kooky scenarios too much to detach itself enough to simply observe them And it doesn t understand them well enough to convince us they make sense 
1.5
Introducing the Dwights
Josh Larsen
Blethyn gives a real lived in performance that could only come from a show business veteran herself 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Liam Lacey
The script s attempt to splice together a fumbling love story with a portrait of toxic personality disorder feels incongruous like a serving of porridge flambé au whisky 
2
Introducing the Dwights
Steve Rhodes
Blethyn s character was someone I did not enjoy spending so much time with Her character was so irritating that I was happy to see the ending credits roll 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Chris Hewitt
How is it possible that none of the people who made Introducing the Dwights or put it in theaters noticed that even when the main character is being nice she is so intolerable that she makes you long for a volume knob so you can turn her down 
0
Introducing the Dwights
Matt Pais
Keeps its quirks in check as a family comes together with an authenticity that you can t buy with a bigger budget 
3
Introducing the Dwights
Carina Chocano
The movie belongs to Blethyn who takes a difficult easily misunderstood role and gracefully cracks it open to reveal what s inside 
3.5
Introducing the Dwights
Kyle Smith
has the sweet and sour honesty of a memoir 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Peter Canavese
A collision of Jeannie s story and Tim s story and while that s appropriate it also results in wobbly tone shifts Gypsy meets Equus without the horses 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Jack Mathews
You d have to see the ending here to believe it and that s something I can t recommend you do 
2
Introducing the Dwights
Gary Goldstein
Introducing the Dwights has its moments just not enough of them 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Jan Stuart
Keith Thompson s screenplay is a tad over populated but Cherie Nowlan s film settles in and gathers force as it goes along 
2.5
Introducing the Dwights
Jason Clark
Shrieking like a banshee has unfortunately become Brenda Blethyn s stock in trade ever since her remarkable breakout performance in Mike Leigh s Secrets Lies 
1.5
Intimate Relations
Roger Ebert
Its deadpan humor is entertaining up to a point but that point is passed before the movie is quite at its halfway point and then we re left watching increasingly desperate people who are trapped by one another s madness 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Kam Williams
XXXcruciating 
0
XXX: State of the Union
Stefan Ulstein
Well they sure blowed em up good in XXX State of the Union And they pimped many rides XXX is a car nut s fantasy 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Michael Dequina
Delivers the no thinking required over the top goods with some surprising digs at the original film providing the icing on this tasty bit of cinematic junk food 
3
XXX: State of the Union
Frank Ochieng
remains nothing more than a nonsensical and noisy diversion that wallows in its glossed over big budgeted B movie banality 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Sara Michelle Fetters
And while I m not about to claim any facet of this feature has more brain cells than a bimbo looking for her next blonde joke it s never obnoxious in its dimwittedness until that noxiously calamitous final 
2
XXX: State of the Union
David Nusair
an unimaginative derivative and ultimately dull riff on the Bond series 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Paul Sherman
The result is so infantile it might as well be based on the doodles of 8 year old schoolboys 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Linda Cook
It may sound strange to say that this is another boring action film but it s true 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Austin O'Connor
As for female characters in the xXx franchise there are only two types of women the ones with big breasts and the ones with even bigger breasts 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Larry Ratliff
Is it too late to toss Ice Cube s name into the hat in the new James Bond sweepstakes I d be down with that 
3
XXX: State of the Union
Steve Rhodes
A colossal bore 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Mike McGranaghan
It s not awful or terrible it s just generic 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Sean McBride
one of the most uninspired and misconceived big budget action flicks I ve ever had to sit through 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Vince Koehler
The plot is ice thin and Ice Cube can t hold a candle to Van Diesel in my opinion If you like a lot of car explosions and action packed scenes you will like this movie 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Scott Nash
A completely generic action film with nothing to hold your attention and no one for you to care about 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Michael A. Smith
Rather then saying the film strikes out I think I ll use a little bowling jargon to sum it up XXX is a turkey 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Nick Rogers
It has just enough sociology and is wholly dismissive of physics and logic Still the last half hour s unbridled action raises it to the original s enjoyable trash level 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Peter Howell
So devoid of craft it looks as though it were filmed by robots 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Tom Keogh
A crisp adventure that grows increasingly audacious the story climaxes with a huge battle waged in the Capitol if only lightly enjoyable 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Mick LaSalle
Its action scenes are too absurd and too computer generated to produce any kind of rush The dialogue not just amateurish fails even to approximate something resembling human interaction 
1
XXX: State of the Union
David Elliott
It s sterile juvenile brazenly bad It will make money It will be forgotten by the time you get to the bathroom 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Lisa Rose
There are bound to be pictures bigger dumber and more punishing than this one released during the summer but at least the warm weather also will bring a wider range of alternatives 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Lou Lumenick
Mostly an excuse for cramming as much gratuitous violence as possible into a PG 13 rated flick running only 92 minutes 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Jack Mathews
The chases shootouts and explosions in this deafening lamebrained wreck of a movie make the Road Runner cartoons look like National Geographic specials 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Peter Debruge
The part of me that wasn t rolling my eyes really wanted to know which media bad boy would be next in line 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Glenn Whipp
This sequel careens wildly between the uninspired and the absurd building up to an earsplitting freakishly over the top finale that seems born either of desperation or a bender that would make Hunter S Thompson proud 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Loey Lockerby
XXX State of the Union is occasionally fun to watch if only to see just how much suspension of disbelief your brain can take 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Amy Biancolli
Functions less as a movie than an overactive adrenal gland 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Kit Bowen
With Ice Cube at the wheel it delivers all the adrenaline a junkie could ever want Just don t pay too much attention to anything else going on in the movie 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Rick Groen
The most gratifying thing about xXx State of the Union is that nobody wastes much time on character motivation plausibility dialogue or sex all that slow stuff that drags down ordinary movies 
1
XXX: State of the Union
John Monaghan
This is just a warm up as the summer movie season gets an early start Big loud and stupid XXX State of the Union isn t so much a sequel as a preview of coming attractions 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Jeff Vice
This dim witted action thriller might go down better if its presidential assassination storyline weren t in such bad taste and if its attitude weren t so misogynistic and if its attempts at humor were more than lame one liners 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Lisa Kennedy
A humorless foray of noise and fast cuts signifying nothing much 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Lawrence Toppman
Darius Stone has no unique abilities He s just mean tough and dogged 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Ty Burr
There are really only two kinds of big budget action movies stupid and good and stupid Surprisingly XXX State of the Union is good and stupid 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Sean P. Means
The plot holes in this new XXX are XXXL big enough to drive a tank through 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Peter Canavese
So full of self aware speechifying howlingly bad verbal pissing contests and audacious bulls t plotting that it almost flies as a parody of itself Almost Blu Ray 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Erik Childress
Succumbs to a depth of directorial incompetence not seen since the likes of Megaforce
0.5
XXX: State of the Union
Willie Waffle
Kinberg and Tamahori should be sued for movie malpractice 
.5
XXX: State of the Union
Mack Bates
Ice Cube brings his trademark charisma and street sensibility to a film that wouldn t be nearly as entertaining without it though he gets considerable help from better than the material deserves performances by Jackson and Dafoe 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Roger Ebert
Did I enjoy this movie Only in a dumb mindless way It has whatever made the original XXX entertaining but a little less of it Does it make the slightest sense Of course not 
2.5
XXX: State of the Union
Mike Clark
At least this movie seems more aware of its trashiness than National Treasure was It s therefore freer to have some off the cuff fun the way Steven Seagal s more tolerable vehicles once did 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Dustin Putman
Plain old rancid trash as careless as it is despicably wasteful If Xander Cage had to die the XXX series should have keeled over with him 
0
XXX: State of the Union
David Sterritt
Most of the movie is standard action fare but the political commentary is interesting when it s allowed to surface 
2
XXX: State of the Union
James Berardinelli
There isn t a fresh moment in the entire 100 minute running time The tediousness is impossible to dispel 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Josh Larsen
going for the hip hop loving teen market both city and suburbs that is more than willing to drop big money on flashy hubcaps flavor of the month CDs and crappy movies 
1
XXX: State of the Union
Bruce Newman
Like an actual State of the Union address there is nothing in State of the Union you haven t encountered already 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Chris Hewitt
The stunts and explosions are effective but the dialogue and characters are not 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Tracy Allerton
If this sequel is any indication the next XXX will be subtitled Bigger Louder Dumber 
2
XXX: State of the Union
Michael Wilmington
This new XXX has a story that may break all recent records for rampaging cliches and utter nonsense 
1.5
XXX: State of the Union
Walter Chaw
A salt lick for under hung jackasses 
0
XXX: State of the Union
Steven Snyder
XXX is a subversive film zipping through an action film in minutes to sideswipe audiences with messages about politics and cinema that may make it the surprise of 2005 
3
XXX: State of the Union
Phil Villarreal
The movie appears to have employed a Super Nintendo as its screenwriter and it boasts all the elegance and character development of a Transformers episode 
3
XXX: State of the Union
Rob Blackwelder
XXXcrement If it weren t for Ice Cube s charismatic bad attitude State of the Union would be downright unwatchable 
1
Baby Done
Roger Moore
Light as a feather and just as ticklish 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Brian Eggert
The outward comic setup serves as a springboard for something far more existential Finding the core of the film s meaning requires the viewer to look beyond the occasional silliness onscreen 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Mattie Lucas
A great big love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood manages not only to showcase a plethora of old Hollywood genres but also be all of them at once 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Lisa Jensen
The more you know about Hollywood in the so called Golden Age roughly late 1930s through early 50s the bigger kick you re likely to get out of Hail Caesar 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Sean P. Means
The Coens show their strongest belief like Eddie s is an unshakable faith in the power of movies 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Melissa Starker
If you re among the Coen brothers faithful you ll find much to admire and gags that hit like a ton of bricks though you ll probably wish there were more of them 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Jeff Simon
Josh Brolin is terrific as Mannix I chortled and laughed through the whole thing And I smiled for hours afterward thinking about it 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
David N. Butterworth
I enjoyed their films Particularly the early good ones 
1.5
Hail, Caesar!
Sara Michelle Fetters
In other words it s perfect and like the best of the duo s achievements it s an ending I m going to be pondering for quite a long time to come 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Sonny Bunch
Instant classic Coen comedy comments upon and celebrates the studio system 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Max Weiss
The greatest thing about Hail Caesar is that its loose structure allows the Coens to just mess around with the things they like 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Peter Canavese
In a way the amusing preposterous Hail Caesar for all its arch postmodernism becomes what it pastiches resembling the kind of 50s film we can now watch and admire for a kind of cultural reflection without exactly considering it a success 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Gabriela Muñoz
The new movie by the Coen brothers is a love letter to the film industry Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Walter Chaw
the Coens at their most and least cynical Amen and hallelujah 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Painstakingly recreates an era that very few people remember with the same affection as the Coen Brothers Full Review in Spanish 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a big swirling movie shot by the great Roger Deakins full of movies and the joy of movies 
3
Hail, Caesar!
David Nusair
just another promising yet underwhelming effort from the Coen siblings 
2
Hail, Caesar!
John Beifuss
Constructed from spoofy vignettes that recreate vanished genres indelible star turns and dialectical dialogues the movie is simultaneously amused awed and appalled by the power of what might be America s most influential industry 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Christy Lemire
Their latest Hail Caesar is their giddiest comedy to date but it s also hit and miss within itself 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Linda Cook
Hail Caesar pokes fun at and embraces Old Hollywood simultaneously 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Josh Terry
Fresh and bubbling with personality in places but lacking that final piece that will bring the picture together 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Michael Smith
It s not as clever as either the exceptional Inside Llewyn Davis or the very good A Serious Man 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Allyson Johnson
Visually the film is stunning with Roger Deakins returning to the Coen fold with some eye popping work the underwater scene and a dusk car scene being particular highlights 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Scott Renshaw
Few contemporary filmmakers create works that require more reflection than the Coen brothers and that applies even when they re turning out one of their lighter comedies 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Stephen Rebello
For all its Hooray for Hollywood sparkle and highly welcome down with Hollywood bile this dream machine blows its gaskets with too many flat non scenes stale jokes and pointless cameos 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
James Kendrick
The Coens clearly have something to say about Hollywood s irresolvable dedication to art and commerce but the uneven shaggy dog nature of the film s scattershot comedy buries most of it 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Josh Larsen
a meta comedy that wants to deflate the pretensions of Hollywood even as it s giving the movies themselves a giant hug 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Matt Brunson
Whenever the Coens produce a breezy and straightforward comedy many critics and fans grumble that they re simply coasting they re making movies beneath them and they re too valuable as filmmakers to simply offer nothing more than nyuks Nonsense 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Lou Lumenick
Not one of the Coens major works but it s a very enjoyable lark especially for fans of old Hollywood 
3
Hail, Caesar!
James Berardinelli
The more 1950s movies a person has seen and the greater their love for Hollywood of 60 years ago the greater their appreciation will be of what Joel and Ethan have brought to the screen 
3
Hail, Caesar!
David Keyes
How rare to arrive at the embrace of so much joy and enthusiasm in the midst of a perpetual nothing of a plot 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Mike McGranaghan
An old Hollywood tale as only the Coen Brothers could tell it If you love movies from the 40s and 50s you ll see affection buried within the often uproarious parody of the on and off screen cinematic world at that time 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Rafer Guzman
Hail Caesar obeys the first commandment of filmmaking attributed to the old master Billy Wilder Thou shalt not bore 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Thelma Adams
Joyous chaos is what the Coen Brothers harness in their generous spirited wet kiss to the industry they continue to master and remake Bliss 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Rob Thomas
Perhaps only the Coens who have made some of the best movies of the last 30 years would make a movie celebrating the value of mediocre Hollywood schlock 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Bob Bloom
While Hail Caesar may not rank as one of the Coen brothers best films it does offer enough flashes of levity wit and simple entertainment to have you smiling as you leave the multiplex 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Phil Villarreal
All hail the Coens but you re OK to wait til it s on Redbox for this one 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Christian Toto
The Coens rarely bother to craft compelling finales With Hail Caesar they ve thrown in the towel on the third act too 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Willie Waffle
It s boring 
1
Hail, Caesar!
Kate Taylor
There are an awful lot of subplots and comic characters but none of the actors in this star studded cast is allowed to build his laughs and the Coens just abandon several of these vivid personalities along the way 
1
Hail, Caesar!
Anders Wright
Will it rile up your emotions or make you truly question something anything like their best films can do while still making you laugh Hail the Coens to be sure but in this case it s questionable 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Mark Dujsik
Hail Caesar is an episodic romp filled with unabashed adoration for the feats follies and foibles of Hollywood 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Ty Burr
There are the serious Coen brothers movies like No Country for Old Men and um A Serious Man and there are the not so serious ones Hail Caesar is the opposite of their serious ones and it is delightful 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Peter Howell
The Coens have replaced the acid in their pens with honey for now at least and the result is an affectionate comedy that is also one of their most satisfying achievements 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Chris Knight
Makes for a delightful if forgettable mid winter treat 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Robert W. Butler
Go for the laughs But don t expect the spell of Hail Caesar to stick with you beyond the closing credits 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Richard Roeper
This is one of my favorite movies ever made about making movies 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Peter Travers
A wild whoosh of Coen brothers wizardry that left me laughing helplessly and filled with spiritual dread That s the Coens for you They re indispensable 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Ann Hornaday
It s difficult to remember a recent movie so tartly on point in skewering a power driven industry obsessed with such seemingly meaningless ephemera as screen credit and commissary pecking orders 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Dann Gire
It s tappy slappy snappy and happy 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Rene Rodriguez
Hail Caesar isn t the first time brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have made a dud comedy But they ve never made one that was this half baked and lazy 
2
Hail, Caesar!
Michael Phillips
The tone of Hail Caesar is even and assured yet the comic inspiration is sporadic Something s missing the momentum sputters 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Mick LaSalle
Hail Caesar is a flimsy construction that depends on a zany spirit and the charm of individual scenes to hold it together There are times when this begins to feel like a dubious strategy but each time the movie rights itself 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Chris Hewitt
If you still get a thrill from seeing the MGM lion or hearing the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare then that s or rather Hail Caesar is entertainment 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Steven Rea
A goofy conflation of Coenian elements the numbskull huggermugger of The Big Lebowski the La La Land surrealness of Barton Fink the Old Testament overlay of A Serious Man 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Moira MacDonald
Hail Caesar isn t the great film you might like it to be but it s very very good fun 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Karen D'Souza
Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the film is the nagging feeling that the Coens do indeed have something fascinating to say about the inner workings of Hollywood but the flailing Hail Caesar isn t it 
2
Hail, Caesar!
Matt Pais
Too funny to dismiss and too mild to endorse 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Glenn Kenny
A comic fable that s both deftly clever and irrepressibly goofy It is also from stem to stern the sweetest and sunniest film the Coens have ever made 
4
Hail, Caesar!
Stephen Whitty
Set at an ersatz MGM the film fudges some period details but gets almost everything else right the studio s rich Technicolor palette a movie musical style just teetering on the edge of camp 
3.5
Hail, Caesar!
Brian Truitt
The combination of the Coen brothers filmmaking acumen and George Clooney in absolute buffoon mode is again Hollywood magic 
3
Hail, Caesar!
Dustin Putman
An original unapologetically larkish escapade Hail Caesar is a blessed blur of movie style artifice and silly behind the scenes exposé of 1950s La La Land 
2.5
Hail, Caesar!
Roger Moore
A swing and a miss 
2
Hail, Caesar!
Jake Cole
Joel and Ethan Coen s idiosyncrasies elevate the film above the level of a mere creative exercise 
3
Annie Get Your Gun
Betsy Bozdech
A word of warning to those obsessed with political correctness Annie Get Your Gun is not for you 
3
The Hollow Point
Glenn Kenny
There s literally nothing in this movie that feels like it arose from an impulse to either entertain or create art 
1
The Hollow Point
Tom Keogh
The Hollow Point might not reach the hallucinatory heights of a Joel and Ethan Coen thriller but there s much to admire 
2.5
The Hollow Point
Chuck Bowen
Gonzalo Lpez Gallego s direction isn t confident enough to allow us to ignore The Hollow Point s contrivances 
1
Essex Boys
David Nusair
the sort of unoriginal gangster movie that seems to be far more prevalent now due to the success of fellow Brit directors like Guy Ritchie 
1.5
King Richard
Chase Hutchinson
It is a film that transcends the trappings of sports biopics by giving life to the relationships within the family 46 
3.5
King Richard
Matt Brunson
Less a movie about sports than a movie about parenting 
3
King Richard
Rene Sanchez
A heartwarming and inspiring story with towering performances from Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis Full Review in Spanish
3
King Richard
David Gonzalez
Its a film that was expected to be nothing more than another sports film 46 But 44 in turn 44 it is a compelling family drama that shines a light on resilience 44 determination 44 and the true story of an underdog 46 
3.5
King Richard
Blake Howard
King Richard is a strange and conflicting beast at its centre is Will Smith offering perhaps the worst performance of his career 
1.5
King Richard
James Kendrick
Will Smith the seasoned pro that he is finds just the right balance in conveying Richard s unconventional nature while still grounding it in a genuine love of family and desire to do right by his daughters
3
King Richard
Max Weiss
This is a dream role for Will Smith and he attacks it with gusto Williams is a larger than life character who just happens to be real and Smith embodies his underdog combative indefatigable spirit to perfection 
3.5
King Richard
Steven Prokopy
Will Smith slips effortlessly into the role of Richard Williams disappearing so completely into the part that it s difficult to even see him acting 
3.5
King Richard
Tom Meek
It s inspirational to be sure but eye opening and an impressive if improbable long game that at times feels somewhat quixotic even as milestones get checked off 
3
King Richard
Linda Cook
It s a feel good movie families with older kids will enjoy 
3
King Richard
Joe Friar
It s the feel good film of the year perfect for the whole family with plenty of laugh out loud moments dramatic interludes and enough heartfelt moments that movie theatres should include a pack of tissues with every bag of popcorn 
3.5
King Richard
Randy Myers
In this compelling well acted but conventionally told biopic about the unconventional dad of tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams actor Will Smith makes another convincing bid to collect some acting trophies 
3
King Richard
Jeff York
The result is the feel good film of the season as well as one of the better big screen biographies in quite some time 
3.5
King Richard
Mattie Lucas
A mildly entertaining tale of triumph over adversity that is content to fade into the background in ways that the tennis giants at its center never did 
2.5
King Richard
James Berardinelli
Regardless of how much is true how much has been softened and reshaped to suit the movie s perspective and how much is fabricated the end result is compelling drama with top notch performances and a feel good denouement 
3
King Richard
Mike McGranaghan
A good movie that could and probably should have been great 
3
King Richard
Sean P. Means
Even as it stays carefully within the lines of a standard sports biography King Richard delivers its emotional punch in some unexpected ways thanks largely to the performances by Will Smith Aunjunue Ellis and two promising newcomers 
3.5
King Richard
Richard Roeper
Funny and inspirational he disappears into the role of the man obsessed with bringing his daughters to the top of their game 
3.5
King Richard
Kevin Carr
It s a fine movie It s an inspirational story But you ve got two of the best athletes on the planet and it s not about those athletes 
2.5
King Richard
Michael Medved
Touching and entertaining though the 2hr 20min runtime is sometimes wearying 
2.5
King Richard
Mark Meszoros
King Richard is a royally interesting portrait of an unusual father and businessman 
3.5
King Richard
Ty Burr
Whatever rough edges have been sanded off the real Richard Williams in this telling it s still a hell of a story 
3.5
King Richard
Mark Dujsik
The movie addresses Richard s flaws for sure but the results are meant to speak much louder than any of the minor mild and quickly forgotten criticism leveled in his direction 
2.5
King Richard
Peter Howell
King Richard is inspiring and involving based on truth but it s not a conventional sports biopic by any measure 
3.5
King Richard
Sara Michelle Fetters
King Richard is a spellbinding biopic of a complicated man and his two incredible daughters all working together to do what was previously considered impossible 
3.5
King Richard
Katie Walsh
a big traditional crowd pleaser It doesn t innovate the sports movie formula but it works because star Will Smith is right in the pocket as Richard Williams 
2.5
King Richard
Johnny Oleksinski
The Fresh Prince is dead Long live the King 
3.5
King Richard
Rafer Guzman
Smith aces his performance as a homegrown tennis guru in this solid and satisfying biopic 
3
King Richard
Chris Hewitt
Mostly it s a story about being a parent about having faith in one s children and about being absolutely right 
3
King Richard
Mark Feeney
It s a showy part and Smith gives it all he s got which is a lot 
3
King Richard
Leo Brady
Richard Williams is their father a major part of their story but not the main event and that s a big reason why I didn t see this movie as King 
2
King Richard
Alan French
Smith apos s highly emotional performance goes beyond sheer mimicry 44 as he channels the frustrations and anger of raising two superstars into his performance 46 
3
King Richard
Michael Phillips
What we have here is moderately good sports biopic with a very fine performance at center court 
2.5
King Richard
Ann Hornaday
Will Smith delivers a ferocious all consuming performance in King Richard a thoroughly entertaining portrait of Richard Williams better known as Venus and Serena s father 
3.5
King Richard
Lindsey Bahr
The difference between this and your run of the mill bait which is too cynical a term to glom onto something that s so sincere is that King Richard is good It s moving and inspiring even if it s not exactly inspired 
3
King Richard
Brian Truitt
A rousing if familiar sports drama that takes care of the surface level narrative but doesn t delve deeply enough into the meatier stuff at times seeming to have the wrong focal point 
3
King Richard
Odie Henderson
King Richard is half sports movie half biopic As such it hits the sweet spots and sour notes of both genres 
3
King Richard
Moira MacDonald
King Richard though perhaps a tad overlong is as irresistible as the young legends at its center you watch with pleasure thinking of the many future champions it might inspire 
3.5
King Richard
Sarah Knight Adamson
The heartwarming script offers a role model to loving parenting with education at the forefront 
4
King Richard
Derek Smith
Rarely has a film used its foreknowledge of a happy ending as a reason to remain so uncritical and incurious of its central subject 
1.5
King Richard
Roger Moore
If this isn t the way it was it s certainly the way it should have been 
3
King Richard
Sarah Knight Adamson
A triumph in family film Will Smith ace s his role 
4
King Richard
Joey Magidson
King Richard sits on its throne due to Will Smith Without him the long runtime and cliches might have been more of a bother Instead this is a solid studio crowd pleaser 
3
King Richard
Walter Chaw
As the film exists with the fulsome blessing of the Williams family expect a hagiography And a hagiography you shall receive 
0
A Screaming Man
Mattie Lucas
It s a story of sprawling scope on a deeply personal scale using the family at its core as a microcosm for greater societal tragedy 
3.5
A Screaming Man
Joe Neumaier
Director Mahamat Saleh Haroun s movie shows the quiet desperation that results from inner and outer conflicts 
3
A Screaming Man
Kalvin Henely
Draws from a personal understanding that gives its fictional story a tinge of emotional reportage 
2.5
A Screaming Man
Kent Turner
Director Haroun fails to lift his universal fable to the height of an epic whatever its budget 
2
A Screaming Man
V.A. Musetto
The film is quiet and thoughtful yet forcefully makes its point about the folly of war 
3
A Screaming Man
Peter Howell
This tragedy of parental betrayal is personal in scope but universal in impact 
3
A Screaming Man
Marsha Lederman
Despite its title the film is a quiet rebuke of war and its impact on everyday life people and families Without a single battle scene the horrors of war bleed through the screen 
3
Tycoon
Jeff Vice
The filmmakers would have been better off with a more direct linear story line that might have allowed for some real character development 
2
Tycoon
Rob Thomas
The combination of arresting melodrama and eye opening editorial commentary really works 
3
Tycoon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Taking cues from Citizen Kane The Godfather Once Upon a Time in America and GoodFellas this Russian mob film is frankly not tall enough to get on the ride with the big boys 
2
Tycoon
G. Allen Johnson
Although Lounguine has a lot to say about Russia s struggle in its transition to global capitalism his film is strangely uninvolving lacking dramatic sweep 
2
Tycoon
Roger Ebert
The movie is handicapped by a jittery editing style that prevents us from getting involved in the flow of the narrative 
2.5
Tycoon
Michael Wilmington
A meaty well crafted thriller that absorbs and disturbs you from first frame to last 
3.5
Tycoon
Chris Hewitt
What s fascinating is that even in the absence of sympathetic characters Tycoon sucks you into a world of power where politics and business are the same thing 
3
Tycoon
Michael Booth
The combination of historical sweep and the need to read subtitles doesn t allow for the kind of subtle character portrayal that made the Godfather series but Mashkov is a major force as Platon 
2.5
Tycoon
Damon Smith
An uneven political thriller that suffers mostly from a highly convoluted story line 
2.5
Tycoon
Walter Chaw
Overlong underfed and obsessed with making a point with its style and the none too subtle comparison of Welles newspaper baron to Russia s broom baron 
1.5
Tycoon
V.A. Musetto
Before long you lose track of who is who and who is doing what to whom 
1
Tycoon
Jack Mathews
Mashkov s riveting performance and Lounguine s classic pacing make it worth the effort 
3
Tycoon
Jan Stuart
Tycoon is as seductive and audacious as its protagonist whose outrageous manipulations encapsulate the chaos and corruption of Russia s neophyte capitalist economy 
4
Tycoon
David Sterritt
Lounguine tells the story with more discipline than you ll find in his earlier films painting a crowded portrait of a society moving toward a future it can neither confidently predict nor look forward to with anything but nervous anticipation 
3
Urban Legends: Final Cut
David Nusair
a middle of the road slasher flick that s competently made yet mostly devoid of innovative compelling elements 
2
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Matt Brunson
It s more of the same but the setting of a prestigious film school allows for the employment of all manner of in jokes and homages 
2.5
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Mike McGranaghan
The characters are one dimensional and the mystery isn t quite as clever as it thinks it is 
1.5
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Joe Mader
The young actors all look like blander versions of more famous people 
1.5
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Liam Lacey
Impossible to follow 
1
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Margaret A. McGurk
By the time the facts are finally revealed you just won t care 
1
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Ian Mantgani
It s a tortuously rambling attempt at a slasher pic throwing random scenes at us without purpose reason or consequence 
0.5
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Rob Blackwelder
It s not just amateurish it s completely inept from premise to execution 
0
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Roger Ebert
I don t know if you re tired of terrified girls racing through shadowy basements pursued by masked slashers while the soundtrack pulses with variations on the Halloween theme but I am Real tired 
2
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Peter Stack
Schlock but amusing schlock 
2
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Michael Dequina
To say that the new film is a step above its predecessor isn t saying much at all 
1.5
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Dustin Putman
A relatively classy horror picture and director John Ottman has proven that he can successfully cross over from being not only a gifted composer but also a respectable filmmaker 
2.5
Santos - Skin to Skin
Matt Brunson
The sense of a life embracing attitude is what shines through this entertaining feature 
3
Dwarves Kingdom
Walter Chaw
Dwarves Kingdom is a complex piece about intolerance and the pain of difference 
3
The Asphyx
Matt Brunson
A terror tale whose occasional stodginess and staginess don 8217 t interfere too much with the novelty of it all 46 
3
Vicky and Her Mystery
Roger Moore
It s irresistible 
2.5
Black Caesar
James Kendrick
not a political movie per se but it certainly taps into the raging sense of racial injustice that the Civil Rights Era had not managed to fully eradicate 
3
Black Caesar
Josh Larsen
Paid the cost to be the boss declares James Brown on the soundtrack and Black Caesar functions as an itemized bill 
3.5
127 Hours
Roger Moore
You can know how this misdaventure came out and still be moved by this mystical moving and miraculous film 
4
127 Hours
Jeff Beck
It s chilling claustrophobic even nerve racking but it s also one of the most fascinating films of the year 
3.5
127 Hours
Wesley Lovell
Danny Boyle is hit or miss for me Thankfully this was a hit 
4
127 Hours
Glenn Lovell
A lot of movies about climbing 8210 Touching the Void North Face 8210 are about men who get into trouble by pushing their luck This one takes as its main theme the sin of hubris 
3.5
127 Hours
Linda Cook
You aren t always going to be comfortable when you watch 127 Hours But then you re not meant to be 
4
127 Hours
John Wirt
127 Hours may be more a social media driven cinema stunt than story but it has triumphant moments transcendent imagery and Franco s Oscar nominated performance 
3
127 Hours
John Beifuss
Worthwhile but I would have preferred a less strenuous more patient less entertaining production without the hallucinated laugh track and the visions of Scooby Doo 
3
127 Hours
James Kendrick
Visually sonically and tonally 127 Hours is too often at odds with itself in competing for our attention 
2.5
127 Hours
Mike Scott
A masterful slice of four star cinema featuring an irresistible performance by James Franco breathtaking cinematography and the kind of deep searching soul that is absent from so much of what comes out of Hollywood
4
127 Hours
Jordan Hiller
Most actors and directors would have made it about the physical manifestation of a dire situation but Franco and Boyle realized that nothing overt could compare to the real source of power inherent in Ralston s escape from that canyon with his life 
3
127 Hours
Bob Bloom
It is one of the best films of the year a gritty and triumphant inspirational story of one man s indomitable will to live despite the slimmest of odds 
4
127 Hours
Lori Hoffman
Director Boyle showcases his directorial versatility by taking a profile in courage and giving it a cinematic sheen that enhances the story without being excessive 
3
127 Hours
Kam Williams
What do you get when you let Danny Boyle put his spin on a fact based cross of Cast Away and Into the Wild An exhilarating episode of Who Wants to Be a Slumdog Mountaineer 
3
127 Hours
Eric Melin
It s a stylish film but the style always supports the storytelling and Franco is easy to empathize with despite his selfish tendencies Like Slumdog Millionaire Boyle makes what could be a depressing slog of a movie seem joyous and triumphant 
3
127 Hours
Matt Brunson
By turns funny frightening inspiring and yes nauseating 127 Hours turns cinema into an extreme sport leaving us satisfactorily spent 
3.5
127 Hours
Peter Canavese
Like Ralston Boyle is an adrenaline junkie and the film s opening moments establish the searching energy of filmmaker and subject 
3
127 Hours
Mike McGranaghan
Visually creative well acted and immensely immersive it sends you out on a high not on a low 
4
127 Hours
Calvin Wilson
Boyle is such a gifted filmmaker that in his hands 127 Hours is genuinely and unsentimentally inspirational 
3.5
127 Hours
Rene Rodriguez
Boyle has always been an exceptionally stylish director and despite its limited setting 127 Hours is a marvel of visual eye candy 
3
127 Hours
Duane Dudek
If character is destiny then Ralston was the architect of his own fate 
3
127 Hours
Alison Gang
Ralston may be pinned in one spot but Boyle s camera is anything but taking us to every place a frantic mind could wander while under such strain 
3.5
127 Hours
Chris Hewitt
There is so much inherent drama in the story that Boyle s whiz banging feels unnecessary and disrespectful 
2
127 Hours
Moira MacDonald
It will blow you away for its audacity for James Franco s performance for the way that by the end it leaves you feeling connected to the strangers sitting next to you and happier to be part of humankind 
4
127 Hours
Josh Larsen
Gripping but those of us who were hoping Boyle might turn this into something extraordinary will be disappointed 
3
127 Hours
Liam Lacey
Shiver making moments aside in a important way 127 Hours suffers from the filmmaker s lack of nerve a reluctance to let the audience taste Ralston s dread and the expectation of a slow absurd death 
2.5
127 Hours
Lisa Kennedy
In his impressive follow up to Slumdog Millionaire the Academy Award winning director honors the lure of solitude while at the same time celebrating the beautiful necessity of other people 
3.5
127 Hours
Ann Hornaday
It s a movie worth seeing even when it s barely watchable 
3.5
127 Hours
Dustin Putman
A movie about so much more than just a bloody punchline Director Danny Boyle knows this and has accordingly made what may be his best film to date 
3.5
127 Hours
Mick LaSalle
127 Hours about an unimaginably unbearable experience is pretty much an unbearable experience of its own 
2
127 Hours
Ty Burr
How do you make a movie about immobility For a hyperactive stylist like Boyle whose movies are at best thrillingly kinetic and at worst represent death by a thousand cuts the solution turns out to be absurdly simple He heads inward 
3.5
127 Hours
Roger Ebert
From such harrowing beginnings it s rather awesome what an entertaining film Danny Boyle has made with 127 Hours 
4
127 Hours
Peter Keough
Boyle proves skilled at blurring the real and the imaginary 
3
127 Hours
Ethan Alter
Trim and focused without an ounce of narrative fat 127 Hours is a thrillingly immersive viewing experience 
4
127 Hours
Sara Michelle Fetters
I felt myself deteriorating at much the same rate Ralston was making his ability to overcome his travails all the more exhilarating 
3.5
127 Hours
Stephen Whitty
Boyle s style is never less than energizing as it manages to keep this incredibly cramped space interesting 
3
127 Hours
Lou Lumenick
Like all great movies 127 Hours takes us on a memorable journey Which is not easy when 90 percent of the movie takes place with a virtually immobile hero in a very cramped setting 
4
127 Hours
Peter Travers
Danny Boyle pumps every frame of 127 Hours with cinematic adrenaline that declares war on the dull gravity of docudrama And James Franco does the best most natural and nuanced acting of his career to date lacing terror with bracing humor 
3.5
127 Hours
Joe Lozito
You re not going to do much better than Danny Boyle 
3
127 Hours
Rex Reed
Fraught with tension yet never claustrophobic 127 Hours is a phenomenal piece of work in which a fine actor and an innovatively cinematic director join forces to keep you gasping for oxygen all the way 
4
127 Hours
James Berardinelli
127 Hours is unflinching in its depiction of what constitutes the will to live 
3
127 Hours
Ed Gonzalez
Boyle s poppy conceptual razzmatazz simply suggests the man as a contestant on America s Next Top Mountain Climber all style for the sake of style 
2
127 Hours
Carrie Rickey
It s a coming of age story blunt mythic gut wrenching 
3.5
127 Hours
Erik Childress
The manner in which Boyle stages and Franco portrays his eventual march to the first people he has seen in five days is reminiscent of George Bailey s triumphant run through Bedford Falls in It s a Wonderful Life and no less powerful 
4
127 Hours
David Nusair
a technically impressive piece of work that simply isn t as consistently engrossing as one might ve expected 
2.5
127 Hours
Gayle MacDonald
Boyle turns the near death tale into a riveting re enactment that will keep audiences squirming in their seats 
4
Under the Rainbow
Kent Turner
Jaoui s among the most consistently playful and introspective without navel gazing of filmmakers 
2.5
Lovely & Amazing
Joe Lozito
Actresses beware Catherine Keener is quietly cornering the market on self assured sharp tongued feminism 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Ross Anthony
Has a lovely feel interactions that are real unafraid to broach life s insecurities ie personal appearance from hair to body fat However doesn t add up to amazing 
2
Lovely & Amazing
Judith Egerton
Captures the body image insecurities of women while delving more than skin deep into her characters psyches 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Michael Dequina
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2.5
Lovely & Amazing
Sara Michelle Fetters
Michelle isn t an easy woman to relate to let alone like yet as the film progresses I was drawn more and more towards her inner warmth and charm discovering pieces of myself in her own persona 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Mark Dujsik
A refreshing reminder that not every movie about women must be a hollow empty self indulgent chick flick 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Steven Snyder
Lovely and Amazing is a story about real people These people are insecure about their lives They aren t convinced that there s some inner beauty about them They see themselves as I suspect most people do mostly for the flaws However these are still
4
Lovely & Amazing
Margaret A. McGurk
A startling film beautifully crafted by a filmmaker with a hunger to tell the truth 
4
Lovely & Amazing
Ian Mantgani
By the end of it all I sort of loved the people onscreen even though I could not stand them Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter It s not an easy one to review 
2.5
Lovely & Amazing
Peter Bradshaw
Well to the bitter end of the bittersweet spectrum it labours under a strangely oppressive cloudy sky of emotional discontent 
2
Lovely & Amazing
David Nusair
intelligent and mature 
2.5
Lovely & Amazing
Dustin Putman
A fully developed superlative character study 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Todd Anthony
Holofcener s keen ear for dialogue is a double edged sword All of her characters turn insightful sometimes even fascinating phrases But they never shut up 
2.5
Lovely & Amazing
Connie Ogle
A film of this sort demands superb seemingly effortless acting and Holofcener gets it at every turn 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Ray Conlogue
This is a fine funny humane film 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Jeff Vice
Brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy which makes its message resonate 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Walter Chaw
Covering the bases however is not the same as offering new insights into fairly well traveled psychosexual through lines 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Collin Souter
Beautifully acted smart and funny It steers clear of being a maudlin soap opera normally found on Lifetime 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Moira MacDonald
It s a smart talking slice of life comedy drama that could just as easily be titled Our Bodies Ourselves 
4
Lovely & Amazing
Mick LaSalle
A gutsy little picture and a nice slice of life 
3
Lovely & Amazing
David Elliott
Lively and absorbing Not a Big Deal but small knowing deals connected by smart talk humor honest puzzlement 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Joe Baltake
An astute gemlike little movie 
4
Lovely & Amazing
Susan Stark
It looks closely insightfully at fragile complex relationships 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Terry Lawson
For all its dirty talk and up frontness this is a family film it s about one family and the extended family of females Any woman who sees it will recognize that and any man who sees it will be better for it 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Ty Burr
A chick flick of a particularly intelligent ruthless and loving sort 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Phil Villarreal
Amazing Not quite But this film sure is lovely 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that knows its women listens to them doesn t give them a pass allows them to be real 
4
Lovely & Amazing
Sue Pierman
A tasty little trifle for viewers who enjoy a hefty slice of life topped with fascinating characters 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Chris Hewitt
A film that is painfully amusingly honest 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Steven Rea
Sad and wry deftly acted and ultimately moving 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Bruce Newman
Some scenes are served up like haiku Others seem like abstracts of notes Holofcener scribbled to herself after sessions at the I m OK You re OK corral 
2.5
Lovely & Amazing
Mary F. Pols
Stuffed with enough moments of bitter humor and agonizing truthfulness to be worthy despite its too slender framework 
3
Lovely & Amazing
James Berardinelli
We come to like these people warts and all 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lovely s strength lies in its ability to stress the unremarkable and make it interesting 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Steve Rhodes
Like a skillful fisher the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I couldn t shake the feeling that half this movie was stolen from outtakes of A Midsummer Night s Sex Comedy and Another Woman 
2
Lovely & Amazing
Loren King
Delivers a surprising moving portrait of contemporary womanhood 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Rob Blackwelder
The movie comes across as some kind of cinematic therapy for the writer director and she has a lot of emotional baggage to unpack 
2
Lovely & Amazing
Jules Brenner
This is autobiographical personal filmmaking that works because it clings to the notions and characteristics of a family that is at heart tightly knit and caring and because of lovely and amazing casting 
2
Lovely & Amazing
Jeffrey Wachs
While it may not add up to the sum of its parts Holofcener s film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often 
2.5
Lovely & Amazing
John Anderson
An insightful heart rending wrenching warming take on the besieged state of modern womanhood 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Jonathan Foreman
A wry comedy 
3
Lovely & Amazing
M.S. Mason
Sometimes a smart little film just makes the world a wiser place 
3
Lovely & Amazing
Vanessa Sibbald
Holofcener sees all of her characters as loving and amazing and she spreads the love to each 
3.5
Lovely & Amazing
Emily Blunt
Wow What a phenomenal film The cast delivers a subtle yet mesmerizing look at the complexities of everyday living and today s family units 
4
Lovely & Amazing
Harvey S. Karten
About a group of pleasantly neurotic and wholly believable women in a chick flick far removed from Ya Ya s grating annoyance 
3
Warriors of Virtue
James Berardinelli
Warriors of Virtue is a great title Unfortunately it s not a great movie 
1.5
Warriors of Virtue
Roger Ebert
The movie looks better than it plays and gets rather tiresome 
2
James Hemings: Ghost in America's Kitchen
Anne Brodie
James Hemings was the first American to train as a Master Chef in Paris 44 he was the enslaved property of Thomas Jefferson and his brother in law 46 He created the most progressive kitchen in North America but 10 has been overlooked in history 46 10 
3
Manchild: The Schea Cotton Story
Asher Luberto
A rewarding reminder of how basketball players who are considered failures can still rebound off the court 
3
Manglehorn
David Lewis
At least we get Pacino and Hunter We may not understand why this story appealed to them except for the fact that it gave them a chance to work together 
2
Manglehorn
Michael O'Sullivan
Sure there s an undeniable pleasure from watching Pacino and Hunter work the screen but the syrupy symbol heavy script by first time feature writer Paul Logan is weighed down further by cliches and false notes 
2
Manglehorn
James Kendrick
clearly develops an interesting character in Manglehorn but never seems entirely sure what to do with him
2.5
Manglehorn
Steven Rea
If Manglehorn is to be remembered at all it shall be for the excruciating first date that its title character goes on with a chirpy bank clerk he has long been chatting up 
2
Manglehorn
Mark Feeney
This is definitely a lonely man talking to his cat movie 
2
Manglehorn
Brad Keefe
In a strange way it s almost a coming of age story of a man who is still learning about himself in his old age 
3
Manglehorn
John Wirt
The movie finds some melancholy poetry in principal character Manglehorn s obsession with a long lost love But his decades in the making redemption is too little too late for himself and the audience 
2
Manglehorn
Mark Dujsik
After spending so much time encouraging us to feel sorry for the guy there comes a point when Manglehorn leaves us feeling nothing for him 
2
Manglehorn
John Hartl
Pacino easily captures the character s longtime frustration though it s Holly Hunter who supplies the story s heartbreak 
3
Manglehorn
Josh Larsen
an exercise in anti glam for the Hollywood icon even if Pacino still delivers a few signature hoo hah flourishes here and there 
2.5
Manglehorn
Mallory Andrews
Manglehorn is modest in scope but ambitious in execution 
3.5
Manglehorn
Brian Tallerico
Every shot of Manglehorn s grizzled face is weighted with unearned gravitas the kind that comes with designing a film around an actor instead of a character or a narrative 
1.5
Manglehorn
Stephen Whitty
David Gordon Green directs two very different kinds of movies and I m beginning to realize I don t much like either of them 
2
Manglehorn
Sara Stewart
The tone and focus of David Gordon Green s Manglehorn careens around so much it s hard not to end up as irritable as its title character 
2
Manglehorn
Rex Reed
A dull pretentious trifle from director David Gordon Green with Al Pacino in another of his late career mishaps that does nothing to elevate his fading film status 
2
Manglehorn
Chuck Bowen
David Gordon Green stages even fleeting tonal palate cleansers with a self consciousness that parallels Al Pacino s acting 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
David Nusair
The weakest of the series 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Walter Chaw
If not for Jet Li Lethal Weapon 4 would actually be worse than Lethal Weapon 3 
1
Lethal Weapon 4
Matt Brunson
Lethal Weapon 4 throws in everything except the kitchen sink and that s only if you don t count the one that s destroyed along with the rest of the Murtaugh household 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Maitland McDonagh
Cynical and contemptuous of its audience this lazy sequel oozes an insufferable air of self satisfaction 
1
Lethal Weapon 4
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I heard audience members yelling out Rewind it I wanna see that again 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
James Sanford
a flaccid unnecessary wrap up to a once glorious series 
1.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Jeanne Aufmuth
Fourth time s the charm for the Lethal Weapon series I say case closed and let s go out on a high note 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Margaret A. McGurk
Overstuffed and formulaic 
2
Lethal Weapon 4
Mick LaSalle
One could argue about which Lethal Weapon is the best but No 4 is certainly the funniest warmest and most idiosyncratic 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Liam Lacey
The relationship humour stuff in Lethal Weapon 4 is pretty much excruciating mawkish and inane The second part of Lethal Weapon 044 the action sequences are much better 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 4
James Kendrick
Although Lethal Weapon 4 is certainly the least of the series it is a fun popcorn experience 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Ted Prigge
Not so much a continuation of the series as it is a present for the fans just to keep them smiling and laughing along with the characters 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Roger Ebert
Lethal Weapon 4 has all the technical skill of the first three movies in the series but lacks the secret weapon which was conviction 
2
Lethal Weapon 4
Jeff Vice
in their bigger and louder is better zeal he Donner and series co creator Shane Black have all but forgotten how to tell a coherent story and create sympathetic characters 
1.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Barbara Shulgasser
I think the script by television writer Channing Gibson no relation is the funniest of them all 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Joe Baltake
In short it s a mess albeit a weirdly entertaining mess 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Rob Blackwelder
The ultimate example of a paycheck movie 
2
Lethal Weapon 4
Steve Rhodes
Channing Gibson wrote the screenplay and three other writers are credited with the story which is surprising since there isn t much of a story 
1.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Mike McGranaghan
More often than not it seems like a pale retread of its predecessors 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Marty Mapes
I could only recommend this for serious fans of the series 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 4
Michael Dequina
Even in this fourth go round the magic and charm is definitely still there 
3.5
Lethal Weapon 4
David Keyes
There s all kinds of quirks and tidbits that are worth smiling at but nothing like the original movies really 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 4
James Berardinelli
Given the expectations that constrain it Lethal Weapon 4 is probably the best motion picture that could possibly result from another teaming of Martin Riggs Mel Gibson and Roger Murtaugh Danny Glover 
3
Lethal Weapon 4
Susan Stark
Twelve years later the franchise shows unflagging energy inventiveness humor 4 rocks 
3
Serious Men
Roger Moore
A serio comic satire well worth the subtitles and a sentimental drama worth the tears 
3
Fun Mom Dinner
Roger Moore
Rarely has an 82 minute comedy seemed more like a waste of one s time 
1.5
Fun Mom Dinner
Christy Lemire
These are indeed moms and they do have dinner but the fun part is in short supply 
1.5
Fun Mom Dinner
Stephen Whitty
A safely predictable predictably safe movie about characters who never risk or question anything and filmmakers who think poop jokes are the height of wit 
1.5
Fun Mom Dinner
Mark Dujsik
If a movie is going to tell the story of a wild and crazy night out on the town the night on the town at least should be convincingly wild and crazy 
2
Fun Mom Dinner
Derek Smith
The film is lazily content to simply put its female characters through the potty mouthed gross out comedy ringer 
1.5
Hard Promises
Katherine Monk
The movie is not incredibly bad nor is it incredibly good In fact it is nothing much at all 
1
Hard Promises
David Nusair
a slight instantly forgettable romantic comedy that doesn t possess any real depth 
2
Hard Promises
Roger Ebert
Hard Promises was made in the spirit of a brainless sitcom but if you stand back from the movie and really look at it you re struck by how weird all of the characters are 
1.5
Nil by Mouth
Mike Clark
Nil By Mouth offers a harrowing look at a working class family beset by drugs alcohol and abuse 
3
Nil by Mouth
Roger Ebert
Something primal needful and anguished is going on here 
3.5
Nil by Mouth
James Berardinelli
Instead of resorting to lugubrious sermons or prettying things up Hollywood style it tells a simple psychologically exact tale that illustrates the depth and breadth of pain caused by domestic abuse 
3.5
House of Cards
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The movie is quite easy to follow and respond to throughout even when it furnishes us with a dream sequence 
3
House of Cards
Roger Ebert
House of Cards is all but inexplicable It is not interesting intelligent plausible thought provoking entertaining or necessary 
1
Lion Ark
Sarah Knight Adamson
Important documentary that presents reasons against using animals in circuses Some scenes of cruelty are tough to watch 
3.5
Cold Deck
Brad Wheeler
A poker based heist film that deals in clichs 
1
Cold Deck
Peter Howell
A suspense free script co written by Gallo with Jason Lapeyre contributes to the feeling that we ve seen all these cards before 
1.5
Die Hard 2
John Hartl
The summer s best sequel and most satisfying blockbuster has finally arrived Die Hard 2 is a blast 
3.5
Die Hard 2
Dave Kehr
Even when the script wanders into cynical overkill Harlin makes sure the violence has some impact some moral consequence by sketching in characters for a few representative victims 
3
Die Hard 2
Gary Thompson
Though it has an inventive and unexpected plot twist Die Hard 2 lacks credibility Die Hard was that rare modern action picture with a wholly believable plot 
2.5
Die Hard 2
Carrie Rickey
The screenplay is precariously supported by the chips on John McClane s shoulders Fortunately it is also designed to Willis unique specs 
3
Die Hard 2
Dennis King
Die Hard 2 delivers everything you d expect from the title s promise Trouble is Die Hard 2 really didn t need to wallow in graphic violence to be a good engaging picture 
3
Die Hard 2
David Nusair
as accessible and satisfying a sequel as one might ve hoped 
3
Die Hard 2
Robert Roten
There s not much of a plot 
2.5
Die Hard 2
Chris Hicks
Loaded with plausibility problems but so fast a mover that we can t think about it And that s all to the good 
3
Die Hard 2
James Berardinelli
Somewhat muddled but still entertaining 
3.5
Die Hard 2
Roger Ebert
This is terrific entertainment 
3.5
Cunningham
Brandy McDonnell
Shot in vibrant 3D the dance sequences veritably leap spin and gyrate off the screen offering a captivating visual spectacle that does more to spotlight Cunningham s ingenuity than all the eloquent droning of a dozen expert interviews 
3.5
Cunningham
Sean P. Means
If Cunningham refused to describe the themes behind his art how the hell does a filmmaker do the job And how does an audience who isn t versed in dance history make sense of it all 
3
Cunningham
Peter Keough
Though the film provides a clear chronology of these formative years it does so in an inventive unorthodox manner inspired by Cunningham s own untethered creativity 
4
Cunningham
Peter Howell
It s structurally daring presented in 3D and devoted to showing rather than explaining via archival footage and colourful new interpretations of the artist s canon 
3.5
Cunningham
Chandler Levack
Cunningham doesn t always work as a portrait of its enigmatic subject who tended to downplay his success in favour of letting his work speak for itself but when it does your jaw drops 
3
Cunningham
Lisa Trifone
Alla Kovgan s captivating new documentary explores the artist s work life and lasting legacy in a film that blends the past and the present in beautifully inventive ways 
3.5
Cunningham
Rachel Howard
In all the intellectual reflection Cunningham provokes about the lasting fascination of Merce Cunningham s ideas we shouldn t forget the factor of Cunningham s beauty Every archival clip here attests to it 
3
Cunningham
Thomas Floyd
What we get however isn t so much a cohesive narrative as it is set pieces held together by a thin framing device For a film of such visual audacity the lack of storytelling depth is frustrating 
2.5
Cunningham
Rania Richardson
The 3 D documentary highlights the career peak of the legendary choreographer in CUNNINGHAM 
2.5
Cunningham
Nick Allen
An exhilarating testament to documentaries as a boundless form of art 
4
Cunningham
Chris Barsanti
By amplifying Merce Cunningham s dances with sun dappled backdrops and 3D gimmickry the film deviates from their creator s principle in a way that almost seems to betray their original intent 
2.5
Closing the Ring
Christian Toto
Shirley MacLaine plays a widow harboring a secret dating back to World War II in the poignant romance Closing the Ring
3
Closing the Ring
Peter Howell
Attenborough is a past master at this type of drama and he confidently shifts between the decades avoiding the confusion so common to non linear films like this 
3
Closing the Ring
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Closing the Ring needed to find a context for its free flowing emotions 
2
The Body Fights Back
Roger Moore
The cleverest thing about Marian Vosumets film is how it pricks the viewer s prejudices as it introduces us to an assortment of British folk with all too typical relationships with food and potentially unhealthy attitudes about body image 
3
L'Atalante
Mattie Lucas
While each of Vigo s films stands starkly apart from the others L Atalante is for many Vigo s masterwork 
4
L'Atalante
James Berardinelli
Although the film left me emotionally unmoved I recognize its importance to a generation of future filmmakers 
3
L'Atalante
James Kendrick
easily Vigo s most commercial film but it never loses the essence of his more abstract and poetic sensibilities
4
L'Atalante
Chris Hicks
A favorite of film buffs for decades 
3.5
L'Atalante
Roger Ebert
It is on many lists of the greatest films a distinction that obscures how down to earth it is how direct in its story of a new marriage off to a shaky start 
4
L'Atalante
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even with this limited output Vigo remains one of the cinema s great masters 
4
Hombre
Josh Larsen
depicts the American West as a collision of codes 
4
Hombre
Roger Ebert
The performances are uniformly excellent It s intelligent and has a certain grace as well 
3.5
Hombre
Walter Chaw
For as much as Hombre is a film of its time it endures as an example of how deeper examinations of the rifts that divide individuals and nations are forever contemporary 
3.5
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
David Nusair
46 46 46 ultimately fares worse than its eye rollingly campy 1994 predecessor 46 46 46 
1.5
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Michael Dequina
if there s anything legendary on display it s the performance of co star Chris Klein which can only be described as epic in its awfulness 
1
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Marc Savlov
The Legend of Chun Li is as vapid and dull as it is 
0
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Sean McBride
Generic action sequences bad acting cringe inducing dialogue and a miscast leading lady all combine for a thoroughly painful hour and a half at the movies 
1
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It seems to work hard at not being fun 
1.5
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Linda Cook
I m not making this up I happened to walk out of the three behind three guys One of them said to the others Did you PAY to see that 
.5
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Liam Lacey
Watching the movie you can t help wishing you had some buttons to press 
1
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Michael Hardy
This is a movie for the overcaffeinated undereducated teenager in all of us 
1
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Rob Humanick
Like a failed offspring sullying its family name this laughable would be diversion has only its digitally based predecessors going for it 
.5
Youth
Brian Eggert
Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel do their best work in years 
3.5
Youth
Wesley Lovell
It s almost impossible to feel sympathy for normally great actors Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel as they are given characters who seem to mourn the loss of their patriarchal identity 
2.5
Youth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Youth has nothing new to say its Italian thematic aesthetic nothing more than a mask for an emotional schadenfreude impossible to take pleasure in 
2.5
Youth
John Serba
Paolo Sorrentino s script and direction are indulgent and extravagant his words and pictures thoughtfully considered for comedy character and quiet provocation 
4
Youth
Michael Smith
Youth may appeal most to those of a certain age if you will but it is a cinephile s dream both a symphony for the ears and a feast for the eyes of any generation 
3.5
Youth
Rick Bentley
Not since The Grand Budapest Hotel has a film blended so smoothly the elements of fact and fantasy with a quirky and whimsical cast as Youth 
4
Youth
John Beifuss
Resplendent and fraudulent 
2
Youth
Matt Brunson
Paolo Sorrentino clearly means for this to register as his version of Federico Fellini s 8 1 2 but the most it can muster is a 5 1 2 
2.5
Youth
Bob Bloom
Youth written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino has no plot to speak of It simply eavesdrops on a couple of old men exchanging views on various subjects 
2.5
Youth
Rene Rodriguez
Age is more than just a number Youth tells us What really matters though is whether you re going to let that number define you 
3
Youth
Lawrence Toppman
Weisz s heartfelt anger and pain suddenly show us what the movie might have been before she and everyone else slip back into a doze 
1.5
Youth
James Berardinelli
Watching Youth you d swear Fellini had risen from his grave and returned to make another movie 
3
Youth
Robert Horton
This is an uneven movie but it does offer pleasure all those handsome surfaces and green hills If our culture fetishizes youth this movie at least comes down on the side of experience and age even as it chronicles the pains of growing old 
2.5
Youth
Steven Rea
Youth is a meditation on aging on friendship on love loss wisdom disillusionment pain 
4
Youth
Soren Andersen
There is little life here Only artifice And some howlingly awful dialogue 
2
Youth
Tomris Laffly
Save for a pair of profound moments don t be surprised if your mind frequently wanders off during Youth despite all its weighty subjects arbitrarily hammered on screen 
2
Youth
Kent Turner
Linear and allusive indulging in luscious and trippy imagery made by a director who conveys more visually than through dialogue It s Luca Bigazzi s cinematography that will linger 
3
Youth
J. R. Jones
Film is a medium that consecrates memory which makes it an especially apt metaphor in a movie about two old men 
4
Youth
Roger Moore
Langourus Fellini esque But Keitel seems miscast and it goes on one scene too long 
3
Youth
Peter Canavese
For a long two hours Sorrentino flatters old white men devalues women and annoys with his lush coffee table book photography as he plays his own Simple Songs of frustrated old age and tantalizing youth 
1.5
Youth
Allyson Johnson
Sorrentino shoots with an understanding of character and an understanding of what makes a story so all encompassing 
3
Youth
Mark Dujsik
Youth has a lot to say and boy does the movie ever say it 
2.5
Youth
Brad Wheeler
The two veterans play off each other splendidly other eccentric characters weave in and out winningly as well 
3
Youth
Peter Howell
There s real humanity here and it may hit closer to home than you d expect 
3
Youth
Ty Burr
Tremendous effort with a modest result says the old man to his old friend He s talking about raising children to adulthood but the sentiment could just as easily apply to Youth the ambitious but lackluster new film by Italy s Paolo Sorrentino 
2.5
Youth
Richard Roeper
How much better is it to experience a film overflowing with so many elements than one that has to stretch its content just to get to the finish line 
3.5
Youth
Chris Knight
Youth drifts along easily moving from truism to truism like a well thumbed book of quotations 
4
Youth
Michael O'Sullivan
I m not sure the buzz of watching it is worth the headache the morning after 
2.5
Youth
Matt Pais
One of the most beautiful dumpsters I ve ever seen 
0
Youth
Stephen Rebello
One way to get the most out of Youth is just to let its ravishing images and gorgeous soundtrack of Stravinsky and Florence the Machine ooze over you 
3
Youth
Simon Abrams
Each imagistic sequence in Youth is like an island that happens to be united to other free standing islands Each scene has a life of its own 
3
Youth
Brian Truitt
The film s greatest strength is its major team up Caine and Keitel have an electric chemistry when they re onscreen together 
3
Youth
Peter Travers
Fasten your seat belts for Jane Fonda who gives a seismic jolt to Paolo Sorrentino s exquisite meditation on art and aging 
3.5
Youth
David Nusair
a striking piece of work that lingers in one s mind long after the end credits have rolled 
3.5
Youth
Jake Cole
Paolo Sorrentino s tendency to make characters mouthpieces for his petty grievances manifests most strongly as usual in resolutely two dimensional women 
1.5
Youth
Kam Williams
Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel excel as BFFs in this surrealistic meditation on mortality 
3
Youth
Lou Lumenick
Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel make beautiful music together in a witty wise and swooningly beautiful dramatic comedy 
3.5
Chang Can Dunk
Phil Villarreal
An excellent film to set the tone for March Madness 46 
3
Who You Gonna Call?
Erik Childress
You will learn more of the pre Ghostbusters career of Ray Parker Jr 46 but as told through his voice is more Wikipedia than insight and also avoids the controversy over his biggest success as well as the irony of losing one of his potential accolades 46 
2
SlamNation: The Sport of the Spoken Word
Roger Ebert
SlamNation covering three semifinal rounds and the finals inevitably focuses on the competition rather than the work 
3
The Meg
Brian Eggert
The overall lack of humor robs the viewer of escapist fun 
1.5
The Meg
Jason Fraley
Turteltaub plays the premise way straighter than you d expect treading water between a serious thriller and a tongue in cheek Sharknado spoof never becoming truly great at either 
2
The Meg
Mattie Lucas
Made up of pieces of much better films that it hurls into the water like so much chum hoping unsuspecting audiences will take a bite 
1.5
The Meg
Federico Furzan
Suffering from an obvious and unnecesary intervention of post production minions The Meg falls short when delivering the mix of B horror and comedy 
2
The Meg
Matt Brunson
The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing its characterizations and its go for broke sensibilities Luckily the scrappy Statham is on hand to provide it with some bite 
2.5
The Meg
David Keyes
The movie is a long and absurd exercise in kitsch without any high aims and even fewer incentives to inspire more than a passive glance 
2
The Meg
Joey Magidson
Big dumb but not much fun 
1.5
The Meg
Linda Cook
If it were a person The Meg would say Hold my beer 
3
The Meg
David Nusair
It s a larger than life premise that s utilized to a distressingly ineffective degree by filmmaker Jon Turteltaub 
1.5
The Meg
James Kendrick
director Jon Turtletaub gives it all such a rote sheen of familiar polish that you might find yourself wishing that The Meg were a truly bad movie rather than just a competently mediocre one 
2.5
The Meg
Oliver Jones
Asks little more of you than to strap in put away your phone and enjoy watching a freakishly huge prehistoric eating machine terrorize some scientists before it turns its appetite to a beach full of frolickers on floaties 
2.5
The Meg
Dann Gire
The Meg feels like a better production deal for the filmmakers than a better killer shark thriller for audiences 
2.5
The Meg
Josh Bell
Uneven and choppy The Meg is certainly no Jaws but at least it s no Sharkansas Women s Prison Massacre either 
2
The Meg
Katie Walsh
The film delivers on that silly stupid summer fun promise while also exceeding expectations in terms of action and set pieces
3
The Meg
Kevin A. Ranson
It s a good bad and worth a popcorn matinée While it s easy to lament what could have been maybe summer success and brand recognition here will lead to a bloodier badass sequel later 
3
The Meg
Bob Bloom
The film is restrained it s not as gory as you d expect In a way it s a throwback to the type of creature features produced during the 1950s when giant bugs and thawed out dinosaurs threatened mankind almost every Saturday afternoon 
2.5
The Meg
Mike McGranaghan
It s never going to win an Oscar unless the Academy starts giving out awards for Best Picture Where Jason Statham Fights a Shark but if you re looking for some enjoyably bonkers summer themed fun here it is 
3
The Meg
Robert Horton
It s neither fish nor completely sorry foul 
2
The Meg
Sara Michelle Fetters
People are going to see this movie to watch the actor essentially punch a gigantic prehistoric shark in the face and on that front I m hard pressed to claim I was ever disappointed 
3
The Meg
Josh Terry
The Meg was never going to be Jaws but it still feels like a missed opportunity to be something of its own 
2.5
The Meg
Sonny Bunch
The Meg is undoubtedly dumb but it s a fun sort of dumb as most types of fun involving giant murderous sharks tends to be 
2.5
The Meg
Christian Toto
As big dumb and fun as you hoped for but saddled with the most cringe worthy romantic subplots in recent memory 
2.5
The Meg
Brad Wheeler
The makers of The Meg may have gone to school on Spielberg but the big budget deep sea thriller is nothing but bloodless summer filler 
1.5
The Meg
Phil Villarreal
Has a way of affixing a toothy grin to your face the size of its shark 
3
The Meg
Mark Dujsik
It does more or less deliver on its promise of seeing a massive prehistoric shark wreaking havoc This though is a case where more is preferable to any amount of less 
2.5
The Meg
Peter Howell
A Jaws knockoff designed to give Jason Statham meaningful employment where he can grunt heroically and cash a cheque bearing many zeroes now that he has reached the Steven Seagal phase of his career 
2
The Meg
Clint O'Connor
It does provide an entertaining ride for a few air conditioned hours at the multiplex 
3
The Meg
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It mainly succeeds in what it sets out to do which is entertain 
2.5
The Meg
Richard Roeper
A lot is obvious here in fact including a couple of twists You re there for the action and there s a lot of it It s OK and there are some scares and some silliness and some sadness doled out along the way 
2
The Meg
Sean P. Means
The action is often silly but not quite silly enough to make a giant shark movie really fun 
2
The Meg
James Berardinelli
The thing that disappointed me the most about The Meg is its flat tone There s too little tension and not nearly enough suspense 
2
The Meg
Peter Sobczynski
It manages to hit upon a reasonably effective blend of action and humor that never sinks to the strained depths of the Sharknado saga 
3
The Meg
Kam Williams
Since the genre has been dominated in recent years by the campy Sharknado franchise this Jurassic Jaws homage proves to be just the Rx needed to make sharks scary again 
3.5
The Meg
Johnny Oleksinski
It s not fun it s not serious it s not scary It is stupid 
1
The Meg
Niles Schwartz
The Meg resonates for the way its computer generated beast makes way for the Statham acious spotlight 
2.5
The Meg
Gary Thompson
A cheerful pastiche unpretentious and efficient and the giant shark when it finally shows up is a pretty good special effect
3
The Meg
Rafer Guzman
A movie that wobbles unsteadily between straight faced action epic and winking self mockery 
2
The Meg
Michael O'Sullivan
Unlike his action movie rival Johnson Statham does not have the charisma to carry this film He gets the job done all right but makes it feel more like work than play 
2
The Meg
Jake Coyle
What is it about sharks that inspires such absurdity in plots 
2
The Meg
Moira MacDonald
It s all good goofy fun make it an air conditioned double feature with Mamma Mia Here We Go Again and you might just have the very definition of summer movies 
3
The Meg
Michael Phillips
Forgettably entertaining entertainingly forgettable 
2.5
The Meg
Roger Moore
A popcorn pic to be endured not enjoyed 
2
The Organization
Matt Brunson
A dreary endeavor 
2
The Organization
Roger Ebert
There s a bit of shooting a few identities are untangled and the movie comes to an unmourned end 
2
Good Time
Brian Eggert
Pattinson exudes pure energy as though he s leaped into the role so completely that Connie has taken over 
4
Good Time
Federico Furzan
The very definition of a bumpy ride Good Time is a fictional yet powerful tale of the strange limits of forgiveness Pattinson at its best Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Good Time
David Nusair
An impressively audacious piece of work 
3
Good Time
Matt Brunson
What follows is one of those all night long odysseys that s taxing for the characters but weirdly fascinating for the viewer think Martin Scorsese s After Hours or even Harold Kumar Go to White Castle 
3
Good Time
Mattie Lucas
A near perfect blend of colorful cinematography frenetic editing and pulsing score creating a grungy rave like aesthetic that is like nothing else we ve seen on screen this year 
3.5
Good Time
Robert Daniels
Good Time isn t an exuberant or happy go lucky emotional ride rather it s the cruel irony of white privileged in even the lowest rungs of class 
3.5
Good Time
Khari J. Sampson
Good Time really isn t a good time at the movies But it s worth watching to see a cold eyed street level deconstruction of a night and life of crime 
3
Good Time
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I wouldn t say I had a good time watching this film but I definitely recommend it to those who want to see an stylised and hypnotising thriller Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Good Time
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Filled with striking images excitingly disorienting action sequences and strong performances Good Times is in many ways a marvel of low budget filmmaking 
3
Good Time
James Berardinelli
This isn t conventional Hollywood horror thriller suspense but something more primal 
3
Good Time
Robert Horton
A fever dream of hand held close ups and bold colors 
3
Good Time
Christian Toto
The opening sequence is as jaw droppingly good as Robert Pattinson is for the film s entire running time 
2.5
Good Time
Rob Thomas
The Safdie brothers film is a dizzyingly entertaining race against the clock thriller and a socially aware urban drama It never lets up 
3.5
Good Time
Sean P. Means
You have to go back into the vaults maybe as far back as Dog Day Afternoon to find a movie about a New York bank robber more intense than Benny and Josh Safdie s ironically titled drama Good Time 
3.5
Good Time
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Good Time isn t concerned with conspiracy plot details or capers it s an outlaw bender 
3
Good Time
Tom Meek
Good Time is sharp flashy filmmaking that enthralls increasingly with each turn of the downward spiral 
3
Good Time
Michael Smith
The good things about Good Time is the chaotic gritty character study at its center and a breakout performance by Robert Pattinson that proves there is no Twilight to this actor s career 
3
Good Time
Max Weiss
With Good Time the Safdie brothers have flaunted their gritty bona fides 
3
Good Time
Calvin Wilson
This film may not exactly be a Good Time but it s an interesting one 
3
Good Time
Jeff Simon
Hoffman is no Pacino or Hoffman but he s more than good enough opting for a performance from their playbook 
3.5
Good Time
Ty Burr
You might hate this movie but with a passion that almost proves its power Anyway when was the last time a film grabbed you by the lapels and refused to let go 
3.5
Good Time
Moira MacDonald
Pattinson keeps you interested even when the movie s tone and pace wobbles 
2.5
Good Time
Bob Bloom
Robert Pattinson s Connie is a pathetic mop of a man who always seems to be reaching for something even if he does not know what that is 
3.5
Good Time
Gary Thompson
There is a germ of a good idea here a story that starts forward with the familiar elements of heist movies and underdog stories then throws the whole thing in reverse and accelerates madly in unexpected directions 
2
Good Time
Richard Roeper
Whatever the intentions of the filmmakers Good Time is a promising but flawed final product 
2.5
Good Time
Brad Wheeler
Tense immersive and excellently assaulting Good Time is hella time 
4
Good Time
Peter Howell
Pattinson makes Connie one of the best roles of his career by turning a two bit hood into a loyal family guy driven to help his brother John Steinbeck would recognize these characters So would Martin Scorsese who is thanked in the credits 
2.5
Good Time
Mark Dujsik
Good Time might be a secret morality test for its audience 
2.5
Good Time
Ann Hornaday
What starts out as an invigorating odyssey winds up becoming an enervating series of postures 
2
Good Time
Michael Phillips
Most crime movies even alleged indies make it easy for the audience to take sides and establish clear rooting interests Good Time is better than that It s not always easy to take yet you can t look away 
3.5
Good Time
David Lewis
In the end the whole enterprise comes off as too clever for its own good a social satire without a clear target It s a movie that you admire more than you like 
2.5
Good Time
Rex Reed
The acting by a mostly amateur cast is over the top the writing is genuinely ludicrous and the characters so contrived that the movie defies even the most basic logic 
2
Good Time
Brian Tallerico
Good Time is a movie that can t sit still and I mean that in the best possible way There s a palpable sense of anxiety and panic that comes through in every heated frame 
3.5
Good Time
Roger Moore
R Patts dazzles in a darkly funny heist picture that shows just how far a dimwit can get on sex appeal and native cunning 
3
Good Time
Peter Travers
Propelled by a Rob Pattinson tour de force this Safdie brothers fireball rips through 100 minutes of screen time like Wile E Coyote with his tail on fire It comes at you hard so you remember 
3.5
Good Time
Stephen Whitty
If the film doesn t provide the polished power of its various 70s inspirations in the end Good Time delivers exactly that 
3
Good Time
Christopher Gray
The film s dark journey through the night is both candy colored and scrupulously designed to address how the urban poor interact and negotiate with city services 
3.5
Ivans Xtc
Ian Mantgani
The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile and in the way the Ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react 
3
Ivans Xtc
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure allowing us to find the small human moments and leaving off with a grand whimper 
3
Ivans Xtc
Rob Blackwelder
Danny Huston gives an astounding performance that deftly gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent s smirk 
3.5
Ivans Xtc
Mick LaSalle
A committed intelligent and fascinating piece of work with no irony about it 
4
Ivans Xtc
Steve Rhodes
A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose ivans xtc is one of this year s very best pictures 
4
Ivans Xtc
Michael Szymanski
It s Bowfinger with a meaning it s The Player with a heart it s a window into business politics and excesses The film has heart
3
Ivans Xtc
Roger Ebert
A remarkable film by Bernard Rose 
4
Ivans Xtc
John Petrakis
I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration but I ve got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe 
3
Ivans Xtc
Pam Grady
Make no mistake ivans xtc is a mess 
1.5
Ivans Xtc
Bob Strauss
It s the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who doesn t think about percentages all day long 
2.5
Ivans Xtc
Megan Turner
Behind the glitz Hollywood is sordid and disgusting Quelle surprise 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Russ Breimeier
This movie has more red herrings than an Agatha Christie novel combined with the aquarium downtown The real question is How did this stinker attract such a big name cast 
1
Hide and Seek
Kurt Loder
Shameless in its appropriation of incidents and atmosphere from earlier horror movies with De Niro giving one of the emptier performances of his latter day career 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Michael Dequina
The film grows more comic as it s supposed to be scary 
0
Hide and Seek
James Kendrick
Right up until the last 15 minutes Hide and Seek is an efficient effective thriller
2.5
Hide and Seek
David Keyes
One can practically imagine the blank stares and shaking heads of viewers left in disbelief here 
1
Hide and Seek
Greg Maki
Better than the average new release dumped into theaters every January 
2.5
Hide and Seek
Vince Koehler
Check it out if you like the horror genre It was not bad at all 
2.5
Hide and Seek
J. R. Jones
The movie goes down the tubes in the last third 
1
Hide and Seek
Mark Dujsik
All the while it s slowly grabbing a rubber chicken off the table behind it getting ready to suddenly stick the tired old gag in your face right when it has your attention 
2
Hide and Seek
Mark Collette
Its great surprise assaults our better judgment 
2
Hide and Seek
Sean McBride
DeNiro s been in enough good films to recognize that this film is a steaming pile of garbage that no amount of great acting would ever be able to rescue 
2
Hide and Seek
Matt Brunson
Critics would do well to simply cut and paste their slams of last year s Secret Window this film s doppelganger and leave it at that 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Linda Cook
This movie has so little to hide that you ll figure out whodunit long before the credits roll 
1
Hide and Seek
Kevin Allison
Does quite well precisely what it sets out to do 
2.5
Hide and Seek
Sarah Chauncey
The bottom line is that this movie is highly compelling and utterly creepy 
2.5
Hide and Seek
Eric Melin
It is one thing for a movie to be boring and awful but it is quite another to be insulting in bad taste and utterly ridiculous at the same time 
0
Hide and Seek
Emily Blunt
This film is ultimately a waste of one s precious time 
2
Hide and Seek
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a waste of both time and talent a glut of performers whom all deserve better suffering through the ignominy of a wretchedly botched missed opportunity 
2
Hide and Seek
Frank Ochieng
Come out come out wherever you are sounds hauntingly inviting Still one should take the contrary view and remain hidden from this perfunctory peek a boo picture
1.5
Hide and Seek
James Verniere
All of its shocks are the film equivalent of having someone shout Boo in your face 
1
Hide and Seek
Mike Clark
The movie s only rewards are a few unintentional laughs as when the sheriff Dylan Baker calls Emily a cute kid after a long stretch in which she s been acting and looking battier than Sunset Boulevard s Norma Desmond 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Mary F. Pols
The movie s twist didn t become obvious until a few minutes before the climax Maybe that s because it is so unpalatable and heartless that it hardly seems feasible 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Eric Harrison
For the first hour or so it builds inexorably to an excruciating level of dread It does this so well we re willing to forgive the small lapses of logic it takes to get us there 
3
Hide and Seek
John Monaghan
The second half gets downright silly as the country home turns into a slaughterhouse What could have been a Sixth Sense style intelligent thriller heads straight for the drive in though it s still handled with considerable skill 
2
Hide and Seek
Michael Booth
As a fright movie Hide and Seek is only a middling thriller But as a tip sheet for real estate shoppers in wooded rural areas it s top notch 
2.5
Hide and Seek
Connie Ogle
The result is more campy than scary and in the horror game that means nobody wins 
2
Hide and Seek
Larry Ratliff
Do good actors make a lousy movie any better A little But they re wasting their time and ours That creeps me out 
2
Hide and Seek
Glenn Whipp
It does have more laughs than De Niro s other current picture Meet the Fockers but in this case that s not much of a selling point 
1
Hide and Seek
Mick LaSalle
The mystery is maintained only through characters behaving against their own interest doing things they wouldn t do failing to mention things they certainly would mention 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Rick Groen
There are few scares and even less logic 
2
Hide and Seek
Susan Walker
The movie is bad in the sense of being morally reprehensible 
2
Hide and Seek
Jeff Vice
There is also a plot twist that comes about two thirds in which is supposed to be shocking but is actually one of the least surprising least scary surprises in recent memory It may provoke more laughter than chills 
1.5
Hide and Seek
David Elliott
It becomes rather soggy pulp without a core of deep sense 
2
Hide and Seek
Moira MacDonald
The last weekend of January is traditionally a dumping ground for turkeys at the multiplexes so don t say you weren t warned 
.5
Hide and Seek
Roger Ebert
There was a point in the movie when suddenly everything clicked and the Law of Economy of Characters began to apply That is the law that says no actor is in a movie unless his character is necessary 
2
Hide and Seek
Jami Bernard
Another of those real estate horror movies that sticks it to urbanites who overspend on picturesque Victorian houses in towns where the locals resent them For city folk in rambling country homes something wicked this way comes 
2
Hide and Seek
Debra Birnbaum
It s become almost trite to criticize him for his recent string of dubious movies but we ll do it anyway because he s capable of so much better 
1
Hide and Seek
Lawrence Toppman
Far be it from me to spoil the secret but I will say this The last reel should ve been sent straight to the city dump 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Janice Page
You won t find anything startling or memorable 
1.5
Hide and Seek
James Berardinelli
Movies about the psychological abuse of a child can be powerful when the subject matter is handled in a serious sensitive manner But when it is employed as a plot device to enable a surprise revelation it becomes offensive 
1
Hide and Seek
Walter Chaw
Extremely derivative sure but prior to its last half hour it s also sort of amusing as a genre Where s Waldo 
2
Hide and Seek
Chuck O'Leary
An absorbing understated thriller until it totally self destructs in the final reel with a twist we ve seen too many times in recent years 
2.25
Hide and Seek
Sue Pierman
Is Dakota going mad Does she really have a secret playmate who is wreaking havoc on everyone Is the home possessed And how many more minutes are left in this movie anyway 
2
Hide and Seek
Phil Villarreal
Face it Dakota Fanning is scary 
3
Hide and Seek
Steven Rea
The movie s main purpose seems to be to make audiences squirm uncomfortably Yelp and shriek in armchair clawing glee Not likely 
2
Hide and Seek
Gene Seymour
The movie wants in the worst way to be among the new wave of big screen chillers served with a twist As the old joke goes they ve succeeded in the worst way 
2
Hide and Seek
Chris Hewitt
Fanning plays a girl haunted by her mom s death who makes Wednesday Addams look chipper It s great casting 
2.5
Hide and Seek
Kit Bowen
Even though Hide and Seek s chilling tag phrase Come out come out wherever you are may be enticing just stay right where you are 
1
Hide and Seek
Michael Wilmington
The actor who gave us Johnny Boy Travis Bickle Jake La Motta and the young Vito Corleone still has his chops 
3
Hide and Seek
Peter Canavese
Hide and Seek is trashy but there s no fun to be had in its ugly child endangerment psychoses The hidden in plain sight secret another crappy movie 
1.5
Hide and Seek
David Nusair
Though it s not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination Hide and Seek does manage to hold the viewers interest throughout 
3
Hide and Seek
Steve Rhodes
One long intolerable wait for the viewers who can hear the gears of the script creaking 
.5
Hide and Seek
Willie Waffle
ALMOST a good movie Of course that close call with competence is averted with an ending that gets worse and worse as it drags on and on
1.5
Hide and Seek
Scott Nash
Not great but an all star cast helps soften the rough edges 
2
Hide and Seek
Ross Anthony
Not the supernatural thriller you might be hoping for 
2
Hide and Seek
Jeanne Aufmuth
De Niro is slumming and he knows it 
1
Hide and Seek
Rob Blackwelder
If the ridiculous title and the cheap emotional blackmail of putting a pretty little girl in peril aren t enough to tip you off 
1.5
Hide and Seek
Dustin Putman
An absorbing mystery thriller for its first hour until it races off the tracks toward a dumb albeit predictable twist ending 
2
Hide and Seek
Ed Gonzalez
An elaborate equation consisting entirely of bad horror tropes and trashy psychological symbolism 
.5
Main Hoon Na
Michael Dequina
The climactic explosions martial arts and yes birds heavy climax is indeed Too Much but on top of being funny it s also genuinely exciting and a hell of a lot of fun which aptly sums up the entire film 
3
White Reindeer
David Lewis
A film about grief and Christmas cheer that reveals a big heart without pulling its darkly comic punches 
3
White Reindeer
Peter Keough
Luckily Clark has a cast that elevates the puerility into genuine pathos and absurdity 
2.5
White Reindeer
David Lee Dallas
What s dark and weird about Zach Clark s film is also what s tangible authentic and wise about it 
3
White Reindeer
John Beifuss
Framed as a 24 day countdown to Christmas as if it were a live action Advent calendar the movie represents a journey of discovery self and otherwise for its young newly widowed heroine 
3
Procession
Josh Larsen
A drama therapy documentary in the tradition of Dick Johnson is Dead and The Act of Killing 
3
Procession
Mark Dujsik
I t s the sense of unity in pain and in healing that ultimately matters here 
4
Procession
Matt Zoller Seitz
An unrelentingly gripping and often disturbing film that dares to visualize with taste and restraint some of the vilest behavior the species is capable of 
4
Procession
Chuck Bowen
Robert Greene s gaze is an attempt to accord his subjects the dignity of attention utilizing cinema as a form of emotional due process 
3
They/Them
Tom Meek
If you get aggravated when characters fail to follow the simplest don t do that conventions this still conjures crowd pleasing results 
2.5
They/Them
Peter Canavese
Lots of punniness in this scattershot and ambitious horror film 44 which depicts the horrors of gay conversion therapy as scarier and more horrific than the story apos s slasher elements 46 
2.5
They/Them
Brian Eggert
The promising concept plays out with an unbalanced ratio of 7 37 slasher horror and 93 37 soap opera about the inhumanity of gay conversion therapy 44 and it never brings the integrated premise to its full potential 46 
1
They/Them
Mattie Lucas
They 47 Them squanders so much potential on a neutered narrative that plays like it was written by well meaning but clueless allies rather than the work by queer artists that it actually is 46 
1
They/Them
Christian Toto
Conversion therapy shocker brims with lectures 44 amateur hour narratives 46 
1
They/Them
Richard Roeper
As a director Logan knows how to put us through the horror genre paces 
3
They/Them
Brian Tallerico
They 47 Them is a baffling production 44 and seems almost frightened of its own rich ideas and unwilling to tie them to decades of slasher pics that played fast and loose with gender stereotypes and sexuality 46 
1.5
They/Them
Sara Michelle Fetters
I 8217 ve seen a lot of bad movies in 2022 46 I have not watched any that made me so angry I wanted to start throwing things at the screen 46 Until now 46 
1
They/Them
Mark Dujsik
This is a horror movie that basically forgets it apos s supposed to be one 46 46 46 
1.5
Kidnapped
Dustin Putman
More a grim crafty exercise rather than anything deeper but it still delivers the desired impact 
2.5
Kidnapped
Erik Childress
Kidnapped proves to be the rule and the exception as writer director Miguel ngel Vivas has a few tricks up his sleeves on the fringes of the same old ones 
3
Kidnapped
Nick Schager
Whereas Vivas s aesthetic is initially intimate a raft of split screens and circuitous tracking shots soon call undue attention to themselves 
2
The Cheat
Scott Nash
Compared to many other films of the period this one comes across as rather modern at least in some respects 
3
5-25-77
David Nusair
the movie s overall success is hindered by an overlong egregiously rough around the edges feel 
2.5
The Color of Money
Gene Siskel
The premise might sound interesting but the plotting is so utterly predictable that The Color of Money turns into a pool room variation of The Karate Kid 
2.5
The Color of Money
Dave Kehr
It is a surprise and a disappointment 
3
The Color of Money
Matt Brunson
Working with his crack technical team Scorsese turns the film into a high wire act using everything from the crack of the balls to the soundtrack best bit Cruise playing and preening to Warren Zevon s Werewolves of London to pump up the action 
3.5
The Color of Money
Jeremy Heilman
For the bulk of the run time The Color of Money excels on its intended terms as a sexy genre picture mostly thanks to an energetic star turn courtesy of Tom Cruise 
4
The Color of Money
Roger Ebert
It doesn t have the electricity the wound up tension of Scorsese s best work and as a result I was too aware of the story marching by 
2.5
The Color of Money
James Berardinelli
The Color of Money is a good movie but perhaps not a good sequel 
3
Warning
Simon Abrams
An ungenerous collection of cynical sci fi morality plays set in the near future 
2
Pet
Glenn Kenny
Pet sputters and pants its way to a kind of twist one that s genuinely misogynist on the one hand but also too cretinous to be authentically repellent 
.5
Pet
Keith Watson
The screenplay quickly loses this moral clarity as the plot twists pile up and the power balances shift 
1.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Kevin Allison
A very bumpy transition to the big screen realm of 90 minute storytelling 
2.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Michael Wilmington
Wedding a fairly complex mystery with show biz satire against the real life festival backdrop requires more structure and maybe more scripted scenes 
1.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jami Bernard
What Short does not deserve and neither do we is a feature length movie about Jiminy 
1
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Peter Howell
Glick is a one note joke and a flat note at that 
1.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Stephen Whitty
Within 40 minutes though you may realize you ve had about as much fun as you re going to and that the movie is barely halfway done 
2
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Kyle Smith
Good news fans of Martin Short s porky celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick There s a big screen version of the short lived Comedy Central series and both of you will enjoy it 
2
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Stephen Cole
Short s fans should wait for the DVD where they can skip to the good scenes which amount to 24 minutes of ace material perhaps not coincidentally the same length as an old SCTV episode 
2
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Bob Strauss
Reinforces the oft made argument that sketches that work in quick doses on the small screen can get repellent fast in feature length format 
2
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Kim Morgan
Do you think Jiminy Glick is funny If the answer is no then you ll have a hard time spending 90 minutes with the corpulent star struck celebrity interviewer in his debut film Jiminy Glick in Lalawood 
2.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Terry Lawson
Those who wouldn t know the difference between Corey Feldman and Corey Haim and couldn t care less will care even less than that about this movie 
2
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Willie Waffle
Jiminy Glick In La La Wood is a movie with an identity problem 
1
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Erik Childress
The great junket whore movie is still awaiting to be made But Jiminy Glick In Lalawood is a step in the right direction 
3
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Roger Ebert
Martin Short himself is one of the funniest men alive or can be and has been But Jiminy Glick needs definition if he s to work as a character 
1.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Claudia Puig
The improvised dialogue has a no holds barred quality that can hit or miss But when it hits it can be hysterical 
3
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Gene Seymour
There are only so many show biz junkies in the known universe and maybe they ll be the only ones who will find Jiminy Glick in La La Wood a font of endless giggles 
3.5
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Peter Travers
Hit and miss 
2
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Dan Callahan
Glick alas has run out of gas 
1
Wish Man
Roger Moore
Messy meandering but heartfelt and righteous film avbout the birth of Make A Wish
2.5
Cold War
Jason Fraley
The result is a film that we respect even admire for its technical prowess more than we hold in our hearts That is unless you hail from Poland in which case you might get historically emotional 
3.5
Cold War
Jeff Mitchell
My 1 movie of 2018 
4
Cold War
Lisa Trifone
There s a reason it s landed on many year end Best Of lists and remains a front runner in the Foreign Language Oscar race and it s because Pawlikowski has crafted a work of art 
4
Cold War
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A couple that can not be separated but can not be together either Full review in Spanish 
3
Cold War
Kam Williams
Between a sobering score and haunting settings Pawlikowski has created the perfect backdrop for a maudlin postmortem contemplating the fate of a couple of star crossed lovers 
4
Cold War
Roger Moore
Doctor Zhivago Lite 
2.5
Cold War
Rob Thomas
Like the great old movie romances Cold War packs a full range of emotions into its narrow frame 
4
Cold War
Sean P. Means
It may be a Cold War but the actors chemistry burns through the screen 
3.5
Cold War
Bob Bloom
Throughout though the tone remains melancholy and not simply because the film was shot in black and white An unhappy pall hangs over the movie keeping the lovers from basking in true happiness 
3
Cold War
Barry Paris
Ms Kulig s smoldering performance is worth the price of admission in itself She s clearly channeling Lauren Bacall s laconic sardonic delivery throughout 
3.5
Cold War
Max Weiss
It s gorgeous to look at and honestly quite compelling from beginning to end I just wish I felt more of the love 
3
Cold War
Peter Howell
Pawlikowski remains a director to watch and Cold War is a film to watch again and again 
3.5
Cold War
Peter Canavese
A sweet romance this isn t but Pawlikowski Ida balances the flatfooted realities of maddeningly thwarted love with swoony moments smoky jazz clubs and songbird reveries 
3.5
Cold War
Joe Friar
Pawel Pawlikowski s timeless love story seduces the viewer with the perfect blend of romance tragedy and music Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot are fantastic 
4
Cold War
Tom Meek
This is about as far from Hollywood as one can get and still be in love in every frame 
3.5
Cold War
Sara Michelle Fetters
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski s Cold War is a stunning piece of episodic storytelling that s positively breathtaking in its invigorating emotional magnitude 
3.5
Cold War
Andrea Gronvall
What the film is doing is recognizing their indelible life force and originality it s a cri de coeur hurled toward an increasingly hidebound and emotionally stunted era of Western civilization 
4
Cold War
Michael Phillips
It s as verbally spare as it is visually spellbinding 
3.5
Cold War
Chris Hewitt
If Kulig who resembles Jessica Chastain were American Hollywood would be offering her everything 
4
Cold War
Robert Horton
Along with the off center black and white cinematography Pawlikoski s most effective tool here is the way music provides the pulse of the story 
4
Cold War
Ty Burr
Cold War suffices as a simple filmic jewel of a story about a couple swimming hard against the currents of history and governments until they only have each other to cling to 
4
Cold War
Ann Hornaday
Cold War is a near perfect film an artfully crafted flawlessly acted meditation on love memory and invented history that s both deeply personal and politically attuned 
4
Cold War
Moira MacDonald
Cinematographer Lukasz Zal finds a chilly etched beauty in every frame you re struck by how snow seems to stroke and soften a harsh landscape and by the poignancy of wind ruffling the grass in a quiet field 
3.5
Cold War
Mick LaSalle
Through Cold War Pawlikowski shows us the beauty in an ugly time and then he makes us wait and wonder if the characters will ever see it too 
4
Cold War
Alan French
Like a song a relationship can change depending on the context Pawlikowski approaches this premise and created one of the most personal and masterful films of the year 
3.5
Cold War
Rex Reed
Although it leaves you wanting more Cold War is a film that is both illuminating and haunting at the same time 
3
Cold War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though Cold War falls far short of its predecessor it still has enough striking moments to recommend it 
3
Cold War
Mark Dujsik
Wiktor says that Zula is the woman of my life He s not lying and that s what makes this anti romance so mundanely tragic 
3
Cold War
Joey Magidson
Watching the film is a hypnotic experience Part of that is surely due to the star power of Joanna Kulig who Pawlikowski gives a luscious showcase to 
3.5
Cold War
James Berardinelli
It s fair to argue that there s more truth in Cold War than in many love stories that although a romantic attachment isn t the best basis for a long term relationship its power cannot be denied or set aside 
3
Cold War
Tomris Laffly
An aching film on such exquisite pains of impossible love Pawe 322 Pawlikowski s Cold War concurrently swells your heart and breaks it 
4
Cold War
Dwight Brown
The era is set impeccably and the two lead performances are attractive to watch Eighty eight minutes roll by and the dirge like pace zaps the fun and life out of the tale 
2.5
Cold War
Clayton Davis
Never genuinely getting to the root of their love what the viewer is left with is a yearning for more but wrapped in a riveting performance from Joanna Kulig 
3
Cold War
Kent Turner
It s as though the scriptwriters already knew the ending The result elliptical and underwritten storytelling 
2
Cold War
Angelo Muredda
For all the effort on display it s hard to shake the feeling that this isn t a little too easy for Pawlikowski who ultimately delivers a desaturated version of The English Patient s more hard won story of the violence 
2
Cold War
David Nusair
Cold War is a self indulgent and mostly lifeless endeavor that could only exist within the context of a film festival 
1
Cold War
Kate Taylor
Form and content seem oddly divorced but music the Polish folk tunes communist propaganda anthems and Parisian torch songs sets the mood and saves the day 
2.5
Cold War
Sam C. Mac
The film is most exhilarating as a breathless vessel for mood one that just so happens to conduct itself within reconstructed period settings that are as obsessively detailed as the reverently curated soundtrack 
3
Screamers
David Nusair
Director Christian Duguay kicks Screamers off with a comically dense information scroll that immediately establishes an atmosphere of confusion 
1.5
Screamers
Matt Brunson
Plodding treatment of an interesting storyline 
2
Screamers
Stephen Holden
Until it succumbs to one cliche too many Screamers which was directed by Christian Duguay does an efficient job of generating a stomach knotting tension 
2
Screamers
Chris Hicks
Might just as well have gone straight to video instead of movie theater screens since it is every bit as cheesy underdeveloped and gore filled as the tape rentals that fill sci fi horror shelves monthly 
1.5
Screamers
James O'Ehley
It remains reasonably faithful to the original short story the production values are okay and some of the dialogue is pretty effective 
2.5
Screamers
Mick LaSalle
In its last minutes Screamers becomes the last thing it intends to be laughable 
1
Screamers
James Berardinelli
Screamers oozes atmosphere It s a dark film that borrows heavily from the likes of the Alien films Dune Blade Runner and John Carpenter s updated The Thing 
3
Screamers
Roger Ebert
It s not exactly a bad movie it s made with a certain imagination and intelligence But its future is so grungy and grim it makes our current mess look like Utopia 
2.5
Screamers
Madeleine Williams
The movie ends with a weak gimmick and leaves you with the feeling that it could have done better had it had more trust in itself and its own concepts 
2
Screamers
Rob Blackwelder
Screamers is inundated with movie cliches stock characters stolen premises and scenes that just don t make sense 
1
Two Men in Town
Fernando F. Croce
A rather unremarkable societal indictment 
2.5
Here Are the Young Men
Peter Canavese
A shallow morally dubious standard issue teen rebel yell movie replete with drugs drinking and angry young man violence Well Go blu ray 
1
Here Are the Young Men
Steven Prokopy
There s nothing about the story s progression that doesn t telegraph exactly where it s headed 
2
Here Are the Young Men
Roger Moore
Taylor Joy who blew up thanks to her turn on Netflix s Queen s Gambit is the reason this otherwise marginal phallocentric parable merits wider release even though her role here while pivotal is limited 
2.5
Hadewijch
Mick LaSalle
Dumont as if trying to make sure nobody wants to see his movie named it after a female Flemish poet from the 13th century but please read the rest of this sentence the movie is set in modern times 
4
Hadewijch
V.A. Musetto
Should delight Dumont s fans For others it will take a bit of getting used to The effort will prove to be worthwhile 
3
Hadewijch
Nick Schager
Ultimately seems just as calculated and mechanical a pose as Dumont s previous efforts 
2
Hadewijch
Liam Lacey
In the tradition of Carl Dreyer Robert Bresson and Ingmar Bergman Hadewijch is about the dilemma of modern spirituality 
3
Sibyl
Sadaf Ahsan
it s Efira and Exarchopoulos holding this movie up with their impassioned performances like a bent and battered wire hanger struggling to support an oversized wool sweater 
1
Sibyl
Lisa Trifone
Triet ultimately doesn t deliver the film she perhaps intended to with a title dedicated as it is to what is supposed to be the main character 
2
Sibyl
Sean P. Means
The observation that we re all actors in our narrative and some are better at faking it than others is what propels Sibyl to a smart and emotionally resonant ending 
3
Sibyl
Rob Thomas
Efira s beautifully controlled performance keeps us guessing whether she s the protagonist or the villain of the movie or some combination of the two 
3
Sibyl
Carlos Aguilar
Rich in impulsive sensuality and knowing humor the film captivates even as it stumbles through too many subplots 
3
Sibyl
Ty Burr
That earlier film and its off camera drama remain more compelling than anything in the busy and ultimately banal Sibyl 
2.5
Sibyl
Mark Dujsik
Like its central character Sibyl wants to have it too many ways and the results aren t productive 
2
Sibyl
Mick LaSalle
I came away liking the movie s world even as I marveled at the carelessness and heavy handedness of the screenplay 
2.5
Sibyl
Diego Semerene
Throughout Justine Triet is committed above all else to the tricks that memory and language can play on us 
3
Sibyl
David Nusair
A fairly monumental misfire 
1.5
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
David Nusair
an erratic yet ultimately rewarding endeavor that deserves a place among Hollywood s very best high school movies 
3.5
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Matt Brunson
The comedy quotient just doesn t cut it in fact it s odd that this is always considered a comedy when it s the dramatic material that resonates more strongly 
2.5
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ernest Leogrande
What it doesn t have is a clear point of view something that would make it of more interest than leafing through a high school yearbook 
2
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
James Berardinelli
Fast Times will always be remembered for one thing showing respect for and insight into the members of its core audience something that was as rare in the 1980s as it is today 
3
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Amy Heckerling almost encourages the film s shapelessness letting the individual moments speak for themselves rather than molding a cohesive whole 
3
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Phil Villarreal
The comedy captured the brutal realism of post sexual revolution high school life and has been imitated often rarely equaled and surpassed only once 
4
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Roger Ebert
How could they do this to Jennifer Jason Leigh How could they put such a fresh and cheerful person into such a scuz pit of a movie 
1
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
James Kendrick
remains a staple of the raunchy Hollywood teen genre even as it seeks and often succeeds in transcending it
2.5
The 11th Hour
Mike Scott
As much as for what it says the film is important for how it says it in a manner that is easy to understand and hard to ignore 
3.5
The 11th Hour
Kam Williams
A cautionary tale sounding the alarm that we re close to the tipping point of wholesale ecological disaster if not already irreversibly past it 
4
The 11th Hour
John Beifuss
It s almost an eco message companion piece to the recent Iraq documentary No End in Sight It relies on the strength and logic of its arguments rather than on appeals to emotion or partisanship to make its points 
3.5
The 11th Hour
Matt Brunson
As a PSA The 11th Hour is an extremely important work but as a motion picture it s ripe for recycling 
2
The 11th Hour
Tyler Hanley
The 11th Hour presents its argument clearly Disregarding the planetary repercussions of human behavior or rather misbehavior holds tragic consequences 
4
The 11th Hour
Bruce Newman
No matter what time it is in the grand cosmic scheme of things The 11th Hour arrives about a day late and an eco dollar short of An Inconvenient Truth
2.5
The 11th Hour
Connie Ogle
For all its scare tactics The 11th Hour simply isn t that compelling and we re talking about the end of the world here 
2
The 11th Hour
Jeff Vice
The film almost overwhelms the audience with information throwing out so many facts and figures and so much footage that it s all hard to process 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Lisa Kennedy
The movie needed to reflect its own lesson Less would have been more 
2
The 11th Hour
Lawrence Toppman
In the end your reaction to Hour may depend on your feelings about humanity s collective common sense 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Sean P. Means
The movie is presenting its case in such a uniformly insistent tone as the directors pile on one voice of doom after another 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Cathy Jakicic
As depressing as the first two thirds of the film is the last third is surprisingly empowering and hopeful 
3
The 11th Hour
John Hartl
The shadowy photography of the interviewees lends an ominous tone to nearly every scene but what they re saying is often pragmatic and helpful 
3
The 11th Hour
Joe Garofoli
An Inconvenient Truth was short on how to make life better It rushed through a list of what to do next offerings in the film s last few minutes Here is where The 11th Hour shines 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Liam Lacey
Consistent with the film s occasionally hippy dippy tone DiCaprio speaks about human beings engaging in a willed evolution in consciousness which sounds a little too desperate to be comforting 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Susan Walker
If Al Gore s An Inconvenient Truth was a warning The 11th Hour is the red alert 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Terry Lawson
It benefits the most by providing good advice and an abundance of well considered ideas from forward thinkers of all stripes and persuasions who refuse to give up hope 
3
The 11th Hour
Roger Ebert
This movie for all its noble intentions is a bore Rent An Inconvenient Truth instead Even if you ve already seen it 
2
The 11th Hour
Wesley Morris
The movie says we have to get back to the garden before complacency and ignorance hasten our demise This is a hard argument to make without sounding kooky but the documentary is too dire to turn dippy cheesy or sentimental 
3.5
The 11th Hour
Josh Larsen
The film s eagerness to embrace alarmist speculation undermines the basic truths it tells 
2
The 11th Hour
Matt Pais
Manages to be serious without being extreme in its message that global warming is no longer something to be debated but addressed and fought NOW 
3
The 11th Hour
Michael Phillips
If it gets people thinking about which light bulbs they buy and their current gas mileage and such then it s good to have it in the world It is however a panicky blur as documentaries go 
2
The 11th Hour
Dustin Putman
More concerned with emotionally manipulating the audience than breaking any new ground on the subject matter 
2
The 11th Hour
Aaron Hillis
Persuasively damning some might say these ideas are still being exhaustively though inexplicably debated as a political issue but perhaps the film s greatest strength is in making its hysterical activism now urgencies an emotional issue 
3
The 11th Hour
Ken Fox
Hugely effective documentary is a terrifying vision of exactly what s in store if we don t pay greater attention to what we re doing to the planet in our blind rush toward progress 
3.5
The 11th Hour
Gary Goldstein
Much of the data presented here is staggering in both its simplicity and breadth of impact 
3
The 11th Hour
Jack Mathews
If you get through the first hour without slitting your throat the cautiously optimistic last third offers some intriguing options 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Sara Michelle Fetters
They let the facts speaks for themselves not once force feeding or slamming their opinions down the audience s throat even if the opportunity to do so is clearly presenting itself 
3
The 11th Hour
Mark Dujsik
Its foretelling of gloom and doom almost make the entire idea of worrying about the global climate change crisis seem unnecessary seeing as we re all apparently going to die by our own industrialized hands 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Bob Strauss
The 11th Hour is good for you cinema in content shape and form There are far badder things 
2.5
The 11th Hour
John Anderson
If you still need an argument about global warming the documentary makes a good one 
2.5
The 11th Hour
Kyle Smith
Unusually undisguised leftism The scare montages are I m not making this up very similar to one shown in last year s remake of The Omen 
1
The 11th Hour
Nick Schager
May be a kindred spirit to An Inconvenient Truth but in terms of style tone and scope this Leonardo DiCaprio produced and narrated documentary on climate change is a wholly different beast 
2.5
Da
Roger Ebert
It is almost impossible seeing this film not to think of your parents in a new light as people who amazingly did not have all of the answers and did not even know some of the questions 
3
Road Hard
Brad Wheeler
It s about looking at life as an accumulation of disappointments and having the will to work for something better 
2.5
Road Hard
Chris Knight
Here s a comedy about a stand up comedian trying to get out of the comedy business And here s my advice to him Don t quit your day job You re good at it and it serves the movie 
2.5
Road Hard
Linda Barnard
In the final reel the tone suddenly shifts from laughs to a deliberately quirky romance that feels forced and worse doesn t work 
2
Road Hard
Nick Allen
even when Carolla is on stage and performing with some type of emotional subtext this definitely ain t Lenny 
1
Road Hard
Christian Toto
The man who made girls jump on trampolines delivers better rom coms than the rest of Hollywood 
3
Road Hard
Tirdad Derakhshani
Carolla who co wrote and co directed the picture with Kevin Henchis has a way of making his remarkably stiff screen presence endearing He plays Bruce with gentle self mockery and a touch of genuine pathos 
2.5
Road Hard
Stephanie Merry
You can make a movie that s both sweet and crass just look at Judd Apatow s comedies But the mix doesn t work here maybe because both the vulgarity and the cheesiness are so amped up 
1.5
Road Hard
Mick LaSalle
The movie has its own integrity It s about something a particular world and Carolla knows what he s talking about 
2
Road Hard
Roger Moore
Considering the source shocking sweet And funny 
2.5
Little Caesar
Jeremiah Kipp
Feels stilted when stacked up against its tougher depression era contemporaries 
2
Under the Volcano
Roger Ebert
The movie belongs to Finney but mention must be made of Jacqueline Bisset as his wife and Anthony Andrews as his half brother 
4
Archaeology of a Woman
Wes Greene
It purports to be an incisive character study dramatized through outr dream logic but Sharon Greytak s ineptitude at this very Lynchian aesthetic sucks all nuance and spirit out of the film 
1
Cygnus
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A well executed paranoid horror movie 
1.5
Dap Cánh Giua Không Trung
David Nusair
It s ultimately somewhat astonishing to note just how ineffective and how thoroughly tedious Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere becomes 
0
The Wife
Brian Eggert
The Wife spends too much time investigating a relationship from the outside and not enough time exploring it from the inside 
2.5
The Wife
Jason Fraley
At long last Glenn Close s overdue Academy Award won t be ignored It s with immense joy to watch her work unfold in The Wife a powerful human story with complex emotions narrative twists and timely themes for the MeToo era 
3.5
The Wife
Mattie Lucas
The film around her may be a tepid melodrama that doesn t seem to know what to do with its subject or with her as an actress but Close is extraordinary 
2.5
The Wife
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Theirs is a marriage of convenience it is true but also of love Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Wife
Federico Furzan
A woman empowered by the weight of a secret is the fuel for The Wife Glenn Close delivers with pure and raw force Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Wife
Linda Cook
A superlative character study 
4
The Wife
John Hanlon
A beautiful character study anchored by a tremendous lead performance by Glenn Close 
3.5
The Wife
Mike McGranaghan
The Wife starts off somewhat slowly to the point where you wonder if anything is actually going to happen Then at the 50 minute mark the twist of the story kicks in and suddenly it becomes riveting 
3
The Wife
Joey Magidson
The reason to see The Wife is to see Close in action 
3
The Wife
Joe Friar
Six Oscar nominations later the luminous Glenn Close leaves the audience awestruck with a performance that slowly simmers to a devastating climax 
3.5
The Wife
David Nusair
a stirring adaptation that boasts one of Close s best performances in years 
3.5
The Wife
Johanna Schneller
Watch Close s face in these early scenes imagine what she s feeling because you will imagine something much different by the end 
3
The Wife
Bruce DeMara
With Glenn Close in the lead role it s unexpectedly poignant and powerful 
3.5
The Wife
Michael Smith
Close is that one person who makes The Wife engaging 
3
The Wife
Rob Thomas
Pryce and Close perform with and for each other rather than the camera in ways that go beyond mere chemistry between actors It s as if they are working together on a single unified performance 
3.5
The Wife
Sean P. Means
In stillness or in full rage every one of Joan s disappointments resentments and thwarted ambitions play out across Close s delicately expressive face It s a quietly devastating performance that itself may be in for a few awards 
3
The Wife
Bob Bloom
Close s performance is magnificent the myriad of emotions she conveys is amazing She definitely loves her husband but she also reveals the bitterness and resentment that has festered inside her during their more than 30 years together 
3.5
The Wife
Rubén Rosario
You ll want a divorce from this pedestrian adaptation of Meg Wolitzer s best seller that missteps by nixing its protagonist s thorny inner monologue in favor of cinema of quality mediocrity 
2
The Wife
Moira MacDonald
Close owns this movie from beginning to end it s a performance of such intelligence and subtlety that only when the movie is long over do you start wondering about whether the plot holds up 
3.5
The Wife
James Berardinelli
I wish there were more movies like this one 
3
The Wife
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Layered with portent The Wife gives away its game so many times that the final climax is merely shrill rather than cathartic 
2
The Wife
Gary Thompson
It s Close who nearly rescues The Wife grabbing control of it in the crucial final moments managing to transcend the script to suggest a more complex portrait of Joan whose life choices form their own narrative with their own reward 
3
The Wife
Ty Burr
What unites the film s two halves what makes it worth watching period is the road Close s Joan travels as she decides whether to reclaim authorship of her own life 
2.5
The Wife
Peter Canavese
The ultimate secret of the Castlemans marriage isn t entirely convincing in Joan s every rationale but Close s sheer force of acting makes it possible to believe in the character at minimum in the emotional broad strokes 
3
The Wife
Dann Gire
Runge directs The Wife with a straightforward unadorned style as if he knew Close s extraordinary performance would single handedly lift this movie to a higher level 
3.5
The Wife
Erik Anderson
Glenn Close has one of cinema s greatest faces With one look she can tell you everything while revealing nothing 
3
The Wife
Roger Moore
The quaint rituals of Nobel Week are the darkly funny underpinnings of this well acted if not terribly surprising drama 
3
The Wife
Richard Roeper
Close might well receive a seventh Academy Award nomination for The Wife 
3.5
The Wife
Ben Sachs
Because the performances are so calculated the emotional outbursts on which the story hinges fail to make a dramatic impact And for a film about a novelist The Wife conveys very little sense of what it s like to read or write 
2
The Wife
Mark Dujsik
Close s performance is a masterful display of restraint 
3
The Wife
Michael Phillips
Runge is very good with actors It s a pleasure simply to watch Close and Pryce establish such minute and careful gradations of happiness desolation and exasperation in their scenes together 
3.5
The Wife
Walter V. Addiego
It would be wrong to say Close s performance in The Wife is wasted but it certainly deserves a better movie 
2
The Wife
Ann Hornaday
The Wife offers viewers a chance to observe one of the finest and most criminally underpraised actresses of her generation working at the very top of her shrewd subtle superbly self controlled game 
3.5
The Wife
Christy Lemire
Swedish director Björn Runge s approach is no nonsense and workmanlike perhaps to give these esteemed actors room to swagger and shine but a bit more imagination and artistry wouldn t have hurt 
3
The Wife
Rex Reed
Although it s a resonant narrative without much excitement the film provides Glenn Close with the kind of rich and meaty role she deserves 
3
The Wife
Diego Semerene
Glenn Close s perennial look of astonishment and resilience commands the action to the point of turning every other screen element into a gratuitous prop 
1.5
You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo
Kyle Smith
This film is narratively inert we spend a lot of time listening to the same questions being asked over and over and like virtually all docs in its genre less than vigorous in its pursuit of truth 
2
You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo
Glenn Heath Jr.
Omar the martyr overwhelms Omar the human being in this ultimately dry and overtly biased attempt at cinematic protest 
2
You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo
Rick Groen
For once no one rants and in the relative calm the tone can be heard so muted and sad 
3
Deep
Roger Moore
A tepid Thai Flatliners a somewhat lifeless enterprise that manages a suspenseful moment or two almost in spite of itself 
1.5
The Cottage
Lucius Gore
The Cottage doesn t have enough horror to satisfy horror fans and not enough comedy to satisfy everybody else 
1.5
The Cottage
David Nusair
The degree to which the movie is redeemed by its impossible to anticipate third act is consequently quite staggering 
3
Class Rank
Mark Dujsik
I ts occasional pleasures are only minor 
2
Class Rank
Michael Dequina
The genuine heart behind the film from beginning to end earns the turn from the silly to sentimental and elicits genuine feeling to go with all the fun 
3
Class Rank
Roger Moore
Genial sweet and old fashioned teen comedy directed by a John Hughes alumnus
2.5
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
Leba Hertz
An illuminating documentary about how Jews were front and center in building the city both intellectually and physically 
4
The Double Steps
Chuck Bowen
One can t help but sense that underneath the complicated art house game playing of Isaki Lacuesta s The Double Steps resides a theme that s sentimental and old hat 
2
The Whistleblower
Roger Moore
Weisz s best role and best performance since The Constant Gardener 
3
The Whistleblower
Eric Melin
The Whistleblower goes off the rails a little I guess in an attempt to create more drama out of an already dramatic situation As the plot devices pile up towards the end it s a bit frustrating because there s a good movie in there somewhere 
2
The Whistleblower
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Whistleblower is a strong effort made even more so thanks to the mesmerizing talents of star Rachel Weisz 
3
The Whistleblower
Rob Thomas
Weisz is made for this kind of role from Constant Gardener to Enemy at the Gates few actors can do absolute unshakable conviction so well on screen 
3
The Whistleblower
Mike Scott
A reasonably taut story of political intrigue international corruption and one woman s determined fight for justice
3
The Whistleblower
Roger Moore
A first rate one woman against the system drama a film benefiting from grim recreations of an ugly reality and a stellar cast determined to expose it 
3
The Whistleblower
John Beifuss
Structured and shot like a quality premium cable channel police drama this fact based story might have had more impact as a documentary 
2
The Whistleblower
Michael Smith
The film is at its best when showing how blind justice can be and why people in occupied countries don t automatically cheer when so called peacekeepers arrive in their country 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Rene Rodriguez
In Weisz s eyes we see Kathryn s transformation from a public servant doing what s expected of her to a crusader driven to by her own conscience Her performance is terrific the movie sadly is not 
2
The Whistleblower
Loren King
The Whistleblower effectively depicts the paranoia that builds as an increasingly frustrated and outraged Bolkovac is thwarted at every turn 
3
The Whistleblower
Peter Keough
Larysa Kondracki s topical thriller based on a true story combines the moodiness of The Insider with the intensity of Serpico to dramatize a long standing international injustice 
3
The Whistleblower
Matt Brunson
Film has a responsibility to educate as well as entertain and for those up to the task this is an ofttimes powerful experience with writer director Larysa Kondracki avoiding unnecessary embellishments and letting the story speak for itself 
3
The Whistleblower
Joe Williams
If this well meaning melodrama contains a call to action it s as quiet as a dog whistle 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Keith Cohen
Rachel Weisz elevates the material with another awards worthy performance Two jaw dropping postscripts at the movie s conclusion should get your attention 
3.5
The Whistleblower
Chris Hewitt
The movie is not great but Weisz is 
2
The Whistleblower
Tom Keogh
Part thriller and part harrowing account of an outrageous based on facts story of official corruption in the former Yugoslavia The Whistleblower is a tense and shattering drama 
3
The Whistleblower
Carrie Rickey
Derives its strength from Rachel Weisz s intelligent performance as the real life Bolkovac 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Camerin Courtney
Make no mistake The Whistleblower isn t an easy film to watch But the horrors aren t in your face And Larysa Kondracki walks a careful line between showing us the devastating realities of trafficking and then offering us hope 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Dann Gire
Director Kondracki has a knack for showing how less can be much more 
3
The Whistleblower
Jennie Punter
In Canadian director Larysa Kondracki s gripping based on a true story debut feature The Whistleblower Rachel Weisz delivers a subtle yet riveting performance 
3
The Whistleblower
Mark Dujsik
It s unfortunate the movie loses a personal microcosmic perspective to go after bigger targets 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Bruce DeMara
It reminds us that there are those in war or in peace who will always seek to degrade and exploit with a precious few others to speak out against injustice 
3
The Whistleblower
Michael O'Sullivan
A classic example of a film that doesn t trust the strength of its source material or the intelligence of its audience 
1
The Whistleblower
Peter Canavese
Condurache and Weisz rsquo s ldquo small corrections rdquo make a big difference in steering the movie right enough to make The Whistleblower a decent entry in the genre of political passion plays 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Mick LaSalle
Gradually as her investigation deepens and we see the true hideousness of what she is uncovering the movie achieves urgency and clarity of purpose 
3
The Whistleblower
Roger Ebert
These cases rarely seem to result in change and the stories continue We can only guess what may be going unreported The Whistleblower offers chilling evidence of why that seems to be so 
3.5
The Whistleblower
Stephen Whitty
That you leave the film with nagging doubts and questions is not a problem That you leave it with a sense of disappointment however is 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Peter Travers
The film swings from melodrama to sermonizing both blunting the human drama that needs to come to the fore Weisz holds the ground in a performance of ferocity and feeling 
2.5
The Whistleblower
Kyle Smith
A pointless drama that trafficks in clich 
1
The Whistleblower
Thelma Adams
Rachel Weisz is tremendously moving in this fact based story 
3
The Whistleblower
Rex Reed
The Whistleblower is a grisly authentic meticulously researched pulse quickening political chiller about a hot button topic that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish 
4
The Whistleblower
David Germain
The Whistleblower is a one note affair that offers glimpses of the rich broad life Bolkovac clearly lives but deifies her into someone inaccessible and unbelievable 
2
The Whistleblower
Bill Weber
A grim lamentation for victims of sex trafficking in postwar Bosnia is buried beneath rote filmmaking and cartoonishly rendered villainy 
2
The Whistleblower
David Nusair
a preachy hopelessly heavy handed piece of work 
1
Hop
David Nusair
somewhere around the halfway point the film turns into a bizarre fantasy that only small kids will be able to appreciate 
2.5
The Luzhin Defence
Dan Lybarger
The chess scenes especially toward the end are filmed with an attempted frenzy that borders on laughable 
2
The Luzhin Defence
Susan Stark
As brave as it is affecting 
3
The Luzhin Defence
Steve Rhodes
You will be consumed watching the movie 
3
The Luzhin Defence
Roger Ebert
The film is elegiac and sad beautifully mounted but not as compelling as it should be 
2.5
The Luzhin Defence
Michael Wilmington
If you accept this Defence as a compromise of its source you should find a lot to enjoy
3
The Luzhin Defence
Jeanne Aufmuth
Love and obsession make beautiful music together in this romantic drama
3
The Luzhin Defence
Bob Graham
By the time the center of gravity shifts to a villain who exploits Luzhin the pleasure of following this film has turned to impatience 
2
The Luzhin Defence
Rob Blackwelder
A passionately crafted picture but it s hard to connect with some significant characters because their motivations go largely unexplored 
2.5
The Luzhin Defence
Rod Armstrong
Gorris film is handsome and well acted 
3
The Luzhin Defence
James Berardinelli
Effectively combines the maneuvers of the chess board with the unfathomable intricacies of the human heart 
3
The Luzhin Defence
Greg Dean Schmitz
What makes this film boring 
1.5
St. Agatha
Sheila O'Malley
St Agatha may take too long to get going but once the film is up and running it s perverse overheated fun 
3
St. Agatha
David Nusair
An endless trainwreck 
0
St. Agatha
Joey Magidson
For most of the running time it s an efficient tale of desperation gaslighting and trying to find hope in a seemingly hopeless situation 
3
St. Agatha
Walter Chaw
Never frightening St Agatha makes a bad mistake in weaving in an extended flashback which calls out to Antichrist of all things so that Mary and the other girls imprisoned at the home never feel truly imprisoned there 
1
Linoleum
Kevin Carr
Off kilter and poignant 44 it 8217 s a lighter look at the heart of a mid life crisis 46 
3
Linoleum
Mike McGranaghan
Writer 47 director Colin West makes viewers jump through a lot of hoops to reach a finale that mistakes being labyrinthine with being meaningful 46 
1.5
Linoleum
Mark Dujsik
In the end 44 the whole game comes across as a manipulative cheat 46 
2
Linoleum
Phil Villarreal
Director Colin West proves to be something of a sci fi visionary 44 operating with the less is more mindset 46 10 10 
3.5
Linoleum
Roger Moore
I don 8217 t think all of it works 46 And making a graceful exit counts for something and is the one place where I think West overreaches 46 
2.5
Paranormal Prison
Dann Gire
The low budget Paranormal Prison is haunted by low stakes and storytelling slog 
2
Paranormal Prison
Roger Moore
Bad thrillers explain explain and over explain as if you re even dumber than the folks who made them 
1
The Road to Love
Erik Lundegaard
Sensual and sweet 
3
Asambhav
Namrata Joshi
Asambhav s basic problem is that of plenty It has too many crooks spoiling the plot 
1
Arctic
Steven Prokopy
I ll fully admit being a sucker for survival movies like this but the beautifully starkly photographed Arctic goes beyond your typical roughing it films to give us a raw tale of determination 
3
Arctic
Federico Furzan
A terrific performance is not enough for saving Arctic from script vagueness Full review in Spanish 
2
Arctic
Jeff Mitchell
Bring a down jacket a hat snowmobile pants and a scarf too and be awed at Mikkelsen s performance 
3.5
Arctic
Blake Howard
Arctic is an enthralling matter of fact tale of survival told with a kind of straight faced defiance Mikkelsen is a rare performer with the physical and emotional durability to carry the film 
3
Arctic
Barry Paris
No frills moderate thrills Nordic stoicism on display Much agony little ecstasy But all in all a worthy endurance test for Mads Mikkelsen and ourselves 
3
Arctic
Linda Cook
Mads Mikkelsen turns in a great performance in riveting Arctic 
3.5
Arctic
Roger Moore
Utterly conventional polar survival tale rescued by a luminous turn by Mads Mikkelsen 
2.5
Arctic
Rob Thomas
The film doesn t start one second earlier than it needs to and doesn t end one second later than it should Austere and exciting Arctic behaves like its protagonist who can t afford to make a mistake or waste time 
3
Arctic
Sean P. Means
The snowbound drama Arctic is a grim and unadorned tale of survival and a full dose of the acting mastery of Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen 
3
Arctic
Sara Michelle Fetters
Mikkelsen brings a level of intense physicality that is coupled with a level of emotive sensitivity that s superb 
3
Arctic
Robert Horton
The simplicity of writer director Joe Penna s approach and the magnificence of Mads Mikkelsen s acting is more than enough to make this survival tale a gripping experience 
3.5
Arctic
Joe Friar
The spellbound thriller about a downed pilot trying to survive in the frozen tundra keeps the audience captivated the way Tom Hanks did in Cast Away and Robert Redford in All Is Lost Mads Mikkelsen is first rate 
3.5
Arctic
Peter Canavese
While Penna shoots and edits the material well enough its familiar paces probably wouldn t be tolerable were it not for Mikkelsen whose grim visage crucially gives the film a racing mind and a beating heart 
2.5
Arctic
Allyson Johnson
Even with his dancer s physicality and emotive face Mads Mikkelsen struggles to make 90 minutes of stomping through snow in Arctic thrilling or even watchable 
2
Arctic
Moira MacDonald
This film makes for a compelling hour and a half you know where it s going but you never quite believe it ll actually get there 
3
Arctic
Barry Hertz
The actor offers an incredibly committed and determined performance but by the film s end you wish he d be able to get back to doing what he does best eating 
2.5
Arctic
David Nusair
benefits substantially from Mikkelsen s gripping masterful performance 
3
Arctic
Sonny Bunch
Arctic is fascinating as a study of the creation of society on a micro level of the things we do for each other for no reason other than our shared humanity 
3
Arctic
Mark Dujsik
The film is less about the particulars of survival and more about the ethics of it 
3
Arctic
Peter Howell
It would be easier to count the words spoken in Joe Penna s survival thriller Arctic than the number of beats your heart skips while watching it 
3
Arctic
Pat Padua
Arctic is a film for all seasons 
3.5
Arctic
Mick LaSalle
N ot once not even for a moment do we lose interest in Mikkelsen or stop caring about what happens to him or cease to believe him 
3
Arctic
Robert Levin
The instinct to say less is admirable but the movie is too scarce with exposition too limited in back story and eventually suffers from a dearth of dramatic payoffs 
2.5
Arctic
Nick Allen
Arctic lacks what makes for the best movies of its ilk it does not inspire much imagination concerning what our hero might do first if he does get back home 
2.5
Arctic
Katie Walsh
A fine reminder of how cinematic language can and should transcend the spoken word a meticulous portrait of survival and human determination 
3
Arctic
Derek Smith
The film has a raw immediacy that can only be achieved when most cinematic excesses have been eliminated 
2.5
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
David Reddish
The movie also underlines Jones status as a living queer heroone whose artistic will and human compassion throbs in every movement he makes 
3
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
Sheila O'Malley
A celebration of the process of creation 
4
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
Roger Moore
An intimate film that breaks down sequences of the dance as they re slowly walked through and then assembled and a fascinating history lesson especially to generations that didn t grow up under the AIDS specter
3
Off Track
Roger Moore
When the goal is TV comfort food 44 you can forget the idea that anything will be spicey 44 or that dessert will offer anything more than empty calories 46 
2
Hotel de Love
Gene Siskel
A lame romantic comedy about twin Australian brothers in love with the same woman 
2
Hotel de Love
Roger Ebert
Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film without being completely satisfying It is too twee Too many lines are said for their cuteness too many exchanges sound like a comedy routine and the movie works too earnestly at being daffy 
2.5
Flicka
David Nusair
an entirely needless piece of work 
2
Flicka
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Perhaps the children will enjoy this but I was just choked by the corniness 
2
Flicka
Linda Cook
If you seek high quality family entertainment you have a friend in Flicka 
3.5
Flicka
Mike McGranaghan
This is a genuinely nice movie that wears its old fashioned values proudly and I had a good time watching it Flicka is for the teenage girl in all of us 
3
Flicka
Sean McBride
will surely appeal to young girls and even the occasional grown male film critic 
3
Flicka
Sara Michelle Fetters
Would I pay to see it No probably not but then I m not a 12 year old girl or the parent of a young child 
2.5
Flicka
Matt Brunson
There simply aren t enough scenes illustrating the burgeoning bond between Katy and Flicka 
2.5
Flicka
Thomas Delapa
Lohman tries her darnedest to put some spirit in this rustic Flicka flick but she s burned by the buckboard wooden dialogue and by McGraw who better keep the reins on his day job 
2
Flicka
Dustin Putman
Never met a cliché it didn t like 
2
Flicka
Angel Cohn
Director Mayer knows how to tug at the heartstrings and his admirably restrained cast keeps the family drama from becoming too sugary 
2.5
Flicka
Daphne Gordon
Alison Lohman the 27 year old actress who plays Katy makes the whole thing worth watching 
2.5
Flicka
Moira MacDonald
This Flicka may not be a classic but it s a nice afternoon s entertainment particularly for girls who ride wild horses in their dreams 
2.5
Flicka
Peter Hartlaub
The apparent lesson of the movie Keep disobeying your parents and you ll eventually get your way 
2
Flicka
Pam Grady
Young kids may well find the story charming and identify with the headstrong Katy while their parents are likely to find the situation quaint and a little dull 
2.5
Flicka
Carrie Rickey
Flicka is a bronc you shouldn t put money on 
1.5
Flicka
John Anderson
Often very beautiful looking but gracelessly directed 
2
Flicka
Stephen Whitty
A movie which seems designed to do nothing more than feature some pretty pictures of horses and possibly move a few units of a tie in soundtrack 
2
Flicka
Kit Bowen
Flicka is a classic tearjerker but may be a little too old fashioned for its own good 
2
Flicka
Lou Lumenick
Flicka is a new version of the family classic about a teenager and a wild horse that s as misconceived as it is corny and predictable 
1.5
Flicka
Elizabeth Weitzman
Horse mad tweens may not notice its flaws but with a defter touch even this familiar story might have made for a more exciting ride 
2.5
Flicka
Connie Ogle
The latest version of this beloved kid loves horse story has everything a film requires to attract an equine crazy audience of all ages 
3
Flicka
Evan Henerson
A coming of age tale that proves as gentle as its subject is wild 
3
Flicka
David Gilmour
As things progress the magic of the story asserts itself over the audience 
2.5
Flicka
John Monaghan
A guaranteed tearjerker 
3
Flicka
Jeff Vice
Somewhere between Friday Night Lights and the new family film Flicka Tim McGraw forgot how to act That s a big problem for a film that s already hobbling a bit 
2
Flicka
Wesley Morris
A lovably corny adaptation of Mary O Hara s grade school classic My Friend Flicka 
3
Flicka
Peter T. Chattaway
This would fit right in with the follow your heart school of thought that has been common to say Disney films of the past 20 years 
2
Flicka
Sean P. Means
The sentimentality meter redlines in the finale which mixes elements of Old Yeller and E T but much of the movie s tear jerking is earned honestly 
3
Flicka
James Sanford
J Michael Muro s gorgeous cinematography spreads the astonishing beauty of rural Wyoming across the Cinemascope screen McGraw gives an appealingly understated performance 
2.5
Flicka
Daniel M. Kimmel
Young Alison Lohman continues to be an actress to watch 
2.5
Flicka
Willie Waffle
Even I the most macho movie critic in all of the land had one manly tear running down my rough unshaven cheek after this movie It s the movie you want to see with someone who won t be embarrassed when you cry 
3
Flicka
Sue Pierman
Flicka proves a pleasant surprise for a family film 
2.5
Flicka
Chris Hewitt
It must have annoyed the people making Flicka when Dreamer came out last year They re similar films and Dreamer is better 
2
Flicka
Michael Wilmington
At its best the movie sounds like a standard Hollywood product in an automatic heartfelt mode 
2
Flicka
Josh Larsen
lessons are learned love is spoken and nobody needs to be put down including country music star Tim McGraw 
3
Flicka
Glenn Kenny
Part of the point is that untamability of spirit at least is to be celebrated Katie and the movie both argue that such a quality is inherently American And the movie argues pretty loud 
2.5
Flicka
Steve Rhodes
It s an old fashioned and reasonably satisfying family film that will work just as well if you wait for video 
2.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Kelly Jane Torrance
The YouTube era has seen many stars shine but no story not even Justin Bieber s is as extraordinary as that of Arnel Pineda 
3
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Rob Thomas
Once this new Journey has become a success Don t Stop Believin doesn t have a whole lot more to say on the subject 
2.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Mick LaSalle
It feels selectively edited toward a predetermined point of view 
2
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Eric Melin
The film is mostly surface value kicks relaying the basic parts of the story poor guy battling drug and alcohol addiction suddenly makes it big without being particularly probing or revealing too many shades of gray 
2.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Sara Stewart
Plods from one performance to the next with unnecessary asides for veteran Journey members to talk about their own lives trivia of interest to megafans and no one else 
1.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Ann Hornaday
As infectious as Pineda s enthusiasm is Don t Stop Believin too often relies on his inherent appeal as a film subject rarely probing more deeply than the narrative he and his bandmates provide 
2
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
John Beifuss
The movie to its credit is smirk free but director Diaz fails to craft the material into much more than an infomercial 
2.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Robert Levin
You d be hard pressed too many other documentaries that leave you feeling so damn great 
3.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Michael Phillips
The best material in the film is the loosest capturing the perpetually insecure and overcompensating Pineda in his early concerts leaping bouncing careening around as if every moment in every song were an audition for the next moment in the next song 
2.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Odie Henderson
Pineda is a great subject and it s obvious he s the biggest fan of the man who co wrote and sang most of his current repertoire 
3
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Matt Pais
Part doc mostly crock 
1.5
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Claudia Puig
Well chronicled and fascinating Don t Stop Believin is a cinematic journey well worth taking 
3
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Bret Milano
Though it s an admirable tale it isn t all that interesting 
2
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Chuck Bowen
Sadly those looking for any insight into Journey from Ramona Diaz s documentary are going to have to look elsewhere 
1
Trucks
Federico Furzan
Made for TV stuff that should be forgotten Full review in Spanish 
0
Medeas
Glenn Kenny
At the end I felt suspended between so beautiful and so what Sorry for lifting your phrase Paul Simon 
2
Medeas
Andy Crump
Medeas mulls over big ideas through an intimate prism and marks Pallaoro as a filmmaker to watch 
3
Medeas
Nick Prigge
Writer director Andrea Pallaoro s feature film debut Medeas isn t especially beholden to plot or dialogue impressionistically shaping its story through pervasive silence 
3
Soldier's Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
Well they need to just shut up and open their eyes Soldier s Girl is not only the best film ever made by and for Showtime it s also one of the best pictures of the year 
3.5
Jabberwocky
Matt Brunson
The result is decidedly hit and miss 
2.5
Jabberwocky
James Kendrick
not a particularly good film even though it is an often clever and exceedingly efficient in its absurdist experimentation mixing fantasy and comedy and romance 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Peter Travers
This one s out of the park 
3.5
Mr. 3000
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Bernie Mac has a talent for cussing It s a talent that can take you pretty far in the entertainment industry but it still can t carry a movie as Mr 3000 demonstrates 
1.5
Mr. 3000
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie may not rank in the Hall of Fame for baseball flicks but Stone and his star do honor to the heart of the game and provide enough comedy curve balls to stay above the fray of the encroaching clichs 
3
Mr. 3000
Michael Dequina
Mac gets a rare opportunity to showcase his true dramatic range as an actor 
3
Mr. 3000
Eric Henderson
It s a team sport but the story belongs to the individual which gives the otherwise comfortable corniness of Mr 3000 its meta celebrity subtext 
2
Mr. 3000
David Nusair
easy going 
3
Mr. 3000
Mike McGranaghan
This is a story about a guy who realizes that it s not what you accomplish in life that matters but the grace with which you accomplish it 
3
Mr. 3000
Frank Ochieng
Sure Mr 3000 may be a mere bunt in a traditional game that fancies majestic home runs but it is nevertheless the impact of the hit that counts at the moment 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Larry Ratliff
As a comedy Mr 3000 is something just a little better than a whiff The emotional change up near the end could just turn it into a pinch hit though 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Matt Brunson
Reminiscent of those soggy comedies Disney used to churn out during the 90s the ones that starred Jim Belushi Yet Mac manages to elevate it to the middle of the standings 
2.5
Mr. 3000
James Berardinelli
It s a solid base hit 
3
Mr. 3000
Linda Cook
Bernic Mac really scores with this one 
3.5
Mr. 3000
Vince Koehler
A good struggle for a fun baseball comeback film 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Sean P. Means
Mac smooth and funny as ever gives an all star effort for a losing cause 
2
Mr. 3000
Kevin Thomas
Good looking and smooth with a great soundtrack 
3.5
Mr. 3000
Dustin Putman
Akin to a baseball game turned into a feature film Mr 3000 isn t so much bad as it is terminally empty 
1.5
Mr. 3000
Christian Toto
Mac hits a stand up double with Mr 3000 his first major leading role
3
Mr. 3000
Claudia Puig
Bassett and Mac deserve better vehicles for their charm and talent 
2
Mr. 3000
Angel Cohn
The film may commit some fouls but never strikes out 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Jeff Shannon
It s no Bull Durham but it certainly gives Major League a run for its money 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Carla Meyer
Slumps under the weight of product endorsements and a misguided romantic subplot 
2
Mr. 3000
Jami Bernard
Mac gives surprising wisdom and heart along with the laughs to what could have been just another generic baseball comedy 
3.5
Mr. 3000
Brad Wheeler
If the role of Ross was not written for Mac it was certainly tailored for him Just as a champion athlete carries a team on his back Mac carries the film 
3
Mr. 3000
Kelley L. Carter
Mr 3000 is devoid of easy to do buffoonery allowing the characters to have some layers 
3
Mr. 3000
Jeff Vice
Predictable and lacking any sort of edge 
2
Mr. 3000
Michael Booth
A comedy with bite 
3
Mr. 3000
Wesley Morris
A halfway entertaining movie 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Roger Ebert
Bernie Mac gives a funny and kind of touching performance as a man who attains greatness once and then has to do it again 
3
Mr. 3000
Lou Lumenick
Bernie Mac knocks it out of the park as an arrogant former superstar in Mr 3000 a surprisingly edgy comedy that presents perhaps Hollywood s least flattering portrait ever of Major League Baseball 
2.5
Mr. 3000
James Verniere
I have seen America s newest movie star and his name is Bernie Mac 
3
Mr. 3000
Bob Strauss
There are only a handful of surprises in Mr 3000 Happily they re all good ones 
3
Mr. 3000
Tyler Hanley
A lack of laughs places this ESPN infused Bernie Mac vehicle in the already overstuffed bin of forgettable sports comedies 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Sarah Chauncey
Mr 3000 isn t so much a movie as it is a two hour commercial for products ranging from Gatorade to Viagra 
1.5
Mr. 3000
Jeffrey Westhoff
Mr 3000 is not the film that will get Mac over the top but it should guarantee him a few more at bats 
3
Mr. 3000
Josh Larsen
as deceptive as a pitch in tee ball 
1.5
Mr. 3000
Dan Lybarger
Well sports fans it looks like Hollywood has underestimated our collective intelligence again 
1.5
Mr. 3000
Peter Canavese
Bernie Mac s vehicle may be more like an Acura than a Porsche but it gets decent mileage out of its mildly funny character comedy 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Carrie Rickey
Mr 3000 is not a great movie but it s affectionate It reveals the cuddly side of Mac It reimagines midlife romance with the warmth of a Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn movie if without its wit 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Nick Carter
Mac makes the most of the set up 
2.5
Mr. 3000
M. K. Terrell
The subtlety of Mac s acting in this unusual coming of age comedy may surprise some fans 
3
Mr. 3000
Kit Bowen
As far as baseball movies go Mr 3000 may not be considered a classic but it ll still get you to sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game 
3
Mr. 3000
Chris Hewitt
Mr 3000 is the best baseball movie since Bull Durham it goes easy on the grandeur of the game blather that usually mucks up baseball movies and shows us some of that grandeur instead 
3
Mr. 3000
Jeff Strickler
A baseball film that has its heart in the right place but struggles to generate laughs 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Robert K. Elder
Clear and formulaic from the onset is Ross path to self discovery 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Austin O'Connor
Bernie Mac is effortlessly funny and constantly likable even when he s acting like a jerk and that s what saves Mr 3000 from the scrap heap of broken baseball movie dreams 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Nick Rogers
Any movie that goes to the well twice for a Jay Leno appearance suffers from comedic dehydration 
2
Mr. 3000
Willie Waffle
Thankfully Mac is a funny man and saves us from a dreadful night at the Cineplex 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Phil Villarreal
Stone can t get much movement on his slider 
2.5
Mr. 3000
Rob Blackwelder
Director Stone and his star honor to the heart of the game and provide enough comedy curve balls to stay above the fray of the encroaching clichs 
3
Crazy Like a Fox
Roger Moore
Writer director Richard Squires sets us up for a feisty farce with a touch of the florid with crazy Nat and the locals finding clever ways to foil the folks with the bulldozers But Squires doesn t deliver 
1.5
Crazy Like a Fox
Maitland McDonagh
Richard Squires uneven filmmaking debut sets the hounds of progress on the heels of an old fashioned Southern gentleman in the form of modern day carpetbaggers 
2.5
Crazy Like a Fox
Lou Lumenick
Winning performances by Roger Rees and Mary McDonnell as well as colorful Virginia locations lift Crazy Like a Fox slightly above the TV caliber script by its director regional theater director Richard Squires 
2
Crazy Like a Fox
Willie Waffle
Writer director Richard Squires has an interesting story but he waters that story down with attempts to make Crazy Like A Fox into a slapstick wacky comedy
2
Crazy Like a Fox
Ed Gonzalez
Squires doesn t leave a whole lot to the imagination uprooting the subtext Phil Morrison s Junebug kept richly underground 
2.5
Say Uncle
Frank Ochieng
Paige s radical approach to this unsettling material tip toes in the echoes of dark absurdity Say Uncle comes off as an irresponsible unthinkable and creepy concoction
1.5
Say Uncle
Ken Fox
Paige makes a strong debut as a writer director with this original black comedy 
3
Say Uncle
Lou Lumenick
Laughless pointless and downright creepy 
0
Say Uncle
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ask yourself If you saw an unknown single man repeatedly approach kids in the park would you be concerned If so you may not find Paul and his unbalanced Peter Pan complex quite as charming as Paige does 
1.5
Say Uncle
Glenn Whipp
Peter Paige s Say Uncle aims to be a dark comedy about the dangers of preconceived ideas but the movie plays as a broad cartoon that speaks to the peril of having no ideas as a filmmaker 
1.5
Say Uncle
Ed Gonzalez
Page makes the mistake of arguing a thorny case from the same juvenile perspective of his colossally self absorbed character 
1.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Jay Antani
an essential entry in Hollywood s cultural chronicle
3.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Sean P. Means
It s the sort of complex story Polanski himself would have excelled at telling if he weren t busy living it 
3.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Liam Lacey
Though Marina Zenovich s film deals with the notorious case of the film director who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13 year old the film s real subject is the California legal system turned upside down by celebrity and media pressure 
3
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
David Wiegand
With a subject like Roman Polanski you don t really need to do much to capture audience interest But maybe that s the reason Roman Polanski Wanted and Desired doesn t live up to its promise 
2
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Peter Howell
Roman Polanski Wanted and Desired a documentary by Marina Zenovich that is also a first rate work of reportage makes a forceful case that the whole truth of the matter was never heard in court and Polanski was more sinned against than sinning 
3.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I found myself occasionally enthralled mainly due to Polanski s haunted presence coming through even in the form of an absent ghost 
2.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Moira MacDonald
Roman Polanski The Pianist Rosemary s Baby Chinatown is unquestionably a great filmmaker but as Marina Zenovich s documentary Roman Polanski Wanted and Desired perhaps unintentionally demonstrates he s also a creep 
2
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Michael Phillips
This is a superb picture sharp open minded wised up and cinematically accomplished I wonder if any man could ve handled the Polanski enigma with the same ironic intelligence Marina Zenovich has 
4
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Nick Schager
Its indictment ultimately feels like a secondary issue to Polanski s apparently incontrovertible guilt which makes him in this instance still more victimizer than victim 
2
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Seeks to explore both sides of the endless debate and asks all parties to consider every angle before labeling him as a pedophile or misunderstood genius 
3
Until the End of the World
Roger Ebert
The movie itself unfortunately is not as compelling as the tempest that went into its making 
2
LBJ
David Nusair
A middle of the road yet somewhat entertaining drama 
2.5
LBJ
Rex Reed
Woody Harrelson in the title role has enough spice to keep the viewer alert and attentive 
3
LBJ
Anita Katz
Harrelson delivers an earnest portrait of a flawed but decent man He keeps the movie vital Unfortunately he can t erase the problems of jumpy and frustratingly safe storytelling 
2.5
LBJ
Sara Stewart
It s as workmanlike as Johnson was as a politician but as a primer on one of history s less flashy leaders it s a worthwhile watch mostly for fellow Texan Woody Harrelson s committed performance behind those prosthetic ears 
3
LBJ
Josh Terry
As a thoughtful examination of the strengths and merits of a lesser known public figure and a lesson in the committed portrayal of such a figure LBJ should merit consideration from both sides of the aisle 
3
LBJ
Robert Levin
the movie s too conventional and too scattered to add anything of substance or interest to the Johnson story 
2.5
LBJ
Godfrey Cheshire
Captures a tumultuous political era and one of its most profanely colorful leaders with a good deal of insight and emotional torque 
3
LBJ
John Wirt
Rob Reiner directs a high achieving cast led by Woody Harrelson who grabs his role as Lyndon Baines Johnson by the ears 
3
LBJ
Brad Wheeler
Harrelson gives it all he has as the gruff emotionally needy and politically savvy successor to the matinee idol commander in chief John F Kennedy 
2.5
LBJ
Richard Roeper
It s a well calibrated performance with Harrelson convincingly conveying how Lyndon Johnson felt the weight of the world on his shoulders and took on that challenge in mostly admirable ways 
3
LBJ
Mark Dujsik
LBJ certainly isn t an examination of Johnson s effect on the political landscape of the United States and it offers little if any insight into the man himself 
1.5
LBJ
Oleg Ivanov
Rob Reiner s film fails to do justice to both the man and the fraught times he so fundamentally influenced 
2
LBJ
Sean P. Means
The movie s ponderous re enactment of history has the unfortunate effect of putting good actors in thankless roles often under odd looking prosthetics 
2
LBJ
Susan Wloszczyna
Feels like an installment of a 1980s miniseries that s been preserved in amber rather than a complete and fulfilling production 
2.5
LBJ
Michael Phillips
What you get is a straightfoward frustratingly mild portrait of a big man who in Hamilton speak wanted to be in the room where it happened but who really just wanted to be loved and respected 
2
LBJ
Mick LaSalle
LBJ is a good story told badly but a good story all the same 
2
LBJ
Ty Burr
It ultimately whittles a fascinating and flawed public figure down into a simplified hero of history 
2
LBJ
Bob Bloom
As a depiction of an individual who put nation ahead of politics and self LBJ is like the man himself flawed but larger than life 
2.5
LBJ
Roger Moore
A fascinating portrait even if the movie like the star cast in the title role is a tad too short to do the subject justice 
2.5
I Do & I Don't
David Nusair
A complete misfire from start to finish 
1
Out for a Kill
David Nusair
Seagal s expanding size requires him to use a stunt man during such moments and the switch from Seagal to stunt guy couldn t possibly be more obvious 
.5
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Danny Bowes
As a film made expressly to launch its male lead to stardom it can t be regarded as a full success if it fails to do so 
2.5
Labor Pains
Michael Dequina
What can you say about a movie where the lead gets pregnant because the contraceptive sponge she thought she used was in reality a marshmallow 
1
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Mattie Lucas
Taut and ferocious a lean solid unsentimental narrative that dives right into the nitty gritty details of its subject 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Duane Dudek
The 150 minute long Oscar nominated foreign language film based on a 1987 book has a rat a tat pace and a lurid film noir quality that captures the chaos and hysteria of the era that bred and sustained them 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Keith Cohen
The acting is top drawer and everyone behind the camera is technically proficient with a workmanlike approach The monumental task of editing by Alexander Berner deserves special mention 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Robert W. Butler
An epic look at a recent blood soaked episode of post war Germany 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Wesley Morris
It d be nice to see an American filmmaker commit a similar reckoning with the Watts riots the Weather Underground or the Black Power movement not simply resort to cant and kitsch but to really interpret those moments 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Michael Sragow
An exciting infuriating combative experience 
3.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Jeff Vice
It does take awhile for the plot to really kick into gear Yet the discussion of terrorist morality is interesting and there are some very tense sequences 
2.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Calvin Wilson
A thoroughly engrossing tale of conflicting agendas and thwarted ambition In its verve and verisimilitude the film recalls such classics of political cinema as Z and The Battle of Algiers 
3.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Sonny Bunch
The Baader Meinhof Complex is a taut and involving thriller that is at its strongest when it focuses on the ideological evolution of Ulrike Meinhof Martina Gedeck 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
John Hartl
Impressive in its scale and momentum it s the kind of action packed political melodrama that generates more heat than light 
2.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Peter Keough
Edel perhaps wisely doesn t leave you much time to reflect as his jagged narrative rockets along like a Godard film without a subtext propelled by violent deeds and misguided murky irrational motives 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Roger Ebert
The Baader Meinhof Complex is diluted by too many events and characters distributed over too much time 
2.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Mick LaSalle
A rare epic that deserves every minute of its epic length 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Kyle Smith
The Baader Meinhof Complex isn t very This saga of Communist terrorists sowing mayhem in 1970s Germany treats a bloody band as a unit of stouthearted warriors sallying forth to fight for their principles against impossible odds 
1.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Stephen Whitty
This dramatic film documents a decade of near anarchy in Germany beginning with a brutal 1967 police riot 
3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Joseph Jon Lanthier
One the rare examples of historical fiction that manages to defuse a violent series of real life events to the point of disinterest 
2.5
Harvard Man
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie work is that the premise which sounds like a comedy is treated with the seriousness of life and death 
3
Harvard Man
Loren King
Toback offers a complex borderline campy and oddly entertaining study of modern moral dilemmas 
3
Harvard Man
Gene Seymour
By turns pretentious fascinating ludicrous provocative and vainglorious 
2.5
Harvard Man
Megan Turner
A reality snubbing hodgepodge 
1
Harvard Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money isn t a new plot in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White But Toback s deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again 
3.5
Harvard Man
Mick LaSalle
Has everything you could ever want from a Toback movie lurid sex shocking excess and an out of nowhere thoughtfulness that s not put on 
3
Edison
David Nusair
One ultimately can t help but scratch one s head at the presence of such well known figures as Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey within Edison Force 
1.5
Hip Hop-eration
Barry Hertz
It s cute and some of the subjects offer poignant lessons on the power of artistic vitality but there s little in the way of true depth here 
2
Numb
Barry Hertz
There are chills here and there but not enough to justify putting on your coat and braving the elements on the way to the theatre 
2
Numb
Linda Barnard
Director Jason R Goode creates a taut mood and gives us plenty of lovely but deadly landscape to ponder But Numb is likely to leave sensible filmgoers cold 
2
Numb
David Berry
The quartet makes unbelievably dumb decision after unbelievably dumb decision and get a few assists from some very conveniently tension filled happenstance before everything really goes to frozen over hell 
2
The Devil's Tomb
David Nusair
An unusually interminable experience virtually from start to finish 
.5
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Michael Smith
A Poem is a Naked Person is a trippy time capsule celebration of Russell and his music and of Oklahoma and its people 
3.5
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Michael O'Sullivan
I like Russell s music but I learned absolutely nothing about him 
2.5
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Mick LaSalle
In essence the real audience for this are Leon Russell aficionados of which there are fewer today than in 1974 
2
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Farran Smith Nehme
This is as accessible and as lovable as avant garde filmmaking ever gets 
3.5
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Clayton Dillard
Even Les Blank s most conventional work remains an elusive vision punctuated by cultural insights that elude many filmmakers for their entire careers 
3.5
Drone
Chris Knight
Drone suffers from limited range and a greatly reduced payload 
1
Drone
Brad Wheeler
A simmering on target drama involving a visiting Pakistani businessman whose motive and briefcase are both suspicious 
3
Drone
Bruce DeMara
A suspenseful and satisfying thriller that forces the audience out of its complacency to confront some painful truths about the toll of conflict 
3.5
Southern Comfort
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Davis energy is focused on humanizing her subjects 
3.5
Meeting Evil
Eric Melin
It features tons of poor decisions from the overwrought and intrusive musical score to bad joke one liners from the main characters down to the supporting ones The worst decision either actor made was actually appearing in this awful film 
0
Meeting Evil
David Nusair
just another hopelessly incompetent direct to video thriller 
1
Meeting Evil
Nick Schager
Chris Fisher so over directs his material that the action takes on the sheen of a parody or at least of a film that doesn t realize its clichs are being exaggerated to the point of absurdity 
1
American Murder: The Family Next Door
James Kendrick
as much a portrait of how incredibly well documented our lives are in the digital age as it is a true crime story about familial murder and failed cover up
3
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Brian Tallerico
I m not sure this film always justifies its invasion of privacy 
2.5
Very Annie Mary
Pam Grady
If the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you then the film is a pleasant enough dish 
2.5
Very Annie Mary
Jeffrey M. Anderson
By the end I was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious 
1
Very Annie Mary
Edward Guthmann
A bit too eager to please 
2
Very Annie Mary
Rob Blackwelder
Beware the quirky Brit com They can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental 
2
Very Annie Mary
Jan Stuart
It is not the first time that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them 
1.5
Very Annie Mary
Lou Lumenick
Odd and weird 
1.5
Very Annie Mary
Bob Strauss
Impossible as it may sound this film s heart is even more embracing than Monty if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition 
4
Very Annie Mary
Stephen Holden
Yet another entry in the sentimental oh those wacky Brits genre that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit 
2.5
Americons
Kam Williams
A modern morality play serving as a telling reminder of exactly how easily an American Dream can dissolve into a neverending dystopian nightmare 
3
Americons
Mike McGranaghan
Americons is like The Wolf of Wall Street without the skill depth nuance humor or poignancy 
1
Americons
Roger Moore
Overly familiar morality tale conventionally filmed
2
Equilibrium
Michael Dequina
Who knew that a reunion of Metroland stars Bale and Watson could yield something so downright nutty 
2
Equilibrium
Greg Maki
Equilibrium is one of the better action sci fi movies of the year 
3
Equilibrium
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is hard to say whether Equilibrium is a sensational total waste of time and talent or gloriously and derivatively over the top kitsch fest 
2
Equilibrium
Ian Mantgani
You could rant at me for hours all the reasons it sucks and I d probably agree with most of them but the point is I had fun 
3
Equilibrium
Steve Rhodes
Bale makes it all frighteningly real And lots of fun 
3
Equilibrium
Mick LaSalle
It s super violent super serious and super stupid 
1
Equilibrium
David Elliott
The notion of deleting emotion from people even in an advanced Prozac Nation is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus 
2
Equilibrium
Joe Baltake
A dull somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise 
2
Equilibrium
Jan Stuart
Dour and charmless 
1.5
Equilibrium
Bob Strauss
Naggingly inconsistent and oppressively dumb 
1.5
Equilibrium
Robert W. Butler
You can practically hear George Orwell turning over 
2
Equilibrium
Roger Ebert
It doesn t do a lot of deep thinking but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f x it does make a statement Freedom of opinion is a threat to totalitarian systems 
3
Equilibrium
Ty Burr
It s a long way from Orwell s dark intelligent warning cry 1984 to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium and what once was conviction is now affectation 
1.5
Equilibrium
Jeffrey Westhoff
Predictable and dispiriting 
2
Equilibrium
Jonathan Foreman
Illiterate often inert sci fi action thriller 
2
Equilibrium
Walter Chaw
It s the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge 
0
Equilibrium
Claudia Puig
A moderately entertaining cautionary tale 
2.5
Equilibrium
Chris Hewitt
The self serious Equilibrium makes its point too well a movie like life isn t much fun without the highs and lows 
2
Equilibrium
Terry Lawson
If there was a solitary new idea or actual emotion in Equilibrium the Prozium must have rendered me oblivious 
2
Equilibrium
Lawrence Toppman
Someone should have arrested Wimmer for being a common sense offender when he first typed the script 
1.5
Equilibrium
Mary F. Pols
There is something charming in the way it bravely invites derision like the boy in the high school play who can t remember his lines and decides to milk an awkward situation for laughs instead 
1
Equilibrium
Tor Thorsen
Wimmer s narrative sloppiness makes one think he s popped a few too many pills since Equilibrium often feels like a sense offense itself 
1.5
Equilibrium
Josh Larsen
Matrix style massacres erupt throughout but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka inspired philosophy 
2.5
Equilibrium
Michael Wilmington
The characters act like robots and the story unfolds like a computer program 
2
Equilibrium
Phil Villarreal
Either Preston is really good at martial arts or everyone else is really bad Probably a little of both 
2
Equilibrium
Rob Blackwelder
a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it s worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone 
0.5
Equilibrium
Ed Gonzalez
Equlibrium could pass for a thirteen year old s book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451 
1.5
Equilibrium
Harvey S. Karten
Superb production values Christian Bale s charisma make up for a derivative plot 
3
Cybermutt
David Nusair
It s certainly not a painful experience ie along the lines of an Agent Cody Banks or its dreadful sequel and that s about all one can ask out of such a film 
2
Oconomowoc
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Andy Gillies s film is extremely self conscious but in a fashion that generally serves the material 
2.5
Moby Dick
Mattie Lucas
Huston s take on the Great American Novel is surprisingly light on its feat a thrilling portrait of single minded obsession that still resonates today 
3
First Reformed
Brian Eggert
Schrader offers a text through which the viewer can explore their own beliefs about politics and religion how they have abandoned the environment and ask their own questions about the world today 
4
First Reformed
Jason Fraley
The film challenges present day evangelicals to become environmentalists two sides of the political spectrum that often clash but should really be on the same team 
3.5
First Reformed
Mattie Lucas
A raw ragged angry work born out a deep sense of exasperation and hopelessness in the face of rampant indifference to a world in pain 
3.5
First Reformed
Joey Magidson
The film features an incredible turn by Ethan Hawke but can t get out of its own way Ponderous pretentious and intentionally unsatisfying it s a frustrating experience 
2.5
First Reformed
Federico Furzan
A fantastic depiction of faith under attack by instinct Dark and dense First Reformed is a perfect display for Ethan Hawke Full review in Spanish 
3.5
First Reformed
Matt Brunson
A haunting and meditative work 
3.5
First Reformed
John Beifuss
The movie is filled with conversations that provide something of the satisfaction of sinking into a smart provocative essay 
3.5
First Reformed
Kevin A. Ranson
making viewers feel as numb inside as the main character feels like its missing a necessary point of view leaving all else as an exercise in futility plus a somewhat cool one sheet poster 
1
First Reformed
Joe Friar
Just as redemption plays a role in most of Schrader s work First Reformed offers self redemption for a master craftsman who delivers on the best films of 2018 
4
First Reformed
Jeff Beck
First Reformed ends up feeling like a film that needed another draft or two to help iron out the wrinkles in its main character s arc 
2.5
First Reformed
Robert Daniels
A work that most 30 year old s would welcome and one that a 71 year old might have thought would never come around again 
3.5
First Reformed
Pamela Powell
This is Hawke s best performance to date and a film that is at the top of my list of the year 
4
First Reformed
Dustin Putman
Gripping in its unsentimental clarity of vision startling in its portentous ruminations on belief sacrifice and nature First Reformed is unsparing even as it spares a cinematic jolt of agony and transcendence 
3.5
First Reformed
Christian Toto
The Church of Al Gore gets a surprising close up in First Reformed 
2.5
First Reformed
David Nusair
a stellar entry within Schrader s admittedly rocky body of work 
3.5
First Reformed
Rob Thomas
First Reformed captures the despair that good and decent people can feel looking at a world that seems to have turned its back on goodness and decency 
3.5
First Reformed
Lisa Jensen
The movie loses focus when it most needs it 
2.5
First Reformed
Sara Michelle Fetters
An unforgettable powerhouse 
3
First Reformed
Sonny Bunch
Every moment of First Reformed feels perfectly framed and precisely lit 
3
First Reformed
John Semley
Ultimately its sheer archness reveals Paul Schrader as a gifted and deeply persuasive evangelist of the transcendental style if not quite a canon saint 
3.5
First Reformed
Peter Howell
First Reformed deserves all praise 
3.5
First Reformed
Gary Thompson
The scenes with Hawke Cedric and Gaston are improbably tense in part because each character is given a rich and forceful voice in a way that has becoming increasingly rare in modern movies 
3.5
First Reformed
Rafer Guzman
A Taxi Driver for the present day with Hawke in a career best performance 
3.5
First Reformed
Calvin Wilson
Provocative and mesmerizing First Reformed is a film that demands to be seen 
3.5
First Reformed
Peter Canavese
It s Schrader s on point filmmaking a nouveau spin on the spiritual films character studies and transcendental style of cinematic Old Masters like Bergman and Bresson that functions as what Toller calls another form of prayer 
3.5
First Reformed
Tom Russo
Is ambition is encouraging and its dark musings are certainly provocative 
2.5
First Reformed
Mark Dujsik
It s a harrowing study of this man s life portrayed in claustrophobic compositions and Hawke s precisely tuned performance 
3.5
First Reformed
Tom Meek
First Reformed is something of a resurrection for the 71 year old filmmaker and an apt one 
3
First Reformed
Richard Roeper
Schrader pulls no spiritual punches 
3.5
First Reformed
J. R. Jones
First Reformed begins to get really interesting when Schrader turns the tables on his hero and us and possibly himself 
3
First Reformed
Ann Hornaday
First Reformed a mesmerizingly austere drama of one man s apocalyptic crisis of faith feels like the movie Paul Schrader was put on this planet to make 
4
First Reformed
Michael Phillips
An act of spiritual inquiry a coolly assured example of cinematic scholarship in subtly deployed motion and one of the strongest pictures of 2018 
3.5
First Reformed
Mick LaSalle
A direct expression from the soul onto celluloid unvarnished and uncompromised and Schrader s best film in years 
4
First Reformed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s fearless yet utterly controlled terribly moving and beautifully terrifying 
4
First Reformed
Robert Levin
Hawke offers one of his best performances a masterful blending of outward stoicism and strong and challenging emotions 
3
First Reformed
Godfrey Cheshire
A stunning enrapturing film a crowning work by one of the American cinema s most essential artists 
4
First Reformed
Josh Larsen
ascetic poetic and prophetic 
4
First Reformed
Peter Travers
Paul Schrader offers one of the year s best movies a faith in crisis powerhouse about a pastor Ethan Hawke hitting a new career peak who is politically awakened by an eco activist and a new kind of love 
3.5
First Reformed
Roger Moore
Could this be Ethan Hawke s Oscar 
4
First Reformed
J.R. Kinnard
Not an easy watch but required viewing for ambitious cinephiles 
4
First Reformed
Lindsey Bahr
First Reformed is the kind of film that will stay with you long after the credits 
3.5
First Reformed
Greg Cwik
After more than 20 features Paul Schrader has been reborn with First Reformed an unhurried furious deeply agonized look at faith and skepticism that s as reverent as it is blasphemous 
4
First Reformed
Kenneth R. Morefield
I have been waiting most of my adult life for Paul Schrader to direct a great film 
4
First Reformed
Walter Chaw
Paul Schrader has made his masterpiece 
4
First Reformed
Kent Turner
A stealthily engrossing work that should appeal to viewers who haven t seen say Affliction 
3.5
The Policeman's Lineage
Roger Moore
A tense 44 sometimes exciting police procedural dirty cop hunt that works 44 that maintains some of its mystery and delivers righteous violence in just the right doses 46 
2.5
How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change)
Sean P. Means
An energetic and positive story about actions real people can take to engage in this important issue 
3.5
The Man in the White Suit
Matt Brunson
Shows what the extraordinary Alec Guinness can bring to a role 
3
The Man in the White Suit
Joseph Jon Lanthier
That Stratton proves so unable to resist his hubris surely provides the film with a cautionary subtext but this is beautifully complicated by an ending that denies the possibility of rehabilitation 
4
Beauty (Skoonheid)
David Nusair
A striking yet erratic piece of work 
2.5
Thar
Roger Moore
A plodding desert borderland tale of drugs 44 murder and revenge 44 decorated with gunplay 44 gruesome torture and sex 46 
1.5
Checkpoint
Marty Mapes
Tells an interesting story without imposing an authoritative voice on the film
3
Checkpoint
Michael Wilmington
Of all Israeli films on this subject this is the most unbiased and honest and also one of the most valuable 
3
Checkpoint
Collin Souter
Checkpoint adds a a whole other dimension to the debate over civil liberties by letting its unflinching footage speak for itself 
3.5
Checkpoint
Joshua Tanzer
Director Yoav Shamir has done too little to find significance in what we see But we still get some sense of the checkpoints as flashpoints where security begets hostility 
1.5
Joy Ride
Matt Zoller Seitz
A mostly likable effort but it doesn t quite feel like a self contained movie with a shape and a discernible point it s more of a collection of material arranged in a way that more or less makes sense 
2.5
Joy Ride
Roger Moore
Kind of the anti Chapelle stand up documentary there s a warmth and generosity of spirit in their work here 
3
Meeting Gorbachev
Brian Eggert
Meeting Gorbachev is about looking into the past from one man s perspective and seeing how a missed opportunity can unravel the entire planet 
3.5
Meeting Gorbachev
Brandy McDonnell
Although Herzog s interviews occasionally yield some interesting tidbits it feels like the juiciest morsels that could have been plucked from these meetings are left on the vine 
2.5
Meeting Gorbachev
Mark Feeney
Part of Herzog s wonderment at Gorbachev one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century he says surely has to do with such a rational placid appearing man not just surmounting insuperable limits but doing so with world historical impact 
3
Meeting Gorbachev
Brad Wheeler
Defining a politician s titan legacy in a singularly unexpected way Meeting Gorbachev meets its expectations 
3.5
Meeting Gorbachev
Bob Bloom
Herzog considers Gorbachev one of the greatest and most important politicians of the last half of the 20th century And the movie as well as Gorbachev s words support his premise 
3.5
Meeting Gorbachev
Mark Dujsik
N either man seems to be on the other s wavelength 
2
Meeting Gorbachev
Robert Levin
The story of his life is told in the long silences the heavy pauses the weary sighs and subtle gestures that Herzog provokes and the movie stands as a necessary and important work because of it 
3
Meeting Gorbachev
Brian Tallerico
What makes Meeting Gorbachev most interesting is the way we see Herzog shape the narrative through his questions narration and filmmaking skills 
3
Meeting Gorbachev
Chris Barsanti
Werner Herzog s documentary is a rare example of the arch ironist s capacity to be awed not by nature but by man 
3
Indian Horse
Roger Moore
Don t look at the picture of the hockey player on the Netflix menu and figure this is just a feel good against all odds story on skates 
2.5
Indian Horse
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet catastrophically misguided endeavor 
1
Indian Horse
Peter Howell
Indian Horse endures and commands attention 
3
Indian Horse
Mark Medley
for the most part the cast fails to support the weighty material Still the essence and importance of Richard Wagamese s book both the brutality and the beauty shines through more vital than ever 
2.5
The Silence Before Bach
Ty Burr
The Silence Before Bach is a movie in which to take refuge and it abjures the summer heat of pop culture for a cool and lasting immersion in the miracles that people are and can create 
4
The Silence Before Bach
Ted Fry
The engaging enigma of The Silence Before Bach demonstrates an artistic wisdom that is as satisfying as it is challenging 
3
The Silence Before Bach
Steve Rhodes
Think of it strictly as a wonderful music video Hey Pink Floyd has a movie so why not Bach 
2.5
The Silence Before Bach
Jan Stuart
The demolition of the music bio pic as witnessed by Todd Haynes I m Not There and the parody Walk Hard continues robustly with this time tripping melange from Spanish director Pere Portabella 
3
The Silence Before Bach
V.A. Musetto
Provide s gorgeous lensing and art direction and some of the world s most beautiful music 
3
The Silence Before Bach
David Phelps
Twaddle pitched somewhere between a music appreciation class and a modernist experiment attesting to art s ability to ennoble the quotidian 
2
House of Usher
Maxine Dowling
The color adds to the mood of this eerie tale s settings the forbidding house the dank crypt the fog and decay 
3.5
House of Usher
Matt Brunson
This film set the template for the Poe Corman Price series with its literate script Corman s effective direction Price s immersive emoting and brilliant employment of light and color 
3
House of Usher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When Corman pitched the project to his superiors at American International Pictures they asked where s the monster Corman quickly replied the house is the monster 
3.5
House of Usher
Jeremy Heilman
A thoroughly engaging entry in the literary horror landscape 
3
Abismos de Pasión
Ed Gonzalez
The film s dreary exteriors the trees without leaves the buzzards on constant alert evoke a landscape of spiritual unrest 
3
Bullet Train
Matt Brunson
Those who assumed that Speed was a knockoff of a certain Bruce Willis hit 8220 Die Hard on a bus 8221 was how wags described the Keanu Reeves flick before it opened might be surprised to learn that the earlier film it most resembles is this Japanese effort 46 
3
Brimstone & Glory
Glenn Kenny
A movie that repays being seen on a big reflective screen one on which the image is projected rather than one from which the image emanates 
3
Brimstone & Glory
Christopher Gray
Through its energy and inherent beauty Brimstone Glory hits concurrent notes of peril and bliss but even at a scant 67 minutes it can seem a bit aimless and scattershot 
2.5
Brimstone & Glory
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Captures the thrill the joy the wonder of looking up into the night sky and seeing something uniting something bigger than all of us 
3.5
Brimstone & Glory
Kristen Page-Kirby
Brimstone Glory s greatest grace comes from its subjects whom Jakovleski neither patronizes nor fetishizes 
3
Brimstone & Glory
Mick LaSalle
The problem with the movie is that you have to really really be interested in the people of this town to see this as a serious culture 
2
The Dead Girl
Phil Villarreal
The masterful film which was also released on DVD this week sends shivers up your spine and devastates you five times over then has you longing to wipe the sweat off your brow and start watching all over again 
4
The Dead Girl
Steven Snyder
With The Dead Girl this technique of breaking the narrative apart and then piecing it back together has led to a sort of narrative vacuum at its center an empty hole where a thing called exposition would typically reside 
2.5
The Dead Girl
Moira MacDonald
Those who pass on The Dead Girl are missing something Moncrieff has assembled a remarkable and mostly female cast and there are moments in this film that are as powerful as anything currently in theaters 
3
The Dead Girl
Carla Meyer
Growing less lurid and more poignant as it builds its story through a series of linked vignettes this film by Karen Moncrieff provides a showcase for its predominantly female cast 
3
The Dead Girl
Amy Biancolli
All Screams aside movies about serial killing are rarely chipper affairs But few are as glum as The Dead Girl 
2.5
The Dead Girl
Mick LaSalle
It must be said that The Dead Girl is a film of considerable integrity But before that something else must be said That s about as unappetizing an opening to a film as can be imagined 
2
The Dead Girl
Mary F. Pols
From Collette to Byrne these women start out strong and get continually better reaching a crescendo with Murphy 
4
The Dead Girl
Teresa Budasi
The use of multiple plots can be a dangerous exercise if not skillfully executed making viewers feel cheated and wanting more but Moncrieff works it out ably shifting from one story to the next and keeping us satisfied with the open ended outcomes 
3.5
The Dead Girl
Josh Larsen
sometimes feels like Seven filtered through Sundance but at least it gives weight to the sort of tragic story Hollywood usually treats like a thrill ride 
3
The Dead Girl
Michael Phillips
A stern account of how the brutal murder of a young woman affects an array of far flung characters 
2.5
The Dead Girl
Matt Pais
Or Life Sucks and Then You Die The Movie 
2.5
The Dead Girl
Peter Canavese
There s an underlying unifying power and credibility to Moncrieff s cumulative assertion that degradation is expected of too many women and too often expected by themselves 
2.5
The Dead Girl
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Seeing multiple responses to a sexually motivated murder allows us to reconsider our understanding of sex crimes 
3
The Dead Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moncrieff unfurls her tales with the poetic intensity of short stories 
3
The Dead Girl
Kam Williams
Brilliantly written and even better directed by Karen Moncreiff The Dead Girl represents a rather remarkable innovation in the female empowerment genre 
4
The Dead Girl
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the movie cements Karen Moncrieff s status as one of the most promising new filmmakers to come around in ages 
3.5
The Dead Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
For those hungry to see a talented young independent filmmaker continue to stretch and to push her talents in new intriguing dimensions than this is a film impossible to either ignore or to dismiss 
3
The Dead Girl
Jack Mathews
Works like a package of crisp individual psychological profiles of the women whose already troubled lives are disrupted by the murder 
2.5
The Dead Girl
Glenn Whipp
Disquieting examination of female suffering that asks you to look at people and see a common humanity Nicely crafted expertly acted often unforgettable 
3.5
The Dead Girl
Kyle Smith
Occasionally the movie manages to achieve a real sadness but some story lines are forced 
1.5
The Dead Girl
Stephen Whitty
Messy and melodramatic then quiet and contained The Dead Girl is definitely unpredictable But then so is life And director Karen Moncrieff gives us five fat slices of it here all full of painful color and inconvenient drama 
3
The Dead Girl
Jim Hemphill
The outstanding performances and writing would make a great film even if all Karen Moncrieff did was turn on her camera and aim it at the actors but she adds yet another layer of meaning to the piece via her thoughtfully considered visual style 
3.5
The Dead Girl
Ken Fox
The power of each individual performance is obvious but it s easy to underestimate director Karen Moncrieff s subtle skill as a writer and observer of human nature 
4
The Dead Girl
Ed Gonzalez
Karen Moncrieff s melodrama is less noxious than Paul Haggis s race fantasy by virtue of having nothing to say about anything that will be of any importance to anyone 
1.5
Breakfast With Curtis
Simon Abrams
It s a lived in unsentimental comedy about a community of smug but sympathetic intellectuals that by film s end becomes a little better integrated 
4
Hysterical
Sarah Knight Adamson
Brave women speak out and it s refreshing to hear their honesty yet shocking as this is 2021 
3.5
Hysterical
Carla Meyer
Griffin and Cho are highly composed and insightful here Who would have thought these outrageous comics would someday be so sage 
3
Wise Blood
James Kendrick
strange sub Coen Brothers caricature that especially when underscored with Alex North s deliberately hammy hillbilly music never amounts to much more than a condescending tragicomic satire of spiritual emptiness
2
Wise Blood
Bill Weber
Huston s Wise Blood is a sharp busy canvas that like a man with a good car doesn t need to be justified 
3
Blackmail Boy (Oxygono)
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are moments of amusing melodrama but for the most part the action is too preposterous to take seriously and too serious to be very much fun 
1.5
Blackmail Boy (Oxygono)
V.A. Musetto
Toward the end there s a delightful dream sequence which shows that director writers Michalis Reppas and Thanassis Papathanasiou aren t complete hacks Perhaps they ll do better the next time out 
1
Blackmail Boy (Oxygono)
Maitland McDonagh
The tone is so poorly established that it takes a while to realize its cavalcade of outrageous misfortunes is meant to be farcical not melodramatic 
1.5
Blackmail Boy (Oxygono)
Ed Gonzalez
The only trick the filmmakers pull off is wasting a perfectly cute Tsimitselis on a pair of underwear two sizes too big 
1.5
Home of the Brave
Kate Cameron
In its probing of that sore spot in the social set up of our republic the screen play is frank and to the point mincing hardly any words and using few circumlocutions in reaching its decent conclusions 
3.5
Child 44
Brian Eggert
With its pointedly non Slavic cast 44 Child 44 features an impressive roster of actors delivering muddled Russian accents 44 leaving us to wonder what Espinosa has against today apos s native Russian talents 63 
1.5
Child 44
Anna Tatarska
the film can often come across as disorienting and uneven 
2.5
Child 44
Alissa Wilkinson
In the end the film lacks an imagination and that unfortunately winds up dragging it through the mud 
2
Child 44
James Berardinelli
The movie hints at a riveting story but is incapable of delivering it 
2
Child 44
Nick Allen
Equally bloated and scatterbrained 
1.5
Child 44
Mark Dujsik
Child 44 doesn t just lose the plot It loses the point 
1.5
Child 44
Stephen Rebello
The movie goes wildly off the rails chasing so many characters subplots and complications that you may find yourself zoning out 
2
Child 44
Steven Rea
An unrelentingly grim plodding and close to incoherent adaptation of Tom Rob Smith s best selling mystery 
1.5
Child 44
Rafer Guzman
The usual serial killer thriller in Soviet drag 
2
Child 44
Jocelyn Noveck
Ultimately what we have is a bloated grim underwhelming affair which is unfortunate because the movie starts out with a lot going for it 
1.5
Child 44
Claudia Puig
Child 44 could have been far more compelling had it dug deeper into its political thriller layers and not drifted into yet another story of a diabolical killer on the loose 
2.5
Child 44
Stephen Whitty
Just say nyet 
1.5
Child 44
Kyle Smith
Despite gritty atmosphere and a sometimes smart script by the estimable Richard Price whose credits include The Wire Child 44 can t sort out the basics 
2
Child 44
Ed Gonzalez
The film is at once devoted to corroborating and casting an exaggerated light on Soviet paranoia and the state s rhetoric of unmasking its enemies 
1
Rebecca
Brian Eggert
Not only fails to live up to Hitchcocks classic but it eschews much of the Gothic mood and atmosphere that distinguished the original book and film 
2
Rebecca
Mark Meszoros
This Rebecca is a worthwhile blend of old and new and it should be enough to tempt you to go to Manderley again 
3
Rebecca
Leo Brady
It s not reaching the level of excellence that Hitchcock made but this version of Rebecca is a bright new interpretation ripe for a new audience to discover today 
3
Rebecca
Joe Friar
Wheatley s film works best when you don t compare it with Hitchcock s While it seems diluted by the classic film s standards this new adaptation stands its own ground 
2.5
Rebecca
Jake Coyle
A work of fierce interiority has been turned into a hollow exercise in exteriority 
1.5
Rebecca
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The clash between the heroine and the memory of Rebecca was rich with romantic triumph and despair in the novel but Wheatley settles for the weakest form of romance niceness 
2
Rebecca
Ty Burr
Everyone behaves themselves in this Rebecca whereas the point of the book and the first movie is that our worst behavior is always floating just below the waterline ready to bob to the surface at the wrong moment 
2
Rebecca
Diana Cheng
judging on its own this new Rebecca is choppy in its editing neurotic in mood and its altered ending leaves viewers with an unresolved moral issue 
2.5
Rebecca
Jeff Mitchell
This gorgeous Rebecca reincarnation would work better as a series 
2
Rebecca
Lisa Trifone
A film quite gorgeous to look at even if it never sparks the sort of intense dread Hitchcock could summon so effortlessly
3
Rebecca
Jason Fraley
Comparison is the enemy of joy both in life and in cinema Just as Mr de Winter can t forget the memory of his original wife we can t forget the memory of the original Hitchcock masterpiece 
2
Rebecca
Johnny Oleksinski
Hammer and James don t sell any specific tone 
2
Rebecca
Sara Michelle Fetters
Rebecca left me wanting more this emotionally flaccid retelling of one of literature s greatest gothic romances a frustrating waste of time 
2
Rebecca
Randy Myers
Wheatley s version isn t the disaster some prayed it would be but it is a limp redo with gorgeous production values and gorgeous people 
2
Rebecca
Joey Magidson
Anyone who loves the Hitchcock original is likely to end up disappointed
2.5
Rebecca
Roger Moore
It s not a classic and not Hitchcock but hell thanks to James Hammer Thomas and Dowd it ll do 
2.5
Rebecca
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We are pawns in Wheatley s soulless game and it s neither all that pleasant nor compelling Tonight I ll dream of something different 
1.5
Rebecca
Ann Hornaday
Simply a plotty garden variety melodrama 
1.5
Rebecca
James Berardinelli
As remakes go Rebecca is a serviceable take on a story that most viewers with a solid background in English literature will be familiar with 
2.5
Rebecca
Robert Levin
The movie plays as a languid melodrama when it should be something more elemental 
1.5
Rebecca
Tom Meek
Wheatley adroit at dread and a master of dark atmospheric effect applies these talents to awkward effect here with some working seamlessly and others lifting you out of the tale It s shot gorgeously by Laurie Rose 
2.5
Rebecca
Mick LaSalle
James s performance awakens viewers to the realization that whatever else Rebecca may be it s the story of a woman coming into her own 
3
Rebecca
Sheila O'Malley
Treating Rebecca as a traditional period piece romance melodrama doesn t go at all far enough 
1.5
Rebecca
Mark Dujsik
There s little verve and no heart neither romantic nor haunted nor wounded nor angry behind this interpretation 
2
Rebecca
Chris Barsanti
a pretty bauble of a thing that ticks off the story s shock revelations in an efficient if not particularly surprising fashion 
2
Rebecca
Richard Roeper
An overwrought and underwhelming psychological thriller 
2.5
Rebecca
Barry Hertz
For some reason that shall forever remain a mystery to all those but director Ben Wheatley and the almighty Netflix algorithm 2020 has delivered one of the most unnecessary remakes in the history of an industry built upon revisitation Rebecca 
2
Rebecca
Michael Phillips
Maybe next remake 
1.5
Rebecca
Brian Truitt
A dreamy homage to old school Hollywood as well as a haunting female driven psychological thriller with deep mystery and satisfying twists
3
Age of Summer
Mark Dujsik
The movie never reaches anything profound but it really tries to make us believe that it has 
2
Age of Summer
Roger Moore
Scruffy predictable coming of age at the beach comedy with just enough charm and laughs to get by 
2.5
Big Bad Mama
John Beifuss
Corman s lady gangster movies exposed more than skin They essentially pantsed Uncle Sam organized religion law enforcement big business and patriarchal society in general These were exploitation movies about exploitation 
3
Big Bad Mama
David Nusair
a somewhat tedious piece of work 
2
Violette
Peter Keough
Violette demonstrates how suffering produces great art and that the artist isn t the only one who suffers for it 
2
Violette
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s a perfect approach to Leduc whose work is so grounded in the messy fleshy realities of life it scandalized critics with its frank treatment of taboo subjects such as lesbianism and incest 
3.5
Violette
Moira MacDonald
A literate leisurely and lovely telling of one woman s attempt to find what Virginia Woolf famously called a room of one s own 
3.5
Violette
Michael O'Sullivan
Movies about the literary process can prove problematic The act of writing is a solitary one Yet Violette mostly avoids the pitfalls associated with movies about writers by limiting the scenes of Violette scribbling furiously in a notebook 
3
Violette
Mick LaSalle
A strong account of a literary friendship a case of two opposites attracting even if the nature of the attraction was different on each side 
3
Violette
Randy Myers
Few films have conveyed with such understanding about how a creative soul taps into all that interior turmoil and then somehow shape these thoughts into artful prose that can scald and heal 
3
Violette
John Anderson
Frank harsh emotionally harrowing and much like its subject difficult 
3.5
Violette
Ed Gonzalez
By focusing on the tumultuous friendship between Violette LeDuc and Simone de Beauvoir Martin Provost creates not so much a dichotomy of femininity as a funhouse mirror of it 
3
Violette
Kristin Tillotson
Not since Jane Campion s Angel at My Table has there been such a moving and meticulously crafted period biopic about a tortured feminist writer who deserves wider recognition 
3.5
La Terra Trema
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a remarkable social document 
3.5
Nowhere to Hide
Ann Hornaday
A terrifying ultimately moving portrait of the effects of war both physical and psychic 
4
Nowhere to Hide
Brad Wheeler
An immersive compact and unpolished documentary 
3
Nowhere to Hide
Linda Barnard
An emotionally powerful examination of the price of conflict Sharif is honourable and brave both as filmmaker and the symbol of a suffering people who long for peace 
3.5
Nowhere to Hide
Michael Upchurch
A profoundly brave film 
4
Staying Vertical
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a movie in which characters seem to be doing things speaking to each other but no one ever seems alive 
2.5
Staying Vertical
Jay Horton
For all the characters predatory bluster they re just sheep in no clothing 
2
Staying Vertical
Glenn Kenny
The movie s irreverence is in certain respects commendable but its po faced attempts at cinematic philosophizing are transparently stilted 
2
Staying Vertical
Chuck Bowen
The film changes gears whenever one is lulled into believing that it has finally settled into a recognizable narrative pattern 
3
Exorcist: The Beginning
Namrata Joshi
The sfx in the climactic duel with the Devil is cheesy to say the least and the Devil s makeup render him more laughable than scary On the face of it the dice is loaded heavily against the movie 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Lucius Gore
More than 30 years after the original hit screens along comes the very best of the sequels 
3
Exorcist: The Beginning
Peter T. Chattaway
Some things are better left mysterious and some movies better left unmade 
1.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Michael Dequina
What is rather horrifying is how this would be thriller manages the bizarre feat of being simultaneously dull and completely ridiculous 
1
Exorcist: The Beginning
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It doesn t disappoint 
2.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Wesley Lovell
Harlin s skill has never been proven and here with effects that make the original look state of the art we see a film that is trapped in empty suspense and faulty terror 
1.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
David Keyes
an interesting little piece of entertainment stylized ambitious and filled with scenes in which the element of creepiness seems genuine rather than synthetic 
3
Exorcist: The Beginning
Tony Toscano
atrocious 
1
Exorcist: The Beginning
Jonathan R. Perry
Stellan Skarsgard deserves another movie This cruel nasty ugly prequel deserves to be exorcised right off the marquee 
1.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Sara Michelle Fetters
Three directors two distinctly different versions of the same film multiple actors in the same roles at least six writers most unaccredited the story behind Exorcist The Beginning is almost more interesting then the movie itself 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Steve Rhodes
Exceedingly lame production has few frights and not much story either 
1.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not unlike Exorcist II It s a huge mess with passages of great beauty juxtaposed with a few truly scary moments and a bunch of hokum and stupidity 
2.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Aaron Hillis
a soul deadening feature length hodgepodge of clichd horror reveals and unstylish gore for the sake of gore sewn together with loose threads of dull exposition 
1
Exorcist: The Beginning
James Kendrick
a 54 million sensationalistic hack job that is heavy on gore and cheap shocks and almost completely devoid of any sense of genuine human social or religious insight
1
Exorcist: The Beginning
Chuck O'Leary
Harlin s film doesn t even work on the level of entertaining schlock like Peter Hyams devil thriller End of Days 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Eric Melin
A movie that unfolds with all the urgency of a History Channel production 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Chris Hewitt
If you can t scare em repulse em would appear to be the motto of Exorcist The Beginning 
1.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Glenn Lovell
It rates fairly high on both the Scare O Meter and Gross Out Scale with an early hyena attack guaranteed to have you flinching in terror 
2.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Peter Hartlaub
By the time the three or four false endings are finished and the credits roll moviegoers will be left wondering whether Schrader s version will be released on DVD 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Christian Toto
Let s hope Exorcist The Beginning marks the end of a franchise that never should have gone beyond the 1973 original
1
Exorcist: The Beginning
Jack Mathews
It s not despicable It is merely boring 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Gemma Tarlach
Trips over itself in a rush to get gross and then lingers too long on pustules gaping wounds and maggots 
2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Jeff Vice
The pacing is slack and the increased level of blood and guts seems like a desperate move And most of the special effects especially the CGI work are really shoddy 
1
Exorcist: The Beginning
Wesley Morris
If you re looking for groundbreaking badness you needn t look much further than the new Exorcist prequel which is one interminably grisly waste 
0.5
Exorcist: The Beginning
Vince Koehler
The film focuses too much on gore and weird special effects 
1.5
Coco Before Chanel
Kelly Jane Torrance
Gabrielle Chanel Audrey Tautou has a sort of ruthless ambition but in Anne Fontaine s dashing film it s directed more toward the physical than the creative spirit 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Peter Canavese
If Chanel s early years were really this boring why bother with them 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Wesley Lovell
An interesting but slow look at the life of the legendary Chanel before she became famous 
3.5
Coco Before Chanel
Roger Moore
A movie that is tres chic even if it sometimes resembles those corsets Coco banished a little stiff and confining 
3.5
Coco Before Chanel
Rob Thomas
I don t remember ever seeing a photo of Chanel before but when we see Tautou as the middle aged iconic Chanel a cigarette dangling insouciantly from her lips I knew it was an uncanny resemblance 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Matt Brunson
Ultimately Benoit Poelvoorde is the one who holds this knotty yarn in place 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Keith Cohen
This guilty pleasure costume drama leaves you wanting to know more about this extraordinary woman considered one of the most influential in the 20th century Let s hope that Fontaine can do a follow up with After in the title 
3.5
Coco Before Chanel
John Beifuss
Coco Before Chanel Whose bright idea was that Isn t that like Amelia Before Airplanes Or Frankenstein Before Med School 
2
Coco Before Chanel
Mike Scott
A better title Coco Before She Was Interesting 
2
Coco Before Chanel
Sean O'Connell
A familiar lemonade from lemons period biopic or in the case of the fashionista a smart suit from tattered threads tale 
2
Coco Before Chanel
Jeff Vice
There s a lot to like here The film looks beautiful and Alexandre Desplat s score is suitably moody 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Joe Williams
The thread connecting the ambitious girl to the acclaimed woman is enough to make us wish for a sequel titled Chanel No 2 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Camerin Courtney
A bit more of Coco becoming Chanel was what I expected and what would have elevated this film beyond the typical period piece love story fare 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Kathy Flanigan
Like the recently opened Amelia the story could well be an accurate depiction of Chanel s life but it too is not all that engaging 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Rene Rodriguez
Although technically a biopic based on a nonfiction book by Edmonde Charles Roux Coco Before Chanel plays more like an engrossing classy period piece 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Lisa Kennedy
Tautou s sophisticated portrayal won t allow viewers to dismiss Coco as kept Coco s talents are too pronounced her approach to intimacy to life too aware for that 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Moira MacDonald
The film understandably leaves you wanting more about the rest of the designer s life but Coco Before Chanel is wisely focused on those years in which she became herself 
3.5
Coco Before Chanel
Steve Rhodes
A droll and humorless story it is a lifeless rendition of the early life of Coco Chanel before she became famous 
2
Coco Before Chanel
Carrie Rickey
It would seem that Fontaine has a keener eye for the elements that made Chanel s style than she has an ear for dialogue But she gets a splendid performance from Tautou 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Roger Ebert
The film loses some of its fascination when Coco is unmistakably launched on her career path But that s when the story ends this is titled Coco Before Chanel for a reason 
3.5
Coco Before Chanel
James Berardinelli
One can see where the story might be of great interest to fans and devotees of Chanel but for casual viewers who have never seen her as more than the face behind an empire there s too little in this movie to provide more than a casual diversion 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Rick Groen
Director Anne Fontaine is at her strongest when she s aiding and abetting Chanel s all seeing gaze 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Peter Howell
A more conventional movie would work this love triangle to maximum pathos Fontaine sees it as simply part of the Chanel construct and Tautou is completely in tune with her 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Mick LaSalle
Coco Chanel is not the most lovable of heroines but it s a strength of the film that director Anne Fontaine allows Tautou to make Coco as cold and ungiving as she does 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Wesley Morris
You know they re out of ideas when all Tautou does is walk and look around then walk and look around some more It s as if she s window shopping for another movie The one she s in isn t terrible But it s not interesting either 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Alicia Potter
By the end the film has slipped into TV ready hagiography while nonetheless inducing the urge for a crisp white collar and French cuffs 
2.5
Coco Before Chanel
Kyle Smith
A flat airless tale of a sullen hooker who lucked out 
1.5
Coco Before Chanel
Stephen Whitty
In the end even the style and structure of the film are tributes to the great designer herself clean classic and unadorned And completely unapologetic 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Claudia Puig
The film while scaled down is quite beautifully woven like a classic Chanel tweed 
3
Coco Before Chanel
Nick Schager
Fontaine dramatizes Coco s struggles respectfully if mundanely crafting believable period detail for her procession of key life moment scenes all of which employ serviceable but far from groundbreaking psychologizing 
2
Assassin
Richard Roeper
It s sad to see Bruce Willis in his final film lacking his trademark twinkle 
2
James vs. His Future Self
Richard Roeper
Daniel Stern gives a moving performance as a crabby old physicist jumping back decades to prevent his past mistakes 
3
Super High Me
Mark Rahner
However benign you may think its subject is Super High Me is proof that stoned people are rarely as funny as they think they are just the same as your coked up friends are never as interesting as they think they sound 
1.5
Miss Castaway and the Island Girls
David Nusair
This is a complete and utter disaster all around one that should be avoided at all costs 
0
Three Loves
Kathy Fennessy
An entrancing adaptation of Czechoslovakian author Max Brod s 1927 novel 
3.5
Let's Kill Ward's Wife
Chuck Bowen
Any pretense of satire collapses by the film s midpoint leaving only the contempt 
1.5
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Odie Henderson
The fearlessly blunt Olympic Pride American Prejudice is freed from the crowd pleasing constraints often imposed on the biopic genre 
3
I Am Legend
Mattie Lucas
Smith is an appealing screen presence but the film needs more than just that to stay alive 
2
I Am Legend
Peter Keough
This is no graphic shoot em up but an intelligent if sometimes sentimental exploration of human decency and responsibility that ponders the limits of rationality and faith 
3
I Am Legend
Scott Nash
It left me highly entertained since out of the original story the filmmakers have created a different but exciting and tense story filled with action suspense and a lead character you can truly care about 
4
I Am Legend
Tyler Hanley
I Am Legend is far from a feel good film it s a familiar for fans of Stephen King s The Stand or Heston s Omega Man post apocalyptic adventure rife with chills and hopelessness 
3
I Am Legend
Rossiter Drake
The monsters are routine CGI creations crudely animated and unconvincing In a film of such visual majesty and surprisingly weighty drama they present an unfortunate and needless distraction 
3
I Am Legend
Christian Toto
I Am Legend has everything a great summer blockbuster should have except it s hitting theaters in December not June 
3.5
I Am Legend
Sean P. Means
It s a well made and chillingly effective zombie movie but that s all it is 
3
I Am Legend
Matt Brunson
The German shepherd makes this worth seeing 
2.5
I Am Legend
Kit Bowen
I Am Legend is Will Smith s one man sci fi thrill show entertaining in all the ways we ve come to expect from the talented actor 
3
I Am Legend
Gina Carbone
It s a tense and strangely quiet movie But this is no horror film 
3
I Am Legend
Sean McBride
pretty much a one man show and Smith proves to have the acting chops to keep us interested in the story
3
I Am Legend
Kam Williams
It s got a great performance by Will Smith and just enough edge of your seat entertainment to remain recommended even if the cinematic house of cards collapses during the third act 
2
I Am Legend
Jeffrey Westhoff
Some movies from Superman The Motion Picture to Office Space are great until they get around to telling a story Add I Am Legend to that list 
3
I Am Legend
Mike McGranaghan
Will Smith raises his game and insists that those around him do the same The result is a movie that s massively entertaining and another jewel in its star s cinematic crown 
3.5
I Am Legend
Michael A. Smith
Smith is given the opportunity to explore every emotion and he does them all admirably I must also give credit to Sam the dog Robert s only real companion Not since Wilson the volleyball in CastAway has a non speaking character meant so much to
3.5
I Am Legend
Gary Brown
Will Smith carries the day and the movie 
3
I Am Legend
John Beifuss
In the infantile prioritizing that occurs when Hollywood wants to be inspirational the hero s Everyman crisis of religious faith is supposed to be as important to audiences as his struggle to save humanity from extinction 
2
I Am Legend
Wesley Morris
I Am Legend is actually about the last man on earth played by one of the last real movie stars on earth 
3
I Am Legend
Roger Ebert
The movie works well while it s running although it raises questions that later only mutate in our minds 
3
I Am Legend
Lisa Kennedy
What should be shattering is often merely intriguing 
3
I Am Legend
Liam Lacey
After its promising opening I Am Legend devolves into a generic zombie slaughterfest highly reminiscent of Danny Boyle s 28 Days Later and its sequel 28 Weeks Later 
2.5
I Am Legend
Amy Biancolli
Lawrence s direction is patient solid and suspenseful and his vision of a lone fellow wandering through the atavistic hulk of Manhattan yields an indelible portrait of post cataclysmic solitude 
3
I Am Legend
Robert W. Butler
Go for the thrills for some nerve gnawing suspense for the wonderful production design and for the opportunity to spend some time with Will Smith But this one is not the stuff of legend 
2
I Am Legend
Glenn Whipp
For the most part I Am Legend delivers the kind of eerie suspense that will bring joy to the world of casual horror fans everywhere 
3
I Am Legend
Rene Rodriguez
For horror fans Halloween came a little later than usual this year but it was worth the wait 
3
I Am Legend
Jack Mathews
The Manhattan movie of the year Francis Lawrence s I Am Legend offers a stunning glimpse into how the city as we know it today might look in 2012 if it were abandoned in 2009 
3.5
I Am Legend
Kyle Smith
Is going to be bigger than crucifix sales on Judgment Day Scary inventive exciting and breathless adventure 
3
I Am Legend
Stephen Whitty
The vampires aren t a particularly inspiring creation all pale and hairless and red eyed but director Francis Lawrence gets some great effects out of New York itself 
2.5
I Am Legend
Carla Meyer
Will Smith passes a big test let s call it the Tom Hanks in Cast Away test for any movie star carrying a movie alone for most of the way 
3
I Am Legend
Walter V. Addiego
Director Lawrence is pretty good at the spectacular stuff And he s smart enough to let Smith be Smith But there s only so much you can do with CGI monsters that don t seem right for this kind of sci fi scenario 
2
I Am Legend
Chris Hewitt
Smith has delivered the popcorn movie of this holiday season 
3
I Am Legend
Claudia Puig
Smith s powerful performance is not enough to save the movie initially a potent meditation on loneliness and an absorbing doomsday action movie from taking a wrong turn and never getting back on track 
2.5
I Am Legend
Peter Howell
Nothing worked the way it was supposed to work Will Smith rages from his solitary hell in I Am Legend yet this remarkable sci fi thriller works a lot better than anyone could have expected 
3
I Am Legend
Todd Hertz
Had I Am Legend kept its personal human and contemplative atmosphere over the loud crowd pleasing whiz bang action these messages of faith may have carried more weight and heart 
2.5
I Am Legend
Vince Koehler
I Am Legend is a scientific marvel A must see on a cold winter night 
4
I Am Legend
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final smells of creative indifference and for all that Lawrence and company get right the last thirty seconds are enough to shatter all that good will into devastatingly second rate pieces 
2.5
I Am Legend
Michael Phillips
For most of the way it s starker even with the comic relief and more eerie in its atmospherics than the usual big budget monster 
3
I Am Legend
Peter Canavese
Downright hokey a billboard for a Batman Superman team up movie will elicit more gasps from the fanboys than anything else 
2
I Am Legend
Daniel M. Kimmel
Smith has the ability to make you feel he s a regular guy put into an extraordinary situation instead of a movie superhero who handles such things as a matter of course 
3
I Am Legend
Bob Bloom
The movie seems to mutate into a clone of 28 Days Later since the virus not only has altered those infected but have transformed many of them into CGI figures 
2
I Am Legend
Erik Childress
I Am Legend simply sucks but that s putting it a little too mildly when the last man on earth is liable to skip over it in favor of I Am Sam 
1.5
I Am Legend
Mark Dujsik
Feels like a false start allowed to run the length of the track There s an effort but nothing is really accomplished 
2
I Am Legend
Willie Waffle
a captivating and exciting film because of Smith but even he can t save us from this ending 
3.5
I Am Legend
James Rocchi
I don t know how well I Am Legend will hold up on repeat viewings or over time but while it s happening I Am Legend is a slick scary superbly made action science fiction horror film with a lot more art heart and smarts than you d expect 
4
I Am Legend
Mark Rahner
It looks like poor old Richard Matheson will go to his grave without ever seeing a movie that does justice to his great 1954 novel I Am Legend 
1.5
I Am Legend
Jeff Vice
Smith is as always a likable hero and his unforced performance is definitely a saving grace 
3
I Am Legend
Duane Dudek
I liked it better when it was called 28 Days Later 
2.5
I Am Legend
Peter Travers
Big Willie has no problem holding the screen In fact trouble enters only when the script overcomplicates things in the end Until then especially in a growling dogfight director Francis Lawrence keeps you squirming 
3
I Am Legend
Jan Stuart
Most everything in I Am Legend feels lifted from elsewhere 
2
I Am Legend
Eric Alt
I Am Legend is a wasted opportunity a rickety weather beaten framework around an otherwise strong central performance from Smith 
1.5
I Am Legend
Steven Rea
It s almost as if the filmmakers wanted to say something about isolation and loneliness in the urban environment Almost 
2.5
I Am Legend
Dustin Putman
I Am Legend is a frightening film What gets under your skin though has nothing to do with the conventional horror elements 
3
I Am Legend
Steve Rhodes
A very disappointing sci fi snoozer 
2
I Am Legend
Walter Chaw
One great big stinking pile of missed opportunity 
1
I Am Legend
Lawrence Toppman
Director Francis Lawrence alternates cleverly among scenes of high tension ferocious scares and moments that bring home Neville s feeling of abandonment and solitude 
3
I Am Legend
John Monaghan
All the effort that went into the spectacle of destroying Manhattan in flashbacks could have been better spent on developing the claustrophobic creepy present 
2
I Am Legend
Eric Melin
The third act is where it finally fatally trips itself up A couple of key revelations seem like they are leading somewhere and suddenly the film is over 
2
I Am Legend
Josh Larsen
The monsters look like cartoonish drooling mannequins It s like being chased through the Macy s men s department 
2
I Am Legend
Phil Villarreal
I wouldn t want to watch I Am Legend again even if it were the last movie on Earth 
2
I Am Legend
Joe Lozito
Superlative fright fest featuring Will Smith at the top of his game as the last human survivor in a Manhattan full of night dwelling mutants 
3.5
I Am Legend
Bruce Newman
Even with Smith acting up a storm what starts out as a potentially fascinating picture about an apocalyptic plague soon devolves into yet another special effects laden zombie movie 
2
I Am Legend
Nick Schager
Unwise use of CGI is eventually no more debilitating a defect than I Am Legend s wayward third act which begins with Neville cornily reciting lines from Shrek 
2
I Am Legend
James Berardinelli
Smith nails the portrayal It s not the kind of work that will earn him an Oscar nomination but audiences usually don t see better than this in genre films 
3
La Brassiere
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The use of bold colors and snappy pace keep things moving and a few solid belly laughs help 
3
Havoc
Maitland McDonagh
Despite the high powered credits this slight cautionary tale about slumming rich kids is a minor effort 
2.5
Havoc
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combines documentary realism and an exploration of modern teen behavior within an intensely erotic drama of racial tension 
3
Funny Face
Simon Abrams
The director s gifted collaborators sometimes perk up this listless parable but never enough to sell its second hand fatalism 
2
Funny Face
Joey Magidson
Funny Face is a film that doesn t ever bend to your expectations 
3
Funny Face
Chris Barsanti
Tim Sutton is a deft cartographer of how environments can shape its inhabitants 
3
Angel Baby
Andrew Howe
The film s success can be laid squarely at the door of the two leads 
3.5
Angel Baby
Roger Ebert
The movie avoids many of the cliches often found in pictures about mental illness 
3
Blondie Johnson
John Beifuss
Essentially a rise and fall gangster movie with a gender twist The Public Enemy in skirts at least until the filmmakers lose their nerve and trade toughness for sentiment and cynicism for romance 
3
The Phantom Carriage
Mattie Lucas
Filled with images both chilling and entrancing Sjöström s masterwork is an unforgettable work of art 
4
The Five Obstructions
Duane Dudek
A hugely entertaining chess game between equally matched opponents 
3
The Five Obstructions
Robert W. Butler
Stands as a testament to the elasticity of human imagination and to a friendship that can survive even the devious deconstructionist schemes of Lars von Trier 
3
The Five Obstructions
Roger Ebert
A film like this has a limited audience I suppose but for that audience it offers a rare fascination 
3
The Five Obstructions
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s amusing only if you agree not to think very much about it 
2
The Five Obstructions
David N. Butterworth
A vain and vapid intellectual exercise that only serves to illustrate Lars von Trier s unswerving arrogance 
2
The Five Obstructions
Phil Villarreal
The movie does almost all it can to refuse to appeal to the viewer then gradually evolves into something profound and limit busting 
3
The Five Obstructions
Chris Hewitt
Reveals how huge is the impact of a director on a film and how impossible it is for an artist to escape his own nature 
3
The Five Obstructions
John Hartl
The relationship between the two filmmakers raises it above the category of academic experiment Von Trier brings a diabolical glee to his role and Leth matches it with an older wiser brand of mischief 
3
The Five Obstructions
Rob Blackwelder
An eccentric and intrepid testament to the pure joy of cinema a duel of intellect and imagination 
4
The Five Obstructions
Jeffrey M. Anderson
His latest film The Five Obstructions may be the one that gets the closest to his inner workings and the one that finally tests him back 
3.5
The Five Obstructions
Wesley Morris
Part of what hooks you to this movie is how Leth outsmarts his taskmaster and how the two men have divergent almost incompatible aesthetic ideals 
3
The Five Obstructions
James Verniere
If this sounds like Jackass for intellectuals that s because it is but without the laughs 
2
The Five Obstructions
Bob Strauss
Whatever either of these guys thought they were doing with The Five Obstructions they ve ended up making a movie like no other 
3.5
The Five Obstructions
David Sterritt
Funny ornery and ultimately inspiring 
4
The Five Obstructions
John Anderson
Leth leaves the viewer both exhilarated and maybe even optimistic about the capacity of human intelligence and creativity 
4
The Five Obstructions
Peter Travers
Leth is hypnotically unstoppable 
3.5
The Five Obstructions
Eric Henderson
The success of the film depends almost distressingly on the audience s cheeky sense of bad faith toward Lars Von Trier 
3.5
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Gary Thompson
It really aims to examine the source of his music s great power what Coltrane called A Love Supreme was Scheinfeld argues here a love of life which he endeavored to reflect in his music 
3
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Jeff Simon
This is pretty close to the Coltrane doc of our dreams 
4
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Michael Phillips
He was and is loved supremely by millions Chasing Trane shares the love 
3
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Mark Feeney
So much of what they have to say sounds banal or extraneous compared to the music heard on the soundtrack 
2.5
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Pat Padua
In the end it s the music and not the testimonials that makes the movie 
3
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Ruth Brown
Search John Coltrane live on YouTube and enjoy the results while perusing the jazz great s Wikipedia page You ll come away only marginally less informed about the man and his music than if you d paid 8 50 for a ticket to this 
2
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Peter Hartlaub
Washington is a wonderful voice but his readings of Coltrane s words don t match seeing the artist in motion The constant stream of still photos with a recognizable actor s voice has a distancing effect 
2
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Glenn Kenny
Scheinfeld s approach is to give the viewer the forest point out a few trees and get out confident that those trees will inspire the viewer to spend more time in the forest 
3.5
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Jordan Hoffman
Informative and at times touching 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Sean P. Means
Dunye s paper thin narrative isn t enough to fill 79 minutes 
2
The Watermelon Woman
Achy Obejas
The Watermelon Woman is quite smart remarkably sophisticated filmmaking for a first time director 
3.5
The Watermelon Woman
Barbara Shulgasser
Dunye is a worthy filmmaker and a good actress too 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Peter Keough
Seldom have cultural analysis and sexual racial politics been so entertaining 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Todd Anthony
It could have become a deadly earnest exercise But Dunye combats didacticism with wit and irreverence Camille Paglia even has a self parodying cameo 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Joe Baltake
The Watermelon Woman is a very personal personable examination of racism and sexuality 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Dave Kehr
Dunye s salvation is her sense of humor She s good at creating light bantering dialogue and there are a couple of sharp satirical scenes 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Steven Rea
It has the poignancy of a history retrieved from obscurity reflecting new light on the past and the present And even if the history here isn t real the emotions it triggers and its sly musings about racial and sexual identity most definitely are 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Tony Norman
The Watermelon Woman has a washed out and yes underlit quality that is both charming and a bold pitch for more cinematic authenticity in a business overrun by slick sequelitis and dumb mass market films 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Alison Macor
The overall appeal of The Watermelon Woman comes from its freshness and sincerity While the script s dialogue is a bit canned at times it generally rings true and even has one or two laugh out loud moments 
2.5
The Watermelon Woman
Robert W. Butler
It s so successful at documenting Fae Richards life and career through old film clips glamour photos and home movies that many viewers will be surprised to learn that the character is completely fictional 
2.5
The Watermelon Woman
Deborah Hornblow
A cleverly envisioned but ultimately disappointing cinematic adventure 
1
The Watermelon Woman
James Berardinelli
Dunye s film looks like it was produced with almost no money which it was but that s part of its essential charm The Watermelon Woman is imbued with freshness and that s it s best quality 
3
The Watermelon Woman
Clayton Dillard
It s a film of such multitudinous interests and storytelling pursuits that its unfolding replicates the ecstasy of newfound romance 
3.5
The Watermelon Woman
Ruthe Stein
For all the serious issues The Watermelon Woman tackles the film never takes itself too seriously Dunye has infused it with a lightness that seems to match her spirit 
3
The Cold Blue
Verne Gay
Fine tribute film to a Wyler semi classic and the men of the Eighth Air Force 
3.5
Ahed's Knee
Pat Padua
It s all entertaining enough in a shaggy way But if the director can t stay focused on his own subject how are we expected to do so 
2.5
Ahed's Knee
Randy Myers
Lapid specializes in allowing prickly characters to vent and reveal the complexities of a land and its people 
3
Ahed's Knee
Matt Zoller Seitz
An imaginatively directed psychodrama about a director s artistic and emotional crisis 
3.5
Ahed's Knee
Roger Moore
It isnt as sexy satiric and light as its Felliniesque opening promises But Lapid manages to make a lot of points about the creative persons life in modern Israel the sensitivities triggered and the moral quandary a thinking Israeli finds himself in 
3
Ahed's Knee
Pat Brown
With Ahed s Knee Nadav Lapid plays a game with alter egos that s at once canny and frustrating 
2.5
Wish Dragon
Roger Moore
If the kids insist on sitting through it adults may get a chuckle out of Harold of Harold Kumar Go to White Castle cracking jokes and looking down his nose at these peasants 
2
Wish Dragon
Kevin Carr
The voice cast was fantastic and the animation is different enough from what you would get in a Disney cartoon to get you away from worrying it s a rehash of Aladdin 
3
Wish Dragon
Mark Dujsik
The plot s routine only emphasizes that the whole of Wish Dragon is pretty rote regardless of any comparisons we may be tempted to make 
2
Gentleman's Agreement
James Berardinelli
The movie is as powerful today as when it captured the Best Picture Oscar a few years after Hitler s genocide ended in Europe 
3.5
Gentleman's Agreement
Marty Mapes
You d think a 60 year old movie about prejudice would be pass by now You d be wrong 
3
Gentleman's Agreement
Wesley Lovell
An incisive look at the effects of anti Semitism and the attempts to stamp it out 
3.5
Blame
Stephen Whitty
It s a story where perhaps there s enough guilt to go around But the credit for telling it goes completely to a bright young talent 
3
Blame
Sheila O'Malley
Blame crackles with fires within fires 
3
Blame
Mark Dujsik
Blame feels rudderless until its conclusion 
2
Blame
Derek Smith
In attempting to grapple with issues of bullying mental health burgeoning sexuality and pedophilia the film bites off more than it can chew 
1.5
A Face in the Crowd
Matt Brunson
Not until Robert Redford s Quiz Show had a movie so clearly illustrated the power of the idiot box in this case its ability to mold the minds of susceptible Americans who will swallow anything that passes before their eyes 
4
A Face in the Crowd
James Kendrick
a masterful enthralling work of both disturbing prescience and in the moment acuity
4
Masters of the Universe
David Nusair
a distressing misfire that mostly and curiously relegates He Man himself to the sidelines 
2
Masters of the Universe
Johanna Steinmetz
Everyone knows how the battles will turn out It s what s between them that raises Masters Of The Universe ever so slightly above the mediocre 
2.5
Masters of the Universe
Desmond Ryan
With Masters of the Universe the latest numbskull entertainment from the creators of Castle Greyskull He Man makes the transition from animation to live action Taking a live actor along for the ride might have helped 
1
Masters of the Universe
James O'Ehley
Halfway through this live action version of the popular early 1980s kiddies TV show I wondered what I had done wrong to deserve all this pain and suffering 
0
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Burl Burlingame
It s too rich with invention and characterization too packed with juice and it gallops right along breathlessly Even so it manages moments of lyricism and visual elegance 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
David Nusair
a passable Disney endeavor that ranks somewhere in the middle of the studio s animation canon 
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fun action packed fantasy 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Jordan Hiller
After seeing spectacular epics like Tarzan it is difficult to properly appreciate the mediocre but entertaining Atlantis 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Margaret A. McGurk
Visually it represents a striking step forward for the Disney studios as does the absence of singing animals for that matter 
3.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Jeffrey Westhoff
The filmmakers are more ambitious than wise While distancing themselves from the Disney animation of the early 90s they forgot those films were seamlessly written The weaknesses of Atlantis are all in the script 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
James Sanford
certainly an eye appealing film with lush Cinemascope vistas and rich colors but it s also a relatively unimaginative and bland adventure 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Blake French
there is certainly nothing wrong with the film s style but I long for the next Disney classic 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
James O'Ehley
Unfortunately Atlantis squanders a lot of its potential by getting bogged down by some muddled plot points and some serious plot holes 
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Walter Chaw
Atlantis although some very smart people were involved in its making is not the least bit interested in being very smart 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Andrew Howe
A rousing artfully designed adventure laced with adult concepts and laugh out loud humour
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
David Keyes
Atlantis is both nostalgic and fresh a film that occupies a style both memorable and familiar and utilizes effective storytelling rarely seen in cartoons 
3.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Jorge Avila Andrade
Disney sigue siendo lo que siempre ha sido desde su creacin una fbrica de sueos de los cuales Atlantis es el ms reciente
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
James Kendrick
the movie despite being visually innovative is somewhat clumsy in its melding of old fashioned storybook adventurism with a modern sensibility
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Robert Roten
This is good looking artwork and the story is strong 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Wesley Morris
Just beneath the surface Atlantis brims with adult possibility 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Susan Stark
Certainly the eye is busy throughout this movie Verbally however it s an often daunting affair 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Liam Lacey
The movie loses sight of those old nuisances character and story behind a chain of spectacles 
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Roger Ebert
It s like 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea set free by animation to look the way it dreamed of looking 
3.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Mark Caro
Mostly a well told vividly imagined movie that doesn t pretend to be more than it is and doesn t lean on pop culture references to win over its viewers 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Erik Childress
As a film that promises to deliver adventure and thrills Atlantis becomes a bigger disappointment with each passing scene 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Rob Blackwelder
Thanks to zesty characters and dialogue Atlantis remains entertaining in spite of inviting major misgivings about its strained narrative 
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Steve Rhodes
Mindlessly follows an animated formula so old that it creaks 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Lou Lumenick
It s so oppressively tedious at times that you almost wish the cast would break into a chorus of Under the Sea 
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Mary Kalin-Casey
It s grand yet cold it s derivative without a sense of homage it s fast moving yet tedious and its overreaching in the name of depth keeps it incredibly shallow 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Harvey S. Karten
A great introduction to digital projection for those who have not yet seen the vivid colors the technology can provide 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Ed Gonzalez
This dopey piece of fantastical folklore takes a long time to get to its awe inspiring ending 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
James Berardinelli
Offers 90 minutes of solid entertainment 
3
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Michael Dequina
A deathly dull adventure 
2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Dustin Putman
A worthwhile venture that may not go down as a modern animated classic but it does expose Disney as a studio more than willing to break free of tradition and try something a little different for once It s about time 
2.5
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Bob Bloom
This is one effort that lacks that fabled Disney magical touch 
2
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City
Rick Groen
Wild has returned home to find unrest in her own backyard and leaves no doubt where her sympathies lie To that end bravely avoiding the crutch of voice over narration she sets out to dramatize the case and engrossingly succeeds 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Mattie Lucas
The elegant simplicity of Dickens novel is lost somewhere underneath the eye popping visuals whittled down to nothing more than a series of pixels and binary code 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Matt Brunson
A chilly cold to the touch interpretation 
1.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Michael Dequina
One cannot help but feel the same effect could have been accomplished by simply making a live action film with state of the art visual effects 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
David Nusair
Robert Zemeckis infatuation with the motion capture animation process has officially gone too far 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
James Kendrick
takes full advantage of the technologies available but fails to illuminate or otherwise expand Dickens story in any meaningful ways
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
John Beifuss
The 3D isn t enough to justify yet another version of this familiar tale the film seems more opportunistic than necessary 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Jeffrey Westhoff
Leaving aside the technology behind Robert Zemeckis animated A Christmas Carol this is the most satisfying version of Charles Dickens oft told tale in years 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
James Berardinelli
The motion capture animation is top notch and it s hard not to be impressed with what Robert Zemeckis has wrought even if there s the occasional sense he s pandering to an audience that can t get through a 90 minute story without a few yuks and a chase 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Sonny Bunch
Robert Zemeckis seeks to answer the one question still remaining about the Dickens classic What would the story look like if it were cast with figures from Madame Tussauds 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Linda Cook
As a dedicated fan of Charles Dickens works I also am a dedicated fan of several versions of his classic A Christmas Carol 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Kit Bowen
Hold onto your mug of warm apple cider This newest action packed version of A Christmas Carol could get a little bumpy 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Matt Brunson
You don t need glasses 3 D or otherwise to see that this holiday release is too diluted for adults too frightening for children and too tiresome for just about everybody 
1.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Keith Cohen
Scrooge s ultimate transformation to kindness and charity comes too late and is given little screen time Carrey never gets a chance to be the funny comedian that has endeared him to his legion of fans 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Christian Toto
The only major change Disney s A Christmas Carol takes with the source material is draining the humanity right out of it 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Robert W. Butler
In the end you don t have to analyze it that tear in your eye tells you it s working 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Tyler Hanley
Although Dickens has been translated time and time again this animated adventure is no humbug 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Peter Canavese
Call me a Scrooge but I ll pass on this synthetic version of that most humanistic of tales 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Amy Biancolli
Zemeckis film preserves much of Dickens original dialogue and detail while amplifying the utter ethereal strangeness of the ghosts 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Rick Groen
There s a lot of dark magic in this Dickensian Yuletide 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Lisa Kennedy
Does this entertainment achieve a timelessness beyond its exquisite source material Not even Yet there s pleasure to be had and relief in feeling the filmmakers didn t Scrooge it up either 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Kyle Smith
You don t identify with Scrooge at any point nor is blatant fakery scary Picture The Seventh Seal with sock puppets 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Todd Hertz
It feels like Zemeckis wanted to make one movie a socially relevant ghost story and Disney wanted another a Polar Express type movie It doesn t work 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Willie Waffle
this is not the Scrooge McDuck or Mr Magoo version of the classic Charles Dickens tale this A Christmas Carol is the dark challenging and frightening version of the story
3.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Robert Levin
Charles Dickens s reflective universal story becomes fodder for a technological thrill ride starring a rough approximation of Jim Carrey 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Mike Scott
A strikingly animated and thoroughly magical 3 D adaptation that counter to so many other versions beautifully captures the darkly intense vibe of Dickens ghost story 
3.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a heartwarmer that doesn t have much of a heart itself 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Sean O'Connell
A technically proficient but disturbing adaptation that adopts a surprisingly macabre tone 
1.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Peter Howell
It s like taking a Christmas wreath and dipping it in wax or laminating a Christmas card in plastic Zemeckis risks creating another Yule ghoul the Ghost of Christmas Without Soul 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Chris Hewitt
After round two in Jim Carrey vs Holiday Classics it s Carrey 2 Classics 0 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Leaves a lot to be desired and it s a virtual grab bag of good ideas mixed with bad 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Matt Soergel
Despite the obvious care given the story at its heart it is a dry lump of coal This Christmas Carol is curiously remote and cold 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is an almost constant deadness to the eyes that is deeply distracting while each person s movements are so ungainly and wild even Gumby would look at them all wandering around and wonder why they look so uncomfortably odd 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Joe Lozito
Mr Zemeckis has always been a talented if less than subtle director And his Carol is never dull But it also never justifies its own existence 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Dustin Putman
Children not already familiar with the past iterations of A Christmas Carol will be in heaven if they can get past the spookier elements while the rest of viewers will be happy with if not quite euphoric for what Robert Zemeckis has cooked up 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Michael Phillips
Just when you give up on it usually in the middle of its latest extraneous gyroscoping thrill ride sequence Zemeckis reminds you that he s capable of true visual dynamism enhanced but not wholly dictated by the digital landscape he so clearly adores 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
John Hartl
Zemeckis movie may lack the emotional impact of the 1951 British version of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim as a truly transformed and happy Scrooge Nevertheless it s a visual treat that respects and artfully enhances its source 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Claudia Puig
A re telling should either present a resonant or fresh thematic take This Christmas Carol seems like a pale ghost of Dickens magical Christmas classic 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Carrie Rickey
Carrey s performance as the miserly misanthrope is lost amid effects more typically encountered in theme park and video game adventures P S Is it just me or does it also peeve you that the Mouse House claims proprietary rights on Dickens title 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Stephen Whitty
It s nice of Hollywood to go to all the trouble but honestly Dickens doesn t need the help 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Jeff Vice
It s an unengaging dull adaptation that has nothing really new to say in regards to the already much told tale 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Ty Burr
Shockingly the new film turns out to be very good at times close to brilliant a darkly detailed marvel of creative visualization that does well by Dickens and right by audiences when it s not trying to sell them a theme park ride 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Duane Dudek
If you want realism use actors If you want animation use your imagination Sadly imagination is missing from this technically impressive but emotionally inert film 
2.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Joe Williams
It s eerie rather than wondrous 
2
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Rene Rodriguez
Robert Zemeckis finds eye popping high tech new life in Dickens hoary chestnut 
3
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Peter Keough
The best part of this Christmas Carol is the end when the ugly animation metamorphoses back into the pages of a book 
1.5
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Roger Ebert
The story that Dickens wrote in 1838 remains timeless and if it s supercharged here with Scrooge swooping the London streets as freely as Superman well once you let ghosts into a movie there s room for anything 
4
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Mark Dujsik
In spite of its holiday trappings A Christmas Carol is an incredibly bleak look into the deepest and darkest human fears but it is also a vibrant celebration of our better natures 
4
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Nick Schager
A clear step in the right direction for Zemeckis and his pet techno project the film nonetheless ultimately sabotages itself by prizing the hectic over the heartfelt 
2
From Here to Eternity
James Berardinelli
The film tells a compelling story with many of the elements that audiences find appealing 
3
From Here to Eternity
Kate Cameron
There isn t a dull moment in the picture 
4
From Here to Eternity
Matt Brunson
Fred Zinnemann s strength as a director was less on the technical side and more in line with coaxing stellar performances out of his actors and with this film he drew a royal flush 
3.5
From Here to Eternity
Wesley Lovell
Terrific performances from Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster highlight this limitedly involving romance 
3.5
From Here to Eternity
Scott Nash
There s some very good acting from a great cast but the drama is very over the top 
3
From Here to Eternity
Ty Burr
So clear eyed and three dimensional that it makes the recent Pearl Harbor look like a bunch of kids playing dress up 
4
From Here to Eternity
Josh Larsen
a macho movie with heart 
3.5
From Here to Eternity
Bill Chambers
A formidable actor s showcase 
3
From Here to Eternity
Michael Szymanski
Nothing s as romantic and steamy as the secret liaison ending up with the waves crashing on the half naked bodies of Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr 
4
Do Not Disturb
David Nusair
This isn t just another run of the mill direct to video suckfest 
3
The Illinois Parables
Carson Lund
Even more diverse than the film s historical material is its eccentric mash up of styles and approaches 
3
Mark of an Angel
Kent Turner
In the proverbial perfect world the highly prolific and award winning French actress Catherine Frot would be as acclaimed on this side of the Atlantic as many of her compatriots 
3
The Bad Sleep Well
James Berardinelli
Kurosawa s mastery of the story is evident 
3
The Bad Sleep Well
Nick Schager
A freestyle homage to Hamlet that does away with the costumed faithfulness of Kurosawa s other Shakespeare adaptations 
3.5
The Bad Sleep Well
Peter Canavese
A startlingly relevant social problem film shakai mono of its time and our own and an existential melodrama by way of Hamlet 
4
Point of No Return
David Nusair
a rather irresistible premise that s employed to erratic yet mostly compelling effect 
3
Point of No Return
Roger Ebert
Point of No Return is actually a fairly effective and faithful adaptation of La Femme Nikita and Bridget Fonda manages the wild identity swings of her role with intensity and conviction 
3
Farewell, Herr Schwarz
Dan Schindel
Farewell Herr Schwarz is of a kind with 2011 s excellent The Flat 
3
Farewell, Herr Schwarz
Lou Lumenick
An absorbing documentary that eloquently explores questions about forgiveness 
3
Farewell, Herr Schwarz
Wes Greene
The sobering quality that informs both the documentary s aesthetic and content largely suppresses any spontaneity or much needed moments of levity 
2.5
Farewell, Herr Schwarz
Kam Williams
A bittersweet documentary detailing an attempt to reconcile a pair of siblings polar opposite approaches to surviving the Holocaust 
4
Boogie Woogie
Lou Lumenick
Goes over the top now and then but overall it s a lot of nasty fun 
2.5
Boogie Woogie
Nick Schager
Hate mail for the hoity toity art world Boogie Woogie demonstrates the same mercy to its milieu that a flesh eater might show a fresh carcass 
2.5
The 5 Browns
Kam Williams
A moving tale of survival that s timely too given the emergence of the MeToo movement 
3.5
I Am D.B. Cooper
Glenn Kenny
The question is 58 WHO CARES 63 
1
We Were Soldiers
Greg Maki
A fitting tribute to all the men and women who have fought and died for their country and for each other 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Jon Niccum
It s refreshing to see a pre acid rock movie about Vietnam 
3
We Were Soldiers
Jorge Avila Andrade
Presenta los hechos de una manera que recuerda a lo peor de la derecha republicana asemejndose a la pattica y triste poca del senador McCarthy y su cacera de brujas 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Michael Wilmington
Probably the best thing you can say about We Were Soldiers is that it does justice to an awful conflict 
3
We Were Soldiers
Collin Souter
I ve said it before and I ll say it again Just because it s a true story that doesn t mean it s a great one 
2
We Were Soldiers
Andrew Howe
A breathtaking but ultimately insubstantial fireworks display 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Mark Dujsik
There is such a broad scope to the film that it seems ready to topple over on itself but it very rarely misses a beat 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Michael Dequina
When staying true to its title which thankfully is most of the time this is an effective war picture 
3
We Were Soldiers
David Keyes
War is no doubt hell The only question is do we really need another movie to tell us that I think not 
2
We Were Soldiers
Mike McGranaghan
For a movie that is based on a true story We Were Soldiers has a lot of war movie cliches 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Ian Mantgani
Wallace seems less like he s been burning to tell a war story than he s been itching to somehow tack one together
2
We Were Soldiers
James Kendrick
Wallace keeps the tension racheted up tight and he never shies away from the gore of war
3
We Were Soldiers
David Sterritt
Supposedly authentic account of a historical event that s far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment 
1
We Were Soldiers
Bob Bloom
We Were Soldiers will inspire you and touch you 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Robert Roten
We really get to know some of these soldiers and their families in a way that goes beyond most war films That gives the film additional emotional impact 
4
We Were Soldiers
Phil Villarreal
A must see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle 
3
We Were Soldiers
Joe Leydon
The role may call for a great presence more than a great actor but Gibson is both and the movie is all the better with him as its center of moral gravity 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Dustin Putman
As far as war movies go this is the best studio effort since Terrence Malick s brilliant 1998 picture The Thin Red Line 
3
We Were Soldiers
Mike Clark
the first film in recent memory that a major studio has chosen to release early in the year with palpable filmmaking passion and production heft 
3
We Were Soldiers
Peter Howell
Even those stout hearts who managed to sit through the gore of Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down will likely find it difficult to watch scenes such as the one where a soldier s face is burned away by a phosphorus grenade 
3
We Were Soldiers
Todd Anthony
It vividly illustrates that moment when our leaders won a battle that foolishly convinced them that they could win a war 
3
We Were Soldiers
Eli Sanders
The film feels formulaic its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war movie stuff while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Mick LaSalle
one of the best war movies of the past 20 years 
4
We Were Soldiers
David Elliott
It s a horrifying but gripping movie because we can discern the fighting tactics identify with individuals even savor the valor and sacrifices of the enemy 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Joe Baltake
In the end his We Were Soldiers works as a new hybrid the war film as a tearjerker 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Gene Seymour
At its best it s Black Hawk Down with more heart At its worst it s Rambo meets John Ford 
2
We Were Soldiers
Jonathan Foreman
Often stirring but crude and cliche ridden 
1.5
We Were Soldiers
Duane Dudek
We Were Soldiers is very much like Black Hawk Down a postmortem of a real battle that shouldn t have been fought and is pro soldier and arguably anti war in the process 
3
We Were Soldiers
Rene Rodriguez
Wallace has fashioned a gung ho piece of conventional entertainment that would have been a natural fit for John Wayne but today feels a bit too naive for its own good 
.5
We Were Soldiers
Sean P. Means
We Were Soldiers is a far cry from Apocalypse Now a movie that extols war s manly virtues not its madness 
2
We Were Soldiers
Liam Lacey
Though it falls short it s an ambitious movie that ranges from intense peaks to embarrassing lows 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Susan Stark
By attributing intelligence bravery and above all humanity to enemy forces as well as to U S troops We Were Soldiers does itself proud 
3
We Were Soldiers
Terry Lawson
It is something of a tribute to Wallace the director that the shamelessness of Wallace the screenwriter doesn t sabotage this mission altogether 
3
We Were Soldiers
Steven Rosen
Yet lest one think Soldiers is rousing be forewarned It is patriotic in that it is loyal to its American soldiers although it is surprisingly respectful to their enemy 
3
We Were Soldiers
Bob Strauss
With We Were Soldiers Hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in 
3
We Were Soldiers
Dan Fazio
The intensely violent battle sequences have an undeniable emotional impact but how much more of this can moviegoers take 
2
We Were Soldiers
Roger Ebert
For much of its length the movie consists of battle scenes They are not as lucid and easy to follow as the events in Black Hawk Down but then the terrain is different the canvas is larger and there are no eyes in the sky to track troop movements 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Jay Carr
As in Black Hawk Down the combat sequences are filmed with great skill and pulse pounding immediacy 
3
We Were Soldiers
Harvey S. Karten
A solid sober look at the camaraderie evoked by men under fire 
3
We Were Soldiers
Jeff Vice
an incredibly heavy handed manipulative dud that feels all too familiar 
2
We Were Soldiers
Walter Chaw
The road to hell is paved with the abandonment of our best ideals to the intoxicating call of manifest bloodlust 
3
We Were Soldiers
Erik Childress
Once you ve seen it over and over and over again in the movies there are only so many new places that a filmmaker can take us 
2
We Were Soldiers
Mary F. Pols
We Were Soldiers intends to be stirring for its entire two hour and 18 minute length but only achieves its goal for about a third of that time 
2
We Were Soldiers
Chris Hewitt
For a guy who started as a writer Wallace is surprisingly good at employing the visual impact of film 
3
We Were Soldiers
Glenn Lovell
Indeed while the battle scenes aspire to the grisly ferocity of Saving Private Ryan this war saga often elicits as many howls of laughter as growls of anguish 
1.5
We Were Soldiers
Carrie Rickey
as directed by Wallace We Were Soldiers is not a lightning paced emotion filled war movie but a turgid platitudinous work of calendar art 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Tor Thorsen
H ad I suffered and bled on the hard ground of Ia Drang I d want something a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by 
2.5
We Were Soldiers
Ross Anthony
Succeeds in conveying the horrors of war the good intentions of soldiers but little more 
1.5
We Were Soldiers
James Berardinelli
We Were Soldiers battle action is as intense and unsparing as that of Black Hawk Down yet the movie is richer because the characters are more fully realized 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Rob Blackwelder
captures the chaos the grave danger breathing down the neck of every combatant and especially the heroism that resulted 
3
We Were Soldiers
Ed Gonzalez
Wallace continues to render humanity via simple minded Asians have girlfriends too philosophy 
1.5
We Were Soldiers
Steve Rhodes
Relying on realism and never manipulation to makes its devastating emotional impact the movie rings as true as the death of a loved one 
3.5
We Were Soldiers
Jeanne Aufmuth
A heartfelt yet excessively maudlin look at the Vietnamese conflict that led the U S into a full blown warfare controversy 
3
We Were Soldiers
Jim Lane
Wallace shows a lazy tendency to rely on the time tested conventions which is the polite way of saying cliches of war movies of yore 
3
Hellion
Peter Keough
Hellion pads its slender commonplace but potentially rewarding premise with contrivances clichs repetitiousness and when all else fails implausible arbitrary melodrama 
2
Hellion
John Wirt
The realism in Hellion is admirable as are the actors emotion performances These wrenching qualities also make the film a tough sell 
3
Hellion
John Hartl
The hellion of Hellion is Jacob Wilson a 13 year old Texas rebel with a cause As played by a real teenager Josh Wiggins he s a force of nature 
3
Hellion
Sheila O'Malley
Hellion is a well observed and patiently told story with one good scene after another featuring amazing performances across the board but particularly from newcomer Josh Wiggins 
3
Hellion
Scott Bowles
Though some characters go underdeveloped Hellion marks one of Hollywood s most realistic examinations of rural high school angst since Friday Night Lights another teen drama set in Texas 
3
Hellion
Roger Moore
An engrossing glimpse into a working class nightmare a lifestyle of indulged biker kids guns violence and beer that is every bit the trap we consider our inner cities to be to be 
2.5
Hellion
David Lee Dallas
Both film and protagonist are troubled works in progress that shuffle and meander and frequently falter but occasionally sing 
2
Q
Matt Brunson
Cohen and his crew soak the picture in Big Apple atmosphere and Carradine is disarmingly relaxed as the wisecracking detective Yet it s Moriarty who really sparks the proceedings with his offbeat characterization 
3
Q
Mike McGranaghan
They don t make em like this anymore and that s a shame It s one of the best grindhouse type pictures of the 80s 
3
Q
Roger Ebert
The cast also includes David Carradine Richard Roundtree and Candy Clark good actors all but you have to be awfully good not to be upstaged by the death throes of a dying Quetzalcoatl 
2.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Matt Brunson
At least preferable to another recent summer hit the torturous Despicable Me 3 
2.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Linda Cook
Captain Underpants is clever laugh out loud fun 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I can t foresee Captain Underpants spawning any additional cinematic chapters in George and Harold s heroic tale if it sends viewers to the library and the bookstore to discover what happens next that s perfectly fine by me 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Giddy satire gives way to lazy bombast in this animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey s children s book series 
2
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie perfectly captures the goofy spirit of its source material Plus it has a theme song performed by Weird Al so how can it go wrong 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Peter Hartlaub
In the end it s impossible to ignore the fact that this feature is devoid of even the simplest positive morals or takeaways And it s not quite funny or wry enough to forgive its weaknesses 
1
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Sean P. Means
Yes the humor of Captain Underpants is juvenile but in this case that s a compliment This is a movie for the inner 8 year old in all of us 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Soren Andersen
The friendship of George and Harold is celebrated and the cheery vocal work of Hart and Middleditch gives the picture its sprightly spirit 
3.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Barry Paris
The frantic action is frequently funny with giant toilet monsters attempting to establish a new excremental world order
2.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Oliver Jones
While the movie is solidly and unapologetically pitched towards kids it has a subversive streak that is as genuine and sharp as anything whipped up by Roald Dahl 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Rick Bentley
The important thing is that while the production never reaches for intellectual grandeur it is on a very basic level one of the funniest movies of the year 
3.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Matt Zoller Seitz
They ve preserved Pilkey s exuberant drawing style as well as his understanding of what sort of humor is guaranteed to make young kids laugh until their sides hurt 
3.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Andrew Parker
Strikes a nice balance between the witty and the lowbrow 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
James Berardinelli
The movie is fresh fun and breezy 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Mark Dujsik
It s silly and silly can be good It is here for a while 
2.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Tina Hassannia
The zany over the top tone of The First Epic Movie makes it pretty obvious that like its protagonists the series doesn t take itself too seriously 
2.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Jody Mitori
If you can channel your inner grade schooler and appreciate a villain named Professor Poopypants you ll giggle at the irreverent world of Captain Underpants 
2.5
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Kathryn Laskaris
Pilkey s Underpants series leaves ample room for sequels And tra la laaa to that 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Keith Watson
The film is packed with mirthful pranksterism a vigorous anti authoritarian streak and literal potty humor 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Jane Horwitz
In an increasingly mean spirited world the spirit of fun and kindness in Captain Underpants is simply a tonic 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Roger Moore
Endlessly inventive and anarchic
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Rafer Guzman
Faithful to the whoopee cushion spirit of Dav Pilkey s books with some sly humor for grown ups 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Tom Russo
The youthfully attuned spirit of the storytelling gives it an authenticity recalling classic Peanuts cartoons right down to the off key singing 
3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Jon Niccum
With animation and superheroes overcrowding the multiplex the burnout factor looms large for an animated superhero Fortunately Captain Underpants flies to the rescue of both genres 
2.5
Good Night Oppy
Mike Scott
An immensely enjoyable film 44 a terrific 8212 if unlikely 8212 family movie night selection 46 
4
Good Night Oppy
Bruce R. Miller
While it took 15 years to get those Mars photos 40 and a selfie 41 44 8220 Good Night Oppy 8221 is an effective way of making scientific ventures appealing to folks of all ages 46 
3.5
Good Night Oppy
Ty Burr
A good movie to watch with older kids especially ones with a math or science bent or who just like taking things apart to see how they work 
3
Good Night Oppy
Randy Myers
It s a wonderful film 
3
Good Night Oppy
G. Allen Johnson
A testament to dreaming to cooperation to pushing boundaries and tapping into the vast potential of humanity 
3
Good Night Oppy
Tom Meek
It s a pat but fond remembrance and a testimony to the resolve of the NASA team as well as the droids who had autonomous programming built in and made some of their own life and death decisions 
2.5
Good Night Oppy
Erik Childress
Somewhere between Wilson in Cast Away and WALL E were the real life Spirit amp Oppy who extended the shelf life of hope that the dreamers inside and out the space program try to manifest every day 46 This doc captures that precise level of hope and dreams 46 
3
Good Night Oppy
Katie Walsh
The amazing story of the Mars Exploration Rover mission manages to feel emotionally like 8220 E 46 T 46 8221 and look like 8220 Star Wars 46 8221 
3
Good Night Oppy
Matt Zoller Seitz
To get across the magnitude of what his subjects saw and did 44 White pours on the commercial filmmaking devices from start to finish 44 in the manner of fun for all ages summer blockbusters that used to dominate the box office in the 1980s and apos 90s 46 
3
Good Night Oppy
Rob Thomas
8220 Oppy 8221 is an engaging movie for all ages 44 from those interested in astronomy to those who just want to see an inspiring partnership between human and machine 46 
3
Good Night Oppy
Joey Magidson
Good Night Oppy finds the emotion and wonder in scientific exploration 46 
3
Good Night Oppy
Mark Dujsik
The story of two not so little robots that could 44 Good Night Oppy tries to frame a scientific tale as a personal one to mixed effect 46 
2.5
Good Night Oppy
Mark Feeney
The rovers and what they did are famous The MER staffers are not Their dedication and commitment to the mission are inspiring 
2.5
Good Night Oppy
Michael O'Sullivan
A warmly charming if far from essential documentary that takes a look back at the robotic Martian rover Opportunity 
2.5
Good Night Oppy
Soren Andersen
A salute to the best of what humans are capable when they unite in a common purpose to expand their knowledge of matters beyond the realm of the known 
4
Good Night Oppy
Chris Barsanti
Ryan White 8217 s documentary is cute to a fault and filled with a rapturously uncomplicated glee about the joys of exploration 46 
2.5
Good Night Oppy
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As much as the movie is about robots 44 however 44 it is even more about the aspirations of our own species 44 and a moving tribute to the ingenuity and dreams of homo sapiens it is 46 
3.5
Good Night Oppy
Peter Howell
Here s the cure for space flight apathy 
3.5
2149: The Aftermath
Roger Moore
What s here is perfectly if a tad blandly realized It s just that not enough happens 
1.5
Tank
David Nusair
sporadically entertaining yet mostly underwhelming 
2
Tank
Matt Brunson
The sort of yee haw fare preferred by the moonshine masses 
2
The Take
Roger Ebert
A success story Yes according to the Movement of Recovered Companies No according to the owners and the courts 
3
The Take
Jonathan Curiel
A balance of fact and fury 
4
The Take
Ty Burr
Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein s film is antiglobalist advocacy journalism of the most muddled and romanticized stripe almost dangerously naive in its simplistic presentation of complex political events 
1
The Take
Chris Hewitt
The reason to watch the documentary The Take is buried in an ominous comment from an out of work laborer We are where the rest of the world is going 
2.5
The Education of Shelby Knox
David Nusair
engaging and intriguing 
3
The Education of Shelby Knox
Joshua Tanzer
She has the courage to maintain a loud clear voice of honesty in the kingdom of hypocrisy As Shelby tells a radio interviewer I m kinda scary to tangle with Sorry 
3.25
Black Christmas
David Nusair
Shockingly awful in every way imaginable 
.5
Black Christmas
Nick Schager
Glen Morgan s update of Bob Clark s 1974 slasher flick Black Christmas is an exemplar of how to screw up a modern horror film remake 
1
Black Christmas
Ken Hanke
Just another slasher flick that stopped off at the theater on its way to the 5 50 dump bin at Wal Mart 
2
Black Christmas
John Beifuss
Director Glen Morgan has a nice pictorial sense and a flair for ghoulish caricature but the film is muddled and choppy 
2
Black Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like the fruitcake sitting on your counter it s a rather rote waste of time and for the life of me I can t come up with anything else to say 
1.5
Black Christmas
Daniel M. Kimmel
Unfortunately for those hoping for shower scenes and other R rated shenanigans there s only one and it s pretty lame 
1
Black Christmas
Peter Howell
Creativity is a stranger to this sick excuse for entertainment which pounds a ridiculous back story into a butchered rehash that includes incest cannibalism eyeball gouging and impossibly dumb plot contrivances 
1
Black Christmas
Mark Dujsik
Oh how painfully incompetent this movie is 
0.5
Black Christmas
Linda Cook
What would Christmas be without the release of a lackluster horror movie 
.5
Black Christmas
Peter Hartlaub
Connoisseurs of trashy moviemaking are left with a bland slasher film filled with a bad guy who lacks menace a script that lacks humor and several hot young characters who have the nerve to go throughout the picture without taking their clothes off 
1
Black Christmas
Maitland McDonagh
Morgan borrows Christmas specific nastiness from a wide range of fright flicks but the result is less than the sum of its parts 
1.5
Black Christmas
Elizabeth Weitzman
Where the first film was a seminal forerunner of early stalker classics like Halloween this version feels as stale as old gingerbread 
1.5
Black Christmas
Ty Burr
Silly obvious clumsy and just gruesome enough to keep jaded genre fans from angrily throwing popcorn at the screen 
1.5
Black Christmas
Jim Hemphill
Morgan s gleeful desire to shock the audience both with the gore and the perverse backstory is delightfully infectious 
3.5
Black Christmas
John Monaghan
For me this was one of the best horror movies of the year which sounds glowing until you consider the competition 
2
Black Christmas
Dustin Putman
Dumbed down unscary hokum without a clue how to ratchet up a person s heartbeat 
1.5
Black Christmas
Jason Anderson
Lazy perfunctory and free of tension the new version will satisfy neither the admirers of the original nor anyone looking for a gory respite from seasonal good cheer 
1
Ticket to Paradise
Mike McGranaghan
Ticket to Paradise is totally predictable 44 and it feels as though it should have come out in the late 1980s or early to mid 1990s 46 That apos s exactly what I liked about it 46 
3
Ticket to Paradise
David Nusair
46 46 46 as breezy and entertaining an endeavor one might 8217 ve anticipated based on the premise 46 46 46 
3
Ticket to Paradise
Sonny Bunch
Ticket to Paradise is very aggressively not reinventing the wheel here 46 46 46 46 91 It apos s 93 doing a thing we 8217 ve seen a million times before and doing it well and doing it with people we like to watch doing it whom we 8217 ve seen do it before 46 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Ray Gill Jr.
Seeing Clooney and Roberts together though is like listening to a new album from a favorite band of your youth They can still hit those wonderful familiar notes to satisfy their old fans but this time it s doubtful they ll attract any new ones 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Erik Childress
Clooney amp Roberts 8217 first scene in Ocean 8217 s Eleven is a blueprint of sparring exes with sharp writing 46 Here 44 there is no trace of such wit and the only scenes worth buying are the brief moments when the actors show how much they like each other 46 
1.5
Ticket to Paradise
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ticket to Paradise is more staycation than vacation 44 and as such it is equally as memorable 46 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Josh Larsen
The movies have missed Roberts apos ease on screen 46 46 46 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
James Berardinelli
If Ticket to Paradise had been all about the two stars it would have been fine but it s not and therein lies the problem 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Anne Brodie
Julia Roberts and George Clooney 8217 s Ticket to Paradise has landed with a thud 46 The charming 44 duo 46 46 46 is grown up 44 miserable 44 mean 44 selfish 44 and stealing rings from children 46 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Tomris Laffly
91 A 93 frustratingly unexceptional rom com 46 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Mark Meszoros
We can 8217 t help enjoying every minute of Roberts and Clooney 8212 our longtime screen pals Julia and George 8212 bantering as combative but with chemistry Geogia and David 46 They 8217 re pretty fun to be around even when they 8217 re acting as The Bickersons 46 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Jeff Mitchell
A forgettable trip 46 Although Clooney and Roberts enjoy some amusing moments 44 the movie spins into an endless array of tired monologues and analyses about an adult child 8217 s wedding and career 46 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Johnny Oleksinski
Seeing Dr Ross and Erin Brockovich together does indeed summon those warm and fuzzy memories of Madonna s Ray of Light and prepping for Y2K That s the extent of our enjoyment though The rest of this tropical island hop is rough waters 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Dann Gire
It belongs to Clooney and Roberts polished mega stars working in clockwork tandem creating double exes who feel authentically estranged until they allow that tiny seed of suppressed affection to germinate and grow into something 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Richard Roeper
It squanders the talents of Julia Roberts and George Clooney on creaky one liners and cheap physical gags 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Pat Padua
quot 46 46 46 even the lush scenery never quite makes you forget that the writing is skimpier than a bikini 46 quot 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Rafer Guzman
Clooney and Roberts shine in this easy breezy rom com 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Michael Phillips
The movie never quite gets to the good stuff The setups and joke rhythms are there the wit got left in an overhead bin back in coach where nobody in this movie ever sits 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Chris Hewitt
We re willing to go with things if the script is clever enough which Paradise isn t quite or if the characters have enough charm which Dever Clooney and especially Roberts do 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Mark Feeney
Clearly the participants had a lot of fun making this movie For them Ticket to Paradise was round trip For the rest of us it s mostly just one way 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Leo Brady
What transpires is a collection of dysfunctional family fun in the sun 44 where new flames are ignited and old flames start to grow 44 making Ticket to Paradise a delightful trip of rom com luxury 46 
3
Ticket to Paradise
Mark Dujsik
Without the presence of Clooney and Roberts 44 there apos s very little about this material that might have worked 46 46 46 With them 46 46 46 the movie comes close to justifying its existence 46 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Katie Walsh
what should be a slam dunk is instead a missed free throw 46 10 10 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Mick LaSalle
Thanks to Lourd to Clooney and to Julia Roberts who radiates an appealing groundedness and sanity despite having been suffocatingly famous since her early 20s Ticket to Paradise is a lot more enjoyable than it deserves to be 
3
Ticket to Paradise
Moira MacDonald
It s definitely fun to watch Clooney and Roberts unleash their arsenal of sly grins uproarious laughter bad dancing side eying and effortless repartee even when slinging seaweed or playing drunken beer pong 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Brian Truitt
A mediocre effort that s pleasantly beachy fitfully funny and a waste of its famous leads hefty chemistry 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Roger Moore
8220 Mama Mia 33 8221 without ABBA 46 Or songs 46 Or big emotions 46 Or a star studded supporting cast 46 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Joey Magidson
Ticket to Paradise is as thin as a wafer 44 but goes down just as easily 46 Sometimes you just want to nuzzle in the bosom of a Hollywood movie 46 
3
Ticket to Paradise
Jake Coyle
There s not nearly as much to laugh at here as you might expect as Ticket to Paradise remains mostly content like a dozing beachgoer to bask in the glow of its stars 
2.5
Ticket to Paradise
Emily Zemler
In the end we don t really care about these characters enough to be fully invested in their potential reconciliation And why should we They aren t very likable in the first place 
2
Ticket to Paradise
David Robb
George Clooney 8217 s and Julia Roberts 8217 s undimmed charisma brings enough grace notes to Ticket to Paradise that you could easily be taken in by its low stakes frivolity 46 
2
Ticket to Paradise
Pablo O. Scholz
Doesn t add much to Roberts or Clooney except to their bank accounts Full review in Spanish 
3
What the Eye Doesn't See
Marta Barber
One of Lombardi s finer films 
3.5
Push
Alex Bozikovic
This is a complicated argument and it s a credit to Farhani and to Gertten that they manage to make this polemic so clear and compelling It is in fact a bit too clear for its own good 
2
Inside Out
Chris Hewitt
How about we put our money together and hire someone to write Levesque Posey and White a script that doesn t feel like a USA Network action show reject 
2
Inside Out
Lou Lumenick
A nonsensical thickly plotted gumbo 
1
Inside Out
Chuck Bowen
I can say with only a little irony that Triple H acts Parker Posey off the screen 
.5
Inside Out
Roger Moore
Lawyer turned screenwriter Dylan Schaffer s script is an unhappy combination of genres tones too many dead stretches of people in cars and inept dialogue 
1
Curtiz
Roger Moore
Balderdash
1.5
The Claim
Michael Dequina
The emotions of the piece are as palpable as the neverending snowfall 
3
The Claim
Rick Groen
The audience is simply left with the task of fitting together the allegory s easy pieces 
2.5
The Claim
Bob Graham
A rich emotional experience ranging in degree from fire to ice 
3
The Claim
Rob Blackwelder
If we re not allowed to understand these people how can we be expected to care how things turn out for them 
2
The Claim
Andy Seiler
Though director Michael Winterbottom has impressively created a believable 19th century prospecting town he is unable to bring the people who live in it to life 
3
The Claim
Roger Ebert
A movie like this rides on its cinematography and Alwin H Kuchler evokes the cold darkness so convincingly that Kingdom Come seems built on an abyss 
3.5
The Claim
Michael Wilmington
I liked The Claim as much for its stark visual beauty and impassioned performances as its intelligent script and willingness to probe the tragic side of life 
3
The Claim
Ross Anthony
An old fashioned cowboy romance with a touch of the artsy 
2
The Claim
Tor Thorsen
It may not be the most surprising film of the year the story quickly slips into a predictable tragic slide but it s certainly one of the more haunting 
2.5
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
David Nusair
there s just no storyline holding the whole thing together 
1.5
Love Songs
Mattie Lucas
Offers a feast for the mind and the heart overwhelming the senses and transporting us into its delicately constructed rhythms 
3.5
Love Songs
Bill Chambers
Another pansexual odyssey from Christopher Honor this one has singing
1
Love Songs
David Wiegand
As dark as these themes seem in Honor s capable hands they become almost frothy and the perfect elements for a surprisingly joyous musical 
3
Love Songs
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Love Songs reliance on mind bogglingly ineffective musical numbers inevitably triggers its downfall 
2
Love Songs
Sean P. Means
It s one thing to emote through singing but competing with the memory of a beloved classic is more than his gorgeous and talented cast can overcome 
2.5
Love Songs
Wesley Morris
You ll laugh You ll swoon 
3
Love Songs
Moira MacDonald
Love Songs finds the magic that the great screen musicals have the way a sad song can nonetheless leave an audience happy or the way two voices blending seems to create something so much bigger 
3
Love Songs
Bob Strauss
While the filmmaker succeeds at keeping it real most of the time a blazing romanticism informs the whole oddly engaging endeavor as of course it should 
3
Love Songs
Pam Grady
It s an uneven affair but with the delightful Garrel at the center it s also unexpectedly charming and occasionally even moving 
3
Love Songs
Elizabeth Weitzman
So French you may have to buy your ticket in euros Christophe Honor s musical trifle feels ready made for emotionally woozy undergraduates 
2
Love Songs
Ken Fox
A bittersweet trifle one can conceivably fall in love with and Christophe Honore s best film so far 
3.5
Love Songs
Jan Stuart
For a film roiling with so much turmoil of the heart Love Songs generates dismayingly little emotional frisson 
2
Love Songs
Kam Williams
Why make a movie about bohemian swingers if all you re going to serve up is the French equivalent of a Broadway musical 
2
Love Songs
Ed Gonzalez
The love affairs of the film s characters aren t merely expressions of fluid sexual desire but an acknowledgement of the interconnectedness of human life 
3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Mattie Lucas
It s impossible to convey the film s myriad emotions and subtle layers its agonies and ecstasies and the sheer rock n roll stream of consciousness of it all without sounding like hyperbole 
4
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Dan DeLuca
That spirit of encountering the world with undying artistic curiosity and without a plan informs Dream of Life a drifting portrait of Smith 
3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Peter Hartlaub
If you don t already own Horses this movie will make you want to go out and buy it You ll also want to start surfing the Internet to fill in the blanks that Dream of Life fails to include 
2
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Glenn Whipp
Heavy on the gabba gabba light on the hey 
2.5
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gets extra credit for trying something different 
3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Liam Lacey
Dream of Life barely hints at the transformational energy that Smith exudes in person but it does paint a portrait of a defiantly creative life 
3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Peter Howell
Patti Smith Dream of Life fashion photographer Steven Sebring s impressionistic study of the most influential of punk poets disarms and charms with its honesty 
3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Ken Fox
Thanks to its meandering achronological structure we don t learn too many specifics of Smith s brilliant career and only a die hard fan will find all of it vitally interesting 
2.5
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
V.A. Musetto
I imagine you could call Dream of Life a loving meditation on a one of a kind performer And you don t have to be a Smith fan I am one by the way to enjoy 
3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Stephen Whitty
Even the crudest punk rocker learned three chords Smith brags of having five before they plugged in an amp Steven Sebring would have done better to have had a few lessons in editing and structure before picking up his camera 
2.5
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Ed Gonzalez
A series of elegiac episodes from the life and mind of the fantabulous rock n roll chanteuse and poetess 
3
Evergreen
Vince Koehler
The movie comes to a satisfactory conclusion teaching the lesson that things aren t always as good as they look 
2.5
Evergreen
Dustin Putman
A solid affectionately told drama at times wavering the line of excellent that only disappoints when it doesn t add up to the fully realized catharsis it is aiming for 
2.5
Evergreen
Jeanne Aufmuth
Rife with clichs and precocious artsy craft 
2
Evergreen
Moira MacDonald
Zentelis affection for her characters and the clear eyed honesty of her storytelling glides us through any unsubtleties 
3
Evergreen
Walter V. Addiego
Aiming for simplicity it ends up simplistic 
2
Evergreen
Connie Ogle
Although Zentelis doesn t always nail the strange rhythms of real life she does show that she s on the right track 
2.5
Evergreen
Robert W. Butler
This modest coming of age story eschews poor little poor girl emotionalism in favor of carefully observed moments that slowly build in power 
3
Evergreen
Bruce Westbrook
Newcomer Land is a find performing with guileless naturalism and resilient dignity 
3
Evergreen
Ty Burr
Only the performances keep the film out of After School Special territory 
2.5
Evergreen
John Monaghan
The movie appears to be aimed at thoughtful teenagers and indie film fans but they ll be the first to recognize that they ve seen this story done better on television 
2
Evergreen
Chris Hewitt
Too bad Zentelis didn t find someone else to write the script because Evergreen combines all the cliched elements of a season s worth of a WB teen drama 
2
Evergreen
Phoebe Flowers
Feels strangely underdeveloped 
2
Evergreen
Allison Benedikt
For all kind and admirable reasons Zentelis wants to portray America s working poor but she only gets deep enough to pity them 
2
Evergreen
Joshua Tanzer
The kind of low budget independent movie that you see hoping for greatness and you leave a little let down 
1.5
Murderous Maids
Josh Larsen
salaciously simplistic 
2
Murderous Maids
Frank Ochieng
Denis and co writer Michele Petin s impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing Lead provocatuers Testud and Parmentier give superlative performances
3.5
Murderous Maids
Phil Villarreal
The dreamy almost poetic nature is entrancing 
3
Murderous Maids
Walter Chaw
The weight of the piece the unerring professionalism of the chilly production and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough 
3
Murderous Maids
Ty Burr
Testud is the burning center of a clinically dispassionate film 
3
Murderous Maids
Michael Wilmington
Made with spellbinding clarity and tact shot near the actual locations by an uncompromising cinema realist and featuring a near perfect cast 
3
Murderous Maids
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Murderous Maids has a lot going for it not least the brilliant performances by Testud and Parmentier 
3
Murderous Maids
Carrie Rickey
What Denis accomplishes in his chilling unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned 
3
Murderous Maids
Michael Szymanski
Troubling disturbing this is put together with fine technique but it plays almost as a heartless documentary ignoring the obvious trappings of sensationalism 
3
Murderous Maids
Arthur Salm
A sensitive moving brilliantly constructed work 
4
Murderous Maids
Doris Toumarkine
Testud suggests pain so real that you almost fathom the horrific ends she goes to 
3
Murderous Maids
John Anderson
Denis forges out of the theories of class based rage and sisterly obsession a razor sided tuning fork that rings with cultural sexual and social discord 
3
Murderous Maids
Ken Fox
Nearly 75 years after the fact the matter still hasn t given up all its secrets but Denis film comes close to a definitive deeply disturbing account 
4
Murderous Maids
Ed Gonzalez
Ripped of her humanity Testud s Christine becomes a working stiff of Greek proportions 
3
Murderous Maids
Harvey S. Karten
A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Rick Bentley
The real star of The Prophet is the animation The visuals make this a film a craft of art that also has spiritual uplifting of words 
3.5
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Scott Renshaw
The simple Disney style look of the framing story merely feels like a delivery system for those dazzling depictions of wisdom and the most memorable lesson is that there are so many more glorious ways to tell an animated story than Disney style 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Rob Thomas
Gibran encouraged his readers to savor every drop of life even the bitter ones and viewers should relax and savor every panel of this film 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Sean P. Means
The animators are uniformly talented but wildly divergent in styles 
3.5
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Lawrence Toppman
Neeson s gentle sonorous voice perfectly underpins these visual extravaganzas 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Molly Eichel
What makes The Prophet worth watching is the animation 
2.5
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Sandie Angulo Chen
For audiences interested in an earnest inspirational story full of timeless messages and beautiful animation this is a lovely reminder of how to live life with purpose and joy 
2.5
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Josh Larsen
particularly well designed inspirational posters 
1.5
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Mark Dujsik
One can easily imagine a theater filled with baffled adults and suddenly tired or antsy children 
2
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Miriam Di Nunzio
The eight independently produced vignettes culled from Gibran s larger work and strung together by director Roger Allers to create a storyline where there was none are an entertaining lot 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
David Lewis
The film is likely to attract new readers to the book and remind longtime fans why they were attracted to the writings in the first place 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Peter Sobczynski
A wildly ambitious and frequently fascinating film that moviegoers of all ages should find both entertaining and provocative in equal measure 
3.5
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Matthew Kassel
You get the gist of what he s saying but at a certain point near the third quarter of the film I d say the prophet s ambiguous words start to grate 
2
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Roger Moore
Lovely And as deep as you let it be 
3
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Carson Lund
A consummate sampler platter of the bounty of state of the art animation currently available as alternatives established major studio house styles 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Brian Eggert
Regardless of how formulaic these sitcom situations prove to be 44 and how everything conveniently works out for most of the characters 44 it apos s a mildly watchable 44 R rated 44 dysfunctional family comedy 46 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Neil Rosen
The stellar cast is first rate elevating whatever weaknesses there are in the material and the overall result is an endearing dysfunctional family that you ll enjoying spending a few hours with 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Alissa Wilkinson
We get set piece after set piece character moment after character moment with few of them doing more than letting characters talk about themselves and tell each other things that we re not yet sure we believe 
1
This Is Where I Leave You
David Nusair
a misbegotten ineffective adaptation 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Jocelyn Noveck
In the best dramedies of course laughter and tears alternate seamlessly and gracefully and you leave both entertained and enlightened Alas this isn t that film 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Sam Fragoso
We are at least in some small measure partly responsible for the abhorrent radioactive hazmat that is Shawn Levy s latest film 
1
This Is Where I Leave You
Bob Bloom
We ve seen and heard variations on these characters several times before Somehow though it seems to work 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Mike McGranaghan
The performances and laughs are enough to make This Is Where I Leave You enjoyable provided you can overlook the shallowness and frequent sitcom compulsions 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
John Serba
Features enough fights infidelities breakups breakdowns pregnancies infertilities and miscellaneous interpersonal tumult to fill several movies 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Christy Lemire
Mawkish self satisfied and false This Is Where I Leave You strenuously attempts to wring poignancy from its familial clashes and catharsis More often it s cringe inducing 
1.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Matt Brunson
This Is Where I Leave You clearly isn t lacking in star power although it s depressing to see so many fine talents cast adrift in such a puerile exercise 
1.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Peter Travers
This comedy about a death is a funeral for the audience But hey here s your chance to sit shiva with an all star cast 
1.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Susan Wloszczyna
Gripe gripe gripe and snipe snipe snipe all served family style with a bare minimum of relatability 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Liam Lacey
As with so many movies where the script constructs experiences that are contrived and off putting you hope the actors can capture the emotional truth of some scenes even if the entire apparatus feels bogus 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Willie Waffle
A nice try 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Steven Rea
The movie toys with real emotions with our emotions in ways that are pat and writerly and button pushing in the cheapest cheesiest ways 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Stephen Whitty
A movie needs to be more than pretty closeups and carefully set up punchlines and This Is Where I Leave You rarely is 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Dustin Putman
A dramedy about the bonds and dysfunctions of family and the possibilities of roads not taken This Is Where I Leave You is too pleased with itself by a half hiding its valid truths behind a wall of mugging artificiality 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Mark Dujsik
The film becomes sentimental but it earns that quality with the bite of its earlier scenes 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Anders Wright
This is a group that could have done so much more with better material 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
James Berardinelli
It s easy to be impressed by the dramatic capabilities of actors known primarily for lighter fare in particular Jason Bateman and Tina Fey both of whom are terrific 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Jon Niccum
This is a movie where the characters are more interesting than the plot twists or comedic throwdowns of which there are plenty 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Ann Hornaday
This Is Where I Leave You leaves you wanting if not more than at least better and smarter and more honest The problem finally is that it s not nearly complicated enough 
1
This Is Where I Leave You
Rafer Guzman
This Is Where I Leave You is the year s first real crowd pleaser a comedy drama that presses all the right buttons but does so with intelligence and skill 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Peter Howell
A large cast that looks great on paper becomes unwieldy on the screen with talented people struggling to stay with a story and a camera that relentlessly skips from scene to scene 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Kristin Tillotson
The audience appeal strategy seems to have been Throw a bunch of gags along with a can t miss ensemble cast up on screen and hope at least a few stick They do even if the overall effect is loosey goosey 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Chris Hewitt
This is where you should go to a different movie 
1
This Is Where I Leave You
Walter V. Addiego
This Is Where I Leave You isn t a disaster but it s hellbent on playing safe and leaves a good comic cast high and dry 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Michael Phillips
The movie s painless It s OK And with this cast OK is disappointing 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Joe Williams
Although Driver is one of the hottest young actors in Hollywood his character is so overbearing he sandbags the whole movie 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Cathy Jakicic
While the relatively leisurely pace of a novel offers readers the time to appreciate each character s story the film is so rushed that only Bateman s character comes close to being satisfyingly explored 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Claudia Puig
As a film it feels overly familiar with some amusing scenes but not enough to make for a wholly satisfying experience 
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Eric Henderson
And the jury s still very much out over whether Shawn Levy is an inept comedy director masquerading as an opportunistically dramatic one or vice versa 
1.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Matt Pais
If your movie stars Jason Bateman and Tina Fey and you need to rely on jokes about poop and a 76 year old s fake boobs you have a problem 
2
This Is Where I Leave You
Rex Reed
A vulgar inept and gruesomely contrived load of junk misleadingly labeled a comedy 
1.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately though the movie s not always believable it s kind to its characters and leaves you with a few laughs and that s sometimes more than enough 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Randy Myers
An enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours at the theater 
3
This Is Where I Leave You
Roger Moore
The players and their banter make it work
2.5
This Is Where I Leave You
Kam Williams
A character driven examination of a dysfunctional Jewish family about as wacky as they come 
4
This Is Where I Leave You
Lou Lumenick
Doesn t quite live up to its stellar cast but there are still plenty of laughs 
3
Witchboard
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Cheesy goodness in all the right ways The Witchboard Blu ray is worthy of an unequivocal recommendation Buy it 
3
Witchboard
Mike McGranaghan
While by no means top tier horror it s nonetheless original and amusing 
2
Felix and Meira
Sean P. Means
Giroux s touch is sometimes too gentle though and one wishes he would nudge these characters into more than knowing glances and meaningful silences 
2.5
Felix and Meira
Kam Williams
Bittersweet tale of female empowerment about a sheltered young mother summoning the courage to leave her husband and their suffocating religious community 
4
Felix and Meira
Ty Burr
When is an image held for too long At what point does a shot s duration outlast its emotional information As ardent and earnest as it is Felix and Meira is a test case 
2.5
Felix and Meira
Michael O'Sullivan
There s a subtext to this love story that seems to say we re all islands in one way or another 
3
Felix and Meira
Joe Williams
Felix and Meira raises the question Are we happiest with a twin spirit or with a reverse image that completes the picture 
3
Felix and Meira
Roger Moore
A no heat forbidden love romance that doesn t so much end as peter out 
2
Felix and Meira
Tom Keogh
A viewer can be forgiven for violent eye rolling 
1.5
Felix and Meira
Rafer Guzman
The result is not the most explosive nor organic romance Still it swirls and settles in interesting ways 
2.5
Felix and Meira
Steven Rea
A quiet aching film 
3
Felix and Meira
Leba Hertz
Flix and Meira appears to be a simple movie about fitting in acceptance and sacrifice Yet it s so elegant and poses many different sides that it s actually a very complex film with very complex characters 
3
Felix and Meira
Peter Sobczynski
It tells a not especially interesting story about a not especially interesting couple from two different worlds that goes on and on before reaching its not especially interesting conclusion 
2
Felix and Meira
Stephen Rebello
Felix and Meira makes fascinating observations on forbidden love and as well as on the Hasidic community Although its pace is sometimes pokey it s a movie offering nice rewards to the patient 
3
Felix and Meira
Kyle Smith
Tender heartfelt and exquisitely dull the drama Flix and Meira illustrates the perils of trying to tell an emotional love story with meaningful stares and long pauses 
1.5
Felix and Meira
Kenji Fujishima
Maxime Giroux s sharp filmmaking instincts aren t always supported by similarly acute dramatic instincts 
2
And Breathe Normally
Roger Moore
Intimate with the scale of the tragedy achingly personal 
3
Personal Problems
Chuck Bowen
Bill Gunn and Ishmael Reed collapse conventional notions of reality providing simultaneous glimpses into the minds of dozens of characters lingering on scenes and informing them with confessional intensity 
4
BlackBerry
Chris Barsanti
By emphasizing the people in its tech tale 44 and the comedic possibilities in their mismatch 44 rather than the gee whiz factor 44 Matt Johnson frees BlackBerry from the need to convince its audience how important the invention at its center was 46 
3
I Saw What You Did
Matt Brunson
Castle frequently employed gimmicks to promote his movies Percepto for The Tingler Emergo for House on Haunted Hill etc but with this nifty thriller the closest thing to a gimmick is the ingenious plot itself 
3
Indiscreet
TV Guide Staff
One of those rare movies that is far better than the play from which it was adapted 
3.5
Hours
Michael O'Sullivan
Walker s performance along with the film gets more and more engrossing 
2.5
Hours
Michael Dequina
Could ve marked a turning point in Paul Walker s career to more interesting and demanding projects post age 40 
3
Hours
Susan Wloszczyna
For those who wish to see Walker at his best Hours is worth the time 
2.5
Hours
Matt Pais
Even when the movie and some ill advised lighter moments let him down Walker holds his own 
2
Hours
Kyle Smith
To the extent the film has an idea it s that people can be at their worst or best in extremis but the situations it devises such as an armed looter who wanders in to steal some of Nolan s junk food are blandly realized 
1
Hours
Tomas Hachard
The film s fealty to history is both unnecessary and a hindrance pulling us out of a story that could have easily been set in an anonymous city hit by a nondescript hurricane 
1
Hours
Roger Moore
Paul Walker s last movie shows heart and ambition but a lot of trademarks of sloppy direction too 
1.5
Morning Raga
V.A. Musetto
Resolves its conflicts along familiar Hollywood friendly lines 
2
Love Is All You Need
Kelly Jane Torrance
While director Susanne Bier s latest with frequent writing collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen is lighter than their previous works such as the masterful After the Wedding there s no mistaking the thoughtfulness at its core 
3.5
Love Is All You Need
Barbara Sullivan
A simple but luscious romantic movie about a couple for whom love is anything but easy 
3.5
Love Is All You Need
Rob Thomas
I think Bier might be a little too acute an observer of human behavior to agree with the simple premise of her film s title but she makes us believe it for a while anyway 
3
Love Is All You Need
John Beifuss
Lead actress Trine Dyrholm is the best thing about this pat conventional comedy drama of romantic reassurance for middle aged moviegoers and their mothers 
2
Love Is All You Need
Nour Habib
The string of awkwardly hilarious family moments will provide plenty of laughs while also endearing the characters to viewers of this Danish romantic comedy And the more serious moments make for a film that s also surprisingly poignant 
3
Love Is All You Need
Matt Brunson
Don t think for a moment that postcard prettiness is all that this picture has going for it Susanne Bier has made a smart winning movie that s tougher than many others in its field 
3
Love Is All You Need
Mick LaSalle
The middle aged romance between the central characters is a lovely thing and that makes up for everything 
3
Love Is All You Need
Roger Moore
A watchable romance that needed a lighter touch 
2.5
Love Is All You Need
Duane Dudek
It is a perfectly timed wish fulfillment summer vacation movie set somewhere idyllic that you can t possibly afford to visit 
3
Love Is All You Need
Connie Ogle
We ve seen enough romantic comedy to know these two are destined to fall for each other but Bier is that rare filmmaker who can make you wonder if there will actually be a happy ending 
3
Love Is All You Need
Lisa Kennedy
Pierce Brosnan isn t the only reason to see Love is All You Need He s merely the best reason to seek out Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier s entertaining if familiar romantic comedy 
2.5
Love Is All You Need
Steven Rea
Brosnan is good and he and Dyrholm erase any and all signs of contrivance in the plot the script 
3
Love Is All You Need
Peter Howell
This is a mature rom com if that s not a contradiction in terms 
3
Love Is All You Need
Tom Keogh
Adult sophistication is Bier s aim and she delivers 
3
Love Is All You Need
Joe Williams
Despite the excess cheese atop the story the setting in the birthplace of pizza gives Love Is All You Need a satisfying finish 
2.5
Love Is All You Need
John Anderson
Soft around the edges but with sincerity at its heart 
2.5
Love Is All You Need
Peter Keough
Bier spices up the long hackneyed generic formula with lush location cinematography outstanding performances and subtitles but otherwise the movie needs a lot more than love 
1.5
Love Is All You Need
Chris Hewitt
All you need is a better movie 
1
Love Is All You Need
Matt Pais
Has nothing to do with The Beatles All You Need Is Love Based on the movie s low quantity of romance it may as well be called The Walrus I Am 
2
Love Is All You Need
Stephen Whitty
Even with its flaws and occasional flat footed choices this is still a rare movie for grownups 
3
Love Is All You Need
Ann Hornaday
Rather than give her protagonists vivid interior lives Bier defines them in relation to the satellite characters who circle them 
2
Love Is All You Need
Claudia Puig
It s the rare love story that avoids treacly sentimentality Even rarer is a believable romantic comedy featuring middle aged people that avoids jokes about sagging flesh and waning libidos 
3
Love Is All You Need
Caroline McKenzie
At times it seems as if Susanne Bier set out to create some kind of absurdist comedy but lost her nerve somewhere along the way 
2
Love Is All You Need
Lou Lumenick
Mixes in just enough poignancy and honest emotion to make it a perfect date movie at least for older couples 
3
Love Is All You Need
Chris Knight
Family members turn out to be crazier than anyone expected Well anyone except savvy movie goers 
2.5
Love Is All You Need
David Nusair
a mildly diverting yet palpably underwhelming effort from the otherwise rock solid Bier 
2.5
Dead Water
Rex Reed
Plot twists multiply turning Dead Water into nothing more than one huge red herring in an attempt to distract viewers from the sorry fact that nothing of substance is really happening 
2
Dead Water
Roger Moore
A promising menage a trois at sea thriller that sinks more often than it swims
1.5
The Lighthouse
Brian Eggert
Robert Eggers has established himself as cinema s premier researcher capable of evoking a historical period with centuries old vernaculars period accurate tactile details and a visual schema rooted in the past 
3
The Lighthouse
Jason Fraley
For all its powerful performances and haunting imagery its setting is too bleak its narrative too experimental its director too indulgent its purpose for existing too unclear 
2
The Lighthouse
Wesley Lovell
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to appreciating this film is its constant attempts to defy expectations and avoid definitions 
3
The Lighthouse
Federico Furzan
Insanity Isolation Weird sexual tension Two fantastic actors One unique filmmaker Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Mattie Lucas
Its style over substance aesthetic seems to treat surrealism as just a simple horror technique rather than a psychological tool and the result is eerie but feels somehow more shallow than The Witch 
2.5
The Lighthouse
Walter Chaw
I n The Lighthouse Eggers engages us in a struggle for consciousness that is as ancient as it is essential 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Kevin A. Ranson
refusal to commit to any revealing detail undoes the goodwill leaving a thick atmosphere without tangible meaning while blaming madness for lacking cohesion 
2
The Lighthouse
James Kendrick
fascinating and perverse and never boring but it s not really compelling either because it remains abstract and theoretical and too obviously staged 
2.5
The Lighthouse
Linda Cook
The Lighthouse will challenge delight art house fans 
4
The Lighthouse
Alan French
The story gets downright insane To call The Lighthouse bonkers would be an understatement and Eggers thrives on the disorientation 
4
The Lighthouse
Joe Friar
By the time we come to the end of this 110 minute journey like the film s protagonists the audience feels like it has ascended from some sort of cinema hell 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Matt Brunson
A black and white mood piece in which two men frequently talk while sitting at the dinner table That might make this sound like My Dinner with Andre except that art house hit inexplicably didn t make room for a mermaid in its tale 
3.5
The Lighthouse
David Keyes
A total exercise in style brought to glorious excess by showy performances and visual gimmicks right out of an ambitious nightmare 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Bob Bloom
You go into The Lighthouse not knowing what to expect with director Robert Eggers heightening that feeling by playing off your anticipation of what you think lies ahead 
4
The Lighthouse
Mike McGranaghan
A bold risk taking work from a true cinematic visionary 
4
The Lighthouse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Lighthouse is as downright unsettling as totally disturbing as any black and white nightmare since David Lynch s Eraserhead 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Josh Larsen
a cinematic sailor s yarn you won t soon forget 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Josh Terry
The Lighthouse is a work of atmosphere using stark visuals in this case black and white imagery shot at an unusual square aspect ratio and a scant soundtrack to build an unsettling atmosphere of dread 
3
The Lighthouse
Rubén Rosario
It s a good thing Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson deliver indelible performances in this aggressively foreboding chiller because The Witch director Robert Eggers tries so hard to channel Melville and Lovecraft that he loses his grip on the material 
2.5
The Lighthouse
Matthew Passantino
Robert Eggers The Lighthouse won t be for the faint of heart or those who crave a tidy narrative but his hallucinatory fever dream is indeed an experience at the movies 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Richard Roeper
The actors play it big and bold in a visually striking black and white horror show 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Michael Smith
Harrowing haunting and suspenseful 
3
The Lighthouse
James Berardinelli
The Lighthouse works because of the strength of the actors performances the power of their interaction and the aura of incipient dread that saturates everything 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Jeff Mitchell
A mesmerizing visual feast and a rudderless waste of time 
2
The Lighthouse
Robert Horton
Maybe too knowing It tired me out at times But it has a strong afterlife in the mind like a briny shanty recalled at night 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Barry Paris
Their fights are amazingly physical and psychological in a horror picture that ends more or less like Kubrick s 2001 
2.5
The Lighthouse
Christian Toto
The director of The Witch returns bringing us deep into the heart of pretentious art house cinema 
2.5
The Lighthouse
Mark Dujsik
The Lighthouse is for better and for worse a maddening experience indeed 
2.5
The Lighthouse
Chris Hewitt
What is the opposite of a crowd pleaser A crowd splitter maybe Whatever you call it The Lighthouse is one 
3
The Lighthouse
Sean P. Means
Eggers goes further with cinematographer Jarin Blaschke shooting in black and white 35 millimeter film in an almost square frame to add to the claustrophobic atmosphere that seems to be driving both men insane 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Matthew Singer
Like the worst nightmares it s an experience you might come away from hoping never to revisit and it ll haunt you long after it s over 
3
The Lighthouse
Sara Michelle Fetters
Eggers moody esoteric descent into madness is a showcase for two gifted actors at the height of their powers 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Rene Sanchez
A delirious enigmatic and deranged gem about isolation and guilt Pattinson and Dafoe s stunning face off is one for the ages Full Review in Spanish 
4
The Lighthouse
Rosalie Kicks
A haunting tale that chilled me to me bones 
4
The Lighthouse
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The Lighthouse Shines Brightly into a Narrative Void 
2
The Lighthouse
Tom Russo
Pattinson and Dafoe dig into their roles and Together with Eggers they deliver a masterful study of souls trapped on a rock alone but also trapped together with all the twisty complexities involved 
3
The Lighthouse
Tom Meek
The Lighthouse is a senses riveting immersion aurally awash in the sonorous sounds of the sea the pelt of torrential rain and the soul shaking roar of the title structure s bullhorn 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Michael Phillips
At its finest and creepiest The Lighthouse courts comparison at least in ambition to F W Murnau s fantasies of temptation desire and striking imagery 
3
The Lighthouse
Lindsey Bahr
The Lighthouse is a triumph of mood and vision like the love child of Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lynch that knows that its actors are just a small piece of the overall composition 
3
The Lighthouse
Thomas Floyd
In a cinematic age defined by the sequel remake and reboot this filmmaker s idiosyncratic vision represents a beacon of light shining through the mist 
3
The Lighthouse
Mick LaSalle
The Lighthouse has only enough story to fill a 25 minute Zone episode and that s including next week s coming attractions and two obligatory and very welcome monologues by Rod Serling 
1
The Lighthouse
Joey Magidson
Eggers mixes a sense of grim fatality with an odd bit of humor here and there especially when flatulence comes into play The Lighthouse is miles away from The Witch 
3
The Lighthouse
Audrey Fox
With endlessly engaging imagery and two remarkable lead performances The Lighthouse all but assures the legacy of Eggers in the arthouse horror genre 
4
The Lighthouse
Sara Stewart
By turns funny sinister haunting historically fascinating and mythical The Lighthouse is one of the best films of the year 
4
The Lighthouse
Barry Hertz
You will be dreaming of beards corncob pipes blinding light and tentacles for days Consider that a warning or an enticement 
3
The Lighthouse
Brian Tallerico
While it s ultimately a bit too self conscious to provoke the existential dread and true terror of the best films like it it s still an impressive accomplishment thanks to Eggers fearlessness and a pair of completely committed performances 
3
The Lighthouse
Peter Howell
A psychological nightmare that gnaws at the brain long after the disturbing final image assaults the retina 
3.5
The Lighthouse
Sam C. Mac
Robert Eggers loosens the noose of veracity that choked his meticulously researched but painfully self serious debut just enough to allow for so much absurdism to peek through 
3
Southie
Michael Dequina
The acting excellence is ultimately cancelled out by the derivative nature of the story which is not presented in a terribly fresh or distinctive manner 
2
Mondovino
Kurt Loder
I nteresting and sometimes funny but terribly edited and way too long 
2
Mondovino
Joshua Tanzer
Mondovino is not a movie that swirls some wine around in a glass and admires the color and praises the bouquet and speaks of the wine s complexity and uses the whole experience as some kind of rarefied metaphor for middle aged angst 
4
Mondovino
Peter Debruge
The movie runs an exhausting 131 minutes and reveals nothing that couldn t better be expressed with a 10 page story in Vanity Fair 
2
Mondovino
Laura Kelly
At the core of this film is a great story and plenty of wine lessons worth learning even for heathen palates 
3
Mondovino
Rob Thomas
Nossiter makes the evolving wine business into a pointed metaphor for the entire globalized economy and the opportunities and hazards that come with it 
3.5
Mondovino
Jeff Vice
At more than two hours both Nossiter and the film go on too long like a drunken party guest who doesn t know when to leave 
2
Mondovino
Sean P. Means
Mondovino is rich and deep with flavors and textures that reveal themselves from start to finish Like the wines it celebrates this is a movie to be savored 
3.5
Mondovino
Kathy Flanigan
It s so complex that it s hard to figure out exactly what he s trying to say but it goes down pretty well 
2.5
Mondovino
Mike Dunne
Trouble is it sits in the glass a bit too long 2 hours 11 minutes and while it never quite turns to vinegar it becomes less than compelling in its tedious repetition 
2.5
Mondovino
Moira MacDonald
For wine loving filmgoers willing to lavish it and to forgive the film its excesses it offers refreshment and reward 
2.5
Mondovino
Michael Booth
Nossiter s unimposing style likely landed him many interviews with skittish wine scions but in the editing room the gentleness translates into lack of clarity 
2.5
Mondovino
Geoff Pevere
It would work beautifully as a the non fiction backstory to Sideways 
3.5
Mondovino
Jennie Punter
If you surrender to its quirky jerky style and stop straining to find a single narrative line Mondovino offers much to savour 
3
Mondovino
Chris Hewitt
It is entertaining to watch people get worked up about how oaky and merlot influenced the world s wines are becoming But Nossiter gets confused about the sort of movie he s making 
2.5
Mondovino
Jeff Strickler
Nossiter s low key style has a quaintness all its own The last thing anyone would accuse him of is selling out to corporate interests 
3
Mondovino
David Elliott
Often feels like a leisurely tour of the feudal feuds of snobs Now someone pass the two buck Chuck 
2.5
Mondovino
Roger Ebert
A fascinating film 
3
Mondovino
Michael Wilmington
It s such a knowledgeable work and so pleasantly obsessed with its subject that it will interest even audiences whose attraction to wine is only casual 
3
Mondovino
Bob Strauss
Informative apparently exhaustive and more than a little repetitive the film undoubtedly has more to offer oenophiles than those of us with a more casual interest in the grape 
3
Mondovino
James Verniere
Often fascinating 
3
Mondovino
Terry Lawson
Should prove fairly engaging even for someone who still believes that the woodier a chardonnay is the better 
3
Mondovino
Wesley Morris
The indictments recriminations and musings just sit there and the movie feels incomplete and uncentered 
2.5
Mondovino
Jeanne Aufmuth
Speaks to a genuine love for the grape 
3
Mondovino
Ruthe Stein
Overly long and not especially enlightening 
2.5
Mondovino
Aaron Hillis
The film s ambitiously eye opening hypothesis colorful characters genuine compassion and unexpected humor will make for a great vintage in years to come 
3
Mondovino
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan Nossiter s Mondovino is a wine education in a little over two exhaustive hours 
3.5
Mondovino
Peter Canavese
Here among the grapes is the flow of history draining aging old world tradition to its dregs as speed oriented mass production tops it off 
3.5
Mondovino
Peter Travers
If Sideways made you curious about vino this fierce funny and challenging doc opens up a world worth debating 
3
Mondovino
David Sterritt
The real subject though is how globalization fosters a homogeneous same old stuff conformity that molds almost everything on the planet into an ever shrinking number of shapes sizes and varieties 
3
Mondovino
Lou Lumenick
Well worth seeing as an impassioned critique of the impact of conglomerates on all forms of international culture not just wine 
3
Mondovino
Akiva Gottlieb
A remarkably focused docu essay 
3
Paris
Kelly Jane Torrance
Paris is a fitting tribute to the dynamic people who populate one of the greatest cities on earth 
3.5
Paris
David Nusair
Paris suffers from a pervasively uneven sensibility that is to an increasingly distressing degree compounded by an overlong running time 
2
Paris
Chris Foran
When these Parisians actually do connect the city s magic finally begins to shine Binoche in particular positively glows when things finally go right for her Still such moments seem a long time coming and often feel well a bit rushed 
2.5
Paris
John Beifuss
Seize the Day That s the title of a song that plays during the end credits It s also the trite message of this tedious tapestry of life ensemble piece in which a prettily dying young man advises his man less sister to take a chance on chance 
1.5
Paris
Jeff Vice
You can t really argue with a film that tells us we should be good to one another celebrates the importance of family and suggests we should live our lives to the fullest 
3
Paris
Michael Sragow
Klapisch s movie boasts passages of genuine magic 
3
Paris
Steven Rea
Perhaps it s time for a moratorium on movies where the trajectories of various people intersect often portentously across the tableau of a big city 
2.5
Paris
James Berardinelli
Paris keeps us involved not because of momentous plot developments but because the production incites our curiosity to see what will happen next 
3
Paris
Michael Phillips
Writer director Klapisch s glossy love letter to Paris and its yearning beautifully lighted inhabitants may not be much and you may not even believe in its emotional and discreet carnal complications moment to moment But the cast is fabulous 
3
Paris
Ty Burr
If Paris feels like an Altman film in structure it lacks the late filmmaker s bite not to mention his genuine curiosity about human beings 
2.5
Paris
Mick LaSalle
Klapisch captures the bittersweet quality of those human contacts that seem to hold promise but life goes by too fast for them to take root 
4
Paris
John Hartl
A pretty travelogue about mortality Paris never quite lives up to what turns out to be a presumptuous title 
2.5
Paris
Peter Keough
What s the French word for Crash Cdric Klapisch s serendipitous interweaving of the lives of disparate characters in the title city never resorts to the contrivance and manipulation of Paul Haggis s Oscar winner but there are some close calls 
2.5
Paris
Roger Ebert
Every character has life and depth It s unusual for an episodic film to involve us so well in individual lives as the narrative circles through their stories we re genuinely curious about what will happen next 
3.5
Paris
Kam Williams
An ensemble drama ever so reminiscent of Amelie the similarly serendipitous Oscar nominee in the Best Foreign Film category 
3.5
Paris
Kyle Smith
Paris when it fizzles which is most of the time is a dismal series of character portraits about a cross section of Parisians mulling turning points in their lives 
2
Paris
Sara Michelle Fetters
They do not stop just because the end credits role or the curtain closes they evolve and change along with the exiting audience going places original and unique depending on each viewer s personal point of view 
4
Paris
Nick Schager
Klapisch s It s a small world plotting is sunk by both bland artistry and dull insights into his milieu 
1.5
This Man Must Die
Roger Ebert
It is a macabre bizarre study of the hazards of revenge and it thrills us not with chases or cliff hangers but with the relationship between good and evil people 
4
The Dark Tower
Brian Eggert
It seems as though the filmmakers shy away from everything that made King s series distinct memorable and weird 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Matt Brunson
This condensation of eight Stephen King books may not be quite as vexing as attempting to place all of Shakespeare s texts onto a single Post it note but it nevertheless ranks as an exercise in futility 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Federico Furzan
As an avid fan of King and his epic work I find this offensive Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Mattie Lucas
A cold antiseptic translation of King s world with only a gruff Elba to inject it with any spark whatsoever 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Frank Ochieng
It is not often that one has reservations about a movie adaptation of an epic Stephen King novel series Relentlessly stiff incoherent and sluggish The Dark Tower is a piece of myopic mythology that dissipates into a bombastic bore 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Linda Cook
Dark Tower is cheesy and laughable 
1
The Dark Tower
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s not just a disappointment for fans of the saga it is also a blockbuster that will not be able to convince the average public that this is a story worth telling on the big screen Full review in Spanish 
2
The Dark Tower
David Nusair
An oddball adaptation with few similarities to its source material 
2
The Dark Tower
Walter Chaw
The Dark Tower is not in fact the worst It s pretty bad but it s also impossible to hate a movie that has Idris Elba dressed like Wyatt Earp 
2
The Dark Tower
Stephen Rebello
Those who haven t read the Dark Tower books may wonder what all the fuss was about in the first place those who have read the books are left to ponder how such a resonant literary work turned up on screen so undernourished and easily dismissed 
2
The Dark Tower
Mike McGranaghan
If you re attempting to create a series based on a complex mythology omitting key details of that mythology is a pretty big step in the wrong direction 
1.5
The Dark Tower
John Serba
Feels less like a movie and more like a mandate being executed Adapt this popular thing 
2
The Dark Tower
Kevin A. Ranson
not unwatchable just underwhelming rushing past the old stuff just to get to telling new stories and that s what this feels like and all the Easter eggs in the world can t fix that 
2
The Dark Tower
Kam Williams
The best sci fi Western since Cowboys Aliens 
3
The Dark Tower
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Dark Tower a forgettable misfire that does injustice to King s source material and sadly belongs in the bargain bin collecting dust 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Christopher Schobert
The Dark Tower is a crushing disappointment for Stephen King fans 
2
The Dark Tower
Katie Walsh
Inconsistent incoherent and often cheesy 
2
The Dark Tower
Josh Terry
The Dark Tower is a fun fantasy that evokes a 1980s adventure vibe and feels like a close cousin to the popular Netflix series Stranger Things 
3
The Dark Tower
Brian Tallerico
More forgettable than loathsome the kind of movie that occasionally rubs salt in your wounds by reminding you what could have been but mostly just dissipates from memory as it s playing 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Mark Medley
The Dark Tower is King s ultimate roller coaster twisting and stomach clenching and terrifying but above all fun If only this version was as thrilling a ride 
2.5
The Dark Tower
Robert Horton
Such a flaccid non event it barely leaves an impression In the King movie adaptation universe Maximum Overdrive suddenly doesn t look so bad 
1
The Dark Tower
Phil Villarreal
More like The Dork Tower 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Sonny Bunch
If you re going to adapt Stephen King s eight book opus why would you turn its lead character Roland Deschain aka the Gunslinger Idris Elba into a supporting character 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Christian Toto
Stephen King s expansive saga gets a 95 minute cheat sheet gussied up as a franchise starter 
2.5
The Dark Tower
Roger Moore
So much for The Dark Tower franchise 
1
The Dark Tower
Mark Dujsik
The Dark Tower never seems quite sure of itself 
2
The Dark Tower
Ty Burr
The movie makes me finally want to test drive one of the Dark Tower novels if only to see what King himself was able to bring to the party Maybe that s been his evil plan all along 
2
The Dark Tower
Peter Travers
So much is so wrong about this stunted film version of Stephen King s marvelously dense and dazzling series of eight novels that all I can say is this unholy mess shouldn t happen to a King much less a paying customer 
1
The Dark Tower
Sean P. Means
It s that rare movie that simultaneously feels too short and too long but never just right 
2
The Dark Tower
James Berardinelli
Superficial uninspired and forgettable 
2
The Dark Tower
Peter Howell
A dumb fantasy movie adapted from Stephen King s most derivative novel series 
1
The Dark Tower
Dann Gire
After all that The Dark Tower didn t turn out so bad Not so good either 
2
The Dark Tower
Johnny Oleksinski
McConaughey looking like a fatigued Wayne Newton might just be the worst big screen baddie since Cate Blanchett played a kooky Soviet in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
1
The Dark Tower
Soren Andersen
In the vast canon of King derived movies Tower belongs in the upper ranks 
3
The Dark Tower
Richard Roeper
A great actor giving a terrible performance as the lead villain is but one of the many many MANY unfortunate elements in The Dark Tower 
1
The Dark Tower
Mick LaSalle
The Dark Tower could have been a better movie not good but better had McConaughey and Elba switched roles 
1
The Dark Tower
Steven Rea
Though I m generally not one to complain about a movie being too short this adaptation seems to have achieved its brevity by eliminating most of what was good about the books and leaving in most of what wasn t 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Rafer Guzman
Despite two fine actors in key roles and the efforts of a four man screenwriting team to strip King s story down to its basics The Dark Tower still makes virtually no sense even by the rules of its own world s 
1
The Dark Tower
Jake Cole
As one might expect the results are scattered and rushed taking the jumble of Stephen King s labored mythology and making it even more baffling by excising the eight book series s most basic elements 
1
The Dark Tower
Dustin Putman
Works more often than not a muscular yet appreciatively unshowy conjuring of spectacle action and crucial character beats all playing out on a multi plane tableau melding reality with sinister fancy 
2.5
The Dark Tower
Michael Phillips
Is the movie good enough to do what it s designed to do Not really 
2
The Dark Tower
Stephen Whitty
This isn t The Dark Tower This is a small sad pile of rubble the foundation to a franchise you can only hope is never built 
1.5
The Dark Tower
Brian Truitt
What could have been the next Game of Thrones or The Lord of the Rings is instead more akin to a 1990s Steven Seagal movie and not one of the good ones 
1
Shame
David Nusair
suffers from an amateurish vibe that extends to virtually every aspect of the proceedings 
2
Reclaim
Drew Hunt
Reclaim s highly mechanized plot ensures that the film is over before it even ends 
.5
My Life's in Turnaround
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The homemade quality of these scenes and others is what puts the movie across it s evident throughout that no budget filmmaking and life as it s lived have a certain reciprocal relationship 
2
My Life's in Turnaround
James Berardinelli
Weird To say the least Funny and insightful Without a doubt A success That depends on what you enjoy in a movie For me it is 
3.5
Before Tomorrow
Matthew Connolly
Like all great stories it paradoxically allows us access to the big picture by bringing us gradually hauntingly close 
3
Before Tomorrow
Liam Lacey
This is sensitive material handled without sentimentality though the impact is somewhat muted by the film s cautious editing 
3
Before Tomorrow
Greg Quill
Harrowing as the story is beneath the seal skins and beyond the tenuous oily flame in centre frame Before Tomorrow is endowed with a rich humanity and an almost heroic stoicism 
2.5
Incident at Oglala
John Hartl
The emphasis on facts and talking heads pays off as the movie slowly builds a sense of outrage 
3
Incident at Oglala
Clifford Terry
A fascinating comprehensive and disturbing film fortified by Maryse Alberti s striking photography of the ruggedly beautiful land that is both exhaustive and exhausting 
4
Incident at Oglala
Roger Ebert
Incident at Oglala is about his specific case but in a sense it is about a larger subject about the continuing insult of a federal government which treats and regards Native Americans in a paternalistic repressive style 
3
Backstage
Bill Stamets
Backstage reveals a tender creepy transaction between idol and idolator 
3
Backstage
Michael Wilmington
From that very first scene which plays like a berserk fantasy erupting into the movie s reality I found Backstage almost impossible to believe 
2
Backstage
Matt Pais
Spine tingling suspense comes from a young girl undeterred by a star s confession that she really can t offer any of the validation that her fans so desperately crave 
2.5
Backstage
Kyle Smith
There s a pleasing tension in the air as their relationship comes to seem like something of a contest With two women this needy who will out crazy the other 
3
Backstage
Ken Fox
The real fun of the piece however is Seigner who plays the downhill diva to the hilt throwing cell phones and tantrums that would put Naomi Campbell to shame 
3.5
Backstage
Jack Mathews
Director Emmanuelle Bercot s film offers a fascinating account of how a vulnerable star might mistake fan worship for something real 
3
Backstage
Peter Canavese
A creepy look at the borderline personalities on both sides of the line between celebrity and citizen 
3
Backstage
Nick Schager
Depicting the thorny relationship shared by pop star and fan Backstage radiates not the nostalgic sentimentality of Almost Famous but raw pathetic obsessive desperation 
2.5
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
James Kendrick
The films attention is split fairly evenly across the major characters and their interactions are consistently fascinating in the way they illustrate both the cultural divide and the halting attempts to somehow bridge it 
3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Roger Ebert
Here s a movie that is even stranger than it was intended to be 
2.5
Bread and Tulips
Robert Roten
It is a very positive film in many ways It argues that just about anybody can be redeemed 
2.5
Bread and Tulips
Liam Lacey
As for star Licia Maglietta the appeal of the film is nearly all in her presence 
2.5
Bread and Tulips
Rod Armstrong
An unsurprising and leaden effort that doesn t even show off the beauty of this wondrous setting 
2
Bread and Tulips
Mick LaSalle
It s Maglietta s loveliness of spirit that grounds this strange movie 
4
Bread and Tulips
Carrie Rickey
See Venice and sigh 
3
Bread and Tulips
Roger Ebert
Maglietta is the secret of this film s romantic charm because we like her so much 
3.5
Bread and Tulips
Rob Blackwelder
Maglietta gives a wonderful performance as a vibrant woman emerging from a cocoon of suburban malaise 
3
Bread and Tulips
Steve Rhodes
I found it rather comparable to a typical television sitcom which isn t exactly a glowing recommendation 
2
Bread and Tulips
Lou Lumenick
A well crafted crowd pleaser 
3
Bread and Tulips
James Berardinelli
This frothy charming parfait of a motion picture will endear itself to many of those who seek it out 
3
Bread and Tulips
Harvey S. Karten
A feel good movie well suited for those who don t require roll in the aisle comedies 
3
Bread and Tulips
Michael Dequina
Completely by the book in its light feel good ways 
2
John Q
Peter Canavese
Strands good actors in mushy movie of the week material Blu ray 
2
John Q
Greg Maki
Instead of presenting the story and allowing us to draw our own conclusions Cassavetes blatantly tells us what we should think 
2
John Q
Jeff Strickler
A polemic in search of a plot 
2
John Q
Margaret A. McGurk
It can be described as manipulative derivative and heavy handed In spite of all that it kinda works in a populist fantasy sort of way 
2.5
John Q
Jon Niccum
At times John Q plays like Dog Day Afternoon crossed with a human resources seminar 
2
John Q
Ian Mantgani
Great for thirty five minutes then drops into a dead zone and stays there for an hour and change 
2
John Q
Mark Dujsik
Has something to say but it is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller 
2
John Q
David Sterritt
It s grimly fascinating to watch fine actors wrestle with the increasingly awful screenplay 
2
John Q
Ross Anthony
With the bump and sputter of an Indie the big names and strong acting pull the viewer through this propaganda piece by the heart 
2.5
John Q
Frank Ochieng
If you can imagine Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington s former 80 s TV series St Elsewhere crossed with the engrossing urgency of Dog Day Afternoon then you ll have Nick Cassavetes s sanctimonious and awkward hostage hospital drama
1.5
John Q
Mike McGranaghan
In case you haven t figured it out John Q is a Message Movie Actually it s more like a 2 hour Public Service Announcement 
1.5
John Q
Michael Dequina
Denzel Washington s efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony 
2
John Q
Bob Bloom
Washington overcomes the script s flaws and envelops the audience in his character s anguish anger and frustration 
2.5
John Q
Mick LaSalle
The movie s manipulations become so transparent that it can t really touch our emotions especially since it fails to follow through honestly on its premise 
2
John Q
Jim Lane
Cassavettes wrings every maudlin drop out of the action drawing tears with the ruthless ferocity of a vacuum cleaner sucking dirt out of a carpet 
2
John Q
Dustin Putman
John Q may be too problematic to be marked a great movie but one thing definitely is Denzel Washington 
2.5
John Q
Joe Leydon
Washington s extraordinarily precise emotionally rich and powerfully persuasive performance blazes through the cliches and contrivances of James Kearns blunt spoken heavy handed screenplay 
3
John Q
Sean P. Means
The movie equivalent of talk radio loud and in your face to be sure but also preachy ill informed and simplistic to a fault 
1.5
John Q
Tony Toscano
Too readily reminiscent of Dog Day Afternoon and becomes far too preachy 
2
John Q
Claudia Puig
One can excuse the movie s missteps and melodramatic moments in the greater interest of the strong statement it makes about our health care system 
2.5
John Q
Geoff Pevere
Stacks its emotional deck in favour of the reluctant hero so high it threatens to collapse 
2
John Q
Moira MacDonald
Cassavetes and Kearns stacked the deck so much that the movie becomes absurd 
2
John Q
David Elliott
It puts Washington as honest working man John Q Archibald on a pedestal then keeps lifting the pedestal higher 
2
John Q
Tor Thorsen
The film does tackle a nebulous endemic social problem the unfairness of our healthcare system in an accessible fairly entertaining manner 
2.5
John Q
John Anderson
Philosophically intellectually and logistically a mess 
2
John Q
Jonathan Foreman
Not a movie but a live action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse it s almost funny 
2
John Q
Kevin John Bozelka
It looks much more like a cartoon in the end than The Simpsons ever has 
2.5
John Q
James Berardinelli
A poorly scripted preachy fable that forgets about unfolding a coherent believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda 
2
John Q
Rick Groen
Like a tone deaf singer at a benefit concert John Q is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause 
2
John Q
Terry Lawson
As an argument for national health care John Q is embarrassingly one sided as a movie it s just one dimensional 
2
John Q
Steven Rosen
It features miserable direction by Nick Cassavetes writing by James Kearns and acting by too many to be named 
.5
John Q
Jonathan Taylor
The extremely complex issue of health care inequality gets reduced to a tale of vigilantism and manipulative heart tugging 
2
John Q
Roger Ebert
It is so earnest so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it begs to be parodied 
1.5
John Q
Jeff Vice
As good as Washington is he can t stop John Q s slide into mediocrity as it becomes progressively more heavy handed cliched preachy and preposterous 
1.5
John Q
Marty Mapes
Next time hire Michael Moore
1.5
John Q
Walter Chaw
A working class us vs them opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered 
0
John Q
Harvey S. Karten
Entertaining sure despite absurd premises and melodramatic excesses 
2.5
John Q
Chris Hewitt
The lousy John Q all but spits out Denzel Washington s fine performance in the title role 
1.5
John Q
Steven Rea
This is an A list cast toiling on a C list screenplay and working for a director whose agenda and propagandist tactics get the better of him 
2.5
John Q
Connie Ogle
Benefits from the presence of Denzel Washington but not much else 
2
John Q
Tom Sander
The filmmakers have made a blatant piece of hard core unapologetic heavy handed political propaganda one that whips viewers into a frenzy 
1
John Q
Vera H-C Chan
So earnest and well meaning and so stocked with talent that you almost forget the sheer ponderous awfulness of its script 
2
John Q
Bruce Newman
A satisfying piece of Americana in the age of the gun 
3
John Q
Mark Caro
Content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger all for easy sanctimony formulaic thrills and a ham fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance 
2
John Q
Rob Blackwelder
feels as if there s a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes can give it a good hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something 
1.5
John Q
Jeanne Aufmuth
An edgy poignant drama that has its heart in the right place 
3
John Q
Steve Rhodes
The formula film survives its needless mistakes in scripting and becomes a powerful motion picture in spite of itself 
3
John Q
Ed Gonzalez
It s tough being a black man in America especially when the Man has taken away your car your work hours and denied you health insurance 
1
Batman
Ryan Murphy
Batman the movie event of the summer is a psycho thriller posing as an action adventure movie a breathtaking ride through a fun house populated with all too believable ghouls phantoms and tortured souls 
3.5
Batman
Josh Larsen
Nicholson isn t only offering a brilliant bit of self parody here he s doing it in service to the character
3.5
Batman
David Nusair
It is unfortunately awfully difficult to revisit Tim Burton s Batman with an impartial eye in the wake of Christopher Nolan s genre defining Dark Knight trilogy 
2.5
Batman
Carrie Rickey
It s an unforgivably flat ending for a movie of such astonishing contours But its first two thirds which should be called The Joker s Big Misadventure is probably the best film of the year 
3
Batman
Candice Russell
As Robin might have said of this semi boondoggle Holy overkill 
2
Batman
Dave Kehr
The idea of doing a dark neurotic highly stylized and highly claustrophobic superproduction is an audacious and appealing one but director Tim Burton has only made it halfway there 
3
Batman
Matt Brunson
Even though its standing has diminished in the wake of the countless superhero flicks that emerged in the new millennium the pros still outweigh the cons 
3
Batman
Bill Chambers
Batman hasn t gone totally stale 
2.5
Batman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Burton brings back film noir elements to the new Batman elevating it to a dark demented opera 
3
Batman
Peter Canavese
Despite its failings a hugely influential movie with literally towering design mordant wit and a hall of fame performance by Jack Nicholson 
3.5
Batman
James Berardinelli
There are a lot of things wrong with Batman but it still makes for decent entertainment in the fine tradition of the typical low intelligence summer movie 
2.5
Batman
David Keyes
a success for several reasons but most of the credit goes to director Tim Burton s brilliant visual interpretation of a dark ominous comic book 
3.5
Batman
David N. Butterworth
Was it worth the wait Actually yes 
3
Batman
Steve Rhodes
A celebration of form over story
2
Batman
Roger Ebert
A triumph of design over story style over substance a great looking movie with a plot you can t care much about 
2
Batman
James O'Ehley
Tim Burton s Batman manages to avoid all the potholes that the Batman story might have strewn in the way of an unwary filmmaker and he manages to avoid them all with aplomb 
4
Titli
Kent Turner
Effortlessly blends noirish intrigue with on location you are there squalor
3
The Wolverine
Brian Eggert
Audiences want smarter 44 more dramatic superhero films 46 Well 44 now they 8217 ve got one 46 
3
The Wolverine
Mattie Lucas
is a refreshing change of pace for a superhero film to directly deal with the emotional fallout of its predecessor 
3
The Wolverine
Frank Ochieng
a typical high glossy escapist summertime comic book adventure come to life Reflective and rousing The Wolverine does captivate and the payoff for Logan loving loyalists does not disappoint 
3
The Wolverine
Sonny Bunch
The Wolverine is at its best when it deals with Logan s internal struggles and helps return fans of the franchise to the modern day 
2.5
The Wolverine
Wesley Lovell
After this Origins film the Wolverine character had the potentially of crashing and burning Thankfully it did not 
3.5
The Wolverine
David Nusair
the movie simply doesn t have anything interesting or relevant to say about the iconic Marvel character 
2.5
The Wolverine
John Beifuss
A superior even adult Marvel Comics adaptation that plays almost like a straight gangster yakuza thriller for much of its length until the obligatory climactic superhero supervillain dust up 
3.5
The Wolverine
Walter Chaw
a man s mute impotent melancholy and the many females around him engaged in the maintenance of their separate disintegrating orbits 
3
The Wolverine
Eric Melin
After 2009 8242 s bland X Men Origins Wolverine it s refreshing to see Hugh Jackman inhabit the character in a movie that actually understands his inner conflict 
3
The Wolverine
Lori Hoffman
At one point with a giant metal suit controlled by Yashida battling Wolverine the movie felt like outtakes from Pacific Rim 
2
The Wolverine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The changes to the original comic are pretty stupid designed more for summer blockbuster purposes than to serve the story 
2.5
The Wolverine
Scott Nash
In the glut of superhero movies hitting theaters The Wolverine stands out for several reasons 
3.5
The Wolverine
Linda Cook
A solid addition to the ever burgeoning Marvel Comics universe The Wolverine is one of the few summer blockbusters that doesn t have a prolonged CGI battle as the finale 
3
The Wolverine
Matt Brunson
Superhero movies are often defined as much by their villains as by their good guys and it s in this area where The Wolverine proves to be especially deficient 
2.5
The Wolverine
Kam Williams
Crouching Viper Hidden Wolverine 
4
The Wolverine
Willie Waffle
The only surprises are how many times Jackman flashes his ripped pecs and biceps Heck his muscles are practically co stars in this film 
2.5
The Wolverine
Mike McGranaghan
A terrific character study of a beloved superhero The Wolverine proves that there s still a lot of good stuff left to mine in his troubled heroic psyche 
3
The Wolverine
Michael Smith
It takes a special kind of talent to make the prime player from the X Men movies a bore 
2
The Wolverine
Geoff Pevere
It restores the tarnished lustre to this most fan beloved of Marvel characters by doing precisely what Chris Claremont and Frank Miller s near sacred 1982 run did It pumps some feeling into the guy along with his muscles and steel talons 
3
The Wolverine
Phil Villarreal
By the end of the movie Wolverine sort of manages to convince you everything would be better if he found a way to go off and die like he wants to 
2
The Wolverine
Christy Lemire
Director James Mangold s film features some breathtakingly suspenseful action sequences exquisite production and costume design and colorful characters some of whom register more powerfully than others 
3
The Wolverine
Kirk Baird
It s an occasionally serious film that never strays from its superhero roots 
3.5
The Wolverine
Rene Rodriguez
Just as comic book movie fatigue was starting to set in along comes The Wolverine to revive a moribund summer of superheroes 
3
The Wolverine
Rich Heldenfels
If Raymond Chandler wrote a mutant movie it would look a lot like this 
3
The Wolverine
John Serba
This franchise is starting to feel as immortally weary as its most beloved hero 
2.5
The Wolverine
Raju Mudhar
It s a credit to the production team that these elements somehow work with the movie at its best as a superhero Asian crime drama mash up 
2.5
The Wolverine
Steven Rea
Although The Wolverine eventually falls back on a comic book formula and CG effects the climactic face off between Logan and a giant silver warriorlike thing is totally generic Mangold and his team find time to explore more nuanced realms 
3
The Wolverine
Mark Dujsik
By the end we re left wondering if this character is worth the trouble 
1.5
The Wolverine
Dustin Putman
Watching Halle Berry shoot hoops flirt with Benjamin Bratt and beat up Sharon Stone in Catwoman is starting to sound mighty preferable 
1
The Wolverine
Michael O'Sullivan
A refreshing summer cocktail of action movie staples The Wolverine combines the bracingly adult flavor of everyone s favorite mutant antihero with the fizzy effervescence of several mixers from the cabinet of Japanese genre cinema 
3.5
The Wolverine
Chris Knight
In many ways The Wolverine feels like a similarly long fall albeit with a soft landing 
2.5
The Wolverine
Rafer Guzman
Like most superhero films The Wolverine depends mostly on sheer mechanics both in front of and behind the camera and on that level it s a resounding success 
3
The Wolverine
Joe Williams
A movie so unspectacular and meaningless it might be mistaken for an old episode of The Incredible Hulk 
2
The Wolverine
Jason Buchanan
A rare comic to film adaptation that doesn t sacrifice substance for the sake of thrilling action 
3
The Wolverine
Peter Travers
Hugh Jackman in his sixth time up as Wolverine still has the juice This pissed off man of Adamantium claws is stalking new ground Japan and his fight with yakuza on top of Tokyo s speeding bullet train is a wowser 
2.5
The Wolverine
Mick LaSalle
Somewhere along the line somebody must have had a crazy idea that The Wolverine required a decent script and shouldn t rely only on action audience goodwill and the sight of Hugh Jackman with his shirt off The team delivers with this one 
3
The Wolverine
Joe Lozito
This second attempt to bring the X Men character to a solo franchise moves along at a brisk clip but never finds its footing as either a brooding return to graphic novel form or a rousing actioner 
2.5
The Wolverine
James Berardinelli
Finally a superhero movie that doesn t feel like every other superhero movie 
3
The Wolverine
David Frese
By minimizing the goofy superhero side of the character Mangold maximizes the action hero The Wolverine succeeds when it emphasizes the human in superhuman 
3
The Wolverine
Michael Phillips
The Wolverine won t change anybody s mind about the character or about what Jackman can do with it It s simply a more focused scenario than usual full of violence done up with a little more coherence and visceral impact than usual 
3
The Wolverine
Chris Hewitt
The movie takes its cue from Jackman who is always shirtless and who appears to have the body fat index of a greyhound There s not an ounce of fat on Wolverine either it s lean mean and a really good time 
3
The Wolverine
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even if The Wolverine ultimately can t avoid its comic book roots the movie is still powered by the morose soul of Jackman s performance 
3
The Wolverine
Matt Pais
Falls into that middle ground of movies just good enough for you to wish it were a little better so you could actually feel like you enjoyed it 
2.5
The Wolverine
Soren Andersen
The Wolverine just might be the best comic book based superhero epic since Christopher Nolan s The Dark Knight Rises 
3.5
The Wolverine
Tom Russo
The Wolverine dispatches its hero to Japan to grapple with a sinister criminal element and his own virtual immortality For the uninitiated the scene shift is surprising and an effective way of dramatizing and accentuating the hero s dual nature 
3
The Wolverine
Jocelyn Noveck
At this point Jackman could play the role in his sleep but he doesn t and the nuances he and director Mangold bring to the character lift this enterprise up from the usual blockbuster sequel fare 
2.5
The Wolverine
Stephen Whitty
The Wolverine is the best superhero film since The Avengers maybe even since The Dark Knight 
3.5
The Wolverine
Claudia Puig
Cliches seep into what could have been a fascinating glimpse into a multifaceted character Still this X Men spinoff is a marked improvement over 2009 s X Men Origins Wolverine 
2.5
The Wolverine
Kyle Smith
There s teeming bombast and great gushers of villainy but we ve seen it all before and we ll see it all again probably next week 
2.5
The Wolverine
Randy Myers
For a sturdy 90 minutes one of Marvel comic s most intriguing creations is served well by director James Mangold s The Wolverine 
2.5
The Wolverine
Daniel M. Kimmel
a curious and very entertaining movie 
3.5
The Wolverine
R. Kurt Osenlund
This may be the year s best superhero movie because for a sufficient amount of time it doesn t feel like a superhero movie at all 
2.5
The Wolverine
Roger Moore
Promises to be deeper than it in the end turns out to be 
2.5
City of Joy
Roger Ebert
City of Joy seems a little too written too conformed to the rituals of Hollywood screenplays There s so much interesting stuff in the movie we are prepared to forgive that 
3
Saving Shiloh
Ken Fox
Offers exactly what you ve come to expect from the series Bland but wholly innocuous family entertainment featuring a cute kid and an even cuter dog 
2
Saving Shiloh
David Elliott
Wilson makes this film via grit of detail a bit more than a Hallmark Special Retro Disney Walton sermon in values 
2.5
Saving Shiloh
Stephen Whitty
Boring as porridge 
1.5
Saving Shiloh
Lou Lumenick
An OK kids movie passing through on the way to video 
2
Saving Shiloh
Elizabeth Weitzman
You won t find the pragmatic intelligence of Naylor s original stories here but even cynics may be touched by the film s remarkably wholesome lessons about friendship family and forgiveness 
2
Saving Shiloh
Roger Ebert
It s a family film that deals with real problems and teaches real values and yet is exciting and entertaining 
3.5
Saving Shiloh
Ed Gonzalez
If Sandy Tung s film had flavor it might taste like a week old bagel 
2
Saving Shiloh
Josh Larsen
has more respect for the intelligence of the title dog than its audience 
1.5
Bleed with Me
Kevin Carr
If you find you suspense in the not knowing you might enjoy this one but it did leave a little for me to desire 
2
Pitch
David Nusair
It doesn t help that Hotz and Rice are incredibly obnoxious these are certainly not the sort of people we want to root for 
2
The Cup
Roger Moore
Dull You don t know from dull 
1.5
The Cup
Sara Michelle Fetters
The script by Wincer and Eric O Keefe is a maudlin mess right from the word go and if any film this year has been filled with more treacle laden melodrama I certainly have not seen it 
1.5
The Cup
Soren Andersen
It s a very decorous picture in which a sense of conflict is largely lacking 
2
The Cup
Mike McGranaghan
I found The Cup to be a pleasant enough viewing experience At the same time I was never as riveted as I have been by other similarly themed films It makes you feel good without ever truly stirring the soul 
2.5
The Cup
Calum Marsh
One wonders who the audience is for a film this far removed from the dirt and grime of the reality it claims to be based on and why they find anything so squeaky clean appealing 
0
El Super
Ann Guarino
El Super has more talk than action and the the limited sets indicate a low budget But the film is such a warm human comedy and the acting by the rest of the Cuban and Puerto Rican cast so good it would be a loss to overlook it 
3
El Super
Larry Kent
EI Super is a mirror not a propaganda poster one in which all of us should be able to detect our own reflections 
3
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
SF Examiner Staff
It is a very funny satire but with affection not disdain 
3
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Matt Brunson
The two scenes that conclude the film continue to draw divided reactions but the rest is fresh fierce and funny 
3
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Wanda Hale
A funny honest commentary on the morals of married couples of this day and age 
3.5
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Gene Siskel
Director Paul Mazursky has a refreshingly simple style No flashbacks No slow motion Just a simple delivery of an entertaining story 
3.5
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Roger Ebert
The genius of Bob Carol Ted Alice is that it understands the peculiar nature of the moral crisis for Americans in this age group and understands that the way to consider it is in a comedy 
4
Tanner Hall
Lou Lumenick
The performances aren t bad but the film quickly collapses into an incoherent tonally inconsistent muddle with no narrative momentum 
1.5
Tanner Hall
Dustin Putman
There is an empathy in Tanner Hall that overcomes its familiar trappings and iffy low budget scope 
2.5
Tanner Hall
Andrew Schenker
A misshapen beast of a film Tanner Hall isn t so much kaleidoscopic episodic drama as underdeveloped perfunctory multi character mash up 
1.5
Maybe This Year
Joey Magidson
Maybe Next Year will be massively enjoyable to anyone who roots hard for a team but even though indifferent to sports will find this to be an appealing character study 
3
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Brian Eggert
The film suffers from a nasty case of sequelitis whereby the follow up has the same basic plot of its predecessor and makes the mistake of assuming the outcome of more action is a better film It s not 
1.5
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Sarah Knight Adamson
The zaniness won me over by the film s endless parade of creative ridiculous gadgets and weapons 
3
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Matt Brunson
If Kingsman The Secret Service turned out to be the biggest cinematic surprise of 2015 then Kingsman The Golden Circle might turn out to be the biggest celluloid disappointment of 2017 It s certainly the most depressing 
1.5
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Mattie Lucas
The action scenes in Kingsman feel like the gee whiz daydreams of a pre teen boy playing with action figures 
2
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Christopher James
Kingsman Golden Circle arrives with all the trappings of a normal sequel except one Unlike the dull lifeless rehashes this rehash is quite a bit of fun 
3
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Wesley Lovell
A decided step down from the previous film problematic elements infuse this diminished narrative There are still some great visuals but the story is lackluster and the action muted 
2
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
David Nusair
Right in line with its passable yet far from flawless predecessor 
2.5
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Linda Cook
What a royal disappointment this sequel is 
1.5
Doctor X
Mattie Lucas
A gruesome little chiller made even more lurid by the sickly green hues of its early Technicolor 
3
Doctor X
Matt Brunson
A pre Code sensibility combined with the eerie look of early two strip Technicolor add up to a rather grisly chiller 
3
Guinevere
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gives us a working relationship in progress rather than the usual Hollywood sitcom 
3
Guinevere
Roger Ebert
Guinevere is not perfect But the movie s heart is in the right place 
3.5
Guinevere
Steve Rhodes
As inert as outer space 
1.5
Guinevere
Michael Dequina
Its intelligent examination of the girl man romantic dynamic is a refreshing change of pace 
3
Leave No Trace
Peter Canavese
The history of The Boy Scouts of America with a focus on the institution apos s sexual abuse scandals and their shamefully inadequate response to the 82 44 000 abuse claims made against the once proud organization within a 20 year period 46 
3.5
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein
Michael Wilmington
Marton tells this romantic and tragic story economically and imaginatively 
3
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein
Ken Fox
Combining dramatic re creations with readings from long forgotten letters and journal entries Elisabeth Marton s enlightening depiction of the life and tragic death of Sabina Spielrein has all the markings of a historical potboiler 
3.5
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein
V.A. Musetto
Hats off to Elisabeth Marton who has taken a bunch of dry facts and fashioned them into the gorgeous My Name Was Sabina Spielrein 
3
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein
Elizabeth Weitzman
When the director sticks to the facts with narration letters and photos she brings Spielrein back to her appropriate place in history as an influential figure in her own right 
2.5
Queen of the Desert
Brian Eggert
The director fails to find a dramatic framework through which to view his subject 
1.5
Queen of the Desert
Matt Brunson
With so many classics to his name Werner Herzog need not apologize for helming Queen of the Desert it s just shocking that his name is attached to something as arid and uninspired as this stillborn drama 
1.5
Queen of the Desert
Christopher James
Everything is inert the editing the images the direction 
1.5
Queen of the Desert
James Kendrick
Romantic longing has never really been part of Herzog s cinematic vocabulary love in his films typically looks like manic obsession which may explain why some of it is more stiff than emotionally moving 
2.5
Queen of the Desert
Sara Michelle Fetters
As stunningly picturesque as all of this undeniably proves to be Queen of the Desert is a barren emotional quagmire Bell s incredible story deserving of so much more than this movie sadly proves to be willing to offer 
2
Queen of the Desert
Mark Dujsik
The story is mostly formless and as a result rather disorienting 
1.5
Queen of the Desert
Richard Roeper
The result is a well made invitation to nod off 
2
Queen of the Desert
Angelica Jade Bastién
An emotionally empty thematically ill defined and listless affair It is never able to communicate the complexity of the woman at its center 
1
Queen of the Desert
Michael O'Sullivan
For a movie with so much heart Queen of the Desert is a remarkably bloodless enterprise 
1.5
Queen of the Desert
Ty Burr
The script Herzog himself has written to dramatize Bell s life and the film he has made from that script is laughably hollow and inert 
1.5
Queen of the Desert
Walter V. Addiego
It s a great story but the movie has a flatness that can t be denied 
2
Queen of the Desert
Chuck Bowen
Throughout Queen of the Desert s narrative there s no sense of danger of texture or even of a rudimentary idea of what s truly driving Gertrude Bell 
0
Ibiza
David Nusair
Filmmaker Alex Richanbach delivers a basically watchable yet entirely forgettable post Bridesmaids comedy 
2
Ibiza
Jake Coyle
But Ibiza has a loose natural rhythm that easily surpasses its cliche framework 
2.5
Desire
Kathy Fennessy
Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper proved a winning team in Joseph von Sternberg s 1930 Morocco and sparks reignite in Desire 
3.5
Desire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not particularly known for comedies director Frank Borzage made a sparking gem of one with Desire 
4
Desire
Dan Callahan
Desire is a most unusual and extremely fertile example of artistic cross pollination between two very different auteurs Frank Borzage and Ernst Lubitsch 
3.5
The Last Man on the Moon
Mick LaSalle
Cernan is an interesting guy interesting in himself and interesting as a type 
4
The Last Man on the Moon
Anita Katz
The memories and observations add up to a vivid and satisfying personal portrait history lesson nostalgic ride and glimpse of the astronaut psyche 
3
The Last Man on the Moon
Robert Horton
A good if overly worshipful documentary about Gene Cernan 
3
The Last Man on the Moon
Glenn Kenny
The filmmakers attempting to jazz up their material get in the way a lot 
2.5
The Last Man on the Moon
Soren Andersen
Craig charts the flight path of Cernan s life from his years as a naval aviator flying off aircraft carriers in the late 1950s to his selection as an astronaut in 1963 and his trips into space 
3
The Last Man on the Moon
Sara Stewart
Cernan is clearly still in awe of what America achieved during those cowboy years but he also speaks with the melancholy that results from several decades of hindsight about the havoc it wreaked on the personal lives of the astronauts 
3
The Last Man on the Moon
Richard Roeper
This is a great documentary about a great man 
4
The Last Man on the Moon
Stephanie Merry
Cernan is proud of what he accomplished calling himself the luckiest man in the world for all that he got to see But he also expresses regret at having done it at the expense of his family 
3
The Last Man on the Moon
Mike McGranaghan
Spellbinding A vital wondrous piece of history is beautifully preserved 
3.5
The Last Man on the Moon
Peter Howell
The Last Man on the Moon alternates between archival footage and current interviews the latter tinged with nostalgia and regret But Craig avoids either lionizing or reducing his subject 
3.5
The Hole
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An indispensable film 
3.5
The Hole
Marty Mapes
Ingenious resourceful and bold prisoners try to escape in this French prison break movie
3.5
Tape
Derek Smith
Linklater is testing the boundaries of what can be done with digital video thematically as well as visually 
3
Tape
David Nusair
46 46 46 low key subject matter that 8217 s employed to erratic yet basically watchable effect 46 46 46 
2.5
Tape
Ian Mantgani
The screenplay features nothing but talk but this is one of the most tightly wound films of the year 
4
Tape
Geoff Pevere
If Tape s claustrophobia doesn t get to you and if you ve got the intestinal fortitude to spend nearly 90 minutes in intimate proximity with two equally unlikeable guys the movie does exert a certain propulsive fascination 
3
Tape
Liam Lacey
For the most part Tape is smart and deftly executed with Hawke in particular as the resentful Vince making a vivid impression 
3
Tape
Michael Dequina
May not go down as more than an acting and DV exercise but at least it s an engrossing one 
3
Tape
Marty Mapes
Linklater continues to prove the importance of substance over style with Tape 
3
Tape
Dan Lybarger
Tape may take place entirely in a small motel room but it packs an emotional wallop the size of an entire city 
3
Tape
David N. Butterworth
Talky and terrific 
3.5
Tape
Elias Savada
Would you guys just figure out what the fuck you re talking about Actual line from the film Actual way you might feel by the time that line is uttered 
.5
Tape
Steve Rhodes
You feel less like you re watching a film and more like you re at an award winning Broadway play with a killer cast 
3.5
Tape
Steven Rea
Steeped in venom deception and manipulation Tape is a three way volley of mind games in which an adolescent grudge assumes the complexion of a festering wound 
3.5
Tape
Mick LaSalle
Like most movies by Linklater it s the kind of film that doesn t usually get made a dramatic chamber piece for young people 
3
Tape
Roger Ebert
Tape made me believe that its events could happen to real people more or less as they appear on the screen and that is its most difficult accomplishment 
3.5
Tape
Jay Carr
Tape is smart unpredictable and alive with the energies of actors who clearly are enjoying being stretched by their material 
3.5
Tape
Rob Blackwelder
The one room structure almost sinks the film because the more uncomfortable the situation becomes the more you wonder why characters don t just up and leave 
2
Tape
Jeanne Aufmuth
A smartly crafted voyeuristic pleasure sans the guilt 
4
Tape
Pam Grady
A compelling drama that may lack that Oscar worthy gloss but offers virtues that are much more rare captivating characters verbal wit and an actual story 
3
Tape
Lou Lumenick
You never quite escape the feeling you re watching a barely adapted TV version of a somewhat gimmicky stage play 
2.5
Tape
James Berardinelli
An amazingly dynamic motion picture one that challenges viewers ideas and preconceptions 
3
Tape
Walter Chaw
off the cuff and expertly executed though bound by its source and its format to minor rewards and pocket epiphanies
3
Tape
Ed Gonzalez
By film s end the only rape that remains is that of words and memories 
3
Tape
Harvey S. Karten
Intermittently involving but lacking in wit style and variety 
2.5
Late Last Night
Michael Dequina
Not only is it not particularly funny it s also quite dull 
2
Saturn 3
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Saturn 3 will be most of interest for camp enthusiasts and fans of all things sci fi A welcome addition to serious Blu ray collections and supporters of Scream Factory s outstanding work 
2
Saturn 3
Roger Ebert
This movie is awesomely stupid totally implausible from a scientific viewpoint and a shameful waste of money 
1
A Hologram for the King
Brian Eggert
Tykwer and Hanks have made a film with familiar ideas and sentimentalities all presented in a comical romantic and always enjoyable package that never overreaches to achieve its significance even amid its many metaphors 
3.5
A Hologram for the King
Barbara Sullivan
Black and Choudhury give fine performances too though they lack the dimension of their co star But it is Hanks whose portrayal of Alan is suffused with sublime humor sadness and compassion who will earn this spare movie its praise 
3
A Hologram for the King
Sara Michelle Fetters
Tykwer is happy to let the journey of his main character speak movingly for itself and in the process the veteran director brings forth a motion picture I m going to happily treasure for a long time to come 
3.5
A Hologram for the King
David Nusair
46 46 46 impressively cohesive for the duration of its appreciatively 40 and appropriately 41 brisk running time 46 46 46 
3
A Hologram for the King
Rex Reed
It looks expensive and comes off bland 
2
A Hologram for the King
Roger Moore
Random and aimless 
1.5
A Hologram for the King
Peter Travers
Not even the mighty Tom Hanks can save this scattershot adaptation of Dave Eggers lost soul novel
2
A Hologram for the King
Robert Levin
Hanks complicates his everyman by playing up his feelings of alienation and despair so that it s impossible not to share in the emotions inherent in Alan s journey 
3
A Hologram for the King
Kyle Smith
To describe this as a movie about a mediocre businessman biding his time before an appointment probably makes it sound more exciting than it is 
1
A Hologram for the King
Mark Dujsik
D oes such a commendable job in taking us into this man s mind it s almost inevitable that the answers to all of his problems will come across as being overly simplistic 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Nick Allen
Here s a reasonably sized star vehicle that finds exciting purpose in presenting an existential crisis 
3
A Hologram for the King
Kate Taylor
You have to wonder what this film would feel like if a darker figure a Robert Downey Jr or Edward Norton for example had been cast in the lead role 
2
A Hologram for the King
Steven Rea
Quiet existential irony albeit diluted and distorted still reverberates in this stranger in a strange land story 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Margaux Henquinet
The movie stars Tom Hanks Sometimes that s enough 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Chris Knight
The least plausible and yet most enjoyable moments of A Hologram for the King are its first It s an inspired bit of lunacy perfectly in keeping with the central character s combination of optimism and angst The film never quite hits that note again 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Peter Howell
Tom Hanks exerts such a gravitational force in his movies sometimes to his detriment it s fascinating to watch him struggle for equilibrium in Tom Tykwer s A Hologram for the King 
3
A Hologram for the King
Tom Russo
It s like an international relations microcosm imagined by the Coen brothers down to an occasional sense that the absurdity isn t taking us anywhere 
3
A Hologram for the King
Calvin Wilson
It s true that not much happens except cinema at its finest 
3.5
A Hologram for the King
Ann Hornaday
It s that rare fish out of water story in which the fish miraculously manages to stop needing water and learns to crave air instead 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Stephen Whitty
This film is surprisingly sweet 
3
A Hologram for the King
Michael Phillips
The tone and rhythms are pushy forced strained like the expression on Hanks face What should be casual punctuation filmed in medium shot ends up in bam pow close ups 
2
A Hologram for the King
Moira MacDonald
This stranger in a strange land mood piece has an appealingly serene pace 
3
A Hologram for the King
Rafer Guzman
An earnest but aimless feeling adaptation of Dave Eggers novel 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Mick LaSalle
It s a strange thing A Hologram for the King is mostly about a series of nuisances annoyances and stresses and yet it s a pleasure from beginning to end 
4
A Hologram for the King
Tony Hicks
A Hologram for the King is disappointing mostly in that it could have been been better But that doesn t make it bad 
2.5
A Hologram for the King
Richard Roeper
Writer director Tykwer skillfully presents a series of fantastical scenes in a way that has us thinking Sure that could happen This is quite simply a beautiful film to behold 
3.5
A Hologram for the King
Christopher Gray
Remarkably faithful except in how it rather boldly transforms Dave Eggers s drama into a broad comedy 
1.5
Stand by Me
David Elliott
Stand by Me stirs memories especially if you ve been a boy especially if like me you were a 50s kid whose old pals have grown up and drifted apart 
3
Stand by Me
Peter Canavese
Exquisitely captures the vulnerability not only of youth but of the male identity 
3.5
Stand by Me
David Keyes
When you are an adventure seeker stuck in that odd transition between early youth and adolescence few movies resonate more than Stand by Me 
4
Stand by Me
Carrie Rickey
Stand by Me is a small quiet film that walks tall and resonates long after 
4
Stand by Me
Dave Kehr
Stand by Me is a film of honorable ambitions severely compromised by a creeping show biz phoniness 
2.5
Stand by Me
David Nusair
a timeless coming of age drama 
3
Stand by Me
Betsy Bozdech
The kind of movie that s so honest about what it was like to be a kid that it s hard to fully appreciate it until you re an adult 
4
Stand by Me
Phil Villarreal
It transports you back not to the 1950s but to a time when like Vern you knew the important things in life 
4
Stand by Me
James Berardinelli
It s as effective in 2009 as it was upon its initial release and the richness of its tapestry densely woven from human emotions and character interaction ensure it will never lose that relevance 
3.5
Naked Opera
Clayton Dillard
A film that outwardly wants its depiction of class privilege to be ridiculing and farcical but lacks the ability to express these critiques in lieu of the means of the class on the chopping block 
1.5
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Roger Moore
A few shrewd observations about getting old but outdated tone deaf and a real waste of Gena Rowlands Rita Moreno and Anthony Zerbe 
1.5
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Stephen Whitty
The story goes nowhere slowly and sometimes inexplicably 
1.5
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Farran Smith Nehme
Jackson has a vivid personality and powers through the dull lines like the trouper he is but there s only so much snap you can put in a wet noodle 
2
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Rex Reed
Not an especially vital or memorable cornerstone in the archives of American comedy but it s chock full of witty one liners and a guaranteed crowd pleaser 
3
Bullet in the Head
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Left me silent and wide eyed 
4
Simchas and Sorrows
Roger Moore
An unfortunately drab little movie entirely too tentative for its own good 46 
1.5
The Fight
Lisa Trifone
Reminds us that all is not lost that there remains an opportunity to right even the worst wrongs and that even the most insurmountable obstacles can be overcome 
4
The Fight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Introduces lawyers Brigitte Amiri Joshua Block Lee Gelernt Dale Ho and Chase Strangio depicting them as a ragtag bunch of fly by the seat of their pants misfits tattooed slightly befuddled by technology and sometimes quite funny 
3
The Fight
Matt Fagerholm
The Fight does a splendid job of humanizing its heroic lawyers 
3.5
The Fight
Mark Dujsik
All of these battles matter on a level that s fundamental to the promise of this country That s the perspective of the participants and the filmmakers 
3
The Fight
Jake Coyle
What most vividly comes across in The Fight is the never ending nature of freedom and democracy 
3.5
The Fight
Peter Keough
The filmmakers capture all four lawyers in both vulnerable and heroic moments 
3
The Fight
G. Allen Johnson
The selfless commitment of its subjects to justice are what makes it worth a look 
2.5
The Fight
Ann Hornaday
An engrossing and ultimately inspiring examination of ideals in action 
3.5
The Fight
Katie Walsh
Although The Fight is swift and jam packed with ups downs wins losses injunctions stays hearings and Trump speeches the film is remarkably detailed and careful 
3.5
The Fight
Roger Moore
It s worth remembering that in a time when reactionaries are taking a blunderbuss to The Constitution to the norms of a democratic republic there s this one institution taking The Fight to those started it 
3
The Fight
Mike McGranaghan
Don t miss one of 2020 s most indispensable documentaries 
3.5
The Fight
Pat Brown
The film justly draws attention to the perpetual work that must go into preserving democratic institutions 
2.5
The Fight
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers turn the dusty legal briefs into compelling human drama 
3.5
Mine
Norman Gidney
While Hammer does a fine job anchoring this endurance test of a film he can t save us from what is ultimately a dud 
1
Mine
Brian Tallerico
Every time that Mine threatens to come apart under its own pretensions which is relatively often Hammer does something subtle and believable to ground it 
2.5
Mine
Mark Dujsik
The second half sees survival oddly as a form of therapy 
2
Mine
Alan Zilberman
Mine is a classic example of a high concept film that painstakingly sets up its unusual premise only to squander it 
1
Mine
Derek Smith
The film has absolutely no interest in the dilemmas or after effects of war and occupation 
1
Half the Picture
Alan French
Overall Half the Picture examines an essential topic to Hollywood today with grace 
2.5
Half the Picture
Susan Wloszczyna
Half the Picture may not fill in all the blanks but it is a start 
3
See Jane Run
Steve Rhodes
Director Sarah Thorp s only inabilities stem from inexperience After this promising but uneven first film expect to see her name on better films in the future 
2.5
Razzia
David Nusair
An ambitious misfire 
2
Razzia
Kate Taylor
The multiple threads can be frustrating and the link between past and present is weak but the film s searing conclusion finally unites the characters at an explosive party 
3
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Matt Brunson
Susan Tyrrell an Oscar nominee for her supporting role in 1972 s Fat City offers the most inventive acting as the family s suspicious maid everything else about this soapy drama is rote and predictable 
1.5
Flashback
Peter Canavese
A trippy science fiction thriller reminiscent of Mike Cahill s Bliss Reasonably compelling but its pay off feels anemic 
2
Flashback
Steven Prokopy
I had no idea where this twisty lunatic tale was going for 50 percent of it I didn t really care 
2.5
Flashback
Mark Dujsik
In terms of keeping us in the dark about the solution to this puzzle the filmmaker definitely succeeds The cost though is far too high 
1.5
Shadows
Robert Levin
Manchevski bathes Shadows in the highly charged melodramatic atmosphere and renders the trashier touches with aplomb 
3
Shadows
Lou Lumenick
Milcho Manchevski s Shadows is visually striking but gets bogged down in supernatural clichs 
2
Shadows
Andrew Schenker
Ostensibly about putting souls to rest Shadows at times seems more about making sure our hero and director gets his rocks off 
2.5
The Waiting Game
Joshua Tanzer
Despite first rate acting these stories are pretty ordinary stuff and tell us little about the actor waiter s ordeal that s supposed to be the heart of the film 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Peter T. Chattaway
In the end we are left with a dull woman who is surrounded by puppets and voiceless actors covered in prosthetics and it s never a good sign when the special effects give more memorable performances than the hero 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its potentially Hawksian theme is ruined by inept horror scenes staged with exactly the same setup and timing as thousands of other horror films 
1
Alien vs. Predator
Michael Dequina
The once promising project was doomed to disaster going back to the very moment Paul W S Anderson was awarded directing and screenwriting duties 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Michael Szymanski
A fright filled ride that coalesces the stories of two very cool monster franchises and it does it well 
3
Alien vs. Predator
David Keyes
A brainless clueless concept And it s not even a fun one either 
1
Alien vs. Predator
David N. Butterworth
I didn t hate it nearly as much as I ought to have thought I would and or everyone else 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Cliff Doerksen
Expensive claptrap 
0
Alien vs. Predator
Larry Ratliff
Alien vs Predator is a ton of alien slobbering bust a gut fun 
3
Alien vs. Predator
Vince Koehler
I was surprised at how good this outing is The movie has plenty of creepy stuff and fast action 
3
Alien vs. Predator
Sheera Frenkel
For a matchup between two of the most fearsome creatures in moviemaking history this movie is surprisingly tame 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Lori Hoffman
anyone looking for logic in a movie titled Alien vs Predator should have his or her head examined 
2.5
Alien vs. Predator
Marty Mapes
A new generation adopts my generation s horror films
2.5
Alien vs. Predator
Christian Toto
AVP equals PU
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Mike McGranaghan
The film has many problems but here s the biggest It s rated PG 13 and it should have been rated R 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
John Beifuss
In an early scene a television is tuned to Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man That represents the first and last witty moment in the film 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Erik Lundegaard
AVP will probably satisfy its fans most basic desires But like most sugar rushes it won t satisfy them for long 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Mick LaSalle
Take a wretched premise Imagine the worst picture that could be made from it Then imagine something even worse 
0
Alien vs. Predator
David Hiltbrand
Anderson seems so pleased with the fact that he came up with a thinly plausible pretext for this clash of the popcorn titans that he didn t bother to develop the characters or fashion a plot with any suspense 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Lou Lumenick
One thing is certain Nobody is going to be demanding a rematch 
1
Alien vs. Predator
Jack Mathews
The actual fights between the predators and the serpents are too silly to contemplate Both shiny and metallic they look like kitchen appliances fighting it out 
1
Alien vs. Predator
Bruce Westbrook
Though sometimes marred by murky lighting and quick cut incoherence the action is sudden and sensational 
3
Alien vs. Predator
Liam Lacey
In the battle of the ugly syrup creatures with teeth can anyone really be declared a winner 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Ty Burr
A movie based on a video game based on two entirely separate sci fi horror series so whatever was interesting in the originals has long been bred out like double jointedness 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Frank Ochieng
a murky and ludicrous thriller a dyspeptic and droll display that yearns to breathe life into two forgotten frightfest franchises
2
Alien vs. Predator
Sean McBride
much of the film is a rather pedestrian affair but when the aliens and predators do finally show up and start fighting each other it s pretty kick butt stuff 
2.5
Alien vs. Predator
Jonathan R. Perry
In space no one can hear you scream On Earth everyone can hear you snore 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Jackie Loohauis
We won t give you any spoilers here about which species zooms which but let s just say it s the audience who never had a chance 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
James Berardinelli
This is a dull plodding ultra serious feature that has a lot more in common with a video game than a motion picture 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
David Nusair
While the movie isn t good exactly it s certainly not the trainwreck everybody s been expecting 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet here we have Resident Evil director Paul W 46 S 46 Anderson 8217 s Alien vs 46 Predator whether we wanted it or not 46 Thankfully 44 it is perfectly amusing in a juvenile sort of way 46 
2.5
Alien vs. Predator
John Monaghan
Paul Simon and Bob Dylan Elton John and Billy Joel Alien vs Predator is just another contrived combination of two former chartbusters who perform their greatest hits before coming together for a duet at the end 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Paul Sherman
A more accurate title might have been Audience Vs Cliche 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Jeff Vice
While you might expect it to be good cheesy fun to finally see these two alien species go toe to toe there s not nearly enough of that kind of action and there s way too much blathering by the humans 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Sarah Chauncey
The biggest problems with AvP are the humans 
0.5
Alien vs. Predator
Glenn Lovell
Among the verbal howlers This is like finding Moses DVD collection and from Lathan s team leader This is starting to make sense 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Michael Wilmington
It s a murky empty headed dive into the depths of the Antarctic and the heart of monster movie cliches that leaves you praying for most of the cast to get killed off fast to put them and us out of our misery 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Robert W. Butler
For 90 minutes it held my interest on a purely visceral level 
2.5
Alien vs. Predator
James Sanford
there s a battle between young Predator warriors and baby Aliens that apparently happens once every 100 years It s Brigadoon with a body count 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Collin Souter
Whoever Wins We Lose Thank you Fox for the truth in your advertising 
.5
Alien vs. Predator
Dustin Putman
Has been rendered impotent by the insane demands of a studio obsessed with the PG 13 rating An attractive but empty horror lite version 
2
Alien vs. Predator
Walter Chaw
Without a kinky moment towards the end where it seems like Alexa is going to lay a big wet one on a Predator there s almost no reason to stay awake 
0.5
Alien vs. Predator
Willie Waffle
Who is the big winner in Alien Vs Predator Everyone who avoids going to see the film 
.5
Alien vs. Predator
Steve Rhodes
Who wins Who cares in the slow and silly AvP 
1.5
Alien vs. Predator
Jeremiah Kipp
It certainly delivers as a loving homage to two of our favorite monsters and their respective super duper powers 
2
Il Pianeta degli uomini spenti (Battle of the Worlds) (Planet of the Lifeless Men)
Matt Brunson
Too many stagnant scenes drain much of the life out of this one 46 
2
Sneakerheadz
Jen Chaney
Perhaps Sneakerheadz needs a sequel one that more directly interrogates the shoe manufacturers themselves about the hazards of pumping up so much hype about their product 
2
Sneakerheadz
Mike McGranaghan
An entertaining movie that celebrates the simple happiness a fancy pair of sneakers can bring 
3
Rise: Blood Hunter
David Nusair
a far more effective piece of work than one might ve expected 
3
Rise: Blood Hunter
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Director Gutierrez sustains a heightened mood of sex and violence that without breaking new ground entertains in the way Gothic flicks do a combination of cheap thrills and a good old fashioned crusade against evil 
2.5
Rise: Blood Hunter
Peter Howell
You can thank a capable cast led by the estimable Lucy Liu and work by writer director Sebastian Gutierrez that succeeds in making the formulaic seem fresh 
2.5
Woodpeckers
Shane Slater
Woodpeckers is a film that showcases an emerging talent 
3
Lowriders
Josh Terry
Lowriders has a lot of thoughtful parts that don t quite mesh into a coherent whole 
2.5
Lowriders
Richard Roeper
Eva Longoria gives one of her most authentic performances as the strong and loving Gloria Ross brings a wounded intensity to his character Chavarria s narration is a tad low key but his performance is natural and effective 
3
Lowriders
Roger Moore
A car lovers picture with fine performances and teachable moments mixed in with a lot of melodrama 
2
Lowriders
Christy Lemire
There s an earnestness and a fundamental truth to this familial saga as well as an appealing low budget scrappiness that consistently make it hum 
3
Lowriders
Rafer Guzman
A well intentioned but superficial story about a deep rooted Hispanic subculture 
2
Scary Movie 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As with Scary Movie parts one and two you pays your money you gets your laughs and you won t remember a thing in a few months 
3
Scary Movie 3
James Verniere
The film s comic philosophy might best be summed up this way If you think it s funny seeing Sheen bang his head against a lamp once then it s twice as funny to see him do it twice 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
Linda Cook
It s time to stop I m afraid 
2
Scary Movie 3
Kevin A. Ranson
the only people who ll remember it will be the ones cashing their checks afterward or who ll campaign a studio later to do another one of these turkeys 
0.5
Scary Movie 3
Steve Rhodes
This PG 13 rated film give me a break illustrates everything wrong with the MPAA s rating system Sleaze oozes from every celluloid frame 
1
Scary Movie 3
Mark Dujsik
There are a few disappointing deviations that hinder the comic thrust of the movie but still I m not ashamed to admit that yes I did have a few good belly laughs 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
Matt Brunson
Pamela Anderson Simon Cowell and a Michael Jackson clone certainly some folks idea of a good time but little more than an act of sheer desperation as far as I m concerned 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
David N. Butterworth
The scariest thing about Scary Movie 3 is that it s actually pretty funny 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
David Nusair
Saying that Scary Movie 3 is better than its predecessors isn t exactly high praise 
2
Scary Movie 3
Jeffrey Westhoff
I don t expect Zucker to exhibit good taste but he could have relied less on the predictably crude and crudely predictable 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
Jonathan R. Perry
I never thought I d find myself waxing nostalgic for the charms of Scary Movie 2 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
Tyler Hanley
Best way to ensure a film isn t taken too seriously Cast Leslie Nielsen of Naked Gun fame as president of the United States That ll do the trick 
2
Scary Movie 3
Tony Toscano
Scary Movie 3 is not without its problems 
2
Scary Movie 3
Nick Rogers
When Scary Movie 3 hits its belly laughs are loud and long and it actually picks up steam in its second half 
3
Scary Movie 3
Frank Ochieng
that s three times the regurgitated chuckles since the original made the scene and ushered in this so called unavoidable phenomenon that keep popping up like an annoying pimple on an adolescent girl s face 
2
Scary Movie 3
Mike McGranaghan
No one goes to Scary Movie 3 expecting a work of genius We go to be distracted for a while It works on that level Sometimes that is enough 
3
Scary Movie 3
John Beifuss
At barely 80 minutes it s just as long as it needs to be and almost as funny 
3
Scary Movie 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Do we even care 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
Kim Morgan
If a film can t make you laugh when American Idol host Simon Cowell gets shot at a freestyle rap competition something is seriously wrong 
2
Scary Movie 3
Emily Blunt
Scary Movie 3 starts out so funny you ll be wishing you d brought a respitory assistance apparatus but then it continues 
1
Scary Movie 3
Dustin Putman
If your idea of a good time is trying not to roll in the aisles with laughter and risk making a fool of yourself then Scary Movie 3 surprisingly fits the bills 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
Mike Clark
A sequel funnier than its predecessors 
2
Scary Movie 3
Moira MacDonald
It s last year s satire wearing this year s clothes 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
Peter Hartlaub
There are a few laughs in Scary Movie 3 but most of the content is hopelessly dated 
1
Scary Movie 3
James Berardinelli
The Naked Gun 33 1 3 wasn t the final insult from a founding ZAZ Zucker Abrams Zucker member this is 
1
Scary Movie 3
Steven Rea
Scary Movie 3 is a veritable time capsule of of this moment kitsch schlock and bad taste And it s funny too 
3
Scary Movie 3
Jonathan Foreman
Mediocre spoof 
2
Scary Movie 3
Jeff Vice
For each silly gag or joke that works in Scary Movie 3 there are at least 10 more that don t 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
Michael Booth
If you don t think Mother Teresa commemorative bobbleheads are funny this movie is definitely not for you 
3
Scary Movie 3
Roger Ebert
The movie is filled with famous and semi famous faces although only two of them work for their laughs and get them 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
Wesley Morris
The last 15 minutes of this movie feel as sleepy and uninspired as the last 30 of any recent episode of Saturday Night Live But the movie has given up long before that 
2
Scary Movie 3
J. Kelly Nestruck
There are a few genius gags in Scary Movie 3 but the laugh to joke ratio is disappointingly low 
2
Scary Movie 3
John Monaghan
There are worse comedies but few more pointless 
2
Scary Movie 3
Chris Hewitt
Current horror movies are so ironic they parody themselves which means they have beaten and stabbed and eviscerated Scary Movie 3 to the punch 
2
Scary Movie 3
Jack Mathews
The funniest and possibly sickest entry yet 
3
Scary Movie 3
Bob Strauss
A tedious run through of all too familiar plot points spiced up with lots of banged heads and people getting thrown out of windows 
1.5
Scary Movie 3
Jackie Loohauis
Someone needs to tell Mrs Zucker that her son David is being naughty again 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
Alex Kaloostian
This is by far the best installment yet 
3
Scary Movie 3
Joshua Vasquez
The humor is confined to watching protagonists smack around the film s monster and listening to a lot of whites and blacks are different jokes 
1
Scary Movie 3
Phil Villarreal
As usual Zucker and company splash so many jokes on the screen it doesn t even matter that less than half stick When this movie hits it hits big 
3
Scary Movie 3
Gene Seymour
Crass crude and sledgehammer subtle Yet you can t help giggling yourself stupid even at the more obvious sight gags 
2.5
Scary Movie 3
Robert K. Elder
The laughs are so far apart and offer so few comic calories that it might be time to stick a fork in the franchise 
2
Scary Movie 3
Walter Chaw
The picture doesn t even respect the movies it mocks enough to understand what it is about them that fails 
0
Scary Movie 3
Rob Blackwelder
The Scary Movie horror spoofs must be some kind of mutant alien movie franchise There s just no other explanation for the fact that the sequels actually keep getting better 
3
Joe Cinque's Consolation
Shane Slater
A misanthropist s delight this unflattering portrait of Australian society truly gets under the skin 
3
Dark Touch
Ed Gonzalez
Dark Touch seems to reside almost completely in a realm of fantasy that isn t Neve s own and borders perilously and atonally on camp 
2
Arabesque
Kathy Fennessy
If the ending is especially silly at least the actors have fun with it 
3
Arabesque
Matt Brunson
The stars enjoy tremendous chemistry and Henry Mancini s score is flat out terrific and arguably one of his best 
3
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
David Nusair
an entirely forgettable and utterly lightweight horror endeavor 
2
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Linda Cook
A watered down version of prior better films The Haunting of Molly Hartley is as dumb as a box of Halloween candy 
.5
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Austin Kennedy
I can t believe that Freestyle actually got this movie to be released in the theaters It s dull boring and at best laughably bad 
0
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Larry Ratliff
The Haunting of Molly Hartley sort of an updated Rosemary s Baby for teens sucks most of the suspense out of its own suspense thriller before the story even gets going 
2
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Tony Wong
If you get past the retro Nancy Drew title this is a worthwhile effort 
2.5
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Chelsea Bain
It s no Rosemary s Baby but for teens looking for a quick fix on All Hallow s Day it will do 
2
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Chris Hewitt
As it races from one unlikely trauma to the next for poor Molly the movie forgets one key thing The devil is in the details 
1
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Jason Buchanan
This is a prime example of horror conceived by people who don t know the genre for people who don t like horror films Practically nothing here is interesting involving or new and worst of all it isn t even entertaining as pure kitsch 
1.5
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Nick Schager
For those who find bloody noses and whispered voices bone chilling heeeeeeere s The Haunting of Molly Hartley 
0
Janeane From Des Moines
Claude Peck
This cinema demi verit is a fascinating discomfiting hybrid of real candidates and a fake constituent but director Grace Lee s own politics and tactics are something of a muddle 
2.5
Janeane From Des Moines
Kam Williams
A presidential year docudrama about a Tea Party conservative s futile search for a candidate that leaves her no option but to pull the lever for Obama in November 
3
Janeane From Des Moines
Nick McCarthy
Grace Lee s film betrays its own fictions by overloading on cheap worst case scenario mythology 
1.5
To Your Last Death
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To Your Last Death is arguably more brutal than it is intricate but it moves well provides some jolts and contains a surprising amount of heart 
3
To Your Last Death
Roger Moore
A gory gimmick without a decent movie behind it 
1.5
In Action
Matt Brunson
It turns out that A Gimmick to Film a Movie Over Some Weekends with No Money isn t so much the subtitle of In Action as it s a challenge to its own creators 
2.5
In Action
Tom Meek
it s all Kenealy and Silvera trying to get out of the prison chamber or chilling on a couch rehashing travails or bantering about a twist on their blockbuster du jour 
1.5
In Action
Bob Bloom
In Action speaks to the film nerd within us all 
3
In Action
Federico Furzan
An enjoyable piece of love and friendship made by two guys who know the dynamics of mixing jokes gore and interesting plot twists 
2.5
Japan Underworld
David Nusair
perfectly exemplifies Miike s inability to effectively pace his films 
1
King's Ransom
Larry Ratliff
Anthony Anderson is funny usually Just not here 
2.5
King's Ransom
Kit Bowen
Needless to say as a cringe worthy and excruciatingly awful comedy you shouldn t pay a dime of King s Ransom 
.5
King's Ransom
Timothy Knight
Screenwriter Wayne Conley s idea of side splitting dialogue is to have characters repeatedly tell King to kiss their black ass Or announce that they just pooted 
0.5
King's Ransom
Lisa Rose
King s Ransom is a wit deficient barrage of obnoxious characters and second hand punchlines 
1
King's Ransom
Gene Seymour
With the humor in this lazy farce about as subtle as a shotgun blast to the face it s possible to see the whole movie as an accident the cumulative result of haphazard negligence 
1
King's Ransom
Linda Cook
If you shelve out even 1 for this movie you ll feel as though you ve paid a King s Ransom 
.5
King's Ransom
Elizabeth Weitzman
After a while all these odious yammering people start to sound a lot like Charlie Brown s teacher And they somehow all end up together at a time and a place you do not want to be 
.5
King's Ransom
Lou Lumenick
None of this is remotely funny despite screenwriter Wayne Conley s resorting to virtually every known stereotype about African Americans and more crass references to menstruation and prison sex than have ever appeared in a movie rated PG 13 
0
King's Ransom
Peter Hartlaub
The Chronicle s Little Man was fighting an internal struggle to abandon his chair altogether but was ultimately swayed to continue his nap mostly by a few of the comics in supporting roles 
0.5
King's Ransom
Jonathan R. Perry
One of those barbarically unfunny romps that would be over in less than 10 minutes if just one character had an IQ higher than a cherry Pop Tart 
.5
King's Ransom
Frank Ochieng
Byrd haphazardly assembles a bunch of overly exaggerated caricatures and parades them around in a dissolving farce that has all the wayward charm of a botched lobotomy
1.5
King's Ransom
Dustin Putman
Unobtrusive and virtually painless as an occasionally witty laugher but lacks the courage of its convictions to follow through with its less commercial ambitions 
2
King's Ransom
Nick Schager
Less amusing than being bound gagged and tortured 
1
King's Ransom
Peter Canavese
Populated solely with hateful characters strictly for connoisseurs of crass 
1
King's Ransom
Willie Waffle
King s Ransom must have been funny for somebody but I think the rest of us will be underwhelmed 
2
The Great McGinty
Matt Brunson
Although it doesn t compare to such later gems as The Lady Eve The Miracle of Morgan s Creek or his best picture Sullivan s Travels it still offers plenty of Sturges snappy banter 
3
Sumurun
Fernando F. Croce
The Arabian Nights spectacle of Sumurun attests to silent German cinema s fascination with ornate orientalism 
2.5
The Singing Forest
Phoebe Flowers
The Singing Forest is not just incompetently written directed and performed it s also breezily offensive 
0
The Singing Forest
G. Allen Johnson
Writer director Jorge Ameer s bare bones vanity project has one incredible premise one that is so ridiculous and over the top it would have been difficult to take his film seriously even if the rest of the film s elements were top notch they are not 
0
The Singing Forest
Megan Lehmann
Amateurish 
.5
Happy Valley
David Lewis
It s not a groundbreaking thesis but we still get a fascinating tour of a town that may never be the same again 
3
Happy Valley
Robert Levin
It s an essential documenting of where we are and it leaves you with a lot of necessary troubling feelings 
3
Happy Valley
Mark Dujsik
Bar Lev lets his subjects off easy but that s partly because they do so much damage to themselves 
3
Happy Valley
Michael Phillips
The film could ve benefited from another 15 or 20 minutes of detail and nuance What s there though is strong thoughtful and disturbing 
3.5
Happy Valley
Matt Pais
Though fascinating the movie s more of a well organized mess than a thorough examination 
2
Happy Valley
Matt Zoller Seitz
What could Happy Valley conclude ultimately Any summation might have seemed glib or sanctimonious We re left instead with troubling questions that might not ever yield satisfying answers 
3
Happy Valley
Erik Childress
In what could be the biggest miscarriage of justice yet Bar Lev has disgracefully played right into the hands of people he once exposed as the enemies burying the lede to a sickening degree 
1.5
Happy Valley
Christopher Gray
Once the media caravan departs the doc meanders torn between its obligation to reportage and its interest in a town riven by America s thirst for justice 
2.5
Power Play
David Nusair
packed with an absurd amount of action movie clichs to the point where the film occasionally feels like it s operating on the level of parody 
2
The Falconer
Roger Moore
Nothing in this is as fascinating as the falcon and what must be done to train her 44 and every detour included here was added to make the obvious and the inevitable direction the story turns in less obvious and seem less inevitable 46 
2.5
Tales of the Night
Roger Ebert
It is so gentle and whimsical that one wonders if American children accustomed to the whiz bang action of most animation will accept it 
3
Tales of the Night
Jeff Shannon
Six mostly engaging fairy tales are digitally rendered with silhouetted characters performing in front of vivid colorful backgrounds 
3
Tales of the Night
Ty Burr
Has eye bending backgrounds but a creatively monochromatic foreground that comes to feel like a limitation 
2.5
Tales of the Night
Brett Michel
The kaleidoscopic backgrounds offer a colorful counterpoint to the simple silhouettes that form the people animals and mythical beasts populating the six fables each of which end with a ironic twist 
3
Tales of the Night
Farran Smith Nehme
More likely to play well with older children due to its split up story line Ocelot s creation is like nothing else they are likely to see animating the multiplex 
3.5
Tales of the Night
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The recent cartoons of Michel Ocelot cleverly advance Lotte Reiniger s prototypical stop motion technique into the digital age 
3
You're Gonna Miss Me
Ted Fry
Like any good documentary this one releases information slowly and sometimes with startling abruptness 
3
You're Gonna Miss Me
Gary Goldstein
Another dysfunctional American family gets its documentary close up in the sad but involving You re Gonna Miss Me the story of legendary music pioneer Roger Roky Erickson 
3
You're Gonna Miss Me
Ken Fox
Keven McAlester s superb documentary about Texas singer songwriter Roky Erickson scratches the surface of an artist s life only to find a welter of insanity secrets and family dysfunction 
3.5
You're Gonna Miss Me
Rafer Guzman
A sensitive case study of a promising artist who fell afoul of the system but still managed with the help of family to reassemble his shattered life 
3
Kisses
Stephen Cole
A coming of age drama so Irish you ll want to take out your Pogues lyric sheets beforehand to brush up on Gaelic mumbling 
3
Kisses
Sean P. Means
In writer director Lance Daly s lens downtown Dublin is like a modern day Oz and the movie even starts by showing the kids dreary home life in black and white slowly moving to full color 
3
Kisses
Wesley Morris
What the writer and director Lance Daly means as some kind of transporting urban adventure for them is a disenchanting slog for us 
2
Kisses
Zak Jason
When it s not trite Kisses can be refreshing in its realism 
3
Kisses
Amy Biancolli
It s arresting 
3
Kisses
V.A. Musetto
Terrific non pro actors Kelly O Neill Kylie and Shane Curry Dylan are the backbone of the film directed by Lance Daly who says as a kid he thought of running away 
3
Kisses
Kam Williams
A Xmas where neverending nightmares instead of sugarplums dance in children s heads
4
Kisses
Stephen Whitty
Kisses is an interesting look at the side of a famous city we don t often see And at the sort of unhappy childhoods that perhaps we see far too many of if we only dare look 
3
Kisses
Rex Reed
A serendipitous journey worth taking 
2.5
Kisses
Bill Weber
A pedestrian picaresque that trivializes the suffering and yearnings of hardscrabble youth 
1.5
Wuthering Heights
Brian Eggert
Arnold creates a radically desolate piece of cinema that presents a challenge to traditionalist audiences 46 
3
Wuthering Heights
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Andrea Arnold always gets incredible performances out of her unknown actors Here she and they make an old story refreshingly new again 
3
Wuthering Heights
John Beifuss
Cuts beneath the romantic accretion of decades of movie and TV adaptations to penetrate the dark heathen heart of Emily Bronte s 1847 novel 
4
Wuthering Heights
Chris Hewitt
The atmosphere is vivid but the romance is not 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Josh Larsen
almost unbearably sensual and not only in a sexual way 
3.5
Wuthering Heights
Michael Phillips
In reality it s a bit of a slog 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Roger Ebert
Arnold has been successful in reimagining the story s archetypal emotions in the story bringing it closer to its passionate elements 
3
Wuthering Heights
Matt Pais
Alive with texture sensations and noises fur and breezes accentuating both slow moving stillness and the perception of the now 
3
Wuthering Heights
Sean P. Means
The results are often obtuse and self consciously arty But the movie is also frequently engrossing sucking the viewer into the emotional landscape of these star crossed lovers 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Steven Rea
Arnold has put her stamp on Emily Brontë s 19th century novel Wuthering Heights but it s a smudged and imperfect stamp to be sure 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Marty Mapes
A great sensual experience but not a very good movie
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Walter Chaw
It is in so many ways the first adaptation of Wuthering Heights 
4
Wuthering Heights
Mick LaSalle
Essentially a misunderstanding of or an inability to convey the breathing soul of this material 
2
Wuthering Heights
Moira MacDonald
You feel its damp chill enveloping the characters like a rough thick cloak if you screamed into this wind nobody would hear you 
3
Wuthering Heights
Ty Burr
Arnold is so much stronger on atmosphere than event that she comes to seem resentful of Brontë s plot and the final scenes are less discomfiting than laughable 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Stephanie Merry
With so much attention paid to mood and imagery emotions seem to get lost in the wind 
2
Wuthering Heights
Kent Turner
Arnold knocks the work off its high culture pedestal back into the mud 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Matt Brunson
The first half of the picture focusing on the younger versions of the lovers is more potent and inventive than the second half which becomes more rigid as it seeks to the follow the dictates of the source material 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Nathan Southern
One can admire the sublimity of Arnold s aesthetic compositions and framing as well as the generally solid acting from a nonprofessional cast but that s to no avail when the movie misses its emotional targets 
2
Wuthering Heights
Stephen Whitty
This is what the movies can do 
3
Wuthering Heights
Sara Stewart
If you can handle the glacial pacing and lack of dialogue there is a certain squirmy satisfaction to watching this well worn story of love cruelty and madness play out minus the long winded speeches and romantic catharsis 
2.5
Wuthering Heights
Claudia Puig
This impressionistic take includes some strikingly authentic visuals but the acting is lackluster and the languorous story often sinks into tedium with its focus on the minutiae of country life 
2
Wuthering Heights
Joseph Jon Lanthier
In whittling down Emily Brontë s romance to its most earthly aspects Andrea Arnold stylizes herself into an unavoidable corner 
3
Wuthering Heights
Peter Keough
This is no Merchant Ivory version of the often adapted classic 
3
Wuthering Heights
Kate Taylor
Its singular and unflinching vision is always admirable and often breathtaking 
3
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Roger Ebert
A bad artless stupid movie 
1
House by the River
Ed Gonzalez
Lang builds the film s routine melodrama into a snappy commentary on moral depravity and eye for an eye retribution 
3
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Matt Brunson
When discussing Woody Allen classics 44 titles like Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters are frequently cited 40 and rightly so 41 44 but where 8217 s the love for The Purple Rose of Cairo 44 a movie that even Woody himself considers among his top two or three 63 
4
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Brian Eggert
Of all films about the power of cinema The Purple Rose of Cairo explores its subject most tenderly radiating a warm truth in a scenario both surreal and farcical 
4
The Purple Rose of Cairo
David Nusair
one of the most entertaining movies about movies ever made 
3.5
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Roger Ebert
Delightful from beginning to end not only because of the clarity and charm with which Daniels and Farrow explore the problems of their characters but also because the movie is so intelligent 
4
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Phil Villarreal
The most overlooked of Allen s great films 
4
Horror Rises From the Tomb
Matt Brunson
An ambitious screenplay largely makes up for deficiencies elsewhere 
2.5
Already Dead
David Nusair
the film boasts a tense opening half hour that certainly feels like a springboard for an effective little thriller 
2.5
Casque d'Or
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most movies would ramp up the adrenaline to show the suspense oriented ending but Becker would rather emphasize the feelings behind these events He shows Marie s face for long potent moments and that s all the drama he needs 
4
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything
Richard Roeper
That s some fantastic wordsmith work right there my friends 
3
Father of the Bride Part II
Mal Vincent
Mark this as a likable and comforting version of the American family 
2.5
Father of the Bride Part II
Matt Brunson
Like a trained monkey Martin Short is trotted back out for more of his mincing shtick But perhaps the most unattractive quality of both films is the ugly obsession with material excess 
2
Father of the Bride Part II
Peter Canavese
The strengths of these films are not so much laughs as sincerity and heart Blu ray 
2.5
Father of the Bride Part II
Michael Dequina
More of a sequel for sequel s sake than a justified continuation of the story 
2.5
Father of the Bride Part II
Roger Ebert
Father of the Bride Part II is not a great movie and not even as good as its 1991 inspiration not to mention the Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor original from 1950 But it is warm and fuzzy and has some good laughs and a lot of sweetness 
2.5
Father of the Bride Part II
Mike Clark
Martin Keaton and cinematographer William A Fraker put this retro fluff over better than expected early on but hour 2 is only for those who don t want their equilibriums rattled by surprises 
2
Snoop Dogg - Puff Puff Pass Tour
Emily Blunt
If you love Snoop Yeah you be needin this heapin helpin of the dude that just oozes cool upon the globe 
2.5
Hillbilly
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Hillbilly offers a wide array of subjects all unique revealing the fallacy behind any attempt to define anyone anywhere with just one word 
3.5
Hillbilly
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is an ambitious and enlightening documentary filled with wisdom and asking great questions some of which may never have a satisfying answer 
3.5
Hillbilly
Christopher James
The movie walks an expert tightrope and successfully gives a more vibrant textured look at the region and its people 
3.5
War Story
Christy Lemire
There s minimalist filmmaking that s quietly intriguing and then there s emotional detachment that s stultifying to the point of being nap inducing War Story falls into the latter category 
1.5
War Story
Sara Stewart
Lee may not want to let anyone in but it s hard to engage fully with a film that doesn t seem to want to either 
2
War Story
Clayton Dillard
Mark Jackson s direction strips much of the agency from any character s grasp by insisting that their dilemmas can only be revealed with stone faced austerity 
2
Birds in Peru (Les Oiseaux Vont Mourir Au Peru)
Roger Ebert
None of it works The movie doesn t grow The characters drift through their vacuum Rarely has so much pretension created so much waste 
1
Liv & Ingmar
Mick LaSalle
It s for people who are fans enough to want to know what it was like to live on an austere Swedish island with Ingmar Bergman 
3
Liv & Ingmar
Kam Williams
Actress Liv Ullmann wistfully deconstructs her 5 year love affair and enduring 42 year relationship with the late director Ingmar Bergman 
4
Liv & Ingmar
Diego Semerene
The documentary not only humanizes Ingmar Bergman as the absent lover cum father of everyday life but works as a priceless oral history of cinema 
3
Crimes of the Heart
Emanuel Levy
Using eccentric personalities situated in seemingly ordinary locales Beresford s comedy is still too theatrical to qualify as cinema but it s well acted by Diane Keaton Jessica Lange and particularly Sissy Spacek as three Chekhovian sisters 
3
Crimes of the Heart
Roger Ebert
There are moments when the movie doesn t seem to know where it s going but for once that s a good thing because the uncertainty almost always ends with some kind of a delightful weird surprise 
3.5
Martyrs Lane
Jeff York
Director Ruth Platt creates so much tension that even expository scenes come tethered to anxiety and a foreboding of danger 
3.5
Martyrs Lane
Steven Prokopy
Martyrs Lane is a powerfully intimate tale whose only real shortcoming is that its big reveal isn t much of a shocker 
3
Martyrs Lane
Sara Michelle Fetters
Both Thompson and Sayer are extraordinary These are two of the best child performances I ve seen this year each working in exquisite tandem with their equally diminutive co star 
3
Martyrs Lane
Nick Allen
Martyrs Lane is ruled by grief often dulled and overdrawn by it but its young surrogates give us the unique opportunity to see its themes presented without compromise 
2.5
Martyrs Lane
Roger Moore
A reminder that you don t need entrails and screams demons and cadavers to cast a ghostly spell 
2.5
The Mark of Zorro
Matt Brunson
Tyrone Power is excellent as both fop and fox and his swordfight with Basil Rathbone is just one of the many highlights in this exciting adventure yarn 
3.5
Out of Thin Air
Federico Furzan
Documentaries should never feel useless and empty Out of thin air does a great job in that matter Full review in Spanish 
2
Out of Thin Air
Roger Moore
Chilling jaw dropping and somewhat frustrating account of Iceland s most infamous murder case and the convictions for it pulled Out of Thin Air 
3
From Deep
Dave Morris
A funhouse mirror image of America s fear of miscegenation 
3
Seoul Searching
Stephanie Merry
The adolescents at the camp in Seoul Searching which takes place during the summer of 1983 fall a little too easily into stereotypes 
2
Seoul Searching
Katie Walsh
Despite the overwrought stylization the heart of Seoul Searching does ultimately emerge 
2
Seoul Searching
Nick Allen
Seoul Searching is unforgettable in how it boldly presents adolescence specifically here from a minority s perspective not just as a life passage but a type of performance 
3
Seoul Searching
Roger Moore
Downright giddy at times
2.5
Grabbers
Moira MacDonald
Off to the pub 
3
Grabbers
Ben Kenigsberg
The movie never aspires to be more than a cookie cutter creature feature the kind of film that can be washed back with a pint and then forgotten in the morning 
2
Grabbers
Drew Hunt
Good clean genre entertainment the sort of harmless yet endearing brand of moviemaking seemingly unattainable in today s Hollywood system 
2.5
Grabbers
Roger Moore
A traditional creature feature with a touch of the diddley aye 
3
The Land of College Prophets
David Nusair
Inept and nonsensical virtually from minute one 
0
Into the Storm
John Beifuss
The rotating funnel clouds are almost spectacular enough to make up for the rote drama a strict dad butts heads with his teenage son yawn and routine characterization redneck comic relief yee haw 
2
Into the Storm
David Nusair
a better than expected summertime diversion 
3
Into the Storm
Sean P. Means
Even more tortured is the way the movie drops in its protect the planet talking points while also delivering an inspirational live for today homily two messages inherently opposed to each other 
2
Into the Storm
John Serba
The scenery may take a serious digital beating but there s no avoiding the idea that human hubris gets walloped too 
2.5
Into the Storm
Glenn Lovell
latest Storm of the Century doubles as bonding experience and first date Callies is literally swept off her feet Those who go looking for airborne cows a la Twister will be disappointed 
1.5
Into the Storm
Scott Nash
The storms are impressive the movie is not 
1.5
Into the Storm
Bob Bloom
Into the Storm plays like the bastard child of Syfy and the Weather Channel 
1
Into the Storm
James Berardinelli
The destruction and carnage is presented with verve and flair making this a fine example of tornado movie
3
Into the Storm
Mike McGranaghan
A fine example of next level stupidity In fact if they gave Oscars for stupidity it would win them all 
1.5
Into the Storm
Matt Brunson
Welcome to what s basically The Weather Channel The Movie 
2
Into the Storm
Burl Burlingame
Pretty much a Twister reboot full of CGI sturm und drang probably the only time that phrase is actually appropriate albeit simultaneously more serious and less impactful 
2.5
Into the Storm
Bruce DeMara
If weak plotting isn t a big concern then Into the Storm may be right up your tornado alley 
2
Into the Storm
Graham Killeen
Dangers might include rapidly decreasing green screen visibility and high winds capable of producing gusts of stupid dialogue 
1.5
Into the Storm
Kam Williams
A campy and cheesy yet visually captivating roller coaster ride that makes Sharknado look like Sharknado 2 
4
Into the Storm
Brian Tallerico
The complete lack of interesting characters and almost no narrative at all makes for a film that s hollow The storm has more personality than the people who flee from it 
2
Into the Storm
Rob Thomas
Into the Storm is a decent enough workout for your local multiplex big screen and sound system 
2.5
Into the Storm
Willie Waffle
I want to be amazed by Into The Storm but hasn t Sharknado spoiled all disaster films for an entire generation How can you top sharks flying through the air 
2.5
Into the Storm
John Semley
It s all very very silly not to mention off puttingly earnest 
2.5
Into the Storm
Ty Burr
Into the Storm features laughable dialogue far fetched situations and generic characters played by actors who almost look like more famous stars I still had a blast and if you lower your resistance you may too 
2.5
Into the Storm
Tirdad Derakhshani
Into the Storm has some seriously impressive wicked special effects Its rapid pace and thundering sound effects quite effectively ram you wide eyed jaw agape against your seat back It has nothing else 
1.5
Into the Storm
Mark Dujsik
There s the right kind of dumb here the senseless destruction and the wrong kind everything surrounding that devastation The wrong greatly outweighs the right 
2
Into the Storm
Peter Canavese
It s ironic but true that Twister remains more palatable by being a consciously entertaining action fantasy a cinematic roller coaster rather than a hellish you are there safari tour through death and destruction 
1.5
Into the Storm
Jon Niccum
This latest disaster adventure movie works purely on a visceral level efficiently coordinating in the moment mayhem Once the credits roll however the impact simply blows away Much like the common sense of the characters 
2
Into the Storm
Rafer Guzman
Sharknado without the jokes 
0.5
Into the Storm
Stephanie Merry
Into the Storm consists mainly of watching characters run from various little tornadoes before they have to take cover from a very large one 
1.5
Into the Storm
Claudia Puig
The special effects are skillfully wrought scary and exciting But when the story focuses on those weathering the onslaught things are far less thrilling 
2
Into the Storm
Lou Lumenick
The found footage disaster flick Into the Storm is Twister for dummies but by no means is that an insult The new film is enormous fun if you re in the right mood 
3
Into the Storm
Kristin Tillotson
Into the Storm quickly spirals downward into a vortex of vapidity 
1.5
Into the Storm
Dann Gire
I ve never seen anything like this a storm chaser says while witnessing a multi funnel tornado event in the disaster drama Into the Storm Apparently he s the only professional storm chaser in the nation who hasn t seen Twister 
1.5
Into the Storm
Kevin C. Johnson
Not all of it makes sense but for disaster movie fans Into the Storm has enough destruction to go around 
2.5
Into the Storm
Mick LaSalle
Into the Storm runs a brisk 89 minutes and for every second of its running time finds ways to make tornadoes interesting 
3
Into the Storm
Christopher Gray
There are many instances of questionable logic in Into the Storm but the most persistent is the film s unexplained assumption that tornado hunting is a growth industry 
2
Into the Storm
Matt Pais
Potent and very messy 
2.5
Into the Storm
Roger Moore
Great effects but this is what bad acting looks like
2
Into the Storm
Michael Phillips
A good deal of screenwriter John Swetnam s dialogue sounds like auto corrected exposition designed to reveal nothing in the way of character 
1.5
Into the Storm
Moira MacDonald
It s been 18 years since Twister which means it s high time for another tornado movie right Be careful what you wish for 
1.5
Into the Storm
Dustin Putman
A junk food thriller with skillfully believable special effects and a lurchingly ham fisted script one that commands attention and spurs resulting groans in equal measure 
2
A Brighter Summer Day
Ed Gonzalez
A Brighter Summer Day is itself in color but it may as well be monochrome 
4
A Brighter Summer Day
Jeremy Heilman
A Brighter Summer Day stands as a massive achievement perhaps the greatest in all of modern Taiwanese cinema 
4
The Big Shot-Caller
Mattie Lucas
Rhein s screenplay is witty and original never taking the expected path and nimbly avoiding cliches and narrative pitfalls 
3
The Big Shot-Caller
V.A. Musetto
Family togetherness goes only so far Witness The Big Shot Caller a lackluster soaper written and directed by Marlene Rhein who stars with her brother David Rhein They portray brother and sister no less 
1
The Big Shot-Caller
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Hallmark Channel formula is about all there is of a plot and the leads are horrendously miscast
2
The Big Shot-Caller
Kam Williams
An absolutely appealing little gem of an indie leaving this critic curious to see whether Ms Rhein s sophomore offering will be anywhere near as satisfying 
4
Cabin in the Sky
Wanda Hale
It is something for you to go out of your way to see and hear 
3.5
Cabin in the Sky
Josh Larsen
a suspect morality tale yet once the performers grab ahold of the music all that falls by the wayside 
3
The Chipmunk Adventure
Johanna Steinmetz
For a movie that touches more bases than the Cubs on a winning day The Chipmunk Adventure is remarkably cohesive 
3
The Chipmunk Adventure
Eric Henderson
Chipmunk Adventure is worth one toked out viewing for Dody Goodman s gratingly senile Miss Miller and her description of the trio s daily breakfast menu 
3
Gaia
Keith Garlington
This eerie new chiller from director Jaco Bouwer utilizes the tried and true creepy forest setting to great effect 44 sucking us into another bizarre and unsettling deep woods scenario that melds mystery with the macabre 46 
3.5
Gaia
Brian Eggert
It s at once captivating and revolting to look at and Pierre Henri Wicomb s eerie electronic score keeps us immersed in its purely aesthetic pleasures 
3
Gaia
Tom Meek
the scant details about the occult and the supernatural and shifting narrative focus detracts from an otherwise stylish effort 
2.5
Gaia
Joe Friar
Trippy woodland horror that leaves a lasting impression A mind bending thriller lead by Monique Rockman s first rate performance 
3
Gaia
Sheila O'Malley
A thought provoking and disturbing experience 
3
Gaia
Roger Moore
More creepy than terrifying more thought provoking than we initially expect although perhaps not as deep as the filmmakers intended 
2.5
Gaia
Mark Dujsik
While there s plenty of potential and atmosphere it s also undermined by a dearth of characterization and a decided ambivalence toward any of the ideas 
2
Gaia
Randy Myers
Bouwer takes material that could have been laughable and makes it terrifying and intense 
3.5
Gaia
Wes Greene
After a while the film s elaborate often breathtaking special effects come to feel like it s only source of complexity 
2
Gaia
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Bouwer s premise intrigues and his actors shine but though the film features strong visuals and evocative effects the narrative doesn t always hold together 
2.5
Gaia
Mattie Lucas
Featuring grotesque creature design that feels like something out of Hannibal Gaia is a psychedelic eco horror fantasia that works its way under your skin and stays there 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Wesley Lovell
Halle Berry turns in an amazing performance 46 
3
Monster's Ball
Jeff Strickler
It s not a polemic on the death penalty race relations or family dynamics It s a character study that really sticks with you 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Margaret A. McGurk
A fine film that packs enormous ambition into a modest carefully executed package 
3
Monster's Ball
Mark Caro
A serious movie made by seriously talented people and I never quite came round to it 
2.5
Monster's Ball
Ian Mantgani
A great film Considers genuine personalities and extreme feelings and lingers in the mind holding some kind of spell over us long after it has ended 
4
Monster's Ball
Collin Souter
Halle Berry of all people gives one of the year s strongest performances
3.5
Monster's Ball
Jorge Avila Andrade
Estupenda muestra de lo que se puede lograr con una historia que muestre a las personas como lo que son seres humanos en busca de su realización y su lugar en la vida 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Mark Dujsik
An intense drama that trusts its characters and lets them move freely amongst themselves and react honestly to the situations in which life places them 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Frank Ochieng
Monster s Ball tries to put a new spin on the salt and pepper romance plot The result a convoluted overwrought interracial drama that oversells its message
2
Monster's Ball
Phil Villarreal
Director Marc Forster shapes his love story like a master potter forming a story of pure love untainted by cliché 
4
Monster's Ball
James Berardinelli
A powerful and poignant motion picture not about racism and redemption as one might initially suppose but about one of the most urgent and universal of human needs that of finding solace for pain and loneliness 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Chris Hewitt
A subtle restrained film 
3
Monster's Ball
Moira MacDonald
Though the film can initially seem off putting Monster s Ball slowly and quietly gets under your skin 
3.5
Monster's Ball
David Elliott
Filmed with a lovely flow of dark shadows and warm light splashes by Roberto Schaefer the movie is at times a little mood mooing and too sedately restrained for its own good And yet these people so deep in the Deep South are unquestionably alive 
3
Monster's Ball
Joe Baltake
Monster s Ball drills at us the same way a dentist goes at your teeth creating pain but for a greater good 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Rene Rodriguez
A profoundly hopeful and optimistic film about people s ability to bounce back from just about anything 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Terry Lawson
The acting is so good in Monster s Ball and the understated but intense mood so skillfully maintained that we tend to overlook the story s contrivances 
3
Monster's Ball
Steven Rosen
Monster s Ball shows that convincing acting and a detailed developed sense of place can make a story not only believable but moving 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Jay Carr
The best thing Marc Forster s direction does is take these characters through their experiences at a convincingly naturalistic respiratory rate 
3
Monster's Ball
Jeff Vice
The film is much too full of itself 
2.5
Monster's Ball
Tony Toscano
I recommend it for a not so ordinary night at the movies 
3
Monster's Ball
Carrie Rickey
The low key performances by Thornton and Berry are so deeply felt that you feel like a cell mate in their emotional prisons 
3
Monster's Ball
Rick Groen
If the tale is explicit in content it s admirably restrained in the telling and that tension makes the movie compelling to watch 
3
Monster's Ball
Roger Ebert
The movie has the complexity of great fiction and requires our empathy as we interpret the decisions that are made 
4
Monster's Ball
Rob Blackwelder
A candid gut level emotional powerhouse 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Edward Guthmann
Dark and beautifully directed 
3
Monster's Ball
Steve Rhodes
Even if the last half gets bogged down in the cinematic equivalent of quicksand the first half is absolutely exquisite and captivating 
3
Monster's Ball
Ross Anthony
mostly resides in a mood of loss somberness and prejudice with a tender tiny beating heart of hope 
2.5
Monster's Ball
Michael Dequina
A solid little picture but Halle Berry s performance is downright astonishing and if for nothing else the film will be remembered for that 
3
Monster's Ball
Robert Roten
It takes more than a little sex to overcome 16 tons of emotional baggage 
2
Monster's Ball
Lou Lumenick
One of the year s most unusual subtle and thoroughly involving films 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Harvey S. Karten
An unusual romance of unlikely people with Halle Berry in a stunning new and mature role 
3
Monster's Ball
Walter Chaw
As the film progresses it becomes clear that like a dance Forster s film is predicated on machination but distinguished by grace 
3.5
Monster's Ball
David Keyes
should be praised for its immense and powerful look at characters who manifest their internal suffering 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Tor Thorsen
The film seems predictable at first but the story consistently surprises you 
3
Monster's Ball
Dustin Putman
A shattering motion picture that packs a wallop with two of the year s best performances 
3.5
Monster's Ball
Ed Gonzalez
In Marc Foster s cure the hate melodrama chocolate love goes a long way in soothing frayed white black relations 
1
Autumn Lights
Carson Lund
The film is like a landlocked Bergman chamber drama divested of any ambivalence regarding human relationships 
1.5
Autumn Lights
Roger Moore
Instantly forgettable erotic mystery 
1.5
La luz en el cerro
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s always a pleasure to see a movie with amazing performances and a screenplay that s as good as its visuals Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story
Roger Moore
A stumbling story about a more obnoxious Rudy we don t like enough to root for and who never shows us the game that all the fuss is about 
1.5
The Deep Six
David N. Butterworth
Less the thundering story of the mighty bring em out alive mission of the USS Poe and more a character study of a conflicted man of faith And in that latter regard The Deep Six succeeds 
2.5
Anastasia
Wesley Lovell
Anastasia is another of Don Bluth 8217 s attempts to wrest control of the genre that remains inferior in nearly every way 44 except one 46 
3
Anastasia
Mike Clark
The film s strength lies not just with its haunting melodies pretty pictures and kid friendly sidekicks but in an emotionally gripping script 
3
Anastasia
Ken Fox
There is much for tots to enjoy decent songs an amusing script and some surprisingly imaginative animation 
2.5
Anastasia
Margaret A. McGurk
The story may be a trifle complex for very young viewers but for most Anastasia serves up a tasty tale about a fairy tale princess 
3
Anastasia
Peter Stack
A gorgeous piece of work 
4
Anastasia
Roger Ebert
A promising launch for Fox s new animation studio which has declared war on Disney 
3.5
Anastasia
Rob Blackwelder
Having something for everyone seems to be a driving force for this film 
2.5
Anastasia
Steve Rhodes
This film is so beautiful that if the sound system were to go out you would have absolutely no reason to demand your money back 
3
Anastasia
Michael Dequina
The style is more live action Broadway and MGM with background characters forming a full on dance chorus spontaneously breaking into heavily choreographed moves 
3
Anastasia
James Berardinelli
The whole process of watching Anastasia is a thoroughly enjoyable one and it proves that any studio willing to put forth the time money and effort can match Disney 
3.5
Anastasia
Ted Prigge
Although a cartoon this is actually a really entertaining film for everyone 
3
Anastasia
Jeff Vice
It wouldn t work without the fabulous cast Ryan brings a fieriness to her role that we haven t seen well heard from her in awhile and Cusack is an able foil 
3
Pulp Fiction
Matt Brunson
Quentin Tarantino 8217 s cause celebre immediately became a direct challenge to creative complacency 46 
4
Pulp Fiction
Brian Eggert
Quentin Tarantino s dialogue provides the basis for the most unforgettable moments in Pulp Fiction 
4
Pulp Fiction
Josh Larsen
Even at its most mindless this is essential stuff 
4
Pulp Fiction
Federico Furzan
Tarantino changed cinema It s a fact that s as simple as the movie he achieved that with Pulp Fiction is perfect storytelling Full review in Spanish 
4
Pulp Fiction
Malcolm Johnson
With its blistering rough edged acting acrid funny dialogue vivid accurate feeling for Los Angeles and brilliant fracturings of time Pulp Fiction more than lives up to its advance reputation 
4
Pulp Fiction
David Nusair
Quentin Tarantino s very best film 
4
Pulp Fiction
Jami Bernard
It resurrects John Travolta from Look Who s Talking hell it makes Bruce Willis into a serious actor and it honors the power and fancy of intelligent dialogue written by the director himself 
4
Pulp Fiction
Michael Wilmington
This movie gets its charge not from action pyrotechnics but from its electric barrage of language wisecracks and dialogue from the mordant 70s classicism of its long take camera style and its smart offbeat strangely sexy cast 
4
Pulp Fiction
Carrie Rickey
Whether you call it razzmatazz pizazz or sizzle Pulp Fiction s got it enough style for a dozen movies and truth be told enough story for five 
3
Pulp Fiction
Gary Thompson
Pulp Fiction isn t the sleazy work of a shock artist giving us things no one else will put on film This is the work of someone talented smart and thrilled to be making movies giving us things no one else can put on film 
3.5
Pulp Fiction
John Hartl
At 153 minutes the movie does occasionally flirt with tedium but the risk is worth it The whole is finally greater than the sum of its pulpy parts What could have been an anything goes pastiche has surprising rigor and narrative clarity 
3.5
Pulp Fiction
Stephen Hunter
Quentin Tarantino s Pulp Fiction is a Saturday Night Fever dream a hot dense wicked disco of tough guy posturings vivid dips of violence and literally unbelievable plot moves 
3.5
Pulp Fiction
David Sterritt
John Travolta and Samuel L Jackson are terrific as talkative hit men and Bruce Willis is equally good as a boxer who refuses to throw a fight 
3
Pulp Fiction
Gene Siskel
If you smile at David Mamet s dialogue you ll laugh out loud at the words of Quentin Tarantino 
4
Pulp Fiction
Walter Chaw
When the dust settles just as the Coens will ultimately be seen as the canniest literary critics of their generation Tarantino will be seen as the most perceptive most instinctive film critic of his 
4
Pulp Fiction
Peter Canavese
A balls out postmodern comedy par excellence It s a Royale with Cheese Blu ray 
4
Pulp Fiction
Phil Villarreal
In most cases the three act A to B to C film formula works just fine But the letter Q makes the other letters obsolete 
4
Pulp Fiction
Chuck O'Leary
A devilishly lurid blast of great entertainment Ultra violent and wickedly funny 
4
Pulp Fiction
Lori Hoffman
Pulp Fiction is the best film of 1994 and of this decade 
4
Pulp Fiction
Michael Dequina
The most original and satisfying film of the year 
4
Pulp Fiction
Marc Vincenti
This fictional world though rendered imaginatively can t sustain the movie 
2
Pulp Fiction
Robert Roten
This film is a conceptual tour de force 
4
Pulp Fiction
Ed Gonzalez
Quentin Tarantino s second feature Pulp Fiction is at once immensely entertaining and remarkably weightless 
3
Pulp Fiction
Rick Groen
Scintillating 
4
Pulp Fiction
James Kendrick
One of the most audacious 44 confounding 44 and ultimately exciting pieces of cinema to hit the screen in years 46 
4
Pulp Fiction
Roger Ebert
The movie resurrects not only an aging genre but also a few careers 
4
Pulp Fiction
James Berardinelli
All the details are executed to perfection Ironies abound in the smallest situations 
4
Pulp Fiction
Mick LaSalle
It s the movie equivalent of that rare sort of novel where you find yourself checking to see how many pages are left and hoping there are more not fewer 
4
Pulp Fiction
Steve Rhodes
See it on a big screen with lots of folks in the audience for maximum enjoyment 
4
Pulp Fiction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How many movies have there been since which have copied this formula that are as fresh energetic alive and exciting 
4
If Only
David Nusair
touching and genuinely romantic 
2.5
Downriver
Walter Chaw
Downriver is at the end a lovely frustration 
2.5
Recon
Mark Meszoros
Like many war movies that have their intended impacts it is effective in reminding us of the sacrifices made by those who ve served their nation 
2.5
Colossal Youth
Fernando F. Croce
A unique metaphysical vision that tracing its characters dislocation seems to weave between alternate worlds as easily as it navigates from image to image 
3.5
Repo Chick
Simon Abrams
Like Waldo s Hawaiian Holiday Alex Cox s unproduced first sequel to Repo Man which was later turned into a comic book Repo Chick is a typically flat caricature of the zeitgeist 
2.5
Repo Chick
V.A. Musetto
The story behind Alex Cox s Repo Chick is more interesting than the movie itself 
1
Man of a Thousand Faces
Matt Brunson
This is the usual Hollywood biopic that contains almost as much fiction as fact but that doesn t dim enjoyment of this celebration of one of the all time great horror stars 
3
En brazos de un asesino
Mark Dujsik
A strange and sometimes discomforting combination of a violent thriller and an allegedly sexy romance 
1.5
En brazos de un asesino
Roger Moore
It s every Transporter movie and a whole lot of hitman romances including TV s Good Behavior from a couple of years ago How can you screw that up 
1.5
Critical Care
Roger Ebert
The film is a stimulating mix of a medical drama and a courtroom showdown with broad comedy from Brooks a little sexual blackmail and a touching subplot involving another terminally ill patient who thinks he is being visited by the devil 
3
Union Bound
John Beifuss
Apparently motivated by a desire to promote a message of racial cooperation the film is quite handsome given its meager resources but it has the misplaced priorities of a civil rights parable that is more interested in Miss Daisy than in her driver 
2
Jesús
Derek Smith
Fernando Guzzoni s Jesus is at its best when it steers clear of pat moralizing and simply yokes its moody sense of atmosphere to the aimlessness of the story s young characters 
2.5
Jesús
David Nusair
The kind of movie one only ever encounters at a film festival 
1.5
Italy: Love It, or Leave It
Rick Groen
Frustrating and unstructured yet charming and convivial too 
3
Italy: Love It, or Leave It
Bruce DeMara
Love it and lampoon it might be a better description for the latest pseudo documentary effort from Italian wags Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer 
2
Natural Selection
Joe Williams
In the evolutionary spectrum of cinema Natural Selection is like the duck billed platypus pretending to be warm blooded but more than a little fowl 
2
Natural Selection
Mark Feeney
Harris is the one good thing in Natural Selection 
1
Natural Selection
Brett Michel
Harris gives it her all despite Pickering s inability to steer a vehicle worthy of her talents 
2
Natural Selection
Roger Ebert
Harris is the big reason that Natural Selection is so engaging 
3.5
Natural Selection
Amy Biancolli
A coming of age portrait of a sweet innocent middle aged Christian woman who bursts through the confines of a sexless marriage 
3
Natural Selection
Peter Travers
Credit Pickering s deft script for avoiding the usual clichd speed bumps though sex and lies are on the menu 
3
Natural Selection
Michael Nordine
Natural Selection works because what it documents is less a transformation and more a return to a former more natural state for its troubled protagonist 
2.5
Wolf Warrior II
Simon Abrams
Wolf Warrior 2 lectures you pummels you and then expects you to cheer 
1
Becoming Bulletproof
Wes Greene
The trust that Bulletproof s filmmakers have in their cast and their talent is humanely and succinctly illustrated throughout 
2.5
Black Mask
Austin Kennedy
Poorly lit crooked camera angles that didn t match one shot from the next make the film nearly unwatchable 
1
Black Mask
Robert Roten
Black Mask Hak hap is an all out non stop Hong Kong action film that is better than most films of the martial arts genre 
3
Black Mask
Ross Anthony
it s paced well Jet kicks a lot of bootie it has romance betrayal and a sense of humor 
3
Black Mask
Michael Dequina
Nicely gets the job done as either a showcase for Jet Li s athletic talents or an undemanding blast of action and mayhem 
3
Busman's Holiday
Matt Brunson
An expansive mystery and an intimate melodrama 
3
Busman's Holiday
Blake Howard
Busman s Holiday is the last narrative album of a pre COVID world Embracing connections by refusing to accept the certainty of virtual footprints we leave behind 
3
Busman's Holiday
Tom Meek
The world tour keeps things clicking and McShane remains in character throughout but getting to the chase often feels like a coy overwrought machination 
2
Black Irish
Ty Burr
A small bore Southie coming of age drama whose heart is just a bit bigger than its cliches 
2.5
Black Irish
Kam Williams
A drismal drama rather reminiscent of Angela s Ashes especially in terms of maintaining a relentlessly pessimistic and morose tone 
2
Black Irish
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director producer Brad Gann s tale of growing up in blue collar South Boston features a strong central performance but it doesn t miss a cliche of hardscrabble adolescence 
2
Black Irish
Ed Gonzalez
The blarney isn t the only thing that s thick in writer director Brad Gann s Black Irish 
2
Cry Funny Happy
Steve Rhodes
An enjoyable film with modest ambitions and equally modest success 
2.5
Backwards
Mick LaSalle
A movie whose main virtue was its honesty ultimately lands in a place that feels canned and unsatisfying But on the way there Backwards isn t so bad 
2.5
Backwards
Stephanie Merry
The biggest problem is the characters who populate the film For the most part they re one dimensional caricatures 
1.5
Backwards
Mark Feeney
The neatness of the plotting becomes almost comical after a while Construction is one thing contrivance is another 
1.5
Backwards
Jake Mulligan
Even James Van Der Beek so natural as a high school athletic director that you can t help but wonder if he s actually spent time in that job can t save this film from drowning 
1.5
Backwards
Sara Stewart
Hickernell soft pedals the material into a blandly feel good dramedy 
2
Backwards
Carrie Rickey
It s a pleasant but not especially dramatic story about giving up your dream and hatching a new one 
2
Backwards
Dustin Putman
Likable in spurts but too safe by a long stroke Backwards would be right at home as a cable movie airing on ABC Family 
2
Backwards
Tomas Hachard
Streamlines its busy set of plots into a 90 minute sprint throughout which characters often confront and overcome their obstacles within the same scene 
1
Gemini
Michael Dequina
The overall tedium gives one plenty of time to imagine and wish for this trio in a far more worthy vehicle 
2
Gemini
David Nusair
a stylish yet distressingly empty cinematic experience 
2
Gemini
Christopher James
With its thumping music and chic shots of the city after dark the film looks and feels the way a modern L A noir should Yet in all the style the film loses its substance 
2
Gemini
Joey Magidson
Occasionally humorous consistently quirky and genuinely filled with tension there s a lot to like here 
3
Gemini
Roger Moore
Witty well acted and knowing noir about a murder in LaLa Land 
3
Gemini
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Aaron Katz s Gemini is an engaging modern noir until it completely falls apart with the revelation of its central mystery 
2.5
Gemini
Michael O'Sullivan
Kirke so wonderful in Mistress America and Cho of the underappreciated Columbus are endlessly fascinating to watch but the gossamer thin material underserves them 
1.5
Gemini
G. Allen Johnson
It is among the emptiest movies I ve ever seen beginning with a production design filled with sets in roomy designer houses with no personality whatsoever and that s probably the point 
1
Gemini
Gary Thompson
Kirke and her character make an impression 
3
Gemini
David Fear
It s a variation on a formula laced with a hipster ish vibe that keeps undercutting itself with bitterness and bemused dread Forget it Jake it s Silverlake 
3
Gemini
Justine Smith
There is no doubt that the film is more than just a monochromatic Pinterest mood board And yet it doesn t really push things to the next level either 
3
Gemini
Lindsey Bahr
Kirke is always watchable and a good presence on screen but so much about Gemini is so contrived that here she looks a little lost in the story at times 
2
Gemini
Chuck Bowen
With Gemini Aaron Katz does his cover of the Los Angeles set murder mystery homing in on the genre s evocative loneliness 
3.5
The Salvation
Rob Thomas
Writer director Kristian Levring says there are 62 different references to classic Westerns in his own oater The Salvation Perhaps the greatest compliment I can pay his film is that I never looked for them I was too busy enjoying the film 
3
The Salvation
Marty Mapes
Mikkelsen in a Danish Western holds promise but computer aided style detracts and distracts
2
The Salvation
Brad Wheeler
In an untamed world where hypocrisy is loud and where no one can be trusted salvation is one s own business and actions speak louder than words 
3
The Salvation
Peter Howell
Wild West vengeance gets a terrific homage and a bloody reckoning in this oater excursion 
3
The Salvation
Kristian Levring
Its evocative sets and settings superior acting and bleak as a dead rattle snake ethos make it the most entertaining western to come steaming into cinemas since the 3 10 to Yuma arrived eight long years ago 
3
The Salvation
Steven Rea
The Salvation is severe and bloody stuff 
3
The Salvation
Stephanie Merry
Surprises are few and far between in The Salvation but for Western fans looking for a fix it ll do the trick 
2
The Salvation
Mark Dujsik
It s disappointing that the movie which begins with such a strong sense of moral murkiness and casual injustice descends into a rather generic tale of revenge 
2.5
The Salvation
Glenn Lovell
a revenge Western photographed and designed in the grand hyperbolic style of Leone s Once Upon a Time in the West complete with wide angle interiors and dynamic close ups Mikkelsen subs nicely for Jimmy Stewart on Vengeance Trail 
3
The Salvation
Thomas Lee
The Salvation is one of those movies that deservedly and desperately requires a do over Unfortunately what you see is what you get 
2
The Salvation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Salvation has everything a good Western should have 
3.5
The Salvation
Kyle Smith
Mikkelsen s icy stare and a strong finale make the film worth a go 
2.5
The Salvation
Glenn Kenny
It is not a particularly light hearted Western but it s also neither portentous nor pretentious and it doesn t wear out its welcome 
3
The Salvation
Jesse Cataldo
The film achieves nothing more than hollow caricature too caught up in dumb dress up pageantry to accomplish anything else 
1.5
The Salvation
Kent Turner
Mikkelsen becomes a background player next to Green he withholds she combusts 
2
30 Years to Life
John Beifuss
Sitcom ish but lively and amusing ensemble comedy that treats its intelligent emotionally conflicted characters with respect 
3
30 Years to Life
Matt Brunson
Don t let the title fool you into dismissing this as another Steven Seagal action snooze 
3
30 Years to Life
Megan Turner
Middleton has assembled a clique of familiar broadly drawn characters but her film manages to rise above sitcom status thanks to their sassy repartee 
2
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Simon Abrams
Smart and scary horror films about faith and loneliness are rare and for the most part I Will Follow You Into the Dark is pretty exciting 
2.5
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Drew Hunt
A moralistic ending is telegraphed from the beginning and routinely fulfilled by the end rendering the rest of this trite visually unappealing mess virtually worthless 
1
The River and the Wall
Roger Moore
A wildlife loving tourist s eye view of the gorgeous country set to be damaged and desecrated by Trump s border wall boondoggle 
3
Life+1Day
Jay Horton
Weaving timeless themes within a disparate cultural context first time writer director Saeed Roustari injects this bleak urban landscape with nuance empathy and dark humor 
2
e-Demon
Roger Moore
Well worn wickedness on the World Wide Web screens within screens thriller Not scary 
1.5
The Stone Angel
Kelly Jane Torrance
Miss Burstyn is the Oscar winner and Juno star Ellen Page is getting billing beyond her screen time as the girlfriend of one of Hagar s sons but it s newcomer Miss Horne s performance that gives the movie its soul 
2.5
The Stone Angel
Jeff Shannon
Left me feeling respectfully indifferent as if I d been served a nutritious meal that was only fleetingly satisfying 
2.5
The Stone Angel
Lou Lumenick
Despite a terrific lead performance by Ellen Burstyn Kari Skogland s epic The Stone Angel is a lesson in the perils of trying to cram a hefty Canadian novel that spans decades into a movie running just under two hours 
2
The Stone Angel
Chris Hewitt
It s not a great movie but Burstyn fans shouldn t miss her subtle performance 
2.5
The Stone Angel
David Nusair
there s certainly no overlooking the palpable emotional punch of the movie s final scenes 
2.5
The Stone Angel
Philip Marchand
These elemental forces fuel a compelling narrative but the second half of the movie starts to drift 
2.5
The Stone Angel
Kevin Williamson
Ultimately though the story is defined by searing turns from the enjoyably crotchety Burstyn and Horne who shepherds Hagar from prideful wild child to soul sapped middle aged mother 
2.5
The Stone Angel
Liam Lacey
There is a reverence for the idea of Laurence s book but ultimately in spite of its spiced up sex scenes it s much tamer and more conventional 
2.5
Amulet
Lisa Trifone
There s certainly something captivating about Garai s approach to the genre 
2.5
Amulet
Sara Michelle Fetters
Garai incisively dissects concepts involving cycles of abuse male entitlement and female disempowerment in the context of an otherwise by the book example of cerebral existential horror 
3.5
Amulet
Robert Horton
Garai gets mileage out of the house s funky plumbing always a rich source of horror movie eesh 
3
Amulet
Tomris Laffly
Suffused with plenty of gross out phantasmagoric body horror but short on actual spine tingling scares the handsomely produced Amulet asserts Garai more as a gifted genre stylist than a savvy storyteller 
2
Amulet
Roger Moore
A triumph of tone over terror of chilly mood over any sense of malice it s meant to generate 
2
Amulet
Mark Dujsik
The scares are earned because the filmmaker spends so much time establishing an enveloping atmosphere of loneliness and dread 
3
Amulet
Mike McGranaghan
Amulet is a cool stylish chiller whose themes sneak up on you 
3
Amulet
Pat Brown
The film never feels as satisfying or as haunting as its bow tying epilogue strives for 
2.5
Amulet
Sean P. Means
Mixing a brooding atmosphere and a sly feminist spin on the horror genre Amulet is a solid statement debut for actor turned filmmaker Romola Garai 
3
Amulet
Walter Chaw
It s a lovely debut smart and fruitfully repugnant an able showcase for Garai as a filmmaker possessed of a nice sense of pacing and a good gothic eye for object placement and gore 
3
Summer Lovers
Roger Ebert
The result is a movie that doesn t really work as semi erotic romance and never quite gets itself together as a character study It s as if Frankie and Annette were in therapy 
2
A Better Life
Sarah Knight Adamson
A week and a half later I still haven t stopped thinking about it It is the summer anti blockbuster movie I am recommending to everyone 
4
A Better Life
Katherine Monk
Weitz finds a third character in the form of the L A landscape Appearing entirely Eden like when we re in the gardens with Carlos but rundown and seedy when he s in his own element the city assumes all the dimensions of the American dream itself 
2.5
A Better Life
Clayton Davis
The film s beautiful simplicity is carried massively on the work of Demin Bichir instantly and surely one of the best performances seen in 2011 
3.5
A Better Life
Roger Moore
Well acted but quite over hyped a melodramatic Mexican American version of Bicycle Thieves 
2
A Better Life
Jay Antani
The silver lining is an excellent lead performance from Bichir 
2
A Better Life
Scott Nash
A well deserved Oscar nomination for Demian Bichir in a film with echoes of The Bicycle Thief 
3
A Better Life
Cathy Jakicic
Takes the classic The Bicycle Thief and reinvents it for today with quiet powerful effect 
3
A Better Life
Jennie Punter
Bichir delivers a powerful nuanced performance as a stoic but complex character who treats everyone even those who have wronged him with a dignity he rarely receives 
3
A Better Life
David Nusair
a rather simple premise that is for the most part employed to entertaining if far from engrossing effect by Weitz 
2.5
A Better Life
Greg Quill
Personalizes the illegal immigrant experience and digs much deeper into what has become a national disgrace 
3.5
A Better Life
Ann Hornaday
A Better Life might not change any minds about immigration policy but it illuminates the conversation with context compassion and understanding 
3
A Better Life
Chris Hewitt
It s a gripping look at the idea that a society is judged by how it treats its weakest people 
3
A Better Life
Joe Williams
Notwithstanding its modest scope A Better Life richly documents the life of an invisible man 
2.5
A Better Life
John Hartl
Weitz who directed the excellent 2002 Hugh Grant movie About a Boy once more does a sensitive job with iffy material 
3.5
A Better Life
Carrie Rickey
A compassionate character study of a man modeling the values of heart hard work self respect and self reliance to his spawn 
3.5
A Better Life
Wesley Morris
It s generic and small but manages to reel you in and surprise you with its grimness 
2.5
A Better Life
Brett Michel
White guilt drives this misguided retooling of The Bicycle Thief 
2
A Better Life
Matt Pais
A movie with a story like this doesn t need to try so hard 
2.5
A Better Life
Roger Ebert
The film s trajectory is rather predictable but then so was the story told by The Bicycle Thief But the performances are pitch perfect 
3.5
A Better Life
Amy Biancolli
It s straight true and heartbreaking a masterstroke of raw emotional minimalism 
3.5
A Better Life
Roger Moore
Once you get past the cliched Spanglish dialogue and the sentimental tone of the early acts A Better Life settles down into something both involving and moving 
2
A Better Life
Lou Lumenick
Weitz keeps the schmaltz in check 
2.5
A Better Life
Stephen Whitty
Mostly this is a film made up of earnest concern and good intentions and that s never a substitute for real drama and strong convictions 
2.5
A Better Life
Peter Travers
On the surface the film seems like one of those docudramas that beg to be rewarded solely for their good intentions But Chris Weitz cuts deep This movie will get under your skin 
3
A Better Life
Rex Reed
The power in this movie is the way Chris Weitz trusts us to discover the facts for ourselves 
3
A Better Life
Ed Gonzalez
A stale but scrupulously structured anecdote A Better Life seems intended as an eye opener for the send em back American racist 
2.5
Milk & Honey
Kevin Allison
The acting is so intriguing the plot so unpredictable and the imagery so vibrant the whole thing is compelling from beginning to end 
3
Milk & Honey
Lou Lumenick
Some fine performances shine through in Joe Maggio s pretentious credulity straining dramedy 
2
Milk & Honey
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s not surprising that director Joe Maggio got Hal Hartley to score his off kilter drama Both upend clichés through a deadpan visual style and mordant performances As a result both have had uneven success 
2.5
Milk & Honey
David Sterritt
Maggio s second movie is as smart and surprising as his first 
3
Milk & Honey
Ed Gonzalez
Maggio clogs his story with all sorts of serendipitous events but seems uninterested in looking at these chance encounters on any kind of existential or spiritual terms 
1.5
The House Where Evil Dwells
Matt Brunson
Director Kevin Connor initially establishes a flavorful mood 44 but it gets frittered away thanks to some increasingly silly sequences and the general doltishness of the lead characters 46 
2
Between Worlds
Simon Abrams
If you saw Mandy and wished more Nicolas Cage movies were dark weird and personal watch Between Worlds and be careful what you wish for 
.5
Between Worlds
Roger Moore
Another bad Nic Cage Z movie made watchable only by Cage s wink at the camera shenanigans
1
Breakfast With Hunter
David Nusair
wildly entertaining 
3.5
Breakfast With Hunter
Walter Chaw
Curiously prosaic for the wicked incisiveness of its subject 
2
The Doorway
David Nusair
There s finally some good gore towards the end but this is after a long first hour which contains little more than a weird lady ghost that keeps hitting on everyone 
1
Exterminators of the Year 3000
John Beifuss
One of the Max iest of the post Road Warrior used car lots of the apocalypse the movie contains enough synthesizer scored stuntwork goofy plotting and odd dubbing Let s purloin that water to make it worthwhile for easily amused genre fans 
2
Au Pair Girls
Mattie Lucas
Undeniably goofy and almost laughably dated but that actually adds to its appeal There s just something about its carefree 70s kitsch that is hard to resist 
2.5
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Mattie Lucas
It s a fine amalgamation of stronger films but it s hard to escape the feeling that we ve seen this all done before 
3
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Josh Larsen
turns homage into a richly rewarding adventure 
3
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Roger Moore
Pretty but tends toward dullish
2.5
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Shane Slater
When the film eventually embraces the razzle dazzle of magic and adventure it s a thrilling ride 
3
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Sheila O'Malley
The animators invoke worlds upon worlds in Mary and the Witch s Flower 
3
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Mark Dujsik
As the story moves into familiar territory Mary and the Witch s Flower doesn t lose its sense of wonder What it does lose is its sense of discovery 
2.5
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Rob Thomas
Mary and the Witch s Flower doesn t reach the heights of the best Studio Ghibli film but it shows the studio s magical influence is alive and well 
3
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Moira MacDonald
A gentle sweet story told with painterly artistry 
3
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Peter Goldberg
This is a film about the adolescent pangs to belong that also mines its tale of magic and malevolence for an imaginative allegory about the excesses of scientific inquiry 
2.5
Tenebrae
Matt Brunson
Argento delights in tripping up audiences with startling plot twists and bursts of extreme violence 
3
Tenebrae
Ed Gonzalez
Tenebre is a brilliant piece of self reflexive cinema 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Brian Eggert
It delivers effective scares and bouts of credible acting and its innovations on the original s plot remain worthy changes 
3
Night of the Living Dead
Walter Chaw
It s an eye roller It didn t need to be 
2.5
Night of the Living Dead
Roger Ebert
A film that confuses screaming with emotion 
1
Dark Shadows
Brian Eggert
Dark Shadows takes the easy way out by lampooning its source material 44 simplifying its 8216 70s setting through parody 44 and handling most of the characters like comic relief in an overall treatment that 8217 s beneath everyone involved 46 
2
Dark Shadows
Mattie Lucas
A bland mostly unmemorable affair that never commits to being a comedy or a horror film and is instead an odd mix of both that doesn t quite work 
2
Dark Shadows
Kelly Jane Torrance
Burton is a master of black comedy whose attention to detail makes for films full of wonder 
3
Dark Shadows
Brandy McDonnell
It s hard to imagine a more fitting moviemaking team than Tim Burton and Johnny Depp to give the TV cult favorite a big budget cinematic remake 
3
Dark Shadows
Jeff Beck
It had so much potential but given the result it should have stayed in the shadows 
2
Dark Shadows
Eric Melin
Some scenes seem to exist in their own universe entirely having no bearing on the rest of the plot If this is supposed to be some sort of satirical comment on the original TV show which was famously erratic then it was a bad choice 
2
Dark Shadows
Michael Dequina
Barely rates as a shadow of the franchise s previous lives 
1
Dark Shadows
James Kendrick
nostalgic music and digs at the bad aesthetic choices of a previous era no matter how well executed will only get you so far and at some point we have to be invested in Barnabas s many plights and we never are 
2
Dark Shadows
Sara Michelle Fetters
After watching the film an odd somewhat disjointed comedic drama about family and sacrifice set to Burton s own uniquely macabre cinematic beat I m not quite sure what to call this new take on the venerable property 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Scott Nash
Looks good as you d expect from Burton but the script lacks fangs 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Lori Hoffman
Dark Shadows just sits there flat and boring with the energy of the actors in lock down mode thanks to laugh lines that get no laughter 
1
Dark Shadows
Glenn Lovell
reminds us that all the CG effects and crashing wave inserts can t goose a moribund script to life Depp as Barnabas should have gone the way of Love Story and the lava lamp and stay buried 
2
Dark Shadows
Matt Brunson
How is it possible that a man who just a few years ago stood as one of our most exciting and unconventional actors has now become one of the most predictable 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Austin Kennedy
Burton s direction is top notch but he doesn t know a thing about story structure which is something you think he would have figured out by now 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Mike McGranaghan
Dark Shadows is a great big mess utterly lacking in inspiration 
1.5
Dark Shadows
Lisa Kennedy
Mostly Dark Shadows is silly when we re trained to expect slightly richer fun from Burton and Depp 
2.5
Dark Shadows
John Beifuss
Although imperfect this may be Burton s most personal project in years a film that seems motivated by genuine identification with the Dark Shadows theme and not by a desire to impose the Burton brand on a pre sold title 
3
Dark Shadows
Tyler Hanley
Dark Shadows isn t an abomination but it falls well short of the high expectations viewers anticipate from two of the industry s top talents 
2
Dark Shadows
Stephen Whitty
Clearly they made the movie they wanted to make It s just not the movie this Dark Shadows fan hoped to see 
2
Dark Shadows
Peter Canavese
By asking the audience to take far too much on faith Dark Shadows can only be an interesting failure 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Robert Levin
An adaptation of an old antiquated TV show that feels fresh and alive in large part because of its star 
3
Dark Shadows
Erik Childress
Much like watching the Monday episode of a weekly soap opera with its 4 5 storylines all competing for dominance and then realizing that the mess of a screenplay is not going to give us the Tuesday Friday wrap ups 
2
Dark Shadows
Matt Soergel
It has not a clue what to do once it s set everything in motion Too bad It could have been a rollicking good time 
2
Dark Shadows
David Nusair
a disappointingly underwhelming endeavor that stands as the latest misfire from a once rock solid filmmaker 
2
Dark Shadows
Willie Waffle
If it wasn t for Twilight I might be blaming Tim Burton and Johnny Depp for ruining vampires 
.5
Dark Shadows
Stephen Cole
Dark Shadows only meaningful relationship is between Depp and his audience He s a persona now no longer an actor 
2
Dark Shadows
Lou Lumenick
Dark Shadows certainly has its moments especially when Barnabas and Angelique hilariously wreck her office during a surreal CGI fueled PG rated tryst 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Ann Hornaday
At once a brash strutting pop culture pastiche and gloomy exercise in self cannibalizing nostalgia Dark Shadows is depressing on myriad levels 
1.5
Dark Shadows
Sean O'Connell
A colorful yet empty Big Top to house yet another collection of circus oddities that are presided over by one of Depp s traditional ringleaders 
2
Dark Shadows
Mick LaSalle
When you consider all the pitfalls avoided and all the laughs and pleasures it provides along the way Dark Shadows is a satisfying and skillful effort 
3
Dark Shadows
Claudia Puig
Burton s offbeat montages are amusing but the story s slow start and overblown conclusion make Dark Shadows half a good movie 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Peter Rainer
Burton s offbeat montages are amusing but the story s slow start and overblown conclusion make Dark Shadows half a good movie 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Jason Buchanan
These shadows aren t nearly as dark as they are dull ensuring that not even Burton s trademark visuals are capable of hypnotizing us into believing that we re seeing something remotely interesting 
1
Dark Shadows
Chris Hewitt
It s often amusing and it looks great but Dark Shadows lacks the same thing its hero lacks a pulse 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Ann Lewinson
A movie that heads in so many directions it s a wonder Depp didn t get whiplash 
2
Dark Shadows
Duane Dudek
By trying to hit so many notes Dark Shadows fails to strike any of them 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Rafer Guzman
Dark Shadows doesn t add anything new to the genre but it s a surprisingly high spirited and genuinely black humored comedy 
3
Dark Shadows
Steven Rea
A nutty romp that s as much about celebrating a significant blip in the pop cult continuum as it is a tale of bloodsucking of grudge holding and the stress involved in maintaining a 200 room two century old house 
3
Dark Shadows
Peter Travers
Burton s visuals are a sumptuous treat as is Depp s unerring sense of mischief but after a fierce and funny start Dark Shadows simply spins its wheels 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Lawrence Toppman
Depp summons every type of behavior Burton requires heroism zaniness longing wit ferocity sexuality icy resolve Had they stuck to one or two of these we might have had a terrific film 
2
Dark Shadows
Mark Dujsik
It s clunky to say the least 
2
Dark Shadows
Peter Keough
By the time Dark Shadows gets to the opening credits it is already Tim Burton s best film since Ed Wood 
3
Dark Shadows
Ty Burr
Tim Burton has got his groove back 
3
Dark Shadows
Peter Howell
Stumbles blindly along with Barnabas for most of its overlong 113 minutes leaving viewers in the dark as to its intentions 
1
Dark Shadows
Joe Williams
Dark Shadows may be too light for vampire purists or fans of the original show but fresh blood is just what the doctor ordered 
3
Dark Shadows
Bill Weber
A mixed bag of Nixon era pop burlesque and vampire kitsch is ultimately undone by pedestrian gags and bloated genre boilerplate 
2
Dark Shadows
Rene Rodriguez
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton enable each other s laziest most indulgent habits They make movies to entertain themselves instead of the audience 
2
Dark Shadows
Josh Larsen
There is nothing holding this jumble of odd impulses and expensive makeup together 
2
Dark Shadows
Matt Pais
A movie about the undead can still be DOA 
2
Dark Shadows
Moira MacDonald
You keep wishing that the movie was either scarier or funnier too often it flatlines between the two but it s nonetheless impossible to look away 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Michael Phillips
Dark Shadows illustrates the fine line in a pop reboot between relaxed and lazy 
2
Dark Shadows
Roger Ebert
It offers wonderful things but they aren t what s important It s as if Burton directed at arm s length unwilling to find juice in the story 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Dustin Putman
As imaginatively eccentric as it is blithely ghoulish To see it is to view something that feels different right to its core How often can that be said in today s studio system 
3
Dark Shadows
Kam Williams
A faithfully cheesy remake of a consciously campy TV show 
2.5
Dark Shadows
Randy Myers
Shadows leaves us with the sense that this isn t the last time we ll be seeing Barnabas and company One can only hope that next time they ll work out the kinks 
2
Dark Shadows
James Berardinelli
Dark Shadows is a mess and it s unclear whether its bizarre recipe of comedy campy horror and gothic melodrama will satisfy anyone regardless of their familiarity with the source material 
2
Dark Shadows
Roger Moore
The cheesy and cheap but beloved TV program takes an affectionate ribbing in the film which has more in common with That 70s Show than its actual source 
2.5
The Border
Jack Mathews
Jack Nicholson gives his best starring performance since One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest as a soul searching U S border patrolman 
3
The Border
Gene Siskel
Nicholson s best leading role since he won the Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest six years ago 
3
The Border
Sumner Rand
It s not a pretty picture but dramatically it has considerable impact 
3
The Border
Nancy Scott
I found the suspense nerve wracking because the characters who are In danger are so vulnerable and so innocent and because the atmosphere of the area is so blindingly real 
3
The Nightmare
Rene Rodriguez
In the faces of these men and women ranging in age from their 20s to their 40s and spread out everywhere from Los Angeles to Manchester you can see the genuine terror they suffered and in some cases continue to suffer 
3
The Nightmare
Sheila O'Malley
Ascher plunges us into the actual visions that sleep paralysis creates the moving silhouette figures the darkness the static The sense of terror is palpable 
3
The Nightmare
Ty Burr
Less a straight doc than a psycho cinematic inquiry into unknown territory it s really something to see Whether it s something to believe is another matter 
2.5
The Nightmare
Brad Keefe
The scariest movie of the year is a documentary The last movie you ever want to think about before bedtime 
3.5
The Nightmare
Mike McGranaghan
A fascinating and creepy experience that will have you praying you never know what sleep paralysis feels like 
3
The Nightmare
Chuck Bowen
As in Rodney Ascher s previous film Room 237 the subject of obsession is complemented by a despairing attempt to process it corral it and somehow conquer it 
3.5
Girlfight
Rene Rodriguez
Girlfight gets everything right Its gritty bleak setting of a largely Hispanic Brooklyn neighborhood the peeling walls and grimy atmosphere of the boxing gym her bond with her sweet natured brother and her combative relationship with her father 
3
Girlfight
George M. Thomas
Kusama s talent as a filmmaker is obvious Girlfight doesn t score a knockout but it has moxy and some performances that guarantee that seeing it won t be a waste of time 
3.5
Girlfight
Katherine Monk
Girlfight brings freshness and enthusiasm to a routine we ve seen several times over 
3.5
Girlfight
Ellen Futterman
Its richness comes from clear straightforward storytelling and from a production that looks feels and sounds amazingly natural 
3.5
Girlfight
Terry Lawson
In the able and confident hands of director and writer Karyn Kusama Girlfight becomes an unranked contender for most satisfying independent movie of the year 
3
Girlfight
Bill Brownstein
This longshot film has Rocky like implications going for it on either side of the camera Safe to say now that Kusama is taking lunch with every heavy in Hollywood and that Rodriguez could well be the next break out star in the biz 
3
Girlfight
Jami Bernard
The director and star both have unaffected styles that mesh perfectly for a movie that s uplifting and moving in a traditional Hollywood way while also seeming as raw and unfiltered as cinéma vérité 
3
Girlfight
Malcolm Johnson
Kusama s portrait of an angry voung woman hits home largely because of the power of its unknown star Michelle Rodriguez 
2.5
Girlfight
Steven Rea
The world of Girlfight feels real and so does Rodriguez s Diana You re with her every step of the way 
3
Girlfight
Jeff Simon
What is truly unforgettable about Girlfight is its star Michelle Rodriguez Over and over writer director Karyn Kusama gives us closeups of the stony murder in her eyes and her eyes are extraordinary 
3
Girlfight
David Sterritt
Rodriguez s acting almost scores a knockout even though the movie s directing and dialogue are fairly routine 
2
Girlfight
Tom Meek
Definitely a glass ceiling breaker and a fiery breakout performance by Rodriguez 
3
Girlfight
Hollywood.com Staff
Although the plot is rather thin Diana s journey is captivating for viewers primarily because of the galvanizing performance of newcomer Michelle Rodriguez emerging as a bona fide movie star 
3
Girlfight
Matt Wolf
For all the violence on view Kusama s script insists on a real wholly unsentimental tenderness 
3.5
Girlfight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a refreshingly straightforward and honest attempt flying in the face of the rest of the product out there which is either manipulating and dumb or tricky and arty 
3.5
Girlfight
Jeanne Aufmuth
A moving performance by newcomer Michelle Rodriguez showcases this moody Sundance showstopper about a Brooklyn teen who battles an age old gender barrier 
3.5
Girlfight
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like a smart boxer Girlfight knows when to be light on its feet and when to hit hard 
3
Girlfight
Rick Groen
The script is pure Rocky but the style is Girlz n the Hood and the two don t ever mesh 
2.5
Girlfight
Robert Roten
First time writer director Karyn Kusama makes it seem believable the big question is how come someone with this much talent isn t getting more opportunities in Hollywood 
3
Girlfight
Ian Mantgani
One of the best films of the year 
4
Girlfight
Ron Weiskind
Girlfight may not be a knockout but qualifies as a gutty gamer 
3
Girlfight
Michael Dequina
One thing about the film plays explosively in any viewing context the blazing performance by newcomer Michelle Rodriguez 
3
Girlfight
Greg Dean Schmitz
An effective film 
3
Girlfight
Jonathan Rosenbaum
While Kusama champions masculinity in women she offsets it with a range of gender identities and a keen sense of milieu 
3
Girlfight
Rob Blackwelder
A fervent absorbing near flawless film experience as a boxing movie Girlfight ranks with Raging Bull and kicks Rocky s ass 
4
Girlfight
Robert W. Butler
Rodriguez is extraordinary It s such a flawless matching of actress to role that it s almost impossible to say how much of her performance is acting how much comes naturally 
3
Girlfight
Roger Ebert
Rodriguez a newcomer seems to have a natural affinity for the camera Her Diana hungers she cares she is easily wounded and quick to defend herself and all of those qualities are simply there every scene 
3.5
Girlfight
Edward Guthmann
It s a fierce performance not because Rodriguez is a seasoned actress she s not but because she brings such a magnificent prove it to me snarl to the role 
3
Girlfight
Cornell & Petricelli
Aside from being a film of tremendous social importance and inspiration for teens Girlfight also delivers us the immensely talented new director and story teller Karyn Kusama 
3.5
Girlfight
Michael Wilmington
Girlfight for its skill and theme will please many It s a shame it s no knockout 
2.5
Girlfight
Bob Bloom
Kusama s direction and Rodriguez s charisma overcome any flaws 
3.5
Girlfight
Ray Greene
Despite the promise of Kusama s debut and the voguish nature of its politics Girlfight ultimately plays like a hedged bet rather than the knockout punch it has been taken to be 
2.5
Girlfight
James Berardinelli
Crafted and emotionally satisfying 
3.5
Girlfight
Susan Stark
Treat yourself to the jolt it delivers 
3
Doc
Roger Moore
Any Western with Keach and Dunaway with hints that Dunaway might not be the hero s first choice as a bedtime companion is worth a look 
2.5
Doc
Roger Ebert
The movie really does give you a sense of inhabiting the West 
3.5
Billy Jack
Roger Ebert
The movie has as many causes in it as a year s run of the New Republic There s not a single contemporary issue from ecology to gun control that s not covered 
2.5
Rising Sun
Gene Siskel
A major disappointment from first class director Philip Kaufman 
1
Rising Sun
Michael Dequina
The film disappoints but Snipes and Connery don t 
2.5
Rising Sun
David N. Butterworth
A slick yet pedestrian thriller 
2.5
Rising Sun
James Berardinelli
There are a few too many plot holes and logical errors Rising Sun may be solidly paced but not all aspects of the production are as successful 
2.5
Rising Sun
Roger Ebert
The screenplay by Kaufman Crichton and Michael Backes is not about much of anything important 
2
Rising Sun
Chris Hicks
Where the movie really stumbles is with co writer director Philip Kaufman s attempts to make it a conventional mystery thriller Kaufman simply doesn t have the slightest notion of how to make a conventional film of any kind 
2
Just Don't Think I'll Scream
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a brazen idea for a film but the steady flow of images does somehow deepen the emotional feel of what it must have been like during Beauvais s struggle 
3.5
Just Don't Think I'll Scream
Carson Lund
Its most immediate appeal is the simple scavenger s thrill of encountering so many tantalizing images in different formats from across film history in swift succession 
3.5
The Twin
Kevin Carr
A lot of horror movies will play around with heavy emotions 46 46 46 but it apos s so intense with that level of emotion 44 there apos s nowhere to go 46 
2
The Twin
Brian Tallerico
The Twin is basically Midsommar meets The Boy 44 and yet not as fun as that mash up might imply 46 
1
The Twin
Brian Eggert
The Twin plays like a mix and match of familiar 44 marketable horror tropes and not a story that came from the heart 46 
2
Little Republic
Steve Rhodes
Clich is piled upon clich 
1
Mayerling
Roger Ebert
No one with an undeveloped appreciation for brooding irony had better see Mayerling at all 
2.5
Ichi the Killer
Chuck Bowen
Unhinged even for Takashi Miike Ichi the Killer suggests a bloody and ejaculate stained Rorschach inkblot reveling in ultraviolence that can be interpreted to flatter any adventurous audience s sensibilities 
3.5
Ichi the Killer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A gross out classic 
3.5
Ichi the Killer
John Petrakis
Any serious message has been sacrificed on the altar of excess making us realize why the stylish story probably worked better as a graphic comic book than as a film 
2
Ichi the Killer
Ian Mantgani
There is a charm about the movie s crazy camera angles and insistence on grabbing for silly visual jokes but you can t quite call it a success 
2
Ichi the Killer
Elizabeth Weitzman
The unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive the director just ends up exposing his own obsession 
1.5
Ichi the Killer
V.A. Musetto
Those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to Ichi 
3
Ichi the Killer
Jeremy Heilman
Much of what we see is horrible but it s also undeniably exceedingly clever 
3.5
Sex, Politics & Cocktails
Lou Lumenick
Julien Hernandez s micro budgeted gay themed vanity project Sex Politics Cocktails gives all three a bad name 
0
Sex, Politics & Cocktails
Elizabeth Weitzman
Enthusiastic performances help but without a logical script or confident direction the fizz very quickly goes flat 
1.5
To Hell and Back
Matt Brunson
Murphy is fine playing himself although the way in which he purses his lips and stares steely eyed at the enemy following each death of a friend reminds me of Bill Bixby s David Banner intoning Don t make me angry You wouldn t like me when I m angry 
2.5
Haemoo
Chuck Bowen
The politics of the boat as it reaches calamity are mostly reduced to a singular urge to kill one character 
2
A Streetcar Named Desire
David Keyes
Seeing the film reminds us instantly of our perennial desire to be swept up into a compelling story 
4
A Streetcar Named Desire
Josh Larsen
Tennessee Williams filled the tinderbox Marlon Brando ignited it 
3.5
A Streetcar Named Desire
Matt Brunson
An unqualified masterpiece 
4
A Streetcar Named Desire
Walter Chaw
That melancholy we feel as it closes is a mourning for me that I ll never be able to see this film again for the first time and that I ll never be able to appreciate any film that came before it without the stain of it in my perception 
4
A Streetcar Named Desire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Brando pulls off astonishing things as Stanley Kowalski and Vivien Leigh gives a performance that must have taken everything she had as Blanche DuBois 
3
A Streetcar Named Desire
Phil Villarreal
Brando s performance is probably the most influential in movie history for the way its raw naturalism smolders amid the stiff theatricality that surrounds him 
4
A Streetcar Named Desire
Roger Ebert
Despite the overwhelming power of Brando s performance Streetcar is one of the great ensemble pieces in the movies 
4
The Banshee Chapter
David Nusair
just another run of the mill low budget horror effort 
1.5
The Banshee Chapter
Sheila O'Malley
The Banshee Chapter is both elegant and terrifying 
3
The Banshee Chapter
Wes Greene
Director Blair Erickson surely has style to burn even if he oftentimes betrays his atmospheric shorthand and gets cold feet at the most inopportune moments 
2.5
The Conformist
Jeff Vice
The headier aspects and New Wave stylings do make it worthwhile 
3
The Conformist
Sean P. Means
Bertolucci s application of stunning cinematic beauty to an ugly character study could be cited as proof that filmmakers do their best work when they re young 
4
The Conformist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bertolucci s reckless youthful skill he was 29 and Storaro s ravishing photography hold it together 
4
The Conformist
David Elliott
The exquisite reverie of a death dance political and sexual filmed by a wizard of barely sublimated eros 
4
The Conformist
Steven Rea
As striking as Bertolucci s classic looks there s even more powerful stuff in the storytelling 
4
The Conformist
David Sterritt
Trintignant gives a legendary performance 
4
The Conformist
James Berardinelli
Storaro and Bertolucci have fashioned a visual masterpiece in The Conformist with some of the best use of light and shadow ever in a motion picture 
3.5
Knights of Badassdom
Frank Ochieng
Knights Of Badassdom is an uneven creepy concoction but still somewhat excels at mixing its cheesy lampooning of LARP oriented escapism with the cliched grossness of tired horror flicks It is feisty and joyously absurd
2.5
Octane
David Nusair
the film s storyline is hopelessly convoluted and dull 
1.5
Breathing
V.A. Musetto
Elegant cinematography by Martin Gschlacht one of Austria s most sought after lensers gives Breathing added depth 
3
Breathing
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Can a film be faulted for being too sympathetic toward its characters for limning a milieu with extraneous humanism 
2
Breathing
David Nusair
a persistently watchable piece of work that never quite becomes the riveting piece of work Markovics obviously wants it to be 
2.5
Razorback
Christy Lemire
It isn t as nutty as it could have been and it certainly isn t as nutty as its description suggests 
2
Razorback
David Nusair
Rarely as fun or exciting as its premise might ve indicated 
2
The Best of Schools
Joshua Tanzer
At least it doesn t lack passion It s just disappointing whenever the characters feel the need to put their clothes back on 
2
Merlove
Jeff Shannon
It s not a particularly good documentary in terms of educational eloquence but there s something so universally life affirming about merlot that you can appreciate McClain s infectious enthusiasm if not his too relaxed skills as a filmmaker 
2.5
A Certain Justice
Steve Rhodes
The British really know how to do mysteries Although American television tries the Brits own the formula to the secret sauce 
3
The 355
Matt Brunson
Aggressively average 
2
The 355
David Nusair
the arms length atmosphere compounded by a continuing emphasis on ineffective lackluster set pieces 
2
The 355
Rene Sanchez
Despite the amazing work of its cast this espionage saga lacks thrills and originality Full Review in Spanish
2.5
The 355
Brian Eggert
The movie has all the potential of being unchallenging escapist entertainment but it s all too familiar to distinguish itself 
2
The 355
Matthew Passantino
The 355 requires a filmmaker with an eye for choreography and urgency which is lacking in almost every frame in his latest 
2
The 355
Walter Chaw
There s no world in which the picture would have been a success 
.5
The 355
Peter Canavese
Only intermittently engaging lacks the pacing deftness and wit to mask all the cliches that we re so familiar with by now 
2
The 355
Linda Cook
It s a Bond wannabe that has the audacity to mention Bond in its dialogue 
1.5
The 355
Erik Childress
Eight minutes in and it was hard to believe this was even going into theaters Two hours later it was an instant candidate for one of the laziest thrillers to be released throughout 2022 
1
The 355
Mark Meszoros
It s too silly to take itself as seriously as it does Not even actors this talented can sell some of the dialogue they re asked to deliver with straight faces 
1.5
The 355
Tom Meek
The quintette as likable as they are face even bigger challenges in the flat script and clunky action choreography that undercuts their collective energy 
2
The 355
Dwight Brown
An often generic but surprisingly engaging espionage action thriller 
2.5
The 355
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a title that screams Watch me at home 
2.5
The 355
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a film destined to be forgotten relegated to late night showings on basic cable while the cast without exception better than the material they re given moves on to bigger and better things 
1
The 355
James Berardinelli
The 355 boasts exactly one genuinely suspenseful scene it happens around the 3 4 point but that lasts only about five minutes and therefore represents less than 5 of the overall running time 
2.5
The 355
Kevin Carr
It runs a little bit long and it s overly predictable at times but it s better than some crappy found footage horror movie which we always get in January 
2
The 355
Richard Roeper
Jessica Chastain Lupita Nyong o Penelope Cruz among the great talents insulting the audience s intelligence 
2
The 355
Steven Prokopy
If only the film The 355 were as ambitious and filled with the same outside the box thinking as this rockin team made up of some of the finest actresses working today 
2
The 355
Jeff York
The tony likes of Jessica Chastain Penelope Cruz Lupita Nyong o and Diane Kruger seem lost amongst the multitude of adventure film cliches flat dialogue and over edited action scenes 
1.5
The 355
Lindsey Bahr
Mostly The 355 succeeds where others have come up short because it put the movie and the story first not the message 
2.5
The 355
Joe Friar
Chastain Kruger Nyong o Cruz and Bingbing are a force to be reckoned with although they re no match for the bad script 
2
The 355
Ty Burr
The 355 devolves into a bullet spattered endurance test 
1.5
The 355
Leo Brady
The 355 is not only wasting the time of it s all star cast but halfway through we realize it s wasting our time as well 
2
The 355
Rob Thomas
Like James Bond being tasked with filling out paperwork for HR the actresses in The 355 are sent on a mission they are clearly overqualified for 
2
The 355
Christy Lemire
The 355 amasses some of the most talented and electrifying actresses in the world then squanders them in a generic and forgettable action picture 
1
The 355
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Much is lost and nothing gained for all involved 
.5
The 355
Phil Villarreal
The 355 stands out as not a must see a may as well see 
2.5
The 355
Mike McGranaghan
Chastain Kruger Nyong o Cruz and Fan infuse the movie with energy and enthusiasm 
3
The 355
Bob Bloom
The story is nothing but formulaic situations used dozens of times before in dozens of films The movie is so predictable that from the outset you are two or three steps ahead of the game 
1.5
The 355
Kevin A. Ranson
the gaps between standard choreographed set destruction scenes are filled with marshmallow fluff such as the reluctance of any bad guy to kill the spy gals because they re women and it s very important to remind viewers of that 
1
The 355
Kenneth R. Morefield
A year from now you may see the DVD in Redbox and ask your spouse Did we see that She or he will most likely shrug uncertainly 
2
The 355
Chris Hewitt
The real problem is the script by Kinberg who has written a lot of X Men movies and Theresa Rebeck 
2
The 355
Mark Feeney
What had been slick emptiness in a diverting sort of way becomes curdled slick emptiness in a look at your watch sort of way 
2
The 355
Mick LaSalle
The 355 is a guilty pleasure only don t waste time feeling guilty 
2.5
The 355
Michael Phillips
The material might ve gotten by with a different director 
2
The 355
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay only gives each of these actors the bare minimum with which to work The plot reflects a similar attitude 
2
The 355
Jake Cole
The film treats its premise as the backdrop for a trite celebration of empowerment and teamwork among professional women 
1
The 355
Roger Moore
January release or not it s still a shame that all this talent an epic fight in a fish market and some cool shootouts and chases were wasted this way 
1.5
Capernaum
Jeff Mitchell
Nadine Labaki shines a bright light on dark times A painfully unreal experience 
3.5
Capernaum
Lisa Trifone
Labaki and cinematographer Christopher Aoun take a no holds barred approach to immersing us in Zain s rough and tumble world of poverty predators hustlers and meaningless frustrating bureaucracy 
4
Capernaum
Andrea Gronvall
It s essential viewing for the ways in which it illuminates brutally hard lives many of us could otherwise not imagine and for the craft of its nonprofessional performers 
3
Capernaum
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Capernaum is a rare movie that inspires even as it confronts the horrors its characters inflict on one another 
4
Capernaum
Bob Bloom
Capernaum is a brutal and hard movie to digest it also is a harder movie to forget 
3.5
Capernaum
Lisa Jensen
In young Al Rafeea a real life Syrian transplant and first time actor found on the streets of Beirut Labaki has found the perfect vessel to express her views on the refugee experience 
3
Capernaum
Sean P. Means
A gritty uncompromising look at life on the mean streets of Beirut through the eyes of a child hardened by his experiences 
3.5
Capernaum
Robert Horton
Zain Al Rafeea gives one of those indelible child performances showing the tough street kid exterior while allowing the frightened vulnerability to show through 
3
Capernaum
David Nusair
Capernaum marks a tremendous step forward for filmmaker Nadine Labaki 
3.5
Capernaum
Soren Andersen
Capernaum is a searing unforgettable work 
4
Capernaum
Roger Moore
The dark horse for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar also happens to be the most moving movie of the bunch 
3
Capernaum
Gary Thompson
Labaki s use of color is effective and subtle with blues and reds carefully deployed along with a welcome and valuable sense of humor 
3
Capernaum
Johanna Schneller
Labaki shows us in granular street level detail using mostly non professional actors many of whom are refugees themselves what life looks like for the unprotected 
3.5
Capernaum
Peter Howell
Capernaum is an absolute heartbreaker about children in peril and the plight of undocumented people 
4
Capernaum
Chris Hewitt
Labaki does beautiful work with her nonprofessional cast most of whom are refugees and her non chronological structure builds unhurried suspense into the travails of Zain 
3.5
Capernaum
Ann Hornaday
Labaki chose the title Capernaum because the word was often used to mean chaos in French literature That s precisely what she presents to us with precious little relief in sight 
2.5
Capernaum
Anita Katz
Despite an occasional bit of heavy handedness the film credibly and grippingly looks at poverty child neglect refugees and ID card insanity 
3
Capernaum
Joey Magidson
Kudos to Labaki for going out there and bringing this story to us 
3
Capernaum
Carlos Valladares
Real life is Capernaum s supposed target but the filmmakers exhaust most of their energy squeezing plot beats into place 
1
Capernaum
Tomris Laffly
These pains somehow don t feel exploitative or gratuitous there is a nuanced matter of factness even in Labaki s empathy that prevents it to ever become pity 
3.5
Capernaum
Mark Dujsik
Something must be done but it s never clear if Labaki and her fellow screenwriters have an idea as to what that something might be 
2.5
Capernaum
Diego Semerene
Zain Al Rafeea s naturalness however uncanny only makes the film s maneuverings seem all the more obvious 
1.5
Capernaum
Alan French
All of this brilliance stems from the brilliant script from Labaki One part The Florida Project and one part struggle for survival Labaki s work shines 
3.5
Crazy Love
Troy Patterson
Dan Klores shapes their tale into a documentary as arresting as a Weegee crime scene photo 
4
Crazy Love
David N. Butterworth
There hasn t been a documentary this sick since Kirby Dick s Sick 
3
Crazy Love
Steven Rea
A Bronx tale full of jaw dropping behavior and jaw dropping hairdos 
3
Crazy Love
Phil Villarreal
The film lassoes you in with ya gotta hear this prurience 
3
Crazy Love
Rob Thomas
Equal parts heartwarming and repulsive the compulsively watchable film is certainly 90 of the fastest weirdest minutes I ve spent in a theater in a long time 
3.5
Crazy Love
John Beifuss
An irresistible comic shocker with more satisfying surprise twists to its narrative than one finds in a novel by Patricia Highsmith 
3.5
Crazy Love
Rene Rodriguez
the equivalent of a gripping page turner 
3
Crazy Love
Bruce Westbrook
though Crazy Love remains a far cry from heartening it is more amusing than disturbing especially given the cranky yet symbiotic couple of today 
3
Crazy Love
Terry Lawson
Crazy Love is something less than artful while being completely compelling in its attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible 
3
Crazy Love
Jeff Vice
The story behind Crazy Love is pretty fascinating But the storytelling in this documentary isn t always so fascinating 
2.5
Crazy Love
Peter Canavese
Klores tells this story as well as its ever likely to be told and as stories go this one s a doozy 
3
Crazy Love
Claudia Puig
Simultaneously disturbing and luridly entertaining 
2.5
Crazy Love
Tamara Straus
Among the weirdest explorations of connubial relationships since Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf And like Edward Albee s 1962 play it leaves one feeling queasy about human nature 
2
Crazy Love
Bob Strauss
Thanks to Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens immersive documentary Crazy Love we can all share the can t believe this judgmental thrill of following the tormented passion of ambulance chasing attorney Burt Pugach and lovely Linda Riss 
3
Crazy Love
Michael Booth
I could tell you all the surprises that make the loopy documentary Crazy Love such an odd treat but then I d be undermining the whole point of telling you to go 
3
Crazy Love
Jim Emerson
Crazy Love seems to promise a demented true life film noir love story and winds up delivering an above average A E documentary 
2.5
Crazy Love
Ty Burr
Crazy Love scrapes away the cartoon exterior around this story and peers into the unknowable murk of the human heart 
3.5
Crazy Love
Betsy Bozdech
Dan Klores documentary proves that truth really is stranger than fiction as it spins the tale of an infamous crime of passion and its unbelievable result 
3
Crazy Love
Josh Larsen
like the Scott and Laci Peterson saga set to conga music 
2
Crazy Love
Chris Hewitt
I don t know if Crazy Love is a love story or a hate story but I do know it s unlikely there will be two more fascinating confounding people at the movies this year than Burt and Linda Pugach 
3.5
Crazy Love
Jack Mathews
Interviews with Burt and Linda Pugach the New York couple whose tabloid lives are chronicled in Dan Klores docu curio Crazy Love have been politely nonjudgmental After seeing the movie I d like to say I hate one and pity the other 
2.5
Crazy Love
Michael Wilmington
A documentary about a mad love affair a movie that s about as compulsively watchable as a great tabloid headline story is compulsively readable and also a lot more rewarding 
2.5
Crazy Love
Aaron Hillis
Like far too many documentaries today this formulaic kitsch fest rests on the strengths of its subject matter to avoid having to present artful or deep filmmaking 
2
Crazy Love
John Hartl
Driven by interviews with the couple and their friends it s unavoidably a talking heads film but home movies help to fill out their story and so do their appearances on several famous talk shows 
3
Crazy Love
Lou Lumenick
This astounding saga which is told strictly in chronological order with lots of well chosen film clips and photographs is recounted mostly by the now elderly Pugach and Riss themselves 
3
Crazy Love
Ken Fox
Director Klores pacing and his heart stopping editing that give the film its punch and his amazing and well selected soundtrack puts an ironic polish on a love story that s far too strange to be fiction 
4
Crazy Love
Peter Travers
Crazy Love uses archival footage and fresh interviews to get at the dark heart of a passion that spanned half a century How Damned if I know But I couldn t stop watching 
3.5
Crazy Love
Gary Goldstein
Klores makes vivid use of a wide variety of snapshots headlines TV news coverage and some decent re enactment footage 
3.5
Crazy Love
Sara Michelle Fetters
But so what This is one of the most entertaining films I ve seen all year Burt and Linda s story so shocking and unconventional I couldn t believe my eyes 
3.5
Crazy Love
Rafer Guzman
Like any good documentarian and unlike most publicists Klores lets us draw our own conclusions With a tone free of outrage or judgment he tells the story of Pugach a successful young lawyer and Riss a hottie with a taste for the good life 
3
Crazy Love
Kam Williams
A fascinating flick for anyone looking for a new reason to hate lawyers 
4
Crazy Love
Nick Schager
Crazy Love has a tabloid story to kill for and a basic nonfiction form to snooze over 
2
Everybody's Famous!
Steve Rhodes
With so many great documentaries and foreign films each year why does the Academy so often come up with second rate choices in these two categories 
2
Everybody's Famous!
Elias Savada
Yes I admit it the film s corny but there s nothing wrong with this can of sweet imported niblets 
3
Everybody's Famous!
Susan Stark
An entertaining enough oddity goosed by the added interest of its report on the high level of acting talent from Belgium 
2
Everybody's Famous!
Roger Ebert
The movie was one of this year s Oscar nominees for best foreign film leading one to wonder what films were passed over to make room for it 
1.5
Everybody's Famous!
Edward Guthmann
A sprightly entertaining film but one in which the satire is neutralized for laughs 
3
Everybody's Famous!
Lou Lumenick
The charming Everybody s Famous is more than a little predictable and not particularly realistic but that shouldn t seriously discourage anyone looking for light summer fun with a Flemish accent 
3
Everybody's Famous!
Loren King
A likable satire on celebrity Flemish style it is no less pointed than its American counterparts just a lot less pompous 
3
Everybody's Famous!
Carrie Rickey
Knows the price of success and the value of family 
3
Everybody's Famous!
Pam Grady
Too gooey at the center to rate as a satire 
2
Bogus
Mal Vincent
It s a shame given the promising teaming that the two stars don t get to interact until the last one third of the movie 
2
Bogus
Roger Ebert
Essentially the movie is about the charm of the actors especially Goldberg and Depardieu 
3
Revolver Mind (Mente revolver)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An asphyxiating dramatic movie that does not let the spectator breathe 
0
Fire Song
Linda Barnard
Cree Mtis writer director Adam Garnet Jones has crafted a personal story with a strong aboriginal cast 
2.5
Fire Song
Geoff Pevere
Jones s Fire Song lays a heavy weight of despair on its thin frame and the pressure bears down most heavily on his non professional cast 
2
The Fever
Robert Horton
With its soundscape of insects and rainfall and its keen eye for lived in interiors and fluorescent lit urban in between spaces The Fever is minute by minute a compelling experience 
3.5
The Fever
Roxana Hadadi
An urgent portrait of a kind of life our desperate sprint toward modernity has incorrectly deemed as lesser than 
3
The Fever
Pat Brown
In the film Manaus is a place of irreconcilable tension between the lush natural world and the cold metallic world of industrial modernity 
3
Absolute Wilson
Misha Berson
It s difficult for the uninitiated to glean from this film a real sense of Wilson s oeuvre or its influence on the zeitgeist 
2.5
Absolute Wilson
Mick LaSalle
As a piece of entertainment there s no getting around the fact that the film rises or falls on the degree to which the clips from Wilson s productions grab the viewer s attention and the ideas they embody arrest the mind 
2
Absolute Wilson
Gary Goldstein
A stirring portrait of a theatrical sensation one that should motivate artists of all stripes to break away follow their bliss and most importantly never take no for an answer 
3
Absolute Wilson
Louise Kennedy
Absolute Wilson may not be original but Wilson absolutely is 
2.5
Absolute Wilson
Chris Jones
While the testimonials from friends and colleagues are predictable the subject himself opens up to the camera in strikingly revelatory fashion 
3
Absolute Wilson
Ken Fox
A rather conventional Biography Channel style portrait of a man who helped change the face of theater in the last quarter of the 20th century 
2.5
Absolute Wilson
Jan Stuart
A brisk and invigorating portrait 
3.5
Absolute Wilson
Ed Gonzalez
For the Wilson newbie this puff piece will suffice as an introduction 
2.5
Haut Bas Fragile
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I think one could argue that Up Down Fragile not only tells us a lot about what utopia would feel like it also tells us a little about how it would be organized 
4
Tattoo
Janice Page
The premise of this film might be halfway original but the execution is wholly derivative 
2.5
Tattoo
Glenn Whipp
Tattoo has the same buddy cop dynamic as the David Fincher film and likewise is preoccupied with beautiful lighting rain machines and grotesque mutilations It s watchable but it never quite rises above being a mannered knockoff 
2.5
Tattoo
Lou Lumenick
A very stylish variation on The Silence of the Lambs and Seven 
3
Tattoo
Rob Thomas
If you had the stomach for Seven you ll enjoy the German translation 
3
Tattoo
Robert K. Elder
While Tattoo borrows heavily from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human scale characters that suck the audience in 
3.5
Tattoo
David Elliott
Its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads 
2.5
Tattoo
Steve Rhodes
Undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos 
3.5
Tattoo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An above average thriller 
3
Tattoo
Edward Guthmann
It s all gratuitous before long as if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story 
2
Landline
Frank Ochieng
Overall Landline is a decent depiction of a fruitless family at the crossroads However both Robespierre and Slate do once again deliver the comical confusion at the root of feminine angst and self doubt 
3
Landline
Christopher James
Landline doesn t do much to reinvent the mold or these cliches However with a strong voice like Gillian Robespierre these familiar elements seem fresh
3
Landline
Sara Michelle Fetters
Landline gets what makes people tick doesn t shy from reveling in the good bad and ugly as well as all the gradations hiding in the various grey areas 
3
Landline
Josh Terry
There are an awful lot of layers to deal with and more sensitive audiences will be turned off by Landline s ugly frankness 
2.5
Landline
Brad Wheeler
A zippy and friendly episodic comedy and coming of age story 
3
Landline
Rob Thomas
1995 was such a good time for independent filmmaking Gentle wise comedies like Landline were found much more easily in theaters than they are now You can almost imagine seeing the Miramax logo on screen before Landline 
3
Landline
Bruce DeMara
You can t go wrong with fine actors like Turturro and Edie Falco as the unappreciated mom But it s Quinn as the feisty kid sister who shines 
3
Landline
Sean P. Means
The humor and heartache don t balance as smoothly as they could 
2.5
Landline
Max Weiss
Landline is warm and observant gently funny and moving And sometimes as the film argues cozy and familiar is exactly what you need 
3
Landline
Gary Thompson
It s been some time since I ve seen sisters drawn this well and this convincingly Young actress Quinn makes a strong impression as brainy young woman yet to learn the important difference between high SAT scores and true wisdom 
2.5
Landline
Allyson Johnson
The rough edges of Landline are apparent but it s a more than worthwhile picture and one that allows its protagonists to be simultaneously selfish but deserving of love 
3
Landline
Robert Horton
I laughed during Landline and I still think Jenny Slate is a deft new kind of comic actress But the journey from the spikiness of Obvious Child to the softness of Landline is a disappointing arc 
2
Landline
Mark Dujsik
In the movie and in their own lives these characters are the problem 
2
Landline
Richard Roeper
Landline is a very funny film about people dealing with very serious situations Better the Jacobs family than us 
3.5
Landline
Ann Hornaday
Slate isn t the star of Landline but her daffy unpredictable presence keeps it fizzing while her co stars especially Quinn deliver brave nervy performances 
3
Landline
Michael Phillips
Slate a beguiling comic actress with shrewd dramatic instincts knows how to make even faulty or contrived sequences come off 
3
Landline
Ty Burr
Landline is a very nice movie about the ways people can be not nice to each other at all and it never quite overcomes its innate passive aggressiveness 
2.5
Landline
Josh Larsen
A comic clearing of the familial air 
2.5
Sleepwalkers
David Nusair
There s ultimately not a whole lot within Stephen King s Sleepwalkers to get wholeheartedly or even partially excited about 
2.5
Cat People
Brian Eggert
Cat People leaves us with much to consider about its heroine use of darkness and the unconscious and the inward feelings that have haunted audiences since its release 
4
Cat People
Wanda Hale
This RKO production is a great example of Hollywood s waste of precious lime and valuable material 
1
Cat People
David Nusair
Cat People benefits rather substantially from its justifiably iconic visuals and a smattering of admittedly captivating sequences 
2.5
Cat People
Mattie Lucas
One of the most sexually and psychologically astute films of its time tackling female sexuality in a way that was unheard of at the time 
3.5
Cat People
Matt Brunson
A masterpiece of the genre No less than Martin Scorsese has stated that the movie is as important as Citizen Kane in the maturation of the American cinema 
4
Cat People
Josh Larsen
a startling psychosexual horror picture especially for its time 
2.5
Cat People
Walter Chaw
In its complexity it functions as a sharp canny blueprint for the rest of Lewton s pictures 
4
Cat People
Roger Ebert
Cat People wasn t frightening like a slasher movie using shocks and gore but frightening in an eerie mysterious way that was hard to define the screen harbored unseen threats 
4
Cat People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As well as being scary the film deals intelligently with sex and the psyche 
4
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
John Anderson
Director writer Hobbs making his feature debut walks the lip of the campy abyss in this deliberately theatrical rendering of the disturbed mind 
2.5
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Ken Fox
Hayes remarkable portrayal calls forth the madman from the text and eventually the human being from the madman 
3
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
V.A. Musetto
The psychobabble makes for dry filmmaking until subject Daniel Paul Schreber starts going fem From that point on it s every man for himself 
2
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Elizabeth Weitzman
Jefferson Mays throws himself into the role of a man who attempts to transform into a woman but his efforts feel like futile flailings The actor and his character are so much bigger than any story we re allowed to see 
2
Riot
Roger Ebert
Riot suffers in the most essential area of any action picture organization of the action Good action movies do not consist simply of movement violence physical contact and adventure They have to be strongly plotted 
2.5
Romance Joe
Kent Turner
Compellingly confounding
2.5
Romance Joe
Andrew Schenker
Despite its share of perfectly realized moments and digital cinematography at once ultra precise and shimmering none of the stories being enacted seem worth the telling 
2
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Disney s 2 in 1 Blu ray release of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad and Fun Fancy Free is an irresistible deal that should become a mainstay in any Disney fan s high def library 
3
Gus
Dan Callahan
A fairly laidback movie that isn t serious and isn t funny and isn t much of anything 
1.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Josh Terry
Though the content and presentation is a bit routine its subject alone makes watching Toni Morrison The Pieces I Am an insightful experience 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Sean P. Means
The focus here fittingly is on Morrison s work and its place in the literary firmament 
3.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Lisa Trifone
It s nevertheless beautiful to hear Toni Morrison she is loved 
3.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Moira MacDonald
W hen it s over you feel like a beloved friend has left the room 
3.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Richard Roeper
Though the documentary is conventionally structured it still stands tall as a valuable record of the life and times and work of an American treasure 
3.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Mark Dujsik
W e get a film that looks at Morrison s writing and her significance as a writer with far more depth than we might expect 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Melissa Vincent
As with Morrison s books The Pieces I Am invites multiple maybe even piecemeal encores because few writers wield the capacity to leave their readers with an evolving parting message with each subsequent reread 
3.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Sarah Knight Adamson
Morrison s wide ranging impact throughout the literary world is remarkable she s an inspiration to all 
4
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Marella Gayla
It s like attending office hours for the professor you love and fear 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Anita Katz
The most satisfying thoughts however come directly from Morrison Possessing insight warmth humor humanity and radiant confidence she s a spellbinding presence 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If Greenfield Sanders can t quite deliver the electric paean his subject merits he nevertheless allows enough of her voice to come through to make the film worth watching 
2.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Zaki Hasan
While the format as such doesn t allow for a critical push and pull that s not a debit This is about time well spent on a life well lived A series of pieces adding up to much more than the whole 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Alan Zilberman
It doesn t matter whether you ve have read all or any of Morrison books Either way you may leave the theater wanting to pick one up on the way home 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Monica Castillo
Morrison s legacy is more than just the titles on a reading list and this documentary will likely help many viewers see just how monumental her accomplishments remain 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Shane Slater
Morrison and the film itself are intellectually stimulating and utterly refined 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Pat Brown
In verbally recounting her history Morrison proves almost as engaging as she in print a wise and sensitive voice 
3
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Roger Moore
An engaging surface gloss treatment of the great writer and Nobel laureate 
3
Bandolero!
Roger Ebert
Bandolero is chiefly distinguished by James Stewart s wry scenes as a phony hangman 
2
Bandolero!
Walter Chaw
One of those movies you can t remember if you ve seen until well into its first hour 
2
Chelsea Walls
David Nusair
a disastrously ill conceived drama 
.5
Chelsea Walls
Ross Anthony
As you may know this film is directed by Ethan Hawke Nicely shot well acted fine direction well organized for what it is but short on both impact and message 
1.5
Chelsea Walls
Steven Rea
Hawke s actors are a talented troupe and even when things get self indulgent and fuzzy headed and boy do they interesting stuff is going on 
2.5
Chelsea Walls
Roger Ebert
Movies like this do not grab you by the throat You have to be receptive 
3
Chelsea Walls
Erin Meister
Were Dylan Thomas alive to witness first time director Ethan Hawke s strained Chelsea Walls he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre 
1
Chelsea Walls
John Hartl
The movie is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors moments 
2
Chelsea Walls
Rob Blackwelder
It is a film in which body language and unspoken human intercourse play a much more important role than dialogue 
3
Chelsea Walls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Reeks with phony posturing and lot of talking without really saying anything 
2
Chelsea Walls
Mick LaSalle
Hampered no paralyzed by a self indulgent script that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire 
1
Chelsea Walls
Michael Dequina
As is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions the film is less poetic than simply pretentious 
1
Chelsea Walls
Jan Stuart
Like the Chelsea s denizens Burdette s collage form scenario tends to over romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste 
2
Chelsea Walls
Glenn Whipp
The film at times transcends reality and becomes something special It approaches art 
3
Chelsea Walls
Michael Phillips
This insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering Instead it ll only put you to sleep 
1
Chelsea Walls
Ed Scheid
Like a bad improvisation exercise the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives loves and the art they re struggling to create 
2
Chelsea Walls
Jonathan Foreman
Calling it pretentious doesn t do justice to the toxic faux bohemianism and unearned self regard that bubble and ooze out of every aspect of Chelsea Walls 
.5
Chelsea Walls
Harvey S. Karten
Deadly dull pointless meditation on losers in a gone to seed hotel 
1
Chelsea Walls
Ed Gonzalez
Ethan Hawke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the Beatnik generation and it s all over his Chelsea Walls 
2
Jiu Jitsu
Niall Browne
A lot of crazy things have happened in 2020 but the craziest in a cinematic sense has to be Jiu Jitsu starring the one and only Nicolas Cage 
2
Jiu Jitsu
Steven Prokopy
It s so much that it all starts to blur in your mind and so much that you completely lose track of the story and who the characters are meant to be 
1.5
Jiu Jitsu
Joe Friar
Nicolas Cage as a paper hat wearing hermit and martial artist Tony Jaa as a warrior who must have traveled back in time to raid Chess King for his wardrobe What s not to love 
2
Jiu Jitsu
Simon Abrams
The makers of Jiu Jitsu should have gone full Sharknado and admitted that they re banking hard on Cage s anything goes image 
1.5
Jiu Jitsu
Mark Dujsik
Working with nothing but clichés and a wholly ripped off premise Jiu Jitsu has little to do but run around in circles 
1
Jiu Jitsu
Mick LaSalle
Cage s latest film Jiu Jitsu must represent his career worst and keep in mind this is the man who made 1989 s Vampire s Kiss in which he ate a cockroach 
0
Jiu Jitsu
Roger Moore
At least Cage is here for a few laughs 
1
Jiu Jitsu
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Nicolas Cage s amusing turn as a kooky hermit with an affinity for newspaper hats often feels awkwardly spliced into the film 
1.5
Steppin: The Movie
Kam Williams
A spiritually debilitating descent into depravity 
0
Death Drop Gorgeous
Roger Moore
A midnight movie that s all a bit much and 100 minutes of nothing at the same time 
1
Prince Avalanche
Brian Eggert
A surprisingly touching display of male bonding between two characters with whom Green is clearly fascinated 44 yet doesn 8217 t need to explore beyond their simplicity 46 
3
Prince Avalanche
Clayton Davis
An offbeat story with an unfocused director and narrative Prince Avalanche becomes a mere lucid dream of cinematic enjoyment 
2
Prince Avalanche
Sean P. Means
Writer director David Gordon Green lets the fractured friendship between Alvin and Lance make its own circuitous path finding little gems along the way 
3
Prince Avalanche
John Wirt
The two principal characters interactions and extended conversations deftly blend comedy and poignancy 
3
Prince Avalanche
Rob Thomas
If Waiting for Godot was about the eternal existential paralysis of life Avalanche is more hopeful suggesting that we can move forward one tiny yellow line at a time 
3
Prince Avalanche
Chris Knight
Prince Avalanche is a quiet study in awkward male bonding as Alvin and Lance try to find common ground in their worldviews 
3
Prince Avalanche
Linda Barnard
Its absurdist tact won t be for everybody but there is satisfaction in the nuanced often pleasing performances from Rudd and Hirsch as they slowly reveal their characters to both the audience and each other These two grow on you 
2.5
Prince Avalanche
Liam Lacey
It s an intimate two hander with lots of dialogue humour and poignant revelations set against a backdrop of rugged woodland beauty 
3
Prince Avalanche
Josh Larsen
The central tension in Prince Avalanche is one between solitude and community 
3
Prince Avalanche
Dann Gire
This is a soft sell postcard to people reaching true understanding through the messy and inefficient process of everyday conversation It s a little bit funny a little bit scary And all very human 
3
Prince Avalanche
Loren King
The performances and ghostly melancholic atmosphere make it satisfying twist on the male buddy film 
3
Prince Avalanche
Michael Phillips
It s an actors showcase But Green films it with real feeling and an eye for parts of the Lone Star State that as we can see are no longer 
3.5
Prince Avalanche
Matt Pais
The film s full weight ultimately feels just out of reach but for a small story about isolation that mood is fitting 
3
Prince Avalanche
Matthew Kassel
Mr Green has managed to turn a story about two road workers doing road work into something compelling 
2.5
Prince Avalanche
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s the sort of film in which We ve got a lot of lines to paint and it s a very long road is clearly about more than it seems to be about 
3.5
Prince Avalanche
Dustin Putman
Lean and observational Prince Avalanche relies upon the performances from Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch to guide the way 
3
Prince Avalanche
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Prince Avalanche Green has cleverly combined these two filmmaking styles He has taken funny actors and given them a serious situation they work in a funny occupation in a serious setting 
3
Prince Avalanche
Cammila Collar
Technically the film is a comedy drama but the overall vibe of Prince Avalanche is elegiac and reflective 
3
Prince Avalanche
Chris Hewitt
Not much happens in Prince Avalanche Scratch that Nothing happens in Prince Avalanche But there is tension and interest in the weird contrasts it tries to achieve 
2.5
Prince Avalanche
Kyle Smith
An uneasy mix of Richard Linklater and Abbott and Costello Prince Avalanche is an oddment but one that brings some small peculiar pleasures 
2.5
Prince Avalanche
Robert Levin
A quiet affecting meditation on the human inclination to flee difficulties to escape into the woods and live free of pain and heartbreak 
3
Prince Avalanche
Steven Rea
If Laurel and Hardy wearing matching baggy overalls and similarly dumbstruck expressions had starred in a screen version of Waiting for Godot the results wouldn t be far afield from Prince Avalanche 
3
Prince Avalanche
Claudia Puig
Worth seeing for its offbeat character study 
2.5
Prince Avalanche
Ann Hornaday
Prince Avalanche is a work of eccentric but often profound beauty That old Green magic it seems is back 
3
Prince Avalanche
Andrew Wagaman
This is ultimately an acting showcase gone awry and you wind up feeling as agitated and bored as the main characters 
2
Prince Avalanche
Walter V. Addiego
Plenty of absurd and deadpan humor even slapstick with a melancholy undertone A minimalist tale of mismatched workers who paint lines on isolated Texas roads Good performances Paul Rudd is particularly impressive 
3
Prince Avalanche
Roger Moore
A grand exercise in how much the viewer can read into a piece of stark well acted minimalism and how much a very smart filmmaker can get away without saying 
3
Prince Avalanche
Nick McCarthy
With his wry latest David Gordon Green consolidates the bromantic interplay of Pineapple Express and Your Highness and the erstwhile elliptical lyricism of George Washington and All the Real Girls 
3
Fireproof
Josh Larsen
As a companion piece to a Bible study group this may have some merit but it doesn t belong in a theater 
2
Fireproof
Austin Kennedy
It s one of the funniest films I ve seen all year and that was obviously not the intention This was made for elderly folk who watch Oprah and Dr Phil and only see 2 movies a year Embarrassing 
1
Fireproof
Peter T. Chattaway
After a shaky start and a steady middle the film ends on a genuinely moving note the folks at Sherwood Baptist Church have made their most impressive movie yet 
3
Fireproof
Michael Hardy
With the production values of a straight to video cheapie and the script of a mediocre soap opera Fireproof is good for just about one thing dousing whatever flames might be left in your marriage 
0.5
Fireproof
Linda Cook
If you ve never heard of Fireproof that could mean you are not a member of a faith based community On the other hand it just might mean that you haven t stumbled upon this new release that packed Quad City theaters over the weekend 
3
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
Peter Stack
The franchise is losing altitude fast 
1
Big Easy Express
Wesley Morris
Malloy s filming on a moving train conceit produces only a lot of precious ponderous encounters between the bands and the camera 
2.5
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Chuck Bowen
The film provides a crisp succinct answer to a question that nags most Americans What the hell happened 
3
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Kam Williams
A persuasive case for the swift reinstatement of watchdog laws to prevent bailed out Wall Street from turning the America Dream into a neverending nightmare for folks on Main Street 
4
Tiger House
David Nusair
a stellar seemingly foolproof premise that s employed to increasingly underwhelming effect 
1.5
L.A. Hit
David Nusair
although L A Takedown is about half the length of Heat the movie feels so much longer and poorly paced than its big screen successor 
2
Fido
Nick Rogers
Andrew Currie s script incisively observes how taboo preferences have become policies in the reality Fido creates Macabre and satirical with the brash brio of all great zombie movies Fido understands that the true ghouls hearts are still beating 
3.5
Fido
Christian Toto
Fido finds a new wrinkle in the nearly exhausted zombie genre 
2.5
Fido
Rob Thomas
One senses that zombie film kingpin George A Romero who satirized consumerism in Dawn of the Dead would smile like a proud papa if he saw it 
3
Fido
Marty Mapes
Starts with an excellent idea but doesn t carry it far enough
2.5
Fido
Mark Rahner
It s a one gag movie that starts off clever and cute but wears thin after half an hour and ultimately is like an excruciating Enzyte commercial for an hour and a half 
1.5
Fido
Ty Burr
The movie s breezy blood flecked entertainment with no aim other than to give you a giggle and a shriek 
3
Fido
Josh Larsen
picks up where Shaun of the Dead left off 
3
Fido
Jonathan W. Hickman
Director Andrew Currie s film is great looking with vivid colors and perfect 1950s set pieces 
3
Fido
Bob Strauss
This Technicolor goof on parallel universe nostalgia has a serious timing problem It plays like a 50s sitcom and not the good I Love Lucy kind 
2
Fido
Maitland McDonagh
It s just a clever pointed little fable about the price of complacent conformity slavish worship of the status quo and trading freedom for the illusion of safety wrapped in a sugary sweet Jordan almond colored coating that looks good enough to eat 
3
Fido
Lisa Rose
Fido does offer a good number of laughs along with a healthy serving of gore to satisfy horror fans 
2.5
Fido
Lou Lumenick
The main joke here is that Connolly s Fido though he never speaks seems more alive than the rigidly conformist 50s males around him It s not quite enough to keep Fido more than a slight comedy 
2
Fido
Elizabeth Weitzman
Definitely the most fun you ll have with the undead this week 
3
Fido
John Anderson
Fido which feels original despite borrowing from a half dozen genres shouldn t be taken too seriously 
3
Fido
Peter Travers
Director Andrew Currie is better at laughs than scares but he can t sustain either as Fido runs out of steam in the final stretch 
2.5
Fido
Katherine Monk
It s a colourful and clever recreation of genre that comes at just the right moment as society looks deep into the rancid maw of death and rediscovers the value of life 
3
Fido
Nick Schager
Fido never goes anywhere interesting or particularly funny with its sketch comedy premise 
1.5
Fido
Steve Rhodes
It s a sweet little comedy that never commits the cardinal sin of taking itself too seriously 
3
Fido
Geoff Pevere
Strangely wholesome gently splattery and adorably gory 
2.5
Fido
Chris Knight
This is killer satire drop dead and get back up again funny 
4
Fido
Jennie Punter
Leave It to Beaver and Lassie meet Night of the Living Dead 
3
Fido
Pam Grady
A delirious 50s satire 
3
Fido
David Nusair
Distinctly silly but generally entertaining 
2.5
I Met a Girl
Roger Moore
The best one can say for the script is that it gives the charming stars a nice moment or two and that it generally doesn t fall for the Love can cure what ails you mental health rom com trap 
2
All of Us
Kam Williams
Three cheers to director Emily Apt for making such a sobering informative and emotionally engaging full length feature debut 
4
All of Us
Andrew Schenker
Its useful social purpose is outweighed by the sense that this is one more vaguely compelling aesthetically drab documentary of educational interest only in a marketplace already glutted with such increasingly tiresome offerings 
2
Elephant's Dream
Liam Lacey
An eloquent enigmatic portrait of a city and civilization in slow collapse 
4
Mr. Coconut
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The parallel story of Wong at the farm commune offers an equally jaundiced view of life but here it s under Maoist communism 
2
Ignorant Fairies
Ty Burr
It s a soapy simplistic but surprisingly affecting ambisexual melodrama that plays a little like Pedro Almodovar without the surreal frills 
3
Ignorant Fairies
Carrie Rickey
It s a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi 
3
Ignorant Fairies
Laura Kelly
Ozpetek succeeds in portraying small nuances that demonstrate the stages of love unrequited or blossoming and in showcasing the family structure created by a group of people who have been rejected for one reason or another 
2.5
Ignorant Fairies
Marta Barber
Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia s true emotions But at the very least His Secret Life will leave you thinking 
2.5
Ignorant Fairies
David Elliott
Despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy 
2
Ignorant Fairies
John Monaghan
Full of profound real life moments that anyone can relate to it deserves a wide audience 
3
Ignorant Fairies
Patrick Z. McGavin
A boisterous occasionally deft but also finally strained and uneven work 
3.5
Ignorant Fairies
Edward Guthmann
Pure of intention and passably diverting His Secret Life is light innocuous and unremarkable 
2
Ignorant Fairies
Jan Stuart
As Antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty pleasure daytime drama sort of fashion 
2.5
Ignorant Fairies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Ferzan Ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group who live in the same apartment building But he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person 
1.5
Ignorant Fairies
Rod Armstrong
What is unique about His Secret Life is that an assumption of intelligence tolerance and acceptance is already made and thus the movie can focus on telling a compelling story 
3.5
Ignorant Fairies
V.A. Musetto
It recycles every clich about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera 
1.5
Ignorant Fairies
Rob Blackwelder
An emotionally resounding life affirming film of surprising connections and affections 
3
Inside Man
Tom Meek
The interweaving of backstory and some taut subplots deepen the action orchestrated with such precision that each scene innately ratchets up the stakes from its previous frame 
3
Inside Man
Michael Kleinschrodt
Director Spike Lee s most polished effort in years is a gripping thriller with strong performances 
3.5
Inside Man
Nick Rogers
An intelligent invigoratingly airtight caper and a love letter to New York on crumpled coffee stained paper Inside Man is the best kind of Spike Lee joint one where he doesn t stumble over his sledgehammer before swinging it 
4
Inside Man
Joe Lozito
With a few notable exceptions there s little of Mr Lee s trademark style anywhere to be seen And he is sorely missed 
2
Inside Man
Kam Williams
It s okay if you like investing two hours in a whodunit only to discover that a butler who was barely in the picture did it 
1
Inside Man
Michael A. Smith
This is the fourth time that Lee has directed Washington and they have become as great a team as Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese 
3.5
Inside Man
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The movie bristles with life with the meeting of people from different races It s a Spike Lee joint after all and it s at its most entertaining when reflecting these tensions 
3
Inside Man
Wesley Lovell
A heist movie that feels more real than many that have come before it yet feels as much like a movie as anything 
3.5
Inside Man
Garth Franklin
A great example of smart high concept escapism Strong performances believable characters and an interesting and well paced premise keeps you compelled throughout
3
Inside Man
Jim Lane
Screenwriter Russel Gewirtz and Lee cleverly build suspense with flash forwards to police interviews after the incident and Lee gets sharp performances from his high pedigree cast 
3
Inside Man
David N. Butterworth
Well acted occasionally tense and intriguing at times but mostly pat and predictable NYPD Blue screen stuff 
2.5
Inside Man
Forrest Hartman
Not even viewers will understand the scope of the robbery until the final minutes of the film which is a tribute to director Spike Lee and first time screenwriter Russell Gewirtz 
3
Inside Man
David Nusair
a straight forward yet undeniably overlong piece of work 
2.5
Inside Man
Jonathan R. Perry
Everyone is acting in a different film and not one of them is in a Spike Lee Joint But it s such a consistent oddity that it s never fighting to hold our attention 
3
Inside Man
Rich Cline
Not nearly as tricky as it thinks it is 
2.5
Inside Man
Jonathan W. Hickman
Spike Lee is responsible for the best heist film to hit the big screen in years 
3.5
Inside Man
John Beifuss
Like a 1940s director assigned to an improbable thriller Lee finds ways to transform the material so it reflects not just his personality but the tensions of the times 
3
Inside Man
Sean O'Connell
We ve come to expect more from a Lee Washington joint than by the book cat and mouse charades 
2
Inside Man
Linda Cook
This solid thriller helmed by Spike Lee features an outstanding cast a smart screenplay and interesting characters 
3
Inside Man
Thomas Delapa
Inside Inside Man you ll find a lineup of the usual suspects in a bank caper from a cool mastermind to a dogged detective Now if only Lee could have stolen a third act to go along with all the attitude 
2
Inside Man
Lori Hoffman
Spike Lee has taken a heist movie plot and infused it with racial tensions and political edginess
3
Inside Man
Matt Brunson
While delivering the goods with a thriller premise Lee is once again more interested in making astute observations about contemporary society especially as it relates to a post 9 11 mind set 
3
Inside Man
Mike McGranaghan
I still want Spike Lee to make the challenging independent features for which he has become well known However as a detour into more mainstream filmmaking Inside Man is genuinely satisfying 
3.5
Inside Man
Ross Anthony
Great direction acceptable amount of implausibilities Grabs the viewer from the outset strongly engages but slips in intensity nearer to the end 
2.5
Inside Man
Kit Bowen
Hallelujah Spike Lee is back to his old tricks with Inside Man his own quirky vision of a classic heist movie complete with that certain Big Apple flair 
3.5
Inside Man
Eric Melin
Lee is less interested with the machinations of the heist than he is with making Inside Man both an indictment of the old money that built his beloved city and a love letter to the melting pot s residents 
3.5
Inside Man
Rick Groen
Even past the midway point it s all working it s taut it s funny it s trenchant it s stylish And then it isn t 
2.5
Inside Man
Scott Nash
The most entertaining thriller to come out of Hollywood in a long while 
3.5
Inside Man
Carla Meyer
Lee lends tremendous energy to this tale of criminals who take over a New York City bank 
3.5
Inside Man
David Elliott
As a Spike Lee joint this heist and hostage yarn blows some vivid rings but it lacks kick 
2
Inside Man
Ruthe Stein
Inside Man has an abundance of riches 
4
Inside Man
Moira MacDonald
Inside Man is a potboiler but an intriguing one perhaps Lee should go Hollywood more often 
3
Inside Man
Geoff Pevere
Inside Man is an exercise in showy cynical hollowness 
2.5
Inside Man
Dan Fienberg
It s a winning contrast of styles as Lee orchestrates one scene after another to contrast Owen s steely resolve Washington s trained swagger and Foster s venomous insinuation 
3
Inside Man
Maitland McDonagh
Hugely entertaining the film strikes a near flawless balance between sly pop culture allusions and the details of how business gets done under pressure 
3
Inside Man
Claudia Puig
Exceptionally well written with clever twists and witty dialogue by first time screenwriter Russell Gewirtz Inside Man is adroitly executed by director Spike Lee 
3.5
Inside Man
Timothy Knight
Don t be misled by the hyped up trailers for Inside Man This is not your average nail biter of a heist flick but a clever and witty throwback to the character driven crime dramas of the 1970s 
3
Inside Man
Steven Rea
Intercutting post robbery interrogation scenes with the action at hand makes Inside Man a substantial and satisfying affair 
3
Inside Man
Josh Larsen
if Inside Man benefits more from Lee than he does from it at least moviegoers come out ahead in the bargain 
3
Inside Man
Jan Stuart
Lee seems less interested in scoring easy sociological points than ratcheting up the stakes of Gewirtz s cunning heist scenario which offers little in the way of wiggle room for latecomers 
3.5
Inside Man
Sean P. Means
Lee has fun with his camera tricks tossing in a few side comments about New York s polyglot racial makeup and creating smart cat and mouse moments for his actors 
3
Inside Man
Lisa Rose
Inside Man is the sort of movie that makes you think The big star heist thriller is coiled in tricky turns of plot 
2.5
Inside Man
Lou Lumenick
Inside Man a crackling twisty thriller about a bank heist that shows he Spike Lee can make an expensive mainstream movie that s every bit as well crafted as the personal arty films to which he has devoted most of his career 
3
Inside Man
Jami Bernard
Lee takes the usual potshots at this stewpot of race power and politics Only here it s effective as part of the story as opposed to when it s wielded like a tire iron in the context of a polemic 
3
Inside Man
Duane Dudek
There is a first time for everything and Inside Man is the first best film of this year 
3.5
Inside Man
Rene Rodriguez
Unexpectedly funny leisurely paced and oblivious to the demands of its genre Inside Man has a loose playful vibe that s at odds with its grave life and death scenario 
3
Inside Man
Matt Pais
Inside Man crackles with intelligence while never insulting yours serving up a how d they do it caper you ll love trying to figure out 
3.5
Inside Man
Glenn Whipp
As caper movies go Inside Man is a botched job But it s almost always interesting until the end and that counts for something 
3
Inside Man
Amy Biancolli
Inside Man may be a genre flick but its direction is certifiably Lee sprinkled with trademark themes and visual cues including his specialty the strapped to a factory belt dolly shot 
2.5
Inside Man
Terry Lawson
Inside Man gives us back the stuff that once made Lee s movies entertaining the snappy sassy dialogue the hip attitude the obvious insight into the racial divide 
3
Inside Man
Jeff Vice
As much a mystery as it is a suspense thriller this bank heist film combines elements from both Dog Day Afternoon and The Usual Suspects And as odd as that may sound the experiment works most of the time 
3
Inside Man
Lisa Kennedy
At just over two hours Inside Man earns every minute of our tense curiosity 
3.5
Inside Man
Lawrence Toppman
Go with the flow and it remains a taut and well engineered thriller Poke at plot incongruities as I was doing literally on the way to the parking lot and it starts to unravel 
3
Inside Man
Tim Cogshell
The core of Inside Man is a sharp caper thriller that s well crafted by director Spike Lee and his group of collaborators 
3.5
Inside Man
Wesley Morris
The basic story is elemental but because Lee and Gewirtz invest it with grit comedy and a ton of New York ethnic personality it s fresh anyway 
3.5
Inside Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an old fashioned tell me a good story and let me be entertained thrill ride and while no one would ever confuse Lee s latest with one of his best it is still an effort worthy of exuberant praise 
3
Inside Man
Daniel M. Kimmel
a rich satisfying thriller that demonstrates it is still possible to make a major Hollywood film that isn t a remake a sequel or based on a TV show or comic book 
3
Inside Man
Emily Blunt
An intelligent fast paced urban cops and robbers bank heist flick that keeps its delightful twist riddled ending properly hidden while hinting just enough to keep suspense junkies jonesin to last frame 
3.5
Inside Man
Erik Childress
Retains all the elements of a solid caper film basked in the smarts of a decades old police procedural and leaves us with something greater than forced twists and shoot outs 
4
Inside Man
Willie Waffle
Inside Man is the smart challenging exciting movie many have been waiting for 
3.5
Inside Man
Peter Canavese
Lee is a bona fide cinematic genius and his lively and inventive take on tired material proves that thriller corn needn t be mindless in its machinations 
3
Inside Man
Ethan Alter
A star powered heist flick with a number of good surprises up its sleeve Inside Man is more concerned with entertaining the audience than lecturing at them 
3
Inside Man
Roger Ebert
Here is a thriller that s curiously reluctant to get to the payoff and when it does we see why We can t accept the motive and method of the bank robbery we can t believe in one character and can t understand another 
2.5
Inside Man
Marc Savlov
Lee has created a truly original film from various shopworn genre cliché chief among them the New York City bank heist hostage standoff gone awry 
4
Inside Man
Michael Phillips
This one s a Spike for hire affair a case of a flashy director juicing up a first time screenwriter s efforts 
2.5
Inside Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If any old director for hire had made Inside Man it would have been a pretty good thriller But Spike Lee makes it into something extraordinary 
4
Inside Man
Bruce Newman
The geometric precision with which this clever puzzle is laid out produces a picture whose sum exceeds its sometimes wayward parts 
3
Inside Man
Chris Hewitt
As Inside Man works its way toward its satisfying finale Lee trusts that we re smart enough to work some things out for ourselves 
3.5
Inside Man
Phoebe Flowers
This is a filmmaker who has something to say and knows how to say it As creative rebirths go it s a lot more fun than you might expect 
3
Inside Man
Dustin Putman
The climax doesn t just spell out every surprise plot turn but italicizes and underlines them too and then puts to use a yellow highlighter for solid measure 
2
Inside Man
Walter Chaw
Not terribly deep as insights go but when Spike connects on one of his roundhouses it feels like the gospel 
3
Inside Man
Phil Villarreal
So languid is the story that Washington under Lee s easygoing guidance often has to power through the scenes by dint of sheer will 
2.5
Inside Man
James Berardinelli
Spike Lee s latest joint is a workmanlike thriller that provides solid performances a mixture of comedy tension and drama and an engaging storyline 
3
Inside Man
Nick Schager
Perhaps not Lee s dullest joint it s nonetheless one of his most sloppily rolled 
1.5
Inside Man
Jeanne Aufmuth
Spike Lee knows how to coax novelty out of conventional drama 
3
Inside Man
Steve Rhodes
Washington and Owen are clearly having a lot of fun making the movie and their enjoyment is certainly infectious 
3
Inside Man
Sean McBride
Spike s distinctive filmmaking style meshes wonderfully with this whip smart story and his cast of talented actors The result is one of the best crime thrillers in years 
3.5
Inside Man
Peter Travers
Washington has the kind of star quality other actors would die for unfakeable cool 
3
Hannah Arendt
Rob Thomas
It s both an amazing piece of impersonation and a subtle canny performance that suggests the sharpness of Arendt s thinking 
3
Hannah Arendt
Ali Arikan
Von Trotta s direction is assured and the film has an incredibly strong performance at its core and it asks a number of important questions even though it doesn t dare to answer them 
3
Hannah Arendt
Bill Stamets
Like A Hidden Method David Cronenberg s drama about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung Hannah Arendt takes seriously the life of the mind 
3
Hannah Arendt
Joe Williams
In an era of sleepwalking surrender Hannah Arendt is a welcome wake up call a ringing reminder that warring forces first assemble on the battlefield of conscience 
3
Hannah Arendt
Mick LaSalle
Balanced portrayal makes a persuasive case that Arendt was a valuable voice whose dedicated work in trying to unravel the causes of Europe s moral collapse was worthy of study and consideration 
2.5
Hannah Arendt
Peter Keough
A film that ultimately says more about banality than evil 
2
Hannah Arendt
Spencer Doar
A moving examination of the limits of human understanding when confronted with evil 
2.5
Hannah Arendt
Chris Hewitt
You d be better off reading Arendt s work 
2
Hannah Arendt
John Anderson
Mixed bag fascinating in its treatment of the Eichmann case but stilted in its treatment of Arendt and her coterie 
2.5
Hannah Arendt
Kam Williams
A fascinating character study of an arrogant cold hearted self hating Jew who had the nerve to blame 6 000 000 of her own people for their extermination in concentration camps 
4
Hannah Arendt
Farran Smith Nehme
It s involving as biopics go but the shattering debates that still swirl around Arendt s view of the Holocaust are relegated to walk ons 
2.5
Hannah Arendt
Chuck Bowen
The film s most striking quality and it s not insignificant is director Margarethe von Trotta s refusal to fossilize the controversies she dramatizes 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Kelly Jane Torrance
The film belongs of course to the masterful Mr Caine He brings a lifetime of experience moving us to do so once again as a regretful man who feels crushed under the weight of a lifetime of experience 
3
Is Anybody There?
Christian Toto
Is Anybody There devolves into a predictable yarn about a boy and a grandfatherly figure but adding Michael Caine to the mix means it s still worth your while 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Sean O'Connell
Warmly lit and beautifully acted but cynical enough u2013 and chock full of enough dark humor u2013 to avoid what might have been unbearably schmaltzy 
3
Is Anybody There?
James Kendrick
a quirky sometimes schmaltzy British dramedy that mixes meaningful ruminations about growing old with broad black comedy
3
Is Anybody There?
John Beifuss
Worth seeing for Caine who makes acting seem effortless pleasurable and even noble 
3
Is Anybody There?
Liam Lacey
The bravura acting is unsupported by a script that s content to settle for the dramatic equivalent of English comfort food with moments of pathos and whimsy doled out like spoonfuls of dough and treacle 
2
Is Anybody There?
Bruce DeMara
There s a touch of magic at play here but it is of the understated variety delivering a finale that is unexpectedly hopeful moving and emotionally satisfying 
3.5
Is Anybody There?
Keith Cohen
The patrons of the old age home have small supporting roles and often steal the show with the comedic relief provided by sporadically funny moments 
2
Is Anybody There?
Robert W. Butler
The results are wildly uneven The good news is that certain individual scenes work well provided you don t take offense at the manipulative nature of the enterprise 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Calvin Wilson
Working from a screenplay by Peter Harness director John Crowley elicits strong performances and conjures a realistic atmosphere But the story is predictable 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Daniel M. Kimmel
There doesn t seem to be any real purpose to telling this story It doesn t enlighten us on the tasks of growing up or of growing old 
2
Is Anybody There?
Jeff Vice
It probably wouldn t work at all without Caine He s so charismatic and so watchable that we can forgive the film s occasional lapses in logic and storytelling 
3
Is Anybody There?
Chris Hewitt
For a movie about dying Is Anybody There is surprisingly sweet 
3
Is Anybody There?
Steven Rea
Caine moves through the less than surprising story line shaking things up not with an actorly flamboyance but with a heartbreaking sense of quiet tragedy and regret 
3
Is Anybody There?
John Hartl
Despite all the rough edges and predictable touches the film becomes quite moving in its final act 
3
Is Anybody There?
Connie Ogle
You don t need a Ouija board to suss out where all this is heading but Is Anybody There counteracts its deficiencies predictability sentimentality with a healthy dose of dark humor 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Cathy Jakicic
Unfortunately nothing else in Is Anybody There quite equals the main performances There are nice moments throughout but it meanders a bit We learn a little about the other residents but not enough to invest emotionally 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Ty Burr
To answer the question put forth by the title of Is Anybody There Michael Caine is there single handedly lifting a soggy bit of coming of age whimsy into the category of the watchable 
2
Is Anybody There?
Roger Ebert
I can t really recommend the film unless you admire Caine as much as I do 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Walter V. Addiego
Is Anybody There about an aging magician s friendship with a morose boy requires us to repress any thoughts about stale material and keep Caine s heartfelt performance front and center 
2
Is Anybody There?
Brandon Fibbs
This thoughtful well crafted modest little film is a pleasing example of generational intersections and the wisdom that flows both directions 
3
Is Anybody There?
Jeanne Aufmuth
A cookie cutter dramedy that beguiles and rankles 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Lou Lumenick
While Caine is highly watchable Is Anybody There limns all too familiar and schmaltzy territory for both coming of age films and movies with elderly actors 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Stephen Whitty
Caine is still obviously capable of pulling a great performance out of a middling film 
2
Is Anybody There?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a fairly lightweight distraction but a good one 
3
Is Anybody There?
Erik Childress
Mostly ages us through its sloggy spoon fed narrative that has us like its surrounding characters just waiting for it all to be over 
2
Is Anybody There?
Robert Levin
The actors are so good it s almost possible to forgive the abundance of clichés and shake off the sense that the entire story s been manufactured to hit whimsical notes 
2.5
Is Anybody There?
Peter Travers
Blending humor and heartbreak in a performance that makes a small movie a richly satisfying one Caine truly is magic 
3
Is Anybody There?
Nick Schager
It s a testament to Michael Caine that Is Anybody There a squishy drama about the friendship between an unhappy young boy and a regretful old man is even sporadically palatable 
1.5
Is Anybody There?
David Nusair
it s impossible to understate the effectiveness of Caine s work here 
3
I Do
Kyle Smith
Someday when gay Americans enjoy full equality we can all hope their sexuality will finally stop being used as fodder for dopey hopelessly contrived dramas like I Do 
0.5
Lookin' to Get Out
Mike McGranaghan
Hal Ashby s cut of Lookin to Get Out is a movie that deserves to be rediscovered 
3
Lookin' to Get Out
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Hal Ashby and Jon Voight sadly exhume the rigid malodorous corpse of the 60s to kiss it on the lips and stuff some 50 dollar bills in its sphincter 
2.5
Lookin' to Get Out
Roger Ebert
Now here is a curious case a movie in which good performances are sabotaged at every turn by a story that not even the people in the movie should be able to believe 
2
Deany Bean is Dead
Roger Moore
Never quite lands a laugh the way it never quite lands a punch 
2
Viola
Mattie Lucas
The suspense of waiting for the key moment becomes one of the film s defining moments and the denouement manages to be both joyous and heartbreaking 
3
Viola
Tom Keogh
Pieiro s bold but graceful camera movements exploring space with unselfconscious joy speak to a young filmmaker s emerging mastery 
3.5
Viola
Mark Feeney
A Buenos Aires production of Twelfth Night is point of departure for a buoyant examination of love s labor s lost offstage 
3
Absurdistan
Kelly Jane Torrance
Once you ve seen 20 minutes of this film you can pretty much predict where it s going to go and how it s going to get there There s little doubt however that you ll chuckle heartily along the way 
2.5
Absurdistan
Mike Scott
A lighthearted charmer one of the most spirited and enjoyable comedies to hit theaters so far this year 
3
Absurdistan
Moira MacDonald
Absurdistan has more than a little bit of magic at its heart it s a tale of love and perseverance gently winking at its happy viewers 
3.5
Absurdistan
Robert W. Butler
Absurdistan lives up to its name with its virtual nonstop drollery And in Malerova the film has a most appealing leading lady 
2.5
Absurdistan
Wesley Morris
Despite its comedic limitations this film is up to more than its American adolescent counterparts 
2.5
Absurdistan
Reyhan Harmanci
Makes for a lovely hour and a half of old fashioned storytelling 
3
Absurdistan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Absurdistan moves with confidence and grace with a genuine romantic and erotic drive 
3.5
Safe
James Kendrick
For all its disquiet Safe is truly about the terror of losing control or even more frightening being made aware of the fact that we never had control to begin with 
4
Safe
Gary Thompson
Moore evidently under Haynes instruction gives a performance composed of near total inertia Her pale lifelessness meant to be frightening I suppose is merely irritating 
2
Safe
Stephen Hunter
Frequently fascinating it never builds into anything profound 
2
Safe
Michael Wilmington
You d have to be cranky or blind to deny Haynes artistry and vision There s a dark power a tremor that runs through the movie like the rumble of a secret dread 
3
Safe
Jeremy Heilman
Safe is a movie that s so ambivalently torn between mocking its subject and looking at her with complete conviction that it becomes exhilarating 
4
Safe
Edward Guthmann
For all its flaws and vagueness Safe is smart challenging and provocative a film that gives you plenty to chew on long after Carol s sad tale has wound down 
3
Safe
James Berardinelli
An insightful and darkly comical social commentary 
2.5
Safe
Barry Walters
Safe is one of those rare films that shakes you up not only while it s playing but for weeks to come 
4
Safe
Roger Ebert
Maybe the environment is poisoned and the group is phony and Carol is gnawing away at her own psychic health Now there s a fine mess 
3
Most Wanted
Steven Prokopy
Much of the stuff with the investigation and dirty police feels wildly familiar to the point where it never really takes hold as a solid piece of drama 
2.5
Most Wanted
Pamela Powell
It s a compelling complex and captivating mystery thriller that makes use of all of the two plus hour runtime that will be at the top of my 2020 film list 
4
Most Wanted
Richard Roeper
Most Wanted runs a little long and a little ragged but it s still a solid adaptation of a mind boggling true life story 
3
Most Wanted
Joey Magidson
Most Wanted is a decent film that s mostly undone by a lack of anything truly concrete to grab on to 
2.5
Most Wanted
Matt Zoller Seitz
Hartnett s unconvincing performance amplifies many of the movie s worst tendencies 
1.5
Most Wanted
Christian Toto
A trio of impressive performances powers this tale of Canadian cops gone wild 
3
Most Wanted
Mark Dujsik
As hasty as the resolution to Most Wanted may be the point is clear Get angry yes but do what you can too 
3
Most Wanted
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The plot is so crazy that it makes for entertaining viewing even when the mise en scène and script occasionally let us down 
2.5
Most Wanted
Roger Moore
Engrossing but messy true crime true cover up thriller 
2.5
Summer of Sam
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I needed stronger and more balanced characters to really care what happened 
2.5
Summer of Sam
Judith Egerton
Spike Lee s most ambitious movie is joltingly inspired at times It s also offensively redundant and needs editing 
3
Summer of Sam
Susan Tavernetti
The cast sizzles 
3
Summer of Sam
Margaret A. McGurk
An intelligent compassionate adult story told to thrilling fearsome effect 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Liam Lacey
The disappointment with Summer of Sam is not that it s exploitative it s just difficult to figure out what it s supposed to be about 
2.5
Summer of Sam
James Kendrick
Everything that is good about Summer of Sam is also bad because Lee pushes every good impulse he has into overdrive 
2
Summer of Sam
Dustin Putman
Truly spellbinding and powerful 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Marty Mapes
Spike Lee is a great director He is one of the best when it comes to pulling great performances from a large cast and when it comes to creating a real palpable impression of a moment 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Susan Stark
Summer of Sam scatters most of its force by straying far from the compelling plenty complex business at hand 
1
Summer of Sam
Mike Clark
Overstuffed 
2
Summer of Sam
David Keyes
I m not one of the many admirers of Spike Lee s work but his emphasis on small details and the depiction of a tensely approached summer is obvious evidence of his growth as a movie director 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Mike McGranaghan
A spellbinding account of how fear causes illogical reactions and how illogical reactions cause impulsive actions which in turn are just as dangerous as a serial killer 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Michael Dequina
More than anything else Summer of Sam is a portrait of its chosen time period the hot New York summer of 1977 And what a vivid portrait it is 
4
Summer of Sam
Bob Bloom
t s loud long and interesting yet it also feels cold and distant 
2.5
Summer of Sam
Roger Ebert
Lee s best films thrum with a wound up energy and Summer of Sam vibrates with fear guilt and lust 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Wesley Morris
A harrowing vivid and slow burning entry in an urban diary that finds Lee operating under a fascinating restraint 
3.5
Summer of Sam
Cornell & Petricelli
The world of the movie is so violent drug addled and unattractive that we were left somewhat aghast 
2.5
Summer of Sam
Mick LaSalle
A colorful wacked out film It s a movie nostalgic for a bad time 
3
Summer of Sam
James Berardinelli
Lee does a superb job 
3
Summer of Sam
Ross Anthony
Nearly flawless as a production but not the kind of movie I enjoy watching 
2
Summer of Sam
Steve Rhodes
Packed with way too many characters subplots and small talk the movie is in bad need of major pruning Still the best parts can be quite intriguing 
2.5
Summer of Sam
Ian Mantgani
The film is so involving because it seems to be a dance around Lee s memory and imagination 
3
Summer of Sam
Rob Blackwelder
Lumbers like a Cadillac with a flat tire stuck in first gear 
1
Summer of Sam
Rod Armstrong
In a season not known for quality cinema this Summer is unforgettable 
3.5
The Double
Roger Moore
Let s hope Richard Gere never has to make another one this cheesy after his comeback in Arbitrage 
1.5
The Double
James Kendrick
You have to admire Brandt and Haas for taking such a gamble but unfortunately it doesn t quite pay off 
2.5
The Double
Mike Scott
It is a flawed film but one that accomplishes what it sets out to do entertain if in fits and starts for an hour and a half 
2.5
The Double
David Nusair
the ineffectiveness of the final half hour ultimately ensures that The Double ends on a disappointingly anticlimactic note 
2
The Double
Michael Dequina
The type of professionally assembled star programmer a big studio would once release wide to a decent return in an off peak season 
3
The Double
Mark Dujsik
Brandt s thriller doesn t have much of a connection to the present let alone reality 
1.5
The Double
Stephanie Merry
Questionable motives and unbelievable decisions are relatively small potatoes compared with the Sputnik size plotholes 
1
The Double
Moira MacDonald
Like a stripper who gets naked too quickly the lukewarm spy thriller The Double lays out its big plot twist early in the movie and soon finds shivering that it has nowhere else to go 
1.5
The Double
Chris Hewitt
The title The Double doesn t refer to baseball but it could The thriller may not hit it out of the park but it s a solid double 
2.5
The Double
Connie Ogle
When the story starts to fall apart you re left wondering if the film was worth all the money and effort that went into making it 
2
The Double
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie constructed from basic parts at the Used Screenplay Store with a character plugged in whenever one is required 
2
The Double
Kalvin Henely
Not only does The Double s outdated theme feel out of leftfield it s unexplained and without reason 
.5
The Double
Stephen Whitty
It soon devolves into a mess of slit throats and competing motives Everyone it seems has a plot except the screenwriters 
1.5
The Double
Lou Lumenick
What can you say about a dull spy thriller that gives away its big secret both in its trailer and the film s title 
1
The Double
Rex Reed
Rarely has Mr Gere walked through any movie with so little energy and so much indifference 
1
The Blue Iguana
David Nusair
An unusually irritating misfire 
1
The Blue Iguana
Roger Ebert
The Blue Iguana is as close to a no brainer as you can get and still have anything left on the screen at all It s a smart aleck parody of private eye movies but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies and movies 
0.5
Agni Varsha
Megan Turner
Too simply plotted and even at two hours Bombay exports can often run to four the story drags 
1.5
The Bygone
Roger Moore
a moody mournful Modern West meets Old West tale of racism sex trafficking and a meek young man trying to cowboy up to save the damsel in distress 
2
Wisegirls
Mick LaSalle
It s a good film not a classic but odd entertaining and authentic 
3
Wisegirls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What really surprises about Wisegirls is its low key quality and genuine tenderness 
3
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
Brian Tallerico
Sometimes the cast doesn t seem so sure it s a real movie and especially for the first act it feels like they shot everything in one take and left them all in the movie Maybe they were afraid to yell cut 
1
The Space Children
John Beifuss
Released before Eisenhower s address about the military industrial complex the film asks moviegoers to cheer on the essentially terroristic efforts of a saboteur alien brain It thus asserts that morality transcends national and even species identity 
3
The Way We Get By
Sonny Bunch
Both a moving testament to the elderly folks who meet the troops and an interesting look at the troops themselves 
3
The Way We Get By
Lisa Kennedy
It is straightforward work Yet over time it becomes clearly steadfastly about the existential 
3
The Way We Get By
Steve Rhodes
A poignant and lovingly constructed documentary and even though it doesn t wear its politics on its sleeve it is quite a patriotic picture 
3
The Way We Get By
Wesley Morris
Watching them issue hugs produces an involuntary response You want to hug them too 
3
The Way We Get By
Erik Childress
These remarkable individuals contribute to a story that is not just indescribably moving but is a timeless metaphor for our country 
3.5
The Way We Get By
Kyle Smith
Although it has affecting moments the film can t quite decide whether it s about aging or about the effects of war on the home front and its modest scale is more appropriate for TV than the big screen 
2.5
The Way We Get By
Ross Anthony
A beautiful affecting documentary with an appropriately sweet original sound track 
3
The Way We Get By
Nick Schager
With empathetic reserve only sullied by occasional lapses into cross cutting and musical italicizing The Way We Get By equates the sadness of war and aging 
3
Killer's Moon
Mattie Lucas
An interesting early twist on a burgeoning new genre that works well despite its exploitation roots 
3
Better Watch Out
Federico Furzan
A reminder that sometimes films can misbehave and there s nothing wrong with that Full review in Spanish 
3
Better Watch Out
Frank Ochieng
Most notably a merry minded macabre middle finger to the Yuletide season in the charmingly twisted and creatively corrosive suburban home invasion horror thriller Better Watch Out 
3
Better Watch Out
David Nusair
a disappointing misfire 
2
Better Watch Out
Simon Abrams
Starts out as one kind of unpleasant then switches gears to a higher level of unearned nastiness 
1
Better Watch Out
G. Allen Johnson
Just another depressing nihilistic horror flick 
1
The Estate
David Reddish
As with all black comedy audience reactions will vary by taste We found this one most peculiar 
2
Happiness
Roger Ebert
It is not a film for most people It is certainly for adults only But it shows Todd Solondz as a filmmaker who deserves attention who hears the unhappiness in the air and seeks its sources 
4
Happiness
Dustin Putman
Solondz is one of the masters of flawlessly intermingling both pitch black comedy and heartbreaking drama sometimes at the very same moment 
3.5
Happiness
Michael Dequina
A brave brilliantly realized piece of work one that will be debated about for years to come 
4
Happiness
Steve Rhodes
I m fairly thick skinned but this film managed to create major feelings of revulsion in me 
2
My Own Love Song
David Nusair
a distinctly odd yet oddly compelling piece of work 
3
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Peter Hartlaub
Beetle Queen does a wonderful job of showing the connection between things like Zen gardens bonsai trees and the love of watching insects move in a small habitat 
3
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Wesley Morris
A parade of loosely lyrically related scenes and images imbues the film with a wonder worthy of its subjects 
3
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Gerald Peary
What s the big deal Sure it s a bit eccentric that the Japanese take to insects but that s tame stuff next to Ninja Turtles and pet rocks 
1.5
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
V.A. Musetto
Beautifully filmed seductively narrated 
3
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Andrew Schenker
This densely structured film is concerned with the interplay between a Zen based traditional way of life and the alienating demands of urban modernity a questionable dichotomy it has predictable difficulty resolving 
2.5
Medusa
Rene Sanchez
A visually striking and timely fable about the horrors of an oppressive society 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Medusa
Michael Nordine
As in Kill Me Please 44 da Silveira is as attuned to the growing pains of troubled adolescents as she is to the troubling undercurrents in her native Brazil 46 
2.5
Medusa
Marya E. Gates
Da Silveira 8217 s film seeks to dismantle this very concept of the monstrous woman 44 and especially how women themselves uphold it 46 
3.5
Medusa
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie loses some of its thematic strength and much of its narrative focus 46 46 46 
2.5
Lovely, Still
Jennie Punter
There are moments during Lovely Still when it feels like you re trapped with Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn in a kitschy musical Christmas snowglobe that someone keeps shaking 
2
Lovely, Still
Linda Barnard
The places where Fackler has problems or allows things to get a tad too sentimental are smoothed over by the unmatched skills of the effortlessly superb Burstyn and Landau 
3
Lovely, Still
Kyle Smith
If you re old enough to pluck gray hairs you may find yourself rubbing away a few tears 
2.5
Lovely, Still
Kam Williams
A poignant primer on making the most of a last chance at romance 
2.5
Lovely, Still
Nick Schager
Unlike Sarah Polley s superior kindred spirit Away from Her Lovely Still s portrait of late life love is excruciatingly shallow and phony 
1
Lovely, Still
Erik Childress
The chemistry between the two of them is so beautiful and the astonishing poignancy of the final scene done with all of just one line of dialogue is applause worthy in and of itself 
3.5
Lovely, Still
David Nusair
Martin Landau s stirring portrayal is ultimately the most consistently captivating element within the proceedings 
2.5
Off the Wall
Roger Ebert
Off the Wall is beneath contempt one of the most lame brained movies of recent years 
1.5
Niagara Niagara
Michael Dequina
To term her work a tour de force is not to imply that she attacks the scenery Tunney s effectiveness lies in her modulation and vulnerability 
3
Niagara Niagara
Roger Ebert
The movie contains three strong performances and a subject rarely explored the affliction of Tourette s syndrome 
3
Operation Christmas Drop
Roger Moore
The writing has all the charm of an Air Force procurement budget
1.5
Operation Christmas Drop
David Nusair
an exceedingly earnest and well intentioned endeavor that contains all the dramatic heft of a garden variety television commercial 
2
Operation Christmas Drop
Richard Roeper
Erica and Andrew deserve their happily ever after as does the Operation Christmas Drop endeavor Mission accomplished 
3
Besotted
Megan Turner
The whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break 
.5
Major League II
James Berardinelli
I expect a certain number of contrivances in a baseball movie especially one that s not meant to be taken seriously but nothing prepared me for the sheer avalanche of formulas and cliches that fill the screen in Major League II 
1
Major League II
Roger Ebert
The humor is so predictable forced and awkward that the actors sometimes seem like helpless bystanders 
1.5
A Castle for Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Castle for Christmas may be slight but that doesn t make it minor 
3
The Hidden Fortress
Dorothy Masters
Suspense and tension are maintained by able performances skilled direction shrewd photography 
3
The Hidden Fortress
Walter Chaw
For all its scale it is at its heart a nerd comedy
3.5
The Hidden Fortress
Peter Canavese
The play of light and dark elements in what s arguably Akira Kurosawa s most broadly appealing and entertaining picture explores a dichotomy of the idiocy of greed and the rewards of sacrifice Criterion Blu ray 
4
The Hidden Fortress
Jay Antani
I enjoyed The Hidden Fortress as I do all of Kurosawa s movies for those wonderful keenly felt moments of life in harmonious balance with the world surrounding it
3.5
The Hidden Fortress
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An exciting adventure epic 
4
The Hidden Fortress
James Berardinelli
By introducing comedy into the mixture and telling the tale from an atypical perspective Kurosawa has differentiated The Hidden Fortress from nearly every similar feudal era Japanese epic ever committed to the screen This is a masterpiece 
4
The Hidden Fortress
James Kendrick
Full of chases near captures sword fights and epic battles as well as plenty of humor both of the slapstick and wordplay varieties 
3.5
Cool Hand Luke
Tom Meek
In my mind the most defining role of Paul Newman s long illustrious career and one of the great antihero films told with cruel wit a black comedy if ever there was one 
4
Cool Hand Luke
Josh Larsen
a gulag melodrama if such a thing is possible 
4
Cool Hand Luke
David Nusair
Anchored by Paul Newman s thoroughly magnetic performance 
3
Cool Hand Luke
Bill Weber
Newman remains watchable and glamorous throughout bloody muddy or coated in torso flattering sweat but the film s efforts to sentimentally humanize him by psychological revelation are clumsy 
3
Cool Hand Luke
Peter Canavese
Preserves a time when one could not only get away with making an allegory with an existential hero but stock it with an ensemble from the Actors Studio Blu Ray 
4
Cool Hand Luke
Jay Antani
gorgeous looking and terrifically acted
3.5
Cool Hand Luke
Roger Ebert
A tough honest film with backbone 
4
Cool Hand Luke
James Berardinelli
It s as fresh and effective in 2004 as it was in 1967 
3.5
Downsizing
Brian Eggert
Payne stretches the film for well over two hours and never quite realizes the possibilities of his central conceit 
2
Downsizing
Sarah Knight Adamson
Too bad Hong Chau s character showed up so late in the film she could have possibly saved it 
2
Downsizing
Matt Brunson
Hong Chau s performance is superb and she roots the movie in emotions that heretofore had largely been missing 
3
Downsizing
Jeff Mitchell
A rare miss for Alexander Payne 
2
Downsizing
Mattie Lucas
Just does not work losing itself among political ambitions that are both painfully on the nose and woefully undercooked 
2
Downsizing
James Kendrick
Just when Downsizing seems to be cruising on a steady track it starts fracturing fragmenting and spinning out in multiple largely unexpected and almost wholly unsatisfying directions 
2
Downsizing
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I usually love Payne but his bloated Downsizing all 135 minutes of it needs trimming all around 
1.5
Downsizing
David Nusair
A thoroughly bizarre misfire 
2
Downsizing
John Serba
The movie is a scattershot collection of large scale ideas framed by the irony of its premise but never reaches its potential for satire or commentary 
2
Downsizing
Brandy McDonnell
Auteur Alexander Payne never comes up short on ambition even when he takes the movie s big idea about as far as it can go 
3.5
Downsizing
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie s many issues outweigh its attributes so significantly I can t help but feel like this will go down as one of the year s most frustrating disappointments 
2
Downsizing
Josh Terry
With a little more focus Downsizing might feel like a more satisfying film 
2.5
Downsizing
Tom Meek
It s just too bad in its rush to get small and cheeky it didn t take stock more globally 
2
Downsizing
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately the central character is as small figuratively as he is literally and that limits the movie s capacity to enthrall and engage 
2.5
Downsizing
Sheila O'Malley
Very quickly devolves into a bland story about a nondescript khaki wearing guy who learns to care about the less fortunate 
1.5
Downsizing
Christian Toto
The film s Oscar hopes shrink so quickly you d think it s a meta part of the movie 
1
Downsizing
Mark Dujsik
The movie s few ideas circle around each other without going anywhere 
1.5
Downsizing
Jeff Simon
Alexander Payne s Downsizing is a tour de force 
3.5
Downsizing
Richard Roeper
Damon is in prime everyman mode as Paul a good guy with a good heart who wouldn t mind catching a break a big break just once 
3
Downsizing
Robert Levin
The movie s heart is in a socially conscious place when the high concept demands something fundamentally different 
1.5
Downsizing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So brutally long and takes so many right angle doglegs it s difficult to imagine that earlier screenplay drafts were thrown out things just keep being tacked on 
2
Downsizing
Robert Horton
Its saving grace is the loopiness of its basic idea 
3.5
Downsizing
Calvin Wilson
The film then wanders into murky puzzling territory leaving viewers to wonder exactly what the story was all about 
2.5
Downsizing
Bob Bloom
It s as if Payne and Taylor were blinded by their original concept and ignored the rest of the script As a result the second and third acts play like the two just threw up their hands in desperation and said screw it 
1
Downsizing
Bruce DeMara
The premise is absurd to the max but Payne delivers a comedy for those who enjoy contemplating bigger themes behind the laughs along with an ending that is aptly sublime 
3
Downsizing
Ann Hornaday
You never quite know where Downsizing is going and that is by design Payne is unafraid to cultivate destabilization in his audience that some members will find off putting others liberating 
4
Downsizing
Gary Thompson
Although the sci fi trappings of Downsizing make it seem like a big departure from Payne s previous work The Descendants Sideways About Schmidt it is the same in important ways 
2.5
Downsizing
Mick LaSalle
By the end Downsizing is one of those great ideas that should have just stayed an idea 
1
Downsizing
Ty Burr
The film s ultimate message help other people basically is while useful and necessary dramatically rather slack 
2
Downsizing
Rick Bentley
The film is a massively muddled mess of ideas that might have made more of an impact if Matt Damon s performance wasn t so painfully bland 
.5
Downsizing
Rafer Guzman
Alexander Payne s sci fi comedy drama is half brilliant and half meandering but never boring 
2.5
Downsizing
Sara Stewart
Alexander Payne s new sci fi comedy about a near future in which humans can opt to go small squanders its big ideas in record time 
2
Downsizing
Stephen Whitty
Payne deserves credit for trying something outside of usual reality based Omaha set comfort zone But what he actually got onscreen don t match his huge ambitions 
2.5
Downsizing
Roger Moore
Payne wastes a lot of big name talent on this bleak bomb
2
Downsizing
Peter Travers
With deeply felt performances from Matt Damon and Hong Chau and startling special effects in miniature Alexander Payne s sci fi satire brims over with the pleasures of the unexpected 
3.5
Downsizing
Moira MacDonald
Downsizing runs out of steam long before it s over 
2.5
Downsizing
Mike McGranaghan
There are forty minutes of A movie here Then the story you came to see is tossed in the garbage can and replaced with a different one 
2
Downsizing
Dwight Brown
Turns out happyland is not all it s cracked up to be Neither is this shallowly conceived and flat comedy sci fi satire that feels like an SNL skit run amuck 
1.5
Downsizing
Keith Uhlich
Alexander Payne s defenders might call his often acidic touch Swiftian though it comes off more toothlessly noncommittal 
1.5
Downsizing
Barry Hertz
A beautiful confounding creation 
3
Downsizing
Walter Chaw
Downsizing is a movie that thinks it s smarter than you by a filmmaker who thinks it s all right to have this sort of Asian character as long as he cushions the racial slapstick with a facile heavily mocked liberal agenda 
0
Sidewalls
Glenn Heath Jr.
When a film lays all the cards on the table simply to appease the characters neuroses and insecurities it becomes self congratulatory 
2
Sidewalls
V.A. Musetto
Leandro Martinez s eye pleasing cinematography complements Taretto s literate script although the Hollywood ending is jarring 
3
Sidewalls
Kent Turner
Of all of the recent films tipping their hat to Woody Allen s comedies of the 1970s when he was you know funny Sidewalls is by far the most sentimental and optimistic 
3
The Corridors of Power
Michael O'Sullivan
It is the sharply jarring and dismayingly repetitive footage of carnage that will stay with you long after the echoes of the film s subjects words have faded from your mind 
3
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
Namrata Joshi
Facile predictable and boring 
2
The Black Tulip
Farran Smith Nehme
The dialogue is heavily expository and the actors are not up to the task of breathing life into characters meant to symbolize the Spirit of the Afghan People or the Nature of Evil 
1.5
The Black Tulip
Calum Marsh
It fails despite real stakes to distinguish itself in any way from the action movie fantasies to which we re greatly accustomed 
1
The Black Tulip
Rex Reed
You will not go away unmoved See it and learn something 
3
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Simon Abrams
A middle aged filmmaker s tribute to the kind of epic sized gangster romance he used to fantasize about making 
3
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Kyle Smith
A Quentin Tarantino knockoff from Japan Why Don t You Play in Hell has some of the master s nutty energy but little of his cleverness 
2
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Jesse Cataldo
Refusing to mourn anything displaying a Futurist style disdain for the past Sion Sono imagines a world in which static adherence to old ideas leads directly to doom 
3
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Kara Nesvig
It s a movie that feels perfectly at home in 2014 but wouldn t feel out of place in any other decade 
3
Concussion
Bruce DeMara
An engrossing meditation on modern alienation and the ways we cope when we discover something missing in our lives 
3
Concussion
Michael O'Sullivan
It s on the dull side despite a fair amount of tasteful non explicit sex 
2
Concussion
Mick LaSalle
This might sound at the very least titillating but Concussion is anything but 
1
Concussion
Sheila O'Malley
Takes this well worn storyline and makes something unique out of it something fresh and bizarre 
3.5
Concussion
Stephen Whitty
For all that could be said of why this character chooses this path of what this says or she thinks it says about control or submission or transgressiveness the movie says nothing 
2
Concussion
R. Kurt Osenlund
The near imperceptible finesse of Abby s characterization reflects writer director Stacie Passon s effortless interesting mix of richness and economy 
3.5
Concussion
Sean P. Means
The slick look by production designer Lisa Myers and art director Kevin P O Donnell highlights the split between Abby s suburban oppression and her urban freedom 
2.5
Pokémon 3: The Movie
Michael Dequina
Too little too late for the phenomenon to gain a second wind or for it to make converts out of any Pokmon haters 
2
Pokémon 3: The Movie
Edward Guthmann
Even little trainer s pet Pikachu appears to have seen it all before 
2
Pokémon 3: The Movie
Rob Blackwelder
Next verse same as the first 
2
Rocky
David Gonzalez
Rocky is not only the best sports film ever made but one of the best feel good movies ever made 46 
4
Rocky
Josh Larsen
Sylvester Stallone struck a deep lasting chord with this fountainhead of clichés 
2
Rocky
Matt Brunson
The real deal offering a raw gritty feel that none of the slicker sequels even attempted to replicate 
3.5
Rocky
Gene Siskel
Sylvester Stallone is as likable as a basset hound 
3
Rocky
Scott Nash
One of the greatest if not the greatest feel good movies of all time 
4
Rocky
Peter Canavese
It s all here the famous Bill Conti fanfare the Gonna Fly Now training montage the inevitable David and Goliath climax Blu ray 
3.5
Rocky
James Kendrick
transforms the gritty realities of economic hardship and personal desperation into a celebration of individuality and determination without sinking into mushy sentimentalism
4
Rocky
Wesley Lovell
A paint by numbers inspirational sports film 
2.5
Rocky
David Nusair
there s simply no denying the film s overall effectiveness 
3
Rocky
Roger Ebert
A description of it would sound like a cliche from beginning to end But Rocky isn t about a story it s about a hero And it s inhabited with supreme confidence by a star 
4
Rocky
Phil Villarreal
Stallone thoroughly owns the movie with his groggy downbeat delivery and sense of indomitability 
4
Rocky
Bill Chambers
The escapist ideal it has one foot in our world and the other in the dreamland of opportunity 
3.5
Rocky
James Berardinelli
The basic storyline has been done to death over the years this is still one of the most effective and successful applications of the formula 
3.5
Tiny Giants
Linda Cook
The little creatures crawl over the big screen Sometimes they re fun to watch and sometimes their lives are fraught with peril 
3.5
Tiny Giants
John Hartl
Only the unquestionable adorability of the main characters keeps you watching 
3
Departure
Leo Brady
Departure is a complex coming of age story which is at times poetic and an emotional drama 
3
Big Trouble
Vanessa Sibbald
The worst thing someone could say about Big Trouble is that it s too much like Get Shorty which is one of the best reasons to go see the film
3.5
Big Trouble
Tyler Hanley
Director Barry Sonnenfeld unites an incredibly unique and charismatic ensemble cast for this witty adaptation of Dave Barry s 1998 novel 
3
Big Trouble
Frank Ochieng
Big Trouble is one of those great big silly capers that fails at juggling its dark humor while feeling cutesy in its ability to dance around the plot contrivances derivative offensive stylish and smirky crime caper 
1.5
Big Trouble
Jeff Strickler
In this clumsy attempt to merge farce with satire the jokes repeatedly miss the mark 
1.5
Big Trouble
Margaret A. McGurk
Huffs like a bus headed uphill while Mr Sonnenfeld and company shovel on weirdness and hope for the best 
2
Big Trouble
David Nusair
Big Trouble is one of the more enjoyable comedies to emerge in a good long while 
3.5
Big Trouble
James Kendrick
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality
3
Big Trouble
Robert K. Elder
Mostly Sonnenfeld mishandles the broad part of the comedic formula preferring repetition to thematic development 
2
Big Trouble
Elias Savada
there s a lot of fun idiotic stuff plenty of action one liners and bloated buffoonery And some great goat stunt work 
2.5
Big Trouble
Mick LaSalle
Because the tone is so light so genial and eager to please the whole enterprise seems the opposite of prescient It seems naive almost delusional 
2
Big Trouble
Michael Dequina
Definitely just a trifle of a film but so many light entertainments should be so brisk witty and well performed 
3
Big Trouble
David N. Butterworth
The title says it all 
2.5
Big Trouble
Harvey S. Karten
A pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place 
2.5
Big Trouble
Walter Chaw
The kind of sense of humor that derives from a workman s grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant need to constantly draw attention to itself 
2.5
Big Trouble
Joe Leydon
Like an overloaded aircraft at that security challenged airport Big Trouble moves forward in fits and starts but never manages to achieve sufficient momentum for a smooth satisfying liftoff 
2
Big Trouble
Sean P. Means
Most everyone generates a few laughs with the funniest moments provided by Dennis Farina and Zooey Deschanel 
3.5
Big Trouble
Shirley Klass
Based on Dave Barry s popular book of the same name the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters moves and overlapping story 
2.5
Big Trouble
Daphne Gordon
I don t think I laughed out loud once And when you re talking about a slapstick comedy that s a pretty big problem 
2
Big Trouble
Chauncey Mabe
Too much worn out shtick too little detail and way too little Dave Barry 
2
Big Trouble
Moira MacDonald
Based on a novel by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry but has none of the writer s trademark wit 
.5
Big Trouble
David Elliott
TV skit com material fervently deposited on the big screen 
1.5
Big Trouble
Tor Thorsen
Big Trouble s talented cast also helps smooth over the film s rough patches 
2.5
Big Trouble
Jan Stuart
There are so many self consciously screwy conceits begging for laughs in this lunatic fringe Miami Vice the prize for crudest is anyone s call 
1.5
Big Trouble
Sue Pierman
Feels more like a series of sketches thrown together than a movie 
2
Big Trouble
Rick Groen
A frantic search for laughs with a hit to miss ratio that doesn t exactly favour the audience 
2
Big Trouble
Susan Stark
Too scattered too convoluted and far too hyper to get any workable comic steam going 
1
Big Trouble
Terry Lawson
What director Barry Sonnenfeld surely intended to be farce now only seems forced and even actors as self sufficient as Allen and Russo seem utterly flummoxed 
1
Big Trouble
Dustin Putman
For entertainment value things don t get much better but when it comes to the potential to payoff ratio things don t get much more frustrating 
2.5
Big Trouble
Glenn Whipp
In an age where flatulence passes for humor Big Trouble s smart fun qualifies as a breath of fresh air 
3
Big Trouble
Jonathan Taylor
The plentiful laughs are obvious and broad yet they mostly play 
3
Big Trouble
Sheri Linden
Achieves an understated yet cartoonish silliness and a certain warmth thanks to an exceedingly likable ensemble and Barry Sonnenfeld s generally assured direction 
2.5
Big Trouble
Renee Graham
It desperately wants to be a wacky screwball comedy but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time 
1.5
Big Trouble
David Sterritt
Big trouble indeed Memo to Hollywood Retire that title for another few decades at least 
1
Big Trouble
Claudia Puig
Manages to emerge winningly as an entertaining experience 
3
Big Trouble
Jeff Vice
It s been assembled very well by Sonnenfeld whose work here is less stylized than usual 
3
Big Trouble
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie you can t quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch yet you can t bring yourself to dislike it 
2.5
Big Trouble
Jonathan Foreman
A good natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast but never quite gets off the ground 
2
Big Trouble
Steve Schneider
A wearisome stab at screwball comedy 
0
Big Trouble
Glenn Lovell
Further proof that Sonnenfeld s career brought to a screeching halt with the gaseous and pointless Wild Wild West continues in the downward spiral 
1.5
Big Trouble
Steven Rea
More trouble than it s worth 
2
Big Trouble
Tony Toscano
A bizarre dark comedy using its characters in an insanely funny chess game 
3
Big Trouble
Chris Hewitt
Takes aim at the irritations of everyday life and finds ways to turn irritation into humor 
3
Big Trouble
Connie Ogle
The pacing is swift and the laughs are steady 
3
Big Trouble
Vera H-C Chan
One of the funnier movies in town 
3.5
Big Trouble
James Berardinelli
A glorious mess 
3
Big Trouble
Steve Rhodes
The maid runs away screaming something that you ll feel like doing many times during the movie 
1
Big Trouble
Rob Blackwelder
Its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes which fly by so fast there s no time to think about them anyway 
2.5
Big Trouble
Ross Anthony
well paced tight little film teetering ticklingly on the fine line between the ridiculous and the possible INTERVIEWS 
3.5
End of Days, Inc.
David Berry
When things get absurd which is never far around the corner it is downright grating 
1.5
End of Days, Inc.
Bruce DeMara
The initial laughs gave way to ennui and a general sense of unease that the joke behind the story isn t all worth waiting for 
1.5
Don Peyote
Matt Zoller Seitz
The worst American film I ve seen this year 
0.5
Don Peyote
Sara Stewart
This Don Peyote doesn t even have a windmill to tilt at 
1
Don Peyote
Mike McGranaghan
An incoherent film that s kind of a chore to sit through 
0.5
Mother and Son
Diego Semerene
L 233 onor Serraille 8217 s Mother and Son is a lovely film about feminine strength that also refuses to glorify motherhood 46 
3
Love Serenade
Roger Ebert
I am always grateful when a movie shows me something I have never seen before And in this case something I shall undoubtedly never see again 
3
We the Parents
Sheila O'Malley
We the Parents one sided and promotional as it often feels presents a possible solution as well as the difficulties in achieving it 
2.5
Buffalo Girls
Ed Gonzalez
Todd Kellstein doesn t allow you to entirely indulge convenient though understandable and perhaps irresistible armchair outrage 
3.5
Serpico
David Sterritt
A quintessential New York director made this quintessential New York movie in 1973 with Pacino at his best as an honest cop who turns on his crooked colleagues 
4
Serpico
David Nusair
Lumet effectively establishes a real sense of time and place 
3
Serpico
James Kendrick
has the overhanging air of disillusionment despite the small victories
3
Serpico
Bill Chambers
Lumet has an underdog agenda he won t unfetter too much not with male politics and certainly not with an abundance of technique 
2.5
MVP
Wilson Morales
MVP is a bit flawed in its approach but has enough components to make the film worthwhile 46 It apos s a heartfelt 44 inspirational film that many can watch and be motivated from 46 
3
MVP
Pamela Powell
8220 MVP 8221 gives us 44 the viewer 44 a unique perspective about both the military and football worlds which creates an unexpected understanding and empathic point of view 46 
3.5
MVP
Roger Moore
As a producer 44 Boyer should have had the good sense to hire a director for 8220 MVP 44 8221 someone who could say 44 8220 OK 44 bro 44 that 8217 s enough close ups of you 46 8221 
1.5
Wicker Park
Peter T. Chattaway
The filmmakers cannot decide what sort of story they want to tell and as a result the story they tell isn t really worth the telling 
2
Wicker Park
Jeffrey M. Anderson
McGuigan imbues Wicker Park with a disorienting atmosphere and visual style using available window panes and deep focus techniques like a split screen effect to show simultaneous actions and emotions upon which the narrative twists and turns 
2.5
Wicker Park
Walter Chaw
A nice example of what happens to a Hitchcock shrine when it s filtered through a slick punk sensibility 
3
Wicker Park
David Nusair
That Wicker Park becomes as engrossing as it does is particularly shocking given the almost interminable opening hour 
3
Wicker Park
David Hiltbrand
Feel free to take a leisurely stroll out to the lobby for Swedish fish in the middle of Wicker Park Missing 10 minutes won t affect your ability to follow this babel in the least 
1
Wicker Park
Mark Collette
Deep down it s a very bad joke 
1
Wicker Park
Vince Koehler
I usually prefer a film that stays in a logical sequence but Josh Hartnett is a captivating kind of guy who holds your attention throughout the flashback sequences 
2.5
Wicker Park
Matt Brunson
A dull melodrama marked by plot coincidences of staggering stupidity 
1
Wicker Park
Aaron Hillis
What begins as a pleasantly utilitarian thriller gradually decays into a mediocre suspense drama and ends as an irritatingly feeble love story called Wicker Park 
1.5
Wicker Park
James Berardinelli
This film is genuinely interested in getting us inside the heads of its three leads Matthew Alex and Lisa It wants us to understand although not necessarily sympathize with all three of them 
3
Wicker Park
Sean McBride
a melancholy mess of a movie where attractive people act like idiots for a few hours all the while performing as if they were in a murder mystery or a ghost story 
1
Wicker Park
Linda Cook
It s no coincidence that Wicker Park doesn t work 
1
Wicker Park
Emily Blunt
Oh dear readers run to another theater and don t look back 
0.5
Wicker Park
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wicker Park is an otherworldly dream and as it progressed I couldn t help but inch more and more up in my seat to take it all in 
3
Wicker Park
Dustin Putman
Not the customary disposable cinematic fare released on the always slow Labor Day weekend but an intriguing original film of ideas and human feeling 
3
Wicker Park
Peter Canavese
An interesting formal exercise exceedingly hard to swallow but quietly engrossing deserves style points for sticking to an unconventional narrative 
2.5
Wicker Park
Sean P. Means
Wicker Park s nifty jigsaw puzzle of a story is done in by unfortunate casting choices 
2
Wicker Park
James Verniere
A return to the bad old days when American studios made lame versions of European hits 
1.5
Wicker Park
Chris Kaltenbach
It s a movie consisting of two radically different halves at least in terms of tone And while the second half doesn t entirely atone for all the liberties taken in the first it does a better job than might be expected 
3
Wicker Park
Moira MacDonald
Features a story so convoluted audience members should be given a bag of breadcrumbs upon entry so as to leave a trail through the logic 
2
Wicker Park
Carla Meyer
Dumb suspense free and undersexed stalker drama 
1
Wicker Park
David Elliott
Like a stream of vapor trails trying to be a cloud a floating thriller of posed moods and inane jolts that make viewers laugh 
1.5
Wicker Park
Timothy Knight
A story of romantic obsession that becomes progressively sillier and more implausible as it limps to a sappy conclusion 
1.5
Wicker Park
Megan Lehmann
One of the silliest most sieve like screenplays of the year 
1.5
Wicker Park
Connie Ogle
The whole incoherent mess is sort of like a downbeat Gap ad only longer and a lot more boring 
1
Wicker Park
Loey Lockerby
While it s refreshing to see a thriller that doesn t fit the usual mold a couple of actual thrills would have been nice 
2.5
Wicker Park
Eric Harrison
The plot contains a few nice surprises but the movie works most spectacularly as a compendium of idiotic movie behavior 
2
Wicker Park
Rick Groen
Like eating beans before the opera you may suffer the embarrassment of unfortunate outbursts at inappropriate moments in short be prepared to laugh in all the wrong places 
2
Wicker Park
Terry Lawson
Not a movie that inspires you to turn the puzzle over in your head after it s done More likely you ll wish you had amnesia 
1
Wicker Park
Jeff Vice
Grows increasingly ludicrous over the course of its nearly two hour running time to the point where it almost appears to become a comedy 
1.5
Wicker Park
Roger Ebert
Once we understand the principle if not the details of the plot Wicker Park works because the actors invest their scenes with what is under the circumstances astonishing emotional realism 
3
Wicker Park
Lawrence Toppman
Depends on coincidences so remote and behavior so improbable that they couldn t take place once in a millennium 
1
Wicker Park
Ty Burr
The preview audience I saw it with hooted in disbelief at the outrageous bits then happily dug in to see what would happen next 
2.5
Wicker Park
Josh Larsen
goes about telling its story in the most complicated manner possible all while mistaking its unnecessary complications for cleverness 
1.5
Wicker Park
Kit Bowen
Wicker Park a deeply psychological story about love and obsession is really a hard film to pin down but refreshingly enough that s a good thing
3
Wicker Park
Christian Toto
Snicker Park is more like it
1
Wicker Park
Jon Niccum
Ambitious script slick director strong supporting cast wrong lead actors 
2.5
Wicker Park
Larry Ratliff
Wicker Park feels like an import stripping film sprockets as it struggles to fit the American mold Advice from this aisle seat Bring along a pad and pencil 
2
Wicker Park
Paul Doro
None of this is interesting in the least nor is it remotely thrilling or mysterious just convoluted monotonous and riddled with inconsistencies 
1.5
Wicker Park
Chris Hewitt
There are a lot more coincidences in fact there s a multiple coincidence pileup and each one wears your patience a little thinner 
1.5
Wicker Park
Glenn Lovell
A mess structurally and any attempt to make sense of its non linear narrative is guaranteed to bring on an instant migraine 
1.5
Wicker Park
Nick Schager
Hartnett is far too stolid to convey the frazzled desperation required by McGuigan s soporific romantic mystery Wicker Park 
1.5
Wicker Park
Jeff Strickler
A classy psychological thriller that challenges the audience to keep up with it 
3.5
Wicker Park
Michael Wilmington
To work it has to make us feel crazy with love like Vertigo did Instead it often just makes us feel crazy for believing any of it 
2
Wicker Park
Willie Waffle
Wicker Park isn t very good but it is fixable The biggest problems are caused when director Paul McGuigan is trying to do too much 
1
Wicker Park
Phil Villarreal
McGuigan could have done better with a more energetic lead than Hartnett who seems to have studied at the Keanu Reeves School of Emotional Expression 
2.5
Wicker Park
Scott Nash
Visually interesting enough to make up for several weak plot points 
2.5
Wicker Park
Rob Blackwelder
Three of the four leads are terrible but keen and cunning storytelling makes it possible to see Wicker Park for its strengths despite its tremendous weaknesses 
2.5
Wicker Park
Steve Rhodes
It stars Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger two excruciatingly lightweight actors with zero chemistry 
2
Wicker Park
Jeanne Aufmuth
Wooden performances bad musical choices and one too many twists kill the good times 
2
Miami Connection
Eric Melin
Miami Connection is one of those rare films where the positive energy exuded by its oh so amateur cast and crew starts to rub off on you despite the fact that almost all of the basic tenets of motion picture storytelling are non existent 
3
Miami Connection
Roger Moore
Ineptly written and badly acted it s a terrible movie But it s also a trip an amusing and striking acid flashback to the cocaine and Reagan to pre Grunge Loverboy Benatar rock and Linda Hamilton Terminator hair the very definition of a cult film 
1.5
Miami Connection
Rob Humanick
Love it or hate it it s doubtful you ll ever forget it and it may just force you to redefine your definition of what constitutes good cinema 
3.5
Anything but Love
Carrie Rickey
An appealing low budget musical cowritten by and starring Isabel Rose as Billie whose pluck and talent are tonic if as shopworn as her thrift store threads 
2.5
Anything but Love
Michael Szymanski
It s a good indie movie that s perfect for couples and you won t be embarrassed to take mom along too 
3
Anything but Love
Lisa Kennedy
To borrow a word from another American standard Anything but Love is hardly unforgettable But if you re looking for the movie equivalent of comfort food then there s something to dig into here 
2
Anything but Love
Ty Burr
An ungainly little movie 
2
Anything but Love
Roger Ebert
Filmed in the colors of newborn Technicolor plotted as a tribute to the conventions of Hollywood romance filled with standard songs it s by and for people who love those kinds of movies 
3
Anything but Love
Ellen Fox
The earnest low budget indie Anything But Love isn t quite the movie you d like it to be but it provides some kicks nonetheless 
2.5
Anything but Love
Peter Debruge
It all comes off with the crowd pleasing potential of another My Big Fat Greek Wedding albeit one starved of much of the wit and outrageous ethnic color 
2
Anything but Love
Steven Winn
This stylized romantic comedy offers limited largely synthetic rewards 
2
Anything but Love
Lou Lumenick
This is a micro budgeted tribute to Hollywood musicals of the 40s and 50s that s all the more endearing for its flaws 
2.5
Anything but Love
Jack Mathews
The script is a sappy 40s melodrama transported into the 21st century where it just creaks 
1.5
Anything but Love
Glenn Lovell
The results are earnest but completely resistable more borscht belt Cabaret than My Big Fat New York Tryout 
1.5
Anything but Love
Jan Stuart
Rose isn t enough of a draw to make the formula worth recycling 
2.5
Anything but Love
Scott Nash
Isabel Rose has talent and moxie rising above the mixed material of the movie 
2.5
Lodz Ghetto
Christine Dolen
A history lesson of rare and deeply affecting power 
2.5
Bones and All
James Kendrick
doesn 8217 t quite reach the twisted melodramatic heights to which Guadagnino clearly aspires 44 which makes Bones and All 44 like his Suspiria remake 44 more interesting as a concept than it is effective as a film 46 
2.5
Bones and All
Matt Brunson
The sort of moody melodrama that can be absorbed straight up or metaphorically 46 
3
Bones and All
Sean P. Means
8220 Bones and All 8221 is not for the squeamish 44 but for those who can go the distance with it 44 it 8217 s bloody brilliant 46 
3.5
Bones and All
Joe Friar
The film 8217 s graphic scenes and cannibalistic theme may be too much for some moviegoers but above everything else 44 this is a love story heightened by Timoth 233 e Chalamet and Taylor Russell 8217 s moving performances 46 One of the Best Films of 2022 46 
4
Bones and All
Michael Medved
The film is more likely to inspire angry disgust than any sense of engagement or emotion 46 
1
Bones and All
Roger Moore
Take away the shock value and 8220 Bones and All 8221 is just a drab road romance that isn 8217 t that romantic 44 a crime spree that seems more inspired by 8220 convenience 8221 than hunger and a 8220 food 8221 movie repellent enough to make 8220 I 8217 ll have the salad 8221 the new mantra 46 10 
2
Bones and All
Pablo O. Scholz
More of a genre movie than an arthouse drama Full review in Spanish 
3
Bones and All
Erik Childress
The film never makes a cohesive representation of their struggle nor the danger surrounding them until it becomes little more than simplistic metaphor horror with a blank of a performance as its center 46 
2
Bones and All
Leo Brady
Bones and All is a ball of emotions and shocking revelations 44 a lovers tale out on the run 44 and undoubtedly one of the most unique movies of 2022 46 
4
Bones and All
Tom Meek
Bones and All is definitely not a movie for a family but it about family roots and tradition no matter how troubling that tradition may be 
3
Bones and All
Mike McGranaghan
A story that hits you in places you didn apos t know you could be hit 46 
3.5
Bones and All
Kevin Carr
An intriguing idea 44 but told so down to earth that it buried itself in indifference 46 
2.5
Bones and All
Charles Koplinski
Still 44 there 8217 s no denying the film is hard to shake 46 8220 Bones 8221 may be flawed 44 but in the end 44 it draws you in and consumes you 46 
3
Bones and All
James Berardinelli
Filled with underdeveloped characters and a plot that goes nowhere it reinforces the feeling I got from Luca Guadagnino s Suspiria remake this director doesn t understand horror but is really good at putting viewers to sleep 
1.5
Bones and All
Carlos Aguilar
91 A 93 beautiful 44 voracious coming of age romance 46 
3
Bones and All
Mark Meszoros
Uou may never acquire a taste for this coming of age road trip horror film about a pair of fine young cannibals who fall in love and try to find happiness 8212 and flesh 8212 together in 1980s middle America 46 
2
Bones and All
Chris Hewitt
Guadagnino establishes a mood of doomed romance similar to a skilled production of Romeo and Juliet and he sustains it largely because his leads are all on the same disturbing page 
3
Bones and All
Bob Bloom
It is dark and disturbing 44 but never morbid 46 It 8217 s also soulful and mournful with a sweetness that you can almost taste 46 
3
Bones and All
Richard Roeper
Before Bones and All reaches its unsurprising albeit haunting conclusion we ve lost our appetite 
2.5
Bones and All
Johnny Oleksinski
Both actors somehow turn young killers into deeply relatable outsiders 
3.5
Bones and All
Randy Myers
Michael Stuhlbarg gives a legendary performance that ll haunt your nightmares forever 
3.5
Bones and All
Ann Hornaday
A pulpy grindhouse B picture tricked out in art house pretensions counting on the siren call of sex and violence to fleece the rubes 
1.5
Bones and All
Rex Reed
It s a preposterous debacle that might work better as a Halloween skit on Saturday Night Live but it takes itself seriously which makes it seem even sillier I found the result too sick and disgusting to describe but not interesting enough to care 
1
Bones and All
Mick LaSalle
Guadagnino has a choice whether to be an artist or just the maker of artistically rendered conscientiously realized garbage It s time to quit while he s behind 
2
Bones and All
Katie Walsh
It 8217 s 8220 Badlands 8221 with 8216 80s punks who feast on flesh 44 and one of the most moving and authentically beautiful love stories about the rarity that is finding yourself in someone else 46 10 10 
4
Bones and All
Jake Coyle
You have the sense of seeing a movie that in shape and style reminds you of countless others But well cannibalism just has a way of throwing things off balance The result is something that feels both archetypal and otherworldly 
3.5
Bones and All
Alex Barr
Not exactly horror not exactly romance but something in between for people to argue over 
3
Bones and All
Mark Dujsik
Bones and All 46 46 46 91 is 93 a genuinely haunting and deeply affecting film that just happens to be about cannibals 46 
4
Bones and All
Brian Eggert
Bones and All takes ideas and themes that have been explored before and 44 through Guadagnino 8217 s artistic filter 44 realizes them to the fullest potential 44 resulting in a film that will be sublime 44 horrific 44 and heartfelt for those who can stomach it 46 
4
Bones and All
EJ Moreno
Luca Guadagnino brings to life one of the sickest love stories 46 Gentle and moody 44 yet so gory and shocking 46 
3
Bones and All
Dwight Brown
In between bites of tepid drama little happens and you worry that this dull ode to trendy cannibals could turn audiences into zombies 
2
Bones and All
David Gonzalez
Bones and All is a cinematic feast 46 Luca Guadagnino crafts a meal that blends Badlands with the gore and delight of 1980s cannibal horror 46 
3.5
Bones and All
Keith Uhlich
Both Taylor Russell and Timoth 233 e Chalamet are sadly at a disadvantage given how many of the older actors gnaw at the scenery like it 8217 s a still warm cadaver 46 
2
Bones and All
Walter Chaw
Every element of Bones and All helps to amplify Guadagnino s themes of discovering who you are in the midst of the whirlwind 
4
Bones and All
Joey Magidson
Bones amp All finds the road trip romance in young cannibalism 44 though it meanders a lot along the way 46 
2.5
Les hautes solitudes
Jesse Cataldo
The limitations of black and white both point to Philippe Garrel s silent era influences and identify a way forward 
3.5
Medora
Kalvin Henely
It feels as if it set out to be an inspirational story about an underdog team beating the odds but instead of giving color to the story the filmmakers presented it with black and white ideas 
1.5
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
David Wiegand
It s enough to convince you that Woody Harrelson is right If you don t appreciate Jerry Lewis I don t want to hang with you 
3
Fugitive Pieces
Lisa Kennedy
Fugitive Pieces delivers its own evocative poetry 
3
Fugitive Pieces
Moira MacDonald
Fugitive Pieces is an often lovely work haunting its viewer long afterward with its quiet observations on what remains with us 
3
Fugitive Pieces
Sid Smith
Fugitive Pieces is often quiet lyrical reflective and underplayed It doesn t minimize Holocaust suffering far from it but it strives often successfully to unearth the innate good in people Anne Frank alluded to so eloquently 
3
Fugitive Pieces
Roger Ebert
If Fugitive Pieces has a message it is that life can heal us if we allow it 
3.5
Fugitive Pieces
Steven Rea
The cast is uniformly attractive and earnest But the romanticized image of the tortured artist is the stuff of stereotype unless it s leavened with humor or limned in art In Fugitive Pieces neither element appears in sufficient quantity 
2.5
Fugitive Pieces
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film can barely breathe much less move 
2.5
Fugitive Pieces
Connie Ogle
Sensitively adapted from the achingly sad luminous novel by Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces is a story of unspeakable loss and how it eats at the souls of survivors 
3
Fugitive Pieces
Wesley Morris
Feels less like a redemptive survivor s story and more like a commercial for some terrific Mediterranean resort 
2.5
Fugitive Pieces
Peter Howell
Well acted but dramatically unyielding 
2.5
Fugitive Pieces
James Berardinelli
It s a character study in which the lead participant is the least interesting person in the movie There s something inherently frustrating and unsatisfying about that 
2
Fugitive Pieces
Lou Lumenick
Fugitive Pieces however well meaning is still pretty much an emotionally distanced slog 
2
Fugitive Pieces
Joe Neumaier
Though much of the film s power is tamped down by the passive storytelling style Dillane s performance as the adult Jakob is compelling and Ayelet Zurer is beguiling as Jakob s late in life soul mate 
2
Fugitive Pieces
Liam Lacey
The strengths of Fugitive Pieces are its fluidity and subtlety Emotional repression may be one of the most difficult conditions to portray honestly and Dillane s performance of Jakob is a study in the art of creating sympathy by not asking for it 
3
Fugitive Pieces
Ed Gonzalez
Image like identity is always coming into focus throughout Fugitive Pieces 
2.5
Fugitive Pieces
David Nusair
might hold some appeal for those familiar with Michaels novel 
2
The Paper Chase
David Nusair
a fairly routine drama that never feels as though it s building to anything significant or even interesting 
2
The Paper Chase
Roger Ebert
Houseman is able to project subtleties of character even while appearing stiff and unrelenting it s a performance of Academy Award quality and resulted in an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 
4
The Paper Chase
Bill Chambers
The Paper Chase is sort of charmless 
2
S&Man
Chuck Bowen
S Man is interested in the horror film in general as a perverse bridge between the genders 
2.5
City of Angels
Maitland McDonagh
The movie s eerie slightly menacing vision of black clad angels lurking in the shadowy corners of unsuspecting lives is genuinely haunting 
3
City of Angels
Emanuel Levy
As a remake it s not as poetic as Wenders masterpiece Wings of Desire but it s supremely mounted by ace lenser John Seale and contains touching performances from Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan deviating from their respective screen images 
3
City of Angels
Leonard Schwarz
A thinking person s film for those who can t think 
1.5
City of Angels
Margaret A. McGurk
Marries romance and faith in a love story as charming as a handmade valentine It is so lovely to look at and so sincere in intent that its flaws don t matter much 
3
City of Angels
Mick LaSalle
My face had been locked in that goofy awestruck expression you experience only in Spielberg movies City of Angels demonstrates the best kind of emotionally manipulative filmmaking 
3
City of Angels
Rick Groen
A lovely oddity 
3
City of Angels
James Kendrick
Not a typical Hollywood movie It is beautifully filmed in lush colors by cinematographer John Seale whose sweeping aerial shots and golden lighting make Los Angeles into an almost unrecognizable new world 
3.5
City of Angels
Roger Ebert
As angel movies go this is one of the better ones not least because Meg Ryan is so sunny and persuasive as a heart surgeon who falls in love with an angel 
3
City of Angels
James Berardinelli
City of Angels is more romantic than profound but Dana Stevens script is thoughtful and intelligent and I never felt insulted by what the characters say do or think 
3
City of Angels
Michael Dequina
Standard issue Hollywood romantic fantasy 
2.5
City of Angels
Madeleine Williams
The film struggles to grasp some important topics but the film has never attained the weight needed to deal with anything of substance 
2.5
City of Angels
Steve Rhodes
The monotonic and glacially paced story eventually comes to its completely predictable and highly manipulative ending 
2.5
City of Angels
Walter V. Addiego
Director Silberling attempted to make a movie of pure sentiment but whenever he seems to strike a genuine chord and he s clearly capable of touching the viewer he pushes it too far and it turns sappy 
2
City of Angels
Gemma Files
Surprisingly well executed 
3
City of Angels
Rob Blackwelder
A powerful somber and highly intellectual picture it is not even remotely the kind of thing one would expect to a Hollywood studio to mold into a star vehicle 
3
City of Angels
David Keyes
Manages to update Wings of Desire so that the freshness and passion still exist within the characters and the story It is a triumph of conception camera movements and emotional feelings 
3.5
Pumpkinhead
John Beifuss
A last hurrah for the type of on camera practical monster effects that would soon go the way of the dinosaur extinguished by the asteroid impact of digital technology 
3
Pumpkinhead
Dustin Putman
Pumpkinhead is horror fantasy supernatural thriller and tragedy all wrapped up in an enthralling phatasmagorically realized whole 
3
Baden Baden
Clayton Dillard
The film plays like it s been methodically configured to snuff out an even marginal indulgence of its characters emotions 
2
Guy in Row Five
Steve Rhodes
Likeable actors lightweight script 
2
Bad Day at Black Rock
Matt Brunson
Few sights in this world are as beautiful as watching rednecks get their comeuppance 44 and Spencer Tracy 8217 s stubborn vet is determined to take care of business in this tight 40 81 minutes 41 thriller 46 
3.5
Bad Day at Black Rock
Nick Schager
Sturges laces his allegory with mounting tension 
3.5
Bad Day at Black Rock
Enrique Fernandez
Superb if it weren t as we said for the too obvious liberal teachings that interrupt the terrific ation 
3
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Kathy Fennessy
On the basis of the slightly faded 44 if arresting images that dance across the screen 44 91 Jamel Shabazz 93 was also capturing style 58 Kangol caps 44 Puma kicks 44 Lee jeans 44 Double Goose jackets 44 and other markers of NYC cool 46 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Roger Ebert
Shut Up and Sing tells the story of three young women whose belief in America is bred in the bone and it shames their critics 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Eric Melin
It offer s little more than a portrait of a band struggling to save face and keep their financial position intact 
2
Shut Up and Sing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film captures plenty of behind the scenes banter and plenty of music but it doesn t really dig very deeply into the frightening mob mentality that followed the comment 
3
Shut Up and Sing
David Nusair
as divisive as George Bush himself 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Duane Dudek
Shut up Sing is a primer on how controversy and pop music are manufactured 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Phil Villarreal
Shut Up Sing evolves into an engrossing sociological study about brand perception the fickle nature of fame the perils of spiraling media mayhem and de facto censorship spawning from industrywide groupthink 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Matt Brunson
We come to realize to what extent Natalie Maines ranks as an American heroine 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
John Beifuss
A testimonial to the viability and efficiency of the American marketplace of ideas where Toby Keith Natalie Maines Bill O Reilly and millions of other voices are free to annoy heckle praise please and sing 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Larry Ratliff
Let s put it this way you will believe the Dixie Chicks are Not Ready to Make Nice 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Thomas Delapa
Despite death threats boycotts and public vilification the song has gone on for the Dixie Chicks And that s not whistling Dixie 
2.5
Shut Up and Sing
Sean P. Means
If you weren t a Dixie Chicks fan before watching the documentary Shut Up Sing will likely turn you into one 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Wesley Morris
A fascinating look at the intersection of commerce celebrity and controversy 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Moira MacDonald
A thoughtful and enjoyable documentary from Barbara Kopple 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Joel Selvin
Natalie Maines makes it clear in this astonishingly candid intimate film that she doesn t think she has anything to apologize for 
4
Shut Up and Sing
Rene Rodriguez
The fact that you might emerge from the theater eager to give their albums a listen is a testament to how effective this lively and stirring movie about freedom of speech really is 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Robert W. Butler
Shut Up Sing is further proof that today s best American films are documentaries 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Andrew Lewicky
These two movies one about family and one about freedom never quite dovetail 
2
Shut Up and Sing
Marjorie Baumgarten
The Dixie Chicks struggle with the conflicting demands of art and commerce as portrayed in this documentary shows that they re still not ready to make nice 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Terry Lawson
We see the real concern as the backlash gets serious enough to prompt death threats and the affair takes its toll on band members families 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Christy Lemire
Whether you love or hate the outspoken Maines you ve got to give her this much She s never boring 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Mary Houlihan
What emerges is an intimate and fascinating portrait of the three women who instead of being divided and conquered stick together and build something new 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Michael Booth
The filmmakers give us a good taste of what took the Chicks to such great heights
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Phoebe Flowers
riveting documentary 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Chris Hewitt
an intimate if flawed portrait of the unrepentant band 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Michael Phillips
There s no more soul stirring way to relive the last three years in all their miserable divisiveness than to see Shut Up Sing 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Matt Pais
They went on stage as the biggest act in country music only to be told that the country they were singing about doesn t want to hear what they really think 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Sara Brady
The film as a whole is less a political document than it is a sensitively detailed backstage portrait of a unique musical phenomenon 
4
Shut Up and Sing
Angel Cohn
Academy Award winning documentarian Barbara Kopple does an excellent job capturing the Chicks thoughts and uses judicious clips from political speeches to put Maines off the cuff comment into context 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Peter Howell
One of the many remarkable things about this film is watching the band evolve as a result of an unplanned and apparently inconsequential remark 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Peter Travers
Life in Bush America gets a blunt honest telling in this documentary that makes you want to stand up and cheer without ever begging for tears or glib sympathy 
3.5
Shut Up and Sing
Timothy Knight
An entertaining and smartly paced blend of concert footage media clips and behind the scenes interviews Shut Up and Sing is a provocative and insightful documentary of lives under very public fire 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Lisa Rose
Capturing the women in concert backstage and at home with their families the movie is compelling and insightful if a bit self serving promoting a group whose popularity is waning 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Lou Lumenick
Sharper and far more entertaining than most political documentaries 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Bob Strauss
The film gives us a fascinating look at how the Chicks and their bemused yet concerned English manager Simon Renshaw alternately tiptoed and blundered through the crisis 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Elizabeth Weitzman
Documentarians Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck are skillful enough to tell this story from multiple angles making Shut Up Sing as insightful as it is entertaining 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Rick Groen
A slight disconnect separating the brave face from the vulnerable heart the text from the sub text is a large part of the film s considerable charm 
3
Shut Up and Sing
Claudia Puig
Directors Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck have fashioned a compelling and rousing film that will not only appeal to Chicks fans but make fans of those who weren t before 
3
Shut Up and Sing
John Anderson
a portrait of the group that is angry indignant musical and inspiring 
4
Shut Up and Sing
Nick Schager
Part vanity project part image rehabilitation 
2
Shut Up and Sing
Erik Childress
Going in with just a rudimentary knowledge of their music by the time Natalie Maines utters one of the best closing lines of the year I had never been so proud to be an American 
3.5
English Vinglish
Kate Taylor
A winsome if utterly conventional ugly duckling story about a sympathetic character s much deserved progress toward a richer self 
2
Five Aces
Walter Chaw
With a small movie like this I ll savour what pleasures I can get 
2.5
Don't Blame Karma!
Roger Moore
Time stands still for the 85 minutes it takes 8220 Don 8217 t Blame Karma 33 8221 to play out 46 
1.5
Parting Shots
Roger Moore
A bomb rightly considered one of the worst British films ever made 46 
1
Maya the Bee Movie
Roger Moore
More harmless than entertaining 
2
10 1/2
David Nusair
an unusually interminable experience virtually from the get go 
1
The Bag Man
Chris Hewitt
Even if this is your bag you can do better 
1
The Bag Man
Steven Rea
Whatever you do do not look inside the bag 
1.5
The Bag Man
Michael O'Sullivan
The Bag Man has more attitude than panache Yes we eventually get to see what s in the bag But by the time its contents are revealed you may no longer care 
1
The Bag Man
Dann Gire
David Grovic s directorial debut The Bag Man loves these clichés so much there s hardly room for invention to breathe 
1.5
The Bag Man
James Berardinelli
The film has a nihilistic tone and its gallows humor may turn off more viewers than it seduces Not since Killer Joe has a film exerted this mix of attraction and repulsion 
3
The Bag Man
Matt Pais
Just Fleabag The Movie forcing you to watch this drivel instead of free HBO 
1
The Bag Man
Robert Levin
The sort of overheated noir where characters exert an enormous amount of energy grappling over an irrelevant MacGuffin when their problems could be solved by walking away 
1.5
The Bag Man
Sheila O'Malley
The Bag Man is so sloppily executed it feels like they didn t have enough light fixtures to get the effects they wanted But that s only one of the problems 
1.5
The Bag Man
Rex Reed
It takes just under two hours of tedium before you find out what s in the bag and you might be sorry you waited 
1
The Bag Man
Sara Stewart
A blathery misogynist indie 
1
The Bag Man
Kam Williams
An intriguing enough whodunit to keep you guessing thanks to a decent script and game performances by De Niro Cusack and newcomer Rebecca Da Costa 
2.5
The Bag Man
Chuck Bowen
The premise might make sense if only hypocritically but the film abandons this already flimsy parody of macho pride disastrously at the last minute 
2
Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!
Mike McGranaghan
An enjoyable family friendly treat that mixes great toys and great DC characters 
3
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Chris Hewitt
Later scenes in Brotherhood make mad passionate love with being cliched 
2
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Phil Villarreal
Tae Guk Gi is The Deer Hunter and Saving Private Ryan for South Korea s burgeoning cinema 
3
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Stephen Cole
Although flawed the film is obviously successful in bringing to life what has been called the 20th century s forgotten war 
2.5
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Bruce Westbrook
Brutal yet meaningful agonizing yet touching The Brotherhood of War is a harrowing but rewarding experience 
4
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Peter Canavese
Fearless extremity Brotherhood finally coalesces into an inescapable metaphor illustrating the madness of civil war 
2.5
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Erik Lundegaard
The battle scenes are gripping and horrific the special effects amazing and the sentimentality overwhelming 
2.5
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
G. Allen Johnson
Epic in scope and violent in a way that every war film has to be since Saving Private Ryan Taegukgi is a big time movie that never loses sight of its human story 
4
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Jan Stuart
Alternately brutal and schlocky and occasionally both at the same time 
1
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Bob Strauss
I don t think I ll be the last Westerner who found it hard to sit through two hours and 20 minutes worth of melodramatic plotting hysterical acting and brutally graphic combat sequences that are all shot in the same herky jerky dirt sprayed irritating
2.5
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Jeffrey Westhoff
Many movies lose their way coming out of the second act but few plunge from stirring to stupid as quickly or as fully 
2
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
David Sterritt
Redolent of Saving Private Ryan and We Were Warriors but almost entirely devoted to combat violence and sentimental interludes 
1
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Robert K. Elder
Writer director Kang Je gyu dedicates himself to the human side of a grand tale to people who ve been uprooted by history 
3.5
Match Point
Mattie Lucas
A finely tuned comeback worth celebrating 
3
Match Point
David Nusair
one of the venerable writer director s more accomplished efforts in this new century 
3
Match Point
Nick Rogers
This lean mean surprisingly sultry thriller about fate luck greed and guilt is Woody Allen s best since Mighty Aphrodite Plus it boasts a vintage Allen metaphor of a bobbling tennis ball that in a great gotcha scene becomes a damning motif 
4
Match Point
Jay Antani
There s no ground here that Allen hasn t gone over before but as a treatment of upper crust mores and eventually as a thriller it s compulsively watchable and generally well acted 
3
Match Point
Kam Williams
Proves to be an intriguing enough adventure provided you haven t seen Crimes and Misdemeanors and don t mind rooting for a despicable amoral philanderer 
3
Match Point
Michael A. Smith
This is Allen at his best And with three Oscars at home already and seventeen other nominations that is saying a lot 
3.5
Match Point
Peter T. Chattaway
By developing his characters so superficially Allen makes it impossible to feel the depth of the horror that he is clearly aiming for 
2
Match Point
Matt Pais
A sexy mysterious departure for Allen 
3
Match Point
Bob Bloom
This is Allen s most perceptive adult and finest work in years It is as if filming in and around London rejuvenated his creative juices 
3.5
Match Point
Marty Mapes
Gripping and entertaining as well as very well made
4
Match Point
Steven Snyder
Match Point achieves an almost Shakespearean effect 
4
Match Point
Thomas Delapa
Though Allen s English trip brings a tasty change of place he s also dragged along some familiar baggage As the film plays on wry romance loses out to a crime drama that hangs on a gimmicky plot spin 
1.5
Match Point
Forrest Hartman
Match Point has all the right elements a great script a terrific cast and a veteran director 
3.5
Match Point
Rob Thomas
He s covered some of this same thematic territory before infidelity obsession class struggles but rarely has developed them with such focus and such a palpable tension 
3.5
Match Point
John Beifuss
Not really a return to form but an advance a stylish work of gliding camera movements cunningly framed shots and seamless edits that marks one of the few times Allen s interest in pictures has equaled his facility with words 
3.5
Match Point
Sean O'Connell
Allen rediscovers many filmmaking traits I thought he d lost for good 
3.5
Match Point
Peter Howell
a nifty little crowd pleaser 
2.5
Match Point
Phoebe Flowers
Match Point is what happens when a veteran director whom many considered far past his prime tries something superficially different 
2.5
Match Point
Moira MacDonald
Match Point isn t one of his truly great films like Annie Hall or Manhattan but it s a very good one a sign that a career that seemed stalled is purring along once more 
3.5
Match Point
David Elliott
Woody Allen is a lippy guy but what makes Match Point sexy is the converging special lips of Scarlett Johansson and the special lips of Jonathan Rhys Meyers 
3
Match Point
Jeff Vice
a smart sexy picture that makes an ideal star vehicle for Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers 
3.5
Match Point
Greg Maki
A suspense masterpiece 
4
Match Point
Duane Dudek
While thematically stark Match Point is as aesthetically lush as just ripened forbidden fruit with Scarlett Johansson as the seductive object of desire personified 
3
Match Point
Rene Rodriguez
Match Point has a coiled taut energy that s unusual for Allen 
3.5
Match Point
Robert W. Butler
The film is very well acted but top honors go to Johansson who s just about perfect as the pouty lipped temptress whom we come to both pity and hate 
3
Match Point
Amy Biancolli
In every scene Allen s direction is unflinchingly clear eyed and it s a pleasure being walked through London at the same unhurried pace that he s taken through Manhattan all these years 
3
Match Point
Liam Lacey
Johansson finds her own speech rhythms in Allen s arch dialogue and in the process gives his film a quality that his recent work has often lacked the recognizable flutter of a heart beat behind the façade of the character 
3
Match Point
Terry Lawson
Match Point a film that makes us examine well considered questions in new light is what Woody Allen sees when he gets out of his comfort zone we can only hope he sees the benefit of travel 
4
Match Point
Lisa Kennedy
Woody Allen s Match Point is a too rare thing a fine film that waxes philosophical about morality ambition and relationships 
3
Match Point
Lawrence Toppman
If Hollywood had a Comeback Player of the Year award Woody Allen would get every vote for 2005 
3.5
Match Point
Sean P. Means
The dialogue is so crisp and straightforward you might forget you re watching a Woody Allen movie until one of his occasional one liners zings you 
3.5
Match Point
Jeff Strickler
The arrival of Match Point is good luck for movie fans 
3.5
Match Point
Frank Houston
This sexy morality play further bolsters the case for Woody Allen s continued vitality and relevance 
3.5
Match Point
Chris Hewitt
Match Point has something you don t associate with Allen suspense 
3
Match Point
Phil Villarreal
Allen in a rare zone of existential ferocity he last touched in Crimes and Misdemeanors brushstrokes his characters and conflicts with textured definition 
4
Match Point
Ross Anthony
With such high quality production I kept expecting some meat or at least a sense of humor Just an empty night at the movies
.5
Match Point
Eric Melin
Allen makes his point with a wicked flair that s sure to leave its mark 
3.5
Match Point
Michael Dequina
Often when something is different from the norm that difference is mistaken as greatness Such is the case with Woody Allen s London set thriller 
3
Match Point
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Allen has finally emerged as something of a storyteller and a stylist 
3
Match Point
Lori Hoffman
a pedestrian genre picture a so called crime thriller that isn t at all thrilling 
2
Match Point
Walter Chaw
Another decent millennial fable about class the vicissitudes of fate the reptilian hunger of infiltrating the social strata and living with ghosts 
3
Match Point
Jeffrey Westhoff
Match Point may be Allen s best film in years but the disastrous casting of Rhys Myers makes it another disappointment 
2
Match Point
Susan Tavernetti
A masterwork 
4
Match Point
James Verniere
How much you enjoy the film a sort of modern day rake s progress set in London may depend on how much you enjoy gazing at co stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers 
3
Match Point
Mick LaSalle
Philosophically and plotwise it s right in line with some of his previous work Yet Match Point breaks new ground in a handful of significant ways 
3.5
Match Point
Randy Myers
Welcome back Woody 
3
Match Point
Ty Burr
What begins as a directorial fresh start becomes a statement of misanthropy that isn t artistically insightful so much as it s resolute 
2.5
Match Point
Willie Waffle
The rest of the supporting cast is very good but Match Point is the movie where Rhys Meyers takes center stage 
3.5
Match Point
Peter Canavese
Amounts to little more than an austere and extremely prolonged episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents 
2.5
Match Point
Allison Benedikt
It s a pleasure to let the Allenisms wash over you ever so slightly disguised in the form of a taut dramatic thriller but never diluted 
3
Match Point
Bruce Newman
England clearly agrees with Allen and in Match Point he has hit a top spin winner 
3.5
Match Point
Steven Rea
A story of lust love and the lure of money Match Point is so thoroughly compelling and so deftly acted by all parties concerned that it turns and churns deep in the gut 
4
Match Point
Roger Ebert
Deserves to be ranked with Allen s Annie Hall Hannah and Her Sisters Manhattan Crimes and Misdemeanors and Everyone Says I Love You 
4
Match Point
Josh Larsen
By its shockingly violent end the movie has quietly morphed into a chilling film noir 
3.5
Match Point
Jordan Hiller
Match Point is a clever diabolical yarn that builds tension and creates suspense as well as even the best of Hitchcock 
3
Match Point
Peter Debruge
Such a shrewd character study actually bears more in common with Patricia Highsmith s Ripley tales than anything out of Dostoevsky though and marks a nice corollary with the Matt Damon movie of a few years back 
3.5
Match Point
Timothy Knight
This polished impeccably acted and mercifully shtick free morality play manages to come across as both overwritten and schematically rendered 
2.5
Match Point
Kit Bowen
Some say Match Point marks writer director Woody Allen s return to excellence Maybe so but it s really more of a reminder on how deliciously screwed up he can be 
3
Match Point
Dan Fienberg
I didn t entirely buy Johansson s character she s more like an Allen thesis on the inconstancies of women than a real person but I was still enthralled by the actress 
3.5
Match Point
Mike McGranaghan
If you re a fan then put this on your must see list If you ve gotten away from Allen s movies in recent years now is the time to come back 
4
Match Point
Wesley Lovell
From the expert performances to the surprising outcome Match Point is an engrossing experiment in romantic disengagement 
3.5
Match Point
Maitland McDonagh
This thin chronicle of bad behavior among the rich and self obsessed is above all painfully derivative borrowing wholesale from Theodore Dreiser s An American Tragedy and echoes Allen s own Crimes and Misdemeanors 
2
Match Point
Claudia Puig
A captivating story of class distinctions that evolves into a chilling psychological thriller 
3
Match Point
Stephen Whitty
If Allen hasn t quite figured out the social landscape of England yet he does know what he wants to talk about Fate or more commonly Luck 
3.5
Match Point
Kyle Smith
Its many pleasures derive from the way this drama unfolds unexpectedly from the characters rather than imposing itself on them 
3.5
Match Point
Jami Bernard
In the final analysis of Allen s career it may turn out that moral ambiguity not comedy was what he did best 
3.5
Match Point
Dustin Putman
Allen s strongest and most self assured dramatic feature in over a decade Welcome back Woody You ve been missed 
3
Match Point
Gene Seymour
The film is suffused with a Fitzgeraldian glow of bittersweet romance and ruefulness among the elite 
3
Match Point
Erik Childress
Probably Woody s best film since Hannah and Her Sisters
3.5
Match Point
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new Match Point reveals Allen back at the height of his powers firing on all cylinders and displaying a confidence and control not seen since before the Soon Yi scandal 
3.5
Match Point
Steve Rhodes
The ending twist is a classic that Hitchcock would love You ll love it too and the entire film as well 
3.5
Match Point
David N. Butterworth
A nice change of pace from Allen until that is about three quarters of the way in when the pace changes too awkwardly and serves the film its first double fault 
2.5
Match Point
James Berardinelli
For the first time in a long time we understand why Allen is considered a master If this is what filming in London does for him maybe he should move there permanently 
3.5
Match Point
Keith Uhlich
Woody s most baldly revealing picture a reprehensible and misogynist pseudo thriller that is also aesthetically polished and compulsively watchable 
2
Match Point
Peter Travers
Allen evokes Dostoevsky and Dreiser but don t expect justice from a shocker ending that manages to be devilishly clever and morally repugnant It s been a long time since a Woody Allen film sparked juicy debate Savor it 
3.5
Match Point
Frank Ochieng
thoroughly engrossing and provocatively taut keenly sophisticated wryly humorous and mischievous one of Allen s best films in recent memory 
4
Match Point
Scott Nash
Game set and match to Woody Allen 
4
Night Shadows
James Kendrick
a cross bred horror film that is moderately successful in mixing some of the most overworked genres of the 70s and 80s
2.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Roger Moore
An artless film of amateurishly scripted and staged over the top violence
1.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Matt Brunson
Rutger Hauer is the show the whole show and nothing but the show in Hobo with a Shotgun a throwback that for all its bloodletting and supposed shock value feels comparatively conventional and tame 
2
Hobo With a Shotgun
Peter Canavese
The screenplay plays like the result of a Write the Most Vile Line Ever contest which in itself will be a huge draw for cinematic dumpster divers Blu ray 
2.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Chris Hewitt
It s a bore but it delivers on the carnage 
1
Hobo With a Shotgun
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is depraved just for the sake of being depraved joyously celebrating its overt nihilism because it felt like joyously celebrating overt nihilism 
1.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Ted Fry
It s all in good fun and sometimes a little clever Hobo shoots low and scores an explosive spray of guts if not glory 
2.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Ty Burr
A merrily blood soaked homage to the vigilante action movies of the 1970s and early 1980s Hobo is a good idea in theory that s brought down by the banality of its practice 
1.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Stanley A. Miller II
For those who can stomach ever escalating scenes of brutality generous amounts of B movie gore and a story with dialogue that is sometimes dumbfounding Hobo is a hero 
2.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Peter Keough
It s thanks to Hauer that the film transcends its origins his performance combines Clint Eastwood in High PlainsDrifter with Lloyd Bridges in Airplane 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Sean O'Connell
Hobo breathes new life into the demented realm of grindhouse cinema a world that had grown pretty stale to this point 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Steven Rea
Even connoisseurs of the genre and I confess I m not one will find the cheesy chopfests and gratuitous gore less than exciting as one urban prosthetics strewn bloodbath begets the next 
2
Hobo With a Shotgun
Christian Toto
Never mind Machete Hobo with a Shotgun is the real heir to the Grindhouse glory daze 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Rossiter Drake
There s nothing here that you haven t seen before in Lloyd Kaufman s Troma pictures and the grindhouse films of the 70s save for perhaps better production values and an impressively grizzled Rutger Hauer 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Robert Levin
This is yes a movie about a hobo with a shotgun but it s also an inspired parody of the post apocalyptic whack a mole revenge flick 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
V.A. Musetto
Japan s Takashi Miike has the formula down pat but Eisener has no idea how to give violence a touch of class 
1
Hobo With a Shotgun
Peter Travers
What s not to like 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Rex Reed
Quite the most appalling piece of junk I have seen lately Hobo With a Shotgun just lies there like an autopsy 
0
Hobo With a Shotgun
Nick Schager
The film treats its dystopian vigilante saga with just enough of a straight face to get at the underlying insanity of its righteous avenger protagonist 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Dustin Putman
A non stop over the top intentionally ridiculous smorgasbord of violence and bloodshed that ceases being disturbing and just becomes pure 100 fun 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
David Nusair
Astonishingly inept and thoroughly unwatchable 
.5
Hobo With a Shotgun
Liam Lacey
If on the other hand you appreciate a droll and savvy satire of the melodramatic excesses of seventies vigilante thrillers from a filmmaker who clearly knows his stuff then get in the ticket line 
3
Hobo With a Shotgun
Peter Howell
Hobo with a Shotgun takes on genre filmmaking with a vengeance and a toque 
3
One Last Deal
Bill Chambers
Surprisingly sentimental for a Finnish movie One Last Deal is at its most gratifying when it s less Death of a Salesman more Roger Dodger 
2.5
Detonator
John Beifuss
Sort of a minor key naturalistic variant on themes explored in Edgar Wright s The World s End as a suburban male soccer mom is pulled back into a demimonde of punk rock music and sexual possibility by the surprise return of his toxic old bandmate 
3
Jobs
Linda Cook
Ashton Kutcher IS Steve Jobs You have to give Kutcher credit He studied his character That he successfully completed his homework is evidenced in Jobs a biopic of Apple Inc s late genius 
3
Jobs
Michael Dequina
One can see Kutcher acting valiantly trying oh so hard as his every answer to any requirement for emotional intensity unilaterally comes off as merely shrilly raising the volume of his voice 
1.5
Jobs
David Nusair
it s ultimately difficult to understate the movie s colossal failure as both a biopic and a piece of entertainment 
1.5
Jobs
Scott Nash
Jobs may have never settled for mediocrity but the makers of this movie did 
2.5
Jobs
Willie Waffle
Along the way we learn Steve Jobs was a jerk A really big jerk A really big jerky jerk faced jerk 
2.5
Jobs
Christy Lemire
The irony is that a man who treasured innovation and sleek stylish design should be the subject of a film that s so bland and bloated 
1.5
Jobs
Dann Gire
The founder of Apple Computers and the revolutionary inventor of everything i deserves better than this 
2
Jobs
James Berardinelli
A missed opportunity 
2
Jobs
Susan Wloszczyna
When a movie presents its subject as a messiah of intuitive design who insisted that corners never be cut and compromises never struck it should at least attempt to emulate such exacting standards 
2
Jobs
Liam Lacey
If Jobs had been a producer on Jobs he would have sent it back to the lab for a redesign 
2.5
Jobs
Stephen Whitty
He was a charismatic leader and the greatest salesman the industry ever saw 
3
Jobs
Mark Dujsik
Jobs which toys with the idea illuminating a man ultimately shows that it s really only interested in solidifying him as a figurehead 
2.5
Jobs
Robert Levin
Obsessed with boardroom politics when it should be centered on the thrill of innovation 
2.5
Jobs
Michael O'Sullivan
There s a void inside the man that Kutcher never manages to fill 
1.5
Jobs
Mick LaSalle
At its best it s a good picture and at its worst it s almost good 
2
Jobs
Peter Keough
It seems like an extended Apple ad with a few gossipy asides but less entertaining 
2
Jobs
Claudia Puig
A blandly superficial treatment of a deeply complex man 
2
Jobs
Chris Hewitt
It blurs all of the projects and people together into an unrevealing mush that s about as illuminating as it would be to read Apple annual reports 
1
Jobs
John Hartl
It s a daring performance that instantly undermines Kutcher s pretty boy features and makes them seem ugly and brutally uncompromising 
3
Jobs
Steven Rea
It s an American success story of epic proportions but Joshua Michael Stern s biopic of the Apple co founder is hardly epic 
2.5
Jobs
Rafer Guzman
Jobs turns out to be the IBM PCjr of biographical dramas hampered by creaky formatting and thinking entirely inside the box 
1.5
Jobs
Lou Lumenick
Kutcher s performance like the movie is all surface 
1.5
Jobs
David Berry
Jobs is nothing but a collection of moments with no particular aim no attempt to really explain the man even reductively 
1.5
Jobs
Rene Rodriguez
Jobs works much better as a history of Apple than it does as a portrait of the genius who dreamed it up 
2
Jobs
Peter Travers
Jobs is a one man show that needed to go for broke and doesn t My guess is that Jobs would give it a swat 
2
Jobs
Linda Barnard
A film that can be described using a term that Jobs spits out with palpable distaste as the worst thing you can say about anything undertaken by Apple It s fine 
2
Jobs
Peter Canavese
Faced with almost three decades of complicated history Jobs does a fair job of telling the story of Apple and conveying something of what made its co founder unique 
2.5
Jobs
Sandy Cohen
The history of a company isn t as compelling as the history of a person especially one as complex innovative and influential as Steve Jobs 
2.5
Jobs
Michael Phillips
Kutcher is everything except interesting 
2
Jobs
Matt Pais
Delivers a powerful lesson via an OK movie That people can change the world if they don t let others stand in their way 
2.5
Jobs
Charlie McCollum
There is no depth to the piece and while it might be asking too much of any film to show the real Jobs it barely hints at the complexity of his ambitions and emotions 
2
Jobs
Roger Moore
Not all you d hope it might be but better than all the Ashton bashers would have you believe
2.5
Jobs
R. Kurt Osenlund
Steered by a lead actor and director Joshua Michael Stern who are both way out of their respective leagues Jobs is excrutiating failing to entertain and all but pissing on its subject s grave 
0
Live Forever
David Nusair
a comprehensive rock n roll documentary detailing the rise and fall of the Britpop phenomenon in the 1990s 
2.5
Baskin
Robert Horton
Unpleasantness abounds 
2
Baskin
Tom Keogh
A torture gore blowout that rises above pure nausea with an intriguing blur of possible realities 
2.5
Baskin
Simon Abrams
Baskin is a perfectly imbalanced mix of chilly atmosphere heavy handed symbolism and familiar horror movie tropes 
3
Baskin
Clayton Dillard
The film mostly functions as a tour of familiar horror tropes for much of its running time 
2.5
Baskin
David Nusair
One of the worst films to play Midnight Madness in ages 
0
Time Lapse
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult not to feel more than a little disappointed by Time Lapse s complete failure 
2
Time Lapse
Roger Moore
Flat performances make this time travel by Polaroid thriller flatline 
1.5
Time Lapse
John Beifuss
The film becomes somewhat overwrought during its busy finale but it s clever enough to be a candidate for cult status among genre aficionados who prize the pleasures of traditional storytelling 
2.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Leo Brady
The expectations should not be high because they never were high 44 but Hocus Pocus 2 is not memorable enough 44 nor exceeds the original to explain its bewitching existence 46 
2
Hocus Pocus 2
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a fun and silly romp that should play very well with fans of the original film 46 
2.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Sarah Knight Adamson
I apos m thrilled the Sanderson sisters are back as Anne Fletcher 8217 s directing decisions have paid off as the Halloween theme based movie will have the younger fans screaming for more Hocus Pocus adventures 44 and this critic is fine with that 46 
3
Hocus Pocus 2
Peter Canavese
Marginally improved 46 46 46 and Midler 44 Parker and Najimy still play their characters with the hammy gusto of 1966 Batman villains 46 
2.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Emily Zemler
Long time fans of Hocus Pocus will have a lot of expectations for a sequel most of which are likely met here The special effects are better obviously but the vibe remains Hocus Pocus 2 will undeniably get you in the Halloween spirit 
3
Hocus Pocus 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hocus Pocus 2 has more magic than its predecessor 44 but that does not mean it casts a memorable or lasting spell 46 
2
Hocus Pocus 2
Doug Walker
I can apos t say it apos s bad 44 but it didn apos t leave an impression either 46 Casual fans of the original may enjoy seeing the trio back together again 44 but I doubt they apos ll ever watch it again 46 
2.5 
Hocus Pocus 2
Anne Brodie
The final chapter apos s a tad dark but what do you expect when you venture into the woods with a headless zombie and the Sandersons 63 Watch for Hannah Waddingham 46 
3
Hocus Pocus 2
Kevin A. Ranson
It 8217 s satisfying to discover a sequel not only different than imagined but better than expected 46 46 46 the delightfully spooky story the original always wanted to be 46 
3
Hocus Pocus 2
Mark Dujsik
91 E 93 verything about Hocus Pocus 2 is either an easy rehash 44 a cheap rip off 44 or a lazy appeal to the nostalgia of what we apos ve already seen 46 
1.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Nell Minow
It is not a spoiler to say that smart 44 brave 44 and loyal teenagers get more comic treats than tricks 46 So does the audience 46 
3.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Johnny Oleksinski
Director Anne Fletcher s movie is shtick atop shtick Putting a pointy hat on a pointy hat Like witches clinging to life it gets old 
1.5
Hocus Pocus 2
G. Allen Johnson
It s even better than the original Midler Parker and Najimy are back and they re having so much fun it s hard not to join them 
3
Hocus Pocus 2
Brian Truitt
Fails in every way as a retread of the beloved 90s vehicle and as a youth centered setup for future installments 
1.5
Hocus Pocus 2
EJ Moreno
Nothing hurts a film 44 especially a long delayed sequel 44 more than trying to force the campiness of the original 46 
1
Hocus Pocus 2
Lindsey Bahr
A straight to Disney sequel made 30 years later seemed like a cynical endeavor at best So it was a pleasant surprise to find that Hocus Pocus 2 is actually pretty fun 
2.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Michael Phillips
All in all it s twice as good as Hocus Pocus It s easier to write that if you didn t like Hocus Pocus 
2.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Josh Bell
It apos s garish 44 hokey and obnoxious just like it apos s supposed to be 46 
1.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Phil Villarreal
Like any effective nostalgia trip 44 the film seizes the moment and recaptures the same wacky wavelength as the original 46 
3
Hocus Pocus 2
Roger Moore
It apos s all kind of adorable 46 
2.5
Hocus Pocus 2
Mike McGranaghan
Hocus Pocus 2 is every bit as awful as the original 46 
1
Kicking & Screaming
Mattie Lucas
Just too awkward and clunky to be enjoyable 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Ross Anthony
The picture is a little about soccer a little about parenting and a lot about laughing Mike Ditka shows up and delivers a kick butt performance 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Russ Breimeier
Kicking Screaming succeeds because it understands its target audience refraining from playing it too cute or crude Though predictable it s well executed 
3.5
Kicking & Screaming
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kicking and Screaming feels as if it were callously vomited out by a machine along with a couple of spare parts and some putrid grease 
.5
Kicking & Screaming
Greg Maki
Works to the extent that it does only because of Ferrell 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Dan Fienberg
Dylan has to rely on Ferrell s manic energy to keep Kicking Screaming a step ahead of Ladybugs in the youth soccer movie pantheon 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
David Nusair
utterly and almost painfully routine 
2
Kicking & Screaming
John Monaghan
barely watchable 
1
Kicking & Screaming
Mattias Frey
It s only the 20 priceless minutes near the end when Ferrell breaks out of the wimpy dad routine and outruns director and writers to gloriously over the top heights that elevate this film from dreadful to mediocre 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Jonathan R. Perry
Enjoyment depends entirely on your level of admiration for Ferrell s comic persona the manic zeal that drove Anchorman and Elf to occasionally inspired heights of lunacy
3
Kicking & Screaming
Frank Ochieng
the movie feels like a poor man s updated Bad News Bears an uneventful state of mind soaked in absolute mediocrity 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Mike McGranaghan
As always Will Ferrell earns laughs through his total commitment to the material 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Matt Brunson
An immensely likable if somewhat toothless family film in which even the notorious Mike Ditka comes across as a stuffed panda bear 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Linda Cook
A formulaic sports movie Kicking and Screaming won t have fans cheering in the aisles 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Kit Bowen
With Will Ferrell infusing his comic brilliance into the proceedings at least you know you won t be dragged out of the theater Kicking Screaming 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Sean P. Means
Ferrell scores a few goals but could use a few assists 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Kevin Allison
Relatively harmless fun although it does make you wish Ferrell would do more risky rule bending work 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Tyler Hanley
Kicking Screaming is a worthwhile family film in a season full of Sin But this one scores on an error 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Eric Melin
Trapped inside the seemingly harmless veneer of a PG rated kid s movie lies a mischievous little devil of a film 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Malene Arpe
If you re into Will Ferrell 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Moira MacDonald
It just plods along harmless but lifeless going exactly where you think it s going 
1.5
Kicking & Screaming
Mick LaSalle
Sit in a room by yourself look at a blank screen for 90 minutes and you ll have more of a chance of laughing at your own thoughts than you will at this movie 
1
Kicking & Screaming
David Elliott
Dylan favors loud sound loud images loud everything only the laughs are muted 
1
Kicking & Screaming
Carla Meyer
As Phil starts to lose it Ferrell commandeers the movie 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Pam Grady
The problem is that in turning Phil into a win at all costs coach they rob the movie of much of its humor 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Lisa Rose
Silly mindless and derivative but Duvall brings some bite to the proceedings and Ferrell is dependably amusing 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Kyle Smith
Both Duvall and Mike Ditka who plays himself and helps coach Phil s team spend too much of the movie on the bench and while they re there the jokes run thin 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Jami Bernard
Even a soccer savvy audience has better things to do like instilling unsportsmanlike behavior in their kids or sabotaging rival teams 
1.5
Kicking & Screaming
Bob Strauss
Presents an almost human side of Will Ferrell And you know what He s funnier than ever playing a regular guy Or at least trying to 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Loey Lockerby
Tired rehash of every bad kiddie sports movie ever made 
1.5
Kicking & Screaming
Amy Biancolli
Most of the time the kids go along Most of the time we do too 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Leah McLaren
A limping string of laboured sight gags and sentimental clichés 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Jeff Vice
With a formula film you have to have just the right ingredients to make it work In the case of Kicking Screaming that s Will Ferrell 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Michael Booth
The sort of almost there family movie for which half stars exist in ratings 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Ty Burr
Rather shakily directed by Jesse son of Bob Dylan who possibly knows something about larger than life fathers 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Jeffrey Westhoff
Once Phil s repressed indignities emerge as a caffeine fueled rage that makes Ditka tremble Kicking Screaming shoves Ferrell into the wacky land where he excels 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Willie Waffle
It s Will Ferrell yelling at little kids What could go wrong 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Erik Childress
Kicking Screaming will keep Ferrell s fans in line and probably families in even longer ones 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Duane Dudek
Duvall not to mention Ditka does not a comedy make 
1.5
Kicking & Screaming
Claudia Puig
A good script is the most essential ingredient for a good movie Hiring a comedian isn t enough 
1
Kicking & Screaming
Steve Rhodes
The movie has some laughs while you are watching it but it s not a film that wears very well The more you think about it the stupider it becomes 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Peter Canavese
Something happens halfway through the movie star Will Ferrell cuts loose Suddenly we re in a cauldron of blood and coffee and Gatorade 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Roger Ebert
An entertaining family movie and may serve a useful purpose if it inspires kids to overthrow their coaches and take over their own sports 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Connie Ogle
Crushingly inept family comedy 
1
Kicking & Screaming
Lawrence Toppman
Ferrell s ideally suited to man boy characters and that s what Phil Weston is 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Dustin Putman
Will Ferrell is always entertaining even in lesser roles like this one Painless to sit through once but offers nothing of value to be worth ever seeing again 
2
Kicking & Screaming
David Sterritt
Some scenes are just silly others are dead on uproarious 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Steven Rea
Kicking Screaming is yet another low budget high concept vehicle for Will Ferrell to say and do dumb stuff throw hissy fits get punched in the face and find redemption as both a dad and a son 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Austin O'Connor
As the coffee fueled Phil lurches further and further over the edge of soccer coach impropriety you can sense Ferrell struggling to break through the lame script
2
Kicking & Screaming
Phoebe Flowers
Kicking Screaming is barely worth the effort it takes to think of synonyms for bad 
0.5
Kicking & Screaming
Chris Hewitt
Kicking and Screaming manages the difficult job of being a family comedy that will appeal equally to children and their elders 
3
Kicking & Screaming
Jan Stuart
Ferrell fiddles with different kinds of jokes as if he were trying on shoes 
1.5
Kicking & Screaming
Robert K. Elder
Ferrell sticks with it kicking and screaming indeed distracting us with his good natured mugging until enough it s not about winning lessons to fill a sequel are pounded home 
2.5
Kicking & Screaming
Phil Villarreal
What could have been a third rate knockoff of The Bad News Bears instead emerges as just about its equal 
3.5
Kicking & Screaming
Rob Blackwelder
Most agonizing is the sting of watching Ferrell after his witty performances in Elf and Melinda Melinda revert to the same old one note dim bulb clowning 
0
Kicking & Screaming
Nick Schager
Thank God for coffee which provides the only caffeinated jolt to the otherwise deflated Kicking and Screaming 
2
Kicking & Screaming
Scott Nash
Pure Hollywood formula but Ferrell is as funny as ever 
3
Sink or Swim
Roger Moore
Like the nearly identical British comedy Swimming with Men this Full Monty homage is a well acted time killer nothing more 
2
Sink or Swim
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The cast is very solid the musical selection enjoyable and the result is as conventional as you would expect Full review in Spanish 
1
Sink or Swim
Kent Turner
It s lightweight predictable and a bit improbable for sure with a pop soundtrack Paul McCartney Tears for Fears that keeps the pace bouncing along 
2.5
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Walter Chaw
A documentary that instructs as it entertains 
3.5
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Roger Ebert
Footage from a remarkable silent documentary has been combined with new photography music and a narration to produce an even more remarkable sound documentary 
3.5
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Robert Roten
Much of the power of The Endurance derives from the artistic images captured during the voyage by pioneer Australian documentary photographer Frank Hurley 1885 1962 
3
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
David Keyes
The Endurance doesn t simply care about the facts it has genuine regard for the people who were involved 
3.5
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Loren King
The story to unfold elegantly without embellishment and it is more powerful for that restraint 
4
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Steve Rhodes
The documentary which doesn t have a slack moment will have you on the edge of your seat 
3.5
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Jonathan Foreman
Essential viewing not just for those fascinated by adventure exploration and survival but for anyone interested in the magic of leadership 
4
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
James Berardinelli
A testimony to the triumph of the human spirit and a reminder that under the right leadership humankind is capable of virtually anything 
3.5
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Tor Thorsen
Sure the end is a foregone conclusion it s in the history books kids but the unfolding events are a class A story of survival and will keep even the most well informed viewers glued to their seats 
3.5
Harry Styles at the BBC
David Wiegand
The show isn t as satisfying as seeing Styles perform live and Grimshaw may not add much to the party but it is after all Harry Styles and that makes the hour deserving of being called a special 
2.5
American Woman
Johanna Schneller
Writer director Semi Chellas making her feature debut is s not afraid to whisper big questions to make space for small beautiful moments pelicans or to keep things quietly tense Because even a slow simmer eventually boils over 
3
The Bromley Boys
Roger Moore
Twee British coming of age with football comedy with just enough laughs and sentimentality to get by 
2.5
The 13th Warrior
Michael Dequina
Jerry Goldsmith s rousing score exhibits more personality than any of the actors or anything else in the film for that matter 
1.5
The 13th Warrior
Joe Lozito
Mr Crichton may have found the perfect venue for his particular brand of character underdevelopment 
2
The 13th Warrior
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shelved for over a year and probably heavily edited it s better than it could have been 
3
The 13th Warrior
Jeffrey Westhoff
It harks back to the late 1950s when people actually made movies about Vikings and other seafaring heroes named Sinbad and Jason 
3
The 13th Warrior
Jeff Vice
The film is based on Eaters of the Dead possibly the worst novel Michael Crichton has ever written and this film isn t even a passable adaptation 
1.5
The 13th Warrior
Liam Lacey
A big cathartic blast 
2.5
The 13th Warrior
Blake French
everything is first rate except the characters and the story
2
The 13th Warrior
Andrew Howe
Mediocrity should never be encouraged 
2
The 13th Warrior
Dustin Putman
Stupefyingly horrendous 
0
The 13th Warrior
Bob Graham
It falls short where it counts in the final confrontation 
2
The 13th Warrior
Michael Wilmington
Loaded with potential it s puzzlingly overblown and distant as if its huge budget were an albatross around its neck 
2.5
The 13th Warrior
Eugene Novikov
Michael Crichton is quite a character his films could use a little 
2.5
The 13th Warrior
Ross Anthony
A Strong B 
2.5
The 13th Warrior
Bob Bloom
This stinker barks It has been fermenting for a couple of years as the creative minds behind it continued to cut recut then cut again trying to make steak out of ground beef 
0.5
The 13th Warrior
David Keyes
Seeing The 13th Warrior is like wishing for light at the end of a long dark tunnel when we both know nothing is really there 
1.5
The 13th Warrior
Steve Rhodes
Ludicrously bad 
1
The 13th Warrior
Roger Ebert
With a budget said to be more than 100 million it displays a lot of cash on the screen but little thought 
1.5
Ludi
Shane Slater
There s no shortage of genuine empathy on display But without the specificity the protagonist becomes another face in the crowd 
2.5
Toni Erdmann
Jeff Mitchell
With all due respect to Emma Stone La La Land Sandra Huller gave the best lead actress performance of 2016 
4
Toni Erdmann
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and poetic piece of work that it demands to be revisited just to enjoy the lyrical way in which Ade ties all its seemingly ridiculous elements together 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Khari J. Sampson
The film refuses to give easy answers and this as much as anything is the story s strength 
2.5
Toni Erdmann
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Slowly through the poignancy of its writing and brilliance of its two leads Toni Erdmann wins you over worming its way into your mind and heart both in equal measure 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Lisa Jensen
There s a lot more going on beneath the surface in this offbeat meditation on family aging the passage of time and the meaning of happiness 
3
Toni Erdmann
Claudia Puig
An offbeat and sometimes off putting German farce drama hybrid that features a father daughter pair that are two of the most fully realized characters in recent memory Full review in Japanese 
3
Toni Erdmann
James Kendrick
an old fashioned father daughter story grafted onto a none too subtle critique of the corporatization of Europe and the brutally hectic nature of modern life
3
Toni Erdmann
Sara Michelle Fetters
When Ade s opus works it admittedly does so with a level of precision and genius that s mesmerizing making this a modern comedy of heartbreak forgiveness and family deserving of multiple looks 
3
Toni Erdmann
Jeff Simon
Simonischek is delightful all through the film but it s at that birthday party with its ultimate recognition of what her life has become that actress Sandra Huller gives the film the heart and art and soul that make it so very good 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Rob Thomas
For such a nutty funny film Toni Erdmann is painfully wise about the generation gap between parents and children and how hard it is to bridge for very long Dad jokes can only take you so far 
3
Toni Erdmann
Roger Moore
Touching and amusing but so patience testing it makes one anxious for the brisker and almost certain to be funnier Hollywood version 
2.5
Toni Erdmann
John Beifuss
The movie endorses rapprochement over antagonism and reconciliation over alienation as it builds to a climactic confrontation in which the daughter is entirely exposed while the father is entirely concealed 
4
Toni Erdmann
Sean P. Means
A wildly hilarious crazily off kilter and touchingly honest story of a father daughter relationship that s both modern and timeless 
4
Toni Erdmann
Calvin Wilson
Hüller is amusingly discombobulated as the uptight Ines But the film is perhaps best appreciated as a showcase for the gifted Simonischek whose portrayal of Winfried Toni is one for the ages 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Ty Burr
At nearly three hours Toni Erdmann is expansive but rarely self indulgent and the emotional payoff when it comes feels truly and bizarrely earned 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Robert Horton
Life becomes theater an ongoing masquerade that looks a lot more fun than the grown up business of maximizing profit margins and exploiting the little guy 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Rafer Guzman
Funny tender outrageous this unpredictable movie belongs in a category all its own 
4
Toni Erdmann
Max Weiss
While I appreciate that the film contains multitudes and yes maybe even the spark of genius I must confess that I m not fully down with the hype 
2
Toni Erdmann
David Nusair
Toni Erdmann saddled with a storyline that is at its heart fairly conventional ultimately finds its various positive attributes rendered moot in the face of a needlessly obnoxiously epic running time 
2
Toni Erdmann
Mike McGranaghan
The film is funny and insightful outrageous but still grounded 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Chris Hewitt
Ade is interested in following these two average people as they try to figure out some huge things What do they want out of life How can they get it Can a willingness to do silly random stuff make us happier 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Chris Knight
It has important things to say about how one culture can be foisted on another in the name of globalization or efficiency 
4
Toni Erdmann
Mark Dujsik
Toni Erdmann is a bit sad a bit weird and a bit funny all in the right ways 
3
Toni Erdmann
Kate Taylor
As director Maren Ade builds one extended set piece after another you will gradually spy her brilliant fusion of form and function 
3
Toni Erdmann
Peter Howell
Despite a nearly three hour running time that feels at times like a miniseries Ade s script is that unique conundrum an art house comedy with a deft pace and finely tuned emotional intelligence 
4
Toni Erdmann
Ann Hornaday
The movie is worth its sloggiest moments and its frequently off putting title character for Hüller s fearless performance which is a revelation of pathos humor and keen sharp eyed focus 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Michael Phillips
The movie has a lot to say about the endless free floating bs women must contend with in a capitalistic patriarchy 
4
Toni Erdmann
Tirdad Derakhshani
Toni Erdmann is an immensely rich deeply felt exploration of human relationships that draws you in and holds you fast for nearly three hours 
4
Toni Erdmann
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I liked these characters and the movie mostly avoids squeamish moments of uncomfortable comedy but it just went on and on with no real payoff for its extreme length 
3
Toni Erdmann
Walter V. Addiego
That the movie works so well is also due to the exceptional talents of leads Simonischek and Huller who hold nothing back especially the former whose Winfried is one of the oddest ducks in recent movies 
3
Toni Erdmann
Peter Travers
If you re looking for the best and most beguiling foreign language film of the year you ll find it in Maren Ade s German father daughter story that will leave you laughing and choking back tears often simultaneously 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Josh Larsen
hilarious bizarre and oddly sweet 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Susan Wloszczyna
Abundantly talented writer director Maren Ade fully embraces the inherent awkwardness of a testy emotional bond and tackles it to the ground 
4
Toni Erdmann
Stephen Whitty
A nice new comedy with plenty of smiles and a few genuine belly laughs And at the same time a painfully honest family drama made for anyone who s ever been an embarrassed teen 
3
Toni Erdmann
Robert Levin
Under the skillful eye of director Maren Ade the movie is certainly unafraid of embracing the weird but it is an inherently sweet and oftentimes moving picture about the lengths to which a parent can go to help a child in distress 
3
Toni Erdmann
Clayton Davis
Having elements of a German version of Mrs Doubtfire Ade paints a portrait often detailed most times too much so 
2.5
Toni Erdmann
Christopher Gray
By its end Toni Erdmann is a work of laser guided social critique and a comedy 
3.5
Toni Erdmann
Kent Turner
It s as though director Ade who wrote the script drew upon the fundamentals of farce rewarding the audience for sitting through an elongated setup with one last act of lunacy 
3
Code Name Banshee
Roger Moore
This straight up C movie 46 46 46 flops into lots and lots of cliche riddled conversation 44 time line stumbles 40 8220 Five years earlier 44 8221 or is it 63 41 and finishes with a whole lot of gunfire 44 most of it by The Character Who Never Reloads 46 
1
Prometheus
Brian Eggert
The flaws in the screenplay undo even Ridley Scott 8217 s profound level of visual brilliance 44 which is on considerable display here 46 
2.5
Prometheus
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating journey to be sure but its mix of big ideas with horror and suspense never quite meshes together 
3
Prometheus
Kelly Jane Torrance
Played with an understated sense of humor by Fassbender David s one of the most entrancing creations on the big screen this year 
3
Prometheus
Dwight Brown
With poise and great artistry Scott crafts a world that combines high tech science primal beginnings human frailty and sheer horror 
3
Prometheus
David Keyes
It is easily the most cerebral endeavor of its kind since Minority Report 
4
Prometheus
Rob Humanick
Insulting lip service to 2001 notwithstanding Prometheus shocks and awes with more than sufficient technical bravura If only it was as smart as it clearly thinks it is 
2.5
Prometheus
Jeff Beck
The film has a kind of been there done that feeling 
2.5
Prometheus
Marty Mapes
Ridley Scott retells an old story
3.5
Prometheus
Linda Cook
Let s get this straight Prometheus is not a direct prequel to Alien Aliens or Predator However Prometheus does exist in that particular universe 
3.5
Prometheus
Sean P. Means
With a few perfectly pitched sequences of sheer terror capped by an astonishing surgery scene featuring Rapace Scott coils the tension to unbearable tightness 
3.5
Prometheus
Jordan Hiller
Scott was so intent on returning his spawn to glory that he mistakenly shot for Alien by way of 2001 A Space Odyssey making it all the more disappointing when he inevitably settled for Aliens by way of Lost in Space 
3
Prometheus
James Kendrick
a would be summer blockbuster of intense ambition and visual grandeur merging metaphysical speculation with healthy doses of gooey horrific imagery and high tension suspense
3.5
Prometheus
Wesley Lovell
It s a striking composition that s burdened by frustrating unanswered questions that distract from the greater themes of faith and religion in science 
3
Prometheus
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s like going to the Dalai Lama with a question only for him to answer you with a question 
2.5
Prometheus
Christian Toto
Alien had great characters unrivaled shocks and a claustrophobic atmosphere Prometheus looks great 
2.5
Prometheus
David Nusair
a smart ambitious and admittedly erratically paced blockbuster that does seem as though it d benefit from repeat viewings as well as a more complete picture promised by inevitable followups 
2.5
Prometheus
Christopher Lloyd
A hot mess of a screenplay but extraordinarily ambitious and boasts Ridley Scott s usual arresting visuals 
3
Prometheus
Michael Dequina
Beneath the overreaching ambition pretension lies a solidly entertaining creature feature of superior style maybe not exactly the deep existential examination Scott and Lindelof were striving for but no small feat all the same 
3
Prometheus
Kam Williams
A thinly veiled intro to the Alien franchise revising that classic s tagline to suggest In space no one can hear you scream except perhaps God 
3
Prometheus
Duane Dudek
If you like grandiose space opera you ll love Prometheus especially in earsplitting visually overwhelming IMAX 
3
Prometheus
Glenn Lovell
a major disappointment Alien fans aren t looking for arty sci fi or answers to the most meaningful questions asked by mankind they re looking for something primal like a cattle prod to the back of the neck 
2
Prometheus
Matt Brunson
Alienation for some ecstasy for others Certain to reign as the best disappointment of 2012 Ridley Scott s Prometheus is a work whose visual splendor can t be denied but whose narrative content will divide audiences 
3
Prometheus
Bob Bloom
Prometheus is visually impressive so much so that it overshadows the shortcomings in the script by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts 
3
Prometheus
Mike McGranaghan
An intense and thought provoking piece of sci fi with enough moments of sheer horror to give audiences a jolt and enough intelligence to keep them thinking afterward 
3.5
Prometheus
Jason Buchanan
If only the screenwriters engaged our intellect like the filmmaker engages our fears we would have had a new classic rather than a beautiful unfulfilled promise 
2.5
Prometheus
Rick Groen
There s definite mastery here but it s hardly a masterpiece 
3
Prometheus
John Beifuss
Gorgeous and pretentious ridiculous and awesome Where do we come from What is our purpose What happens when we die in space unfortunately everyone can hear Guy Pearce channeling Sean Penn in The Tree of Life 
3
Prometheus
Lisa Kennedy
Much like Rutger Hauer s turn as a replicant in Scott s Blade Runner Fassbender s performance may launch Prometheus into the cult stratosphere 
3
Prometheus
Lawrence Toppman
If you name your movie after the titan in Greek mythology who stole fire from the Gods and shared it with mankind you d better cast a lot of light Prometheus leaves us in the dark 
2
Prometheus
Lori Hoffman
Prometheus featuring sumptuous 3 D landscapes and a new Ripley like protagonist embodied by Noomi Rapace is an intelligent summer blockbuster 
3.5
Prometheus
Keith Cohen
The suspense and tension keeps you on the edge of your seat Everyone will come away with their own individualized impressions from experiencing this film Some may be frustrated by the lack of profound definitive answers and the ambiguity that you re 
3
Prometheus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While the old Scott would have cooked up an ending worthy of his material the new Scott at least has delivered three fourths of a great movie 
3
Prometheus
Mick LaSalle
Prometheus has the integrity of a serious and sincere attempt but ultimately it won t please anybody 
2
Prometheus
Alison Gang
Prometheus may go overboard on the existential inquiry but it s still an epic ride 
3.5
Prometheus
Kyle Smith
With its creepy caves and yawning space Prometheus is on one level a somber dialogue between man the aspirant and man the mortal 
3.5
Prometheus
Ann Hornaday
Visually impressive and featuring one or two breakout performances this anticlimactic exercise too often plays as though it has been cobbled together from archetypes imagery and tropes from countless other movies 
2
Prometheus
Willie Waffle
For a movie about something as monumental and controversial as the origins of life Prometheus intentionally is a muted very unemotional movie 
2.5
Prometheus
Phil Villarreal
The movie works despite its collection of characters that you sort of want to die 
3
Prometheus
Eric Melin
The art direction updates the cold sinister look of Alien perfectly and the cinematography is beautiful but actors sometimes have to deliver dialogue that s pretty clunky and obvious 
3
Prometheus
Austin Kennedy
This is not a gamechanger It s a standard Sci Fi thriller that s done well I was entertained but probably would have liked it even more if the hype wasn t so out of control 
3
Prometheus
Dustin Putman
A thigh clenchingly frightening science fiction epic as well as a ruminative soul baring existential study that s not afraid to ask the tough questions 
4
Prometheus
Walter Chaw
Make no mistake it takes a lot of money energy and anticipation to make a movie this bad 
1
Prometheus
Claudia Puig
When it comes to technical wizardry and sheer visual spectacle Prometheus unequivocally delivers 
3
Prometheus
Peter Canavese
Maybe Prometheus is deep after all with Weyland Corporation standing in for 20th Century Fox in an allegory for Scott s artistic aspirations funding and undermining his ambitions at the same time 
2.5
Prometheus
Gary Thompson
As a thriller it s muddled and as a Big Ideas movie it seems to trip over its own double helix 
2.5
Prometheus
Peter Travers
The ending isn t squishy scary or deeply satisfying Bummer Otherwise Prometheus kicks ass so hard and often that it s impossible not to be thrilled by it 
3
Prometheus
Peter Keough
If Scott could somehow have spliced the DNA of the first movie with that of the Kubrickian masterpiece that he just can t shake then he d have an Alien that was truly strange 
3
Prometheus
Mark Dujsik
One of these stories has been shoehorned into the other and the result is an incongruous blend of thoughtful science fiction and a grotesque horror sideshow 
2
Prometheus
Steven Rea
Narratively it s a mess There s a through line Darwinism vs creationism thing going on that ping pongs big religious and philosophical ideas but whiffs the return 
2.5
Prometheus
Chris Hewitt
If you keep your expectations reasonable it s suspenseful and fun 
3
Prometheus
Loey Lockerby
On balance the experience of watching Prometheus makes up for the movie s flaws but you ll still spend a lot of time being frustrated 
2.5
Prometheus
Michael Phillips
God or Alien knows this movie is derivative But as someone else once said originality isn t everything 
3
Prometheus
James Berardinelli
Prometheus is a prequel that works as a stand alone but offers added benefits to those familiar with the Alien series 
3
Prometheus
Peter Howell
Stripped to its visceral essentials the franchise is meant to frighten us and gross us out and Prometheus rises to that modest challenge 
2.5
Prometheus
Joe Williams
Aping Stanley Kubrick s 2001 A Space Odyssey Scott and his screenwriters have designed this towering puzzle to provoke debate with liberal allusions to gender race and religion 
3
Prometheus
Stephen Whitty
An impressive epic about the extraordinary vastness of the universe and the immense puniness of us 
3.5
Prometheus
Josh Larsen
Our genre pictures are being burdened by a love of lore 
1.5
Prometheus
Matt Pais
So beautiful it belongs on the Maxim Hot 100 
3.5
Prometheus
Erik Childress
The not a prequel tactic is a failed smoke screen since its strength is the connection to the beginning of a universe Eliminate it and you are left with just another muddled creature feature with ideas more grandiose than the writers exploring them 
2.5
Prometheus
Soren Andersen
While its vast sets and production values are simply stunning Prometheus ultimately disappoints 
2.5
Prometheus
Roger Ebert
Ridley Scott s Prometheus is a magnificent science fiction film all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn t have the answers 
4
Prometheus
Ty Burr
Watching Prometheus is like opening a deluxe gift box from Tiffany s to find a mug from the dollar store 
2
Prometheus
Rafer Guzman
Prometheus repeats many past glories and its plot is squishy nonsense But its grand sets and intricate effects are dazzling and in at least one scene Scott almost manages to top himself 
3
Prometheus
Rene Rodriguez
Why are we here What is our purpose Is there a God When does this movie get good 
2
Prometheus
Roger Moore
Prometheus is to Alien what 2010 was to 2001 A Space Odyssey It s the difference between a masterpiece and a merely watchable revision of that masterpiece 
2
Prometheus
John Semley
Prometheus seems to delusionally maintain that its modest thrills are being enlivened by deeper concerns 
1.5
Prometheus
Daniel M. Kimmel
a science fiction film that will leave fans arguing with some dismissing it out of hand and others declaring it a modern masterpiece 
3
Prometheus
Christy Lemire
The paranoia becomes palpable and a lot of its impact comes from how dramatic and dazzlingly seamless the special effects are 
3
Godspeed
Roger Moore
This isn 8217 t going to end well 44 we figure 46 Well 44 unless the picture turns more melodramatic than it already is 46 
2
Ae Fond Kiss ...
Kam Williams
An example of cinema verite at its very best 
4
Ae Fond Kiss ...
Laura Kelly
Consummate recorders of the grit and grime struggle of the underclasses Loach and collaborator Paul Laverty employ rapid fire dialogue rendered ear poppingly undecipherable in Scots accents in disheveled and very real family settings 
3
Ae Fond Kiss ...
Bob Strauss
It s an old fashioned story told with fine contemporary insight 
3
Rock Dog
Jay Horton
Offering nary a moral lesson to be learned the streamlined story zips from one joke to the next with welcome space for left field absurdities and a casual momentum even the godawful musical numbers can t entirely neuter 
2
Rock Dog
Glenn Kenny
All this is every bit as silly and innocuous as its sounds and it goes down if not like honey than like very finely spun cotton candy 
2.5
Rock Dog
Rafer Guzman
A sweet natured but awfully clumsy animated tale Best for very young viewers 
2
Rock Dog
Rick Bentley
Director Ash Brannon finds a nice blend of music adventure and comedy that he presents with a couple of different animation styles 
3
Rock Dog
Dann Gire
Unlike in Pixar and Disney features they also don t raise the bar much beyond the level of cartoons packed with flashy action sequences and 13 catchy songs 
2.5
Rock Dog
Jody Mitori
When there are so many sophisticated animated movies coming to the theaters it s likely that Rock Dog may soon be forgotten 
2.5
Rock Dog
Katie Walsh
There s just not enough on the screen to buy into Rock Dog It doesn t gel and lacks the kind of visual kinetics and energy we ve come to expect from films of this ilk 
2
Rock Dog
Jane Horwitz
Intermittently diverting as it may be the movie bears all the earmarks of a cobbled together made by committee product poorly aimed at its tween and younger target audience in look tone music and story 
1.5
Rock Dog
Roger Moore
Not a laugh in it 
1
Rock Dog
Peter Hartlaub
Too lackluster to be praised highly yet too benign to be excoriated Rock Dog is the perfect family film for a rainy day with no other options 
2
Rock Dog
Tom Russo
It s one randomly diverting flourish after the next as Bodi makes the journey from his cloistered home to the big city and potential ax shredding stardom 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Brian Eggert
Marvel and Gunn should be proud of what an unusual yet accessible a film they apos ve made 46 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mattie Lucas
Pure fun from start to finish a joyous outrageously entertaining summer blockbuster that delivers everything anyone could really want out of a comic book movie 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sonny Bunch
Action filled and funny Guardians of the Galaxy stakes a late claim for the summer s best film 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Tony Norman
Let s get down to brass tacks Folks want to know if a movie featuring a gun toting raccoon and a bipedal tree can possibly be any good The short answer is yes 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Josh Terry
Guardians of the Galaxy may be the most unique film to come out of the Marvel stable so far If the oppressive weight of late summer has you down this movie may be just the thing you need 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Scott Renshaw
Where other comic book fare has felt like action blockbusters with sprinkles of comic relief Gunn has been allowed to make a comedy that happens to feature comic book characters 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jackson Cuidon
The movie is seriously smile worthy largely due to the sheer number of jokes throughout 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jordan Hiller
The screenplay does an exceptional job of incorporating this film into the pre existing and percolating Marvel cinematic universe 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Michael Smith
Gunn has done a marvelous job of character development with a large cast of unknown comic book roles 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Tom Meek
Guardians of the Galaxy is full of what made movies fun back when Jaws and Star Wars were igniting the genre It also may be or at least is to date the best Marvel comic to make it to the big screen 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Lori Hoffman
Guardians of the Galaxy is right up there with The Avengers as a movie that delivers all the fun and action you want from a superhero adventure 8233 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Wesley Lovell
The most fun film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a fine start to a new era 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
John Beifuss
It s overstuffed with effects and incident but it looks great it feels fresh and it s sometimes laugh out loud funny 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sean P. Means
Director James Gunn tosses together a dizzying blend of superhero bravado outer space adventure and off the wall comedy that introduces the strangest and most enjoyable bunch of rogues ever to inhabit the same spaceship 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
David Nusair
The film begins to stumble then once the focus shifts to a narrative that s almost distractingly convoluted 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Glenn Lovell
retro space opera plays more like a bad spoof of a Star Wars spoof 8210 and even then it s closer to The Adventures of Pluto Nash than Spaceballs 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy
David Keyes
A mad act of absurd genius 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Scott Nash
The most purely entertaining movie of the summer 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Christy Lemire
Director and co writer James Gunn brings a giddiness and a wondrous endless sense of why the hell not possibility that s reminiscent of Star Wars 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Matt Brunson
It s the movie s rollicking good cheer that ultimately might help endear it to folks who otherwise wouldn t know the Guardians Rocket Raccoon from The Beatles Rocky Raccoon 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mike McGranaghan
Guardians of the Galaxy is a total treat funny exciting filled with great effects and containing a few welcome moments of emotion This is the Marvel movie I can see myself watching again and again 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Linda Cook
The audience applauded All ages all walks of life got hooked on a feeling a feeling of delight that Guardians of the Galaxy delivers 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
John Wirt
A Marvelous sci fi adventure that flies by in a whoosh of nimble action and colorful characters 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After a summer of slick seamless superhero monster and robot blockbusters there s certainly something to be said for a movie that feels reckless and messy 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
John Serba
Gunn delivers a pageant of eye candy splashed with the primary color palette of his funnybook source material He has the aesthetic down if not always the mechanics 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Rob Thomas
I could watch a Guardians movie that s just the five of them sitting around a table with a pitcher of beer and a deck of cards Hard to say that about the X Men 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
David Hiltbrand
Guardians of the Galaxy is an open fire hydrant of a summer movie more fun than should be allowed in such hot weather 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Willie Waffle
A wisecracking raccoon is saving the summer 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Austin Kennedy
I m disappointed that I didn t like it as much as everyone else but that doesn t mean I didn t like it I thought it was fun It s decent It just didn t blow my socks off 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Rafer Guzman
Though based on a comics series launched in 1969 Guardians comes on with a hip absurdist humor that feels thoroughly modern 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Carla Meyer
The breezy character piloted Guardians of the Galaxy shows a Marvel comics film need not offer big stars at least visible ones to entertain 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mal Vincent
Good versus evil s romp through space reeks of Star Wars and Star Trek with a worse plot and better effects 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Peter Howell
The characters are great and the movie is often very funny 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jon Niccum
Without being shackled to fanboy expectations of how iconic costumed characters should be depicted filmmaker James Gunn Super runs wild with the opportunity 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Tom Russo
The motley crew s repartee makes for comedy that s surprisingly consistent yet freewheeling and sharp enough to pinball from Kevin Bacon to Jackson Pollock and back 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Peter Canavese
Lurches along a bit awkwardly but always with utterly dazzling visuals and a goofy gag at the ready 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jason Buchanan
If nothing else Guardians feels like an invigorating throwback to the pop culture properties that were Saturday morning staples in the 1980s 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Chris Knight
What a joy it is to be present at the birth of a new franchise Like human birth it s messy and emotional and full of promise And as long as there are no problems with the delivery it s a fresh start 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Dann Gire
This movie lacks the charm and genre affection that Galaxy Quest provided in buckets 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Joe Williams
If you re old enough to remember when sci fi and comic books were fun Guardians of the Galaxy will be your new favorite movie If you re not it will set a standard for everything you see 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Peter Travers
Guardians of the Galaxy does the impossible Through dazzle and dumb luck it turns the clichés of comic book films on their idiot heads and hits you like an exhilarating blast of fun fun fun 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mara Reinstein
It s like the silly superhero loving kids goofing off in the back of the classroom looked at The Avengers and X Men and declared Hey how hard can it be to save the world Let s do it too 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Bob Bloom
What is most appealing about Guardians is its swagger and devil may care panache 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mark Dujsik
There s a strong likeable start to Guardians of the Galaxy but from there the movie begins a persistent slide into anonymity 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mick LaSalle
In place of wit Guardians offers a sort of generalized willingness to be amusing an atmosphere of high spirits that feels like lots of people pumping air into a tire that has a hole in it 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Duane Dudek
Guardians of the Galaxy is pop film making at its purest 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Liam Lacey
Guardians of the Galaxy is too loud too long and too busy but here s the good part also wonderfully silly 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Michael O'Sullivan
It s the funniest of any Marvel movie yet lending the film a lightness that goes a long way toward deflating the grandiosity that sometimes inflates and bloats the studio s films 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Chris Hewitt
What Gunn does here better than any Marvel movie since the first Iron Man is to connect his movie with the reason fans love comic books in the first place because they re fun 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Glenn Kenny
In many respects Guardians is a fun and relatively fresh space Western 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Michael Phillips
It s looser scruffier and more overtly comic than the average Marvel action fantasy 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Kyle Smith
Guardians of the Galaxy brings to mind some of the most unforgettable sci fi event movies of the last 30 years Alas those films are Howard the Duck and Green Lantern 
1
Guardians of the Galaxy
Rene Rodriguez
Watching the zippy ebullient Guardians of the Galaxy you wonder Why can t all comic book movies be this much fun 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Dustin Putman
A vivaciously crowd pleasing space adventure Of all of Marvel s many Phase I and Phase II projects tackled Guardians of the Galaxy is to date the most alive with imagination and wonder 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Josh Larsen
so stuffed with pop culture references that if you removed them the entire movie would likely collapse 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Clayton Davis
James Gunn s Guardians of the Galaxy is the best Marvel movie yet I challenge anyone who would place Iron Man or The Avengers over this action packed and thoroughly entertaining picture that is the definitive summer blockbuster 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Randy Myers
A summer comic book movie that effortlessly makes you feel like a wide eyed happy kid again 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
James Berardinelli
Guardians of the Galaxy is solid summer fun not the mammoth epic we have come to expect from each new Marvel release but a welcome entry into a moribund movie season 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Matt Pais
With a tone that lands closer to clever than snarky GOTG represents the rare comic book movie that s enjoyable with or without sound 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Claudia Puig
The plot occasionally becomes overstuffed perhaps packing in extraneous elements in order to set up future installments Yet the zany script by director James Gunn and co writer Nicole Perlman is sharply funny 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Abhimanyu Das
For every scene that soars into the dizzying heights of the pop sublime there s another that crashes back down into the mundane troughs of studio mandated formula 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephen Whitty
The movie knows that junk art is still art that no one is more in need of something to speak for them than the inarticulate and with that it takes the secret pull of comic geekdom and elevates it to a kind of bittersweet obsessive romanticism 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Roger Moore
ROFL
3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Soren Andersen
It s the snarking and sniping among the principals that gives the picture its spark 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jake Coyle
The film is terribly overstuffed and many of the jokes get drowned out by the special effects 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Brad Keefe
I predict fans will eat this up but I was hoping for something more accessible 
2.5
The Devil
Jeremiah Kipp
Whether taken as a historical drama or a horror film The Devil is unabashedly a parable about misappropriated anger against the forces of evil 
4
Gun and a Hotel Bible
Michael Medved
Wildly original and impossible to forget Bradley Gosnell and Daniel Floren who also wrote the play that inspired the film are both superb on screen 
3
Gun and a Hotel Bible
Roger Moore
About the best you can say about it is that is that it isn t quite up to the worst directors of all time infamy of Raja Gosnell s resume 
1.5
The Princess and the Frog
Mattie Lucas
A pretty standard Disney plot filled with funny sidekicks and jazzy musical numbers but that is precisely what makes The Princess and the Frog so charming and ultimately so comforting 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
Brandy McDonnell
More importantly the film stars the best Disney princess to date Tiana is kind determined talented hardworking and not at all inclined to sit around waiting for a prince to rescue her 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
David Nusair
The sweet finale ensures that the whole thing ends on a positive note admittedly but it s simply not enough to compensate for The Princess and the Frog s otherwise lackluster overly familiar sensibilities 
2
The Princess and the Frog
Scott Nash
Tiana can easily take her place alongside Belle and Arial even if she ll never quite reach the level of Snow White or Cinderella 
3
The Princess and the Frog
John Serba
Now I love modern animation but there s a warmth to the look of Princess that I m not sure could be derived on computers 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Perry Seibert
Working in tandem with the images the music helps make the movie a triumph of atmosphere you get a sense of place that s missing from lots of other Disney films 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Jeff Beck
The film looks great and has excellent voice talent but the story itself is not particularly entertaining and the music is quickly forgettable and could have been much better with someone else writing the songs 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
Wesley Lovell
The best hand drawn Disney animation feature in over a decade 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Sean P. Means
The character design and detailed artwork combine to create a New Orleans that has one foot in realism and one in fantasy 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Jordan Hiller
Ron Clements and John Musker s vibrant emotionally resonant movie earns extra points for not only giving platform to carry on and trumpet the recently muted voice of majestic and mysterious New Orleans Louisiana but also for introducing a princess whos
3
The Princess and the Frog
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie doesn t just concern itself with magic it is magic pure joy and rapturous glee oozing off of every frame 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Kam Williams
An instant animated classic destined to delight kids of all ages for generations to come 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Linda Cook
Once again Disney gives animation the royal treatment in The Princess and the Frog 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Matt Brunson
So is The Princess and the Frog the start of a new era or merely a hiccup that will quickly be stifled 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Kit Bowen
The film is a wonderful reminder of how Disney truly is the king of hand drawn animation with the rich lush backgrounds and a fluidity in the characters that you really can t get anywhere else 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Jeffrey Westhoff
Princess and the Frog revels in the sumptuous qualities of mood and color and especially music that flow naturally through hand drawn animation but eludes the subroutines of computer animation 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Keith Cohen
This wholesome viewing experience will capture the beating heart of the inner child existing in all of us 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an expert entertaining movie 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Robert Levin
It s filled with clichés but there s a certain storybook richness to their presentation 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Sharon Hoffmann
It s almost a dream come true to see the studio return to its roots with a memorable movie 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Amy Biancolli
It s nice to know that the studio behind Cinderella can still cast a spell in two dimensions 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Liam Lacey
Randy Newman provides the score which if short of memorable tunes is rich in authenticity with a mixture of local flavoured ragtime zydeco and jazz 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Lisa Kennedy
The visual artistry of the song and dance numbers captivates 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Roger Moore
Disney s The Princess and the Frog is an instant classic and one of the year s best films 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Wesley Morris
The way she resists the fantasy formula is admirable but ultimately and disappointingly futile 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
John Wirt
Steeped in the Big Easy The Princess and the Frog revives hand drawn animation in gloriously entertaining style 
4
The Princess and the Frog
Willie Waffle
They avoid trying to make the film hip modern and sassy which is such a breath of fresh air The Princess and The Frog is like the antidote to Alvin and the Chipmunks The Sqeakquel 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Matt Soergel
To generations raised on Disney movies it s like coming home again 
3
The Princess and the Frog
John Beifuss
Say it loud I m green and I m proud It s not slime it s mucus Tiana asserts during the film s final act after Disney s first African American princess has spent most of the film in the emerald skin of an amphibian 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
Mike Scott
Warm and cozy break out in song entertainment built upon beautiful artwork the French Quarter scenes positively glow and a toe tapping collection of Big Easy music 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Peter Canavese
The beautifully hand drawn The Princess and the Frog keeps up a brisk pace and energy but only partly achieves the effervescence of a Disney classic Blu ray 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Ann Hornaday
You can exhale now The Princess and the Frog is a triumph on every one of the myriad levels it has been asked to succeed on 
4
The Princess and the Frog
James Berardinelli
The Princess and the Frog is so in synch with the early entries into Disney s so called second golden age that one wonders how the company could have gotten away from these movies in the first place 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Nina Garin
In classic Disney tradition the movie is a funny and endearing adventure It s filled with beautiful hand drawn animation that gives jazz age New Orleans a golden hued landscape that s as rich as its culture 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
Linda Barnard
A lovely toon destined to join the Mouse House s best loved classics 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Chris Hewitt
Comforting and familiar The Princess and the Frog is the cinematic equivalent of a cup of cocoa and a snickerdoodle 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Mark Dujsik
It s not to say that this formula couldn t work again it simply doesn t pass muster with this attempt 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
Cathy Jakicic
Long after the race of the characters is hopefully no longer a novelty it s the quality of The Princess and the Frog that will keep audiences charmed 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
John Hartl
For the most part it s a winner spirited funny and even complex in a way that s been foreign to recent Disney cartoons 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Carrie Rickey
With eye popping saturated color and streamlined figures codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker the duo behind the vibrant Aladdin lovingly invoke Harlem Renaissance artistry 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Jeff Vice
Of course there are a few unfortunate moments such as some character stereotyping and a couple of silly crass jokes But it s also tune filled and fun and it s very well animated 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Josh Larsen
means to tap into nostalgia for the studio s traditionally animated musicals of the 1990s but it may have picked the wrong year to do so 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Lawrence Toppman
Few films can simultaneously celebrate the future and the past of animation but this one does 
3.5
The Princess and the Frog
Michael Phillips
How can a good looking animated feature with a Randy Newman song as kicky as When We re Human end up being just sort of all right 
2.5
The Princess and the Frog
Roger Ebert
This is what classic animation once was like No 3 D No glasses No extra ticket charge No frantic frenzies of meaningless action And good gravy A story Characters A plot 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Shaula Clark
The soundtrack doesn t offer the sheer earworm power of previous Disney hits but the musical numbers do bump along engagingly from jazz to gospel to zydeco 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Dustin Putman
Intentional or not what kind of message does it send out that the studio s first African American princess has to be relegated for the vast majority of screen time to the form of an amphibian 
2
The Princess and the Frog
Annie Young Frisbie
While Disney seems to be trying to counter some of its pervasive princess ideology The Princess and the Frog is still showing women who can t get by without men 
2
The Princess and the Frog
Lou Lumenick
Disney Animation is back doing what it does best musical romantic adventure with magic after 10 years of unfortunate forays into barnyard humor and science fiction see the same directors Treasure Planet or better yet don t 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Nick Schager
It s the socio cultural suggestions of this storytelling choice that s ultimately most troublesome 
2
The Princess and the Frog
Stephen Whitty
It s gaily colored handmade art with a straight stylistic link to old Baby Boom offerings of the 50s and 60s 
3
The Princess and the Frog
David Fear
Eye candy wise the film plants a big wet smooch everything else about this happily ever after tale however feels like a mere air kiss 
3
The Princess and the Frog
Claudia Puig
Where Pinocchio was about wishing on a star The Princess and the Frog emphasizes backing up wishes with hard work That proviso is a thoughtful message for young moviegoers 
3
Aloners
Aparita Bhandari
Aloners manages to delicately infuse what otherwise seems like a slice of life drama with shots of mystery that keep us invested in Yu Jin s otherwise humdrum life 
3
Echelon Conspiracy
Joel Brown
Combines a righteous message about out of control government surveillance with the old computer gone haywire plot to make well not very much actually 
1
Echelon Conspiracy
Adam Keleman
Simply a case of we ve seen this before and better at least Sandra Bullock s The Net had camp value Conspiracy flimsily masquerades as a ticking bomb but is ultimately sans heart pounding jolts 
.5
Echelon Conspiracy
James Berardinelli
Echelon Conspiracy is a more evocative title than a movie this stupid deserves 
1.5
Echelon Conspiracy
Gary Brown
Echelon Conspiracy is a pale imitation of Eagle Eye not exactly a good movie to begin with 
1
Mrs. Harris
Ross Anthony
The story is interesting the characters are interesting and while never boring the picture never greatly impresses nor has much in the way of insight 
2
The Even Stevens Movie
David Nusair
For hardcore fans of the series only 
1.5
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
Frank Ochieng
an impressive nuanced drama that tugs at the heartstrings in witty poignant fashion Essentially Abe Phil s Last Poker Game is a nice farewell for Landau s long and distinguished career
3
My Cousin Rachel
Matt Brunson
On balance both screen versions of My Cousin Rachel are of comparable quality Where this new version improves upon its 1952 predecessor is in the character of Rachel 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Michell knows his way around a camera and has a fine sense of location The entire affair needs a little more energy however to raise it above the obviousness of its conceit 
2.5
My Cousin Rachel
Lisa Jensen
My Cousin Rachel is a bracing homage to the Du Maurier spirit that invites us to ponder but never tells us exactly what to think 
3
My Cousin Rachel
David N. Butterworth
2017 s My Cousin Rachel is a solid and finely acted version of Daphne du Maurier s deliberately ambiguous drama 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Max Weiss
Suffice it so say that director Roger Michall keeps us guessing the whole time See the film in a crowded theater and enjoy not just the gorgeous settings but the shared fun of delighting in Philip s folly 
3.5
My Cousin Rachel
Oliver Jones
Unfortunately both the film and the chemistry generated between Weisz and Claflin feel about as smoldering and lustful as a tub of margarine 
1.5
My Cousin Rachel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Working with what he has and doing what he does best Michell has still created an emotionally gripping tale 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Josh Terry
If you re trying to pull a coherent message from the movie s web of tragedy romance and human weakness you may wind up scratching your head 
2.5
My Cousin Rachel
Michael Smith
If you saw this on PBS you d consider it second rate stuff and change the channel 
2
My Cousin Rachel
Robert Horton
A chewy exercise in melodrama but it s also up to something interesting The viewer is being set up for a test Can we accurately read and interpret the clues of a movie or will we be influenced by rumor first impressions and our own prejudices 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Glenn Kenny
Michell s direction is both overstated and incoherent 
1
My Cousin Rachel
Brad Wheeler
A delicious black widow mystery in which the deep gazing actress Rachel Weisz rocks the veil 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Mick LaSalle
The magnificence of Weisz s performance is that she is never hiding anything beyond what a 19th century woman might conceal out of polite reserve In her every moment on screen she is an open book We re just not seeing all her pages 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Rafer Guzman
An elegant sumptuous and subtle adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel 
3
My Cousin Rachel
James Berardinelli
My Cousin Rachel is a study in perception and perspective a story that features a firm resolution while leaving its most compelling questions unanswered 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Linda Barnard
Weisz s masterful subtle work as unknowable Rachel is punctuated with ambiguity Each time we think we have her figured out Weisz subtly changes minds 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Ann Hornaday
My Cousin Rachel is a pretty film but it s not a necessary one diverting but ultimately a little bit dull 
2
My Cousin Rachel
Tina Hassannia
My Cousin Rachel is a damning feminist critique of the status of women in 1800s England one that demonstrates how the impulsive emotions of men can easily influence the direction of their lives 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Mark Dujsik
T he movie transforms from a discomforting psychological study into a sometimes laughable mystery 
2
My Cousin Rachel
Robbie-Ann McPherson
Nothing really happens and the ending when finally something actually happens has no satisfying resolution so all we end up with is well nothing 
2
My Cousin Rachel
Michael Phillips
Weisz and the sharpest supporting players lift My Cousin Rachel to a higher plane 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Chris Hewitt
Weisz is excellent in this moody thriller 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Calvin Wilson
My Cousin Rachel is more of an exercise in style than an adventure in emotion In the competition for the multiplex dollar it s relatively unmemorable 
2
My Cousin Rachel
Ty Burr
The movie s never a chore to watch But neither does it engage us the way this kind of story should by pulling us into the hero s mania and getting us to feel what he feels 
2.5
My Cousin Rachel
Katie Walsh
An operatic melodrama of hidden notes stolen kisses family jewels and love s first blush but it s also a film about the danger of one s own belief systems being locked into one way of thinking 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Spooky sexy and gleefully menacing 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Gary Thompson
What is she up to Probably a more interesting question in 1951 
2.5
My Cousin Rachel
Moira MacDonald
Weisz and the cinematography by Mike Eley are both better than they need to be as for the rest you ve seen it before but you might well enjoy another round 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Keith Watson
After a while the enigmatic nature of Rachel Weisz s character starts to feel less like an enticing mystery than a narrative trick 
2.5
My Cousin Rachel
Roger Moore
The finale isn t so much a solution to the mystery as an invitation to an argument on the drive home from the cinema 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Stephen Whitty
Weisz nearly vibrates with tremulous emotion and the British countryside full of romping wolfhounds droning vicars and ancient family retainers feels like yet another old and welcome character in this old fashioned yet modern Gothic 
3
Doctor Zhivago
Josh Larsen
an apocalypse movie in the guise of a romantic period piece 
3
Doctor Zhivago
Jay Antani
Beautiful cinematography and set design together with excellent performances combine to form Zhivago s timeless appeal
3.5
Doctor Zhivago
Roger Ebert
Although its portentous historical drama evaporates once you return to the fresh air watching it can be seductive 
3
Restrepo
Rene Rodriguez
Restrepo avoids political discussion It just revels in the heroism of these impossibly young brave soldiers who follow orders that at times seem pointless because following them is what their country has asked them to do 
3
Restrepo
Peter Canavese
Despite being a moving reminder to support our troops Restrepo cannot help but be Exhibit A in the case against the unwinnable War on Terror 
3.5
Restrepo
Sean P. Means
If the only message you get out of Restrepo is that war is all hell then the documentary has done its job But if a viewer equates being pro soldier with being pro war then the point of this movie has been missed 
3.5
Restrepo
Rob Thomas
The footage Junger and Hetherington got is an incredible boots on the ground soldier s eye view of combat 
4
Restrepo
Jeff Vice
To say that the experience is powerful is putting it mildly 
3.5
Restrepo
Roger Moore
At this point in all our Middle Eastern conflicts we need more from a documentary than just a grunts eye view of the frustrating nature of the war 
2.5
Restrepo
Mike Scott
A remarkable piece of documentary cinema Not only does it do Pfc Restrepo proud but it brings home the fog of war more powerfully than any other movie in recent memory 
4
Restrepo
John Beifuss
The film provides insight into the soldiers and their environment but it is its own paradox The more it reveals the more mysterious and puzzling the war becomes 
3.5
Restrepo
Meg Jones
An unvarnished and unwavering look at 21st century combat 
3.5
Restrepo
Joe Holleman
The directors were satisfied with telling us about a group of courageous honorable young soldiers a salute these men richly deserve 
3.5
Restrepo
Keith Cohen
This fantastic first hand account gives new meaning to the slogan support the troops Viewers will not soon forget the distinctive sounds of live ammunition being fired 
3.5
Restrepo
Robert W. Butler
This documentary from writer Sebastian Junger will leave audiences with a new admiration for what fighting men must endure 
3
Restrepo
Matt Soergel
This isn t the movies It s life 
3.5
Restrepo
Joe Lozito
Sebastian Junger s chronicle of a fourteen month mission in Afghanistan s Korengal Valley isn t much of a documentary but the undeniably harrowing footage should be required viewing 
3
Restrepo
Josh Larsen
Valuable but misses a golden opportunity to intersect access and art 
3
Restrepo
Chris Hewitt
The past few years have brought a lot of war documentaries but Restrepo is the rare one that adds something new 
3
Restrepo
Jason Anderson
Though Hetherington and Junger s film doesn t ultimately have anything new to say about the nature of war it will nonetheless have a strong impact on those of us fortunate enough to have experienced combat only in its motion picture form 
3.5
Restrepo
John Hartl
Try as it might to keep its distance from opinion and focus on the facts Restrepo can t help leaving you with a sense of despair about the situation in Afghanistan 
3
Restrepo
Matthew Connolly
Hetherington and Junger s fair minded chronicling of military experience remains a valuable piece of filmmaking perhaps essential in reminding us of what warfare extracts from those who fight it 
3
Restrepo
Mick LaSalle
The filmmakers call Restrepo an experimental film and in this case the experiment wasn t entirely successful but it was definitely worth making 
3
Restrepo
Carrie Rickey
In their just the facts approach the filmmakers neither pass judgment on the platoon s mission nor comment on U S involvement in Afghanistan In the filmmakers eyes the men came they saw they didn t conquer they do reflect 
3.5
Restrepo
Roger Ebert
This is hard hard duty A 15 month tour Our admiration for these men grows Their jobs seem beyond conceiving I cannot imagine a civilian thinking he could perform them 
4
Restrepo
Peter Keough
Watching such naked emotion seems almost indecent Isn t it a kind of voyeurism well intended or not 
3
Restrepo
Peter Travers
What we see is explosive deeply moving and impossible to shake 
3
Restrepo
Lou Lumenick
A gut wrenching politically neutral documentary that spends more than a year with a platoon of American GIs in a valley that s been called the most dangerous spot on Earth 
3.5
Restrepo
Sara Vilkomerson
A documentary so real and unflinching and at times deeply frightening that it s hard to watch but it is one of those film experiences that you ll feel glad about getting through 
3
Restrepo
Kam Williams
makes it clear that the prospect of being outnumbered 10 to 1 can turn any kid with a sense of self preservation into a fine tuned killing machine 
4
The Middleman
Elliott Stein
The burden falls on Pradip Mukherjee a drab performer whose loss of innocence is uninvolving 
1
The Middleman
Leah Garchik
The film s silences are more attention getting and mesmerizing than the most demanding background music 
2.5
Circle of Love
Ed Gonzalez
Jean Luc Godard was right when he said Roger Vadim was with it The man didn t make good movies but he knew what audiences wanted to see 
2
The Dark Crystal
Peter Canavese
An extraordinary often mesmerizing achievement of design and performance that s held back by an underdeveloped script and a milquetoast leading character 
3
The Dark Crystal
Bill Chambers
A bittersweet spectacle 
3
West Is West
Rick Groen
It takes some getting used to but be patient Within the madness there s definitely a method and rewards for the reaping 
3
The People I've Slept With
G. Allen Johnson
Dare we call it a grow mance 
3
The People I've Slept With
Diego Semerene
The People I ve Slept With sells marriage as existential panacea and mature denouement 
1.5
The People I've Slept With
Kam Williams
An alternately jaw dropping and lighthearted look at 21st Century mating habits as apt to leave you in stitches as in shock over the ever evolving state of the human relating 
4
East Side Sushi
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A good movie to watch on your spare time Full review in Spanish 
1.5
East Side Sushi
Soren Andersen
East Side Sushi is a charming little picture 
3
East Side Sushi
Jen Chaney
Lucero compensates for missteps with subtly persuasive visual choices and narrative restraint 
3
East Side Sushi
Rick Bentley
East Side Sushi writer director Anthony Lucero shows that subtle differences between cultures can be presented with great respect and concern 
4
East Side Sushi
Randy Myers
A rather humanist tone infuses East Side Sushi offering a sense of hope as characters choose to come together rather than be pulled apart 
3
East Side Sushi
G. Allen Johnson
As with that hole in the wall restaurant that puts a personal twist on old classics Sushi is locally made and sustainable and feels good going down 
3
Into the Abyss
Brian Eggert
Whatever expectations you have entering this documentary 44 no matter how adamant your feelings are for or against capital punishment 44 they become another feeling entirely by the time it 8217 s over 46 
4
Into the Abyss
Kelly Jane Torrance
Werner Herzog never fails to surprise 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Josh Larsen
adopts the posture of an empathetic listener 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Roger Moore
Herzog is empathetic and non judgmental even as his interview subjects try to rationalize their lives declare their innocence and the like 
3
Into the Abyss
Bill Chambers
Less a polemic than a sombre sifting through of the collateral damage that collects in concentric circles around an execution 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Duane Dudek
An eerie unsettling and slightly macabre attempt to understand the how and why of three senseless murders in 2001 in Texas 
3.5
Into the Abyss
John Beifuss
The most memorable image here is the lethal injection gurney With its crossbar for the outstretched arms of doomed prisoners it resembles a padded crucifix a ghastly and inelegant parody of a symbol of Christian comfort 
3
Into the Abyss
Peter Howell
Herzog is pursuing no agenda with Into the Abyss despite his opposition to extreme judicial measures He s seeking to answer the question of why people kill especially in a situation such as this where the reason for the murders was so meaningless 
3
Into the Abyss
Rene Rodriguez
The overriding point of Into the Abyss what keeps this sad sorrowful film from becoming depressing and elevates it far above the usual chatter of liberal conservative debate is that there can be light on the other end of even the darkest of tunnels 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Calvin Wilson
Into the Abyss makes a strong case for the inhumanity of capital punishment regardless of the crime or the criminal 
4
Into the Abyss
Peter Canavese
The interviews that make up the balance of the film yield plenty of oddities of modern American life 
3
Into the Abyss
Moira MacDonald
It s an uneven movie but a heartfelt and honest one 
3
Into the Abyss
Steven Rea
An inquiry into fundamental moral philosophical and religious issues and an examination of humankind s capacity for violence individual and institutional 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Gary Thompson
A disturbing profile of a rural Texas community where disintegrated families produce a culture dominated by substance abuse violence illiteracy and other problems 
3.5
Into the Abyss
James Berardinelli
Watching Into the Abyss I had the overwhelming sense that somewhere along the way Werner Herzog lost his way 
2.5
Into the Abyss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The subject matter in Into the Abyss is harrowing stuff and though Herzog has never shied away from harrowing he also presents it with respect and curiosity making it easily palatable 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Ann Hornaday
What could have been a well aimed examination of the most troubling contradictions of capital punishment instead becomes a maudlin unrestrained wallow 
1
Into the Abyss
Kyle Smith
Werner Herzog looks at the death penalty in Into the Abyss and as is almost always the case to look through his eyes is to marvel 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Robert Levin
The film demonstrates Werner Herzog s unparalleled knack for drawing out the harmony and discord in nature 
3
Into the Abyss
Mark Dujsik
Herzog might have an opinion but he does not take a side 
3
Into the Abyss
Michael Phillips
Not since Errol Morris masterwork of investigative documentary The Thin Blue Line has a filmmaker had such an easy time of making the death penalty crazed state of Texas look quite so casually venal 
3
Into the Abyss
Chris Hewitt
Into the Abyss like Werner Herzog s other recent documentaries demonstrates that he is a gifted filmmaker and an abominable interviewer 
3
Into the Abyss
Ty Burr
The movie s an In Cold Blood with a patient persistent German interlocutor instead of Truman Capote turning cartwheels in prose 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Matt Pais
It s life s mysteries concerning truth death and rehabilitation Herzog posits that render the death penalty unjust 
3
Into the Abyss
Roger Ebert
I ve long felt Herzog s personality is compelling and penetrating and in evidence I could offer this film about Texans who are so different from the West German director 
4
Into the Abyss
Christy Lemire
Regardless of your own stance on the death penalty it s impossible not to be shaken by the senseless loss depicted in Into the Abyss the overwhelming sadness but also the possibility of spiritual redemption 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Peter Keough
Abyss evokes an abhorrence of murder whether perpetrated by ignorant teenagers or by the state of Texas 
3.5
Into the Abyss
Bill Weber
Werner Herzog s tale of death and life is thoroughly shaped by his humanist passion and attention to emotional details 
3.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
Wesley Lovell
While some films can be utterly tone deaf to those environments Make Way for Tomorrow is a poignant reflection of them a riveting heart wrenching film made in the heart of the Great Depression 
4
Make Way for Tomorrow
Roger Ebert
It s easy to imagine it being sentimentalized by a studio executive being made more upbeat for the audience That s not McCarey 
4
Make Way for Tomorrow
James Berardinelli
The acting is peerless Leads Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi playing characters much older than the actors were at the time the aging makeup is fantastic are heartbreakingly believable 
3.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
As brutal in its own way as any gangster or slasher flick Make Way for Tomorrow is a powerful drama that absolutely refuses to pull its punches or take any prisoners 
3.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
James Kendrick
one of the saddest much touching and most powerfully introspective films produced during the classical era of Hollywood cinema
4
Make Way for Tomorrow
Keith Uhlich
Age and wisdom exit the stage leaving youthful oblivion 
4
Vamp
Roger Ebert
Grace Jones is one of the great undiscovered countries of contemporary entertainment Vamp is like all of her other movies however It doesn t know what to do with her 
2
The Invisible Ray
Matt Brunson
A nifty blend of horror and science fiction 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Brian Eggert
The presentation has been shaped to Hollywood specifications and robbed of its potential uniqueness insight or innovation 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Matt Brunson
Effective as both an action flick and more impressively a sociopolitical piece that casts a wary eye toward the future 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An effective sci fi story that has a lot to say about identity consent and what make us humans differing from machines and robots Full review in Spanish 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Wesley Lovell
Certainly not without its problems but the moral and ethical implications of the film are more than worth discussing 
3
Ghost in the Shell
John Beifuss
The movie directly tackles the whitewashing controversy that accompanied the casting of Johansson the science fiction rationalization of the ethnic rewrite has logic but also an unsettling clinical ruthlessness 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
David Nusair
a handsome looking but entirely empty comic book adaptation 
1.5
Ghost in the Shell
Kevin A. Ranson
While the themes aren t new Hollywood had two decades to mine ideas from it it is a slow burn psychological thriller pure cyberpunk with all the trappings 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Eric Melin
It reduces the philosophical quest for understanding of what it means to be human to a very familiar trope the search for a former identity Essentially the Major is now Jason Bourne or more precisely Robocop by way of Frankenstein s monster 
2
Ghost in the Shell
John Serba
It s all visual panache with no true dramatic weight Maybe there s a richer story occurring in the corners of the screen perhaps the film plays better with the sound off 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Walker MacMurdo
The action is a blurry mess of jump cuts and extraordinarily annoying slo mo flips but director Rupert Sanders has created one of the most overwhelming visual worlds in recent memory 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Walter Chaw
Ghost in the Shell is a terrible Ghost in the Shell movie But it s a great Scarlett Johansson movie 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Tom Meek
By the end of the film everything s empty and contrived 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Josh Terry
Whether Ghost in the Shell s story is faithful or not it feels empty and the final product feels like a missed opportunity 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Mike McGranaghan
A sci fi action adventure with Scarlett Johansson and big budget effects ought to be a lot more fun than this 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Jeff Simon
Unless you can t keep away from Johansson movies and are a fanatic about movie production design this one is otherwise best left to all those corporate movie boardrooms all over the world where everyone thought it couldn t miss 
2
Ghost in the Shell
James Berardinelli
Ghost in the Shell is visually compelling but tone deaf 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ghost in the Shell is a stupefying failure that s close to unforgivable its apparent inability to understand what it gets wrong and why a perplexing mystery even Major herself wouldn t be able to solve 
1.5
Ghost in the Shell
Stephen Rebello
Style is substance in Ghost in the Shell a super slick and utterly empty live action gloss on the beloved manga 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Thelma Adams
What s missing besides narrative drive is the existential angst at the anime s heart the titular ghost in the shell is the soul the humanity resident in the surviving human brain planted in an electric Barbie Doll 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Phil Villarreal
The live action adaptation is just as forgettable and inconsequential as the anime was memorable and influential 
1.5
Ghost in the Shell
David Fear
All shell no ghost is a low hanging fruit diss It s also apt 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Angelica Jade Bastién
At times Ghost in the Shell is beautiful even stunning But these visual pleasures can t mask the narrative emptiness 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Roger Moore
Dazzling Bloodless Sexless 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Sonny Bunch
Scarlett Johansson is perfectly cast in this visually sumptuous sci fi thriller 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Mark Dujsik
The city is a welcome distraction in Ghost in the Shell that almost but not quite justifies the movie s existence 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Sara Stewart
With its killer robot geishas Godzilla size hologram ads and nearly nude fighting gear it s a cyberpunk wonderland but there isn t much ghost left in this smokin hot shell 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Richard Roeper
Just about every scene in Ghost in the Shell is a visual wonder to behold and you ll have ample to time to soak in all that background eye candy because the plot machinations and the action in the foreground are largely of the ho hum retread variety 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Sean P. Means
Flashy visuals abound in Ghost in the Shell a live action adaptation of the classic Japanese manga title that expands the story s global reach but contracts its big ideas 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not a single shot goes by that doesn t make you gape in astonishment 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Peter Keough
Do people even have selves Are identities and souls just a bunch of clichés spun out by teams of screenwriters If these questions interest you do yourself a favor and watch the 1995 original movie 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Soren Andersen
It s somehow only fitting that with Scarlett Johansson in the lead role Ghost in the Shell leaves you with the feeling that something has been lost in translation 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Barry Hertz
An inert insulting appropriation of what is one of the 20th century s most influential works of pop art 
1.5
Ghost in the Shell
Peter Howell
Casting saves the movie notwithstanding the thorny issue of cultural appropriation 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Chris Knight
There is some food for thought in this iteration but by the time Hanka s CEO rolls out the spider tank pretty much what you d imagine it s clear that this ambitious effort has become a shell game with too much shell and not nearly enough ghost 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell
Mick LaSalle
This is a thoughtful movie that s interesting now and will probably still be interesting in 100 years whichever way things go 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Michael Phillips
Ghost in the Shell owes a great deal to previous incarnations of the material including the 1995 animated feature But it actually feels like an organic entity which is an odd thing to say about a movie about robots and humans with robotic upgrades 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Brian Truitt
Despite the beautiful eye popping world it creates the sci fi film Ghost in the Shell is a defective mess with lifeless characters missed chances for thematic exploration and a minefield of political incorrectness 
1.5
Ghost in the Shell
Gary Thompson
Nominal questions about the true nature of The Major are stand ins for bigger themes technological intrusion into the human realm and whether a line can even be drawn between humans and the technology we create 
3
Ghost in the Shell
Rafer Guzman
Johansson s star power all but vanishes in this jumble of science fiction cliches 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Dustin Putman
Ghost in the Shell travels on a straight narrow oft mediocre line escalating tension negligible as Scarlett Johansson tries and frequently succeeds in rising above the murky fray 
2
Ghost in the Shell
Stephen Whitty
It s a gorgeous copy of an original but a safe copy all the same a careful calculated Bland Runner But every so often like the glitches in a computer program something real or surreal breaks through 
2.5
Wake in Fright
Chris Hewitt
A movie that shows us plenty of unsettling stuff but also knows that what viewers imagine is much more disturbing than what any movie can show 
3
Wake in Fright
Tirdad Derakhshani
Wake in Fright is essential viewing for anyone interested in the roots of male violence 
3.5
Wake in Fright
Roger Ebert
It is powerful genuinely shocking and rather amazing 
3.5
Wake in Fright
Glenn Lovell
This outrageously overlooked masterpiece is a wake up call to film scholars who will now have to rethink what came first 8210 this film or Peckinpah s Straw Dogs which basically charts the same territory 
4
Wake in Fright
John Hartl
Several decades later it still chills 
3.5
Wake in Fright
Ty Burr
Wake in Fright is a monster movie and the monster is us 
3.5
Wake in Fright
Peter Keough
Orchestrates landscape music demonic faces and lots of blood sweat and vomit into a stark bacchanalia of men having fun 
3.5
Wake in Fright
Rex Reed
Wake in Fright is the closest a movie can get to a primal scream 
4
Wake in Fright
John Semley
The film s vision of masculine self sufficiency is built around and on via Australia s own bloody colonial history an elemental violence 
4
Adventures of a Mathematician
Mark Dujsik
Director Thor Klein s screenplay never quite decides what it wants to do or focus upon 
1.5
Adventures of a Mathematician
Roger Moore
The history is sloppy and the depiction of it lackluster 
1.5
Putty Hill
Mattie Lucas
An abstract kind of putting on airs that immediately sets the audience against it 
1.5
Putty Hill
Rob Thomas
The fatal misstep I think is his decision to ask the characters questions from off camera documentary style so characters look directly into the camera to answer 
2
Putty Hill
Mike Scott
It s a film for patient moviegoers But for those moviegoers it stands to be a rewarding experience 
3
Putty Hill
Lisa Kennedy
With Putty Hill Porterfield joins the company of American indie directors Ramin Bahrani and Kelly Reichardt filmmakers often compelled to seek out everyday souls in their textured oh so quotidian environs 
3
Putty Hill
Roger Ebert
It looks closely burrows deep considers the way in which lives have become pointless and death therefore less meaningful 
4
Putty Hill
Kyle Smith
A quietly wrenching art film shot like a documentary Putty Hill is a deeply felt evocation of a place and a people by writer director Matt Porterfield 
3.5
Putty Hill
Ethan Alter
In its low key way Putty Hill effectively shows how tragedy can unite young people that are otherwise disconnected from their community Watching it though I too often felt disconnected from the movie 
2.5
Putty Hill
Paul Schrodt
As with the nod to skating culture Porterfield reclaims cheesy pop culture detritus to illuminate his characters need for escape 
3
Matthias & Maxime
David Reddish
Dolans usual themes of internalized homophobia hypermasculinity closet case lusting andin particularrage against mother figures abound as do individual scenes of intense visual beauty and powerful acting 
2.5
Matthias & Maxime
Sheila O'Malley
The way Dolan chooses to frame things the visual choices he makes the way he revels unashamed in the big ness of the emotions makes it an entertaining ride 
2.5
Matthias & Maxime
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Which way will Maxime and Matthias go Perhaps the journey is the destination 
2.5
Matthias & Maxime
Ben Flanagan
Xavier Dolan s characters are of such broad definition that it s impossible to regard them as anything other than aesthetic objects 
2
Matthias & Maxime
Barry Hertz
Unfortunately the new film Matthias Maxime arrives lacking much of the emotional urgency of the Dolan who once captured the international art house crowd feeling provincial in more ways than one 
2
Chocolate City
Kam Williams
A derivative estrogen fueled overcoming the odds saga strictly recommended for females interested in seeing sepia skinned Adonises gyrate while disrobing to mind numbing disco music 
2
Chocolate City
Roger Moore
Generally humorless African American riff on Magic Mike 
1.5
Control
David Nusair
with performers like Liotta and Dafoe along with Stephen Rea and Michelle Rodriguez in supporting roles the film is elevated to something that s surprisingly watchable 
2.5
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
Mark Dujsik
We re kept at a distance from Eric because 6 Below Miracle on the Mountain isn t willing to give him complete credit for his survival 
2
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
James Berardinelli
6 Below suffers from a charisma deficit 
2
Camp Wedding
Caroline Madden
Camp Wedding is a splashy throwback to 1980s slashers with a contemporary twist that features an inclusive cast It has a frothy spirit and theatrical aesthetic that makes it a truly enjoyable watch 
3.5
Body Double
Christy Lemire
It s an expertly crafted B movie a brisk and twisty mixture of the slick and sleazy the glossy and grungy 
3
Body Double
Josh Larsen
ugly unedifying exploitation cinema 
1
Body Double
Matt Brunson
Is Body Double Brian De Palma s most underrated film or merely a guilty pleasure on my part Naturally I make the case for the former 
3.5
Body Double
David Nusair
De Palma s expectedly grandiose directorial choices go a long way towards keeping things interesting 
3
Body Double
Peter Canavese
Emblematizes De Palma s refusal to take Hollywood seriously 
3
Body Double
Eric Henderson
Body Double while not his finest is the best candidate as Brian De Palma s signature film 
4
Body Double
Roger Ebert
Body Double is an exhilarating exercise in pure filmmaking a thriller in the Hitchcock tradition in which there s no particular point except that the hero is flawed weak and in terrible danger and we identify with him completely 
3.5
Body Double
Jeremy Heilman
Ultimately Body Double feels like a film that seems more interested in pleasing itself than pleasing the audience 
2
Rain
Phil Villarreal
Before it rains clouds cover the sky and hint at the coming storm Jeffs fully captures that feeling of anticipation 
4
Rain
Mark Caro
Far from the first female coming of age movie but it s one of the most vivid 
3
Rain
Joe Baltake
Rain is so slight that it almost isn t there but these performers deftly approximate the sensation of having a craving for someone 
3
Rain
Rod Armstrong
Though Jeffs material is slightly stale the fact remains that Hollywood regularly recycles material of a much lower caliber 
3
Rain
David Elliott
The film can depress you about life itself 
2
Rain
Andrew Howe
Rain is a small treasure enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic 
3
Rain
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After about a half hour of this and not caring a whit about the characters in Rain I wanted nothing more than to return to the present day 
2
Rain
Edward Guthmann
Jeffs creates a lush atmosphere of desire and approaching chaos and delivers a bona fide shocker in the last reel 
3
Rain
Loren King
An affecting troubling dazzling film 
4
Rain
Moira MacDonald
A shimmeringly lovely coming of age portrait shot in artful watery tones of blue green and brown 
3.5
Rain
Steven Rosen
A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13 year old girl s life 
3.5
Rain
Walter Chaw
Beyond the native complexities of its visuals Rain impresses with its canny narrative 
3
Rain
Steven Rea
A quiet disquieting triumph 
3.5
Rain
Steve Rhodes
A gripping movie played with performances that are all understated and touching 
3
Rain
Megan Turner
Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious but restrained and subtle storytelling and fine performances make this delicate coming of age tale a treat 
3
Rain
Jan Stuart
A coming of age tale from New Zealand whose boozy languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board 
3
Rain
Harvey S. Karten
Two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming of age drama 
3
Rain
Ed Gonzalez
Director Christine Jeffs visual palette is hauntingly poetical her spare use of dialogue a relentless composite of the film s constrictive atmosphere 
3
Four Samosas
Simon Abrams
There apos s simultaneously too much and not enough Wes Anderson in the Indian American comedy Four Samosas 44 a warm but flat heist pic 46 
2
Four Samosas
Mark Dujsik
If there apos s a major issue 46 46 46 it apos s in how much effort Kapoor puts into making all of this come across as quirky 46 
2
Four Samosas
Roger Moore
The picture kind of goes to pieces in the third act 44 but not before we 8217 ve had a fantasized Bollywood production number 8212 produced on the cheap 8212 and lots of gags about haplessness 44 loserdom and goat feces 46 
2.5
Inherit the Viper
Rex Reed
Despite a running time of only 85 minutes it feels like days of mean spirited self indulgence 
1
Inherit the Viper
Nell Minow
Evocatively moody atmosphere a timely subject and a fine performance by Josh Hartnett cannot help Inherit the Viper overcome its clunky dialogue and formulaic storyline 
2
Inherit the Viper
Mark Dujsik
The darker heart of the film is in its examination of the addictive qualities of power 
3
Inherit the Viper
Rosalie Kicks
A run of the mill crime drama that does the genre well and also features Josh Hartnett 
2.75
Mascarpone
Randy Myers
Mascarpone cooks up quite the tempting treat a hot romantic drama comedy that joyfully celebrates sex and satisfaction 
3
My Name Is Bruce
Nick Rogers
My Name is Bruce won t give you sugar baby Not on its budget But Splenda works fine as a substitute for this Kool Aid which Campbell knows fans will happily drink A little bit of purposefully lousy filmmaking winds up going a long way 
2.5
My Name Is Bruce
Peter Canavese
Pretty bad but in a way we d be disappointed if it wasn t it s all about Campbell a limber linguist whose verbal sense seems straight out of the 40s and a game physical comic Blu ray 
2.5
My Name Is Bruce
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bruce Campbell Evil Dead II etc jumps on the post modern bandwagon with this refreshingly low key and absolutely hilarious horror comedy 
3
My Name Is Bruce
David Kronke
It s an affably goofy riff on the headaches associated with being America s most underappreciated actor 
2.5
My Name Is Bruce
Reyhan Harmanci
Light as air My Name Is Bruce is good for a mild chuckle not a belly laugh As any Campbell fan knows managing expectations is key to getting the most from his work 
1
My Name Is Bruce
Jeff Shannon
Subtract Campbell from this movie s idiot friendly equation and you ve got just about any dimwitted horror comedy that s gone straight to video 
2
My Name Is Bruce
Chris Hewitt
Comedy horror movies like Slither and the Evil Dead movies have already done this sort of thing a lot better 
2
My Name Is Bruce
Austin Kennedy
Just know going in that this isn t some hip satire It s a straight up B flick If that sounds cool then groovy 
3
My Name Is Bruce
Roger Ebert
Low midrange in the Master s oeuvre 
2
My Name Is Bruce
Chris Kaltenbach
An exercise in self indulgent filmmaking at its most endearing 
3
My Name Is Bruce
Ty Burr
Preening and fleeing like a grunge flick Bob Hope Campbell s the whole show but a little of his meta referential shtick goes a long way 
1.5
My Name Is Bruce
Lou Lumenick
While sporadically funny the sophomoric My Name Is Bruce is no Bubba Ho Tep 
1.5
My Name Is Bruce
Nick Schager
One note insider navel gazing with no aspirations except to excite its adoring base 
1.5
Crank Calls
Steve Rhodes
A satisfying little black comedy 
2.5
Madame Satã
Liam Lacey
Often captivating 
2.5
Madame Satã
Erik Lundegaard
A myopic histrionic picture that never lets us know why this legendary character is legendary and worthy of our attention 
2
Madame Satã
Wesley Morris
Madame Sata is only a chapter in Francisco s story and even that feels incomplete 
2.5
Madame Satã
Rene Rodriguez
A one note take on a complex subject 
2
Madame Satã
Roger Ebert
If we never really understand Joao there is another problem with the character and that is He isn t very nice I refer not to his crimes but to the way he treats those who care for him 
2
Madame Satã
Bob Strauss
A magnificent visual document that proves both formally and thematically that the right hands can turn the least promising of raw materials into something beautiful 
3.5
Madame Satã
Michael Wilmington
Keeps us engrossed steeped in this seething portrait of a body and soul in lust and agony and finally on stage and in glory 
3
Madame Satã
Steven Rea
As a celebration of a figure who fashioned his own identity from pieces of pop culture and street poetry from song and fashion and fury it s memorable 
3
Madame Satã
Edward Guthmann
Brazilian filmmaker Karim Ainouz doesn t glorify dos Santos but examines the hot reckless fever of his life in all its thorny complexity 
3
Madame Satã
Glenn Lovell
Overall the film feels stagy and a bit too safe and moralistic 
2
Madame Satã
Peter Debruge
In this vibrant character study newcomer Lzaro Ramos plays Francisco with an almost animal intensity a reflection of the man s volatile and ambiguous spirit where any given event seems equally likely to end in either a cathartic fit of laughter or a s
2.5
Madame Satã
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Madame Sata skips over so much that it s even difficult to tell what year it is or how much time passes between scenes 
2
Madame Satã
David Sterritt
No nonsense critiques of Brazil s endemic poverty and deeply flawed criminal justice system lend substance to what otherwise might have seemed a flimsy and sensationalistic tale 
2
Madame Satã
Jan Stuart
Madame Sat is an admirably uncompromising journey but one you wouldn t want to have to make more than once 
2.5
Madame Satã
Jonathan Foreman
One of those films that takes up a potentially fascinating subject only to fumble it 
2
Startup.com
Michael Dequina
A compelling and important document of the Net s boom and still continuing bust period 
3.5
Startup.com
Joshua Tanzer
Let s take advantage of this chance to peer into these paper millionaires lives and think about what kind of human beings they are and where they went wrong 
3.5
Startup.com
Jeffrey Westhoff
Because the emotions are real Startup com is filled with powerful suspense and revelations 
3.5
Startup.com
Mark Dujsik
Full of dramatic irony backstabbing and a seemingly destined fall from grace it has the trappings of a Shakespearean court tragedy 
3.5
Startup.com
Robert Roten
A fascinating story of a friendship and a company under enormous pressure
3
Startup.com
Susan Stark
Startup com humanizes the dot com goldrush that in the last few years has left a handful of millionaires and hundreds of go for broke paupers in its wake 
4
Startup.com
Roger Ebert
As an inside view of the bursting of the Internet bubble Startup com is definitive 
3
Startup.com
Mark Caro
Combining the immediacy of the Internet and the wise perspective of history Startup com proves that investing in real life drama can reap rich dividends 
3.5
Startup.com
Edward Guthmann
An eye opening documentary 
3
Startup.com
Steve Rhodes
Engrossing and enlightening 
3.5
Startup.com
Jay Carr
Seems too raw unedited and undifferentiated 
2.5
Startup.com
Mike McGranaghan
There is an old adage that business and friendship don t mix That s not entirely true Business and friendship and money don t mix 
4
Startup.com
Elias Savada
A pick me up for the lost dot generation In a way yes 
3
Startup.com
Rob Blackwelder
A profound illustrative portrait of the obscenely high highs that defined this pivotal moment at the apex of 20th Century progress and the self devouring lows that followed all too quickly 
3.5
Startup.com
Pam Grady
An awesome achievement that puts a human face on the cold statistics of the business pages 
3.5
Startup.com
Harvey S. Karten
More about the dissolution of a friendship than about the building of an internet business 
3
Startup.com
Greg Dean Schmitz
I found Startup com to be a fascinating portrayal of one company s try for the ring and the quick road to oblivion 
3.5
This Is the Life
Kam Williams
Some serious props are in order for Ava Duvernay for making this overdue tribute to a generation of gifted youngsters from L A whose seminal contributions to hip hop deserve to be acknowledged albeit belatedly 
4
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
Mattie Lucas
While Metropolis itself remains a masterpiece Moroder s version is little more than an artifact a curiosity of another time that just doesn t quite translate the way it may once have 
2.5
Gidget Goes to Rome
Walter Chaw
Nightmarish and absurd in equal portion 
2
Challenge of the Ninja
Matt Brunson
Aka Heroes of the East this one s a real treat 
3
K-9
Austin Kennedy
K 9 is more generic and boring than being an outright disaster but perhaps that would have been more entertaining 
1.5
K-9
Roger Ebert
We start with a standard drug movie and end up with so many monologues to the dog that the dialogue coach must have needed a pooper scooper 
2
WrestleMassacre
Roger Moore
An amateurish abomination of a splatter thriller thrown together by a filmmaker with access to a bunch of wrestlers current or retired and clumsily filmed somewhere in Pennsylvania
0
The Business of Strangers
David Nusair
What The Business of Strangers really boils down to is a couple of good performances and some really interesting dialogue 
3
The Business of Strangers
Sara Michelle Fetters
In that millisecond glower is all the fear frustration pent up emotion aggression and pure unadulterated self loathing imaginable and it says volumes about where Strangers is heading 
3.5
The Business of Strangers
Ian Mantgani
Desn t teach us a whole lot but while watching it we re involved 
3.5
The Business of Strangers
Jeremy Heilman
It s such a tag team of acting goodness that it s a shame it s not a better film 
3
The Business of Strangers
Liam Lacey
The core pleasure of the film is the complex and precise performance by the underrated talent Channing 
3
The Business of Strangers
Michael Dequina
Intelligently addresses provocative issues with two electrifying actresses 
3
The Business of Strangers
David N. Butterworth
Feels contrived despite the worthy contributions of Channing and Stiles 
2
The Business of Strangers
Steven Rea
Boasts barbed wire performances from both actresses 
3
The Business of Strangers
Roger Ebert
Channing and Stiles are the right choices for these roles They zero in on each other like heat seeking missiles 
3
The Business of Strangers
Jay Carr
It does at least float a few ideas worth discussing and it s kept interesting by the powerful performances of Channing and Stiles 
2.5
The Business of Strangers
Jeanne Aufmuth
Smart subtle and deliciously vindictive this is taut theater with a current of nerve wracking tension 
3.5
The Business of Strangers
Edward Guthmann
Stettner s dialogue is cutting often surprising and deals with male power and female resentment in tough non simplistic terms 
3
The Business of Strangers
Rod Armstrong
A provocative work about sexual politics in the corporate world 
3
The Business of Strangers
Lou Lumenick
Very darkly funny commenting on the corporate world in ways that seem fresh and original 
3.5
The Business of Strangers
Rob Blackwelder
Stockard Channing submerges herself in layers of psychological debris as an aging pinched corporate crocodile 
2.5
The Business of Strangers
Harvey S. Karten
Effectively shows why women do not always cherish working with women 
3
The Business of Strangers
James Berardinelli
Works because the dialogue is insightful and meaningful 
3
The Business of Strangers
Steve Rhodes
The fatal flaw of the film is that the characters are never quite believable which precludes our getting emotionally involved in the story 
2.5
The Business of Strangers
Walter Chaw
Paula hijacks the male s prurient interest in hot lesbian action and Julie ever the political chameleon falls right in step
3
The Business of Strangers
Ed Gonzalez
Women have become strangers to themselves on their masculine climb up the corporate ladder 
3
Mindwalk
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The biographical facts about the characters that keep intruding here resemble the kind of political concessions and compromises the physicist and senator keep bringing up that is they dilute the message while allowing it to be heard and understood 
2
Orthodox Stance
Maitland McDonagh
While Salita is a charismatic subject Jason Hutt s documentary feels unfinished still in his early 20s Salita s life and career are works in progress 
2.5
Orthodox Stance
Elizabeth Weitzman
Salita doesn t see many other conflicts in his twin passions which ultimately makes for a less than gripping story He s a likable guy and we re happy to watch his successes but the movie lacks the emotional punch needed to knock us out 
2.5
Orthodox Stance
Bill Weber
Crediting his passion for boxing with helping him find God babyfaced welterweight fighter Dmitriy Salita seriously knits his brow in devotion to the rituals of Orthodox Judaism and professional pugilism in Orthodox Stance 
2.5
Orthodox Stance
Jordan Hiller
Salita needs to train and prepare like any other fighter looking to break an opponent s nose in the first round but all the while he spars with an adversary familiar to us all 
3.5
Orthodox Stance
Phil Villarreal
You get the feeling that the real meat of Salita s story will emerge in the next decade Orthodox Stance is only Chapter One 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Brian Eggert
With interesting characters a stellar cast terrifying revelations and top notch filmmaking in every respect 10 Cloverfield Lane is a smart and effective thriller that would make Hitchcock proud 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Sarah Knight Adamson
10 Cloverfield Lane is a thinking person s thriller with outstanding performances you won t soon forget best experienced in a theater for full effect 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
David N. Butterworth
A real meat and potatoes proposition satisfying and tasty 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Wesley Lovell
When sequels even lateral ones outdo their originals it s a good thing This is a good thing 
4
10 Cloverfield Lane
Sara Michelle Fetters
10 Cloverfield Lane might not be a true sequel to Cloverfield but that doesn t make it any less magnificent watching it a spellbinding treat I simply did not want to see come to an end 
4
10 Cloverfield Lane
Sonny Bunch
10 Cloverfield Lane is alternately hilarious and terrifying horrifying and tender 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Max Weiss
Both Winstead and Gallagher Jr are great as the young bomb shelter roomies but it s Goodman s film He s a Stephen King style character affable and menacing with both a cheery bonhomie and a hair trigger temper 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An excellent thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat for the whole runtime Full review in Spanish 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
David Keyes
Just as the movie moves into all the familiar movements of a final confrontation between captor and captive a climax arrives that hits us like a tidal wave of ingenuity 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
John Serba
It s all about how the filmmakers control the narrative making it easier to manipulate the audience 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Linda Cook
It wouldn t be fair to tell you too much 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
John Beifuss
This ingenious and claustrophobic thriller is compact enough to be almost the movie equivalent of a black box theater production For most of its length it needs only three characters and a single location to keep audiences on edge 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Walter Chaw
the cinema of delight
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
James Kendrick
a sharp tense thriller of admirable economy
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Josh Larsen
As a feature length tease the movie is good fun 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Michael Smith
It s a small film crafted beautifully to create a claustrophobic nightmare that can stand alone as a quality thriller or as a companion piece for those looking to make a Cloverfield connection 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
John Hanlon
Reminiscent of a Hitchcock film this drama unfolds with a powerful intensity that will leave you guessing until its very end 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Glenn Lovell
Trachtenberg milks the simple What s outside Twilight Zone premise for cascading cold sweat thrills Goodman is perfect as the petulant Cyclops like captor 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Matt Brunson
The terrific performances by the three leads and director Dan Trachtenberg s effective staging are worthy enough to earn this a modest recommendation Just don t expect many more surprises than one would reasonably find in any given episode of Scooby Doo 
2.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Katie Walsh
Put this down close this tab go to your local multiplex and just buy a ticket Even better if you haven t seen more than a teaser trailer Do not pass go do not collect 200 proceed directly to the theater 
4
10 Cloverfield Lane
Mike McGranaghan
Everything about 10 Cloverfield Lane is wildly effective except for the part that actually connects it to Cloverfield 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers keep the mystery going indicating that the movie s not just another dashed off attempt to cash in 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Stephen Rebello
It s a credit to director Trachtenberg in a remarkably self assured feature directing debut that he lets the actors including John Gallagher The Newsroom make a good script even better 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Allyson Johnson
The film is much more in the psychological thriller genre vein so hardcore horror fans may be disappointed But it barely diminishes the shine of the film an excellent and confident addition to the genre 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Josh Terry
10 Cloverfield Lane is a fun and frightening blend of horror suspense and science fiction that keeps twisting and turning right up to the final credits 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Chuck Bowen
The legacy of Syd Field s screenwriting manual hangs over 10 Cloverfield Lane as it does all of Abrams s productions which never even accidentally cast a whiff of subtext or authorial personality 
2
10 Cloverfield Lane
Christian Toto
And the Oscar for the Best Movie Nobody Saw Coming goes to 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Willie Waffle
Goodman has given one of my favorite performances in years 
4
10 Cloverfield Lane
Roger Moore
Nope 
1.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Bob Bloom
The cleverness of 10 Cloverfield Lane is that it continually keeps the audience guessing offering crumbs of hints but never revealing its hand at least for the first 95 of its 105 minute run time 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Sara Stewart
Winstead also makes a terrific heroine her character is a problem solver not a freaker outer and it s a stressful sort of fun watching her devise one plan after another to get around Howard s creepy patriarchal rules 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
James Berardinelli
Take away the disappointing disjointed and anti climactic final act and this is an effective white knuckle psychological thriller 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
David Nusair
10 Cloverfield Lane ultimately establishes itself as one of the most effective and downright creepy thrillers to come around in quite some time 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Barry Hertz
This is a work of immense confidence and the restraint Trachtenberg asks of his leads is remarkable Winstead and Goodman quietly excel in what could have easily been wild loud caricatures 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Sean P. Means
The title of 10 Cloverfield Lane is a bait and switch game but for the best possible reasons because it so perfectly sets you up for one type of thriller that you won t be ready for the real terror as it unfolds 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Michael Phillips
Goodman s very good taking care of job one which is to keep us guessing Howard s intentions And Winstead is even better within the parameters of this genre mashup 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Peter Travers
the movie comes loaded with everything a psychological thriller needs to shatter your nerves and then kicks it up a notch 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Chris Knight
A claustrophobic thriller with a whip smart script that never tips its hand too soon 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Mark Dujsik
This serves as a good reminder that just because a movie can go in a certain direction doesn t necessarily mean it should 
2.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Peter Howell
From its Hitchcock opening to its eye popping ending Dan Trachtenberg s feature debut keeps us wondering about what s really going on even as we root for Mary Elizabeth Winstead s spunky entrapped protagonist 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Michael O'Sullivan
Goodman s performance while unhinged never veers into caricature Similarly Winstead avoids the cliche of the tank top wearing bimbo victim bringing an earthy self reliance to her role 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Rafer Guzman
10 Cloverfield Lane is as economical as a stage play but packs in plenty of visceral violence and visual surprises Whether you ve seen the first film or not this one is a thoroughly entertaining treat 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Dustin Putman
A chamber suspenser with real armrest grabbing power 
3.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Matt Pais
A movie about fear that s not scary or surprising enough 
2.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Soren Andersen
Rather than something truly wild and way way off the wall 10 Cloverfield Lane is a variation on the don t go down into the basement school of scary moviemaking only this time with a 180 degree twist 
1.5
10 Cloverfield Lane
Bill Zwecker
Unpredictability in cinema is frequently a missing element especially when we re talking about movies that fall into the horror or science fiction genres With 10 Cloverfield Lane there is no such problem Trust me 
4
10 Cloverfield Lane
Mick LaSalle
At one point this movie had me so on edge that I had a fleeting impulse to run out of the theater It might be weird to say that and mean it as a compliment but good thrillers work that way sometimes 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Steven Rea
Thumpingly exhilarating 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Stephen Whitty
I sure hope there s an 11 Cloverfield Lane 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Brian Truitt
A well crafted affair by debuting director Dan Trachtenberg that mixes elements of an intimate stage play with the white knuckled tension of a cracking good Twilight Zone episode 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Brian Tallerico
This is rock solid entertainment a film meant to keep you guessing and jumping for 100 minutes before it throws you back into the world to argue about its ending 
3
10 Cloverfield Lane
Peter Canavese
Essentially the picture is one tease after another misdirecting as fast as it can and amounting to the Emperor s New Clothes vacuousness of mid period M Night Shyamalan 
1
10 Cloverfield Lane
Rene Rodriguez
Tamp down those expectations then tamp them down some more 
2.5
Oh, Heavenly Dog!
Roger Ebert
It s a total miscalculation from beginning to end 
1
Athena
Roger Moore
Gavras 44 who did the jolting drug dealing 47 car chase thriller 8220 The World is Yours 44 8221 knocks us back in our seats from the start 46 
3
Athena
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 puts exciting technique in the service of social awareness 46 
3.5
Athena
Ty Burr
It s been quite a while since I watched a movie in a constant fugue state of tension and admiration 
3.5
Athena
Sonny Bunch
Athena is so tense as to be nearly exhausting 44 but it 8217 s a good kind of exhaustion 44 the exhaustion that comes from exhilaration 46 
3.5
Athena
Dylan Roth
Athena is an engrossing and unflinching polemic an action tragedy that s both a feast for the eyes and a dagger to the heart 
3.5
Athena
Chase Hutchinson
The camera is rarely static 44 following characters in an almost balletic dance amid the brutality 46 
3
Athena
Tomris Laffly
A fast moving political thriller and urban drama that feels genuinely cinematic 44 with technical finesse to spare 46 
3
Athena
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t apos s driven by such deep 44 understandable emotions that the story needs little more to make its outraged and ultimately tragic point 46 
3.5
1917
Brian Eggert
The film s formal indulgences distract from its dramatic potential 
2
1917
Jason Fraley
From Alfred Hitchcock s Rope to Alejandro Iñárritu s Birdman only a rare few have ever dared to shoot a film that appears to unfold in one single take Now imagine pulling it off in a war movie with timed explosions all around the set 
4
1917
Federico Furzan
A cinematic experience on war tension and the boundaries of drama within a realistic setting of desperation Full review in Spanish 
4
1917
David Nusair
Filmmaker Mendes working from a script written with Krysty Wilson Cairns does a superb job of immediately drawing the viewer into the stylish proceedings 
3
1917
Linda Cook
A don t miss masterpiece 
4
1917
James Kendrick
a gripping harrowing portrait of war that is made all the more compelling by its tight narrative and temporal focus
3.5
1917
Matt Brunson
One of 2019 s very best second only to Marriage Story 1917 is a war movie whose soulfulness elevates the picture into something approaching grace 
4
1917
Rene Sanchez
An epic immersive and marvelous cinematic achievement that delivers plenty of edge of your seat thrills Full Review in Spanish 
3
Kiss and Cry
Bruce DeMara
Without nuance it s not a challenging or rewarding film 
2
Great World of Sound
Mattie Lucas
Zobel has crafted a winner here a promising debut film that heralds the arrival of a thrilling new talent 
3.5
Great World of Sound
Christian Toto
Great World of Sound is a corrosive antidote to American Idol 
3.5
Great World of Sound
Roger Ebert
A confident sure handed exercise focusing on the American Dream turned nightmare 
3
Great World of Sound
Sean O'Connell
It s evident early on that this is a scam though the extent of the movie s con is surprising 
2.5
Great World of Sound
Matt Brunson
Displays all the trademarks of a true indie effort especially in its refusal to sentimentalize either the characters or their situations 
3
Great World of Sound
Peter Hartlaub
Anyone who has enjoyed laughing at the bad singers auditioning on American Idol consider the independent film Great World of Sound your penance 
2
Great World of Sound
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Craig Zobel and co writer George Smith imbue our two misfits with plenty of character depth and an intriguing camaraderie 
2.5
Great World of Sound
V.A. Musetto
The laughs flow 
3
Great World of Sound
Ted Fry
A quiet clever and sometimes moving film about an unusual grifting lifestyle 
3
Great World of Sound
Bob Strauss
Funny often cringe inducing and at heart a real moral drama Great World has a lot to say about the state of culture commerce and self delusion in our celebrity craving society 
3
Great World of Sound
Kam Williams
Kene Holliday who many might remember as Andy Griffith s African American sidekick on the TV series Matlock back in the late Eighties revitalizes his career here with a nonpareil outing which ought not be forgotten come Oscar time 
4
Great World of Sound
Ken Fox
One the most impressive and promising feature debuts since Richard Linklater s Slacker 
4
Great World of Sound
Gary Goldstein
Though it takes a while to get in sync with its flat style and sluggish pace the movie creeps up on you in stirring unexpected ways 
3
Great World of Sound
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a confidently assured dark comedy I couldn t help but come away feeling good about and even if the pieces are more interesting than the whole as nicely as it all turns out I can t really say I mind as much here as I probably normally do 
2.5
Great World of Sound
Jonathan W. Hickman
Endless rationalization can in the end be pretty convincing especially to one s self 
3
Great World of Sound
Wesley Morris
Director Zobel has an Altmanesque ear for the the way people talk and he evokes Altman s loose style and cynical sensibility The film deftly suggests that the tension between being famous and being broke can be illogical and very cruel 
3
Great World of Sound
Nick Schager
In terms of humor the film proves frustratingly top heavy 
2
Dead Time Stories
Mike McGranaghan
The twisted tales range from pretty bad to mediocre 
1.5
Dead Time Stories
Lucius Gore
All in all this is a bad horror and bad comedy film 
1.5
Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press
Federico Furzan
A simple documentary that hits the right buttons to make us paranoid even if it regards tabloids Full review in Spanish 
3
Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press
Alan French
Knappenberger falls short of greatness by falling victim to the distraction that is Donald Trump 
3
Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press
Brian Tallerico
It has the feel of a late night conversation at a college party full of good ideas but lacking focus 
2.5
Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press
Roger Moore
Netflix does its first act of public service by presenting this overreaching but damning indictment of America s oligarchs assaulting the nation s watchdogs the free and independent press 
3
Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press
Simon Houpt
A fast paced galling narrative of abusive power 
3
Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press
Sean P. Means
With incisive interviews and a wealth of archival footage Knappenberger makes a hard hitting case 
3.5
The Banquet
Graham Killeen
This may be one of the year s better films and some of the rawest Shakespeare you ll ever see 
3.5
The Civil Dead
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Tall premise aside the film s generative force is the duo s meandering chemistry and the silly way they mumble in support of idiotically jagged haircuts and dance karate kicks 
3
The Civil Dead
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Clay Tatum 8217 s film is wholly and refreshingly uninterested in tugging at the heartstrings 46 
2.5
Derek
Michael Esposito
They re interesting tales lovingly rendered 
3
Derek
Fernando F. Croce
An earnest ode to an outlaw artist Derek lovingly but unadventurously documents the life and art of the late British filmmaker Derek Jarman 
2.5
Only Human
Kam Williams
A rare optimistic ray of hope about the prospects of Jewish Muslim relations 
3
Only Human
Laura Kelly
Only Human Seres Queridos generally speaking doesn t work 
2
Only Human
Jordan Hiller
While the comedy is at times sharp but mainly chaotic in that frenzied European style it seems the filmmakers actually intended to make a statement about Jews Arabs and the possibility that love can out maneuver politics and overcome unimaginable histo
2.5
Only Human
Walter Chaw
The only lesson it has to impart is that a gifted charismatic cast can elevate the most tired material into something closer to mediocrity 
2
Only Human
Chris Hewitt
The secret to Only Human s appeal is that the silliness is performed matter of factly so it becomes a new cracked definition of normal 
3
Only Human
Ted Fry
There s a political and social clash at its core but the laughter comes from a deeper human place see title 
3
Only Human
Ruthe Stein
A familiar situation of a beloved daughter bringing her intended home to meet the folks is pushed to sublimely silly extremes 
3
Only Human
Steven Rea
A Spanish comedy that isn t quite as frenzied or farcical as its husband and wife writer director team clearly intended it to be 
2.5
Only Human
Geoff Pevere
It lets frantic get so far ahead of funny the latter gets lost in the dust 
1.5
Only Human
Bob Strauss
There are many amusing moments in Only Human the film is never dull 
2.5
Only Human
Simon Houpt
Teresa De Pelegri and Dominic Harari making their feature debut are as interested in the realistic drama of the situation as they are the clash of cartoonish characters and they lurch uncertainly from one to the other 
2
Only Human
Jessica Reaves
Shines a glaring light on sibling rivalry cultural rifts and filial devotion without ever descending into pap or sentimentality 
3
Only Human
Wesley Morris
What could have been an 85 minute tutorial in Judeo Arab relations is an exuberantly acted farce 
3
Only Human
Maitland McDonagh
There s nothing subtle about Pelegri and Harari s culture clash romp but it s sometimes frantically funny 
3
Only Human
Timothy Knight
All too often emphasizes tired unconvincing shtick at the expense of substance and genuine wit 
2
Only Human
Gene Seymour
Sounds like basic sitcom stuff But the story is carried out with a composure best exemplified by the performance of Toledo an agile and graceful comic actor who sometimes suggests an owlish Cary Grant 
3
Only Human
Stephen Whitty
If you don t have a family of believable Jewish characters to begin with the whole thing falls apart 
2.5
Only Human
V.A. Musetto
Moves along briskly with several laugh out loud moments 
3
Only Human
Elizabeth Weitzman
While disaster ensues the directors have the sense to avoid the obvious finding trouble in the least predictable of places 
3
Only Human
Ed Gonzalez
The story s funny familial crisis takes on the dimensions of the Israeli Palestinian conflict 
2.5
Only Human
Marta Barber
At times irrepressibly hilarious Only Human milks every possibility of clash with dark humor 
2.5
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Michael Phillips
The movie expresses so much so delicately about precarious young hearts the storm clouds of nationalist politics and most of all the possibility and necessity of artistic freedom 
4
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Aparita Bhandari
Right from its opening frame there s a lyrical dreamlike quality to Payal Kapadia s debut feature 
3
Shot in the Heart
John Anderson
Explores an oft exploited case with exquisite understanding and care 
3
Shot in the Heart
V.A. Musetto
Puts Gary Gilmore s tragic life into perspective helping explain why it went so far amiss 
3
Shot in the Heart
Tim Goodman
Only a writer as talented as Mikal Gilmore could tell a story that punches you in the gut about every five seconds and yet leaves you hoping for more 
4
Scare Package
Matt Brunson
Occasional missteps in both style and substance do little to quell the good vibes provided by this imaginative undertaking 
3
Scare Package
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie wants to recall those special fun bad movies that we all rented back in those days things like Night of the Demons and Monster Dog This approach sometimes hurts the movie but it nonetheless has a certain charm 
3
Scare Package
Simon Abrams
Your mileage may vary when it comes to this sort of pandering humor but that doesn t make Scare Package more clever or less janky 
0
Scare Package
Mike McGranaghan
The individual stories mesh well together so that the picture as a whole has a sense of cohesion This anthology is not a bunch of disparate mini movies shoved together 
3
Temps
Mike McGranaghan
If you re of a certain age it may speak to you If you re beyond that age it ll most likely seem innocuous but also very very obvious 
2
The Foreigner
Matt Brunson
Chan often feels like a visitor in his own film and the script attempts some plot pirouettes that don t always flow gracefully Yet overall The Foreigner proves to be a respectable example of a thinking person s action flick 
2.5
The Foreigner
Mattie Lucas
Chan commands the screen without saying a word but the film gets lost in its dreary grays and sterile personality 
2
The Foreigner
Frank Ochieng
Thankfully an older and bruised Chan s lamenting and grappling Quan brings a poignant sense of emotional and edgy urgency to this tale of loss and tactical intimidation 
2.5
The Foreigner
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Marveling at the strangeness of it all I was nevertheless engaged 
3
The Foreigner
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
the way it treats its female characters is questionable but apart from that The Foreigner is an above average thriller intense smart and intriguing Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Foreigner
David Nusair
An almost egregiously erratic thriller 
2.5
The Foreigner
Linda Cook
You ll see a different side of Jackie Chan in The Foreigner 
3
The Foreigner
Walter Chaw
The Foreigner isn t a great film but it s an interesting one for all its mediocrity That s because Jackie Chan made it on a very particular personality 
2.5
The Foreigner
Bob Bloom
The Foreigner is a somber and violent feature that shows the deadly consequences of violent extremism 
3
The Foreigner
James Berardinelli
It s well made nicely paced and accomplishes what we expect from this sort of film 
3
The Foreigner
Josh Terry
With a little perspective Campbell s film feels like a flawed product that couldn t quite realize its potential 
2.5
The Foreigner
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie works and even if it doesn t quite succeed on all levels from an overall entertainment perspective there s very little negative that I can say 
3
The Foreigner
Bruce DeMara
Chan remains a likeable everyman hero type that the audience roots as he navigates his world through a labyrinth of violence and betrayal 
3
The Foreigner
Tom Russo
This narrative splice job simply doesn t hold together Call it a taut mess or a hot mess take your pick 
2
The Foreigner
Simon Abrams
Chan may still be figuring out what he can and can t do in his old age But dreck like The Foreigner should be swiftly crossed off his bucket list and never revisited 
1
The Foreigner
Phil Villarreal
You ve seen plenty of both Chan and Brosnan but never like this 
3
The Foreigner
Sonny Bunch
An IRA thriller misleadingly packaged as Jackie Chan meets Taken 
2
The Foreigner
Brad Wheeler
The intrigue is high and the action is furious but a sort of meta subplot is also at work Sextagenerian action film hero Chan against onetime 007er Brosnan 
3
The Foreigner
Mark Dujsik
The Foreigner gives us a new look at Chan which is worth something 
2.5
The Foreigner
Derek Smith
Even overlooking its fictionalized account of an inexplicable political resurgence the film falters in its needlessly convoluted plotting 
1.5
The Foreigner
Rafer Guzman
A rare dramatic role from Chan but that s not enough to recommend this dull action thriller 
2
The Foreigner
Mick LaSalle
Someone has finally figured out what to do with Jackie Chan in America This formula is the right one 
3
The Foreigner
Peter Travers
This is the most dramatic role Jackie Chan has ever tackled and he plays it with raw emotional power And at 63 he s still doing his own killer stunts Chan is The Man now and forever 
3
The Foreigner
Gary Thompson
It s Chan doing what he does best and it s an effective variation on the Taken formula Quan using the self serving logic of the terrorist against him No laws no rules no limits on the escalation of violence 
2.5
The Foreigner
Stephen Whitty
A warning to Liam Neeson Bruce Willis Harrison Ford and the rest You want to keep trying to make your AARP action movies you go right ahead But the real grandmaster is back and ready to go 
2.5
The Foreigner
Roger Moore
Jackie Chan shows his age and that he s not much of a dramatic actor in this hackneyed vengeance thriller 
1.5
The Foreigner
John Hartl
Campbell is a master at rejuvenating tired warhorses and he pulls it off again with this one 
3
Tom Jones
Matt Brunson
Decades of art house imitators and Benny Hill reruns may have removed some of the luster but there s still plenty to admire and enjoy in this bawdy British effort 
3
Tom Jones
James Berardinelli
Tom Jones has a sense of playfulness and experimentation that one rarely finds in an upscale motion picture 
3
Tom Jones
Wesley Lovell
Albert Finney s performance can t stop Tom Jones from being a grainy mess 
2.5
Tom Jones
Michael Szymanski
One of the more unusual best picture winners in all the ones that have won it s shocking and bawdy even by today s standards and for that reason it remains a classic 
3
Charlie Victor Romeo
Clayton Davis
Something about hearing the voices of individuals seconds before they die is very reflective and makes you look closely on your own life 
3
Charlie Victor Romeo
Robert Levin
It s a fascinating experiment that doesn t quite translate to the big screen 
2.5
Charlie Victor Romeo
Lou Lumenick
You probably don t want to see this gripping 3 D adaptation of an unusual and acclaimed 1999 off Broadway production just before your next plane trip 
3
Charlie Victor Romeo
Stephen Whitty
The film s production is both realistic and avant garde 
3
Charlie Victor Romeo
Wes Greene
The film s tension doesn t come from the why or how but more from the idea that one becomes so settled into habit that seemingly nothing is capable of interfering 
3
Son of Ingagi
Earl J. Morris
Spencer Williams wrote a great story which is well balanced with heavy dramatics light comedy action and pathos 
3
The Girl in a Swing
Roger Ebert
If the movie is disappointing it is not uninteresting 
2.5
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
John Beifuss
Uses simple period detail and underpopulated settings to convey an anti Mayberry notion of the South as a place haunted by unsolved unavenged murder an idea that ties this fact based tale to the genuine horror of the region s civil rights murders 
2.5
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Dustin Putman
Leaves us with such striking moments of stark raw terror that it puts many less serious horror films to shame 
3
What Did You Expect? The Archers of Loaf Live at Cat's Cradle
Tom Keogh
The Archers sometimes near exotic chord progressions their blend of raw power and mesmerizing hooks on the likes of Fabricoh Might and Wrong and their 90s slacker rock flourishes make What Did You Expect a winning concert movie 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Brian Eggert
Even though it s strange to watch incredibly realistic looking animals speak like the cartoons in Disney s original the undeniable visual majesty of Favreau s film overcomes any skepticism 
3
The Jungle Book
Matt Brunson
In much the same manner as Kenneth Branagh s enchanting Cinderella last year director Jon Favreau and scripter Justin Marks have crafted a film that manages to pay tribute both to the original tale as well as its animated adaptation 
3
The Jungle Book
Sarah Knight Adamson
Jon Favreau s The Jungle Book is a stunning achievement in filmmaking and a truly memorable film 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Claudia Puig
It s the very rare remake that s actually better than the original The Jungle Book is that rarity Full review in Japanese 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Kevin A. Ranson
Neel Sethi made Mowgli feel so natural that belief was instantly suspended even Bill Murray s Baloo couldn t upstage Mowgli not for a lack of trying 
3
The Jungle Book
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jon Favreau returns to the kid friendly films he made earlier in his career Elf and Zathura and finds he still has a gift for breezy good looking beautifully paced and well told stories 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Sara Michelle Fetters
Favreau s take on The Jungle Book is a revelation certain to thrill audiences for many decades to come 
3
The Jungle Book
Max Weiss
It s a wonderfully immersive adventure Come to think of it I don t want to know how they made those creatures come to life Why ruin the magic 
3.5
The Jungle Book
David Nusair
The murky almost indecipherable action sequence that closes the proceedings confirms The Jungle Book s place as a misbegotten adaptation 
2
The Jungle Book
John Beifuss
The movie is at its best when it reproduces the formal speech and respectful intent of the original stories it s less gripping when director Jon Favreau allows the fantasy to succumb to Disney shtick 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Josh Larsen
The animators skillfully negotiate that delicate space between animalistic naturalism and approachable anthropomorphism 
3
The Jungle Book
David Keyes
When it comes to creating faithful screen adaptations of famous novels all while adding something fresh to the perspective the movie conquers the summit of those challenges Just don t expect yourself to get any closer to finding a meaning to it all 
3
The Jungle Book
Lauren Chval
Though The Jungle Book largely was shot in a Los Angeles warehouse it seriously looks like a beautiful journey through the Indian jungle Every leaf is too real to be from a computer 
3
The Jungle Book
Neil Rosen
What director Jon Favreau has done here is dazzling and spectacular 
4
The Jungle Book
James Kendrick
despite the manufactured world in which it takes place Favreau is able to sell the drama and the interpersonal or interanimal connections
3
The Jungle Book
Roger Moore
So dazzling it could give remakes a good name 
3.5
The Jungle Book
John Serba
A new masterpiece of artful visual effects 
4
The Jungle Book
John Hanlon
This remake awakens the imagination with visually stunning sequences and an emotionally driven story 
3.5
The Jungle Book
James Berardinelli
The Jungle Book is well made and deserves recognition as one of the year s best family offerings thus far 
3
The Jungle Book
Kent Turner
It sticks to the middle of the road with a dash of danger from the novel and the jaunty feel good vibe from the 60s 
3
The Jungle Book
Robert Horton
The steroidal approach is pretty scary at times but the movie is well made and some of the voices especially Bill Murray as Baloo are fun 
3
The Jungle Book
Sean P. Means
Where this Jungle Book really soars is the computer animation of the animals and their jungle surroundings That visual splendor ultimately puts this Jungle Book far above its predecessor 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Josh Terry
The Jungle Book is one of the most effective blends of computer generated imagery and live action in recent memory 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Phil Villarreal
Disney is embarking on a new golden age 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Christian Toto
This could have been a bald cash grab Instead The Jungle Book is an instant classic 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Willie Waffle
A thrilling frightening series of chases battles and characters facing the ultimate demise at every turn Then they sing The Bare Necessities 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Kate Taylor
A visually stunning and highly dramatic movie that pays only brief homage to the music of its predecessor and whose threatening characters and scary moments would surely have given Walt the heebie jeebies 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Molly Eichel
The reason to go see Favreau s The Jungle Book instead of just watching the animated one with your cubs is how gorgeous the jungle looks 
3
The Jungle Book
Bob Bloom
Overall The Jungle Book is enjoyable But it would have been better if like last year s live action Cinderella it had downplayed the animated aspects of its earlier incarnation 
2.5
The Jungle Book
Rick Bentley
The Jungle Book gives more than the bare necessities when it comes to the elements that make a movie special 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Chris Knight
The real jungle may be a fragile place full of endangered species but in the eyes of a man cub it is everything encompassing heaven and hell in equal measure That s a wide and appealing canvas for a director No need to colour outside the lines 
3
The Jungle Book
Kyle Smith
The plot is episodic sewing together several tales by Rudyard Kipling yet Favreau skillfully covers up the seams by increasing the pressure from Shere Khan 
3
The Jungle Book
Ty Burr
Favreau has proved he can make big studio contraptions seem warm and nearly human he s the Baloo of filmmakers and the great strength of this Jungle Book is how busy it is with personalities and incident 
3
The Jungle Book
Peter Howell
For all but the most timid of moviegoers this live action revival of The Jungle Book serves cherished memories while offering much more than just the bare necessities of entertainment 
3
The Jungle Book
Peter Travers
Favreau s Jungle Book fills us with something rare in movies today a sense of wonder 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Dann Gire
Jungle Book merges these astonishing visuals with classic Disney story conventions to create a movie that stands on its own achievements while paying musical homage to Disney s 1967 original Jungle Book 
4
The Jungle Book
Loey Lockerby
Although its stumbles are odd and baffling The Jungle Book approaches greatness often enough to be worthwhile 
2.5
The Jungle Book
Calvin Wilson
With its combination of state of the art technology and old school charm The Jungle Book should thrill children and adults alike 
3
The Jungle Book
Mark Dujsik
It all works well enough despite the hiccups and especially as a marker of where CG technology is at the moment 
3
The Jungle Book
Ann Hornaday
Like all classic Disney productions The Jungle Book possesses its share of fear suffering and loss But somehow the audience comes out whistling in this case with joy and quite a bit of awe 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Dustin Putman
Employing some of the most photorealistic computer generated visual effects ever put to film The Jungle Book creates a fantastic world alive with all the wonder and possibility one s imagination is capable 
3
The Jungle Book
Peter Hartlaub
It s amazing to think that throughout this nearly two hour film there is just one flesh and blood character who spends more than a few seconds on screen and he s arguably among the least defined 
4
The Jungle Book
Michael Phillips
Favreau s fundamental decency and relatively light touch serve him well He has a knack for straight ahead pacing and for tightening the screws the movie is 81 percent life and death peril and 19 percent comic relief without being maniacal about it 
3
The Jungle Book
Moira MacDonald
The film moves us swiftly from one breathtaking scene to another a dramatic mudslide a climb up a near vertical rock face by a bear who d really rather take a nap a fairy tale misty lagoon where water blends seamlessly with sky 
3
The Jungle Book
Rafer Guzman
Stunning animation and big screen thrills but be warned that this is a much scarier movie than the animated 1967 version 
3
The Jungle Book
Tony Hicks
Disney did pretty much everything right here Favreau and screenwriter Justin Marks created a winning foundation and Disney certainly cast the right voice actors 
3
The Jungle Book
Burl Burlingame
The point where it breaks loose is when the movie shifts mood and tone in order to reprise the cheesy pop songs from the 1967 animated film Way to renew copyright Disney 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Sam C. Mac
Jon Favreau draws heavily on his film s animated predecessor for plot characterizations songs and set pieces but doesn t know how to fit these familiar elements into his own coherent vision 
2
The Jungle Book
Rene Rodriguez
The better these talking beasts look the more the film resembles a gorgeous screen saver You admire The Jungle Book but you can t lose yourself in it 
2
The Jungle Book
Peter Canavese
Favreau and Marks have obviously put some thought into the film s visual approach and the messages the animal kingdom s unexpected threats and opportunities the work Mowgli puts in to come of age his casual kindheartedness 
3
The Jungle Book
Richard Roeper
Thanks to director Jon Favreau s visionary guidance and some of the most impressive blends of live action and CGI we ve yet seen The Jungle Book is a beautifully rendered visually arresting take on Rudyard Kipling s oft filmed tales 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film is never content to use our affection for its voice actors as a storytelling crutch These are strong simple clearly motivated characters not movie star cameos wrapped in CGI fur 
4
The Jungle Book
Clayton Davis
Elba s villainous and calculated turn stands up there proudly with the Jeremy Irons The Lion King and Pat Carroll s The Little Mermaid as one of the best ever witnessed for a Disney villain 
3.5
The Jungle Book
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Go see it on theatres this is a magical experience that might get lost on your computer or tv screen Full review in Spanish 
3
The Jungle Book
Bill Chambers
A landmark effects film maybe the most unnerving one since Forrest Gump erased the idea of archival footage being trustworthy
2.5
Break the Silence: The Movie
Linda Cook
Is it a work of art No but it s an enjoyable glimpse at a phenomenon that will intrigue anyone interested in pop culture 
3
Luck by Chance
Michael Dequina
Akhtar makes her points about the film industry and celebrity with impressive intelligent dramatic restraint and subtlety 
3
Luck by Chance
Kyle Smith
Bursting with the usual colorful pop music numbers and lighter than a soap bubble quandaries the film is a typical Bollywood entry not likely to win over many new converts 
2
Bad 25
Lou Lumenick
The posthumous campaign to polish Michael Jackson s tarnished reputation continues apace with this Spike Lee infomercial commissioned by Sony and the money grubbing Jackson estate to promote the 25th anniversary of his 1987 album Bad 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
David Nusair
ultimately falls right in line with its hit and miss predecessor 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Frankly I feel like a lot of the intangible heart of the first movie is replaced here with an ongoing conversation about sex 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Mark Dujsik
A little Bridget unfortunately goes a long way 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Jonathan R. Perry
If Bridget Jones a character incapable of learning from her mistakes is a feminist role model the movement s in for a setback 
1.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Frank Ochieng
a desperate and disjointed farcical venture that feels terribly strained There s no declarative spark or soulful snap to this dull romantic comedy
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Peter Canavese
Oscar winner Jim Broadbent turns up long enough to say I wish I was dead 
1.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Mike McGranaghan
Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason is not as good as the original the Thai prison sequence makes certain of that but it still works 
3
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Eric Melin
Although it is not quite as funny or believable as the first movie the lovable Ms Jones just squeaks by on her own and her returning co stars charisma 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Sean McBride
the sequel gives us a heroine who acts like an idiot and then whines about the lack of men in her life 
1.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Vince Koehler
Follow this fun from the streets of London to the slopes of the Alps and the shores of Thailand Bridget will amaze and amuse you 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Sara Brady
Zellweger s never allowed to be quite as human quite as pained She s only allowed to be ridiculous 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Linda Cook
This isn t a very good script But Renee Zellweger is so charming and so FUNNY she makes the movie a joy 
3
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Nick Rogers
With the exception of Zellweger it s a film that has assembled its cast only for continuity of facial recognition and nothing so important as story characters or emotion 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
James Verniere
Audiences will fall in love with Bridget Jones and Zellweger all over again 
3.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Sara Michelle Fetters
I hope the cast especially Zellweger who apparently has lost and gained more weight in the last three years than Oprah was well paid for artistic merit certainly couldn t have been the criteria for taking this one on 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Tyler Hanley
Despite the engaging core players Bridget s second diary goes over the edge leaving little reason for a third installment 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Moira MacDonald
There s a flatness in the writing a slapdash feel to the directing and an over reliance on what worked the first time 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Sean P. Means
A Thai women s prison may be the least appropriate setting for light comedy since Hogan s Heroes 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Mick LaSalle
It s the sequel to one of the best films of 2001 that quickly reveals itself as one of the big disappointments of 2004 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Joe Baltake
The film is a narrative mess a cut and paste job of random ideas and pointless incidents that are barely related to each other but this messiness is very much in keeping with the scattered personality of Bridget 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
David Elliott
It takes star talent to turn sequel hash into if not a steak a fairly tasty burger 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Timothy Knight
This is one diary you can skim without missing anything juicy 
1.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Lou Lumenick
Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason should satisfy fans because of Zellweger s uninhibited performance but hardly anybody is going to be demanding a third helping 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Jack Mathews
I can t remember many sequels as redundant and unnecessary as this one 
1.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Glenn Whipp
Rather than deal with the complications of romantic bliss though the makers of this sequel have decided to ignore the question entirely and basically remake the original movie 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Robert W. Butler
Whether waddling in an awesomely inappropriate dress or putting herself through slapstick pratfalls Zellweger gains our sympathy and love 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Amy Biancolli
That this new film isn t quite so adorable as the first hardly matters Bridgetwise as the whole point of both movies is to allow everyone to revel in Zellweger s assumed zaftig pantomime 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Leah McLaren
Her character a self deprecating blend of accidental insight and unapologetic girlish emotion has gone from idiosyncratic to flat out idiotic 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Terry Lawson
With her volume knob cranked up to 11 and her cups overflowing with weight gain Zellweger is often more annoying than adorable 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Jeff Vice
For truth in advertising purposes the second Bridget Jones film probably should have been subtitled No Reason for It Except to Cash in On the Success of the First Movie 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Lawrence Toppman
Stale and indigestible 
1.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Wesley Morris
Uma Thurman and Nicole Kidman might have suffered more thoroughly in recent movies but no one suffers more thanklessly than Zellweger does here 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Roger Ebert
Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason is a jolly movie and I smiled pretty much all the way through but it doesn t shift into high with a solid thunk the way Bridget Jones Diary 2001 did 
3
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Jeffrey Westhoff
Bridget Jones has lost her voice The sequel lacks the character s sardonic and distinctly English commentary 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Claudia Puig
Several of the movie s farcical moments feel forced and strained 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bruce Newman
Why in other words should we care about this woman when the filmmakers obviously do not 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Josh Larsen
Zellweger once again manages to exude both grace and gravity while baring a self doubting woman s body and soul wobbly bits as Bridget would say and all 
3
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Duane Dudek
Since she doesn t like herself why should we In the end it is unclear just what her boyfriend played by Colin Firth temptation played by Hugh Grant and a third party who shall be left nameless see in her in the first place 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Connie Ogle
It is I m afraid time to retire Bridget Jones Send her off to Happily Ever After Land with her vodka and Silk Cuts and handsome human rights lawyer and let her get on with her amiable dizzy neurotic and now thoroughly annoying life 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Chris Hewitt
Novelist Helen Fielding created a lovable klutzy endearing character in Bridget Jones and Zellweger diving into the role with gusto is an ideal match for her 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Steven Rea
Cute cloying and catastrophically predictable 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Jan Stuart
Misbegotten comedy sequels have a way of resembling souring relationships All those adorable idiosyncrasies that initially melted your heart can curdle into the very irritating habits that send you packing 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Phoebe Flowers
We re left with a protagonist repeatedly shooting herself in the foot for no halfway sympathetic reason 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Allison Benedikt
News flash Love ain t easy 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
David Sterritt
The movie catches occasional fire when Bridget suddenly says what s really on her mind The rest is silliness 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Steve Rhodes
Has a single saving grace Grant in a small role as a salacious reporter 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Ross Anthony
It s essentially TV for the big screen but shot well paced well directed well and nailed by Zellweger 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dustin Putman
One sequel where a pressing need to find out what happened to the protagonist is absent replaced by an attempt to cash in on the financial success of the first picture 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Willie Waffle
Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason has its problems but it made me laugh from start to finish so how bad could it be 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Walter Chaw
Something for the ignorant boors with the Y chromosome something for the ignorant boors without it 
0.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Phil Villarreal
Edgier than its predecessor with zippier quips and more irreverence 
3
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
James Berardinelli
On those rare occasions when The Edge of Reason isn t regurgitating material from Bridget Jones Diary it is taking ill advised excursions into unfunny slapstick and sappy melodrama 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Matt Brunson
The laziest sort of sequel lifting episodes wholesale from the first film before spinning off in directions that don t even begin to make sense 
2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Rob Blackwelder
The singleton Everygal neuroses of its titular British sweetheart have gone from endearing to downright insufferable 
1
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Scott Nash
If you liked the original you ll like this one only not quite as much 
2.5
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Ed Gonzalez
Edge of Reason is less a film than a series of non stop embarrassments set to a sunny soundtrack 
1
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Scott Nash
The controversy surrounding it has long since faded away but the humor is timeless 
4
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Preston Sturges zanier films The Miracle of Morgan s Creek begs the question how did he get away with this 
3.5
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
David Nusair
an extremely dated and thoroughly mediocre piece of work 
2
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Peter Canavese
Stands out for its sheer audacity of subject matter and its sustained emotional roller coaster effect it s quite possibly the most high strung movie ever made 
4
God's Little Acre
Roger Moore
A Cracker Gothic book whose time passed and a movie that had no prayer of having its moment much less outlasting it 
2
God's Little Acre
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a huge fan of director Anthony Mann I m always eager to check out anything he did but God s Little Acre is something of an oddball curiosity on his resume 
3
Heaven Can Wait
Matt Brunson
A wonderful piece of entertainment that s as funny as it is fanciful 
4
Heaven Can Wait
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of upbeat screwball comedy Hollywood used to do smoothly and well 
3
Heaven Can Wait
Scott Nash
As a director Beatty has a light touch He keeps the story moving briskly along The movie never gets very serious and yet you care about the characters 
4
Infiesto
Roger Moore
A Piquant Pandemic Police Procedural from Spain
2.5
Chasing Wonders
Richard Roeper
Sometimes visually arresting the story filmed in Australia and Spain comes to a conclusion that seems contrived and forced 
2.5
Generational Sins
Christian Toto
Is this the third wave of faith based filmmaking If so bring it on 
3
Generational Sins
Mike McGranaghan
A dreary overly self serious faith based film with little to distinguish it outside of some swearing 
1
Foster Child
David Phelps
Like Cristian Mungiu did in 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days Brillante Mendoza attempts to take the camera from the opening shot of Touch of Evil to quotidian life in the slums 
3
Love Object
Roger Ebert
The movie reaches with increasing desperation toward humor and grisly sadism and the mood is broken 
2
Love Object
Robert K. Elder
While some pedestrian camerawork and spotty acting from supporting players deflate Love Object it has enough juice and a surprising twist to keep fans of the slow burn horror genre enthralled 
2.5
Love Object
Carla Meyer
What might have been a commentary on the objectification of women becomes an unrestrained forum for twisted ideas of sexuality 
0
Love Object
Lou Lumenick
What started out as a clever and disturbing cross between Vertigo and Child s Play quickly degenerates into a cheap slasher flick 
1.5
Love Object
Elizabeth Weitzman
The patina of witty satire eventually gives way to a gratuitous sadism that makes this sordid story feel like a fraud 
2
Love Object
David Sterritt
Horror fans will find effective shivers 
3
Love Object
Erik Childress
Nothing more than May done wrong 
1.5
The Libertine
Gina Carbone
This ugly creation uses graphic sex bad hygiene mud diseased features and Depp wetting his pants we get to see the puddle to illustrate the perils of hedonism 
1.5
The Libertine
Thomas Delapa
If you thought Depp went overboard with his Keith Richards impression in Pirates of the Caribbean here he goes whole hog into the sty 
1
The Libertine
Rob Thomas
Wilmot is so thoroughly committed to being so awful that his debauchery has a kind of purity about it 
3
The Libertine
John Beifuss
The filmmakers would rather sentimentalize their debauched hero than convince us there was insight in his cynicism or artfulness in his obscene verse 
1.5
The Libertine
Matt Brunson
For all its attempts to startle us with its vulgarity this underdeveloped movie never locates a defining method to its messiness ultimately it possesses all the shock value of a toddler yelling Poopy 
2.5
The Libertine
Peter Howell
What emerges from the bilious murk of first time director Laurence Dunmore s film is a sad picture of an intelligent and talented writer who opted for self indulgence and gratuitous insult over anything more meaningful 
2
The Libertine
Moira MacDonald
As the character grows sicker and quieter the drama s energy fades 
2
The Libertine
Neva Chonin
The point seems to be that too much of a good thing leads to a vast sense of nothingness and bleak cinematography Alas it also results in transforming a film about a sensualist into a remarkably sexless enterprise 
1
The Libertine
David Elliott
Depp is stuck playing a witty rake who isn t remarkably witty or even all that sexy 
2
The Libertine
Carla Meyer
Might be the least sexy film about a hedonist ever made unless bawdy and bewigged somehow add up to erotic 
1
The Libertine
Peter Debruge
From time to time a gem like line shines from the squalor but in general it s merely the film s suffocating cynicism that registers 
1
The Libertine
Robert W. Butler
As a dramatic enterprise it s stillborn Not to mention depressing in the extreme 
2
The Libertine
Bruce Westbrook
Depp s depraved character does have twisted poignancy 
2.5
The Libertine
Rick Groen
A movie that serves up what its debauched subject would never have countenanced sanitized smut with a moral attached 
2
The Libertine
Terry Lawson
Without context and reason to care I never understood why I was lurking about here the first place 
2
The Libertine
Jeff Vice
Depp really does his best or perhaps that should be his worst to make his character unappealing and unlikable 
1.5
The Libertine
Lisa Kennedy
Rochester may have been a cultural visionary but the movie reduces this notion to a parable of bad boy celebrity hitched to an uninteresting love story 
2
The Libertine
Michael Wilmington
It s a bit too muddy dismal looking and smoky to beguile us too fixated on filth and too dreary looking to really shock us 
2.5
The Libertine
Ty Burr
Stinkers this rapturously self assured don t come along often and when they do they deserve to be honored with the proper giggling disbelief 
1.5
The Libertine
Sean P. Means
First time director Laurence Dunsmore enjoys his wallow in London murk and mud but nobody else will 
1
The Libertine
Forrest Hartman
As presented Wilmot is so vulgar that he doesn t care even for himself until the final reel and few people will care to follow his story that far 
1
The Libertine
Sean O'Connell
Loquacious though the characters are talking in circles 
2.5
The Libertine
Daniel M. Kimmel
will likely leave viewers as frustrated with Rochester Johnny Depp as his contemporaries were 
2
The Libertine
Willie Waffle
The Libertine could be one of the most atrocious films you will ever see in your entire life 
0
The Libertine
Steven Rea
It is Depp as the debauched and decaying Restoration rake who holds the camera It s a strong sturdy performance but one that asks more of the audience than it might be possible to give 
2.5
The Libertine
Lawrence Toppman
There follows much groping and fondling and talk of debauchery all of it slightly less erotic than integral calculus 
1.5
The Libertine
Randy Myers
Depp achieves one of his mightiest feats rescuing the overly theatrical Libertine from itself 
2.5
The Libertine
Mary-Liz Shaw
This is an irritatingly unsatisfying and unappetizing profile 
1
The Libertine
Roger Ebert
You will not like the Second Earl of Rochester But you will not be able to take your eyes from him Having made his bed he does not hesitate to sleep in it 
3
The Libertine
Chris Hewitt
The Libertine is an unpleasant film to watch and it should be since it zeroes in on the pain of not being able to connect to other people 
3
The Libertine
Jeff Strickler
Depp opens the movie by looking into the camera and announcing You will not like me now and you will like me even less as we go on That turns out to be true 
1.5
The Libertine
Laura Kelly
Plain and simple The Libertine is Depp s effort to pull a Charlize defined as a preternaturally gorgeous actor attempting to portray a visibly repulsive person for award worthy attention 
1
The Libertine
Josh Larsen
one of those supposedly daring erotic dramas that could actually work as a video touting abstinence The sex is that soulless that dingy that diseased 
1.5
The Libertine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Laurence Dunmore films everything through a corrosive brown fog obscuring and muffling the film s life force 
2
The Libertine
Phil Villarreal
An odd composition of stolid chamber drama and manic acting by its magnetic star the movie makes for an occasionally invigorating experience that is too predictable and mannered for its own good 
2.5
The Libertine
Linda Cook
Here s a movie that s done well with quality performances And I have no idea who will want to see The Libertine a sometimes digusting always adult look at debauchery during the Restoration 
3
The Libertine
Maitland McDonagh
Though Dunsmore Depp and Jeffreys conceits work more vividly as ideas than as filmmaking they re ruthlessly true to themselves and grimly powerful 
2.5
The Libertine
Jan Stuart
A seductively entertaining fangs bared historical comedy 
3.5
The Libertine
Timothy Knight
It s not that we don t like the 2nd Earl of Rochester it s that we simply never come to understand the man known as The Libertine 
2.5
The Libertine
Kyle Smith
This film isn t pretty but it has some kick It is to Shakespeare in Love what wild pheasant is to Chicken McNuggets 
3
The Libertine
Jack Mathews
more of a gothic horror movie than an arresting biographical drama 
1.5
The Libertine
Bob Strauss
This might be worth viewing if the film s characters came to life or its abundant philosophical and moral observations went more than pockmarked skin deep 
2
The Libertine
Stephen Whitty
Depp has a wonderful time as the Earl and why wouldn t he The movie plays to his deepest boyish desires to jump into the dress up box and emerge with a frilly shirt and one of Mom s discarded wigs 
2
The Libertine
Peter Travers
Depp is a raunchy wonder especially in a time capsule worthy opening monologue 
3.5
The Libertine
Jeremiah Kipp
The film built around Depp s performance is leaden and monotonous crusted in the faux realism of handheld cameras muddy streets and dingy castle hallways 
2
Snow on Tha Bluff
Matthew Connolly
Questions of authenticity aside Damon Russell evinces a shrewd understanding of how to juxtapose the handheld camera s finite sightline with the bursts of chaos that suddenly invade it 
3
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Asher Luberto
Aukerman knows what we re all here for and it shows in the script s jumps from one interview to the next with stars like David Letterman John Legend and Keanu Reeves 
3
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Roger Moore
Drink a beverage while watching and you ll be doing your own spit takes 
2.5
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Nick Allen
Aukerman takes what s made the series so extremely funny and lovingly expands it into a feature film in a way that would make all those 90s Saturday Night Live movies envious 
3.5
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Richard Roeper
Even with a running time of just 82 minutes Between Two Ferns loses a bit of steam in the home stretch 
3.5
Witless Protection
Betsy Sherman
It s sad to watch Yaphet Kotto as the shady fed clothesline the stereotypical Muslim motel owner who s already been threatened by Larry with a trip to Gitmo 
0.5
Witless Protection
Austin Kennedy
The movie doesn t even have the common decency to be under 90 minutes What a bore 
.5
Witless Protection
Larry Ratliff
I ve got an idea for Larry the Cable Guy s next dumb movie Maybe the lowbrow bumbler with the big heart and even bigger beer gut could play oh I don t know a cable guy 
1.5
Witless Protection
Ty Burr
The otherwise genial Witless Protection scrapes bottom whenever a black person or an Asian or an Arab is wheeled on for just kiddin laughs 
1
Witless Protection
Linda Cook
Maybe there are only two kinds of people in this world Those who think Larry the Cable Guy is funny and those who do not I am in the latter camp 
.5
Witless Protection
Josh Larsen
Did someone give a starring role to a Matador one of the obese male cheerleaders who perform during time outs at Chicago Bulls games 
1
Leave It to Beaver
Maitland McDonagh
All but the most easily pleased kids will be bored as can be and anyone who has fond memories of TV s Leave It to Beaver would probably rather not besmirch them 
1
Leave It to Beaver
Margaret A. McGurk
Slight bouncy and sweet tempered 
3
Leave It to Beaver
Liam Lacey
The Cleavers have come to represent the stereotype of the white bread family This reverent 90s remake doesn t do much to challenge it 
2
Leave It to Beaver
Mike Clark
The result is depressingly halfhearted 
1.5
Leave It to Beaver
Chris Hicks
It doesn t quite work but some of Leave it to Beaver is a gentle little time waster that will probably please young children and evoke some nostalgia in their parents er grandparents 
2.5
Leave It to Beaver
Barbara Shulgasser
I wouldn t say this movie is actually harmful but skipping it is probably the wisest policy 
1
Leave It to Beaver
Steve Rhodes
Reasonably charming 
2.5
Leave It to Beaver
Edward Guthmann
Leave It to Beaver just stumbles about in a bland irony deprived suburbia that denies the movie any juice or bite and renders the Cleaver family even duller than it was 
1
Leave It to Beaver
Roger Ebert
The film is disarmingly charming 
3
Leave It to Beaver
James Berardinelli
Why That s the question foremost in my mind when I consider this latest motion picture retread of a defunct television series Why was this movie made in the first place 
1.5
No Small Matter
Pamela Powell
Jacobs methodically explains and explores the importance of great beginnings for every baby and child 
4
No Small Matter
Roger Moore
The profession of early childhood educators is redefined once and for all They re not baby sitters They re brain builders 
3
Faraway
Roger Moore
There 8217 s nothing all that deep going on here 44 just a woman 8220 finding herself 8221 in cultures not known for stories about women finding themselves 46 
2
Home Page
Dustin Putman
A documentary not nearly intimate enough in its portrait of the people the film inhabits For webaholics at least its never boring even at a prolonged 102 minutes 
2
Brillo Box (3 Cents Off)
David N. Butterworth
The ups and downs of the titular Andy Warhol sculpture are as engaging as they are informative 
3.5
The Brothers Bloom
Kelly Jane Torrance
Writer director Rian Johnson following up his witty 2005 debut the high school noir Brick has a real gift for putting his own modern stamp on time tested genres 
3.5
The Brothers Bloom
Jeff Beck
It pulls the perfect con which Ruffalo s character defines as a con where everyone gets what they want The audience gets exactly what they want A wild ride with an ending they won t see coming 
4
The Brothers Bloom
Nick Rogers
Rian Johnson injects punchy off kilter fantastical charm into his playfully globetrotting film It s like a cuckoo clock precise ornate and screwy looking But Bloom and Penelope s love and resultant rifts comes off as real world collateral 
4
The Brothers Bloom
Josh Larsen
Now I know what it s like for those buzz killers who complain about Wes Anderson films 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Sean O'Connell
Follows an offbeat path to reach that destination and most will enjoy the journey 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Daniel M. Kimmel
it will baffle and infuriate some and enchant and entertain others 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Rob Thomas
The Brothers Bloom operates on a much larger scale a globe hopping visually dazzling caper comedy but at heart it s just as in love with language and storytelling as Brick was 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Lori Hoffman
Fueled by glorious performances all around The Brothers Bloom is a film with art house accents and a strong emotional heart 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Keith Cohen
This globe trotting romantic comedy is like going on a scavenger hunt where the fun is in the journey 
2.5
The Brothers Bloom
Eric Melin
It s as much about society s need for a well told story as it is about an emotional connection between its characters This sincerity is ultimately what lifts the picture above many of its predecessors 
3.5
The Brothers Bloom
James Kendrick
a confident and even touching bit of genre twisting with its best moments providing plenty of anticipation for what else Johnson has up his sleeve
3
The Brothers Bloom
Robert W. Butler
It s diverting for an hour or so but one tires of all this forced playfulness long before the final reveal 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Carla Meyer
Rarely allowing substance to interfere with style filmmaker Rian Johnson occasionally amuses but mostly frustrates with his con job fantasia The Brothers Bloom 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Jeff Vice
It probably takes a particular sensibility to really enjoy and appreciate The Brothers Bloom 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Steve Ramos
A fun fast paced and fashionable caper adventure and a worthy homage to such classic thievery comedies as Topkapi 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Rene Rodriguez
The Brothers Bloom feels different from any crime caper you ve ever seen even though its machinations still revolve around con artists who play tricks on each other and the audience 
2.5
The Brothers Bloom
Joe Williams
Although it s got a strong cast and visual panache Johnson willfully dispenses with the caper complications that might have made it more fun 
2.5
The Brothers Bloom
Amy Biancolli
Even if you don t quite comprehend the ending there seem to be 12 of them you ll still feel the wallop of its consequences 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Linda Barnard
It s not blockbuster material but this clever picture is a romantic and genuinely amusing charmer 
3.5
The Brothers Bloom
Chris Hewitt
What saves the day is Johnson s bold bananas style which is equal parts Fellini and Teletubby 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Moira MacDonald
Ruffalo turns in another take on his soulful smart guy Brody s all loosey goosey charm watch how he plays a harmonica with his eyes lazily sliding over it Weisz make something poetic from her ditsy yet forthright character 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Lisa Kennedy
The writer director builds on his tremendous gift for gab and fondness for intricate narratives 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Carrie Rickey
These components add up to precious little in this precious affair too concerned with its look to say much worth listening to 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Liam Lacey
A globetrotting heist film that starts off terrifically and then progressively deflates 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Ty Burr
A con game about con games the second film from writer director Rian Johnson is breezily enjoyable for about 10 minutes until you realize the entire movie is going to be pitched at the same exuberantly manic pace 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Rafer Guzman
That rare and wonderful thing a movie lover s movie 
3.5
The Brothers Bloom
Roger Ebert
This movie is lively at times it s lovely to look at and the actors are persuasive in very difficult material But around and around it goes and where it stops nobody by that point much cares 
2.5
The Brothers Bloom
James Berardinelli
Scheduling blunders aside this is worth seeking out because despite its low profile it offers the rarity of summer fun without the seemingly obligatory dumb appended to that descriptor 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Lou Lumenick
Imagine Dirty Rotten Scoundrels filtered through the increas ingly hermetically sealed sensibility of Wes Anderson and you ve got Rian Johnson s disappointing The Brothers Bloom 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Claudia Puig
Ruffalo has some of the sharpest lines and Brody s soulfulness is ideal for the role of a disillusioned introvert With her enthusiasm warmth and intelligence Weisz is an inspired choice to play Penelope 
3.5
The Brothers Bloom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s filled with hilarious humdinger dialogue imaginative images I particularly like the fallen angel and a pace that somehow embraces both energetic and deadpan 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Andrew Schenker
Combining the comic caper film with a calculatedly offbeat Wes Anderson inflected brand of drollery the movie gets both modes wrong 
2
The Brothers Bloom
Jessica Reaves
An awfully good time 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Michael Dequina
The four stars keep it a worthwhile watch 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Christian Toto
The Brothers Bloom distills elements from films by the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson down into a wholly original and hilarious caper 
3
The Brothers Bloom
Erik Childress
If Rian Johnson took a page from Raymond Chandler for Brick then it s one of Wes Anderson s eyes he s plucked out for his latest 
3
Lady in Cement
Matt Brunson
A mildly diverting watch the most ingratiating turn comes from Dan Blocker Hoss on TV s smash show Bonanza in a rare big screen appearance 
2.5
Lady in Cement
Roger Ebert
To be honest I can t remember 24 hours later exactly what the plot entailed 
2
Signs
Namrata Joshi
It s the content that s to blame Signs works on a confused storyboard What s Shyamalan trying to say anyways Nothing or rather a bit too much 
2
Signs
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Shyamalan is 0 for 3 giving us another incredible movie 
3
Signs
Peter Canavese
An anti Independence Day a cousin of Close Encounters but most of all a well modulated dread laden faith based mystery Blu Ray 
3
Signs
Joe Lozito
Mr Shayamalan is a gifted writer and filmmaker He definitely has more great films in his future However he may need to take a step away from the paranormal thriller 
2.5
Signs
James Verniere
M Night Shyamalan s Signs is Close Encounters of the Corny Kind 
2.5
Signs
Michael Dequina
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2.5
Signs
David Nusair
Gibson gives one of the best performances of his career 
4
Signs
Frank Ochieng
Signs may be lightweight and fragile in comparison to Sense and even to Unbreakable for that matter but nobody can deny the eye popping quality to this exquisite soul searching drama 
3
Signs
Wesley Lovell
An intriguing idea that ends up overly predictable 
3
Signs
Jorge Avila Andrade
Buen filme que muestra la madurez que va adquiriendo Shyamalan como cineasta en cada proyecto que realiza 
3.5
Signs
Margaret A. McGurk
A thoroughly engaging story about fear and faith which also happens to be a first class hair raiser from a moviemaker with a taste for the Hitchcockian tease 
3.5
Signs
Ian Mantgani
The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them Strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency 
4
Signs
David N. Butterworth
Signs could have been a lot more satisfying had we not seen in the last reel what director M Night Shyamalan so carefully avoids showing us in the first several 
2.5
Signs
Jon Niccum
Signs exploits fear of the unknown better than any movie since The Blair Witch Project 
3
Signs
Erik Childress
If Shyamalan directed Jaws the film would be about Sheriff Brody s fear of the water 
2
Signs
Michael Szymanski
What starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film 
2
Signs
Jules Brenner
Maybe I feel let down because I d appreciate someone presenting a halfway credible explanation for the crop circles and this does nothing more than to drain away some of their fascination in a commercially successful maneuver to exploit 
2
Signs
Cory Cheney
Using the theorem that less is more Shyamalan creates a psychologically frightening movie taut with emotional tension and ripe with fear 
3.5
Signs
Marty Mapes
A big disappointment 
1.5
Signs
Tony Toscano
Despite its sincere acting Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype 
1.5
Signs
James Kendrick
Shyamalan continues to impress with his subtle visual approach to flashy genres proving that less is very often more
3.5
Signs
Mike McGranaghan
It falls squarely into the sci fi category it works on a more emotional level because it deals with issues of faith 
3.5
Signs
Emily Blunt
Give it a chance 
3
Signs
Dustin Putman
As skillfully made as horror films come It s also about as genuinely scary 
4
Signs
Kevin A. Ranson
A smart reinterpretation of yet another urban legend with a Shyamalan twist and nearly timeless quality Signs is an instant classic 
3.5
Signs
Mark Dujsik
Signals the transformation of a promising young filmmaker into a brilliant young filmmaker 
4
Signs
Harvey S. Karten
A thoughtful trans genre atmospheric work that bears the Shyamalan signature 
3
Signs
Jack Mathews
Shyamalan fuses the fictional evidence of his extraterrestrials with the presumed righteousness of God in a way that will make no sense to anyone who has ever questioned either 
2
Signs
Gary Brown
Shyamalan s masterful direction makes the film succeed What scares us out of our seats is not what we see or hear but what we think we might see and hear 
4
Signs
Linda Cook
I see dread people 
3.5
Signs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shyamalan manages to spend very little time and effort on special effects and boring explanations and plenty of time on pure terror 
3.5
Signs
Mike Clark
Shyamalan s by now trademark spookiness is starting to play like a CD consciously designed to duplicate the success of an album that sold 10 million copies 
2.5
Signs
Tom Sander
Signs will creep you out for two hours give you the galloping heebie jeebies tear some screams from your throat and haunt your nightmares for a long time to come 
3
Signs
Moira MacDonald
It s a smart skillful movie from a writer director who s only 31 years old but already a master of blending the chills of fright with the warmth of love 
3
Signs
Mick LaSalle
Turns out to have few thoughts and no thrills 
1
Signs
David Elliott
It asks us to turn our heads into fields of corn to be cropped by Norman Rockwell Shyamalan 
1
Signs
Joe Baltake
Certainly works as The Birds disguised as Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
3
Signs
John Anderson
One creep fest of a movie 
3.5
Signs
David Keyes
If you look at Signs as a whole package and not on individual terms then the result is a worthwhile and thought provoking experience 
3.5
Signs
Susan Stark
A complex story told with assurance and performed with quiet conviction Signs smoothly and stylishly blends scares and substance 
3
Signs
Steven Rosen
The soul searching deliberateness of the film although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit eventually becomes too heavy for the plot 
2.5
Signs
Glenn Whipp
It s a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies and Gibson stepping in for Bruce Willis is the perfect actor to take us on the trip 
3.5
Signs
Ty Burr
Interesting entertaining and good 
3
Signs
Forrest Hartman
Leave it to M Night Shyamalan to take our expectations for a movie turn them upside down and still deliver a work surpassing anything we d dared hope for 
4
Signs
Jeffrey Westhoff
An old fashioned scary movie one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts 
3
Signs
Roger Ebert
The work of a born filmmaker able to summon apprehension out of thin air 
4
Signs
Kit Bowen
Taking the universal idea of the possibility of life on other planets but exploring it only within the microcosm of this one rural family is a brilliant ploy And throughout the film there is one underlying theme faith 
4
Signs
Lou Lumenick
A beautifully crafted white knuckle roller coaster ride of old school filmmaking 
3
Signs
Liam Lacey
The problem is that Signs manages to be both so terribly serious and so unimportant at the same time 
2.5
Signs
Jeff Vice
It has a way of seeping into your consciousness with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at 
3
Signs
Mary Kalin-Casey
Shyamalan understands the power of suggestion better than most directors showing only as much as necessary to feed the suspense 
3
Signs
David Sterritt
Hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock s imaginative flight to Shyamalan s self important summer fluff 
1
Signs
Phil Villarreal
It s a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 
3
Signs
Walter Chaw
Bill Paxton s Frailty with similar intentions but a meaner streak did it all so much better 
2
Signs
Duane Dudek
Eerie plaintive and creatively assured 
3
Signs
Steven Rea
Unlike the lumbering and portentous Unbreakable Shyamalan s Signs is a satisfyingly taut suspenser 
3
Signs
Chris Hewitt
In the end Signs is all about faith the characters faith in each other Shyamalan s faith in us and best of all our faith in the movies ability to make us believe in the impossible 
3.5
Signs
Josh Larsen
The sort of philosophical marriage that hasn t been seen since The X Files paired alien conspiracy theories with Agent Scully s fragile Catholicism 
4
Signs
Terry Lawson
It s a B movie with an A list cast and the kind of deliberate pacing and visual design that might have impressed Stanley Kubrick 
3
Signs
Peter Travers
Shyamalan turns the goose pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count 
3
Signs
Rene Rodriguez
Brooding gripping movie that held a recent preview audience in such rapt attention you couldn t hear a single candy wrapper crinkle 
3.5
Signs
Bruce Newman
Shyamalan s Big Idea raises a Big Question So what 
2.5
Signs
Mary F. Pols
It s the best scare you ll have this summer 
3.5
Signs
Michael Wilmington
The film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks plus moments of breathtaking mystery 
3
Signs
James Berardinelli
In many ways it is Shyamalan s most accomplished film to date 
3
Signs
Collin Souter
If Shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith why didn t he just do it instead of using bad sci fi as window dressing 
2
Signs
Jeremy Heilman
Signs will have its admirers since its methodic nature suggests there s something profound going on beneath the surface There really isn t though 
1.5
Signs
Rob Blackwelder
Shyamalan has a distinctive talent for finding surprising new approaches to familiar film genres that once seemed sucked dry of the capacity for surprise 
3
Signs
Steve Rhodes
An intense and intelligent horror picture If you have trouble sleeping later don t say that I didn t warn you 
3
Signs
Bob Bloom
From the opening credits dominated by an intriguing score by James Newton Howard Signs draws you in holding you in expectation as Shyamalan peels his story as leisurely as if he were paring an apple 
3
Signs
Steven Snyder
The result is a film that sags between its night sequences The only comparison I can think of is a Jaws without a story between shark attacks 
2.5
Signs
Jeanne Aufmuth
Artfully directed and well conceived but fails to locate and maintain a consistent tone 
2.5
Signs
Ed Gonzalez
The film s opening and closing title cards seem to say as much about Father Graham s return to the cloth as it does about the size of the director s ego 
2.5
Signs
Mark Ramsey
Signs is art house Night of the Living Dead There s a point where Mel tells his brother to swing Too bad it can t be at the end of a rope 
2
Signs
Ross Anthony
The first act hosts as many subtle funnybone attacks as scare attacks but that spark that magic that unexplainable unshakable chill eludes us in Signs 
2.5
Two for the Seesaw
Bill Chambers
Two for the Seesaw is quite frankly one for the cinematic dustbin 
1.5
Game of Death
James Kendrick
appropriates Lee s completed fight footage and awkwardly weds it to a hackneyed plot in order to squeeze whatever profits could still be wrung from his legacy
1.5
Game of Death
Matt Brunson
The majority of the rescued Lee footage comes at the end this part of the film is spectacular and almost makes up for the dreariness of everything that precedes it 
2
It's Easier for a Camel...
Tom Keogh
Her story construction blurring fact and fantasy and mixing scenes from different time periods is confusing and wearying 
2.5
It's Easier for a Camel...
Lou Lumenick
Overlong and heavy handed semi autobiographical dramedy 
2
It's Easier for a Camel...
David Sterritt
A diverting dramatic comedy 
3
It's Easier for a Camel...
David Nusair
The main character just isn t interesting in the slightest 
1.5
Rachel
Ethan Alter
It s impressive that documentarian Simone Bitton manages to remain neutral for so much of her film 
3
Rachel
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Simone Bitton s Rachel purports to be an only mildly political investigation of an undeniably polemical tragedy 
2.5
Rachel
Andy Webster
Fascinating if uneven 
2.5
Sweet Smell of Success
Brian Eggert
Sweet Smell of Success replaces shootouts with verbal ricochets affirming both on and offscreen that when the words are dagger sharp the pen remains mightier than the sword 
4
Sweet Smell of Success
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A movie that could have been made yesterday The corruption that he portrays is still so rampant and perhaps it is worse because now these types of characters do not have the power they had 
3
Sweet Smell of Success
Wesley Lovell
A meandering drama about the lure of success and the ignominious aggression of defeat 
2.5
Sweet Smell of Success
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Loose sleazy brilliant and hyper cool 
4
Sweet Smell of Success
Jeremy Heilman
Its script posses some of the sharpest dialogue ever written and even if it s not exactly naturalistic it s stylized in the best sense 
4
Sweet Smell of Success
Roger Ebert
One of those rare films where you remember the names of the characters because you remember them as people as types as benchmarks 
4
Guys and Balls
G. Allen Johnson
It s surefire entertainment loopy and predictable but tremendously likable 
3
Guys and Balls
Maitland McDonagh
If there s a gay cliche who doesn t flounce through this feel good German comedy he must have been out of town when the casting call went out but its fundamental good nature is tough to resist 
3
Guys and Balls
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though it does elicit some laughs we ve seen this story of over achieving underdogs too many times 
2
Guys and Balls
Brian D. Schiller
Having seen Wet Hot American Summer it s impossible to take any film seriously that follows the formula lovable band of misfits undergoes wacky training montage to come back and beat the evil team 
2
The Accursed
Tim Cogshell
quot 46 46 46 while walking a well trod path for movies in the demons and witches genre 44 91 The Accursed 93 still manages to boil with toil and trouble 46 Bad news for its less fortunate characters but great for lovers of classic blood and gore 46 quot 
3
The Accursed
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he story keeps following the same 44 anticlimactic pattern 46 
1
The Accursed
Roger Moore
The confusing set up 44 with a prologue that whatever the script back engineers it to do seems unnecessary 44 hamper this and the frights and confrontations are rarely more than the mildest chills
1.5
Remember the Daze
Kyle Smith
This movie isn t even sophomoric it s freshmanic 
1.5
Remember the Daze
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Jess Manafort aims for Dazed and Confused but falls well short of Can t Hardly Wait 
2
Deliverance
Josh Larsen
an ecological existential nightmare 
3.5
Deliverance
David Nusair
an underwhelming adaptation of an underwhelming book 
1.5
Deliverance
David Keyes
Boorman s film still speaks to us in profound ways as if to indicate hidden wisdom has long rested in frames glossed up by a once shocking philosophy 
4
Deliverance
Matt Brunson
This powerful adaptation of James Dickey s best selling novel finds director John Boorman establishing a sense of menace almost from the start and the squeal like a pig sequence continues to haunt viewers even decades after the fact 
4
Deliverance
Peter Canavese
Boorman s interpretation of the material resulted in an American cinematic classic built not only on shock and awe but emotional subtlety Blu ray 
4
Deliverance
Walter Chaw
As coffin nails for the sixties go this negation of all ideological idealism is a pretty final one 
4
Deliverance
Jeremiah Kipp
This man versus nature story is also about man indulging his most uncivilized instincts and in their various ways the four men on the canoe trip are transformed 
4
Deliverance
Roger Ebert
A fantasy about violence not a realistic consideration of it 
2.5
Deliverance
Jeremy Heilman
The times when Deliverance really comes alive are when the actors shut up and the action takes over which fortunately happens quite often 
3
Deliverance
Steve Rhodes
A gripping film 
4
The Psychopath
Matt Brunson
This Amicus production falls somewhat short with an initially interesting mystery becoming more obvious and less gripping as it unfolds 
2.5
One More Time
Matt Brunson
A botched assignment all the way around 46 
1.5
One More Time
David Nusair
a vanity project gone hopelessly irredeemably awry 
1.5
The Tobacconist
Lisa Trifone
Not quite edgy enough for its somber setting and not quite quirky enough for the unlikely friendship at its center 
1.5
The Vanished Empire
G. Allen Johnson
Shakhnazarov who began his film career in the Soviet era and was about the age of his protagonists in 73 brings an authenticity to the material as well as a certain wistfulness in his excellent re creation of Brezhnev era Moscow 
3
The Vanished Empire
V.A. Musetto
Director Shakhnazarov came of age during the Soviet Union s Communist days and brings firsthand experience to the Brezhnev era The Vanished Empire 
3
The Vanished Empire
Bill Weber
The lost world aura of the film s clumsy youths provides an inexorable dig into Brezhnev era diffidence 
2.5
The Champ
Scott Nash
Despite the blatant manipulation this movie is enjoyable just be sure to wear your rubber boots when watching because you ll be knee deep in sap by the time you re done with it 
3
The Champ
Irene Thirer
Not in the history of talkies was weeping so profuse and so enjoyable as at this premiere of The Champ a production which combines the amazing talents of little Jackie Cooper with the superb histrionics of big Wallace Beery 
4
The Champ
David Nusair
a fine premise that s employed to watchable yet entirely unspectacular effect by King Vidor 
2.5
The Godsend
Dustin Putman
The Godsend has a rather predictable story trajectory and not much of a payoff but it is handsomely directed by Gabrielle Beaumont and dramatically riveting 
2.5
It Came From Beneath the Sea
Matt Brunson
While the low budget dictated that Harryhausen apos s octopus only be constructed with six rather than eight tentacles 44 only a major league dweeb would spend time trying to count them instead of enjoying the top notch entertainment 46 
3
Neil Young Trunk Show
Joe Williams
For better or worse this is a straightforward performance film I feel it s for the worse 
2.5
Neil Young Trunk Show
Stephen Cole
Like all true filmmakers Demme also has an eye for telling details 
4
Neil Young Trunk Show
Chris Hewitt
Neil Young Trunk Show is 82 minutes long 81 of which are guitar solos 
2
Neil Young Trunk Show
Ann Hornaday
A lyrical and loud anthem to endurance and sheer chops 
3
Neil Young Trunk Show
Peter Hartlaub
Neil Young Trunk Show features two great artists Demme and Young continuing to find new ways to please their fans 
3
Neil Young Trunk Show
Jonathan Zwickel
Trunk Show demonstrates that at 64 years old ol Shakey s never been sturdier 
3
Neil Young Trunk Show
Dan DeLuca
On a stage cluttered with oddities a red telephone a guy painting as the band plays Demme wisely resists the urge to dazzle us with rapid fire cutting instead lingering on Young s expressive 62 year old face 
3.5
Neil Young Trunk Show
Ty Burr
At one point in the screening I briefly drifted off and when I woke up he was still soloing 
2.5
Neil Young Trunk Show
Brett Michel
Long time fans are bound to break their armrests 
3
Lovecut
Roger Moore
A never sordid but somewhat sterile survey of sexuality in the social media age set amongst the young 44 beautiful and under parented in Vienna 46 
2
Cedar Rapids
Jeff Beck
With Cedar Rapids the filmmakers seem to put too much faith in their material thinking that it would be funny enough to carry the whole film without them having to put too much thought into the story Sadly they were quite mistaken 
2
Cedar Rapids
Rich Heldenfels
Cedar Rapids is at its best when it pushes Helms into uncomfortable situations and makes him figure them out But the movie remains less than completely satisfying
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Marty Mapes
Cardboard caricatures of midwesterners make for a few easy laughs
2
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Lovell
What happens in Cedar Rapids doesn t stay in Cedar Rapids Excellent news for film goers in the mood for something hilariously off kilter 
3
Cedar Rapids
James Kendrick
Reilly and Helms have excellent on screen chemistry as unlikely best buds which turns Cedar Rapids into a surprisingly effective bromance that is hobbled only by its overly conventional ending 
3
Cedar Rapids
Mike Scott
It s really more amusing than it is fall out of your seat funny There s a general lack of any real edge here though not for a lack of trying 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
John Beifuss
The sweetness and dare we say it innocence of this sometimes rude comedy will be no surprise to fans of director Miguel Arteta whose previous films Chuck Buck Youth in Revolt displayed genuine empathy for underdogs and oddballs 
3
Cedar Rapids
Matt Brunson
Cedar Rapids is a low rent version of the sort of raunchy comedy that s all the rage these days but it wears its modesty rather well 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Rob Thomas
One of the welcome surprises of Cedar Rapids is that while you start out laughing at them by the end of the movie you re rooting for them For such a raunchy crowd pleaser the movie turns out to have a kind heart 
3.5
Cedar Rapids
Duane Dudek
Even when it goes off the rails it is kept grounded by the decency and humanity of Helms character 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Sean O'Connell
Doesn t ask its cast to detour too far from personalities they ve played in past projects 
2
Cedar Rapids
Josh Larsen
hilariously traces one man s morally perilous journey toward honesty and truth 
4
Cedar Rapids
Eric Melin
Cedar Rapids is a small endlessly charming comedy It s not laugh a minute but the characters will leave you smiling long after you ve left the theater 
3
Cedar Rapids
Keith Cohen
The movie finds a happy medium in balancing crude and raunchy humor with sweet emotional moments It wins the audience over from the opening scene 
3
Cedar Rapids
Bob Bloom
Cedar Rapids is funny raunchy and goofy but it also has heart and underlying warmth that makes it most appealing 
3.5
Cedar Rapids
Peter Canavese
Detailed and consistently funny observation of small town sincerity muddling through a dog eat dog world 
3
Cedar Rapids
Chris Hewitt
These are characters it s a pleasure to spend time with and the movie knows it 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Joe Williams
In the dying days of an era when big city has been a relative term the sales convention comedy Cedar Rapids is a loving tribute to American innocence 
3.5
Cedar Rapids
Moira MacDonald
It s yet another comedy that s trying too hard to sell something past its date 
2
Cedar Rapids
Carrie Rickey
Helms delivers a performance of touching delicacy one almost as remarkable as that of Tom Hanks in Big 
3
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Morris
I imagine the director Miguel Arteta is the reason the movie succeeds as well as it does He mutes the obnoxiousness and concentrates on the performances nearly all of which are excellent and marked by a sense of real camaraderie 
3
Cedar Rapids
Robert W. Butler
Reilly is an absolute hoot as a glad handing carouser with an inexhaustible supply of cheesy catchphrases while Heche finds unexpected depth as a wife and mother on the prowl 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Peter Keough
A slyly complex and broadly comic farce about innocence corruption and the gray areas between 
3
Cedar Rapids
Christopher Lloyd
Ed Helms and company seem like they re mocking middle America vanilla ness which is ripe for mocking but they also want to embrace it with a cuddly ending 
2
Cedar Rapids
Christian Toto
Ed Helms finally gets a starring role to call his own in Cedar Rapids but John C Reilly swipes the movie out from under him 
3
Cedar Rapids
Erik Childress
At 80 some minutes the film is about the right length with a decent register of laughs What gets lost is what I suspect is a more rounded comedy about religious hypocrisy and not judging a person s inner goodness by their outer conduct 
3
Cedar Rapids
James Berardinelli
Cedar Rapids is a quirky comedy that crossbreeds two common cinematic staples the mismatched buddy movie and the fish out of water scenario 
3
Cedar Rapids
Lisa Kennedy
When this mix of hopeful and edgy works you get something like Little Miss Sunshine And when it doesn t you get a cocktail with a bad smell one part sunny to two parts vulgar 
2
Cedar Rapids
Stephen Whitty
Sure it may make you uncomfortable while you laugh But only if you ve gotten a little too comfortable laughing at small town squares 
3.5
Cedar Rapids
Kyle Smith
These corn fed Rotarians are such a cuddly bunch and the movie s barbs are so pudding soft that it s not hard to get caught up in all the gee whizzery 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Peter Travers
Cedar Rapids is both hilarious and heartfelt It s also powered by a dream cast led by the outstanding Ed Helms 
3
Cedar Rapids
Ann Hornaday
Helms s gifts still seem better suited for the small situation based set pieces he has done on The Office and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 
2
Cedar Rapids
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall Cedar Rapids has enough laughs and charm to insure a good time 
3
Cedar Rapids
Liam Lacey
The trouble with embarrassment comedies is we don t all squirm at the same places 
2
Cedar Rapids
David Nusair
an agreeable little comedy that gets plenty of mileage out of its quirky premise and its impressively off kilter cast 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Willie Waffle
If you aren t in the mood for Adam Sandler this weekend and who really is check out Cedar Rapids as your alternative comedy choice 
3
Cedar Rapids
Dustin Putman
Cedar Rapids isn t hard hitting but it is wise in its own dippy way and in Ed Helms Tim Lippe is a protagonist written with uncommon affection 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Mick LaSalle
Through the sites and through the attitudes of the characters and between the words they say you get an appreciation of how people live and think in that unexplored territory known as the Midwest 
3
Cedar Rapids
Claudia Puig
This is a Frank Capra meets Judd Apatow comedy with a sweetness laced ribaldry 
3
Cedar Rapids
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is smart witty and extremely entertaining What s even better is that it truly respects its characters treating them with a surprising amount of respect giving the film an emotional center that connected right to the core of my heart 
3
Cedar Rapids
Peter Howell
Cedar Rapids is agreeable but no wands are waved And it s amusing but not knee slappingly so 
2.5
Cedar Rapids
Roger Ebert
The film s director Miguel Arteta understands that real laughter grows from characters He has a rich start with Lippe played by Helms as a man who is thrilled even to go through security at the airport 
3
Cedar Rapids
Rex Reed
This crude aping of every hack from Judd Apatow to the Farrelly brothers represents the worst of what is happening in film today 
1
Cedar Rapids
Bill Weber
Ed Helms seeks post Hangover glory as a meek Midwest insurance peddler out of his depth but John C Reilly steals this patchy wild weekend farce as Mr Bad Example 
2
Earth (Erde)
Mark Dujsik
Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter s documentary Earth is about dirt and rock but it s also about much more 
3
Earth (Erde)
Diego Semerene
With Earth Nikolaus Geyrhalter s visual strategy is to wow us with tangibility and data though he doesn t give up aesthetic experimentation altogether in this survey of Anthropocene calamities 
2
Together
Lisa Trifone
One of the best things about this charming if slight film is getting to enjoy McAvoy being McAvoy 
3
Together
Rex Reed
The writing is strong and the two actors have a surfeit of both chemistry and charisma 
3.5
Together
Cate Marquis
Stephen Daldry s tale gives us a high energy recap of our shared pandemic experience spiked with incisive insights through the evolving relationship of a sharp tongued couple an experience greatly enhanced by shining performances 
3
Together
Mark Feeney
Together should feel stagey two dominant characters a single shared space near constant dialogue It doesn t thanks in part to how Daldry and Martin keep the camera in frequent motion 
3
Together
Sean P. Means
Thoughtful smart and exceedingly well acted and I can t think of a single human being on Earth who would want to watch it right now 
3
Together
Richard Roeper
Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy do searing work in a dialogue heavy drama with plenty of dark humor and even a little tenderness 
3
Together
Matt Zoller Seitz
A four star acting masterclass at its best and a two star ripped from the headlines botch at its worst Split the difference and you ll arrive at something like a holistic consideration 
3
Together
Rob Thomas
It s in those moments when the actors channel the terror and vulnerability of the moment that Together becomes a worthy time capsule of how we re getting through this 
3
Together
Pamela Powell
The delivery of every scene the interaction of our two characters is brutal frequently humorous but the undercurrent of reality continually washes over us 
4
Together
Allyson Johnson
Together dodges the obvious missteps with a central relationship that makes for invigorating viewing regardless of the setting and its two committed and powerful lead performances 
3
Together
Michael Medved
Ultimately a profoundly uplifting film and probably one of the best of the year so far 
4
Together
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If you enjoy your catharsis with a heavy dose of chattiness Together might just prove compelling 
2.5
Together
Randy Myers
Out of the recent batch of relationship movies that have emerged from the pandemic this is by far the best 
3.5
Together
Mark Dujsik
T he drama and the bigger picture feel as emotionally constrained as the characters physical confinement 
2
Together
Ann Hornaday
Together isn t particularly weighty but it possesses undeniable resonance 
2
Together
Joey Magidson
Together gets better as it goes on but it s largely a grueling experience 
2
Together
Mike McGranaghan
Two commanding performances and an observant screenplay combine to make Together a compelling snapshot of our current time 
3
Together
David Lewis
Both McAvoy and Horgan handle the rapid fire dialogue with gusto and for a while their devastating banter is amusing But eventually the effect begins to wear thin 
2
Together
Wes Greene
Together s dramaturgy perfectly if unintentionally underscores the suffocating nature of pandemic living 
1.5
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Chris Hewitt
Warlords is so intent on expertly choreographed but repetitive enormo battles that there isn t much time to develop characters and the less said about a tacked on romance the better 
2
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Steven Rea
A tale of noble brotherhood compromised by self interest and a messy love triangle The Warlords ultimately tries to speak to the futility of war but it does so by staging one gargantuan dustup after another 
3
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays out with a tiresome grimy look and a strange lack of emotional resonance 
2.5
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Michael O'Sullivan
In The Warlords war is heaven In fact it makes everything else seem tedious by comparison 
2
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Peter Hartlaub
The Warlords gets a release in the United States nearly 2 1 2 years after its Hong Kong premiere and it s a wonder it took so long 
3
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Stephen Whitty
How do you make a censor friendly Chinese movie about government massacres You turn it into a soap opera 
2
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Wesley Morris
It s all lavish if disposable But in a nifty change of pace the warriors in The Warlords are interesting 
2.5
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Brett Michel
The action scenes are good Chan began his career as an assistant director to John Woo but they fall between many scenes of Li shedding rivers of not so manly and very uncharacteristic tears 
3
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Joe Neumaier
Fans of action master Jet Li won t be disappointed even if the opportunities for virtuoso maneuvers by him are few 
3
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
V.A. Musetto
At 113 minutes the original Chinese edition runs 126 minutes The Warlords is overlong 
1.5
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Sara Michelle Fetters
What should be a massive WWII style war is hell allegory instead devolves into an absurdly turgid love triangle that barely kept my attention 
2
Warlords (Tau ming chong)
Nick Schager
Whereas Chan s narrative scripted by a whopping eight writers settles into a standard rise and fall arc his fight sequences exhibit a punchy vigor 
2
Sin Eater
Richard Roeper
Depending on which side of the conflict you were on Anthony Pellicano saying I ll take care of it was either deeply reassuring or would put chills down your spine 
3
Girl Most Likely
Nathalie Atkinson
Even if you added a laugh track the tone is glum 
1
Girl Most Likely
Liam Lacey
There are moments to make you honestly wish it were a better movie and that the semi autobiographical screenplay by Michelle Morgan didn t feel so much like a first draft 
2
Girl Most Likely
Bruce DeMara
Once you get past Imogene s insufferableness you ll find yourself rooting for her 
2.5
Girl Most Likely
Dann Gire
By the time this movie ties up the plot threads into a false and forced finale this Girl is most likely to disappoint 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Rex Reed
Nobody in this movie is really appealing enough to be much fun The state of New Jersey should sue 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Robert Levin
The screenplay is the biggest problem here riddled with unconvincing details and widely vacillating between disparate tones 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Connie Ogle
Girl Most Likely is a case of good actors in serious need of worthwhile material 
2
Girl Most Likely
Christy Lemire
Wiig finds herself sadly outmatched in this comedy crammed with wacky and tacky characters types all of them in which she s stuck functioning as the uptight frustrated straight woman in the middle 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Austin Kennedy
It s a clichd ridden quirky comedy that suffers from a been there done that feeling that looms throughout it s running time 
2
Girl Most Likely
Ann Hornaday
Kristen Wiig delivers another adorkable star turn in Girl Most Likely which works until it doesn t 
2
Girl Most Likely
Moira MacDonald
Unfortunately it s just not funny enough 
2
Girl Most Likely
Sara Stewart
I only laughed once 
1
Girl Most Likely
Peter Canavese
The kind of movie you root for to get its act together Take the great Kristen Wiig out and it would be unbearable 
2
Girl Most Likely
Steven Rea
Flat and mostly unsurprising 
2
Girl Most Likely
Claudia Puig
A failure from start to finish 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Ty Burr
It means well and everyone appears to be having a good time but so many things are wrong with the film from a limp script to slack editing that leaves entire scenes hanging 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Duane Dudek
Wiig s panicky high strung drama queen who masks her uncertainty with double talk is a version of the characters at which she excels but which work best in a sketch format or in films with sturdier narrative spines 
2.5
Girl Most Likely
Chris Hewitt
It s impossible to predict what will happen next in Girl Most Likely But you do become confident that whatever happens will be loopy good natured fun 
3
Girl Most Likely
Matt Pais
You don t often see a diver execute an elegant back flip and then plummet into a belly flop 
2
Girl Most Likely
Dustin Putman
Because Wiig is an actor of uncommon depth one can easily tell when projects aren t equal to her intelligence and talent Girl Most Likely is one such blunder a plodding familiar indie comedy that wades too often into sitcom territory 
2
Girl Most Likely
Roger Moore
Doesn t succeed
2
Girl Most Likely
Calum Marsh
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini s dismal D grade sitcom isn t fit to lick the boots of Whit Stillman s four films 
0
Girl Most Likely
David Nusair
this could very well be the premise for an off the wall new sitcom 
1.5
Girl Most Likely
Bill Chambers
There s enough indie quirk in Imogene to choke a Sundance programmer 
2
Raw
Brian Eggert
Full of visceral horror and a thoughtful meditation on the various hungers of youth Raw is a blazingly original and confidently crafted debut 
4
Raw
Federico Furzan
A perfect and graphic trip to hell Watch with care and don t do it during a family dinner Full review in Spanish 
4
Raw
David N. Butterworth
Retch Ed 
2
Raw
Peter Howell
Ably assisted by Marillier and Ella Rumpf as Justine s controlling sis Ducournau captures the more quotidian dread of fitting into cliques losing your virginity and living up to family expectations 
3
Raw
Robert Horton
If anything Raw is almost too self conscious about its metaphors Ducournau is practically writing her own academic paper on Raw while she s unspooling the movie 
3
Raw
Moira MacDonald
A coming of age tale like you ve never seen Julia Ducournau s Raw left me intrigued mildly nauseated and extremely curious about what passes for recreation at French veterinary schools 
3
Raw
Christian Toto
Hunger has consequences 
3
Raw
Sean P. Means
If your taste in horror runs toward the smart and sick French filmmaker Julia Ducournau s disturbing feature debut Raw is a worthwhile kick in the gut 
3.5
Raw
Alan Zilberman
Its command of tone is constant even in the film s darkly droll final moments during which you may not know whether to laugh or gag 
3.5
Raw
Michael Phillips
It s mainly about all the BS women have to put up with today in the name of fitting in and growing up The cannibalism s the extension the logical end point of the other stuff 
3.5
Raw
James Berardinelli
Raw feels unformed a collage of partially realized ideas and moments that never gel 
2.5
Raw
Tom Meek
It contains one of the grimmest most disturbing acts on film Nothing in Raw can top it but Raw has an edginess that pervades an unpredictability that draws and pulls you much in the same way Justine discovers her true gastronomical desires 
3
Raw
Mark Dujsik
The movie s allegorical aims are deep but their impact is unfortunately slight 
2.5
Raw
Peter Hartlaub
You probably won t want to see Raw again anytime soon but Ducournau s next cinematic smorgasbord can t come soon enough 
3
Raw
Peter Keough
When Ducournau keeps the viewer off balance and doesn t lose her own she shows signs of being an outstanding stylist and storyteller balancing mood composition startling images slow burning suspense and sardonic humor 
3
Raw
Josh Larsen
not for the faint of heart particularly those who might get squeamish about watching a heart being eaten 
3.5
Raw
Gary Thompson
I did not barf but I did check my watch a few times 
2
Raw
David Fear
In terms of the female body politic it s an art horror dirty bomb 
4
Raw
Katie Walsh
Ducournau vividly illustrates a uniquely feminine body horror both emotional and corporeal rendered in vast bold dripping red strokes 
4
Raw
Thelma Adams
Julia Ducournau s good girl coming of rage story succeeds as a raw portrait of a complicated contradictory fully realized contemporary young woman that invokes early Cronenberg body horror 
4
Raw
Christy Lemire
Ducournau s lurid vivid film is visually striking full of images that will shock you while others will lull you with a hypnotic beauty 
3.5
Raw
Chuck Bowen
Julia Ducournau exhibits a clinical pitilessness that s reminiscent of the body horror films of David Cronenberg 
3
Raw
David Nusair
An endurance test of a movie 
1
Jacquot
Roger Ebert
It is not a sad film however It is a film about a boy lucky enough to discover how he wanted to spend his life and to spend it that way 
3.5
Out of the Dark
David Nusair
a cookie cutter horror effort that squanders its charismatic lead performances and workable setup 
1.5
Out of the Dark
Christian Toto
Out of the Dark proves that quality acting and a fresh setting can t revive a DOA yarn 
2
Out of the Dark
Simon Abrams
Without compelling characters worthwhile performances or superficially arresting aesthetic pleasures the only thing of interest in Out of the Dark is its thematic concern with suppressed third world citizens 
1
Out of the Dark
Rex Reed
Unfortunately there aren t many thrills and the pace is so slow that I fell asleep from tedium waiting for something that resembled a goose bump 
2
Out of the Dark
Sara Stewart
A horror movie with an anti globalist bent that s more interesting than its halfhearted scares 
2
Out of the Dark
Roger Moore
A solid ghost story framework a couple of decent frights no more 
2
2012 Oscar Shorts: Live Action & Animated
Jeff Shannon
All of these Oscar worthy shorts are intended for big screen viewing where the feast of creativity can fully be appreciated 
3
The Witness for the Prosecution
Gail Pennington
Be assured that The Witness for the Prosecution is fascinating maddening and ultimately heartbreaking 
3
Strange Weather
Roger Moore
None of it including its dramatic climax amounts to a hill of beans 
1.5
Strange Weather
Rex Reed
Like so many women who unwisely spend too much time in gyms ruining their looks under the delusion of self improvement Hunter s muscles upstage her femininity But the girl can still act 
2
Strange Weather
Susan Wloszczyna
Not even Hunter who eventually wears out her welcome can keep Strange Weather from going off the cliff 
2
Strange Weather
Alan Zilberman
Strange Weather is wise about loss showing the ripple effects of an untimely death It is hardly an original concept yet it handles this subject with the care and integrity it deserves 
3
Strange Weather
Chuck Bowen
There s a tough and mysterious film within Strange Weather though it doesn t quite escape the strictures of a busy and studiously weird narrative that s governed by formula screenwriting 
2.5
Best Laid Plans
David Nusair
an above average neo noir 
3
Best Laid Plans
Michael Dequina
Barker and Griffin obviously had an intriguingly twisty course clearly mapped out for themselves Alas much like those mice and men 
2.5
Best Laid Plans
Roger Ebert
Best Laid Plans is so concerned with being a film that it forgets to be a movie 
1
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Federico Furzan
Horror cinema that goes to places not yet explored The terrors of reality filtered through fantasy that feels relevant and punches a lot of guts Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Brutal as it gets the mystic otherworldliness of the clash between spirits and villains makes it watchable 
3.5
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Mark Dujsik
For all of its simple plotting and fairy tale trappings Tigers Are Not Afraid does get to the heart of the situation of its young protagonists 
3
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Michael O'Sullivan
López elicits solid performances from the young actors and her vision is clear and uncompromising 
2.5
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Horror films can often get close to real world terrors often indirectly implying a connection and letting the audience bridge the gap Issa López s extraordinary Tigers Are Not Afraid gets a little closer than that 
3.5
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Anita Katz
Issa Lopez is a storytelling talent worth watching 
3
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Joe Friar
Elements of horror and fantasy permeate the gritty drama that leaves the audience spellbound This is powerful filmmaking at its best 
4
Tigers Are Not Afraid
G. Allen Johnson
Call it Buñuel meets Blumhouse a film that is flawed but so full of ideas that it doesn t matter 
3
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Mike McGranaghan
The film spotlights a very real problem too many children are forced to deal with in a manner that rattles you while still providing the entertainment value that comes from watching a skillfully made work 
3
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Brian Tallerico
Tigers Are Not Afraid may be imperfect but you can feel the passion and creativity of its filmmaker in every decision She s fearless 
3
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Barry Hertz
Lopez has such a strong command of mood character and performances especially impressive given the age of her cast that her world quickly seductively overwhelms 
3.5
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Ed Gonzalez
It never resolves its commingling of the fanciful and the mundane into a particularly coherent argument about the legacy of trauma 
2
Tigers Are Not Afraid
David Nusair
the picture grows less and less interesting as it progresses 
2
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Walter Chaw
The whole film is about that how perception feeds reality changes it in fact and how the will of the next generation begins to affect the criminal and feckless negligence of this one 
3.5
Speedway
Roger Ebert
Speedway is pleasant kind polite sweet and noble and if the late show viewers of 1988 will not discover from it what American society was like in the summer of 1968 at least they will discover what it was not like 
2
For Ahkeem
Christopher Kompanek
The story that is told here with such heartbreaking clarity is an important one but it is hard to watch 
3
For Ahkeem
Nick Allen
About as close as documentaries come to putting us inside the mind of someone who society easily overlooks 
3.5
For Ahkeem
Barry Hertz
It s a sort of bad luck situation most documentarians secretly dream of but to their credit For Ahkeem s co directors don t exploit the situation merely letting their cameras continue to capture Daje s ever dire situation 
3.5
Land and Shade
Mark Dujsik
A film of uncommon restraint and considerable compassion 
3.5
Land and Shade
Ed Gonzalez
Landscape seems to push the film s characters away at the same time that it anchors them into place 
3.5
Serendipity
Matt Fagerholm
Nourry has provided attentive audiences with nothing less than a spiritual experience 
3
Serendipity
Mark Dujsik
T he narrative and structural choices of Serendipity present a certain distancing effect 
2.5
Serendipity
Roger Moore
Not the work artist Prune Nourry will be remembered for but a good career retrospective wrapped in how she artistically faces a cancer diagnosis 
2.5
August
Jonathan W. Hickman
A movie that makes a good initial public offering 
3
August
Marshall Fine
While this modest indie offers high tension plotting it s real substance is the contrast between Hartnett s charismatic hard charging business persona and his intimacy challenged real life relationships 
3.5
August
John Anderson
Smartly scripted convincingly atmospheric morality fable in which Hartnett usually insubstantial as a good guy plays a convincingly flawed character galloping toward the precipice 
3
August
Ken Fox
This stylish well acted drama chronicles one once successful dot com s efforts to stay afloat in the wake of the Internet boom s bust 
3
August
Kyle Smith
Only an amusing cameo by David Bowie enlivens things but he s onscreen for just about two minutes at the end 
0.5
August
Nick Schager
Hartnett does windbag cockiness well yet the overriding conception of his character and the Dot Com phenom in general is so straightforward and unrevealing that his effort goes for naught 
1.5
Adventures in Lalaloopsy Land: The Search for Pillow
Sandie Angulo Chen
Cute doll adventure is OK for tots but tedious for others 
2
Empire of Passion
Fernando F. Croce
Nagisa Oshima just can t win 
3
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
Few actresses from Hollywood 8217 s Golden Age are as ripe for rediscovery as Susan Hayward 46 
3
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Dan Callahan
In the 40s Hayward had a distinctive and rather bitchy sex appeal and clear hunger for stardom that gave way in the 50s to a weary but still authoritative command of frank self pity and tough broad defiance 
2.5
The Summer House
Roger Ebert
Jeanne Moreau has been a treasure of the movies for 35 years often playing roles something like this one 
3
The Summer House
James Berardinelli
The movie is unable to decide whether it wants to be a lighthearted comedy drama or something darker and more serious 
2
At Last
John Monaghan
At Last would work a lot better with genuine chemistry between the leads and maybe a bit more humor 
2
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Matt Brunson
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman both gorgeous beyond measure strike sparks as the sexually unfulfilled Maggie and her tortured husband Brick while Burl Ives is sensational as the family patriarch Big Daddy 
3.5
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Josh Larsen
like watching a melodrama in a sauna It s just too much 
2
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Walter Chaw
A mousetrap with teeth that grip and a musky atmosphere of frustrated sex and milky desperation that serves as poisoned bait 
4
Fierce Creatures
David Nusair
Chock full of wacky misunderstandings and bawdy innuendo 
2.5
Fierce Creatures
Susan Wloszczyna
The spirited cast of Jamie Lee Curtis Kevin Kline and Monty Pythonites John Cleese and Michael Palin is willing But this tossed together trifle about an unassuming British zoo taken over by a money mad Murdochian media mogul is weak 
2
Fierce Creatures
Roger Ebert
It lacks the hair trigger timing the headlong rush into comic illogic that made Wanda so special But it does have a charm of its own and moments of wicked inspiration 
2.5
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
David Nusair
Rarely as much fun as one might ve expected 
1.5
Highwaymen
Mark Collette
Elicits groans and the wrong kind of laughter 
0
Highwaymen
Jerry Renshaw
Delivers plenty of scares wince inducing scenes and indie film stylistic fillips 
3
Where the Heart Is
Roger Ebert
Am I crazy in not seeing this as a New York story 
1.5
The Life of Emile Zola
Kate Cameron
The most distinguished and most important contribution to the screen this year 
4
The Life of Emile Zola
Wesley Lovell
A recurring theme among Oscar winners Life of Emile Zola s anti oppression topic rings loudly in the ears of all those who would use war as an excuse to abridge freedoms 
3.5
The Life of Emile Zola
Michael Szymanski
The dialogue is perhaps overwritten but moments are superb between Zola and his roommate artist Cezanne as they talk of government and injustices 
3.5
The Life of Emile Zola
James Berardinelli
It s a compelling film that demands no previous knowledge of the title character in order to derive satisfaction from the story 
3.5
Genius
Sarah Knight Adamson
Michael Grandage could ve used his female stars more powerfully and the whole film smells of Oscar Bait but the opposites attract friendship between Perkins and Wolfe is the stuff of literary lore and is more than enough 
3
Genius
Lisa Jensen
The movie is as in love with words and their power as Tom is 
3
Genius
Roger Moore
Law s larger than life Wolfe keeps this from being nothing more than a lovely bore 
2.5
Genius
Mark Dujsik
T he real drama of Genius has a secure foundation in the realm of ideas 
3
Genius
Robert Horton
Genius sings the praises of Wolfe s explosive talent but comes across as fussy and prim in its own style If you re going to get romantic about a writer this is not the way to do it 
1.5
Genius
Sean P. Means
One of storytelling s most overworked clichs the great artist as insufferable human being gets a full workout in Genius a labored true life drama that is someone s bad idea for Oscar bait 
2
Genius
Marsha Lederman
Not nearly as smart as it should be 
2
Genius
Tirdad Derakhshani
Well written gorgeously shot and expertly edited the film is also an exasperating exercise in good intentions gone wrong 
2.5
Genius
Richard Roeper
Perhaps the best advertisement for Genius not only did it make me want to revisit Berg s book it had me lining up the Wolfe Fitzgerald and Hemingway on the e book runway 
3.5
Genius
Jeff Simon
Genius courtesy of some natural modesty and taste is about a legendary American friendship and it is treated with respect 
3
Genius
Peter Howell
Firth and Law falter with their characters awkward bromance the former a fatherly cipher will he ever take off that fedora the latter a clatter of drunken scribe clichs 
2
Genius
Anders Wright
Despite the characters and the subject matter the film is underwhelming though Firth s acting is a masterwork of understatement 
2
Genius
Tom Russo
An intriguing study of the personalities and torturous process behind some of the early 20th century s great writing 
2.5
Genius
Calvin Wilson
Those interested in Wolfe and his enduring legacy would be better off reading one of his novels than seeing this film 
2
Genius
Chris Knight
There is plenty of genius on display but the film sadly never comes close to being the equal of its subjects 
1.5
Genius
Moira MacDonald
If you squint you can see the thoughtful prestige drama that screenwriter John Logan and director Michael Grandage were trying to make but it s lost in a thicket of stereotypes and metaphors 
2
Genius
Michael Phillips
While Firth does a fine and honorable job interpreting Perkins it s a tight performance with very very few offhanded moments Meantime Law gives it his all acting up a storm going whole hog with Wolfe s Carolina dialect 
2
Genius
David Fear
This is something that rhymes with blatant Shmoscarbait pure and simple and it will get worse before it gets better 
2
Genius
Glenn Kenny
It could be that I see so many dumb movies these days that I m inclined to cut a lot of slack for one of conspicuous intelligence but I greatly enjoyed Genius 
3
Genius
Oleg Ivanov
It makes a convincing argument for viewing Thomas Wolfe s work as a product of the excess and exuberance of the 1920s 
3
Genius
Lou Lumenick
A few tortured glances from Guy Pearce as Fitzgerald are worth far more than an hour and a half of Law bellowing Wolfe s prose 
0
Genius
Ann Hornaday
Genius may be a bit stodgy and safe but it tells a story of beauty as it plays out in an improbably fruitful friendship and as it s discovered within vast expanses of raw language by a craftsman who was arguably an artist in his own right 
3
Genius
Rex Reed
I was spellbound 
3.5
Genius
Mick LaSalle
For those interested in this rich period in American literature it s a treat 
3
Genius
Stephen Whitty
The movie made Thomas Wolfe into a lovable child and Max Perkins into a saint It turned the 30s into a few men on souplines and forgot the wars and the politics and the feuds and the simple damn sense of possibility 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Brian Eggert
To see Captain America in a WWII backdrop battling Red Skull on the big screen is every fanboy 8217 s dream 44 and Johnston delivers the goods 46 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Mattie Lucas
Director Joe Johnston delivers a fast paced consistently entertaining tale that stands on its own while still intertwining seamlessly with the other Marvel universe films that have come before 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Michael Smith
Director Joe Johnston re confirms his mastery of special effects but he doesn t let them get in the way of his telling a story 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Scott Nash
This has definitely been the summer of the superhero film I d put this one just below X Men First Class but above Green Lantern and well above Thor 
4
Captain America: The First Avenger
John Serba
The film s kitschy retro production design is creative some of the FX are endearingly hokey and the screenplay has its share of laughs and solid dramatic moments 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Sean P. Means
Full of exciting action and earnest emotion Captain America The First Avenger is perhaps the most superhero ey of this summer s superhero movies 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
David Nusair
a cut above its lackluster Marvel brethren for most of its running time if only because it primarily resembles an actual movie more than it does a collection of special effects sequences 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Chris Knight
The result is fun and refreshingly retro 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Jason Buchanan
A whizz bang retro futuristic adventure that mercifully eschews the brooding Dark Knight trend to offer an exhilarating thrill ride that perfectly captures the enduring optimism of the 1940s 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Roger Moore
The real marvel of it all is how much fun it actually is 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Michael Dequina
As good a film version as can be made in this day and age by unapologetically embracing the square do gooder nature of the character and concept 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Jordan Hiller
What the film can never overcome though it mightily tries via superior score costumes and atmosphere is the inanity of its premise 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Kam Williams
Proves to be a riveting roller coaster ride from beginning to end basically because it relies on a winning recipe featuring all the fixins needed to hold your undivided attention 
4
Captain America: The First Avenger
Todd Hertz
It serves its chief end to introduce the character and Evans fills the role nicely But as a stand alone adventure it s not captivating enough I expect more from this genre 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Shawn O'Neill
It was the right choice to leave this film set in the 1940s during World War II Not only was it good for this film but it s a great setup for The Avengers 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Wesley Lovell
A good old fashioned American story 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Matt Brunson
Even moviegoers suffering from superhero burnout might want to stand up and salute Captain America which doesn t match the excellence of X Men First Class but ranks ahead of fellow summer stablemates Thor and Green Lantern 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
John Beifuss
Joe Johnston delivers the squarest Marvel adaptation of the current cycle and it s the film s pulp sense of adventure and the characters old fashioned decorum that make it so satisfying 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
James Kendrick
about as good as we could expect it to be if not more so given that its hero is certainly one of the blandest and least psychologically complex in the Marvel universe
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Lori Hoffman
Captain America directed by veteran Joe Johnston The Rocketeer October Sky Hidalgo delivers the goods in an engaging fashion 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Peter Keough
Joe Johnston s adaptation of the Marvel comic book exalts the virtues of optimism decency and perseverance in a rousing adventure of old fashioned adolescent exuberance 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Eric Melin
Chris Evans plays Steve Rogers with the appropriate amount of earnestness and the art direction and costume design sell the 1940s as seen through a comic book lens 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Sara Michelle Fetters
Marvel s Captain America The First Avenger is the best film the studio has made as part of this ongoing comic book franchise all of which have been leading up to next May s The Avengers 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Christian Toto
Captain America s rousing first half proves Chris Evans was the right choice to play the Star Spangled hero 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Keith Cohen
The chief strength of this production has to be the superb casting choices for the key roles Evans has a screen charisma that goes beyond his ruggedly handsome frame and piercing blue eyes He displays a sense of humor and a warm gentle decency 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Glenn Lovell
a fast moving gee whiz adventure that mixes plot elements from The Incredible Hulk and Raiders of the Lost Ark with retro futuristic art design that rivals Sky Captain the World of Tomorrow 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Mike McGranaghan
Slightly flawed but ultimately worth seeing for its unique feel period detail and compelling central character 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
James Berardinelli
Comic book fans are likely to appreciate Captain America which does a good job of consolidating the disparate origin aspects of the character into something easily digestible 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Jennie Punter
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely whip up a Captain America story that often feels like its only purpose is to deliver Steve Rogers into the 21st century 
2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Bob Bloom
Captain America fails to capitalize on the nostalgia of the character Sure cinematically he is treated respectfully but it feels more like an obligation and chore rather than a labor of love 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Sean O'Connell
Instead of mailing in a half hearted origin story Joe Johnston went ahead and turned his Captain America film into a rousing period thriller that expands on the Marvel mythology while also working as a standalone summer blockbuster 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A so so experience 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Tony Norman
Captain America The First Avenger is the movie adaptation fans of the comic book have been waiting for 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Willie Waffle
Lacks the zip and excitement of the other Avengers movies
1.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Chris Hewitt
Saddled with a boring present day prologue and an anti climactic present day epilogue that leaves the movie without an ending 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Kyle Smith
Captain America smashingly layers superhero stuff such as magic serums atop a wry appreciation for campy WWII propaganda and 60s cinematic rousers that kept Richard Burton Robert Shaw and Lee Marvin constantly employed 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Mark Dujsik
The hero s transformation from commonplace but with personality to bulky but generally nondescript echoes the movie s own shift 
2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Dustin Putman
In a summer that seemingly has seen a new comic book adaptation every other week it s a toss up whether Captain America The First Avenger or Green Lantern is the weakest of the bunch 
1.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Joe Lozito
Thanks to solid performances and a script that is clever funny and respectful of the source material this origin story is the best comics to screen adaptation since Batman Begins 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Linda Barnard
The small things from the leading man to 40s flourishes are what make the movie work If only Johnston had sweated the big stuff as well 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Alison Gang
Clean cut well intentioned and downright gorgeous today s Captain America is a throwback to the good old fashioned heroic ideal 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Claudia Puig
Yes the characters are cartoonish they re comic book heroes after all but this is the kind of old fashioned popcorn entertainment summer is made for 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Erik Childress
Those who want to accentuate Captain America as a blueprint for how comic book movies should be made must footnote such hyperbolic statements with an asterisk referring to the first half Cause the second half puts a noose onto all its momentum 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Tom Horgen
Here s what s missing tension drama and most of all a sense of wonder This is a superhero movie isn t it 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Rafer Guzman
A star spangled superhero from the Norman Rockwell era Captain America might seem ill prepared to do battle at the modern box office But never underestimate the power of old fashioned corn 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Peter Canavese
The most noticeable motif Johnston plays with is the use of a garbage can lid as a shield more important than 140 million dollars worth of toys is Johnston s childlike sense of play 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Joe Williams
On almost every level Captain America is better engineered and more entertaining than the Iron Man or Spider Man or Batman films It s a movie that makes you proud to be an American 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Carrie Rickey
From its antagonists to its art direction everything about Johnston s movie has a been there seen that familiarity Yet Evans clean cut idealism and objectives make old fashioned patriotism look fresh 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Walter Chaw
the right kind of patriotic the kind that doesn t demean other cultures and the right shade of nostalgia 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Duane Dudek
A scrappy simulation of American idealism personified by the willingness nay the need to be the first to volunteer whenever the mission requires a sacrifice for the greater good 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Peter Travers
Evans who played the Human Torch in two less than fantastic Fantastic Four films brings such humor heart and vigor to virtuous Steve that our rooting interest holds even when the action gets to be standard issue 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Neil Rosen
Overall it s a lot of fun before it gets somewhat bogged down But it does redeem itself with a great surprise ending and it s one of the better comic book movies to come along in a while 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Michael Phillips
It s paced and designed for people who won t shrivel up and die if two or three characters take 45 seconds between combat sequences to have a conversation about world domination or a dame 
3.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Wesley Morris
Tommy Lee Jones isn t distraction enough from the reality that we ve been sold a 140 million trailer for a different movie The egg s a little rotten 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Josh Larsen
sometimes feels like the kiddie version of Inglourious Basterds 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Roger Ebert
Of course it s loaded with CGI It goes without saying it s preposterous But it has the texture and takes the care to be a full blown film 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Stephen Whitty
The mix of WWII style and flashy modern eye candy is no surprise coming from director Joe Johnston 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Christopher Lloyd
Fitfully entertaining especially the first half plus a pretty decent villain in Red Skull played by Hugo Weaving wearing an impressive scary crimson get up that looked like it was done through makeup rather than CGI 
2.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Matt Pais
Just a good summer movie No more no less 
3
Captain America: The First Avenger
Rene Rodriguez
Evans always a reliably dynamic and vivacious screen presence can t do much to bring the character to life As far as superheroes go Cap remains a bit of a stiff 
2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Nick Schager
A capable if somewhat unremarkable affair beset by the same origin story shortcomings that plagued another U S virtue via army weaponry fable Iron Man 
2.5
Fresh
Erik Childress
A film that keeps getting called in various directions until none of them offer up any palpable suspense fun or satire 
2
Fresh
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fresh keeps going farther than we might expect it to yet keeping a firm hold on its quasi comic tone 
3
Fresh
Tom Meek
The film s easy to stay with though there s some genuinely queasy takes that may have you rethinking your dinner plans and I really admired how and where they splashed in the title credits 
2.5
Fresh
Rene Sanchez
Despite its original style and great performances Fresh doesn t go beyond its interesting and disturbing premise about the horrors of modern dating 
2
Fresh
Lisa Trifone
One of the best parts about a thriller is its ability to build a world and commit to its premise and Fresh does both very well 
3
Fresh
Brian Eggert
It s one of those movies that relies on catching the viewer unaware thus a trailer or review even a poster could give too much away and lessen your experience 
3
Fresh
Rex Reed
Call it Fifty Shades of Grey with Tabasco sauce 
4
Fresh
James Berardinelli
The most surprising thing about Fresh is that given the audacity of the concept the filmmakers pull it off 
3
Fresh
Tomris Laffly
The irresistibility of Fresh lies in the fact that it doesnt take itself too seriously all things considered the film manages to stay light on its feet with its Hostel meets Ex Machina concept 
3
Fresh
Leo Brady
This is a modern day feminism tale of women being manipulated by men harvested for their bodies and forced to fight their way out 
3
Fresh
Jeff York
It starts out as a deft examination of the angst of dating in the age of swiping left and right and all too soon turns into a film that loses our sympathies as it turns nauseating 
2
Fresh
Jeff Mitchell
Wow Give me seconds I mean a sequel 
3
Fresh
Mark Dujsik
The movie comes across as a mishmash of tones approaches and purposes 
1.5
Fresh
Mike McGranaghan
A top tier horror movie from start to finish Your chills will get chills 
4
Fresh
Randy Myers
Fresh is feminist horror with a rattlesnake bite to it But you ll need a strong stomach to watch it 
3
Fresh
Bob Strauss
Cave creates an atmosphere in which if you can stomach it viewers will swallow just about anything that happens 
3
Fresh
Roger Moore
Using patient to describe this grim horror tale is just being polite for Could you go any slower 
2
Fresh
David Gonzalez
Full of earned twists and turns 44 Fresh may be one of the best narrative features at Sundance this year 46 Moreover 44 its a film that ultimately creates intrigue and curiosity at the future works of Cave 44 Kahn 44 Edgar Jones 44 and Stan 46 
3.5
Fresh
Mark Hanson
Fresh is pitched as a kind of genre corrective except its tone deaf cheekiness only results in a feeling of dreary regression 
.5
Fresh
Joey Magidson
Fresh is a demented delight through and through Skewering the modern dating scene while also telling a thriller tale we ve never seen before it weaves an enthralling web 
3.5
Fresh
Matthew Passantino
The screenplay which was written by Lauryn Kahn successfully navigates genre changes making Fresh a thrilling exciting and completely twisted ride to go on 
3
Hobson's Choice
Roger Moore
It 8217 s adorable 46 
3
Hobson's Choice
Jeremiah Kipp
Lean s splendid frames specifically work to show the high and low status of a social grid 
4
Hobson's Choice
James Kendrick
makes everything old seem brilliantly and often hilariously new
4
Jack the Bear
Edward Guthmann
It s all about renewal and forgiving and conquering old demons but it s filtered through Hallmark Card goo 
1
Jack the Bear
Roger Ebert
What works is first of all the DeVito performance as a driven man in a ridiculous job who loves his children but has lost his bearings 
3
You're Killing Me
Roger Moore
A tight formulaic thriller with snatches of suspense 44 struggling through panic problem solving 44 a somewhat high body count and a final iconic and seriously badass image of the late Anne Heche 46 
2.5
You're Killing Me
Mark Dujsik
This is a tight little thriller that may not have a lot or anything new to say 44 but the film does have a point and a purpose beyond the game of its plotting 46 
3
Chi-Raq
Brian Eggert
It apos s one of Lee apos s most accomplished and effective films in years 46 
4
Chi-Raq
Pamela Powell
The story and language are harsh but realistic Even if you find this blunt imagery offensive make no mistake it creates a necessary and powerful message 
3
Chi-Raq
Lisa Jensen
Chi Raq is an in your face explosion of anger and vitality 
3
Chi-Raq
Sonny Bunch
Chi Raq may not be the most coherent critique of inner city violence or even the best film about race hitting theaters this winter but it is Lee s most vital work in years 
3
Chi-Raq
Linda Barnard
Lee returns to engaging enraged form with Chi Raq combining social commentary anger humour dramatics and over the top style in a sometimes messy mix that uses every trick necessary to put a spotlight on America s poisonous love affair with guns 
3
Chi-Raq
Julia Cooper
Lee s film is worth seeing for its bombastic excess and camo clad dance scenes But if you re looking for tactful visual responses to the Black Lives Matter movement and the effects of police brutality this isn t it 
3
Chi-Raq
Peter Canavese
When Lee cooks up a stew this heady one best recognize the right film at the right time Lee s most creatively fertile and socially immediate narrative feature in years 
4
Chi-Raq
John Serba
If there s a hot button modern American issue to be pressed Lee jabs it The common thread is vitality energy and urgency 
3
Chi-Raq
Josh Larsen
the return of the artist who gave us School Daze She s Gotta Have It Bamboozled and Do the Right Thing 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Roger Moore
The best movie you didn t see last weekend 
3
Chi-Raq
Matt Brunson
It s a powder keg of a film from first frame to last Anchored by Lee s fury and a powerhouse cast Chi raq is one of the best films of the year Top 20 maybe Top 10 certainly near 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Robert Horton
Lee is really letting it rip here And although in a variety of ways Chi Raq is overbearing and stilted the thing is so unusual you can t help keeping your eyes glued to the screen 
2
Chi-Raq
Scott Renshaw
Spike Lee is not a subtle filmmaker And it has taken me nearly 30 years up to and including his latest feature Chi Raq to fully appreciate that this is not necessarily a problem 
3
Chi-Raq
Christian Toto
Welcome to MSNBC the movie 
2
Chi-Raq
Robert W. Butler
This mashup of rap concert poetry reading the bulk of the dialogue is in rhyming verse and burlesque sometimes slips into preachiness or heavy handed satire but even the shortcomings become part of the film s overall strength 
3
Chi-Raq
Anders Wright
Chi Raq is a vibrant timely important piece of work that stands up and says that the level of violence among young people predominantly black men in urban areas is unacceptable 
2.5
Chi-Raq
Rafer Guzman
Spike Lee s incendiary farce is too uneven to recommend but its uncanny timing and sense of outrage are worth noting 
2
Chi-Raq
Steven Rea
In your face polemic with nowhere to go once the point has been made Repeatedly 
2.5
Chi-Raq
Ty Burr
Chi Raq is a vibrant community mural of a movie and it stretches to the horizon 
4
Chi-Raq
Soren Andersen
Finally a movie about something important 
4
Chi-Raq
Peter Travers
Here s Spike Lee at his ballsiest Who else would update Aristophanes Lysistrata set in ancient Greece to violent present day Chicago Spike thrives on raising hell Preach brother 
2.5
Chi-Raq
Mark Dujsik
It s a film of pain and rage equally bolstered and undermined by its humor and sermonizing 
2.5
Chi-Raq
Joe Neumaier
It s got seriousness and a hotbed of styles but most crucially the disarming Chi Raq never loses its cool 
3
Chi-Raq
John Beifuss
The movie is at its most irresistible when it embraces the glorious fun of words The chief spouter is one man Greek chorus Samuel L Jackson as the pimped out Dolmedes named in Hellenistic homage to Dolemite 
3
Chi-Raq
Dann Gire
Lee doesn t pretend to possess the answers But at least he s asking the hard questions and putting them out there in a pop culture form that engages us moves us and motivates us to face facts and fear 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Ann Hornaday
Lee is propelled by righteous anger that can t help but be infectious Even at his most reckless even outlandish he s on the side of the angels 
3.5
Chi-Raq
David Lewis
Along the way the execution of the narrative gets muddled but there s no denying that this risk taking film has a pulse A strong pulse 
2.5
Chi-Raq
Calvin Wilson
Chi Raq doesn t always work but it s a film that dares to take chances 
3
Chi-Raq
Matt Pais
Part sermon part stand up special and entirely bizarrely entertaining 
3
Chi-Raq
Brian Truitt
Lee knows when it s time to preach and when it s time to entertain 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Lawrence Toppman
Its full sardonic title is Chi Raq Drillinois not a subtle way of putting things like the film itself but undeniably effective 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Matt Zoller Seitz
The job of a movie like this one is to stimulate arguments and hook itself into the viewer s imagination and Chi Raq accomplishes that job brilliantly 
4
Chi-Raq
Leor Galil
Lee s finished project isn t strong enough to meet the mounting complaints against it or say anything meaningful about the city s murder rate that hasn t been said better elsewhere 
2
Chi-Raq
Sam C. Mac
A Spike Lee joint in the urgent sociopolitical register of Radio Raheem s boombox a call to arms that s also a call to disarm 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Kam Williams
The best adaptation of a classic play into ghetto fabulous fare since the inspired reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet as Romeo Must Die 2000 
2.5
Chi-Raq
Richard Roeper
It s a shattering thunderous wake up alarm a call to lay down arms a gutsy social satire and a highly stylized work of fiction that sometimes feels as accurate and sobering as the crime reporting you see on the front page of this newspaper 
3.5
Chi-Raq
Michael Phillips
Frustrating and wildly uneven Chi Raq is also Lee s most interesting project in nearly a decade since the slick thriller Inside Man and the excellent Hurricane Katrina documentary for HBO When the Levees Broke both from 2006 
2.5
The Last Victim
Odie Henderson
The Last Victim may very well describe the audience 46 
1.5
The Last Victim
Roger Moore
The whole movie 8217 s kind of slap your forehead stupid
1
The Last Victim
Derek Smith
Distractingly indebted to No Country for Old Men 44 the film 8217 s wild tonal swings mostly leave it feeling impossibly disjointed 46 
2
Changing the Game
David Reddish
A film both provocative and inspiring its a terrific way to kick off pride month 
3
Changing the Game
Peter Canavese
Timely personally themed and emotionally appealing documentary about three transgender teen athletes which smartly focuses on an empathetic point of view 
3
Changing the Game
Anita Katz
This documentary gives needed visibility to teens who are impressively changing the rules and through sports enabling others to believe in themselves 
3
Changing the Game
Randy Myers
Changing challenges long held perceptions and hopefully in the process can change minds 
3.5
Changing the Game
Richard Roeper
Changing the Game gracefully examines the dilemma of young transgender athletes 
3.5
Changing the Game
Rob Thomas
Before voting every legislator ought to watch Changing the Game 
3
Mark of the Astro-Zombies
Joe Bob Briggs
Mark of the Astro Zombies doesn t make a lick of sense proving that Ted V Mikels has not so much evolved as a filmmaker but calcified in that inimitable way he has of being simultaneously outrageous and boring 
2
Gods and Generals
Peter Canavese
Succumbs to turgidity And intentionally or not conveys the impression that the film uncritically celebrates the Confederacy Blu ray 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Mark Dujsik
Thinks it is grand without ever being so 
2
Gods and Generals
Joe Leydon
A stiff and stilted historical pageant that somehow manages to make the savage tumult of thousands pitched against thousands seem not so much dreadul as dreadfully dull 
1
Gods and Generals
Kit Bowen
Stay far away from the three hour plus Gods and Generals unless of course you need a good nap 
1
Gods and Generals
John Beifuss
If D W Griffith s 1915 Civil War stunner The Birth of a Nation was history writ with lightning in the famous phrase of President Woodrow Wilson than Ted Turner s Gods and Generals is history writ with sorghum 
1
Gods and Generals
Kerrie Mitchell
Never manages anything like thrills and by the long delayed end has turned into one big forced march 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Steven Snyder
If Maxwell wants to make a four hour epic about the war fine But don t waste my time with a film so artificial that it purifies the entire experience for a PG 13 audience 
0.5
Gods and Generals
Frank Ochieng
History buffs and Civil War re enactors may find this painfully long winded epic a gem worth exploring but others will most likely prefer to go dancing in the active battlefields of Fredricksburg as opposed to enduring this detached costume drama 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Jules Brenner
The battle for the modern audience is to stay awake 
1
Gods and Generals
Frank Ochieng
With the exception of Lang s terrific performance as the perplexed Stonewall Jackson the rest of the extensive cast is basically on cruise control 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Marty Mapes
Isn t completely satisfying but its larger than life ambitions earn it a recommendation 
2.5
Gods and Generals
Walter Chaw
A stultifying tribute to the pathological meticulousness of largely Southern Civil War recreationists 
1
Gods and Generals
Chris Hewitt
It s not that Gods and Generals is almost four hours long It s that it s four hours of bad 
1
Gods and Generals
Jack Zink
A turgid melodrama that s as painfully strung out as the events themselves 
2
Gods and Generals
Ted Fry
A movie that crams in so many faces chronological details and endlessly ham handed stretches of dialogue that the impact of the legitimately moving segments is considerably diminished 
2.5
Gods and Generals
Mick LaSalle
It s a plodding episodic film reverent and sanctimonious and its pro Southern viewpoint a time honored Hollywood tendency makes Gone With the Wind look like a Northern polemic 
1
Gods and Generals
David Elliott
It s like an old history cyclorama brought to life with a mixture of wax starch and pulped hymnals 
2
Gods and Generals
Peter Travers
What the filmmakers fail to recognize is that history on the page is quite different from what it needs to be onscreen namely alive and visceral 
1
Gods and Generals
Carrie Rickey
It may not be the worst war epic ever made that probably would be Battlefield Earth but it s darn close to being an unqualified disaster of that magnitude 
1.5
Gods and Generals
John Anderson
A shameless apologia for the Confederacy as a divinely inspired crusade for faith home and slave labor 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Glenn Whipp
This is a movie that operates at two speeds Somebody is either giving a fake sounding melodramatic speech or fighting in a fake looking melodramatic battle 
1
Gods and Generals
Jeff Vice
A stodgy dull Southern apologist rehash of the first half of the Civil War 
2
Gods and Generals
Ty Burr
An inert pageant of waxen figures that fails completely as drama even as it insults the sensibilities of anyone not clinging to rosy memories of the slave era South 
1
Gods and Generals
Roger Ebert
The kind of movie beloved by people who never go to the movies because they are primarily interested in something else the Civil War for example and think historical accuracy is a virtue instead of an attribute 
1.5
Gods and Generals
David Sterritt
Hollywood has produced many dubious depictions of the Civil War starting with The Birth of a Nation in 1915 and this stands with the sorriest of the lot 
1
Gods and Generals
Terry Lawson
Few of the actors are able to compete with the wigs and the platitudes 
2
Gods and Generals
Liam Lacey
General Boredom meets Major Tedium on the Civil War fields of Virginia 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Jonathan Foreman
It is so lacking in flesh and blood characters so unclear in its depiction of battles like Bull Run and so nauseating in its gruesome sentimentality that it is all but unwatchable 
1
Gods and Generals
Mike Clark
Bad actors or normally competent ones Jeff Daniels Stephen Lang serve up stilted deliveries of stilted dialogue in a near flashback to the filmstrips we used to see in school 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Tor Thorsen
Slowly drags viewers through a morass of cardboard caricatures tedious dialogue and stultifying skirmishes for over four hours if you count the previews and intermission 
2
Gods and Generals
Dave Tianen
So long winded that it sometimes feels like the Civil War in real time 
1.5
Gods and Generals
Jeffrey Westhoff
Watching this nearly four hour film is like attending a college history seminar That s what s good about the movie and also what s bad about it 
3
Gods and Generals
Michael Wilmington
The movie we see here though admirable in parts is numbing as a whole 
2.5
Gods and Generals
James Berardinelli
If ever there was a movie that could cause even the most restless sleeper to fall into a deep slumber this is it 
2
Gods and Generals
Steve Rhodes
If you love Gettysburg as I do you won t want to waste a minute much less almost four hours on this monstrosity What a disappointment 
1
Gods and Generals
Rob Blackwelder
If the 3 hour and 49 minute Civil War epic Gods and Generals is any indication the Union and the Confederate armies must have talked each other to death 
2
Gods and Generals
Jeanne Aufmuth
This Valentine to Civil War brigades of yore doesn t come close to illustrating the genuine passion and suffering behind the scenes 
2
Leviathan
Claudia Puig
A palpable and melancholy aura of resignation fills the masterful Leviathan the fourth feature from Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev Full review in Japanese 
3.5
Leviathan
Sonny Bunch
This is a tale of vodka fueled dysfunction of the meaninglessness of a life in which fairness and freedom are little more than easily ignored words 
3
Leviathan
Tom Meek
In the end Leviathan feels epic and tiring but all without a dull blip It s something of a rigorous and challenging workout for the soul 
3.5
Leviathan
Robert W. Butler
Leviathan is an angry mournful look at how the system any system works to grind down the little guy 
3.5
Leviathan
Susan Tavernetti
Cinematographer Mikhail Krichman s stunning images complement the narrative The cool gray dawns and barren landscapes express Kolya s despair and isolation 
3.5
Leviathan
Peter Canavese
Zvyagintsev literally and allegorically depicts modern Russia s runaway corruption but also captures universal fears about the shaky ground on which we construct our lives Blu ray 
4
Leviathan
John Wirt
A long slog of a Russian tragedy that doesn t let its protagonist or the audience off the hook 
3
Leviathan
Rob Thomas
Zvyagintsev s purpose here is to indict not just Vadim who is really a stand in for Putin himself but the entire Russian bureaucracy as rotten as ugly and as immovable as those bleached whale bones on the beach 
3.5
Leviathan
John Beifuss
The one devouring behemoth we see is a construction crane eating away the exterior of a house with its metal maw The movie s more sinister and insatiable monster is less visible It is the modern Russian bureaucracy at its most entrenched and corrupt 
3.5
Leviathan
Anders Wright
In a nation that is prone to epic novels and plays of desperate tragedy and ennui Leviathan fits right in and is nicely framed by a score by Philip Glass Anton Chekhov would have been proud 
3.5
Leviathan
Rafer Guzman
Heavy stuff but highly rewarding and an illuminating look into a country still steeped in its brutal past 
3
Leviathan
Ty Burr
Leviathan plays like downer Tolstoy masterfully specific to these people and unforgivingly allegorical toward the country at large 
4
Leviathan
Steven Rea
A story of political and spiritual corruption of men and women accustomed to power and of others fighting against it 
3.5
Leviathan
John Hartl
At times the movie suggests a Cheech and Chong comedy with cannabis replaced by vodka 
3.5
Leviathan
Rene Rodriguez
This is a portrait of people living under constant duress trying to drown their sorrows in a bottle and sometimes behaving in misguided ways that will free them if only temporarily from their grim reality 
4
Leviathan
Liam Lacey
Call it what you like a modern Russian epic a crime drama a black comedy or a scream in the dark Leviathan is a shaggy masterpiece 
3.5
Leviathan
Peter Howell
Andrey Zvyagintsev s Oscar nominated and vodka soaked satire of modern Russia which plays more like tragedy 
4
Leviathan
Kristin Tillotson
As harshly beautiful as the Barents Sea coastline where it is set this parable inspired in part by the biblical tale of Job dumps more misfortune than one hapless man should ever have to endure 
3.5
Leviathan
Ann Hornaday
From its chamber piece delicacy and bureaucratic detail to a grandeur and implacable pessimism that seem as ancient as the land itself Leviathan is a distinctly Russian tragedy 
4
Leviathan
Roger Moore
Here she is Mother Russia in all her corrupt bloated glory and despair A biting parable as enervating as a day long vodka binge 
3
Leviathan
Bill Stamets
The masterful script deals with telling words 
3.5
Leviathan
Michael Phillips
It s a small story set in a memorably desolate location The actors all quite magnificent enlarge it 
3.5
Leviathan
Matt Pais
Doesn t pull back the curtain on anything 
2
Leviathan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Smarter denser and more profound that what usually gets nominated for Best Foreign Language Film 
3.5
Leviathan
Godfrey Cheshire
Though it takes place in a small town and involves only a handful of characters the Russian drama Leviathan has a feeling of expansiveness even grandeur 
3.5
Leviathan
Farran Smith Nehme
Director Andrey Zvyagintsev s film combines allegory brutal melodrama black humor and strikingly beautiful compositions each frame dense with meaning 
4
Leviathan
Stephen Whitty
This is really a movie about a feeling or really about a lack of feeling about what happens to people in a dominant culture of bullying and abuse when they have no escape except what s inside the next bottle no options except not waking up 
3.5
Leviathan
Peter Travers
Director Andrey Zvyagintsev puts contemporary Russia as up to the minute as Putin and Pussy Riot under the microscope Leviathan is a stupendous piece of work that transcends language and borders 
3.5
Leviathan
Chuck Bowen
Andrey Zvyagintsev never loses sight of the humans who re allowed to display improvisatory behavior that deepens the majesty of the rigorously orchestrated tableaus 
3.5
Leviathan
Kent Turner
This feels immediate and urgent in addition to being a trenchant and tough minded tragedy It s depressing but with such a believable cast it s oddly uplifting 
3
Drifter
Christian Toto
Maybe the first dull post apocalyptic thriller featuring guns gore cannibals and a finger licking temptress 
1.5
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
David Nusair
46 46 46 an affable yet thoroughly erratic comedy 46 46 46 
2.5
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Matt Brunson
It didn apos t seem like much of a big deal at the time in most respects 44 it still doesn apos t but the passing of years has revealed National Lampoon apos s Christmas Vacation to be the best in the series 46 
3
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Bill Chambers
still another is Clark s utterly sympathetic desire to kindle in others the festive feeling 
3
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
James Berardinelli
One of the great unanswered questions in Hollywood is how Chevy Chase still gets work 
2.5
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Chris Hicks
Many of those episodic moments particularly in the film s first half are hilarious But as picture goes along there are far too many dry spells 
2.5
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Roger Ebert
Sequence after sequence seems to contain all the necessary material to be well on the way toward a payoff and then it somehow doesn t work 
2
Population 436
David Nusair
a cut above the majority of its direct to video brethren 
2.5
One Fine Morning
Roger Moore
As matter of fact and real world 47 real people as 8220 One Fine Morning 8221 can be 44 there 8217 s an airless unreality to it all 46 
2
One Fine Morning
Rene Sanchez
L 233 a Seydoux is marvelous in this spellbinding and sincere slice of life about family and the uncertain paths of love 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Even Sandra s career as a translator deemphasizes her perspective That s a fascinating challenge for Seydoux a movie star best known for Bond films and Blue Is the Warmest Color inhabiting an everyday person decentralized in her own life 
3
One Fine Morning
Robert Horton
This is the grace of Hansen L 248 ve 8217 s films 44 their dance between casualness and rapt attention 44 calibrated without an ounce of phoniness 44 a tone as humble and yet thrilling as the words 8220 one fine morning 46 8221 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Chase Hutchinson
When we then all look back on our lives with these moments of strife and serenity molded together it is this latest vision from Hansen Løve that provides yet another glimpse of what it is that we would see 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Kathy Fennessy
If there apos s a part of me that wanted this movie to be bigger or more consequential 44 Hansen L 248 ve much like her level headed protagonist doesn apos t take on more than she can handle 46 
3
One Fine Morning
Anne Brodie
L 233 a Seydoux sans makeup hair cropped close is Sandra 44 facing major difficulties 46 carries it with dignity 44 a strong sense of self 44 and love for her daughter 46 A provocative stirring portrait of a woman keeping the universe in balance 46 
4
One Fine Morning
Michael Phillips
It s an economical and modestly scaled film filled out with banked emotion and great finesse by Seydoux and company 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Mick LaSalle
With a subject matter like this One Fine Morning could only be a French film but it s no routine French film In its quiet no fuss way it constitutes something of a breakthrough 
4
One Fine Morning
Emily Zemler
In small ways this film from Mia Hansen Løve starring Léa Seydoux as a widowed single mother caring for her ill father will break your heart 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Thomas Floyd
Léa Seydoux shines The French actress is superb in this tender portrait of a woman trying to balance her needs with those of others
3.5
One Fine Morning
Monica Castillo
Hansen L 248 ve 8217 s work is heartfelt yet profound 44 emotionally and mentally engaging in ways few films dare to balance 46 Her latest work 44 One Fine Morning is no different 46 
4
One Fine Morning
Jake Coyle
One moment you might feel as though the narrative focus is drifting or sliding into repetition the next you can hardly imagine a more cohesive and affecting encapsulation of bittersweet human truths 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Mark Dujsik
91 The romance apos s 93 inclusion definitely detracts from the potential to explore 46 46 46 91 the 93 other 44 far more involving aspects of Sandra apos s life 46 
2.5
One Fine Morning
Brian Eggert
Hansen L 248 ve has a unique gift for capturing how people adapt in ways that 44 upon reflection 44 might seem tragic 44 though these maneuvers accurately reflect the unpredictable trajectories of life 46 
4
One Fine Morning
Erik Childress
Despite another solid performance from Lea Seydoux and a naturalistic narrative of everyday struggles there is an emotional undercurrent that is never breached by the end of it all 46 
2.5
One Fine Morning
Mike McGranaghan
It apos s not a picture that will necessarily blow you away 44 but it certainly offers a compelling portrait of a woman trying to sort through the issues that are plaguing her life 46 
3
One Fine Morning
Rania Richardson
Understated and deceptively breezy 44 Mia Hansen L 248 ve 8217 s ONE FINE MORNING 44 starring L 233 a Seydoux 44 accumulates nuanced moments that add up to a subtly powerful 44 satisfying work 46 
4
One Fine Morning
Ty Burr
Sandra is one of this director s and actress s richest creations A woman in full 
3.5
One Fine Morning
Andrew Murray
Colourful with a buoyant sense of humour 44 One Fine Morning is the embodiment of making the most out of every moment while we still can 46 
3
Jesus' Son
Austin Kennedy
JESUS SON is bottom of the line trash that wants to be art Full of self important crap tedious performances and embarrassing experimental flourishes this is a movie to avoid at all costs 
.5
Jesus' Son
Michael Dequina
While one is able to get interested in FH s internal workings it s more difficult to get too invested in his external actions that is on rare occasion he does act rather than react 
2.5
Jesus' Son
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages to blend its stories together into a nearly seamless narrative sliding dreamily from one episode to the next before we even realize we ve gone 
2.5
Jesus' Son
Ross Anthony
Excellent dialogue direction and acting injected into a rather bland film 
1.5
Jesus' Son
Roger Ebert
This is not a drug movie like any you ve seen 
3.5
Safe Men
David Nusair
it s difficult not to ultimately be won over by the uniformly superb performances and Hamburg s emphasis on thoroughly strange bits of comedy 
3
Safe Men
Roger Ebert
Safe Men whirls wildly from one bright idea to the next trying to find a combo that will hold the movie together No luck 
1
Repeaters
Kate Taylor
This is never quite as taut as it needs to be and the Manichean struggle becomes a bit facile 
2.5
Repeaters
Bill Chambers
The 80s horror movie coda doesn t help 
1
Repeaters
David Nusair
a seriously absurd piece of work 
1.5
Wild Things 2
Walter Chaw
Its title all the warning any kind of reasonably actualized human being would need to avoid it 
0
Icarus
Federico Furzan
A shocking entry in the conspiracy themed subgenre that ends up being as real as the effect of its subject Full review in Spanish 
3
Icarus
Alan French
The film knows when to abandon this storyline in favor of a far grander and impactful narrative 
3.5
Icarus
Roger Moore
Damning but meandering patience testing but Oscar winning
3
Icarus
Brian Tallerico
An imperfect film but the pacing of the final 3 4s of Icarus is remarkable as we watch a man s life and safety circle the drain 
3
Icarus
Clayton Dillard
A routinely assembled mlange of provocative material consistently undone by its maker s perplexing need to foist himself into the center of every conversation 
1.5
Icarus
Sean P. Means
A powerful look at doping by world class athletes and a conspiracy that is breathtaking in its size and scope 
4
Whatever Works
Jorge Montiel
This excellent entertaining and intelligent film reaps the rewards of the stupendous acting of its ensemble Full review in Spanish 
4
Whatever Works
Mattie Lucas
Allen s finest work in years and while the plot may rely a bit too much on coincidence and simple conflict resolution the quick witted dialogue and talented ensemble makes it all work 
3.5
Whatever Works
Kelly Jane Torrance
The result is one of Mr Allen s most interesting comedies of recent years a funny film in a familiar form but brought up to date by some very welcome edgy elements 
3
Whatever Works
Nick Rogers
People cynically walk into so much expecting disappointment auditoriums showing Woody Allen s annual crapshoot for example Sometimes they get expected middling results Sometimes as with Allen s 30 year old script they get unanticipated surprises 
3.5
Whatever Works
Tim Robey
What s Woody Allen s worst film Look no further 
0
Whatever Works
Michael Dequina
Woody Allen has a definite formula for his comedies and his latest shows just how worn out tired and outdated it s become 
2
Whatever Works
Mike Scott
Whatever Works doesn t have the exotic flair of last year s Oscar winning Vicky Cristina Barcelona but what it lacks in sexy accents and pretension it makes up for in sheer laughability and entertainment value 
3
Whatever Works
Sean P. Means
David and Allen seem to be straining to create caricatures of the other s screen persona and the results are inevitably self negating a comedic black hole from which not even laughter can escape 
2
Whatever Works
Eric Melin
It goes from burned out Allen motif to a mannered dinner theater production in little less than 10 minutes And it stays there 
1.5
Whatever Works
Michael Sragow
Whatever Works makes more of a demand on a viewer s willingness to suspend disbelief than movies about vampires or giant robots 
1
Whatever Works
Lisa Kennedy
After the fiercely enjoyable Vicky Christina Barcelona this return to New York City is a letdown though not without a few charms 
2.5
Whatever Works
Jeff Vice
This acidic patronizing and painfully unfunny comedy nearly undoes all the good will that the veteran screenwriter director had recouped with his later period Europe bound mysteries and dramas 
1.5
Whatever Works
Robert W. Butler
Unlike last year s Vicky Cristina Barcelona which felt fresh and contemporary Whatever Works seems dated Allen has covered these themes so often that they provide few surprises 
2.5
Whatever Works
Duane Dudek
It is a once more into the void cosmic shrug of the shoulders by a man whose films almost more than any other American director s reflect his world view 
3
Whatever Works
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie that feels assembled from the leftovers Allen found in his fridge 
2
Whatever Works
Joe Williams
30 years after he wrote and shelved this script the conceptual creakiness of Whatever Works might have been redeemed only by the director in the starring role 
2.5
Whatever Works
Chris Hewitt
If anyone else had made this unromantic comedy they d be accused of ripping off Manhattan Since it was made by Allen let s just accuse him of not having many fresh ideas in the past three decades 
2
Whatever Works
Christian Toto
The working title for Whatever Works should have been The Heart Wants What it Wants 
2
Whatever Works
Marty Mapes
So long as you don t hurt anybody and adapt to a New York state of mind whatever works 
2.5
Whatever Works
John Beifuss
A spoonful of Melody St Ann Celestine helps the misanthrophy go down 
3
Whatever Works
Matt Brunson
It appears 73 year old Woody Allen finally drew the line and elected to pair 21 year old Evan Rachel Wood with someone closer to her own age So he sent in 62 year old Larry David to pinch hit 
2
Whatever Works
Sean O'Connell
Preachy nihilistic derogatory and unfocused 
1.5
Whatever Works
Peter Canavese
Part of Boris worldview seems to be to excuse the movie in which he stars Try not to overthink it Allen seems to say just enjoy it 
2.5
Whatever Works
Peter Howell
We ve seen this kind of May December setup in many Allen movies but this one follows a less predictable path and with more amusing secondary characters 
2.5
Whatever Works
David Nusair
a sporadically watchable yet hopelessly uneven piece of work 
2
Whatever Works
Mick LaSalle
Woody Allen had a nice winning streak going for him and then he brought in his younger self to screw things up 
2
Whatever Works
Steven Rea
Allen and David do stuff in Whatever Works that shouldn t work but does 
3
Whatever Works
Michael Phillips
Coming off last year s Vicky Cristina Barcelona the freshest Allen film in more than a decade Whatever Works plays like a hoary old Broadway stage comedy yanked reluctantly into the present 
1.5
Whatever Works
Liam Lacey
As Whatever Works creaks along the attention getting nastiness of the first half dissipates and it turns into just another Woody Allen overacted sex farce 
2
Whatever Works
Robert Abele
Coming off last year s Vicky Cristina Barcelona the freshest Allen film in more than a decade Whatever Works plays like a hoary old Broadway stage comedy yanked reluctantly into the present 
1.5
Whatever Works
Ty Burr
Whatever Works would have only worked if its director had written his trademark self caricature out of it 
2
Whatever Works
Roger Ebert
Larry David is the mind of the enterprise and Evan Rachel Wood is the heart 
3
Whatever Works
Stephen Whitty
As a holding pattern until Allen gets a new better movie together this works for now 
2.5
Whatever Works
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the negative tenor of the dialogue the film itself has a sweet quality 
3
Whatever Works
Dustin Putman
Minor to be sure but Woody Allen s most unabashedly sunny movie in years 
2.5
Whatever Works
Robert Levin
A superficial bit of cultural warfare that pits New York as the epitome of all things grand and cultured and those from the South as simple minded impressionable bumpkins 
1.5
Whatever Works
Claudia Puig
One would think Allen had worked though his on screen fascination with the older man young girl scenario by now This latest exploration just feels derivative and musty 
2
Whatever Works
Peter Travers
Whatever Works feels like something out of time and worse out of step 
2.5
Whatever Works
Rafer Guzman
Whatever Works is a slapdash composition built around a single note 
2.5
Whatever Works
Joe Lozito
In this return to Manhattan and to his old tricks Woody Allen finds a perfect representative in Larry David 
3
Whatever Works
Henry Stewart
The worst thing about Woody s latest is Larry David 
2.5
Whatever Works
Lou Lumenick
The Woodman s return to New York after a four year European sojourn finds him working very familiar territory much less fruitfully than in the past 
2
The Holiday Sitter
Randy Myers
Director Ali Liebert gives it all a light bright touch and both leads are utterly charming 
3
Humanité
Matt Brunson
Sporadically involving 
2.5
Humanité
Roger Ebert
Bruno Dumont s L Humanite has the outer form of a police movie but much more inside 
3.5
Me, You, Them
Susan Stark
The big screen hasn t shown us a more earthy commanding woman since Italy s iconic Anna Magnani made her stand 
3
Me, You, Them
Jeanne Aufmuth
For the culturally uninitiated us it s a judgmental struggle regarding this Brazilian Lolita and her unorthodox cabaret 
3
Me, You, Them
Loren King
Manages to find the magic through its documentary style and manages to find the erotic in the commonplace 
3.5
Me, You, Them
Roger Ebert
Works because the story is sympathetic to the feelings of the characters observes them as individuals 
3
Me, You, Them
Bob Graham
A neat combination of healthy sensuality psychological subtlety and an unapologetic grasp of how the world turns 
4
Me, You, Them
Rod Armstrong
The art house equivalent of fast food 
2.5
Test Pattern
Mitchell Beaupre
Everything in Test Pattern comes back to that idea of authenticity 44 exemplified by the neorealist approach that Ford takes to putting us through the motions with these characters 46 
4
Test Pattern
Josh Larsen
A strong sobering writing directing debut 
3
Test Pattern
James Kendrick
shifts between present and past to punctuate the emotional and relational impact of the assault and to highlight how such an event forever alters our perception even of those we love 
3.5
Test Pattern
Lisa Trifone
Test Pattern marks Ford s feature film directorial debut she also wrote the script and the film to a certain degree shows it 
2.5
Test Pattern
Tom Meek
It s here that the characters become more than cutouts and there s real depth and affecting agony 
2.5
Test Pattern
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A simple yet smart deconstruction of racial and gender structures 
3.5
Test Pattern
Anita Katz
Hall and Brill deliver essential terrific chemistry and Ford addresses numerous underlying topical concerns consent boundaries self blame patriarchal attitudes relationship power dynamics perceptively and affectingly 
3
Test Pattern
Joe Friar
The sexual assault drama takes the subtle approach as it tackles several underlying themes in Shatara Michelle Ford s contemplative debut 
3
Test Pattern
Sean P. Means
Renesha s resignation seems to be the point as writer director Shatara Michelle Ford makes us bear silent witness to Renesha being victimized a second time by an unfeeling system 
3.5
Test Pattern
Monica Castillo
An engrossing human drama one that examines the intersections and inequalities between race gender and healthcare in a poignant and powerful way 
3.5
Test Pattern
Mark Dujsik
Ford s debut feature is about trauma in a specific way 
3
Test Pattern
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Beyond the finely tuned script Ford also displays a strong sense of mise en scène her camera compositions and blocking always elevating subtext 
3.5
Test Pattern
Nina Metz
By contrasting two different nights out in Austin writer director Shatara Michelle Ford is doing something so canny in her debut indie feature Test Pattern 
2.5
Test Pattern
William Repass
The film strikingly punctuates the detachment of realist drama with the expressionism of psychological horror 
3
Test Pattern
Roger Moore
As sober a treatment of the date rape drug experience as the cinema has ever shown us 
3
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Brian Eggert
Not even the most devoted Frankenheimer enthusiast will find a coherent outcome 44 no matter how layered it may be with admirable degrees of pure oddity and 40 arguably intentional 41 hokum 46 
1.5
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Walter Chaw
It s not to say there s not a lot wrong with the film but rather to suggest that the chief criticisms of it being strange and a mess aren t among them 
2.5
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Judith Egerton
There s the obese Brando pretending to be God while dressed in gauzy white robes like a demented pope
1
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Jeffrey Westhoff
In its final third the movie goes to hell in more ways than Frankenheimer intended 
2
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Brandon Judell
The most exciting characters are killed off too early and what we re left with is a Satan s Seasme Street 
2.5
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Mike Clark
The movie keeps switching focus without ever getting its bearings and when Brando exits earlier than expected there s little but mayhem to fall back on 
2
Every Which Way But Loose
David Nusair
an exceedingly ramshackle piece of work that benefits substantially from the affable efforts of its charismatic star 
2.5
Every Which Way But Loose
Scott Nash
Despite its flaws this is still a movie that s easy to like Some of it s quite bad but it s bad in an easy going quite harmless way 
2.5
Dinner at Eight
Matt Brunson
A sparkling script and game efforts from an all star cast easily overcome any signs of creakiness 
3.5
Dinner at Eight
Austin Kennedy
It s a little rough around the edges but the performances from these legendary actors really make this movie worthy of your time
3
Dinner at Eight
Betsy Bozdech
At its poignant heart it s a character drama about the interwoven lives and loves of a small cross section of 1930s upper crust Manhattanites 
3.5
Dinner at Eight
Jeremiah Kipp
The dinner party that closes Dinner at Eight wouldn t feel like dancing at the end of the world without Renault s final gesture 
3
Steal Me
Jonathan W. Hickman
The often meandering Steal Me is a film that says just enough and leaves the rest to us to work out 
3.5
Steal Me
Jami Bernard
Drifter comes to small town gets all the ladies hot But it s not the steamy literate Picnic starring William Holden instead it s the pretentious Steal Me an artily photographed puzzlingly acted indie 
1.5
Steal Me
Lou Lumenick
Solid performances can t save Melissa Painter s pretentious teen drama Steal Me which plays like a cross between Dangerous Skin without the gay sex and Picnic without the production values or credible situations 
1.5
Steal Me
Ed Gonzalez
A garbage bin for contrived poetic platitudes and ruminations on sex and stealing 
1.5
Reminiscence
Brian Eggert
The reality is that watching Reminiscence is an endurance test It s two hours of Jackman s character the sour faced Nick Bannister scowling through scenes and unloading exposition in his omnipresent voiceover 
1.5
Reminiscence
Matt Brunson
A swampy mystery a soggy action film and a waterlogged love story 
2
Reminiscence
Rene Sanchez
Despite its technical feats this noir thriller is so bleak and dense you don t want to keep it in your memories Full Review in Spanish 
2
Reminiscence
Steven Prokopy
Visually compelling and front loaded with an attractive cast the science fiction film Reminiscence has the added bonus of being a deeply layered film with noir story and dialogue 
2
Reminiscence
Tom Meek
While the film has the right feel it lacks soul and true intent 
2
Reminiscence
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Reminiscence may be flawed but it is a deeply haunting portrait of a man too weak for this world 
3
Reminiscence
Ross Anthony
The visuals are artistically fantastic and the score strong unfortunately the script dialogue impact and pacing lack 
1
Reminiscence
Jake Coyle
Like its characters it s drunk on what came before relying too heavily on noir tropes But its smart thought provoking concept isn t so easy to shake off 
2.5
Reminiscence
Mark Feeney
Joy doesn t lack for ideas It s just that there are too many and few of them original 
2
Reminiscence
Rex Reed
The corny script and the static direction are both by Lisa Joy from the TV show Westworld This is her first feature film It probably won t be her last but hope springs eternal 
1
Reminiscence
Sean P. Means
Jackman puts his brooding charisma to good use giving Nick the dark shading a noir antihero needs 
3
Reminiscence
David Nusair
an intriguing premise that is for the most part employed to hopelessly underwhelming and uninvolving effect 
1.5
Reminiscence
Mike McGranaghan
After a strong start the plot begins going in multiple directions never settling on any specific tone At times I just wanted to yell at the screen telling the film to pick a lane and stay in it 
2
Reminiscence
Cate Marquis
The film aims high and while it does not really hit that mark it does deliver good entertainment for those up for its classic noir sci fi mash up 
3
Reminiscence
Tomris Laffly
Perhaps the greatest crime of Reminiscence is how effortlessly it wastes the collective appeal of its A list cast 
2
Reminiscence
Johnny Oleksinski
A burdensome slog 
2
Reminiscence
James Berardinelli
Although Reminiscence is made with care and competence and features a strong underlying premise the film as a whole is forgettable 
2
Reminiscence
Mark Dujsik
It s more than a bit disappointing to watch as Joy s initial world building and establishment of tone become diminished 
2
Reminiscence
Wes Greene
Reminiscence s noir adornments inadvertently feel closer to parody than loving homage 
2
Reminiscence
Michael Phillips
Strictly a welding job grabbing parts of Blade Runner a bolt and a nut or two from Vertigo and notions of commercially desired fantasies of pasts real and imagined straight from Westworld 
1.5
Reminiscence
Rafer Guzman
You can t help feeling that you ve seen this movie before 
2
Reminiscence
Roger Moore
A classic August movie a high priced all star dud dumped in cinema s slowest month and forgotten by Labor Day 
2
Reminiscence
Richard Roeper
Inventive and ambitious but wildly convoluted and ultimately disappointing 
2
Reminiscence
Katie Walsh
A daring and futuristic sci fi story based in a familiar genre and driven by familiar human emotions love loss betrayal regret 
2.5
Reminiscence
Pat Padua
For every scene that works and there are plenty there s one that goes off the rails 
2
Reminiscence
G. Allen Johnson
Intriguing but ultimately shallow 
2
Ikland
Kam Williams
A redemptive documentary which sets the record straight about a much maligned African tribe 
3.5
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
David Nusair
large swaths of The Lovers of the Arctic circle aren t quite as wholeheartedly engrossing or captivating as one might ve hoped 
2.5
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Michael Dequina
A triumphant exercise in style 
3
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Roger Ebert
The movie is about love or rather about their grand ideas of romance It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls 
3
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Ross Anthony
if you re a lover of dark abstract art you might just be a lover of the Arctic Circle 
2
Assault on Wall Street
Steve Macfarlane
Uwe Boll s insistence on plugging genre tropes into his imagined idea of populism returns us to the same cynical place as Postal except with none of the sizzle 
1.5
Esther Kahn
Jeremy Heilman
Attempting to determine whether the offstage trauma that she s undergoing is genuine or an extreme form of method acting becomes the film s dramatic crux and it s more than enough to hold the viewer s attention
3.5
Esther Kahn
Gene Seymour
It s a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix s 
1.5
Esther Kahn
Megan Turner
The French director has turned out nearly 21 2 hours of unfocused excruciatingly tedious cinema that half an hour in starts making water torture seem appealing 
.5
House on Elm Lake
Norman Gidney
It s clear that effort went into the making of Elm Lake The blood and gore effects are acceptable the story could have only used a few rewrites and the cast is strong Yet it s so close to being watchable that it s almost a crime that it falls short 
2
Eloise at Christmastime
David Nusair
a marked improvement over its predecessor 
2.5
In the Name of the King III
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
cheaper worse acted and more boring and visually poor than its predecessor Full review in Spanish 
1
Sylvio
Greg Cwik
Sylvio s banal depictions of everyday loneliness through the diurnal tedium of an anthropomorphic animal brings to mind BoJack Horseman but without the caustic navel gazing and self destruction or the mordant pop culture musings 
2
The Glass Shield
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Glass Shield has a specifically cinematic vision and visual poetry 
3
The Glass Shield
Eric Henderson
Burnett uses a socially discomforting scenario that has only vague implications of deeper malice to initiate a brave portrayal of a Caucasian centric sort of martial law 
3
The Glass Shield
Peter Canavese
The film s ambition makes Burnett s occasional overstatement easy to forgive 
3
The Glass Shield
Peter Stack
An implausible wearisome clunker trying to ring true but making only dull thuds 
2
The Glass Shield
Mike Clark
Though no masterpiece the film is an interesting sidebar for moviegoers who try to keep up it s like a 50s film noir oddity you catch on 3 a m TV only to find that it s become a more scintillating view than Ben Hur 
3
The Glass Shield
James Berardinelli
Burnett s screenplay has a tendency to be a little too preachy especially during the unsatisfying final scene There s a fine line between getting the message across through subtlety and becoming didactic 
2.5
Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations
Mick LaSalle
The documentary is eye opening and very much worth seeing even though it can t help but be disheartening 
3
Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations
Matt Fagerholm
I have no doubt that there is an important and eye opening film to be made of this footage though the subjects it explores require a deeper dive 
2
Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations
Roger Moore
A brisk primer on the modern faces of hatred for the Jews the viral way it spreads at the speed of the Internet and the consequences of this renewed outbreak 
3
Mars Attacks!
Dan Webster
Mars Attacks works well enough though never well enough to make up for the fact that Burton ultimately settles for less 
2.5
Mars Attacks!
Gene Siskel
Oh those Martians They are funny mean little buggers and they re worthing checking out 
3
Mars Attacks!
Malcolm Johnson
Even Tim Burton s maddest fans will feel disappointment creeping in as the invasion careens along 
2.5
Mars Attacks!
Chris Kaltenbach
The best thing about Mars Attacks is that you ll come away believing you could have done the movie better 
1.5
Mars Attacks!
Dennis King
Zestfully tacky and broadly comic but never quite as funny as it promises to be Mars Attacks is fanboy filmmaker Tim Burton s artfully crafted sendup of 50s sci fi paranoia
2.5
Mars Attacks!
Josh Larsen
a sadistically silly spoof that uses a cheesy ray gun to blow away the tropes of science fiction past 
3.5
Mars Attacks!
TV Guide Staff
Since the movie is obviously designed to be a larky romp through low culture cheese it may seem mean spirited to complain that in the end Burton s spectacle is a bit hollow 
3
Mars Attacks!
Jeanne Aufmuth
The relentless take no prisoners attitude of the invaders is effective but the 50s Cold War humor updated for the 90s falls flat 
2
Mars Attacks!
Robert Roten
A very disappointing effort by director Tim Burton 
1
Mars Attacks!
Margaret A. McGurk
It s got attitude goodness knows it has stars by the fistful and it certainly was made with technical skill What it doesn t have is enough of a story to fill an hour and 46 minutes 
1.5
Mars Attacks!
Jeffrey Westhoff
When the film s energy kicks in though so does Burton s flair for black comedy 
3
Mars Attacks!
Peter Stack
Hilarity never seemed so tedious 
2
Mars Attacks!
Rick Groen
This may not be a Christmas movie but it sure captures the elusive spirit of the season and the simple pleasure is contagious 
3
Mars Attacks!
Madeleine Williams
With Mars Attacks director Tim Burton has created not only an instant cult hit but a very offbeat black comedy that parodies martian invasion films disaster films and many aspects of our popular culture 
3.5
Mars Attacks!
Rod Dreher
Isolated cool moments aside Mars Attacks is mostly blah filler Burton dashes around so skittishly he rarely has time to exploit his better ideas it s not the sustained kitschy romp the excellent trailers lead you to expect 
2
Mars Attacks!
Michael Dequina
A knowing and loving tribute to those cheesy B movies 
3.5
Mars Attacks!
Joe Baltake
The film s penchant for repetition is faithful to its 50s source material and is the very quality that turns Mars Attacks into such a marvelously unstable comedy 
3.5
Mars Attacks!
Ted Prigge
Probably the biggest let down since the second season of Twin Peaks 
2.5
Mars Attacks!
Jeff Vice
An acquired taste 
3
Mars Attacks!
Roger Ebert
First he made Ed Wood a tribute to the man fondly recalled as the worst movie director of all time Now Tim Burton seems to have made a tribute to Wood s work 
2
Mars Attacks!
James Berardinelli
A stillborn affair that could have been and should have been a whole lot hipper and funnier 
2
Mars Attacks!
Jonathan Rosenbaum
As light entertainment Mars Attacks gave me more pleasure than most other recent movies I ve seen 
3
Mars Attacks!
Mike D'Angelo
I can only report that I ve now seen the film twice and that I laughed my fool head off both times from beginning to end 
3.5
Mars Attacks!
Walter V. Addiego
John Waters will weep with envy 
2
Mars Attacks!
Marty Mapes
Mars Attacks is not so much a spoof of B science fiction films as it is an homage to them But those B films were usually bad and this homage to them suffers for the same reasons 
2
Mars Attacks!
James O'Ehley
While Mars Attacks may not have been as good as it could have been it is definitely one of the better sci fi flicks to have headed our way in quite a while 
3
Mars Attacks!
Steve Rhodes
Like a well constructed bad painting there is much to admire in the film but the net effect leaves you dispassionate 
2
Mars Attacks!
Rob Blackwelder
As sci fi spoofs go Mars Attacks may never be topped 
3
Hard Eight
Stephen Hunter
The film doesn t rush it s not self absorbed in the Tarantino fashion it just clicks along relentlessly picking up power particularly as threats develop to Sid s well ordered view of the world 
3
Hard Eight
Michael Wilmington
It s done with such intelligence and feeling and such a brilliant cast that it grips our attention from first shuffle to last bet 
3
Hard Eight
Josh Larsen
A clever confident debut from Paul Thomas Anderson and a showcase role for character actor Philip Baker Hall 
3
Hard Eight
David Nusair
a low key yet sporadically fascinating drama 
3.5
Hard Eight
Mike Clark
We get to see Jackson play one of his scarier characters 
3
Hard Eight
Steve Rhodes
A comedy without humor a tragedy without emotion and a story without meaning 
1.5
Hard Eight
Roger Ebert
Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us 
3.5
Hard Eight
David N. Butterworth
Ace 
3
Hard Eight
Ruthe Stein
Noirish thrillers live or die by their plot twists and dialogue Unfortunately the script by first time filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson fails on both counts 
1
Hard Eight
James Berardinelli
There s something almost hypnotic about the way Hard Eight develops even in its slowest most tedious moments it keeps our attention 
3
The Squeeze
Richard Freedman
The Squeeze is the kind of insufferably dull and derivative self styled comedy caper doomed to play for about a week in movie theaters and then be instantly relegated to in flight limbo 
1
The Squeeze
Roger Ebert
The Squeeze is a non movie held together only by the intrinsic appeal of Michael Keaton and Rae Dawn Chong its stars They are given nothing to work with here Nothing 
1
Linger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Johnnie To s vast experience and finely honed skills help the ghost story romance Linger occasionally step over the puddles of goop 
3
Reunion
Kam Williams
There s not much reason to check out this shameless rip off of The Big Chill unless you ve never seen the original and you re inclined to watch a bunch of entitled Ivy Leaguers acting out like spoiled brats in the midst of a midlife crisis 
1
Reunion
Simon Abrams
A soap opera disguised as a serious chamber drama in the tradition of Paddy Chayefsky 
2.5
My Name Is Emily
Glenn Kenny
My Name Is Emily is in many respects an average and in several respects a kind of clichd and frayed coming of age movie 
2
My Name Is Emily
Roger Moore
Winsome writerly and intriguing until it dissolves into a far more conventional road picture romance 
2.5
Basmati Blues
Kenneth R. Morefield
Basmati Blues isn t going to win any Oscars but I finished the movie happier than when I started 
2.5
Basmati Blues
Rex Reed
Basmati Blues is the kind of easily forgiven early career move that is best released on home video and forgotten 
1
Basmati Blues
James Berardinelli
Basmati Blues isn t nearly as bad as some of the online buzz might indicate and that s actually unfortunate Instead of vying for a so bad it s entertaining categorization it falls squarely into the hell of cinematic mediocrity 
2
Basmati Blues
Kam Williams
A shaky Bollywood style musical worth a watch just to see Oscar winner Brie Larson give it her all 
2
Basmati Blues
Glenn Kenny
An amiable misfire 
2
Basmati Blues
Mark Dujsik
O ne might see the movie s clunky story its forced humor its awkward editing rhythms and its garish visuals as intentional parts of the movie s attempted charm 
2
Basmati Blues
Christian Toto
Basmati Blues only scores so many points for not making its heroine a struggling magazine writer in the Big Apple 
2
Basmati Blues
Mike McGranaghan
Basmati Blues clearly wants to be a Western take on a Bollywood movie In reality it s a Bollywoof movie which is to say a Bollywood wannabe that s a real dog 
1
Basmati Blues
Derek Smith
Danny Baron s film awkwardly melds Bollywood romcom tropes with a half hearted critique of the GMO industry 
.5
Sinister Circle (Cementerio General 2)
Roger Moore
A couple of scary moments and a LOT of dull filler before we get to a crappy cop out of an ending 
1.5
Sinister Circle (Cementerio General 2)
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
a clear improvement over its predecessor visually impressive and competently acted Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Wedding Gift
Roger Ebert
It is a small civilizing story without a big phony crisis and a manufactured climax It s just about people we feel good to have known 
3
Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear
Mike McGranaghan
A far far better horror anthology than V H S It s more imaginative more entertaining and more skillfully made 
3.5
Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Chilling Visions 5 Senses of Fear may be uneven but it is also creative and sly certain to entertain horror fans 
2.5
Galapagos: Nature's Wonderland
Ethan Gilsdorf
Corwin seems just as amused by the oddball flora and fauna as kids will likely be 
3
Galapagos: Nature's Wonderland
John Hartl
The three dimensional images are handled with restraint by director Martin Williams and his crew 
3
Galapagos: Nature's Wonderland
Rob Nelson
The glaring problem with Galapagos 3D is that it s a movie about the wonders of evolution that never once mentions natural selection or even Charles Darwin whose work was largely based on his study of the islands 
2
Tim's Vermeer
Mattie Lucas
While the filmmakers were clearly going for a more lighthearted tone at times it often seems at odds with what s actually going on 
2
Tim's Vermeer
John Beifuss
Jenison s compulsiveness and ingeniousness are interesting and his research may prove to have some art scholarship value but another impresson is that spending 180 days to reproduce The Music Lesson is a colossal waste of time 
2.5
Tim's Vermeer
Matt Brunson
One can t help but lament that Jenison is missing the heart of the art he SEES but he doesn t FEEL 
2
Tim's Vermeer
John Wirt
Despite the exhausting quest taken up by the documentary s hero the film doesn t register as inspirational 
2
Tim's Vermeer
Rob Thomas
It s a sophisticated treatise on the intersection between creativity and technology presented with all the offhand charm of a great tale told over a round of beers 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Mary Louise Schumacher
The documentary like the project itself is an indulgent vanity project friends making a film about a friend 
2
Tim's Vermeer
Moira MacDonald
Tim s Vermeer is about many things art history technology painting technique beauty but ultimately it s a beguiling study of fascination 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Joe Williams
We should never forget that Penn and Teller are professional bamboozlers and their attempt to re frame the definition of genius might be nothing but smoke and mirrors 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Peter Canavese
Earns its keep by being informative and briskly entertaining It helps that the likeably wry Jenison is such an interesting character in his own right a true Renaissance man 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Steven Rea
Tim s Vermeer is film as forensics bringing math and science to bear to solve an art world mystery 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
James Adams
Mostly it is fascinating and compelling 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Chris Hewitt
You don t even need to care about art to be entertained by this clever swift documentary 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Chris Knight
The resulting film is a geek s dream and a great documentary crossover touching on art history technology science optics and even construction techniques as Jenison labours over his replica of Vermeer s studio 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Ty Burr
Some movies are great because of their artistry Tim s Vermeer achieves greatness OK semi greatness by placing the act of artistic creation itself under a microscope 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Dann Gire
The documentary Tim s Vermeer chronicles one man s obsession Sheer unbridled unstoppable obsession no different from in Werner Herzog s 1982 classic Fitzcarraldo 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Michael O'Sullivan
Tim s Vermeer makes a convincing case that Vermeer could have painted the way Jenison says he did It also makes a pretty powerful ancillary point that some people are both geniuses and geeks 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Michael Phillips
Tim s Vermeer is a diverting 80 minute account of one man s mission to explore the Vermeer optics theory in detail 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Matt Pais
Can a movie be both fascinating and extremely boring 
2.5
Tim's Vermeer
Peter Travers
Art purists can relax since inventor Tim Jenison a video wiz with little talent for painting never really challenges Vermeer s genius for conception and composition Technology is the thing at issue here 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Glenn Kenny
The movie is straightforward brisk engaging and sometimes even moving 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Claudia Puig
A fascinating documentary that poses a compelling aesthetic query did 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer use optical devices to achieve his gorgeously photo realistic light filled artwork 
3.5
Tim's Vermeer
Jake Coyle
The film an ode to craftsmanship establishes without a doubt that many of the traits we reserve for other fields dedication ingenuity are also inherent to the artistic process Ta da 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Roger Moore
Fascinating Bull Maybe It lacks the one thing Penn Teller are supposed to be famous for skepticism 
2.5
Tim's Vermeer
Bill Weber
It chronicles the quest of a self described geek and there are pleasurable frissons of discovery in the detective work 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Kent Turner
The viewer will watch paint dry and like it 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Lou Lumenick
A highly entertaining documentary 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Stephen Whitty
The movie s painstaking attention to detail certainly puts you in mind of Vermeer s own but even halfway through its short length it s easy to get restless 
2.5
Tim's Vermeer
David Nusair
often much more engrossing and informative than expected 
2.5
Tim's Vermeer
Linda Barnard
The result astonishes A fascinating funny and inspiring story 
3
Tim's Vermeer
Walter Chaw
Even at a fleet 79 minutes feels a little long For a while though Tim s Vermeer paints a compelling picture of inventor fellow illusionist and 3 D designer Tim Jenison as he indulges his peculiar obsession 
2.5
Share
Matt Fagerholm
A masterful example of how cinema can channel what filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier dubbed the female experience 
4
Share
Sean P. Means
The high school drama Share about a teen caught in a social media nightmare is a great idea hobbled by lackluster execution 
2.5
Terrorizers
Cliff Lee
Viewers may have to work past queasy feelings surrounding Terrorizers focal point 
2.5
The Undefeated
Roger Moore
Undefeated Palin did a fine job of making her fans feel like losers with this abortive trial balloon infomercial Losers and suckers 
1.5
The Undefeated
Sean P. Means
After proclaiming that Palin is a woman of substance in the end Bannon s movie is all about her style
1
The Undefeated
Robert Levin
This Sarah Palin hosanna is done in by the simple fact that its director needs to go back to film school 
1.5
As Long As I Live
Namrata Joshi
JTHJ struggles hard to find its own two feet to stand on 
2
Pelé
Carlos Aguilar
The digging is kept skin deep and the protagonist gets off mostly unquestioned 
2
Jigsaw
Brian Eggert
Gorehounds will get their fill and that s about the limit of Jigsaw s appeal 
1
Jigsaw
David Gonzalez
Jigsaw will in no way 44 shape or form be a game changer for the horror genre 46 
2.5
Jigsaw
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps the Saw franchise has outlived its own relevance In a world grown numb from violent death Jigsaw just doesn t seem to have a place 
2
Jigsaw
Federico Furzan
The return of Jigsaw is plain and boring Annoying characters don t help to make the experience bearable 
2
Jigsaw
David Nusair
Jigsaw stands as a more of the same followup that seems to have emerged directly from a template for the series 
2.5
Jigsaw
Roger Moore
Another grisly cheating round of Jigsaw Roulette where there a bullet stashed in every chamber of the gun 
1.5
Jigsaw
Matthew Rozsa
Which brings us to Jigsaw which fails for very much the same reasons as The Mummy It was made to launch a franchise rather than because it was actually about something 
2
Jigsaw
Simon Abrams
It s fun to watch I just don t think it s the kind of fun the filmmakers planned 
2.5
Jigsaw
Phil Villarreal
The pieces may be flimsy but they manage to fit 
3
Jigsaw
Dustin Putman
As a one off serving fans a nostalgic dose of a mid 2000s fad it s just what the coroner ordered 
2.5
Floored
Lou Lumenick
This relatively short doc is more than halfway over before it gets around to addressing its stated theme how computer trading has thinned out the crowd of sharp elbowed traders by some 90 percent since 1997 
2
Burn Country
Soren Andersen
The performances are first rate particularly Rains work in the lead role 
3
Burn Country
Clayton Dillard
For a film that warns against believing in a mirage Burn Country seems all too comfortable perpetuating one 
1.5
Chimes at Midnight
James Berardinelli
Most are advised that watching the movie feels more like homework than entertainment 
2.5
Chimes at Midnight
Matthew Rozsa
Welles may be best known for his 1941 film Citizen Kane but as far as I m concerned Chimes at Midnight is his magnum opus 
4
Chimes at Midnight
Mattie Lucas
One can feel Welles energy and passion but there is a sense of regret that hangs over Chimes at Midnight that is impossible to ignore as if Falstaff has become a metaphor for Welles himself 
3.5
Chimes at Midnight
James Kendrick
one of Welles s greatest late stage accomplishments a very nearly magnificent amalgam of plot points characters and dialogue from not just one or two of the Bard s history plays but five of them
3.5
Chimes at Midnight
Matt Brunson
Criticized at the time of its release for its low budget the film is actually enhanced by its down and dirty aura and Welles performance is nothing short of brilliant 
3.5
Chimes at Midnight
Chuck Bowen
In Chimes at Midnight Orson Welles is at the height of his powers while reveling in the poetic force of Falstaff s weakness 
4
Chimes at Midnight
Michael Phillips
Chimes at Midnight is one of Welles peak achievements Its depth of feeling seems very real very deep indeed 
4
Chimes at Midnight
Roger Ebert
Here is a film to treasure 
4
Chimes at Midnight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mythically beautiful 
4
Margin Call
Brian Eggert
Afterward 44 we have a better understanding of the apathy that permeated our economy 8217 s ongoing crisis 44 which 44 depending on your outlook 44 either focuses or alleviates your anger over the situation 46 
3.5
Margin Call
Matt Brunson
Margin Call opts to show us that there are no heroes and villains only villains and victims and poor souls weighing the merits of a Faustian bargain 
3
Margin Call
Mattie Lucas
Even with its mostly even handed approach it remains mostly dry and clinical lacking in fire and directorial spark 
2
Margin Call
Kelly Jane Torrance
Not only does it offer no new insights into an issue everyone needs to understand it s also about as enthralling as watching an investment banker pace his office all day while alternately talking and yelling into the telephone glued onto his ear 
1.5
Margin Call
Brandy McDonnell
Margin Call ranks among the top dramas ever made about Wall Street 
3.5
Margin Call
Craig D. Lindsey
Margin Call effectively portrays these masters of the universe as flawed folk who were just as ill informed unaware and ultimately scared of losing it all as the general public 
3
Margin Call
Roger Moore
Maybe the financial collapse went down something like this 
3
Margin Call
Scott Nash
Margin Call takes what could have been a complex and boring subject and serves it up as gripping entertainment 
3.5
Margin Call
Linda Cook
In what could arguably be called sadly a season of consumerism comes Margin Call a realistic dialogue driven drama about the unraveling of an investment bank within 24 hours 
3.5
Margin Call
John Beifuss
Ultimately romanticizes the traders it pretends only to humanize and validates the enterprise it is attempting to scold 
2.5
Margin Call
Marty Mapes
Humanizes the cause of the current recession
3
Margin Call
Stephen Cole
Spacey is mesmerizing as Sam a weary aging lion losing his appetite for antelope And Irons plays the villain with magisterial ease 
4
Margin Call
Peter Howell
It s a realistic take on what happens when high flying money speculators suddenly hit ground It s also a great calling card for J C Chandor the writer director making his feature debut 
2.5
Margin Call
Rene Rodriguez
Margin Call is the movie Oliver Stone tried to make with Wall Street Money Never Sleeps only a lot less flashy and melodramatic and sharper smarter and with a much stronger cast 
3
Margin Call
James Kendrick
Chandor keeps Margin Call visually and emotionally fluid staging the entire ordeal like an escalating disaster in which fiscal rather than physical violence is the looming threat
3
Margin Call
Brett McCracken
Buoyed by a strong cast and a smart script Margin Call raises vital ethical questions about the intersection of doing what s right and making a lot of money 
3
Margin Call
Lisa Kennedy
Writer director J C Chandor then plunges us into a dark night of quietly nasty reckoning as it becomes clear to the firm s honchos that the calamitous risk assessments one of their own was working on might well be true 
3.5
Margin Call
Rob Thomas
Margin Call is a terrific film no matter what side of the police line the viewer is on with a fantastic cast and sharp and smart writing that attempts to explain what went wrong without getting bogged down in details 
3.5
Margin Call
Stephen Whitty
It sees its characters not as villains but simply as business people with all that means 
3
Margin Call
Michael O'Sullivan
A smart harrowing and mordant drama set inside a fictional Wall Street firm at the trip wire moment just before the 2008 financial collapse 
3.5
Margin Call
Lou Lumenick
Though fictionalized and understated Margin Call effectively voices the same outrage that the Occupy Wall Street movement is so loudly proclaiming 
3
Margin Call
Chris Hewitt
The credits are the most fascinating part of Margin Call 
2.5
Margin Call
Moira MacDonald
A taut smart and remarkably timely thriller 
3
Margin Call
Steven Rea
Margin Call is rife with smart sharp performances 
2.5
Margin Call
Wesley Morris
The severe imbalance between argot and emotion makes it impossible to care much about most of what we see 
2.5
Margin Call
Peter Travers
Margin Call is an explosive drama that speaks lucidly and scarily to the times we live in 
3
Margin Call
Josh Larsen
a series of increasingly alarmed faces looking at papers and computer screens 
2
Margin Call
Randy Myers
Margin Call might not always be perfect but it does a nearly perfect job of painting a Shakespearean portrait of both a financial and human crisis Let s hope we can learn from it 
3
Margin Call
Joe Williams
Within the artful fluctuations of heroism and villainy Spacey stands out with a performance that evokes memories of Glengarry Glen Ross 
3
Margin Call
Matt Pais
Pulses with understated professional restraint centered on the quiet arrogance that allowed large institutions to shoot themselves somewhere more painful than the foot 
3
Margin Call
Michael Phillips
Margin Call is on the facile side but it s well crafted and smartly acted 
3
Margin Call
Roger Ebert
Margin Call employs an excellent cast who can make financial talk into compelling dialogue 
3.5
Margin Call
Rex Reed
As a movie it s so tightly framed you gasp from claustrophobia As a film of cryptic boredom I cannot believe the actors were able to say their lines without cue cards 
1
Margin Call
James Berardinelli
Margin Call may not be telling things exactly as they were but it s close enough to provide an uncomfortable glimpse behind the curtain And it s an engrossing thinking thriller as well 
3.5
Margin Call
Ann Lewinson
A 24 hour meltdown of meetings and dark night of the soul speeches that would have been better suited to the stage 
2
Margin Call
Christy Lemire
Spacey does some of the best work we ve seen from him in a while as a once confident man who s now questioning everything upon which he built his cushy life 
3
Margin Call
Nick Schager
Avoids fantasyland boardroom heroism while lucidly assessing the indomitable persistence of unchecked greed 
2.5
Crossroads
Sara Michelle Fetters
I can see the hate mail now If this film starred anyone else I d be safe Throw a polarizing superstar like Britney Spears into the mix however and all bets are off 
2.5
Crossroads
James Sanford
comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns 
1
Crossroads
Ian Mantgani
A bizarre piece of work with premise and dialogue at the level of kids television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy rape and suspected murder
2
Crossroads
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately this young female awakening dilapidated drama demands everything of Britney Spears as she juggles the rigors of being a sugar coated lamb one moment than a rampaging rogue in a slinky bra the next 
1.5
Crossroads
Mike McGranaghan
Why Britney s management team would allow her to make such a depressing movie is beyond me The story is about miserable people who lead miserable lives 
1
Crossroads
Michael Dequina
Britney Spears and company are well aware that they re making nothing more than the cinematic equivalent of Spears glossy bubble gum pop but that s exactly the problem 
2
Crossroads
James Kendrick
constantly rupturing and collapsing because it simply cannot contain the pop phenomenon of Britney Spears and tell the story it wants to tell at the same time
2
Crossroads
Gary Brown
All the while I wanted to shout at the screen Keep the day job whatever that is 
1
Crossroads
James Berardinelli
Crossroads adopts such a self important tone that it s embarrassing 
1
Crossroads
Dustin Putman
Tends to pile too many serious issues on its plate at times yet remains fairly light always entertaining and smartly written 
2.5
Crossroads
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It manages to charm by evoking that special summer road trip vibe despite the movie s many potholes and pit stops 
2.5
Crossroads
Sean P. Means
Any of Spears 14 year old fans could have written a better story than this rehash of every follow your dreams cliche in the book 
1.5
Crossroads
Tony Toscano
An uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously 
1.5
Crossroads
Claudia Puig
Oops she s really done it this time That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel 
1.5
Crossroads
Peter Howell
For anyone seeking a movie that captures the utter vapidity of the Britney Spears Experience with all of her most annoying personal traits and uh uh uh vocal tics brought to the fore 
2
Crossroads
Sean Piccoli
Borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion 
2
Crossroads
Moira MacDonald
An example of shamelessly bad screenwriting laden with coincidence and clich and empty characterizations 
1
Crossroads
Mick LaSalle
It cultivates not the illusion of wholesomeness since no one s buying it but the pretense of it Yet examine the movie s message and it s pretty insidious 
2
Crossroads
Jerry McCormick
Spears may find her way as an actress but Crossroads leads to a dead end 
2
Crossroads
Joe Baltake
Like one long commercial for Britney Spears her moves and her music 
2
Crossroads
Pam Grady
One of the dullest road movies ever made as well as a cloying predictable girl bonding film 
1.5
Crossroads
Lou Lumenick
So mind numbingly awful that you hope Britney won t do it one more time as far as movies are concerned 
.5
Crossroads
Gemma Tarlach
Lacking substance and soul Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney s cutoffs 
1.5
Crossroads
Liam Lacey
Spears persona has been shamelessly worked into a thin fiction by screenwriter Shonda Rhimes under the characterless direction of Tamra Davis 
2
Crossroads
Terry Lawson
We could have expected a little more human being and a little less product 
1
Crossroads
Bob Strauss
If you re not a prepubescent girl you ll be laughing at Britney Spears movie starring debut whenever it doesn t have you impatiently squinting at your watch 
2
Crossroads
Bill Pearis
One can t shake the feeling that Crossroads is nothing more than an hour and a half long commercial for Britney s latest album 
2
Crossroads
Roger Ebert
Britney Spears feature debut is curiously low key and even sad Yes it pulls itself together occasionally for a musical number but even those are so locked into the reality of the story that they don t break lose into fun 
1.5
Crossroads
Jeff Vice
An awful lot like one of Spears music videos in content except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and worse that you have to pay if you want to see it 
1.5
Crossroads
Walter Chaw
The only thing separating Crossroads from a Showtime movie is the lack of any actual nudity Like its star the film is just a highly inappropriate tease 
0
Crossroads
Chris Hewitt
Too hokey too stodgy and too aggressively pink 
2
Crossroads
Carrie Rickey
Plays less like a coming of age romance than an infomercial 
2
Crossroads
Connie Ogle
Non Spears fans will remain unmoved and may actually bolt for the exits upon hearing the opening lines to I m Not a Girl Not Yet a Woman 
1
Crossroads
Lawrence Toppman
Adults will wish the movie were less simplistic obvious clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized But what are adults doing in the theater at all 
2
Crossroads
Mary F. Pols
It is bad but certainly not without merit as entertainment 
2
Crossroads
Robert K. Elder
The entire 88 minutes of the film translates to a little more than advertisement for Spears music and endorsements 
2
Crossroads
Steve Rhodes
Even if Britney Spears is really cute her movie is really bad 
1.5
Crossroads
Ross Anthony
Admittedly I m rather indifferent to Britney and her music but still I didn t mind this film 
2.25
Crossroads
Rob Blackwelder
I liked a Britney Spears movie 
2.5
Crossroads
Jeanne Aufmuth
a plethora of mixed messages for teenage girls 
1.5
Crossroads
Ed Gonzalez
Sexless Britney is also blas Britney and Crossroads might as well be a dry hump through a Baby Sitters Club book 
.5
The Lunchbox
Namrata Joshi
Batra brings out the humdrum of his characters lives with little deft touches 
3
The Lunchbox
Mal Vincent
At best your heart goes out to the two isolated characters At worst you may go to sleep 
2.5
The Lunchbox
John Beifuss
The themes are universal even trite but the details are authentic and specific 
2
The Lunchbox
John Wirt
Writer director Ritesh Batra s The Lunchbox a romantic comedy about two strangers in Mumbai who develop an unlikely connection may well be the start of a distinguished cinema career 
4
The Lunchbox
Rob Thomas
This could be cloying in a Lake House sort of way but instead Lunchbox is warm and sweet tempered as these two private people are able to reveal their inner selves in a way they can t to those closest to them 
3.5
The Lunchbox
Duane Dudek
In a hamburger world The Lunchbox is comfort food 
3
The Lunchbox
Joe Williams
A lovely little film from a place where the little things linger 
3
The Lunchbox
Moira MacDonald
A pleasure from the fascinating intricacies of Mumbai style interlocking lunch containers to the quietly masterful performance of Khan 
3
The Lunchbox
John Anderson
Warm and warmly predictable 
3
The Lunchbox
Marty Mapes
Palatable but not very spicy or exotic
3
The Lunchbox
Steven Rea
What do we live for is the question that pops up in The Lunchbox a romance set in Mumbai The film a first feature from Ritesh Batra aims to offer a meaningful answer We live ideally for love 
4
The Lunchbox
Adam Nayman
If co writer and director Ritesh Batra occasionally takes his sweet time getting from point A to point B it s equally true that he gives the audience a nice comfortable ride 
3
The Lunchbox
Ty Burr
A humanist fable from India the film is actually a romance in the classic tradition a Brief Encounter transposed to the rhythms and flavors of modern day Mumbai 
3.5
The Lunchbox
Tony Wong
A romantic comedy based on the most trifling and sentimental of conceits while deftly avoiding a descent into schmaltz 
3
The Lunchbox
Peter Canavese
The picture belongs to world class actor Khan I ll wager right now that there won t be a better performance all year though it s not the type to win awards 
3
The Lunchbox
Mary Houlihan
Atouching and credible story that easily draws the viewer into the lives of its characters 
3.5
The Lunchbox
Dann Gire
The Lunchbox resonates with bittersweet realism and the bold recognition that if some things are meant to be then others are meant to be for only a moment 
3.5
The Lunchbox
Mick LaSalle
Like a lot of movies but especially foreign films The Lunchbox has a central idea and winning characters and it builds a compelling situation 
3
The Lunchbox
Robert Levin
It s a sweet gentle movie comprised of long takes and thoughtful observations 
3.5
The Lunchbox
Stephen Whitty
It s a slight idea for a film but director Ritesh Batra who also cowrote nicely expands it 
3.5
The Lunchbox
Kyle Smith
A clever setup that harkens back to You ve Got Mail and The Shop Around the Corner doesn t quite pay off in India s warm hearted comedy drama The Lunchbox 
2.5
The Lunchbox
Nick McCarthy
The patience in mercurially presenting the characters backstories and desires is matched by the film s genuine curiosity about the healing power of sharing stories 
3
The Lunchbox
Roger Moore
A minor classic that remembers it s not sizzling sex scenes that make movie love stories work it s the longing 
3.5
The Lunchbox
David Nusair
an immensely appealing premise 
2.5
The Puppetmaster
Nick Schager
Hou Hsiao hsien remains a master at conveying movement progression and a sense of the inexorable rotations of the wheel of time 
4
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Steven Rea
At once a deeply personal film and an important historical document The Man Nobody Knew leaves us with an incomplete portrait of a man 
3.5
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Chris Hewitt
It takes far too long for The Man Nobody Knew to get to the point 
2
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Mark Feeney
Presumably Colby would be pleased to know he comes across as neither compelling nor vivid which in some ways makes him all the more interesting 
2.5
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Gerald Peary
A great guy Not really and fortunately son Carl Colby avoids sentimentalizing his dad 
2.5
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Michael O'Sullivan
To some degree its subject remains tantalizingly unknowable even after all the witnesses have taken the stand 
2
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Willie Waffle
Goes a bit further than that to become a study of American foreign policy and CIA involvement
3
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Kalvin Henely
The Man Nobody Knew is a character study that doubles as a history lesson 
3
The Highest Pass
Tom Keogh
This dull documentary looks and feels like a season of MTV s The Real World set in mountainous India 
1.5
Deadroom
Erik Childress
Four filmmakers offer their four rooms of death conversation and like life it has its ups and its downs but is consistently interesting and challenging 
3
Eat, Brains, Love
Mike Scott
Playing like an anti Twilight this low budget teen zombie rom com is irreverent goofy and gleefully gross But it s also endearing in its own surprisingly sweet way 
3
The Goebbels Experiment
Chris Hewitt
The star power in The Goebbels Experiment comes from Kenneth Branagh who narrates but it s the images that take hold 
2.5
The Goebbels Experiment
Phil Villarreal
A chilling and often illuminating portrait 
3
The Goebbels Experiment
Wesley Morris
A weirdly enthralling film of excerpts from Goebbels s diaries 
3
The Goebbels Experiment
Kyle Smith
Kenneth Branagh s fierce narration of Joseph Goebbels s di aries makes The Goebbels Experiment a visceral documentary 
3
The Goebbels Experiment
Elizabeth Weitzman
Devoted family man aspiring poet and petty whiner the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels depicted in Lutz Hachmeister s unusual documentary presents a compelling study of the banality of evil 
2.5
The Goebbels Experiment
David Sterritt
Informative and illuminating 
3
The Goebbels Experiment
Ed Gonzalez
The assemblage of archival footage reveals itself as a rivetingly experimental evocation of the Nazi rise to power 
2.5
I Heard the Bells
Mike McGranaghan
An elegantly mounted production with significant appeal for people seeking an inspirational story of faith this 44 or any 44 holiday season 46 
3
Four Rooms
Mal Vincent
It s questionable which got the worst of the bargain In any case this is one of the more interesting disasters of the waning film year 
2
Four Rooms
Matt Brunson
The weakest entries are absolutely dreadful 
1
Four Rooms
Mike Clark
Four Rooms has been cut substantially since a disastrous September reception at the Toronto Film Festival though it s hard to imagine it running any longer 
1
Four Rooms
Michael Dequina
A slapdash stew of mostly unfunny gags 
2
Four Rooms
Edward Guthmann
The result is a batch of shrill self indulgent sketches that turn so wretched in spots you start to wonder if the filmmakers wanted them to be bad 
0
Four Rooms
Madeleine Williams
A stunt anthology blunders horrifically 
0
Four Rooms
Chris Hicks
If anything it may give pause to those who think Tarantino can do no wrong 
0
Four Rooms
Roger Ebert
The four segments are widely different in quality On the useful scale of the Michelin guides one is worth a trip another is worth a detour and the other two are a colossal waste of bandwidth 
2
Four Rooms
James Berardinelli
Four Rooms has to be one of 1995 s major disappointments 
2
Escape From Tomorrow
Mattie Lucas
A messy unfocused conglomeration of concepts that is hampered not only by the limitations under which it was shot but by its fatal lack of cohesion 
1
Escape From Tomorrow
Craig D. Lindsey
Escape from Tomorrow often makes good on its aspiration to stick it to the man in the mouse suit but let s not get carried away Miley Cyrus is currently doing just that to much greater effect 
2
Escape From Tomorrow
David Nusair
It s ultimately clear that the story behind Escape from Tomorrow s production is far more compelling and interesting than the film itself 
1
Escape From Tomorrow
John Beifuss
It s not so much disrespectful to Uncle Walt and his beloved creations as it is honest about the primal urges and shameful desires that motivated the myths and fairy tales that inspired many of Disney s more famous projects in the first place 
3.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Roger Moore
Not quite demented enough but it scores major points for degree of difficulty and treating a Disney World vacation as the surreal nightmare it sometimes is 
2.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Chris Knight
It s a fascinating hypothesis entertainingly told and we can forgive the script some of its narrative lapses as we admire the sheer chutzpah of the on the fly guerrilla filmmaking it took to complete the project 
3
Escape From Tomorrow
Jason Buchanan
Even if this ride leaves us wanting more it s impossible not to marvel at the exceptional craftsmanship behind its construction 
2.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Liam Lacey
Suggests an R rated Twilight Zone episode with a twist of Fellini lite in a trite film school kind of way 
2
Escape From Tomorrow
Peter Howell
It s really just a middling fantasy about a middle aged dad having a meltdown during a family vacation to the Magic Kingdom with a few scattered sci fi and horror elements thrown in 
2
Escape From Tomorrow
Dann Gire
Chasing Jim down all those meandering dead end rabbit holes sure is a lot of escapist fun 
3
Escape From Tomorrow
Matt Pais
Kinda Goofy very Dumbo 
1.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Mike McGranaghan
Escape From Tomorrow is the kind of movie you watch with your mouth hanging open in disbelief of the ballsiness you re witnessing onscreen A deliriously entertaining you gotta see it at all costs motion picture experience 
3
Escape From Tomorrow
Rob Thomas
You feel like you want to support the sheer guts it took to make this film even if you wish it could have been better 
2.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Matt Zoller Seitz
An act of cultural vandalism the feature film equivalent of drawing genitals on cute storybook animals 
3
Escape From Tomorrow
Stephen Whitty
Escape From Tomorrow delights in randomness stumbling down one rabbit hole after another Nothing really builds from one scene to the next it s like doing a Sudoku puzzle in disappearing ink 
1.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Dustin Putman
Subversive surreal and deliciously stimulating 
3.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Rene Rodriguez
Writer director Randy Moore channels everything from The Shining to David Lynch s Eraserhead to depict a family s gradual disintegration in what is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth 
3
Escape From Tomorrow
Michael O'Sullivan
Are the fantasies of a dirty middle age man drooling over underage girls in short shorts and grown women dressed as cartoon characters really something to aspire to 
1
Escape From Tomorrow
Mick LaSalle
As a movie Escape From Tomorrow is at best pretty good but the way it was made makes it something unique possibly memorable 
2
Escape From Tomorrow
Moira MacDonald
Aside from the outlaw aspects of the filming it s never quite as interesting as you want it to be But who knew that the Happiest Place on Earth could be so convincingly cast as a shadowy fever dream 
2.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Peter Keough
Moore s sometimes surreal sometimes sophomoric black comic phantasmagoria makes for a bumpy theme park ride 
2.5
Escape From Tomorrow
Lou Lumenick
Basically the whole thing can be summed up as an epic midlife crisis 
3
Escape From Tomorrow
Chuck Bowen
The film is just a stunt or more specifically a calling card but that might be enough for anyone who s ever wanted to kick Mickey Mouse square in his padded pious balls 
2.5
Abendland
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The documentary discipline can t escape its own inherent intermediateness or its own penchant for deception 
2.5
Frailty
Brian Eggert
Paxton creates a memorable story that while supplying too many answers about its own ambiguities offers the chance to find multiple readings 
3
Frailty
David Nusair
a solid thriller from a promising first time director 
3
Frailty
Lucius Gore
The film s just about perfect 
4
Frailty
Ian Mantgani
This film is a thinking outside of the box an answer to viewers who think we can convince ourselves of what not to expect 
4
Frailty
Michael Wilmington
Paxton wins quiet victories here as both star and helmer 
2.5
Frailty
James Kendrick
much more than just a horror film it is an exploration of the relationship between humankind and God
3.5
Frailty
Jonathan R. Perry
a haunting relentlessly disturbing film in the pure Southern Gothic tradition 
4
Frailty
Michael Szymanski
Frailty offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight telling creepy stories to give each other the willies And there s no way you won t be talking about the film once you exit the theater 
3.5
Frailty
Mark Dujsik
Haunting and challenging to the mind the conscience and many preconceived notions It s already easily one of the year s best films 
4
Frailty
Michael Dequina
One of the most unsettling horror films in recent memory 
3.5
Frailty
Mike McGranaghan
This is one of the creepiest and most disturbing movies I ve ever seen 
4
Frailty
Blake French
knows exactly what to show and what to let us imagine 
4
Frailty
Marty Mapes
The concept behind Frailty is terrifying but the ending ruins the movie
2
Frailty
Collin Souter
Frailty has been written so well that even a simple Goddammit near the end takes on a whole other meaning 
3.5
Frailty
Phil Villarreal
It grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration 
4
Frailty
Dustin Putman
A consistently involving experience but the ending really does let down every that came before it 
2.5
Frailty
David Keyes
Frailty is dark disturbing twisted thought provoking and probably one of the most well crafted and profound films to come out of Hollywood in the recent past 
4
Frailty
Joe Leydon
Will leave you stunned and breathless 
3.5
Frailty
Sean P. Means
Paxton sets a brooding somber tone and he applies the right Hitchcockian touches for the first 80 minutes 
2.5
Frailty
Moira MacDonald
An accomplished debut but not an enjoyable one the shivers it provokes are disturbing rather than delicious and its story is unusually gruesome 
2.5
Frailty
Glenn Lovell
If you re in the mood to be seriously creeped out this is the shocker for you 
3.5
Frailty
Carla Meyer
Dumb but also unrelentingly dark and ugly thereby depriving the viewer of any camp value 
0
Frailty
David Elliott
It provides the kind of B pulped sadistic voyeurism that viewers should grow past but tend mainly on video to lap up 
2
Frailty
John Anderson
All the eloquence and structure in the world couldn t save it from a fatal case of toxic ham poisoning 
1.5
Frailty
Lou Lumenick
A genuinely creepy Southern Gothic thriller that once again proves that in horror movies sometimes less is actually more 
3.5
Frailty
Rene Rodriguez
It s the cinematic equivalent of a good page turner and even if it s nonsense its claws dig surprisingly deep 
3
Frailty
Steven Rosen
If the very concept makes you nervous you ll have an idea of the film s creepy scary effectiveness 
3
Frailty
Sam Allis
This is gruesome not gripping 
2
Frailty
Liam Lacey
Intellectually cheap a superficial exploration of child abuse with some X Files atmosphere and excessive narrative complication 
2
Frailty
Mike Clark
payoff isn t worth the time invested 
2.5
Frailty
Roger Ebert
An extraordinary work concealing in its depths not only unexpected story turns but also implications hidden at first that make it even deeper and more sad 
4
Frailty
Todd Anthony
Brent Hanley s innovative script and Paxton s nimble guidance lend depth and resonance that belie their status as rookie screenwriter and novice director 
3.5
Frailty
Pam Grady
Frailty represents a strong debut for acting s newest behind the camera crossover 
3
Frailty
Duane Dudek
Strange yet strangely compelling 
2.5
Frailty
Glenn Whipp
A superb Southern Gothic slice of horror that is easily the sickest movie to arrive in theaters in a very long time And I mean that in the nicest way possible 
4
Frailty
Jonathan Taylor
You won t look at religious fanatics or backyard sheds the same way again 
3
Frailty
Terry Lawson
Whether or not you fall fully under the sinister spell of Frailty the unsettling and accomplished directing debut of actor Bill Paxton you will have to concede its bravery 
3
Frailty
Lawrence Toppman
A well crafted study in quiet horror 
3
Frailty
Steven Rea
A meditation on faith and madness Frailty is blood curdling stuff 
3
Frailty
Chris Hewitt
The jitters linger long after the movie ends 
4
Frailty
Walter Chaw
I ve always thought that a warning label should be placed on the Good Book 
3.5
Frailty
James Berardinelli
Although Frailty may not be a complete success it offers ample evidence that Paxton could have a career in the director s chair 
2.5
Frailty
Rob Blackwelder
At the end my eyes were so sore from rolling at the film s predictability and narrative loopholes I could barely see straight 
2
Frailty
Steve Rhodes
script is quite intriguing but takes several needlessly preposterous turns 
3
Frailty
Ed Gonzalez
The film plays out like a big screen spin off of The Simpsons starring Ned Rod and Todd Flanders 
2.5
Frailty
Harvey S. Karten
A Gothic tale that recalls the better stories of Stephen King
3
Dogma
Maitland McDonagh
Make no mistake Kevin Smith s talky farcical comedy of cosmic errors is clever But it s clever in a deeply juvenile way 
3
Dogma
Wesley Lovell
I wonder if anyone in the Catholic Church has actually seen the film 44 because it is indeed quite the opposite 46 It may be slightly mocking 44 but in the end 44 8220 Dogma 8221 is a delightfully reverential film about faith and what it means to truly believe in God 46 
3.5
Dogma
Joe Lozito
Writer Director Kevin Smith keeps getting better 
3
Dogma
James Verniere
At their best his verbal exercises are pyrotechnical at worst logorrheic 
2.5
Dogma
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I loved seeing all these great character actors at work and the discussions are rich and intelligent 
3
Dogma
Margaret A. McGurk
Offers a hefty share of jolly fun mixed with ultimately thoughtful and affectionate ideas about religion and spirituality 
3
Dogma
Jeffrey Westhoff
Far from being anti Catholic Dogma blends the Baltimore Catechism with the National Lampoon to produce jokes only Catholics will appreciate 
3
Dogma
Rick Groen
A fresh premise gradually turns stale and jokes that start out lively end up pooped 
2.5
Dogma
Ross Anthony
Rough edged a feisty little pit bull barking up a stormy Judeo Christian religious debate concerning the true nature of God while passing itself off as a joke 
3
Dogma
Jim Bartoo
Somewhere between heaven and hell
0
Dogma
Andrew Howe
A top notch Smith script partnered with fine actors and a respectable budget 
3.5
Dogma
James Kendrick
That the movie is both funny and devout is something of a miracle 
3.5
Dogma
James Berardinelli
The problems with Dogma are that it s uneven overlong and occasionally uninteresting 
2.5
Dogma
Jeff Vice
Filled with interesting thought provoking concepts but the script never manages to explore them with any degree of depth and the humor rarely rises above junior high locker room level 
2
Dogma
Mick LaSalle
It s smart and funny all the way 
3
Dogma
Dustin Putman
Dogma is not supposed to be taken seriously which is as it should be 
2
Dogma
Cornell & Petricelli
We were amazed that anyone in the name of defending Catholicism or faith in general would go through all the trouble of prosecuting a movie that hardly puts out enough substance to be funny let alone offensive 
2
Dogma
John Podhoretz
The real problem with Dogma is not its anti Papism but its aggressive and offensive piety 
2.5
Dogma
David Sterritt
The satire contains as much foul language bathroom humor and sexual innuendo as other gross out comedies aimed at primarily young audiences along with occasional insights into the value of religion as a living force 
2
Dogma
Roger Ebert
Smith has made a movie that reflects the spirit in which many Catholics regard their church He has positioned his comedy on the balance line between theological rigidity and secular reality which is where so many Catholics find themselves 
3.5
Dogma
Mark Caro
The result is a mish mash of tones in which such absurdities as singer Alanis Morissette s appearance as God undercut any emotional responses you might have to the climaxes involving Bartleby and Bethany 
2.5
Dogma
Steve Rhodes
An extremely funny and quite rewarding film 
3.5
Dogma
Madeleine Williams
Kevin Smith s religious satire alternates between moments of brilliance and painful sections that just don t work 
2.5
Dogma
David Keyes
The fact that it has a great intriguing premise only stimulates my dislike it promises great things and never delivers the goods 
1
Dogma
Rob Blackwelder
Smart seditious and fantastically complex 
3
Dogma
Shay Casey
This film is for the most part a fun thoughtful romp through the Catholic religion 
3
Dogma
Jeffrey Wachs
Despite its rowdy humor it s a movie that has you cheering for God Why would you want to ban that 
3
Dogma
Marty Mapes
Dogma entertained me but it did not impress me 
2.5
Dogma
Michael Dequina
A lot of people will walk out of Dogma thinking back on its many laughs but just as many if not more will come out reflecting on their own religious faith 
3
Dogma
Emily Blunt
What happens next is just funny stuff yet very intelligent at the same time 
2.5
Milk
Mattie Lucas
Sean Penn is remarkable as Milk giving what could very well be the finest performance in his distinguished career 
3.5
Milk
Namrata Joshi
Penn is so well tuned that not for a minute does his Milk lapse into a caricature 
3
Milk
Nick Rogers
Rather than force fictional acceptance at which the world unfortunately hasn t arrived Gus van Sant effectively astutely chronicles the slow painful birth of minority representation and the tragic price Harvey Milk paid for political visibility 
3.5
Milk
Matt Soergel
A lively biopic of slain gay politician Harvey Milk one that mostly avoids the this happened then that happened routineness of many of its ilk 
3.5
Milk
Sonny Bunch
Milk tackles serious issues about equal treatment under the law and the power of a minority community to determine its standing in the larger world through political activism 
3
Milk
Wesley Lovell
An involving portrait of the courage of one man standing up against hatred and bigotry 
3.5
Milk
Marty Mapes
Much like the documentary that went before Penn s performance makes the remake worthwhile
3
Milk
Linda Cook
Milk is a docu drama that s one of the best movies of 2008 
4
Milk
Lori Hoffman
Penn is magnificent in the title role with excellent support from James Franco and James Brolin 
3
Milk
Walter Chaw
Actually retards attempts to understand what it is that transforms some men into symbols and others into sheep 
1.5
Milk
Rossiter Drake
There is no concession to melodrama nor a moment wasted Van Sant presents his story with an unflinching eye on the factual timeline of Milk s days in San Francisco right down to the moment of jarring violence that ended his life 
3.5
Milk
Jay Antani
It s filled with so much vitality that one comes away admiring the filmmaking while feeling deeply touched even inspired by the fiery life at the film s center 
3.5
Milk
Michael Dequina
Packs quite a wallop in both its emotional and inspirational power 
3.5
Milk
Jordan Hiller
Sean Penn must create something completely foreign to his understanding and sell it as if he felt Harvey Milk s struggle with every fiber of his being and he does
3
Milk
Sean P. Means
Milk is that rare biographical movie that makes you believe you ve met the man yourself At the very least the movie makes you wish Harvey Milk were still around fighting the good fight 
3.5
Milk
David Nusair
it doesn t pack quite the same emotional punch as its non fiction forebearer Rob Epstein s Oscar winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk 
3
Milk
Mike McGranaghan
Milk combines grade A acting an astute screenplay and innovative passionate direction into a package that entertains even as it drives home some important ideas 
4
Milk
Gina Carbone
Josh Brolin s double murderer steals the film from Sean Penn s Saint Harvey That couldn t have been the intention but the most fully developed character wins 
3
Milk
Kam Williams
A rare bio pic of sufficient depth and emotional complexity to humanize an icon while simultaneously conveying the significance of his lasting contributions to the culture 
4
Milk
Matt Brunson
Full of both passion and purpose Milk is clearly one of the year s best films 
4
Milk
Robert W. Butler
A funny moving and emotionally intense movie that is among the best of 2008 
3.5
Milk
Lawrence Toppman
Whatever you think of gay people or politicians you may find the movie compelling viewing 
3.5
Milk
John Beifuss
An object lesson for filmmakers who need proof that features with heavy themes about events of historic significance can be personal and accessible intimate and entertaining 
3.5
Milk
Eric Melin
Considering that it is a story steeped in tragedy Milk is a joyous movie 
3
Milk
John Wirt
Penn s best performance and Van Sant s best film 
4
Milk
Rob Thomas
Milk is expertly made rich with humor and poignancy using a mix of recreated scenes shot in San Francisco and archival footage to give a convincing panoramic portrait of the city an era and the man who changed both 
4
Milk
Michael Smith
Why is there no openly gay Hollywood actor portraying any of the historical figures in this film Because no American A list film star has come out to be counted 
2.5
Milk
Duane Dudek
While message films can be polarizing Milk has an urgency that Penn makes user friendly 
3.5
Milk
Phil Villarreal
Gus Van Sant has made his Malcolm X 
4
Milk
Peter Canavese
That Milk is merely excellent and not transcendent should not obscure its importance to popular culture 
3.5
Milk
Carla Meyer
Director Gus Van Sant s storytelling approach expansive yet always intimate works in tandem with Sean Penn s masterful performance to create a loving humanistic tribute to a San Francisco icon 
4
Milk
Michael Sragow
It s not a great movie but it is an enlivening and unusual one an effervescent political film that also packs a knockout punch 
3.5
Milk
Jeff Vice
It s a surprisingly balanced drama that boasts a great ensemble cast 
3
Milk
Frank Ochieng
Both triumphant and vastly disturbing Van Sant s Milk is a penetrating portrait of an unconventional political figurehead immersed in the chaotic struggles of his defining times
3.5
Milk
Christian Toto
And the winner is Sean Penn for Milk
3
Milk
Austin Kennedy
Even if you have no interest in the subject matter this is a wonderfully inspiring and important motion picture that should be seen by everyone 
4
Milk
Jonathan W. Hickman
It puts Harvey Milk back on his soap box where his unyielding commitment to his issue cost him his life 
3.5
Milk
Willie Waffle
Penn completely disappears to make Harvey Milk into one of the most charismatic figures you have ever seen on a movie screen
4
Milk
Claudia Puig
Milk has one of the finest ensemble casts this year and a magnificent career topping performance by Sean Penn who disappears into the title role 
3.5
Milk
Perry Seibert
Van Sant has made something very rare in Hollywood a genuinely powerful political film that works equally well as a story of personal triumph 
4
Milk
Peter Howell
The film understandably and movingly centres itself on Penn s portrayal of a hedonist turned activist who discovered that in order to change his world he had to find his voice 
3.5
Milk
Moira MacDonald
Van Sant s film and why did it take 24 years after the documentary to make this stirring heartbreaking story a feature film finally gives Milk his due and becomes an immediate classic of gay cinema 
4
Milk
Chris Hewitt
It s a measure of the film s breadth and intelligence that it is almost as interested in White as Milk White is not depicted as a cartoonish villain but as a frustrated emotionally underdeveloped man who lashed out at a low point in his life 
3.5
Milk
James Berardinelli
Milk represents a thought provoking cathartic and mostly true tale of politics and courage 
3.5
Milk
Stephen Whitty
Penn is one of our great actors and his greatness comes from small things Close your eyes and listen to how he absolutely gets but doesn t caricature Milk s honking Long Island accent 
3.5
Milk
Lou Lumenick
Penn goes way deep and soulful in a highly ingratiating performance that s the one to beat for the Best Actor Oscar 
4
Milk
Rene Rodriguez
The more things change the more they stay the same 
3
Milk
Bob Strauss
After many years and failed attempts a very very good biopic of Harvey Milk is finally here 
3.5
Milk
Amy Biancolli
Somehow Milk implants hope in those who ve lost it Somehow Penn plays him as a feisty charmer so winning and lifelike that you ll regard him as a friend before it s over 
4
Milk
Rick Groen
Milk is a worthy docudrama that is solid if not sublime But sometimes a merely good film can brush up against greatness and this one does so twice 
3
Milk
Lisa Kennedy
At the heart of this eloquent portrait of a cultural catalyst is Penn s profoundly human and possibly finest performance 
4
Milk
Wesley Morris
What s surprising about Milk is how much creative fun Van Sant has under the serious circumstances 
4
Milk
Josh Larsen
What if Gus Van Sant had made Milk as if he were actually Gus Van Sant 
3
Milk
Brett McCracken
Milk achieves what it sets out to do telling an inspiring tale of one man s quest to legitimize his identity to give hope to his community 
3
Milk
Michael Phillips
The story of Harvey Milk is a tragedy but not since Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High has Sean Penn played such a serenely happy individual 
3.5
Milk
Dustin Putman
Sean Penn is nothing less than transformative This is one of those watermark turns that an actor waits all their life to play and he disappears into the role with every fiber of his being 
3
Milk
Erik Childress
Skirting somewhere in between his bombastic arms flailing work in the disasterous All the King s Men remake and the man child of I Am Sam Penn goes well past impersonation and commands each and every scene with sympathy and determination 
3
Milk
Rafer Guzman
Van Sant works from a script by Dustin Lance Black to tell Milk s story clearly and forcefully 
3.5
Milk
Mick LaSalle
With Milk a great San Francisco story becomes a great American story 
4
Milk
Roger Ebert
Sean Penn amazes me 
4
Milk
Jeanne Aufmuth
A slice of history well worth revisiting 
3
Milk
Ed Gonzalez
Clearly Van Sant struggled to deliver something as conventional as he has but if his visual digressions aren t exactly subversive they affect a feeling of angst that s very much in sync with the time period depicted in the film 
3
Ed's Next Move
Roger Ebert
Ed s Next Move a sweet and quietly funny love story is the kind of movie that seems to be meandering and then it sneaks up on you 
3
Ed's Next Move
Steve Rhodes
This delightful film had me in constant chuckles 
2.5
MILF
Roger Moore
Perhaps MILF simply doesn t translate You look at these three Ledoyen of The Beach is all of 44 and there s a Why COULDN T they have any straight man on Earth 
1.5
13: The Musical
Bruce R. Miller
8220 13 58 The Musical 8221 may have arrived too late for maximum impact 40 8220 Mean Girls 8221 and 8220 The Prom 8221 were better looks at teendom 41 but it does make junior high seem more innocent than anyone imagined 46 10 
2
13: The Musical
Peter Canavese
A musical for kids done very much in the style of Disney Channel Original Movies 46 A mixed bag 44 mostly harmless with impressive opening and climactic musical numbers 46 
2.5
13: The Musical
Mark Dujsik
A lot of it feels as if the material 46 46 46 is trying a bit too hard to inject melodrama where it doesn apos t need to be 46 46 46 
2
The Beautiful Country
Kam Williams
Worthwhile as an informative and touching reminder of the existence of a forgotten set of innocent victims of the Vietnam conflict 
3.5
The Beautiful Country
Camerin Courtney
The most stunning beauty comes in human connections physical touch unconditional acceptance familial love in the treacherous and tender terrain of the human heart 
3
The Beautiful Country
Rob Thomas
The Beautiful Country touches on many thorny social issues about the way the world works but it s ultimately Binh s story a truthful and heartening one 
3.5
The Beautiful Country
Jeff Vice
Some of the plotting borders on ludicrous and newcomer Nguyen is pretty much charisma free 
2
The Beautiful Country
Sean P. Means
There s little said about what is driving Binh on this journey and without that the trip is nearly as hard on audiences as it is on him 
2
The Beautiful Country
Paul Doro
It s beautiful in its simplicity exhibiting the kindness people are capable of and how profound that can be 
3
The Beautiful Country
Larry Ratliff
Unlike Oliver Stone s combative Heaven Earth The Beautiful Country mines peace and serenity from the hurtful chaotic aftermath of the Vietnam War 
3.5
The Beautiful Country
Jason Anderson
Conditions for the characters may be bleak but their perseverance makes the story compelling 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
Peter Howell
A graceful and yet harrowing drama 
3
The Beautiful Country
Terry Lawson
A poignant and affecting portrait of the war s lingering consequences 
3
The Beautiful Country
Marty Mapes
The graceful arcs of character and plot make it an effective emotional film
3
The Beautiful Country
Laura Kelly
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland tells this poignant story with a reserved passive camera that occasionally tests the limits of viewing patience 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
Steven Rea
This ambitious drama grapples with big themes identity family East West conflict but loses itself in melodrama caricature and narrative missteps 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
Sara Michelle Fetters
For much of the 125 minute running time everything is so unrelentingly internalized it isn t until the very end it all almost magically clicks together virtually slapping viewers across the face with its emotional resonating firepower 
3.5
The Beautiful Country
Lisa Kennedy
The culminating shot in this graceful tale of Binh the Vietnamese son of a U S soldier reminds the viewer one final time how methodically compassionate Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland s film has been from lovely start to loving end 
3
The Beautiful Country
Jeff Strickler
A touching story built on conflict emotional cultural and physical 
3.5
The Beautiful Country
Steve Rhodes
A beautiful movie lovingly crafted 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
Michael Wilmington
It s a heartening rewarding experience to watch this journey and especially its end 
3
The Beautiful Country
Chris Hewitt
A textured moving drama 
3
The Beautiful Country
Moira MacDonald
The storytelling is problematic Binh seems uncannily able to find the right people at the right time and the performances uneven 
2
The Beautiful Country
Walter V. Addiego
Quiet moving and beautifully shot drama 
3
The Beautiful Country
Ty Burr
The Beautiful Country has the epic scope of Oliver Stone s 1993 Vietnamese saga Heaven Earth and some of its problems as well 
3
The Beautiful Country
Walter Chaw
For what works credit Moland a brilliant director who doesn t need this coattail 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
David Sterritt
The subject is compelling but the story is very very slow 
2
The Beautiful Country
Claudia Puig
An epic journey worth taking 
3
The Beautiful Country
Timothy Knight
Viewers seeking a thoughtful and poignant alternative to the summer dreck will want to visit The Beautiful Country 
3.5
The Beautiful Country
Bob Strauss
The Beautiful Country charts the course of one such young man with sensitivity some generic hand wringing and ultimately a gentle steeliness
3
The Beautiful Country
Kyle Smith
The movie grows steadily more arresting as it goes on and saves its best parts for last as Binh inches closer to finding his dad 
3
The Beautiful Country
Jami Bernard
A subtle yet powerful movie about a journey outward and inward 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
Peter Canavese
If Moland is a bit more interested in romantic melodrama than anthropology the plight of the refugee still makes the intended emotional impact 
2.5
The Beautiful Country
Jan Stuart
The moments of genuine feeling get wind tossed on a sea of hard sell 
2
The Beautiful Country
Nick Schager
Moland s humanistic story about xenophobia man s persevering spirit and life s bitter ironies only stumbles during its final act 
3
The Visitors
Roger Ebert
I didn t find it very funny but then I didn t find Black Sheep or The Cable Guy very funny either so maybe the problem is with me or more likely maybe all three films need to be sealed into capsules and shot into space 
2
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Kam Williams
A moving tribute to a real role model who s living proof that it s possible to overcome any obstacle standing between you and your dreams 
4
Fear and Trembling
Kam Williams
A clean S M flick which only devotees of mental cruelty are likely to find satisfying Office Space Japanese Style 
1
Fear and Trembling
G. Allen Johnson
The best office comedy since Office Space 
4
Fear and Trembling
Michael Wilmington
One of the screen s most cuttingly funny looks at office life 
3
Fear and Trembling
Roger Ebert
subtly sexual and erotic despite the fact that every scene takes place in the office and there is not a single overt sexual act or word or gesture or reference 
3
Fear and Trembling
Sean P. Means
A shrewd but spiky satire about corporate bureaucracy and Japanese social stratification 
3.5
Fear and Trembling
Wesley Morris
The film is more ambiguous about its characters desire than it needs to be 
2.5
Fear and Trembling
Phoebe Flowers
Moves swiftly and builds to a satisfying conclusion 
3
Fear and Trembling
Bob Strauss
Harrowing and hilarious 
3
Fear and Trembling
Steven Rea
A smart funny tale of thwarted dreams and impossible humiliation 
3.5
Fear and Trembling
Tom Keogh
One of the film s pleasures is its unanswered mysteries 
3
Fear and Trembling
V.A. Musetto
Hilarious from first frame to last 
3.5
Fear and Trembling
Jami Bernard
A marvelous cross between Secretary and Lost in Translation 
3
Fear and Trembling
Ed Gonzalez
Its cultural baggage is sketchy but the film remains a funny depressingly honest look at the soul sucking drudgery of the corporate workspace 
2.5
Stolen Kisses
Jay Antani
Typically light fare from the master of French Lite
3
Stolen Kisses
James Kendrick
Despite some of the broadness of the comedy one of the funniest scenes being Antoine s clearly inept attempt to tail a woman on the street the film is tempered throughout by a series of lessons Antoine learns about the nature of the adult world 
4
Three Times
Michele Kenner
Carefully crafted and bereft of dialogue Three Times sets the bar high with its opening salvo but can t sustain the momentum 
2.5
Three Times
Moira MacDonald
An emotional journey a showcase for two fine actors and a multifaceted picture of love 
3.5
Three Times
G. Allen Johnson
A film to get lost in a fragmentary impressionistic trilogy of fleeting moments of love that is one of the best films of the year 
4
Three Times
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Seen in isolation the first episode has the most satisfying plot and the last the least But the film s achievement lies mostly in the beautifully articulated similarities and differences among the three 
4
Three Times
Roger Ebert
Three varieties of love unfulfilled mercenary meaningless All photographed with such visual beauty that watching the movie is like holding your breath so the butterfly won t stir 
4
Three Times
Michael Wilmington
Great cinema pop romance that carries a special charge 
4
Three Times
Jeff Vice
Filmmaker Hou Hsiao Hsien tries to tell three tales of romance during different parts of the 20th and 21st centuries But he winds up stretching a modestly interesting premise out too long over more than two hours 
2.5
Three Times
Marta Barber
The film is probably too slow too silent and too long for most audiences But look beyond the quietness and you ll discover a three gem jewel 
3.5
Three Times
Lisa Kennedy
Can a film be exquisite and at the same time less than one hoped for This question arose as Three Times unfolded 
2.5
Three Times
Wesley Morris
A discreetly cosmic majestic trilogy 
3.5
Three Times
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Love is messy desperate inconclusive and wonderful even for little moments in any time And Hou has done it justice with this new masterpiece 
4
Three Times
Jami Bernard
a lyrical subtle chaste and nearly wordless romance between a giggly pool hall hostess and a former customer on a one night leave from the military 
3
Three Times
Stephen Whitty
According to one American critic Three Times is why cinema exists Only if you think that cinema has no higher calling that presenting a long series of gorgeously lit closeups of beautiful actresses are you likely to agree 
2.5
Three Times
Ken Fox
It s simply one of the most beautiful films he s made to date 
4
Three Times
V.A. Musetto
Three Times is anchored by the performance of Shu Qi 
3
Three Times
James Berardinelli
While it s impossible to deny that the film is interesting and unique it s not the kind of motion picture that will cause the average viewer to run out and urge his friends to make a trip to one of the obscure art houses where it s playing 
2.5
Three Times
Stephen Cole
A triptych of unrequited romantic tales 
3.5
Three Times
Geoff Pevere
Like Wong Kar wai Hou s interest in the unspoken nature of desire means his movie is sensually alive to the way love overwhelms and transforms one s experience of the world 
2.5
Three Times
Nick Schager
An act of auteurist self reflexivity in keeping with the director s belief in the powerful influence of history on the here and now 
4
LFO
David N. Butterworth
The uniquely Swedish LFO is as droll as it is uncomfortable 
3
Funhouse
Steven Prokopy
Funhouse is maybe a bit too self aware and sees itself as more clever than it is 
2
Funhouse
Roger Moore
A not quite soulless slaughterhouse thriller with dull deaths drab staging and funereal pacing 
1.5
Funhouse
Mike McGranaghan
Funhouse has a clever idea but this is the kind of movie that continually comes up just a bit short in every area 
2.5
Funhouse
Simon Abrams
A punishing social media satire 
0
Funhouse
Mark Dujsik
Funhouse is at best confused and at worst cruel 
1
Funhouse
Chuck Bowen
Throughout it s difficult to sort the contrivances that writer director Jason William Lee is parodying from those he s indulging 
1.5
Landscape in the Mist
Fernando F. Croce
What keeps the film from succumbing to the same orgy of artistic self fondling is Angelopoulos s feeling for the characters as people rather than pawns 
3.5
Landscape in the Mist
Chris Hicks
There are rich rewards here and the patient moviegoer looking more for art than plot will feel rewarded 
3.5
Father Goose
Roger Moore
Nobody s idea of a masterpiece but it s Classic Cary 
2.5
Bad Hair
Johnny Oleksinski
Praise Rip Taylor Camp is alive and well 
3
Bad Hair
Pamela Powell
While it s quite gruesome it may not be for everyone but there are plenty of comedic and dramatic elements to counterbalance that horror 
3.5
Bad Hair
Josh Larsen
really needs a loud live audience preferably around midnight to reach its full potential 
3
Bad Hair
Roger Moore
So what if this supernatural satire is more about the message of the monster than the monster itself It works 
2.5
Bad Hair
Odie Henderson
By playing coy with what the notion of good and bad hair means to its owners Bad Hair fails at the kind of Black experience related relevance Jordan Peele wrung out of Get Out 
2.5
Bad Hair
Katie Walsh
More humorously incisive than truly terrifying Simien creates space to discuss the ways in which women enforce unfair standards of beauty on each other in a white patriarchal society using the horror genre as a blunt but effective tool 
3
Bad Hair
Randy Myers
There s a good movie in here if anyone finds it please let me know 
2
Bad Hair
Ann Hornaday
Bad Hair is a good idea buried within a scattershot ultimately mediocre movie 
1.5
Bad Hair
Simon Abrams
The film has an exciting lived in quality that elevates what are otherwise some markedly unsteady attempts at horror 
2.5
Bad Hair
Richard Roeper
A satirical horror film with big laughs and some genuine scares 
3
Anti Matter
James Berardinelli
Quibbles aside the movie is consistently involving because it invites the viewer to explore the implications of this technological breakthrough alongside the main character 
3
Anti Matter
Mike McGranaghan
Anti Matter feels like an exercise in trying to be clever rather than a well thought out tale 
1.5
Anti Matter
Kevin A. Ranson
This is what losing one s mind and self feels like when a lack of empathy from trusted confidants can turn madness into violence art house psychological horror at its finest 
4
The Sunset Limited
Robert Bianco
Despite its HBO and off Broadway auspices the truth is Sunset doesn t feel so much like a play or even like a filmed version of a play as it does like an incredibly well acted well written very special Twilight Zone
3.5
The Sunset Limited
David Wiegand
Jackson may have the slightly more difficult job but he more than meets that challenge His is that TV rarity a tour de force performance rippling with energy nuance humor and passion 
4
The Sunset Limited
Mike Scott
A thinking man s drama that rolls deep heavy thoughts around and around trying to puzzle out where the truth lies Or indeed if what we see as the truth is just that a lie 
3
The Connection
Liam Lacey
A byzantine if ultimately conventional heroic tale that feels like a guided tour down a familiar alley 
2.5
The Connection
Anders Wright
Jimenez s effort is great and the fact it was shot entirely on actual film gives it a grit that harks back to the time period in which it is set 
2.5
The Connection
Brad Keefe
It feels like a throwback to some classic crime stories but it will remind you of movies that are better than it is 
2.5
The Connection
John Serba
It has nothing new or original to show us But the film is a success for its clear and functional presentation of an absorbing crime story 
3
The Connection
Ty Burr
It s a stylish affair very solidly made if not exactly breaking new ground in our understanding of events or in the way the movies depict them 
2.5
The Connection
John Wirt
Oscar winner Jean Dujardin stars in this serious and stylish French angle on The French Connection 
3
The Connection
Robert Horton
As true life crime saga go The Connection admittedly taps out a swift violent rhythm and the sunny locations conjure up a Mediterranean cesspool 
2.5
The Connection
Soren Andersen
It starts with gunshots a Mercedes and its driver are riddled by motorcycle riding assassins in broad daylight and the pace of The Connection is bang bang brisk most of the rest of the way 
3
The Connection
Gary Thompson
It s an overlong subdued and generally bland affair trading Friedkin s of the moment urgency for stale period details and technique that borrows from Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann 
2
The Connection
Stephanie Merry
The Connection isn t all that different from a lot of police procedurals that have come before but there s something about this particular gritty true crime story that still fascinates all these years later 
3
The Connection
Mick LaSalle
Riveting from its first moments The Connection is fascinating in its presentation of character as well as for its glimpse into the workings of an international drug empire and into the ways an imaginative cop found to chip at its power 
4
The Connection
Peter Sobczynski
While the results inevitably pale in comparison to The French Connection which could be said about virtually every other film currently in release they do make for an above average work that offers viewers a new perspective on a familiar story 
3.5
The Connection
Steve Macfarlane
The film feels utterly infatuated by the cop crook dividing line long since drawn if not flogged by Michael Mann 
3
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Namrata Joshi
I won t be surprised if this small film proves to be 2007 s first sleeper hit 
3
Kiss and Make Up
David Nusair
Aside from Grant s typically charming performance Kiss and Make Up has exceedingly little to offer most viewers 
2
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Rob Thomas
Kenneth Bowser s loving but honest documentary gives him his proper due as an important artist without sugarcoating his troubled and eventually self destructive nature 
3
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Robert W. Butler
An engaging sobering documentary that celebrates his life and music while suggesting that in the Dylan Ochs rivalry Ochs never had a chance 
3
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Gerald Peary
Ken Bowser s film biography of a seminal American protest singer of the 60s and 70s is conventionally told but also informative and moving 
3
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Liam Lacey
A compassionate but not uncritical portrait of an artist whose creativity and vulnerability were inseparable from the political distemper of his era 
3
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The reading of Ochs s inner pain through the uncomfortable transitions his era underwent would likely satisfy a man who released a record entitled All the News That s Fit to Sing 
2.5
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Kam Williams
A fond tribute to a troubled traveling troubadour 
4
Proxy
Frank Ochieng
Parker s slow burn and chilly minded Proxy is an intensifying horror vehicle that sneaks up on one s nervous system with its observational dark character studies and creepy tension that builds gradually while creating an understated complexity of fear 
2.5
Proxy
Brian Tallerico
Parker has made a tough brutal and often riveting thriller 
3
Proxy
Chuck Bowen
It transforms itself from a meek lo fi indie stalker thriller in the key of May to a hysterically sexist and homophobic revenge film 
1
Proxy
Erik McClanahan
Genre mashups are tough to pull off but Proxy mostly does it 
3
Proxy
David Nusair
the film benefits substantially from the inclusion of a very unexpected twist at around the halfway mark 
2
The French
Roger Moore
Doesn 8217 t so much tell a story as capture a moment from a more innocent age 46 46 46 you apos d be hard pressed to find this kind of access to today 8217 s athletes on film
3
A Glitch in the Matrix
Peter Canavese
A nutty interesting and eye rolling documentary about life as a simulation featuring people on a spectrum from nerdy quirky outsiders to the homicidally deranged 
2.5
A Glitch in the Matrix
Sonny Bunch
A Glitch in the Matrix is a fine addition to Ascher s burgeoning canon of obsession and a must watch for anyone who wants to be freaked out by where our technobabble is taking us 
3.5
A Glitch in the Matrix
G. Allen Johnson
A thought provoking documentary 
3
A Glitch in the Matrix
Nick Allen
A Glitch in the Matrix is Ascher s most ambitious rabbit hole yet but it also proves to be his most novel and least playfully convincing 
2.5
A Glitch in the Matrix
Roger Moore
Glitch becomes as repetitious as The Matrix in its own right and some of this can t help but come off as a filmmaker indulging the slightly or greatly deranged again 
2.5
A Glitch in the Matrix
Steven Prokopy
Ascher and his film dive deep into our digital culture and contemplate whether there is any way to prove these theories
3
Kidnapped
Ed Gonzalez
Quite cynically Bava evokes a human society where no one is to be trusted 
3.5
The Nile Hilton Incident
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A genre film that although it does not bring anything new through its effective execution does benefit enormously due to its specific socio historical environment and the good presence of the Lebanese actor Fares Full review in Spanish 
2
The Nile Hilton Incident
Shane Slater
While the script has little more to say than corruption is bad Saleh smartly infuses the film with the righteous fury of its political context 
3
The Nile Hilton Incident
Ed Gonzalez
The film may not reimagine our sense of how the ties that bind bad men are rewritten in times of war but it nonetheless gives a casually electric sense of how hardscrabble lives persist in such times 
2.5
The Journey of August King
Roger Ebert
The movie is good hearted earnest and handsome to look at But it is boring The pacing which is meant to be thoughtful is lethargic 
1.5
Life of Brian
Roger Moore
Rewatching 8220 Brian 8221 now 44 one really does get the feeling that the oft repeated phrase 8220 They could NEVER film that today 8221 absolutely applies here 46 
4
Life of Brian
Walter Chaw
Boys of my generation memorize the Monty Python repertoire as a buttress against the terror of losing their virginity 
3
Life of Brian
Marty Mapes
A cheeky irreverent parallel to the life of Jesus by the last great comedy troupe to make movies 
3
Life of Brian
Scott Nash
Although some consider Monty Python an acquired taste anyone with a sense of humor and an open mind should find something in this movie to enjoy 
4
Life of Brian
Sean P. Means
The Pythons take satirical aim at the dangers of blind religious fervor which makes Brian the perfect complement to Mel Gibson s blood soaked film 
3.5
Life of Brian
Rob Thomas
See this is what The Passion of the Christ needed More song and dance numbers 
4
Life of Brian
Roger Ebert
Funny in that peculiar British way where jokes are told sideways with the obvious point and then the delayed zinger 
3
Life of Brian
Duane Dudek
This 1979 comedy remains one of the group s enduring efforts 
3
Life of Brian
Terry Lawson
Still has its rude rowdy sting and it still speaks more truth about religion than nearly all serious movies on the subject 
4
Life of Brian
Ty Burr
The greatest work of religious skepticism ever put on the screen 
3.5
Life of Brian
James Berardinelli
There is little doubt that The Life of Brian represents some of the most daring and cutting edge comedy of the 1970s 
4
Hell's Highway
David Sterritt
The interviews with Prelinger are especially smart discussing the ideological agendas frequently lurking in educational materials 
4
Hell's Highway
Janice Page
Maybe the next best thing to putting Deadman s Curve on the turntable and cranking up the volume 
3
Hell's Highway
Lou Lumenick
Director Bret Wood no relation to Ed sketches the fascinating history of Wayman s highway safety films 
2.5
Restless City
Wesley Morris
Restless City is tumescent with atmosphere 
3
Restless City
Michael Dequina
Inviting and intriguing in its beauty grit and danger familiar yet foreign 
3
Restless City
Ann Hornaday
Restless City possesses a poetic contemplative sensibility as attuned to the vagrant beauty of polyglot urban life as to its chaotic unpredictability 
3
Restless City
Gary Thompson
Violent episodes explode and recede but without context and emotional connection they re sometimes just pictures 
2.5
Restless City
Chuck Bowen
The script simply isn t in the same league as the images that Andrew Dosunmu and the gifted cinematographer Bradford Young have fashioned 
2.5
Restless City
Kam Williams
Forget pimps it s apparently just as hard out there for a street peddler 
2.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Josh Larsen
The Good News is something of a siren this movie can t resist 
3.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Peter Canavese
Even with its mock pretentious parallelism to The Odyssey O Brother Where Art Thou refuses to take itself seriously which is both its principal failing and its charm Blu ray 
3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Michael Dequina
This lightly engaging trifle could have been more fun with a greater helping of the Coens antic spirit 
2.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Garth Franklin
It s not up there with Lebowski but its still a darn good tale 
2.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Joe Lozito
The Coen s tale of three escaped convicts has more to do with Homer the Simpson than Homer the poet 
2
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jim Shelby
As a big budget film from two of our great contemporary social satirists it falls short 
2.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Margaret A. McGurk
Though the movie occasionally over reaches for jokes in the end it redeems itself with originality and style admittedly a style that will not appeal to some mainstream tastes 
4
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Collin Souter
A second viewing sure does help but it s still one of the lesser Coen projects 
3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Emily Blunt
Thoroughly enjoyable 
4
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jules Brenner
Rated F for Funny as all get out 
4
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Robert Roten
It is so amiable so easy going and there is such a nice pace to it that you will find yourself under its spell in no time 
3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jorge Avila Andrade
Clooney muestra una faceta diferente a la que nos tiene acostumbrados desarrollando una personalidad cmica que le puede rendir buenos frutos en el futuro
3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
James Kendrick
The Coens manage to maintain a genial slapstick tone that coats the ridiculous plot devices and outrageous characters and makes them just slick enough to swallow 
3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jason Anderson
Visually arresting cryptic and depending on your level of Coen fandom either wildly enjoyable or too clever by half 
4
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Cornell & Petricelli
Bizarre funny surprising 
3.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Marty Mapes
A dense episodic meandering tale that finds humor in every scene 
3.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Susan Stark
Leaves a sour taste 
1
Corrupt
Michael Dequina
There should be a reward for watching three straight to tape Ice T starring vehicles for there are few methods of torture that are more inhumane 
0
Steve Niles' Remains
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Just as forgettable as the source material 
2
Persistence of Vision
Linda Barnard
The animation shines amid a rather workmanlike doc But perhaps that is the Schreck s intent to make the animation the undisputed centre of the film 
3
Persistence of Vision
Jeff Shannon
Sometimes it feels like you re rattling around in the fever dreaming brain of the animator It s glorious 
3.5
Gloria
Dustin Putman
The film itself is simply lifeless with only an occasional laugh popping up here and there so that it isn t completely unbearable to watch 
1.5
Gloria
Ross Anthony
Unfortunately not a good picture 
0
Gloria
Michael Dequina
Yes Miss Stone you can act We get it already Now it s time to start entertaining your audience something you haven t done in much too long 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Brian Eggert
Less about Walter Mitty 8217 s secret life than his actual 44 perfectly romantic 44 impossibly realized adventures 44 the film loses itself in a fantasy world all its own and never fully embraces the everyday balance of reality and imagination 46 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Brandy McDonnell
Along with turning in a nuanced performance Stiller proves he has developed a keen ear and eye as a filmmaker 
4
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Clayton Davis
Steve Conrad s script is a jumbled farce misfiring on comedic executions and inserting beats that have no real relevance to the story 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Brad Keefe
A good natured bit of escapist fluff that relies a bit too much on whiz bang special effects 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
David Nusair
a superior comedy drama that s often much more profound than its marketing materials may have indicated 
3.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dann Gire
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a disappointment an often confusing and silly contrivance of an unbecoming of age comedy based on Thurber s literary work adapted into a 1947 vehicle for star Danny Kaye 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mike McGranaghan
Walter Mitty has a big heart and I like it for that But this is definitely a case where a little simpler would have been a lot better overall 
2.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Linda Cook
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is not the old James Thurber short story brought to the big screen It s important to make that clear 
2.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
John Beifuss
Iceland deserves an apology The utter phoniness here is disrespectful to the natural splendor of that island nation s locations which provide the film with its only moments of distinction 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Michael Dequina
Rarely rises above greeting card level would be inspirational banality 
2.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Eric Melin
It fast forwards past a ton of struggle and conflict to get its character to a heroic place and after the CGI heavy daydream scenes the real life scenes just lose their luster 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
John Serba
It feels like a missed opportunity to explore deeper metaphysical or philosophical avenues but we still may see something of ourselves in Stiller s Mitty 
2.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Matt Brunson
A movie that may be about life and love and hopes and dreams but feels like it was written by a computer program 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mick LaSalle
It has little narrative interest and requires that the director latch onto a very specific airy tone of whimsy lest the whole souffle collapse 
1
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Perry Seibert
Earnestness is often the death of comedy but this movie has something to say and it says it with humor style and heart 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Glenn Kenny
I hated hated hated this movie 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Kenneth R. Morefield
Let us now praise average men 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Willie Waffle
Bless poor Ben Stiller because his heart is in the right place It s the execution of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty that is lacking 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Peter Canavese
Achieves some romantic uplift when Mitty dreams of Cheryl and literally takes flight but most of the time the picture strains to make any kind of sense much less entertain 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Graham Killeen
The only thing worse than the commercialization of the holidays is trying to tell the difference between commercials and certain holiday movies 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Peter Keough
It can be sentimental but it is not frivolous 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
James Berardinelli
It s hard to pinpoint the cause of the problem but Walter s story never engages 
2.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Joe Williams
In our daydreams an ambitious world embracing movie like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty deserves to be a bigger hit than yet another Night at the Museum or Madagascar sequel But your mileage may vary 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean P. Means
Stiller s visualizations of Walter s daydreams are clever and hilarious and there s an amusing running gag involving Walter s eHarmony account manager Patton Oswalt 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Rene Rodriguez
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is filled with small memorable moments that coalesce into a sweet if predictable parable about embracing life 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Michael Phillips
The movie feels uncertain as to its own tones and intentions 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Chris Hewitt
It has more good stuff than bad 
2.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ann Hornaday
The unevenness of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Stiller s recessive characterization of the title character keep it from being an all out crowd pleaser 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Linda Barnard
If you love the Zoolander star and don t mind that this movie generates the occasional weak smile rather than huge laughs then this self indulgent CGI heavy Stiller world tour will make you happy indeed 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Geoff Pevere
In adapting Mitty s tale to the 21st century actor director Ben Stiller proves Thurber a dyed in the wool cynic is still too thorny a sensibility for the popcorn crowd 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Matt Pais
Almost like a booth offering free hugs Especially around the holidays a warm embrace is hard to resist 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Jon Niccum
It provides a simple maybe simplistic wake up call for those dreamers too apprehensive too comfy too set in their ways 
3.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Steven Rea
A freewheeling feel good holiday movie 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Moira MacDonald
There isn t much reason for this Walter Mitty to exist 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Stephen Whitty
There s something slightly hypocritical about it preaching respect for the simple life even as it s crammed full of overpriced visuals and larded with painfully obvious product placements 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Jeff Beck
While Walter Mitty could have been stronger in its latter portion I still found it to be a rather enjoyable film It s hilarious heartwarming gorgeous and exciting elements that are all rolled into one extraordinary story 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dustin Putman
Doesn t resonate with the sheer force and impact it could have and yet it still does make a truthful comforting impression at its own pace on its own terms 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Josh Larsen
a puppy dog movie it nips at your heels yips in your ears and never lets up in its desire to please 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Rafer Guzman
Director star Stiller plays Mitty as a zoned out sad sack surrounded by whimsy The result is a confused dramedy that isn t funny or compelling enough to make us care 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Roger Moore
Cute sweet and ambitious but ever so slight 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Claudia Puig
By trying to combine fantasy and romance with goofy humor globe trotting adventure and feel good inspiration Stiller has made Mitty a mixed bag of clashing tones and facile redemption 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Jessica Herndon
The outlandish scenes in Mitty bring the most memorable element of the original tale reality bending to the forefront 
3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Robert Levin
The movie plays more like a series of pretty pictures than a journey into the character s head 
2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Kyle Smith
This meaningless excuse for special effects spending is like watching a wheezing arthritic horse dragging a tractor trailer full of big budget digital equipment 
1.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Nick Schager
Ben Stiller s aesthetics blend overly manicured imagery with soaring rock songs that underline every emotion lest the film s corporate logo driven message making didn t get the point across clearly enough 
1.5
Don't Go in the Woods
Nick Schager
Tethers together numerous indie rock musical numbers with a backwoods horror film framework that s the definition of an afterthought 
1
Don't Go in the Woods
Dustin Putman
Horror and musical lovers unite have I got a movie for you 
3
The Seven Five
John Wirt
Could be the crime drama Martin Scorsese wishes he d made Or may yet make 
3
The Seven Five
John Anderson
Like watching a car crash with all the elegance implied 
3
The Seven Five
Robert Levin
The movie is unavoidably swept up in the excitement and the dangers but the question of why this story needed to be told is never answered 
2.5
The Seven Five
Godfrey Cheshire
This kind of story has been told endlessly in dramatic movies and TV shows but rarely has a film offered characters like these telling their own stories 
3.5
The Seven Five
Stephen Whitty
Clearly told and well edited 
3
The Seven Five
Kyle Smith
The Seven Five is cruelly funny roguishly charming as cool and crazed and tough as the big bad city itself 
4
The Seven Five
Christopher Gray
It relays a story of police corruption that s transparently designed as a pitch for a feature film adaptation 
1
The Werewolf of Washington
Matt Brunson
Mixing a Hollywood monster with a political monster is a promising idea 44 but this low budget lycanthrope yarn plays like amateur hour nearly every step of the way 46 
1.5
Wimbledon
Garth Franklin
An enjoyable little crowd pleaser with likable leads and a few good laughs 
2
Wimbledon
Mark Moring
The story plays out predictably with a happy ending think The Natural on Wimbledon s Centre Court and all in all it s a decent romantic comedy 
2.5
Wimbledon
David N. Butterworth
As predictable and impotent as a John McEnroe outburst 
2
Wimbledon
Jonathan R. Perry
Joins Four Weddings and a Funeral Notting Hill and About a Boy in that distinctly British niche of chick flicks that can be enjoyed without a lobotomy 
3
Wimbledon
Matt Brunson
Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst provide the necessary bounce to this undemanding trifle 
2.5
Wimbledon
Bob Bloom
Wimbledon is a very pretty movie with two personable and good looking actors Unfortunately a lot of implausible plot points are rather difficult to believe 
2.5
Wimbledon
Linda Cook
Love does indeed mean more than nothing in the charming Wimbledon 
3.5
Wimbledon
Eric Melin
It breaks no new ground but remains witty and unassuming 
3
Wimbledon
Vince Koehler
I especially enjoyed the scenery in England and the atmosphere around Wimbledon 
3
Wimbledon
Sean P. Means
Bettany gives a fine comic performance as Peter light and self deprecating as he reacts to this lucky turn of events in his romantic and sports life 
3
Wimbledon
Mike McGranaghan
Although the story may look by the numbers it makes some interesting detours in its characterization 
3
Wimbledon
Sara Michelle Fetters
No matter what genre no matter what era Bettany is a wonder nailing each and every character I ve had the pleasure of seeing him inhabit 
2.5
Wimbledon
James Berardinelli
The kind of movie that allows the non cynical movie goer to sit back and relax in the presence of actors who work well with each other and a script whose familiarity is an asset 
3
Wimbledon
Peter Canavese
The generic parallel plots of sports movie suspense and falling in love sap squeeze stars Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst together like so much peanut butter and jelly 
2
Wimbledon
Christian Toto
Wimbledon is like a tennis match played with wet balls and wooden racquets soggy and stiff 
2
Wimbledon
Tom Keogh
Beneath the surface the film is an empty experience 
2
Wimbledon
Carla Meyer
There s no hiding a hokey love story that undercuts the picture s compelling tennis scenes 
2
Wimbledon
David Elliott
Viewing Wimbledon is like playing tennis with a ball made of bubblegum 
2
Wimbledon
Timothy Knight
Doesn t quite make it over the net 
2.5
Wimbledon
Lou Lumenick
An ultra predictable if essentially painless romantic comedy 
2
Wimbledon
Jami Bernard
As a love story Wimbledon is a washout As a meditation on sports psychology it might help improve your game 
2.5
Wimbledon
Sue Pierman
Something of a minor upset a satisfying date movie with depth 
3
Wimbledon
Glenn Whipp
A harmless fantasy designed to appeal to pre adolescent girls and their mothers Wimbledon coasts through its relatively plot free love story thanks to the charms of lead Paul Bettany and to a lesser extent co star Kirsten Dunst 
2.5
Wimbledon
Liam Lacey
A standard post Four Weddings and a Funeral British romantic comedy 
2.5
Wimbledon
Jeff Vice
The two leads do elevate the material especially Bettany who has a winning presence He may not be as charming as Hugh Grant but he s considerably more believable in this part 
2.5
Wimbledon
Roger Ebert
What I mostly liked was the warmth between the two leads 
3
Wimbledon
Wesley Morris
For one to drone on about lousy lumpy tennis is to miss the point of Wimbledon which is about lousy lumpy love 
2
Wimbledon
Jeffrey Westhoff
A hopelessly contrived and superficial romantic comedy 
2
Wimbledon
Josh Larsen
starts to feel like a junior high drama 
2
Wimbledon
Emily Blunt
Wimbledon is a smashingly fun love romp chock full of smiles and laughs and giddiness like a proper romantic comedy should be 
3
Wimbledon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves with grace and confidence and it easily scoops us up into its clutches 
3
Wimbledon
Scott Nash
If the scenes off the court were as entertaining as the ones on it would have been a better movie but unfortunately they re not 
2.5
Wimbledon
John Monaghan
It s one of those feel good movies that a critic doesn t have to feel bad about recommending 
3
Wimbledon
Carrie Rickey
A slick comedy that s more fun than it has any right to be 
2.5
Wimbledon
John Anderson
Loncraine just gives too much of all the wrong things and a potential winner comes a bit unstrung 
2.5
Wimbledon
Connie Ogle
Wimbledon may have its faults but it s the sort of upbeat fantasy that s tough to resist 
2.5
Wimbledon
Chris Hewitt
There are no surprises what happens is exactly what you think will happen 
2
Wimbledon
Tracy Allerton
Bettany proves that he has the chops to carry a film 
3
Wimbledon
Peter Travers
There s no script to speak of just two appealing actors volleying comic romantic cliches at each other 
2
Wimbledon
Michael Wilmington
Slickly efficient but defiantly cliched 
2
Wimbledon
Walter Chaw
The umpteenth edition of Tired Romantic Comedy Theater 
1.5
Wimbledon
Willie Waffle
Wimbledon is a mix of comedy sports and romance but the romance doesn t flow as well as the sports and comedy 
2.5
Wimbledon
Phil Villarreal
Bettany makes like Hugh Grant at his best 
3.5
Wimbledon
Rob Blackwelder
More moderately charming than a romantic comedy should be with stars as charismatic and irresistible as Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany but charming nonetheless 
2.5
Wimbledon
Ross Anthony
Simply a strong entertaining film Professional production hardy acting solid direction engaging story It s got romance sport comedy and drama 
3.5
Wimbledon
Steve Rhodes
Light weight but likable 
3
Wimbledon
Jeanne Aufmuth
So thoroughly sugarcoated that it s almost easy to forgive its flaws 
2.4
Wimbledon
Dustin Putman
Strictly of the take it or leave it variety not romantic or involving or memorable enough to warrant more than an ultra brief passing glance 
2
Wimbledon
Ed Gonzalez
Wimbledon is convinced that there s nothing funnier in the world than seeing a grown man have a conversation with a dog 
1
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Mark Meszoros
Funny stretches are too few and far between the viewer really needing to adore the music filled backdrop of this romp to get the most out of it 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Sarah Knight Adamson
Director David Dobkin who brought us laughs in Wedding Crashers presents a hysterical film capitalizing on Will Ferrell s Man Child persona You ll see some hilarious moments and I especially enjoyed viewing Rachael McAdams s comedic performance 
3
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Tom Meek
If you re a Will Ferrell fan this is lower tier pap that will just barely do the trick It s fairly long for a one note idea 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Rene Sanchez
A much needed dose of humor sentimentality and catchy pop songs that makes up for the cancellation of this year s Eurovision contest Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Peter Canavese
Threads the needle of being mocking and celebratory at the same time bloated but offers up ideally absurd trappings for Ferrell s brand of comedy 
2.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
James Berardinelli
A high concept low brow romantic comedy that overstays its welcome by at least a half hour and can t decide whether it wants to buy into or satirize the incomprehensibly popular European singing contest 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Richard Roeper
Eurovision Song Contest is filled with lavish and often hilarious production numbers 
3
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Ty Burr
Mamma Mia it ain t Oy gevalt is more like it 
1.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Steven Prokopy
suffers from having too much story the running time is slightly over two hours and there is no justification for that and not focusing on the music even more than it already does 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Josh Larsen
It s refreshing that Rachel McAdams receives equal attention alongside Will Ferrell 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Joe Friar
Like the best Will Ferrell films the charm transcends the absurdity A bit too long but funny and charming Rachel McAdams steals your heart while Dan Stevens steals the show 
3
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
David Nusair
a missed opportunity that could and should have been so much better 
2.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Brian Tallerico
There s an infectious charm to most of what works about Eurovision not unlike the international competition itself 
2.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Roger Moore
Has barely enough sparks for a sketch much less a saga 
1.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Johnny Oleksinski
The most enjoyable music industry parody since Christopher Guest s folk satire A Mighty Wind 
3
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Rafer Guzman
Eurovision Song Contest turns out to be well kind of cute It has some of the unhinged antics we expect from Ferrell but mostly it borders on something straightforward and sincere 
2.5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Lindsey Bahr
The first great comedy of 2020 and it couldn t have come soon enough 
3
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Catherine Springer
If this film doesn t make you ever want to pay to see Will Ferrell spoof anything anymore at least it might inspire you to book a trip to Edinburgh 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Michael O'Sullivan
There s plenty of fodder here to make fun of Eurovision but it s hampered by the fact that many Americans don t really know anything about the contest and the jokes if there were more of them would probably fly over our heads 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Barry Hertz
It s barely a movie at all But at the same time if this prevented a third Daddy s Home from making its cursed way into our world then I suppose it was a worthwhile endeavour 
2
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Sean P. Means
The real punchline one that most Americans won t get is that what the movie treats as parody isn t that far removed from the real contest 
2.5
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Carrie Rickey
Like its music the film s emotions proceed from lament to screaming screed to chorus of hope 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Jeff Vice
There s really nothing new about the way Grbavica looks at the mother daughter dynamic But it s still refreshing to see any film that does so with such honesty and realism 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Sean P. Means
Zbanic telegraphs parts of the drama a little too easily but she draws heartbreaking performances from Karanovic and Mijovic 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Jeff Shannon
While Grbavica concerns a legacy of hatred it s also optimistic about Bosnia s physical and emotional reconstruction If the film s final image doesn t move you you d better check your pulse 
3.5
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Walter V. Addiego
The portrayal of a wounded society is compelling and the film ends on a very modestly hopeful note appropriate for a country where the dreams have been mostly painful 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Ty Burr
The admirable feminist agenda occasionally trips up the narrative but the film s performances keep it on track 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Ken Fox
Years after the near total destruction of Sarajevo life in the capital of Bosnia Herzegovina goes on But for some like the survivor at the center of Jasmila Zabnic s shattering debut feature there s no escaping the ghosts of a violent past 
3.5
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Stephen Whitty
Grbavica The Land of My Dreams shows Westerners the aftermath of a story we may have forgotten And it reminds us that the horrors of that war still go on every time one of its survivors closes her eyes 
3.5
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
V.A. Musetto
Mirjana Karanovic and Luna Mijovic give powerful performances as director Zbanic imbues a simple story with a powerful commentary on the Bosnian war s devastating impact on the innocent It s a lesson the world has yet to learn 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Zbanic takes an effective low key approach telling the intimate story of a single mother and preteen daughter who live in Grbavica a grim neighborhood that once served as an internment camp 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Gene Seymour
Though in writer director Jasmila Zbanic s gritty affecting film the Bosnian war has been over for more than a decade it is hardly absent in the memories of those struggling to lead normal lives amid the rubble 
3
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Ed Gonzalez
Grbavica The Land of My Dreams is a stilted but touching articulation of a Sarajevo suburb s collective grief years after the Bosnian War 
2.5
Beisbol: The Latin Game
Phil Villarreal
A spirited enchanting baseball doc 
3.5
A Not So Still Life
Moira MacDonald
There s more to Ruffner s story than art glorious as it is A Not So Still Life is also an inspiring tale of rehabilitation and recovery 
3
Let's Go to Prison
Tom Meek
As a comedy Bob Odenkirk s penitentiary send up is bootless 
1.5
Let's Go to Prison
David Nusair
has its share of effective moments most of which come courtesy of star Will Arnett 
2
Let's Go to Prison
Kam Williams
Though sloppily edited like a bad B movie this poor man s version of Trading Places will undoubtedly resonate for anyone with a taste for gruesome gallows humor and a desire to see a spoiled rich kid get a taste of how the other half lives 
2
Let's Go to Prison
Linda Cook
Let s not And say we did 
1
Let's Go to Prison
Larry Ratliff
If movies could be punished Let s Go to Prison would be sent to solitary confinement for impersonating a prison comedy 
1.5
Let's Go to Prison
Geoff Pevere
The movie s too dryly detached to even enjoy its own tastelessness jokes constantly fall with the dull clatter of cutlery on the mess hall floor and the relentless abuse meted out to the hapless Biederman backfires by dint of sheer ritual repetition 
1.5
Let's Go to Prison
Jim Hemphill
Let s Go to Prison announces its desperation right from the opening credits thanks to a montage of celebrity mug shots and arrest footage suggesting there are still laughs to be had at James Brown and Martha Stewart s expense 
1
Let's Go to Prison
David Hiltbrand
This really isn t a comedy It s more of a woolly spoof stretched out to criminal lengths 
1.5
Let's Go to Prison
Kyle Smith
The writers of this movie should be sentenced to a comedy chain gang peeling bananas and making cream pies 
0.5
Let's Go to Prison
Elizabeth Weitzman
Arnett has seven movies coming out within the next year It seems safe or at least optimistic to assume that this is not going to be his high point But he does make a consistently amusing Felix to Shepard s frustrated Oscar 
2
Let's Go to Prison
Jennie Punter
The main crime in this movie is that the whole thing feels lazy it s as if they filmed the first draft of a script that still needed some trimming and sharpening 
0.5
Let's Go to Prison
Ty Burr
There s an interestingly ugly social comedy to be made about jail but Let s Go to Prison isn t it 
0.5
Let's Go to Prison
Rob Humanick
A comedy of tremendous miscalculation that doesn t even have the conviction of its own stupidity 
0
Let's Go to Prison
Dustin Putman
A clueless pointless unfunny dud The kind of movie where one can tell that the actors already know they re making a piece of crap 
0.5
Let's Go to Prison
John Monaghan
The elements of dark comedy prison system satire and juvenile gross out gags eventually blend like the slop ladled out for inmates at feeding time 
2
Let's Go to Prison
Maitland McDonagh
The sad thing is that Arnett Shepard and McBride quickly establish a loose easy camaraderie that s a real pleasure to watch The shame is that they re working with such unrewarding material 
1.5
Let's Go to Prison
Chris Hewitt
I cannot stress enough how unfunny Let s Go to Prison is 
0
Baby Ruby
Steven Prokopy
I expected something more substantial from a recognized playwright 44 something more than a post partum Rosemary 8217 s Baby 44 but Merlant almost pulls this one out of the fire without singe marks 46 10 
2.5
Baby Ruby
Sheila O'Malley
91 Baby Ruby 93 operates at a high pitched melodrama horror level 44 and the constant frenzy becomes exhausting 46 
1.5
Baby Ruby
Mark Dujsik
This movie 46 46 46 takes something that 46 46 46 is already worrying and frightening enough to melodramatic heights that are ridiculous 46 46 46 
1.5
Baby Ruby
Mike McGranaghan
A movie that generates enormous compassion for its heroine at the same time that it apos s sending chills up your spine 46 
3
Baby Ruby
Joe Friar
Writer director Bess Wohl delivers a bundle of angst 44 swaddled in layers of paranoia 44 confusion 44 and salvation for her debut feature which plays like a psychological thriller blurring the lines between reality and fantasy 46 No 233 mie Merlant is terrific 46 
3
Baby Ruby
Ann Hornaday
Baby Ruby makes a valuable contribution to the emerging cinematic literature on the unspoken realities of women s lived experience with style disarming honesty and a steady and intelligent hand 
3
Baby Ruby
Randy Myers
Baby Ruby employs a shaky narrative to deliver a rattling good commentary about every parent s nightmare
3
Baby Ruby
Bob Strauss
Whether you re angered or tickled it makes for a mesmerizing film 
3
Baby Ruby
Wes Greene
The film 8217 s depiction of the fear and uncertainty of motherhood gives in to monotony 46 
1
Baby Ruby
Roger Moore
Post partum paranoia that apos s intense enough to be triggering for moms 44 and a hair raising 8220 Oh 44 NOW I get it 8221 for dads or prospective fathers to be 46 
3
The Zombie Diaries
Lucius Gore
If there ever was a movie that proves mockumentaries are not easy to make it s this one 
1.5
Where's Daddy?
Frank Ochieng
A highly reflective and absorbingly insightful documentary Where s Daddy is gripping and thought provoking in its serious look at deprived families paying an ultimate price
3
Where's Daddy?
Reginald Ponder
An important examination of how Black Men are treated regarding child support by the courts It will make you think talk possibly take action to even the playing field No child should have to ask Where s Daddy 
3
Where's Daddy?
Michael Dequina
An important and necessary look at a sensitive subject from an angle that too few care to pay attention to let alone address 
3
Where's Daddy?
Kam Williams
A must see expose suggesting justice ain t blind but rather inclined to dispense a color coded brand of justice when it comes to child support 
4
It Stains the Sands Red
Norman Gidney
It starts off strong as hell with a boldly original concept Yet it falters as it lumbers further and further into the arid wasteland 
2
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
Matt Zoller Seitz
A rare feature that takes the trouble not just to understand its subject and communicate his significance but find ways to actually show us visually how his style evolved and the principles behind that evolution 
3.5
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
Kenneth R. Morefield
How can an artist be simultaneously so loved so admired and so recognized while also garnering so little of a reputation 
2.5
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
Ross Anthony
Escher seems to be perpetually amazed with the world and his own reaction to it Graphic artists and animators bring Escher s work to life with yet another perspective This is an inspired and inspiring work 
3.5
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
Roger Moore
Delightful a playful but serious look at the life and work of a wildly popular woodcut printer lithographer painter and mezzotint print maker Maurits Cornelius Escher 
3
When I Saw You
Peter Keough
When war or other disasters strike children suffer the most Uncomprehending powerless they can only endure 
3.5
When I Saw You
Alan Jones
Like Antoine Doinel in The 400 Blows Tarek has a way of using defiance and sarcasm to make himself seem smarter than any ostensible authority figure 
3
Tigertail
Pamela Powell
Tigertail is an unexpected treasure with a complexly layered story standout performances thanks not only to the talented cast but also to deft direction precision editing and back to basics story telling 
4
Tigertail
Roger Moore
Doesn t wholly come off with ambitions exceeding its reach 
2
Tigertail
Sheila O'Malley
Yang s script is thoughtful and precise every character gets to be three dimensional 
3.5
Tigertail
Matthew Passantino
Tigertail is very much a first film rambling messy and filled with big ideas but at some turns it feels like that was precisely Yang s point 
3
Poker Night
Roger Moore
Solid cast tripped up by a too simple but overly tricky story
2
Sunflower
Jeff Shannon
The film s father son friction grows occasionally repetitious but it springs from a sensitive well written melodrama that earns its emotions with tender sincerity 
3
Sunflower
Jason Anderson
Sunflower succeeds as both a moving family drama and a microcosm of China s social history since the 1970s 
3
Sunflower
Rob Humanick
A much better film in theory than in practice 
2.5
Sunflower
Jan Stuart
Paging John O Hara One would have to reach back to those melodramatic family potboilers of the 50s to find such an unfettered blast of guilt tripping and misdirected love 
2
Dirty
David Nusair
although Dirty isn t much better than some of his earlier efforts one can t help but admire Gooding Jr s willingness to portray such an irredeemably nasty character 
2
Dirty
Frank Ochieng
DIRTY boasts about a wayward police drama that needs considerable conscientious washing Sadly this perfunctory scrub job simply attacks the same old neglected stained areas 
2
Dirty
Maitland McDonagh
Even the stunningly downbeat ending smacks of sub Tarantinoesque theatrics 
2
Dirty
Stephen Whitty
This isn t a film made by someone who knows anything about cops It s a film made by someone who s seen a lot of cop movies 
1.5
Dirty
Jack Mathews
The machinations of the plot are so murky as to be not worth following 
1.5
Dirty
Lou Lumenick
The only suspense is how long it s going to take for this movie to finally drag to an end 
0
Dirty
Dan Fienberg
Capturing LA as a sepia toned sunbaked wasteland just isn t fresh Why must every LA cop drama take place on the hottest day of the year just as the city is about to explode 
2
Dirty
John Anderson
It makes Training Day seem like a film about good citizenship but Dirty is also a luxury vehicle for two actors whose every appearance on screen is a boon 
3
Dirty
Ed Gonzalez
Chris Fisher s Dirty is clumsier and less earnest than Crash but it s every bit as totalitarian 
1
Dirty
John Beifuss
Not entirely successful but it s as twisted as a James Ellroy novel and it may please genre fans who don t require the transubstantiation of spilled blood into the holy water of redemption 
2
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
John Monaghan
What the movie lacks in acting and coherence it more than makes up for through imagery 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Jeff Vice
The story proves to be elusive and the robotic performances of the cast make it hard to care about any of the characters or to try to figure out what s supposed to be going on 
2
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Walter Chaw
Beyond that Not much 
1.5
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Ted Fry
It is a bold step into a mainstream realm for its ancient fablelike theme agile storytelling magnificent design and sure grasp of long form narrative structure 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Bill Stamets
This opaque tale offers meticulously crafted atmosphere but rather less passion or drama 
2
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Marc Savlov
Like a dream this film is wispy and ethereal like a nightmare it lodges in your hindbrain and gnaws away with gleeful abandon 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Characters slowly whisper their dialogue to one another in scenes that would put the dead to sleep 
2.5
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Ty Burr
The whole movie feels filmed through the wrong end of a stereopticon stiff fascinating riddled with secrets it doesn t care to divulge 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Maitland McDonagh
The film combines live action and their trademark animation into a creepy glittering object whose dreamlike quality are mesmerizing to a particular kind of sensibility 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Timothy Knight
While longtime admirers of the brothers animated shorts and music videos will undoubtedly love it there s an airless oppressively stylized quality to the film that ultimately proves more wearying than exhilarating 
2.5
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
V.A. Musetto
Mainstream audiences will be put off by the lack of a straightforward narrative but adventurous moviegoers will find pleasure in the hypnotic originality of the images 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s probably best to approach the Quay Brothers dreamlike fantasy which they call poetic science fiction with the understanding that you ll never quite know what s going on 
2
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
John Anderson
That something as elusive as this gothicized imagist romance from the curious Quay brothers should be considered their most accessible film might be considered odd But so might they 
3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Nick Schager
Snow globe visions and gnarly mouth nightmares swirl together in this darkly lyrical fantasia 
3
Mary
V.A. Musetto
Mary is a mess An inter esting one yet still a mess 
1
Mary
Eric Henderson
A triune plot that Ferrara digs into with sleeves fully rolled up 
3
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Kathy Fennessy
Though the truth about Karen s life is no prettier than the myths and rumors that have swirled around her she deserves to be remembered for the person she was rather than the person people thought she was or wanted her to be 
3
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Ty Burr
Karen Dalton In Her Own Time does what it can with its paucity of material stretching out the few photos and fewer live performances into a palimpsest traces of a life lived creatively if not well 
3
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Kathy Fennessy
In the end the truth about Karen s life is no prettier than the myths and rumors but she deserves to be remembered for the person she was rather than the person people thought she was 
3.5
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Roger Moore
Gives us a taste of what might have been much more than a soulful novelty act an American Original who might have been too authentic for her time if not for ours 
3
The Moon and the Sledgehammer
Andrew Schenker
Still taking into account the very specific parameters of Trevelyan s project what we get is finally of considerably more significance than what we don t 
2.5
Prison Of The Psychotic Damned
Jim Hemphill
Williams s dialogue writing is often rather witty he s fully aware of some of the more ridiculous conventions of the genre and he gives the characters exchanges in which they justify the plot contrivances in inventive plausible ways 
3
A Chinese Tale
Roger Ebert
It is hardly possible to suggest how involving this story becomes One can see how it could have been a comedy but this is no comedy 
4
Pipe Dream
David Nusair
primarily comes off as an affable romantic comedy that boasts expectedly terrific performances 
2.5
Pipe Dream
Evan Henerson
Funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness 
3.4
Pipe Dream
John Anderson
What bubbles up out of John C Walsh s Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch 
3.5
Pipe Dream
Megan Turner
The smug oily demeanor that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream is just repulsive 
1
Writer Named Phil Hall
Felix Vasquez Jr.
For anyone looking for inspiration in writing and diving into the world of writing and telling stories A Writer Named Phil Hall is an interesting short documentary from a man who has plenty of stories and pointers to share so pay attention 
3
Baby Driver
Brian Eggert
Baby Driver s comparatively small handmade quality serves it well making this kinetic piece of entertainment feel less like an anonymous studio tentpole than a personal labor of love 
3
Baby Driver
Matt Brunson
Between the character dynamics the vehicular stuntwork and the carefully chosen soundtrack Baby Driver clicks on all cylinders at least until it hits the homestretch 
3
Baby Driver
Leo Brady
Edgar Wright is cementing himself as one of our most pleasing directors of the past decade and has created a Baby that we all can love 
3.5
Baby Driver
Sarah Knight Adamson
We hollered and clapped It s that kind of movie Ultimately cool 
4
Baby Driver
Federico Furzan
Feels like a music video Plays like a great action flick Wright s shift of genre is awesome Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Baby Driver
Mattie Lucas
Wright s directorial wit lends the film its infectious exuberance taking a classic tale of young love on the run and turning it into a Bonnie and Clyde adventure for a new generation 
3
Baby Driver
Kevin A. Ranson
With just enough thinking to be thoughtful and just enough danger to feel dangerous it s a rare balancing act that any film works as well as this does 
4
Baby Driver
John Beifuss
Edgar Wright s pedal to the metal plus needle to the vinyl action movie is a love letter to the never obsolete wonders of fast cars pop music and crafty commercial personal filmmaking 
3.5
Baby Driver
Eric Melin
It sounds like every noir tinged crime movie since the 40s but its a canny reconfiguration of boilerplate elements made special by the way it taps into our music saturated culture using iPods and earbuds to fashion a seductive fantasy world 
3.5
Baby Driver
Wesley Lovell
An exciting mixture of traditional car chase action and modern storytelling conventions 
3.5
Baby Driver
John Hanlon
Fast paced exhilarating and impeccably cast this action feature is one of the year s best offerings 
4.0
Baby Driver
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An extremely original thriller an action movie that unlike most productions Hollywood releases year after year left me excited and eager to run drive and yes listen to music Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Baby Driver
Linda Cook
Its blend of speed and music makes Baby Driver one of the year s best films 
4
Baby Driver
James Kendrick
the action is where Wright s film shines as he puts the full pedal to the metal in returning us to the old fashioned delights of real car chases through real streets with real cars doing seemingly impossible moves
3
Baby Driver
John Serba
A fairy tale for pop cultists by a pop cultist 
3
Baby Driver
David Nusair
A typically erratic effort from Edgar Wright 
3
Baby Driver
Michael Smith
High concept and full of style as well as brutal violence and hot cars Baby Driver is the latest from writer director Edgar Wright and it s a welcome piece of original filmmaking in a summer of been there done that franchises 
3
Baby Driver
David N. Butterworth
Don t believe the hype This is one bad Driver 
0
Baby Driver
Sara Michelle Fetters
Baby Driver might not live entirely up to the hype but that doesn t make it any less wonderful Wright once again showing he s a fearless genre busting directorial wunderkind who s creative gas tank overflows in originality 
3
Baby Driver
Josh Larsen
the edits and camera swerves are completely in sync with the songs 
3
Baby Driver
Josh Terry
Baby Driver is a symphony of style sound and story 
3.5
Baby Driver
Jeff Simon
Go to the movies sit down be entertained for 113 minutes crank up the car radio on the way home with luck on a perfectly clear summer night 
3.5
Baby Driver
Mike McGranaghan
There are great movies you admire and then there are great movies you admire that also make you deliriously happy Baby Driver is the latter 
4
Baby Driver
Tom Meek
Besides the chase sequences what makes Baby Driver go is the hot potpourri of personalities Baby gets paired with 
3
Baby Driver
Max Weiss
It s a wild ride a highly caffeinated tour de force filled with great action lots of deadpan humor and the kind of prevailing coolness that makes you want to drink espresso troll vintage record stores and watch old Steve McQueen films when it s over 
3.5
Baby Driver
Robert Horton
Fast violent and absurd and the driving is a blast performed by stunt drivers not digital effects 
3
Baby Driver
Phil Villarreal
The only bad part of Baby Driver is the title 
3.5
Baby Driver
Sonny Bunch
Well worth seeing on the biggest screen with the best sound system possible 
3
Baby Driver
Walter Chaw
Baby Driver is just good enough to highlight the many ways it could ve been a masterpiece 
2.5
Baby Driver
AP Kryza
It takes a scant five minutes for Baby Driver to feel like one of the best car chase films of all time 
4
Baby Driver
Richard Roeper
Edgar Wright s Baby Driver is one of the most entertaining thrill rides of this year this decade 
4
Baby Driver
George M. Thomas
Elgort creates a thoroughly conflicted likable character with all the vulnerabilities of a person befitting his youth who has to grow and grow up ridiculously fast 
3.5
Baby Driver
Thelma Adams
Edgar Wright s crackling crime caper rises to the top of this summer s most entertaining movies It satisfies my need for speed baby 
3.5
Baby Driver
Barry Paris
Lurching between mind boggling car chases and a cliched young love subplot the film starts strong and ends weak both exhilarating and disappointing but worth seeing for its razzle dazzle if mindless action 
3
Baby Driver
Peter Howell
Summer can finally start now Baby Driver is that blast of energy we ve all been waiting for 
3.5
Baby Driver
Calvin Wilson
It s the kind of action comedy that makes you want to see it again a second after it s over 
4
Baby Driver
Christian Toto
Underneath Baby Driver s hood is the sweetest on screen romance in ages 
3.5
Baby Driver
Mick LaSalle
Having hooked us with style Wright knows he has to deliver on the story and he does His plotting is tight and fluid wild and ultimately satisfying 
3
Baby Driver
Ty Burr
Baby Driver somehow maintains a tone of sweetness even as bullets fly blood spurts and gears are stripped In fact the movie feels like Tarantino minus the sleaze 
3.5
Baby Driver
Kam Williams
All you really need to know about Baby Driver is that it s the best film of the year so far hands down 
4
Baby Driver
Robert W. Butler
The results are both familiar and fresh 
3
Baby Driver
Barry Hertz
Wright has a peerless skill in syncing up his images to the beats and rhythms of a diverse soundtrack giving new life to tracks that have long seemed exhausted
3
Baby Driver
Ann Hornaday
As charming as Baby Driver strives to be the appeal starts to curdle once Wright makes his fetishistic aims clear 
2.5
Baby Driver
Chris Hewitt
Although Baby Driver is technically a heist chase film what it s really about is how much in love Wright is with what movies can do 
3
Baby Driver
Rafer Guzman
The band Spacemen 3 once titled an album Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To Edgar Wright a major record head might appreciate this comparison He makes movies out of ideas that are too crazy to make movies out of 
3
Baby Driver
Sean P. Means
When Baby Driver gets its engines revved up it owns the road 
3.5
Baby Driver
Mark Dujsik
This film is a whole lot of fun in an inventive package 
3.5
Baby Driver
Sara Stewart
It s been a week since I saw Baby Driver and I m still pleasantly buzzed 
4
Baby Driver
Rick Bentley
Baby Driver is filled with fascinating characters who could all be the focus of their own movies 
3.5
Baby Driver
Gary Thompson
Wright secured the rights to the songs before he started production then shot and edited the sequences to match the rhythm and energy of the tunes the effect is often electrifying 
3
Baby Driver
Brian Truitt
When all cylinders are pumping Baby Driver is an enchanting experiment that puts the pedal to the metal And even a few off notes can t stop the beat of Wright s fast and furious symphony 
3
Baby Driver
Katie Walsh
It s cute to be sure but is it anything more than that Maybe it doesn t have to be 
3
Baby Driver
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An exciting gleeful movie 
3.5
Baby Driver
Moira MacDonald
Just what you want a summer movie to be 
3.5
Baby Driver
James Berardinelli
Wright is savvy enough to realize that suspense and tension require characters that are more than human figures in a CGI playground He does just enough with the men and women populating Baby Driver for us to get a sense of who they are 
3.5
Baby Driver
Brian Tallerico
Feels both influenced by the modern era of self aware pop culture filmmaking and charmingly old fashioned at the same time which is only one of its minor miracles 
3.5
Baby Driver
Dustin Putman
A high wire hyper cool adrenaline fueled fusion of music action and ecstasy There has never been anything quite like what writer director Edgar Wright has accomplished 
3.5
Baby Driver
Stephen Whitty
All of this is great fun 
3
Baby Driver
Jake Cole
Baby Driver literalizes Edgar Wright s fascination with people s emotional overreliance on pop culture as a cover for arrested development 
3.5
Baby Driver
Stephen Rebello
You don t just leave this 112 minute movie smiling you leaved so pumped and energized you may just want to turn around strap in and take the sweet ride all over again 
3.5
Baby Driver
Roger Moore
Forget your comic books and sci fi sequels THIS is the movie of the summer 
3
American Murderer
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The man may be missing 44 but his riddle gets its compelling origin story right here 46 
3
American Murderer
Leo Brady
American Murderer isn 8217 t a movie you let slip through the cracks 46 It 8217 s great true crime and that 8217 s the kind of movie you seek out 46 
3
American Murderer
Roger Moore
There 8217 s an awful lot of interesting detail that would have added color to this generally colorless film 44 things briefly mentioned and never shown 46 46 46 It apos s like half the movie is missing 46 
1.5
Silverton Siege
Roger Moore
Silverton may be more on the nose with its messaging than in its literal history But making his second feature film Dube gets a heroic yarn out of a fairly conventional genre piece and sets a couple of fresh faces up for stardom in the process 
2.5
9 Bullets
Steven Prokopy
Headey is doing her darndest to make both her character and this movie interesting and meaningful but the screenplay is beyond transparent in the ways in which it attempts to make us care about any of these characters 
1.5
9 Bullets
Mark Dujsik
Writerdirector Gigi Gaston simply doesn t seem certain about what 9 Bullets is meant to be 
1
Crime After Crime
David Elliott
Despite its plodding tactics the movie is an alarming witness 
3
Crime After Crime
Moira MacDonald
Yoav Potash s moving vivid documentary Crime After Crime will make you both angry and tearful sometimes at the same time 
3.5
Crime After Crime
Lisa Kennedy
Though rife with talking head interviews and straightforwardly shot the movie is quietly riveting and cumulatively galling 
3.5
Crime After Crime
David Lewis
This emotionally affecting documentary will move you like few films this year thanks to a luminous heroine and an unlikely but appealing trio who work tirelessly to release her from prison 
4
Crime After Crime
Chris Hewitt
Crime After Crime is such an astonishing story you won t believe the twists and turns Peagler s case takes that the movie holds up 
3
Crime After Crime
Stephanie Merry
Some movies prove so eye opening that a viewer may feel the urge to recount the story start to finish to friends and acquaintances Crime After Crime is that kind of film 
3
Crime After Crime
V.A. Musetto
Potash s film tells an important and disturbing story but his presentation is uninspired and non cinematic It s best left to TV 
2
Crime After Crime
Andrew Schenker
The film presents a portrait of the incarcerated woman as a determined optimistic individual who profited from her jail time by helping others to educate themselves 
3
The Last Atomic Bomb
Ed Gonzalez
Ricther understands that there is strength in numbers 
3
Washington Square
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not even the usually twinkle eyed Maggie Smith here playing Catherine s aunt can buoy the material 
2.5
Washington Square
David Sterritt
Jennifer Jason Leigh shows a surprising flair for modest introspective moods in Agnieszka Holland s deftly directed adaptation of Henry James s quietly compassionate novel 
3
Washington Square
Roger Ebert
Henry James saw more humor in the story than Holland does although Aunt Lavinia remains comic but what they both understand is that in a family such as this everything depends on the money unless nothing does 
3
Washington Square
Mike Clark
There s isn t much tension here and if anything the film is stolen by Maggie Smith and Judith Ivey as Finney s sisters 
2.5
Washington Square
Michael Dequina
Leigh may sound like a peculiar casting choice for a costume drama but her trademark mannerisms and mumbly elocution are a perfect fit 
3
The Kings of Summer
Matt Brunson
Coming of age tales are generally a dime a dozen but here s one pretty much guaranteed to make viewers feel like a million bucks 
3.5
The Kings of Summer
Rene Rodriguez
A warm and affectionate comedy about that last great summer when you re 13 or 14 and you don t realize just how much your life is about to change and things will never be the same 
3
The Kings of Summer
Rich Heldenfels
A summer pleasure 
3.5
The Kings of Summer
Sheila O'Malley
There is much here to admire but the overall impression is of a film that does not have the courage of its convictions 
2
The Kings of Summer
Kam Williams
Between a host of memorable performances by a cast of relative newcomers and a haunting grungy score this coming of age comedy is a bona fide sleeper not to be missed 
4
The Kings of Summer
Mick LaSalle
Once they go into the woods the movie becomes as interesting as watching kids hang around and play with sticks 
2
The Kings of Summer
Chris Knight
Why not go out on a limb and call it the next summer classic 
3.5
The Kings of Summer
Nell Minow
Director Jordan Vogt Roberts and writer Chris Galletta bring a fresh and sympathetic eye to the story evoking the pleasure of what feels for a little while like endless possibilities 
3.5
The Kings of Summer
Geoff Pevere
The foundation of a much better movie is buried somewhere beneath the debris that s too quickly piled on to The Kings of Summer 
2.5
The Kings of Summer
Mark Dujsik
There s something to be said for restraint even when dealing with impulsive characters in a carefree scenario 
2
The Kings of Summer
Dustin Putman
The first feature film from Funny or Die director Jordan Vogt Roberts The Kings of Summer isn t very funny and dies slowly but surely as a coming of age film that bludgeons the viewer with its own quirkiness 
2
The Kings of Summer
Chris Hewitt
It loses its way but the first half is fresh and funny enough to make it worthwhile 
3
The Kings of Summer
John Hartl
Starts out as a raunchy teen comedy slips into nature epic mode then adds a romantic triangle and finally finds a comfort zone in family sitcom land 
2.5
The Kings of Summer
Joe Williams
The sharp wit soft focus cinematography and slow motion lyricism lift it into the realm of this summer s nicest surprises 
3
The Kings of Summer
Ty Burr
A stylish and very funny teenage coming of age story graced with surreal fringes and a mysteriously hushed core 
3
The Kings of Summer
Cathy Jakicic
While things occasionally get a bit too quirky the young leads Nick Robinson Gabriel Basso and Moises Arias make it work 
3
The Kings of Summer
Bruce DeMara
An unconventional coming of age story that s likely to appeal to the rebellious teen in all of us 
3
The Kings of Summer
Matt Pais
The movie s just such a pain in the ass 
1.5
The Kings of Summer
James Berardinelli
One senses the filmmakers were going for something more profound and transformative than what ended up on screen 
2.5
The Kings of Summer
Stephen Whitty
The Kings of Summer invokes John Hughes movies without Xeroxing them creating its own little oddball suburbia 
3
The Kings of Summer
Kyle Smith
Less a movie than a checklist of indiecinema clichés Youth on a journey of self discovery Got it Dead mom Uh huh Wounded and entitled when it s trying to be soulful plotless laden with indie rock and entirely overhyped at Sundance Checkarooney 
1.5
The Kings of Summer
Claudia Puig
Like the fading of day into twilight the ephemeral nature of youth is deftly captured in The Kings of Summer 
3.5
The Kings of Summer
Roger Moore
Staggers down that fine line between sentimental and snarky
3
The Kings of Summer
Chris Cabin
The film s aesthetic is marked by off tempo editing and a tone that vacillates between grim and coy and though it s occasionally visually evocative it s also unmistakably over calculated 
2
The Kings of Summer
Erik Childress
Toy s House is what Moonrise Kingdom might have been like if the director s played out style and monotone quirkiness had not interfered with its similar tale 
3
The Kings of Summer
Sean P. Means
The MVP here is Chris Galletta s script which is as knowing of teen emotions as it is acidly funny 
3
Skiptrace
Frank Ochieng
The problem with Skiptrace is that it seems as a labored and redundant rag tag vehicle trying to bask in the shadowy spirit of Chan s typical big screen high wire Hong Kong police procedurals from yesteryear 
1.5
Skiptrace
Nick Allen
Even if Chan no longer wants to put his life at risk as a martial arts Buster Keaton he still has the ability to turn a joke and get a gasp out of an action sequence 
3
Skiptrace
Kam Williams
Though he s certainly no Chris Tucker Johnny Knoxville does prove a decent enough accomplice for Jackie Chan s endearing combination of antics and acrobatics 
2
Skiptrace
Keith Watson
The film s bloated action comedy machinery prevents any real chemistry from forming between Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville 
2
The Walk
Mark Dujsik
At times 44 the very idea of addressing racism comes across as a burden for the story 46 46 46 
1.5
The Walk
Roger Moore
Funereal pacing 44 characters that are simplistic 8220 types 8221 and dialogue that recycles cliches and bromides pretty much overwhelm it 46 
2
Wade in the Water
Roger Moore
A darkly comic mystery thriller more disquieting than fun but more amusing than troubling 
2.5
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü)
Fernando F. Croce
The most spectacular shot remains a close up of a tear forming in Riefenstahl s terrified visage 
3
Heart of Gold
Michael Dequina
Even in a less than ideal context Rai s considerable star qualities and talents shine through 
2
In the Hive
Omer Mozaffar
Duncan commands our attention in a way he rarely had the chance to in his career 
3
Dear Mr. Brody
Joe Friar
A fascinating documentary of a story long forgotten that keeps the viewer fully engrossed It hits us where it hurts most the heart Its a beautiful story in many ways One that reflects humanitys will to do good 
3
Dear Mr. Brody
Odie Henderson
Dear Mr Brody does a fine job of showing how the financial chasm between rich and poor people is as wide and insurmountable today as it was in 1970 
3
Dear Mr. Brody
Ty Burr
The film is over directed and antic in spots but unexpectedly touching in others and it s paced for maximum involvement and lingering melancholy 
3
Dear Mr. Brody
Mark Dujsik
Keith Maitland s documentary treats the eponymous subject as a mystery and hence undermines the real lessons we might have taken from this tale 
2.5
Dear Mr. Brody
Derek Smith
The film poignantly draws a straight line from the economic anxieties of the past straight to the present 
3
Quiet Heroes
Roger Moore
An extremely touching account of the few the righteous who fought the AIDS epidemic in the middle of Mormon Country Salt Lake City Utah 
3
Quiet Heroes
Josh Terry
That Ries is a quiet hero worthy of the documentary s attention is apparent throughout the film but the story of Utah s AIDS crisis would be better served with a fuller treatment 
2.5
The Boys of Baraka
Kam Williams
After Born into Brothels won an Academy Award for Best Documentary it was only a matter of time before the imitators started coming along 
0
The Boys of Baraka
Robert W. Butler
Ends on a mixed note of hope and helplessness that clings to the consciousness for days 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Phil Villarreal
Imagine if Hoop Dreams 1994 the documentary about Chicago high schoolers who dream of making the NBA had slammed to a halt after the kids junior year and you ll get a feeling for the way The Boys of Baraka leaves you hanging 
2.5
The Boys of Baraka
Bruce Westbrook
It s galling to think American kids must go abroad for a chance to turn their lives around But it s also inspiring to see the changes that are possible 
3
The Boys of Baraka
John Beifuss
Is public indifference to the circumstances that produce these dead end expectations fueled as much by the hopelessness depicted in well meaning documentaries like Baraka as by violent gangsta rap narratives and cliched boyz n the hood movies 
2.5
The Boys of Baraka
Jeff Vice
This documentary makes you wonder what our nation s schools would be like if educators had all the resources they need and deserve and if students here had as much individual instruction as they need and deserve 
3
The Boys of Baraka
David Elliott
Almost brazenly bereft of artistic shaping The Boys of Baraka still has the core of direct human interest that sustains many documentaries 
3.5
The Boys of Baraka
John Hartl
A potent mixture of heartbreak and crushing irony 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Michael Phillips
A potent emotional experience 
3.5
The Boys of Baraka
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that makes you want to do something Cry or write a check or howl with rage 
3
The Boys of Baraka
James Emanuel Shapiro
Edgy and hard hitting it s an important film of immense power and should be seen by everyone who cares about the youth of America 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Walter V. Addiego
This is a gripping documentary look at four Baltimore youngsters sent to a school in rural Kenya that specializes in dealing with troubled American boys from the inner city 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Glenn Whipp
Undeniably delivers a great many moments of vivid heartbreak and uplift but in leaving so much relevant information out of the film directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady have kept it from being a true powerhouse 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Wesley Morris
Ewing and Grady s film is determined to look past harrowing statistics and root for its subjects to beat the odds It doesn t always happen 
3.5
The Boys of Baraka
James Verniere
Begs the question Do we want to build better schools or bigger prisons 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Ken Fox
The film is at once warmly funny and very moving 
4
The Boys of Baraka
Jami Bernard
The results are amazing though bittersweet and demonstrate how complicated and expensive it is though not impossible to break the cycle of poverty crime and lack of education 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Jan Stuart
Ewing and Grady prefer to make their case through illustration rather than rhetoric but they fall critically short in detailing the students transformative school experiences 
2.5
The Boys of Baraka
Lou Lumenick
An uplifting documentary 
3
The Boys of Baraka
Nick Schager
A portrait of the nature vs nurture debate in which external factors are depicted as weighing heavily on children s fates 
3
Sexual Dependency
David Sterritt
The pace of this Bolivia US coproduction is slower than that of a snail but it gathers some interest as the themes of the vignettes dovetail near the end 
2
Sexual Dependency
David Nusair
The split screen effect does nothing to advance the plot and is more of a distraction than anything else 
1
Tiny Furniture
Mattie Lucas
A refreshingly frank and unencumbered narrative just as funny and charming as it is melancholy and moving 
3
Tiny Furniture
James Kendrick
succeeds admirably in its relatively scaled ambition to evoke the discomfort of a particular time in one s life while also jabbing playfully at the pretensions of the insular Soho art scene
3
Tiny Furniture
Burl Burlingame
Tiny Furniture is more drifty than plotted a character study of a young person without great options standing at a crossroads None of the paths look promising 
2.5
Tiny Furniture
Rob Thomas
Not much happens in Tiny Furniture but viewers can take considerable pleasure in Dunham s clever funny script which is honest and unsparing in detailing the early adulthood paralysis that grips so many twentysomethings 
3.5
Tiny Furniture
Matt Brunson
Tiny Furniture is certainly more lively than Sofia Coppola s Somewhere but they share a common flaw in that they re both examples of intense navel gazing with fuzzy notions of identity and assertion only serving as so much belly button lint 
2.5
Tiny Furniture
John Beifuss
A modestly crafted but extremely funny and beautifully observed young person s slice of Tribeca creative class loft life 
3.5
Tiny Furniture
Chris Hewitt
I hardly know where to start with how exciting Dunham s accomplishment is here 
3.5
Tiny Furniture
Claude Peck
Just when you think Tiny Furniture is of the nothing happens school of indie filmdom something more dramatic happens 
3.5
Tiny Furniture
Roger Moore
Sharp observations thin on entertainment value Mumblecore at its heart 
2.5
Tiny Furniture
Moira MacDonald
There s not much to it but you do sense after watching it that this filmmaker might someday make something very good once she starts looking beyond her own immediate vicinity 
2
Tiny Furniture
Lisa Kennedy
It s one of the loveliest lowest budget features to come down the pike 
2.5
Tiny Furniture
Steven Rea
There s a fierce self lacerating wit on display in Lena Dunham s tiny indie Tiny Furniture as big and bold as the production is modest and literally homemade 
3.5
Tiny Furniture
Joe Williams
In skewering the neuroses of New York bohemians Durham has left us too little to care about 
2.5
Tiny Furniture
Peter Hartlaub
What Dunham lacks in polish she makes up for in her ability to observe her generation with the hardest truths coming at her own expense 
3
Tiny Furniture
Ty Burr
Many of us have been here that first flush of post college terror remember and Dunham makes it funny and involving before entropy kicks in at the two thirds mark 
2.5
Tiny Furniture
Michael Phillips
It s a find funny and rueful and verbally dexterous leavening a quippy screenplay with just enough honesty to make it stick 
3.5
Tiny Furniture
Roger Ebert
If you re working with your own family in your own house and depicting passive aggression selfishness and discontent and you produce a film this good you can direct just about anybody in just about anything 
3
Tiny Furniture
Brett Michel
It may sound hopelessly autobiographical but Dunham has made an accomplished movie She s one to watch 
3
Tiny Furniture
Ann Hornaday
Dunham s dramatic comedy comic drama renders the artist s life with candor wit and 360 degree clarity More please 
3
Tiny Furniture
Kam Williams
Sex and the City for the Millennial Generation 
4
Tiny Furniture
V.A. Musetto
The actors mostly nonprofessionals deliver their lines with understated charm the pacing is just right and Jody Lee Lipes cinematography is clear and concise 
4
Tiny Furniture
Jordan Hiller
Aura is a tragic figure She exists in a world where one must latch onto and venerate something as frivolous as photographing tiny furniture in order to swim with the current 
3
Tiny Furniture
Peter Travers
Tiny Furniture winner of the SXSW festival s best narrative feature prize gets under your skin It s the work of a filmmaker with a stunning future 
3
Tiny Furniture
Rex Reed
I like to encourage young wannabes for pure guts if nothing else But Lena Dunham makes a 98 minute home video seem like 98 days of hard labor 
0
Tiny Furniture
Andrew Schenker
Everyone in the film hides behind words no one more than the director herself 
1.5
Macbeth
Peter Canavese
The graphic intensity of Orson Welles black and white 1948 film of Macbeth then isn t merely for show but a carefully considered symbolist staging for screen meant to complement the Bard s immortal poetry 
4
Macbeth
James Kendrick
a film that had an unfortunately deleterious effect on Welles s career but can now be seen and appreciated as a unique daring take on a familiar text that rendered it new and strange
3.5
Macbeth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film has a jagged noir ish aspect that makes it a powerhouse 
4
Arthur
Mattie Lucas
While it is essentially a one joke comedy it is buoyed by likable performances by its capable cast 
2.5
Arthur
Roger Moore
So Russell Brand wrecked his marriage to Katy Perry over this 
1.5
Arthur
Michael Dequina
Gives Brand ample opportunity and excuse to trot out his wisecracking chemically addled man child schtick in a sturdy and believable narrative context 
3
Arthur
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whatever was inherently funny about the original film just doesn t work here 
2
Arthur
Mike McGranaghan
One wonders why time and effort was put into this sorry wannabe considering that maintaining the tone of the source material clearly wasn t of much interest to anyone 
1.5
Arthur
Sara Michelle Fetters
While far from terrible I can t really say this one is all that good either and like spending a night out having one to many the only thing lasting about this new journey with Arthur Bach is the unhappy hangover one is left with the very next morning 
2
Arthur
John Wirt
Russell Brand the genuinely funny talent upon which this misbegotten remake is hung brings his manic energy but neither he nor Oscar winner Helen Mirren can resurrect Arthur from a laugh deficient fate 
2
Arthur
Jane Crowther
Back in 1981 Dudley Moore won an Oscar nod for Arthur It s safe to say Russell Brand will not 
2
Arthur
Linda Cook
So much has changed in 30 years The theme of Arthur which is a remake of the Dudley Moore vehicle in which he played a lovable drunk is not that drunks are lovable It s that drunks have a problem 
2.5
Arthur
Jesse Cataldo
If this version fails it s at least partially because it s been sent on the cinematic equivalent of a suicide mission 
2
Arthur
David Nusair
a perfectly respectable remake that is too often foiled by its reliance on hackneyed elements 
2.5
Arthur
James Berardinelli
It s amazing how a lifeless pointless remake can provoke pangs of nostalgia about a mediocre movie Such is the case with Arthur 
2
Arthur
Kam Williams
An ill advised remake of the 1981 classic romantic comedy co starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli
1
Arthur
Matt Brunson
A minor guilty pleasure a freewheeling comedy that offers a fair number of laughs for those who haven t yet grown tired of Russell Brand a rapidly shrinking demographic admittedly 
2.5
Arthur
Christian Toto
The new not so improved Arthur drinks less but still brings the funny 
2.5
Arthur
Stephen Whitty
It s a sardonic screenplay filled with juvenile characters and the whole thing doesn t mesh 
2
Arthur
Rick Groen
Apparently somebody thought it was time for a remake Clearly somebody was dead wrong 
1.5
Arthur
Tyler Hanley
The problem with Arthur is far more about concept than execution 
1.5
Arthur
John Beifuss
Absolutely awful for about the first 15 minutes eventually it rights itself and becomes quite fine then it collapses during a protracted final act 
2.5
Arthur
Willie Waffle
Brand has a playful charm that wins us over while co star Gerwig is the girl next door who never lived next door to you no matter how much you wish she did 
3
Arthur
Chris Hewitt
Funny sweet and romantic it works 
3
Arthur
Michael O'Sullivan
Was the lovable lush ever funny I mean honestly 
1
Arthur
Roger Ebert
Russell Brand takes on a thankless task and earns at least some thanks 
3
Arthur
Kyle Smith
Attempting to fill Dudley Moore s top hat in Arthur Russell Brand rapidly descends the rungs of the comedy ladder from unfunny to irritating to vulgar to the bottom one Andy Dick 
1.5
Arthur
Mark Dujsik
Wretchedly unfunny stuff and apologies should be issued post haste to any surviving member of the original s cast and crew and the families of those no longer with us 
0.5
Arthur
Mick LaSalle
The problems of Arthur are mostly ones of scale The set pieces are too big and the movie becomes too labored 
2
Arthur
Claudia Puig
A little Russell Brand goes a long way 
2
Arthur
Dustin Putman
A pale uninspired unnecessary redux Greta Gerwig bless her floats effortlessly into the film to almost single handedly save the day 
2
Arthur
Moira MacDonald
It s pretty faithful to the original which is to say that there s not much there other than a wispy and frequently drunken fairy tale 
2
Arthur
Wesley Morris
Throughout Brand s Arthur looks ready for photo shoots with his clear complexion tailored suits and neatly tended tresses Moore often looked like his face was going to slide off his head 
2
Arthur
Sean O'Connell
Arthur is paced too slowly for a comedy It s too flat to serve as a romantic diversion And it s too light on relevant lessons for a redemption fable 
1.5
Arthur
Matt Soergel
A flat but innocuous redo of an aggressively heartwarming film that hasn t aged well since its 1981 release If you re not expecting much it s not too bad And if that sounds like faint praise well 
2
Arthur
Robert W. Butler
Only Mirren really delivers Her depiction of Hobson s love for exasperation with the errant Arthur provides the only genuine moments in this misfire 
1.5
Arthur
Michael Phillips
Blobby and a bit of a mess but offers a fair number of laughs 
2.5
Arthur
Sue Pierman
There are a few things wrong with this second go round not the least of which is that in 2011 hopeless drunks are rarely seen as funny 
2
Arthur
Peter Travers
The limp d remake of 1981 s Arthur starring Russell Brand in the happy drunk role indelibly created by Dudley Moore sounds promising but it ends in disaster 
1
Arthur
Joe Williams
The original Arthur was harmless The new one is charmless 
2
Arthur
Matt Pais
Like its titular well intentioned hedonist scoundrel Arthur is really quite delightful if given the chance Romantic and playful 
3
Arthur
Phil Villarreal
I ve got a 40 in my hand and I m pouring it out on the pavement in remembrance of the indie sensation that was Greta Gerwig 
2
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Forrest Hartman
Sketches isn t for everyone as enjoyment requires at least an elementary interest in architecture or art Anyone who meets that requirement will receive not only a nice portrait of Gehry the person but a great survey of his work 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Jeff Vice
it s probably the best movie Pollack has made in awhile 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Duane Dudek
The film is almost entirely a love letter between similarly minded colleagues of different disciplines They don t speak the same language but the admiration is mutual 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Geoff Pevere
What the filmmaker omits are precisely the laymen the movie set out to explain Gehry to 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Rick Groen
What benefits the picture early on giving it a casual air becomes cloying in the later going making it feel like a smug exercise in mutual admiration 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Terry Lawson
It is a few meaningful glimpses into the mind and life of a man who resists being seen as complex and singular 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Chris Hewitt
Even nonfans will find something interesting in the conversations with Pollack in which the architect comes off as curious funny and willing to reveal his own doubts 
3.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Laura Kelly
While Gehry the man is worth the investment of time in this film it s his singular buildings that we really want to get to know better than just sketches 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Phil Villarreal
Director Sydney Pollack tries to pry open Gehry s head and allow the audience to see the world from his perspective 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Carrie Rickey
If Sketches of Frank Gehry fails to reconcile these extroverted buildings with their apparently introverted maker it offers some heartfelt appreciation 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Roger Ebert
There are also a few critics brought in to provide balance although Pollack s opinion is clear Gehry is a genius Having gazed upon the Guggenheim and the Disney and sat happily on the grass beneath the Spider s web I think so too 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Jessica Reaves
Gehry s theory the less technical the approach the more human the end result is proven time and again in this diverting portrait of America s most famous living architect 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Moira MacDonald
It meanders agreeably through some striking buildings and pleasant conversations and by its end you feel as if you ve met somebody 
3.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Michael Booth
Genius is complicated But it s also simple and director Sydney Pollack bounces us back and forth between those indisputable truths with intelligence and flair 
3.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Willie Waffle
Pollack is too friendly with his subject almost to the point of having a man crush on Gehry so the theme of Sketches of Frank Gehry is reduced to I think Frank Gehry is super awesome and you should too 
1.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Kenneth Baker
How much more persuasive Sketches of Frank Gehry might have been had Pollack differentiated degrees of achievement in Gehry s work 
2
Sketches of Frank Gehry
David Elliott
Perhaps less a form giver than a brash structural animator Gehry has made edifices both exquisite and exhibitionistic 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Jeanne Aufmuth
Agreeably educational and delightfully illuminating 
3.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Glenn Whipp
Gehry a cheerful energetic self deprecating man closing in on his 80th birthday makes for an engaging subject 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Steve Rhodes
Even if you know nothing of Gehry s designs you ll be immediately and completely engrossed in the story and the images 
3.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Maitland McDonagh
Rescued from its inclination to smug celebrity testimonial driven hagiography by Gehry s own considerable charm and infectious enthusiasm 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Lou Lumenick
Less a documentary than a self important tribute to a longtime friend 
2
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s a low key intimate conversation between two buddies who as Pollack the Oscar winning director of Out of Africa puts it are trying to find ways of creative expression within industries that make stringent demands 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Peter Canavese
There s a casual informality to Pollack s documentary technique results are semi revealing 
2.5
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Jan Stuart
We are seduced by the rules busting fabulousness of Gehry s output all a tumble with cubist edges spirals and crinkle cut effects done up on a massive scale But we are also disarmed by the architect s persona 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Timothy Knight
We get a fascinating glimpse into Gehry s design process which always begins at his sketchpad 
3
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Nick Schager
Sketches ultimately allows the controversial breathtakingly unusual buildings themselves to make the case for the architect s inimitable greatness 
2.5
Kid Galahad
Matt Brunson
Presley could effortlessly carry this picture himself but that s actually not required thanks to the efforts of an excellent supporting cast 
3
Kid Galahad
Mattie Lucas
Elvis wanted to spread his wings and he clearly had the chops Unfortunately the films just wouldn t let him 
2
Guest of Honour
Angelo Muredda
it s hard to resist the film s daft charms neatly summed up in Veronica s terse final report on her father which Egoyan clearly hopes we ll read as a self evaluation He made a lot of odd choices 
2.5
Guest of Honour
James Kendrick
an engaging multilayered drama built around a fascinating central character that nevertheless falls short of what is admittedly the unfair expectation that it be a true return to form for Atom Egoyan
2.5
Guest of Honour
Steven Prokopy
As he so often is Thewlis straddles the line between creepy and pathetic and that s a good thing perhaps the only really good thing in Guest of Honour 
2
Guest of Honour
Glenn Kenny
The director s sturdiest creation in a while 
3
Guest of Honour
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s veil of sincerity becomes transparent 
2
Guest of Honour
Anita Katz
In the end viewers are as frustrated as they are hooked Thewlis and the character he makes so riveting deserve better 
2.5
Guest of Honour
Roger Moore
A fascinating failure 
2
Guest of Honour
David Nusair
An exceedingly oddball piece of work 
2
Guest of Honour
Kate Taylor
There is a definite yuck factor to Atom Egoyan s Guest of Honour 
3
9 Songs
David N. Butterworth
Dear Mr Winterbottom Intercutting unsimulated sex scenes with concert footage does not a movie make Love David B 
2
9 Songs
Phil Villarreal
At least some skin flicks try to add a story to the sex 
2.5
9 Songs
Steven Rea
Nice folks fun time thanks for the peek I guess and so what 
2.5
9 Songs
Peter Howell
Five decades after the rest of the world twigged to it Michael Winterbottom has discovered a connection between sex and rock n roll Bully for him 
2
9 Songs
Terry Lawson
It is at its hard core a traditional sex movie with better music and naturalistic situations 
2
9 Songs
Chris Hewitt
Maybe the Nine Songs way showing us how they respond to each other in intimate moments and what sort of music moves them is a more direct route inside their heads 
3
9 Songs
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ultimately each move toward breaking a barrier or assaulting a taboo is undercut by a reliance on conformity and convention 
2
9 Songs
Allison Benedikt
An expertly blended mix of live music and real sex 
2.5
9 Songs
Michael Booth
9 Songs is an experiment few serious filmmakers will want to replicate and most of the people involved will want to forget as quickly as possible 
1
9 Songs
Roger Ebert
As an idea the film is fascinating but as an experience it grows tedious the concerts lack closeups the sex lacks context and Antarctica could use a few penguins 
2
9 Songs
James Verniere
Winterbottom does the impossible He makes sex and rock n roll dull 
1.5
9 Songs
Tom Keogh
It looks like what most young adults go through in the spirit of trust and limitlessness 
3
9 Songs
Bruce Westbrook
Witnessing so much heavy breathing with little meaning we feel like Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate when he asks bored bedmate Ann Bancroft if they can have a conversation first 
2
9 Songs
Ty Burr
The movie s like a mix tape that alternates the same two songs it s ultimately too dull to be an outrage 
2
9 Songs
Neva Chonin
This disappointing new film from director Michael Winterbottom suffers from a similar malaise It s poetic and pretty strives for profundity without attaining it and finally ends up saying nothing 
1
9 Songs
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly dull 
1.5
9 Songs
Sean P. Means
Just a series of graphic but unerotic sex scenes too detached and generic to work as drama and too serious minded and poorly lit to work 
2
9 Songs
Peter Canavese
May I humbly suggest you go to a concert or have sex instead Heck do both 
1
9 Songs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I ve seen better movies and worse rock n roll movies 
2
9 Songs
Bob Strauss
More mature viewers will just shrug and immature ones will wonder why they didn t rent something well lit and staged made by the professionals in our own San Fernando Valley instead 
2
9 Songs
David Sterritt
It s always hard to predict what Winterbottom will try next but this experiment isn t worth repeating the lively concert scenes notwithstanding 
2
9 Songs
Stephen Whitty
There s no greater point to this footage no connection to the characters or the theme just top bands playing great songs It looks like a collection of music videos just as the rest of the film looks like a connection of loops 
1
9 Songs
Jonathan W. Hickman
Songs is like last year s Closer with explicit sex and only one couple Winterbottom delivers a film that is intimate and real 
3
9 Songs
Ross Anthony
Peaceful white Antarctic snow to tight shots of two naked lovers to the over saturated colors of rock concerts A sensual mosaic Has beauty and blotches Overall B 
2.5
9 Songs
Pam Grady
Since these two do little else besides have sex and the sex itself is so very anti erotic it becomes monotonous quickly 
2
9 Songs
Jami Bernard
Using solely explicit sex to tell a story is something new for a non triple X project but it s not always a pretty sight 
2.5
9 Songs
Kyle Smith
You leave the theater feeling as if you re a part of their sweaty dizzying affair 
2.5
9 Songs
Keith Uhlich
The sex scenes are clearly filmed with progression in mind moving ever outward from the characters until their organs take center stage 
3
9 Songs
Gene Seymour
9 Songs is one of those vaguely forged ideas that never stops being vague 
2
9 Songs
Joshua Tanzer
Good movie sex without the good movie 
2
Out of Exile
Roger Moore
Uneven to barely watchable 8220 one last job 8221 genre thriller 46 46 46 The plot is strictly formula 46 The dialogue averages a cringe every five minutes 46 
1
Dark Places
Brian Eggert
The material plays like a common potboiler mystery with predictable twists and turns 46 That such weighty subject matter has been reduced to such banality is a tale of true crime itself 46 
2
Dark Places
Robert W. Butler
The film looks good albeit deliberately dark as if shot through a gray filter and Flynn s grim world view comes through loud and clear Overall though a bit of a letdown 
2.5
Dark Places
James Kendrick
maintains enough interest although it never quite attains the gripping level of intensity to which it clearly aspires
2.5
Dark Places
Miriam Di Nunzio
The third offering from Flynn Dark Places does its best to stir a multitude of emotions within us but in doing so the film feels contrived and hurried 
2.5
Dark Places
David Berry
It s neither really a story of reconciliation nor a particularly gripping thriller just a chance to join the kill club as they wade through misery and miserable people under the guise of puzzle solving 
2
Dark Places
Scott Renshaw
Without enough material to develop her character Theron is left to over play Libby s anger awkwardly 
2
Dark Places
John Wirt
More dull than dark 
1.5
Dark Places
Mark Dujsik
The characters lose their personalities and become mouthpieces for spouting off exposition 
2
Dark Places
Brian Tallerico
Each flashback or revelatory conversation fills in a few more details of the overheated story without giving us a reason to care about it in the first place 
1.5
Dark Places
Rob Thomas
When one character implores I know this is a lot to take I had to agree It s like Flynn couldn t settle on one solution to her mystery so decided to check all of the above 
2
Dark Places
Stacey May Fowles
While there is still some flicking at the book s more human themes of best intentioned familial deceit forgiveness and healing they re all but blotted out by Gilles Paquet Brenner s slapdash direction 
1.5
Dark Places
Alicia Cohn
It s a fairly standard murder mystery with some good acting and an ending that comes out of nowhere 
2
Dark Places
Soren Andersen
Welcome to Dark Places where you can spend nearly two hours in the presence of some of the most unpleasant people you ll ever have the misfortune to encounter at the movies 
1
Dark Places
Ty Burr
Paquet Brenner wrings the suspense out of Dark Places almost from the get go with a plodding pace and characters who are meant to be powerfully repressed but only come across as drab 
1
Dark Places
Bruce DeMara
A brooding performance by Oscar winner Charlize Theron elevates the material from mediocre into bearable 
2.5
Dark Places
David Lewis
Dark Places isn t a disaster of a film Instead it s the definition of average and we wish it could have taken us to some more interesting places 
2
Dark Places
Katie Walsh
Existential questions aside the surface level generic pleasures of Dark Places and the stellar cast are entertaining enough even if it doesn t quite stick the landing 
2.5
Dark Places
Matt Pais
A thriller that curls around you like a snake on the page only stacks information on the screen unclear how to make suspense turn blood black 
2
Dark Places
Chuck Bowen
The payoff is a huge and telling visual howler summarizing the entire plot with a blithe indifference that will inevitably mirror the audience s 
1
Dark Places
Stephen Rebello
The movie doesn t earn the darkness nor the satiric jabs Flynn s novel sets up for it It s just too bland to pack a wallop 
2
Dark Places
Oscar Uriel
French director Gilles Paquet Brenner does a valued job making the long and morbid novel into a 2 hour movie while staying true to the book full review in Spanish 
3
No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker
David Nusair
As ineffective and pointless as its 2005 forbear 
1
All Is Bright
David N. Butterworth
The Two Pauls Giamatti and Rudd shine in another downbeat ode to humanity from director Phil Morrison Junebug 
3
All Is Bright
Clayton Davis
Phil Morrison s direction and choices aren t as bold or as inventive as his styles in Junebug The story doesn t lend itself to those traits that made him a quiet sensation in the mid 2000s 
3
All Is Bright
Eric Melin
Morrison films this redemptive story which has some hard to swallow moments with a dusty gray palette that suits its characters and masquerades the story s more obvious sentimentality 
2
All Is Bright
James Kendrick
a relatively lackluster dark comedy that is elevated several notches by Giamatti s cantankerous presence
2.5
All Is Bright
Steven Boone
I wish I could give four stars to Giamatti s big sad eyes and outrageous Civil War beard 
2
All Is Bright
Robert Levin
The story is low key and quiet performed by big time actors acting for the sake of their craft not a major paycheck or a higher profile 
3
All Is Bright
Lou Lumenick
Worth enduring only for a rare lead performance by Paul Giamatti whose expert delineation of rage and frustration lends form to Morrison s otherwise shapeless script 
1.5
All Is Bright
Stephen Whitty
All Is Bright isn t and was never meant to be a major cinematic gift to audiences But as a little stocking stuffer and nostalgic recollection of how movies used to be it often has its own small and quite welcome delights 
2.5
All Is Bright
Rex Reed
Does anybody connected with this cinematic Valium know what they re supposed to be doing The alleged comedy is too lame to make you laugh and the poignancy is nonexistent 
1
All Is Bright
Chris Cabin
The film remains engaging for the most part but most of the big narrative turns feel both predictable and forced and at odds with the natural charms of the cast 
2
Coral Reef Adventure
Erik Lundegaard
The panoramic views of various island locations are of course gorgeous and inspire a kind of giddy vertigo 
2.5
Coral Reef Adventure
Linda Cook
You won t find Nemo But you ll find zillions of other creatures amazing in their color fragility and rarity 
4
Coral Reef Adventure
David Barton
Explores coral reefs around the Pacific Ocean with a dazzling and sometimes irritating variety of computer graphics brilliant nature photography and jarring sound effects straight out of Finding Nemo 
3
Coral Reef Adventure
Chris Hewitt
We learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef 
2.5
Coral Reef Adventure
Ross Anthony
The film favors the scientific over the spectacular visually speaking 
2
Coral Reef Adventure
Peter Bernard
The large frame IMAX camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown up fish lovers 
3
Coral Reef Adventure
Jackie Loohauis
Color musical bounce and warm seas lapping on island shores And just enough science to send you home thinking 
3.5
Coral Reef Adventure
Arthur Salm
A moving and not infrequently breathtaking film 
4
Surviving Supercon
Roger Moore
The entire film for all the flashes of temper still feels officially sanctioned to a higher degree than you d like That s the price you pay by leaning so heavily on two main interview subjects 
2.5
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me by Now
Kent Turner
The film benefits greatly from the participation of the singer s mother Ida who is now 100 years old and his former dancers backup singers and colleagues 
3
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Rob Thomas
In seeing the world through Chatwin s eyes Herzog has made one of his most unexpectedly personal films 
3.5
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Brandy McDonnell
Iconic filmmaker Werner Herzog offers a globe trotting tribute to an inspiring friendship with his heartfelt and thought provoking new documentary Nomad In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin 
3
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Sean P. Means
I had never heard of the British writer Bruce Chatwin before watching Werner Herzog s documentary and now I m kind of obsessed with him though not nearly as obsessed as Herzog is 
3.5
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Mark Dujsik
Throughout this free flowing documentary Herzog s admiration respect and love for his subject is always present 
3
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Mark Feeney
Nomad has several indelible moments seeing the backpack and annotated script Herzog s account of visiting Chatwin just before his death But overall the film is static and more wayward than not 
2.5
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Lisa Trifone
It s all stunningly visualized with sweeping drone footage offering sumptuous perspectives on far flung worlds that seem even further away as we re all homebound these days 
3.5
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Peter Sobczynski
Even if Herzog one day set out to make an overt cinematic self portrait of his life and work it is hard to believe that it could be as penetrating and insightful as this film 
4
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Chuck Bowen
A supplementary subject of most of Herzog s work which it shares with Chatwin s is a bottomless yearning for wonder 
2.5
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Joey Magidson
A tribute to the late writer Herzog is not just giving him a moment in the sun he s also explaining to the world just why he was important to him 
3
Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen
Namrata Joshi
Beyond the loud slapstick the movie does have interesting situational humour that makes it a marginal improvement over previous Khan efforts 
2
Into The Darkness
Mark Dujsik
T he story is more wartime melodrama than historical drama or political character study 
2
Into The Darkness
Roger Moore
It s a Danish Downton Abbey with just as much money shooting and sabotage actual life and death stakes to be dealt with every day with the enemy right at their door and sometimes invited in for dinner and cocktails 
2.5
He Never Died
Simon Abrams
You don t need to know anything about Henry Rollins to appreciate his tongue noticeably in cheek action hero performance in horror superhero genre hybrid He Never Died 
3
He Never Died
Soren Andersen
In addition to his large head Rollins actor writer and former frontman for the punk band Black Flag brings a fine deadpan manner to his performance in He Never Died 
3
Poor Cow
Roger Ebert
In the end the few good moments as when the girl tends bar cares for her child and shares confidences with Terence Stamp are lost in the mess of everything else 
2.5
Let's Talk About the Rain
Michael O'Sullivan
Not a laugh riot but neither is it played for melodrama 
2.5
Let's Talk About the Rain
Mick LaSalle
It s graceful in presenting its ideas and what emerges is not a polemic but a kind of snapshot of modern day concerns 
4
Let's Talk About the Rain
Carrie Rickey
At times Let It Rain recalls one of those Katharine Hepburn comedies where the New Woman gets cut down to size so as not to intimidate the Old School Men Yet the film so likably deflates the pompous and pumps up the humble that it s hard not to like 
3
Let's Talk About the Rain
Stephen Whitty
A movie in which everyone was this disappointed and nobody changed would be a very sad film and that s not Jaoui s intent She s not a cynic but a humanist and by the end of the film most of these people have taken some steps toward change 
3
Let's Talk About the Rain
Kyle Smith
Low key and ruefully well observed France s Let It Rain is nevertheless too slight to make much impact 
2.5
Let's Talk About the Rain
Akiva Gottlieb
A question If you spend an entire career chronicling power relationships among the incurably self absorbed is that not in itself a form of self absorption 
2
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Matt Brunson
A rousing adventure yarn laced with generous dollops of humor 
3.5
The Unforgivable
Tom Meek
Bullock is quite compelling as the down but not out antihero but the plot goes to safe places undercutting a potentially more affecting result 
2
The Unforgivable
Robert Levin
There s a good reason this story was once told as a miniseries that s a lot of plot for a movie that clocks in at just under two hours 
2
The Unforgivable
Mike Scott
Those who stick with the story will be rewarded with a nicely played third act surprise Still it s not quite enough to offset the film s missteps 
2.5
The Unforgivable
Kevin Carr
It s trying to tell the story to give a real human experience but it s purposely hiding all these elements of the background It becomes distracting from that story 
2
The Unforgivable
Steven Prokopy
A case of so close you can sometimes see the better movie It s a near miss one that easily could have been such a better work in more confident hands 
2.5
The Unforgivable
Roger Moore
A mixed bag but an intensely watchable one 
2.5
The Unforgivable
Mike McGranaghan
The film is ponderous and manipulative Few combinations are worse than that 
1.5
The Unforgivable
Joey Magidson
The Unforgivable wastes Bullock in the service of a story where almost no one behaves like an actual human being 
2
The Unforgivable
Richard Roeper
Ultimately a disappointing and frustrating viewing experience due mostly to script and editing problems 
2.5
The Unforgivable
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By the end there are definitely parts to recommend but we mostly dream of what might have been 
2
The Unforgivable
Odie Henderson
At under two hours this movie is an unwatchable punishing hot mess that doesn t earn its last scene of catharsis 
.5
The Unforgivable
Randy Myers
Most of all Unforgivable reminds us what a fine actor Bullock is 
3
The Unforgivable
Mark Dujsik
T he screenplay twists and turns its way into a series of dead ends 
2
The Unforgivable
Bob Strauss
You ve got a Murderers Row of fine actors Most of them have good scenes to play too But boy does the script do overall disservice to the project 
2
The Unforgivable
Chuck Bowen
The Unforgivable is devoid of all textures and emotions that don t readily affirm the film s rigid worldview of redemption 
1
Flatliners
Peter Canavese
Ready for a critical reappraisal 63 This 1990 neo gothic psychological horror movie attempts to be a modern day version of Frankenstein 46 Great screenwriter Peter Filardi interview on this Arrow Video 4K that might turn around people who think it apos s silly 46 
3
Flatliners
Brian Eggert
Epitomizes the sleek thrillers of the 1990s offering an excessive visual presentation that occupies the space where a substantive commentary should go 
2.5
Flatliners
Bill Cosford
Goofily self important 
2
Flatliners
David Nusair
An intriguing premise in search of a compelling movie 
2
Flatliners
John Hartl
Julia Roberts Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon all bring conviction to these scenes and William Baldwin as the most irresponsible of the students continues to suggest an electric screen presence that rivals his brother Alec 
2.5
Flatliners
Carrie Rickey
Except for the performances by Roberts and Bacon which occasionally redeem it Flatliners is exasperating a compelling concept unfulfilled 
2
Flatliners
Gary Thompson
Young medical students intentionally kill and resuscitate each other thereby gaining knowledge of the afterlife which turns out to look a lot like MTV 
2.5
Flatliners
Dave Kehr
It s much to Schumacher s credit that Flatliners for all of its crazy excess does not turn into camp Despite two or three bad laughs the picture retains a basic conviction 
3
Flatliners
Roger Ebert
Flatliners is an original intelligent thriller well directed by Joel Schumacher 
3
Last Life in the Universe
Jeff Shannon
It s an offbeat romance that defies easy labeling recommendable as a film buff s pleasure and a semi audacious art house curio 
2.5
Last Life in the Universe
G. Allen Johnson
The film has a precise slow pace that allows us to get to know these quiet quirky characters and an imaginatively experimental approach to their thoughts and dreams 
4
Last Life in the Universe
Michael Booth
An absorbing series of intricately planned shots that play like installation art at a modern museum 
3
Last Life in the Universe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Constantly surprising 
3.5
Last Life in the Universe
Wesley Morris
There is some lovely filmmaking here and nice surprises 
3
Last Life in the Universe
Paul Sherman
This arthouse drama could have used less concept and more focused storytelling 
2
Last Life in the Universe
Elizabeth Weitzman
The mildly surreal drama doesn t always make sense but it sure does look great 
3
Last Life in the Universe
V.A. Musetto
Directed by the talented Pen ek Ratanaruang in a deadpan style that would be approved by Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki the master of deadpan 
3
Last Life in the Universe
David Sterritt
Moody atmospheric and bewitching like other first rate examples of modern Thai cinema 
4
Last Life in the Universe
John Anderson
A sort of magic realist Thai version of Lost in Translation Last Life in the Universe is of the unlikely romance school of comedy at once despairingly glib and buoyantly dark 
3.5
Last Life in the Universe
Ed Gonzalez
Last Life in the Universe isn t so much weightless as it is liable to inspire weightlessness 
3
Last Life in the Universe
Walter Chaw
Lost in Translation for grown ups 
4
The Jungle Book 2
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review A minor work from the Mouse House but Disney enthusiasts will still want to pick up this high definition package for the stupendous picture and lossless audio upgrade They know who they are and for them this Blu ray comes recommended 
2.5
The Jungle Book 2
David Nusair
it is in the final analysis difficult to recall a more underwhelming series within the Mouse House s ongoing body of work 
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Bill Chambers
As charmless and ugly as last year s Return to Never Land 
1
The Jungle Book 2
Joe Leydon
Consumer alert The B teamers have struck again 
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Jill Bernstein
The Jungle Book 2 will definitely keep young audience members entertained for more than an hour and parents will get a nice break too 
2.5
The Jungle Book 2
David Keyes
Disney s The Jungle Book 2 is a flea market of cheap ploys and meaningless ideas designed to rob parents of hard earned money 
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Michael Szymanski
The raw power and anything can happen style of the first Jungle Book is lost in this sequel and those bare necessities are lacking 
2.5
The Jungle Book 2
Marty Mapes
Rent the 1967 original and leave this sequel to the wolves
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Frank Ochieng
Disney s The Jungle Book 2 contrary to belief doesn t have all the Bare Necessities needed to elevate this simplistic family fare beyond its direct to video status a recycled third rate kiddie diversion that Disney haphazardly conjured up
2
The Jungle Book 2
Jonathan R. Perry
If the only moments worth remembering are fleeting glimpses of 1967 why bother Because Disney wants your dollars that s why and your only alternative at the multiplex this season is Kangaroo Jack 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst
Like its predecessor there s lively animation that will inspire children to tap their feet to the jungle rhythms and parents to recall their childhoods 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Claudia Puig
The animation is lovely but the simplistic story feels as if it were arrived at by committee after an hour long meeting 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Chris Hewitt
What it lacks in story it makes up for with distinctive characterizations and high spirits 
2.5
The Jungle Book 2
C.W. Nevius
The overall result of this remake is something as safe and dull as oatmeal 
1
The Jungle Book 2
Mary Kalin-Casey
There s enough entertainment value in Jungle Book 2 to make it worth an eventual video rental for youngsters but it s not worth the effort or cost of going to the theater especially for parents 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Jan Stuart
Feels a little dispiriting in the manner of a high school reunion where everyone is dancing to the same old songs and looking a little worse for wear 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Lou Lumenick
This is a by the numbers rehash that will leave anyone much over 5 enormously grateful that if you duck out before the lengthy end credits it lasts just over an hour 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Glenn Whipp
Basically Jungle Book minus the originality topicality and charm 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Kit Bowen
The one thing you can say about this sequel is that it tries too hard to be like its ultra hip predecessor 
2
The Jungle Book 2
John Monaghan
A slapdash sequel that hardly qualifies as a feature 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Jeff Vice
Thanks a lot Disney Because of your continuing attempts to cash in on your most prized properties another cherished childhood memory has been tarnished 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Roger Ebert
It s a throwback in which cute animals of no depth or nuance play with the hero or threaten him in not very scary ways 
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Ty Burr
As someone who enjoys an above average cartoon I m a little cheesed by the pro forma story line and ruthlessly brief running time of Book 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
The naked greed of capitalism can be an ugly sight and with Disney it doesn t come much uglier than The Jungle Book 2 
1
The Jungle Book 2
Christine Dolen
What makes this sequel work is the charm of its story 
3.5
The Jungle Book 2
Sue Pierman
An innocent entertaining film that boasts big names in lead roles 
3
The Jungle Book 2
Allison Benedikt
The music here though at times toe tapping is uninspired 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Ross Anthony
Maybe it ll work as a rental for the kids 
1
The Jungle Book 2
Josh Larsen
has the dutiful dullness of a sitcom reunion special
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
James Berardinelli
An indicator of how far Disney has fallen although I can t recall the Magic Kingdom ever releasing a worse animated feature into multiplexes 
2
The Jungle Book 2
Steve Rhodes
Its downfall is easy to identify It s the script stupid 
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Jeanne Aufmuth
The question is why The answer is Ka ching 
1.5
The Jungle Book 2
Ed Gonzalez
After last year s Return to Neverland Disney continues to hawk its straight to video titles on the big screen 
2
Le pont du nord
Ty Burr
The whole movie seems made of rebar 
3
Le pont du nord
Keith Uhlich
A stimulating document of a city in flux 
3
Gasoline
G. Allen Johnson
Stambrini s dialogue seems especially dull and the screenplay lacks dramatic urgency 
1
Gasoline
V.A. Musetto
Stambrini and her cinematographer Fabio Cianchetti give the proceedings a high tech energetic look that keeps the thrill and entertainment levels high 
2.5
Gasoline
Bill Chambers
Director Monica Stambrini drapes the film in a cultural scramble suit 
2
Gasoline
Chris Knight
By the time Lenni s and Stella s story has played out the writers must have laid down their pens with a sigh Even the subtitle guy was probably relieved 
1
May in the Summer
Tom Keogh
Dabis covers a lot of ground as a storyteller while delivering a smart focused performance 
3
May in the Summer
Stephanie Merry
It s diverting to watch and has moments of brilliance but even with all its refreshing female characters May in the Summer doesn t leave a lasting impression 
2.5
May in the Summer
Kristin Tillotson
The vibe is like that of a Lifetime movie that happens to be set in Amman rather than American suburbia Just sub in camel sightings in place of white tailed deer 
2
May in the Summer
Matthew Kassel
As much as May in the Summer is a comedy May and her mischievous sisters may remind you of The Three Stooges it is also an intimate and demystifying look at life in Amman where the movie was actually filmed 
3
May in the Summer
Roger Moore
Something of a vanity project but a different Westernized spin on your typical Life in the Middle East story
2.5
May in the Summer
Nick Prigge
Cherien Dabis is least successful at connecting her character May s marital crisis to the rumblings of her repressed heritage 
2.5
Warning From Space
Matt Brunson
Talk talk talk among dry nondescript characters is the dominant action in this disappointing outing 
2
Eragon
Susan Tavernetti
Often warm and ultimately uplifting the fantasy delivers entertaining fare for the entire family 
3
Eragon
Thomas Delapa
The special effects are the tail wagging the dragon in this sword and sorcery fantasy which may put a spell on kids despite a dull hero and skimpy storyline 
2
Eragon
Matt Brunson
I imagine it might appeal to folks who have never before seen a fantasy flick 
1
Eragon
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Hollywood studio is hoping and praying for lots of things none of which matter a lick if the movie lays a giant dragon sized egg making all their aspirations nothing more than a bunch of hot air dissipating in the cold winter breeze 
1.5
Eragon
John Beifuss
Stefen Fangmeier establishes himself as the Uwe Boll of family friendly fantasy 
0.5
Eragon
Mike McGranaghan
I wish that I could push aside a filing cabinet somewhere and crawl through a secret passageway into Malkovich s brain for 15 minutes just so I could learn what he was thinking when he signed on for this movie 
1
Eragon
Sean O'Connell
Swap dragon riders with the Jedi Galbatorix with Darth Vader Brom with Obi Wan and what have you got Plagiarism 
2
Eragon
Linda Cook
For some audiences watching a dragon grow from babyhood to fire breathing giant will make Eragon worth the price of a ticket 
2
Eragon
Steve Rhodes
Like a super condensed version of Lord of the Rings as made for the Disney Channel The baffling story sometimes makes you think the Comedy Channel might have lent a hand as well 
1.5
Eragon
James Sanford
It s a large scale fantasy that plays like a rerun Paolini began his novel when he was 15 and the simplicity of Eragon might bring back memories of high school writing workshops 
2
Eragon
Sean P. Means
What isn t stolen from Star Wars in this adaptation of Christopher Paolini s best seller was cribbed from The Lord of the Rings 
2
Eragon
Mark Collette
Its formula is so vanilla that it could be an early draft of almost any other science fiction or fantasy story 
2
Eragon
Ken Fox
First time director Stefen Fangmeier is a longtime Industrial Light and Magic veteran so it s no surprise that the effects are state of the art 
2.5
Eragon
Peter Howell
So heavily derivative of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings it should be ritually torched by followers of Yoda and Frodo 
1.5
Eragon
Peter Hartlaub
Eragon may not be a big Oscar contender but in a movie season filled with blood diamonds fascist soldiers and Idi Amin it provides a much needed afternoon of PG rated family friendly adventure 
3
Eragon
Arthur Salm
Been to that galaxy done that ring 
2
Eragon
James Berardinelli
Why has 20th Century Fox released this embarrassment whose quality would be dubious for a direct to video release into theaters 
1.5
Eragon
Pam Grady
As escapist entertainment Eragon fills the bill as long as no one expects too much 
2.5
Eragon
Carrie Rickey
First time director Stefen Fangmeier delivers giving young adults a teen hero astride a flying dragon voice of Rachel Weisz and a comely girl warrior Arya Sienna Guillory who like Luke and Leia join forces and wits to bring down the evil empire 
2.5
Eragon
Kyle Smith
The script which reaches for importance by repeating ideas drags down the actors who try to do the same thing by throwing periods into the middle of a sentence Take care of Saphira Without her You ll find that life is hardly worth living 
1.5
Eragon
Elizabeth Weitzman
Paolini was 15 when he began writing Eragon and the book s epic imagination reflects its creator s precocious youth What a shame a bunch of grownups had to step in and muck it all up 
1.5
Eragon
Duane Dudek
Eragon is a dull and derivative rehash of familiar fantasy genre elements with a dragon on top 
2
Eragon
Brian McTavish
Any hint of narrative complexity or character development is wiped out by the film s slavishly straightforward storyline and its special effects that might be state of the art but never show anything we haven t seen before 
2
Eragon
Amy Biancolli
In truth astute viewers may note a more than passing resemblance to Star Wars 
2
Eragon
Rick Groen
Lord of the Potter better captures the blended spirit of the occasion 
2
Eragon
John Monaghan
For all the promise of breathing fire and clashing swords Eragon doesn t generate any real heat 
2
Eragon
Jeff Vice
The only real difference between Eragon and one of those laughably chintzy movies produced for the Sci Fi Channel is the cast 
1.5
Eragon
Michael Booth
There are lots of recycled movie lines as ageless and hard to kill as a dragon You are brave but foolish Murder them all but the boy is mine Most dragon riders take years to learn what you know by instinct Etc etc 
2
Eragon
Wesley Morris
The mess that s been made with all this money is maddening This isn t economical moviemaking It s a deluxe trailer for Eragon 2 
2
Eragon
Matt Pais
A dragon with audible thoughts and no voice is even less interesting than one who can talk 
1.5
Eragon
Daniel M. Kimmel
this is a movie that invites comparisons to other movies and stories primarily because it s just like them 
2
Eragon
Dustin Putman
Stop me if you ve heard this one before 
1.5
Eragon
Josh Larsen
Eragon is a rip off but it doesn t look like one 
3
Eragon
Willie Waffle
I liked Eragon s story so much more when it was called Star Wars Heck I was waiting for a Wookie to pop up 
2
Eragon
Nick Schager
Eragon s fantastical milieu may be third class Lord of the Rings but its story in what may constitute the most shameless act of plagiarism known to American cinema is pure Star Wars 
1
Eragon
Walter Chaw
Fears that Fangmeier s debut would be the sequel to Dragonheart nobody wanted prove unwarranted It s the sequel to BloodRayne that nobody wanted 
0
Eragon
Claudia Puig
It s a pleasant enough fantastical adventure but it does feel naggingly derivative 
2.5
Eragon
Lawrence Toppman
This knockoff simply follows its peril rescue triumph pattern to the inconclusive end and comes to a galumphing stop by hinting at two more sequels 
1.5
Eragon
Moira MacDonald
Technically accomplished but fairly lifeless and at times a bit silly 
2.5
Eragon
Chris Hewitt
The big difference between Harry and Eragon is that the former movies range from not bad to very good but the latter stinks 
1
Eragon
Chauncey Mabe
For those who love the fantasy genre known as sword and sorcery and I count myself in their number sitting through the movie version of Eragon will suck the will to live right out of you 
1
Eragon
Gene Seymour
With most of the work going into the tech stuff the actors seem left pretty much on their own 
1.5
Eragon
Michael Phillips
Eragon has the courage of its earnest borderline humorless convictions 
2.5
Eragon
Phil Villarreal
Eragon is based on a book by a 19 year old with a script that seems to have been written by a 12 year old 
1
Eragon
Michael A. Smith
Eragon is a fun film that is certain to join the ranks of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings in the world of fantasy films 
3
Returning Citizens
David N. Butterworth
A well made and insightful documentary that humanizes the product of a broken criminal justice system 
3
Imagine: John Lennon
Roger Ebert
The result is the portrait of a man who was complex sometimes confused not always very happy but a great artist all the same 
3
Reno: Rebel Without a Pause
Megan Lehmann
When Reno lets her radical flag fly taking angry potshots at George W Bush Henry Kissinger Larry King et al Reno devolves into a laugh free lecture 
2
Reno: Rebel Without a Pause
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even though the film runs a brief 71 minutes finishing off with footage of Reno talking with New Yorkers on the street in the aftermath of 9 11 Reno shows enough gusto to make you a fan 
3
The Nine Muses
Chuck Bowen
The Nine Muses could ve been a bravura and rigorous display of erudition and editorial showmanship that s all structure and portent but this film which Akomfrah has said he s wanted to make for 20 years has an obsessive power 
4
Paradise: Love
Rene Rodriguez
That churning in your stomach may be unpleasant but it s necessary for the film to deliver its knockout punch 
3
Paradise: Love
Farran Smith Nehme
Seidl sternly rejects nuance All the women are crude and insensitive all the men are desperate and exploited 
1
Paradise: Love
Kam Williams
What happens in Nairobi stays in Nairobi 
4
Paradise: Love
Diego Semerene
It often seems more intent on spelling out its awareness of the politics involved than in lingering on the aching human engaged in the libidinal transactions 
2.5
Edge of the City
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet mostly watchable drama 
2.5
Works in Progress
Robert W. Butler
A technical triumph a little jewel produced on a backyard budget 
2.5
N-Secure
John Beifuss
If Tyler Perry had created an erotic thriller for Concorde New Horizon Pictures in the 1990s the result might have been something like N Secure a movie that almost begs the audience to talk back to the screen 
2.5
Stuck
Matt Fagerholm
It s not a film so much as a lecture punctuated by a patronizing moral and more importantly it s not much fun 
1.5
Stuck
Roger Moore
Slight but playful and beautifully played and sung mini musical set on a subway car 
2.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
Marta Barber
Mehta manages to make her film not only palatable but a real pleaser 
3
Bollywood/Hollywood
Rob Thomas
While the musical numbers that season Bollywood are brimming with color and enthusiasm they re not exactly overflowing with technical competence 
1.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
Sean P. Means
What starts as an examination of the common cliches of Hollywood and Bollywood ends up being condescending to both 
1
Bollywood/Hollywood
Laura Kelly
When the music stops so does the magic The film loses its footing with flat deliveries of dialogue from most of the cast 
2
Bollywood/Hollywood
Jeff Vice
Clearly designed to appeal to fans of both the Indian and American houses of filmmaking Unfortunately it s so inept that it may appeal to neither 
1.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
Carla Meyer
A musical comedy that s mirthless and barely musical 
1
Bollywood/Hollywood
Wesley Morris
The movie is lazily conceived refusing to offer a single developed character or scene 
1.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
John Monaghan
Promising a sexy blend of L A and Bombay Bollywood Hollywood is just another mediocre masala 
2
Bollywood/Hollywood
Carrie Rickey
Mehta s film has intermittent energy and wit but if I were to rank the recent ethnic marital comedies her musical would be a distant fourth 
2.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
Steve Rhodes
Like a bad sitcom version of My Big Fat Indian Wedding 
1.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
Ted Fry
It s not that it was too much of a stretch for Mehta to attempt this kind of cheerful domesticated fare it s more that she didn t stretch obvious strengths far enough 
2.5
Bollywood/Hollywood
Rick Groen
So genial is the conceit this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen It never is not fully 
2.5
Marlowe
Roger Ebert
We don t care what happens next because we don t understand what happened before Marlowe becomes enjoyable only on a basic level it s fun to watch the action sequences
2.5
Spirits of the Dead
Jeremy Heilman
As far as psychological horror goes the films work well and that they realize Poe s stories were mainly internalized distortions of the world works to their advantage even as they approach the material in vastly different ways 
3.5
Spirits of the Dead
James Kendrick
more of an interesting exercise in literary adaptation than a fully satisfying work of art
3
Human Capital
James Kendrick
the film s effectiveness is undermined at various points by some questionable plot developments that strain credulity
2.5
Human Capital
Blake Howard
Human Capital an expression of American class warfare An amorality tale of the no win situation for working class people when the wealthy throw money and superiority at the problem 
2.5
Human Capital
Katie Walsh
The efficient writing and effective direction is a bit too swift to let some of the plot points fully land and it s tied up with far too neat a bow for such an otherwise complicated story 
2.5
Human Capital
Tom Meek
Human Capital lurches out of the gates with a certain amount of swagger and the casting is something a wonderment even if the confluence of happenstance and direction squanders the opportunity from time to time 
2
Human Capital
Matt Zoller Seitz
Damned if Human Capital doesn t undermine and undervalue its actors even when it s giving them rock solid material to play 
2
Human Capital
Mark Dujsik
Its message never lands because the movie itself is apathetic to the one character who matters the most 
1.5
Human Capital
Joey Magidson
Had the movie just focused Maya Hawke s character this would have been a very different production and arguably a far better one as well 
2.5
Human Capital
Johnny Oleksinski
If you find hedge funds hard to wrap your head around the movie Human Capital won t do much to ease the confusion 
2
Human Capital
Bob Bloom
The fine cast despite valiant efforts fails to bring their characters to life they are merely representations of greed selfishness or desperation They are thimbles not fully fleshed out people 
1.5
Human Capital
Roger Moore
A smart well cast drama that lets us see its threads as they bend back and forth on the loom its mystery unraveling as they do 
3
Human Capital
Pamela Powell
This engaging film filled with social issues and consequences is at once thought provoking as we are challenged intellectually and emotionally 
3
Human Capital
David Nusair
It s clear almost instantly that Human Capital s biggest problem is a pervasively aggressively low rent atmosphere 
1
Human Capital
Matt Brunson
A low key low simmer effort that benefits from a suitably kaleidoscopic narrative and a number of fine performances 
3
Bwakaw
Kent Turner
A terrific mix of black comedy and subtle sentimental drama
3
Bwakaw
John Semley
This oddball Filipino film effectively mints its own genre the light dark comedy 
3
The Devil's Chair
David Nusair
46 46 46 I preferred this movie back when it was called Session 9 46 
1
Sansho the Bailiff
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a humanist landmark 46 
4
Sansho the Bailiff
Brian Eggert
Sansho the Bailiff holds the distinction of being perhaps the saddest story ever put to film 
4
Sansho the Bailiff
Roger Ebert
At some point during the watching Sansho the Bailiff stops being a fable or a narrative and starts being a lament and by that time it is happening to us as few films do 
4
Sansho the Bailiff
Walter Chaw
a film of surpassing transcendent wisdom and beauty 
4
Sansho the Bailiff
Eric Melin
It illuminates the human condition and gives you plenty of time to think It is the nature of nature to show no mercy but mercy is inherent to the nature of human beings even when it seems buried under loads of suffering 
3
Truth
Brian Eggert
A film that will incite conversation about the state of journalism today 
3
Truth
Federico Furzan
A great and authentic thriller regarding journalism in its most relevant century Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Truth
Brandy McDonnell
Despite several stellar performances and a few solid points about modern day journalism the truth is that the new film Truth is just too tedious and one sided for its own good 
2
Truth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Truth as much as I agree with many of its contentions fails to hold itself to the same level of scrutiny as it does those going after Mapes and Rather and as such never feels as authentic as it should have 
2.5
Truth
John Beifuss
When Mapes story about Bush airs the film gives us a montage of all walks of life Americans glued to their television sets as if 60 Minutes Wednesday were the Kennedy funeral 
2
Truth
Matt Brunson
With a little more polish it could have been an awards contender come December and beyond It certainly boasts one performance worthy of consideration with Cate Blanchett superb as Mary Mapes 
2.5
Truth
Chris Knight
Truth fails to answer that key journalistic question Why does any of this matter 
2.5
Truth
Christian Toto
Scare quotes around a movie title have never been so necessary 
1.5
Truth
Scott Renshaw
When it comes to understanding that journalism demands a higher standard Vanderbilt can t handle the truth 
2
Truth
Rob Thomas
it loses momentum when it tries to grapple with Big Issues letting Mapes Rather and Grace s character all stop the film to give speeches on the importance of good journalism But was this good journalism 
2.5
Truth
David Nusair
an interesting yet erratic true life story that could and should have been so much better 
3
Truth
Barry Hertz
Condescending self righteous and sloppy Truth is simply a bad film for which there are no excuses 
1
Truth
Moira MacDonald
Truth is mesmerizing entirely because of Blanchett this is one of those movie star performances in which every detail every gesture feels right 
3
Truth
Richard Roeper
Robert Redford plays Dan Rather I know Just reading that out loud seems odd but Redford does a terrific job of capturing Rather s on air cadence and his larger than life off air persona 
3
Truth
Michael Smith
Truth is the truth especially in showing how elusive the truth can be on some stories 
3.5
Truth
Peter Keough
Engrossing and occasionally moving 
2.5
Truth
Peter Howell
Nobody does the aggrieved party better than Blanchett who could play the title tragedians in any smart recasting of King Lear or Hamlet 
2.5
Truth
Lawrence Toppman
In this telling the final truth rings hollow 
2.5
Truth
Michael Phillips
The film feels dodgy tentative and uncertain as to how to frame its own protagonist in a complicated story of journalistic compromise and worse 
2
Truth
Matt Pais
Delivers sloppy reporting and questionable decision making through the lens of a determined professional going up against demonized sticklers for details 
2
Truth
Rene Rodriguez
An apologia for the critical errors made by Mary Mapes an award winning producer for CBS News and 60 Minutes and her team of investigators 
2
Truth
Bob Bloom
Truth works hard to make a profound statement about journalism in the vein of All the President s Men or The Insider but it falls short mainly because it refuses to admit that the report was simply shoddy journalism 
2.5
Truth
Peter Canavese
Though the film cannot pretend to be free of its own leanings Vanderbilt allows a reading of Mapes tragic errors amidst its melancholy diagnosing of TV news slow painful death march from the public trust into modern corporate product 
3
Truth
Roger Moore
Damning though perhaps not entirely in the ways it was intended to be 
3
Truth
Ann Hornaday
Vanderbilt does an impressive job of keeping the screws turning adroitly shifting from the giddy thrill of the chase to the thudding sense of doom that sets in when the story begins to unravel 
3
Truth
Mick LaSalle
Blanchett s journey from the top to the bottom is spellbinding we see everything crumbling as through her eyes 
3
Truth
Dan Schindel
Shame on us says Truth Fuck off says I 
1
Truth
Robert Levin
You can t shake the sense that a thorough accounting of the facts here would be more interesting than a dramatized whitewashing 
2.5
Truth
Peter Travers
As Mapes Blanchett burns on a high flame and Redford finds the wounded dignity in Rather But not enough to give the Mapes team a pass The real story here is how the CBS bosses pushed to throw them under the bus 
3
Truth
Brian Tallerico
Blanchett and Redford justify a look at Truth They clearly feel passionately about the material and that fervor comes through in their work 
3
Truth
Christopher Gray
It s a film that can t develop themes because it s too busy disseminating information and this extends to its main characters 
2.5
Truth
Rafer Guzman
A new entry among the pantheon of great journalism movies Blanchett is electrifying 
3.5
Truth
Rex Reed
One of the best movies of the year 
4
Truth
Stephen Whitty
Its only agenda seems to be to uncritically support the person on whose memoir not surprisingly it s based It s not a real drama It s an argument for the defense It skips who what when where and why and goes straight to whine 
2
Truth
Clayton Davis
Truth may not be an all out homerun for Vanderbilt but its a fine example of the exceptional work that Blanchett and Redford are capable of doing in any role they re given 
2.5
Truth
Lou Lumenick
Vanderbilt s based on a self serving memoir by Mapes wilfully twists the truth to defend the piece that led to Rather and Mapes joint fall from grace and greatly damaged the reputation of American journalists with the public 
2.5
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Stephanie Merry
Early inertia gives way to a revealing and enthralling portrait of the actress 
2.5
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Ty Burr
Her chattiness here is unexpected and disarming and if the film s overindulgent it puts you in a forgiving mood How often do we get to hear a lioness speak 
3
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Betsy Sherman
Rampling s physical gifts unimpeded by plastic surgery in their march through time are matched by a keen mind and an unapologetic approach to life and work 
3
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Moira MacDonald
Charlotte Rampling The Look emerges as a free floating intriguing portrait of the artist as a 60 something woman filled with quotable tidbits 
3
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Kam Williams
A far more revealing look at the real Rampling than any of her nude scenes 
4
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
V.A. Musetto
How can you not admire an actress who d share top billing with a simian 
3
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Diego Semerene
She s the kind of star America is incapable of producing apart from a nostalgia tinged fantasy of Madonna at once object and agent muse and auteur 
3
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Rex Reed
For a film about one person that reveals so little about the subject 94 minutes is longer than it sounds 
2
The Wrath of God
Roger Moore
Well acted and downbeat 44 40 it 41 touches on issues of personal justice and quot divine quot revenge 44 all spinning out of a sexual harassment case and ensuing murders involving a famous writer 46 
2.5
Lucky Life
Roger Moore
The epitome of a quiet thoughtful film festival movie so subdued and internalized and lacking in dramatic incidents as to be boring 
2
Fox and His Friends
James Kendrick
the central relationship fits the dramatic requirements and dutifully fulfills its mission of acting as a microcosm for the insidious nature of social and economic manipulation but it never feels real
2.5
Fox and His Friends
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Fassbinder s own personal favorites the powerful Fox and His Friends may also be the greatest gay film ever made 
3.5
Fox and His Friends
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie about characters who define themselves by their sexuality but the movie doesn t It takes the sexuality as a given and defines them by their values and morals 
3
Fox and His Friends
Ed Gonzalez
Make no mistake this is the real Queer as Folk but for all of Fassbinder s gripes with an elite gay culture s many sexual hang ups Fox and His Friends is first and foremost a riveting evocation of Social Darwinism in action 
4
Fox and His Friends
Jeremy Heilman
Not for a moment does Fassbinder indulge our fantasies that Fox s tryst might be working toward a happy ending 
4
Good Morning, Night
Ken Fox
A thoughtful and ultimately chilling take on a tragedy that still has the power to disturb and divide 
3
Good Morning, Night
Elizabeth Weitzman
The race between her deep set ideology and burgeoning conscience is a compelling one but there are too many shortcuts from fevered dreams to convenient coincidences along the way 
2.5
Good Morning, Night
Ed Gonzalez
Proves once again that Bellocchio is not so much a filmmaker than he is an unenthusiastic debater 
2
The Cotton Club
Roger Ebert
Whatever it took to do it Coppola has extracted a very special film out of the checkered history of this project 
4
The Cotton Club
James Kendrick
There are lots of good ideas but none of them are really worked out or honed
2.5
They'll Come Back
Kent Turner
Though geared for adults this quiet and enfolding film feels like a remarkably perceptive YA novel 
3
Capers
Steve Rhodes
A wonderfully wacky film filled with one over the top moment after another 
2.5
Teddy
Erik Childress
Teddy cannot steer itself from too many of the same tropes that have tempered so many attempts at the lore and winds up as just another stale log on the fire 
2
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
David Nusair
rarely possesses the feel of an organic follow up 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
David Nusair
a generic coming of age teen drama 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Bill Chambers
More bittersweet even melancholy than it has any right to be 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Michael Dequina
Best approached as a test as to whether Cyrus has a future career once the hype inevitably blows out And the answer is 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Sonny Bunch
Hannah Montana The Movie isn t exactly high art but that s not really the point is it 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Kam Williams
A tweener mesmerizing mix of music induced mass hysteria coupled with some homespun cordiality courtesy of a colorful collection of harmless hicks 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Mike Scott
It s predictable it s overacted it s little more than a longer version of the TV show and it s a guaranteed hit among loyal fans of the fictional pop star 
1
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Peter Canavese
The way this movie ends is so wrong that it doesn t deserve a pass as frothy entertainment Why Because it s actively sending a bad message to kids Blu ray 
1
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Sean P. Means
The script jumps through the requisite sitcom hoops setting up such wacky situations as having Miley and Hannah show up in the same place 
2.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Linda Cook
Good grief The same guy who directed this also helmed one of my favorite movies 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
Would I have watched the film willingly if I didn t have to review it Of course not but I m not going to begrudge those around my age and older who actually do want to see it from doing so if they so choose 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Gary Brown
It s a pretty dumb predictable story but for a ten year old girl the target audience Hannah Montana The Movie is good clean G rated fun without so much as one wet kiss 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Ryan Stewart
It s all in good fun even if it isn t actually much fun 
1.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Frank Ochieng
plays like a cornball extension of Miley s terminally cutesy televised vehicle Sadly it s not the best of both worlds for Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana in this jagged juvenile farce 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Keith Cohen
The Easter Bunny will have to share the weekend spotlight with 16 year old pop culture sensation Miley Cyrus This movie will touch your heart and provide surprises as you watch this country girl just having fun 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
John Beifuss
If you guys don t mind I m gonna add a little hip hop to this hoedown announces Miley contributing a quote to the culture that needs to be sampled pronto 
2.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Kyle Smith
Thin as a flip flop and as complicated as a scrunchy the plot is barely enough for half a movie At the 45 minute point things are pretty much wrapped up 
1
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Daniel M. Kimmel
family entertainment in the best sense in that it s not something adults would watch on their own but it s not something they have to endure in pain either 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Carolyn Arends
Like the girl at its center Hannah Montana The Movie ain t perfect but it sure is likable and a whole lot of fun 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Robert W. Butler
I m not much of a fan of the whole Hannah thing but it s pretty clear that young Miss Cyrus is the real deal 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Catherine Dawson March
The rest of the time it s up to Cyrus to keep things light and her undeniable charisma radiates from the big screen as strongly as it does on the small one 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Peter Hartlaub
If you re no longer old enough to carry a Hannah Montana lunch box this movie will feel like punishment 
1
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Chris Hewitt
Improbably entertaining 
2.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Chris Kaltenbach
Asked to anchor a full length movie she simply doesn t have the chops to pull it off 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Linda Barnard
Who cares if it gives anyone over the age of 12 a headache The state of Hannah Montana is little girl paradise 
2.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Willie Waffle
It s not detestable and won t give you food poisoning however it s another one of those movies that is just bland and reaches for nothing more than mediocre 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Joe Williams
Cyrus has maintained an honorably wholesome image and this feature length spinoff of the sitcom does nothing to hurt it But it also does nothing to help Cyrus or the audience evolve 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Jeff Vice
A mix of musical numbers down home country cliches and silly slapstick it was clearly crafted with her biggest aficionados in mind 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Moira MacDonald
Hannah Montana The Movie is an excuse for some generically catchy songs and a showcase for Miley Cyrus charmingly chipmunk cheeked smile and on that level it works well enough 
2.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Claudia Puig
There s nothing subtle or unexpected about Hannah Montana The Movie But its intended audience of prepubescent girls probably won t mind Still it s hard not to wish the same wholesome message could be conveyed with a bit more finesse and originality 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
James Berardinelli
Undoubtedly Hannah Montana The Movie will appeal to Cyrus core audience but the chances of this sanitized prepackaged effort expanding her fan base is about nil 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Carrie Rickey
For its target audience oblivious to the film s narrative crossed wires it s definitely three star entertainment 
3
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Jon Bream
Ultimately the fan pleasing HMTM and its bestselling soundtrack album are about building new bridges 
2.5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Michael Phillips
The movie s only mission is to further a brand and it exists specifically to prop up its song list which includes the latest dance craze Hoedown Throwdown in which Miley exhorts us to pop it lock it and to the best of our abilities polka dot it 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Dustin Putman
Likable in segments but its heart isn t quite in the right place In its last minutes the film spinelessly squanders the chance to be more than just sugary junk food 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Wesley Morris
Hannah Montana The Movie has performance numbers the first one fancifully blurs the line between a live Hannah concert and a music video flat melodrama and such guest stars as Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift as themselves 
2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
John Anderson
Director Peter Chesholm does a fine job moving Hannah out of its 14 95 Disney Channel set and onto a bigger canvas 
2.5
Finch
Blake Howard
Director Miguel Sapochnik and writers Craig Luck and Ivor Powell muse on the meaning of life with a photogenic dog a kinda creepy robot named Jeff and the singular Tom Hanks 
2.5
Finch
Rene Sanchez
Despite its conventional formula Finch finds redemption in Tom Hanks performance and its commendable visual effects Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Finch
Mark Meszoros
Even if it doesn t always compute it is a rewarding journey 
3
Finch
Tom Meek
Instead of an inanimate volleyball to keep Hanks company he s got his newly minted bot 
2
Finch
Erik Childress
Reminded me of the sci fi short stories I read as a kid Who would you rather spend your final days on Earth with other than Tom Hanks Except maybe a robot created by Tom Hanks And his dog A sad sweet movie 
3
Finch
Mike McGranaghan
Finch makes you laugh tense up and get a lump in your throat all in just under two hours 
3
Finch
Leo Brady
Finch is a marvel of man connecting with machines lifted by an excellent Tom Hanks performance surviving together at the end of the world 
3
Finch
Richard Roeper
The droid s annoying and the emotions are cloying in the post apocalyptic Apple TV movie 
2
Finch
Kevin Carr
The charm that Tom Hanks brings and the humanity that Tom Hanks brings is what makes this movie work 
3.5
Finch
Ty Burr
Well before the baffling final scenes the movie has tied itself in knots 
2
Finch
Nell Minow
Hanks does his considerable best with Finch s revelations and confrontations but the writing lets him down 
2.5
Finch
Robert Levin
Tom Hanks a cute dog and a lovable robot only the hardest of hearts could resist such a trio This is movie gold 
3
Finch
Roger Moore
Yeah it s kid friendly in all the usual ways But how often is the family in the mood for a cutesy bummer of a movie 
2
Finch
Randy Myers
This is a lovely heartfelt film with not just one but three distinctive and lovable characters 
3
Finch
Mark Dujsik
It s kind of shocking to realize how much these characters matter 
3
Finch
Nina Metz
Though not originally produced with streaming in mind Finch absolutely feels like it was designed by algorithm 
2.5
Finch
Chris Barsanti
The end of the world may never have had less impact than it does in Miguel Sapochnik s Finch 
1.5
Finch
Lindsey Bahr
You re probably not coming to Finch for lessons you re coming to Finch for Hanks The good news is that he s not just the reason to show up he s the reason to stay around as well 
2.5
Finch
Mark Feeney
The whole thing is as sentimental as it is implausible and it s very implausible 
2
Finch
Mick LaSalle
As it stands Finch is something of a slog A slog in good company but a slog all the same 
2
Finch
Joey Magidson
Finch weaves a well worn path through the sci fi genre but it does so with an abundance of hope and humanity 
3.5
The Big Heat
Brian Eggert
The Big Heat is a juicy and unflinching film noir whose brutal violence is matched by its sharp cynicism 
4
The Big Heat
David Nusair
Ford s frequently mesmerizing efforts go a long way towards smoothing over the periodic bumps in the narrative 
2.5
The Big Heat
Peter Canavese
For those who take their film black Moral rot gets full play in Lang s 1953 police drama Blu ray 
3.5
The Big Heat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lang at his cruelest 
4
The Big Heat
Roger Ebert
That s the beauty of Lang s moral ambidexterity He tells the story of a heroic cop while using it to mask another story so much darker beneath 
4
The Big Heat
John Petrakis
In many ways Fritz Lang s The Big Heat scripted by former crime reporter Sydney Boehm laid the groundwork not only for Dirty Harry but for the whole sub genre of rogue cop films that began to surface during the Vietnam era 
4
Die in a Gunfight
Christy Lemire
Schiffli s snarky and snide self aware tone quickly grows wearisome and his action sequences have a cheapness about them that s distancing 
0.5
Die in a Gunfight
Mark Dujsik
I t becomes apparent that the flash is just a transparent distraction from how little there actually is here 
1.5
Die in a Gunfight
Leo Brady
There s a lot of style campy performances and a nice dash of romance to round it out 
2.5
Plaza Catedral
Roger Moore
A sharply observed account of a Panamanian social ill as it impacts two people 8212 one who lives it 44 the other who 8220 sees 8221 it for the first time 46 The problem is Benaim doesn 8217 t observe enough that 8217 s new and doesn 8217 t do anything novel with this familiar set up 46 
2
Train Ride
Michael Dequina
Can easily be pigeonholed into a number of categories but to attach any of them to the film is to too tidily and dismissively label a tough intelligent and riveting drama 
3.5
Betrayed
Roger Ebert
Betrayed is a film that left me in turmoil torn between the strong sympathies I felt for the characters and the fundamental doubts I had about the plot 
2
The Alpinist
Steven Prokopy
The movie is an interesting balancing act between giving the subject the space he requires and capturing some of the boldest climbs in history 
3
The Alpinist
Sean P. Means
The Alpinist conveys the joy of undiluted adventure Leclerc would get from tackling an ascent for the first time while also making quite real the dangers inherent in the sport 
3
The Alpinist
Rob Thomas
Mortimer s film is entertaining and unexpectedly emotional mixing vertiginous footage of Leclerc scaling impossible heights with a psychological exploration of what attracts people to such dangerous situations again and again 
3
The Alpinist
Cate Marquis
Unsurprisingly the visual aspect of the film is breathtaking with Go Pro drone footage and other footage that allows us to follow Leclerc s wild adventures clinging to mountains 
3
The Alpinist
Isaac Feldberg
Mortimer and Rosen s film succeeds most as a sincere wonderstruck tribute to a fellow climber 
3
The Alpinist
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
This compelling profile of climber Marc André Leclerc comprises a mountain of existential contradictions 
3
The Alpinist
Mark Dujsik
The Alpinist may have set out to capture the thrill of climbing but in the process the filmmakers show us a real deal in the sport and the actual reality of it too 
3
The Alpinist
Randy Myers
A winning testament to Leclerc and to all outsiders who have achieved the remarkable and lost their lives in the process 
3
The Alpinist
Michael O'Sullivan
The Alpinist has built in drama simply by virtue of who and what it sets out to document 
3
The Alpinist
Mike McGranaghan
A tribute to following one s dreams no matter how perilous 
3.5
Son
Randy Myers
It s engrossing and well made but you ll need a strong stomach to get through it 
2.5
Son
Joey Magidson
A little horror movie Son is a solid genre offering 
3
Son
Kevin Carr
It s grim it s heavy and not a shred of humor in it at all but it s effectively done 
3
Son
Steven Prokopy
Son works on both a visceral and psychological level It masterfully draws you into its characters and their tragic paranoid and grotesque circumstances 
2.5
Son
Joe Friar
Filled with disturbing scenes plenty of blood and gore and more than one ghastly moment Son delivers the chills if not the jumps 
3
Son
Simon Abrams
You cannot watch Son without feeling a little sick to your stomach 
1
Son
Mark Dujsik
Matichak s performance helps to maintain the film s emotional core while Kavanagh goes about finding new gory and disturbing ways to surprise us 
3
Son
Leo Brady
Son is a hungry horror movie starving for attention You better give it what it wants 
3
Escape From New York
Matt Brunson
One of John Carpenter s most popular films remains this futuristic yarn featuring an irresistible hook and an iconic anti hero 
3
Escape From New York
Brian Eggert
Regardless of how much John Carpenter pays homage to Howard Hawks or how much Kurt Russell s performance is rooted in Clint Eastwood s various onscreen characters Escape from New York stands on its own merits and achieves something unique 
4
Escape From New York
John Beifuss
Snake is Carpenter s fantasy alter ego a man of uncompromised anti authoritarianism I don t give a f about your war or your President Snake tells the police commissioner voicing a sentiment that was hardly unusual during Carpenter s USC days 
3.5
Escape From New York
Jaime N. Christley
Most of the images are elaborate confections of urban blight etched against a nearly unlit soundstage and the sound mix until the finale is rarely louder than Snake s elbow busting out an old windowpane 
3.5
Escape From New York
James Kendrick
an enthralling if sometimes inadvertently cheesy adventure yarn an intriguing window into the fears and anxieties of the early Reagan years and a film lover s cavalcade of genre mash up
3
Escape From New York
Peter Canavese
New York is the ghost town and Van Cleef the corrupt sheriff in Escape from New York s thinly disguised postmodern Western with ex soldier Russell as the anti establishment hero who won t cotton to anyone s code but his own Blu ray 
3
Escape From New York
Ed Gonzalez
The oppressive power of Carpenter s Scope framing is matched only by his ability to speak to contemporary affairs 
3.5
Escape From New York
David Nusair
Though it s not the best movie to emerge from the Carpenter Russell partnership that remains The Thing it s an awfully close second 
3
Escape From New York
Bill Chambers
I love this movie yet I m not sure if I respect it 
3.5
Escape From New York
James Berardinelli
When the final credits roll you can be forgiven a vague sense of dissatisfaction because the creativity that went into formulating the premise was never extended to the script writing stage 
2.5
Escape From New York
James O'Ehley
Overall the effects and sets are quite realistic and director Carpenter keeps the whole stew boiling to make a rather enjoyable dinner 
3
Lightning Bug
David Nusair
Though Lightning Bug does feature a number of positive aspects particularly Harrison s subtle effective performance the film never quite achieves lift off 
2
The Music Man
Betsy Bozdech
A perfectly entertaining movie musical in most respects it still can t hold a candle to the 1962 big screen classic 
2
The Music Man
David Nusair
never quite becomes as accessible as one would imagine it s meant to be 
2
Pariah
Matt Brunson
This is a movie that will doubtless speak to those who have endured similar hardships in their youth and Rees message seems to be that as Dan Savage would say it gets better 
3.5
Pariah
Mattie Lucas
This is one of the most raw and powerful depictions of budding teenage sexuality I ve ever seen told universal resonance and emotional appeal 
3.5
Pariah
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s that nuanced treatment of an often sensationalized subject that makes Pariah such an impressive debut 
3
Pariah
Michael Dequina
The uniformly excellent work that Rees coaxes from her entire ensemble elevates her film above the more formulaic coming of age beats of her screenplay 
3
Pariah
Eric Melin
Displaying an amazing amount of confidence and vulnerability at the same time Oduye carries the film 
3
Pariah
Rob Thomas
That s what I loved about Pariah that it sets up a very familiar narrative and then makes it painfully real and surprising T
3.5
Pariah
Loey Lockerby
Wayans best known for acting in comedies with her siblings is a revelation as a woman whose faith offers both hope and blind judgment 
3
Pariah
Duane Dudek
Pariah has a vibrant and funky street wise lyricism and Rees captures the conflicting emotions of the title character with a fierce intimacy 
3
Pariah
John Anderson
The gay coming of age story s been done but Pariah has something fresh to say largely about the knotty complexities of love and how they might keep someone in the closet How badly do you need to be free to hurt the people you love 
3.5
Pariah
John Beifuss
The bright bold and unusual colors heighten the emotional impact of Rees story without interfering with the realism 
3
Pariah
Sara Michelle Fetters
The first word I muttered under my breath after watching writer director Dee Rees Pariah an expansion of her award winning short film of the same name was Wow 
3.5
Pariah
Calvin Wilson
Pariah is a small film about a big subject the struggle to be who you are not who others would like you to be 
3.5
Pariah
Bob Bloom
First time writer director Dee Rees has created a touching and commanding story about one young woman s hazardous journey through the trials and tribulations of adolescence blooming sexuality and familial strife 
3.5
Pariah
Chris Hewitt
Rees film is personal and closely observed almost as if she s letting us read a chapter of a diary she has said Pariah is autobiographical 
3.5
Pariah
Rick Groen
If the destination is trite the journey isn t it comes with an ample supply of raw honesty 
3
Pariah
Carrie Rickey
Rees tells Alike s story in vignettes that are sometimes slapstick sometimes heartbreaking always tender 
3.5
Pariah
Gary Thompson
Part of what makes Pariah exceptional is its skill at mapping family dynamics 
3.5
Pariah
Bruce DeMara
Rees script peppered with colourful hip hop argot is smart and economical with well drawn characters dialogue and situations that echo with authenticity 
3.5
Pariah
Phil Villarreal
Pariah sets a new standard for the coming of age genre 
3.5
Pariah
Ann Hornaday
Pariah feels a lot like life at its most confusing contradictory and exhilarating 
4
Pariah
Mark Dujsik
Every dramatic beat feels preordained and it s simply because Rees is more concerned with situations than characters 
2
Pariah
Moira MacDonald
An eloquent haunting coming of age coming out tale 
3.5
Pariah
Wesley Morris
Pariah really feels like something rare 
3
Pariah
Matt Pais
Rides distinctive wheels on a familiar track so that naturalistic performances only go so far and conventional plotting can t inhibit reality from making its mark 
2.5
Pariah
Michael Phillips
Rees packs a lot into a simple narrative and only rarely overpacks 
3.5
Pariah
Roger Ebert
The film is an impressive debut for writer director Dee Rees 
3.5
Pariah
Peter Keough
Rees has an intimate feel for setting rooting her melodrama in precise details while allowing for an expressionistic palette of lurid lighting 
2.5
Pariah
James Berardinelli
The movie s point which is impossible to miss is that it s hard being black gay in America and while there s undoubtedly truth in that sentiment it doesn t necessarily make for a compelling motion picture circa 2011 
2.5
Pariah
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Along with Margin Call Pariah is the year s most impressive debut film coming from NYU graduate Dee Rees 
3.5
Pariah
Peter Travers
The gifted Dee Rees makes finding out a stirring and heartfelt journey And Adepero Oduye is unforgettable A star is born 
3.5
Pariah
Mike McGranaghan
An example of what makes indie filmmaking great deeply personal storytelling done with enormous conviction 
3.5
Pariah
Lou Lumenick
This is a look at the joy confusion and heartbreak of adolescence that s both culture and locale specific and at the same time universal 
3
Pariah
Stephen Whitty
The message that prejudice exists in every community is one worth listening to 
3
Pariah
Amy Biancolli
The film benefits most of all from Rees careful screenplay which dances that shifting line between fear and emergent hope One of Alike s poems says it best Even breaking is opening And I am broken I am open 
4
Pariah
Kam Williams
A sobering look at what it might very well be like to grow up lesbian in the hood 
4
Pariah
Ed Gonzalez
It s important to talk at length about Pariah s aesthetic because of how it distracts from the emotional truthfulness of the sometimes heartbreaking by and large gorgeously performed story 
2.5
The Jacket
Stefan Ulstein
A solid attempt to wrestle with some big questions The cast is exemplary and the premise and script are well reasoned and artful But it doesn t quite come together 
2.5
The Jacket
Michael Dequina
By basic definition a time travel yarn but to say that is to make this rather turgid drama sound more interesting than it is 
2
The Jacket
Vince Koehler
The story goes back and forth into the future and then the past and is very disturbing This is an interesting premise but a little too crazy for me 
2
The Jacket
Linda Cook
The Jacket isn t a one size fits all for every audience 
3.5
The Jacket
Frank Ochieng
feels very laborious and restrictive in its hallucinatory haze What it boils down to is this if The Jacket doesn t fit you must not acquit 
2
The Jacket
Glenn Kenny
It is the work of conspicuously smart people operating under the assumption that the mass audience whose money they want is pretty dumb and hence concoct a pretty dumb movie that they believe said audience will mistake for being smart 
1
The Jacket
Mark Collette
This is one time travel movie that isn t interested in the paradoxes inherent in time travel It has much more fundamental paradoxes to worry about 
1
The Jacket
Jonathan W. Hickman
The Jacket is ultimately a film about nothing important although the director and cast desperately want you to think otherwise 
1
The Jacket
Scott Nash
Save your money wait for the inevitable extended version DVD which will hopefully explain itself better then this version does 
2.5
The Jacket
Nick Schager
A great many supernatural things happen in The Jacket though they ultimately make little sense and amount to even less 
2
The Jacket
Sara Michelle Fetters
In fact the film s central twist hinges on the audience becoming as enamored with her as Jack does and the fact this never happens puts The Jacket in a hole right from the word go 
2.5
The Jacket
Eric Melin
a noble failure attempting to be both a brainteaser and an emotional journey while never quite achieving either 
2
The Jacket
Willie Waffle
The Jacket is a cool psychological thriller with great acting and a story that keeps you guessing 
3
The Wake of Light
Allyson Johnson
Clearly inspired by the work of Terrence Malick Director Renji Philip s The Wake of Light is little more than a highlight reel for some truly stunning cinematography 
1.5
The Wake of Light
Roger Moore
If you re into musing about the ethereal with an immaculately put together but uninteresting character as she sits in the sun runs her fingers over tree bark or walks in the surf have at it 
2
The Wake of Light
Matt Brunson
An illuminating film 
3
Anything for Jackson
Peter Canavese
A tongue in cheek fun sick and twisted psychological horror film anchored by its two two actors Delivers on the creepiness and scares lots of humor slathered with supernatural Satanism Blu ray review 
3
Anything for Jackson
Randy Myers
Director Justin G Dyck takes a break from his holiday rom com gig he s made an insane amount and slays it 
3
Anything for Jackson
Brian Tallerico
Justin G Dyck s very smart movie lures viewers in with its clever concept and instantly strong characters only to present them with the kind of nightmare fuel that would impress Clive Barker 
3
My Best Worst Adventure
Bob Bloom
The driving forces behind My Best Worst Adventure are the performances of Patra and Rugtawatr who though always silent convey a breadth of emotions that are easy to relate to understand and appreciate 
3
My Best Worst Adventure
Roger Moore
A moving and engaging kids movie with just enough hard edge to come off 
2.5
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Kelly Jane Torrance
After watching the hard hitting documentary Pink Ribbons Inc you ll never look at that pink toothbrush food processor or T shirt the same way again 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Moira MacDonald
In the 98 minutes of Pink Ribbons Inc a wealth of information and images flit past many intended to raise eyebrows if not ire 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Carrie Rickey
You have to agree with the advocates who charge that some corporations are milking cancer 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Joe Williams
Pink Ribbons Inc is a colorful indictment of corporate infestation but it s missing a prescription 
2.5
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Chris Hewitt
It rakes the muck quite effectively 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Janice Page
At the very least this documentary will make you question the status quo 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Miles Bowe
Pink Ribbons Inc is a valuable eye opener about an important movement that has become distressingly commodified 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Ann Hornaday
It s a well argued polemic that despite being one sided has loads of useful information to share if only to begin a crucial argument about health care allocation and coordination of research dollars consumerism and the privatization of philanthropy 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Sara Stewart
Activist Judy Brady sums up this film s unapologetic message When I see a pink ribbon she says during the end credits I see evil 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Bill Weber
A righteously outraged documentary targeting the warm and fuzzy iconography of the breast cancer fundraising bureaucracy and its camouflage of corporate priorities 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Liam Lacey
Pool s documentary provides some cold clarity on a well advertised if misunderstood disease 
3
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Linda Barnard
Even pink ribbons have shades of grey 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Mattie Lucas
A quietly moving paean to education that pulls no punches in its portrayal of childhood trauma and resilience in the face of darkness 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Kelly Jane Torrance
Monsieur Lazhar is a surprisingly charming but sad story of the sort of special mentor we re all lucky if we meet once in a lifetime 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Mark Deming
Philippe Falardeau s direction is a model of the notion that less is more and this film is a treat well worth savoring 
4
Monsieur Lazhar
Jeff Beck
While Monsieur Lazhar is a decent film I wish it would have done more to stand out from other similar films 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Rob Thomas
The film understands the complex bond between teachers and students and how the classroom is a sacred space they share for a short time before moving on 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Keith Cohen
This moving film features exquisite performances by Fellag and a stunning ensemble of child actors The movie also gets high marks in cinematography sound original musical score and editing 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Joe Williams
Although it raises timeless questions about life and loss and timely ones about mentorship and multiculturalism Monsieur Lazhar would rather teach than preach 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Duane Dudek
As the teacher Fellag suggests Robert Downey Jr channeling a quietly reflective Robert De Niro 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Austin Kennedy
This is a good movie about teaching but more importantly a good movie about the loss of a loved one and how to cope with death 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Lawrence Toppman
Everything about the film sets exactly the right tone from the unforced and winning performances by the main children to the wintry cinematography to Fellag s quietly rueful performance 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
James Kendrick
tender and sincere frequently striking a fine balance between the dictates of the inspirational teacher genre and a more mundane kind of realism that tamps down easy sentimentality and strives for something more organic and genuine
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Marty Mapes
It is moving emotional honest and genuine 
4
Monsieur Lazhar
Steven Rea
A sad reflective study of the possibilities and the impossibilities inherent in the teacher student relationship 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Chris Hewitt
Monsieur Lazhar does the best job of summing up the appeal of his own movie A classroom is a place of friendship of work and of courtesy a place of life 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Ann Hornaday
Monsieur Lazhar is good Really good 
4
Monsieur Lazhar
John Hartl
Monsieur Lazhar is a complex multilayered tale that reveals new meanings as it introduces each new character 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Michael Phillips
It s all a bit neat But whatever the film s limitations it s certainly engaging to watch 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Roger Ebert
Its purpose is to present us with a situation explore the people involved and show us a man who is dealing with his own deep hurts 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Ty Burr
What could be didactic is rendered life size and indelible even with the cards that Falardeau has carefully stacked 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Peter Canavese
A sensitive and fairly subtle work with the deceptive simplicity of a well honed short story 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Gerald Peary
A subtle wise beautifully rendered tale with exemplary scenes in the classroom between an amateur cast of savvy children and as Monsieur Lazhar a great actor Mohamed Fellag 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Kent Turner
Sensitive imbued with melancholy
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Walter V. Addiego
An understated story of coping with emotional blows that offers a compelling portrait of a decent man 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
Kyle Smith
Like a dedicated teacher this is a film that stays with you 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Stephen Whitty
The film alas seems determined to be as careful as gentle as Lazhar himself 
2.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Robert Levin
This is a quiet movie centered on small moments that collectively form something deep and profound 
3
Monsieur Lazhar
John Anderson
Though it s a bit too early to say that it s an unforgettable movie one suspects it is It s also about so many things it nearly defies explanation 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Rene Rodriguez
The film leaves you hopeful and even exhilarated that even the most painful wounds can sometimes heal 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Rex Reed
Monsieur Lazhar builds hope in the face of tragedy and sheds new light on the question of what is truth and how we find it 
3.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Jesse Cataldo
There s great potential for the kind of issues that are taken on but nothing is resolved and the biggest questions of guilt and shame the gulf of understanding between the first world and the third remain unengaged 
2.5
Monsieur Lazhar
David Nusair
a passable yet mostly underwhelming little Canadian drama 
2.5
Monsieur Lazhar
Jennie Punter
An exquisite humanistic and subtly topical work of cinema art that manages to keep the intimate revelatory sensibility of a one man play intact while fleshing out the characters and creating a very realistic and richly detailed school community 
4
Monsieur Lazhar
Peter Howell
It s a tapestry of fraught relationships weaving issues of parental authority social taboos and national boundaries Empathy comes through understanding but it s not easily achieved It never is 
4
The Ninth Day
Jeff Vice
A morality thriller filled with heavy handed allusions to the betrayal of Judas Iscariot 
2.5
The Ninth Day
Sean P. Means
This low key talky Holocaust drama doesn t try to pummel viewers with visuals of the Nazis atrocities but what is described in dialogue is tough enough 
3
The Ninth Day
Laura Kelly
Dark and depressing as the film is it is thrilling to watch Henri work through his moral qualms as he battles the smooth tongue of evil 
3
The Ninth Day
Jeff Shannon
It s no wonder Schlöndorff favors close ups with Mattes on screen The Ninth Day gets right to its emotional core 
3.5
The Ninth Day
Marta Barber
The Ninth Day is far from perfect but is still thought provoking and intriguing a film that can begin its own kind of debate 
2.5
The Ninth Day
Michael Booth
It just feels like too much over too little 
2
The Ninth Day
Achy Obejas
A film that strives for meaning and resonance but doesn t quite work 
2
The Ninth Day
Chris Hewitt
An absorbing Holocaust drama that suggests the forces that drive us toward good or evil are constantly warring within all of us 
3
The Ninth Day
V.A. Musetto
Credit a literate script and excellent performances by Ulrich Matthes tall and gaunt and wearing a wide brimmed friar s hat as Kremer and August Diehl as the Nazi bureaucrat and failed seminarian assigned to watch over the priest in Luxembourg 
3
The Ninth Day
Jack Mathews
In the face of the Holocaust a wrestling match over which man is the likelier Judas strikes me as a trivial pursuit 
2
The Ninth Day
David Sterritt
This is moviemaking on the highest dramatic psychological and moral plane 
4
The Matrix Resurrections
Matt Brunson
Red pill or blue pill When it comes to The Matrix Resurrections might as well take a sleeping pill 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
David Reddish
Wachowski makes statements both bold and sly about Twitter mobs gaslighting authority figures shifting alliances and the ongoing struggle to understand an ever changing world She also has a lot of fun at her own expense 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Rene Sanchez
More self aware but just as mind twisting The Matrix Resurrections continues to explore its complex existential themes with high doses of adrenaline and nostalgia Full Review in Spanish
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Brian Eggert
It s less cohesive than its predecessors in formal terms even if Wachowski and her co writers inject a wellspring of intriguing ideas 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Sarah Knight Adamson
Reeves and Moss is a sight to behold their romance is as they say one for the ages together they lift every scene 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
James Kendrick
As good as it is at times you can t quite shake the feeling that it is all profoundly unnecessary 
2.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Peter Canavese
An interesting beast and the more you dig in to it the more interesting it becomes 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Mark Meszoros
Are you ready to have a few laughs about there being a fourth Matrix You d better be 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Linda Cook
The Matrix Resurrections will make you say Woah again 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Ty Burr
With one exception the action sequences in Resurrections are plentiful but perfunctory as though Wachowski were fulfilling a contractual obligation Instead the movie s pulse resides with the characters and the feelings that flow between them 
2.5
The Matrix Resurrections
James Berardinelli
The Matrix Resurrections is a waste of time and money For fans of the series it s a betrayal that deserves to be ignored and forgotten as soon as possible 
1.5
The Matrix Resurrections
John Wenzel
The question isn t whether this movie was necessary It wasn t 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Mattie Lucas
This is not just more of the same it s a radical reinvention a love story above all else that seeks to reframe the narrative around The Matrix and its enduring legacy 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Steven Prokopy
The Matrix Resurrections is a top to bottom mess and reveals no reasons for it to exist aside from familiar characters getting to say things like bullet time and red pill blue pill again 
1.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Bob Bloom
The movie felt like a best of compilation of sequences situations and characters from the original The Matrix and its two inferior sequels 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Sonny Bunch
The Matrix Resurrections s failings on a storytelling level could be forgiven if it were at least visually exciting And I think the movie fails here as well 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Kevin Carr
Lana Wachowski swings for the fences It s not just The Matrix Re skinned it s The Matrix going down a different rabbit hole 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Mike McGranaghan
The Matrix Resurrections is roughly 80 exposition telling you what s going on and I still didn t understand a damn thing that was happening in this movie 
1.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Jay Horton
Take the little blue pill 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Kevin A. Ranson
the 1999 film is cranked up to nostalgia overload but the finished product has the depth humor angst and payoff consistent with the franchise it s hard to ignore the nagging feeling that revenue is its sole purpose to exist 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Matrix Resurrections deconstructs its mythos even as it celebrates the ideas it has always held nearest to its heart 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Mark Feeney
A sequel is never about either the old movie or the new one It s about the audience What one is Resurrections meant for 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Oliver Jones
Nearly everything in this movie which fittingly features a black cat named Deja Vu exudes a sense of been there done that 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Ann Hornaday
Wachowski seems to be at war with her audience rewarding them with deep cut callbacks one moment only to roll her eyes at the entire enterprise the next 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Mark Dujsik
If the first act plays with the very idea of déjà vu the rest of the plot has an unfortunate and far less engaging sense of the familiar 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Walter Chaw
The plot of Matrix 4 is essentially that conversation with the guy who s way too stoned who has this great idea for a Matrix sequel 
.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Doug Walker
Like the original Matrix trilogy it starts off interesting starts to get stale then ends on a boring note 
2.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Randy Myers
Resurrections can t compare to the original film but it is a lot of fun 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Leo Brady
With The Matrix Resurrections it s the logical step for the next installment a hyper meta production filled with tense action sequences and palpable chemistry between Reeves and Moss 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Josh Larsen
Now this is how you reheat a piece of pop culture 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Katie Walsh
Wachowski invites the audience to have as much fun as she s having revisiting this world that initially defined her career and seems to apply her full self to this text bringing an irreverent and infectious zeal to the resurrection 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Richard Roeper
Ultimately this feels more like a warmed over tribute to the past than a bold and fresh new chapter 
2.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Rafer Guzman
A fitfully entertaining and only semi convincing cross between traditional blockbuster and self mocking satire 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Jake Coyle
The Matrix Resurrections may be a bumpy ride but it s still a trip 
2.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Chris Hewitt
There s a lot happening on screen but it s so deftly balanced that it doesn t even matter if like me your memory of the other Matrices is dim and you re occasionally not sure exactly what s going on 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Mick LaSalle
In the end it s the ideas at work in The Matrix Resurrections much more than the action that keep us contentedly in our seats for well over two hours 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Johnny Oleksinski
Aimless vocabulary filled talky tedium 
1
The Matrix Resurrections
Soren Andersen
Wachowski has taken the familiar and modified it in such a way to make it seem new It s a brilliant act of transformation 
4
The Matrix Resurrections
Nick Allen
A reboot with some striking philosophical flourishes and grandiose set pieces where things go boom in slow motion but it is also the weakest and most compromised Matrix film yet 
2.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Brian Truitt
The new Matrix tries to reprogram a beloved piece of cinema However it s quite a few fixes short of a full upgrade 
2
The Matrix Resurrections
Sean P. Means
Reeves and Moss ages 57 and 54 respectively still have the kick ass charisma and unflappable allure that was as important to the cool factor of the original Matrix as the trench coats and bullet time effects 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Joey Magidson
The Matrix Resurrections wipes away the bad taste left by the sequels while also trying to forge its own path ahead It s a solid sequel but not much more than that 
3
The Matrix Resurrections
Keith Uhlich
The film is well and winkingly aware of its status as a money making property And it posits that soulless motivation as a philosophical roadblock one of many for Neo and Trinity to overcome with a little help from their fans 
3.5
The Matrix Resurrections
Roger Moore
I was delighted at the beginning and steadily more appalled at most everything that followed 
1.5
Genesis
Chris Hewitt
Because the images are so original and beautiful Genesis is a movie you ll want to see on the big screen 
3.5
Genesis
Michael Wilmington
With quiet skill and some poetry Nuridsany and Perennou who began as award winning nature photographers and popular book writers give us a big peek into their infinite theme and subject 
3
Genesis
Tom Keogh
Nuridsany and Prennou have made another breathtaking feature penetrating the unseen kingdom around us 
3.5
Genesis
Geoff Pevere
An entrancing technically ravishing blend of philosophy and science 
2
Genesis
Jennie Punter
Bogged down by its intentions and too vast a cast 
2
Genesis
Walter V. Addiego
While the science sticks to the level of high school physics and biology the combination of words and images is resonant and pleasing 
3
Genesis
Glenn Whipp
An astonishing creation 
3.5
Housebound
Mike McGranaghan
It s always great fun when a movie is this unpredictable 
3
Housebound
Sheila O'Malley
An extremely confident and promising debut 
3
Housebound
Roger Moore
Entirely too long but funny and surprising almost all the way up to its bloody finale 
2.5
Housebound
Dustin Putman
Unusual and charming in a literally down home way but writer director Gerard Johnstone s loopy script barely pierces the surface of its promising cast of players and their upside down world 
2.5
Housebound
Chuck Bowen
You grow to feel as if you re arbitrarily changing the channel back and forth from a diverting horror film to a promising odd couple comedy 
2.5
She's Lost Control
Mallory Andrews
But the biggest problem with She s Lost Control is the lack of thematic drive 
2
She's Lost Control
Kenji Fujishima
Turns out it s not only Ronah who eventually loses control of her emotions but the film itself that loses control of the most interesting and provocative threads of its vision 
2.5
The Candy Witch
Steven Prokopy
As it goes on The Candy Witch spirals into confusion and increasingly ramped up violence while simultaneously meandering through life as if it has nowhere to be in anything resembling a hurry 
1.5
Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers
Roger Moore
Whizbang and comically credulous revisiting of the Father of Area 51 conspiracy theories
2
Jaya Ganga
Steve Rhodes
A lovely little picture to be savored not analyzed 
2.5
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
Roger Moore
Entertaining nostalgic and more thorough than any history of Bond and his life on the big screen has a right to be 
3
The Fountainhead
James Sanford
It remains one of the strangest and most florid pictures of its time possibly of all time It s also immensely enjoyable and startlingly steamy a stylish fascinating curio 
3
Edge of Seventeen
Phoebe Flowers
It s a fine debut script by Stephens and Moreton is able to get startling performances out of his neophyte actors 
3.5
Edge of Seventeen
Barbara Shulgasser
Writer Todd Stephens and director David Moreton show a gift for solid emotionally realistic storytelling in a sensitive if racy coming of age tale 
2.5
Edge of Seventeen
Rob Blackwelder
Not only an amiable gay teen movie but the most authentic 80s flashback flick yet 
3
Edge of Seventeen
Roger Ebert
My hope for Eric is not merely that he grows comfortable with his sexuality but that he becomes a more interesting conversationalist hopefully before I see him in another movie 
2
Edge of Seventeen
Edward Guthmann
A more seasoned director could blend all those moods and objectives but Moreton seems to stop and start each time he shifts moods 
2
Target
Mike D'Angelo
The gripping conclusion and Puri s terrific performance nearly make it worth seeing anyway 
2.5
The Sabbatical
Roger Moore
Amusingly dyspeptic but too slight for its own good 
2
A Night to Dismember
James Kendrick
an awful ugly cheap and incoherent mess
1
I Am Here
Glenn Kenny
I found this a less than fulfilling cinematic experience But I have to give Morgenthaler credit for what we used to call moxie whatever the hell he s doing or thinks he s doing he s fully committed to it 
2
I Am Here
Rex Reed
Not one scene in the entire film makes a shred of sense If Kim Basinger still knows how to act there is no evidence of it here 
0
I Am Here
Diego Semerene
Writer director Anders Morgenthaler s film is practically an exercise in over explication 
.5
Raftan
Jack Rushall
Though it s technically a love story Navid Mahmoudi s gloomy personal look at the endless pitfalls immigrants face on a daily basis from point A to point B has little room for tenderness 
1
Honest
Ian Mantgani
Too much going on in terms of art direction and too much going nowhere in terms of plot 
1.5
Marie From the Bay of Angels
Roger Ebert
Giocante has been billed as the new Bardot and she s off to a good start Bardot didn t make many good films either 
1
The Resort
Mark Dujsik
E veryone making the movie got a holiday We get this dull monotonous and plot less mess 
0.5
Cryptozoo
Mitchell Beaupre
It 8217 s this moral conundrum where Cryptozoo finds its most resonance 44 as it not only challenges the oppressiveness of those who fear and attack Others 44 but also the self serving oppression enacted by supposed allies who think they know what 8217 s right 46 
3
Cryptozoo
John Beifuss
The filmmakers employ watercolor pencil and other techniques to painstakingly craft a not safe for kids cartoon about a sort of Jurassic Park for cryptids 
4
Cryptozoo
Simon Abrams
An unusually timid animated fantasy that looks like outsider art but often moves and sounds like bad pulp fiction 
2
Cryptozoo
Rob Thomas
I have seen movies adapted from books plays even songs But Cryptozoo may be the first movie I ve seen that appears to be adapted from a bored high school student s notebook doodled during zoology class 
2.5
Cryptozoo
Mark Dujsik
Everything collapses once these characters have to do anything from simply walking to all of the theoretical spectacle during the climax 
1.5
Cryptozoo
Bob Strauss
While its hippie era setting and hallucinatory imagery give a nostalgic kick the film s darker conflicts speak to dire issues of today 
3
Cryptozoo
Jake Cole
Dash Shaw s deceptively simple animation regularly descends into phantasmagoria that delivers on his story s strange premise 
2.5
Cryptozoo
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Enter Cryptozoo an ambitious animated film set in the 1960s about the death of idealism What was once groovy is now grotesque 
3
Cryptozoo
Walter Chaw
Cryptozoo exists at that delicate crossroads between arrogant and obnoxious where freshman cosmology majors tend to hang out free climbing the outside of the dorm and doing slackrope in the park 
1
Cryptozoo
Randy Myers
This should solidify Shaw s rep as one of the most exciting new creators of cinematic animation 
3
365 Days: A Year in Happy Valley
Mike McGranaghan
365 Days steadfastly avoids addressing the underlying issue to the degree that it makes you wonder if the filmmakers even know what the real problem is 
1.5
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Tom Meek
A fitting but straight ahead celebration of the career of John Lewis 
2.5
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Lisa Trifone
Lays out just how much of this history the civil rights Lewis activist has been alive to see and just how much of it he has impacted as well 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Sara Michelle Fetters
I didn t realize just how much I needed director Dawn Porter s latest documentary John Lewis Good Trouble until it was over 
3.5
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Mark Feeney
John Lewis Good Trouble isn t a great film but it has a great subject and excellent timing 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a powerful film about an incredible man If anything John Lewis Good Trouble is possibly too short attempting to pack in so much biographical and personal information into a mere 97 minutes 
3.5
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Mark Dujsik
John Lewis Good Trouble serves as a fine testimony of its subject s work and more importantly as a necessary reminder that the fight continues 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Lindsey Bahr
Perhaps the most striking aspect of the film is how prophetic it is Although it doesn t offer any reflection on the current moment it also won t come as a surprise how we got here 
2.5
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Verne Gay
Engaging portrait of the Civil Rights icon 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Christy Lemire
An intimate homage to both the legend and the man as spry and lively as Lewis himself 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Roger Moore
If Atlanta based CNN can t do a bang up job of documenting the life and career of one of Atlanta s own they d have to hang their heads in shame 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Katie Walsh
Lewis is such a towering figure in American history and American politics that any tribute to him is a worthy one 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Peter Canavese
A living legend of the American civil rights movement gets his documentary spotlight and the results cannot help but inspire despite a surface skimming feel 
3
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Mike McGranaghan
There may not be a more inspiring non fiction film this year 
3.5
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Mark Jenkins
The film is well outfitted with telling thematically rich shards of historical information 
3
Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Walter V. Addiego
The film may be of greatest interest to those already familiar with Trungpa Others may wonder at the shortage of critical perspective and may find themselves less than wholly sympathetic to Trungpa s controversial actions 
2
Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The under rug sweeping of the doc s eccentric flaws would be less grating if it elucidated Chgyam Trungpa s ideas with more clarity 
2
The Chambermaid
Roger Moore
Engrossing and in a country where most hotels have chambermaids that look just like Evelia occasionally moving and often troubling 
3
The Chambermaid
Joey Magidson
The Chambermaid is at its best and worst when focusing on the routines of hotel staff though more so the former than the latter 
3
The Chambermaid
Lisa Trifone
It s the sort of film that draws you in slowly only to beautifully earn your attention with unexpectedly poignant moments throughout 
3.5
The Chambermaid
Joe Friar
Lila Avilés debut feature takes us behind the scenes in a tribute to the service industry with an exquisite performance by Gabriela Cartol 
3.5
The Chambermaid
Mark Dujsik
O ver the course of The Chambermaid Avilés creates a fascinating world out of the behind the scenes operations of the hotel 
3
The Chambermaid
Monica Castillo
A painfully astute observational drama 
3.5
The Chambermaid
Oliver Jones
Eve is one of the most fully and forcefully crafted characters I have seen on screen in some time 
3.5
The Chambermaid
Diego Semerene
Lila Avilés s film reserves the possibility of flirtations with disaster to turn into acts of emancipation 
3
Off the Hook
Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite the inexperience of the director and his cast there s rarely a false moment 
3
Off the Hook
Joshua Tanzer
It uses some of the figures from the real life story to portray themselves in the film The result is a powerful naturally dramatic piece of low budget filmmaking 
3
Off the Hook
Lou Lumenick
Off the Hook is overlong and not well acted but credit writer producer director Adam Watstein with finishing it at all 
1
The Saphead
Mattie Lucas
It s a handsome production but Keaton is clearly at the mercy of someone else s whims 
2.5
Last Cab to Darwin
Robert Horton
Full of sun beer and the restless souls found along the highway 
2.5
Last Cab to Darwin
Chris Knight
Gorgeous cinematography from Steve Arnold captures the otherworldly beauty of the Outback as Rex and Tilly bisect the continent 
3
Last Cab to Darwin
Brad Wheeler
Sims probably uses a setting sun metaphor more than necessary but otherwise his decisions are immaculate and his film should hold audiences in thrall 
3.5
Last Cab to Darwin
Bruce DeMara
Great performances elevate the film from merely likable to poignantly satisfying 
3.5
Last Cab to Darwin
David Lewis
Takes a tough subject and amiably rides it out into the Outback sunset It s a wry film that remains upbeat without betraying its rough around the edges cast of characters 
3
A Christmas Tale
Mattie Lucas
Catherine Deneuve for her part is luminous as always But the entire film feels cold and distant and fatally unfocused 
2
A Christmas Tale
Rick Groen
Despite occasional bouts of tedium over the epic course a surprising buoyancy emerges Desplechin s methods begin to inform even brighten the message 
3
A Christmas Tale
Barry Paris
Not very cheerful holiday fare Turns out to be more upbeat than you d think without any angels or friendly ghosts thanks to Desplechin s affectionate approach to his characters 
3
A Christmas Tale
Peter Keough
Un conte de Noël could use more of the surreal hilarity of Wes Anderson sThe Royal Tenenbaums 
2.5
A Christmas Tale
Marty Mapes
Controlled chaos of a family reunion highlighed by likeable but flawed characters
3
A Christmas Tale
Duane Dudek
A droll and frantic melodrama stripped of aesthetic contrivances but full of emotional ones and it is affirming in its own way without being particularly cathartic 
3
A Christmas Tale
Jay Antani
an endlessly busy and stylish film with a hollow emotional and spiritual core 
2
A Christmas Tale
Matt Brunson
A warmly inviting motion picture 
3
A Christmas Tale
Robert W. Butler
A Christmas Tale seems less like a movie than a genuine family being observed 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Michael Smith
For people who find that movies that are full of sentimentality and sympathy set off their gag reflex this is the holiday movie for you 
3
A Christmas Tale
Christian Toto
A Christmas Tale is the yuletide antidote to Four Christmases 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Michael Sragow
At last a great contemporary holiday movie that s strictly for grown ups a holiday movie that really is a moviegoer s holiday from desultory daily fare 
4
A Christmas Tale
Austin Kennedy
A CHRISTMAS TALE is your typical Holiday drama that s elevated by stylish direction and an infectious energy
3
A Christmas Tale
Linda Barnard
It will make anyone dreading the holidays with their family grateful for what strife they may face It s nothing compared to what the Vuillard clan gets up to 
3
A Christmas Tale
David Nusair
ultimately suffers from a middling midsection that s been suffused with pointless digressions and melodramatic crises 
2
A Christmas Tale
Sean P. Means
Through a thicket of subplots Desplechin slowly and gracefully unfolds the damage done by years of bad blood 
3
A Christmas Tale
Jeff Vice
Filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin Kings and Queens and his co screenwriter Emmanuel Mourdieu have created something that is rich with characters and themes 
3
A Christmas Tale
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet as the film progresses these multifarious layers of dramatic ennui and vitriol becomes absolutely intoxicating and before I knew it my eyes were glued to the screen and I almost couldn t wait to see what was going to happen next 
3
A Christmas Tale
Jeff Shannon
There are simply too many marvels to tally 
4
A Christmas Tale
Ty Burr
To tweak Tolstoy All happy families may be alike but all unhappy family movies are entertaining in their own ways 
4
A Christmas Tale
Dustin Putman
A Christmas Tale is beautifully acted by all The bigger dramatic moments in the film are believable but the occasional fights and arguments cannot hold a candle to the quieter moments of truth permeating out of the scenes 
3
A Christmas Tale
Roger Ebert
A strangely encompassing collection of private moments among the members of a large family with a fraught history 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Steven Rea
Roiling with laughter tears drunken confessions revelatory soliloquies pain sorrow hospital visits and various kinds of love A Christmas Tale is a smart sprawling and sublimely entertaining feast 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Michael Phillips
It s a simple picture about complicated people the members and sometime combatants of the extended Vuillard family 
4
A Christmas Tale
James Berardinelli
A Christmas Tale is long but it exerts enough of a pull that the 150 minutes pass rapidly if not necessarily painlessly 
3
A Christmas Tale
Kam Williams
How do you say Don t even go there girlfriend in French 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Claudia Puig
Some wry humor runs through the course of the overly long saga But there s not enough dark wit to mitigate the tedium and pretentiousness 
3
A Christmas Tale
Lou Lumenick
If Ingmar Bergman and Wes Anderson some how collaborated on a movie together I d guess their sensibilities would yield something like Arnaud Desplechin s darkly hilarious brilliantly acted A Christmas Tale 
4
A Christmas Tale
Glenn Whipp
The characters explosive emotions tender and bitter guilt wracked and willfully inscrutable make A Christmas Tale an edge of your seat experience in a way most thrillers could only dream about 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Mick LaSalle
Getting through these first 20 minutes is as necessary as plowing through the first 50 pages of a 19th century novel Once that work is over the movie s singular pleasures reveal themselves 
3
A Christmas Tale
Peter Travers
Dark secrets are unlocked words draw more blood than punches and director Desplechin turns one family into a universe that resembles life as a startling work of art 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Peter Canavese
In working to keep the audience off center Desplechin artfully makes the well worn family weekend plot endearing again Blu ray 
3.5
A Christmas Tale
Fernando F. Croce
Arnaud Desplechin doesn t so much direct movies as conduct marathons 
3
A Christmas Tale
Bill Chambers
A gift that keeps on giving
3
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Robert Horton
Filmmakers can t possibly predict what the world will look like when their movie actually gets released Sometimes you get lucky 
3
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Simon Houpt
It lucidly argues that powerful interests have been creating supercharged fake stories for decades to advance their own nefarious interests And the institutional media have too often blithely played along 
3
Murder in Greenwich
David Nusair
Though Robert Forster doesn t have much to do here he nevertheless manages to create a character that s far more intriguing than the central storyline 
2
Never Been Kissed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The material is pretty much the same as She s All That and the other recent high school movies but Barrymore has the big screen stuff to pull it off 
3
Never Been Kissed
Jeffrey Westhoff
The less Never Been Kissed forces its material the more enjoyable it is 
2.5
Never Been Kissed
Margaret A. McGurk
Never Been Kissed like so many coulda shoulda woulda been good movies starts out strong Then it loses its nerve in the third act substituting a fuzzy emotional spectacle for a coherent conclusion 
2
Never Been Kissed
Liam Lacey
Drew Barrymore has been well cast as someone who doesn t act her age 
2
Never Been Kissed
Bill Chambers
Do nineties filmmakers forget what it was like to be a teenager and call upon Saved By the Bell reruns for a refresher course 
2
Never Been Kissed
James Kendrick
When the story begins to turn toward Josie s growing relationship with her attractive English teacher Sam Coulson Michael Vartan the movie begins to unravel because it s dealing with a subject that is above its grasp 
2
Never Been Kissed
Dustin Putman
Weak and sloppily written 
2
Never Been Kissed
Eugene Novikov
I was too delighted with the last two hours to complain 
3
Never Been Kissed
Ross Anthony
It s silly teenage Revenge of the Nerds fun And it s spirited 
2
Never Been Kissed
Robert Payne
This is a film that doesn t worry about being bad doesn t even try for passable Why bother 
2
Never Been Kissed
Bob Bloom
It has some warm and humorous spots but not enough to overcome its many obstacles 
1.5
Never Been Kissed
Rob Blackwelder
If I see one more high school movie that uses a Literature class Shakespeare lesson as a metaphor for raging hormones and whatever else the screenwriter is trying to put across I swear I m going to throttle someone 
1
Never Been Kissed
David Keyes
here is a film that is lighthearted and simple but is made all the more appreciative because of Barrymore s presence 
3
Never Been Kissed
Madeleine Williams
As light entertainment it certainly makes the grade 
2.5
Never Been Kissed
Steve Rhodes
The film s ending is so hokey that it becomes almost a parody but Barrymore s innocent charisma gives its such grace that it becomes a perfect cap to a precious movie 
3
Never Been Kissed
Michael Dequina
Belongs to Barrymore and her delightful presence 
3
Never Been Kissed
Jeff Vice
Never Been Kissed is all over the movie genre map from romantic comedy to teen comedy to poignant high school drama And unfortunately little of it works 
2
Never Been Kissed
Mick LaSalle
Drew Barrymore movies have an advantage that others don t they have Drew Barrymore in them But that doesn t take away from the fact that she makes more lousy pictures than any other good actress 
2
Never Been Kissed
James Berardinelli
Seriously flawed 
2
Never Been Kissed
Ian Mantgani
It s hard to suppress the beauty and charm of Drew Barrymore but in allowing her to play an air headed defective Never Been Kissed manages to do this 
2
Never Been Kissed
David Sterritt
Barrymore continues to grow as a comic actress with solid support from Sobieski and Arquette and the story has energy to spare 
2
Never Been Kissed
Roger Ebert
The movie s screenplay is contrived and not blindingly original but Barrymore illuminates it with sunniness and creates a lovable character 
3
Never Been Kissed
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es de esas cintas que debieron de irse directo al video y mejor deberan dejarle el lugar en la cartelera a trabajos realmente valiosos
2
The Missing
Judith Egerton
A drawn out depiction of frontier brutality and the racist attitudes of the times 
2.5
The Missing
Forrest Hartman
A great film in most every respect 
3.5
The Missing
Vince Koehler
Tommy Lee always makes the film interesting and Blanchett is a standout 
3
The Missing
Lori Hoffman
tips its 10 gallon hat to John Ford 8217 s classic The Searchers then takes its own unique path along the western genre trail 
3.5
The Missing
Peter Travers
Even Cate Blanchett can t save this misbegotten horse opera 
1
The Missing
James Kendrick
a moody and arduously serious western psychodrama
2
The Missing
Linda Cook
Strange and rather beautiful The Missing is a non traditional Western with a supernatural spin 
3
The Missing
David N. Butterworth
Strong performances highlight this Ron Howard western 
3
The Missing
Dustin Putman
The Missing may not be a standout western for modern day audiences but it is undoubtedly a step in the right direction 
2.5
The Missing
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a deep brooding western rooted in frailty and retribution There is depravity in this tale of kidnapping murder and sexual exploitation that cannot be easily dismissed or explained a collection of woe and pain will not be put to rest 
3.5
The Missing
David Elliott
Blanchett is superb again To go from Queen Elizabeth I to this flint spirited pioneer is a long bow she bends to her talent 
3
The Missing
Sarah Chauncey
The film will resonate deeply not only with parents but with all of us who followed the Elizabeth Smart case and sadly dozens more like it 
3
The Missing
David Sterritt
The movie often works against its own best interests 
2
The Missing
Jonathan R. Perry
Ron Howard s answer to The Searchers is a tone poem whose tone has gone disastrously horribly wrong 
1.5
The Missing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A movie is only as good as its villain so they say and the new film The Missing has a particularly lousy one 
1.5
The Missing
Jon Niccum
Jones admirably steers clear of the pitfalls of what could potentially be a preposterous and borderline offensive character 
2.5
The Missing
Steven Snyder
If only it didn t waste so much time employing all the classic sounds images characterizations and motivations in its efforts to pretend to be a Western 
2.5
The Missing
Chris Hewitt
OK I ve never ridden in a stagecoach but the grim Western The Missing made me feel like I was taking a coach trip It s worthwhile but there are dull patches as well as a lot of lurching and wandering off course 
2.5
The Missing
Phoebe Flowers
Even if it never turns out to be the most substantial movie The Missing rarely stumbles in terms of entertainment value 
3
The Missing
Moira MacDonald
Despite the actors hard work particularly Blanchett the whole experience ultimately has a careful blandness to it and the family unity theme is hit with the subtlety of a hundred hammers 
2.5
The Missing
Mick LaSalle
A routine thriller with Western frills and fringes 
2
The Missing
Joe Baltake
A fine film 
3
The Missing
Megan Lehmann
A good though not great contribution to the genre 
3
The Missing
Jami Bernard
A big snooze because we can t take the main characters seriously 
2
The Missing
Duane Dudek
Howard s style less literal approach is to his disadvantage here since it exposes the narrative as not very compelling and fairly generic 
2
The Missing
Rene Rodriguez
Suffers from the same problem that has plagued every movie Ron Howard has ever directed It s crisp efficient well made and strangely vaguely dull 
2
The Missing
Glenn Whipp
The movie can t overcome characterizations that are as spare as the landscapes and a Searchers like story line that just isn t interesting enough to sustain interest over the course of 135 minutes 
2.5
The Missing
Liam Lacey
A movie that is by turns needlessly unpleasant for cheap effect and misguidedly heart warming when it should remain stringent The Missing lives down to its title 
2
The Missing
Terry Lawson
A first rate psychological thriller that also happens to be a classic Western 
4
The Missing
Jeff Vice
Though some of the content is questionable especially the whole brujo or American Indian witch subplot the film is well paced And Howard does a nice job of keeping us in suspense about what s going to happen next 
2.5
The Missing
Michael Booth
A terrific setup full of inviting genre familiarity and modern tension borrowed from the novel of the same name And then as that mouthy teenager goes lost in an Apache raid so does the movie itself 
2.5
The Missing
Sean P. Means
This is a tough story tough to tell and tough to take and Howard isn t afraid to confront its meaner passages or dispatch likable characters as the plot demands 
3.5
The Missing
Roger Ebert
It s such a preposterous setup that I was always aware of the plot chugging away and the logistics of the chase defy all common sense 
2
The Missing
Lawrence Toppman
A sharp director of Westerns in the 1950s such as Anthony Mann or Budd Boetticher would have shaved half an hour off the running time told the same story and perhaps also given the characters more personality 
2.5
The Missing
Ty Burr
The Missing is well made suspenseful and superlatively acted for the most part but its harshness never feels organic to the tale What should be devastating is just terribly unpleasant 
2.5
The Missing
Guylaine Cadorette
Pesh Chidin is by far the scariest son of a to hit the big screen in a long while 
3
The Missing
Bob Bloom
This is Ron Howard s darkest film to date and it is good to see him ably handle such a subject Howard has developed into one of Hollywood s finest filmmakers 
3.5
The Missing
Josh Larsen
Blanchett goes beyond the cliche of the hardy pioneer woman to create a fierce survivalist heroine 
3
The Missing
David Nusair
There s a definite sense of danger permeating almost every minute of The Missing a feeling that s supported by Blanchett s fantastic lead performance 
3
The Missing
Erik Childress
Ron Howard successfully avoids all the associative traps delivering one of his finest achievements and a helluva Western to boot 
3.5
The Missing
Marty Mapes
Too cinematic to be genuine
2.5
The Missing
Glenn Lovell
As harrowing as it is full out exhilarating 
4
The Missing
Sara Brady
A story well told and built upon the solid foundation of Blanchett s supremely capable performance 
3
The Missing
Rob Blackwelder
As a good ol damsels in distress Western The Missing is reliable if over earnest matinee fodder Unfortunately the director has his eye on the Oscar 
2.5
The Missing
Matt Brunson
Jones lived in performance is one of the reasons The Missing works fairly well despite a reservoir of petty problems 
2.5
The Missing
Phil Villarreal
Ron Howard s startlingly moving drama about a broken family s desperate search for its kidnapped daughter resurrects much of what we remember in some of the greatest Westerns 
4
The Missing
Jeffrey Westhoff
With The Missing Ron Howard graduates from entertainer to artist 
3.5
The Missing
James Berardinelli
The Missing is arguably Ron Howard s grittiest effort to date as a filmmaker 
3
The Missing
Steven Rea
Easily the best western of 2003 
3
The Missing
John Anderson
Although based on a novel Thomas Eidson s The Last Ride the story feels stretched to the snapping point and is certainly unfocused 
2.5
The Missing
Michael Wilmington
The best and toughest western since Unforgiven 
3.5
The Missing
Jeanne Aufmuth
Could have worked as a psychological thriller but it plays its hand too early and too often 
2
The Missing
Scott Nash
An entertaining throwback to a long neglected genre 
3
The Missing
Keith Uhlich
A racist crocodile tear stained period screed sprung from the aw shucks psyche of everyone s favorite Andy Griffith sidekick little Ronny Howard 
1
The Missing
Steve Rhodes
Just an overly long Western snoozer 
1.5
The Missing
Ross Anthony
The film sounds very few emotionally striking notes 
1
The Missing
Walter Chaw
Not a disappointment since expectations were low 
1.5
Bucin
Roger Moore
Whipped just flails away a lot of energy expended on nothing all that funny or particularly charming 
1.5
Nightingale in a Music Box
Jonathan W. Hickman
Nightingale In A Music Box is a film with a lot on its mind an intricate maze of ideas that are so tightly woven together it overflows with intelligence 
3.5
Nightingale in a Music Box
Joshua Tanzer
There is a little action and suspense involved but the adventure is mostly mental It works because it s smart and because of the performances of the two leads 
3
The Strange Case of Dr. Rx
Matt Brunson
Absolutely bonkers but in the best way 
3
Da 5 Bloods
David Gonzalez
Like a fine wine 44 Spike Lees skill as a director has aged beautifully 46 In one of the best streaks of his career 44 Da 5 Bloods cements Lees place as one of this generations best filmmakers 46 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Brian Eggert
Da 5 Bloods is another jolt of Spike Lee electricity It crackles in every which way The film feels volatile yet its voice has undeniable power 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Mark Meszoros
Da 5 Bloods has its faults but it offers food for thought and we can t really have enough of that right now 
2.5
Da 5 Bloods
Blake Howard
Spike Lee s body of work is a weaponised mirror of Black Lives in America Nobody does it better 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Jocelyn Noveck
By the end you ll be spent dazed perhaps even confused but stunned too at the audacity of it all and the feeling that it is so unequivocally the right movie at the right time 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Jason Fraley
The flashbacks have a dreamlike quality with Boseman backlit in angelic sunlight showing that the King of Wakanda has achieved divinity in the annals of black cinema 
3
Da 5 Bloods
Rene Sanchez
Reopening a painful chapter in American history Lee s new joint is as ambitious as it is timely and thought provoking Full Review in Spanish 
3
Da 5 Bloods
Alan French
Da 5 Bloods is an American masterpiece about the psychological damage of America 44 the bonds that bring us together 44 and a world in disarray 46 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Max Weiss
Sometimes the best way to call attention to an historical injustice is through bold entertainment That s certainly what the great American auteur Spike Lee has in mind with Da 5 Bloods 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Peter Canavese
Winningly layers war veteran and African American and partisan sociopolitical commentary over a familiar action drama plot 
3
Da 5 Bloods
James Berardinelli
Is Lee preaching to the choir Perhaps but those not already in the fold who give the film a chance may discover that the things Lee is saying are hard to disagree with regardless of your race creed or color 
3
Da 5 Bloods
Josh Larsen
registers not only as a piece of confessional history but also as witness testimony 
3
Da 5 Bloods
Mattie Lucas
Not only a powerful elegiac tribute for the black soldiers who served in Vietnam but a haunting and complex examination of the war s dark legacy both for America and for people of Vietnam 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Jeff York
This is a vital and intense film original and affecting making a powerful case that black soldiers lives have never mattered enough to a nation that repeatedly asks them to fight its wars 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Steven Prokopy
The film feels so of the moment that you could almost swear Lee made it yesterday 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Somewhat overcooked with lots of outsized emotions and some sermoning but it s still an immense entertaining film full blooded and pulsing with righteous fury 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Chuck Bowen
Lost in so much bombast is the kind of story about its main characters lives that could ve affirmed Spike Lee s critique of America 
2.5
Da 5 Bloods
Roger Moore
Lee s like an old boxer who remembers his game but telegraphs his punches and bores you to death talking about the punches he s about to throw 
1.5
Da 5 Bloods
Mark Dujsik
Once the central plot takes focus we realize how vital the screenplay s narrative diversions character establishment and political musings have been 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Mike McGranaghan
The rare movie to fully engage on dramatic intellectual and emotional levels A brilliant work from a vital filmmaker 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As it is when it works it lands a powerful punch and when it doesn t the embarrassment soon passes 
2.5
Da 5 Bloods
Johnny Oleksinski
Spike Lee s gutsy new Netflix drama Da 5 Bloods sets you up and knocks you down 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Oliver Jones
Da 5 Bloods sees Spike Lee continuing in his late career tour as Mr Lee everyone s favorite radicalized and truth telling AP U S history teacher 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Mark Feeney
Boseman as Norm gives such a forceful yet controlled performance you can see why his men would believe in him like that It s a shame there s not much else in Da Five Bloods to merit such belief 
2
Da 5 Bloods
Mick LaSalle
Everything about it is off except for Lee s instinct for the social and political moment 
1.5
Da 5 Bloods
Matthew Passantino
Da 5 Bloods is unabashedly old fashioned in a way we don t see anymore Its sprawling length just over two and a half hours and on the ground wartime scenes give the movie an epic feeling straight out of 1970s cinema 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Odie Henderson
Lee has crafted an exciting violent film that can be enjoyed as strictly that but what elevates it to greatness is what it says and what it shows about the perception of Blackness whether in heroic situations or human ones 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Randy Myers
With Lee s trademark blending of archival footage provocative storytelling and references to such topical issues as BlackLivesMatter Da 5 Bloods feels as timely as a minute ago 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Richard Roeper
Da 5 Bloods is one of the best movies of the year 
4
Da 5 Bloods
Barry Hertz
It may not be what you wanted or were promised by the slick and smooth marketing materials But Da 5 Bloods is what you need 
3
Da 5 Bloods
Ann Hornaday
Its moments of stinging insight and soaring cinematic rhetoric once again prove why Spike Lee might be America s most indispensable filmmaker 
3
Da 5 Bloods
Rafer Guzman
Lee has always been a wonderfully unpredictable and maddeningly inconsistent filmmaker Da 5 Bloods has some of his best and worst hallmarks Deep reaching themes and a strong social conscience but also a preachy streak and a lack of focus 
1.5
Da 5 Bloods
Brian Truitt
The first serious best picture contender of 2020 
3.5
Da 5 Bloods
Joey Magidson
Spike Lee is at the height of his powers here once again expertly mixing anger and entertainment 
3.5
Last Journey of Paul W.R.
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie feels like a tour through some exceptional design 44 decent visual effects 44 and a load of ideas in need of much more development 46 
2
Last Journey of Paul W.R.
Peter Canavese
To put it simply 44 The Last Journey has enjoyable trappings but doesn apos t amount to much 46 
2
A Bronx Tale
Emanuel Levy
De Niro s feature directorial debut is not a second tier Scorsese film Though telling a familiar coming of age story it finds a new angle in depicting the irrational and subconscious origins of racism 
3
A Bronx Tale
Roger Ebert
A Bronx Tale is a very funny movie sometimes and very touching at other times It is filled with life and colorful characters and great lines of dialogue and De Niro in his debut as a director finds the right notes 
4
The Moment of Truth
James Kendrick
ends up feeling distracted constantly torn away from developing an interesting protagonist in favor of lingering on the behind the scenes machinations of the business of bullfighting and bullfighting itself
2.5
The Moment of Truth
Peter Canavese
This fable of the disposable performer rising above his class transcends ordinary fiction to be an expressive visual record of the art of bullfighting primal brutal repellent and magnetic in equal measure Blu ray 
3.5
Head On
Peter Canavese
The film s moderate artistic success rests on Lyne s unsettling soft lit style and the resonant leading performances by Douglas Archer and Close who brilliantly does all the work the screenplay doesn t Blu ray 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Nick Rogers
Boasting sword and sandal action more sluggish than a Ye Olde Renaissance Faire The Rock putting someone through a table would be a welcome anachronism The Scorpion King More like Moron the Barbarian 
.5
The Scorpion King
Peter Canavese
A ridiculous though not entirely unpleasant way to while away ninety two minutes 
2
The Scorpion King
Greg Maki
Buy some popcorn check your brain at the door and have fun 
2.5
The Scorpion King
David Nusair
goofy silly and even a little campy but most of all it s just fun 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Tyler Hanley
Fans of The Rock should see this for his abundance of charisma but fans of quality filmmaking should skip it for its lack of anything else 
1.5
The Scorpion King
Frank Ochieng
not a lot of variety here to consider The Scorpion King anything but loose ended jazzy junk Russell has to be accountable for this boisterous dunderheaded and overextended B movie that bluntly slashes its way across screen in plodding fashion
1.5
The Scorpion King
Marty Mapes
DVD extras work best for films with subtext artistry or deep themes not The Scorpion King
2.5
The Scorpion King
Michael Wilmington
Another grandiose hyperactive crock full of lame jokes and gorgeous stupefying images 
2
The Scorpion King
Forrest Hartman
Action fans should delight in the well choreographed fight scenes but since they rarely pause to breathe they become tiresome quickly 
2.5
The Scorpion King
James Kendrick
entertaining enough to get the job done
2.5
The Scorpion King
Michael Szymanski
The Rock is destined to be the 21st Century s new Conan and that he s going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger Jean Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Mark Dujsik
Here it is the first to the best of my knowledge spin off of the sequel of a movie that was a remake in the first place 
2
The Scorpion King
Mike McGranaghan
I smell what The Rock is cooking It s junk food there s no nutritional value whatsoever and it doesn t fill you up but it sure is fun to eat 
3
The Scorpion King
Michael Dequina
Give the film a stray thought and the entire enterprise comes crashing down after all the project is built upon a foundation of absurdities 
1
The Scorpion King
Joe Leydon
What is surprising maybe even stupefying is the sheer bang for buck entertainment value of this brazenly hokey and exuberantly ridiculous pop epic 
3
The Scorpion King
Ian Mantgani
There is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that don t care about being stupid
2
The Scorpion King
Kevin A. Ranson
an unapologetic rip off of Conan and The Beastmaster that will have audiences and critics alike loathe to admit they had fun watching it 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Robert Roten
The bottom line in this kind of movie is how good are the stunts and fights The answer is they are pretty good 
3
The Scorpion King
Dustin Putman
There is a place for mindless popcorn fare to be sure but The Scorpion King proves that some things are even too mindless to enjoy your popcorn with 
1.5
The Scorpion King
Mike Clark
It s for moviegoers who like their pizzas with extra cheese 
2
The Scorpion King
Todd Anthony
Not a movie to contemplate afterwards over a cafe latte but it s fun as far as it goes 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Mark Rahner
It s fast paced filled with entertaining action set pieces from start to finish and is genuinely funny in spots 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Mick LaSalle
Like every other action movie it s designed for a 14 year old boy s mentality but it s enjoyable enough to turn most people into 14 year old boys 
3
The Scorpion King
David Elliott
The story is ancient history as interpreted not by Thucydides or Arnold Toynbee but the World Wrestling Federation 
2
The Scorpion King
Tor Thorsen
A first rate bare chested barbarian adventure delivering impressive swordplay flashy wizardry and scantily clad heroes and heroines 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Gene Seymour
Rock s got the kind of sly charm and non self conscious sincerity that could fit into any action hero archetype imaginable even the old school ones 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Gemma Tarlach
Nothing but an episode of Smackdown in period costume and with a bigger budget 
2
The Scorpion King
Susan Stark
It s not hateful It s simply stupid irrelevant and deeply truly bottomlessly cynical 
1
The Scorpion King
Jeff Vice
An incoherent jumble of a film that s rarely as entertaining as it could have been 
2
The Scorpion King
Steven Rosen
As an actor The Rock is aptly named 
1
The Scorpion King
Bob Strauss
More a load of enjoyable Conan esque claptrap than the punishing special effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures represent 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Dan Fazio
Ditches the computer generated effects of the Mummy movies for a real live action Rock smackdown 
3
The Scorpion King
Wesley Morris
For a movie with such a misplaced sense of history The Scorpion King seems afraid to have more fun with its own stupidity 
2
The Scorpion King
Sean P. Means
Dumb fun which beats dumb and not fun any day 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Phil Villarreal
The Rock is an action star dynamo with the size of a whale and the grace of a dolphin And he struts his mad skills in The Scorpion King 
3
The Scorpion King
Jonathan Foreman
Feels like a joyless piece of exploitation punctuated with embarrassing witless dialogue 
1
The Scorpion King
Liam Lacey
Russell stitches together a series of stunt sequences giving as little time as possible to dialogue and character development 
2
The Scorpion King
Roger Ebert
Tries too hard to be hyper and not hard enough to be clever 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Walter Chaw
Every time Johnson performs a body slam or a suplex the creepy wet sound of a thousand eyeballs rolling fills the theatre 
1
The Scorpion King
Lawrence Toppman
Plot characters drama emotions ideas all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King 
2
The Scorpion King
Glenn Lovell
A fast paced Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves adventure with enough cliffhanger escapes and peek a boo nudity to sate adolescent boys of all ages 
2.5
The Scorpion King
John Monaghan
More entertaining than it has any right to be 
2
The Scorpion King
Chris Hewitt
It s fun because The Rock clearly has a sense of humor 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Rene Rodriguez
It s a fairly pedestrian adventure 
2
The Scorpion King
James Berardinelli
Big men with big muscles aren t what they used to be 
2
The Scorpion King
Tony Toscano
Barely goes beyond comic book status 
2
The Scorpion King
Steve Rhodes
Unlike Battlefield Earth which was so laughably bad that it was almost enjoyable at times The Scorpion King is stupefyingly terrible from beginning to end 
.5
The Scorpion King
Ed Gonzalez
Here s something pointless but kind of fun nonetheless 
2.5
The Scorpion King
Rob Blackwelder
Why wasn t The Mummy Returns this much fun 
3
Dirt Music
Blake Howard
Dirt Music is a film that begs to explore race environmental impacts of working class pursuits and the law s reflex to look the other way to influential power brokers melodramatic romance at the core has the loudest voice 
2
Dirt Music
Christian Toto
The Aussie romance lacks mass appeal but its textures demand your respect 
3
Dirt Music
Odie Henderson
Since nobody in Dirt Music is written as anything but a conduit for its tonal twists and turns there s no weight to what its main characters do for love 
.5
Dirt Music
Mark Dujsik
W e don t have any sense of these two characters as a couple 
1.5
Dirt Music
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
See it for the two leads as well as the lovely cinematic travelogue and ignore the rest 
2
Dirt Music
Katie Walsh
It s an incredibly beautiful film but it s a challenge to emotionally connect to it in the translation to the screen it has lost its interiority and anything profound it might have communicated 
2
The Package
Alan French
The movie is dumb and silly Once you buy in on the general antics there are some high points 
2
The Package
Roger Moore
Funnier than any one penis joke comedy has any right to be 
2.5
The Package
Nick Allen
A pseudo experiment as stupid as it is genuine and damn if this movie isn t totally committed to its premise 
2.5
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
Namrata Joshi
Talaash is two different films rolled into one While the latter is a very affecting and compelling track the former leaves one very dissatisfied 
3
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
Michael Dequina
A moving and quietly powerful study of the ongoing yet not always obvious damage suffered in the long wake of loss 
3.5
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
Roger Moore
This patchwork script had a certain promise to it packed with characters and story threads that don t really lead anywhere But the film has a decidedly Eastern sense of pace It s slower than slow 
1.5
Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend
Mattie Lucas
There may be some nostalgic charm to its Land of the Lost esque tale of exotic adventure but those that didn t grow up with it may find that nostalgia isn t enough to make this lost legend worth uncovering 
2
Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend
Roger Ebert
Baby turns out to be a real no brainer The movie even blows the one moment you d assume couldn t fail the first sighting of a brontosaurus Instead of a moment of quiet awe the movie gives us the gee whiz approach of a Godzilla remake 
1
The Chorus
Russ Breimeier
Les Choristes isn t quite as forced and syrupy as Mr Holland s Opus or Music of the Heart but it s not a classic like To Sir with Love or Goodbye Mr Chips either 
2.5
The Chorus
Duane Dudek
The way that it embraces convention rather than invention makes Mr Holland s Opus look like Pulp Fiction 
2
The Chorus
Jonathan W. Hickman
The Chorus is a fresh permutation on the Dead Poet s Society type theme 
3.5
The Chorus
Phil Villarreal
The premise may seem a little hokey but Barratier s characters are too endearing to be dismissed with cynicism 
3
The Chorus
Jeff Vice
The music is lovely as is the never rushed pacing Add to that Jugnot s very low key lead performance and you ve got a formula to overcome even the film s most problematic moments 
3
The Chorus
Sean P. Means
Two Oscar nominations or not if you ve seen one inspirational teacher melodrama Goodbye Mr Chips Mr Holland s Opus you ve seen this one too 
2.5
The Chorus
Michael Dequina
Everything old feels if not new again at least sweet and charming 
3
The Chorus
Phoebe Flowers
Unabashedly sentimental and poignant but so well executed it s hard even for cynics to resist 
3
The Chorus
Rene Rodriguez
There s very little in The Chorus you haven t seen before but the movie s depth of sentiment especially its profound humanism makes it worth experiencing again 
3.5
The Chorus
Walter Chaw
Lost in the popular conversation regarding how much filmmakers underestimate their audiences is the real troubling truism that respect is earned not granted 
0.5
The Chorus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie dips into cinema past for its inspiration but stays far away from real life 
2.5
The Chorus
James Verniere
The cast is talented enough to keep you interested in the story even though you know precisely where it is headed 
3
The Chorus
Peter Howell
Rises above feelgood status by virtue of its credible acting and outstanding score 
2.5
The Chorus
Moira MacDonald
We smile and maybe even weep on cue but we re still kept at a distance looking in peering through a pretty window 
2
The Chorus
Walter V. Addiego
It says nothing new about its well worn theme of teacher as deliverer 
2
The Chorus
Rick Groen
Jugnot has worked his magic on the audience long before Mathieu performs his miracle with the students 
3
The Chorus
Terry Lawson
Barratier seems to have culled the stereotypes situations and sentiments from dozens of similar movies including the more dramatically satisfying Mr Holland s Opus 
2
The Chorus
Lisa Kennedy
Thanks to a pitch perfect performance by Grard Jugnot as the teacher who brings music to a cacophonous school the familiarity of The Chorus never breeds contempt or boredom Far from it 
3
The Chorus
Roger Ebert
This feels more like a Hollywood wannabe than a French film Where s the quirkiness the nuance the deeper levels 
2.5
The Chorus
Wesley Morris
The crime of The Chorus isn t that it s corny I like corny It s that its corniness seems programmed 
2
The Chorus
Chris Hewitt
There s something about the chorus itself that sucks you into the movie 
2.5
The Chorus
Steven Rea
The choral numbers many with lyrics written by Barratier a classically trained guitarist are lovely 
2.5
The Chorus
Jeff Strickler
We ve heard that tune many times before 
2.5
The Chorus
Michael Wilmington
Corny it may be but The Chorus does connect Like all good popular entertainments the best of it sings 
3
The Chorus
Peter Debruge
It s basically just another watered down version of Dead Poets Society and countless other inspirational teacher films but its emotional impact is undeniable 
2.5
The Chorus
James Berardinelli
Fortunately there are some subjects that touch similar emotions on either side of the Atlantic perhaps indicating that we aren t that different after all 
3
The Chorus
Stephen Whitty
A pleasant enough tune But unlike a great symphony or a truly fine film it doesn t linger too long in the mind 
3
The Chorus
Sara Michelle Fetters
Les Choristes simply shouldn t work The story is beyond banal and the cliches involved go beyond even the most routine these genres almost always offer And yet I was moved sometimes deeply 
3
The Chorus
Pam Grady
In his debut Barratier proves himself a capable director one with a gift for handling those most mercurial and unreliable of actors children 
3
The Chorus
Lou Lumenick
All the characters are flat out stereotypes there isn t a surprising plot twist in sight and even the singing is nothing to write home about 
2
The Chorus
Jami Bernard
Generic and uncomplicated which doesn t mean it doesn t work Tears will well up on cue with the precision of the best orchestra 
2.5
The Chorus
Peter Canavese
A conspicuously charming kids film but adults who slobber over The Chorus are kidding themselves if they think it s sophisticated realistic or original 
2.5
The Chorus
Claudia Puig
An enchantingly beautiful and moving film 
3.5
The Chorus
Steve Rhodes
A subtitled Mr Holland s Opus although you re seen the story a hundred times before the movie does have its modest charms 
2.5
The Chorus
David Sterritt
Extremely goodhearted if not exactly original or exciting 
3
The Chorus
Rob Lowman
An unexceptional if inoffensive movie with some lovely music 
2
The Chorus
Ed Gonzalez
A shrill circus act people love to confuse for foreign correspondence 
1
Sweaty Betty
Kam Williams
A blackface variation of Babe 1995 with street cred 
4
Sweaty Betty
Kyle Smith
The film has a disturbing intimacy and richness that are startling 
2.5
Sweaty Betty
Chuck Bowen
Sweaty Betty is a reminder that poetry comes in all shapes and sizes and that art ultimately dictates its own terms 
3
City Lights
Brian Eggert
City Lights may be Charles Chaplin s most personal motion picture or perhaps the film s heightened measure of emotion just makes it feel that way 
4
City Lights
Mattie Lucas
A magical film as brilliant and majestic as the city lights from which it gleans its title 
4
City Lights
Irene Thirer
City Lights is excruciatingly funny and terribly terribly sad It makes you chuckle hysterically You have the greatest time imaginable and yet occasionally you find little hurty lumps in your throat 
4
City Lights
Matt Brunson
No filmmaker has ever been as successful as Chaplin in tugging at our heartstrings while simultaneously leaving us helpless in laughter and this gem finds him operating at the peak of his abilities even throwing his usual social critique into the mix 
4
City Lights
Michael Phillips
With its themes of selflessness and grace as well as its graceful intertwining of comedy and pathos this is a fine time for a revisit 
4
City Lights
Jay Antani
City Lights is a great gift to all of us by a filmmaker at a latter day peak of his genius
4
City Lights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Incredibly powerful and heartbreaking ending 
4
City Lights
Collin Souter
City Lights when watched today has the feel of an old personal story being passed down another generation The ending is to say the least sublime 
4
City Lights
Roger Ebert
The movie contains some of Chaplin s great comic sequences 
4
City Lights
James Berardinelli
It s an altogether wonderful gem and one of the five best films the silent era has to offer 
4
Paradise Beach
Roger Moore
The third act is a nonsensical collapsing house of cards with corrupt cops blood feuds and mayhem
1.5
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Lawrence Toppman
British director Robert Stone takes a dispassionate look at this circus and his retelling of events makes the situation more complicated than I remembered 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Terry Lawson
A mostly compelling and exceedingly fair minded look back at the case 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Jeff Vice
Guerrilla is so dull that it almost makes you wonder what was all the fuss about the Symbionese Liberation Army 
2
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Sean P. Means
Sometimes a documentary is only as good as the interviews the filmmaker gets and those who could provide insight to Hearst s ordeal are either dead or not talking 
2
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Chris Hewitt
Unlike the recent Weather Underground which dealt with another group of 60s radicals and showed us where they are today Guerrilla is content with the surface of this story 
2
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Moira MacDonald
A meticulous and often fascinating reconstruction of a chaotic time 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Paul Sherman
A fascinating reminder of the level of political discontent in America during the early 1970s 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Wesley Morris
As an indicting work of journalism it s very entertaining 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Allison Benedikt
A compelling piece of press criticism as it probes the media as terror s conduit of choice spreading message and validating violence in the 1970s and today 
3.5
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Timothy Knight
A flawed yet still worthwhile record of a turbulent and divisive period in recent American history 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Lou Lumenick
Uses rare news footage and exclusive interviews to illuminate one of the biggest stories of the 1970s 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Jami Bernard
Gives a fascinating and alarming taste of how a 1974 kidnapping that now seems quaint has morphed into the monstrous terrorist tactic it is today 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
David Sterritt
A must see account that casts a harshly illuminating light on a key period of recent American history 
4
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Glenn Whipp
Stone lets it all play for the theater of the absurd that it is the last dying gasp of 60s activism taken to ridiculous misguided extremes 
3.5
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Bruce Newman
One of the things the film captures most astutely is the beginnings of the American media frenzy that has become a staple of the news cycle 
3
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Eric Henderson
Guerilla is a fascinating and cleanly delineated compendium of outrageous footage 
2.5
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Steve Rhodes
A fascinating trip down memory lane 
3
Highway to Hell
David Nusair
where else are you going to see Gilbert Gottfried playing Hitler 
3
Inhumanwich!
Mike McGranaghan
An impressively spot on spoof 
3
Minutemen
David Nusair
A slight cut above its Disney Channel brethren 
2
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Peter Canavese
A very solid concert film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island Great Kino Lorber Studio Classics Special Edition blu ray 
3
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Tom Meek
The film s more than nostalgic it feels like you wandered into Eden 
3.5
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Superb essential 
4
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Robert Horton
It s impossible to find a bad or uninteresting person on screen here maybe people just looked cooler then 
3.5
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Roger Moore
It s not just the music which became a best selling jazz concert soundtrack LP It s the look the feel the optimism of this moment in time 
4
Garbo: The Spy
Roger Ebert
An engrossing documentary that is itself largely a work of the director s imagination 
3
Garbo: The Spy
Kent Turner
Garbo The Spy delivers the goods spinning one of the best real life spy yarns of the war If it graces PBS or the History Channel and it should those networks will suddenly become hip 
3
Garbo: The Spy
Kyle Smith
Fascinating though it is the movie is thin on historical materials 
2.5
Garbo: The Spy
Glenn Heath Jr.
Using a whirlwind of archival footage maps and split screens Edmon Roch conveys Garcia s reign as Europe s premiere spy in a constantly fluid fashion 
2.5
Garbo: The Spy
G. Allen Johnson
How does one make a documentary about a cipher In Garbo the Spy Roch solves that problem and magnificently so 
3
What Love Is
Ted Fry
It could be that What Love Is is what lovers of either gender can like thanks to equal parts misogynistic machismo and locker room girl talk all of it tied together with just a little bit of cozy romantic reality 
2.5
What Love Is
Peter Hartlaub
Gooding is solid in the leading man role He has some of the best lines and he s pretty much the only character you could stand to hang out with in real life 
1
What Love Is
Paige Wiser
What Love Is overflows with mind numbing patter bizarrely delivered with the arch formality of David Mamet with the net effect of being yelled at for no reason 
2.5
When Ruoma Was Seventeen
Steve Rhodes
A simple sweet and relatively uneventful film its pleasures lie in the scenes of everyday life in China
2.5
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Roger Moore
Epic 
3
Guelwaar
Roger Ebert
The film is astonishingly beautiful 
4
The New Kids
David Nusair
a slow moving drama that ultimately boasts few attributes worth investing in and getting excited by 
1
Inside Game
Roger Moore
Just sordid enough to make you feel a little dirty for having watched it
2
Inside Game
Rob Thomas
It s serviceable but generic going through the motions of a typical crime movie without coming up with much that s distinctive And the one genuinely novel aspect of the story a dirty NBA referee is squandered 
2
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Lisa Trifone
The film by Julie Cohen and Betsy West is an enlightening and engaging affair from start to finish 
3.5
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Jeff Mitchell
Learning about Pauli Murray is like discovering that Neil Armstrong wasn t the first person to walk on the Moon 
3
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Sean P. Means
A dynamic history lesson and an introduction to a hero for civil rights for whom recognition is long overdue 
3
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Joe Friar
Julie Cohen and Betsy West shed light on the social justice warrior who was out fighting the good fight fifteen years before Rosa Parks took up the cause Mind boggling and fascinating if not overwhelming 
3
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Rob Thomas
Murray s intellect and passion for justice changed the country for the better and the documentary helps ensure their name won t be forgotten 
3
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers know that there s little that s more rewarding in a documentary than the ability to meet and learn from a uniquely great person 
3
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Ann Hornaday
My Name is Pauli Murray delivers a lively revelatory litany of all the things Murray got right first in a career that was driven by equal parts intellectual curiosity and call to service 
3.5
My Name Is Pauli Murray
David Lewis
In this Oscar worthy documentary Murray shares her hope that she would live to see her lost causes found and today we see the fruits of her efforts all around us Perhaps it s time to update our history books 
4
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Randy Myers
Murray s lesser known but highly influential legacy emerges in this film which also delves into Murray s bouts of depression and issues with her gender identity It s a story that needs to be heard 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Brian Eggert
What remains most pleasurable about Murder on the Orient Express is the stylish and classical quality of the storytelling it s an old fashioned sort of murder mystery in more than the obvious ways 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Sarah Knight Adamson
When the big reveal finally happens it is played out in grandiose bravura that most of us crave in a big production such as this 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
David Nusair
Filmmaker Branagh delivers a slick and mostly entertaining adaptation that benefits substantially from the efforts of an all star cast 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Matt Brunson
The changes that Branagh and Green make to the novel and the remarkably faithful 1974 version are baffling leading to a film that feels as if it s just skimming the surface of a compelling murder mystery 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and lavish mystery with a refreshingly old fashioned flair that doesn t feel like an ironic throwback or shameless nostalgia pandering 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Federico Furzan
Dull take on the classic story that feels boring and neverending The great cast saves the day Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
David N. Butterworth
Branagh s family friendly film is big and bold and egocentric much like its hirsute protagonist 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Everyone is a suspect as the tagline reads Too bad no one cares 
1
Murder on the Orient Express
Linda Cook
Murder puts a new spin on an old favorite 
4
Murder on the Orient Express
Wesley Lovell
The necessity of such a re adaptation is directly proportional to the comparative talent involved In this case it s a significant step down from the first 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
John Serba
Branagh embraces a corny old fashioned tone that should make it stand out at the modern cineplex but he s disappointingly inconsistent in rendering the movie lively 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Murder on the Orient Express doesn t come together well enough to recommend viewing Full review in Spanish 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Rex Reed
While Branagh s revised version retains the basic elements the mistakes he makes are numerous 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Norman Gidney
This is classic Agatha Christie and you would do well to let go and give in to the endless parade of suspects motives plot twists and revelations 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Stephen Whitty
The picture simply goes on too long and is far too in love with Branagh s performance 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Barry Paris
Recurring overhead shots of the crime scene are both funny and utilitarian given the tight confines of a train compartment almost as claustrophobic as the Marx Brothers stateroom scene in Night at the Opera 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Josh Terry
The result is a film that isn t necessarily bad but one that remains difficult to recommend It s too easy to say The book is always better but in this case audiences have a book and another Murder on the Orient Express movie to make that case 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Sara Michelle Fetters
the director still does Christie proud his version of Murder on the Orient Express a gorgeously widescreen old school mystery I d happily watch again right this second 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Jeff Simon
As all the biographies of possible killers pile up and motives along with them things do slow down before you get to Christie s ending which still has its impact 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Michael Smith
Murder on the Orient Express is less whodunit than whydunit 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The bright fluid elegant Murder on the Orient Express seems refreshingly smart and old fashioned like an export from the old studio days of Hollywood 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Susan Wloszczyna
There is too little levity and cleverness afoot especially with a cast whose talent is barely tapped 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Clayton Davis
With a fine cast mostly wasted the story is choked out and suffocated by its false attempts to bring mystery and suspense to a story that was already born with it Agatha Christie deserves better 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Phil Villarreal
It s exactly as good as you figured it would be taking few risks and coasting along its expected fast track to formidable drama 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Kate Taylor
Branagh fusses about with unusual camera angles improbable outdoor settings and lame action sequences anything to avoid getting on with the obvious lining up a surfeit of suspects in the dining car and twisting the truth out of them 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
James Berardinelli
Although the film will work considerably better for newcomers to the story there s enough here to appeal to veterans 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Peter Howell
Kenneth Branagh s remake of Murder on the Orient Express is billed as a motion picture But it might better be thought of as a two hour moving selfie of the director who is also the lead star 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Mark Dujsik
Branagh has set his sights on a making a sophisticated old fashioned spectacle of design formal simplicity and narrative clarity 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Johnny Oleksinski
Murder on the Orient Express has been 8202 8202 murdered 
1
Murder on the Orient Express
Bob Bloom
Murder on the Orient Express is 114 minutes the 1974 version was 127 minutes This remake feels longer because it seems to bog down at places interrupting the flow as Branagh turns the camera on himself ruminating about his past and his lost love 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Maren Longbella
Too Much Talking 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Rafer Guzman
If the mix of tones never quite jells the movie is mostly entertaining with a couple of sparkling moments from the ensemble cast 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Calvin Wilson
Although Branagh delivers a film that s reasonably watchable the not so mysterious truth is that Murder on the Orient Express didn t need to be remade 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Robert Horton
As director Branagh mostly stays out of Agatha Christie s way and lets the material do its surefire thing except for a couple of ill advised sequences of people running and jumping 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Gary Thompson
Murder on the Orient Express is a buffet occasionally tasty supplied by actors offering unlimited servings of ham 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Michael Phillips
Midway through a middling film adaptation like this one you realize it s the same old clue delivery mechanism in a darker mood but also a less lively one 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Mick LaSalle
This Branagh version makes an honest case for itself with a flashy opening and an improved ending 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Gary Thompson
Branagh the actor finds a nice balance between Poirot s colorful flourishes and his moral seriousness Branagh the director gives the movie the same balance and wants the audience to have as much fun as the actors which is true more often than not 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Brian Truitt
With all its overly dramatic head turns and frowny faces the new Murder largely wastes its extremely impressive cast 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Lindsey Bahr
As odd as it might sound it is somewhat refreshing to sit in a theater and watch a grand scale production that s not set in space or predetermined by the pages in a comic book 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Stephanie Merry
Murder may lack urgency but it does have style The sets the costumes and the vistas are stunning 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Moira MacDonald
A cheerily uneven but enjoyable adaptation of Agatha Christie s blockbuster novel 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Kam Williams
An Agatha Christie classic whodunit solved the old fashioned way by the extraordinary deductive reasoning of the legendary Hercule Poirot 
3.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Richard Roeper
My dear It could have been done in a dozen or more so much simpler ways 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Dann Gire
As an actor Branagh plies his sleuth with welcome humor and curmudgeonly charm As a director he moves the action well 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Mara Reinstein
In a lavish star studded murder mystery the big takeaway shouldn t be Kenneth Branagh s facial hair 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Peter Travers
Branagh is upstaged by his moustache as master detective Hercule Poirot His retro mystery offers a deluxe journey to the past but this pokey train goes off the rails about the time all the characters except for Poirot cease to matter 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Roger Moore
Sumptuous old fashioned fun the perfect movie to take mom to this holiday season 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Katie Walsh
The beginning is a rollicking ride that will likely leave audiences craving more Christie and here s hoping we do see Branagh return as Poirot his rendition is too fun to be cut short 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Henry Stewart
The film s biggest liberty is to make Hercule Poirot s ultimate decision more palatable for American sensibilities 
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Wade Major
While Kenneth Branagh s latest incarnation can t rival Sidney Lumet s original 1974 version for its all star credentials it is by far the more enjoyable and cinematic interpretation 
4
Dunkirk
Brian Eggert
Nolan has crafted an impressive tribute to the survivors and the grand scale efforts of the British people resulting in the essential film about Dunkirk yet made 
3.5
Dunkirk
David Gonzalez
At 106 minutes 44 Dunkirk is one of the shortest films of Nolans career but on par with The Dark Knight as his best 46 
4
Dunkirk
Matt Brunson
Nolan s strength here is his ability to place audiences right into the thick of the various struggles taking place by air land and sea 
3.5
Dunkirk
Jason Fraley
Christopher Nolan recreates the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk by fracturing the narrative across three overlapping timelines an hour in the air with Tom Hardy a day at sea with Mark Rylance and a week on shore with Kenneth Branagh 
3.5
Dunkirk
Federico Furzan
A perfect machine of a movie Nolan adapts all feelings associated with war into a technical masterpiece Full review in Spanish 
4
Dunkirk
Joey Magidson
This is a near perfect movie Nolan has a master s grasp on the material showcasing it from start to finish 
4
Dunkirk
Kevin A. Ranson
a fact based disaster movie that even if it didn t happen exactly this way you can t help but feel for whomever endured it 
4
Dunkirk
Wesley Lovell
Unlike much of Christopher Nolan s oeuvre Dunkirk is a fine successor to war films like Saving Private Ryan yet it tries hard in places not to bore its audience 
3.5
Dunkirk
David Keyes
At a deeper level it is a testament to the audacious power of pure elemental filmmaking 
3.5
Dunkirk
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Movies need a script first and foremost and this one never quite comes together though there is nevertheless a lot to admire in the attempt 
2.5
Dunkirk
John Beifuss
A tribute to wartime resolve and directorial hubris it s awe inspiring in its logistics scale and achievement 
3.5
Dunkirk
John Hanlon
Christopher Nolan s direction and Han Zimmer s music combine to make this war film an unforgettable cinematic experience 
4.0
Dunkirk
George M. Thomas
Dunkirk sticks with you long after leaving the theater 
4
Dunkirk
James Kendrick
draws us deep into something from which we emerge with an initial sense of thrill but are ultimately left with a lingering sense of what might have been
2.5
Dunkirk
Rafer Guzman
Few films have stripped war down to its terrifying thrilling essence as Christopher Nolan s Dunkirk and few films have turned war into such an overwhelming almost physical experience 
3.5
Dunkirk
Linda Cook
Dunkirk shows the grit and realism of war in a finely wrought film 
4
Dunkirk
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
With Dunkirk Nolan continues to demonstrate his maturity as a filmmaker as someone obsessed with realism practical special effects tension the spectacularity of sound and yes time Full review in Spanish 
4
Dunkirk
John Serba
Some historians have called the Battle of Dunkirk the most significant moment of the 20th century Nolan assures Dunkirk is one of the great films of the 21st 
4
Dunkirk
Walter Chaw
The bits of Christopher Nolan s Dunkirk that are good are so good The bits of it that are bad are just awful 
1.5
Dunkirk
Kenneth R. Morefield
Dunkirk is a war movie that plays particularly well for people who don t typically like war movies 
3.5
Dunkirk
Kate Taylor
Technically awe inspiring narratively inventive and thematically complex Dunkirk reinvigorates its genre with a war movie that is both harrowing and smart 
4
Dunkirk
Matthew Rozsa
Despite all the substandard characterization what we do see sucks us in enough to keep us invested and at times riveted 
3.5
Dunkirk
Gary Rotstein
Mr Nolan can be forgiven or even praised for refusing to pander to sentiment He s given filmgoers far more to see and hear and Dunkirk will be heard from at Oscar time 
3.5
Dunkirk
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a magnificent achievement accomplished with staggering buoyancy and grace the victory of survival its own form of heroism worthy of celebration 
4
Dunkirk
Anita Katz
All the actors succeed but special mention goes to Whitehead s Tommy whose mixture of fear and determination in the opening scene sets the movie s tone and Rylance whose civilian skipper suggests quiet dignity like no other 
3.5
Dunkirk
Mike McGranaghan
Christopher Nolan steps in a new direction this time delivering a picture that engages the intellect and the senses if not exactly the heart 
3.5
Dunkirk
Josh Terry
Its flaws may keep it from reaching the highest levels of Nolan s directorial catalog but as a portrait of a pivotal moment in world history Dunkirk is the kind of gripping and powerful experience that Imax screens were made for 
3.5
Dunkirk
Sonny Bunch
Exhilaratingly claustrophobic Christopher Nolan s latest is the best film of the year thus far 
4
Dunkirk
Phil Villarreal
A World War II movie your dad will fall asleep watching on the couch 
2.5
Dunkirk
Rob Thomas
The brilliant unconventional structure adds to the immersive nature of Dunkirk reinforcing the sense that the war is everywhere that characters who haven t even met make decisions with life or death consequences for each other 
4
Dunkirk
Christian Toto
Nolan s WWII epic is unlike anything you ve seen on screen before So why are we so disengaged 
2.5
Dunkirk
David Nusair
Extremely ambitious yet rarely effective 
2
Dunkirk
Allyson Johnson
With an interwoven script that intersects when you least expect it the film is a mighty example of storytelling and the power of atmosphere 
4
Dunkirk
Rick Bentley
Although Dunkirk looks at one of the most amazing military civil operations of World War II or maybe of any military conflict in history it s not a war movie It s Christopher Nolan s view of a war movie 
2.5
Dunkirk
Michael Smith
The miracle of Dunkirk is that it s different from other war movies in the best ways and it s exceptional in every technical sense making it one of the most emotionally powerful films of 2017 
3.5
Dunkirk
Sean P. Means
As both a fresh approach to historical action and a thunderous throwback to old fashioned war movies Christopher Nolan s Dunkirk is a triumphant feat of white knuckle storytelling 
3.5
Dunkirk
Burl Burlingame
The pleasure in the storytelling arc is how elements move swiftly together Nolan s biggest trick is the film starts out being epic and moves effortlessly to the intimate 
4
Dunkirk
Jeff Simon
So many of us wanted Dunkirk to be truly great It s too virtuous and not vulgar enough to be great It s a brilliant film that embraces grandeur but has a tasteful horror of rhetoric 
3.5
Dunkirk
Sara Stewart
The tension starts from minute one and doesn t let up until the credits roll in Dunkirk Christopher Nolan s terse nerve jangling WWII drama 
3
Dunkirk
Rex Reed
It s a gripping addition to the canon of war on film that is definitely worthy of attention and some of the images are electrifying 
3
Dunkirk
Michael O'Sullivan
Dunkirk bolts out the gate not like a thoroughbred racehorse but like a pack of them never stopping until thunderingly and with a feeling that encompasses both victory and defeat it crosses the finish line 
4
Dunkirk
Mark Dujsik
Christopher Nolan s Dunkirk is not so much a war story as it is an attempt to communicate the experience of war 
3.5
Dunkirk
Chris Hewitt
See it on the biggest screen you can find 
3.5
Dunkirk
Jeff Strickler
A cinematic triumph that will awe some viewers and alienate others for the same basic reasons 
3.5
Dunkirk
Calvin Wilson
Seldom has a film so eloquently captured the craziness brutality and arbitrariness of war Dunkirk just might be Nolan s masterpiece 
4
Dunkirk
Ty Burr
A streak of honest sentiment earned under the most hellish of circumstances courses through this movie and provides it with spine and a soul 
3.5
Dunkirk
Kam Williams
An inspirational tribute to Britain s Greatest Generation that just might be Chris Nolan s best picture yet 
4
Dunkirk
Max Weiss
In a time when prestige TV is hogging lots of attention and deservedly so Christopher Nolan s stunning WWII saga makes a pretty strong case for the continued sustenance of film 
4
Dunkirk
Clint O'Connor
It s beautifully shot with a panoramic depth and breadth of landscapes It is also unrelenting 
4
Dunkirk
Stephen Rebello
Watching Dunkirk the word masterpiece comes to mind often and effortlessly 
4
Dunkirk
Jon Niccum
The finest war movies examine the personal struggles within the larger framework of a battle the eye level conflict That s the strategy of Dunkirk an ambitious evocative but at times too aloof World War II epic 
3
Dunkirk
Robert Levin
Dunkirk captures this struggle for survival with visceral intensity It offers an immersion into this harrowing moment that is vast in its ambition and comprehensive in the degree to which it fulfills it 
4
Dunkirk
Bob Bloom
Wisely Nolan s movie is not about the big picture At about 106 minutes it s a fast paced rousing story of soldiers and civilians confronting overwhelming odds their moral compasses fear and the specter of death 
4
Dunkirk
Peter Howell
This blockbuster spectacle is an intense experience of pure cinema that far exceeds the standard miracle at Dunkirk narrative 
4
Dunkirk
Mitchell Millar
The star of the show is cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema whose serene photography provides a necessary counterbalance to the breathless editing 
4
Dunkirk
Dann Gire
An immersive bombastic historical epic more interested in how things happen than the people who things actually happen to 
3.5
Dunkirk
Katie Walsh
An instant war classic that finds its power in individual tales of heroism and renders them larger than life 
4
Dunkirk
Robert Horton
It s possible you re more impressed with the filmmaker s bravado than with anything the characters are doing onscreen 
3
Dunkirk
Peter Canavese
Rigorously staged and artfully photographed Christopher Nolan applies his trademark ingenuity and clockwork precision to an otherwise straightforward story 
3.5
Dunkirk
Dustin Putman
Dunkirk is one of the great war pictures of our time It s haunting it s rapturous and it s unforgettable 
3.5
Dunkirk
Mick LaSalle
It s one of the best war films ever made distinct in its look in its approach and in the effect it has on viewers 
4
Dunkirk
Josh Larsen
encourages us to hail heroes whenever we have the slightest excuse and give considerable pause before calling anyone a coward 
4
Dunkirk
James Berardinelli
This accomplished exceptional piece of cinema delivers summer scale spectacle albeit without the escapism audiences often crave from blockbuster releases at this time of the year 
3.5
Dunkirk
Jake Cole
The film s fussy ambition ultimately results in aesthetic and thematic sloppiness 
1.5
Dunkirk
Moira MacDonald
You disappear inside of it and it changes you as all great movies do 
4
Dunkirk
Gary Thompson
Human nature is on full display for better for worse or both The man who commits a selfish act in order to survive and the man who acts gallantly to save others may in fact be the same man 
3.5
Dunkirk
Peter Travers
The Oscar race for Best Picture is officially on From first frame to last Christopher Nolan s Dunkirk is a monumental achievement a World War II epic of staggering visual spectacle see it in IMAX if you can that hits you like a shot in the heart 
4
Dunkirk
Matt Zoller Seitz
It deserves to be seen and argued about They don t make them like this anymore Never did really 
3.5
Dunkirk
Richard Roeper
Nolan has crafted a tight gripping deeply involving and unforgettable film that ranks about the best war movies of the decade 
4
Dunkirk
Michael Phillips
Dunkirk may be Nolan s first historically based fiction but it s his latest in a long line of survival puzzles designed to thrill and to provoke the response moviemakers of all kinds have been after for more than a century whew Followed by wow 
3
Dunkirk
Clayton Davis
Anchored with a winning ensemble this unflinching look into war may have just redefined the genre An Oscar player has emerged 
3.5
Dunkirk
Brian Truitt
Nolan s feat is undeniable He s made an immersive war movie that celebrates the good of mankind while also making it clear that no victory is without sacrifice 
3.5
Dunkirk
Roger Moore
Great directors make Great Pictures 
4
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Roger Moore
A gloss an adoring seriously upbeat portrait of the New York rap icon
2.5
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Brian Tallerico
Too many rhymes that we ve heard before 
2
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Chris Vognar
He never had the chance to become a grown up let alone a middle aged man It s this giant kid who takes center stage in I Got a Story to Tell Long live his rhymes 
2.5
A Change of Seasons
Larry Vitacco
Clever sometimes biting dialogue permeates the script with enough thoughtful pauses to let it all sink in 
3
Mardaani
Michael Dequina
With the film s main USP being cinema sweetheart Mukerji kicking some major a to not have the film climax with anything other than some old fashioned hand to hand brawling would be a letdown 
3
Once Upon a River
Tom Meek
The tale ultimately morphs into one of human bonding and self discovery 
2.5
Once Upon a River
Sara Michelle Fetters
Once Upon a River is a quiet gorgeously shot meditative sojourn into the unknown 
3
Once Upon a River
Anita Katz
Newcomer DelaCerna delivers a solid likeable lead performance and Rose sets a tone just mythic enough to prevent practical concerns about teenage Margo s personal situation from overshadowing the narrative 
3
Once Upon a River
Roxana Hadadi
Laden with demoralizing tragedies Haroula Rose s film is only fleetingly affecting preferring to put its characters through the wringer rather than provide them with much interiority or consistency 
2
Once Upon a River
Roger Moore
A drab downbeat indie period piece built on impulsive stupid decisions and irrational and emotionally unmotivated reactions to their consequences 
2
New Rose Hotel
Michael Dequina
One wonders what this cast could have done had they been given some real material to work with 
1
New Rose Hotel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie works thanks to Walken s and DaFoe s hardcore performances 
3
29th Street
David Nusair
peppered with sequences that are either overlong or entirely superfluous 
2
29th Street
Roger Ebert
29th Street is a movie of considerable energy and good humor with the expansive Aiello the uninhibited Kazan and the screwy LaPaglia having a lot of fun with the material 
3
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Anderson Jones
Crystal and director Paul Weiland shoot themselves in the foot by borrowing shamelessly from almost every other western ever conceived including the first Slickers 
2
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Roger Ebert
Like too many sequels it has forgotten what the first film was really about Slickers II is about the MacGuffin instead of the characters 
2
The Van
Roger Ebert
The movie builds its comic scenes by close observation 
3
The Van
David N. Butterworth
Guinness football and chips What s not to like 
3
The Pineville Heist
David Nusair
D P David Le May infuses the proceedings with an impressively cinematic feel that often compensates for the otherwise lifeless narrative 
1
The Tortured
Kyle Smith
Its clichs grow slightly funny But not funny enough to make the endless torture scenes bearable 
0
The Tortured
Rex Reed
It s a revolting horror film that wastes the talents and good looks of Erika Christensen and Jesse Metcalfe in favor of severed penises and other violent atrocities performed on a kitchen table 
1
The Tortured
Ed Gonzalez
Robert Lieberman s Perverted Justice advert spins its wheels with scene after scene impatiently cut like a montage sequence 
1
The Tortured
David Nusair
A serviceable genre entry that is admittedly destined to leave non horror fans absolutely cold 
2.5
The Tortured
David Nusair
a passable horror effort that remains a marginal cut above its direct to video brethren 
2.5
The Battle of Culloden
Jeremiah Kipp
Watkins continually questions why wars are fought and what the soldiers believe and what the authorities say and whether these things add up 
3.5
Red
Christian Toto
The hero in Red doesn t want revenge He wants an apology This isn t your ordinary vigilante film 
3
Red
David Nusair
a deliberately paced and downright thoughtful piece of work 
3
Red
Bob Strauss
A movie that s completely out of its tree 
2.5
Red
Linda Stasi
What makes this movie worth seeing is the acting which is superb throughout 
3
Red
Nick Schager
The film s climax ultimately seems less an example of its protagonist s irrational fury than of cockeyed storytelling 
2.5
The Asian Connection
Simon Abrams
If you watch this film knowing that it is Steven Seagal wearing a du rag and glowering impassively at attractive young women bad you will get what you pay for That s both an endorsement and a warning 
0
Napoleon
Roger Ebert
Napoleon is the last great silent epic We will not see its like again 
4
Napoleon
Mick LaSalle
The experience it provides at times akin to taking a drug is unlike anything I ve ever experienced in a movie theater 
4
Brewster McCloud
Matt Brunson
The off kilter humor on display during the first half is terrific but the film can t maintain its momentum and meanders during the second hour 
3
Brewster McCloud
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone who cherishes Robert Altman s work definitely needs to see this defiantly kooky comedy 
3
Brewster McCloud
Roger Ebert
We get the sense of a live intelligence rushing things ahead on the screen not worrying whether we ll understand 
3.5
My Mexican Bretzel
Roger Moore
Once you get the gimmick there s a little struggle with what comes after the Yeah and conundrum 
2
My Mexican Bretzel
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Whit M of Mentira Full review in Spanish 
3
The Big Country
Brian Eggert
The Big Country suggests that when faced with a resolute enemy you can either keep fighting until one or both of you is dead or you can recognize that violence solves nothing and stop yourself before it s too late 
4
The Big Country
Matt Brunson
An excellent Western Jerome Morris score is one of the all time greats standing in the company of Elmer Bernstein s The Magnificent Seven theme and Ennio Morricone s Spaghetti Western contributions as the genre s best 
3.5
The Big Country
Mattie Lucas
Wyler showcases our own big country by demonstrating just how very small we are in comparison the violent struggles of a few mere blips on the face of the sprawling landscape 
3.5
Drive
Brian Eggert
A patient 44 Jean Pierre Melville esque character study with flourishes of action 46 But it apos s more about atmosphere than adrenaline 46 
4
Drive
Tom Meek
Nicolas Winding Refn demonstrates an incredible understanding for the neon infused loneliness of L A and its crime world underpinnings 
3.5
Drive
Mattie Lucas
A brutal finely tuned thrill machine that is also a deeply impressive work of art 
4
Drive
Kelly Jane Torrance
Drive proves you can make a gripping piece of art almost solely through the use of atmosphere Gosling understands this and carries the film and its all important tone with few words but much intensity 
4
Drive
Eric Melin
It s a slow burn romantic fairy tale that suddenly turns dark and very violent but director Nicholas Winding Refn is a master at developing suspense and menace and every frame of this movie is dripping with both 
3.5
Drive
Sara Michelle Fetters
Nicolas Winding Refn s Drive is an ambient mood piece that his you like a shot of nitroglycerine enhanced adrenaline yet goes down as smoothly as an expensive slug of single malt 
4
Drive
Michael Dequina
Delivers the thrilling action goods with craft and distinctive style 
3.5
Drive
Jason Buchanan
Young directors would do well to take a cue or two from Refn when it comes to telling an engrossing story because when a filmmaker with real vision is at the wheel even the familiar can feel fresh new and exciting 
3.5
Drive
Linda Cook
Action and smarts don t necessarily go hand in hand But director Nicolas Winding Refn Bronson deftly blends them in Drive a phenomenally entertaining movie that employs a haunting soundtrack clever direction and entertaining characters 
4
Drive
David Nusair
the film s irresistibly stylish atmosphere compensates for its general lack of context and substance 
3
Drive
Glenn Lovell
High octane excitement for the art house set Think Two Lane Blacktop meets Kubrick s The Killing meets Bresson Gosling s King of Cool may be the new McQueen 
3.5
Drive
Brett McCracken
An artful impressively made film and one sure to excite cinephiles everyday adrenaline junkies and fans of stylized car chases set to an indie synthpop soundtrack 
3
Drive
Mike Scott
An unusually upscale and surprisingly satisfying action film 
3
Drive
James Kendrick
Weighted with steely silences and sudden explosions of graphic violence Drive confronts and dismantles our expectations with a hardened confidence that is all too rare in contemporary Hollywood filmmaking
4
Drive
Kam Williams
Provided you have a strong stomach for gore don t miss this novel cinematic treat offering both an adrenaline fix and a compelling love story 
4
Drive
Walter Chaw
My hands are a little dirty too 
4
Drive
Matt Brunson
The entire supporting roster is strong although Albert Brooks deserves his own standing ovation The nebbish from Broadcast News and Lost in America has been reconfigured as a slow burning sadist and it s a sight to chill the spine 
3
Drive
Mike McGranaghan
A daring work More than once I got little chills running up my spine from the audaciousness with which director Nicolas Winding Refn tells the tale 
4
Drive
John Beifuss
With style and rubber to burn this is a candidate for best movie of the year even when it becomes too pleased with its own remorseless coolness with the action painting blossoms of blood and the acousticophiliac squish of heel to face 
4
Drive
Lisa Kennedy
In reworking genres without quoting shamelessly Refn proves himself his own man and a guy quite capable of taking us places we didn t even know we wanted to go 
3.5
Drive
Rick Groen
This is no antic frantic affair instead it s a cerebral game of stop and go hide and seek as the director behind the camera handles things exactly like the guy behind the wheel with a stylish mixture of cold calculation and cool aplomb 
3
Drive
Bob Bloom
At times it is thrilling while at other moments it is maddening One thing though Drive is never dull 
2.5
Drive
Alison Gang
An enthralling piece of filmmaking in the same class as Martin Scorsese s Taxi Driver and Oscar worthy acting that firmly places Gosling in the role of top tier star 
4
Drive
Peter Canavese
A stylish genre exercise one might just as well say the L A story unfolds at the corner of Michael Mann and David Lynch 
3.5
Drive
Erik Childress
Drive is quite simply the best film that Michael Mann never made in the period where Thief Manhunter and the scores of Giorgio Moroder and Tangerine Dream secreted off the screen and into our veins 
4
Drive
Barbara Vancheri
Although the violence grows brutal and bloody the pleasure comes in the look at unpredictable life on the far fringe of Hollywood 
3.5
Drive
Matt Soergel
There were moments in Drive that wrapped me up more fully than any movie I ve seen in perhaps two or three years 
3.5
Drive
Stephen Whitty
For stone cold retro action fans who are tired of all these over edited underachieving thrillers well here s one car chase movie that isn t running on empty 
3
Drive
Willie Waffle
Feels like some 1980 s movie you d find on cable TV after midnight but director Nicholas Winding Refn knows how to class it up 
3.5
Drive
Peter Howell
Anyone watching Drive won t be able to take their eyes off Gosling Playing a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals he rocks like a young Steve McQueen or Robert De Niro 
3.5
Drive
Chris Hewitt
Refn seems to be in control of every detail starting with the niftily retro hot pink opening credits 
3.5
Drive
Ann Hornaday
Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn neatly manage the hat trick of paying homage to those wheelmen of yore while reinvigorating the genre with style smarts and flashes of wit 
4
Drive
Lou Lumenick
It s fun but the script credited to Hossein Amini The Wings of the Dove is short on characterization and long on plot twists and wisecracks 
3
Drive
Mark Dujsik
These are not merely pulsing pulpy action sequences they are also illustrative extensions of a vibrant character study 
3.5
Drive
Dustin Putman
In a year of near perpetual ennui at the multiplex Drive at long last is a real true passionate motion picture to replenish a doubting cinema lover s soul 
4
Drive
Claudia Puig
The look is artfully stylized influenced by classic film noir the mood is dark the performances nuanced and the story unnervingly exciting 
3.5
Drive
Peter Hartlaub
Mainstream audiences will probably be confounded by Drive while lovers of gritty filmmaking will defend every exaggerated shotgun wound as art Know which camp you re in before you enter the theater 
3
Drive
Shannon Hood
It s apparent from the opening credits that Drive is all about the unexpected 
3
Drive
Moira MacDonald
Drive is a fine and stylish if ultraviolent ride filled with unexpectedly askew camera angles nighttime lighting worthy of Raymond Chandler and nuanced performances 
3
Drive
Carrie Rickey
A shamelessly entertaining genre movie from director Nicolas Winding Refn that plays like an exalted episode of Miami Vice or a stealth version of Shane 
3
Drive
Wesley Morris
Sometimes a movie knows you re watching it It knows how to hold and keep you how when it s over to make you want it all over again 
3.5
Drive
Graham Killeen
As taut a film as you re likely to see in theaters this year And it easily leaves other street racing movies of its kind in the dust even classics like Vantage Point and Two Lane Blacktop 
3.5
Drive
Lawrence Toppman
Refn favors long quiet takes followed by intense often horrifying outbursts the movie has the same personality as the driver himself 
3
Drive
Joe Williams
The abrupt shifts between neo noir fatalism and white knight romanticism could give an unsuspecting viewer whiplash but Refn has a trusty map and keeps his hands on the wheel 
3
Drive
Matt Pais
Dangerously cool Style and acting this dazzling give a human pulse to the most savage behavior 
3.5
Drive
Sean O'Connell
This genre film does what it does so well and with such impressive directorial finesse you won t mind stepping into the criminal muck and covering yourself in the blood and filth of some ice cold thieves 
3.5
Drive
Michael Phillips
Before long and then with grinding relish Drive becomes one garishly sadistic set piece after another 
2.5
Drive
Roger Ebert
Here is still another illustration of the old Hollywood noir principle that a movie lives its life not through its hero but within its shadows 
4
Drive
Rene Rodriguez
What ultimately makes Drive so compelling is its characters sketches given dimension and heft by a superb cast 
3.5
Drive
Josh Larsen
not the best film of 2011 but when all is said and done it will likely be the most alive 
3.5
Drive
Roger Moore
Pulsating very cool Could have used a little more driving though 
3
Drive
Christy Lemire
Gosling s masculine minimalist approach makes him mysteriously compelling Yes there s the fact that he s gorgeous But he also does so much with just a subtle glance by just holding a moment a beat or two longer than you might expect 
3
Drive
Peter Keough
Nicolas Winding Refn s sleek heist flick offers more quiet moments than you d expect with a title like Drive And some that aren t so quiet 
3.5
Drive
James Berardinelli
Perhaps Drive is an action movie for those who don t ordinarily like action movies It s also an action movie for those who crave them like a drug 
3.5
Drive
Jaime N. Christley
What you want to know about Drive is that its three big action set pieces are impressive and exciting 
3
Drive
Peter Travers
Buckle up for the existential bloodbath of Drive a brilliant piece of business that races on a B movie track until it switches to the dizzying fuel of undiluted creativity 
4
Drive
Liam Lacey
Tense car chases action scenes handled with crisp panache and Canadian actor Ryan Gosling channelling Steve McQueen as an existential wheel man add up to make Drive one of the best arty action films since Steven Soderbergh s The Limey 
3.5
One Number 2
Mike McGranaghan
Watching One Number 2 I was amazed by the seemingly endless creativity it contained 
4
No Alternative
Roger Moore
Cavazos who has the swagger and punk rock pose of a young Sarah Silverman is a revelation 
2.5
Crazy on the Outside
Peter Travers
Allen screws up his directing debut with a script that smothers his wit in a blanket of bland 
0
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Kam Williams
A glorious tribute to a bi partisan sisterhood of Christian and Muslim women fed up with having to raise their children amidst the incessant slaughter raping and looting of the Liberian civil war 
4
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Gerald Peary
A moving documentary about the tumultuous recent history of Liberia made by an all female crew led by director Gini Reticker 
3.5
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Chris Hewitt
It s an outstanding story which makes up for Pray s moviemaking deficiencies 
3
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Moira MacDonald
The film is brief and not especially creative in its storytelling but nonetheless unforgettable this remarkable story deserved to be captured on film 
3
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Jonathan Curiel
This illuminating film by director Gini Reticker and producer Abigail Disney is a much needed attempt to put the spotlight on a moment of history that still inspires 
4
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Wesley Morris
A modest but effective work of documentary uplift 
3
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Steven Rea
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is at once inspiring and horrific 
3.5
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Jay Antani
Inevitably Reticker s style falls into monotony that works against the material Ultimately though the power of that material overcomes flaws in presentation 
3
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
V.A. Musetto
Gini Reticker s embracing documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell shows how Taylor got his comeuppance from a coalition of tenacious Christian and Muslim women armed only with matching T shirts 
3
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Brett McCracken
A simple and inspiring story told through the medium of film But for what it is it definitely gets the job done 
3
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Nick Schager
The greatest respect Gini Reticker s Pray the Devil Back to Hell pays to its war battered Liberian subjects is simply an unwillingness to embellish 
3
Blissfully Yours
David Sterritt
Atmosphere reigns supreme and it s brilliantly evoked 
4
Blissfully Yours
John Anderson
Poetic and rhythmically confident Blissfully Yours is a subtle seduction 
3
Blissfully Yours
Jeremy Heilman
The viewer s reaction to the film seems extraordinarily subjective I wouldn t be surprised if my third viewing of it found me declaring it either a dismal failure or a truly great work For now I ll settle on ambivalence 
3
Faults
Frank Ochieng
Faults is a resourceful black comedy that works effectively and never strays away from its pedigree of outrageous misfortune This is one psychological character study that demonstrates its motivation for unconventional strife with devilish conviction 
3
Faults
Simon Abrams
Faults is a richly textured movie that concerns the weird space between thinking you know what you re doing and actually knowing what you re doing 
3
Faults
Kam Williams
A mind is a terrible thing to lose 
3
Faults
Corey Atad
Stearns allows the actors space to organically bring a human dimension to Faults exploration of psychological control 
3
Faults
Timothy E. Raw
The film obliquely addresses its narrative mysteries through the conversational cracks of two people in enforced proximity 
3
Faults
Mike McGranaghan
Faults is a hypnotically offbeat movie mixing pitch black humor and thematic ambition in a way that s difficult to resist 
3
Seniors: A Dogumentary
Pamela Powell
Yes you ll need a tissue or two but be prepared for many more involuntary smiles that go from ear to ear 
3.5
The Hunting Party
Phil Villarreal
Gere has so much fun in his role it s almost unfair that he was paid for his efforts 
3
The Hunting Party
Sue Pierman
The magazine piece was convoluted at best and writer director Richard Shepard doesn t make things much clearer 
2
The Hunting Party
Michael Dequina
Whenever the film threatens to get bogged down in self seriousness Shepard quickly retreats to satiric cynicism 
3
The Hunting Party
Rene Rodriguez
By the time the end credits roll you re still not sure what kind of movie The Hunting Party is supposed to be other than just queasy 
2
The Hunting Party
Sean P. Means
Writer director Richard Shepard s humor is tempered by a deadly serious undercurrent 
3.5
The Hunting Party
Claudia Puig
The Hunting Party still is a movie worth chasing down 
3
The Hunting Party
Chris Hewitt
It has the feel of a bold idea that has been watered down 
2
The Hunting Party
Mick LaSalle
The Hunting Party is a complete bust but the ways in which it fails are interesting 
1.5
The Hunting Party
Carla Meyer
Set in postwar Bosnia The Hunting Party is all over the place in tone and seeming intent 
2
The Hunting Party
Robert W. Butler
The performances are solid the settings authentic and the film s vein of bleak humor refreshing 
3
The Hunting Party
Amy Biancolli
it does make room for the latest loose screw character part in the reinvention of Gere s career 
3
The Hunting Party
Terry Lawson
The Hunting Party has good aim but just misses 
2
The Hunting Party
Ty Burr
When something seems too bizarre to be true that s generally how it plays onscreen 
2
The Hunting Party
Steven Rea
The Hunting Party derives much of its tension from watching seemingly normal people doing seriously insane stuff 
3
The Hunting Party
Jeff Strickler
On paper there s no way that The Hunting Party should work But onscreen it defies the odds 
3
The Hunting Party
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A spry surprising and intelligent comedy 
3.5
The Hunting Party
Michael Phillips
If the director traffics in the realm of black comedy any attempts to win us over or encourage sympathy or empathy with the rollicking hell raisers on screen tend to give off a bad odor 
2.5
The Hunting Party
Matt Brunson
It s a testament to the convictions of Gere and Howard that the movie succeeds at all without them The Hunting Party would continually be shooting itself in the foot 
2.5
The Hunting Party
Bruce DeMara
Politics aside The Hunting Party is a breezy occasionally bumpy ride that ultimately becomes a satisfying journey 
3
The Hunting Party
Kit Bowen
The Hunting Party combines just the right amount of dark humor and war is hell mentality to show what happens when war journalists take matters into their own hands 
3.5
The Hunting Party
Josh Larsen
plays like the gonzo journalism version of Hotel Rwanda with genocide and jokes sharing equal screen time 
3
The Hunting Party
Stephen Cole
A sour disenchanted war comedy that affects a breezy style The Hunting Party was originally called Spring Break in Bosnia 
3
The Hunting Party
Maitland McDonagh
A dismal misfire that attempts to make black comedy out of the adventures of war correspondents and the dirty business of international politics 
2
The Hunting Party
Pam Grady
The quest might be ridiculous with a different cast of characters but with these three it is a delight following them on their impossible journey 
3.5
The Hunting Party
Stephen Whitty
Although Gere and Howard s characters are invented they feel the truest of all They are often more foolhardy than courageous less brave than simply stubborn They are not real heroes in the classic sense But they are simply real 
3
The Hunting Party
Lou Lumenick
The film comes off more like a drunken recollection by a war correspondent than something that might actually have happened 
2
The Hunting Party
Jack Mathews
The opening credit disclaimer for writer director Richard Shepard s The Hunting Party Only the most ridiculous parts of this story are true didn t help me much Everything about this political thriller is ridiculous 
2.5
The Hunting Party
Bob Strauss
The Hunting Party looks chillingly authentic But it also feels too much like it s all over the map 
2.5
The Hunting Party
Eric Lurio
Tons of fun and definitely worth the price of admission 
3
The Hunting Party
Jan Stuart
A smart and tense diversion albeit in a vaguely irresponsible way 
2.5
The Hunting Party
Ed Gonzalez
Richard Shepard brings the same obnoxious flashy style and go nowhere satirical instincts to The Hunting Party that he applied to The Matador and the pilot episode of ABC s Ugly Betty 
1.5
Goya's Ghosts
Matt Brunson
A storyline that turns so silly you half expect Mel Brooks to show up reprising his Inquisition musical number from History of the World Part I 
2.5
Goya's Ghosts
Marta Barber
Captures the essence of the period an intriguing backward era in Spain but without the emotional impact that such a film requires 
2.5
Goya's Ghosts
John Beifuss
Reminds us of the wisdom behind the title of Goya s most famous etching The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters 
3
Goya's Ghosts
David Elliott
What Forman doesn t give us is drama of sure coherence or credibility but the trappings entrance 
2.5
Goya's Ghosts
Bruce Westbrook
A punishing misfire 
2
Goya's Ghosts
John Monaghan
While there are probably computer generated backgrounds and armies on screen the movie still has the feel of an old fashioned epic 
3
Goya's Ghosts
Chris Hewitt
Feels like an unsatisfying outline for a bigger better fil
1
Goya's Ghosts
Maitland McDonagh
The film s seriousness of intent is unimpeachable but the execution borders on farce 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Goya s Ghosts left me wanting to watch Amadeus again for the pleasure of a story well told 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Mick LaSalle
Rich in color and period detail the film attempts an epic sprawl it never quite achieves but the movie is always enjoyable and interesting 
3
Goya's Ghosts
Pam Grady
The biggest problem with the movie isn t the actors or even the half baked script it is that it never successfully draws one into its world Watching Goya s Ghosts one begins to daydream about Michael Palin 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Lou Lumenick
An across the board disaster from one of my favorite directors Milos Forman 
1
Goya's Ghosts
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fascinating ideas do hover like mournful specters around the edges of this meticulously detailed movie But then they disappear leaving us vaguely sad and unsettled with nothing solid to grasp 
2.5
Goya's Ghosts
Roger Ebert
An extraordinarily beautiful film that plays almost like an excuse to generate its images 
3
Goya's Ghosts
Ty Burr
An overstuffed turkey that s entertaining for all the wrong reasons It may in fact be the comedy of the summer a melodramatic folly whose ambitions consistently curdle into camp 
1.5
Goya's Ghosts
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Forman merely gives it a high polish with lots of beautiful costumes makeup and set designs hoping that the Academy will remember him once more 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Josh Larsen
only captivates when Forman and his production designers echo some of the painter s more famous tableaus 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Bruce Newman
There s an unfortunate tendency in this movie for the forces of history to overtake scenes 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Carrie Rickey
Not a perfect film but its implications have profound resonance 
3
Goya's Ghosts
Matt Pais
The Spanish Inquisition for people who are more interested in seeing side angles of Natalie Portman naked than a fully formed document of the past 
2.5
Goya's Ghosts
Gene Seymour
The problem with Goya s Ghosts lies in its conception of Goya himself who is depicted as being both a blithe suck up and embittered moralist 
2.5
Goya's Ghosts
James Berardinelli
The movie is uneven in the extreme to the extent that it feels like two imperfectly wed pictures The first while not extraordinary at least contains some interesting ideas The second borders on embarrassing 
2
Goya's Ghosts
Nick Schager
A beautiful disaster of a period picture 
1.5
Judge Dredd
Matt Brunson
It stands no chance of being mistaken for a good movie 
2
Judge Dredd
Rob Vaux
If it can t stay true to the title character it at least delivers a little modest popcorn fun to those willing to lower their sights 
2.5
Judge Dredd
Michael Dequina
For a good laugh check it out for good action look elsewhere 
1.5
Judge Dredd
Mick LaSalle
Usually engaging and sympathetic Stallone is blank and tongue tied here an immovable slab in the midst of 95 minutes of gunfire explosions and Gothic excess 
1
Judge Dredd
Barbara Shulgasser
Most of the time the sound effects are so loud that much of the poetic and subtly nuanced dialogue is unintelligible 
1
Judge Dredd
Roger Ebert
Stallone survives it but his supporting cast also including an uninvolved Joan Chen and a tremendously intense Jurgen Prochnow isn t well used 
2
Judge Dredd
Susan Wloszczyna
Never has such a big dumb movie seemed so small as it shrinks from Blade Runner sharp to Jetsonian junky 
2
Judge Dredd
Chris Hicks
This is just another video game without the interaction a movie that seems to have no purpose other than simple minded thrills and spills 
1.5
Judge Dredd
James O'Ehley
Dreadful 
1
Judge Dredd
James Berardinelli
Sometimes it s rather amusing but it s impossible to decide whether this is accidental or on purpose 
2
Judge Dredd
Madeleine Williams
Good action but mumbled dialog and shallow charcterizations 
1.5
Jolly Roger
Roger Moore
The hostage situation has an inherent tension 44 but it 8217 s never less than predictable 44 never more than lukewarm 46 The domestic scenes 8212 mother in law problems and efforts to get pregnant 8212 are soap operatic in the extreme 46 
1.5
The Forgiven
Cate Marquis
There are plenty of squirm worthy moments 46 46 46 of neo colonial privilege 46 46 46 91 b 93 ut there is 46 46 46 redemption in its later half 46 46 46 contrasting the wild life of privilege of the rich partiers against the struggle to simply live of the people whose land it truly is 46 
2
The Forgiven
James Kendrick
its intrigue and drama plays largely as cover for its lack of true depth
2.5
The Forgiven
Peter Canavese
Two good reasons to draw you to this rich 44 crisp and wittily dry film 58 John Michael McDonagh and the riveting Ralph Fiennes 46 
3
The Forgiven
Leo Brady
The Forgiven quickly becomes a dissection of guilt 44 opulence 44 and the harsh reality of our existence 46 
3
The Forgiven
Rex Reed
Richly designed and exotically executed The Forgiven is an unusual film that holds interest even on the rare occasions when it challenges credibility 
3
The Forgiven
Erik Childress
If Ralph Fiennes had only stayed at that party we may have received a stinging Whit Stillman like satire on white privilege instead of the kind of quick moral turnaround characters this awful only achieve in movies 46 
2
The Forgiven
Richard Roeper
A wonderful film noir that feels like something straight out of the 1940s 
3.5
The Forgiven
Christy Lemire
McDonagh 8217 s film is well crafted throughout but ultimately has nothing fresh or insightful to say about the ugliness of white privilege 46 
2
The Forgiven
Joey Magidson
The Forgiven lives and dies on the performances from Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes 44 but watching their bad behavior only goes so far 46 Especially knowing what John Michael McDonagh is capable of 44 this has to be labeled a disappointment 46 
2.5
The Forgiven
James Berardinelli
Even considering that numerous subplots might benefit from a mini series approach to the material the transformation of the central character is handled in a powerful credible manner 
3
The Forgiven
Mark Dujsik
There apos s a secondary story here 46 46 46 It apos s a big 44 empty distraction 46 46 46 
2
The Forgiven
Mark Feeney
Sneering at slick emptiness becomes itself a kind of slick emptiness only worse since it s self congratulatory 
2
The Forgiven
Kenneth R. Morefield
If the worst thing I can say about The Forgiven is that it is not as good as Calvary 44 the best thing I can say is that it is nevertheless a serious film about conflicted characters wrestling with moral questions 46 
2.5
The Forgiven
Roger Moore
Alternately stark and lurid 44 poetic and very well acted 44 it 8217 s a return to form for McDonagh 44 who rather lost the plot with 8220 War on Everyone 46 8221 
3
The Forgiven
Mark Hanson
Whatever satire of white elite society is intended by The Forgiven has been blunted by monotony 
2
Passionada
Walter Chaw
It s a shame that more care wasn t taken in the handling of the characters or the multiple plot threads 
1
Passionada
Paul Sherman
Plugs New Bedford into the ethnic romantic comedy formula and the results are well formulaic 
2
Passionada
Chris Hewitt
The romance in Passionada is appealing enough but the movie s real strengths are Rossum whose wide eyes and easy laugh may remind you of Julia Roberts its surprising characters and the stunning coastal setting 
2.5
Passionada
Megan Lehmann
Despite its title this predictable and uninspired romantic drama fizzles like a wet squib 
1.5
Passionada
Marta Barber
Passionada is not as passionate as you may suspect It s just a tender story about how opposites attract and how much the nation is opening toward those who are different 
2.5
Passionada
Carrie Rickey
While the situations don t add up to a satisfying film the characters are pleasing to watch 
2.5
Passionada
David Elliott
Some of it is pedestrian much is predictable 
2
Passionada
Roger Ebert
We feel surprising affection for these people from New Bedford Mass 
3
Passionada
Michael Wilmington
It s extremely likable and well done 
3
Passionada
Sara Michelle Fetters
I can t help but feel Ireland one great movie aside is fast becoming a talent of unlimited yet never to be realized potential What a shame 
1
Passionada
Peter Debruge
Judged by Passionada s own standards its compelling cast and sincere matchmaking goals are reason enough to play along 
2.5
Passionada
Moira MacDonald
It s dappled with small pleasures 
2.5
Passionada
Mick LaSalle
Ireland enables Passionada to transcend formula by keeping the emotions strong and grounding them in a bright specific world 
3
Passionada
Joe Baltake
Ireland keeps matters small and intimate here wisely focusing almost exclusively on his attractive two stars 
3
Passionada
Wesley Morris
The movie is full of annoying tics 
2
Passionada
Michael Szymanski
Wildly passionate and sensual with a new cast of faces who are utterly spellbinding this film has it all romance love and family 
4
Passionada
Steve Rhodes
The best of the cast is Emmy Rossum a real charmer who has future star written all over her 
2.5
Passionada
Jeanne Aufmuth
A love story of immensely cheesy proportion that mistakes backhanded duplicity for burgeoning romance 
1
Goodnight Mommy
Pamela Powell
Goodnight Mommy is an unusually suspenseful and thought provoking film 
3
Goodnight Mommy
Kam Williams
Austrian horror flick about 9 year old twins who have to figure out the awful truth about their abusive mom the hard way 
4
Goodnight Mommy
Gonzalo Lira Galván
You can t miss this cruel game of cat and mouse Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
John Beifuss
The obviousness of the story twist doesn t matter Goodnight Mommy isn t a puzzle to be solved but an experience to be absorbed thanks to the presence of those twins who motivate every great genre film horror and beauty 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
David Keyes
Many a motion picture will attempt to pull the rug from underneath us but seldom is it yanked with this much potency or with such a lack of obvious foreshadowing 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
David Nusair
an intriguing and seemingly foolproof scenario that s rendered increasingly irrelevant by Fiala and Franz 
2
Goodnight Mommy
Rob Thomas
The first time you watch Goodnight Mommy you may spend the last half hour watching the movie through your fingers And then you ll immediately want to watch it again 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
Eric D. Snider
A quietly alarming thriller 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
Brad Keefe
File this under the less you know the better That creepy trailer is a bit misleading but the more you can avoid going in the better 
4
Goodnight Mommy
Anita Katz
Goodnight Mommy is a stylishly creepy courageously grisly genre picture But as a psycho chiller it lacks depth and substance 
2.5
Goodnight Mommy
Mark Dujsik
Fiala and Franz explain all of this in purely visual terms with minimal dialogue and an unswerving escalation of tension 
3
Goodnight Mommy
Brad Wheeler
The terror is sophisticated chilling enough to set the hair of the art house aficionados goatees on end but perhaps not to everyone s taste 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
Soren Andersen
Paced with quiet deliberation this is the rare horror movie where the mood gets darker as the filmmakers bring more light to the visuals 
4
Goodnight Mommy
Linda Barnard
Writer directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz keep the tension building throughout and there is a general air of disturbing creepiness although there are diversionary slips in the script that are a slightly too obvious 
2.5
Goodnight Mommy
Michael O'Sullivan
A masterful example of genre filmmaking s ability to transcend its limitations leaving a viewer not just frightened but also changed 
4
Goodnight Mommy
Michael Phillips
Tightly controlled in its depiction of a family dynamic that s a little too late for counseling Goodnight Mommy is sporadically skillful enough to transcend its own open secret 
2.5
Goodnight Mommy
Walter V. Addiego
So intense and harrowing that it probably should have a warning label 
3
Goodnight Mommy
Dann Gire
It s a haunting work superbly edited for maximum effect scored by Olga Neuwirth with nerve jangling precision and performed with chilling deadpan seriousness by its cast 
3
Goodnight Mommy
Matt Pais
I don t know if I ve ever spotted a twist faster Thin boring and unpleasant in ways that aren t revealing 
2
Goodnight Mommy
Christy Lemire
This is deft and daring storytelling that will grip anyone who s willing to be a little uncomfortable make that a lot uncomfortable and who s willing to follow it into some dark and twisted territory 
4
Goodnight Mommy
Dan Schindel
in execution Goodnight Mommy fails to cohere as a narrative or deeply resonate as horror 
2
Goodnight Mommy
Peter Sobczynski
Those with stronger constitutions will find it to be an excursion to the cinematic dark side that is a million times removed from such recent genre gibberish as Unfriended or The Gallows 
4
Goodnight Mommy
Dustin Putman
Goodnight Mommy constructs an alarming fairy tale diorama frozen in a state of peril and humanity 
3.5
Goodnight Mommy
Chris Cabin
Fialo and Franz only finally subvert the viewer s perspective at the very end of the film which speaks to a goal of crafting a formidable atmospheric and surprising work of genre rather than attempting to transcend such molds 
2.5
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Diego Semerene
Continues the bizarre tradition of documenting how superhero like white foreigners with commanding accents come to America to revolutionize the way we eat 
1.5
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Christian Toto
Fat Sick Nearly Dead makes it safe to eat your vegetables again 
3
The Foursome
David Nusair
has been infused with an egregiously broad sensibility that ultimately negates its few positive attributes 
1.5
Always at the Carlyle
David Lewis
Always at the Carlyle takes a potentially juicy subject a swanky landmark that caters to celebrities and zillionaires and turns it into a 90 minute infomercial with nary a revelation in sight 
2
Always at the Carlyle
Richard Roeper
An insightful and occasionally revealing look at the 88 year old Manhattan institution where the rich and famous enjoy being rich and famous 
3
Always at the Carlyle
Rex Reed
Nostalgia can be fun when it allows you to revisit the good old days when life had more style quality elegance and what Kay Thompson the queen of sophistication called bazazz 
3
Always at the Carlyle
Peter Travers
Why see a movie about a posh Manhattan refuge for one percenters Because this storied 88 year old hotel filled with impossibly glamorous ghosts radiates an elegance that seems like an anomaly in this shallow age of Trump style glitz 
3
Always at the Carlyle
Peter Keough
Though sometimes it seems like a promotional video the film offers a glimpse into the vagaries of class culture celebrity and social mores since the hotel was first established back in 1930 
2.5
Always at the Carlyle
Roger Moore
Every bit as glimmering and star studded as the swank hotel it celebrates 
3.5
The Limey
David Nusair
a high water mark in Soderbergh s admittedly spotty body of work 
3.5
The Limey
Michael Dequina
Not your standard revenge movie thanks to the inventive and stylish direction of Steven Soderbergh 
3.5
The Limey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Soderbergh returns to the crime genre but The Limey couldn t be more different than Out of Sight except for the fact that it s just as good 
3.5
The Limey
Liam Lacey
An apparently simple movie that demands and rewards a deeper look 
3.5
The Limey
Edward Guthmann
A first rate crime thriller and further proof that director Stephen Soderbergh is one of our great contemporary film stylists 
4
The Limey
Mike Clark
This is one of those movies in which pacing dialogue and the right actors enliven a familiar story 
3.5
The Limey
Madeleine Williams
This is a crime thriller worth watching 
3
The Limey
Michael Wilmington
Intoxicatingly well crafted 
3.5
The Limey
Jeanne Aufmuth
Work with this one it s worth the effort 
3
The Limey
Pam Grady
An offbeat uncommonly excellent thriller 
4
The Limey
Cornell & Petricelli
Limey is a classic psychological mystery 
3.5
The Limey
James Berardinelli
Stamp has done some wonderful work in a long and varied career This is not his best film but it may be the most forceful acting he has ever accomplished 
3
The Limey
Roger Ebert
What is The Limey about Drugs girls guns and revenge Not at all It s about retirement It s about tough guys who talk big but are past their sell by dates 
3
The Limey
David N. Butterworth
Stamp s all over this one a rather routine thriller at the best of times 
2.5
The Limey
Jonathan Foreman
It s clever cool fun and it looks great 
3
The Limey
Susan Stark
Stamp s fans from way back in Billy Budd days as well as Priscilla s more recent converts will savor every second of The Limey 
3
The Limey
Steve Rhodes
Featuring frequent jump cuts and fast action interlaced with moments of solitude the movie has a dazzlingly impressive style 
3
Stoned
Chris Hewitt
Never finds a way to interest us in what made Jones tick 
1
Stoned
Frank Ochieng
a lacking rock n roll biopic that has more disjointed disillusionment than a muddy Woodstock hippie 
2
Stoned
Ty Burr
Even The Doors looked like a model of clarity next to this 
1.5
Stoned
Ethan Alter
You can t exactly blame Jones for leading such a clichéd rock star life You can however blame director Stephen Woolley for making such a clichéd rock star film 
2
Stoned
David Elliott
This is one of the worst of the year both 06 and 66 
0
Stoned
Kurt Loder
When Stoned veers away from the known facts of the Stones story it slows For anyone less than obsessed with such Stones arcana it s hard to imagine how it could matter at all 
1.5
Stoned
Dan Fienberg
Stoned manages to take a potentially intriguing depiction of popular music genius and water it down into a story of predictable egos and trite love triangles 
2
Stoned
Maitland McDonagh
Just another cautionary tale about fast times intemperate passions and bad dope 
2.5
Stoned
Joel Selvin
Almost so bad it s good Almost 
1
Stoned
John Anderson
Played with such an utter lack of charisma by Leo Gregory Jones comes across as a rocker so drug and ego addled he doesn t have enough sense to lie down 
1.5
Stoned
Kyle Smith
With its low budget unadventurous script and notable lack of any Stones recordings it has the look and feel of a TV movie 
2.5
Stoned
Jack Mathews
The good news here is that Woolley and his writers have taken the mystery surrounding Jones tragic 1969 death as their main interest and have adopted as fact the long cherished rumor that the blond rocker s drowning was a case of murder 
2.5
Stoned
Bob Strauss
The overall package while not stingy with the sex and drugs really needed to convey a lot more rock n roll 
2.5
Stoned
Claudia Puig
Most of the movie is a tired sex drugs and rock n roll cliché and many of the performances are so bad as to be laughable 
1.5
Stoned
Matt Pais
Jones comes off like a hedonistic burnout whose history is no more gripping than any other rock n roll cautionary tale 
1
Stoned
Michael Wilmington
In the end a Stones or a Jones movie with no Stones songs is itself a bit like death by misadventure 
2.5
Stoned
Peter Travers
The herky jerky editing is meant to indicate tumultuous excitement switching back and forth in time but the effect is grating and frustratingly unilluminating 
1
Not a Tame Lion
Matt Brunson
An informative documentary that flies in the face of the ferocious intolerance currently crippling this nation 8217 s soul 46 
3
Not a Tame Lion
Bob Bloom
apos Not a Tame Lion apos is a chronicle of the broad sweep of one man 8217 s journey to reveal the truth and 44 by doing so 44 help those who believed they were invisible 46 
3
The Switch
Jeff Beck
This might have worked better as a television episode or a short film but as a feature it s merely another one of those overly long films where the audience must wait around in silence for the same conclusion we ve seen countless times 
2
The Switch
David Nusair
A conventional yet entertaining romantic comedy 
2.5
The Switch
Rene Rodriguez
You have to overlook a whole lot of guff in order to enjoy the slight but pleasurable entertainment of The Switch 
2.5
The Switch
Sean P. Means
Directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck find some heart and wit in the screenplay and they draw a strong performance from Bateman who s funny and sympathetic as the lovelorn Wally 
3
The Switch
Scott Nash
Mildly entertaining but there s no reason not to wait for the DVD 
2.5
The Switch
Lori Hoffman
The movie doesn t suck Which is not to say it s great but thanks to a wonderfully nuanced performance by Bateman it is surprisingly moving in spots 
2.5
The Switch
Linda Cook
So annoying I wanted to throw a turkey baster at it 
.5
The Switch
Robert Levin
Bateman turns the standard leading male archetype on its head 
3
The Switch
Eric Melin
A real switch would have been to draw some real characters and let them dictate the story instead of plugging good actors into a tired formula 
1.5
The Switch
Kam Williams
A walkout bad bait and switch rip off bearing less resemblance to Juno or Little Miss Sunshine than to terrible TV sitcoms revolving around the shopworn one big lie plot device 
.5
The Switch
Keith Cohen
Robinson is the only saving grace of the movie stealing every scene that he appears in He almost salvages this wreck that fails to pass muster and should have gone straight to 
2
The Switch
Matt Brunson
Did none of the filmmakers or the mostly women viewers at my screening not realize that Wally s action of implanting his unwanted sperm into Kassie qualifies as a form of rape We re supposed to cheer Wally on shouldn t he be going to jail 
1
The Switch
Christian Toto
The Switch proves Jason Bateman should headline more features and that we don t need another sperm donor comedy 
2.5
The Switch
Joe Williams
There aren t enough surprises to justify the title but The Switch produces sufficient light for a late summer diversion 
2.5
The Switch
Lisa Kennedy
The comedy itself suffers from awkward scheduling Though this isn t its only wrinkle 
2.5
The Switch
Tyler Hanley
Despite a relatively predictable plot and inconsistent pacing The Switch scores thanks to a good balance of humor and heart 
3
The Switch
John Beifuss
Evolves from an uneasy romantic comedy into a surprisingly tender and generous love story about fathers and sons as well as men and women 
3
The Switch
Matt Soergel
The chemistry between Jason Bateman and a grave sweet child actor gives The Switch a little melancholy magic you might not expect what with its sitcom y plot and dialogue 
2.5
The Switch
Ann Hornaday
A warm quirkily observant film strengthened by some appealing performances and a low key easygoing vibe 
3
The Switch
Lou Lumenick
Tries to be more than a sitcom but keeps falling back on cheap laughs 
2
The Switch
Alison Gang
With so much working against the film it s a genuine surprise when you find yourself entertained anyway thanks to the strong comedic leads 
2.5
The Switch
Chris Hewitt
The surprise in The Switch is that the star of the movie is Jason Bateman not Jennifer Aniston It s a good surprise 
3
The Switch
Stephen Whitty
The truly dusty cliché it drags out again is the cute couple who don t you know think of each other like that Until of course they do 
2
The Switch
Rick Groen
Another in a recent line of romcoms eager to get us laughing all the way to the sperm bank and then to the infant dividends beyond 
2
The Switch
Willie Waffle
I know I m the first one to complain about how Hollywood needs to give us something we haven t seen before but if this is the result please give me 3 more Freddy Krueger movies and a remake of Gilligan s Island starring Zac Efron 
1.5
The Switch
Jay Antani
so unimaginative and formula driven that it seems entirely to have been hashed out by executives over a long lunch 
1.5
The Switch
Michael A. Smith
the best romantic comedy to come down the pike in some time 
3
The Switch
Dustin Putman
The film is not comedic enough to be considered a comedy not dramatic enough to be a drama not romantic enough to be a romance and not believable enough to be a slice of life 
1.5
The Switch
Mick LaSalle
Aniston and Bateman each bring a rare Bordeaux and the writers bring Spam on white bread You can skip the picnic or show up and have a glass of wine 
2
The Switch
Ted Fry
Unfortunately this latest ho hum rom com from Hollywood s industrial commissary comes out half baked despite noble efforts by two undeniably likable stars who try to rescue it from mediocrity 
2
The Switch
Claudia Puig
Didn t Jennifer Lopez play essentially the same role this year in The Back Up Plan Only in the movies are glamorous 40ish single women leaping into single parenthood via sperm donation 
2
The Switch
Tom Horgen
Aniston and Bateman find a funny chemistry together and the film s bemusing setup unfolds with wit and charm As 6 year old Sebastian Thomas Robinson steals every scene he s in 
2
The Switch
Carrie Rickey
The Jason Bateman film his fans have been waiting for 
3
The Switch
Wesley Morris
Allan Loeb wrote the script Josh Gordon and Will Speck directed What they ve done is concoct something gimmicky and banal 
2
The Switch
Robert W. Butler
There s zero heat between Aniston and Bateman what synthetic feelings the film does generate involve the father son relationship 
2
The Switch
Nick Schager
Far more surprising than the blinding preposterousness of The Switch s opening passages is the fact that the film smoothly recovers to become a passable character driven rom com 
2.5
The Switch
Josh Larsen
A textbook case of Hollywood chauvinism 
1.5
The Switch
Peter Travers
The film offers few make that no surprises What almost saves it is the acting 
2
The Switch
Michael Phillips
I wish it were great but pretty good puts it ahead of plenty of recent romantic comedies Puh LEN ty 
2.5
The Switch
Peter Keough
The set up alone has some of the funniest semen humor since There s Something About Mary 
3
The Switch
James Berardinelli
All that s good about The Switch is undermined by the need to conform to romantic comedy standards and by the predictable performance of a miscast Jennifer Aniston 
2.5
The Switch
Roger Moore
The best Jennifer Aniston movie in ages is actually a star vehicle for Jason Bateman And Aniston s work opposite the screen s premiere mild mannered funnyman shows her at her most engaged and pitch perfect 
3
Gypsy 83
Walter V. Addiego
A mostly undistinguished addition to the long list of films about alienated and self pitying young people 
2
Gypsy 83
Bob Strauss
Non core audience viewers will be reminded why we didn t hang out with people like this in high school 
2
Gypsy 83
Peter Debruge
Deserves to be discovered not only by Goth and gay crowds but by anyone who runs screaming from all things average 
3
Gypsy 83
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s easy to pick apart Stephens thin script and clumsy direction But whether you were a high school outcast or the prom queen you re bound to root for his misfits as they find their place in the world 
2.5
Gypsy 83
Lou Lumenick
A depressingly predictable journey of self discovery 
1.5
Gypsy 83
Jan Stuart
Where Edge of Seventeen related how difficult it is to be a gay teenager in Middle America Gypsy 83 wants us to know how painful it is to be a teenage freak in Middle America Either way you slice it it s still old news 
2
The Good Boss
Matt Brunson
Bardem is superb 40 so what else is new 63 41 46 
3
The Good Boss
Rene Sanchez
Javier Bardem is magnificent in this darkly comic and timely workplace satire that mirrors the constant power struggles in today apos s world 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
The Good Boss
Leo Brady
The Good Boss is both wildly funny 44 a bit shocking 44 and another superb performance from the unmistakable Javier Bardem 46 
3
The Good Boss
David Walsh
The Good Boss suffers from superficiality 44 social and psychological 46 The characters are efficiently developed but not profoundly 46 They act more or less as we expect them to 46 Nothing here is deeply moving or disturbing 46 
2
The Good Boss
Joe Friar
Javier Bardem delivers another memorable performance as a wolf in sheep 8217 s clothing 46 
3.5
The Good Boss
Pat Brown
In the end 44 Fernando Le 243 n de Aranoa 8217 s film suggests that there may not be a lot of daylight between a good boss and a true villain 46 
3
The Good Boss
Richard Roeper
Wickedly warped 
3
The Good Boss
Peter Sobczynski
Whether or not Blanco is able to save his factory 44 Bardem is able to navigate the narrative missteps surrounding him and ultimately make The Good Boss worth a look 46 
2.5
The Good Boss
Ray Gill Jr.
In a story too flat to care about even Bardem can t trick you into thinking The Good Boss is a well balanced film 
2
The Good Boss
Steven Prokopy
Every player gets their moment 44 and by the end 44 we feel we know this small community of workers and bosses as well as we do anyone we 8217 ve worked 46 But it 8217 s Bardem 8217 s sly 44 slightly arrogant 44 faux compassionate portrayal that carries and elevates the movie
3
The Good Boss
Tom Meek
Bardem so good at slipping into his characters holds it all together with venomous charm 
2.5
The Good Boss
Pat Padua
Despite some quality craftsmanship 44 8220 The Good Boss 8221 ultimately doesn 8217 t pay off 46 Capitalism should be more fun than this 46 
2
The Good Boss
G. Allen Johnson
The cast is uniformly good but it s Bardem s sly harried performance that powers this overlong and more amusing than funny comedy 
3
The Good Boss
Mark Dujsik
The Good Boss isn apos t a unique or meticulous character study 44 but it is an effective and pointed one 46 
3
The Good Boss
Mark Feeney
Once the comedy does kick in around the 100 minute mark it does so quite nastily The movie never quite recovers 
2.5
The Good Boss
Randy Myers
You ll have to see for yourself in this clever black comedy that jabs at just how unfair the corporate work world is 
3.5
Fright Night Part 2
Brian Eggert
While it may not have all the charm or originality of Holland 8217 s first entry 44 it 8217 s a capably made sequel that contains some expected horror sequel clich 233 s and yet 44 in the end 44 stands as an entertaining and underrated follow up 46 
3
Graduation
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Mungiu delivers yet another profound cinematic exploration of ordinary iniquity brilliantly executed and well deserving of the Best Director Award received at Cannes in 2016 
4
Graduation
Kate Taylor
The cinematography the dialogue and the performances especially Adrian Titieni s as an earnest and anxious Mr Fix It are impressively naturalistic 
3
Graduation
Chris Knight
Mungiu s genius is the way he lets tiny ethical slips build almost imperceptibly into something treacherous even dangerous 
3
Graduation
Peter Howell
It s insistent that life is a series of complex decisions with fate intruding and the path s never clear 
3.5
Graduation
Ty Burr
It feels like nothing s happening until you realize everything is right before your eyes 
3.5
Graduation
Sara Michelle Fetters
Graduation is a masterfully composed effort that is instantly fascinating moving towards its emotionally hushed conclusion with breathless if still unhurried intensity 
4
Graduation
Sean P. Means
Graduation is a showcase for Titieni playing a man who will risk all his career his marriage his reputation to get his daughter what he thinks she needs 
3.5
Graduation
Chris Hewitt
Mungiu has said that his aim is to make movie audiences think and he has reached his goal with Graduation 
3.5
Graduation
Calvin Wilson
This is a tough film that deals with serious issues and that may hurt its box office chances But Graduation will probably be around long after less challenging fare is forgotten 
3.5
Graduation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a slow building film more interested in occupying a place and time rather than spelling it out for an audience but it s prickly and tense and in its way quite powerful 
3.5
Graduation
Mark Dujsik
Mungiu appears to be assembling a simple morality tale but with the addition of every new complication and the revelation of each old lie Graduation reaches deeper 
3.5
Graduation
Michael Phillips
It s consistently absorbing and well acted and Mungiu s camera makes even simple police station interrogations or drive around sequences unassuming things of beauty 
3.5
Graduation
Mick LaSalle
In Graduation Mungiu takes a scalpel and dissects life in modern Romania 
3
Graduation
Ann Hornaday
The power of the film is cumulative as the filmmaker spins a mesmerizing morality tale from the dross of daily life In his skillful hands the ordinary turns out to be anything but 
4
Graduation
Peter Travers
To director Cristian Mungiu Romania is not just a country it s a state of mind His latest is a gripping thriller that shows his social realist concern for people who believe they can t raise their position based on merit alone 
3.5
Graduation
Godfrey Cheshire
A thoroughgoing masterpiece which offers proof that Romania s cinematic upsurge remains the most vital and important national film movement of the current century 
4
Graduation
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The acting is glumly flawless and the camera work as intimate as Michael Haneke s but Graduation is two hours of waiting for a second shoe that never drops 
2
Graduation
Kenji Fujishima
Cristian Mungiu s film is more than just a cry of despair toward the hopelessness of life in modern day Romania 
3
All the Wrong Reasons
Geoff Pevere
The result teeters uncomfortably between dead end job slacker comedy and high soap but it shows enough potential to bode well for Milani s future 
2
All the Wrong Reasons
David Berry
This is a film that s trying for a lot of things and accomplishes exactly none of them 
1
All the Wrong Reasons
Linda Barnard
The primary frustration with All the Wrong Reasons is it takes so long to get where the story is so obviously going 
2.5
The Loving Story
David Hinckley
The Loving Story is a different kind of 1960s civil rights tale one that in many ways has a deeper level of warmth 
4
The Loving Story
David Wiegand
One of the many virtues of Buirski s film is that it doesn t hit viewers over the head with the parallel between the Lovings case and the debate over same sex marriage 
4
The Loving Story
Zeba Blay
Perhaps the strongest aspect of Nancy Buirski s doc is that it allows the Lovings to tell their story in their own words 
3
The Loving Story
Kam Williams
A moving must see documentary about the demise of one of the last vestiges of segregation Could it be more fitting that the plaintiffs in the landmark case eradicating the crime of loving a person of a different color would be named Loving 
4
Constantine
Joe Lozito
Rachel Weisz gives it her best shot but she can t save the messy script from its own feelings self importance 
1.5
Constantine
Kurt Loder
A little too muddled and erratically paced to command much interest While some of the effects are cleverly worked up the picture seems more often to be on CGI autopilot 
2
Constantine
Wesley Lovell
Constantine isn t about the people of the story and only uses the story as a reason to blow things up 
2.5
Constantine
Austin O'Connor
It just so happens that I always had a theory on how to visit hell too Sit in a chair and watch a Keanu Reeves movie 
1
Constantine
Lori Hoffman
stuck in a plane between deliberate laughs and filmmaking that s laughably bad
2
Constantine
Willie Waffle
While haters might go into the movie hoping Keanu will go to hell Constantine is not so bad as to make you continue to feel the hate 
2
Constantine
Frank Ochieng
a spiritually spry yet lumbering fantasy The technological flourishes are a marvel to behold but the film s erratic journey is as choppy as a country dirt road
2
Constantine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s difficult to understand what Constantine is about or indeed whether it s a good movie 
2.5
Constantine
Jonathan R. Perry
A construct of heaven and hell that makes no sense and changes when the plot requires it is the least of its problems 
1.5
Constantine
David N. Butterworth
Devilishly more entertaining than it has any right to be 
3
Constantine
James Kendrick
plays more like a bunch of vaguely realized ideas strung haphazardly together than it does as a coherent story with rhythm and purpose
2
Constantine
Linda Cook
Constantine isn t heavenly But it s an interesting enough look at what lies beyond 
2.5
Constantine
Greg Maki
I d call it anticlimactic if there were any rising action 
2
Constantine
Mike McGranaghan
This is by no means a perfect movie but it s stylish eerie and better acted than you might expect It also has at least half a brain in its head 
3
Constantine
Sean McBride
While the tone stays faithful to Alan Moore s Hellblazer series the film doesn t really work because Reeves is the wrong guy to play the title character 
2
Constantine
Kit Bowen
Unnecessarily complex in parts Constantine still delivers a supernatural wallop fueling a never ending fascination with what lies beyond our world 
2.5
Constantine
David Keyes
painted in such broad strokes that potentially exciting context becomes little more than incessant hogwash 
2
Constantine
Emily Blunt
Save yourself the cash on this one it s too silly to be scary and too stupid to be watchable 
2
Constantine
Christian Toto
Constantine provides a novel twist on the typical comic book movie until it collapses under its own goofy logic
2.5
Constantine
Vince Koehler
I especially enjoyed the great special effects as Constantine battles the demons Be sure to stay through the end credits for a special scene 
3
Constantine
Timothy Knight
A solid if less than satisfying popcorn movie 
2.5
Constantine
Leah McLaren
You can just picture the meeting A few guys in Prada suits sit around an L A boardroom table going The Matrix meets The Exorcist huh With Keanu I like it No wait I love it 
1.5
Constantine
Michael Szymanski
Reeves s performances is nuanced and offers multi layers of character that we ve not ever seen from him 
3.5
Constantine
Sara Michelle Fetters
Warner Bros new DC Comic s adaptation Constantine is probably the best 80 million anti smoking commercial ever made Too bad the movie itself borderline stinks Oh well a girl can t have everything 
1.5
Constantine
James Verniere
Reeves and Weisz have chemistry and they know a little humor goes a long way in a film of this sort 
3
Constantine
Tyler Hanley
Fans of the horror fantasy genre will find plenty to applaud and DC executives can finally breathe a sigh of relief even if that s not so easy for John Constantine 
3
Constantine
Michael Booth
Takes itself just seriously enough to put on a good show Reeves earns some theatrical redemption the demons put a scare into the waywardly righteous and there are plenty of evil duders left over for a sequel 
3
Constantine
Terry Lawson
Makes repeated visits to a hell that looks to have been designed by Hieronymus Bosch in collaboration with Gianni Versace for a Marilyn Manson arena tour 
2
Constantine
Eric Harrison
Occasionally Reeves forgets what movie he s in and strikes a Neo like pose 
2
Constantine
Rene Rodriguez
Peppered with so many neat touches it almost doesn t matter the story is a muddle 
2.5
Constantine
Glenn Whipp
Intelligent wildly entertaining nerve jangler 
3.5
Constantine
Geoff Pevere
There is no person in movie history who has devoted more time to defending civilization from evil and obliteration than Keanu Reeves or who has spent more time shifting between spiritual perceptual and historical planes to do the job right proper 
1.5
Constantine
Phoebe Flowers
There s something seductive and irresistible about it 
2.5
Constantine
Mark Rahner
Reeves plays one of the comic book world s most intriguing antiheroes in an adaptation that isn t the massive screw up fans rightfully expected but has a cool to silly ratio that s just barely acceptable 
2
Constantine
Mick LaSalle
The movie isn t hellish because there s always hope of leaving it It s more like purgatory two whole hours of it 
1.5
Constantine
David Elliott
The year is young but it s never too soon for the Worst of the Year party Crashing through the door a balloon in its ear and a plastic devil doll up its nose comes 2005 s early achiever 
0
Constantine
Peter Travers
Has enough subtextual codes to spawn its own cult 
2.5
Constantine
Sean P. Means
Under Reeves laconic surfer dude exterior lies a performer capable of seething rage and even some wit 
3.5
Constantine
Jack Mathews
For all its spiritual angst Constantine is about as silly as fantasies get 
2
Constantine
Lou Lumenick
Great looking but torturously slow 
2
Constantine
Mary F. Pols
Say what you will about Reeves but he s a unique creature Even when he s bad he can be pretty fun to watch And to listen to 
2.5
Constantine
Roger Ebert
Reeves has a deliberately morose energy level in the movie as befits one who has seen hell walks among half demons and is dying 
1.5
Constantine
Jeff Vice
It turns out to be a pleasant surprise never taking itself too seriously and with some fairly tense and creepy moments 
3
Constantine
Lawrence Toppman
There s a potentially good story rattling around somewhere inside this broken self contradictory and finally meaningless film 
1.5
Constantine
Ty Burr
Alternates between quiet surprisingly dull scenes in which the hero and the girl talk in that italicized comic book way about his past and orgies of computer pixels dressed up as gibbering fiends 
2.5
Constantine
Aaron Hillis
a stand alone rapturous good time craftily and accurately captures the straight faced camp wry wit and episodic structure of its source material 
3
Constantine
Bob Bloom
Constantine fails to capture the imagination It is what it is a cinematic comic book 
2
Constantine
Jeffrey Overstreet
By the time Peter Stormare appears as Lucifer the story has become so convoluted we can t take it seriously Judging from his campy performance neither can Stormare 
2
Constantine
Jon Niccum
proves better at juggling the neo religious elements central to the story far better than say the last two Matrix films 
2.5
Constantine
Larry Ratliff
A movie like Constantine is a huge undertaking This is a vast canvas encompassing two worlds It cries out for an experienced director not a first timer 
2
Constantine
Chuck O'Leary
Constantine is one of those excruciatingly awful movies where you check your watch every few minutes hoping the agony will soon end 
1
Constantine
Erik Childress
Constantine waves rotted meat in front of the rabid dogs of both comic books and religion but mostly just manages to hack off any moviegoer that enters its hallowed doors 
1
Constantine
David Nusair
The storyline despite the best efforts of everyone involved just isn t engaging primarily because it s so ludicrous unreasonably so 
2
Constantine
Paul Doro
The much maligned Reeves gives a subdued convincing performance 
2.5
Constantine
Mike Clark
So where are we In two hours of Dullsville as Sinatra used to say 
1.5
Constantine
Peter Canavese
Reasonably satisfying cinematic junk food enough crackerjack sequences and admirably trippy rhythms for a recommendation 
2.5
Constantine
Bruce Newman
Keanu Reeves brings a gravity to John Constantine that makes Neo his cheerless character in the Matrix movies now appear to be the height of the actor s madcap Jerry Lewis period Hey Hayyyy deees 
.5
Constantine
Gene Seymour
Takes too long telling a story that could have delivered maximum impact in less time 
2.5
Constantine
David Sterritt
The story is a retread of the old Exorcist and Omen formats but it delivers as much action and spectacle as fans of the genre could want 
2
Constantine
Steven Rea
This supernatural super noir thriller has been shot beautifully by Philippe Rousselot and directed with enjoyable crazy angled aplomb by Francis Lawrence 
2.5
Constantine
Chris Hewitt
The stylized almost film noir design uses extreme close ups and bizarro angles to give us the feeling you get from the best comics the feeling that we are seeing everything from an angle that is perfect unexpected and new 
2.5
Constantine
Michael Wilmington
Though the story is potentially fascinating and the visuals sometimes spellbinding the movie itself is stranded in the purgatory of the second rate 
2
Constantine
Josh Larsen
an entertaining Exorcist for our computer generated action movie age 
3
Constantine
Nick Schager
Lawrence is a skilled copycat and his adeptness at creating a mood of otherworldly unease helps make up for his story s familiarity 
2
Constantine
Nick Rogers
A moody mystery movie that moves from questions of faith to demon beat downs to fatalist humor with the compelling churning appeal of a hard boiled B movie ride 
3.5
Constantine
Rob Thomas
A clever fantasy horror noir with a dash of broad comedy the big screen adaptation of the Hellblazer comic books certainly has an original if loony vision 
3
Constantine
Phil Villarreal
The end explanation seems as reasonable and metaphysically valid as a Pokémon card battle That s OK though because Constantine is all about look sound and feel 
3
Constantine
Scott Nash
You ll either love it or hate it I loved it 
3.5
Constantine
Steve Rhodes
slow silly and stupid but tolerable when funny 
2
Constantine
Rob Blackwelder
Reeves is back to his usual monotoned self as a routine demon slayer who plays second fiddle to expensive special effects 
2
Constantine
Matt Brunson
The film resembles nothing so much as a punctured tire with a slow leak letting all the air seep out until what s finally left is flat and fairly ineffectual 
2
Constantine
James Berardinelli
An uneven amalgamation of the brilliant and the preposterous Constantine left me by turns intrigued confused and wary 
2.5
Constantine
Walter Chaw
It has the grace of a tumble off a ladder 
1
Constantine
Dustin Putman
Good looking but decidedly hollow Misses the opportunity to explore its evocative central conceits by attempting to do too many other things at once and failing 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Peter Canavese
We ve seen the Full eyes clear hearts can t lose ethic before on screen and more winningly dramatized but When the Game Stands Tall does a good and family friendly job of encapsulating Ladouceur s winning approach 
2.5
When the Game Stands Tall
David Nusair
A strong contender for the worst football movie ever made 
.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Mal Vincent
It is the kind of family film that seeks to negate criticism of any type by declaring itself clean and decent and ultimately spiritual 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
John Wirt
An uninspiring sports melodrama 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
James Berardinelli
When the Game Stands Tall is one of those cliché riddled feel good movies that by trying too hard to be inspirational ends up as cloying and overly sentimental 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Susan Wloszczyna
Most often in its early stages the melodrama onscreen edges precipitously close to dissolving into a puddle of platitudinous pabulum served in the manner of a rote Sunday school lesson 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Cliff Lee
Why must an extraordinary story beget such an ordinary film 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
David Hiltbrand
When the Game Stands Tall is more manipulative than a hulking chiropractor It s so busy beatifying its protagonist that it makes him into a grave idol rather than a man 
1.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Sean P. Means
Too often the story falls prey to strained melodrama such as when a star running back Alexander Ludwig confronts his trophy seeking father Clancy Brown 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Linda Barnard
High school football can be described as a religion in many parts of America Sappily melodramatic When the Game Stands Tall skips the middle man and blends both in a weak willed clichéd biopic of California coach Bob Ladouceur 
1.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Carla Meyer
Die hard football fans likely will be the first to notice how bogus it is for the film to try to present this team as underdogs 
1.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Erik Lundegaard
The movie raises religious and philosophical questions about whether what we put out in the world is returned to us but it sticks with the ultimate American answer There is no problem so great that winning a football game won t solve it 
1.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Tom Russo
It s as if the filmmakers somehow think they ve got the relaxed narrative confines of Friday Night Lights the TV series to play with rather than Friday Night Lights the movie The game plan is flawed 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Rafer Guzman
Overall When the Game Stands Tall feels like a post loss locker room speech meaningful but less than inspirational 
2.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Michael O'Sullivan
When it comes down to fourth and goal the movie is more about moving the pigskin than moving the audience 
1.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Graham Killeen
Treats football like this summer s Godzilla reboot treated radioactive dinosaurs eking out game day and practice footage before piling it on so thick that the last minutes become an instantly forgettable blur of clashing helmets and torn up turf 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Jon Niccum
This sports biopic mounts a goal line stand between inspirational and dull 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Peter Hartlaub
The greater narrative always remains on track often leading to unexpected places 
3
When the Game Stands Tall
Mark Dujsik
Every personal setback medical emergency or tragedy is just what happens in between one season game or practice and the next 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Matt Pais
I like where When the Game Stands Tall goes though I don t like all of how it gets there Clear eyes full hearts narrow victory 
2.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Eric Henderson
Jim Caviezel commits only to the level of God like omniscience that Mel Gibson whipped into him a decade ago 
1.5
When the Game Stands Tall
Roger Moore
Friday Night Lite starring the Hoarse Whisperer 
2
When the Game Stands Tall
Kyle Smith
When the Game Stands Tall is nearly as good as the average episode of TV s Friday Nights Lights which makes it better than most movies and one of the better sports films of recent years 
3
When the Game Stands Tall
Tony Hicks
I walked out of the theater feeling like I d seen an extremely glossy docudrama 
2.5
Black Mass
Brian Eggert
Despite the seemingly eternal appeal of gangsters in cinema 44 and Bulger as a subject of fascination and horror 44 Black Mass proves to be little more than uninterestingly made based on a true story fare 46 
2.5
Black Mass
Mattie Lucas
Cooper directs with a very spare matter of fact style that allows the characters brutality to speak for themselves through their own nonchalance 
3.5
Black Mass
Sonny Bunch
A gripping character study and the best acted film of the year so far an unnerving look at the pursuit of power 
3
Black Mass
Max Weiss
Yes it s a relief to see Depp playing a real character again not another one of his circus freaks I just wish he d been given a better film to operate in 
2
Black Mass
Robert Levin
Black Mass is being framed as Johnny Depp s return to the real world after more than a decade of mostly playing fantasy characters Don t believe it 
2.5
Black Mass
Kent Turner
The dense drama offers one of the strongest ensembles of the year 
3
Black Mass
Linda Cook
Johnny Depp turns in a terrific performance as a real life cold blooded killer 
3.5
Black Mass
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Depp gives one of his richest performances as James Whitey Bulger 
3
Black Mass
James Kendrick
Whenever Depp is on screen it has a wicked hypnotic quality but the dramatic core of the film is flat which makes it feel more derivative than devastating
2.5
Black Mass
Burl Burlingame
Johnny Depp has certainly played a number of odd characters over the year but this is the first time in memory he s played a monster And what a monster 
3
Black Mass
John Serba
Embedded in Depp s performance is the implication of a hard life a man whose sociopathy is the result of his primal desire to be Boston s silverback gorilla 
3
Black Mass
Josh Larsen
Depp enters each scene as if he s just come from a costume party and won 
1.5
Black Mass
Matt Brunson
Black Mass ably demonstrates that there s still some life left in a genre that just when we think we re out pulls us back in 
3
Black Mass
Mike McGranaghan
An involving look at a bizarre piece of criminal history Also a very welcome return to form for Johnny Depp 
3
Black Mass
Willie Waffle
Forget about his outings as Tonto or Mortdecai Depp is back in form as the ruthless killer 
3.5
Black Mass
Bob Bloom
Johnny Depp however dominates Black Mass His Bulger is a cold blooded reptile a human cobra ready to strike at the slightest provocation 
3.5
Black Mass
Brian Truitt
While there s nothing totally new here Black Mass works the tropes extremely well and sets the scene early in the mean streets of 1970s South Boston 
3.5
Black Mass
Steven Rea
Black Mass a down and dirty crime drama based on the exploits of Boston gangster James Whitey Bulger is thrilling for a number of reasons 
3
Black Mass
Anders Wright
Black Mass is a strong assured film and Depp s turn as Bulger is one of the best pieces of work in his long eccentric career 
3
Black Mass
Alissa Wilkinson
As a historical document the movie is strong but as a story it limps leaving us cold at the end 
2
Black Mass
Matt Zoller Seitz
For all of its flaws it s the first American gangster film since Eastern Promises that has added anything truly fresh to the classic street level gangster story 
3
Black Mass
Lou Lumenick
Welcome back to the real world Mr Depp 
3
Black Mass
Tom Meek
A mixed bag full of diamonds in the rough and a few precious gems 
3
Black Mass
Chris Knight
Props to Depp for finding the calm centre in a violent unpredictable character 
2.5
Black Mass
Mark Dujsik
We want more than just the facts but the movie takes this story at face value and runs with it 
2.5
Black Mass
Rick Bentley
The way Depp plays Bulger where even a touch of his hand to a woman s face is more threatening than a gun placed to an informant s head goes beyond the normal bounds of acting This is greatness unfolding in front of our eyes 
4
Black Mass
Ty Burr
The movie s good enough that you should see it if you want to But you don t have to and in these parts that matters 
2.5
Black Mass
Dustin Putman
A grievous blood strewn sumptuously lensed portrait of a human monster who believed he was above the law 151 and for far too many years kind of was 
3
Black Mass
Jon Niccum
Whether Black Mass eclipses Donnie Brasco Blow or Public Enemies remains debatable but Depp s performance emerges as more memorable 
3
Black Mass
Peter Travers
You forgive the zigs zags evasions and subplots for the hardcore power of Depp s performance and the film s portrait of moral rot on both sides of the law 
3.5
Black Mass
Richard Roeper
This is a good solid well executed crime story Nothing more nothing less 
3
Black Mass
Michael Smith
Depp disappears into the character to create a cold blooded killer who can create empathy when tragedy befalls his family and he shows us a level headed businessman who can strangle a woman to death and then take a nap before a dinner meeting 
3
Black Mass
Dann Gire
Johnny Depp s transformative shift into feared Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger marks a career high for the actor who has finally regained his magic touch for portraying well defined memorable characters 
3.5
Black Mass
Peter Howell
A crime drama that creeps and drips blood like a horror movie and in many respects it is 
3
Black Mass
Lawrence Toppman
This parade of slaughter by someone who barely seems interested in his own fate grows monotonous 
2.5
Black Mass
Ann Hornaday
What Black Mass gains in moral honesty it loses in dramatic momentum Even filmmakers and actors as fine as these haven t managed to solve one of cinema s most enduring challenges making criminals interesting without exalting them 
2
Black Mass
Michael Phillips
In scene after scene some fine actors go to town and dive into the material gratefully 
3
Black Mass
Peter Hartlaub
Black Mass is a solid piece of filmmaking from subtle beginning to the excessive end 
3
Black Mass
Rafer Guzman
Depp s brutal antihero is the highlight of this compelling if somewhat familiar gangster movie 
3
Black Mass
Matt Pais
Depp rarely possesses the aura of someone with his real life character s power 
2
Black Mass
Moira MacDonald
It s one of those movies that you don t exactly enjoy so many guns so many deaths but you appreciate for its craft and tension and for its cast s willingness to lose themselves in the darkness 
3
Black Mass
James Berardinelli
For Black Mass Johnny Depp has dusted off his A game which has lain dormant for far too long 
3
Black Mass
Christopher Gray
Like any crime saga without a more potent thematic hook the film s relentlessly insular script dwells on themes of loyalty and fraternity 
2
Black Mass
Tony Hicks
Black Mass is a riveting character study and might land Depp an Oscar nomination even if the film itself is not very ambitious 
3
Black Mass
Rene Rodriguez
Black Mass struggles to find something new to say about organized crime and the loyalty between men But the only thing the film manages to do is remind us we ve seen all this stuff done before and done better 
2
Black Mass
Peter Canavese
Stars Depp in a performance generating awards talk makes a complicated story coherent without dumbing it down much lets a bunch of strong actors do their things and yet inspires little more than adjectives like efficient and workmanlike 
2.5
Black Mass
Stephen Whitty
There are moments of icy violence and some great lived in faces among the characters But this is no Goodfellas It s just another punk talking tough 
2.5
Black Mass
Roger Moore
Nicely grounded even if Depp is never more than Jack Nicholson Lite and the film just another Son of the Departed 
3
Black Mass
Kam Williams
Johnny Depp is at the top of his game here as Whitey Bulger a very intimidating larger than life monster without a functioning conscience 
4
Black Mass
Stephen Rebello
A gritty beautifully detailed get under your skin slow burn 
3.5
Black Mass
Walter Chaw
Nicholson steals the film in two minutes I can t wait to see more from her 
1.5
Medusa
Soren Andersen
Yes this is one of those horror movies where the people in it seem never to have seen a horror movie 
1
The Virgin Queen
Dan Callahan
Henry Koster s direction is competent for him but Franz Waxman s music is no substitute for Erick Wolfgang Korngold s classic score for Elizabeth and Essex 
2
Intolerable Cruelty
Brian Eggert
Whatever Intolerable Cruelty lacks in the Coens usual visual richness it is replaced with slick plotting attractive stars and riotous humor 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Matt Brunson
A vastly underrated Coen Brothers confection 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Mark Collette
The Coens have taken a typically trite target for ridicule and splayed it out for an attack from outer space where Coen brothers scripts tend to originate 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Bill Chambers
Half the pleasure of Intolerable Cruelty is watching the Coens play it safe
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Kevin A. Ranson
The operative word in this film is restrained 
1.5
Intolerable Cruelty
David Keyes
it does live up to its title by being both cruel and intolerable although not necessarily in the redeeming ways one might hope for 
2
Intolerable Cruelty
Linda Cook
Darkly funny and oh so wicked Intolerable Cruelty is quirky diversion that will appeal to fans of other Coen brothers films 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
James Kendrick
A frequently hilarious screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes which here all boils down to one thing money 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
David Nusair
the movie eventually takes a dark turn that it s never quite able to recover from 
2
Intolerable Cruelty
Steven Snyder
It will delight their fans with its random humor and its palate of bizarre characters 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Glenn Kenny
While it s not nearly as beguiling as the Coen s last pic the uncanny The Man Who Wasn t There Cruelty is still a brisk hoot 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Steve Rhodes
Both Clooney and Zeta Jones are given simple lines that they deliver so deliciously that they set some sort of gold standard 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Sean P. Means
The joy of Intolerable Cruelty is in watching Clooney deconstruct his suave screen persona that mix of Cary Grant cool and Dean Martin hip in front of your very eyes 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Paul Povse
Clooney and Zeta Jones have a level of antagonistic banter recalling the best of the Hepburn Tracy chemistry Now this is what is meant by the term movie star 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Tony Toscano
The film gives the feeling of being flung together at the last minute
1.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Mark Dujsik
The Coen brothers have been kept at bay and it s not an encouraging sight 
2
Intolerable Cruelty
David N. Butterworth
Occasionally cruel and almost entirely intolerable 
1.5
Intolerable Cruelty
John Beifuss
The Coens most experimental film a normal movie 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Scott Nash
Clooney shines Zeta Jones looks better than ever the laughs are there but the movie falls far short of perfection 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Mike McGranaghan
This film is like a Trojan horse it pretends to be all cute and cuddly but underneath that façade are some very large fangs 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Dustin Putman
Intolerable Cruelty is a shallow and instantly forgettable non romantic comedy a new cinematic low point for Joel and Ethan Coen 
1.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Sara Michelle Fetters
How it plays with audiences your guess is as good as mine but if this is what happens when Joel and Ethan Coen sell out here s one vote for them to do it more often 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Claudia Puig
Not brilliantly funny nor incisively clever Intolerable Cruelty is still moderately satirical and laugh out loud enjoyable 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Moira MacDonald
Wonderfully fluffy concoction 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Ruthe Stein
Too slick but amusing marital farce 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
David Elliott
Yes there are some funny moments here and there but the movie never has the point of a real farce 
2
Intolerable Cruelty
Joe Baltake
It s fun to watch fabulous looking confident people trying to finesse each other into a corner 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Franny French
It s not on a par with Fargo or O Brother but it s a solidly funny movie a hybrid weird bird film like only the Coens can make 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Megan Lehmann
Harks back to the screwball comedies of Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges and owes much of its pizzazz to the spark plug pairing of George Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jones 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Jack Mathews
If Intolerable Cruelty isn t a convincing love story it s a hugely entertaining one 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Robert W. Butler
As he showed in O Brother Where Art Thou Clooney has become a first class comic performer one eager to blow off his matinee idol looks and indulge his characters inner idiocies 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Liam Lacey
If Intolerable Cruelty establishes one thing it s that George Clooney is the closest thing that contemporary Hollywood has to an old fashioned matinee idol 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Jeff Vice
One of the funnier comedies to come down the road in quite some time and this sharply observant film also has surprising warmth and heart 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Lisa Kennedy
Watching Clooney s Miles and Zeta Jones Marylin eye each other is a simmering pleasure 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Lawrence Toppman
Zeta Jones dominates the movie She has never looked so radiant and acting is almost beside the point 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Wesley Morris
It s determined to keep Clooney s considerable comedic skills front and center He s never been looser sexier or more antic 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Josh Larsen
a sugary romantic comedy tempered by the Coens sardonic touch 
4
Intolerable Cruelty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a kind of lopsided The Awful Truth 1937 And even though the Coens are capable of such hilarity the choppy Intolerable Cruelty never gets anywhere near it 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Coens re create the madcap dialogue of 1940s screwball comedies particularly His Girl Friday But you don t have to know that to laugh your head off 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Leigh Johnson
Intolerable Cruelty may not be the Coen brothers best work but it s still several steps above the other romantic comedies Hollywood s churned out in recent memory 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Chris Hewitt
It is fun but in such a clinical way that you could quantify the experience of watching it eight big laughs 20 chuckles and six draggy parts 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Roger Ebert
Joel and Ethan are bounteously gifted filmmakers but sometimes you just want them to lay off the irony and climb down here with the groundlings 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Terry Lawson
Clooney and Zeta Jones make for a glamorous couple and there is enough chemistry between them that you might find yourself wondering if Michael Douglas has a Miles Massey prenup 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Glenn Whipp
Further proof that the Coens can take any genre in this case a star driven screwball comedy and make it work without sacrificing their unique sensibility in the process 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
James Sanford
Watching this all play out is like snacking on meringue cookies and champagne You ll certainly enjoy it but you re likely to crave something a bit more substantial later on 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Rob Blackwelder
Had Clooney and Zeta Jones been blessed with more lively head butting memorably quotable give and take Intolerable Cruelty could have been a sublime romantic dark comedy 
2
Intolerable Cruelty
David Sterritt
A romantic comedy but it has enough dark strange and cynical moments to qualify as a full fledged part of the Coen canon 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Duane Dudek
An oversize screwball comedy in the Big Lebowski tradition 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Bruce Newman
There are obvious Coen touches comic Post it notes from the underground that have a Kilroy was here feel But mostly killjoy was here 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Peter Travers
Clooney is definitely the man of these two hours His portrait of a shark in love is a model of classy comic acting 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
Steven Rea
There are laughs here aplenty and sexy goofy off the cuff charm 
3
Intolerable Cruelty
John Anderson
As Miles Massey Clooney brings an absurdist charm and some Cary Grant like gestural hilarity 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
James Berardinelli
Rarely has strife between the sexes been so ruthless so civilized and so funny 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Phil Villarreal
There s snappy dialogue delightfully off center acting and a pulsing thoroughfare of cynicism 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Connie Ogle
Full of malicious fun weirdness and enough star power to blast through any repetitiveness 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Michael Wilmington
Elegant cheerfully cynical fun of the kind we used to get regularly from Billy Wilder Howard Hawks and other masters of the classic Hollywood screwball comedy 
3.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Jeremiah Kipp
As screwball comedy the film is entirely too restrained coasting for too long on recycled gags 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Jeanne Aufmuth
Color me disappointed I see Coens beneath the title and I expect quality black comedy 
1
Intolerable Cruelty
Walter Chaw
Marked by a tossed off feeling a distinct impression that America s most viable auteur brats had taken an unfamiliar path with minimal investment for uncertain gain 
2.5
Intolerable Cruelty
Ross Anthony
With a giddy chin up straight face delivery the film is deadpan silly 
3
The Shepherd
Roger Moore
Not the first time we ve seen this sort of story but not a bad variation of it 
2.5
Heartbeats
Mattie Lucas
A devastating exploration of the complexities and absurdities of love 
2.5
Heartbeats
Joe Williams
Ultimately what makes Heartbeats tick is that it s less about love objects and more about friends who are stuck with each other for better or worse 
3
Heartbeats
Stephanie Merry
Spends 100 minutes dispensing painful examples of how infatuation turns people into idiots 
1.5
Heartbeats
Chris Hewitt
The vibe of the French Canadian Heartbeats is better conveyed by its original title which needs no translation Les Amours Imaginaires 
3
Heartbeats
Steven Rea
Alas although Heartbeats is quite lovely to look at there isn t much going on after all 
2.5
Heartbeats
David Wiegand
Heartbeats charts its own course 
3
Heartbeats
Moira MacDonald
A pretty decent film in its own right and a remarkably good one if you consider the filmmaker turns 22 this month 
3
Heartbeats
Sara Michelle Fetters
My main issue Marie and Francis for all their twenty something familiarity and vulnerability are as unlikable a pair of main characters as any I could have imagined 
2.5
Heartbeats
Wesley Morris
All the dramatic protraction gets at both a heaviness of romantic desire and emotional viscosity 
3
Heartbeats
Peter Keough
A palate cleanser of a movie unfrenetic reflective even melancholy 
3
Heartbeats
V.A. Musetto
Heartbeats looks good and it has some funny dialogue But there isn t enough to sustain the film s running time 
2
Heartbeats
Robert Levin
The actors are submerged in a layer of artifice so thick that it s impossible to regard the characters as anything but pawns in the writer director s cinematic game 
2.5
Heartbeats
Bill Weber
A and B love C who s oblivious but Xavier Dolan only wrests a few chuckles from the old is he or isn t he tease 
2
Heartbeats
Rex Reed
Xavier Dolan is the new darling of Canadian cinema and it s easy to see why 
3
Heartbeats
Liam Lacey
Quebec director Xavier Dolan s follow up to his precocious art house hit I Killed My Mother is a sweet and creamy puffed up dessert of a film 
3
Caroline and Jackie
Jaime N. Christley
Writer director Adam Christian Clark s Caroline and Jackie clobbers the viewer with a wall of insistent stylishness a Ketel One ad that just won t quit or Bellflower for people whose Blackberry is a vital organ 
1
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
David Nusair
incredibly blatant and shameless rip off of the Star Wars movies 
1.5
Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujahedin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
May not make you feel better exactly but it will enlighten you expand your thought process and lift you out of the Hollywood Matrix that prefers to batter you with military recruitment films disguised as Saving Private Ryan and the like 
3.5
Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujahedin
Jonathan Foreman
Timely powerful but underedited and messily structured documentary 
2.5
Immortals
Roger Moore
Grisly gross messy and I m not just talking about Mickey Rourke s table manners
1.5
Immortals
Jeff Beck
Immortals is indeed good looking and is even entertaining for a few brief sequences but that s not nearly enough to begin making up for its multiple flaws elsewhere 
2
Immortals
David Nusair
a distressingly cynical cash grab that seems to exist only to profit from the success of its like minded predecessors 
1.5
Immortals
Eric Melin
Beyond the simple idea that Gods intervened in humans lives on a regular basis there isn t a lot of interesting stuff to chew on in the script It moves from one amazingly framed camera setup to the next with no forward motion or feeling of consequence 
1.5
Immortals
James Kendrick
an almost overwhelming aesthetic experience in which conventional storytelling and narrative logic frequently take a backseat to pure sensation
3
Immortals
Sara Michelle Fetters
Big bold and loud Tarsem Singhs mythological adventure Immortals is a lot of fun 
3
Immortals
Michael Dequina
The raw movie majesty alone makes this worth a view on the big screen but as an adventure epic it also works well enough 
3
Immortals
John Beifuss
The most unpretentious or should that be ridiculous film yet from style drunk director Tarsem Singh is also his most enjoyable a Cuisinart blended shot of Greek mythology and ultraviolent effects that chokes the viewer with unrelenting design 
3
Immortals
Linda Cook
There s a story of revenge here along with some nods to the classic myths of Greek gods and goddesses as well as a pretty spiffy concept for the Minotaur Mostly though this is a bloodbath 
1.5
Immortals
Ty Burr
When Hyperion says of one character His pain has just begun you know exactly how he feels 
2
Immortals
Scott Nash
Just enough spectacle to make up for the lack of substance 
2.5
Immortals
James Berardinelli
The same hyperstylized comic book come to life approach that created an invigorating experience for viewers of 300 elevates Immortals above the level of a Clash of the Titans knock off 
3
Immortals
Rick Groen
Solid yet hardly sensational no luxury sedan but a good compact fairly efficient in its operation typically clean in look and guaranteed to reach its destination with a minimum of fuss 
2.5
Immortals
R. Kurt Osenlund
However indulgent Tarsem brings art museums to the movies thrillingly injecting popular fantasy with acute senses of the classic and the avant garde 
3.5
Immortals
Stephen Whitty
It s a movie about myth with no sense of magic 
2
Immortals
Mark Jenkins
As in his The Fall director Tarsem Singh s visual instincts overwhelm his storytelling finesse 
1.5
Immortals
Kyle Smith
If it s violence ye seek and violently confused storytelling look ye no further 
2
Immortals
Roger Ebert
The Immortals is without doubt the best looking awful movie you will ever see 
1.5
Immortals
Daniel M. Kimmel
A mash up of ancient myth and CGI that often looks very impressive but doesn t make a lot of sense 
2
Immortals
Mark Dujsik
The story might be routine and the characters void of much personality but Tarsem knows the power of spectacle 
3
Immortals
Josh Larsen
Few directors offer such a geometric mise en scene 
3
Immortals
Dustin Putman
An impeccably dressed yawnfest 
1.5
Immortals
Matt Pais
We can only wonder how much less fighting there would be if these warriors could just find some other hobbies 
2
Immortals
Scott Bowles
For all the digital mastery Immortals boasts its hokey story leaves the film adrift 
2
Immortals
Linda Barnard
Immortals is aimed squarely at the macho crowd with the emphasis on heroics and bone crunching violence in 3 D with a splash of sexy time to lighten the mood and detract from the flaccid script 
1.5
Mija
Peter Canavese
An immigration and music documentary nice 44 stretched a bit thin 44 but what apos s here is interesting 46 
2.5
Mija
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It 8217 s a documentary with enormous charm 44 despite an occasional formlessness that makes the narrative drift 44 filled with the melody of endurance 46 Enjoy the music 46 
3
Mija
Katie Rife
Mija weaves a more nuanced emotional tapestry than is typically seen in immigration stories like this one 46 
3
Mija
Mick LaSalle
Mija is a sluggish meandering documentary that touches but only touches on something interesting the experience of undocumented immigrants and their U S born children 
1
Amateur
Roger Moore
An engaging tale from the corrupt underbelly of Big Time Hoops at the high school level one that loses its cynical edge and goes all squishy in the third act
2.5
Bandit
James Berardinelli
The problem with telling a true story like this is that the ending is written in stone and there s nothing the screenplay can do about it The term anticlimax comes to mind 
2.5
Bandit
Erik Childress
Famed bank robbers are a genre onto themselves 44 but Allan Ungar 8217 s latest is a breezy good time with enough clever turns 44 an engaged supporting cast and a charming 44 easygoing performance by Josh Duhamel 46 
3
Bandit
Mark Dujsik
91 B 93 y the end 44 it mostly feels as if we apos ve seen a predictable story that bypasses its better ideas and rests on its most obvious ones 46 
2.5
Bandit
Roger Moore
Relies on Duhamel apos s charm 44 and the bandit apos s passion for disguises 46 And even if it bogs down in the middle acts seriously bogs down this Allan Ungar dramedy plays 46 More or less 46 
2
Bandit
Dominic Baez
Too few moments stand out because the film s plot is just too disjointed 
1.5
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
Michael Dequina
Many of the film s tearwringing moments get their power from Chan s expert use of Cheung s amazingly expressive face which can register so much emotion with so little effort 
4
Truman
Anita Katz
Gay s direction and screenplay cowritten by Tomas Aragay and splendid performances keep the characters feeling real and spontaneous resulting in a captivating tale of human and canine companionship and caring 
3
Truman
Mick LaSalle
There are things in life and art that are simply so beautiful that they must be witnessed and Darn s performance in Truman is one of those 
4
Truman
Michael O'Sullivan
Truman avoids preachiness as scrupulously as it evades certainty 
3
Truman
Roger Moore
A bittersweet study in friendship and mortality that lets the sweet overwhelm the bitter
3
Truman
Shane Slater
Darin s engaging performance makes it easy to sympathize with the protagonist s plight but Truman provides little else to keep audiences enthused 
2.5
Truman
Ellen Brait
The film s real triumph is in how accurately it captures the intricacies of human relationships especially when tested 
3
Popeye
Joseph Gelmis
Being immersed for nearly two hours in the claustrophobic comic strip world of Popeye is like being trapped in a stalled elevator or a doomed submarine with raving lunatics without fresh air 
2
Popeye
Matt Brunson
Those who can get on its wavelength will appreciate its eccentricities those who cannot will find its whimsy the equivalent of waterboarding 
1.5
Popeye
Roger Moore
Eye candy not without its charms an exercise in excess few would hazard today 
2
Popeye
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most people hate this rambling Robert Altman directed comic strip movie but I loved it as a kid and I still love it 
3
Popeye
Roger Ebert
He takes one of the most artificial and limiting of art forms the comic strip and raises it to the level of high comedy and high spirits 
3.5
Popeye
Bill Chambers
Popeye is a sustained eureka 
3.5
My First Wedding
Steve Kobak
A run of the mill farce with an undeniably sexist undertone 
1
My First Wedding
Elizabeth Weitzman
After languishing unseen for years Laurent Firode s long delayed comedy is finally getting its day in the sun Too bad there s such a heavy shadow hanging over it 
1.5
My First Wedding
Chris Hewitt
My First Wedding has Rachael Leigh Cook s off kilter rhythm going for it and it needs it because everything else about the movie is way too on kilter 
1.5
My First Wedding
Jeff Strickler
With a title like My First Wedding viewers shouldn t expect anything other than a date movie that relies more on likable characters than originality 
2.5
My First Wedding
Nick Schager
The narrative impetus of the film is stupidity as Laurent Firode s romantic comedy only manages to progress from plot point A to B thanks to the witlessness of its unbelievably naive protagonists 
1
Beyond Rangoon
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The movie artfully appeals to some of the more hypocritical parts of my liberal conscience and gives them a gentle workout but it doesn t really change anything except the bank accounts of a few studio executives 
2
Beyond Rangoon
David Nusair
earnest yet hopelessly underwhelming 
1.5
Beyond Rangoon
Marty Mapes
This is a perennial favorite because of the scenery it s set in Burma shot in Malaysia because of the strong heroine and because of the mix of politics and adventure 
3
Beyond Rangoon
Chris Hicks
Seems less about the horror suffered by the Burmese than the inconvenience suffered by an American tourist who has lost her passport 
2
Beyond Rangoon
Edward Guthmann
Boorman s metaphysical musings might work if he integrated them more fully into his film instead of making them secondary to action sequences 
2
Beyond Rangoon
Joe Baltake
It s fascinating and rewarding to watch Arquette evolve with much credibility from her own personal state of immaturity to a state of full growth 
3.5
Beyond Rangoon
James Berardinelli
Besides being an intelligent and gripping thriller with a solid grounding in real recent historical events Beyond Rangoon also gives movie goers a rare opportunity to watch a female hero 
3
Beyond Rangoon
Roger Ebert
Because the film is well acted and directed and the Malaysian locations are exotic and seductive I got involved even though the story was so clearly concocted 
3
Beyond Rangoon
Madeleine Williams
Arquette s central character makes several rather stupid decisions along the way but the drama of the political events unfolding around her compensates for it 
3
Quality of Life
Maitland McDonagh
While Burnam and Garrison imbue their characters with authentic feeling frustration and anger they never succeed in making them especially interesting it s hard to care in any serious way what becomes of either 
2.5
Quality of Life
V.A. Musetto
Morgan who co wrote with Burnam elicits authentic performances from his two lead actors and from Mackenzie Firgens as Curtis single mom girlfriend 
3
Quality of Life
Ed Gonzalez
The film s aesthetic often suggests a Modern Living editor s take on a graffiti ridden hood but Morgan is almost chill for not trying to front ghetto idolatry 
2.5
Quality of Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The best low budget indie ever shot in San Francisco s Mission District 
3.5
Happy
Walter V. Addiego
A grab bag of ideas about how to transcend everyday misery using insights from an international group of scientists religious and government figures and regular people 
3
Skeletons in the Closet
David Nusair
There s no tension here and when it comes to thrillers that s about the worst transgression that exists 
2
Gatlopp
Erik Childress
Kind of an adult Jumanji mixed with Flatliners that doesn 8217 t lean much into its horror element and its characters and their situations are not nearly interesting enough to pull off the emotional catharsis it hopes to achieve in them 46 
2
Gatlopp
Roger Moore
No cut rate 44 scratch the emotional surface 8220 Jumanji 8221 knock off should play this cute 44 funny and sweet 46 
2.5
Bill Cosby: Himself
David Nusair
an overlong concert movie 
2
Brother's Keeper
Josh Larsen
could be accused of exploiting the Wards except that the movie develops exploitation as one of its themes 
3.5
Brother's Keeper
Roger Ebert
Brother s Keeper the year s best documentary has an impact and immediacy that most fiction films can only envy 
4
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
David Nusair
a watchable yet undeniably forgettable endeavor 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a convoluted mess of ideas and mythology and while all of it is potentially interesting none of it is fleshed out near well enough to make any of it even slightly worthwhile 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Matt Brunson
Older moviegoers who can recall the spate of like minded horror flicks from the 1980s will find much to appreciate 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
John Beifuss
A fun energetic adventure with plenty of inoffensive ghoulish touches that should please kid and adult horror buffs alike 
3
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
John Wirt
Inept to the core The Vampire s Assistant never rises to the occasion 
1.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Shaula Clark
Harry Potter this ain t But it s fun all the same 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Linda Cook
There s a lot going on here but not much of it is very interesting 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Mike McGranaghan
Starts off strongly which only makes its drastic eventual decline that much more disappointing What could have been a really quirky edgy teen horror comedy instead turns into a crushing bore 
1.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Kit Bowen
While Cirque du Freak A Vampire s Assistant might hold a certain charm for tween fans it suffers from too much exposition and not enough freakishly cool vampire action 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Robert W. Butler
The strong supporting cast is wasted evidently these characters would have more to do in sequels which let us pray we never have to sit through 
1.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Stephen Cole
We never get under the skin of anyone here Freaks never become characters They re objects of derision 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Peter Canavese
Gothic pop a ripping yarn for the big screen 
3
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Willie Waffle
It s Twilight with training wheels 
3
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Desson Thomson
While it celebrates the creative and the imagined and introduces us to colorful characters it s bland and dull 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Kyle Smith
An inept fantasy that wants to be a sort of hip Goth legend 
0
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Peter Travers
Jammed with story threads that don t cohere Cirque commits the cardinal sin for a vampire movie It s bloodless 
1.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Peter Hartlaub
It s clear that the filmmakers had a hard time adapting Darren Shan s books made the movie way too long and then hacked indiscriminately at the last minute Some important scenes are cut off abruptly and others seem to be missing altogether 
1
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Jason Anderson
The film can t decide whether it s an earnest fantasy flick or a quirky horror comedy or whether it s meant for kids or adults no wonder it appears to have two titles 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Chris Hewitt
Cirque du Freak The Vampire s Assistant is an unwieldy title but it s perfect for a film that can t figure out what it s trying to do 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Claudia Puig
Perhaps best of all the movie doesn t take itself too seriously It s creepy but tinged with sarcasm and infused with silly fun 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Rafer Guzman
The script by Brian Helgeland and director Paul Weitz frequently strays off course though the underlying story is always compelling And just like Twilight this movie doesn t end so much as beg to be continued 
3
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Mark Dujsik
A darkly funny and fun macabre fantasy that constantly winks at itself and expectations 
3
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Michael A. Smith
the best this season Halloween has to offer is Cirque du Freak The Vampire s Assistant 
3.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Sonny Bunch
Considering it s little more than a melange of Twilight Harry Potter and Goosebumps Cirque is far far more entertaining a movie than it has any right to be 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Sean P. Means
Massoglia is so bland he barely registers on film which is a bit too appropriate for a vampire role 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Sue Pierman
The movie has its moments but director Paul Weitz paces things a bit like a cheesy carnival ride 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Stephen Whitty
The movie has no sense of magic or fun the characters never seem to have anything at stake It s just a lot of computer graphics and gleefully hamming it up actors 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Dustin Putman
There is an undoubted vision behind the cameras one that is bound to only crystallize if the powers that be give this potential new franchise the nurturing it deserves 
2.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Ty Burr
Chris Massoglia is almost wholly charisma free a handsome hesitant two by four who makes you appreciate the rich thespian skills of Daniel Radcliffe Casting an unknown is always a gamble This time the house wins 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Andrew Schenker
It s hard to escape the feeling that this is one film that already has its eye on the next chapter 
2
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Roger Ebert
It s a mess The movie is shot through with curious disconnects Often within a single sequence of events we won t know where we are or how they re related in space or time 
1.5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Joe Williams
When Weitz and writer Brian Helgeland try to drape a plot over the colorful characters the movie goes fuzzy 
2.5
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Michael Dequina
Director P J Pesce stylishly and briskly stages the numerous shootings and feeding frenzies 
3
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
David Nusair
pretty entertaining with some great gore scenes 
2
The Circle
Joshua Tanzer
Gives some quick powerful impressions of the Iranian woman s plight but much less than if it had paused to tell a few stories thoroughly 
2
The Circle
Roger Ebert
Profoundly dangerous to the status quo in Iran because it asks us to identify with the plight of women who have done nothing wrong except to be female 
3.5
The Circle
Jay Carr
Remarkable 
3.5
The Circle
Steve Rhodes
A movie filled with palpable terror as the women in their chadors fly through the alleyways and corridors with their robes making them look black ghosts on the lam 
3.5
The Circle
Wesley Morris
It s a startling speedy gracefully executed indictment 
3
The Circle
Pam Grady
An impassioned plea for liberation that resonates long after the film is over 
4
Family Portrait in Black and White
Chuck Bowen
Julia Ivanova doesn t judge her subject refusing to see her through the eyes of a presumably better off first world citizen 
3
Family Portrait in Black and White
Stephen Cole
Though only 85 minutes the film captures an entire bewilderingly extended family and way of life inside a sturdy frame 
3
Family Portrait in Black and White
Peter Howell
Looks at a Ukrainian family of one single mom and a huge brood of children and finds that love grows exponentially 
2.5
The Maestro
Mark Dujsik
The student teacher dynamic here is intriguing and not in the obvious way 
3
FireDancer
Lou Lumenick
While there are enough subtle directorial touches to make you wish Wassel could make a second feature the low budget flick Fire Dancer is essentially a more awkward Afghan version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 
2
Man in Red Bandana
Kam Williams
An overdue tribute to a selfless hero who put into action his heartfelt belief that we are all here to care for one another A must see documentary guaranteed to leave you in tears 
4
Man in Red Bandana
Sean P. Means
Weiss unfortunately missed the film school class where they teach fledgling documentarians not to overuse footage of the events of 9 11 
1
Why We Fight
Kam Williams
U S imperialism exposed as a categorical imperative by this damning documentary about the Military Industrial Complex 
4
Why We Fight
Rob Thomas
When Jarecki segues into what could be called Why We re Fighting in Iraq that is his film loses much of its focus and its power 
2
Why We Fight
Marty Mapes
A dense documentary that explores why America goes to war
4
Why We Fight
Matt Brunson
Yet another well intentioned documentary that will preach to the choir but no one else 
2.5
Why We Fight
Jeff Vice
unlike in Fahrenheit 9 11 Why We Fight lets its subjects do the talking there s no constant narrative presence like in Moore s film And as a result it s considerably more persuasive 
3
Why We Fight
Sean P. Means
Fahrenheit 9 11 for tweedy liberals who disdain Michael Moore s in your face persona 
2.5
Why We Fight
Duane Dudek
Even if you don t agree with his analysis or conclusions it s hard to see the cumulative weight of his director Jarecki s evidence as anything but prescient 
3
Why We Fight
Michael Booth
Eugene Jarecki s Why We Fight takes on enough subjects to make five great documentaries but as a result is so scattered that it doesn t quite make for one good one 
2
Why We Fight
John Beifuss
It s hard to imagine a politician today addressing the public in Eisenhower s un condescending non simplistic and honest terms 
3
Why We Fight
Thomas Delapa
Much of the information here is old news and Jarecki s cursory collage style doesn t help his cause But this is a case of compelling evidence overwhelming the drawbacks of form 
2.5
Why We Fight
Forrest Hartman
Director Eugene Jarecki says he was trying to connect our military past with the present He doesn t do this as well as one might hope but he certainly offers a fascinating treatise on current events 
3.5
Why We Fight
Jeanne Aufmuth
A stirring anti war doc deciphering fifty years of military misadventure 
3
Why We Fight
Steven Rea
It s impossible to imagine anyone right leaning or left coming away from this hugely important documentary unshaken by its representation of the United States and its military establishment 
4
Why We Fight
Terry Lawson
More leftist propaganda masquerading as documentary 
2
Why We Fight
Chris Hewitt
The biggest accomplishment of the movie is that it eschews name calling rhetoric and focuses on the issues 
3.5
Why We Fight
J. R. Jones
Fluidly edited by Nancy Kennedy Why We Fight interweaves these personal stories not only with history but with one another yielding some choice ironies 
3
Why We Fight
Rick Groen
The strength of this documentary lies in its balance or at least the careful appearance of balance Both sides of the issue receive their due 
3
Why We Fight
David Elliott
Not a lot new in this show if you ve read or seen Moore or Gore Vidal or Noam Chomsky But Jarecki assembles argumentative elements shrewdly 
3
Why We Fight
Rene Rodriguez
Jarecki s thoughtful nonconfrontational approach makes it absorbing viewing regardless of whether or not you buy his arguments 
3
Why We Fight
Matt Pais
A succinct history lesson and a horrifying inquiry into political contradictions false promises and perpetuated terror 
3.5
Why We Fight
Allison Benedikt
Jarecki seems to have had his answers before asking the questions He s a master at filtering at choosing the best quotes to bolster his argument and at connecting dots that perhaps shouldn t be 
2
Why We Fight
Josh Larsen
seems to have found the flash point for our current national anxiety 
3.5
Why We Fight
Jeffrey Westhoff
A provocative documentary that asks us to ask questions about our foreign policy and our responsibilities as a society 
3.5
Why We Fight
Phoebe Flowers
How you react to Why We Fight will be entirely subjective much as with Fahrenheit 9 11 However this is by far the superior film if only from a technical standpoint 
3
Why We Fight
Roger Ebert
After Ike makes his point in the opening minutes the film itself essentially just elaborates it 
2
Why We Fight
Frank Houston
A well researched impassioned talking head filled treatise on the militarization of America 
3
Why We Fight
Bruce Newman
There is plenty here that should worry members of both political parties 
3
Why We Fight
Tom Keogh
Even if one disagrees vehemently with Jarecki s interpretations of events and history it s hard not to be impressed by the rigorousness with which he gathers his arguments 
4
Why We Fight
Neva Chonin
A somber polemic that presents a convincing case against using war as an economic booster although Jarecki argues that is precisely what the United States has been doing under every president since Truman 
3
Why We Fight
Ty Burr
Stands as a class act stylistic rebuttal to Fahrenheit 9 11 it asks questions rather than bludgeons us with ridicule and it has the grace to hint that we can think for ourselves 
3.5
Why We Fight
Dan Fienberg
All of that clarification and mainstreaming have made Why We Fight into a film that preaches to the choir rather than incites debate 
2.5
Why We Fight
Geoff Pevere
Compulsory viewing in an age when the war of words is every bit as entrenched and fierce as the one with weapons 
3
Why We Fight
Bob Strauss
intelligently presented and makes good sense 
3
Why We Fight
Maitland McDonagh
a deeply provocative piece of filmmaking 
3
Why We Fight
Peter Travers
Why We Fight wants to shake us up and boy does it ever 
3.5
Why We Fight
Timothy Knight
It ranks with The Fog of War as one of the best political documentaries of the last few years 
4
Why We Fight
Lisa Rose
There have been so many protest pictures on the scene since the Iraq war began from Michael Moore Robert Greenwald and other provocateurs that Why We Fight leaves you with a mild sense of deja vu rather than a fresh sense of outrage 
2.5
Why We Fight
Kyle Smith
this rehash of familiar pacifist arguments offers neither heat nor light 
1.5
Why We Fight
Jack Mathews
Whether we ve reached the critical mass of misplaced power is the gist of the current national debate and Why We Fight is a useful tool in that argument 
3
Why We Fight
Mike Clark
It s thoughtful and you have to take it seriously and with respect 
3
Why We Fight
Jan Stuart
Extends beyond the titular question to touch on such issues as why we are hated so much and why we get it wrong so often 
3
Why We Fight
Walter Chaw
I can t help but be bugged by propaganda no matter its point of view 
2
Why We Fight
Steve Rhodes
In a post 9 11 world Why We Fight is a dangerously naive propaganda piece whose logical arguments are quite dated 
2
Why We Fight
Nick Schager
Facts that aren t redundant often border on being off topic 
2
Why We Fight
Jason Anderson
What makes Why We Fight so devastating is that it stands as a plea for reason in an age that expresses little use for it 
4
Among Ravens
Glenn Kenny
Among Ravens is finally a thoroughly noxious concoction 
1
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Glenn Whipp
Yes John Peterson is a flake but he s a likable oddball a rebel you can get behind 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Jim Hemphill
Like its title character The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a simple effective movie with a lot on its mind 
3.5
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Maitland McDonagh
Taggart Siegel s loving portrait of eccentric farmer John Peterson is an epic writ small that focuses on a life lived almost entirely on a Caledonia Ill farm yet encompasses six decades of changing American social mores and economic upheavals 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Stephen Whitty
It does leave you smiling and just a little bit hungry 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Elizabeth Weitzman
Don t be surprised if by the finish you wind up fantasizing about your own rural homestead 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Jan Stuart
What a blessing this film is for everyone who s chosen the road less taken and even perhaps for anyone who s stood in their way 
3.5
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Ross Anthony
A beautiful documentary Completely fascinating with a topic that hits home even if home for you isn t a farm Bio of a guy not a celebrity politician nor rich person 
3.5
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Phil Villarreal
By the time the end credits come along you re about ready to pat your new friend on the back careful to avoid ruffling that feathered boa 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Matt Pais
A genuine no frills working person s story of giving as much to the world as you reap from it 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Rob Thomas
He has the rough hands of a hard working farmer but the soul of a reflective poet and he brings both to bear in telling his story 
3.5
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Ed Gonzalez
The Real Dirt on Farmer John is the healthiest film on the block 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Walter V. Addiego
A loose amiable documentary tracking several decades in the life of this most unusual farmer 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the film s goofy title and quirky imagery it s a hugely depressing tale 
2.5
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even though you fear they will join hands and sing Kumbaya it is inspiring to see people come together to make sure something good and fundamental doesn t pass away 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Peter Canavese
Too much of this self congratulatory one man show in the guise of a documentary remains real muddy 
2
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Chris Hewitt
Ultimately it is hopeful in its depiction of the creativity that helped Peterson who also wrote and speaks the film s somewhat flowery narration rebound from the farm crisis that had him over a barrel 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Jeff Strickler
Regardless of what you think the movie is about it has a fascinating subject John Peterson farmer performance artist author and at times a flamboyant thorn in his neighbors side 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Michael Wilmington
Effectively links the political and artistic rebellions of the 60s to the ecological movements of today while mounting a strong case against the effects of today s agribusiness monoliths 
3
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Roger Ebert
This is a loving moving inspiring quirky documentary that was made while the lives it records were being lived 
3.5
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Joshua Tanzer
If we were better people than we are we d all be interested in a documentary about the difficulties of farming life and the central character wouldn t have to be a cross dressing movie making play writing hippie loving free spirit 
3.5
Blonde Ambition
David Nusair
despite the presence of Jessica Simpson Blonde Ambition remains an amiable almost entertaining piece of work that generally holds the viewer s interest throughout 
2
Matilda
Roger Ebert
Matilda doesn t condescend to children it doesn t sentimentalize and as a result it feels heartfelt and sincere It s funny too 
3
Matilda
David N. Butterworth
The adult performers fare considerably better than the young lead in this faithful adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic 
2.5
Matilda
Susan Wloszczyna
With her sweet sad face Mara Wilson is a perfect Matilda 
3
Lovers of Hate
Rob Humanick
Transforms from an awkward and unsatisfying mumblecore comedy to a surprisingly intimate look at the ways people deal with hurt 
2.5
Lovers of Hate
Robert Levin
An experience that s strange unsettling and wholly unpredictable 
3.5
Lovers of Hate
Peter Hartlaub
If you were ever wondering what Die Hard would have been like if Neil LaBute directed it as an art film prepare to enjoy Lovers of Hate 
3
Samia
Joshua Tanzer
The girls are actual teenagers one of whom is about to have her first baby The men are real immigrant laborers and the weary looking mom is in fact a mother of eight Their natural anguished and passionate performances are astounding 
3.5
Samia
Leighton Walter Kille
A bracing lesson in the limits of cultural assimilation and mutual comprehension 
3
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
Duane Dudek
It s amazing that Iranian film exists at all But the country s film artists have not only endured they have over time created a world class cinema whose sensitive and often progressive aesthetic has been produced under duress 
3
Thin
David Nusair
genuinely moving 
2.5
Of Love and Shadows
Scott Nash
Nice performances by Connelly and Banderas can t make up for the rest of this snoozefest 
2
A Cop Movie
Rene Sanchez
Its inventive and absorbing docu fiction narrative helps explore and understand the issues faced by one of Mexico s main institutions Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
A Cop Movie
Roger Moore
Gimmicky
2
A Cop Movie
Mark Dujsik
I t s a fascinating line blurring experience 
3
A Cop Movie
Glenn Kenny
Eventually we see that Ruizpalacios has put the system to a kind of acid test in treating this case 
3
A Cop Movie
Chuck Bowen
Alonso Ruizpalacios voices a profound sense of powerlessness on the part of the police without sentimentalizing the abuses and biases of the profession 
3
Slither
David Nusair
Slither peters out to a fairly palpable degree once it progresses into its meandering and often excessively quirky midsection and second half 46 46 46 
2
Slither
Roger Ebert
Zieff would rather go for good moments than construct an over all structure So the movie is heavy on moments light on structure and that s OK 
3
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
Sal Cinquemani
There s nothing provocative about a documentary that unlike its subject refuses to ask tough questions or dig below the surface 
2
Medieval
Katie Walsh
A film with an identity crisis 44 caught between its lowbrow sword and splatter charms and grander ambitions 46 46 46 The clarity of message gets hopelessly bogged down in the internecine conflicts of all the players 46 
2
Medieval
Simon Abrams
This crash course in Czech history is often compelling for its intricate details 44 but rarely for its characterizations 44 dialogue 44 or dramatic tension 46 
1.5
Medieval
Anne Brodie
Medieval is complicated for those of us who aren 8217 t familiar with 14th C European history 44 so attention must be paid 59 gruesome but interesting 46 
2
Medieval
Mark Dujsik
91 Its 93 ambitions 46 46 46 ultimately end at the spectacle of design and bloody combat 46 46 46 
2
Medieval
Roger Moore
It 8217 s all perfectly workmanlike 44 save for the fights 44 which are splendid 46 If Medieval Times are your jam 8220 Medieval 8221 is worth a look and almost entertaining enough to get by 46 
2
The Crossing
Steve Rhodes
Although handsomely filmed and respectably acted the thin script never gets us involved 
2
Summer of 85
David Reddish
Summer of 85 ranks as one of Ozons best films both in the way it fuses genres and in the way it layers its characters 
4
Summer of 85
Rene Sanchez
Ozon s nostalgic ode to the everlasting memories of first love carries his characteristic seductive and edgy style Full Review in Spanish 
3
Summer of 85
Ty Burr
Summer of 85 balances intriguingly but a little too murkily on a fulcrum of unreliable narration and it becomes impossible to tell whether Ozon means us to take the story at face value or undercutting Alex s own melodramatic pronouncements 
3
Summer of 85
Anita Katz
This sun streaked French heartbreaker is still a wildly engaging tale of teenage self discovery and amour fou 
3
Summer of 85
Ann Hornaday
Despite some distracting contrivances Summer of 85 transports viewers to a place time and feeling that feel altogether real and not nearly as far away as they initially might seem 
2.5
Summer of 85
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director François Ozon conjures up a sunny lazy slightly awkward Eric Rohmer vibe for this sweet sad story of a naïve doomed romance with lots of floppy hair 
3
Summer of 85
Leo Brady
Summer of 85 is a tightly clasped romance that may seem simple in scope but the longer you let it sit the more it resonates with our inner romantic 
3.5
Summer of 85
Odie Henderson
Summer of 85 plays like a bad parody of movies like Love Story and Summer of 42 stories where some undeserving male learns a valuable lesson from a love affair and death 
1
Summer of 85
Mark Dujsik
Ozon simply spends those flashback scenes developing the feeling of young heedless love It s effective 
3
Summer of 85
Diego Semerene
François Ozon s paean to nostalgia wraps tragedy and obsession in a whimsical bow 
2
Summer of 85
David Nusair
A typically erratic endeavor from François Ozon 
2
Summer of 85
Kate Taylor
Unfortunately the plot becomes so melodramatic that Ozon ultimately loses control of the film failing to deliver on both the odd bit of comedy and the tragic finale 
2
Georgia
Susan Tavernetti
Jennifer Jason Leigh s performance as the sister who lives for her turn in the spotlight electrifies this look at two very different siblings 
3.5
Georgia
Susan Wloszczyna
A painful though sadly humorous portrait of sisterhood deftly written by Leigh s mom Barbara Turner and directed with just right spareness by Ula Grosbard 
3.5
Georgia
Roger Ebert
Georgia is not a simply plotted movie about descent and recovery but a complex deeply knowledgeable story about how alcoholism and mental illness really are family diseases 
3.5
Georgia
Steve Rhodes
Leigh s performance is riveting 
3
Tidal Wave
Roger Ebert
It is purely and simply a wretched failure a feeble attempt to paste together inept special effects filmed in Japan and Lorne Greene filmed in America to his everlasting regret I ll bet 
0.5
Liebestraum
Roger Ebert
Liebestraum is another exercise in style and it looks good but Figgis screenplay unfortunately labors to bring forth a revelation that is not only perfectly obvious but isn t very interesting anyway 
2
Security
Roger Moore
Isn t brisk enough to be a thriller and the stakes never seem that high But it walks that tightrope between intriguing and Well we HAVE to see how this turns out without ever losing the plot or turning boring 
2.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Leo Brady
Gett The Trial of Viviane Amsalem is a superbly crafted film that will spark debate as the audience leaves the theater 
4
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Sean P. Means
Ronit Elkabetz brilliantly captures Viviane s mounting frustration and the sense of release in those moments when she just doesn t care anymore 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Scott Renshaw
If the goal of Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz was to convey the sheer grueling ordeal faced by their protagonist they succeeded in a way that s both powerful and challenging to maintain dramatically 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Roger Moore
And you thought Sharia Law was the only thing liberal Western women had to fear 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Rob Thomas
GETT shows that sexism is not an aberration but baked in by design into some of our deepest institutions and fighting it is a long journey down a hard road 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
John Hartl
It s tough and unsparing but the grimness is never gratuitous 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Bob Bloom
What the film directed by Elkabetz and her sibling Ronit does is cast a harsh light on a dark segment of Israeli society that is mostly obscured from the outside world 
4
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Steven Rea
Shot in intense close ups the better to study the emotions burning off the characters skin the film is all talk and gestures but it begins to take your breath away like a chase movie would 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Peter Keough
A microcosm of women victimized by patriarchal institutions worldwide as well as an allegory of the universal struggle for freedom 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Joe Williams
As Viviane laments this kind of thing wouldn t happen in America True but there s not an actress in America who wouldn t twist her hair into a bun for the chance to play this role 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
John Anderson
Suspenseful wonderfully acted emotionally jarring 
4
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Anita Katz
The filmmakers impressively indict an egregiously sexist policy that regards women as men s property 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Mark Dujsik
The power of the film s critique is in the overall sensation of a claustrophobic seemingly endless and Kafkaesque nightmare from which no one can escape 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Chris Knight
Gett is as tightly crafted as any courtroom thriller The difference here is that what hangs in the balance is not guilt or innocence freedom or the death penalty but a very different kind of life sentence 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Linda Barnard
It may puzzle audiences unfamiliar with the Israeli system but the rigid religious bureaucracy devoted to keeping a married couple together at all cost makes for a superb way of adding layers of tension to this effective drama 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
David Lewis
Elkabetz commands the screen whether she s quietly seething or lashing out at the judges and their pointed questions Her plight provides a painful argument that marriage and divorce are better served in the civil sphere 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite the seemingly uncinematic nature of this inert even claustrophobic scenario the film mesmerizes utterly 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Michael Phillips
A highly compressed exquisitely acted tale of two people who do not belong together plays out as a courtroom saga that in story terms runs longer than many marriages 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Robert Levin
A world is constructed inside a spare room the camera doesn t move cutting between medium shots and close ups with each placement reflecting a Sisyphean quest for freedom 
3.5
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Corey Atad
Ronit Elkabetz is the star of the show For a film enamored of faces hers is most important and what she does with it is magnificent 
4
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Matt Zoller Seitz
Every shot cut line performance indeed every moment in this feature is perfectly judged always conveying precisely what it needs to convey in to define its characters and move the story forward 
4
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Farran Smith Nehme
A couple of plot turns threaten to overload the drama but overall this divorce is more riveting than many a murder trial 
3
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Elise Nakhnikian
The courtroom s cramped near featureless air of bureaucratic stagnation becomes oppressive even for the audience making it easy to identify with Viviane s growing hunger for freedom 
3.5
I Love Your Work
Stephen Whitty
What is so dreadful about unearned fame and undeserved riches that warrants this faux Antonioni despair 
1.5
I Love Your Work
Kyle Smith
At last Adam Goldberg has given us his 8 1 2 It s an ambitious rumination on fame reality love loss and regret that falls so far short he should have called it 2 1 8 
.5
I Love Your Work
Elizabeth Weitzman
Working with a self consciously urgent neo noir style Goldberg seems intent on expressing a meaningful message of some kind It s too bad then that he has chosen such a shallow subject 
2
I Love Your Work
Jan Stuart
I Love Your Work gets the dissonance of the celebrity lifestyle to a T But the self reflexive strategy of Goldberg and co writer Adrian Butchart is too brainy by half 
2.5
I Love Your Work
Nick Schager
When Ricci s dreamgirl finally fed up with Gray s insanity chastises him with You re obvious it s a sentiment also applicable to the film itself 
1.5
I Love Your Work
Ross Anthony
A crisp impressionistic look at stardom while pointing out the allure of being common Very strong in direction script and acting but struggles to finish 
2
I Love Your Work
Dan Fienberg
Goldberg takes his message really seriously abandoning a satirical edge early on as if he were the first person to ever discover that celebrity is hollow 
2.5
I Love Your Work
Kim Morgan
Maybe the point is to be bewildered That would be fine had the film created any resonant power Instead we re merely bemused 
2
The Tailor of Panama
Brian Eggert
Smart and challenging though it may be at times The Tailor of Panama remains fragmented in unsatisfying ways 
2.5
The Tailor of Panama
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I had forgotten that thrillers could possibly be this much fun and rippingly intelligent at the same time 
3.5
The Tailor of Panama
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like Three Kings The Tailor of Panama is a political satire that emerged from the studio system with its fangs intact 
3.5
The Tailor of Panama
Mark Dujsik
A movie for people who don t mind having their expectations played with and who prefer wordplay over gunplay 
3
The Tailor of Panama
Jorge Avila Andrade
Representa una buena oportunidad de esparcimiento y evasin
3
The Tailor of Panama
Greg Dean Schmitz
John Boorman s direction here is impeccable capturing well the look and sounds of Panama City and mixing it in with the film s story 
3.5
The Tailor of Panama
Robert Roten
Brosnan is great as the nasty manipulative spy using his wits charm and sex appeal to outmaneuver everyone around him 
3
The Tailor of Panama
James Kendrick
a post Cold War black comedy about a corrupt world in which the kind of spying that made James Bond world famous no longer has a place
3
The Tailor of Panama
Michael Dequina
Neither thrilling nor particularly funny 
2
The Tailor of Panama
Steve Rhodes
The more you think about it the more you appreciate its subtle charms 
3
The Tailor of Panama
Susan Stark
A wise vivid thoughtfully textured film 
4
The Tailor of Panama
Rob Blackwelder
A swarthy seething intelligent magnificently crafted thriller 
3
The Tailor of Panama
James Berardinelli
This plot centered motion picture demands that its audience thinks rather than sits passively and watches 
3
The Tailor of Panama
Cornell & Petricelli
A clever alternative to high action and special effect flicks 
2.5
The Tailor of Panama
Bob Graham
Very talky fortunately with actors like these and a script by Andrew Davies Boorman and Le Carre himself the talk is frequently good 
3
The Tailor of Panama
Tor Thorsen
Another middling film that will leave audiences neither shaken nor stirred 
2.5
The Tailor of Panama
Roger Ebert
Has a lot of wry twisted humor 
3.5
The Tailor of Panama
Michael Wilmington
Like a Bach toccata or a frosty drink on a sunlit veranda a first class movie spy thriller can offer one of life s cooler more elegant treats The Tailor of Panama fits that category 
3.5
The Tailor of Panama
Ross Anthony
The film starts slowly sleepily slowly but builds well 
1.5
The Salamander
Roger Ebert
The movie finally doesn t quite win us over It moves too slowly it tries to do too much at its leisurely pace We don t hate it or want to walk out We re just left a little too relaxed 
2.5
Paper Dove
Marty Mapes
Part travelogue part political statement part coming of age drama
3
Tell Me Who I Am
Tomris Laffly
While it s hard to do complete justice to their heartbreaking tale involving a dark traumatic childhood Perkins deserves all the credit for treating it with the respect and care that it deserves 
3
Tell Me Who I Am
Federico Furzan
An intense journey into the past of two brothers with an extraordinary story to tell This left me speechless for hours Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Tell Me Who I Am
Keith Watson
By focusing so narrowly on the Lewis brothers relationship with their mother the film inadvertently minimizes the scope of their abuse 
2
All Square
Roger Moore
Scruffy dramedy that gets by on performances and a vivid down and out milieu
2.5
Fire in Paradise
G. Allen Johnson
Directors Zackary Canepari and Oakland resident Drea Cooper utilize news social media footage and animated maps to set the stage then delve deeper into the first person experience with their subjects 
3
Cemetery of Splendor
Ernesto Diezmartinez
It s hard to keep your eyes open while watching a still frame of a group of sleeping men but manages to accomplish truly magical moments Full review in Spanish 
3
Cemetery of Splendor
G. Allen Johnson
If you haven t seen a Weerasethakul film yet here s a good opportunity but leave your expectations at the door There s no one like him 
3
Cemetery of Splendor
Robert Horton
If there s such a thing as a party movie then there is surely its opposite the kind of picture that lulls you into a meditative state 
3.5
Cemetery of Splendor
John Hartl
The actors seem to be miles from the cameras 
2
Cemetery of Splendor
Julia Cooper
An enchanting interpretation of where our sleeping and waking minds wander 
4
Cemetery of Splendor
Peter Howell
Ghosts dreams regrets they all mingle in this artful trance The most brilliant are those who are focused 
3
Cemetery of Splendor
Sheila O'Malley
Within its structure lies multiple intersecting and contradicting arcs of meaning none of which cancel each other out but instead create a vast pool of associations 
4
Cemetery of Splendor
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Heady but not self serious the beautifully strange Cemetery of Splendor holds a welcome lightness and humor alongside its thematic pathos 
3.5
Cemetery of Splendor
Rob Thomas
The placid normal seeming exterior seems appropriate for a film that is about digging beneath the layers digging to the past digging to the subterranean heart of ourselves 
3
Laurel Canyon
Betsy Bozdech
McDormand is in top form playing a woman whose almost childlike optimism can switch to cool business savvy in the blink of an eye 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
David Nusair
essentially worth checking out if only for the performances and Cholodenko s admittedly steady directorial hand 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
David N. Butterworth
Real people real situations Laurel Canyon is a keeper 
3.5
Laurel Canyon
Jeff Vice
Cholodenko has made a huge mistake in casting Bale and Beckinsale as her leads While their blandness seems to be appropriate for the characters they re played neither is very interesting 
2
Laurel Canyon
Forrest Hartman
By the time Laurel Canyon closes we re left with a number of dangling subplots lots of questions and two hideously unbelievable reconciliations 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Sean P. Means
Just when you thought the La La Land cliche had been done to death along comes the indie film variation in Laurel Canyon 
1.5
Laurel Canyon
Phil Villarreal
It s a half step backward for Cholodenko whose latest film has none of the tenderness or fresh insight about relationships and sexual ambiguity of High Art 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Rene Rodriguez
The movie s contrivances begin to rankle 
2
Laurel Canyon
Chris Hewitt
McDormand plays the exact opposite of her role in Almost Famous and darned if she isn t just as terrific 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Joe Baltake
An immediate guilty pleasure 
3.5
Laurel Canyon
Duane Dudek
McDormand s flawless performance is worth the price of admission 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Jeff Strickler
Fizzles out in the third act but we re long past caring By then Frances McDormand has usurped the movie and turned it into a lesson in character acting 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Carrie Rickey
McDormand is superb Likewise Bale and Nivola 
3.5
Laurel Canyon
Josh Larsen
a strikingly judgmental movie in favor of liberal lifestyles 
2
Laurel Canyon
Marty Mapes
Laurel Canyon gets off to a shaky start but its characters soon come to life
3
Laurel Canyon
Vic Vogler
Never reaches the bar it sets for itself 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Liam Lacey
Plays out like a slow motion sex farce 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
David Elliott
Like Shampoo the movie is a comical carousel of beautifully joined overlaps 
4
Laurel Canyon
Wesley Morris
A tame exercise in hedonism and self discovery 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Roger Ebert
Too stilted and pre programmed to come alive 
2
Laurel Canyon
Loren King
An engaging entertaining glimpse into the lives of musicians nestled in the titular Hollywood Hills enclave 
3
Laurel Canyon
Steve Rhodes
A simmering soap opera with a much stronger cast than it deserves Its edges are so smooth that it feels like it has been processed by some photo editing software 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
it goes without saying that McDormand is the high point of Laurel Canyon She tears through the stiff paper thin movie with a sense of complete freedom the same way Geena Davis did in The Accidental Tourist 
2
Laurel Canyon
Mick LaSalle
A flawed but smart independent film whose virtues outweigh its flaws and whose virtues are distinct 
3
Laurel Canyon
Moira MacDonald
It s a pleasant good natured film that s easy to enjoy 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Rob Blackwelder
well acted but unadventurous in its allegorical depiction of temptation and personal growth 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Glenn Lovell
Thank goodness for Nivola who makes a charming degenerate and McDormand in her sexiest role to date They make up for a bunch of sins 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Mary F. Pols
Vacuous elitist 
1.5
Laurel Canyon
Howard Karren
Cholodenko has an extraordinarily assured hand the subtle and detailed touches with which she sets each scene force you to take her characters seriously no matter how superficial and contrived their plight 
4
Laurel Canyon
Bob Strauss
McDormand seems to know how to get the most out of the smoggy material giving one of her most natural and appealing characterizations 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Jan Stuart
McDormand makes both the character and her Laurel Canyon sanctuary feel genuinely lived 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Claudia Puig
All the performances are strong but McDormand Bale and Nivola s are most powerful 
3
Laurel Canyon
David Sterritt
It s worth a visit if you want to check out the latest emotional vibes emanating from the Hollywood Hills 
3
Laurel Canyon
Megan Lehmann
Cholodenko takes the scenario beyond clich by creating a raft of fully fledged characters and giving the tale a generational twist 
3
Laurel Canyon
Walter Chaw
It reminds of what Cholodenko is capable and of the promise that she might get there again 
2.5
Laurel Canyon
Pam Grady
One of Cholodenko s strengths here is in her casting particularly that of McDormand and Nivola 
3
Laurel Canyon
James Berardinelli
Comes across pretty much as a pretentious soap opera a movie that wants the audience to believe it has more to say about life than the usual melodrama 
2
Laurel Canyon
Peter Travers
A clumsy package of clichs 
1
Laurel Canyon
Harvey S. Karten
A witty thoroughly enjoyable take on what happens when two serious people come in contact with others who are hedonistic 
3.5
Wall
Oleg Ivanov
So much of the film is given over to highlighting David Hare s confusion as a tourist in a conflict he can never fully comprehend 
1.5
47 Ronin
Brian Eggert
Nothing short of a disgrace 46 
1
47 Ronin
Frank Ochieng
Rinsch does try to cough up 47 Ronin as a sophisticated and contemplative spectacle but the film has all the exciting bite of a rusty samurai sword and the convincing edginess of Reeves s decorative hairpiece 
2
47 Ronin
Russell Edwards
There s clearly been a lot of money spent and a lot of effort not least by the Japanese actors struggling with their English dialogue but the results are lacklustre stupid and that worst of cinematic crimes dull 
1
47 Ronin
John Beifuss
Unusually grim for the multiplex and ritualistic with nice supernatural flourishes and an outcome that will surprise those unfamiliar with the original story 
2.5
47 Ronin
Michael Dequina
Kikuchi seems to have wandered in from a completely different campier film but that s more than can be said for Reeves who appears to have wandered in from the street 
1.5
47 Ronin
Linda Cook
Sometimes less is more How I wish that 47 Ronin had foregone so much CGI and relied more on adventure and star crossed love as the ronin samurai warriors without a master seek revenge upon a powerful and ruthless man 
2
47 Ronin
David Nusair
47 Ronin suffers from a death of compelling attributes that ensures it remains for the majority of its overlong running time an utterly hopelessly bland experience 
2
47 Ronin
Simon Abrams
In spite of its enjoyable easy to exploit aspects 47 Ronin is a big budget spectacle hamstrung by its need to be at once flippant and respectful of its honor driven source material 
1
47 Ronin
Roger Moore
Universal ruins Christmas and ends the cult of Keanu in one fell swoop 
1.5
47 Ronin
Sara Stewart
Rinsch careens from one set piece to another with a blend of passable 3 D and dialogue so wooden it seems dubbed 
2
47 Ronin
Claudia Puig
While the visuals are lovely to behold this unremarkable version of the classic 18th century Japanese legend is stiff and uninvolving 
2
47 Ronin
Rafer Guzman
47 Ronin would have been more fun if it kept swinging its sword instead of falling on it 
2
47 Ronin
Kenji Fujishima
This botched vision accepts the warrior s nobility at face value and sees the story merely as a springboard for high flying action and CGI special effects 
1
I Origins
John Beifuss
What develops inside this Petri dish is a pretentious and fatally self conscious piece of work the most wearying example to date of a new subgenre we might label Sundance Science Fiction 
2
I Origins
Graham Killeen
I Origins will divide audiences without multiplying them 
1.5
I Origins
Rene Rodriguez
I Origins challenges too little and ties up things too neatly for it to register as anything more than well made well intentioned hogwash 
2
I Origins
James Berardinelli
Big ideas can sometimes lead to great motion pictures or as in the case of I Origins colossal misfires 
2
I Origins
Sean Fitz-Gerald
With a slew of seemingly random clues unraveling in the pursuit of scientific mystery Origins becomes gut punching marvel 
3
I Origins
Liam Lacey
Although the film and the actors keep on looking good this solemn soppy fantasy has nothing to say about science or faith 
2
I Origins
David Nusair
increasingly absorbing 
3.5
I Origins
Tirdad Derakhshani
Cahill is one of the most talented filmmakers to emerge in the last decade His sophomore feature may disappoint but it s clear he has much more to say 
2.5
I Origins
Mark Dujsik
This is how reductive the debate about science and religion has become and I Origins buys into that insulting simplicity while feigning to be above it 
2
I Origins
Moira MacDonald
The very idea of a dishy man of science being bowled over by the mysteries of the soul is quite irresistible and Pitt and Marling really sell the plot s implausible twists 
3
I Origins
Bill Zwecker
This is a beautifully crafted story that takes us on quite the journey of exploration and discovery 
3.5
I Origins
John Anderson
Makes a too obvious attempt to repeat Cahill s previous effort wanting to be spooky and ending up soggy 
2
I Origins
Mick LaSalle
I Origins slows down the longer it goes on and the last half hour drifts into vagueness The climax is dramatically inert and depends on the soundtrack to convince us that it s actually happening 
2
I Origins
Michael O'Sullivan
The film ends with an ambiguous yet powerful conclusion It doesn t answer the question it raises yet the way it s asked keeps it echoing in your head 
2.5
I Origins
Ty Burr
Despite the post doctoral double talk in I Origins the movie s faith remains in the mysteries of the cosmos and it all starts to feel a little wet 
2.5
I Origins
Claudia Puig
Captivating suspenseful and thought provoking 
3.5
I Origins
Linda Barnard
The cinematography by Markus Forderer is dreamy and memorable even if the science in I Origins feels a tad half baked even to the unschooled 
2.5
I Origins
Dann Gire
This is a movie that strives for profound statements and eye opening revelations but it often crosses that delicate line into obviousness and the kind of narrative hokum that no respectable scientist would accept as truth 
2.5
I Origins
Joe Williams
I Origins has the genetic markers of a formulaic supernatural thriller and it s marred by some muddy metaphysics and fuzzy science but the beauty is in the details 
3.5
I Origins
Matt Pais
The overly hypothetical weakly ambiguous I Origins gets tangled in scientific gobbledygook from which it never escapes with no actual implications about identity 
1.5
I Origins
Brian Tallerico
Anyone who has known love can attest to its ability to forever alter a charted course and Cahill s emotionally raw approach to filmmaking gets to the truth of that in a memorable way 
3
I Origins
Kyle Smith
I Origins has a pleasing way of working expansive ideas into a suspenseful twisting story line even if it occasionally has to wrench the story around tight turns 
3
I Origins
Roger Moore
Smart romantic and thought provoking
3.5
I Origins
David Lee Dallas
It treats its characters as placeholders for philosophical arguments and spends the majority of its running time trying to solve existential mysteries without adequately exploring them 
2
Chappie
Brian Eggert
Blomkamp 8217 s film contains a concept ripe with possibility 44 but instead of realizing its full potential 44 he loses himself in machines and mayhem 46 
2
Chappie
Sonny Bunch
When I say Chappie reminds me of Short Circuit 2 by way of Robocop and District 9 you have to understand that I mean it in the nicest sense possible 
2.5
Chappie
David Nusair
a fairly substantial misfire that pales in comparison to especially 2013 s Elysium 
2
Chappie
Tom Meek
Chappie fizzles a cinematic short circuit that could have been 
2
Chappie
David N. Butterworth
Chappie is one sad motion picture with Blomkamp s depiction of man s inhumanity to man never more blatant 
3
Chappie
Peter Canavese
I fervently hoped that some particularly annoyed soul would create a Slapheads Yell Chappie supercut to refine the movie to its purest form of annoyance As of this writing internet you disappoint me Blu ray review 
1
Chappie
Eric Melin
There is something about this messy mashup of Robocop Frankenstein Short Circuit A I Artificial Intelligence and trashed up wannabe gangster zef culture that just works man against all odds Even when it doesn t Which is often 
2.5
Chappie
James Kendrick
Blomkamp is clearly a man of ideas but with the exception of District 9 he has been unable to fully articulate those ideas through character and action a problem that is unfortunately confirmed by Chappie s muddled themes and misguided tonal shifts 
2
Chappie
Mark Moring
Blomkamp is back on track with Chappie the latest in a long line of films about how artificial intelligence inevitably morphs into something far beyond what its Makers er programmers intended sometimes with a sinister turn sometimes not 
2.5
Chappie
John Serba
The execution of the Chappie character is idiotic Blomkamp trying to wring laughs out of a robot that spews pidgin gangster jargon and swaggers while clutching its groin 
2
Chappie
Christy Lemire
While the visual effects are spectacularly seamless they re in the service of a movie which devolves from vaguely funny to just plain silly to numbingly gory 
1.5
Chappie
David Keyes
Too enthralled by the urgent rush of scenario to pause for the contemplation It is one of those movies that reacts before it thinks 
2
Chappie
Stephen Rebello
You may find yourself wanting every character in this thing to die horribly And quickly 
1.5
Chappie
Matt Brunson
It looks like writer director Neill Blomkamp might be a one trick pony and that one trick was District 9 
2
Chappie
Josh Larsen
most of the tonal choices made to flesh this out are disastrous 
1.5
Chappie
James Berardinelli
There s material in Chappie for a worthwhile motion picture but too little is explored by Blomkamp to make this worth a trip to a theater 
2
Chappie
Robert Levin
The film has a sly sense of humor and style to spare the production design seamlessly integrates futuristic tropes and industrial decay It just collapses in the third act 
2.5
Chappie
Mike McGranaghan
Uncommonly annoying Chappie tries to combine the silly sweetness of Short Circuit with the grim violent satire of RoboCop and that proves to be as disastrous as it sounds 
1.5
Chappie
Bill Zwecker
This is a well meaning film with a good idea that unfortunately stumbles on its way to its less than satisfying end 
2.5
Chappie
Liam Lacey
One of those incongruous Franken films that s simultaneously bombastically brutal and treacly 
2
Chappie
Bob Bloom
Chappie has a strong first reel and a satisfying conclusion Director Neill Blomkamp should have sought rewrites and an editor for the sequences in between 
2.5
Chappie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chappie takes a step back and rather than pointing an angry finger at human greed brutality and cowardice it turns around and suggests that compassion is far more powerful 
3
Chappie
Peter Sobczynski
At one point an anguished Chappie screams out Why do you humans do this while he is theoretically commenting on the inhumanity of man at this point I couldn t help but think of it as his plaintive comment on the film as a whole 
1
Chappie
Anders Wright
All told the film has a lot of entertainment value even if it leaves you feeling somewhat unsatisfied 
2.5
Chappie
Rafer Guzman
A loud and unpleasant RoboCop rehash that gives us no one to root for and nothing to think about 
1
Chappie
Willie Waffle
Chappie kind of looks like Johnny 5 on steroids Sadly the steroids have taken away all of his charm 
1
Chappie
Christian Toto
If Chappie director Neill Blomkamp s potential sinks any faster he ll be in M Night Shyamalan territory before too long 
2
Chappie
Steven Rea
Low on meaning but full of high velocity chases helicopter pursuits and weapons blasting around empty warehouses marred by graffiti and trash 
2
Chappie
Lou Lumenick
I haven t been as happy to see a movie end since the third Transformers 
1
Chappie
Peter Howell
Sci fi filmmaker Neill Blomkamp bolts together used and stolen parts for his robot movie Chappie and the lamentable result is far from riveting 
1
Chappie
Mark Dujsik
Just when the movie seems to be hitting its stride Blomkamp and Tatchell fall back on the reliable and the expected 
2
Chappie
Tom Russo
There are some plot twisting musings on mortality and the soul that are thoughtful sure But they aren t thought through half as fully as Blomkamp s ultraviolent battle choreography 
2.5
Chappie
Michael O'Sullivan
Like Chappie the movie seems human but has a cold metal heart 
1.5
Chappie
Stephen Whitty
There are some nice special effects here and great production design but Blomkamp forgot to give us any characters to latch onto 
1.5
Chappie
Claudia Puig
The concept is undeniably compelling but portions of this dystopian action thriller begin to feel like a video game 
2.5
Chappie
Soren Andersen
A giant step backward for this once promising filmmaker a big dumb blockbuster that s indistinguishable from so many others that roll off the Hollywood assembly line 
1.5
Chappie
Chris Knight
I d hate to think that a machine could ever replace a film critic but I d be curious to know what Chappie would think of Chappie So much about the film doesn t compute 
2
Chappie
Peter Travers
Sadly Blomkamp s ideas feel depleted this time dulled by repetition and other cinematic droids that stretch from HAL 9000 to Ultron Instead of awe we get E T aww 
1.5
Chappie
Chris Cabin
The film s exasperating atonality washes out any legitimate idea about identity education nature versus nurture or artificial intelligence that Neill Blomkamp hoped to evince 
1
Chappie
Jake Cole
If Bono directed films he d be Neill Blomkamp 
1
Chappie
Michael Phillips
A misjudgment from metallic head to titanium toe 
0
Chappie
Mick LaSalle
That you can t quite say exactly what Chappie means but you know and feel that it means something tells you that it s operating on a level beyond consciousness It s what makes it a work of art 
3
Chappie
Dustin Putman
Technically auspicious and socially conscious as only writer director Neill Blomkamp can be Chappie is exceedingly easy to admire if a little more difficult to fully embrace 
2.5
Chappie
Roger Moore
Excruciating They gave the Alien franchise to this guy 
1
Just Like Heaven
David Nusair
a predominantly forgettable and thoroughly generic romcom 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Kam Williams
Kudos to Witherspoon and Ruffalo for generating enough screen chemistry to insure a teary eyed finale that ll make you forget the fact that you re watching a shameless rip off 
4
Just Like Heaven
Carolyn Arends
One of the best times I ve had at the movies in a while It s not perfect It s not very deep But it s a whole lot of fun and even a little moving 
3.5
Just Like Heaven
Kurt Loder
While the picture adheres to romantic comedy formula it s not entirely formulaic and the actors who appear to be having fun give it a bright and undeniable appeal 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Larry Ratliff
When my body and spirit decide to go their separate ways I want to be perky and beautiful like Reese Witherspoon in Just Like Heaven 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Linda Cook
It took me about 45 minutes into Just Like Heaven to figure out just exactly what it is A contemporary retelling of Sleeping Beauty 
3
Just Like Heaven
Jeffrey Westhoff
Reese Witherspoon returns to a classier brand of romantic comedy 
3
Just Like Heaven
Sara Michelle Fetters
Well I did remember one thing and that was how snazzy the shoes were that Witherspoon wore for nearly the entire picture Getting a pair of those wouldn t just be great it might just be heaven 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Kyle Smith
Starts out glib and gimmicky but later digs surprisingly deep 
3.5
Just Like Heaven
Jeff Vice
Offers further proof that a film really can get by on the charms of its stars 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Ross Anthony
I was laughing or crying the whole time aside from the first last ten minutes I liked it 
3
Just Like Heaven
Sean P. Means
Witherspoon provides whip smart comic timing and a bubbly charm that makes you love Elizabeth even when she s being Felix Unger to Ruffalo s Oscar Madison 
3
Just Like Heaven
Gary Brown
Date movies don t get much better than this one 
3.5
Just Like Heaven
Sean McBride
two lead actors who are strong enough to carry the movie despite a predictable and mediocre screenplay
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Mike McGranaghan
Ruffalo and Witherspoon bring conviction to their roles they re taking the story seriously and that allows us to do the same 
3
Just Like Heaven
Angel Cohn
Though completely implausible this spirited romantic comedy works because of the utterly charming leads and a strong supporting cast 
3
Just Like Heaven
Geoff Pevere
Closer to hell really 
1
Just Like Heaven
Tom Keogh
Director Mark Waters knows how to turn the gimmicky unknown into psychologically comic adventure just as he did in 2003 s Freaky Friday 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Ruthe Stein
Just when Just Like Heaven becomes too cloyingly cute to endure it takes an unexpected turn The humor shifts from the ha ha variety to closer to black 
2
Just Like Heaven
David Elliott
It doesn t need to be seen but it sure wants to be hugged 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Carla Meyer
High in concept but low in comedic effort the movie rests too heavily on the charms of its leads whose cuteness though incontrovertible can only do so much 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Harkens back to Joseph L Mankiewicz s The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947 without being quite so clever or romantic 
2
Just Like Heaven
Timothy Knight
When it s not launching an all out assault on your tear ducts this calculated piece of supernatural fluff does have moments of real charm 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Carrie Rickey
Romance isn t alive but on life support in Just Like Heaven a groaningly awful romantic comedy 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Lisa Rose
It s popcorn entertainment with a heavy political medical agenda 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Jami Bernard
This screwball comedy initially promising dies a painful death once the politicking begins 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Connie Ogle
Fortunately the film stars Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon whose collective appeal eventually fuses to pump some heart laughs and life into what often resembles a disorganized schizophrenic mess 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Glenn Whipp
When the film s early slapstick gives way to an interesting second act twist Just Like Heaven shifts into gear and becomes a winningly sentimental romance 
3
Just Like Heaven
Stephen Cole
What a disappointment then to report that Just Like Heaven is more like purgatory 
1
Just Like Heaven
Josh Larsen
Witherspoon and Ruffalo bring a comedic gracefulness to hysteria 
3
Just Like Heaven
John Monaghan
The movie clunks along much like its leads never exactly sure where they belong 
2
Just Like Heaven
Michael Booth
Like all ghost movies the premise of Just Like Heaven is wraith thin 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Randy Myers
What manages to save this film from becoming a big screen version of an Air Supply song is Ruffalo 
3
Just Like Heaven
Wesley Morris
The movie wants all you girls to know that should medical misfortune come your way just hold on Your soul will find your soul mate then love will set you free 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Peter Canavese
Painfully predictable romanticized crap but dealing as it does with mortal tragedy death brain death and loss it s also unscrupulous and exploitative 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Dan Lybarger
Usually whenever the phrase just like precedes something it s a nice way of saying it falls short of the real thing 
2
Just Like Heaven
Willie Waffle
Just Like Heaven is a cute fun and romantic movie perfect for ladies night out or a third date 
3
Just Like Heaven
Dan Fienberg
Perverse necrophiliacs looking to Just Like Heaven for a hilarious death affirming heart stopping good time will be sorely disappointed 
2
Just Like Heaven
Dustin Putman
Consistently too dumb in its plotting to elicit the sort of enchantment and whimsy it strives for 
2
Just Like Heaven
Sue Pierman
Viewers are likely to feel they are enduring the film for an eternity rather than being entertained by it 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Mike Clark
Mark Waters has pretty well delivered just what young PG 13 girls carrying that extra pack of Kleenex will expect 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Allison Benedikt
Just Like Heaven is a huge waste of talent Witherspoon s and time ours a supernatural romantic comedy that is neither romantic comedic super or natural 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Tracy Allerton
Just Like Heaven is just so darned cute 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Chris Hewitt
The sharp slangy script coupled with a dynamite cast and direction that balances the magical with the real makes for a very entertaining movie 
3
Just Like Heaven
Roger Ebert
Can one movie support these many coincidences and close calls and misunderstandings Yes The movie works and so we accept everything 
3
Just Like Heaven
Nick Rogers
The wildly disjointed movie somehow finds an inoffensive so so groove Despite some original strokes and funny gags it takes many what if answers from other better titles 
2.5
Just Like Heaven
Phil Villarreal
The movie is like a lot of things but heaven isn t one of them 
2
Just Like Heaven
Rob Blackwelder
When it comes to romantic chemistry they never quite mesh no matter what twinkle effect Waters puts on the screen when Ruffalo s hand touches Witherspoon s ethereal plane 
2
Just Like Heaven
James Berardinelli
Rarely humorous rarely romantic and rarely affecting 
1.5
Just Like Heaven
Steve Rhodes
Wanting to be the next Ghost and succeeding handsomely Just Like Heaven is sweetly funny and delightfully romantic 
3
Just Like Heaven
Walter Chaw
Just Like Heaven is just awful It s gonna do great business 
0
Just Like Heaven
Nick Schager
Waters finds it nearly impossible to generate stimulation from a lovey dovey narrative formula so lifeless it wouldn t register on any ER equipment 
1.5
Eating Up Easter
Lisa Trifone
It s clear there is no shortage of important stories for Rapu to tell and his worst offense may be trying to tell them all in a single film 
2.5
Eating Up Easter
Mark Dujsik
Eating Up Easter is deft in the way it explores finding a balance between vital tradition and the unstoppable momentum of modernity 
3
Detropia
John Beifuss
The film at its best is a sort of visual essay or tone poem composed of haunting paradoxically beautiful images of urban ruin that sometimes appears almost post apocalyptic 
3
Detropia
Inga Saffron
Detropia s filmmakers stay out of the picture hanging back to allow the viewer to absorb the meaning of Detroit s fate It is even more complex than we thought 
3
Detropia
Tom Keogh
A startling haunting documentary about a once great city Detropia is all but a eulogy for Detroit 
3
Detropia
Peter Howell
Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing Oscar nominated for their earlier Jesus Camp aim a compassionate and artful lens in their new documentary Detropia finding signs of life in the ruined city 
2.5
Detropia
David Lewis
Artfully perhaps too artfully illustrates the transformation of the Motor City from a middle class utopia to an urban nightmare of blight crime and fleeing residents 
2
Detropia
John Anderson
Just as the film finds an aesthetic in its dilapidated setting the city s residents find hope in a desperate place a place that once represented hope itself 
3.5
Detropia
Mark Feeney
Detropia feels somewhere between loose which is good and aimless which isn t 
2.5
Detropia
Roger Ebert
Via beautiful cinematography the film wanders the city contrasting a new automaker s towers with abandoned hotels derelict theaters ruined houses and people walking through the snow down the middle of streets because there s no traffic 
3
Detropia
Ann Hornaday
Grady and Ewing are exceptionally skilled and sensitive visual storytellers adroit at recognizing decisive moments and smart enough to let viewers make of them what they will 
3
Detropia
Gerald Peary
Makes a telling case that Detroit has gone beyond recession to a full blown Depression just like the 1930s 
3
Detropia
Robert Levin
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady evoke the human heart of the economic malaise that s eating away at the core of this country while pointing the way toward better days ahead 
4
Detropia
Jesse Cataldo
Detropia seems to be looking for answers but the ones it finds are too close to the surface to be satisfying 
2
Detropia
Kam Williams
A simultaneously surrealistic and sobering warning that the Motor City s host of woes might be coming soon to a town near you 
4
Castaway
Juan Carlos Coto
Much of Castaway is about as exciting as watching an ordinary middle aged man spend a year on a tropical island with an ordinary younger woman 
2
Small Time
Linda Barnard
Small Time plays out in plodding fashion that seems engineered to keep the audience at arms length 
1.5
Small Time
David Nusair
a decent yet unspectacular debut that could and should have been so much better 
2.5
Small Time
Chris Knight
Small Time gets great mileage from its central characters who manage to do some pretty mean things without coming across as irredeemably bad people 
2.5
Small Time
Sara Stewart
Small Time has its heart in the right place but its screenplay s in serious need of a tuneup 
2
Small Time
Kam Williams
A refreshingly realistic slice of life drama highlighting the plight of a teen with a hole in his soul who s understandably torn between moving on with his life and making up for lost time 
3
Tapeworm
Roger Moore
The misery depicted here rarely interrupted is contagious 
1.5
Confess, Fletch
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 an attempt to perform CPR on DOA dad jokes 46 
2
Confess, Fletch
Randy Myers
Hamm is terrific and the most of the gags work in what one can only hope will be a rebooted franchise 
3.5
Confess, Fletch
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratic yet mostly rewarding comedy 46 46 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Ty Burr
It s engaging unpretentious fun and Jon Hamm slips happily into the worn penny loafers of I M Fletch Fletcher a onetime investigative journalist of some note his own description occasional solver of murders and all around wiseass 
2.5
Confess, Fletch
Erik Childress
Jon Hamm slides into the role nicely and there are some very funny moments and interplay 44 but the mystery ultimately becomes so convoluted it takes a Psycho like explanation to put it all in context
2.5
Confess, Fletch
Tara McNamara
That said 44 if Fletch fans watch with low expectations 44 knowing that it will never quite measure up 44 this story about the former L 46 A 46 investigative reporter who walks into a murder does have legs 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Peter Canavese
A triumphant re thinking of the Fletch franchise with a flat out great script 44 confident direction and a stand out star performance 46 
3.5
Confess, Fletch
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s disarming at first 44 but once you realize that the tone is going to result in big laughs and smart plotting 44 you don 8217 t have any other choice than to sit back and enjoy the journey 46 The hope 44 one assumes 44 is that Hamm can turn this into a series 46 
3.5
Confess, Fletch
Richard Roeper
Whereas the original Fletch went for broad comedy with Chase donning a number of goofy disguises Confess is played in a much lower key 
3
Confess, Fletch
Kevin Carr
Not as iconic as the Chevy Chase movies from the 80s 44 but Jon Hamm settles in for a fun ride in this snarky vehicle 46 
2.5
Confess, Fletch
Brian Tallerico
There 8217 s something so dispiriting about seeing talented people drowning in a comedy that can 8217 t find the rhythm of its own jokes 46 
2
Confess, Fletch
Rob Thomas
The wiseass sleuth 44 the colorful supporting characters 44 the breezy banter barely concealing a carefully plotted mystery 8212 this movie adroitly captures the particular flavor of the books as only a fellow fan could 46 Even the title font is just right 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Mark Dujsik
There apos s something pleasantly quaint about the way Mottola and Zev Borow apos s screenplay just lets Fletch be Fletch 44 without any kind gimmick or trick 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Nina Metz
Fletch tends to think he s the smartest guy in the room So how is that supposed to work when the performance itself is so adrift and unappealing 
1.5
Confess, Fletch
Odie Henderson
Comic mysteries like this are only as good as the quirky side characters they introduce Confess Fletch is overrun with them giving it the feel of an R rated episode of The Rockford Files 
3
Confess, Fletch
Leo Brady
By the end 44 Confess 44 Fletch is the kind of movie we have been asking for 46 A throwback to 80 8217 s comedy smack dab in the center of 2022 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Christian Toto
Jon Hamm proves a fine choice to replace Chevy Chase 44 but this mystery is a dud 46 
2.5
Confess, Fletch
Mike McGranaghan
The obvious challenge here was to make a movie that could be enjoyed by Fletch heads while still getting out from under the considerable shadow of Chevy Chase at his absolute peak 46 Confess 44 Fletch largely succeeds 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Joey Magidson
Confess 44 Fletch is a damn good time and a welcome return for the character 44 hilariously played by Jon Hamm 46 
3
Confess, Fletch
Roger Moore
Nobody knocks anything out of the park 44 but this 8220 Fletch 8221 piles up the singles and doubles 44 an endless parade of funny lines almost always just thrown away 44 casually 46 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Matt Brunson
Its import rests in the muddy waters it navigates and the difficult questions it ponders 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Mattie Lucas
With such a revolutionary attitude big themes and incendiary topics it s amazing how bland the final product of the film can be 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Namrata Joshi
A bizarre farcical political allegory cum thriller 
3
V for Vendetta
Rick Groen
This is just darkness played bright a disposable object but hardly objectionable 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Claudia Puig
The dark and stylized V for Vendetta is visually exhilarating provocative and disturbing 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Lou Lumenick
Just when we were ready to give up mainstream movies as braindead along comes the controversial and gleefully subversive V for Vendetta a piece of corporate sponsored art that will have audiences rooting for a bomb throwing anarchist 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Peter Keough
Moore and Lloyd posed this paradigm in a Cold War era and it never came to pass Leave it to the Wachowski Brothers to update it for the War on Terror or rather its aftermath 
3
V for Vendetta
Joe Lozito
Every time Mr Weaving is on screen the spirit of Mr Moore s character comes alive Those moments at least are worth fighting for 
3
V for Vendetta
Kam Williams
Forget the Ides of March beware the 5th of November 
4
V for Vendetta
Michael A. Smith
I m thinking the message is that there s a little V in everyone Unfortunately on screen there s only a lot of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 
2
V for Vendetta
Russ Breimeier
Much to admire and enjoy but what could have been a meaningful parable about individual freedoms comes off as heavy handed politicizing that doesn t quite add up 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Wesley Lovell
A futuristic London where the government uses fear to elicit cooperation from the people is smashed by a man in a mask V for Vendetta is an allegory of modern America 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Matt Pais
Though the dystopian elements here are pretty standard V for Vendetta provocatively captures a society at the tipping point of rebellion 
3
V for Vendetta
Mark Dujsik
A mild triumph of Hollywood filmmaking in that the film garners its thrills not from mindless action and special effects but from ideas 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Forrest Hartman
A smarter than usual action film 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Jonathan R. Perry
V screams loudly and long with visceral kinetic fury and with style to burn It s so brazen it s kind of brilliant 
3
V for Vendetta
Lori Hoffman
I ll let others debate all the political ramifications in V For Vendetta my problem is that as a movie it fails to engage
2
V for Vendetta
David Nusair
an astonishingly pertinent and thoroughly engaging piece of work 
4
V for Vendetta
Frank Ochieng
Explosively imaginative and colorfully conveyed this velocity driven vehicle dabbles in the right combination of cynicism and surrealism a sprawling thriller 
3
V for Vendetta
Emily Blunt
T for Terrible
2
V for Vendetta
Erik Childress
Alan Moore director James McTeigue and the Wachowski Bros may be using the equivalent of bombs to slam home the point but occasionally it takes a loud noise to wake us up 
4
V for Vendetta
Thomas Delapa
Silly V is not George Washington Henry V or even Patrick Henry He s the ghost of the Phantom of the Opera accessorized with Ginsu knives and kung fu 
1.5
V for Vendetta
Matt Brunson
Admittedly some of the allusions skewer more toward the Nazi regime than the Republican Party though many will persuasively argue that they re one and the same 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Mike McGranaghan
Under the guise of comic book entertainment the movie asks ambitious questions and raises provocative issues The end result is uniquely cool 
3
V for Vendetta
Steven Snyder
It s a sign of our times that fictional fluff like this has now taken the plunge into raging rhetoric a sign that entertainment may be becoming the new forum for a conversation that has no other place in today s partisan political landscape 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Linda Cook
I just put V for Vendetta on my A list 
4
V for Vendetta
Jeffrey Westhoff
The political anger of V for Vendetta like that of 1984 is timeless 
3
V for Vendetta
Ross Anthony
This is a bold movie with a strong story and script and absolutely outstanding direction 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Daniel M. Kimmel
provocative and engrossing and may be one of the most important entertainments released this year 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Maitland McDonagh
Brutally gorgeous and seething with incendiary images the Wachowski brothers monumental call to revolution based on Alan Moore s gloomy graphic novel about a masked madman who restores anarchy to the U K is a vivid but muddled pulp political parable 
3
V for Vendetta
Peter Howell
This is not the movie and these are not the times for sophisticated arguments 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Mark Rahner
V won t win the Subtlety in Film Award but fans of 70s movies especially will recognize that it s hardly out of line with the tradition of speculative fiction during times of strife 
3
V for Vendetta
Ruthe Stein
Richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best when they prod you to think 
4
V for Vendetta
David Elliott
Nothing can upgrade pulp like a bunch of plush British accents 
3
V for Vendetta
Carla Meyer
A cracking good comic book tale 
3
V for Vendetta
Timothy Knight
V for Vendetta is ultimately worth seeing if only for its adamant refusal to play it safe and the passionate commitment that Weaving and Portman bring to their roles 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Jami Bernard
An enjoyable if occasionally irresponsible comic book thriller 
3
V for Vendetta
Rene Rodriguez
The real thrills in V for Vendetta come in its dense and vividly detailed plot 
3
V for Vendetta
Bob Strauss
V for Vendetta is that rare popcorn headbanger that can make you question your complacent notions of right and wrong of enemy and defender 
3
V for Vendetta
Robert W. Butler
In the end V for Vendetta is as cold and unsympathetic as the regime it criticizes 
2
V for Vendetta
Amy Biancolli
As manifestoes go this one s a beauty draped like a funeral smart as a whip and full of black hearted romantic monologues and dramatically slit necks 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Terry Lawson
There s no denying the value of Vendetta as an argument starter even if the basic argument when is terrorism justified is something less than novel 
3
V for Vendetta
Jeff Vice
V for Vendetta is a thought provoking suspenseful thriller set in the near future as the American empire is in ruins and sees a fascist version of England as the new world leader 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Lisa Kennedy
Fear is just one of the powerful themes in the ka pow ka boom pleasure that is V for Vendetta 
3
V for Vendetta
John Beifuss
At this point V for Vendetta seems more fashionable than radical 
3
V for Vendetta
Lawrence Toppman
A daring and imaginative view of Britain as a fascist state in the 2020s 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Josh Larsen
it s all here except for a contested plan to give control of Britain s ports to Dubai 
3
V for Vendetta
Tyler Hanley
A political and symbolic thinking person s action movie 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Sean P. Means
V s scenes with Evey played with strength and sensitivity by Portman give surprising heart to this dark parable 
4
V for Vendetta
Bob Bloom
The idea of a terrorist as hero is bound to stir controversy and debate For as we have learned one man s terrorist is another s freedom fighter 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Jon Niccum
V for Vendetta is a confounding exercise that has no trouble getting people to think but it s far less successful at getting them to feel 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Collin Souter
A refreshing piece of Hollywood entertainment that is more interested in ideas than in just being cool 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Eric Melin
V for Vendetta speaks in loud mainstream tones yet sports an ideology that remains at odds with the current mainstream American ideal 
3
V for Vendetta
Sara Michelle Fetters
V for Vendetta is the ballsiest major Hollywood motion picture I ve seen this young millennium 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Willie Waffle
V For Vendetta is a mesmerizing action filled movie that appeals to the revolutionary in each of us
3.75
V for Vendetta
Duane Dudek
It is neither persuasive filmmaking nor political commentary 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Ty Burr
The movie s a handsome piece of work dramatically powerful even when it backs into silliness 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Keith Uhlich
Portman reminds one less of Falconetti and more of a Paris Hilton esque socialite who accidentally wandered into Supercuts 
1.5
V for Vendetta
Greg Maki
The first must see movie of 2006 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It works beautifully 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Bruce Newman
The film is an intriguing thriller that asks questions likely to have a powerful effect on conscripts in the current war on terror 
3
V for Vendetta
Chris Hewitt
V for Vendetta is provocative exciting funny beautiful disturbing moving and stylish In fact I can t think of too many things the movies can do that V for Vendetta doesn t 
4
V for Vendetta
Phoebe Flowers
In a post 9 11 world with the Patriot Act and battles raging over civil liberties V for Vendetta absolutely resonates but it s an empty echo The movie has nothing new or vital to impart 
2
V for Vendetta
Steven Rea
The movie is a lot of dark Orwellian fun 
3
V for Vendetta
Gene Seymour
This futuristic nightmare grasps at the same visceral uneasiness that juiced Matrix s cult before its impact was dulled by bloated sequels 
3
V for Vendetta
Michael Phillips
Only here and there do you find the spark and kinetic zap delivered by the first Matrix picture 
2
V for Vendetta
Peter Canavese
A divided domestic electorate will take it either as a kick future punk primal scream of political frustration or as an irresponsible literally and figuratively incendiary attack on our approval deficient leaders 
3
V for Vendetta
Nick Rogers
V for visuals W for Weaving and S for supporting cast only go so far to rise above the B for belabored points 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Dustin Putman
This film couldn t have come at a more opportune time 
3
V for Vendetta
Phil Villarreal
V is a quick paced dazzling film of social rebellion but unfortunately leaves some interesting ideas out to die topping the amount of intense thought with pyrotechnics 
3
V for Vendetta
James Berardinelli
A visually sumptuous concoction that combines political allegory bloody action and a few stunning cinematic moments into a solid piece of entertainment 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Walter Chaw
May be the ballsiest angriest picture of the current administration 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Scott Nash
While the action is happening this movie works but there s just not enough of it 
3
V for Vendetta
Dan Fienberg
Viewers who take the titular V as a literal ideal will be frustrated by his superficial positioning as a terrorist It s hard to be figurative in the land of the blind 
3
V for Vendetta
Sean McBride
Fans hoping for another kick butt action movie are bound to be disappointed by this very talky yet thoroughly thought provoking piece of sci fi cinema 
3
V for Vendetta
Steve Rhodes
Flat and pretentious V for Vendetta plays like a comic book version of an al Qaeda recruiting video 
1.5
V for Vendetta
David Germain
V for Vendetta lands somewhere between the neo noir freshness of the original The Matrix and the indecipherable bombast of the two sequels 
2.5
V for Vendetta
Roger Ebert
V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue almost always has something going on that is actually interesting inviting us to decode the character and plot and apply the message where we will 
3
V for Vendetta
Peter Travers
V packs an urgent filmmaking energy that pins you to your seat 
3.5
V for Vendetta
Roger Friedman
I don t care what they say there s no way that first time filmmaker McTeigue made Vendetta on his own It s simply too good too well done too complete a vision 
4
V for Vendetta
Kurt Loder
It s an amazing movie Not in exactly the way The Matrix was how tired would that be but in a new way It s a fascinating picture dark and exciting and it will almost certainly be an enormous hit 
4
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Carrie Rickey
For lovers of classical French cinema and I am one this earthy throwback is a whiff of lavender borne by the bracing winds of the mistral 
3
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Marty Mapes
Pagnol s story tops all the previous single mother stories in his early career 
3.5
Playing by Heart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A very slight and inoffensive movie It s a lot like L A itself all surface soothing and warm 
2.5
Playing by Heart
Stephen Holden
For all its artificiality Playing by Heart percolates with an earnest charm 
3
Playing by Heart
Jeff Vice
In fact it could have benefited from having one or two plot threads snipped But it s hard to argue with any film that boasts a cast of this caliber 
3
Playing by Heart
Peter Stack
Mushy yet funny and intelligent the beautifully executed new film Playing by Heart is an ideal romantic comedy drama for a winter afternoon 
3
Playing by Heart
James Berardinelli
The movie is consistently well acted and features a gallery of characters so affable that it s difficult to actively dislike any of them or for that matter the film as a whole 
3
Playing by Heart
Michael Dequina
Jolie s spunky heartfelt Oscar nod worthy performance is easily the film s best which is no small feat considering the caliber of the actors surrounding her 
3
Playing by Heart
Roger Ebert
It s n tune with the current trend toward movies that coddle the audience with reassuring sentiments 
2.5
Playing by Heart
Steve Rhodes
Eventually and predictably the movie written and directed by Willard Carroll brings all of the disparate pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle that is solved miraculously by dropping all of the pieces on the floor 
2
Playing by Heart
Dustin Putman
An always entertaining and fairly thoughtful film on the subject of love and how everyone hopes for it in one way or another 
3
Playing by Heart
Madeleine Williams
As a puzzle Playing By Heart is fairly simple Luckily observing the artwork of the individual pieces is more than enough reward 
3
Playing by Heart
David N. Butterworth
It will come as no surprise to fans of Elvis Costello that his beautifully expressed observation that writing about music is like dancing about architecture has served as inspiration for a motion picture 
2.5
Autumn Tale
Michael Dequina
Terrific performances and masterful direction make this a warm delight for art minded viewers 
3.5
Autumn Tale
Susan Tavernetti
With this romance the director now in his late 70s completes his Tales of Four Seasons quartet on a hopeful note Although slight in plot and slow in pace the film offers much to admire 
3
Autumn Tale
Margaret A. McGurk
The 79 year old writer director proves that age has only purified his special ability to mine emotional truth from tiny moments with exquisite finesse 
3.5
Autumn Tale
Roger Ebert
The latest in a long rich series of films by the perceptive French director who tells stories about people we d like to know or be 
4
Autumn Tale
James Berardinelli
It s a solidly entertaining effort the kind of movie that can be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates discerning comedy 
3.5
Autumn Tale
Mick LaSalle
Eric Rohmer is the KFC of international cinema The 79 year old director has been doing just one thing for decades but he does it right 
3
Autumn Tale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A superb and delightful movie 
4
Autumn Tale
Steve Rhodes
Sitting through Eric Rohmer s Autumn Tale is rather like being trapped at a small dinner party with a half dozen loquacious strangers As they drone on and on you realize why this form of conversation is called small talk 
2
Autumn Tale
Jonathan Rosenbaum
If a part of me has resisted and sometimes even resented his mastery this undoubtedly can be traced to a problem with realism that his work as a whole throws into relief To put it crudely why reproduce the real world when we have the thing itself 
3
Autumn Tale
Mike Gregory
Filled with gentle humor affectionate and mature An Autumn s Tale offers much needed refuge from the crude bombast of summer blockbusters 
3
Dracula II: Ascension
Walter Chaw
The only use for reviews of disposable interchangeable garbage is to offer puerile consumer reports information 
1.5
Bears
Brian Eggert
However well intentioned and supportive of various wildlife preservation associations these productions may be 44 the G Rated docs are more interested in producing awww responses from little kids than teaching them about nature 46 
2.5
Bears
Dustin Putman
Not without its contrivances as it caters to younger audiences Bears is a nonetheless earnest adorable real life adventure 
2.5
Bears
James Kendrick
constructs a compelling narrative out of what must have been an enormous amount of footage focusing on the age old trope of the journey to give the bears plight for survival a sense of sincere thematic heft
3
Bears
Linda Cook
Although bears most certainly can be adorable creatures Bears the latest Disney documentary to celebrate Earth Day turns the cuteness level up a bit too high 
3
Bears
Lori Hoffman
Nature movie fans will enjoy seeing the incredible cinematography of these magnificent creatures in the wild 
2.5
Bears
John Wirt
Huge bears cute bears stunning vistas and an age old story of survival the G rated Bears is fine entertainment for families and animal lovers 
3
Bears
Jason Buchanan
A wondrous experience for cubs and mama bears alike 
3
Bears
Christy Lemire
Bears could have used a lot more science more substantive information in the place of wacky one liners Still the images trump everything 
2.5
Bears
Liam Lacey
All this is heartwarming in a bloody ursine centric way 
2.5
Bears
Willie Waffle
When focused on nature Bears is breathtaking 
2.5
Bears
Chris Knight
The result is an upbeat and frankly gorgeous nature documentary 
3
Bears
James Berardinelli
The nature aspects of Bears are undercut by the need to turn this into a live action Disney cartoon complete with cuddly heroes and nasty villains 
2.5
Bears
Tom Russo
As with all of Disneynature s features there s astonishing documentary work on display in Bears but a leaner less conspicuously structured view of the wild might have had even greater impact 
2.5
Bears
Claudia Puig
An enjoyable and visually stunning romp through the scenic Alaskan wilderness with a small family of bears 
3
Bears
Sandie Angulo Chen
As with Fothergill s previous nature documentaries Bears is a story of triumph and family 
3
Bears
Jon Niccum
Whether adventurous Scout is getting his claw stuck in a clam or the fuzzball siblings are riding on the back of their mom as she fords a river the movie is crammed with memorable images 
3
Bears
Linda Barnard
Although Bears doesn t have a stated green message it s hard to see the majestic natural beauty presented onscreen and not feel stewardship urges 
3
Bears
Kyle Smith
There s only so much editing can do to make a bear story seem like a human one and the filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey directed also go to unfortunate lengths to give human characteristics like laziness to the bears 
2.5
Bears
John Hartl
It may be rated G but for the most part this is serious stuff as potentially traumatic for younger viewers as the death of Bambi s mother 
3
Bears
Roger Moore
The best thing Disney does with its theme park millions is put them into these beautiful kid friendly nature documentaries
3
Sharkwater
Marc Savlov
Stewart a Toronto based marine biologist and underwater photographer makes up for in passion what he lacks in narrative subtlety 
2.5
Sharkwater
V.A. Musetto
Sharkwater delivers an important message and its underwater photography is breathtaking But Stewart lessens the impact by focusing much too much on himself Did he really have to go into detail about his own health problems 
2
Sharkwater
Mark Feeney
Undersea photographer Rob Stewart who directed wrote narrated stars in and helped shoot Sharkwater really really loves sharks He also fears for their future on the planet His lively documentary makes you see why on both counts 
2.5
Sharkwater
Ross Anthony
Dazzling underwater photography Compromises story entertainment for message 
2
Sharkwater
Michael Esposito
Sharkwater probably ranks as one of the most frightening shark movies ever but sharks are the victims 
3
Sharkwater
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sharkwater has a message or two or three its intentions are nothing if not noble 
3
Sharkwater
Jules Brenner
While it s true that documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart comes on with an onslaught of zeal over his legendary subject sharks it s also true that he proves he s no Grizzly Man taking up with bears in the wild 
3
Sharkwater
Connie Ogle
Rob Stewart s visually stunning documentary makes a powerful statement about the disastrous decline of the world s shark population and why it should and must matter to us 
3
Sharkwater
Eric Lurio
The film does what it s supposed to inspire outrage But still Jaws will never have the appeal of those baby pandas 
3
Sharkwater
Peter Howell
How strange to gaze upon the jaws of the most feared creatures on Earth and to contemplate how they are no match for the teeth of man 
2.5
Sharkwater
Liam Lacey
Torontonian Rob Stewart s underwater polemic on the many enemies of the behemoths at the top of the ocean s food chain comes on a little strong 
2
Wild Things
Rene Rodriguez
In a perfect world all bad movies would be as outrageously entertaining as Wild Things a delirious wallow in sunbaked sleaze that revels in its own awfulness 
1
Wild Things
Bob Ross
A lurid exploitation film disguised as a guessing game Wild Things offers an opportunity to see reasonably respectable actors go slumming in swampy South Florida 
1.5
Wild Things
Terry Lawson
In acknowledging its absurdity McNaughton gets to make an exploitation movie and rise above it all at once 
3
Wild Things
Rachel O'Malley
A sexy darkly comedic suspense thriller that seems to be making fun of suspense thrillers 
2.5
Wild Things
Jeff Simon
It s cheerful swill If you re anything like me don t tell me that some small part of you didn t have a lowdown good time 
3
Wild Things
Steven Rea
A collision of epically awful thespianism It s like watching particles of antimatter crashing into each other mutual annihilation on a massive scale 
2.5
Wild Things
Joe Holleman
Parts of Wild Things were groovy but it fell way short of making my heart sing 
2
Wild Things
Dave Kehr
McNaughton wildly exaggerates the lustfulness and greediness of his characters and the picture loses that one grain of credibility it needs to function as an involving tale rather than a camp spectacle 
2
Wild Things
Jay Carr
Director John McNaughton keeps things hypnotically absorbing although sooner or later you realize you re watching glossy Hollywood chess where flavorful character gives way to the feel of dots being connected 
2.5
Wild Things
Malcolm Johnson
Wild Things becomes too clever for its own good It is all plot and sex and its characters come across as neither believable nor especially amusing 
2
Wild Things
Michael Wilmington
Wild Things has such a complex story and it forces so many shifts of viewpoint that it begins to seem artificial a stunt And when all its mysteries are revealed the movie doesn t really parse or make sense I felt cheated 
2.5
Wild Things
Eleanor O'Sullivan
When it comes to tickling our most sensitive erogenous zone our brain Wild Things doesn t deliver the goods 
1.5
Wild Things
Chris Kaltenbach
Problem is it s not meant to be funny 
1
Wild Things
Leslie Rubinkowski
Maybe this is someone s idea of a postmodern joke Sit through two hours of monkey junk for five minutes of answers 
1.5
Wild Things
Sean P. Means
Wild Things is a decidedly guilty pleasure low camp of the highest order You ll have fun but you may hate yourself in the morning 
2.5
Wild Things
Bruce R. Miller
Wild Things may be aimed at the under 30 crowd but it convinces those over 30 that all is not lost with Hollywood 
3
Wild Things
Robert W. Butler
The characters aren t particularly interesting except for their kinky sexual proclivities And while the switcher plot revelations are mildly satisfying what happens in between is fairly unremarkable 
2.5
Wild Things
Marshall Fine
Peters script is filled with the kind of howlingly awful dialogue found in the worst TV potboilers on the WB Meanwhile once McNaughton starts flipping over cards and shows his hand the remaining moves become obvious 
2.5
Winnebago Man
Mattie Lucas
One of the funniest most perceptive humane and culturally relevant documentaries in ages 
3.5
Winnebago Man
Greg Quill
Perhaps the most disturbing issue raised in Ben Steinbauer s fascinating and often hilarious Winnebago Man has to do with the Internet s awesome ability to reduce complex and apparently dangerous behaviour to the level of banal spectacle 
3
Winnebago Man
Michael Wilmington
It isn t perfect but hell neither was the Winnebago 
3.5
Winnebago Man
Rick Groen
When the director laments I feel like I ve stepped into the Winnebago Man outtakes we can only concur 
2
Winnebago Man
Roger Ebert
Although we find out a lot about this virtual hermit and develop an admiration for his cantankerous principles the movie leaves some questions unanswered 
3
Winnebago Man
Chris Hewitt
Surprisingly Steinbauer finds a way to make sense of the competing agendas and feelings expressed throughout Winnebago Man 
3
Winnebago Man
Rob Nelson
The movie becomes oddly deep and even poignant 
3
Winnebago Man
Robert W. Butler
Hilarious 
3
Winnebago Man
Joe Williams
Winnebago Man becomes a much more interesting and troubling film when Rebney a former journalist demands to reclaim control of his messaging 
3
Winnebago Man
Rachel Saslow
Raises intriguing questions about our culture of online humiliation and the real life destruction it can leave in its wake 
3
Winnebago Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I guess I enjoyed Winnebago Man but I knew it could have been more 
3
Winnebago Man
Mark Feeney
There s a pathos lurking around the edges of Winnebago Man and it has nothing to do with issues of fame or the power of the Web and everything to do with aging and alienation neither of which the documentary seems able to comprehend 
2.5
Winnebago Man
Chris Faraone
For a growing legion of YouTube boobs and mouse potatoes Winnebago Man is all the medication we need to laugh away overdue bills and genital infections 
4
Winnebago Man
Kam Williams
What s next a full length documentary about the life and times of Chris Leave Britney Alone Crocker 
3
Winnebago Man
Lou Lumenick
Winnebago Man which appears to be notably less staged than other documentaries of this ilk doesn t relentlessly explore all the corners of Rebney s life which makes him an even more fascinating subject 
3
Winnebago Man
Bill Weber
The film ends with a semi touching reaffirmation that everybody s in showbiz 
2.5
Hydra
Roger Moore
This B movie is So You Think You Can Dance for martial arts brawlers nothing more 
2
Baby God
Peter Canavese
A fascinating bizarre case which deepens as it goes along in ways that are narratively tricky on the audience 
3
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Namrata Joshi
At 70 odd minutes it s a short film but not engrossing enough to make time fly 
2
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Pam Grady
It s exactly like the comic strip that inspired it colorless inoffensive and wholly forgettable 
2
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Frank Ochieng
It s too bad that curiosity didn t kill this particular cat However the rest of us will find more stimulating time mindlessly playing with a ball of yarn 
1
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garth Franklin
The first film was one of the worst movies I ve ever seen its sequel though is simply a dull family feature An improvement I guess
0.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Kit Bowen
It s really unnerving to have to sit through a second Garfield when the first was just so excruciating But alas here we are again and now there s two of them Joy 
1
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Linda Cook
Our beloved Garfield is dumbed and grossed down in Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties 
.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Sean McBride
Kiddies may laugh at the barnyard antics but mom and dad will roll their eyes at the mindless mayhem Bottom line Bad Kitty 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Linda Barnard
Even for the chubbiest comic cat in captivity Garfield s onscreen shtick is wearing a bit thin 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Maitland McDonagh
A crass tedious sequel 
1
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Peter Hartlaub
The best thing that can be said about Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties is that the movie isn t quite as bad as its name 
1
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Stephen Whitty
Over the entire length of the film I counted four laughs Thirty minutes in there was even the sound of some cranky crying and whines of But I don t wanna watch the funny kitty cat 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Kyle Smith
Kids should see Garfield A Tale of Two Kitties It ll help prepare them for a lifetime of mediocre entertainment ahead 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Elizabeth Weitzman
Connolly bless him throws himself heartily into the task of acting opposite a computer generated cat given to bad puns and flatulence Everyone else however looks mortified and can you blame them 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Sue Pierman
Hopefully Garfield doesn t really have nine lives because that would mean suffering through seven more sequels 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Peter Debruge
It all makes for a relatively painless first hour or so right up until Garfield s big let them eat lasagna scene 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Evan Henerson
This movie is intended for young audiences whose animal fix could be infinitely better served watching creatures at a bark park or petting zoo 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Jennie Punter
A fast paced enjoyable family movie 
2.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
John Monaghan
There s nothing horribly wrong with Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties 
2
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Roger Ebert
Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties is actually funnier and more charming than the first film 
3
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Janice Page
You ll only be attracted to Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties if you re very young you re very easily entertained or you just can t get enough of Jim Davis s lasagna scarfing cartoon cat 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
John Beifuss
The movie is only 78 minutes long but that s 78 minutes you could spend with your child reading A A Milne or Lewis Carroll or just about the entire output of Dr Seuss Or to pick a more relevant example Mark Twain 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Willie Waffle
This movie is so bad you could shoot Garfield and even PETA would not object 
0
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Claudia Puig
Send this one to the litter box 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Dustin Putman
The Garfield in these shoddy movies is nothing but an impostor of the once beloved real thing 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Chris Hewitt
The best part is that it looks better than the previous Garfield movie where the computer animated kitty s weird glow made him resemble a nightlight that couldn t decide if it wanted to soothe or terrify kids 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Jessica Reaves
I ve always had a soft spot for Garfield and this may account at least in part for the fact that I enjoyed a lot of this movie When the humans have the sense to keep quiet and the animals are doing their shtick there s great fun to be had 
2.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Josh Larsen
an improvement upon 2004 s Garfield if for no other reason than the mistaken identity plot means the annoying title feline again inexplicably voiced by Bill Murray has only half the screen time 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Peter Canavese
You know I don t remember the fart and pee jokes in The Wizard of Oz or the old Disney classics or the Muppet movies Crotch biting of course comes from a long tradition Hmm 
1
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Steve Rhodes
Painful Our kids deserve better 
1.5
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Ed Gonzalez
The film plays it straight and boring chasing its predecessor s tail of mediocrity 
1
Scared of Revolution
Roger Moore
A warm portrait warts and all if not as critical and definitive as one might like 
3
Black Belt Jones
David Nusair
46 46 46 slowly but surely begins to wear out its welcome 46 46 46 
2
True Story
Michael Smith
There s a story to tell here But in the hands of stars Jonah Hill and James Franco it s not a great story 
2
True Story
David Nusair
A completely forgettable and misguided piece of work 
2
True Story
John Beifuss
How do you represent child murder onscreen without showing violence Give this assignment to 25 film students and it s possible 24 of them will come back with a shot of a teddy bear falling in slow motion It s just such a shot that opens True Story 
2
True Story
Robert Levin
The stars seen in a very different context from their norm together simply can t build the necessary dramatic and psychological tension to sustain a story 
2
True Story
Brad Keefe
Biggest crime is underusing its best actor Felicity Jones gets stuck in a clichd dutiful wife trope 
2
True Story
Glenn Lovell
Where to begin in tabulating the missteps in this uninvolving mechanically plotted mystery We don t buy Hill for a second as a globe trotting reporter Franco s accused killer is all twinkly eyed smirks 
1.5
True Story
Matt Brunson
Franco often comes across more as a guy peeved that someone tapped out the frat house keg than a tortured individual potentially engaged in Machiavellian maneuverings 
2
True Story
John Wirt
Jonah Hill stars in a drama that s no laughing matter Even though the film grows muddled in trails of misdirected ambition and deceit Hill excels 
2
True Story
John Serba
This type of wallow in ethical murk isn t always exciting but it s heady and deep 
3
True Story
Lisa Kennedy
True Story digs deeper into the cultural fascination with killers and attempts a potent corrective along the way reminding us who s been lost but also how justice isn t just another gripping procedural 
3.5
True Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Rupert Goold obviously had Truman Capote and In Cold Blood in mind while making True Story and it pops into our heads too but the comparison isn t always a good thing 
2.5
True Story
Stephen Whitty
Longo s character remains not just opaque but uninteresting while Finkel s gets endless useless attention As fascinating as he may have been to himself the movie never conveys that appeal to us 
1
True Story
Liam Lacey
You could easily imagine Hill and Franco in a parody version with Franco like Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct crossing and uncrossing his legs to each probing question 
2
True Story
Mark Dujsik
True Story fascinates beyond the initial hook of the story 
3
True Story
Peter Canavese
Does a lot of its work with its tongue in cheek title a meta commentary on the not so broad spectrum of liar actor fiction writer filmmaker and journalist 
3
True Story
Chris Knight
There s a fascinating true story at the heart of True Story but somehow the process of putting it on film has smoothed out the horror and smothered the inherent allure in the tale of a disgraced journalist who befriends an accused murderer 
1.5
True Story
Steven Rea
Never mind the facts True Story slick and shaky doesn t know where the truth lies 
2
True Story
Jon Niccum
The drama has a wicked premise and some memorable one on one scenes but it leads nowhere 
2
True Story
Ty Burr
Leads with its chin from the title on down and which turns a startling tale of true crime and false identities into a heavy breathing drama that ironically fails to convince 
2
True Story
John Anderson
Lightweight script doesn t help a grandiose premise 
2
True Story
Dann Gire
Watching these two actors and off screen best buds feed off each other becomes the big draw in British theater director Rupert Goold s interesting but ultimately underwhelming movie debut 
3
True Story
Michael Phillips
Even with shrewd and honest work by Franco and Hill and a solid supporting turn from under used Felicity Jones as Finkel s romantic partner the film comes to life only sporadically 
2
True Story
Joe Williams
While the movie sometimes seems like faux Fincher the symbiotic acting artful imagery and punchline ending turn True Story into credible entertainment 
3
True Story
Claudia Puig
True Story is an intrinsically fascinating and occasionally riveting tale marred by unnecessary embellishments 
2.5
True Story
Ann Hornaday
Viewers aren t left with queasy questions about truth credulousness and culpability as much as with a downcast shrug 
1.5
True Story
Mick LaSalle
Every so often you will look at Franco and think what a fine job of acting he s doing But you ll think that even as you are not believing a moment of it 
2
True Story
Rene Rodriguez
By film s end True Story is less about the evil of which people are capable than the way we manipulate and act sometimes unconsciously in order to get what we want 
3
True Story
Peter Travers
Maybe the point is we never know who or what to believe But too many maybes are hell on sustaining tension 
2
True Story
Glenn Kenny
True Story spends much of its 90 minutes trying to figure out just what it is 
1.5
True Story
Matt Pais
Frequently bounces back and forth between something that lives up to its name and something that inspires skepticism and disbelief 
2
True Story
Randy Myers
Franco downplays his accused killer role speaking softly and dazedly which works eerily well Hill makes Finkel driven and obsessed yet never heroic 
3
True Story
James Berardinelli
Although True Story never comes close to Truman s Capote s In Cold Blood standard for true crime its willingness to shed the procedural approach allows it to transcend the mediocrity that often infects tales of this sort 
3
True Story
Lou Lumenick
In the four years since he was Oscar nominated for 127 Hours and disastrously co hosted the Academy Awards ceremony James Franco has gone from one of our most exciting actors to an international joke 
0
True Story
Rex Reed
True Story trips and stumbles so much in the telling that you don t know what to believe and instead of one man s irony you end up with two men s lies 
2
True Story
Roger Moore
Hill and Franco are well cast but the meant to be more suspenseful film Capote Lite 
3
True Story
Chris Cabin
If the film s copycat visual artistry illuminates nothing at least its script is sincerely devoted to probing Finkel and Longo s odd partnership 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Lucius Gore
If you are easily disturbed you should not watch this movie 
3.5
The Girl Next Door
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Words simply don t do it justice it s a masterpiece and I ll never be able to see it again 
4
The Girl Next Door
Kam Williams
A super realistic horror flick that s so relentlessly disturbing it s likely to trigger debate as to whether the filmmaker might have left too little to the imagination 
4
The Girl Next Door
Maitland McDonagh
Based on Jack Ketchum s deeply disturbing novel Gregory Wilson s film explores the dark bond between an embittered housewife and a group of apparently ordinary suburban teenagers that leads to torture and murder 
3
The Girl Next Door
Pam Grady
To say the film is disconcerting is an understatement 
3
The Girl Next Door
V.A. Musetto
There s little reason to see the movie Unless of course you get off on watching the sexual exploitation of underage girls 
0.5
The Girl Next Door
Rob Humanick
Like some demented cross between a Norman Rockwell painting and an Eli Roth film 
1.5
A Sunday in the Country
Roger Ebert
A graceful and delicate story about the hidden currents in a family 
4
A Girl Like Grace
Roger Moore
A grim disjointed and lazy gay girl s coming of age drama
1
Scalene
Calum Marsh
More concerned with the novelty of its three act three perspective structure than with how that structure actually functions 
1
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Dennis King
Put a leash on Ace Ventura Pet Detective and call it a dog This mangy comedy showcase for funnyman Jim Carrey trots through virtually every lowbrow laugh getter imaginable short of hiking its leg over a fire hydrant 
1.5
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
David Nusair
it s certainly not difficult to see why Carrey was almost immediately launched into superstardom after its 1994 release 
3
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Mark Caro
The only possible attraction is Carrey s gonzo star turn 
2
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Michael Dequina
If you ve seen the first minute you ve seen it all 
0.5
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Steve Rhodes
Without any of the refinements he has shown in some of his latter films Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura keeps the humor in this one insufferably crude 
1
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
James Berardinelli
The comic momentum sputters long before the running time has elapsed 
1.5
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Roger Ebert
I found the movie a long unfunny slog through an impenetrable plot 
1
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Jason Fraley
Gentrification is poetically rendered in this thought provoking indie starring Jimmie Fails as a man holding onto the home his grandfather built in a changing city 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Federico Furzan
Talbot s feature debut feels spiritless if you re not part of the city s magic and culture But I will see his next movie At least THAT he guarantees Full review in Spanish 
2
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Mattie Lucas
A work of quiet unassuming beauty A probing deeply personal exploration of his own family history and his love for the place he calls home 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Alan French
There may not be an indie darling quite like The Last Black Man in San Francisco in 2019 and that s because few films will feel as singular in their vision 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Matt Brunson
One of the year s more unusual and unlikely efforts 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sarah Knight Adamson
A gorgeous painful tribute to an American way of life that doesn t exist anymore finding moving beauty in a foreseeable tragedy that will warm your heart 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Cate Marquis
For those with patience and open to this film s lyricism and sweetly sad dreamy metaphor The Last Black Man in San Francisco has many rewards 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Rene Sanchez
A devastatingly beautiful poem about a city s lost past and a man s quest to keep the memories away from oblivion Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Peter Howell
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a poetic and picturesque ode to the title city to friendship and to the universal urge to find a place to call home 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
James Berardinelli
Even though Talbot opts for a quasi humorous approach to the subject matter the comedic edge can t hide an underlying sadness about what this all means 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Barry Hertz
There is something irrepressibly original and exciting in the collaboration that results between Talbot Fails and co writer Rob Richert a cinematic vision that feels as fresh as it does necessary 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Roger Moore
if not a great film it at least has the whiff of greatness about it 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Lisa Jensen
It may seem a bit thin plot wise but the storytelling is everything in this splendidly atmospheric mood piece 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sara Michelle Fetters
The heartbreak is palpable As is the joy 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Robert Horton
This movie is all about casting a spell 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Mark Dujsik
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a lovely mournful tone poem about longing for home 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Gentrification has many casualties family security institutional memory But rarely has a movie tapped into the tragic bone deep irony of a city s shape shifting quite like The Last Black Man in San Francisco 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Gary Thompson
Talbot lavishes attention on the city s less fashionable precincts Sometimes it s showy but more often the shots are appropriate and evocative and he does a lot with a little 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Soren Andersen
The acting by the two principals is impeccable their portrait of male friendship is deeply felt 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Joe Friar
I felt like I was watching a mesmerizing play as the characters dialogue and plot complemented each other forming a visual poem Joe Talbot s debut feature had the same effect on me as Boots Riley s Sorry to Bother You 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Richard Roeper
This is a gorgeously shot film alternating between images of San Francisco at its most beautiful and promising and visuals of the lost and the homeless and the forgotten who might as well be invisible to the techies 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Lisa Trifone
The Last Black Man in San Francisco displays a confidence of perspective and an inventiveness in storytelling that once it s done breaking your heart will only leave you wanting more 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Mark Feeney
In many ways it s a parable clear yet opaque simple yet weighty 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Ann Hornaday
Even when Talbot and Fails risk unraveling the film s most cherished verities they do so with the mesmerizing grace of a skateboard gliding down Lombard Street 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Josh Larsen
belongs to a lineage of whimsical rabble rousing class conscious independent cinema 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Tom Meek
This Spike Lee sque work about a forlorn young man looking to return to the stately family home where he grew up hits all the right dis chords 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Ernst Lubitsch like pacing Talbot allows humor to grow in spaces between moments the jokes are hard to describe but easy to get 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Frank Ochieng
unconventionally poetic piercingly observant and thought provoking a beautifully shot meditation on a heralded hometown turned into a pricey Fantasyland for those that can no longer afford to be part of its marvelous mosaic 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Odie Henderson
Jimmie s story is a slow ballad a tragic ode a dirty limerick a wistful lament and a heartbreaking elegy It s a tribute to the notion of home that we all carry 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Jake Coyle
It is pensive and poetic verging almost on magical realism It s a beautiful film sometime almost too much so 
3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Peter Hartlaub
The Last Black Man is a strikingly immersive movie a slow burn filled with subtleties and nuance with its message nestled in the details as much as the greater story 
4
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Pat Brown
simultaneously announces itself as an expressive portrait of a city an endearing ode to male comradery a leisurely paced hangout flick an absurdist comedy and a melancholic reflection on gentrification and urban black experience 
3.5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sean P. Means
A captivating love hate letter to the City by the Bay that comes straight from the heart 
3.5
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Christian Toto
Some of the worst movies give way to the best documentaries 
3
Turner & Hooch
David Nusair
the ending feels out of place and out of synch with the rest of the movie 
2.5
Ask Dr. Ruth
Joey Magidson
Time spent with Dr Ruth Westheimer is not just enjoyable but essential She has made the world a better place without question 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Frank Ochieng
Ask Dr Ruth is both playful and piercing in its spotlight shining on a strong achieving giggly feminine force that conquered lingering personalized adversity with sexual advisory potency 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Roger Moore
Not particularly revealing but a pleasant reminder of the impact this pixie of sexual self help has had 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Barry Paris
Ryan White s documentary style is rather formulaic but he does justice to his heroine s amazing life force and energy 
3.5
Ask Dr. Ruth
Sheila O'Malley
The film does a great job of contextualizing the phenom of Dr Ruth 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
James Berardinelli
Ask Dr Ruth has some surprises for all but the most devoted of Westheimer s followers 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Mark Dujsik
T he joy of the film is to see Westheimer in her element which by the way is anywhere at any time 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A force of nature she is still going strong at 90 as we see in director Ryan White s supremely engaging documentary about her entitled simply Ask Dr Ruth
3.5
Ask Dr. Ruth
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Ryan White ends up with a film conspicuously less intriguing than its subject 
2
Ask Dr. Ruth
Sean P. Means
Ask Dr Ruth shows Ruth Westheimer has a few faults but overall presents a portrait of a feisty fun loving woman who survived the worst in life and came out perpetually chipper and life affirming 
3.5
Ask Dr. Ruth
Mike McGranaghan
Ask Dr Ruth is this year s Won t You Be My Neighbor Like that film this documentary allows us to understand a prominent pop culture figure and their work in a whole new way 
4
Ask Dr. Ruth
G. Allen Johnson
The value in the documentary lies in Westheimer s personal story which is pretty amazing 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Pat Padua
For the most part White simply gets out of his subject s way letting her win you over with her sunny demeanor 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Peter Goldberg
At its best the film is a testament to how Ruth Westheimer s practiced decency was literally a saving grace during the Reagan era 
2.5
Ask Dr. Ruth
Peter Keough
After counseling thousands Dr Ruth faces her own pain which defies healing 
3
Ask Dr. Ruth
Toni Gonzales
In the course of the next few minutes you will see Dr Ruth balance phone calls teach college and command hallways It s a side of the doctor that you may be used to seeing 
4
In Love and War
Michael Dequina
Before you can say gangrene the two fall for each other but everyone knows that historical romances released in December are never destined to end happily 
2
In Love and War
Judith Egerton
The movie based on the book Hemingway in Love and War moves at a lanquid pace that never stirs the emotions 
2
In Love and War
Mike Clark
In Love and War is at its best photographing stationary objects such as architecture trees and bedridden soldiers not exactly what one hopes for from a movie portraying such a vital force as Ernest Hemingway 
1.5
In Love and War
Roger Ebert
In Love and War is not much interested in Ernest Hemingway s subsequent life and career and even in its treatment of this early period it doesn t deal with themes such as his macho posturing his need to prove himself his grandiosity 
2
In Love and War
Steve Rhodes
Can a film be saved by its music 
2
Booty Call
Roger Ebert
This is the raunchiest sex comedy I can remember Did I laugh Sure Did I recount some of the more incredible episodes to friends You bet Is the movie any good Does goodness have anything to do with it 
3
Booty Call
Susan Wloszczyna
Anyone seeking a good time that involves wit and logic will consider the film a definite wrong number 
1.5
GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?
Stephanie Merry
Unfortunately the interviews are interspersed with a drama that clutters the message more than illuminates it 
2
GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?
Steven Rea
A radically ingenious in your face documentary hybrid that takes the basic street relationship between pimps and hookers and holds it up on a global scale 
3.5
GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?
Nick Schager
A film aimed squarely at making you stupider 
0
GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?
Kam Williams
Are you a pimp or a ho You re either one or the other according to E Raymond Brown 
3
Pianomania
Kyle Smith
It has a pleasing smallness it s cinematic chamber music that almost makes you overlook its inability to really explain its subject 
2.5
Pianomania
Joseph Jon Lanthier
There s a eunuch s melancholy beyond Stefan Knpfer s humble expertise that might ultimately be the root of his trade 
3
Pianomania
Moira MacDonald
Pianomania is at times engaging but ultimately frustrating you keep thinking that there s a better documentary nearby just behind another door 
2.5
Pianomania
Betsy Sherman
You don t need to be knowledgeable about classical music to savor Pianomania any more than you need to know about Donkey Kong to enjoy TheKing of Kong 
3
Pianomania
Wesley Morris
I imagine what makes Knpfer such a talent is his extrasensory grasp of what each musician needs for each piece and piano He trusts he can locate that abstract perfect disappearing and eventually so do we 
3
Flooding With Love for the Kid
V.A. Musetto
A masterpiece of ingenuity 
3
Flooding With Love for the Kid
Bill Weber
Oberzan is mostly successful in revitalizing the dime store psychology and blood n guts of First Blood through storytelling as childlike play 
2.5
Lantana
Erik Anderson
Lantana is an embarrassment of riches Its beautiful storytelling as its thread of conflict and insinuation are used to expose unsettling truths A real gem of rich performances that should not be overlooked 
3
Lantana
Wesley Lovell
Australian import 8220 Lantana 44 8221 however 44 is a step in the right direction 46 
3
Lantana
Ian Mantgani
It makes thoughts and emotional webs run wild in our heads and leaves us unsure of how to describe them simply by focusing on the complexity of people 
4
Lantana
Robert W. Butler
This is the sort of fiercely intelligent emotionally gripping movie about people that almost never gets made any more 
3.5
Lantana
Jeremy Heilman
Lantana is definitely a film that works better on a moment to moment basis than it does as a complete package 
3
Lantana
Tom Long
The thorns in this film prick real blood the color of which too few films can or care to examine It is fine stuff indeed 
4
Lantana
Jay Carr
The film is as dense as its namesake and it reminds us how few contemporary thrillers are adult 
3.5
Lantana
Steven Rea
A psychological thriller that emphasizes the psychology over the thrills It s a smart heart twisting picture 
3
Lantana
James Berardinelli
The film is powerfully acted with nary a weak performance to be found 
3
Lantana
Mick LaSalle
After seeing LaPaglia in Lantana no one will ever look at him without recognizing an actor of the first rank 
4
Lantana
Rick Groen
A sensitive essay that dearly wants to be a feature film 
2.5
Lantana
Roger Ebert
What s surprising is how easy it is to follow the plot and how the coincidences don t get in the way 
3.5
Lantana
Rob Blackwelder
Directed with a deft perceptive eye and ear for the delicate verbal and emotional intercourse of frayed human relationships 
3
Lantana
Steve Rhodes
From the cheating husband to the bereft parents every character earns our sympathy at some point in the picture 
3.5
Lantana
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lantana never veers off its course but its path twists and turns with a frantic glee reminiscent of Magnolia 
3.5
Lantana
Michael Dequina
Love is indeed the greatest mystery and it s a bit unfortunate that the filmmakers weren t content to simply explore that quandary instead of manufacturing another 
3
Lantana
Pam Grady
A fascinating domestic drama wrapped in the trappings of a mystery that proves Lawrence s talents have lost none of their luster 
3.5
Lantana
Robert Roten
Virtually all of the film s drama is character driven The motivations are unforced and believable 
3
Lantana
Ed Gonzalez
Lantana is Ray Lawrence s Aussie rendition of Short Cuts a multi character relationship saga disguised as a bubbling thriller 
3
Lantana
Walter Chaw
it s walking a perilous tightrope with too stagy on the one side and too affected on the other teetering and yawing alarmingly at times
3
Lantana
Harvey S. Karten
A nicely structured account of mid life crises undergone by a group of Australians who meet through dramatic circumstances 
3.5
The Juniper Tree
Michael Phillips
Keene complicates our feelings about the characters in subtle and useful ways treating Katla in particular as something more intriguing than a garden variety evil stepmother even when she s serving up stew with a cannibalistic secret ingredient 
3.5
The Juniper Tree
Carson Lund
The film is a singular work of American independent cinema that speaks to a more global artistic sensibility 
3
Love and Other Catastrophes
Roger Ebert
All of these people are of course terminally cool about their sexuality That s too bad because a little uncertainty and doubt can make a great contribution to a comedy 
2.5
Serenity
Todd Hertz
Firefly finally has the triumphant finale fans longed for the excitingly tense often surprising and even more frequently comical Serenity Fans will rejoice 
3
Serenity
Wesley Lovell
A sci fi western blend that does its progenitor proud 
3.5
Serenity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Serenity isn t exactly what you d call sci fi based on ideas but it is a delightful infectious blend of pulp Westerns Star Trek Star Wars and even samurai films 
3
Serenity
Larry Ratliff
Writer director Joss Whedon resurrects a TV series one network canceled and no other wanted with sass and style 
3
Serenity
Sean O'Connell
A television sized adventure populated by thinly constructed sidekicks and a hero suffering from Han Solo envy 
2
Serenity
Lori Hoffman
as the story continued and the layers of character developed and the action heated up the gang from the spaceship Serenity found a place in my sci fi loving heart 
3
Serenity
James Kendrick
I have no basis from which to judge Firefly s big screen incarnation Serenity except as a stand alone movie and in that respect it works quite well 
3
Serenity
Sara Michelle Fetters
Serenity is one of 2005 s most irresistible pleasures 
4
Serenity
Linda Cook
I don t remember the last time I just sat and enjoyed the ride of a terrific movie 
3.5
Serenity
Walter Chaw
Has a certain audacity that s the product of Whedon sure but it also betrays a sense of I told you so 
3
Serenity
Mike McGranaghan
All I can say is that I really enjoyed Serenity and I plan on getting my hands on that Firefly DVD to see what I missed 
3
Serenity
Sean McBride
This is the film that the last three Star Wars sequels should have been 
3.5
Serenity
Greg Maki
Creates a fully formed universe one that almost feels like it could be plausible in 500 years 
4
Serenity
Frank Ochieng
Whedon s clout has given the artist some cache to turn his failed boob tube opus into a wondrous and wild sci fi adventure on the big screen an exuberant space opera 
3
Serenity
Jonathan W. Hickman
Serenity is swash buckling good fun It smartly understands that its audience wants a mix of corny belly laughs and hard core comic book style violence 
3
Serenity
Christian Toto
The funny adventurous Serenity proves there is life after cancellation 
3
Serenity
James Verniere
A hipper funnier action packed throwback to the original Star Wars 
3
Serenity
James Berardinelli
Serenity isn t about effects It s about narrative and characters and it does a solid job in both areas 
3
Serenity
Maitland McDonagh
The movie is driven by slyly clever dialogue loaded with sneaky character insights 
3
Serenity
Peter Howell
Fans get priority seating on the ride but there s plenty of room for rookies to clamber aboard 
3
Serenity
Chris Hewitt
For me watching Serenity was like watching the sequel to a movie I missed 
2.5
Serenity
Tom Keogh
A boisterous semi comic action thriller 
3
Serenity
Peter Hartlaub
This genre picture is still a thrillingly original science fiction creation 
3.5
Serenity
Carla Meyer
From a daytime firefight to an emphasis on hand to hand combat the picture is winningly straightforward 
3
Serenity
Jack Garner
Loyal fans may enjoy the temporary reprieve but I doubt any others will be won over 
2
Serenity
Pam Grady
Serenity is ultimately too insular to have mass appeal 
2
Serenity
Josh Larsen
fan boy membership isn t necessary to enjoy the picture s smart handling of Star Trek conventions 
3
Serenity
Kyle Smith
Serenity is so like TV that it ought to come with a clicker so we can switch over to the next movie at the multiplex 
2
Serenity
Elizabeth Weitzman
As always Whedon s sci fi fantasies smartly parallel the serious issues we re grappling with here on Earth while his protagonists remain mordantly funny in the face of utter disaster 
3
Serenity
Duane Dudek
The Serenity itself is a low tech Millennium Falcon type scow losing parts on its way to another hard landing and the film s effects are modest yet effective 
2.5
Serenity
Connie Ogle
A lot more sweaty fun than the last three overhyped sterile for dorks only Star Wars cartoons 
3
Serenity
Bob Strauss
Serenity is another superior smart genre item 
3
Serenity
Louis B. Parks
The best summer thrill ride since Batman Begins Serenity roars in a late but mighty welcome considering this year s sub fun slate 
3
Serenity
Stephen Cole
Part of the kick to Serenity is watching the filmmaker expertly play with moods as he hyphenates the western and sci fi genres 
3
Serenity
Terry Lawson
Most of Serenity is talk and thankfully it is pretty great 
3
Serenity
Jeff Vice
This material cobbles together elements of Westerns space epics new age mysticism and even zombie horror films And it s to the credit of screenwriter director Joss Whedon that it all feels cohesive coherent and believable 
3
Serenity
Lawrence Toppman
He s Joss Whedon interested in relationships and he makes the smart choice to create drama through character development rather than action 
3.5
Serenity
Wesley Morris
After an hour of intense disorientation the movie s arch sarcasm becomes oddly entertaining 
2.5
Serenity
Sean P. Means
Whether this is your first trip or you re a charter passenger Serenity is a wild ride and if things work out not the last 
3.5
Serenity
Phil Villarreal
Though the movie seems built to launch an ongoing franchise Whedon avoids bowing to the status quo daringly taking his story in uncompromising directions 
3
Serenity
Peter Canavese
Whedon s smart densely plotted fast paced story provides ample opportunities for characterization revealing the pain beneath the characters defensive humor 
3
Serenity
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you want to know what a good science fiction movie is like go see Serenity 
3
Serenity
Brooke Holgerson
The entire cast from the series appears in the film and at least a few seem poised for breakout status especially Nathan Fillion 
3
Serenity
Eric Melin
giving a much needed shot in the arm to a genre that s become so pompous and full of itself that it wasn t any fun anymore 
3.5
Serenity
David Nusair
The end result is a decent adaptation that s clearly been designed to appeal solely to hardcore fans of the show 
2.5
Serenity
Erik Childress
Captures the spirit of the series while jumping ahead with some unyielding visions of the future which have just as much relevance today 
3.5
Serenity
Dan Fienberg
If it s successful Serenity will be taken as a singular achievement one worth emulating for small screen auteurs and big screen marketing departments alike 
3
Serenity
Willie Waffle
I can t believe I am saying this but I think Serenity could be the new Star Wars 
4
Serenity
Claudia Puig
Though diehard fans probably will take issue Serenity is mostly sci fi silliness attempting to be something more substantive 
2
Serenity
Steven Rea
A kicky mix of space movie mayhem and cowboy movie corn 
3
Serenity
Jan Stuart
Serenity flies with sass and spirit qualities that have been in palpably short supply in that Star Wars series since well Star Wars 
3
Serenity
Robert K. Elder
Serenity is a brash funny action packed bit of sci fi ecstasy 
3.5
Serenity
Phoebe Flowers
In its own unassuming self effacing way Serenity is the epic sci fi adventure that the latter years of Star Wars could only dream of being 
3
Serenity
Roger Ebert
Serenity is made of dubious but energetic special effects breathless velocity much imagination some sly verbal wit and a little political satire 
3
Serenity
Steve Rhodes
Watching Serenity is like starting at the 84th episode of a convoluted and silly sci fi soap opera 
1.5
Serenity
Scott Nash
A nice gift for Firefly fans but not quite as good for the rest of us 
2.5
Serenity
Ed Gonzalez
This is UPN style storytelling and aesthetics trying to pass as serious filmmaking 
2.5
Wolf
David Nusair
a watchable yet disappointing endeavor that generally feels as though it should be much much better 
2.5
Wolf
Peter Canavese
Mike Nichols underrated 1994 hybrid not only of wolf and man but also of satire and horror an eccentric film that may well be regarded decades hence as a movie classic Blu ray 
3.5
Wolf
Chris Hicks
Most of the way Wolf is quite satisfying and Nicholson is in top form 
3
Wolf
James Berardinelli
Monster movies are supposed to frighten the audience this one fails utterly in that arena 
2.5
Wolf
Roger Ebert
An effective attempt to place a werewolf story in an incongruous setting with the closely observed details of that setting used to make the story seem more believable 
3
Wolf
Steve Rhodes
An excellent movie directed by Mike Nichols 
3
Wolf
Edward Guthmann
It s a wonderfully entertaining and beautifully performed film 
3
Alice
Jeremy Heilman
At once far more faithful to its source material than the popular Disney version and farther from it in tone than one might ever imagine 
3.5
What If
Marty Mapes
Radcliffe Kazan and a good screenplay make it a sparkling refreshing romantic comedy
3.5
It Came From Outer Space
James Kendrick
predates the paranoia trope made so popular in 1956 s Invasion of the Body Snatchers about what is human and what is alien 
3
It Came From Outer Space
Walter Chaw
Serling observed that for as lovely as Bradbury was to read his prose proved nearly impossible to say 
3
It Came From Outer Space
Ed Gonzalez
The hokey xenomorphs would egregiously emphasize the film s subtle indictment of human prejudice 
3.5
Noise
Rene Sanchez
Julieta Egurrola is superb as the lead of this heart wrenching drama about a mother apos s calvary to find justice and truth while fighting a broken and oppressive system 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Noise
Roger Moore
A gripping story that has plenty to say to audiences all over the world 44 especially those with under policed police 44 accepted corruption at the highest levels 44 where a 8220 War on Women 8221 is a political policy 44 even if it 8217 s never been declared 46 
3
Dadnapped
David Nusair
Dadnapped s lowest common denominator modus operandi ensures that it fits comfortably within the Disney Channel s roster of underwhelming original movies 
1
Three Night Stand
Sheila O'Malley
Three Night Stand is refreshingly unsentimental in a lot of respects and gimlet eyed about romantic relationships rare in the genre but the film lacks a strong center 
2.5
Three Night Stand
Linda Barnard
What makes Three Night Stand work is Kiely s willingness to occasionally let things get dark a welcome change from the constant chirpiness of typical American romantic comedies 
3
Bellflower
Craig D. Lindsey
While it may win over folks with its woozy dreamlike visual look Bellflower may also disgust others with its nasty nihilistic narrative 
2
Bellflower
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is infuriating and exhilarating wonderful and annoying clich and revolutionary and with more problems than I can easily count or recount for that matter the simple truth of the matter is that I borderline loved it 
3
Bellflower
Eric Melin
A surprising film all around not just because of its far out plot twists and distinctive DIY look but because it illuminates a highly charged part of the modern male psyche and the restlessness of a very specific kind of young adult 
3
Bellflower
Matt Brunson
The beauty of this picture is that it s impossible to predict where it s going to lead from scene to scene 
3.5
Bellflower
Rob Thomas
Bellflower is your typical boy meets girl boy loses girl boy builds flamethrower equipped car kind of story 
3.5
Bellflower
Marty Mapes
College aged but without college friends find solace in Mad Max and alcohol
3
Bellflower
Jennie Punter
Bellflower revs the engine of an exciting new maverick 
3
Bellflower
Mark Dujsik
For all the flair of the narrative s later back and forth Bellflower is hollow in its metaphorical take on a romantic breakup 
1.5
Bellflower
Tirdad Derakhshani
A delightfully strange hybrid creature 
3
Bellflower
Matt Pais
Isn t an examination of mid 20s invincibility so much as a demonstration of how risky it can be to give unemployed dumbasses access to flames and other weapons 
2
Bellflower
Roger Ebert
Possibly represents the debut of a one of a kind filmmaker a natural driven by wild energy like Tarantino 
3
Bellflower
Michael Phillips
It s like the world s coolest iPhone camera app writ large and while it d be misleading to make too much of this picture it d be a shame to make too little of it either 
3
Bellflower
Michael O'Sullivan
After a while Bellflower feels like it can t stop checking itself out in the mirror It s a pose not a movie 
1.5
Bellflower
Ty Burr
Handmade and helpless it s nevertheless the real deal an artful blurt of sensitivity and rage 
3
Bellflower
Peter Keough
Its non linear structure leaves that of Blue Valentine in the dust and its elliptical narrative and unreliable point of view take at least two viewings for me to unravel maybe 
3
Bellflower
Lisa Kennedy
Bellflower is weirdly gorgeous Its intentional post romanticism is mirrored in evocative chapter headings and ace cinematographer Joel Hodge s images using a camera of the director s tweaking 
3
Bellflower
Chris Hewitt
After seeing about 20 minutes of Bellflower I wrote the following on my notepad What is this about Anything 
1
Bellflower
Alison Gang
Glodell s vision is a disturbing portrait of the first generation to come of age in a post 9 11 America 
3
Bellflower
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I grudgingly forgive Bellflower mainly for the vivid way it paints its characters into this baked wilted world 
3
Bellflower
Tom Keogh
Equally fascinating and tedious Bellflower is a lost cause of a movie torn apart by incompatible ambitions 
2
Bellflower
Dustin Putman
A motion picture most viewers will probably find themselves admiring more than actually liking It s well made yes but also annoyingly arch self absorbed and contrived 
2
Bellflower
V.A. Musetto
Glodell is a filmmaker with a future if the apocalypse doesn t get in the way 
3
Bellflower
Peter Travers
Evan Glodell s explosive debut feature is a thing of toxic beauty 
3.5
Bellflower
Christy Lemire
It offers hope that original storytelling is still out there lurking in the darkness just waiting for a massive flamethrower to light it up 
3.5
Bellflower
Nick Schager
Heartache is the gasoline and betrayal is the spark that ignites it in Bellflower an apocalyptic powder keg tale of love treachery and flamethrowers 
3.5
Piché: The Landing of a Man
Stephen Cole
Pich remains effective melodrama 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Jorge Montiel
All performances are brilliant though Smith s magnetic presence shines above all Full review in Spanish 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Peter Canavese
The Anglophile equivalent of a Big Mac 46 
1.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Sarah Knight Adamson
It is refreshing while both comical and sad 44 surrounded by gorgeous scenery and a well known charming cast 46 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Diana Cheng
Reprising the success of the original TV series 44 Julian Fellowes focuses on the characters and their stories 59 the setting is exactly as it is 44 a beautiful backdrop 44 which is always a plus 46 
3.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Dann Gire
Despite its title this movie hardly ushers in a promised New Era but neatly ties up all narrative loose ends and sends die hard fans off on an ingratiating note of bittersweet finality 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Joe Friar
Plays like a 2 hour season premiere as we once again get reunited with most of the show 8217 s familiar faces 46 But unlike the PBS series which ran for six seasons 44 there are no big shockers 44 the tone is predominately lighthearted 44 with more humor than usual 46 
3.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Sean P. Means
With all these characters 44 director Simon Curtis 40 8220 My Week With Marilyn 8221 41 has only one job 44 and that 8217 s traffic control 46 He manages to avoid any major crashes 44 but there are enough minor ones to prevent the movie from gaining any sense of rhythm 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mark Meszoros
Like its predecessor 44 A New Era is generally entertaining if also rough around the edges 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Linda Cook
It apos s a class second act 46 
3.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mike McGranaghan
Spending time with these characters in that estate offers a sense of comfort 44 whether you watched every episode of the show or just the previous film 46 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Jeff Mitchell
This Downton Abbey movie doesn 8217 t take chances or risks 44 but that 8217 s okay 46 Celebrate the series with this light 44 pleasing affair 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Kevin Carr
It is a perfectly charming and wonderful British drama 46 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Michael Medved
Rich and rewarding 46 46 46 the cast is polished and accomplished 44 as always 46 46 46 the script bears unmistakable element of soap opera 44 but the enchantment is still undeniable 46 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Rob Thomas
After a first movie that felt like more of the same 44 this 8220 Downton 8221 moves forward 46 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Ty Burr
The new Downton Abbey movie eventually won me over but I went kicking and screaming 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Lisa Trifone
For a film that tells us in its title what to expect 8212 change 44 growth 44 beginnings and endings 8212 its final moments are what die hard Downton ers 40 and the rest of you 41 have really come for 44 and they are as poignant as any season finale in series apos best years 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Glenn Kenny
This film represents an excellent job of fan service on several levels 46 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
James Berardinelli
A New Era offers the kind of comfortable comforting experience that Downton Abbey aficionados have been awaiting 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Sara Michelle Fetters
I 8217 m as shocked as anyone by just how much I adored Downtown Abbey 58 A New Era 46 
3.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Jocelyn Noveck
A New Era is a misnomer of a title not much has changed which actually may be the best gift to Downton fans After a tough couple of years you could do worse than this 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Johnny Oleksinski
What was once a sophisticated edgy witty sexy drama series has become The Love Boat Season 10 Though these wax figures love is even less exciting and neeeeew than that old show 
1.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Ray Gill Jr.
A New Era may be a tale of rushed romances and obscenely affluent people falling ass backwards into even more wealth but those potential pitfalls are diluted by whimsical storytelling leading to a satisfying ending 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mark Dujsik
91 U 93 nlike the first film 44 Fellowes apos follow up feels like hours of a season of television storytelling crammed into a single feature 46 
2
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Chris Hewitt
In the end A New Era is a lot like each of the six seasons of Downton Abbey on PBS Things start out shakily but end on a lovely graceful note 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Debra Yeo
There is catharsis to be had for long time Downton devotees and really if you aren t already invested why would you see this movie 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Rafer Guzman
The hit British series returns to the big screen with another elegantly entertaining episode 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Michael O'Sullivan
All sequels should be so there s no other word for it considerate of their audience 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Thelma Adams
As a standalone film the fatigued period drama goes in one era and out the other with little to add 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Josh Bell
A reassuring 44 undemanding visit back to the world of the TV series 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Katie Walsh
A chaste 44 mannered soap opera that feels like a relic of another time in more ways than one 44 but perhaps 44 that 8217 s the entire appeal 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Brian Truitt
A charming and soapy new chapter filled with enjoyably dry humor mostly courtesy of the fantastic Maggie Smith some heartbreak a dash of mystery and a history lesson from old school Hollywood 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Emily Zemler
Just what the doctor ordered bringing with it a warm sense of kindness and optimism 
3.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Richard Roeper
As usual the production design and costumes are museum perfect and even as things remain as complicated ever with the Crawleys et al the film itself is the definition of a simple pleasure 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mick LaSalle
The acting is splendid Fellowes dialogue may not be subtle but the actors are so familiar and at home in these roles that they make up for whatever is lacking 
3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Ed Gonzalez
A New Era 8217 s acknowledgement that some things must die for new things to be born works to justify the film 8217 s title by quietly linking its themes of entitlement and survival 46 
2.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Roger Moore
Just winks and merry moments and laughs 44 sure to tickle the faithful and let us take our leave of Downton 8212 if indeed this is its last hurrah 8212 with warm regards for one and all 46 
3
Arsenal
Michael Wilmington
Represents the summit of Soviet cinema and remains one of the most poetic and visually beautiful of all Russian films 
4
All the Vermeers in New York
Roger Ebert
All the Vermeers in New York is the kind of film you have to think and think about and then finally you realize you admire it 
3
Jakob the Liar
Michael Dequina
So sternly manipulative that it becomes a chore to watch 
2
Jakob the Liar
Roger Ebert
I prefer Life Is Beautiful which is clearly a fantasy to Jakob the Liar which is just as contrived and manipulative but pretends it is not 
2
Jakob the Liar
Mark Caro
I never lost awareness that I was watching actors speaking lines not real people 
2
Jakob the Liar
Mike Clark
None of these reliable performers can put enough spin on their roles to conjure up more than the good will they ve earned in previous and better movies 
2
Jakob the Liar
Jonathan Foreman
Written with astonishing crudeness 
2
Jakob the Liar
Elias Savada
As noble an effort this is released a week after Yom Kippur the Jewish day of atonement it will only receive second class accommodations from the movie going public 
2
Jakob the Liar
James Berardinelli
Williams is seriously miscast and his presence in the movie damages its credibility and effectiveness 
2
Jakob the Liar
Bob Graham
Williams performance is a masterpiece of mixed emotions 
4
Jakob the Liar
Susan Stark
Seems forced calculating self conscious 
2
Jakob the Liar
Steve Rhodes
The story is so underdeveloped that it s almost inert 
1
Verflixt Verliebt
Steve Rhodes
A sweet screwball comedy 
2.5
Pollock
Michael Dequina
Passion can easily lead to self indulgence and that is certainly the unfortunate case here 
2
Pollock
Margaret A. McGurk
If ever there were an artist to prove that the art is bigger than the artist it was Jackson Pollock Like him this film embraces pain and chaos and self loathing and returns beauty 
4
Pollock
Jeffrey Westhoff
Harden deserves recognition more than her co stars if only because she creates the sole sympathetic character 
2
Pollock
Ian Mantgani
Only seems straightforward because the complexity of its relationships and intelligence of its details have been handled with such ease 
3
Pollock
Collin Souter
Most of Pollock save for the last act feels refreshingly different from most other bio pics Outstanding 
3.5
Pollock
Robert Roten
Harris painting technique is so convincing you really think you are watching Pollock at work The rest of the film works well enough but it is fairly slow going 
3
Pollock
Dan Lybarger
The enthusiasm Harris devotes to his subject matter leaves one with a positive impression of both the film and himself 
3
Pollock
Elias Savada
One need not be a fan of the audacious style of Jack Pollock to admire Ed Harris journeyman effort to bring the tortured life of one of America s true originals to the screen
2.5
Pollock
Wesley Morris
A ruddy little movie with a seething core and a chill in its bones 
3
Pollock
Rob Blackwelder
Ed Harris gives a commanding potent performance in Pollock that is a torrential mix of the artist s chaotic talent and his more chaotic psyche 
3
Pollock
Roger Ebert
Harris is always a good actor but here seems possessed as if he had a leap of empathy for Pollock 
4
Pollock
Mary Kalin-Casey
Feels like a visual sampling of the artist s life rather than a revealing exploration of the person behind the creative and cultural legend 
2.5
Pollock
Lou Lumenick
There are few more thrilling sights around than watching the great Ed Harris furiously hovering over a canvas in Pollock 
3
Pollock
James Berardinelli
Other than depicting his wild mood swings there s not too much to this cinematic representation of Pollock 
2.5
Anatomy of Violence
Tina Hassannia
The message of Anatomy of Violence is an obvious one but the film can only tell us not show us 
2
Anatomy of Violence
Simon Houpt
It is strange impressionistic artless and frequently tough to watch And it may haunt you for weeks 
3
Anatomy of Violence
Bruce DeMara
Mehta s message has a resonance that transcends East and West 
3
The Land Before Time
Anne Stephenson
Just when you think animated movies for children have become a triumph of marketing over imagination along comes Don Bluth to make you think again 
3
The Land Before Time
Stephen Hunter
What it s got in endless abundance is charm humor and some moments of genuine pathos It s like classic Disney in that it transcends its boundaries as a child s movie nearly everybody will enjoy it 
3
The Land Before Time
Malcolm Johnson
Accompanied by Horner s choral highlighted orchestral suite Bluth s new animated adventure reveals a land before time in all of its endless mystery 
3
The Land Before Time
Beth Dunlop
Most of the settings have a haunting luminous quality to them like scenes from a beautifully drawn child s picture book The dinosaurs roam though an eerie world not quite familiar to us with parched lands and shifting mountains 
3
The Land Before Time
Scott Ross
The filmmakers have not been content to let their movie speak for itself and the straining for profundity is obvious and tiresome 
2.5
The Land Before Time
Richard Freedman
The Land Before Time is a cartoon to be seen with the heart 
3
The Land Before Time
Joe Baltake
Visually it s stunning In terms of narrative however Bluth is still Disney bound as far as I m concerned having opted for a glaringly formulaic plot line that s a retread of Bambi 
3
The Land Before Time
David Armstrong
Familiar though it may be Land Before Time is a well told skillfully animated feature that at only 69 minutes running time dovetails nicely with the kiddies short attention span 
3
The Land Before Time
Bruce R. Miller
Had Bluth stayed at Disney the results would have been unbelievable As is they re impressive at times so so at others Land Before Time suggests a genius is a work He just needs direction 
2.5
The Land Before Time
Bob Ross
Bluth s sense of color and perspective keeps The Land Before Time from slipping to the dismal level of television tripe His images are always bright and distinctive 
2
The Land Before Time
Peter Smith
This tale of prehistoric cuteness is mostly dreadfully slow when it is not being overbearingly cloying Bluth has done much better work in the past and certainly will again This isn t it 
2
The Land Before Time
Steven Rea
It looks and sounds as if it came out of the Disney Studios of the 40s or 50s Which isn t necessarily a bad thing that s as much a compliment in terms of the quality of animation as it is a criticism 
3
The Land Before Time
Candice Russell
The Land Before Time works by evoking the simple virtues of this art aimed at children as it was in the beginning when Disney animated Mickey Mouse This film deserves a place next to the often revived animated classics 
3
The Land Before Time
Dave Kehr
The Land Before Time is as handsome and honest an animated feature as any produced since Walt Disney s death it may even be the best 
3.5
The Land Before Time
Steve Rhodes
It is full of the delightful merriment of childhood albeit dinosaur childhood not Homo sapiens For a sweet and simple little picture the whole family can gather round the tube and watch with delight this one delivers the goods 
3
The Land Before Time
Roger Ebert
I guess I sort of liked the film although I wonder why it couldn t have spent more time on natural history and the sense of discovery and less time on tragedy 
3
POV
Mick LaSalle
The intent of Waging a Living is to inspire outrage and to an extent it succeeds 
3
POV
Lisa Kennedy
Doing the math in hopes of gaining on the American Dream is becoming less like arithmetic and more like some advanced course in magical calculus 
2.5
POV
David Sterritt
Should be required viewing for every concerned citizen 
4
POV
V.A. Musetto
Weisberg is nonjudgmental allowing his subjects to deliver the message that for far too many people the American dream is more of a nightmare 
3
The Finest Hours
Brian Eggert
Its all very familiar and unremarkable filmmaking for an otherwise remarkable story 
2
The Finest Hours
Brad Keefe
The Disney based on a true story course is tried and true and the end result is a movie that never manages much excitement or tension despite trying so earnestly you almost root for it 
2
The Finest Hours
Sara Michelle Fetters
A rousing tale of sacrifice ingenuity and heroism 
3
The Finest Hours
Max Weiss
This is old fashioned corny filmmaking with all of the emotional beats and crescendos you would expect 
2
The Finest Hours
Dustin Putman
An true account of heroism told simply and efficiently 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Margaux Henquinet
As it stands it s a perfectly good exciting movie about what was unquestionably a heroic rescue and that s enough 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Walter Chaw
bland empty crowd pleasing middlebrow gruel for the sedate appreciation of people who are almost dead 
1.5
The Finest Hours
John Serba
See it to invoke further appreciation of your cozy and dry couch and mattress and to witness Affleck s charismatic performance 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Linda Cook
The Finest Hours is an apt title for this incredible tale of a daring sea rescue in 1952 
4
The Finest Hours
David Nusair
By the time the fairly interminable post rescue stretch rolls around The Finest Hours has essentially squandered the goodwill afforded by its decent opening stretch 
2
The Finest Hours
Chris Knight
The Finest Hours is an odd hybrid starting out as a period romance before veering into rescue at sea adventure territory That it manages both feats imperfectly is probably more a factor of trying too hard at each rather than skimping on either 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Rex Reed
I expected nothing special and wound up being thoroughly exhilarated 
3
The Finest Hours
John Hanlon
A commendable achievement this drama features an old fashioned story and worthwhile effects that make the rescue sequences truly stand out 
3.0
The Finest Hours
Matt Brunson
The only element missing is a monstrous Jules Verne approved squid to drag various seamen to their watery graves some 20 000 leagues under the sea 
2
The Finest Hours
Rafer Guzman
A remarkable tale confusingly told Impressive storm sequences and a very good Pine almost save the day 
2
The Finest Hours
Robert Horton
Part 21st century effects movie part old fashioned Hollywood flick this account of a 1952 Coast Guard rescue raises some real shivers 
3
The Finest Hours
Josh Terry
A solid movie about a remarkable true story 
3
The Finest Hours
Katie Walsh
It feels like a parody of a prestige film like one of the fake Oscar trailers in Tropic Thunder 
2
The Finest Hours
Mike McGranaghan
Whereas other pictures of this type tend to focus on the thrills this one focuses on the idea that lives are at stake The Finest Hours appreciation of the leave no man behind ethic is refreshing 
3
The Finest Hours
Peter Sobczynski
The 3 D conversion is so murky that there are long stretches where it is almost impossible to discern what is going on up on the screen 
2
The Finest Hours
Rob Thomas
The movie is pure satisfying old school Hollywood melodrama take out the thrilling CGI effects and it could have been released in theaters on the exact same week that it s set 
3
The Finest Hours
Christian Toto
The Finest Hours keeps taking on water but the quiet heroism of its crew cannot be denied 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Willie Waffle
It s a classic old fashioned drama full of red white blue and apple pie 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Kate Taylor
There s nothing subtle about The Finest Hours but much that is satisfying 
3
The Finest Hours
Peter Howell
Gillespie Million Dollar Arm and his screenwriters laudably strive to keep true to the film s real life account from 1952 But history often needs more than just the bare facts to make for a satisfying movie 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Bob Bloom
Despite all the intense heroics The Finest Hours is rather distant and clinical It lacks emotional resonance and any really big moments that sweep you off your feet 
2
The Finest Hours
Rick Bentley
Hollywood uses the phrase based on so that it can amplify the story as needed It s a valiant effort but it never fully rescues the film 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Dann Gire
Scenes run on and on begging to be trimmed so that this cinematic vessel can become one tight ship 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Richard Roeper
The heroism of that small boat crew from 1952 deserves a special film This is not it 
2
The Finest Hours
Mark Dujsik
In a way the movie s driving dramatic force is not conflict It s nobility 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Anders Wright
A film that feels old fashioned in its delivery but is also enormously exciting in its execution 
2.5
The Finest Hours
James Berardinelli
The Finest Hours is all about action suspense and tension and it rarely lets its audience down on any of those accounts 
3
The Finest Hours
Ty Burr
It s a movie made for the kind of audiences who feel that movies aren t made for them anymore you know who you are If you go you might want to bring a raincoat 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Chris Hewitt
The dialogue is often clunky but director Craig Gillespie has smartly directed the actors not to push it 
3
The Finest Hours
Peter Travers
On the waves the film finally finds its sea legs and delivers an old school adventure based on a heroic deliverance that deserves its day in the sun 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Michael O'Sullivan
Somewhere in here there s a pretty decent movie 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Michael Phillips
The script embraces certain character archetypes wholeheartedly pig headed crew mate ramrod stiff officer and not always successfully Yet the tone the mood of the picture with its desaturated color palette maintains the right atmosphere 
3
The Finest Hours
Mick LaSalle
The appeal of Finest Hours can t be its suspense but its execution What happens is important but more important is how it happens and whom it happens to 
3
The Finest Hours
Brian Truitt
The rescue drama The Finest Hours rocks the boat in terms of blizzard blitzed sea thrills but leaves you cold with its side love story 
2
The Finest Hours
Soren Andersen
The storm effects are first rate immersive all the way The tale telling ability of director Craig Gillespie is frustratingly inconsistent 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Peter Canavese
One can easily understand why this story swiftly became Coast Guard legend but its dim wall of grey visuals and narrative longueurs make much of the two hours a challenge to the attention span for viewers of any age 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Roger Moore
Chris Pine gives his finest performance in an old fashioned tale of stoic seafaring heroism
3
The Finest Hours
Stephen Whitty
The movie s all ship no crew We get lots of effects but little emotion We re awash in spectacle car crashes sinking tankers storm tossed boats but the human element is mostly forgotten 
2.5
The Finest Hours
Christopher Gray
A square journey through choppy waters The Finest Hours boasts a Greatest Generation nostalgia so thoroughgoing it might as well be called Boys Becoming Men 
2
The Finest Hours
Kam Williams
A visually captivating and remarkably moving recreation of what to this day remains the most daring Coast Guard rescue on record 
4
The Beatles and India
Peter Canavese
A deep dive into an important corner of Beatles history now on blu ray from MVD Entertainment 46 10 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Anne Brodie
a heady 44 spicy 44 and utterly joyous experience 44 with Vreeland 8217 s most famous bon mots 46 Her deep red apartment 44 her 8220 garden in hell 8221 was social and cultural New York for decades 46 
4
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
John Beifuss
She was a fashion industry icon and taste maker for decades working at Harper s and then Vogue in an era when magazine publishing was as adventuresome as painting filmmaking and music 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Joe Williams
We suspect that in her imperious voice Vreeland would say she was mad about it and she d mean it as a measure of praise 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Sean P. Means
A lively portrait that s as colorful dynamic and oh so fashionable as one of Vreeland s magazine spreads 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Steven Rea
Her life and her work transcended what we think of as fashion Diana Vreeland The Eye Has to Travel celebrates a unique and uniquely determined woman 
3.5
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Suzanne S. Brown
Many people remember some of Diana Vreeland s famous pronouncements I adore pink It is the navy blue of India but few remember actually hearing her speak The documentary Diana Vreeland The Eye Has to Travel takes care of that 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Amy Verner
For fashionphiles and pop culture vultures there s much to devour 
2.5
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Linda Barnard
Diana Vreeland is both history lesson and sentimental love letter to a fashion titan 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Moira MacDonald
Diana Vreeland The Eye Has to Travel is an intriguing portrait of a true original you only wish the movie had half the color and verve of its subject 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Kristin Tillotson
A feast for fashion history buffs and anyone who applauds unstoppable eccentricity 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Joseph M. Amodio
The late legendary fashion editor comes alive in Diana Vreeland The Eye Has to Travel an awkwardly titled but engaging documentary 
4
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Chris Hewitt
A lively movie and in the case of its appearance obsessed subject it feels right that all it does is skim the surface 
2.5
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Kam Williams
A poignant portrait of an inveterate iconoclast who couldn t help but push the envelope 
4
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Michael Phillips
The visual emphasis in The Eye Has to Travel is on the pages of the magazines Vreeland dominated and as such it s a sleek eyeful 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Leslie Katz
Vreeland s attention to detail her love of new and exciting images her devotion to and ability to identify that ethereal thing called style come across loudly and clearly 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Stephanie Merry
The film written and directed by Vreeland s granddaughter in law mainly rests on the strength of its subject 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Wesley Morris
The movie has a lot going for it 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Brett Michel
An entertaining bit of hagiography 
3
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Diego Semerene
The film captures Vreeland s perhaps unwitting philosophical integrity just as much as it drowns us in the exuberance of her work 
3.5
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Farran Smith Nehme
Shows what the world saw in Vreeland a fairy godmother determined to dress up a world of Cinderellas 
3
King of Kong Island
Matt Brunson
An inept Italian production that appears to have been made for a buck fifty 
1
Sun Dogs
Roger Moore
At some point fairly early on it stops being cute 
1.5
Normal
David Nusair
a well intentioned misfire 
2
Normal
Jennie Punter
A predictable ride from the get go 
2
Normal
Philip Marchand
The unhappy characters are not richly developed but it seems characteristic of this genre to highlight one dimensional individuals 
2
The Binding
Roger Moore
A puzzling bit of cinematic horror bait and switch that could hold your interest 
1.5
One & Two
Simon Abrams
One and Two never feels as momentous or as angsty as a good story about moody teenagers should and that s mostly because the film lacks a menacing parental adversary 
2
Roman Holiday
David Nusair
a somewhat overlong and exceedingly deliberate endeavor that undeniably grows more and more absorbing as it unfolds 
3.5
Roman Holiday
Matt Brunson
An utterly disarming romantic comedy The Mouth of Truth scene is a genuine classic but the film is packed with equally delightful interludes 
4
Roman Holiday
Walter Chaw
The reason Roman Holiday works is because it understands Hepburn s place in the pantheon of Silver Screen icons
3.5
Roman Holiday
James Berardinelli
For lovers of romantic comedies through the ages Roman Holiday remains a favorite 
3.5
Roman Holiday
Ty Burr
The film itself is a classic of romantic wish fulfillment exactly the sort of beautiful lie that Hollywood specialized in 
3.5
Roman Holiday
James Kendrick
The final moments of Roman Holiday are among the most moving and memorable of any romantic comedy I can think of
3.5
Roman Holiday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Roman Holiday is Audrey Hepburn s perfect picture 
4
The Curse of Frankenstein
Seraphina Alaimo
For the new film generation some minor chills are offered in this well done production 
2.5
The Curse of Frankenstein
Matt Brunson
More explicit in its bloodletting than past horror yarns with the use of color paving the way for a fresh new look to the established creature features 
3
The Curse of Frankenstein
Mattie Lucas
Director Terence Fisher creates an indelible gothic atmosphere lighting the film for black and white but shooting in color creating haunting elongated shadows that contrast beautifully with the vibrant Eastmancolour cinematography 
3.5
Red Light Revolution
Rick Groen
Well consider the job half done Sexy it ain t but once in a while you will crack a smile 
2.5
Red Light Revolution
Linda Barnard
There s a lot lost in translation and the oft repeated jokes are mostly of the lame variety 
1.5
Maggie's Plan
Lisa Jensen
Julianne Moore is the centerpiece here both comic and emotional a nifty transition guided by Rebecca Miller with deft forgiving aplomb 
3
Maggie's Plan
Matt Brunson
Many have compared Maggie s Plan to earlier works by Woody Allen though I was reminded more of the output of Noah Baumbach at any rate either comparison works 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though all of these actors are highly skilled they are all directed to a very high pitch with much stressing and bitterness and it made me want to reach for the aspirin 
2
Maggie's Plan
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A satirical film with witty dialogues and a remarkable cast Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
David N. Butterworth
Adorable 
3
Maggie's Plan
John Beifuss
This would be screwball comedy of remarriage to use an academic term appropriate to a story filled with eggheads strands a game cast on an island of contrivance 
2
Maggie's Plan
John Serba
No movie so insightfully unpacks a ficto critical anthropologist like Maggie s Plan 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Robert Horton
The movie does have humor even if it lacks a snappy pace And in certain moments it soars 
3
Maggie's Plan
Rob Thomas
The setting and tone of Maggie s Plan will remind a lot of viewers of the movies of Woody Allen or of Gerwig s recent collaborator Noah Baumbach But Miller s generous vision is her own original thing and Maggie s Plan is worth sticking to 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
David Nusair
Gerwig s typically frustratingly off kilter turn as the central character ultimately exacerbates the Maggie s Plan s less than compelling vibe 
2
Maggie's Plan
Johanna Schneller
Miller s characters are complete singular people and her take is thoroughly female She subverts the genre and wakes it up 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Sean P. Means
In her sharp script Miller channels the bubbly spirit of rom coms while also gently subverting them 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Jeff Simon
It s nothing but enjoyable to watch in a minor key 
3
Maggie's Plan
Calvin Wilson
Maggie s plan may or may not work out But as a smart perceptive commentary on modern times Maggie s Plan succeeds beautifully 
3
Maggie's Plan
Chris Knight
There s contentment to be found in watching an actor operating firmly within her comfort zone just as it s thrilling to see a performer try something new and nailing it Maggie s Plan delivers both these pleasures 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Rafer Guzman
Something between Shakespeare Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach a cautionary tale filled with Manhattanite wit and small moments that have the ring of truth 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Michael Smith
What a smart funny thoughtful movie Maggie s Plan turns out to be It s also a mess of characters and scattered ideas and it shoots off in different directions which can be disarming and surprisingly effective 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Peter Howell
The comedy is in the performances not the scattershot storytelling 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Roger Moore
The best romantic comedy Woody Allen never made 
3
Maggie's Plan
Moira MacDonald
It s a sweet faintly screwball faintly Shakespearean look at love families and what happens when a well made plan goes just a bit awry 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Connie Ogle
Gerwig and Hawke are outstanding reasons to see this movie but your patience just like Maggie s will be tested before it s over 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Tom Meek
Despite its stumbles as it heads toward the finish line the performers hold down the fort 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Robert Levin
Maggie s Plan offers a reasonable imitation of a quality romantic screwball comedy with all the requisite elements of a fine entry in a storied tradition 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Steven Rea
Fictocritical and funny 
3
Maggie's Plan
Ty Burr
The movie flunks the Bechdel Test with abandon but mostly with awareness it s about the impossibility of being sensible of having a plan when it comes to love 
3
Maggie's Plan
Chris Hewitt
I don t get why it s taking so long for moviegoers to fall in love with Greta Gerwig but maybe Maggie s Plan is the one that finally makes you plight your troth 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Dann Gire
Maggie s Plan moves at a mercifully brisk clip thanks editor Sabine Hoffman with a welcome clever payoff awaiting at the end 
3
Maggie's Plan
Richard Roeper
I love movies like this Movies where we eavesdrop on smart self involved deeply flawed and consistently interesting people 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Peter Canavese
A not unpleasant 98 minutes that s nevertheless understocked with comic zest and thematic incisiveness 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Ann Hornaday
True to its title Maggie s Plan is so crazy that it just might work and it does 
3
Maggie's Plan
Mick LaSalle
It would be so easy and so wrong to think of Greta Gerwig as merely a charming personality someone quirky and appealing who just stands in front of the camera and acts like herself Actually she s brilliant 
3
Maggie's Plan
Anders Wright
Life in Maggie s Plan is terrifyingly unpredictable Just like everyone s which is what makes it so charming Plan to see it 
3
Maggie's Plan
Christy Lemire
Miller offers a vivid snapshot of a niche segment of New York She truly gets the city s rhythms and idiosyncrasies and her dialogue frequently sparkles 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Peter Travers
Buoyed by faultless actors who mesh beautifully Miller s film tickles you with laughs that can suddenly or even days later choke you up with emotion 
3.5
Maggie's Plan
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Even as the plot occasionally meanders it is ultimately Greta Gerwig who carries Maggie s Plan to its unlikely yet sweet denouement 
2.5
Maggie's Plan
Jake Cole
As a writer and director Rebecca Miller is at her best when she finds the shared wavelengths of her lead cast s divergent styles 
2.5
Crust
Laura Kelly
The film loses steam fast 
2
The Dog Doc
Sean P. Means
I want to believe in Goldstein s kind of veterinary science because it looks at pets as creatures rather than chemistry sets wrapped in fur But right now I need more science to convince me 
3
The Dog Doc
Joe Friar
An eye opening documentary that should be required viewing for all pet owners Do you believe in miracles 
3
The Dog Doc
Joey Magidson
The Dog Doc doesn t have all of the answers but it has interesting ideas that are worth considering especially for those willing to do anything in order to help a pet 
3
The Dog Doc
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though director Meehl may not answer all the questions she poses The Dog Doc nevertheless shines light on someone trying in his own way to make a difference 
3
The Dog Doc
Roger Moore
The medicine is unchallenged and unquestioned And If there s a more unironic unintentional depiction of white privilege on film I m hard pressed to name it 
2
Brainscan
Matt Brunson
More entertaining as an artifact of mid 90s sci fi than anything more substantial 
2
Brainscan
David Nusair
the director delivers a sluggish narrative that s been peppered with a whole host of uninteresting and flat out tedious elements 
1
Brainscan
Roger Ebert
Brainscan is interesting not so much because of the plot the murders and the Trickster as because of its portrait of a teenage boy living at one remove from the world 
2
When Harry Met Sally...
Erik Childress
Has the film contributed to a generation of romantic comedies where friendship is a consolation prize 63 Maybe 46 But its winning performances and Ephron apos s funny script still make the film a delight in any generation 46 
3.5
When Harry Met Sally...
Matt Brunson
Even if you don t agree with its leanings the movie is witty enough to break down any and all resistance 
3.5
When Harry Met Sally...
Dave Kehr
Reiner wants to maintain the sitcom sense of comfort and familiarity he creates types that we somehow already know slightly out of focus images in which we can see ourselves and our friends 
3
When Harry Met Sally...
Gene Siskel
When Harry Met Sally pleasantly affirms the institution of marriage while showing how difficult it is to achieve a lasting one 
3
When Harry Met Sally...
Gary Thompson
When Harry Met Sally is funny and likable but it will be a torture chamber for anxious singles 
2.5
When Harry Met Sally...
Carrie Rickey
If you love vintage Woody Allen you ll like the nouveau Rob Reiner 
3
When Harry Met Sally...
David Nusair
a better than average romantic comedy that remains just as relevant now as it did in 1989 
3
When Harry Met Sally...
Betsy Bozdech
With a superb cast and a witty insightful script by Nora Ephron the film has become a universal shorthand for the way people talk about relationships 
4
When Harry Met Sally...
Phil Villarreal
What keeps the momentum going despite the story s predictability is the dialogue and the chemistry which makes for a high wire act 
4
When Harry Met Sally...
James Kendrick
takes its time in exploring the long sometimes bumpy and often comical process by which two people might discover they are in love
4
When Harry Met Sally...
Chris Hicks
When Harry Met Sally is an adult romantic comedy in a time when we don t get very many and it has one thing going for it that gives it an enormous boost it s very funny 
3.5
When Harry Met Sally...
James Berardinelli
Offers an often humorous occasionally poignant view of men women sex love and friendship 
3.5
When Harry Met Sally...
Roger Ebert
What makes it special apart from the Ephron screenplay is the chemistry between Crystal and Ryan 
3
When Harry Met Sally...
David N. Butterworth
consistently funny with writing of the In a city of 8 million people I have to run into my ex wife calibre 
3
Diablo Rojo PTY
Federico Furzan
A very decent low budget film about a country s legends and folklore Also an stravaganza of practical effects that we need to celebrate Full review in Spanish 
3
Fairy Tale: A True Story
David Sterritt
Charles Sturridge s fantasy is too slow and complicated for very young viewers but others will enjoy its wholesome story and detailed depiction of the World War I era not to mention the fairyland scenes which are truly magical 
3
Fairy Tale: A True Story
Roger Ebert
The movie works as a fantasy and as a story of little girls who fascinate two of the most famous men of the age Conan Doyle and the magician Harry Houdini an outspoken debunker of all forms of spiritualism 
3
Fairy Tale: A True Story
Susan Wloszczyna
Flits falters and falls flat 
2
Unit 7
Kent Turner
It also features a major star turn by Mario Casas a Spanish star who is bound to break out internationally 
2.5
Molly Maxwell
Rick Groen
A first feature that much like its young protagonist is sometimes awkward and stiff but always refreshingly candid And honesty is a tonic to even the most tired genre 
3
Molly Maxwell
Bruce DeMara
It draws the audience into an ethical quandary that instills an uncomfortable sense of complicity As a result we never end up sympathizing for the main characters or investing in the romance 
1.5
Snow Blind
Jack Mathews
Though some of the action cinematography is stunning and practicing snowboarders will love the sense of camaraderie established it s not riveting entertainment for the rest of us 
2
The 47 Ronin
Jeremy Heilman
The relatively muted tone of The 47 Ronin doesn t prevent the ending from having emotional impact 
3.5
Our Music
Ken Fox
This intellectually scintillating think piece from the eternally relevant Jean Luc Godard finds Hell and Purgatory right here on our sorry scorched earth 
3.5
Our Music
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jean Luc Godard returns with another of his extraordinary heated agitated essay films 
4
Our Music
Duane Dudek
Patience and curiosity help to reveal its heartfelt hypnotic and richly poetic musings as serving as both a cry for help and an act of hope 
3
Our Music
Carrie Rickey
Hardly a director alive possesses Godard s eye for dynamic inner lit old masterly compositions 
3
Our Music
Jeff Vice
This tiresome series of ruminations on the meaning of existence as well as man s inhumanity to man demonstrates that Godard is still stuck in the same groove that he makes the same movie over and over again 
1.5
Our Music
Sean P. Means
The result is alas more an illustrated lecture than illuminating insight a little chunk of purgatory for all but the most diehard of Godard s fans 
2.5
Our Music
Phil Villarreal
Godard has become a nonsensical rambler whose vision surpasses his reach 
1.5
Our Music
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jean Luc Godard has had a tendency to be combative and obscure He s a lot calmer and steadier in his latest feature 
3
Our Music
Ruthe Stein
A lumpy mix of real life and fictional events that shows age hasn t diminished the famed filmmaker s zeal to experiment 
2
Our Music
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Packs more thoughts and ideas into any two minutes than most movies have at all 
4
Our Music
Michael Wilmington
It will mean much more to those familiar with his work But those moviegoers will experience intense pleasure in watching a great innovator at a personal high point 
4
Our Music
Moira MacDonald
For those willing to ponder this is a worthy feast of words and images 
3
Our Music
James Verniere
Like his series Histoire s du Cinema Notre Musique suggests snapshots inside Godard s head They re often fascinating but at times they are also like listening to that boring old uncle 
3
Our Music
Ty Burr
An intensely felt quietly beautiful elegy to 20th century Europe to the Europe of wars and to the human need to create enemies 
3.5
Our Music
Bob Strauss
A refreshingly moving relatively easy to follow guide to the persistence of mankind s barbarism and our equally dogged hope to achieve some kind of reconciliation before the last light is stomped out 
3
Our Music
Jack Mathews
I find Godard s later work to be tediously self important and politically obvious 
2
Our Music
V.A. Musetto
Jean Luc Godard may be nearly 74 but this three part meditation inspired by Dante s Inferno is the work of someone with fresh young ideas 
3
Our Music
David Sterritt
Visually sublime and intellectually dense this is one of the extremely rare movies that prove cinema can be as complex and profound as the very greatest art works in any form 
4
Our Music
Gene Seymour
Notre Musique s wistful mischief and gentle provocations will keep mind and soul humming long after you ve carried them out of the darkened theater 
4
Our Music
Jeremy Heilman
Though Godard has often mixed avant garde technique with conventional narrative in the past here there s a firm line dividing the two modes from one another and it makes the film much more cohesive but a bit less intoxicating 
3.5
Our Music
Keith Uhlich
Godard forces us to see the recognizable anew opening our minds our music with juxtapositions of history 
3.5
Dandelion
Ken Fox
First time director Mark Milgard displays enormous promise and a surprisingly sensitive touch 
3.5
Dandelion
Kyle Smith
Life is sad 
1.5
Dandelion
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like its troubled protagonists Mark Milgard s ultrasensitive ode to adolescent angst is equal parts earnest and awkward 
2
Dandelion
Ed Gonzalez
Jodie Foster s Nell might describe Dandelion s characters as tays een da ween 
1.5
100 Candles
Roger Moore
None of the anthology stories are stop this ride I wanna get off scary They re all too short with the linking story playing like the dull filler it is 
1.5
Cézanne and I
Leo Brady
Cezanne and I is a film about friendship conflicting with creation 
3
Cézanne and I
Ann Hornaday
It s a touching evocation of friendship brotherly competition and artistic courage at the cusp of a new century 
2.5
Cézanne and I
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Thompson forgets that Czanne and Zola endured because they created The movie should have tried doing the same 
1
Cézanne and I
Mark Dujsik
This story of the turbulent bond between two geniuses cares far too much about the turbulence and not nearly enough about the genius 
2
Cézanne and I
Mick LaSalle
The artist s life as presented here is interesting and you have to admire someone who can work with the same intensity over the course of decades in the face of indifference and rejection 
3
Cézanne and I
Moira MacDonald
Essentially it s just under two hours of exquisitely art directed conversation little of which is especially compelling 
2.5
Cézanne and I
Susan Wloszczyna
Czanne et Moi is at its most intoxicating whenever it looks and acts like a landscape painted by its title 19th century French artist 
3
Cézanne and I
Keith Watson
The film barely even scratches the surface of the animating force of Czanne and Zola s lives their art 
1.5
Bitter Money
Peter Goldberg
Wang Bing s Bitter Money straddles a line between raw information and a formed if open ended narrative More
3.5
Pontypool
David N. Butterworth
Tightly scripted Tony Burgess and directed Bruce McDonald but Stephen McHattie s Mazzy is the star 
3
Pontypool
Stephen Whitty
For a while this claustrophobic little horror movie is a dark little treat 
2.5
Pontypool
Robert Levin
A film that wrings its terror not from gruesome imagery or sudden visual jolts but through a smart psychological rendering of our universal fear of the unknown 
3.5
Pontypool
V.A. Musetto
What s a zombie movie without zombies A dull zombie movie 
2
Pontypool
Nick Schager
Pontypool at least manages to amuse a spur of the moment on air obituary is priceless as well as consistently intrigue right up to a bizarro post credits epilogue that seems beamed in from Sin City 
2.5
Pontypool
Christian Toto
Talk Radio meets 28 Days Later Somehow Pontypool makes it work if you don t mind the lack of gore 
3
Pontypool
Peter Keough
McDonald s limiting the action to the radio studio induces claustrophobia and then devolves into staginess 
2.5
Pontypool
David Nusair
46 46 46 ultimately undone by its increasingly outlandish premise 46 46 46 
2
Pontypool
Peter Howell
The judicious use of humour makes the fear seem all the more real 
3
Pontypool
Stephen Cole
Pontypool is ultimately a testament to its frequently besieged director s audacity and vision 
3
The Bride in the Box
Roger Moore
With no jolts 44 no frights 44 zero effects and zero flair for shooting a sequence 44 scene or single take in a way that rattles or unnerves the viewer 44 8220 Bride in the Box 8221 runs up against Big question 46 Why did they bother 63 
1
The Fever Rises in El Pao
Ed Gonzalez
What with all the missives and writs of agenda waiting to be signed Fever Mounts in El Pao is noticeably burdened by excess paperwork 
3
Monk With a Camera: The Life and Journey of Nicholas Vreeland
Danny Sinopoli
Not just the biography of a remarkable man but a revealing meditation on the relationship between spirituality and art 
3
Monk With a Camera: The Life and Journey of Nicholas Vreeland
Godfrey Cheshire
An engrossing documentary about a privileged young American who leaves fashion photography to become a Buddhist monk in India then returns to photography to provide some crucial help to his monastery 
3
Borg vs. McEnroe
Joe Friar
LaBeouf and Gudnason are electrifying in the best on screen rivalry since Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl battled it out in Ron Howard s Rush 
4
Borg vs. McEnroe
G. Allen Johnson
McEnroe Faraut asserts was a man who played on the edge of his senses His film brings that home 
3
Borg vs. McEnroe
David Nusair
An erratic yet watchable biopic 
2.5
Borg vs. McEnroe
Ann Hornaday
A psychological portrait of competition friendship and a complicated temperamental prodigy whose outbursts and lack of self control threaten to derail what promises to be a fruitful athletic career 
3.5
Borg vs. McEnroe
Johnny Oleksinski
It s about damn time somebody made a movie outta these guys 
3
Borg vs. McEnroe
Christy Lemire
Danish documentarian Janus Metz making his first feature and working from a script by Ronnie Sandahl feels the need to hold our hands and oversimplify these two titans of tennis 
2
Borg vs. McEnroe
Peter Travers
Recreation of a classic 1980 tennis showdown at Wimbledon is helped by stellar acting and gives its formerly tempestuous star Shia LaBeouf a perfect comeback role 
3
Borg vs. McEnroe
Katie Walsh
an indelible portrait of these men and their unlikely ineffable and ultimately deeply emotional bond 
3.5
Borg vs. McEnroe
Raju Mudhar
The film s main fault is how it drags between matches but there s enough here that most hardcore tennis fans will find enough to love 
2.5
Borg vs. McEnroe
Rafer Guzman
It s a compelling story with much to recommend it fascinating details about both men plus an agonizingly close final game that will bring your heart into your throat 
3
Borg vs. McEnroe
Mark Kennedy
This fabulous moody film isn t your typical jock flick where bitter rivals compete to a crowning sweaty end 
3.5
Borg vs. McEnroe
Roger Moore
God help the LaBeouf haters out there but this is a great performance 
3
Borg vs. McEnroe
Jake Cole
Even the depiction of how both men waver during the Wimbledon final of Borg losing his cool while McEnroe avoids succumbing to petulance fails to tie into the larger portrait of their rivalry 
1.5
Borg vs. McEnroe
Brad Wheeler
Game set and almost a great movie 
3
Prince of the City
Matt Brunson
Even with a running time approaching three hours Prince of the City never experiences any lulls 
3.5
Prince of the City
Roger Ebert
After the film starts to turn itself over in your mind it becomes a much deeper piece a film about how difficult it is to go straight in a crooked world without hurting people you love 
4
A Good Woman
Camerin Courtney
If you enjoy the charming wit of films such as An Ideal Husband or Enchanted April you ll probably be Wilde about A Good Woman 
3
A Good Woman
Liam Lacey
willfully odd movie 
2
A Good Woman
Ken Fox
The production is beautifully costumed and cast and Hunt acquits herself quite nicely while playing entirely against type 
3.5
A Good Woman
Moira MacDonald
A Good Woman suffers from a staggeringly bad miscasting of its central role and from a cut and paste screenplay that substitutes random insertions of Wilde epigrams for character 
1.5
A Good Woman
Mick LaSalle
Something is wrong with A Good Woman The lightning never strikes It s never quite alive 
2
A Good Woman
Timothy Knight
The third and very least of the films based on Lady Windermere s Fan A Good Woman proves itself to be downright bad 
1.5
A Good Woman
Stephen Whitty
Wilde isn t supposed to be lovely or charming He s supposed to be funny wicked rude and as full of serious feeling as a lavender butterfly 
2
A Good Woman
Lou Lumenick
A Good Woman is such a dreary affair that it makes you wonder whether the last Wilde adaptation the critically lambasted The Importance of Being Earnest with Reese Witherspoon was really that bad after all 
2
A Good Woman
Jack Mathews
Besides the consuming universal glibness of its characters A Good Woman is also undermined by some ditsy casting 
2.5
A Good Woman
Connie Ogle
The barbs fly with zest and impeccable comic timing in A Good Woman 
3
A Good Woman
Robert W. Butler
As a rule I m a pushover for Oscar Wilde s brand of high flown drollery But A Good Woman director Mike Barker s film version of Wilde s Lady Windermere s Fan left me high dry and grumpy 
2
A Good Woman
Josh Larsen
It isn t exactly miscasting that sabotages A Good Woman as much as it is the timing of the casting at hand 
2
A Good Woman
Bruce Westbrook
For those in the mood for love A Good Woman is more than good It s one of the best films of the new year 
3.5
A Good Woman
Terry Lawson
Rarely have so many regularly employed professionals created something so utterly undistinguished as A Good Woman 
2
A Good Woman
Ty Burr
A Good Woman above all lacks the joyful lucid anger that lights up Wilde s plays the sense that beneath the witticisms he s telling it like it is to people who aren t used to hearing it 
2
A Good Woman
Peter Canavese
Strained of much of its Englishness A Good Woman earns most of its good will from those Wildean epigrams 
2.5
A Good Woman
Willie Waffle
AS IF Helen Hunt could ever steal a guy away from Scarlett Johansson
2
A Good Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
You know you re in trouble when someone adapts Oscar Wilde s Lady Windermere s Fan and changes the title to something totally forgettable 
2.5
A Good Woman
Claudia Puig
The source material and supporting actors make A Good Woman a fairly good movie But the performances by Helen Hunt as an aging seductress and Scarlett Johansson as a young bride are closer to mediocre 
2.5
A Good Woman
Michael Phillips
A Good Woman has the will to adapt Wilde to a fresh milieu but not the way 
2
A Good Woman
Carrie Rickey
It might be empty calories but A Good Woman is a tasty bonbon the equal of the recent film version of Wilde s An Ideal Husband 
2.5
A Good Woman
Bruce Newman
The film has been relocated from 19th century London to Italy s Amalfi coast in the 1930s the resort backdrop and the randiness of the female characters giving the enterprise a sort of Girls Gone Wilde feel 
1.5
A Good Woman
Gene Seymour
The movie s attempt to update the play from Victorian England to 1930s Italy is so clumsy tedious and pleased with itself that you wish Wilde himself would return from the dead to fire a few cogent lethal bon mots at its backside 
1.5
A Good Woman
Jeanne Aufmuth
Passionate flair periodically turns theatrical but a snappy twist of a climax marks this social satire with a scarlet A for effort 
3
A Good Woman
James Berardinelli
Although the narrative of A Good Woman exists primarily as an excuse for Wilde s dialogue it works well enough to satisfy in its own right 
3
A Good Woman
Peter Travers
Except for the expert Tom Wilkinson as Tuppy a wealthy swain of Stella s the acting ranges from amateurish to atrocious 
2
A Good Woman
Ed Gonzalez
A triumph of costume design A Good Woman is also a toothless dog with little internal momentum 
1.5
A Good Woman
David Nusair
instantly forgettable 
2
Warcraft
David Nusair
46 46 46 absolutely disastrous 46 46 46 
.5
Warcraft
Brian Eggert
Jones has made Warcraft into a film that kept my attention and left me hungry for more 
3
Warcraft
Matt Brunson
After a trying and torturous opening the story starts coming into view and Warcraft soon emerges as well it s still a feeble flick but it improves enough to avoid the year end 10 Worst placement that initially appeared to be its birthright 
1.5
Warcraft
John Beifuss
An in one eye and out the other spectacle of elaborate and painstaking digital effects in a fantasy medieval milieu Call it Video Game of Thrones 
2
Warcraft
Sara Michelle Fetters
Warcraft can t help but be a major disappointment the game all but over as far as this particular fantasy franchise is alas concerned 
2
Warcraft
Sonny Bunch
The film as a whole is a real mess Not that it matters The Chinese market is going to ensure that we are treated to Warcraft stories for years to come 
1.5
Warcraft
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bloated boring 123 minute mess of globby computer effects and soulless battles Warcraft makes you fear for the future of movies 
1.5
The Age of Stupid
David Nusair
a run of the mill documentary revolving around the impact that humanity s progressively bad decisions are having on the environment 
2
The Age of Stupid
Andrew Schenker
Communicates something of the massive global impact of our careless though officially encouraged consumption even if Armstrong s outsized ambitions threaten to dissipate some of the movie s force 
2.5
Hard to Kill
Andrew Sarris
The choreography of violence is competent enough to satisfy the more violence addicted sector of the video public For even a modicum of redeeming charm wit or humor however Seagal is clearly no Schwarzenegger 
2
Hard to Kill
Juan Carlos Coto
Hard to Kill which is even less subtle than its title is all show and no depth 
2
Hard to Kill
David Nusair
a fairly ludicrous premise that s employed to impressively entertaining effect 
3
Mad to Be Normal
Roger Moore
Like Laing s ideas and experiments Mad to be Normal turns out to be much the mixed bag with just as much worth tossing out as there is to celebrate 
2
Balloon
Mark Feeney
The fact that it s based on a true story the closing credits include photographs of the actual families does not make up for the amassing of red herrings close calls and occasions for head scratching 
2
Balloon
Mark Dujsik
W hen a film establishes its stakes and creates an enveloping atmosphere of paranoia as well as this one does accuracy doesn t really matter 
3
Balloon
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Based on a true story the film offers a gripping narrative of derring do and innovation as well as a portrait of the moral rot at the heart of all authoritarian regimes 
3.5
Jealousy
Michael O'Sullivan
While certainly no love story this dry eyed tale feels achingly maybe even exhilaratingly alive 
3
Jealousy
Godfrey Cheshire
Jealousy is the kind of slight academic self satisfied exercise that preaches only to the converted 
2
Jealousy
Farran Smith Nehme
Jealousy has a quiet melancholy that s very pleasing 
2.5
Jealousy
Nick McCarthy
Due to its rather pure and unburdened perspective of complex relations it s a plausibly hand me down portrait accessed from the point of view of a young child 
3
Frozen
Federico Furzan
It s good enough to make us think about visiting those resorts I know I will not stay alone at any moment during those kinds of vacations Full review in Spanish 
3
Frozen
Neil Rosen
Overall it s a one note premise where the characters stuck up on a lift have nowhere to go and quite fittingly the movie in turn goes nowhere 
1.5
Frozen
Kam Williams
Reinterpretation of The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen s classic fairytale as an animated female empowerment musical 
4
Frozen
John Beifuss
Like Jack London s To Build a Fire this is an exercise in extracting suspense from the circumstances of a harsh wintry environment and a bad situation rather than imposing danger in the form of an outside and potentially vanquishable foe 
3
Frozen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie has a good flow and it understands how to generate thrills but the characters situation and dialogue are stretched a bit thin 
2.5
Frozen
David Nusair
Armed with an appealingly pared down premise Frozen effectively establishes itself as one of the best horror films of its kind to come around since Open Water 
3.5
Frozen
Simon Abrams
Preposterous by the end but Green provides enough formal polish to the film to make it at least partially engaging 
2.5
Frozen
Dustin Putman
February or not Frozen already has a reserved spot as one of the year s best pictures 
3.5
Frozen
Christian Toto
Frozen proves you don t need serial killers or supernatural shocks to keep us entertained Man vs Mother Nature will suffice 
3
Frozen
Stephen Cole
Another date movie horror flick designed to scare tentative couples into each other s arms 
2
Frozen
Lisa Kennedy
Tthe script is clunky the acting strained Too bad Underlying the life and death thriller are notions about the ways coupledom changes and challenges friendships 
1.5
Frozen
Chris Hewitt
Frozen features a persuasive performance by Shawn Ashmore as one of the bratty skiers and plenty of evidence that in the long term trying to skip out on lift tickets is not a good plan 
2.5
Frozen
Lou Lumenick
The performances and what passes for dialogue mostly extended bickering and screaming are so lackluster that it s hard to care about the fate of this trio for long 
1.5
Frozen
Peter Howell
Taking a dramatic turn from the slasher hilarity of his breakthrough feature Hatchet writer director Green plays it straight with a script that has the virtue of simplicity 
3.5
Frozen
Mark Dujsik
Green s minimalist setting and conflict put everything under a microscope The contrivances while minor in a different situation are relatively huge here 
2
Frozen
Michael Phillips
The film moves along in its paradoxically static way at a pretty fair clip I look forward to Green s follow up 
2.5
Frozen
Rebecca Lang
The excess of conversation never succeeds at humor but it does make us hate the characters whose speech seems to have just two modes bickering and whining 
1.5
Frozen
Richard Roeper
An entertaining suspense filled sometimes wonderfully grotesque little scarefest 
3
Frozen
Jonathan W. Hickman
I seriously doubt I will cavalierly take to a ski lift ever again 
3
Frozen
Steven Snyder
I love the straightforward gall of Frozen Here s a horror film that s confident enough to abandon superficial scares in favor of a far more insidious intellectual concept
3
Frozen
David Hiltbrand
Where are the flying Saint Bernards when you really need them 
1
Frozen
Jeff Vice
Most of the movie consists of petty bickering between the characters And screenwriter director Adam Green s dialogue in these scenes in awful 
1.5
Frozen
Ty Burr
Frozen has its work cut out for it since the main characters are so annoying you initially pray for an avalanche to just get it over with 
2
Frozen
Peter Keough
Perhaps it s because the wind chill as I write is minus 11 degrees but this just isn t entertainment I can warm up to 
2.5
Frozen
Robert Levin
Writer director Adam Green effectively blends the acrophobic setup with the attendant psychological dimensions and the actors give credible performances 
3
Bratz
Brooke Holgerson
How do our flighty young heroines fight back By shopping of course There is no problem it seems a new tube top and mini skirt can t fix 
0
Bratz
Saxon Bullock
Sadly the fact that it s attached to a successful toyline means it barely matters whether it s good or not 
1
Bratz
Jeffrey Westhoff
By right Bratz should have had no potential at all Yet it is still disappointing to see the handful of clever ideas and heartfelt themes smothered by corporate focus group filmmaking 
2
Bratz
Charles Cassady
Material girls in immaterial comedy for tweens 
2
Bratz
Linda Cook
Whoever thought that Bratz deserved the attention of this screenplay should be spanked 
1
Bratz
Michael Dequina
The ultracommercialized result of taking a lucrative doll line and feeding it through the Disney Channel actress singer hyphenate starlet machine 
1.5
Bratz
Claudia Puig
A silly movie that s essentially a series of clichs strung together into a semblance of a movie 
1.5
Bratz
Sean P. Means
The empty headed song Brattitude makes the ditties in High School Musical sound like Stephen Sondheim 
1.5
Bratz
Adam Schubak
Although the film at times seems more a showcase for the trendy clothes specifically tailored for each character s unique personality it does convey a positive message about loyalty and friendship 
2.5
Bratz
Tony Wong
Bratz is a disappointment because the characters come off less as the girly superheroes they should be and more as well brats 
1.5
Bratz
Ted Fry
Others who watch with more sense than adoration will likely be dumbfounded by the venal messages of pettiness and possession that the movie honors above all else 
1
Bratz
David Elliott
Always dressed and coiffed like perfect dolls the Bratz reaffirm sisterhood by heading for the mall 
1
Bratz
Ruthe Stein
The proud owners of Bratz dolls almost surely have had more imaginative fantasies about them than anything onscreen 
2
Bratz
Pam Grady
Parents of tween daughters everywhere beware the brain rot that infects this movie might be contagious 
0.5
Bratz
Lou Lumenick
An excruciatingly inane high school comedy inspired by a line of sexually suggestive dolls aimed at 9 year old girls 
0
Bratz
Elizabeth Weitzman
The best that can be said about the big screen Bratz is that they are not nearly as appalling as their toy shelf twins 
1.5
Bratz
Connie Ogle
Bratz teems with jaw dropping stereotypes even as it tries to throw a meager bone or two to intellectual achievement 
0
Bratz
Evan Henerson
At least they don t have the girls dolled up as the next freshman class at Lap Dancing Tech 
1.5
Bratz
Amy Biancolli
O M G This movie is SO BAD 
0.5
Bratz
John Monaghan
If you let your daughter see this movie set aside time to discuss the sea of mixed messages 
2
Bratz
Paige Wiser
Frivolous and ultimately forgettable Of course But if this movie is about high school tolerance then superficial teenagers deserve our compassion too 
2.5
Bratz
Ty Burr
If you ever wanted a movie to put in the time capsule so future generations can puzzle over the bankruptcy of our current kiddie culture Bratz is it 
0
Bratz
Kit Bowen
The derivative Bratz is a great big pink marshmallow of a movie aimed at one demographic only tween girls into fashion and lip gloss Anyone else enter at your own risk 
1.5
Bratz
Steve Rhodes
Viewers who are not girls age 8 to 12 will likely spend most of the movie staring in disbelief 
1.5
Bratz
Mack Bates
Little more than a long form music video that isn t that far removed from its direct to DVD animated predecessors 
1
Bratz
Michael Phillips
And I thought I Now Pronounce You Chuck Larry was hypocritical 
0
Bratz
Chris Hewitt
I suspect 8 year old girls will like it just fine 
2
Bratz
Dustin Putman
There isn t a moment of truth or perception in its miserable 98 minutes this film s view of high school is so skewed from reality and so insulting in its contempt that it s almost scary to think preteen girls would fall for it 
.5
Bratz
Josh Larsen
The girls in the live action Bratz movie look less what s the right word whorish than the dolls but the lifestyle their movie is selling is no less disturbing 
0
Bratz
Ed Gonzalez
The storyline is almost too easy to rag on what with its almost complete incoherence and dead serious evocation of Mean Girls by way of McNamara s own Raise Your Voice 
.5
National Lampoon's Animal House
Matt Brunson
Endlessly quotable populated by endearing and unique characters and blessed with a great score that mixes Elmer Bernstein s orchestral maneuvers with catchy oldies this riotous comedy has lost none of its appeal over the years 
4
National Lampoon's Animal House
Phil Villarreal
Animal House never settles for just funny It always strives for double secret funny 
4
National Lampoon's Animal House
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Almost everyone else has at least one funny scene to equal Belushi s greatest moments 
3.5
National Lampoon's Animal House
Roger Ebert
The movie is vulgar raunchy ribald and occasionally scatological It is also the funniest comedy since Mel Brooks made The Producers 
4
National Lampoon's Animal House
Walter Chaw
Gonzo made manifest aided by massive amounts of alcohol and an astringent stupidity too calculated to be stupid 
3.5
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Matt Brunson
For every inspired set piece there are one or two that don t work making this a frequently frustrating watch 
2.5
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
James Kendrick
lives up to its intentions as an epic madcap farce and it offers enough comic variation through the multiple characters and situations that it never feels overlong or monotonous
3
Dilili in Paris
Matt Fagerholm
Nothing about Dilili in Paris feels natural or organic 
2
Dilili in Paris
Mark Dujsik
With its stilted and repetitive pieces of expository dialogue Ocelot clearly has a child audience in mind 
2.5
Dilili in Paris
Mike McGranaghan
Too cerebral for children yet too haphazardly constructed to satisfy adults 
2
The Little Red Truck
Glenn Whipp
It looks like a great program but this documentary is too scattered to be all that interesting Too many kids too much action not enough time 
2.5
The Little Red Truck
Tom Keogh
The Little Red Truck is more interested in exploring MCT s process than in its real world results That s fine but let s not call this a documentary It s public relations 
2
One Last Thing ...
David Nusair
buoyed by several superb performances and occasional bursts of authenticity 
2.5
One Last Thing ...
Nick Schager
Little more than a CBS Sunday night movie that peddles inspirational fairy tale schmaltz and middling humor by the coffin full 
1.5
The Detonator
David Nusair
one of the most inept and shockingly dull action flicks to hit the scene in ages 
.5
From Time to Time
Mike McGranaghan
Movies are supposed to whisk you away to make you get lost in their stories I never got lost in From Time to Time because I was continually aware of the pieces being assembled before me 
2.5
Convention
Lisa Kennedy
What Convention sets out to do it does with understated candor 
3
Convention
Kyle Smith
Cinma vrit More like cinma banalit 
1
Tabu
Michael O'Sullivan
It takes a while to get to the meat of the movie but it s well worth the wait 
3
Tabu
Ty Burr
It almost seems a parody of willfully obscure art house fare Yet it has an undertow that sucks you in as often as it strands you back on shore 
2.5
Tabu
John Hartl
A kind of jigsaw puzzle spiced up with references to White Mischief Out of Africa and The Snows of Kilimanjaro that will frustrate some audiences and fascinate others 
3
Tabu
Ann Lewinson
If in the first half Gomes dares the audience to be bored the second half is a cinephile s payoff 
3.5
Tabu
Farran Smith Nehme
Portuguese director Miguel Gomes latest film moves through different styles and eras and proves that shooting in black and white is as versatile as it ever was 
3.5
Tabu
Tony Wong
The reward is a stunning photographic narrative a love story told as sweeping parable But to get there takes an investment by the viewer 
3.5
Tabu
John Semley
The pangs of romance eroticism anguish and longing both for the stolen moments of private passion and for the sense making schematics of Empire transcend any period of cinema Tabu may evoke 
4
The River Why
David Nusair
The River Why suffers from a pervasive lack of authenticity that inevitably and ultimately renders its few positive attributes moot 
1
Vera Drake
Wesley Lovell
Vera Drake acts as a potent reminder of where society has been and it was a frightening and dangerous period of history that no woman should have to re live and this film makes that crystal clear 46 
4
Vera Drake
Stefan Ulstein
In a hopelessly polarized debate Leigh allows us to see real people involved in real situations The film will keep people on either side of the abortion debates talking 
4
Vera Drake
Lawrence Toppman
Leigh takes time to show us the daily lives of all characters giving them more reality than a Hollywood film would think necessary 
4
Vera Drake
Lori Hoffman
For those of us who remember when abortions were done with coat hangers and knitting needles Vera Drake recalls this era with matter of fact directness 
3
Vera Drake
Robert W. Butler
A brilliant character study within a detailed snapshot of a moment in English history and society a perfectly realized environment that makes you forget this is a filmed artifice populated with actors 
4
Vera Drake
John Beifuss
Vera seems a figure stamped from the dough of human suffering with a heart shaped cookie knife to appropriate Nathanael West s phrase 
4
Vera Drake
Matt Brunson
Hints about America s future under Bush may theoretically be unearthed in Great Britain s past or at least the past as catalogued by Mike Leigh in his latest gem 
3.5
Vera Drake
Jeff Vice
There s a gentleness and sweetness to Vera Drake that belies how edgy controversial and ugly some of the material is 
3
Vera Drake
David N. Butterworth
Another bleak harrowingly realistic drama from Mike Leigh highlighted by a phenomenal star turn by Imelda Staunton in the title role 
3
Vera Drake
Sean P. Means
Leigh s gift in Vera Drake is that he doesn t help us decide what to think of Vera but he does help us understand her 
3.5
Vera Drake
Marty Mapes
A very good drama rich cinematography and an impeccable performance by Staunton
3
Vera Drake
Glenn Kenny
Staunton is absolutely astonishing in the title role of this quiet sad film about the dangers and consequences of what we could call the pre choice era 
3
Vera Drake
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mike Leigh shapes his superb film as a repressed working class companion to All or Nothing establishing a vivid place and time but offering little comfort or comment 
3.5
Vera Drake
Lisa Kennedy
The movie can break your heart 
3.5
Vera Drake
Joe Baltake
Mike Leigh who seemingly has single handedly revived kitchen sink realism in modern British movies hits something of a career high with the marvelous Vera Drake 
4
Vera Drake
Connie Ogle
Vera Drake makes a compelling argument for women s rights without ever succumbing to preachiness 
3
Vera Drake
Terry Lawson
Gripping and elegantly told 
4
Vera Drake
Duane Dudek
A satisfyingly performed character piece and richly evocative of its period to the degree that the subject matter feels overwhelmed 
3
Vera Drake
Phoebe Flowers
Staunton is an actress of tremendous compassion and grace an utterly irreproachable anchor to a difficult movie 
3
Vera Drake
Phil Villarreal
The film feels full and alive and a best actress Oscar nomination for Staunton would be a justified award for the achievement 
3
Vera Drake
Peter Canavese
The austerity of the film s latter part might seem merely maudlin had Leigh not so carefully established that life goes on in and around the film s central polemic 
4
Vera Drake
Carrie Rickey
Staunton is heartbreakingly fine 
3.5
Vera Drake
David Elliott
Nobody does seamless ensemble acting so well as the British 
3
Vera Drake
Mick LaSalle
Leigh thinks his movie is a social commentary but it s really an almost brilliant character study with an essential piece left out the moment Vera is revealed to herself 
3
Vera Drake
Mary Brennan
Vera is the heart of the film and Staunton gives an exquisite performance 
4
Vera Drake
Eric Harrison
One of Leigh s better movies 
4
Vera Drake
Rick Groen
Gripping film 
3.5
Vera Drake
Roger Ebert
A film of pitch perfect seemingly effortless performances 
4
Vera Drake
Ty Burr
Heartbreaking 
3.5
Vera Drake
Timothy Knight
A must see for anyone who likes challenging dramatic fare 
4
Vera Drake
James Verniere
Earnest well acted and suffocating 
2.5
Vera Drake
Bob Strauss
Another one of Leigh s rare but perfectly rendered period pieces 
3.5
Vera Drake
Mike Clark
This is the kind of people driven story that the movies used to give us before special effects took over 
4
Vera Drake
Chris Hewitt
Staunton s performance as Vera is so majestic and compassionate that we feel we know everything about her 
3.5
Vera Drake
Bruce Newman
The question that makes the movie subversive is one it never asks even though contemporary audiences probably will Where would women be if we returned to a world like this 
3
Vera Drake
Michael Wilmington
A prime example of how genuine drama terrifies and uplifts us It also reveals how controversial subjects can seem fresh and new in the hands of a master director and a great ensemble cast 
4
Vera Drake
Walter Chaw
At their best Leigh s pictures are confrontational without being invasive 
3.5
Vera Drake
Willie Waffle
Leigh s big mistake in the film is cutting short the most dramatic portion of the movie 
3
Vera Drake
James Berardinelli
For those who have the patience to become absorbed in this kind of drama Vera Drake offers a stunningly real character portrait whose image will linger long after the movie has faded 
3.5
Vera Drake
Jeanne Aufmuth
Mike Leigh demonstrates genuine fondness for his plucky lead and the ambiguities of her plight 
4
Vera Drake
Steve Rhodes
Devastating wonderful 
4
Vera Drake
John Anderson
Vera is given a thoroughly devastating portrayal by Imelda Staunton in the kind of role that elevates an actress into a lofty realm where those who never knew her suddenly knew it all along 
4
Vera Drake
Lou Lumenick
Vera Drake confirms Leigh s reputation as one of the world s master filmmakers and showcases Staunton as one of its great actresses 
3.5
Vera Drake
Jami Bernard
Vera Drake is perfect down to the last detail 
4
Vera Drake
Peter Travers
Using Staunton s face as his canvas Leigh crafts a powerfully moving film that is unmissable and unforgettable 
3.5
Vera Drake
David Sterritt
The acting is brilliant and Leigh s screenplay developed through his usual process of improvisation and rehearsal is very long on compassion very short on preaching and politics 
4
Vera Drake
Ed Gonzalez
Like any good Leigh film Vera Drake is about the nature of family which is the same thing as the nature of humanity 
3
The Infiltrator
Brian Eggert
Cranston leads a cast of strong supporting actors in an entertaining and effective if familiar undercover cop thriller 
3
The Infiltrator
Matt Brunson
Moviegoers need another film about the drug trade as much as they need a hole in the head or more specifically a cocaine caused hole in the nose but The Infiltrator does just enough right to make it a welcome addition to the canon 
3
The Infiltrator
John Serba
Cranston s ability to straddle a moral divide gives the film the bit of complexity and intimacy it needs 
3
The Infiltrator
Tina Hassannia
The film seems to have forgotten however that it s still a movie not a documentary a detrimental misfire that cancels out its own charms 
2
The Infiltrator
David Nusair
46 46 46 the film grows more and more tedious as it slowly progresses 46 46 46 
1.5
The Infiltrator
Brad Wheeler
The best thing you can say about The Infiltrator is that Cranston and company are entirely persuasive in a film that doesn t make the best use of their stellar efforts 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Bruce DeMara
There aren t enough adrenalin moments to supercharge a film that gets bogged down in exposition 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Linda Cook
Cranston shines in Infiltrator 
3
The Infiltrator
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a testament then to just how universally strong the acting is and how grand the set pieces Furman engineers that the film ends up mattering near as much as it does 
3
The Infiltrator
James Kendrick
Bryan Cranston brings to Mazur a sense of weary determination and a born performer s gift for deceit
3
The Infiltrator
Stephen Rebello
You keep pulling for The Infiltrator to break on through to something special but it s largely an imitation of other better movies 
3
The Infiltrator
Allyson Johnson
Cranston deserves a better role and we deserve a better film 
1.5
The Infiltrator
Robert Levin
Cranston is the best possible actor for the story of course having navigated the same terrain in a far more engaging fashion in Bad but even his quality work plays like a second rate leftover 
2
The Infiltrator
Barry Paris
Cranston acts with his eyes with such intelligence that the patchwork of lines on his face seem to get deeper by the scene 
3
The Infiltrator
Mike McGranaghan
A meticulously told true story that gives you a portrait of the complexities big and small that make undercover operations risky 
3
The Infiltrator
Robert Horton
Really done right it would be 10 or 12 hours of longform TV 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Sonny Bunch
The whole thing feels so by the numbers that it s hard to get too invested in the proceedings 
2
The Infiltrator
Michael Smith
The Infiltrator is solid entertainment made even better by Cranston 
3
The Infiltrator
Sean P. Means
Based on a true story the cops and crime drama The Infiltrator is a straightforward police procedural that s enlivened by a solid central performance by Bryan Cranston 
3
The Infiltrator
Tom Russo
Cranston and Leguizamo give ample reason for a trip to the multiplex even if director Brad Furman The Lincoln Lawyer can t maintain the film s gritty immersive tone 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Soren Andersen
Though The Infiltrator breaks no new ground in its storytelling it is nonetheless a riveting piece of work 
3
The Infiltrator
Dann Gire
Cranston s multilayered performance riddled with surprising choices internal conflicts and external pressures makes everything work 
3
The Infiltrator
James Berardinelli
Furman keeps a tight rein on the film s palpable sometimes suffocating tension It s one of The Infiltrator s assets Another is the ensemble cast 
3
The Infiltrator
Peter Travers
Cranston changes his character from regular Joe to raging psycho and you believe it utterly He s extraordinary Too bad the movie settles for being same old same old 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Mark Dujsik
This is yet another movie based on a true story that believes the depiction of how that story unfolded is enough to sustain it 
2
The Infiltrator
Mick LaSalle
The genuine success of The Infiltrator comes from the fact that Cranston seems to hate it that his every second is full of dread and terror and he can t wait for it to be over And so he makes everyone in the audience a nervous wreck 
3
The Infiltrator
Steven Rea
As solid as Cranston Leguizamo Kruger Bratt and all the rest are the built in constraints of the movie format don t do their real life counterparts full justice 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Rob Thomas
One of the most iconic scenes in Scarface is set in a nightclub in Miami The opening scene in The Infiltrator is set in a bowling alley in Tampa That sums up the gulf between the movies that Infiltrator seeks to emulate and what it is 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Peter Sobczynski
Those looking for a story equal to Cranston s contributions to it are liable to come away from it feeling slightly disappointed 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Christian Toto
The Infiltrator is so good you ll think you re watching a TV show 
3.5
The Infiltrator
Rick Bentley
This comes to life through another amazing performance by Bryan Cranston 
3
The Infiltrator
Stephanie Merry
Something s missing Although the movie is tense it s not the white knuckle experience you might expect with the most suspenseful scenes coming across as manufactured 
2
The Infiltrator
Calvin Wilson
Just because a story actually happened doesn t mean it will make for compelling cinema This is a prime example 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Jon Niccum
It s Cranston s finest film performance 
3
The Infiltrator
Michael Phillips
The Infiltrator is a true crime story familiar but compelling about false identities affording Cranston the chance to play a man who is pretending to be another more swaggering more dangerous man 
3
The Infiltrator
Richard Roeper
Mazur s story and his book is so compelling it was almost inevitable we d see a movie one day and the movie we got is one of the best of the year 
4
The Infiltrator
Lawrence Toppman
Cranston s craggy face and mellow baritone voice don t show signs of tiring audiences yet and he has one quality few actors achieve at any age He s eloquent in stillness and silence 
3
The Infiltrator
Lou Lumenick
Cranston continues his rewarding post Breaking Bad big screen career with another juicy real life role in the highly entertaining The Infiltrator 
3
The Infiltrator
Katie Walsh
Rides on Cranston s abilities to so ably and sensitively portray the average American man torn between his double life The story itself often seems outlandish and if it weren t based on a true one would feel unrealistic and overly contrived 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Stephen Whitty
In the end The Infiltrator is as much of a poser as its hero It wants to be a darker edgier more dangerous kind of film But all it can really manage is a polite careful imitation 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Peter Canavese
A sturdy but uninspired crime docudrama that s neither convincingly colloquial nor thrillingly stylish 
2.5
The Infiltrator
Roger Moore
Cranston and his dye job are a dozen years too old for this part and they cast the whole movie accordingly 
2
The Infiltrator
Rafer Guzman
It s a no nonsense crime procedural that suits its hero 
3
The Infiltrator
Elise Nakhnikian
Its clunky incidents of exposition leave us with no real understanding of what anyone is thinking or feeling 
1
The Infiltrator
Kam Williams
Expect sweaty palms as the pressure mounts since your apprehension skyrockets when watching monsters who d murder at the drop of a hat 
4
Walking With the Enemy
Janos Gereben
It is faithful enough to history to bring alive horrible memories to those among the few lucky survivors who were children at the time 
3
Walking With the Enemy
David Hiltbrand
A badly written poorly acted bathetic pageant of bad wigs and worse accents rendered with production values on a par with NBC s recent Sound of Music mummery 
1
Walking With the Enemy
John Anderson
The film is so emotionally obvious and awkwardly handled that it doesn t deserve much consideration as a political or historical statement 
2
Walking With the Enemy
Peter Keough
It does reduce a period of irredeemable horror to the heroics of a single person 
2
Walking With the Enemy
Stephanie Merry
A simple retelling of these stories would have been more dramatic more effective and more powerful 
2
Walking With the Enemy
Michael Phillips
The title Walking With the Enemy suggests a peculiar lack of urgency so it s a disappointingly accurate handle indeed 
2
Walking With the Enemy
Mick LaSalle
This is a dark horrible history and yet there are times when Walking With the Enemy feels like To Be Or Not to Be only without Jack Benny or like Hogan s Heroes without the jokes 
2
Walking With the Enemy
Chris Foran
Walking With the Enemy does a pretty good job presenting Elek and the others in the fight as people just trying to do the right thing in awful times 
2.5
Walking With the Enemy
Roger Moore
Ambitious but 
2
Walking With the Enemy
Rex Reed
Its impact is special and inescapable 
3
Walking With the Enemy
Lou Lumenick
After 20 shaky opening minutes first time director Mark Schmidt finds his footing with this slightly overlong English language Holocaust drama 
2.5
Control Room
Nick Rogers
Control Room acknowledges wartime journalism sits between objectivity and propaganda indifference and passion Neutrality doesn t exist to avoid gore is a stance In a way it s TV s true reality the impossibility of objective footage of horror 
4
Control Room
John Beifuss
In the words of an Al Jazeera producer Rumsfeld calls this incitement I call it true journalism 
3.5
Control Room
Rob Thomas
Control Room is more than just a compelling film It s a public service 
3
Control Room
Derek Smith
The press not war is the necessary evil in Control Room and information is now more powerful than missiles 
3
Control Room
Rene Rodriguez
Modest in scope and not as well structured as it could have been Control Room may not seem all that compelling 10 years down the road But right now at this very moment it is essential imperative viewing 
3.5
Control Room
Rick Groen
More illuminating than not and shines its brightest light on a truth that war and warmongers so ferociously ignore Look hard into the other s camp and what you ll likely see is yourself 
3
Control Room
Jeff Vice
It gives audiences in the Western world a glimpse into newsgathering efforts that are rarely if ever seen here 
3
Control Room
Lawrence A. Johnson
An absorbing behind the scenes documentary about Al Jazeera shows 
3.5
Control Room
Robert W. Butler
A documentary as subtle insightful and evenhanded as Fahrenheit 9 11 is obvious and one sided 
3
Control Room
Lawrence Toppman
Takes an unusually balanced look at the consistently unbalanced coverage of the war in Iraq 
3.5
Control Room
Lori Hoffman
Truth is one country s propaganda is another country s truth 
3
Control Room
Matt Brunson
An eye opening documentary 
3.5
Control Room
Timothy Knight
An invaluable record of the media s role in a war that some analysts have likened to the quagmire of Vietnam 
3
Control Room
John Hartl
Noujaim s eye opening documentary consistently asks the tough questions while giving its subjects and implicitly the audience a remarkable forum for discussion 
3.5
Control Room
Walter Chaw
We don t have Barry Maguire and angry Bob Dylan but we do have this let s hope it s enough 
4
Control Room
David Elliott
We all have our rigidities and Control Room may wake you up a bit 
2
Control Room
Bob Strauss
This fascinating look at the inner workings of the Al Jazeera Arab news network can t help but cause viewers to question everything we re fed by the media beast 
3
Control Room
Terry Lawson
It does a good job of showing just how much media manipulation is taken for granted by those who have the job of massaging the facts and the ones who simply lie back and enjoy it 
3
Sidekick
Steve Rhodes
In a perfect antidote to this summer s pretentious superhero extravaganzas Sidekick is a sweet indie spoof of the genre It s consistently cute 
2.5
Sidekick
Scott Nash
Has more to say about being a hero than most big movie productions although having even a tiny bit of one of those blockbuster s budgets would have helped 
2.5
Sidekick
David Nusair
a far more accomplished and flat out entertaining piece of work than some of its similarly themed Hollywood brethren 
3
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
Marya E. Gates
If the goal of Dreaming Walls is to create one last kaleidoscopic portrait within the Chelsea before all of its soul and history is renovated away 44 packaged and sold as a destination for the bourgeoisie 44 van Elmbt and Duverdier manage to do just that 46 
2.5
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
Mark Dujsik
Dreaming Walls 46 46 46 can apos t quite decide if it apos s about those people or the building itself 46 
2.5
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
Roger Moore
We 8217 re invited to dream along with the filmmakers 44 without a lot of background 44 footnotes or interviews with experts or the celebrated folks who once lived there 46 
3
Passenger 57
David Nusair
a briskly paced yet undeniably dated thriller that s been jam packed with exciting memorable action set pieces 
3
Kidnap Express
Walter V. Addiego
Secuestro Express seems less interested in dramatizing the crushing inequities of that nation than in serving up hefty doses of sadism and titillation 
1
Kidnap Express
Rene Rodriguez
Secuestro Express leaves you feeling like a bit of a hostage yourself 
2
Kidnap Express
Mary F. Pols
What saves Secuestro Express from being an exercise in misery and degradation is its black comedy 
3
Kidnap Express
Elizabeth Weitzman
Part exploitation thriller and part sociopolitical statement Secuestro Express is a little too enamored of its own gangsta cool to be taken seriously 
2
Kidnap Express
Timothy Knight
Regrettably i Secuestro Express is neither gripping nor particularly insightful 
1.5
Kidnap Express
V.A. Musetto
Jakubowicz pleases the eyes with closeups sped up scenes hand held camerawork and other stylized tricks 
3
Kidnap Express
Robert K. Elder
Jakubowicz will undoubtedly become a filmmaker to follow as soon as he understands what he wants to say not just how loud he wants to say it 
2
Kidnap Express
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film definitely has a social agenda on its mind but that doesn t lull Jakubowicz s energy not for a second 
3
Kidnap Express
Bruce Newman
So relentlessly violent and grim that it makes you yearn for a purifying shower 
2.5
Kidnap Express
Gene Seymour
Secuestro Express leaves you feeling as much a hostage as the story s victims more to the point as if you ve slept in the same clothes for more than three days 
3
Kidnap Express
Laura Kelly
While the cross section of characters may be too simply drawn filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz still gives us a heady speed freak trip along the streets of a wild impoverished city 
2.5
Kidnap Express
Ed Gonzalez
Immoral and aesthetically bankrupt Secuestro Express allows first time director Jonathan Jakubowicz to exploit and sell out his Venezuelan culture 
.5
Twist of Faith
Ross Anthony
Now 34 Tony opens his soul searching his home his private moments with family children so that the world can see the consequences of those that prey from the pulpit 
3.5
Twist of Faith
Moira MacDonald
Dick s film puts a human face on a churchwide scandal that sometimes seems too big to comprehend 
3.5
Twist of Faith
Timothy Knight
A remarkable portrait of a courageous man s efforts to put his life back together 
4
Twist of Faith
Phil Villarreal
The film is difficult to watch but illuminating as a piece of hard spare journalism 
3
Twist of Faith
Jonathan W. Hickman
There are scenes in this movie that moved me to tears it is impossible not to be taken in by Tony s plight 
4
Twist of Faith
Lou Lumenick
Kirby Dick s damning Oscar nominated documentary Twist of Fate puts a face on the clerical sex scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church 
3
Twist of Faith
Gene Seymour
The child abuse scandals that rocked the Catholic Church are brought to painfully intimate terms in this engrossing unnerving documentary 
3.5
Twist of Faith
Collin Souter
It daringly uses the medium break down the barriers between the subject and the audience for a topic that lends itself to dark secrecy It s almost too devastating to watch 
4
Cotton Mary
Jay Carr
Cotton Mary Ismail Merchant s second film as a director puts some interestingly layered material into play but he can t quite bring it together 
2
Cotton Mary
Roger Ebert
The film wants to make larger points but succeeds only in being a story of derangement 
2
Cotton Mary
Peter Stack
Offbeat but compelling 
3
Cotton Mary
Lou Lumenick
Cotton Mary is uncommonly well acted and beautifully shot on location in southern India but it s not exactly riveting 
2.5
A Promise Kept
David Nusair
There are confusing films and then there s The Gunman 
2
Radio Dreams
Bruce DeMara
Jalali has constructed a true comic gem elevated by a deep sense of poignancy 
3.5
Radio Dreams
Christopher Kompanek
Radio Dreams is a quintessentially American story 
3.5
Radio Dreams
Nick Allen
An example of both the compelling passion and polarizing fallibility that can arise when a director works primarily from the heart 
2.5
Radio Dreams
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thoughtful and amusing 
3
Radio Dreams
David Lewis
We want additional time with these characters and that s a credit to this film Like Hamid we yearn for even more 
3
Unknown
Jeff Shannon
There s a good little thriller lurking somewhere in the depths of Unknown but it never quite rises to the surface 
2
Unknown
Ty Burr
You wish some of the plot holes had been spackled better 
2
Unknown
Bruce Westbrook
It s a good gimmick but still a gimmick and we re left with more confusion than tension 
2
Unknown
Ruthe Stein
Unknown is far from unwatchable just undistinguished 
2
Unknown
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Screenwriter Matthew Waynee doesn t quite know when to provide clues and when to withhold 
1.5
Unknown
Bill Stamets
Gritty gimmicky 
2
Unknown
Erik Childress
80 minutes that could have been better spent watching Reservoir Dogs The Usual Suspects Memento Saw or just half of The Departed 
1.5
Unknown
Michael Phillips
While Brand manages a couple of effectively brutal bits of violence Matthew Waynee s gassy screenplay is all premise and no propulsion 
2
Unknown
Maitland McDonagh
There s no particular message to their joint feature film debut except perhaps that chance plays a significant part in the direction people s lives take but it s an entertaining diversion whose clever structure gives pulp crime cliches a welcome twist 
2.5
Unknown
Kyle Smith
To kill 80 minutes the movie has to pad itself with several dull speeches and stagy moments 
2
Unknown
Jack Mathews
It all comes together at the end logically and with a twist But it s not a game that allows the audience to play along 
2
Unknown
Gene Seymour
It s not nearly as risky or as inspired as the movies it borrows from But it keeps its audience s collective head in the game thanks in large part to an impressive cast enacting the sometimes ludicrous proceedings with conviction 
2.5
Unknown
Ed Gonzalez
The cesspool around the Saw franchise has spilled into the Indiewood projects not far from where first time director Simon Brand fires off this Hollywood calling card 
1.5
Suddenly, Last Summer
Matt Brunson
Madness homosexuality and cannibalism were just some of the ingredients that turned the picture into a cause celebre with the end result alternating between stately serenity and outright hysteria 
3
Suddenly, Last Summer
Mattie Lucas
Suddenly Last Summer remains a remarkably salacious descent into madness thanks to Mankiewicz s harrowing direction and two towering performances by Taylor and Hepburn
3.5
The Hellstrom Chronicle
Roger Ebert
The narration is so theatrical and philosophically naive that it s unworthy of the photography 
2.5
Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye
David Sterritt
Bataille was a serious philosopher as well as a sensation seeking writer but you d never guess his provocative ideas from this updated version 
1
Hopper/Welles
Joey Magidson
Hopper Welles is a pretty strong special feature on an awesome 4K or Blu ray As a standalone feature however it comes up a bit short 
2.5
Hopper/Welles
Erik Childress
One of those rare opportunities we have to put a glass to the wall of history and be that proverbial fly privy to a pair of influential artists discuss their insecurities and beliefs in a way that a journalist would very unlikely to get out of them 
3
Hopper/Welles
Chuck Bowen
Orson Welles and Dennis Hopper both understand that cinema s inherent fakeness is the wellspring of its importance and its danger 
3.5
Queenpins
Sean P. Means
The most criminal thing about the overly manic and oddly humor free caper comedy Queenpins is the way it squanders the comic talents of so many actors with so little payoff 
1.5
Queenpins
Max Weiss
Queenpins is mostly silly fun and it zips along a nice clip It made me LOL several times but considering the richness of the source material it s a bit disappointing that it never made me think 
2.5
Queenpins
Mark Meszoros
Loosely inspired by true events with names having been changed to protect the well guilty i Queenpins is a largely entertaining affair if not one with much to offer below the surface 
2.5
Queenpins
Kevin Carr
It s very funny because you ve got a lot of people who have a lot of experience with comedy but they take their roles seriously enough that it still plays as a real thing 
3
Queenpins
Jocelyn Noveck
The shame is that an excellent cast could have been better served 
2
Queenpins
Richard Roeper
Queenpins relies too much on scatological humor farcical sequences and a not entirely convincing message that these women were feminist Robin Hood heroes 
2.5
Queenpins
Nell Minow
Like a coupon high the fun of this movie does not last 
2.5
Queenpins
Michael Phillips
It s likely to offend no one but the most grimly law abiding consumers among us But like the people it s about you want more 
2
Queenpins
Mark Dujsik
Gaudet and Pullapilly know their targets and they go after them with efficient but pointed humor 
3
Queenpins
Katie Walsh
Relies on lowest common denominator humor and the overly optimistic assumption that Kristen Bell in an unflattering wig equals comedy 
1.5
Queenpins
Randy Myers
There s something to be said here but Queenpins barely scratches the surface of its story and has Bell overstraining herself to generate laughs 
2
Queenpins
Roger Moore
The first act of makes you giddy at the comic possibilities but the finale is the final straw in the letdown it too quickly becomes 
2
Queenpins
Kristen Page-Kirby
A good story lurks somewhere in Queenpins but Gaudet and Pullapilly take the easy way out at every plot point and with nearly every joke 
1
Queenpins
Wes Greene
The film s largely painful humor is informed by the mistaken belief that the main characters criminal enterprise is inherently quirky 
1.5
Sushi: The Global Catch
Brett Michel
In trying to cover all these topics Hall casts too wide a net 
2
Sushi: The Global Catch
Chuck Bowen
The doc is ultimately a dry endeavor that feels closer in spirit to an Afterschool Special than a full blooded movie 
1.5
Her Alibi
David Nusair
an entirely disposable endeavor that s rightly fallen into obscurity in the years since its release 
2.5
Her Alibi
Roger Ebert
You know a movie is in trouble when you start looking at your watch You know it s in bad trouble when you start shaking your watch because you think it might have stopped 
0.5
Vanaja
Chris Kaltenbach
A wondrous piece of filmmaking and a sensitive engaging movie from a first time filmmaker working on a shoestring budget with a cast of nonactors 
4
Vanaja
Sean P. Means
The film shows through Bhukya s heartbreaking performance the difficulties faced by those trying to bust through the layers of class oppression 
3
Vanaja
David Wiegand
Bhukya delivers an entrancing and natural performance deftly balancing both the wide eyed childishness of a young girl with the dawning awareness of life s darker possibilities 
3
Vanaja
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A large chunk of the film s success rests on the shoulders of its young star Mamatha Bhukya 
3
Vanaja
Tom Keogh
Vanaja is a timeless story of dignity maintained against all odds 
2.5
Vanaja
John Monaghan
This is heart wrenching Indian drama in the vein of Deepa Mehta s recent Water again dealing with a young girl trying to find her self worth in the midst of a repressive caste system and physical abuse 
3
Vanaja
Wesley Morris
It s not easy to make a very sad movie that doesn t make you want to jump out a window when it s over Vanaja pulls this off 
3
Vanaja
Roger Ebert
Vanaja a beautiful and heart touching film from India represents a miracle of casting Every role including the challenging central role of a low caste 14 year old girl is cast perfectly and played flawlessly 
4
Vanaja
Sid Smith
Vanaja a film exploring the tensions of the caste system in contemporary rural India boasts a compelling story on screen and off 
3
Vanaja
V.A. Musetto
By the time Vanaja and her girlfriend ride off into the sunset on the back of an elephant viewers will be bored stiff by this long tedious film 
1.5
Vanaja
Maitland McDonagh
Simultaneously resigned frustrated cautiously hopeful angry and ravishingly beautiful this story of an impoverished country girl who tries to better herself through Indian classical dance is a stunning debut for writer director Rajnesh Domalpalli 
3
Holiday
Matt Brunson
Holiday provides the expected mix of comedy and romance but there s also a strain of melancholy that further deepens the emotional connections 
3.5
Holiday
James Kendrick
a consistently delightful and entertaining comedy of manners that takes as it primary goal the skewering of the American tendency to amass obscene amounts of wealth for its own sake
3.5
Holiday
Josh Larsen
Before they made The Philadelphia Story George Cukor Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn teamed up for this decidedly less flattering look at the life of the upper class 
3
Holiday
Wesley Lovell
Character dramas are often at their best when exploring inside worlds and not running free outside 
4
Holiday
Joe Lozito
A romantic comedy with a serious undertone that could be called ahead of its time 
4
Holiday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is my favorite George Cukor movie and a perennial New Year s Eve classic 
4
Ants!
Matt Brunson
Daft 46 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Michael Smith
There s not much worse than a comedy with no laughs and Hot Pursuit is a movie where punchlines go to die 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Linda Cook
My faith in humanity has been restored I watched a couple leave the theater 
.5
Hot Pursuit
James Berardinelli
There s hardly an area in which Hot Pursuit is not found lacking 
1
Hot Pursuit
Sean P. Means
The story bounces through mood swings that Prozac couldn t cure veering unsteadily from light comedy to dark drug world violence to female bonding pathos 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Stephen Rebello
We re no fans of capital punishment but if any movie deserved to be put out of its misery it s this one 
0.5
Hot Pursuit
John Serba
Someone should call in a 10 79 on this type of odd couple chase comedy bomb threat 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Scott Nash
Wants to be this year s The Heat but never gets hotter than lukewarm 
2
Hot Pursuit
Christy Lemire
It s actually actively worse than you think it s going to be 
1
Hot Pursuit
Matt Brunson
Hot Pursuit teams Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara and the result goes well beyond oil and vinegar it s more like ketchup and Frosted Strawberry Pop Tarts 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Robert Levin
It s an interesting conundrum a mediocre movie whose existence should be celebrated 
2
Hot Pursuit
Taylor Lindsay
I m not saying the sort of buddy cop type of comedy is a categorically paltry one But two famous faces starring as Rule Follower and Wild Card plus endless gags is a formula that can t stand strong alone 
1
Hot Pursuit
Scott Renshaw
Once you get past the punch lines that yes Cooper is short of stature and yes Daniella has an hourglass figure and an accent Hot Pursuit appears to run out of ideas for how these two talented women can be funny 
2
Hot Pursuit
Mike McGranaghan
It s like Midnight Run with far fewer laughs and a lot more period jokes 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Rafer Guzman
A toothless and nearly laughless buddy comedy 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Stephen Whitty
For someone with a background in choreography Fletcher has no idea of how to sell physical comedy Characters stumble around and drop things but there s no grace to their clumsiness no punchline at the end of their embarrassment 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Willie Waffle
The words Dumpster Fire and Hot Mess come to mind 
0
Hot Pursuit
Brad Wheeler
It s a chase film it s a buddy film it s a ridiculous loud and often offensive romp Witherspoon s character is cornball and annoyingly adrenalized what was she thinking 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Anders Wright
Playing to stereotypes and terrible jokes it is mostly unfunny frequently offensive and entirely dumb 
0.5
Hot Pursuit
Mark Dujsik
Hot Pursuit is that rare breed of comedy that is so frivolous and haphazardly realized that it can only aspire to stupidity in its characters and in itself 
1
Hot Pursuit
Sara Stewart
I m a sucker for outtakes during end credits even maybe especially when they re attached to subpar comedies like this one Everyone was having such a hilarious time I wish I could say the same 
2
Hot Pursuit
Chris Knight
A truly tasteless comedy featuring the otherwise talented Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara 
1
Hot Pursuit
Jon Niccum
If the material used to fill in the formula could capitalize on the stars charisma the proceedings might be less cringe worthy Instead Witherspoon and Vergara simply yell at each other 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Gary Thompson
Short on laughs even at 87 minutes 
2
Hot Pursuit
Peter Howell
If there s any sexist cliché or sitcom groaner missed by the guilty parties behind this cop and robber coupling it s not for want of trying 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Dustin Putman
Hot Pursuit is destined for an unfair critical drubbing 
2.5
Hot Pursuit
Mick LaSalle
In a pairing of Witherspoon and Vergara you might expect Vergara to be the funny one But the script has Witherspoon playing for laughs and Vergara acting as straight man The balance is off 
1
Hot Pursuit
Dann Gire
At no point do we sense that Coop and Daniella are in any real danger They merrily barrel through one scene after another as if they re stuck on a shopping spree with someone they don t really like 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Kevin C. Johnson
The trailers for the Reese Witherspoon Sofia Vergara comedy Hot Pursuit hint at a movie that s unfunny insufferable and obvious You can t say you weren t warned 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Peter Travers
A laugh could die of loneliness in this shrill slapstick buddy farce The proven comic gifts of Witherspoon and Vergara have gone MIA 
1
Hot Pursuit
Jake Coyle
Hot Pursuit feels like a comedy that forgot its comedian 
1
Hot Pursuit
Ann Hornaday
There isn t one joke sight gag or piece of slapstick tomfoolery that lands with any success or originality 
0.5
Hot Pursuit
Glenn Kenny
As a movie Hot Pursuit can barely be said to exist 
2
Hot Pursuit
Claudia Puig
It s ill conceived not funny overbearing and not in any way worth watching 
1
Hot Pursuit
Eric Henderson
The only thing that could ve made Sofia Vergara s misguided contribution grislier would have been to fellate a Chiquita banana 
1
Hot Pursuit
Matt Pais
Should have been released straight to single occupant hotel rooms with the tagline What else is on 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Soren Andersen
Clearly the idea here was to follow in the flatfootsteps of The Heat Funny ladies do funny cop movie business But with all the overacting and downright YELLING comedy crumbles under the sonic assault 
2
Hot Pursuit
Rex Reed
I am tempted to say it s another sorry example of what women have to do to keep an acting career going today when all the juicy roles go to men Unfortunately they have only themselves to blame They are both listed in the credits as executive producers 
1
Hot Pursuit
Mara Reinstein
Good for Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara for becoming close friends and partners in crime during filming But there s no need for you to be handcuffed to this mess too 
1.5
Hot Pursuit
Kam Williams
Sofia Vergara successfully stakes her claim as the heir apparent of Brazilian bombshell Carmen Miranda All she needs now is a fruit filled sombrero 
3
Hot Pursuit
Roger Moore
It takes a special director to make these two funny ladies this dull Anne Fletcher Take a bow 
1.5
Lost in Paris
Brian Eggert
A harmless and inconsequential delight 
2.5
Lost in Paris
Mattie Lucas
A delightfully idiosyncratic and even heartwarming comic adventure with a winning personality all its own
3
Lost in Paris
Josh Terry
Lost in Paris struggles to ascend beyond a modest level of light charm 
2.5
Lost in Paris
Sean P. Means
Brimming with invention and whimsy Lost in Paris is a fun feather light comedy of missed connections and mistaken identity that showcases its director stars Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel 
3.5
Lost in Paris
Roger Moore
A twee delight
3.5
Lost in Paris
Sara Michelle Fetters
As bits of fluffy fun are concerned this motion picture is a dance of delicious amusements watching it an absolute pleasure I m certain to indulge in whenever the opportunity to do so might fortuitously arise 
3
Lost in Paris
James Berardinelli
Lost in Paris is occasionally self indulgent although one could argue that s part of its charm 
3
Lost in Paris
Pat Padua
If you can forget logic and just go along for the ride its absurdity can be endearing 
2.5
Lost in Paris
Mark Dujsik
Lost in Paris is light on its feet and light of heart 
3
Lost in Paris
Kam Williams
A disarmingly endearing homage to the Silent Film era If you re familiar with the surreal cinematic stylings of Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon then you have an idea of what sort of treat s in store 
4
Lost in Paris
Chuck Bowen
Lost in Paris abounds in whimsy that for the most part isn t irritatingly precious a feat that s harder to pull off than it appears 
2.5
Lost in Paris
Mike McGranaghan
A real charmer The film serves as a fine modern day example of slapstick comedy 
3
Lost in Paris
Jack Rushall
This film is too scatterbrained None of the relationships develops realistically or tenderly even for a quirky indie Perhaps that s why Lost in Paris seems more like an animated children s flick rather than a true heart
2
Lost in Paris
Marty Mapes
It s not just slapstick it s exquisite slapstick 
3.5
Modra
Rick Groen
Nothing wrong with making an audience do some imaginative work but hell not all the work 
2
Modra
David Nusair
Modra has been hard wired with an earnestness that is for the most part impossible to resist 
2.5
France
Michael O'Sullivan
A tasty and nutritious bouillabaisse of a film 
3
France
Michael Phillips
Even when it s outlining its own ideas more through rhetoric than character France keeps us on our toes regarding what s around the corner 
3
France
Peter Canavese
Lea Seydoux is the real reason to see this cringe comedy Oddly paced interesting enough not as incisive maybe as one might hope but still a movie with something on its mind 
2.5
France
Mick LaSalle
With Seydoux we believe in France s reality Her despair runs deep and suggests depths within this woman that are hidden to herself 
3
France
Simon Abrams
As usual Dumont is a more interesting director than screenwriter 
2
France
Mark Dujsik
Dumont isn t entirely certain what he wants to say or do with this character 
2
France
Roger Moore
It takes a lot of nerve to title your French media satire France What we see over the two hours of this film is writer director Dumont losing that nerve time and again 
2
France
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This chronicle of scavenger and self centered journalism reminded me of the case of a Mexican television journalist Neither the real case nor this one starring Léa Seydoux is particularly interesting What a bore 
0
Dracula's Daughter
Walter Chaw
On a large budget and high hopes Dracula s Daughter exceeds expectations with its methodical pacing and oppressive melancholic tone 
3.5
Il buco
Keith Watson
The film meticulously evokes a 1961 speleological expedition but its search for thematic resonance is frustratingly general 
2.5
Bad Girl
Kent Turner
The film refuses to embrace even its audience Take that as praise and a warning 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Wesley Lovell
While it feels very familiar at first 44 the screenplay travels its expected paths towards a conclusion that is well crafted and emotionally fulfilling 46 
3.5
Wendell & Wild
Roger Moore
It apos s just not as hilarious or as twisted as you might hope 44 given the clever folks involved 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wendell amp Wild has an unsettling look 44 with odd shaped faces and bodies full of sharp edges and hinges 46 
3
Wendell & Wild
Dwight Brown
Sometimes there s too many cooks in the kitchen Sometimes there are too many storylines in a movie Same difference 
2
Wendell & Wild
Brian Eggert
Much of Selick 8217 s considerable artistry has been jam packed into a story that never quite achieves harmony with its visual presentation 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Kevin Carr
While it has the fascination and imagination of Henry Selick 8217 s work 44 the movie struggles to maintain focus 44 awkwardly trying to balance pop culture imagery with charm 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Steven Prokopy
The movie is another terrific Halloween watch from Selick 44 and one can only hope he 8217 ll be back to make another one sooner rather than later 46 
3
Wendell & Wild
Erik Childress
Henry Selick 8217 s knockout visuals again services a structurally flawed narrative who plot threads seem to shove each other out of the way rather than flow in and out of its Beetlejuicy universe 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Mark Meszoros
Wendell amp Wild brings together such an appealingly eclectic collection of pieces and parts that it 8217 s pretty easy to forgive its convoluted plot and herky jerky storytelling 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Joey Magidson
Wendell amp Wild is a more than welcome return for Henry Selick 46 
3
Wendell & Wild
Josh Larsen
Appreciating Selick apos s genius requires waving away an overplotted 44 overpopulated narrative 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Leo Brady
Wendell amp Wild is another great stop motion animated achievement 44 conjuring up the spirits of creativity 44 in what will become an instant Halloween season hit 46 
3
Wendell & Wild
Michael Phillips
Wendell Wild may not succeed but I took heart from this At least it doesn t succeed in unconventional ways 
2
Wendell & Wild
Odie Henderson
Fans of Key Peele will love their latest duet Much of their dialogue sounds improvised and the pair work off each other like the pros they are 
3
Wendell & Wild
Phil Villarreal
Key and Peele recapture some of the magic of their sketch series 44 but their humor fails to connect with the movie apos s ever shifting emotional core 46 10 10 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Randy Myers
It s the perfect Halloween movie and one of the best animated films of 2022 
3.5
Wendell & Wild
Mark Kennedy
In many ways this film has the creepiness of The Nightmare Before Christmas fused with the girl power of Coraline but for less pay off than either 
2
Wendell & Wild
Bob Strauss
Selick has made another creepy holiday classic with Wendell Wild and if some of it makes your tummy ache that s OK It was most likely intended to 
3
Wendell & Wild
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he haphazard way this story is assembled makes it seem as if the filmmakers were more concerned with 46 46 46 91 the 93 little details than the bigger ones 46 
2.5
Wendell & Wild
Mark Hanson
Henry Selick 8217 s flair for phantasmagorical sights is on full display 44 though Wendell amp Wild 8217 s excessively CGI enhanced look is a far cry from the grounded tactility of much of his prior work 46 
2
Wendell & Wild
Brian Tallerico
There apos s no denying that this is a world that animation fans will just want to explore 44 to live in 44 to savor 46 It 8217 s been too long since we got a window into Henry Selick 8217 s brain and it 8217 s still an amazing view 46 
3
On the Edge
Ross Anthony
An Irish Good Will Hunting of sorts but edgier no pun intended 
3
On the Edge
Walter Chaw
The healing power of petty rebellion 
2.5
Even Mice Belong in Heaven
Randy Myers
It pretty much stole my heart away 
3
Even Mice Belong in Heaven
Roger Moore
The most adorable and unusual animated offering for kids this year 
3
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Walter Chaw
Everybody s favourite non Robin Williams sad clown 
0.5
It Felt Like Love
Rob Thomas
Hittman wraps her pointed agenda in a deceptively lovely tone poem about adolescence and summer almost impressionistic in its evocation of the raging hormones of the teenage years 
2.5
It Felt Like Love
Brad Keefe
It s neither overly sentimental nor obnoxiously cautionary 
2.5
It Felt Like Love
Matt Zoller Seitz
It Felt Like Love doesn t just unreel before your eyes it weighs on you 
3
It Felt Like Love
Robert Levin
A coming of age movie down to its marrow 
3
It Felt Like Love
Sara Stewart
Gorgeously shot in Brooklyn s beachfront neighborhoods and devoid of easy sentimentality It Felt Like Love features realistic performances all around understandable given the cast of mostly first time actors 
3
It Felt Like Love
Chuck Bowen
Eliza Hittman s film captures the exclusive properties of sex with a degree of intimacy and empathy that at times feels authentically revelatory 
3.5
Batman
Matt Brunson
As a solo viewing experience this is feeble indeed but invite some friends over for a BYOB bash and its entertainment value rises substantially 
2
Batman
Peter Canavese
The delirious idiosyncracies of the 60s Batman are all on display a pleasant enough romp that s just a little too distracted with its new toys Blu Ray 
3
Batman
Steve Rhodes
I can t recommend the film although it does have its moments 
1.5
Batman
James O'Ehley
Dreadful unwatchable movie version of the campy Batman television series popular in the 1960s 
0
The Heart Specialist
Roger Moore
Dr Dennis Cooper must have knocked off this script while watching Scrubs re runs in the break room This is Scrubs told totally from a black doctor s point of view 
1
After Everything
Nell Minow
As long as the focus is on Monroe and White the film is involving and moving 
3.5
After Everything
Sara Stewart
A promising if flawed start for this directing duo 
2.5
High Strung
Sara Stewart
Sure this is all a familiar tune but it s still catchy 
2.5
Death Race 3: Inferno
Rob Vaux
Ask it no questions and it will tell you no lies a fair bargain that too many other films on this level resolutely refuse to grant 
2
Ip Man: The Final Fight
Danny Bowes
This is a rare case where if a film had been livelier and less traditional and respectful its lead performance might have seemed less special 
2.5
Ip Man: The Final Fight
Soren Andersen
Soap opera set bound and unexceptionally written and directed 
2
Ip Man: The Final Fight
Mark Jenkins
The naturalism of Wong s performance is undercut by Yau s use of phony looking sets sterile CGI and flashy aerial shots 
2.5
Seeds of Resiliency
Farran Smith Nehme
It must have seemed a good idea at the time filmed interviews with a dozen good people who have had very very bad things happen to them 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in America
David Nusair
sprawling subject matter that s employed to admittedly erratic yet often striking effect by Leone 
3
Once Upon a Time in America
Josh Larsen
an epic of blinkered nostalgia 
3
Once Upon a Time in America
Lou Lumenick
Adding 22 minutes only enhances Leone s brilliant saga of guilt and betrayal
4
Once Upon a Time in America
Steve Macfarlane
Here was a filmmaker who specialized in pure blistering images and this operatic earthiness just doesn t play as well as the horrifying salacious stuff 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in America
Jordan Hiller
In a post The Godfather world for Leone to even consider taking on an epically scoped New York gangster film took tremendous courage if not foolishness Coppola had set the bar at an impossible height 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in America
Joe Lozito
Spaghetti western master Sergio Leone turns his eye toward an American gangster epic spanning 50 years with surprisingly positive results 
3
Once Upon a Time in America
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hugely complex achingly sad and splendidly gorgeous 
4
Once Upon a Time in America
Roger Ebert
There are times when we don t understand exactly what is happening but never a time when we don t feel confidence in the film s narrative 
4
Once Upon a Time in America
Bill Chambers
The perfect swan song for Leone 
4
Once Upon a Time in America
Ted Prigge
The film seems to be too ambiguous for its own good But somehow it holds together and becomes a masterpiece and a wonderful little exit piece for the genius Mr Leone 
4
Once Upon a Time in America
Marty Mapes
Masterfully edited 
3.5
Antoine and Antoinette
Bill Weber
It bubbles with an optimistic portrait of a happily married young couple and a lively gallery of supporting characters worthy of a Preston Sturges farce 
3
Celine: Through the Eyes of the World
Carl Wilson
Fans will be excited by the intimate closeness this picture provides off stage and on More neutral observers will be exhausted halfway through its two hours 
2
Princess Protection Program
David Nusair
46 46 46 ultimately as silly and relentlessly lightweight as its myriad of made for The Disney Channel brethren 46 46 46 
2
Walking to Werner
Roger Ebert
The real interest in the film is not the journey or even Linas Phillips but the people he meets on the way 
3
Walking to Werner
Michael Phillips
Even the most ardent Herzog admirer may want to hail this fledgling documentarian a cab and call it a day 
2
Walking to Werner
Maitland McDonagh
Despite the callow self absorbed aspects of Phillips undertaking there s something endearing about his determination to recreate and then some a 30 year old gesture that looked nutty then and only looks nuttier now 
2
Walking to Werner
Rob Humanick
Phillips s singular determination is not unlike that of the artist he aspires to meet 
3
Walking to Werner
Jeff Shannon
Walking to Werner flirts with becoming an ordeal 
2
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
David Lewis
The biggest problem with Jeannette beyond what some may consider the blasphemous elements is that Dumont limits his story to the less compelling parts of Joan s life before she took on the British occupiers 
2
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Ty Burr
Jeannette The Childhood of Joan of Arc is very likely the first medieval heavy metal musical ever to grace the silver screen Sadly it s not quite as fun as that sounds 
2
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Simon Abrams
A challenging arthouse drama that has a slippery sense of humor and a whole lot of chutzpah 
3.5
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Carson Lund
As it stands Jeannette is admirable in its defiance of recognizable modes and its naked showcase of Dumont s exploding imagination but it s a tedious novelty indeed 
2.5
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited
Namrata Joshi
It should be amply clear that there s nothing much by way of a story or plot here 
2
Losin' It
David Nusair
a comfortably familiar setup that s employed to somewhat watchable yet predominantly underwhelming effect 
2
Losin' It
Matt Brunson
The dramatic interludes aren t very compelling and the raunchy shenanigans aren t very inspired although Jackie Earle Haley provides some amusement 
2
The Children
Lucius Gore
As killer kid horror movies go The Children is easily one of the best 
3.5
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Ty Burr
Who says intellectual head trips don t deserve sequels 
3
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Godfrey Cheshire
Though its ideas are indeed heady and high flown they are presented in a way that s consistently engaging and accessible 
3
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Diego Semerene
Slavoj iek manages to explain some of Lacanian psychoanalysis s most inscrutable notions with disarming clarity and infectious urgency 
3.5
Hellbender
Erik Childress
The family of Adams make the best of old horror plotlines and weave them into an unsettling but nuanced portrayal of matriarchal fear and protection 
3
Hellbender
Steven Prokopy
Its a complex and ambitious perspective on the witching lifestyle that takes the subject seriously without forgetting to freak us out in the process 
3
Hellbender
Joe Friar
The latest release from the talented Adams family of filmmakers is a fun ride into the supernatural with a 90s feel and a rockin witch 
3
Hellbender
Brian Tallerico
These folks make daring confident genre films and they re only getting better 
3
Hellbender
Roger Moore
Its not the Citizen Kane of witch movies but its creepy and DIY fun and well worth tracking down 
2.5
Hellbender
Leo Brady
These witching ways can t be locked up forever and Hellbender morphs into a coming of age story of terrifying proportions 
3
Making Babies
Roger Moore
Genial but overfamiliar trying to conceive comedy that tries too hard and becomes more of a chore than a joy 
1.5
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
Roger Moore
Has a lyrical folk parable simplicity that instantly summons up memories of Indias greatest filmmaker Satyajit Ray 
3
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
Peter Sobczynski
The trouble is that while many of these bits and pieces are often fascinating they never quite pull together into a truly compelling or satisfying narrative 
2.5
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
Derek Smith
The film speaks lyrically to a peoples determination to find a meaningful way to live in a rapidly changing modern world 
3
American Mullet
Mike McGranaghan
This is a fun documentary aiming only to provide insight into a haircut that has moved beyond fad into cultural permanence 
3
Zarafa
Carson Lund
Zarafa fails to supply an emotional punch to match the grandeur of its Lawrence of Arabia inspired compositions 
2.5
Teddy Bear
Farran Smith Nehme
This wispy story is distinguished by its sweetness of spirit and it comes straight from Kold 
3
Teddy Bear
Elise Nakhnikian
From its title to its closing caress Teddy Bear skates perilously close to the cliff s edge of mawkish sentiment 
2.5
Proxima
Steven Prokopy
The film does a remarkable job illustrating a difficult process 
3
Proxima
Randy Myers
Alice Winocour s inspiring drama orbits similar terrain as the overdone Hilary Swank Netflix series Away but handles everything better 
3.5
Proxima
Matt Fagerholm
The vast majority of this picture is extremely well done which is what makes its sudden misstep into wish fulfillment sentimentality during the final 20 minutes all the more of a letdown 
2.5
Proxima
Mark Dujsik
Proxima is a thoughtful film not about space but about the physical and emotional spaces between people 
3
Proxima
Bob Strauss
Winocour immerses us in the arduous work of astronauts preparing for space travel Green s performance provides a raw look at the physical and mental wear and tear the mission exacts 
3
Proxima
Joey Magidson
Proxima manages to be both a look at the physical training to go into space as well as the mental toll that leaving behind a loved one entails 
3
Proxima
Kent Turner
Fortunately the action moves forward more so from Green s reactions then the dialogue 
2.5
Proxima
Courtney Howard
Director Alice Winocour delivers nuanced profound commentary co mingling concepts on identity motherhood and the pursuit of heroism 
3
Proxima
Jeff Mitchell
This astronaut daughter story successfully floats and soars with gentle nuanced tones
3.5
Proxima
Jake Cole
The film falls back on a reductive rumination on the balance between maternal obligation and career aspiration 
2
Diary of Forbidden Dreams
Matt Brunson
Stupid clumsy pretentious and sexist drivel from Roman Polanski easily the worst picture of his career 
1
Diary of Forbidden Dreams
Roger Ebert
I wonder how much Carlo Ponti gave Roman Polanski to make Diary of Forbidden Dreams Ten cents would have been excessive 
0.5
Funny Story
Nell Minow
Your appreciation for this film will depend in large part on where this all falls on your personal continuum from funny to funny ish to eww 
2
Funny Story
Mark Dujsik
T he film begins as a comedy of errors and evolves with the realization that those errors were choices and that choices have consequences 
3
Funny Story
Roger Moore
Matthew Glave s charm and the script s wit compensate for a screenplay rife with gay stereotypes and cliches 
2.5
Crossfire Hurricane
David Wiegand
Hurricane is a whirling impressionistic painting of the band beautifully conveying the energy drive and genius of the Stones more or less chronologically within the basic flashback structure 
3
Crossfire Hurricane
Linda Stasi
If you weren t born when the Stones broke all the rules you will get to see why these old guys were are the greatest of all time If you were around then you already know but you still won t believe it 
4
Crossfire Hurricane
Peter Howell
Morgen and his editors do more than just provide a potted history The fast cuts which remind me of Arthur Lipsett s avant garde NFB work give the feeling of the whirlwind popularity of the band s early years 
3
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
David Nusair
Astonishingly bad on virtually every level 
1
Tomb Raider
David Gonzalez
Tomb Raider is a step in a the right direction for a genre desperately needing a turn in critical performance 46 While nothing to boast about with 34 films in the genre thus far 44 the 50 percent rating on rotten tomatoes moves the needle up 46 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Brian Eggert
The average moviegoer may dismiss the film perhaps deservedly so while fans of the video game will recognize it as a worthy effort to recreate the gaming experience for cinema 
3
Tomb Raider
Jason Fraley
Tomb Raider was better when it was Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Matt Brunson
If a sequel to Tomb Raider gets greenlit let s hope the focus is on crafting a better storyline Because Lara Croft herself needs no upgrade 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Mattie Lucas
The prospect of a sequel lead by Kristen Scott Thomas is far more tantalizing than anything we see in this film 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Rosalie Kicks
Tomb Raider should be fun Instead it is two minutes shy of a two hour long eye roll filled with shoddy effects a Lifetime esque story line about dads and a sprinkling of cheesy zingers 
2.5
Tomb Raider
John Hanlon
A disappointing plot and a familiar third act prevent this remake from reaching its full potential 
2.0
Tomb Raider
Joey Magidson
Vikander doesn t disappoint but everyone else does 
2
Tomb Raider
Robert Daniels
If you re coming to Tomb Raider you re not coming for the common sense You re coming for the action sequences Luckily Vikander kills in every segment she s in 
2.5
Tomb Raider
James Kendrick
If the film s goal was to make Lara a more interesting character by exploring her early life it fails quite miserably despite a generally good performance by Vikander in a role that gives her precious little with which to work 
2
Tomb Raider
Kevin A. Ranson
An interesting back story here with a clever resolution worthy of a Lara Croft adventure exists but the lack of a decent adversary undermines everything that happens the letdown never lets up 
2
Tomb Raider
David Nusair
Tomb Raider for the most part fares a whole lot better than one might ve anticipated 
3
Tomb Raider
Linda Cook
Tomb Raider is a fast paced well directed actioner 
3
Tomb Raider
Stephen Rebello
This is a movie that tries to emulate much better stuff without bothering to come up with anything new and all leading to a single destination the setup for a sequel 
2
Tomb Raider
Bob Bloom
Tomb Raider is easily digested but also can be evacuated just as fast 
2
Tomb Raider
Sara Michelle Fetters
Tomb Raider is a total kick in the pants and I had a terrific time watching it As strong as Jolie might have been as the character previously she was never given the same freedom to evolve and emote as Vikander has been granted 
3
Tomb Raider
Mike McGranaghan
No better or worse than its predecessors It s just a fun lightweight action picture 
3
Tomb Raider
Josh Terry
It may be more accurate to put Tomb Raider in the Brendan Fraser Mummy tier of treasure hunting action adventure It s a fun dismissive adventure that doesn t try to elevate the genre 
3
Tomb Raider
Peter Canavese
One can see the wheels turning literally and figuratively 
2
Tomb Raider
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Everything in Tomb Raider is noisy and frenzied more akin to a heavy dull repeating bludgeon than anything close to a deft smooth ballet of action Where the viewers ought to get a moment to breathe there is usually another explosion 
2
Tomb Raider
Robert Horton
Vikander holds it together She s too good an actress for a film this inane but Tomb Raider definitely benefits from her presence 
3
Tomb Raider
Phil Villarreal
By sticking with the lower key Uthaug manages to forge something resembling genuine tension and drama rather than paint by numbers thrills 
3
Tomb Raider
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An adequately fun adventure that could ve broken the famous curse of video game movies Alas that wasn t the case Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Tina Hassannia
If your movie makes people want to play the game instead that s a sign of deficient filmmaking or an extremely overpriced advertisement 
2
Tomb Raider
George M. Thomas
Croft is more Indiana Jones than Wonder Woman and that s a good thing It helps that an actor with some heft is there to pull it off 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Calvin Wilson
Vikander who won an Oscar for her performance in The Danish Girl has more than enough charisma to carry the film She s not so much a wonder woman as she is a heroine who s up for whatever challenges she faces 
3
Tomb Raider
Mark Dujsik
T he movie does ultimately reduce Lara in a variety of ways by the time the credits roll 
2
Tomb Raider
Ty Burr
It all feels depressingly generic and as the fun leaks out over the course of two long hours a viewer starts to push back against the film s rickety suspension of disbelief 
1.5
Tomb Raider
James Berardinelli
I wouldn t mind playing the game based on the movie but was less enthused about the movie based on the game 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Peter Howell
While Vikander plays a competent Lara Croft she s also a surprisingly joyless one And if you can t have fun at a movie like this what s the point 
2
Tomb Raider
Matt Zoller Seitz
A beautifully crafted and unpretentious piece of action cinema with a number of sequences that are as gorgeous as they are thrilling 
3
Tomb Raider
Richard Roeper
If the future chapters are to be this silly and disposable one hopes Vikander moves on as quickly from this film as I did as a viewer 
2
Tomb Raider
Kam Williams
Think The Da Vinci Code except with less talk and way more action 
3
Tomb Raider
Michael Smith
I reserve hate for movies I find personally offensive Tomb Raider offends only in that it is brainless boring and pointless 
1
Tomb Raider
Johnny Oleksinski
A film so rife with plot holes that it would make a decent pasta strainer 
1.5
Tomb Raider
Christian Toto
It s everything you feared from the reboot but did they have to treat the great Walton Goggins this way 
2
Tomb Raider
David Fear
You know what happens next Tomb raiders gonna tomb raid 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Moira MacDonald
Vikander doesn t have much to play script wise but she makes a tough appealing action star 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Dustin Putman
A destined franchise starter headlined by a particularly fierce Alicia Vikander 2018 s Tomb Raider reboot holds substantially more heart and seat clinging thrills than its Angelina Jolie starring predecessors 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Stephanie Merry
This Lara is spunky and fearless with a mind of her own That s nice to see but what does it matter in a movie that s dull when it s not inexplicable and is riddled with bad dialogue and worse special effects 
1.5
Tomb Raider
Mick LaSalle
Story problems tank the new Tomb Raider small essential things like lack of motivation lack of reasons for people to do the things they do and lack of any reason for the audience to keep watching 
1
Tomb Raider
Nick Vadala
You can take Angelina Jolie out of Tomb Raider but you can t make the movie any more exciting even if you replace her with Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander 
2
Tomb Raider
Katie Walsh
Vikander attacks this role at a headlong pace with a raspy primal yelp and she s so much fun to watch This modern and grounded approach to Lara Croft has you in its chokehold before you can resist Might as well go along for the rest of the ride 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Lindsey Bahr
Tomb Raider is an often fun and visually compelling action pic that is also sometimes unintentionally silly with a great actress leading the whole thing 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Rafer Guzman
Tomb Raider is no masterpiece but it s rare to see a franchise reinvent its hero so dramatically and so successfully 
3
Tomb Raider
Brian Truitt
Alicia Vikander worked herself into hardbody shape for Tomb Raider which by contrast is a flabby lazy mess 
1.5
Tomb Raider
Michael Phillips
Vikander is a fine Lara Croft Moviewise however she could use a better set of clues 
2
Tomb Raider
Mara Reinstein
Part II needs to switch gears and hone in all the crowd pleasing thrills that come with an A level adventure franchise Think Raiders of the Lost Ark The Marvel movies Jumanji Otherwise the film should stay buried 
2.5
Tomb Raider
Jake Cole
This isn t an adaptation of a video game so much as an adaptation of a video game s tutorial level 
1
Tomb Raider
Roger Moore
Duller than the original and at least some of that can be blamed on Vikander
1.5
The Hotel New Hampshire
Andrew Howe
Veers between brilliance and banality with an almost manic enthusiasm 
3
Close-Up
Josh Larsen
Does Close Up reveal the truth I d prefer to say it reveals the beauty of distortion 
4
Close-Up
Jeremy Heilman
That it remains difficult to classify Kiarostami solely as either a great director or a great journalist at the film s end only enhances the film s power 
4
Close-Up
Ed Gonzalez
Close Up is still the definitive film on film commentary 
4
Close-Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The more one thinks about Close Up the richer it gets 
4
Absolute Beginners
Matt Brunson
Absolute Beginners ranks as one of David Bowie s greatest songs and it s just a shame the frustrating movie of the same name doesn t come close to matching its glory 
2
L'immeuble Yacoubian
Janice Page
Rich and imposing 
2
L'immeuble Yacoubian
Timothy Knight
The Yacoubian Building is a flawed yet ultimately illuminating film worth seeing 
2.5
Surrogates
Peter Canavese
A smart little genre outing an endangered species in modern Hollywood Blu ray 
3
Surrogates
Kam Williams
Yetta nudder cautionary tale issuing dire warnings about the pitfalls of technology run amuck 
1.5
Surrogates
David Nusair
viewers with even a passing interest in science fiction will find something worth embracing here 
2.5
Surrogates
Peter T. Chattaway
Good ideas rub up against bad ideas and the result is a movie that is worth a look but could have been much more 
2
Surrogates
John Beifuss
SF chillers of the past that warned about dehumanization Invaders from Mars for example posited an outside threat now in a 21st century world of plastic surgery and online avatars the danger comes from within the dehumanization is voluntary 
2.5
Surrogates
Peter Keough
The provocative Philip K Dick like premise deserves better than this warmed over apocalyptic murder mystery 
2.5
Surrogates
Robert Levin
The picture trades in hoary Bruce Willis police procedural clichs and underdeveloped conceits 
2
Surrogates
Nick Rogers
An efficient engaging B movie parable that grapples with technology civil liberties terrorism freewill and religious subtext all in 89 minutes It s also a true rarity A good movie in which usually bald Bruce Willis sports a full head of hair 
3.5
Surrogates
Christian Toto
Surrogates double the sci fi fun in only 85 minutes Why the rush Mr Willis 
2.5
Surrogates
James Berardinelli
Whatever the reason Surrogates was shielded from the eyes of critics before its opening and that s a shame Because whatever its flaws it is a good movie 
3
Surrogates
David Hiltbrand
If the whole point of this surrogate society is to appear as a perfectly beautiful avatar why would Bruce Willis choose that ludicrous blond wig that looks like he plucked it off a mannequin at Boscov s 
1.5
Surrogates
Jeff Vice
If you didn t know any better you d swear that both the cast and crew of Surrogates were trying to make the worst movie possible 
1
Surrogates
Roger Ebert
Surrogates is entertaining and ingenious but it settles too soon for formula 
2.5
Surrogates
Kit Bowen
Throw away the Blackberry Surrogates is yet another serviceable sci fi whodunit about how our dependency on technology will be the ruin of us all 
2
Surrogates
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s halfway decent as a thriller but it just doesn t bother to dig deep enough into its own concept to be very satisfying 
2.5
Surrogates
Steve Rhodes
Always intriguing but never involving 
2.5
Surrogates
Mark Dujsik
The whole affair is surprisingly dialogue heavy in spite of the fact it has nothing meaningful to say 
2
Surrogates
Mike McGranaghan
The problem is simple it s too short The story introduces a series of gripping elements then fails to fully capitalize on a single one of them With a running time of just 88 minutes how could it 
2.5
Surrogates
Ryan Stewart
Mostow demonstrates an uncharacteristic lack of subtlety throughout that suggests a diminishment of skills for the man who helmed the crackerjack kidnap thriller Breakdown 
1.5
Surrogates
Liam Lacey
Do the actors sound so robotic because they are playing robots well or humans badly And did a machine write this dialogue If so could we please apply for an upgrade 
2
Surrogates
Sara Michelle Fetters
Big bloated and worst of all boring it takes its relatively solid B movie Philip K Dick meets Japanese anime premise and does very little of interest with it 
1.5
Surrogates
Kyle Smith
Surrogates nudges the robo thriller in an interesting direction 
3
Surrogates
Peter Howell
Surrogates bleakly satirizes our increasingly plugged in world 
3
Surrogates
Sonny Bunch
A twisty whodunit that is never quite believable or satisfying especially when Willis tries to re connect with the humanity he has lost by living such a sheltered life 
2
Surrogates
Joe Lozito
Like the titular avatars in this graphic novel adaptation Surrogates is a rote whodunit masquerading as a techno thriller 
2
Surrogates
Claudia Puig
Despite bumpy execution likely to have detractors yelling dj boo Surrogates oozes possibilities 
2
Surrogates
Stephen Whitty
The script is by the team that gave us Catwoman and the last two Terminator movies which tells you all you need to know 
1.5
Surrogates
Dustin Putman
Broaches topical subjects with a meditative quality that blends nicely with its dark brand of not so far off fantasy 
2.5
School Dance
Kam Williams
A 21st Century update of the beloved Shakespeare classic about a pair of star crossed lovers from the opposite side of the tracks 
2
Duty Free
Ross Anthony
Stark at times unflinching with a strong undercurrent of family love Equal parts beautiful and important 
2.5
Duty Free
Joe Friar
It s a lighthearted documentary that only skirts the issue of ageism in the workplace to center on Sian Pierre s love for his mother and his mission to pay her back for all the sacrifices she made for her family 
3
Duty Free
Roger Moore
Featherweight feel good somewhat vapid
2
Summer Palace
Austin Kennedy
Now I don t mind movies that have the pace of a snail but nothing freakin happens in this movie Nothing 
1
Summer Palace
G. Allen Johnson
Though made in 2006 its American release could not have been better timed 
3
Summer Palace
V.A. Musetto
I still must recommend Summer Palace especially for the remarkably strong performance by Hao Lei as Yu Hong the daughter of a shopkeeper in the provinces 
3
Summer Palace
John Anderson
In Yu Hong Hao Lei the film also has a vibrant heroine 
3
Summer Palace
Ed Gonzalez
With Summer Palace Lou Ye speaks more plainly in his own voice tired at last of affecting Wong Kar Wai s florid style of filmmaking though he is still treading the Wongian terrain of lovelorn melodrama 
3
Summer Palace
Janos Gereben
It s one of the more memorable films in years 
3
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
John Beifuss
A mix of the disaster and demon movie genres that may make you nostalgic not just for a simpler era of prime time but for pre 9 11 air travel 
2.5
Water & Power: A California Heist
Sean P. Means
The history of California is written in water and in the shady deals that allow a few to control it director Marina Zenovich shows in her fact packed documentary Water Power A California Heist 
3
Alyce Kills
Chuck Bowen
The film is an ultra violent parody of unearned self entitlement of people who feel tricked into a lifestyle they refuse to challenge for the comforts it still offers 
2.5
A Nightmare Wakes
Randy Myers
Unlike Frankenstein s monster this one never comes alive 
1.5
A Nightmare Wakes
Roger Moore
This Nightmare all but put me right to sleep 
1.5
Running With the Devil
David N. Butterworth
It s Nic Cage How bad could it be 
1.5
Running With the Devil
Rex Reed
Ho hum Running with the Devil is yet another generic drug trade thriller that defies coherence embraces clichés and wastes the time and talent of Nicolas Cage 
1
Running With the Devil
Mark Dujsik
There are human beings involved in the process It would be a stretch to call them characters 
2
Running With the Devil
Sara Stewart
A tiresome parade of gory and sexist cliches that are frankly insulting to a cast that includes Laurence Fishburne Barry Pepper Adam Goldberg Leslie Bibb and Clifton Collins Jr 
1
Rabbit of Seville
Bill Chambers
Invention madness and visual delight are in seemingly endless supply 
4
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
Matt Brunson
While it s hardly an undiscovered masterpiece it s also not a bad picture in its own right 
2.5
The Naked Spur
Brian Eggert
The film s minimalist structure gives way to a complex psychological cat and mouse game set against grand symbolic scenery 
4
The Naked Spur
Matt Brunson
An exemplary oater 
3.5
Outside In
Moira MacDonald
The power of these performances is that you leave thinking that Chris and Carol are out there somewhere and you wish them well 
3.5
Outside In
Allison Shoemaker
What makes Outside In compelling isn t the way these stories move toward their inevitable conclusions but in how these characters experience their journeys 
3
Outside In
Roger Moore
Quiet grey and beautifully acted
3
Outside In
Keith Watson
Lynn Shelton s film firmly resists supplying its main characters with easy you can have it all answers 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
empowerment stories are nothing new but to find one that uses restraint and nuance to get its point across is beyond refreshing 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Walter Chaw
Evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Guylaine Cadorette
One of the more intelligent children s movies to hit theaters this year 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Joe Leydon
Eliza repeatedly proves herself as an exemplary avatar of The Right Stuff You go girl 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Frank Ochieng
The drumbeat behind the Thornberrys energetic exploits may not be as explosive as its celebrated Disney counterpart The Lion King but it certainly gives off a similar rhythmic radiance nevertheless 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Elias Savada
Fans of the show their parents and even kids not privy to the Nick channel will find this a rousing venture about a Dolittlesque girl named Eliza who talks to the animals 
2.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Linda Cook
There s nothing particularly exotic about The Wild Thornberrys Movie but it s an enjoyable enough romp through Africa 
2.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Forrest Hartman
This is a children s film in the truest sense It s packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message so it s great for the kids Parents on the other hand will be ahead of the plot at all times and there isn t enough clever innuendo to fil
2.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Claudia Puig
The animated redhead is the gutsiest young female heroine to hit the big screen since the live action ladies in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Chris Hewitt
If I have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story like say Treasure Planet or so so animation and an exciting clever story with a batch of appealing characters I ll take the latter every time 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Ted Fry
The soundtrack features some terrific music from Paul Simon Peter Gabriel Youssou N Dour and others and the widescreen animation is a vividly colorful translation of the Thornberrys distinctive TV style 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
C.W. Nevius
It all adds up to a cheekier Lion King on a lower budget But what you miss in spectacle you will make up in laughs 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Joe Baltake
Bursting through the constraints of its source this is one adapted from television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen 
4
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Gene Seymour
This is the first Nickelodeon big screen spinoff that will leave you feeling as if you ve been through a real movie instead of an expanded TV segment 
3.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Lou Lumenick
Smart funny and good looking animation guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Sue Pierman
Despite the mumbo jumbo about Eliza carrying on conversations with chimps the movie has a strong foundation of humor and warmth making the Thornberrys African journey a most enjoyable excursion 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Valerie Kuklenski
The greatest strength of The Wild Thornberrys Movie is its ability to relate basic truths poachers are bad respecting wildlife and native peoples is good in a way that is fun fast paced and accessible without being patronizing 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Liam Lacey
With its familiar Lion King setting feminist environmental message and cute animals the movie should keep children amused while remaining bearable to adult gamekeepers 
2.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Terry Lawson
There s barely enough plot here for a 22 minute TV episode and not nearly enough for an 88 minute movie 
2
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Jeff Vice
It s a kids movie that won t cause parents extreme pain they may even enjoy it 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Roger Ebert
The Wild Thornberrys Movie is a jolly surprise 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Ty Burr
Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven others need not necessarily apply 
2.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Sean P. Means
You will be seeing it on your DVD player soon enough 
2.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Rob Blackwelder
Far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial cash in features Nickelodeon has made from its other animated TV series 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Phil Villarreal
The movie fart jokes aren t 8 25 funnier than the TV ones 
2
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
The quality of the animation is only a shade better than can be found on television but the big screen version has heart especially at the end 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Mary Kalin-Casey
If it sounds like The Wild Thornberrys might be a downbeat drama think again There s ample humor to balance the serious themes 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Carrie Rickey
Just as entertaining as the hit Nickelodeon series on which it is based 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Loren King
Move over Bond this girl deserves a sequel 
3.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Josh Larsen
Any movie with a lovely new Paul Simon song can t be all bad 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Steve Rhodes
Has a mediocre script but the movie s visuals are surprisingly stunning 
2
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Ed Gonzalez
Despite the 2 D animation The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience 
3
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Jeanne Aufmuth
The script is a dim witted pairing of teen speak and animal gibberish 
2
After Ever Happy
Pablo O. Scholz
The problem with this film is that it doesn t move forward It s like a dog chasing its tail Full review in Spanish 
2
The 11th Green
Richard Roeper
I won t divulge any more so you can experience the cool madness of The 11th Green for yourself Suffice to say it s out of this world 
3
The 11th Green
Roger Moore
An X files without genuine suspense a Close Encounters without the wonder All the President s Men with a supernatural twist but without a compelling Deep Throat 
2
Happiness Runs
Joe Neumaier
The kids story gets out of control but Andie MacDowell is a pleasantly earthy mess as Victor s out of it mother and familiar New York faces Ann Magnuson Mark Boone Jr Richard Edson lend quirky support as the out of it elders 
2
Happiness Runs
Christian Blauvelt
An unexpectedly subtle coming of age film Happiness Runs is also something of an allegory for Generation X s conservative reaction against the flower power excesses of their baby boomer progenitors 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Forrest Hartman
One of the underappreciated gems of the 2006 movie season 
3.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Peter T. Chattaway
Tarantino s films work because there is usually some moral code at work however fallen it might be By comparison Slevin is an unsettling exercise in amorality 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
James Plath
Lucky Number Slevin moves along nicely and it s easy to get caught up in all that style But style and cheap tricks are two different things 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Susan Tavernetti
Lucky Number Slevin starts off as entertaining original but comes up empty at the end 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
David Nusair
46 46 46 Lucky Number Slevin builds towards an unexpectedly engrossing third act 46 46 46 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Matt Pais
It s the hipster you try to ignore at the party knowing he s got one good story but will keep talking until you agree he s cooler and smarter than you 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Lori Hoffman
Just when you are ready to dismiss the flick as a blood soaked semi black comedy that isn t funny enough the plot takes a fascinating twist that ups the ante considerably 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Sean O'Connell
Screenwriting 101 professors likely would hand Lucky Number Slevin back to scripter Jason Smilovic with the helpful critique Too much Tarantino scribbled in red ink across the top of the cover sheet 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Marty Mapes
Competently made but we ve seen it before and the message is morally muddy
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Thomas Delapa
They say it s better to be lucky than good but this nickel and dime Quentin Tarantino imitation is neither 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Linda Cook
Here s a decent whodunit type of gritty grownups only flick that those who enjoy the likes of Sin City and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang won t want to miss 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Jonathan R. Perry
I have to say this for Lucky Number Slevin It accomplishes nothing with extraordinary aplomb 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Steve Rhodes
A miserable mess that plays like a third rate David Mamet with dialog as overcooked as English vegetables 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Scott Nash
An entertaining thriller that falls short of being clever but makes up for it with style and interesting characters 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Walter Chaw
A witty little lark about a boy completing his Oedipal split and falling in love in the process 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Carla Meyer
Lucky Number Slevin entertains but fails to make a lasting impact 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Neva Chonin
Not as clever as it thinks a little too clever for its own good it s a fun ride nonetheless 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Geoff Pevere
Lucky Number Slevin feels exhausted like a movie that somehow got lost in time and arrived six years too late 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Maitland McDonagh
Smilovic s rapid fire Tarantino esque dialogue is consistently razor sharp and the elaborate set design which leans heavily towards shiny riotously patterned wallpaper is an eyeball jangling blast 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Stephen Whitty
Some movies are too smart for their own good Lucky Number Slevin only thinks it is 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Kit Bowen
This crafty indie with a big budget cast goes from a seemingly paint by numbers noirish comic thriller to something entirely more genre bending Definitely a ride worth taking 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Lou Lumenick
A smug deliberately convoluted mix tape of Tarantino the Coen brothers Guy Ritchie and Hitchcock with mostly a cast to die for Lucky Number Slevin is great fun for say 20 minutes 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is all clever gotchas and hoodwinks without any substance to go along with them 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Glenn Whipp
The only winners are the stars who have fattened their bank accounts and Tarantino who again looks like a genius by comparison 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Eric Melin
Not possesing any of the flair or subtle characterization of Tarantino Lucky Number Slevin is a frustrating and grim piece of hollow trickery 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Bruce Westbrook
Like the recent Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Slevin is a real world crime tale with no grip on reality just an obsession for gimmicky movie brat fantasy Believable it s not 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Jeff Vice
This revenge thriller is ridiculously overplotted with delusions of Tarantino glibness It s also a little too pleased with itself the filmmakers obviously think it s smarter and more clever than it actually is 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Lisa Kennedy
With so many players in this shell game a viewer could get paranoid That s the idea 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Randy Myers
Lucky Number Slevin smacks of so much smugness that you want to go up to the screen and slap it 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Lawrence Toppman
The direction is stylishly meaningless and showy the dialogue obscure 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
John Beifuss
The film has no more depth than the M C Escher esque wallpaper that turns each room into a busy sort of moire cage 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Francesca Dinglasan
Lucky Number Slevin boosted as it is by a serious A list ensemble cast and a heavy dose of intrigue crosses the unfortunate line between clever and pretentious rendering itself tiresome long before its heavily built up denouement 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Moira MacDonald
It feels more like a series of bits rather than a coherent narrative and director Paul McGuigan paces it this way you never feel as if the entire movie has coalesced though many of the individual parts are a lot of fun 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Rick Groen
Eventually having gone along for the ride we feel taken for a ride 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Jack Mathews
Jason Smilovic s screenplay for Paul McGuigan s Lucky Number Slevin would be too clever for its own good if it weren t so darn clever 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Ty Burr
If Lucky Number Slevin was as good as it is clever we d be talking four stars here 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Terry Lawson
Lucky Number Slevin definitely gives the old cerebrum a jolt but it s more of a steroid shot than a real gray matter workout 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Sara Michelle Fetters
But it is fun and for those looking for a mid afternoon matinee cinematic snack filled with witty dialogue and crisp performances Slevin really might be the luckiest number of them all 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Sean P. Means
Cleverly written stylized to within an inch of its life and ultimately forgettable 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Dan Fienberg
Fans will compare it to Pulp Fiction or The Usual Suspects but it s more like one of their knockoffs glib enough to be diverting and nothing more 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Jon Niccum
What at first appears to be heading into Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie turf steadily finds its own violent voice
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Peter Canavese
Tarantinoid the machinations are all familiar enough that your unoccupied brain may drift off to wonder how Hartnett s made a career out of bad haircuts 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Daniel M. Kimmel
A crime melodrama with more twists and turns in it then a dish of noodles It s not quite The Usual Suspects or House of Games but then what is 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
James Sanford
Flipping back and forth between jokey slapstick and flat out brutality Slevin is determined to keep its audience on edge and for the most part it succeeds 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Willie Waffle
it all feels a bit too forced
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
John Wirt
A movie recycled from too many previous movies 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Claudia Puig
This pop culture infused mistaken identity thriller ultimately grabs hold and beguiles though its convoluted plot takes a while to get going 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Roger Ebert
It s the worst kind of con It tells us it s a con so we don t even have the consolation of being led down the garden path The rug of reality is jerked out from under us in the opening scenes and before long the floor is being dismantled 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Chris Hewitt
It s all so smart and entertaining that when it was over I immediately wanted to see it again 
4
Lucky Number Slevin
Phoebe Flowers
It doesn t reinvent the wheel but it does slather it with some enticing new gloss For the moment that s quite enough 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Bruce Newman
Even when it s being too clever by half Lucky Number Slevin racks up twice as many style points as any other film so far this year 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Gene Seymour
Lucky Number Slevin is one of those movies where with every knock on the door you expect whoever answers to get either punched in the nose or shot in the face 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Duane Dudek
There s a difference between being caught up in the unpredictable mood swings of an original vision and watching until the end to see how all the kinks are straightened out 
2.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Glenn Kenny
McGuigan uses a 20 gallon Hefty bag of other moviemakers tricks on the ridiculous reverse constructed revenger script by Jason Smilovic 
1
Lucky Number Slevin
Michael Wilmington
The talk is witty the twists are ingenious the look and the mood are drop dead 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Josh Larsen
so pleased with its own cleverness that an audience isn t even necessary 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Matt Brunson
Hartnett would seem hard pressed to carry a basket of laundry let alone carry a motion picture 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Phil Villarreal
If a movie lover died and took the red eye to film noir heaven Lucky Number Slevin could be the in flight film 
3.5
Lucky Number Slevin
Nick Schager
What s ultimately missing from Slevin is not only mystery and humor but any trace of inventiveness to counteract the overriding triteness of its Pulp Fiction ish shenanigans 
1.5
Lucky Number Slevin
James Berardinelli
As twisty thrillers of the genre go this one is more than passable Overanalyzation can spoil the fun this is the kind of movie with which it s best to go with the flow 
3
Lucky Number Slevin
Peter Travers
The convoluted ain t I clever script by Jason Smilovic has a cheat ending that makes you want to do a little torturing yourself 
2
Lucky Number Slevin
Ross Anthony
Long delay before the film starts to roll And though clever no one delivers in the acting department with any depth aside from Ben 
1.5
Eye of the Dolphin
David N. Butterworth
Blandly acted idiotically written and incomprehensibly directed Eye of the Dolphin is quite possibly one of the most incompetently made films I have ever seen 
0
Eye of the Dolphin
Tom Keogh
An unassuming but sadly unexciting family film 
2
Eye of the Dolphin
James Berardinelli
There s real heart to be found in the story but it comes along with borderline saccharine sentimentality a too facile ending and clean outcomes that aren t earned 
2.5
Eye of the Dolphin
Jeff Vice
The underwater parts of Eye of the Dolphin are kind of pretty Unfortunately the rest of this waterlogged drama is pretty ugly 
1.5
Eye of the Dolphin
John Beifuss
There are too many fishy family crises and too few fishlike mammals in this earnest Flipper update which soft pedals its New Age agenda until a climactic speech that promises we can learn from our dolphin pals not just intellectually but spiritually 
2
Eye of the Dolphin
Sean P. Means
If only the wooden acting moved with the fluidity of the underwater footage the only bright spot in this clunky drama 
1.5
Eye of the Dolphin
Maureen M. Hart
As Eye of the Dolphin makes some jarringly contrived plot twists a viewer can imagine writer director executive producer Michael Sellers listing his assets and pondering how to combine them for one movie 
2
Rock Hudson's Home Movies
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Rock Hudson s Home Movies is even more a work of film criticism than of film history though this is criticism couched in the form of pseudoautobiography 
4
The Slammin' Salmon
David Nusair
sporadically funny yet hopelessly uneven 
2
The Slammin' Salmon
Elizabeth Weitzman
Thirteen year old boys big enough to sneak into R rated movies are presumably the prime audience for this witless comedy from the Broken Lizard troupe 
1
The Slammin' Salmon
Sonny Bunch
Although it s a little slow at the outset and occasionally a trifle predictable The Slammin Salmon is still a rollickin time at the theater 
3
The Slammin' Salmon
Mike Scott
Moments of light laughter fueled by Broken Lizard s non sequitur brand of shock humor are served with a flimsy plot and even flimsier characters 
1
The Slammin' Salmon
Michael O'Sullivan
Much of the film s humor hovers around crotch level If jokes about mental illness terminal disease and sex with orangutans sound funny to you go for it 
2
The Slammin' Salmon
Graham Killeen
A Hollywood California roll gone bad with super sized stereotypes underdone pratfalls and tasteless one liners 
1.5
The Slammin' Salmon
Jeff Shannon
If you re in the mood for buffoonery you ll probably enjoy this dumb but funny marathon of back stabbing physical gags potty humor and appealing cast chemistry 
2.5
The Slammin' Salmon
David Hiltbrand
You would think any movie with the word salmon in the title would have to be funny Think again 
1
The Slammin' Salmon
Chris Faraone
Only one thing might be worse the thought of Comedy Central s airing this bomb four times a day 
0
The Slammin' Salmon
Nick Schager
The film isn t any uglier than its antecedents but it is more lethargic 
2
The Slammin' Salmon
Erik Childress
I couldn t list ten pure comedies from 2008 that produced as many laughs as The Slammin Salmon and the way this year has started it s hard to think that wouldn t hold true for 2009 either 
3.5
Suddenly
David Nusair
a decent and appreciatively brisk little B movie 
2.5
Bad Girls
David Nusair
a hit and miss piece of work that is if nothing else fairly watchable from start to finish 
2.5
Bad Girls
Roger Ebert
What a good idea to make a Western about four tough women And what a sad movie 
1.5
August Rush
Mattie Lucas
Lay s on the saccharine schmaltz in broad simplistic layers 
1.5
August Rush
Mike Scott
A heartwarming fairy tale that is undeniably sweet even if it occasionally crosses over into sappiness 
2.5
August Rush
Mike McGranaghan
August Rush kind of feels like a 2 hour coming attractions preview Lots of fragmented stuff happens without ever connecting the dots in between 
1.5
August Rush
Eric Lurio
If it weren t for the wonderful soundtrack Nick Castle and James Hart s screenplay wouldn t have made it past the slush pile 
2
August Rush
Mark Dujsik
Saying August Rush is contrived is like saying that in terms of continents Asia is pretty big 
1.5
August Rush
Matt Brunson
That Robin Williams character turns out to be a controlling bully is one of the picture s few surprises everything else falls neatly into place thanks to a script that needs about 128 coincidences to retain its forward momentum 
2.5
August Rush
Phil Villarreal
All this could totally happen just like an oak tree might spurt out of the ground to start singing and dancing the Arizona Cardinals could win the next 50 Super Bowls 
1
August Rush
Claudia Puig
August Rush will not be for everyone but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry 
3
August Rush
Sara Michelle Fetters
August s journey is good for the soul the rapturous beauty of it all so all encompassing just thinking about it again can t help but fill me with unabashed joy 
3
August Rush
Ken Fox
An odd quasi mystical movie that s too silly for adults to take seriously and frankly too weird for kids 
1.5
August Rush
Geoff Pevere
Exuberantly bad and strenuously preposterous 
1
August Rush
Chris Hewitt
Most of the time the material is quietly subtly perfect 
3
August Rush
Tom Keogh
If it isn t brilliant cinema it s honest and powerful 
2.5
August Rush
Pam Grady
An inane musical melodrama 
1
August Rush
Elizabeth Weitzman
It would be nice to say this predictable fantasy has such a big heart we can forgive its excesses But director Kirsten Sheridan overplays nearly every already corny scene 
1.5
August Rush
Loey Lockerby
Although Williams seems to be in another film altogether Russell and Rhys Meyers make an attractive and believable would be couple and Highmore may actually be the best child actor working today 
2.5
August Rush
Jennie Punter
It s hard to believe in the magical power of music to heal and connect lost souls when the tunes are lame 
1
August Rush
Terry Lawson
Director Kirsten Sheridan has no interest in keeping August Rush tethered to reality or toning down the sentimentality 
2
August Rush
Roger Ebert
I dislike sentimentality where it doesn t belong but there s something brave about the way August Rush declares itself and goes all the way with coincidence melodrama and skillful tear jerking 
3
August Rush
Wesley Morris
If August Rush is a fairy tale it s an excruciatingly sometimes hilariously oblivious one 
1.5
August Rush
Peter T. Chattaway
A light fanciful touch at times bolsters its fairy tale feel but at times the story incorporates just enough realistic elements to drag the whole thing back down to earth 
2
August Rush
Lou Lumenick
This is the sort of movie that requires you not only to suspend disbelief but to check your sanity at the ticket counter 
1.5
August Rush
James Berardinelli
An aggressively bad movie There are times when it tips the scales of absurdity and becomes almost comical 
1
August Rush
Willie Waffle
August Rush is more like the cold November Rain
1.5
August Rush
Steve Rhodes
There is a lot of talent wasted in August Rush a would be weeper that comes across remarkably flat 
2
August Rush
Sid Smith
It s an unabashed feel good weeper and those eager for that type of fare might as well settle for this one But an equal number will be put off by the bad dialogue transparent manipulation and saccharine overkill 
2
August Rush
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kirsten Sheridan who helped write her father Jim Sheridan s overcooked In America 2003 directs this awful drama so soggy that her previous work looks positively austere 
.5
August Rush
Carrie Rickey
With its musical themes for individual characters that come together symphonically at the climax the music is so persuasive that it carries the narrative rather than complementing it 
2
August Rush
Jeff Vice
So ridiculous and sappy that it defies the best efforts of a pretty good cast 
2
August Rush
Mack Bates
Wholesome family entertainment with a life affirming message 
2.5
August Rush
Jan Stuart
The kind of fairy tale that makes Cinderella look like kitchen sink realism 
1
August Rush
Dustin Putman
Slight uneven and not very memorable Just as the viewer s heart is intended to soar mine was left lukewarm and wishing that it cared more 
2
August Rush
Sean McBride
this crowd pleasing fable does a lot of good things but it also makes so many glaring missteps that it s hard to get truly caught up by the magic 
2.5
August Rush
Ross Anthony
Flawed yet does what I as a musician find difficult to do It conveys in words pictures that wonderful feeling of being caught in a much grander current of rhythm melody 
2.5
August Rush
Kam Williams
A fanciful fairytale blending elements of Oliver Twist Ferris Bueller Peter Pan and The School of Rock likely to entertain and enthrall preteens for a couple of hours 
3
August Rush
Linda Cook
As a real life story this would be preposterous But as a fantasy ode to the spiritual qualities of music in our lives it works beautifully 
3
August Rush
Ed Gonzalez
In spite of its flabbergasting self absorption August Rush s devotion to following through on its screwy internal logic is almost genius 
2
August Rush
Vince Koehler
May be the best film I have seen in 2007 August will have you Rushing to theatres to witness his musical masterpiece 
4
Blind
Susan Wloszczyna
One doesn t need perfect vision to quickly surmise that this sudsy affair among Manhattan swells is a glorified Hallmark Channel melodrama 
1.5
Blind
Richard Roeper
Baldwin and Moore generate genuine heat and chemistry together even in some ridiculous moments 
3
Blind
Mark Dujsik
Sometimes screenwriters don t leave well enough alone 
1.5
Blind
Christian Toto
Playing a count the cliches drinking game could be dangerous to your health with Blind 
1.5
Blind
Mike McGranaghan
Were it not for three well known lead actors this film probably would have turned up on the Lifetime channel instead of in theaters 
1.5
Blind
Nathan Frontiero
The film makes a bold but foolish move by getting in the ring with Tolstoy analogizing itself to Anna Karenina in a self seriously laughable attempt to pass its schmaltzy and contrived romance narrative off for something significantly grander 
1.5
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Matt Brunson
The plotting is often downright silly and the climax with Dracula having to contend with a pesky thorn bush is borderline risible 
2
Two Shots Fired
Jesse Cataldo
The lack of tangible dramatic follow through leaves the film feeling incomplete indistinguishable from so much other undercooked festival fare 
2
The Lobster
Brian Eggert
Watching Lanthimos characters suffer existentially and sometimes physically under his application of strange rules and decorum recalls the very best of Luis Buñuel except far more accessible on an emotional level 
4
The Lobster
Matt Brunson
The defining sensation is that of watching your favorite football team run up the score on an inferior opponent and then letting the game slip away during the second half requiring a field goal in the closing seconds to escape with the victory 
2.5
The Lobster
David Nusair
The final result is a predictably off kilter endeavor from an unapologetically avant garde filmmaker 
2
The Lobster
Wesley Lovell
Not just Colin Farrell s best performance but a film that reminds us what a contrivance marriage and relationships can be when mandated by societal pressures 
3.5
The Lobster
Brad Keefe
The unabashed strangeness of the whole affair will mean only some audiences need apply For me this is easily the most original movie of the year and it s also one of the best 
4
The Lobster
Eric Melin
Lanthimos makes brutal incisive points to make about the absurdity of coupling in the first place much less society s view of what makes a perfect couple 
4
The Lobster
David N. Butterworth
The Lobster peters out about halfway through but regardless director Lanthimos and co writer Filippou have constructed a singular and ambitious vision rich with symbolism and observant commentary about societal pressures to pair up 
2.5
The Lobster
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is the type of film I m going to watch multiple times obsessing over every choice Lanthimos and his talented team of cinematic craftsmen made in order to see it come to life 
3.5
The Lobster
John Beifuss
The social pressure to be part of a couple is taken to Kafkaesque extremes in this poker faced absurdist critique of the idea typically expressed most enthusiastically in commercial motion pictures that a successful happy life requires a mate 
3.5
The Lobster
John Serba
The film is sort of allegorical sort of science fiction sort of philosophical definitely original definitely unpredictable and most definitely weird 
3
The Lobster
Max Weiss
There is so much more but part of the perverse pleasure of The Lobster is how it keeps you off guard never lets you feel settled 
3.5
The Lobster
David Keyes
A brilliant and methodical consideration of strange cultural standards as they are practiced to the desensitizing peak of lunacy 
3.5
The Lobster
Robert Levin
It s a doozy of a satirical premise concocted by Yorgos Lanthimos who directs and co wrote the screenplay that evokes the fundamental absurdity of the very real social pressure to find a mate and proceed along a pre determined path of existence 
3
The Lobster
Sean P. Means
Lanthimos and his co writer Efthymis Filippou neatly satirize the societal pressures of mating and the difficulties of finding a soulmate but the movie runs out of ideas long before it runs out of story 
2.5
The Lobster
Rick Bentley
It s a movie that latches on to your entertainment soul with a complexity that can t be dislodged for better or worse 
2.5
The Lobster
Jeff Simon
Memorability is something Maybe it s even a recommendation 
3
The Lobster
Michael Smith
I have an appreciation for absurdist fare but The Lobster is an overcooked comedy that loses steam about halfway through the experience 
2
The Lobster
Lawrence Toppman
I was caught up almost immediately in The Lobster a movie as prickly and difficult to approach as the title character 
3.5
The Lobster
Rene Rodriguez
The Lobster argues that the kind of pressure society places on us to find a soulmate can lead to reckless choices But the movie gives the alternative people who are happy being single the same radical treatment 
3.5
The Lobster
Robert Horton
The Lobster is being marketed as a comedy and it is frequently funny but only in the way A Clockwork Orange is frequently funny Go and have a laugh for sure but don t be shocked when the claws come out 
3.5
The Lobster
Rob Thomas
The Lobster is a wild fun occasionally mean spirited satire of the rituals and humiliations of modern dating But it asks uncomfortable questions of us It s the best movie I ve seen so far this year 
4
The Lobster
Calvin Wilson
If you re open to embracing a film that declines to pander to expectations you should definitely make a date with The Lobster 
3.5
The Lobster
Anders Wright
The sort of movie that makes you consider what the filmmaker is saying as well as what the movie is actually about 
3.5
The Lobster
Rafer Guzman
Highly original and mordantly funny Perfect for fans of Franz Kafka Charlie Kaufman and other bleak surrealists 
3.5
The Lobster
Bob Bloom
The Lobster is a different species of movie one that takes great pains to create a world you may be hesitant to visit but one you will definitely be happy to leave 
3.5
The Lobster
Steven Rea
The Lobster is what would happen if Wes Anderson set about doing Franz Kafka with a hefty dash of George Orwell thrown into the mix surreal comic sad strange beautiful sublime 
4
The Lobster
Peter Canavese
Investigates the nature of our need for a partner who else will apply that pain relief cream to the small of your back how we cling to superficial similarities to justify our matches and our denial at our peril of our animal nature 
3.5
The Lobster
Josh Larsen
If we ve come to idolize marriage in contemporary Western society The Lobster has come to desecrate it 
4
The Lobster
Richard Roeper
Farrell absolutely kills it as David Weisz gives one of her best performances since her Oscar winning turn in The Constant Gardener 
3
The Lobster
Emma Krupp
Loneliness is all encompassing and human desperation can be disturbing We ve seen these ideas before It just so happens that The Lobster lets them play out in the weirdest cinematic thought experiment imaginable 
3
The Lobster
Anita Katz
Farrell makes a convincing sad sack regaining his romantic pulse Weisz is radiant as depending on how you see her character a triumphant or a tragic heroine Take a chance and go with this one 
3
The Lobster
Mark Dujsik
A n anti romance that presents two extreme ways of living as a means of dissecting the concept of love tossing its organs on the floor and then stomping on the carcass 
3
The Lobster
Peter Keough
It takes a touch of audacity and madness to make a film like this a screwball absurdist tragedy that might be a little too long and contrived for some viewers taste 
3.5
The Lobster
Stephanie Merry
The movie is worthwhile thanks to a marriage of peculiar humor and thought provoking content 
2.5
The Lobster
Michael Phillips
Everyone s excellent in The Lobster and the suffocatingly bland settings brake just short of monumental claustrophobia 
3.5
The Lobster
Roger Moore
Whatever its merits or intellectual pretensions I am looking forward to never seeing it again 
2
The Lobster
Walter V. Addiego
If you can live with its blemishes The Lobster is a bracing experience 
3
The Lobster
Sheila O'Malley
While extremely funny it is a bitter and ruthless film Lanthimos plays target practice and his aim is deadly 
3.5
The Lobster
Kyle Smith
A boldly imaginative Kafka esque parable The Lobster is loaded with dazzling ideas that don t ultimately pull together 
2.5
The Lobster
Peter Travers
Lanthimos s terrifically twisted satire takes us places most films fear to tread The symbolism is humanized by a top flight cast and an ending that manages to be brutal and rapturously romantic at the same time 
3.5
The Lobster
Kate Taylor
The Lobster is a brilliant piece of satire but largely fails in an attempt to build its wicked wit into a more conventional romance 
3
The Lobster
Peter Howell
Bone dry dystopian satire with Lanthimos piling absurdity upon absurdity results in a film that is by turns entertaining and baffling but also fully in command of its crazy world 
2.5
The Lobster
Scott Renshaw
The gag may ultimately wear thin but it s a hoot while it lasts 
3
The Lobster
Clayton Davis
It took some time to digest but The Lobster feels full of life and is a soulful opus on love Quirky and clever its black comic tones shouldn t distract from its core narrative and mission to engage the parimeters and infatuation of devotion 
4
The Lobster
Kenji Fujishima
The near surgical precision with which Yorgos Lanthimos approaches the most surreal of conceits turns out to be a double edged sword 
2.5
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Lisa Trifone
Berlin Alexanderplatz falls somewhere in the mediocre middle 
2.5
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Roger Moore
The filmmaker has boiled it down to make it practical and watchable and adapted Berlin Alexanderplatz to make it topical But he s lost much of what made it special 
2
Saints and Sinners
Lou Lumenick
A quietly persuasive and very timely documentary 
3
Saints and Sinners
David Sterritt
Sociologically rich if not very memorable in the personalities it depicts 
3
Original Cast Album: Company
Josh Larsen
Sondheim comes off as the kindest gentlest genius you can imagine 
3
Original Cast Album: Company
Matt Brunson
As a historical document this is invaluable But it s awfully jumbled with no flow to the sequence of events or even to the sequences themselves 
2.5
Mississippi Burning
Tom Meek
The pairing of the two leads pays big dividends 
3
Mississippi Burning
Matt Brunson
An electrifying watch with Hackman delivering what might be his greatest performance 
3.5
Mississippi Burning
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Unfortunately the central narrative premise of Mississippi Burning sets up the FBI as the sole heroic defender of the victims of southern racism in 1964 which is more than a little disgusting 
0
Mississippi Burning
Ross Anthony
Well acted compelling good script Good message 
3
Mississippi Burning
Roger Ebert
Mississippi Burning feels like a movie made from the inside out a movie that knows the ways and people of its small Southern city so intimately that having seen it I know the place I d go for a cup of coffee and the place I d steer clear from 
4
Term Life
Brian Tallerico
It s a wannabe noir with no atmosphere and a waste of a talented cast by a director who really has no idea what to do with them 
1
Mothers of the Revolution
Nell Minow
Mothers of the Revolution reminds us to value all those whose dedication and courage is too seldom recognized 
3
Beverly Hills Cop
Kevin Carr
It s a good detective story It s got a great bad guy It s got a motivated hero it s a fun movie that moves and doesn t stop 
4
Beverly Hills Cop
Federico Furzan
Pretty funny after all these years The position of Murphy as an emerging star feels very genuine Full review in Spanish 
3
Beverly Hills Cop
Josh Larsen
a work of racial subversion that s both hilarious and cathartic 
3.5
Beverly Hills Cop
Matt Brunson
The vastly entertaining Beverly Hills Cop remains noteworthy as the film that best makes use of Eddie Murphy s explosive comic instincts 
3.5
Beverly Hills Cop
David Nusair
An exceptional entry in the 80s comedy action genre 
3.5
Beverly Hills Cop
Walter Chaw
begin charting the legendarily steep decline of Murphy as a conversation worth having outside the tabloids 
2
Beverly Hills Cop
Roger Ebert
Eddie Murphy looks like the latest victim of the Star Magic Syndrome in which it is assumed that a movie will be a hit simply because it stars an enormously talented person 
2.5
Beverly Hills Cop
Ian Mantgani
One of the great popular entertainments of our time a film that still has a place on the top 40 list of American box office champs and continues to look slick and full of energy almost twenty years after opening 
4
Beverly Hills Cop
James Kendrick
Murphy s attitude and provocative improvisations carry the movie even when everything else around him fails
2.5
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Clayton Davis
Hide Your Smiling Faces is a magnificent portrait and Carbone s paintbrush laid strokes of love anger confusion and a rainbow of emotions to indulge the audience 
4
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Matt Pais
It has the tender unexpected devastation of poetry 
3.5
Hide Your Smiling Faces
John Hartl
There s a startling stillness about the film especially the opening scenes that becomes a character in itself and helps to avoid softness 
3
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Brian Tallerico
This lyrical drama announces the arrival of a talented young director with a keen grasp of youth a man who presents a truthful vision of how death impacts soon to be men differently depending on their ages 
3.5
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Stephen Whitty
It s not just these children s smiling faces that are hidden here it s everything that might make you want to search out the meaning behind them 
2
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Rex Reed
It focuses on unspoken adolescent feelings instead of familiar puerile events with clichs held at arm s length Unfortunately Hide Your Smiling Faces is so slow it could use a few action sequences to speed things up 
2
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Sara Stewart
The many silences in Hide Your Smiling Faces don t speak quite loudly enough and the film ultimately gets bogged down by its own ponderousness 
2
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Wes Greene
Daniel Patrick Carbone s pensive style so dotted with ethnographic detail is interested in revealing a world in flux but his fixation on death is so incessant that it situates the film as a morose fetish object 
2.5
Hide Your Smiling Faces
Marty Mapes
Puberty and death haunt a rural New England summer
3
The Search for General Tso
Ty Burr
Keeps digging and digging until it has not only solved the enigma of this particular dish but cast a light on an entire secret chronology of food immigrant culture and the way the two amplify each other 
3.5
The Search for General Tso
John Hartl
Cheney who worked on the unforgettable King Corn obviously had a good time collecting their testimony though he tends to side with the idea that the only authenticity is deliciousness 
3
The Search for General Tso
Michael O'Sullivan
At just over an hour it s a surprisingly satisfying and tasty dish for anyone looking for something a bit less bland than the typical history documentary 
3
The Search for General Tso
Sara Stewart
You may well emerge from The Search for General Tso with a hankering for the titular spicy dish 
3
The Search for General Tso
Kam Williams
The cinematic equivalent of an entertaining encyclopedic entry about the most irresistible offering on today s Chinese takeout menu 
4
The Search for General Tso
Robert Levin
This is an unlikely subject for a movie but a strangely beautiful one hitting poignant notes on a cross country journey to restaurants in big cities and small towns all in a bid to understand where this dish came from and what it represents 
3
The Search for General Tso
Kenji Fujishima
Director Ian Cheney doesn t delve too deeply into the possibly unsettling questions the documentary raises about society at large 
2.5
Maiko Haaaan!!!
Jeff Shannon
The only thing missing is an anime sequence but the whole thing s a big cartoon anyway 
2.5
Ginger and Cinnamon
Marta Barber
It s a summer love story without heat and a coming of age story that never matures 
2
Ticker
David Nusair
you ve got all the ingredients for a flick that should have starred Eric Roberts and Ice T 
2
Burroughs: The Movie
Roger Ebert
Burroughs is a documentary portrait of a man who was willing to try everything and who has so far survived everything The one thing you miss in the film is the sound of laughter 
3
Burroughs: The Movie
Oleg Ivanov
The doc reminds us that in the early 1980s William S Burroughs s rediscovery in America was just underway and it bears witness to this quiet renaissance 
3
Four Hours at the Capitol
Richard Roeper
A powerful documentary that takes no sides 
3.5
Four Hours at the Capitol
Mick LaSalle
A documentary that doesn t have the stomach to tell the story of what happened on Jan 6 explicitly and to express the real threat to American democracy that that day represents is of no use to anybody 
1
The Milk of Sorrow
Mattie Lucas
Ultimately it feels underdeveloped done in by its own latent impenetrability doggedly holding its audience at arms length 
2.5
The Milk of Sorrow
Kent Turner
In due course the painstakingly composed cinematography seduces the viewer 
3
The Milk of Sorrow
V.A. Musetto
Claudia Llosa the director and co writer favors wide shots and long takes which lend an air of realism to the beautifully shot allegory 
3
The Milk of Sorrow
Kam Williams
An evocative character study painting a grim if visually captivating portrait of a tormented soul suffering in silence while delivering a powerful message about the consequences of rape radiating across generations like ripples on a pond 
4
The Milk of Sorrow
Tom Dawson
Handling potentially lurid material with restraint Llosa finds a measure of beauty in the rituals and superstitions of community life 
4
The Milk of Sorrow
Tim Robey
The message is unclear unless it s to think twice before ordering chips in Lima 
2
The Milk of Sorrow
Andrew Schenker
The legacy of sexualized violence is the chief generational inheritance in Claudia Llosa s incisive carefully observed Golden Bear winner 
3.5
Prince of Jutland
TV Guide Staff
Prince of Jutland is epic in structure but has an intimacy worthy of a small character study 
3
Two Days
David Nusair
an unexpectedly engrossing and entertaining little film 
3
Useless
Kevin B. Lee
Useless is a shape shifting work that overturns expectations at every turn and leaves behind an open ended consideration of value of clothing of human labor of human life 
3.5
Chloe & Theo
Steven Rea
Chloe Theo is a mess of a message movie simplistic sappy silly 
1.5
Chloe & Theo
Tom Keogh
1970 called and it wants its claim on whimsical anti establishment hippy dippy movies back 
1
Chloe & Theo
Dann Gire
Sands movie reaches for charm and profundity but both elude the story and direction that veers into unsophisticated amateurish choices 
1.5
Chloe & Theo
Kyle Smith
An insipid global warming fable about an innocent Inuit who comes to New York City to save us all from ourselves Chloe Theo plays like an unintentional mashup of Being There and Elf 
1
Chloe & Theo
Roger Moore
Earnest ambitious feel good film with a bitter misguided aftertaste 
2
Lives Well Lived
David Lewis
One would almost have to be a curmudgeon not to like Lives even if the cynic in us sometimes thinks the film makes aging seem like a breeze 
3
Lives Well Lived
Mark Jenkins
Their stories are eventful and moving and well supported by archival photos and footage 
2.5
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Matt Brunson
Sophia Lillis is an absolute delight as the new Nancy a far cry from the insufferable pill portrayed by Emma Roberts in 2007 s awful Nancy Drew and it s a shame she most likely won t be allowed to return to the role 
2.5
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Rafer Guzman
Lillis shines as the brainy detective but the movie itself is none too bright 
1.5
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Roger Moore
Wait for it to show up on TeeVee slow dull strictly small screen material 
1.5
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Rex Reed
Ineffectual irrelevant and amateurishly conceived from start to finish this movie is so bad it could kill off Nancy Drew forever 
1
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Mark Dujsik
T his character comes across as an anachronism Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase could have played that as a joke but smartly it doesn t 
3
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Rick Bentley
As for the mystery of how good the movie is the case is closed on a positive note 
3
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Sean P. Means
For a franchise that has been so prolific and so popular over the decades one might expect more screen adaptations This new version points to a possible reason why The stories are rather thin 
2
Sno Babies
Randy Myers
Clumsy storytelling and a preachy tone undermine this film about two college bound besties in the affluent Philadelphia suburbs whose lives are destroyed by drugs 
2
Sno Babies
Joey Magidson
Sno Babies has its share of flaws but Katie Kelly is good enough to get you over the hump provided you can take the dark turns that the plot leans into 
3
Sno Babies
Roger Moore
The implausible twists in their plot dull the impact of their here s what heroin will do to you sermon The sexuality is played up in ways that feel exploitative The shifts in scene characters and tone are abrupt and contrived 
1.5
Force of Nature
Ty Burr
Force of Nature plays by the timeless rules of pulp fiction and only when the eye of the hurricane passes over and an eerie tense calm takes hold does the movie strike a note of originality 
2.5
Force of Nature
Richard Roeper
Force of Nature is more of a nasty little rainstorm than a Category 5 anything 
2
Force of Nature
Barry Hertz
Regrettably and predictably Force of Nature isn t interestingly bad it s just bad 
1
Force of Nature
Nell Minow
Even a script written by algorithm would make more sense than Force of Nature 
1
Force of Nature
Pat Brown
The film presents its scattershot cop movie tropes in earnest as if like hurricanes they were natural unavoidable phenomena 
.5
Shockproof
Ed Gonzalez
Given its poetic nuances it s a shame the film succumbs to cliché 
3
The Next Best Thing
Susan Stark
It means to speak to raw complex emotions but it looks so ridiculously glossy you can never suspend disbelief 
2
The Next Best Thing
Rob Blackwelder
Its creaky all consuming insistence on its characters normalcy entombs everything interesting about them in contrived schlock and transparent gloss over techniques 
2
The Next Best Thing
Jonathan Foreman
There hasn t been a Hollywood message movie as smug or cheesy as The Next Best Thing in quite a while 
1
The Next Best Thing
Susan Wloszczyna
Madonna still cannot act 
2
The Next Best Thing
Dustin Putman
A depressing lugubrious film experience 
1.5
The Next Best Thing
Michael Dequina
Best friends may make the best mistakes but Madonna makes the absolute worst at least in terms of her film career 
0
The Next Best Thing
Jorge Avila Andrade
Buena muestra de que para ser un verdadero padre hace falta mucho ms que una mera preferencia sexual
3
The Next Best Thing
James Berardinelli
Ultimately the film works because Schlesinger handles the comedy to drama transition with skill 
3
The Next Best Thing
Roger Ebert
In describing the plot I ve deliberately left out two or three twists that had me stifling groans of disbelief It s not that they re implausible it s that they re not necessary 
1
The Next Best Thing
Ross Anthony
Madonna s acting performance is not more or less than average 
1
Swept Away
Garth Franklin
An utter piece of flotsam 
0
Swept Away
Frank Ochieng
Whenever you agree that there s more credibility in spotting a flying donkey with the hiccups rather than believing in an effective Madonna hired acting coach then you definitely earned the license to go with your first instinct 
1
Swept Away
Bill Chambers
Ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head but he knows how to pose Madonna 
2
Swept Away
Michael Dequina
With her meager acting skills overwrought mugging shrill line delivery and quasi Brit accent Madonna makes Amber far more monstrous and comical than was obviously intended 
0
Swept Away
James Berardinelli
A better title for all concerned might be Swept Under the Rug 
1.5
Swept Away
David N. Butterworth
Vanity Heresy Madonna 
2
Swept Away
Dustin Putman
A mediocre melodrama lugubrious in tone but there are good things about it More than expected Not enough to recommend it 
2
Swept Away
Ed Gonzalez
When cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy Giannini Madonna gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game 
2
Swept Away
Todd Anthony
Madonna still can t act a lick 
2
Swept Away
Moira MacDonald
Staggeringly dreadful romance 
.5
Swept Away
Mick LaSalle
Even camp status eludes this tepid and misguided picture 
0
Swept Away
David Elliott
This isn t even Madonna s Swept Away This is her Blue Lagoon 
2
Swept Away
John Anderson
New ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is 
0
Swept Away
Evan Henerson
Ritchie s treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham fisted from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people s faces to the fact Amber is such a joke 
1.5
Swept Away
Susan Stark
Down the line this movie may become a camp classic At the moment it s a stitch 
3
Swept Away
Wesley Morris
After a ghastly start it becomes a curiously affecting document of a director trying to show the world why he loves his wife not the changeling pop star but the actress 
2.5
Swept Away
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We hate Madonna within the film s first five minutes and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground 
1
Swept Away
Erik Childress
Festers in just such a dungpile that you d swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you 
1
Swept Away
Jeffrey Westhoff
It makes you wonder why a husband and wife would collaborate on a project in which a nasty woman becomes a better person only through the threat of rape 
1
Swept Away
David Sterritt
It s hard to remember the last time a certified celebrity gave a performance so monotonous unimaginative and all around tiresome to watch 
1
Swept Away
Roger Ebert
It s lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay 
1
Swept Away
Rick Groen
What Madonna does here can t properly be called acting more accurately it s moving and it s talking and it s occasionally gesturing sometimes all at once 
1
Swept Away
Megan Turner
Swept Away s worst crime is that it is butt numbingly B O R I N G 
0
Swept Away
Rene Rodriguez
The fact that Swept Away got made at all implies there simply is no dissuading Madonna from her movie star aspirations Her tenacity is admirable but it s also block headed 
1.5
Swept Away
Terry Lawson
Turns out to be not only relevant but entertaining 
3
Swept Away
Glenn Lovell
As Madonna vehicles go this one is hardly the worst But it does show the diva actress at her most unappealing 
1.5
Swept Away
Mary F. Pols
Cheap overwrought unbelievable and good only for a few titters 
1
Swept Away
Peter Travers
No yacht was harmed during shooting It s the movie that s the shipwreck 
0
Swept Away
Rod Armstrong
This remake of Lina Wertmuller s 1975 eroti comedy might just be the biggest husband and wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero 
1.5
Swept Away
Michael Wilmington
The kind of bad movie that only talented people can make 
1.5
Swept Away
Jeanne Aufmuth
Glazed with a tawdry B movie scum 
1.5
Swept Away
Steve Rhodes
An awful B movie its few enjoyable moments come when it is so bad that it becomes kind of fun to laugh at 
1.5
Swept Away
David Nusair
the real problem here is that it s just not interesting 
1.5
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Kam Williams
An intimate examination of the tragic life of the High Priestess of Soul 
4
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Odie Henderson
The timeliness of What Happened Miss Simone cannot be understated It s essential viewing in these times 
3.5
What Happened, Miss Simone?
David Wiegand
It may not answer What Happened Miss Simone but it does tell us why the question must be asked and will be asked for a very long time 
3
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Brian Tallerico
What Happened features some of the best concert footage and musical performances in recent music doc memory even if it never quite answers the question in its title 
3
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Clayton Dillard
It utilizes Maya Angelou s claim as tantalizing bait rather than the starting point for a feature length thesis statement 
2
Camera Obscura
Simon Abrams
None of this makes sense 
1
Camera Obscura
Henry Stewart
The filmmaker has a bad habit of dropping the psychological inquiries to dully go through the genre motions 
1.5
Camera Obscura
Roger Moore
Generic sci fi horror thriller about a camera that shoots future crimes deflated by a deathly dull lead performance 
1.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An incoherent and disappointing sequel made exclusively for gaming fans 
0.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Roger Moore
Put this much effort into bringing your idea of Hell to the screen film fans will start calling you Satan And not in a good way 
1
Silent Hill: Revelation
Linda Cook
I can t imagine anyone who hasn t played the video game who would give a shout out to the Silent Hill sequel 
.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Brett Michel
More of the same on a cut rate budget without Gans s atmospheric reverie 
1
Silent Hill: Revelation
Jeremy Wheeler
The good news for crummy horror movie fans is that there s a whole lot more fun in this one since it s dumber and shorter than the first entry 
1.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Ethan Gilsdorf
Silent Hill Revelation 3D quickly devolves into a smorgasbord of sutured faces and blades poking the viewer in the eye 
1.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Calum Marsh
Silent Hill Revelation fundamentally misunderstands the appeal its source material 
1.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Peter Howell
Only true devotees of the game are likely to recognize many of the figures on the screen or care about a byzantine story stitched together from innumerable horror and fantasy shows 
2
Silent Hill: Revelation
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s like watching a recording of someone else playing a video game You have no control and you have nothing invested in the characters or the outcome 
1.5
Silent Hill: Revelation
Dustin Putman
A hobbled together mess high on style and low on substance while emotional potency clocks in two degrees above freezing 
2
I, Curmudgeon
Steve Rhodes
Hilarious and I ll bet you find the negative charisma charming 
3
Blue Juice
Michael Dequina
If not for the stateside profiles of supporting players Zeta Jones and McGregor it s unlikely this British comedy would have seen a release on this side of the Atlantic 
2
Girls Can't Swim
Jonathan Curiel
Birot has succeeded in making a movie that has some laughs low points and high ideals 
3
Girls Can't Swim
John Hartl
Until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity 
3
Girls Can't Swim
Roger Ebert
I felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier by Rohmer for example 
2
Girls Can't Swim
Loren King
Despite its shortcomings Girls Can t Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch and it s a worthy entry in the French coming of age genre 
2.5
Girls Can't Swim
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a long time the film succeeds with its dark delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them 
2.5
Girls Can't Swim
Glenn Lovell
Compelling beautifully photographed French import 
3
Girls Can't Swim
Leighton Walter Kille
While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught there s much truth and no small amount of poetry in Girls Can t Swim 
2.5
Girls Can't Swim
John Anderson
Birot creates a drama with such a well defined sense of place and age as in 15 years old that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters 
3
Girls Can't Swim
V.A. Musetto
A coming of age movie that Hollywood wouldn t have the guts to make 
3
Girls Can't Swim
Ed Gonzalez
Yes they can swim the title is merely Anne Sophie Birot s off handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through 
2
Life, Animated
Sarah Knight Adamson
I walked out of Life Animated feeling lucky blessed and humbled 
3.5
Life, Animated
John Serba
Understanding Owen s life certainly will add meaning to ours 
3.5
Life, Animated
Rob Thomas
The poignancy of Life Animated comes from the quieter victories Owen achieves getting that job at the movie theater baking cookies in his apartment learning to live with heartbreak It turns out ordinary life can be a Magic Kingdom too 
3
Life, Animated
Sean P. Means
These stories become Owen s way to express himself in spite of his disability and add a dimension to Life Animated that a less inspired documentary would miss 
3.5
Life, Animated
Jody Mitori
Life Animated doesn t try to give a cure all to autism It shows how one family approached the complex puzzle with the help of Simba Sebastian and Lumiere 
3.5
Life, Animated
Chris Knight
Regardless of whether this is a one off neurological miracle or a new technique to help autistics connect Life Animated tells a fascinating story with an upbeat ending And it doesn t even need an animated villain 
3.5
Life, Animated
Ellen Brait
It manages to be heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once 
3
Life, Animated
Peter Howell
Director Roger Ross Williams storytelling skills are at their finest in an engaging story suffused throughout with emotion that never descends into mawkishness 
3.5
Life, Animated
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tremendously moving 
3.5
Life, Animated
Robert Horton
A warm portrait of a family navigating a profound challenge 
3
Life, Animated
Bill Zwecker
This is an intelligent and understated film that nicely presents one very particular life experience that will in its own way inspire the viewer 
3.5
Life, Animated
Moira MacDonald
A vivid and warmhearted portrait of coming of age differently 
3.5
Life, Animated
Peter Hartlaub
As time passes more people are understanding autism And Life Animated is definitely part of the solution 
3
Life, Animated
Robert Levin
The human story told in the documentary Life Animated has ample inspirational value but on the other hand there s something deeply uncomfortable about the whole enterprise 
2.5
Life, Animated
Ann Hornaday
Life Animated makes fascinating points about the power of cinema about meeting our loved ones where they are and as Ron says about who gets to decide what constitutes a meaningful life 
2.5
Life, Animated
Kent Turner
On one level the film becomes a celebration of a film buff that would appeal to other cinephiles 
3
Life, Animated
Sheila O'Malley
Life Animated is powerful and emotional without being manipulative It is deeply inspiring without trying to be 
3.5
Life, Animated
Stephen Whitty
Any parent who s ever worried about a child which means basically any parent will feel a sort of relief and a bit of pride watching Owen on a date interviewing for a job decorating his first apartment 
2.5
Life, Animated
Peter Travers
A young autistic man connects to the world through Disney animated movies Instead of false hope this truly inspirational film offers up possibility the chance of a stimulus that might get past the blocks of developmental disorder 
3.5
Life, Animated
Kyle Smith
A deeply felt documentary 
2.5
Life, Animated
Clayton Dillard
It never addresses Disney s wholly manufactured stranglehold on turning adolescent desire into a consumerist impulse 
.5
Life, Animated
Josh Terry
Disney s role in the lives of children around the world is indisputable but the company would be hard pressed to find a better example to be proud of than the autistic subject of Life Animated 
3.5
Life, Animated
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Life Animated is joyous and touching in equal measure a documentary about a young autistic man Owen Suskind whose love of Disney movies held the key to a life changing communication breakthrough 
3
Life According to Muriel
Michael Dequina
A fairly standard female bonding picture 
2.5
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind
Peter Howell
Jerry Lee likes to boast that he s the real king of rock n roll not his late frenemy Elvis Presley This doc lends credence to that claim 
3
Four Eyed Monsters
John Monaghan
While some audience members will dismiss it as so much navel gazing those closer to their 20s should appreciate how the movie speaks to a generation whose most intimate communications routinely come through the Internet 
3
Four Eyed Monsters
Ken Fox
Charming homemade movie is a surprisingly successful experiment in collaborative creativity 
3.5
Four Eyed Monsters
Kam Williams
A semi autobiographical docudrama which is the first film to convey the nature of dating since the advent of MySpace com 
4
Theorem
James Kendrick
How you feel about Teorema will be determined largely by how willing you are to apply heavy import and meaning to a vague potentially silly premise 
2
Theorem
Matt Brunson
Teorema was targeted by the Vatican and that s hardly surprising in addition to its thematic content the film features almost as many close ups of Terence Stamp s crotch as Lawrence of Arabia contains scenes featuring sand 
3
Theorem
Dan Callahan
Highly regarded in some quarters Pier Paulo Pasolini s Teorema is basically a film about Terence Stamp s crotch 
2.5
Theorem
Roger Ebert
I don t feel ready to write about this mysterious film perhaps a week from now I ll decide it is very bad a failure But perhaps it is the most brilliant work yet by that strange director Pier Paolo Pasolini 
3
The Nightingale
G. Allen Johnson
A sweetly affecting Chinese film about a elderly man who opens his spoiled granddaughter to the analog world during a road trip across rural China 
3
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Jim Shelby
The biggest problem is the man at the center 
2.5
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Liam Lacey
A celebration of pop fantasies a boyish rascal with a helium voice and three pretty fools who fell in love with him 
2.5
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Peter Stack
A fresh enlightening example of how to take a tragic American show business story and make it funny warm and terrifically entertaining 
4
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Elias Savada
Writer Tina Andrews 15 year effort to bring this story of an extraordinary individual with a humpty dumpty life to the screen pays off big time Here s one for the ages 
2.5
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Bob Bloom
The film creates a jigsaw puzzle that at the end of nearly two hours still is missing pieces 
2
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Susan Stark
Frankly the film would have been much better off if it had tried to be only a biography of Lymon 
2
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Jeff Vice
Nava evidently couldn t decide whether to play scenes straight or comedically as he mixes some highly inappropriate humorous scenes with more seriously dramatic ones 
2
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Roger Ebert
What made Frankie run The movie clearly doesn t know 
2
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Joe Baltake
The spotlight is put to good use on the three talented actresses who play the assorted wives that Lymon picked up during his sad short life 
3.5
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
James Berardinelli
Despite employing the familiar motion picture elements of sex greed and music this is not a run of the mill biopic 
3
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Rob Blackwelder
It s the ornery cattiness between his three wives that drives the action and makes it so much fun to watch 
3
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Michael Dequina
Director Gregory Nava s recreation of Frankie Lymon s late 50s early 60s performances are exuberant 
3
Valmont
Gary Thompson
An unqualified dud 
1.5
Valmont
Dave Kehr
Valmont is a superb piece of craftsmanship impeccable in every detail from lighting to costuming but as a work of art it remains tentative and blurred 
3
Valmont
Roger Hurlburt
The effect is like an ermine violin It is beautiful to look at but it doesn t play 
1
Valmont
Carrie Rickey
Because there are no characters animating his panorama all this serves to prove is that though Forman s movie is broader than Frears it is also shallower 
2
Valmont
Roger Ebert
The Frears version is cerebral and claustrophobic an exercise in sexual mindplay Forman s is more physical 
3.5
The Skulls III
David Nusair
packed with all of the hoariest clichs this genre has to offer 
1.5
Naked Singularity
Joe Friar
De La Pava s surreal novel is lost in transition as the film version settles for an average heist caper The solid cast makes it very watchable 
2
Naked Singularity
Bob Strauss
Even as Mexican cartels Hasidic money launderers modal realism explanations and a samurai sword pile up around the action Naked Singularity stubbornly refuses to engage 
1
Naked Singularity
Matt Zoller Seitz
There s something off kilter about Naked Singularity in a good way It has a confidence that might not be earned but is still enjoyable to see 
3
Naked Singularity
Mark Dujsik
Too much of this story feels like a detour in the wrong direction and heading nowhere of any real significance 
2
Naked Singularity
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In the crowded mess of possible causes and effects Palmer loses the thread It s watchable but only so 
2
Naked Singularity
Joey Magidson
Naked Singularity is a waste of good actors and a potentially good idea 
2
The Sleepwalkers
Rene Sanchez
A poignant drama that explores the bond of a mother and daughter and their fight to awaken from the deep sleep that has taken control of their lives Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Weight of Water
Robert Horton
Plunges us right into the experience But for all the visceral thrills of that kind of adventure moviemaking the film s best aspect is one of the oldest in cinema the close up 
3
The Weight of Water
Alan French
The struggle to stay above the water can be harrowing Brown and Masser capture the beauty of the journey and emotional stakes of Erik s journey 
3
Miracles
Steve Rhodes
A good spirited production that s certain to leave a smile on your face 
3
Fe@rLeSS_
Roger Moore
An incredibly dull Incredibles variation with British origins and Has the check cleared voice acting to match 
1
The Magic of Belle Isle
Clayton Davis
All we re left with is an uneven story that could have landed on Best of Straight to DVD shelves or the 1 bin at your local Walmart for Grandma to find 
2
The Magic of Belle Isle
Roger Moore
Freeman an actor who can be fierce and disagreeable on screen and in person is content to turn on the twinkle Unfortunately Reiner seems all too happy to let him 
2
The Magic of Belle Isle
Mike McGranaghan
Corny obvious and shallow as a puddle it traffics in outdated stereotypes overused cliches and ham handed emotions Trust me your 80 year old grandmother will love this movie 
1
The Magic of Belle Isle
Matt Pais
Probably only in theaters because ABC Family said Sorry this is a little hokey for us 
0.5
The Magic of Belle Isle
Mick LaSalle
If this were real life and not a movie Mr Wildhorn would be written off as a crank and ostracized within a week 
1
The Magic of Belle Isle
Rex Reed
You can quarrel with the smiley face outcome of every ordeal but the tenderness and optimism are so powerful and ingratiating that only a viewer with the darkest sensibility will go away untouched 
3
The Magic of Belle Isle
Stephen Whitty
That Freeman would be willing to settle for this perhaps isn t that surprising he hasn t been interesting in breaking a sweat for awhile now But is this really the best that director Rob Reiner can manage 
1.5
The Magic of Belle Isle
Lou Lumenick
The Magic of Belle Isle smothers two of this year s best performances by Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen in enough family friendly sweetness to induce diabetic shock 
2
The Magic of Belle Isle
R. Kurt Osenlund
This gooey reteaming of Rob Reiner and Morgan Freeman is crammed tight with baldly manipulative elements its tearjerker quota busting at the seams 
2
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Michael Dequina
So personal as to be self indulgent so self indulgent as to make not a single iota of sense to anyone but Figgis this admittedly captivating but wholly incoherent and utterly baffling experience will likely leave everyone else dumbfounded 
1
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Roger Ebert
Not all of it works but you play along because it s rare to find a film this ambitious 
3.5
Dog Days
David Nusair
it s the second half that kills Dog Days 
2
Dog Days
Michael Wilmington
A remarkable deeply disturbing work by a brilliant filmmaker 
4
Dog Days
Bob Strauss
Those who know that human beings are more than just the sum of their worst impulses will wonder where the rest of the story went 
2.5
Dog Days
Roger Ebert
A long slog through the slough of despond 
2
Dog Days
Edward Guthmann
This is a lament on the human condition free of scented roses and free of solemnity 
3
Dog Days
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This hugely disturbing disgusting movie is likely to turn on film buffs with its clever cross cutting but it s ultimately a pretentious waste of time 
1
Dog Days
V.A. Musetto
Seidl is a talented man with things to say And he says them whether or not you approve or even care to listen We applaud that 
3
Dog Days
David Sterritt
See it only if you re ready for a bumpy sometimes nasty ride 
2
Love Etc.
Dustin Putman
A few subtle quiet moments sneak in every once and a while but the asinine screenplay destroys all signs of cinematic promise 
1.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately Monsters is relentlessly derivative and a watered down sci fi saga that the tweens and teens will tune out with all the nonchalant gesture of popping a stubborn pimple on their faces 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
David Nusair
impressively fares almost as well as its above average predecessor 
3
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Wesley Lovell
A fine follow up to the first film in the franchise The series doesn t regress but it doesn t improve much either 
3
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Sean P. Means
Only the brightest colors of the Crayola box are used whether to sketch out the characters motivations or illuminate the cartoony visual effects 
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Michael Dequina
A brisk and fun stand alone adventure that again blends in clever nods to familiar Greek mythology as well as plants promising seeds for larger arcs 
3
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
John Beifuss
The most memorable scene doesn t showcase Confederate zombies or the reawakened Kronos but Firefly star Nathan Fillion as Hermes god of speed dressed like a parcel messenger and bemoaning the fact that the best TV shows are of course canceled 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Walter Chaw
The moral of the story such as it is is that family is important and um appearances are skin deep I think 
0
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Marsha McCreadie
Lerman is adroit at looking eager and battle worthy but not too cocky in a film as much about character development as sword play 
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Daniel M. Kimmel
a special effects laden fantasy where one can actually follow the action and focus on the characters This summer that s quite an achievement all by itself 
3
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Kent Turner
Percy wants to prove that he s not a one quest wonder but this movie franchise wannabe doesn t escape that dig 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Peter Hartlaub
There are plenty of bad films to get riled up about in the summer Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters isn t one of them This is harmless tween centric fun 
3
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Vanessa Farquharson
Somehow all these wrongs add up to an inexplicable right It s why children love improvised bedtime stories a meandering faulty narrative can be a ton of fun 
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Peter Canavese
Yes Percy faces his Charybdis but Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters not surprisingly feels more dutiful than creatively energized 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Perry Seibert
That rare sequel that is far superior to the underwhelming start of the franchise Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters has a snappy pace appealing performers and a refreshing lack of exposition that help make it a solid family friendly fantasy adventure 
3
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Willie Waffle
a teen boy who seems like he just wants to continue being friends with the super hot gal pal who will be inspiring new and confusing feelings in all of the tween boys in the crowd their daddies and the more adventurous mommies
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Bruce Ingram
You might think it would be endlessly awesome being the offspring of an Olympian god but it seems like kind of a drag really for young Percy Jackson 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Connie Ogle
In Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters choosing the dumbest character is a colossal task 
1.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Rob Thomas
What Sea of Monsters really skimps on is 1 Sea and 2 Monsters 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Bruce DeMara
With its broad humour and less than serious tone it s clearly aimed at tween and teen set and it s likely to be a crowd pleaser among that demographic 
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Stephen Whitty
The movie feels like a watch the bottom line effort that s determined to skimp on everything guest stars effects spectacle while bringing in new characters we don t care about 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Mark Dujsik
E liminates everything that was intriguing from the first movie and offers a quest that feels cobbled together from other better material 
1.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Dustin Putman
The drop in quality and care from The Lightning Thief is kind of a bummer 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Chris Hewitt
The humor and attention to character detail that made the first Percy appealing gets sidelined here in the effort to dazzle us with one action scene after another And for the reasons noted above they re not dazzling enough 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Rafer Guzman
With the young wizards of Harry Potter fading from memory the demigod teenagers of Percy Jackson are starting to seem like the next best thing 
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Jen Chaney
It s a shame that the millions of readers who fell in love with Riordan s classic meets contemporary children s stories have been handed such limp adaptations of the material 
1
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Claudia Puig
Percy is a lot like a certain bespectacled young wizard sans the lightning shaped scar It s too bad his adventures don t have the same enchanting quality 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Sara Stewart
Like some hybrid beast out of Greek mythology this young adult sequel has the body of a Harry Potter the head of a Twilight the feet of a Hunger Games and the tail oddly of a Raiders of the Lost Ark 
1
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Andrew Wagaman
Supporting actors Stanley Tucci and Nathan Fillion have a good punch line or two but otherwise the book s humor fails to translate with both kids and their parents 
1.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Roger Moore
More of the same no better and not much worse than the first film though adding Tucci and Fillion pays off with laughs 
2
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
R. Kurt Osenlund
I ll tell you what s insane the probability that folks will go easy on this dreck because it s aimed at younger viewers who are being distressingly trained to expect little from their art 
.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Tom Russo
The mythology rooted Percy Jackson the Olympians franchise is fairly engaging stuff unabashed Harry Potter knockoff or no 
2.5
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Jon Niccum
This all leads to yet another Hollywood showdown between heroes and a towering digital menace What once seemed awe inspiring is now exhaustingly commonplace 
2.5
Dead Man's Shoes
Lisa Kennedy
In a swift 86 minutes director Meadows and co writer star Considine give us a methodical handsome emotionally intelligent version of the revenge flick 
3
Dead Man's Shoes
Jeff Vice
The whole thing leaves a bad taste in your mouth 
1.5
Dead Man's Shoes
Jessica Reaves
There s a hint of Shakespeare s goriest tragedies here sucked dry of any attendant heart emotional depth or compelling human interest 
1
Dead Man's Shoes
Maitland McDonagh
Though the story is formulaic the bleakly naturalistic performances give it an uncomfortable sting 
2.5
Dead Man's Shoes
Timothy Knight
Unfortunately the absence of emotionally engaging characters combined with the cast s thick unintelligible accents undermines what could have been a taut and provocative exploration on the moral price of vengeance 
2.5
Dead Man's Shoes
Stephen Whitty
A poor fit for anyone And that includes even the undiscriminating gorehounds looking for yet another bloody slice of payback 
1
Dead Man's Shoes
Lou Lumenick
Meadows very slowly builds to a powerful climax for this arty cross between Straw Dogs and First Blood 
2.5
Dead Man's Shoes
Jami Bernard
Like Park Chan wook s Vengeance trilogy it explores the nature of the beast of revenge leaving the audience in a sweat of dread 
3
Dead Man's Shoes
Ed Gonzalez
Considine hawks a striking cipher an avenging angel whose metaphysical communion with otherworldly energies is echoed in the film s unhinged stewy surface 
3
The Forbidden Dance
David Keyes
A film that defies all sense of merit by intercutting an endless array of pelvis gyrations and Latin inspired grooves with a tone so inconsistent and downtrodden that it left me wincing in discomfort 
0.5
52 Tuesdays
Wes Greene
Sophie Hyde barely elaborates on the toll James s transition takes on him and only superficially as it affects Billie s psyche 
2
Le Lieu du crime (Scene of the Crime)
Roger Ebert
You can get away with all sorts of improbabilities in a plot if you crank up the style so it s clear the movie is having fun with itself But Scene of the Crime has an earnest and realistic tone 
2.5
12 Years a Slave
Brian Eggert
Unsettling and painful to behold 44 but from the lows of human civilization emerges a courageous and moving motion picture 46 
4
12 Years a Slave
Justin Brown
A lot of the slave movies we see turn around and become a white savior movie which this one avoided Every element of this film is done so well and always has a deeply emotional impact on me It is really captivating 
4
12 Years a Slave
Brandon Collins
Steve McQueen did a masterful job of finding the balance between some heavy content while making it look visually stunning The score performances and cinematography was phenomenal 
3
12 Years a Slave
Mattie Lucas
Too often have slavery s horrors been whitewashed in popular culture but here at last McQueen lays them bare through the eyes and words of a man who experienced the unthinkable 
4
12 Years a Slave
David Nusair
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3
12 Years a Slave
Frank Ochieng
Absorbing and comprehensively thought provoking 12 Years A Slave is one of the most hostile yet insightful movie going experiences you will realize with glaring appreciation this year or any other year at the movies 
4
12 Years a Slave
Barbara Vancheri
12 Years a slave may be the toughest movie of the year to watch no matter your ethnicity The ending is a bittersweet reminder that freedom will never be able to return to Solomon the precious years lost with his family 
4
12 Years a Slave
Sonny Bunch
12 Years a Slave is more of an important film than a great one 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Tom Meek
The power of Slave is not so much its rote plea to not forget but its invitation to understand 
4
12 Years a Slave
Scott Renshaw
12 Years a Slave has too many unforgettable elements even in its less effective second half for it not to deliver a visceral impact 
3
12 Years a Slave
Steven Rea
It speaks to the courage and resilience of one man the savagery of many and the potential for both good and for ill in us all 
4
12 Years a Slave
Brad Keefe
Given the subject matter of the film it s unsurprising to say that 12 Years a Slave is moving but it s a testament to the filmmaking just how devastating the experience of watching it actually is 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
David Keyes
This isn t simply an important movie but a dose of brutal truth that must be confronted and done so with absolute certainty 
4
12 Years a Slave
Clayton Davis
Lupita Nyong o is the emotional epicenter of the entire film 
4
12 Years a Slave
Wesley Lovell
An uncompromising look at slavery in the Antebellum South Anchored by career defining performances by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong o director Steve McQueen brings his assured directorial mind to a harrowing but necessary picture 
4
12 Years a Slave
Calum Marsh
12 Years a Slave proves McQueen s formal prowess and more significantly his utter seriousness as a dramatist 
4
12 Years a Slave
Sean P. Means
In a film brimming with great performances including Fassbender as the ruthless Epps and Nyong o s star making work as the tormented Patsey Ejiofor s portrayal of Northup shines 
4
12 Years a Slave
Michael Smith
12 Years a Slave remains an important film if nothing else for the fact that these are not anonymous characters created for Hollywood storytelling but one man s remarkable story that puts a face on history 
3
12 Years a Slave
Jordan Hiller
While Nature Fate God can perform apparent wickedness without conscience neither hold a candle to man 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Linda Cook
Some movies are must see but 12 Years a Slave goes beyond that to deserves to be seen status The film which tells a true story is a rarity that pulls no punches about the hellishness of slavery 
4
12 Years a Slave
James Kendrick
avoids an easy sense of moralizing and propels us deep into the characters experiences
4
12 Years a Slave
Eric Melin
Through a rich grueling portrait of the machinery of institutionalized slavery it asks us to examine the rotten core of slavery and how it permeates our entire culture not just to ponder life in the 1840s 
4
12 Years a Slave
Jay Antani
The film of the decade 
4
12 Years a Slave
Mike McGranaghan
12 Years a Slave isn t always easy to sit through but it is most definitely a vital and profound motion picture 
4
12 Years a Slave
John Beifuss
Not only the most powerful movie yet produced about our national shame but also the rare film about history and race that does not seek to absolve comfort or flatter the mass audience it aspires to reach 
4
12 Years a Slave
David Nusair
meticulously made sporadically captivating and yet palpably overlong 
3
12 Years a Slave
John Serba
Raw emotion manifest not easily forgotten as it should be 
4
12 Years a Slave
Matt Brunson
Knowing the story s outcome does nothing to lessen the potency of what s shown on screen largely because of the courageous manner in which McQueen holds certain shots as if he s daring us to look away for even a second 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Bob Bloom
Ejiofor s performance is the heart and soul of the movie He is transformed from a carefree and happy family man to a downtrodden individual who has the hope for rescue continually quashed or beaten out of him 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Carla Meyer
The extraordinary 12 Years a Slave thrusts its lead character Chiwetel Ejiofor and the audience into slavery s moral and psychological morass more fully and directly than any movie before it 
4
12 Years a Slave
Michael Dequina
Not the first and most certainly will not be the last film to tackle the subject of America s shameful history of slavery but it often feels like the first real one 
4
12 Years a Slave
Austin Kennedy
This is a nightmare of a film but an unforgettable one 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Jon Niccum
12 Years a Slave is essential because its raw impact is unrivaled 
4
12 Years a Slave
John Wirt
British director Steve McQueen and American screenwriter John Ridley adapt Solomon Northup s meticulous slave narrative into a masterpiece of clear eyed historical drama 
4
12 Years a Slave
Mick LaSalle
It provokes recognition in us of the very heart of darkness It makes the unimaginable imaginable 
4
12 Years a Slave
Moira MacDonald
12 Years a Slave isn t easy to watch and it shouldn t be it s one man s tragedy but it s also the tragedy of countless thousands of souls beaten down literally and metaphorically 
4
12 Years a Slave
Chris Hewitt
It s a tough movie to watch but a rewarding and thoughtful one 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Duane Dudek
A graphically violent portrayal of the treatment of people trapped in human bondage before the Civil War as well as a disturbing portrait of the perversity that festered in slaveholders 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Calvin Wilson
One of the best and most courageous films of the year 
4
12 Years a Slave
Perry Seibert
12 Years a Slave is admirable important and serious filmmaking that is antithetical to what most people think of as entertainment While it might not be perfect it demands and deserves your attention 
4
12 Years a Slave
Rene Rodriguez
12 Years a Slave is at times difficult to watch but always impossible to turn away from 
4
12 Years a Slave
Peter Canavese
The film succeeds by simply plainly placing audiences in the emotional crucible of pre abolition America and firing their imaginations 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Phil Villarreal
The film wants to hurt you knows you are terrified of what it will show you then shows you way more than you bargained for 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Randy Myers
This is not medicine for America to swallow it s filmmaking of the highest caliber 
4
12 Years a Slave
Lori Hoffman
The film hits like a sledgehammer in part because it suggests that films about slavery are rare because we are guilty of burying the shameful aspects of our history 
4
12 Years a Slave
Ty Burr
Other movies and books have gone here but few so far and with such overwhelming clarity of purpose 
4
12 Years a Slave
James Berardinelli
The film offers a formidable indictment of the cruelty of which human beings are capable 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Mara Reinstein
So raw and distressing is this historical account of a true life American slave it s tempting to turn away from the screen Or maybe just cover your eyes for a few minutes of respite Try not to 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Willie Waffle
Ejiofor gives the audience more emotion with a glance than most actors could muster with an entire page of dialogue 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie could be a useful classroom tool for those studying America s shameful slavery days 
3
12 Years a Slave
Dustin Putman
Many viewers will likely have a hard time sitting through it Watching it is necessary though and hugely rewarding The results aren t just supremely fine but an example of important moviemaking transcending art as entertainment 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Robert Levin
McQueen brings urgency to the subject by depicting it with a documentarian s precision there s no false hope only despair in this portrait of humanity at its worst 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Liam Lacey
12 Years a Slave British director Steve McQueen s antebellum Southern drama sets a new standard in realistically depicting American slavery 
4
12 Years a Slave
Susan Wloszczyna
12 Years a Slave is a somber meditative almost poetic film that delivers the horrors of bondage stripped down and head on 
3.5
12 Years a Slave
Lou Lumenick
A brutally powerful and emotionally devastating film that takes great pains to rip any lingering vestiges of romanticism from America s most shameful institution 
4
12 Years a Slave
Stephen Whitty
Remarkable 
4
12 Years a Slave
Mark Dujsik
T he most important achievement of this staggering film is how acutely and precisely McQueen depicts the psychological cruelty 
4
12 Years a Slave
Claudia Puig
The harrowing 12 Years a Slave is a mesmerizing period drama for the ages 
4
12 Years a Slave
Ann Hornaday
McQueen doesn t go in for a lot of flash edits or self conscious visual flourishes to put viewers at ease rather he invites the audience to sit with him as he gazes amazed at man s inhumanity to man 
4
12 Years a Slave
Michael Phillips
A film this good and this quietly distinctive in its style is always welcome 
4
12 Years a Slave
Rafer Guzman
12 Years a Slave works on so many levels some topical some timeless that it s almost impossible to count them 
4
12 Years a Slave
Chris Knight
12 Years a Slave is not easy to watch but it is perfectly constructed to present a sense of time and place to show rather than tell the evil of it 
4
12 Years a Slave
Dann Gire
It s an important subject given a realistic respectful treatment without diminishing the cruelty and the inhumane nature of institutionalized slavery 
4
12 Years a Slave
Peter Travers
You won t be able to tuck this powder keg in the corner of your mind and forget it What we have here is a blistering brilliant straight up classic 
4
12 Years a Slave
Matt Pais
A raw powerful film that matters but watching it doesn t feel like work If this movie ever appears on a syllabus students will look forward to class 
4
12 Years a Slave
Jocelyn Noveck
The film truly belongs to Ejiofor whose big soulful eyes seem to register so many things at once Shock pain grit determination abject despair at times cautious hope at others and always dignity 
4
12 Years a Slave
Rex Reed
If the best films hold you in a captive vise entertain you keep you spellbound and teach you something at the same time then 12 Years a Slave is outstanding brave courageous and unforgettable 
4
12 Years a Slave
Josh Larsen
It s clear from the start that this movie isn t content to simply be viewed The picture stares back 
4
12 Years a Slave
Roger Moore
The best picture of the year 
4
12 Years a Slave
Kam Williams
A sobering slave narrative recounting a recorded real life case of inhuman bondage 
4
12 Years a Slave
Kent Turner
The drooping Spanish moss is about the only visual icon that this film shares with Gone With the Wind 
3
12 Years a Slave
Kenneth R. Morefield
In many ways Northrup an educated free man is the ideal avatar for the modern audience He like us does not come to slavery naturally or easily 
4
12 Years a Slave
Peter Howell
Believe the Oscar buzz Britain s Steve McQueen Hunger Shame nails the horror of America s slavery shame but also finds humanity in one man s determination to free himself and return to his family 
4
12 Years a Slave
Ed Gonzalez
Steve McQueen s impersonal approach to his subject matter isn t solely to blame for the failure of 12 Years a Slave a safely anecdotal mosaic closer in spirit to Edward P Jones s The Known World than to Toni Morrison s radically constructed Beloved 
2
12 Years a Slave
Walter Chaw
Hunger and Shame were mimetic where 12 Years a Slave is diegetic 
2.5
Little Hope Was Arson
Linda Cook
Little Hope was Arson is a terrific documentary told in the style of a true crime thriller 
3.5
Little Hope Was Arson
Kam Williams
I can only pray that Daniel and Jason s momentary thrill of setting those buildings ablaze was worth flushing their futures down the drain 
4
Little Hope Was Arson
Christian Toto
Little Hope Was Arson is far more than a small town detective yarn It s a tribute to clear eyed storytelling and the power of community 
3.5
Murders in the Zoo
Matt Brunson
A rousing pre Code offering 
3
Pride and Glory
Mattie Lucas
By the end O Connor has achieved something that while not quite extraordinary is still quite notable for the tension it builds and its powerhouse payoff 
3
Pride and Glory
David Nusair
another strong drama from a seriously underrated filmmaker 
3
Pride and Glory
Matt Soergel
No button remains unpushed no shred of scenery remains unshredded and no F bomb remains unuttered 
1
Pride and Glory
Sonny Bunch
Pride and Glory doesn t add anything to the generic crooked cop procedural that we haven t seen with more verve in better movies 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Peter Canavese
Relentlessly dour filled with unsympathetic characters and made out of cardboard melodrama It s the last of those sins that is unforgivable Blu ray 
2
Pride and Glory
Michael Dequina
Elevated by superb performances led by Edward Norton and a very chilling Colin Farrell 
3
Pride and Glory
Matt Brunson
What s especially lamentable is that this movie strands yet another exemplary turn by Edward Norton who once again is superior to the material surrounding him 
2
Pride and Glory
Christian Toto
If cop movie cliches are a crime against cinema Pride and Glory should be under arrest 
2
Pride and Glory
Nick Rogers
Relentlessly grim appropriately abrasive and beautifully filmed Pride and Glory recalls Sidney Lumet s heyday It proves there s still meat left on the bones of bad cop thrillers but it wisely doesn t offer a Handi Wipe after its final course 
3.5
Pride and Glory
Linda Cook
I m not sure how many times the F bomb gets dropped but it s more than you ll hear it in the average R rated drama 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Charles Koplinski
Pride and Glory Cops arrested by cliches 
2.0
Pride and Glory
Mike McGranaghan
That noise you hear is the soundtrack of We Own the Night which is playing next door in the multiplex of your memory Yes there are undeniable similarities between the two pictures 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Kam Williams
Serpico joins the Fight Club 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Rossiter Drake
It s smooth and competently crafted an efficient thriller punctuated by startling bursts of violence and nuanced performances from Norton whose tough cop routine masks a sort of cerebral tenderness and the ever reliable Noah Emmerich 
3
Pride and Glory
Sean P. Means
Plays like The Departed grafted onto the CliffsNotes version of The Wire by a computer program that added the word f ing to every other line of dialogue 
2
Pride and Glory
Larry Ratliff
This is the first time Edward Norton and Colin Farrell have shared a movie screen It would be a crime for it to be the last 
3
Pride and Glory
Michael Phillips
Pride and Glory is full of interesting little grace notes and the cast is excellent yet it grows more and more frustrating It has everything going for it except a story that doesn t send the audience out miles ahead of the plot developments 
2
Pride and Glory
John Beifuss
An efficient if overwrought addition to the evergreen movie tradition of boys in blue behaving very very badly 
3
Pride and Glory
Willie Waffle
focuses more on the family ties sub plot which is the weakest part of Pride and Glory and if you don t have Michael J Fox in the movie those family ties just aren t as interesting 
1.5
Pride and Glory
Claudia Puig
Pride s only saving grace is Edward Norton whose mere presence raises the level of a film several notches But it s unclear why he lately has chosen such worn out material 
1.5
Pride and Glory
Cammila Albertson
Pride and Glory would be a pretty cool movie if it were made in 1982 
1.5
Pride and Glory
Peter Howell
There s nothing really wrong with Pride and Glory apart from an excessive degree of brutality but there s nothing terribly revelatory about it either 
2
Pride and Glory
Chris Hewitt
Pride and Glory despite a subtle performance from Norton and some vivid action scenes is just not that special 
2
Pride and Glory
Tom Keogh
An unexceptional police drama that doesn t live up to its high ambition Pride and Glory feels like a television cop show that made it through one season before disappearing 
2
Pride and Glory
Mick LaSalle
Pride and Glory is more than just lousy it s an amalgam of every bad tendency of the current cinema stitched together into a single 125 minute monstrosity of a cop movie 
1
Pride and Glory
Stephen Whitty
It s bearable for two acts but eventually sensation overtakes sense 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Kyle Smith
When the writers went to the Dialogue Store it must have been closed because they loaded their cart from whatever they found in the Dumpster out back 
1.5
Pride and Glory
Duane Dudek
While that may seem too many references for one film to make sense of or too lofty a group of variables to do justice to director O Connor manages to craft a foundation sturdy enough to support their weight 
3
Pride and Glory
Sara Michelle Fetters
The climactic turn of events beg credulity to the point they become downright laughable the unintentional idiocy of it causing me to sit there with my mouth agape in utter disbelieving shock 
2
Pride and Glory
Austin Kennedy
The plot itself isn t all that new Family corrupt cops you know the drill But it s done well and for me that s all that matters 
3
Pride and Glory
Glenn Whipp
Fundamentally modest cop movie eventually crashes under weight of self importance 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Brandon Fibbs
Pride and Glory is a solid if unimaginative addition to a cop genre becoming increasingly devoid of originality 
3
Pride and Glory
Jason Heck
Pride and Glory breaks no new ground in its ruminations on fathers and sons and the bonds of the NYPD but it treads well marked territory with energy and refuses to pull its punches or indulge in cheap sentiment or emotional gimmickry 
3
Pride and Glory
Amy Biancolli
Granted the opening scenes are a shaky cam chaos Mawkishness and bleating illogic plague the endgame But I might have forgiven even that had the remainder of the movie not been ruined in the trailer 
2
Pride and Glory
Liam Lacey
A talented cast and moments of brutal violence can t dislodge a sense of ho hum predictability in Pride and Glory 
2
Pride and Glory
Lisa Kennedy
Well paced well acted Pride and Glory is much richer than routine 
3
Pride and Glory
Ty Burr
Director Gavin O Connor and co screenwriter Joe Carnahan take a perfectly fine B movie premise and slow it down to an A movie pace in the process they remove the juice that keeps a story like this honest 
2
Pride and Glory
Michael Sragow
The bristling New York cop movie Pride and Glory boasts more than A street smarts It overflows with a combustible blend of street sensitivity and testosterone 
3.5
Pride and Glory
Bob Bloom
To paraphrase Yogi Berra Pride and Glory is deja vu all over again 
1.5
Pride and Glory
Steven Rea
Pride and Glory definitely stirs up some drama But the script doesn t serve the drama well 
2
Pride and Glory
Jeff Vice
Whatever points Pride and Glory was trying to make have been buried beneath layers of clumsy good vs bad posturings and peppered with R rated language that s clearly supposed to remind us of films like The Departed 
1.5
Pride and Glory
Dustin Putman
May be mediocre for its first 100 minutes but it falls completely apart in a climax that is overwrought silly and damagingly misdirected 
1.5
Pride and Glory
John Anderson
Intelligently directed beautifully shot by Declan Quinn and takes what has come to be an unorthodox approach to the writing of screenplays It assumes the audience isn t made up of idiots 
3.5
Pride and Glory
Roger Ebert
It follows the well worn pathways of countless police dramas before it 
2
Pride and Glory
Peter Travers
Ostensibly about a steadily imploding Irish cop family in New York Pride and Glory sizzles with a subversive subtext that questions blind loyalty to institutions from the White House to Wall Street that keep selling us out 
3
Pride and Glory
Josh Larsen
exists on a more realistic plane than something like Lethal Weapon or Rush Hour Watching it you feel like you re walking a cop s beat 
3
Pride and Glory
Michael A. Smith
If only the script was a little tighter this could have been a classic 
3
Pride and Glory
Sean McBride
one of those workmanlike films that does everything well but never really transcends the material
2
Pride and Glory
James Berardinelli
It wants to be different yet in the end the elements that separate this police corruption film from those with similar themes and subjects are those that derail the climax and send this freight train careening out of control 
2.5
Pride and Glory
Phil Villarreal
Sometimes the writing gets too outrageous as if O Connor and Carnahan are trying too hard to top themselves Look out for the scene with the baby and the iron which is a nice time to run off to the bathroom 
3
Pride and Glory
Nick Schager
Pride and Glory s commentary on law enforcement vice and decency is far less immediate and realistic than its gritty aesthetic and tone would have one believe 
2
Smokin' Aces
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A great ensemble cast along with excellent direction makes this a gem worth the watch 
3
Smokin' Aces
Jonathan R. Perry
It s instantly engrossing stays great for about 45 minutes and good for another 20 then begins collapsing under the oppressive weight of taking itself very very seriously 
2.5
Smokin' Aces
Sean McBride
does little more than ape some vague Quentin Tarantino Guy Ritchie cinematic style
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Vince Koehler
Will you enjoy Smokin Aces That depends on your acceptance of the following several pages worth of four letter words huge bloody body counts and nudity that is nothing more than set decoration That s a call you will have to make for yourself 
2
Smokin' Aces
Jeffrey Westhoff
Repellant for reasons that would take a week to list but the biggest one is that it tries to revive a film movement that not only should stay buried but should not have lived in the first place 
1
Smokin' Aces
Mark Dujsik
A downright miserable experience 
0.5
Smokin' Aces
Jack Mathews
Violence is spread throughout the film and some of it is entertaining I have to admit But the climax at Buddy s Tahoe penthouse is Tarantino on speed 
2.5
Smokin' Aces
Linda Cook
Violent over the top and in your face come Smokin Aces A fasterthanthis adults only crime spree 
3.5
Smokin' Aces
Thomas Delapa
In this trashy Tarantino rip off I smell audience burn out 
1
Smokin' Aces
Michael A. Smith
a film that rivals The Departed for twists and turns But it s one hell of a ride 
4
Smokin' Aces
Ethan Alter
Carnahan sets himself up as the ringmaster of a circus filled with violent freaks His enthusiasm is impressive it s just a shame it s not in service of a better film 
2
Smokin' Aces
Maitland McDonagh
The gleeful sadism and snarky dialogue of the film s opening scenes quickly gives way to something darker and more disorienting driven by a deep coruscating disgust at the world s venal duplicity and corruption 
3
Smokin' Aces
Peter Howell
This is from the same Joe Carnahan who impressed mightily with his Sundance hit Narc a tale of murder and police corruption that was lean focussed and spellbinding everything that Smokin Aces isn t What the hell happened 
1
Smokin' Aces
Mark Rahner
None of the numerous sketchily drawn characters adds up to much to care about in the short running time 
2
Smokin' Aces
Mick LaSalle
Carnahan creates a spectacle of nihilism with a number of scenes of carnage including a shootout in an elevator This vision is no mere gesture as it is for say Guy Ritchie 
3
Smokin' Aces
David Elliott
The intended audience must be the fan club for Scarface Pacino s anyone who has made a superficial pass at Quentin Tarantino s work and anyone who felt challenged by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 
0
Smokin' Aces
Carla Meyer
Carnahan after glorifying violence and amorality throughout much of the film tries to insert a heart and soul at the 11th hour This means that a picture already too redolent of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie can t find its own tone 
2
Smokin' Aces
Jim Hemphill
An escapist romp pure and simple and Carnahan s aggressive style keeps it entertaining even when there s no underlying point 
3
Smokin' Aces
Stephen Whitty
Take two or three over the top Hong Kong films add a bit of blaxploitation attitude spice it up with some Quentin Tarantino stunt casting and soak the whole thing in crazy chainsaw violence Now throw out 90 percent of everything but the violence 
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Lou Lumenick
Impersonal hackwork by someone who is bending over backwards to sell out and become the new Michael Bay 
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Cathy Jakicic
Most ridiculous is that at the end of the movie which up until then was basically a violent video game with aspirations Carnahan turns Aces into a thumpingly heavy handed morality play 
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Glenn Whipp
Why after nearly 90 minutes of splattering limbs cat fighting hookers and characters gleefully being set afire does Carnahan suddenly decide to veer into operatic Michael Mann territory 
1
Smokin' Aces
Robert W. Butler
We end up caring nothing about anyone They re all instantly disposable Not to mention one dimensional 
2
Smokin' Aces
Amy Biancolli
It s ludicrous but not as ludicrous as the ending an exhausting game of Twister that ll leave you feeling stupid or cheated or both 
.5
Smokin' Aces
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A pale distant cousin of Tarantino s breakthrough works from a decade ago 
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Jennie Punter
Smokin Aces may be packing a lot of heat but its unnecessarily convoluted story means it s mostly a lot of hot air 
2
Smokin' Aces
Terry Lawson
Anyone with a brain bigger than those of the Tremors will have figured out the big Usual Suspects twists that are designed to give all this some emotional payoff 
2
Smokin' Aces
Jeff Vice
Even the stars seem to realize it s not working The pivotal dramatic scene here involves Andy Garcia and Reynolds neither of whom is quite able to keep a straight face Not that you can blame them 
1
Smokin' Aces
Wesley Morris
Sadly more than an hour of this movie is given over to talking And not the wink wink Quentin Tarantino kind either 
2
Smokin' Aces
Sara Michelle Fetters
Carnahan hasn t really stepped too far out of the standard genre box here and while that is unfortunate he s at least stepped into it with enough style grace and intelligent nuance I can t help but be at least partially impressed 
3
Smokin' Aces
Eric Melin
This non stop superficial mugging would not even have been cool if it had come out twelve years ago when Tarantino rip offs were as common as Hootie the Blowfish hit singles 
.5
Smokin' Aces
Willie Waffle
could have been a super cool Martin Scorsese movie but in the hands of writer director Joe Carnahan it just stinks 
1
Smokin' Aces
David Nusair
an increasingly frenetic actioner 
2
Smokin' Aces
Steven Rea
But Smokin Aces is all pumped up with no place to go and the crashing letdown as the rush fades and the ammo shells lie spent across the screen is heavy indeed 
.5
Smokin' Aces
Michael Phillips
This film was not based on a video game but that s the vibe and the aesthetic at work here YEAH KILL followed by a few muttered expressions of the horror the horror 
2
Smokin' Aces
Matt Pais
Such a lunkheaded attempt at coolness that it s like banging two bricks together and wondering why it doesn t start a fire 
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Dustin Putman
A 180 degree switch in tone and a ridiculous last minute twist botch the outcome 
2
Smokin' Aces
Chris Hewitt
Carnahan directs with enough energy and style to hide the fact that his movie is nothing more than a little home invasion sodomy torture type stuff 
2.5
Smokin' Aces
Peter Travers
Best consumed with pizza and lots of brewskis Joe Carnahan s Smokin Aces is shamelessly and unapologetically a guy movie 
3
Smokin' Aces
James Berardinelli
Smokin Aces is Tarantino lite a vague and unsuccessful attempt to bring together a bunch of offbeat unrelated characters in a situation where a bloody resolution is inescapable 
2
Smokin' Aces
Cole Haddon
a lot more than it seems even if you have to wait until the last five minutes to realize just how much more that is and just how integral the violence is to Carnahan s point 
3.5
Smokin' Aces
Jan Stuart
hyperventilating hogwash 
1.5
Smokin' Aces
Lawrence Toppman
Smokin Aces is a roller coaster ride that goes on far too long ends with a colossal crash then follows that wreck with a lecture explaining the physics of the machinery 
2
Smokin' Aces
Steve Rhodes
Overplotted and overscripted this mess of a movie seems to have hundreds of characters and thousands of dead bodies 
1
Smokin' Aces
Jeanne Aufmuth
Narrative spunk ultimately tapers off to a series of slick but silly plot devices that drag the action over the finish line with a resounding and disappointing thud 
2
Smokin' Aces
Kam Williams
Not really recommended for the cerebral cineaste but more for that demographic satiated by bloodlust alone 
1
Smokin' Aces
Nick Schager
A multi character crime saga that s even less appealing than watching televised poker 
1
Smokin' Aces
Johnny Vaughan
It s a Lock Stock style story of back stabbing hoods bloodshed and boys toys that boasts a cracking cast on top form Highly entertaining 
3
Tuya's Marriage
Mattie Lucas
Beneath its sparse exterior lies an achingly romantic tale of longing devotion and the lengths that people are willing to go to for love 
3.5
Tuya's Marriage
John Hartl
Yu Nan owns the role of Tuya delivering a wide ranging performance that might be called star making if she didn t already suggest the confidence of an established star 
3
Tuya's Marriage
Bruce DeMara
Director Wang Quan an shows us a China of contrasts and in transition where a life of traditional farming is harder than ever to sustain while life in the nearest city includes nice hotels decent health care and good schools 
3
Tuya's Marriage
Kamal Al-Solaylee
For those who are still reeling from the forced exuberance of Mamma Mia but have room for one more film about a woman with multiple suitors may I recommend Tuya s Marriage 
3
Tuya's Marriage
G. Allen Johnson
A strong addition to the burgeoning canon of China s so called Sixth Generation filmmakers 
3
Tuya's Marriage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thanks to the film s vivid realistic atmosphere complete with chilly winds and hot milk tea many scenes work remarkably well 
2.5
Tuya's Marriage
Michael Phillips
It is a fine and plaintive experience more modern day folklore than ethnographic study and a wonderfully assured piece of cinema 
3.5
Tuya's Marriage
Ken Fox
This small sweet drama from Chinese director Wang Quang An is picturesque romantic and unexpectedly droll tale of life in one the world s most remote regions 
3.5
Tuya's Marriage
V.A. Musetto
Tuya s Marriage has enough material to supply an entire year of a soap opera in Inner Mongolia that is 
2.5
Tuya's Marriage
Nick Schager
Tuya s Marriage can feel a tad overwritten but in terms of its cultural and emotional portraits the film s neo realist authenticity is nonetheless striking 
3
Above All Else
Jim Brunzell III
A timely if at times one sided eco doc that follows surveyors without permits creating havoc and students risking their lives in order to stop the construction of the controversial pipeline with silent resistance 
3
Blind Spot
David Nusair
The vibe of heightened intensity is made all the more palpable by the real time one shot atmosphere 
3.5
Blind Spot
Bill Chambers
The long take gimmick works because of how spent the actors look from remaining in this intense headspace for 98 solid minutes 
3
Blind Spot
Barry Hertz
Blind Spot is a devastating experiment that prioritizes both emotion and aesthetics You may never see a more deliberately uncomfortable film this year 
3.5
The Void
Brian Eggert
A refreshing change from supernatural specters and slasher remakes 
2.5
The Void
Christopher Schobert
Thanks to some noteworthy visual flare from the directors enjoyably creepy effects and a game cast especially Welsh The Void warrants a recommendation But just barely 
2.5
The Void
John Serba
It s chock full of amusing ooey gooey weirdness admirable stuff that mostly eclipses its weaknesses 
2.5
The Void
Simon Abrams
People live people die monsters creep out of the shadows but it s all a little too formulaic cynical and well boring 
1.5
The Void
Sean P. Means
The mythological aspects of The Void don t always mesh neatly with the monster movie scares But in the moment it will scare you silly which is really all that matters with a good horror movie 
3
The Void
Mark Dujsik
It s tempting to grade The Void on a bit of a curve if only because directors Gillespie and Kostanski do more than a competent job with the material s inherent obstacles 
2.5
The Void
Mike McGranaghan
Wickedly entertaining and disturbing in all the right ways 
3
The Void
Brad Wheeler
Unsettling and not jokey at all the hell of The Void will be heaven to some 
2.5
The Void
Chris Knight
I just wish they had a better sense of narrative with this one the gore is effective and voluminous but the story it serves is reed thin 
1.5
Jefe
Roger Moore
It ll take funnier lines funnier scenes and a funnier lead performance to make this guy amusingly loathsome or even amusing 
2
Poltergeist
Matt Brunson
Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper have refashioned the haunted house movie as an amusement park ride 44 complete with plenty of jolting motion and no small measure of hair raising turns 46 
3.5
Poltergeist
Peter Stack
Fortunately Spielberg has maintained a wry sense of humor throughout and that makes most of this affair rather fun 
2.5
Poltergeist
David Keyes
Poltergeist is a lot more dedicated to its cause than most viewers today are probably used to It builds to something of value That may not make it the most profound film of its genre by any stretch but it does make it one of the most memorable 
3.5
Poltergeist
Wesley Lovell
A frightening supernatural horror film that defined a generation 
3.5
Poltergeist
David Nusair
a compelling and consistently creepy piece of work 
3
Poltergeist
Walter Chaw
Spielberg clockwork great suburbs great special effects great abuse of an expositive score great overuse of the slow push in great hot mom great irrelevant dad great plucky little kids 
3
Poltergeist
Eric Henderson
After a quarter century Poltergeist remains one of the most popular movies whose reputation rests almost exclusively on behind the scenes diversions 
3.5
Poltergeist
Roger Ebert
Hooper and Spielberg hold our interest by observing the everyday rituals of this family so closely that since the family seems real the weird events take on a certain credibility by association 
3
Poltergeist
Kevin Carr
A relic of the 80s 44 the movie works on many levels but tends to go too big to be fully effective 46 
2.5
Retreat
David Nusair
Retreat inevitably and lamentably establishes itself as a generic and hopelessly uninvolving thriller that grows more and more tedious as it progresses 
1.5
Retreat
Michael Nordine
Retreat s wheels are constantly spinning but they re not always taking us anywhere 
2.5
Clara and I
David Nusair
essentially entertaining throughout though the ambiguous conclusion is disappointing and extremely unsatisfying 
2.5
Nights and Weekends
V.A. Musetto
This movie belongs to its stars who also wrote and produced You can t say their acting is good or bad because they are not really acting They re just being themselves pubic hair and all 
3
Nights and Weekends
Kam Williams
A frequent flyer drama examining 21st Century mating habits 
3
Nights and Weekends
Andrew Schenker
If Cassavetes s films inspired future filmmakers with their DIY aesthetic then Swanberg and Gerwig s efforts seem calculated to discourage enthusiastic amateurs from getting anywhere near a camera 
1.5
Glorious
Sara Michelle Fetters
As gruesomely hysterical as much of Glorious may be 44 the foundation of toxic masculinity it 8217 s built upon is anything but silly 44 McKendry giving it the brutally grisly evisceration it deserves 46 
3
Glorious
Tom Meek
It s an arresting odd couple character study bleak yet wrapped up with an ending worthy of Tales of the Crypt 
2.5
Glorious
Steven Prokopy
With clear and icky Lovecraftian flavor 44 the movie alternates between epic 44 gruesome 44 funny and even heartfelt tones as we begin to get a sense of where Wes 8217 s pain comes from 46 
2.5
Glorious
Erik Childress
The build up is better than the endgame but J 46 K 46 Simmons as the disembodied 44 manipulating voice is all you need to stick around for 75 minutes of it 46 
3
Glorious
Christy Lemire
The performances in what is essentially a two hander remain intriguing 44 and you 8217 ll never be able to predict where this story is going 46 
2.5
Glorious
Mike McGranaghan
A must see for viewers looking for something uniquely outrageous and unsettling 46 
3
Glorious
Brian Eggert
Running a mere 78 minutes 44 including end credits 44 the film has the effect of a killer short story whose concept and memorable ending are so effective that its brevity and underdeveloped characters hardly matter 46 
3
Glorious
Roger Moore
What would be nice is if we feel something 47 anything for any given character 46 
2
Boy A
Kelly Jane Torrance
Those behind Boy A invite us to ponder whether outrage might also have a statute of limitations 
3
Boy A
Nick Rogers
Andrew Garfield nailed an assignment many actors would avoid or worse botch in Boy A embody a grown traumatized man experiencing emotional honesty transparent kindness sexual intimacy and genuine appreciation from others for the first time 
4
Boy A
Jeff Vice
The material is thought provoking and features some very good performances 
3
Boy A
Michael Sragow
The genius of Garfield s performance is that he fills him with equal amounts of terror and wonder 
3
Boy A
Austin Kennedy
This is a brutally honest story that pulls no punches It excels at everything from the directing and acting to the editing and photography A stunning achievement
4
Boy A
Amy Biancolli
It makes us feel sympathy for the devil 
3.5
Boy A
Chris Hewitt
Garfield is definitely an actor to watch but prepare yourself for the disappointing ending 
2.5
Boy A
Christy DeSmith
Director John Crowley a veteran Irish theater director now working in film is deliberate with every last element of his film 
3
Boy A
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Even its structurally weaker moments give Garfield an opportunity to expand on Jack s physical and mental dislocation Given Boy A s final floating reel it s an anchoring performance in every sense of the word 
3
Boy A
John Hartl
Boy A is one of those rare movies that takes the idea of rehabilitation seriously In the end it may present a worst case scenario but it does so with unusual depth and conviction 
3.5
Boy A
Ruthe Stein
In tandem the director and screenwriter build up a palpable suspense Boy A will rivet you while raising issues about forgiveness and just who deserves it 
3.5
Boy A
Carrie Rickey
Along with Garfield and the splendid Scottish actor Mullan Crowley brings great tact to this bruising saga of atonement and moral regeneration Though a bad seed can bring forth good fruit will others want to pick it 
3.5
Boy A
Wesley Morris
We re introduced to more string pulling symbolism than a movie this inherently sad ever needs It s too much 
2.5
Boy A
Roger Ebert
Mullen and Garfield fit well together both have faces you like on first sight both have charm both have warmth 
3.5
Boy A
Michael Phillips
Although the screenplay tips our sympathies wholly in the young man s direction it s cleverly structured to reveal the particulars of the long ago crime and what led up to it in flashback 
3
Boy A
Bob Strauss
Sensitive portrait of a young man s efforts to reintegrate into society after committing a horrible crime as a child 
3
Boy A
Ken Fox
Boy A may follow an all too schematic flashback structure but the film is too brilliantly acted for that to really matter much 
3
Boy A
Lou Lumenick
Well acted but familiar 
2
Boy A
Nick Schager
For all its sensitivity thoughtful sobriety and sound performances though Boy A finally permits itself an excessive number of contrived and or clichéd gestures 
2
The Feast
Mitchell Beaupre
There are several moments in the film that ingrain themselves in your head so effectively that you might not be able to eat properly the next day 46 
3
The Feast
Joe Friar
The film serves up plenty of gore making this Welsh language horror ditty the ultimate anti Thanksgiving thriller Now pass the gravy 
3
The Feast
Randy Myers
The Feast is horror with a purpose and offers a real sense of how to make a genre picture 
3
The Feast
Nick Allen
It turns out that the disorienting filmmaking has more to say than the story but at least we can thank this film s wacky explosion of an ending for its earlier slow burn 
2.5
The Feast
Sara Michelle Fetters
Make no mistake as dinner parties go this is as tastily abhorrent a one as any I ve ever been to 
3
The Feast
Mark Dujsik
I n the process of anticipating whatever inevitable fate the filmmakers have in store there s very little with which to connect in this story 
2
The Feast
Mike McGranaghan
The Feast ultimately feels like a cheat It withholds the information we need for too long so that by the time it finally arrives we no longer care 
2
The Feast
William Repass
The Feast makes a stab at drawing out modern very real anxieties around wealth disparity and ecological devastation without falling back on genre tropes asking us to consider how the land itself may come to feast on the rich 
2.5
The Feast
Roger Moore
The surprise twist is a little surprising but it tends to break the What the hell is she on about mood of the piece 
2.5
Stroker Ace
Matt Brunson
This brain numbing horror just might be Burt apos s worst ever 46 
1
Stroker Ace
Chuck O'Leary
A zany cornpone comedy that made me laugh So sue me 
3
Stroker Ace
Roger Ebert
Burt Reynolds used to make movies about people s lifestyles Now he seems more interested in making movies that fit in with his own lifestyle 
1.5
Coffee Town
Rob Thomas
Coffee Town is kind of a disaster just gaspingly unfunny for long stretches You can see the comic actors flex their muscles delivering zingers and bad taste gags that probably looked great on paper And crickets 
1
Mafioso
Michele Kenner
A gentle Italian comedy from 1962 that takes a sobering chilling turn that would make Michael Corleone proud 
3
Mafioso
Phil Villarreal
Director Alberto Lattuada s seriocomic 1962 look at the Sicilian mob lifestyle broke the omerta providing a look at the sordidly fascinating life of the wiseguy 
3
Mafioso
Chris Hewitt
No wonder Mafioso vanished without a trace when it was released in 1962 the mordant mobster comedy was about 45 years ahead of its time 
2.5
Mafioso
Robert W. Butler
Some viewers may feel betrayed when the film s light hearted and gently mocking attitude suddenly turns deadly serious I thought it was breathtaking 
3
Mafioso
Marc Savlov
The sort of masterpiece that will obliterate memories of lesser later efforts in the meeting the parents comedy lineage Brilliant 
4
Mafioso
Amy Biancolli
Mafioso may be 45 years old but it s as bracingly relevant as anything else in theaters today Even in the heat of a dry Sicilian summer the film looks fresh as a lemon tree And when you bite down hard it s just as bitter 
4
Mafioso
G. Allen Johnson
If you crossed Meet the Parents with The Godfather and filmed it 45 years ago in Italian you might come close to Mafioso a black and white gem from 1962 whose appearance in local theaters is inexplicable but most welcome 
4
Mafioso
Wesley Morris
This is brilliant subtle acting And Lattuada s filmmaking matches it with his blend of neo realism and easy theatricality He doesn t waste a shot 
3.5
Mafioso
Jim Emerson
Nothing quite prepares you for the unique experience of this film It s an offer that you well you know Leave the gun take the cannolis Mangiate bene 
3.5
Mafioso
Michael Phillips
It takes a while to adjust to its rhythm but this is essential viewing for cinephiles 
3.5
Mafioso
Carrie Rickey
Is it a droll drama A dark comedy Let s just say that the film s startling shifts in mood fit this movie about a man and country divided And that it appears to be padrino to The Godfather 
3
Mafioso
John Hartl
Unclassifiable ultimately gripping 1962 film about a Sicilian native who discovers he can t resist the corrupting power of what The Godfather would later dub this Sicilian thing 
3.5
Mafioso
Marty Mapes
Try to connect the movie s two parts the spry comedy and the deadly serious piece of Mafia business
3
Mafioso
Glenn Whipp
It s another bygone classic that s as fresh today as it was 45 years ago 
3.5
Mafioso
Stephen Whitty
Director Lattuada still moves the story forward with cold and devious skill He knows how to get you to laugh and he knows how to make that laugh stick in your throat 
3
Mafioso
V.A. Musetto
Mafioso isn t likely to receive the critical exultation accorded Army of Shadows but still it should not be missed 
3
Mafioso
Jan Stuart
We can only wonder how Mafioso struck American audiences in its brief 1962 appearance In 2007 it reveals the universal hallmarks of a classic 
4
Mafioso
Keith Uhlich
Mafioso is many things but a good movie ain t one of em 
2
Medicine for Melancholy
Brian Eggert
Much like Moonlight Jenkins explores human beings who struggle with preconceived ideas of identity that are thrust upon them 
3
Medicine for Melancholy
Josh Larsen
equally hints at Jenkins influences and the idiosyncratic direction he will eventually head on his own 
2.5
Medicine for Melancholy
Mattie Lucas
A modern love story that s not really a love story a love poem to chance encounters and lives that intersect no matter how briefly to impact another in unexpected ways 
3
Medicine for Melancholy
Roger Ebert
The actors are effortlessly engaging 
3.5
Medicine for Melancholy
Mick LaSalle
Writer director Barry Jenkins demonstrates a rare ability to communicate a state of mind through images 
3
Medicine for Melancholy
Michael Sragow
It s pretty in all the wrong ways pretty slight pretty preachy and pretty affected 
2
Medicine for Melancholy
Ted Fry
A hazy nuanced and remarkably assured debut from filmmaker Barry Jenkins 
3
Medicine for Melancholy
V.A. Musetto
Nothing momentous happens nor do we expect it to but it is fun watching the two 20 somethings playing off each other 
3
Medicine for Melancholy
Kam Williams
A candid commentary on the state of the battle of the sexes designed for this post racial age of strangers with benefits 
4
Medicine for Melancholy
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The occasional moments of genuine beauty are unsurprisingly visual but the ubiquitous editorializing urges us to dismiss the scant poetic potential 
2
Kid Power
David Nusair
an almost interminable effort for the majority of its mercifully brisk running time 
1.5
Nude Area
Marty Mapes
It s not the first film to attempt to go without dialogue and it is more successful than some Because there is no dialogue Nude Area suggests dance Gesture position and gaze do all the communicating 
3
Nureyev: Lifting the Curtain
Martha Schabas
The new documentary is satisfying in some regards and frustrating in others 
3
The Fall of the House of Usher
Ed Gonzalez
Through kaleidoscopic composition Epstein affects Rorschach like chiaroscuro every image a dense sludgy viscera a looking glass held up to the audience and characters daring us to pass through 
4
The Fall of the House of Usher
Roger Ebert
The Fall of the House of Usher resides within its sealed world as if yes as if buried alive 
4
The Gang's All Here
Mattie Lucas
A wild burst of colorful energy that is pure Berkeley and one of his most wildly surreal set pieces 
3
The Gang's All Here
Matt Brunson
Whether one views this as a kitschy campy spectacle or merely another splashy musical from the Dream Factory largely depends on one s tolerance for garish colors kaleidoscopic set pieces and the sight of Carmen Miranda and her juicy fruits 
3
The Wedding Banquet
Betsy Bozdech
The actors make all of the chaos and misunderstandings feel as genuine funny and painful as they would in real life 
3
The Wedding Banquet
James Berardinelli
The Wedding Banquet never becomes bogged down by its own seriousness Lee manages to keep the production buoyant by including scenes that are often riotously funny 
3
The Wedding Banquet
Roger Ebert
The Wedding Banquet does take some of the same delight in constructing a comedy of misunderstandings and deceptions But the movie also has a warm heart and by the end somehow manages to become very moving 
3
An American Tail
Roger Ebert
The movie has such vague ethnic grounds however that only a few children will understand or care that the Mousekewitzes are Jewish And few of those are likely to be entertained by such a tragic gloomy story 
2
Shenandoah
Matt Brunson
There s real complexity at work 
3.5
Just a Little Harmless Sex
David Nusair
the overlong running time and a feeling of familiarity prevents Just a Little Harmless Sex from becoming anything more than a pleasant time killer 
2.5
Aggie
Sean P. Means
Being a good person doesn t automatically make one a good subject for a documentary as the meandering narrative of Aggie unfortunately proves 
2.5
Aggie
Walter Chaw
Which is to say it isn t that Aggie lacks purpose so much as it s a hagiography with a collection of talking heads who think the title heroine is the kindest the most generous just the best And there s nothing wrong with that 
2
Fiction (Ficcio)
Rene Rodriguez
Beautifully performed by actors who make as much use of silent glances and body language as they do dialogue and directed in an instinctual subtle manner that trusts the audience to derive meaning from scenes where nothing much seems to be happening 
3
The Rainbow Kid
Chris Knight
I thought I had this film s number Turns out it had mine 
3
The Rainbow Kid
Brad Wheeler
A modest not quite believable modern fable about coming of age lost innocence and finding one s own way 
2
The Science of Sleep
Johnny Vaughan
There s a very thin line between amusingly quirky and just plain pretentious I d say this falls somewhere in the middle 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Mike McGranaghan
I m not sure I would have recommended it in the theater u2013 where you re paying full ticket price and therefore expect a cohesive experience u2013 but on DVD it s worth a look 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Marty Mapes
A sweet charming stylish movie that reflects well on the magnificent career of Michel Gondry
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Jeff Vice
As for Bernal and Gainsbourg they sell their unconventional romance convincingly And in support French character actor Alain Chabat steals a couple of scenes as Stephane s piggish co worker 
3
The Science of Sleep
Thomas Delapa
Maybe Gondry should have put more science in his fantasy of unrequited love because little about it feels grounded in anything real Like most dreams you re liable to forget about it in the morning 
1.5
The Science of Sleep
Sean O'Connell
Even the most experimental moviegoers though may wish for more of a story than what s provided 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Matt Brunson
I doubt any other movie of 2006 will inspire as many walkouts as The Science of Sleep a declaration which in itself should function as a no holds barred recommendation for those seeking something unusual in their moviegoing diet 
3
The Science of Sleep
Josh Hurst
If cinematic weirdness is your bread and butter The Science of Sleep is a feast for the imagination and a triumph of creativity 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Emily Blunt
Michel Gondry is to visual art as Van Gogh is to post impressionism vivid bold and fearless the seam of reality is present but you re never quite sure where they will lead your emotions while taking an established artform to a different level 
4
The Science of Sleep
David Elliott
As was famously said we ll always have Paris Very few even the makers of Amelie have Paris quite like Gondry 
3
The Science of Sleep
Carla Meyer
Gondry fails to come up with a story to support his visual whimsy But his flights of fancy are intriguing on their own and his two lead actors captivate throughout 
3
The Science of Sleep
Duane Dudek
The result is a portrait of your brain on imagination and joy It s not rocket science but it would be hard to dream up a more satisfying experience 
3
The Science of Sleep
Robert W. Butler
This may be the cinema s most sustained depiction of a dream state But after the first five minutes you can t tell if what we re seeing is really happening or just another of Stephane s REM moments 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Amy Biancolli
In the end after your time with it you ll recall it with a smile remembering its childish wonderment and mischievous sense of humor 
3
The Science of Sleep
Terry Lawson
The whimsy Gondry whips up soon goes wispy as we wait in vain for all this sweet natured silliness to reveal a meaning that isn t transparently obvious 
2
The Science of Sleep
Michael Booth
This determinedly nonlinear filmmaking tells the story more accurately than cinéma vérité ever could 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Jim Emerson
Although the diminutive 5 foot 6 inch Bernal emanates an infectiously playful and energetic charisma there comes a point when you just want to slap him with a big hand for being such a petulant baby 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Sean P. Means
The eye is given plenty to enjoy but the heart goes wanting 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Rob Thomas
Boundless in its visual imagination but exacting in its emotional explorations Sleep is one of the best and certainly most distinctive films of the year 
4
The Science of Sleep
Peter Canavese
The sum of Gondry s parts may be a hole but the parts can be pretty darn clever and captivating 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
John Beifuss
Visually the movie is childlike ornamented with the oddments that a little girl might keep in a box under her bed and decorated with the fancies that a boy might draw in the margins of a school book 
3
The Science of Sleep
Carrie Rickey
I loved Science but in its final minutes I felt that I had a one way ticket to a cul de sac The scenery is something though 
3
The Science of Sleep
Rene Rodriguez
As charming and inventive as Gondry s fanciful visions are they aren t enough to substitute for the lack of an involving story 
2
The Science of Sleep
Chris Hewitt
We see the world as Stephane sees it This world is a surprising and sweet place to be kind of like when you re driving and you switch on the radio and the perfect song unexpectedly comes on 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Phoebe Flowers
The filmmaker working from his own script for the first time is so joyful so ebullient that he manages to skirt pretentiousness even when the movie becomes oppressively whimsical 
3
The Science of Sleep
Michael Phillips
It s a tonic to see a film however uneven obsessed with the question of what young love is exactly while detailing the stupid stuff that makes people act like jerks over someone 
3
The Science of Sleep
Walter Chaw
More exhausting than illuminating 
1.5
The Science of Sleep
Matt Pais
A peculiar ditty about the way that life and love are made up of sane moments and surreal moments of craziness and the crazy ones are always better 
3
The Science of Sleep
Steve Rhodes
A painfully bad film This ridiculous art house nonsense is supposed to be a comedy but I never laughed nor did I ever even come close to smiling 
.5
The Science of Sleep
Josh Larsen
a burst of creativity that only an art student on copious caffeine or something even stronger could handle 
2
The Science of Sleep
Phil Villarreal
Gondry s film certainly looks at life in a different way and it refreshingly allows you to do the same so long as you keep your eyes open 
4
The Science of Sleep
Steven Snyder
Through Gondry s eyes the experience is not the story but the sensation of a dreamscape unlike any we have experienced before the place where fear walks hand in hand with hope joy and imagination 
4
The Science of Sleep
Eric Melin
For all its lighthearted flights of fancy The Science of Sleep turns out to be a surprisingly heartbreaking affair 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Geoff Pevere
While this is obviously inspired stuff and while Gondry s cardboard and scissors pop primitivist sensibilities result in some fetching hand carved wonders the movie itself is as oblivious and hermetic as its love struck fantasy prone hero 
2
The Science of Sleep
Ethan Alter
Michel Gondry s follow up to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind isn t as cohesive as that much loved hipster head trip but it s a wildly imaginative picture in its own right 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Moira MacDonald
All of this sometimes feels just a bit self indulgent and more than a bit random but then again isn t that exactly what dreams can be 
3
The Science of Sleep
Ruthe Stein
Science may be a little too out there for people used to linear movies The story doesn t make much sense but it s not supposed to any more than a dream does 
3
The Science of Sleep
Timothy Knight
In the end there s so very much that s charming and inventive about Gondry s highly personal film that you re willing to forgive its storytelling lapses and immerse yourself in The Science of Sleep 
3
The Science of Sleep
Kyle Smith
The movie does have a dreamlike quality But it s like one of those dreams where you re late for work and you can t find your shoes 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Jack Mathews
A charming inventive ambitious surreal mess 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Glenn Whipp
With Science Gondry conjures up some of the most surreal visual images you ll see in a movie this year 
3
The Science of Sleep
Jason McBride
Gondry understands the bittersweet pleasures of unrequited love how love unattained is always love untainted Possibility perpetually exists Dream logic Perhaps 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Mary F. Pols
That the film does not have a coherent narrative to sustain it is not as unforgivable as the fact that there is no emotional entry point 
1.5
The Science of Sleep
Wesley Morris
It remains a testament to the triumphant nature of Gondry s imagination that reality in this movie feels less real than the fantasies You re encouraged to mistake one for the other In some circles that s called cinema 
3
The Science of Sleep
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is so hopped up on wonderment it completely forgets to include the intimacy characters blindly searching for love for themselves when it is virtually impossible feel any for the ones seeking it out 
2
The Science of Sleep
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film has no shape but while we watch Gondy makes sure we re lovingly distracted with his individual inventive moments 
3
The Science of Sleep
Willie Waffle
one of those movies art house lovers will champion but the film drives me mad with efforts that end up being too cute by half if they were ever cute in the first place 
.5
The Science of Sleep
Claudia Puig
It is captivating but confusing and a bit scattershot like a patchwork quilt of idle thoughts fantasies and reveries 
3
The Science of Sleep
James Berardinelli
What Eternal Sunshine did with magic and whimsy The Science of Sleep accomplishes with confusion and pretentiousness 
2
The Science of Sleep
Glenn Kenny
Eternal Sunshine was about memory love loss and so on Science tinkers with being about at least love and loss but mainly ends up being about the contents of Michel Gondry s head 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Dustin Putman
Could have used more science and less sleep 
2
The Science of Sleep
Jan Stuart
To borrow one of Stephane s malapropisms by the last half hour you feel positively schizometric which I take it refers to that discombobulated state of being nowhere in more than one place at the same time 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Ross Anthony
The flying sequences though extremely lo tech succeed in stirring that feeling of flight stirring a few stomach butterflies 
2.5
The Science of Sleep
Peter Travers
Gondry s hallucinatory brilliance holds you in thrall 
3
The Science of Sleep
Ed Gonzalez
The difference between Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep is the difference between a good pop song and a great punk record 
3.5
The Science of Sleep
Collin Souter
Like Eternal Sunshine and Gilliam s Brazil it demands to be seen more than once and is impossible to sum up in one review 
4
The Bermuda Depths
Matt Brunson
A subpar effort that can probably only be appreciated through nostalgia spritzed lens 
1.5
Blowback
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he screenplay for Blowback entirely consists of plot and little to nothing else 46 
1
Blowback
Roger Moore
The leads aren 8217 t bad 44 but this script is fatally flawed and you 8217 d hope they 8217 d notice that before the camera rolls 46 
1.5
Cosmic Africa
Michael Wilmington
A ravishingly shot documentary journey conducted and narrated by noted astronomer Thebe Medupe 
3.5
Senorita Justice
David Nusair
A typically bottom of the barrel direct to video actioner 
1
Batman Forever
Mal Vincent
The Batmobile simply rolls over us 
3
Batman Forever
David Sterritt
Directed by Joel Schumacher with occasional gestures toward social commentary and enough spectacle to mask the movie s deep down emptiness 
2
Batman Forever
Gene Siskel
It doesn t add up to much but it s certainly entertaining 
2.5
Batman Forever
Matt Brunson
As for Two Face my favorite Batman baddie on the printed page Tommy Lee Jones makes a complete mockery of the character with a broad performance that s difficult to stomach 
2
Batman Forever
Peter Canavese
The fatuousness of that title sums up Schumacher s approach The director allows his few scrupulous choices to be overwhelmed by garish vaudeville 
2
Batman Forever
Michael Dequina
Pluses Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey as Two Face and the Riddler respectively and the stunning production design 
3
Batman Forever
Roger Ebert
I liked the look of the movie and Schumacher s general irreverence toward the material But the great Batman movie still remains to be made 
2.5
Batman Forever
James Berardinelli
It s lighter brighter funnier faster paced and a whole lot more colorful than before 
3
Batman Forever
Madeleine Williams
A thoroughly fun movie to sit through but paper thin in substance 
2.5
Batman Forever
Steve Rhodes
I was bored from the beginning 
1
Batman Forever
James O'Ehley
What a mess 
1
Batman Forever
Susan Wloszczyna
Bigger battier and better 
3.5
Batman Forever
Mick LaSalle
A grand scale effort that s more awe inspiring than completely successful as entertainment 
3
Creep
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Stupid despicable characters do stupid despicable things with one of the most obnoxious horror movie villains ever made 
1.5
Creep
David Nusair
as a sort of Halloween clone set underground the film works 
2.5
Vitalina Varela
John Beifuss
A painstakingly painterly film that is as funereally deliberate as it is ecstatically wrought 
4
Vitalina Varela
Josh Larsen
a work of astonishing visual richness boasting a depth of dark and light a fullness of color and an exquisite care for composition 
3.5
Vitalina Varela
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A masterfully composed film 
4
Vitalina Varela
Mark Dujsik
Watching as Costa evades any kind of narrative artifice we realize how daring the filmmaking is as a portrait of an all enveloping mood 
3
Vitalina Varela
Monica Castillo
A breathtakingly gorgeous movie about love death and immigration 
3.5
Vitalina Varela
Roger Moore
Inexcusably obscure Beautiful as it is it won t be to every taste 
3
Vitalina Varela
Kate Taylor
With such intense chiaroscuro its images can prove heartbreaking 
2.5
Ghoulies
Austin Kennedy
I can enjoy a bad cheesy B movie but there has to be a sense of charm and GHOULIES has none whatsoever 
0
Ghoulies
David Nusair
they re not meant to inspire terror in viewers as evidenced by the sequence featuring a ghoulie playing the piano 
1.5
Bao
Roger Moore
Charming even if it is Disney Pixar pandering to the increasingly important Chinese market 
3
Starlet
Mattie Lucas
Baker directs with such sensitivity and grace allowing the story to reveal itself in a disarmingly moving way 
3.5
Starlet
Rob Thomas
Their friendship goes nowhere you might expect Sadie doesn t teach Jane any hard won life lessons and Jane doesn t try to rekindle Sadie s lost youth There are no montages here 
3
Starlet
Steven Rea
Starlet sneaks up on you 
3
Starlet
Matt Pais
Hemingway s very good at taking a girl who often seems like an insufferable L A stereotype and shading a range of values and feelings that exist somewhere in those thigh high socks 
3
Starlet
Michael Phillips
Where it counts Starlet allows its characters room to maneuver within the potential cliches 
3
Starlet
Roger Ebert
The film itself deserves praise for its portraits of these two women and the different worlds they inhabit 
3
Starlet
Walter V. Addiego
The plotline is unpromising young actress befriends crotchety old lady and the setup is underwhelming But stick with Starlet and you ll reap unexpected rewards 
3
Starlet
Rafer Guzman
This slender film is bolstered by strong performances particularly from Hemingway daughter of Mariel and her 85 year old co star 
2.5
Starlet
Michael O'Sullivan
Starlet is like a flower growing out of a septic tank 
2
Starlet
Sara Stewart
An ethereal slice of life in the San Fernando Valley 
2.5
Starlet
Diego Semerene
The film works as a charming aesthetic exercise with its jerky camera and inadvertent cuts as a contemplation on intergenerational female bonding 
2.5
Starlet
Erik Childress
Both Hemingway and Johnson give solid believable performances and one could guess that even if Baker Bergoch s script didn t feel as natural as it does we would still feel OK spending time with the pair portraying their protagonists 
3
Love Is Colder Than Death
Robert Pardi
This film is too stylized and protracted to interest the average crime movie fan It s recommended only for Fassbinder completists 
2
Love Is Colder Than Death
Ed Gonzalez
These disquieting moments evoke a strange and complex sexual relationship between the film s characters bound to end in ravishing betrayals 
3
Men
Chase Hutchinson
The manner in which he lays everything out robs it of its full resonance 46 This makes Men his most flawed directorial effort 44 though even a lesser Garland film is still something to behold 46 
3
Men
Erik Childress
Each subsequent effort Alex Garland seems to write less and hope we get the grand statement he is making about human nature 46 This is a film that works better in its simpler moments than the broad strokes 46 
2
Men
David Nusair
Men eventually does segue into a progressively off the wall and avant garde midsection that slowly but surely drains one 8217 s enthusiasm and attention 46 46 46 
1.5
Men
Joe Friar
It 8217 s rare to see a film these days that successfully combines suspense with gore 46 Psychological horror goes out the window in the final act that pays homage to Cronenberg 46 Buckley is terrific but Kinnear is the MVP 46 
3.5
Men
Mattie Lucas
Traffics a kind of superficial gender essentialism that makes its themes feel more didactic than incisive 44 a reduction of thorny ideas to their most simplistic iterations 46 
2
Men
Sean P. Means
Whatever subtlety and tension Garland built in the first half evaporates into body horror ickiness 44 as Harper 8217 s imagined terrors become all too real 46 
3
Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
apos Men apos is an insane film 44 unafraid to go bigger and more nightmarish and more gruesome and more shocking with every minute 46 And yet it also appears to have been very deliberately constructed 44 from start to finish 46 
3.5
Men
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 yanks down the curtain suspending disbelief and shreds it 59 the plot points are one long beating of the same dead horse until it feels like a waste of time 46 46 46 viewers who don 8217 t already understand the bait and switch reveal sadly still won 8217 t 46 
1
Men
Dylan Roth
If there s no groundbreaking feminist commentary to this movie there s a certain value to sitting a viewer down and saying Look at yourself man 
3
Men
Leo Brady
This is a learning moment 44 a revelation that injects interpretations of the bible 44 the absolute terrors of being alone with one 8217 s thoughts 44 and begs us to survive the gamut of what Jessie Buckley 8217 s character is put through 46 
4
Men
Kevin Carr
It has a lot to say if you dig through it and deconstruct it 46 46 46 It apos s about some of the crap that women have to go through every day of their lives 46 
3
Men
Mike McGranaghan
A film that sends you away delightfully dazed and more than a bit unsettled 46 
3.5
Men
Tom Meek
Alex Garland continues to raise the bar on immersive psychological horror with this third helming 
3
Men
Rene Sanchez
An enigmatic 44 frightening and thought provoking tale of guilt and trauma with Garland apos s uniquely visual and narrative style 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Men
Ty Burr
The movie s a broad brush wielded by a visionary 
3
Men
Lisa Trifone
Sure 44 come for the shock factor in the film apos s disturbing final act 46 Just don apos t expect to stay for anything particularly interesting to discover behind all of it 46 
2.5
Men
Christy Lemire
91 Men 93 is a visceral experience 44 and it reinforces Garland 8217 s singular prowess as a craftsman of indelible visuals and gripping mood 46 
3
Men
Sonny Bunch
A fairly odd movie 44 as you might expect given the fact that one actor is playing multiple facets of what can only be described as The Case Against Men 46 
2.5
Men
Michael Phillips
It sticks with you And it deserves to be experienced rather than explained 
3
Men
James Berardinelli
There s a lot of great material in Men but it s almost all in the first two thirds After that pffft 
2
Men
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
It could be argued that Men s points about gender are obvious but like Garland s previous films Ex Machina and Annihilation it digs impressively deep under your skin and into your psyche 
3
Men
Mark Dujsik
Men creates plenty of horror and promise 44 but its final 44 extended note is one of frustration 46 
2.5
Men
Richard Roeper
Garland and cinematographer Rob Hardy do a magnificent job of creating a world that seems unto itself at times it feels as if Harper is trapped in a maze like she s in The Shining even in broad daylight 
3
Men
Jeff York
A more immediate tale about a woman battling back against female belittlement would be hard to fathom during this trying time and Garland 8217 s take on the battle of the sexes is given all the more teeth because of it 46 
3
Men
Joey Magidson
Without question 44 Men is a lot to take in 46 Finding the horror in emotional manipulation 44 gaslighting 44 and toxic masculinity is tricky ground to traverse 44 but the film largely succeeds 46 
3
Men
Mark Feeney
What a waste of a superb actress Buckley almost makes Men worth sitting through Almost 
2
Men
Randy Myers
Hate it if you will but there s no denying that Men performs its duties with authority vision and commitment 
3
Men
Mark Kennedy
The problem with Men isn t with the acting It s with a script that could be described as attempting at something like arty horror and can t stick the landing Often it is tedious slow to build and pretentious 
1.5
Men
Katie Walsh
Garland maintains an almost unbearable sense of tension throughout 8220 Men 44 8221 until he unleashes a carnival of body horror seemingly intended to serve his metaphor 46 It 8217 s just that it 8217 s never clear what exactly Garland is trying to say 46 
3
Men
Kathy Fennessy
This film that means to elevate women by depicting the ways men can make our lives difficult gives a man the best and showiest part 46 
2.5
Men
Josh Larsen
A horror meditation on the biblical origins and self perpetuating permutations of patriarchy 46 46 46 
3.5
Men
Roger Moore
The writer director and his star manage several chills 44 a bit of breathless suspense and some eyes averting gore as they challenge us to stare down the threat of 8220 Men 8221 their EveryWoman faces and confronts 46 
3
Men
Michael O'Sullivan
A visually gorgeous heady deeply unsettling horror film 
3
Men
EJ Moreno
Alex Garland strips back the tech horror and goes for a folky think piece 46 It 8217 s messy yet feels deliberate in its mayhem 46 
3
Men
Brian Eggert
Garland 8217 s Men contains visuals and performances that rank among the most conjuring and undeniably evocative to appear onscreen in recent memory 46 It 8217 s not an experience you will easily forget 44 no matter how hard you may want to unsee it 46 
4
Men
Scott Greenstone
Garland has yet again created something singular here but he hasn t cinched it 
2.5
Men
Christian Toto
Director Alex Garland pushes past woke narratives for bold 44 original shocker 46 
3.5
Men
Keith Watson
Men is ultimately about as deep as its title 44 a swipe at the multi faceted terribleness of its titular subject that rarely gets beyond being a mere catalogue of the different ways that guys can be irritating around and dangerous toward women 46 
2
Backpack Full of Cash
Brent McKnight
Occasionally repetitive and sloppy a fiery passion shines through to highlight this vital complex difficult to address topic 
2.5
La Collectionneuse
Matt Brunson
Often hard to take 
2.5
La Collectionneuse
Roger Ebert
To watch a film like this or any Rohmer film creates a sense of peaceful regard in me He isn t afraid of losing my attention with too much dialogue or too little action He invites me to arrive at my own moral judgments 
4
Ghost Shark
Gail Pennington
Unfortunately Ghost Shark is no Sharknado 
2
Buoyancy
Mark Dujsik
Rathjen tells this story with an immediate and unnerving sense of helplessness 
3
Buoyancy
Robert Horton
Whatever its motivations as a docu drama Buoyancy also bears the unmistakable outline of a Jack London story it s an adventure film if a grim one 
3
Buoyancy
Roger Moore
Rathjen gets a lot of movie out of this uncomplicated story
3
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Matt Brunson
An important movie in the maturation of Clint Eastwood as both actor and director 
3.5
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Peter Canavese
Though the story is pat there s pleasure to be had in the memorable one liners the irreverent humor and the Western action against the backdrop of frontier scenery Blu ray 
3
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Roger Ebert
Eastwood is such a taciturn and action oriented performer that it s easy to overlook the fact that he directs many of his movies and many of the best most intelligent ones 
3
Weisse Lilien
David Nusair
devoid of anything even resembling entertainment value 
0
Dream House
Brian Eggert
91 Audiences will 93 have no idea what to make of the jumbled 44 mishandled mess they 8217 ve just witnessed 46 
1
Dream House
Roger Moore
So much is just so obvious 
1.5
Dream House
Roger Moore
At least Weisz and Craig wound up married after this mess 
1.5
Dream House
Jeff Beck
Dream House is a mess of a film This is not only because its writing is amateurish but also because the film itself seemed like it was someone s first attempt at putting a film together 
1.5
Dream House
Linda Cook
This is the kind of thing that happens when there is a squabble about who controls a movie Director Jim Sheridan bickered with studio over how scenes in this thriller should be shot and scenes were redone after test audiences reacted negatively 
2
Dream House
David Nusair
the incongruously over the top finale only confirm s the film s place as a hopelessly misguided piece of work 
2
Dream House
Matt Brunson
Between its tell all trailer and its tell all poster there s not much to tell about Dream House except that it s a crushing disappointment considering all the Herculean talent on display 
1.5
Dream House
Mike McGranaghan
The movie tries to generate suspense where none exists creepy music and clanging metal sound effects play over top of scenes where nothing is happening 
1.5
Dream House
Ann Lewinson
Abruptly shifts midway from half hearted haunted house chills to sub Hitchcock mind games 
1.5
Dream House
James Kendrick
a rather lumbering vehicle that runs primarily on formula and pseudo psychological ploys that we have seen too many times at this point to warrant much excitement 
1.5
Dream House
Scott Nash
Clearly it s one of those movies being dumped in September but thanks to the cast I was never bored 
2.5
Dream House
James Berardinelli
Was the screenplay credited to David Loucka this schizophrenic from the beginning Or was some major tampering reworking done at some point 
2
Dream House
Glenn Lovell
one of those neither nor concoctions that usually results when a non genre director goes slumming Sheridan s first fright film when not outright hilarious is neither chilling nor compelling 
1.5
Dream House
Peter Howell
While Will and Libby struggle to adjust their thinking caps the viewer already knows thanks to the tell all trailer the reason for much of the confusion 
2
Dream House
Chris Hewitt
In the end it feels like an honorable attempt that went wrong somewhere There s nothing cynical or exploitative about Dream House but there s also nothing that makes it worth seeing 
2
Dream House
Stephen Whitty
The only thing it haunts you with is What the heck happened to Jim Sheridan 
1.5
Dream House
Rob Humanick
Without Jim Sheridan s empathetic touch Dream House would have likely been a total waste 
2.5
Dream House
Dustin Putman
A tepid excitement free Hallmark telepic dressed up in an A list thriller s clothing 
1.5
Age of Consent
Roger Moore
A fine 44 lightweight curtain call 46 46 46 It isn 8217 t 8220 The Red Shoes 44 8221 but even the great Michael Powell could only manage one or two those 46 
3
La Chienne
Michael Phillips
The women s roles lack dimension and the bittersweet depth Renoir s later films explored so memorably Visually though this one s gorgeous and extremely fluid 
3.5
La Chienne
James Kendrick
the first film to fully embody the naturalistic style and complex social themes that would come to be associated with Renoir s best work
3.5
La Chienne
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even with this pulp material Renoir manages moments of great beauty and humanity 
4
La Chienne
Ted Prigge
One of those great over looked films 
4
Animals and More Animals
Ken Fox
Animal lovers and museum goers alike are sure to enjoy this curiously delightful hour long documentary from Nicolas Philibert 
3.5
Animals and More Animals
V.A. Musetto
The film is mildly diverting but lacks the humor and pathos that made To Be and to Have so watchable 
2
Methadonia
Ed Gonzalez
Well meaning but miscalculated Methadonia emerges as an aloof account of addiction 
1
A Beautiful Soul
Kam Williams
An inner city tale of redemption which proves that miracles don t only happen to orphans in the Midwest at Christmastime 
3
Serenity
Cassidy Olsen
Serenity s fleeting moments of fun absurdity and over the top performances aren t enough to make up for the odd uncomfortable flatness that defines the rest of the film 
1
Serenity
Jason Fraley
The movie can t figure out what it wants to be Is it a nautical noir like The Lady from Shanghai A high seas adventure like Moby Dick Or a Lost island fantasy Knight just followed Locke with Locke only this time there s no moving the island 
1
Serenity
Steven Prokopy
Serenity s noble attempt at baffling us cinematically might be too much style over substance for most 
2.5
Serenity
Jeff Mitchell
Steven Knight s film triggers agitation frustration and exasperation Matthew McConaughey does channel his inner Tommy Wiseau in two scenes so there s that 
1
Serenity
Mike McGranaghan
Serenity is either incredibly brilliant or monumentally terrible I m not sure which 
2.5
Serenity
Federico Furzan
A pretty good idea A lame execution Serenity i goes all the way with its far fetched story but fails to deliver a good cinematic experience Full review in Spanish 
2
Serenity
Frank Ochieng
There is something fishy about the modern sea bound neo noir thriller Serenity that is not quite worth taking the bait Serenity for the most part falsely boasts a turbulent tide of steaminess but only manages to sink in its woefully perfunctory puddle 
1.5
Serenity
Matt Brunson
About the only thing missing is a shot of McConaughey bellowing Pull the string while a herd of buffalo or in this case a school of tuna parade across the screen 
1
Serenity
Pamela Powell
Doesn t make sense until close to the end and by that time you already have a sour taste in your mouth There wasn t enough Orbit gum to cover that up and allow you to see the film for what it was trying to be 
2.5
Serenity
Dustin Putman
The deeper one delves into the film s brazen unconventional pleasures the more intimate yet expansive its ambitions become The sooner one sees it the better the daring and wild secrets it holds are simply too bold to risk having them spoiled 
3.5
Serenity
Kevin A. Ranson
an existential thriller built around a significant M Night worthy twist that presents an interesting dilemma 
3
Serenity
Rene Sanchez
A nonsensical mess that somehow manages to keep your attention while its absurd story unfolds Full Review in Spanish 
1
Serenity
Michael Medved
The only mystery about this misbegotten mess is how writer director Steven Knight got so many distinguished actors to participate in it 
1.5
Serenity
Bruce DeMara
The film s maritime setting has a certain aptness because Serenity has all the hallmarks of a fish tale Unfortunately Knight lets this one get away 
2
Serenity
Joe Friar
You can tune a piano but you can t tuna fish even when Matthew McConaughey is steering the boat in this M Night Shyamalan wannabe that feels like one of the actor s Lincoln commercials Ambitious and commendable but poorly executed 
1
Serenity
Bob Chipman
Such an audacious big showy bold swing of an idea I can t not respect that they took a shot at it 
3
Serenity
Mike McGranaghan
Serenity is either incredibly brilliant or monumentally terrible I m not sure which 
2.5
Serenity
Stephen Rebello
Everyone in front of and behind the camera has done such good work in the past that maybe we should consider Serenity a bold but wacky misstep 
1.5
Serenity
Roger Moore
A better sales pitch to the stars the producers the nascent studio and maybe the See McConaughey skinny dip public than movie 
1.5
Serenity
Rex Reed
At the critics screening I attended the audience was reduced to hysterics 
0
Serenity
James Berardinelli
A production more apt to deliver frustration than gratification 
2.5
Serenity
Christy Lemire
Serenity is terrible and insane and will surely end up being one of the worst films of 2019 
1
Serenity
Christian Toto
You half expect Leslie Nielsen to stumble onto the screen and yell What happened to Nordberg Yes Serenity is THAT close to a full on parody 
1
Serenity
David Nusair
A progressively off the wall drama 
1
Serenity
Joey Magidson
Knight s bizarre bungling of his already strange material mixes with overly broad performances by Hathaway and McConaughey to form one of 2019 s worst efforts by far 
1.5
Serenity
Mick LaSalle
People who can enjoy laughing at something made in dead earnest who can appreciate in a perverse way a phenomenal jaw dropping mess may find an experience close to pleasure in this strange misbegotten three headed freak of a movie 
1.5
Serenity
Mark Dujsik
Serenity features a twist so bonkers that it s really a shame the movie doesn t justify spoiling it for critical effect 
1.5
Serenity
Chris Hewitt
There are too many pieces for all of them to fit but Serenity does succeed at reminding us of some classic movie tropes and then stripping them bare 
2
Serenity
Rob Bailey-Millado
Writer director Steven Knight mixes a tried and true James M Cain formula with a clever digital gimmick worthy of Christopher Nolan but some of his dialogue is overripe to the point of rot 
2
Serenity
Jake Cole
The film s twist ending exists only to retroactively justify writer director Steven Knight s feeble stylistic choices 
1
Serenity
Ty Burr
Go for the delirious nonsense of Lane s character constantly asking Baker to find her cat the movie can t make up its mind whether she s talking dirty or not or for Hathaway doing her very best Jessica Rabbit impression 
2.5
Serenity
Moira MacDonald
This is a movie that has tuna in its head 
1.5
Serenity
Michael O'Sullivan
All will be revealed in the fullness of time assuming you don t get so annoyed that you walk out after 15 minutes and slip into a screening of say If Beale Street Could Talk If it could it might say Don t watch Serenity 
0.5
Serenity
Richard Roeper
One of the most ambitious one of the most challenging and one of the most entertaining thrillers in recent years 
3.5
Serenity
Michael Phillips
Long before the midpoint Serenity suggests rather too strongly that all is either Lost as in the TV show or simply lost as in missing in action and lacking in persuasion 
1.5
Serenity
Rafer Guzman
A potentially enjoyable B movie but the absurd plot twist brings it down to a Z 
0.5
Serenity
Gary Thompson
This is pre Oscar Matthew circa Failure to Launch 
1.5
Serenity
Barry Hertz
T he new Matthew McConaughey vehicle is playing by its own demented rules When it deigns to care about rules 
3
Another Time, Another Place
David Nusair
typically over the top 1950s melodrama 
2
The Bat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is extremely talky and stagy 44 and it has a flat 44 scrubbed look 44 evenly lit and little use of shadows or contrast 46 Even though it apos s a murder story 44 it apos s pretty dull 46 
2
The Bat
Matt Brunson
Its loopiness is the very quality that makes it a reasonably entertaining picture 46 
2.5
Food, Inc.
Mattie Lucas
A compelling and eye opening documentary made with clear eyed passion and a deep seated sense of justice 
3.5
Food, Inc.
David Nusair
The film s inherently ambitious sensibilities initially serve it well 
2.5
Food, Inc.
Matt Soergel
It moves briskly through its impressive array of talking points though you might wish it had lingered over a few of them for a little more depth No matter Consider it a primer on a deadly serious issue that affects all of us several times a day 
3
Food, Inc.
Sonny Bunch
Although the documentary sometimes feels a little one sided lack of participation by companies such as Monsanto Co and Tyson Foods Inc ensured such a result 
2.5
Food, Inc.
Mike Scott
You re probably not going to like what you see here but you d better hold your nose and choke it down anyway Food Inc is for your own good 
4
Food, Inc.
Jeff Vice
The documentary Food Inc is the film Fast Food Nation should have been It s powerful disturbing stuff 
3
Food, Inc.
Graham Killeen
A brutally disturbing fundamentally important new documentary 
3.5
Food, Inc.
James Kendrick
a frightening film easily one of the most important of the recent spate of socially conscious documentaries
3.5
Food, Inc.
Matt Brunson
Food Inc offers plenty of food for thought but as expected there isn t much here to nourish the soul 
3
Food, Inc.
Lori Hoffman
A real horror story that touches on the obesity epidemic the soullessness of mass produced and over processed foods and how little control the FDA has 
3
Food, Inc.
Keith Cohen
The old adage you are what you eat is more true than you would have thought 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Robert W. Butler
Director Robert Kenner s documentary is powerful Maybe even life changing 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Sean O'Connell
It s an Inconvenient Truth for food minus the droning Al Gore and a handful of PowerPoint slides 
3
Food, Inc.
Michael Sragow
A scary movie that s also funny touching and good for you that s Robert Kenner s documentary about the American food industry Food Inc 
4
Food, Inc.
Peter Canavese
Usefully it provides counter balance to its own doom saying with numerous suggestions of how to deal with the corporatization of food 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Amy Biancolli
A mind boggling heart rending stomach churning expose on the food industry 
4
Food, Inc.
Joe Williams
In exposing the unsavory practices of agribusiness the muckraking documentary Food Inc cuts to the bone 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Rene Rodriguez
Illuminating and occasionally revolting 
3
Food, Inc.
Liam Lacey
If you re planning on seeing Food Inc as a date movie make sure you have dinner beforehand 
3
Food, Inc.
Michael Upchurch
The result is an alarming film that tackles food and freedom of speech issues on many fronts 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Chris Hewitt
It s absorbing scary and useful 
3
Food, Inc.
Jason Anderson
An invaluable primer Food Inc covers a wide array of factors and concerns without becoming excessively polemical or deadeningly earnest 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Wesley Morris
The whole thing is as subtle as a watermelon in a bowl of Cheerios but necessary nonetheless 
3
Food, Inc.
Michael Phillips
If Wal Mart the Lucifer of multinational corporations in many liberal eyes sees the fiscal sense in stocking an increasingly wide array of organic foodstuffs consumer habits truly are changing 
3
Food, Inc.
Steven Rea
It s not a pretty picture But Food Inc is an essential one 
4
Food, Inc.
Roger Ebert
This review doesn t read one thing like a movie review I just wanted to scare the bejesus out of you which is what Food Inc did to me 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Kam Williams
Sounds a clear clarion call for the consumer to rise up and start demanding natural and healthy alternatives to the processed junk which we re being fed by agri business in the name of profits 
4
Food, Inc.
Kyle Smith
Trading on now familiar gross out tactics images of corporate slaughterhouses and chicken sheds the movie offers very little that food radicals don t already know 
1.5
Food, Inc.
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kenner s documentary is a grabber from the very first frame and the fact my refrigerator s vegetable bin suddenly finds itself filled with organics when it never had been before isn t even close to a coincidence 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays a bit like a collection of greatest hits but the film s bright cheerful tone colorful graphics and bite sized snippets will hopefully appeal to larger crowd 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Peter Travers
Don t take another bite till you see Robert Kenner s Food Inc an essential indelible documentary that is scarier than anything in the last five Saw horror shows 
3.5
Food, Inc.
Rossiter Drake
A veteran of public television s American Experience Kenner delivers a vital visually stylish piece of filmmaking that is as informative as it is fascinating infuriating and at times heartbreaking 
4
Food, Inc.
Simon Abrams
The most a muckraking film like this can hope to do is frighten the viewer out of their complacence so much that they feel like if only for a moment they need to do something 
3
Killerman
Mark Dujsik
It s all pretty simple albeit wildly convoluted That s no excuse for how simplistic it all is 
1.5
Killerman
Mike McGranaghan
Killerman is one of those movies where the characters are perpetually in a crisis state so they yell rather than converse If you removed all the dialogue that is shouted the film would probably be an hour shorter 
1
Killerman
Roger Moore
Liam Hemsworth holds his own in this long lead footed amnesiac money launderer thriller with a very silly title 
1.5
Rosie
Anne Brodie
Rosie An authentic performance by Bray reveals her split feelings about being a mum to Rosie 44 and as a defiant 44 frustrating 44 and reckless person who doesn 8217 t realise she has been given a gift 46 Feature debut of M 233 tis filmmaker 47 actor Gail Maurice 46 46 
3
Rosie
David Nusair
46 46 46 an earnest and mostly entertaining drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Girl Model
Ty Burr
A powerful documentary that with a wider scope and a bit more shaping could have been even more powerful perhaps unbearably so What s there is strong enough 
2.5
Girl Model
Peter Keough
David Redmon and Ashley Sabin s somber sometimes poetic Fred Wiseman like documentary 
3
Girl Model
Elise Nakhnikian
The doc makes you wonder about every beautiful woman who s ever stared out from a publication poster or billboard looking sophisticated and self assured 
3.5
Girl Model
Matt Brunson
This is the sort of film that should be mandatory viewing for all governments that have the power to combat such soul shredding evil 
3
Girl Model
Kate Taylor
A scene where Arbaugh actually visits the models apartment appears as staged as her concern about the place 
2
Leatherheads
Mattie Lucas
The film looks great and the production design is stunning but the final product is overlong and tedious 
2
Leatherheads
David Nusair
Agreeable yet uneven 
2.5
Leatherheads
Charles Koplinski
Therein lies the problem with Leatherheads u2014 it has too many fish to fry and most of them come out half done 
2.0
Leatherheads
Austin Kennedy
I m sad to report that Clooney has had his first misfire as a director 
2
Leatherheads
Lori Hoffman
The movie does a nice job with the period details but Clooney still can t get the romantic comedy angle right 
2.5
Leatherheads
Walter Chaw
A quiet variety of disaster the type that attracts no cults and appears as a curiosity on a few talented folks résumés for people to try to place in a year or so Maybe less 
1.5
Leatherheads
Michael A. Smith
In his third film as director Clooney has taken us back to the films he enjoyed as a child the classic romantic comedies of Preston Sturgess and Frank Capra 
3
Leatherheads
Jeffrey Westhoff
Glib sophisticated and silly 
3
Leatherheads
Nick Rogers
Self assured even when it s self aware this is a fizzy concoction with three fingers of Billy Wilder and one of Frank Capra It s shaken with the Coens and topped off with a splash of Ron Shelton and a cinematographical cream soda sheen 
3
Leatherheads
John Wirt
Despite being so false and slight the movie entertains 
2
Leatherheads
Greg Maki
The witty dialogue delivered with verve and precise timing especially by Clooney and Zellweger is the the movie s greatest strength 
3
Leatherheads
Eric Melin
The story wants to be madcap and freewheeling but it doesn t quite take flight 
2
Leatherheads
Larry Ratliff
Oh brother George where art thou going with this 
2.5
Leatherheads
Michael Phillips
Tragically Leatherheads is just OK though the film may well find an audience among those eager for a little diversion what with the nostalgia factor and the George Clooney factor 
2
Leatherheads
Kyle Smith
Like going to a football game and watching the players bring desks and paperwork onto the field How boring is this movie I ve been more entertained by halftime shows 
2
Leatherheads
Kam Williams
A pleasant period piece harking back to days of yore but one so superficial that it s likely to be forgotten by the time you file up the aisle 
2
Leatherheads
Gina Carbone
There s a strange little war movie living inside Leatherheads What isn t inside is a football film Not enough of one anyway If this were American Idol Randy Jackson would say it was pitchy and all over the place 
2.5
Leatherheads
Gary Brown
Clooney and the cast manage to nose across the goal line with a winning score 
3
Leatherheads
Mike McGranaghan
It wouldn t be at all accurate to say that I disliked Leatherheads I simply found myself kind of stunned that all the good stuff didn t somehow add up to more 
2.5
Leatherheads
Sean P. Means
Leatherheads has its charms most of them Clooney s as he again embodies the definition of manliness The guy other guys want to be and women want to be with 
3
Leatherheads
Ryan Stewart
Leatherheads isn t poorly made but it s easy hang back material from a director who s already proven himself up for a challenge and that s hard to accept 
2.5
Leatherheads
Claudia Puig
More amiable than witty and relying heavily on the likability and charm of its lead actors Leatherheads scores more points as a retro romantic comedy than a football saga 
3
Leatherheads
Peter Howell
Clooney is now at the stage of his life and career where a flash of his playboy grin earns him enough audience goodwill to carry him over rough patches and Lord knows this movie has them 
2
Leatherheads
James Rocchi
Screwball comedy implies a certain snap and rotation a velocity to the gags and a vector to the plot but the people who made Leatherheads don t quite have the strength of arm or skew of angle to make Leatherheads truly screwball 
3
Leatherheads
Chris Hewitt
Just when you think Enough already on the sliding in the mud jokes Leatherheads tosses up a great joke that is the cinematic equivalent of a Hail Mary pass that sends the home team to victory 
3
Leatherheads
Moira MacDonald
Leatherheads is no disaster but it leaves you wanting both less and more 
2.5
Leatherheads
Mick LaSalle
Leatherheads is not that good a movie and yet it would be hard to enjoy saying anything nasty about it 
2
Leatherheads
Carla Meyer
When a film stars three people you adore and still falters the instinct is to blame the director But that s tricky when the director is one of the people you adore 
2.5
Leatherheads
Russ Breimeier
It juggles too many elements sports romance slapstick Capra esque cinema and doesn t do justice to any of them But the film is brimming with nostalgia and charm 
3
Leatherheads
Stephen Whitty
It fumbles early and never really gets back in the game 
2
Leatherheads
Lou Lumenick
Leatherheads is far from a touchdown but you gotta give points to any movie where a character describes its climactic game as a muddy snoozefest 
2.5
Leatherheads
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s easy to see what Clooney s going for but hard to understand the choices he makes 
2
Leatherheads
Duane Dudek
Zellweger and Clooney do have screwball chemistry but the screenplay by sportswriters Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly is rife with scenes done better in the classic romantic comedies it admires 
2.5
Leatherheads
Rene Rodriguez
Leatherheads goes on a good 20 minutes too long and there s very little in it that makes a lasting impression but it s easy to watch while it s unspooling much like you know a lot of Cary Grant comedies 
2.5
Leatherheads
Bob Strauss
Artificial as Leatherheads sometimes gets it s grounded in modern screen naturalism As in all of Clooney s directing efforts there s also an ethical seriousness at its core 
3
Leatherheads
Amy Biancolli
Everyone s too mannered and most everything s too slow Especially for a throwback 
2.5
Leatherheads
Liam Lacey
Leatherheads a comedy of stock setups and kooky digressions in which nothing really comes to a head and running at close to two hours it lacks the essential brevity of the form 
2
Leatherheads
Jim Emerson
Film fans used to speculate about whether Clooney could become the Cary Grant of our time and now we know he s our Clark Gable and William Holden and Dean Martin too 
3
Leatherheads
Wesley Morris
This is an unmade bed of a movie and ambiguous to a fault 
2.5
Leatherheads
Sara Michelle Fetters
It moves in fits and starts and never finds the rhythmic pitter patter of rapid fire dialogue and energy it so desperately wants 
2.5
Leatherheads
David Frese
Zellweger s Lexie isn t some silly sexpot or spoiled simp she s a thoroughly modern moll 
3
Leatherheads
Christian Toto
Leatherheads proves you can t make em like they used to no matter how hard someone like George Clooney tries 
2.5
Leatherheads
John Beifuss
The flirtatious banter is often clever but Leatherheads demonstrates that writing alone wasn t responsible for the head spinning irresistibility of Howard Hawks Twentieth Century and His Girl Friday to cite two screwball masterpiece influences 
2
Leatherheads
Bob Bloom
Leatherheads lacks flair and pizzazz Like a highly touted No 1 draft pick who flops it is all potential without substance 
1.5
Leatherheads
Erik Childress
It seems as if the MPAA unfairly upped a clear PG movie into a PG 13 But adding numbers can t even the score on the edge that Leatherheads lacks in the sharpness of its humor delivery and the hits on the field 
2
Leatherheads
Willie Waffle
a madcap romp full of laughs and verbal gymnastics but the movie becomes too serious towards the end
3
Leatherheads
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Comes across as a pale period piece an imitation enamored of energy and enthusiasm but failing to generate either 
2
Leatherheads
Maitland McDonagh
Director and star George Clooney s game attempt to capture the high spirited silliness of classic screwball comedies falls flat in large part because Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly s screenplay lacks sparkle 
2
Leatherheads
Jeff Vice
It s surprisingly refreshingly effective at times and it is old fashioned in several respects 
3
Leatherheads
Joe Lozito
George Clooney s goofy ode to the origins of professional football is nothing short of an old fashioned screwball comedy And a pretty good one at that 
3
Leatherheads
Steven Rea
If you have a hankering for old style Hollywood comedy and romance and Turner Classic Movies is on a Steve McQueen or John Wayne jag Leatherheads offers an agreeable substitute 
2.5
Leatherheads
Dustin Putman
Not bad but also so frivolous that there s nothing to grab onto and take away from it all Leatherheads is a good looking but misguided waste of time and effort 
2
Leatherheads
Lawrence Toppman
Writers Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly who sold the first version of this debut script back in 1991 want to celebrate the innocence of those early days both pro football s and modern America s and the feeling that anything was possible back then 
3
Leatherheads
Rafer Guzman
Both behind and before the camera Clooney imbues Leatherheads with an irresistible charm and intelligence raising it far above the average period piece 
3
Leatherheads
Peter Travers
Leatherheads is most on its game when it s in the game and in the zone of Clooney s no bull affection for the faces of his actors 
3
Leatherheads
James Berardinelli
It s an enjoyable diversion 
3.5
Leatherheads
Ross Anthony
George Clooney has directed a couple of very fine films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night Good Luck Unfortunately Leatherheads cannot be added to that list 
2
Leatherheads
Sean McBride
Has enough of the screwball comedy flavor to appeal to fans of Preston Sturges or George Cukor Sports fans on the other hand will be disappointed 
2.5
Leatherheads
Matt Brunson
Ever the jokester Clooney doesn t rely on his writers to come up with all the funny stuff 
3
Leatherheads
Bill Weber
Call it embalmed screwball 
1.5
Independencia
Simon Abrams
Filipino filmmaker Raya Martin confuses broad scope with great depth in his alternate history fable 
2
Yona
Ben Sachs
The recitations of Wallach s poems fail to convey their power coming across as illustrations of her psychological states rather than expressions of creative feeling 
2
Jumping the Broom
Matt Brunson
All of the characters are written as believably flawed allowing viewers to see the right and wrong on both sides of each issue being presented 
3
Jumping the Broom
Roger Moore
Like a Tyler Perry movie with polish
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Michael Dequina
Hits the intended mix of smiles tears and family affirming warmth 
3
Jumping the Broom
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable romantic comedy that benefits from the efforts of its eclectic cast and from the appreciatively and increasingly trashy turns in the narrative 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
John Beifuss
A pleasant sitcom level mix of comedy romance and soapy melodrama plus low key Bible thumping celebrity evangelist T D Jakes is a producer 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Linda Cook
You might get swept away by Jumping the Broom 
3
Jumping the Broom
Mike Scott
There s a reason this formula has endured so long When you plug the right variables into it it still can make for an enjoyable if predictable story This film proves it 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Zak Jason
Jumping the Broom is the mess you get when you mix Romeo and Juliet with Are We There Yet and Meet the Fockers 
2
Jumping the Broom
Kam Williams
The African American answer to Meet the Parents 
3
Jumping the Broom
Dwight Brown
This film makes you want to summer in the Vineyard and visit Oak Bluffs 
3
Jumping the Broom
Matt Brunson
Jumping the Broom is no Soul Food but as a worthy seriocomedy about African American family dynamics it s nourishing enough 
3
Jumping the Broom
Lisa Kennedy
Jumping the Broom combines tried and true oil water class tensions with the challenges of modern romance and family then adds some African American flavors 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Wilson Morales
With Salim Akil making his film directorial debut Jumping The Broom works because of the scene stealing performances by Mike Epps Valerie Pettiford and DeRay Davis 
3
Jumping the Broom
Amy Biancolli
True the script overreaches crammed with too many characters subplots and stereotypes But at least it s trying And at least there isn t a phony in the bunch 
3
Jumping the Broom
Kenneth R. Morefield
Comedy is about execution not originality and Jumping the Broom is pretty darn funny most of the time and kind of sweet the rest of the time 
3
Jumping the Broom
Loey Lockerby
The charm of Jumping the Broom is in its glossy spirited humor not its clumsy spiritual melodrama 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Stephen Whitty
Proof that you can have a movie like this without a polemic against successful women or some man in a dress threatening to take off his earrings and pull out a gun 
3
Jumping the Broom
Chris Hewitt
Even though the setup is forced a wealthy family and a middle class clan battle at a swank wedding whose theme seems to be open hostility the movie is enjoyable because these characters are a pleasure to be with 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Barbara Vancheri
Jumping is generally worth the leap and not the brush off 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Stephen Cole
What prevents the film from being a real crowd pleaser the Philadelphia Story that it clearly wants to be are the marrying couple 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Willie Waffle
A decent movie full of drama comedy and schmaltz all mixed together 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Stephanie Merry
No matter how crazy you think your mother is it can t get much worse than this 
1.5
Jumping the Broom
Kyle Smith
It s the snobs against the slobs at a Martha s Vineyard wedding in Jumping the Broom Mostly it s a tie Both sides are equally irritating 
2
Jumping the Broom
Kevin C. Johnson
The film s main thread the class clashes simply aren t enough to make this unnecessary movie worthwhile 
2
Jumping the Broom
Ashante Infantry
When the sushi vs soul food jokes wear thin this film is carried by its universal themes such as parenting commitment sacrifice and loss 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Dustin Putman
Bland forgettable and ultimately too pat to break away from its chains of thorough pre fabricated overly conventional safeness 
2
Jumping the Broom
Michael Phillips
A picture that gave me considerable satisfaction partly because it wears its themes of trust and belief and faith lightly and easily while taking them seriously 
3
Jumping the Broom
Roger Ebert
The bride and groom are in love but their families are not That was good enough for Romeo and Juliet and it still sorta works with Jumping the Broom 
3
Jumping the Broom
Wesley Morris
Everyone here is trapped in the movie s limited ideas of blackness 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Mack Bates
As great as it is to see both Bassett and Devine headlining a film they are saddled with stereotypical characters the uptown snob vs the downtown sistah that neither seems completely at home inhabiting 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Moira MacDonald
It is wildly overaccessorized giving virtually every character an elaborate subplot sometimes more than one This results in a long lumpy middle section of the movie before everything comes together for a sweetly romantic ending 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Matt Pais
The detailed performances including an unusually winning turn from Mike Epps are what make Jumping the Broom easily digestible if hardly memorable 
2.5
Jumping the Broom
Andrew Schenker
It stocks its screenplay with more conflicts than it can possibly handle honestly in two hours 
1.5
The Great Waldo Pepper
Roger Ebert
It doesn t have any big notions about the passing of that era or of the barnstormers who are seen as overgrown kids with wonderful toys that fly But it has a good feeling for the period and director George Roy Hill gives us poignancy and adventure 
3
Trekkies
Matt Brunson
Why does Star Trek boast the most devoted fans of any franchise in television history 63 That question gets answered sort of in this entertaining documentary 46 
3
Trekkies
Elias Savada
Laugh long and prosper 
2.5
Trekkies
Roger Ebert
Trekkies talk at length about how the world would be a saner and more peaceful place if the Star Trek philosophy ruled our lives No doubt it would be a lot more entertaining too especially during root canals 
3
Trekkies
Michael Dequina
All of this holds a strange fascination but it does get somewhat redundant after a while 
2.5
A Prayer Before Dawn
Glenn Kenny
A remarkable feat that requires a strong stomach to sit through 
3
A Prayer Before Dawn
Chuck Bowen
While A Prayer Before Dawn s final scene achieves a sense of emotional interiority that eludes much of the rest of the film it s too little too late 
2.5
A Prayer Before Dawn
Roger Moore
A prison pic that separates itself from the genre by never flinching or shying away from the horrific violence
2.5
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
Matt Brunson
An OK entry in the series with some welcome humor and a bravura finale 
2
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
Federico Furzan
Upscaled in special effects but still suffering from the same bland character and story treatment Full review in Spanish 
2
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
David Nusair
A definite improvement over the fourth and fifth installments 
2
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
Gene Siskel
The murderous Jason is back in the latest chapter of the most offensive series in film history unless Burt Reynolds makes three more Smokey and the Bandit pictures real quick 
0.5
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
Jeremiah Kipp
While there s a superficial been there done that why don t we just mock the whole thing quality to this entry in the series it certainly livens up what has become by this point a stale franchise 
2.5
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
Ed Gonzalez
Of note Electricity will figure prominently in just about every Friday the 13th entry from this point onward 
1
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
James Kendrick
above all funny a largely enjoyable near spoof of slasher films in general and the Friday the 13th series in particular 
3
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
David Nusair
improves considerably as it progresses 
3
Julia and Julia
Roger Ebert
Julia and Julia tells one of those nightmare stories like The Trial where the hero is condemned to live in a world in which absolutely nothing can be counted on 
3
Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
Matt Brunson
An entertaining documentary Directors Dan Kinem and Levi Peretic have managed to snag some colorful subjects to showcase on camera 
3
Hard Luck
David Nusair
a ridiculously overblown and borderline incoherent mess that possesses virtually no positive attributes 
1.5
Funan
Roger Moore
Simple and simplified it still manages to present a grim Killing Fields history lesson in a sometimes moving almost kid friendly animated package 
2.5
Funan
Mark Dujsik
T he movie neglects to communicate the scope of cruelty and mass murder performed by the regime 
2.5
Funan
Anita Katz
Paris born director Denis Do affectingly combines hand drawn animation with a fact based story of horror and hope in this adult geared French language Cambodia set debut feature 
3
Funan
Matt Zoller Seitz
Those who go into the picture with clear eyes and focused minds will appreciate the singularity of what Do has achieved here 
3
Funan
Keith Watson
There are hints that the film will scale itself to the broader historical context of this era but the screenplay never elaborates on the ethnic strife the undergirds the Cambodian genocide 
2.5
True Stories
Sydney Wegner
What makes True Stories so wildly different from the dream visions of all the quirky and hip directors who followed its example is its vehement refusal to condescend to or mock the people on screen 
4
True Stories
Matt Brunson
The best parts are not surprisingly the ample musical interludes The character vignettes run hot and cold with many registering as little more than quirky caricatures 
2.5
True Stories
Roger Ebert
This is not a musical It s a bold attempt to paint a bizarre American landscape This movie does what some painters try to do It recasts ordinary images into strange new shapes 
3.5
The Return
Linda Cook
The Return is a slow going ghost story that takes a long time to say Boo 
2
The Return
Ty Burr
As B level suspensers go though The Return isn t actively awful just slow and cursed with a lead who acts with her T shirt 
1.5
The Return
Kyle Smith
Gellar who isn t bad with comedy can t do drama even in the chocolate colored hair she wears this time 
2
The Return
Elizabeth Weitzman
Since Adam Sussman s script is as lazy as Asif Kapadia s direction is disjointed nothing ever makes sense even after the anticlimatic explanation is revealed Not even Gellar can work up any interest in Joanna s fate 
1.5
The Return
Peter Hartlaub
The Return isn t the worst movie of the year or even in the top 10 But it s hard to imagine anyone seeing this movie and thinking they got their money s worth 
1
The Return
Susan Walker
Many elements of The Return are quite sophisticated as past and present converge and Joanna s pursuer catches her scent It s too bad that the plot takes us into irrationality past the point of no return 
2
The Return
Jason Anderson
Gellar s thousand yard stare and somnambulant screen presence have become a serious drag 
1.5
The Return
Nick Schager
Sarah Michelle Gellar may have ditched the Grudge franchise but her predilection for illogical horror continues with The Return 
1
The Return
Jim Hemphill
Asif Kapadia s The Return is a visually sumptuous but emotionally stillborn thriller that may be a bit too modest for its own good 
2
The Return
Dustin Putman
Hopelessly convoluted and vague 
1.5
The Return
John Monaghan
Sarah Michelle Gellar battled countless monsters as Buffy the Vampire Slayer Her biggest challenge in The Return is to keep from yawning 
1
The Return
Chris Hewitt
Although it s being advertised as a horror movie The Return actually invents a new genre the bore or movie 
1
The Return
Mike McGranaghan
The Return doesn t have enough scares to be a good thriller and it doesn t have the depth to work on an arty level This isn t a bad movie it s just painfully thin 
2
The Return
Maitland McDonagh
It s just a slow slog to a payoff that isn t worth the effort 
2
The King and I
Michael Dequina
The most stupefyingly incompetent animated feature to reach the big screen in recent memory 
0.5
The King and I
Roger Ebert
It is good to hear the songs including Whistle a Happy Tune Hello Young Lovers Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance But the movie seemed kind of stuffy 
2
The King and I
Dustin Putman
A quality butchering remake 
1.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Pamela Powell
The two hour and five minute running time of continuous sadness and unending pearls of wisdom made this viewer disconnect from the characters 
1.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Michael Smith
It handles life s big issues with honesty through its gritty lead character Hazel The other characters are brave and easy to empathize with 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Robert Horton
Along with its credible stars that s enough to predict that Fault is going to find its target audience big time 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Sean P. Means
Ultimately The Fault in Our Stars overcomes those faults because of Woodley who uses her instincts and abundant talent to depict Hazel as a fully realized young woman who s more than just the sum of her symptoms 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Brett McCracken
Thankfully The Fault in Our Stars presents a more nuanced and healthy manifestation of YOLO one that is less oriented toward reckless self gratification and more concerned with loving others 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
John Serba
Woodley always gifted in performance makes sure Hazel s change from numb to receptive feels natural attuned to the logic of reality 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
John Beifuss
Devotees of the book may have some concerns but for those willing to take this movie on its own terms as what reviewers used to call a four hanky weeper it s something of a wow 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Geoff Pevere
While it may not conform to one s real life expectations it certainly hews tightly to teen flick conventions 
2
The Fault in Our Stars
Kent Turner
The film belongs almost exclusively to Woodley In a delicately balanced performance she s both low key and passionate 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Duane Dudek
It is an optimistic reminder that your whole life is ahead of you even if you re dying And aren t we all 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Scott Nash
Shailene Woodley holds this tearjerker together despite its schmaltzy tendencies 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Matt Brunson
It hooks us with its mix of strong dialogue restrained direction and powerhouse performances 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
David Nusair
Boone doesn t quite have the cinematic sensibilities demanded by the material 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Wilson Morales
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort are so captivating and genuine in their performances they manage to make this intensely poignant film very moving romantic and highly entertaining 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Linda Cook
The Fault in Our Stars is today s younger generation s Love Story a famous romance from the 1970s 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Mara Reinstein
See You don t always need vampires and factions to show teens in all their angst filled acid tongued and hopeful glory 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Connie Ogle
The Fault in Our Stars is a heart breaker for sure but it s also a sweet romantic film full of sudden warmth and humor It gets everything right about being young and in love for the first time 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Lisa Kennedy
Big movies have their embedded lessons in heroism but it s nice to have tales of human scale fortitude 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
John Wirt
John Green s bestselling teen love story has been adapted into affecting beautifully staged film 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Willie Waffle
It s fun to see engaging teens instead of brooding vampires 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Steven Rea
Woodley balances grace with gravity wit with heart 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Dustin Putman
The Fault in Our Stars is dignified and genuinely moving a winsomely three dimensional romance set against an unavoidably fatalistic backdrop 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Rafer Guzman
Wears its cynicism the way many young people do awkwardly and not very convincingly 
2
The Fault in Our Stars
Peter Howell
It promises something that it doesn t deliver and insincerity is the last thing you want in a film like this 
2.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Mark Dujsik
The movie wants to acknowledge death but only to a certain point 
2
The Fault in Our Stars
Chris Knight
Director Josh Boone similarly lets the story play itself out before his camera he shows without being showy 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Moira MacDonald
Well of course the book is better 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Ty Burr
If Elgort s Gus is glibly charming and ultimately affecting The Fault in Our Stars belongs to Woodley a performer who always seems to be backing warily into her own movies 
2.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Joe Williams
In its totality The Fault in Our Stars is as noxious as chemotherapy 
1.5
The Fault in Our Stars
James Berardinelli
Calling The Fault in Our Stars a teenage cancer romance might be understating the film s laudable qualities but it s also a reasonably accurate three word summary of the plot 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Peter Travers
It s a fresh lively love story brimming with humor and heartbreak and lifted to the heights by Shailene Woodley a sublime actress with a rsum that pretty much proves she s incapable of making a false move on camera 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Carla Meyer
Woodley is such a fresh wonderful presence that you want to write sonnets to her talent 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Mick LaSalle
The Fault in Our Stars has to be considered some kind of good movie And so I ve given it some kind of good review Still I wonder why do I feel as I ve just been rolled 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Ann Hornaday
The Fault in Our Stars achieves that rare feat of eliciting as many cheers as tears 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Chris Hewitt
I knew exactly what to expect but I still sobbed for about the last hour of it 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Stephen Whitty
The book took readers on a satisfyingly teary journey The movie mostly does too but what may have worked in a novel is a little more awkward in a film 
2.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Jocelyn Noveck
About three quarters of the way through if not sooner you ll start hearing sniffles then sobs all around you And it s hard to imagine you too won t succumb even a little 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Christy Lemire
The Fault in Our Stars feels emotionally inert despite its many moments that are meant to put a lump in our throats 
2
The Fault in Our Stars
Matt Pais
Stays beautiful in movie form though the filmmaking often fails to do it justice 
2.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Michael Phillips
The Fault in Our Stars pushes every button 
2
The Fault in Our Stars
Mal Vincent
Cynics will be disarmed 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Randy Myers
Wise and sometimes funny delicately reminding us to live and love honestly and fully while we all still have that gift 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Rex Reed
There s a lot of religious inspiration in the film I could do without but the characters seem as real as inhaling 
3
The Fault in Our Stars
Claudia Puig
The movie is well written well acted acerbic funny and wisely observed Fans of the book will be glad to hear it is faithful to Green s tale 
3.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Kyle Smith
In the second half with the forced jauntiness largely foregone the movie takes a deep breath and realizes it s nobler to be an effective formula drama than a wan comedy 
2.5
The Fault in Our Stars
Roger Moore
A movie whose narrator mocks the cliches of such cancer romances but which embraces every single one of those cliches and a few others 
2
The Fault in Our Stars
David Lee Dallas
It takes few chances frequently using sass as a smokescreen hiding what s unoriginal and cheaply sentimental about this story behind a veil of witticisms about oblivion and cancer perks 
2
Black Tape: A Tehran Diary, the Videotape Fariborz Kambari Found In the Garbage
Steve Rhodes
An Iranian political drama told in The Blair Witch Project fashion An incomprehensible mess only its high minded intentions save it from being truly awful 
1.5
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Jeff Shannon
While familial subplots schoolyard showdowns and a climactic sea storm feel somewhat detached from the narrative the deep sense of longing that underlies this sweet natured tale rings true 
2.5
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
Chris Knight
No one has died from believing the Earth is flat or the moon landings didn t happen But believing that vaccinations are dangerous can kill you 
0
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
Peter Howell
The Film They Don t Want You to See sales pitch will now draw more eyeballs than this disingenuous screed deserves 
1.5
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
Michael O'Sullivan
Vaxxed should come with a warning label May cause irrational anxiety especially if taken with an empty head 
0.5
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
Mick LaSalle
It s a polemic But it s a passionate advocate for its viewpoint and that makes for compelling viewing 
3
Heidi
Jay Horton
Alain Gsponer s adaptation follows precisely the original 19th cenutry blueprint for Heidi and demonstrates even in this digital age the evergreen appeal of picturesque environs flirty goatherds and incandescent adorability 
3
Big Trouble in Little China
James Berardinelli
It s sporadically amusing but not consistently funny There s plenty of action but minimal tension And the story never tries hard to be even a little convincing 
2
Big Trouble in Little China
Michael Sragow
Big Trouble in Little China turns into yet another failed remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark 
2
Big Trouble in Little China
Paul Byrnes
A rollicking colourful comic strip of a movie with bells on 
2
Big Trouble in Little China
Kathleen Carroll
Watching Kurt Russell display not only a set of bulging biceps but also easy going self confidence is admittedly fun at times even if the movie is as impenetrable as chop suey 
2
Big Trouble in Little China
Christine Arnold Dolan
This is yet another movie of special effects over substance 
2
Big Trouble in Little China
Matt Brunson
A box office bomb that also had to endure a critical mauling this subsequently enjoyed a healthy life on video and is now considered by many fanboys to be an exemplary action fantasy comedy The truth actually rests between those two extremes 
2.5
Big Trouble in Little China
Peter Canavese
A B movie style Western meets Eastern a supernatural chopsocky fantasy with leading man Kurt Russell doing a feature length impression of a dead movie star Put that in your pipe and smoke it Blu ray 
3
Big Trouble in Little China
Phil Villarreal
The high octane action comedy takes all that was worthwhile from decades of B flicks and distills it into a maximum concentration explosion of cinematic TNT 
4
Big Trouble in Little China
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a goofy mix of comic books kung fu and Indiana Jones in a movie that left most people scratching their heads 
4
Big Trouble in Little China
Bill Chambers
I saw Kurt Russell in lipstick armed with a bowie knife and thought Super duper 
4
Big Trouble in Little China
James Kendrick
an immensely enjoyable mess one whose sheer energy and inventiveness outweighs its numerous flaws
3
Big Trouble in Little China
Roger Ebert
Special effects don t mean much unless we care about the characters who are surrounded by them and in this movie the characters often seem to exist only to fill up the foregrounds 
2
Side Out
David Nusair
how can you go wrong with Peter Horton as a grizzled ex volleyball champ 
1.5
A Horrible Way to Die
Kalvin Henely
As a horror movie that feels more like a mumblecore drama that a serial killer passes through it s deaf to its own shifting tones 
1.5
Crazy Famous
Roger Moore
Doesn t really add up to much but it has a VERY funny Dr Phil as Mental Patient turn by David Neal Levin 
1.5
Voice From the Grave
Matt Brunson
It s not often that a movie s greatest claim to fame is its poster but that s the case with this pre Code melodrama that deserves further praise for director Phil Goldstone s ofttimes experimental approach 
3
The Artist's Wife
Pamela Powell
The Artist s Wife is a complicated story that weaves together issues of father daughter relationships the role of a step mother and the need to be wanted as Claire s artistic talents are reawakened 
3.5
The Artist's Wife
Sean P. Means
The paired performances by Dern as the painter losing control and Olin as the helpmeet trying to keep him together have a lived in quality that put The Artist s Wife a rung or two above the average melodrama 
3
The Artist's Wife
Cate Marquis
The Artist s Wife is an imperfect movie rescued from forgettable by the perfect performances of Lena Olin and Bruce Dern 
2.5
The Artist's Wife
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not difficult to see where The Artist s Wife is going It gets there with a soft syrupy piano score with Dolby s pretty compositions and characters forever posed in front of gorgeous art or architecture 
2.5
The Artist's Wife
Glenn Kenny
The Artist s Wife wastes compassion on a character who has earned only the minimum 
2
The Artist's Wife
Johnny Oleksinski
The final scene leaves you thinking For a film about a woman recovering her lost identity it doesn t really have much of its own 
2
The Artist's Wife
Barry Hertz
Like an exhausted artist facing a blank canvas or an underwhelmed film critic staring at a blank screen The Artist s Wife doesn t have much to say but tosses something on the screen regardless hoping it will stick 
2
The Artist's Wife
Rafer Guzman
This cinematic portrait unfortunately never feels realistic or fully fleshed out 
2
The Artist's Wife
Joey Magidson
Bruce Dern and Lena Olin are fantastic here 
3
The Artist's Wife
Roger Moore
Worth seeing for Olin and Dern s tetchy and touching interactions portraying a marriage of devotion and decay 
2.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Roger Moore
Another lovely stanza in the epic poem of humanity that Herzog has been writing for half a century 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Rob Thomas
To puzzle over these questions with Herzog makes for a singular and rapturous viewing experience 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Stephen Cole
It is our tour guide that makes Cave of Forgotten Dreams an often thrilling experience 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Peter Howell
The overall effect aided by Ernst Reijseger s score of rising choral harmonies and lush strings is rapturous 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
John Beifuss
With his deadpan delivery heavy German accent and even heavier Germanic existentialism Herzog has become one of the most welcome preposterous and even funny figures in current cinema 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Duane Dudek
What is cinema but shadows dancing on walls 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Burl Burlingame
They emerged with a film that is supposed to be an art documentary but is really a kind of immersive fever dream and time machine 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
James Kendrick
Always the philosopher Herzog is not content to simply document what is inside the cave Rather he uses the images as a launching point for a series of essentially unanswerable questions
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Josh Larsen
equally intrigued by the prehistoric painters of yesteryear and those who study their work today 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Peter Keough
In the end the 3D is a distraction I d prefer more off the wall mini profiles of odd characters like the circus juggler turned palæontologist to tracking shots of stalactites backed by a chanting soundtrack 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Robert W. Butler
The art on display in Cave of Forgotten Dreams is so jaw droppingly beautiful that it can move a viewer to tears 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Marty Mapes
Herzog brings 3D to the art house documentary crowd
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Chris Hewitt
When he stays quiet and we re privileged to spend time with these 30 000 year old works Cave is magical 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Willie Waffle
Would have been better as a 30 minute special 
1.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Ann Hornaday
To call Cave of Forgotten Dreams a great movie isn t just an understatement it s a wildly inaccurate way to describe an experience that in its immersive sensory pleasures and climactic journey of discovery more closely resembles an ecstatic trance 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Joe Williams
This is something more than a movie it s a testament and re creation of rapture 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Walter V. Addiego
Art history lessons don t get much better Cave of Forgotten Dreams presents the world s oldest paintings captured by one of film s great visionaries 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Tom Keogh
What we get from this film a specific and personal sense that 32 000 year old artists with all their ideas and passions were not fundamentally that different from us 
4
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Steven Rea
We re never going to be allowed in this place so thanks Werner for inviting us along 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Wesley Morris
What we come to love about Herzog s documentary is Herzog s love itself 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the handheld 3D did at times make me a little queasy over all using this method to bring the Chauvet Cave to life adds another layer of detail the movie would not have achieved otherwise 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Lou Lumenick
Working with extremely limited lighting Herzog not only gives a sense of the caves as a sinuous tactile environment but focuses on the movement suggested by the paintings 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Mark Dujsik
Herzog s greatest gift with the film is allowing us to be left to be alone with our own thoughts and emotions on these sights 
3
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Michael Phillips
See this film It takes you to a place you won t soon forget 
4
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Roger Ebert
To the degree that it s possible for us to walk behind Herzog into that cave we do so 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Nick Schager
As with all of Herzog s nonfiction efforts it s spellbound by the wonder of man s relationship to his surroundings 
3.5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
David Nusair
sporadically interesting yet pervasively pointless 
1
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Guy Dixon
A historic invaluable film 
3
Phases of Matter
Peter Keough
The scenes are startling affecting and sometimes bizarre but they are not random 
3.5
Moxie
Tom Meek
Based on Jennifer Mathieu s popular YA novel this sprightly yet deeply dark tale about racism and sexism is an empowering victory lap for young women who feel marginalized 
2.5
Moxie
Peter Canavese
Amy Poehler s version of Mean Girls but it runs deeper darker and angrier 
3.5
Moxie
Robert Levin
The movie takes Vivian and her fellow students seriously rather than making the easy mistake of regarding them from a distance 
3
Moxie
Steven Prokopy
What s most exciting about Moxie is watching the process and early states of empowerment and how it changes the lives of these girls forever 
3
Moxie
Johnny Oleksinski
Amy Poehler might want to reconsider the whole directing thing 
2
Moxie
Randy Myers
Amy Poehler directed produced and co stars in this excellent girl power adaptation of Jennifer Mathieu s YA novel which tackles issues of white privilege and toxic teen male masculinity 
3
Moxie
Nina Metz
The end result is a movie that comes across as disappointingly vacant a jumbled collection of good intentions gone wrong 
2
Moxie
Mark Meszoros
It may have a few flaws but this movie has that certain what s the word spirit that makes it worth seeing 
2.5
Moxie
Roger Moore
An intensely likable and watchable dramedy even if it never quite reaches that generation defining comedy thing 
2.5
Moxie
Sheila O'Malley
Both an awkward act of nostalgia for 90s activism and an attempt to push the riot grrrl legacy into the future 
3
Moxie
Mark Dujsik
Moxie wants to be fun and serious as a primer for feminist politics but director Amy Poehler leans a bit too much toward the fun part 
2
Moxie
Richard Roeper
This is a film that pulls off the difficult balancing act of carrying an important and uplifting message while delivering consistent laughs and introducing us to some wonderfully badass teens 
3
It's All About Love
Jay Antani
while watching it you might be hit with the urge to grab the Danish writer director by the collar and shout No it s all about story 
1.5
It's All About Love
Gene Seymour
Doesn t add up to much 
2.5
It's All About Love
Megan Lehmann
There s something inherently frustrating about the illogical plot and the breezy vagueness of its message which seems to be linking the global freezing of a near future world with the coldness in people s hearts 
2.5
It's All About Love
Jack Mathews
Surely Vinterberg was high on some inert gas when he embarked on it 
1.5
It's All About Love
Ed Gonzalez
Impossibly glossy the film claims to be all about love but its heart never makes a beat 
1
Interiors
David Nusair
a slow austere drama 
2.5
Interiors
Mattie Lucas
Its dramatic elements may feel a bit disjointed but Allen s mastery of dialogue and character detail keep Interiors from slipping too deeply into self seriousness 
3
Interiors
Roger Ebert
Allen whose comedies have been among the cheerful tonics of recent years is astonishingly assured in his first drama 
4
Deception
Jonathan W. Hickman
The film plays like two movies in one and they are sadly somewhat in conflict with one another 
2
Deception
James Berardinelli
There s not a twist in this flimsy and moth eaten plot that isn t both contrived and transparent and not a character who hasn t been hopelessly manipulated by the needs of the narrative 
1.5
Deception
Austin Kennedy
All of the lead actors involved are far above the material If they weren t involved it probably would have premiered on Cinemax at 3a m 
1.5
Deception
Matt Brunson
Ultimately the movie packs less erotic heat than even Horton Hears a Who or Young Heart 
1
Deception
David Nusair
an agreeable little thriller that benefits substantially from the uniformly stellar performances 
2.5
Deception
Dustin Putman
Can a movie title be so unthinkably bad that it single handedly ruins the viewing experience As it turns out yes 
1.5
Deception
Larry Ratliff
It also doesn t help that the final reel reeks of preposterous event turns 
2
Deception
Pete Hammond
The kind of edge of your seat sexual thriller that grabs you and doesn t let go 
3
Deception
Claudia Puig
Despite a cast that includes double crossers Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams caught in the middle the film is a yawn 
2
Deception
Maitland McDonagh
It s a b movie lark that aspires to something more and falls short and the less you expect in the way of believability the more enjoyable it is 
2.5
Deception
Philip Marchand
The inevitable absurdities and coincidences of the plot are easy enough to accept along the way except perhaps for the sex club which is just a little too absurd to function as a plot device 
2
Deception
Chris Hewitt
It s supposed to be about the two guys played by Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman but they both fade next to Williams incandescent talent 
2.5
Deception
Moira MacDonald
Everyone including Madrid looks terrific but Deception delivers on no other level except perhaps as a guide to various New York hotel rooms 
1.5
Deception
Mick LaSalle
An overwrought and ultimately silly thriller 
2
Deception
Carla Meyer
High in gloss and light on brains 
1.5
Deception
Stephen Whitty
There s only one good con game going on here And it s the studio s sneaky plot to nimbly pick 11 from your pocket 
1.5
Deception
Lou Lumenick
Is there anything more boring than watching 20 million being electronically trans ferred to an offshore bank account Maybe it s someone repeatedly barking You have no idea what I m capable of into a cellphone 
1
Deception
Elizabeth Weitzman
Every actor has a few titles on his résumé that he d love to forget So should you ever have the opportunity to meet Deception stars Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor we highly recommend you pretend this movie was never made 
1
Deception
Lisa Kennedy
Deception recalls the fantasies of Showtime s soft core series Red Shoe Diaries It s often tastefully laughable 
2
Deception
Jim Emerson
What can compare with the white knuckle suspense of uploading a file 
1
Deception
Wesley Morris
Calling your terrible crime thriller Deception is like naming your bad cooking movie Food an advertisement for laziness 
3
Deception
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything this film nearly rivals 88 Minutes for sheer stupidity and by the time the central mysteries start speeding to their resolutions I was almost doubled over in fits of unintentional side splitting laughter 
1.5
Deception
James Rocchi
Deception is star filled and competently crafted but so afraid of real sexuality that it instead offers us soft lit perfume ad images and is erroneously convinced that moviegoers won t be able to spot lazy storytelling once their glasses are steamed up
2
Deception
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is one of those films where as long as you don t know what s going on it s interesting but once everything is revealed you start noticing all the plot holes 
2.5
Deception
Stephen Cole
An accountant s sex fantasy Deception is the story of an audit gone deliciously bad 
1.5
Deception
Steven Rea
Simultanously silly and sleep inducing 
2
Deception
Erik Childress
Wolverines and Cougars aside there are more than one strokes responsible for violating their own rules and putting a name on the film that is only an introduction to what s wrong with it 
1
Deception
Willie Waffle
Wants to be as dirty sexy and thrilling as Basic Instinct but it s more like Eyes Wide Shut or Basic Instinct 2 
1
Deception
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anyone who s ever seen any kind of twisty thriller will know who s in on it how and why 
2
Deception
Nick Schager
Trading in shabby trickery Deception proves painfully incapable of building a better suspense movie mousetrap 
1
Deception
Robert W. Butler
A generic thriller with a generic title Deception is so predictable you could guess what happens even if the trailer hadn t already given away just about every important plot development 
2
Deception
Michael Phillips
As thriller storytelling however Deception cannot get enough of the obvious Each major story revelation is so flagrantly telegraphed when the revelations arrive they re more like fax confirmation sheets of what already came through 
2
Deception
Josh Larsen
There is a deception being perpetrated in movie theaters of late and Deception is part of the ruse 
2
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Kenneth R. Morefield
An uplifting documentary that argues that people from different backgrounds can fuse and harmonize 46 
3
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Mike Scott
Deftly summoning the myriad flavors and cultures one gets when walking the Fair Grounds during those two peerless springtime weekends 44 8220 Jazz Fest 58 A New Orleans Story 8221 is the definitive Jazz Fest documentary we 8217 ve been waiting for 46 
4
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Rob Thomas
As a broad overview of the 51 year old music festival 44 the film is a vibrant 44 colorful 95 minute commercial for getting down to the New Orleans Jazz amp Heritage Festival and letting the good times roll 46 
2.5
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Michael O'Sullivan
The energy that the film puts out is vital and full of sap 
3
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Nell Minow
The history and commentary are fine 44 but the musical numbers are sensational 46 
3.5
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Mark Dujsik
The scope here is simply too much 44 especially within the frame of a 90 minute movie 46 46 46 
2
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Dwight Brown
For years to come this reverent doc will lead music lovers back to NOLA 
3
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Roger Moore
A real music lover s treat 
3
Aftermath
Peter Keough
The shocks and the repressed wickedness as in all well done horror films build slowly then reach a crescendo that is hard to bear and harder to shake off 
3.5
Aftermath
Linda Cook
A mystery a drama and a dark glimpse at real events from Poland s history combine in this compelling sobering film 
4
Aftermath
Cynthia Dickison
A sense of dread suffuses this film which offers yet another slice of World War II history 
3.5
Aftermath
Dann Gire
Even if its frequent forays into that genre become too literal and excessive Pasikowski s capacity for illustrating the inhumanity of humans still delivers the chills 
3
Aftermath
Simon Abrams
Aftermath is toothless and that s inexcusable for a civics lesson that s supposed to jolt us out of complacency 
1.5
Aftermath
Stephen Whitty
Its picture of rural Poland where a wood stove still sits in the kitchen an outhouse in the backyard and no one forgets anything is fresh and striking And the conflict between the brother who stayed and the brother who left has real depth 
3
Aftermath
Ela Bittencourt
The film isn t so much about the moral atrophy of people who refuse to come to terms with their past as it is about cosmic karma passed from fathers to sons like an ancient curse 
2.5
Medea
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The moment you can forget about Dreyer or at least reduce his contribution to some parts of the dialogue Medea becomes an exhilarating visual feast 
3
Medea
Wesley Morris
Works on von Trier s own imagistic terms 
3
Medea
Marty Mapes
Medea concentrates on the human story of ambition and jealousy
3.5
Medea
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The muddy overly pixilated pictures begin to resonate with a punchy beauty found in very few shot on film movies 
3.5
Paper Heart
Kelly Jane Torrance
But though some of the emotions portrayed are fake Paper Heart ultimately is a heartfelt film that wears its sincerity on its sleeve 
3
Paper Heart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Paper Heart isn t terribly deep but it s disarmingly sweet and the various comic actors always work hard to keep things lively 
3
Paper Heart
Austin Kennedy
This is one of the best if not the best movie about love that has come out this year I would even say it s one of the best movies of the year And that s largely because of this summer s greatest special effect Charlyne Yi 
4
Paper Heart
Robert W. Butler
The biggest drawback here is that Charlyne Yi has no screen presence 
2
Paper Heart
Sean P. Means
Imagine if Borat had been made by Miranda July the whimsical beat poet performance artist who gave us Me and You and Everyone We Know 
3
Paper Heart
Graham Killeen
The pretend moments call into question the legitimacy of the genuine ones until it becomes impossible for Paper Heart to make its own point 
2
Paper Heart
Rene Rodriguez
Cute If you say so Funny If I had a nickel for every time I laughed I d have a dime 
1
Paper Heart
Joe Williams
This movie may be sickly sweet but it s harmless and as a handcrafted antidote to a toxic toy story like G I Joe Paper Heart has healing properties 
2.5
Paper Heart
James Berardinelli
It s easy to see how this quirky offbeat approach could seem refreshing within the rarefied hermetic atmosphere of a festival Elsewhere however it comes across as amateurish and considerably less charming 
2
Paper Heart
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not earth shattering or a film that s going to change the world it is one that made me laugh chuckle swoon and cry and when it was over I walked out of the theater feeling as light as a feather and as happy as a clam 
3
Paper Heart
Kate Taylor
This breach with the audience does matter for it is one thing to seduce your viewers and quite another to trick them Love is all about trust after all 
2
Paper Heart
Kyle Smith
Paper Heart is like a really special five minute YouTube clip that goes on for an hour and a half 
2
Paper Heart
Mick LaSalle
Paper Heart is a cute movie a little too cute and a little too aware of its own cuteness 
2
Paper Heart
Chris Hewitt
When it comes down to it Paper Heart worked for me because Yi is really good company 
3
Paper Heart
Jason Anderson
Only intermittently engaging and too timid to be satisfactorily funny or insightful 
2
Paper Heart
Claudia Puig
Even the most cynical are likely to be won over by the unassuming charms of Paper Heart 
3
Paper Heart
Ty Burr
Still the stylistic games reflect Yi and her generation s larger dilemma Paper Heart is a movie that can t commit about people who don t know how to 
2.5
Paper Heart
Camerin Courtney
A quirky mostly endearing commentary on love in a postmodern age 
2.5
Paper Heart
Dustin Putman
One of the sweetest cinematic confections of the year Charlyne Yi is a new star in the making 
3
Paper Heart
Tom Keogh
Fact and fiction intermingle in Paper Heart but discovering where the line is drawn is the tricky part 
2
Paper Heart
Peter Travers
Enjoying this wondrous wisp of a something is easy describing it is hard Luckily Charlyne Yi is an enchantress 
3
Paper Heart
Roger Ebert
A quasi documentary about love that is sweet true and perhaps a little deceptive 
3
Paper Heart
Andrew Schenker
The questioning yields but modest insights more along the line of love is a hard thing to find when you have it keep it than any heretofore undiscovered secret formulas 
1.5
Border Incident
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Border Incident is a volatile movie liable to go off at any moment 
3.5
Jolene
Tom Keogh
Chastain proves near heroic embodying Jolene s innate strength and incremental wisdom Yet she also makes us understand how the heroine s wobbly resistance to manipulative characters is overwhelmed time and again 
3.5
Jolene
Glenn Heath Jr.
Jolene s main themes including the manipulation of youth the fragility of love and the suppression of individuality try to carry the wonky dialogue into complex territory 
1
Jolene
Lou Lumenick
So bad it s almost but not quite good Dan Ireland s Jolene is an unusually elaborate and excruciatingly long vanity production 
0
Jolene
Rex Reed
The movie has been through as many hurdles getting here as dear sweet Jolene but sometimes the most engaging movies are the ones worth waiting for 
3
Bad Influence
Juan Carlos Coto
Bad Influence takes mostly predictable steps and tries to wrap up a forgotten subplot with some quick dialogue It s also hard to watch Lowe make inside jokes during a movie with no substantial female characters the women are all props or plot devices 
2
Bad Influence
Matt Brunson
Lowe s surface performance is distracting and eliminates much of the suspense necessary to keep this sort of grasping Hitchcock wannabe afloat 
2
Bad Influence
David Nusair
improves substantially once Alex drops his charming facade and becomes a flat out villain 
2.5
Bad Influence
Roger Ebert
The movie sneaks up on you 
3
House Arrest
Roger Moore
A 22 minute sitcom pilot lost in a 104 minute rom com
1.5
White Wash
Andrew Schenker
Feels simultaneously dense with information and analysis and as pleasantly breezy as a day at the beach at least for its first half 
2.5
Mourning
John Beifuss
Formally inventive and emotionally potent 
3.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
James Verniere
A strange beast but one lifelong Fellini fans will find irresistible 
3
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Chris Hewitt
The filmmaker acknowledges the contradictions inherent in Fellini s surreal style 
2.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Rob Thomas
Only those who are familiar with or curious about Fellini s work will find it a rewarding experience 
3
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Sean P. Means
If you want to learn about Fellini don t listen to him prattle on Go rent 8 1 2 instead 
1.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Jeff Vice
It almost seems that documentarian Damian Pettigrew didn t have enough Fellini material to draw from 
2
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Wesley Morris
Pettigrew s movie functions nicely as a posthumous couch trip with Fellini explaining the soulful puppetry of his art without pulling the curtain up far enough to let you catch him pulling the strings 
3
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Carrie Rickey
A disappointment not to mention a squandered opportunity 
2.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Includes generous clips of Fellini s great 8 1 2 1963 which is to this day clearly a more compelling Fellini biography than anything Pettigrew could have come up with 
2
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Mick LaSalle
It goes in circles and wears out its welcome except for the most hard core enthusiasts 
2
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Roger Ebert
If you know little about Fellini this is not the place to start Begin with the films 
2.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Michael Wilmington
The film for all its frustrating qualities does bring us closer to this intriguing seductive and admittedly devious artist 
2.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Moira MacDonald
A worthy and often exquisite tribute to memory and art to truth and contradiction 
3.5
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Glenn Whipp
A movie that will be treasured by those who love Fellini just as surely as it will confound and bore anyone not particularly familiar with or fond of the great Italian director 
3
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
John Anderson
It s fascinating to hear Fellini talk about himself and his work 
3
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
V.A. Musetto
The newly found footage of Fellini and actor Marcello Mastroianni on the set of La Dolce Vita made me want to run out and see that wonderful film yet again 
3
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
Marc Savlov
There s a potentially more interesting follow up doc ghosting right behind this one 
2.5
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
Paul Schrodt
Throughout the film circles around the sociological significance of the rodeo 
1.5
The Company of Wolves
Matt Brunson
Feminism meets Freud meets fractured fairy tales in The Company of Wolves 44 one of the finest of all werewolf flicks 46 
3.5
The Company of Wolves
Roger Ebert
It is not a children s film and it is not an exploitation film it is a disturbing and stylish attempt to collect some of the nightmares that lie beneath the surface of Little Red Riding Hood 
3
The Speech
Milagros Amondaray
When it isn t cheesy or forced The Speech is a welcome celebration of mistakes Full review in Spanish 
3
The Speech
Nazareno Brega
Humor is the only reprieve from the suffocating internal thought process of the protagonist Full review in Spanish 
2
Two Men in Town
Glenn Kenny
As exceptional as the acting in the picture is and it is wonderful it can t entirely lift the movie from the rut it has all but plowed into by the end credits 
2.5
Two Men in Town
Roger Moore
Archetypal modern Western noir with most of its edge rubbed off 
2
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
Kam Williams
An admirably informative and empathetic effort clearing up common misconceptions about dyslexia explaining that it s not a character flaw but merely a neurological issue affecting as many as one out of five individuals 
4
Being John Malkovich
Tom Meek
The very meta tale stars and is about thespian and sometime Cambridge resident John Malkovich and the puppeteer John Cusack who discovers a portal into his brain 
2.5
Being John Malkovich
Walter Chaw
an essential existentialist text 
4
Being John Malkovich
Matt Brunson
Playing by its own rules every step of the way Being John Malkovich is clearly the sort of movie that needs to be made more often 
4
Being John Malkovich
Wesley Lovell
Are we really ourselves or is someone else just manipulating us without our knowledge 63 Are we seeing the real John Malkovich or are we seeing yet another character that he has concocted out of his own 44 insatiably bizarre mind 63 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Joe Lozito
A film that seems to make all the right choices 
4
Being John Malkovich
Phil Villarreal
In just a few years with a flurry of wildly imaginative films and three Oscar nominations Kaufman has managed to join the likes of David Mamet Stephen King William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde on the short list of screenwriting superstars 
4
Being John Malkovich
Judith Egerton
No one will accuse music video director Spike Jonze of making his feature film debut with a boring conventional movie 
3
Being John Malkovich
Jeanne Aufmuth
Premises don t come packaged more cleverly than this one Stellar cast eclectic story and a peculiar concept render this an imaginative albeit uneven two hours of unusual movie entertainment 
3
Being John Malkovich
Jeff Strickler
It s clever witty dark and most importantly unwaveringly bizarre 
3
Being John Malkovich
Margaret A. McGurk
What it leaves behind is a dizzying sense of exhilaration like being bathed in champagne 
4
Being John Malkovich
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wonderful and inspired weirdness 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Edward Guthmann
It s tremendously entertaining and probably worthy of repeat viewings 
3
Being John Malkovich
Steven D. Greydanus
Being John Malkovich is a film of startling originality and creativity a work of continual invention and hauntingly vivid imagery 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Rick Groen
Wonderfully inventive wickedly funny and thoughtful enough to keep your mind on full alert it s a square peg in the round world of genre films 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Ed Gonzalez
Ribald Kafkaesque romp Being John Malkovich contemplates the nature of sexual identity and celebrity with a surrealist shtick that owes plenty to Buñuel and Svankmajer 
4
Being John Malkovich
Jorge Avila Andrade
Cinta sumamente original que va a dejar pensando al espectador tiempo después de que éste abandone la sala de proyección
3.5
Being John Malkovich
James Kendrick
a hilariously perverse riff on love triangles identity and fame
4
Being John Malkovich
Rob Blackwelder
Destined for well deserved cult status along side such creepy comedy masterpieces as Brazil and Harold and Maude 
4
Being John Malkovich
Mike Gregory
One of the most original bizarre and oddly charming films ever to come out of Hollywood 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Emily Blunt
This is one of the cleverest movies made in quite a while Just a fun mentally stimulating romp through the mind literally of Malkovich as they would like us to see him 
4
Being John Malkovich
Madeleine Williams
I doubt I ll see a more unusual or more inventive film this year 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Elias Savada
Wacky wild side splitting and refreshing as all hell And then some 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Marty Mapes
Being John Malkovich is unquestionably the freshest most original yes I ll say it best movie of the year
4
Being John Malkovich
Ross Anthony
The title isn t just some alternative rock band sounding chime it s exactly what the film is about 
3
Being John Malkovich
Jeff Vice
Diaz and Keener are both wonderful at playing against type and both Cusack and Orson Bean playing Craig s secretive boss are perfectly eccentric 
3
Being John Malkovich
Shay Casey
It s funny inventive and unpredictable 
4
Being John Malkovich
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely hilarious and completely off the wall 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Dustin Putman
A stunner through and through and can safely stand as one of the very best motion pictures of the season 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
David N. Butterworth
The kind of film you might want to see several times to appreciate fully every characterization every line of dialogue every frame of film stock has something unique to offer 
4
Being John Malkovich
Bob Bloom
A true original Being John Malkovich is a surreal journey 
4
Being John Malkovich
Michael Dequina
An exploration of celebrity identity sexuality and other issues that is never less than imaginative not to mention insanely funny and consistently surprising 
4
Being John Malkovich
James Berardinelli
Unlike most comedies which go for laughs without worrying about depth Being John Malkovich has both 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
David Keyes
Certain movies are shameful for snubbing the laws of reality but Being John Malkovich does not once feel sidetracked by the zany twists 
3.5
Being John Malkovich
Lou Lumenick
Being John Malkovich which contains not a frame of extraneous footage is more than a must see movie It s a must see more than once event 
4
Being John Malkovich
David Sterritt
Pitches so many curveballs that even its title is a joke 
4
Being John Malkovich
Roger Ebert
What an endlessly inventive movie this is Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman supplies a stream of dazzling inventions twists and wicked paradoxes And the director Spike Jonze doesn t pounce on each one like fresh prey but unveils it slyly 
4
Regarding Henry
David Nusair
one of director Nichols very best efforts 
3.5
Regarding Henry
Roger Ebert
This is a film of obvious and shallow contrivance which aims without apology for easy emotional payoffs and tries to manipulate the audience with plot twists that belong in a sitcom 
2
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Simon Abrams
A lot of things transpire in any given scene but none of them will make you care what happens next 
2
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Mark Jenkins
The story is motley and not very involving and the anything goes CGI undermines the battle sequences 
2
Stormy Monday
Matt Brunson
A smoky jazzy mood ring of a movie 
3
Stormy Monday
Roger Ebert
Stormy Monday is about the way light falls on wet pavement stones and about how a neon sign glows in a darkened doorway 
3.5
A Chef in Love
Roger Ebert
A Chef in Love was Georgia s entry in the foreign film category of the Oscars and plays as a hymn somewhat disjointed to bon vivants everywhere 
3
A Chef in Love
Steve Rhodes
The movie is like a meringue briefly tasty but with no substance 
2
Don't Call Me Son
Godfrey Cheshire
Indicates a filmmaker of remarkable range subtlety and intelligence a Brazilian talent who s deservedly gaining a place on the world stage 
3.5
Don't Call Me Son
Clayton Dillard
Writer director Anna Muylaert writes themes into excellent controlled first acts that turn capricious by the third 
2.5
Itsy Bitsy
Christian Toto
Ignore the film s marketing materials This thriller has more to offer than empty calorie scares 
3
Itsy Bitsy
Mark Dujsik
The spider feels like a tease in the first act and a matter of story convenience to clean up all the messy drama by the finale 
1.5
Cool & Crazy
Leighton Walter Kille
Far from being a collection of stoic cliches the singers are vibrantly individual and their stories form the film s core 
3
Cool & Crazy
Carrie Rickey
Cool and Crazy not only does music have charms to soothe the savage breast but also warmth to melt the endless Norwegian winter 
3
Cool & Crazy
Lou Lumenick
An unusual and utterly disarming documentary 
3
A Dirty Shame
Linda Cook
Wow The challenges of reviewing an NC 17 movie for a family newspaper are um challenging 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Michael Dequina
Goes through the surface motions of naughtiness but it all comes off rather quaint in the end 
2
A Dirty Shame
David N. Butterworth
What s shocking today is very different to what was shocking 20 years ago but John Waters doesn t seem to have noticed 
1.5
A Dirty Shame
James Berardinelli
The story is trite and uninteresting And the humor is only occasionally funny and that s largely because it s almost impossible not to be impressed by Tracey Ullman s manic energy 
1
A Dirty Shame
Glenn Kenny
A welcome reminder that sex is sometimes too ridiculous to take so seriously 
3
A Dirty Shame
James Kendrick
Waters will never be able to go back to the home movie anarchy that characterized his earlier work unless he completely ditches his Hollywood ties
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Tom Keogh
Finds Waters basking in the wildness of such fun but the film is also a retreat from his more sophisticated causticity of late On one hand it s a victory on the other it disappoints 
2
A Dirty Shame
Steven Winn
More catalog than comedy a checklist of erotically twisted dysfunctions strung together to fill 89 minutes of chirpy stylized screen time 
1
A Dirty Shame
David Elliott
The NC 17 rating on John Waters A Dirty Shame must have a double meaning not clean enough for those under 17 and not clever enough for those over 17 
1.5
A Dirty Shame
Jack Mathews
The obviousness and redundancy of the material take their toll on each of the actors 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Liam Lacey
Erotic obsession by definition is repetitive but who knew it could get so tedious 
2
A Dirty Shame
Roger Ebert
Monotonous repetitive and sometimes wildly wrong in what it hopes is funny 
1
A Dirty Shame
Wesley Morris
A big lascivious punch line about America s peculiar embarrassed hypocritical relationship with sex 
3
A Dirty Shame
James Verniere
This is often tiresome 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Lou Lumenick
Though A Dirty Shame is more enjoyable than Waters last couple of films that s largely due to the thoroughly demented performances of Ullman and Knoxville 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Pam Grady
It s not that fun or that sexy 
2
A Dirty Shame
Sean P. Means
Waters takes inspiration from Reefer Madness and similar social reform shockers but even the subversion of that genre s overblown hyperbole becomes a tired joke 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Rob Thomas
It s like an erotic art film made by carnies and almost gets by on sheer audacity alone Not quite though 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Bob Strauss
Trash king Waters is back doing what he does best underground nonsense that no matter how perverted it gets bubbles with a weirdly innocent zest 
3
A Dirty Shame
Jeff Vice
It s simply repulsive and terribly unfunny 
1
A Dirty Shame
Erik Childress
Eventually the joke wears as thin as a chicken crossing a road to get felched 
2
A Dirty Shame
Peter Canavese
Takes apart conservative middle class society by opening the floodgates of sexual desire a non stop cavalcade of fetishes novelty songs and bawdy slang 
3
A Dirty Shame
Peter Travers
Wicked kinky fun 
3
A Dirty Shame
Jackie Loohauis
Not a good film 
0
A Dirty Shame
Glenn Lovell
Let the chant begin here Ullman for best actress Ullman for best actress 
4
A Dirty Shame
Phoebe Flowers
Loses a bit of its steam around the one hour mark but it s worth seeing for Waters increasingly hilarious creative and naturally unprintable litany of euphemisms for a variety of sex acts 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Chris Hewitt
Waters ace in the hole is his fine actors who help him take the bizarre and make it understandable even kind of sweet 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
David Sterritt
The humor is more childish than raunchy but it s interesting to see that becoming a big time Broadway impresario hasn t led Waters to sell out his affection for gross out gags 
2
A Dirty Shame
Terry Lawson
That s the joke and it s the only joke But it s a funny one and Waters manages to keep it going for the entire film 
3
A Dirty Shame
Rene Rodriguez
Brims over with weirdos and eccentrics you wouldn t want to meet on the street But the movie is so joyous and celebratory it s a turn on anyway 
3
A Dirty Shame
Carrie Rickey
Raunchily entertaining 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
John Anderson
John Waters top gun of tackiness lives up to his happily tarnished reputation with a tale of sexual license excess perversion and overkill 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Allison Benedikt
Awfully bawdy never sexy rarely funny actually boring one note sex comedy 
1.5
A Dirty Shame
Rob Blackwelder
Mercilessly mocking those who fear sexual tolerance will unravel society Waters delights in taking both puritanism and prurience to satirical extremes 
3
A Dirty Shame
Walter Chaw
If it s irritating in a bad way it s also irritating in a fruitful way 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Phil Villarreal
Even though his new movie is awful at least Waters was honest enough to stick it with an accurate title 
1
A Dirty Shame
Matt Brunson
It s always nice to see Waters shake up the stodgy status quo But in this instance a smidgen of prudence might have been an effective weapon in the war against prudery 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Steve Rhodes
Waters is in his finest form this time with humor so outrageously funny that audiences may injure themselves while laughing 
3.5
A Dirty Shame
Jeanne Aufmuth
Travels well beyond suggestion and gives fresh definition to bad taste 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Scott Nash
Pretty much what you d expect from an NC 17 rated John Waters film about sex addiction 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Dustin Putman
For the not easily offended this is certainly one of the most deliriously ballsy comedies to hit screens in years 
2.5
A Dirty Shame
Ed Gonzalez
This NC 17 freak show could just as easily have been called All That MPAA Allows and here it s plenty 
3
What We Do Is Secret
Sonny Bunch
A docudrama with the production qualities of a made for MTV movie about a band that recorded one album and never finished a gig and whose lead singer was a fascist poseur 
2
What We Do Is Secret
Marc Savlov
Despite its thorough attention to historical detail and the obvious love of all involved for their shattered subject What We Do Is Secret is in the end awfully sterile for a movie about the Germs 
2.5
What We Do Is Secret
John Hartl
While What We Do Is Secret may not be remembered for much more than West s performance it s an impersonation worth saluting 
2.5
What We Do Is Secret
Chris Hewitt
The final scenes of Secret are its best and ironically the original Germs final moments were said to be their best too 
2.5
What We Do Is Secret
David Wiegand
Some of the supporting performances like those of Phillips and Gonzalez are very strong but it s West who lifts the entire film to a whole other level 
3
What We Do Is Secret
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a shame to see such vibrant material treated in such a routine nostalgic manner but the energy of the material and especially of the Germs music occasionally rescues the movie from its unimpressive superficial stretches 
2.5
What We Do Is Secret
Carrie Rickey
Despite a terrific performance from Shane West who bears an uncanny resemblance to Crash Secret is a chronology not a biopic 
2
What We Do Is Secret
Jim Emerson
Where What We Do Is Secret succeeds is in the performances which and this a compliment I think sometimes expose a stilted amateurish strain that s oddly in tune with the characters D I Y aesthetic 
2.5
What We Do Is Secret
Sid Smith
The best parts of Secret recall Sid and Nancy The worst evoke the last inferior A Star Is Born 
3
What We Do Is Secret
Linda Stasi
An unsatisfying biopic of the Germs the seminal LA punkers led by Darby Crash 
2
What We Do Is Secret
Ken Fox
The reasons behind Crash s death might be the most relevant lesson to be learned from the Germs story and one can only dream of what a filmmaker like Gus Van Sant might have made from the material 
2
What We Do Is Secret
Rafer Guzman
The film s faux documentary style is a distraction but it fades in and out Secret is most compelling when the people and places of L A tell this tragic but somehow still ebullient story 
3
What We Do Is Secret
Nick Schager
Infused with ragged unpredictability What We Do Is Secret s wild concerts are its high points 
2.5
Enchantment
David Nusair
the extremely deliberate pace quickly becomes overwhelming 
1.5
Ju-on: The Grudge
David Nusair
filmmaker Takashi Shimizu generally proves unable to sustain the viewer s interest for more than a few minutes at a time 
2
My Name Is Joe
Dustin Putman
Plays well as both a romance and a portrait of a lonely man coming to terms with the mistakes in his life 
3
My Name Is Joe
Michael Dequina
Loach s keen eye for unpolished reality and Mullan s passionate well modulated turn keep the film well worth watching 
3
My Name Is Joe
Roger Ebert
Often with a film like this you think you know how it has to end The ending of My Name Is Joe left me stunned I ve rarely seen a film where the conclusion is so unexpected and yet in its own way so logical and so inevitable 
3.5
Deadfall
Kelly Jane Torrance
This is a gruesome film though it is lightened by the force of its talent 
2.5
Deadfall
Walter V. Addiego
Despite a super dark noir plot and respectable cast Deadfall is a thriller that never quite delivers on its promise 
2
Deadfall
James Kendrick
Oedipal crises abound in this sleek but empty slice of snow driven neo noir
2
Deadfall
Calvin Wilson
Perhaps the best thing about Deadfall is the lifelike messiness of its ending A couple of the characters have a lot of explaining to do and this is one case where a sequel might be in order 
3
Deadfall
Soren Andersen
It s sort of like Fargo only with a higher body count and without the wood chipper 
1.5
Deadfall
Steven Rea
Deadfall is fast and fatalistic 
3
Deadfall
Robert Levin
A rare modern genre piece that doesn t shy away from being impossibly bleak and downbeat 
3
Deadfall
Stephen Whitty
This is the sort of movie best encountered accidentally and for free caught on basic cable late at night 
2.5
Deadfall
Lou Lumenick
There s nothing you haven t seen before and better in Deadfall which would seem to appeal mostly to fans of snowmobile chases 
1.5
Deadfall
Kate Taylor
Dean and Ruzowitzky want both inexorably tightening plot and keen psychology here and they can t always have it both ways 
2
Deadfall
Michael O'Sullivan
A genre characterized by often grisly violence high style and a distinctly nihilistic outlook 
3
Deadfall
Ty Burr
An A list cast fights a B movie script and goes down hard in Deadfall a wintry suspense melodrama that s not quite awful enough to be any fun 
1.5
Deadfall
Jeff Beck
Tangential and forced are really the two words that describe this movie best It had such potential but as to why Dean let is spiral out of control so badly remains a mystery 
2
Deadfall
Peter Keough
Holiday get togethers traditionally spark family conflict but this is ridiculous 
2
Deadfall
Linda Barnard
Looks great but sacrifices much in its charge towards a final showdown that s been telegraphed from the early going 
2
Deadfall
Roger Moore
The accidents coincidences and melodramatic flourishes pile up like a February snowdrift 
1.5
Deadfall
Kam Williams
An intriguing cat and mouse caper featuring both bullets and brains The question is how long can they keep up the good perp bad perp charade before their luck finally runs out 
3
Deadfall
James Berardinelli
The most disappointing aspect of Deadfall is its conventionality For a thriller it s light on surprises 
2.5
Deadfall
Chris Cabin
None of Eric Bana s mildly rousing moments clearly rise above the laborious gobbledygook that Ruzowitzky builds up through the course of the film s 94 minute duration 
1.5
They Live in the Grey
Kevin Carr
It s got some great ideas and great imagery and there is some genuinely excellent stuff in this film but it just takes forever 
1.5
My Stretch of Texas Ground
Tom Meek
Ambitious and intriguing beyond its pat concept 
2.5
My Stretch of Texas Ground
Bob Bloom
The problem with My Stretch of Texas Ground which was directed by Erich Kemp and written by Ralph Cinque is that it gets too bogged down with extraneous scenes and situations that fail to advance the film 
2
My King
Barry Paris
Don t look for a happy ending or for that matter any definitive resolution of the two hour roller coaster ride The rise and fall of this romantic empire is not necessarily over even when it s over 
3
My King
Alan Zilberman
My King brims with intimate details adding to a sense of authenticity that is rarely found in films 
3.5
My King
Peter Travers
Bercot and Cassel deliver phenomenal performances in this erotic bonfire of a movie Mawenn doesn t want to warm our heart she wants to rip into it 
3.5
My King
Nick Allen
A very wise movie with brilliant performances and no answers one that presents the impossible stability of love like scientific fact 
3.5
My King
Chuck Bowen
Mawenn fashions a bracing film about co dependency capturing the erotic contours of subservience and flattery 
3
My King
Kent Turner
The overly exuberant mood swings are more likely the result of an actor overdoing it 
2
Faces Places
Leo Brady
Faces Places is an irreplaceable masterpiece It is the film that everyone should see because frankly the world is too awful to miss something this good 
4
Faces Places
John Beifuss
Entirely fresh as the hip JR creates monumental photo portraits of some of the hardworking citizens the collaborators meet while the elfin Varda now 90 reconciles the memories of her vibrant past with the realities of failing eyesight and curling feet 
4
Faces Places
Roger Moore
Not the most consequential of docm entaries but from first stop to almost the last it s a trippy traveling delight 
3
Faces Places
Josh Terry
The film will be best appreciated by other photographers but its theme of friendship and its spirit of seeking out the hidden value of the humanity around us make JR and Varda s film a worthwhile and relatable investment for most anyone 
3
Faces Places
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Highly personal searching inventive and constantly evolving in the most delightful ways 
4
Faces Places
Sean P. Means
Artists from two generations the filmmaker Agnés Varda and the street artist JR explore photography and memory in the most engaging ways possible in Faces Places a documentary that s as funny and as insightful as they are 
3.5
Faces Places
Josh Larsen
frames Varda quite differently than her previous self referential documentaries 
3
Faces Places
Ty Burr
Anyone who can t enjoy this wise and soulful film has to consider whether they ve given up on the movies and on life 
4
Faces Places
Peter Howell
A delightful artful road trip 
3.5
Faces Places
Mark Dujsik
Like any road trip worth anything of value the film is unhurried and spontaneous 
3
Faces Places
Christopher Schobert
Faces Places is truly a joyous documentary and qualifies as a must see for any lover of cinema If it is indeed Varda s final film it s hard to think of a more effective goodbye 
4
Faces Places
Michael Phillips
This movie a diary of a freewheeling far flung installation art project combines chance and intuition and a humane eye 
3.5
Faces Places
Ann Hornaday
Faces Places is a film of sheer joy its exuberance surpassed only by its tenderness and purity of purpose 
4
Faces Places
Glenn Kenny
As they make their way sometimes merry sometimes melancholy a double portrait of the artists forms It s very moving 
3.5
Faces Places
Peter Travers
Sheer perfection French New Wave veteran Agnes Varda and the young photographer JR leap fearlessly into the art of making art in the year s best and most beguiling doc 
4
Faces Places
Clayton Dillard
Agnès Varda and JR s film develops into something approaching a manifesto for the possibility of shared happiness 
3.5
Faces Places
Kate Taylor
This rich cross generational exchange speaks to the persistence of French cinematic culture Varda s relationship with the pioneering filmmaker Jean Luc Godard is a recurring theme while the doc itself is a delight subtle touching and entertaining 
4
Faces Places
Kent Turner
Melancholic and whimsical the film takes in the world at large While a personal work it embraces its surroundings 
3
Powder
Michael Dequina
Pretentious uninvolving headscratcher that aims to be tragic and uplifting and falls way short the only thing it ll lift is your butt from your seat midway through the film 
0
Powder
Roger Ebert
Powder has all of the elements of a successful fantasy and none of the insights It s a movie where intriguing ideas lie there on the screen jumbled and unrealized 
2
Powder
Mike Clark
Performed to the hilt by Flanery and filmed with conviction by Victor Salva the movie is finally too solemn to survive its pushy musical strings 
2
7 Days
Mitchell Beaupre
While the themes and specific details of the film give the audience plenty to think about and appreciate after it 8217 s over 44 your first reaction is centered on the sheer charm of watching these two fantastic actors interact with one another 46 
2.5
7 Days
Nick Allen
Its a clever premise and this movie spins some sweet comedy out of it 
3
7 Days
Steven Prokopy
By not being afraid to get culturally specific in its quest to also feel universal the movie feels utterly unique while serving as another example of a pandemic made production that isn t afraid to embrace the times and and use it as part of its story 
3
7 Days
Mark Dujsik
The setup is simple straightforward and quite funny 
3
7 Days
Mike McGranaghan
7 Days is kind of like a Covid era My Dinner with Andre Karan Soni and Geraldine Viswanathan have excellent chemistry together 
3
7 Days
Roger Moore
An intimate understated gem a sort of pandemic Big Sick 
3
7 Days
Walter Chaw
7 Days shows real chops real intelligence sharp timing and lovely and compelling chemistry between its leads 
2.5
Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers
Jeff Shannon
It s a lot of fun but it s not the whole story 
3
Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers
Robert W. Butler
This is all fine but it doesn t add up to much There s no through story here just a collection of observations 
2
Giant From the Unknown
Matt Brunson
The big news regarding this low budget effort is the participation of Jack Pierce arguably the greatest makeup artist Hollywood ever produced 
2
Cathy's Curse
Matt Brunson
A slack and often laughable horror yarn 
1.5
The Card Player
Walter Chaw
What most disappoints then is the film s aggressive ordinariness 
2.5
The Card Player
V.A. Musetto
Fans of the cult helmer who expect the usual gore will be disappointed but there are compensations 
2.5
The Card Player
Ed Gonzalez
Watching the online cards turn slowly sometimes painfully so in the film is to be reminded of how good Argento used to be when his aesthetic approach was less synthetic 
2
#Screamers
Norman Gidney
Screamers is entertaining enough doesn t become too grating yet it is truly hindered by its obvious constraints What is here is good no question we just need more 
2
Introduction
Robert Horton
Enough cigarettes burned in the film to fill a three hour epic 
3
Introduction
Mattie Lucas
Another deeply perceptive study of fate and human nature from one of the foremost cinematic observers of the human condition 
3.5
Introduction
Walter Chaw
Introduction would make a terrible gateway to Hong s films but it functions as a fairly handy appendix to great works like his Woman is the Future of Man Right Now Wrong Then and Tale of Cinema 
2
Introduction
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Forgettable it is also visually uninspiring perhaps not quite the introduction one might hope for Farewell would be a better title Or maybe just a brusque buh bye 
1
Edge of Darkness
Mattie Lucas
Never adds anything new to its genre but it hits all the notes it sets out to hit with good solid craftsmanship and little fuss 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Sean P. Means
A thoughtful and harrowing drama about the lengths people will go to survive and the changes of heart that one person undergoes to help them 
3.5
Edge of Darkness
Michael Dequina
The whole fails to really satisfy as either an action or mystery thriller 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Peter Canavese
As expertly headlined by Mel Gibson Edge of Darkness makes a virtue of its fatalism while ace mainstream director Martin Campbell compensates well for the script s shortcomings in the credibility department Blu ray 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Rossiter Drake
For all his silly charm undiminished by his off screen controversies Gibson is most fascinating when wrestling with his demons 
3.5
Edge of Darkness
Jeffrey Westhoff
Edge of Darkness is at its core a story about a man grieving from an inconsolable loss This doesn t ground just the film it grounds Gibson s performance which is among the best in his career Possibly the best 
3
Edge of Darkness
Josh Hurst
All attempts at profundity are silenced by the deafening anger at the movie s core And the deeper the film delves into its layered plot the more ludicrous it becomes 
1.5
Edge of Darkness
Bob Bloom
The movie directed by Martin Campbell is solid entertainment with a decent script and some choice dialogue 
3
Edge of Darkness
Lori Hoffman
It doesn t exactly herald the return of Mel Gibson movie star but Mel Gibson working actor u2014 that title fits 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
David Nusair
a passable yet wholly underwhelming piece of work 
2
Edge of Darkness
James Kendrick
Gibson does righteous anger better than just about any living actor and Edge of Darkness thrives best when he s pushed to the limit
3
Edge of Darkness
Peter Keough
A new genre is emerging in which aging A list actors play fathers off on a rampage to rescue their daughters or avenge their deaths 
2
Edge of Darkness
Eric Melin
What s really disturbing is the manner in which the violence is presented It s not campy fun and it s not realistic for a reason It wants you to cheer along Enjoy the bloodlust 
1.5
Edge of Darkness
Ethan Alter
I hope the miniseries lives up to its reputation because the film version is a dud devoid of any tension suspense or good storytelling 
2
Edge of Darkness
Linda Cook
Solid hard hitting and tense Edge of Darkness is a drama for grownups who enjoy thrillers 
3
Edge of Darkness
Mike McGranaghan
The weightiness and the catastrophic implications of the conspiracy don t sit well with what is essentially a Death Wish inspired revenge fantasy 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Kam Williams
A cross of The Lovely Bones and No Way Out only in Bostonese 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Kit Bowen
On the surface Edge of Darkness might seem like your typical violent revenge thriller but it actually has some intriguing layers and surprising twists that get your full attention 
3
Edge of Darkness
Keith Cohen
Gibson delivers some great lines in the movie His successful return to the screen mirrors Clint Eastwood s performance in Gran Torino 
3
Edge of Darkness
Tyler Hanley
Edge is a gripping thriller reminiscent of Martin Scorsese s Oscar winning The Departed and Mel Gibson serves up a ferocious performance 
3
Edge of Darkness
Christian Toto
If Edge of Darkness exists simply to get Mel Gibson back on the big screen so be it 
3
Edge of Darkness
Lou Lumenick
Campbell and his cinematographer Phil Meheux create a pervasive sense of dread with danger lurking around every corner of Boston and its environs 
3
Edge of Darkness
Matt Brunson
Edge of Darkness is effective as a cathartic revenge yarn at least until the absurdities begin to pile up during the final half hour 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Liam Lacey
Edge of Darkness is offered as a political thriller but with real world politics removed What we re left with is a familiar mechanism for delivering a vicarious violent wish fulfilment fantasy 
2
Edge of Darkness
John Beifuss
Ray Winstone delivers the story s grim message to noir fans as if it were a bonbon on a tray We all know what the facts are We live a while and then we die sooner than we d planned 
3
Edge of Darkness
Joe Williams
Without action compelling characters or a coherent point of view Edge of Darkness doesn t have a glimmer of good qualities 
1.5
Edge of Darkness
Willie Waffle
Gibson is willing to embrace the chance to be this generation s Charles Bronson 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Mike Scott
After 7 5 years in which his only starring role involved a drunken traffic stop Mel Gibson returns and he s the same old Mel Emphasis on the word old 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
John Wirt
The film s populist avenger is quintessential Gibson 
3
Edge of Darkness
Sean O'Connell
That inner pool of feral rage and icy intensity Gibson routinely dips into has more than enough liquid left for one last dunk even if it s in service of a role Gibson has explored countless times before 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Michael O'Sullivan
There s nothing especially edgy or dark or darkly edgy or even particularly twilit about Edge of Darkness at least as thrillers go 
2
Edge of Darkness
Bruce DeMara
No longer quite so movie star handsome Gibson s deeply lined features and thinning mane complement a performance that is finely tuned and textured mournful cunning determined and explosive with rage 
3
Edge of Darkness
Chris Hewitt
Gibson nicely underplays the role of the father cop extremely crabby guy but then why wouldn t he He s done it about a dozen times before 
2
Edge of Darkness
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie has kinetic heat its thunderous approach fitting the somewhat tragic vengeful fury welling up inside its driven protagonist 
3
Edge of Darkness
Mark Dujsik
Smart enough to play some games with genre logic and involving enough to make us go along with the notion that it s more than its surface even if it s not 
3
Edge of Darkness
Dustin Putman
Works simultaneously as a taut action thriller an engrossing murder mystery and an evocative statement on the dark side of big business and governmental politicking 
3
Edge of Darkness
Claudia Puig
Not only is Edge of Darkness Gibson s best work in a decade a big improvement over such drivel as What Women Want it is a well crafted thriller 
3
Edge of Darkness
Mick LaSalle
A crime drama that s exciting in the moment and that lingers in the mind 
3
Edge of Darkness
Tom Horgen
Is this a drama about a father s loss No Is this a political thriller Maybe but a good thriller should consistently surprise the viewer The movie s revelations are met with a resounding duh 
1.5
Edge of Darkness
Ted Fry
This crisp gripping drama of brutal criminal intrigue and sinister moral violence is smart and absorbing in its every nuance and Gibson dominates the elaborate action with an assured performance that s as authoritative as it is affecting 
3.5
Edge of Darkness
Michael A. Smith
His face lined by life he s Gibson more Murtaugh now then Riggs 
3
Edge of Darkness
Mack Bates
It s been nearly eight years since his last starring role onscreen but fans needn t worry Mel Gibson still has the makings of a formidable action star 
3
Edge of Darkness
Stephen Whitty
Gibson remains despise or defend him a uniquely fascinating screen presence as our shattered hero 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Jeff Vice
Perhaps perversely watchable might be the right term to describe the film 
2
Edge of Darkness
Matt Soergel
Mel Gibson looks battered and lined and tired but that serves him well in this brutal paranoid thriller a perfect role and strong comeback for the one time mega star 
3
Edge of Darkness
Sam Allis
A long complicated affair that has its moments but suffers from an overwrought plot 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Peter Travers
The plot complications involving nuclear waste and political maneuvering have been trivialized beyond all meaning But watching Gibson in a revenge fantasy feeds all my needs for a bloodlusting B movie feast 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Steven Rea
The pace is languorous the volume with the exception of three or four jolting episodes of violence low the lighting dim and grim 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Robert W. Butler
Love him or loathe him the Melster still has screen presence That s why he s a star 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
Michael Phillips
Kill someone s only child and what do you have You have a righteous avenger role almost too well suited for Gibson s persona 
3
Edge of Darkness
Roger Ebert
Gibson is a credible attractive hero as he has always been so if you want fast food action here s your movie 
2.5
Edge of Darkness
James Berardinelli
Edge of Darkness has earned its January release date this movie deserves to be dumped into theaters with little fanfare 
2
Edge of Darkness
Rene Rodriguez
How did this canny savvy performer get roped into such a dud for his big acting comeback 
1
Edge of Darkness
Roger Moore
Gibson tries on a Boston accent it needs work and boringly underplays his character before the inevitable Mad Mel makes his appearance in the third act 
2
Edge of Darkness
Rex Reed
Mel Gibson desperately needs a good movie His fans need to see him in one I am sorry to report that Edge of Darkness is not it 
3.5
Edge of Darkness
Ryan Stewart
A shot that defiantly fixes on Mel Gibson s balding pate from behind is the only evidence of the volatile actor director s famous penchant for cinematic self flagellation here 
1.5
Crooked House
Roger Moore
The film has just enough glossy period detail just enough intrigues deaths or near deaths and twists to pass for Christie and keep us interested
2.5
Crooked House
Mattie Lucas
It s certainly a deliciously dark tale but it never really gives into its sordid over the top tendencies until it s too late 
2
Crooked House
Vikram Murthi
Crooked House feels as lifeless as the corpse at its center 
1.5
Crooked House
Chuck Bowen
Gilles Paquet Brenner s film is ultimately a genre item that operates on alternately prestigious and campy autopilot 
1.5
Toots
Roger Ebert
You see Toots and you wish you had been there 
3
Toots
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Jacobson skillfully turns one man s story into a spirited portrait of a good time town 
3
Toots
Lou Lumenick
A well deserved toast to a quintessential New Yorker of the post World War II era 
3.5
Toots
Nick Schager
Charts with unabashed affection its subject s rise from Jewish discrimination as a kid in South Philly to magnetic celebrity and close friend to Jackie Gleason Frank Sinatra Joe Dimagio and Frank Gifford 
3
An Englishman in New York
Adam Keleman
This fresh look at the gay culture and its desired goals establishes profound insight into what it means to be a true to spirit man these days no matter if he happens to wear a little lipstick and maybe a scarf or two 
3
Solace
Glenn Kenny
The directorial pyrotechnics keep Solace from dragging in a narrative sense the very real boredom it nonetheless elicits is more existential 
1.5
Solace
Katie Walsh
An overly convoluted tale drowned in creepy but essentially meaningless violent images and dry performances 
1
Solace
Derek Smith
It joylessly coopts the hoariest stylistic tics and narrative tropes from your run of the mill 1990s thriller 
1
Fathers and Daughters
Alissa Wilkinson
If it didn t so obviously want to be a Serious Adult Drama leaned into its own melodrama with zest it could have been pretty good 
1.5
Fathers and Daughters
Stephen Whitty
Even as I knew I was being manipulated and what art doesn t manipulate I was moved 
3
Fathers and Daughters
Sara Stewart
Fathers and Daughters juggles too many plotlines 
1.5
Fathers and Daughters
Rex Reed
The word for Fathers and Daughters is anguish for everyone on the screen and in the audience too 
1
Fathers and Daughters
Ed Gonzalez
The film s weird reformulation of the Electra complex is nothing short of a sexist fantasy of salvation 
1.5
Fathers and Daughters
Roger Moore
Some nice acting moments trapped in a maudlin misshapen mess of a movie 
1.5
Ira and Abby
Christian Toto
Ira Abby may drive you into therapy but you ll be chuckling all the way 
3
Ira and Abby
Rob Thomas
Ira Abby doesn t throw out the romantic comedy rule book but it occasionally shuffles the pages a little for comic effect 
3
Ira and Abby
Chris Hewitt
On paper Ira and Abby sounds like a sitcom in fact it sounds like Dharma Greg But intelligence and fine acting shoves it up several notches 
3
Ira and Abby
Michael Phillips
Ira Abby has plenty of sharp details mostly verbal and it gives old pros and newer faces a chance to show off their poker faced comic wiles 
3
Ira and Abby
Wesley Morris
Ira Abby is like its characters nice with a lot of problems 
2
Ira and Abby
Moira MacDonald
Ira Abby in its breezy low key way will make audiences happy something director Westfeldt already knows how to do 
3
Ira and Abby
Connie Ogle
It was all so fresh and funny when Woody Allen did it 
2
Ira and Abby
Sara Michelle Fetters
While there are some delightful moments overall this is pretty familiar stuff none of it really going in a direction we haven t seen both before and better 
2.5
Ira and Abby
Betsy Bozdech
If Dharma and Greg went to therapy a lot you might end up with something like Robert Cary s appealing but uneven romantic comedy 
2.5
Ira and Abby
David Wiegand
Ira Abby is a comedy of errors that makes very few along the way 
3.5
Ira and Abby
Pam Grady
It is a pleasant enough way to while away 90 minutes but lacks the consistency of the weight to make it more than a genial diversion 
2.5
Ira and Abby
Lou Lumenick
A formidable crowd pleaser 
3
Ira and Abby
Maitland McDonagh
Neither Westfeldt s sunny charm nor the best efforts of a stellar supporting cast can haul her formulaic screenplay out of its tired shtick 
1.5
Ira and Abby
Glenn Whipp
Ira Abby wants to explore the state of modern marriage but finds the allure of romantic comedy fantasies impossible to resist 
1.5
Ira and Abby
Jan Stuart
This round robin of marital malaise has more integrity than one might expect from its meet cute beginnings 
2.5
Ira and Abby
Nick Schager
Amidst its inquiry into the feasibility of monogamy marriage and true love Ira Abby raises a more pressing issue Is this all there is to mainstream indie filmmaking 
2
Throw Down Your Heart
Mattie Lucas
As a whole the film often feels more like a PBS special than a theatrical documentary but it s hard to deny the film s charms 
2.5
Throw Down Your Heart
Brandy McDonnell
The stories accent the universality of people without needing to overtly point it out 
3.5
Throw Down Your Heart
Michele Kenner
It s a journey long on affecting songs and musical passages and short on scholarship and that works just fine for Fleck s intentions 
3
Throw Down Your Heart
Ted Fry
This is an honest journey into discovery that reveals the connection music brings between cultures where commonality is not always easy to find 
3
Throw Down Your Heart
Chris Faraone
If Fleck weren t such a gracious soul chasing the spirit of Sankofa this could have been an exercise in exploitation of Graceland ian proportions But that s hardly the case on his magical musical mystery tour 
3
Throw Down Your Heart
Laura Bennett
Fleck is an ideal protagonist for a film about the adhesive power of music and inadequacy of speech Even as the plot sags and he grasps clumsily for words his fingers on the strings are almost momentum enough 
2.5
Throw Down Your Heart
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film fails as a personal diary due to Fleck s unflappable aloofness and the performance footage is rendered unsatisfying by frequent interjections of expository material or cutaways to seaside B roll that seems photographed for tourist brochures 
2
Throw Down Your Heart
Timothy Finn
It reminds us that in some of the most remote places in the world people make beautiful music not as a means to fame and fortune but for a daily source of love and nourishment like family food and prayer 
3.5
Throw Down Your Heart
Reyhan Harmanci
It s an entertaining journey and director Sascha Paladino injects humor and pathos into the musical sequences 
3
Louis
Andrew Schenker
Louis is in every way a tribute to regressive nostalgia 
1
Emergency
Peter Canavese
Comedy 47 Drama 47 Thriller that subverts the debauched college campus comedy by looking at it through a racially conscious lens 46 
3
Emergency
James Berardinelli
The movie benefits from the effectiveness of its pointed satire and the hilariousness of some of its comedic elements 
3
Emergency
Mark Meszoros
Davila and Williams do allow the proceedings to become a little bogged down in the middle 44 but we can 8217 t complain too loudly considering all they accomplish thematically and in less than two hours 46 They 8217 re one impressive tandem 46 
3
Emergency
Sara Michelle Fetters
Emergency smacked me in the face 46 
3.5
Emergency
Tom Meek
The film goes on a bit too long for what it is but the dynamic of two friends with very different styles and futures as well as the Where did she come from factor hold you in your seat 
2.5
Emergency
Kevin Carr
I found the people repulsive 46 Even the ones who are supposed to be good are repulsive 46 46 46 when they still don apos t do the right thing at times 44 the movie pats itself on the back 46 
1
Emergency
Matt Zoller Seitz
Williams handles this complex material with a sure touch 44 and channels a lot of works by past masters 40 everyone from Spike Lee and Hype Williams to Wong Kar Wai and Jonathan Demme 41 without seemingly merely derivative or show offy 46 
3.5
Emergency
Richard Roeper
For all its influences and roots in similar types of comedies Emergency is an original work very much of its time 
3.5
Emergency
Mark Dujsik
Emergency finds humor 44 suspense 44 and a bit of tragedy in 46 46 46 91 a 93 sad truth 46 
3
Emergency
Ann Hornaday
A funny adroitly executed satire that manages to find genuine laughs in the unlikeliest places 
3.5
Emergency
Randy Myers
It s one of the most potent commentaries about racism and brotherhood bonds yet 
3.5
Emergency
Bob Strauss
It s not what it looks like is both the marketing tagline for Emergency and an accurate description of this ingenious independent film 
4
Emergency
Derek Smith
Emergency is uneven 44 but it 8217 s grounded by dynamic performances and a vivid portrayal of the minutiae of friendship 46 
2.5
Emergency
Steven Prokopy
Cyler and Watkins do a tremendous job selling this established friendship expect laughter tension and perhaps even tears before all is said and done 
3
Emergency
Dwight Brown
There s just enough story and humor here for a SNL skit Not much more 
2
Emergency
Sean P. Means
For all of its sly humor and observations about race in America Emergency is at its heart a buddy picture and these Cyler and Watkins make that friendship feel like the real thing 
3.5
Emergency
Ty Burr
One of the smarter entries in the post Get Out cycle of movies that look at Black life in America through the lens of genre filmmaking 
3
Emergency
Mike McGranaghan
Emergency is a super entertaining ride that elicits consistent laughter It s also an incisive statement about the danger of making assumptions based solely on skin color 
3.5
Emergency
Joey Magidson
Emergency really could have been a mess It s to the credit of all involved that it walks such a fine line with aplomb 
3
Wrong
Adam Nayman
There s a winning confidence to the filmmaking which is deceptively stylish Dupieux favours nervy close ups and blurred foregrounds and some real soul in Plotnick s performance 
3
Wrong
Linda Barnard
Dupieux makes the viewer work for it with Wrong And it s not always worth the effort 
2
Wrong
David Lewis
Dupieux has to be applauded for creating a unique universe but sometimes he seems stuck in it to the point where we feel we re not always in on the joke 
2
Wrong
Robert Levin
There s off kilter style to spare empty frames heightened sterile imagery and mannered performances But there s nothing below the surface that we haven t seen before 
2
Wrong
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Composed of skit like scenes and populated by gimmicky characters the movie is flimsy glib and occasionally pretty funny 
2.5
Wrong
Matt Pais
It s a lot easier to like a stunt when a filmmaker brings more than one idea to a movie whether or not those ideas have anything to do with each other 
2.5
Wrong
Jesse Cataldo
It doesn t seem to have any pretensions beyond the regimented unveiling of a parade of odd occurrences plodding along under the banner of absurdity 
2
Ornette: Made in America
John Beifuss
It s significant that Coleman tells Clarke s cameras that he thought of being an architect or brain specialist before becoming a musician as a jazz composer instrumentalist and bandleader he achieved all his goals 
3
Ornette: Made in America
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Shirley Clarke s portraiture eschews cohesive biography and often spirals off into lyrical dissonance 
2.5
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
John Anderson
Fewer and fewer people have a first person memory of her unless they re old enough to have watched Ed Sullivan but William Gazecki s heartfelt portrait all but brings her back to life 
3
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Stephen Whitty
She s a great character so it s sad that The Outrageous Sophie Tucker isn t a better movie 
2.5
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Odie Henderson
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker is an outrageously dull documentary This is not the subject s fault 
2
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Lou Lumenick
There are lots of archival clips photos and interviews with celebrities who knew her such as Tony Bennett and Barbara Walters 
2.5
Memories of My Father
Joe Friar
The film takes a heartfelt look at one of Colombia 8217 s foremost human rights activists 46 Director Fernando Trueba adapts H 233 ctor Abad Faciolince 8217 s memoir with sensitivity while Sergio Iv 225 n Casta 241 o cinematography making this a pleasurable viewing experience 46 
3
Memories of My Father
Jeff Mitchell
Hector Abad Faciolince wrote his cherished memoir to 8220 rescue his 40 father 8217 s 41 memory from oblivion 46 8221 This touching and frank film rescues his dad apos s memory as well 46 
2.5
Memories of My Father
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Director Fernando Trueba s adaptation flattens the doctor s achievements and humanity into an unwieldy lovesick ballad from son to father with a style that s often cheesy and sometimes just plain shoddy 
2
Memories of My Father
Steven Prokopy
That doesn 8217 t make it a bad movie by any stretch 44 but it does make it one of the filmmaker 8217 s least interesting recent endeavors
2.5
Memories of My Father
Roger Moore
A sweet 44 sentimental and often moving Colombian story 44 thanks to the sure hands hands of Spain 8217 s greatest film sentimentalist 8212 Fernando Trueba 40 8220 Belle Epoch 8221 41 46 
3
Bitter Honey
Stephanie Merry
It would be nice to know if the troubling images we see are a sweeping problem or just a small glimpse of a minority 
2
Bitter Honey
Peter Keough
Lemelson makes these revelations more powerful by withholding judgment Like a good scientist he seeks understanding and structures the film in chapters that explore such basic topics as Power Violence and Divorce 
3
Enigma
Nick Rogers
Tom Stoppard s script inspired by historical events commands attention with daring dizzying twists betrayals and manipulations An intelligent examination of the dangerous impulse to categorize the unpredictable or unthinkable 
3.5
Enigma
Emanuel Levy
Steeped in the tense atmopshere of Wartime Britain Michael Apted s semi Hitchcockian drama centers on the mysteries of code breaking while at the same time relates a noirish tale of love obsession and betrayal 
3
Enigma
Judith Egerton
Tries to wed a wartime spy thriller with a noir mystery involving a femme fatale which doesn t fully work 
3
Enigma
Mark Dujsik
The mystery doesn t revolve solely around guessing who the bad guy is there s a historical and personal context to the whole thing and the thrills are more cerebral than visceral 
3
Enigma
Michael Wilmington
Not enigmatically at all it pleases and teases us in high style 
3
Enigma
David N. Butterworth
Notable alas for providing the last film score from veteran British film composer John Barry 1933 2011 
3
Enigma
Vanessa Sibbald
Enigma is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of We Were Soldiers 
3.5
Enigma
Tor Thorsen
A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC 
2.5
Enigma
Phil Villarreal
Throughout all the tumult a question comes to mind So why is this so boring 
2
Enigma
Jeff Vice
This crafty little mystery thriller deserves a wider audience if for no other reason than its attention to period detail its subtlety and its emphasis on mood 
3
Enigma
Sean P. Means
An elegant and witty throwback to the days when movie spies walked rain slicked European cobblestones on the trail of Nazis or Communists 
3
Enigma
Duane Dudek
Apted who directed Gorillas in the Mist Coal Miner s Daughter and the last James Bond film re creates the era nicely but the circumstances are fleetingly felt 
2.5
Enigma
Carrie Rickey
It arrives with an impeccable pedigree mongrel pep and almost indecipherable plot complications 
2.5
Enigma
Chris Hewitt
Even when it s hard to follow which is most of the time Enigma is fascinating 
2.5
Enigma
Jennie Punter
The combined talents of Apted Stoppard and the stellar cast make Enigma a puzzle worth solving 
3
Enigma
Rob Blackwelder
those who keep up will find the plot rewards your intelligence the performances are extraordinary and the characters engrossingly mysterious 
3
Enigma
Joe Leydon
At its frequent best Enigma slyly evokes the spirit of classic Alfred Hitchcock thrillers 
3
Enigma
Jonathan Curiel
For most of it s 117 minutes Enigma delivers a powerful story from World War II that s based on real events 
3
Enigma
Joe Baltake
It s dense intricate and convoluted in its tight interweaving of love loyalty duty betrayal and intrigue 
3
Enigma
Robert W. Butler
It s hard to care much about the uncharmingly eccentric characters of Enigma or its overcomplicated plotting 
2.5
Enigma
Lawrence Toppman
The usual movie rah rah pleasantly and predictably delivered in low key style by director Michael Apted and writer Tom Stoppard 
2.5
Enigma
Glenn Lovell
Apted and Stoppard have bitten off too much as they attempt to juggle an espionage plot and parallel past present romances 
2
Enigma
Steve Rhodes
I love movies that assume the audience is intelligent enough to explore scientific endeavors without dumbing it down to the lowest common denominator 
3
Enigma
Tom Sander
Offers a pleasant challenging and quirky puzzle well worth working out 
3
Enigma
Connie Ogle
It merely plods occasionally bogging down in explanations and never generating much excitement 
2
Enigma
Susan Stark
Complex sinuously plotted and somehow off puttingly cold 
2
Enigma
Terry Lawson
If the movie s plot is a rare combination of impenetrable and inconsequential it has been laid out compellingly by director Michael Apted 
3
Enigma
Steven Rosen
Ultimately clarity matters both in breaking codes and making movies Enigma lacks it 
2.5
Enigma
Walter Chaw
The story of a geek who fell for a beauty before settling for a plucky nerd of his feather 
2.5
Enigma
David Elliott
Simple gratitude is a decent motive to see Enigma
3
Enigma
Moira MacDonald
The smart elegant Enigma won t win any prizes for snappiness or simplicity but it s a pleasure to see a film that aspires to something else 
3
Enigma
Renee Graham
How did a movie with so many gifted people in front of and behind the camera wind up being such a drag 
2.5
Enigma
James Berardinelli
Flaws aside Enigma is engaging and ambitious 
3
Enigma
John Anderson
It is Scott s acting and that of the lustrous Kate Winslet that almost makes sense of a hare brained movie 
2.5
Enigma
Glenn Whipp
Deadeningly dull mired in convoluted melodrama nonsensical jargon and stiff upper lip laboriousness 
2
Enigma
Ross Brooks
The big screen equivalent of a page turner 
4
Enigma
Jonathan Foreman
Unlike so many recent films set during WWII it makes history exciting without dumbly distorting or misrepresenting it 
3.5
Enigma
Roger Ebert
What I like about the movie is its combination of suspense and intelligence 
3
Enigma
Michael Dequina
One would think a film about WWII codebreakers would be gripping entertainment but Michael Apted s thriller only fits the bill for part of the way 
2.5
Enigma
Harvey S. Karten
An intelligent person s World War 2 
3
Enigma
Ian Mantgani
A wretched movie that reduces the Second World War to one man s quest to find an old flame 
1.5
Lost Angels
Roger Ebert
All of these qualities make Lost Angels which was directed by Hugh Hudson into an intelligent well crafted picture And yet while I was watching it I remained strangely unmoved 
2.5
The Outside
David Nusair
The inclusion of an engrossing yet expected finale ensures that The Wave ends on an exceedingly positive note 
3
The Outside
Kalvin Henely
The Wave is top heavy and light footed racing its winning idea that fascism can still be attractive to some even in modern Germany past itself 
1.5
Linsanity
Kam Williams
A moving biopic about a humble underdog who surmounted overwhelming odds with the help of family friends and a strong faith 
4
Linsanity
Liam Lacey
Linsanity offers lots for b ball fans but also has a higher purpose 
2.5
Linsanity
David Berry
It s pretty much just trekking through the territory that got written up in all those game day reviews 
2
Linsanity
Linda Barnard
At age 25 the likable and surprisingly humble Lin has so little career behind him and his fans hope so much more ahead that his onscreen soul searching about lost opportunities and early missed dreams rings hollow 
2
Linsanity
Mark Feeney
A little game footage can go a long way and a lot of game footage no matter how good goes a very long way 
2
Linsanity
Sara Stewart
Leong s film isn t particularly stylish but it makes the most of the climactic Knicks footage as well as showcasing a sweetly goofy side of the 25 year old 
2.5
Linsanity
Peter Hartlaub
You may have watched Lin s rise to national prominence the first time but it s still easy to get caught up in the moment 
2
Linsanity
Kenji Fujishima
The interpolations of heavenly sequences of Jeremy Lin playing basketball against CGI backdrops offer a hokey visual analogue for the intersection of faith and sports in his life 
2
Linsanity
Roger Moore
A faith based film with a pretty good brief moment in basketball history documentary tucked into it 
2.5
High Anxiety
Christian Toto
Brooks spoofs the master Alfred Hithcock and make a minor comedy classic of his own with High Anxiety
3
High Anxiety
Scott Nash
One of Brooks lesser comedies from the 1970s but it beats hands down any of his later work 
3
High Anxiety
Bill Chambers
The cinematic equivalent of an Elvis impersonator
2
High Anxiety
Roger Ebert
One of the problems with Mel Brooks s High Anxiety is that it picks a tricky target It s a spoof of the work of Alfred Hitchcock but Hitchcock s films are often funny themselves 
2.5
Gutland
Dave McGinn
Director Govinda Van Maele is in no rush to get to the climax and he takes a long time to begin to build suspense but the slow burn pays off in the end 
2.5
Private Desert
Randy Myers
It s a film field with ache and passion it offers hope rather than unending despair T
3.5
Private Desert
Peter Canavese
A melancholic and poetic queer romance that teases out some interesting ambiguities about the nature of the story apos s relationship 46 
3
Private Desert
Diego Semerene
Aly Muritiba 8217 s film is always telling the viewer that death ness and trans ness bear the intimacy of Siamese sisters 46 
2
Private Desert
Roger Moore
Slow 44 formulaic 44 dated and obvious 46 46 46 quaint 46 
2
Private Desert
David Walsh
Private Desert too 44 despite its undoubted sincerity 44 has self serving and formulaic features 46 
2
T-Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Alton s cinematography is a thing of low budget joy using the very darkest blacks and the brightest whites smashed together in the same frame 
3.5
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
David Wiegand
Elvis Presley The Searcher convincingly finds what Elvis may have been looking for 
4
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Sheila O'Malley
Elvis Presley The Searcher feels like a long overdue act of artistic redress 
4
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Glenn Gamboa
The central argument in Zimny s loving but unflinching documentary Elvis Presley The Searcher is that his openness and inquisitive nature is what made him the King 
3.5
The Song of Songs
Mattie Lucas
It s hard not to admire the gutsiness of what Mamoulian achieves here crafting a film that is ultimately a critique of itself and the very audience that s watching it 
3.5
The Dead Lands
Kam Williams
A grisly Maori revenge flick tailor made for fans of high body count fare 
2.5
The Dead Lands
Scott Nash
Runs a little long for such a simple tale but still entertains 
2.5
The Dead Lands
Simon Abrams
The Dead Lands doesn t add up to much but it is always on the verge of becoming more than just a bed time story for guys that wish Braveheart had a biceps kissing baby with Ong Bak 
2
The Dead Lands
David Berry
There s plenty you haven t actually seen in The Dead Lands a blood spurting martial arts epic that sets its ultraviolence amongst warring Maori tribes It s a shame that everything else about it follows such a strict action movie template 
2.5
The Dead Lands
Bruce DeMara
Action fans will enjoy the fight scenes while the rest of us may find the film perversely interesting from a socio anthropological perspective 
2.5
The Dead Lands
Andy Crump
It s a solid entertainment in other words and with some fine tuning it might even have been great 
2.5
The Dead Lands
Roger Moore
Visceral and bloody but too slow footed to make it a genre classic
2.5
The Dead Lands
Carson Lund
A phony collection of storytelling clichés held under the banner of archetype and lent a modicum of weight by the splendor of the landscape 
1
Polaroid
David Nusair
a padded out endeavor that can t quite justify a feature length running time 
2
Polaroid
Federico Furzan
A horror film that should just be forgotten The gimmick doesn t work the actors look bored the effects are awful This looks like a bad X Files episode Full review in Spanish 
1
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Walter Chaw
Almost all padding with a few cheap racial stereotypes to spice up the stew 
1.5
K-11
Wesley Lovell
An interesting if deeply flawed film about the backroom machinations of a gays only ward at a local prison 
2
K-11
Abhimanyu Das
It careens from one tonal extreme to the next uncertain about whether it wants to be a gritty drama camp artifact or violent prison sploitation flick 
1.5
Captive
Ty Burr
Part detective story part coming of political age saga and all teenage identity crisis 
3
Captive
Bob Strauss
At every step Cautiva is a noble thoughtful effort Too bad it s so often a dull one 
2.5
Captive
V.A. Musetto
The Argentine thriller Cautiva features a solid performance by 23 year old Barbara Lombardo that goes a long way in making up for the telenovela script 
2.5
Captive
Jan Stuart
The debut feature of Gastn Biraben Cautiva is most potent in its first hour as it bears witness to the disorientation and distrust experienced by a young girl whose life is suddenly turned upside down 
3
Captive
Ed Gonzalez
Another mediocre Argentinean film to ride into town on a wave of inexplicable critical approval 
2
Captive
Jonathan W. Hickman
Cautiva makes us question the things we take for granted 
3
India Song
Brian Eggert
Even as one views India Song with an appreciation of its symbolism and bold formal experimentation one must question whether it produces any feeling 
3
Masculine-Feminine
Matt Brunson
Best known for birthing the phrase the children of Marx and Coca Cola but similar wit is found in abundance throughout 
3
Masculine-Feminine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No one was ever better at collecting a hodgepodge of ideas and making them work as a cohesive whole as the voice of one hyper intelligent constantly frustrated commentator 
4
Masculine-Feminine
Terry Lawson
May not have aged any better than Godard s other films of the period but that doesn t mean Paul and company don t continue to ask questions and spout the opinions of the newly enlightened 
4
Masculine-Feminine
Roger Ebert
You can appreciate Godard s vigorous early visual style 
3
Masculine-Feminine
Michael Wilmington
One of the quintessential 60s foreign art films a bizarre melange of pop music revolution sex movie allusions and poetry 
4
Masculine-Feminine
Carrie Rickey
A shotgun wedding of the political and the personal 
3
Masculine-Feminine
Chris Fujiwara
Watching the movie now 39 years after it was made I m struck most by its sadness its harshness and its pessimism 
4
Masculine-Feminine
Ty Burr
For all the doubt and acrid aphorisms despite the gunfire that interrupts the soundtrack and the playful random death that flits around the edges there s an indestructible core of romanticism 
3.5
Masculine-Feminine
Ruthe Stein
It s nice to have Masculine Feminine back on a big screen to remind us of a pioneering director in his prime 
3
Masculine-Feminine
David Sterritt
Masterly by any measure 
4
Masculine-Feminine
Ed Gonzalez
Not only does Paul s battle with Madeleine represent a war between the sexes but a clash between disparate philosophical and moral beliefs 
4
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Federico Furzan
It s good enough for a Friday night and that s it But hey there s nothing wrong with that Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Roger Moore
Every joke is a piece of low hanging fruit every gag sophomoric every zinger a dated bit of teen friendly innuendo 
1
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Barry Hertz
In this new era of McG movies you can simply turn his film off walk a few steps to your bedroom and go to sleep 
2
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Brian Tallerico
A defiantly stupid movie with references so bizarrely dated that it verges on fascinating 
1
A Crime on the Bayou
Peter Canavese
Does a good job in balancing the legal the political and the personal in the telling of its story 
3
A Crime on the Bayou
Kevin Carr
If you want to look at this national conversation about systemic racism this is a nice demonstration of where it manifests 
3
A Crime on the Bayou
Steven Boone
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski has an elegant judicious way of imparting the facts of the case taking not just the political temperature of the moment boiling but finely sketching the character and minds of the people involved 
4
A Crime on the Bayou
Kent Turner
The documentary also serves as a wake up call the time of Jim Crow really isn t that far in the past 
3
A Crime on the Bayou
Mike Scott
A topical and gripping look at race in mid century New Orleans Rarely have New Orleanians looked so ugly but given current events rarely has a film felt so essential 
3
Dead of Night
Lucius Gore
you may just want to fast forward to the final tale 
3
Juwanna Mann
Betsy Bozdech
Director Jesse Vaughan s feature debut is a flat predictable mess that has fewer laughs than the first 15 minutes of Tootsie 
1.5
Juwanna Mann
Margaret A. McGurk
It s hard to know what to make of a film such as this with its implicit message that it takes men to empower women in sports 
1.5
Juwanna Mann
Jonathan R. Perry
Some Like It Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny 
1.5
Juwanna Mann
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I didn t actively hate it it simply bored me to tears 
1
Juwanna Mann
Mike Clark
For it to work you have to accept the irredeemable stupidity of almost every character 
2
Juwanna Mann
Erik Lundegaard
About the best thing I can say about Juwanna Mann is that it s not dreadful 
1
Juwanna Mann
Carla Meyer
Flat misguided comedy 
1
Juwanna Mann
David Elliott
Hectic vapid almost witless 
1
Juwanna Mann
Gene Seymour
A lot of talent is wasted in this crass low wattage endeavor 
1
Juwanna Mann
Terry Lawson
Has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags 
2
Juwanna Mann
Janice Page
Beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines there just isn t much to laugh at 
1.5
Juwanna Mann
Dustin Putman
Does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny 
2
Juwanna Mann
Ray Conlogue
Here s a truly novel sports film It actually has a script decent acting sympathetic characters And it s fun 
3
Juwanna Mann
Roger Ebert
I can t recommend Juwanna Mann and yet I admire the pluck of the actors especially Nunez Fox and Tommy Davidson 
2
Juwanna Mann
Jonathan Foreman
This zillionth comedy about a guy who learns valuable lessons from his time as a woman is remarkably lacking in inspiration 
1
Juwanna Mann
Dan Lybarger
Some comedies are so funny that they make your sides ache from laughter Juwanna Mann just makes you ache 
1.5
Juwanna Mann
Phil Villarreal
Juwanna Mann No thanks Wewannour money back actually 
1
Juwanna Mann
Tor Thorsen
A tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship 
2
Juwanna Mann
Bill Pearis
As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters Generals game Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you d expect from the guy in a dress genre and a personal low for everyone involved 
1
Juwanna Mann
Jeffrey Westhoff
You cannot guess why the cast and crew didn t sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed 
1
Juwanna Mann
Chris Hewitt
If you re willing to make like an amnesiac and buy the silly plot there s fun to be had 
2.5
Juwanna Mann
Robert K. Elder
It s tempting to call traveling on Juwanna Mann except it never goes anywhere This film fouls out 
1
Juwanna Mann
Josh Larsen
Some movies are so astonishingly obviously bad you re left wondering who in the world would even consider going to see them 
1
Juwanna Mann
Steve Rhodes
Has a long and clunky ending which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience s awkward silence
2
Juwanna Mann
Rob Blackwelder
Then come the outtakes which aren t any funnier than the rest of the movie But at least they fill in a lot of blanks in the plot 
1
Juwanna Mann
Ed Gonzalez
Juwanna Man is rated PG 13 for Lil Kim s booty not included 
1.5
Network
Brian Eggert
In the war between cinema and television Network remains an atomic bomb 
4
Network
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet periodically spellbinding drama 
2.5
Network
Josh Larsen
Faye Dunaway devours this movie 
4
Network
David Keyes
The mystic quality within Network is that it pitches curve balls at us that have meanings relative to our unique situations and all of them encompass a value that is beyond simple comprehension 
4
Network
Peter Canavese
Writer Paddy Chayevsky s prescient 1976 satire of lies injustice and the American way has lost none of its sting Blu ray 
4
Network
Thomas Delapa
Much of Chayefsky s script seems to have been written with megaphone in hand which is close to how director Sidney Lumet airs it out Yet in retrospect maybe the ravings of Finch as a deranged anchorman aren t so far from surreal madness of Jerry Spring
2.5
Network
Forrest Hartman
One would assume that a 1976 film about network television would feel dated today but director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky had such a fine concept that Network seems downright contemporary 
3.5
Network
James Kendrick
The movie is so replete with ideology that if some of it gets lost there s plenty more coming at you 
3
Network
Betsy Bozdech
One of cinema s darkest most brilliant looks at TV and the infotainment hybrid it has spawned
3.5
Network
James Berardinelli
Dunaway s performance in Network remains among her most accomplished 
3.5
Network
Roger Ebert
So the movie s flawed That finally doesn t bother me because what it does accomplish is done so well is seen so sharply is presented so unforgivingly that Network will outlive a lot of tidier movies 
4
The Capote Tapes
David Reddish
The mystery of Capotes final novel leads to even greater enigmas about the man himself in this intriguing and entertaining film 
3
The Capote Tapes
Joe Friar
Interviews with close friends archival footage and newly gained access to audio files make for an interesting look at the icon when he was most vulnerable reflecting on the aftermath caused by his remorseless behavior 
3
The Capote Tapes
Roger Moore
An entertaining and generally brisk overview of the career and the life of the most famous writer of his day 
3
The Capote Tapes
Kenneth R. Morefield
If the documentary offers little new for those familiar with Capote it nevertheless provides an easy to digest and admittedly nuanced portrait for those just arriving to the party 
2.5
The Special Relationship
David Wiegand
If you don t care about credibility The Special Relationship is entertaining thanks in large part to the performances 
3
Cold Souls
Kelly Jane Torrance
Mr Giamatti in a humble and winning performance carries this witty film with the help of a talented supporting cast in particular Dina Korzun who plays a Russian soul mule with tough grace 
3.5
Cold Souls
Rob Thomas
Moving from antiseptic clinics to the streets of St Petersburg there s something appropriately chilly about Cold Souls But if it lacks warmth or a tidy ending it is very funny and has plenty of intellect Much more than a chickpea s worth 
3
Cold Souls
Justin Berton
Giamatti stammers and futzes and self loathes with the best of em and his endearing persona and droopy dog face can move the film along even when the narrative can t 
2.5
Cold Souls
Michael Sragow
The writer director Sophie Barthes stays true to fairy tale and literary notions of souls while surrounding them with sleek sci fi paraphernalia 
3.5
Cold Souls
Austin Kennedy
The script thinks it s oh so clever that I just wanted to puke A chore to sit through It felt like it was 3 hours long but was only half that 
1
Cold Souls
Chris Hewitt
Cold Souls is less a movie than a cinematic decoupage that rips off pieces of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich and blends them together 
1
Cold Souls
Tom Keogh
Inspired by one of director Barthes dreams Cold Souls has the kind of twisted but clever self awareness of Being John Malkovich 
3
Cold Souls
Steven Rea
A clever existential comedy 
3
Cold Souls
Roger Ebert
Director Barthes takes her notion and runs with it and Giamatti and Strathairn follow fearlessly The movie is rather evocative about the way we govern ourselves from the inside out 
3.5
Cold Souls
Justin Berton
It s a simple query and a fun one to explore yet only a temporarily compelling conflict for a feature length film 
2
Cold Souls
Peter Keough
Barthes is no Charlie Kaufman never mind Anton Chekhov 
2
Cold Souls
Wesley Morris
The movie turns what could have been a tedious meta movie exercise into a sincere dour farce 
3
Cold Souls
James Berardinelli
For those who like comedies that derive humor through absurd situations and dialogue rather than through more lowbrow methods this film is worth taking a chance on 
3
Cold Souls
Stephen Cole
You wear a smile right through the surrealist spoof Cold Souls but leave the theatre feeling somehow under entertained 
2
Cold Souls
Sara Michelle Fetters
While funny there is weight to this film s mystery the questions of human morality and spiritual duality ones that would make both Chekhov and Dostoyevsky proud 
3
Cold Souls
Stephen Whitty
For all its quirks and laughs there s something in this film you haven t seen in many others during this long summer A soul 
3
Cold Souls
Jason Anderson
A sombre slice of surrealism Cold Souls is a welcome opportunity for America s most agony prone actor to do what he does best suffer 
3
Cold Souls
Alissa Wilkinson
While Cold Souls doesn t answer any of the questions it raises it does provide a thought provoking narrative framework from which to begin 
2.5
Cold Souls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Barthes gives the film a nice chilly deadpan tone so that it easily wanders from black comedy to moments of genuine reflection 
3
Cold Souls
Peter Travers
The film is superbly shot by Andrij Parekh and edited by Andrew Mondshein but it s the hilarious and heartbreaking Giamatti who provides it with well soul 
3
Cold Souls
Claudia Puig
The low key satire would have benefited from more of a back story to Giamatti s character and a clearer sense of his relationship with his wife But what we do get is compelling in the way of an indelible dreamy short story 
3
Cold Souls
Robert Levin
Deftly balancing its symbolic and philosophical underpinnings with deadpan human comedy the movie successfully operates on multiple levels 
3
Cold Souls
Nick Schager
Cold Souls is a skillfully shot well acted thoroughly unconvincing and unaffecting put on 
2
Mr. Six
Tom Keogh
The travails of an old gangster in a contemporary Beijing overrun with privileged brats is at the heart of the largely winning Mr Six 
3
Marlene
Peter Howell
Marlene narrows the frame on a landmark legal story and in so doing brings it into sharper focus It shows how love can conquer anything if the love is strong enough 
3
Stuffed
Lisa Trifone
Over and over again the people featured in Stuffed remind us that taxidermy is a compelling combination of a number of skills from chemistry and science to artistry and design 
3
El Cid
Fernando F. Croce
To say that El Cid is the most intelligent of the elephantine epics of the early 60s is to damn it with faint praise 
3
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Michael Dequina
Offers plenty to amuse the young and young at heart 
3
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Gary Arnold
Everything considered the Rugrats movie franchise remains lively and secure but the Pickles family and friends might want to choose their next travel agent with more care 
2.5
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Joe Mader
Not as fresh as the first film 
2
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Liam Lacey
Musically the Rugrats sequel is a big step backward 
2
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
David N. Butterworth
23 million cable viewers can t be wrong 
2.5
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rob Blackwelder
Nerve grinding 
1
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Peter Stack
An arguably better movie than the original Rugrats film 
2
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
James Berardinelli
Looks like what it really is a 77 minute long episode of the TV series projected onto a theater screen 
2.5
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Susan Stark
The family audience will delight in saying oui oui to Rugrats in Paris 
3
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Brian McTavish
Chuckie s odyssey is sentimental stuff Heck it might even choke you up But in the end it s all about the marketing 
2.5
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Roger Ebert
Adults can attend this movie with a fair degree of pleasure 
3
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Mary Kalin-Casey
A meaningful tale that should resonate even for the most jaded older viewers 
3
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Ross Anthony
Chuckie full of juicy one liners 
3
Imaginary Crimes
Roger Ebert
The obvious points of the movie are made quickly That Ray is a liar and a con man and his daughters are being raised in a world of self deception and uncertainty The deeper points emerge more slowly 
3.5
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
David Nusair
a fine primer into Kael s still relevant body of work 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Roger Moore
A mostly flattering remembrance of film criticism s original hanging judge 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Matt Brunson
It provides a fairly detailed glimpse at a trailblazing reviewer who s far removed from today s YouTube critical clowns who couldn t tell you the difference between Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton even if you spotted them the funny mustache 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Ty Burr
Thankfully What She Said is balanced on the subject of Kael s clout in the film and magazine industries which could be as bruising as it was influential 
2.5
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What it lacks in gray area it makes up with equal looks at the black and white 
3.5
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Ann Hornaday
What She Said pays fitting homage not just to a great writer but to a vanished age 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
G. Allen Johnson
Not only explores the special talent of Kael and what made her famous but is also a snapshot of a volatile and exciting era of film history 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Peter Howell
If Kael were still alive she might well have wanted What She Said to cock a more critical eye toward her She says right in the doc that it s dangerous for a critic to be too popular 
2.5
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Chandler Levack
While Garver s documentary isn t worthy of its subject s fascinating artistic legacy I anxiously await the one that is 
2.5
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Steven Prokopy
The film doesn t shy away from some of Kael s most unpopular takes on certain works considered masterpieces or her praising of those movies considered trash 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Nell Minow
The documentary is most insightful when it identifies Kael s influences strengths and weaknesses 
3
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Kent Turner
A no brainer for film buffs 
3
A Date for Mad Mary
Michael Upchurch
Irish director Darren Thornton with dynamo Sena Kerslake as Mary delivers a canny blend of biting comedy and soulful drama
3
Whose Streets?
Kathy Fennessy
Though the camera work may prove challenging for some Whose Streets allows protesters to speak for themselves free from the narratives imposed on them by media outlets who can t possibly know their lives the way they do 
3
Whose Streets?
Mattie Lucas
It is a remarkably assured debut for Folayan who captures the protests with a sense of urgency 
3
Whose Streets?
Ty Burr
Whose Streets illustrates a generational changing of the guard in the rhetoric and aims of social activism along with a growing impatience and a reliance on tactics that can seem as naive as they are highly visible 
3
Whose Streets?
Josh Terry
The footage is captivating and Folayan and Davis include interviews with numerous locals and activists including various figures such as Brittany Ferrell who became key to the protest moving forward 
2.5
Whose Streets?
Sean P. Means
Folayan lets her subjects display their outrage their determination and their hope that things may ultimately get better The results in Whose Streets are raw and rough but they re also vital and compelling 
3.5
Whose Streets?
Kam Williams
A soulful cinematic sermon elevating a sinner to sainthood for the sake of an uncritical Amen choir still in denial about the truth of the Mike Brown case 
2
Whose Streets?
John Hartl
Whose Streets marks the filmmaking debut of Folayan and Davis and it s charged by its personal touch 
3
Whose Streets?
David Fear
Whether it s the best documentary of 2017 is a matter of opinion But it is assuredly the most vital 
3.5
Whose Streets?
Richard Roeper
It s likely not even the most well intentioned and determined news crews could gain the kind of access and give us the unfiltered viewpoints provided by the smart phone visuals and home video camera footage shot by residents of Ferguson 
3.5
Whose Streets?
Matt Zoller Seitz
A movie that doesn t merely tell a gripping important story but reminds us that the storyteller and the storytelling matter just as much 
3.5
Whose Streets?
Mark Dujsik
Sabaah Folayan s first film documents the rise of a political movement from the ground level 
3
Whose Streets?
Josh Larsen
there is a cumulative truth to the found footage gathered here 
3
Whose Streets?
Dann Gire
Whose Streets with its messy clutter of sound bites video snippets tweets and relevant quotations admirably corrects this massive journalistic lapse 
3.5
Whose Streets?
Ann Hornaday
A riveting street level account not only of Ferguson s days of rage but also the decades of marginalization and mistreatment that led up to them 
4
Whose Streets?
Calvin Wilson
You may not agree with the politics of Whose Streets But its power and passion are undeniable 
3.5
Whose Streets?
Shane Slater
Whose Streets spotlights the dedicated efforts of the Black Lives Matter activists in vivid detail 
3
Whose Streets?
G. Allen Johnson
Ultimately Whose Streets is timely not only because of its social message but also because it fully embraces the cell phone footage and tweets that have been crucial tools in the Black Lives Matter and other movements 
3
Whose Streets?
Roger Moore
Scruffy streetwise and damning 
3
Whose Streets?
Clayton Dillard
The film s rhythmic editing contextualizes Ferguson s streets for their relevance to a black populace s want for stability and peace 
3.5
Last Days of Left Eye
Sal Cinquemani
Last Days of Left Eye illuminates much more than just the final days of Lisa Left Eye Lopes s life 
3.5
Call Me Kuchu
Joseph Braverman
If more documentaries were filmed like Call Me Kuchu the genre could return to its roots of educating and mobilizing viewers instead of simply entertaining them 
4
Call Me Kuchu
Kam Williams
A moving examination of the fight for gay rights in Uganda 
4
Call Me Kuchu
Geoff Pevere
Stirring heartbreaking and thoroughly infuriating 
3
Call Me Kuchu
Peter Keough
An eloquent devastating documentary 
3.5
Call Me Kuchu
John Beifuss
The documentary becomes something of a legal thriller as well as a crime story with a denouement that is both shocking and inspiring A luta continua the struggle continues 
3.5
Eulogy for a Vampire
Billy Heller
Unlike the modern glamour vamps of True Blood and Twilight this group of smitten and bitten men are no fun at all 
0
Joe
Brian Eggert
The film apos s unforgiving 44 often grating portrayal of Southern waste is redeemed by thoughtful performances from Nicolas Cage and his younger costar Tye Sheridan 46 
3
Joe
James Kendrick
a beautifully painfully wrought drama about violence and redemption
3.5
Joe
John Serba
One of Nicolas Cage s great performances 
4
Joe
John Wirt
Nicolas Cage doing some of his most focused deepest work 
3
Joe
Nathalie Atkinson
It s a classic redemption narrative where the ongoing temptations of violence culminate in a sort of justice 
3
Joe
Geoff Pevere
The shifting tones keep the movie both buoyant and firmly grounded and playing out in a sphere pitched somewhere between the mythic and the muddy 
3.5
Joe
Peter Howell
A tough rural drama by David Gordon Green that digs deep in all the right ways 
2.5
Joe
John Beifuss
What keeps me alive is restraint Joe comments and perhaps Cage should adopt that motto for at least a couple more movies 
3.5
Joe
Sean P. Means
Director writer David Gordon Green s quietly intense character study is a movie that reminds us that Nicolas Cage can still be a great actor when he wants to be 
3.5
Joe
Soren Andersen
A small scale expertly acted character study in which Cage plays an ex con trying to make a quiet living in a backwater Texas town and trying above all to keep certain troublesome character tendencies in check 
3
Joe
Carla Meyer
If only we knew the movie s title character a little better But maybe being left wondering is another victory for Cage When was the last time you were intrigued by a Cage character 
3
Joe
Alynda Wheat
Joe is the Nicolas Cage comeback I didn t realize I was waiting for 
3.5
Joe
Robert Levin
Joe hands Nicolas Cage his most ideal part in ages 
3
Joe
Peter Travers
The film belongs to Cage You can feel his compassion as Joe defies the reduced options of his life There s not an unfelt moment in Cage s performance Or in the movie 
3
Joe
Peter Sobczynski
This is not just the best performance that Cage has given in ages this is one of the very best performances of his long and strange career 
4
Joe
Tony Hicks
Joe ties up the audience emotionally 
3
Joe
Steven Rea
This world feels studied in its authenticity the rusted GMC pickup the tumbledown shack the boozy brothel and angry Joe Ransom guttin deer and tending to his own gunshot wounds with a grimace and a bottle of alcohol 
3
Joe
Bill Stamets
Gripping and at times agonizing 
3
Joe
Mick LaSalle
If you ve missed Nicolas Cage and the special qualities he brings to movies Joe is a good place to get reacquainted 
3
Joe
Michael O'Sullivan
Poulter s intensity matches Cage s note for note The frightening verisimilitude of his portrayal lends the film a cinema verite realism that nicely mutes some of Cage s star power 
4
Joe
Peter Keough
Whatever you call it it s not quite right 
1.5
Joe
Rene Rodriguez
Cage surprises you with his portrayal of a man who doesn t care whether the world likes him but discovers he s capable of taking an interest in someone who desperately needs help but can t bring himself to ask 
3
Joe
Joe Williams
Joe is not handsome or especially smart but like its namesake the film has enough rough humor and respect for hard work to qualify as average 
2.5
Joe
Matt Pais
At a certain point the backcountry stories become a blur In its own rugged landscape though each film carves itself into the tree 
3
Joe
Kyle Smith
If there is a point to it all I couldn t find it 
2
Joe
Josh Larsen
has a real feel at once dreamy and doomed that s hard to shake 
3.5
Joe
David Lee Dallas
Director David Gordon Green finds a balance between symbolism and realism in his storytelling that allows the film to be many things at once 
3
Joe
Kent Turner
The film begins with a beating and doesn t let up 
2.5
Angel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a drama with some subtle humorous undertones it s a beautifully elegant picture expertly composed 
3.5
Cinemanovels
Michael Phillips
The actors make up for the relative thinness of the material Smith navigates the emotional terrain with great skill 
2.5
No Such Thing
Emanuel Levy
Instead of arresting a downward spiralling career Hartley s latest folly one of the worst movies in Cannes 2001 shows what happens to an iconoclastic director when he neglects his intsinctive talent for small quirly indies and goes uproariously big 
1
No Such Thing
Bill Chambers
No Such Thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina 
2
No Such Thing
Rob Blackwelder
On a cutting room floor somewhere lies footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire 
2
No Such Thing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric but never clearly seen or felt 
2.5
No Such Thing
Edward Guthmann
Hartley never gets a firm grasp on this material 
2
No Such Thing
Rod Armstrong
Constantly slips from the grasp of its maker 
2
No Such Thing
John Anderson
What Hartley wants and gets is a fablish mood 
4
No Such Thing
Megan Turner
Laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany 
2
No Such Thing
David Sterritt
It s the kind of pigeonhole resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides 
2
No Such Thing
Roger Ebert
Inexplicable shapeless dull 
1
Deficit
David Nusair
46 46 46 there comes a point at which it becomes exceedingly difficult not to get caught up in the fun loving high jinks of these people 46 46 46 
2.5
I, Don Giovanni
Stephen Cole
Mozart lovers will be intrigued but dissatisfied 
2
Portals
Joey Magidson
Despite an intriguing premise this film goes absolutely nowhere opting for random gore as opposed to containing any real ideas 
2
Portals
Glenn Kenny
While the concept suggests mind bending alternate reality stuff the not terribly cerebral reality of the movie offers more in the line of eyeball gouging blood spurting face melting shock horror 
2
Portals
Roger Moore
A sci fi horror anthology that tries to tighten the format but still suffers the usual pace flow and suspense problems of film anthologies 
1.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Brian Eggert
Without resorting to polarizing tactics such as overt theatrics or cold documentary reenactment 44 it represents a clever balance of emotion and catharsis 46 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Sara Michelle Fetters
Zero Dark Thirty is one of the great cinematic procedurals ever made 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Mattie Lucas
This is crackerjack filmmaking at once thrilling and deeply felt a gripping CIA procedural that shows us what great movies are all about 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Kelly Jane Torrance
There is a fair amount of information here and some exciting moments too even though we all know how this story ends 
2.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Sonny Bunch
Chastain dominates the screen her character evolving from nervous but willing to domineering and demanding 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
David Nusair
a rather disappointing misfire from an otherwise above average filmmaker 
2
Zero Dark Thirty
Carla Meyer
Zero Dark Thirty shows guts in taking on loaded subject matter and filmmaking confidence and skill in not telling us how we should feel about it 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Jay Antani
Purely as cinematic exercise Zero Dark Thirty is an exhilarating piece of work But beyond its for the times subject matter the work does not linger whatsoever 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Linda Cook
One of the finest movies of the year is a thriller about the tracking and finally slaying of Osama bin Laden 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bigelow has created the best film of 2012 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
James Kendrick
The fact that commentators pundits and politicians on both sides of the political spectrum are condemning Zero Dark Thirty is a sure sign that director Kathryn Bigelow and journalist turned screenwriter Mark Boal have done something right 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Eric Melin
What makes Zero Dark Thirty such a fascinating film is that it plays both as an engaging procedural thriller and a serious examination of the country s moral compass It is already doing what great movies do starting conversation 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Christian Toto
Zero Dark Thirty is a model of artistic restraint a film letting fantastic history trump the need to score partisan points 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
John Beifuss
Chastain s Maya is a red tressed Pre Raphaelite madonna with the cleft chin and chiseled features of an action hero 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Jeffrey Westhoff
A gripping almost necessary piece of filmmaking 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Matt Brunson
The picture acknowledges the very real presence of torture on the post 9 11 landscape had the filmmakers ignored the subject the movie would be little more than vile jingoistic nonsense 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Bob Bloom
Jessica Chastain s powerful performance for which she deserves a best actress Academy Award drives the film She has no private life no friends Her obsession drives her 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Mike McGranaghan
Powerful and gripping the movie is not only a fine document of the hunt for Public Enemy 1 but also a testament to the dedication of those in every corner of the military government and intelligence community who refused to give up the search 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Kent Turner
The film has recently been slammed perhaps as backlash to its early critical raves but on close examination it s not a work to readily dismiss 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Peter Howell
Chastain makes Maya as vivid as a bloodshot eye Her porcelain skin delicate features and feminine attire belie the steel within 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Austin Kennedy
I was pretty upset that Bigelow got snubbed by the Academy until I actually SAW the film It felt like a really good TV movie but Jessica Chastain s phony and forced performance drags it down 
2
Zero Dark Thirty
Lori Hoffman
Who could imagine that the CIA in this modern era would be defined by a couple of badass women Homeland s Carrie Matheson and in this film Jessica Chastain s focused Maya 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Rob Thomas
Like Argo Zero Dark Thirty is a film where you know exactly how it s going to end and it doesn t make a lick of difference I was completely riveted every step of the way 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Liam Lacey
No doubt Zero Dark Thirty serves a function by airing America s dirty laundry about detainee and torture programs but in its wake there s a crying need for a compassionate Coming Home to counter its brutal Deer Hunter 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
John Wirt
An edge of your seat ride through recent history featuring a great performance at its center 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Willie Waffle
Two movies in one and one of those movies is the really good one if you stick around long enough to see it 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Dustin Putman
Dense gritty sumptuous and free of superfluous melodrama 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Ann Hornaday
From the very first scenes of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow demonstrates why she is such a formidable filmmaker as adept with human emotion as with visceral pulse quickening action 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Lawrence Toppman
Zero Dark Thirty like the mission that inspired it commands respect admiration even awe in places for the logistical nightmares that had to be overcome to get it done But it s a hard movie to love 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Duane Dudek
By not pointing fingers or assigning blame it allows us to do so ourselves triggering a cascade of feelings ranging from horror at the morally repellent techniques used to a sense of mission accomplished 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Jeff Beck
While Zero Dark Thirty is a decent telling of these events I m forced to reach the same conclusion that I did with The Hurt Locker It s a good film overall but not the great film I ve been hearing about 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Rich Heldenfels
As Bigelow has said depiction is not endorsement and ZDT shows the cost to the soul of fighting terrorism 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
David Frese
Director Kathryn Bigelow and her Hurt Locker screenwriter Mark Boal deftly quilt together disparate events in the almost 10 years between 9 11 and bin Laden s death 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Chris Hewitt
But what Zero Dark Thirty left me with was this Maybe torture does work but doesn t it make us better as a people if we refuse to use it 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Calvin Wilson
Unlike too many films these days Zero Dark Thirty dares to embrace complexity And that makes it not just state of the art entertainment but a great film 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Lou Lumenick
Not only is Zero Dark Thirty one of the year s best movies it s an inspiring one to share with your daughters That is if they re old enough to deal with explicit torture scenes 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Kam Williams
Agent Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love waterboarding 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Rene Rodriguez
Even more than The Hurt Locker which sometimes relied on traditional film techniques to build suspense Zero Dark Thirty resists manipulating the viewer or building movie movie excitement 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Alison Gang
The suspense comes not from how we ultimately bring down bin Laden but how Maya and what remains of America s fraying do gooder conscience fares in the process 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Mick LaSalle
One of the most innovative and best made films of the past year Every now and then even Dick Cheney gets to like a great movie 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Moira MacDonald
It isn t easy viewing but just try to look away 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Phillips
Its stance is extremely tricky It s not a documentary It s not a load of revenge nonsense It s not 24 I m still arguing with myself over parts of it 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Steven Rea
As a hugely compressed account of the Osama bin Laden manhunt as a compelling but troubling look at black ops tradecraft and as a riveting portrait of a fiercely determined woman working in a male dominated sphere the film is a resounding success 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Ty Burr
It s a movie made with the same coolly fanatical attention to craft the lead character displays in her work 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Perry Seibert
That kind of ambition should be applauded even if the movie as a whole never quite clears the very high bar it sets for itself 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Peter Canavese
By most cinematic measures Zero Dark Thirty is one of the best made films of 2012 It also probably shouldn t exist Blu ray 
2.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Roger Ebert
A slam bang action picture 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Peter Keough
Densely detailed superbly shot and acted illuminating and thrilling it is the best film of 2012 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Joe Lozito
Kathryn Bigelow s painstaking account of the events that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden favors dramatization over character and suspense 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Roger Moore
We feel exactly what those involved must have felt at the end Not elation Not the thrill of victory Just relief 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Stephen Whitty
Chastain s performance has a lot of colors and angles and is guaranteed to be remembered come awards time Maya s a real character all right 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Mark Dujsik
For now here is the defining film about whatever the so called War on Terror is 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Claudia Puig
There s an emotional detachment to the film that undercuts its potency Zero Dark Thirty is more technically proficient than emotionally involving 
2.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Matt Pais
The 157 minute running time zooms by That ll happen in a movie this engaging and consistently riveting 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
James Berardinelli
A compelling contemporary thriller with the added benefit of also being an engrossing character study 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Peter Travers
The knockout punch of the movie season is being delivered by Zero Dark Thirty Chastain is a marvel and Bigelow and Boal top their Oscar winning work in The Hurt Locker 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Rafer Guzman
It mixes checkable facts with dramatic license but Zero Dark Thirty has no overweening political agenda Instead it unfolds with the cool detachment of a documentary even in its most tense and gripping scenes 
3.5
Zero Dark Thirty
Phil Villarreal
I felt sick angry exhausted and thrilled at different points And once it was over I was left a little empty staggered by the artistry and sad that it was over 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
Robert Levin
It s one of the great recent works about the investigative process a streamlined riveting portrait of a nuts and bolts inquiry over the course of a decade 
4
Zero Dark Thirty
John Semley
Doubtless Kathryn Bigelow s greatest strengths emerge when she can more freely flex her muscles as an action filmmaker 
3
Zero Dark Thirty
Josh Larsen
much of Zero Dark Thirty works to subvert the gender expectations we might have as an audience 
3.5
Luther
Leah McLaren
About as swashbuckling as a history lesson gets 
2.5
Luther
Michael Booth
A few too many amateurish techniques and oversimplified confrontations hold Luther back a notch or two from greatness and stamp it instead as entertaining Lutheran cheerleading 
2
Luther
Linda Cook
Both as a veteran movie reviewer and long time Lutheran I left the theater with the feeling that Luther is a good movie about a great man 
3
Luther
Mark Dujsik
So concerned with events that it forgoes ideas and when your subject is famous for his ideas ignoring them is doing a great disservice 
1.5
Luther
John Beifuss
A throwback to the days when such movies as A Man for All Seasons tackled big religious ideas in the context of significant historical events 
3
Luther
Jeffrey Westhoff
Luther oversimplifies history Saying indulgences caused the Protestant Reformation is like saying slavery caused the Civil War 
2.5
Luther
Steve Rhodes
Completely stealing the picture Peter Ustinov is breathtakingly brilliant 
3
Luther
Moira MacDonald
Engrossing as much for its history lesson as for its filmmaking 
2.5
Luther
Steven Winn
For all its scope and detail Luther fails to convey the sense of history moved by a compelling individual 
2
Luther
John Anderson
An informative immersion in the history of both Catholic and Protestant churches and a rather refreshing take on medieval morality 
2.5
Luther
Lou Lumenick
An unholy mess 
.5
Luther
Jack Mathews
Deadly material full of self righteousness and devoid of balance 
2
Luther
Bob Strauss
If this movie succeeds at anything it s being as messy as the Reformation itself 
2.5
Luther
Roger Ebert
I anticipated that Luther himself would be an inspiring figure filled with the power of his convictions What we get is an apologetic outsider with low self esteem who reasons himself into a role he has little taste for 
2
Luther
Wesley Morris
Curiously flat 
2.5
Luther
Josh Larsen
How do you turn historical theology into gripping cinema According to Luther haul out the fancy clothes 
2
Luther
Chris Hewitt
It s a film that dashes through much of the life and many of the works of Martin Luther without really getting at the personal or spiritual motivations for his crusade to reform the Catholic church 
2
Luther
John Monaghan
For a movie about a man of ideas Luther is pretty exciting stuff 
3
Luther
Steven Rea
An entertaining history lesson 
2.5
Luther
David Sterritt
What diminishes the movie is its avoidance of Luther s dark side 
2
Luther
Ellen Fox
The film short hands a lot of stuff but it s gripping for a while 
2.5
Luther
Scott Nash
Entertaining enough up to a certain point 
2.5
Luther
Jeanne Aufmuth
Dark moody and pregnant with emotional fervor 
3
Bagdad Cafe
Roger Ebert
The charm of Bagdad Cafe is that every character and every moment is unanticipated obscurely motivated of uncertain meaning and vibrating with life 
3.5
The Hating Game
Randy Myers
While it s predictable this peppy works as a rom com thanks to the sparks that fly between the two leads played with coy sexiness by Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell 
3
The Wild Blue Yonder
Sid Smith
The Wild Blue Yonder is at times playful and inventive at others simplistic and silly Ultimately Werner Herzog s free form idiosyncratic devolution of the documentary is beautiful but dull 
2
The Wild Blue Yonder
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bizarre beautiful and slightly tedious amalgamation 
3
The Wild Blue Yonder
Jan Stuart
For devotees of lunatic Herzog adventure a la Fitzcarraldo it s only a serviceable time killer til the arrival of Rescue Dawn the director s Americanization of his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly 
2.5
The Wild Blue Yonder
V.A. Musetto
The Wild Blue Yonder wavers between sometimes brilliant and mostly boring 
2
The Wild Blue Yonder
Elizabeth Weitzman
A meandering amusing trifle Werner Herzog s latest film is as cheekily flaky as his recent Grizzly Man was sharply down to earth 
2.5
The Wild Blue Yonder
Nick Schager
Thirty four years after Aguirre The Wrath of God Werner Herzog remains enthralled by the marvelous mysterious power of nature 
3
The Wild Blue Yonder
Jeff Shannon
A so called science fiction fantasy about an epic trip to our planet another epic journey away from it and Herzog s musings on the implacable dominance of nature 
2.5
The Wild Blue Yonder
Ty Burr
The director calls the film a science fiction fantasy but it s really a languid meditation on human impermanence 
3
South Pacific
Walter Chaw
What the hell could anyone have been thinking in literalizing an enchanted evening as a toxic cloud 
1.5
A Stone's Throw
Jennie Punter
Beautiful cinematography and a fine ensemble cast make A Stone s Throw well worth catching 
2.5
A Stone's Throw
Peter Howell
Strong performances across the board help smooth out the bumps A Stone s Throw is a welcome sign that environmental concerns need not be consigned to the realm of documentary film 
2.5
Lagerfeld Confidential
Sylvia Rubin
In the end Marconi s point of view makes for an ultimately frustrating if still fascinating 87 minutes of cinema 
3
Lagerfeld Confidential
Wesley Morris
A serviceable docu tease 
2.5
Lagerfeld Confidential
V.A. Musetto
Comes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld s own army of publicists in Paris 
1
Lagerfeld Confidential
Jack Mathews
I learned a lot about Lagerfeld but nothing I felt an urgent need to know 
2
Lagerfeld Confidential
Eric Henderson
Lagerfeld Confidential lives up to its title by keeping its central topic top secret 
1.5
Instant Family
Steven Prokopy
Instant Family may feel like a film you want to resist but it s heart and authenticity will likely win you over 
3
Instant Family
Matt Brunson
There s instant gratification to be found with Instant Family an earnest film whose generosity of spirit enables it to smooth over the rough patches 
3
Instant Family
David Nusair
It s an incredibly thin premise that s clumsily and infuriatingly stretched out to fill an often interminable 118 minute running time 
1
Instant Family
Kam Williams
An uplifting adventure apt to lead to an uptick in applications for adoptions
3
Instant Family
Linda Cook
How could any viewers regardless of whether they are adopted not embrace the most heartwarming so far film of the year 
3.5
Instant Family
Monica Castillo
Instant Family isn t too schmalzy as a feel good family movie and it has a certain charm in its earnest appeal to tell a different story 
2.5
Instant Family
Joey Magidson
While it s being an amiable comedy it s preparing to get you right in the feels by the end 
3
Instant Family
Mike McGranaghan
For whatever flaws it may have this is a movie that gets a lot right about foster care and adoption It might just leave you with a lump in your throat 
3
Instant Family
Sarah Knight Adamson
If you ve ever wondered how the foster care system works in America Instant Family provides an up close personal snapshot from Sean Anders the co writer and director 
3.5
Instant Family
Sara Michelle Fetters
The core of the film is so strong so pure that any missteps Anders might take with this story don t feel as egregious or as damaging as they have in many of his more unabashedly slapstick endeavors 
3
Instant Family
Pamela Powell
This superb balance between drama and humor in the film is present from start to finish Just as a situation pulls on your heartstrings and you re about to cry Anders finds a way to put a safety net beneath you and you find yourself laughing 
4
Instant Family
Christian Toto
Very few movies can literally move the needle on public opinion Instant Family just might regarding foster care kids 
3
Instant Family
Josh Terry
Anders has created a film that shows the emotional rollercoaster of the foster experience and while Instant Family may not be a perfect vehicle for that message it gets the passengers home with only minor cuts and scratches 
3
Instant Family
Rex Reed
Add up the ingredients and you get a mostly enjoyable dog eared formula for escapist entertainment without critical perception 
2.5
Instant Family
Frank Ochieng
an uneven but good natured family dramedy Although cheeky in its overtones Anders instills some seriousness about the ordeals of the unconventional family unit as both first time parents and the foster kids come to grips with their new arrangement 
2.5
Instant Family
Mark Dujsik
As good as the intentions of Instant Family may be the movie itself is a muddle of incongruous tones 
2
Instant Family
Richard Roeper
Instant Family has heart and good intentions It s a shame the journey is such a bumpy ride as it takes us all over the map 
2
Instant Family
David Lewis
This is a funny serious family friendly movie about a weighty subject and somehow it works 
3
Instant Family
Gary Thompson
Instant Family has more heart than laughs but enough of the former to squeak by 
2.5
Instant Family
Peter Canavese
Humor is subjective of course but the film offers this litmus test do you laugh when a sane adult finally slaps Ellie You listen to me you crazy woman and when another slaps cuffs on Pete Or do you cheer 
1
Instant Family
Pat Padua
It s a little too manipulative to be a truly honest portrayal of family 
2.5
Instant Family
Mara Reinstein
This is a pure feel gooder that not only has its heart in the right place but its brains as well And it s funny 
3
Instant Family
Roger Moore
Wahlberg and especially Rose Byrne make this uneven blend of sentiment and silly with lots of swearing pay off 
2.5
Shem
John Anderson
Several things are missing in Shem most apparently a consistent tone of voice 
2
Shem
Malene Arpe
The result of Cave just letting it rip is a western that s a mix of Unforgiven everything by Sam Peckinpah Deadwood at its most profane and a rabid dog gnawing on your leg while you re running away 
3
Shem
Ken Fox
Perhaps the most distinctive thing about Caroline Roboh s rambling follow up to her 1983 debut Clementine Tango is that it features one of the least likable protagonists ever 
2
Shem
Stephen Whitty
Its narrative never rises above its episodic nature 
2
Shem
V.A. Musetto
A pointless hodgepodge with a finale that will leave viewers scratching their heads 
1
Shem
Elizabeth Weitzman
A muddle of good intentions and bad direction this amateurish road movie follows a young Brit across Europe as he reconnects with his Jewish roots 
1.5
Shem
Ed Gonzalez
Shem is the flipside of the similarly juvenile My Summer of Love condescending about sex and ostensibly reverential to faith 
2
A Couple
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie is powered by words and more words 46 
3.5
A Couple
Keith Watson
A Couple ultimately constitutes not so much a footnote to Frederick Wiseman 8217 s storied career as a beguiling little doodle in its margins 46 
3
Along for the Ride
Walter V. Addiego
But in the end the film seems overly worshipful of its subject pressing us too hard to admire him as the prototype of the romantically self destructive artist 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Brian Eggert
Appropriately the film feels like a top notch episode from the series in all the right ways 
3.5
Star Trek Beyond
David Gonzalez
Star Trek Beyond despite its flaws is a fine installment in the rebooted franchise 46 The film will garner approval from its casual and hardcore fans and will be just the fill cinephiles need if youre looking for an entertaining film this weekend 46 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Matt Brunson
With the same level of heroism and determination exhibited by Enterprise crew members as they overcame Klingons Romulans and William Shatner s stint in the director s chair this overcomes a troubled history to emerge as another winner in the franchise 
3.5
Star Trek Beyond
Frank Ochieng
Essentially Star Trek Beyond is a vibrant cosmic canvas that is expansive in its boundaries of exploration Visually arresting well paced and armed with compelling storytelling and a healthy dosage of curiosity and mystery
3
Star Trek Beyond
Khari J. Sampson
While it goes a few places the series has gone before it does so boldly making Beyond a crowd pleasing addition to the Trek mythos 
3
Star Trek Beyond
George M. Thomas
straight forward thrilling action adventure featuring gorgeous visuals and very little of what made original fans of the Trek series geek out 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A great blockbuster full of amazing visual effects tense action sequences and much humor Full review in Spanish 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Glenn Lovell
a place holder installment Let this be a lesson to JJ Abrams and Paramount wait until you have new terrain to plow something to say before you summon Kirk and gang from dry dock 
1.5
Star Trek Beyond
John Serba
The filmmakers capture and nurture the warm spirit of throwback sci fi adventure Star Trek Beyond has no more ambition than that nor does it need any 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Linda Cook
Star Trek Beyond is an outer space thrill ride 
3.5
Star Trek Beyond
Sara Michelle Fetters
The best thing about Beyond is that it remembers that the core strength of Star Trek is the camaraderie and friendship of the Enterprise s leadership unit 
3.5
Star Trek Beyond
John Beifuss
The summer s most contra Trumpian blockbuster as the stalwarts of the starship Enterprise again demonstrate that teamwork beats ego driven strongman aggression 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Marija Djurovic
The story is solid and the execution even more so with Lin taking successfully taking the franchise the exciting new direction that Star Trek into Darkness scratched the surface of 
3.5
Star Trek Beyond
David Nusair
Though riddled with problems Star Trek Beyond nevertheless stands as a very mild improvement over its immediate predecessor 2013 s Star Trek Into Darkness 
3
Star Trek Beyond
James Kendrick
a more modest film than its immediate predecessors with ambitions that don t go much farther than using familiar characters and situations to show the audience a rollicking good time
3
Star Trek Beyond
John Hanlon
A traditional but energetic ride 
3.0
Star Trek Beyond
Jeff Beck
It s a disappointment for sure especially when it comes to the weak storyline but there are still a few things here to like including the cast some of the action and the humor 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Scott Nash
50 years after its creation Star Trek is alive and well 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Bob Bloom
Overall Star Trek Beyond is an exciting and fun movie a sturdy feature that is the first step in hopefully a refreshing direction for the vaunted franchise 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Peter Travers
Come to Star Trek Beyond for the pow stay for the emotional wipeout 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Mike McGranaghan
The issue is that Beyond tries to be a hip Star Trek story Star Trek can be many things hip is not one of them 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
James Berardinelli
Star Trek Beyond is a Star Trek movie although not an especially good one 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie never delivers on its considerable promise because it s always in such a hurry to get to the next action scene 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Michael Smith
That combination of action and humor is enough to make Star Trek Beyond a cosmic summer blast of fun of which despite a couple of illogical moves the late Anton Yelchin our new Chekov and Leonard Nimoy would have been proud 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Neil Rosen
If that s what you re looking for basically a shoot em up set amongst the stars then it s fun and fits the bill But true Star Trek fans will not really be satisfied as the higher thought provoking ideas are missing 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Mark Dujsik
The nostalgia may be absent but so too are the two most vital elements of the franchise character and ideas 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Christian Toto
Stop all the CGI action pieces We just wanna watch Spock and Bones bicker 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Katie Walsh
Everything you want a post modern Trek movie to be funny poppy self referential and with Captain Kirk punching bad guys in rubber masks 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Rick Bentley
From action to aliens Star Trek Beyond combines the legacy of the franchise with contemporary visual effects to create a production that should live long and prosper 
3.5
Star Trek Beyond
Chris Knight
The critics Prime Directive demands that I not reveal any of Beyond s surprise plot twists but they are often so random that I could probably sneak in one or two without even calling attention to them as spoilers 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Bruce DeMara
Sci fi fans will surely see beyond any shortcomings and appreciate a film full of visual dazzle action and suspense 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Steven Rea
There is plenty in Star Trek Beyond for diehard Trekkers to enjoy and director Justin Lin guns the action sequences even if that motocross machine that Kirk is ostensibly riding looks totally fake and video game ish 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Soren Andersen
The pattern for these pictures has been set for decades and this latest entry in the series breaks little new ground 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Ty Burr
It might even feel like you re back in your rec room circa 1967 drinking Tang and waiting for the Tribbles 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Michael O'Sullivan
It may not boldly go where no Star Trek film has gone before but it gets there at warp speed and with a full tank of fresh ideas 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Dustin Putman
Star Trek Beyond works first and foremost as a crowd pleasing science fiction adventure but it is equally notable as a thoughtful rumination on embracing one s larger purpose and coming to terms with the temporariness of life 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Loey Lockerby
The actors had their roles down by the end of the first film and it s a pleasure watching them play the familiar crew with just enough of a twist to fit the new timeline 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Richard Roeper
What a load of fun 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Sam C. Mac
Stark Trek Beyond emphasizes the inter personal dynamics of the USS Enterprise and functions best as an extended team building exercise 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Kyle Smith
They should have called it Star Trek Into Drowsiness 
1.5
Star Trek Beyond
Calvin Wilson
Lin seems most concerned with keeping things moving and on that score he succeeds 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Stephen Rebello
There s nothing new in Star Trek Beyond the latest installment in the venerable 13 film series but its least inspired stretches still manage to play like a crowd pleasing and exceptionally well acted Star Trek clip show 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Chris Hewitt
There s little sense of a larger purpose or of any movement forward for any of these beloved characters 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Josh Larsen
has the feel of an obligatory installment an effort aimed mostly at meeting a summer release date and fulfilling cast contracts 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Mick LaSalle
There are bright busy Star Trek movies full of wit and interest and then there are Star Trek movies like this one that are subdued and dark as if imbued with the monotony of being stuck on a space ship for five long years 
2
Star Trek Beyond
Peter Canavese
What works marginally in this instantly forgettable entry a few diverting character moments fan serving fairy dust action action action 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Roger Moore
Pandering Yes But pandering with polish 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Barry Hertz
Star Trek Beyond is much more than a mere refresh Thanks to Lin s steady directorial hand and knack for visualizing improbable set pieces the new film is bold breathless and propulsive a distillation of the action movie to its purest elements 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Michael Phillips
Lin s movie works best when approached as a relaxed somewhat playful two hour expansion of one of the old 60s episodes 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Brian Truitt
The galactic adventure might be an uneven one but the combination of gravitas a little mirth and old school Trek themes makes Beyond a decently entertaining trip to the final frontier 
2.5
Star Trek Beyond
Rafer Guzman
An enjoyably old fashioned entry in the new series Short on back story long on action loads of fun 
3
Star Trek Beyond
Stephen Whitty
While this is not your father s Star Trek it still feels like a fan s and just the kind of warm inclusive feel good entertainment this summer needs 
3.5
The Tie That Binds
David Nusair
The Tie That Binds suffers from a second half that feels as though it s emerged directly from a template for movies of this ilk 
2
The Tie That Binds
Mike Clark
One of the sleaziest movies of the year and certainly the most unpleasant 
1
Mini's First Time
Jeff Vice
It doesn t help that first time screenwriter director Nick Guthe created such a superficial group of characters Few if any seem believable or are interesting enough to care about 
2
Mini's First Time
Chris Hewitt
The characters in Mini are played by fine performers Alec Baldwin Jeff Goldblum Carrie Anne Moss but they re still one note 
2
Mini's First Time
Scott Nash
Trashy but fun Mini s First Time is like one of those paperback books you might take to the beach You don t brag about having read it but you enjoy every page 
3
Mini's First Time
Ken Fox
Pitch black and bound to offend anyone who s not on its wavelength Nick Guthe s entertainingly slick debut is a mordantly funny slice of lust crime and sleaze life set in the world of L A s industry elite 
3
Mini's First Time
Gary Goldstein
The director has created a stylish spoof filled with some razor sharp dialogue and truly wild original moments 
3
Mini's First Time
Stephen Whitty
Mini s First Time is not about taking an honest look at adolescence It s not even really about teens or high school life or upper class marriages What it s about is an unpleasantly pervy adult male view of teenage girls 
1
Mini's First Time
Kyle Smith
Surrounded by all these pros Reed more than holds her own She has so much integrity about being amoral that she keeps the audience dangling between disgust and admiration 
3
Mini's First Time
Jack Mathews
Mini has a cleverly devious wrap around ending but you have been warned It s twisted 
3
Mini's First Time
Bob Strauss
It s a bad preposterous and horrifyingly cliched black comedy about a girl gone wicked 
1.5
Mini's First Time
John Anderson
A comedy that s a mix of Mean Girls Mamet and Mephistopheles 
3
Mini's First Time
Nick Schager
A cheeky neo noir that updates Double Indemnity for the high school set Mini s First Time trades in black humor so dim you d need a flashlight to find it 
1.5
Long Time Dead
Andrew Howe
Long Time Dead Not nearly long enough 
1
Long Time Dead
Ian Mantgani
I approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again she should ask for a raise 
0.5
Somersault
Lisa Kennedy
Generous and authentic 
2.5
Somersault
Jeff Vice
Pretty slow and predictable and filled with soap opera like plot contrivances 
2.5
Somersault
Steve Rhodes
Moves with all of the sluggish energy of stop and go traffic during rush hour It just keeps marking time until Heidi has another brief sexual encounter with some new guy 
2
Somersault
Paul Doro
An incisive and emotive account of a girl masquerading as a woman and the danger that entails 
3
Somersault
Peter Canavese
The free spirited innocent archetype doesn t convincingly share residence with this numbly sexual Lolita 
2
Somersault
G. Allen Johnson
Heartfelt painful exhilarating and above all truthful 
3
Somersault
Phil Villarreal
A moody sojourn into the horrific funhouse of adolescence 
3
Somersault
Tom Keogh
Shortland s payoff is good and redolent of wisdom But getting there is like sitting in a waiting room with stale magazines 
2.5
Somersault
Ty Burr
Shortland balances showing Heidi as a heartbreaking mess doing a jailbait dance here impulsively swallowing a mouthful of chili peppers there and judging her for it 
3
Somersault
Michael Wilmington
A small film done with limited resources but it s impressive and so is Cornish 
3
Somersault
Jessica Letkemann
Just about everything that happens to Heidi explores that awkward cusp between adolescence and adulthood and the film maintains a mild interesting suspense because of it 
2
Somersault
Maitland McDonagh
Cornish s raw nuanced performance and Shortland s sympathetic but unsentimental portrayal of Heidi s fumbling steps toward maturity are underscored by Sydney based band Decoder Ring s catchy angst ridden score 
4
Somersault
Gary Goldstein
A good example of a movie about characters who aren t conventionally likeable but who are sympathetic and engaging nonetheless 
3
Somersault
Gene Seymour
Director Cate Shortland s first film is as remote sullen and mercurial as her protagonist 
3
Somersault
Lisa Rose
The movie s centerpiece is a candid fearless performance by newcomer Abbie Cornish 
3
Somersault
V.A. Musetto
Somersault the feature debut of Aussie writer director Cate Shortland showcases a brilliantly realistic performance by Abbie Cornish as Heidi 
3.5
Somersault
Jack Mathews
Shortland s script takes some unnecessary turns mostly with Joe s drinking and sexual insecurities But as long as it s focused on Heidi s predicament it is riveting drama 
3
Somersault
Bob Strauss
Often harrowing and traumatically tough minded this fine Australian film is ultimately about growth and some of the better attributes like self knowledge and forgiveness that ideally come with it 
3.5
Somersault
Ed Gonzalez
An exercise in film school pretense Somersault prettifies the ugliness of a girl s sexual experience after she leaves her mother s nest 
2
Fierce People
David Nusair
the movie s abrupt and downright graceless transformation from jaunty comedy to heavy handed drama strips the proceedings of any momentum it may have had 
1.5
Fierce People
Steven Winn
There are lots of potent things floating around in it sexual initiation drugs fantasy land wealth brute violence primitive rituals Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland but the mix just sits there without producing any notable reactions 
2
Fierce People
John Hartl
Rarely has self pity become so monotonous so quickly 
2
Fierce People
Bruce Westbrook
A buoyant coming of age adventure welded to an amiable wealth fantasy 
2.5
Fierce People
Bill Stamets
After a promising start Griffin Dunne s film bogs down and simply turns into a predictable mish mash of a movie that is shrill and heavy handed and totally trite 
2
Fierce People
Wesley Morris
The film is way too banal to raise any questions of its own Director Dunne for his part doesn t conjure up any kind of inspired visual atmosphere or compelling psychological tension Nothing is as funny touching true or sad as it should be 
2
Fierce People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The laughs suddenly cease after a brutal rape sequence and Dunne desperately and vainly tries to re work the remainder of the movie as a metaphysical coming of age story 
2
Fierce People
Tasha Robinson
The idea that rich people are an alien tribe is just one of many that get lost in Wittenborn s distracted script 
2
Fierce People
Bob Strauss
The movie seems to want to play the social division card but its better humanistic instincts undercut that ploy It s enough to ruin Fierce People as an honest character drama though 
2.5
Fierce People
Ken Fox
Not even the always reliable Diane Lane can save this one 
2
Fierce People
Timothy Knight
The analogies drawn between the Ishkanani and the Osborne social circle come off as insufferably precious rather than thoughtful 
1.5
Fierce People
Kyle Smith
Director Griffin Dunne s adaptation of Dirk Wittenborn s fiercely personal novel ambles pleasantly through coming of age movie territory then takes a jarring Agatha Christie detour 
3
Fierce People
Jack Mathews
The last act promises some very dark and primitive acts not that you should care 
2
Fierce People
Eric Lurio
While not as interesting a ride as advertised the movie does keep one from falling asleep 
2.5
Fierce People
Jan Stuart
A textbook example of the hazards of hiring a writer to adapt his own novel 
2
Fierce People
James Berardinelli
Overall it s an enjoyable effort but not a positive triumph 
3
Fierce People
Nick Schager
Structured around the type of analogy that makes one pine for total sensory failure a desire amplified by the filmmakers clear self satisfaction with what they believe to be a clever narrative conceit 
1.5
Silent Tongue
John Petrakis
A strangely satisfying and challenging piece of work one that illustrates how elements of cinema literature and theater can work in tandem thanks to a recipe that is one part Poe and two parts Shakespeare 
3
Silent Tongue
Steven Rea
Something deep and allegorical could be going on here but Silent Tongue is at once so overwrought and desert dull that you can t be bothered to investigate 
2
The Old Guard
David Reddish
This epic about immortal soldiers on the lam gets extra points for innovation Finally a mainstream action movie features a gay couple as the romantic focal point 
3
The Old Guard
Matt Brunson
One of 2020 s 20 best films 
3
The Old Guard
Mark Meszoros
While The Old Guard isn t topnotch fare it offers solid entertainment value and we wouldn t mind a second adventure with these impossible to kill folks
2.5
The Old Guard
Rene Sanchez
Although it can t fully escape from the cliches of the superhero genre its fresh vision and the performances of its cast led by Charlize Theron make this saga work Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
The Old Guard
Federico Furzan
More than decent action thriller from Netflix starring a set of fine performers Full review in Spanish 
3
The Old Guard
David Nusair
a comic book adaptation that could and should have been so much better 
2
The Old Guard
Steven Prokopy
The Old Guard has a ferocious kick to it 
3.5
The Old Guard
Kevin A. Ranson
the camaraderie between characters and backstory details are organic enough to carry the weight of Theron s brooding until she can start kicking ass and that s when it gels together 
3
The Old Guard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters and their interplay is enjoyable for large portions of the movie so I d mark this one worth a look 
2.5
The Old Guard
James Berardinelli
If sequels are made with the same equal mix of character based narrative and kick ass action then The Old Guard could represent the next franchise to become excited about 
3
The Old Guard
Joe Friar
The superhero genre gets an exciting new entry thanks to Charlize Theron and Greg Rucka s graphic novel These are fierce warriors but hopeless romantics even when jaded 
3.5
The Old Guard
Josh Larsen
If Ridley Scott had made Only Lovers Left Alive it might have looked something like The Old Guard 
2.5
The Old Guard
Joey Magidson
Between director Gina Prince Bythewood and star Charlize Theron there s a nice added touch of classiness to a gory and violent product like this 
3
The Old Guard
Roger Moore
The entire affair plays as pro forma pre ordained pre digested and pre dictable 
1.5
The Old Guard
Mark Feeney
As directed by Gina Prince Bythewood The Old Guard is assured and textureless competence doing the work of inspiration 
2
The Old Guard
Odie Henderson
An excellent example of what this type of film can be one I hope will be studied by the much bigger budgeted tentpoles you know and love 
3.5
The Old Guard
Mark Dujsik
The action is as routine and uninspiring as the movie s quieter more character focused moments are surprising and appreciated 
2.5
The Old Guard
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Yes there may be some men around as window dressing but it s the women who drive the narrative here 
3
The Old Guard
Chris Hewitt
The Old Guard is an efficient mayhem delivery system but given all the face kicking Theron does it s hard not to compare it to Atomic Blonde 
2.5
The Old Guard
Christian Toto
Charlize Theron remains a potent action star saddled with boilerplate banter 
2.5
The Old Guard
Rafer Guzman
An entertaining comic book movie with a strong cast and realistic action 
3
The Old Guard
Jeff York
In an era when movie shoot em up s have become far too cartoonish this one manages to make its bloodletting feel consequential 
3
The Old Guard
Johnny Oleksinski
It s good fun and has more than a few winning one liners 
3
The Old Guard
Robert Daniels
Prince Bythewood always finds the character drama lurking beneath the dizzying action scenes 
3
The Old Guard
Ann Hornaday
Unlike similar flights of escapism and potency this one never loses sight of the human part of superhuman 
3
The Old Guard
Katie Walsh
Modern but rich in mythology Prince Bythewood gives just enough flashback material to offer a taste of the vastness of the tale but it never overwhelms the story at hand This supernatural ish concept is grounded and deeply human 
3
The Old Guard
Chris Barsanti
Written with glints of pulpy panache by Greg Rucka the comic s originator The Old Guard sets up a high potential premise and proceeds to do not very much with it 
2
The Old Guard
Luke Parker
The Old Guard as much as it is dedicated to an explosive popcorn experience is just as devoted to the compassion holding up the sword 
2.5
The Old Guard
Barry Hertz
Whether it s the meet in the middle budget or Netflix s algorithmic influence that suggests a mishmash of subscriber friendly elements but never one clear directorial vision the film suffers from an overwhelming aura of exhaustion 
2.5
The Old Guard
Brian Truitt
Even with its drawbacks The Old Guard weaves some new ideas into a familiar genre and is worth taking a flier on for action movie lovers 
2.5
Tahara
Robert Horton
All the young actors are on the same page 44 and the finely delivered one liners unfold at just the right rhythm 46 
3.5
Tahara
Mark Dujsik
There apos s 46 46 46 real skill 46 46 46 in how Tahara goes from being uncomfortably funny to becoming simply and increasingly uncomfortable 46 
3
Tahara
Roger Moore
DeFeece and Sennott make their conversations a fascinating hour of teen eavesdropping 8212 repellant 44 ridiculous and risible all at once 46 
3
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Roger Ebert
Some of Hope s material is terribly familiar by now 
2.5
Real Genius
David Nusair
a mostly watchable yet lamentably erratic piece of work 
2.5
Real Genius
Betsy Bozdech
What makes it work and simultaneously cements it as an 80s classic is Kilmer s appealingly goofy performance it s a shame we don t see that side of him much these days 
2.5
Real Genius
Roger Ebert
Real Genius contains many pleasures but one of the best is its conviction that the American campus contains life as we know it 
3.5
Ready Player One
Brian Eggert
With Ready Player One you can feel director Steven Spielberg pushing to reclaim his status as Hollywood s crowned head of spectacle as he pours his considerable talent into another memorable science fiction fantasy 
3.5
Ready Player One
Jason Fraley
Even the most hardened of cynics can appreciate the take away message it s important to live in reality because it s the only thing that s real and the only place you can get a decent meal 
3
Ready Player One
Sarah Knight Adamson
If escapism is what you re looking for in a popcorn movie then Ready Player One is worth the price of admission 
3.5
Ready Player One
Matt Brunson
If the book is basically Fifty Shades of Grey for guys who have yet to discover their peckers the film is a diverting slice of entertainment offering enough surface thrills to justify its existence in a world already overloading on nostalgic feints 
3
Ready Player One
Mattie Lucas
A potent reminder that Spielberg is perhaps the greatest cinematic storyteller of our time 
3.5
Ready Player One
Federico Furzan
Spielberg fantasy fueled by nostalgia A blast of pop culture powered sequences Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ready Player One
Kent Turner
An old fashioned though state of the art frolic Viewers need not be cut throat Trivial Pursuit players to know Blondie from Buckaroo Banzai though it wouldn t hurt 
2.5
Ready Player One
John Hanlon
Pop culture fans will find something to love in this fun thrill ride 
3.5
Ready Player One
Joey Magidson
Ready Player One is an engrossing thrill ride that feeds off of your pop culture nostalgia 
3.5
Ready Player One
Robert Daniels
It s pure entertainment and gives Spielberg an easel to prop his sentimental painting on and all the colors on his palette to do so 
3
Ready Player One
Pamela Powell
Creating escapism is what Spielberg is all about and he nails it with Ready Player One 
4
Ready Player One
Wesley Lovell
Tailor made for Spielberg with an adventurous heart and an accessible screenplay 
3.5
Ready Player One
David Nusair
just another ill conceived and executed endeavor from a director well past his prime 
2
Ready Player One
James Kendrick
the film improves as it goes on especially in the second half where Spielberg generates a successful tension in juxtaposing action taking place simultaneously within the real world and the OASIS
3
Ready Player One
John Serba
Even though these heroes are simplistic Spielberg makes sure their motives and goals are transparent the force driving us breathlessly to the movie s climax 
3
Ready Player One
Kevin A. Ranson
More high nostalgia than high art it is what it wants to be an on screen feel good easily digestible celebration of beloved fandoms 
3
Ready Player One
Walter Chaw
Ready Player One is the first Spielberg film I can remember that feels contemptuous 
1
Ready Player One
Wade Major
I enjoyed it enough to feel as if I d gotten a real theatrical experience out of it 8201 8201 but I also felt exhausted by the experience and a little bit sad for what it represented 
3
Ready Player One
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A visual spectacle so overwhelming as joyful that it does not give the viewer respite in his uninterrupted succession of adventures Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ready Player One
Sonny Bunch
Ready Player One does what it sets out to do it entertains it flatters it moves Hard to ask for much more than that from a big budget blockbuster 
2.5
Ready Player One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An exhilarating ride as good as or better than most other films of its type 
3.5
Ready Player One
Mike McGranaghan
A one of a kind thrill ride that provides an abundance of fun 
3.5
Ready Player One
Tom Meek
Ready Player One feels long played out 
2
Ready Player One
Christian Toto
A fun imaginative take on Ernest Cline s novel So why does it leave us wanting more 
3
Ready Player One
Barry Hertz
So much of Ready Player One is assembled from the detritus of our past that it is less a film and more an overstuffed cultural recycling bin 
2
Ready Player One
Dustin Putman
Sensory overload with a heart 
3
Ready Player One
Bob Bloom
Cline s world and Spielberg s vision of it mesh as well as John Ford and the Old West 
3.5
Ready Player One
Rob Thomas
There s still something a little icky about a movie that data mines the pop culture past of middle aged men so shamelessly Instead of us having to put away childish things they re starring in a movie 
2.5
Ready Player One
Robert Horton
While Spielberg revels in this stuff he s also playing the role of concerned elder cajoling these crazy kids to go outside and get some fresh air Maybe that s why the movie s relentless fun feels just a little conflicted 
3
Ready Player One
Josh Terry
Spielberg s skillful pacing keeps the visual stimulation focused such as in a thrilling car chase early on where Wade races the time traveling Delorean from Back to the Future against a fleet of competitors 
3
Ready Player One
Michael Smith
It s the decade in which Spielberg shaped so many of our pop culture ideals and with Ready Player One he is masterfully back in the game and that makes us all winners 
3.5
Ready Player One
Mark Daniell
Many of the book s references to Spielberg s cultural artifacts have been stripped away but he imbibes the movie with flashes of colour and heart that rekindle a sense of wonderment that will transport many viewers back to their childhoods 
3
Ready Player One
J. R. Jones
Amid this special effects maelstrom Wade Watts never emerges as a character and the taciturn Sheridan is in constant danger of being out acted by his own avatar Who can connect with a hero when he s just watching the story 
1
Ready Player One
Linda Cook
What a thrill ride Spielberg has created 
3.5
Ready Player One
Eric Melin
Approximately 15 parts fun escapism and one part reflection In a culture that s obsessed with unearthing obscure references it will be interesting to see how the movie s fans and I think there will be many process the conflicting messages if at all 
2.5
Ready Player One
Peter Travers
For those looking for Ready Player One to condemn the digi verse as a destructive force against human connection find another movie Spielberg s mindbending joyride won t quit even when the head spinning spectacle hits sensory overload Game on 
3
Ready Player One
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Filled with intense action scenes leavened by humorous interludes it s an entertaining ride from start to finish 
3.5
Ready Player One
Ty Burr
It overuses 80s nostalgia as shorthand for genuine emotional involvement and it presents us with a rapturous digital wonderworld only to sternly lecture us that reality is the better value 
2.5
Ready Player One
Calvin Wilson
What the film lacks in substance it makes up for in style 
3
Ready Player One
Kam Williams
A thrill a minute virtual reality roller coaster ride riddled with allusions to pop culture and classic computer games 
4
Ready Player One
Peter Canavese
Conjures plenty of empty spectacle but doesn t underpin it with characters that move beyond the generic or more crucially the productively sharp satire that just maybe could have saved this ain t it cool story from itself 
2.5
Ready Player One
Sara Stewart
For every obscure sci fi nod there s a crowd pleasing Spielbergian trope Scrappy hero crushing on an independent gal Check Friends banding together Got em Greedy corporate villain Yep 
3
Ready Player One
Mark Dujsik
There is never a genuine sense of wonder or excitement to these sights mainly because there is rarely a real sense of exploration or discovery within this virtual world 
2
Ready Player One
Barry Paris
Aside from its sci fi adventure essence Player poses semi significant questions of identity and the pros and cons of remaking oneself in a digital dimension 
3
Ready Player One
Gary Thompson
Competent occasionally rousing entertainment that nonetheless left me a little bummed 
2.5
Ready Player One
Randy Myers
The special effects team create technical marvels which are as thrilling as going on a theme park ride 
3
Ready Player One
Dann Gire
Frenetic and dense action sequences engage but seldom thrill And threats to the heroes lives don t feel convincing While Sheridan and Cooke create personable characters they lack the sizzling chemistry needed to punch through the artifice 
2.5
Ready Player One
Christy Lemire
The action is breathless and non stop both in the virtual reality and the reality reality but wallowing in 80s nostalgia is only so much fun for so long 
2.5
Ready Player One
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spielberg s celebration of the 80s pop culture maelstrom he helped to create is a bizarre energetically vibrant piece of dystopian science fiction that s as fascinating as it is exasperating 
2.5
Ready Player One
Roger Moore
Just go with it 
2.5
Ready Player One
Michael O'Sullivan
If Ready Player One is tedious at times it s also oodles of fun at others 
2.5
Ready Player One
Michael Phillips
By a whisker Spielberg wins the race against his own material 
3
Ready Player One
Eric Henderson
It s a boldly attempted strike against the monolithic corporatization of fan service and arguably one of the few films that defines dystopia as nothing less than a marketplace of trademarked cross promotional intellectual property 
2.5
Ready Player One
Soren Andersen
I ve seen Ready Player One and now my eyeballs need a vacation 
2
Ready Player One
Jeff Beck
It s basically a pop culture lover s dream come true a film that pays homage to a time that gave us some incredible films games and music all wrapped up as a gift to us from one of the greatest directors of all time 
3
Ready Player One
Mick LaSalle
It s good to see Spielberg at 71 still finding new forms of cinematic language with which to express his humanism 
3
Ready Player One
Rafer Guzman
Spielberg deftly switches between the blinking bleeping world of the OASIS and the grayer grittier reality outside Meanwhile there s a touch of innocence that never lets us forget this dazzling spectacle is still basically a fairy tale 
3.5
Ready Player One
Peter Howell
So how does it all come together Pretty marvellously from a visual point of view maybe less so from one a narrative one 
3
Ready Player One
James Berardinelli
It is without a question one of the year s most energetic visually rewarding and ultimately exhausting motion pictures 
3
Ready Player One
George M. Thomas
Ultimately a likeable cast Mark Rylance s performance is especially memorable an imaginative story and Spielberg s ability to meld mirth mystery and pop culture ensure that Ready Player One is a must see 
3
Ready Player One
Richard Roeper
If Ready Player One had been directed by a 26 year old the movie world would be flipping out over the new visionary on the map 
3.5
Ready Player One
Jake Coyle
For those who get their fix through pop nostalgia Ready Player One is for better or worse an indulgent dizzying overdose 
3
Ready Player One
Phil Villarreal
Steven Spielberg doesn t age He just levels up 
4
Ready Player One
Brian Truitt
Ready Player One s an entertaining nostalgia trip that wears its influences proudly but throws them at such dizzying force that sometimes you feel like you re buried under Chuck E Cheese tokens 
3
Ready Player One
Mara Reinstein
Despite some sensory overload there s no denying Steven Spielberg is a master at crafting mind blowing action sequences Might as well jump to it 
3
Ready Player One
Stephen Rebello
Ready Player One is the jazzy flashy tripped out super caffeinated kid version of the director many of us grew up loving and many subsequent directors grew up aping 
3
Funny Lady
David Keyes
A strange anomaly of a film that rarely works and often bores to the point of exhaustion but how thrilling that a pair of committed actors can pay their own amusement forward in a synergy that defies most traditional outcomes 
2.5
Funny Lady
Betsy Bozdech
Her superfans might disagree but Barbra Streisand some one liners and a few show tunes do not a great movie make 
2
Funny Lady
Roger Ebert
Funny Lady is a big messy flop of a movie that s almost cruel in the way it invites our memories of Funny Girl and doesn t match them 
1
One Piece Film Gold
Mike McGranaghan
This is a funny inventive and gorgeously animated adventure showcasing some colorful characters and a bold original setting 
3
Scott Turow's Innocent
Linda Stasi
TNT is right to bring back the format well done whodunits 
3
Nurse Betty
Joe Lozito
This is easily Ms Zellweger s finest work 
3.5
Nurse Betty
Scott Nash
If I had to use just one word to describe Nurse Betty that word would undoubtedly be Quirky And I mean that in a really really good way 
3
Nurse Betty
Judith Egerton
Nurse Betty suffers however from a script that relies on jaded hit men for comic impact We ve seen it done too many times since Pulp Fiction 
3
Nurse Betty
Gerry Gallo
One of the finest written surprises of the year 
3
Nurse Betty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A strong contender for one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Nurse Betty
Margaret A. McGurk
A highly unlikely blend of savage violence farcical humor and impossible romantic yearning acted out with sometimes awe inspiring precision 
3.5
Nurse Betty
Jules Brenner
Carried by Renee Zellweger whose particular forte is unquestioned honesty directness and guilelessness supported by no less than Morgan Freeman in a semi comedic turn and Chris Rock in a semi serious turn it s a rare entertainment 
4
Nurse Betty
James Kendrick
an odd concoction of black comedy crime movie cliches and social satire 
3
Nurse Betty
Robert Roten
It could have been a truly great film in more sure hands but it just misses the mark 
3
Nurse Betty
Dustin Putman
A masterful human comedy and a sincere drama as imaginative as it is unpredictable 
3.5
Nurse Betty
Pam Grady
This film probably won t please people who enjoy it when Neil LaBute picks at society s scabs For those who don t mind their reality undercut with a little bit of fancy and who d rather have someone kiss it and make it better Nurse Betty is in 
3
Nurse Betty
Rob Blackwelder
While Nurse Betty isn t quite the sum of its such impeccable parts Zellweger s incredibly earnest enthusiastic performance ties it all together in a way no other actress could 
3
Nurse Betty
David Keyes
An over the map lampoon so well grounded on so many different levels you gawk at it with a sense of sublime but curious appreciation 
4
Nurse Betty
Bob Bloom
Sometimes a movie comes along that is so special so out of the ordinary that you want to embrace it as tightly as a long lost relative 
4
Nurse Betty
James Berardinelli
Nurse Betty s two hallmarks are originality and star quality both of which combine to draw the viewer through the film s occasional rough spots 
3
Nurse Betty
Roger Ebert
Nurse Betty is one of those films where you don t know whether to laugh or cringe and find yourself doing both 
3
Nurse Betty
Edward Guthmann
After a summer of brain numbing junk Nurse Betty seems like a reprieve 
4
Nurse Betty
Ian Mantgani
The movie is a comedy I guess It looks sunny and it s played lightheartedly But what s the point 
2
Nurse Betty
Michael Dequina
This being LaBute this is an atypical fairy tale story made even more so through the filter of a decidedly dark lens and the film would not be quite the subversively funny and all around memorable entertainment that it is without him 
4
Nurse Betty
Marty Mapes
Somewhere between tension and release lies the heart of laughter and Neil LaBute knows just where that spot is 
3.5
Still Alice
Matt Brunson
One of the greatest performers of her generation 44 Julianne Moore deserved Oscars for Far from Heaven and Boogie Nights alas 44 she had to wait years before snagging a statue for her sensational turn here 46 
3
Still Alice
Erik Anderson
Still Alice is filled with outstanding performances and there are moments as gut wrenching and harrowing as anything I ve seen 
3.5
Still Alice
Robert W. Butler
Julianne Moore delivers a brilliant performance that buoys Still Alice just when it seems too much to bear Oscar is waiting in the wings 
3.5
Still Alice
Michael Smith
This is one of Moore s defining performances and it is a brave one 
3
Still Alice
Neil Rosen
The finely nuanced script takes a sensitive look at this disease and its effects not only on the person afflicted but also on family members who have to deal with it 
3.5
Still Alice
Brad Keefe
Not only are there not enough good smart roles for women the movies that do contain those roles are too often one dimensional 
2.5
Still Alice
Mal Vincent
Moore s performance here as the deteriorating Alice is restrained and analytical in a way that allows us to see through her eyes 
3
Still Alice
Eric Melin
Moore is the real reason Still Alice works She s so natural and free of vanity She doesn t telegraph the tragedy of her situation It s a quiet performance and the uncertainty of how present Alice is undercuts everything even the joyful moments 
3
Still Alice
Linda Cook
For my dad who died of complications from Alzheimer s This is the movie that needed to be made 
4
Still Alice
Rob Thomas
Still Alice provides a valuable lesson in empathy and understanding with a message for all of us in accepting what we ve lost and celebrating what hasn t yet gone 
3
Still Alice
Rob Thomas
Still Alice provides a valuable lesson in empathy and understanding with a message for all of us in accepting what we ve lost and celebrating what hasn t yet gone 
3
Still Alice
John Serba
Julianne Moore s Oscar clip will likely be an instance of high drama But she s at her best during the still moments in between 
3
Still Alice
John Wirt
After showing the audience how much Alice has to lose the film shows her losing it Julianne Moore s finely honed affecting performance makes her an Oscar frontrunner 
3.5
Still Alice
John Beifuss
A horror movie for gentlefolk Its methodical terrors memory loss disorientation seem all too likely especially for mature moviegoers less worried about things that go bump in the night than the fall of night itself so to speak 
3
Still Alice
Peter Canavese
Still still hums with humanity in the person of Moore whose towering performance shows a staggering technical proficiency while never losing a whit of emotional resonance 
2.5
Still Alice
Bob Bloom
Julianne Moore ably displays the frustration and fear that most likely is a daily occurrence for most Alzheimer s victims 
4
Still Alice
Anders Wright
It s well cast and generally much more sincere than sentimental 
3
Still Alice
Carla Meyer
Attempting to describe the level of tragedy contained in Moore s performance in the film s third act brings to mind the limits within Alice s chosen field of study Because no words do it justice 
3
Still Alice
Robert Levin
Julianne Moore deserves all the accolades but the movie wants tears and never quite earns them 
2.5
Still Alice
Moira MacDonald
While it s no surprise that Moore is so good Still Alice has an unexpected trick up its sleeve the sweetly gentle performance of Kristen Stewart as Alice s actress daughter Lydia 
3.5
Still Alice
Rafer Guzman
A modest drama but Moore s heart wrenching and Oscar nominated performance makes this a must see 
3
Still Alice
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is harrowing as any story about Alzheimer s should be but Moore gives it an extra layer of gravity and heartbreaking inevitability 
3
Still Alice
Chris Knight
Still Alice is a searing portrait of one of the least understood most frightening plagues of this century 
3.5
Still Alice
Lisa Kennedy
Sorrow laden and moving Still Alice isn t gratuitously grim nor is it easily sentimental There s humor here vaguely gallows like perhaps but also earned 
3.5
Still Alice
Steven Rea
The great strength of the film is that it never resorts to cheap sentimentality The facts themselves are hard enough crushing enough 
4
Still Alice
Liam Lacey
Still Alice is accurate and compassionate and anyone who has known someone with Alzheimer s will appreciate the film s sincere intentions 
2.5
Still Alice
Linda Barnard
Don t be surprised to find yourself suddenly obsessed with forgotten names and misplaced keys 
3
Still Alice
Ty Burr
Still Alice is much too clear eyed to hold out false hope but it s a moving testimonial to going down with grace 
3
Still Alice
Mara Reinstein
There s a difference between a great performance and a Great Performance Julianne Moore s turn as a professor afflicted with early onset Alzheimer s easily qualifies as the latter 
3.5
Still Alice
James Berardinelli
Still Alice is heartbreaking but it doesn t earn its tears through easy emotional manipulation 
3.5
Still Alice
Mark Dujsik
Still Alice works and at times with assured depressing clarity 
3
Still Alice
Mick LaSalle
For all the movie s honesty the reality of Alzheimer s disease is a lot worse than what you see in Still Alice Perhaps directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland made a calculation as to how much an audience can take They were right 
3
Still Alice
Matt Pais
Simple and direct rather than a discovery 
3
Still Alice
Mike McGranaghan
The combination of a brilliant lead performance and a respectably honest portrayal of Alzheimer s make Still Alice affecting even during the times when it feels as though it needs a little more plot 
3
Still Alice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
But sadly it s not a good movie 
2
Still Alice
Dustin Putman
Julianne Moore s lead turn is towering and momentous the work of an actor whose awe inspiring natural talent knows no limits Watching her in this role provides a thrill that not even some of the best action films could hope to attain 
3.5
Still Alice
Scott Nash
The tearjerker of the year 
3
Still Alice
Roger Moore
Moore s performance is gutsy subtle and Oscar worthy
3
Still Alice
Christy Lemire
With a combination of power and grace Julianne Moore elevates Still Alice above its made for cable television trappings and delivers one of the more memorable performances of her career 
2.5
Still Alice
Claudia Puig
Moore s portrayal of 50 year old Alice Howland adapted from Lisa Genova s 2007 novel is one of the best of her career 
3
Still Alice
Stephen Whitty
Moore has been a fine actress for a long time and Still Alice gives her a remarkable role and the space to truly live it 
3.5
Still Alice
Ed Gonzalez
Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart s artful consideration of familial friction acerbated by disease and vice versa nearly saves Still Alice from the banality of its Lifetime movie execution 
1.5
Still Alice
Rex Reed
Thanks to this brave and gutsy actress overwhelming candor and sincerity you go away feeling educated enlightened and more compassionate than you can possibly imagine 
4
Still Alice
Clayton Davis
It s one of those rare films that makes you think and gives you a debate to have with your loved ones A deep human movie that doesn t shy away from baring its soul and the vast complexities that come with it 
3.5
Still Alice
David Nusair
Still Alice becomes more and more engrossing as it progresses 
3
The Faculty
Chris Garcia
Essentially the movie is a grand pastiche folding the high school social dynamics of The Breakfast Club and the paranoid undercurrents of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and John Carpenter s The Thing into a high gloss puff pastry 
3
The Faculty
Andrew Howe
A decidedly average film with flashes of inspiration 
2
The Faculty
Allan Ulrich
In his quest for youth appeal Robert Rodriguez only intermittently capitalizes on the satiric possibilities The Faculty deserves a week of detention not so much for missing the point as for blunting it 
2
The Faculty
Dustin Putman
Another smart and pop culturally hip film from Williamson 
3
The Faculty
Michael Dequina
Will there a bigger better blast of pure unpretentious popcorn entertainment this holiday season Not bloody likely 
3.5
Flux Gourmet
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Make no mistake terrifying corporeal experiences abound in Flux Gourmet and its invention of a hybrid gastro audio arts residency but fear and suspense are nearly totally absent 
2
Flux Gourmet
Rene Sanchez
Despite its haunting visual and sonic style 44 this story about art 44 music 44 and the loss of creative freedom ends up dropping its beat 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2
Flux Gourmet
Peter Canavese
A deeply weird satire of culinary pretension served with a side of splatter horror 46 Lots kicking around in this like the fine line between confrontational art and artistic sadism to keep it interesting 46 
3
Flux Gourmet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
apos Flux Gourmet apos is certainly never boring 44 and is often quite daring 46 Those that enjoyed Strickland apos s other work will find that it fits in nicely 46 
3
Flux Gourmet
Craig D. Lindsey
91 Flux Gourmet has 93 a wicked time sending up both so called artists and the people who enable them 46 
3
Flux Gourmet
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 here apos s such a thick layer of detachment 46 46 46 that there apos s little means or opportunity to dig beneath the movie apos s absurd surface 46 
2
Flux Gourmet
Randy Myers
Everything is off kilter and situations veer into shocking and coarse humor It s another true original from the gonzo filmmaker 
3
Flux Gourmet
Mike McGranaghan
A picture that continually prods and surprises 46 And you definitely don apos t walk away hungry afterward 46 
3
Flux Gourmet
Pat Brown
Peter Strickland s playful mockery of performance art and excessively serious minded collectives feels both insular and at times a shade too flavorless 
2.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Mick LaSalle
This installation fails to capitalize on the charm of these characters the plot is unintelligible and there are no jokes 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Rene Rodriguez
The movie takes an excessively long time to cover short narrative ground and the plot is muddled enough to confuse the target audience 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
John Hartl
Less amateurish than the 1990 original less embarrassing than the 1991 sequel with its mind boggling Vanilla Ice ninja rap number this may be the easiest installment in the series for parents to sit through 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Stephen Hunter
Really stupid 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Steven Rea
The oversized terrapins are characteristically flip as they backflip through an unnecessarily muddled plot 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
David Nusair
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series comes to a close with an installment that ultimately falls right in line with its subpar predecessors 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Chris Hicks
Even kids are likely to respond to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III with less enthusiasm than they did to the first two films in this series 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
James Berardinelli
The first film was bad the second worse and the third almost unbearable 
1
Some Kind of Hate
Dustin Putman
It is easier to admire Some Kind of Hate for what it is trying to do rather than for what it ultimately achieves 
2
Some Kind of Hate
Mike McGranaghan
This is one of those films where you sit there almost trying to will yourself to like it more than you actually do 
2
Some Kind of Hate
Roger Moore
Unpleasant slasher exploitation with a pointless supernatural touch 
1.5
The Ten Commandments
Mike Scott
Though it boasts a noteworthy cast the film suffers from clunky computer animation that appears to be hinged on technology at least several years behind the curve 
1
The Ten Commandments
Linda Cook
Here s an unusual but OK take on the story of Moses the Exodus and of course The Ten Commandments 
2.5
The Ten Commandments
Peter T. Chattaway
As a straightforward introducition to the biblical story it is arguably better than some of the splashier or more sensational movies out there 
2.5
The Ten Commandments
Chris Hewitt
The characters skin looks like hard plastic so it s as if a bunch of GI Joes are trying to escape the plague of locusts and all of the human characters appear to be lit from within like nightlights 
1
The Ten Commandments
Tom Keogh
Ponderous but somewhat moving 
2.5
The Ten Commandments
John Monaghan
Thou shalt not cast Christian Slater as Moses no matter how much the Hollywood party boy wants to fulfill some form of karmic community service 
2
The Ten Commandments
Mary Houlihan
While the story is solid the computer generated animation which lacks any flow and grace is another matter Actually it s kind of creepy
2
The Ten Commandments
Sue Pierman
Likable enough without being extraordinary 
2.5
The Ten Commandments
Lou Carlozo
There s an endearing earnest quality to The Ten Commandments that transcends its star studded cast and computer generated animation 
3
The Ten Commandments
Josh Larsen
I ve found more nuance in the two page Bible stories we read with our kids after breakfast 
1.5
360
Brian Eggert
Far too many of the stories lead to dead ends 44 and even fewer still feel wrapped up dramatically 46 
2
360
Jeff Beck
It just goes to show that even with so much talent involved behind and in front of the camera some material just won t work 
2
360
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite a few good moments it s depressing obnoxious and condescending To use a favorite critics word it s leaden it just refuses to move 
2
360
Rene Rodriguez
The film s generic meaningless title is a sign of the dullness to come 
2
360
Robert Levin
A waste of talent and a tired enterprise with its brief snippets of compelling content undone by the overarching blandness 
2
360
Stephanie Merry
Though the cinematography looks sleek with shots through windows and in mirrors split screens and city lights that blur and sharpen the stories equate to a tangled mess 
1.5
360
Amy Biancolli
Much like its own characters it dithers too much and it dares too little 
2
360
Roger Moore
It s as interesting as a viewing exercise as it must have been as a writing exercise But traveling 360 degrees with your story means you end up right back where you started 
2
360
Rick Groen
One thing is remarkable here the amount of high powered talent assembled to document the obvious 
2
360
Kyle Smith
360 gives us much in the way of international anguish frustrated coupling and longing stares but there s very little plausibility or genuine emotion in its egregiously contrived story of ardor gone amiss 
1
360
Mike McGranaghan
Few things are as cinematically woeful as a movie that tries to say something profound but only ends up stating the obvious 360 is as fine an example of this as you will find 
2
360
R. Kurt Osenlund
Directed by Fernando Meirelles from a dusty script by Peter Morgan 360 is all superficial stimulation hollow and stiff as it beats the dead horse of we re all connected narratives 
1.5
360
James Berardinelli
A better title A Few Famous and Not So Famous Actors Bump into Each Other and Don t Do or Say Much of Consequence Wordy yes but accurate 
2.5
360
David Nusair
It finally becomes clear that 360 is nothing more than a well cast and expensive looking actor s showcase 
2
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Liam Lacey
Julie Taymor s off the stage filmed production of A Midsummer Night s Dream has a phantasmagoric visual fluidity that emphasizes the play s uncanny unsettling nature more than its carnival silliness 
3.5
Rowdy Rathore
Namrata Joshi
Predictably Rowdy goes about setting things straight But he takes way too long making the film stretch on like a tasteless wad of chewing gum 
2
Sharper
Tom Meek
I could see this cast sail with a smarter script and deeper more empathetic characters but as it is the one who loses here is the watcher 
2
Sharper
Rene Sanchez
Julianne Moore is dazzling in this ingenious psychological thriller that submerges us in an intricate game of lies 44 seduction and power 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Sharper
Ty Burr
A fun watch with friends and family or a solo evening s light diversion the kind you replay the next day in your head to see how it all fits together 
3
Sharper
Michael Medved
The acting and writing are so solid that the grifters and con artists who populate this film are simultaneously appalling and appealing 46 46 46 
3
Sharper
Jeff Mitchell
Engaging performances and brisk pacing are a cut above some semi farfetched threads 46 
2.5
Sharper
Robert Levin
A fun thriller with lots of twists 
3
Sharper
Anne Brodie
The beat is constant 44 relentless plus insights into why savvy folks are so often successfully targeted 46 This whiplash noir challenges is full of fun surprises 44 and a cautionary look at sharpers 46 10 
2
Sharper
Pamela Powell
While the story is twisted 44 careening around every corner at high speed 44 the actors give us a top performance and we are on the edge of our seat awaiting the next shoe to drop 46 
3.5
Sharper
Moira MacDonald
Great acting is a con game of the highest order and it s a pleasure to be Moore s mark 
2.5
Sharper
Charles Koplinski
There are a great many moving parts here and it 8217 s to Caron 8217 s credit that he tells the story briskly and clearly 44 what with the script being exposition heavy 46 
3
Sharper
Leo Brady
This is a whip smart heist drama with razor sharp edges 46 
3
Sharper
Mark Meszoros
As a viewer 44 you hope for one last slice of the knife from Sharper 44 that final piece of the puzzle you couldn 8217 t move into place 46 But no 44 it 8217 s just another con movie 44 and maybe you 8217 ve just seen too many 46 
2
Sharper
Ross McIndoe
A fumbled ending lets the air out of what is otherwise a fun and quietly stylish caper 46 
2.5
Sharper
Steven Prokopy
Whatever you want to call that combination 44 it 8217 s note perfect for this material 46 Even with its few shortcomings 44 this is an impressive debut 44 anchored by gripping performances across the board 46 
3
Sharper
Richard Roeper
Sharper is a bloody good time even when we can see those surprises coming right down Fifth Avenue 
3
Sharper
Mick LaSalle
Sharper works like a machine and so it seems unfair to complain that by the end it feels too mechanical It s fun It should have been more fun but take the fun where you can get it 
3
Sharper
Rex Reed
A uniformly terrific cast led by Julianne Moore Sebastian Stan and John Lithgow makes this neo noir taut sexy and so full of surprises you may need to see it twice 
3.5
Sharper
Brian Tallerico
Mamet 8217 s best films used dialogue as a weapon as his characters alternately withheld and revealed like Ricky Jay doing a magic trick 46 8220 Sharper 8221 clearly wants to mimic that aesthetic 44 but the whole thing is only good enough as a diversion 46 
2
Sharper
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he constant and repetitious twists become the foundation of a predictable pattern 46 
2
Sharper
Brian Eggert
The storytelling 44 characters 44 and performances prove serviceable enough to keep our attention but never leave a lasting impression 46 
2
Sharper
Jake Coyle
A slinky slick caper that finds ways to distort expectations while unfolding a puzzle box narrative Before its lesser third act Sharper manages to juggle its plot twists with panache 
3
Sharper
Michael O'Sullivan
We re treated to puzzle boxes within puzzle boxes each one delivered in sequential chapters and unpacked initially in reverse chronological order with satisfying if somewhat predictable style and suspense 
3
Sharper
Randy Myers
Sharper is a glossy gas that gaslights us and most every character in it 
3
Sharper
Roger Moore
An outstanding cast 46 46 46 makes this a thoroughly entertaining winner about predators who make everybody they meet a loser 46 
3
Kung Food
Roger Moore
Oh to have been in the writer s room where English speakers bounced puns and zingers back and forth in translating this wonton slaughter that might ve been better titled Crouching Bun Hidden Duck Sauce or Enter the Dim Sum 
2
The Ghost Writer
Mattie Lucas
A good old fashioned suspense yarn that culminates with one of the most haunting final shots in years 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Jordan Hiller
I would not put the narrative conceit The Ghost Writer perpetrates in its final moments past a doped up high school sophomore in a screenwriting elective 
1.5
The Ghost Writer
Peter Canavese
The director s shrewd and witty approach to the material demonstrates his finely tuned sense of the absurd Blu ray 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Sara Michelle Fetters
But for fans of the auteur able to separate his personal life from his cinematic one and for others open to old school suspense where no one gets away clean and failure truly is an option this political whirligig delivers the goods 
4
The Ghost Writer
Janos Gereben
The brilliance of the ensemble acting here is perhaps Polanski s finest achievement
4
The Ghost Writer
Damon Smith
Polanski polishes the lacklustre material and his impeccable style creates the illusion of suspense where our steady pulse tells us there is none 
3
The Ghost Writer
Sukhdev Sandhu
Polanski s most enjoyable film for a very long time 
4
The Ghost Writer
Graham Young
The Ghost isn t Polanski s best work but it s a more worthwhile project than the 2005 Oliver Twist remake his only other movie since winning a best director Oscar for The Pianist in 2003 
4
The Ghost Writer
Linda Cook
What a well told mystery Hitchcock must have been watching from above and smiling when The Ghost Writer was filmed 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Lori Hoffman
Polanski delivers his message about power and corruption in a subtle engaging way and delivers his message with a wry humorous edge 
3
The Ghost Writer
Josh Larsen
Suspicion and insinuation seep from nearly every frame 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
James Kendrick
taut and suspenseful in interweaving the fundamental pleasures of a good mystery with an astute critique of the current sociopolitical climate
3.5
The Ghost Writer
David Nusair
an uneven yet refreshingly grown up thriller that should satisfy Polanski s fans 
3
The Ghost Writer
Rob Thomas
Harris and Polanski dole out the revelations carefully and the dialogue crackles with both sophisticated wit and bare knuckle energy 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Sean P. Means
Polanski is expert at keeping the audience guessing and turning the screws for maximum tension 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
May be at its core just a standard issue thriller But as directed by old master Roman Polanski it turns into cinema of the highest order 
4
The Ghost Writer
John Beifuss
A methodical intelligent adult mystery 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Duane Dudek
The Ghost Writer is equal parts pulp and political thriller and Polanski follows both threads 
3
The Ghost Writer
Eric Melin
Polanski is a master of mood and pacing The Ghost Writer moves forward at an assured pace and sprinkles in an acerbic sense of humor 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Christian Toto
The Ghost Writer could be a disappointing career capper should the wheels of justice finally start rolling 
2.5
The Ghost Writer
Keith Cohen
Oscar winning director Roman Polanski places the emphasis on mood atmosphere and dialogue in this creepy political conspiracy thriller 
2.5
The Ghost Writer
Robert W. Butler
Smart and atmospheric with a delicious undercurrent of brutality this is a political thriller executed with the panache of Hitchcock in his prime 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Rick Groen
The result is a political thriller refreshingly long on grown up dialogue yet lamentably shy on well thrills This chatty thing does go on 
2
The Ghost Writer
Chris Hewitt
Tthe actors were so intimidated by Polanski s reputation or so baffled by the listless script that almost none of them makes any impression at all 
1.5
The Ghost Writer
Peter Howell
Polanski is in total command of his medium something that hasn t been a sure thing since the 1970s The Pianist notwithstanding 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Jeff Vice
The Ghost Writer is a decent little mystery thriller with some smarts and a good cast 
3
The Ghost Writer
Ty Burr
Another director would almost certainly have bobbled this devilish mixture of paperback suspense political chicanery and jet black comedy In Polanski s hands it s an unholy pleasure a diversion that stings 
3
The Ghost Writer
Joe Williams
As an exercise in craft it s surprisingly successful thanks to the strong cast and the vivid depiction of a modern leader s security apparatus 
3
The Ghost Writer
Peter Keough
How odd that the two latest films by two of the world s greatest living filmmakers should be adaptations of bestsellers set on islands off the coast of Massachusetts And that both should be disappointing 
2.5
The Ghost Writer
Roger Moore
It s not one of Polanski s masterpieces but The Ghost Writer doesn t dilute his reputation as a master of suspense 
2.5
The Ghost Writer
Mark Dujsik
The setup is the stuff of fantastic political exploration which makes the generic payoff all the more disappointing 
2.5
The Ghost Writer
Sonny Bunch
If The Ghost Writer has a fatal flaw it resides not with the cast but with the truly hideous ending It s laugh out loud groan worthy bad 
2
The Ghost Writer
Mick LaSalle
Polanski infuses the action with the quality of a waking nightmare He has the capacity to take a simple shot of a ship coming into harbor and give it a feeling of foreboding 
4
The Ghost Writer
Ann Hornaday
From the chic austerity of the Langs undisclosed location to the gradually revealed nexus between academia politics and corporate influence The Ghost Writer offers an unusually astute glimpse of power at its most alluring and corrosive 
3
The Ghost Writer
Dustin Putman
A shrewd intoxicating slow burn thriller Director Roman Polanski fashions a disquieting mood that hangs portentously over the proceedings like an inevitable tragedy foretold 
3
The Ghost Writer
Steven Rea
Doesn t demand much from the viewer but its smart dialogue nimble syncopations and tricky suspense are while you re there in the theater in the dark thoroughly satisfying 
3
The Ghost Writer
Roger Ebert
Polanski at 76 provides a reminder of directors of the past who were raised on craft not gimmicks and depended on a deliberate rhythm of editing rather than mindless quick cutting 
4
The Ghost Writer
Kyle Smith
Roman Polanski you are the mayor of Chutzpahtown 
2
The Ghost Writer
Stephen Whitty
It s a brilliantly made paranoid leftish political thriller And it s also the first great film of the year 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Claudia Puig
This is the 76 year old Polanski s first contemporary thriller in two decades and his first film in four years It s an intelligent and deftly honed return to the genre blending a contemporary plot and classic structure 
3
The Ghost Writer
Sara Vilkomerson
Overall feels uneven sprawling and strangely incomplete 
2.5
The Ghost Writer
James Berardinelli
The Ghost Writer is a reminder that regardless of his real life problems Roman Polanski can still craft compelling thrillers 
3
The Ghost Writer
Peter Travers
Shows Polanski in brilliant command of a political thriller that ties you up in knots of tension while zinging politics and showbiz like two sides of the same toxic coin 
3.5
The Ghost Writer
Ed Gonzalez
Ghost Writer suggests a game of chess played delicately and with great precision 
3
Bart Got a Room
Stephen Cole
Here s something you don t see every day a high school comedy for old poops 
3
Bart Got a Room
Greg Quill
Bart Got A Room is an affectionately nuanced comedy of manners whose focus is first love and the navigation of complex relationships 
3
Bart Got a Room
David Nusair
rarely holds the viewer s interest in as rapt a manner as Hecker presumably intended 
2
Bart Got a Room
Roger Moore
The sweet dizzy finale makes up for all the predictability before it 
3
Bart Got a Room
Lou Lumenick
The sight of William H Macy sporting a Jew fro as a divorced dad trying to help his nerdy son score with a prom date is among the myriad delights in the gut bustingly funny Bart Got a Room 
3.5
Bart Got a Room
Kam Williams
A PG 13 rated teensploit that s actually for teenagers What a novel idea 
3
Bart Got a Room
Ed Gonzalez
Consists largely of nasty knocks against the fat old and Asian all of whom are framed in cramped compositions that suggest the influence of Simpsons animation cells and Ulrich Seidl 
1.5
Bart Got a Room
Phoebe Flowers
A movie that has consistently entertained audiences on the festival circuit since its premiere at Tribeca in April 
3
Consequences
Roger Moore
Predictable but somewhat harrowing coming of age in Slovenian reform school drama 
2.5
Consequences
Bill Chambers
I don t know that I ve ever encountered a movie so beset by its title which feels like it should also be read aloud by Percy Rodriguez when it appears 
2
Paris Memories
Chris Barsanti
A quietly gutting ode to Paris 8217 s resilience in the post Bataclan era 46 10 
3
Paris Memories
David Nusair
46 46 46 Winocour has infused the proceedings with a number of unexpectedly gripping and flat out emotional interludes 46 46 46 
3
Paris Memories
Kent Turner
Credible 44 thoughtful 44 and moving 46 46 46 The sharp 44 to the point dialogue dispels any sense of melodrama 46 
3.5
Pale Saints
David Nusair
the complete and utter nadir of all those Tarantino ripoffs 
.5
Old
Keith Garlington
8220 Old 8221 sees Shyamalan once again blending the supernatural with the real world to make something that 8217 s uniquely his own 46 Not everyone will be onboard 44 but I was 46 
3.5
Old
David Gonzalez
The director 8217 s latest reconfirms my original sentiments that M 46 Night Shyamalan is a one trick pony who isn 8217 t the most exciting filmmaker 46 10 10 
2.5
Old
Brian Eggert
Shyamalan remains more invested in setting the hook than reeling in his audience 
2.5
Old
John Beifuss
Fearsomely compelling until the final unnecessary twist transforms a terrifying metaphor about the pitilessness of old age into what seems to be a pitch for a cable sci fi series 
3.5
Old
David Nusair
an almost prototypically uneven Shyamalan effort that undoubtedly and ultimately exploits its oddball setup to its full potential 
3
Old
Rene Sanchez
Despite its interesting premise it fails to find the right balance between the seriousness of its existential themes and the absurdity of some of its turns Full Review in Spanish 
2
Old
Ty Burr
Old is a fiendish idea only partially realized 
2.5
Old
Matthew Passantino
Shyamalan doesn t always seem to have as firm a grasp on his recent screenplays as he did early in his career but Old offers some summer thrills at the movies 
2.5
Old
Randy Myers
At least one snippet of dialogue works Are you sure we have time for this That would be a hard no considering how many worthwhile horror films are available for streaming 
1.5
Old
Erik Childress
Shyamalan continues to be the one who picks the best piece of fruit off the tree and then just throws it into the ocean because he has no idea what to do with it 
1.5
Old
Bruce R. Miller
When Shyamalan spills all we realize this isn t worth the time it takes to play out If this is a reminder to make the most of every day it easily could have been delivered back at the hotel pool With a drink 
1
Old
Sean P. Means
The resolution here is needlessly drawn out and calls on the audience to accept a lot on faith that Shyamalan s talent for deception hasn t really earned 
2.5
Old
Cate Marquis
Old abandoned its more interesting potential early to embrace nonsensical plot elements that are riddled with internal inconsistencies 
1.5
Old
Tom Meek
What s old is new again is a pretty apt tag for this M Night Shyamalan outing that like many of the director s quirky thrillers rides a long tease of What the heck s going on here before a big gotcha reveal in the final act 
2.5
Old
Steven Prokopy
Old may be baffling even frustrating at times but it s always highly watchable and compelling 
2.5
Old
Jocelyn Noveck
The characters are quirky but trust us not in a good way in an annoying instantly tedious I dare you to care about me way 
2
Old
Jeff Mitchell
Old would work beautifully as a 25 minute The Twilight Zone episode nestled in between Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up S2E28 and The Midnight Sun S3E10 
2
Old
Rex Reed
When the best thing about a movie is the makeup you know something is missing that can never be recaptured 
1
Old
Linda Cook
Old may not be Shyamalan s best but it s worth your time 
2.5
Old
Sara Michelle Fetters
Old says something about life that s as profound as it is frightening the nebulous beauteously unfathomable peculiarities a human life is born to navigate from first breath to last ambitiously displayed in all their monstrous ambiguity 
3
Old
Joe Friar
M Night Shyamalan returns to form with a foreboding thriller that takes place in a tropical paradise where sunburn is the least of your problems 
3
Old
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Damned if it doesn t all kinda work It definitely hits on a primal fear the deterioration of the body or any of a million things that can go wrong with our cherished imperfect selves 
3
Old
Mike McGranaghan
A chiller that evokes big thoughts along with the requisite shivers 
3
Old
James Berardinelli
While it s not hard to envision how the ideas in the movie could result in something compelling the execution is lacking 
2
Old
Doug Walker
Fans of Shyamalan s hilarious mess terpieces like The Happening or Lady in the Water are in for a treat People looking for a legit scary movie might be disappointed 
2
Old
Kevin Carr
If you re a huge hater of M Night Shyamalan you re gonna find a lot to hate about this movie but I m okay with it That s his shtick 
3
Old
Richard Roeper
There are too many flat performances awful lines and moments bordering on tastelessness 
2
Old
Josh Larsen
Shyamalan reclaims the title as our biggest doozy of a filmmaker 
3
Old
Kevin A. Ranson
While a much needed denouement provides a bare minimum amount of closure the film s bread and butter is an actor s class in shuffling off one s mortal coil whether going quietly into that good night or fighting to the last breath 
3
Old
Walter Chaw
Old is really only capable of being about the 1950s era pulp resolution so desperate and undignified that watching it feels like watching a gifted singer on the biggest stage forget the lyrics 
2
Old
Bob Bloom
As the movie s 108 minutes progressed I began feeling like I was growing older as well 
1.5
Old
Sonny Bunch
Shyamalan s at his best here when leaning into the truly goofy ideas at the heart of the premise 
2.5
Old
Christian Toto
The director s latest mind bender suggests his Split rebirth was but a mirage 
1.5
Old
Mark Meszoros
With highly calculated camera work and constant tension Shyamalan pulls you into this tale about a group of folks who find themselves trapped on a secluded beach where they age rapidly and entrances you even while making you regularly uncomfortable 
3
Old
Leo Brady
Old is original and inventive weird and messy not scary enough and sometimes horrific It s all things Shyamalan and because of that I respect the hell out of it 
2.5
Old
Johnny Oleksinski
I was glued to every single second of it 
3
Old
Jeff York
Sloppy storytelling has been the main problem with Shyamalan s work for 30 years now and it s getting old 
1.5
Old
Keith Watson
In the moments when Old works it s because M Night Shyamalan embraces the inherent weirdness of his material 
2.5
Old
Mick LaSalle
Old is at times clumsy and obvious but it s different and weird and it taps into something essential 
3
Old
Brian Tallerico
Old is very effective when Shyamalan is being playful and quick with his high concept 
2.5
Old
Joey Magidson
Old showcases some of the better instincts of Shyamalan alongside some of his worst Your heart will race and your pulse will pound but your eyes will roll as well 
2.5
Old
Roger Moore
The most laughably ludicrous and clumsy explainer of a third act that Shyamalan has ever served up 
2
Old
Mark Dujsik
O nce the story finds its foundation and rhythm there s an eerie melancholy air that hangs heavily over everything and everyone in this tale 
3
Old
Michael Phillips
Is the central hook in Old enough For many I suspect the answer will be not quite 
2.5
Old
Rafer Guzman
Intriguing concept flawed execution 
2
Old
Chris Hewitt
Although Old isn t entirely successful I enjoyed hanging with it 
2.5
Make It Funky!
Joel Selvin
The brilliant colors the vibrant flavors and sultry seductive rhythms of New Orleans music serve to remind us how unique beautiful and valuable the city and its heritage are to all of us in this country 
3
Make It Funky!
Elizabeth Weitzman
A suddenly vital biography Make It Funky pays apt homage to the unique gifts New Orleans has given its country over the last century Watching it ought to inspire anyone to return the favor 
3
Make It Funky!
Kyle Smith
The musicians swear this is dance music but the beats are far too ponderous to get a rise out of the hip hop generation 
2.5
O Matador
Roger Moore
Woebegone meandering B Western with a murderously hateful streak of misogyny 
1.5
The Killing Grounds
David Nusair
Anthony Michael Hall as the bad guy Need I say more 
1
A Wrinkle in Time
Brian Eggert
The film s visual and tonal approach has been pushed to erratic limits overriding and distracting from the characters at its center 
1.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Jason Fraley
Some stories work far better in literature than on the screen as the screenwriters scrap necessary connecting tissue to trim the runtime down to two hours 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Sarah Knight Adamson
While both beautiful and family centered those new to the source material may wonder what exactly is happening 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Matt Brunson
A Wrinkle in Time is recommended for children but for the adults who accompany them their only interest in Time will be in determining how much of it remains before the closing credits begin their crawl 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Mattie Lucas
A Wrinkle in Time is magic Pure unadulterated magic It s the kind of film that shines a light into the darkness that is more than the sum of its parts 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Kent Turner
This is the one film made by Disney where the sidekicks a Disney trope if ever there was one are restrained 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
John Hanlon
Despite its flaws the film offers a noteworthy message and some great visual effects that should captivate the audience 
3.0
A Wrinkle in Time
Karen M. Peterson
A Wrinkle in Time is necessary We need this now we need this version of this film by this director with these stars right now 
3.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Pamela Powell
It s refreshing to see a young girl lead and a predominantly female cast made up of many different ethnicities making this a magical movie with an uplifting message 
3.5
A Wrinkle in Time
John Serba
There s a sense of deeper meaning in the movie that never crystallizes beyond its base emotional hooks 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Kevin A. Ranson
feels like there s a more complete less edited version out there a director s cut that fills in all the hints of deeper story that s the version that needs to be seen and hopefully exists somewhere 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Linda Cook
A Wrinkle in Time delivers timeless messages about love friendship 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Michael Smith
In a movie landscape that sees too few films embrace such messages of positivity it was refreshing to see characters express love and compassion so freely 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
David Nusair
A Wrinkle in Time by and large comes off as an interminable bomb that instantly joins the ranks of Hollywood s most prominent misfires 
.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Walter Chaw
Turning Reese Witherspoon into a smug piece of salad is probably not the best use of all those millions of dollars 
1
A Wrinkle in Time
Allyson Johnson
Luckily DuVernay is in charge and able to add a spark to the proceedings enlivening every frame with a refreshing gusto 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately the slow pace of the first hour coupled by the tedium of a CGI overload reduces A Wrinkle in Time to one of Disney s most lackluster big budget releases since The BFG 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Kam Williams
An overblown intergalactic saga certain to tug on your heartstrings during unapologetically sentimental breaks in the action 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Brandy McDonnell
The film s narrative is choppy and graceless with wild tonal shifts and an internal logical that too often seems faulty The famous scene from the book of Meg explaining the tesseract inexplicably gets cut from the film which makes the story confusing 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Sonny Bunch
Awkwardly shot at times clumsily acted occasionally grotesquely sincere throughout but with some pleasingly jarring visuals and a fine keystone performance from Chris Pine 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Barry Paris
It s an impressive feat by any measure 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Christian Toto
It s as beautiful as it is maddeningly dense but the sweet life lessons eventually win us over 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Phil Villarreal
Ava DuVernay has gone from Selma to sellout 
1.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Kate Taylor
The movie continually reduces rather than expands its source material and becomes less and less convincing as Meg rather too rapidly saves the day 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Bob Bloom
Young audiences can and will identify with Meg Charles Wallace and Calvin and that is how it should be because the movie is aimed squarely at them 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Wrinkle in Time might not be as magnificent as L Engle s novel and I can t say I expected it to be but even so DuVernay s adaptation is still a spellbinding family friendly adventure worth venturing out to see 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Peter Canavese
Galumphing narrative and flatfooted whimsy a downright awkward kiddie blockbuster 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A Wrinkle in Time never quite comes together under a single vision Reid though ably supported by baby bro McCabe makes much of it work out 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Mark Dujsik
Much of the exposition here seems cobbled together with little focus or much thought 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Bruce DeMara
The plotting is a bit clunky at times but it doesn t detract from the emotional resonance that shines throughout 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Ann Hornaday
As a clarion call for young people rising up against the forces of cynicism corruption and wanton cruelty A Wrinkle in Time feels decidedly of the moment a primer for the little brothers and sisters of the NeverAgain generation 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Stephen Rebello
A socially progressive viewpoint diverse casting and crew members positive role models and hopeful upbeat messages are one thing but a good time at the movies is another thing entirely The movie isn t scary suspenseful gripping in the least 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Ben Sachs
The director not only fails to capture the childlike wonder of A Wrinkle in Time she also reveals herself to be a terrible director of children 
1
A Wrinkle in Time
Max Weiss
It s impossible to not cheer for the message of A Wrinkle in Time But those messages should be conveyed organically through plot and character Here they have all the subtlety of a promoted tweet 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Katie Walsh
Many moments are beautiful and surreal while others are just plain weird and not always in a good way If it doesn t always work well at least DuVernay went for it and her version is just as gorgeous and strange as can be expected 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Josh Larsen
DuVernay hasn t cracked the infamously weird novel wide open but she has found a way in 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Matt Zoller Seitz
There s a lot here that feels insufficiently shaped or fitfully realized but at the same time there s a lot to like It s the Platonic ideal of a mixed bag 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Sara Stewart
Too often content to smile beatifically instead of delivering the necessary thrills 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Calvin Wilson
It s hard to understand what went wrong the cast couldn t be more appealing and the film is bursting with special effects But as an emotionally satisfying experience it s a bust 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Clint O'Connor
Instead of a compelling narrative flow A Wrinkle in Time comes at us in dribs and drabs exchanging pacing and dramatic build up for static set pieces Characters get shortchanged Just as they might become interesting we cut away 
1.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Ty Burr
What holds A Wrinkle in Time together why kids should love it even as we fallen grown ups pick at the nits is the strength of family feeling at its center 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Jocelyn Noveck
Mostly it s just a frustrating whole comprised of some pretty promising parts 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Dustin Putman
A sumptuous largely faithful adaptation of Madeleine L Engle s classic 1962 fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time bursts forth with idiosyncratic visual wonders and passionate deep seated messages of self worth 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Mick LaSalle
There s something about A Wrinkle in Time overall that doesn t take flight It doesn t fall to the ground either just sort of hovers when it should soar 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Moira MacDonald
Its message is of a young woman s empowerment and of how love can save a family and if the special effects sometimes overwhelm that message it rings through loud and clear by the end 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
David Fear
Every generation gets The NeverEnding Story it deserves This one may very well be ours 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Rafer Guzman
The real letdown is that this ostensibly hip and with it movie feels so square especially when it comes to its trio of wise women 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Richard Roeper
For all its scenes of characters flying and soaring and zooming here and there it never really takes off 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Josh Terry
A Wrinkle in Time feels disconnected its emotional high points feel unearned and in spite of some dazzling visuals the overall experience just feels shortchanged 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Brian Truitt
The power of love can only do so much in Disney s misbegotten A Wrinkle in Time across the board this disappointing Time will cause more than a little wrinkling of the forehead in frustration 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Dann Gire
A fantasy with flash flair and friendly advice to help kids cope when the world doesn t seem to make sense 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Sean P. Means
This adaptation is such a glorious and fascinating mess teeming with visual splendor and imagination and providing the weary world a hopeful message delivered by a spunky new heroine that it s worth buying a ticket to see for yourself 
3
A Wrinkle in Time
Michael Phillips
It has flashes of inspiration and raw emotion and beyond the famous faces in the cast Disney s Wrinkle in Time is graced with a wonderful natural Meg courtesy of the young actress Storm Reid Now 14 she s easy and versatile screen company 
2.5
A Wrinkle in Time
Jake Cole
The film may involve the instant movement among unfathomable distances and the shattered limits of space and time but it s only Storm Reid s character who feels multidimensional 
2
A Wrinkle in Time
Roger Moore
Still life with Oprah 
1.5
I'm in Love With a Church Girl
Roger Moore
You won t believe a second of it 
1
I'm in Love With a Church Girl
Steven Boone
For myself and most folks expecting a movie it is too transparent an infomercial for the church to move the mountain 
2
I'm in Love With a Church Girl
Sara Stewart
This overlong drama plays like a threefold infomercial for Christianity the cheesy resort chain Sandals and Jeff Ja Rule Atkins the rapper turned actor playing drug kingpin Miles Montego 
1
I'm in Love With a Church Girl
Stephanie Merry
We re apparently supposed to root for these two to make it although Vanessa is outlandishly jealous and pushy 
1
Star Kid
Elias Savada
Star Kid is aimed straight for the youth market and that is probably where it will stay 
1.5
Star Kid
Roger Ebert
Star Kid written and directed by Manny Coto has a sweet heart and a lot of sly wit and the symbiosis between boy and cyborg is handled cleverly For kids of a certain age it pushes the right buttons 
3
Back Against the Wall
V.A. Musetto
If you re the adventurous sort check it out 
2.5
The Drop
Brian Eggert
As much as this critic would like to say that Gandolfini 8217 s final farewell is a show stealer 44 his performance finds a perfect equilibrium with his costars 46 
3.5
The Drop
David Nusair
There s little doubt that The Drop fares best in its impressively engrossing opening stretch 
2.5
The Drop
Sonny Bunch
A puppy upstages James Gandolfini in his final film 
3
The Drop
Stephen Rebello
Directed flatly and with disappointing tone deafness by Michael R Roskam Bullhead the movie s various plot threads never weave together convincingly 
2.5
The Drop
Jim Slotek
It s a classic case of a little becoming a lot onscreen on the basis of a single impressive performance 
3.5
The Drop
Brad Keefe
A film that seems perfectly suited for how we ll remember Gandolfini a deceptively menacing presence in a world of organized crime 
3
The Drop
Alissa Wilkinson
I have the distinct impression the film could have slid off into the territory of the hokey or at least forgettable Thankfully Hardy and Gandolfini have it under control 
3
The Drop
Perry Seibert
The Drop is as much a character study as it is a crime drama 
3.5
The Drop
John Wirt
Belgian director Michaël R Roskam making his American film debut shows that he s a skilled steward of actors characters and shadowy crime drama 
3
The Drop
Robert Levin
The material lends itself to a succinct crime picture but the filmmakers have greater ambitions they re trying to evoke the feel of a wilting community It doesn t work 
2
The Drop
Christian Toto
The Drop doesn t just offer James Gandolfini s last screen performance It reminds us character driven mob movies still matter 
3
The Drop
Linda Cook
Dennis Lahane why did you wait so long 
3.5
The Drop
Matt Brunson
Considering Gandolfini is best known for his work on TV s The Sopranos it s fitting that he makes his swan song with another piece of crime time programming 
3
The Drop
John Beifuss
A convincing crime thriller and a worthy final feature for the late James Gandolfini 
3
The Drop
James Berardinelli
The Drop s unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic The movie doesn t pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience it lets them develop naturally 
3
The Drop
Sean P. Means
The stunner of a performance in The Drop comes from Hardy who once again loses himself completely in a role 
3.5
The Drop
Chris Knight
Suffice to say that it s packed with tiny telling details some of which are relevant but all of which add dimension to the tale 
3
The Drop
Lisa Kennedy
It s a slow cooking set up for a startling climax One thanks to fine acting that comes with powerful revelations 
3
The Drop
John Serba
Hardy s understated performance elevates a solid if unexceptional Dennis Lehane screenplay into a vivid character study 
3.5
The Drop
Rob Thomas
The film loves its gritty desperate characters and their attempts often misguided sometimes tragic to reach for something a little bigger than themselves 
3
The Drop
Liam Lacey
Roskam treats the material with reverence and the working class Brooklyn setting with a painterly eye 
3
The Drop
Steven Rea
In the end this tale of lonely souls and soulless thugs of money and morality even feels kind of hopeful 
3.5
The Drop
Mark Dujsik
What s fascinating and ultimately frustrating about these characters is how they find ways to talk about anything but what they know to be the truth 
2.5
The Drop
Peter Howell
The Drop is steeped in a simmering underworld familiar to fans of late directors Sidney Lumet and Arthur Penn and stripped of primary colours like their 70s cinema classics 
2.5
The Drop
Jon Niccum
This is a film rife with simmering menace 
3
The Drop
Rafer Guzman
Fine performances including Gandolfini s last help compensate for a patchwork plot by first time screenwriter Dennis Lehane 
2.5
The Drop
Ann Hornaday
Convincingly conceived so detailed and acutely observed 
2.5
The Drop
Michael Phillips
With actors as interesting as Hardy Gandolfini and Rapace at least the cliches in The Drop have a fighting chance of holding your attention alongside the odd severed limb 
2.5
The Drop
Dann Gire
The dramatically explosive ending of The Drop more than justifies its long long fuse resulting in two Big Bangs that create not a moral universe but a multiverse of moralities the characters can adopt as needed 
3.5
The Drop
Peter Hartlaub
Hardy gets the vast majority of screen time and he handles the heavy lifting like a pro 
3
The Drop
Chris Hewitt
Not just a riveting crime drama but also an excellent showcase of Tom Hardy s talent 
3.5
The Drop
Cathy Jakicic
The movie belongs to Tom Hardy 
3
The Drop
Joe Williams
While director Michael Roskam lays the groundwork for a heist thriller The Drop is fueled by character not plot 
3
The Drop
Claudia Puig
The Drop is a taut yarn that bides its time Slow burning tension dark wit and superlative performances will keep audiences captivated 
3
The Drop
Peter Travers
The Drop a potent propulsive crime drama gives us one more chance to salute the formidable talent of a remarkable actor James Gandolfini who died in June 2013 at age 51 
3
The Drop
Susan Wloszczyna
The Drop is just how I like my Tom Hardy in nearly every scene 
3
The Drop
Moira MacDonald
The Drop doesn t always feel fresh but its dialogue is smart and its cast is vivid you ll want to leave this neighborhood but not before the story is done 
3
The Drop
Roger Moore
The first almost great really good film of the fall 
3.5
The Drop
Jesse Cataldo
With its optimistic ending the film muddies its previous statements regarding the danger of unthinkingly hanging on to totems of the past 
2.5
The Drop
Stephen Whitty
An enjoyable grimy little crime drama with a few overly arty camera angles but enough flashes of honest emotion and at least two surprisingly cold bits of violence to make it worth your while 
3
The Drop
Lou Lumenick
Returns the erstwhile Tony Soprano to the world of crime albeit at a lower rung and without the explosive temper 
3
Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World
Bill Chambers
One of the more noteworthy compilations of The Greatest s greatest hits but isn t that a pretty hollow victory 
2.5
Wild Horses
Godfrey Cheshire
A complex ambitious genre piece that combines family drama and murder mystery set in the south Texas ranch country 
2.5
Wild Horses
Elise Nakhnikian
Robert Duvall s evident admiration for his wife are typical of this film in which so much seems touchingly sincere but clumsily expressed 
1.5
Monos
Federico Furzan
A wild and provocative ride into the magic realism of guerrilla adoctrination Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Monos
Mattie Lucas
There s an austere beauty at work here the primordial allure of the nature that surrounds them belying the ugliness of the conflict hidden within the trees and Mica Levi s sparsely haunting score is some of her finest work 
3
Monos
Shane Slater
Monos delivers a rich sensory experience 
3
Monos
Blake Howard
MONOS takes the audience into the extreme unseen MONOS is bold confronting and impossible to forget 
4
Monos
David Nusair
The decidedly arms length atmosphere is compounded by an aggressively meandering midsection 
1.5
Monos
Rene Sanchez
Its striking and dreamlike landscapes contrast with the harrowing story of teenagers fighting to survive in a hopeless and violent world Full Review in Spanish 
4
Monos
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We plunge into a disturbing elliptical meditation on power and innocence 
2.5
Monos
Lisa Trifone
Landes and cinematographer Jasper Wolf create a breathtaking sense of place in the lush natural scenery of the mountains and the jungle landscapes teeming with life even as the characters struggle to survive 
3.5
Monos
Bob Bloom
I like the fact that Landes does not offer a specific nation for the story It makes the tale more universal because sadly this abuse is occurring around the world from Africa to South America to the Middle East 
3.5
Monos
Jeff Mitchell
The film heavily leans on the great outdoors and plays on sights sounds and feelings rather than intricate storytelling 
2.5
Monos
Peter Howell
It s an intoxicating descent into anarchy that alarmingly suggests the bonds of civility are all too easy to shuck off 
3
Monos
Barry Hertz
Monos sinks you into its mud until the dirt stuffs your mouth You won t be able to breathe but you ll be thanking Landes for the cinematic suffocation all the same 
3.5
Monos
Mark Dujsik
The film offers little by way of plot instead observing how these kids have been transformed in ways so fundamental that they re barely children any longer 
3
Monos
Michael O'Sullivan
Violent beautiful and powerfully watchable 
3
Monos
Sheila O'Malley
Monos is elevated into epic territory by the superb work of cinematographer Jasper Wolf 
3
Monos
Katie Walsh
A wild anarchic film which rips civilization apart at the seams to examine the messy darkness inside 
4
Monos
Christopher Gray
Alejandro Landes s film depicts amorality with minimal curiosity and a surplus of numbing stylistic verve 
2
Monos
Robert Daniels
Monos is a Lord of the Flies Heart of Darkness allegorical epic navigating mountains and jungles to bring a tale of disintegrating alliances and violent upheaval 
3.5
The Happy Prince
Bob Bloom
We see only flashes of what made him a literary giant The movie lacks insight and context about Wilde s life and behavior 
2
The Happy Prince
Rob Thomas
What remains is courage and wit and a resolve not to give in to the hypocrisy of the era despite the enormous personal cost 
3
The Happy Prince
Lisa Jensen
Everett s towering performance as Wilde is mesmerizing Often shot in extreme close up we see every millimeter of his dissipation but also every glimmer of stubborn ironic wit 
3.5
The Happy Prince
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m a little frustrated that I didn t enjoy the movie more than I ultimately did 
2.5
The Happy Prince
Mark Dujsik
Dramatically a fall without the preceding rise doesn t mean much 
1.5
The Happy Prince
Sean P. Means
The Happy Prince turns out to be an unhappy experience for all concerned 
2
The Happy Prince
Joe Friar
Everett s brilliant portrayal exposes Oscar Wilde s soul to moviegoers It s a role the English actor was destined to play after wallowing in related territory 
3.5 
The Happy Prince
Roger Moore
Melancholy but witty and warm portrait of the Great Artist as a broken man firmly in the present when he would be happiest lost in his past 
3
The Happy Prince
Peter Keough
The title of Oscar Wilde s fairy tale The Happy Prince was not his subtlest use of irony but as seen in Rupert Everett s film that bears the same name it was tragically apt 
3.5
The Happy Prince
Moira MacDonald
Florid but warmhearted much like the man at its center The Happy Prince is a haunting portrait of the aftermath of betrayal of how the master of comedy became a tragedy 
3
The Happy Prince
Bruce DeMara
Everett delivers a towering and persuasive performance in a mostly sombre and sorrowful film and as director does a fine job of capturing the period detail 
3.5
The Happy Prince
Gary Thompson
There is the feeling of period detail and atmosphere in search of emotion and repetitive scenes of Wilde and Bosie blowing what little money they have on champagne start to grow tiresome 
2
The Happy Prince
Mark Jenkins
The Happy Prince conveys the declining Wilde s pain despair and self pity but also the writer s defiant banter 
2.5
The Happy Prince
Sheila O'Malley
What Everett brings to the table as a director writer and actor is his intuitive take on Oscar Wilde and the performance alone makes this riveting and revelatory viewing 
3
The Happy Prince
Chuck Bowen
For every haunting sequence in The Happy Prince there s five that redundantly wallow in Wilde s misery which is Everett s point but it becomes wearisome 
2
Alive
Roger Moore
A sloppy mashup of 8220 The Handmaid 8217 s Tale 8221 and Every Zombie Movie Ever Made 46 
0
Giant
Matt Brunson
This ambitious adaptation of the Edna Ferber novel is often touched by greatness 44 yet it apos s ultimately too scattershot to satisfactorily maintain its bloated 200 minute running time 46 
3
Giant
Peter Canavese
Sprawling 44 ahead of its time George Stevens epic that succeeds more than it doesn apos t 46 
3.5
Giant
Brian Eggert
Watching Hudson 44 Taylor 44 and especially Dean in such an exquisite backdrop has its basic thrills 46 But any extended thought about what Giant wants to say or how it communicates its social consciousness to the viewer 46 
2.5
Giant
Dan Callahan
For a reason I cannot fathom Giant still has a reputation as a fine film and it will no doubt go on boring audiences forever and a day 
1
Giant
Bill Chambers
Giant is a gentle monstrosity 
3
Giant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
George Stevens captured the vast space of Texas by using height not width It s fascinating to watch It tells a long story a story of times changing for better or worse 
3
Giant
James Berardinelli
Although Giant may not be a classic in the purest sense of the word it s a fine example of a virtually extinct genre 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Chase Hutchinson
Disney films are no stranger to heavy stuff 44 but this film really seemed willing to grapple with some more complicated ideas even if it doesn 8217 t quite have the nerve to see it through to the end 46 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
David Nusair
a distressingly ineffective misfire thats rarely as engaging or entertaining as one mightve anticipated 
2
Raya and the Last Dragon
Brian Eggert
In the vast body of Disney apos s output 44 this is a minor effort 44 disappointingly so given the production apos s rather incredible artistry 46 10 10 
2.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Wesley Lovell
Raya and the Last Dragon is one such work taking bits and pieces of Southeast Asian culture and lore then infusing them into an organic whole with an inventive and creative story filled with fascinating details 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Kevin A. Ranson
Something amazing was created in spite of everything working against it both mirroring and informing Raya s story a plea for trust and an inclusive celebration of differences emotional entertaining and powerful 
4
Raya and the Last Dragon
Josh Larsen
A triumph of design held back by a lackluster story 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sarah Knight Adamson
My thanks to Disney for continuing to write strong female characters that are no longer waiting for a Prince to save them Nope they are the ones saving the world 
4
Raya and the Last Dragon
Mike Scott
It s pure formula but on the whole it s a reasonably diverting family friendly showcase for Disney s characteristic blend of humor heart and artistry 
2.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Allyson Johnson
Albeit messy Raya is a wonderment most notably in its quieter observed moments that touch on grief determination and companionship 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Peter Canavese
A compelling enough story with well crafted conceived and staged action sequences Thematically reminiscent of Star Trek in that it s about a kind of future you want to believe in 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Rene Sanchez
A fun and epic adventure full of magic that s effective thanks to its dazzling animation and its powerful and touching message Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Blake Howard
Raya and the Last Dragon is so affecting and candid about failure and the faith required for second chances that you could be forgiven for forgetting that it s a movie about a girl attempting to save her mystical realm by locating a dragon 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Richard Roeper
Awkwafina leads a lively voice cast in a visually arresting adventure 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Steven Prokopy
Raya and the Last Dragon is a truly stunning piece of animation 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Michael Phillips
The vocal characterizations courtesy of Awkwafina and Tran lend so much skillfully wrought feeling to the material the movie s occasional bumps don t much matter 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Lindsey Bahr
It s also the best kind of feminist film in that it s one that doesn t clobber you with the message Raya is allowed to be awesome without the script shouting about it all the time and it s better for it 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Kevin Carr
The animation is gorgeous It s got a great story It s something the whole family can enjoy 
4
Raya and the Last Dragon
Doug Walker
Inconsistent but the good moments are incredibly good moments 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gorgeous and enormously refreshing 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Rob Thomas
As full of action and derring do as the movie is the film s message is less about conflict and more about conflict resolution with a refreshingly contemporary focus on female friendships 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Jeff York
It isn t quite the top tier of Disney but it s a fascinating character study a thrilling adventure and a feast for the eyes 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though there is an excessive amount of exposition this Disney movie delivers stunning visuals and a rich narrative guaranteeing unforgettable entertainment for all 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Mark Dujsik
There s an admirable complexity to this story s characters and politics meaning it works as a smart and surprisingly affecting fable 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Johnny Oleksinski
Disney s CGI work independent from Pixar has finally found consistency and Raya joins Frozen Zootopia and Moana on their roster of high quality enjoyable films 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Chris Hewitt
Nothing is especially original in Raya and the Last Dragon but in a way everything is 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Randy Myers
Disney taps into the rich YA market with this action packed Southeast Asian adventure that is one of their very best animated features 
4
Raya and the Last Dragon
James Berardinelli
Raya and the Last Dragon should entertain children but adults may fidget from time to time and the overall impression is of something that like many middling Disney titles will quickly be forgotten 
2.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Jeff Mitchell
Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina make a delightful and dynamic duo 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sara Michelle Fetters
My heart was touched and all I wanted to do when this picture came to an end was watch it again from the beginning 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Michael O'Sullivan
Disney s gorgeously animated entertainingly told fantasia Raya and the Last Dragon is a visual feast 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Bob Bloom
Raya and the Last Dragon is an entertaining lesson about hope healing and redemption It is also a fable about leaning on others for help and again seeing the best in people 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Joey Magidson
Raya and the Last Dragon would have made a bundle if it had opened traditionally last year Now it ll be on Disney and will bring in its own huge numbers there 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
G. Allen Johnson
Sure to be an instant animated classic it expertly balances emotion humor and social politics amid a backdrop of surreal eye popping visual beauty 
4
Raya and the Last Dragon
Leo Brady
With gorgeous animation every inch filled with vibrant colors rich texture and a vast array of characters Raya and the Last Dragon is an adventure with a great spirit 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sean P. Means
Awkwafina gives the most energetically creative animation performance in a Disney movie since Robin Williams played the genie in Aladdin 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Mark Meszoros
Time will go on and technologies and processes will continue to evolve but it s hard to fathom how future animated films will look better than this one 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Mattie Lucas
Young audiences will likely be dazzled by the often jaw dropping animated action on display but its overly complicated world building doesn t give it a firm enough foundation to rise above the much stronger players in Disney s recent canon 
2
Raya and the Last Dragon
Mike McGranaghan
Raya and the Last Dragon has it all rousing adventure a breathtaking look appealing characters and wonderful moments of comedy This is peak Disney 
4
Raya and the Last Dragon
Brian Tallerico
An ambitious family film that will work for all ages and one that never talks down to its audience while presenting them with an entertaining thought provoking story 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Brian Truitt
With Kelly Marie Tran voicing the sharp tongued title character and Awkwafina the film wrestles with tonal inconsistencies but features fantastic action scenes to go with a touching underlying narrative about the power of trust 
3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Brandon Katz
En route to a swelling emotional finale that may elicit tears or eyerolls depending on your point of view definitely the former for me Raya and the Last Dragon reveals itself to be a briskly paced action adventure fantasy 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Dan Rubins
On its own gorgeously depicted terms this film sticks the landing as a celebration of hope a manifestation of what unfettered trust in our shared humanity could look like 
3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon
Roger Moore
Younger kids won t necessarily recognize what they re missing but the distinct lack of Disney magic shows
2.5
My Zoe
Allyson Johnson
Brittle and clinical 
1.5
My Zoe
Steven Prokopy
Something that feels almost like science fiction but isn t 
3.5
My Zoe
Richard Roeper
The talented Julie Delpy misfires as director and star of a clumsy combo of domestic tragedy and sci fi that comes to a maddening conclusion 
1.5
My Zoe
Leo Brady
The love two people have for a child no matter how difficult a divorce can be what still remains is this beautiful creation I loved My Zoe and it deserves to be discovered by all 
3
My Zoe
Nick Allen
My Zoe dares to lead with its feelings and that fearlessness provides a striking spectacle itself 
3
My Zoe
Mark Dujsik
Delpy s approach is patient and observant in its depiction of lingering grief so the movie s second half comes as a disappointing anticlimax 
2.5
My Zoe
Michael O'Sullivan
My Zoe is well acted and well filmed yes but the storytelling in which Delpy stitches together mismatched parts like a Dr Frankenstein is its weak suit 
2
The Rumperbutts
Roger Moore
Nothing remotely funny happens after the opening act 
1.5
First Position
Jennie Punter
It does a great job developing its characters through its visuals these are superphysical kids and honing in on family dynamics 
3
First Position
Linda Barnard
If you have a yearning to feel awkward inadequate and lazy watching the whirling teenage and preteen talents in director Bess Kargman s First Position will do the trick 
3
First Position
John Beifuss
The children are almost unearthly in their agility and elegance until they remove their shoes and reveal their all too human abrasions and injuries 
3
First Position
Moira MacDonald
When it s over you won t remember so much about who won and who lost Instead what remains is the expression on a young dancer s face reflected in a mirror showing the joy of being in love with what you do 
3.5
First Position
Joe Williams
For someone like me who has never been to a ballet the talent of these teens and tweens is a revelation 
3.5
First Position
Amy Hitt
It s an intense journey and Kargman captures it all down to the dancers bloodied and bruised feet 
3
First Position
Allan Ulrich
Yes it is possible to create a gripping documentary about the ballet world without resorting to Black Swan melodramatics 
3
First Position
Jordan Levin
Child ballet dancer and former journalist Bess Kargman brings a dancer s passion and insight to her directorial debut illuminating the addictive magic and fierce demands of a ballet dancer s life 
3
First Position
Chris Hewitt
Really all of the dancers evident passion for their art is well spellbinding 
3
First Position
Brett Michel
These kids are proud of their tights 
3.5
First Position
Ty Burr
Because its subjects are so driven and so talented First Position which is about ballet is more gripping than the norm 
3
First Position
Ellen Dunkel
The film shows the grueling work it takes for young dancers like Zamora to look effortless on stage and First Position shows teachers who range from supportive to borderline abusive 
3
First Position
John Semley
The doc twists out its six narrative threads with measured compassion and even handedness 
3
First Position
Farran Smith Nehme
It seems fresh in the way it respects both the art in ballet and the discipline it demands even in childhood 
3
First Position
Robert Levin
Bess Kargman s movie is imbued with a seriousness that sets it apart from typical competition docs 
3
The Black Castle
Matt Brunson
The story is sturdy and the sets impressive 
2.5
Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
Nick Allen
Feels like viewing only the dramatic reenactment parts of a far more interesting documentary and being left with a movie that could easily be categorized as plane crash sploitation 
.5
Chappaquiddick
Matt Brunson
This cinematic dramatization is measured in tone and Ed Helms is particularly good 
3
Chappaquiddick
Mattie Lucas
Clarke s performance is strong saddled with layers of pain and regret and the script by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan mines some fascinating political drama out of the story 
3
Chappaquiddick
John Hanlon
A painfully realistic portrait of a tragedy that is too often viewed through a political prism 
3.5
Chappaquiddick
David N. Butterworth
Fair and factual John Curran s film showcases a living breathing performance from Jason Clarke as the Massachusetts Senator many say got away with murder 
3
Chappaquiddick
James Kendrick
a slow burn depiction of an imminent collision course between political power and personal responsibility
3
Chappaquiddick
J. R. Jones
In the end Chappaquiddick will have to pass the same test as Kennedy s original version of the story whether or not anyone will buy it 
2
Chappaquiddick
Sonny Bunch
On the Fredo of the Kennedy clan 
3
Chappaquiddick
Roger Moore
A cinematic safe space for conservatives to escape the tidal wave of indictment impeachment news they have a hard time avoiding on TV 
2.5
Chappaquiddick
Mick LaSalle
If you re looking for something to make you feel good about chubby cherubic Ted the venerable lion of the Senate this is not your movie 
3
Chappaquiddick
Rex Reed
A film of integrity and disclosure a controversial chapter in American history that substitutes clinical accuracy for Hollywood embellishment with an impressive attention to detail and an admirable respect for suspenseful narrative 
3.5
Chappaquiddick
David Nusair
the movie remains wholly unable to capture one s interest for virtually the entirety of its plodding padded out runtime 
2
Chappaquiddick
Robert Levin
Chappaquiddick is at its best when it is underpinned by a somber orchestral score focusing closely on the personal anguish of its protagonist 
2.5
Chappaquiddick
Susan Wloszczyna
For those who are drawn to re creations of historical controversies that pack more gravitas and outright tragedy Chappaquiddick could prove satisfying enough especially with the in vogue again Kennedy clan at the center 
2.5
Chappaquiddick
Christian Toto
Just the facts ma am That s all you need to make Chappaquiddick the year s most chilling movie 
3.5
Chappaquiddick
Brad Wheeler
A lucid nuanced and compelling telling of the accident and its turbulent aftermath 
3
Chappaquiddick
Mark Dujsik
Chappaquiddick treats this version Ted with a level of understanding that belies what the movie contends he did 
2
Chappaquiddick
Richard Roeper
Chappaquiddick reminds us that without the Kennedy name and influence the man who drove a car off a bridge swam to shore and left a young woman to die and then went into hiding and defense mode should have gone to jail for a long time 
3.5
Chappaquiddick
Johnny Oleksinski
Camelot it s not And as this terrific movie suggests the American people fall for their polished BS every time 
3
Chappaquiddick
Tom Meek
Not enough can be said about Clarke who slides seamlessly into the countenance of Teddy Kennedy from the cagey arrogance and compassionate somber reflectiveness to the vacant eyes of a man coming to terms with his own lethal folly 
3
Chappaquiddick
Peter Howell
The workmanlike script by Andrew Logan and Taylor Allen sticks to mostly verifiable facts although it is damning in what it shows without comment 
3
Chappaquiddick
Michael Phillips
A political biopic s most difficult target lies in the elusive circle above character assassination and below hagiography Chappaquiddick misses that target 
2
Chappaquiddick
Peter Travers
Did Sen Ted Kennedy an electrifying Jason Clarke leave a female passenger to drown when his car plunged off a bridge in 1969 Instead of scandal this questing film examines the broken moral compass of a driven politician 
3
Chappaquiddick
Gary Thompson
The ability of political power to impose narratives says Chappaquiddick has always been conditional on our willingness to believe them 
3
Chappaquiddick
Mark Matousek
John Curran creates room for his characters to think and feel and an environment that encourages us to do the same 
3
Chappaquiddick
Rafer Guzman
John Curran s gripping story about a 50 year old scandal has plenty to say about modern politics 
3
Chappaquiddick
Ty Burr
An entertainingly brutal portrait of feckless privilege and buried tragedy hewing reasonably close to those points we know to be true and juicily provocative about what happened in rooms you and I weren t privy to 
2.5
Chappaquiddick
Kam Williams
Don t let it be forgot that once there was a crash which in one brief shameful moment brought down the curtain on a dynasty known as Camelot 
4
Chappaquiddick
Alan Zilberman
A challenging character study punctuated by moments of uneasy suspense and dark humor 
3
Chappaquiddick
Dwight Brown
The drama between Teddy and his daddy is so rich and thick it s like watching a Greek Tragedy 
4
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Mitchell Beaupre
The magnificent photography creates rapturous images that draw you in to every frame 44 giving you a wondrous vision of Indonesia and making you wonder why anyone would ever want to make a film with an aesthetic different from this 46 
3.5
The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Jews From Bulgaria
Ken Fox
This is the rare Holocaust documentary that ends on an optimistic note and Comforty s film might even help reinforce one s faith in humankind even as it begs the troubling question of why such courage and resistance was in short supply 
3.5
Garapa
Andrew Schenker
An expos of severe poverty with every trace of glamour carefully removed 
3
Spy Kids
David Nusair
Those expecting more than silly fun will surely be disappointed 
3
Spy Kids
Stacie Hougland
A don t miss future classic Spy Kids is aimed at children but the entire family will enjoy its pro family message and the cheesy fun effects that ll make you want to be a kid again 
3
Spy Kids
Collin Souter
A movie drunk on fantasy and high on life Spy Kids comes on the screen blazing and never lets up 
3.5
Spy Kids
Mark Dujsik
If you are sans children you may feel a little awkward walking in but once the movie starts you ll feel right at home 
3
Spy Kids
Ross Anthony
What Dreams May Come Bond Junior
3
Spy Kids
Greg Dean Schmitz
Very entertaining refreshing 
3
Spy Kids
Mike McGranaghan
If I had seen this as a child I would have thought it was the greatest movie ever made Having seen it as an adult I felt like a kid all over again 
3.5
Spy Kids
James Kendrick
a vibrant creative thrill ride that is long on imagination and gleefully short on logic
3
Spy Kids
Elias Savada
Willy Wonkas of the 21st century rejoice Bumblegum Bond Oy Oy Seven Worthy of the franchise that awaits it 
3
Spy Kids
Steve Rhodes
A richly complex film that is a treat for the eyes the mind and the funny bone of those young and old 
3
Spy Kids
James Berardinelli
A fine relatively non violent example of pure family entertainment 
3
Spy Kids
Robert Roten
Spy Kids is a smart upscale slick comedy adventure film that has something for everyone from kids to adults 
3
Spy Kids
Michael Dequina
Even the biggest skeptics of the kids as super spies conceit will likely find themselves looking forward to the already in the works sequel 
3
Spy Kids
Mick LaSalle
It s entertaining and inoffensive a rare combination in kids films which are usually neither 
3
Spy Kids
Mary Kalin-Casey
Right from the start Rodriguez peppers his film with a delightful potpourri of elements 
3.5
Spy Kids
Susan Stark
A winner 
3
Spy Kids
Roger Ebert
A treasure 
3.5
Spy Kids
Erik Childress
It s a big extended live action pop up book that adults will be able to smile with alongside their own kids 
3
Spy Kids
Dan Lybarger
Like the speedy vehicles that can be seen throughout the film Spy Kids moves at an agreeably quick pace never letting up for such petty things as catching your breath 
3
Spy Kids
Rob Blackwelder
Full of stuff that s just plain cool to anyone who can think like an 5 to 10 year old 
2.5
Spy Kids
Dustin Putman
One of those rare breeds 151 a live action family film that relies on intelligence and adventure to tell its story 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Mattie Lucas
Two hours and 10 minutes of rambling pointless drivel where nothing of any real interest happens 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Brandy McDonnell
While the sequel should have fans squealing New Moon probably won t convert too many holdouts 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Jeff Beck
The brooding and sulking is so palpable in New Moon the latest film in the Twilight series that you could probably cut it with a knife If the filmmakers thought that this would be enough to carry a film for over two hours they were sadly mistaken 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Michael Dequina
Ostensible heroine Bella is such a weak needy pathetic co dependent who stirs up so much sh t for those she purportedly loves that it s hard to muster much rooting interest for her 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
David Nusair
a marked improvement over its decidedly uneven predecessor 
3.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Josh Larsen
Robert Pattinson and his stomach cramps I mean aching unrequited love are less oppressive but the trade off is Taylor Lautner and his relentless shirtlessness 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
John Beifuss
Bella s tedious moping takes center stage until a poorly delivered telephone message what a lame dramatic device sends everyone to Italy to confront the Volturi 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
John Wirt
For true Twilight believers the slow moments are more opportunity to gaze at pretty boy young men playing characters who re both the best and worst boyfriends a girl could ever have 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Kam Williams
A review proof adventure certain to keep its intended demographic enthralled for a couple of hours 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Chris Hewitt
New Moon has more humor more action and fewer extraneous characters Long story short It glides where the first film galumphed 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Maddy Myers
The soundtrack will be smothered by the sounds of screaming girls and laughing at them may be the only pleasure you get out of this arduously edited angst fest 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
James Kendrick
benefits from greater romantic tension emanating from a love triangle the inclusion of werewolves and Kristen Stewart reducing her lower lip biting by at least fifty percent
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Eric Melin
The number one killer is that it s two hours and 10 minutes long and the plot recycles itself over and over again 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sara Michelle Fetters
Stewart and Pattinson seem to be going through the motions marking time until they can be done with this series and move on to other projects of more consequence 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Gina Carbone
If they spent more time on the scripts coaching the actors and finding less distracting hair and makeup they might earn what they have but don t deserve the fans unconditional love 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Linda Cook
If you want to see that sparkle again wait no longer Edward is back 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Matt Brunson
Hollywood s second foray into the Twilight zone features enough fantasy and romance to satisfy most devotees but just as many viewers will notice this is too often a case of the emperor or more specifically buff teenage boys wearing no clothes 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Rossiter Drake
Its defects include cumbersome dialogue and ludicrous plotting its lack of sophistication is total but who s going to notice with all those shirtless wolf men flexing their pecs 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Keith Cohen
The sequel will not disappoint the avid readers of Stephenie Meyer s bestselling four book series or the rabid fan base of women especially teenage girls The strong storytelling keeps you engaged even if you have not read the book 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Christian Toto
New Moon nearly convinces non Twilight fans to embrace the teen franchise but the final half hour is a stake through the film s heart 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Kit Bowen
I m fairly certain none of the millions of fans of the Twilight movies could give a rat s ass what a jaded film critic thinks about it And so I m not going to be one 
3.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Mike McGranaghan
Watching New Moon is like being trapped in a room for two hours with a moody teenage girl who won t stop whining about how her boyfriend dumped her 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sonny Bunch
There s little in the way of forward momentum until the final 30 minutes stretching out this picture to longer than two hours was indefensible 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Willie Waffle
Gives fans what they want hot young dudes who don t wear shirts and might surprise a few people who didn t expect much
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Bob Bloom
New Moon is basically a 130 minute chick flick during which the three main protagonists spend a lot of time looking with cow eyes at each other s faces 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Mark Dujsik
Because Bella does a half hearted attempt to understand Jacob s lycanthropy compared to the half assed job she did trying to comprehend Edward s vampirism it has less than half the intrigue of the first movie 
1
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sean P. Means
The tension between Bella and Edward was the main appeal of the first Twilight and is sadly missing here 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Walter Chaw
The irony in this movie about vampires is that the only thing doing any sucking is the movie itself 
0
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Dustin Putman
Depressingly old fashioned verging on misogynistic 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Steven D. Greydanus
Uncritical celebration of that overwrought obsessive passion that is the hallmark of immaturity that subordinates all sense of one s own identity and readily leaps to suicidal impulses and fantasies 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Peter Travers
I can t comment on the acting because I didn t catch Pattinson Stewart and Lautner doing any They basically primp and pose through the same humdrum motions they did before 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
James Berardinelli
New Moon comes dangerously close to self parody on more than one occasion but it seems blissfully unaware of this and soldiers on with a seriousness that s unintentionally funny 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Jeff Vice
Attempts by director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg to inject more humor and lighten the tone go horribly awry The supposedly serious dialogue is funnier than any of their pop culture references and such 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Moira MacDonald
The movie gives the Twilight fans exactly what they want but doesn t offer too much for the rest of us 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Kevin C. Johnson
New Moon indeed feels new often in ways that are good for the series 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Matt Soergel
A long melodramatic slog hardly scary at all and missing the offbeat touches and disorienting passion that made the first so surprisingly enjoyable 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Lawrence Toppman
It s strictly for devotees who won t balk at plot absurdities clunky dialogue and patchy characterizations I suspect loyalists will be pleased but I can t imagine anyone else wanting to jump into the tale here 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Liam Lacey
Weitz is more awkward than Hardwicke with the casual teenaged interactions Melissa Rosenberg s dialogue hasn t improved though she gets a boost by using quotes from Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Robert W. Butler
There s little dramatic tension and despite the fact that Bella is being stalked by the vengeful vampire Victoria Rachelle Lefevre not much sense of danger 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Carrie Rickey
This swoony adaptation of the second installment in Stephenie Meyer s young adult series is a potent stew of fairy tale and romance novel fantasy 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Rene Rodriguez
Even the appearance of Dakota Fanning as a red eyed bloodsucker capable of inflicting intolerable pain on others falls flat When one of the presiding vampires mutters Let s be done with this you can t help but agree 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite melodrama that at times is enough to induce diabetes there s enough wolf whistle in this sexy scary romp to please anyone 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Mick LaSalle
Alexandre Desplat s overwrought musical score will appeal to viewers who already agree that Bella and Edward s love is glorious Others won t be persuaded no matter how much he insists 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Ty Burr
Where the first film s director Catherine Hardwicke plugged into Meyer s vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that s a morning after mope fest 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Simon Abrams
Parents If I can poorly discipline a 16 year old cat to not howl before sunrise you can teach your kids to not emulate Bella Swan 
0
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Kyle Smith
The pop culture phenomenon that resembles Star Wars much as the Prime Minister of Belgium resembles the President of the United States respective box office ranks of these two films in their respective decades 71 1 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Michael Phillips
Wisely New Moon brings back screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg who continues to prove she has a much better way with English than the author of the books Stephenie Meyer 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Lou Lumenick
Director Chris Weitz proves that The Golden Compass was no fluke He really is a non master of action 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Randy Myers
Sexier darker and funnier New Moon rises well above the anemic 2008 film version of Stephenie Meyer s Twilight 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Peter Howell
The stakes are higher and the intensity deeper this time despite a plot that approaches the ripest of melodrama and which occasionally provokes unintended laughter as does the terribly twee soundtrack 
3
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Claudia Puig
Though an improvement over the first Twilight film this sequel both based on Stephenie Meyer s best selling books drags and sputters even in scenes meant to be infused with passion 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Stephen Whitty
It s slow and not particularly fulfilling a half an hour or so of drama stretched out for about two 
2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Roger Ebert
The Twilight Saga New Moon takes the tepid achievement of Twilight guts it and leaves it for undead 
1
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Roger Moore
That flip tone the gags and one liners get us past the longing the depression the sulking the almost comically swooning moments 
2.5
Johnny Dangerously
Roger Ebert
The opening scenes of Johnny Dangerously are so funny you just don t see how they can keep it up And you re right They can t But they make a real try 
2
Expresso Bongo
Matt Brunson
More successful as a satire about show biz sleaze than as a bouncy musical 
3
Paternal Instinct
David Sterritt
Nossel s documentary produced by Cinemax for its Reel Life series has touching and instructive moments 
2
Paternal Instinct
V.A. Musetto
You can t help but root for them in their quest which gives a whole new meaning to the term family values 
3
Mrs. Dalloway
David Sterritt
Gorris has met the challenge of Woolf s style translating it into motion picture terms with a surprising degree of success 
3
Mrs. Dalloway
Roger Ebert
The first act will be perplexing for those unfamiliar with the novel but Redgrave s performance steers us through and by the end we understand with complete final clarity what the story was about 
3.5
Mrs. Dalloway
Steve Rhodes
A film that is as dull as dishwater even if most of the cast is quite talented 
1.5
Mrs. Dalloway
Madeleine Williams
There s probably a point to be made but the film lacks the confidence to make it 
2
Mrs. Dalloway
Dustin Putman
Attempts to be moving it left me cold 
2
Mrs. Dalloway
Edward Guthmann
Vanessa Redgrave is such a majestic screen presence so luminous and wise that even the stilted Mrs Dalloway is hard pressed to dim her radiance 
2
One Day as a Lion
Steven Prokopy
Either Caan cared the most about her character during the writing 44 or she is injecting something into Lola that wasn 8217 t on the page 46 Whatever the case 44 the surrounding film doesn 8217 t do her justice 46 
2
One Day as a Lion
Roger Moore
It takes a while to serve up that 8220 buy in 8221 moment 44 but damned if Caan 44 Simmons 44 Grillo 44 Redon amp Co 46 don 8217 t hit it and exit with a feel good flourish 46 
2.5
Stonewall
Stephen Rebello
Almost everything that could go wrong does 
0.5
Stonewall
Scott Renshaw
This can t be the kind of equality that those Stonewall activists were fighting for the right to have their story turned into formulaic historical fiction as tedious as the kind about straight people 
1.5
Stonewall
Godfrey Cheshire
Although handsomely crafted well acted and made with transparently noble intentions Roland Emmerich s Stonewall is a movie that seems destined to please almost no one 
1.5
Stonewall
Stephen Whitty
Danny isn t all that interesting And the sadder fact is that the filmmakers seem to know that but worry an audience won t identify with a more flamboyant character So they present this safer paler alternative 
1.5
Stonewall
Anders Wright
Stonewall is a melodramatic movie rife with overacting and an overly convoluted plot all of which means that it just isn t very good 
1.5
Stonewall
Tirdad Derakhshani
Overall the effect is closer to a Monty Python skit or a Village People music vid than a serious film about civil rights 
1.5
Stonewall
John Hartl
There s a curious weightlessness about many key scenes 
2
Stonewall
Rafer Guzman
What Stonewall lacks in narrative power it makes up for with energy sincerity and heart 
2.5
Stonewall
Ann Hornaday
Rather than the sophisticated telling the tale deserved Stonewall winds up being as shallow and artless as the wide eyed naif at its center 
1
Stonewall
Michael Phillips
The film is plainly a meaningful project for the openly gay Emmerich and Baitz Stonewall carries tremendous symbolic weight for millions the world over So why this white bread generica 
1.5
Stonewall
Mick LaSalle
Consider Stonewall a place holder until a better movie arrives 
2
Stonewall
Bill Zwecker
This is an OK movie about a serious subject and an important milestone in the road to gay freedom and equality It s just a shame it didn t accomplish the kind of cinematic punch as did the Oscar winning Milk 
2.5
Stonewall
Calvin Wilson
In a way Stonewall is proof that the gay community has fully made the transition to the mainstream It s now subject to the kind of Hollywood nonsense that was previously reserved for heterosexuals 
2
Stonewall
Lou Lumenick
With thinly drawn characters uneven performances and tin eared dialogue Stonewall plays at best like a musical without the songs 
1.5
Stonewall
Matt Pais
Neither competent nor total outrage 
1.5
Stonewall
Randy Myers
If you re going to call your film Stonewall that is the story you stick with and tell 
1.5
Stonewall
Richard Larson
At its worst the film dangerously repackages the queer experience using language invented by those originally deployed to break it apart 
1.5
Cult of Chucky
Bill Chambers
As I sat there admiring some staggeringly beautiful close ups of Chucky I started to simultaneously resent Mancini for not training his eye on something new 
2
Cult of Chucky
Federico Furzan
Chucky had plastic surgery and this is the result It s bland pointless and forgettable Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Cult of Chucky
David Nusair
a strong entry that takes the series in decidedly unexpected and not always successful admittedly directions 
2.5
Wonders in the Suburbs
Roger Moore
It s nonsensical on several levels with big subplots left undeveloped or twisting in the wind 
1.5
The Insider
Michael Dequina
A supremely suspenseful and riveting dramatic tour de force 
4
The Insider
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Insider is an engaging beautifully paced drama that leaves most others like it looking silly and amateurish 
3.5
The Insider
Judith Egerton
It won t be popular with tobacco executives who come off as menacing but here s betting they ll be among the first to see it 
3
The Insider
Leonard Schwarz
Credit co author and director Michael Mann for infusing with wit a film that easily could have been unbearably pretentious and credit Al Pacino who plays producer Bergman for doing the same for his character 
3
The Insider
Liam Lacey
Pumped up with sharp editing vivid performances and a damning true story to tell it s a morality tale with a hard contemporary punch 
3
The Insider
Margaret A. McGurk
Who would guess that a story like this set mostly in courtrooms hotel rooms newsrooms and cars could be turned into a suspenseful heart pounding thriller 
4
The Insider
Jeffrey Westhoff
The most compelling big screen diagnosis of investigative journalism since All the President s Men 
4
The Insider
Ian Mantgani
The news that big corporations use their influence destructively hardly surprises us but we re still angered by it 
3
The Insider
Emily Blunt
Brilliant on many levels
4
The Insider
Andrew Howe
At its best it is very good indeed but don t expect to come away changed 
3
The Insider
Madeleine Williams
For a drama with no real surprises The Insider proves to be amazingly suspensful 
3
The Insider
Blake French
a masterpiece of visual style mesmerizing performances and penetrating dialogue
4
The Insider
James Kendrick
Mann has essentially revitalized and reinvigorated what had been a dead cinematic genre the socially relevant docudrama 
3.5
The Insider
Tor Thorsen
If you need one good reason to quit smoking The Insider will provide you with plenty 
4
The Insider
Susan Stark
In an era dominated by puff pieces this is one mighty meaty movie 
3
The Insider
Steve Rhodes
Deserves to be remembered at Oscar time 
3.5
The Insider
David Keyes
The year has already seen some of the finest movies in the past few years and The Insider may be one of the final masterpieces of the 20th century 
4
The Insider
Mike Clark
Hard hitting grown up cinema 
3.5
The Insider
Marty Mapes
A gripping drama not to be missed 
4
The Insider
David Sterritt
It s an engrossing human drama posing a difficult moral question how much private contentment should a person be expected to sacrifice in the service of a greater good 
4
The Insider
Roger Ebert
Mann is able to build suspense while suggesting what a long slow frustrating process investigative journalism can be 
3.5
The Insider
Mick LaSalle
Pacino and Crowe are at their best but the supporting cast also shines 
3
The Insider
James Berardinelli
Riveting powerful compelling 
3.5
The Insider
Jonathan Foreman
The Insider is a beautifully shot well acted 
3
The Insider
Bob Bloom
It s a story of courage idealism ego and corporate cowardice 
3.5
The Insider
Greg Dean Schmitz
A thriller that s really a drama in disguise with excellent performances and a very cool stylized look 
3
The Insider
Ross Anthony
After it s two hour and thirty seven minute duration you ll still be left wanting more 
3.5
The Insider
Jorge Avila Andrade
Crowe realmente vive el personaje y la audiencia se identifica plenamente con el
3.5
The Insider
Rob Blackwelder
A seat gripping near thriller 
3.5
The Insider
Dustin Putman
An electric drama 
3
Climax
Brian Eggert
Noe invites that curiosity with every film like a giggling schoolboy who has set a whoopie cushion on a chair and can barely contain his laughter as someone approaches to sit 
3
Climax
Cassidy Olsen
The result is an interesting visual experiment but a tedious and ultimately hollow one scenes from other Euro horrors like Possession and Suspiria aren t so much referenced as flat out recreated as if Climax doesn t have anything new to add 
2
Climax
Steven Prokopy
Climax transitions from trippy exercise to endurance test fairly quickly and if you make it to the other side you and those around you can take pride in the bonding experience of reaching the end 
2.5
Climax
Federico Furzan
Arrogant cinema that feels artsy but fails when forming an arc for a logical story Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Climax
Mattie Lucas
A triumph of directorial verve and vision a raucous descent into Hell with Noé as our jubilantly mad Virgil set to the pulsing beat of electronic club music 
3.5
Climax
David Keyes
A work of visceral madness Profoundly engrossing 
3.5
Climax
Rene Sanchez
Thrilling delirious and unforgettable Climax is one of Gaspar Noé s best films to date A technical feat that portrays the descent of humanity to its most primitive instincts Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Climax
Matt Brunson
It quickly grows flaccid and it s ultimately as shocking as a fifth grader making armpit noises 
1.5
Climax
Donovan Farley
The paranoia that slowly overcomes the group is masterfully presented However the characters are lesser for the illogical way they hasten themselves to incredible cruelty and violence 
3
Climax
Sean P. Means
Ultimately Noé has the last laugh by calling his movie Climax and failing to deliver one 
2.5
Climax
Roger Moore
Guaranteed to give you flashbacks 
3
Climax
Tom Meek
The soundtrack and the red infused camerawork by Noé s longtime collaborator Benoît Debie are paramount to the film s success which hangs mostly on atmosphere 
3
Climax
Richard Roeper
Alas with the notable exception of the empathetic Boutella the cast of Climax consists primarily of dancers who are not actors 
2
Climax
Eric Melin
It is a powerful and unique experience that showcases all the external beauty wonder and hope that new opportunity can bring and how those concepts are always just one thin wire away from chaos and madness 
3.5
Climax
Mark Dujsik
It s cruel to be sure and at times viciously funny Climax is also a single idea repeated over and over until the effect is numbing 
2
Climax
Gary Thompson
It becomes hard to watch No I mean physically hard to watch with your eyeballs 
2
Climax
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The perfect fusion of Hitchcock and Buñuel we live in a cruel universe in which the existing order is precarious and nobody is safe from anything Full review in Spanish 
3
Climax
Ty Burr
Surprisingly hell turns out to be not very interesting when seen close up and Climax is a bad trip that crashes before its characters do 
2
Climax
Hau Chu
Noé has made what might be his most accessible and yes tender film to date teasing the idea of heavenly bliss before heading straight to hell 
3
Climax
David Nusair
Climax builds to a final half hour that s been suffused with relentlessly over the top and progressively intolerable attributes 
2
Climax
Sheila O'Malley
Noe s grandiose and more than a little bit mad If you think too hard about what Climax means the film deflates 
3
Climax
Brian Truitt
Climax strives and mostly succeeds to be the nuttiest trippiest dance party you ll ever attend 
3
Climax
Mick LaSalle
Climax is hard to love but there s something going on here that s worth respecting 
2.5
Climax
Katie Walsh
It s cinematic shock treatment for the audience but one can t help but wonder if Noé could do with a jolt to the system as well 
3
Climax
Angelo Muredda
As usual and despite the film s relative success as a pure genre exercise Noé s edginess isn t the special sauce he intends so much as more poison for the sangria 
2.5
Climax
Ed Gonzalez
Gaspar Noé s camera captures every freak out recrimination stolen kiss and betrayal in what is a miracle of synchronicity 
3
Climax
Barry Hertz
As if the Step Up franchise took a sudden turn toward body horror Climax focuses on one extremely bad night for a Parisian dance troupe after a bowl of celebratory sangria is spiked with a strong dose of LSD 
3
Nasrin
Robert Daniels
In depicting one woman s fight for justice Kaufman s indelible documentary becomes an empowering three dimensional story of resistance and courage 
3
Now & Forever
Stephen Whitty
A story told with all the subtlety of an old country song 
1
Now & Forever
Lou Lumenick
Even a Sixth Sense style twist at the end isn t enough to redeem Now Forever 
1
Now & Forever
Ed Gonzalez
Shows genuine compassion and understanding of faith and culture clash 
2.5
Ghostbusters II
Henry Sheehan
Murray s character sits firmly at the center of the film and makes it part of a series rather than just another sequel 
2
Ghostbusters II
David Nusair
A rather underwhelming sequel 
2.5
Ghostbusters II
Peter Canavese
Bottom line with Murray on fire and enough clever dialogue to rival its predecessor Ghostbusters II is good enough to put post milennial comedy to shame 
3
Ghostbusters II
Chris Hicks
There s plenty to enjoy here and fans of the group won t care about the shortcomings 
3
Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
John Beifuss
Entertaining and engrossing 
2.5
Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
Lou Lumenick
Zipper tells a story of a Coney Island that is still very much a work in progress and where there seems to be no room for small time operators like Eddie Miranda 
3
Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
Kalvin Henely
Amy Nicholson s documentary feels warm and fuzzy about its subject but at the same time depersonalized 
2
BB King: The Life of Riley
John Beifuss
It would have been nice if the movie had allowed voices less fannish than those of King s peers and childhood friends to make the case for the signficance of The King of the Blues 
2.5
BB King: The Life of Riley
Liam Lacey
King is unfailingly articulate gentlemanly and modest but this is a movie where more music less talk would definitely have been an improvement 
3
Remembrance of Things to Come
Eric Henderson
A haunting examination of another photographer s work 
3.5
Remembrance of Things to Come
V.A. Musetto
Marker and Bellon pay fond tribute to Denise Bellon a French photojournalist from the 30s and 40s who by no coincidence was co director Bellon s mother 
3
Interlude
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 feels like a baton being passed from one method of acting to another 46 
3
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
Tom Meek
Here the franchise flips the POV to the feminine but checks all the formulaic boxes 
2
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
Roger Moore
If you re making a raunchy comedy about high school hotties embracing their sexuality it might help if you had you know a woman directing it and women writing it Even if it s an American Pie movie 
1.5
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Laura Byko
There s no weight to it And that s fine and often very enjoyable just like the mindless trashy movies the Go Go Boys devoted so much of their lives to 
3
A Fierce Green Fire
John Beifuss
Not another documentary expos of a particular disaster or eco crime but a history of the environmental movement itself motivated by the idea that our industrial civilization has grown so powerful that it threatens the natural world 
3
A Fierce Green Fire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If the point of A Fierce Green Fire is to dissipate conflict and join all viewers together under one big cause then it finally succeeds 
3
A Fierce Green Fire
Loren King
Comprehensively tackles a sprawling subject and keeps things loose and lively 
3.5
A Fierce Green Fire
Chris Hewitt
There s certainly plenty of material there but the movie mostly tells us about them rather than showing us 
2
A Fierce Green Fire
Walter V. Addiego
It s a decent overview of the subject but the film s presentation is unexceptional and it never hints that there is reasoned opposition to the views it advocates 
2
A Fierce Green Fire
Drew Hunt
The firector avoids all manner of stylistics opting instead for the formulaic documentary trifecta of first person interviews archival material and news footage 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
James Sanford
Whether you think it s awesome or awful there s no denying that Jesus is Magic is sheer Silverman a portrait of the artist as a young maniac 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Kurt Loder
Silverman is clearly in the line of such fearless comedy forebears as Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor As she says at the end of this mostly hilarious movie I don t care if you think I m racist I just want you to think I m thin 
2.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
David N. Butterworth
If Jesus is Magic then God is without a doubt a Woman Sarah Silverman 
2.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Sean O'Connell
Silverman finds what s funny about an uncomfortable situation then plunges past the point of good taste to end on shocking instead of entertaining 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Duane Dudek
Sarah Silverman is the third rail of American comedy 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Thomas Delapa
Barely 70 minutes but any more of her routine might drive audiences either to the showers or to church 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Jeff Vice
As expected whether you find any of this funny depends on your tolerance for outrageously and politically incorrect humor 
2.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Bruce Westbrook
Silverman comes across as a racist callous diva in Sarah Silverman Jesus Is Magic 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Lisa Kennedy
Jesus Is Magic is the second part of the title of comic Sarah Silverman s very funny very wrong movie which weaves wacky musical numbers and odd backstage moments with an L A performance of her one woman show 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Sean P. Means
The film s different strands cancel each other out never letting Silverman s brand of subversive comedy flower 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Phil Villarreal
Silverman doesn t step on toes she stomps on them with sharpened stiletto heels She doesn t tip sacred cows she runs them over with a Volkswagen 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Wesley Morris
Silverman s abrasive material is funny because her approach is friendly 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Walter Chaw
Lame 
0.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Moira MacDonald
Jesus Is Magic may be a bit too much for anyone but the most hardcore Silverman fan 
2
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Steven Rea
If you can stand the profanity the crudeness and the merciless strafing of all things noble and sacrosanct then you ll find yourself huddled over in a painful ball of nonstop guffaws 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Ruthe Stein
Her material is funny original occasionally poignant and almost all of it too dirty to repeat in a newspaper 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A quotable compendium of offensive remarks
3.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Ken Fox
Her material asks us to ask ourselves a few basic questions about comedy 
2.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Kim Morgan
Silverman rarely reveals herself She just reveals often coquettishly those naughty statements many people think but never say aloud They certainly would never ever say them as hilariously as she does 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Lisa Rose
In the realm of confrontational comedy Silverman is queen bee 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Lou Lumenick
The comedian and her director Liam Lynch have framed about an hour s worth of concert footage with bogus backstage scenes to pad this out to feature length 
2
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Jack Mathews
For her first concert film comedian Sarah Silverman trots out about 40 minutes worth of her best stand up material and pads the rest with an assortment of ill conceived and unfunny skits and musical numbers 
2
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Bob Strauss
It s easy to get angry at a lot of the things she says But it s hard to stay mad at her for very long 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Roger Ebert
A movie that filled me with an urgent desire to see Sarah Silverman in a different movie 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Chris Hewitt
More like a play than a stand up act the material is woven together so skillfully it s not until you get to the end that you realize it all had a progression and a theme 
4
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Allison Benedikt
Silverman throws her carefully crafted persona a proper and hilarious coming out party 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
John Anderson
The key to her delivery is about sly surprise a did she really say what I think she just said technique 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Peter Travers
Sarah Silverman is the most outrageously funny woman alive 
3
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
David Nusair
unless one is already a follower of Silverman s work Jesus is Magic isn t going to come off as anything other than a very long 72 minutes 
1.5
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Nick Schager
Not quite as raunchy but twice as offensive as The Aristocrats 
3
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
Michael Dequina
A highly resonant testament to the redemptive power of love one that transcends traditional romantic definitions 
3.5
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
Edward Guthmann
A reordering of history an effort beautifully realized to personalize Queen Victoria and to chip away at the mythology and musty assumptions that surround England s most durable influential monarch 
3
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
Steve Rhodes
How the story resolves itself is a bit unusual and not near as tidily wrapped up as we have come to expect from our films More like real life 
3.5
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
Roger Ebert
Mrs Brown is a love story about two strong willed people who find exhilaration in testing each other It is not about sexual love or even romantic love really but about that kind of love based on challenge and fascination 
3.5
Finding Hygge
Garnet Fraser
A happy life makes for a dull biography they say and so it often is here 
2
Plan V
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The idea is not bad a sort of Mexican version of Legally Blonde Luketic 2001 but the movie oh boy IT IS BAD Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
0
Milton's Secret
Chris Knight
Is it enough that a movie s heart is in the right place Milton s Secret suggests it s not 
1
Milton's Secret
Peter Howell
It s perfectly nutty and perfectly dull like St Vincent on Quaaludes 
2
Milton's Secret
Marsha Lederman
Milton s Secret carries a powerful and important message but the film feels ham fisted clichd and overearnest at times especially for adult viewers 
2
Milton's Secret
Roger Moore
Insipid film of spiritual philosopher Eckhart Tolle s novel about fighting bullying with inner peace 
1.5
Saving Face
Roger Ebert
This heartbreaking film has relevance to the cruelties toward women that are sanctioned in many lands 
4
Pariah Dog
Peter Keough
Heartbreaking and luminous 
3.5
The Girl in the Book
Soren Andersen
From time to time Cohn allows a few rays of light to penetrate the gloom and suggest that Alice may find a way transcend her despair It s a small measure of relief from the overall mood of hopelessness 
2.5
The Girl in the Book
Sara Stewart
Though its resolution is a bit pat most of The Girl in the Book is a smart and pointed look at abuses of power and roles women too often play in the literary world 
3
The Girl in the Book
Stephanie Merry
As Alice VanCamp is exceptional eliciting our sympathy even when the character is making maddeningly self destructive decisions 
3
Chances Are
Jack Garner
Chances Are is hampered from the start by this overworked premise The surprise then is how the film generates enough charm romance and humor to overcome the familiarity 
2.5
Chances Are
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Worthy of being rediscovered by fans of any of the actors or 80s comfort food movie enthusiasts in general Chances Are earns a recommendation 
2.5
Chances Are
Roger Ebert
The movie itself is surprisingly affecting perhaps because Shepherd never goes for easy laughs but plays her character seriously 
3.5
Chances Are
Chris Hicks
An amusing diversion 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Michael Dequina
A sitcom formula film that tries too hard 
1.5
Freaky Friday
Kam Williams
A hilarious heartwarming remake 
4
Freaky Friday
Ian Mantgani
Somehow people have got it into their heads that this is a good movie 
1.5
Freaky Friday
Lori Hoffman
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan get their freak on with a sublime synchronicity that matches the original 
3
Freaky Friday
Collin Souter
It s a movie that gets by on a lot of charm from its two leads but it also has a nice message about selfless acts of love for a family member in need A perfect summertime outing for parents and their children 
3
Freaky Friday
Mike McGranaghan
This is not a bad remake at all Updating this story to the current day only shows how relevant the concept was to begin with 
3
Freaky Friday
David N. Butterworth
Another likable if predictable Disney retread 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Jonathan R. Perry
A lightweight but occasionally clever comedy that surprisingly treats its premise as more than a punch line and does it with a big heart 
3
Freaky Friday
Sara Michelle Fetters
But another and far more fruitful trademark of the young director is a snide subversive side that tends to make even the simplest and most familiar of stories slightly surreal 
3
Freaky Friday
Michael Szymanski
It s the playful Jamie Lee Curtis who makes this movie A rare time where the remake is better than the original 
3
Freaky Friday
Linda Cook
Freaky yes And it s also frantic and fun 
3.5
Freaky Friday
Michael Wilmington
A likable but flimsy retread that s barely worth the effort 
2
Freaky Friday
Ty Burr
The material here may not be the freshest but screenwriters Heather Hach and the redoubtable Leslie Dixon have buffed the dialogue until it sparkles like the finest cubic zirconium and the cast is game from top to bottom 
3
Freaky Friday
David Sterritt
Deliciously acted and good humored to its core it s one of the summer s very best surprises 
3
Freaky Friday
Nick Rogers
Through solid acting careful pacing and strong writing Freaky Friday never condescends simply because it s not a meticulously handled shot at one demographic 
3
Freaky Friday
Carrie Rickey
Curtis and Lohan s performances are unpredictable and inspired much fresher than the movie they re stuck in 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Christine Dolen
Mildly entertaining 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Watching Curtis rock out is very nearly worth the price of admission 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Guylaine Cadorette
Director Mark Waters whips up a sweet and thoroughly modern version of the 70s movie that caters to young adults without being crass 
3
Freaky Friday
Claudia Puig
Freaky Friday pulls off the unexpected and offers one of the best family friendly comedies in a summer that is rife with family movies 
3
Freaky Friday
Chris Hewitt
The remake of Freaky Friday is pretty freakin good 
3.5
Freaky Friday
Moira MacDonald
The two actors effortlessly pull off the feat of depicting an alien inside the wrong body you immediately believe that this switch really happened 
3
Freaky Friday
Bruce Newman
Freaky Friday triumphs by successfully striking comic notes when it could be making loud screeching noises 
3
Freaky Friday
C.W. Nevius
What could have been another teen tween knockoff is transformed by Curtis who puts her venerable classy mug right in front of the camera 
3
Freaky Friday
Joe Baltake
While it s a perfectly competent and affable film the new version doesn t have anything to prompt much enthusiasm 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Kim Morgan
A lot funnier than most movies you re currently watching at the Cineplex 
3
Freaky Friday
Jan Stuart
A showcase for the buoyant antic spirit of Jamie Lee Curtis 
3
Freaky Friday
Lou Lumenick
Freaky Friday is Disney s best comedy in years 
3
Freaky Friday
Jami Bernard
An unexpected delight 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Jeff Strickler
Cute energetic and fun 
3
Freaky Friday
Sue Pierman
Freaky features plenty of visual distractions including flashy funky outfits accessories and music 
3
Freaky Friday
Valerie Kuklenski
Director Mark Waters and first time screenwriter Heather Hach have given a fresh sensibility to an oft told fable of walking in another s shoes 
3
Freaky Friday
Robert W. Butler
Freaky Friday is blandness personified 
2
Freaky Friday
Liam Lacey
Surprisingly decent 
2.5
Freaky Friday
John Monaghan
Wise but not too preachy warm but never snuggly it s also one of the funniest films this year 
3
Freaky Friday
Jeff Vice
The filmmakers actually manage to improve on creaky material 
3
Freaky Friday
Lisa Kennedy
The old switcheroo still has the juice to teach and tickle 
3
Freaky Friday
Roger Ebert
Freaky Friday delivers scenes we can anticipate but with more charm and wit than we expect 
3
Freaky Friday
Sean P. Means
How a remake should be done 
3
Freaky Friday
Tony Toscano
Freaky Friday comes through 
3
Freaky Friday
Phil Villarreal
The movie s predictability takes little away from its fizzy entertainment value 
3
Freaky Friday
Steve Rhodes
I laughed long hard loud and often 
3.5
Freaky Friday
James Berardinelli
Freaky Friday is motion picture cotton candy sweet while it lasts easily disposed of and insubstantial 
2.5
Freaky Friday
Kim Linekin
The freakiest thing about Freaky Friday is that it doesn t suck 
3
Freaky Friday
Jeffrey Westhoff
As assured a screwball comedy as Hollywood has made in decades 
3
Freaky Friday
Ross Anthony
Pretty darned funny 
3
Freaky Friday
Rob Blackwelder
Such a sublimely fun for all matinee delight that it cleansed my palate of the sour taste of every bad movie I ve seen this summer 
3.5
Freaky Friday
Jeanne Aufmuth
Moms and their teenage daughters have struggled for centuries to connect Bridging that yawning chasm is the yin and yang of this cheerful well executed charmer 
3
Freaky Friday
Nick Schager
It s refreshing to find a quaint comedy extolling the virtues of thoughtful consideration and selfless love this pleasantly entertaining 
3
Freaky Friday
Walter Chaw
Completely satisfying entirely unsurprising and says all there is to say about itself by the fact of itself 
2
Freaky Friday
David Nusair
After a summer filled to the brim with lousy sequels and toothless action movies there s something incredibly refreshing about a movie like Freaky Friday 
3
Freaky Friday
Dustin Putman
Freaky Friday is warm hearted without being treacly and a comic delight without delving into cloying theatrics It also happens to be one of the summer s most refreshing cinematic delights 
3
Jeff
Jason Buchanan
Thompson does a commendable job of making his points without overstaying his welcome Given a bigger budget and better resources it would be very interesting to see his take on some other controversial cases 
2.5
Jeff
Rene Rodriguez
Pulls off the seemingly impossible feat of making this horrific crime seem dull 
2
Jeff
Rob Thomas
Thompson s film is something really different a film as polite and as unnerving as its subject one that burrows down deep into your imagination and stays there 
3
Jeff
David Lewis
Different and chillingly effective 
3
Jeff
Nick McCarthy
Teasing out a subversive portrait of a complex and rather subdued monster The Jeffrey Dahmer Files unfolds with the same meticulousness exemplified by the eponymous serial killer 
3
Jeff
David Nusair
a consistently uneven documentary that could and should have been much much better 
2.5
TransMilitary
Alan French
Perhaps no film in 2018 will show you a more diverse but heartwarming group of people to root for 
3.5
Seventeen
Roger Moore
A bit on the slow side but clever and sweet Spanish coming of age dramedy 
2.5
God Is My Witness
Deborah Hornblow
It will not be to everyone s taste but for broad minded cinema goers it makes for a delicious and memorable adventure 
2.5
Afterimage
Brent McKnight
Deliberately paced bleak and a touch repetitive Afterimages is a swan song from one of the greats who much like his subject leaves viewers with a treatise on how to look at the world 
3
Afterimage
Godfrey Cheshire
Afterimage is mounted in a classical beautifully understated style that throughout conveys the assurance of a true master 
3
Afterimage
Clayton Dillard
Andrzej Wajda s film is a lean unwavering look at the effects of artistic idealism in the face of fascist doctrine 
3
Afterimage
Jay Horton
A grim portrait recounting the deadening effects of the Soviet regime on creative freedoms the vicarious toll of successive small embarrassments and minor defeats forced on the artist proves difficult to bear 
2
Afterimage
T'Cha Dunlevy
Afterimage is not particularly noteworthy as a cinematic experience unto itself However as an earnest adieu from an acclaimed filmmaker with some 50 titles to his credit it s entirely honourable 
2.5
Afterimage
John Semley
As glum as it may seem to the point of playing in places like a parody of a despondent Eastern European art house drama Afterimage succeeds in knowingly succumbing to the tragedy of Strzemi 324 ski s story 
3
The Picture of Dorian Gray
John Beifuss
With its allusions to Baudelaire Beardsley and Wilde himself this motion Picture was meant for an adult audience that could sense the youth runs Wilde wickedness perpetrated by the title character offscreen in the spaces between the frames 
3.5
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Fernando F. Croce
The Picture of Dorian Gray isn t awful though it s certainly an instance in which an outright debacle would have made a much more interesting film 
2
The Wild Goose Lake
Tom Meek
The innovative and slick cinematography by Dong Jingsong is a reason to see the film in its own right Yinan s adroit ebb and flow of violence and plot twists is another as is Gwei s alluringly enigmatic tagalong 
3
The Wild Goose Lake
Matt Brunson
While director Diao Yinan s visual compositions are impressive his pacing is off 
2.5
The Wild Goose Lake
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I lost the thread of it more than once but director Diao has taken a cue from Wong Kar wai to create a highly stylish neo noir 
3
The Wild Goose Lake
Rene Sanchez
Trust and loyalty are put to test in the barbaric underworld portrayed in this vibrant and hypnotic neo noir thriller Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Wild Goose Lake
Mattie Lucas
Diao wraps his scathing indictment of Chinese state capitalism in a package of sensationally choreographed action and nearly operatic violence 
3.5
The Wild Goose Lake
Steven Prokopy
Just when you think you ve seen all the ways a person can get killed this film invents a few new ones 
3.5
The Wild Goose Lake
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Diao Yinan knows that one keeps the plot of such material simple because plot is secondary It s style that matters most 
3
The Wild Goose Lake
Tomris Laffly
Perhaps the world Yinan creates is a bit too scattered for its own good but you will still want to melt inside its stunning riotous glow 
3
The Wild Goose Lake
Peter Howell
It s an exercise in pure cinema an abstract painting of a crime story 
3
The Wild Goose Lake
Sam C. Mac
The film s masterstroke is that its fugitive antiheroes are framed by an environment that reflects their criminal lives back at them 
3.5
Death Hunt
Matt Brunson
A modest bit of macho cinema 
2.5
Tabloid
Brian Eggert
While the film contains elements that prove sleazy at times incredibly funny but also carry an unquestionable sadness Morris camera remains trained on his interview subjects and he does not judge 
4
Tabloid
John Beifuss
McKinney is mesmerizing the vain expressive motormouthed star of an elaborately structured drama of self that qualifies as one of the more astonishing first person cinematic tours de force since Eddie Murphy Raw 
3.5
Tabloid
Rob Thomas
If Tabloid feels like a minor Morris work compared to The Fog of War or Mr Death it is still entertaining with a sly sense of humor and an empathetic eye for the bizarre that harkens back to earlier movies like Gates of Heaven 
3
Tabloid
Joe Williams
Tabloid is tantalizing but like yesterday s headlines it s a fleeting flirtation 
3
Tabloid
Peter Canavese
Morris compellingly unfolds the story and clearly means for us to see our own untoward qualities writ large in Joyce and the circus surrounding her 
3
Tabloid
James Kendrick
a magnificently unsettling and funny sad portrait of the arguably sick relationships that are forged between celebrities the media and their audiences
3.5
Tabloid
Sara Michelle Fetters
McKinney is of course the star insisting that her version of events is the true one and that everyone else has some sort of axe to grind and doesn t know what they re talking about 
3
Tabloid
John Hartl
The movie is guilty of condescending toward its subjects though most of them appear to be having a fabulous time telling tales 
3
Tabloid
Steven Rea
A tale of obsession and abduction self delusion and sexual confusion Errol Morris Tabloid stands as an almost giddy affirmation of the old cliche Truth is stranger than fiction 
3.5
Tabloid
James Berardinelli
The viewer is left with no clear indication of what really happened but with a vibrant portrait of a compelling character That s what Morris is after 
3
Tabloid
Kam Williams
A thought provoking picture raising the question Can a woman rape a man or is it merely assault with intent to please You be the judge 
4
Tabloid
Stephen Whitty
Morris realizes he has a genuine character in McKinney and gives her the spotlight 
3
Tabloid
Chris Hewitt
I have some misgivings about Morris playful approach to a woman who seems to be ill but the film is beautifully made and the story is a knockout 
3
Tabloid
Michael O'Sullivan
For fans of Morris s work which often grapples with the nature of truth and memory it s a must see film 
3.5
Tabloid
Kyle Smith
Tabloid shows that an oddball lead character and a smirky style do not necessarily add up to a complete movie 
2
Tabloid
Dustin Putman
Like a sensationalistic flavor of the month crime or Hollywood scandal the film is sure to capture the viewer s attention while it plays out but is just as destined to lose its luster the second the saga in question has run its course 
2.5
Tabloid
Mick LaSalle
Morris is a storyteller of the highest order and within seconds he draws us into his subject doling out details making us wonder what will happen next and dropping bombs for maximum impact 
3
Tabloid
Ty Burr
It s a guaranteed good time at the movies but I can think of at least three other Morris films that have stuck with me longer 
3
Tabloid
Michael Phillips
Morris is such a savvy irony tinged master of the essayist documentary form McKinney s own perspective becomes a tabla rasa for all sorts of sexual voyeuristic and media desires 
3.5
Tabloid
Matt Pais
A weird somewhat funny considerably disturbing exploration of an unreliable narrator and a hungry media that eventually turns a convicted criminal into a celebrity 
3
Tabloid
Christy Lemire
Morris spirited pacing and the jaunty score from John Kusiak help maintain a tone that s part mocking part suspenseful 
3
Tabloid
Roger Ebert
As is often the case with Morris we can never be sure what he thinks only that he wants to baffle us with the impenetrable strangeness of reality 
4
Tabloid
Peter Keough
It s all very amusing but maybe the film s keenest insight into tabloid journalism is Morris s own exploitation of the pitiful perhaps delusional McKinney 
2.5
Tabloid
Andrew Schenker
The truth is an ever elusive concept especially in the films of Errol Morris 
3
Teknolust
Jonathan Foreman
Fails as entertainment being so ineptly directed and written it often has the feel of a high school production by kids with more money and ambition than talent 
1.5
Teknolust
Paul Sherman
I can t imagine anyone not being disappointed by this movie which dares to be different yet fails miserably doing so 
1
Teknolust
Walter Chaw
Clumsy no question but perhaps understandably burdened by its sprawling ambition 
2
Teknolust
Ty Burr
Stumbles from one catatonic scene to the next mixing aggressively clever ideas with strident dialogue 
1.5
Teknolust
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An oddball biotech Rocky Horror Picture Show for the intellectual set 
3
Teknolust
Edward Guthmann
Sci fi has rarely been so playful 
3
Teknolust
Bruce Newman
It s the sort of pretentious twaddle that gives twaddle a bad name 
1
Teknolust
Rob Blackwelder
A silly cybersexual fantasy hinged on the fetishistic sci fi gimmick of replicant women who need sperm to survive Teknolust isn t much better than what it sounds like a spoof 
1
Teknolust
Ed Gonzalez
If anything see it for Karen Black who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named Dirty Dick 
2
Teknolust
Harvey S. Karten
A for creativity but comes across more as a sketch for a full length comedy 
2.5
Jack & Sarah
David Nusair
46 46 46 a pleasant piece of work 46 46 46 
2.5
Jack & Sarah
Barbara Shulgasser
The movie s big problem is Mathis who not only can t act but also is given a rather unattractive role to play 
2.5
Jack & Sarah
Peter Stack
Jack Sarah is one of those romantic movies viewers know will end in a happy smooch What s fine is the rush of amusing heartrending humanity before it gets to the inevitable 
3
Jack & Sarah
Roger Ebert
The screenplay by Tim Sullivan who also directs is straight off the assembly line But by casting against type by finding an actor whose very presence insists he is not to be disregarded the movie works in spite of its conventions 
3
The Shining
Wesley Lovell
Yet 44 The Shining 44 which was his third to last film 44 was akin to the genre films of his past such as Dr 46 Strangelove and 2001 58 A Space Odyssey where he explored the essence of humanity in a way unlike any other filmmaker 46 
4
The Shining
Brian Eggert
The terrifying aspect of The Shining and its most enduring quality is how Kubrick has trapped us in his cinematic maze to search without hope of ever discovering an adequate answer outside of our own making 
4
The Shining
David Nusair
one of cinematic history s most lauded horror films 
4
The Shining
Matthew Rozsa
The classic Stanley Kubrick film isn t just scary it is also in its own odd way defined by a hopeful perspective on life and death 
4
The Shining
Luke Parker
The Torrence s night of anarchy spearheaded by Nicholson s ferocity has become one of cinema s most iconic and deranged events 
3.5
The Shining
Ernest Leogrande
Shock effect and graphic imagery don t compensate for the sense of pointlessness and even distaste that is left at the end of the movie 
2
The Shining
Josh Larsen
above all a movie about spaces and how few things are more frightening than not knowing which way to go 
3.5
The Shining
James Berardinelli
As a ghost story and adaptation of the Stephen King novel it s largely a failure On the other hand as an example of directorial bravura and as a study of madness and the unreliable narrator it s a brilliant success 
3
The Shining
Eric Henderson
It s the experience more so than the actual content of The Shining that radiates cold anti humanly indifferent terror 
4
The Shining
Roger Ebert
The movie is not about ghosts but about madness and the energies it sets loose in an isolated situation primed to magnify them 
4
The Shining
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kubrick s use of space and the eerie steadycam have never been put to better use 
4
The Shining
Thomas Delapa
Here s Johnny Kubrick s grandiose Jack in a box shocker is a fright but it s hardly up to his earlier brilliance 
2.5
The Shining
David Keyes
Kubrick s showcase of abilities both with the camera and his characters are incomparably haunting 
4
The Shining
Dustin Putman
A deliberately paced but endlessly creepy horrifying motion picture 
4
The Shining
Ted Prigge
One of the scariest films I ve ever seen And I m not easily scared 
3.5
Carter
Roger Moore
Never have I ever seen more cinematic 8220 wow 8221 wasted on a bad action script than this Korean cavalcade of crap 46 
1.5
Wonder
Matt Brunson
For a picture that begs to be drowned in sentimental syrup Wonder feels emotionally honest rather than willfully manipulative 
3
Wonder
Mattie Lucas
This could easily have been a cloying and sappy film but it is a testament to Chbosky s skill as a director and screenwriter that it isn t 
3
Wonder
David Nusair
It s relatively familiar material that s handled exceedingly well by filmmaker Stephen Chbosky 
3.5
Wonder
James Berardinelli
I can understand where there is value in showing this film to younger children because the message albeit sanitized will resonate 
2.5
Wonder
Mike McGranaghan
A real rarity a family friendly picture that isn t corny assumes kids are sophisticated enough to grasp its themes without condescension and contains an uplifting message that viewers of all ages will be inspired by 
3.5
Wonder
Kent Turner
The movie fulfills a need for smart tween middle grade drama at the multiplex where it has had little competition this year 
3
Wonder
Peter Travers
Starring a terrific Jacob Tremblay as a bullied boy with facial deformities and Julia Roberts as his mom this drama based on the R J Palacio book that nearly everyone has read and wept over has surprising dimension and delicacy 
2.5
Wonder
Roger Moore
A holiday weeper that earns its tears for the most part 
2.5
Wonder
Josh Terry
Ultimately Wonder is just a sweet film less about Auggie than it is a portrait of a small group of everyday people with interconnected lives and dreams and struggles 
4
Wonder
Richard Roeper
Unrecognizable under the prosthetics and the makeup Jacob Tremblay is indeed wondrous as Auggie 
3
Wonder
Andrea Mandell
This could have been a schmaltzy tale Instead it s a much needed reminder that kindness exists in this fractured world 
3
Wonder
Christy Lemire
You ll shed a tear or two especially if you re a parent and they ll be totally earned 
3
Wonder
Brad Wheeler
Owen Wilson cries but audiences will more likely roll their eyeballs at writer director Stephen Chbosky s outrageous emotional manipulations 
2
Wonder
Sean P. Means
Many movies can make you laugh some can make you smile and a few can make you cry but Wonder does the amazing trick of making an audience do all three 
3.5
Wonder
Mark Dujsik
The film keeps expanding outward in its perspective and its desire to understand the lives of these other characters 
3
Wonder
Bruce DeMara
It s a film that s going to touch a lot of people in all the right ways with a life affirming message about looking beyond the obvious differences to see the person behind the mask 
3
Wonder
Michael Smith
If you don t feel more connected to your fellow man after Wonder check your pulse 
3.5
Wonder
Clint O'Connor
Wonder is a sweet heartfelt film that makes you feel good about the strong people who stand up to bullying harassment and stupidity 
2.5
Wonder
Calvin Wilson
Wonder is a family film in the best sense 
3.5
Wonder
Keith Watson
The film has an almost pathological need to ensure that everything turns out well for every single character while at the same time eliding any truly difficult issues 
2
Wonder
Stephanie Merry
Mostly it succeeds in telling not one complicated story but many and giving the experience of being a confused or lonely or scared youngster the space it deserves 
3
Wonder
Mick LaSalle
Wonder hits a few moments too hard and flirts with corniness at times but makes something active and compelling from the spectacle of nice people trying to do right and it s a refreshing thing to see 
3
Wonder
Gary Thompson
A movie that succeeds as a tearjerker if you can withstand those pushy moments and there are a few when it kind of makes you want to hate kindness 
2.5
Wonder
Linda Cook
Just in time for the holidays a sweet cinematic gift 
3.5
Wonder
Mark Feeney
Auggie bless him stops putting on that astronaut helmet The movie does things differently It wears a space suit and never takes it off 
2.5
Wonder
Rick Bentley
Wonder is a movie that should be shown to young and old as a life lesson in how to deal with people who appear to be different 
3
Wonder
Stephen Whitty
It wants desperately to tug at your heartstrings But all it seriously did was rub my nerves raw 
2
Plan 10 From Outer Space
Sean P. Means
More than 20 years after its debut at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival no less Plan 10 From Outer Space is back with a remastered print preserving the Utah centric weirdness for a new generation 
3.5
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Kam Williams
A very moving tribute to an underappreciated hero who spent his life as a tireless defender of the defenseless 
4
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Joe Williams
Like the recent animated documentary Chicago Ten this is a timely reminder of a era when change was more than just a campaign slogan But it s also a personal portrait with shadings 
3
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Chris Hewitt
Civil rights The American Indian Movement The Chicago 10 trial The Central Park rape trial Attica prison riots Kunstler was in the thick of all of them 
3
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Steven Rea
William Kunstler Disturbing the Universe offers a deeply personal view of a larger than life figure It s a view filtered through a prism of memory and emotion but one well worth investigating 
3
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Michael O'Sullivan
The film s point is clear And for those looking for a straight answer it s this The bravest lawyer isn t the one who takes on the clients that allow him to feel good about himself It s the one who takes on the clients that give us nightmares 
3
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Tom Keogh
Kunstler s accomplishments principles and courage are all here in Disturbing the Universe But there is something else that adds an unexpected layer of emotional complexity 
4
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Kyle Smith
It is said that everyone either loved or hated radical defense lawyer William Kunstler A documentary by his daughters asks Why choose or instead of both 
3
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Wesley Morris
William Kunstler Disturbing the Universe is indeed about the radical leftist attorney But this engrossing and provocative documentary is also about a tragic kind of liberal guilt 
3
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Gerald Peary
A deserving tribute to the man who on his best days stood up for the prisoners in Attica and the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee and marched with Martin Luther King 
3.5
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Bill Weber
His oft spoken use of Michelangelo s David as a personal symbol of the individual s decision to bring power to the people gives better insight into this jurist s fiery heart than any case study 
2.5
Spinster
Sean P. Means
It takes awhile for Deyell s script to set the table and one wishes the writer or director Andrea Dorfman had taken one more pass through the screenplay to punch up the jokes 
2.5
Spinster
Barry Hertz
Peretti is more successful here than the film itself 
2
Spinster
Pamela Powell
Spinster has an obvious message but the journey we take with Gaby makes the overtness of the film an absolute pleasure 
3.5
Spinster
Matt Fagerholm
The picture is a touch too benign for its own good though it does earn enough laughs to warrant a recommendation at least in its first third 
2.5
Spinster
Mark Dujsik
Apart from being cynical and sarcastic there isn t much to the main character of Spinster 
1.5
Spinster
Roger Moore
It s easy enough to sit through but the entire affair is more deflating than heartening 
2
The Lady From Shanghai
Matt Brunson
As was usually 40 always 63 41 the case when Orson Welles was involved with a film 44 the off screen stories proved to be as entertaining as the tale placed before the camera 46 
3.5
The Lady From Shanghai
Josh Larsen
fetishizes Hayworth and then punishes her for its own obsessions 
2.5
The Lady From Shanghai
Mark Feeney
The climax a shootout in a funhouse hall of mirrors is one of the bravura sequences in all film a triumph of hey look at me form over just the facts content 
3
The Lady From Shanghai
Chuck Bowen
It derives its tension from its almost pointed meaninglessness which would appear to be a subterfuge for a personal expression that s never quite achieved 
3.5
The Lady From Shanghai
Thomas Delapa
Like most of Welles Hollywood efforts Shanghai was shanghaied by studio tampering but it also contains some of his greatest set pieces topped by the delirious shootout in the funhouse hall of mirrors 
3.5
The Lady From Shanghai
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brilliant movie and everything in it is terrific 
4
The Lady From Shanghai
David Nusair
curious newcomers to Welles work should leave this one til the end of his oeuvre and I m including Transformers The Movie in that list 
2
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
David Wiegand
Viewers can form their own conclusions about McAfee s alleged connection to Faull s murder the death of David Middleton and other aspects of his life Burstein convincingly makes her case 
3
Frank
Brian Eggert
Abrahamson perfectly balances Frank 8217 s gradual downshifting of tones from offbeat comedy to emotionally bare drama in the final act 44 as the best indie comedies often do 46 
3.5
Frank
Frank Ochieng
Frank is a delightful finger snapping oddball set to music and creative mayhem
3
Frank
John Beifuss
An oddball rock and roll themed comedy drama in need of the cult it may never attract 
3
Frank
Ann Hornaday
Beneath those puppet headed antics and true to its title Frank is improbably disarmingly honest 
3
Frank
Brad Keefe
Oddballs this is the oddball movie of the year 
3.5
Frank
Marty Mapes
There s more to the absurd than just amusement
4
Frank
Robert Levin
This is a strange film for sure but it s also a completely sincere and affecting one 
3
Frank
Matt Brunson
Frank is a film of questions not answers 
3
Frank
Mal Vincent
At its best it s a quirky curiosity At its worst the film takes a compelling idea and cops out in the end 
2.5
Frank
Rob Thomas
The film finally demolishes the old rock n roll stereotype that mental illness can bear the fruit of creative genius I suspect the truth is closer to what one character says It slowed him down 
3.5
Frank
Rafer Guzman
Frank has a wry sense of humor the ring of authenticity and glimmers of genuine wisdom 
3
Frank
Kristin Tillotson
A quirky utterly engaging film that manages to be amusing dark surprising and poignant without wasting a single one of its 95 minutes 
3.5
Frank
Michael Phillips
A functioning funny weirdly touching fable of artistic angst and aspiration a meditation on fame and its terrors and the metaphoric usefulness of masks and huge fake heads 
3.5
Frank
John Serba
Compelling and funny thanks to the yin and yang dynamic of its two primary characters 
3.5
Frank
Matt Pais
Ping pongs between amusing and tiresome 
2.5
Frank
John Semley
The Soronprfbs may be the best fake on screen punk band since the Stains 
2.5
Frank
Steven Rea
A delightful oddball surprise 
3.5
Frank
Ty Burr
Frank might be a less cute movie without the mask but it would probably be a better one 
2.5
Frank
Josh Larsen
In the subgenre of movies that capture or at least artfully dramatize the birth of beautiful music Frank is a stunner 
3.5
Frank
Manori Ravindran
Strong performances from Gleeson and Fassbender both deviating from their respective rom coms and Oscar baiting dramas give us a quirky film about the maddening pursuit of fame 
3
Frank
Peter Travers
You re in for something funny touching and vital Director Lenny Abrahamson knows his way around eccentrics 
3.5
Frank
Brian Tallerico
Always interesting largely thanks to an entirely committed cast and a writer willing to play with themes like a band improvising until it finds the right tune 
3
Frank
Peter Howell
Bat dung crazy in a good way Lenny Abrahamson s Frank is the story of a pop star who really lets his art go to his head 
3
Frank
Scott Bowles
Even if Frank is a little too smitten with its own quirkiness the film s examination of what matters in music fame money sanity works as a kind of Behind the Music peek at a band s struggle for identity and devotees 
2.5
Frank
Sara Stewart
If Michael Fassbender wears a giant papier mâché head for most of a film is he still mesmerizing Happily yes 
3
Frank
Roger Moore
Adorably touchingly and musically weird 
3
Frank
R. Kurt Osenlund
The film boldly raises the unanswerable question of whether it s better for an artist to safely isolate his work or tweak it a bit so as to share it with the world 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Leo Brady
The Pale Blue Eye ultimately feels exactly like an Edgar Allen Poe work 46 Ravens are present 46 Death beneath wood floorboards 46 Tortured souls and dark family secrets 46 It comes together like a dive into a book that comes alive 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Pablo O. Scholz
There is something ridiculous not when it begins but as it nears its end which makes one want to quickly forget The Pale Blue Eye Full review in Spanish 
2
The Pale Blue Eye
Brian Eggert
Cooper 8217 s direction never quite instills a sense of urgency or suspense 44 leaving the fine cast and promising story to feel underserviced by the script and its execution 46 
2
The Pale Blue Eye
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Given the story s flat complications it s frustrating how magnificent the movie appears when Bale is silhouetted in his top hat amid the Hudson Valley fog 
2
The Pale Blue Eye
Erik Childress
Up until the film 8217 s nutty climax and elongated confessional 44 Scott Cooper 8217 s film is a reminder that Christian Bale always shows up to provide something interesting even when the filmmaking is tedious at best 46 
2
The Pale Blue Eye
Kevin Carr
Well balanced cinematography adds depth to this clever mystery and offers some strong performances by 91 Christian 93 Bale and 91 Harry 93 Melling 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Tom Meek
Hey if we had Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter why not Edgar Allan Poe CSI sleuth 
2.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Mark Meszoros
A highly promising but ultimately uneven period mystery drama
2
The Pale Blue Eye
Robert Levin
A serious disappointment 
1.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Ty Burr
The Pale Blue Eye isn t biography but invention and Melling is the merry wind up toy at its center Watch it for him and for the way Bale anchors the younger man s performance to the movie s here and now 
2.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Rob Thomas
8220 The Pale Blue Eye 44 8221 based on a novel by Louis Bayard 44 is an atmospheric and deliberate whodunit that doesn 8217 t depend too heavily on perhaps the greatest mystery writer of all time in a supporting role 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Randy Myers
Subtly says something meaty about the military mindset family lineage and the hazards of prolonged grief 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Charles Koplinski
As for the mystery 44 it proves captivating from beginning to end 44 its twists and turns logical and surprising 44 the denouement clever and haunting 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Michael O'Sullivan
A stylish and smart telling of what is at heart macabre malarkey 
2.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Bob Strauss
While pacing and believability issues in The Pale Blue Eye cannot be overlooked this finely made period mystery s virtues should still be savored 
2.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Roger Moore
Cooper 46 46 46 keeps the thriller elements on slow simmer 44 bathing his players in atmosphere and his characters in schemes 44 paranoia and suspicion 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Richard Roeper
Even when the 19th century mystery takes some insanely big dramatic swings Bale is immersed in his performance 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Anne Brodie
Harry Melling has an uncanny gift for revealing character 59 he apos s extraordinary in a classical way 46 The attention to period detail is intoxicating 44 and the canny twists 44 riveting to the final frame 46 10 
4
The Pale Blue Eye
Glenn Kenny
The movie honors the real life figure who would 44 among other things 44 become the arguable creator of the American detective story 44 while in its own right turning a shudder inducing light on the darker recesses of the human heart 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Joey Magidson
The Pale Blue Eye is a period procedural with mood to spare 46 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Mark Dujsik
Poe is a far more intriguing and engaging character than the man doing most of the investigative work 46 
2.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Twists and turns do not always a compelling drama make 46 
2
The Pale Blue Eye
Mark Kennedy
This is a film wonderfully grounded in its time and space where you hear creaking wooden floorboards and owls hooting and darkness cloaks everything You feel the 1830s and the greasy unkempt hair and heavy woolen uniforms 
3
The Pale Blue Eye
Mike McGranaghan
Just good enough to be a disappointment 46 
2.5
The Pale Blue Eye
Derek Smith
The film often feels like one of the corpses in its story 58 cold 44 lifeless 44 and without a heart 46 
1.5
Civic Duty
Eric Lurio
Krause and his character are the entire movie Watching him fall apart is fascinating and the ending has a particularly nice if expected twist 
3
Civic Duty
Ken Fox
The movie becomes a game of sorts and to get to the truth of the story we re left simply keeping score rather than examining our own perceptions and reaching any greater understanding of the very real issues at hand 
2
Civic Duty
Peter Howell
A sharp 9 11 twist on Rear Window paranoia Civic Duty is all the more effective for its chilling plausibility 
3
Civic Duty
Tom Keogh
An all around disappointment 
2
Civic Duty
Ruthe Stein
The filmmakers aren t able to pull it off but deserve credit for their attempt to be thought provoking 
2
Civic Duty
Lisa Rose
Civic Duty sends you home depressed but at least it makes you think It s a breed of film that s rare to find on the summer movie slate 
2.5
Civic Duty
Lou Lumenick
Peter Krause the fine actor from Six Feet Under gives a one note performance that seriously undermines Civic Duty
1.5
Civic Duty
Jack Mathews
Though Civic Duty seems to be a study in paranoid psychosis it has just enough ambiguity to make you wonder if it isn t something else You ll still be wondering when it s all over 
3
Civic Duty
Rick Groen
It begins by swiping a premise and concludes with an attempted robbery of our principles pretending that today s world is too confusing for us to know whether to cheer for George Bush or to march with Michael Moore 
1.5
Civic Duty
Mary F. Pols
Civic Duty does engage and get your pulse racing 
2.5
Civic Duty
Michael Phillips
Not even Richard Schiff s droll underplaying as the drollest underplayer in the FBI can make dramatic sense of Civic Duty 
1.5
Civic Duty
Bill Stamets
Canadian director Jeff Renfroe builds only off the shelf suspense as Terry s suspicions increase 
2
Civic Duty
Ty Burr
Dig deep down into some bad movies and you occasionally find a good idea at the center Civic Duty isn t one of those movies 
1.5
Civic Duty
Sara Michelle Fetters
Matchett Schiff and Naga all contribute solid support while Krause is downright exceptional as the nondescript accountant suddenly falling into media fueled paranoia 
3
Civic Duty
Jim Hemphill
A provocative unsettling tale about a powerful nation on the defensive 
3
Civic Duty
Jan Stuart
Asks the piercing question does the terrorist lurk within us In actuality it s a question worth exploring but not one that this bombastic and silly thriller is prepared to answer in any dramatically sustainable fashion 
1.5
Civic Duty
Nick Schager
Civic Duty tantalizes with is he or isn t he questions about Gabe s true identity without ever positing a final and what would be an ultimately unimportant answer 
2.5
Civic Duty
Steve Rhodes
Civic Duty a thinking person s thriller is a fascinating Rorschach test for audiences 
3
Full Battle Rattle
Tom Keogh
A keenly insightful film concerning an unusual training program for war bound U S soldiers 
3
Full Battle Rattle
Ken Fox
This increasingly complicated scenario isn t scripted peace is far from guaranteed and the line between reality and its incredible simulation has a funny way of getting blurry 
4
Full Battle Rattle
V.A. Musetto
Just when I thought I had heard everything about the war in Iraq along comes Full Battle Rattle 
3
Full Battle Rattle
Kam Williams
There s an irony in the contrast of Iraqi Americans talking about life in this country and watching the military industrial complex putting the finishing touches on young emlistees about to ship out to a godforsaken land to kill or be killed 
4
Full Battle Rattle
Nick Schager
Full Battle Rattle often seems content to merely work its way toward the concluding notion that if our armed forces can t cut it in fake Iraq they ll never be able to handle the real deal 
2
The Giver
Brian Eggert
As both an adaptation and a stand alone film 44 The Giver is something of a mess 46 
1.5
The Giver
Pamela Powell
The Giver succeeds in entertaining in the way it reminds us what makes the human race so special the ability to love 
2.5
The Giver
Wesley Lovell
A seriously flawed adaptation of a wonderful book that tries to focus too heavily on elements best left to more recent post apocalyptic adventures instead of the bittersweet agony of Lois Lowry s original story 
2
The Giver
Robert Levin
It s special because it focuses on the interior lives of its characters 
3
The Giver
David Nusair
the film doesn t completely go off the rails until it enters its action packed final stretch 
2
The Giver
Sean P. Means
A solid thriller brimming with interesting ideas and only feels derivative because other titles have gotten to the screen first 
3
The Giver
Matt Brunson
As a book The Giver will doubtless continue to thrill school kids but the film version won t be enjoying a comparable shelf life 
2
The Giver
Linda Cook
You purists out there will have to decide for yourselves whether you want to see this adaptation of the Lois Lowry classic that s often read and discussed in middle schools
3.5
The Giver
Lisa Kennedy
As Jonas Brenton Thwaites brings thoughtful wonder to the role of a young man who is thrilled and frightened by what he learns 
3
The Giver
James Berardinelli
In the ranks of dystopian YA targeted motion pictures this one can stand alongside its peers 
3
The Giver
Mal Vincent
Part Logan s Run part 1984 plus a lot of pretentiousness this dystopian film at least offers an appealing young star in Brenton Thwaites 
2.5
The Giver
Tracie Cooper
While entertaining it s a shame that The Giver after so many years in production and with a story about the importance of individuality would fall in line with the conventions of young adult drama rather than allow its soul to speak for itself 
2
The Giver
Kelly Jane Torrance
Mr Bridges centers the whole thing with gravitas and intelligence We should thank him for helping bring this story to the screen it contains a lesson humanity should never forget 
3
The Giver
John Wirt
A dystopian flop 
1.5
The Giver
Peter Travers
Lois Lowry took chances with her novel The movie of The Giver takes none It s safe sorry and a crashing bore 
1.5
The Giver
Rob Thomas
It felt like at the start of every scene I was getting one of those emotion suppressing injections 
2
The Giver
Sheila O'Malley
Despite a truly pained performance from Jeff Bridges and a beautifully imagined three dimensional futuristic world The Giver in wanting to connect itself to more recent YA franchises sacrifices subtlety inference and power 
2
The Giver
Willie Waffle
While our characters on screen are going through an emotional awakening the audience is being put to sleep 
1
The Giver
Mark Dujsik
The movie appears always on the verge of diving into the workings of this world but instead it stands cautiously on the edge 
2
The Giver
Liam Lacey
Another week another movie about a special adolescent who saves society from the forces of darkness 
2
The Giver
Steven Rea
Noyce working from an adaptation by screenwriters Michael Mitnick and Robert B Weide finds a compelling through line 
3
The Giver
Kent Turner
For those coming to the film cold The Giver may feel old hat For fans of the book though there will be more than enough here that is recognizable 
2.5
The Giver
Bruce DeMara
Once you ve gotten the lesson at the heart of the film the rest of The Giver seems almost redundant It s rather a problem 
2
The Giver
Ty Burr
A family friendly dystopian nightmare that won t offend anyone but won t get them very excited either 
2
The Giver
Claudia Puig
It changes some plot points but more important it lacks the resonance and mythic quality of Lowry s literary allegory 
2
The Giver
Jon Niccum
If the literary aspects of The Giver sometimes fall flat at least the cinematic ones sparkle 
2.5
The Giver
Dann Gire
Noyce is a gifted director with a track record of engaging films but the very emotions stolen from his characters excitement fear passion and joy are equally missing from his movie 
2.5
The Giver
David Lee Dallas
The internal crisis of its protagonist amounts to the flicking of an on off switch rather than the ebb and flow of a consciousness being born 
1.5
The Giver
Mick LaSalle
The Giver takes a tortured individual s dilemma and turns it into societal question If our emotions make us human but our emotions keep leading us into catastrophe how much of our essence are we willing to give up just get some peace 
3
The Giver
Mack Bates
The filmmakers definitely get the visuals right across the board Things go wrong elsewhere however 
2.5
The Giver
Chris Hewitt
Fans of the book are probably the most likely audience but they re also the ones who are most apt to be bugged about tinkering with the details of the book 
2
The Giver
Daniel M. Kimmel
In the movies as in life timing is everything In the case of The Giver it s a movie that s several years too late 
2.5
The Giver
Matt Pais
Reaches ponderous and hits cruise control 
1.5
The Giver
Michael Phillips
The Giver gives off an air of wearying familiarity without much in the way of design wiles or cinematic wonder beyond the spectacle of Streep competing for her share of the movie against her own hair 
2
The Giver
Stephen Whitty
In a too crowded world of young adult franchises mostly it succeeds best at providing only what its villains so fervently desire unsurprising unrelenting sameness 
2
The Giver
Katharine Schwab
The story s beautiful packaging doesn t make up for the way it has been commercialized 
2
The Giver
Peter Canavese
Too bad that this junior version of Fahrenheit 451 turned out drippy It s odd to watch a film about the rediscovery of love faith passion and color and for the film to be so by the numbers colorless 
2
The Giver
Sara Stewart
The central premise that wildness of spirit isn t something to be tamed no matter how messy it makes our lives is an enduring one and well served by Jeff Bridges in the title role 
2.5
The Giver
Roger Moore
Smart well acted and very well directed but VERY late to the whole Teens Save the Future genre 
2.5
The Giver
Kam Williams
A thought provoking meditation on mind control offering a valuable lesson about the virtue of challenging any totalitarian authority 
3
The Giver
Ann Hornaday
The Giver is handsomely directed by Phillip Noyce and features an appealing sure footed cast of emerging and veteran actors 
3
The Giver
Dustin Putman
For a motion picture taking place within a population suffocated by its own sameness The Giver dazzles and provokes as a rallying cry in favor of the irreplaceable messiness and beauty that life has to offer 
3
Enemy
Brad Keefe
Fascinating and frustrating viewers may find more undeciphered than order in its resolution 
3
Enemy
Rob Thomas
If their previous collaboration Prisoners was a major label studio album than Enemy is the EP put out on their own label rougher less conventionally satisfying but with a nervy spirit all its own 
3
Enemy
John Beifuss
A feat of sustained tension and unrelieved dread that spins its web of unease with elegantly creepy visuals the Toronto sky seems dusted with noxious yellow pollen and spooky sound design the score consists of nervous strings and sonorous woodwinds 
3.5
Enemy
Steven Rea
A spooky enigma more ponderous than provocative more silly than suspenseful 
2
Enemy
Rafer Guzman
Despite some flaws and frustrations this is one movie whose ending you will not see coming 
3
Enemy
Matt Brunson
Ambiguous to a fault it s at least unique and challenging and in a season largely dominated by imbecilic efforts like Need for Speed and Pompeii films that go out of their way to kill precious brain cells that certainly counts for something 
2.5
Enemy
Peter Hartlaub
Enemy is what might happen if someone let Terrence Malick make a Twilight Zone episode with a quick rewrite by David Cronenberg 
3
Enemy
Joe Williams
Despite Gyllenhaal s twitchy two headed performance Enemy is hobbled by a genetic flaw Suspension of disbelief has a twin called suspicion of dumbness 
2.5
Enemy
Moira MacDonald
Denis Villeneuve s moody intriguing and yes occasionally silly psychological thriller 
3
Enemy
Claudia Puig
The story s dour flatness keeps it from being as disturbing as it aims to be 
2.5
Enemy
Ann Hornaday
The wan lifeless palette matches the film s overarching tone of drained depressive enervation 
2
Enemy
Dustin Putman
A bravely imaginative startlingly unnerving freakily mesmerizing puzzle box mindbender 
4
Enemy
Matt Pais
A practical joke posing as a brain teaser 
1.5
Enemy
Michael Phillips
Watching Enemy in which Gyllenhaal cleverly delineates the character differences and confidence levels of the two leading roles it s clear that the movie is messing with you in a highly calibrated fashion 
3
Enemy
Roger Moore
Gyllenhaal is terrific in what is essentially a frustrating puzzle without a solution 
2
Enemy
Josh Larsen
takes a simple familiar premise and overloads it with atmospheric and existential import 
1.5
Enemy
Robert Levin
Gyllenhaal sheds any hints of movie star vanity to indulge in this mysterious existential descent into madness 
3
Enemy
Godfrey Cheshire
Villeneuve is a very self conscious artist whose estimable work descends from the European high modernist tradition of decades past 
2.5
Enemy
Geoff Pevere
Enemy operates on a level of carefully calibrated unease where the very elusiveness of motivation and logic is exploited for purposes of sustained cinematic disorientation 
3
Enemy
Stephen Whitty
Even if Enemy sometimes goes too far and in proffering any kind of internal logic never goes far enough it grips your attention from the very first scene And will haunt you long after its last 
3
Enemy
Peter Howell
Enemy slowly but surely envelops us like the web of the spider that seems to be crawling from Adam s psyche right into the real world 
3.5
Enemy
Chris Knight
Gyllenhaal does an excellent job creating two very different personas for the story But this means that when the cards are down all Enemy has in its hand is a single pair 
2
Enemy
Lou Lumenick
It doesn t add up to much of anything exciting 
1
Enemy
Jesse Cataldo
Jake Gyllenhaal embodies the two roles with real presence establishing Adam s sniveling wimp and Anthony s striding jerk as two believably discrete sides of the same coin 
2.5
Enemy
David Nusair
it s hard to deny that the film which boasts an impressively memorable final few minutes lingers in one s consciousness long after the end credits have rolled 
2.5
The Revolutionary
Roger Ebert
The Revolutionary is one of the year s best films and certainly one of the most perceptive 
4
Robot Jox
David Nusair
this is by and large irredeemably ridiculous 
1.5
James Dean
David Nusair
entertaining in a movie of the week sort of way 
2.5
Oysters at Nam Kee's
Steve Rhodes
Enjoy the one big sex scene since it is as good as the movie ever gets The movie goes downhill afterward 
2
Casting About
Robert W. Butler
Casting About is less a documentary than a lyrical tribute to women in general Strong women confident women nervous women goofy women beautiful women and just normal looking women This film adores them all 
3
Casting About
Bill Stamets
This revelatory documentary lets us see what it s like to be an actress at an audition 
3
Casting About
Ty Burr
I admired it and felt a little ground down at the same time 
2.5
Casting About
Maitland McDonagh
This film stands as a tribute to the actresses who put their hearts on the line 
3
Casting About
Nick Schager
Casting About may be a definitive account of the cinematic audition process 
3
Moving Day
Jennie Punter
In the end Moving Day wavers too much between dark and light and doesn t quite deliver the populist package Clattenburg seems to be going for 
2
Moving Day
Linda Barnard
Moving Day has some genuinely funny moments plus some oddball ones that lead to more head scratching than guffaws But as Cedric would advise just go with it 
2.5
Stateside
David Nusair
Well acted but ultimately bland 
2
Stateside
Collin Souter
It s as though the actors showed up on the set picked their lines out of a hat than spoke them in no particluar order 
1.5
Stateside
Dustin Putman
The film is a head on collision of spare parts from different genres none of which work separately or as a collective whole 
1
Stateside
Willie Waffle
The two leads don t have any chemistry especially the flat emotionless Tucker 
.5
Stateside
Jan Stuart
A genuinely affecting love story told without a trace of affect 
3
Stateside
Jack Mathews
Plays like a movie of the week 
2
Stateside
Megan Lehmann
Writer director Reverge Anselmo handles sensitive issues not with kid gloves but with a metaphorical baseball mitt fumbling with tone and obviously laboring to force quirks upon characters and situations 
1
Stateside
Bob Strauss
Quirky but involving 
3
Stateside
Robert K. Elder
A diluted scattered drama less than the sum of its parts but with an impressive cameo list 
1.5
Stateside
Roger Ebert
Stateside plays like urgent ideas for a movie which Anselmo needed to make but they re still in note form 
2
Stateside
Jeffrey Westhoff
Anselmo understands that when the situation itself is dramatic the storytelling and acting don t have to be 
3
Stateside
Christian Toto
Stateside veers toward Showgirls level camp but merely ends up being awful 
.5
Stateside
Peter Travers
Anselmo basing his script on a true story juggles more plots than a full season of The O C setting his cast adrift in a sea of soap opera bubbles 
2
Darc
Roger Moore
You can t make a decent yakuza thriller in Vancouver 
1.5
Bad Axe
Josh Larsen
A document that will gather more value with each passing year 46 46 46 
2.5
Bad Axe
Randy Myers
Bad Axe comes out the most organic showing not telling about this family of immigrants and their bonds to get through the toughest times 
4
Bad Axe
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Bad Axe s best quality is the specificity of one family trying to do the impossible in a grounded way in a precise town at a precise moment 
3
Bad Axe
Mark Dujsik
Bad Axe is an intimate portrait of a family living in the same house and trying to keep a business alive during the pandemic 46 
3
Bad Axe
G. Allen Johnson
It is not just among the finest and most important films of the year but it will stand as a valuable historical and social document of these times 
4
Bad Axe
Bob Bloom
apos Bad Axe apos covers a lot of issues 44 but at the core of the movie is the Sievs 46 Their 46 46 46 journey to fulfill 46 46 46 the American Dream is sometimes bumpy 44 but their determination and love 8212 for each other and their adopted home 8212 is 46 46 46 inspirational 46 
3.5
Bad Axe
Rob Thomas
One of the more enduring qualities of 8220 Bad Axe 8221 is that it feels uncertain and unfinished 8212 much like the town 44 and the country 44 it depicts 46 
3
Bad Axe
Brian Tallerico
The most essential film yet made about this era is David Siev 8217 s moving and triumphant Bad Axe 46 
4
Naila and the Uprising
J.R. Kinnard
Through archival footage riveting interviews with the participants and evocative animations we meet the brave women who organized rallies and educated Palestinians to be economically independent 
3.5
My Father's Glory
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Sentimental old fashioned stuff to be sure but the simplicity and physicality of Robert s film is effective mainly because it serves to put across this questionable vision 
3
My Father's Glory
Roger Ebert
My Father s Glory is the first in a series of two films that creep up on you with small moments of warmth and charm 
4
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Peter Howell
Harkema s real problem is that he doesn t know which story he wants to tell apart from taking potshots at governments religions and ideologies he opposes 
1.5
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet hopelessly misguided endeavor 
2
Tashan
Maitland McDonagh
A nutty ridiculously entertaining neo noir pastiche with lavish musical numbers 
3
Kill It and Leave This Town
William Repass
Mariusz Wilczy 324 ski s animation style strikes an unlikely balance between the childlike and the proficient 
3
In My Father's House
Tom Keogh
What s powerful and interesting about In My Father s House is the way so much goodwill and urging are tested in Che s personal life 
3
In My Father's House
Peter Keough
Though it brings limited insight to the problem of absent fathers in the black community In My Father s House tells a story of loneliness abandonment anger and joy that all can relate to 
3
In My Father's House
Mark Jenkins
In My Father s House offers lots of interesting raw material but it could use a disinterested observer s remix 
2.5
In My Father's House
Matt Pais
Has vulnerability and a few laughs But a story about reconnecting shouldn t seem so uninterested in filling in the gaps 
2.5
In My Father's House
Miriam Di Nunzio
In My Father s House could not have come at a better time 
3
In My Father's House
Kam Williams
The movie s message if any If you re a successful rap star you might want to think twice before returning to the ghetto to track down the deadbeat dad you never knew 
4
Red Dog
Burl Burlingame
Miners are telling Red Dog stories and so it s essentially a series of personal flashbacks that grow larger with the retelling exactly the way mythology gets kickstarted 
3.5
Walk Away Renee
Lou Lumenick
Produced on a far more elaborate scale than Tarnation which Caouette assembled at a cost of 213 32 on his boyfriend s laptop computer And that s mostly not a good thing 
2
Walk Away Renee
Diego Semerene
It s Jonathan Caouette s insistence in going back to his nightmarish old footage or the old footage that he purposefully renders nightmarish that seems more interesting 
2.5
Walk Away Renee
John Hartl
The catalog of horrors occasionally feels incomplete who s holding the camera in the most intimate scenes but the movie does an exceptional job of expanding on its narrow focus 
3
5ive Days to Midnight
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Defines the term anti climactic 
2
Straw Dogs
Brian Eggert
While I understand this film and welcome its message 44 it 8217 s a film that I wouldn 8217 t want to revisit 46 
2.5
Straw Dogs
Matt Brunson
Creates a disturbing mood further fueled by the picture s underlying themes 
3
Straw Dogs
Eric Melin
The questions it raises about sexual consent masculinity and humanity s penchant for violence are as urgent today as they were in 1971 
3
Straw Dogs
David Nusair
Hoffman delivers a stunning unforgettable performance 
3.5
Straw Dogs
Walter Chaw
A glimpse into the hell of our secret selves 
4
Straw Dogs
Roger Ebert
The most offensive thing about the movie is its hypocrisy it is totally committed to violence but lays on the moral outrage with a shovel 
2
Straw Dogs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Peckinpah effectively explores the levels of so called manhood and takes them to a ludicrous but ultimately exciting conclusion 
4
Straw Dogs
James Kendrick
A great and troubling masterpiece a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmaker s career 
4
Straw Dogs
Nick Schager
Straw Dogs serves as the director s blistering treatise on man s inherent animalistic impulses 
4
Miracle at Sage Creek
David Nusair
it s fairly obvious that the film has been geared almost exclusively to the family friendly crowd 
2
Rampart
Jeff Beck
What keeps the movie engaging for as long as it was is the amazing performance by two time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson 
2.5
Rampart
Roger Moore
This movie feels too undecided The movie is so intent on not being Training Day that it just isn t Training Day enough 
2.5
Rampart
Rob Thomas
When Steve Buscemi is playing a district attorney you know you re in a moral quagmire 
3.5
Rampart
John Beifuss
The incendiary dialogue as much a performer s showcase as is a jazz instrumentalist s solo is signature Ellroy 
3
Rampart
Duane Dudek
Harrelson is riveting as a man without redeeming qualities or hope of redemption being driven to madness by personal demons 
2.5
Rampart
Matt Brunson
Rampart is more of a character study than any sort of crime procedural and it s all the better for it 
3
Rampart
Moira MacDonald
It s a remarkably compelling film 
3.5
Rampart
Ann Hornaday
Rampart doesn t tell a coherent story as much as swirl the drain with Dave as his increasingly desperate efforts to save himself simply result in a cascade of self inflicted wounds 
2
Rampart
Peter Howell
This isn t your average out of control character and Harrelson has to work against a narrowly defined screenplay that is short on specifics 
3
Rampart
Chris Hewitt
Harrelson is fantastic and the movie has some great ideas but it s frustratingly unable to see them through 
2
Rampart
James Kendrick
Dave is simply put a bad man and part of the brilliance of Harrelson s performance is that he makes us feel for him anyway 
3
Rampart
Mick LaSalle
Director Oren Moverman understands that Woody Harrelson is a real actor and makes movies to prove it 
3
Rampart
Ty Burr
Something to see and little to remember an acrid character study undone by narrative implausibilities and its own lack of purpose 
2
Rampart
Matt Pais
Compelling character murky movie 
2.5
Rampart
Michael Phillips
Rampart patrols some familiar streets but this jarringly intimate study of a dirty Los Angeles cop sliding crazily down the drain has a distinctive new cliche smell pungent and alive 
3.5
Rampart
Roger Ebert
Harrelson is an ideal actor for the role Especially in tensely wound up movies like this he implies that he s looking at everything and then watching himself looking 
4
Rampart
Peter Keough
Not derivative so much as a variation on a template 
3
Rampart
Stephen Cole
Hallucinatory elliptical with dialogue as rich as chocolate cake this is the self proclaimed Demon Dog of American crime fiction at his fevered best 
3.5
Rampart
Claudia Puig
It s a testament to the direction of Oren Moverman and the script he co wrote with James Ellroy that we care what happens to such a despicable character 
3
Rampart
Mike McGranaghan
Effectively written directed and acted Rampart is a grimly fascinating portrait of a guy who swore to uphold the law but ended up staring into the abyss that is himself 
3.5
Rampart
Jake Coyle
Instead of leading toward understanding Rampart remains a dirty cop caricature more a complaint than a story 
1.5
Rampart
Phil Villarreal
A crackling potboiler with seething political undertones 
3.5
Rampart
Jordan Hiller
Thankfully the ever watchable Woody Harrelson re teamed with his The Messenger director Oren Moverman to carry what may have otherwise been relegated to late night TMC and the discount DVD racks at Duane Reade 
2
Rampart
James Berardinelli
It s a downbeat character study and for the most part it executes that aspect adequately 
2.5
Rampart
Rex Reed
An unnerving warts and all portrait of a man staggering around in circles of arrogant self deception 
2.5
Rampart
Kyle Smith
It takes on a throbbing sick monotone This isn t a concert it s a bass guitar solo all thumping blackness 
2
Rampart
Stephen Whitty
Rampart has nothing but great performances particularly Harrelson s brutally vulgar violent one as Dave Brown And it gets more of Ellroy s world on screen than any other adaptation 
2.5
Rampart
Glenn Heath Jr.
If Robert Altman had made a cop drama it might have looked and sounded like Rampart 
3
Rampart
David Nusair
a progressively unpleasant piece of work 
2
The Wild Pear Tree
Mattie Lucas
A nervy jittery restless work from a filmmaker determined to never stop probing reflecting and seeking answers 
3.5
The Wild Pear Tree
Ty Burr
The Wild Pear Tree wends its patient intelligent way toward a rapprochement between the generations an acceptance of the past and the land and a weary wising up of its central figure 
3.5
Another Earth
Brian Eggert
The film spoils a compelling idea by treating the subject like a hypothetical 44 instead of a device that brings the protagonist 8217 s world crashing down 46 
2
Another Earth
Roger Moore
The wildly improbable set up is merely the jumping off point for an exploration of grief guilt and redemption
3
Another Earth
Eric Melin
The way the sci fi aspect is always in the background may make you try to second guess the script but the ending works mostly because its as underplayed as the rest of the movie 
3
Another Earth
Rob Thomas
Mike Cahill keeps the science fiction elements of his film hanging in the background much like that other Earth But they exude a strong gravitational pull nonetheless 
3
Another Earth
Camerin Courtney
The film stayed with me for a bit and I liked that The movie makes you think about what is about what could have been about what could be 
2.5
Another Earth
John Beifuss
The science fiction context is something of a red herring but at least the film demonstrates that shoegazing and stargazing aren t incompatible impulses 
2.5
Another Earth
Lori Hoffman
The sci fi element is really just a clever bit of window dressing surrounding the drama of whether these two people can survive a relationship built on pain and deceit 
3
Another Earth
Matt Brunson
In one of those cinematic chicken or the egg conundrums viewers are left to wonder what came first to the folks who wrote Another Earth a storyline that led to a Twilight Zone ish ending or a Twilight Zone ish ending that led to the story preceding it 
2
Another Earth
Lawrence Toppman
Marling s low key performance anchors the film She s in virtually every scene and her face which looks stunning or plain from different angles is always expressive though she says little 
3
Another Earth
Loey Lockerby
A moving intimate story of loss and second chances 
3
Another Earth
Mike Scott
A cerebral slow play drama built around mood and heartfelt performances In other words No robots no plasma cannons no Jar Jar 
3
Another Earth
Rene Rodriguez
Ambitious but ridiculous 
2
Another Earth
Joe Williams
I was hoping that everyone involved would get hit by an asteroid 
2
Another Earth
Graham Killeen
In space no one can hear you scream but in Another Earth no one can hear you mumble 
2
Another Earth
James Kendrick
proves to be quite adept at conveying surprising depth with a visual minimalism that suits the film s relatively low budget independent origins
3
Another Earth
Alison Gang
This Sundance hit is really about the universe within our own minds whether it s the prisons of guilt we lock ourselves in or the fantasies we construct to escape 
3
Another Earth
Chris Hewitt
Pretentious twaddle that s tough to sit through but does provoke thought 
1.5
Another Earth
Moira MacDonald
It s a film that brims with talent and ideas it stays with you for a while after you watch it like the way a shadow lingers on a now quiet road 
3
Another Earth
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable indie that benefits from the stellar efforts of its stars 
2.5
Another Earth
Dave McGinn
The metaphysics function as a metaphor in what s an affecting if slow moving drama about having to live with the choices we make and our need to find redemption 
3
Another Earth
Peter Howell
It s one of the year s best indie releases 
3
Another Earth
Michael O'Sullivan
There are a number of astronomical impossibilities here What about gravity What s orbiting what And where exactly did it come from 
2
Another Earth
Dustin Putman
The film finally locates a certain solace a propensity for hope and empathy In finding someone else it finds itself 
3
Another Earth
Steven Rea
One of the smart effective things about Another Earth is that it treats the discovery of a parallel planet in excuse the pun a down to earth manner 
3
Another Earth
Ty Burr
Another Earth is being sold as an indie sci fi drama but that does both the movie and its proper audience a disservice This muted story of atonement forgiveness and parallel universes is more of an extended metaphor 
2.5
Another Earth
Matt Pais
A shattering exploration of what we can stand and what we re ready to discover No American film has wrecked me as much this year 
4
Another Earth
Peter Keough
Cahill and Marling demonstrate a knack for detail and twisted psychology and had they been satisfied with one planet this might have been a more impressive effort 
2.5
Another Earth
Roger Ebert
This is no less than a meditation on the infinite possible variations that a human life can take 
3.5
Another Earth
Stephen Whitty
Eventually the film reaches the point anyone could see it was heading toward then blunts it by ignoring one big question and introducing another just for the sake of a twist And then it ends as abruptly as it began 
2
Another Earth
Lou Lumenick
Even with a clever final twist straight out of The Twilight Zone this crummy looking two hander is a tough sit 
2
Another Earth
Claudia Puig
Another Earth is one of the most low tech low budget scaled down and engrossing sci fi movies ever to hit theaters 
3.5
Another Earth
Peter Travers
Another Earth offers imagination and provocation to spare 
3
Nine Days
Chase Hutchinson
For a first time filmmaker to create so much profound beauty with such a humble story is an outstanding triumph of cinema 46 
4
Nine Days
Lisa Trifone
Between Oda s sensitive directing and Duke s nuanced emoting Nine Days wrangles some very large notions into something surprisingly relatable 
3.5
Nine Days
Robert Horton
The film s pre ordained design and the hopelessly sentimental climax left me unmoved 
2
Nine Days
Mark Meszoros
For as entrancing as Oda s unusual examination of the human condition is much of the time it also can be distracting in its construction and ultimately may leave you feeling it should have had more to say 
2.5
Nine Days
Josh Larsen
a pensive existential thought experiment that blossoms into something cinematic 
3
Nine Days
Richard Roeper
The rewards are great for viewers who can go with the movie s bold concept 
3
Nine Days
Cate Marquis
Nine Days offers an intriguing premise to explore human life featuring impressive acting performance skillful direction and striking photography all woven into an affecting thought provoking drama in an impressive directorial debut 
3.5
Nine Days
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating premise for a film and first time feature filmmaker Edson Oda guides Nine Days with a quiet sense of restraint anchored by Winston Duke s stoic performance 
3
Nine Days
Jeff Mitchell
Yes spend two hours to experience Nine Days a beautifully crafted deeply thoughtful film 
3.5
Nine Days
Rob Thomas
A man sits alone in a house watching TV From this ordinary image springs Nine Days one of the most extraordinary and moving films of the year 
3.5
Nine Days
Michael O'Sullivan
Oda making an auspicious feature debut has devised a deliberately stagy yet surprisingly effective device to make his point Life should not be taken for granted 
3
Nine Days
Kevin Carr
It gives you an opportunity to contemplate the meaning of life This movie is supposed to get you to think about something greater than just mere existence 
3
Nine Days
James Berardinelli
Although interesting in many aspects Nine Days is as often frustrating as it is compelling and the denouement feels forced 
2.5
Nine Days
Roger Moore
Made me feel nothing save for the passing of time 
2
Nine Days
Randy Myers
Oda s feature is observant and wise and humane filmed and acted with impeccable care and poise and the cinematography perfectly compliments its story 
4
Nine Days
Michael Phillips
It is very very difficult for a specialty film of real quality to find the audience it deserves especially now This is one of them 
3.5
Nine Days
Bob Strauss
There s no shame in being moved by any or all of Nine Days At the very least it marks the arrival of a filmmaker with great potential 
2.5
Nine Days
Katie Walsh
By withholding easy resolutions or platitudes Oda allows Nine Days to be a vessel through which viewers can fundamentally wrestle with themselves about what it means to live life and what it means to witness life on screen and in the moment 
3.5
Nine Days
Sheila O'Malley
Oda s touch is extremely controlled and the actors are so connected to what they are doing that the film doesn t feel manipulative The catharsis when it comes is exhilarating 
3.5
Nine Days
Mike McGranaghan
You have to admire any story willing to grapple with big ideas about life the way this one does 
3
Nine Days
Mark Dujsik
This is a film of subtle and specific power an allegorical fantasy that transcends both allegory and fantasy 
4
Nine Days
Pamela Powell
Writer and director Edson Oda takes a chance with this one and while it misses a few notes the premise a great companion piece to Pixar s Soul will make you look within and wonder why you are the way you are 
2.5
Nine Days
Wes Greene
Writer director Edson Oda never really puts a unique spin on the familiar story of otherworldly figures peering in on the lives of the living 
2
Nine Days
Sean P. Means
Oda has created an endlessly inventive movie one that embeds the great philosophical question about what a human being is into a wealth of thoughtful visual signals 
4
Lovers and Leavers
Steve Rhodes
A terminally bland film that its likeable lead Minna Haapkyl can t save 
2
Household Saints
Roger Ebert
This warm hearted jewel of a movie was directed by Nancy Savoca whose previous films are True Love and Dogfight which also starred the priceless Lili Taylor She treasures eccentricity in people 
4
The Bucket List
Matt Brunson
A lazy and condescending package from top to bottom 
1.5
The Bucket List
Mike Scott
A modestly uplifting and at times poignant buddy comedy that manages to make the most of the worst of situations 
2.5
The Bucket List
David Nusair
a hopelessly uneven endeavor that s ultimately felled by a lamentable emphasis on heavy handed bursts of schmaltziness 
2.5
The Bucket List
Austin Kennedy
This movie has the same level of false mediocre level of entertainment as the movie WILD HOGS If you liked that one then you might like this But I despise both 
1.5
The Bucket List
Rossiter Drake
The Bucket List begins with a bleak unsparing glimpse into the unraveling lives of two terminal cancer patients and ends in unblushing sentimentality 
2.5
The Bucket List
Linda Cook
The Bucket List pales in comparison to the talents of its stars 
2.5
The Bucket List
Jeffrey Westhoff
When actors as great as Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman can t make dialogue sound natural you know the script is a stinkeroo 
1.5
The Bucket List
Sean P. Means
Even the stellar pairing of Nicholson and Freeman yields few sparks 
2
The Bucket List
Michael A. Smith
Adam and Eve Lennon and McCartney The Captain and Tenille Just a few duos that managed to make a little magic when they got together And now for you re viewing pleasure may I add the celebrated team of Jack and Morgan 
3.5
The Bucket List
Vince Koehler
An endearing film that will bring you to tears and have you cherishing every relationship and day you have 
4
The Bucket List
Nick Rogers
Calling it Rob Reiner s best film in 12 years doesn t mean much Remember Alex Emma Still this is a modestly entertaining Hollywood fairytale of facing death head on Its occasionally leaden story gets light familiar notes from two legends 
2.5
The Bucket List
Mike McGranaghan
The Bucket List doesn t want to be about reality Instead it s about a fantasy version of illness and death in which those things have no repercussions except to sanctify the dying 
1.5
The Bucket List
Ross Anthony
Yes it s a bit syrupy but you only live once and I like lots of syrup with my pancakes May you all live like you were dyin and laugh so hard you cry 
3.5
The Bucket List
Christian Toto
Director Rob Reiner continues his creative free fall with this flawed one note List 
2
The Bucket List
Derek Smith
The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair 
3.5
The Bucket List
Larry Ratliff
Much of The Bucket List plays like the male version of Thelma Louise a manic silly damn the torpedoes ride to life s nearest cliff 
2.5
The Bucket List
John Beifuss
That Morgan Freeman is one narratin son of a gun 
0.5
The Bucket List
Gary Brown
The Bucket List is an entertaining romp 
3.5
The Bucket List
John Wirt
This bucket s got a hole in it 
1
The Bucket List
Ted Fry
The Bucket List s craft is as impeccable as moviemaking technique and computer tricks can be But boiled into a formula that is sometimes cloying and sweet the movie is nonetheless a lazy low grade product 
1.5
The Bucket List
Mick LaSalle
The movie is caught in the crossfire of its two missions to celebrate the universal things that really matter in life friendship family and to celebrate what it means to live like Jack Nicholson 
2
The Bucket List
Carla Meyer
The film lacks much zest or narrative drive essentials for a movie about appreciating the time one has left 
2.5
The Bucket List
Cathy Jakicic
An above average movie elevated partly by the performances of two acting powerhouses but mostly by the chemistry created by their pairing 
2.5
The Bucket List
Connie Ogle
Cheap and flimsy 
2
The Bucket List
Glenn Whipp
Freeman and Nicholson elevate Reiner s film with their presence and intelligence making The Bucket List a relatively painless TV movie nothing you need to see before you die but not causing any long lasting malady either 
2.5
The Bucket List
Robert W. Butler
Nicholson and Freeman are consummate professionals and their dance of liking and loathing generates some good laughs and if youâ TM re inclined toward emotional displays even a few tears 
2.5
The Bucket List
Amy Biancolli
Not every film about death needs a bald Swede and a game of chess Sometimes the sky diving s enough 
2.5
The Bucket List
Jeff Vice
Director Rob Reiner and screenwriter Justin Zackham s tale gets a little too caught up in the various shenanigans Edward and Carter get into 
2
The Bucket List
Lisa Kennedy
Watching Nicholson and Freeman on the same screen and their characters Edward and Carter embarking on a sojourn of discovery is hard to resist 
3
The Bucket List
Sid Smith
A manipulative look at dying with dignity and a lame yarn about as realistic as the fantasy in The Princess Bride 
2
The Bucket List
Roger Ebert
I urgently advise hospitals Do not make the DVD available to your patients there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens 
1
The Bucket List
Josh Rosenblatt
It s safety first adventuring and safety first filmmaking both of which should be mortal sins 
1.5
The Bucket List
Wesley Morris
It s impossible to mistake the movie for inspired 
2
The Bucket List
Sara Michelle Fetters
The picture is as saccharine as it is obvious the sanctimonious clichés dripping from Justin Zackham s script so unrelentingly noxious they should probably offer gas masks to anyone unlucky enough to enter the theater 
2
The Bucket List
Daniel M. Kimmel
Cynics who hate life affirming films and moviegoers who would just as soon not see movies about fatal diseases can give this a pass 
3
The Bucket List
Willie Waffle
enjoyable for the most part and touching in others but nothing surprising or groundbreaking 
2.5
The Bucket List
Steve Rhodes
A warning is in order You may leave the theater with a guilty conscious having hoped that both of them would just go ahead and die in order to put you out of your misery 
2
The Bucket List
Carrie Rickey
Nothing wrong about a movie that says Stop and smell the roses Now if only director Rob Reiner hadn t rubbed our noses in a bouquet of plastic blooms 
2
The Bucket List
Lawrence Toppman
The leads who were born six weeks apart in 1937 have remarkable hare and tortoise chemistry 
3
The Bucket List
Phil Villarreal
The Bucket List isn t so amazing that a viewing deserves a spot on your own bucket list but at least it s safer than skydiving 
3
The Bucket List
Josh Larsen
There is only one way this could possibly have been entertaining if Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman had switched roles 
2
The Bucket List
Sean McBride
I hope that I get to see many more movies as enjoyable as The Bucket List before I kick my bucket and head for that great multiplex in the sky 
2.5
The Bucket List
Jeanne Aufmuth
Even the one two punch of A list heavyweights Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman can t save this terminal tearjerker from itself 
1
The Bucket List
Kam Williams
A feelgood end of life flick that manages to overcome its sobering subject matter and somehow buoy the spirit 
3
The Bucket List
Russ Breimeier
Strikes a nice balance between comedy and drama favoring humor and poignant conversations over weepy developments 
3.5
The Bucket List
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Bittersweet dramedy approaches death with humor 
3
The Bucket List
Claudia Puig
It s superficial manipulative and schmaltzy 
1.5
The Bucket List
Maitland McDonagh
Crises are weathered and lessons are learned en route to a painfully predictable conclusion 
1
The Bucket List
Peter Howell
All involved in this tepid excuse for feel good entertainment seem to have checked out long before the faint pulse died 
2
The Bucket List
Jack Mathews
Despite some emotional dips and a see it to believe it load of schmaltz at the end The Bucket List is mostly a joy ride with good company and the actors obviously were having a high time on their traveling boondoggle 
2.5
The Bucket List
Kyle Smith
The eternal human struggle for answers is an unusually resonant chord for a big budget studio movie to strike 
3.5
The Bucket List
Rick Groen
Apparently plowing through this much treacle is enough to gum up any mortal coil 
2
The Bucket List
James Berardinelli
Frank Capra would have been at home here 
3
The Bucket List
Erik Childress
Justin Zackham s screenplay should be the first to be banned from writing classes everywhere let alone hospitals and support groups 
0
The Bucket List
Dustin Putman
Nicholson and Freeman are a dynamite onscreen team the power of their characters friendship lending appropriate weight and gravitas to the proceedings 
3
The Bucket List
Aaron Hillis
This terminally ill terminally awful dramedy marks a sad cinematic milestone The Bucket List is the first film in history to feature a truly wretched Nicholson performance and we re not talking about the character he plays 
1
The Bucket List
Jeffrey M. Anderson
it s all fairly routine but the enormous skill and presence of these two actors as well as their excellent chemistry goes a long way towards making a reasonable entertainment 
2.5
The Bucket List
Jan Stuart
The Bucket List never ascends from the bowels of tearjerk formula and audience pandering to a redemptive place of truth and art 
1.5
The Bucket List
Eric Henderson
Rob Reiner s films have always aimed for a heartwarming effect and more frequently resulted in heartworm 
.5
Heidi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s depressing material but Temple s universal warmth and appeal as well as Dwan s skill make it work 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Michael Dequina
The developments are not so much shocking than bewilderingly confusing 
1
Stranger Than Fiction
Linda Cook
Sweetly funny and thought provoking Stranger Than Fiction truly isn t a Will Ferrell movie 
3.5
Cult of the Suicide Bomber 2
Ken Fox
Former CIA agent Robert Baer whose memoir See No Evil was the basis for the 2005 Academy Award winning film Syriana narrates this chilling expose of that most terrifying of modern terrorists the suicide bomber 
3.5
Cult of the Suicide Bomber 2
Kyle Smith
A fascinating history of how blowing yourself up became a popular hobby in the Muslim world 
3
Cult of the Suicide Bomber 2
Elizabeth Weitzman
Narrator Robert Baer tries to understand why humans would give up their lives to take those of others and he s gained remarkable access to those at the center of this ideology 
3
Cult of the Suicide Bomber 2
John Anderson
Robert Baer s Tocquevillean tour is a spare but indispensable political cultural expos of a country and region poised to play an increasing and increasingly troubling role in the history of our own 
3.5
Cult of the Suicide Bomber 2
Nick Schager
Baer dutifully outlines the tactic s 30 year evolution from a battlefield weapon of war to a civilian targeting chaos seeking weapon of terror 
3
Sex and Broadcasting
Roger Moore
Engaging almost nostalgic look at the greatest of those free form radio relics of the 1960s WFMU and the oddballs who have run it 
2.5
Sweet Nothing
Roger Ebert
Imperioli doesn t fall for the actor s temptation of making too many emotional choices he understands that many of Angel s problems are very simple He wants to use more drugs than he can afford 
3
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
John Hartl
Much of Force of Nature feels familiar and unnecessarily predigested 
2
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Kalvin Henely
At best Force of Nature restates an important message to a wider audience 
2.5
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Geoff Pevere
A lavish lovely and rather earnestly dull tribute of a movie 
2
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Guy Dixon
As with all great speeches this one is ultimately not just about the speaker but the lasting power of the ideas he conveys 
4
Unfaithfully Yours
Brian Eggert
In the last great film by Preston Sturges the writer director s signature wit and slapstick come together with an hysterical sense of the macabre forming a comedy far ahead of its time 
4
The Blonds
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s won significant acclaim and recognition in Argentina even though it refuses to offer the comfort and certainty of a conventional documentary something that has alienated part of the mainstream press 
3
The Blonds
David Sterritt
What distinguishes the movie is its inventive multifaceted way of questioning whether the truth of past events can ever be separated from the memories longings and scanty evidence that inextricably surrounds it 
4
The Blonds
Joe McGovern
Magnanimous yet slapdash The Blonds records Carri s effort to satiate her and her nation s parentless identity 
2
2015 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Dan Schindel
I have no idea how some of these are Oscar nominees 
2.5
Marrying the Mafia
G. Allen Johnson
It s a comedy that tries too hard to be funny therefore it isn t It has a plot that tries too hard to be crazy and off the wall so it isn t that either 
1.5
Marrying the Mafia
Tom Keogh
An engaging romantic farce with classic screwball overtones offset by particularly vicious scenes of gangland violence 
3
Unspeakable
Walter Chaw
A sad vanity piece 
0
Unspeakable
David Nusair
It s incredible that Unspeakable features a fairly impressive cast given how completely and utterly bad it is irredeemable on virtually every level 
.5
To the Stars
Jeff York
It tries for scale and scope striving to say profound things about sexism commenting as much about today s times as those of the film s period A lot of it rings true but it is done with a heavy hand 
2
To the Stars
Joey Magidson
Liana Liberato is very good here but the film wraps up in such an unsatisfying way that you can t help but feel a bit let down in the end 
2.5
To the Stars
Steven Prokopy
From a screenplay by Shannon Bradley Colleary there isn t much in the way of story in To the Stars and that isn t a bad thing
3
To the Stars
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A stirring coming of age story 
3
To the Stars
Tomris Laffly
There is an undeniable earnestness to this modest period effort that prioritizes misunderstood women and female friendships 
2.5
To the Stars
Mark Dujsik
To the Stars may tell an obvious story That doesn t matter though when the story is told with such compassion for its characters 
3
To the Stars
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though sometimes rough in its lurch towards meaning the movie mostly succeeds slowly revealing details of characters lives until something completely unexpected happens 
3
To the Stars
James Berardinelli
The plot contortions during the final 20 minutes feel rushed poorly motivated and leave the viewer not with the blossom of hope that the filmmakers intend but with a sense of incompleteness 
2.5
To the Stars
Mike McGranaghan
This tender coming of age drama is a gem 
3
To the Stars
Sean P. Means
Tenderly rendered but with a powerful impact director Martha Stephens coming of age drama To the Stars is a luminous tale of teen girls discovering themselves on the harsh prairies of Oklahoma 
3.5
Chronic
Claudia Puig
The daily care of the terminally ill is portrayed powerfully in the low key and clear eyed Chronic Full review in Japanese 
3
Chronic
Glenn Kenny
Tim Roth gives a career high performance in this meticulous disturbing film 
3
Chronic
Christopher Gray
A dour and withholding character study Michel Franco s film invites more questions than it s willing to answer 
2
Chronic
Gonzalo Lira Galván
Michel Franco s third film demonstrates that he s a touching and world class director Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Kent Turner
The original script inspired by the Victor Hugo poem How Good Are the Poor hooks the viewer indifference is impossible 
3
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Kate Taylor
Like the characters themselves the performances are highly sympathetic but the film remains a social debate in the great 19th century tradition 
3
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Linda Barnard
A memorable film to warm a winter heart 
3.5
Magic Mike
Brian Eggert
As always 44 Soderbergh 8217 s treatment manages to make familiar material into something that surprises us when we realize how emotionally involved we 8217 ve become 46 
3
Magic Mike
Mike McGranaghan
Steven Soderbergh has made a movie that works as both intimate character study and party film 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Nick Rogers
As in any fable there are spires towers and moats and it s a spellbinding saga a macabre dance choreographed by its romance s throbbing heart Mathilde and Manech s love left its mark in many places so why not the grungiest and war torn 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Linda Cook
As lovely to look at it as it is heart wrenching A Very Long Engagement is one of the best films of 2004 
4
A Very Long Engagement
Jon Niccum
one very imaginative boring movie
2
A Very Long Engagement
John Beifuss
For all their magical and mystical moments Jeunet s films are suffocatingly literal his ever mobile camera leaves no empty spaces for the viewer s imagination to inhabit 
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
Matt Brunson
A different kind of epic with a light touch and an offbeat attitude that strip the story of much of its gravitas and instead replace it with a freewheeling flippancy 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Forrest Hartman
A mature yet original work that is powerful emotionally intellectually and visually 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a beautiful accomplishment even if it s not the triumph that Amelie is 
3
A Very Long Engagement
David N. Butterworth
The director and star of Amlie Jean Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou reunite for this grimmer grimier but no less magnificent moviegoing experience 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Marty Mapes
Visual adept but long and tedious
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
Sean P. Means
In the rough magic of A Very Long Engagement even the strangest events seem perfectly logical and emotionally true 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Peter Canavese
When Jeunet attempts to achieve dramatic heft with no commensurate change in style he falls distressingly short 
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
Joe Baltake
War it says is what separates love from hate life from death and the beautiful from the ugly and Jeunet s film says it with great invention and artistry 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Duane Dudek
The ideas and images Engagement uses to express itself indirectly are deeply felt 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Rene Rodriguez
There s only so much candy the eye can consume before nausea sets in 
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
Robert W. Butler
While A Very Long Engagement lacks Amelie s impish charm it gives Jeunet even more emotional colors to play with And his handling of the film s technical aspects is little short of staggering 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Terry Lawson
The comic dramatic divide of A Very Long Engagement is difficult to traverse much less conquer It s simply hard to be charmed with all those corpses scattered about 
2
A Very Long Engagement
Jeff Vice
If you are among those feeling starved for an epic romance this engaging touching drama comedy mystery fills the bill 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Phil Villarreal
In different hands the story of Mathilde would play as solemn or tedious but Jeunet peppers the script with moments of light heart achy humor 
4
A Very Long Engagement
Chris Hewitt
A beautiful movie 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Phoebe Flowers
A breathtaking love story that never wallows too long in its own sweetness A Very Long Engagement is firmly in touch with its dark side 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Eric Harrison
The overall assemblage is shaky but grand 
3
A Very Long Engagement
James Verniere
Another chapter in one of modern filmmaking s most fruitful collaborations 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
J. R. Jones
What they cut from the novel doesn t cause as many problems as what they add which is often too bizarre or too whimsical for a story about death 
2
A Very Long Engagement
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeunet finds places for his carefree charm while exposing the horror and uselessness of war 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Mike Clark
This is a long movie that almost wears out its 2 1 4 hour welcome yet it s full of surprises 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Moira MacDonald
A Very Long Engagement works on its own terms as a showcase for Tautou and as a reminder of the kind of beauty that movies at their best can show us 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Ruthe Stein
A Very Long Engagement leaves you feeling stuffed but satisfied like after a very long tasty meal 
4
A Very Long Engagement
David Elliott
The film sabotages itself conceptually and is too busy flashing its gaudy wares to quite tell a story 
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
Steven Rea
A Very Long Engagement probably has too many elements and too many characters for its own good But its heart like its heroine s is in the right place 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Rick Groen
A Very Long Engagement is certainly long and not always engaging and comes with a predictably basic ending yet there are unexpected pleasures moments of beauty and tiny pockets of joy to sustain you through the journey 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Michael Booth
A Very Long Engagement gets better with each half hour and by the end has painted a moving portrait of hope determination tragedy and loss 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Roger Ebert
A film that is a series of pleasures stumbling over one another in their haste to delight us 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Ty Burr
You probably need a score card to keep track of everybody but that s one of the pleasures of Jeunet s film and it s also inextricable from his larger point that war dehumanizes but people re humanize 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Michael Wilmington
Jeunet strikes a giddy balance between comedy and terror romance and incandescent action between the demands of his huge canvas and his intimate emotional subject 
4
A Very Long Engagement
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a marvelous film and one I hope to find engaging for a very long time 
4
A Very Long Engagement
Glenn Kenny
An epic treatment of epic themes that doesn t soft soap its audience but at the same time provides a terrifically satisfying entertainment 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Jeffrey Overstreet
Watching it feels like going to an amusement park in the middle of a war zone during a battle But there s a whole library of stunningly beautiful images 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Emily Blunt
A Very Long Engagement is an inspired romantic yarn 
4
A Very Long Engagement
Glenn Whipp
Ultimately Jeunet s stylistic excesses get the best of him here making the film an experience that feels uncomfortably like its title 
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
Timothy Knight
This ravishing archetypal romance has such vitality and incandescent charm that it all comes together beautifully without ever degenerating into kitsch 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Lou Lumenick
The novelty of the setting and the Hollywood style lavishness of the production go a long way toward justifying sitting through this very long movie 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Walter Chaw
So well made that the horrors of trench warfare have all the impact of a beautifully dressed slightly morbid department store window 
2.5
A Very Long Engagement
David Sterritt
The drama is well crafted and sometimes touching 
3
A Very Long Engagement
James Berardinelli
Starts slowly but builds to a satisfying conclusion 
3
A Very Long Engagement
Erik Childress
Combining the uncompromised bloody horror of war with the aftermath mystery of a heroine just trying to find the boy she loves Yes it s the anti Cold Mountain 
4
A Very Long Engagement
Peter Travers
An emotional powerhouse 
3.5
A Very Long Engagement
Nick Schager
Enjoying the film depends on how much one can stand visionary carnival barker Jean Pierre Jeunet s brand of impatiently imaginative aggressively artificial filmmaking 
1.5
A Very Long Engagement
Steve Rhodes
Like an average looking guy who drives a stunning fire engine red Ferrari the movie s incredibly gorgeous visuals makes the story feel almost superfluous 
3
Tai Chi Zero
Tom Meek
A love triangle and some Steampunk machinery add interest and Fung s spunky inventiveness makes this worth seeing 
2.5
Tai Chi Zero
Jason Buchanan
An energetic martial arts romp with a stylish steampunk twist Tai Chi 0 assaults the viewer with frenetic fight scenes audacious video game inspired graphics and nearly enough goofball humor to have it qualify as a comedy 
3
Tai Chi Zero
V.A. Musetto
Tai Chi Zero is loads of fun to watch especially a battle in which watermelons bananas and other fruits and veggies serve as flying weapons 
3
Tai Chi Zero
Michael O'Sullivan
A martial arts adventure with more video game and comic book DNA than the traditional kung fu flick Tai Chi Zero is good if empty headed fun 
2
Tai Chi Zero
Linda Barnard
Exhausting to watch Tai Chi Zero is all flash and little substance 
2
Tai Chi Zero
Soren Andersen
Zero is the first part of a trilogy Part two titled Tai Chi Hero is due in January The legend is off to a promising start 
2.5
Tai Chi Zero
Steve Macfarlane
Essentially a live action anime it sweats rivulets of Tarantino era digital anxiety from all pores every kick punch pan and zoom exaggerated for maximum impact 
2
Tai Chi Zero
Tirdad Derakhshani
Tai Chi Zero the first film in a planned trilogy will leave hard core fight enthusiasts wanting But it s a droll pleasant diversion all the same 
2.5
Tai Chi Zero
Ty Burr
For all its playfulness and cameo one shots Lung Siu lung 70s kung fu superstar Fung s film represents a thundering dead end 
2
Blood and Black Lace
David Nusair
a disappointingly erratic misfire from a terminally lackluster filmmaker 
2
Blood and Black Lace
Matt Brunson
While there would be better giallo films arriving in later years the postmark on this one makes it essential viewing 
2.5
Blood and Black Lace
Walter Chaw
Part painting part tango the picture is meticulous depravity and rapture from its Mod fab tableaux vivant opening credits through to its escalating abomination 
4
Blood and Black Lace
Fernando F. Croce
The dummies here reflect a society s ruthless commoditization of the body and flesh 
4
Blood and Black Lace
James Kendrick
a complex murder mystery raised to a higher level through artistry and innovation
3
Fantasy Football
Roger Moore
Everybody involved puts a cheerful face on things and makes this kids 8217 film endurable 44 if not quite passable entertainment 46 
1.5
Sans Soleil
James Berardinelli
Belongs in the love it or hate it category of pretentious twaddle 
2
Sans Soleil
Mattie Lucas
Filters its ruminations through the prism of memory both hazily distant and fiercely modern 
3.5
Sans Soleil
Eric Melin
It challenges you to look at images with multiple contexts and ponder differing perspectives which is really what film is all about in the end 
3.5
Sans Soleil
Jonathan Curiel
Unforgettable movie 
3
Sans Soleil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sans Soleil makes up a tapestry of memories that questions the entire nature of memory while celebrating that of cinema 
4
Around the World in 80 Days
James Berardinelli
With its lazy somnambulant pace and endless stream of cameos Around the World in 80 Days seems to be unfolding in real time 
2.5
Around the World in 80 Days
Austin Kennedy
Michael Anderson s direction couldn t be more unimaginative and flat A movie like this should be swimming in creative whimsy and a sense of wonder There s nothing of that sort here 
1
Around the World in 80 Days
Wesley Lovell
An amusing trip around the world in a style befitting Jules Verne Around the World in 80 Days lives up to its hype as a massive glossy epic 
3
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Szymanski
Not only the beginning of cameos this was also the beginning of large flashy special effects ladden spectacles that did more for the dazzling of the eye than it did for the mind 
2
Around the World in 80 Days
Scott Nash
It was definitely one of the biggest event films of the 1950s but the decade produced many smaller films that were much more entertaining and that have aged better 
3
Exhibition on Screen: Cézanne - Portraits of a Life
Mark Feeney
It s the paintings that matter and the paintings are magnificent 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
Brian Eggert
The director s most emotionally confronting picture 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Federico Furzan
Kubrick s last film has aged very well Its depiction of honesty within a high class marriage and the consequences is as valid as it is dangerous Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
John Hartl
It s as rich and strange and riveting as any journey he s taken us on yet it s also familiar in a disquieting way 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Jack Mathews
The film does have that advertised haunting quality and at least one performance from Kidman in a supporting but vital role that s as good as any we re likely to see this year 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
Steven Rea
Long and dull despite the sumptuous production design and light shimmering photography and the orgy 
2
Eyes Wide Shut
Ann Hornaday
The result doesn t begin to live up to such pomp indeed it is so deliberately paced and so strangely devoid of emotional stakes that maybe it proves that too much control isn t such a good thing 
1.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Matt Soergel
The whole of it isn t much but the parts are sometimes splendid Kubrick was messing with our minds as always 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
David Nusair
suffers from an opening half hour that s simply not all that engrossing 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
Joe Leydon
And you can t help thinking that somewhere beyond the grave the most cerebral of celebrity filmmakers is enjoying the most satisfying of last laughs
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Jeremiah Kipp
Misunderstood as a psychosexual thriller Stanley Kubrick s final film is actually more of an acidic comedy about how Tom Cruise fails to get laid 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Joe Lozito
In the end it is unclear what Mr Kubrick was attempting to convey with Eyes Wide Shut 
2.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Maitland McDonagh
No one familiar with the cold precision of Kubrick s work will be surprised that this isn t the steamy erotic thriller a synopsis or the ads might suggest 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Jim Shelby
There is a lot of frustrating rough going in this supremely controlled and visually enticing enterprise Still it is Kubrick and confused intensity from this director is a better bet than nearly anyone else s best work 
2.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Bob Graham
Well I ll be damned A sex movie this summer for grown ups 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
Liam Lacey
Kubrick s final hypnotic meticulously crafted film hangs on something as commonplace as a husband s confession of his strange desires 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Jeremy Heilman
It s one of the few true masterpieces of the 90 s even if it took me a third viewing to realize just how phenomenal it was 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Bill Chambers
Eyes Wide Shut is a fitting coda to a career that engaged and puzzled always and simultaneously 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
James Kendrick
an utterly absorbing nightmare of a film a precise director s evocation of a waking dream punctuated with uncharacteristic humanity and a surprisingly optimistic ending 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
David Keyes
Eyes Wide Shut is an extraordinary exhilarating haunting masterwork an important final destination for the journey of one of cinema s most beloved directors 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Mike Clark
A precisely modulated and mostly mesmerizing 2 3 4 hour suspense movie 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Susan Stark
Profound intimate provocative richly ambiguous and spiked with sudden or sustained bursts of deeply knowing humor 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eyes Wide Shut represents a major artistic advancement in the career of Stanley Kubrick 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Rod Dreher
Quite good in parts and always dazzling to the eye but a letdown all the same 
2.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Robert Payne
Kubrick fans would do wisely to sit back take a deep breath and just appreciate Eyes Wide Shut for what the film is a departed master s final gift We will never see the likes of it again 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
Eugene Novikov
Eyes Wide Shut isn t the masterpiece many were hoping to see in Stanley Kubrick s final film but it is an impressive achievement a mesmerizing haunting adult psychodrama 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Roger Ebert
For adult audiences it creates a mesmerizing daydream of sexual fantasy 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is personal filmmaking as well as dream poetry of the kind most movie commerce has ground underfoot and if a better studio release comes along this year I ll be flabbergasted 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Dustin Putman
Slowly but surely wrapped around me and put me under its rapturous spell 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Ross Anthony
I heard that some people liked this film I was not one of them 
1
Eyes Wide Shut
Michael Wilmington
Watching Eyes Wide Shut is a thrilling experience not just because of the unmasked sexuality and hair raising suspense but because of Kubrick s passion and control 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Jeff Vice
Only a director like the late great Stanley Kubrick could make an erotic thriller that s more likely to creep out audiences than titillate them 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
David N. Butterworth
Kubrick alas should have quit while he was ahead 
1.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Madeleine Williams
The coda to Kubrick s career has some delightfully Kubrickian moments but not enough to fill this shallow shell of a movie 
2.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Mike McGranaghan
A failed effort from that great director a movie that has lots of admirable technical elements and performances yet not enough conviction to make it fully stir the loins or the brain 
2
Eyes Wide Shut
Cornell & Petricelli
To us Eyes Wide Shut brought great disappointment 
2
Eyes Wide Shut
Steve Rhodes
The best filmmakers provide the best questions not the easiest answers 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
David Sterritt
Brilliantly filmed in his usual transfixing style Kubrick s last movie pleads for alertness to the temptations that assail human nature from within and without 
3
Eyes Wide Shut
Wesley Morris
The ambiguities recede and everything is precisely what it looks like 
2.5
Eyes Wide Shut
James Berardinelli
Kidman is consistently excellent This is the most powerful role she has taken on throughout a varied career 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Jorge Avila Andrade
Gracias señor Kubrick por habernos dejado tan invaluable legado
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Michael Dequina
Kubrick Cruise and Kidman s end is to create a probing and painfully real examination of a marriage relationships in general and basic human desire and nature 
4
Eyes Wide Shut
Bob Bloom
Eyes Wide Shut will not be remembered as Kubrick s finest film but it will be regarded as his most adult venture 
3.5
Eyes Wide Shut
Marty Mapes
In a way Kubrick is like Dante He is the guide on a journey through one particular circle of Hell but he safely brings us back to where we started 
4
Sunday in New York
Matt Brunson
A film that s utterly charming in its presentation if hopelessly dated in its sexual politics 
3
Sunday in New York
Mike McGranaghan
Solid performances keep it entertaining even if one does occasionally chuckle at the outdated discussions of sexual mores 
3
Pound of Flesh
Roger Moore
Old School Van Damme who can still do the stunts and still winds up in movies where the stunts are all you notice 
1.5
Pound of Flesh
Mike McGranaghan
There s half a really amazing action flick here However you can t help but wish that it had gone full tilt in its lunacy rather than just partway 
2
Zen Noir
Michael Phillips
Insufferably coy 
1
Zen Noir
Chris Hewitt
It plays like a short film extended to the length of a feature and assembled by someone who appears to have seen a bunch of David Lynch movies and not quite understood them 
1
Zen Noir
John Hartl
Even at 71 minutes this shoestring budget production seems overlong and undernourished 
1.5
Zen Noir
Neva Chonin
For all its shortcomings Zen Noir still entertains 
2
The Fight Within
Lawrence Toppman
Director Michael William Gordon and writer Jim Davis give us a hopeful feeling about Logan without insisting on solving all his problems or insisting that God will solve them for him 
3
The Fight Within
Mike McGranaghan
A film that combines rampant sermonizing with muscular dudes beating the crap out of each other It s every bit as bizarre as it sounds 
1.5
The Fight Within
Kam Williams
Although the movie doesn t really break any new ground in terms of romantic overcoming the odds sports flicks it remains recommended as Evangelical fare that s more entertaining than heavy handed 
3
A Pure Formality
Roger Ebert
Having made the splendidly entertaining Cinema Paradiso in 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore now exhibits his versatility with A Pure Formality which is not entertaining at all 
1.5
Zeros and Ones
Roger Moore
Neither wholly coherent nor particularly compelling 
1.5
Zeros and Ones
Peter Canavese
Deliberately inscrutable covid era thriller Not the easiest watch but typically interesting as an Abel Ferrara movie 
2.5
Zeros and Ones
Tom Meek
It intrigues on a micro level but those seeking to pull back and wanting more are likely to come away frustrated 
2
Zeros and Ones
Glenn Kenny
In a sense this is Ferrara s pandemic quarantine movie His response is not like any you ve seen before 
3
Zeros and Ones
Mark Dujsik
T he plot exists either deeply between the lines or only within the filmmaker s brain 
1
Zeros and Ones
Leo Brady
What must intrigue you is an appreciation for an artist the pairing of Ferrara with Ethan Hawke and the chaotic aspect of the movie they make 
3
Zeros and Ones
Randy Myers
It stays true to Ferrara s playbook throughout its tidy 86 minutes 
3
Zeros and Ones
Chuck Bowen
Zeros and Ones is the unwelcome spectacle of a bad boy attempting to apologize for his badness 
1.5
Zeros and Ones
Mike McGranaghan
I don t know what Zeros and Ones is supposed to be I only know that I was bored to a level no human being should ever have to experience 
0.5
The Premature Burial
Matt Brunson
The picture is hurt by the central casting as well as too much narrative recycling required for this to reach feature length but a nice plot twist allows the movie to end in somewhat satisfactory style 
2.5
Reality Queen!
Roger Moore
About 80 minutes too long 
0
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Peter Canavese
A modest but bubbly comedy of manners Blu ray 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Lori Hoffman
McConaughey and Hudson make the premise even in its shakier moments vibrate with a sense of fun 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Leigh Johnson
You gotta love love especially when it s devious deceitful selfish brutal and manipulative 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Kevin A. Ranson
before labeling this as just another chick flick keep in mind that it s a whole lot more enjoyable than most of the current pre summer blockbuster wannabes that studios are unloading right now 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Joe Leydon
The kind of instantly disposable but exceptionally agreeable trifle that s best enjoyed with one s significant other preferably before or after an intimate dinner for two 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Kelly Borgeson
Pokes fun at relationship stereotypes in a way that while not exactly clever is pretty amusing due in large part to the talented leads 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jorge Avila Andrade
Hudson y McConaughey salvan el resultado final gracias simplemente a su encanto personal 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Mike McGranaghan
This is a pure bubblegum picture but it works at that level 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Michael Szymanski
This is a more adult romantic comedy with humor that a more adult crowd can identify with and those painful date moments that everyone can relate to 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Mark Dujsik
In what civilization is this kind of behavior romantic 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Matt Brunson
Leave before the excruciating finale and you should have an OK time 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Steven Snyder
It is fun but empty fun 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Both lovers are duplicitous creeps in a perverse way they re made for each other 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Peter Travers
When a chick flick goes wrong and this one hits a dead end in hell it s a wipeout 
1
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
David Nusair
Though the majority of the film is laughably predictable you just know there s going be a drawn out sequence in which both characters learn about the other s deception there s a lot worth recommending about How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Linda Cook
You ve seen this movie before Here it is again 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Frank Ochieng
breezy and manipulative This piece of dating dreck is so sticky sweet and syrupy that one would think they screened Petrie s film at the International House of Pancakes 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Claudia Puig
Too light on laughs and too heavy on predictable moments 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Chris Hewitt
Virtually everything in the movie is off pitch 
0
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Todd Anthony
Having nearly suffocated amid the swirling mist of estrogen fumes that enveloped a recent screening of the insipid chick flick How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days I need an immediate infusion of guy stuff to detox 
1
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Bruce Newman
This is a movie that never aspires to be anything more than dimwitted fun then falls on its aspirations 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Mick LaSalle
It s about as close to French farce as romantic comedies get and the closer the better 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Joe Baltake
Button cute 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
John Anderson
Trite contrived but often entertaining 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Sue Pierman
How to Lose a Guy shows that Hudson s Oscar nominated performance in 2000 s Almost Famous wasn t a fluke 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Bob Strauss
This material requires a great deal more suspension of disbelief than even this hokey genre normally demands 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Terry Lawson
You not only have to be seriously testosterone deprived to survive this film without embarrassment you have to buy a romantic premise so ridiculously contrived that even Dr Ruth might suspect someone was pulling her little leg 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jeff Vice
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is not unpleasant It s just dull 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Ricardo Baca
Lackluster 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Wesley Morris
The hottest couple to come down the pike recently has been Frodo and Sam Hudson and McConaughey rate higher on the spark o meter 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Gary Brown
a shallow convoluted love story with some cheap laughs wrapped around an infomercial
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Josh Larsen
A novel concept botched with juvenile execution 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Phil Villarreal
The results are supposed to be funny but are instead painful 
1
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst
Riddled with clich plot devices and dialogue that s as superficial as the glossy fashion magazine the lead character writes for 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Margaret A. McGurk
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days dishes up a healthy serving of the fun that should be and too often isn t at the heart of a good romantic comedy 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Rick Groen
The picture is actually watchable 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Roger Ebert
I am just about ready to write off movies in which people make bets about whether they will or will not fall in love 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jonathan Foreman
Clumsy overlong 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Erik Childress
If How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days turns out to be a 75 million hit as I suspect then it will no longer matter if the same script is dusted off and the names changed to protect the innocent because it s the audiences that are guilty 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Carrie Rickey
Despite a few clever insights and twists it s neither good nor distinctive enough to rise above the level of generic romantic comedy 
2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Walter Chaw
Should just count ourselves lucky that the final reunion on a bridge doesn t involve Benjamin on horseback and Paul Young on the soundtrack 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Tor Thorsen
How to lose a Guy in 10 Days More like How to Lose an Audience in 10 Minutes 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Connie Ogle
In contrast to the horrifically stupid dull romantic comedies the past month or two have brought us How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is almost but not quite a breath of fresh air 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Michael Wilmington
There may be some way to make this nonsense amusing but writers Kristen Buckley and Brian Regan haven t even figured out a reasonable setup for getting the two together 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Tony Toscano
This film will charm your socks off
3.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Rob Blackwelder
If you want to lose a guy in one day drag him to see this movie 
0
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Steve Rhodes
Hudson is so impressive than she could charm the paint off the walls 
3.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Ross Anthony
This film sticks like high heels in gravel coming out of the gate But after the necessary unpleasantness are over the bulk of the film is actually quite entertaining funny and well cute 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
James Berardinelli
This movie is so intent upon getting cheap laughs and putting the protagonists in uncomfortable situations that it forgets they re supposed to be falling in love 
2.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jeanne Aufmuth
A tasty romantic comedy featuring the battle of the sexes in its most fanciful light 
3
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Ed Gonzalez
If you re working for The New Yorker the legality of Laura Elena Harring s breasts is not an appropriate pitch for your Annals of Law column 
1.5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Dustin Putman
An entertaining trifle to a point but it doesn t treat the character s or the audience s intelligence with the respect they deserve By the end you just don t care anymore 
2
Mambo Italiano
Betsy Bozdech
Everyone who thought that My Big Fat Greek Wedding went a little easy on the ethnic stereotyping is going to love Mambo Italiano 
1.5
Mambo Italiano
Jeff Vice
Seems set on making fun of Italians in the most heavy handed manner possible 
1
Mambo Italiano
Laura Kelly
The problem with screenwriter and director mile Gaudreault s effort is that he turns his Canadian Italian family into a cartoon 
1.5
Mambo Italiano
Matt Brunson
Where are the GoodFellas when we really need them 
1.5
Mambo Italiano
Phil Villarreal
Mama treats her son like a baby even though he s almost 30 Angelo s family is gossipy Straights don t understand gay culture Da DUM Sheesh 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
Rob Thomas
On the plus side just about every scene in the film features some really eye catching print wallpaper I think it s important to end a review on a positive note don t you 
1
Mambo Italiano
Joe Baltake
You actually come to like these people 
3
Mambo Italiano
Addison MacDonald
A half hour sitcom stretched into an unfathomable 90 minutes of played out ethnic caricatures that should land the entire cast a lifelong ban from Italian pride parades 
1
Mambo Italiano
Josh Larsen
The movie s vision of Italian life isn t that far away from that of an Olive Garden commercial 
1
Mambo Italiano
Roger Ebert
There are laughs in the movie and a lot of good feeling but it seems more interested in its Italian stereotypes than its gay insights and it must be said there is absolutely no feeling that Angelo and Nino are really lovers 
2
Mambo Italiano
Nick Carter
It s the balance of ethnic humor melodrama and simple charms that make Mambo Italiano while not something too special a solid choice for those who enjoy Greek Wedding and its other recent spinoffs 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
David Elliott
It is agony to watch veteran Paul Sorvino as Angelo s pathetic meatball of a dad because you recall how much better Michael Constantine was as the patriarch in MBFGW 
1
Mambo Italiano
Steven Rea
Mambo Italiano is likely to provoke the same urges in the movie house that poor Nino experiences after a dinner at the noisy Barberini compound an overwhelming desire to flee 
2
Mambo Italiano
Janice Page
Mambo Italiano is no sophisticated dance but it moves about with an open heart And hey it s at least as funny as that Greek thing 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
John Monaghan
It may make you smile but not enough to forget how much of this you ve seen before 
2
Mambo Italiano
Chris Hewitt
The humor is broad the jokes tend to head toward obvious punchlines but it is well delivered 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
Jeff Strickler
The characters are blatantly stereotypical but Galluccio is able to get away with it because he s poking fun at the people he loves 
3
Mambo Italiano
James Berardinelli
Mambo Italiano has its share of very funny moments but they are trapped in a production whose drama is unsubtle obvious and at times downright insipid 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
Michael Szymanski
This is Big Fat Greek Wedding with bite and one of the funniest films of the year
3
Mambo Italiano
Carla Meyer
Like Greek Wedding Mambo has enough funny moments to save it 
2
Mambo Italiano
Gene Seymour
It s quite possible that Mambo may have closed the territory for raucous comedies about gay Italians coming of age in North America For those of us whose ears keep ringing from the din of such movies it s an errant wish 
2
Mambo Italiano
Lou Lumenick
Parts of Emile Gaudreault s broadly appealing movie are so well broad that they make Greek Wedding look like a model of restraint by comparison 
2
Mambo Italiano
Rick Groen
If the best comedies make you laugh and the worst make you angry this is the middling and well intentioned brand that makes you frustrated keenly looking for reasons to laugh but more often than not failing to find any 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
Bob Strauss
I ve never seen so many people slap the backs of loved ones heads in my entire life 
1.5
Mambo Italiano
J. Kelly Nestruck
The film adaptation is by no means a masterpiece but it has greatly improved on the play an abysmal piece full of shrill and irritating characters 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
Elizabeth Weitzman
So sure the characters and jokes may feel awfully familiar but for those who see a little of themselves in Angelo s family well that s just part of this little movie s charm 
2.5
Mambo Italiano
Ed Gonzalez
mile Gaudreault s comedy Mambo Italiano could have just as easily been called My Big Fat Gay Italian Wedding 
2
Lore
Sean P. Means
The woodsy suspense thriller Lore isn t a great movie but it might become a significant one because it gives hints that its creators the writing directing team of Christian Larsen and Brock Manwill may be going places
2.5
The Pack
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Pack is pretty terrific 
3
The Hand of God
Robert Horton
Once again it feels like Sorrentino apos s sensibility is too easy and sentimental to get the movie where it so clearly wants to go 46 
2.5
The Hand of God
Rene Sanchez
Dazzling images and intimate storytelling converge in Sorrentino s most personal film One where cinema not only mimics reality but offers redemption Full Review in Spanish
3
The Hand of God
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a long time the movie meanders maddeningly and like Fellini Sorrentino seems to have an unsettling taste for the grotesque but things snap into focus when tragedy strikes and we wind up with a vivid and loving portrait that stays with us 
3
The Hand of God
Robert Levin
This is a deeply affecting coming of age story that doubles as a movie about the movies themselves 
3.5
The Hand of God
Mark Feeney
The film has the vividness of memory but also the structure of memory which is to say no real structure at all Visually though the movie is of a piece it s Sorrentino s eye that holds it together 
3
The Hand of God
Sean P. Means
The reality Sorrentino creates here is sumptuous and sensuous whether the cool bay where the family goes swimming or the decaying Neapolitan buildings where you might find a fully lit chandelier sitting askew on the floor 
3.5
The Hand of God
Peter Canavese
One of Sorrentino s more tolerable movies Occasionally connects with a thematic or psychological insight but it passes so quickly as to make you doubt it was ever there But fans of the director will probably love it 
2.5
The Hand of God
Steven Prokopy
Although not all of Sorrentino s films feel as personal as The Hand of God they do express themselves as uniquely his own 
3.5
The Hand of God
Ty Burr
Melancholy funny vulgar and profound The Great Beauty tries to pack it all in it is truly a grande bellezza 
3.5
The Hand of God
Randy Myers
Sorrentino shifts from comedy to tragedy in an instant just as life does and it s a powerful change 
3.5
The Hand of God
James Berardinelli
The Hand of God is at times amusing at times sad at times fantastical and always heartfelt 
3
The Hand of God
Tom Meek
Like the meandering streets the film takes several unexpected but pleasing turns as a young man tries to shape his life in the wake of fate 
3
The Hand of God
Roger Moore
As random as it all is The Hand of God does add up to a movie in the broadest sense just not a very coherent or interesting one 
2
The Hand of God
Simon Abrams
The most drawn out sequences in The Hand of God showcase Sorrentino s knack for whimsical but weirdly seductive drama 
3.5
The Hand of God
Mark Dujsik
For something that s so close to Sorrentino there s an unfortunate emotional distance within the movie itself 
2
The Hand of God
Jake Coyle
Paolo Sorrentino s films can be overwrought grotesque and uneven but they are rarely not alive His latest The Hand of God is a catalog of wonders of miracles both banal and eternal 
3
The Hand of God
Ann Hornaday
For all its beauty and poignancy The Hand of God suffers from a strange paradox It goes on too long but somehow doesn t go far enough 
2
The Hand of God
Mick LaSalle
In essence Sorrentino thought his way up to the middle of The Hand of God and assumed the rest would take care of itself He started filming too soon His screenplay needed work 
2
The Hand of God
William Repass
Throughout Paolo Sorrentino s film the line between miracle and cosmic prank even tragedy is rendered indistinguishable 
2.5
The Baker
Robert W. Butler
The Baker is an iffy affair made palatable mostly by Lewis lead performance an attractive blend of naivete and deadly efficiency But we ve seen it before 
2
Climate of the Hunter
Randy Myers
Reece s film is a horror throwback that can leave you howling at the screen 
3
Climate of the Hunter
Barry Hertz
A sensuous trippy mood that successfully seduces at least for those who can easily settle into these kinds of campy experiments Guilty 
3
Climate of the Hunter
Mike McGranaghan
The manner in which the film plays with the conventions of vampire stories is quite humorous 
3
Climate of the Hunter
Simon Abrams
Climate of the Hunter is for anybody who when dining out feels compelled to try and hopes to love the weirdest item on the menu 
3
Climate of the Hunter
Roger Moore
The sort of airless enterprise you end up with when camp doesn t quite come off 
2
Go Further
David Elliott
This yeasty yogic sweetly yappy film could change your life perhaps starting with the butter substitute on your popcorn 
3
Go Further
Lou Lumenick
Go Further may be preaching to the converted but this easygoing documentary promoting an alternative lifestyle living without biotechnologically processed foods goes down smoothly 
2.5
Go Further
Robert Dominguez
A one sided soapbox for Harrelson s eco friendly prattle 
2.5
Go Further
David Sterritt
Meant to be a romp in the old Ken Kesey tradition it s more like a dull drive with a bunch of leftover flower children 
2
Go Further
Walter V. Addiego
Without a time machine this is as close as we ll get to visiting the 60s 
3
Go Further
Erik Lundegaard
You want to yell Focus not at the projectionist in the booth but at the activists on the screen 
1.5
Go Further
Liam Lacey
Aimed at the willing to be converted though not the sophisticated Go Further risks placing entertainment above complexity 
2.5
Go Further
David Nusair
a crowd pleaser in its purest form 
3
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Mark Feeney
Lazy storytelling expects a pass as indie authenticity 
2
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Roger Ebert
This is a small film and knows exactly how to be a small film Like many New Yorker short stories its purpose is to strike a particular note and allow it to reverberate 
3
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Andrew Schenker
Gentler and less aesthetically assaultive than 0s 1s and Catfish but it s not necessarily any subtler or more enlightening 
1.5
A Christmas Carol
Nick Allen
Approximately three joyless hours of watching an adaptation try to justify its edginess 
2
Kaleidoscope
Roger Moore
A sharp lay it all out there leading man turn by Toby Jones can t quite rescue this humdrum and generally unsurprising psychological thriller 
2
The Wizard of Oz
David Reddish
We could go on and on for days and yet somehow The Wizard of Oz would make just about any hyperbole seem puny This dear reader is a perfect movie 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Scott Nash
As a children s movie this is the definitive classic and does possess a magic all its own 
4
The Wizard of Oz
David Nusair
an impressively iconic endeavor that does for the most part live up to its reputation as a bona fide classic 
3.5
The Wizard of Oz
Luke Parker
The words in both its melodies and dialogues have become a part of the vernacular and their simply put lessons there s no place like home still ring true February 4 2019 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps the most perfect piece of pure entertainment ever produced with countless classic moments that have led to its cinematic immortality 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Kate Cameron
Judy Garland is perfectly cast as Dorothy She is as clever a little actress as she is a singer and her special style of vocalizing is ideally adapted to the music of the picture 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Matt Brunson
This family classic long ago left the realm of being mere entertainment to emerge as a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Claudia Puig
The blend of old fashioned classic storytelling with cutting edge technology is undeniably enthralling 
3.5
The Wizard of Oz
Jon Niccum
Hey Dorothy actually has freckles in IMAX Glinda s floating sphere is mesmerizing The flying monkeys are creepier than ever The Lollipop Guild even more disturbing are these guys having a seizure 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Rafer Guzman
Any reason to show your children The Wizard of Oz on a big screen seems like a good one 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Roger Moore
The best thing about 3D glasses is that they keep your kids from seeing your tears of sentimental joy at this gorgeous restoration
4
The Wizard of Oz
Josh Larsen
A head trip of a family film 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Rob Vaux
The moment Judy Garland starts singing in that barnyard we re all six years old again with nothing left to do but join her 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Peter Canavese
It s more than a movie it s an American rite of passage Blu ray 
4
The Wizard of Oz
James Berardinelli
One of only a handful of films that nearly everyone is familiar with 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Forrest Hartman
One of the greatest films made in any genre 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Phil Villarreal
It s a movie almost everyone has seen multiple times and every viewing is a visit home as well as a wild adventure toward territories unknown 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Eric Henderson
A true amalgam of creative forces individually pooling their studio contract talents like a hive of bees in tribute to a trio of queens a quartet if you count George Cukor 
3
The Wizard of Oz
David Keyes
It s not simply a magical whirling experience but a ground breaker for visual and technological creativity combining Hollywood forces with Hollywood genius to spawn strands of unique and original elements never before attempted at the movies 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Steve Rhodes
The music is so infectiously happy that it is basically impossible to keep your toes from tapping your head from bobbing and an ear to ear grin from appearing on your face 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Peter Stack
This wonderful romp of a movie looks magical on the big screen colors are a picnic for the eyes details loom so clearly you can practically touch them and there s a sense of the larger than life with a film that s already larger than life 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Roger Ebert
Its underlying story penetrates straight to the deepest insecurities of childhood stirs them and then reassures them 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Wesley Lovell
The Wizard of Oz has become a foundational part of young psyches over the generations since its 1939 release but it is so much more than just a movie for kids 
4
The Wizard of Oz
Bob Bloom
Seeing The Wizard of Oz in a movie theater the way God and Louis B Mayer intended you to see it is like being at Cape Canaveral for a space shuttle launch instead of watching it on television 
4
Cheyenne Autumn
Kate Cameron
James R Webb s screenplay Ford s direction and the splendid acting of the cast make this an impressive film 
3.5
Echo Park
Roger Ebert
The movie is low key unaffected and sometimes very funny It is also very fond of these goofy dreamers 
3
The D Train
Pamela Powell
Check out The D Train for an unlikely comedy that s a bit over the top but truly entertaining 
3
The D Train
Neil Rosen
Overall The D Train is a wacky welcome and very funny surprise 
3.5
The D Train
James Berardinelli
Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul making their directorial debut manage the difficult task of keeping the audience engaged even though both of the main characters are unlikable 
3
The D Train
John Beifuss
With one genuinely surprising plot twist it presents itself as a proud provocation and a challenge to both audience expectations and the bromance subgenre unfortunately this Train does not come to a stop until it has re entered the safety zone 
2
The D Train
Tomris Laffly
The D Train can easily be distilled as a disjointed collection of irritating humor sprinkled over moments that seek yet seldom approach sincerity 
2
The D Train
Glenn Lovell
D Train jumps the track before it leaves the station strained profane off putting I can t remember spending a more unpleasant 100 minutes in the dark 
1
The D Train
Matt Brunson
A satisfying ride for adventurous moviegoers who don t mind a dash of acidity squirt all over their popcorn 
3
The D Train
John Wirt
The D Train doesn t fully exploit its good comic ingredients It paints itself into a sad anxious corner from which it cannot escape 
2
The D Train
Robert Levin
Takes a recognizable milieu and injects it with a degree of cheery strangeness that sets the film apart 
3
The D Train
Scott Renshaw
There are big laughs in some of the farcical situations here but the nostalgic vibe built into the soundtrack spills over into a throwback sensibility that aims warmer and cuddlier than the material demands 
2.5
The D Train
Rafer Guzman
The D Train may be a scant and rather unconvincing comedy but it deserves credit for taking a risk 
2
The D Train
John Serba
An attempt to be both funny and an offbeat character study but it doesn t do either very well 
2
The D Train
Glenn Kenny
The movie goes for grin and cringe inducing and instead achieves excruciating 
1.5
The D Train
Rob Thomas
This is a much weirder and darker comedy that one might expect like The King of Comedy as played out on the parquet floor of a high school gymnasium 
2.5
The D Train
Rene Rodriguez
The movie flirts with a great darkness about disillusionment and self loathing even as it races around spinning comedic plates Too bad the filmmakers lose their nerve by film s end 
2
The D Train
Mark Dujsik
Dan s humiliation is the sole joke of The D Train and it s more than a bit cruel 
1.5
The D Train
Dustin Putman
Makes a potent empathetic mark while providing concrete proof that Jack Black has what it takes to have a second life as a character actor of immeasurable depth and compassion 
3
The D Train
Gary Thompson
The D Train becomes as frantic and flustered as Dan hopscotching from farce to drama and ends up fatally stranded between the two 
2.5
The D Train
Claudia Puig
The D Train is long on high concept comedy then runs out of steam and becomes a forced and far fetched drama 
2
The D Train
Ben Sachs
For a vulgar American comedy this is refreshingly low key and generous I admired its intentions without finding it all that funny 
2
The D Train
Joe Williams
While Black is painfully effective as the dork who drops slangy kudos on his new BFF Marsden is a revelation 
3
The D Train
Peter Travers
Some critics are getting all up in the face of this audacious dark comedy for well being audacious What are we supposed think about a movie that doesn t conform to formula I d start with grateful 
3
The D Train
Sandy Cohen
The issue is the story It s not just uneven it s often unfunny tinged with homophobia and centered on a wholly unlikeable self absorbed man 
1
The D Train
Ann Hornaday
The D Train is far from perfect up to and including the waste of Kathryn Hahn in a lifeless stereotypical role as Dan s wife but it has its moments And most of them belong to Marsden 
2
The D Train
Matt Pais
Black s feeble attempt to make Dan funny and relatably wounded should inspire the executive who felt the actor needed a comeback to call whomever he she needs to and mutter Never mind 
1.5
The D Train
Mick LaSalle
It should be obvious by now that Black is much more than a funny fellow This is a good actor with a particular strength at playing protected disturbed personalities secretly angry people trying with all their might to be something they re not 
3
The D Train
Moira MacDonald
Writer directors Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel let the movie run out of steam a bit before its ending things get weirdly gooey but Black keeps us hanging on as The D Train swerves you hope that somehow he ll get through the journey safely 
2.5
The D Train
R. Kurt Osenlund
The film uses its male on male boundary leaping to give the shopworn man boy narrative a refresh 
3.5
The D Train
Rex Reed
So many t s are uncrossed and i s undotted that the movie is a mess Still I was fascinated by what it might have been 
2
The D Train
Roger Moore
A few squirm inducing laughs but neither sweet and cute nor edgy and mean enough to pay off 
2
Papicha
Tomris Laffly
Leaves no room for doubt that Meddour is a cinematic talent to watch with urgent things to say on the toughened and resilient female spirit 
3
Papicha
Mark Dujsik
The film s thematic impact is strong 
3
Ragnarok
Dustin Putman
Ragnarok plays like Norway s answer to Jurassic Park If the film is derivative of Steven Spielberg s 1993 blockbuster the skillfulness with which the similarities are deposited is also what makes it memorable 
2.5
Ragnarok
Simon Abrams
Ragnarok is the rare Spielberg clone that feels like it was made by people that not only know what they like about Spielberg s films but are capable of evoking them 
3
Ragnarok
Rob Humanick
In the end any and all potential B movie fun is extinguished by Ragnarok s depressingly listless anonymity 
1
Rams
Josh Larsen
takes place at the end of the world but it s a place that means all the world to the two brothers at its center 
3.5
Rams
Rob Thomas
Rams is a very strange film but it s one that takes us to the top of the world to find people that sure enough we recognize as ourselves 
3
Rams
Steven Rea
Resonant and surprisingly affecting 
3.5
Rams
Ty Burr
In its attentive and hushed way the movie is about collision between stubborn farmers and the government veterinary board between ancient ways and modern times between two old hardheaded brothers 
3
Rams
Robert Horton
The film has less of the dark humor Icelandic films are known for and an ending that elevates the material 
3
Rams
Michael Upchurch
Sigurjónsson s Gummi with his quiet canniness and his fearful conflicted feelings about his belligerent brother is the best reason to watch Rams 
3
Rams
Chris Knight
At its heart it s a tender story with a fuzzy exterior a sheep in sheep s clothing if you will 
3.5
Rams
Anita Katz
This Icelandic dramedy is droll and truthful 
3
Rams
Kate Taylor
There s lots of wisdom here but in the Icelandic barrens good cheer has sometimes gone missing Yes there s a price to pay for being stubborn 
3
Rams
Linda Barnard
A lovely film that will stay with you 
3.5
Rams
G. Allen Johnson
If you are determined to enjoy it Hakonarson will throw every challenge in your path 
2
Rams
Kent Turner
Deceptively unassuming storytelling understated acting and the rhythm of the long takes gives way to a slow thaw beguiling the viewer without overstaying its welcome at a precise 93 minutes 
3.5
Rams
Farran Smith Nehme
Director Grímur Hákonarson excels at building tension through long takes and the actors are excellent Sigurjónsson offers a world of meaning in a grunt or a lift of the shoulders 
3.5
Rams
Matt Zoller Seitz
You spend a rather long time during this movie simply watching characters exist That s something mainstream American films almost never do and there s something quietly riveting about it 
3
Rams
Chuck Bowen
Every moment in writer director Grímur Hákonarson s strange and wonderful film is imbued with mystery and revealing dignity 
3
Rams
Scott Renshaw
A solidly effective story at the core of Grímur Hákonarson s off beat comedy drama 
3
Rams
Walter Chaw
It s an elegant film full incongruously of low humour 
3.5
Prom Night in Mississippi
Rick Groen
Mainly the film is obliged to circle around the absent centre of the conflict the dark heart of the very issue under scrutiny Consequently like a skinny boy in an oversized tux it has to pad 
2
The Divine Fury
Simon Abrams
More care was seemingly put into the lighting than the scripting of scenes 
1.5
To the Moon
Roger Moore
There apos s not a lot to grab hold of 44 here 46 The mind games aren apos t that convincing or interesting 44 the interloper is more of an embarrassing goof
1.5
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
Matt Brunson
The year 1985 found Norris headlining one of his better pictures unfortunately for Missing in Action 2 58 The Beginning 44 that would be Code of Silence 46 
2
Naughty Books
Roger Moore
A pretty good introduction to adult erotic romance publishing and reading phenomenon women writing publishing and purchasing books by women for women and taking taking inspiration from the women who came before them 
3
Untamed Youth
Matt Brunson
A risible effort that had achieved turkey status long before MST3K arrived on the scene 
1
Solomon Kane
Brett Michel
Writer director Michael J Bassett stages the carnage under so much rain soaked filth you can almost smell the stench It s a good stench 
3
Solomon Kane
Stephen Whitty
Few characters have much to do but grunt and scream and bleed 
1.5
Solomon Kane
Lou Lumenick
Been there done that 
1.5
Solomon Kane
Mark Feeney
Who knew there were skinhead and zombie equivalents in late Elizabethan England 
1
Solomon Kane
Jeff Shannon
It s hardly original and Max von Sydow is wasted in brief scenes as Kane s father but Solomon Kane is worthy of big screen appreciation 
2.5
Solomon Kane
Calum Marsh
The fight choreography has a gracefulness bordering on elegance and so it s a shame that these standalone thrills aren t better integrated into the film as a fully formed narrative whole 
1.5
Solomon Kane
Roger Moore
Lacking a charismatic lead or villain struggling with its big themes it s not surprising this 2009 picture sat on the shelf for so long 
1
Solomon Kane
Scott Nash
It s doubtful Kane will ever rival Conan Howard s other creation in terms of fame but his world is definitely one that I would be willing to visit again 
3
Solomon Kane
David Nusair
an exciting initial entry in what could and should be an ongoing series 
3
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Robert Levin
Only people with a serious interest in the recent history of Abercrombie Fitch or mall retail in general should bother with this movie 
2
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Nick Allen
At its best White Hot The Rise Fall of Abercrombie Fitch offers a potent mix of nostalgia and schadenfreude 
2.5
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Randy Myers
The result is a complex picture of a corporation that once only wanted to invite to its table homogenized white sales forces and then not only learned to regret it but eventually pivoted to become inclusive for all 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Michael Dequina
Rises above its modest production values and fairly simple idea by way of veteran character actor Raymond J Barry s riveting performance 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Marta Barber
There are no big name actors and no fancy camera work But that s what makes it interesting 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Duane Dudek
Writer director Burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Dan Lybarger
Whereas Oliver Stone s conspiracy thriller JFK was long intricate star studded and visually flashy Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity 
3.5
Interview With the Assassin
James Berardinelli
This film offers a compelling scenario of what could have happened 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Moira MacDonald
As an exercise in stripped down filmmaking Interview is grimly effective 
2.5
Interview With the Assassin
Mick LaSalle
In the end the movie bogs down in insignificance saying nothing about Kennedy s assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate 
2
Interview With the Assassin
Michael Booth
An uneven exploration of the T shirt slogan question posed by Walter s claim Is he paranoid or is everybody really out to get him 
2.5
Interview With the Assassin
Ty Burr
Comes off as a film school stunt that never breathes the air outside its sealed off universe 
2.5
Interview With the Assassin
Marty Mapes
There s no reason to miss Interview with the Assassin
3.5
Interview With the Assassin
Patrick Z. McGavin
Consummate actor Barry has done excellent work here 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Rob Blackwelder
Keep s in line with the unique and chilling tradition of great Kennedy conspiracy lore 
3
Interview With the Assassin
John Anderson
While Interview With the Assassin has a nicely nuanced performance from the veteran character actor Barry it also has tonal problems 
2
Interview With the Assassin
Tor Thorsen
More of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller 
2.5
Interview With the Assassin
Lou Lumenick
Few of the increasingly far fetched events that first time writer director Neil Burger follows up with are terribly convincing which is a pity considering Barry s terrific performance 
2
Interview With the Assassin
Steve Rhodes
A fascinating and fun film 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Ed Gonzalez
The film has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real time roots 
2
Interview With the Assassin
Walter Chaw
Interview with the Assassin impresses most with a super creepy home invasion sequence and Berry s fabulous seething performance 
3
Interview With the Assassin
Harvey S. Karten
May reawaken discussion of the Kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen 
2
Fish & Cat
Ben Sachs
Mokri does such a good job messing with your head that you might overlook the extraordinary ensemble players who easily navigate the cascading narrative turns 
3
Fish & Cat
Steve Macfarlane
The film is a game Shahram Mokri challenges his viewers to grip parallel narrative threads in what feels like suspiciously real time rather than to assemble or contextualize any metaphorical ones 
2
Police, Adjective
Mattie Lucas
Porumboiu uses words to his advantage and makes a fascinating film built around the idea of words themselves and a deep moral un certitude that arises in the face of moral certainty 
3.5
Police, Adjective
Rob Thomas
There s something comic about cops writing dictionary definitions on a blackboard But there s a tragic undertone as well because those in power get to define what those words mean 
3
Police, Adjective
Marty Mapes
Law and order overbalance liberty in a police adjective state
3
Police, Adjective
Jeff Vice
If you were to edit out all the superfluous and unnecessary bits in this Romanian police thriller you d probably have about an hour s worth of material at most 
2
Police, Adjective
Steven Rea
Porumboiu s style is steady observational his camera tracking Cristi along the streets in much the way Cristi tracks his subject 
3.5
Police, Adjective
Wesley Morris
In its own way this is one of the most intense cop movies you ll see 
4
Police, Adjective
Gerald Peary
Much of Corneliu Porumboiu s follow up to 12 08 East of Bucharest is taken up with Cristi s nonsense surveillance which in the most deliberately paced extreme long shot way somehow builds and bubbles with tension 
3.5
Police, Adjective
Liam Lacey
A simultaneously realistic and absurdist examination of police work 
4
Police, Adjective
Ann Hornaday
It s a surprisingly compelling way to build a sense of encroaching dread delving into a banal deceptively featureless world where the slightest bureaucratic blip or slip could change someone s life forever 
3
Police, Adjective
Walter V. Addiego
Most of the story about a police investigation of a teenage suspect unreels at a measured pace that will drive some viewers crazy But the ending justifies the buildup 
3
Police, Adjective
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For those that get it the movie is a huge dry joke cleverly executed 
3.5
Police, Adjective
Kam Williams
A slow to unravel crime saga laced with the trademark super realism we ve come to appreciate from the New Wave of Romanian cinema 
3
Police, Adjective
Roger Ebert
It is a low key observant record of a universal dilemma among people in authority How do you do your duty when your inner voice tells you it s wrong 
3
Police, Adjective
Michael Phillips
You will never think about the definitions of the words law and conscience the same way after hearing Ivanov assert his authority by way of a dictionary 
4
Police, Adjective
Andrew Schenker
Corneliu Porumboiu s Police Adjective is really two movies varying significantly in their degree of success 
2.5
Police, Adjective
Jennie Punter
Beautifully composed scenes and few but memorable exchanges that border on the absurd anchor a deceptively simple story giving the viewer space to think 
4
The King Is Alive
Joshua Tanzer
About as far from a Shakespearean stage but as close to Shakespearean essence as it can be 
4
The King Is Alive
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I m sure the idea was to show how isolation and desperation could augment these emotional scars the descent happens so quickly that when tragedy strikes my emotional response was one more of indifference than involvement 
2.5
The King Is Alive
Rob Blackwelder
May be the best Dogme95 film yet 
3
The King Is Alive
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ensemble acting has never felt so clean and unencumbered 
3.5
The King Is Alive
Steve Rhodes
As their strength wanes and it looks like no one will ever come to save them the story gets more and more intriguing 
3
The King Is Alive
Roger Ebert
The more you appreciate what they re trying to do the more you like it 
3
The King Is Alive
Rod Armstrong
A solid film 
3
The King Is Alive
Jonathan Rosenbaum
If I d been interested in this movie s acrimonious characters I might have appreciated the actors performances more 
1
The King Is Alive
Greg Dean Schmitz
A bit grim but the experience story and performances are of a high enough caliber to warrant a recommendation 
4
The King Is Alive
David N. Butterworth
Not one of these people is anyone you would want to spend time with let alone perform alongside 
3
Then Came You
Nell Minow
It is a shame that this movie about life is itself lifeless for so much of its running time 
1
Then Came You
Joey Magidson
A lot of what makes this movie work is the performance of Maisie Williams She brings life vim and vigor to what could have just been a cliche 
3
Then Came You
Roger Moore
Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams gives this terminal teenager romance spark and spunk even if she s let down a bit by her always bland leading man Asa Butterfield 
2.5
Then Came You
Frank Ochieng
A quirky minded yet solidly conceived dramedy A cheeky story that resonates soundly in its sprinkled charm and contemplation Indeed Then Came You is thoroughly affecting the first official Valentine of 2019 and it throbs convincingly 
3
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Peter Canavese
Silly and rarely believable in any of its particulars Andy Daly though Really funny 
1.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Susan Wloszczyna
Middle School The Worst Years of My Life is better than middling as it sidesteps the trap of simply pandering to its youthful demo with cheap laughs and silly mugging 
2.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Linda Cook
Middle School goes to the head of the class 
3.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Josh Terry
It would be easy to dismiss Middle School s faulty internal logic and argue that it s a movie for kids played from the kids perspective but the kids deserve better 
1.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Roger Moore
The wimpy kid here is bland the attempts at edgy fruitless and laughless and the movie not worth the 92 minutes it ask you to sit through 
1.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Tina Hassannia
Middle School is also more than just a comedy It tackles that very difficult subject of childhood grief not perfectly but not carelessly either 
2.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Keith Watson
Unimaginatively directed and indifferently shot the film never establishes a distinctive voice for itself 
2
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Brad Wheeler
Ironically Middle School s message is about encouraging kids and grown ups to think outside the box and yet the filmmakers themselves do precisely the opposite 
2
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Sean P. Means
The script jumps from low comedy to heavy drama sometimes rather abruptly 
2.5
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Peter Hartlaub
It s a so so film with jarring tone changes and a plot that sputters before a predictable ending But there are moments of inspiration and authenticity 
2
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Deborah Dundas
This film gives middle school kids a way to deal with their shared experience overbearing adults school bullies first crushes impossible rules and giggle at the things that grind em down 
3
Night Buffalo
Jorge Avila Andrade
Aburrida pretenciosa y sin mayores aportaciones al cine actual es uno de los fracasos ms estrepitosos del cine mexicano en los ltimos aos 
1.5
The Freshman
Matt Brunson
A silent masterpiece 
4
The Freshman
Scott Nash
The plot is a cliche now but at the time must have felt fresh And even though modern viewers have seen its like perhaps dozens of times it somehow does little to diminish The Freshman s charm 
4
The Freshman
James Kendrick
there is not a college themed cinematic yukfest that doesn t owe something to Lloyd s standard bearer the original revenge of the nerd
4
Three Seasons
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A light and lovely movie that satisfies but goes away quickly 
3
Three Seasons
Michael Dequina
A fascinating look at life in modern day Vietnam 
3.5
Three Seasons
Roger Ebert
The result may not reflect the Vietnam of reality but it s as close to life as most romantic melodramas which is probably the point 
3
The Housemaid
Elizabeth Weitzman
Im Sang soo can t improve on Kim Ki young s 1960 original a jaIm Sang soo can t improve on Kim Ki young s 1960 original a jarring and operatic cult favorite Still he does tweak the themes in intriguing fashion 
3
The Housemaid
Rene Rodriguez
The graphic sex scenes radiate an uncommon heat and Im can pull off a hugely effective shock when he wants to 
3
The Housemaid
Joe Williams
The movie kowtows to the old truism that the rich are different but it does it with a sardonic smile 
3
The Housemaid
Gerald Peary
The Housemaid isn t all that deep but it s consistent fun on the cusp between art and softcore nonsense 
3
The Housemaid
Sara Michelle Fetters
But nothing could prepare me for what does indeed transpire the final scenes having a grotesque opulence that is both entrancing and disgusting all at the same time 
3.5
The Housemaid
Chris Hewitt
It s like a contemporary even more heightened version of one of those Bette Davis movies that still show up on late night TV 
3.5
The Housemaid
Moira MacDonald
The Housemaid glitters coldly with its marble surfaces and scheming eyes as it builds to its dramatic unexpected climax 
3
The Housemaid
Carrie Rickey
While the film grows increasingly preposterous in its final act the enigmatic performances of Youn and Jeon carry the day 
3
The Housemaid
Ty Burr
The secret weapon of The Housemaid the reason it works at all is Jeon in the title role 
3
The Housemaid
Michael Phillips
Sang soo does with The Housemaid what many filmmakers do with remakes of influential genre films He amps up the sex and smoothes down the stylistic edges of the original 
3
The Housemaid
Roger Ebert
This story is told by writer director Im Sang soo with cool elegant cinematography and sinuous visual movements 
3
The Housemaid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Im mostly keeps the outline of the plot and gives the tale a whole new spin 
3.5
The Housemaid
Robert Levin
So immersed in the technical details perfectly calibrated camera angles meticulous lighting and the actors lovingly regarded physicality that the movie grows cold 
2
The Housemaid
Jesse Cataldo
The elevation of the family from middle class strivers to stratospherically wealthy jerks removes any trace of political specificity but also elevates it to the chilly realm of the fairy tale 
2.5
The Housemaid
Stephen Whitty
An often sexy and well acted thriller with rich bad people doing terrible things to nice poor ones 
2.5
The Housemaid
Kent Turner
For all of its frankness though the film will feel something like a throwback 
2.5
The Housemaid
V.A. Musetto
It is beautifully shot with impeccable acting and visual detail Now if someone will just explain the brief head scratching coda 
3
The Housemaid
Liam Lacey
An unnecessary remake of Kim Ki young s 1960 Korean masterpiece 
2
Top Hat
Derek Smith
Top Hat does not glorify wealth or upper class status if anything it continually pokes fun at it 
4
Top Hat
Roger Ebert
Because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing there is a need for another world somewhere a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live 
4
Top Hat
Dan Callahan
Every musical number works and the mistaken identity plot is pleasant enough even if there s too much emphatic dithering from the supporting players towards the end 
4
Supercool
Mark Dujsik
It may not possess a single successful joke but it ll sure use that joke as many times as possible 
1
Wanted for Murder
James Kendrick
efficient and effective low budget style which makes good use of actual London locations and eschews anything overtly flashy
3
Wanted for Murder
Matt Brunson
Film noir with a British bent 
3
Wanted for Murder
David Nusair
perfectly watchable if palpably padded out from start to finish 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Scott Nash
Funny light hearted with something for all ages 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Michael Dequina
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3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Wesley Lovell
A movie so entertaining that you ll think you re a kid again 
3.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Ian Mantgani
How can anyone resist a cartoon in which the arch enemy of three crime fighting schoolkids is a monkey called Mojo Jojo 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
David Elliott
Tartakovsky s team has some freakish powers of visual charm but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Tony Toscano
The Powerpuff Girls is exuberantly fun with a touch of humor aimed at parents Take the kids to this charming film 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
David N. Butterworth
It certainly won t win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Mark Dujsik
Watching The Powerpuff Girls Movie my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst
Powerpuff Girls the movie could use a little more power and a lot less puff in its storyline 
1.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Collin Souter
a good moral film for kids and a fun piece of colorful entertainment for everyone else 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Joe Leydon
I laughed during a few scenes grinned during a few others and sat silently unsmiling and mildly impatient during at least two or three repetitious and interminable stretches 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Rob Blackwelder
All that Powerpuff Girls charm is present in the movie but it s spread too thin 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Dustin Putman
The relationship that forms between the girls and Professor Utonium is sweet and endearing Then the horrid plot comes into play and all is destroyed 
1.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Mike Clark
The X potion gives the quickly named Blossom Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser beam eyes which unfortunately don t enable them to discern flimsy screenplays 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Moira MacDonald
At 77 minutes The Powerpuff Girls Movie feels limp like elastic that s been stretched beyond its limit 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Tim Goodman
84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare It s also clearly great fun 
4
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Joe Baltake
This little film is so slovenly done so primitive in technique that it can t really be called animation 
1.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Betsy Bozdech
From the action to the characters to the humor it s one of the brightest entries in this summer s family movie showdown 
3.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Susan Stark
Count on the same high energy level high noise level and hard edged imaginatively stylized comic bookish approach that characterizes Powerpuff writer director executive producer Craig McCracken s TV series 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Megan Turner
There s enough energetic action and colorful effervescent animation to keep young kids entertained with some witty punning thrown in for the adults 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Eva Simonich
Relying on the Cartoon Network series signature fast paced eye pleasing animation and smart humor The Powerpuff Girls Movie manages to entertain despite its redundant plot 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Liam Lacey
At a time when half the so called real movies are little more than live action cartoons it s refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is and knows the form s history 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Walter Chaw
A really funny fifteen minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature length film 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
John Monaghan
Powerpuff creator Craig McCracken who also directed might not be revolutionizing animation but he sure has a blast with it 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Jeff Vice
The film is surprisingly violent it could even be argued that it is suggesting violence as a solution to problems But the pace is sprightly and the animation is both colorful and distinctive 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Fred Shuster
The rest of this playful full length Powerpuff confection isn t deep but it is enjoyable 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Ty Burr
Grown up quibbles are beside the point here The little girls understand and McCracken knows that s all that matters 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Jeanne Aufmuth
For Powerpuff aficionados and virgins alike 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Phil Villarreal
A light action packed crowd pleaser 
3
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Scott L. Powers
It s great fun turning sci fi and kiddie show conventions upside down with a hip wink but even with more time to go deeper with a plot line there s not quite enough here to make it special enough for moviegoing 
2.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Chris Hewitt
Too much power not enough puff 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Carrie Rickey
Half enjoyable goof half an uncomfortable panorama of urban terrorism that just doesn t sit well after Sept 11 
2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Racks up more laughs per minute than anything since There s Something About Mary 
3.5
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Steve Rhodes
Is it just me or are you also getting really tired of opportunistic studios turning their television cartoons into mediocre movies with no ideas behind them other than stretching out the length 
1
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Federico Furzan
A decent and fictional thriller that does its job of being entertaining Full review in Spanish 
3
Escobar: Paradise Lost
John Beifuss
The fact that the filmmakers felt the need to manufacture a Canadian surfer character to be the mainstream moviegoer s likable trustworthy guide through Escobar land is a revealing and presumptuous demonstration of racial cultural myopia 
2.5
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Scott Renshaw
Del Toro s Escobar lingers on the edges of the story the cold menace of his business dealings overlapping with his own self image as a devoted family man and philanthropist for the Colombian poor 
3
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Brian Tallerico
Del Toro is really very good here as he almost always is no matter the quality of the film around him The rest of the movie Not so much 
2
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Anders Wright
How exactly do you make us feel sympathy for the devil 
2
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Michael O'Sullivan
The suspense that Di Stefano generates in the film s final hour is genuine and the action gripping 
2.5
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Rex Reed
While the film captures some of the turbulence and tension during Escobar s reign of terror it leaves most of the coherence up to the always fascinating Mr Del Toro 
2
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Kyle Smith
In the second half the film degenerates into a desultory action movie as everybody starts creeping around trying to shoot one another 
2
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Liam Lacey
A genre film that gets a lift above mediocrity thanks to an overripe performance by Benicio del Toro as a slovenly charismatic king of blow 
2.5
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Bruce DeMara
A suspenseful and labyrinthine tale that while fictional is both suspenseful and insightful 
3.5
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Chuck Bowen
Benicio Del Toro s performance is showy a great actor s parade of indulgences that occasionally sets the deranged camp tone that should have been the narrative s starting point 
1.5
Water
Peter T. Chattaway
Full of lush fluid cinematography and evocative music Water is an important look at a social injustice and Mehta s most accomplished film yet 
3.5
Water
John Beifuss
Both a high minded glossy soap opera in the tradition of a Darryl F Zanuck forbidden love potboiler like Island in the Sun and a fierce expose of the mistreatment of women encouraged by fundamentalist religious tradition 
3
Water
Duane Dudek
A heartbreaking prism through which to understand the absurdity and cruelty of this practice 
3
Water
Robert W. Butler
It slowly builds in emotional power 
3
Water
Rene Rodriguez
Unfolds with the clean simple lines of a fairy tale and if the characters initially seem to be too black or white to be believable the moral complexity of the story reveals itself in a gradual subtle manner 
3
Water
Lawrence Toppman
In an elemental way the film always works 
3
Water
Moira MacDonald
Mehta s film is courageous and reticent a shout masquerading as a whisper 
3
Water
Terry Lawson
Reminds us that Mehta is a filmmaker of courage she refused to abandon this film even after fundamentalist protestors shut down the production in India and singular style telling stories that have never been told on screen 
3
Water
Chris Hewitt
Mehta s graceful direction keeps Water from feeling like medicine 
2.5
Water
Jeff Strickler
Packs a punch that is difficult to parry 
3
Water
Thomas Delapa
The humane and courageous clarity of Mehta s storytelling works on you like a hard spring rain 
2.5
Water
Peter Canavese
Detailed and graced with irreverent humor and fine performances Mehta s film deals powerful blows to economic injustice and misogyny 
3
Water
Bruce Westbrook
Below its surface Water isn t about religion politics or even India It s about timeless and universal divides between people when humanity is eclipsed by self serving subjugation 
3.5
Water
Roger Ebert
The film is lovely in the way Satyajit Ray s films are lovely It sees poverty and deprivation as a condition of life not an exception to it and finds beauty in the souls of its characters 
3
Water
Louise Kennedy
Succeeds in its central goal to turn a forgotten class of women into real memorable human beings who deserve a different life 
3
Water
Marty Mapes
Tedious as a high school health class movie
1.5
Water
Carrie Rickey
Profound passionate and overflowing with incomparable beauty 
4
Water
Bruce Newman
Water runs deep because Mehta is an able if somewhat gloomy storyteller 
3
Water
Matt Pais
Water doesn t fully capture the pain and hardship of these repressed women but it s a powerful saga of the suppressive force of certain cultural customs 
3
Water
Michael Wilmington
Like India s greatest filmmaker Satyajit Ray Mehta is a great pure hearted storyteller and a maker of shining naturalistic images 
3.5
Water
Ruthe Stein
an important movie that captures the beginning of modern India in scenes of Gandhi preaching his message of freedom 
3
Water
James Berardinelli
Taken as a whole Water presents a damning view of this aspect of fundamental Hinduism 
3
Water
Lisa Rose
Lyrical imagery is matched with subtle performances 
3
Water
Gene Seymour
Deepa Mehta s controversial new epic is driven by a scorching urgency whose intensity exceeds even the previous two installments of Mehta s Elements trilogy of Indian romances 
3.5
Water
Jack Mathews
a gorgeously shot melancholy drama about a 7 year old girl sent to live in a widows house in 1938 India 
3
Water
Bob Strauss
politically provocative 
3
Water
Timothy Knight
An exhilarating intensely moving film of bold unwavering vision Water brings Meehta s Elemental Trilogy to a triumphant close 
3.5
Water
Kyle Smith
the incessant references to Gandhi keep gumming up the class war love story 
2.5
Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here s yet another example of people confusing an honorable message with a good movie 
1
Water
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
Unjustly victim to the same religious system to which the main character is faithful her confines are a strange necessity to her as is the water to the lilies 
3
Water
Susan Walker
Mehta has concocted a potent mix of politics historical conflict religion and philosophical questioning 
4
Water
Rick Groen
Both the plot and its symbolism are transparently basic yet Mehta handles them with a quiet lyrical assurance 
3
Khumba
Calum Marsh
Khumba despite being resoundingly terrible will probably appeal to children in the same way that a Lucky Charms commercial or an inflatable bouncy castle would 
1
Khumba
Simon Abrams
Khumba is essentially cut and paste cinema The film s creators borrow a lot from the Madagascar and Ice Age films and while that doesn t sound that bad Khumba is disastrously uninspired 
1.5
Gamers
Erik Childress
It took all of about six minutes for me to be scream laughing with the kind of ferocity that draws the attention of neighbors not annoyed but desperately wanting to enter the room and find out what is so damn funny 
3.5
The Rats
Walter Chaw
the picture isn t so much about even something so banal as eco paranoia but about itself and the genre that it simultaneously lampoons and aspires to 
1
People on Sunday
James Kendrick
utterly unpretentious without being slight
3
People on Sunday
Peter Canavese
Though People on Sunday regards people lazing about its legacy is that of filmmakers proving their industriousness Blu ray 
3
Ball of Wax
Steve Rhodes
Uneven black comedy 
2
My Bloody Valentine
Matt Brunson
Lacking even an ounce of imagination this is no better and maybe just a little bit worse than most of the era s like minded fare 
1.5
My Bloody Valentine
Dustin Putman
As far as slashers go My Bloody Valentine is fairly standard stuff And yet the film contains a pleasing atmosphere turning a day dedicated to love into a day to be feared 
2.5
Eden
Steven Rea
Although its low key realism is admirable Eden doesn t really work 
2
Eden
Ruthe Stein
To say it is bleak is an understatement But it will make a lot of people reassess their marriages and decide that in comparison they re not so bad after all 
3
Eden
Bob Strauss
Eden is a sad nicely observed study of a decade old marriage that for the most part is over 
3
Eden
Wesley Morris
As drama it s a chore 
2
Eden
Kyle Smith
An Irish indie that is well observed and well acted but ultimately not much more exciting than the love lives of its lead characters 
2
Eden
Lauren Wissot
Seemingly in an effort to make up for O Brien s anemic script Recks energizes the slow moving tale with nonstop distracting camerawork 
2
Planetarium
Peter Sobczynski
A film that looks promising on paper but has no idea how to put its ingredients together 
2
Planetarium
Wes Greene
Given all its clumsily executed genre detours and tonal fluctuations Rebecca Zlutowski s Planetarium suggests an amateur juggling act 
1.5
Planetarium
Kent Turner
Though handsomely produced and rich in subject matter the scattered focus with none of the plot strands even half way developed comes across as one long expositional setup 
1.5
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Roger Ebert
Of course it s completely ridiculous but at the same time it has a certain disarming charm 
2.5
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Matt Brunson
This cinematic atrocity truly is one of the all time worsts 
1
Southern Comfort
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slow going endeavor that doesn 8217 t 44 at the outset 44 contain too many elements worth wholeheartedly embracing or getting excited about 46 46 46 
2
Southern Comfort
Larry Vitacco
The multi penned script loses much of its credibility because of the stupid antics of various characters 
2
Southern Comfort
John Beifuss
The notion of Vietnam as quagmire is literalized in this stunning 1981 action suspense film 
3.5
Southern Comfort
Roger Ebert
The strength of the movie is in its look in its superb use of its locations and in Hill s mastery of action sequences that could have been repetitive 
3
Private Lesson
Roger Moore
Turkish 44 but too generic to recommend 46 It 8217 s too tame 44 trite and formulaic 46 46 46 for Western tastes 46 
1.5
Cooley High
James Kendrick
while it does not shy away from the harsh realities of growing up poor and black in the inner city in the early 1960s 44 it does not wallow in victimhood 44 either 44 showing how its characters lead determined 44 vibrant lives
3
Cooley High
Josh Larsen
emphasizes the thin line that exists between a life of promise and a life of prison or worse death for kids growing up in a neighborhood like this 
3
Cooley High
Bill Chambers
The film s resistance of pathos starts to feel not just counterintuitive but also a little ghoulish
2.5
Last Day of Summer
Ethan Alter
The script careens wildly between comic moments that aren t funny and dramatic moments that are preposterous and banal 
1.5
Last Day of Summer
Kam Williams
A Stockholm Syndrome saga giving new meaning to the term Shotgun Wedding 
3
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Farran Smith Nehme
The film succeeds as an introduction to Beck the writer but is undercut by its lack of gritty details 
2
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Nick Usen
It certainly threatens to succumb to hero worship but Jorge Hinojosa wisely subverts Slim s mythos by pulling the curtain back on it in the doc s second half by revealing the man beneath 
3
La leyenda negra
Walter Chaw
I t s juggling so much outrage and portent that it doesn t have room to follow any single thread through to its end Frustrating because you want it to be better 
1
The Summit
Linda Barnard
The subject is fascinating and the cinematic punch afforded by peaks so massive inspiring with their terrible beauty is a filmmaker s dream 
2.5
The Summit
Tom Russo
First time director Nick Ryan isn t entirely up to the challenge in The Summit but he does deliver some dramatic and visual highs in the attempt 
2
The Summit
Steven Rea
At once repetitive and puzzling There is a lot of finger pointing Assertions are made theories offered but not much in the way of certainty 
2.5
The Summit
Michael O'Sullivan
It s frustrating not to know exactly what occurred when how and to whom Of course some of this is due to the fact that nobody really knows everything that happened except as someone notes the mountain itself 
2.5
The Summit
Joe Williams
The Summit is an impressive achievement but there s a good reason to ask whether cameras are turning the planet into a playground for the reckless rich because it s there 
3
The Summit
Kent Turner
The Summit joins a small but distinguished canon which include Jon Krakauer s best selling Into Thin Air and Kevin Macdonald s gripping documentary Touching the Void 
3
The Summit
Stephen Whitty
I m afraid it will only leave some audience members with the same nagging question I had at the beginning Why on earth do people do this 
2.5
The Summit
Soren Andersen
At once visually impressive and narratively unfocused 
2
The Dreamed Ones
Amy Wolfe
The Dreamed Ones is a beautiful demonstration of pure emotion and a history lesson It s all doomed to repeat 
3
The Girl Next Door
Elias Savada
Stacy Valentine a Tulsa housewife turned centerspread and movie star is anything but an ordinary girl 
3
The Girl Next Door
David N. Butterworth
A playful powerful and very honest portrait of a profession we don t see all that often 
3
The Girl Next Door
Steve Rhodes
The most shocking part of the documentary is how Stacy really does seem like the innocent girl next door 
3
8 Seconds
Roger Ebert
Luke Perry looks capable of rising above the fanzine drivel and proving himself a real actor But this isn t quite the movie 
2
Kite
Kyle Smith
A kill a minute gore a thon whose twist is so obvious your grandma Edna will see it coming Kite never gets off the ground 
1
Kite
Bruce DeMara
If you re satisfied with pure bloody action Kite is the ticket If you want a little emotional and intellectual engagement try somewhere else 
2
55 Days at Peking
Jeremy Heilman
A jingoistic cartoon 
2
Don't Come Back From the Moon
Frank Ochieng
Fatherless fable Don t Come Back from the Moon is a small sized affecting coming of age tale with a big scale heart and thought provoking conviction Thoroughly probing and perceptive the conscious cow does not need to jump over this heart breaking Moon 
3
Don't Come Back From the Moon
Sara Michelle Fetters
The ethereally barren strangeness of both the locale and the bizarre events are fascinating 
2.5
Don't Come Back From the Moon
Richard Roeper
Small things transpire Life changing events happen All of it framed in that one summer where most days are about 90 percent despair and 10 percent hope and joy but when you re 16 that 10 percent just might be enough to see you through to 17 
3.5
Don't Come Back From the Moon
Odie Henderson
For a movie that is supposedly about the consequences of absentee fathers it sure has little of importance to say about the families they desert The Moon deserves better symbolism 
1
Don't Come Back From the Moon
Rex Reed
It s a very small movie with a very big emotional force that unfolds through the eyes of 16 year old Mickey sensitively played by promising newcomer Jeffrey Wahlberg 
3
Don't Come Back From the Moon
Mark Dujsik
C o writer director Bruce Thierry Cheung creates the atmosphere of a fable for this story 
3
Gerald's Game
Brian Eggert
Flanagan s direction is superb Gerald s Game is a film that looks like it was storyboarded and that those storyboards were followed in every detail 
3.5
Gerald's Game
Federico Furzan
What an awesome movie Gerald s Game is a wonderful entry in the catalog of Stephen King adaptations Full review in Spanish 
4
Gerald's Game
David Nusair
Filmmaker Mike Flanagan delivers an efficiently paced adaptation that grows more and more absorbing as it progresses into its midsection 
3
Gerald's Game
Christopher James
There are some legitimately upsetting moments throughout Gerald s Game Yet it s not long before the nifty tricks give way to over the top revelations 
2.5
Gerald's Game
James Kendrick
Carla Gugino conveys a complex woman who via her ordeal on the bed emerges as a woman with her own voice The physicality of her performance is raw and she makes us feel her character s panic discomfort anger and fear 
3
Gerald's Game
Brian Tallerico
The best King adaptation of the year so far 
3
Gerald's Game
Chuck Bowen
Mike Flanagan is an un ironic humanist which is rare in the horror genre And this admirable quality trips him up in the film s second half which pivots on Jessie learning to stand up to diseased masculinity 
2
A Poet in New York
Gail Pennington
Anyone who watches won t soon forget A Poet in New York one of the best things on television this year 
4
The Transporter Refueled
Sonny Bunch
The Transporter Refueled contains the single most redundant moment I ve ever seen committed to film 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Katie Walsh
Don t think too hard about it or you might ruin the ride 
2
The Transporter Refueled
Scott Nash
Worst movie of the year 
1
The Transporter Refueled
David Nusair
The Transporter Refueled conclusively proves that this series mild success has been a result of Jason Statham s magnetic turn as the central character 
2
The Transporter Refueled
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The fourth Transporter movie is broken down out of gas and any of a dozen other dead car metaphors 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Willie Waffle
If you try to do a Transporter movie without Jason Statham this is what you get so let s not make that mistake again 
1
The Transporter Refueled
Julia Cooper
In these 96 minutes of stilted dialogue and a plot that needlessly loops back on itself you will find The Transporter Refueled dutifully following the rules and predictabilities of the action genre and not much else 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Gary Thompson
Transporter 4 Statham Has Left the Building 
2
The Transporter Refueled
Kyle Smith
I ve seen lines at the post office that moved with more urgency and passion than The Transporter Refueled 
1
The Transporter Refueled
Brian Truitt
One doesn t make Jurassic Park without dinosaurs or Fast Furious without racing cars so why would anyone in their right mind do a Transporter film without Jason Statham 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Chris Knight
Is there such a thing as a low octane thriller 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Michael Ordoña
Those who enjoyed the first three Transporter flicks and helped turn them into a mediocre cumulative hit will get what they want though with brutish Mr Statham replaced by dreamy Mr Skrein 
1
The Transporter Refueled
Peter Howell
Producer Luc Besson is determined to wring every last euro out of this concept having also taken it to TV in recent years The gas gauge is reading empty 
2
The Transporter Refueled
Soren Andersen
Refueled No Recycled Yes Totally 
1
The Transporter Refueled
Dann Gire
Skrein acquits himself as the new Transporter especially when the editors go full throttle Jason Bourne on his fight scenes in the editing room But he can t win against stupidity 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Kenji Fujishima
The titular Transporter is now but a blank slate serving the characters and mayhem surrounding him a walking metaphor for a franchise that s run out of gas 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Peter Sobczynski
The Transporter Refueled is an unnecessary bore from start to finish one that even the most devoted Luc Besson fanatics will find difficult to defend 
1.5
The Transporter Refueled
Roger Moore
No Statham No stick shifts No Transporter 
1
Buena Vista Social Club
James Kendrick
Wenders packs in an impressive amount of experience and most importantly secured the place of these amazing musicians in the larger scope of history
3
Buena Vista Social Club
Michael Dequina
An affectionate cinematic celebration of that all but forgotten music 
3
Buena Vista Social Club
Thomas Delapa
Cooder is obviously enthralled by the music and the musicians but it s hardly communicated in a clubby film record that s likely to win few fans outside aficionados 
2
Buena Vista Social Club
Ed Gonzalez
Wenders is clearly an outsider looking in 
2.5
Buena Vista Social Club
Roger Ebert
The movie reminded me of a concert where somebody behind me is talking and moving around all the time Let them play 
2
We Need to Do Something
Peter Canavese
An insubstantial 44 obvious 44 repetitive and somewhat thin psychological horror film 44 but the committed performances do give it some juice 46 
2
We Need to Do Something
Steven Prokopy
the family dynamic exaggerates slightly the feeling of being trapped inside with those you are supposed to be closest to 
2.5
We Need to Do Something
Leo Brady
With a trio of excellent performances We Need to Do Something pushes a narrative to new bounds with a result of thrilling madness 
3
We Need to Do Something
Kevin Carr
a pressure cooker situation
2.5
We Need to Do Something
Brian Tallerico
Horror is often a predictable genre but O Grady and Booth often manage to turn left when you expect this movie to go right 
3
We Need to Do Something
Mike McGranaghan
The movie undermines its promising concept 
2
We Need to Do Something
Mark Dujsik
The lack of any real resolution to We Need to Do Something only solidifies that something significant is missing from this tale 
2.5
We Need to Do Something
Steven Nguyen Scaife
We Need to Do Something mainly succeeds at suggesting a more compelling film beyond its bathroom walls 
2
We Need to Do Something
Roger Moore
They threw a pretty good cast and some decent gruesome and disturbing effects at it even if all they managed to accomplish was unpleasant 
1.5
Big Muddy
Adam Nayman
It s a quintessentially Canadian idea mixed in with the material Moneo borrows from various hard boiled film noirs and sun dappled westerns 
3
Big Muddy
Linda Barnard
Big Muddy often looks darkly sublime but the script expanded by Moneo from his 2011 short isn t quite up to the task 
2
Big Muddy
David Berry
It dawdles and meanders a little too much in the getting there but at least once Martha and Stan are in the same house Big Muddy starts livening up its beat up setting 
2
Big Muddy
Roger Moore
A muddle with a badly miscast femme fatale
1.5
Big Muddy
Kam Williams
Atmospheric and absorbing this well crafted whodunit is rather reminiscent of Red Rock West 
4
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Brian Eggert
Exploits our culture s current obsession with zombies but it lacks the winking charm hinted upon with its title 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Frank Ochieng
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies is a serviceable spectacle a slightly insane spin on the austere exuberance of Austen s classic romancer a Victorian cultured social class romance yarn with an undead creepfest twist 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Brad Keefe
The zombie crowd may be bummed by all the talking and prancing about The Austen crowd is well not typically into zombies But if you re in the sweet spot in the middle it s oddly moving And peppered with zombies 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sean P. Means
The problem is that the movie offers just enough to tantalize both fan groups the Austenites and the horror fans but not enough to fully satisfy either 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Kevin A. Ranson
looks like someone mashed up a Zombie 5K with a Renaissance faire It shouldn t work but by sheer force of will and a game cast of actors it s wonderful 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Brandy McDonnell
Steers and his cast infuse Pride and Prejudice and Zombies with enough martial arts action and Austenian charm to keep this mad mashup on its feet and fighting to the end 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sara Michelle Fetters
Steers adaptation of Grahame Smith s source material is a heck of a lot of fun 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
John Serba
Once the gimmickry is exhausted and a few of the jokes repeated you ll be wondering why a movie titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies isn t funnier wittier more glibly satirical 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Scott Nash
Not completely horrible but fails to live up to the silliness its title promises 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Scott Renshaw
It s closer to almost good than it has any right to be if only someone had figured out that you shouldn t remember only occasionally that Lady Catherine De Bourgh has been turned into a one eyed ninja 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
John Hanlon
Although the movie lasts a bit longer than it should it still offers some great and bloody fun 
3.0
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
John Beifuss
It s more droll than drool though blood and other seepages do occasionally drain from the cavities that pockmark undead faces 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
James Berardinelli
The bottom line is that Burr Steers adaptation is unlikely to please any audience regardless of what they re looking for 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mike McGranaghan
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is one of the best adaptations I ve ever seen It perfectly captures the unrelenting awfulness of the book it s based on 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Rafer Guzman
An unexpected and off kilter treat thanks to a BBC quality cast and un deadpan humor 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Alynda Wheat
It s gratifying to see an Austen adaptation that s even more fearlessly feminist than Jane was herself These are Bennet sisters she could be proud of 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Anita Katz
Overall both the Austen and the zombie elements are only superficially engaging 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Roger Moore
A one joke horror comedy
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Christy Lemire
Maybe someone else can crack the code to the ultimate Austen mash up when the inevitable Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters adaption comes along 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Willie Waffle
Loses the bits of comic fodder that make Pride and Prejudice and Zombies worth seeing 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Barry Hertz
Like its source material a loose term if there ever was one Steers s movie is a failure across multiple fronts 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sara Stewart
Steers nails the aesthetics zombies in ornate period dress are both amusing and chilling but has his actors playing it completely thuddingly straight 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mark Dujsik
I t constantly forces us to wonder why the damned zombies are here in the first place 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Tom Russo
OK so it s not Olivier or Colin Firth material But writer director Burr Steers delivers a screen mash up that s generally done in the right warped spirit 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Linda Barnard
Not gory enough to satisfy horror fans nor clever enough for a really good laugh 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Chris Knight
It all fits together in a neat package not a very original one given that it is just a combination of others ideas but satisfying enough 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Katie Walsh
The result is a post modern genre mash up of Jane Austen zombies and martial arts ends up being rather exceedingly tolerable to quote Mr Darcy 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Richard Roeper
Director Burr Steers does a nifty job of rocketing from period piece romance to gory bloodshed with sprinkles of dark humor here and there 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Loey Lockerby
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is two good movies spliced together into one pretty decent one Considering the gimmick that inspired it that s more than anyone could have expected 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Dann Gire
P P Z early on exhausts the intrigue of its daring literary horror mash up premise and squanders its promise of a super sexy very scary and riotously funny cinematic experience 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Peter Travers
PP Z is rated PG 13 so the zombie gore is decidedly decorous But before repetition dulls the party the movie gets in a few juicy innings 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Stephanie Merry
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies delivers what its title promises a little romance and some undead villains plus a bit of comedy But this overly busy riff on Austen s winning formula doesn t justify all the tinkering 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Connie Ogle
The skirmishes and eventual full blown battle is garden variety PG 13 violence clanking swords and grunting so the action won t past muster for a generation weaned on The Walking Dead 
1.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Michael Phillips
For all the splurch and head lopping Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is monotonal It turns its action sequences into a noisy blur 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mick LaSalle
Compared with other Jane Austen movies it isn t much but compared with other zombie apocalypse movies it s an intelligent literate effort 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sarah Bryan Miller
Overall the movie is an uneasy mix of humor romance and horror with dead spots throughout 
2.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Matt Pais
Like if Metallica had recorded its symphony enhanced album S M not by playing with the orchestra but by having the ensemble play alone for five minutes then stop for two minutes of Metallica then repeat 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Soren Andersen
New horizons in clichédom Perhaps But on the whole done rather well 
3
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Moira MacDonald
Imagine being dead and still having to wear a corset 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Richard Larson
The juxtaposition of courtship and violence is the film s one true coup but Pride and Prejudice and Zombies still mistakes weaponry for agency 
2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Rick Bentley
Not only do the genres co exist they manage to pump up each other to the point the film is both a sweet and endearing romance while also being a thoroughly entertaining action movie 
3.5
The Neighbor No. Thirteen
Jeff Shannon
a technically impressive but altogether listless revenge tale 
2
The Neighbor No. Thirteen
V.A. Musetto
The Neighbor No Thirteen forgoes the manic violence of the Korean revenge stunner Oldboy in favor of leisurely paced suspense with sudden bloody outbursts 
3
The Neighbor No. Thirteen
Ed Gonzalez
The film isn t very good but it s refreshing to see a director tell a story without the familiar noise of blinking lights and stringy haired nymphets 
2
Mutant Chronicles
David Nusair
suffers from a pervadingly low rent sensibility that proves impossible to overlook 
1.5
Titus
David Keyes
audaciously steps outside of the tradition when it comes to film adaptations of the bard s works but it also does so much more notably find distinct meaning in a play where all notions of importance lacked a central point 
3.5
Titus
Joe Lozito
At once mesmerizing and jarring to the point that the audience can never get comfortable in the film 
2
Titus
Jeanne Aufmuth
The real star of the show is Lange 
3.5
Titus
Liam Lacey
Along with everything else the acting styles here clash though the dissonance serves the drama s bellicose theme 
3.5
Titus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Adds a wicked grin to the proceedings 
3.5
Titus
James Berardinelli
Despite its nearly three hour running time there are few dead spots 
3.5
Titus
Jeff Vice
You get the feeling that as a first time filmmaker Taymor has bitten off more than she can chew 
3
Titus
Steve Rhodes
What it lacks is a cohesive structure and perspicuous storytelling 
2.5
Titus
Michael Dequina
Announces the arrival of a fearlessly imaginative new cinematic voice 
3
Titus
Ray Greene
The single most visually dazzling movie of the last half decade 
4
Titus
Jay Carr
A brilliant production of a mediocre play 
2.5
Titus
John Anderson
A lugubrious and occasionally laughable two hours and 40 minutes 
1
Titus
Mick LaSalle
Julie Taymor has created a film that is as vulgar obvious and glorious as the Shakespeare play it s based on 
4
Titus
Roger Ebert
This is the film Shakespeare s play deserves and perhaps even a little more 
3.5
Titus
Jonathan Foreman
Makes a brilliant case that it is the Shakespeare play for our time a work of art that speaks directly to the age of Rwanda and Bosnia 
3
Titus
Rob Blackwelder
Flirts with becoming among the all time best of Shakespeare movies if you can endure the stomach turning violence 
3.5
Douchebag
Calvin Wilson
This unfortunately titled film has an offbeat charm that just about makes up for its short running time 
3
Douchebag
Moira MacDonald
Despite the brief running time audiences will likely lose interest before the film s speedy conclusion turns out the most unexpected and entertaining thing about Douchebag is its title 
2
Douchebag
Steven Rea
As anthropological study as a short storylike glimpse into a character better observed from afar or through the lens of a jumpy digital video camera Douchebag is undeniably fascinating 
3
Douchebag
Kyle Smith
An unusually eventful mumblecore road flick the no budget slacker odyssey Douchebag belies its abrasive title with a soft touch for two wobbly souls 
3
Douchebag
Nick Schager
Intended to amuse younger viewers and send older ones to Urban Dictionary Douchebag s title is unfortunately its most noteworthy aspect
2
Douchebag
Erik Childress
Leave it to Sundance to program a film like this and have it not live up to its title 
1.5
Dasvi
Roger Moore
Its not classic Bollywood and never more than pleasant but kind of bland jaunty but meandering lacking the pace and the edge to set itself apart from the rest 
2
The Hawaiians
Matt Brunson
While 1966 s Hawaii is generally considered superior to this follow up I find them to be of comparable interest 
3
The Paper
David Nusair
It s clear right away that The Paper benefits substantially from Keaton s typically stellar turn as the central character 
3
The Paper
James Berardinelli
A crowd pleaser and regardless of any viewer s experience or lack thereof with the behind the scenes wrangling that goes on in newspaper offices the story is affable and entertaining 
3
The Paper
Steve Rhodes
I think the movie ultimately is not a comedy although it is extremely funny This is a first rate drama 
3.5
The Paper
Chris Hicks
The characterizations the eccentricities the feverish sense of pursuing a deadline story and an awful lot of other particulars that show just how defiantly dedicated and frenetically frenzied the members of the fourth estate can be are dead on 
3.5
The Paper
Roger Ebert
Watching The Paper got me in touch all over again with how good it feels to work at the top of your form on a story you believe in on deadline 
3.5
A Case of You
Clayton Davis
With all the obvious flaws A Case of You is still very entertaining and enjoyable 
2.5
A Case of You
David Nusair
A winning romantic comedy 
3
A Case of You
Andrew Schenker
Kat Coiro s film takes the comedy of discomfort to new levels of cringe worthiness by presenting 
1
The Games Maker
Brad Wheeler
The plot might be a bit labyrinthian for kids but then the young ones always do manage to find their way don t they 
3
The Games Maker
Chris Knight
You know what The Games Maker is 111 minutes long but would take as least twice as long to explain 
2
Nono, The Zigzag Kid
Ty Burr
Simon is immensely appealing in the lead smart resourceful weighed down with a few more cares than a kid his age should have 
3.5
Nono, The Zigzag Kid
Marci Schmitt
Say yes to the cute and clever Nono 
4
The Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulity
V.A. Musetto
The Disappointment Or the Force of Credulity is either an inept documentary or a wacky satire Take your pick because I ll be darned if I know the answer 
2
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
David Nusair
46 46 46 a briskly paced yet mostly uninvolving adaptation 46 46 46 
1.5
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s too bad that the filmmakers couldn t include women in their reverence with the sort of understanding that Mary Shelley showed toward men 
1
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
James Kendrick
Flamboyant 44 melodramatic 44 full of sound and fury and fire and lightning and blood and amniotic fluid 44 Kenneth Branagh 8217 s film is a feverishly ambitious work
3
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Matt Brunson
Kenneth Branagh apos s caffeinated take on the tale survives crucial miscasting in a significant role 46 
3
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mal Vincent
De Niro s casting as the creature is distracting Although he works hard to suggest a misunderstood loner we can never forget that it s De Niro under all that latex 
2.5
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Gene Siskel
Branagh s version is too respectful and ultimately well lifeless 
2
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Peter Canavese
Branagh s ambitious take succeeds as a cautionary tale about true monstrosity hubris and man s inhumanity to man But one man s operatic style is another man s unintentionally comical excess and Frankenstein certainly tempts fate Blu ray 
3
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Walter Chaw
It s Greek tragedy and when its characters utter invocations to the gods in turn it manages to feel cheesy in exactly the right way 
2.5
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Michael Dequina
An oddly moving father son love story 
3.5
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
James Berardinelli
Something more substantial than Hollywood s typical fitfully entertaining fluff 
3
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Roger Ebert
The Creature is on target but the rest of the film is so frantic so manic it doesn t pause to be sure its effects are registered 
2.5
Last Call at the Oasis
Jennie Punter
It s one of the best in a recent array of cinematic docs looking at such hot topics as oil water food production climate change the economy and telling us as scientist Jay Famiglietti so succinctly puts it in Yu s film We re screwed 
3
Last Call at the Oasis
Linda Barnard
Be assured this thorough doc with its gorgeous opening sequence will sear a central message into your brain think before you drink 
3
Last Call at the Oasis
Ann Hornaday
Last Call at the Oasis represents nonfiction filmmaking at its most urgent timely and stylistically smooth 
3
Last Call at the Oasis
Amy Biancolli
One can argue the movie s finer points but in the end there s no escaping its creeping pile up of evidence that Mother Earth is critically dehydrated and we need to do something fast 
3
Last Call at the Oasis
Sara Stewart
Yu ends on a mildly optimistic note but it s hard not to walk away convinced we re all in for a rather severe dry spell 
3
Last Call at the Oasis
Andrew Schenker
Both an informative bit of agitprop and an ultra slick and slightly self satisfied bit of entertainment 
2
The Blackout
Joshua Tanzer
With vacuous dialogue and little sense of character or direction it oozes from one amateurishly conceived scene to the next 
0
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
Lou Lumenick
A mild toothless satire a Being There where there s barely any there there 
2
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
Mike McGranaghan
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor may not be good to the last drop but parts of it are finger lickin good 
2.5
Yogoto no yume (Every Night Dreams)
Keith Uhlich
Somewhat stylistically unhinged yet the constant push ins and frenetic cutting feel more to the psychological point than comparitvely showier Naruse works from the 30s 
4
Rififi
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Dassin s first French film is a stylistic and thematic distillation of his best Hollywood work Full review in Spanish 
4
Rififi
Chris Cabin
Jules Dassin doesn t waste much time in expressing exactly what he thinks of the criminals and gangster culture that rule his underworld 
4
Rififi
Matt Brunson
Sandwiched between two great American heist flicks John Huston s 1950 The Asphalt Jungle and Stanley Kubrick s 1956 The Killing French writer director Jules Dassin s Rififi employs the three act structure that works well for any film of this nature 
3.5
Rififi
Phil Villarreal
Although 007 has been through his share of danger over the years he doesn t know rififi like Dassin s film noir 
4
Rififi
Roger Ebert
There is something else unique about the heist scene It is the centerpiece of the film not the climax 
4
Rififi
Jason Anderson
Even though its intricate heist scenes have been recycled in countless other films most prominently in the 90s crime pics Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects Rififi still dazzles 
4
Rififi
James Kendrick
has a larger grander sense of tragedy than many crime films of its type 
4
Rififi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Still a crackerjack crime film 
4
Bleach
Roger Moore
Dopey colorful live action manga that plays like a dopey violent Japanese Harry Potter picture 
2.5
Time Bandits
Larry Vitacco
For the most part Time Bandits goes its charming merry way weaving much hilarity as it does until the movie careens to its twisted unorthodox ending 
3
Time Bandits
James Kendrick
one of the greatest of children s fantasy movies
4
Time Bandits
Peter Canavese
A smart and imaginative fantasy with appeal for the whole family is always cause for celebration Time Bandits rivals Roald Dahl in its surrealism and satire Blu ray 
3.5
Time Bandits
Roger Ebert
Amazingly well produced The historic locations are jammed with character and detail This is the only live action movie I ve seen that literally looks like pages out of Heavy Metal magazine 
3
Time Bandits
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the greatest characteristic attributable to Time Bandits is its sense of invention The movie does so many things all of them well 
4
Time Bandits
James O'Ehley
Hollywood wouldn t have touched this subject matter with a three foot barge pole and for this alone the movie should be commended That it also happens to be a very funny and well made movie is a bonus 
3.5
Time Bandits
Scott Nash
Time Bandits is probably Terry Gilliam s most accessible film Brazil will always be known as his greatest artistic achievement but for sheer entertainment Time Bandits is one of his best 
3
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Kam Williams
Director David Redmon earns accolades galore for crafting a dmning expose which brilliantly contrasts the plight of exploited Asian females with the embarrassing behavior of drunks and bimbos floating up Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday 
4
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Glenn Whipp
doesn t make you proud to wave the red white and blue and even manages to sober up a few Mardi Gras revelers in the process 
3
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Janice Page
At minimum this two dimensional documentary does a decent job of displaying cavalier consumption alongside globalization and exploitative manufacturing 
2
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Maitland McDonagh
Slyly devastating 
3
Mardi Gras: Made in China
John Anderson
Feels like a sermon on vegetarianism being delivered to occupants of a Sudanese refugee camp 
2
Mardi Gras: Made in China
V.A. Musetto
Would play better if it were more focused and less repetitive 
2
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Elizabeth Weitzman
When Redmon runs out of things to say his film lands in an anticlimactic puddle just like the shiny trinkets forgotten after the party ends 
2
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Ed Gonzalez
Redmon is impressively hands off allowing the material to speak for itself about the headless beast of globalization 
3
Call of the Wild
Chris Hewitt
Although Call of the Wild would have been a dime a dozen in a previous era right now it s so old it feels new again 
2
Call of the Wild
Jeff Vice
Even comparing itself to the beloved book makes this clunky and supposedly family friendly drama seem worse than it already is 
2
The Apostle
Wesley Lovell
If you can stand to sit for two hours and listen to a sermon and really want to see Robert Duvall 8217 s performance by all means go see it 44 but if you 8217 re not as patient as I tried to be this is not the film for you 46 
1.5
The Apostle
Michael Dequina
Shocking in its unbridled electrifying energy and raw emotion 
3.5
The Apostle
Gary Brown
I cannot recall a movie so dominated by the performance of one actor Robert Duvall as this one 
4
The Apostle
Thomas Delapa
Some kind of acting miracle One doesn t have to be a churchgoer or even a Christian to be moved by the power of Duvall s great performance 
3
The Apostle
Judith Egerton
As the charismatic Sonny Duvall brilliantly shouts the praises of Jesus 
3
The Apostle
James Sanford
There are scattered inspired moments throughout this two and a half hour epic but like many actor directors Duvall is so in love with his material and his star that he just can t say cut 
2.5
The Apostle
David Keyes
Walking away from The Apostle I felt renewed and reborn 
4
The Apostle
Roger Ebert
The Apostle is like a lesson in how movies can escape from convention and penetrate the hearts of rare characters 
4
The Apostle
Frank Ochieng
Oscar winning actor Robert Duvall has directed produced and wrote what very well may be the most intensifying gut wrenching powerful and complexed movies that has hit the big screen in ages
4
Bangkok Dangerous
Michael Wilmington
If you re looking for something different the movie certainly qualifies How many visually snappy Thai urban romance crime thrillers have you seen lately 
2.5
Bangkok Dangerous
V.A. Musetto
The shooting sprees are full of razzle dazzle 
3
Bangkok Dangerous
Ed Gonzalez
Oxide and Danny Pang transform Bangkok into ready made speed for the raver sect 
3
Bangkok Dangerous
Harvey S. Karten
Film school photographic tricks attempt to mask a banal copycat story 
2
Bangkok Dangerous
Tor Thorsen
A fistful of baht that you shouldn t let slip through your fingers 
3.5
Bangkok Dangerous
Bob Graham
Mongkolpisit as the hit man keeps it afloat 
2
Bangkok Dangerous
Rob Blackwelder
An intense pulsating ironically noise fueled redemption fable the film has a colorful rave mix energy that sweeps the audience into Bangkok s neon emblazoned underworld 
3.5
Turist
Lisa Jensen
Filmmaker Ruben Östlund s design is fascinating in the way Ebba s story soon becomes a litmus test for gender family and even age issues among all who hear it including the audience 
3
Turist
Matt Brunson
Reading the various opinions on Force Majeure is almost as entertaining as watching the actual movie 
3
Turist
John Wirt
If Force Majeure writer director Ruben Östlund makes more films as amusing perceptive and deftly crafted as this one he ll be a force in world cinema 
3.5
Turist
Anita Katz
Acting is excellent including the children whose characters say little but radiate anxiety 
3
Turist
Walter Chaw
essentially the droller married version of Julia Loktev s masterpiece of relational gender dynamics
4
Turist
Josh Larsen
a squirmy exploration of masculinity come undone 
3.5
Turist
Mark Dujsik
The film is incisive about its characters attitudes and what those attitudes say about our cultural beliefs in regards to gender roles 
3
Turist
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Force Majeure becomes a thoughtful examination through Tomas and Ebba of the person who lives inside each of us emerging only in the most unguarded moments and not always a person we want to acknowledge 
3
Turist
Matt Pais
An alternately funny and vulnerable look at the fragility of both individuals and couples 
3
Turist
Michael Phillips
Force Majeure is both funny and sad often in the same glance averted instant See it with someone you d trust to stick around in an avalanche It s one of the highlights of 2014 
4
Turist
David Nusair
a sporadically engrossing yet perpetually erratic familial drama 
2.5
Turist
Rob Thomas
One thing s for sure any father who sees Force Majeure will stay rooted to their seat the next time an avalanche is coming their way The alternative is more painful than annihilation 
3
Turist
Glenn Lovell
a what would you do thriller from Sweden appropriately more Bergman esque than Hitchcockian Add this one to your short list of year s most intriguing offerings 
3.5
Turist
Dustin Putman
Force Majeure is a blistering ultimately empathetic tour de force 
4
Turist
Tirdad Derakhshani
Östlund has an exquisite eye for the intimate nonverbal communication between couples through their posture gestures their eyes 
3.5
Turist
Anders Wright
Östlund s movie is chillingly choreographed and sharply shot and edited but despite the chilly setting and icy veneers it has a heart that burns wickedly 
3.5
Turist
Ann Hornaday
Force Majeure leaves the audience squirming in all the very best ways 
4
Turist
David Lewis
Ostlund has a keen eye for human behavior that exacerbates marital discord and dysfunction 
3
Turist
Marty Mapes
Little fights turn into big fights when couples use their emotions as weapons
3.5
Turist
Chris Knight
Force Majeure offers a what would I do scenario that is so banal yet so life changing that some of us may have been through something like it already Warning Thinking about its implications may keep you up at night 
4
Turist
Nathalie Atkinson
It is often deliciously horrifically awkward and downright uncomfortable 
3
Turist
Claudia Puig
Meticulous and deliberately paced Force Majeure unexpectedly hits the viewer like an emotional avalanche 
3.5
Turist
Peter Howell
The emotional aftermath and battle of gender expectations threatens to be more devastating than any pounding of powder 
3.5
Turist
Peter Travers
Filmmaker Ruben Östlund shifts gears from humor to psychological thriller redefining courage and family in the process Force Majeure is a jolt You won t know what hit you
3
Turist
Godfrey Cheshire
Östlund fashions an examination of marital upset that s beautifully written sometimes quite funny and plotted with a kind of forensic exactitude 
3.5
Turist
Rex Reed
The cinematography is thrilling the actors are marvelous and director Mr Östlund shifts masterfully between violent confrontational outbursts of anger and moments of quiet introspective feelings without words 
3
Turist
Kyle Smith
Though far too long for its wisp of a plot this stylish film has a nerve cinching grip that makes it more alarming than most horror flicks let alone most movies about a couple having a tiff 
2.5
Turist
Roger Moore
Forget Gone Girl this is the truly icy commentary on the state of marriage today 
3
Turist
Abhimanyu Das
It comes down on the essential hollowness of traditional gender roles like the avalanche that proves to be its inciting event 
3.5
Turist
Kent Turner
This insightful excavation of a husband and wife is a ready post screening argument starter In Turist the Swedes don t hold back the dirty laundry is aired out for all to see and smell 
3.5
Give Up Tomorrow
John Beifuss
This documentary about Filipino injustice functions as a sort of companion piece to the West Memphis Three trilogy This too is a story about a young man convicted by a corrupt political system of a murder he didn t commit 
3
Y tu mamá también
John Beifuss
A sexy and often comical road trip that demonstrates how personal agendas and insecurities sabotage and corrupt not just personal but political ideals 
4
Y tu mamá también
Mark Dujsik
A sexy funny sad uplifting and most importantly human film 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Mark Caro
Raunchy smart ebullient melancholy insightful surprising funny frank and sexy as all get out 
4
Y tu mamá también
Mike McGranaghan
It s about growing up being more responsible about sex understanding that it is an act that has weight meaning and significance 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Ian Mantgani
A wonderful forgiving movie one that understands how desire sometimes sidetracks us because that s the way nature works
4
Y tu mamá también
David N. Butterworth
A complex and thoroughly absorbing tale that juxtaposes the virulent beauty of Mexico with that country s seamier side 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Liam Lacey
If you like sex you ll like the Mexican hit movie Y Tu Mama Tambien 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Sean P. Means
A fascinating touching and highly erotic road movie 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Steve Rhodes
Told with bold exuberance by Mexican Director Alfonso Cuarn think of it as a road trip cross of Bill Ted s Excellent Adventure and The Graduate 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Susan Stark
Stylish hip finally sad and above all sexy 
3
Y tu mamá también
Collin Souter
Alfonso Cuaron represents the best kind of filmmaker A unique and gifted stylist truly in love with the substance be it Truffaut s or his own What s not to love 
4
Y tu mamá también
Walter Chaw
A hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look 
3
Y tu mamá también
Phil Villarreal
The director s unadulterated thrill in making the movie shines through in every frame 
4
Y tu mamá también
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Y Tu Mama Tambien is a most refreshing import and an absolute must see for anyone open to it 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Todd Anthony
Uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict adolescent yearning the roots of friendship and sexual identity 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Moira MacDonald
A wonderfully vibrant contemporary coming of age road movie 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Carla Meyer
Frank funny and true 
4
Y tu mamá también
Duane Dudek
A bittersweet profane funny and exhilarating coming of age tale 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Steven Rosen
Its vision of the road the rural highways of Mexico in this case and of sex is profanely funny sharply observant and visually eloquent 
4
Y tu mamá también
Jonathan Perry
Explores the exciting terrifying complications and limitations of sex love power and loyalty 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Rob Blackwelder
Just like his characters writer director Alfonso Cuar oacute n takes the road less traveled 
3
Y tu mamá también
Roger Ebert
Another trumpet blast that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a bornin 
4
Y tu mamá también
Carrie Rickey
That rare thing a Hollywood teen flick transfigured into something like pubescent scripture In the beginning there was lust in the end there is knowledge 
4
Y tu mamá también
Rene Rodriguez
The lowest of lowbrow film genres the teen sex comedy is elevated to lyrical new heights 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Chris Hewitt
Cuaron sucks you in with the colorful lively stuff while hinting that the movie is more complicated than it seems that it is in fact as complicated as sex itself 
3
Y tu mamá también
Mary F. Pols
What makes this film so unexpectedly strong and affecting is its frank portrayal of how we actually process our life experiences 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Jeanne Aufmuth
Erotic controversial and unforgettable 
4
Y tu mamá también
Frank Ochieng
Vastly sardonic and intoxicating Y Tu Mama Tambien is a bristle and unconventionally welcoming eyeopener that refreshingly defines what it means to be an examination of sexual angst while catering to a personalized and undefined rebellion 
4
Y tu mamá también
Jeremy Heilman
Like its characters Y Tu Mama has a great distance to go before it becomes enlightening 
2.5
Y tu mamá también
David Elliott
one of the most compellingly sexy movies ever made 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Rod Armstrong
Though Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third act plot development is somewhat melodramatic its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Gene Seymour
If adolescent sex comedies in this country were made with brains and soul instead of glands and attitude they could look a lot like this ribald but touching road movie from Mexico 
4
Y tu mamá también
Bob Strauss
Its political consciousness is a prime reason why Y Tu Mama Tambien is such a fresh exhilarating moviegoing experience 
3.5
Y tu mamá también
Jonathan Foreman
Director Alfonso Cuaron gets vivid convincing performances from a fine cast and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace occasionally using an omniscient voice over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films 
3
Y tu mamá también
James Berardinelli
It s not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe but it s far from a groundbreaking endeavor 
2.5
Y tu mamá también
Harvey S. Karten
Sexy playful delightfully vulgar and with political resonance as well 
3
Y tu mamá también
Ed Gonzalez
As playful and politically scatterbrained as Truffaut s overrated Jules and Jim Tambien has the raunchier upper hand 
2.5
Y tu mamá también
Jorge Avila Andrade
Y Tu Mam Tambin es un buen filme gracias a lo poco convencional de su narrativa y es quiz el proyecto ms arriesgado en la carrera de Alfonso Cuarn
3
Concerning Violence
Godfrey Cheshire
On both levels of the film the archival and the textual there s much that s fascinating and worthwhile What s regrettable is the refusal to contextualize and explore the ongoing ramifications of what we see and hear 
1.5
Concerning Violence
Kenji Fujishima
Here is a film that isn t afraid to risk didacticism in order to put across its vision of the debilitating physical and psychological effects of colonialism 
3
A Place in the Sun
Brian Eggert
Watching the otherwise capable film is an exercise in the appreciation of fine acting and competent direction as opposed to a heartfelt tragedy salient sociopolitical text or believable romance 
3
A Place in the Sun
Matt Brunson
A first rate motion picture that ably mixes romance and murder against a backdrop of social jockeying among the classes 
3.5
Shall We Dance?
Michael Dequina
An absolutely splendid entertainment 
4
Shall We Dance?
Betsy Bozdech
Manages to be both heartwarming and original all while leaving you wishing it was you quick stepping for the judges 
3
Shall We Dance?
Mike Clark
This leisurely little import has its moments but far too many of them It runs two hours and seems to end five times 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Roger Ebert
Masayuki Suo s direction combines the psychological and intriguing with comedy bits that might be found in a lesser movie 
3.5
Shall We Dance?
Marty Mapes
Good natured lighthearted and a look inside Japanese society to boot
3
17 Girls
Connie Ogle
17 Girls is allegedly inspired by true events but this diffident dreamy film is so insubstantial it s hard to believe there s a speck of reality to be found in it 
2
17 Girls
Farran Smith Nehme
The question is why this incident seemed worth dramatizing especially in such a dreamily romanti cized way with perfect pregnancies and friendly baby daddies 
1
17 Girls
John Hartl
The movie needs a tighter grip yet the narrative detours including a beach party and one especially liberating confrontation can be surprisingly joyous 
3
17 Girls
Kenji Fujishima
At which point does a superficially nonjudgmental approach simply seem coy rather than sincerely evenhanded 
2
17 Girls
David Nusair
it s ultimately clear that there just isn t enough story here to sustain a full length feature 
1
Fantasia 2000
Peter Canavese
A worthy successor to the original concept allowing the next generation of animation talent to cut loose Blu ray 
3.5
Fantasia 2000
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 8 beautifully animated segments that bring 8220 Fantasia 8221 into a new millennium and a new generation of viewers 46 You may not recognize every piece 44 but you 8217 re sure to enjoy every tragic and comic moment of the year 8217 s best animated feature 46 
3.5
Fantasia 2000
Joe Lozito
This new installment perhaps aims slightly lower than the original 
3
Fantasia 2000
Jeanne Aufmuth
A roller coaster ride of energy utilizing incredible animated imagery elegant classical music and state of the art technology 
3
Fantasia 2000
Jorge Avila Andrade
Verdadera obra de arte que vuelve a transportarnos a la infancia y que logra sacar a flote lo mejor de nosotros mismos
4
Fantasia 2000
James Berardinelli
Fantasia 2000 does not soar the way its predecessor did but neither does it plummet to the earth 
3
Fantasia 2000
Marty Mapes
A stirring enjoyable time at the movies 
3
Fantasia 2000
Michael Dequina
Another important step forward into riskier more ambitious artistic territory for the Mouse s animation house 
3.5
Fantasia 2000
Susan Stark
Those who get to know the spectacular IMAX format with this movie are in for a jumbo treat 
3
Fantasia 2000
Jeffrey Wachs
An adequately entertaining diversion with moments that flirt with greatness 
2.5
Fantasia 2000
David Sterritt
Has plenty to offer 
3
Fantasia 2000
Steve Rhodes
Go in with low expectations 
2.5
Fantasia 2000
Bob Graham
Not only music made visible It is a millennial medley to the max 
3
Fantasia 2000
Bob Bloom
A minor disappointment 
3
Fantasia 2000
Jeff Vice
When the shorts are good they are very very good particularly those in which the animators actually try to tell a story 
3
Fantasia 2000
Ross Anthony
more of a collection of musical shorts than a feature film So I ll review each short on its own 
2.5
Fantasia 2000
Gary Brown
It was worth the wait 
4
Fantasia 2000
Lou Lumenick
More than lives up to its clever positioning as the first movie of the new millennium 
3.5
Fantasia 2000
Elias Savada
Daring in concept and inspirational for young and old alike this is truly a near rapturous adventure a unique audience pleaser 
3
Fantasia 2000
David Keyes
One of the most impressive marriages of music and animation since the original film 
4
Fantasia 2000
Roger Ebert
As exactly what it is Fantasia 2000 is splendid entertainment and the IMAX system is an impressive co star 
3
Tora! Tora! Tora!
David Nusair
Directors Richard Fleischer Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda have infused Tora Tora Tora with an excessively dry and deliberate pace that results in an almost interminable first hour 
2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Burl Burlingame
Prior to Tora movies showing the attack were jingoistic propaganda afterwards the attack was an excuse to indulge in Hollywood s fascination with American self loathing 
3
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Eric Melin
Strictly for history buffs only because it presents the story in the most dry way possible It s like a History Channel re enactment with all of the right aircraft carriers and airplanes 
2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Roger Ebert
Tora Tora Tora is one of the deadest dullest blockbusters ever made 
1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
James Berardinelli
It s rare for a feature film to attain the trifecta of entertaining informing and educating 
3.5
The Right to Love: An American Family
Mike McGranaghan
This is a skillfully made documentary with a point of view and a tender touch 
3.5
The Right to Love: An American Family
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is unlikely to bring about any debate since the likely audience for Jaye s film is already convinced 
2
Fly Colt Fly: Legend of the Barefoot Bandit
Adam Nayman
The movie feints at examining the loneliness of its long distance runner but it keeps taking on the feeling of a victory lap 
2.5
Final Score
Roger Moore
The story 63 Could 8217 ve been written by a cheap phone app 46 
2
Final Score
James Berardinelli
Employing even basic logic engenders a recognition of how truly stupid this screenplay is especially when it comes to the resolution 
1.5
Final Score
Mark Dujsik
I t s silly but it definitely isn t dull 
3
Final Score
Pat Brown
To observe that Final Score is yet another Die Hard knockoff may be tiresome but it s not as if the film gives one much of a choice as it offers up a ceaseless barrage of scenes lifted from the John McTiernan classic 
1.5
Dead Ahead
David Nusair
an incredibly lame suspense flick that may as well have come from a book entitled Paint By Numbers Thriller Writing 
1
Big Nothing
David Nusair
one of the most refreshingly mean spirited comedies to come around in quite some time 
2.5
They Might Be Giants
Matt Brunson
Stellar performances by Scott and Woodward but it eventually gets smothered by its ever escalating whimsy 
2.5
They Might Be Giants
James Kendrick
Its humor and emotions are subtle and the exterior of the film is a quite bizarre mix of sometimes disparate elements
3
Nikki Glaser: Bangin'
Richard Roeper
It s wall to wall raunchy humor but in addition to being sharp and funny these routines include self deprecating insights into Glaser s insecurities and issues 
3.5
The Expendables 2
Brian Eggert
Van Damme apos s villain 44 silly as his character may be 44 makes this movie more watchable than it has any right to be 46 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Mattie Lucas
One wild and crazy blast from the past 
3
The Expendables 2
Rob Humanick
Enjoyable but disappointingly tame compared to its ferocious predecessor The Expendables 2 is disposable 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Jeremy Wheeler
The Expendables 2 is a shot to the arm of pure silly action movie fun and it stars so many heavy hitters it might break your brain to keep up with what s happening onscreen at various points during its slim 103 minute run time 
3
The Expendables 2
Jeff Beck
This is a film made very specifically for action junkies Unfortunately for everyone else it s going to be very forgettable 
2
The Expendables 2
James Kendrick
The pleasures of watching the action movie past getting one more shot at silver screen glory is undeniable but like its predecessor The Expendables 2 is a better concept than it is a movie 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Sean P. Means
The contest in The Expendables 2 is to see what piles up fastest Spent ammunition casings stuntmen playing dead or utterances of catchphrases past 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Matt Brunson
I won t ruin the Norris fact used in the film but it provides one of the few genuine laughs and it s certainly better than the forced wisecracks centering around past iconic figures created by co stars Stallone Willis and Schwarzenegger 
2
The Expendables 2
John Beifuss
If every member of The Avengers had the personality vocabulary and grace of the Hulk the result might be like The Expendables 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Lori Hoffman
Delivers exactly what one expects excessively engaging action and a few laughs 
3
The Expendables 2
Tom Russo
The Expendables 2 is lazily satisfied with repeating the first movie s formula shortcomings and grisly strengths alike just as the first movie was content to slavishly ploddingly cover the hits of the 80s 
2
The Expendables 2
Peter Keough
Old action heroes never die they take steroids become governor of California and end up in Simon West s The Expendables 2 
1.5
The Expendables 2
David Hiltbrand
Nice to know America s action stars no matter how old they get will never lack for gainful employment 
2
The Expendables 2
James Berardinelli
Does exactly what it s supposed to do no more no less 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Dustin Putman
Sounds like it should be a blast Why then is the reality about as fun as chewing on a hand grenade 
1
The Expendables 2
Rafer Guzman
Yeah yeah I get it The Expendables 2 is a fun loving throwback to the gloriously bad action films of the 1980s Here s what I don t get Why couldn t it be a throwback to the good ones 
1.5
The Expendables 2
Lou Lumenick
It s hard not to like a movie in which Bruce Willis toupee less CIA agent accuses Stallone s ragtag band of mercenaries of engaging in male pattern badness 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Robert Levin
This is total nonsense of course but Sylvester Stallone and company weirdly bulging arms and all are at their tongue in cheek best throughout 
3
The Expendables 2
David Nusair
Sylvester Stallone fighting alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger Bruce Willis and Chuck Norris is every action buff s wet dream come to life 
3.5
The Expendables 2
Claudia Puig
The Expendables 2 is corny barbaric and sometimes visually murky But humor and self deprecating macho charm make this male pattern badness crowd pleasing fun 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Peter Travers
I wanted to like this movie Really But this sequel doesn t wear down your resistance it just wears you out 
2
The Expendables 2
Peter Howell
They all take turns playing the clown and for the most part it s fun to watch them at it even if the body count is distressingly high 
2.5
The Expendables 2
Roger Moore
Irresponsible as a first person shooter video game You bet But it holds together more or less right up to the moment Chuck Norris and his dyed beard make their preposterous appearance 
1.5
The Expendables 2
Rene Rodriguez
Chuck Norris is also in this movie although you should know that he gets roughly five minutes of screen time half of those devoted to his telling of a Chuck Norris joke 
1
The Expendables 2
John Semley
It plays out like a series wet dream scenarios performed by a cast of vintage action figures battered and broken from overuse bleached and slightly molted from sitting in the sun too long 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
David N. Butterworth
Lindsay pre drugs 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Peter T. Chattaway
This film will not do much to restore Disney s fortunes Lohan does seem to want to grow up but she pretty much sleepwalks through this film 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una muy agradable sorpresa veraniega que bien vale la pena disfrutar con la familia con una buena bolsa de palomitas y lo más importante con alma de niño
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
David Nusair
a thoroughly innocuous piece of work 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Collin Souter
It s a no brainer that Disney would do a re make and a no brainer is what we got 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Steve Rhodes
A classic kids movie it redefines the word silly 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Forrest Hartman
Passes quickly and doles out enough sentimentality to stay pleasant 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Pete Vonder Haar
It accomplishes what it sets out to do which is to distract the children of America from the horror of their eventual futures for a couple more hours 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Matt Brunson
Lindsay Lohan s tight outfits continually threaten to put the kibosh on the film s G rating 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Mike McGranaghan
Why anyone thought it was time for Herbie to make a comeback is beyond me but here he is 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Linda Cook
Hello Hoagie here My driver invited me to coast write this review 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Tyler Hanley
Any responsible person should be wary of a vehicle that accelerates on its own winks with its headlights and sprays hot oil at hostile onlookers 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Larry Ratliff
Director Angela Robinson keeps the automotive antics to an acceptable level most of the way although pushing things a notch too far in the finale 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Ross Anthony
I took my parents We had a great time Very well directed and edited to a sweet clipping pace Never a dull moment This is just good clean family fun 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Dan Fienberg
It s a gateway to advanced consumerism with entertainment as a secondary concern 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet with all the frowning and moping and general droopiness going on you d think Lohan and company were performing War and Peace not a lighthearted Disney racing comedy 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Ward Triplett III
While Fully Loaded doesn t have much for grown ups who think characters need dimensions or a good story requires an unexpected turn or two it offers a nice pit stop of nostalgic memories 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Lawrence Toppman
Five credited writers have managed to complete the script without a single surprise and with a couple of odd omissions 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Rick Groen
I personally did not hoot or chortle or chuckle or holler or wonder not once 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robinson s fun permeates the entire film and it s irresistibly infectious 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Josh Larsen
I ve never quite understood the appeal of the sentient car 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Erik Childress
Aside from one unintentionally hilarious dialogue scene involving giving up Herbie squirting a load all over Lohan s chest it s about as innocuous as family fare can get 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Rob Thomas
A zippy ride full of slapstick humor and a feel good underdog story that should win over both young kids and their nostalgic Baby Boomer parents 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Nick Rogers
Nothing here beats the old school sight of a halved Bug placing first and third in a race A snippet of that scene is more exciting than any of Herbie s newfound trickery 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Sean P. Means
The movie s last half hour is a drag the rousing race sequences bogged down by the NASCAR product placement 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Peter Howell
It s nice to see that Disney remembers its past even if four decades of social change and global issues seem to have made no impact on it whatsoever 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Elizabeth Weitzman
Herbie feels modern in all the right places with a young heroine whose presence on the track is never questioned or undermined 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Sue Pierman
It sounds hokey but the nostalgic quality of the whole Herbie experience makes Fully Loaded a charming family film 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Peter Debruge
Lohan is practically a victim in her own car helplessly trying to regain control of her possessed vehicle It s like an update of Stephen King s Christine for kids 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Chris Hewitt
Walking on Sunshine is casting a dark cloud over the movies 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Carla Meyer
Herbie Fully Loaded contains almost exactly the same plot as this year s Racing Stripes a film about a girl and her zebra This is almost certainly coincidence but it just adds to the feeling that we re watching something reheated 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Bruce Westbrook
Herbie is a G for good if not grand 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
David Hiltbrand
This remake is about half of a very likable film But in movies as in auto races it isn t how you start it s how you finish And Herbie should have kept something in the tank for the late going 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
John Monaghan
Herbie is the kind of funny frenetic family movie that really does offer something for everyone 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Peter Hartlaub
The comedy is pleasant for a while and it s a totally harmless movie for kids but it runs mostly on a high octane mix of slapstick comedy and special effects with little for discriminating moviegoers to enjoy 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Jeff Vice
A movie that features such old fashioned comedic virtues can be refreshing which makes it even more unfortunate that this particular G rated comedy contains sexually suggestive humor and references 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Lisa Kennedy
Herbie Fully Loaded proves that a movie about a souped up Volkswagen Beetle with the engine of a rebel and a will of its own can still be a pedestrian outing 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Mike Clark
Loaded does not address the fact that a car with superpowers in an auto race is a lot like a home run hitter who takes steroids Herbie is the new Jose Canseco 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Mary F. Pols
The moment that white Volkswagen Bug rolled into view I melted 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Robert K. Elder
We learn about the value of family listening to your heart and above all the importance of corporate sponsorship 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Moira MacDonald
A bland piece of work more so than the original 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Roger Ebert
The movie is pretty cornball 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Timothy Knight
An above average family film that s just winning enough to entertain both the grown ups and the kids 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Ty Burr
There s something to be said for lowering your expectations 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Gene Seymour
Director Angela Robinson D E B S is saddled with a committee written script whose transmission sticks and even sputters at various intervals 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Bill Muller
While you won t care about the human characters you may find yourself pulling for Herbie 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Lou Lumenick
Though Lohan doesn t embarrass herself in a film in which she appears in virtually every frame this tepid tribute to girl power hardly represents a step forward from Lohan s breakthrough roles 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Jeffrey Westhoff
A fun silly family movie that like its star has more under its hood than expected 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Phil Villarreal
Jason s movies while intended to be scary are sometimes sorta funny while Herbie s movies while intended to be funny tend to be a little scary 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Peter Canavese
Herbie Fully Loaded with its emotional roller coaster story beats will work like gangbusters with kids 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Willie Waffle
Herbie Fully Loaded is one of those movies Lohan haters wait for so they can unload invective and anger but it s not bad enough to fulfill their desires 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Rob Blackwelder
Thanks to a clever subtly subversive script and spirited tongue in cheek direction Fully Loaded enthusiastically embraces its absurdity and emerges victoriously fun 
3
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Dustin Putman
Zippy brightly colored fun The film flies right by at such a stylish clip that the viewer hardly has time to realize how very slight the whole thing is 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Nick Schager
No amount of anti jiggle CG work can fully diffuse the sexual undertones racing beneath the cute and cuddly hood of this modern update of the kid friendly 1970s series 
1.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
James Berardinelli
I suppose there are worse ways to spend a summer evening than in the company of this cast and the R2D2 like automobile but hasn t the day of Herbie come and gone 
2.5
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Sean McBride
For a movie about a car that comes to life this movie is surprisingly lifeless 
2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Scott Nash
Will probably be appreciated best by very young children although nostalgic adults might get a kick out of seeing old number 53 race one last time 
2.5
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Wesley Morris
The Legend of Leigh Bowery replaces the man within the queer myth to the extent that when it s over Bowery seems less a freakish terror than the shrewd art world transgressive he was 
3
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Jan Stuart
As tributes go The Legend of Leigh Bowery is a saucy eye opener 
3
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Lou Lumenick
Absorbing documentary 
2.5
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
David Sterritt
You may find the film as outrageous as it is outlandish and Bowery would have taken that as a compliment 
3
Tap
Roger Ebert
Almost everything that happens in the movie is borrowed more or less frankly from old movie lore In a way that s also a strength This is a musical about musicals as well as being a tap dance movie about tap dancers 
3
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Kent Turner
Portuguese director Jo 227 o Pedro Rodrigues goes for it in the low budget quot Fogo F 225 tuo 44 quot the most audacious 44 funniest 44 and unpredictable work seen at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival 46 
3.5
Friends and Strangers
Tomris Laffly
Friends and Strangers often feels like the impression of something rather than the fully fleshed out thing itself 
2
Friends and Strangers
Carson Lund
The film s tonal and situational shapeshifting doesn t go to the surrealist lengths of Luis Buñuel s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie but James Vaughan similarly indulges in burlesquing upper middle class complacency 
3.5
The Last Waltz
Matt Brunson
There has been a considerable number of exemplary concert films over the years and this one ranks just under the 1984 Talking Heads classic Stop Making Sense as my pick for the best of the best 
4
The Last Waltz
Tom Meek
Emotional soulful and one of the five best rock docs ever made 
4
The Last Waltz
Peter Howell
Simply one of the best rock docs ever born of equal parts thunder and fatigue 
4
The Last Waltz
David Nusair
Overlong but enjoyable documentary 
2.5
The Last Waltz
Michael Wilmington
The greatest rock concert movie ever made and maybe the best rock movie period 
4
The Last Waltz
Bill Chambers
Exposes the spuriousness of Cameron Crowe s Almost Famous once and for all 
3.5
The Last Waltz
Terry Lawson
This is one of the great movie experiences 
4
The Last Waltz
Geoff Pevere
The Last Waltz seems more than ever an act of musical mourning 
4
The Last Waltz
Roger Ebert
A revealing document of a time 
3
The Last Waltz
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Leave your inhibitions in the daylight The Last Waltz will make you want to sing and dance 
4
The Lost Boys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The two parts never click together 44 and neither by itself is very good 46 
2.5
The Lost Boys
Matt Brunson
This snappy 44 snazzy vampire flick looks better today than it did back in 1987 44 when it was overshadowed by superior mid apos 80s horror films like The Fly 44 Fright Night 44 Re Animator 44 and Day of the Dead 46 
3
The Lost Boys
Kevin Carr
Flamboyant and over the top 44 this movie is still effortlessly watchable with the campy moments becoming more fun with age 46 
3
The Lost Boys
Tom Meek
Boys is something of the nerdy dude version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer before there was Buffy 
3
The Lost Boys
Desmond Ryan
Schumacher falls far short of the talent for pop wit that Joe Dante showed in Gremlins and The Howling 
2
The Lost Boys
Dave Kehr
Schumacher s sputtering short term approach to the material is a disappointment because there s something in it that ought to make for a good movie and from time to time makes The Lost Boys good enough 
2
The Lost Boys
David Nusair
a passable yet unspectacular relic of the 1980s 
2.5
The Lost Boys
Walter Chaw
The picture affirms that the only thing truly important is this image of the older brother with his arm around the younger 
3
The Lost Boys
Peter Canavese
With its cool cast and classic kiss off ending The Lost Boys will forever be a cultural touchstone of 80s cinema Blu Ray 
2.5
The Lost Boys
Roger Ebert
When everything is all over there s nothing to leave the theater with no real horrors no real dread no real imagination just technique at the service of formula 
2.5
Thunderbolt
Matt Brunson
Thunderbolt was Josef von Sternberg s first talkie a silent version was also produced and nabbed George Bancroft his only Best Actor Oscar nomination 
3
If He Hollers, Let Him Go
Roger Ebert
If He Hollers Let Him Go is trash That it should be playing in a reputable first run theater is astonishing apparently it opened downtown because it has two cheaply exploited angles nudity and racism The ads make a lot of both 
0
Southpaw
Brian Eggert
The entire film hinges on Gyllenhaal 44 because everything else onscreen adopts the worn out blueprints of every boxing film you apos ve ever seen 46 
2
Southpaw
Mattie Lucas
It may be less than the sum of its parts but taken on their own those parts often hit all the right notes 
2.5
Southpaw
Erik Anderson
It s a knockout performance full of blood sweat and tears and quite possibly the best of Gyllenhaal s career 
3
Southpaw
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Southpaw focuses not on violence but on its characters which is why it ends up being superior to other similar films Full review in Spanish 
3
Southpaw
Sonny Bunch
Dull tale of boxing and redemption provides actors showcase 
2
Southpaw
Max Weiss
About as subtle as a right uppercut to the jaw Southpaw is nonetheless a welcome addition to the boxing melodrama genre 
3
Southpaw
Kam Williams
Jake Gyllenhaal floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee in an Oscar quality performance 
4
Southpaw
John Beifuss
Southpaw is a marshmallow dropped in the sand It looks gritty but it s soft and mushy 
2
Southpaw
Eric Melin
Southpaw has that inevitability factor it s tough to support a two hour film when its course seems predetermined and it hits every familiar beat along the way 
2
Southpaw
Walter Chaw
If you don t know how Southpaw is going to end then this is the first movie you ve ever seen and you should have started with a better one 
1.5
Southpaw
Linda Cook
It punches past box cliches 
3
Southpaw
Tom Meek
Gyllenhaal who clearly relished getting into tip top shape he s ripped and shirtless throughout for the project gives it his thespian all even as the plot gets tied up in the ropes of the old the tired and the predictable 
2.5
Southpaw
Stephen Rebello
We don t even want to know how hard Jake Gyllenhaal trained and bulked up to play a down and out fighter in Southpaw It s too bad all that obsessive Christian Bale worthy physical transformation just wasn t worth it for Southpaw 
2.5
Southpaw
John Serba
Without the character touches Gyllenhaal brings to the table the stakes would be lower and Southpaw would be just another forgettable formulaic sports melodrama 
3
Southpaw
David Nusair
a far from fresh drama that nevertheless manages to pack a punch so to speak 
3
Southpaw
James Berardinelli
Southpaw isn t content with presenting a gallery of clichéd characters It takes the time to put flesh on the bones 
3
Southpaw
Mike McGranaghan
Jake Gyllenhaal s performance is definitely worth seeing although Southpaw as a whole doesn t quite live up to the high standard he sets 
2.5
Southpaw
Glenn Lovell
Instead of a performance Gyllenhaal gives a mumbling scalp massaging impression of Eminem And because we re always aware of this we never commit fully to this gritty update of The Champ 
2.5
Southpaw
Robert Levin
The filmmaker is a notable stylist a skilled purveyor of urban excess but his worst instincts kick in far too often 
2.5
Southpaw
Sean P. Means
Southpaw is a powerful addition to the boxing genre raw and tough and loaded with emotion It packs quite a punch one that audiences will feel long after the final bell rings 
3.5
Southpaw
Richard Roeper
Even when we re aware our emotions are being manipulated we re rooting hard for Billy Hope to beat the odds and climb the mountain because have you seen how movie adorable his daughter is Don t they deserve some happiness 
3.5
Southpaw
Robert W. Butler
Terrific acting and fight film cliches battle to a split decision in Antoine Fuqua s Southpaw further proof both of Jake Gyllenhaal s awesome range and of the odds against making a truly original boxing picture 
2.5
Southpaw
Bob Bloom
The movie cannot overcome the clichés that constantly jab at the storyline as quickly as Muhammad Ali in his prime 
2.5
Southpaw
Scott Renshaw
Gyllenhaal though finds yet another reservoir of intensity for a tricky role much as he did for last year s Nightcrawler 
3
Southpaw
John Wirt
Southpaw punches new life into a familiar scenario 
3
Southpaw
Stephen Whitty
What this movie really is at heart is just a good natured perfectly decent meat and potatoes palooka 
3
Southpaw
Rob Thomas
A lot of blood sweat and tears was obviously poured into Southpaw But very little sense 
2
Southpaw
Brad Wheeler
The melodrama is uncomfortably high the checked box plot is manipulative 
2
Southpaw
Mark Dujsik
Southpaw features the components of a fine character driven movie but they re sandwiched between an unpalatable first act and a routine final one 
2
Southpaw
Brian Truitt
Call him Joltin Jake Gyllenhaal because the actor adds needed presence and punch to the melodrama of Southpaw 
3
Southpaw
Michael Smith
Perhaps the one thing you don t see coming in Southpaw is the manner in which Gyllenhaal bulked up to play the role Forget the six pack he went for the 12 pack His physique is impressive His movie is down for the count 
2
Southpaw
Steven Rea
What keeps this cornball business from getting out of hand is the commitment of Gyllenhaal whose performance is fierce and muscular in and out of the ring 
3
Southpaw
Dustin Putman
Southpaw is grown up filmmaking with the elegant feel of a 1970s drama focusing on the psychology and personal struggles of human beings rather than the tidily plotted events that happen to them 
3
Southpaw
Ty Burr
This is a genre with especially sturdy bones and when Southpaw connects which is more often than you might expect you feel it down to your toes 
2.5
Southpaw
Chris Knight
It helps that Gyllenhaal commits so fully to the part carrying his physical and emotional scars from scene to scene as though afraid that to lose them would leave him with nothing And Laurence can t be praised too highly for her role as his daughter 
3
Southpaw
Joe Williams
Although Southpaw has some punch it s not exactly coming from left field 
2.5
Southpaw
Peter Howell
This isn t great cinema but it s satisfying movie making with nothing more on its mind than telling a heart tugging story 
2.5
Southpaw
Dann Gire
Chameleonic actor Jake Gyllenhaal s light heavyweight boxing champ Billy the Great Hope can take on any contender But when he faces the greatest heavyweight boxing clichés in movie history he goes down for the count 
2.5
Southpaw
Ann Hornaday
Southpaw may be rote predictable and mawkish but none of those faults lie in its star Even when he looks like an unholy mess he transcends the movie he s in 
1.5
Southpaw
Michael Phillips
The script may have hamburger for brains but Fuqua slams it home with the help of actors who give their all even when giving a little less might have made things more interesting 
2.5
Southpaw
Peter Travers
a retro in your face fight drama that dribbles into sappiness Much though far from all is redeemed by Gyllenhaal s virtuoso performance 
2.5
Southpaw
Radheyan Simonpillai
In Southpaw Eminem s encore relapse and recovery is handled with boxing gloves and cliches 
2
Southpaw
Kyle Smith
It brings back every stale genre convention you can think of then hopes you won t recognize predictability pumped up with swearing and steroids and an Eminem song during the training montage 
1.5
Southpaw
Matt Pais
Why not Billy Redemption Billy RiseAboveAdversity Billy ComeOnYouCanDoItBuddy We can do this all day 
2
Southpaw
Brian Tallerico
Southpaw enters the long filmography of boxing flicks and puts up a surprisingly good fight 
3
Southpaw
Soren Andersen
Southpaw a boxing movie with a theme of redemption is redeemed by the performances of its two main actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker 
2.5
Southpaw
Mick LaSalle
Southpaw goes beyond the specifics of boxing and becomes a universal story about tragedy and grief 
4
Southpaw
Tony Hicks
The intense raw acting skills of Gyllenhaal and strong performances from Forest Whitaker and young actress Oona Laurence save Southpaw from getting lost in its cliches 
2.5
Southpaw
Rex Reed
Moving effortlessly between big Hollywood movies and modest New York stage vehicles Gyllenhaal has turned into quite an actor Few stars make such concentrated efforts to improve their craft while rising through the ranks of stardom 
3.5
Southpaw
Roger Moore
Pure melodrama an overlong and bloodier R rated version of The Champ 
2
Southpaw
Jake Cole
Each battle scar in the film is a testament to a vaguely but nonetheless forcefully defined notion of masculinity 
1.5
Domestic Violence
Michael Wilmington
It s not an easy film to watch though most people who do see it will find it impossible to forget 
3.5
Domestic Violence
Lou Lumenick
Examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as Wiseman s previous studies of inner city high schools hospitals courts and welfare centers 
3
Domestic Violence
Ed Gonzalez
Wiseman is patient and uncompromising letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse 
3.5
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Nathalie Atkinson
What s admirable about the film is how Driver gives the cross pollinating forces of music media fashion and art such concise firsthand exploration 
3.5
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Charles Desmarais
It s a bit suspicious not to meet anyone who now regrets tossing out both art and artist when things went too far 
2
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Matt Fagerholm
Fans of Basquiat Driver and her many many interview subjects will eat it up Everyone else will feel compelled on more than one occasion to check their phones 
2.5
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Derek Smith
The film seems far more interested in celebrating a short lived era of artistic invention than interrogating it 
2
Cars
Brian Eggert
This is a very good piece of animation 44 but given the source 44 it 8217 s not unreasonable to expect better 46 
3
Cars
Matt Brunson
The movie s Route 66 mythology coupled with the presence of Paul Newman in what would turn out to be his final theatrical feature lends it a nostalgic bittersweet tinge 
3
Cars
Mattie Lucas
Its simple elegy for a once buzzing small town bypassed by an interstate and forgotten by time is a poignant tribute to small towns everywhere 
3.5
Cars
Justine Elias
This noisy animated paean to NASCAR and Route 66 gets mired in the middle laps on a grippy track 
1.5
Cars
Joe Lozito
The rote melancholy song by Randy Newman evokes more laughter than compassion 
2.5
Cars
Forrest Hartman
Beautifully animated and the story is great 
4
Cars
Russ Breimeier
This isn t a bad story but it s a bit hokey and not nearly as imaginative as Pixar s previous triumphs 
3
Cars
Jay Antani
a steep step downwards for all and everything concerned unless you re a Caucasian sports car
1
Cars
Wesley Lovell
A movie that s as much about racing as Titanic was about a luxury liner crossing the Atlantic 
3.5
Cars
Larry Ratliff
A warning light came on in my head when I noticed that Cars has more credited screenwriters six than many cars have pistons four 
2.5
Cars
Gina Carbone
Cars makes Over the Hedge look like a Pinto 
3.25
Cars
David N. Butterworth
Pixar s animated Route 66 provides ample opportunity for getting one s kicks 
3
Cars
David Nusair
a movie that s almost impossible to dislike 
3
Cars
Linda Cook
And they re off 
3.5
Cars
Ross Anthony
I watched CARS through the windshield of my car I d not been to a drive in in years Oh and the movie was pretty darned good too 
3
Cars
Thomas Delapa
Is there a script mechanic in the pits I ve heard of funny cars but Cars just isn t funny 
2
Cars
Dan Fienberg
I m wondering if the Piston Cup conceit of huge crowds of cars watching fellow cars race around a track crashing is perverse in a They Shoot Horses Don t They sort of way 
2.5
Cars
Mike McGranaghan
If you ve enjoyed the other Pixar entries then Cars won t disappoint It s another grand slam from the masters of animation 
3.5
Cars
Mark Collette
A uniquely American experience in a uniquely American setting And it s a heck of a lot of fun 
4
Cars
Carla Meyer
Directed by Pixar creative mastermind John Lasseter Cars adds plenty of warmth and sweetness to its visual wizardry 
3.5
Cars
David Elliott
Cars is up to date computer animation of unusual swank but it wears a weary heart on its long chrome sleeve 
2.5
Cars
Mick LaSalle
Cars might get us into car world as a gimmick but it doesn t get us into car world as a state of mind Thus the animation rather than seeming like an expression of the movie s deeper truth becomes an impediment to it 
2
Cars
Moira MacDonald
Though the central idea of nostalgia for a quieter small town life may well be lost on this movie s young audience Cars finds a pleasant and often sparkling groove 
3.5
Cars
Peter Howell
Cars made me want to hop in my jalopy and to head out to Route 66 bypassing the boring interstate highways that made the Mother Road redundant 
3
Cars
Ethan Alter
It s the one movie so far this summer that demands to be seen on the big screen 
3.5
Cars
Pam Grady
Be warned there are no superheroes in this first Pixar effort since The Incredibles Instead there is a funny visually stunning and genuinely superheroic effort to pay homage to friendship and the delights to be found along a forgotten highway 
3.5
Cars
Lisa Rose
It s another innovative piece of entertainment from the animation studio taking the audience on a kinetic trip into a world populated only by automobiles 
3.5
Cars
Lou Lumenick
Cars somewhat self indulgently runs nearly two hours but overall it s well worth the trip 
3.5
Cars
Elizabeth Weitzman
It achieves the near impossible turning cars trucks tractors and farm harvesters into cute Disney characters whose fates you ll care about 
4
Cars
Duane Dudek
While it has heart and spunk to spare it s still just a few quarts shy of greatness on the dipstick of animation immortality 
3
Cars
Glenn Whipp
There s little doubt that from a technical standpoint Pixar Animation s latest creation Cars runs laps around the competition 
3
Cars
Robert W. Butler
Cars creates a world so palpably real that within minutes we accept that its only sentient creatures are automobiles 
3
Cars
Amy Biancolli
It thunders ahead with breezy abandon scoring big grins on its way 
3
Cars
Rick Groen
For parents out there whose future holds the certain prospect of the DVD version blaring repeatedly from family room screens let this by your advisory Warning Cars comes unequipped with two essential options charm and a good muffler 
2.5
Cars
Frank Houston
Cars is a pleasant joyride through some spectacular terrain But from start to finish there isn t a curve in the highway that you don t see coming from miles away 
3
Cars
Terry Lawson
Its characters may be made of steel but this movie is made of sturdier stuff heart and art 
4
Cars
Jeff Vice
Cars does boast an inspired design and the flow of the racing scenes is dynamic and impressive 
3
Cars
Lisa Kennedy
Cars idles at times And it s not until its final laps that the movie gains the emotional traction we ve come to expect from the Toy Story and Nemo crews 
3
Cars
Randy Myers
The script is unfailingly witty the animation is breathtaking and clever the cast of voice actors is spirited and funny and the direction as accomplished as any film you re likely to see this year 
3.5
Cars
Lawrence Toppman
It has the heart and humor of Toy Story kid friendly cuddliness of Monsters Inc or Finding Nemo and the kinds of adult gags and action sequences that yield bursts of energy in The Incredibles 
3.5
Cars
John Beifuss
Perhaps the movie s idyllic small town of Radiator Springs should have been depicted through stop motion or traditional animation to suggest the limits as well as the appeal of the so called good old days 
3
Cars
Sean P. Means
The joy of watching Cars is also its message It s the journey that counts not just the destination 
3.5
Cars
Ty Burr
The short answer is Pixar does it again 
3
Cars
Roger Ebert
It tells a bright and cheery story and then has a little something profound lurking around the edges In this case it s a sense of loss 
3
Cars
Nick Rogers
The voices are great a handful of puns are funny and the last half hour is the Pixar movie we ve expected to see But that stalling sound in the opening race of Cars is Pixar s first ever sputtering out of imagination and immersion 
2.5
Cars
Tyler Hanley
Make no mistake Cars is still the best animated film this year But with Pixar behind the wheel the film should have cruised to must see status Instead it stalls 
2.5
Cars
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is our wildest dreams come to life and as such is a raucous wonderment speeding to success down the box office fastlane 
3
Cars
Bob Bloom
Younger viewers who are not so demanding will enjoy Cars more than the adults Despite its clichés it is colorful funny and sweet 
3
Cars
Ethan Alter
What Pixar s latest toon lacks in plot freshness it makes up for with great characters fun vocal performances and a script with genuine emotional heft 
3.5
Cars
Jon Niccum
Apparently anthropomorphized machines are a whole lot less fun than anthropomorphized fish insects toys or monsters Remember last year s Robots Yeah me neither
2
Cars
Erik Childress
Calling it a borderline lazy effort in the script department would be assuming that the eight credited writers actually put forth an effort beyond just watching Doc Hollywood one night 
2
Cars
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pixar s seventh feature film Cars arrives with more of a sputter than a zoom It s a skid if not entirely a blowout 
3
Cars
Willie Waffle
Larry The Cable Guy saves a movie that is good but not great 
2.5
Cars
Steven Rea
Pixar finally rolled out a clunker 
2
Cars
Dustin Putman
Absorbing charming and even touching 
3.5
Cars
James Berardinelli
While Cars may cross the finish line ahead of any of 2006 s other animated films it s several laps behind its Pixar siblings 
3
Cars
Jessica Reaves
While it s a technically perfect movie its tone is too manic its characters too jaded and in the end its story too empty to stand up to expectations 
2.5
Cars
Jeffrey Westhoff
The script may miss the parental angst lurking within Toy Story and The Incredibles but it still contains the studio s rich sense of humor 
3.5
Cars
Bruce Newman
Cars gives you plenty of time to think some of which you may wish to use wondering why it isn t a better movie 
2.5
Cars
Chris Hewitt
Other Pixar movies have been funnier than Cars but director John Lasseter and his collaborators really make us long for the dusty charms of Radiator Springs a town Norman Rockwell might have imagined if he d had a hard drive at his disposal 
3.5
Cars
Laura Kelly
The good looks the joking winks and nudges and the race circuit star power never really get this one out of the driveway 
2
Cars
Gene Seymour
And as pop flies go Cars is pretty to watch even as it loops drifts and at times looks as if it s just hanging in midair 
3
Cars
Matt Pais
You ll walk out of the theater wondering if it s OK to be disappointed when a movie is merely good 
3
Cars
Josh Larsen
Cars may not have the strongest story at least according to Pixar standards yet thanks to Lasseter s passion the movie still gleams It s as if the screen had just been waxed 
3
Cars
Walter Chaw
Pixar s corporate merging with Disney makes more sense now 
1.5
Cars
Phil Villarreal
All of this sloppy characterization would have been forgivable if the cars had funny things to say but the script is mainly a succession of bad car puns 
2
Cars
Sean McBride
Pixar has yet another winner on the track
3.5
Cars
Steve Rhodes
With its fundamentally flawed concept of talking cars you d be best advised to skip the movie and buy the toys Even the best of Pixar s talent can t put a shine on this jalopy 
2.5
Cars
Peter Canavese
Even if Cars isn t the studio s champion outing Pixar continues to run on all cylinders 
3
Cars
Annlee Ellingson
After a half dozen feature films not one flop among them Lassater and his team certainly know how to construct a story 
3.5
Cars
Nick Schager
Musty corny and largely devoid of any enchanting magic it s also the pioneering Pixar s first effort that trailblazing technical virtuosity be damned feels disappointingly regressive 
2
Cars
Peter Travers
Fueled with plenty of humor action heartfelt drama and amazing new technical feats Cars is a high octane delight for moviegoers of all ages 
3.5
The 24th
Richard Roeper
An important reminder of a dark chapter in American history It is an unflinching look at grotesque bigotry toward young Black American patriots who only wanted to serve their country 
3
The 24th
Robert Daniels
While the harrowing second act and the tragic final minutes bring some redemption to Willmott s The 24th the historical drama is too distracted with showing the brutality inflicted upon these men rather than their humanity 
2
The 24th
Mark Dujsik
In The 24th screenwriters Kevin Willmott who also directed and Trai Byers who also stars try to reckon with the violence of August 23 1917 in Houston Texas 
3
The 24th
Lindsey Bahr
It is a sobering and worthwhile film for its exploration of the subject of police brutality and race and how little has really changed in over a century 
2.5
Offseason
Walter Chaw
What I m trying to say is that Offseason introduces a lot of ideas it doesn t land It does however feature a great turn by Donahue who deserves another film like The House of the Devil I hope she gets one 
1.5
Offseason
Joe Friar
Keating s latest horror outing is ripe with tension brimming with disturbing visuals and features another solid performance by Jocelin Donahue 
3
Offseason
Mark Dujsik
Writerdirector Mickey Keating s Offseason is an exercise in shallow overly familiar atmosphere and very very little else 
1
Offseason
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film forgets that if you re not building something new from familiar pieces then you re just regurgitating old ideas 
2
Offseason
Roger Moore
More chilling and gloomy than frightening But the fog the creepy old coots the formidable drawbridge as an obstacle and Mamas horror diva shrieks tip the scales 
2.5
The Glorious Seven
Roger Moore
A modern Magnificent Seven Seven Samurai knockoff that falls somewhere between an exceptionally sloppy B movie and a very slick D movie C C 
1
The Time Machine
Kevin Carr
It has the epic feel that you need and it hasn t quite gotten to the goofiness of the 60s yet It s authentic and I think it strives to be like the book 
4
The Time Machine
James O'Ehley
If you re a serious SF fan then you ll no doubt enjoy The Time Machine and agree that it is deservedly the classic that it is held out to be 
3
Red Moon Tide
Jake Cole
The film is predicated on such ineffable dread that the impact of climate change becomes a sort of Lovecraftian force 
3
Shower
Michael Dequina
While the film is unabashedly sentimental Zhang doesn t feel the need to bash the audience over the head with melodramatic tactics 
3
Shower
Roger Ebert
Shower is about everyday people and although it has some contrived plot devices including the looming deadline of the city s threat to the bathhouse it is warm and observant and its ending is surprisingly true to the material 
3
Shower
Ross Anthony
a sweet little drama warm and homey like a fireplace or a hot bath 
3.5
Big House
Grace Culhane
The script is witty and the acting is natural and often resonant particularly Michael Molina 
4
The War
Roger Ebert
This is one of those films so overwrought and overwritten that a perfectly good human story gets swamped in Statements About the Human Condition 
2
Zero Days
Brian Eggert
Gibney effectively sketches out a very real danger floating in the ether of cyberspace and global politics and he calls for an open discussion before the world s powers consider using their cyber arsenal or worse the lights go out 
3.5
Zero Days
Sean P. Means
StuxNet may have worked to slow down Iran s nuclear ambitions but it also opened up a Pandora s Box of issues about how cyberwarfare is conducted issues that can t be debated because of the terrifying secrecy around them 
3
Zero Days
David Fear
Zero Days is under attack from little stylistic worms that threaten to turn an otherwise solid doc on the evil that 21st century hackers do into a hack job 
2.5
Zero Days
Godfrey Cheshire
Easily the most important film anyone has released this year it is a documentary that deserves to be seen by every sentient citizen of this country and indeed the world 
4
Zero Days
Anders Wright
Though Stuxnet was introduced to the world in 2010 in many ways Zero Days could not be more timely 
2.5
Zero Days
Steven Wright
Director Alex Gibney does this vital material a disservice giving it an air of deflated pomposity 
2.5
Zero Days
Kyle Smith
Gibney delivers plenty to think about and fear 
3
Zero Days
Ann Hornaday
The Stuxnet story finally plays out like a twisty summer espionage thriller with Gibney amping up that drama with sleek digital imagery and a foreboding musical score 
3
Zero Days
Roger Moore
Fascinating film that doesn t blemish Gibney s peerless reputation as a cinematic truth teller and dogged investigative journalist 
3
Zero Days
Soren Andersen
It s a detective story It s a spy thriller It s a cautionary tale And it s true 
3.5
Zero Days
Mark Feeney
This is a world very few of us have familiarity with which makes it all the more fascinating to learn about 
3
Zero Days
Mick LaSalle
The film is a two hour investment and the rewards are a handful of facts and ideas that could have been expressed in half that time But those who want more detail will find it here 
2
Frantz
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully crafted yet somehow distant work that is deeply moving at times cold at others 
3
Frantz
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A remake of a not very well known film by Lubitsch Remordimiento 1932 in turn based on a theatrical piece by Maurice Rostand Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Frantz
Lisa Jensen
With Frantz Francois Ozon has gifted us with the kind of thoughtful lyrical moviemaking we don t see enough of anymore 
4
Frantz
John Beifuss
More expressive than the impeccable production and costume design are Niney s sharp Daumieresque features which seem sculpted to cut through tides of warmongering nationalistic cant like a shark s fin through the surf 
2.5
Frantz
Sean P. Means
It s Beer a breakout star at 21 who gives a breathtaking performance as a young woman slowly realizing she can live the life that war had seemingly taken from her 
3
Frantz
Mark Dujsik
Ozon frames this story as a romance but that is the filmmaker doing his own act of deception 
3
Frantz
Colin Dabkowski
Frantz is suited for the moment Not perfect by a long shot but right for the times 
2.5
Frantz
Peter Canavese
Interjections of color and the narrative implications of them are but one way in which Ozon creates and subverts expectations Ozon remains interested in the stories people tell to one another the horrible truths and the comfortable lies 
3.5
Frantz
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the time it comes to an end Frantz has made a permanent imprint the hope for a better tomorrow after a cataclysmic yesterday striking chords of promise that make even the harshest of injuries feel as if they someday can be healed 
4
Frantz
Kate Taylor
A fine bilingual cast haunting period detail and a provocative approach to a twisting story carry the day 
3
Frantz
Chris Knight
This remains a lovely story about acceptance and understanding themes that never get old 
3
Frantz
Bruce DeMara
French filmmaker Francois Ozon reminds us of the adage the first casualty of war is truth He does so in a way that beguiles but also bedevils 
3
Frantz
Stephen Rebello
It takes a brave even foolhardy director to attempt a remake of anything made first by a master director of the order of Ernst Lubitsch but that s precisely what Ozon has done with this beautiful melodrama 
3.5
Frantz
Michael O'Sullivan
Frantz contains revelations unrelated to the manner in which it protects and then peels away its central mystery Ultimately it addresses the question Why go on living when life itself betrays us 
3.5
Frantz
Ty Burr
Frantz is pleasurable slow going developing its themes at an amble but with a measure of suspense sympathy toward its characters and a lasting faith in filmmaking craft 
3
Frantz
Moira MacDonald
Frantz is an old fashioned movie in the very best of ways 
3.5
Frantz
Gary Thompson
Frantz plays at times like a parody of an arthouse movie 
2
Frantz
Anita Katz
In the central role Beer affirms her status as a rising international star Niney portrays hauntedness superbly 
3
Frantz
Mick LaSalle
Ozon creates a beautiful stillness in Frantz that makes us feel we are there in the midst of these lives witnessing the purity of their sadness 
4
Frantz
Peter Travers
Francois Ozon s post WW1 period piece about a German widow and a French solder takes on xenophobic hatred that s as timely as Trump making Frantz is a film of its time and ours 
3
Frantz
Stephen Whitty
Even if you know the twist revealed halfway through the movie there are enough feints here to make you wonder if the story is headed in a different direction 
3.5
Frantz
Peter Sobczynski
While it is far from Ozon s worst movie it is perhaps the first one he s made that feels like it could be the work of any other director 
2
Frantz
Chuck Bowen
The pacing is so humorless and funereal that it squelches the possibility of heat or conflict arising between the characters 
2
Frantz
Zach Middleton
The film is almost velvety in its textured monochrome and the plot turns like a weathervane in the wind it s Ozon in top form 
3
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
Federico Furzan
A premise undermined by a poor execution of subject I don t know how but it still manages to be unsettling Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
Roger Moore
Isn t amateurish enough to be charming or professional enough to pull off the con job 
1.5
The Black Phone
James Kendrick
the supernatural ooga booga is nicely balanced with the more socially realistic elements 44 particularly the harsh 44 Darwinian world of the junior high social strata
3
The Black Phone
Mattie Lucas
A well oiled thrill machine that feels like part of a dying breed 46 
3
The Black Phone
Peter Canavese
A supernatural thriller in the Stephen King mold with a pure narrative drive that apos s never dull and often tense and thrilling 46 
3
The Black Phone
Sean P. Means
The breakout talents of 8220 The Black Phone 8221 are young Thames and McGraw 44 as the siblings who are bonded by the supernatural forces helping them 44 in different ways 44 to survive and solve the mystery 46 
3
The Black Phone
Erik Childress
Despite missing a couple obvious big payoffs for the audience there is still plenty here to enjoy from the solid young leads to Ethan Hawke 8217 s villainy and enough ingenuity to keep us equally on edge and smiling 46 
3
The Black Phone
Peter Howell
The Grabber is supposed to be a magician but the real sleight of hand is from Derrickson The Black Phone makes quotidian rage more horrifying than the stuff of nightmares 
3
The Black Phone
Leo Brady
With a mysterious performance from Ethan Hawke and a pair of child actors 44 Scott Derrickson has crafted a gut wrenching and high tension inducing thriller with The Black Phone 46 
3
The Black Phone
James Berardinelli
The Black Phone works effectively with a small cast two of whom Thames and McGraw are exceptional child actors Hawke manages to bring a lot of personality to his unbalanced character despite wearing the mask 
3
The Black Phone
Mark Meszoros
Derrickson has a mostly deft touch with The Black Phone 46 Crucially 44 he gets you to worry deeply for Finney even if you 8217 re pretty confident he 8217 ll find a way to put The Grabber in his rearview mirror 46 
3
The Black Phone
David Nusair
46 46 46 somewhat hit and miss 46 46 46 
2.5
The Black Phone
Joe Friar
The young cast is terrific and Ethan Hawke is menacing in the horror thriller that pays tribute to the master Stephen King 46 One of the best films of the year 46 
4
The Black Phone
Rene Sanchez
Ethan Hawke is absolutely terrifying in this effective thriller that creates a disturbing and nail biting atmosphere 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
The Black Phone
Kevin Carr
Unnerving and visceral 44 this is a clever take on the hostage film 46 
3
The Black Phone
Dann Gire
It falls short of true terror and white knuckle suspense as if Derrickson really did phone it in 
2.5
The Black Phone
Mike McGranaghan
A film that starts rattling your nerves within the first few minutes and never stops until the end credits begin to roll 46 
3.5
The Black Phone
Tom Meek
The Black Phone is a neat dial back to the indelible sound and style of the 1970s but as a quirky bit of horror it s all posture without much bite 
2
The Black Phone
Steven Prokopy
A quality scare film 44 with a few jump scares 44 yes 44 but more importantly 44 it instills in us a sense of sustained dread that is necessary to sell this tale 46 
3
The Black Phone
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a fun 44 fast paced little malevolent gem that seductively builds to a slam bang climax that elicited a bevy of hearty cheers from my preview audience 46 Better 44 it deserved them 46 
3
The Black Phone
Jeff York
This film knows that even with its masks 44 ghosts 44 and clever jump scares 44 all the horrors you really need to understand are etched on the faces of the children reacting to the awful adults terrorizing them 46 
3.5
The Black Phone
Jeff Mitchell
apos The Black Phone 8217 is a dialed in horror flick 46 
3
The Black Phone
Katie Walsh
This incredibly dark kiddie kidnap horror film hits different with a hard R rating 46 It goes for the jugular with a surprising extremity of violence 44 plus a tone that wobbles between the bleak and the buffoonish 46 
2.5
The Black Phone
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Overall 44 it more than holds our attention 44 even if we often want to look away 46 
3
The Black Phone
Mark Dujsik
91 The 93 film isn apos t much more than a dark and disturbing game 44 but the filmmaker plays it so well that there apos s little reason to care about the film doing much more 46 
3
The Black Phone
Peyton Robinson
Underpinned by emotional performances across the board and a commanding atmosphere 44 The Black Phone aces its foundational qualities and allows its nuances to take control 46 
4
The Black Phone
Michael O'Sullivan
There s nothing unheard of here a bad guy a haunted house a hero But it s what The Black Phone does with those simple parts that sparks a spooky connection 
3
The Black Phone
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s not a film that will leave you shaken to the core 44 but it reminds us that it 8217 s fun to be scared 46 
3.5
The Black Phone
Christian Toto
Ethan Hawke apos s serial killer enters pantheon of creepy film monsters 46 
3.5
The Black Phone
Keith Watson
Scott Derrickson and C 46 Robert Cargill are adept enough at setting up rich 44 evocative horror concepts 44 but they don 8217 t always know what to do with them once they 8217 re in place 46 
2
The Black Phone
Mick LaSalle
This is beyond dull it s sleep inducing 
1
The Black Phone
Mark Kennedy
What makes The Black Phone stand out is how it perfectly captures what growing up was like in the often raw 70s and an utter respect for the world of kids Every adult is either dismissive and distant or downright murderous 
3
The Black Phone
Kevin A. Ranson
A perfect thriller 46 46 46 so engaging that frights revealed in the trailer still won 8217 t be seen coming 46 46 46 lingers long after the lights come up in the best possible way 46 
4
The Black Phone
Joey Magidson
The Black Phone is dark 44 to be sure 44 but still finds room for some hope 44 and that 44 along with the acting 44 makes it a cut above 46 
3
The Black Phone
Roger Moore
The silences 46 46 46 are epic 46 
3
The Black Phone
Casey Chong
So much for the missed opportunity that The Black Phone could have been a great horror thriller 46 
2
The Black Phone
David Gonzalez
The Black Phone is a captivating 44 terrifying tale that captures real life horrors and trauma and molds them into a horrific thrill ride 46 
3.5
I Love You, I Don't
Mattie Lucas
One of the great unheralded cinematic romances of all time a love story like no other that deserves a place in the canon of all time classics 
4
The Frankenstein Theory
Rob Thomas
It s the first found footage film I can remember to marry the 21st century horror genre to classic horror from a century ago and that makes it at least worth a look 
2.5
The Frankenstein Theory
Michael O'Sullivan
Fourteen years after Blair Witch has the whole found footage horror genre jumped the shark Maybe Weiner however manipulates its well worn tropes deftly 
2
Premium Rush
Brian Eggert
What a joy it is to be delivered such a coherent and smartly made action movie when so many these days are just the opposite 46 
3.5
Premium Rush
Nour Habib
It looks like screenwriter David Keopp s Jurassic Park Mission Impossible writing takes a hit when he s also taking on the role of director 
2
Premium Rush
Eric Melin
Michael Shannon gives his run of the mill dialogue an unusually campy kick and singlehandedly keeps Premium Rush entertaining when it could have been routine 
3
Premium Rush
David Nusair
The better than average feel is perpetuated by Gordon Levitt s remarkably yet expectedly charismatic performance 
2.5
Premium Rush
Christian Toto
Wafer thin characters aside Premium Rush delivers thanks to Michael Shannon s unhinged villain 
2.5
Premium Rush
Nick Johnston
Someone should have heeded the brakes are death creed of Gordon Levitt s messenger and slammed them on while this was still a script 
1.5
Premium Rush
Glenn Lovell
the kamikaze cyclist s wet dream and the best action movie of the summer a fun fusion of humor suspense and pure adrenaline Hitchcock meets Breaking Away anyone 
3
Premium Rush
James Berardinelli
The movie speeds along crisply providing just enough exposition to lend a few pounds of emotional weight without bogging down the breakneck pace 
3
Premium Rush
Mike McGranaghan
It moves like a bullet has some effective chase sequences and gives you Michael Shannon as one of the year s most memorable bad guys 
3
Premium Rush
Sean P. Means
Gordon Levitt fresh off his pivotal role in The Dark Knight Rises is an engaging leading man tough and plucky but also charming and accessible 
3.5
Premium Rush
Kam Williams
A Tour de Gridlock unfolding at a breakneck pace that doesn t give you a chance to pause to consider whether what you re watching is even credible 
4
Premium Rush
Matt Brunson
A movie built around a bicycle messenger is a risky venture as an adrenaline pumper it sounds about as promising as Driving Miss Daisy but writer director David Koepp invests in our need for speed right from the first frame 
3.5
Premium Rush
Lori Hoffman
Joseph Gordon Levitt and Michael Shannon face off in a 90 minute chase layered with flashbacks that cleverly fill in the details with Pulp Fiction esque precision 
3.5
Premium Rush
Wilson Morales
While the premise is a bit idiotic and at a brisk 90 minutes Premium Rush delivers the best ride due to Gordon Levitt and Shannon s hilarious and appealing performances 
2.5
Premium Rush
Lawrence Toppman
The simple utterly satisfying Premium Rush delivers just what the title promises 
3.5
Premium Rush
John Beifuss
In many ways a live action Road Runner cartoon The other influence is Howard Hawks in particular Only Angels Have Wings 
3
Premium Rush
Rick Groen
Undeniably the word action does apply but only as it falls between class and suit 
2
Premium Rush
Frank Lovece
Premium Rush is both the title of this movie and its clever if less than subtle promise to summer audiences which it mostly delivers 
2.5
Premium Rush
Kyle Smith
This is supposed to be a life and death chase movie not two friends messing around 
1
Premium Rush
Stephanie Merry
Breezy and entertaining if imperfect 
2.5
Premium Rush
Alison Gang
If it didn t star the universally beloved Gordon Levitt Premium Rush would quietly fall in the category of late summer time killer for teenagers 
1.5
Premium Rush
Willie Waffle
Premium Rush is like Kim Kardashian it looks pretty but you wouldn t want to marry it 
1.5
Premium Rush
Mark Dujsik
Premium Rush simply cannot recover from the pace deflating expository flashbacks 
2.5
Premium Rush
Dustin Putman
The cinematic equivalent of a theme park ride 151 fun in the moment inconsequential in the long run and over in a blink 
2.5
Premium Rush
Peter Howell
Sit back and enjoy it as a summer jolt of pure adrenaline 
3
Premium Rush
Amy Biancolli
Like the lithe and maligned carriers weaving their way through Big Apple traffic Premium Rush is a thin brash sinewy thing built entirely for speed 
3
Premium Rush
Claudia Puig
The contrived tale is filled with plot holes but the story takes a back seat to the chase filled daredevil action 
3
Premium Rush
Roger Moore
A surprising jolt to the system driven by a great villainous turn by Michael Shannon 
3
Premium Rush
Perry Seibert
A chase is an inherently exciting event that movies can capture better than any other medium David Koepp s Premium Rush is an exhilarating chase 
3
Premium Rush
Gary Thompson
A refreshingly simple stunt packed low budget action movie 
3
Premium Rush
Steven Rea
Premium Rush can t decide if it s a serious ticking clock thriller or an antic stunt driven cartoon 
2.5
Premium Rush
Mark Feeney
Premium Rush has a lot of energy too much it s kind of exhausting It also has a lot of trickiness 
2
Premium Rush
Jon Niccum
The story appears formulaic at first but gets increasingly twisty as the movie progresses though not always in a good way 
2.5
Premium Rush
Rene Rodriguez
The plot is as layered and complex as a TV ad for detergent 
1
Premium Rush
Chris Hewitt
Think of it as a motocross event blended with Bullitt 
3
Premium Rush
Joe Williams
It continually spins its wheels or even goes in reverse backtracking to previous points to load new information 
2
Premium Rush
Peter Travers
Hollywood has been trying to pull off the bike messenger as action hero since 1986 s Quicksilver with Kevin Bacon You have to hand it to Premium Rush which has the kinetic whoosh to keep you spinning 
2.5
Premium Rush
Randy Myers
A snappy fast paced thriller that provides a genuine rush to close out the summer Even if you prefer four wheels over two you re in for a pulse pounding time 
3
Premium Rush
Duane Dudek
The nonstop action and physicality is like watching a two wheel parkour workout video 
3
Premium Rush
Moira MacDonald
Silly stuff but for an end of summer matinee you could do a whole lot worse and by this point of the summer probably have 
3
Premium Rush
Jake Coyle
It s Shannon who doesn t just steal the film he towers over it 
3
Premium Rush
Michael Phillips
Premium Rush is great fun nimble quick the thinking person s mindless entertainment 
3.5
Premium Rush
Andrew Schenker
Rarely has a movie been so well served by its superficiality Premium Rush proves how invigorating genre filmmaking can be in the hands of a savvy perpetually inventive director 
3
Premium Rush
Matt Pais
Could have cast Bow Wow and Ray Liotta and delivered its package generically and according to protocol Thankfully this snappy little action flick prefers to zig and zag 
3
Premium Rush
Roger Ebert
I m very weary of routine chase movies There s nothing routine about Premium Rush 
3.5
Winter Flies
Roger Moore
It so upends expectations that it leaves you the way every comedy should tickled 
3
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
The message is that passing power from one to another does not change the essential nature of power Rather power contaminates the person or ape who wields it 
3
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
James O'Ehley
A rather superfluous experience 
2.5
Unprescribed
Bob Bloom
Unprescribed is a call to arms to get the government and its agencies especially to VA to help those who sacrificed for the United States by giving them to the best care possible including by legalizing medical marijuana 
3
Unprescribed
David Nusair
an interesting topic that s employed to familiar yet eye opening effect 
3
Unprescribed
Matt Brunson
Unprescribed hopes to cut through all the hysteria and fabrications prevalent during the past 80 years by focusing on the benefits of pot In this case it s examining how the drug can be a lifesaver for combat veterans suffering from PTSD 
3
Unprescribed
Tom Meek
Some of the on the spot war footage is incredible as are the individual tales of descent and recovery 
2.5
Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad
Mattie Lucas
This an extraordinarily singular work about an extraordinary man both elegiac and rapturous a film befitting a true leopard 
3.5
Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad
Peter Keough
Whatever its virtues and flaws Fifi performs the vital service of acquainting the world with an artist who deserves despite his own dismissal of such notions world recognition if not immortality 
3
Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad
Kam Williams
An enlightening documentary chronicling the career of the Persian Picasso 
3
Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad
Godfrey Cheshire
Though he does it with a grin Mohassess rages against the dying of the light as well as many of the things the world presented him with during his life 
3
Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad
Diego Semerene
Mitra Farahani rescues the doc from becoming a talking head fest by embracing her creative self as a character and exposing the travails of her own authorship process 
3.5
Canyon Passage
Matt Brunson
A sturdy Western in which for once the story is more sprawling than the scenery 
3
40-Love
Roger Moore
A tin eared foot fault of a comedy 
1
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Keith Cohen
The movie is perfectly paced clocking in a few minutes short of two hours and holds your interest with its captivating subject matter The musical selections and the aerial shots of Times Square add to the entertainment value of this slick production 
3.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Loey Lockerby
Much better are the interviews Gibney conducts with the big players including Spitzer himself Although he never apologizes for his aggressive style Spitzer comes across as relatively subdued and doesn t make excuses for his personal behavior 
3
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Chris Hewitt
As to the broader implications of Spitzer s downfall Did the American public miss out on a guy who could have done the country a lot of good and who probably didn t do anything previous politicians hadn t done the movie is mum 
3
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Kate Taylor
Gibney doesn t have anything more than tantalizing clues and a huge amount of circumstantial evidence but he doesn t need much more than that to indict Wall Street itself 
3
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Geoff Pevere
It s the coolness of Gibney s account of the possibly systematic sabotaging of Spitzer s career perpetrated by a strangely camera friendly cast of enemies cum conspirators that makes it such transfixing viewing 
3.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Moira MacDonald
Client 9 is made with skill and intelligence but I kept wanting to hear another story one that I hadn t heard before 
2.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Ann Hornaday
It leaves the unmistakable impression that there s more to this iteration of a story that animated by hubris lust self deception and love of power is sure to play out again 
3
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
James Berardinelli
The portrait of Spitzer that emerges throughout Client 9 is of a straight talking no nonsense individual whose non political way of getting things done crafted a lot of enemies 
3
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Steven Rea
Client 9 works like a good detective novel Colorful and seemingly disparate characters are introduced and then the strands that tie them together are revealed in a rich sordid thrilling tableau 
3.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Wesley Morris
It takes Gibney almost two hours to build his own argument regarding the airing of Spitzer s laundry and having watched it twice that length is inexplicable 
2.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Brett Michel
Backed by strong circumstantial evidence Gibney interviews Spitzer his friends and his enemies 
3
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Stephen Rebello
A powerhouse of a documentary from Oscar winning writer director Alex Gibney 
3.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Kyle Smith
I wonder how Gibney operated the camera while on his back 
1
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Andrew Schenker
Relying on a bevy of circumstantial evidence and without proving much in the way of anything Client 9 The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer nonetheless homes in on a provocative and highly plausible thesis 
2.5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
James Bradshaw
This is a smart well built documentary that does greatly deepen the account of Spitzer s fall from grace as advertised 
3
In Cold Blood
Matt Brunson
Writer director Richard Brooks detached style allows for a non exploitative presentation and the contributions by cinematographer Conrad Hall and composer Quincy Jones are first rate 
4
In Cold Blood
Peter Canavese
One of the most creditable true crime films ever made Blu ray 
4
In Cold Blood
James Verniere
A sociological crime drama that plays like a noose tightening around all our necks 
4
In Cold Blood
Roger Ebert
Brooks great achievement in the film is to portray Smith and Hickock as the unexceptional dim witted morally adrift losers they were 
4
Strictly Sinatra
Walter Chaw
A smalltime flick in which a smalltime crooner accidentally becomes a smalltime hood 
2.5
Between Love & Goodbye
Lou Lumenick
A dreary gay soap opera 
1.5
Violent Night
Matt Brunson
If I want a bad Santa 44 I 8217 ll watch Bad Santa 46 That 8217 s not to say there isn 8217 t some measure of worthy seasonal jeer in Violent Night 46 
2.5
Violent Night
Erik Childress
Bad Santa as John McClane may believe it is being a kind of subversive anti Christmas movie alternative but its best moments involve not violence but our hero rediscovering the joy that the season once provided as its own relief from the world apos s evils 46 
2
Violent Night
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decidedly larger than life premise that 8217 s employed to erratic yet entertaining effect 46 46 46 
3
Violent Night
Sean P. Means
Director Tommy Wirkola stages the mayhem creatively 44 with acrobatic moves and maximum bloodshed 44 and with a gleeful abandon that confirms the movie is on the comedy side of the action comedy divide 46 
3.5
Violent Night
Leo Brady
What audiences will get in their stocking is a bit of naughty and nice 44 with a narrative structure that throws back to 90 8217 s action 44 and a delightful performance from David Harbour as jolly ole 8217 Saint Nick 46 
2.5
Violent Night
Ray Gill Jr.
A riotously fun spectacle starring a lovable murderous man bun sporting Santa Claus trapped in a mediocre story 
3
Violent Night
Joe Friar
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Santa and his sledgehammer waited to pounce 46 It 8217 s funny 44 crude 44 action packed 44 and worth the price of admission thanks to David Harbour apos s low key Santa and John Leguizamo apos s over the top Scrooge 46 
3
Violent Night
Mike McGranaghan
Violent Night is the definitive anti Hallmark Christmas movie 46 
3
Violent Night
Steven Prokopy
But it has its moments 40 the Home Alone tribute is particularly inspired 41 44 and I certainly don 8217 t begrudge anyone who finds some joy in this work 46 You should feel free to talk to me again once your tastes improve 46 
2
Violent Night
Dann Gire
Big on gore but not much more 
2
Violent Night
Pat Padua
quot Behind all the gore splattered walls and domestic rancor lies a sweet and sour bedtime story of good triumphing over evil 46 quot 
2.5
Violent Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Violent Night does exactly what it sets out to do 44 and does so with panache 44 frivolity 44 and style 46 
3
Violent Night
James Berardinelli
Despite all the gore and violence and other R rated material it s arguably less offensive than the kind of bilge proliferated by Netflix and Lifetime Hallmark etc in the name of Holiday Cheer 
2.5
Violent Night
Brian Eggert
Wirkola never quite resolves whether he 8217 s riffing on Christmas movies or delivering something genuine 44 and the uneven result doesn 8217 t work 46 
1.5
Violent Night
Richard Roeper
David Harbour is perfectly cast 
3
Violent Night
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a fun and brutal holiday romp with a great performance by David Harbour 44 but it doesn 8217 t quite reach the level of peak action it promises 46 
3
Violent Night
Peter Sobczynski
A largely tedious cinematic lump of coal that unsuccessfully tries to stretch its one joke premise out to 101 minutes 46 
1.5
Violent Night
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 40 a 41 holiday cocktail served with a grindhouse chaser 46 46 46 goes farther than imagined in the most wonderful kind of way 46 46 46 fulfills the absurd promise of the fake 8220 The Night the Reindeer Died 8221 trailer from Bill Murray 8217 s Scrooged 46 Yule love it 33 
4
Violent Night
Pablo O. Scholz
Like a watermelon in a supermarket bland and insipid Full review in Spanish 
2
Violent Night
Katie Walsh
Tries to be both naughty and nice and as it turns out 44 when it comes to those lists 44 it 8217 s either one or the other 46 
2
Violent Night
Michael Phillips
It s not very good 
1.5
Violent Night
Mark Dujsik
Something like this 46 46 46 should almost certainly be funnier 44 weirder 44 or more over the top than 46 46 46 this by the numbers action thriller 46 
1.5
Violent Night
EJ Moreno
This has all the makings of an instant cult classic 46 Bold 44 brash 44 and oddly wholesome 46 
3
Violent Night
Mick LaSalle
There was a good idea behind Violent Night but then they spoiled it by making the movie 
2
Violent Night
Soren Andersen
A hugely entertaining crowd pleaser studded with laugh out loud moments from beginning to end Ho hos aplenty in this one 
3
Violent Night
Charles Koplinski
It seems as though I 8217 m on Santa apos s naughty list 44 having been forced to watch 8220 Violent Night 44 8221 a vile 44 pointless movie that 8217 s being released during what is supposed to be a time of love 44 giving 44 and understanding 46 
1
Violent Night
Derek Smith
Ultimately 44 it 8217 s the filmmakers 8217 insistence on both subverting the expectations of the family Christmas film and upholding them that leaves Violent Night feeling like it wants to have its Christmas cookies and eat them too 46 
1.5
Violent Night
Roger Moore
One can join in the chuckleheaded chuckling over 8220 Violent Night 8221 only as long as you don 8217 t think of how repellent it is 44 and wonder what the hell it is you 8217 re laughing about 46 
2
Violent Night
Mark Kennedy
Few films have earned their R rating better All that s missing is you as long as you think it s time to add a little blood to Christmas 
2.5
Cold December
David Nusair
an entirely dispensable piece of work 
1
Nurse.Fighter.Boy
David Nusair
A well intentioned but pervasively uneven piece of work 
2
Nurse.Fighter.Boy
Liam Lacey
This risky rewarding drama blends emotional naturalism with a formal style in the story of its three titular characters a young Jamaican Canadian mother with sickle cell anemia an ex boxer looking for a human connection and a 12 year old boy 
3
Nurse.Fighter.Boy
Jason Anderson
Strong performances and striking cinematography help this first film by Toronto s Charles Officer move with more grace than its heavy going storyline would have normally allowed 
2.5
Grind
Tyler Hanley
First time director Casey La Scala may have taken his fledgling film s title too literally grinding together borrowed ingredients like a mischievous chef 
2
Grind
Elias Savada
Director La Scala can t direct his way out of this can of half baked beans 
0
Grind
David Keyes
They say it takes a certain knowledge of a subject to truly empathize a movie based on it but I m guessing it will take more than that to show any sort of genuine interest in a movie like Grind 
2
Grind
John Monaghan
The worst movie of the summer 
1
Grind
Kim Morgan
Bursting with energy and highlighted by some exciting skateboarding sequences the more dedicated will wish for more Grind has its laugh out loud moments 
2.5
Grind
Dustin Putman
The story is bad and the writing even worse but one would at least expect a skateboarding movie to feature some noteworthy stunts Not so 
1
Grind
Sean P. Means
Skateboarding is not a crime but the movie is a tasteless plotless brainless humorless charmless and endless crime against cinema 
0
Grind
Michael Szymanski
There s a line in Grind where one of the guys says This is a revolving nightmare That s the feeling you ll get 
1
Grind
Tina Potterf
A lively if at times juvenile movie 
2
Grind
Lou Lumenick
If you stay awake you ll certainly feel more than a little ground down after watching perhaps 15 minutes of skateboard footage padded out with nearly 90 minutes of strenuously unfunny toilet humor 
1
Grind
Sue Pierman
A mix of road trip coming of age and gross out comedy cliches 
1.5
Grind
Jennie Punter
Humourless hackneyed yawnfest 
0.5
Grind
Jeff Vice
Unbelievably tedious and seems to have been improvised on the spot just not by anyone with any discernible talent 
1.5
Grind
Wesley Morris
What Grind lacks in cinematic skill it makes up for in heart which is what most dudes in arms flicks are missing 
3
Grind
Josh Larsen
predictable gross out humor and sports cliches are in ample supply 
1.5
Grind
Jonathan R. Perry
Grind rather economically describes the experience for anyone above age 11 who wanders into this skateboarding Rad retread for jackass fans 
0.5
Grind
Roger Ebert
The skateboarding footage is underwhelming compared to Dogtown 
2
Grind
Kit Bowen
Oh c mon Grind is mindless fun most of the time and if you pretend for a moment you re about 12 15 years old its totally awesome 
2
Grind
Phil Villarreal
It s a comedy filled with non star actors a sloppy story and misfired humor 
2
Grind
Claudia Puig
Laughs are virtually nil despite a plethora of crude attempts at humor jokes about vomiting defecating flatulence bosomy babes 
1.5
Grind
Chris Hewitt
It s obvious none of the skateboarders can really skate so Grind ends up feeling like a mash up of two different movies 
2
Grind
Jan Stuart
A jaw dropping exercise in futility 
1.5
Grind
Allison Benedikt
These characters are so flat the story line so one dimensional that the whole triumph over adversity bit just loses its bite after the first five minutes of adversity 
1.5
Grind
Rob Blackwelder
Think Blue Crush without water or awesome surfing footage likable characters with real personalities beautiful girls in bikinis or anything else worth watching 
0
Jenny's Wedding
Nick Prigge
Tolerance in the film doesn t so much suggest a recognizably real epiphany as it does a moving Hallmark card 
1.5
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
John Anderson
Co writer director Mike Clattenburg is right on target with his trio of inept trailer park criminals 
3
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Jack Mathews
Canada may have a better health care system than ours but the popularity of the TV show Trailer Park Boys proves that when it comes to low brow entertainment they can go lower than Jerry Springer 
1
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Maitland McDonagh
Willfully dumb tasteless and a little depressing 
1.5
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Ed Gonzalez
I envy Canada s health care system but if Trailer Park Boys The Movie is any indication I don t want to be exposed to their network television 
2
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Rick Groen
The movie falls apart at the centre Where it works brilliantly on occasion is at the edges 
2.5
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Rob Salem
A faithful and funny entirely scripted feature length film version of the videotaped and improvised mockumentary series 
3
Lightyear
David Nusair
Lightyear improves considerably as it progresses into a midsection rife with involving 44 surprising attributes and plot developments 46 46 46 
2.5
Lightyear
Sarah Knight Adamson
This family film truly takes you to infinity and beyond 33 
3.5
Lightyear
Joshua Axelrod
It managed to overcome a confusing logline and some of its more high concept ambitions to land as a mostly fun beautiful adventure with zero fear of portraying its protagonist as a guy in need of some hard life lessons 
3
Lightyear
Sara Michelle Fetters
To infinity and beyond 63 Hardly 44 but Lightyear does achieve liftoff 44 and that in and of itself ain 8217 t too bad 46 
3
Lightyear
Steven Prokopy
Buzz is a person who who puts the mission and the lives of others before his own 44 and that apos s the character I apos m most interested in learning more about 46 Thankfully 44 Lightyear gives us exactly that and a robot kitty 46 
3.5
Lightyear
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Lightyear may be lightweight for Pixar but in its most transcendent moments it merges the human and the cosmic into a movingly seamless whole 
2
Lightyear
Charles Koplinski
The story losses a bit of steam as it progresses 44 standard action fare taking centerstage
2.5
Lightyear
Erik Childress
An enjoyable if unspectacular attempt by Pixar to expand its universe 46 It works better as an amusing sci fi mish mash than delving into lessons of hubris and losing time 46 In other words 44 it 8217 s not WALL E but its fun 46 
3
Lightyear
James Berardinelli
If there s potential in the idea the animation wizards at Pixar failed to unlock it The movie is visually impressive but emotionally inert 
2.5
Lightyear
Kevin Carr
It doesn 8217 t have the impact of Pixar 8217 s best 44 but it 8217 s a fantastic space adventure with a lot of heart and sweetness woven into the story 46 
3
Lightyear
Richard Roeper
A relatively minor Pixar effort starring Buzz from Toy Story nevertheless succeeds as escapist summer entertainment for the family 
3
Lightyear
Jeffrey M. Anderson
May be the most cinematic of the Pixar films 46 That apos s not to say that the others are un cinematic 44 but Lightyear strives to feel like a live action movie 46 
3.5
Lightyear
Mike McGranaghan
Lightyear is another solid Pixar release 8211 not one of their top tier films 44 but certainly an enjoyable way to spend 105 minutes 46 
3
Lightyear
Rob Thomas
Somewhere along the line 44 much of the enduring charm that makes most Pixar movies so special was lost in space 46 
2.5
Lightyear
Rene Sanchez
A fun 44 charming and visually striking space odyssey with a message that will strongly resonate across the galaxy 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Lightyear
Michael Medved
The animation is eye popping and spectacular 44 delivering both thrills and deeply moving characterizations 46 
4
Old Dracula
Roger Ebert
There are laughs but they come either from isolated lines of dialog or from the sheer incoherence of the plot There are thrills or more accurately there is one thrill a fairly boring one as horror film thrills go 
1
Poop Talk
David Nusair
An almost astonishingly one note documentary 
2
Poop Talk
Mike McGranaghan
If you can see the humor in making a Number 2 don t miss this uproarious tribute to toilet action 
3
The Haunted Castle
Mattie Lucas
It s certainly beautiful Murnau crafts some of his most strikingly lovely shots here but the film s narrative is often left spinning its wheels 
2
The Haunted Castle
Jeremiah Kipp
There s almost no expressionistic phantasmagoria here 
1.5
Dennis the Menace
Roger Ebert
Those good qualities are undermined unfortunately by the Switchblade Sam character who is dirty threatening and scary 
2.5
Dennis the Menace
James Berardinelli
Most children will get a kick out of it although adults roped into accompanying their offspring may find themselves yearning to escape through the nearest exit 
2
Cold Comfort Farm
Joe Leydon
A mischievous send up of D H Lawrence Thomas Hardy and assorted other high toned practitioners of grimly serious rural romances 
3
Cold Comfort Farm
Edward Guthmann
Cold Comfort Farm may be hysterically funny to regular readers of Hardy Lawrence Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters but it won t ring many bells for the rest of us 
2
Cold Comfort Farm
David N. Butterworth
Falls flat on its bum 
2
Cold Comfort Farm
Roger Ebert
The movie based on the famous comic novel by Stella Gibbons is dour eccentric and very funny and depends on the British gift for treating madness as good common sense 
3
Cold Comfort Farm
Barbara Shulgasser
I thoroughly enjoyed Cold Comfort Farm when I watched it but the minute I left the theater I remembered nothing about it 
3.5
Cold Comfort Farm
Mike Clark
Dickens meets the Beverly Hillbillies 
3.5
The Human Condition 2: The Road to Eternity
Matthew Connolly
The film possesses a restless vitality with hard cuts juxtaposing abject brutality with pastoral tranquility and romantic longing 
4
Rushed
Mark Dujsik
The fact that Barbara isn t unique is what makes her unique and there s a real thrill in just seeing how much Hogan s screenplay and performance bring to the character 
3
Sunspot
Bob Bloom
40 Director Brian 41 Mihok appears sure of himself and what he wants his movie to say 46 
2.5
The Scarlet Empress
Matt Brunson
How best to describe The Scarlet Empress Delirious Demented Diabolical This historical epic is perhaps the best of the Dietrich von Sternberg collaborations so naturally it was a commercial disaster 
3.5
The Scarlet Empress
Josh Larsen
a costume drama farce full of overly heated performances set against a macabre nightmarish production design 
2.5
The Scarlet Empress
Roger Ebert
The film tells the story of Catherine the Great as a bizarre visual extravaganza combining twisted sexuality and bold bawdy humor as if Mel Brooks had collaborated with the Marquis de Sade 
4
The Scarlet Empress
Jeremy Heilman
The filmmaking is invigorating with some of the images standing out as originals to this day 
4
The Scarlet Empress
James Kendrick
A dense visually astounding portrait of a woman evolving from an innocent inexperienced and idealistic girl to a shrewd calculating empress 
3
Joseph: King of Dreams
Michael Dequina
A new technical benchmark for straight to tape animated features putting Disney s chintzy home video efforts to shame 
3
The Woodmans
Kathy Fennessy
Francesa Woodman died believing she was unique and she was 
3.5
The Woodmans
Joe Neumaier
This intimate film is a fascinating glimpse into the emotions and art of a New York family whose bright star committed suicide 30 years ago at age 22 
3
The Woodmans
Walter V. Addiego
It s impossible to listen to Francesca s parents deadly serious about art as a higher calling without feeling both saddened and disturbed 
3
The Woodmans
Ann Hornaday
The Woodmans tells the compelling if slightly disturbing story of a family coming to grips with love ego resentment and loss 
3.5
The Woodmans
V.A. Musetto
Willis provides no easy answers and points no fingers but the search proves fascinating 
3
The Woodmans
Moira MacDonald
Woodman s black and white photographs many of them self portraits convey a haunting sense of isolation of something forever lost from the empty almost decaying rooms in which she drapes herself 
3
The Woodmans
Diego Semerene
The Woodmans isn t out to demonize Francesca s upbringing or to play the blame game for her untimely death 
3
L.A. Confidential
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Danny DeVito plays vile Sid for more laughs than such a sleazy type deserves while Kim Basinger portrays a woman disappointed by life but still hopeful for salvation 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Dann Gire
One of the toughest freshest movies of the year 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Jeff Simon
All the cops are corrupt in different ways But as the murk and muck of the story deepens and thickens three of them rouse themselves out of their moral torpor and rediscover their vocation if not exactly their honor 
4
L.A. Confidential
Jay Carr
One of the things the film conveys in addition to institutionalized corruption is the energy and excitement of a city that knows it s on the move L A Confidential is juicy dynamite 
4
L.A. Confidential
Bill Morrison
Director Curtis Hanson who adapted the novel with Brian Helgeland has created a film that delivers in every way 
4
L.A. Confidential
Dennis King
With the relish of brazen headlines splashed across the top of a Police Gazette type scandal sheet L A Confidential peers seductively into the dark heart of the city and conjures up a grand piece of hard boiled entertainment 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Michael D. Reid
Most remarkable of all is the way the film s top notch cast is in sync with the noir style without drawing attention to themselves Australian actors Crowe and Pearce are especially good 
4
L.A. Confidential
Bob Ross
Paradisal myths crash into corrupt reality in L A Confidential a densely structured toughly textured tale of cops caught up in crimes cover ups and self destructive passions 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Malcolm Johnson
Though it has been compared to Chinatown L A Confidential lacks the finesse of Roman Polanski s classic Yet Polanski s cinematic artistry would perhaps be out of place in Ellroy s paranoic yet deeply informed pulp fiction 
3
L.A. Confidential
Marshall Fine
L A Confidential glistens like a new car but has the darkened soul of the best film noir in which good men are tempted by bad ideas This is one of the year s best films the thinking person s detective story 
4
L.A. Confidential
Terry Lawson
Almost absurdly entertaining 
4
L.A. Confidential
Mal Vincent
It is one of the year s best films and a notable tribute to the murky dark film noirs of past movies 
4
L.A. Confidential
Michael Medved
Director Curtis Hanson has done good work before The River Wild and the underappreciated The Bedroom Window but now he wins new recognition as a major stylist 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Rene Rodriguez
LA Confidential has the feel of an instant classic and the heft of a bookmark movie the kind of film others will be compared to in the years to come 
4
L.A. Confidential
Jack Mathews
James Ellroy is to many people the densest toughest and smartest crime writer of our time and what may be his densest toughest and smartest novel is now a movie bearing the same distinction 
4
L.A. Confidential
Ron Weiskind
A movie that values screenplay and characterization as much as its impressive visual style 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Bruce R. Miller
If it weren t such a great film L A Confidential would make a wonderful television series 
4
L.A. Confidential
Jay Stone
A smart stylish and compelling movie set in an era that is almost perfectly evoked 
4
L.A. Confidential
Matt Brunson
Writer director Curtis Hanson s adaptation of the James Ellroy novel wasn t merely one of the two or three greatest movies of the 1990s it stands as a masterpiece for the ages 
4
L.A. Confidential
David Nusair
a slow moving yet progressively enthralling drama 
4
L.A. Confidential
Michael Wilmington
L A Confidential is a movie bull s eye noir with an attitude a thriller packing punches It gives up its evil secrets with a smile 
4
L.A. Confidential
Jami Bernard
At the center of the movie are three mismatched cops with separately fueled ambitions ferociously played by Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce Their combined charisma almost smashes through the screen 
4
L.A. Confidential
Steven Rea
L A Confidential isn t quite up there with Chinatown but it s the closest thing to come down the Santa Monica Freeway in the last 23 years 
4
L.A. Confidential
Tonya Pendleton
L A Confidential is a satisfyingly plotted film with echoes of the 1974 classic Chinatown 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Ann Hornaday
A glamorous alluring entertainment that revels in the artifice of Hollywood while exposing its corrupt heart L A Confidential pays stylish homage to some of the great film noirs of the distant and recent past 
3
L.A. Confidential
Matt Noller
L A Confidential understands that men don t always respond to evil with good and that the question of whom society regards as heroes isn t always a clear cut as it seems 
3
L.A. Confidential
Peter Canavese
A modern cinematic classic the alchemical reaction of a director and a charmed collaboration of actors writers and design artists Blu ray 
4
L.A. Confidential
Maitland McDonagh
Spacey s Vincennes is the standout in a just about flawless ensemble and director Curtis Hanson keeps the hugely complicated story zooming along the boulevard of broken dreams without losing sight of the details that make the trip worthwhile 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Phil Villarreal
In doing away with manners Hanson s hardboiled detective stories craft a more hard hitting picture of the time than any filmmaker who worked in the 1950s could have dreamed
4
L.A. Confidential
Judith Egerton
This police corruption thriller based on a James Ellroy novel drags in places and ultimately fails in its film noir genre but it s tops in art direction and photography 
3
L.A. Confidential
Leonard Schwarz
A hard boiled cops and crime story that is at once viscerally entertaining and intellectually satisfying 
3
L.A. Confidential
Margaret A. McGurk
It s dark stuff all right But it s good dark 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Jeffrey Westhoff
How good is L A Confidential Kim Basinger gives a convincing performance that s how good 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Liam Lacey
A rattling good police story and a dark laughing tone poem to the never innocent city of illusions 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Peter Keough
Rousing and superbly executed with a climactic shootout that s one of the most ingenious and jolting of its kind 
3
L.A. Confidential
James Kendrick
Destined to be one of the best if not the best of the year 
4
L.A. Confidential
Madeleine Williams
All of the characters are finely detailed and fascinating Crowe and Pearce give exceptionally good performances Their vibrant portrayals bring immediacy to their characters and actions 
4
L.A. Confidential
Mike McGranaghan
Every scene in the movie is good 
4
L.A. Confidential
James Berardinelli
Crooked cops The mystery and allure of Hollywood in the 50s Death double crossing and secret alliances Paparazzi waiting to get that one breakthrough picture 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
David N. Butterworth
A solid confident thriller 
3
L.A. Confidential
John Hartl
Hanson has directed a number of clever suspense films but this one puts everything else he s done in the shade L A Confidential is at the same time his most personal movie and Hollywood filmmaking at its best 
4
L.A. Confidential
Roger Ebert
L A Confidential is immersed in the atmosphere and lore of film noir but it doesn t seem like a period picture it believes its noir values and isn t just using them for decoration 
4
L.A. Confidential
Michael Dequina
Hollywood moviemaking at its finest a classy piece of entertainment made with equal parts passion style and fun 
4
L.A. Confidential
Steve Rhodes
There are no surprises about who dies but the ingenuity of the good cops and the director s perfect timing combine to produce the best scene in the movie 
3
L.A. Confidential
Mike Clark
Savory color schemes provide a vibrant backdrop for L A Confidential but this sleek adaptation of James Ellroy s dauntingly complex novel has the black and white tabloid soul of an old Confidential magazine 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Mick LaSalle
This is about one of the best crime dramas in years 
4
L.A. Confidential
Marty Mapes
this movie is such a satisfying whole
4
L.A. Confidential
Rob Blackwelder
Brilliant complex cinematic noir inspired cop drama L A Confidential an instant classic 
3.5
L.A. Confidential
Ted Prigge
There wasn t a moment where I wasn t amazed bowled over by its greatness This film just shows that one can still do noir and make it non Tarantino esque 
4
L.A. Confidential
Susan Stark
It s a film that has substance and sweep to match its high sense of style 
3
L.A. Confidential
Scott Nash
The look of the film is terrific and is filled with period details The clothes the cars sets and dialogue all weave together to form a great background tapestry to the story 
4
Waiting ...
David Nusair
a spare premise that s utilized to surprisingly positive effect 
2.5
Waiting ...
Jeff Vice
An ugly looking movie with even uglier attempts at humor 
1
Waiting ...
Brian Marder
A film set in a restaurant falls squarely on the shoulders of its actors Thankfully Reynolds and company make good carrying the film and its script of top that one liners and well shenanigans 
2.5
Waiting ...
Jeffrey Westhoff
The only things you ll find on the menu are rancid leftovers 
1
Waiting ...
Linda Cook
Ew Waiting longs to shock its audience And does 
2.5
Waiting ...
Mark Collette
Not razor sharp with its satire of the corporate restaurant culture as Office Space was with corporate office culture 
2.5
Waiting ...
Mike Clark
As in waiting for it to be over 
1
Waiting ...
Ken Fox
An obvious but undeniably funny mix of National Lampoon s Animal House and Clerks writer director Rob McKittrick s feature debut is a comedy for those without a gag reflex and for shut ins who never plan to eat in a restaurant ever again 
3
Waiting ...
Tom Keogh
McKittrick s relentless vulgarity is wearing but he s a strong visualist who keeps his shoestring budget film looking fresh 
2.5
Waiting ...
Peter Hartlaub
This movie s two goals are to be over the top funny and remind audience members what it feels like to be in your early 20s without a plan and it s a complete success in both areas 
3
Waiting ...
Carla Meyer
Whether via Jennifer Aniston s waitress character in Office Space or your own acne aggravating teenage stint in front of a fryer you ve probably seen these situations and these jokes before 
1.5
Waiting ...
Timothy Knight
Waiting needs more scenes with true bite rather than tired shtick about stoner bus boys rude customers and The Game 
2
Waiting ...
Lisa Rose
If you re planning to go out for dinner and a movie Waiting should be your last choice at the multiplex 
2
Waiting ...
Lou Lumenick
The sophomorically crude comedy Waiting confirms your worst suspicions about both the staff in chain restaurants and indie filmmakers desperate to be noticed 
1
Waiting ...
Elizabeth Weitzman
Rob McKittrick s sour debut is such an obvious candidate for the direct to video shelf someone will surely be demoted for sending it into actual theaters 
1
Waiting ...
Peter Debruge
The movie is a clumsy and uninspired mess 
1.5
Waiting ...
Glenn Whipp
Filth be it in the kitchen or the punch lines is something I can handle One note laugh free filth is another thing entirely 
1
Waiting ...
Robert W. Butler
Don t expect a message Waiting is one thing and one thing only rudely profanely obnoxiously funny 
2.5
Waiting ...
Bruce Westbrook
The cast compensates by serving steaming hot plates of gonzo enthusiasm kicking things along with unhinged gusto even when Waiting stalls in anecdotal nothingness 
2
Waiting ...
Terry Lawson
It lays out a hearty all you can laugh buffet served by some very fresh in both senses of the word waitstaff 
3
Waiting ...
Ty Burr
Teenage boys will be in heaven All others Check please 
1.5
Waiting ...
Sean P. Means
McKittrick s parade of genitalia humor and poor filmmaking skills make for a movie that s crude in more ways than one 
1
Waiting ...
Daniel M. Kimmel
These aren t people they re punch lines 
1.5
Waiting ...
Willie Waffle
I want Ryan Reynolds career and his abs he ll always get a phone call when Vince Vaughn turns down a role 
1.5
Waiting ...
Piet Levy
So many zany characters not a single laugh 
1
Waiting ...
Dustin Putman
Sharp witted and fairly consistently hilarious rustling up some affectionate but mostly disturbing flashbacks to my own restaurant days 
2.5
Waiting ...
Chris Hewitt
The difference is Clerks was funny and Waiting is not 
1
Waiting ...
Allison Benedikt
Remember Office Space with Jennifer Aniston as a flair wearing Chotchkie s waitress See writer director Mike Judge got his chain dining establishment just right 
1
Waiting ...
Peter Canavese
A movie for young people and they re welcome to it Anyone older than teenage already will have seen every joke in Waiting in more finely crafted funnier movies 
1.5
Waiting ...
Jan Stuart
I don t doubt that McKittrick who understands how to shape characters will have a movie career It s only sad he had to sell out before making it to the starting gate 
1.5
Waiting ...
Roger Ebert
The characters in Waiting seem like types not people What they do and say isn t funny because someone real doesn t seem to be doing or saying it 
1.5
Waiting ...
Nick Schager
Waiting serves up a stale dish of dim witted drivel 
1
Waiting ...
Phil Villarreal
Ryan Reynolds is one of the funniest men alive 
4
Waiting ...
Scott Nash
Waiting is a completely juvenile ridiculous movie filled with frat boy humor that just happens to be very funny 
3
Christmas with Felicity
Richard Roeper
This is a sentimental utterly predictable and thoroughly charming confection featuring a myriad of gifted local actors delivering warm and witty performances against the backdrop of wintry locales that look like the inside of a snow globe 
3
I'm Not Ashamed
Roger Moore
Better at portraying teen angst and high school sociology than at burnishing the myth of the girl who allegedly did not deny her faith at her moment of death 
2
I'm Not Ashamed
Christian Toto
I m Not Ashamed is spiritual to the core and there s nary a sermon in sight 
3
Replicas
Federico Furzan
A movie that just feels lost Too many plot holes and too many attempts at being funny make this an uncomfortable experience Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Replicas
Matt Brunson
The story doesn t seem to have been scripted as much as scooped up and patched together with the weakest glue on the market 
1.5
Replicas
David Nusair
It s an appealingly out there premise that s employed to persistently underwhelming and pervasively stagnant effect by director Jeffrey Nachmanoff 
2
Replicas
Josh Terry
At any rate the real bummer with Replicas is they spent too much time trying to explain how things were happening when they should have just run with the film s inherent madness and put on more of a show 
2
Replicas
Roger Moore
It s never too early for the year s first seriously silly dumber than dumb sci fi fiasco Starring Keanu Reeves 
1
Replicas
Mark Dujsik
There are so many ideas here that the movie never decides upon a single one to follow through on to the end 
1.5
Replicas
Brian Tallerico
Writer Chad St John and director Jeffrey Nachmanoff never figured out what story they were trying to tell 
1
Replicas
Jake Cole
The climax s bizarre left turns culminate in a final image so bewildering that were the film not so relentlessly dour it might have clarified Replicas as an absurdist comedy 
1
How Heavy This Hammer
Barry Hertz
Radwanski creates a visceral impossible to ignore document of one man s fraught reality It is creative bold and even dangerous filmmaking 
3.5
How Heavy This Hammer
Peter Howell
A drama that watches what happens when adolescence ignores the calendar 
3
Centurion
David Nusair
It s clear almost immediately that Centurion s biggest assets are its various performances and visceral violent sensibilities 
2.5
Centurion
Roger Moore
A darned entertaining outing from a director who knows action and doesn t share Hollywood s fear of period pieces that don t involve Greek gods 
3
Centurion
Scott Nash
The real fate of the 9th Legion may never be known but I m sure whatever happened to them was more interesting than this movie 
2.5
Centurion
Christian Toto
Centurion is like Gladiator directed by Freddy Krueger
2.5
Centurion
Ann Hornaday
Centurion wraps itself in talk of duty and honor but really it s just another cinematic death trip 
1
Centurion
Rob Nelson
Bloody well done 
3
Centurion
Amy Biancolli
There are by my count six standard types of violence in film these days Tarantino comic book Scorsese martial arts horror and stupid That s right stupid For an example look no further than Centurion 
1.5
Centurion
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not so much a story with heroes and villains but one more of survival against the most perilous of odds this vibrant and alive action epic is a total kick in the pants that s a heck of a lot more fun than it probably should be 
3
Centurion
Kyle Smith
Sack pillage repeat Heads will roll And bounce And be stuck on pikes 
2
Centurion
Chris Hewitt
Centurion feels more like a video game than a movie And it works fairly well on that sensory overload level except it s a video game you can t play 
1.5
Centurion
Mark Dujsik
My appreciation for Centurion is fairly simplistic and amounts to little more than its success as a bloodbath with an appropriately cynical outlook and a cornucopia of brutality displayed with skill 
3
Centurion
John Hartl
Occasionally Marshall provides a back story to fill out a role but too often that s how it comes off as filler 
2.5
Centurion
Jeff Vice
It s certainly not art and it is not for the squeamish but at least it does what it sets out to do 
2
Centurion
Wesley Morris
Flaming arrows spears and knives have no problem finding their way to the back of a mouth The profanity is delightful And the general atmosphere is grim The movie just isn t terribly inspired 
2.5
Centurion
James Berardinelli
No one can claim the bloodshed was toned down in the quest for a PG 13 and I consider that to be a positive quality 
3
Centurion
Roger Ebert
Most of the characters are so characterless that you can t tell who they are when they get impaled or beheaded and you can t remember who they used to be after they re dispatched Not that it matters 
2.5
Centurion
Nick Schager
Though seemingly content to be a B movie director Neil Marshall heads further into C list territory with Centurion
1.5
Centurion
Graham Young
This hideously violent formula one chase movie lacks the novelty of Mel Gibson s Apocalypto as well as its equally deserved 18 certificate 
2
Song of Parkland
Roger Moore
A sweet upbeat exclamation point on a year of Parkland tragedy and activism
3
Loners
Megan Turner
features a number of amusing set pieces 
2
Manderlay
Mattie Lucas
Dogville was a masterpiece to which Manderlay is a fascinating footnote 
3.5
Manderlay
Kam Williams
Relying on a daring script as executed by A list actors offers a potentially transformational experience for any inclined to contemplate an introspective gut wrenching meditation on the intractability of the legacy of slavery 
4
Manderlay
John Beifuss
Picks at the painful sores of America s racial legacy while withholding the brotherhood of man epiphanies that made the Oscar validated Crash a healing experience for many moviegoers 
3
Manderlay
Terry Lawson
If von Trier can t be bothered to get out more he should at least consider picking up a book or just using some real imagination 
1
Manderlay
Phil Villarreal
Shocking usage of racial epithets and images of 20th century slavery do their part to mess with your head Von Trier is an intelligent and capable filmmaker and he presents some fascinating thoughts and questions in his bitter accusatory satire Problem
3
Manderlay
Jeff Vice
This already controversial drama is yet another anti American screed from Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier who s become more than a little tiresome with all his cinematic bashing of the United States and its political policies 
1.5
Manderlay
Sean P. Means
The plot degenerates as quickly as von Trier s crude allegory of U S foreign policy and the pretentiously vacuous Our Town like staging 
1
Manderlay
John Hartl
Manderlay is both more coherent and more obvious than Dogville which lacked the clean narrative drive of the new film 
2.5
Manderlay
Michael Wilmington
It s a movie with more surprising things to say than most about racism past and present 
3
Manderlay
Wesley Morris
The trouble is the angrier it gets the more infuriatingly banal it becomes 
2.5
Manderlay
Josh Larsen
Von Trier has delivered something so woefully misguided that he s flirting with something a gleeful provocative filmmaker most fears irrelevance 
1
Manderlay
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It lacks the thrillingly nuts outlandish quality of the original but is also quite a bit more pointed and focused 
3.5
Manderlay
Roger Ebert
The crucial difference between Manderlay and the almost unbearable Dogville is not that his politics have changed but that his sense of mercy for the audience has been awakened 
3
Manderlay
Mick LaSalle
It is without exaggeration one of the most blindingly boring films I ve seen in years 
1
Manderlay
Timothy Knight
It s a visually arresting and intermittently compelling parable about racism and self determinism that s ultimately too arch and pedantic for its own good 
2.5
Manderlay
Bob Strauss
Thanks Lars for a bad movie we can t just totally dismiss 
2
Manderlay
James Berardinelli
It can become tiresome to watch von Trier bash the United States while realizing that he doesn t have a full understanding of what he s attacking 
1.5
Manderlay
Frank Ochieng
Manderlay certainly has its fair share of sanctimony and the familiarity of old school psychological racial conflict but it effectively works on the hungry psyche 
3
Manderlay
Ken Fox
The film s conceits grow thin and von Trier s mocking hectoring tone tiresome 
2
Manderlay
Lisa Rose
Deadly slow and repetitious 
1.5
Manderlay
Lou Lumenick
Another ridiculous anti American screed by the minimalist Danish director Lars von Trier who has never set foot in this country 
1
Manderlay
Gene Seymour
As clumsy and ham fisted as the movie s narrative process may be its conclusion however mordant or unforgiving can t quite be shaken off so easily 
2
Manderlay
Peter Travers
Von Trier s hand isn t as sure in Manderlay as it was in Dogville His film exasperates and illuminates in equal measure But no film addict will want to miss his cinematic brilliance 
2.5
Manderlay
David Nusair
extraordinarily dull 
1.5
Manderlay
Ed Gonzalez
Alabama 1933 during which time Von Trier uses the existence of slavery 70 years after its abolition as a metaphor for America s ongoing treatment of its black underclassman 
3
R.S.V.P.
David Nusair
The degree to which R 46 S 46 V 46 P 46 slowly but surely alienates the viewer is nothing short of remarkable 46 46 46 
.5
Musical Chairs
Michael Phillips
Most of Musical Chairs settles for being simple familiar and ineffective though I suspect it ll warm a few hearts 
2
Musical Chairs
Roger Ebert
A feel good romantic fantasy that is likely to inspire a hollow laugh among some people in wheelchairs 
2.5
Musical Chairs
Sara Stewart
The little known art of wheelchair ballroom dancing is a worthy subject but this clumsy romantic comedy is like a partner who keeps stepping on or rolling over your toes 
2
Musical Chairs
Rene Rodriguez
Charming and upbeat and it s stuffed with great vibrant insanely catchy music 
3
Musical Chairs
Nick Schager
The schmaltzy and benign tale of a ballroom dancer who accepts and transcends her unexpected disability through the power of art and love 
2
Man's Best Friend
Matt Brunson
Lassie come home 
1.5
The Fly
Matt Brunson
The climax Help me has given many viewers chills while providing others with chuckles I m in the former camp the primal terror of that situation never fails to move me and the rest is efficient in its solemnity 
3
The Fly
James Kendrick
Although written and filmed as a straightforward sci fi parable about the dangers of tampering with nature it is so ludicrous so positively over the top that it simply cannot be taken seriously 
3
Dark Ride
Dustin Putman
When Dark Ride goes for the throat it has some fun The rest of the time it s rather insulting 
2
Dark Ride
David Nusair
Competently made yet awfully dull 
1.5
Santa Claus
Matt Brunson
The sets frequently look chintzy and cheap with Santa s workshop bringing to mind a prison sweat shop as much as a toy factory 
1.5
Santa Claus
Roger Ebert
Little kids will probably like most of this movie The weakness is that larger kids and parents deputized to escort the little ones are likely to find a lot of it a little thin 
2.5
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Roger Ebert
There s enough material here for several movies but none of them turns into this one 
2
River Runs Red
Glenn Kenny
It takes a vitally serious subject and makes such a relentlessly dumb hash of it 
1
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Brian Eggert
The film s Victorian backdrop gives rise to a pressing look at class poverty and identity albeit through a spirited and modern lens 
4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Jake Coyle
An exuberantly optimistic film celebrating the life force of art and eccentricity Who couldn t use a little of that right now 
2.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Lisa Jensen
Dickens classic coming of age tale gets an energizing makeover that is absolutely true to this spirit of the novel 
4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Max Weiss
As for Patel he makes a wonderful Copperfield sturdy kind charismatic and filled with a childlike curiosity and wonder even into adulthood and of course great hair 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Linda Cook
This film has it all The wit and wisdom of Dickens and his memorable characters terrific cinematography and gorgeous environments from bustling street scenes to dingy flats 
4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Steven Prokopy
Patel always adds a burst of energy and enthusiasm to anything he s in and having him be the center of this universe can be quite moving in unexpected ways 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Walter Chaw
I guess I would say I connected with it in an immensely personal way 
2.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Sean P. Means
Iannucci gives weight not only to his characters emotions but also the issues of identity and class divisions that troubled Dickens then as much as they vex us now 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Richard Roeper
filled with clever if obvious commentary on institutionalized class snobbery 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Brandy McDonnell
Although The Personal History of David Copperfield occasionally feels a little too light and fluffy for its own good it has so much joy and humor baked in that it may well renew an appetite for Dickens classic storytelling 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Jeff Mitchell
Families and high school English classes can enjoy Armando Iannucci s PG rated adaptation 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Glenn Kenny
A boisterous hymn to the creative impulse and a celebration of memory and imagination 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
James Berardinelli
The Personal History of David Copperfield can be deliciously viciously devious in its pursuit of laughter 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Pamela Powell
An inventive and bold depiction of a classic tale well worth seeing 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mark Dujsik
Such a story belongs to everyone and Iannucci s casting doesn t simply affirm that idea The film makes it tangible 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Johnny Oleksinski
Every cast member is hilarious Dickens will be LOL ing in his grave 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Chris Hewitt
As he relates his story is David remembering correctly Is he a reliable narrator Who knows But he s definitely a fleet funny and warmhearted one 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Joey Magidson
While hardcore Armando Iannucci fans may be split on this latest film The Personal History of David Copperfield is going to largely thrill anyone who loves Charles Dickens 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Michael Smith
This David Copperfield constantly feels like the novel s greatest hits are being wedged into the two hour running time and it compromises both the audience and the book s characters 
2
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Phil Villarreal
It s easy to get hopelessly lost amid the barrage of plodding plot developments 
2.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Ty Burr
I t s wholly enjoyable on a scene by scene and character by character basis But the high spirits of this handsome well played production fight against low angle glimpses of grinding poverty and penury until the entire affair has to be called a draw 
2.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mike McGranaghan
Springy and funny A literary adaptation for people who don t like literary adaptations 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Bob Bloom
The performance of Patel is the foundation on which the film is built He is appealing and vulnerable as the young man who is ashamed of his poor beginnings yet finally embraces them as he realizes they helped shape the man he has become 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Ann Hornaday
If ever a match were made in cine literary heaven it would be Charles Dickens and Armando Iannucci each a master of probing social criticism slashing wit and floridly besotted love of language 
4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Katie Walsh
They ve taken Dickens epic and pared it down to the essentials and the laughs The result is quite airy yet also a soulful tale about writing and owning your own story 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Michael Phillips
Despite some longueurs around the two thirds point as there often is with well worn episodic adventures The Personal History of David Copperfield is a tonic with a genuinely moving coda 
3.5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Josh Larsen
Dickens as farce 
2
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Roger Moore
Glorious
4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Kate Taylor
The meta fiction may be overdone but that and the director s feeling for tone create the expansive atmosphere in which a talented multiracial cast lead by Dev Patel can master everything from pure melodrama to high comedy 
3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Keith Uhlich
It s not hard to parallel David Dickens s head spinningly intricate descriptors with Iannucci s own prodding poetically vulgar rhetoric 
3
This Boy's Life
Bill Chambers
DiCaprio goes toe to toe with De Niro though his spectacular efforts here continue to be overshadowed by his Oscar baiting in What s Eating Gilbert Grape 
3.5
This Boy's Life
James Berardinelli
Ultimately This Boy s Life is effective because we get to know the characters understand their circumstances and empathize with their dreams 
3
This Boy's Life
Roger Ebert
The movie is very involving 
3.5
CRSHD
Joey Magidson
Crshd is a very creative very funny and even very moving experience Despite the specificity of the characters the desires and issues on hand are absolutely universal 
3.5
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Roger Ebert
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is one of the more empty pointless baffling films I can remember and the experience of viewing it is an exercise in nothingness 
0.5
Taking Lives
Peter Canavese
Willfully stupid and obvious for most of its running time this serial killer thriller lulls the audience into one gasp worthy rug pulling moment that while stupid isn t exactly obvious Blu ray 
2
Taking Lives
Michael Dequina
Could very well be mistaken for an Ashley Judd programmer 
2
Taking Lives
Kam Williams
A production which would rather scare its audience with gore than reel it in via a gripping whodunit 
2
Taking Lives
Peter T. Chattaway
The film s villain may take fictitious lives but the film itself takes up real time that could be spent on better things 
1.5
Taking Lives
Mark Collette
It both startles and sedates 
2.5
Taking Lives
Forrest Hartman
There s a certain type of detective you only find in the movies The sort who solves murders by lying in a victim s grave 
2.5
Taking Lives
Willie Waffle
you will probably walk away shaking your head in disbelief 
1.5
Taking Lives
James Kendrick
a flat derivative psycho thriller that suffers badly from having no chemistry between its two leads
1.5
Taking Lives
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Taking Lives is the eleventh Angelina Jolie film I ve seen and the eleventh one to fail on some level or another 
2
Taking Lives
Peter Travers
If you can buy the pillow lipped Angelina Jolie as a psychic FBI agent in Montreal to hunt a serial killer then you can swallow the other implausibilities in this retread thriller 
1
Taking Lives
James Verniere
One of those infuriating films that both invites you to try to figure out the plot and also plays fast and loose with the facts to fudge the details 
2
Taking Lives
Peter Debruge
Caruso spins a downright wicked thriller so tense it s guaranteed to scare you out of your seat at least once 
2.5
Taking Lives
Tony Toscano
Taking Lives makes the grade 
3
Taking Lives
Matt Brunson
Jolie s detective seems to be merely one more graduate from Inspector Clouseau Academy 
1.5
Taking Lives
Linda Cook
It s a thriller with an interesting premise that ends up being mediocre because of a contrived ending 
2
Taking Lives
John Beifuss
Angelina Jolie manages to make attractiveness seem unappealing 
2
Taking Lives
Phil Villarreal
The best bet might have been to ditch the tedious police procedural and just let the flick turn into the shamelessly jumpy creep fest it was born to be 
2
Taking Lives
Dustin Putman
Tediously conventional and ho hum 
2
Taking Lives
Moira MacDonald
Taking Lives is often style over substance 
2
Taking Lives
Carla Meyer
To buy this picture you have to buy Jolie s character and the actress succeeds much of the time But once her contained job obsessed agent gets involved with a man close to her case much of what came before is negated 
2
Taking Lives
David Elliott
Jolie hits a new low in Taking Lives 
1
Taking Lives
Joe Baltake
Taking Lives is a good near great film that might seem a lot better if it hadn t been preceded by all of those Judd vehicles or if Jodie Foster s Clarice Starling never existed 
3
Taking Lives
Sarah Chauncey
There are too many flaws to count in Taking Lives 
2
Taking Lives
Megan Lehmann
Taking Lives is smarter than your average serial killer movie thanks to unusually fleshed out characters inhabited by a high pedigree cast 
2.5
Taking Lives
Jami Bernard
Even with Angelina Jolie thrown in for forensic sex appeal this dog won t hunt 
2
Taking Lives
Rene Rodriguez
The first nine minutes of Taking Lives are in fact compelling and good Sadly the rest of Taking Lives is not worth paying for 
1.5
Taking Lives
Bob Strauss
It actually does have a clever twist near the end but it s not the main twist which is anything but terrific 
2.5
Taking Lives
Stephen Cole
Best of all it doesn t star Ashley Judd who has made a wearying specialty out of playing tough tender female cops Danger prone Angelina Jolie is on the case here an improvement that pays big dividends throughout 
3
Taking Lives
Terry Lawson
This is more disappointing than it might have been because Taking Lives has a low boil but constant simmer that has been rarely present in previous attempts to revive the insinuating creepiness of The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en 
2
Taking Lives
Jeff Vice
The film does have its strong points D J Caruso s stylish direction and the fine Philip Glass score chief among them Unfortunately both are undercut by a script that strains credibility at every turn 
2
Taking Lives
Lisa Kennedy
Jolie needs a role with teeth not one that merely exploits her bee stung lips 
2.5
Taking Lives
Roger Ebert
Taking Lives is actually an effective thriller on its modest but stylish level 
3
Taking Lives
Lawrence Toppman
A list actors and stylish direction by D J Caruso conceal the story s weaknesses for a while By the pseudo shocking end we re half entertained by the dedicated cast and half lulled to sleep by the dull overfamiliar sounds they make 
2
Taking Lives
Wesley Morris
Taking Lives is so lifeless and beside the point that its DVD version should skip letterboxing and just be shown in a heavy chalk outline 
1
Taking Lives
Dan Lybarger
The filmmakers may sense that their powers are spent because they add a nude scene with Jolie that feels more obligatory than gratuitous 
2
Taking Lives
Jeffrey Westhoff
As Angelina Jolie gets better as an actress her films get worse It s not supposed to work that way 
2
Taking Lives
Austin O'Connor
If the producers really wanted to capitalize on Jolie s freakazoid factor why didn t they have her use those gi normous lips as antennae 
2
Taking Lives
Sean P. Means
In spite of the severe and I ll admit outlandishly clever plot twists in the final reel Taking Lives is depressingly similar to your average Ashley Judd potboiler 
2
Taking Lives
Lori Hoffman
Jolie s Scott is just not tough enough to overcome her incredible beauty and make us believe she can get down and dirty when it counts 
2
Taking Lives
Jon Niccum
What really compromises the impact of Taking Lives is that the surprise about the identity of the madman is a foregone conclusion 
2
Taking Lives
Kit Bowen
Unfortunately Taking Lives doesn t add any brilliance to the exhausted spot the serial killer psychological thriller but get props for a clever ending 
2
Taking Lives
Mike Clark
From the opening credits Lives seems bound to recapture the queasy mood of 1995 s Seven But it s too dull to even pull off quease until a notably unpleasant climax 
1
Taking Lives
Duane Dudek
A generic pulp thriller 
2.5
Taking Lives
David Sterritt
Taking Lives serves up one letdown after another a serial disappointment if ever there was one 
2
Taking Lives
Chris Hewitt
Director D J Caruso gives the movie some life particularly in a stylishly energetic footrace but there s not much he can do with this dopey script 
1
Taking Lives
Phoebe Flowers
Despite a brief distraction provided by some utterly gratuitous Jolie nudity and a finale that is simultaneously riveting and idiotic Taking Lives does not improve much on this season s crop of mediocre suspense films 
1.5
Taking Lives
Bruce Newman
Taking Lives has such a diabolically wonderful premise for a thriller that watching it sink into the abject silliness of The Silence of the Hermit Crabs is all the more disheartening 
2
Taking Lives
Steven Rea
If Taking Lives starts off with a modicum of wit and creepy crawly scares it winds up somewhere else altogether 
2
Taking Lives
Jan Stuart
D J Caruso s artfully photographed mystery thriller is even better looking than its stars Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke But even your pet Chihuahua could sniff out the solution 
2
Taking Lives
Robert K. Elder
An unimaginative protracted gore fest that swipes from David Fincher s Seven like a cinematic pickpocket but only comes up with lint 
1
Taking Lives
Josh Larsen
Jolie may have those much touted lips but at this point she s much more in need of better judgment when it comes to reading scripts 
1.5
Taking Lives
Rob Thomas
Jolie is one of those actresses like Ashley Judd who are capable of giving good performances in good movies but for undisclosed reasons have decided not to 
1
Taking Lives
Paul Povse
At a certain point Taking Lives gives up any pretense toward sense and starts piling up insanely improbable extravagances 
2
Taking Lives
Walter Chaw
A socio political horror film trapped in the body of a game show hostess 
3
Taking Lives
James Berardinelli
Voids a lot of good will with a cheesy ending 
2.5
Taking Lives
Steve Rhodes
A needlessly sloppy thriller it s nauseatingly predictable 
2
Taking Lives
Rob Blackwelder
Jolie is surprisingly credible as an FBI profiler if only the plot of this serial killer thriller could have kept up with her in that department 
2
Taking Lives
Joe McGovern
There s a reason why the poster for Taking Lives is better than the movie itself those lips ain t made for talking 
1.5
Headhunters
David N. Butterworth
A fun and fast paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humor 
3.5
Headhunters
Kelly Jane Torrance
Watching Aksel Hennie and Nikolaj Coster Waldau play a kind of cat and mouse game with unbelievable stakes is pure entertainment 
3.5
Headhunters
Mark Dujsik
A n insane thriller in which form easily trumps while still complementing the material s inherent madness 
3.5
Headhunters
Jeff Beck
Headhunters is a rather strange film but it s also a rather entertaining one 
3
Headhunters
Rene Rodriguez
By film s end we re deep into Coen brothers territory with an extra splash of Sam Raimi level gore 
3
Headhunters
James Kendrick
a twisted and twisting take on the potentially lethal outcomes of male ego and insecurity which find their greatest embodiment in capitalism at its most aggressive
3.5
Headhunters
Moira MacDonald
Headhunters isn t a pretty film and it doesn t always entirely make sense but it races along like a man chased by killers 
3
Headhunters
Chris Hewitt
The good guy in the Norwegian Headhunters looks like a bad guy and the bad guy looks like a good guy And that s just one of the ways this dazzling movie messes with us 
4
Headhunters
Austin Kennedy
HEADHUNTERS is an exhilarating thriller with great visual flare top notch acting and a story that will have you so involved that you ll possibly have no fingernails by the end of it 
4
Headhunters
Joe Williams
Like a Teutonic techno band this thriller is both skillfully familiar and chillingly strange 
3
Headhunters
Rafer Guzman
Headhunters is a bit like an Ikea desk assembled with your nondominant arm sleek and attractive but likely to fall to pieces if you look at it too hard 
2
Headhunters
Stephanie Merry
A cat and mouse game with the giddy excitement of a heist movie 
3
Headhunters
Gerald Peary
Headhunters is a slick entertainment with well orchestrated chases and bloody shootouts though its characterizations are shallow and sketchy 
2.5
Headhunters
Ty Burr
It s crisp entertainment even as plot absurdities gum up the works you can almost hear the pages turn as you watch 
2.5
Headhunters
Michael Phillips
When we get the remake in a year or two I hope it retains the edge and compact energy of director Morten Tyldum s movie 
3
Headhunters
Roger Ebert
I knew I was being manipulated and didn t care It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done 
3.5
Headhunters
Liam Lacey
Headhunters is slick and spritely a mixture of corporate skullduggery and low life slapstick that plays like The Firm meets Blood Simple 
3
Headhunters
Walter V. Addiego
Headhunters is a well oiled nasty machine 
3
Headhunters
Peter Howell
That s some good acting by Hennie but it s also good writing by co scribes Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg They freshen up familiar caper and thriller tropes adapting the bestselling prose Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo 
3
Headhunters
James Berardinelli
At a time when many mystery thrillers fall apart in the final fifteen minutes Headhunters maintains its integrity 
3
Headhunters
V.A. Musetto
The sex nudity and violence are nonstop but that s what makes Headhunters exciting entertainment 
3
Headhunters
Calum Marsh
Given how insubstantial Headhunters is stopping us from thinking critically may have been the point 
1
Headhunters
David Nusair
one of the most exciting flat out captivating thrillers to come around in quite some time 
3.5
Oleanna
David Nusair
Oleanna 8216 s effectiveness is increasingly stymied by a grating 44 nails on a chalkboard turn by Eisenstadt that slowly but surely transforms the picture into an intolerable experience 46 46 46 
2
Oleanna
Jonathan Rosenbaum
To my mind both characters come across as equally odious and equally tragic so much so that one can see them only as different generational and gender specific expressions of the same character flaws and the same perverse will to power 
3
Oleanna
Roger Ebert
To my astonishment it is not a very good film I am not sure why 
2
Dalai Lama Renaissance
Robert W. Butler
Darvich does an adequate job of pointing the camera and letting people speak but he provides no context
2
Dalai Lama Renaissance
Rob Thomas
Renaissance seems more like video footage than a documentary capturing a little hot air but not shedding much light 
2
Little Murders
Roger Ebert
Alan Arkin s Little Murders is a very New York kind of movie paranoid masochistic and nervous It left me with a cold knot in my stomach a vague fear that something was gaining on me 
4
The Flowers of Yesterday
Michael Upchurch
A Holocaust research rom com may sound like a non starter but after several swerving left turns this German film finds and almost holds its center 
2.5
Crashing
David Nusair
a sporadically watchable yet thoroughly inconsequential piece of work 
2
Seven Years in Tibet
Michael Dequina
Pitt is smiling taking his shirt off brushing his blond locks with his hands striking poses against the picturesque scenery in short being Brad Pitt 
2
Seven Years in Tibet
David Sterritt
One of the season s more substantial large scale entertainments using colorful storytelling and Pitt s appealing presence to spotlight an imperialistic event that continues to cry for correction 
3
Seven Years in Tibet
Mike Clark
Pitt is no disgrace but is blown off the screen by a bright eyed adolescent actor 
2.5
Seven Years in Tibet
Roger Ebert
The movie is about two characters and is told from the point of view of the wrong one 
2.5
Seven Years in Tibet
Steve Rhodes
Leaves one strangely unmoved 
2
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Sarah Knight Adamson
The poignancy of Fonda s point of view on the various topics adds tremendously to the unfolding of this excellent film Fonda makes no excuses saying I am what I am 
3.5
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Roger Moore
Indomitable
3.5
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Nell Minow
Director Susan Lacy has the great advantage of a subject whose life has been extensively documented literally since birth 
3.5
Daughters of the Dust
Matt Brunson
Decades later the film has lost none of its importance or appeal 
3.5
Daughters of the Dust
Judy Gerstel
Writer producer director Julie Dash has taken extraordinary risks The movie develops and grows and swells into something remarkable and alive like an idea or a feeling or a child in the womb 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Carrie Rickey
The film rewards the patient viewer who succumbs to its trancelike spell and understands that the movie is about the rhythms and rituals of a culture remembered 
3
Daughters of the Dust
Noel Taylor
Dash s film is as much a visual experience as an aural one She is a film maker whose passion for her subject permeates very frame 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Jack Garner
Julie Dash s Daughters of the Dust offers so much to admire it s too bad its occasional lack of clarity and meandering style weaken its impact 
2.5
Daughters of the Dust
Robert W. Butler
If Daughters of the Dust is deceptively simple in its story and characterizations it is an overwhelmingly rich sensory experience 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Gene Siskel
A beautifully filmed historical drama 
3
Daughters of the Dust
Kathleen Carroll
In a series of gently lyrical tableaux Dash captures the rich traditions of this Gullah family their oral sagas and their religious beliefs 
3
Daughters of the Dust
Gary Thompson
Daughters of the Dust is a movie that broadens the range of African American cinema to eye opening new dimensions 
3
Daughters of the Dust
Terry Lawson
The visuals are often breathtaking in the style of a particularly effective fashion or travel magazine lay out But it does little to further the fragmented undeveloped story or to define the characters 
2
Daughters of the Dust
Joe Baltake
Julie Dash s absolutely singular Daughters of the Dust will prove to be an important seminal work in film history 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Malcolm Johnson
Daughters of the Dust unreels like cinematic poetry full of haunting rhythmic sounds and halcyon images of the sands skies and people of the sea islands off Georgia and South Carolina 
2.5
Daughters of the Dust
Stephen Hunter
Daughters of the Dust Is a re creation of a lost culture and a lost time yet done with such love and passion that what has vanished forever now seems timeless 
3.5
Daughters of the Dust
Lawrence Toppman
Daughters of the Dust has its own indefinable rhythm an undertow that sucks you in Dozens of small ideas and emotions ebb and flow around you 
3.5
Daughters of the Dust
Rene Rodriguez
Daughters of the Dust is a dense tapestry of beautiful imagery vividly drawn characters and rich dialogue combining to make a piercing statement on racial heritage and cultural legacy It s a stunningly original work 
3.5
Daughters of the Dust
Barbara Shulgasser
Dash looks to have a promising future but this film may not rivet viewers who do not also have an interest in the subject 
2
Daughters of the Dust
Candice Russell
Credit director of photography Arthur Jafa with the film s imposing visual style Images and wordless sequences as when a trio of women find an old parasol on the beach convey a sense of time slowly passing 
2.5
Daughters of the Dust
Bill DuPre
Dash says she wanted the film to challenge the conventional formats of representing black women Challenging it indeed is 
2.5
Daughters of the Dust
Sean P. Means
Daughters of the Dust captures with precision and great beauty a point in history the transition of African Americans from rural to urban at the turn of the last century 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Clifford Terry
An absorbing spirited film that merits considerable respect 
3
Daughters of the Dust
Durga Chew-Bose
Daughters impressionistic look at the Great Migration who will go who will stay and at what cost combines a corporeal sense of history with poetic often indirect and allegorical underpinnings 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Clayton Dillard
It s as much a cinematic probe and a challenge to mythologizing past eras as it is an ancestral history lesson 
3.5
Daughters of the Dust
Josh Larsen
thrums with a truly independent spirit and a dreamy ebullience 
4
Daughters of the Dust
Roger Ebert
At certain moments we are not sure exactly what is being said or signified but by the end we understand everything that happened not in an intellectual way but in an emotional way 
3
Mansion of the Doomed
Matt Brunson
One of those movies that enjoyed a brief dalliance with the British authorities during the height of the video nasty period 
2.5
Love Lies Bleeding
David Nusair
an entertaining unexpectedly gripping little thriller that benefits from an exceedingly brisk pace and the inclusion of several charismatic performances 
3
I Stand Alone
Federico Furzan
It s a descent to hell in movie form Full review in Spanish 
3.5
I Stand Alone
David Nusair
I Stand Alone will not easily be forgotten and in this day and age that s an incredibly rare thing 
3
I Stand Alone
Jeremy Heilman
Certainly there are aesthetic pleasures in I Stand Alone but they don t redeem the depraved heart that beats at the center of the film 
1.5
21 and Over
Forrest Hartman
There s a reason 21 Over feels like a low rent teen version of The Hangover It was written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore the two scribes who created the comedy blockbuster Only this time they re out of new ideas 
2
21 and Over
Matt Brunson
It s hard to imagine anybody who s 21 and over truly getting much out of 21 Over but as far as these sorts of films go this one isn t as aggressively stupid as some 
2
21 and Over
Nour Habib
This movie is filled with the kind of jokes you d expect to see on an Internet meme something that may elicit at most a chuckle 
1.5
21 and Over
Rafer Guzman
All or at least some might be forgiven if there were just one likable character or memorable joke 
0.5
21 and Over
Tom Russo
Among the ingredients 21 is missing the infectiously random silliness of a Zach Galifianakis the smug hunkiness of a Bradley Cooper and any sort of Vegas y gloss whatsoever 
1.5
21 and Over
Perry Seibert
Lucas and Moore have written this story enough times that they know how to make it flow even when there are long gaps between laughs and as directors they show a keen eye for casting 
2.5
21 and Over
Phil Villarreal
The so called comedy 21 Over is offensive Not because it s racist sexist homophobic and cruel but because it s racist sexist homophobic and cruel in a dull monotonous way 
1.5
21 and Over
Bruce Kirkland
If you like your movies stupid loud crude and profane with a touch of racism and misogyny as extra flavouring the new comedy 21 and Over is just about right 
1.5
21 and Over
Linda Barnard
Everything is done to excess with the needle on the gross out meter buried in the red 
1
21 and Over
Rick Groen
This is comedy on a familiar train where every stop is reassuringly predictable 
2
21 and Over
Kyle Smith
I don t think I ve ever seen someone ralph in super slo mo while riding a mechanical bull before so kudos for originality there I guess 
0.5
21 and Over
Dustin Putman
There is some immature amusement to be had by 21 Over the occasional clever line of dialogue or quirky situation but then there s the majority of time spent wallowing in stereotypes mixed messaging and overbearing racial insensitivity 
2
21 and Over
Mark Dujsik
If there s one thing these early 20 somethings don t deserve it s sympathy 
1
21 and Over
Claudia Puig
21 and Over is pretty much for people with an IQ of 21 and under 
1.5
21 and Over
Richard Roeper
Bleech Tasteless Even worse unfunny 
1.5
21 and Over
Dann Gire
21 and Over kinda scratches the record shifting from inane stupidity to serious moments 
1
21 and Over
Peter Hartlaub
Writer directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore find a nice balance between the over the top high jinks and an emotional core which unexpectedly crystallizes relatively late in the movie 
3
21 and Over
Andrew Schenker
By the dictates of the boys will be boys party genre 21 and Over is so tame that it barely manages to even be offensive 
.5
21 and Over
Christy Lemire
While comparisons to The Hangover are inevitable 21 Over is actually reminiscent of a different and specific kind of movie the early Vince Vaughn Jon Favreau romp 
2.5
21 and Over
Chris Hewitt
The cast is terrific the jokes keep coming and it provides crucial advice for anyone who is nauseated but decides to ride a mechanical bull anyway Don t 
3
21 and Over
Matt Pais
Recommended for Seth MacFarlane 
1.5
21 and Over
Roger Moore
Gonzo psychotic and deranged And those are the best parts 
2.5
Year of the Living Dead
Chuck Bowen
The film is unavoidably slight but there s a certain pleasure in watching talented people wax passionate about a common source of inspiration 
2.5
Year of the Living Dead
Peter Keough
Rob Kuhns s amusing but perfunctory documentary about the origins of the 1968 ur text of zombiedom George Romero s Night of the Living Dead 
2.5
Year of the Living Dead
Christian Toto
The Birth of the modern zombie film wasn t scary It was downright hilarious according to this smart new doc 
3
Year of the Living Dead
John Beifuss
The movie appreciates that Night of the Living Dead is the Bo Diddley beat of horror the iteration that launched a million copycats 
3
Year of the Living Dead
Jeff Shannon
Romero himself is the film s highlight appearing relaxed and funny in an entertaining interview 
3
Buddy
Michael Dequina
Rene Russo provides a welcome dose of starpower but there is only so much acting she can do opposite a guy in a gorilla suit 
2.5
Buddy
Roger Ebert
I watched this movie with steadily mounting incredulity I was trying to find the category for it and there isn t one 
2
Get Duked!
Lindsey Bahr
This is a raucous non stop ride that is a little rough around the edges but also unexpectedly endearing not unlike the four teens at the center 
2.5
Get Duked!
James Berardinelli
Doff announces himself as a talent to be reckoned with His feature debut seems destined for admission into the cult classic hall of fame 
3.5
Get Duked!
Lisa Trifone
It s always welcome when an emerging filmmaker delivers a fully formed film one with a perspective a sense of style and most importantly confidence 
3
Get Duked!
Sean P. Means
The only thing that matters in Get Duked is whether you laugh and Doff is willing to bend the rules of pharmacopeia and physics to make that happen 
3
Get Duked!
Robert Levin
It s fun and the satire has a bit of depth to it even if the movie never quite carves out its own identity 
3
Get Duked!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
manages to be anarchic and demented in the framework of a cuddly coming of age story not unlike 2013 s The Kings of Summer or 2016 s The Hunt for the Wilderpeople 
3
Get Duked!
Richard Roeper
Get Duked is good stoner comedy fun and quite the promising debut from a rookie filmmaker 
3
Get Duked!
Robert Horton
A little like an Ealing film colliding with a gonzo Ben Wheatley picture 
3
Get Duked!
Simon Abrams
Get Duked is most charming as a teen hangout comedy but it s not so memorable as a superficially topical anti Brexit riff on The Most Dangerous Game 
2.5
Get Duked!
Jeff Mitchell
Get Duked offers regal shenanigans 
3
Get Duked!
Randy Myers
What a welcome comedy to snap us out of the Debbie Downer doldrums 
3.5
The Score
Roger Moore
The execution is novel 44 fascinating and just musically 47 romantically entertaining enough to not totally muck up the suspense that 8217 s built in 46 
2.5
The Score
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he result comes across as an incomplete 44 conceptual gimmick 46 
2
Horses
Kent Turner
A beautifully filmed and sentimental period piece with a quickening pulse
3.5
Gigantic
Bill Chambers
More like bloated 
2
Gigantic
Chris Hewitt
Gigantic has an idiotic screenplay in which nothing fits together with anything else and in which the two dimensional characters get knocked down to one dimension as the movie progresses 
1.5
Gigantic
Joe Williams
Zooey Deschanel is the most delightful young actress in Hollywood 
3
Gigantic
Rob Thomas
Was there any idea that came to writer director Matt Aselton while he made Gigantic that he didn t use Seriously that cutting room floor must have beenSPOTLESS 
1.5
Gigantic
Phil Villarreal
Happy would be sad if you didn t want to see her story And you wouldn t like a Manic Pixie Dream Girl when she s angry 
3
Gigantic
Jeff Vice
There s nothing really appealing or funny about these people or the predicaments in which they find themselves 
1
Gigantic
Ty Burr
Gigantic plays like a Sundance movie with half the nouns removed fetchingly cryptic for a while it s ultimately just obscure 
2
Gigantic
Mick LaSalle
Anyone can go off and just cynically make a bad movie but to make a picture as inert incompetent and emotionally fraudulent as Gigantic takes sincere faith that one is in fact making something really really good 
0
Gigantic
Rafer Guzman
Eventually Gigantic decides to become a heartwarmer and why not Any ending including nuclear devastation or a 1940s musical number would have worked too 
0.5
Gigantic
Roger Ebert
On the basis of Gigantic Matt Aselton can make a fine and original film This isn t quite it but it has moments so good all you wish for is a second draft 
2.5
Gigantic
Kyle Smith
Quirk fans prepare to be lightly exhilarated 
3.5
Gigantic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s nothing inside nothing to connect the film with the emotions of living people 
2
Gigantic
Erik Childress
For a film that only flirts with the idea of closure it may be best to just keep an open mind and enjoy the company of some fine actors playing funny characters trying to find the same answers that all of us are 
3
Gigantic
James Berardinelli
The characters and situations are a little too quirky for their own good Everyone is skewed off center and while that can be charming in small measures Gigantic overdoses on it 
2.5
Gigantic
Kam Williams
Credit Dano and Deschanel for generating sufficient chemistry to make the movie worthwhile despite the oft distracting Kabuki dances dominating the backdrop 
3
Gigantic
Henry Stewart
Director Matt Aselton cites Buñuel as an influence but he fails to understand the difference between being a surrealist and being a nonsense ist 
.5
Gigantic
David Nusair
inevitably grows on the viewer 
2.5
Ouijageist
Roger Moore
Positively dizzy in its clumsiness 
0
Where Are You
Roger Moore
The worst film of Anthony Hopkins apos career 46 
1
Puzzle
Brian Eggert
This performance arguably the best in Macdonald s career is masterful and elevates the modest pleasures of the film 
3
Puzzle
Jeff Mitchell
Macdonald and Khan perfectly fit in Puzzle A warm and thoughtful indie 
3.5
Puzzle
Jeff Mitchell
Macdonald s gentle energy and nuanced feelings peek through small looks glances and thoughts in a lovely underdog story 
3
Puzzle
Joe Friar
It was Danny Boyle s 1996 film Trainspotting that introduced audiences to then 20 year old Kelly Macdonald The Scottish actress delivers the performance of her career in her first lead role 
3.5
Puzzle
Rob Thomas
Puzzle steadfastly refuses to adhere to formula instead going for something messier and more authentic 
3
Puzzle
Sean P. Means
Puzzle a slight but thoughtful drama gives Macdonald a more prominent role than she usually gets and she makes the most of it 
3
Puzzle
Josh Bell
It s all pretty low stakes stuff and director Marc Turtletaub presents it in a subdued manner that often drains the urgency from even the most dramatic moments 
2
Puzzle
Bob Bloom
Puzzle slowly and gently flows It s a sweet story about learning where you fit in the world once you decide to look at all the pieces 
3
Puzzle
Sara Michelle Fetters
I found it impossible not to be caught up in this story especially considering just how rare it is to see a film about a forty something woman like this one told with such restraint and attention to detail 
3
Puzzle
Rafer Guzman
Watching two people do a jigsaw puzzle could be fascinating in the right movie This is not that movie 
1.5
Puzzle
Robert Horton
With her pinched face and tiny stature she regularly vanishes within Agnes sweaters and jackets Macdonald conveys a lifetime s experience of fitting into other people s plans 
3
Puzzle
Moira MacDonald
Puzzle becomes a low key pleasure with all its pieces fitting together nicely 
3
Puzzle
David Nusair
there s perhaps just not enough material here to sustain a feature length running time 
2
Puzzle
Kate Taylor
The results are deceptively simple finding complex emotions in a scenario that only signals sentimentality 
3.5
Puzzle
Peter Howell
Turtletaub goes deep on character allowing Macdonald and Khan to reveal details of their lives and also their dreams and fears in a manner that s as natural as the charming piano score 
3
Puzzle
Tom Russo
The indie drama s aptly metaphorical goings on have real warmth and get an added boost from charming performances by Macdonald and Irrfan Khan 
2.5
Puzzle
Gary Thompson
Khan and Macdonald make it watchable 
2.5
Puzzle
Mick LaSalle
It s entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional 
2
Puzzle
Richard Roeper
How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully 
3
Puzzle
Michael Phillips
Macdonald is so good on her own or with a scene partner director Marc Turtletaub s movie refuses to fall apart 
2.5
Puzzle
Anita Katz
By remaining plugged into Agnes emotions focusing on her rising sense of who she is and what she wants and by giving Macdonald the space and attention she needs to convey these factors Turtletaub has made a modest charmer 
3
Puzzle
Ann Hornaday
In Puzzle Macdonald has finally found a movie that she doesn t need to steal because it belongs to her completely 
3
Puzzle
Rex Reed
Puzzle touched me profoundly 
3
Puzzle
James Berardinelli
The most refreshing thing about Puzzle is that it s an adult movie about characters and their low key circumstances 
3
Puzzle
Christy Lemire
A million tiny revelations make up one massive arc and Kelly Macdonald positively radiates hope and joy throughout that process 
3
Puzzle
Mark Dujsik
The majority of the film s success is in how well Macdonald plays Agnes growth into her own person 
3
Puzzle
Mike McGranaghan
Based on her work here it might well be time to officially declare Kelly Macdonald a Cinematic Treasure 
3.5
Puzzle
Josh Wise
The film buoyed by Kelly Macdonald who s a master of understated vulnerability but she can t steer it out of the doldrums 
2
A Time for Drunken Horses
Steve Rhodes
slice of life story in which nothing much happens
2
A Time for Drunken Horses
Roger Ebert
The movie is brief spare and heartbreaking 
3
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Mattie Lucas
Fiennes wants to enthrall us but the film loses its way rather quickly It meanders and coasts without any real direction and while Kiefer s work is doubtlessly beautiful and even haunting
1.5
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Mike Scott
A slumberous bore 
1.5
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
V.A. Musetto
A daunting work that will please movie lovers willing to invest their time and intellect 
3
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Diego Semerene
Meanders through the world making works of landscape artist Anselm Kiefer in reverential awe and little skepticism 
2
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Steven Prokopy
Detainment features two of the finest performances from child actors I ve seen in quite some time and the way the filmmakers use editing to peal back the layers of lies and half truths to get to the true story is remarkably sophisticated 
3.5
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Wesley Lovell
Some strong shorts make up a horrendously depressing slate 
3
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Gary Thompson
They represent the best in class from around the world and are selected on the basis of merit but there are some uncannily unifying themes in evidence 
3
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Ty Burr
What awful childhood traumas are gnawing at the members of the Academy s short films and feature animation branch 
2
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
G. Allen Johnson
The future may look grim in these four shorts but at least the next generation will have some great actors All of the children in these shorts are excellent 
3
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Tom Keogh
Academy members need a collective hug How else to explain the weird abundance of films about children in severe distress and aging adults ruminating on loss and mortality 
3
Public Domain
Ed Gonzalez
Lefcoe s practically unwatchable film is ostensibly a critique of reality based programming but its muddled intent and miscalculated presentation gets at nothing 
1.5
Public Domain
Stephen Cole
Other than McKellar s bright cameo the remaining players seem trapped in a mean deadening satire 
2.5
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque
Ken Fox
An affectionate and uniformly superb documentary 
3.5
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque
Wesley Morris
The tale of this rotund man with his unquenchable passion and ark load of supporters is to a great extent the history of the cinema itself 
3
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque
John Anderson
Anyone with a curiosity about how film got to be the art form obsession it is today will want to learn about the man who helped make it so 
3.5
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque
Lou Lumenick
This documentary s director Jacques Richard includes insightful and often hilarious archival interviews with Langlois and dozens of associates 
3.5
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque
John McMurtrie
A treat for anyone who s passionate about films or who s ever wanted to learn more about them 
3
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Matt Brunson
Adding financial insult to artistic injury 44 it earned even less than the same year apos s more roundly panned musicals Camelot and Doctor Dolittle 46 That apos s a shame 46 
3.5
Going My Way
James Berardinelli
There s nothing special or memorable about this overlong endeavor the first of two motion pictures to feature Bing Crosby s insufferably noble Father Chuck O Malley 
2
Going My Way
Wesley Lovell
Glossy escapist entertainment that s fun to watch but says nothing terribly noteworthy about the human condition 
3
Going My Way
Michael Szymanski
Overly corny this feel good musical is delightful in its naivety even for the time 
2
The Brand New Testament
Brian Eggert
The Brand New Testament has boundless energy and imagination and its charming concept makes enduring some of the film s more random unstructured ideas worthwhile 
3
The Brand New Testament
Shane Slater
While The Brand New Testament relies too heavily on surface level satire for my liking its broad strokes are so cheekily amusing that the film is easy to recommend 
3
The Brand New Testament
Walter V. Addiego
It s a freewheeling live action satire that could well have been animated a quality among others that it shares with Terry Gilliam s features 
3
The Brand New Testament
Michael O'Sullivan
Morbid comedy Meditation on happiness Theological allegory wrapped inside a silly joke Maybe a little of all three 
3.5
The Brand New Testament
Peter Keough
Starting with a premise that a smart aleck high school sophomore might take pride in the film rallies late to make some points about patriarchy and female empowerment but not before a barrage of clichés tweeness and inanity 
1.5
The Brand New Testament
Diego Semerene
At first the film s dark humor is amusing only for it to wear off once an actual plot kicks into motion 
1.5
The Brand New Testament
Jesús Chavarria
A fun and smart movie that probably won t be a favorite amongst the most religious groups Full review in Spanish 
3.5
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
Diego Semerene
For a film so bent on naturalizing the presumably hilarious incongruity of the sexes it sure features lots and lots of that site of horror a naked male body And for comedic purposes of course 
0
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
Sara Stewart
This retrograde sex comedy is embarrassing for just about everyone involved 
0
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Linda Cook
It s just about what you d expect from a dance movie Not much of a plot terrific dancing and enjoyable music 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Matt Brunson
The film never establishes its explosive era in any believable sense despite some tacked on moments of chaos the movie might as well be set in 1986 Miami as 1958 Havana 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Paul Sherman
The strong performances by Garai and Luna the story s acknowledgement of Cubans political struggles of the 1950s and the movie s unflagging sincerity help it get by 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Tony Toscano
a lukewarm and harmless fairy tale 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Phil Villarreal
This is all straight up unintended comedy and a lot of it grooves like one of the film s many jampacked nightclubs 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Christian Toto
Havana Nights makes us long for the days when Patrick Swayze lived on Hollywood s A list
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Dustin Putman
How do you write a review for a movie that unashamedly craps on the memory of its deservedly famed and beloved predecessor The answer with venom 
0
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Phoebe Flowers
Moderately entertaining but droopy romance 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jeff Shannon
Looks good sounds good and delivers what most Dirty Dancing fans are likely to expect 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Carla Meyer
Jansen might not be the best storyteller but she s a wonderful choreographer adapting the styles of her stars both nondancers before the movie to complement each other beautifully 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
David Elliott
Garai and Luna both appealing never achieve combustion in the dance or elsewhere and only very naive viewers will feel the itch so keenly scratched by Swayze and Grey in 1987 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Timothy Knight
You may not have the time of your life but Dirty Dancing Havana Nights is a perfectly serviceable date movie propelled by some electric dancing and tangy salsa music 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jonathan Foreman
Becomes laugh out loud awful with dreadful lame lines delivered painfully badly as if a different screenwriter and director had taken over for the movie s final act 
1.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jami Bernard
Has some good music and hot dancing filmed choppily but it completely lacks the magic of its predecessor 
1
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Rene Rodriguez
The original film s mix of romanticized innocence and sexual adventure has been replaced by after school special plot twists and puppy love handholding 
1.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Roger Ebert
Is Fidel really needed in a retread of Dirty Dancing 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Wesley Morris
As you might expect the movie is as square as a sock hop 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Sean P. Means
The script wallows in its melodramatic clichs and features plenty of unintentionally funny dialogue though nothing funnier than the based on true events title card 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Kit Bowen
You ll find the hokey material in Havana Nights strangely familiar but it doesn t matter 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Terry Lawson
The politics of Havana Nights are as simplistic and naive as the story 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Lawrence Toppman
The plot of Nights will occupy only 10 or 12 brain cells 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jeff Vice
Garai is so wooden that she elicits more snickers from audiences than anything else 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Erik Childress
Its depressing just how much worse you could do especially when a Bad Boys sequel has more of a Cuban revolution than this film 
1.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jennie Punter
Sticks to the formula 
1
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Mike Clark
If you can t find a more scintillating brand of dirty to enjoy during your own nights Helena or Hoboken you re not trying very hard 
1.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Walter Chaw
It s fluff that attempts to parse human suffering so that it doesn t appear to be fluff meaning it s exploitive fluff 
0
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Chris Hewitt
Whenever conflict emerges in the belated Havana you can be sure it ll be wrapped up before you can say Rumba 
1
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Peter Travers
The movie more wan than wicked proves you can t go home again 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
James Sanford
not a sequel nor a prequel and it s certainly not equal to the fondly remembered 1987 Patrick Swayze Jennifer Grey summer romance
1.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
David Sterritt
As beguiling as a dried out palm tree 
1
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jeff Strickler
The original movie had shallow stereotypical characters a corny predictable story and lots of high energy dancing The same goes for the sequel although the characters are even a little shallower and the story a little cornier 
1.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Gene Seymour
This homage prequel wears both its heart and its self awareness on its leotards with such eagerness to please that it ultimately stumbles over itself trying to duplicate the original s rough magic 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jeffrey Westhoff
Romola Garai and Diego Luna are fresh sweet and likable and Garai is vastly more sympathetic than Jennifer Grey in the 1987 original 
2.5
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Allison Benedikt
Maybe I m just a pushover But I loved every corny predictable minute of this sugary remake It s called entertainment 
3
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Josh Larsen
there is no denying the movie s primal pull 
3
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Jeanne Aufmuth
Silly scripting and relentlessly conventional structure don t hurt a bit 
3
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Ed Gonzalez
Fidel Castro s revolution didn t break the backbone of a nave Cuban population it merely put an end to interracial shagging 
1
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
James Berardinelli
It s only possible to have the time of your life once and for this franchise that was in 1987 
2
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Steve Rhodes
Guilty pleasure I wish The movie features two kids who can t dance which the editors try their best to hide 
1
Bright Young Things
Betsy Bozdech
Despite a somewhat artificial ending with its vivid characters and intricate plot Bright Young Things really does seem like a novel come to life 
3
Bright Young Things
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If a movie can draw this kind of talent for mostly miniscule roles how can you go wrong 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Scott Nash
It is in the humorous moments that the movie really hits its stride with the supporting cast providing many of the laughs 
3
Bright Young Things
Walter Chaw
Reality is rude 
2.5
Bright Young Things
Steven Snyder
If there was ever a film to prove my theory that we as a species have lost our sense of purpose Bright Young Things is it 
2.5
Bright Young Things
Jackie Loohauis
A film that not only Anglophiles will enjoy it is a work that charms us with its portrayal of a lost time place and generation 
3
Bright Young Things
Rob Thomas
I would have liked Bright Young Things more if I had liked the characters less 
2.5
Bright Young Things
Phil Villarreal
Inspires equal amounts of guilty envy and haughty revulsion for its hard partying crowd 
3
Bright Young Things
Marty Mapes
It s fluff but if entertainment value is all you re looking for you could do worse
3
Bright Young Things
Jeff Vice
This satirical period piece settles for being mildly diverting and only sporadically amusing 
2
Bright Young Things
Sean P. Means
As the characters dance frantically near the abyss it s hard to care when some of them fall in 
2.5
Bright Young Things
John Beifuss
Nothing registers through the smothering cheesecloth of the dull staging and inconsequential kookiness 
1.5
Bright Young Things
Joe Baltake
Its chief strength is the obvious deep seated affection Fry has for each sedated hung over soul 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Rick Groen
Since no one is playing a rounded character just pawns in Waugh s linguistic exercise the performances are necessarily mere snapshots haphazardly crammed into a chaotic album 
2
Bright Young Things
Michael Booth
For those who mourned the final episodes of Brideshead and other installments of the queen s English Bright Young Things is a diverting evening in the British Isles 
3
Bright Young Things
Terry Lawson
In trying so hard not to take itself too seriously Bright Young Things succeeds in being a lot of ado over nothing 
2
Bright Young Things
Chris Hewitt
A very funny movie about people who are very sad and don t know it 
3.5
Bright Young Things
David Elliott
A long party strivingly decadent but often just strained 
2
Bright Young Things
Connie Ogle
As anyone who has ever attended a party knows people under the influence tend to be supremely dull unless you re one of them 
2
Bright Young Things
Ty Burr
Busy unfocused yet still acridly funny and moving 
3
Bright Young Things
James Verniere
Begins unsteadily but finds its feet and grows more shriek worthily droll as it proceeds 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Chauncey Mabe
Lovers of Waugh should be generally satisfied by the clever wordplay inventive madcap situations and most of all by the profoundly conservative message that the frivolous society elites sober up only when confronted with a disaster 
3
Bright Young Things
Moira MacDonald
Fry in his directing debut shows an eye for style a fine literary intelligence and an unmistakable heart 
3
Bright Young Things
Carla Meyer
Witty energetic adaptation 
3
Bright Young Things
Roger Ebert
Waugh s novel and Fry s movie wisely see that their characters live by spending their comic capital and ending up emotionally overdrawn 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Carrie Rickey
The Bright Young Things profess to be bored but in Fry s hands they are never boring 
3
Bright Young Things
Jeffrey Westhoff
When the decade winds down though Bright Young Things loses its luminence 
3
Bright Young Things
Michael Wilmington
A brilliant giddy satiric romp with a discreetly moralistic viewpoint beneath its high style wit 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Rob Blackwelder
A terribly witty romp but director Fry furtively hints at shades of compunction and misfortune taking the film to unexpected level of empathy nuance and humanity 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sinister undertones of drugs homosexuality and tattered reputations lend a thorny cynicism that keeps the drawing room clichés from reeling out of control 
3
Bright Young Things
Steve Rhodes
A would be comedy of manners that has few if any genuine sincere or funny moments 
2
Bright Young Things
Peter Canavese
Easy come easy go has the right satirical snap energetic pace and likeable performances to stay consistently amusing 
3
Bright Young Things
John Anderson
A bonbon with an empty center 
2
Bright Young Things
Jami Bernard
This is a wickedly funny skewering of a prewar London society gone mad with frivolity 
3.5
Bright Young Things
Pam Grady
The first two thirds of the film is so much waggish fun though only Moore s Adam actually comes across as a flesh and blood human being rather than an amusing literary creation 
3
Bright Young Things
Megan Lehmann
The lively whirl of debauched drug fueled parties and toffee nosed exchanges between heiresses and aristocrats fails to mask the essential hollowness of the narrative 
2
Bright Young Things
David Sterritt
An enjoyable movie that marks a rattling good directorial debut for Stephen Fry 
3
Bright Young Things
Peter Travers
By the time Fry lets darkness encroach on these bright young things including a flapper and a suicidal scribe the fizz is gone 
2
Bright Young Things
Ed Gonzalez
Spectacularly irrelevant Bright Young Things is well performed and frequently hysterical but its political resistance is frustrating 
2
Bright Young Things
Erik Childress
Bright Young Things is at its best when capturing the party atmosphere of the time its aloof morality and those who prey upon it for their own gain 
3
The Black Cauldron
Matt Brunson
A tug of war between interesting graphics and uninteresting scenarios 
2.5
The Black Cauldron
Austin Kennedy
With all of the talent and effort put into this the movie only amounts to a bunch of premature ideas that are clumped together making little sense 
1.5
The Black Cauldron
David Nusair
The Black Cauldron is too dark and scary for younger children and it s too silly and childish for older viewers to embrace 
1.5
The Black Cauldron
James Kendrick
A flawed but ambitious film that was obviously aiming to draw as many adults into the theater as children 
2.5
The Black Cauldron
James O'Ehley
Easily digestible and forgettable 
2
The Black Cauldron
David Keyes
it serves a purpose in reminding us that even today s animation can t compare to the brilliance that hand drawn animation offers its audience 
4
The Black Cauldron
Roger Ebert
By the end of The Black Cauldron I was remembering with something of a shock of nostalgia the strength and utter storytelling conviction of the early Disney animators The Black Cauldron is a return to the tradition 
3.5
The Black Cauldron
James Berardinelli
The backgrounds are as richly textured and detailed as in any other Disney film 
3
Be Water
Tom Meek
Bao Nguyen s hagiographic tribute to martial arts icon Bruce Lee stretches its loving arms a little too wide but is still a great history 
2.5
Be Water
Odie Henderson
An introduction to Lee that cherishes him and provides enough clips to satiate those who love his films 
2.5
Be Water
Walter Chaw
Be Water is hamstrung by its unwillingness to take a hard look at Lee s actual defining battle against racism in the U S and Hong Kong 
1
The Death of My Two Fathers
Dwight Brown
It s like Guy is baring his soul in front of the world exposing his family s secrets and looking for closure from a man who is gone Not many filmmakers would go there 
2.5
X: Their Destiny Was Foreordained
James Kendrick
a visually extravagant exhilarating explosion of animation that makes absolutely no sense
3
X: Their Destiny Was Foreordained
Michael Dequina
The spectacular artwork and animation go a long way toward keeping the audience captivated 
3
X: Their Destiny Was Foreordained
Steve Rhodes
In a movie that is deadly serious the stilted dialog provides unexpected sources of mirth 
2
Médecin de campagne
Matt Brunson
Cluzet and Denicourt find the proper measure of gentle tension in their characters relationship 
3
Finn's Girl
Liam Lacey
Ultimately the credibility and good intentions of Finn s Girl are sabotaged by the script s failure to tell just one story well 
2
Finn's Girl
Philip Marchand
Score several political points for this cheaply manufactured romantic fantasy 
1
Kung Fu Panda 2
Sarah Knight Adamson
Beautifully storyboarded each frame looks like an illustration from a well written children s book The Hans Zimmer musical score is fantastic 
4
Kung Fu Panda 2
Mattie Lucas
This is rare territory for a children s movie and it shows a surprising depth and maturity It may take a few shortcuts here and there but it packs a disarming emotional wallop 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Brandy McDonnell
Po the Panda smoothly flows from lovable loser to supercool warrior on a mission in the entertaining animated adventure Kung Fu Panda 2 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Chris Knight
Director Jennifer Yuh manages the balance nicely Po is alternately awesome and dumbstruck and it can be fun to guess at the start of each scene which attribute will come to the fore Often it s a combination on the two 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Michael O'Sullivan
A satisfying if less than sensational sequel to the funny charming and action packed animated feature from 2008 
2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Perry Seibert
Kung Fu Panda 2 achieves something few sequels to blockbusters ever do it stays true to a successful formula without seeming tired cynical or lazy 
4
Kung Fu Panda 2
Jeff Beck
Kung Fu Panda 2 has got everything you could want in a film made for kids including a good story stunning animation and a few laughs 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Austin Kennedy
I guess my expectations may have been too high I didn t want a silly KUNG FU PANDA 2 loaded with jokes I was hoping it would be more like the first one 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Michael Dequina
Just a good time at the movies from the laughs to the action to the heartwarming message 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Wesley Lovell
A fantastic sequel with more pathos than expected with plenty of gorgeous animation 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
John Beifuss
The dark storyline seems more appropriate for a classic martial arts film than for a spoofy pastiche but the stunning production design and superb digital animation make this action comedy with a surprising emphasis on action worth seeing 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
James Kendrick
there isn t too much depth beneath the film s fortune cookie wisdom but it s still a fun time that Po himself would probably embrace with his nerd living the dream enthusiasm 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not as fresh or as inspired as the first film this second chapter in roly poly panda Po s journey is not without its charms 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Linda Cook
It was a two for two weekend that s for sure Two sequels for two hit movies made the theaters doubly packed during the Memorial Day holiday break 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Glenn Heath Jr.
By the end Po experiences some of the same recycled epiphanies from the first film sans their emotional panache 
2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Mike McGranaghan
It s very close in quality to the first one And the first one was pretty darn awesome 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
James Berardinelli
Jack Black once again shows his excellence as a voice actor 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Josh Hurst
It all feels fresh and new again and a closing scene makes it obvious a third movie is in the works And I say bring it on 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Matt Brunson
The kids will have a good time and the adults will be entertained to the point that they won t secretly be wondering what R rated film is playing in the adjacent auditorium 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Peter Canavese
Agreeable enough fare for families craving a little action comedy and action comedy 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Robert Levin
Resurrects and expands upon the original s blend of creatively filmed action broad comedy and classic Chinese motifs interspersed with that animation standard cute animals 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Scott Nash
Fun and fast paced story that just breezes by 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Chris Hewitt
Even up to the final seconds the animators are springing new wonders on us with credits that appear to slide on screen via a View Master 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kyle Smith
Po and friends redeem themselves with a terrific third act the animation in three distinct styles is superb and there s enough hiii YA ing to keep the kids yipping throughout 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Erik Childress
Whoever was responsible for all but writing out the original s best character Shifu deserves the most scorn With maybe seven minutes and a handful of lines it ends up featuring less of Dustin Hoffman than the eleventh hour reshoots of Little Fockers 
2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Lisa Kennedy
The film s visuals are thrilling beguiling vivid the greens of a glade or a terraced hillside the molten reds of Shen s smelting works or yellow orange arcs of fireworks 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Mick LaSalle
Alas this time there are about three or four mild laughs in the whole picture and the entire visual aspect of the movie is a botched disappointment 
2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Stephen Cole
The kinder gentler Kung Fu Panda 2 will surely try the patience of older children and fun seeking parents 
2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Jason Heck
Its chief strength rests in its visuals which are at once evocative of delicate silk screen paintings from ancient China and yet filled with the lush wild colors only fantasy can have 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Stephen Whitty
Like that kung pao chicken at the back of your fridge none of it s quite as crisp the second time around 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Willie Waffle
Entertaining goofy and lovable with an additional depth that adults will love 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Brett Michel
The original cast is back but is there anything left to the story Other than some trumped up daddy issues no 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Steven Rea
With its mix of vibrant CG and classical elements the movie dazzles 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Peter Howell
Black s Po manages to retain his requisite bumptiousness while also making a credible action hero 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Roger Ebert
The animation is elegant the story is much more involving than in the original and there s boundless energy 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Scott Bowles
It may not tread new narrative ground but Panda echoes some worthy tales that parents heard a long time ago at a theater far far away 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Mark Dujsik
Missing the assured balance of tone and genuine heart that its predecessor had 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Dustin Putman
Po has yet to receive a film as memorable as himself but this one will suffice until his next chance for greatness comes along 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Cathy Jakicic
Kung Fu Panda 2 is still a lot of fun But like so many sequels it s not quite No 1 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Janice Page
Part of the problem with this sequel is how little it lets its star just riff with silly abandon as he did throughout the original rather than advance the serious themes set out by Yuh Nelson and her crew 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda 2
Joe Williams
For a summertime sequel Kung Fu Panda 2 is an unexpected kick 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Matt Pais
Still putting the Po in ponderous just more of the same which was already more than enough 
2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Ethan Alter
Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson keeps the action swift and the tone light but the movie lacks both the subtle grace notes and compelling characterizations that would make it a richer viewing experience 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Thelma Adams
With fluid action sequences and luminous 3 D visuals the film will tickle kids and engage their parents 
3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Tom Keogh
This thin follow up feels like a betrayal of its predecessor s accomplishments and goodwill cheapening what worked in the first place to emphasize some wrong things this time around particularly the film s 3 D presentation 
1
Kung Fu Panda 2
Roger Moore
Kung Fu Panda 2 is a sequel that delivers more heart than laughs and is if anything more visually dazzling than the 2008 original film 
3
The Sword in the Stone
Matt Brunson
Aside from the owl Archimedes none of the characters make any impression whatsoever 
2
The Sword in the Stone
David Nusair
Well animated yet thoroughly tedious 
1.5
The Sword in the Stone
Eric Henderson
He had my heart racing like a squirrel He had my body soaring into the stratosphere like a bird He had me slippery and firm like a fresh young perch 
1.5
Museo
Ty Burr
Museo is slightly frustrating on first watch as its themes lie partly hidden behind Bernal s intentionally abrasive performance and the mix and match filmmaking of Ruizpalacios 
3
Museo
Ben Sachs
Even after the story runs out it s still a joy to watch 
3
Museo
Michael Phillips
Museo is the work of a genuinely creative directorial talent and the early family scenes richly detailed and shrewdly acted provide just the right emotional context for this squabbling indecisive gang of two 
3.5
Museo
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The second feature film by Ruizpalacios does not match the humor or the inventiveness of his extraordinary opera prima Güeros 2014 although it is not exactly a failure either 
2
Museo
Godfrey Cheshire
Museo the director s sophomore feature builds on its predecessor s promise very handily 
3.5
Someone Great
Roger Moore
Witty banter but superficial glib and exhausting 
2
Someone Great
David Nusair
an impressive debut for a promising new director 
3
Someone Great
Wes Greene
The film plays like a mixtape of various sensibilities partly beholden to the self contained form of the bildungsroman 
2.5
Someone Great
Jake Coyle
What Someone Great is missing is anything that punctures its rom com bubble At no point is there any doubt that the power of friendship will triumph 
2
Sisters
V.A. Musetto
Director Julia Solomonoff draws out vivid performances by Valeria Bertuccelli Elena and Ingrid Rubio Natalia that make up for the script s predictability 
3
Sisters
Maitland McDonagh
Solomonoff cuts back and forth between 1984 and 1976 gradually revealing the truth of what happened but the mystery is less important than the complex relationship between Natalia and Elena which was sorely tested by events beyond their control 
3
Sisters
Ed Gonzalez
Better than the film s soap operatic flashbacks familiar slogs through Cautiva terrain are the story s playful unpretentious observations of culture clash and assimilation 
2.5
Sisters
Laura Kelly
Sisters Hermanas tends toward the melodramatic but has a lot to say about the struggle to accept the past in order to move forward 
2.5
Sami Blood
Michael O'Sullivan
Sami Blood is a beautiful haunting film anchored by a startlingly accomplished lead performance It has the feeling of a distant memory one that is neither entirely pleasant nor painful but persistent 
3.5
Sami Blood
Godfrey Cheshire
The film s success comes from how Kernell s skills as a director match the ambitions of her script 
3
Sami Blood
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Amanda Kernell does a superb job of establishing the central character and her rural environs 
2
Desolation
Sara Michelle Fetters
Patton knows what he wants from the material stripping away anything that could remotely resemble artifice 
3
A Little Stiff
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Whether the integrity and unity of A Little Stiff is mainly a matter of what its authors are unable to do or of what they choose not to do is ultimately beside the point What finally matters are the insights 
3
Hear My Song
Gary Thompson
What makes these scenes work is the movie s sense of showmanship director Peter Chelsom shares Mickey s shameless entertainment at any cost instincts 
3.5
Hear My Song
Gene Siskel
A thoroughly original romantic comedy 
3
Hear My Song
Desmond Ryan
The many charms of Hear My Song hinge on its deft balance of the puckish humor of the present situation and a genuine sense of loss and roads not taken in the past 
4
Hear My Song
Roger Ebert
A romantic comedy of great charm 
3.5
Golden Exits
Mattie Lucas
A modest introspective and quietly poetic exploration of familial ennui 
3.5
Golden Exits
Mark Dujsik
Golden Exits is too selective in its focus to give us a full picture of these lives these relationships and this general sense of dissatisfaction with it all 
2
Golden Exits
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie seems to be slowly pushing a needle into the lives that it scrutinizes as if to draw a blood sample and learn what ails the characters 
2.5
Golden Exits
David Fear
Think early Whit Stillman without the archness or Woody Allen without the schtick self seriousness or need for post screening steel wool shower and you re almost there 
3
Golden Exits
Chuck Bowen
Alex Ross Perry s characters are shrewd enough to recognize the irrational contours of their lives which they diagnose and chew over in some of the most inventive twisty and richly ironic dialogue in modern American cinema 
4
Golden Exits
Sean P. Means
It s hard to tell though exactly what Perry s point is as he loses the thread between the faux philosophical dialogue and the haphazard pacing 
2
Only the Lonely
David Nusair
As a romance Only the Lonely undoubtedly succeeds 
3
Serendipity
David Nusair
a somewhat absurd premise that s employed to pervasively affable and flat out delightful effect 
3.5
Serendipity
Betsy Bozdech
Every scene is predictable every cliché is embraced enthusiastically and if you have a soft spot for romantic comedies you ll still be sighing happily 
2.5
Serendipity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Delivers its romance in a warm straightforward way with no frills 
3.5
Serendipity
Jeffrey Westhoff
Serendipity weakens the harder it tries to be cute 
2
Serendipity
Frank Ochieng
True there are traces of hokum and contrivance plots that will drive you batty at times but Chelson delivers a film that is occasionally smart about its airheaded premise
2.5
Serendipity
Mark Dujsik
Because the script so gleefully indulges in bringing its leads closer together all while making sure they stay just far enough away we smile instead of groan 
3
Serendipity
Robert Roten
Serendipity is a nice light romantic comedy well suited for the holiday season 
2.5
Serendipity
Andrew Howe
A sugary slab of wish fulfilment that will have most viewers reaching for the insulin 
2
Serendipity
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some frustration with the aspects of broad comedy I am recommending Serendipity on this basis it s a great date movie 
3
Serendipity
Dan Lybarger
British director Peter Chelsom and writer Marc Klein almost seem to take pride in having made a cookie cutter movie and to be fair they ve made a rather tasty confection 
3
Serendipity
Ross Anthony
begins as a B then builds consistently to an A 
3
Serendipity
Michael Dequina
Such sharp casting and performances is a testament to the wonderful directing job by Chelsom 
3
Serendipity
Bob Graham
There are some good moments that challenge the idea of predestined soul mates 
3
Serendipity
Tor Thorsen
Those with even the smallest speck of cynicism in their hearts will be wondering why the cruel fates lured them into this quagmire of syrup 
2
Serendipity
Lou Lumenick
Pretty hard to resist as a guilty pleasure 
3
Serendipity
Rick Groen
An exercise in the contrived and the overcalculated 
2
Serendipity
Tom Long
About halfway through you start wondering if anything else is going to happen to make things more interesting The answer Nope 
2
Serendipity
Ed Gonzalez
The fluffy Serendipity may nauseate but its naivete is more than compensated by its snowy backdrops and slew of hysterical supporting players 
2.5
Serendipity
Roger Ebert
Serendipity elevates magic realism into the realm of three card monte 
1.5
Serendipity
Carrie Rickey
Contrived and schematic Peter Chelsom s film is a mechanical bird that never takes wing 
2
Serendipity
Michael Wilmington
Pretty and witty but too preplanned the film zips us along merrily yet fades as soon as it s over 
2.5
Serendipity
James Berardinelli
While I don t think this is the kind of movie worth running out to see if you like sentimental pictures you will probably enjoy what Serendipity has to offer 
2.5
Serendipity
Tony Toscano
A funny frantic romantic romp don t miss it 
3.5
Serendipity
Rob Blackwelder
Director Peter Chelsom has the perfect touch for the frustratingly funny near misses that drive the ambrosial romance 
3
Serendipity
Jeanne Aufmuth
sheer romantic entertainment 
3.5
Serendipity
Dustin Putman
This could very well be the most romantic movie of the year 
3
Serendipity
Harvey S. Karten
Nothing serendipitous about this recycled pablum 
2
Serendipity
Steve Rhodes
As you leave the theater you ll probably let out one long aah as you float away in bliss 
3
Meet the Patels
Kate Taylor
This highly personal and lighthearted documentary gives some social context but never dives deep on the potentially devastating cultural divide it is exploring 
2
Meet the Patels
Rob Thomas
Rather than taking a firm position for or against arranged marriages Meet the Patels is a big hearted poignant and truly funny documentary that shows people will try anything to find love and sometimes anything works 
3
Meet the Patels
Chris Knight
The documentary works as well as it does because Ravi while exhibiting a wry dry sense of humour is also something of an introvert He s not always looking for a punchline so the ones he makes have more punch 
3
Meet the Patels
Bruce DeMara
A gently humourous doc 
2.5
Meet the Patels
Robert Horton
Meet the Patels is a funny lightweight look at the weight of cultural traditions 
2.5
Meet the Patels
Scott Renshaw
It s a film that pokes good natured fun while maintaining a real respect both for traditions that have survived for generations and for the circumstances when it s healthier to set some of those traditions aside 
3.5
Meet the Patels
Lawrence Toppman
This story of a guy looking for love in many of the wrong places turns out to be one of the happiest surprises of the movie year 
3.5
Meet the Patels
Tom Keogh
Ultimately a touching funny documentary about family and cultural forces putting pressure on a first generation Indian American man to do what should come naturally find love and a life partner 
2.5
Meet the Patels
David Lewis
We enjoy Ravi s search for suitable mates and we like his family In the end they just want each other to be happy and that s all that matters 
3
Meet the Patels
Molly Eichel
Ravi is an affable guide through the world of Indian dating and Champa and Vasant are adorable and hilarious 
3
Meet the Patels
Peter Keough
The Patels eclectic approach highlights their subject s gentle absurdities 
3
Meet the Patels
Jen Chaney
It s impossible not to care about the people on screen 
3
Meet the Patels
Mark Dujsik
The movie offers montage after montage to give us a sense of the hectic nature of this endeavor while sacrificing our ability to get to know Ravi in any meaningful way 
2.5
Meet the Patels
Odie Henderson
These are universal subjects so one does not have to be of Indian descent to appreciate Meet the Patels You ll either learn something new or nod your head with amused familiarity 
3
Meet the Patels
Kyle Smith
Only in the heartfelt closing minutes does the film cut any deeper than a tired episode of a sitcom about children of immigrants complaining about their hopelessly old fashioned parents 
2
Meet the Patels
Elise Nakhnikian
In this picaresque documentary the lightly comic musings of a likeable somewhat nerdy Indian American actor go surprisingly deep 
3
Meet the Patels
Kam Williams
A delightful documentary exploring whether a thoroughly American 29 year old bachelor of East Indian extraction can turn on a dime and agree to an arranged marriage when it s time to settle down 
4
The Perfect Husband
David Nusair
one of those movies that is instantly forgettable but you don t notice until it s over 
2.5
Vanishing Waves
Farran Smith Nehme
There are interesting themes about how much of the impulse to love is hidden from the conscious mind and how much of sex is fantasy But the impact is diminished by lifeless leads 
2
Vanishing Waves
Rob Humanick
A scintillating sci fi throwback Vanishing Waves draws inspiration from Stanley Kubrick and Andrei Tarkovsky among others but without feeling plagiaristic 
3.5
Vanishing Waves
Eric Melin
Writer director Kristina Buozyte creates some stunning dreamscapes and puts together the shared experience sequences with a real freshness 
2.5
Java Head
Kate Cameron
Java Head is able to capture something of the atmosphere that must have pervaded old Bristol in the early part of the Nineteenth Century in its settings and backgrounds The story however is moved through the film at too leisurely a pace 
2.5
A Foreign Affair
Roger Ebert
It s Tim Blake Nelson s character who keeps the plot from spinning out of control because he has a natural and unforced respect for these women that he yanks his brother s chain and keeps their mission on course 
3
A Foreign Affair
Robert K. Elder
Spirited indie film that could be improved by a gifted editor 
2.5
Airport
David Nusair
46 46 46 a deliberate yet mostly engaging endeavor 46 46 46 
3
Airport
Matt Brunson
Yes it may be junk but it s irresistible junk like cotton candy chicken nuggets or Gilligan s Island reruns 
2.5
Airport
Wesley Lovell
Before there was Airplane there was Airport a surprisingly engaging disaster drama that ignited a trend 
3.5
Airport
Roger Ebert
On some dumb fundamental level Airport kept me interested for a couple of hours I can t quite remember why 
2
Deadline
V.A. Musetto
So potent it could change the mind of even the most staunch defender of capital punishment 
3
Deadline
Roger Ebert
All the more effective because it is calm factual and unsensational 
3
Deadline
Michael Wilmington
It gives you a chance to ruminate on some crucial questions of human error justice and life and death 
3
Deadline
Jonathan Curiel
The death penalty has become such a divisive issue that it s easy to forget that people such as Ryan are open to rethinking their positions 
3
Beyond the Pole
Alistair Harkness
A likeable but giggle free Brit comedy that brings nothing new to the ubiquitous mockumentary format it succeeds only in gumming its targets instead of sinking its teeth into them 
2
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A small movie in which apparently not much happens until you realize that everything has happened and that you cannot forget it 
3
Senior Love Triangle
Roger Moore
Tom Bower a performance for the ages 
3
Django
Matt Brunson
Don t be fooled into believing that Django had approximately two dozen sequels as practically all like Django Kill If You Live Shoot and Django the Bastard were merely unrelated rip offs and most only included a character named Django in the title 
3
Django
Budd Wilkins
Sergio Corbucci s film is notable not only for the artistry of its construction but also for the underlying anger that fuels its political agenda 
3.5
Django
Michael Dequina
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3.5
Cherry
Jesse Cataldo
The film heaps on events and obstacles far too liberally for its skimpy frame 
1.5
Cherry
Kyle Smith
An attempted mashup of Gilmore Girls and The Graduate Cherry fails to be either raunchy or sweet 
1
Cherry
Tom Russo
The movie stirs up a thoroughly relatable swirl of youthful tentativeness raging hormones and the thrill and angst that come with new independence all the things running through a good kid s head at 17 
2.5
Cherry
Peter Keough
Fine resolves this ménage with taste and integrity and also with humor and genuine feeling 
2.5
Hide
David Nusair
the film boasts a promising opening half hour that s slowly but surely squandered 
1
Like Someone in Love
Mattie Lucas
This is essential cinema the kind of stirring intelligent filmmaking that restores one s faith in movies 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Abbas Kiarostami knows human folly knows no borders 
3
Like Someone in Love
John Beifuss
The movie is filled with examples of and references to methods of communication Books faxes cell phone messages answering machines intercoms misunderstood jokes traffic signals the honking of car horns a painting of a parrot learning to speak 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Michael Posner
Making only his second film outside of his native Iran Kiarostami undercuts the rigid protocols of polite Japanese society with intimations of violence 
3
Like Someone in Love
Peter Howell
Kiarostami s apparent simplicity masks serious complexity 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Rob Thomas
The problem with Like Someone in Love is that while we can see the world through their eyes we rarely access how they think or feel about it 
2
Like Someone in Love
Sean P. Means
Kiarostami lets the moments between Akiko and Takashi unfold naturally as these characters from different worlds find common bonds 
3
Like Someone in Love
Nathan Southern
It would be difficult to overstate the success of the bulk of this picture Throughout we get the bravura technique that we look forward to in a Kiarostami film 
3
Like Someone in Love
Jeff Shannon
A Rorschach test of our own responses to the intimate drama unfolding before us 
3
Like Someone in Love
Ty Burr
The latest small perplexing masterpiece from the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami who in recent years has chosen the path of a world director 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Chris Hewitt
Think of it as the cinematic equivalent of a short story rather than a novel that offers a brief and intriguing glimpse into the lives of its characters 
3
Like Someone in Love
Gerald Peary
A decent little movie but hardly a major one from Iran s master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami who self exiled here shoots in Tokyo with an all Japanese cast 
3
Like Someone in Love
Walter V. Addiego
There are some limited rewards in seeing the consequences and complexities that result from the characters deceptions and assumed roles but in the end the film is unsatisfying 
2
Like Someone in Love
Josh Larsen
If there is a visual equivalent to that title song the Billie Holiday version is favored here Kiarostami seems to have found it 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Robert Levin
A meticulously constructed depiction of modern alienation from the great Abbas Kiarostami 
3
Like Someone in Love
Stephen Whitty
The film deepens a style Kiarostami has been refining for years Characters ride in the backs of cars sealed off from the city and yet constantly moving Reflections in windows and mirrors both bring characters together and keep them apart 
3
Like Someone in Love
Steven Boone
Kiarostami presents indefinite people with indefinite motivations and desires 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Farran Smith Nehme
If Like Someone in Love frustrates it also has ineffable grace in the framing of Kiarostami s long languid shots the changes he captures in the light and the way the actors smallest movements become fascinating 
3.5
Like Someone in Love
Jesse Cataldo
Plays out as a city mouse rejoinder to the rustic open air daydream of Certified Copy a snarl of thorny free jazz to that film s graceful aria 
2.5
Gravity
Brian Eggert
Though the narrative doesn 8217 t contain all of the dramatic pull implied by the title 44 for its technical and visceral achievements 44 Gravity is still something of a visual revelation 46 
3
Gravity
Mattie Lucas
A wondrous experience a space epic on a grand and rare scale that is one of this year s can t miss films 
3.5
Gravity
Frank Ochieng
a wondrous package of technological achievement The human feelings of hopelessness and the instinctual need to exist in the madness of fear and frustration is the calling card that really gives this game changing gem its captivating conviction
4
Gravity
Tom Meek
It s an amazing feat of filmmaking but where Cuarón should have applied similar elbow grease was on the script 
3
Gravity
Barbara Vancheri
Gravity is a movie of elegant beauty and surprising emotional power 
4
Gravity
Sonny Bunch
Gravity is less a feature film than cinema as experience a new frontier in filmmaking that will appeal to studios trying to attract people to movie theaters 
3.5
Gravity
Alissa Wilkinson
So it was good if a bit jarring to feel myself shrink at the film s beginning when I found myself floating above the surface of the earth for a little while in absolute silence 
3
Gravity
Michael Dequina
A sleek smooth immersive and rather overwhelming spectacle of economy efficiency and all around proficiency 
4
Gravity
Jordan Hiller
A marvel of performance and effect utilizing the man against his environment survival motif to justify visual and technical elegance and brilliance 
4
Gravity
Sean P. Means
Gravity is in the end a perfect melding of the technological and the emotional 
4
Gravity
Wesley Lovell
A modern science fiction classic that follows a fractured mother struggling to find herself in the vastness of space 
4
Gravity
David Nusair
Gravity resembles a cutting edge video game more than it does a wholeheartedly immersive cinematic experience 
2.5
Gravity
John Beifuss
Keeps the tension at white knuckle levels evoking the paradoxically claustrophobic emptiness of space as the astronaut faces dangers intimate asphyxiation and existential the void 
3.5
Gravity
Marty Mapes
Less admirable than 2001 but more exciting
4
Gravity
Eric Melin
As a technical achievement it s unparalleled and its depiction of courage leaves a lasting impression The little triumphs are always tempered by huge moments of melancholy and doubt because there s always more harrowing danger just around the corner 
4
Gravity
Glenn Lovell
In terms of old fashioned cliffhanger thrills Gravity leads the pack this year It plays like an extended version of the Open the pod bay doors HAL sequence in Kubrick s 2001 
4
Gravity
James Kendrick
nothing if not a technical tour de force possibly one of the greatest examples in recent years of how far cinematic technology can take us into experiences both visceral and emotional that most of us are unlikely to ever encounter
3.5
Gravity
David Keyes
A triumph of nuance that imagines something from a source of simplicity and then wraps it in a cloak of wonderment despair alarm and sometimes outright horror 
4
Gravity
Kam Williams
Buckle up for a relentlessly riveting roller coaster ride through a deceptively close outer space you can virtually reach out and touch 
4
Gravity
Scott Nash
An instant classic 
4
Gravity
Matt Brunson
To be frank it s not Cuarón s best picture not with Y Tu Mamá También and Children of Men on his resume Yet what it lacks in sociopolitical heft and laser point characterizations it makes up for in sheer visual spectacle 
3.5
Gravity
Christy Lemire
Believe the hype Gravity is as jaw droppingly spectacular as you ve heard magnificent from a technical perspective but also a marvel of controlled acting and precise tone 
4
Gravity
Jeff Beck
Cuaron and his team have crafted a masterpiece that is so much more than it seems All the pieces come together to form one of the most unforgettable movie going experiences of recent memory 
4
Gravity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The director s last effort was another great science fiction movie Children of Men which was borne of ideas This one celebrates sensation And it deserves to be one 
4
Gravity
Mike McGranaghan
A milestone in cinema Ask me in twenty five years about the most magical moviegoing excursions I ve had and I m pretty sure I ll cite the day I saw Gravity as one of them 
4
Gravity
Lisa Kennedy
Nerve racking sentimental and thrilling Gravity honors terra firma even as it reaches for the stars with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney 
3.5
Gravity
Robert Levin
Here is a movie that is everything a movie should be relentlessly suspenseful and packed with cutting edge effects while it s simultaneously filled with emotional gravity 
4
Gravity
Phil Villarreal
It s a movie that s not afraid to go deep or stare blankly at you to see if it can get you to blink first 
3.5
Gravity
Bob Bloom
This matter of fact thriller disdains sensationalism Yet the situations have you holding your breath as each new challenge or obstacle impedes the astronauts as they use their knowledge to find ways to stay alive 
3.5
Gravity
Lori Hoffman
Combines a breathtaking use of 3D photography terrifying action sequences and an emotionally gripping performance by Sandra Bullock to create a brilliant movie 8233 
4
Gravity
John Serba
Cuaron is as eager to invoke primal instinctual fear as he is to indulge lyrical philosophical reflection 
4
Gravity
Rob Thomas
As an experience of pure cinema an appreciation of its ability to show terrible and wonderful things I can t think of its equal in 2013 
4
Gravity
Liam Lacey
Gravity a weightless ballet and a cold sweat nightmare intimates mystery and profundity with that mixture of beauty and terror that the Romantics called the sublime 
4
Gravity
Matt Zoller Seitz
The most surprising and impressive thing about Gravity isn t its scale its suspense or its sense of wonder it s that in its heart it is not primarily a film about astronauts or space or even a specific catastrophe 
4
Gravity
Peter Canavese
Moves us closer to an art house blockbuster hybrid paradigm that could be Hollywood s salvation a survivalist adventure that captures the primal terror of present death while exploring the will or won t to live 
3.5
Gravity
Willie Waffle
Get ready for a mind blowing stomach churning popcorn dropping space adventure that might be the most exciting movie you see all year 
4
Gravity
Austin Kennedy
Cuaron has made a cinematic landmark that features mindblowing effects relatable characters and a career best performance from Sandra Bullock GRAVITY is easily the best film of the year so far
4
Gravity
Rene Rodriguez
Gravity is a celebration of the primal pleasure of movies 
3.5
Gravity
Joe Lozito
If you can get past the heartstring tugging the amped up soundtrack and George Clooney s relentless Clooneyness this stunning space saga is the very reason we go to the movies 
3.5
Gravity
Richard Roeper
This is one of the most stunning visual treats of the year and one of the most unforgettable thrill rides in recent memory 
3.5
Gravity
Chris Knight
Spring for the IMAX 3D if you can for the most immersive experience and the most realistic approximation of spaceflight this side of the moon 
4
Gravity
Carla Meyer
The year s great cinematic visual achievement 
3.5
Gravity
Perry Seibert
An unforgettable experience 
4
Gravity
Claudia Puig
Gravity is the kind of enthralling all encompassing giddy cinematic experience that surfaces once in a blue moon 
4
Gravity
Jay Antani
a cinematic spectacle without equal
3
Gravity
Jon Niccum
Gravity opens with a bravura sequence that is a genuine jaw dropper A game changer A paradigm of the sheer potency cutting edge cinema can muster 
4
Gravity
Rafer Guzman
It s a rare combination of jaw dropping special effects and visual artistry and it also works as slam bang entertainment with just two actors and a swift running time of 90 minutes 
3
Gravity
Steven Rea
A wildly suspenseful zero g tale of survival 350 miles beyond the ozone layer Alfonso Cuarón s space saga is emotionally jolting and physically jolting too 
4
Gravity
Ann Hornaday
Gravity must be seen in theaters to be appreciated the prospect of watching this movie on anything less than a 40 foot screen is tantamount to listening to Beethoven through a tin can and a string 
4
Gravity
Joe Williams
Even as it looks to the heavens Gravity is bound to earth where the beauty is in the details 
3.5
Gravity
Peter Travers
Gravity into a thing of transcendent beauty and terror It s more than a movie It s some kind of miracle 
4
Gravity
Duane Dudek
This taut austere often wordless film explores the distinction between singularity and loneliness 
3.5
Gravity
Chris Hewitt
It s an astonishingly controlled piece of filmmaking particularly given the technological challenges of making it appear the characters are floating in zero gravity 
4
Gravity
Mick LaSalle
The visual splendor of Gravity is more than a matter of execution it s also one of imagination 
4
Gravity
Michael Phillips
It s a relief to see an unconventional big budget studio movie that doesn t hew to the same old pounding action beats or person to person physical violence 
3.5
Gravity
Dann Gire
Its nimble acrobatic camera movements are amazing constructions effortlessly swinging from the vastness of being lost in a black universe to the intimacy of being inside an astronaut s helmet 
4
Gravity
Matt Pais
It s easy to think Shut up brain and just enjoy the view 
3
Gravity
Peter Howell
Not since 2001 A Space Odyssey has a film so vividly and realistically transmitted the feeling of being lost in the cosmos 
3.5
Gravity
Josh Larsen
can t be denied as a landmark visceral experience even if there are some solid reasons to resist it 
3
Gravity
James Berardinelli
Wow 
4
Gravity
Moira MacDonald
Watch this film on the biggest screen you can find in 3D IMAX if possible not to be overwhelmed by its noise and effects but to join its smart soulful heroine on her incredible journey and to experience the size of its quietness 
4
Gravity
Stephen Whitty
Right from the start Cuaron aims for the moon and hits it 
3.5
Gravity
Daniel M. Kimmel
The movie impresses us with the vastness and cold emptiness of space as few films have since 2001 A Space Odyssey 
4
Gravity
Mark Dujsik
For all of its technical prowess this is a work of pure and unabashedly virtuoso filmmaking from a genuine master of the craft 
4
Gravity
Dustin Putman
Alarming intoxicating eloquent stomach tossingly terrifying and emotionally shattering 
4
Gravity
Ty Burr
The movie s an astonishingly detailed visually painstaking state of the art production that advances what the cinema can show us even as the human story at its center feels a little thin after a while 
3.5
Gravity
Mara Reinstein
And it must be said upfront This experience needs to be taken in on the biggest IMAX iest screen possible
4
Gravity
Rex Reed
Accept Gravity as pure popcorn munching show business fun and nothing else and you won t go away disappointed Leave logic at the concession stand 
3
Gravity
Jocelyn Noveck
As the credits roll you may find yourself thinking about real space launches you ve watched or watching man walk on the moon and remembering that feeling of awe at how man ever developed the technology to explore space in the first place 
4
Gravity
Randy Myers
Nearly everything about Gravity feels right from its appropriate but compact running time to its satisfying conclusion 
4
Gravity
Lou Lumenick
A visually enthralling popcorn movie with two big stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney that will rivet vast crowds for every moment of its 90 minute running time with not a second wasted 
4
Gravity
Roger Moore
Technically dazzling and emotionally gripping 
3.5
Gravity
Eric Henderson
Alfonso Cuarón s triumph is an invigoratingly clean elegant display of action choreography a La Région Centrale you can still take grandma to see 
3.5
Gravity
Kent Turner
High class hokum 600 000 feet in orbit
3
Gravity
Walter Chaw
So it s not a very good movie but it is a really good spectacle 
2.5
An Affair to Remember
David Nusair
the viewer s efforts at connecting to the material or the characters are consistently thwarted by the lackadaisical momentum free narrative 
2
An Affair to Remember
Peter Canavese
Weepies may not be high art but for those who love them An Affair to Remember is the Mona Lisa 
3
An Affair to Remember
Fernando F. Croce
Often regarded or dreaded as the ultimate chick flick due in no small amount to its fetish object role in Sleepless in Seattle An Affair to Remember deserves better than to be the receptor of Meg Ryan s crocodile tears 
3.5
One Night in Bangkok
Simon Abrams
One Night in Bangkok fatally stalls whenever Kaosayananda has to develop his hitman drama beyond place holding cliches 
1
The Best Man
Milton Kent
Lee comes at the topics refreshingly taking the African American male one of the least explored groups in film and placing him under a microscope not for judgment but for observation 
3
The Best Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Best Man is a decent character driven effort and a light night out at the movies 
2.5
The Best Man
Bob Graham
The glossy ensemble cast is consistently interesting 
2.5
The Best Man
Ross Anthony
Like Seinfeld Nothing really happens in this film But the good solid humor and unforgettable acting power keep The Best Man fun and ultimately entertaining 
2.5
The Best Man
Lou Lumenick
Frequently hilarious 
3
The Best Man
Barbara Shulgasser
For the most part the actors are forced to ham it up in order to get through cliche ridden scenes but a few manage to overcome the burden 
1
The Best Man
Dustin Putman
Aspires to be something more than it actually is 
1.5
The Best Man
Steve Rhodes
Badly in need of trimming 
2
The Best Man
James Berardinelli
The themes and characters are brought to the screen with the kind of energy and appeal that viewers of any background can appreciate 
3
The Best Man
Rob Blackwelder
Lee spins an engaging yarn of funny and true to life emotional complexities but his characters resolve all their issues far to easily as the closing credits begin to loom 
2.5
The Best Man
Bob Bloom
Malcolm D Lee has written a romantic comedy that features some very well defined likable but flawed characters 
3.5
The Best Man
Michael Dequina
If you ask me it s impossible to not like a film that ends with the entire cast doing the electric slide to Cameo s 80s funk classic Candy 
3
Class Act
Roger Ebert
Class Act takes a fairly radical idea and turns it into a sitcom although not without giving us some idea of the possibilities it has missed 
2
Yojimbo
Brian Eggert
Redefining not only a Japanese genre but a Hollywood one Kurosawa s Yojimbo testifies to the cyclical international pathways of inspiration driving cinematic art 
4
Yojimbo
Rob Humanick
A textbook example of the perfect crowd pleaser 
4
Yojimbo
Peter Canavese
The biggest impression left by Yojimbo is the characterization of Sanjuro whose iconography of stoic cool that inspired Clint Eastwood s antiheroic Man with No Name is consistently undercut with dashes of comical realism Blu ray 
4
Yojimbo
Roger Ebert
Even Eastwood s Man With No Name is inspired perhaps by the samurai in Yojimbo 
4
Yojimbo
James Berardinelli
It is fair to say that without Yojimbo certain key aspects of Western cinema would not be the same today 
4
Yojimbo
Jeremy Heilman
There s no denying its snappiness Whenever you shut your brain off it hums amicably right along 
3.5
Uncle Nino
Angie Ward
The message is timeless Family matters Tell people you love them Despite its predictability the movie works because it is completely without guile 
3
Uncle Nino
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Both movies have familiar and even hokey aspects but they re also sincere rather than cynical and there s something affecting about the very similar messages they re peddling 
2
Uncle Nino
Sean P. Means
Such a hamfisted effort that the ostensibly comic moments aren t nearly as funny as the sappily earnest serious parts 
1.5
Uncle Nino
James Verniere
Aspires to be a My Big Fat Greek Wedding but succeeds only in being a big fat ethnic cliche 
2
Uncle Nino
Wesley Morris
An effortless heartwarmer that manages to be utterly corny but quite likable 
2.5
Uncle Nino
Roger Ebert
This is not my kind of movie and I found myself feeling mighty restless by the end or even halfway through or even near the beginning but objectively I know there are people who will embrace this movie 
2
Uncle Nino
Jeff Vice
The film and its characters are full of quirks But it tries a little too hard especially where the quirks are concerned 
2
Uncle Nino
Mack Bates
Its celebration of the importance of the family unit makes it a family film in the truest sense of the term 
2.5
Uncle Nino
Connie Ogle
It s just about impossible to make this tired material fresh 
2
Uncle Nino
Lisa Kennedy
Has an undeniably generous heart even as it undertakes its all too familiar lessons 
2
Uncle Nino
Jeffrey Westhoff
A superior cast and fine believable performances lift this above an original production you would find on PAX TV 
2.5
Uncle Nino
Steven Rea
A creaky cliched feel good family drama about learning to stop and smell the roses and planting a vegetable garden while you re at it Uncle Nino is shameless sappy fare 
2
Uncle Nino
David Sterritt
The acting is endearing and the story has great charm before predictability and sentimentality eventually take over 
2
Uncle Nino
Laura Kelly
Writer director Robert Shallcross film is predictable family narrative nothing too spicy mind you that goes down fairly easily 
2
Uncle Nino
Allison Benedikt
It s all neat and sweet and one dimensional more the moral to a story than a story 
1.5
Uncle Nino
Josh Larsen
This guy didn t come from overseas he s straight from the Italy section of Epcot 
1
Uncle Nino
Ed Gonzalez
Though convinced it s helping people to rediscover their roots the film succeeds only in planting corn 
1.5
No No: A Dockumentary
Ann Hornaday
Radice does an honorable if not always scintillating job of paying tribute to a great team and a player with a phenomenal slider whose politics and personal style pushed the sport s most racially ingrained boundaries 
2
No No: A Dockumentary
Soren Andersen
Unfailingly entertaining and occasionally even mind blowing 
3
No No: A Dockumentary
Leba Hertz
The documentary does a good job on his career and life using interviews with Ellis former teammates family members friends and former wives 
3
No No: A Dockumentary
Roger Moore
A quirky baseball doc from the days when the Pirates had a REAL Pirate on the mound 
3
American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel
Roger Moore
A film that shines a light on those who would be a candle in the midst of the Medieval darkness of modern white Southern American Christianity 
3
Management
Kelly Jane Torrance
Playwright screenwriter Stephen Belber making his directorial debut has made a film that s very funny because despite the slapstick of Mr Harrelson s character and an ill advised detour into a monastery it can be so real 
2.5
Management
Nick Rogers
A completely uproarious one liner about Joe Strummer is still no reason to watch Management Had it stuck with insights on loners inadvertently backing themselves into emotional corners rather than going for wackiness it might have worked 
2
Management
Robert W. Butler
Gentle goofy and never mean Management isn t earth shaking But it s a fuzzy warm blanket of a movie 
2.5
Management
Matt Brunson
According to this misguided movie s wisdom every woman should be so lucky to have her very own stalker to help her get her life in order 
1.5
Management
Moira MacDonald
You watch Management thinking of the comedy Aniston and Zahn could have made and wishing you were watching that movie instead 
1.5
Management
Sean O'Connell
Goes for broke on sentiment but overlooks important details that make decent films great 
2
Management
Troy Melhus
Random weirdness aside Belber telegraphs this story arc from Sue s first drop in to Podunk Message received No surprises here 
2
Management
Joe Williams
The trademark hitch in Aniston s line delivery is an effective shorthand for taking a leap of faith In the case of both her character and her career Management represents an admirable choice 
3
Management
Chris Hewitt
If your favorite Jennifer Aniston movie is The Good Girl her new film might be for you 
3
Management
John Beifuss
The latest misfire to make indie a dirty word 
1
Management
Lori Hoffman
Belber s twist on the standard rom com is that it isn t weighed down with that made for each other vibe that makes a happy ending inevitable 
3
Management
Michael Phillips
Padding disguised as a feature length screenplay 
2
Management
Jordan Hiller
For a small movie trying to shoulder its way into the summer m ix it could have been a hidden gem either the most touching film of the season or the most pleasantly silly 
2
Management
Robert Levin
Management looks and feels exactly as Hollywood appears to have determined such coming of age ventures should 
2.5
Management
Dustin Putman
An astute slice of life a sympathetic character study and an offbeat love story all rolled into one satisfying package Mixes genre conventions with an appetizing quirkiness in an overall confection of bliss 
3
Management
Kyle Smith
The film is a failure if it can t convince us that these two people belong together It can t and barely tries 
1.5
Management
Stephen Whitty
A large part of Management s charm is that it wanders through some fresh locations Maryland Arizona and Washington takes some offbeat detours and just generally refuses to be predictable 
3
Management
Mick LaSalle
Management is just an average movie but Aniston s performance is a very lovely thing 
2
Management
Ty Burr
Sometimes a cute stalker movie can win the audience s heart Management only makes you ponder the line between true love and a restraining order 
1.5
Management
Peter Travers
Playwright Stephen Belber in his directing debut comes close to the sweet spot He s not there yet But he ll be worth watching next time 
2
Management
Rafer Guzman
It s a handful of ostensibly quirky ideas glued together by irritatingly conventional devices 
1
Management
Connie Ogle
Management isn t even a good stalker training film It s pretty much a waste of everyone s time especially yours 
2
Management
Claudia Puig
Though the flimsy romance follows a predictable path Management has its whimsically offbeat moments and Zahn is puppy dog adorable 
2.5
Management
Steven Rea
A likably oddball romantic comedy about a traveling saleswoman and a motel night manager who won t leave her alone 
3
Management
Roger Ebert
Management works as a sweet rom com with some fairly big laughs 
3
Management
James Berardinelli
Poor scriptwriting decisions and a failure to advance the romance in a gradual credible fashion doom whatever chances this could have had to enrapture audiences 
2
Management
Bill Weber
To the annals of romantic stalker comedies the appallingly creepy Management adds pretension and may blaze new jaw dropping territory the predatory Beast totally rehabilitates Beauty 
1
Management
David Nusair
the palpable chemistry between Zahn and Aniston certainly plays a key role in the film s initial success 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Brandy McDonnell
Gyllenhaal establishes himself as a worthy cinematic action hero shares smoldering chemistry with Arterton and plays well with the colorful cast of supporting characters 
3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An entertaining blockbuster exciting visually appealing well acted and very respectful to the games Full review in Spanish 
3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jeff Beck
Prince of Persia certainly has some entertainment value but it suffers in the story department because it continually tries to fill the film with too much action 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
David Nusair
a pointless and aggressively bland big budget disaster 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Peter Canavese
All about the empty spectacle sound and fury building to multiple climaxes without the pleasure Blu ray 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Wesley Lovell
It isn t that the film is bad it s just that it s so bland at times you wonder if you re watching populist director like Ronald Emmerich trying to tackle a complex author like Dostoevsky 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Russ Breimeier
I miss the days when big budget movies actually delivered on memorable thrills and characters Prince of Persia has neither only a lazy script enhanced by computer generated visuals 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Linda Cook
Most of the time movies based on video games seem just like movies based on video games A sprinkling of story is added there s a lot of jumping around and the show is forgotten quickly even though the video game itself persists 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Sean P. Means
It plays too much like a video game 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Lori Hoffman
Prince of Persia is perhaps helped by low expectations
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Eric Melin
It s at its worst when it slows down for too long and gives you an opportunity to think about the plot Luckily that doesn t happen too often 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
James Kendrick
its lack of even one truly memorable moment is testament to its prefabricated lack of inspiration
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Brett Michel
Could have used more of its own magical Sands of Time which endow the possessor with time rewinding mistake correcting powers A pinch to add chemistry between leads Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton a dash to delete portentous dialogue 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Bob Bloom
Prince of Persia is a major disappointment a movie that hopefully will run out of time on the big screen very quickly 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Kit Bowen
Prince of Persia is the sort of popcorn eating mindless actioner you d expect for the summer made only slightly more appealing by Jake Gyllenhaal s performance 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Matt Brunson
To say that this isn t as bad as other films adapted from video games is a bit like saying that day old roadkill doesn t smell as bad as week old roadkill It isn t praise so much as it s looking for the silver lining in an otherwise unfortunate situation
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Christian Toto
Why resist the obvious Prince of Persia is genetically engineered to make money and sequels 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just wanted more than I ultimately got the movie in need of a better villain and certainly a more interesting climax 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Ethan Alter
A soul deadening exercise in blockbuster bloat 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Mike Scott
It tops the list of video game inspired movies which isn t saying much but it s also a surprisingly entertaining movie on its own a strap yourself in suspend your disbelief summer popcorn adventure 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Tyler Hanley
Although the Disney flick suffers from a silly plot and one dimensional characters it avoids the cinematic purgatory most video game adaptations tumble into 
3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
John Wirt
Prince of Persia has the high spirited air of an old fashioned boys action adventure movie but tuned to modern audiences the conflict is predictably amplified accelerated and constant 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Robert W. Butler
Like most Jerry Bruckheimer produced hot weather epics it s big loud and as empty as a loan shark s conscience 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Amy Biancolli
A spectacularly silly video game adaptation about a Fresh Prince of Gel Hair who runs around the desert with a magic dagger a curious version of Alfred Molina and some hoity toity chick who never breaks a sweat It s sort of pointless 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Rick Groen
Prince of Persia is destined to disappear into the quicksand of time too innocuous to be hated too bland to be remembered just awaiting some bright optimist in a distant future to press the do over button 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Lisa Kennedy
It s not a classic but it s sturdy enough thanks to Gyllenhaal and a sly and grousing turn by Alfred Molina as Sheikh Amar a scoundrel with a heart of gold or at least a ticker very interested in riches 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
John Beifuss
The magical dagger that is able to turn back time would be a handy device for anyone who plans to attend the movie Use it to travel 116 minutes into the past once the end credits begin to roll and you won t have lost almost two hours of your life 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Lawrence Toppman
On the scale of summer action films this is to the Transformers sequel what an Andy Warhol print is to a first grader s refrigerator painting 
3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Joe Williams
Prince of Persia is woven of recycled fibers but by the slipping standards of summertime entertainment it s a magic carpet ride 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Claudia Puig
The story unfolds with little regard for subtlety and wisecracks are what pass for humor When a gaggle of gangly ostriches offers one of the biggest laughs wit clearly is at a premium 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Michael O'Sullivan
Although Prince of Persia stimulates the circulatory and nervous systems it engages none of the higher faculties of game play Like say hand eye coordination and map reading skills It s a frenetic yet passive experience 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Lou Lumenick
Prince of Persia got the go ahead from an administration at Disney that was sent on its way last year I wouldn t be surprised if their successors at the Mouse House wish they had a magic dagger that would allow them to go back and erase this movie 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Dustin Putman
Not an hour in before sheer boredom sets in so here s a potential way to pass the minutes count how many times Dastan is spoken aloud Not since Carol Anne in Poltergeist III has a character s name been so overused in the dialogue 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Mark Dujsik
More than a tad obsessed with its intricately silly mythology Prince of Persia The Sands of Time fails to recognize the potential fun of it 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Bill Weber
Disney Bruckheimer digital pulp with no instincts for derring do or beefcake inspection 
1
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Joe Lozito
This mildly diverting video game adaptation strives to be nothing more than exactly that It s both comforting in its predictability and depressing in its lack of ambition 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Randy Myers
I ll gladly kiss the ground for a popcorn movie like this one that doesn t bludgeon us for two hours and leave us with a huge headache from wearing those stupid 3 D glasses 
3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Connie Ogle
The funny thing is that Gyllenhaal with his boyish charm playing nicely off his buffed up physique actually makes a pretty decent action hero If only we could go back in time and make Prince of Persia worthy of him 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
James Berardinelli
All of the action and mayhem is designed to distract the viewer from the realization that a lot of what transpires during the course of this movie makes little sense 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Peter Travers
What s missing in Prince of Persia is a sense that all the running jumping climbing and fighting is leading to something The best video games challenge you to reach the next level Prince of Persia is content to skim the surface 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Peter Howell
Fortunately flesh and blood achievements exceed the plastic failures 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Stanley A. Miller II
The excitement and fun get bogged down in a story that is too slow to unfold in a failed attempt to make it epic 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Ted Fry
Despite the focus on scope and scale this big picture feels pretty darn small 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Steven Rea
They have plans for a sequel A franchise even But there s no reason on Earth or anywhere for Prince of Persia 2 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jeff Vice
Director Mike Newell and a team of screenwriters do their best to please fans of the game as well as tell a coherent story The results are mixed at best 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Ty Burr
You ve seen Lord of the Rings Here s the CVS brand 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Matt Soergel
Ancient catacombs sneering villains hammy comic relief posh British accents manly broad shoulders and womanly belly buttons 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is as lazy and joyless and forced as any movie as I ve seen lately 
1.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Michael Phillips
It s sort of fun certainly more so than the National Treasure pictures as well as less manic a little less than the recent Mummy films 
2.5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Roger Ebert
The two leads are not inspired Jake Gyllenhaal could make the cover of a muscle mag but he plays Dastan as if harboring Spider Man s doubts and insecurities I recall Gemma Arterton as resembling a gorgeous still photo in a cosmetics ad 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Walter Chaw
how poor is the picture s writing and how ill equipped is Gyllenhaal at being British Persian an action hero or having a pulse 
0
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Christy Lemire
There s nothing terribly memorable about Prince of Persia recalling the plot a half hour afterward might require some effort 
2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Roger Moore
A ditzy film that offers more evidence that good actors good action and one liners don t solve the one thing missing in every movie video game adaptation a story that makes sense 
2.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Robbie-Ann McPherson
It s definitely a film made by women about women for women and a special one at that But for filmgoers who stick with Minnie and witness her difficult journey it is also a superb portrayal of a young girl s inner strength 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Beifuss
Whether adulthood is measured by age or experience or by something less quantifiable is one of the key questions the movie asks 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Brad Keefe
Powley is a 25 year old actress but she s a convincing teen in every sense which will lead to the discomfort of some It s a breakout performance 
3
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Lawrence Toppman
As we watch Minnie extraordinary 22 year old British actress Bel Powley bouncing blithely and often comically toward disaster she seems painfully real 
3
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Scott Renshaw
Heller and her cast find too many piercingly honest moments for the movie ever to feel like a wallow in exploitation 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Rob Thomas
Although Heller s debut does have some stylistic flourishes this is not an exercise in style but a refreshingly honest film both funny and sad about growing up female in all its messy complexity and wonder 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Robert Levin
The film is achingly apt in the ways it captures Minnie s intense emotions 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Peter Canavese
Not played for cynical misanthropic laughs or as miserable tragedy but in an honest treatment devoid of the usual rush to judgment 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Moira MacDonald
Writer director Marielle Heller in her captivating debut film The Diary of a Teenage Girl hits exactly the right tone for a complicated balancing act and for a film that could very easily have gone wrong 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Ty Burr
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a breakthrough moment in the culture in that it depicts youthful female sexuality not just with the unapologetic frankness the boys usually get but with an awareness of all the places a girl s urges will take her 
4
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Steven Rea
An honest and personal and unblurred examination even through that druggy blur of a tricky voyage into womanhood 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Kristin Tillotson
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is as rewarding as it is squirm inducing for its honesty audacity and artful portrayal of adolescence from a girl s point of view 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Calvin Wilson
Films often fail to capture the turmoil of being a teenager but not this one 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Anita Katz
Adapting Phoebe Gloeckner s illustrated novel Heller makes an impressive big screen debut with this seriocomic adventure through the life and head of Minnie Goetze played by British actress Bel Powley 
3
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Nathalie Atkinson
Seldom has teenage sexual awakening been covered from a female perspective with a fickle alternating confidence self doubt and voracious appetite quite so frankly or delicately 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Mark Dujsik
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is undeniably bold in its candor but it leaves us feeling empty 
2.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Anders Wright
Well acted well written well considered and very difficult to watch this is a movie that challenges our expectations and makes us squirm in our seats as though we re reading someone else s diary when we know we shouldn t 
3
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Peter Howell
Expect to feel uncomfortable watching Diary of a Teenage Girl which is precisely the point of this finely etched debut feature by writer director Marielle Heller 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Mick LaSalle
It s work but it s ultimately rewarding work It tackles some truths that other movies wouldn t touch not even with a stick and thick gloves 
3
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Dann Gire
This marks an amazingly auspicious debut for Heller who adapts Gloeckner s novel with uncompromising and unsettling power despite its slight incursion into a Hollywoodized upbeat ending 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Ann Hornaday
Heller and Powley present a journey that stripped to its most basic emotional elements is timeless and universal 
4
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Michael Phillips
The film is harsh but wonderful It shouldn t be funny too but somehow it is and somehow it s the right kind of funny 
4
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Matt Pais
Sometimes a performance is so good it leads people to think a movie is better than it is 
2
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sheila O'Malley
Funny and sad scary and sweet disturbing and revelatory 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Peter Travers
a riveting resonant first feature from Marielle Heller with a breakout star performance from Brit actress Bel Powley 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sara Stewart
Frank poignant and daring The Diary of a Teenage Girl invites you into the mind set of a sexually adventurous 16 year old girl and suggests you leave your judgment at the door 
3
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Stephen Whitty
Heller approaches the film in just the right way As an absolute outgrowth of arty Minnie s own pent up creativity 
3.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Dan Schindel
The Diary of a Teenage Girl isn t as different from most other indie coming of age films as one might initially believe 
2
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Roger Moore
Frank to the point of cringe worthy 
2.5
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Elise Nakhnikian
True to its title Marielle Heller s adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner s semi autobiographical novel has the loosely structured unfiltered feel of a young person s diary 
3.5
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
Paul Byrnes
Death Proof is superbly made There s a terrible tension watching these beautiful and spirited young women getting too close to the flame followed by enormous relief when the mood changes in the second story 
3.5
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
Kam Williams
Deliberately designed to look like a low grade B flick from the Fifties this slasher adventure from Quentin Tarantino is a guaranteed treat for that rare film fan nostalgic about the worst era in cinema 
3
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
James Rocchi
What s new in Death Proof Well a lot of jibber jabber It s Tarantino jibber jabber quick and juicy and deadpan and blunt and baroque but it s jibber jabber nonetheless minor time filler between a few moments of twisted metal glory or twisted hum
2
Paper Man
Roger Moore
The manipulations characters act out with each other are realistic even if the overlong and not nearly twee enough comedy built around them isn t making for a movie whose script may have had more merit than its execution Or not 
2
Paper Man
Mick LaSalle
What we have in this film is a whole lot of nothing and the little that s there is irritating 
2
Paper Man
Robert Levin
It s tough to watch such a glum progression through the familiar with bits of quirk dissected and bandied about 
2
Paper Man
Lou Lumenick
Paper Man is far from perfect but it holds your interest as a character study because of strong performances by Daniels and Stone 
2.5
Paper Man
Kam Williams
Love Long Island style 
3
Paper Man
Nick Schager
A cross between Greenberg and The Answer Man with a few extra helpings of quirk Paper Man dully reconfirms that the new millennium s favorite indie film clich is the man child struggling to grow up 
1
Paper Man
Janos Gereben
What the film aims to be I think is a dry witty and intimate glimpse into the lives and souls of these misunderstood everyday people but simply cannot connect
2
Starstruck
David Nusair
the film s progressively tedious vibe is compounded by the inclusion of an eye rollingly pointless fake break up towards the end 
1.5
Kingdom of Shadows
Nick Allen
A hollow experience emotionally stifled by its plotless nature and lack of any visual edge 
1.5
Kingdom of Shadows
Wes Greene
The visible numbness and empty stares of the doc s three subjects painfully evoke years of being gripped by the war on drugs 
3
Octopussy
Matt Brunson
I ve seen the Bond movies countless times over the decades and this title above all is the one that fluctuates the most from one viewing to the next 
3
Octopussy
Austin Kennedy
Octopussy features 2 stand out action sequences but for the most part it s an overlong sluggish and schizophrenic entry in the Bond series 
2
Octopussy
James Berardinelli
There s a fine line between wit and absurdity and this particular movie too often falls on the wrong side 
2
Octopussy
Steve Rhodes
Too long
2.5
Octopussy
Scott Nash
Octopussy is a very minor entry in the Bond franchise 
2.5
UHF
David Nusair
UHF is about as good as it gets when it comes to silly comedies 
4
UHF
Roger Ebert
This is the dreariest comedy in many a month a depressing slog through recycled comic formulas 
1
Front Cover
Stephanie Merry
The film s examination of the first generation American experience feels fresh The delivery however is hardly original 
2
Front Cover
Godfrey Cheshire
While the film adheres to the conventions of romantic melodramas its fascinations from a cultural perspective remain strong throughout 
3
Front Cover
Diego Semerene
The very few instances where stereotypes are challenged are forced and didactically delivered 
0.5
Tears of the Sun
Namrata Joshi
For me Tears of the Sun is all about how easy it can be to make a film on the perceived brutalities of another man easier still to turn it into a crashing bore of a film 
1
Tears of the Sun
Greg Maki
Fuqua relies on old fashioned gung ho heroics and the stern face of Bruce Willis to carry the show 
3
Tears of the Sun
Nick Rogers
Tears waffles so much between three war is mentalities hell redemptive and super cool for explosions that it s hard to truly connect 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Sara Michelle Fetters
More brutally evil than Hitler s SS the Nigerian rebels are about as one sided a depiction of enemy soldiers you re apt to find this side of a John Wayne war movie It s unsettling and in the light of current events almost unacceptable 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Jami Bernard
Will a thinking audience really buy the image of helpless grateful people bestowing kisses and victory songs upon Willis as the representative of all things American power guts compassion 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Matt Brunson
It s as if the blueprint for the basic outline never left the development table resulting in a picture that s painted in wide swaths of soldier boy posturing and pontificating 
2
Tears of the Sun
Jason Anderson
Unusually thoughtful and involving 
3
Tears of the Sun
Mark Dujsik
I m ultimately recommending Tears of the Sun and notably its first three quarters because even with its oversimplified and falsely optimistic ending the film hits upon an issue people need to start exploring 
3
Tears of the Sun
David Keyes
Tears of the Sun is war fluff for the lobotomized Hollywood crowd a transparent and thin effort without rhythm depth thrust or even basic structure 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Peter Travers
Fuqua can stage action but he can t save a trivializing reactionary script featuring a Hollywood star read America as a global savior 
1
Tears of the Sun
Marty Mapes
On the whole Tears of the Sun isn t interested in politics It is content to be an 8 year old on the playground making explosion sounds with its mouth and spitting out tough sounding jargon 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Jonathan R. Perry
Don t be bamboozled by the humanist mythopoetic title Tears of the Sun is Rambo with a better script and a sense of style 
3
Tears of the Sun
Jill Bernstein
Has all the makings of a classic 80s style action thriller 
3
Tears of the Sun
John Beifuss
Just in time for the U S invasion of Iraq comes Tears of the Sun a glossy but fraudulent promotion for America s revived role as global policeman 
2
Tears of the Sun
Dustin Putman
One part unconvincing jingoistic war picture and one part melodramatic preachy hogwash 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Claudia Puig
The movie might have gotten a dramatic boost from its topical theme indirect as it is Unfortunately it s not one tenth as interesting as what you can see at home during a nightly cable surf as U S war policy is debated 
2
Tears of the Sun
Chris Hewitt
It s not a bad film it s just not very enlightening 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Peter Bernard
Shortcomings are saved by fast paced combat scenes 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Mary Brennan
If it were better done Tears would be offensive the villains are evil faceless baby murdering Muslims But the movie is so shoddy and one dimensional that it s just a dreary predictably violent bore 
1.5
Tears of the Sun
Glenn Lovell
Propaganda doesn t get any more entertaining 
3
Tears of the Sun
Mick LaSalle
At its best it s a little hard to sit through At its worst it s like every other picture about soldiers on a tough mission What pushes it above mediocrity is that it ends better than it begins 
2
Tears of the Sun
David Elliott
Fuqua has a fairly conventional script for a war team film but his feeling for the thick landscape and the people within it has moral thrust 
3
Tears of the Sun
Joe Baltake
The film may have been inspired by The Seachers but it s worlds away from John Wayne 
3
Tears of the Sun
Steven Rea
Tears of the Sun has a title that makes no sense whatsoever The film s message on the other hand makes too much sense it s simplistic and reactionary and designed to get hearts pumping but not minds thinking 
2
Tears of the Sun
John Anderson
Painfully obvious yet confusing 
2
Tears of the Sun
Nick Carter
The movie is smothered by wooden characters one dimensional performances a flawed story line and unforgivable cliches 
2
Tears of the Sun
Glenn Whipp
For all the brutal inhumanity depicted here Tears never manages to engage its audience s emotions 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Robert W. Butler
As was the case with Training Day which climaxed with a long slugfest that flirted with the preposterous Fuqua can t quite finesse the screenplay s moments of heavy handed melodrama and a couple of glaring narrative improbabilities 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Jeff Vice
To his credit director Antoine Fuqua makes this nonsense as effective as possible In the end however his efforts are undone by the button pushing script 
2
Tears of the Sun
Lawrence Toppman
Fuqua and his writers Alex Lasker and Patrick Cirillo have delivered not only the most satisfying and plausible action movie in months but one that s accidentally timely 
3
Tears of the Sun
Wesley Morris
At its best the film is a nightmare embossed on a postcard horrific and ominously gorgeous 
3
Tears of the Sun
Guylaine Cadorette
Tears of the Sun has some good moments including the intense ambulatory trek out of Nigeria But the blind patriotism we are spoon fed towards the end makes this film a little hard to swallow 
2
Tears of the Sun
Jeffrey Westhoff
Fuqua desires to do more but he hasn t developed the skill to incorporate moral and ethical themes into his stories 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Rick Groen
Like most politicians and some columnists the script kindly spares us any historical context or confusing detail 
2
Tears of the Sun
Terry Lawson
As generic as its title 
1
Tears of the Sun
David Sterritt
Too bad it doesn t take as much care to detail the humanity of its characters or reasons for its politics as it does to build ominous battlefield moods 
2
Tears of the Sun
Roger Ebert
Until it descends into mindless routine action in the climactic scenes Tears of the Sun is essentially an impressionistic nightmare 
3
Tears of the Sun
Lou Lumenick
Timely but confused Black Hawk Down wannabe 
2
Tears of the Sun
Jon Niccum
This movie has enough social commentary and left wing politicizing to satisfy the California crowd and its flattering portrayal of the military and adulation for combat hardware should appease the Texas contingent 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Bob Bloom
The movie hammers home its message with the subtlety of an unfettered belch 
2
Tears of the Sun
Phil Villarreal
America seems to be longing for a clear cut conflict of good vs well defined evil 
3
Tears of the Sun
Tor Thorsen
Tears of the Sun should be condemned for cheapening the tragedy of West Africa s civil wars with a cheesy plot 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Erik Childress
Low expectations aside imagine my surprise when I found myself rather involved with a film that quietly ingratitates itself into your head while not really offering anything new 
3
Tears of the Sun
Michael Wilmington
Flashy on the surface Tears of the Sun is shallow at the heart 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Tony Toscano
Just when the viewer thinks this is just another typical Bruce Willis character Willis quietly and slowly begins to transform himself into much more than a simple box office hero
3.5
Tears of the Sun
Josh Larsen
deals with messy subject matter but wades through such subjects wearing big rubber boots and then spends its silly finale hosing them off 
2
Tears of the Sun
Ross Anthony
The film is off again on again I ll average it to a B 
2
Tears of the Sun
Rob Blackwelder
Three Kings had something to say about the self serving double standards of American diplomacy Tears is just action movie propaganda with simulated pseudo substance 
2
Tears of the Sun
Steven Snyder
The very things that make Tears of the Sun a riveting thriller destroy its attempt to become a powerful drama Yet I admire it immensely for its determination to be unique and original 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
Harvey S. Karten
No Bridge on the River Kwai but how nice to see Americans loved by a non Western people 
3
Tears of the Sun
Walter Chaw
The awe that the heretofore desperate refugees display for our Yankee whirlybirds doesn t suggest citizenry hardened by years of modern Civil War but a band of savages genuflecting before a Zippo 
1
Tears of the Sun
Jeanne Aufmuth
An abysmal hyper propagandized testosterone peddler 
1
Tears of the Sun
Steve Rhodes
Literally laughably bad 
1
Tears of the Sun
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hit and miss 44 hilariously unsubtle thriller that unquestionably fares best in its entertaining and frequently engrossing first half 46 46 46 
2.5
Tears of the Sun
James Berardinelli
Tears of the Sun is not a great movie but it is satisfying and represents an example of accomplished filmmaking 
3
Midnight in Paris
Sarah Knight Adamson
A romantic comedy that boasts a clever and thought provoking script 
4
Midnight in Paris
Lawrence Toppman
It s attractive and easy to slip into but Allen didn t put enough thought into the design and it soon falls apart 
2.5
Midnight in Paris
Roger Moore
Souffle light and long on charm one of Allen s wittiest and certainly his most literary
3
Midnight in Paris
Jeff Beck
The blend of charm magic wit and characterization come together to make this an engaging and intellectually stimulating experience This is a great film and one of the best of the year thus far 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Michael Dequina
As on screen Allen stand ins go Wilson is definitely one of the more effective ones recognizably channelling those Allen neuroses within his own established persona and distinct comic rhythms 
3
Midnight in Paris
Perry Seibert
Woody Allen s comedy Midnight in Paris is a superior late period work precisely because it appears that age and wisdom have finally allowed him to discover that his romantic streak can acknowledge his realist cynical side without succumbing to it 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Lori Hoffman
Sadly this movie made me want to go back in time to a glorious period in New York City in the 1970s and 80s when a filmmaker named Woody Allen ruled the movie world 
2
Midnight in Paris
Chris Knight
Allen s finest film since 2005 s Match Point and a comedy to boot 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Mike McGranaghan
Midnight in Paris finds exactly the right groove for its story and stays there It s a winner 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Ethan Alter
A few rough patches aside I found Midnight in Paris to be a delight
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Linda Cook
What an enchanting movie almost as enchanting as its location 
4
Midnight in Paris
James Kendrick
Literate and funny light hearted yet frequently eloquent
3
Midnight in Paris
Steven D. Greydanus
In the end it s about seeing through the illusion of nostalgia and yet not being disillusioned 8212 about cherishing the past while living in the present 
3
Midnight in Paris
David Nusair
Woody Allen s most entertaining comedy in years 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Matt Brunson
Woody s last picture 2010 s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger managed to sneak onto my year end 10 Worst list so color me stunned that Midnight in Paris exudes both charm and cleverness in equal measure 
3
Midnight in Paris
Keith Cohen
This comedic masterpiece by one of America s legendary filmmaking geniuses is a fitting companion to Paris Je T Aime and like a fine wine should be savored by Allen s legion of loyal cinephiles 
4
Midnight in Paris
Joe Williams
Midnight in Paris is a bonbon to ease the craving for Allen s earlier funnier films 
3
Midnight in Paris
John Wirt
A clever and fun cinematic postcard that can transport susceptible romantics to the City of Light 
4
Midnight in Paris
John Beifuss
Directed with the wan functionality that has become Allen s trademark the movie is a somewhat stale bonbon with a delicious time travel center 
2.5
Midnight in Paris
Rob Thomas
It s a charming fanciful comedy in the vein of Bullets over Broadway and The Purple Rose of Cairo the kind of movie I honestly thought Woody had lost the knack for But you can never count him out 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Marty Mapes
Allen and Wilson dip their toes into the golden age
3
Midnight in Paris
Rick Groen
Our hero has found his groove among the Lost Generation and for us there s some amusement to be had in sharing Gil s thrills it s like stepping into a Classic Comics version of A Moveable Feast 
3
Midnight in Paris
Lisa Kennedy
Midnight in Paris is charming and clever at times wickedly astute and hopeful 
3
Midnight in Paris
Moira MacDonald
It makes us happily remember the movies we thought Allen wasn t able to make anymore even while the filmmaker reaches into the past to add one more great one to the list 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Peter Howell
It succeeds because Allen s muse is completely activated unlike last year s time waster You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger in which thought ran no deeper than the title joke 
3
Midnight in Paris
Duane Dudek
It is less that Allen is repeating himself with Midnight in Paris than that he has once again crafted a work about the enduring and ephemeral power of the artist in his own image 
3
Midnight in Paris
Carrie Rickey
What s Wilson doing in a Woody Allen movie about a B list screenwriter who time travels from the present to the Jazz Age Disarming the audience with his wistful joie de vivre that s what 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Rene Rodriguez
Midnight in Paris is a terrific picture an appealing bubbly intelligent fantasy made by a director in an unusually playful mood 
3
Midnight in Paris
Sean O'Connell
Minor a one sided infatuation that always looks fancy thanks to Darius Khondji s exquisite Parisian cinematography but isn t as fanciful as its dreamy foundation suggests 
2
Midnight in Paris
Willie Waffle
A very cute whimsical idea even if it is not completely developed 
2.5
Midnight in Paris
Ann Hornaday
Midnight in Paris finds Allen in a larky slightly tart and altogether bountiful mood giving filmgoers a movie that while unabashedly funny and playful provides a profiterole or two for thought 
3
Midnight in Paris
Chris Hewitt
Wilson as a man who s trying to right the course of his off track life turns out to be a surprisingly good fit for Allen s signature rhythms 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Mark Dujsik
It may be an obvious punch line but Midnight in Paris with its charming imaginative sense of fancy still manages to cull some truth out of it 
3
Midnight in Paris
Erik Childress
Easily Woody Allen s most enjoyable work since Small Time Crooks and his most lovely since Everyone Says I Love You 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Dustin Putman
The opening and closing moments of Midnight in Paris are visually resplendent The movie in the middle gets in the way 
2
Midnight in Paris
Mick LaSalle
A movie that s loving and wistful and often hysterically funny 
4
Midnight in Paris
Michael Phillips
While Allen may not be reinventing any wheels he still has it 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Ty Burr
A sweet natured trifle as flavorful and as thin as a crepe 
3
Midnight in Paris
Matt Pais
Very funny and deeply charming Midnight in Paris is a living dream about feeling at home somewhere else with someone else 
3
Midnight in Paris
Peter Keough
Cotillard makes for a generic muse and the grass is always greener theme creaks but Paris might still be Woody s new Manhattan 
3
Midnight in Paris
Roger Ebert
Woody Allen must have had a great time writing this screenplay 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Josh Larsen
strikes a nice balance between starry eyed romanticism and cynical detachment 
3
Midnight in Paris
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Above all Allen manages to capture something warm and wonderful about the love of a city similar to the feeling he captured about New York in his early films Annie Hall and Manhattan 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Peter Travers
As a filmmaker Allen has grappled with the temptations of repeating himself instead of forging a fresh path You can feel that conflict here and watching him work it out is exhilarating 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Stephen Whitty
Allen s new Midnight in Paris is a lot like his earlier funnier movies And it s far and away his sunniest effort since Mighty Aphrodite 
3.5
Midnight in Paris
Claudia Puig
Midnight in Paris is as light as a soufflé and almost as sweet 
3
Midnight in Paris
Lou Lumenick
Though it never ventures past the tourist quarters of Paris this is one of Woody s most handsomely photographed movies 
3
Midnight in Paris
James Berardinelli
It s an entertaining trifle that is at least as engaging as and perhaps more likeable than a majority of the filmmaker s recent excursions 
3
Midnight in Paris
Rex Reed
In a film so ripe with temptations for posturing exaggeration and satirical overacting nobody is anything less than natural unpretentious and funny as hell 
4
Midnight in Paris
Ed Gonzalez
Midnight in Paris is Allen s strongest movie in at least 10 years a fantasy about delusion rather than a deluded fantasy itself but it s no masterwork 
3
Fled
David Nusair
Filmmaker Kevin Hooks does a superb job of immediately drawing the viewer into the briskly paced proceedings 
3
Fled
Gene Siskel
Aren t you getting tired of battles over computer disks 
1
Fled
Matt Brunson
My fondest memory involving Fled isn t in the film it was the moment on Siskel Ebert when Roger Ebert stated I guess it sort of holds your attention while it s happening I mean something is moving on the screen so you look to see what it is 
1.5
Fled
Mick LaSalle
Baldwin in particular has an appealing bad boy quality 
2.5
Fled
David N. Butterworth
While not an altogether unsatisfying experience it leaves the viewer yearning to see the originals instead 
2
Fled
Rob Blackwelder
It s all wise cracking heroes with 50 cent catch phrases chased into shoot outs with scenery chewing henchmen In other words nothing you haven t seen a dozen times before 
2
Fled
Madeleine Williams
The plot makes a couple of jumps that don t seem to make sense except to advance to yet another action scene If only those scenes were worth the wait 
1.5
Fled
Roger Ebert
Fled is a movie without a brain in its head and it borrows cheerfully from lots of other movies but at least it has the integrity to acknowledge its sources 
2
Fled
James Berardinelli
There s nothing particularly deep or challenging about this movie 
2
Fled
Chris Hicks
Grotesquely violent ridiculously bloody and tries to get by on a silly wink at the camera attitude 
1.5
Fled
Steve Rhodes
What saves the film is two fine pieces of acting by its stars 
2.5
Fled
Susan Wloszczyna
Fled Flee 
1.5
Fled
Ted Prigge
Fishburne does give a pretty commanding performance though big shock there while Baldwin sinckers occasionally but never really garners any likability for his role 
2
Five Fingers of Death
Matt Brunson
The film that began the whole kung fu craze in the United States 
2.5
Bugsy
Carrie Rickey
From James Toback s crackling script to Warren Beatty s electric performance as gangster Ben Siegel Bugsy is so engrossing that you feel uncharitable mentioning that while splendid in individual scenes Barry Levinson s movie lacks propulsion 
3.5
Bugsy
John Hartl
What finally distinguishes Bugsy from other mob movies is its ever present sense of the absurd 
3.5
Bugsy
Clifford Terry
Insouciant and flashy co producer Beatty is at his best when evoking the narcissistic show business side of Siegel 
3
Bugsy
Gary Thompson
A clump of casinos in the sand is evidence of something but I m pretty sure it s not greatness 
2
Bugsy
Dan Webster
Oh it s not that they cover up Siegel s brutal side it s just that they undercut it by making the man just a victim of his own appetites which is sort of like saying Charles Manson was just a little too enthusiastic about a certain Beatles tune 
2.5
Bugsy
Gene Siskel
Not just another gangster picture as some had feared James Toback s sparkling script as interpreted by director Barry Levinson and producer star Warren Beatty is both a rare love story between equals and a portrait of a dreamer 
3.5
Bugsy
Roger Ebert
Bugsy moves with a lightness that belies its strength It is a movie that vibrates with optimism and passion with the exuberance of the con man on his game 
4
Moving Violations
David Nusair
a reasonably diverting way to kill 90 minutes 
2.5
A Beautiful Mind
Barry Paris
You ve gotta hand it to Howard He and A Beautiful Mind got me and I bet will get you interested in this subject for the first time since new math ruined it for most of us in high school 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Chris Kaltenbach
A Beautiful Mind is the best film yet from director Howard 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Nick Rogers
Crowe Goldsman and Howard aren t trying to solicit love or tears for John Nash as detractors bitterly claimed A Beautiful Mind sought only acknowledgement of the silent invisible and brave struggle that so many with mental illnesses endure each day 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Joe Lozito
I particularly enjoyed the fact that Nash comes across as quite fallible in the film despite his attempts at perfection His character in the film is as unpredictable as I would expect the real Nash to be 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Wesley Lovell
A pedestrian film with a rudimentary script that forces the actors to create believability where there might otherwise be none 
2
A Beautiful Mind
Judith Egerton
Crowe disappears into the character just as he did when he played tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Greg Maki
Crowe disappears into the role of John Nash and proves again that he is one of today s most versatile actors 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Margaret A. McGurk
Howard smashes through the conventions of the damaged hero tale to recount the struggle of one man to stand upright on quaking ground 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Jon Niccum
A Beautiful Mind is at its best when its subject is at his worst 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Jorge Avila Andrade
Emotiva personal y entrañable es un triunfo en todos sentidos 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
James Sanford
Nash and Alicia are played by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly both of whom give performances that border on the spectacular Neither has ever been better or created a richer more multi layered characterization 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Andrew Howe
If you watch it with your heart instead of your head you ll be privy to a profoundly moving experience 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Ian Mantgani
I really wish the last third had been less sketchy because before it the movie had seemed to be building to greatness
3
A Beautiful Mind
Jeremy Heilman
Pedantic and sophistic 
2.5
A Beautiful Mind
Frank Ochieng
Here s hoping that the Academy Awards recognize this articulate intensely entertaining gem A Beautiful Mind would indeed be a terrible thing to waste 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Mark Dujsik
A grand Hollywood drama 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Mike McGranaghan
An absorbing movie from start to finish 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Emily Blunt
There s no mathematical equation that can produce the number of stars this film deserves it s infinite 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Michael Dequina
The first two acts of the film are strong enough to merit a recommendation as is the consistently impressive work of Connelly 
3
A Beautiful Mind
Robert Roten
Director Ron Howard uses interesting visual techniques to show how Nash makes his amazing mathematical connections 
3
A Beautiful Mind
Marty Mapes
Russell Crowe steals the show as John Nash the 1994 Nobel Prize winner for economics
3
A Beautiful Mind
Gary Brown
A must see for film junkies 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Jules Brenner
In a good cast Jennifer Connelly earns your complete admiration 
3
A Beautiful Mind
James Kendrick
an engaging rousing well made film about a brilliant man whose life was almost completely devastated by mental illness
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Erik Childress
All the pieces are there and Ron Howard fits them all together as if playing the perfect game of Go 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Jonathan Taylor
Crowe proves he s the pre eminent actor of the moment discarding his gladiatorial macho to inhabit the gawky tormented Nash with harrowing conviction 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Susan Stark
As bold and searingly imaginative as it is substantive 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Steven Rea
Crowe and Connelly s work rises above the mush 
3
A Beautiful Mind
Tony Toscano
A deeply eloquent film with sparkling performances by both Crowe and Connelly 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
David Keyes
A Beautiful Mind is one hell of a movie 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Bob Bloom
A brilliant performance by Russell Crowe who takes his audience on a terrifying journey inside a man tormented by self created mental demons propels A Beautiful Mind 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Walter Chaw
A play for the fickle attentions of middlebrow moviegoers looking for an easy cause they can champion 
2
A Beautiful Mind
Moira MacDonald
Roger Deakins handsome cinematography gives the film the look of a leather bound classic What keeps Mind from greatness though is some awkwardness in the screenplay and the film s odd relationship with the true story of John Nash 
3
A Beautiful Mind
Edward Guthmann
Nicely filmed by Roger Deakins and magnificently performed by Crowe who never fails to surprise 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Jonathan Foreman
Terrific surprisingly gripping true life tale of a math genius battling madness 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Rick Groen
In the hands of a better director than Ron Howard such a protean mix of reason and madness could have made for a tale of Shakespearean complexity Instead all we get is a feel good flick 
2.5
A Beautiful Mind
Roger Ebert
The movie fascinated me about the life of this man 
4
A Beautiful Mind
Jay Carr
One of Hollywood s very few really classy or ambitious offerings this year 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Harvey S. Karten
Much as I admired the performance and the intelligent script I couldn t help thinking of how much money a schizophrenic can save on movies 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Rod Armstrong
Though director Ron Howard s populist style makes its first third feel simplistic and forced the film deepens in the final two acts and proves worthy of its unique and difficult material as the credits roll 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Michael Wilmington
Shows us the joys and terrors of seeing things that others can t 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Ross Anthony
The humor of his rough edged socializing and courting make a much more interesting film than that which Beautiful Mind actually becomes a psychological thriller 
1.5
A Beautiful Mind
Rob Blackwelder
What it lacks in ingenuity A Beautiful Mind makes up for in superb performances potent emotions and graceful emblematic if safe and conventional filmmaking 
3
A Beautiful Mind
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ron Howard s relentlessly sunny direction is an unusual fit for this often fascinating portrayal of one of our century s great math minds 
3
A Beautiful Mind
James Berardinelli
A beautifully written effectively acted and meticulously crafted effort 
3.5
A Beautiful Mind
Steve Rhodes
In a performance that wavers between deserving an Oscar nomination and one that s overacted in the hopes of getting one Russell Crowe delivers an intense performance as Nash 
3
A Beautiful Mind
Dustin Putman
A frequently disappointing cut and paste job it fails to find any sort of smooth rhythm or dramatic arc 
2
A Beautiful Mind
Ed Gonzalez
A Beautiful Mind is like a brick to the head to anyone who ever winced at the utterance of infinity plus one 
1
Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A strange home movie made over 14 years 
1.5
Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle
Kent Turner
Viewers are left at a distance as though they are in fact watching home videos of strangers 
2
Allelujah
Johnny Oleksinski
You get whiplash from all the ideas being pelted at you You might need to pay a visit to the WTF Ward 
2
The Imposter
Jason Buchanan
With his first feature doc Layton proves himself not only adept at seeking out such true life tales but also telling them with the flair of a naturally gifted storyteller 
3.5
The Imposter
David Nusair
one of the most involving and compelling documentaries to come around in quite some time 
3.5
The Imposter
Rick Groen
In the annals of forged identity flicks this is a towering Everest dwarfing the deceivers in the likes of Catch Me If You Can and F for Fake 
3
The Imposter
Linda Barnard
This is edge of your seat stuff and the difficulty is in the telling of the tale To give any of this film away is a crime You simply have to see it for yourself 
3.5
The Imposter
Sean P. Means
Layton layers The Imposter with powerful images in the dramatic re creations as well as a brooding soundscape and a concise pacing that distributes its information with the reserve of a good mystery writer 
3.5
The Imposter
Rob Thomas
The Imposter may be the first movie since Penn and Teller Get Killed whose title may need its own spoiler alert 
3
The Imposter
Rene Rodriguez
The most fascinating aspect of the movie is why the missing boy s family believed the imposter s story 
3
The Imposter
Calvin Wilson
The Imposter is one of the best films of the year 
4
The Imposter
Matt Pais
The month s second mind blowing doc a thinker that deserves the thought 
3.5
The Imposter
Mark Feeney
Beverly Dollarhide Nicholas s mother says of the period after her son s disappearance My main goal in life at that time was not to think Apparently the filmmakers have taken a cue from her 
2
The Imposter
Tirdad Derakhshani
Layton s dazzling film is an exciting edge of your seat experience superior to any Hollywood mystery you re likely to see for a long time 
4
The Imposter
Mark Jenkins
The Imposter initially seems to be a tutorial in identity theft as well as a cautionary tale about the susceptibility of people who have lost a loved one But that s not the half of it 
3
The Imposter
Moira MacDonald
It s practically unbelievable but you won t be able to look away 
3.5
The Imposter
Chris Hewitt
It s a jaw dropper 
3
The Imposter
Peter Canavese
Stranger than fiction simply by presenting us with the facts as they unfolded Layton winningly encourages more questions than answers 
3.5
The Imposter
Amy Biancolli
This is as much a film about self deception as it is about deception and as such it is a study in pain 
3
The Imposter
Rafer Guzman
As fiction it would never fly But The Imposter happens to be true and it s a jaw dropper 
3
The Imposter
Robert Levin
The greatest mystery of all why this family believed the imposter and welcomed him home remains hauntingly unsolved
3.5
The Imposter
Peter Travers
This true story plays like a gripping psychological thriller offering hard speculation and harder truths You won t be able to get it out of your head 
3
The Imposter
Farran Smith Nehme
See it and marvel that the least plausible lies are the ones we tell ourselves 
3.5
The Imposter
Nick Schager
The film shrewdly opts not to proffer its own hypothesis about the true reasons behind the Gibson family buying Frdric Bourdin s story 
2.5
Young Ones
Liam Lacey
In the hot dry world of Jake Paltrow s dystopian western Young Ones the characterizations are as sparse as the desert foliage 
2
Young Ones
Chris Knight
The performances are strong It s rare to find anyone who can hold their own with Shannon on the screen and here we have three who are under 25 But the story hints at complexities that it never bothers to explore more fully 
2.5
Young Ones
David Lewis
Young Ones is a futuristic look at a world with little water but the most barren thing in this Western sci fi flick is the character development 
1
Young Ones
Linda Barnard
Young Ones has some interesting twists but falls short as a reworking of a classic Hollywood oater 
2
Young Ones
Glenn Kenny
Too bland to qualify as a really notable disaster Young Ones finds young Paltrow still trying to find his voice 
1.5
Young Ones
Clayton Dillard
It avoids the typical trappings of the genre pastiche by utilizing its clear indebtedness to numerous other films as merely a starting point rather than an end 
3
The Rocketeer
David Nusair
briskly paced and unabashedly old fashioned 
3
The Rocketeer
Peter Canavese
A charmer in its gee whiz irony light resuscitation of the movie serials of the 30s Blu ray 
3
The Rocketeer
Robert Roten
A film with its heart in the right place and it is a lot of fun 
3
The Rocketeer
Peter Travers
The film is awash in all kinds of surprises that are too juicy to reveal 
3
The Rocketeer
James Berardinelli
The Rocketeer may not be perfect but it s an excellent example of how to adapt a comic book to the screen 
3
The Rocketeer
Steve Rhodes
The problem with the film is that it is nothing more than an exercise in whimsical style Nothing in the narrative is compelling In place of a story we have antics 
2
The Rocketeer
James O'Ehley
Okay special effects but the story tends to drag and ultimately the most interesting thing in it is sumptuous Jennifer Connelly s cleavage 
2.5
The Rocketeer
Roger Ebert
You have to dial down to return to an age of innocence when an eccentric inventor and a clear eyed hero could take on the bad guys with a new gizmo they d dreamed up overnight 
3
Orgazmo
Michael Dequina
Recurring gags that initially garner a giggle wear thin fast 
1.5
Orgazmo
Roger Ebert
I like South Park It has wit I guess Orgazmo was a stage the boys had to go through 
0.5
Breaking Away
Roger Moore
Looking at it now 44 it 8217 s obvious that even what it was selling back then was a sort of romantic 44 idealized and alcohol free vision of post high school youth 44 and perhaps it was set in still seriously segregated Indiana for a reason 46 
4
Breaking Away
Matt Brunson
A textbook definition of a sleeper hit 
3.5
Breaking Away
Gene Siskel
I seriously can t imagine anyone not liking it 
4
Breaking Away
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The screenplay by Oscar winner Steve Tesich sometimes turns a little precious but the character and atmosphere is so firmly established that it all works out 
3
Breaking Away
Roger Ebert
Breaking Away is a wonderfully sunny funny goofy intelligent movie that makes you feel about as good as any movie in a long time It is in fact a treasure 
4
Breaking Away
Jeremy Heilman
This timeworn material probably should work but it doesn t really since most of the film s angst and conflict seems calculated 
2.5
Breaking Away
Walter Chaw
There s a joy to Breaking Away that forgives its occasional skylarking and narrative dips into the clich pool 
3
Rabid
Matt Brunson
It would be passable if the third act didn t completely go off the rails 
1.5
Rabid
Chandler Levack
Rabid with a female lens isn t camp it isn t satire The Soska Sisters s take on Cronenberg s cannibalistic horror film is full of empty calories 
2
Rabid
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s possible this remake could grow on me when I take the time to watch it again Here s hoping that ends up being the case 
2.5
Rabid
Mike McGranaghan
Although competently made from a technical perspective the movie is unexpectedly bland on a story level 
2
Rabid
Simon Abrams
The Soskas have a wickedly funny sense of humor and a few winningly nasty ideas 
2.5
Boogeyman 2
David Nusair
generally comes off as a better than expected and refreshingly brutal little horror flick 
2.5
On Any Sunday
Roger Ebert
Bruce Brown has made On Any Sunday which does for motorcycle racing what The Endless Summer did for surfing and it s enjoyable in exactly the same way 
3
The Arrival
Mal Vincent
E T would find it false propaganda but for fans of the genre it s standard sci fi with all the needed ingredients 
2.5
The Arrival
David Nusair
it ultimately seems apparent that the movie would ve been well served had it topped out at 90 minutes ie it s too long and feels it 
2.5
The Arrival
Mick LaSalle
It s a strong lean piece of writing that moves quickly Nothing is wasted and nothing happens the way you d expect 
3
The Arrival
David N. Butterworth
It s like Stakeout with a glossier Sheen 
2.5
The Arrival
Roger Ebert
The movie is as smart as Mission Impossible is dumb 
3.5
The Arrival
James Berardinelli
This is not a dumb movie in fact with its heavy reliance upon real science it s startlingly credible 
3
The Arrival
Rob Blackwelder
The Arrival is a good 20 minutes too long and heavy with useless scenes in which we learn far too much about Sheen s relationship with his girlfriend 
1
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
V.A. Musetto
Why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures Wouldn t one about their famous dad author of Death in Venice etc be more valuable 
1.5
The Cowboy Way
David Nusair
The Cowboy Way benefits substantially from Harrelson and Sutherland s superlative efforts 
2.5
Canvas
Chris Alexander
Movies don t come more personal than Canvas writer director co producer Joseph Greco s serious minded exploration of the devastating effects unleashed by mental illness upon an otherwise tightly knit American family 
3.5
Canvas
Jason Anderson
Though Canvas may not deviate much from the formula followed by so many other movies about families imperiled by health crises it s unusually perceptive about the ways that loved ones process or fail to process the resulting stress 
2.5
Canvas
Rick Groen
It s like a public service announcement with dialogue 
2
Canvas
Maitland McDonagh
Greco succeeds where many others have failed in giving a real sense of what it is to grow up with a parent who s hobbled by mental illness 
2.5
Canvas
Pam Grady
Greco takes his biggest risk perhaps when he puts that boat in water with father and son manning the sails It could be a mawkish scene that sinks everything that came before it but like the watercraft that symbolizes so much the movie remains afloat 
3
Canvas
Stephen Whitty
I can see why it was a hit at film festivals I only hope it now gets its due in theaters 
3
Canvas
Lou Lumenick
First time filmmaker Joseph Greco draws on personal experience for this devastating yet honest portrait of an ordinary Florida family 
3
Canvas
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though Harden has the showier role a subdued Pantoliano is the movie s real star Sometimes the quietest performances are the most powerful 
2.5
Canvas
Roger Ebert
Canvas is a serious film about mental illness and a sentimental heartwarmer and succeeds in both ways 
3
Canvas
Sid Smith
Despite its admirable qualities Canvas fizzles and falls into cliche 
2.5
Canvas
Ed Gonzalez
Writer director Joseph Greco s refusal to explain the roots of Mary s madness gives John s desperate desire to summon happier days a bewitching poignancy 
2.5
Holmes & Watson
Brian Eggert
The entire thing is embarrassing and difficult to endure 
0.5
Holmes & Watson
Pamela Powell
How could a movie with Ferrell and Reilly not work These are two incredible actors but these roles just don t suit them try as they might Their over the top antics never gel appearing as if even they know it s not working 
1
Holmes & Watson
Josh Larsen
The real crime in Holmes Watson is the waste of the supporting cast 
1.5
Holmes & Watson
David Nusair
A progressively underwhelming comedy 
1
Holmes & Watson
Josh Terry
It s hard to see this mess becoming a favorite alongside the pair s other efforts even if individual moments in Holmes and Watson will make you smile the entire production is a tough sell at full ticket price 
2
Holmes & Watson
Barry Hertz
Holmes Watson is bad 
2
Holmes & Watson
Peter Sobczynski
The whole thing feels like someone took the unfunny outtakes that might have adorned the end credits and stretched them out into their own film
.5
Holmes & Watson
Frank Ochieng
One would gain more chuckles watching the short lived 70s sitcom Holmes and Yoyo than withstanding the big screen strained silliness of Holmes Watson Indeed Holmes Watson need to definitely get a comical clue 
1.5
Holmes & Watson
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is an abject failure as a comedy from the start 
0.5
Holmes & Watson
Roger Moore
A script unworthy of the best big screen comic duo of our times 
1
The Guide to the Perfect Family
Roger Moore
As superficial and predictable as The Guide can be I appreciated the sober adult tone None of this gooey wish fulfillment fantasy Parenthood easy answers only please 
2.5
Whore
Elizabeth Weitzman
A shallow film 
1
Signature Move
Bill Zwecker
While this likely will appeal strongly to LGBTQ audiences I hope it finds a wider viewing as the acting and the dialogue make for excellent drama 
3
Signature Move
Michael Phillips
It doesn t all work But the film s gently erratic personality is winning nonetheless and it s interesting to watch Reeder in the first project she has done without a hand in the writing make sense of the tones 
3
I Am Breathing
Scott Jordan Harris
I Am Breathing is an earnest and important film It deserves to be seen by anyone who is interested in documentaries and anyone who is interested in the simple human stories movies too often overlook 
3.5
Studio 54: The Documentary
David Reddish
In the absence of a functioning time machine none of us alive today can ever visit the mother of all discos Studio 54 offers the next best thinga window into a moment where mainstream and queer history united and a taste of one Hell of a great party 
3
Studio 54: The Documentary
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Tyrnauer is a consummate storyteller and we get a meticulous account of both the macro and micro view of what happened 
4
Studio 54: The Documentary
Mark Feeney
The documentary is good on the gay aspect of 54 and disco generally 
2.5
Studio 54: The Documentary
Randall King
Tyrnauer offers up Studio 54 as a memorial to that crazy licentious time But the film never has the feel of a dirge at least not while that soundtrack proceeds at 120 beats per minute 
3.5
Studio 54: The Documentary
Richard Roeper
In 98 minutes Studio 54 captures the club on its best nights and on its worst mornings 
3
Studio 54: The Documentary
Mark Dujsik
While it provides a succinct and straightforward history lesson Studio 54 never quite moves past the glitz and the glamour 
2
Studio 54: The Documentary
Sarah Knight Adamson
Infamous by name New York s Studio 54 served as a glitzy yet dingy playground for the rich famous Director Matt Tyrnauer s documentary sheds a bright neon light 
3.5
Studio 54: The Documentary
Brad Wheeler
A lively contextual but much too laudatory documentary 
2.5
Studio 54: The Documentary
Peter Howell
Tyrnauer documents it all with journalistic rigour building his film around the bittersweet memories of the reclusive Schrager and those of former Studio 54 employees publicists and patrons 
3
Studio 54: The Documentary
Walter V. Addiego
Tyrnauer tries to find the heart of whatever Studio 54 was all about but never actually gets there instead we re left to goggle at the footage and still photos of near naked dancers and gossip column habitues 
2
Studio 54: The Documentary
Rex Reed
Juicy fodder for the in crowd that lived through it as well as the outsiders who heard about it but couldn t get in 
3
Studio 54: The Documentary
Odie Henderson
It feels a bit too tame 
2.5
Studio 54: The Documentary
Chuck Bowen
The documentary nurtures our sympathy for Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager without shortchanging their hypocrisies 
3
Studio 54: The Documentary
Roger Moore
The most thorough documentary about the gorgeous Fall of Rome decadent disco and how it made its magic 
3
Studio 54: The Documentary
Dwight Brown
It s enough to make you want to put on your platform shoes and dance under strobe lights 
3
Trevor: The Musical
Peter Canavese
A tribute to an important moment in 20th Century gay cultural history and a starter musical for kids featuring endearing characters 44 corny humor and a talented young cast 46 A show that fills a void and serves a purpose 46 
3
Trevor: The Musical
Roger Moore
Doesn 8217 t quite commit to its subject matter 44 and rarely dazzles as it dances its way around it 46 
2
Ride
James Berardinelli
Like an average Uber ride the film passes quickly and doesn t leave a lasting impression 
2.5
Ride
Mark Dujsik
T he movie rushes through its high stakes mind game evading the consequences and arriving at a conclusion that doesn t resolve anything 
2
Metropolis
David Keyes
a haunting vision with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations 
4
Metropolis
Mark Dujsik
A visionary marvel but it s lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this 
3
Metropolis
Walter Chaw
With elements cribbed from Lang s Metropolis Welles Kane and Eisenstein s Potemkin the true wonder of Rintarô s Metropolis is the number of lasting images all its own 
3.5
Metropolis
David Elliott
The movie is for fans who can t stop loving anime and the fanatical excess built into it 
2.5
Metropolis
Chris Hewitt
There s so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles 
3
Metropolis
Terry Lawson
Unlike most anime whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes Metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile 
3
Metropolis
Liam Lacey
Has an almost stupefyingly intense visual impact 
3.5
Metropolis
Jonathan Perry
A fast moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in Japanese animation 
3.5
Metropolis
Michael Dequina
Melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting and always a beauty to behold 
3
Metropolis
Steve Rhodes
Suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative Still as a visual treat the film is almost unsurpassed 
3
Metropolis
Mick LaSalle
The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks and the color palette with lots of somber blues and pinks is dreamy and evocative 
3
Metropolis
Tor Thorsen
Each frame of Metropolis is steeped in Tezuka s delectably strange retro future vision 
3
Metropolis
Jonathan Foreman
The dialogue is dubbed into English by generic actors whose phony emotionless rendition undermines what s on the screen 
2
Metropolis
Roger Ebert
One of the best animated films I have ever seen 
4
The Pick-Up Artist
Henry Sheehan
he Pick Up Artist is not going to change anyone s life or deflect the course of film history but it s an invigorating and enjoyable entertainment 
3
The Pick-Up Artist
Roger Ebert
This is an appallingly silly movie from its juvenile comic overture to its dreadfully sincere conclusion 
0.5
Monster Hunt 2
Simon Abrams
Monster Hunt 2 is equally charming sweet slight and unmemorable 
3
Blues Brothers 2000
Mike Clark
Now a sequel has arrived Blues Brothers 2000 offering more of the same And less 
2.5
Blues Brothers 2000
Sandra Contreras
Endless scenes of pointless buffoonery and crashing cars 
1.5
Blues Brothers 2000
Margaret A. McGurk
Like the original it s a rambling wreck of a movie that s more fun than it deserves to be 
2.5
Blues Brothers 2000
Rick Groen
Once upon a time it was funny 
2
Blues Brothers 2000
Marty Mapes
The pacing is good no scene is so long that it bogs down and there are enough musical interruptions to keep things humming along 
2.5
Blues Brothers 2000
Mick LaSalle
It makes an audience pay for every two seconds of pleasure with 10 seconds of pain 
1
Blues Brothers 2000
James Berardinelli
Blues Brothers 2000 isn t anywhere close to the landmark its predecessor was but it s still enjoyable 
3
Blues Brothers 2000
Jeff Vice
While the comedic scenes are hopelessly inept Landis again shows a deft hand with the staging of the musical numbers which should provide fans with a good enough reason to see the movie 
2
Blues Brothers 2000
Roger Ebert
I always thought there was another story to be told Landis says in the film s notes Fine then tell one 
2
Blues Brothers 2000
Mike McGranaghan
The film celebrates the blues with style and affection 
3
Blues Brothers 2000
Madeleine Williams
If simply copying the original Blues Brothers wasn t bad enough writers Aykroyd and John Landis dumb it down removing any memorable characters and replacing them with flashy but unbelievable magical gimmicks 
1.5
Blues Brothers 2000
Barbara Shulgasser
A fabulous concert film with incredibly bad patter between the songs 
3
Detroit Rock City
David Nusair
a briskly paced unabashedly larger than life comedy 
2.5
Detroit Rock City
Michael Dequina
What works for rocking and rolling all night and partying every day doesn t necessarily hold true for movies 
1.5
Detroit Rock City
Shay Casey
Look that guy just got clocked by a telephone receiver Twice See Funny 
1.5
Detroit Rock City
David N. Butterworth
Surprisingly amiable for a film that claims to kiss the rules goodbye 
2.5
Detroit Rock City
Dustin Putman
A nice respective try but Detroit Rock City just misses the mark 
2
Detroit Rock City
Steve Rhodes
high energy farce
2.5
Detroit Rock City
Ross Anthony
Set in the 1970 s and produced by Gene Simmons among others this scrawny little script eventually becomes a rich film 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Brian Eggert
Streep s performance feels more like a force of nature next to the carefully modulated three dimensional portrayal by Grant who shows an incredible range 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Matt Brunson
There s no denying that Streep is one of the greatest actresses of our all time but there s plenty of room to argue that her recent run hasn t been as astounding as past laps of victory With Florence Foster Jenkins she returns in grand fashion 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Christopher James
For as great as Meryl is Florence Foster Jenkins once again illustrates how Streep s game is raised when she is with the right people 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Pamela Powell
Stellar performances from the unlikely pairing of Streep and Grant and the awkwardly charming performance from Helberg bring to life a symphonic story of eccentricity and love 
4
Florence Foster Jenkins
David Keyes
Not a happy portrait of a figure unburdened by the hard edge of criticism it is a sad retelling showing a woman who used the stage as a means to silence the nagging alarms of her demise 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Neil Rosen
Streep is fun to watch singing badly and being oblivious to her headache inducing sounds Hugh Grant is also quite good making sure Florence lives a sheltered life and never finds out the truth that her voice stinks 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Oliver Jones
A comic lark that packs a satisfying emotional wallop and continues the balls to the wall career victory lap Meryl Streep has been on since turning 60 years old seven years ago 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Allyson Johnson
There are small aspects of the film to celebrate despite how overshadowed they are by the toneless script 
1
Florence Foster Jenkins
Peter Howell
Enjoyable summer entertainment for grown ups and anyone else seeking refuge from superheroes 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a terribly difficult movie to dislike while at the same time also an almost equally tough one to embrace with any passion 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Colin Eatock
Streep sings very badly very well 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Barry Paris
Streep can croon a decent tune when she needs to This role calls for the greater skill of delivering Florence s songs as deliciously badly as Flo did Result Meryl is a shoo in for her 20th Oscar nomination 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Michael Smith
The more mature patrons of Streep s art are likely to find charm the key selling point of Florence Foster Jenkins the story of a woman driven by love and showing us how boundless and fragile some love can be 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Katie Walsh
A film that dares you to give it a bad review simply so it can turn around and call you a bully who picks on the people who try It invites you to giggle at Florence s horrible singing and then promptly scolds you for laughing 
1
Florence Foster Jenkins
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to label Florence Foster Jenkins as a anything less than a total misfire that wastes the talents of everyone involved 
1.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Rob Thomas
There are layers in what seems initially like a broad hooting comic performance from Streep We get glimpses of the real Florence who seems too smart with her money not to be able to read the people who ask her for it 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Robert Horton
Perhaps it takes someone with vocal talent to truly channel terrible singing 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Mark Dujsik
Jenkins story doesn t mean much of anything here 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Josh Terry
Florence Foster Jenkins is a hoot but it s also the saddest comedy you ll see this year 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Max Weiss
Against the odds Florence Foster Jenkins manages to be a funny and even endearing film But I kept asking myself what s it really about 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Christian Toto
Yes of course Meryl Streep is excellent as an infamously awful opera singer It s Hugh Grant who continually surprises in this slight but charming comedy 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Susan Wloszczyna
Florence Foster Jenkins will strike a chord with those looking for relief in the form of originality top tier acting and amazingly godawful singing 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Johanna Schneller
Florence Foster Jenkins isn t perfect bits of busyness can t disguise its simple arc But it trips lightly through some pretty profound ideas about power selfishness vanity generosity and human frailty 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Willie Waffle
If mean words from a critic were so damaging to the artist I would have killed Rob Schneider years ago 
2
Florence Foster Jenkins
Dustin Putman
Wispy and low key a little funny but not uproariously so and a little touching but mostly in its home stretch 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Robert W. Butler
It s the rare film that discovers dignity in foolishness 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Elise Nakhnikian
The film champions coddling people like Florence Foster Jenkins and treats critical thinking as the enemy 
2
Florence Foster Jenkins
Mary Kunz Goldman
Not quite a sad story it s not quite a comedy either Florence Foster Jenkins will always be a mystery The best that movie makers can do is present us with her story and leave us to wonder 
4
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sean P. Means
Meryl Streep proves that it takes a great performer to play a bad one well in the odd and sweet comedy Florence Foster Jenkins 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Peter Travers
A damn fine and funny film Streep could be looking at her 20th Oscar nomination It s a whole new direction for Grant And Helberg is irresistible 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Tirdad Derakhshani
You re never too old to start falling in love with Meryl Streep all over again 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Rick Bentley
Frears works at a frantic pace to get Jenkins from one failed performance to the next This gives Streep a lot of moments of musical misfortunes but they are delivered in such a helter skelter manner that each seems little different than the one before 
2
Florence Foster Jenkins
Lou Lumenick
With such a high powered cast at his disposal Frears latest is probably the most fun you ll have at a movie this summer 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Dann Gire
it succinctly and eloquently lays out a story in which the public grows to value the likability and kind heart of the talent more than her actual talent itself 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Bill Zwecker
The great gift of this film of course is that Streep again completely embodies the character she is playing but imbues Florence with such empathy charm dedication and warmth that we re cheering for her throughout this entire movie 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Ann Hornaday
Even when her notes are intolerably sour Jenkins s story is never less than touchingly bittersweet 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Moira MacDonald
It is as so many Streep movies seem to be these days a wonderful performance in a movie that isn t quite as good as she is 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Thelma Adams
The material could have used a full out comedic plot in the P G Wodehouse vein or something slyly sophisticated like Wes Anderson s The Grand Budapest Hotel Instead it gets lost in the shallows along with Streep s Oscar chances 
2
Florence Foster Jenkins
Rafer Guzman
A real life screwball comedy with a solid gold cast Grant may have just sealed his first Oscar nomination 
4
Florence Foster Jenkins
Calvin Wilson
It s not necessary to be a classical music buff to be charmed by this thoroughly entertaining film that never hits a false note 
3.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Ty Burr
Streep honors the character s benevolent cluelessness and the melancholy beneath her optimism and she nails every one of Florence Foster Jenkins godawful notes with precision That alone sums up the movie s contradictions 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Lawrence Toppman
If you don t confuse this with history or with the French film Marguerite a fictional piece loosely based on FFJ you ll come away touched That s mostly because of Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Mick LaSalle
It s mildly amusing when it should be funny sentimental when it should be deep and all too easy when it should be unsettling It s still some kind of success but a modest one 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Karen D'Souza
Despite lively performances handsome costumes and a lavish sense of 1940s high society Florence Foster Jenkins just doesn t hit all the right notes 
2.5
Florence Foster Jenkins
Roger Moore
Streep s latest feats Playing her first ever dope and making Hugh Grant relevant again 
3
Florence Foster Jenkins
Peter Canavese
A legitimately fascinating central character Not surprisingly Streep expertly shades every eccentricity embodying Jenkins in her musical waywardness 
3
Tyson
Rob Thomas
It s more in the details and in the margins that Tyson is riveting and what Tyson sometimes reveals unintentionally 
3
The Singer
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I want a great film about Hector Lavoe and after watching this I m still waiting for it 
2
The Singer
Susan Tavernetti
LLittle more than a string of music videos in search of a script 
1.5
The Singer
Matt Brunson
Reduces a potentially fascinating film into merely another cautionary story about a self absorbed celebrity junkie whore 
1.5
The Singer
Michael Dequina
Ichaso and his writing collaborators never allow Hector Lavoe to be much more than a voice with substance abuse issues not a person 
2
The Singer
Geoff Pevere
This may be one of the very few biopics in which the subject is marginalized to the point of irrelevance 
1
The Singer
Mark Lepage
El Cantante has to legitimize its subject before it can immortalize him and in the effort it makes the mistake of letting a star get in the way of the truth 
2
The Singer
Mark Dujsik
The biopic in its barest form 
1.5
The Singer
Sean McBride
the melodrama in between the music is mediocre at best and makes El Cantante nothing to sing home about 
2
The Singer
Lou Lumenick
A downer of a musical biopic that leaves no clich unturned 
2
The Singer
Daniel M. Kimmel
Part of the problem is that it is telling a story that has been told so many times that it feels like a remake 
2
The Singer
Kam Williams
Certain to evoke a few tears from Fania fans with feelings of nostalgia for the bygone era 
4
The Singer
Sean P. Means
Ichaso skims the surface of LaVoe s life hitting on the usual musician biopic cliches already seen in Ray and Walk the Line 
2
The Singer
Larry Ratliff
Despite pulsating to a hot hot hot salsa beat El Cantante is often a mess mess mess 
2.5
The Singer
Robert W. Butler
How are we supposed to view Lavoe The film never makes up its mind The man apparently started out as an innocent and quickly went to the devil 
2
The Singer
Joey Guerra
The film s first half is an uneven string of scenes that offer little setup and sometimes confuse 
2.5
The Singer
Terry Lawson
Lavoe was a gifted and original singer and song interpreter but this film is unlikely to spread the word 
2
The Singer
Claudia Puig
The music is the uncontested highlight of El Cantante which tells the story of the tragic life of salsa legend Hector Lavoe 
2.5
The Singer
Maitland McDonagh
Biopic clichs hamstring producer star Jennifer Lopez s pet project which purports to recount the rise and fall of pioneering salsa singer Hector Lavoe but devotes as much if not more screentime to his hellion wife 
2
The Singer
Lisa Kennedy
El Cantante never nails the ecstatic moment of musical collaboration we crave from this genre Where is the scene that gives us a fly on the wall view of salsa s creation 
2.5
The Singer
Ted Fry
El Cantante has nerve but can t follow through on the edginess of its intentions 
2
The Singer
Mick LaSalle
Throughout El Cantante we re told repeatedly that everybody loves Hector though why they should love him is a mystery For fully two thirds of the film there isn t enough there either to like or dislike 
1
The Singer
Roger Ebert
The director Leon Ichaso and his co writers haven t licked a crucial question Why do we need to see this movie and not just listen to the music 
2
The Singer
Carla Meyer
Perhaps El Cantante will inspire viewers to seek out recordings by Lavoe who died in 1993 after battles with AIDS and addiction They probably explain his legendary status much better than the film does 
2
The Singer
Ty Burr
Where s the ambition Where s the passion 
2
The Singer
Gary Goldstein
Ultimately Ichaso s passionate helming and its stars deep commitment make El Cantante The Singer worth seeing despite the film s unmistakable missteps 
3
The Singer
Elizabeth Weitzman
The awkwardly told story of salsa legend Hector Lavoe El Cantante doesn t even get the title right It should have been called La Esposa since it s really less about the singer than his wife 
2
The Singer
Rene Rodriguez
There s a lot of music in El Cantante with Marc Anthony more than doing justice to Lavoe s insanely catchy groundbreaking songs It s whenever the music stops that the movie runs into trouble 
2
The Singer
Steve Rhodes
The film s pathetic cinematography will make viewers feel like they ve been through an unbearable eye test with dirty glasses 
1
The Singer
Sara Michelle Fetters
I must admit I still have trouble recommending the film even with Anthony s magnificence 
2.5
The Singer
James Sanford
takes the unusual and awkward approach of letting Puchi tell Hector s story via flashbacks That s somewhat akin to letting Kevin Federline narrate the Britney Spears saga 
1.5
The Singer
Michael Phillips
What is it about the biopic genre that gravitates toward the same sea of cliches no matter what the sound or era 
2
The Singer
Paul Kosidowski
Lively but frustratingly shallow 
2.5
The Singer
Jeff Vice
El Cantante hits several of the low points in the life of pioneering Salsa music singer Hector Lavoe But it glosses over many if not all of the high points in his too brief life and music career 
2
The Singer
Chris Hewitt
Frankly any of us could write this screenplay 
2
The Singer
Lisa Rose
Director Leon Ichaso Piero uses every trick in the hack biopic book including flashback stock footage and montages of newspaper headlines flying toward the camera 
1.5
The Singer
Carrie Rickey
Directed with palpable passion and terrific period feel by Ichaso El Cantante has camerawork and editing that move with the 4 4 rhythm of salsa upbeat even when the drama grows downbeat 
3
The Singer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
El Cantante eventually succumbs to the typically broad biopic canvas It hits nothing but highlights and misses the singer s soul 
2.5
The Singer
Jan Stuart
The vibrant music ultimately takes a back seat to the cacophonous lady at the film s misplaced center
1.5
The Singer
Matt Pais
Just a lot of interchangeable salsa songs and Lopez delivering a performance even Fran Drescher would call annoying 
1.5
The Singer
Phil Villarreal
Ichaso takes the inspiration explanation technique a step further setting up scenes that echo Lavoe s album covers which flash across the screen Corny yes but sort of cool 
3
The Singer
Josh Larsen
you d learn almost as much about Lavoe and his sound if you watch Walk the Line or Ray 
2
The Singer
Ed Gonzalez
The film coasts on famed salsa legend Hector Lavoe s music and Anthony s impassioned performance but it makes way to many concessions to the Ray mode of biopic storytelling 
2
Eyewitness
Roger Ebert
Every scene develops characters And they re developed in such offbeat fidelity to the way people do behave that we get all the more involved in the mystery just because for once we halfway believe it could really be happening 
3
Voice of a Murderer
Maitland McDonagh
Korean director Jin pyo Park s quietly devastating crime drama inspired by a notorious real life kidnapping focuses on the gradual disintegration of the victim s parents a popular TV personality and his deeply religious wife 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Michael Kleinschrodt
Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl remains a rarity among this summer s movies in that it not only meets audience expectations it exceeds them 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Namrata Joshi
A wonderful entertainer thrilling engrossing and stylish 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Joe Lozito
Oops there I go again talking about Johnny Depp Get used to that He s all you ll remember from the movie 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Michael Dequina
Depp s highly strange oddly magnetic and irresistibly entertaining performance energizes the overextended two hour plus proceedings 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Judith Egerton
May cause you to sing Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum and shout phrases such as Tie the scurvy dogs to the yardarm just for the fun of it 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Austin O'Connor
Depp is wonderful here and Sparrrow is the best creation of the movie year 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Wesley Lovell
Pirates of the Caribbean is an entertaining swashbuckling adventure that will leave audiences wanting a sequel 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es la ms grata sorpresa de un verano flmico lleno de secuelas bastante mediocres 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Elias Savada
a jolly roger rollercoaster of fun 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Kevin A. Ranson
a superior concept that incorporated all the key elements that made the attraction successful a new franchise for Disney for sequels that won t have to be direct to video 
4
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Forrest Hartman
Although too good to toss aside Pirates is as formulaic a movie as you re likely to see this year 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Peter Travers
Buries its treasures mainly Johnny Depp in eye shadow and dreads as Captain Jack Sparrow in briny clichs 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
James Kendrick
the best corporate produced blockbuster to emerge this summer
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
David Keyes
It s never a good sign when source material is based off of something as flimsy as a theme park thrill ride but Pirates of the Caribbean works on many cylinders 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a grand old fashioned sense of matinee serial wonderment in their writing that is quite invigorating the movie coming alive time and time again thanks to their rich and hearty dialogue 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
David N. Butterworth
Disney s Pirates of the Caribbean is a rousing action adventure yarn highlighted by another truly eccentric performance by Johnny Depp 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Steve Rhodes
With prissy swagger and loveable bravado Depp s a pirate captain who steals your heart 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Marty Mapes
If you ve often seen this type of summer fare you might find this movie tedious
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Josh Gilchrist
It feels like a cross between Errol Flynn and Monty Python 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Mike McGranaghan
It s not so much the minor flaws as it is the fact that Pirates of the Caribbean just wasn t enough fun for me 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Linda Cook
AAaarrrghh uably one of the summer s best 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Mark Dujsik
Fun pure and simple 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Arthur Salm
The only special effect Pirates of the Caribbean needed was the eyeliner beneath the unsteady eyes of Johnny Depp 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Timothy Knight
While certainly not a bad film Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl nonetheless rates as somewhat of a disappointment given the talent involved 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
John Beifuss
The Haunted Mansion with Eddie Murphy is scheduled for Thanksgiving No word yet about possible movies based on the Enchanted Tiki Room or the spinnning teacups 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Peter Sobczynski
I enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean enough to recommend it but there are a couple of serious flaws with it that should be addressed 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jonathan R. Perry
We find a few unexpected treasures mildewing away in Jerry Bruckheimer s chest of slimy old clichs a script that occasionally borders on cleverness a winningly sleazy performance by Johnny Depp and a considerable sense of style from Gore Verbinski 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Tyler Hanley
Spooky atmospheric direction and a colorful turn by Depp clash with the dumbed down storyline and veritable booty of pirate cliches 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not only wildly surpasses its poor expectations but also stands tall as one of the very best summer movies of all time 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
David Sterritt
The movie is marvelously filmed with visual touches recalling fantasy specialists Terry Gilliam and Ray Harryhausen among others 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Guylaine Cadorette
Pirates of the Caribbean is surprisingly good but it probably would not have been half as entertaining if it were not for Johnny Depp s commanding performance as Captain Jack Sparrow 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Josh Larsen
Depp is Pirates loose cannon and the real reason to see the film 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Nick Rogers
Brisk exciting and at times wildly funny Pirates wisely channels blockbusters of old that didn t have the benefit of more more more effects or angst filled Daddy didn t love me plotlines 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dustin Putman
By the end the film has gone from being a cheesy delight to an aimless tired smorgasbord of empty action scenes 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Scott Warren
Pirates is Indiana Jones on the high seas complete with serial B movie concept wall to wall action and fantastic myths come true 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Claudia Puig
Pirates will enthrall kids and amuse adults Its only failing is that at 2 hours and 15 minutes it s about 20 minutes too long 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Chris Hewitt
At nearly 2 1 2 hours Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl is as ridiculously overlong as its title but it is also scary fun 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Peter Bernard
A fun Disney ride 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Moira MacDonald
Who knew Johnny Depp was a theme park all by himself 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Bruce Newman
Pirates of the Caribbean is a movie that you ride around in circles for 2 hours and 23 minutes until at last it brings you back where you began exhausted and a lot dizzier 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Mick LaSalle
A monotonous repetitive spectacle of endless shipboard sword fights and pirate ghosts in the moonlight 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Joe Baltake
Just imagine spending two hours plus on a Pirates of the Caribbean ride and you ll get some idea of the approximate sensations that this movie creates 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Carrie Rickey
An improbably entertaining if overlong adventure that brings new meaning to the term summer camp 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Lou Lumenick
Pirates of the Caribbean tends to overstay its welcome 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jami Bernard
While the plot and action are all deliberately familiar director Gore Verbinski steers a continual course for sheer mindless rope swinging crow s nest hollering summer fun 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jeff Strickler
A pretty fun ride all by itself 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Rene Rodriguez
The summer s oddest most unexpected blockbuster has arrived 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Sean P. Means
Depp hijacks no commandeers the staginess and special effects turning Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl into a giddy adventure 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Tony Toscano
From stem to stern this rousing adventure shines ship shape and Bristol fashion 
4
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jeff Vice
This is one of the few summer movies this year that actually feels like a summer movie 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Roger Ebert
A movie that charms the audience and then outstays its welcome 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ty Burr
An exhilaratingly funny movie ride 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jeffrey Westhoff
May not blow you out of the water as the trailer promised but it delivers enough fun to shiver anyone s timbers 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Bob Bloom
Pirates is a fantasy excursion that will bring out the Peter Pan in you 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Phil Villarreal
Yo ho yo ho A full refund for me 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Duane Dudek
A fast moving wickedly funny and vividly mounted distraction that brings to mind adventure romps like The Mummy The Princess Bride and Disney s The Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Glenn Whipp
Bruckheimer and pals have cobbled together all of the pirate genre s tropes the cannonballs the sword fights the glittering treasure and freshened them up throwing in a couple of nods to the Disneyland ride for good measure 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Terry Lawson
The most entertaining amusement of a summer divided between spectacles that force you to exercise your brain and spectacles that seem to suck the brain right out of your head 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Lisa Kennedy
Pirates of the Caribbean may have taken its nutso inspiration from a theme park ride But it has become without a doubt its own wild ride 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Erik Childress
This is a helluva enjoyable flick that dare I say it doesn t require the knowledge of a trip down that old boat ride since it creates its own ride all by itself 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Michael Szymanski
This movie is a lot more entertaining than the Disney ride itself and will perhaps stand the test of time and repeat viewings even more 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Walter Chaw
One foot of the film is in Terry Gilliam s ethics of the stratum surreal with the other in Spielbergian theme park attraction 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
John Anderson
Pirates of the Caribbean has a smart script an attractive cast some very creative violence and romance to boot 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
James Berardinelli
Swashbuckling adventures are few and far between these days so it s a pleasant surprise to see one that is competently made 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Rob Blackwelder
I m now here to eat every bad word I said in anticipation of this movie it may well be one of the most enjoyable pirate escapades of all time 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Michael Wilmington
Pirates of the Caribbean is fun but only as long as you don t expect much 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ross Anthony
Before it becomes redundant the action is truly fun and classically swashbuckling 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Emily Blunt
POTC Legend of the Black Pearl is an immediate Disney TM Classic It s a frolicking ten ton treasure chest of swashbuckling summer fun Watch Red Carpet Coverage
4
Hollidaysburg
Mike McGranaghan
The movie jumps right in without taking the time to properly introduce us to the people we ll be following for 87 minutes By the time I finally figured everything out I no longer cared 
2
Heart of a Dog
Peter Canavese
Arty to be sure but it s not pretentious rather it s expressive of the scattered state of mind the reflective state of mind that attends grief Criterion Collection Blu ray 
3
Heart of a Dog
John Beifuss
Anderson s salutation to Lolabelle may crush the animal lovers in the audience Hello little bonehead I ll love you forever 
3
Heart of a Dog
Pat Padua
Alternately abstract and literal the film works best when what we see on screen doesn t align with what we re hearing 
3
Heart of a Dog
Steven Rea
Ghosts haunt Heart of a Dog but so too does love 
3.5
Heart of a Dog
G. Allen Johnson
It is a celebration of life and how special it is to be a part of it while we re here 
4
Heart of a Dog
James Adams
The wide swerve of Anderson s associations their hypnotic splattered mist don t make for an easy film But it is a very good one and only the hardest heart will leave the theatre unmoved 
3.5
Heart of a Dog
Chris Knight
Laurie Anderson has crafted an experimental film that at first seems like it s going to be a paean to her dearly departed rat terrier But over its meandering 75 minutes it gradually blossoms into something much deeper 
3.5
Heart of a Dog
Bruce DeMara
It s dreamlike and deliberately abstruse rather like visual poetry that requires viewers to reflect upon and draw their own interpretations It s a fascinating exercise 
3
Heart of a Dog
Brian Tallerico
Perhaps what s most remarkable about Heart of a Dog is that it s able to be about many things to many people while also not lacking in an ounce of confidence or focus at the same time 
3
Heart of a Dog
Stephen Whitty
When it comes to death facts are beside the point Sometimes all you need to see are bare trees Or a wintry landscape Or a small dog too sick and tired to stand 
3
Heart of a Dog
Clayton Dillard
Laurie Anderson condenses contemporary human experience to the point where exterior and interior are made indistinguishable from one another 
3.5
August Evening
Larry Ratliff
Pedro Castaneda the male lead in Chris Eska s mesmerizing debut feature August Evening has the kind of natural hypnotic screen presence that cannot be taught 
3
August Evening
Bob Strauss
August Evening creates a complete world with all of its practical limitations and emotional possibilities for Jaime and Lupe to hunt for their place in 
3
August Evening
V.A. Musetto
Pedro Castaneda a nonprofessional appearing in his first film and Veronica Loren tug at your heartstrings with their portrayals of the lead characters 
3
August Evening
Nick Schager
August Evening may not be on par with the work of Yasujiro Ozu but the late Japanese master s influence can be felt in the patient rhythms and thematic preoccupations of Chris Eska s film
3
The Night Eats the World
Walter Chaw
The Night Eats the World is a play on the zombie thing sure but it s also a poetic way to address how the world shrinks around your depression and makes of all the possible avenues one small room 
3.5
The Night Eats the World
Sean P. Means
The Night Eats the World isn t above borrowing from other zombie movies the frenzy of 28 Days Later here the dark humor of Shaun of the Dead there but it does so in an engaging way 
3
The Night Eats the World
Mark Dujsik
The film is a neat twist on the well worn terrain of zombie stories 
3
The Night Eats the World
Chuck Bowen
Dominique Rocher reinvigorates the zombie film only to succumb to the strictures of the coming of age romance 
2.5
The Night Eats the World
Roger Moore
A quiet contemplative Parisian zombie movie or that was the intention Dull 
2
New Guy
David Sterritt
Alas the movie is less clever than its characters 
1
New Guy
V.A. Musetto
This is Ebiri s first feature after directing four shorts He shows talent but shouldn t give up his day job just yet 
2
New Guy
Steve Rhodes
An intriguing black comedy of the Office Space genre that rapidly descends into a Kafkaesque thriller 
2.5
Zoe
Joey Magidson
What helps to set Zoe apart is that Doremus aims equally for your head and your heart 
3
Zoe
Brian Tallerico
The non stop navel gazing faux philosophical dialogue about love starts to feel like some strange experiment itself 
1
Zoe
Mark Matousek
Drake Doremus s compositions seem to be motivated by the idea that there s no more profound image than sunlight reflecting off one half of a character s face 
2.5
Einstein and Eddington
David N. Butterworth
Gollum and Dr Who play the eponymous genius physicist and relatively unknown astronomer respectively in the impeccably made BBC docudrama Einstein and Eddington 
3
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Ray Conlogue
Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing 
4
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Rachel Howard
Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness not the man and the results might drive you crazy 
2
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Jonathan Curiel
Fans of Nijinsky will savor every minute of Cox s work 
3
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Roger Ebert
It is not a mass market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another 
3.5
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Sid Smith
Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos but there are no movies of Nijinsky so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge 
2
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Gene Seymour
It s not like having a real film of Nijinsky but at least it s better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered 
3
Hunt Her, Kill Her
Mark Dujsik
A movie such as Hunt Her 44 Kill Her needs to be as tight in its logic and logistics as it is in its premise 44 and this one isn apos t quite up to that task 46 
2.5
Hunt Her, Kill Her
Ross McIndoe
Hunt Her 44 Kill Her simply isn 8217 t tight enough to maintain the tension that it seeks to create 46 
1.5
Europa, Europa
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The overall sweep of Europa Europa as both spectacle and story telling is effortless throughout 
4
Europa, Europa
Matt Brunson
Perhaps never before or since in film history has circumcision played such a pivotal role in a movie s plotline Yet that s the almost absurdist thread running throughout Europa Europa 
3.5
Europa, Europa
Jordan Hiller
While in every other Holocaust film the Nazis are depicted as masterful at sniffing out and executing Jews Perel dodges bullet after bullet with relative ease and immense good fortune 
2.5
Europa, Europa
Wesley Lovell
8220 Europa Europa 8221 is a wonderful movie 44 but not for everyone 46 The subtitles are sometimes hard to follow 59 so most viewers won 8217 t be likely to follow the film easily 46 
4
The Forecaster
Michael O'Sullivan
Even after watching the movie I have no idea how scared I should be 
2
Paradox
Roger Moore
It s a mess son
1
Paradox
Peter Sobczynski
What Hannah has given us is essentially a glorified home movie sans the glory 
1.5
Damsel
Brian Eggert
It is a film that has been overlooked and demands a critical reassessment for its goofy pleasures sharp commentary and playfulness with genre traditions 
4
Damsel
Jeff Mitchell
The Zellner Brothers Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska turn the American western on its head with hilarious offbeat tones and performances 
3.5
Damsel
Joe Friar
The deadpan humor mixed with a bit of slapstick forms a layer of comedy that remains on the surface while more weighty themes bubble underneath 
3.5
Damsel
Rob Thomas
Damsel provides a heroine who has no trouble seizing control of her narrative from the misbehaving men in her life sometimes with a rifle and dynamite if necessary 
3.5
Damsel
Karen M. Peterson
Nothing about Damsel is offensive or bad Frequently it is quite good and its endeavor to offer something new is the biggest reason to celebrate 
3
Damsel
Robert Daniels
Throughout the film Pattinson s control of his accent his ability to add complexity to an imbecilic character and his comedic timing are new signs that he is more than that Twilight dream boy 
3.5
Damsel
Mark Dujsik
The fraternal filmmakers have plotted a clever bit of revisionism here although the movie itself works much better as a concept than in practice 
2
Damsel
Ann Hornaday
Damsel owes just as much to the absurdist tone of the Coen brothers possessing the same visual and verbal japery and occasionally absurdism for its own wearyingly ridiculous sake 
3
Damsel
Gary Thompson
Damsel is designed to be a deliberately out of joint comedy about a woman forced to endure an exasperating ordeal After two hours I could relate 
2.5
Damsel
Michael Phillips
Like everything else attractive to the eye in Damsel this image of happiness is a cruel illusion It s also an unilluminating one 
1.5
Damsel
Ty Burr
The frontier as a symbol not of manifest destiny but of man s idiocy There s an interesting movie in that Damsel gets about halfway there 
2
Damsel
Richard Roeper
Damsel is set some 150 years ago but it s a timely social commentary about certain gender based stereotypes that still exist in the movies Mia Wasikowska kills it as Penelope 
3.5
Damsel
Christy Lemire
Damsel is a sly feminist manifesto disguised as a shaggy amiable hangout movie 
3
Damsel
Peter Travers
This warped WTF western from the Zellner brothers gives Rob Pattinson a chance to shine In a Hollywood of formulaic hack jobs the Zellners know how to keep you guessing Don t knock it It s a gift 
3
Damsel
Robert Levin
The world needs more offbeat comic Westerns like Damsel which fearlessly takes up space in subgenre terrain that s rarely occupied these days 
2.5
Damsel
Josh Larsen
a long stretching out of the same sly joke 
2.5
Damsel
Katie Walsh
A film that s intellectually stimulating and beautiful to look at but a bit too arch to truly fall in love with 
2.5
Damsel
Jake Coyle
While the movie isn t quite as clever as it thinks it is the Zellners have a sweet likable sense of humor tinged with tragedy And they remain filmmakers to watch 
2.5
Damsel
Roger Moore
A bit drawn out but Wasikowska and Pattinson are a giddy delight 
2.5
Damsel
Steve Macfarlane
Damsel ends up feeling like a festival land breakout comedy short dragged out for two interminable hours 
1.5
Damsel
Josh Terry
The setup is great but the finish just feels too empty 
2.5
Song to Song
John Beifuss
After three films the auteur s habit of employing the most attractive of movie stars as leads while real people and members of ethnic groups are used as exotic props has seriously diluted the impact of the work s promise of transcendence and salvation 
2
Song to Song
John Semley
The haughtily unenlightened can joke and snipe and snore all the want As evinced by Song to Song Malick is operating in top form If only we d be bothered to do the work of making sense of it 
4
Song to Song
Chris Knight
Malick has been accused of ever increasing navel gazing in his movies and this one does nothing to rebut that charge 
1.5
Song to Song
Peter Howell
Terrence Malick s latest film isn t so much a movie as it is a freeform collection of whispers and beseeching looks 
1.5
Song to Song
Roger Moore
Malick s head is so far up his bum these days that he s lucky he doesn t see polyps 
1
Song to Song
Josh Larsen
In Song to Song Malick s concerns have clarified into a clearly expressed conservatism 
2
Song to Song
Mark Dujsik
What happened here 
1.5
Song to Song
Sean P. Means
Malick seems to be straining to make grand statements about love and life and creation but the results are a maddening disappointing assembly of disjointed moments and ponderous voice overs 
2.5
Song to Song
Ann Hornaday
If Song to Song is a punctuation point in Malick s search for a new visual language let it be an instructive one 
1.5
Song to Song
Calvin Wilson
Some moviegoers will find the experience frustrating others will be exhilarated by a film that s far afield from the usual formulas 
3
Song to Song
Michael Phillips
Song to Song tests its dreamers and wanderers and leaves them a little wiser maybe for the experience And maybe that s the best way to express how I felt watching it 
2.5
Song to Song
Ty Burr
Song to Song reminds a viewer of what latter day Malick does best place pretty Caucasian chalk outlines within a filmic world of such paralyzing beauty that we re prompted to appreciate the reality into which we stagger once the film is over 
2.5
Song to Song
Gary Thompson
Song to Song is quintessential Terrence Malick movie it s a collection of ecstatic images designed to invoke the divine to affirm the presence of God Watching it as usual requires the patience of Job 
2
Song to Song
Rex Reed
Another lethal boring and relentlessly inert load of self indulgent twaddle cut from the same maddening bolt of existential cloth as the Texas based writer director s other pseudo box office bombs 
0
Song to Song
Dustin Putman
It is with heartening exhilaration to announce then the Malick of old has finally returned Confidently sprawling and startlingly clear eyed Song to Song is of a whole with itself always lyrical and often breathtaking to watch take shape 
3.5
Song to Song
Peter Travers
Legendary filmmaker Terrence Malick hits all the wrong notes with this rambling incoherent love triangle story set against the Austin Texas music scene 
1
Song to Song
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a brainy concept album made up of B sides and filler The musicianship is superb but the songs needed work 
2.5
Song to Song
Carson Lund
Terrence Malick s Song to Song is about floating along on currents of uncertain desire and excitement 
3.5
Song to Song
Stephen Whitty
Malick s story is simple for once and his themes clearer than ever 
3
Body Parts
Richard Roeper
Kristy Guevara Flanagan s insightful comprehensive and thought provoking documentary 
3.5
Body Parts
Joey Magidson
Body Parts paints a bleak portrait of where the industry used to be 44 in terms of filming sex scenes 44 while still showing a better path forward 46 
3
Bottle Shock
Matt Soergel
With much loving longing gazing at the Napa Valley landscape it s awfully good looking if you can discount the high waisted bell bottoms and the homely yellow AMC Gremlin that wheezes into scenes every once in a while 
2.5
Bottle Shock
Mike Scott
It doesn t exactly come off as boxed wine to the top shelf sensibilities of Sideways but there s not enough story or heart for it to capture the same lightning in a bottle 
2
Bottle Shock
Sean P. Means
Flat musty and with a hint of flopsweat 
2
Bottle Shock
Austin Kennedy
I was slightly involved towards the end but the story s constant shift in focus made it hard for me to care through most of it
2.5
Bottle Shock
Phil Villarreal
It might have worked better as a documentary or better yet a paragraph on Wikipedia 
2
Bottle Shock
John Beifuss
I detect bacon fat laced with honey melon says a wine lover played by Dennis Farina Moviegoers are more likely to detect corn with a bit of ham 
2
Bottle Shock
Charles Koplinski
Though this film may be based on a true story it comes off as a collection of cliches peopled by characters straight out of central casting 
2.0
Bottle Shock
Rene Rodriguez
The people who made Bottle Shock obviously love their wine They re not that crazy about the French And they are firm believers in the screenwriting rule of leaving no underdog formula clich unused 
2
Bottle Shock
Jeff Vice
Frankly the droll Rickman is the most watchable thing about the movie A subplot dealing with Bo s wine savvy buddy Freddy Rodriguez has its moments too but isn t given enough time to come to its fruition 
2
Bottle Shock
Chris Hewitt
If Bottle Shock were a wine someone would probably call it amusing with a hint of apricot I d just call it a heck of a lot of fun 
3
Bottle Shock
Carla Meyer
Bottle Shock takes a fascinating historic event and renders it as a sidelight to an overindulged father son conflict and story lines that start out well but never go anywhere 
2
Bottle Shock
Duane Dudek
like a wine with a hint of bacon laced with melon its contrasting elements coalesce to make Bottle Shock a palatable if not thoroughly nuanced experience 
3
Bottle Shock
Cathy Frisinger
Comedy and drama are nicely balanced in this mostly true tale 
3
Bottle Shock
Marjorie Baumgarten
Stuff the cork back in This wine movie was sold before its time 
1.5
Bottle Shock
Bill Ward
Its heart is so in the right place and its tableau so appealing that it s easy to come away from this sweet scrappy film with a nice little buzz 
3
Bottle Shock
Matt Brunson
To lay it out in terms that both an oenophile and a cineast would understand if Sideways is the cinematic equivalent of an unopened bottle of the 1945 Mouton Rothschild then Bottle Shock figures to be akin to a plastic cup filled with 2007 Boone s Farm
1.5
Bottle Shock
Christian Toto
Bottle Shock is like a discount bottle of wine you ll savor despite its apparent flaws 
2.5
Bottle Shock
John Anderson
A winning cast and a magnum s worth of subplots make Bottle Shock extremely watchable perhaps a bit fruity with grace notes of leather oak and no ham 
3
Bottle Shock
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film follows the Rocky Hoosiers template to the letter not a single thing here either a surprise or shock For some this will prove to be a winner despite that fact For others it will be nothing more than a shrug inducing diversion 
2
Bottle Shock
Michael Phillips
The film is based on fact but its texture is such that even the true bits feel trumped up and the fictional components add only the phoniest sort of conflict 
2
Bottle Shock
Peter Travers
Bottle Shock is something special there s magic in it 
3
Bottle Shock
Jeanne Aufmuth
A sweet and easy supplement to summer 
3
Bottle Shock
Peter Canavese
As for the inevitable fudging of fact it doesn rsquo t bend the true story to its breaking point mdash on balance Bottle Shock is an entertaining tour of wine country 
2.5
Bottle Shock
Claudia Puig
It s the kind of feel good movie whose resolution is evident from the start being based as it is on a true story But that doesn t make the journey any less interesting 
3
Bottle Shock
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director Randall Miller s third feature is a charming comedy drama that s surprising true to the events that inspired it 
3
Bottle Shock
Linda Barnard
Bottle Shock comes on too strong and sours once the cork is popped despite a delightfully over the top showing by Alan Rickman 
2
Bottle Shock
John Hartl
Just because a movie is energetic doesn t mean it can t feel sluggish 
2
Bottle Shock
Lou Lumenick
Beautifully shot by Michael J Ozier the dominating taste in Bottle Shock is Rickman s beautiful performance as a snob a snob who is secretly open to being delightfully surprised 
3
Bottle Shock
Evan Henerson
Rickman s fish out of water act in farm country the man never loses his suit and tie makes for Bottle Shock s sunniest moments 
2.5
Bottle Shock
Jason McBride
For all of its intermittent crowd pleasing charm oenophiles and cinephiles for that matter might be better off putting their money toward a good bottle of Robert Mondavi 
2
Bottle Shock
Reyhan Harmanci
It lacks the character and depth of a product whose value increases with age In other words it s no Chateau Montelena 73 Chardonnay 
1
Bottle Shock
Dustin Putman
A curiously languid emotionally detached experience 
1.5
Bottle Shock
Steven Rea
A great story and a true one more or less Bottle Shock nonetheless fails to deliver much in the way of entertainment 
2
Bottle Shock
Roger Ebert
Bottle Shock is more than the story It is also about people who love their work care about it with passion and talk about it with knowledge 
3.5
Bottle Shock
Ty Burr
If movies were wine Bottle Shock would be a pleasant varietal you d find on the half price shelf Nothing fancy but tasty nonetheless 
3
Bottle Shock
Ed Gonzalez
After Sideways and now Bottle Shock it s official I love wine as much as I hate movies about people who love wine 
1.5
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Tom Keogh
An exciting documentary that focuses on several aspects of the forgotten practice of mummifying the dead in preparation for the afterlife 
3.5
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Ross Anthony
Solid but not daring IMAX cinematography Has its moments but fails to wow 
2
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Linda Cook
Oh the secrets you ll ahem unravel 
4
Open Up to Me
Roger Moore
Maarit is not bellwether transgender character and not necessarily that likeable She s just selfish and reckless something everybody else is to a greater or lesser degree 
2.5
The Mark of Zorro
Austin Kennedy
It s exciting thrilling romantic and thoroughly entertaining And it s all anchored by a rousing performance from Douglas Fairbanks This is what going to the movies should be about Pure escapism 
3.5
Ten 'til Noon
Timothy Knight
A real waste of time 
0.5
Ten 'til Noon
Ross Anthony
While most of the acting production and tricky writing is good the film overall lacks depth intensity hard hitting drama and message 
2
Daughters of Wisdom
Tom Keogh
The film s subject matter is compelling enough But what really makes Daughters of Wisdom a magical experience is the way Pearlman captures life in that valley 
3.5
Daughters of Wisdom
Michele Kenner
Some individual moments hit home but the cumulative effect doesn t add up to anything more than a peek at Tibetan culture 
2
Daughters of Wisdom
Maureen M. Hart
Harshly beautiful 
3
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Roger Moore
The quality of the works shown and the fame of the artists interviewed is undeniable and impressive 
3
Tuscaloosa
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Philip Harder wants to say so much with Tuscaloosa that the movie ends up saying nothing at all 
1.5
Quicksilver Highway
David Nusair
both of these stories are patently not scary 
2
99
Namrata Joshi
The film sparkles only in a few places tends to flounder and sag and eventually seems way too long and stretched out for its two odd hours 
2
Air Force One
Matt Brunson
Air Force One ultimately isn 8217 t so much 8220 Die Hard on a plane 8221 40 Fly Hard 63 41 as much as it 8217 s a Top Gun for grown ups military hardware in the service of a red white and blue chest thumper 46 
3
Air Force One
David Nusair
a wildly over the top premise that s employed to entertaining sporadically enthralling effect by Petersen 
3
Air Force One
Peter Canavese
An unabashedly jingoistic action extravaganza starring Harrison Ford as The Ass Kicking President Blu ray 
3
Air Force One
Peter Travers
Air Force One doesn t insult the audience It is crafted by a film maker who takes pride in the thrills and sly fun he packs into every frame 
3.5
Air Force One
James Kendrick
calculated with statistical precision to function as both a patriotic call to arms and an emotional tear about a man s family in jeopardy
3
Air Force One
Madeleine Williams
Is Air Force one formulaic Yes Is it gimmicky Yes Does it work Yes 
3
Air Force One
Steve Rhodes
The intelligent and clever script has enough humor to break the tension periodically 
4
Air Force One
Roger Ebert
Harrison Ford is one of the most likable and convincing of movie stars and he almost pulls off the impossible in Air Force One I don t mean he saves the day I mean he almost saves the movie 
2.5
Air Force One
Wesley Lovell
Air Force One is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon 44 as long as you don apos t mind nitpicking afterwards 46 
3
Air Force One
Mike Clark
Preposterous but viscerally juicy
3
Air Force One
Joe Baltake
Harrison Ford can t save Air Force One
2
Air Force One
David Sterritt
It would take a far more intelligent movie than Air Force One to credibly explore the issues raised by this hyperactive plot 
2
Air Force One
Jeff Vice
Ford and director Wolfgang Petersen In the Line of Fire manage to weave some movie magic with one of the most ludicrous plots in recent cinematic history 
3
Air Force One
Rob Blackwelder
Air Force One hasn t a moment of genuine tension because every development is entirely expected 
2
Air Force One
James Berardinelli
As it is the movie is a roller coaster ride for those who prefer not to think once the theater lights have dimmed 
2.5
Air Force One
Michael Dequina
An exciting entertaining variation of the Die Hard formula where our kick hero is none other than the President of the United States 
3.5
Air Force One
Marty Mapes
The plot and the details are cartoonish not psychological Now with that in mind Air Force One is pretty good 
2.5
Magnificent Warriors
Matt Brunson
Those who only know Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once or Tomorrow Never Dies had best round out their education by checking out at least one of the many martial arts movies the Malaysian actress made for the Hong Kong film industry 46 
3
Devil in the Flesh
Kathy Fennessy
Detmers performance certainly leaves an impression though the eroticization of mental illness ends up feeling more exploitative than enlightening 
2.5
The Girl
Barbara Vancheri
The movie sees the director in a more caustic aspect and Alma as not his savior but his enabler wearing the sly smile of a child complicitous in a nasty prank 
3
The Girl
Robert Bianco
Graced by strong performances from Sienna Miller and Toby Jones as Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock this backstage story of Hollywood sexual obsession is never less than enjoyable 
3
The Girl
Daniel Goldberg
This is Hedren s film told through her eyes and in spite of all the glamorous costumes and set pieces it succeeds at being a thoroughly harrowing exposé of Hollywood patriarchy run amok 
3
The Girl
David Wiegand
The director of Psycho and Vertigo has been gone for years which should make it safe for someone to impersonate him But that s all we get from Jones an impersonation and not a very good one either 
2
The Wobblies
Roger Moore
A classic labor documentary from 1979 a film that gets back to the core meaning of the film genre to document to have history recounted by those who actually lived it 
3
First Kill
Tom Meek
Willis pretty much phones it in as the police chief 
2
First Kill
Richard Roeper
Get the 8 ounce Pinot Noir settle in and have some mindless fun 
3
First Kill
Keith Watson
First Kill is not only as bland and leaden as its uber generic title suggests it s downright sloppy to boot 
1.5
I Will, I Will... for Now
Roger Ebert
There will be worse movies this year but probably none so stupefying 
1
Good People
James Berardinelli
Good People provides the degree of entertainment one expects while sitting on a sofa watching a direct to video effort rather than the higher standards one sets for paying 10 for a movie ticket 
2.5
Good People
Glenn Kenny
It s engaging enough while one is watching it but not distinctive enough to make it special or in this case enthusiastically recommendable 
2.5
Good People
Rex Reed
They re good people all right but pretty stupid 
2
Good People
Roger Moore
Decent cast seriously hackneyed story
2
Good People
Tomas Hachard
It only overcomes its deficiencies and gains a modicum of entertainment value precisely when it commits to its illogical storylines and exaggerated plot twists 
1.5
Open Water 2: Adrift
David Nusair
genuinely tense 
3
Monsters
Federico Furzan
A decent movie with monsters in its theme but with a very human conflict to consider Full review in Spanish 
3
Monsters
Josh Larsen
If you want to make your giant monster movie more of a character study more power to you but then the pressure s on to create some truly captivating characters 
1.5
Monsters
Peter Howell
A better than average debut by a filmmaker who merits watching Let s hope that he keeps some of his indie spirit when Hollywood comes calling 
2.5
Monsters
Rene Rodriguez
Too much of Monsters simply reminds you of other better movies 
2
Monsters
Michael Phillips
A sharp little low fi monster movie operating from a tantalizing premise 
3
Monsters
Chris Hewitt
I suspect writer director producer effects designer cinematographer production designer Gareth Edwards is aware he has bitten off more than he could possibly chew 
2
Monsters
Roger Ebert
Monsters is a rather special achievement Think of it as a movie that M Night Shyamalan and we would be happy he made 
3.5
Monsters
Jennie Punter
With Monsters Edwards transcends the special effects auteur label creating a memorable sci fi story in which the hero and heroine are true equals in the adventure How s that for an alien concept 
3.5
Monsters
Steven Rea
Just remember folks If a NASA probe finds alien life forms in space it s not a good idea to bring DNA samples back to Earth 
3
Monsters
Rossiter Drake
Monsters is no Jaws but the comparison is apt on one level Edwards like Spielberg manages to sustain tension even in the absence of early or frequent payoffs 
3
Monsters
Gerald Peary
Too bad the story though atmospheric is so familiar and slight 
2
Monsters
Sara Michelle Fetters
I loved the simplicity of his story the directness of the narrative 
2.5
Monsters
Peter Canavese
Zigs where other monster movies zag a trip worth taking 
2.5
Monsters
Michael O'Sullivan
Monsters is no ordinary horror film If it were it might be a bit better than it is As the movie stands it s a less than compelling relationship drama with aliens 
1.5
Monsters
Ted Fry
For all the portentous ambience and subtlety of mood in this micro budget slog through tropical wastelands and the mumbled dialogue of its vacant eyed protagonists Monsters wields a pretty heavy handed allegorical message 
2
Monsters
Ty Burr
Monsters wants to be an allegory about American self absorption or the panic over immigration or something exactly what is never very clear 
2.5
Monsters
Roger Moore
The immigration and drug war parable and photojournalism ethics are never front and center but draw attention because Edwards doesn t deliver well earned frights or even cheap jolts It s a good looking movie with zero sense of urgency 
2
Monsters
Mike McGranaghan
Atmospheric and inventive A little indie worth looking for 
3
Monsters
Lou Lumenick
Both of them are so obnoxious that you re quickly rooting for the monsters to get them Unfortunately they re never in any real danger 
1
Monsters
Joe Lozito
A great exercise in low budget filmmaking but not much of a monster movie 
2.5
Monsters
James Berardinelli
Who said science fiction films have to be expensive 
3
Monsters
Nick Schager
Allegories don t come much more leaden than Monsters a transparent fusion of Cloverfield and District 9 that posits its alien invasion tale as a parable about illegal immigration 
1.5
Monsters
Dustin Putman
One of the top cinematic achievements so far this century That is not to say it is necessarily a great film only that for what was achieved on a reported budget of less than 100 000 it is very nearly mind blowing 
3
Monsters
Christian Toto
The couple at the heart of Monsters is so insufferable you ll be cheering on the aliens 
1.5
Monsters
David Nusair
A sporadically intriguing yet terminally uninvolving failure 
1.5
Nightwatching
Kate Stables
Martin Freeman s chippy cocky artist is riveting as tender to dying wife Saskia a knowing Eve Birthistle as he is tricky with his militia patrons 
3
Nightwatching
Peter Howell
What truly galls is that Greenaway has the germ of a great movie here 
2
Nightwatching
Guy Dixon
The dialogue s hyper intensity is the whole point and Greenaway frames it with a heavy reliance on set design rather than his usual use of overlapping images 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mattie Lucas
The perfect brand of mindless summer popcorn fodder 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Garth Franklin
A fun little action romp that will play well with the audience it is aiming for so long as they don t go in with any major expectations 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Peter T. Chattaway
Pitt and Jolie have chemistry to burn and the film hits more often than it misses 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Chuck O'Leary
An infuratingly glib star vehicle that plays like Prizzi s Honor for morons 
1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Wesley Lovell
There s something entertaining about watching two adults shooting at each other and destroying their belongings all in the name of therapy 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Kurt Loder
E xpertly entertaining on several levels but what really revs up the movie and launches it into comedy heaven are the performances of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
James Verniere
If you can imagine an unhappy marriage as a house of flying daggers and torrents of verbal spousal abuse transformed by a comic vision into fusillades of bullets it will strike a chord 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Lori Hoffman
it s a romantic comedy with a body count 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
James Kendrick
There is clearly some intentional satire here but there s too much attention paid to the spectacle and not enough to what little substance there is 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Linda Cook
They re hot they re married and they re trying to kill each other 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Peter Debruge
It s so breezily managed by Simon Kinberg s script that you never give the movie s central coincidence a second thought 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Susan Tavernetti
Failing to make a commitment to character development or genre Mr Mrs Smith feels like a bad relationship that goes on way too long 
1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jim Schembri
It was precisely at the 70 minute mark where Brad Pitt is repeatedly kicking Angelina Jolie in the stomach that I figured no Stop hoping 
0.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jonathan R. Perry
Somewhere among the impossibly athletic gunplay and impossibly witty sparring by two impossibly attractive leads is a sly incisive metaphor for the modern American marriage 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Matt Brunson
The sharp dialogue is too often drowned out by the incessant explosions and automatic weapons fire 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Frank Ochieng
a stylish and slick romantic romp that is a sheer blast a stimulating actioner that is quite funny and visually appetizing 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Nick Rogers
From a deep fat fryer of Brangelina publicity comes not a greasy meal but a solid summer souffle that crackles thanks to great chemistry good action and an inventive score 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mike McGranaghan
Mr Mrs Smith is like The War of the Roses combined with one of those Spy vs Spy cartoons that used to run in Mad magazine 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Dustin Putman
So bewitching as a romantic charged aesthetically slick star vehicle that it s easy to overlook its shakier aspects Has adult summer blockbuster written all over it 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Peter Keough
A one joke movie 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Geoff Pevere
A movie so in love with itself it hardly needs us at all 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The studio must have reasoned that Jolie and Brad Pitt are movie stars so anything they do would be seen as fun and attractive and what could be more fun and attractive than their trying to kill each other and just about everybody else in the movie 
1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Hanh Nguyen
A violent romp with no socially redeeming value but it s fun and sexy as hell 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Terry Lawson
Who knows what went on behind the screen between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt but what s on the screen is extremely entertaining 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an utter mixed bag so schizophrenic a viewer needs a combination of Dramamine and Zoloft to get through it 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Michael Wilmington
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie look like they had a terrific time making Mr and Mrs Smith but I certainly didn t have a good time watching it Neither I suspect will many of you 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Moira MacDonald
Essentially Mr Mrs Smith exists for the purpose of showing off the gorgeous faces and physiques of its two stars and for giving its audience the dubious pleasure of watching them beat each other up 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Bruce Newman
A high gloss high caliber domestic squabble a lip lock and load romance that might just as easily have been called Mr Mrs Smith Wesson 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mick LaSalle
Mr Mrs Smith is an awful movie with two very good looking people in it 
1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
David Elliott
Though never as bland as its title Mr and Mrs Smith wraps a lot of expensive plastic around a lot of almost nothing 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Carla Meyer
Entertains in spurts but overdoses on pyrotechnics shenanigans and gadgetry 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Peter Travers
Pitt and Jolie make sexy sparring partners but they can t lift this leaden material 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Larry Ratliff
What we get is a star showcase diluted dance of death Angie and Brad may flip a little sweat doing an angry tango but they re not really going to mess up their hair much 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Sean McBride
lots of snappy humor and winning performances by Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie and Vince Vaughn 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Stephen Whitty
Their much hyped kiss kiss bang bang movie is an expensive time waster full of slow motion explosions and big scene payoffs that turn out to be duds 
1.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Rene Rodriguez
There s no real kick to all the wanton destruction no sense of real thrill or peril because the movie which was written by Simon Kinberg and rewritten and then rewritten some more during production chickens out 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Robert W. Butler
Ultimately Mr and Mrs Smith is a case of fancy wrapping on an empty box 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Eric Harrison
A cute little romantic comedy buried under enough overblown action gaudy firepower and special effects to fill a Jerry Bruckheimer picture 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Rick Groen
Mr Mrs Smith proves that what seemed to be a darkly funny primer on the state of marriage is really a romantic comedy in disguise 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jeff Vice
Admittedly Mr Mrs Smith operates on a one joke premise But in a departure from a lot of what Hollywood has delivered so far this year at least the joke is funny 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Lisa Kennedy
A tart tasty occasionally overly brutal parable about modern marriage wrapped in an action flick 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Liman delivers his fourth film as yet another solid entertainment neither masterly nor clumsy 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Lawrence Toppman
Leave aside the preposterous idea that professional killers each of whom maintains an arsenal of weapons on their suburban property could live together for six years without realizing they re in the same line of work 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Wesley Morris
A painfully incoherent action comedy 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Bob Strauss
Like a relationship you may want to think carefully about committing to it puts you through an awful lot to get to the good stuff 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Kyle Smith
Mr Mrs Smith is an action comedy for suburban women that s as toothless as a newborn and nearly as stupid 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Erik Childress
A giddy piece of entertainment that nearly achieves greatness before some meddling perhaps kept him from delivering the finale the film deserves 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Sean P. Means
Pitt and Jolie have sexual chemistry to burn in Mr Mrs Smith a sharply funny comedy thriller that is a rare instance of a movie getting better as it goes along 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Greg Maki
A wonderful take on the action comedy with twisted humor worthy of Hitchcock 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jeffrey Westhoff
Gets some kicks out of smashing elements of romantic comedy into the staples of the spy movie 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jon Niccum
Nobody can wear a skintight leather dominatrix outfit while wielding a pistol with more authority than Jolie
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Willie Waffle
Pitt is smooth while Jolie has the sexiest in your face screen presence in decades she s a walking talking special effect all on her own and she s a great actress WOW 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Emily Blunt
Mr And Mrs Smith is great fun It s no Academy piece but it ll give you some laughs and giggles while watching things go boom and bullets fly about 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Steve Rhodes
A chemistry free film 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Duane Dudek
How do you escape into a character when your persona is so overwhelming The alternative is to indulge in escapist mental floss that no one takes seriously 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie work is that Pitt and Jolie have fun together on the screen and they re able to find a rhythm that allows them to be understated and amused even during the most alarming developments 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
David Nusair
the film comes off as nothing less than a huge disappointment 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Bill Muller
Mr Mrs Smith has a beginning but it lacks the always important middle and end 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Steven Rea
No matter how dashing the two leads even as they get bloodied blackened and battered around they re not dashing enough to keep Mr Mrs Smith from feeling interminable 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
David Sterritt
A mish mash of action adventure clichés book ended with lame attempts at psychological interest 
1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Chris Hewitt
Whispery and low key it tries for the breeziness of the Cary Grant Grace Kelly caper To Catch a Thief but is so smugly pleased with itself it can t be bothered to make actual jokes 
0
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jami Bernard
A rousing sexy romantic comedy about a pair of undercover assassins who spice up their marriage when they get in each other s cross hairs 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Phoebe Flowers
Mr Mrs Smith opens with a laugh and manages to suspend you in its buoyant world for longer than you might expect a movie teeming with death and violence to be able to do 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Peter Canavese
Mr and Mrs Smith has a one joke premise and it s one we ve seen before But Liman fights valiantly to sustain the newfangled comic tango and largely succeeds 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gene Seymour
The movie betrays its stars allure by piling on the property damage and gratuitous slaughter 
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Sarah Chauncey
Pretty people Big explosions More plot holes than bullet holes What more could you want from a summer blockbuster 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Josh Larsen
Emotional therapy hasn t been this action packed since The Sopranos 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Kit Bowen
Bring the spouse and live vicariously 
3.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Rob Blackwelder
Palpable sexual electricity between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie provides Mr and Mrs Smith with all the power it needs to overcome a very silly plot 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Phil Villarreal
So maybe the tabloid crashing Pitt Jolie friendship emerged out of the shared torture of having endured Simon Kinberg s script
2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ross Anthony
Finishes well and Vince Vaughn rocks However runs rather slow save for the last half hour 
1.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Walter Chaw
Hallelujah it s fun 
3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
James Berardinelli
The problem with Mr and Mrs Smith is that it s really two movies in one 
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Annlee Ellingson
Liman continues to reinvigorate the action thriller genre with verité esque handheld camerawork and innovative fight choreography 
4
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ed Gonzalez
A fetish film for anyone who takes People magazine as a serious source of investigative journalism 
2
Jug Face
Marsha McCreadie
Jug Face is not uniformly polished yet it s a breakthrough not so much for gore or terror but because the director can truly do tension maybe a harder trick to pull off 
2.5
Jug Face
Farran Smith Nehme
This morbid cruel movie seems leached of all things that might inadvertently give viewers pleasure 
1.5
Jug Face
Nick McCarthy
Chad Crawford Kinkle impressively imbues this supernatural world of backwoods mysticism with a plausible milieu while still staying committed to the film s own brewing insanity 
3
Jug Face
Mike McGranaghan
The best indie horror movie I ve seen in years Creepy and menacing 
3.5
Jug Face
Dustin Putman
A well acted genre busting curiosity Jug Face is bold of premise and disquieting in its low key mounting 
2.5
Don't Breathe 2
Brian Eggert
The narrative proves ugly and unconvincing and its attempts to redeem an irredeemable movie villain are ham fisted 
2
Don't Breathe 2
Kevin Carr
Stephen Lang is such a powerful actor in this movie they make him a much more sympathetic character and he s this force of nature that goes after people 
3
Don't Breathe 2
David Nusair
admittedly hit and miss 
2.5
Don't Breathe 2
Kevin A. Ranson
the only way to make a big bad a hero is to create bigger bad to go up against While never reaching the originality of the first film it s nonetheless pure fan service and that isn t a bad thing here 
3
Don't Breathe 2
Mike McGranaghan
It s almost like the filmmakers took everything that worked the first time and threw it out the window 
2
Don't Breathe 2
Roger Moore
The most gruesomely violent major motion picture since well The Suicide Squad 
1.5
Don't Breathe 2
Mark Dujsik
There s a lot of odd thinking in this movie 
1.5
Don't Breathe 2
Oliver Jones
There s a healthy variety of scares though the film gets most of its mileage out of Lang s shadow cloaked scarred visage a menacing physical presence that contrasts nicely with his choked whisper of a voice 
2.5
Don't Breathe 2
Christy Lemire
Don t Breathe 2 can t quite match the novelty and thrills of the surprise hit 2016 original 
2.5
Don't Breathe 2
Derek Smith
The film s gore is just as likely to invoke fear as to serve as a killer punchline to one of Rodo Sayagues s set pieces 
2.5
Don't Breathe 2
Joey Magidson
This mostly is an effective continuation of what worked before but it s just gotten too ridiculous to recommend 
2.5
Longing
V.A. Musetto
Director Grisebach makes good use of her low budget and nonprofessional leads Just as the story is minimalist so too is the documentary like film s look long static takes and tons of close ups 
3
Longing
Keith Uhlich
A Michael Haneke lite wank job 
2
Sing Street
Brian Eggert
It s quite underwhelming when a film about making music features original songs that everyone in the story goes gonzo over but then the songs aren t that memorable Sing Street doesn t have that problem in the slightest 
3
Sing Street
David Gonzalez
Within the many themes of the film 46 Sing Street is a testament to the true importance of music 46 The simplicity that through any bad situation 44 music is always at your disposal and will always understand what you are going through 44 when no one else does 46 
4
Sing Street
Frank Ochieng
The crafty and colorful Sing Street could be perceived as the junior sized extension of the aforementioned Once where lyrics and love methodically come together in unison 
3.5
Sing Street
Matt Brunson
One of the year s top 10 movies Bonus points for including the best line of 2016 No woman can truly love a man who listens to Phil Collins 
3.5
Sing Street
Josh Larsen
catnip for anyone who grew up with 1980s bands like Duran Duran and The Cure 
3.5
Sing Street
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sing Street while not telling a tale that could be labeled as anything close to original still crackles with an innovative vitality all its own making its climactic leaps into the starry eyed unknown all the more wonderful because of this 
3.5
Sing Street
Max Weiss
Sing Street is a shaggy uneven but undeniably endearing and entertaining film especially if this was the music of your childhood as it was mine 
3
Sing Street
Linda Cook
Sing Street hits all the right notes 
4
Sing Street
Michael Smith
Sing Street very definitely intends to revive those feelings you had at hearing that music and seeing bands you had often never heard of that displayed undeniable fashion risks and quirky visual choices 
3
Sing Street
Jeff Miers
Carney has pulled a beautiful and bittersweet dream from the ether and shared it with us 
3.5
Sing Street
Sean P. Means
The three leads make Sing Street as alive and vital as the spirit of rock n roll that it celebrates 
3.5
Sing Street
Robert Horton
There are enough delicious details here to keep Sing Street alive and kicking 
3
Sing Street
Roger Moore
Sure it s only Commitments Lite It s still infectious and sweet
3
Sing Street
Christian Toto
Save some time Go buy the soundtrack before you see this vibrant slice of 80s pop culture 
3.5
Sing Street
Calvin Wilson
With its intriguing characters and exhilarating music Sing Street is the best film about being young gifted and Irish since The Commitments 
3.5
Sing Street
Moira MacDonald
Carney has an uncanny way of telling a story through music Sing Street reminds us of being young and lost in a song realizing with a jolt that someone else had the same feelings we did 
3
Sing Street
Connie Ogle
Sing Street feels personal as well as universal and it captures the warring factions of youthful euphoria and despair 
3
Sing Street
Rob Thomas
Sing Street is hardly original It s not even original for Carney But like a great old song that comes on the radio just because you ve heard it a thousand times before doesn t mean you won t crank it up 
3.5
Sing Street
Mark Dujsik
The film may only be about this kid a girl and the future but that s just a simple way of saying it s about everything that matters 
4
Sing Street
Brad Wheeler
While this darling film is inspired by a year in the sentimental filmmaker s own early life it is founded on the hope and charm of song 
3
Sing Street
Steven Rea
Carney understands how music not only provides a soundtrack for a life but can change a life too 
3.5
Sing Street
Peter Howell
Sing Street knows what it takes to form your own band made by a guy who really loves music 
3
Sing Street
Chris Knight
Sing Street is certainly a joyous movie but it lacks the lightning in a bottle quality of Once 
3
Sing Street
Peter Keough
Those put off by the prospect of a musical in the 80s pop style of Duran Duran or Pet Shop Boys should cast their prejudices aside when it comes to John Carney s Sing Street You might find yourself singing along 
3
Sing Street
Dann Gire
A modest playful beguiling coming of age musical set in the 1980s Ireland of Carney s formative youth 
3.5
Sing Street
Ann Hornaday
Warm ingratiating with a beat you can dance to Sing Street is a feel good movie that never demands to be liked Instead it asks politely and irresistibly 
3
Sing Street
Walter V. Addiego
Don t be deterred by the timeworn material as a romantic vision of youth and rock Sing Street is number one with a bullet 
3
Sing Street
Rex Reed
Sing Street has the potential to achieve unmistakable popularity with not only teens but also audiences of all ages 
3
Sing Street
Dustin Putman
There are no two ways about it Sing Street is pure bliss This is the kind of joyous movie where audiences drift out of the theater as if on a cloud 
3.5
Sing Street
David N. Butterworth
John Carney s Sing Street is a pint sized new wave and similarly crowd pleasing version of The Commitments 
3
Sing Street
Sheila O'Malley
Carney has a humorous and loving eye for detail an intuitive ear for dialogue and the film is extremely personal in a way that is universal 
3.5
Sing Street
Peter Travers
Sing Street is the most romantic movie you ll find anywhere these days brimming over with music fun and the thrill of first love 
3.5
Sing Street
Kyle Smith
If Once was a densely crafted album Sing Street is more like a perfectly crafted single Crazy Little Thing Called Youth 
3
Sing Street
Brian Truitt
Carney digs deeper than the usual universal love story to comment on Irish life in 1985 and sets it to a soundtrack that hits all the right notes for those with fond memories of Swatch watches and Trapper Keepers 
4
Sing Street
Kenji Fujishima
All traces of grit from John Carney s earlier films have been scrubbed away in favor of relentlessly crowd pleasing slickness 
2
Sing Street
Scott Renshaw
Sing Street is simply lovely at conveying the beautiful foolishness of being young in love and moved to create 
3.5
Sing Street
Josh Terry
A portrait of a beloved decade an essay on the struggles of a family and evidence of how good music can be silly and sublime at the same time 
3.5
Moms' Night Out
Michael Dequina
Less outrageously hilarious than it is predictably silly if harmlessly so 
2.5
Moms' Night Out
David Nusair
generally fares better than most of the heavy handed endeavors that tend to populate this increasingly profitable subgenre 
2
Moms' Night Out
Kate Taylor
What ensues is frenetic and never as funny as it should be because directing brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin are not skilled enough at pacing the action and varying the volume 
1
Moms' Night Out
Christy Lemire
Basically the moral of the story is Don t go out Because if you do all hell will break loose or rather all heck 
1.5
Moms' Night Out
Bill Zwecker
Some of these plot twists require more than the normal suspension of logic that often happens in similar comedies Yet the characters are all appealing 
2.5
Moms' Night Out
Rafer Guzman
It s rare that a movie fails on absolutely every level but Moms Night Out is a remarkably vivid example 
0
Moms' Night Out
Claudia Puig
There s no fun to be had and not a drop of originality in this chaotic and contrived mess 
1
Moms' Night Out
Dann Gire
A screechy vapid childish domestic comedy that makes fathers husbands look bad and mothers wives look worse 
1.5
Moms' Night Out
Ann Hornaday
Moms Night Out possesses the production values and awkward pacing of a lame amateur production with big ambitions 
1
Moms' Night Out
Linda Barnard
Too long one joke scenes with a flakey restaurant hostess Anjelah Johnson and a dim witted clerk in a tattoo parlour Manwell Reyes are typical of the sins of lengthy excess committed by Mom s Night Out 
1.5
Moms' Night Out
Matt Pais
Rarely have I so missed the comedic subtlety and social insight of Daddy Day Care 
1
Moms' Night Out
Farran Smith Nehme
The first half of this mommy comedy could be charitably deemed gently amusing But it s hard to find new laugh riots in kids trashing a house and there s no evidence anyone tried 
1.5
Moms' Night Out
Roger Moore
Needed more Patricia Heaton More Trace Adkins more mayhem and more laughs
1.5
Moms' Night Out
Kam Williams
A timely testament to motherhood that just might make the perfect Mother s Day gift 
3
Apart
Chris Foran
Apart is designed to be a so what really happened type of thriller but since we often know stuff before Noah does the thrill s sometimes gone by the time you get there 
2
Apart
Chris Hewitt
Apart is only 80 minutes long but it feels like it goes on for twice that 
2
Apart
Amy Biancolli
Even when the movie exploits cliches cue washed out colors and eerie scraping noises it exploits them in limited quantities portioning out only what s required by mood and plot 
2
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Jessica Reaves
By the end of Forbes brisk economical portrait Atwater has been revealed as a repugnant and pathetic soul and a political visionary among the first to fully understand and harness the raw power of voters fears 
3
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Rob Thomas
A cinematic smear job against Atwater would be the easiest thing in the world but Forbes is more interested in presenting a complex character study than a piece of liberal agitprop 
3.5
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Roger Ebert
Boogie Man is a fascinating portrait of an almost likable rogue 
3.5
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Loey Lockerby
Boogie Man does not inspire pity for Atwater but sadness that a man of such talent wasted his life and learned his lesson too late 
3
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Mark Feeney
Instead of attempting a character study Boogie Man returns an indictment 
2
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Steven Winn
Boogie Man has an awful lot to say about where America finds itself at the 2008 moment of decision 
4
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Jeff Vice
It s refreshing to see a political documentary that s not just boosterism or political propaganda If anything this is an argument for cleaner campaigning 
3
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Kyle Smith
Atwater s painful early demise and his deathbed statements about his regrets seem to delight the largely left leaning pundits assessing Atwater s legacy 
1
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Kam Williams
A fascinating warts and all documentary about one of the most notorious and influential figures in 20th Century politics 
4
Alien Abduction
Sheila O'Malley
If you re going to go the found footage route you might as well try to find a new way to approach the material Beckerman has 
3
Alien Abduction
Roger Moore
Utterly generic but the filmmakers manage a lot of cheap thrill bang for their few bucks 
2
Alien Abduction
Ed Gonzalez
A few jolting scares are deployed throughout but more difficult to shake is how the story s overacting lambs walk a rather programmatic path toward slaughter or at least anal probing 
1.5
Alien Abduction
Dustin Putman
A found footage knock off of The Blair Witch Project that grows more shameless by the minute 
1
I'll Sing for You
V.A. Musetto
Enjoyable if only to hear KarKar perform his mournful and personal songs including a tender tribute to his late wife 
2.5
I'll Sing for You
Gene Seymour
A musical biopic conceived as a lyric dreamscape as a meditation on fate and faith 
3.5
I'll Sing for You
Ty Burr
For fans of African music Sing is a rich archeological dig for newcomers with open ears it might be a revelation 
3
I'll Sing for You
Paul Sherman
We rarely hear from KarKar outside of his songs and it s hard to conclude the most basic facts about the fame he lost 
2
Tammy
Bruce Andriatch
The result is a sweet often entertaining but occasionally uneven movie 
2.5
Tammy
John Beifuss
With its kitschy bald eagle sculpture its lesbian hosted Fourth of July party and its mid robbery salute of a war veteran We appreciate your service the latest McCarthy road trip is a celebration of American opportunity but also a muddled misfire 
2
Tammy
Bill Chambers
The character s jagged edges convey only McCarthy s star vehicle opportunism 
1.5
Tammy
Mike McGranaghan
Perpetually feels a few good jokes away from being really funny 
2.5
Tammy
Jake Wilson
Something in Tammy you wouldn t expect to see in a mainstream comedy is the romantic pairing of McCarthy with indie heartthrob Mark Duplass reversing the formula of the male slob who gets the conventionally beautiful girl 
3.5
Tammy
Bob Bloom
Tammy is tedious and dull no matter how hard McCarthy tries to liven it up
1
Tammy
Mal Vincent
Tammy forgoes cheap laughs in favor of heart 
2
Tammy
Michael Dequina
With the laughs being fairly sporadic Falcone s generally slack pacing is laid bare and the movie as a whole feels all the more meandering try though McCarthy might to enliven the proceedings 
2.5
Tammy
Linda Cook
Here s a lite version of other movies that have made Melissa McCarthy almost a household name 
3
Tammy
David Nusair
a decent comedy drama that hopefully marks McCarthy s first step towards a more varied selection of roles 
2.5
Tammy
Rex Reed
It s a rambling pointless and labored attempt to cash in on Ms McCarthy s fan base without respect for any audience with a collective IQ of 10 And it s about as funny as a liver transplant 
0
Tammy
Matt Brunson
The cast tries hard but you can practically see the flop sweat pouring off brows 
1.5
Tammy
Chris Knight
There are some good comic scenes in Tammy mind you but they don t build into anything larger the movie is less than the sum of its parts 
2
Tammy
Dann Gire
Here the jokes hit with the accuracy of bullets in a Michael Bay movie 
2
Tammy
Perry Seibert
Tammy is the work of a star temporarily bereft of inspiration or ambition 
2
Tammy
Josh Larsen
Tammy like McCarthy s other films wants its lessons to be real and learned 
2
Tammy
Sean P. Means
McCarthy has layers some grit under the jokey faade and a determination to find or if necessary create the roles that bring out those different shades 
3
Tammy
James Berardinelli
It s often said for films of this sort that it s the journey that matters not the destination Unfortunately in this case neither is worth the price of admission 
2
Tammy
Peter Canavese
McCarthy delivers another all in performance but so much so as to be more sad than funny much of the time 
2
Tammy
Courtney Shea
As a script it is uneven and tonally inconsistent best as a brainless gross out comedy less successful when striving for emotional poignancy 
2
Tammy
John Serba
A disorganized conglomeration of funny bits and sad heart tugging moments few of which bear any significant weight or impact 
2
Tammy
Sara Stewart
This pastiche of sitcomy episodes never gels into a plot 
2
Tammy
Willie Waffle
When did Melissa McCarthy morph into Will Ferrell 
1.5
Tammy
Christy Lemire
The material requires a light touch that sometimes eludes Falcone But the intention is admirable as is the focus on flawed female characters and the way they relate to each other 
2.5
Tammy
Duane Dudek
Melissa McCarthy is no underachiever but she may not be living up to her potential 
2
Tammy
David Hiltbrand
McCarthy bum rushes the role like John Candy with a sour combative disposition reacting to every humiliation and rejection with feisty hostility 
2.5
Tammy
Dustin Putman
As much as Melissa McCarthy is a presence worth watching in almost anything it is difficult to get too excited about the low key wishy washy Tammy 
2
Tammy
Ann Hornaday
Tammy is a bummer not least because McCarthy s fans know she s better than this 
0
Tammy
Randy Myers
Tammy is all over the map But mostly in a good way 
2.5
Tammy
Rafer Guzman
Without a strong story or well defined character to guide her McCarthy resorts to old tricks and repeated routines 
2
Tammy
Moira MacDonald
It just isn t very funny 
1.5
Tammy
David Lee Dallas
Ben Falcone s film is an almost plotless doodle with low stakes made even lower thanks to the bratty passivity of its titular antiheroine 
1.5
Tammy
Mara Reinstein
It s not funny None of it Only the most juvenile of moviegoers want to see a heroine fall on her face over and over physically and emotionally
1.5
Tammy
Claudia Puig
Tammy aspires to be a latter day Thelma Louise and since it co stars Susan Sarandon one could say at least it has its Louise But that s about it 
1.5
Tammy
Mark Dujsik
The jokes are either too obvious or rely on our patience for the actors to riff on a joke well after its point has been made 
1.5
Tammy
Chris Hewitt
From scene to scene Tammy rarely makes dramatic sense probably because it plays out more like a series of loosely connected sketches like you d find on a middling episode of TV s Saturday Night Live 
2
Tammy
Kam Williams
A terminally depraved escapade destined to disappoint even diehard Melissa McCarthy fans 
1
Tammy
Michael Phillips
In McCarthy we have a performer we can trust to deliver laughs even when they barely exist on the page 
2.5
Tammy
Peter Howell
There is playing to your strengths and there is cringing overkill and with the road comedy Tammy Melissa McCarthy is getting awfully close to the latter 
1.5
Tammy
Ty Burr
If only Tammy were funnier more structured less of a mess But then it might be just another Hollywood formula film 
2
Tammy
Joe Williams
McCarthy and first time director Falcone must have assumed that tossing a drunk and a dunce into a Cadillac would negate the need for a motive or even a script 
1.5
Tammy
Mick LaSalle
As a first time director Falcone has trouble maintaining a specific tone the movie wobbles back and forth between sentimentality and silliness sometimes even within the same scene 
1
Tammy
Matt Pais
The scariest movie of a week that also contains a film about demonic possession 
1.5
Tammy
Roger Moore
McCarthy starts out all brash and brazen but she slips into soft gooey and sentimental which is a shame 
2.5
Tammy
Jon Niccum
If ever McCarthy can find the right balance between these brief revelatory scenes and the overloaded gags of her improvising insults and knocking things off shelves in a huff she might actually make a real movie 
2
Tammy
Stephen Whitty
The real problem with the movie is simple it s just not funny enough and too worried about making McCarthy s usual hilarious supporting character into a woman sympathetic enough that is bland enough to be the heroine 
2
Beast of Burden
Derek Smith
The film s flashbacks which are either too clipped or excessively scored effectively step on the actors toes 
1.5
White Man's Burden
Michael Dequina
Doesn t go too far beyond the basic set up 
2
White Man's Burden
Madeleine Williams
A what if racial story that doesn t pack a punch 
1
White Man's Burden
Mike Clark
Watching this movie is like watching Godfrey Cambridge s racial switcheroo in 1970 s Watermelon Man without the laughs 
2
White Man's Burden
Barbara Shulgasser
The flaws in this film are many The dialogue verges on silly when parodying cliches that white people use to denigrate blacks And most of the acting is just inadequate 
2
White Man's Burden
Mick LaSalle
White Man s Burden was worth doing once if it only to find out it isn t worth doing again 
2
White Man's Burden
Roger Ebert
No one looking for an action movie is going to choose this one Equally obviously no one interested in a film about racial stereotyping in America wants to sit through chase scenes 
2
White Man's Burden
Joe Baltake
Surprisingly lively and entertaining 
3
White Man's Burden
James Berardinelli
There isn t much of a story in White Man s Burden 
2.5
White Man's Burden
Chris Hicks
A frustrating film with interesting ideas that never quite come together 
2.5
Firestarter
Matt Brunson
It apos s almost unbelievable that this new version could turn out so unwatchable 46 
1
Firestarter
Peter Canavese
A premise with a lot of potential but like the original movie this one apos s pretty inept 44 thematically empty and dumbed down from the original source material 46 
1
Firestarter
Erik Childress
In the history of bad adaptations and remakes this is almost impressive in how ill advised the entire project is 46 Bad with every possible critical checkmark 44 this is an embarrassment that left me angry 46 
0
Firestarter
Joe Friar
The spark from the synth driven score by John Carpenter is sufficient to ignite the latest adaptation of King 8217 s novel 44 unfortunately 44 there aren 8217 t enough combustible elements to fully develop this smoldering remake 46 Watchable but fails to connect 46 
2.5
Firestarter
Sean P. Means
So who gets the blame for two lackluster adaptations of the same Stephen King novel 63 Is it the filmmakers 8230 63 Or is it King 8230 63 I don 8217 t have an answer 44 but the argument would be a hotter ticket than anything in 8220 Firestarter 46 8221 
1.5
Firestarter
Linda Cook
apos Firestarter apos isn apos t so hot 46 
2
Firestarter
Leo Brady
This Firestarter belongs on a pile of ashes 46 
1
Firestarter
Kevin Carr
As much as I like the story 44 this feels like a low key version 46 
1.5
Firestarter
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hopelessly uninvolving adaptation that strikes all the wrong notes right from the get go 46 46 46 
1.5
Firestarter
Sara Michelle Fetters
Maybe this book is unadaptable 63 
1.5
Firestarter
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 temper your expectations 46 46 46 scripted like a legacy sequel rewritten to serve as a reboot 46 46 46 looks worse than a CW television pilot that thankfully couldn apos t get picked up as a series 46 Even Carpenter and son apos s soundtrack can apos t redeem this misfire 46 
0
Firestarter
James Berardinelli
With wooden acting a plodding storyline and several cringeworthy changes from the source material the 2022 version indeed starts a fire a dumpster fire 
1.5
Firestarter
Steven Prokopy
This one is highly skippable 44 especially as a theater going experience 46 The best thing I can say about Firestarter is that it apos s mercifully short and highly forgettable 46 
1.5
Firestarter
Rocco T. Thompson
This new Firestarter is an almost anachronistically short production whose elements just sit there like mishandled kindling 46 
1.5
Firestarter
Bob Bloom
You have no emotional investment in either Zac Efron as Andy or Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Charlie 46 They work hard to create some connection but are continually undermined by the weak script 46 
1
Firestarter
Lindsey Bahr
There wasn t a great reason to take another shot at Firestarter Besides even if it s lacking in originality it s also lacking something even more important A personality 
1
Firestarter
Richard Roeper
A combustible supernatural thriller that embraces its borderline campy qualities and works well enough as 21st century drive in escapist fare 
3
Firestarter
EJ Moreno
The era of strong Stephen King adaptations is behind us 44 as Firestarter feels like a callback to the days of bad King movies 46 All of the pieces are here 44 but it sadly never connects to anything meaningful 46 
1
Firestarter
Brian Tallerico
A film that goes through the motions with such apathetic predictability and pure cinematic laziness that you may want to set whatever device you 8217 re watching it on ablaze 46 
1
Firestarter
Mike McGranaghan
It apos s one of the worst movies ever made from a Stephen King novel 46 
1
Firestarter
Joey Magidson
Firestarter is one of the worst films of 2022 so far 44 not because it apos s absolutely atrocious 44 but because it apos s so hollow and soulless 46 
1.5
Firestarter
Mark Dujsik
If the first adaptation meandered its way into disappointment 44 this one sprints into a wall of it 46 
1.5
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Joey Magidson
The Death and Life of John F Donovan is a potentially powerful story though one not successfully told in the slightest by Xavier Dolan 
1.5
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Angelo Muredda
Even at their most tonally awkward and clumsily soundtracked Dolan s films can t help but be watchable the phoniness of the hopped up style melting away in the face of his performers commitment to going all the way 
2
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Kate Taylor
Dolan s English language debut whinges about personal neuroses rather than probing homophobia or celebrity 
1
Youth Knows No Pain
Mike McGranaghan
Make Me Young captures the weird delusional effect anti aging addiction has Apparently many people don t care if they look like complete freaks so long as they have no frown lines 
3
The Mean Machine
Jeremiah Kipp
If you re feeling nostalgic for some 1970s Euro sleaze Ricco the Mean Machine is a guilty pleasure for stoners eager to revisit the land of shag carpeting bellbottoms and free love 
2
The People That Time Forgot
Matt Brunson
Patrick Wayne is a dull lead he has none of the big screen presence of his dad The Duke and the effects are even less polished than those in the previous film still there s enough of interest to make it an entertaining and undemanding time filler 
2.5
Swing Shift
David Nusair
an erratic yet mostly watchable period piece that could ve been much better 
3
Swing Shift
Roger Ebert
There s no suspense and no big emotional payoff but the movie is always absorbing 
3
Bonejangles
Norman Gidney
Look this movie is nearly critic proof because it clearly never sets out to be something of any merit 
2
Guest Artist
Richard Roeper
the train station not only confines the drama but comes close to flat out stopping it in its tracks 
2
Guest Artist
Glenn Kenny
Guest Artist feels like a typical one act intelligent but not especially distinctive or compelling 
2.5
Guest Artist
Joey Magidson
Jeff Daniels is riveting here Not only is his performance among his very best the screenplay has echoes of Aaron Sorkin to it 
3
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 the sound design disturbed me the most 46 
3
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Ed Gonzalez
Tetsuo and Fetishist s transformation into Iron Man becomes a response to the machinization of the individual in a systematically regimented Japan 
3.5
Strictly Ballroom
Peter Stack
It s hard to imagine a more exuberant and sheerly romantic comedy than this Australian import In its mixture of camp and reality the film is irresistible 
4
Strictly Ballroom
David Nusair
It s clear right from the get go that Luhrmann isn t looking to deviate from the flashiness that would come to define his career 
2
Strictly Ballroom
Marty Mapes
Ten years ago Baz Luhrmann made a quirky film version of a play based on his childhood experiences
3
Strictly Ballroom
Roger Ebert
The true weirdness of the movie comes when we begin to realize the director didn t make everything up only real life could possibly have inspired a world this bizarre 
3
Framed
Roger Ebert
I suppose movies like this are a living for Baker but if he wants to put together any kind of career he should choose more carefully 
1
The Last Heist
Simon Abrams
The film rarely comes to life because Rollins the only compelling actor in the otherwise amateurish cast is underutilized and virtually everything else underdeveloped 
1
The Last Heist
Roger Moore
Rollins is the only redeeming element in this incompetently dull heist splatter movie mash up 
1
Posse
Roger Ebert
An overdirected overphotographed overdone movie that is so distracted by its hectic relentless style that the story line is rendered almost incoherent 
2
Posse
Chris Hicks
A stylized mess 
1.5
Posse
James Berardinelli
Some interesting race related points are raised but Van Peebles disappoints by focusing instead on the standard elements of the genre 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Michael Dequina
The well of surprise is all but parched in the post Tarantino seriocomic crime caper genre 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Jay Carr
Too much style and not enough of anything else 
2
Beautiful Creatures
James Berardinelli
The dialogue is banal and the characters are irritatingly dumb 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Rob Blackwelder
Full of sharp ideas but undermined by blunt headed characters and logistical loopholes 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Roger Ebert
A movie about two of the most loathsome women in recent cinema and the movie thinks the male characters are the villains 
1.5
Beautiful Creatures
Mick LaSalle
The women operate at different speeds contrast well and make a likable duo 
3
Beautiful Creatures
Rod Armstrong
The results are odious 
0.5
Beautiful Creatures
Greg Dean Schmitz
an entertaining and darkly clever little British crime film giving the spotlight to the girlfriends of the hoods instead
3
I Don't Hear the Guitar Anymore
V.A. Musetto
Garrel buffs of which there are many won t want to miss this one Other viewers should decide based on their tolerance for talky contemplative but rewarding cinema 
3
Killers
G. Allen Johnson
For those of you who like it have at it Count me out 
1
The Sea Watches
Roger Ebert
It has been directed by Kei Kumai as a film that seems more melodramatic and sentimental than Kurosawa s norm 
2.5
The Sea Watches
Michael Wilmington
Filled with love and melancholy it s a fitting fond epilogue to Kurosawa 
3.5
The Sea Watches
Jeff Vice
While this material isn t necessarily up to the standards of Kurosawa s best work it does warrant at least a look 
3
The Sea Watches
Glenn Lovell
I don t think I m going too far out on a limb by saying the Sea that Kurosawa must have envisioned had to be a whole lot more compelling and focused than the one now delivered by veteran director Kei Kumai 
2
The Sea Watches
C.W. Nevius
It is a little like following a Jane Austen novel 
2
The Sea Watches
Erik Lundegaard
T here were times when The Sea is Watching bored me But Kumai and Kurosawa won me back with the final scenes which are stark and beautiful and a fitting finale for one of the world s great filmmakers 
3
The Sea Watches
V.A. Musetto
The Sea Is Watching most likely wouldn t have made it to New York if not for the Kurosawa connection That link is also the main reason to see it 
2
The Sea Watches
Jami Bernard
There s plenty to appreciate here but the story is tedious and some of the overacting runs into cultural translation problems 
2
The Sea Watches
Bob Strauss
Though formally beautiful Sea Is Watching is remarkably trite in comparison to the great Japanese films on the subject 
2.5
The Sea Watches
Janice Page
Kurosawa s script with its lyrical mix of metaphors and signature moments of song will at the very least remind you of his greatness 
3
Billie
Robert Daniels
Erskine s Billie is an honest memorial to the rich talent and the arresting traumas that made the voice of a generation 
3.5
Billie
Roger Moore
Far and away the most definitive Billie Holiday biography ever put on screen a film that celebrates her magic and examines the demons that haunted her chemical and human 
3.5
The Old Way
Leo Brady
We all want to see Nicolas Cage play a cowboy 46 The Old Way is not getting the job done 46 
2
The Old Way
Tom Meek
The lack of nuance in the script hobbles what could have been an edgy feud that spans two decades but ends up slack by the numbers and lacking in character development 
2
The Old Way
Erik Childress
Nicolas Cage phones in a performance which is too serious for the rousing shoot 8216 em up western this wants to be at times and not nearly serious enough for the underwritten Unforgiven backstory that slows everything to a crawl 46 
2
The Old Way
Charles Koplinski
Take a bit of 8220 Unforgiven 44 8221 a dash of 8220 True Grit 44 8221 throw in a sleepwalking Nicolas Cage and you get 8220 The Old Way 44 8221 a bland and at times rather dull western that breaks no new ground 46 
2
The Old Way
Steven Prokopy
Even still 44 it 8217 s not a complete failure 44 and those who take a look at this work just to see Cage in a cowboy hat riding a horse will certainly get their money 8217 s worth 46 There 8217 s also a hint of charm to the piece 44 so take that for what it 8217 s worth 46 
2
The Old Way
Rex Reed
When it comes to re writing the rules of Hollywood Westerns they don t exactly break new ground but they do prove the old ways still work best 
3
The Old Way
Richard Roeper
The Old Way sputters to a conclusion we saw coming a mile down the road 
2.5
The Old Way
Peter Sobczynski
Perhaps if more Westerns were being made these days 44 The Old Way 8212 which is more of a half baked mistake than a total disaster 8212 might have been a little palatable or at least easier to forgive 46 
2
The Old Way
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Old Way is a cold 44 uncompromising Western that tracks down suspense and tension by moseying down a conventional narrative trail 46 
3
The Old Way
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his movie falls back on a series of clich 233 s and the relative safety of its formulaic plot 46 
1.5
The Old Way
Mike McGranaghan
This Walmart apos Unforgiven apos is thoroughly color by numbers in its plotting 46 
1
The Old Way
Roger Moore
It 8217 s a simple vengeance quest 44 and aside from the Spirit Halloween store mustache he wears in the opening scene 44 Cage isn 8217 t terrible in it 46 But 46 That 46 Script 46 
1.5
Effie Gray
Anita Katz
As a female predicament drama containing art history romance and nice scenery Effie Gray is intelligent interesting and engrossing 
3
Effie Gray
Dan Callahan
Effie Gray runs 108 minutes yet it feels like it ends right before the real drama is about to begin 
2.5
Effie Gray
Steven Rea
Effie Gray is peculiarly compelling even if the issue of sexual repression all the Victorian manners seem light years gone and close to unfathomable 
3
Effie Gray
Moira MacDonald
While it has some lovely moments Effie Gray is a bit underwhelming it s odd that an artist so acclaimed for her wit would produce a script so chilly so dour 
2.5
Effie Gray
John Anderson
Visually voluptuous though the pacing occasionally suggests watching a Pre Raphaelite dry 
3
Effie Gray
Peter Keough
The counterpoint of styles comments on Ruskin with irony and subtlety as such it succeeds as criticism and as art 
2.5
Effie Gray
Rob Thomas
Listless and airless and we yearn for Effie s emancipation largely so we can escape ourselves 
2.5
Effie Gray
Nina Garin
Effie Gray is a powerful look at early feminism Instead of accepting her fate in a bad marriage like many Victorian women advised her to do Effie fights her way out of it scandal be damned 
3
Effie Gray
Connie Ogle
This period piece directed by Richard Laxton is shot in such a grim and grainy fashion you long to turn on the lights which is fitting because you also wish the filmmakers had illuminated the characters a bit more clearly 
2
Effie Gray
Stephanie Merry
The movie has a very methodical pace which sometimes verges on sluggish And the soft focus of certain light filled scenes doesn t make Effie look angelic so much as it makes the director appear amateurish 
2.5
Effie Gray
Thomas Lee
Fanning is a worthy muse for Thompson She has developed into an actress who can convey considerable depth and feeling behind those haunting pale blue eyes 
3
Effie Gray
Rex Reed
We ll never know how mismatched Ruskin and Effie were in real life but in Ms Thompson s tactful but muted version of the truth they seem to be in a stupor 
2
Effie Gray
Farran Smith Nehme
The Victorian melodrama in Effie Gray works better than the Victorian suffering 
2.5
Effie Gray
Roger Moore
When it comes to casting Fannings if you can t get Elle no Fanning is better than any Fanning available 
2
Effie Gray
Matt Brennan
It spins the narrative of one of the Victorian art world s most mysterious marriages into a study of life lived and life merely examined a fecund fairy tale in reverse 
3.5
Effie Gray
Stephen Rebello
The tragic sadness of a Victorian wife and the unraveling of her marriage might be a worthy subject but as brought to the screen by so reverently and bloodlessly Effie Gray is a bit of a drag 
2.5
40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie
Joe Friar
A compelling look at one of the greatest bands that remained undiscovered This may be your introduction to Magic Music but I guarantee that 90 minutes later you ll be singing along like you ve known these songs your whole life 
3.5
40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie
Sarah Knight Adamson
Lee Aronsohn s personal story is to our benefit set against the stunning Rocky Mts he s preserved the band s legacy while giving a historical look at Boulder CO in the 70s 
3
40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie
Roger Moore
The acoustic jam band music won t be to every taste but these guys have the best collection of Why we DIDN T make it big stories ever 
2.5
Doppelganger
David Nusair
an interminable experience 
1
Browse
Steven Prokopy
A great deal of the movie consists of unfinished ideas plot points story threads and character arcs 
2
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Brian Eggert
It s a film whose humanity is kept at a distance so audiences might question how to define it challenging us through its narrative to approach humanity from a human less perspective 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
David Nusair
An incredibly ambitious if not always successful sci fi effort 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Nick Rogers
An unsettling sci fi fairytale mlange of Pinocchio and The Wizard of Oz that s elegantly written visually opulent and thematically challenging and discontented One of Steven Spielberg s finest and most fiercely misread films 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Joe Lozito
It s odd to see the nearly infallible Steven Spielberg so visibly unsure of himself 
2.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Betsy Bozdech
In retrospect it seems inevitable that a Steven Spielberg interpretation of a Stanley Kubrick story would be an experiment in cinematic polarization 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The middle section of A I contains perhaps Spielberg s finest work ever 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Kit Bowen
A I is a different kind of Spielberg film and some audiences may not be ready for it 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Susan Tavernetti
Striking in looks but peculiarly disturbing in tone the futuristic tale that began as a Kubrick project and finished under writer director Spielberg is more nightmare than feel good fantasy 
2.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Margaret A. McGurk
The acting throughout is confident and spot on 
3.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Michael Szymanski
There s no question that somehow some way director Steven Spielberg figured out a way to channel the talents and advice of his mentor Stanley Kubrick as he compiled the incredible intriguing sci fi stor
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jeffrey Westhoff
No film scholar would pick the populist Spielberg as the esoteric Kubrick s successor It s as unlikely as Orson Welles collaborating with Walt Disney 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Collin Souter
The first movie of the summer worthy of serious debate
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Mark Dujsik
My first impression of the ending was that it was too sentimental yet upon another viewing I had a completely different reaction utter appreciation of a work of beauty 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jules Brenner
My wish would have been for a story line and a central character that were less unsavory in spirit and unlikely in motivation Which is not to say there isn t a vision here worthy of our support 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Ian Mantgani
A I is an enthralling piece of filmmaking and the least flabby Spielberg picture in several years until the ending 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Wesley Lovell
Spielberg never surmounts his inability to avoid sentimental diatribes 46 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jorge Avila Andrade
Spielberg atraviesa por el mejor momento de su carrera al realizar la que es por mucho su pelcula ms arriesgada y ambiciosa hasta la fecha
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Emily Blunt
A I is a modern fairy tale for the more computer savvy audience 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
James Kendrick
the kind of film that haunts your thoughts after you leave the theater
3.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
David Keyes
here is the ideal summer motion picture the one in which style and substance work hand in hand to encourage lengthy discussions amongst its viewers 
3.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Bob Bloom
While it does not coalesce perfectly the movie does offer some disturbing images 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Gary Brown
A I Artificial Intelligence is both ambitious and intelligent not to mention lengthy 145 minutes It s not Spielberg s best but that s good enough for me 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Dustin Putman
Filled with endless imagination and wonder sure to go down in time as one of the brilliant achievements in modern moviemaking 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The most philosophical film in Kubrick s canon the most intelligent in Spielberg s and quite possibly the film with the most contemporary relevance that either one has made since Kubrick released Dr Strangelove in 1964 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Steve Rhodes
The result is less than a masterpiece but much much more than the typical movie fare 
3.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Mike McGranaghan
If A I is sometimes maddening in its circuitous approach to the subject that is only because it is filled with big ambitions 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Michael Dequina
The most astounding effect of all is not mecha but orga Haley Joel Osment s transcendent performance 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Joe Leydon
A boldly challenging and abundantly rewarding masterwork 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Robert Roten
While the end of the film seems contrived it is also brimming with delicious irony concerning David s previously unrecognized humanity 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Mick LaSalle
The structureless meandering slow motion endlessness of Kubrick combined with the fuzzy cuddly mindlessness of Spielberg 
1
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Tor Thorsen
A spellbinding challenging and frustrating future shock epic 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Susan Stark
However you take it the film works from an immensely challenging and rewarding text 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Roger Ebert
A movie both wonderful and maddening 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Rick Groen
Happily the beauty shows up before the frustrations set in 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Greg Dean Schmitz
Jude Law s Gigolo Joe is a Jiminy Cricket with a libido even if it is mechanical 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Desmond Ryan
Involving and exasperating stressing that the desired fusion of two spirits could in this case at least generate only friction 
2.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Michael Wilmington
A provocative personal and intensely engaging picture made with big studio resources and technical magic 
4
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Rob Blackwelder
Until the Gatorade cooler of sappy sentimentality is dumped over the audience s collective head A I is an admirable cinematic feat 
2.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Erik Childress
Because audiences are so predisposed to a 1 2 3 style of storytelling one viewing may do an injustice to convince someone of its power 
3.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Ross Anthony
It bumps and thumps a bit more simulated than real but this odd blending of Moulin Rouge and Bicentennial Man eventually makes a spectacle of itself 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
James Berardinelli
For all of its underdeveloped potential and truncated subplots there s still enough of value in A I to make it a captivating experience 
3
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Harvey S. Karten
We become truly human only when we can both give and receive love Also sprach Spielberg 
2.5
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Ed Gonzalez
A film that is as haunting as it is painfully messy 
3
Sound It Out
James Adams
As Tolstoy might have put it good record stores are all alike whatever their size or stock or the number of tattoos sported by their customers 
3
Sound It Out
Linda Barnard
Finlay takes a gentle approach with her subjects letting their passion and hers guide the doc which was crowd source funded by more than 250 donors 
3.5
Sound It Out
Jesse Cataldo
Sound It Out is content to exist as a modest portrait of a store that offers not only largely obsolete collectors items but also the resolute glimmer of human contact 
2.5
The White Meadows
John Beifuss
The relentless inescapable literal saltiness of this strikingly beautiful environment may have been director Mohammad Rasoulof s inspiration Perhaps he is suggesting here that not even an army of boatmen could collect all of Iran s tears 
3.5
The Donor Party
Michael Medved
46 46 not even vaguely amusing or in any sense believable despite the arduous over acting of an appealing star who deserves better material 46 
1
The Donor Party
Mark Dujsik
It apos s probably too much to ask for complexity within something like The Donor Party 44 but this movie doesn apos t even give us complications that fit into its simple setup 46 
1.5
The Donor Party
Roger Moore
A raunchy 44 skirt hiking farce that never quite achieves the happy ending all involved were hoping for 44 although it finds a few laughs and some oh no they didn apos ts 46 
1.5
Just One of the Guys
David Nusair
an exceedingly erratic yet mostly agreeable comedy 
2.5
The Gravedigger's Wife
Kent Turner
The Gravedigger s Wife ranks high among the gems of the festival and would be an asset to any distributor s lineup 
3.5
The Gravedigger's Wife
Sarah-Tai Black
Not precious but humanist The Gravedigger s Wife is a striking first from a filmmaker and cast we should hope to see more of 
4
The Gravedigger's Wife
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A solid melodrama set in the desert lands of Somalia without any exoticism or condescension 
2
Curling
Bill Chambers
A slow burn that respects the audience s literacy 
3.5
Curling
Jeff Shannon
Curling is in part a film about secrets Maybe we know what s going on maybe we don t That subtly unsettling ambiguity is yet another thing that makes this beguiling film so enticingly different 
3.5
Curling
Ty Burr
A bleakly allusive look at frozen lives Curling is very much a specialty item a movie that goes nowhere slowly 
3
Curling
Chris Cabin
The director sets a mood that is at once bleak and yet teems with dark wild impulses that range from the carnal to the murderous 
3
Curling
Rick Groen
No fan of linear narrative intent only on revealing things through a glass darkly writer director Denis Ct wants us to be puzzled He succeeds rather too well 
2
Beowulf
Mattie Lucas
The characters up on screen seem like living breathing people 
3.5
Beowulf
Namrata Joshi
Expectedly there are large scale edge of the seat clashes and some classic savage scenes There are other interesting touches and some quirky emotions It s a philosophical play on what it means to be a warrior 
2
Beowulf
Tom Meek
It drops its epic posture and spews far too many double entendres 
2.5
Beowulf
David Nusair
the initially impressive visuals are ultimately negated by the annoyance of the technology 
3.5
Beowulf
Peter Canavese
A worthy cinematic adaptation with interesting and provocative mythic ideas of its own and suprisingly lyrical images to match Blu Ray 
3
Beowulf
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s a bland and lethargic piece of Hollywood tripe that not even the presence of Ray Winstone could salvage 
1
Beowulf
David Keyes
For all the visual wizardry at work on screen in Robert Zemeckis Beowulf it s a wonder I found myself leaving the theater feeling lifeless and unenthusiastic 
1.5
Beowulf
John Beifuss
Simultaneously celebrates and critiques the audience s centuries spanning hunger for heroic epics 
3
Beowulf
Matt Brunson
The biggest criticism has nothing to do with the movie itself but with the morons on the MPAA board 
3
Beowulf
Jeffrey Westhoff
Robert Zemeckis has created the world s longest videogame cut scene 
2.5
Beowulf
Brandon Fibbs
By utilizing the most modern technology Zemeckis has breathed new life into an ancient tale 
3.5
Beowulf
Linda Cook
Beowulf is monstrous enough to deserve to be seen in its 3 D version 
3
Beowulf
Mike McGranaghan
Director Robert Zemeckis has created a computer animated movie is that exciting funny sexy and thrilling A genuinely cool moviegoing event 
3.5
Beowulf
Kit Bowen
For all its hi tech wonder motion capture technology still hasn t perfected the human factor 
2.5
Beowulf
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Beowulf feels a lot like a video game blown up large noise action and funny walking intact 
2
Beowulf
Amy Biancolli
It s imaginative and it has the barreling forward motion and lurching thrills of a Dark Ages theme park even when it s exercising battle worn clichés 
2.5
Beowulf
Peter Howell
Heads roll arteries gush and spleens spill across the IMAX screen in Beowulf just as you d expect in a screen adaptation of the oldest surviving epic poem in the English language 
2.5
Beowulf
Chris Hewitt
The stuff that works in Beowulf really works and the interaction between the human characters and the effects is so intricate that flaws notwithstanding I m convinced this movie could have been made no other way 
3
Beowulf
Mick LaSalle
It s the Beowulf saga once again and the movie becomes tiresome and trivial well done within the narrow limits of its aspiration but not worth the inflated effort 
2
Beowulf
Arthur Salm
Director Robert Zemeckis moves things along lickety split for such a dark heavy tale lit by gray diffuse far northern skies and golden torchlight the film is remarkably light on its feet 
3
Beowulf
Carla Meyer
Director Robert Zemeckis and his technical wizards have turned an English class staple into a ripping not to mention ripped comic book yarn that looks spectacular in Imax 3 D 
3
Beowulf
Stephen Whitty
It is quite literally an epic achievement 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Jay Antani
a unique historical artifact to be sure but one which reveals nothing exceptional about the personalities the times or the themes explored 
2
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Duane Dudek
Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood manage to cut through the underbrush of this incoherent material to create a clear if repetitive through line and put it into context with footnote type stops for side trips of social and historic significance 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Chris Hewitt
Magic Trip accomplishes something only the best documentaries pull off It energizes you so much you can t wait to find out more 
3.5
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Mark Feeney
It s the movie Yellow Submarine should have been but didn t know how to be 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Monica Castillo
Sometimes the footage is shaky and the story threatens to derail itself by spinning off on too many tangents but ultimately the rough and ready style fits with the experimental spirit of the Pranksters 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Joe Williams
Magic Trip is neither as magic nor as trippy as the culture quake that it documents but it s a valuable flashback and a pleasurable contact high 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Paul de Barros
This is the story of sunny casual West Coast visionary utopians told from the inside out 
4
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Michael O'Sullivan
It isn t exactly boring But it s hard being the designated driver at someone else s bacchanal 
1.5
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Steven Rea
To be sure one gets a better sense of the personalities and the passions stirring their souls in Wolfe s book But Magic Trip literally brings these characters to life 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Stephen Whitty
It s fascinating and sometimes surprising stuff 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Lou Lumenick
I m not sure I can adequately explain the 60s to someone who wasn t there Magic Trip doesn t really even try 
2.5
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Mick LaSalle
The first striking thing about the documentary is that nothing about it reads 1964 
3
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Nick Schager
The messiness of Kesey s trip is reflected for worse more than for better by Magic Trip which fails to provide much insight into any of its subjects 
2.5
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Matt Brunson
The film makes for an intimately unsettling watch as Dreyer s style of shooting harsh angles to go along with all those up close and personal visages traps the viewer as much as the players 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Mattie Lucas
If ever the divine was captured on film Dreyer did so in his transcendent 1928 masterpiece 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
James Kendrick
a pinnacle of silent film art expressive acting and naturalistic intensity
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Josh Larsen
If the cinema had a face it would have to be that of Maria Falconetti 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Barry Paris
Dreyer s powerful pacing and harmonious synthesis of actors setting and story influenced the likes of Bergman Fellini Hitchcock and Scorsese Joan is a majestic masterpiece 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
John Monaghan
Few films have earned classic status more than Carl Dreyer s 1928 silent study of the 15th Century teenager who helped lead French troops against the British only to be tried as a heretic 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Roger Ebert
You cannot know the history of silent film unless you know the face of Renee Maria Falconetti 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
David Keyes
Perhaps one of the most intricate and powerful achievements of the silent era 
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc
David Sterritt
The chief reason for its legendary reputation is the brilliant match between its timeless historical subject and Dreyer s decision to film it primarily in relentless close ups 
3
The Passion of Joan of Arc
James Berardinelli
When one speaks of The Passion of Joan of Arc the first image to come to mind is the beatific face of Maria Falconetti whose expressive features give voice to the movie s silence 
3.5
Trust
David Nusair
a relatively well paced drama that benefits from its unabashedly salacious storyline 
2.5
Trust
Bob Bloom
Justice and Daddario are sincere almost innocents It s the people around them especially Ansgar and Amy who are like serpents from Eden tempting them to stray 
2.5
Trust
Caroline Madden
Trust has a melodramatic salaciousness that is truly delectable It will take you on a wild ride of sensual intrigue and high stakes dramatics 
3.5
Trust
Monica Castillo
Trust is like a politely salacious book you would pick up at an airport to read on a long flight after an even longer work week Overall it s easy to follow and get caught up in the drama of these characters 
2.5
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Farran Smith Nehme
Becker comes across as a warm funny man blessed with a devoted family and friends 
2.5
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Drew Hunt
Jesse Vile s film despite its best intentions is merely a serviceable extension of his own fandom 
2
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Rick Groen
The story that remains is intriguing without being transporting the facts are all there but the emotion is largely lost in translation 
2.5
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Rob Salem
What gets you is the smile which first lights up his face and then the room reflected by everyone else who is in it 
3.5
Fantasia
Peter Canavese
Though Fantasia didn t perform as well as Walt Disney had hoped it remains a testament to his exceptional cinematic genius Blu ray 
3.5
Fantasia
James Kendrick
At the time of its release it was probably the boldest most experimental production to come out of Hollywood which is why it is not terribly surprising that it was Disney s biggest commercial failure 
3.5
Fantasia
Wesley Lovell
A beautiful blend of animation and music 
4
Fantasia
Ted Prigge
The artistry is better than usual Disney I don t know why but the visuals look even more beautiful than they usually do 
4
Fantasia
David Keyes
It is more or less a journey through portals and dimensions that can only exist within the parallel universes of our minds And yet there it is on screen and alive 
3
Fantasia
Roger Ebert
Throughout Fantasia Disney pushes the edges of the envelope 
4
White Sun
Rob Thomas
White Sun is a beautifully shot film with lush widescreen compositions that suggest the work of Terrence Malick 
3
White Sun
Kenji Fujishima
Deepak Rauniyar may be more skilled dramatist than inspired image maker but his admirably balanced and humane social and political perspective is bracing nevertheless 
3
O Lucky Man!
Vincent Canby
O Lucky Man clearly has a number of things on its mind but as a movie it is a very mixed bag 
2
Donovan's Brain
Matt Brunson
A potentially risible idea is handled in satisfactory fashion 
2.5
Tales of Halloween
Kevin A. Ranson
Hearing the sultry Adrienne Barbeau channeling DJ Stevie Wayne from The Fog introducing each story while appearing in none of them is the biggest offense among many 
2
Tales of Halloween
Sara Michelle Fetters
As anthologies go this one is a heck of a lot of fun even the misses having a spunky go for broke attitude worthy of going a tiny bit crazy for 
2.5
Tales of Halloween
Jeff Beck
Taken as a whole Tales of Halloween is unfortunately a mixed bag of mostly tricks that will leave horror fans wanting something better 
2
Tales of Halloween
Tom Keogh
Tales of Halloween is full of great fodder for urban legends and that s about as sophisticated as most of the film s 10 scary vignettes all set in a suburb on Halloween night get 
2
Tales of Halloween
Nick Allen
Lined by an amicable sense of dark humor and a sporadically amusing bloodlust this hit or miss compilation could bring Halloween cheer to genre fans 
2.5
Tales of Halloween
Dustin Putman
The potential to further explore in future installments the magic mystique and dark underbelly of October 31 is boundless with any luck a new annual cinematic tradition has been born 
2.5
The Good Thief
Judith Egerton
When it comes to movies about one last high stakes score Nolte in The Good Thief pales next to Gene Hackman s low keyed brilliance in Heist 
2
The Good Thief
Josh Gilchrist
Outside of Nick Nolte s performance the rest of the film is a by the numbers heist drama
2
The Good Thief
John Beifuss
If Nick Nolte had been looking for excuses when he was arrested he might have told the officers he was still in character from Thief 
2.5
The Good Thief
Forrest Hartman
The marriage of Hollywood friendly plotting and independent style make The Good Thief the perfect vehicle to better the industry It s easy to see general audiences even young ones thrilling over the deft storytelling and once you re exposed t
3.5
The Good Thief
Matt Brunson
This is a heist movie that s more interested in exploring its players than in impressing or annoying the audience with its cleverness and therein lies its appeal 
3
The Good Thief
Sean P. Means
Nolte s performance is one of his best and a perfect fit for the movie s bittersweet mix of youthful peril and an old man s regrets 
3.5
The Good Thief
Jami Bernard
With his haggard good looks and bearish presence Nolte is the main event in this colorful three ring circus of a heist picture 
3
The Good Thief
Rob Blackwelder
There s a sad compulsive edge of the abyss desperation to Nick Nolte s intuitive and informed performance 
3
The Good Thief
Laura Kelly
If director Neil Jordan was going for criminal cool he hit the jackpot with The Good Thief 
3
The Good Thief
Joe Baltake
Jordan has made a film that is both traditional enough to hold those moviegoers who don t catch its kickiness and cinematic enough to hook those in thrall of camera art 
3.5
The Good Thief
Rene Rodriguez
A sparkling exercise in movie cool 
3
The Good Thief
Duane Dudek
A diamond in the rough just like Nolte and the character he rode in on 
3.5
The Good Thief
Steven Rea
Blurry opiated jagged with melancholy and stone cold beautiful 
3
The Good Thief
David Nusair
mostly entertaining if completely forgettable 
3
The Good Thief
Moira MacDonald
There s not much to remember a few days later but it s eye candy of a very high order 
3
The Good Thief
Mick LaSalle
To the extent that it s a rhapsody on the theme of Nick Nolte The Good Thief has considerable charm 
2
The Good Thief
David Elliott
A bad movie that careens and kazooms from one moment of flip empty sophistication to another 
1
The Good Thief
Vic Vogler
Jordan s approach assumes a certain intelligence and attentiveness in his audience but his joyride through the French Riviera always keeps us belted in 
3.5
The Good Thief
Ty Burr
Nolte is magnificent ravaged desperate aware 
3
The Good Thief
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a great surprise that The Good Thief actually works leaving Melville behind and giving us the vibrant exciting work of another interesting director Neil Jordan 
3
The Good Thief
Roger Ebert
Whether or not Nolte topped up every day on the set it is clear that he was born to play Bob 
3.5
The Good Thief
John Monaghan
Extremely smart and cleverly crafted this heist movie set on the French Riviera will keep you guessing even when you already know the outcome 
3
The Good Thief
Chris Hewitt
You don t always know what s going on but it s fun to watch anyway 
3
The Good Thief
Bruce Newman
Jordan returns to the demimonde and the more personal style of filmmaking of his earlier triumphs such as Mona Lisa and The Crying Game 
3
The Good Thief
Mary F. Pols
Looks and feels like a Tom Waits song sounds 
3.5
The Good Thief
Jeffrey Westhoff
Won t be remembered as a classic but it s a fine imitation 
3.5
The Good Thief
Michael Wilmington
It s vibrant tremendously exciting and done with a wit feeling and panache that keep your mind and senses in constant overdrive 
3.5
The Good Thief
Katrina Onstad
Jordan s great strength as always is casting Legal troubles aside or perhaps because of them Nolte is a great old soul 
2.5
The Good Thief
Peter Travers
This remake of Jean Pierre Melville s 1955 Bob le Flambeur tries for a stylish shambling grace But like Bob it can t quite get it up 
2
The Good Thief
Rick Groen
A solid work of craft that doubles as a little meditation on art 
3
The Good Thief
Glenn Whipp
The Good Thief plays to Nolte s strengths just as much as The Quiet American showcased Michael Caine s formidable talents 
3.5
The Good Thief
Mike Clark
In terms of its myriad screen predecessors it s still on the high side of heist 
3
The Good Thief
David Sterritt
Like the good thief himself Jordan turns out to be too clever by half organizing a caper that s noisy and flashy where subtlety and moodiness would be far more effective 
2
The Good Thief
Jan Stuart
It pulses with erudition and visual kicks but has the dulled impact of a time sensitive bottled message that has washed ashore years too late to be of any practical use 
2.5
The Good Thief
Lou Lumenick
It s a special triumph for Nolte 
3.5
The Good Thief
Ian Mantgani
You can t fake self confidence but The Good Thief tries so hard to do so that it ends up an endearing movie as well as a curiously empty one I mean you gotta love its effort 
2.5
The Good Thief
James Berardinelli
It is a decidedly mixed bag 
2.5
The Good Thief
Harvey S. Karten
The times have passed this sort of film by 
2.5
The Good Thief
Steve Rhodes
A near miss that is frequently too clever for its own good 
2.5
The Good Thief
Bill Chambers
There s a nagging simplicity to Jordan s screenplay keeping the pivotal heist from capturing the imagination 
2
Neverwas
David Nusair
unlikely to find much of an audience outside of the film festival circuit 
2
The Trial
Roger Ebert
It is a solid respectable screen adaptation but it lacks the madness 
2.5
Mr. North
Roger Ebert
The premise is sweet and innocent and the production is handsome but the film moves slowly and doesn t really hold our attention 
2
Flutter
Roger Moore
A Guy Ritchie ish wagering thriller with a Mephistophelian twist this comes closer to even money than winning the jackpot 
2.5
Po zakonu (By the Law) (Dura Lex) (Troye)
Mattie Lucas
A remarkably grim and naturalistic work dealing in a haunting sense of lonely dread 
3.5
Moonfall
David Nusair
A tedious and mostly interminable disaster epic 46 46 46 
1
Moonfall
Matt Brunson
Yes 44 it 8217 s more end of the world bilge from Roland Emmerich 46 
2
Moonfall
Mattie Lucas
Rarely makes any sense but it s the kind of big dumb blockbuster that is fully self aware of its own ridiculousness and embraces its inner goofiness 
3
Moonfall
Walter Chaw
The movie s pleasures are also in how it isn t that far fetched in comparison to this broken reality of ours 
3
Moonfall
Erik Childress
Quite possibly the dumbest thing ever created by human beings and thats saying a lot given the resume of Roland Emmerich 
0
Moonfall
Sean P. Means
The danger comes in the way Emmerich treats scientists the people who understand whats going on as either crackpots or nerdy know it alls 
2
Moonfall
Brian Eggert
Moonfall doesn t feel like Emmerich is having a blast behind the camera blowing things up and causing mass destruction like a child in a 150 million digital sandbox it feels like he s going through the motions 
1
Moonfall
Ray Gill Jr.
The disaster movie has aged like an 80s hair metal band clinging to relevance in the age of grunge and Roland Emmerich s Moonfall is no exception 
1
Moonfall
Chris Knight
The disaster movie has aged like an 80s hair metal band clinging to relevance in the age of grunge and Roland Emmerich s Moonfall is no exception 
1
Moonfall
Joshua Axelrod
Moonfall is an exhilarating cinematic experience that is always fun even if you re sometimes laughing at it more than with it 
2
Moonfall
Mark Keizer
Moonfall is weapons grade nonsense that severely tests our desire to go along for the ride no matter how ridiculous it gets 
2
Moonfall
Dwight Brown
Extensive special effects pour on sci fi elements that help distract attention from the tacky narrative 
2
Moonfall
Josh Larsen
frames the moon as something between a celestial stalker and the voracious shark from Jaws 
2
Moonfall
Sara Michelle Fetters
Moonfall is maddingly nuts 
2.5
Moonfall
Tom Meek
Much of Moonfall is pure cockamamie but it moves and clicks with reason and purpose and Wilson and Berry are hard to resist 
2
Moonfall
Mark Meszoros
Moonfall is guilty pleasure entertainment pure and simple Only it isnt much of a pleasure 
1.5
Moonfall
Rafer Guzman
Nearly every scene is a climactic moment albeit with virtually no connective tissue to explain why things are happening or even how the characters got from one location to another 
1.5
Moonfall
Mark Kennedy
Emmerich s latest is an absolutely bananas piece of big budget filmmaking a sci fi action and disaster thriller that gets more crazy by the minute It makes Independence Day look like Little Women 
3
Moonfall
Michael Phillips
The movie has the benefit of getting stranger and stranger as it gyrates It s a drag though to see Berry dutifully playing ball with two bowls of vanilla pudding as co leads both of whom are better actors than they come off here 
2
Moonfall
Nick Allen
Roland Emmerich destroys the world again with Moonfall but this time his heart just isnt in it 
1.5
Moonfall
Mark Feeney
Art it ain t but much of it s more entertaining than it has any right to be 
2.5
Moonfall
Soren Andersen
Does an Oscar winner like Berry really need money so badly that she consents to be in this 
1
Moonfall
James Berardinelli
If the pandemic precludes one person from seeing Roland Emmerich s Moonfall then it has accomplished something positive 
0
Moonfall
Kevin A. Ranson
mixing together all the elements of Emmerich s prior successes into a new recipe that tastes great even if it s less filling bets big on high concept pure adrenaline and a literal shot of deus ex machina to stage one hell of a good time 
4
Moonfall
Johnny Oleksinski
A huge sigh of relief is heaved after two hours when you can finally say Goodnight Moonfall 
1
Moonfall
Rob Thomas
Moonfall is probably his silliest film yet and all the better for it An enjoyable piece of sci fi hokum its Dont Look Up without the smarmy sense of superiority 
2.5
Moonfall
Joey Magidson
Roland Emmerichs Moonfall is a pale imitation of a Roland Emmerich disaster flick 
2
Moonfall
Roger Moore
Instantly becomes the biggest swing and a miss of Roland Emmerichs popcorn packed career 
1
Moonfall
Mark Dujsik
The movie doesn t embrace how dopey it could be and as a result is simply predictably dull 
1.5
Moonfall
Chris Hewitt
I m a person who usually gravitates toward inventive filmmaking sparkling dialogue and insight into characters but there s something to be said for big dumb fun which is why in the case of Moonfall my rules don t apply anymore 
2.5
Moonfall
Mick LaSalle
Just when you think Moonfall can t redeem itself it takes a turn and ends well The last 20 minutes deliver 
2.5
Wings
Brian Eggert
Wings remains essential beyond its commentary on state ideology and gender politics for how well it channels the humanist need to be seen 
4
Very Semi-Serious
Walter V. Addiego
With more than a hint of the magazine s trademark insouciance the film gives us a close look at how the selection process works and introduces us a to a handful of younger artists as well as such stalwarts as George Booth and Roz Chast 
3
Very Semi-Serious
Christopher Gray
It doesn t seem to aspire to much more than proving that there are nice talented people behind The New Yorker s walls 
2
Russkies
Roger Ebert
I am enough of a realist to realize that adults probably had to come into this plot at one point or another but the adults unfortunately bring grown up movie cliches along with them and that spoils some of the fun 
2.5
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Mike Clark
No masterpiece but a portrait worthy of the extraordinary woman it salutes 
3.5
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Roger Ebert
If you have been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial you will want to see it If you have not it will make you want to go 
3
The Champagne Safari
David Nusair
stale unimaginative 
1.5
Little Chenier
Maitland McDonagh
Bethany Ashton Wolf s steamy Southern Gothic melodrama doesn t miss a cliche but it s steeped in authentic local atmosphere 
2.5
Little Chenier
John Wirt
Such unflattering scenarios are common in movies about the rural South but the melodramatic crescendos in Little Chenier don t play out smoothly or credibly Heavy handed storytelling undermines the film s good intentions and authentic locations 
2
Primal
Mike McGranaghan
Primal is like Life of Pi meets The Silence of the Lambs only way less fun than that sounds 
1
Primal
Simon Abrams
Face it tiger Primal is boring 
1.5
Primal
Mark Dujsik
Something this inherently silly shouldn t feel so tediously routine 
1.5
Primal
Rex Reed
I m embarrassed to admit it but I screamed out loud five times 
3
Primal
Sara Stewart
There is a limit to the redemption Nicolas Cage can grant a terrible movie and Primal is it 
1
A Good Man
Chuck Bowen
A Good Man has devastating moments but its good intentions ultimately shortchange Chris and Rachel diminishing not to mention patronizing them 
2
A Good Man
V.A. Musetto
It s an interesting story but the presentation is more like a home movie than something you d pay to see in a theater Wait for it to pop up on cable TV 
1.5
Settlers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cordova has to navigate an incredibly tight channel to bring all of this across and while he isn t entirely successful watching him make the attempt is still frequently exhilarating 
3
Settlers
Mike McGranaghan
A provocative work of speculative fiction 
3
Settlers
Kevin Carr
It has all of the human drama It has the stress and the tension and the emotion but it doesn t give any of the backstory 
2
Settlers
Richard Roeper
Ultimately though Settlers is more about setting a mood and painting a picture of hopelessness than explaining what happened before the story it feels incomplete 
2.5
Settlers
Brian Tallerico
A somber drag 
2
Settlers
Mark Dujsik
The story itself is simply too broad and stretched so thin that it never creates a real sense of specificity 
2.5
Settlers
Leo Brady
There s plenty of potential that remains in the work of Rockefeller and Settlers might have succeeded with a bigger budget but for now it s best to leave this science fiction effort far behind 
2
Settlers
William Repass
Settlers allows for weighty themes to play out inside a cramped domestic setting wary of easy answers or moral platitudes 
2.5
Settlers
Roger Moore
Kind of the anti Martian a downbeat and almost forlorn Twilight Zone parable of sci fi tropes running up against basic human nature 
2.5
The Grudge 2
Matthew Rozsa
If you re in the mood for a good scary movie one that mixes old fashioned frights with a novel storytelling approach you need look no further than The Grudge 2 
3.5
The Grudge 2
Nick Rogers
Takashi Shimizu telegraphs scares to the point of numbness Peek under a table There s the boy The room a bit too quiet is it It s the girl All that s frightening are the actors pained facial expressions suggesting an epidemic of farty indigestion 
.5
The Grudge 2
David Nusair
nothing more than a needless rehash of its predecessor 
2
The Grudge 2
Chris Hewitt
The Grudge 2 starts out ridiculous then gets boring then irritating 
1
The Grudge 2
Greg Maki
Lazy unimaginative storytelling that tries to fool the audience into thinking it s clever 
1.5
The Grudge 2
Sean McBride
just a quick scare and then back to the nonsensical and diluted story 
1.5
The Grudge 2
Frank Ochieng
Consequently The Grudge 2 is ruthlessly uneventful and as generically scary as stale pumpkin pie two weeks removed from a sedate Halloween party 
1
The Grudge 2
Linda Cook
I m not sure what fans see in these movies but whatever it is here it is again in Grudge 2 
2
The Grudge 2
Mike McGranaghan
It s hard to know where to begin with this sorry sequel because when it was over I felt like I hadn t actually seen a movie Everything about it just evaporates immediately 
1.5
The Grudge 2
Malene Arpe
It is a testament to the power of filmmaking that even a waste of time like Grudge 2 can raise a slew of interesting questions to keep you thinking for a long time after leaving the theatre 
1
The Grudge 2
Wesley Morris
Takako Fuji and Ohga Tanaka as the ghosts do MTV Movie Award caliber work by just crouching in a phone booth 
1
The Grudge 2
Lisa Rose
It isn t a bad movie just a redundant one 
1.5
The Grudge 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Grudge 2 Takashi Shimizu s wildly uneven but ambitious new film his second American remake is one of the best entries in the Japanese director s Ju On Grudge series 
2.5
The Grudge 2
Elizabeth Weitzman
Very little about the plot actually makes sense but who needs logic when you ve got a creepy ghost child and his banshee mom lurking around 
2
The Grudge 2
V.A. Musetto
The movie is utter junk suitable perhaps for late night TV but not for the thousands of big screens on which it opened yesterday 
0
The Grudge 2
Mark Collette
Shimizu has mastered the American art of pandering to a target demographic 
2
The Grudge 2
Daniel M. Kimmel
If the Hollywood remake of The Ring spawned a short lived interest in so called J horror The Grudge 2 ought to finally end it 
1.5
The Grudge 2
Pam Grady
Far from a horror fright fest The Grudge 2 generates laughs instead of the intended chills 
2
The Grudge 2
Randy Cordova
The film feels more like several small disconnected pieces thrown together rather than a satisfying whole 
2.5
The Grudge 2
Dustin Putman
For legitimate frights that don t rely on gore Grudge 2 fits the bill Just don t go in expecting to make sense out of the convoluted story because there isn t any 
2.5
The Grudge 2
Nick Schager
The Grudge 2 merely confirms that the series and perhaps the J horror genre as a whole has finally run its course
1.5
The Grudge 2
Terry Lawson
The Grudge 2 is just a mélange of images some mildly disturbing but mostly just variations on a theme an unblinking eye a spectral presence lurking in a dark corner a sexy schoolgirl in uniform 
2
The Grudge 2
Peter Hartlaub
The more Grudge films you see the more the rules in this universe are unveiled as totally random to the point where you stop caring 
1
The Grudge 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
I still can t say I enjoyed The Grudge 2 near as much as I did its predecessor 
2.5
The Grudge 2
Peter Canavese
If Shimizu s aging idea of rage made wraiths were true caterwauling critics would be crawling all over the multiplex right about now 
1
The Grudge 2
Kit Bowen
I mean for all I know I could be cursed for just watching this nonsense Wait what s that under my desk 
1.5
The Grudge 2
Willie Waffle
The Grudge 2 doesn t even try to make sense the grudge just starts going after anyone it darn well wants to and people are getting all grudged for no reason 
1
The Grudge 2
Josh Larsen
This ghost makes zombies look like Olympic sprinters 
1.5
Jamie Marks Is Dead
Susan Wloszczyna
It is likely to test the patience of many viewers 
2
Jamie Marks Is Dead
Sean P. Means
Writer director Carter Smith sets a brooding chilly atmosphere but he also writes opaquely vague dialogue and includes in a subplot involving Adam s mother Liv Tyler that goes nowhere 
2
Beau Jest
Jeff Vice
Waste s the talents of a very good supporting cast and has so few laughs in it that it almost defies categorization as a comedy 
1.5
Mr. Toilet: The World's No. 2 Man
Mike McGranaghan
A valuable and often very funny social issue documentary 
3
Dark Summer
Mike McGranaghan
An intriguing if flawed look at the nature of obsession 
2.5
Dark Summer
Dustin Putman
Mopes around for 82 minutes inspiration in short supply 
1
Dark Summer
Andy Crump
Dark Summer isn t a very poetic film It s barely coherent 
1.5
Dark Summer
Sara Stewart
The mumbly dialogue between the three teens realistic though it probably is makes it hard to care too much about Daniel s housebound fate 
2
Dark Summer
Ed Gonzalez
The cacophony of visions broken mirrors and mutilations only points to the ghost in the machine respecting The Craft as its spirit animal 
1.5
At Midnight
Roger Moore
At some point 44 as a romantic comedy is failing right before your eyes 44 you settle for 8220 at least it 8217 s not offensive 46 8221 
1
At Midnight
Mike McGranaghan
The low quality of At Midnight is frustrating because the leads have a spark 46 
1.5
At Midnight
G. Allen Johnson
Barbaro proves with seemingly effortless charm that she can carry a rom com and with daffy scripts like these she and her castmates have some heavy lifting to do But they are up to the task 
2.5
Provoked
Namrata Joshi
Despite being based on a true story the film s presentation is overly dramatic and the characters seem too stereotypical 
2
Provoked
Walter V. Addiego
The script is melodramatic and Rai s lead performance is thin stuff 
1.5
Provoked
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Director Mundhra can t control the expansiveness of the melodrama or focus on the terseness of realism Every character in Provoked from victims to tyrants Indian to English loud to quiet ends up as a grossly exaggerated comic creation 
2
Provoked
Mary F. Pols
In the end Provoked is not provocative enough 
2
Provoked
Ty Burr
Provoked rarely ducks below its glossy surface 
2
Provoked
Michael Phillips
The true crime drama Provoked has everything to offer except a cinematic point of view and a knack for depicting human beings under duress Those are major drawbacks 
1.5
Provoked
Glenn Whipp
Soapy sermon about the landmark case of a battered wife 
2
Provoked
V.A. Musetto
A clueless director Mundhra tackles the subject with a heavy hand and a contrived script The result is a daytime soap mixed with a second rate women behind bars flick 
1
Provoked
Ken Fox
For all the gushy feelings the plight of women like Kiranjit bound not only by domineering often physically abusive husbands but by racism and oppressive cultural traditions as well is poignantly portrayed 
3
Provoked
Jack Mathews
Rai s acting is frustratingly passive in Provoked and the script is laced with prison and courtroom clichés But the movie gets most of the facts straight and the flashbacks to the wife s abuse are harrowing 
2.5
Provoked
Kam Williams
Courtroom drama about the landmark decision which established Battered Women s Syndrome as a defense at least in England where relief for an abused wife is now just a Molotov cocktail away 
3
Provoked
Nick Schager
A historic tale of triumph that director Jag Mundhra douses in Old Hollywood meets Bollywood aesthetics 
1
Summer in Berlin
Ken Fox
A close friendship between two women is tested over the course of a single sultry Berlin summer in this bittersweet and wonderfully wry film from German director Andreas Dresen 
3.5
Summer in Berlin
Elizabeth Weitzman
The movie tends to wander between story lines and characters without any real sense of purpose 
2
Mountaintop
Peter Sobczynski
For fans of Neil Young and Crazy Horse Mountaintop is pretty much a must see 
3.5
Mountaintop
Roger Moore
Neil Young is in fine voice and Crazy Horse is still tight in this choppy hastily put together doc about making the LP Colorado 
2.5
Instinct
James Sanford
anyone who goes to Instinct expecting a terrifying thriller will find The Serenity of the Gorillas is a long long way from The Silence of the Lambs 
1.5
Instinct
Ross Anthony
Perhaps like the human race itself Instinct far from flawless is nonetheless seductively imperious and yes as lovable as a perfect paradox
3
Instinct
Roger Ebert
If there s anything worse than a movie hammered together out of pieces of bad screenplays it s a movie made from the scraps of good ones 
1.5
Instinct
Bob Graham
Instinct is the second one in a row that Gooding lifts out of mediocrity by the sheer force of his talent intelligence and personality 
2
Instinct
James Berardinelli
Solid directing and good acting 
2.5
Instinct
Steve Rhodes
Absent the two superlative performances there is nothing to recommend the picture 
2.5
Instinct
Susan Stark
Strong performances 
2
Instinct
Dustin Putman
A consistently dull meandering motion picture that is never anything more than difficult to sit through and cannot be salvaged by the relatively unextraordinary performances of Gooding Jr and Hopkins 
1
Instinct
Michael Dequina
Soulless exercises in manipulation such as this that robsany of the enjoyment or genuine excitement out of cinema 
1
Instinct
David N. Butterworth
Subtlety is not one of Jon Turteltaub s strong suits 
2
War Games: The Dead Code
Rossiter Drake
Keeps the formula topical replacing Soviet aggressors with cyber savvy terrorists but the renovations end there 
2
The Tree of Life
Matt Brunson
Its neatest trick is that it feels like a Malick autobiography even as it directly speaks to receptive viewers on a one to one basis It s cinema as a give and take relationship The movie can only provide as much as the viewer is willing to put into it 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Mattie Lucas
A film of monumental beauty and quiet intense power at once cosmic and intimate massive in scale and deeply personal in scope 
4
The Tree of Life
David Keyes
Malick s points are more enriching than the mere mutterings from a confused filmmaker One might even say he understands more about this strange existence than he is willing to admit in front of a camera 
3
The Tree of Life
Roger Moore
Absurdly over rated 
1.5
The Tree of Life
Austin Kennedy
This film is a cinematic triumph Terrence Malick s masterpiece 
4
The Tree of Life
Jordan Hiller
Terrence Malick s astonishing masterpiece of light movement and spirit casts a dizzying spell and somehow manages to pronounce the ineffable while telling its humble tale 
4
The Tree of Life
Mike Scott
This film is undoubtedly a piece of art as much so as a Picasso painting one that invites viewers to immerse themselves scratch their heads and consider it 
4
The Tree of Life
James Kendrick
For the first time in decades Malick has achieved the height of his artistry in fully meshing the emotional and the aesthetic they tug you in the same direction rather than against each other 
4
The Tree of Life
John Wirt
Moviegoers willing to tolerate Malick s origins of the Earth ruminations eventually will come upon a universal American drama featuring one of Brad Pitt s strongest performances 
3
The Tree of Life
Lori Hoffman
The Tree of Life has an illusion of profundity but it is just that an illusion 
2
The Tree of Life
John Beifuss
Aspires to be as mysterious and powerful and as attuned to the miraculous as the Episcopal service attended by its central family or the baby s birth that functions as its core event 
4
The Tree of Life
Rob Thomas
What a gift it is to see the joys and pains of childhood both somebody s and everybody s rendered so carefully and beautifully in a film 
4
The Tree of Life
Eric Melin
Simply stating that the movie is nonlinear isn t enough This is challenging breathtaking pretentious and inspired filmmaking that pushes the boundaries of conventional storytelling 
4
The Tree of Life
Lawrence Toppman
Malick has reached high all the way up to our maker You can decide whether he came back with a profound examination of humanity or a fistful of fog 
2.5
The Tree of Life
Moira MacDonald
This film s rewards are many for those with the patience to simply let it float 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Loey Lockerby
It is an impressive confounding achievement that calls to mind every drunken late night debate that no one could articulate the next morning 
3
The Tree of Life
Duane Dudek
It is the most insightful look at how boys become men and how parents turn children into the people they grow up to be that I ve ever seen on film 
3
The Tree of Life
Rene Rodriguez
In this flawed yet masterful unforgettable movie Malick argues that even the tiniest mote can have value He sees miracles everywhere You just have to make an effort to see them too 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Roger Moore
Glibly put this challenging time skipping rumination is the big screen equivalent of watching that Tree grow 
1.5
The Tree of Life
Bob Bloom
In Tree of Life director Terrence Malick offers no middle ground Audiences will either embrace or despise it They will think it is either deep and profound or pretentious and self indulgent And they would be correct on all counts 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Joe Williams
The Tree of Life is rooted in human nature but ascends to the infinite mystery It s a dizzying climb with few footholds for the timid or cynical but the view from above is heavenly 
4
The Tree of Life
Rick Groen
The result actually plays like a divine pronouncement cosmic in scope and oracular in tone a cinematic sermon on the mount that shows its creator in exquisite form Exquisite but frustrating 
3
The Tree of Life
Lisa Kennedy
What a transcendent achievement 
4
The Tree of Life
Marty Mapes
Get lost in Malick s memories
4
The Tree of Life
David Nusair
a singular bit of avant garde filmmaking that ultimately makes up in captivating visuals and pervasive mood what it lacks in context and exposition 
3
The Tree of Life
Steven Rea
It not only aspires to change your life it tries to explain it from the first cosmic blip to those busy amoebae splitting and multiplying to jellyfish jellying through the primal seas to the planets lined up in a row 
4
The Tree of Life
James Berardinelli
Striving for no less than the pinnacle of Stanley Kubrick s 2001 A Space Odyssey The Tree of Life falls short of masterful but retains a power that far too many motion pictures lack 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Rich Heldenfels
Although it taxes patience in the way Malick films often do it has excellent acting and passages of brilliance 
3
The Tree of Life
Peter Canavese
Malick wants to see so much people and through people to their souls the world and through the world to the ineffable life and death and through them to their meaning And he wants to help us to see it all too 
4
The Tree of Life
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a cosmic metaphor for life at its ugliest and most beautiful intimately discussing ideas and concepts many have thought about but few know the best way to put into words 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Ann Hornaday
Both good and bad great and fatally flawed transporting and disappointingly literal 
2.5
The Tree of Life
Wesley Morris
This movie weighs so much yet contains so little It s all vault and little coin 
2.5
The Tree of Life
Erik Childress
Frustration aside which might be inevitable for those who don t genuflect at Malick s altar The Tree of Life has an astute elegance to the way it tells its story even if the filmmaker cannot help himself from underlining the thematics 
3
The Tree of Life
Chris Hewitt
What we re left with is a scrapbook of stunning images 
2
The Tree of Life
Mark Dujsik
A triumphant piece of personal filmmaking that at once doubts the possibility of and then as a result actively searches for meaning 
4
The Tree of Life
Dustin Putman
It is no doubt Malick s most ambitious motion picture to date and regrettably his most misguided 
2
The Tree of Life
Mick LaSalle
The Tree of Life is at times trying and perplexing but it also contains some of the most psychologically insightful and ecstatic filmmaking imaginable 
4
The Tree of Life
Michael Phillips
I ve seen it twice now and though this childhood was not my childhood and my spiritual yearnings are not Malick s The Tree of Life already has come to mean a great deal to me 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Peter Keough
Malick s best work since his first film 
3
The Tree of Life
Matt Pais
Ambition doesn t automatically equal achievement and non commercial doesn t necessarily mean better Only this guy could make a self important riff on human insignificance 
1.5
The Tree of Life
Ethan Alter
It is at once both the movie I hoped it might be and also completely unlike anything I could have expected 
4
The Tree of Life
Brett McCracken
A magisterial symphony of sprawling scope and grand vision and a film that could awaken a cynical generation of filmmakers to rediscover the possibilities of the form 
4
The Tree of Life
Robert Levin
It s an experience that stays with you getting you thinking about the deepest recesses of space the farthest reaches of time and what it all means 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Walter Chaw
It s immensely mysterious and immensely grand 
4
The Tree of Life
Stephen Whitty
Both sharply smart and maddeningly elusive it s yet another film by a great director working at the height of his powers to do something genuinely new 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Lou Lumenick
It s overflowing with powerful images that will stay with me a long time even if I still can t explain some of them 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Claudia Puig
Some will dismiss its overarching themes and elliptical visuals as pretentious Others might question its quasi biblical images But the artistry in every frame is undeniable 
4
The Tree of Life
Peter Howell
Wonder dread hope They re among the emotions prompted by the cascade of images in something that s closer to epic poetry than to anything resembling narrative cinema 
4
The Tree of Life
Peter Travers
Tree delivers truths that don t go down easy No one with a genuine interest in the potential of film would think of missing it 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Josh Larsen
mourns mankind s awakening to original sin in nature in our families in ourselves 
4
The Tree of Life
Ed Gonzalez
The Tree of Life s fetching images are like glowing shards of glass and together they form a grandiose mirror that reflects Terrence Malick s impassioned philosophical outlook 
3.5
The Tree of Life
Roger Ebert
What Malick does in Tree of Life is create the span of lives Of birth childhood the flush of triumph the anger of belittlement the poison of resentment the warmth of forgiving 
4
Hit 'n Strum
Chris Knight
The characters and their situations remain just complicated enough to let us believe in them 
2.5
Hit 'n Strum
Liam Lacey
A technically competent but clumsily scripted drama about a legal princess and a musical pauper that loses momentum right after the initial collision 
2
Hit 'n Strum
Linda Barnard
The story often subs ploys for sympathy in place of inspiration 
2
What Lies West
Pamela Powell
What Lies West is a heartfelt exploration of friendships and their importance as two young women look ahead in life leaning on one another to grow and learn 
3
What Lies West
Matt Zoller Seitz
A likable debut seemingly made with a specific audience in mind and it would be wonderful if it found that audience 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Michael Dequina
Milks the character and his foibles for all the laughs he s worth which prove to be plenty 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Austin Kennedy
Being a filmmaker myself I have an affection for directors who gather all the money they can and just go for it But the humor is not consistent enough for me to fully recommend this 
2.5
The Foot Fist Way
Michael Phillips
It s almost funny or theoretically funny It s just not actually funny 
1.5
The Foot Fist Way
Sean P. Means
Apparently the writers thought Fred was so inherently funny they barely bothered to write jokes for him and then thought those jokes were so funny they didn t need well timed delivery 
1
The Foot Fist Way
Jeff Vice
This comedy clocks in around 90 minutes Yet somehow it still feels too long and overly padded as if it were a sketch comedy show bit that was stretched out to feature length 
2
The Foot Fist Way
Roger Moore
If I had my way every indie comedy would be done The Foot Fist Way 
4
The Foot Fist Way
Matt Brunson
Basically plays like a Will Ferrell vehicle without Will Ferrell 
1.5
The Foot Fist Way
Steven Rea
A very cool comedy based on character real and really self deluded characters and not on shtick 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Rossiter Drake
McBride sells the character with a straight face at all times making it that much harder to watch when Simmons settles into full fledged train wreck mode 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Chris Hewitt
Google the trailer That should be enough 
1
The Foot Fist Way
Mark Rahner
Some bits fall flat well before they re driven into the ground such as when Simmons tries to seduce a new female student Others are painfully telegraphed so that when the payoff arrives you ve anticipated the blow and have become inured to it 
2
The Foot Fist Way
Peter Hartlaub
Morning zoo radio DJs can rejoice You ll be mining quotes from this movie for the next several decades 
4
The Foot Fist Way
Roger Ebert
I cannot recommend this movie but I can describe it and then it s up to you What it does it does well even the point of its disgusting final scene 
2
The Foot Fist Way
Josh Larsen
There is a certain sense of self loathing that goes into these sorts of character comedies as if the actors are reveling in their own humiliation 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Willie Waffle
Does this title mean I can put my foot AND my fist through the screen 
0
The Foot Fist Way
Claudia Puig
A hit at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival The Foot Fist Way is a refreshingly silly and clever portrait of a strikingly daft and clueless man 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Maitland McDonagh
The filmmaking is rough around the edges but the dialogue is dead on McBride Hill and Best nail their characters it would be easy to assume they re just playing themselves and the stunts are uncomfortably convincing 
2.5
The Foot Fist Way
Kyle Smith
The Foot Fist Way amounts to a feature length audition to win Will Ferrell s attention And guess what It worked 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Bob Strauss
Not bad for a one joke movie but still unmistakably a one joke movie 
2.5
The Foot Fist Way
Rafer Guzman
The film stops when the jokes do making for an anti climactic finale But if The Foot Fist Way is more about promise than delivery its creators are off to an impressive start 
2
The Foot Fist Way
Peter Travers
This hilarious high kicking nonsense cost two cents and looks it hell it was shot in 19 days but you ll laugh helplessly anyway 
3
The Foot Fist Way
Nick Schager
Stays doggedly true to its idiosyncratic off kilter vibe 
2.5
The Foot Fist Way
Erik Childress
The film s funniest moment caught me at a loss of breath and at its best has other moments providing extended laughs if not of the breathtaking variety 
3
Condor's Nest
Roger Moore
It 8217 s nuts 44 not quite funny enough 44 but as daft as writer director Phil Blattenberger could make it 46 46 46 quot Daft quot in this case is an accident 46 
1
The Blood of My Brother
Janice Page
Berends s documentary works for the most part because it has a fresh point of view and worthwhile things to say about the individual value of overlooked masses in a war zone 
3
The Blood of My Brother
Bill Stamets
Imparts a you are there atmosphere that s increasingly scarce as Western journalists retreat 
3
The Blood of My Brother
Ken Fox
In the end Berends sacrifices coherence for the sake of a story he s determined to tell rather than focusing on the one that s practically telling itself 
2.5
The Blood of My Brother
Stephen Whitty
A film that s by turns touching infuriating heartbreaking and confusing much like the war itself And unlike much of what we ve seen before 
3
The Blood of My Brother
Lou Lumenick
Despite some remarkable unembedded footage Andrew Berends is yet another disappointingly superficial unfocused and one sided documentary on the conflict in Iraq 
2
The Blood of My Brother
Jack Mathews
It makes you rue the most indelicate of all combat euphemisms collateral damage 
2.5
The Blood of My Brother
Nick Schager
As a study of the monumental human toll of war Andrew Berends s documentary is distinctly lacking in both focus and balance 
2
The Fate of Lee Khan
Roger Moore
Judging from this The Fate of Lee Khan was to die of boredom waiting for the fun parts to begin 
1.5
The Fate of Lee Khan
Ben Sachs
King Hu s wuxia classic mixes comedy action intrigue and resistance 
4
Ed Wood
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ed Wood doesn t really give us the inside of Wood s head but it does treat imaginatively a number of Wood movies that retain a certain fascination 
3
Ed Wood
Mal Vincent
One of the most hilarious and poignant movies of the year A real surprise 
4
Ed Wood
David Gonzalez
Winner of two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor and Best Makeup 44 the irony in Ed Wood is that the worst director of all time brought out the best of the man and what many consider Tim Burtons best film 46 
4
Ed Wood
Rob Vaux
Burton wraps it all in his singular vision devoid of bells and whistles and all the more potent for its comparative subtlety 
4
Ed Wood
Walter Chaw
If you love movies you ve got a little Ed Wood inside you 
3.5
Ed Wood
Matt Brunson
Tim Burton s best movie 
4
Ed Wood
Emily Blunt
This delightful film focuses on the more telling years when Edward D Wood did what he did to become who he is 
4
Ed Wood
Gabe Leibowitz
Strangely compelling and inspiring 
4
Ed Wood
Michael Dequina
Hilarious and enormously entertaining 
4
Ed Wood
Neil Martin
Martin Landau as the washed up Bela Lugosi makes the picture come alive unfortunately the last half falters without him 
2.5
Ed Wood
Robert Roten
Martin Landau s performance as Lugosi is inspired He should win an Oscar for it The rest of the film unfortunately is not that good 
2
Ed Wood
Jeremy Heilman
It s ironic that the director that produced some of the worst films of all time has gotten one of the best Hollywood themed biopics ever made about him but there s little doubt that Tim Burton s Ed Wood is a superb film 
4
Ed Wood
Peter Travers
Outrageously disjointed and just as outrageously entertaining the picture stands as a successful outsider s tribute to a failed kindred spirit 
3
Ed Wood
Roger Ebert
The movie s black and white photography convincingly recaptures the look and feel of 1950s sleaze including some of the least convincing special effects in movie history 
3.5
Ed Wood
James Berardinelli
Given the finished film one also has to wonder if Ed Wood was interesting enough to base a two hour movie on 
2.5
Ed Wood
Edward Guthmann
An entertaining oddly affectionate look at the cross dressing grade Z moviemaker 
3
Hostile Territory
Peter Canavese
Aspires to be a sort of family friendly Yellowstone with a very specific dully earnest moralistic tone but it s still slow and dramatically klutzy in how insistently it flatters its white male heroes as anachronistic paragons of goodness 
1.5
Eye See You
Matt Brunson
One of those films that sat so long on the studio shelf that a maid had to periodically drop by to sweep off the cobwebs 
2
Eye See You
David Nusair
Don t be fooled by the impressive cast list Eye See You is pure junk 
1
Eye See You
Andrew Howe
A profoundly stupid affair populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility 
1
Dallas Buyers Club
Brian Eggert
Vall 233 e 8217 s attempts to transform reality into a verit 233 styled expos 233 are degraded into a purely human interest story once McConaughey and Leto have finished showcasing their astounding ability to drop weight and hand themselves over to their characters 46 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Frank Ochieng
Disturbing poignant and brilliantly acted the potent impact of Dallas Buyers Club certainly is a shocking triumph as both social commentary and absorbing entertainment 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Mal Vincent
Dallas Buyers Club is an example of American enterprise in an era in which the quality is perhaps not as evident as in the past 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
David Keyes
The movie isn t simply well acted or written all of its observant qualities and pitch perfect performances are married to a tone and method that are courageous in conviction 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Wesley Lovell
A fascinating if dated look at the AIDS crisis of the 1980 s with a central moral that still applies today 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Sean P. Means
Dallas Buyers Club is predictably heart warming often slipping into forced sappiness Thankfully McConaughey and Leto are willing to labor to earn the audience s tears honestly 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Perry Seibert
Sometimes the right part comes along at the right time for the right actor and the film that results from it forever changes his or her career 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Jordan Hiller
The problem is that while Ron may not run out of steam the film about him does 
2
Dallas Buyers Club
Jay Antani
It is everything cheap shallow and pandering about American independent cinema 
2
Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Dequina
Who knew Ghosts of Girlfriends Past stars McConaughey and Garner would reunite on a project this weighty and affecting 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
John Beifuss
Works wonderfully as a 1970s style portrait of a charming if not entirely likable outsider lowlife it s less successful as an issue movie that hectors the Food and Drug Administration for being a pusher for Big Pharma 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Walter Chaw
doesn t suffer much thinking about 
1
Dallas Buyers Club
Linda Cook
This isn t exactly the story of Ron Woodroof nor is it the story about the ghastly politics involved in the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s Still Dallas Buyers Club rings true as a glimpse back at a time when desperate people took desperate measures 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Matt Brunson
Leto hasn t had a role this meaty since Requiem for a Dream 13 years ago although there s no question that this is McConaughey s movie The actor s been on fire lately with choice roles in Mud Magic Mike and more but this represents a new career best 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
John Wirt
McConaughey pulls his character s unlikely alliances off with a truthful mix of newfound tolerance and common sense grit 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Jon Niccum
Dallas Buyers Club breaks no new ground but the AIDS themed biopic stomps over the old ground quite effectively 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
John Serba
This character is a fastball over Matthew McConaughey s plate As we ve learned recently the actor has developed into a home run hitter 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
David Nusair
The by the numbers narrative ultimately prevents the viewer from working up any real interest in or sympathy for the protagonist s exploits 
2
Dallas Buyers Club
Mike McGranaghan
Dallas Buyers Club hits every note just right The film engages both your intellect and emotions Beautiful and inspiring 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Kam Williams
Sexual politics make strange bedfellows too 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Glenn Lovell
unrelievedly downbeat but provides McConaughey with his juiciest role yet that of a good ol boy hustler AIDS advocate Leto can start honing his Oscar acceptance speech He s that good 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Peter Canavese
Classic Oscar bait and falls into some of the common traps of exploiting a true story But it s also lively funny and scary 
2.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Bob Bloom
McConaughey brings an unbridled fury and passion to his performance His Woodroof is no saint but he slowly moves from entrepreneur to a compassionate individual who makes it his mission to try to ease the suffering of others 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Steven Rea
Just about everything is right with Dallas Buyers Club beginning with Matthew McConaughey s literally transformative portrayal 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Rafer Guzman
A solid biopic is made transcendent by McConaughey who shed nearly 50 pounds and deserves to gain an Oscar for his ferocious funny performance 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Calvin Wilson
One of the best films of the year 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Duane Dudek
McConaughey gives a fearless performance as a trailer park dude with a shotgun in his trunk drinking drugging and volatile 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Rene Rodriguez
A straight up portrait of a man who figured out a way to cling to life longer than anyone expected and in the process learned to let the world in 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Jeff Beck
Dallas Buyers Club is a somewhat simple tale but it s populated with such fascinating characters and superb performances that you can forgive any narrative flaws it may have 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Josh Larsen
If it were a text the film would be bolded underlined and italicized 
1.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Lisa Kennedy
Played with raw rattling fury and grace by Matthew McConaughey Woodroof is a tarnished protagonist of the first order 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Mick LaSalle
Dallas Buyers Club takes audiences back to the worst of the AIDS crisis where the disease was a death sentence and the public s terror and hostility were at its height 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Willie Waffle
Amazingly we do have one member of the cast who upstages McConaughey and that s Jared Leto 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Mark Dujsik
Ron is willing to live with the pain because at least it s living which we can almost hear him saying in that Texas twang is better than the alternative 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Austin Kennedy
It s not a perfect movie but this hard edged film ends up being fully engaging thanks to another powerful performance from McConaughey 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Dustin Putman
A moving always mature account of a personal story that warrants attention McConaughey has scarcely if ever been better 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Ann Hornaday
McConaughey delivers the performance of his career characterized not just by an astonishing physical transformation but by a wellspring of deep compassion and fearlessness 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Moira MacDonald
Dallas Buyers Club explores an era that s been too little seen on film the early AIDS years when people were dying and helplessness and fear seemed to float in the air 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Chris Hewitt
McConaughey and especially Leto are not to be missed 
2
Dallas Buyers Club
Ty Burr
The movie s often touching and very watchable but what gets you past the script s sincere calculation is the growing sense of rage toward a medical industrial complex that saw AIDS sufferers as guinea pigs and sources of profit 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
James Berardinelli
In many ways the film is all about Matthew McConaughey and Canadian director Jean Marc Vallee is wise enough to train his focus on the actor 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Phillips
Does a few things wrong but a lot right starting right at the top with McConaughey 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Dann Gire
This movie like McConaughey s performance rejects the sentimentality and prefab heroics that usually afflict such standard Hollywood fare 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Matt Pais
McConaughey s excellent in a performance that doesn t have a big quintessential Oscar moment probably because he s an actor who never overplays like that 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Randy Myers
The screenplay by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack doesn t yield to pat pronouncements or solutions refusing to turn Woodroof into a huggable savior even when his views about gays shift 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Roger Moore
If McConaughey and his co star Jared Leto don t earn Oscar nominations for Buyers Club I ll eat my ten gallon hat 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Mara Reinstein
This true story is no melodramatic probe into an ailing cowboy s soul Not once does McConaughey look to the sky and ask why him or cry himself to sleep as the clock ticks on his nightstand 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Chris Knight
Quebec director John Marc Valle The Young Victoria Caf de Flore does an excellent job of telling the twisty tale of Ron s metamorphoses from near death homophobe to drug smuggling entrepreneur 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Glenn Kenny
Dallas Buyers Club takes a more elliptical near poetic approach to the lives it portrays than the viewer might expect from this kind of movie 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Stephen Whitty
This is McConaughey s movie and definitive proof that he is back to being the actor we always thought he was or could be since Dazed and Confused 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Lou Lumenick
It s a remarkable story vividly and urgently told by French Canadian director Valle from a pointed schmaltz free script by Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Claudia Puig
McConaughey proves he has evolved from a handsome lightweight to one of the most talented risk taking actors in Hollywood 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Levin
It s about the ways we confront our mortality when it s shoved in our face That s powerful stuff 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Peter Howell
Script and pacing problems aside Dallas Buyers Club remains an awards worthy showcase of McConaughey s and Leto s ferocious talents matched only by their astonishing physical decline onscreen 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Peter Travers
Matthew McConaughey s explosive unerring portrayal defines what makes an actor great blazing commitment to a character and the range to make every nuance felt 
3.5
Dallas Buyers Club
Jake Coyle
Vallee directs Dallas Buyers Club with a loose naturalism seedy environs and lively humor that prevents the film from becoming over sentimentalized 
3
Dallas Buyers Club
Rex Reed
Dallas Buyers Club represents the best of what independent film on a limited budget can achieve powerful enlightening and not to be missed 
4
Dallas Buyers Club
Jesse Cataldo
Conventional but never sanctimonious it balances out its familiar recovery angle with a healthy measure of sardonic wit 
2.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Brian Eggert
Guillermo Del Toro returns fairy tales back to their deathly origins 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Mattie Lucas
A modern day fable for the ages one that will live in the hearts of all who see it for years to come 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Matt Soergel
Pan s Labyrinth seems as if it has a direct unfiltered link to the horrors that can haunt a child s mind It ll likely lurk in yours for weeks to come 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Leah Rozen
Pan is clearly not for kids But it is an eye popping political fable filled with magic realism and real magic 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Jay Antani
a captivating albeit unstable blend of anti Fascist social commentary and a visually sumptuous childhood fable
3
Pan's Labyrinth
Peter Keough
Arresting though they may be these mind boggling effects shot with limpid mystery by Guillermo Navarro and accompanied by chitinous whirs and crackles on the uncanny soundtrack don t disrupt the double narrative but intensify it 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Carrie Rickey
Pan s Labyrinth suggests that fairy tale violence helps the vulnerable process and overcome real life conflicts and that real life violence permanently smashes the soul and the heart 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Joe Lozito
A beautiful but relentlessly bleak fairytale 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Jonathan R. Perry
I saw better films in 2006 but none more imaginative than Guillermo del Toro s communal masterpiece Bring a friend and you ll have plenty to talk about 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Greg Maki
An exquisite picture with equal doses of the fantastic and horrific 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Lori Hoffman
It is not my cup of grim 
2
Pan's Labyrinth
Michael A. Smith
Pan s Labyrinth is an outstanding film and along with fellow multiple Oscar nominee Babel a true testament to the talent that exists outside America 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Sean P. Means
Is Pan s Labyrinth a war movie with fantasy elements Or is it a fantasy film laced with political allegory The beauty of del Toro s story is that it could be read either way 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Matt Brunson
When was the last time a fantasy flick brought to mind Schindler s List 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Mike McGranaghan
Pan s Labyrinth is bold and original a mini masterpiece of fantasy filmmaking that deserves to be seen by a wide audience 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Wesley Lovell
Blending fantasy and reality Pan s Labyrinth is an engaging film about a young girl looking to escape the horrendous environment in which she finds herself 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Eric Melin
Del Toro s film reveals a sad truth With each life experience one gets further and further from the naivete that makes pure imagination possible 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Jeff Vice
This one has mind blowing visuals that employ many organic effects del Toro prefers to use makeup prosthetics and other devices eschewing computer graphics 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
David N. Butterworth
An uneasy mix of childlike Tim Burton esque imagination and brutal Spanish war torn drama 
3
Pan's Labyrinth
Nick Rogers
Employing elegance tension fright and invention Pan s Labyrinth holds court with rapture and awe from start to finish with an invigorating conclusion solidifying it as the stuff of stories turned legends It s one of the best films of 2006 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Linda Cook
Although it s a story of a child s fantasy world Pan s Labyrinth is not for children 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
John Beifuss
Unlike many other popular fantasists del Toro is brave and honest enough to acknowledge that if fantasy is a refuge it s not necessarily a shield 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
James Sanford
The fantasy segments are splendidly spooky and full of memorable images a haunting heartbreaker that dares to enter a troubled child s mind to sympathetically sort out the contents 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Sean O'Connell
Del Toro has realized a work of art that s too terrifying and politically motivated for young audience members who should be swept up in Ofelia s royal dreams 
2.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Thomas Delapa
a maze of naive politics and gruesome brutality It s no more about Franco s Spain than a can of Franco American spaghetti is about Italian food 
1
Pan's Labyrinth
Duane Dudek
Del Toro s stories have the haunting persistence of repressed memories filtered through history and folklore that can make audiences tremble with recognition and is the hallmark of fantasy as social sexual and psychological allegory 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Robert W. Butler
In its supremely confident and effortless blend of the fantastic and the grittily realistic Pan s Labyrinth not only compares favorably with Terry Gilliam s best work Brazil it also exceeds it 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Lisa Kennedy
Ofelia you break our hearts But you also restore our confidence in human decency 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Daniel M. Kimmel
Mexican filmmakers are having a good year in whatever language they film However with Pan s Labyrinth Del Toro may have topped them all 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Lawrence Toppman
Mexican writer director Guillermo del Toro couches his allegory about fascism in a tale as cruelly fascinating as any from the Brothers Grimm 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Chris Hewitt
Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro is a master at making the otherworldly seem this worldly and vice versa 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Phil Villarreal
Pan s Labyrinth is one of those films that s so moving heartbreaking and wonderfully haunting you sigh when the end credits roll 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Steve Rhodes
The sets the sights and the sounds are original and imaginative but the dirty little secret is that a little of it goes a long long way 
2
Pan's Labyrinth
Wesley Morris
Del Toro s gratifying surreal and fantastical instincts now have an unstinting moral eye on the world Saying a filmmaker has matured suggests that he s forgone what made him so entertaining in the first place 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Amy Biancolli
Pan s Labyrinth plays with dark magic a hideous enchantment spun with grief and torment It is emotionally devastating and sensuously rich Details are as sharp as the ching of a straight edge razor as strange as the squeal of a magic root 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Glenn Whipp
This isn t kids stuff though adventuresome teens would find plenty here to engage them It s dark poetry set to startling images a one of a kind nightmare that has a soaring spiritual center It s not to be missed 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Rene Rodriguez
It s pitch perfect impeccably conceived and replete with subtext and meaning It is in other words a masterpiece 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Carla Meyer
Technically magnificent and flawlessly acted the picture incorporates 20th century Spanish history and classic fairy tale elements in a way that seems completely new 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
David Elliott
Pan s Labyrinth like del Toro s previous and related The Devil s Backbone is a saturated vision an artist s work What it lacks is successful unity 
2.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Moira MacDonald
The dark violence of the film parents note Pan s Labyrinth is not for children is leavened by its invention by the way it pushes the limits of reality and fantasy each world overlapping with the other 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Willie Waffle
A magical frightening and heartbreaking movie for adults who want to take the journey and read the subtitles 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Bruce Newman
The creator of such pulp prodigies as Hellboy and Blade II del Toro mingles myth and history in Pan s Labyrinth and produces a masterpiece of magical realism 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Phoebe Flowers
Pan s Labyrinth with its unblinking sense of the baroque may be a tough sell for anyone generally not interested in fantasy But the film is one of the most original and spectacular of the year 
3
Pan's Labyrinth
Mark Dujsik
A dark creepy sad tale of incorruptible innocence and ultimate sacrifice 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Jack Mathews
I ve seen this film three times and cannot claim to know whether its fantasy characters and events are meant to exist solely in the imagination of the 12 year old girl at the center of the story or if she is the only human aware of them 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Claudia Puig
Pan s Labyrinth artfully fuses a war film with a family melodrama and a fairy tale The result is visually stunning and emotionally shattering Though graphically violent in parts it still manages to be enchanting 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Gene Seymour
The horrors of both the realistic and surrealistic worlds are woven into the beautifully aligned narrative structure of del Toro s story This is fabulous filmmaking in every sense of the word 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Steven Snyder
It s both blissfully naïve and emotionally heartbreaking a movie which calls on fantasy not to distort reality but to enhance it 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Walter Chaw
The kind of familiar that astonishes with our inability to imagine it better than the way del Toro has 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Kam Williams
Though not for the squeamish or fans of Fascism this morbidly bewitching fantasy is an enchanting escapist fairy tale even if one designed strictly with adults in mind 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Scott Nash
A fairy tale without the Disneyfication
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Jeanne Aufmuth
A brilliant juxtaposition of truth and imagination guaranteed to lay waste to every emotion 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Sara Michelle Fetters
In a year filled to the brim with magnificent visual achievements Pan s Labyrinth might be the most spectacular of the bunch 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Jeffrey Overstreet
It would probably have delighted Tolkien and Lewis who believed that fairy tales help us apprehend the reality of grace as it glimmers through a screen darkly 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Maitland McDonagh
Ranks with the best examinations of children s inner lives but be warned Its haunting insights are best left to adults 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Geoff Pevere
It s not every day that you see a movie that not only references both Victor Erice s creepy modernist classic Spirit of the Beehive and Ray Harryhausen s Seventh Voyage of Sinbad with equal reverence 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Ruthe Stein
Although Pan s Labyrinth relies heavily on special effects including the computer generated kind you re never aware of them Del Toro who wrote the story has created a special universe The spell it casts lingers long after the final reel 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Peter Travers
Pan s Labyrinth horrific and heartfelt in the way it sees the trauma of war through the eyes of a little girl is some kind of great movie 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Stephen Whitty
Childlike but never childish fabulist but never fantastical it s a triumph 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Lou Lumenick
Pan s Labyrinth represents a quantum leap in del Toro s storytelling drawing on Alice in Wonderland Pinocchio and many other inspirations to create something quite new and wonderful 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Unlike most horror movies this chiller gives equal prominence to reality and fantasy though the reality is far more frightening 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Dustin Putman
Is 1 a victim of its own hype and 2 nothing like what it s being marketed as but there is an audience involvement writer director Guillermo del Toro manages to work up all the same 
2.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Josh Larsen
a precious chance to feel the wonder and fear of childhood once again 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Peter Canavese
A fresh opportunity to revel in the darkly beautiful dreamscapes unleashed by the increasingly masterful del Toro 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Jim Emerson
Whole worlds open before our eyes and then fold back upon themselves dimensions of time and space are creased into shape as if the movie was an elaborate origami creation 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
James Berardinelli
An achievement Many films with split personalities invest all their creative energy into one aspect of the story causing the other one to founder and feel obligatory 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Michael Wilmington
Pan succeeds both as a spectacular special effects fantasy and as a psychological drama with superb actors 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Matt Pais
An escape from everyday dreariness of which you ll want more than the film will offer 
2.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Del Toro s newest film is arguably his most accomplished to date 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Pam Grady
An irresistible and affecting mixture of horror fantasy history and drama 
4
Pan's Labyrinth
Marty Mapes
Maybe Del Toro wanted to make two different movies and decided to merge them together 
3
Pan's Labyrinth
Jennie Punter
Del Toro s latest is a darkly enchanting adult fairy tale flecked with gore and terrifying creatures both human and fantastical 
3.5
Pan's Labyrinth
Ed Gonzalez
Unlike The Devil s Backbone Pan s Labyrinth s allegories are not particularly rich but the film s fantasy sequences remain seductive pageants of spiritual and cultural nuance 
2.5
Circo
Jennie Punter
Circo takes you to the edge of human experience on a path none of this summer s superhero daredevils would ever consider taking 
3
Circo
Joe Williams
Circo is an amazing feat 
3.5
Circo
Chris Hewitt
The colors are vivid the acrobats nimble the animals impressive and the hard work of Ponce and his extended family has nobility and poignancy 
3.5
Circo
Ted Fry
Sort of a modern day version of Toby Tyler only without a frisky mischievous Mr Stubbs as comic relief 
3.5
Circo
Loren King
Circo offers a fascinating mix of backstage drama and family dynamics 
3
Circo
Gerald Peary
Circo is touching as a personal family story but extraordinary as a visual document of an eroding world thanks to Schock s second job as an amazing cinematographer 
3
Circo
Walter V. Addiego
In Circo Aaron Schock documents the fearsome labor and intense willpower it takes to keep this shoestring show on the road and the price paid by the family that runs it 
3
Circo
Chuck Bowen
Circo has the succinct haunting contradiction of a good Steinbeck story perhaps something out of Tortilla Flat 
3.5
Circo
V.A. Musetto
It does provide a look at a unique family and a disappearing way of life 
3
Circo
Ethan Alter
The difficulty of the central character s predicament lends the movie considerable dramatic weight 
3
Maedchen in Uniform
Irene Thirer
The conclusion is highly satisfying And indeed the whole picture is extremely interestingly done as to continuity performances and direction 
3
Maedchen in Uniform
Roger Moore
Essential viewing for anybody interested in the cinema as bellwether of change and indicator of the cultural cutting edge 
3
Holiday Inn
Scott Nash
Although all the holiday s are covered this is really a Christmas movie at heart Overshadowed by its more famous and overrated remake Holiday Inn deserves more credit than it gets 
3
Crazy Bitches
Charles Bramesco
Crazy Bitches uses the vessel of a shoddy slasher flick and errs on the side of didacticism 
1
Big Shots
Roger Ebert
The result is more entertaining than you might think 
3
Blue Road
Steve Rhodes
Consistently satisfying 
3
A Skin So Soft
Clayton Dillard
A Skin So Soft is an object lesson on how dispensing with the template of the expository documentary can help filmmakers see past the most explicit attributes of their subjects 
3.5
Phantasm
David Nusair
a relatively promising set up that s employed to persistently and increasingly underwhelming and uninvolving effect by Coscarelli 
1
Phantasm
Soren Andersen
Freshly refurbished with better sound and digitally sharpened visuals for this latest rerelease Phantasm remains a pretty effective fright fest 
2.5
Phantasm
Jeremiah Kipp
Phantasm can be viewed as a haunting fable of an adolescent grappling with his fear of death 
4
The Art of War III: Retribution
David Nusair
precisely the sort of tedious and flat out superfluous endeavor one has come to expect from the straight to video action scene 
1.5
Inside Daisy Clover
Matt Brunson
Inside Daisy Clover isn t exactly a camp outing but it s also impossible to take seriously 
2
Wolfgang
Odie Henderson
Wolfgang plays like an infomercial instead of a heartfelt or even remotely complex documentary 
2.5
La Chana
Kate Taylor
Both archival footage of her remarkable flamenco and current interviews in which she speaks about rhythm entering the body reveal a natural artist who was born to dance 
3
Big Kill
Roger Moore
Incompetent pewter plated Silverado Nice locations though 
1
Big Kill
Daniel Neman
Big Kill plays on the screen for a little more than two hours But at best it contains maybe 30 minutes of story 
1.5
Big Kill
Walter Chaw
Played for cool and when that fails played for laughs Big Kill is desperate to find a reason to exist beyond playing expensive dress up and make believe 
1
Fisimatenten
Steve Rhodes
Everything is surface gloss and none of the characters are ever defined well enough to care about 
2
Colliding Dreams
Ty Burr
Directed from the center left with an ear to parties on both sides of the West Bank separation barrier it s knowledgeable and unhysterical openhearted without seeming nave Those on the extremes will probably hate it 
3
Colliding Dreams
Robert Horton
A calm documentary that seeks to define Zionism thus presenting a history of the establishment of a Jewish state Both Israeli and Palestinian voices are heard in this thoughtful effort at moving the conversation forward 
3
Colliding Dreams
John Hartl
Some of this is exhausting and or repetitious but a shorter version might lack necessary depth 
3
Colliding Dreams
Oleg Ivanov
The filmmakers perspective is firmly aligned with the views of liberal Zionism as the leftist peace activists are given the most screen time 
2.5
Tully
Brian Eggert
It begins as a natural and honest showcase about the struggle of mothers and women but loses its integrity with an obvious writerly choice that reeks of artificiality 
2
Tully
Matt Brunson
Some will see the plot pirouette that opens the third act as a brilliant narrative shift while others will feel it s a cheap dramatic device neither party will be entirely right or wrong 
3
Tully
Jason Fraley
Juno writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman reunite for the first time in 11 years for Tully a dramedy you ll love so much that you ll want to rewind and watch it all over again 
3.5
Tully
J. R. Jones
This stylistic maturity is typical of writers who tend to improve 
3
Tully
Mattie Lucas
Theron is a marvel as always turning in a weary un self conscious performance as a woman at the end of her rope rediscovering the strength within herself 
3.5
Tully
Federico Furzan
A great take on depression and crisis following pregnancy Charlize Theron shines as she usually does The ending is fantastic Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Tully
Joey Magidson
It s awkward perceptive real and smart Cody and Reitman have a synergy that you just don t see from most moviemaking teams 
3.5
Tully
Joe Friar
The film s third act ventures into darker territory a welcomed surprise which leads to an ending that left me unsatisfied Reitman doesn t end Tully on an ambiguous note yet the resolution I sought never materialized 
3
Tully
Erik Anderson
It s a story that will speak loudly and volumes to many women 
3.5
Tully
Robert Daniels
Tully is one of the best comedies of the year fluttering between dark family fair and a Mary Poppins self help guide
3.5
Tully
Linda Cook
Tully will tug at your heart 
4
Tully
Stephen Rebello
Charlize Theron delivers Tully is exhilarating stuff 
3
Tully
Eric Melin
Tully has enough lived in performances and sure footed observational truths to withstand the plot mechanics 
3
Tully
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Tully quickly becomes condescending and cruel the script s mean spirited jokes mocking 21st century suburbanites are intensely off putting 
1
Tully
Josh Terry
Maybe with a revision or two that twist might have worked Sadly though it just doesn t 
2
Tully
Rex Reed
Tully fails on every level except one Charlize Theron wakes it from its lethargy takes it by the jugular and squeezes until it yells 
2.5
Tully
Josh Larsen
For those who have had a rough go raising kids Tully might require a trigger warning 
3
Tully
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Profoundly moving and unforgettable 
3.5
Tully
Sara Michelle Fetters
Reitman doesn t embellish He allows Cody s screenplay and Theron s withered fearlessly unfettered magnificence to do all of the heavy lifting 
4
Tully
Clayton Davis
Partnered with another powerhouse performance by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron who worked once before on Reitman and Cody s Young Adult the mojo and groove seem to be back in this touching tale that will garner both laughs and tears 
3
Tully
Robert Horton
Conceals a tender heart within an outer skin of sandpaper 
3.5
Tully
David Nusair
An intriguing yet not entirely successful drama 
2.5
Tully
Christian Toto
Tully makes every hackneyed baby montage you ve ever seen look even worse by comparison 
3.5
Tully
Roger Moore
Nanny McPhee with F bombs 
2
Tully
Barry Hertz
I don t think it s a stretch to propose a Charlize Theron Day The actor has been so good for so long that she deserves at least 24 hours worth of recognition 
3
Tully
Dustin Putman
A film about the extraordinary nature of ordinary lives Tully is unfiltered and messy and altogether kind of beautiful 
3
Tully
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s more than watchable but also almost dispiritingly obvious and simplistic by the end Truths are stated lessons learned and platitudes spoken 
2.5
Tully
Sara Stewart
Suffice to say this is a take on the realities of motherhood that dares to go where few mainstream films have gone 
3
Tully
Max Weiss
All I can say is may Theron and Cody continue to make witty and whipsmart films about complicated flawed and deeply relatable women going forward Oh yeah and that Reitman guy can come too 
3.5
Tully
Rafer Guzman
The deceptively simple story takes on a range of unpredictable moods and shadings wryly funny claustrophobic emotionally shattering It s never quite clear where Tully is heading until in a revelatory moment it gets there 
3.5
Tully
Mark Dujsik
Tully provides a climactic moment that s wholly misguided 
2.5
Tully
Katie Walsh
An emotionally deep yet concise rumination on the nature of modern motherhood on the inherently false premise of doing it all of having it all and making it look good 
4
Tully
Peter Travers
Charlize Theron Mackenzie Davis director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody whip up the great existential crisis Mother s Day movie It s funny touching and vital 
3.5
Tully
Peter Howell
Tully is that rare movie that I wished were longer in order to spend more time with two fascinating characters who could potentially have been part of one mother of a tale 
2.5
Tully
Calvin Wilson
Not many films address motherhood with as much irreverence and insight as Tully 
3.5
Tully
James Berardinelli
More often than not Tully comes across as a group of relatable characters marooned in a story with nowhere to go 
2.5
Tully
Christy Lemire
Tully features Cody s hyper verbal brand of snark cynicism and subtle poignancy but it s tinged with the wistful perspective that comes from hard earned maturity and experience 
3.5
Tully
Brian Truitt
Captures the complete exhaustion of parenthood in funny and profound fashion 
3
Tully
Gary Thompson
It s barbed bighearted and brave 
3.5
Tully
Michael Phillips
At its spiky intermittent best Tully is the best work Cody has done in the conventional feature format since Juno 
2.5
Tully
Maren Longbella
It tackles subject matter that seldom finds its way to the big screen and does it thoughtfully It s not what I expected to see but it s just maybe something I needed to see 
2.5
Tully
Ty Burr
Theron does minor miracles in the lead her eyes registering Marlo s pride insecurity desperation and rage all under the smiling surface of the capable mom next to you at the supermarket 
3
Tully
Jake Coyle
It s surely one of the most authentic portrayals of young motherhood that we ve had and it s not like that s a much chronicled subject for Hollywood 
2.5
Tully
Clint O'Connor
It s a compelling performance worthy of an Oscar nomination but I m afraid the film won t have enough juice to get Theron there 
2.5
Tully
Bob Bloom
Cody seems to be taking aim at the feminist mindset that a woman who raises her children and is not in the workplace is somehow lacking in some social stature or hierarchy 
3
Tully
Moira MacDonald
Theron holds the movie in her hands and gives it to us like a gift one we accept with joy 
3.5
Tully
Michael O'Sullivan
That it works as well as it does is thanks to a screenplay that largely drops Cody s signature sarcasm so often used to mask painful underlying secrets for a voice that is much more raw and direct 
3.5
Tully
Derek Smith
In Marlo Diablo Cody has created her most complicated character to date Would that her writing displayed similar richness and empathy in painting the film s supporting characters 
2.5
UFO
Roger Moore
Damned if it doesnt toe the line just shy of tolerable before going completely to hell in the finale 
1.5
Private Property
Roger Ebert
What draws us into Private Property is how so many things happen under the surface never commented upon At any given moment we cannot say for sure what the characters fully feel since they often act at right angles to their emotions 
3.5
Private Property
Tasha Robinson
Director Lafosse s frustrating yet beautifully elegiac coda emphasizes the point that his production and storytelling style have been making throughout Private Property is about processes not conclusions 
3
Private Property
Jeff Vice
French actress Isabelle Huppert has made a career out of playing women on the verge of something Suicide nervous breakdowns disastrous affairs you name it Huppert s characters have had it 
3
Private Property
Maitland McDonagh
Director Lafosse s razor sharp dissection of relationships strained to the breaking point is hypnotic in a road accident kind of way 
3
Private Property
V.A. Musetto
Huppert is as usual superb proving yet again that she is the finest actress working in France today 
3
Private Property
Elizabeth Weitzman
The performances are impeccable but while director Joachim Lafosse carefully creates an atmosphere of suffocating dread he could have let a little more air into this simmering hothouse 
2.5
Private Property
John Anderson
Rhythmically narratively and emotionally propulsive this Joachim Lafosse film finds the almost predictably magnificent Isabelle Huppert as a woman of a certain age trying to swim to the surface with a weight around her leg make that two weights 
4
Private Property
Ed Gonzalez
Huppert s state of dead end panic during one scene is an example of how she keeps the story at a human level preventing it from becoming some stale and intellectual homily about female emancipation 
3
The Devil Conspiracy
Erik Childress
2023 already has a candidate for the most off the rails goofball plot of the year which would be a plus in some circles if the film was also not visually ugly and morally unpleasant in its treatment of women 46 
0.5
The Devil Conspiracy
Roger Moore
This generously budgeted 47 no 8220 name 8221 stars horror epic is just all over the place 59 never quite serious 44 never remotely silly enough 46 
1.5
The Devil Conspiracy
Peter Sobczynski
One of the nuttiest films that I have ever borne witness to 46 
1.5
The Devil Conspiracy
Mark Dujsik
Despite the elaborately mystical and bizarre workings of the narrative here 44 a lot of the plotting is unfortunately pedestrian 46 
2
The Devil Conspiracy
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is preposterous 44 and ludicrous 44 and heavy handed 44 and patently absurd 46 Nevertheless 44 I enjoyed it precisely for those reasons 46 
3
The Devil Conspiracy
Randy Myers
Is it a good movie Not by any means But is it fun A hell to that yes 
2.5
The Devil Conspiracy
Mick LaSalle
The movie s overall aura of cheapness the cast of unknowns and the half baked theology all call to mind the low budget horror of the 1980s 
1
Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms
Matt Brunson
An offbeat endeavor 
2.5
The Good Catholic
Rick Bentley
Writer director Paul Shoulberg never shies away from the religious aspects of the story but at the same time gives the film enough air from outside the church to give the tale wider appeal 
3
The Good Catholic
Derek Smith
Despite The Good Catholic s interesting macro approach compared to other films of its ilk it s far less successful on a micro level 
1.5
The Good Catholic
Rex Reed
It s a small film in every way but I found it riveting 
3
The Chamber
Mark Dujsik
I t becomes clear that Parker has become stymied by his self imposed if admirable restrictions 
2.5
The Chamber
Roger Moore
Standard issue trapped undersea thriller more melodramatic than most 
1.5
The Comedy
Moira MacDonald
The longest and dreariest 94 minutes I ve spent on a movie this year 
1
The Comedy
Wesley Morris
None of this is necessarily funny That s the extent of the irony here 
2.5
The Comedy
Gerald Peary
A relentlessly aimless abrasive stab at black humor 
1.5
The Comedy
David Lewis
A mean spirited piece of mumblecore that tries to provoke you but only succeeds in boring you 
0
The Comedy
Matt Pais
A billion times better than Tim and Eric s Billion Dollar Movie 
3.5
The Comedy
Kyle Smith
A character study that tries to make the revolting compelling 
2.5
The Comedy
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Tim Heidecker s Swanson does not amuse us in spite of the pity he inspires but because of it 
3.5
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Matt Brunson
Oscar nominated Bridges is terrific with his funny freewheeling turn effectively loosening up Eastwood and allowing the superstar to appear more relaxed and less tight lipped than usual 
3
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Mattie Lucas
Thunderbolt Lightfoot is an action film but it s one where explosions car chases and violence seem almost beside the point 
3
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
David Nusair
a simple story with interesting characters told in a laid back fashion 
3
Replicant
Maitland McDonagh
The action sequences are well staged and credit where credit is due The 40 year old martial artist still has the physical goods executing 180 splits and gymnastic stunts with the grace and apparent ease of someone much younger 
2.5
Replicant
David Nusair
Replicant doesn t even come close to some of Van Damme s better flicks Timecop and Sudden Death but it s certainly an improvement over what he s been up to lately 
2
Replicant
Bill Chambers
The whole trying affair is irresistibly dopey Kinetic too 
2
Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation
Shane Slater
Spirit Game Pride of a Nation delivers an invaluable history lesson on lacrosse and North American colonialism 
3
After Blue
Katie Rife
After Blue might be better off as an art installation than as a narrative film 44 given that it 8217 s more fun to describe than it is to actually watch 46 
2.5
After Blue
Roger Moore
The pointlessness is the point 44 and there 8217 s zero entertainment value in that 44 no matter how many critics throw up their hands and use 8220 fever dream 8221 as a reason to cop out 44 give it a thumb 8217 s up 44 and move on 46 
1.5
After Blue
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An extraterrestrial futuristic western that seems directed by a bad Jodorowsky impersonator And I can t stand the original Jodorowsky so 
0
Tune in for Love
Roger Moore
A slow moving Korean romance of missed connections misunderstandings troubled history and bad influences of I waited for you and Coldplay s Fix You 
2.5
Driving While Black
Verne Gay
Essential viewing 
4
Driving While Black
Mark Dujsik
The arguments of Driving While Black are not subtle but they are multi faceted 
3
They Have Escaped
David Nusair
An offbeat yet not entirely unappealing piece of work 
2
Cam2Cam
Chuck Bowen
Lost in this barely coherent and clichd hugger mugger is the initial killer website conceit and the attending erotic dread which is retrospectively revealed to be an illusory siren call 
1.5
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Keith Uhlich
Even those unfamiliar with the work of Roberto Rossellini should get something out of Guy Maddin s haunting and memorable short film My Dad is 100 Years Old 
3.5
Preman: Silent Fury
Roger Moore
A dashing 47 flashy and darkly funny writing 47 directing debut by that cinematic rarity 44 a sound guy 40 boom operator to editor 41 who moved up to directing 46 
3
Mrs. Lowry & Son
Peter Sobczynski
A one note and strangely listless work that brings together two of the most immensely talented actors working today 
2
Mrs. Lowry & Son
Mark Dujsik
Mrs Lowry Son is stuck in the mire of the worst aspects of their relationship and the monotonous narrative 
2
In My Sleep
Chris Hewitt
Hideous looking poorly acted nonsensical and a waste of actor Tony Hale Buster from Arrested Development In My Sleep could turn you into a sleepmoviegoer 
0
In My Sleep
Lou Lumenick
Did a hunky LA massage ther apist kill someone in their sleep Perhaps the biggest problem with Allen Wolf s drowsy thriller In My Sleep is managing to stay awake long enough to find out 
1
In My Sleep
Ed Gonzalez
Spectacularly witless In My Sleep is another depressing reminder of what happens when you give cameras to jocks 
1.5
Mouthpiece
David Nusair
the picture benefits substantially from Nostbakken and Sadava s impressively strong work 
2.5
Mouthpiece
Carly Maga
A haunting self reflective dream that looks at the pressures and expectations women place on themselves and particularly on each other 
3.5
Mouthpiece
Simon Houpt
In revealing Cassandra s interior life Rozema lays bare the modern female condition in an epic battle that is by turns lacerating soothing and heartbreaking 
3
Beware of a Holy Whore
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fassbinder stacks the cast around the limited space with the mastery of a chess player creating a strong sense of ennui sexual frustration and creative stagnation 
3.5
Beware of a Holy Whore
Ed Gonzalez
Beware of a Holy Whore is essentially Contempt by way of Andy Warhol s Factory 
3
The Giants
Kent Turner
Breezy and ominous the film will sneak up on you Look for a cameo from 1970s international It girl turned director Marthe Keller 
3
Pimped
Walter Chaw
Pimped is alive and dangerous itself a beautiful confection on its surface that has just beneath claws and razor edges 
3
Young Guns
Dave Kehr
Young Guns is a very Dean ish sensitive delinquent melodrama disguised for no good reason as a western 
2
Young Guns
Gene Siskel
Yet the story is told with too much affection for gunplay and the only thought worth preserving is that these mythic figures of the Old West often were very young men Big deal 
2
Young Guns
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A cool Western for Gen X 
3
Young Guns
Bill Chambers
Fails to either humanize Billy the Kid or justify his lore 
1.5
Ghost Warrior
Matt Brunson
Fujioka inspires sympathy as the befuddled hero 46 
2
Cars 2
Brian Eggert
It may not live up to the usual sophistication associated with the animation studio 44 but that doesn 8217 t mean it 8217 s a bad film 46 
3
Cars 2
Matt Brunson
I defy anyone to tell me with a straight face that this is anywhere near as awful as 2011 s other family hits Zookeeper and Mr Popper s Penguins Case closed 
3
Cars 2
Brandy McDonnell
The animation whizzes at Pixar shift from weightier fare to madcap action in Cars 2 a zippy multitrack adventure custom built for gearheads racing fans and little boys 
3
Cars 2
David Nusair
A fairly disastrous sequel 
2
Cars 2
Roger Moore
Unlike the duller than duller Cars this is better than the toys they sell along with it 
3
Cars 2
Wesley Lovell
Pixar s first bad film relies more on merchandising opportunities than storytelling ones 
2.5
Cars 2
Mike Scott
For the first time in its 25 year existence Pixar has created an utterly ordinary film 
2
Cars 2
James Kendrick
What an irony that Cars 2 is in many ways the epitome of the fast paced superficial postmodernity that its predecessor bemoaned 
2
Cars 2
Linda Cook
Cars 2 is a solid vehicle for Pixar 
3
Cars 2
Tom Meek
Lasseter should have left this sputtering galumph on the table and pumped the gas into Toy Story 4 
2
Cars 2
Rossiter Drake
Without the warm hearted innocence Mater brings to screenwriter Ben Queen s madcap espionage adventure Lasseter s sequel would be little more than a superior technical exercise visually impressive but so slight as to seem superfluous 
3
Cars 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Capturing the spirit of old Saturday Morning cartoons most notably of the Hanna Barbara variety the movie it a witty adventure kids will adore and parents will get a pretty decent kick out of 
3
Cars 2
Scott Nash
It looks like a Pixar film but it sure doesn t feel like one 
2
Cars 2
Christian Toto
Cars 2 feels like a rival animation studio trying to copy the Pixar formula and failing 
2.5
Cars 2
Rafer Guzman
It s an example of what a sequel should or at least can be 
3
Cars 2
Eric Melin
There are a lot of expertly designed action scenes and some very detailed great looking set pieces but in the end making Mater the main character turns the film into kind of a Forrest Gump lite 
1.5
Cars 2
Alison Gang
While the little ones will have plenty to feast their eyes ears and short attention spans on grown ups should accept that this is one Pixar effort that treats the adults in the audience more like baby sitters 
2.5
Cars 2
Sean P. Means
Between the smart visuals and the dumbed down script Cars 2 manages to be good enough which considering Pixar s past levels of brilliance is a considerable disappointment 
2.5
Cars 2
Lisa Kennedy
Larry the Cable Guy has helped make Mater one of Pixar s sweetest creations He just happens to reside in the studio s least magical franchise 
2.5
Cars 2
Liam Lacey
Unlike most Pixar fare this isn t a movie you can imagine many adults wanting to see without their children in tow 
2
Cars 2
James Berardinelli
Although it would be unfair to label Cars 2 as unwatchable it is surprisingly tedious in parts and not as satisfying as one might expect 
2.5
Cars 2
Bob Bloom
Cars 2 never seems to rev up to its full potential At one hour and 53 minutes it feels sluggish and padded The film lacks spark and drive 
2
Cars 2
John Beifuss
The first Pixar feature film that seems unnecessary more marketplace contrivance than passion project 
2
Cars 2
Stephen Whitty
Someone must like Mater who s already had his own spinoff TV show Just as someone must like Larry the Cable Guy who voices him But that someone isn t me and if it isn t you you re in for one very long matinee 
2
Cars 2
Matt Soergel
It s Mater to the rescue every time the plot bogs down 
3
Cars 2
Michael O'Sullivan
As lovable as Mater is let s face it A little bit of Larry the Cable Guy goes a long way 
2
Cars 2
Chris Hewitt
Lightning and Mater are both likable characters Their odd couple friendship makes Cars 2 worth watching even if some elements of the film aren t fully carticulated 
3
Cars 2
Kyle Smith
They said it couldn t be done But Pixar proved the yaysayers wrong when it made its first bad movie Cars Now it has worsted itself with the even more awful Cars 2 
1.5
Cars 2
Willie Waffle
Feels like it was written by someone who got fired from an Eddie Murphy film or Jay Leno It s the sequel no one asked for 
1
Cars 2
Mark Dujsik
Tedious derivative and with little inspiration Cars 2 is not only the weakest Pixar effort it is also the studio s first genuinely bad one 
1.5
Cars 2
Dustin Putman
As appalling as any motion picture released so far in 2011 Ruthlessly betrays every last thing the original so passionately stood for 
.5
Cars 2
Claudia Puig
Cars 2 demonstrates that not every hit movie merits a sequel 
2.5
Cars 2
Jon Niccum
It s not that Cars 2 is an unpleasant exercise in animated filmmaking It s just such a perfunctory one The sequel is about as captivating as a trip to the Disney store at the mall 
2
Cars 2
Lawrence Toppman
For the first time in its 25 year history Pixar has produced a picture that has no reason to exist other than the obvious monetary one of course or maybe director John Lasseter s desire to make a faux James Bond movie 
1.5
Cars 2
Mick LaSalle
In terms of story and atmosphere and overall feeling Cars 2 is a brand new experience and a distinct improvement 
3
Cars 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After eleven artistically and financially successful features Pixar has delivered their first dud with Cars 2 
2
Cars 2
Wesley Morris
The original movie has been debugged and rethought It s funnier and sharper 
3
Cars 2
Moira MacDonald
The movie is an interesting reminder of how very very high the Pixar wizards have set the bar Sometimes they make masterpieces sometimes as in this case they just make pretty good movies 
3
Cars 2
Carrie Rickey
Despite the bucktoothed charm of the truck named Mater and a plot that pays lip service to alternative fuels the John Lasseter directed animation does not turn the lemon into lemonade 
2.5
Cars 2
Charlie McCollum
Pixar t has set such a high bar with what it has done with animation and storytelling over its 25 years that when it falls short and it does fall short with Cars 2 the disappointment can make a perfectly good entertaining movie seem like a letdown 
2.5
Cars 2
Peter Travers
I blow a piston whenever 2006 s Cars gets trashed as the runt of the Pixar litter The sequel is a tire burning burst of action and fun with a beating heart under its hood 
3.5
Cars 2
Cathy Jakicic
There is a lot to like about Cars 2 The 3 D animation is sumptuous the action sequences are exciting It manages to be witty enough to engage adults while being 100 kid friendly 
3
Cars 2
Erik Childress
A hypocritical bore of a film that is fundamentally no different in tone humor and plot than your average Larry the Cable Guy film 
1.5
Cars 2
Roger Ebert
At a time when some grown up action films are relentlessly shallow and stupid here is a movie with such complexity that even the cars sometimes have to pause and explain it to themselves 
3.5
Cars 2
Michael Phillips
Despite its technical and design finesse this ranks as Pixar s weakest project to date as well as the first from the animation powerhouse that can be described as craven 
2
Cars 2
Joe Williams
Pixar had never produced a clunker but with Cars 2 the animation studio has not only stalled it s gone into reverse 
2.5
Cars 2
Matt Pais
Pixar runs out of gas Into a brick wall 
1.5
Cars 2
Peter Howell
The constantly shifting scenery and the over reliance on Mater s idiocy combine to produce a fatigue not common to better Pixar efforts 
2.5
Cars 2
Josh Larsen
Given Pixar s track record it would be easy to forgive Cars 2 as a swing and a miss Yet the movie is more disconcerting than that 
2
Cars 2
Thelma Adams
Only the youngest audience members will be amused if a bit squirmy older kids and parents will find their patience tested At least Pixar s peerless animation remains a treat 
2
Cars 2
Roger Moore
Yes Cars 2 8243 is better than Cars 
3
Cars 2
Jaime N. Christley
Cars 2 looks like the work of multiple committees completing various objectives with varying degrees of success 
1
The Unknown Saint
Roger Moore
Its charms are slight above all else But anybody still looking for comedy in the Muslim world can be encouraged by this offbeat and off the beaten path charmer 
2.5
My Life in Pink
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like Ludovic 44 I marvel at the wonderful 44 magical mystery that is life 46 All these years later 44 Ma Vie en Rose remains a rapturous miracle 46 
4
My Life in Pink
Peter Canavese
About the unimaginative struggle to maintain conventional respectability and the transgender child who is having none of it 
3.5
My Life in Pink
Elias Savada
just the right recipe to leave a smile on your face 
2.5
My Life in Pink
Roger Ebert
The movie is about two ways of seeing things the child s and the adult s It shows how children construct elaborate play worlds out of dreams and fantasies and then plug their real worlds right into them 
3
The Bourne Identity
Namrata Joshi
The body language and personality that Damon invests in Bourne creates an impression of intelligence and depth however specious these qualities may ultimately be 
2
The Bourne Identity
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This is a long sweet breath of fresh air in the action genre 
4
The Bourne Identity
Betsy Bozdech
An action movie that s as much about character as it is about saving the day 
3
The Bourne Identity
Michael Dequina
All the style cannot make up for the flagging energy level of the narrative 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Greg Maki
With its script problems it s probably better than it should be 
3
The Bourne Identity
Scott Nash
Typical light summer fare 
2
The Bourne Identity
Wesley Lovell
Fast 44 thrilling and everything that James Bond no longer is 46 
3
The Bourne Identity
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie may not be realistic but it earns its stripes as high class escapist fare 
3
The Bourne Identity
David Nusair
a passable effort that receives plenty of mileage out of Damon s expectedly engaging performance 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Mark Caro
The Bourne Identity is no mere summer amusement park ride It s as gray as Go was colorful and a cool contrast to its source material 
3
The Bourne Identity
Jules Brenner
This teaming including a brilliant and freshly adaptive cast combines for a most engrossing bit of entertainment that maintains tension and credibility throughout 
4
The Bourne Identity
Kevin A. Ranson
In addition to a clever plot intrigue and a car chase or two Matt Damon manages to pull off being a friendly face that happens to be a highly trained killer 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Mike McGranaghan
An above average and massively entertaining international thriller 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Steven Snyder
While Bourne s ultimate identity is not as surprising as we might like enough fun has been generated in the journey itself 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Josh Larsen
Even someone with amnesia would recognize the spy thriller tactics on display here but at least they re skillfully used 
3
The Bourne Identity
Cory Cheney
It s a smart solid kinetically charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn Nothing overly original mind you but solidly entertaining 
3
The Bourne Identity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible 
3
The Bourne Identity
James Kendrick
Liman is a surprisingly good action director making even the most routine spectacle seem a little more interesting than it probably should be
3
The Bourne Identity
Mark Ramsey
Is this a good movie Sure But take my advice If you re under 30 bring a GameBoy 
3
The Bourne Identity
Jeanne Aufmuth
Kudos to director Doug Liman for injecting textbook spy fare with slick intelligence and a truckload of tension 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Jonathan R. Perry
a savory sip of cognac in a Pabst Blue Ribbon summer of overbaked fantasy franchises and witless popcorn thrillers 
3
The Bourne Identity
Dustin Putman
After a taut top notch first 80 minutes director Doug Liman loses his way as the plotting and action sequences grow more predictable and mundane 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
James Berardinelli
Nicely paced and fits the bill for those in search of two hours of spy based action and martial arts 
3
The Bourne Identity
Chris Hewitt
Although it s entertaining Bourne has a staid conventional feel as if it could have been made at any time in the past 25 years 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Todd Anthony
The characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper s agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac we don t feel much for Damon Bourne or his predicament 
2
The Bourne Identity
Moira MacDonald
Bourne aspires only to be a fun popcorn movie and for the most part it is 
3
The Bourne Identity
Mick LaSalle
There are moments that feel just on the edge of silly but that s the idea 
3
The Bourne Identity
David Elliott
The swiftest and sexiest modern thriller since The Thomas Crown Affair 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Joe Baltake
The entertaining new film version of Robert Ludlum s 1980 spy thriller The Bourne Identity adds a crisp tangy autumnal feel to the hot dog days of summer moviegoing 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Steven Rea
The Bourne Identity has all the necessary components of the genre and deploys them well 
3
The Bourne Identity
John Anderson
It wouldn t be measurable in g forces but there is enough forward motion in The Bourne Identity to pin audiences backwards and enough nervous tension to put them on the edge 
3
The Bourne Identity
Sue Pierman
A thriller that actually lives up to its trailer 
3
The Bourne Identity
Rene Rodriguez
As the intended start of a franchise The Bourne Identity is a bit of a bust 
2
The Bourne Identity
Loey Lockerby
The film consists mostly of action and romance two things Liman does well in his comedies but rather poorly here 
2
The Bourne Identity
Susan Stark
Although the exposition effectively invokes cool the gradual warming trend finally gives this film a resonance beyond immediate impact 
3
The Bourne Identity
Terry Lawson
If The Bourne Identity is an example of indie movie rogue agents gone amok then mainstream Hollywood should definitely recruit a few more 
3
The Bourne Identity
Jeff Vice
Compared to other recent action thrillers the film is a breath of fresh air though it pales relative to recent more cerebral thrillers such as Changing Lanes and Insomnia and fades badly in its final third 
3
The Bourne Identity
Steven Rosen
Overall Liman has done a good job of making this old Cold War thriller seem born again 
3
The Bourne Identity
Bob Strauss
As a psychological study of secret agents The Bourne Identity is too much carnival ride and not enough John le Carre 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Lawrence Toppman
Identity is one of those rare thrillers where the cops aren t fools villains don t turn stupid at crucial moments and career assassins seldom miss targets 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Renee Graham
For all its shoot outs fistfights and car chases this movie is a phlegmatic bore so tedious it makes the silly spy vs spy film The Sum of All Fears starring Ben Affleck seem downright Hitchcockian 
1.5
The Bourne Identity
Emily Blunt
The Bourne Identity is an amazing intelligent knock you off your seat thriller 
4
The Bourne Identity
Jonathan Foreman
A lean deftly shot well acted weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of 60s and 70s European set spy pictures 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
David Sterritt
A truly fresh treatment of Robert Ludlum s novel wouldn t rely so heavily on shootouts car chases and boy meets girl clichés 
2
The Bourne Identity
Liam Lacey
Liman adds some brash and occasionally subtle touches to the spy on the run formula without ever quite managing to transcend the cliches 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Mike Clark
The Bourne Identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Roger Ebert
Doug Liman the director of Bourne directs the traffic well gets a nice wintry look from his locations absorbs us with the movie s spycraft and uses Damon s ability to be focused and sincere 
3
The Bourne Identity
Phil Villarreal
Anyone familiar with the better work of Damon or director Doug Liman will see their jacked up expectations shot down 
2
The Bourne Identity
Joe Lozito
The meandering and sloppy finale only makes it even more ironically forgettable 
2
The Bourne Identity
Tony Toscano
A captivating spy thriller well worth the ticket price 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Walter Chaw
A composition of gestures stripped of romance and presented in their barest forms 
4
The Bourne Identity
Glenn Lovell
I ve seen the best cloak and danger exercises including The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and the original Day of the Jackal and in terms of story and cold sweat suspense I d rank this one right up there 
4
The Bourne Identity
Tor Thorsen
Even if the new Bourne Identity doesn t stick to the letter of his work the late great Ludlum would still appreciate this ripping yarn if he saw it 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Mary F. Pols
A throwback to all that made movies like this exciting in the first place a film where the action though highly alluring remains less important than the mystery at hand 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Jeffrey Westhoff
Damon does not look like a guy who could break your arm like a matchstick and that s why The Bourne Identity works Watching this second coming of Richie Cunningham suddenly unleash his fists and feet and elbows and Bic pen of fury is chilling 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Mark Dujsik
A close to solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Michael Szymanski
A taut fast action thriller but Matt Damon just doesn t cut it as a spy 
2
The Bourne Identity
Ross Anthony
No message no theme very little joking around just an intense and focused espionage thriller that is extraordinarily hard hitting and mature for a PG 13 film 
3
The Bourne Identity
Rob Blackwelder
There s nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that s packed with just as much intelligence as action 
3
The Bourne Identity
Jeremy Heilman
It has the reeled in pyrotechnics and the muted pacing of an intelligent spy film but it doesn t have the smarts of one 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Steve Rhodes
A completely satisfying thriller that will keep your brain engaged and your adrenaline pumping 
3.5
The Bourne Identity
Ed Gonzalez
It may not work as a full fledged spy thriller or as an identity crisis pot boiler yet thanks to Liman s near effortless direction the genre gumbo is top notch nonetheless 
2.5
The Bourne Identity
Harvey S. Karten
What is exciting prose on the printed page becomes merely prosaic on the big screen 
2
No Men Beyond This Point
Kate Taylor
The joke is belaboured and the larger point a bit unclear 
2.5
No Men Beyond This Point
Peter Howell
The scenario is airtight faked archival footage is brilliant but the story might have worked better as a thriller like Logan s Run or Children of Men 
2.5
No Men Beyond This Point
David Berry
Combined with some stiff performances even for fake talking heads it s hard not to feel like No Men Beyond This Point is just one long men are from Mars women be shopping joke 
2
Spettacolo
Peter Howell
Spettacolo serves as a hymn to the creative process but also as a eulogy of sorts to the let s put on a show spirit of pre digital times Come for the drama stay for the gorgeous scenery 
2.5
Spettacolo
Christopher Gray
Though some of Spettacolo s tension is superficial the stuff of any let s put on a show narrative its latent anxieties are myriad and profoundly resonant 
3
Spettacolo
Nick Allen
A charming look at a group of people and fading tradition we may not have heard about otherwise 
3
Whiz Kids
Mick LaSalle
Though the film seems less like a theatrical release and more like something that might play on an obscure PBS station at 2 p m on a Sunday afternoon it s reasonably interesting as a personality study 
2
Whiz Kids
Ethan Alter
All three kids are disarmingly charming and ambitious which means that the directors don t have to work very hard to get you rooting for them to succeed 
3
Whiz Kids
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The flippant nomenclature of Whiz Kids a warm but ultimately unflinching celebration of nascent smarts is more than simply facile marketing 
3
Whiz Kids
Kam Williams
A heartwarming bio pic about three brilliant young brainiacs guaranteed to restore your faith in America s future while bringing tears to your eyes 
4
Apartment 143
David Nusair
One of the more disposable found footage efforts as of late 
1
Waking Madison
Mike Scott
It boasts strong technical elements and some fine performances a promising but ultimately undistinguished stepping stone in Brooks filmmaking career 
2
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Troy Patterson
Its flow of memory and imagination transforms the hero s nightmare into a dream where a glance at the radiance of sunlight in a curtain is an elemental vision of what it means to be alive 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Mattie Lucas
Films like this are rare movies that celebrate what is best in humanity in a powerful and moving way that deserve to be seen and remembered 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Nick Rogers
Julian Schnabel and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski fundamentally retool the template for the biopic to create one of the greatest portrayals of the mind s eye ever put to film A discomforting but inspiring struggle for one enduring final expression 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Mike Scott
This uncommon story about an uncommon man is gentle it is patient it is compassionate and from a technical standpoint it is stunning 
3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Peter Keough
Schnabel is drawn to the plight of the imagination struggling against limits and Bauby s Beckett like extremity has inspired his best film to date and the best film of the year 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Scott Nash
Of all the movies generating award buzz this season The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was the most surprising to me and perhaps the most special 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Peter Howell
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is one of the best movies of 2007 but I d argue it s also the one most in tune with what this season of goodwill and tolerance is supposed to be all about 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Thanks to wonderful direction editing and cinematography Schnabel convinces us of this perspective with a stroke of brilliance 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Duane Dudek
While the result is a stirring homage to the power of imagination memory and the human spirit it is also an insightful approximation of the creative process itself 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lori Hoffman
it is infused with Bauby s sarcastic sense of humor and engages us with questions of what makes a life worth living 
3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Josh Larsen
The unique POV is not a gimmicky technique but a transferring of creative responsibility 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Wesley Lovell
A striking depiction of human courage 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jeff Vice
One of the most challenging films in the recent memory However it s definitely worth it to stick with the film 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Gina Carbone
This is the second best films of 2007 and by far the most moving 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Daniel M. Kimmel
For optimists it s a movie proving that where there s life there s hope Yet for others seeing that there s no chance for recovery this is a real life horror story 
3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Gabe Leibowitz
The repetitive nature of the screenplay drags a potentially great 80 minute picture way down 
3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
John Beifuss
There is something cinematic about Bauby s situation Like the moviegoer stuck in a seat in the dark he can only observe the action in front of him His comments are unheard by the people who move before his eyes and attempt to manipulate his emotions 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Carla Meyer
While introducing artistic elements that border on fanciful the filmmakers also insist on realism resulting in a film that is always relatable never sappy 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Rob Thomas
We never sympathize with Bauby because for much of the film we are him 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Phil Villarreal
With breathtaking sentiment the film masterfully shows how Bauby was able to write the perfect final chapter of his life 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Robert W. Butler
The results are emotionally charged but not manipulative 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lawrence Toppman
Bauby Harwood and Schnabel are probably the only people who ll be our guides on a journey like this and better ones could not be found 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Josh Rosenblatt
In his brilliant new film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly painter sculptor director Schnabel Basquiat Before Night Falls defies dozens of moviemaking conventions to tell the true story of Jean Dominique Bauby 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Matt Brunson
Steadfastly avoids reducing the notions of perseverance and heroism to convenient catchphrases 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Antani
the style feels utterly organic rigorous yet unforced always giving the sense that this is not only the best way but the only way to tell this particular story 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Andrea Gronvall
Profoundly moving 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bruce Newman
Director Julian Schnabel uses his skill as a painter to assemble a collage of fantastical images to reveal the exquisite physical wreck that Bauby has become 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eric Melin
This genius collaboration between director of photography Janusz Kaminski and Schnabel immerses you in Bauby s situation so that it becomes your reality 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ross Anthony
Engaging moving and even has a good message but it s also a film that slips in the follow through 
2
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
David Elliott
It would be inhuman not to empathize with the actual man s plight but the movie is a sophisticated prod pushing us inside its own Bauby 
2
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Amy Biancolli
A film that haunts and inspires 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lisa Kennedy
The film is a triumph of empathy 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Liam Lacey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly isn t about feeling better about terrible things but about cherishing imagination as the force that sustains life 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Chris Hewitt
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly may be the most unusual movie experience of the year And it s unquestionably one of the best 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Moira MacDonald
A film of rare imagination a collage of unnerving images and great artistry 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Wesley Morris
If a movie about the human spirit doesn t do it for you The Diving Bell thoroughly doubles as a movie about the cinematic spirit 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Ebert
Here is the life force at its most insistent lashing out against fate with stubborn resolve And also with lust hunger humor and all of the other notes that this man once played so easily 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sara Michelle Fetters
With each successive feature Schnabel s hand becomes more confident much more self assured the auteur s painterly eye perfectly suited to bring this uniquely rousing biographical journey to distinct one of a kind life 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Carrie Rickey
Dazzling visually 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Mark Dujsik
Julian Schnabel s telling of the story is ingenious 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Michael Phillips
It is wonderful a rhapsodic adaptation of a memoir a visual marvel that wraps its subject in screen romanticism without romanticizing his affliction 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Peter Canavese
Qualifies as a masterpiece of sensual cinema and poetic subjectivity 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Mick LaSalle
By the end The Diving Bell and the Butterfly achieves a victory over difficult material but celebrating that fact doesn t preclude recognizing the story is not a natural for movies and remains an uneasy match 
3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Within ten minutes the film had effortlessly knocked the chip from my shoulder This is a very very good film 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Brandon Fibbs
Reveals that the human capacity for life for love and even for joy is not dependent on circumstances but is embedded in something far deeper and far more spiritual 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
James Berardinelli
This is a special motion picture that achieves its higher agenda of doing much more than idly plucking at a few heartstrings 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Lozito
In a perfect match of director and subject artist Julian Schnabel adapts the memoir by late Elle editor Jean Dominique Bauby into a compelling and intense look at one man s experience with locked in syndrome 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Stephen Whitty
The best parts of the film are when the two men work together Schnabel providing reams of unconscious images and Amalric commenting on them 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lou Lumenick
Yes it s in French and it s arty in good ways but I promise you won t have a more viscerally emotional experience at the movies this year 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Elizabeth Weitzman
In The Diving Bell and the Butterfly director Julian Schnabel and his gifted lead Mathieu Amalric take us on an indelible tour through the highest and lowest points of the human experience 
3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Glenn Whipp
Julian Schnabel deftly sidesteps all the traps inherent in the illness movie genre creating a stirring movie about a man s emotional awakening that takes its immobile protagonist on a journey from boyhood to infinity 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ken Fox
Like Bauby s memoir Schnabel and Academy Award winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood s adaptation is far from a mushy exercise in never say die optimism it s suffused with Bauby s terror and bitterness 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jan Stuart
The visual lyricism and irascible humor of Julian Schnabel s screen adaptation make for a life against the odds drama like none you ve ever seen 
4
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Kam Williams
The Sea Inside meets My Left Foot 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Peter Travers
Director Schnabel s best film yet a high wire act of visual daring and unquenchable spirit 
3.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Nick Schager
A textbook example of a director prizing himself over his material 
2
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
David Nusair
a film that s as emotionally devastating as it is engrossing 
4
The Swan
James Berardinelli
Although the screenplay occasionally falters as a result of the predictable melodrama The Swan is elevated by Martin Neumeyer s cinematography there are times when I wished this was a travelogue and Grima Valsdottir s committed performance 
2.5
The Swan
Christy Lemire
A coming of age drama that s as beautiful and brutal as the remote rural landscape of northern Iceland where it takes place 
3
The Swan
Roger Moore
Haunting Icelandic coming of age drama that probably only makes complete sense inside the filmmaker s head 
2.5
Jesus Christ Superstar
Matt Brunson
The Webber Rice score and the complex interpretations of Christ and Judas win out over any shortcomings 
3
Jesus Christ Superstar
Roger Ebert
Jewison a director of large talent has taken a piece of commercial shlock and turned it into a Biblical movie with dignity 
3
Jesus Christ Superstar
Ted Prigge
If only all biblical films could be this groovy 
3.5
Jesus Christ Superstar
Wesley Lovell
Jesus Christ Superstar makes a better musical than a movie 
1.5
Danny Collins
Lauren Chval
There s undeniable humanity and gentle humor running through this tale of redemption 
2.5
Danny Collins
Scott Renshaw
It s become something of a snarky joke about emotionally manipulative entertainment but when you can honestly say I laughed I cried somebody s doing something right 
3.5
Danny Collins
Sean P. Means
Like its title character the comedy drama Danny Collins is a movie that starts out overbearing and over the top but slowly grows on you with its quieter charms 
3
Danny Collins
Liam Lacey
One of the things that partly excuses the movie s mush is that it s a kind of musical 
2.5
Danny Collins
John Anderson
Pacino s exuberance rescues Dan Fogelman s directing debut from the schematic snares in Fogelman s script 
2.5
Danny Collins
Linda Barnard
It s never dull to watch pros like Pacino Bening Plummer Garner and Cannavale interact this is dream casting and the film makes the most of that along with a pleasingly comprehensive Lennon soundtrack 
2.5
Danny Collins
Steven Rea
Comedy pathos and some schmaltzy couplets about the changing seasons follow forthwith 
2.5
Danny Collins
Moira MacDonald
Like its hero the movie is flawed but hard to resist 
2.5
Danny Collins
Joe Williams
The lesson of this likable little movie is that it s never too late to reclaim your integrity 
2.5
Danny Collins
Roger Moore
Maybe the closest Pacino will ever get to playing himself 
2.5
Danny Collins
Anita Katz
The film remains a basic case of a cliched story undermining strong performances 
2
Danny Collins
Stephen Rebello
Danny Collins isn t what it could have been but at very least the actors are terrific and some of the dialogue has a welcome tart edge 
3
Danny Collins
Richard Roeper
Legendary as Al Pacino s skills are he wouldn t be the first actor I d cast to play a 70ish pop star who still fills mid sized arenas some 40 years after he last charted a hit single Yet Al Pacino sells the heck out of his performance as Danny Collins 
3
Danny Collins
Lisa Kennedy
What Fogelman doesn t quite achieve as screenwriter at the start of the film he makes up for in his directorial debut He supports wonderfully the affable allure of his attuned cast 
3
Danny Collins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Al Pacino seems miscast in this piece of showbiz hokum but he uses his own personal energy to make the role seem alive and likable 
3
Danny Collins
Mark Dujsik
Danny Collins wisely and surprisingly finds a middle ground for Danny s transformation 
3
Danny Collins
Ty Burr
So shameless is this movie s urge to batter you into laughter and tears that you give in exhausted and maybe even a little grateful 
2.5
Danny Collins
Mick LaSalle
There s a nice fluidity and freedom to writer director Dan Fogelman s storytelling so things never become predictable 
3
Danny Collins
Stephanie Merry
Danny Collins like its central character has a good heart and sometimes that s enough 
2.5
Danny Collins
Michael Phillips
There s a delayed secret hitch in the narrative that hijacks the movie for better or worse You don t have to believe any of it to enjoy a lot of it however 
2.5
Danny Collins
Robert Levin
Danny Collins internal crisis his yearning to make up for the past is palpably conveyed by the sadness Al Pacino applies behind the extroverted mask 
3.5
Danny Collins
Matt Zoller Seitz
An appealing comedy with an unabashed streak of melodrama sharp dialogue and a superb ensemble cast anchored by a lead performance by Al Pacino in lovable scamp mode 
3.5
Danny Collins
Peter Travers
Danny Collins has no intention of breaking new ground But Pacino and a top cast make it mean something 
3
Danny Collins
Claudia Puig
Though occasionally contrived in its more low key honest moments Danny Collins rings out with emotional resonance 
2.5
Danny Collins
David Berry
If Danny Collins the film did a little more getting down to earth and a little less hamhandedly reminding you that that s what it was trying to do it d really be something to sing about 
2.5
Danny Collins
Rex Reed
Danny Collins is nothing to write home about but it kept me entertained without too much guilt and I didn t wince 
2
Danny Collins
Lou Lumenick
Danny Collins is certainly watchable but don t go expecting much in the way of surprises 
2
Danny Collins
Elise Nakhnikian
The chemistry between Pacino and his cast mates gives this lightly amusing contrivance surprising emotional resonance 
2.5
Somewhere with No Bridges
Blake Howard
Charles Frank s Somewhere With No Bridges turned me into a puddle It s a deeply personal poetic searching eulogy Frank s ruminating documentary investigation looks to unearth the answers to his formative memories 
4
Somewhere with No Bridges
Matt Brunson
A eulogy a testimonial a tribute 
2.5
Somewhere with No Bridges
Federico Furzan
A legacy of human kindness is explored in this immersive and intimate glimpse into the life of a local fisherman who passed away decades ago but still lives in the hearts and minds of those who met him 
4
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Roger Ebert
Who cares 
2
La Caza
Roger Ebert
Director Saura s fine sense of pace is greatly responsible for the growth of tension in a film which for most of its length pretends to be just an ordinary record of an unremarkable day 
3.5
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet!
Kam Williams
The contrast between the familiar image of Harvey as the brash above it all funnyman we ve come to love over the years and the suddenly vulnerable soul we now see up on the on screen is unusually endearing and ultimately winning 
4
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet!
Frank Ochieng
Don t Trip He Ain t Through With Me Yet is the most decisive Amen that the crafty and dapper Steve Harvey can get short of being baptized in the Nile River 
3
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet!
Sean O'Connell
Harvey s first steps down this deliberately wholesome path are shaky 
2
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet!
Carrie Rickey
Harvey s sly observational humor is on view in Don t Trip He Ain t Through With Me Yet 
2.5
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet!
Lisa Rose
It s not very Christian for Harvey to ask his fans to pay multiplex ticket prices for a shoddy film that is barely feature length 
1
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet!
Lawrence Toppman
I don t equate toothlessness with clean language but Harvey seems to 
2
Lake of Death
Roger Moore
Director Robsahm must have realized that if we Don t Fear the Reaper there s really not much point 
2
Lake of Death
Brian Tallerico
The tech elements are significantly better than average B movie fare but the writing never matches them 
2
Lake of Death
Mark Dujsik
Robsahm shows some panache in the imagery here but it can t compensate for the story 
1.5
Lake of Death
Michael Phillips
It s hard to shake the familiarity of the premise and the set ups in Lake of Death 
2
Rad
Matt Brunson
There s no Mr Miyagi but you do get Ray Walston as a local bigwig who responds to Best s meddling by giving him the finger 
1.5
Nocebo
Walter Chaw
Nocebo is similar in that it too asks a question about guilt and vengeance then works over through multiple approaches to the answer before landing on the same conclusion that notions of good and evil are arbitrary distinctions 
2.5
Nocebo
Erik Childress
Eva Green 8217 s talents are wasted here in a screenplay that wants to use real world horror as a gotcha but not before boring us with a dragged out tale of 8216 who actually is the mentally stable protagonist of this story 63 
1.5
Nocebo
Simon Abrams
A dreadful psychological 47 supernatural horror pic about a fashion designer who can 8217 t get her mind around a recent trauma 46 
2
Nocebo
Mark Dujsik
As the truth behind Nocebo becomes clearer 46 46 46 that anxious feeling shifts focus and becomes imbued with a sense of melancholy doom 46 
3
Nocebo
Roger Moore
It 8217 s as if everybody here has left things to fate and accepts the horrors to come and refuses to be shocked 44 just resigned to it 46 
2
Nocebo
Jeff York
For fans of the horror or psychological thriller genres 44 this one should be satisfyingly tense and fun to watch 46 It 8217 s a genuine sleeper 44 intriguing and well acted 44 particularly by Green 46 
3
Jackie
David Nusair
a pervasively pleasant drama that doesn t offer up any great shakes in terms of plotting but succeeds as a showcase for three undeniably superb performances 
2.5
The Post
Brian Eggert
To call this film of the moment would be a gross understatement But more importantly it s another deftly entertaining Spielberg film 
4
The Post
Jason Fraley
It s hard to believe that Hanks and Streep have never starred together and that Streep has never acted for Spielberg All three icons collide in The Post providing a timely defense of the free press in a good old fashioned piece of entertainment 
4
The Post
Matt Brunson
Old school filmmaking at its most robust and rousing 
3.5
The Post
Mattie Lucas
One of Spielberg s most potent and pointed films in recent memory 
3.5
The Post
Federico Furzan
Spielberg composes an intelligent version of the events that surrounded the most important decision in printed media history Sadly underrated Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Post
Robert Daniels
It wouldn t be Spielberg without romanticism to the highest degree and he d probably plead guilty 
3.5
The Post
Kevin A. Ranson
If you re unfamiliar with the story of the press blowing the lid off the Vietnam War cover up it s worth a watch if you are familiar this is the dramatized reenactment with prettier people 
3
The Post
David Keyes
Here is a movie that is important for all the reasons you ve undoubtedly heard about but is also something few of us could have expected genuinely exciting 
3.5
The Post
Linda Cook
The Post delivers strong performances and a strong message about the importance of a free press 
3.5
The Post
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A fascinating story that never feels like a sermon or a moralistic tale Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Post
Eric Melin
There s no doubt that the free press plays an essential role in a democracy and the timeliness of this picture can t be disputed It s just too bad Spielberg doesn t trust his audience enough to let them come to those conclusions on their own 
2
The Post
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
See it for a lesson in what freedom of the press entails and a call to action to change the world of today Make America great again indeed 
3.5
The Post
Walter Chaw
It s an earnest timely TM important TM awards season TM prestige picture TM 
2
The Post
John Serba
Spielberg s work is an expository blast of energy a vital vibrant and often humorous dramatization of the journalistic process 
4
The Post
Barry Paris
It s the first time Hanks and Ms Streep have appeared together and you won t find a better match than these two old pros who are in the business of complementing not competing with each other 
3.5
The Post
Josh Terry
The Post stands as a tribute to Spielberg s skill as a storyteller imbuing his backroom story with generous suspense and tension without needing the spectacular action scenes of so many of his celebrated past films 
3.5
The Post
Jeff Simon
Here from the most capable hands is a very good movie showing you how the events in that one came to be 
3.5
The Post
Rob Thomas
Even though the themes are weighty and the parallels are provocative my takeaway resembled what Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee Tom Hanks growls at one point in the newsroom My God the fun 
4
The Post
Christian Toto
Steven Spielberg can do anything except change a culture where Fake News has turned journalism into an eye sore 
3
The Post
Clint O'Connor
The Post deals with weighty issues about government cover ups and freedom of the press But don t be scared off if you re afraid it s one big history lesson This drama from Steven Spielberg is also a lot of fun 
4
The Post
Tom Meek
The subtle jockeying by all three becomes a most civil parlor game telling of an era when media were far too cozy with their subjects to justifiably claim objectivity 
4
The Post
Kam Williams
While the movie is certainly worth seeing it s nevertheless a disappointment given the cast and crew s impressive pedigree 
3
The Post
Michael Smith
Steven Spielberg s new film about how the Washington Post handled the publishing of the so called Pentagon papers in 1971 is not only educational and informative but also entertaining and terribly timely 
3
The Post
Sean P. Means
The Post move s from a crackling newsroom yarn to a showcase for Streep s now expected brilliance It s become routine to see her perform flawlessly but here she quietly gives one of her best and most perfectly calibrated performances 
4
The Post
Calvin Wilson
In an era in which journalistic outlets are increasingly accused of delivering fake news this film is a reminder that few things are as precious and vital as the truth 
4
The Post
Maren Longbella
Ultimately The Post is about abuse of power at the highest levels and accountability which couldn t be more timely 
3
The Post
Peter Canavese
The heroic journalism depicted in The Post could hardly be more timely it s true but Spielberg s take rarely achieves dramatic traction 
2.5
The Post
Mara Reinstein
The roll up the sleeves and dig in attitude is a joy to watch the multitude of self righteous monologues are anything but 
2.5
The Post
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s exciting and essential and one of my favorite films of 2017 
3.5
The Post
Kate Taylor
Spielberg offers a tight lucid and highly satisfying account of the Pentagon Papers from the point of view of the Post and its publisher Kay Graham 
3
The Post
Mark Dujsik
A streamlined account of history invested in the daily workings of a newspaper and anchored by a genuine sense of idealism 
3
The Post
Richard Roeper
The standout is Bob Odenkirk as Ben Bagdikian the kind of old school reporter who wears out the soles of his shoes tracking down a scoop 
4
The Post
Peter Howell
It s a great watch 
3
The Post
Michael Phillips
A blunt reminder that everything in this story concerning a craven paranoid president s loathing of an aggressive free press did not exactly vanish with the Nixon administration 
3
The Post
Mick LaSalle
If the intention was to send audiences out feeling inspired about journalism and its function in a republic consider that mission accomplished 
3
The Post
Ty Burr
This is Spielberg back in Lincoln territory making historical figures more mythic by making them seem more human 
3.5
The Post
Gary Thompson
It s nimble crisp passionate full of verve and invention Put another way It s a newspaper movie that feels like something made by hustling professionals On deadline 
3.5
The Post
Moira MacDonald
The Post tells of a great moment in journalism and a great moment in one remarkable woman s life 
4
The Post
David Nusair
Disappointingly flat almost from start to finish 
2.5
The Post
Dann Gire
Spielberg now 70 rammed this production through in record time and directs The Post with the enthusiasm of an artist half his age 
3.5
The Post
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spielberg does give into his more melodramatic tendencies at times spelling things out with a little more didactic clumsiness than I expected But thanks to Streep s constant quiet dignity as Graham this rarely proves to be a problem 
4
The Post
Bob Bloom
What is most amazing about is that Spielberg tells his story in about 110 minutes zipping through all the issues like a reporter writing a concise story on deadline And like a good news article his direction is clear succinct and to the point 
4
The Post
Stephen Rebello
Serving as a mirror image of 2017 The Post is absolutely punishingly timely even when it too often tells us what s on its noble mind instead of making us feel it 
3.5
The Post
Robert Levin
Spielberg conjures up his masterful gift for generating suspense and high drama around the inexorable pull of the deadline the thrill of a meaningful lead and the collective sense of applying truth to power on a grand scale 
4
The Post
Sonny Bunch
It s about time the mainstream media had its own propaganda film 
3
The Post
Mike McGranaghan
A riveting urgent bit of cinematic storytelling One of the best films of Spielberg s illustrious career 
4
The Post
Rafer Guzman
Steven Spielberg s drama about journalism under fire is so timely it s practically a headline itself Fine work from Streep and Hanks throughout 
3
The Post
Sara Stewart
The Post may be all too easy Oscar bait but it s as satisfying and polished as you d expect 
3
The Post
Brian Tallerico
Every time The Post threatens to slide into pure pretentious melodrama the talent of someone involved pulls it out 
3
The Post
Roger Moore
Streep and Hanks shimmer as does the movie which lacks only that 70s grit to complete its urgency and authenticity
3.5
The Post
James Berardinelli
Although prone to occasional sermonizing The Post offers a stirring reminder of the importance of these kinds of unsung heroes in protecting the American way of life 
3.5
The Post
Peter Travers
Steven Spielberg s tense terrific new drama with Streep and Hanks at their finest celebrates the passionate bond between a free press and every thinking human being however diminished the species in Trump s America 
3.5
The Post
Phil Villarreal
Such is its power that it convinces you to evangelize on this behalf 
4
The Post
James Kendrick
an essential work crying out via history against the fake news machine and reminding us of why the free press is an absolute necessity in checking the powers of those who are elected to govern us
3.5
The Post
Ann Hornaday
The Post works on many levels from polemic and thinly veiled cautionary tale to fun period piece and rip roaring newspaper yarn 
4
The Post
Josh Larsen
an All the President s Men style salute to the press 
3.5
The Post
Clayton Davis
Helmed by the immaculate talents of Academy Award winners Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in partnership with one of the year s slickest casts The Post is an embarrassment of riches when it s on but can be torpid when its off 
3
The Post
Brian Truitt
The Post is an inspirational reminder of the importance of a free press while unabashedly making journalism look like the most awesome job ever akin to what Raiders of the Lost Ark did for archaeology 
3.5
The Post
Christopher Gray
No American film since Zodiac has exhibited such a love for the way information travels than The Post but it s nonetheless steeped in self congratulation 
2.5
The Post
Wesley Lovell
A compelling look at how one newspaper defied a government in order to fulfill its role as an investigative voice for the people 
4
Cash
Maitland McDonagh
Dumb though it may be it s never dull 
2.5
Promare
Glenn Kenny
While the overall tone is pitched to a teen demographic the creative energy and the execution on display is consistently engaging 
3
Promare
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Promare often feels like a maximalist season finale trimmed of any build up a climax that s outstanding to watch yet empty beyond its pure spectacle 
2.5
Strange Things Happen at Sundown
Walter Chaw
A fitfully self consciously entertaining ode to Pulp Fiction 
1
Tanna
Peter Howell
Aussie co directors Martin Butler and Bentley Dean prize authenticity over conventional drama 
3
Tanna
Stephanie Merry
The movie is a tremendous accomplishment especially considering that the cast had never seen cameras before much less movies yet still agreed to star in the drama 
3
Tanna
G. Allen Johnson
While the story of Tanna is forgettable the people are not 
3
Nix
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nix begins promisingly 44 and it apos s an honest portrait of grief 44 but as it goes 44 its life force simply flags 44 as it seems to go through the motions 46 
2.5
Six Days
Bill Stamets
In the compelling documentary Six Days Israeli director Ilan Ziv details the conflict that set Egypt Syria and Jordan against Israe 
3
Six Days
Michael Phillips
Director Ziv s relative sense of balance and context is admirable though the whole thing may be too broadly focused to sharpen anyone s perceptions of this conflict Then again maybe that s too much to ask of any film on a horribly open ended subject 
3
Six Days
Ed Gonzalez
So you had to be there Not really The Middle East for Dummies gets the job done better and leaves you with less of a headache 
2
Oil Sands Karaoke
Linda Barnard
Wilkinson goes beyond the songs to dig deeper into stories of those who work in this often lonely place to make top dollar by asking them to consider the ethics of working in one of Canada s most controversial industries 
2.5
Photographic Memory
Brett Michel
Hoping to unlock not only the mysteries of his own past but also to better understand the alienation he feels from his son McElwee has forged another triumph in this portrait of fractured love 
3.5
Photographic Memory
Lou Lumenick
Utterly delightful 
3.5
Photographic Memory
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Ross McElwee is less anxious of death itself than of finally comprehending the vast faultiness of the life he s lived 
3.5
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Matt Brunson
As Adam Worth Michael Caine is so wonderful that one wishes Harry and Walter had been scrapped altogether so the filmmakers could have made Adam Worth Goes to New York instead 
2.5
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Roger Ebert
The movie never quite fulfills its promise It has inspired moments it s well photographed Miss Keaton has some wonderfully fiery dialog as the radical editor but somehow the direction and tone are just a little too muted 
2.5
Idiots and Angels
Kam Williams
A delightful yarn revolving around an age old showdown between good and evil 
3
Idiots and Angels
Stephen Holden
The dystopia conjured by Idiots and Angels Mr Plympton s sixth and best animated feature suggests Toulouse Lautrec by way of Charles Bukowski 
4
Idiots and Angels
Michael Posner
A dystopian commentary on humankind 
3
Idiots and Angels
Greg Quill
Even without a word of dialogue Plympton s dark fable about the almost unnatural redemption of a lost soul content in its damnation is easily understood and neatly told 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
David Nusair
a decent enough disaster movie that s rarely as spellbinding as one might ve anticipated based on its seemingly foolproof setup 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Mattie Lucas
Tries to rise above its genre but never ascends above mediocrity 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Peter T. Chattaway
this is one film viewers might want to put off until some time long long after the day after tomorrow 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Jorge Avila Andrade
Emmerich es un cineasta que tiene estupendos momentos de entretenimiento a pesar de que a media película todo se vaya a la borda 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Wesley Lovell
Even the names of the characters are weak and unoriginal 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
David Keyes
the visual highlights are unable to stand on their own they get buried behind a screen of shoddy characterizations useless subplots and cheesy ploys for tension 
1.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Funnier than anything since Battlefield Earth 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Tony Toscano
the film s stars seem to be slightly out of phase with the action 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An exceptionally stupid movie 
1
The Day After Tomorrow
Frank Ochieng
a long winded and loopy meteorology mishap It s too bad that this global gloom session couldn t sweep away any sooner than its two hour running time
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
Could have benefited from the presence of say Ralph Macchio Kobe Bryant Clay Aiken or Michael Jackson as a singing priest 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Marty Mapes
The first 20 minutes are painful but what s a disaster movie without cliches 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Jonathan R. Perry
The cast is able to literally outrun the destructive power of the cold but they can t survive the killing wave of contrivances and disaster cliches 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Bob Bloom
A torrent of clichés inundates audiences in this ecological environmental disaster feature which has as much scientific authenticity as an old Flash Gordon serial 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Sean McBride
The Day After Tomorrow starts out with a special effects bang but then grinds to a halt for the final hour 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Linda Cook
The late Irwin Allen is beaming down from on high 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
John Beifuss
Where s Yukon Cornelius when you need him 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Mike McGranaghan
A pretty good disaster movie despite some silliness and lapses in logic 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Sara Michelle Fetters
It also stinks to high heaven and enduring this piece of cinematic hokum is akin to eating seven month old Easter Eggs they may look pretty but they ll sure as heck give you food poisoning 
1.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Sean P. Means
It delivers Emmerich s two trademarks spectacularly cool special effects shots and hilariously overwrought disaster movie dialogue 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Moira MacDonald
The Day After Tomorrow is less about serious issues and more about big money special effects and shameless sentimentality 
1.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Mick LaSalle
The Day After Tomorrow isn t satisfying in every way but in the ways that really matter it s one superior disaster movie 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
James Verniere
If it s spectacle you crave at the movies this is the place 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
David Elliott
The Day After Tomorrow has pretty good special effects and the body heat of pure kitsch 
1
The Day After Tomorrow
Joe Baltake
Expensive cheese 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Peter Travers
The only truly scary thing about this doomsday popcorn flick is the momumental ineptitude of the acting writing and directing 
1
The Day After Tomorrow
Timothy Knight
Frequently exciting 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Megan Lehmann
The jaw dropping special effects in the weather gone wild doomsday film The Day After Tomorrow sweep all else away including quibbles about bland characterization and dead in the water dialogue 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Bob Strauss
Frigid absurd film 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Robert W. Butler
There s something perversely satisfying about seeing poor abused Mother Nature kicking mankind in the collective keister That s precisely what Day After delivers 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Terry Lawson
Nothing about The Day After Tomorrow really engages us except for the computer effects which are certainly impressive enough in a Powerpoint presentation sort of way 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Jeff Vice
An Irwin Allen movie on steroids 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Lisa Kennedy
It turns out the real question director Roland Emmerich s movie raises isn t about how much this film s pseudo science teases us but how much bad drama it s willing to blow our way 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Jeffrey Westhoff
For all this expertly rendered destruction the characters don t seem fazed by casualty counts that must number in the billions 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Roger Ebert
The special effects are on such an awesome scale that the movie works despite its cornball plotting 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Wesley Morris
For all its doomsaying the movie fails to scare you into being a better citizen of the earth or even a riveted moviegoer 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Dustin Putman
Content to parade out an endless ever wearying line of cliches ludicrous plotting and dialogue and paper thin stock characters whom the viewer forms no relationship with 
1.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Phil Villarreal
it becomes evident that Emmerich is as ill adept at painting personal moments as he is as a maestro at crafting large scale disaster images 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Rick Groen
I m not saying that a date with this picture is all pleasure but it s not all guilt either My guess is that waking up the morning after The Day After Tomorrow you won t have much trouble forgiving yourself 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Jon Niccum
To be perfectly honest when tornadoes batter Los Angeles and oceanic flooding engulfs New York it s hard not to root for Mother Nature 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Guylaine Cadorette
A perfect blend of contemporary environmental issues and science fiction director Roland Emmerich s big budget disaster flick is summer movie entertainment at its best 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Christian Toto
This Day is truly a disaster just not the kind the studio had in mind
1
The Day After Tomorrow
Aaron Hillis
the most gratifying entertainment in Emmerich s mass marketed filmography even if the feel good finale is more cloying than a second set of Olsen twins 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Mike Clark
After the destruction the drama flails with an hour still to go 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Peter Bernard
Offers some jaw dropping special effects and some sincere performances that balance the film s unlikely premise 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Duane Dudek
Resembles disaster films of the 1970s where big name stars battled flood fire and capsized luxury liners 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Connie Ogle
The film weakly trades reliable popcorn action for a story about blossoming young love puzzling fatherly heroics and overwrought messages on the dangers of global warming 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Jan Stuart
Emmerich crams the film with enough digital wizardry to make you wish he had jettisoned the script altogether and simply paraded the visual effects with chapter titles such as Snow Over New Delhi and The Hollywood Sign Gets Totaled 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
David Sterritt
A badly wasted opportunity 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Bruce Newman
A summer snow job that produces the season s first perfect storm of pleasure 
3.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Steven Rea
Teems with illogical action improbable coincidences 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Jack Mathews
The second half is comically bad moviemaking 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Rob Blackwelder
Emmerich knows how to put on a good fireworks display and as long as you re prepared to be laughing at the movie not with the movie 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Michael Wilmington
This often entertaining movie mixes grand epic effects and amazing visualizations of catastrophe with a sappy family in crisis plot that would look hackneyed in a 60s Disney TV movie 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Josh Larsen
Quaid expressed more fear trying to calm his bucking horse in The Alamo 
1.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Austin O'Connor
A study in ineptitude 
1
The Day After Tomorrow
Walter Chaw
The only fantasy element that stretches the bounds of credulity when née Cheney takes responsibility for his bad decisions and apologizes to the nation 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Nick Rogers
A blockbuster with incredible momentum chilling us even with shots of Doppler radar And if Emmerich can make comic relief out of illegal immigration his game is on 
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Steve Rhodes
A ludicrous and sanctimonious sermon I want my two hours back 
1.5
The Day After Tomorrow
James Berardinelli
Emmerich s point with The Day After Tomorrow isn t to play politics or make speeches but to entertain And in the cataclysmic way he has become known for he does so 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Jeanne Aufmuth
Hints at our fragile humanity and tries to put a familiar face to the misery 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Ross Anthony
Recreates the global disaster ride of Independence Day but falls short of its breadth and depth Still fun 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Willie Waffle
The Day After Tomorrow is a camp classic and a modern day Poseidon Adventure 
2.5
The Day After Tomorrow
Scott Nash
Everything we ve come to expect from a Roland Emmerich film 
2
The Day After Tomorrow
Nick Schager
Mother Nature is a but another Ice Age would at least put sermonizing blockbuster filmmaking like this on deep freeze 
2
Chaos and Desire
Ray Conlogue
Briand s first film 2 Seconds was a success With Chaos and Desire she has overreached herself but she is an ambitious artist and is moving in an intriguing direction 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Brian Eggert
Given how well Return of the Jedi was put together from a technical perspective and how entertaining the whole thing ends up being it s difficult not to enjoy the film on very basic levels but it stands as the original trilogy s odd man out 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
David Gonzalez
The Return Of The Jedi offers enough moments that is not only a fitting entry into the franchise but what was thought of at the time as a fitting conclusion to it as well 46 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s not a total disappointment but compared to its two predecessors it s definitely a minor film Full review in Spanish 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
David Nusair
a capper to a solid trilogy that s nevertheless not quite the flawless work its reputation would seem to indicate 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Rena Andrews
It s everything it ought to be glorious exhilarating exciting absorbing technically wondrous But there also is something bittersweet in the knowledge that with Jedi we are bidding a fond farewell to all of the characters we got to know so well 
4
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Ernest Leogrande
The trilogy is superior entertainment that have assimilated its sources has itself become the real thing making movie history 
4
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Josh Larsen
when Luke and Darth Vader face off before the drooling Emperor the franchise comes to its rightful fruition 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The third Star Wars film and the sixth in the series begins with a bang as our heroes try to wrap up the threads left hanging at the end of The Empire Strikes Back 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Michael Dequina
First class entertainment 
4
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Peter Stack
Though it looks almost too polished a handful of eye smacking action scenes were breakthroughs in precomputer cinematic graphics And when the film moves it does so with blazing energy and awesome noise 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
James Kendrick
the least of the three but it is still a magnificent experience in its own right
3.5
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Gene Siskel
Before this portion of the Star Wars saga is history let us take time to praise the principal performers 
4
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Roger Ebert
At the end of it all after the three movies we ve taken an epic fantasy journey Lucas has in common with all great storytellers the ability to create a complete world 
4
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Stephen Hunter
The film reaches a density of emotion in its last 20 minutes that the cycle itself and few other movies can approach 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Michael Wilmington
The film is a huge rousing finale that resolves all plot twists settles all accounts reunites old friends and sweeps to a climax that all but blows the theater apart 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
James Berardinelli
The acting in Return of the Jedi is stronger than in the previous films 
3
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Steve Rhodes
Delightfully imaginative 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi
Rob Blackwelder
One dynamo of a climax 
3
You Won't Be Alone
Linda Cook
apos You Won apos t be Alone apos is creepy 44 thoughtful folk horror 46 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Rene Sanchez
A hypnotizing and contemplative story that explores the joys and sorrows of life motherhood and gender roles Full Review in Spanish
3
You Won't Be Alone
Kevin Carr
There s no plot line to get through the film and it s a bit tiresome to watch 
2
You Won't Be Alone
Brian Eggert
You Wont Be Alone a stunning and sublime debut from writer director Goran Stolevski plays like a humanist horror story derived from the folklorish inspiration of Robert Eggers and the existential searching of Terrence Malick 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Katie Walsh
It is startling and sometimes disturbing but hits a place that is intensely human bittersweet and bloody and beautiful at once and unlike anything you ve ever seen 
4
You Won't Be Alone
Jake Coyle
You Won t Be Alone enchants in its novel perspective and in its sharp shifting protagonist s unquenchable curiosity The witch once so set in stereotype has never felt so enthrallingly elastic 
3
You Won't Be Alone
Peter Canavese
A witch infects a baby girl that turns her in to the next Generation of Witch Dark and artsy mysterious visceral and ultimately philosophical with an insistently poetic tone 
3
You Won't Be Alone
Joe Friar
Goran Stolevskis debut feature takes you on a transcendental journey that dazzles and horrifies at times simultaneously The enthralling and inventive horror film balances poetic beauty with the grotesque while validating the existence of the Boogeyman 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Kevin A. Ranson
if audiences watch only one movie about shapeshifting blood drinkers this year this should be it a story about discovering ones humanity instead of losing it to the MCU 
3
You Won't Be Alone
Tomris Laffly
You Wont Be Alone announces the arrival of a fierce new genre talent an inventive stylist and an unapologetic interrogator of mankind with something worthwhile to say 
2.5
You Won't Be Alone
Sara Michelle Fetters
Stolevski fearlessly treads his own path into the woods making the graceful tragic majesty of You Wont Be Alone difficult to resist and more importantly even harder to forget 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Leo Brady
What starts as a terrifying horror experience evolves into much more a life for a demon where love is the goal in the end 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Mark Dujsik
All of this is founded in myth and magic but the core of the story remains grounded in that sense of longing for meaning purpose and belonging 
3
You Won't Be Alone
Michael O'Sullivan
The horror of this film and it is considerable with a villain who looks like Freddy Krueger and several instances of bloody violence nevertheless takes a back seat to a more expansive and ultimately satisfying agenda 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Michael Phillips
However unsettling it s a film that knows what it s doing 
3
You Won't Be Alone
James Berardinelli
Some movies you love from the first minute of the first reel For others it can take a little longer You Won t Be Alone falls in the latter category but rewards those who stick with it 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Mike McGranaghan
The best folk horror film since The Witch 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Sean P. Means
The line between folk legend and fairy tale is a blurry one and there s something that s satisfyingly Grimm in the way the story plays out 
3.5
You Won't Be Alone
Derek Smith
Throughout You Won t Be Alone writer director Goran Stolevski rejects the slickness that defines so called elevated horror 
3
The Personals
Jan Stuart
Through all Liu is a commanding and ever changing mask of reactions as a woman who observes her suitors as if looking out from the protective shield of a dark tinted window 
3
The Personals
Joshua Tanzer
A little like a blind date sometimes charming sometimes difficult never revealing too much at once and always leaving you with plenty to think about afterwards 
3.5
Slaughterhouse Five
Matt Brunson
It s a helluva lot easier to adapt say Stephen King than Kurt Vonnegut yet director George Roy Hill and scripter Stephen Geller do such an exquisite job with Slaughterhouse Five that even Vonnegut himself raved about this celluloid interpretation 
3.5
The Automat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Lisa Hurwitz has made an absolute delight of a documentary telling a seemingly non essential and yet totally essential piece of forgotten history 46 
3.5
The Automat
Joe Friar
The documentary goes back in time to an era that revolutionized the restaurant industry 46 Director Lisa Hurwitz examines the culinary sensation by interviewing celebrities who share their cherished memories including Mel Brooks who wrote a song for the doc
4
The Automat
Ty Burr
Short and sweet The Automat is a fond remembrance of a vanished era the past seen through a tiny glass window 
3
The Automat
Mark Feeney
Hurwitz takes a terrific subject and treats it with undisguised and justified affection What s most impressive about The Automat is how much ground it covers 
3
The Automat
Ann Hornaday
A crisp straightforward documentary 
2.5
The Automat
Peter Canavese
Quite fun interesting sentimental and emotional documentary featuring celebrity testimonials attesting to the panache of a bygone era of customer convenience and business caring and efficiency 
3
The Automat
Michael Phillips
The Automat is both a touching farewell and a fond hello again for those old enough to remember the salisbury steak creamed spinach and peach pie behind those little windows of nickel fed discovery 
3
The Automat
Steven Prokopy
File this one under the category Documentaries I Didn t Know I Needed Until I Watched It 
3
The Automat
Jeff York
an engaging documentary a warm trip down memory lane and an excellent lesson on brand building and they did it with a good product a fair price and an experience that wholly enveloped the consumer How many brands can claim such these days 
3.5
The Automat
Charles Koplinski
Hurwitz effectively underscores the impact the loss of such places had as well as fosters at least in this viewer the regret and longing for not having had the chance to patronize one of these unique restaurants at least once 
4
The Automat
Glenn Kenny
The narrative here is both stirring and sad 
3.5
The Automat
Rex Reed
This enjoyable movie gets to the core of the Automat s significance cutting to the core of its social impact on New York and the changing world we live in 
4
The Automat
Joey Magidson
The Automat is about as minor a documentary subject as there is but the warmth in the execution sets it apart 
3
The Fox and the Hound 2
Bill Chambers
Stupid and irreverent in a useless way and a bunch of crappy songs don t help 
0
The Fox and the Hound 2
Peter Canavese
Outside of profits it seems pointless to impose this story onto established characters Blu ray 
2
The Fox and the Hound 2
David Nusair
wears out its welcome almost immediately 
2
The Resurrection of a Bastard
David Berry
Helped along by a sharp visual style Bastard is slightly slow and enigmatic but surefooted enough to keep you intrigued right up to its surprisingly sincere finale 
3
The Resurrection of a Bastard
Linda Barnard
Cinematographer Lennert Hillege makes the most of quaint Dutch town settings and Friesland s lovely isolation where the sea is kept at bay even as it threatens to swamp everything 
2.5
Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
Federico Furzan
Haunting tale of folklore going to places no other mainstream have ever dared to get close to Full review in Spanish 
3
Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
Nick Allen
A frustrating genre pic that s just too dreary to be scary 
2.5
Head in the Clouds
Rob Blackwelder
Miscast leads and ersatz emotions leave the film s soundstagey period ambiance as its most comparable asset A handsome misfire 
2
Head in the Clouds
Jeff Vice
This would be wartime epic romance is so intent on setting a dream like atmosphere that it fails to develop either the situation or characters in a convincing fashion 
1.5
Head in the Clouds
Sean P. Means
Amid scenes of silk sheet sexuality are gritty historical re enactments and half baked histrionics but it plays as drab melodrama and unintentional comedy 
2
Head in the Clouds
David Nusair
a well made visually distinctive period piece that s nevertheless a complete bore almost from start to finish 
2
Head in the Clouds
Rob Thomas
I couldn t help but feel that the movie s primary reason for existing is so its stars could wear some fantastic period costumes 
2.5
Head in the Clouds
Leah McLaren
Great gooey hot fudge sundae of a love story 
3
Head in the Clouds
Walter Chaw
It s a watched pot that never boils because there s no fire lit beneath it 
1
Head in the Clouds
Joe Baltake
It s wonderfully terrible 
2
Head in the Clouds
Connie Ogle
You might not think it would be easy to make a dull film about love war and a bisexual threesome but Head in the Clouds manages this task efficiently despite a couple of decent performances from Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend 
2
Head in the Clouds
Terry Lawson
Soft focus softheaded mush 
2
Head in the Clouds
Larry Ratliff
This is never a great film In scattered stretches though it s a very good one 
3
Head in the Clouds
Nick Carter
The story setting and colorful cast should help make Head in the Clouds a winner but the film undercuts itself repeatedly by being too heavy handed 
2
Head in the Clouds
Phoebe Flowers
Unremarkable 
2
Head in the Clouds
Chris Hewitt
It s all very haphazard and infuriating because the movie unerringly focuses on the least interesting aspect of its complicated plot 
1
Head in the Clouds
Jeff Strickler
The love story rates a B while the drama is a C at best Granted the adventure part perks up to an A minus but you have to wade through two thirds of the movie to get there 
2.5
Head in the Clouds
John Hartl
It sometimes appears to have been designed deliberately as an encyclopedia of clichs 
2
Head in the Clouds
Steven Rea
Catastrophically overdone 
1.5
Head in the Clouds
Bruce Westbrook
An ambitious if uneven tale of passionate lovers from 1933 to 1945 
3
Head in the Clouds
Michael Booth
Duigan gets the costumes right and the emotion wrong 
2
Head in the Clouds
Roger Ebert
It wants to be a hard panting melodrama with spies and sex and love and death and there are times when a movie like this is exactly what you feel like indulging 
3
Head in the Clouds
Erik Childress
Head in the Clouds wants us to use the word sprawling to describe its epic nature Please even Red Dawn sprawled several months 
2
Head in the Clouds
Michael Wilmington
Townsend seemed to me ill matched as a romantic hero way too moony eyed and mushy to cope with the likes of the towering Theron and torchy Cruz 
2
Head in the Clouds
Jeanne Aufmuth
An historical romance cum love triangle that can t see the forest for the trees 
2
Head in the Clouds
David Elliott
Capacious wax museum 
2
Head in the Clouds
Walter V. Addiego
Fans of luxe art direction and Merchant Ivory productions will enjoy this picture But where s the challenge Even the steamy material seems well mannered and what good is that 
2
Head in the Clouds
Ty Burr
A relentlessly overripe melodrama that takes place in movie Europe as opposed to the real thing 
1.5
Head in the Clouds
James Verniere
Achieves the level of a soapy TV miniseries and while the acting is for the most part awful you can pass the time studying the wardrobe and hairstyles 
2
Head in the Clouds
M. K. Terrell
Visually ravishing and well acted 
2.5
Head in the Clouds
Timothy Knight
Flawed as it may be Duigan s film is still a terrific showcase for Theron whose magnetic performance should erase any lingering doubts that her Oscar win for Monster was a fluke 
2.5
Head in the Clouds
Jami Bernard
An implausible story that enfolds kinky sex with nationalistic fervor 
2
Head in the Clouds
Megan Lehmann
An overlong melodrama by numbers existing mainly to give Theron a backdrop against which to smoke and brood in a series of elegant period outfits 
2
Head in the Clouds
Aaron Hillis
The story is a vapid Casablanca lite with all the erotic subtlety of a second rate Joe Eszterhas 
1.5
Head in the Clouds
Steve Rhodes
A pretty period picture that s deadly dull 
1.5
Head in the Clouds
John Anderson
A World War II era film that has no plot and no discernible point until the Nazis march in sometime during Act 73 
1
Head in the Clouds
Peter Travers
A World War II melodrama of epic silliness and supreme vapidity 
1
Head in the Clouds
Peter Canavese
Flashes of wit aside flimsy narration and flaccid acting particularly from Townsend in a central role do nothing to bolster this well intentioned but forgettable film 
2
Lovelace
Michael Dequina
Other performances may be more gripping in the moment but the core of relatable vulnerability and flawed humanity Seyfried brings lends the film a lasting resonance 
3
Lovelace
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately most of Lovelace is more generic and familiar right down to the too neat happy ending 
2.5
Lovelace
John Beifuss
The grim second half of the movie is not just a reveal for viewers unfamiliar with Lovelace s biography but a sort of hangover or STD that punishes moviegoers for enjoying the sexual soap opera and salacious horseplay of the first half 
2.5
Lovelace
Nathan Southern
Enough of this film works to merit a moderate recommendation though the next time that Friedman and Epstein take on such a challenging character they should consider gauging the structure of their script more carefully 
2.5
Lovelace
Vanessa Farquharson
More than anything else Lovelace will be remembered for its inspired casting 
2.5
Lovelace
Steven Boone
Scattered moments of heat and light just don t add up to a forceful or vital movie about a subject that deserves one 
2
Lovelace
Dustin Putman
When it comes to big screen biopics Lovelace never makes it past the shallow end of the pool 
2
Lovelace
Chris Hewitt
Seyfried s haunted performance is terrific but the movie is a mess 
1.5
Lovelace
Adam Nayman
Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman settle for a titillating exploitative snapshot instead of a fully rounded portrait 
0.5
Lovelace
Stephen Whitty
It has a pair of terrific performances at its center and an intriguing story 
2.5
Lovelace
Robert Levin
The movie sharply evokes the era and exudes a lurid fascination by unpacking this sensational story But it really works because the performances drive things 
3
Lovelace
Peter Howell
Co directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman never quite pull it off although you can see how they might have 
2
Lovelace
Rene Rodriguez
A timid gloss on a hardcore subject 
2
Lovelace
Claudia Puig
Epstein and Friedman opt for the most broadly entertaining and salacious details about the 1972 film giving short shrift to Lovelace s complicated contradictions 
2
Lovelace
Lou Lumenick
The superficial script doesn t go nearly deep enough to begin explaining Lovelace 
2
Lovelace
Rafer Guzman
This movie is short on nuance but at least it treats Lovelace with a respect she didn t often find in her difficult life 
2.5
Lovelace
Michael O'Sullivan
Its maudlin third act mars what is for much of the film a pretty nuanced and well acted biopic as well as something of a cultural critique 
2.5
Lovelace
Peter Keough
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman spin two versions of the story of the ingnue who starred in the most successful film of all time 
2
Lovelace
Dann Gire
Stripped of its salacious subject matter Lovelace is standard Lifetime cable channel boilerplate stuff 
2.5
Lovelace
Mick LaSalle
The whole story in just five words Linda met the wrong guy A miserable dispiriting story but done so well that the experience is galvanizing not depressing 
3
Lovelace
Michael Phillips
The re creations of the era are artful and the acting s strong Seyfried and Sarsgaard have a lot to play and attack the material fiercely and honestly 
2.5
Lovelace
Matt Pais
Does a good job of setting the record straight about the person behind the 70s late night talk show punchlines 
3
Lovelace
Roger Moore
Doesn t go deep enough
2.5
Hóllyweird
Roger Moore
The whole movie is built on exhausted making it in showbiz tropes 
1.5
13 Moons
Steve Rhodes
I hope it ll be many moons before I see another such laughless comedy 
1
Blacula
Matt Brunson
The film possesses a lively sense of humor and is very much a product of its time but those seeking PC comfort cinema had best steer clear 
3
Blacula
John Beifuss
If its false vampire teeth are sometimes slipshod the beats of its stake targeted heart of darkness flash a message that is poignant tragic and profound 
3
Five Star
Roger Moore
Intimate engaging and engrossing look at New York gang life and the charisma that it takes to bring in new recruits
3
Five Star
Mike McGranaghan
Writer director Keith Miller has made a film that never feels forced never seems artificial James Primo Grant is electrifying in the lead role 
3
Five Star
Kent Turner
The strained interactions aren t helped by the sofa bound direction walk in sit and talk 
2
Five Star
Jesse Cataldo
In the end it reduces public housing dwellers to the same stock roles they occupy in less thoughtful films limiting their stories rather than allowing them to develop 
2.5
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
David Armstrong
It s a grand ride and it s well handled by the filmmakers headed by co directors William T Hurtz and Masami Hata 
3.5
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Roger Ebert
Why is that animation can t seem to free itself from subtly racist coding That objection aside Little Nemo is an interesting if not a great film with some jolly characters some cheerful songs and some visual surprises 
2
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Mark Caro
Fantasy should be a constant parade of the unexpected but every surprising element here is matched by an overly familiar device 
2
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Stephen Hunter
Little Nemo is a great deal of fun to look at passively Just sit there and let it happen to you It s a movie meant to be seen not felt 
2.5
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Bob Thomas
The result is enjoyable if frenetic entertainment especially for sub teens 
3
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Joe DeChick
Innocuous and well meaning and as bland as all get out 
2
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Gene Seymour
What you re left with isn t a dream brought to life so much as another efficient baby sitting machine Winsor McCay deserved something better 
2
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Robert W. Butler
Maybe there s too much talent pulling at the material because the result is bland boring and unsatisfying All too often in fact Little Nemo seems to be a third rate counterfeit of a Disney film 
1.5
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Terry Lawson
With a little more appreciation for the sophistication level of children and as much attention paid to Winsor McCay s incredible gift of storytelling Little Nemo could have been made into something more than a pleasant children s child 
2.5
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Martin F. Kohn
Its pedigree is impressive but unless you re four years old or younger Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland is a sleeping dog of a movie 
2
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Bob Strauss
This mostly Japanese made endeavor throws out everything but the fundamental tenet of surrealism It doesn t make any sense Rather than wonder it evokes a feeling of confused calculation 
2
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Sean P. Means
An entertaining and somewhat inventive children s story that features animation miles above the average Saturday morning fare 
2.5
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Owen McNally
A handsome animated feature film that exudes considerable charm 
2.5
Chop Shop
Matt Brunson
Its protagonist hopes to avoid leading a life of quiet desperation 
3
Chop Shop
Mattie Lucas
It never feels artificial or created it feels raw earthy and urgently immediate 
3.5
Chop Shop
Michael Phillips
It s a sharp mixture of neorealist grit and lyricism and while other writer directors would treat the sibling relationship at the film s center very differently more melodramatically for starters Bahrani lets us into two improvised lives naturally 
3.5
Chop Shop
Steven Winn
In this clear eyed quietly absorbing film director Ramin Bahrani opens up a wedge of Third World America that operates all but invisibly in plain sight 
3
Chop Shop
Glenn Whipp
The raw power of this unassuming snapshot would make Vittorio De Sica proud 
3
Chop Shop
Wesley Morris
It s exciting watching Bahrani explore the possibilities of neo realism to dramatize penury and disenfranchisement among the service class in this country 
3.5
Chop Shop
Chris Hewitt
Chop Shop has the feel of a foreign film but what is most likely to horrify audiences is that it s set in America 
3
Chop Shop
Marty Mapes
Italian Neorealism makes an American comeback
4
Chop Shop
Jeff Shannon
Bahrani blurs the line between New York reality and fiction so effectively that his scripted films feel vibrantly authentic as if Bahrani had simply discovered his characters and allowed their lives to proceed with a minimum of directorial intrusion 
3
Chop Shop
Steven Rea
Beautifully observed and beautifully acted by the novice thespian Polanco culled from a New York City public school Chop Shop is at once a heartbreaker and a story of hope and the American Dream 
4
Chop Shop
Lisa Kennedy
Bahrani deftly walks a tightrope toward insight never falling into safety nets of judgment or unearned sentiment 
3.5
Chop Shop
Jim Emerson
Three shots into Rahmin Bahrani s Chop Shop and you re already pulled into its world with an effortless economy and precision that leave you no doubt you re in the best of cinematic hands 
4
Chop Shop
Ken Fox
Bahrani s willingness to expose the shameful reality of third world conditions in the Land of Plenty while telling a crackling good story marks him as a filmmaker as important as he is accessible 
4
Chop Shop
Jack Mathews
Iranian American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani showed great compassion for New York s underclass with his first feature Man Push Cart and his storytelling skill has only sharpened with this riveting followup 
3.5
Chop Shop
Jan Stuart
It s already been compared to Brazilian classics City of God and Pixote But Chop Shop is both more hopeful and less punishing than those films in no small measure owing to the synergy between first time actors Polanco and Gonzales 
3
Chop Shop
Lou Lumenick
Rahman Bahrani s unsentimental film is perhaps most interesting as a look at a colorful little known world that has recently been targeted for urban renewal 
3
Chop Shop
Kam Williams
Little Orphan Annie Latino style with an Oliver Twist 
3.5
Chop Shop
Ken Dubois
What you get in Chop Shop is a very good 12 year old actor who simply cannot carry a 85 minute drama in which he is the center of every single scene 
2.5
Chop Shop
Nick Schager
With Chop Shop Ramin Bahrani exhibits a restraint not found in his 2005 debut Man Push Cart focusing more intently on his tale s neorealist particulars than its symbolic potential 
2.5
The Siege
David Nusair
a solid concept in search of a consistent and engaging execution 
1.5
The Siege
James Kendrick
The Siege is a good idea that is never quite executed as it should be 
2
The Siege
Madeleine Williams
Exciting and thought provoking 
3
The Siege
Rob Blackwelder
While not especially clever or creative The Siege grabs the audience by the intellect and doesn t let go for 120 minutes 
3
The Siege
Steve Rhodes
Any movie about terrorist bombings that contains relatively few explosions as The Siege does deserves a special award for its lack of pyrotechnic overkill 
3
The Siege
Mick LaSalle
The script is too muddled to be remedied by vigorous filmmaking 
1
The Siege
Susan Stark
Benning is the only fresh compelling character in the film 
2
The Siege
Joe Baltake
Wildly schizoid The Siege manages the feat of being both intelligent and irresponsible serious and silly 
2.5
The Siege
Marty Mapes
A stimulating challenging film 
3.5
The Siege
Jeff Vice
The first hour is riveting with a couple of particularly tense scenes But things go hideously awry from there as the ham fisted messages begin to dominate 
2
The Siege
Roger Ebert
The prejudicial attitudes embodied in the film are insidious like the anti Semitism that infected fiction and journalism in the 1930s not just in Germany but in Britain and America 
2.5
The Siege
James Berardinelli
The Siege is many things at once tense exciting disturbing and thought provoking 
3.5
The Siege
Bob Bloom
A flawed melodrama that gives itself a self important weight it cannot sustain throughout 
2.5
The Siege
Walter V. Addiego
At some point the movie itself crosses the line from a modestly thoughtful attempt to extrapolate a drama from real and urgent events to a generic action piece with predictable good and bad guys and pat civics book morals 
2
The Siege
Mike McGranaghan
The Siege obviously is an ambitious thriller that has some valid issues on its mind Unfortunately the movie never really does much more than just raise the right questions 
2.5
The Siege
Dustin Putman
The Siege is constantly heavy handed not entertaining or insightful and just goes to prove that not even the best actors can save a film that lacks a satisfactory screenplay 
1.5
The Siege
Michael Dequina
The mediocre result is dismayingly unworthy of Washington and Zwick s combined talents 
2.5
A Taste of Hunger
Nell Minow
Maggi s deconstruction of Carsten s dish works better for the restaurant than deconstructing the storyline works for the movie 
2.5
A Taste of Hunger
Mark Dujsik
A Taste of Hunger offers only a thin portrayal of a relationship on a continual downslide 
2
A Taste of Hunger
Katie Walsh
A delectable cinematic treat one that deserves to be savored 
3
Viking Destiny
Nick Allen
Pure to its junky intentions if you like your movies served to you without confusion as to the character or their narrative arc here it is The destiny of a viking 
2
Viking Destiny
Mark Dujsik
Viking Destiny looks like a fairly cheap production That s forgivable but there s no excuse for the story to possess the same sort of jury rigged feel 
1
Viking Destiny
Roger Moore
Finds its own Valhalla to be more like Perdition a mediocre middle ground it s stuck in for all eternity 
1.5
Everything's Gone Green
Bill Chambers
Coupland would need the luxury of prose to vindicate this material
1
Everything's Gone Green
Ty Burr
A charming disappointment that retains the elements that make the writer s novels so good without ever bending them into cinematic shape 
2
Everything's Gone Green
Rob Thomas
Call it Garden Province 
3
Everything's Gone Green
Michael Wilmington
Everything s Gone Green is a romantic comedy social satire that on a modest budget manages to be hip charming funny and dressed to kill 
3
Everything's Gone Green
Ted Fry
Too many cute anecdotes prevent it from rising above the throwaway ethos the real Generation X left behind nearly a decade ago when it abruptly got over itself 
2.5
Everything's Gone Green
Geoff Pevere
There s nothing really wrong about Everything s Gone Green but there s nothing terribly vital about it either 
2
Everything's Gone Green
Jennie Punter
Everything s Gone Green is the second feature directed by Paul Fox who maintains an energetic lighthearted tone throughout the film even when the story loses focus at its not quite satisfying ending 
3
Everything's Gone Green
Marrit Ingman
Actor Costanzo is an appealing and likable young actor who carries the film easily he gives the impression that he is thinking deeply and mildly amused 
2.5
Everything's Gone Green
Pam Grady
A gorgeous location involving characters and stellar wit add up to one crackerjack comedy 
3.5
Everything's Gone Green
Kyle Smith
Those quirky atmospherics aren t enough to sustain a largely plotless film 
1.5
Everything's Gone Green
Jessica Letkemann
The film exists in that familiar Douglas Coupland never never land populated by twentysomethings facing cubicle farms and shoddy romances revealed under quasi Ikea lamps 
2.5
Everything's Gone Green
Jan Stuart
Director Fox s ensemble led by Steph Song as the whale watching cutie exudes easy impish charm Vancouver plays itself for a change to a postcard radiant fare thee well 
3
Everything's Gone Green
Jason Clark
Everything s Gone Green just barely hangs there in that low watt Canadian film world deadpan 
1.5
Everything's Gone Green
David Nusair
instantly recognizable as a product of novelist turned screenwriter Douglas Coupland s fertile imagination 
3
Logan Lucky
Brian Eggert
Logan Lucky has been given Soderbergh s dependable accessible but also perceptive touch 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Matt Brunson
There are precious few characters who don t look and sound like they just got back from molesting Ned Beatty alongside the Georgia river But the movie somewhat works thanks to a solid second half and some sharp performances 
2.5
Logan Lucky
Mattie Lucas
Disarmingly tender in the home stretch turning into a keen and well developed take on the human quest for respect and dignity 
3
Logan Lucky
Sara Michelle Fetters
Logan Lucky is sensational the fact it stole my heart away with seemingly so little effort whatsoever the greatest heist of them all 
3.5
Logan Lucky
David Nusair
the movie despite its raft of appealing attributes comes off as a forgettable caper that could and should have been so much better 
2
Logan Lucky
Tom Meek
Like in the Ocean films Soderbergh s loaded A list goes on and on 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Max Weiss
Remember how panicked we all were when Soderbergh said he was retiring a few years back Thank the film gods there s always one last heist 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Stephen Rebello
With Logan Lucky Soderbergh one of our most inventive and unpredictable directors just wants to have fun and bring the audience in on it That s going to be all right with a lot of us 
3
Logan Lucky
Josh Terry
If the Ocean s Eleven movies left you with the urge to upgrade your wardrobe Logan Lucky might inspire a day at the races 
3
Logan Lucky
Josh Larsen
suffers from more than one kind of Southern drawl 
2.5
Logan Lucky
Mike McGranaghan
The heist is fun but the detailed inside look at the workings of a speedway really makes Logan Lucky special 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Rex Reed
Logan Lucky is as charming and welcome as toenail fungus 
1
Logan Lucky
James Berardinelli
It s good to have Soderbergh back even if he never was really away 
3
Logan Lucky
Phil Villarreal
Trotting out a cast of high caliber actors all playing against type Soderbergh spins a wily joyous slice of Southern fried outlaw adventure 
3
Logan Lucky
Sean P. Means
Director Steven Soderbergh is back and firing on all cylinders in Logan Lucky a Southern fried heist comedy that is like its main characters smarter than it lets on 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Robert Horton
This movie does not aspire to greatness or significance being extremely clever and thoroughly competent is the goal here 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Sonny Bunch
A star studded heist flick that calls to mind some of the eclectic director s most popular work even if it falters a bit at the end 
3
Logan Lucky
Bob Bloom
Logan Lucky succeeds because Soderbergh shows not only respect for his characters but reveals their hearts and souls He gently pushes you to embrace them 
3
Logan Lucky
Barry Hertz
Logan Lucky is a crackerjack heist film that strongly echoes Soderbergh s other crackerjack heist franchise but with a uniquely downmarket and genuinely affectionate charm all its own 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Sara Stewart
It s a lark if you can tolerate the hammy redneck accents and confirms that Soderbergh is as agile as ever at knitting together all the moving parts of a complex heist 
3
Logan Lucky
Peter Howell
Soderbergh is in the mood for some fun and so is a star filled cast led by Channing Tatum Adam Driver and Daniel Craig 
2.5
Logan Lucky
Mark Dujsik
T he film is tightly constructed in its plotting while also being loose enough in its focus to appreciate what clever and relatable characters it possesses 
3
Logan Lucky
Peter Travers
Soderbergh s return to features is a redneck riff on his Ocean s 11 a cool breeze of summertime sweetness that restores the good name of movie escapism Daniel Craig is off the chain hilarious 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Ann Hornaday
As a hotly anticipated comeback it feels like a slightly dippy ultimately disposable warm up of a director whose brains chops and judicious taste we need more than ever 
2
Logan Lucky
Rafer Guzman
Logan Lucky is his down home version of the Ocean s franchise with NASCAR instead of the Bellagio but it s every bit as cheeky fun and funny 
3
Logan Lucky
Michael Phillips
The script s vibe recalls Soderbergh s arch knowing Ocean s movies but also evokes older pictures such as Bank Shot in the early 70s or Who s Minding the Mint in the late 60s 
3
Logan Lucky
Calvin Wilson
Perhaps Logan Lucky is best appreciated as a stealth commentary on tough times in America It takes a director of Soderbergh s gifts to actually make that funny 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Matt Zoller Seitz
A precision tooled entertainment made by experts and sometimes more than that Watching it is like finding money in the pocket of a coat that you haven t worn in years 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Ty Burr
It feels like the director is trying to reverse engineer one of the Coen brothers loopier excursions and not getting every one of the pieces in order But he comes close 
2.5
Logan Lucky
Katie Walsh
So warmheartedly enthusiastic it s hard not to get swept away with this group of not so average Joes 
3
Logan Lucky
Dann Gire
Soderbergh smoothly glides us through this NASCAR world emanating an old fashioned Hal Needham vibe but with greater character depth and extra IQ points 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Soderbergh is perhaps Hollywood s finest technician and it s a pleasure to watch him tour his Vegas act through Appalachia 
3
Logan Lucky
Richard Roeper
Logan Lucky is great fun and one of the most purely entertaining movies of the year 
3.5
Logan Lucky
Chris Hewitt
I think that s a big part of what makes Logan Lucky a very fun movie You re lost you re lost you re lost and then it all makes so much sense that you feel like you should have known what was happening all along 
3
Logan Lucky
Moira MacDonald
Soderbergh keeps the action light and playful and lets the cast members find their own silliness within it 
3
Logan Lucky
Brian Truitt
Southern flavor rampant goofiness and fun twangs go a long way in making director Steven Soderbergh s cinematic return such a sparkling hoot 
3
Logan Lucky
Mick LaSalle
It s a genuine effort by talented people that never quite comes off 
2
Logan Lucky
Gary Thompson
The whole thing comes together to form the best Burt Reynolds movie he never made 
3
Logan Lucky
Peter Canavese
Soderbergh s here to have fun and his mood is contagious 
3
Logan Lucky
Christopher Gray
Logan Lucky is both a Robin Hood fantasy and a uniquely Soderberghian lark an ensemble comedy that s simultaneously effervescent and cerebral 
3
Logan Lucky
Roger Moore
Clunky tin eared caper comedy that drips with contempt for its own characters 
1.5
Logan Lucky
Clayton Davis
As the film teeters the line between ridiculous and generic screwball the all star cast dazzles to hilarious effect 
3
Anchorman: Wake Up, Ron Burgundy -- The Lost Movie
Collin Souter
Sequel Remake Call it whatever you will It s still funnier than most movies out there in actual theaters and a nice gift for the fans 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Mattie Lucas
Examines the effects of watching and being watched both willingly and unwillingly and turns them into a fascinating work of pure cinematic poetry 
4
The Lives of Others
Namrata Joshi
Donnersmarck makes an assured debut builds the atmosphere of deceit suspicion and suffocation and also undercuts it with some jokey moments 
4
The Lives of Others
Christy Lemire
The Lives of Others is exquisitely tense with massive stakes and a pervasive sense of danger 
4
The Lives of Others
Josh Larsen
The scope is especially impressive given that the movie is about a society obsessively focused on the tiniest of details 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Nick Rogers
Activism proves tough on people who ve thrived at their political patrons blessings and one character cruelly chooses a path of least resistance when the chips are down A cataclysmic conclusion depicts political clamps on expression and emotion 
4
The Lives of Others
Roger Ebert
The Lives of Others is a powerful but quiet film constructed of hidden thoughts and secret desires 
4
The Lives of Others
James Sanford
a mesmerizing heartbreaking thriller
4
The Lives of Others
Sean O'Connell
Reels us in and keeps us engaged 
3
The Lives of Others
Lori Hoffman
when a filmmaker confronts you and makes you truly understand the lives of his characters that insight takes your breath away 
4
The Lives of Others
John Beifuss
Will remind some of The Conversation but a closer if less obvious link is Fahrenheit 451 Wiesler is essentially Bradbury s conflicted fireman Montag transported from a dystopian science fiction future to a dystopian historical past 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Matt Brunson
Pan s Labyrinth deserved to win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar of course but the Academy s selection of The Lives of Others hardly qualifies as an outrage 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Sean P. Means
von Donnersmarck makes a breathtaking debut with a gripping and fluid drama that works as political thriller psychological study and even a touching love story 
4
The Lives of Others
Jeff Vice
Builds tension and develops its characters slowly and it is surprisingly engrossing 
3
The Lives of Others
Phil Villarreal
Makes you fall for its characters then turns your stomach as they confront principles and try to maintain moral clarity confronting Berlin Walls of their own psyches 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Thomas Delapa
Though likely cathartic for his countrymen Donnersmarck s airing of German dirty laundry could have used more agitation 
2.5
The Lives of Others
Duane Dudek
A cautionary metaphor about the cost of maintaining one s humanity and the transformative powers of art and imagination 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Amy Biancolli
Its suspense builds on the fragile and nuanced business of emotional rebirth 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Terry Lawson
Few would deny that The Lives of Others is true to its self and in its depiction of human nature and human spirit 
3
The Lives of Others
Jim Emerson
Watch it and you may get the feeling it s also watching you 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Laura Kelly
Von Donnersmarck s story is not without a blatant non Communist calling card or even a moment or two of melodrama But he zeroes in on the value of the individual in an era where such a value was not supposed to exist 
3
The Lives of Others
Carrie Rickey
Of the many things that happen in this surprising sad and astonishing movie none is more staggering than Wiesler s evolution from lowly bureaucratic beetle to humanist 
4
The Lives of Others
Lisa Kennedy
It is Ulrich Muhe s portrayal of Wiesler that makes the film such an impressively humane political thriller The muted shifts in Wiesler s character suggest that when you truly engage the lives of others you open yourself to profound change 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Chris Hewitt
An intricately plotted thriller about good people who do bad things and bad people who do good Lives thrives on the power of historical truth the excitement of an intelligently imagined yarn and the unpredictability of human behavior 
4
The Lives of Others
Steven Snyder
The movie becomes more than just a spy thriller it s a story of an unlikely friendship that turns an enemy into a best friend 
4
The Lives of Others
John Hartl
What you re likely to take away from his Oscar nominated drama in the foreign language category is a sense of hope that feels neither forced nor sentimental 
4
The Lives of Others
Mick LaSalle
Far and away the richest and most brilliantly acted picture to be released this Oscar season 
4
The Lives of Others
Mary F. Pols
This is an elegant film that deserves to be a classic and an Oscar winner 
4
The Lives of Others
Ty Burr
A movie of slowly accumulating tension and power Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck s drama a foreign language Oscar nominee with a good shot at winning is also a romance between two men but not the way you think 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Bruce Newman
Somber and watchful like the people whose story it tells The Lives of Others brilliantly abrades our perception of the 1980s as a time when the only history worth remembering was being made by Wham and Duran Duran 
4
The Lives of Others
Michael Wilmington
The Lives of Others works beautifully both as a social and psychological drama and as a taut tightly wired thriller 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Jeanne Aufmuth
A scathing indictment of East Germany s corrupt administration tempered by the very human emotion of the people it touched 
4
The Lives of Others
Steve Rhodes
Scary and realistic a much deserved Oscar nominee 
3
The Lives of Others
Fernando F. Croce
Catnip to audiences who never heard of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 
2
The Lives of Others
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is a fearlessly unsettling descent into voyeuristic madness overflowing in comedy drama tension and insight 
4
The Lives of Others
Ken Fox
A disturbingly accurate depiction of a national nightmare that ultimately transcends its immediate political statement to stand as a future classic of the political thriller genre 
4
The Lives of Others
Geoff Pevere
Writer director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck s movie about the stirring of a cold Communist soul manages to be both painstakingly docudramatic and moistly idealistic at the same time 
2.5
The Lives of Others
Timothy Knight
Bleak yet never completely despairing this superbly acted and richly atmospheric film has a gravitas and thematic complexity that s sadly absent from most contemporary American films 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Stephen Whitty
Despite its melancholy drama cynical details and depressing backgrounds The Lives of Others is both an unflinching look back at that nation s past and a hopeful glance forward to its future 
4
The Lives of Others
Lou Lumenick
The skillfully acted and directed The Lives of Others is a timely warning about governments that seek to repress dissent 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Jack Mathews
A riveting drama about playwright Georg Dreyman Sebastian Koch his actress girlfriend Christa Maria Martina Gedeck and the Stasi agent who has wired their apartment and is spying on them in East Berlin 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Glenn Kenny
Donnersmarck delivers something extraordinary a thriller that s entirely adult in both its concerns and perspective which manages to be thoroughly gripping 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Betsy Bozdech
Human nature trumps all in this thoughtful engrossing tale of intrigue and instinct in 1980s East Germany 
3
The Lives of Others
Peter Canavese
If the story of a stodgy but conflicted Stasi captain gives sympathy to a historical devil it also allows for an intriguing angle on the evergreen cinematic theme of voyeurism 
3
The Lives of Others
Ethan Alter
The first great movie of 2007 and one of the best political dramas to come along in recent memory Does that sound a tad hyperbolic I don t care I ll say whatever it takes to get you into the theater 
4
The Lives of Others
David Nusair
ultimately undone by the glacial pace with which the filmmaker has infused the proceedings 
2
The Lives of Others
Claudia Puig
Avoids predictability and cheap shots in favor of a bracing drama that surprises and occasionally shatters The Lives of Others reminds us of what filmmaking can be at its finest 
4
The Lives of Others
Jan Stuart
Rich in authentic period atmosphere and performances but sabotages its best efforts with a sentimental payoff 
2.5
The Lives of Others
James Berardinelli
Whether or not this is the best foreign language film of 2006 is debatable but there should be no argument that it is deserving to be numbered among the elite non English language productions receiving international distribution 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Frank Ochieng
A gripping tale of nightmarish voyeurism and the psychological abyss that elevates von Donnersmarck s European nail biter A sleek and intrusive communist caper 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Lives of Others conjures up a truly memorable patient and very moving payoff 
3
The Lives of Others
Peter Travers
Von Donnersmarck has crafted the best kind of movie one you can t get out of your head 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Glenn Whipp
It s one of the great moviegoing experiences of the year 
3.5
The Lives of Others
Walter Chaw
It has a heart you believe in and a working brain to match 
3
Expired
Frank Ochieng
Unconventionally quirky in its unassuming blue collar bluntness Expired is comically horrifying in its examination of lonely people living on the fringe of professional obscurity and personalized disarray 
3
Expired
Ken Fox
Call it an anti rom com and see it if you can 
3.5
Expired
Lou Lumenick
One of those Sundance comedies that make you contemplate slitting your wrists 
2
Expired
Elizabeth Weitzman
The performances are expert but can t make up for a flat script and direction 
1
Expired
Rafer Guzman
Despite terrific efforts from its lead players Expired runs its meter out long before the end 
2
Expired
Nick Schager
Locating both Claire s loneliness and Jay s anger as partial outgrowths of their detested profession handing out parking meter violation tickets Expired coasts along on a distinctively odd wavelength 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Lynnette Nicholas
Spies In Disguise is a great movie for the entire family There are positive themes of embracing differences taking ownership of idiosyncrasies and showcases the benefits of not giving up This film also shows kids that nerds and science are cool too 
3.5
Spies in Disguise
Linda Cook
It s no secret Spies in Disguise is great fun 
3
Spies in Disguise
Matt Brunson
Spies in Disguise is like so many other toon flicks from 2019 brightly designed fairly entertaining and instantly disposable 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Steven Prokopy
This animated action adventure doesn t have a particularly memorable or impressive look or story but it has a great personality 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Christy Lemire
You could do worse with your family after opening holiday presents and it might even give you something to talk about with your relatives of varying political persuasions 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
James Berardinelli
Although it may work for its target audience video game consuming pre teen boys other viewers may find the production to be lacking in anything beyond a little visual razzle dazzle 
2
Spies in Disguise
Richard Roeper
Nearly every scene pops with bright colors and the characters have giant heads and big eyes the better to convey their every emotion 
3
Spies in Disguise
Mark Dujsik
The central plot conceit of Spies in Disguise is so strange to the point that it s almost absurd that one has to admire it 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Katie Walsh
Entertaining but ephemeral 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Mike McGranaghan
The idea of a man turning into a pigeon is silly That said the film makes it work by fully embracing that silliness 
3
Spies in Disguise
Soren Andersen
Its true charm lies in the interplay between Smith and Holland 
3
Spies in Disguise
G. Allen Johnson
There s a level of craftsmanship that s to be admired even as you tick off every predictable sequence and plot point as it advances steadily to its obvious conclusion 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Sean P. Means
Spies in Disguise has one cute idea what if an international super spy could become a pigeon and can t quite find enough to do with that idea to fill a feature length movie 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Anna Swanson
It might not be the best movie of the year but its faults are nothing worth ruffling feathers about 
2.5
Spies in Disguise
Thomas Floyd
Spies in Disguise is also kind of a weird and that s why it works Here s hoping more movies take that intel to heart 
3
Spies in Disguise
Robert Daniels
Spies in Disguise is an overdue and welcomed return to form for Will Smith 
3
Spies in Disguise
Roger Moore
Smith s easy way with a joke keeps the tone light and for all the mayhem this is still pretty fluffy and cute 
2.5
Only a Turtle
Steve Rhodes
The documentary itself is pretty elementary with some of the scene transitions being quite awkward 
2
Magic
David Nusair
an irresistible setup that is at the outset employed to exceedingly promising effect 
2.5
Magic
Walter Chaw
It makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin 
3.5
Reprise
Mattie Lucas
Embraces the old while forging brave new trails in the art form 
3.5
Reprise
Duane Dudek
Reprise alternately shows punk energy library hush and comic anxiety And despite ominous portents the ending is cockeyed optimistic 
3
Reprise
Rene Rodriguez
This story about two aspiring writers in their early 20s has the fearlessness and vivacity of a first novel and its playful approach to chronology and voice over narration serves to amplify its themes instead of coming off as a show off trick 
3
Reprise
Rob Thomas
This is that rare film where a daring style is connected to real substance and that s an exciting thing to experience in a first time director 
3.5
Reprise
Daniel M. Kimmel
Although there s no romantic triangle as in Francois Truffaut s classic 1961 film Jules and Jim it seems obvious that film was an influence here 
3
Reprise
John Beifuss
I realized the movie had lost me when it occurred to me that after spending many minutes with Phillip and Erik I had no interest in reading any novel that either of them might have written 
2
Reprise
Kimberley Jones
As auspicious and breathless a debut as Reservoir Dogs was for Tarantino 
3.5
Reprise
Tom Keogh
Reprise is not just about engaging with or surviving through the creative instinct It is that instinct 
3.5
Reprise
Sean P. Means
Trier sometimes lapses into the literary clichés he aims to ridicule 
2.5
Reprise
Jeff Vice
It s not exactly breaking new ground but the material has a real ring of truth to it However it should be said that this Norwegian import is also a bit sullen which means it will be an acquired taste for some audiences 
3
Reprise
David N. Butterworth
The highs and lows of getting one s first book published are intricately and delightfully examined in Norwegian director Joachim Trier s mature feature debut 
3
Reprise
Lisa Kennedy
The word Reprise may mean recurrence but Trier s fleet joyously intellectual film comes at us like anything but a retread 
3.5
Reprise
Steven Rea
Drawing inspiration from the young artists in angst tales of Godard Truffaut and the French new wave Joachim Trier s Reprise is both a charming homage and a vibrant work in its own right 
3
Reprise
Ruthe Stein
Reprise has a smart and knowing script and will compel audiences to reflect on themselves at that age 
3
Reprise
Ty Burr
Reprise a vibrant new Norwegian film burns with the passions of literature and youth 
3.5
Reprise
Roger Ebert
The cinema is an ideal medium for considering characters like those in Reprise but you d have to see Jules and Jim to find out why 
2
Reprise
Michael Phillips
A kinetic delight Reprise comes from director Joachim Trier born in Denmark but raised in Oslo Norway and it s a highlight of the filmgoing year so far 
4
Reprise
Claudia Puig
An intelligent and occasionally profound portrait of a pair of artists as young men 
3.5
Reprise
Kyle Smith
Trier s intent is to reproduce a sweet hazy vision of the agony of youth Ever so elliptically he succeeds 
3
Reprise
Ken Fox
A rich and touching exploration of the vagaries of fortune literary reputation and above all friendship that works on several levels at once 
3
Reprise
Glenn Whipp
The movie also contains many moments of joy and humor folded into a fantastic shifting structure that keeps the film wildly alive It s an impressive first film 
3.5
Reprise
Josh Larsen
The picture has a real feel for its tortured characters It starts out navel gazing and ends up empathetic 
3
Reprise
Ed Gonzalez
This groovy little film is spiked with an arresting hyper saturated mix of sadness and joy 
3
Late for Dinner
Roger Ebert
After spinning its wheels for an hour with unnecessary exposition Late for Dinner never really develops the emotional material we ve been waiting for 
2.5
The Gunfighter
Matt Brunson
One of the seminal films along with the string of Anthony Mann James Stewart collaborations that signaled the maturation of the Western genre 
3.5
The Gunfighter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has enough grit to make it seem like a model hybrid of respectable and genuine 
4
Groundhog Day
Matt Brunson
Nothing suggested that this would gather steam over time and emerge as one of the most respected comedies of the past 30 years 46 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Peter Stack
This delightful romantic comedy directed by Harold Ramis is rich in fantasy and unexpectedly funny twists 
4
Groundhog Day
Marylynn Uricchio
Groundhog Day is a Scrooge like comedy that s surprisingly delightful It poses a very interesting question What would happen if every day were the same 
3
Groundhog Day
Joe Baltake
There s a purity to Groundhog Day that we rarely see in movies It s civilized as well as the perfect entertainment of the moment 
4
Groundhog Day
Roger Hurlburt
This sweetly surrealist comedy is arguably Murray s most irresistible effort Groundhog Day is a warm and rewarding story about reason reckoning and romance 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Bruce R. Miller
Director Harold Ramis handles the situation beautifully A potentially silly premise takes on Capraesque qualities and delights 
3
Groundhog Day
Scott Rosenberg
Groundhog Day could have been a dull one joke film but Murray and Ramis make it work by doggedly pursuing the implications of their outlandish premise 
3
Groundhog Day
Robert W. Butler
This is without doubt the wittiest Bill Murray film ever filled with verbal physical and even thematic gags that satisfy on several levels simultaneously 
3
Groundhog Day
Rene Rodriguez
Groundhog Day combines Saturday Night Live shtick with Twilight Zone weirdness and when it works it s hilarious Two thirds of the way through however Groundhog Day turns syrupy ruining much of the fun 
2.5
Groundhog Day
Steve Persall
Groundhog Day is the best vehicle for his brand of silly psychosis since Murray tangled with that pesky gopher in Caddyshack It s a novel fanciful comedy premise that sails over any shortcomings because it lets Murray be Murray 
3
Groundhog Day
Bill DuPre
Murray s success here is also the film s undoing This is his vehicle and the rest of the cast as well as the town itself becomes his straight man 
2.5
Groundhog Day
Martin Renzhofer
Groundhog Day has few side splitting moments but contains a steady diet of small laughs It is also the first film for Mr Murray that thoroughly combines his comedic talents with romantic situations 
3
Groundhog Day
Dan Webster
Groundhog Day is not a comedy classic But it should make you laugh In these days of unfunny humor and hilarious drama that s no small feat With or without practice 
3
Groundhog Day
Terry Lawson
Groundhog Day is clearly fashioned after those Frank Capra fables of the 40s in which everyone finally learns a lesson about human nature but the screenplay smartly balances the sentimentality with cynicism 
3
Groundhog Day
Dennis King
Unlike many of today s forced effects heavy comedies Groundhog Day has an easy natural feeling It s probably a sign of maturity in Ramis and Murray that they work together so effortlessly and winningly 
3
Groundhog Day
Rob Lowing
Ramis has always been a smart comedy writer but his direction is a revelation After directing the simplistic Caddyshack no one would have foreseen such a smooth confident comedy gem 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Bob Ross
Murray s goofy frat boy persona serves him well as he takes us through Phil s fuming fighting and finally reformation 
3
Groundhog Day
Jack Mathews
With Bill Murray delivering the most mature performance of his career it has a romantic charm to match its freshness and its constant good humor 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Nanciann Cherry
If the film doesn t cross the line into inspired lunacy the laughs are plentiful 
3
Groundhog Day
Dave Kehr
Murray has captured something that the other baby boom comics have not an edge of anxiety beneath the self satisfaction of the disappointment and discontent that accompanies a success achieved too easily 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Dann Gire
Beneath its veneer of of caustic laughs and touching romance is a subtle but profound spiritual odyssey 
4
Groundhog Day
John Scalzi
Murray transmutates from annoying human being to nice guy through the course of the film but he and his script manage to keep most of his acerbic humor intact which is the key to keeping Murray and the film interesting 
3
Groundhog Day
Jeff Simon
Sweetly slight and slightly sweet 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Lawrence Toppman
Groundhog Day is a three quarters baked idea combining It s A Wonderful Life and a Monty Python sketch It s a very near miss coming as close to its comic target as its release date comes to the holiday itself 
2.5
Groundhog Day
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Not entirely witless just about any movie starring Murray has its good low humor Groundhog Day is nevertheless a movie about redundancy that is seriously redundant itself 
2.5
Groundhog Day
Marshall Fine
Groundhog Day offers OK Murray not great not awful few huge laughs no big lulls It s another case of Murray outshining his material and in the process making the whole enterprise look better than it is 
2.5
Groundhog Day
Michael MacCambridge
To look back on Murray s career is to see the development of a distinct strain of American humor which has often been misunderstood or mangled on film In Groundhog Day Murray and Ramis return to the source and they get it right 
3
Groundhog Day
Betsy Bozdech
Groundhog Day is more than simply a great comedy it s a modern metaphor for the path to enlightenment 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Malcolm Johnson
With his shifts from smugness to weirdness to some kind of local heroism Murray controls the picture throughout But Ramis works ably with his oddly assorted supporting cast 
2.5
Groundhog Day
David Nusair
the film s forgettable padded out nature confirms its place as a promising yet disposable high concept comedy 
2
Groundhog Day
Josh Larsen
The legacy film of director Harold Ramis 
4
Groundhog Day
Steven Rea
Murray hasn t made a comedy this winningly dumb and smart and yes sweet in a long time If indeed he ever has 
3
Groundhog Day
Gary Thompson
Groundhog Day is a good vehicle for Murray tailored to his deadpan style and should please fans disappointed by some the comedian s recent movies 
3
Groundhog Day
Gene Siskel
Murray s wiseacre persona is perfect for what could be saccharine material in other hands 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Stephen Hunter
The movie is expertly calculated to derive maximum comic energy from Bill Murray s great deadpan mug and his drop dead I m not impressed line readings 
3
Groundhog Day
Peter Canavese
A memorable comedy for the ages Groundhog Day digs deeper than most magic realist comedies Blu ray 
3.5
Groundhog Day
TV Guide Staff
Groundhog Day is an immensely enjoyable fable 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Ross Anthony
This is a beautiful film On the surface a rolling ball a silly comedy a farce even But a closer look a closer look reveals a beauty easily not seen 
4
Groundhog Day
Phil Villarreal
A blazingly imaginative experience 
4
Groundhog Day
Linda Cook
Groundhog Day will take you on an oddball holiday away from mainstream comedy 
3
Groundhog Day
Michael Dequina
A marginal success but it could have been a complete one if the people behind the camera did as good a job as those in front of it 
2.5
Groundhog Day
Robert Roten
This is one of the best comedies I have ever seen 
4
Groundhog Day
Jeffrey Westhoff
Ramis respects his audience s intelligence every step of the way No plot point is overexplained and when the film touches on the spiritual it becomes neither soppy nor dogmatic 
4
Groundhog Day
Mike Gregory
What places it in the pantheon of great Hollywood comedies is that it manages to be wildly humorous without being moronic romantic without being cloying and meaningful without being preachy 
4
Groundhog Day
Bill Chambers
We take pleasure in screenwriters Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin out fantasizing us 
3.5
Groundhog Day
James Berardinelli
This movie has all the qualities necessary to be a crowd pleaser likable characters charismatic performers a strong capably executed premise and lots of laughs 
3.5
Groundhog Day
Roger Ebert
The film is lovable and sweet 
3
Groundhog Day
James O'Ehley
Funny and well acted Groundhog Day should be seen for both its comic and sci fi elements 
3
Purple Butterfly
G. Allen Johnson
At the center of it all is of course Zhang Charismatic and intense she excels in her most grown up role to date 
4
Purple Butterfly
Phil Villarreal
Just like nuclear energy long cinematic pauses can be used properly for the benefit of all while in the wrong hands they can cause mass misery 
1.5
Purple Butterfly
Ty Burr
There are two movies battling for supremacy in Butterfly and both lose As does the audience 
1.5
Purple Butterfly
Bob Strauss
A gorgeous period melodrama packed with romantic tragedy and violent intrigue it is both gritty and dreamy political and personal 
3
Purple Butterfly
John Hartl
The characters are less compelling than this particular slice of history which has rarely been dramatized in movies 
2.5
Purple Butterfly
V.A. Musetto
Throughout Zhang emotes like Bette Davis 
3
Purple Butterfly
Ed Gonzalez
History is scant or purposefully blurred in Lou Ye s abstruse Purple Butterfly a war drama with Wong like delusions of love
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Nick Rogers
Consider it a signed confession of remake rape when a produced by Jim Carrey credit appears atop his noodle limbed exaggeration of I Believe I Can Fly his corporate greed satire doesn t just lack bite It lacks gnaw It even lacks nibble 
0
Fun With Dick and Jane
Peter T. Chattaway
In a strange way it s fitting that a movie about people out of work should itself barely work 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Michael Szymanski
This cynical look at how the American family can only achieve their dreams through crime is a bit more of a political statement rather than comedic entertainment 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Matt Pais
A sharp funny shot at people taking their luxe life too seriously 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Jorge Avila Andrade
Se puede ver simple y sencillamente para pasar el rato con una buena bolsa de palomitas y un refresco al lado 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Larry Ratliff
A not so funny comedy is something we ve unfortunately learned to live with But an unfunny comedy with Jim Carrey out front 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Jonathan R. Perry
Sharp satire coexists uneasily with slapstick comedy and unless you re Mel Brooks any attempt to cram them into a blender and hit purée will produce something putrid 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
David Nusair
Carrey in particular seems to be working overtime in an effort to elicit laughs from some decidedly underwhelming material 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Linda Cook
No a remake of Fun With Dick and Jane wasn t necessary But it s a funny pleasant enough way to enjoy 90 minutes 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Frank Ochieng
Fun with Dick and Jane feels like a toothless financial fable desperately trying to weed out its satirical naughtiness 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Mike McGranaghan
Fun with Dick and Jane produces a handful of big laughs big enough to make it worth a recommendation 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Sean P. Means
Laughing at Dick and Jane in savings account free fall is funny for awhile but when the script equates Dick s problems with the plight of Mexican migrant workers the laughs take on a bitter aftertaste 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
James Verniere
An uninspired remake of the 1977 film with George Segal and Jane Fonda 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Hanh Nguyen
Only fun if you lower your expectations or catch it two years later on TV when you re out of work and can t afford to pay the price of admission for a funnier movie 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Josh Larsen
There is some clever social satire here but only in fits and starts and never toward a cohesive goal 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Jeffrey Westhoff
Basically act one is too long act two is too short and act three comes from another movie 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Eric Lurio
What a waste 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Gary Goldstein
Fun With Dick and Jane is a rip off in more ways than one 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Distances itself by avoiding satire and embracing big dumb comedy 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Thomas Delapa
See Jim run See Jim amusingly ad lib See Jim run his routine into the ground 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Chuck O'Leary
A sharp and funny 1977 comedy has been dumbed down by turning it into a lame overly broad Jim Carrey vehicle 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Phil Villarreal
It s not exactly fun that you have with Dick and Jane More like bewilderment boredom and pain 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
James Berardinelli
In striving for inspiration Fun with Dick and Jane discovers moments of cleverness but there aren t enough of them nor are they sustained 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Dustin Putman
Ridiculous but gleefully so 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Matt Brunson
A congenial end of year trifle aimed at providing families with somewhere to go after all the presents have been opened 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Daniel M. Kimmel
Fun With Dick and Jane is a silly comedy but it draws some blood 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Tyler Hanley
The Bonnie and Clyde formula gets a healthy dose of laughing gas with this hilarious and apropos slice of social commentary 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Peter Howell
This kind of zany stuff is Carrey s forte and so it is for Leoni too They make a grand pair and their willingness to look stupid not to mention risking injury with various leaps and pratfalls gives the movie humour and energy 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Maitland McDonagh
The comic payoff is slow to come and culminates in a kind of triumph of the little guy ending that only Frank Capra can pull off 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Carla Meyer
Noticing these echoes leads the viewer to consider and even at 85 minutes the film allows the mind to wander what a comedy built around the talented Leoni might be like 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
David Elliott
One of the least appealing elements in Hollywood movies now is the element of entrenched hypocrisy especially the sleek anti capitalist messages embedded in films that are absolutely slick corporate products and sold accordingly 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Mick LaSalle
The desperation isn t made real and yet their robberies are all too real It s in this weird zone not weird enough for drama not wild enough for comedy and only Carrey s moment by moment zaniness squeaks out any laughs at all 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Bruce Newman
Other than its 85 minute running time the movie is in all other ways imperfect which is just about what you want from one of Jim Carrey s slapdash slapstick comedies Perfection would ruin it 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Moira MacDonald
Would somebody please find the right comic vehicle for Téa Leoni 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
David Hiltbrand
Remarkably redundant 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Lou Lumenick
Speaking of corporate malfeasance Fun with Dick Jane cost a disgraceful 100 million approximately 33 times the price tag of the 1976 original 
0
Fun With Dick and Jane
Robert W. Butler
Fun With Dick and Jane is instantly forgettable Heck it s not even that much fun while you re watching it 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
David Kronke
It s formless and toothless and most critically not all that fun 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Rene Rodriguez
In Fun with Dick and Jane despair means having to turn in your BMW and hocking the plasma TV set 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Sue Pierman
The sharp script by Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller and Dean Parisot s steady direction keep things on a higher level as the movie skewers American excess 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Jami Bernard
See Jim Carrey mug for the camera Mug Jim mug 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Lisa Kennedy
Here is a revised primer See Jim Carrey ham it up See Téa Leoni have appealing fun with scant material See studio execs digging into their vault for old material See oh why not just wait for the DVD 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
John Monaghan
There s nothing like a bloated Hollywood misfire to teach us a lesson in corporate excess 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Liam Lacey
The title Fun With Dick and Jane should be considered creative advertising rather than an audience guarantee 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Roger Ebert
The movie avoids the rich opportunities to plop Carrey and Leoni into the middle of a political lampoon and turns to tired slapstick wigs false beards funny bank holdups and so on 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Lawrence Toppman
The trailer s misleading as there s more to absorb here than Jim Carrey s proficient but constant mugging 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Wesley Morris
As satires go this is a drive by shooting that tickles 
3.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Willie Waffle
It almost took away my Christmas cheer 
1.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Claudia Puig
The movie s closing dedication to corporate scandals including Enron Tyco Adelphia and WorldCom is funny Too bad the film itself isn t as clever 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Allison Benedikt
It s inoffensive material with few laughs and even fewer jabs And when the end credits thank guys such as Jeffrey Skilling and Bernie Ebbers you ll swear it should be the other way around 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Gene Seymour
Remakes which rarely make sense are even more questionable when what s being remade was underwhelming to begin with 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Walter Chaw
It s so incoherent you actually feel sort of insulted that the filmmakers think little enough of you to release it in this condition 
0.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
Peter Canavese
Starts out as a nifty satire then turns ghastly for most of its running time 
2
Fun With Dick and Jane
Steve Rhodes
This second rate Jim Carrey movie is still better than most comedies 
3
Fun With Dick and Jane
Nick Schager
Social commentary mingles with stupid comedy in this humorless update of a 1977 George Segal Jane Fonda romp 
1.5
The Third Miracle
Michael Dequina
Faces an uphill battle to make believers of its audience 
2.5
The Third Miracle
Jon Niccum
The Third Miracle is a film rife with religious ideology but also steeped in the atmosphere of a classic detective novel 
3
The Third Miracle
Roger Ebert
Here is a rarity a film about religion that is neither pious nor sensational simply curious 
3
The Third Miracle
Ross Anthony
A little slow in getting started Third Miracle builds well Ed Harris filling the screen with brilliant acting 
2.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Steven Prokopy
The film is too long for sure but that doesn t take away from how impressive it is at points 
3.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Randy Myers
I first balked at its 2 1 2 hour running time but Cutler s epic earns every second showing us an artist who is frank confident vulnerable and anxiety ridden by the need to be perfect 
3.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Leo Brady
The World s a Little Blurry is an excellent documentary capturing the meteoric rise of Billie Eilish and hopefully it is only just the beginning 
3.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Lindsey Bahr
This does not come across as a vanity project that s been intensely controlled by the star or the machinery around her either It s refreshing It s also probably one of the last times we ll all be invited into her life in this way 
2.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Jeff Mitchell
Billie Eilish The World s a Little Blurry opens a door and delivers some insider clarity 
2.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Monica Castillo
We re watching the birth of a star an exhilarating and sometimes excruciating experience 
2.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Richard Roeper
Does a fine job of capturing the dichotomy of Billie s life as her star ascends 
3.5
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Mark Dujsik
At the start one might admire Eilish s vocal talents and respect the quality of the music By the end we come to admire and respect her as a person too 
3
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Mike McGranaghan
A thoughtful revealing look at one of the most popular musical artists around right now 
3
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Roger Moore
She s just 19 Eighty minutes would have been more than adequate to cover her life thus far especially if you aren t interviewing her or even identifying everybody in that life with her 
2.5
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Kelly Jane Torrance
As the highlights roll by and you get to know these geniuses better the film becomes surprisingly moving 
2.5
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
David Nusair
an affable sporadically intriguing yet somewhat underwhelming piece of work 
2.5
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Dan Kois
The film holds their Disney songs in such high esteem and discusses them with such little context that The Boys sometimes feels as though it is set in Disneyland not the real world 
2
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Greg Quill
The story of the men who wrote them in the golden age of Walt Disney Studios movie musicals brothers Robert and Richard Sherman is one of the most fascinating chronicles of creative partnership never told 
3
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Claudia Puig
A touching and illuminating documentary about the songwriting duo 
3
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Peter Hartlaub
An excellent film entertaining and informative and sometimes stunning in its display of the personal demons shared by these two geniuses 
4
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Lou Lumenick
An absorbing study in creative tension 
3
Kahaani
Michael Dequina
Essentially a one woman show for Vidya Balan and what a show it is 
3
Palm Springs
David Gonzalez
Palm Springs eerily works as a metaphor for the growth and establishment of relationships and the feeling the current pandemic has created living life in a constant loop 46 
4
Palm Springs
Matt Brunson
It would be easy to dismiss Palm Springs as a Groundhog Day rip off It would also be myopic misguided and moronic 
3.5
Palm Springs
Mark Meszoros
The filmmakers use the hook of the time loop to do some clever creative things they could not do were this just some linear movie set at a Palm Springs wedding 
2.5
Palm Springs
Roger Moore
It s Cristin Milioti unleashed that sells Palm Springs 
3
Palm Springs
Lindsey Bahr
This breezy irreverent oddly violent and charming entry into this increasingly robust genre stands solidly on its own 
3.5
Palm Springs
Barry Hertz
As Nyles and Sarah adjust to a life where consequences no longer exist the two performers make you believe that actually everything the two characters do matters 
3
Palm Springs
Rene Sanchez
It offers a fresh take on the familiar rom com genre thanks to its peculiar premise Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti are fantastic in this profound hilarious and charming love story Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Palm Springs
Federico Furzan
A funny fresh and endearing film which doesn t pretend to be serious and manages to be as important as any boring romance driven drama Full review in Spanish 
3
Palm Springs
Jeff York
its story about a time loop is eminently relatable to a citizenry stuck in its own monotonous quarantine routine even more ironic is the fact that PALM SPRINGS is incredibly watchable over and over again 
4
Palm Springs
Catherine Springer
For those looking for a silly and somewhat sappy romantic comedy it s here If you want something a bit deeper you can embrace the themes of destiny fate and control that are grounded in its Carpe Diem worldview 
4
Palm Springs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a delight that I d be all too happy to see again 
3.5
Palm Springs
Matthew Passantino
Watching Samberg and Milioti play off each other as they try to find some sort of common ground is what makes Palm Springs enjoyable 
3
Palm Springs
Jason Fraley
Imagine a writer entering a room to pitch Groundhog Day meets Wedding Crashers Most of us would love to see that movie and now we can with Palm Springs 
3.5
Palm Springs
Max Weiss
I won t tell you how it ends but I will say that Samberg and Milioti are delightful together 
3.5
Palm Springs
James Berardinelli
Palm Springs is a delightfully romantic flight of fancy with enough salt to avoiding becoming too saccharine and a story that proves there s room for more than one flavor of the Groundhog Day premise 
3
Palm Springs
Josh Larsen
Somewhere between the comically somber Groundhog Day and an outlandishly absurd Andy Samberg vehicle sits Palm Springs 
3
Palm Springs
Richard Roeper
One of the year s best romances 
3.5
Palm Springs
Allyson Johnson
Made up of contradicting bits of square pegs in round holes it manages to work because of a clever script and central performances by Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti that anchor the film when it begins to race beyond its boundaries 
4
Palm Springs
David Nusair
A thoroughly engaging and ingratiating sci fi comedy 
4
Palm Springs
Rafer Guzman
A derivative and desperate to be dark comedy 
1.5
Palm Springs
Ty Burr
Palm Springs is a love story for a world where every day s exactly the same and while you might find that a little eerily on point just now it s also a comfort 
3.5
Palm Springs
Sheila O'Malley
You may think you know where it s going but Barbakow and screenwriter Andy Siara keep it fresh developing ideas in a constant state of flux 
3.5
Palm Springs
Mark Dujsik
The paths of this story these characters and this relationship constantly surprise 
3.5
Palm Springs
Oliver Jones
What it has to say about loneliness and finding purpose when our lives are stripped of impact and progression is quite profound and brims with urgency 
3.5
Palm Springs
Randy Myers
Few films make me want to watch them again on the spot Palm Springs did 
4
Palm Springs
Rob Thomas
Even if it feels like you re reliving Groundhog Day while watching Palm Springs the rom com finds its own sunny spin on the material 
3
Palm Springs
Johnny Oleksinski
It s easy to see why Hulu and Neon dropped all that cash on it This is the stuff of streams 
3.5
Palm Springs
Joey Magidson
Palm Springs is more than just an utterly delightful romantic comedy it s one of the smartest and most creative films of the year I smiled from ear to ear for 90 minutes 
3.5
Palm Springs
Mick LaSalle
Ultimately the measure of Palm Springs isn t the cleverness or resonance of its premise but rather how creatively it fulfills that premise 
3
Palm Springs
Katie Walsh
Palm Springs belongs to Milioti in a breakout performance this feels like the first leading film role for Milioti that allows her to show new shades of her range She s darker funnier wackier than she s been before but still grounded 
3.5
Palm Springs
Chris Barsanti
The film smuggles some surprisingly bleak existential questioning inside a brightly comedic vehicle 
3
Palm Springs
Sean P. Means
Barbakow paces the story particularly the backward leapfrog of the resetting timer with precision But he also leaves room for his leads room to let the jokes and their personalities come out 
3.5
The Order
David Nusair
Van Damme even goes so far as to co write the script though I suspect his contribution was limited to the many lame one liners peppered throughout the film 
2
The Life of Fish
Kent Turner
Sustained by one of the best ensembles you re likely to see anywhere this year almost every feeling and thought is translucent 
3
The Life of Fish
Steve Rhodes
Most such films are packed with dialog like an overstuffed grocery bag but The Life of Fish features conversation spoken slowly and sparsely as if every word must count 
3.5
Teenage Caveman
Bill Chambers
While Teenage Caveman is a testament to Clark s auteurist position it establishes him as a filmmaker of limited range 
2
Marat/Sade
Roger Ebert
Brook has achieved the very difficult He has taken an important play made it more immediate and powerful than it was on the stage and at the same time created a distinguished and brilliant film 
4
The Major and the Minor
Matt Brunson
Never mind that the 31 year old Rogers never really looks 12 she s funny and frisky throughout 
3
The Taste of Others
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Talky but its casual wandering feel swirls the viewer in before we even realize how much dialogue there is 
3
The Taste of Others
Marty Mapes
The type of movie you watch for the acting and the character development which are both outstanding
3.5
The Taste of Others
Rick Groen
The movie s unique appeal lies less in the style than the substance particularly in the emerging hero at the centre of the tale 
3
The Taste of Others
Robert Roten
It is an interesting character study as far as it goes but it seems a bit slight and low key It isn t simplistic but it isn t all that rich and complex either 
3
The Taste of Others
Edward Guthmann
Rich with vivid characters and revelations about the illogical yet human ways in which we crash and intersect 
3
The Taste of Others
Rob Blackwelder
An eloquent unadorned film of bona fide human susceptibility 
3
The Taste of Others
Roger Ebert
One of the delights of The Taste of Others is that it is so smart and wears its intelligence lightly 
3
A Quiet Place
Brian Eggert
Krasinski delivers a thrilling creature feature 
3
A Quiet Place
Jason Fraley
If Get Out proved why we should still get out to the theater during our streaming era A Quiet Place proves the thrill of sitting quiet in an audience holding our collective breath 
4
A Quiet Place
Sarah Knight Adamson
Tight editing builds the suspense in this excellent horror film 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Mattie Lucas
A tightly controlled thrill ride that expertly builds tension in a dazzling highwire act of suspense 
3
A Quiet Place
Wesley Lovell
A Quiet Place upends horror convention with its almost dialogue free refreshment of the genre 
4
A Quiet Place
Federico Furzan
Silence has never been such a beautifully used resource A near perfect horror thriller Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Matt Brunson
While it may not boast the sociopolitical gravitas that informed Get Out it s nevertheless a treat for anyone who likes movies that go bump in the night 
3.5
A Quiet Place
John Hanlon
This unique horror film offers an emotional resonance that makes it truly stand out 
4.0
A Quiet Place
Joey Magidson
A Quiet Place could go down as a modern horror classic
3.5
A Quiet Place
Alan French
Krasinski charges this film with many meanings each of which can devastate a person The silence is literal for these characters but it s also metaphorical 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Robert Daniels
But the difficulty does not lie in the lack of verbiage but in our prohibitions We re an ableist society often fearful of the arduous journey that comes with empathizing with the deaf 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Pamela Powell
In A Quiet Place Krasinski demonstrates he can make us care and our hearts race 
3
A Quiet Place
Kevin A. Ranson
With a combination of practical and CGI effects and tight story that boils down to a single night of hell this is the kind of thriller that gets under your skin and stays with you after you leave the theater 
3
A Quiet Place
James Kendrick
a uniquely laudable thriller
3.5
A Quiet Place
David Keyes
A marvelous film that is genuinely frightening without the zeal or polish of a routine studio picture where all the scares are conducted to convention 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Josh Larsen
makes it starkly apparent how loud other movies have become 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Josh Terry
A Quiet Place is a gem of a horror film It s high on tension low on gore and a great option for a night out with friends or anyone else who enjoys a big screen scare 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Walter Chaw
A Quiet Place is so unmoored from anything like subtext or complexity that without a keenly intelligent and efficient script its seams start to show almost immediately 
1
A Quiet Place
Ernesto Diezmartinez
I have not seen any of the two previous films by Krasinski but at least here it is more than clear that we are facing a real filmmaker 
3
A Quiet Place
David Nusair
A strong contender for one of the 21st century s very best scary movies 
4
A Quiet Place
Roger Moore
Bravura filmmaking
3
A Quiet Place
James Berardinelli
A Quiet Place is a superb exercise in understated terror that puts to shame horror films that rely on jump scares and cheap theatrics 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Linda Cook
A Quiet Place will make a big splash at the box office 
4
A Quiet Place
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one thing to stumble upon an idea so straightforward and pure Lights Out a terrific 2016 horror movie had one that it s a wonder it hasn t been used before It s yet another thing to execute it so impeccably so as to have not wasted it 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Bob Bloom
A Quiet Place is a master class in filmmaking showcasing how images silence sound and music can create an oppressive and frightening atmosphere that can keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end 
4
A Quiet Place
Michael Smith
It works to make us react with our most basic human reactions like fear and love and that is what makes A Quiet Place a scary movie that children and parents can appreciate 
3
A Quiet Place
Stephen Rebello
Krasinski keeps the action crisp and popping A Quiet Place is a good old nerve racking time at the movies 
3
A Quiet Place
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most accomplished and effective chillers I ve ever seen That s not hyperbole 
4
A Quiet Place
Sara Michelle Fetters
John Krasinski never lets up his directorial hand moving various pieces this way and that as he plays his little cat and mouse most dangerous game with astonishing virtuosity
3.5
A Quiet Place
Tom Meek
If this were simply a thespian throw down the wordless women would crush the berserker aliens in no time 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
While individual moments might be dramatically potent the final result is narratively inchoate 
2
A Quiet Place
Johanna Schneller
You re so tense you re almost nauseous but it s fun that s the place this smart new thriller will put you in 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Sonny Bunch
Terse and tense John Krasinski s latest is a near perfect horror film 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Richard Roeper
This is the kind of film that delivers on about 75 percent of its promise and has you looking forward to the time when the director hits something all the way out of the park 
3
A Quiet Place
Mark Dujsik
The film is not so much a scare machine as it is a tension building mechanism 
3
A Quiet Place
Peter Howell
It makes you want to believe in it and that s no small achievement It will also make you and your fellow moviegoers shut right up which is even more impressive 
3
A Quiet Place
Johnny Oleksinski
A Quiet Place is a jalapeño popper of a movie fast filling and punchy and a likable throwback to the films of M Night Shyamalan The good ones anyway 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Ann Hornaday
A creeping increasingly queasy sense of dread pervades A Quiet Place John Krasinski s nervy thriller that marks a notable addition to the recent spate of smart timely genre pictures 
4
A Quiet Place
Michael Phillips
Working from a script he wrote with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck director Krasinski exhibits a sure sense of what will hold the audience moment to moment 
2.5
A Quiet Place
Maren Longbella
An edge of your seat family drama that just happens to have monsters 
3
A Quiet Place
Calvin Wilson
If you re looking for a film that will keep you thrillingly off balance this is the place 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Brian Truitt
Forget Get out and Don t go in there Creepy new fright fest A Quiet Place amps its fear with a simple Shhh 
3
A Quiet Place
Peter Travers
Director star Krasinski creates a new horror classic about a family that can only stay alive if no one makes a sound Emily Blunt delivers a tour de force of silent emotion as approaching monsters fry your nerves to a frazzle 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Dustin Putman
Deliciously coiled tension arrives briskly and often in A Quiet Place a near silent thriller with a humdinger conceit The unnerving terror threatening to boil to the surface at any moment is where the film most excels 
3
A Quiet Place
Liz Braun
Despite a somewhat too tidy ending it s a terrific movie beautifully made and carried along by strong performances and skillful storytelling 
3
A Quiet Place
Moira MacDonald
A Quiet Place is brief taut and often quite terrifying 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Dann Gire
Krasinski s assured and confident direction speedily sweeps us over these minor speed bumps with skin crawling jump scares and showcase sequences 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Ty Burr
The central concept isn t terribly original but Krasinski s treatment of it is unadorned and fresh The movie grabs you at the start and never lets go 
3
A Quiet Place
Gary Thompson
Krasinski makes suspension of disbelief easy and the movie mostly works I can t remember the last time I was in a movie theater so quiet 
2.5
A Quiet Place
Peter Canavese
There rsquo s plenty that doesn rsquo t hold up to scrutiny and even more that feels conspicuously derivative But tell that to your pants as you pee them 
3
A Quiet Place
Mara Reinstein
See enough scary movies and you start to anticipate when to cover your eyes What makes A Quiet Place such a terrifying entry in the genre is that you need to know when to cover your ears 
3.5
A Quiet Place
Mick LaSalle
Krasinski directs himself well as the solid protective fatherly presence But he wisely throws most of the movie to Emily Blunt who turns out to be a strong silent film actress 
3
A Quiet Place
Richard Larson
John Krasinski s film turns the act of survival into a powerful statement of defiance against the vagaries of the unknown 
3
A Quiet Place
Norman Gidney
Unlike the milquetoast PG 13 horror of late this one has a bite It takes a bit of time to really get going but with the inventive sound design the remarkable performances and the effective writing this is something worth seeing 
3
A Quiet Place
Brian Tallerico
A tight thrill ride the kind of movie that quickens the heart rate and plays with the expectations of the audience while never treating them like idiots In other words it s a really good horror movie 
3.5
El Benny
Rene Rodriguez
Colorful but pedestrian biopic of the legendary Cuban singer Benny Mor 
2
American Dream
Roger Ebert
Stories like the Hormel strike are too long and complicated to be told on a daily basis Only a documentary like this has a canvas big enough for the whole picture 
4
AKA Jane Roe
Mattie Lucas
As fascinating as frustrating and as full of life as she was It s a moving must watch experience 
3
AKA Jane Roe
Sheila O'Malley
AKA Jane Roe brings us into the battles behind the scenes and allows us to get to know the woman at the center of it 
3
The Workshop
Mattie Lucas
A chilling and ultimately hopeful portrait of a world looking for a common connection in all the wrong places 
3.5
The Workshop
Frank Ochieng
The Workshop is undeniably probing in its twitchy skin as Cantet finds a definitive way to shape his edgy provocative narrative emboldened by the discomfort of sinister minded exploration a powerful and surging literary thriller that soundly percolates
3
The Workshop
Alan Zilberman
The Workshop never lets us know exactly what anyone really thinks These tantalizing clues only add to the film s allure 
3.5
The Workshop
Godfrey Cheshire
The film keeps you guessing not only as to where the story s going but what kind of film it will turn out to be 
3
The Workshop
Christopher Gray
Matthieu Lucci deftly carries the weight of all the symptoms that The Workshop loads upon Antoine a resonant character whose inscrutability is at once dangerous sympathetic and eerily apt 
2.5
Enchanted
Mattie Lucas
A clever throwback to a bygone era that is very much a product of this one a clash of past and present combining for something truly magical 
3
Enchanted
Kim Brown
There s no big shocker ending in Enchanted and it follows a pretty typical formula but what makes it a winner is its ability to make you smile anyway Be forewarned you might even get a cheek ache 
3
Enchanted
Leah Rozen
Enchanted is in a word enchanting It s a clever high spirited romp spoofing fairy tales and the animated musical versions of them that have been around since 1937 s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
3
Enchanted
Brooke Holgerson
It rides on the charm of its actors particularly Amy Adams as the hapless homicidally upbeat princess and James Marsden as her would be prince charming 
2.5
Enchanted
Mike Scott
Disney offers a delightfully affectionate and surprisingly entertaining parody of its own traditions 
3
Enchanted
Walter Chaw
Inaugurates an entirely new demographic into the formula machination of the chick flick marital edition 
2
Enchanted
David Nusair
an admittedly overlong yet thoroughly engaging effort that brings a fresh spin to the old fish out of water formula 
3
Enchanted
Marty Mapes
Its gimmick allows in our post ironic era big musical production numbers in Central Park
3.5
Enchanted
Kam Williams
Chock full of intriguing twists and turns plus many memorable musical numbers this instant Disney classic is a pleasant escape that s fun for young and old 
4
Enchanted
Lori Hoffman
Amy Adams provides the pixie dust that turns New York into a land of enchantment 
3
Enchanted
Michael A. Smith
The songs by Pocahontas Oscar winners Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz are cleverly written with each one evoking a Disney classic from another period 
4
Enchanted
Wesley Lovell
This family film is fun but essentially paint by numbers 
3
Enchanted
Linda Cook
Once upon a time the Disney studios showed off a clever way to blend animation and live action 
3
Enchanted
Ross Anthony
A sweet little film for anyone that enjoys blurring the lines between fantasy and reality Climaxes strongly Has moments of greatness and moments of not so greatness 
2.5
Enchanted
John Wirt
The delightful Enchanted gives Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs a sweetly subversive spin 
4
Enchanted
Mark Dujsik
There are probably a few actresses who could play the role of an animated Disney princess come to life but let s be thankful it s Amy Adams who is playing it 
3
Enchanted
Mike McGranaghan
Amy Adams does something akin to what Johnny Depp did in the first Pirates picture take a potentially generic Disney movie and invest it with a sublimely inventive performance that takes the overall product to a whole other level 
3
Enchanted
Kit Bowen
Disney s Enchanted is the sweet lighthearted antithesis to the more serious fare this holiday season fueled by a thoroughly captivating performance from Amy Adams 
3
Enchanted
John Beifuss
Maintains a delicate balance between wish fulfillment fantasy and a recognition that the world inhabited by its audience is filled with disappointment as well as with joy 
3
Enchanted
Gary Brown
Watching Amy Adams exude her comical charm is alone worth the price of admission 
3
Enchanted
James Berardinelli
Enchanted earns its label as a family film by virtue of its ability to captivate audience members both young and old 
3
Enchanted
Matt Brunson
What pushes the film over the top is the terrific turn by Adams who really seems like a Disney heroine come to life 
2.5
Enchanted
Phil Villarreal
Adams is somehow more cartoonish than the animated version of Giselle at the beginning of the film 
3
Enchanted
Jonathan W. Hickman
Wonderful family entertainment 
3
Enchanted
Sean P. Means
Adams carries Enchanted s fairy tale conceit on her tiny shoulders and on her it floats as if sprinkled with pixie dust 
3
Enchanted
Sara Michelle Fetters
If I have my druthers Adams will get her second Oscar nomination part of me even hoping she can pull of the same Julie Andrews Mary Poppins miracle and actually win the darn golden statue outright 
3.5
Enchanted
Walter V. Addiego
Portraying a version of Disney s Snow White Adams owns the character down to every warble and twirl 
3
Enchanted
John Monaghan
What could have been an epic Disney misfire is saved by the charming Adams 
3
Enchanted
Todd Hertz
Wonderful performances by Amy Adams and James Marsden as the real life versions of a classic Disney princess and her prince charming They are magnificent 
3
Enchanted
Claudia Puig
The film anchored by an entrancing performance by Amy Adams and a strong ensemble cast is cleverly written The situations are funny and the story feels effortlessly entertaining 
3
Enchanted
Maitland McDonagh
Surprisingly sophisticated riff on animated fairy tale movie cliches 
3
Enchanted
Peter Howell
How refreshing it is that Enchanted gently makes fun of Disney tradition while upholding it at the same time There are no cheap or vulgar jokes and sentiment never turns to treacle 
4
Enchanted
Moira MacDonald
An irresistible blend of screwball comedy and Disney fairy tale musical Enchanted takes its enchanting premise and prances away with it holding the audience happily captive 
3.5
Enchanted
Kyle Smith
Enchanted is worth seeing for Adams and children will adore the slapstick performers including a prominently featured CGI chipmunk 
3
Enchanted
Jeffrey Westhoff
Adams performance is the kind that deserves an Academy Award nomination yet seldom gets one 
3
Enchanted
Rene Rodriguez
The film affectionally spoofs animated fantasy formulas 
3
Enchanted
Bob Strauss
Disney satirizes its own princess megabusiness but still goes for the standard payoffs with this funny story of a fairy tale heroine who finds herself in real life New York City 
3
Enchanted
Robert W. Butler
There s plenty to enjoy here 
2.5
Enchanted
Amy Biancolli
A gently meta fairy tale that pokes fun at Disney s animated classics just never too hard to hurt 
3
Enchanted
Stephen Cole
Enchanted manages the trick of recasting sugar spun Disney fairy tales of old into a winning modern day comedy Walt Disney would be impressed 
3
Enchanted
Roger Ebert
A heart winning musical comedy that skips lightly and sprightly from the lily pads of hope to the manhole covers of actuality if you see what I mean I m not sure I do 
3
Enchanted
Wesley Morris
The sight of Adams gliding and beaming and chirping in this movie is just about the happiest time I ve had watching an actor do anything all year 
3
Enchanted
Josh Larsen
Silly yet never quite satirical it s like Shrek without his teeth 
3
Enchanted
Daniel M. Kimmel
We believe she is a Disney princess No doubt Giselle will be joining her forebears at the theme parks 
3.5
Enchanted
Scott Nash
Adams gives a great performance Her sincerity is what makes it all work 
3.5
Enchanted
Nick Schager
Eventually peddles the same old ass backwards messages equating physical beauty with goodness and positing that a woman s greatest dream is that a hunk will materialize out of thin air and make her a contented homemaker and wife 
2
Enchanted
Sean McBride
It s silly and sweet but never cloyingly so
3
Enchanted
Steve Rhodes
Enchanted is easily the best Disney movie in years It could even be the best film of the year 
4
Enchanted
Willie Waffle
a rare fun loving lampoon of what made Disney great and one of those special treats you look forward to at holiday time 
4
Enchanted
Michael Phillips
Amy Adams is every Disney princess in one ebullient package 
3
Enchanted
Lawrence Toppman
Enchanted charmingly reworks all the old Disney favorites while incorporating fresh twists of its own 
3.5
Enchanted
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A hugely entertaining clever comic fairy tale Most of the credit goes to Oscar nominee Amy Adams 
3
Enchanted
Carrie Rickey
This charmer of a film runs a little long and is heavy on the CGI dragon The real special effect is Adams who sings the Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz songs with brio complementing her vivacious performance 
3.5
Enchanted
Jeff Vice
There are some enchanting aspects in Enchanted the most enchanting being Amy Adams 
3
Enchanted
Cathy Jakicic
The charm of the actors the unabashedly romantic goofiness and the clever winks at classic Disney set pieces make the movie not only kid friendly but a guilty pleasure for adults as well 
2.5
Enchanted
Gene Seymour
A shimmering pastiche of missed opportunities 
2.5
Enchanted
Dustin Putman
Enchanted proves that a motion picture can be light and frothy and yet still be intelligent and emotionally rewarding As unlikely as it may seem this is one of the year s best and brightest films 
3.5
Enchanted
Joe Lozito
Simple relentlessly charming fairytale conjures some old fashioned Mouse House magic and a star making turn from Amy Adams 
3
Enchanted
Peter Travers
Adams is the wish your heart makes when you want a storybook princess for the ages She s wicked good 
3
Western
Christopher Gray
Bill and Turner Ross demonstrate an increasing mastery at conveying the character of a setting with minimal exposition 
3
Western
Monica Castillo
A tightly told tale full of compelling characters But it s the voices that are missing that echoed most to me 
2.5
Lonely Are the Brave
Matt Brunson
It s worth noting that Kirk Douglas long professed that Lonely Are the Brave contains one of his own favorite performances 
3
Lonely Are the Brave
Christian Toto
Kirk Douglas remains the epitome of the rugged individual in the classic neo western Lonely Are the Brave
3.5
Drunktown's Finest
Mark Dujsik
The performances here are generally unrefined with most of the actors including Wilson and Moore barely going beyond rote line readings 
2
Desperate Living
James Kendrick
even by Waters own admission it is too grim and unsavory
2
Whitney
Erik Anderson
As one interviewee says early in the film When you don t deal with secrets they never go away 
3
Whitney
Robert Daniels
But not unlike the documentary Amy we confront a young innocent bubbly and energetic woman And as we progress we see and hear the degradation of not only Houston but also her voice 
2.5
Whitney
Carly Lewis
The film is a sad calamity of conflicting narratives as those closest to Houston work through varying stages of honesty and denial 
3
Whitney
Peter Howell
Whitney Houston just wanted to dance with somebody who loved her But life moved too fast for the tragic pop diva 
3
Whitney
Katie Walsh
Macdonald s Whitney is daring both emotionally and aesthetically and gets to a kind of truth about Houston the public has never known before 
4
Whitney
Sean P. Means
Alas Whitney leaves viewers with as many questions as answers which may be exactly how the image conscious Whitney Houston would have wanted it 
2.5
Whitney
Roger Moore
Shockingly emotional
3
Whitney
Jeff Simon
It s a harrowing story but by the time it s over they ve succeeded enough to move you profoundly 
4
Whitney
Josh Terry
Some audiences may also be frustrated by its tendency to focus on the seedy underbelly of Houston s story rather than celebrate her music but Whitney s message remains tragic either way 
3
Whitney
Susan Wloszczyna
A well done but all too woeful wallow of a documentary 
3
Whitney
Mick LaSalle
To see this documentary is to be in awe of her talent and to bask in it 
4
Whitney
Kevin C. Johnson
It s all the Whitney Houston documentary you ll ever need if you need one at all 
3
Whitney
Josh Wise
For most of Kevin Macdonald s film Whitney Houston seems a guttering flame in a public crosswind with only fleeting celebration given to the wildfire of her success 
2.5
Whitney
Richard Roeper
McDonald expertly drops in snippets of sometimes extraordinarily candid interviews with Brown Cissy Whitney s half brothers Michael and Gary and Kevin Costner 
3.5
Whitney
Mark Dujsik
The tragedy of Houston s life takes on multiple dimensions in the film 
3.5
Whitney
Clint O'Connor
Where Macdonald does succeed is through his amazing access to the principals in Houston s life 
2.5
Whitney
Chris Riemenschneider
It s long and ultra depressing but still quite compelling too 
3
Whitney
Graham Ambrose
Far reaching interviews with friends relatives and colleagues cover a winding and by now somewhat familiar terrain of personal scandals and family secrets 
3
Whitney
Gary Thompson
Whitney offers an informed and moving portrait of a complex talented woman who was poorly understood and often cruelly judged 
3.5
Whitney
Ann Hornaday
Whitney transcends the conventions of the form delivering a powerful reminder of the breathtaking talent she possessed and the monumental future that was squandered on the altar of selfishness and greed 
3
Whitney
Moira MacDonald
It s hard to watch young Whitney knowing what lies ahead but it seems important to do as the film does take a moment and just listen to her sing 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Duane Dudek
While this could be the stuff of tabloid fodder at the one extreme or family fare uplift at the other it is actually an observational meditation on childhood lost with universal applications 
3
Nobody Knows
Laura Kelly
Kore eda coaxes gorgeously realistic portrayals from the children 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Rudy Joggerst
A moving excruciating and compelling drama about four little anti heroes who try to make the best of their hopeless situation 
4
Nobody Knows
Sean P. Means
We as adults know these children are headed slowly toward doom but the way they maintain their hopefulness makes it impossible to look away 
4
Nobody Knows
Phil Villarreal
It s a depressing and long film but also quietly inspirational 
3
Nobody Knows
Terry Lawson
At its heart Nobody Knows is a sweet salute to the tenacity and courage of children who are blithely mistreated by adults who should know better and probably do 
3
Nobody Knows
Moira MacDonald
Profoundly sad but it s made with such artistry that it s almost uplifting you watch it mesmerized immersed in the strange community the children create 
4
Nobody Knows
Chris Hewitt
Just when you think you ve figured out how you feel about its complex situations director Hirokazu Kore eda shows you something that makes you question your own conclusions 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Steve Rhodes
I found this overly long film only modestly enjoyable and a possible candidate for my most overrated films of the year list 
2.5
Nobody Knows
Walter Chaw
In Kore eda s quartet of children is all the hopefulness and courage that we hope we re born with and hope that we haven t outgrown 
4
Nobody Knows
Lisa Kennedy
Kore eda has an astonishing talent for making us feel the same emotional aches as the kids 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an extremely difficult film to watch but Hirokazu Kore eda s accomplished artistry makes up for a great deal 
3
Nobody Knows
Steven Rea
It s a quietly powerful work pulsing with gentle humor and a gripping sense of imminent calamity and dread 
4
Nobody Knows
Peter Canavese
Emotional truth and delicate visual cues distinguish a story so patiently naturalistic that the viewer will feel a part of this dysfunctional family 
3.5
Nobody Knows
David Elliott
If it feels rather long at 141 minutes it s hard to figure what could be viably removed from this absorbing film 
3
Nobody Knows
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Hirokazu Kore eda works magic with the harrowing and claustrophobic atmosphere of poverty and need 
3.5
Nobody Knows
James Verniere
I found it an ordeal in spite of the children s otherwise fine often heart wrenching performances 
2.5
Nobody Knows
Ty Burr
Hirokazu Kore eda has made a film that s almost physically painful to watch Spare and elegant and harrowing it s an ode to childhood trust being stretched until it snaps 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Roger Ebert
Kore eda is the most gifted of the young Japanese directors 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Mary F. Pols
Sitting through this movie is akin to being forced to watch a box of 2 week old kittens try to survive without their mother 
2.5
Nobody Knows
Carla Meyer
The film winsome and tragic at once and finely attuned to the rhythms of childhood always seems quite close to real life 
4
Nobody Knows
Geoff Pevere
The film s extraordinary power derives from the filmmaker s restraint Kore eda is less interested in the obvious moral delinquency behind the incident than in the lives of the children who are condemned to survive it 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Michael Wilmington
Takes us on a journey into the special domain of childhood a voyage joyous shattering and supremely convincing 
4
Nobody Knows
Bob Strauss
Nobody Knows has a haunting quality that is all the more effective for its deceptively everyday appearance 
3
Nobody Knows
Rene Rodriguez
Hypnotic movie 
3
Nobody Knows
Gene Seymour
The movie s accumulation of little traumas and tiny victories sneaks to a climax that however unsettling doesn t upend the movie s alert steadfast graces 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Stephen Whitty
A movie of quiet melancholy and a pervasive lonely beauty 
3
Nobody Knows
V.A. Musetto
Kore eda presents the deeply moving story in a documentary style that is both gentle and compelling 
3.5
Nobody Knows
Jami Bernard
A stately pace and gradual intro suck you into the rhythms of this parallel universe one in which desperate children live alongside grownups and yet remain invisible 
3
Nobody Knows
Ed Gonzalez
A meditation on solace and the promise and beauty familial togetherness 
3
Assassination Games
Nick Schager
A direct to video quality actioner distinguished primarily by its star s blatantly deteriorated martial arts prowess 
.5
Psychosis
David Nusair
A promising yet thoroughly dull effort 
1
Out of the Furnace
Brian Eggert
Out of the Furnace considers a bleak outlook on economic disparity and how it shapes the lives of those affected 44 but the film 8217 s methods are obvious and timeworn 46 
2
Out of the Furnace
Clayton Davis
Casey Affleck proves to be one of the most talented actors working today bringing such raw rage to his broken soldier 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Brad Keefe
A working class morality play that s unrelenting bleak and full of indelible acting performances 
3.5
Out of the Furnace
Lori Hoffman
Out of the Furnace would not be out of place if sent back in time to the 1970s a decade when dramas were a dominant genre appreciated by audiences 
3
Out of the Furnace
Josh Larsen
has a real feel for loss 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
David Nusair
It s ultimately clear that Out of the Furnace fares best in its engrossing first half 
3
Out of the Furnace
Michael Dequina
Bale s commitment to his role s wrenching emotional gamut is as intense as the character s hunger for vengeance 
3
Out of the Furnace
Peter Howell
Good actors really earn their pay when they have to negotiate bad scripts 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Christy Lemire
A down and dirty revenge picture whose classy cast elevates it above its gritty grimy trappings 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Glenn Lovell
cried out to be a tough stripped down exploitation number on the order of such B classics as First Blood and Rolling Thunder Unfortunately Cooper had something more ambitious in mind 
2
Out of the Furnace
Mike McGranaghan
Excruciatingly dull There are so many movies just like Out of the Furnace and a lot of them are so much better 
1.5
Out of the Furnace
Peter Canavese
This material isn t deceptively simple It s just simple 
2
Out of the Furnace
Liam Lacey
If the downbeat plot is depressingly familiar it s partly salvaged by the quality of the performances 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
John Serba
Bale carries the film with an easy watchable intensity If that seems like a contradiction keep in mind that few movie stars can execute such nuance 
3
Out of the Furnace
Eric Melin
Scott Cooper musters zero surprises in a script that takes too long establishing a tired premise and plays it out in grimy dull fashion 
1.5
Out of the Furnace
Steven Rea
Although Out of the Furnace takes place just a few years back in this new millennium Scott Cooper s solemn blood soaked drama about brothers and broken dreams feels like it s of some different ancient time 
3
Out of the Furnace
Willie Waffle
Instead of looking for more you should be looking for less 
.5
Out of the Furnace
Mark Dujsik
The final act of Out of the Furnace isn t just routine in terms of what happens it also feels disconnected from its characters in how it unfolds 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Dustin Putman
Standing next to something like 2013 s similar but radically more complex and thematically loaded Prisoners Out of the Furnace is an unambitious exploitation flick that just so happens to have A list actors and production values 
2
Out of the Furnace
Jeff Beck
Out of the Furnace is a film in desperate need of a jump start 
2
Out of the Furnace
Rene Rodriguez
Out of the Furnace is a boozy searing portrait of disenfranchised people trying and not always succeeding to eke out an existence But the movie celebrates their struggle and makes you share their scalding pain like molten steel on bare flesh 
3
Out of the Furnace
Barbara Vancheri
The parts are greater than the whole and it s all so extreme that it feels like too much but Mr Cooper manages to allow his actors to turn coldly crazy or blindly angry or uncharacteristically bloodthirsty 
3.5
Out of the Furnace
Mick LaSalle
A long grim exercise in garden variety pointlessness disguised as nihilism 
1
Out of the Furnace
Chris Knight
Clearly Russell and Harlan are going to collide at some point But before that happens the script co written by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby meanders mightily 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Moira MacDonald
You know where it s going but the actors make the trip worth taking 
3
Out of the Furnace
Rafer Guzman
A somewhat formulaic Rust Belt noir but Bale delivers a visceral go for broke performance as a man who puts family above the law 
3
Out of the Furnace
Ty Burr
Out of the Furnace offers a bleak vision of America s rural economic woes before flattening out into a routine thriller about good men doing bad things 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
James Berardinelli
Features some nice performances and is deliciously atmospheric but it never achieves its goal of being a compelling meditation about how the economic erosion of a community influences the lives of those trapped within it 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Ann Hornaday
Even when it descends into self consciousness in a lurid final act Out of the Furnace effectively brings viewers into a space where whatever people had to lose was either squandered or stolen 
3
Out of the Furnace
Joe Williams
This supposed slice of life is so half baked it s poisonous 
2
Out of the Furnace
Peter Travers
What gives the movie its heat is the acting Casey Affleck his eyes pools of pain is outstanding His scenes with Christian Bale all coiled intensity ready to spring are electric 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Jon Niccum
The film plays like a meandering art house piece until the seen it a million times finale which offers up the kind of primal justice that those yahoos in the audience who haven t already fallen asleep will likely appreciate 
1.5
Out of the Furnace
Graham Killeen
A surprisingly unwatered down signature flavor mixing motor oil gunpowder sweat pig iron dollar bills denim skunky beer blood and dirty socks 
3
Out of the Furnace
Dann Gire
Its rote characters invite none of our empathy or concern in a plot unencumbered by depth or surprises 
2
Out of the Furnace
Chris Hewitt
If you can get past one major misstep it s an absorbing credible melodrama 
3
Out of the Furnace
Michael Phillips
Out of the Furnace is a lot of movie a lot of it good and pungent 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Jake Coyle
Out of the Furnace is an earnestly crafted passionately acted working class drama rusted over by its noble intentions of steel town sympathizing 
2
Out of the Furnace
Matt Pais
Sometimes a bunch of pros putting on a tough show just does the trick 
3
Out of the Furnace
Tony Hicks
Ultimately there just isn t enough of a story to support all that talent on screen 
2
Out of the Furnace
Stephen Whitty
While the movie s sure got a lot of good moments I m not sure they add up to a good movie 
2.5
Out of the Furnace
Matt Zoller Seitz
For long stretches it just doesn t seem to have any idea what exactly it wants to say or be 
2
Out of the Furnace
Roger Moore
All gritty milieu and somber mood and muddled under motivated characters 
2
Out of the Furnace
Claudia Puig
Bale gives one of his best performances and Harrelson and Affleck are completely captivating 
3
Out of the Furnace
R. Kurt Osenlund
What this movie finally boils down to is a deceptively simple tale of two brothers and of being one s brother s keeper and of seeking justice on the crudest of fronts 
3
Out of the Furnace
Lou Lumenick
Much longer on style and belligerence than actual substance 
2
Out of the Furnace
Kam Williams
A gritty revenge thriller unfolding against the telling backdrop of a decaying American landscape 
3
Rites of Spring
David Nusair
The impressively watchable vibe begins to evaporate in the meandering midsection 
2
Rites of Spring
Christian Toto
Rites of Spring fuses two durable movie genres together but neither supplies the requisite chills we demand 
2
Rites of Spring
Calum Marsh
Padraig Reynolds s film has no interest in self awareness and in fact wears stupidity as a sort of badge of honor 
0
The Long Island Railroad Massacre: 20 Years Later
Rafer Guzman
Manhasset Hills native Charlie Minn revisits the tragedy using interviews and re enactments No fresh angles or insights but a serviceable remembrance 
2
The Crash
Godfrey Cheshire
These are all cartoon figures out of Frank Capra s most feverish populist nightmares 
1.5
The Crash
Keith Watson
The film may be too preposterous to take seriously but at least writer director Aram Rappaport trains his sights on the right enemies 
2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Brian Eggert
Enjoyable enough to retain one 8217 s interest during the brief 88 minute runtime but not quite memorable enough to make a lasting impression 46 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wesley Lovell
Why is The Pirates missing much of what helped elevate Aardman to its vaunted standing in the animation world 63 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jason Buchanan
The Pirates Band of Misfits is cinematic booty that shines like gold 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jeff Beck
It s got great vocal talent and well done animation but it proves once again that the story is the key ingredient 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Eric Melin
It s full of jokes for adults that will fly right over kids heads but retains just enough plot conflict and slapstick to keep younger audiences involved as well 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a fun frolic young and old alike should enjoy equally filled with sights and sounds so richly rewarding one almost has to see it twice to be able to appreciate them all 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Austin Kennedy
The fun infectious tone is set early on and never peters out The humor is kind of like Monty Python for kids 
3.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
John Beifuss
Droll and charming and will probably appeal more to fans of Monty Python and The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy than to young kids 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Sean P. Means
The best laughs come around the fringes with great throwaway gags and Grant s usual self deprecating way with dialogue 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s hard to emphasize enough just how intricate it is abundant with rich details At the same time it s also warmly human with characters so expressive you ll want to join the crew 
3.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Scott Nash
Another winner from Aardman
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Stephen Whitty
The filmmakers have said they are already dreaming up a sequel They needn t hurry Whatever treasures these pirates have are well buried 
2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Matt Brunson
The Pirates Band of Misfits fares OK against most modern toon flicks but pales next to other Aardman releases How a person chooses to rate its success depends on whether one looks at a glass of water and views it as half full or half empty 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Willie Waffle
Delivers all of the laughs giggles and guffaws land lubbers like us want in a silly film like this 
3.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Gary Thompson
The figures materials and sets are beautifully and intricately designed so polished it s difficult to tell the models and puppets from the computer animated figures used to fill out the frame 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jody Mitori
This pirate tale is a misguided adventure that doesn t fully set sail 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jennie Punter
Designed to please all generations of irreverent humour lovers The Pirates Band of Misfits may not be heart warming it is about nasty scurvy pirates but it s breezy rollicking fun 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Chris Hewitt
Like all of the other Aardman films it is utterly charming 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Rafer Guzman
You may laugh more than the child who brought you to The Pirates Band of Misfits a subtly screwball animated comedy with a distinctively British wit 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Sara Stewart
The joyfully silly gags in Pirates often feel old fashioned in a Looney Tunes esque way 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Michael O'Sullivan
It makes for an experience that while geared toward younger more fidgety audiences has enough humor to keep Mom and Dad from falling asleep 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Mark Dujsik
While the movie manages to retain a unique feeling The Pirates Band of Misfits still loses much of its unruly spirit as the plot continues in earnest 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Claudia Puig
Sure footed witty and zany fun 
3.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Amy Biancolli
That the film happens to be in 3 D with digitized settings and backgrounds doesn t detract from the timeworn charm of watching blob like characters lurch erratically through harebrained comic pratfalls 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Nell Minow
Another deliriously silly stop motion animation delight from Aardman filled with giddy pleasures and witty details 
3.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Cathy Jakicic
The majority of the movie s quirky humor is more chuckle than guffaw but it s consistently fresh and in general surprisingly gentle 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Tom Russo
The movie looks meticulously crafted of course and is consistently drily amusing 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Loey Lockerby
As it races frantically to its conclusion Pirates becomes more mean spirited than funny undermining any attempts at a positive message about loyalty and friendship 
2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Matt Pais
Offers fewer innuendos about sparkling booty than might be found in an American animated effort or a Kim Kardashian mall appearance Still my timbers remain unshivered 
2.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Linda Barnard
Purists can rest easy This marriage doesn t scupper Aardman s classic clay based animated heritage and the script is still filled with the kind of dry laughs only the Brits can conjure up with many of the jokes of the visual variety 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Michael Phillips
A few hours after seeing the 3 D version of The Pirates I was smiling at the memory of the best bits some so fleeting they practically dare an audience to catch them on the fly 
3
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Moira MacDonald
My 7 year old guest tugged my sleeve midway through the screening and whispered This is a good movie I ll second that 
3.5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film is content as it is to run clever one liners and 19th century pop cultural references into the same comedic whirlpool 
2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Tom Meek
For all its posturing it s based on the books by Gideon Defoe who also wrote the script and visual lan Pirates never really raises anchor 
2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Roger Moore
Pirates plays like a fussy film made by fussy little fussbudgets clever chaps all wrapped up with making perfect Plasticine trees but who lose track of the forest the funny movie that is supposed to be animated around all this detail 
2
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
James Berardinelli
The Pirates like previous Aardman productions is not just for kids 
3
Right Now
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the film s infectious style and the powerful charisma of its leading performers it doesn t really catch fire 
2.5
Right Now
Allison Benedikt
If you re not careful A Tout De Suite Benoit Jacquot s ode to the French New Wave infused with his love of American crime classics Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands will fool you 
2
Right Now
Tom Keogh
The film s retro appeal includes black and white cinematography and a Truffaut esque fascination for parallels between the characters wild flight and filmmaking itself as a wide eyed open ended experience 
3
Right Now
Wesley Morris
Crazy things certainly happen to Lili but Le Besco drifts through most of the proceedings as though she were following a checklist long face done three way with lithe Athenians yup the occasional suggestion of zombietude mission accomplished 
2.5
Right Now
Chris Hewitt
Benoit Jacquot s drama creates a sense of dislocation with its impossible to predict what will happen next plot jumpy black and white cinematography elusive characters and casual approach to the time in which it s set 
3
Right Now
Phil Villarreal
Thoroughly assured as a piece of art and bears rewards worth enduring stretches of palled uneventfulness 
3
Right Now
Mick LaSalle
An exceptionally perceptive film about what it s like to be 19 years old 
3
Right Now
Eric Harrison
Isild Le Besco has an unusual look and the ability to appear unformed hard vulnerable and sexy all at once 
3
Right Now
Glenn Whipp
A Tout de Suite is less of a lovers on the lam movie than a study of a passive young woman willing to do anything to be with the man she sees as her savior 
3.5
Right Now
Jack Mathews
Le Besco s vulnerability draws us into her predicament 
2.5
Right Now
Kyle Smith
French director Benoit Jacquot is fascinated by American crime drama but pays homage to the form by removing most of the drama and nearly all the crime 
2
Right Now
Jan Stuart
Tight little drama 
3
Right Now
Eric Henderson
A downward spiral of destitution like a soul jogging in place in Purgatory 
2.5
Right Now
Walter Chaw
A film of a style and an inclination that fulfills no need and ultimately does nothing to nourish the soul of the now 
2
Fedora
Carson Lund
The offhand jabs at the dissolution of orthodox craftsmanship in 1970s cinema are overwhelmed by a deeper core of autocritique played out in the film s downward trajectory 
3.5
Fedora
Roger Ebert
Trust Wilder to know what he s doing even during the deliberate clichs See it like that and I bet you ll like it See it with a straight face and you ll think it s boring and obvious 
2.5
Looking for an Icon
V.A. Musetto
The documentary provides an inside look at the dynamics of photojournalism that even I a longtime newsman found interesting 
3
Looking for an Icon
Ed Gonzalez
If a great photograph is one that is symbolic inviting us to project our wide ranging interpretations onto them then the images selected for deconstruction by Hans Pool and Maaik Krijgsman are almost beyond reproach 
3
Sounds Like a Revolution
Liam Lacey
Sounds like something we ve heard before The musicians are generally articulate and altruistic but have a tendency to treat the obvious as profound 
2
Keep Quiet
Godfrey Cheshire
This expertly made highly dramatic film achieves must see status for the inevitable light it sheds on the persistence of toxic racial hatreds not just in Hungary but worldwide 
4
Keep Quiet
Chuck Bowen
The filmmakers astutely reveal how a culture can eat another alive and somehow live with itself 
3
Solo
Dave Kehr
The action is neither big nor imaginatively filmed enough to satisfy fans of the genre though Van Peebles seems to be enjoying his crack at sad eyed Chaplinesque pathos 
2
Solo
Mark Caro
These escapist showdown movies are only as good as their villains and heroes The heavies here are more of those ubiquitous gung ho military types who are due to be dishonorably discharged from further cinematic duty 
1.5
Solo
Doug Thomas
Here s a surprise tucked into the languishing days of summer movies Arriving with hardly any attention is a satisfying even fun action picture about a futuristic soldier named Solo 
3
Solo
Desmond Ryan
Solo is at least instructive as a miscellany of action movie cliches in one neat and depressing package 
1.5
Solo
Robert Roten
It s not a great film but it is a little above average 
2.5
Solo
James Berardinelli
It s all painfully formulaic 
1.5
Solo
Susan Wloszczyna
Not one fight is memorable and the set looks recycled from an Indiana Jones theme park 
1.5
Solo
Peter Stack
For what it is a straightforward sci fi action movie with an equally straightforward hero Solo works 
2.5
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s hardly perfect but I enjoyed it and I hope you look for it 
3
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane
Lucius Gore
This film bears more than a passing resemblance to the serious 2006 film United 93 Like that film it takes place more or less in real time Unlike that film some people survive at the end 
3
Zelary
Jeff Vice
Here s a film that manages to tell its tale without pandering without cheap melodrama without gimmicks and without big name stars Instead it simply develops its characters and lets the drama unfold naturally 
3.5
Zelary
Sean P. Means
When it should be building toward something stirring Zelary instead meanders like the sheep grazing on the nearby hillsides 
2.5
Zelary
Carrie Rickey
The story is as basic as a peasant meal and just as hearty 
3
Zelary
Robert W. Butler
Well acted well made and moderately involving 
2.5
Zelary
Larry Ratliff
It is a film of deep feeling survival and sacrifice that s well acted and brought to the screen with style 
3
Zelary
Tim Cuprisin
Long but frequently enticing 
3
Zelary
Phil Villarreal
Wallows in pretense it doesn t earn and squanders a potentially wrenching premise by spending too much time dressing the story up in unnecessary detail 
2
Zelary
Lawrence Toppman
It has too many subplots and irrelevant characters yet it provides barely any back story or explanation 
2
Zelary
John Beifuss
It captures a time and a place and a people with a convincing accumulating force that proves extremely moving 
3.5
Zelary
Chris Hewitt
Zelary opens with energetic suspenseful scenes inside the Nazi resistance in Prague but when a resistance spy named Hana has to go into hiding in the tiny village of Zelary everything slows to a crawl 
1
Zelary
Janice Page
Humble heartwarming storytelling with good acting and lush visuals 
2.5
Zelary
Marta Barber
See it as a war romance and you ll like it 
2.5
Zelary
Laura Kelly
Comes alive with moments inspiring tears laughter anger respect 
3
Zelary
Tom Keogh
Resembles something like Dr Quinn Medicine Woman 
3
Zelary
Liam Lacey
A trite but sturdy offering 
2.5
Zelary
Steve Rhodes
An old fashioned melodrama with dramatic music to match ZELARY is touching but too long 
3
Zelary
Ruthe Stein
A well deserved 2003 Oscar nominee for best foreign language film 
3
Zelary
Peter Canavese
World War II and its attendant local metaphors serve as MacGuffins for a quiet tale of two people if only Trojan would keep his focus on them 
2.5
Zelary
V.A. Musetto
Sweet and life affirming although the transformation from sophisticate to peasant happens too conveniently and quickly 
2
Zelary
Glenn Whipp
A perfect Sunday afternoon at the art house 
2.5
Zelary
David Sterritt
Well acted handsomely photographed a bit too long 
3
Zelary
Ed Gonzalez
If one removes the film s almost superfluous bookends Trojan paints an ethereal portrait of a self destructive Eden on the brink of collapse 
2.5
The Dirty Dozen
Wanda Hale
An abundance of hilarious humor injected by Mr Aldrich the star Lee Marvin and the cast is a blessed relief from the strain of gory details and grim aspects of war fought by a mere handful of American on foreign soil 
4
The Dirty Dozen
Roger Ebert
Right up to the last scene the movie is amusing well paced intelligent 
3
The Dirty Dozen
James Berardinelli
The Dirty Dozen has always been highly regarded by both war movie fans and action fans alike The movie s deeper thematic material is left in the subtext allowing those who prefer to ignore it to do so comfortably 
3
The Set-Up
David Nusair
Filmmaker Wise working from Art Cohn s screenplay delivers a real time drama that boasts plenty of appealing attention grabbing attributes 
2.5
The Set-Up
Matt Brunson
Never before or since has a boxing film so thoroughly depicted the sport s fans as a mob of petty and sadistic louts who want their pound of flesh and nothing less 
3.5
52 Pick-Up
Josh Larsen
may very well suffer from mismatched sensibilities 
2
52 Pick-Up
David Nusair
a thriller that s woefully lacking in thrills 
1.5
52 Pick-Up
Roger Ebert
A movie is only as good as its villain John Frankenheimer s 52 Pick Up provides us with the best most reprehensible villain of the year and uses his vile charm as the starting point for a surprisingly good film 
3.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Jeff Mitchell
Bell constructs her comedy like a 103 minute episode of Love American Style or The Love Boat 
1.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Christian Toto
Why would Lake Bell deliver the kind of trite annoying rom com the major studios gave up making long ago 
1.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Sara Michelle Fetters
If I Do Until I Don t isn t completely successful that doesn t mean it still isn t without merit and in the end becomes the type of small scale independent comedy I could easily see myself warming up to more and more as time goes by 
2.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Nick Allen
I Do Until I Don t marks a strange turn from the characteristic creativity of Bell s previous efforts It isn t as painful as breaking up but it gets close 
1
I Do... Until I Don't
Mark Dujsik
It s a biting cynical comedy until it isn t 
1.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Sean P. Means
The other day I got a mosquito bite on my left hand just under my wedding ring and it wasn t half as irritating as the first 20 minutes of the marital ensemble comedy I Do Until I Don t 
2.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Rick Bentley
At its gooey center I Do Until I Don t is like vanilla cake It is sweet but generally there s nothing that memorable about it 
2.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Christopher Schobert
While I Do Until I Don t is fiercely unmemorable it does not diminish the success of Bell s career There s no doubt she ll be back with a far better creation than this one and soon 
2
I Do... Until I Don't
J. R. Jones
Like Albert Brooks Lake Bell has an off kilter perspective that keeps you laughing even as it threatens to capsize the story 
2
I Do... Until I Don't
Stephanie Merry
When we see the interviews through Vivian s camera the view is hilariously over the top But these little bits of brilliance never last long 
2
I Do... Until I Don't
Peter Keough
After a somewhat subversive start the film devolves into predictable patterns and sketchy stereotypes It works until it doesn t 
2.5
I Do... Until I Don't
G. Allen Johnson
I Do Until I Don t is a play it safe film with its chaos a little too controlled But Bell s examination of the institution of marriage has it insights and there are laughs 
3
I Do... Until I Don't
Tom Keogh
It s when resolution begins to sink into this circle of troubled love that Bell begins to find herself as a filmmaker making room for grace notes resonant personality and lilting humor 
2.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Dann Gire
I Do Until I Don t boasts a crackerjack cast of comic actors struggling to spin gold from the straw dry dialogue of a lackadaisically edited visually compromised controversy adverse pro matrimonial romantic comedy 
1.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Stephen Whitty
Bell remains a refreshingly original presence a genuinely talented screenwriter and a capable director everyone should be eager to see what she does next But no one should make any desperate plans to rush out and see this 
2.5
I Do... Until I Don't
Christopher Gray
In I Do Until I Don t it s hard to tell who s being lampooned and who s being treated with sincerity at any given point 
2
I Do... Until I Don't
Roger Moore
Great cast thin premise thinner on laughs script 
2
Happy Cleaners
Tom Meek
Funny revealing scenes include a takeout order for Hyunny whose name is pronounced wrong six ways to Sunday and Kevin s reaction 
3
Happy Cleaners
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
With genuine pathos they examine the trials tribulations and triumphs of a quartet of fascinating cinematic protagonists 
3
Happy Cleaners
Randy Myers
While it hits a couple of bumps early on it ultimately makes for a timely story about a family coping with changing cultural values 
3
Happy Cleaners
Roger Moore
A movie built on expectations that it lets us cling to even if we fear the filmmakers have no intention of giving we the viewers our wish or their characters an easy way out 
3
Over the Hedge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new Dreamworks CGI animated feature ignores much of the satire and tries to cram the rest into the usual kids movie format 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Carolyn Arends
The film s messages pro family pro ecology anti consumerism sometimes feel forced But Hedge is genuinely and consistently funny for both children and parents 
3
Over the Hedge
Wesley Lovell
This funny film follows the foibles of foragers forced to find food in the suburbs 
3
Over the Hedge
Garth Franklin
Manages to come up with a fun and simple premise and then fills it with some enjoyable characters and a manic Looney Tunes style energy
2.5
Over the Hedge
Scott Nash
Anyone looking for lighthearted summer entertainment suitable for the whole family this is the place 
3
Over the Hedge
Lori Hoffman
an uproarious animated flick for all ages 
3
Over the Hedge
John Beifuss
Depicts a woodland war of insurgency against suburbia until violent slapstick beats the promising premise into submission 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Bob Bloom
The movie is a delightful experience especially for youngsters 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Thomas Delapa
Though DreamWorks green message is that junk food is bad for you what s on the menu is a kiddie meal smothered in eye candy 
2
Over the Hedge
Matt Brunson
Yet another charmless animated feature made by profiteers whose historical reference point seems to begin and end with Shrek 
1.5
Over the Hedge
Linda Cook
It s a fast paced show in which all is not as it seems one characters has a sinister hidden agenda and the ensemble must work together to solve puzzles 
3.6
Over the Hedge
Sean McBride
Forget about The DaVinci Code the real first hit of the summer is Over the Hedge 
3
Over the Hedge
Tyler Hanley
A colorful charmer that proves Disney Pixar is not the only animation powerhouse 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Kit Bowen
Leave it to a bunch of hilarious woodland critters to teach us suburbia bound humans a few things about living life Over the Hedge 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Greg Maki
Offers something for everyone 
3
Over the Hedge
Mike McGranaghan
A charming film nicely animated and containing sufficient laughs to be worth taking your family to see 
3
Over the Hedge
Claudia Puig
A raucous funny and fresh look at the 3 C s conservation consumerism and consumption of the excessive and conspicuous kind 
3
Over the Hedge
Ken Fox
A sly satire of American enough is never enough consumerism and blind progress at the expense of the environment It s also very funny and the little woodland critters that make up the cast are a kiddie pleasing bunch 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Peter Howell
It is competent work and frequently amusing 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Forrest Hartman
A very good film that will appeal to everyone in the family 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Ted Fry
A charming clever and crisply paced little confection about small junk food addled mammals that s sure to delight large mammals of any age 
3
Over the Hedge
Peter Hartlaub
Inspired casting of voice actors is one of several pleasures in this fun film for children which has enough social satire to satisfy adults as well 
3
Over the Hedge
David Elliott
Two directors plus five writers show some taste and keep things impish for kids with cute jokes and a soft pitch at the end for family values But we can tell when they re seeking to amuse themselves 
2
Over the Hedge
Gary Goldstein
This comic strip based bit of silliness isn t quite the ecology lesson it aims for but it says enough about family values suburban sprawl and the over caffeinization of modern society to ring true 
3
Over the Hedge
Lisa Rose
The writing doesn t measure up to the casting and the picture is miles from original 
2
Over the Hedge
Kyle Smith
If they were still making Looney Tunes they d look a lot like Over the Hedge 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Jack Mathews
The computer animation is terrific most of the slapstick gags are fun and Wanda Sykes voice performance as feisty Stella the Skunk is one that will be remembered and not because it stinks 
3
Over the Hedge
Cathy Jakicic
The movie equivalent of the munchies that enthrall its characters not much substance but a lot of fun 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Peter Debruge
Spends none of the time that Michael Fry and T Lewis daily comic strip does staring at the stars or asking questions of the Tree That Knows Stuff but the movie does offer an amusing animals eye view on the absurdity of suburbia 
3
Over the Hedge
Glenn Whipp
Ultimately the movie s smorgasbord approach to story works because it contains enough humor cleverly conceived characters and capers to compensate for its dramatic shortcomings 
3
Over the Hedge
Robert W. Butler
It s all a bit underwhelming 
2
Over the Hedge
Amy Biancolli
Its own animal a spirited and intrepid critter that mooches our affection along with the garbage 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Liam Lacey
There may be only so many ways you can spin a computer generated animated feature about a gang of animals and their grand project against an evil adversary 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Terry Lawson
Will probably just feel beyond the pale to anyone more discerning than the average 8 year old 
2
Over the Hedge
Jeff Vice
In addition to a few laugh out loud moments this animated comedy actually manages to say something about the perils of our own modern day consumerist society Though it s not done in a way that s too overt or preachy 
3
Over the Hedge
Michael Booth
Intelligent jokes are set up and paid off rather than blurred by an endless string of instantly outdated pop culture references 
3
Over the Hedge
Randy Myers
Even though the film might not always be as sharp as it could be it s a welcome departure from recent animated family fare 
3
Over the Hedge
Roger Ebert
A feature cartoon that is not at the level of Finding Nemo or Shrek but is a lot of fun awfully nice to look at and filled with energy and smiles 
3
Over the Hedge
Lawrence Toppman
When Hedge clicks on all cylinders Chuck Jones smiles down from heaven 
3
Over the Hedge
Wesley Morris
The filmmakers are obviously concerned about the rise of exurbs but they shrug off the issue and stick to the formula of a talking critters script instead 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Nick Rogers
High on culture low on pop but easily has a bubbling feature length fizz Within snappy action sequences and manic comedy there s a slight screed against the every square inch mentality 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Larry Ratliff
Over the Hedge will grow on you It s a hoot 
3
Over the Hedge
Josh Larsen
The movie assumes that we humans are the idiots in the natural order and that we re all too blissfully unaware of it 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet the movie works While it doesn t have the subtle observational tenacity of the popular strip the genuinely touching familial warmth does remain intact and watching RJ and Vern travel the road to friendship is admittedly priceless 
3
Over the Hedge
Sean P. Means
The satirical look at suburban blight will entertain the grown ups while the dizzying antics will keep the kids in stitches 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Daniel M. Kimmel
Compared to such recent animated turkeys as Valiant Chicken Little and The Wild this is a movie that soars 
4
Over the Hedge
Jeffrey Westhoff
Over the Hedge is an important evolution for DreamWorks Animation because it proceeds from a story not a compilation of pop culture references 
3.5
Over the Hedge
James Sanford
If the movie doesn t break much new ground either in terms of its animation or its storyline it s full of manic energy clever ideas and jolliness making it hard to resist 
3
Over the Hedge
Peter Canavese
The voice work and animation are both a cut above the average and the film s energy is brisk 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Erik Childress
Its animators have really brightened things up arguably outdoing even the Shrek films for visual astuteness making this the closest any studio has gotten to Pixar s dominating perfection 
3
Over the Hedge
Willie Waffle
Once again proving TALKING ANIMALS ARE FUNNY 
4
Over the Hedge
Chris Hewitt
This witty and wise comedy is easily the most thoroughly enjoyable animated movie since The Incredibles 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Phoebe Flowers
The script pokes endless fun at American overindulgence from SUVs to obesity But the shots are cheap not just because they re so obvious but because you get the sense no one who made this movie believes any of it 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Bruce Newman
Falls squarely and it must be said squirrelly in the middle between the lackluster Madagascar and the wonderful Wallace Gromit in the Curse of the Were Rabbit 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Jan Stuart
A irresistible balance of computer graphics animation and high wit one that raises the three dimensional computerized technique to a delirious new plateau 
3.5
Over the Hedge
Michael Phillips
The critters and the humans here resemble metallic robotic alternate universe images of animals and people 
2
Over the Hedge
Dustin Putman
2006 has not been a kind year to the animated genre and the empty irresponsible Over the Hedge is so far the worst of the lot 
1.5
Over the Hedge
Matt Pais
Zips by as if the movie knows you have more important things to do 
2.5
Over the Hedge
Phil Villarreal
Just as too much sugar makes your stomach hurt too much cuteness makes your eyes squint 
2
Over the Hedge
Nick Schager
Embraces a timid underdeveloped middle ground between skewering and embracing mass market consumerism 
2
Over the Hedge
James Berardinelli
solid family entertainment 
3
Over the Hedge
Steve Rhodes
A rollicking good time 
3
Meet John Doe
Josh Larsen
Frank Capra was fond of speeches and Meet John Doe is stuffed with them 46 
3
Meet John Doe
Brian Eggert
Meet John Doe is perhaps Capra s most self reflective film 
4
Meet John Doe
Wesley Lovell
Journalistic ethics are only a small aspect of the film but the implications are long ranging 
3.5
The Weight of Gold
Richard Roeper
What s crystal clear is there is a great and urgent need for a comprehensive plan to help Olympic athletes past present and future 
3.5
The Weight of Gold
G. Allen Johnson
Phelps and Rapkin make it clear that while the focus here is on athletes and the need for better care from the USOC people in general athletes or not need access to mental health resources 
3
The Graduate
David Nusair
a striking and thoroughly entertaining effort that boasts one of Hoffman s best performances 
3.5
The Graduate
Mattie Lucas
Through Dustin Hoffman s star making performance through Simon Garfunkel s now iconic soundtrack through Mike Nichols canny direction The Graduate captures youth at a crossroads like no other film 
4
The Graduate
Eric Melin
The Graduate is exciting because it captured a specific moment in time culturally but within its three main characters it captures timeless themes of feeling desperate lost and confused 
4
The Graduate
Matt Brunson
A landmark motion picture Experimental in its approach candid about sex and vicious in its attacks on American conformity and consumerism Plastics 
4
The Graduate
Kathleen Carroll
As it stands the vacuum of that warped moneyed Los Angeles society is too exaggerated too incredible But one can t help but believe in Hoffman if not in the disjointed character he portrays 
3.5
The Graduate
David Sterritt
Dustin Hoffman gives the inspired performance that launched his movie career and director Mike Nichols shows a gift for social satire that has never glistened quite so brightly since 
4
The Graduate
Scott Nash
Anne Bancroft is the stand out She brings depth subtlety and a melancholy sadness to the part that goes far beyond what is in the script 
4
The Graduate
Budd Wilkins
Mike Nichols and veteran cinematographer Robert Surtees threw out the DGA playbook for The Graduate 
4
The Graduate
Walter Chaw
Rather a shame it s so often mistaken for a statement about something beyond the milk fed adolescent blues 
2.5
The Graduate
James Kendrick
to understand just how relevant The Graduate is four decades after its initial release all you need do is watch it in a roomful of college students
3.5
The Graduate
Phil Villarreal
The post college burnout feeling that continues to resonate with audiences today A comedy of tragedy in which a man s youthful idealism is dealt its inevitable deathblow 
4
The Graduate
Rob Blackwelder
Buck Henry s ironic script is at once biting and thoughtful 
4
The Graduate
Michael Wilmington
Few movies have communicated with such dark hilarity all the anxiety and flamboyant misery of youthful sexual initiation
4
The Graduate
Roger Ebert
It is a good topical movie whose time has passed leaving it stranded in an earlier age I give it three stars out of delight for the material it contains to watch it today is like opening a time capsule 
3
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
David Nusair
somewhat tedious 
2
Snake and Mongoose
Jeff Shannon
A flawed but essential film for its target audience 
2.5
Elvira Madigan
Roger Ebert
Elvira Madigan is indeed remarkably beautiful Almost every frame would make a painting and yet the film is alive and cinematic not simply photographs of pretty pictures 
4
Hidalgo
David Nusair
the film s hold on the viewer dwindles steadily as it enters its progressively dull midsection 
2
Hidalgo
Kam Williams
The event around which the movie revolves is a desert mirage since there is no record of any such race ever being staged Nonetheless those able to ignore this outrageous historical distortion might enjoy this triumph of an underdog aganst the odds 
2
Hidalgo
Russ Breimeier
Even if the story were true the film s events have been fictionalized beyond belief 
2
Hidalgo
Mark Collette
Will Hidalgo survive the brutal desert to demand more creative control over his next film 
2
Hidalgo
Wesley Lovell
The film s most harrowing scenes are predictable and utterly unoriginal 
1.5
Hidalgo
Forrest Hartman
The picture plays out with the robust character of the old Flash Gordon movies 
3
Hidalgo
Peter Travers
An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn t saddle mount and ride for a butt numbing two hours and sixteen minutes 
2
Hidalgo
Edith Alderette
Completely lacks the nobility statue and credibility due such an amazing story even if it is an old man s folly 
2
Hidalgo
Lori Hoffman
It is pure popcorn fun whether there is a grain of truth in the story or if it is merely an entertaining western tall tale 
3
Hidalgo
James Verniere
It s a widescreen Saturday matinee movie gloriously resurrected 
3.5
Hidalgo
James Kendrick
at its most effective when it distills everything down to the love story between a man and his horse
2.5
Hidalgo
Tony Toscano
Hidalgo only stumbles when it tries to be something its not an Indiana Jones type of action film 
3
Hidalgo
Linda Cook
Hidalgo doesn t even come close to Seabiscuit 
2.5
Hidalgo
Michael Booth
Popcorn for us and oats for the horses delivered by the tall drink of water that is Mortensen 
3
Hidalgo
Walter Chaw
A facile tall tale of race and a race made by Disney in decline 
1.5
Hidalgo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the film Seabiscuit should have been 
3
Hidalgo
Christian Toto
Mortensen s charisma can t tame Hidalgo s runaway plot
2
Hidalgo
Sara Brady
The visual effects are almost seamlessly integrated and very effective especially in the claustrophobic brutality of the dust storm sequence It s brief but terrifying 
2.5
Hidalgo
Phil Villarreal
Overwrought overacted overlong 
1.5
Hidalgo
David Keyes
essentially Seabiscuit minus the cheering crowds
2
Hidalgo
Mike McGranaghan
I know Seabiscuit Seabiscuit was a friend of mine Hidalgo is no Seabiscuit 
2.5
Hidalgo
Dustin Putman
Bogs itself down with overplotting and a languid pace 
2
Hidalgo
Moira MacDonald
Whether it s true or not has little to do with whether it works as a movie and overall it does thanks to Mortensen s slightly hesitant charm and some dazzling visual work from director of photography Shelley Johnson 
2.5
Hidalgo
Mick LaSalle
It s not as if we haven t seen movies like Hidalgo before the cowboy the horse the hat and yet there s something fresh about it all the same 
3
Hidalgo
David Elliott
Delivers great looking people and animals and action to stir your most youthful blood 
3
Hidalgo
Joe Baltake
A rousing popcorn adventure old fashioned and rather innocent 
3
Hidalgo
Timothy Knight
Although Hidalgo is frequently exciting and has been handsomely produced on a grand scale you can t help but wonder what either Spielberg or Cameron could have done with this material 
2.5
Hidalgo
Lou Lumenick
Suffers from weird shifts in tone offensively outdated stereotypes a cumbersome subplot and a supposedly fact based story that bears only a nodding acquaintance with reality 
2
Hidalgo
Jami Bernard
It s a bit of an oddball story but surely there was a less plodding way to elaborate on it 
2
Hidalgo
Connie Ogle
Every time someone opens his or her mouth out comes something asinine 
2
Hidalgo
Glenn Whipp
Intermittently entertaining slog 
2.5
Hidalgo
Jennie Punter
It takes a thoroughbred star like Mortensen to make the bond between man and horses believable and to keep Hidalgo from straying too far into fields of corn 
3
Hidalgo
Jeff Vice
Little more than a subpar rip off of the Indy films with some mild David Lean flavoring 
2
Hidalgo
Roger Ebert
Bold exuberant and swashbuckling it has the purity and simplicity of something Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn might have bounded through 
3
Hidalgo
Wesley Morris
Like most movies about men and horses Hidalgo spares no expense in matters of corniness 
2.5
Hidalgo
James Sanford
Mortensen carries himself like Gary Cooper here radiating earthy charm and easy humor as well as a quiet determination 
3
Hidalgo
Leigh Johnson
Can Viggo Mortensen carry a movie the way his trusty steed Hidalgo carries him across the desert You betcha partner 
3
Hidalgo
Sean P. Means
Like Frankenstein s monster stitched together from parts of so many great movies that director Joe Johnston wishes this overstuffed movie could be 
2.5
Hidalgo
Gemma Tarlach
An entertaining but far short of epic popcorn romp that s equal parts Indiana Jones and The Last Samurai 
2.5
Hidalgo
Erik Childress
If I bought tickets at Arlington Park and made a wager the last thing I want to see is a jockey leave his mount to go rescue someone s daughter
2
Hidalgo
Jan Stuart
There is a fun scruffy little B movie buried under the expensive packaging and it surfaces just enough to make Hidalgo a reasonably diverting popcorn event 
2.5
Hidalgo
Terry Lawson
Too hokey and predictable 
2
Hidalgo
Lawrence Toppman
If you re in the right mood this can be diverting partly because Viggo Mortensen is ideally cast as Hidalgo s owner 
2.5
Hidalgo
Bruce Newman
Falls far short of the epic grandeur to which it so obviously aspires because it can t shut up 
2.5
Hidalgo
David Sterritt
The action is often gorgeous but the screenplay is a collection of clichs and Mortensen s performance hits one note at the beginning and stays with it for the whole movie 
2
Hidalgo
Chris Hewitt
All the characters are either saints or devils with no attempt to explain why any of them behave the way they do 
2
Hidalgo
Peter Bernard
One horse movie that s just lame And that s straight from the horse s mouth 
1
Hidalgo
Carrie Rickey
An intermittently savory stew of Pecos Bill Laurence of Arabia and Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron 
2.5
Hidalgo
Jeffrey Westhoff
The events of Hildago are so far fetched you wonder why the filmmakers maintain the pretense this story was based on fact 
2
Hidalgo
Rob Blackwelder
Hidalgo could have been a real eye roller in the hands of a director of less sincerity and dexterity but in Johnston s hands it s crowd pleasing gold 
3
Hidalgo
Michael Wilmington
Far too tolerant of cliches and too seduced by its own special effects and battle scenes 
2.5
Hidalgo
Josh Larsen
the movie is best when Mortensen keeps it on the level of a genial Saturday afternoon serial 
3
Hidalgo
Emily Blunt
Hidalgo s often sweeping vistas of a foreign land commingle with the beauty of its star Viggo Mortensen to deliver an interesting multi genre yarn 
3
Hidalgo
Austin O'Connor
Total cheese 
1.5
Hidalgo
Scott Nash
So long as he s on the horse the movie works but whenever he dismounts so does the story 
2
Hidalgo
Matt Brunson
Hidalgo is the sort of old fashioned popcorn entertainment that has become increasingly rare on the current movie scene 
3
Hidalgo
Steve Rhodes
Rarely has a horse race movie been so lethargic 
2
Hidalgo
James Berardinelli
A sporadically entertaining adventure movie that is hampered by poor pacing a badly focused screenplay and cheesy special effects 
2.5
Hidalgo
Jeanne Aufmuth
Nothing kills my Viggo jones like a bad western set in the Arabian Desert 
2
Hidalgo
Nick Schager
It s The Last Samurai except that proud Arabs substitute for the dignified Japanese and our rugged hero is given a stout mixed blood equine sidekick 
2
Woman on Pier 13
Dudley Early
This is pure propaganda heavy handed and dull 
0
Big News From Grand Rock
Chris Knight
Big News is a first feature from Canadian writer director Daniel Perlmutter and while the plot has a slightly by the numbers feel it gets a lot of mileage out of its kooky concept 
2.5
Big News From Grand Rock
Brad Wheeler
A straight faced but screwball comedy that s a little dated rotary dial phones yet absolutely pleasing 
3
Big News From Grand Rock
Bruce DeMara
Writer director Daniel Perlmutter presents a sweet little comedy satirizing life in a small town that is more likely to produce gentle smiles than laugh out loud guffaws 
2.5
Mundo alas
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Even Tod Browning s Freaks may have been more humanistically sympathetic to its cast 
1.5
You Can't Take It With You
Robert Levin
A classic case of good old fashioned American optimism 
3
You Can't Take It With You
Wesley Lovell
A family of misfits proves that you don t need money to be happy together 
3.5
You Can't Take It With You
Michael Szymanski
One of the most lovable characters in movies is Lionel Barrymore s Vanderhoff He s a smart carefree guy who magically changes people s lives and gives them hope 
4
You Can't Take It With You
James Berardinelli
You Can t Take it with You was a tonic to a Depression weary country beginning to right itself economically 
3
Alone With Her Dreams
Roger Moore
The film s third act surprises pack a punch and make a touchy change in tone in a movie that is never quite Cinema Paradiso sunny 
3
Midnight Clear
Steve Rhodes
Talk about a real cinematic surprise it s a movie which is set at Christmas Eve whose title is a Christmas song and which culminates with a church service but whose message isn t cynical 
3
Midnight Clear
Jason Heck
Like something for the Hallmark Channel 
2
Twin Town
Michael Dequina
It is extremely difficult to really care about what is going on because the two main characters are so unpleasant 
1
Twin Town
Roger Ebert
I was not sure where the movie wanted to go and what it wanted to do this despite the fact that it goes many places and does too much 
2
Braveheart
Betsy Sherman
As he did with The Man Without a Face Gibson takes his directorial chores so seriously that he squeezes the life out of the piece 
1.5
Braveheart
Nanciann Cherry
If Braveheart suffers from Gibson s vision and his excesses it also accomplishes two things It demonstrates the vast faceless misery of war like no other movie of recent memory And it answers the question Just what do men wear under those kilts 
2.5
Braveheart
Robert W. Butler
The bone crunching chaos of a medieval melee has rarely been so effectively captured That s pretty much the story on this three hour epic riveting when it comes to battles and the camaraderie of fighting men a bit shaky the rest of the time 
2.5
Braveheart
Bob Ross
With its earthy humanity glorious landscapes and sweeping battles Braveheart accomplishes what its makers intended to tell a stirring story in a memorable fashion 
3.5
Braveheart
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Powerful confident and fiercely unapologetic about its movie movie sensibility Braveheart insists that escapism needn t be synonymous with mindlessness 
3.5
Braveheart
Olga Flores
Gibson who directed and produced Braveheart has transformed himself into a believable mercenary driven by revenge passion and love 
3
Braveheart
Lawrence Toppman
It s an epic with clinches on battlefields more important than those in bedrooms or council halls On that level it works splendidly if with brutal violence 
3
Braveheart
Frank Bruni
Braveheart is stirring in ways that not too many movies are and to a degree that not too many movies achieve You fight it but it wins 
3
Braveheart
Malcolm Johnson
Full of grandeur one moment then a bit absurd bordering on Monty Python and the Holy Grail territory Yet overall despite momentary lapses this must be voted a victory for Gibson who shows a brave heart and a canny head as a filmmaker 
3
Braveheart
Rochelle Tubb
The battle scenes alone are worth viewing but they re not for the faint hearted As swords shields spears arrows and balls and chains fly so do heads and other limbs 
3
Braveheart
Rene Rodriguez
Braveheart wants to be nothing less than a chest beating epic and Gibson almost pulls it off If the movie is not a cohesive whole it still demonstrates an intoxicating love for adventure 
2.5
Braveheart
Bill DuPre
Just what makes a historical costume drama a thrilling adventure instead of the more typical plodding pretentious bore is hard to pin down but Gibson has managed to keep Braveheart for all its grandeur and sweep at a very personal and passionate level 
3.5
Braveheart
Gene Seymour
Not quite a classic Still in orchestrating its raw energy evocative beauty and senses shattering violence to compelling emotional peaks Mel Gibson shows he s got the goods to be as powerful a force in the director s chair as he is at the box office 
3
Braveheart
Joe Baltake
Some essential things have been done right here such as the harsh torch lit intricately choreographed slaughters on idyllic glades And as for that three hour running time well it flies by way too quickly 
4
Braveheart
Barbara Shulgasser
The movie is a strange mixture of good storytelling stirring sickening battle sequences and flat footed pacing But Mel Gibson is fun to watch which keeps you going when you re on your third battle and your 12th beheading 
2.5
Braveheart
Bruce R. Miller
There are plenty of contemporary parallels to give Braveheart resonance but the true thrill of it all is the confidence with which Gibson directs Like Robert Redford the actor is practically assured a fruitful career behind the camera 
3
Braveheart
David Nusair
boasts a frequently captivating opening stretch that effectively establishes the compelling sympathetic protagonist and his seemingly insurmountable task 
3.5
Braveheart
Dennis King
Despite some obvious excesses and a few notable flaws Gibson s Braveheart is a brawny heart pulsing and intelligent work that bears worthy comparison to such big screen battle cries of visionary warriors as El Cid Spartacus and Dances With Wolves 
3
Braveheart
Mal Vincent
All reports on the death of the historical spectacle however have been premature The genre is back with Braveheart a film in which 3 000 extras parade and battle to re create 13th century Scotland 
3
Braveheart
Desmond Ryan
As the star of the new epic scaled Braveheart Gibson celebrates yet another man of selfless valor And as its director he displays some daring of his own 
3
Braveheart
Jami Bernard
A lavish entertaining spectacle full of manly men dastardly villains rousing battles and women who easily see Mel s hero potential through all that messy hair 
3
Braveheart
David Sterritt
The screenplay says repeatedly that thinking is more important than fighting yet problems are always met with muscle power in the movie which wallows in violence and vengeance every chance it gets 
2
Braveheart
Gene Siskel
In addition to staging battle scenes well Gibson also manages to recreate the filth and mood of 700 years ago 
3
Braveheart
Chris Kridler
Braveheart is a stouthearted old fashioned hero movie in which honorable Scottish underdogs fight nasty British nobles It lacks refinement but it s a satisfying war story and mediocre love story in the grand Hollywood tradition 
2.5
Braveheart
Gary Thompson
Mel Gibson s Braveheart is a rousing romantic battle epic featuring a cast of thousands many without heads or arms 
3
Braveheart
Roger Hurlburt
Well made but uneven Braveheart has some grand moments but few pertain to Gibson s less than charismatic performance as the resourceful hero 
2.5
Braveheart
Anthony Puccinelli
There are too many betrayals too many decapitations We overload on grime and blood and rage It s as if Gibson were trying to sustain an adrenaline rush for all 173 minutes of the film 
2
Braveheart
John Hartl
Many movies deal with battlefield heroics Few seriously attempt to define heroism 
3
Braveheart
Michael Wilmington
In this mix of historical tragedy and hip adventure Gibson may be as galvanic a movie swashbuckler as Errol Flynn and Burt Lancaster were in their day 
3.5
Braveheart
Rob Humanick
It s trite evocation of Scottish history in the midst of British oppression remains its most fleeting element substituting polished aesthetics quotable speeches and superficially bravura camerawork for a genuine examination of historical legend 
2
Braveheart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A great big splendorific Hollywood epic that s not exactly original or cliche free but fairly satisfying 
3
Braveheart
Michael Dequina
While the violence is raw so are the emotions 
4
Braveheart
Susan Tavernetti
Only the business of battle brings forth rousing adventure and buckets of blood For the most part the direction and violence are excessive 
2.5
Braveheart
James Kendrick
A violent utterly passionate epic 
3.5
Braveheart
Sean P. Means
Gibson s raw energy and storytelling power in Braveheart are undeniable If the film doesn t meet his ambitions it s because he set the bar so high 
3
Braveheart
Roger Ebert
An action epic with the spirit of the Hollywood swordplay classics and the grungy ferocity of The Road Warrior 
3.5
Braveheart
Steve Rhodes
The story itself is quite compelling and the script is excellent 
3.5
Braveheart
Mike Clark
Though lumpy and even redundant Braveheart constantly rebounds on some bold note 
4
Braveheart
Peter Stack
At times the film seems an obsessive ode to Mel Gibson machismo 
2
Braveheart
James Berardinelli
With its clashing armies heartstopping action and grand sense of romance this is the sort of film it s a pleasure to see and review 
4
Braveheart
Madeleine Williams
Excellent battle scenes complement this historical epic about one man s quest to free his people 
3.5
Headspace
Ed Gonzalez
What is the purpose of Headspace and for whom has it been designed 
2
Headspace
Maitland McDonagh
The throbbing insinuating soundtrack is terrific and the animated interludes are a welcome respite from the blathering heads but Senger s point if he has one is maddeningly unclear 
1.5
Diego Star
Peter Keough
A stark touching tale about the common humanity that connects people from alien backgrounds and the institutionalized inhumanity that drives them apart 
4
Going Home
Roger Ebert
Going Home is a fairly awful melodrama that s worth seeing primarily for the presence of Robert Mitchum Not that he s especially good It s just that he s there the kind of screen presence that draws your attention 
2
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Elliott Stein
Their alienation is channeled into nervous verbal energy winning bright free from cant 
3
Dead Man
Matt Brunson
Part revisionist Western part social commentary and part hallucinatory dream 
3
Dead Man
James Berardinelli
Even if it accomplishes little else Dead Man will almost certainly inspire thought and discussion 
2.5
Dead Man
Edward Guthmann
The metaphysical context benefits enormously from the haunting musical themes that Neil Young wrote underlining the film s psychedelic apocalyptic edge and from the stunning black and white camera work of Robby Muller 
3
Dead Man
Chris Hicks
Dead Man is surprisingly bland And it becomes more dull and more grotesque as it moves along 
2
Dead Man
Roger Ebert
Dead Man is a strange slow unrewarding movie that provides us with more time to think about its meaning than with meaning 
1.5
Dead Man
James Kendrick
a singular piece of generic transgression making the unmaking of the West something that filmmakers had been doing to various degrees for decades feel shockingly aggressively and poetically new 
3.5
Dead Man
John Beifuss
It seems to be Blake s name as much as anything that propels the character deep into a strange frontier where Blakean ideals of innocence and integrity have been obliterated by ignorance and cruelty 
4
Dead Man
Zach Campbell
Jim Jarmusch s most stunning achievement 
4
Dead Man
Jeremy Heilman
It s completely irony free because it s so convinced that it has something potent to say 
4
Dead Man
Mike Clark
Coy to a fault the movie collapses under its own weight with 90 minutes to go despite Robby MÃuller s impressive black and white photography which puts the film on a higher artistic plane than other equally unbearable movies 
1.5
Dead Man
Steve Rhodes
The director s pacing and the relaxed and smooth editing by Jay Rabinowitz make for a dreamy show 
3.5
Dead Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A visual poetic journey not unlike Coppola s Apocalypse Now 
4
Alien Girl
V.A. Musetto
In his feature debut Bormatov doesn t much bother with things like character development relying instead on raw brutality profanity and sex 
2.5
Alien Girl
Andrew Schenker
Sometimes the most useful way to critique a system is to plunge headlong into its putrid stinking underbelly 
2.5
Belle
Frank Ochieng
a provocative essence of the well received 19 century costume drama British Ghanaian filmmaker Amma Asante oversees an inviting and lyrical exposition entrenched in the societal shades of rejection feminism racism and cultural identity crisis 
2.5
Belle
Lisa Jensen
Belle succeeds as an effective portrait of a singular young woman understanding her own identity
3
Belle
David Nusair
it does seem obvious that the inherently stirring material could and should have been employed to much better effect ie this is just lifeless for the most part 
2
Belle
Lori Hoffman
Director Amma Asante blends a period romance with an interesting examination of the British slave trade 
3.5
Belle
John Wirt
A history based story that both stilted and melodramatic 
2
Belle
Mal Vincent
Belle is a wonderfully informative film while being entertaining at the same time 
3.5
Belle
John Beifuss
The movie suggests that in this corseted era women of all races and backgrounds were traded like commodities Arguably this feminist slant de emphasizes the peculiar horror of slavery 
3
Belle
Moira MacDonald
It s an old fashioned movie with a very modern streak centered by a vibrant star turn by Mbatha Raw whose watchful wise Dido makes an enchanting heroine 
3.5
Belle
Duane Dudek
Its Downton Abbey settings dresses like tiered and frosted wedding cakes romance novel décolletage men in powdered wigs and elaborate 18th century courtship rituals may be the stuff of Jane Austen but the story is decidedly not 
3
Belle
John Serba
Paints a compelling portrait of the crudity lurking beneath the sophisticated veneer of English propriety 
3
Belle
Matt Brunson
Gugu Mbatha Raw holds the screen with her impassioned portrayal 
3
Belle
Lisa Kennedy
Luminous British actress Gugu Mbatha Raw brings a hope and intelligent hunger to Dido She s loved by her family enough to have a sense of belonging but hemmed in by broader cultural realities to experience moments of unease 
3.5
Belle
Connie Ogle
Belle presents an interesting history lesson one that had significant repercussions but some of the developments in this storyline turn out to be woefully convenient 
2.5
Belle
Joe Williams
With stately surroundings and hissable villains director Amma Assante imbues the finale with such dramatic resonance that Belle becomes a ringing proclamation of human dignity 
3
Belle
Steven Rea
Brings these themes to a dramatic head romance and race privilege and justice 
3
Belle
Peter Canavese
In its broad strokes Belle captures the intrigue of the real Dido subject of a famously captivating portrait that is more fascinating and extraordinary than the film positioned around it 
2.5
Belle
Bruce Ingram
Powerful stuff for sure Yet when Asante finally closes with a close up of Belle s portrait there s something in her eyes and her smile that suggests so much more 
2.5
Belle
Linda Barnard
A lavish 18th century historical piece that blends a Jane Austen like romance with a political drama that explores slavery from a unique perspective 
2.5
Belle
John Anderson
One occasionally wishes Asante had chosen a more rigorous course of action with her period piece but she perhaps also knows that sugar is more seductive than sermons 
2.5
Belle
Peter Keough
Belle has the pace and sumptuous cinematography of a Merchant and Ivory production but none of their memorable characters subtle performances or literate dialogue 
2
Belle
Stephanie Merry
The movie packs a lot in and the quick pace of early scenes can feel like running on a treadmill but Belle settles into a nice rhythm 
3
Belle
Michael Phillips
Its best performers find their truths and telling details in between the straightforward expository lines 
2.5
Belle
Matt Pais
Treatment like this makes people shrug off reality rather than process it 
2.5
Belle
Glenn Kenny
The movie is intelligently written and well acted but it doesn t sit all that comfortably between the two stools of Austenesque Romance and Socially Conscious Drama 
2.5
Belle
Stephen Whitty
For audiences in the mood for that sort of safe old fashioned storytelling it delivers some pleasures 
2.5
Belle
Robert Levin
Lots to recommend but there s enough here for two movies and in trying to tell both stories the picture shortchanges each one 
2.5
Belle
Claudia Puig
The film has elements of a Masterpiece Theater style Cinderella story But its dimensional portrait of proper upper class British society calling into question its long held convictions about status and tradition is compelling 
3
Belle
Rex Reed
Elegant and understated Belle is a true story about the effects of slavery on 18th century England told in the style of a sweeping romantic saga by Jane Austen or the Brontë sisters 
3
Belle
Jake Coyle
The golden hued Belle handsomely made with lavish period detail has none of the charged friction of its poster 
2
Belle
Roger Moore
Instantly joins the ranks of the great period piece romances
4
Belle
Kam Williams
An 18th C tale of race and romance told in a sophisticated fashion reminiscent of the best of Jane Austen 
4
Belle
Tomas Hachard
The film is concerned largely with intellectual horrors and portrays the fight against slavery rather neatly as a growing feeling of internal guilt that slowly turns society toward the light 
2
Brad's Status
Christopher James
There s little compelling about the drama in regards to Brad s Status Brad appears to not have any concept of how minor and inconsequential his problems are 
2
Brad's Status
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Stiller was born to play these kinds of roles Full review in Spanish 
3
Brad's Status
David Nusair
a huge leap forward for White as a filmmaker 
3.5
Brad's Status
John Serba
Stiller s performance is funny and substantive a subtle portrait of middle age middle class white guy anxiety existing somewhere between his best commercial comedy roles and prickly indies 
3.5
Brad's Status
Kam Williams
A cautionary tale warning about the folly of trying to keep up with Joneses especially where the Joneses are all members of America s wealthiest 1 
3
Brad's Status
Josh Terry
Unfortunately Brad s journey often feels too subtle and low key to elevate the audience from the doldrums of his situation 
2.5
Brad's Status
Richard Roeper
We knew this guy was a forgettable jerk not worth our time five minutes into this movie 
2
Brad's Status
Barry Paris
With all his kvetching and self pity Brad is a lot like a guy in a bar that you can t wait to get away from But he s never reduced to sitcom level And his predicament especially for males of a certain age may ring painfully true 
3
Brad's Status
Anita Katz
Mike White has a distinctive way of venturing into creepy places while at the same time treating the characters compassionately we care even as we wince 
3
Brad's Status
Christian Toto
Who wants to spend 90 odd minutes with a guy who can t appreciate a single joy in his life 
2
Brad's Status
Rob Thomas
A white male with a midlife crisis isn t exactly new material for a movie but White s screenplay and Stiller s performance are so alive to both the silliness and the sadness of Brad s predicament that it becomes something fresh and piercing 
3.5
Brad's Status
Peter Howell
Has there ever been a face more suited to male anxiety than Ben Stiller s 
2.5
Brad's Status
Robert Horton
This is a signature role for an actor we tend to take for granted 
3.5
Brad's Status
James Berardinelli
Although the pacing is uneven the end result satisfies The movie may be marketed to art house audiences but it has something to say to and about us all 
3
Brad's Status
Roger Moore
Mike White lures out Stiller s most soulful performance
3.5
Brad's Status
Sean P. Means
Stories like this where the semi prosperous white male laments that things aren t better in his life are refuges of privilege pity parties for characters who have enough 
2.5
Brad's Status
Mark Dujsik
It s about looking envy and pettiness in the face laughing at those qualities and then shuddering out of uncomfortable recognition 
3
Brad's Status
Angelo Muredda
Mike White has an undeniable knack for creating self loathing narrators whose innate humanism has curdled into jealousy 
2.5
Brad's Status
Calvin Wilson
This is the rare mainstream film that addresses the complexities of real life Brad s Status may motivate you to question your own 
3.5
Brad's Status
G. Allen Johnson
White whose writing credits include Chuck Buck in which he starred and Nacho Libre has made his most mature and achingly truthful film yet 
4
Brad's Status
Ann Hornaday
Brad s Status gives full voice to midlife worries but also to the reassurance that it s possible to recognize the things that really matter 
3.5
Brad's Status
Peter Keough
An illuminating and sometimes annoying anatomy of a narcissistic midlife crisis 
3.5
Brad's Status
Gary Thompson
For a movie that presents itself as formally inventive developments in Brad s Status are a little too easy to guess 
2
Brad's Status
Michael Smith
A graying Ben Stiller has aged nicely into these roles displaying a sincerity that never goes over the top and using his comedic skills to deftly deflect pain when he puts his character in embarrassing situations 
2.5
Brad's Status
Katie Walsh
Some of Ben Stiller s best performances have been in roles where he inhabits a kind gentle neuroticism uncomfortable in his own skin but never wanting to make anyone else too uncomfortable 
2.5
Brad's Status
Rex Reed
Stiller does this kind of self conscious neurotic to perfection but this time he is subtler than ever achieving a nuance that is something of a first 
3.5
Brad's Status
Robert Levin
With Brad s Status writer director Mike White finds a smart way to evoke a central feature of contemporary life in a movie best understood as an extended riff on the way social media has exacerbated one of the more confounding aspects of human nature 
3
Brad's Status
Stephen Whitty
Brad could be a difficult person to spend 101 minutes with but White keeps the film tart not bitter by both staying inside Brad s head and letting us see how disordered his values are 
3
Brad's Status
Sara Stewart
White excels at writing dislikable protagonists while giving his characters enough humanity not to be monsters and the potential for change 
3
Brad's Status
Peter Travers
As dad obsessed with his son s college applications Ben Stiller is at his best in Mike White s high anxiety satire Stiller and White they make you laugh till it hurts 
3
Brad's Status
Christy Lemire
In the vein of his previous screenplays for Chuck and Buck The Good Girl and Beatriz at Dinner White depicts the darker side of human nature with deadpan humor and daring honesty 
3.5
Brad's Status
Kenji Fujishima
The film is less contemptuous of Brad than compassionate brutally honest about his faults yet ultimately understanding of them 
3
Brad's Status
Kate Taylor
The message is too obvious and the humour too gentle for the whole affair not to feel like so much white male whining 
2.5
October November
David Nusair
An almost prototypically slow and uninvolving European drama 
2
Forget Me Not
Roger Ebert
The ending of Forget Me Not conceals an emotional impact sad and carefully orchestrated but the film isn t very compelling 
2.5
General Idi Amin Dada
Matt Brunson
Despite ample ceremonial footage much of it apparently at Amin s insistence that grows tedious this is nevertheless an effective peek into the mind of the dangerous dictator 
3
General Idi Amin Dada
Mattie Lucas
A haunting portrait of authoritarian egocentricity that should serve as a cautionary tale to future generations 
3.5
General Idi Amin Dada
Roger Ebert
Idi Amin Dada is not a particularly good documentary but it s often a fascinating one 
2.5
General Idi Amin Dada
Jeremy Heilman
A fascinating historical document and an absurd portrait of fascist power run amok 
3.5
General Idi Amin Dada
James Kendrick
a fascinating and unnerving look at a mass murderer playing the role of the good leader
3.5
The Promise
James Berardinelli
Director Margarethe von Trotta effortlessly weaves history and personal events into a tapestry full of emotion and irony 
3.5
The Promise
Steve Rhodes
Although it has many a tragic scene the ultimate message made me feel like I had just heard Beethoven s Ode to Joy being sung very uplifting 
3.5
The Anniversary Party
Sara Michelle Fetters
Leigh and Cumming prove to be adept writers and like many actors turned directors are excellent at eliciting fine performances from their fellow thespians 
3.5
The Anniversary Party
Margaret A. McGurk
An encouraging sign both for the potential of low budget digital video movie making and for the potential of talented actors to bring fresh ideas to the other side of the camera 
3
The Anniversary Party
Walter Chaw
The Anniversary Party is heartfelt and affected in equal part the product of actors occasional desire to be understood as human beings 
2.5
The Anniversary Party
Andrew Howe
The unfocussed script is in need of substantial revision 
2.5
The Anniversary Party
Mike McGranaghan
The Anniversary Party is like watching a great exercise in social psychology funny surprising fascinating I couldn t take my eyes off it 
3.5
The Anniversary Party
James Berardinelli
The acting is what makes this picture worth framing 
3
The Anniversary Party
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The best thing that one can say about The Anniversary Party is that it raises more questions about its central characters than it can possibly answer which may weaken it as a drama but not as a search for truth 
3
The Anniversary Party
Rob Blackwelder
A candid and compelling character driven ensemble piece 
3
The Anniversary Party
Mick LaSalle
If digital looks like this and makes it possible for such funny and intimate chamber pieces to come into existence then bring on the digital movies 
4
The Anniversary Party
Pam Grady
With witty ripostes and beautiful people there s reason enough to stay for this Party 
3
The Anniversary Party
Roger Ebert
A cool and intelligent look at a lifestyle where smart people are required to lead their lives according to dumb rules 
3
The Anniversary Party
Jeanne Aufmuth
Clever concept made uniquely personal 
3.5
The Anniversary Party
Ed Gonzalez
The film s first half reminds us that the only thing worse than not being at a bad party is actually watching a bad party transpire in real time 
2.5
The Anniversary Party
Jonathan Foreman
A smart energetic often very funny comedy filled with sharp vivid performances by a terrific ensemble cast 
2.5
The Anniversary Party
Harvey S. Karten
Sharp acting and cool bon mots prove that loving is easier than living together 
3
The Anniversary Party
Steve Rhodes
A killer ensemble cast 
3
The Anniversary Party
Michael Dequina
Such an array of acting talent is trapped in such a mess of a movie 
2
The Anniversary Party
Dustin Putman
A striking triumph 
3.5
Honour
Susan Wloszczyna
Whatever impact the film gains from its startling subject is all but dissipated 
2.5
Honour
Rex Reed
Aiysha Hart delivers a mesmerizing performance as a beautiful Pakistani immigrant raised in England who disgraces her family by planning an elopement with a handsome preppie Punjabi boy 
3
Honour
Ed Gonzalez
Paddy Considine s benumbed ambiguity at least works against writer director Shan Khan s reduction of honor killings to grist for the cheapest of pulpy thrills 
1.5
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Christian Toto
Birdemic defies traditional criticism It s awful but isn t that the point 
1.4
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Jennie Punter
Simply foul 
0
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Betsy Sherman
Leading lady Whitney Moore gets no points for charisma but there s compensation in co star Alan Bagh who s like a numb John Krasinski 
2.5
Like Dandelion Dust
Roger Moore
This family film fails to deliver much more than good intentions and predictable conflict 
2
Like Dandelion Dust
Chris Foran
An earnest and well acted if occasionally flat drama about what it means to be a parent 
2
Like Dandelion Dust
Carolyn Arends
Like Dandelion Dust explores in a captivating and powerful way the truth that love s ultimate expression is sacrifice 
3
Like Dandelion Dust
Kam Williams
A character driven adoption drama blessed by compelling performances by a talented ensemble topped by Barry Pepper and Mira Sorvino 
3.5
Like Dandelion Dust
Mike McGranaghan
Like Dandelion Dust is a movie that pulls you in and holds you anchored by strong performances and a recognition that to love a child is to love oneself 
3.5
Like Dandelion Dust
Matt Soergel
A well acted drama with a compelling plot You ll definitely want to see what happens at the end 
3
Desert Bloom
Bill Cosford
Forced as it sometimes seems and inconsequential by turns Desert Bloom is a handsome movie and it s beautifully detailed 
2.5
Desert Bloom
Roger Ebert
Desert Bloom contains the material for a very good film and it certainly contains the performances but it moves in too many directions and contains too many issues 
2.5
The Sacred Spirit
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A dark comedy directed with undeniable formal control and a penchant for the strange and unexpected A cinematic UFO 
3
Blackwater Trail
David Nusair
about as interesting and exciting as an episode of Suddenly Susan 
.5
A Fool There Was
Scott Nash
For film buffs it is interesting from a historical perspective but as a film narrative it s just too crude by today s standards 
2.5
Tatsumi
Geoff Pevere
Western viewers might liken it to Disney meets The Dark Knight 
3
Tatsumi
Bruce DeMara
Singaporean director Eric Khoo s stylishly impressive homage to the mangaka converting his memoir A Drifting Life into a cinematic work employing animation that is true to Tatsumi s original work 
3
Neptune's Daughter
Matt Brunson
The Usual Suspects it ain 8217 t 44 but it IS a lot of fun 46 
3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Erik Childress
Communism gives way to psychiatry as our boogeymen now come from within in Philip Kaufman 8217 s superior version of the classic story 46 
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Brian Eggert
Philip Kaufman transforms Invasion of the Body Snatchers from an effective remake of a paranoid 50s sci fi tale into an intertextual narrative and film watching experience 
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Matt Brunson
The 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers remains the best version but this second take is similarly excellent and continues to grow in stature over the years 
3.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Federico Furzan
A classic that seems outdated but ultimately feels relevant because of its iconic scenery and threat treatment Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dustin Putman
Emotionally stirring visually striking and having not aged a day Invasion of the Body Snatchers cries out for individuality in a skewed nightmarish totalitarian reality The results are as squirmily potent in 2016 as they no doubt were in 1978 
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Wesley Lovell
This terrific remake never lets the audience forget that it should be frightened 
3.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
James Kendrick
one of the great sci fi horrorshows a movie that gooses you with its premise makes you laugh and jump and ultimately leaves you with something you can t quite shake
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Bruce Dancis
A superior sci fi thriller that makes even raindrops plants and electrical cords take on sinister life 
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Chuck O'Leary
A cerebral and suspenseful film of foreboding atmosphere On a short list of truly outstanding remakes 
3.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
James O'Ehley
Personally I think this version to be superior to the original and to be much underrated by both critics and audiences 
3.5
It's Only the End of the World
Christopher James
It remains an interesting and arresting film whose sound and fury may cloud some very good work 
3
All Saints
Mike McGranaghan
Touching and entertaining The surprising element of All Saints is its religious message which isn t as obvious as you d expect 
3
All Saints
Roger Moore
What faith based films used to be and ought to be again upbeat and inspiring 
2.5
All Saints
Josh Terry
In the genre of faith based films Gomer s effort does a good job of being candid about its faith without becoming preachy and serves as an appealing illustration of the principles it espouses 
3.5
All Saints
Christy Lemire
All Saints feels like a bit of a miracle It s a faith based movie inspired by a true story that lets its dramatic moments unfold without relying on melodrama 
3
The Safety of Objects
David Nusair
there s a lot worth recommending about the film 
3
The Safety of Objects
Chris Knight
The time required to introduce more than a dozen major characters eats into the two hour film leaving precious few minutes for development 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Ray Conlogue
It s a movie located in an interesting place but without quite enough self confidence really to inhabit it 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Nick Carter
The effectiveness of The Safety of Objects and all such burb angst weepies comes down to how far viewers will go toward feeling empathetic or even sympathetic rather than resentful toward such self absorbed and self loathing characters 
2
The Safety of Objects
Marty Mapes
Great for dissecting the American dream but for pure movie entertainment look somewhere else
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Laura Kelly
It offers a meaningful lesson in putting people first ones that surround us shelter us emotionally and sometimes come to define us 
3
The Safety of Objects
Chris Hewitt
A graceful example of what movies can do so much better than other art forms explore the nuances of human behavior 
3.5
The Safety of Objects
Vic Vogler
In boldly departing from the safety of a strong unifying plot Troche makes virtual objects of her characters by showing us plenty that intrigues and not enough that enlightens 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Terry Lawson
Troche seems to be tuned into Homes writing but without really knowing how to translate it to a cinematic narrative 
2
The Safety of Objects
Claudia Puig
A deftly made and poignant character study that deals with life s heartaches and its tender mercies 
3
The Safety of Objects
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film skips back and forth between several short stories originally written by A M Homes that are more driven by atmosphere than plot Yet Troche somehow fails to give them much of either 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Connie Ogle
Much of the film improves as it goes with the help of veterans Close and Clarkson 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Dustin Putman
The first truly great motion picture of 2003 seamlessly interweav ing its complicated characters and their even more complicated lives into a wholly original and vibrant tapestry 
4
The Safety of Objects
Moira MacDonald
A wistful beautifully acted ensemble drama 
3
The Safety of Objects
Mick LaSalle
A noble attempt that doesn t hang together 
1
The Safety of Objects
Joe Baltake
This film is an acquired taste but its fine ensemble of actors makes it easy to empathize Very easy in fact 
3
The Safety of Objects
Carrie Rickey
It is as provocative as it is touching 
3
The Safety of Objects
Gene Seymour
Conceptually it s a good try But even with a fine cast working near peak proficiency The Safety of Objects gets all tangled up by its own aspirations and ultimately trips into a quicksand of bathos 
2
The Safety of Objects
Glenn Whipp
An unmemorable stew of familiar suburban angst 
2
The Safety of Objects
Wesley Morris
The Safety of Objects doesn t expose nearly enough of the pre traumatic to make before distinguishable from after So the film leaves you dissatisfied as though you d just spent two hours with a menagerie of plastic white people 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sometimes repellent and always patronizing The Safety of Objects blunders through several stories that fit together as well as pieces from a dozen different jigsaw puzzles 
1
The Safety of Objects
Megan Lehmann
Suffers from a case of too many dramas too little time 
2
The Safety of Objects
Roger Ebert
The Safety of Objects is like a hike through the swamp of despond with ennui sticking to our shoes 
2
The Safety of Objects
Carrie Rickey
Troche s film derives its voltage from the way it burrows to find that the connections within and among families are very much alive 
3
The Safety of Objects
Robert K. Elder
Presented with such confidence such care that we love all of the characters even if we don t like them 
3
The Safety of Objects
Jeanne Aufmuth
Not my life not yours but lives worth living and looking in on 
3.5
The Safety of Objects
James Berardinelli
Not a complete waste of time but it doesn t make us feel the way better dramas do and in the end it lacks the qualities that would make it memorable or powerful 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Steve Rhodes
The large and talented cast holds the audience spellbound 
3.5
The Safety of Objects
Harvey S. Karten
Thematically unoriginal but redeemed by fine performances a sense of humor and fluid editing 
3
The Safety of Objects
Walter Chaw
Deserving of notice if only for a few exceptional performances and some very fine editing work and cinematography 
2.5
The Safety of Objects
Bill Chambers
The film is so energetic a plus that its body is often ahead of its brain Still the movie isn t so sappy that we re forced to resist it 
2.5
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Curtis Cook
Puzzlingly the movie rarely inhabits the entirety of the screen Instead a small centered square or circle serves as a window to the film with the rest of the screen in black a stylistic choice that makes for a difficult viewing experience 
1
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Chris Knight
What remains is a fascinating Kafkaesque portrayal of justice or lack thereof in modern China but it s no knee slapper and at more than two hours it s long for a comedy 
2.5
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Sheila O'Malley
It s a pleasure to look at the screen and to watch the artistry of the entire creative team But there s a forbidding quality to the entire enterprise 
2.5
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Mark Jenkins
Although it s intended as a satire director Feng Xiaogang s movie has a literary tone a leisurely pace and relatively few laugh out loud moments 
3
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Tom Keogh
The script by Liu Zhenyun becomes ponderous and redundant kept on oxygen by its lead actress s complex performance as a child woman with enigmatic wisdom 
2
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Roger Moore
Primitive overlong and not very funny satire of one wronged woman in conflict with the Chinese justice system 
2
Scream for Help
Matt Brunson
It s a buffet of badness 
1
Scream for Help
Sara Michelle Fetters
The late Michael Winner s 1984 cult curiosity Scream for Help is positively nuts 
2.5
Playing God
Gene Siskel
David Duchovny is absolutely charming in a movie that combines medicine and crime and ultimately wears out its welcome by being too cute and repetitive with its throwaway humor 
2.5
Playing God
David Nusair
The degree to which Playing God simply doesn t work is quite frankly astonishing 
1.5
Playing God
Mike Clark
A medical underworld thriller that teaches the star of TV s The X Files something about Z grade theatrical pics 
1
Playing God
Michael Dequina
Meanders within the territory of comedy drama thriller and just about anything under the cinematic sun with very little rhyme and no apparent reason at all 
1.5
Playing God
Roger Ebert
This may not be a great movie but for both Duchovny and Hutton it s a turning point 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Brian Eggert
The result isn 8217 t bad and incites the intermittent chuckle 44 but it ultimately fails to fill The Wizard of Oz 8217 s shoes 46 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Mattie Lucas
There s not an honest human moment in the entire film 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Kelly Jane Torrance
The problem of Oz is not the debt it owes to previous storytellers It s one thing to remake or reimagine a fairy tale It s quite another to trade in the tired tropes of centuries 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Frank Ochieng
a rather slightness to the sumptuous presentation Although occasionally hackneyed Raimi s spry narrative musters up enough suitable excitement to keep its carousing cheekiness intact 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Sonny Bunch
This is most definitely a Sam Raimi film filled with shots and camera techniques he perfected in the Evil Dead pictures before bringing them to the mainstream 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
David Keyes
This is the kind of movie that doesn t so much rush off the screen as it prances off with its nose turned up in the air 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
David Nusair
Oz the Great and Powerful fares somewhat better than most similarly themed geared at kids big budget fare 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Wesley Lovell
A poorly written film with a vibrant palette that cannot hide the wickedness in its soul 
1.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
John Serba
Thick with director Sam Raimi s gonzo flourishes but thin on character 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Forrest Hartman
For a movie that looks gorgeous evokes memories of a cinematic classic and boasts a bundle of star power Oz the Great and Powerful is oddly flat 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Carla Meyer
The funny warm hearted Wizard of Oz prequel Oz the Great and Powerful veers far enough from the Yellow Brick Road paved by the original film to avoid dangerous direct comparisons 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
James Kendrick
That the female roles are the most memorable is intriguing since Oz the Great and Powerful is arguably at heart a broadside against male chauvinism
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
John Beifuss
The hackneyed message is about the importance of belief but in what The idea that even the most talented and impressive women should move aside if a man wants to be in charge 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Lori Hoffman
The film blends together impressive special effects a story about teamwork and the redemption of a man who finally strives for greatness into an effective family film 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Christian Toto
No Toto no problem 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Josh Larsen
In one picture we have everything that s right and wrong about the contemporary blockbuster experience 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
James Berardinelli
An imaginative mix of live action and CGI that pays homage to the iconic images and timeless sense of wonder in the classic The Wizard of Oz without being too deferential 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Glenn Lovell
beautifully designed nicely acted by James Franco as the titular mountebank and best of all it boasts some of the nimblest integration of live action and CG creatures we ve encountered 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Michael Smith
There will be a high nostalgia factor for those who love the original but Oz the Great and Powerful can stand on its own This is a rollicking adventure and wondrously entertaining 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Matt Brunson
A portrait of plasticity that could have benefited from more intelligence in its narrative structure more feeling in its characterizations and more courage to break away from the one size fits all strain of blockbuster that s been draining studio coffers
1.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Randy Myers
Oz the Great and Powerful is entirely serviceable family entertainment Problem is serviceable doesn t quite cut it when you re talking about the magical land of Oz 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Mike McGranaghan
It may needlessly complicate exquisitely crafted source material yet it s visually stunning has enthusiastic performances and is often quite funny 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
John Wirt
CGI baboons the wizard s CGI monkey companion and colorful but soulless CGI landscapes of Oz are no substitute for the absence of even one great song and characters who develop the greatest of friendships as they fight the greatest battle of their lives 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Walter Chaw
Based on L Frank Baum s little known Pussyhound of Oz 
0
Oz the Great and Powerful
Kirk Baird
Oz the Great and Powerful isn t destined to become a classic but it s a fun time at the movies one that reminds us that even old stories can be new again 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Lisa Kennedy
Let us take a moment to praise two great and surprisingly powerful characters a winged monkey and a wee girl made out of china Because so much human wonder resides in these two creations of make up puppetry digital effects and lovely performances 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s success comes from the sheer joy and personality Raimi brings to it Even working on a gargantuan scale he s still making the movies he loves the ones he wants to see He doesn t pander to viewers but invites them to join the fun 
3.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Peter Canavese
Oz the Great and Powerful gets saved from the junk heap by Franco and especially by director Sam Raimi who happily treats the enterprise as a sandbox 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Joe Williams
By the end of the two hour 10 minute movie director Sam Raimi proves he understands spectacle but not the deeper dreams of the people who consume it 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Liam Lacey
A Blunder full Blizzard of Blahs 
1
Oz the Great and Powerful
Gary Thompson
It could use more heart courage and brains 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Steven Rea
It s a journey of self discovery rife with movie cliches about believing in yourself believing in your dreams yada yada 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Stephen Whitty
Where s the gentle sentiment The quiet moral lessons The warm comforting message of family and home and realizing that the thing you needed most was really inside you all the time 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Willie Waffle
Franco appears to be more of a dude you would find at 7 11 late on a Friday night buying some Doritos than giving off the vibe of a movie star 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Mark Dujsik
Fair or not we have a distinct understanding of what Oz is and what it represents and Oz the Great and Powerful barely reflects that construct 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Bob Bloom
Throughout though James Franco mugs as if in a silent movie and basically acts like a big kid playing dress up He is hardly a whiz of a wiz 
1.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Dustin Putman
An inventive and stirring fantasy Chances are very good that L Frank Baum would be immensely pleased 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Jason Buchanan
Fortunately for everyone involved Raimi has enough gas in his creative tank to keep Kapner and Lindsay Abaire s script afloat in the run up to Oscar s showstopping performance in the big finale 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Mick LaSalle
The more you like the Judy Garland film the more you might appreciate Oz the Great and Powerful 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Ann Hornaday
Oz qualifies as a cautionary tale not about the perils of ambition and selfishness but about the movie industry s misguided belief that it can distract the audience from a film s narrative weaknesses with little more than flash and spectacle 
1
Oz the Great and Powerful
Peter Travers
as limitless technology teaches the wizard about his own human limitations Franco hits grace notes that let us see glimmers of how great and powerful this uneven Oz might have been 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Peter Howell
You could easily see this playing as part of a double bill with The Wizard of Oz even if the effects in Raimi s film often look cheesier than the ones in its 74 year old predecessor 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Duane Dudek
A few adjectives shy of great and powerful 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Rafer Guzman
A reasonably smart imaginative spin on the 1939 MGM classic 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Jon Niccum
A long but enjoyable family adventure that is as noisy as it is clever 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Jeffrey Westhoff
Raimi s prequel is a beautiful diversion a colorful and clever homage to perhaps the most loved film of all time But for all the technical wizardry that goes into it Oz the Great and Powerful does not live up to its adjectives 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Ty Burr
Franco is frankly too callow too feckless too much the dude for this role 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Jordan Riefe
Oz the Great and Powerful isn t great nor is it powerful but it is competent and entertaining 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Rene Rodriguez
An oppressive bloated bore the latest argument that CGI kills the imaginations of talented filmmakers 
1
Oz the Great and Powerful
Chris Hewitt
As pleasurable as many elements of the new movie are most of this has been done before and better 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Moira MacDonald
Oz the Great and Powerful isn t a masterpiece for the ages but an agreeable family film that pleasantly reminds us of something greater of a land that we heard of once in a lullaby 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Michael Phillips
I suspect there s just enough heart in this sleek Tin Man of a project to connect with an audience 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Richard Roeper
It might have been more interesting if Raimi had attempted to shoot an Oz prequel using only the tools available to Victor Fleming and King Vidor in the late 1930s 
2.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Christopher Lloyd
This film never quite decides if it wants to be parody comedy or fantasy The result is a smug overly ornamented amalgam of all three 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Daniel M. Kimmel
Visually the film is a feast This may be the first family friendly acid flashback 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Matt Pais
If Oz the Great and Powerful only had a brain And heart And courage 
2
Oz the Great and Powerful
Claudia Puig
The new spinoff from L Frank Baum s 1900 children s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz may not be great exactly but it is powerfully entertaining 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Phil Villarreal
As awful as the movie is at least there is one truth that it gets just right Witches be crazy 
1.5
Oz the Great and Powerful
Joe Lozito
Making a prequel to The Wizard of Oz takes courage and brains This one s got a little of both but most of all it has heart 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Lou Lumenick
Director Sam Raimi s dull kitschy and overlong patchwork is sadly an epic fail despite the presence of Michelle Williams Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis as a trio of witches 
1
Oz the Great and Powerful
Roger Moore
Raimi turns out to be a much better Tim Burton impersonator than Bryan Singer But the witches Bland blander and blonde bland 
3
Oz the Great and Powerful
Calum Marsh
An amorphous melange of ill fitting reference points and misappropriated aesthetics a lumbering family blockbuster both tiresome and wholly indistinct 
.5
Honeydripper
Michael Dequina
An engaging and inspirational tale handled with graceful understatement 
3
Honeydripper
Michael Phillips
While this may not be the rowdiest birth of rock n roll film ever made it s very likely the least rowdy Sayles addresses a transitional moment in his own patient precise way 
3
Honeydripper
Lori Hoffman
John Sayles after 27 years and 16 films is the ancient mariner of independent cinema navigating the constantly swirling waters of the genre with passion and skill 
3
Honeydripper
Walter Chaw
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1
Honeydripper
Sean P. Means
The movie s central story is too slight and predictable to justify all the embroidery Sayles adds around the edges 
2.5
Honeydripper
Jeff Vice
Those who are patient will be rewarded with an engaging cast and the type of rousing ending that makes it worthwhile 
3
Honeydripper
Amy Biancolli
It survives on its versatile leads its smoky cinematography courtesy of Dick Pope and its seductive musical performances which run from gospel to jazz to blues to the to the electrifying kick start of early rock n roll 
3
Honeydripper
Marty Mapes
John Sayles is back in the saddle with another film in his regional cinema series
2.5
Honeydripper
Mick LaSalle
Even more than the music in this musically rich picture the great pleasure of Honeydripper is in watching Danny Glover as Tyrone Purvis the club owner 
3
Honeydripper
John Beifuss
With its cotton field locations diddley bo props and scripted nods toward blues history and mythology Honeydripper somehow feels touristy rather than authentic as if it were a product of research rather than passion 
2
Honeydripper
Jeffrey M. Anderson
John Sayles returns with another literate professional yet highly enjoyable film 
3.5
Honeydripper
John Hartl
Although Honeydripper won a screenplay award at the San Sebastián Film Festival it s not Sayles strongest work Part of the problem is that it keeps building to a rock n roll payoff that never quite arrives 
2.5
Honeydripper
Chris Hewitt
Gorgeous cinematography fine acting splendid music good old fashioned story what s not to like 
3.5
Honeydripper
Connie Ogle
It has all the reliable components of Sayles films a strong social conscience well drawn characters whose lives overlap convincingly a languid pace that allows for the honest unfolding of their foibles and fears a vivid evocation of a place and time 
3
Honeydripper
John Monaghan
It s best to forget the story here and focus on those small moments that shine in any Sayles film 
2
Honeydripper
Phil Villarreal
This movie is dripping a lot of things none of them honey 
2
Honeydripper
Josh Rosenblatt
Honeydripper s story isn t anything you haven t seen a dozen times before but where Sayles succeeds is in his ability to dramatize the psychological and linguistic details that give identity to a subculture struggling for survival 
3
Honeydripper
Philip Marchand
Honeydripper by veteran American director John Sayles shows just how much life music can give to a movie 
2.5
Honeydripper
Carrie Rickey
John Sayles is a natural storyteller and national treasure dedicated to spinning narratives of America state by state into a vibrant quilt of 20th century American history 
3
Honeydripper
Rick Groen
A contemplative fable Honeydripper locates the moment but misses the heart pounding gut wrenching explosion the history is there the thrill isn t 
2.5
Honeydripper
Ty Burr
Has John Sayles finally lost his mojo 
2.5
Honeydripper
Roger Ebert
Sayles is more concerned with spinning a ground level human comedy than searching for pie in the sky His movie is rich with characters and flowing with music 
3.5
Honeydripper
Maitland McDonagh
It s about ordinary people living in the shadow of nagging day to day racism and about the music that reminds them of what s right with the world rather than what s wrong 
3
Honeydripper
Jack Mathews
Honeydripper takes forever to develop its characters its period and its location But once it s done all that the payoffs are rich 
2.5
Honeydripper
Kyle Smith
Written and directed by the indefatigable indie idol John Sayles the movie is well acted but it s as talky as if it were written for the stage with fatally slow pacing 
2
Honeydripper
Rafer Guzman
It s a lovely portrait of a fabled time and place but wasn t there a bit of ugliness too 
3
Honeydripper
Kam Williams
John Sayles is to be commended for again serving up a thought provoking slice of African Americana sans the shucking and jiving which Hollywood typically attaches to black oriented fare 
4
Honeydripper
Ed Gonzalez
John Sayles s mediocre Honeydipper is flanked by two great scenes 
2
Honeydripper
David Nusair
It apos s awfully difficult not to be drawn into this refreshingly low key and simple tale 46 
2.5
Sometimes Always Never
Rob Thomas
Carl Hunter s quirky drama puts a lot of interesting pieces on the board but can t put them together into something coherent 
2
Sometimes Always Never
Sara Michelle Fetters
I ended up enjoying Sometimes Always Never a heck of a lot It made me happy 
3
Sometimes Always Never
Peter Canavese
More often feels like a screenplay competition winner than an actually resonant human interest story but gets by on Nighy s rakish charm and lively production design 
2.5
Sometimes Always Never
Joey Magidson
Bill Nighy is great here although unable to fully carry Sometimes Always Never on his own 
2.5
Sometimes Always Never
Lisa Trifone
It s nevertheless delightfully thoughtful a sweet way to wrap up a film that delights in its own charisma even as it explores heavier themes of grief and loss 
2.5
Sometimes Always Never
Jeffrey M. Anderson
the rhythms of the movie are so weirdly endearing that we don t mind watching the characters chat or argue between important events 
3.5
Sometimes Always Never
Glenn Kenny
A sometimes wobbly sometimes engaging always well acted tale of family estrangement and reconciliation 
2.5
Sometimes Always Never
Mark Feeney
This extremely dry film mixes humor and melancholy to distinctive if muffled effect Take away the muffled part and that s very Nighy too 
2.5
Sometimes Always Never
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers find just the right balances between sincerity and eccentricity pathos and humor and grounded emotions and ironic detachment 
3
Sometimes Always Never
Pamela Powell
an example of filmmaking at its finest as it tackles a difficult topic but finds elements of humor to carry the emotional load 
4
Sometimes Always Never
Jake Cole
The film unites its seemingly disparate strands of somber drama and deadpan comedy into a surprisingly cohesive whole 
3
Sometimes Always Never
Anne T. Donahue
It s no real murder mystery but it does pose questions that transcend who did what to whom and when One of which being whether or not you can really play jazz in Scrabble 
3
Sometimes Always Never
Roger Moore
Nighy s understated delights overcome a story that wanders and never finds either a conclusion or total coherence 
2.5
Level Five
Bill Stamets
A poetic if occasionally opaque film essay on the 1945 Battle of Okinawa 
2.5
Level Five
Glenn Kenny
Like every other film Marker made it s an exemplary and resonant address on the life of the mind and the life outside of that one 
3.5
Level Five
Steve Macfarlane
Level Five pictorializes the cruel moment when curiosity encounters tragedy and the all too human abandonment of interest that can follow 
4
The Ringer
David Nusair
a whole lot better than one might ve expected 
2.5
The Ringer
Matt Brunson
Navel scratching slobs won t enjoy this any more than navel gazing snobs once they catch a whiff of its overwhelming timidity 
1.5
The Ringer
Jonathan R. Perry
A director and cast who all seem to be in on the joke come as close to success as anyone could have with a premise that s finally just unfilmable 
2.5
The Ringer
Ken Fox
Surprisingly sweet and unexpectedly positive 
2.5
The Ringer
Linda Barnard
The worthwhile bits are few and far between In the rush to avoid exploiting the athletes the filmmakers have stuck it to the audience instead Not funny 
1.5
The Ringer
John Hartl
Predictable and unconvincing as romantic comedy the movie is surprisingly sweet and funny whenever Steve is hanging out with his fellow Special Olympics players 
2.5
The Ringer
Peter Hartlaub
As in the best Special Olympics events everyone finds a way to win 
3
The Ringer
Timothy Knight
An unexpectedly endearing comedy 
3
The Ringer
Lisa Rose
The movie is ultimately unclassifiable It can t be dismissed as a cheap gimmick nor can it be embraced as an earnest tribute 
2.5
The Ringer
Kyle Smith
You could make a very funny comedy about a guy who pretends to be retarded so he can win the Special Olympics but The Ringer isn t it 
1
The Ringer
Peter Debruge
The movie dilutes its own outrageous setup with sitcom contrivance by introducing a ridiculous love story subplot 
1.5
The Ringer
Elizabeth Weitzman
No one will accuse The Ringer of being tasteful but when you re not laughing you may find yourself genuinely touched 
2.5
The Ringer
Terry Lawson
The Ringer misses endless opportunities to have real fun or make points with the situation 
2
The Ringer
Kate Taylor
A paint by numbers romantic comedy most notable for its determined inoffensiveness 
2
The Ringer
Janice Page
In striving to be fair beyond reproach this movie misses many chances to be funnier Good comedy doesn t make that choice and great comedy doesn t have to 
1.5
The Ringer
Linda Cook
The Ringer wants to be all things to comedy audiences It actually pulls this off about half the time 
2
The Ringer
Paul Schrodt
Do yourself a favor and rent a very campy Radio instead 
1
The Ringer
Frank Ochieng
What s next in store for the twisted tandem The Farrelly Brothers psychotic Katrina Hurricane victims that like to surf in sewer water 
2
The Ringer
Dustin Putman
When The Ringer was over my world hadn t changed but there was a smile that remained on my face 
2.5
The Ringer
Josh Larsen
skillfully handles its sensitive subject by turning the tables on its characters 
3.5
The Ringer
Jeffrey Westhoff
The real appeal of The Ringer is how this scrappy bunch rallies together like the nerds in Revenge of the Nerds 
3
The Ringer
Dan Fienberg
If Saw 2 became blockbuster with the tagline Oh yes there will be blood The Ringer should use the warmer and fuzzier promise Oh yes there will be hugs 
2
The Ringer
Mike Clark
No matter how daring today s comedies think they are someone has been there before and done it funnier 
2
The Ringer
Sue Pierman
The Ringer has a goodhearted base and an underlying theme about the importance of reaching for dreams and the Special Olympics has even endorsed the movie for its positive portrayal of the mentally challenged 
2.5
The Ringer
Roger Ebert
The Ringer could have been a better movie but that would have depended more on the screenplay than the cast which is effective and generates real affection 
3
The Ringer
David Elliott
Call it small yes but it s a special comedy 
3
The Ringer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays it safe humanizing the real athletes just enough so as not to be offensive but going just far enough with the offending material as to be entirely unfunny 
2
The Ringer
Chris Hewitt
A warm pleasant quality is what distinguishes The Ringer 
2.5
The Ringer
Jeff Strickler
The Ringer is a much sweeter comedy than its pedigree suggests In fact it s almost the opposite of what we expect 
3
The Ringer
Robert K. Elder
In all its lobbying for our laughter The Ringer feels too lawyered up and politically positioned to trigger much laughter at all 
1
Moonlight Mile
Nick Rogers
Moonlight Mile is about livable compromises and the doubt and panic that linger once life s plans scatter and persist even as they settle again Moreover it s about the hardship of survivors honoring someone from whom they re best off moving on 
4
Moonlight Mile
Michael Dequina
At the very least an emotionally honest film but it would have been far more affecting if it felt more true to life 
2.5
Moonlight Mile
Betsy Bozdech
Great cinema is based on more than just great performances and it seems as though writer director Brad Silberling has relied on this talented cast to carry his film 
2.5
Moonlight Mile
Sara Michelle Fetters
Moonlight Mile might be the single most honest film ever made on the subject of grief Not about death or dying loss or regret but about the grieving process itself the highs lows in betweens and the way all of them wrap loop and intertwine 
3
Moonlight Mile
Matt Brunson
It s hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb 
3
Moonlight Mile
Mark Dujsik
I believe Silberling had the best intentions here but he just doesn t have the restraint to fully realize them 
2.5
Moonlight Mile
Linda Cook
Moonlight Mile is a gentle film about loss 
3
Moonlight Mile
David Keyes
The movie is like a series of vague cliff notes teasing a much greater story without actually capturing emotion or perspective 
2
Moonlight Mile
Margaret A. McGurk
What drives the movie is its abundance of fine acting 
3.5
Moonlight Mile
James Kendrick
both quirky and very serious and it seems mired in its inability to decide exactly what it is
2
Moonlight Mile
Jules Brenner
This is a movie about grief and how the loss of a close one can be a near drowning in a limitless sea of emotional paralysis 
3
Moonlight Mile
Josh Larsen
captures suffering with the sort of unsentimental clarity that only comes from experience 
3.5
Moonlight Mile
Collin Souter
Some may find it overly sentimental but I fell for it hook line and sinker A sweet thing indeed 
3.5
Moonlight Mile
Rob Blackwelder
Unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of emotional recovery 
3
Moonlight Mile
Gary Brown
Easily my choice for one of the year s best films 
4
Moonlight Mile
Dustin Putman
Brings an unmistakable accuracy to its every moment that most films dealing with bereavement fall short of Easily one of the most rewarding film experiences of the year 
4
Moonlight Mile
Marty Mapes
Three very good performances lend the necessary weight to writer director Brad Silberling s imperfect script to allow Moonlight Mile come out ahead 
3
Moonlight Mile
Chris Hewitt
A mix of tragedy and humor interests us in Moonlight Mile for a while but interest turns to annoyance when we realize there s no substance to back it up 
1.5
Moonlight Mile
Todd Anthony
Feels like one of those contrived only in Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk 
2
Moonlight Mile
Moira MacDonald
It s too quirky too scripted too well like a movie 
2.5
Moonlight Mile
Arthur Salm
However sincere and heartfelt its intent Moonlight Mile remains very much a contraption 
2
Moonlight Mile
Duane Dudek
Films about loss grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days Seen in that light Moonlight Mile should strike a nerve in many 
3
Moonlight Mile
Susan Stark
Despite all the expert acting that goes into it Moonlight Mile finally becomes a militantly soulful exercise It makes even the most sensitive tenderhearted viewer feel somehow inadequate That s not a good feeling 
2
Moonlight Mile
Jeff Vice
A character driven surprisingly thoughtful film which in spite of its contrivances somehow feels more real and heartfelt than all the pre fab shallow heartless films Hollywood has been producing 
3.5
Moonlight Mile
Steven Rosen
Rewarding for what it attempts and often achieves 
3
Moonlight Mile
Wesley Morris
The first half of Moonlight Mile feels like the runaway trailer for a movie that can t wait to jerk your tears But to quote Joe in a moment of epiphany there s a truth enema out there and boy it really brings this movie around 
3
Moonlight Mile
Sean P. Means
A series of scenes that play false dramatically but ring true emotionally 
3
Moonlight Mile
Rene Rodriguez
It s a half a hankie tearjerker a meek polite weepie 
2
Escort West
David Nusair
surprisingly thrilling action sequences 
2.5
Wedding Daze
Peter Canavese
Something of a train wreck but comedy scavengers may find it worthwhile to pick through the remains for a few amusing gags Blu ray 
1
Wedding Daze
David Nusair
an irreverent sporadically hilarious romantic comedy that boasts fantastic performances from stars Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher 
3
Wedding Daze
Bill Chambers
More of the same hollow irony Black practises as VH1 s resident Mike Nelson
0.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Peter T. Chattaway
This is one flight that never quite gets off the ground 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Vince Koehler
Plenty of action is here in this exciting remake of the earlier classic 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Lori Hoffman
Despite all its flaws this Phoenix rises to an acceptable entertainment level 
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Jonathan R. Perry
Pop quiz What s worse than a disaster flick Answer A remake of a disaster flick 
1.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sure it s a bit of a mess but it s an entertaining mess and even if it does fly off a cliff towards the end I still can t exactly complain about being burned 
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Tyler Hanley
Tension teamwork and a lust for life fuel this admirable remake of the popular 1965 Jimmy Stewart film 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Lou Lumenick
The wonderful character actors in the original are succeeded by a fairly anonymous bunch 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Sean McBride
a rather pedestrian remake of a 1965 Jimmy Stewart movie a movie that in all honesty wasn t really all that impressive to begin with
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Jeffrey Westhoff
The filmmakers take a great yarn and reduce it to a good one 
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Mary Brennan
A ham fisted movie that doesn t tax your brain with a lot of pesky ideas and three dimensional characters 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
David Elliott
The story is surefire like a good Swiss Family Robinson episode revised for a boys issue of Aviation Week 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Joe Baltake
Loud noisy chaotic and overall unpleasant 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Jack Mathews
It seems less a remake than an alternate version 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Peter Debruge
In the 2 1 2 hour original smart dialogue and all or nothing acting keep the tension blistering throughout but in this update the movie merely seems to be stalling until its final test flight 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Rob Lowman
What drove the original was the clash of personalities but here when all you have is a just lot of sand things get pretty dry pretty fast 
1.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Rick Groen
It s disaster by the numbers 
1.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Terry Lawson
A movie so literal that the character who wears an eye patch is named Patch and where everything that happens is spelled out with the subtlety of a first grade teacher introducing the alphabet 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Jeff Vice
Nonsensical plotting equally silly character interaction and groan inducing dialogue 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Roger Ebert
I m not recommending it for those who know the original but it might work nicely enough for those who have not 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Wesley Morris
A sporadically diverting thriller that has the personality of a Diet Coke ad 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Peter Canavese
Flatly retells a high concept Boy s Life adventure story that s hard to break but easy to bleed of its significance 
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Larry Ratliff
By the time we get to this Phoenix it looks like numerous days of scorching sun and blasts of sand are pretty much good for the complexion 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Sue Pierman
Even with its inconsistencies the movie offers enough suspense to get airborne 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Chris Hewitt
Has its pluses 
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
James Berardinelli
Despite using the same premise and numerous identical plot points this remake replaces suspense with boredom and witty dialogue with lame lines any self respecting actor should be embarrassed to utter 
1.5
Flight of the Phoenix
John Anderson
If you ve seen the original there s absolutely no difference in what happens And very little reason to check it out 
2.5
Flight of the Phoenix
David Sterritt
Effective action solid suspense excellent Ribisi plus enough cliches to equal the grains of Gobi sand that fill the screen 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Michael Wilmington
A motorless rudderless wreck that is top heavy with cliches 
1.5
Flight of the Phoenix
Sarah Chauncey
For a bad movie Flight of the Phoenix is highly entertaining 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Steve Rhodes
Good old fashioned escapist entertainment 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Willie Waffle
Ribisi embarrasses himself by making Elliott sound like Hannibal Lecter Flight of the Phoenix reminds you why The Aviator or Spanglish are so good 
1.5
Flight of the Phoenix
David Nusair
as a piece of pure escapist entertainment you d be hard pressed to find a more enjoyable way to spend two hours 
3
Flight of the Phoenix
Rob Blackwelder
There are bound to be very few surprises in a movie that gives away its ending in the title 
2
Flight of the Phoenix
Ed Gonzalez
Flight of the Phoenix is not only reductive but irrelevant too 
2
Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual
Richard Roeper
Thanks to his likable presence the edgy material never feels mean spirited or condescending 
3
Ondine
Roger Moore
Director Jordan and Farrell Rea Barry and Bachleda keep it charming and interesting even if its grand mystery is one we can write off as all wet 
2.5
Ondine
Marty Mapes
A fairy tale for adults from Neil Jordan
3.5
Ondine
Rob Thomas
He s an Irishman she s a seal It ll never work 
3
Ondine
Jeff Vice
Ondine works OK when it s trying to be a romantic fantasy Screenwriter director Neil Jordan can t leave well enough alone though His fable suddenly turns dark and nasty in the final third when it becomes a thriller 
2
Ondine
Connie Ogle
It s impossibly romantic Farrell and real life partner Bachleda exude a tamped down longing that intensifies as the movie draws to its conclusion 
3
Ondine
Joe Williams
Ondine is dipped in whimsy and might have drifted out to sea but it s bounded on four sides by love stories between a father and a daughter a man and a mermaid an actor and his co star and a director and his country 
3
Ondine
Loey Lockerby
As Jordan drifts around searching for a consistent tone it becomes evident he isn t sure what kind of story he s telling 
2.5
Ondine
Peter Keough
Charming as always Jordan goes a little easier on his foolish mortals this time but only at the expense of increased melodrama cliché and sentimentality 
2.5
Ondine
Ty Burr
Among the film s pleasures is a disarmingly tender performance from the new improved Colin Farrell 
3
Ondine
Michael O'Sullivan
Silkies aren t the only creatures who can inhabit two worlds As Annie knows and as Jordan s film makes clear stories enable us to step outside the quotidian world and dream if only for an hour or two 
3
Ondine
Bill Stamets
Jordan starts to tell an intriguing tale about living with fantasy but falls back on plot turns cued to the flashing lights of cops and paramedics 
2.5
Ondine
Boo Allen
Cinematographer Christopher Doyle makes the lovely Irish landscapes shimmer 
3.5
Ondine
Anita Katz
A briny fable that takes atmospheric advantage of appealing sea mythology and a small town slice of life story about how people need to see magic in their mundane environs 
2.5
Ondine
Chris Hewitt
Ondine makes us believe in fairy tales because it so clearly longs to 
3
Ondine
Michael Upchurch
Jordan who also wrote the screenplay makes some gentle jabs at small town nosiness and claustrophobia even as he spins out the shadowy riddles of the story 
3
Ondine
Mark Dujsik
Jordan imposes upon his characters bittersweet twists of fate and coincidences of convenience that make the ultimate revelation of the truth of the scenario a dishonest letdown 
2
Ondine
Mick LaSalle
If this movie were a human being it would be intelligent and sincere but so depressed as to be unable to get out of bed without a forklift 
2
Ondine
Steven Rea
Full of melancholy and blarney 
3
Ondine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With help from the legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle Jordan invokes some gorgeous imagery it s part run down gray and foggy but occasionally surprisingly beautiful and breathtaking 
3
Ondine
V.A. Musetto
If only the film had stuck with its fairy tale story Instead the final 30 minutes turn into a bloody thriller with a tacked on happy ending 
2
Ondine
Duane Dudek
Haunting and lyrical 
3
Ondine
Ed Gonzalez
Myth fixates Neil Jordan but he sees the universal in the archaic updating the tall tales to modern times while retaining its unique moral and psychological quintessence 
3
Nijushi No Hitomi
Fernando F. Croce
Even without comparison to other 1954 Japanese releases Keisuke Kinoshita s serpentine and sentimental Twenty Four Eyes would still be pretty thin soup 
2.5
The Bells of St. Mary's
James Kendrick
One can see why those who love the film love it to this day and have such warm memories of it although those approaching it for the first time may wonder what all the fuss is about 
2.5
Fracture
Peter Canavese
Doesn t hold up to a lick of scrutiny which is a shame since it provides such juicy material for a pair of contrasting actors 
2.5
Fracture
Moira MacDonald
It s straightforward and nongimmicky you don t have to wonder whodunit because we re told in the first few minutes involves a minimum of blood and gore and holds our interest nicely 
3
Fracture
James Kendrick
The real pleasure in Fracture is watching Hopkins and Gosling the elder statesman and brash young firebrand of the current cinema s greatest actors go at it 
3
Fracture
David N. Butterworth
The main draw of course is watching Hopkins and Gosling go head to head And both are more than up to the challenge 
3
Fracture
Susan Tavernetti
If you like your thrillers served chilled Fracture won t disappoint 
4
Fracture
Janos Gereben
An intriguing gleaming exciting work 
3.5
Fracture
Linda Cook
Here s a big name cast in a soap opera drama full of implausible events 
1.5
Fracture
Jeffrey Westhoff
A solid old fashioned game of mental cat and mouse between two fine actors 
3
Fracture
Todd Hertz
A showcase of acting s present and future one of the greatest living actors cast as the wily wise vet and one of Hollywood s most promising young talents as the rising star 
3.5
Fracture
Bob Bloom
Fracture is good it s steady but it is flat It fails to deliver any high points of drama or confrontation even at the payoff 
2.5
Fracture
Mike McGranaghan
I m glad I saw it and there were some very admirable elements to the film Yet I have to acknowledge that it could have capitalized on the good stuff a little more than it did 
2.5
Fracture
John Beifuss
Sometimes when you figure out a twist ending in advance you feel smart But sometimes instead of feeling good about yourself you feel scornful of the onscreen victim of the story s trap door How d he fall for something so obvious 
2
Fracture
Kam Williams
A fractured feature which establishes itself as a taut psychological thriller only to undercut an intriguing premise with comical 11th hour courtroom antics comparable to the vaudeville act of Pigmeat Markham Here come de judge 
1
Fracture
Gary Brown
There is an element of Alfred Hitchcock at work here and that alone made me thoroughly enjoy Fracture 
3
Fracture
Mark Dujsik
Most of the pleasure of the film comes from watching Anthony Hopkins playing elaborate mind games and seeing Ryan Gosling unload all kinds of nervous tics as his character comes close to bowing to the pressure 
3
Fracture
Frank Ochieng
The slick ambience behind Fracture could be penetrating yet misleading Hopkins s Lecter lite persona adds some pathos to this old fashioned yet stylistic whodunit 
2.5
Fracture
Claudia Puig
A provocative game that plays out with intelligence and wit 
3
Fracture
Larry Ratliff
I like the fact that Fracture is a courtroom thriller that doesn t spend long grueling scenes in a stuffy courtroom 
3.5
Fracture
Lou Lumenick
Fracture breaks no new ground but with Gosling and Hopkins around you ll never be bored 
2.5
Fracture
Maitland McDonagh
The film never degenerates into the mano a mano showdown between the grinning psycho and the cocky but fundamentally decent lawyer that s become de rigueur in big budget Hollywood thrillers 
3
Fracture
Geoff Pevere
Gosling is both amazing and adrift in this almost thoroughly forgettable upscale legal drama and you re left praying that the stardom so surely coming his way doesn t come with a Hopkins clause attached 
2
Fracture
Mick LaSalle
Fracture is what audiences want when they go to a suspense thriller a flashy colorful villain a protagonist who s imperfect enough to be interesting and most of all a story that keeps viewers guessing while playing fair 
3.5
Fracture
David Elliott
Movies like this side ventures of the John Grisham franchise are meant to entertain with substance that never risks actual depth 
2
Fracture
Pam Grady
The film never delivers on its promise What ought to have been an engaging battle of wits simply isn t 
2.5
Fracture
Carrie Rickey
Fracture a stylish thriller so highly strung it zings gives us Hopkins an actor at the top of his game in material that s only middling 
3
Fracture
Elizabeth Weitzman
Although Hopkins could surely portray a charismatic killer in his sleep by now he s clearly having a ball while Gosling gliding through every scene with deceptively casual confidence seems determined to prove himself the best actor of his generation 
3
Fracture
Duane Dudek
A cookie cutter film that we ve all seen before and would recognize by any other name 
2.5
Fracture
Glenn Whipp
As the cat and mouse game develops the filmmakers box themselves into a corner and their solution is just plain ridiculous 
2.5
Fracture
Amy Biancolli
The movie s logic fails at the end it betrays a criminal blind spot in its reasoning but you re best off not subjecting it to any prolonged analysis Don t think Just watch 
2.5
Fracture
Terry Lawson
Although the direction and the clever script are far above average what truly keeps Fracture riveting is the battle of wills and wits waged by its costars old lion Anthony Hopkins and crouching tiger Ryan Gosling 
3
Fracture
Michael Booth
Fracture is no Silence of the Lambs In fact it s no Primal Fear Anthony Hopkins may well be smarter than all of us put together but his busy career sometimes has more breadth than wit 
2.5
Fracture
Miriam Di Nunzio
Smart fast paced and intriguing Not a perfect film but a perfectly entertaining one 
3
Fracture
Wesley Morris
The movie seems so content to be smarter than you re expecting that it never amounts to more than a talky tease What s breezy about the first half of the picture turns logy in the second 
2
Fracture
Kit Bowen
Pairing veteran Anthony Hopkins with upstart Ryan Gosling in a smartly written cat and mouse game is a brilliant idea 
3.5
Fracture
Sean P. Means
Watching Ryan Gosling work through Fracture the Method actor seeking out the filigree in a genre picture is a strangely satisfying movie experience 
3
Fracture
Nick Rogers
Anthony Hopkins again confuses villainy for vaudeville and Ryan Gosling s so so work isn t worth riding in the rumble seat with him over a career pothole Fracture makes My Cousin Vinny look like a masterpiece of legal suspense 
1.5
Fracture
David Nusair
Distinctly uneven yet essentially entertaining 
2.5
Fracture
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s smart it will keep you guessing and it plays fair 
3
Fracture
Erik Childress
Fracture becomes just another stop on the Hoblit hack train and an aptly titled one at that 
2
Fracture
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprisingly sharp mature mystery 
3
Fracture
Willie Waffle
the team formulates Fracture not to be a traditional whodunit but a Canhegetawaywithit 
3
Fracture
Eric Melin
It is impressive when a film comes along that manages to combine the legal drama genre s tried and true formulas into a cohesive and engrossing picture 
2.5
Fracture
Sara Michelle Fetters
Oscar winner Hopkins and Oscar nominee Gosling snipe and bark and jaw and play with one another like two boxers sizing up their opponent right before unleashing a lethal right hook 
3
Fracture
Chris Hewitt
This could easily have become a stupid twistorama like last week s Perfect Stranger But with the help of an outstanding cast director Hoblit keeps the focus on character 
3
Fracture
Phoebe Flowers
It s been quite a few years since we ve had an intelligent engaging legal thriller Into the void slips Fracture which fits the bill thanks to a polished script great stars and a director perfectly suited for this territory 
3
Fracture
Bruce Newman
Sometimes movies that shouldn t work deliver an outcome that s as satisfying as Fracture 
3.5
Fracture
Peter Travers
Just because a movie is freakin preposterous doesn t mean it can t be diabolical fun Case in point Fracture 
3
Fracture
James Berardinelli
With Anthony Hopkins in the lead and a screenplay that was composed by writers not merely interested in fitting together a jigsaw puzzle of clichÃ C s this movie is gruesomely engaging 
3
Fracture
Jan Stuart
While Fracture walks a thin line between fulfilling expectations and confounding them screenwriter Daniel Pyne does a reasonably good job in balancing the battle of wits between his rising legal eagle and his calculating wife killer 
3
Fracture
Jeff Vice
It s the two characters exchanges that make this predictable legal thriller rewarding 
3
Fracture
Michael Phillips
The strengths of director Gregory Hoblit s drama may well have nothing to do with what gets gets filmgoers off the couch and into the multiplex 
3
Fracture
Dustin Putman
The talent in front of the camera is too good to be wasted on something this trivial 
2
Fracture
Matt Pais
Becomes like a soggy sandwich at Subway It falls apart but the ingredients still taste good 
3
Fracture
Josh Larsen
There are times when you can tell Gosling is as entertained by Hopkins antics as we are 
3
Fracture
Matt Brunson
Hopkins is solid in a role that occasionally veers toward Hannibal Lecter terrain but it s Gosling who gooses the proceedings 
3
Fracture
Steve Rhodes
The wonderfully moody film is filled with obviously telegraphed twists that never actually occur creating genuine surprise in the audience 
3
Fracture
Phil Villarreal
Tight and lean Fracture plays out with the vigor of a John Grisham novel and the suspense of a slasher flick There s hardly a crack in this case 
3.5
Fracture
Nick Schager
Implausible overblown and increasingly ridiculous this cat and mouse yarn begins intriguingly but then boxes itself into a corner 
2
King of Peking
Rania Richardson
In KING OF PEKING a crowd pleaser we travel back to China for one summer in the 1990s and meet a father and son who drive a mobile cinema screening Hollywood blockbusters for the locals 
3
Matador
Bill Stamets
It s a useful look at this Spanish auteur finding his way but lacks the elan of his later work 
2
Matador
David N. Butterworth
If you re in the mood for an edgy stylish piece of erotica then Matador should leave you panting for more 
3
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Marty Mapes
An essential companion piece for anyone who feels like they didn t get
3
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Sheila Farr
If Chernick set out to portray the couple s movie project as a bit frivolous and self absorbed she succeeded But I doubt that was the intention 
2
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Bill Stamets
Director Chernick s stylish yet superficial report looks more like an orientation video for museum visitors 
2
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Alan G. Artner
Barney s art presents a cross between the creepiness of David Cronenberg and David Lynch and the grandiosity and business sense of George Lucas Chernick s film unquestioningly admires it 
2.5
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Ken Johnson
As blandly lucid as Barney is wildly and perplexingly imaginative 
1.5
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
V.A. Musetto
It would work better as a DVD extra 
2
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Ken Fox
Chernick may not answer every question about this beguiling and enigmatic film but you wouldn t want it to Mystery is an essential part of the Barney experience 
3
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
John Anderson
In her restraint Chernick makes us admire an artist with none 
3
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Nick Schager
A skimpy Cliff s Notes for both the eponymous Vaseline loving sculptor filmmaker s career and specifically his most recent act of cinematic self infatuation Drawing Restraint 9 
2
Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3d
Jerry Shriver
The faithful will devour it but everyone else will wonder why it takes a dozen band members including a horn section copious shots of Kenny s bulging biceps and not one not two but 3 Ds to give shape to these tunes 
2.5
Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3d
Jonathan Perry
The numbers 35 million records sold 19 number one hits more than one million tickets sold in each of the last eight summers are as staggeringly impressive as remarkable as the man behind them is not 
2
Manic
Elias Savada
Manic s landscape is filled with emotional thunderstorms don t expect a sunny sky but you might find a ray of hope 
2.5
Manic
Jeffrey Westhoff
Gordon Levitt explodes any expectations about him The rage he projects is so real it becomes its own character 
3
Manic
Mick LaSalle
A movie of heart and substance 
2
Manic
David Elliott
I ve rarely seen the hand held docudrama approach done with more intimacy or accuracy 
3.5
Manic
Lisa Kennedy
Melamed and his cast provide more than a few truth divining moments 
2.5
Manic
Roger Ebert
At the end of Manic I d seen nothing really new and the camera style made me work hard to see it at all 
2
Manic
John Monaghan
Yes there are the usual lessons learned but the movie also speaks the truth about kids who need to lash out but only end up harming each other and themselves 
3
Manic
Carrie Rickey
While it neither succeeds nor satisfies as drama it s a great calling card for the actors involved principally Joseph Gordon Levitt 
2
Manic
Mark Caro
It s too painful and intimate to let you keep its subjects at a safe distance as most mental illness films do That of course is the point 
3
Manic
Moira MacDonald
It s not that the film has much to say about teen mental illness but that it creates a world of people about whom we suddenly care 
3
Manic
Steve Rhodes
Moviegoers of the world unite Stand up and tell those indie filmmakers who continue to abuse us with ShakiCam shots blurring pans and out of focus films that we ll seek them out and throw up all over them 
1
Manic
Kelly Borgeson
The film s blurry camerawork jumpy editing and oversaturated hues are annoying and distracting 
2.5
Manic
Walter Chaw
McMurphy lolls in his grave 
1.5
Manic
Stacie Hougland
Melamed pulls out some fascinatingly understated performances that are just restrained and youthlike enough to be startlingly believable helped no doubt by being filmed in an actual abandoned mental institution 
3
Manic
Glenn Whipp
Call it a well meaning failure 
2
Manic
Jami Bernard
Searching for a documentary feel the camera here is so shaky that you cling to the arms of your chair lest you pitch into the next row 
2
Manic
Joshua Tanzer
Shows scenes of life in a psychiatric unit and it s up to you to draw conclusions about the usefulness or pointlessness of the high tension life of the ward 
3
Manic
Jan Stuart
The young cast throw themselves quite literally into their demanding assignments with vigor 
3
Manic
Lou Lumenick
Excellent performances redeem Jordan Melamed s gritty teenage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 
2.5
Manic
David Sterritt
Spoiled adolescents fill a mental institution with whining pouting and tantrums and we re supposed to feel their pain 
1
Manic
Harvey S. Karten
Despite strong performances the film is too loosely structured with a plot that looks like the director s going down a checklist 
2.5
Giant
Michael Phillips
As with the recent Chilean comedy The Maid Gigante is a sharply acted piece that presents to the audience several forks in the road by which the main character could choose either to escalate matters or not 
3.5
Giant
Roger Ebert
Going to the movies is at some level pure voyeurism if they involve people that is Transformers don t count I admire films that consist only or in large part of watching 
3
Giant
Chuck Bowen
Gigante isn t a great movie but it s likeably humble and scruffy around the edges 
2.5
Vitus
Mark Dujsik
I alternately wanted to slap and hug the majority of the characters
3
Vitus
David Nusair
Newcomer Teo Gheorghiu does a fantastic job of bringing the title character to life 
3.5
Vitus
John Beifuss
Like a gifted youngster Vitus doesn t fulfill its potential 
2
Vitus
V.A. Musetto
Oh yes I loved the music but it s almost impossible to go wrong with Bach and Schumann 
2
Vitus
Sean P. Means
Director co writer Fredi M Murer provides some whimsically absurd twists in this gentle observation of the travails of growing up 
3
Vitus
Jeff Vice
An appealing and crowd pleasing film 
3
Vitus
Lawrence Toppman
Anyone who s been or borne a gifted child will smile with recognition at Vitus which always keeps us guessing but connected to the young superman of the title 
3
Vitus
Moira MacDonald
It s a simple gentle tale that pulls its audience in almost imperceptibly by its end you just might be blinking away unexpected tears 
3
Vitus
Marta Barber
A good example of making the differences work for you Deep down this is a film about childhood dreams and the determination to make those dreams come true With such a positive message you can t help yodeling on your exit from the theater 
2.5
Vitus
Michele Kenner
If you suspend your disbelief you will be rewarded with fine performances and a feel good message that isn t cloying or sentimental 
3
Vitus
Sid Smith
There are some likable elements to this unusual erratic ultimately frustrating film 
2
Vitus
Jim Emerson
The more sentimentally inclined in the audience may even feel like applauding 
3
Vitus
Wesley Morris
Vitus freaks you out but its makers seem to have no idea that it does 
2.5
Vitus
Chris Hewitt
If I had to select one movie genre to never withstand again it would be the precocious child shows adults the way to a better more heartwarming future drama a genre the new Vitus practically defines 
1
Vitus
Carrie Rickey
While the metaphor here may be too literal for some tastes Murer shows how our families also give us the wings to fly 
3
Vitus
Geoff Pevere
Directed with a conspicuous lack of inspiration 
1.5
Vitus
Bruce Newman
We re supposed to be convinced that Vitus has proved himself a normal kid in spite of his virtuoso skills not because of them It s a bit of a stretch but he s got the long fingers for it 
2.5
Vitus
Ruthe Stein
Director Fredi Murer strains too hard for it to be something more a magical opus about childhood and taking flight in this instance literally and figuratively You wind up feeling manipulated instead of emotionally moved 
2.5
Vitus
Jason Anderson
Vitus s cool intelligence knotty narrative and precise performances make it a pleasure to watch even when it sends mixed messages about the true nature of its protagonist 
2.5
Vitus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some of the moments of whimsy seem calculated specifically to cut together a theatrical trailer 
2.5
Vitus
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is without question a masterful picture a truly heartwarming winner that s about as pure and as fantastic as even the most timeless fairy tale 
3.5
Vitus
Maitland McDonagh
Veteran Swiss filmmaker Fredi M Murer s sentimental fable about a child prodigy and his difficulty fitting in with a world of ordinary people is poised somewhere between Searching For Bobby Fisher and Little Man Tate 
2
Vitus
Stephen Whitty
There are few movies more infuriating than those that completely misjudge our reaction to their main characters and Vitus alas is at the head of that class 
2
Vitus
Elizabeth Weitzman
If writer director Fredi Murer had sparked a more rebellious spirit within the project he might have made a truly memorable fantasy for both children and adults 
2.5
Vitus
Jonathan W. Hickman
Even cynics might find it hard to resist 
3.5
Vitus
Jan Stuart
To those of us for whom there can never be enough film dramas with a classical music backdrop Vitus comes as a bit of a disappointment 
2
Vitus
Ed Gonzalez
The film pushes an off putting message about unchecked privilege that reeks of capitalist pigdom 
2
Vitus
Steve Rhodes
As in Full Moon director Fredi M Murer brings a delicately sweet but never cloying sensibility 
2.5
Vitus
Pam Grady
It is the rare family film that never condescends and offers enough of a story to entertain both parent and child 
3.5
Page Eight
David Nusair
a passable yet disappointing contemporary thriller 
2.5
Anaconda 3: Offspring
David Nusair
immediately establishes itself as the weakest entry within this ongoing series 
1
Nice Bombs
Michael Phillips
A surprisingly warm first person video diary blending a series of reunions with relatives and footage of the bazaars streets homes and everyday perils of life in post Saddam mid occupation and mid chaos Iraq 
3
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Peter Canavese
An animated action comedy with postmodern gags and which trusts the ability of kids to keep up with more winding plots and sophisticated jokes 46 
2.5
Divided We Fall
Desmond Ryan
Treats the ensuing issues of conscience and compromise with subtlety and warmth 
3.5
Divided We Fall
Andrew Howe
A film which has little to say and even less idea of the most appropriate way to say it 
2
Divided We Fall
Jeanne Aufmuth
Unbearable tension is coupled with wit and the consistent element of surprise 
3.5
Divided We Fall
Bob Graham
Morally complex and very entertaining 
3
Divided We Fall
Rob Blackwelder
When the film begins to drown in its own good intentions it s these actors who float to the top keep it from sinking into the depths of mawkish melodramatics 
2.5
Divided We Fall
Tor Thorsen
Writer Petr Jarchovsky never lets events slip into silliness successfully bringing the understated humor of his source novel to the screen 
3
Divided We Fall
Lou Lumenick
A very worthwhile entry in the proud tradition of Czech filmmakers examining serious social issues with dark humor 
3
Divided We Fall
Steve Rhodes
The settings are authentic but the acting comes across fairly flat 
2
Yellow
Chris Alexander
Holcombe has fashioned a work of style and wit circumnavigating his lack of funds with nifty visual ideas deft editing and rough elegant edge 
3
Saving Silverman
David Nusair
a fairly worthless endeavor that squanders the efforts of an unusually talented cast 
2
Saving Silverman
Michael Dequina
The audience is one who needs saving not the title character in this latest entry in the look how dumb I can get comedy sweepstakes 
1
Saving Silverman
Mark Dujsik
Silverman is the newest comedy from director Dennis Dugan who has made such other hits as Big Daddy Beverly Hills Ninja and Happy Gilmore 
0.5
Saving Silverman
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una pena que ya no existan cmicos que recurran al verdadero ingenio para lograr lo que cada vez es ms difcil que es hacer rer al pblico
1
Saving Silverman
Mike McGranaghan
I am embarrassed for having laughed at it but not too embarrassed to suggest that you might laugh as well 
3
Saving Silverman
Wesley Morris
The movie can barely muster the bravery to be even Dude Where s My Car stoopid 
0
Saving Silverman
Tor Thorsen
It will actually make you laugh even if you feel a little ashamed about it the next morning 
2
Saving Silverman
Susan Stark
Even 12 year old girls will see it as the defensive and moronic excuse for a comedy about modern sexual politics that it is 
1
Saving Silverman
Roger Ebert
So bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell shaped curve 
0.5
Saving Silverman
Rob Blackwelder
So idiotic contrived and inept that there s almost no chance a worse movie will be released all year 
0
Saving Silverman
James Berardinelli
Pretty consistently funny and that s about all one can ask from this kind of motion picture 
3
The Car
Matt Brunson
The film eventually grows tedious and the climactic showdown is truly awful 
2
The Car
Dustin Putman
Jaws ripoff or not The Car succeeds at making a vehicle just as threatening as any psychopath or killer shark It s no Duel to be sure but it s pretty solid all the same 
2.5
The Car
David Nusair
with a script this silly it s hard to maintain any sense of horror or suspense 
1.5
How I Fell in Love With a Gangster
Roger Moore
Does most renowed Polish criminal Nikos Skotarczak s life and career justify this sluggish three hour plus saga length treatment As a non Pole I have to say nie bardzo 
1.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jeff Vice
It s clear that writer director Niels Mueller has some delusions about making the next Taxi Driver but nothing here has the sheer visceral impact of that film 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Forrest Hartman
Eerie in the sense that it reveals an assassination plan peculiarly similar to the attacks carried out by terrorists on Sept 11 2001 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Geoff Pevere
It s not just Nixon s shadow that hangs like a cloud over Assassination it s the shadow of the bummerific era of American movies his regime spawned 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Liam Lacey
The idea that assassins are products of their times is intriguing but The Assassination of Richard Nixon is betrayed by its ambitions and pretensions 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
John Beifuss
Bicke s name is a nod to Travis Bickle but with his creepy mustache and discount rack suit Bicke more closely resembles a later Scorsese De Niro lunatic Rupert Pupkin 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
David Barton
The polemical nature of the film undermines any possibility of satire as the posturing grows more ludicrous by the scene 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Terry Lawson
A well made if relatively uninvolved character study with nothing noteworthy to say 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Michael Booth
The always remarkable Penn infuses Sam Bicke with more originality than the plot allowed Mueller took a real life incident now lost in the history books and re created a sympathetic back story for Bicke 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Duane Dudek
A complex haunting and emotionally perceptive portrait of a man s fall from grace one painful and incremental inch at a time 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Rene Rodriguez
By the time Bicke crosses the line from passive sad sack to murderer The Assassination of Richard Nixon has made an eloquent case for explaining the seemingly unexplainable But the movie doesn t make you care 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
David Sterritt
This is one of the rare movies to explore American materialism through the eyes of an all too ordinary person who isn t up to the challenges of everyday life 
4
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Moira MacDonald
The movie is at times startling in its impact 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Matt Brunson
Sean Penn s reputation often exceeds his actual accomplishments an Oscar for Mystic River Please yet here s the actor delivering one of his finest performances 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Phil Villarreal
The plodding story which in studying its character s defeated mediocrity begins to take that aspect on itself 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Phoebe Flowers
A fascinating character study 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Chris Hewitt
Succeeds as a character study but doesn t offer much on a dramatic level 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Steven Rea
Has neither the freaky electricity of Taxi Driver nor the gloomy resonance of Death of a Salesman 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Rob Thomas
Mueller has made a film that actually feels like a 1970s film something that could have run on a double bill with The Conversation or Dog Day Afternoon 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
James Verniere
While I m more than willing to believe there s enough ugliness corruption and hypocrisy to go around I prefer not being preached to by a film as boring as this 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Roger Ebert
This is a character study of a marginal man who goes off the rails and Penn is brilliant at evoking how daily life itself is filled for Bicke with countless challenges to his rigid sense of right and wrong 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Wesley Morris
Penn s performance seems to give Mueller s filmmaking an exquisite purpose 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Michael Wilmington
Maybe Mueller who wrote Tadpole and has been nursing this project for five years wasn t quite ready to direct it 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Frank Ochieng
a razor sharp character study about internal disillusionment and overwhelming disappointment ambitiously seedy and intimate spectacle of a damaged man s moral breakdown
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Mick LaSalle
A faithful portrait of a period in American social history and a character study of a man struggling to make sense of his life using conflicting American myths as his guide 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Mary F. Pols
A cautionary tale about how easily the mental ill particularly those who are reasonably high functioning like Sam can slip through the cracks 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film struggles with its attempt to define just who Bicke really is in the months prior to his attack and comes up with nothing more than a cipher 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Peter Travers
This riveting film qualifies as the anti crowd pleaser but Penn makes it unthinkable to turn away 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Aaron Hillis
Sean Penn transforms a strongly nuanced script into the greatest performance of the year 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jeanne Aufmuth
An anarchic valentine to neurotic misguided souls who can not and will not embrace defeat 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Mike Clark
Even if audiences can get by the tasteless shock title it s tough to figure who will ever watch this movie even when it s on cable 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
James Berardinelli
Penn and the historical context will generate some interest but the film s ultimate reception is likely to be as chilly as the month in which it receives its theatrical release December 2004 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jan Stuart
The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a triumph for its star and the writers who make us cringe with empathy for a man who taps into the latent loser in all of us 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Stephen Whitty
There s little here to make his movie truly dramatic or even different from those that have gone before 
2.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
V.A. Musetto
Features Sean Penn in a mesmerizing portrayal 
3
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jami Bernard
A slight movie and a major downer 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Glenn Whipp
People watching Assassination 100 years from now will still marvel at its relevance 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Walter Chaw
Rendered a not particularly subtle text by the 2004 election 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Jeremiah Kipp
A bitter pill 
2
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Steve Rhodes
A riveting mix of Death of a Salesman and JFK it stars Sean Penn in another Oscar worthy performance 
3.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
David Nusair
features Sean Penn s best work to date 
3
The Runaways
Michael Dequina
Fanning makes Currie s fame and pharmaceutical fueled transformation liberation at once exhilarating and terrifying 
3
The Runaways
Matt Brunson
The Runaways isn t bad it s got spirit and spunk but it fails to really punch across this vital period in rock history 
2.5
The Runaways
Lori Hoffman
Angelic Dakota Fanning isn t very convincing as either a sexed up David Bowie obsessed teen or a drug addict 
2
The Runaways
Mike Scott
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning power the film through its lulls by the sheer force of their performances 
2.5
The Runaways
Janos Gereben
The Runaways a rollicking good time with plenty of funny moments mixed in with the sex drugs and rock n roll I was left with the sensation that something was missing 
3
The Runaways
George Varga
Sigismondi appears less concerned with factual accuracy and compelling storytelling whether she s addressing the band s swaggering music or Currie s bisexual proclivities 
2.5
The Runaways
Eric Melin
The film is remarkably devoid of preachiness The material is handled with an admirable amount of ambiguity and is all the better for it 
3
The Runaways
John Beifuss
The drop of menstrual blood that hits the pavement in the first shot signals that this flashy colorful film will offer a particularly female take on the cautionary blood and thunder passion play that audiences expect from their rock and roll biographies 
3
The Runaways
Michael Smith
While the script only scrapes at surface details of the story of the Runaways the movie looks and sounds just right 
3
The Runaways
Robert W. Butler
It s a tale we ve heard 100 times like another three chord bar band rock anthem 
2
The Runaways
Lisa Kennedy
Excess is abundant in photographer and music video director Floria Sigismondi s energetic debut 
3
The Runaways
Rob Thomas
Stewart and Fanning totally inhabit their roles to an almost frightening degree Stewart just simply IS Joan Jett from the petulant sneer to her raspy lyrics to even her slouched walk 
3
The Runaways
Willie Waffle
Get ready to see Dakota Fanning in ways you never imagined never wanted to see can t believe with your own eyes and make you feel very very dirty 
1.5
The Runaways
Ann Hornaday
While Jett and Currie emerge as blurry half formed characters Shannon s Fowley brings the contradictions the Runaways embodied into sharp biting focus 
3
The Runaways
Dustin Putman
Gets right down to the innate feeling of it all 151 the uncertainty of adolescence the thrill of success and the dark side that comes with getting it all and not having the wisdom or life experience to know when enough is enough 
3
The Runaways
Jeff Vice
The final segment is as cliched and as predictable as any of the many films that have chronicled the rise and fall of well known musical figures 
2
The Runaways
Duane Dudek
The Runaways turns into a stereotypical crash and burn rock band biopic But until then the film hints at how the energy of youth and the urgency of the disaffected are the mother s milk of rocking out 
2.5
The Runaways
Ty Burr
Jett Currie and the others are teen outcasts in Me Generation Los Angeles aching to break out of their lives You can feel their frustration their need to make an unholy racket 
3
The Runaways
Sean O'Connell
Details aren t as important to Runaways as mood and Sigismondi s cast wraps their fists around the rebellion and resistance that fuelled the manufactured garage band 
2.5
The Runaways
Betsy Sherman
Floria Sigismondi s mixed bag debut feature though offering nightmarish sequences in which the teens are clearly in over their heads merely skims the surface 
2.5
The Runaways
Rene Rodriguez
The movie avoids many of the usual musical biopic cliches but replaces them with an equally tired depiction of an innocent consumed by the wilderness she helped create arriving at a muted lethargic finale the antithesis of raucous rock n roll 
2
The Runaways
Roger Moore
A well acted and vivid re creation of a dark downbeat era when girls don t play electric guitar and you had to be someone pretty tough and pretty special to try it 
3
The Runaways
Steve Persall
a sonic sensual tribute to a band that broke rules without even caring or realizing they existed This movie is only rock n roll but I like it 
3
The Runaways
Sara Michelle Fetters
It isn t Rock n Roll and I can t say I loved it but if this was the record playing on the jukebox I might be inclined to listen to it again all the same Heck there s a good chance I might even dance 
2.5
The Runaways
Kit Bowen
The Runaways does nothing to distinguish itself from previous depictions of the lives and excesses of our most beloved and most tragic rock and pop icons 
2
The Runaways
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shannon is at the top of his game and the film s girl power energy is very satisfying 
2.5
The Runaways
Thelma Adams
Filmed with a 1970s punk edginess the movie recalls a time when male teachers could get away with telling girls like Joan Jett Girls don t play electric guitar While some things have changed this is an anthem to those young women who wouldn t take n
3.5
The Runaways
Liam Lacey
Floria Sigismondi has created a movie that s more interesting than the band that it s about 
3
The Runaways
David Nusair
never quite becomes anything more than a mildly entertaining look at the rise and fall of the eponymous 70s punk rock band 
2
The Runaways
Peter Howell
Fanning and Stewart are the deserving stars of the film nailing every last look and lick holding their own even as Shannon savvily attempts to nick every scene 
3
The Runaways
Charlie McCollum
It may be as Fowley says near the end of the film that the Runaways were a conceptual rock project that failed But as a film about a certain time and place in rock history The Runaways largely succeeds 
2.5
The Runaways
Kyle Smith
Amusing though it sometimes is the closest thing the movie offers to a reason for its existence is the post Runaways success of Jett 
2.5
The Runaways
Chris Hewitt
A movie about a revolutionary rock band should be at least a little revolutionary itself 
2.5
The Runaways
Stephen Whitty
Why should anyone watch this movie And why would its stars make it except to try to shake off their teen idol images 
2.5
The Runaways
Claudia Puig
If anything it just makes you want to know more about Jett s back story and Currie s subsequent life 
3
The Runaways
Mick LaSalle
It explains why kids needed rock n roll and why the Runaways still mean so much to those who remember them 
3
The Runaways
Peter Travers
Say what you will about the Runaways they never played it safe The movie does 
2.5
The Runaways
Moira MacDonald
Told with a jolting lurid energy The Runaways feels oddly off balance 
2.5
The Runaways
Carrie Rickey
There s something awfully literal about watching the group famous for the refrain Neon angels on the road to ruin as just that And not much more 
2.5
The Runaways
Ethan Alter
From a narrative perspective there s nothing particularly unique about The Runaways what distinguishes the film is its texture and sense of place 
3
The Runaways
Michael Phillips
It s pungent and quick on its feet capturing the clubs the shag heavy interiors and the Farrah haired vibe of mid 1970s Los Angeles in look and spirit 
3.5
The Runaways
Roger Ebert
Its interest comes from Shannon s fierce and sadistic training scenes as Kim Fowley and from the intrinsic qualities of the performances by Stewart and Fanning who bring more to their characters than the script provides 
3
The Runaways
James Berardinelli
The three leads provide convincing performances with Dakota Fanning being the standout 
3
The Runaways
Bill Weber
Before VH1 style unmaking of the band clichs undo it this rockpic boasts a pair of live wire performances and some pioneering same sex passion 
2.5
Compartment No. 6
Mitchell Beaupre
The kind of movie that changes the way you see the world 46 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Matt Brunson
What apos s refreshing about the picture is how writer director Juho Kuosmanen only softens the character of Lyokha around the edges and in subtle ways 46 
3
Compartment No. 6
Sean P. Means
Haarla and Borisov bring some complex shades to the characters and director Juho Kuosmanen provides the room during this long train ride to let them explore those shades and take the story down tracks one doesnt expect 
3
Compartment No. 6
Roger Moore
One of those Cannes Award winners destined to be forgotten not long after the fizz on the champagne has bubbled out But grasping for meaning in its unsettling sometimes comic and always cryptic relationship can be an interesting thought exercise 
2.5
Compartment No. 6
Tom Meek
In time and sobriety Ljoha s poor user interface melts and morphs and the film becomes something of a buddy film sans the genre s tropes 
3
Compartment No. 6
Jeff Mitchell
A train conductor warns Laura Seidi Haarla No spitting on the floor and via first impressions her compartment mate carries all the charm of Veruca Salt No Laura s train ride does not resemble a golden ticket but this movie is a winner 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Mark Feeney
The movie has an unhurried rhythm not slow but unpressured It s a visual equivalent of the clacking of the railroad tracks 
3
Compartment No. 6
Bob Strauss
Its premise is a fundamentally corny one we ve seen a million times before but filmmaker Kuosmanen and his two lead actors camouflage that well in naturalistic behavior and psychological depth 
2.5
Compartment No. 6
Brian Eggert
Kuosmanen delivers a film that endears the viewer to its naturalistic characters and distinct setting using a Hollywood narrative structure in a way that will feel familiar but different to the average viewer 
3
Compartment No. 6
Robert Horton
The film apos s grit and humor 44 and its complete lack of glamour 44 make its relationship feel earned 46 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
David Gonzalez
Compartment No 46 6 is one of my favorite films of TIFF thus far 46 It effectively leaves you emotional as the final scene and credit rolls 46 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Mike McGranaghan
This sweetly optimistic film is worth seeking out 
3
Compartment No. 6
Ann Hornaday
A wry heartfelt study of two characters who can t escape their entwined fate forged within the confines of cramped quarters and the peculiar intimacies of Russian train travel 
4
Compartment No. 6
Lisa Trifone
A warm and surprisingly moving rumination on how journeys of all kinds change us in unexpected ways 
3
Compartment No. 6
Leo Brady
Slowly chugging along this is a true example of one persons self journey and Compartment No 6 is a train ride that I cant stop running in my head 
3
Compartment No. 6
Mark Dujsik
The film simply observes how both of these characters gradually recognize comprehend and come to empathize with shared feelings 
3
Compartment No. 6
Michael Phillips
However you take it it s a small but sure triumph 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Jake Coyle
The detailed textures and claustrophobic sense of place and the terrifically genuine performances of Haarla and Borisov ensure that Compartment No 6 never feels artificial or pre programmed 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Glenn Kenny
Compartment No 6 has an always energetic sense of place even when it s keeping to the confined space of its title room 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Joe Friar
Finland s official entry in the 94th Academy Awards is an enchanting anti love story about the need for human connection A bleak and gloomy ambiance contrasted by warm performances 
3.5
Compartment No. 6
Rene Sanchez
An intimate and endearing story of discoveries chance encounters and indelible life lessons where the journey is more important than the final destination Full Review in Spanish 
4
Compartment No. 6
Aparita Bhandari
This is a trip well worth taking 
3.5
The Boost
Roger Ebert
As Lenny and Linda head for the bottom the movie turns into one of the most convincing and horrifying portraits of drug addiction I ve ever seen 
3.5
Rosenstraße
Agnieszka Tennant
In spite of some manipulation and improbability Rosenstrasse made me feel good for a good historical reason and it didn t minimize anyone s suffering in the process 
3
Rosenstraße
Jeff Vice
While most of Rosenstrasse is set in World War II there are present day flash forward sequences that are considerably less involving Actually they re so dull that they drag the entire movie to a screeching halt 
2
Rosenstraße
Joe Baltake
The film is anchored in particular by the dual performances of Schade as the 90 year old Lena and the magnificent Riemann as her younger counterpart 
3
Rosenstraße
John Beifuss
Has the never ending wave of less than essential Holocaust movies begun to reduce the most horrific episode of the 20th Century to the level of just another genre 
2.5
Rosenstraße
Connie Ogle
Succeeds as a testament to the power of love and in particular as a tribute to brave women 
2.5
Rosenstraße
Laura Kelly
A solid thoughtful involving drama 
3
Rosenstraße
Chris Hewitt
The incidents at Rosenstrasse deserve a good movie but Rosenstrasse is not it 
2
Rosenstraße
Misha Berson
For all its flaws Rosenstrasse is a welcome reminder that humans are capable of valor and generosity in the worst of times 
3
Rosenstraße
David Elliott
Von Trotta has made the story lucidly painful and only a brick would not be moved But she has also padded it rather than burrowing tightly into the protest and its details 
2.5
Rosenstraße
John Monaghan
Rosenstrasse is manipulative to be sure but it s also very smart 
3
Rosenstraße
James Adams
Von Trotta skims when she should be bearing down tidies up when situations should be allowed to get much messier In the end this tale of human decency fails to make you feel enough 
2
Rosenstraße
Ruthe Stein
Von Trotta may have taken on too much her film suffers from a surfeit of characters with complicated back stories Nevertheless I prefer it to the movies I usually see that set out to do too little 
3
Rosenstraße
Michael Wilmington
One of the cinema s most stirring celebrations of married love and a portrayal of the good German in World War II that is true convincing and profoundly moving 
3.5
Rosenstraße
Peter Canavese
Von Trotta s conceptual successes rarely translate into dramatic ones Nevertheless Von Trotta makes her points while illuminating a subcultural story of the Holocaust 
2.5
Rosenstraße
Wesley Morris
The picture s structural intricacy is a smoke screen for its psychological and emotional shallowness 
2
Rosenstraße
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Von Trotta who s obviously less personally invested in her story seems more than a little calculating in her efforts to wring tears 
1
Rosenstraße
Jack Mathews
While the film concentrates on Lena eloquently portrayed by Katja Riemann the movie earns your empathy 
3
Rosenstraße
Jan Stuart
Despite the unique focus the time tripping screenplay hits manipulative buttons about Nazis and their victims that have been pressed many times before and with a steelier edge 
2.5
Rosenstraße
V.A. Musetto
Mawkish and manipulative 
2
Rosenstraße
Bob Strauss
There s more than enough to hold our interest 
3
Rosenstraße
David Sterritt
The movie is woven with care and complexity again confirming von Trotta s place as one of the world s greatest female filmmakers 
4
Rosenstraße
Jay Antani
The viewer is left both impressed by the gracefulness and subtlety of its effects and confused by exactly what the sum total of those effects are 
2.5
You Won't Miss Me
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A safely stylized orgy of generic juvenile malaise 
1.5
You Won't Miss Me
Kyle Smith
Never amounts to anything more than a rambling studenty exercise in undergraduate cinema vrit 
1
The Lazarus Effect
Brian Eggert
With a runtime of 83 minutes 44 the movie is all build up 44 while the payoff resorts to silly horror conventions 44 abandoning whatever scientific goodwill it had established 46 
1
The Lazarus Effect
John Beifuss
The movie ought to be scarier but in the current genre environment of teen centric found footage shockers its messing with Mother Nature traditionalism and structured storytelling is so old school it feels new again 
3
The Lazarus Effect
David Nusair
a thoroughly unmemorable and disappointingly lazy horror endeavor 
2
The Lazarus Effect
Robert Levin
The picture is in desperate need of a personality a perspective something that justifies its existence 
2
The Lazarus Effect
David Keyes
This isn t a journey it s a funeral procession 
1
The Lazarus Effect
Burl Burlingame
Lovely Olivia Wilde gets so many extreme close ups that you feel like her dermatologist She winds up looking like those outer space pictures of dead moons 
.5
The Lazarus Effect
Kevin C. Johnson
The Lazarus Effect boasts nothing special It s not going to provide much relief for horror starved audiences 
2
The Lazarus Effect
Rafer Guzman
Another cheapie from the producers of Paranormal Activity Aims low but hits its target 
2
The Lazarus Effect
Peter Sobczynski
This isn t a real horror movie this is the kind of horror movie that the characters in a real horror movie watch in order to comment on the lameness of the genre before their authentic terrors begin 
1
The Lazarus Effect
Willie Waffle
The Lazarus Effect does have one redeeming quality It ends quickly 
1
The Lazarus Effect
Brad Wheeler
No resurrection for this dog please 
1.5
The Lazarus Effect
Tirdad Derakhshani
Mildly enjoyable despite its basic mediocrity 
2
The Lazarus Effect
James Berardinelli
The Lazarus Effect begins with an intriguing premise then proceeds to squander all the early goodwill through a slow inexorable descent into cheap horror gimmicks 
2
The Lazarus Effect
Bruce DeMara
While The Lazarus Effect isn t the worst scary movie film you ll see this year it is probably one of the most predictable and lazily plotted 
2
The Lazarus Effect
Michael O'Sullivan
It staggers zombielike from one jump scare to another before petering out a scant 83 minutes after rising from the slab 
1
The Lazarus Effect
David Berry
For a film that has pulled a reasonably overqualified cast with solid dramatic chops it is regretfully short on any characters that stick out in any way whatsoever 
1.5
The Lazarus Effect
Mark Dujsik
I t s not too much to expect that if a movie is going to ask the big questions it at least follow through in exploring them with some degree of curiosity 
1.5
The Lazarus Effect
Matt Pais
It would be difficult to care less about all this 
1.5
The Lazarus Effect
Lou Lumenick
Looks like it was directed by a blind and deaf person over a weekend on a leftover laboratory set from a TV show and edited with a roulette wheel 
0
The Lazarus Effect
Claudia Puig
Absorbing well crafted and appropriately tense with a smart cast that raises it a notch above average 
2.5
The Lazarus Effect
Mick LaSalle
This is an 83 minute movie that feels a half hour longer and if it weren t for the loud crescendos it would put people to sleep 
1
The Lazarus Effect
Soren Andersen
You ve seen it all before The only question is Why haven t they 
1.5
The Lazarus Effect
Dustin Putman
There is a crafty creepy provocative film lurking inside of The Lazarus Effect but alas it never comes out to play 
2
The Lazarus Effect
Ed Gonzalez
David Gelb doesn t evince so much as a single compositional sleight of hand merely delighting in turning lights on and off and watching Zoe appear in random places 
1
The Lazarus Effect
Roger Moore
Unsurprising but chilling well played and very well executed revive the dead horror thriller 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Brian Eggert
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel puts a smile on your face that refuses to fade 44 in large part because it allows us to enjoy a feel good movie without feeling an ounce of shame afterward 46 
3.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s a gem of a film that is slowly paced and a treat for the senses 
3.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mattie Lucas
Merely a mildly entertaining time passer that will mostly please fans of the actors who will no doubt find plenty to like behind its charming facade 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Kelly Jane Torrance
Surprisingly enough The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel works More than that It s a sweet film about age old crises that never feel old 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Wesley Lovell
Proof that even the young can mistakenly see the aged as elderly Their bodies may have degraded but their minds and spirits are no less sharp 
3.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jeff Beck
It may not be a particularly memorable film but it s a joy to watch so much talent on the screen 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Linda Cook
If all you want to see is talented British performers of a certain age then The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is for you If you want something surprising perhaps with a bit of an edge then you ll have to look elsewhere 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sean P. Means
Everything in Ol Parker s screenplay plays out in gently predictable fashion It s up to the delightful cast and to the light touch of director John Madden to bring life and warmth 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Roger Moore
Clothes may make the man but they most CERTAINLY make the character Bill Nighy says I spend quite a lot of time fretting over what a character would wear how he ll look 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
John Wirt
Even if the film s amenities are wildly uneven there s enough fun and poignancy in it to earn the property three stars 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Lori Hoffman
The wonderful cast manages to find nuggets of laughter hope and sadness in a story about the notion that being older doesn t mean you lose your zest for life 8233 8233 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Matt Brunson
The Avengers for the elderly demographic it s harmless undemanding piffle It s a worthy sentiment to graciously offer a film for moviegoers both young and old who might not know a Hulk from a Thing It s just a shame the result isn t a better movie 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
John Beifuss
Moviegoers may feel they ve been invited to an Indian restaurant where the buffet consists of white bread and boiled potatoes 
2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Matt Soergel
It s quickly going to become the new favorite movie of flocks of moviegoers whose hearts don t necessarily race at the sight of superheroes in spandex killer space aliens randy teenagers or serial killers 
3.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Michael Dequina
A classic case where all of the talent involved elevates familiar predictable beats into something genuinely involving and moving 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Austin Kennedy
I m sure many undemanding viewers over the age of 60 will enjoy themselves just cause it was made for them But I would like a movie with well written and real characters please 
1.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Connie Ogle
As for the Marigold Hotel well it s not the Delano But overall it s a fine spot to spend a couple of hours 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Rafer Guzman
The movie itself is a mawkish comedy drama romance but the astounding cast makes it feel like a night on the West End 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Joe Williams
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an Indian dish for day trippers Lacking beef or sufficient spice it s nonetheless colorful comfort food 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Rich Heldenfels
The superb cast still cannot save a weak story 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Moira MacDonald
There s little that s surprising about the film everyone ends up pretty much where you d guess but that predictable quality becomes part of the pleasure of watching it like a book that s happily reread 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Duane Dudek
If nothing else Marigold Hotel is a chance to watch British acting royalty work together in a film that has nothing to do with wizards or Muggles Yet the result is no less fantasy than Harry Potter 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Loey Lockerby
By dropping a classic Brits abroad story into modern urban India Marigold brings chaotic energy to what would otherwise be merely cozy and predictable 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Peter Canavese
Eat Gray Love the whole enterprise is too platitudinous but with powerhouse actors like Dench Nighy and Wilkinson even a critic can agree it s better to be plucky than a sour stick in the mud 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Stephen Whitty
It s hard to complain too much when your leads are Dench and Smith Nighy and Wilkinson all giving an actor s master class in the power of doing just enough 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Claudia Puig
A refreshing mature fairy tale with a top notch ensemble cast 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Liam Lacey
With its stereotypical characters and creaky plot turns this passage to India feels even longer than its running time 
2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Michael O'Sullivan
The entertainment that one is able to derive from it is directly proportional to the appeal of each character Those levels vary widely 
1.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mark Dujsik
Yes the actors here deliver the monologues with verve but these aren t characters They alternate between speechmaker and sounding board for another s speech 
2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mick LaSalle
Marigold Hotel is too well made to be dismissed and contains too much truth to be scorned 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
James Berardinelli
Those who will see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are looking for something calm safe gently humorous and entirely unchallenging And that s exactly what they get 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Gary Thompson
Madden directs a treasure trove of top notch British actors who bring professionalism and humanity to a leisurely story that never sinks under the weight of a sentimental script 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Brett Michel
Filled with Indian and British clichés it is nonetheless a pleasant diversion that doesn t involve special effects or 3D glasses 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ty Burr
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is proof that art house films can be as clichéd and soggily sentimental as the big ticket items playing at the multiplex 
2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Peter Travers
With a lesser cast the movie would be a lineup of TV movie clichés But this is a cast that never makes a false move even when the script settles for formula 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Chris Hewitt
With its accent on character it feels more like a comfy novel than a movie 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Matt Pais
If you loved Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 
2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Linda Barnard
A gently amusing tale of seven seniors who run away from dreary old England for a new life as retirement Raj in India 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Roger Moore
A cast of great Brits of old age pensioner vintage lights up John Shakespeare in Love Madden s film an adorable comedy about elderly pioneers tackling life s last great adventure 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Michael Phillips
As two hour tours go The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel goes smoothly 
3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Roger Ebert
A charming funny and heartwarming movie a smoothly crafted entertainment that makes good use of seven superb veterans 
3.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Christy Lemire
Mostly Marigold Hotel is old fashioned safe and resistant to stray from its comfort zone like visiting a foreign country and only eating the foods you already know you like 
2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
R. Kurt Osenlund
The film is home to some unique redeeming factors but it panders to viewers by diluting its lesson which teaches that some comfort zones can only be truly abandoned on the other side of the world 
2.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Scott Nash
Truly feel good comedies don t come along often enough and this one is impossible to resist 
3.5
Hunting Pignut
Brad Wheeler
The action is erratic and unlikely But if too many things just don t ring true the genuineness of actress Hickson is never in question 
1.5
Broken Lullaby
Kathy Fennessy
This unsung Lubitsch drama is just as deserving of attention as the director apos s stellar comedies 44 both for its timeless theme and heartfelt presentation 46 
3
Beverly Hills Cop II
Leonard Maltin
Any comedy as good as Beverly Hills Cop warrants a better follow up than this and I can t understand why audiences didn t feel cheated by this second rate retread 
1
Beverly Hills Cop II
Henry Sheehan
It s possible Scott felt he had nothing to work with The film s plot such as it is barely exists 
2
Beverly Hills Cop II
David Nusair
fares best in its briskly paced and thoroughly entertaining opening half hour 
2.5
Beverly Hills Cop II
James Kendrick
essentially repeats everything from the first film but louder and flashier
2
Beverly Hills Cop II
Matt Brunson
Sleazy 44 sexist 44 and stupid 46 
1.5
Beverly Hills Cop II
Bill Chambers
The problem is that Axel Foley is a different kind of role model but Murphy s ego blurs the line between them 
1
Beverly Hills Cop II
Roger Ebert
What is comedy That s a pretty basic question I know but Cop II never thought to ask it 
1
A Family
Roger Moore
Puts the sag back in saga soapy melodramatic Japanese mob movie
2
God Grew Tired of Us
Peter Howell
Too often with documentaries we get only the tears There is no second act or resolution Christopher Quinn s God Grew Tired of Us gives us reason to hope about a human catastrophe 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
John Beifuss
A thought provoking film likely to make moviegoers question their own paths in life even as it involves them in the lives of several of the Lost Boys of Sudan 
3.5
God Grew Tired of Us
Chris Hewitt
God Grew Tired of Us is a better film than Lost Boys of Sudan focusing on details of the men s lives and shifting fluidly between three distinct characters John Daniel and Panther 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Steven Rea
Not as good nor as complex as The Lost Boys but that doesn t make the story of mass annihilation sprawling refugee camps the generosity of Americans and the resilience of a handful of Sudanese survivors any less worthy of telling again 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
David Elliott
Christopher Quinn and Tommy Walker made this fine and never simply pleading film its moving subjects including tall gentle tireless prayerful and humane John Bul Dau 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Sean P. Means
A simple and direct documentary 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Bruce Westbrook
Their journey isn t over many in Africa still desperately need help but the hope and opportunities America offers are a grand place to start 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Camerin Courtney
God may be tired of us but if these men s lives are any indication he certainly isn t finished with us 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Ty Burr
A documentary to make you proud of what America offers to the rest of the world and worried that it can t keep its promises 
3.5
God Grew Tired of Us
Jonathan W. Hickman
It is a story worth telling over and over 
3.5
God Grew Tired of Us
Walter V. Addiego
Three Sudanese men struggle to adjust to life in the United States from their perspective a very strange place in this affecting and well made culture shock documentary 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Josh Larsen
What does it say about the American society we ve created that it makes war scarred visitors miss their refugee camp 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Michael Phillips
It s worth seeing simply for the reunion between one of the men a lovely spirit named John Bul Dau and his long separated mother 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Matt Pais
Their optimism and persistence is moving on a supremely human level and much more a than gut check to anyone who s lost perspective on their own fortune 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Ken Fox
A powerfully inspirational tale of survival told by men who were at one time convinced that God had simply grown tired of them but who have since found a new wholly unexpected life on the other side of the world 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Pam Grady
The three men profiled in this insightful documentary are unforgettable and so is the film Sudan has been much in the news God Grew Tired of Us personalizes it and puts a human face on the catastrophe 
4
God Grew Tired of Us
Stephen Whitty
God Grew Tired of Us doesn t add much to this twice told story Still just a few months after the cruelties of Borat it s instructive to see again how truly foreign America is to much of the world 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Kyle Smith
There are surprising comic elements to this well drawn and involving portrait of a group of Lost Boys the term for the thousands of Christian Sudanese refugees who were chased out of that country by murderous squads of Muslims starting in the 1980s 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Elizabeth Weitzman
Narrated by Nicole Kidman this poignant documentary tells only half the story of three Sudanese lost boys who emigrate to America Though it doesn t delve as deep as it should this movie will still break your heart 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Bob Strauss
God Grew Tired of Us cares more about hope than it does full disclosure and it goes about that agenda pretty expertly It s emotional and smart 
3.5
God Grew Tired of Us
Claudia Puig
By focusing on these hardworking and eloquent young men the film brings into clear light the indefatigability of the human spirit 
3.5
God Grew Tired of Us
Gene Seymour
The movie manages to be an elegantly rendered portrait of the refugees uneasy but dogged engagement of American possibility braced by an equally dogged plea to acknowledge the horrible conflict that still keeps them from returning home 
3.5
God Grew Tired of Us
Joey Chase
At the very least it s a powerful film 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Kam Williams
I ve heard of remakes before but this is the first remake of a documentary I can recall 
3
God Grew Tired of Us
Nick Schager
It s a portrait of both suffering and success and one that the directors refuse to gussy up in overly sentimental or derisive ways 
3
Candy
Matt Brunson
No one would ever mistake this for a feel good romp but its potency is unwavering 
3
Candy
Terry Lawson
Undeniably affecting 
3
Candy
Phil Villarreal
Candy won t make anyone forget Trainspotting 1996 or Requiem for a Dream 2000 but nor will Candy let those who see it soon forget the experience 
3
Candy
Rob Thomas
The question is whether Candy is intended to be an honest and unflinching look at the junkie life or merely trying to top Trainspotting and its ilk 
2.5
Candy
Jeff Vice
Candy is pretty much the standard downbeat drug addicts in love tale we ve seen repeatedly over the years 
2
Candy
Sean P. Means
It s not entertainment by any means but it is riveting and rewarding viewing 
3
Candy
Kam Williams
Think of this warts and all misadventure as the cinematic equivalent of a Just Say No public service announcement 
3.5
Candy
Ruthe Stein
For all its depiction of a descent into drug addiction Candy is filled with surprisingly sweet moments and goes down more easily than seems possible given the subject matter 
3
Candy
Robert W. Butler
Drug addiction is bad Given the universal consensus on this topic anyone making a movie about it needs to come up with a fresh approach 
2.5
Candy
Chris Hewitt
Director Neil Armfield reaps rewards for the trust he places in his actors 
2.5
Candy
Steven Rea
There s a formula here and it s not the liquid being shot into popping veins 
2.5
Candy
Glenn Whipp
It boasts a heartbreaking performance by Ledger 
3
Candy
Wesley Morris
It s one thing for a movie to show us the perils of addiction It s another for it to give us two people who can t seem to find any joy in it 
3
Candy
Willie Waffle
a rough movie to watch but the acting performances make it worth it 
3
Candy
Michael Phillips
Heath Ledger is alive and awake and interesting every minute of Candy 
2.5
Candy
Stephen Whitty
For Ledger it s the opportunity to do the sort of flat out high risk role young actors often claim to be desperate for but are rarely willing to chase 
3.5
Candy
Scott Warren
When the film ends you may want to stay in the dark theater where you can simply dig a hole under your seat and not have to face the bad bad world 
2
Candy
Ken Fox
Neil Armfield s film hits hard 
3.5
Candy
Brie Beazley
Beautifully shot and wonderfully directed Candy is a gut wrenching sobering and passionate look at relationships addiction and one woman s journey down the rabbit hole 
3.5
Candy
Kyle Smith
I m not sure there s a lot more to say about heroin addiction but if there is Candy doesn t say it 
2
Candy
Elizabeth Weitzman
although there are some very striking moments in Neil Armfield s debut there are simply not enough to keep us absorbed the way a movie should 
2.5
Candy
Jan Stuart
If the characters trajectory feels pre ordained the actors force us to sit up and pay attention with renewed focus 
3
Candy
James Berardinelli
Despite being well made and supremely acted Candy is a true feel bad experience 
3
Candy
Nick Schager
An Australian rendition of Requiem for a Dream in which pretty people live in filth steal from their relatives and turn tricks in order to satiate their narcotics cravings 
1
Candy
David Nusair
a surprisingly engaging and emotionally wrenching piece of work 
3
Goldie
Tomris Laffly
Throughout de Jong both romanticizes the unique vigor of New York City especially the Bronx and seeps the viewer into its harsh realities as everything grows more impossible for Goldie by the minute 
3
Goldie
Mark Dujsik
Goldie shows its own brand of stylistic confidence although it s also clear that the movie doesn t exactly know what it wants to do 
2.5
Goldie
Roger Moore
Woods makes our heroine someone we warm to if not right away and more importantly someone we won t forget 
3
Cabaret Balkan
Michael Dequina
Some vignettes work better than others but their collective effect is nothing short of powerful 
3.5
Cabaret Balkan
Roger Ebert
Of all the movies about all the tragic places where old hatreds fester over ethnic racial and religious animosity this is the angriest and therefore possibly the bravest 
4
Ulysses' Gaze
Ed Gonzalez
Angelopoulos film is lyrically evocative but painfully self important 
2
Ulysses' Gaze
Jeff Vice
While it s beautiful even graceful and though its heart is in the right place there s just as much to condemn as there is in its favor 
2
Ulysses' Gaze
Roger Ebert
What arrogance and self importance this film reveals 
1
Fear Street Part One: 1994
David Reddish
For now suffice it to say Janiak and Graziadei have reimagined Stines pulp chiller as a macabre Lord of the Rings type saga Fear Street never reaches that level of epic though that doesnt make it any less fun 
3
Fear Street Part One: 1994
David Nusair
the absence of wholeheartedly compelling protagonists goes a long way towards perpetuating the sporadically tedious vibe 
2.5
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Peter Canavese
A generic pastiche ing of Scream era horror movies but horror fans should stick with it as it becomes more hardcore and emotionally satisfying in the last half hour 
2.5
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Steven Prokopy
1994 left me wanting not just more but something more substantial than simply a Scream retread with a few more culturally sensitive touches 
2
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Mattie Lucas
A purely enjoyable chiller that beautifully captures the feeling of its pulpy teen novel roots 
3
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Roger Moore
A Scream for the Stranger Things era 
2.5
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Kevin Carr
This is a legit authentic slasher movie that would have been made in the 90s 
4
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Johnny Oleksinski
Nobody really needs a brain to enjoy this movie 
3
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Nick Allen
Packed with 90s nostalgia fountains of blood and legitimately surprising twists this initial movie would be strong on its own but it shows a great promise for the next installment that s arriving checks notes in seven days 
3
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Mark Dujsik
T his entry does stand on its own as a mostly mediocre horror tale albeit one with flashes of genuine and surprising inspiration 
2
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Randy Myers
Fear Street Part 1 1994 is everything a horror fan desires nerve wracking sequences a killer soundtrack complex characters and twists and surprises galore 
3.5
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Rosalie Kicks
Scenes are repetitive tedious and often play out too long inevitably serving very little purpose 
2
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fear Street Part 1 1994 is an absolute blast Janiak begins her trilogy with a bang and I for one cannot wait to see how deep the roots of Sarah Fier s evil run underneath Shadyside 
3.5
Priceless
Matt Brunson
The title character in Fleabag looks almost as chaste as Mother Teresa when compared to Irene the protagonist of this sparkling French comedy 
3
Priceless
Mattie Lucas
A bubbly frothy grandly entertaining romantic comedy as delicious as its champagne tinted cinematography 
3
Priceless
Phil Villarreal
The outcome is as predictable as a high summer electric bill but chemistry and charm go a long way 
3
Priceless
Jeff Vice
Tautou makes this sometimes creaky comic creation work better than it should 
2.5
Priceless
Lawrence Toppman
The comedy which verges on farce from time to time also has the smilingly cynical approach to romance that we identify with the French 
3
Priceless
Matt Brunson
After being drained of all personality for her role in The Da Vinci Code Tautou regains her Amelie effervescence 
3
Priceless
John Beifuss
Worth seeing only for the mysterious adhesion process of Tautou s dresses and for Gilles Henry s glossy cinematography which treats the luxurious Monte Carlo and Nice locations the way a tongue treats a lollipop 
2
Priceless
Rob Thomas
There s not much substance to Priceless but what is there is effortlessly crafted and entertaining and the locales in Nice and Monte Carlo are just spectacular 
3
Priceless
Robert W. Butler
Priceless ends on a sweet sentimental note Yes it s unrealistic But hey that s why we go to the movies 
3
Priceless
Chris Hewitt
It might remind you of those early 60s capers that starred a different Audrey Hepburn 
3
Priceless
Moira MacDonald
Pierre Salvadori s delightful comedy picturesquely set in a series of posh hotels on the French Riviera throws together two terrific comic actors and an irresistible premise 
3.5
Priceless
Ty Burr
Priceless is a bauble an art house diamond made of paste that somehow still gives you good glimmer for the money 
2.5
Priceless
Michael Phillips
The thing about a certain grade of contemporary French comedy of which Priceless is a fine example is the quality of the playing style Nobody forces the situations even the broadest ones 
3
Priceless
Mick LaSalle
Stop laughing long enough and you ll see that it s a picture about compromised lives and love for sale But no one who watches Priceless will stop laughing for that long 
3
Priceless
Christian Toto
Priceless smartly updates the selfish pluck that powered Breakfast at Tiffany s more than four decades ago 
3.5
Priceless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film has a lot more grace than you d expect it s not frantic but actually rather breezy 
3
Priceless
Jan Stuart
This broadly amoral take on Breakfast at Tiffany s suffers from a serious case of who should we care for He s a sap she s a soulless vamp their patrons are either cruel self deluding or both 
2
Priceless
Kam Williams
A hilarious class conscious French farce which features more coupling and uncoupling than you might be able to keep track of 
4
Priceless
Ken Fox
The lovely Audrey Tautou and sad eyed Gad Elmaleh are perfectly cast as a gold digger and the poor sap who loves her but the real star of Pierre Salvadori s larky Lubitsch esque farce is France s impossibly chic Cote d Azure 
3.5
Priceless
V.A. Musetto
Under director writer Pierre Salvadori Priceless provides lightweight predictable entertainment that will make you yearn for the Tautou of yesteryear 
2
Priceless
Glenn Whipp
As we watch Irene and Jean prostitute themselves with their weathered moneyed marks the vibe isn t playful or mischievous but tedious and vulgar The accommodations might be four star but the movie is strictly Motel 6 
1
Priceless
Ed Gonzalez
Priceless Pierre Salvadori s re imagining read vulgarization of Breakfast at Tiffany s wears its contempt on its sleeve 
1
All the Moons
Walter Chaw
All the Moons is a horror movie about life as a terminal condition It s melancholy and beautiful a Keatsian Grecian urn of a film 
4
Les Invisibles
David Sterritt
Humane unsentimental eye opening 
3
Les Invisibles
V.A. Musetto
Invisible isn t always easy to watch but Bojanov s film is so compelling you just can t turn away 
3
Boiling Point
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In terms of story and action the gratuitously named Boiling Point has even less going for it 
2
Boiling Point
Michael Dequina
So slow moving and lacking in excitement that it s torture to sit through 
0
The Factory
Christian Toto
Lloyd Dobler and his pals at the Gas n Sip would have had a field day mocking a movie like The Factory 
1.5
Roe v. Wade
Joey Magidson
Roe v Wade is not just sure to be the worst film of 2021 it s among the worst of the past several years Barely a movie it s not even coherent as conservative propaganda 
0.5
Valiant
Peter T. Chattaway
For parents who are tired of the hip stupid bombast of films like Shark Tale it ll do 
2.5
Valiant
David Nusair
A mildly engaging but thoroughly forgettable piece of work 
2.5
Valiant
Lori Hoffman
An OK kids movie with a decent story
2.5
Valiant
Larry Ratliff
Unfortunately the dazzling colors and inspired vocal performances aren t enough to make the whole thing soar like an eagle 
2.5
Valiant
Linda Cook
Here s a not so valiant attempt to recreate the charm of Shrek 
2
Valiant
James Berardinelli
Arguably the blandest of the burgeoning crop of big budget digitally animated films Valiant aims to prove that the death of traditional animation has simply pushed lackluster screenplays into the digital realm 
2
Valiant
Sara Michelle Fetters
I can t really tell you why for a family flick revolving around WWII Carrier Pigeons it s an obvious gag but just the idea of department devoted to crafting propaganda for pigeons gets me to smile and chuckle far more than it probably should 
2.5
Valiant
Dan Fienberg
There are far more aspects of the film that may leave younger viewers confused and may not even be fun after lengthy parental explanations 
2.5
Valiant
Geoff Pevere
Not only is the pacing less hyper the humour less pop cult savvy and the story almost creakily old fashioned than a Pixar production it even looks like it was made in a cloudier climate the dominant colours are muted blues and greys 
2
Valiant
Moira MacDonald
Though it s made with wit style and sweetness it may be a tricky match for American audiences 
3
Valiant
Peter Hartlaub
A passable animated feature that will entertain small children but feels as if it was thrown together quickly 
2
Valiant
Carla Meyer
The picture often lacks the essential wackiness needed to please young audiences 
2.5
Valiant
Kyle Smith
Apart from the puns and regurgitation jokes the story of a group of carrier pigeons on a death defying mission in 1944 Europe will fly over the heads of actual youngsters 
2.5
Valiant
Mary-Liz Shaw
Valiant is a movie that is trying to be an homage but winds up a pale imitation 
2.5
Valiant
Peter Debruge
It s no Shrek but what Valiant lacks in looks it makes up for with its perky winged heroes and high flying concept 
3
Valiant
Glenn Whipp
Valiant is amiable enough but there s little in the humor or story that could be considered fresh 
2.5
Valiant
John Monaghan
Even young viewers will recognize Valiant as second tier Disney 
2
Valiant
Lisa Kennedy
It s tempting then to call this U S British produced endeavor an odd duck Except that Valiant uses nearly every pun in the book 
2.5
Valiant
Ty Burr
The thought of this motley crew in the recording studio laying down vocal tracks and cracking each other up is far more entertaining than anything in the film 
1.5
Valiant
Sarah Chauncey
Ever noticed how many pigeons look like John Cleese Me neither 
2
Valiant
Nick Rogers
Very short and very slight Valiant still carries a dainty retro charm amid heavy technology A fine effort with a sweet message kids will be happy to hear only once 
3
Valiant
Sean P. Means
Aside from some fun voice casting the movie is a stodgy and slow affair 
2
Valiant
Dan Lybarger
The depth of vocal talent squandered in Valiant is staggering 
2
Valiant
Willie Waffle
It s a movie that will be good enough but not memorable or worth seeing again like a date with me 
2.5
Valiant
Peter Canavese
Valiant is sadly boring and while its rote mechanics may function nominally on children it s going to be a long 76 minutes for the adults 
2
Valiant
Dustin Putman
Lightweight and easily forgotten about once it s over While it last though it is congenial and pleasingly innocuous 
2.5
Valiant
Mike Clark
Too inoffensive to engender the hostility once reserved for Howard the Duck 
2
Valiant
Chris Hewitt
Valiant isn t up to the computer animation standards of Pixar Finding Nemo or even Dreamworks Madagascar 
2
Valiant
Jeff Strickler
The animated feature Valiant a story about the carrier pigeons that ferried messages from France to England during World War II takes wing but never quite manages to soar 
2.5
Valiant
Robert K. Elder
A mix of top notch voice talents standard computer animation and several missed story opportunities 
2.5
Valiant
Gene Seymour
Valiant seems built merely to distract and divert for a brisk hour and small change 
2
Valiant
Josh Larsen
A lame duck movie about pigeons 
2
Valiant
Walter Chaw
People who liked the Shrek flicks may actually try to prove their sophistication amongst themselves by rejecting this pale imitation of an embarrassing cultural artifact 
0.5
Valiant
Nick Schager
The slapdash construction and narrative inconsistencies however aren t nearly as damaging to this aerial adventure as the general mediocrity of its animation 
1.5
Valiant
Scott Nash
A cornucopia of British character actors enliven this flashback to the war movies of yesteryear 
3.5
Valiant
Sean McBride
modern kids won t get any of the World War II references and to be honest the rest of the adventure is mediocre at best 
2
Valiant
Steve Rhodes
Will engage your little ones minimally while in the theaters but will leave them without any desire to get the DVD later in order to see it again 
2
We Are Twisted F...ing Sister!
Jeff Albertson
Using a trove of archival footage and memorabilia the story is told by the band managers and its devout fans over the course of 134 wildly entertaining minutes 
3.5
3 Weeks in Yerevan
Rick Bentley
What makes the movie so entertaining is how Berberian and Pirhamzei who also directed the movie show that the pitfalls of filmmakers are universal 
3
Streetlight Harmonies
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Yeah the new guys sound good but the veterans have definitely still got it Hello hello again sh boom and hopin we ll meet again 
3
Streetlight Harmonies
Roger Moore
A brisk documentary that takes us from Gospel close harmony singing as it morphed into pop music covering The Inkspots through doo wop Motown and The Beach Boys to En Vogue and NSYNC 
2.5
Graduation Day
Dustin Putman
An ideal weekend movie the sort of entertaining low budget horror item that will work best for audiences looking to unwind and have fun after a long busy work week 
2.5
I Am Not an Easy Man
Roger Moore
I laughed and laughed at this gender reversal sex farce This director knows where to stick her satiric knife 
3
On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky
Roger Moore
Covers a lot of West Virginia ground and even points its own camera at the dark sky with some fellow enthusiasts and gets images that will convince nobody 
1.5
The Dish
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sitch deserves the highest praise for recapturing the global feeling of rapture and awe at watching a man walk on the moon For a few minutes we can party like it s 1969 
3.5
The Dish
David Nusair
The Dish is a quietly inoffensive film with a few laughs and a generally genial atmosphere 
2.5
The Dish
Mark Dujsik
We re given time to let the impact of this feat truly impact us 
3.5
The Dish
Marty Mapes
The quirky colorful characters overshadow the film s conflicts Goodness nostalgia and awe win the day 
3
The Dish
Robert Roten
The film expertly combines the charms of small town life with the grand adventures of space exploration and love 
3.5
The Dish
Michael Dequina
A funny and genuinely moving package 
3
The Dish
Dan Lybarger
One would be surprised to find such an enjoyably human story from what appears to be a cold scientific instrument 
3
The Dish
Susan Stark
Both an entertaining instructive jaunt down memory lane and also for the younger generation a most palatable lesson in modern history 
3
The Dish
Elias Savada
The Dish is an entertaining funny and strong lesson in collaborative initiative community spirit and a rousing sense of humor What a lovely adventure 
3.5
The Dish
Rob Blackwelder
Vivaciously funny 
3
The Dish
Bob Graham
Images of the revolving and tilting dish are sufficient in themselves and do more than make up for the musical goosing on the soundtrack 
3
The Dish
Pam Grady
A graceful reminder of the astronauts magnificent feat and of our own capacity for wonder 
3.5
The Dish
James Berardinelli
A comedy with a heart a rare thing in the movies these days 
3
The Dish
Roger Ebert
A smiling human comedy 
3.5
The Dish
Jeanne Aufmuth
Small moments bigger moments and an adequate sense of just so 
3.5
The Dish
Susan Wloszczyna
Dramatically moving and good naturedly humorous it transmits a sharp picture of humanity that inspires both awe and laughter 
2
The Dish
Steve Rhodes
It is the amazing but simple story of dedication that remains in your memory after you leave the theater 
3.5
The Dish
Ross Anthony
This sharp tongued small film is well directed acted cast written conceived and scored 
3
The Dish
Greg Dean Schmitz
Emotional and inspirational and funny in that quirky down under sort of way 
4
The Adventure Club
Dann Gire
Adventure Club has its heart in the right place its message of forgiveness for reformed bullies and apologetic family betrayers is admirable but its brain has gone comatose and its adrenal glands never get excited 
1.5
Good Life
Roger Moore
Theres not enough color jokes romance surprises or incidents just the occasional accident to animate this still life 
1.5
These Amazing Shadows
John Beifuss
Entertaining but only revealing when the directors visit the Library of Congress film storage vaults in Culpeper Va where close to 130 000 rolls of fragile and damaged nitrate motion picture film are kept in 124 climate controlled vaults 
2.5
These Amazing Shadows
Jen Chaney
Shadows is an 88 minute valentine to cinema a reminder of why we continue returning to the multiplex and an abiding faith in the power of film to transport us to faraway places 
2.5
These Amazing Shadows
Ty Burr
Shadows is a deeply heartfelt if scattered effort that plays like an Oscar night clip show with a mission 
2.5
These Amazing Shadows
Betsy Sherman
If movies are our kiss kiss bang bang arenas of desire then this addictive movie centric documentary from Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton makes the Library of Congress sound like the Playboy Mansion 
3
These Amazing Shadows
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anyone who loves movies will find a great deal to adore and admire about this new movie 
3
These Amazing Shadows
Peter Hartlaub
For lovers of American filmmaking These Amazing Shadows may be the ultimate sampler buffet 
3
These Amazing Shadows
David Nusair
a fascinating documentary 
3.5
Before the Rains
Mick LaSalle
It s definitely good definitely a little bit boring 
2
Before the Rains
Philip Marchand
India has rarely looked so beautiful onscreen Against the anguish of his human characters director Santosh Sivan juxtaposes a tranquil green world in the hills of the southwestern state of Keralain 1937 10 years before independence 
3
Before the Rains
Rick Groen
When the rains in Before the Rains finally arrive there s nothing to cleanse no real dirt to wash away not with history already so neatly packaged and polished to a dull shine 
2
Before the Rains
Duane Dudek
This is a story where passion is political and as with all political indiscretions the coverup is worse than the crime 
3
Before the Rains
John Hartl
It might have been more convincing if it had emphasized personalities rather than types 
2.5
Before the Rains
Roger Ebert
I can t quite recommend it 
2.5
Before the Rains
Chris Hewitt
One of those dopey romantic epics in which many lives are ruined with gorgeous scenery in the background 
1
Before the Rains
Josh Larsen
There is something especially insulting about a very adult movie told in very childish terms 
2
Before the Rains
Steven Rea
Before the Rains is never less than compelling but never more than adequately realized 
2.5
Before the Rains
Jessica Reaves
The problem isn t just that the material is cliched and vaguely offensive It s more that the plot is incredibly predictable the score is manipulative and the denouement completely unsatisfying 
2
Before the Rains
Maitland McDonagh
A resolutely old fashioned story of personal tribulations played out against a backdrop of political turmoil Sivan s film is well acted beautifully photographed and oddly reassuring 
2.5
Before the Rains
V.A. Musetto
Merchant Ivory productions are usually visual delights and Before the Rains is no exception Pity that the direction and narrative lack passion If there s anything a story of interracial adultery needs it s passion 
2
Before the Rains
John Anderson
The film is well acted a broad colonial allegory and again visually gorgeous 
3
Before the Rains
Nick Schager
Mechanical through and through 
2
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Federico Furzan
Campy horror that works for a fun night Sometimes that s enough Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Baadasssss!
Jon Niccum
The most intriguing portions of this drama involve tales of how the elder Peebles circumvents the system in order to keep the camera rolling 
3
Baadasssss!
Lawrence Toppman
Every independent filmmaker with a micro budget and mega dreams should see Baadasssss 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Duane Dudek
It is a slice of what happened by one of those it happened to 
3
Baadasssss!
John Beifuss
Mario Van Peebles celebrates not just his father but the ragged glory of independent cinema in the risky days before DVD Sundance and the Internet 
3
Baadasssss!
Matt Brunson
Ultimately a son s affectionate tribute to his dad a difficult man who floundered as a regular father but established himself as a founding father of a different sort 
3
Baadasssss!
David Nusair
an extremely effective look at the making of a film 
3
Baadasssss!
Joe Baltake
Works alternately as a weird kind of biopic a movie about moviemaking and a film about a certain era in Hollywood 
3
Baadasssss!
Rene Rodriguez
Van Peebles stiff needlessly flashy direction lacks the energy this material required to become truly transporting and the relationships between the characters particularly the father and son is never convincing 
2.5
Baadasssss!
Liam Lacey
Not just forgiving toward the elder Van Peebles it s filled with a spirit of comic amazement about what he accomplished 
3
Baadasssss!
Jeff Vice
It succeeds in one very important aspect It makes you want to see the original movie that spawned it 
3
Baadasssss!
Sean P. Means
The last face we see belongs to the real Melvin who doesn t say a word but his fierce look confirms the story s veracity and his pride in his son 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Phil Villarreal
In Baadasssss 1970s blaxploitation cinema finally has its own Day for Night 
3
Baadasssss!
Phoebe Flowers
The rousing and irresistible story of the making of the 1971 action film Sweet Sweetback s Baad Asssss Song 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Mark Rahner
A great glimpse inside an artist s struggle That is an artist s funky nasty struggle 
3
Baadasssss!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Melvin s utter cruelty toward Mario is shocking especially watching the now grown Mario re enacting these episodes and taking the side of his former aggressor 
3
Baadasssss!
Chris Hewitt
A jolting lively film 
3
Baadasssss!
Ben Schwartz
Mario s done a good job of depicting Melvin s accomplishments Yet it seems to me that he s still selling his father s legacy short 
2
Baadasssss!
Terry Lawson
More nuanced and displays far more filmmaking finesse than Mario s previous films as a director 
3
Baadasssss!
Lisa Kennedy
A color saturated celebration of cinematic pleasure and filial love 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Roger Ebert
One of the best movies I ve seen about the making of a movie 
4
Baadasssss!
Marty Mapes
Provides a context for Sweetback the film that launched blaxploitation cinema
3
Baadasssss!
Carrie Rickey
A sobering and wildly entertaining account of how the elder Van Peebles crashed through the hurdles that continue to hinder independent filmmakers 
3
Baadasssss!
Allison Benedikt
It works as a biopic as a truly American story and as a sentimental but never cloying gift from son to father and from father to son 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Paul Sherman
It makes you wish a documentary had been made instead of a docudrama 
2
Baadasssss!
Ty Burr
You don t need to have seen the father s movie to enjoy the son s a multitiered fantasia that s part cinema history part family reunion and all hall of mirrors 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Rob Blackwelder
Not only a very personal account but also a savvy stylistic homage to Sweetback s shoe string methods and a powerful primer of historical and sociological context 
3
Baadasssss!
Glenn Lovell
Baadasssss is one bad movie and I mean that in the most affectionate sense 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Gene Seymour
One is very glad to have Baadasssss around if only to remind younger moviegoers that taking chances and breaking rules can reap huge dividends 
3
Baadasssss!
Pam Grady
The love radiates off the screen in this cinematic valentine as Mario pays moving tribute to the influential filmmaker he has the privilege of calling Dad 
4
Baadasssss!
Lou Lumenick
A tour de force by Mario Van Peebles who not only does an uncanny impression of his cocky and often unsympathetic father but briskly directed and wrote the insightful screenplay based on his father s memoirs with Dennis Haggerty 
3
Baadasssss!
Elizabeth Weitzman
A meta cool history lesson and homage 
3
Baadasssss!
Bob Strauss
The best told tale Mario Van Peebles has ever filmed Full of psychological and cultural riches it s a real gift that he can thank his father for living and giving 
3
Baadasssss!
Walter Chaw
Polarizing and potentially galvanizing 
3
Baadasssss!
Aaron Hillis
Melvin s counterculture classic will always outshine as the forefather but Mario s better crafted companion piece is just as historically vital and easily as empowering 
3.5
Baadasssss!
Steve Rhodes
A marvelously entertaining and fascinating film 
3
Baadasssss!
Mike Clark
An entertaining movie 
3
Baadasssss!
David Sterritt
Colorful time capsule of a movie 
3
Baadasssss!
Peter Travers
The film is technically raw but the sight of Van Peebles playing his father at a defining moment in movie history exerts a potent fascination 
3
Baadasssss!
Ed Gonzalez
BAADASSSSS is a celebration of Melvin s struggle to make Baadassss Song on his own terms despite an endless string of financial and personal mishaps 
3
Soap
Ruthe Stein
Fear of Flying never got made into a movie But imagine a 21st century version transported to Denmark with a transsexual thrown in for added titillation and you ve got the gist of the amusing melodrama Soap 
3
Soap
Ken Fox
A smart and assured spin on traditional soap opera tropes 
3.5
Soap
Lou Lumenick
Another week another movie about a depressed transsexual hooker 
1
Soap
Nick Schager
Christensen joylessly scrubs A Soap clean of sudsy silliness until all that remains is Von Trier ian starkness 
1.5
New Brooklyn
Steve Rhodes
Exquisitely constructed it gives viewers a consistently satisfying experience which works on every level But Lewin steals the movie Be ready to have your heart break 
3.5
Strange Wilderness
Nick Rogers
Any resemblance to comedy is purely coincidental and unintentional The only reason to chuckle is to prove you haven t died while watching it Its credits should be handed to a mercenary It s not a film It s the Zeroes worst pop culture excretion 
0
Strange Wilderness
Austin Kennedy
I would say 20 of the jokes work and the rest fell flat 
1.5
Strange Wilderness
Linda Cook
Maybe the screenwriters were chemically altered when they decided that this stoner comedy was funny 
.5
Strange Wilderness
Larry Ratliff
Even though this raucous low low lowbrow comedy hits theaters early in the year I m thinking the race for bottom feeder of 2008 is if not over at least well under way 
.5
Strange Wilderness
Philip Marchand
This movie is designed for an audience that likes gross out humour and endless silliness 
.5
Strange Wilderness
Ty Burr
There are stupid stoner comedies and then there are stupid stoner comedies that ain t funny and the latest effluvium from Adam Sandler s Happy Madison production company is mostly a bummer 
1
Strange Wilderness
Dustin Putman
A nearly plotless and always asinine stoner comedy that is so inconsequential it begins to evaporate from the memory before it is even over 
1
Strange Wilderness
Ken Fox
You d have to be more than merely intoxicated to find anything about this dismal stoner comedy remotely funny You d have to be unconscious 
0
Strange Wilderness
Mike McGranaghan
Strange Wilderness is so wretched that it makes The Benchwarmers look like Bull Durham Grandma s Boy look like The Graduate and Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo look like Midnight Cowboy 
1
Georgia Rule
Linda Cook
Since when did sexual abuse find its way into a comedy I guess when it s part of a screenplay written by Mark Andrus and directed by Garry Marshall Pretty Woman 
.5
Georgia Rule
David Nusair
it s ultimately difficult not to be drawn into the soap opera ish exploits of the central characters 
2.5
Georgia Rule
Matt Brunson
If there s not a dry eye in the house when Lilly and Rachel finally hug it s only because audiences will have cleared out by that point 
1.5
Georgia Rule
Sean McBride
Does anybody really want to see a quirky incest comedy Yuck 
1
Georgia Rule
Larry Ratliff
It may not be good news for casting agents and some directors but Lohan is the real deal She can act 
3
Georgia Rule
Kam Williams
A genre bending female empowerment flick masquerading as a titillating teensplurt 
3
Georgia Rule
Gary Brown
Georgia Rule is about as Lohan as it can go 
1
Georgia Rule
James Berardinelli
The central problem with the movie isn t that it deals with several hot button topics but that it addresses them with a shocking lack of emotional honesty 
2
Georgia Rule
Vince Koehler
In the end this film is genuine and sincere It tugs at peoples emotions and if you have ever struggled in a mother daughter relationship you can really relate 
4
Georgia Rule
Mike McGranaghan
There is enough to admire here that you may agree it s worth a look At the same time the film doesn t emotionally satisfy as strongly as it should One thing s clear though this is Lohan s picture and she walks away with it 
2.5
Georgia Rule
Claudia Puig
Georgia Rule doesn t make you feel good it makes you queasy 
1
Georgia Rule
Ken Fox
Spin it however they like the troubled but talented Lohan isn t what s wrong with this misbegotten mess 
1.5
Georgia Rule
Peter Howell
You d think that decree No 1 for a movie about rules would be to know exactly what kind of picture you re making and selling Georgia Rule fails that basic test and a whole lot of other ones besides 
1.5
Georgia Rule
Jeff Shannon
As an acting showcase the supporting roles are as rich as the leads Georgia Rule is undeniably one of the year s best American dramedies 
3
Georgia Rule
Mick LaSalle
It s a creepy tone deaf movie about three generations of women 
1
Georgia Rule
David Elliott
A bar of soap is a repeated element in Georgia Rule and rightly so Suds rise in this capably acted fem drama laced with slap in comedy 
2
Georgia Rule
Timothy Knight
Frankly it s a wonder that stars Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman didn t belly up to the bar alongside Lohan once they read Mark Andrus screenplay an atonal ersatz mix of garden variety family dysfunction and rank chick flick clichés 
1
Georgia Rule
Stephen Whitty
A murky blend of melodrama and comedy 
1
Georgia Rule
Kyle Smith
Do not take your mom to Georgia Rule unless she s Roseanne Barr You may expect a three generational chick flick but what you get is a child rape comedy 
.5
Georgia Rule
Elizabeth Weitzman
Misguided at best and repellent at worst 
1
Georgia Rule
Duane Dudek
The actresses notably Fonda are fine but the characters are a collection of clichés and behaviors that feel as patently false as the generic town built around them 
2
Georgia Rule
Rene Rodriguez
You can see what they are striving for but Georgia Rule is so artificial it feels like more of a flow chart than a slice of life 
1
Georgia Rule
Bob Strauss
No wonder Lindsay Lohan got scolded for missing work during this production I d also try to stay away as long as I could from a project that s this confused 
2
Georgia Rule
Liam Lacey
Not to excuse her apparent lack of professionalism but can you blame Lohan for showing up to work in bad shape 
0
Georgia Rule
Terry Lawson
If there is a What Were They Thinking Hall of Shame there s a whole wall preserved for Georgia Rule a feel good mothers and daughters comedy about child sexual abuse 
1
Georgia Rule
Lisa Kennedy
There s little gussied up in this surprisingly tart mother child grandchild reunion picture written by Mark Andrus 
3
Georgia Rule
Mary F. Pols
Georgia Rule is not just a bad movie it s a creepy one 
.5
Georgia Rule
Richard Roeper
It s a shame Lohan s best work to date is bogged down in a film that wants to be in the same league as Terms of Endearment but is only marginally better than Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood 
2
Georgia Rule
Ty Burr
Georgia Rule is a bad idea dreadfully executed On Golden Pond with fellatio jokes and whimsical incest melodrama and Fonda playing her dad who more and more she eerily resembles 
.5
Georgia Rule
Camerin Courtney
Not just another bratty teen movie but one that delves into the intriguing and heartbreaking reasons behind the brattiness 
2.5
Georgia Rule
Kit Bowen
Strong performances and its R rating help keep Georgia Rule from being a completely overemotional Lifetime TV mush fest but only slightly 
2
Georgia Rule
James Sanford
All three stars are compelling and vibrant which will make many viewers wish the actresses had a stronger script to work with and a more confident director to guide them 
3
Georgia Rule
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a sexual drama not for the squeamish or for the easily offended but for those looking for adult entertainment and not the usual summer CGI whiz bang this one fits the bill and then some 
3
Georgia Rule
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Quite a bit smarter than some of director Garry Marshall s other weepies but his big happy clumsy style ultimately isn t suited for finely tuned melodrama 
2.5
Georgia Rule
Willie Waffle
it takes a horribly serious and painful subject then tries to surround it with a bad parody of Hee Haw
0
Georgia Rule
Erik Childress
Lohan s an extremely talented actress when she wants to be and it s roles in films like Mean Girls and Georgia Rule that proves she can be one of the great ones 
3
Georgia Rule
Mark Dujsik
A lighthearted romp about sexual abuse alcoholism and familial angst and as if that weren t bad enough the movie wants to be taken seriously 
1
Georgia Rule
Chris Hewitt
How bad is it for actresses in Hollywood Well three really good ones thought Georgia Rule was their best option 
1
Georgia Rule
Carrie Rickey
The American public likes nothing better than a tragedy with a happy ending William Dean Howells observed But Marshall so cautiously downplays the tragic elements of his plot that the sweetness and light left a sour taste in my mouth 
2.5
Georgia Rule
Michael Wilmington
Maybe Georgia Rule should be required viewing for Paris Hilton during her term in the slammer But not for us 
2
Georgia Rule
Matt Pais
A comedy about sexual abuse Nice 
1
Georgia Rule
Dustin Putman
Even when the lack of forward motion in the narrative shines through Georgia Rule is worth watching for Lindsay Lohan alone 
2.5
Georgia Rule
Glenn Kenny
If there was ever a film project that deserved sabotaging this is it 
1
Georgia Rule
Phoebe Flowers
A far better more absorbing melodrama than its titular conceit would have you expect 
3
Georgia Rule
Josh Larsen
Garry Marshall has to be the most tone deaf filmmaker at work today 
1
Georgia Rule
Jeanne Aufmuth
A messier than thou melodrama that s guaranteed to repel 
1
Georgia Rule
Nick Schager
So facile that it posits I love you as the quick fix remedy for its characters myriad deeply rooted grievances 
1
Ingenious
Steve Rhodes
Cute enough 
2.5
A Walk on the Moon
Michael Dequina
Romance novel material albeit it gussied up in a handsome well made package 
2.5
A Walk on the Moon
James Sanford
would make a fine companion piece to Ang Lee s The Ice Storm another tale of unhappy people trying to find themselves or lose themselves in other people s beds 
3.5
A Walk on the Moon
Dustin Putman
Unmistakably feels like a rough cut of a possibly good movie 
2
A Walk on the Moon
Roger Ebert
Somewhere in the midst of the dramaturgy is a fine performance by Anna Paquin as a teenage girl struggling with new ideas and raging hormones Every time I saw her character onscreen I thought There s the real story 
2
The Scarlet Letter
Maitland McDonagh
Rage love defiance confusion fear Moore just sticks out her chin and makes her eyes brim with tears She s the stolidly immovable object at the film s center and there s no getting around her 
1.5
The Scarlet Letter
Michael Dequina
Love the book or hate it but no novel deserves the shabby treatment that director Roland Joff and screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart have given the classic novel 
1
The Scarlet Letter
Jeanne Aufmuth
Corny heavy handed but definitely romantic The Scarlet Letter is a mindless piece of historical amusement 
2.5
The Scarlet Letter
Peter Stack
This is a well acted beautiful movie 
3
The Scarlet Letter
James Berardinelli
Literary purists will be aghast at some of the liberties taken with the original text but my complaints have more to do with cinematic misjudgments than with those in the book to screen translation 
2
The Scarlet Letter
Susan Wloszczyna
Students beware This is no sub for Cliffs Notes The script takes more liberties with the text than Elizabeth Berkley did with that pole in Showgirls 
2
The Scarlet Letter
Ted Prigge
Instead of being a symbolism laden parable about hypocrisy and set morals it decides to become a condemnation of Puritan lifestyles not because they re a bunch of hypocrites but because hey they won t have sex 
1.5
The Scarlet Letter
Barbara Shulgasser
With Demi Moore and Gary Oldman as those 17th century adulterers Hester Prynne and the Rev Dimmesdale the movie has its silly moments but more impressively it is turgid the second most prevalent trait of Joffe s films and long the third 
1
The Scarlet Letter
Madeleine Williams
Pitiful loose interpretation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel of adultery and its implications 
1
The Scarlet Letter
Roger Ebert
The movie has removed the character s sense of guilt and therefore the story s drama 
1.5
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss
Pam Grady
While the movies are increasingly enamored with ever more elaborate computer animation director Phil Nibbelink delivers a feature that is resolutely old fashioned in its use of cels Surprisingly it s not terrible 
2.5
Rainbow Time
Nick Allen
Foiled by a weak imagination and clear limits to its awareness Rainbow Time doesn t become the strong feminist statement it wants to be 
2
Rainbow Time
Wes Greene
Linas Phillips s contrived sense of follow through betrays the truthfulness of his initial characterizations 
2
Too Much Sleep
Joshua Tanzer
A darkly funny tour of deepest strangest New Jersey 
3.5
Too Much Sleep
David N. Butterworth
Overtired 
2
Too Much Sleep
Mike McGranaghan
Too Much Sleep seems more like a home movie made by your brother in law and his frat brothers than a real film 
1.5
Too Much Sleep
Tor Thorsen
Too Much Sleep is loaded with the same quirkiness one expects from an independent comedy although it s not as self consciously strange as most 
3
Too Much Sleep
Susan Stark
Though far less polished and pricey than the average studio movie an independent film such as Too Much Sleep easily makes up in pith and becoming modesty what it lacks in flash 
2
Too Much Sleep
Roger Ebert
Rich and droll and yet slight a film of modest virtues content to be small achieving what it intends 
3
Too Much Sleep
Rob Blackwelder
Fatiguingly mundane snoozer 
1
Too Much Sleep
Blake French
its dark quirky humor consistent narrative and weirdly involving storyline keeps the overall production afloat even if its target motif is undigested and misunderstood 
3
The Big Bus
Mike McGranaghan
The Big Bus can be hit or miss in its humor But the hits are fairly big and the misses are comparatively small 
3
Let Him Be
Jason Anderson
Increasingly played out as a format for low budget filmmakers the mock doc style creates more limitations than opportunities and Tim s supposedly candid footage of the would be Lennon often feels awkwardly staged 
2
Let Him Be
Jennie Punter
A flawed but earnest and sometimes engaging low budget feature 
2
Assassination
David Nusair
Filmmaker Peter R Hunt delivers a sluggish and hopelessly low rent thriller that boasts little in the way of compelling attributes 
1.5
Amor tóxico
Alberto Luchini
An indie comedy full of originality and freshness seen through its dialogue Full review in Spanish 
2
Not Yet Begun to Fight
Omer Mozaffar
Running only an hour this documentary is as emotionally heavy as almost anything twice as long 
3.5
Not Yet Begun to Fight
Omer Mozaffar
Running only an hour this documentary is as emotionally heavy as almost anything twice as long 
3.5
Platoon
Matt Brunson
Platoon may not be the best Vietnam war film ever made I still prefer both Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket by a healthy margin but I wouldn apos t care to argue with any veteran who states that it apos s the most honest depiction of that insane skirmish 46 
3.5
Platoon
Bill Morrison
The time for this film is now And it deserves comparison with such great anti war movies as All Quiet on the Western Front Paths of Glory and Grand Illusion 
4
Platoon
Mike McGrady
Platoon is brutal vicious surpassingly ugly in a word realistic It s one of those movies that are hard to watch yet impossible not to watch 
4
Platoon
George Williams
Platoon looks like the real thing feels like the real thing sounds like the real thing And the actors have been ingeniously chosen for their roles they are so right 
4
Platoon
Bruce R. Miller
It doesn t have the visual supremacy of Apocalypse Now or the cohesiveness The Deer Hunter Instead its strength lies in its honesty its incisiveness and its soul 
4
Platoon
Bob Ross
This movie splashes the Vietnam War on the big screen with terrifying realism Indeed this movie is as close to actual combat as any sane person would care to get 
3.5
Platoon
Bill Cosford
Platoon rings with authenticity shrieks and crackles with it It s not much fun Instead it s powerful terribly sad a dirge for lost lives lost souls there and here 
3.5
Platoon
Michael Sragow
If Platoon is easy to overrate it s also easy to underrate Oliver Stone may know too much about war fiction for his own good But he also knows something about war 
3
Platoon
Terry Lawson
The reason Platoon is so emotionally riveting is that it captures the horror and glory of war and the courageousness of the men who fight it like only a bare handful of movies ever has 
4
Platoon
Rob Lowing
In a totally involving often heartbreaking but always realistic story Platoon comes closest yet to depicting the psychological effects of war on individual soldiers and their relationships with each other 
4
Platoon
Lou Lumenick
While Platoon is easily one of the year s finest films I m not sure if it s the long awaited definitive Vietnam movie as some early reviews have suggested But it is the gamest attempt so far to explain how America suffered a humiliating defeat 
3.5
Platoon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Oliver Stone based his movie on his own experiences and attempted to make a more realistic Vietnam movie simpler and more grounded than things like Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter and he succeeds truly making this war look like hell 
3.5
Platoon
Kathleen Carroll
This film is an act of courage Stone the gutsy writer director records in a devastating barrage of images the relentless horror and the senseless carnage experienced by far too many Americans in Vietnam 
3.5
Platoon
Dave Kehr
There are images in Platoon so powerful that they seem rather than simply imprinted on celluloid to have been burned into memory 
3.5
Platoon
Carrie Rickey
Precisely because Stone forces you to experience a grunt s tunnel vision and rage Platoon is a film of inspiring empathy and awesome force 
3
Platoon
Gene Siskel
Platoon is filled with one fine performance after another and one can only wish that every person who saw the cartoonish war fantasy that was Rambo would buy a ticket to Platoon and bear witness to something closer to the truth 
4
Platoon
Peter Canavese
Remains an intriguing blend of the political and the personal with Stone turning his memories and his opinions about Vietnam into potent drama Blu ray 
3.5
Platoon
Phil Villarreal
Most war films adhere to a big picture purview explaining which battles meant what and fulfilled which strategic objectives Stone s effort skirts all that in favor of wrapping the viewer in visceral detail 
4
Platoon
Wesley Lovell
A terrific film from a filmmaker long absent from his art Platoon is a frightening and challenging look into the battlefield operations of Vietnam 
4
Platoon
Michael Szymanski
One of the greatest war films of all time Oliver Stone shows the intense comraderie as well as the major horrors of war Charlie Sheen is in is greatest role ever
3.5
Platoon
James Berardinelli
Platoon is one of those movies that once seen will never be forgotten and at least for those who were not in Vietnam will forever alter the way in which the war is considered 
4
Platoon
James Kendrick
a pained portrait of men driven to the brink of existence for reasons that no one could ever quite explain
3.5
Platoon
Roger Ebert
A film that says that before you can make any vast sweeping statements about Vietnam you have to begin by understanding the bottom line which is that a lot of people went over there and got killed dead and that is what the war meant for them 
4
Platoon
Marty Mapes
Stone was able to portray the war so accurately because he himself had a tour of duty in Vietnam 
3
Dune
Wesley Lovell
A film is 44 at its core 44 a piece of entertainment 46 While cinema is also a fascinating and diverse macrocosm of art 44 films like Dune make the case that intermingling approaches to the medium aren 8217 t always possible 46 
3.5
Dune
David Reddish
If nothing else Dune wins its place as a masterpiece of adaptation truncating roughly half the novel into its runtime to expand the books monomaniacal focus on Paul into a more ensemble narrative 
4
Dune
Matt Brunson
Its stateliness is both an asset and a detriment 
3
Dune
David Gonzalez
Every few years 44 a film arrives that changes the landscape of cinema 46 
4
Dune
John Beifuss
Mesmerizing for much of its 3 hour length especially during its first half when it prioritizes statecraft and intrigue and augurs and artful arrangements of strangely costumed individuals and strikingly designed alien vessels over fights and chases 
3.5
Dune
Kevin A. Ranson
incredible not just Arrakis but the entire production design its always a little sad when modern audiences can t be trusted with in story reasons why characters engage in action sequences 
3
Dune
James Kendrick
Villeneuve s proficiency with both intimate human drama and large scale spectacle makes him an ideal candidate to tackle Herbert s epic
3
Dune
Rene Sanchez
Grandiose and enthralling Dune is a cinematic spectacle powered by an impressive cast arresting visuals and profound themes Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Dune
David Nusair
a distressing misfire that seems to confirm that Frank Herbert s 1965 novel is just not suitable for big screen treatment 
1.5
Dune
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps it will ultimately work better when seen in it s full context once Part II is released but Dune as it stands is a curiously weightless affair all sturm and no drang a vaguely intriguing setup that is shockingly unsatisfying 
2.5
Dune
Steven Prokopy
This is a sumptuous experience larger than life yet intimate 
3.5
Dune
Mark Meszoros
The world building for which Herbert is praised comes to life nicely but more than five decades after the novel s release some of his story elements seem a little silly 
3
Dune
Matthew Passantino
Some who love this story will be invested in the characters and their journey but Dune will start and stop at the technical scale for most 
2
Dune
Dann Gire
The always watchable Jason Momoa pumps up an impressive supporting cast 
2.5
Dune
Sean P. Means
The look of Villeneuve s Arrakis is breathtaking combining the best of modern CGI images with the sweep of an epic like Lawrence of Arabia 
3.5
Dune
Jake Coyle
The plot is enough for even a sandworm to digest 
3.5
Dune
Max Weiss
Oover the course of its two hours and 35 minutes the film won me over Had part two been immediately available I would ve nuked another bag of popcorn leaned back and clicked play 
3
Dune
Mark Feeney
Dune the planet suffers perpetual drought Dune the movie feels waterlogged 
2
Dune
Linda Cook
Dune is anything but dry 
3.5
Dune
Mike Scott
Villeneuve s suitably sweeping Dune is nothing if not a cinema scale spectacle 
2.5
Dune
Tom Meek
The film looks great in scope and atmospheric moodiness It s blessed with a talented cast too but like that 1984 film the roles are tag lines and the characters never become much deeper than their screenplay summation 
2.5
Dune
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A spectacular but empty film A single scene from David Lynch s failed version Kenneth McMillan floating in the air and laughing wickedly is more cinema than this entire movie 
1
Dune
Kevin Carr
It s epic It s big but it does fall into traps I ve seen in science fiction 
3
Dune
Mike McGranaghan
An effort to create a grand science fiction epic has yielded something cold something that fails to generate an emotional response 
1.5
Dune
Jeff Mitchell
Dune is a spectacular procedural exercise 
2
Dune
Michael Medved
The inventive visuals and audio effects are world class and often spellbinding but the twists and turns are sometimes hard to follow 
2.5
Dune
Ty Burr
The movie isn t Lawrence of Arabia in Space but it comes pretty close and I say that as someone who went in a doubter 
3.5
Dune
Robert Horton
A minimum of dialogue and a multitude of meaningful glances 
2.5
Dune
Sonny Bunch
Denis Villeneuve s Dune is definitely one half of one movie 
2.5
Dune
Doug Walker
Though I fear the average movie goer will find it boring Dune fans like myself will most likely enjoy this adaptation 
3
Dune
Leo Brady
Believe the hype because Denis Villeneuve has achieved something groundbreaking with his vision making a sci fi epic unlike any other which is hopefully just the beginning 
3.5
Dune
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
It s a stark reminder that pretentiousness can be just as punishing as commercialism 
1
Dune
Chris Hewitt
The result is a movie that seems to move both too quickly Wait What are the ramifications of that last conflict and too slowly When are we going to get to the why of all of this 
2
Dune
Mark Dujsik
Because of its thin characters and sparsely incomplete plot the movie leaves little to care about and consider 
2
Dune
Jeff York
Despite all the incredible eye candy on display Villeneuve never loses sight of his characters He makes Herbert s story all the more grounded and relatable by treating it as a coming of age film about a teenager trying to find his place in the world 
3
Dune
James Berardinelli
Director Denis Villeneuve s vision is evident in every frame 
3
Dune
Randy Myers
It helps if you ve read the books but it s not essential given how screenwriters Jon Spaihts Eric Roth and Villeneuve making the dense story more accessible 
4
Dune
Josh Bell
The story may be incomplete but the world of Dune is an immersive fully realized wonder 
3
Dune
Sara Michelle Fetters
This Dune for all its technical virtuosity is stranded in an emotionally barren desert 
2.5
Dune
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The result is a feast for the visual senses but so dense in structure that it s hard to swallow 
2
Dune
Rafer Guzman
This is a movie of Oscar quality craftsmanship but it lacks the primal drama of a Star Wars the emotional interplay of a Star Trek or the engaging camaraderie of a Marvel installment 
2.5
Dune
Jeff Beck
While the visuals are certainly top notch and brilliantly brought to the screen the adaptation of the material itself is sadly lacking 
2.5
Dune
Michael Phillips
A feat of visual and aural hypnosis 
3
Dune
Katie Walsh
Villeneuve approaches Herbert s text with a sense of almost religious reverence carefully creating an intoxicatingly mysterious and undeniably immersive world 
3.5
Dune
Pamela Powell
Dune is a long winded and bloated film typifying what men do to overpower others they fight Perhaps Part II wouldn t have been necessary if the writers would have focused on doing one thing telling the story 
1.5
Dune
Michael O'Sullivan
Dune is somehow almost purely pleasurable and rarely tedious despite its gargantuan running time and minor imperfections 
3
Dune
Richard Roeper
Villeneuve is a master at creating mind boggling futuristic worlds and he tops himself with the overwhelmingly striking imagery in Dune 
3
Dune
Josh Larsen
will put willing viewers under a sci fi trance 
3
Dune
Soren Andersen
Just see it It s remarkable 
4
Dune
Mick LaSalle
The movie s length is at times a challenge but Dune is so original and contains so many strong scenes that the length mostly isn t a problem 
3
Dune
Bob Bloom
The universe director Denis Villeneuve has created is richer and more detailed than the 1984 movie
3
Dune
Roger Moore
A pretty picture that often plays a ponderous 
2.5
Dune
Dwight Brown
What a spectacle This is the event movie audiences have been waiting for and theaters have been coveting 
3.5
Dune
Siddhant Adlakha
The film itself is mostly fine with breathtaking visuals broken up by a less captivating story that often drags its feet But its place within Western traditions both real and imagined is strange unsavory and fascinating 
2.5
Dune
Walter Chaw
For the uninitiated looking to make literal sense of it all Dune is going to be tough though what Villeneuve has done brilliantly is to offer up its Byzantine exposition as background noise to a flow of epic and at times overwhelming imagery 
4
Dune
Kent Turner
Director Denis Villeneuve accomplishes what David Lynch failed to do He turns Frank Herbert s multilayered 1965 sci fi classic novel into an involving adventure 
3
Dune
Peter Howell
The film is geared to fans newcomers may want a second look but consider it a pleasure 
3.5
Dune
Joey Magidson
Dune is a spectacle through and through Bold serious and dedicated to launching a whole new franchise it s a gamble that s paid off 
3.5
Dune
Mark Hanson
Dune ends up feeling like an extended prologue for what one can only hope will be a sequel that will clarify its parables and paradoxes 
1.5
Dune
Brad Wheeler
A breathtaking film worthy of the visionary Herbert s rich sophisticated source material 
3.5
Dune
Glenn Kenny
Villeneuve working with amazing technicians including cinematographer Greig Fraser editor Joe Walker and production designer Patrice Vermette manages to walk the thin line between grandeur and pomposity 
3.5
Dune
Brian Truitt
Even with its imperfections Dune as an experience is awesome with astounding special effects great production design and a propulsive Hans Zimmer score 
2.5
Stupid Teenagers Must Die!
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This will live on in cult heaven for that is its fate 
3
Choose Connor
Bob Strauss
Stranger things no doubt do happen But ambitious intelligent Eberl needed more mature storytelling skills to make Choose Connor seem plausible 
2
Choose Connor
Lou Lumenick
Overlong obvious and indifferently acted 
1.5
Choose Connor
Eric Henderson
An upstart thriller about a young man s initiation into politics and life Choose Connor is not coincidentally getting a theatrical release during an election that will likely mark an old man s exit from both politics and life 
2
Blood Junkie
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet entirely underwhelming low budget effort 
1
Dinocroc
David Nusair
a typically cheesy straight to video monster flick 
1
The Unforeseen
Joe Leydon
By turns rapturously beautiful and unspeakably sad while considering the consequences of unchecked urban sprawl 
3
The Unforeseen
Kenneth Turan
No one who sees this intriguing documentary will want to argue with reporter Greider when he forcefully insists We need a more mature regard for the future We do indeed 
4
The Unforeseen
Walter V. Addiego
Cinematographer Daniel has never shot a film for Malick though you d hardly guess so given The Unforeseen s poetic and dreamy shots of nature that like the images that open the Malick s The Thin Red Line hint at an Earthly paradise 
3.5
The Unforeseen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This one purports to be different by including interviews with the evil rich developers but the film is very subtly slanted away from them 
2.5
The Unforeseen
Ty Burr
As frustrating as it is welcome 
2
The Unforeseen
Rob Humanick
Though fittingly directed by Laura Dunn one can t help but feel the presence of producer Terrence Malick 
3.5
The Unforeseen
Ken Fox
Director Laura Dunn s elegant full length debut presents a frightening and powerful argument against the kind of reckless profit driven land development that not only threatens natural resources but life itself 
4
When the Tide Comes In ...
Ken Fox
An interesting and at times poignant blend of fact and fiction 
2.5
When the Tide Comes In ...
Gary Goldstein
It s a distinct and bittersweet story about how romance however fleeting can pop up in the most unexpected places 
3
When the Tide Comes In ...
V.A. Musetto
It s nice to see a love story that deals with mature people We re not likely to get anything like it from Hollywood 
3
When the Tide Comes In ...
Jami Bernard
It s a bountiful showcase for Moreau whose lopsided squinty beauty grows on you just as it grows on the drifter who eagerly volunteers from the audience each night 
2.5
When the Tide Comes In ...
Jan Stuart
Smartly weaves Moreau s lyrically slapstick solo show Dirty Business into this shaggy dog romance making a heartfelt contrast between the thrilling spontaneity of theater and the fizzy unpredictability of life 
3
When the Tide Comes In ...
Nick Schager
A quirky ode to transient romance and a showbizer s life on the road 
2.5
Noma, My Perfect Storm
Soren Andersen
The end result is a revealing portrait of an artist wholly dedicated to his art 
3
Noma, My Perfect Storm
Chris Knight
The story of Ren Redzepi and his award winning restaurant Noma succeeds in spite of any directorial missteps 
2.5
Noma, My Perfect Storm
Sara Stewart
I ve never seen a restaurant documentary that seemed less interested in showing the joy of food 
1.5
Noma, My Perfect Storm
Chuck Bowen
Too much of Noma is composed of gorgeous pillow shots which grow static and fussy appearing to exist almost apart from the subject matter 
2
Michael
David Nusair
Michael boasts a deliberate clinical atmosphere that handily evokes the feel of Haneke s hit and miss body of work 
3
Michael
Tom Keogh
A strange and agonizingly engrossing drama despite its repellent subject 
3
Michael
V.A. Musetto
A well acted otherwise tightly scripted movie that builds suspense with a series of unexpected twists and turns 
3
Michael
Andrew Schenker
Markus Schleinzer turns the film s victim into little more than a kicking screaming cipher whose sufferings while not exploited are nonetheless diminished to the stuff of clinical observation 
1.5
Michael
Liam Lacey
Dreadful as the subject matter is the authenticity of the performances and the skill of Schleinzer s filmmaking are difficult to deny in this portrait of a monster as the bland guy next door 
3
Accidental Love
Brian Eggert
Whatever group of filmmakers took over after Russell left the project 44 they didn apos t find a consistent mark at which to set their comedy dial 44 though most of the time 44 it apos s set to eleven 44 blaring in our faces 46 
2
Accidental Love
Richard Roeper
It s an unmitigated disaster not even worth a spin as a curiosity piece 
1
Accidental Love
Susan Wloszczyna
Really awful Unwatchably awful As in Give it the Razzie now and be done with it awful 
1
Accidental Love
Chuck Bowen
So flimsily constructed that it resembles a middle school play that s been hastily filmed on an antique camcorder 
0
The Woman
David Nusair
The Woman suffers from a pervasively low rent feel that remains a distraction from start to finish 
2
The Woman
Ty Burr
Subtle as a mugging and gleefully outrageous The Woman is a feminist parable disguised as a sicko midnight horror movie 
2
The Woman
Rene Rodriguez
Rewards your endurance with an utterly insane 30 minute climax of violence audacious gore and all around bad behavior 
2.5
The Woman
Dustin Putman
Excitingly unique deeply disturbing and beautifully macabre Why can t more films be as proudly one of a kind as this one 
3.5
The Woman
V.A. Musetto
The Woman is disturbing lurid and perverse but that isn t necessarily bad Horror buffs especially fans of Ketchum will be overcome with joy and excitement 
3
The Woman
Mike McGranaghan
If you are willing to be taken to the edge of horror this is a picture you ll want to pay attention to 
3
The Woman
Jeff Shannon
The Woman is an affront to human decency that no self respecting critic even this tolerant horror fan would enthusiastically endorse 
2
The Woman
Erik Childress
This is dark challenging stuff with a dead eye for satire and a fantastically out of control final act that will equally please the horror fan inside as well as the part that understands what is going on beneath the violence 
3.5
Without a Clue
Matt Brunson
The role reversal proves to be an irresistible hook for a comedy and for the most part Without a Clue delivers on this idea with wonderful performances by Kingsley and Caine and crackling banter by scripters Gary Murphy and Larry Strawther 
3
Without a Clue
David Nusair
it s impossible not to derive some pleasure out of Caine and Kingsley s effortless chemistry with one another 
2.5
Without a Clue
Roger Ebert
This is an amusing premise but it is not enough In order to effectively satirize something you must first transcend it 
2
The Teacher
Christopher Schobert
Maurry makes the film worth watching 
2.5
The Teacher
Anita Katz
A monstrous machinator who herself is a victim of a crooked system Maria Drazdechova is nuanced as well as shameless and rather fascinating 
3
Dance Flick
Brandy McDonnell
If you want to lower your adolescent s IQ just drop him off a high cliff onto a hard surface I promise it will be less painful than watching Grier break dance in a fat suit 
1
Dance Flick
Wesley Lovell
I may like this genre of comedy but a film like this makes me hope it s going to fade soon 
0.5
Dance Flick
Linda Cook
The gene talent in the Wayans family isn t as strong in the second generation 
2
Dance Flick
John Wirt
The Wayans are the masters of spoof 
3
Dance Flick
Kyle Smith
If there exists anyone in the comedy business less funny than the Wayans clan it s Amy Sedaris so she s here too 
0
Dance Flick
Kam Williams
Coarse adult oriented fare guaranteed to induce more groans than guffahs 
1
Dance Flick
Sean P. Means
Welcome to Wayans The Second Generation u2014 and the do you really think that s funny gene didn t skip them 
1
Dance Flick
Claudia Puig
Dance Flick occasionally hits its mark with nimble execution But too often it stumbles clumsily into bad taste 
2
Dance Flick
Bruce DeMara
What it isn t is subtle smart or particularly funny 
1
Dance Flick
Chris Hewitt
Amy Sedaris alone is worth the price of admission 
2.5
Dance Flick
Moira MacDonald
In the grand tradition of spoof movies most of the best stuff is in the trailer 
2
Dance Flick
Peter Hartlaub
Dance Flick is a movie that will make you yearn for the subtle humor and profound character exploration of White Chicks 
1
Dance Flick
Mack Bates
The Wayans brothers used to know how to do this right 
1.5
Dance Flick
Robert Levin
The Wayanses have made a movie that elicits a few chuckles and a lot of long awkward silences
1
Dance Flick
Carrie Rickey
Can the audience stick with this flick that showed most of its funny bits in the trailer For the most part yeah 
2.5
Dance Flick
Danny Deza
If you thought the world couldn t get enough of bad spoof movies you thought wrong 
1
Dance Flick
Ed Gonzalez
Aside from a half dozen salient bits that call bull on the white black symbiosis portrayed in films such as Step Up more times than not Dance Flick falls flatter than Eddie Murphy s butt in Norbit 
2
Dance Flick
Dustin Putman
So is Dance Flick worth recommending Not for everyone or for many But there is an exuberance in the direction and a certain not easily offended audience who will eat it up You know who you are 
2
Dance Flick
Jennie Punter
The storylines function as thin threads to hold together set pieces which mainly work thanks to tight writing and fast pacing dud scenes and there are several breeze past 
2
Dance Flick
John Anderson
We live in desperate times But no one s desperate enough to laugh at Dance Flick Which is sort of encouraging no 
1
Hellhole
Dustin Putman
Wacky 1985 B movie Hellhole is two scoops of crazy with a side of coo coo ca choo 
1.5
The Good Nurse
James Kendrick
flips the serial killer narrative on its head 44 making it all the more enigmatic in refusing to offer up pat assessments or easy explanations
3
The Good Nurse
Bruce R. Miller
Because Eddie Redmayne is so good at hiding emotions 44 he could be under the lights of an operating room and still get buy in 46 When his past is revealed 44 the change is better than any since Norman Bates 8217 in 8220 Psycho 46 8221 
2.5
The Good Nurse
Robert Levin
Chastain gives such a compelling and deeply human performance so effortlessly charismatic that you wish she had been the center of a completely different movie 
2.5
The Good Nurse
Roger Moore
Lindholm 8217 s patience with this material kind of outlasts ours 46 There needs to be more flesh on the bone to justify the two hour running time 46 The dead spots show 46 10 10 
2.5
The Good Nurse
Sarah Knight Adamson
Director Tobias Lindholm 8217 s razor sharp pacing and contemplative moments create a high wire act of tension both actors are excellent in their roles and gracefully share the spotlight 46 
4
The Good Nurse
Mark Meszoros
Really 44 there is nothing you can slam the movie for beyond an increasing case of dullness 46 Still 44 that 8217 s a flaw that may prove fatal for some viewers 46 
2
The Good Nurse
Ty Burr
It s watchable the way a long magazine article on the subject is readable Creepy but oddly leached of drama 
2
The Good Nurse
Michael Medved
This spellbinding film will get all kinds of awards attention thanks to the superb work of Danish director Tobias Lindholm 46 The characters come across as complex personalities thanks to consistently first rate performances 44 
4
The Good Nurse
Mark Feeney
The Good Nurse is at its best as a medical police procedural It helps that Noah Emmerich and Nnamdi Asomugha playing the cops give solid understated performances 
2.5
The Good Nurse
Rex Reed
Ms Chastain infuses Amy with so much moment to moment subtle naturalism that I forgot I was watching an actress at work and really believed I was in the company of an actual overworked underpaid nurse 
4
The Good Nurse
James Berardinelli
The Good Nurse is what it appears to be yet another of those true crime movies that Netflix churns out with regularity 
2
The Good Nurse
Josh Bell
By remaining calm and subdued rather than lurid 44 it achieves a greater lasting effect 46 
3
The Good Nurse
Steven Prokopy
I was unexpectedly drawn into this rather casually told piece that still manages to find notes of tension and human drama 46 
3
The Good Nurse
Jocelyn Noveck
In focusing the story on this good nurse director Tobias Lindholm and screenwriter Krysty Wilson Cairns make a powerful argument for telling such stories not via the killers themselves but via those who bravely confronted them 
3
The Good Nurse
Erik Childress
Somehow the two leads are the least interesting part of this true story which only comes alive when it is handed over to the investigators and the hint that the screenplay will tackle the greater hospital corruption than just one crazy employee 46 
2
The Good Nurse
Anne Brodie
Eddie Redmayne apos s extraordinary turn as a repressed psychopath is visceral 44 he goes down a dark path that must have taken a toll on him 46 The tension is bone deep and I apos ll admit 44 it apos s scary 46 46 46 proving once again that truth is stranger than fiction 33 10 
3
The Good Nurse
Richard Roeper
Redmayne infuses Charlie with a kind of Norman Bates like creepiness he s polite and quiet and only slightly disturbing until he explodes into full on madness Still we can understand why Charlie s patients trusted him and why Amy bought into his act 
3
The Good Nurse
Andrea Chase
Deliberately non lurid 44 using a synth score and pale color palette coupled with subtle shifts in camera focus and sudden shifts in its movement 44 this is an absorbing cat and mouse thriller without the comfort of unreality to insulate us from the action 46 
3
The Good Nurse
Mike McGranaghan
A great movie about the uncovering of a hideous crime 46 
3.5
The Good Nurse
Michael O'Sullivan
The biggest mystery that hangs over Nurse is the question of why all these power players thought something this slight this weightless this forgettable was ever worth their time 
1.5
The Good Nurse
Mark Dujsik
Director Tobias Lindholm apos s cold dedication to facts 46 46 46 prevents the movie from communicating the real outrage and horror that such a real life case should provoke 46 
2.5
The Good Nurse
Mick LaSalle
The performances are worth seeing but the movie isn t 
2
The Good Nurse
Randy Myers
A performance that deserves to get the versatile Redmayne another Oscar nomination it s chilling 
3
The Good Nurse
David Nusair
46 46 46 far more enthralling than one might 8217 ve anticipated 46 46 46 
3.5
The Good Nurse
Mark Hanson
For a while 44 the work on the part of the performers is nuanced enough to distract us from the film 8217 s implausibilities 46 
2
The Good Nurse
Brian Tallerico
A two hour version of a remarkably thin screenplay 44 one that often mistakes slow for subtle 46 
2
The Good Nurse
Joey Magidson
The Good Nurse pairs Jessica Chastain with Eddie Redmayne for a clinical serial killer procedural 46 
3
Third Person
David Nusair
the picture moves far too slowly to wholeheartedly capture the viewer s attention and interest 
1.5
Third Person
John Beifuss
Third Person takes place in New York Paris and Rome but what it offers moviegoers is a trip to Dullsville 
1.5
Third Person
Mal Vincent
Here is another example of how multiple stories can mystify and challenge you while one story might be written off as too simple 
2.5
Third Person
Peter Canavese
The tasteful austerity of style and solid performances can t overcome a script that largely stands between emotional humanity and the viewer 
2
Third Person
John Wirt
Third Person echoes writer director Paul Haggis Oscar winning Crash 9472 weakly 
2
Third Person
Rafer Guzman
Third Person is such a solipsistic navel gazing creation that it seems to have barely made it out of Haggis mind and onto the screen 
1.5
Third Person
Rob Thomas
When you cast Liam Neeson as your on screen avatar you re not exactly raking yourself over the coals 
1.5
Third Person
Moira MacDonald
It s all I m sorry to say a melodramatic slog 
1.5
Third Person
Brad Keefe
I keep rooting for an Olivia Wilde breakout Drinking Buddies was close but she seems to always be a bright spot in a mediocre project
2
Third Person
Duane Dudek
The dreary Third Person could also legitimately be called Help I m Trapped in a Literary Conceit 
2
Third Person
Calvin Wilson
Third Person doesn t lack for ambition and it s nice to see Neeson in the kind of role that he excelled at before he morphed into an action star But the film may have some folks wishing they d bought a ticket to Transformers 4 instead 
2
Third Person
Steven Rea
Third Person falls into a kind of fugue state The lines between characters become blurred their respective losses and heartbreaks dissolving into a melancholy vapor Or vapidity Take your pick 
2.5
Third Person
Ty Burr
Third Person staggers well over the two hour mark only to self destruct in a burst of overwrought cleverness 
2.5
Third Person
Bill Zwecker
Though Haggis has crafted an ambitious tale it is way too complicated and convoluted 
2.5
Third Person
Mark Dujsik
T he screenplay hides vital information until it is far too late for the story to actually do anything with the information 
1.5
Third Person
Ann Hornaday
Third Person aims to be singular but winds up being hoist on its own conceit Fiction may not be real but we re still supposed to believe at least a word of it 
1.5
Third Person
Dann Gire
Haggis has assembled a Grade A cast with stars who bring their characters to gritty honest life on the screen But they are stuck inside a story that eventually experiences a Crash under its heavy handed overthought structure 
2.5
Third Person
Mick LaSalle
Third Person is Paul Haggis best movie and the one he has been building toward for years 
4
Third Person
Michael Phillips
Writer director Paul Haggis exasperating multistory drama about how hard it is for a nice quiet sensitive guy to be left alone to write an exasperating multistory drama 
1.5
Third Person
Matt Pais
Emotional finger painting 
1.5
Third Person
Randy Myers
Haggis has written and directed better films than Third Person and I bet he ll make even better ones in the future 
2
Third Person
Robert Levin
It is excruciating obliterating you with overwrought platitudes and phony sincerity to the point where it starts to feel like a prison sentence 
1
Third Person
Susan Wloszczyna
The gimmick overwhelms the telling causing us to expend too much energy into figuring out the connections between the characters instead of simply being drawn into their predicaments and empathizing with them 
2
Third Person
Stephen Whitty
It gets too clever perhaps a sign of those 20 or 50 endlessly tweaked different drafts 
2
Third Person
Claudia Puig
The muddled concept is forced to the point of breaking the writing overheated and the story arc grimly perplexing 
2
Third Person
Peter Travers
Haggis ambition is admirable especially without the cushion of ironic detachment But what s on screen is a meandering mess more satisfying to dissect in retrospect than to live with in the moment 
2
Third Person
Rex Reed
Clumsy and contrived the film never manages to connect the dots in a trio of stories set in three different cities and I had to pinch myself to keep from falling asleep 
2
Third Person
Kyle Smith
Third Person has nothing to say and spends 2 1 2 hours not saying it 
0.5
Third Person
Steve Macfarlane
If the glue holding Crash s arcs together was Paul Haggis s belief in the power of racism this time it s love 
0
Third Person
Roger Moore
Well played and reasonably well written melodrama with no clear exit strategy 
2.5
Freeway
Jeanne Aufmuth
Freeway somehow manages to be hip imaginative and hilarious Road film comedy prison drama and Oliver Stone s Natural Born Killers all rolled into one 
3.5
Freeway
Margaret A. McGurk
I didn t particularly want to like Freeway but I couldn t help myself Reese Witherspoon made me 
3
Freeway
Liam Lacey
Cynical stylish and witty 
3
Freeway
Mick LaSalle
Rude in the way the truth is rude only funnier 
4
Freeway
James Kendrick
Freeway is not good satire it s not good comedy and it s not in the least bit entertaining 
1
Freeway
Roger Ebert
Like it or hate it or both you have to admire its skill and the over the top virtuosity of Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland 
3.5
Freeway
Chris Hicks
If you re into despicable trash that is completely without redeeming value Freeway is for you 
0
Freeway
Rob Blackwelder
Hilariously cheap but oddly reflective at times 
3
Freeway
James Berardinelli
Both grimly funny and thought provoking 
3.5
Freeway
Joe Baltake
A wild audacious drive in attraction that takes the high from highbrow and the low from lowdown and shakes them up 
4
Phyllis and Harold
Wesley Morris
It s a fascinating plea on Kleine s part to make sense of the many cul de sacs and hidden passageways in her mother s life She doesn t succeed but you have the distinct feeling that she couldn t have 
3
Phyllis and Harold
Gerald Peary
Very funny and surprisingly touching Phyllis and Harold finds romance and poetry out there in Long Island accomplishments indeed 
3.5
Phyllis and Harold
Robert W. Butler
A portrait of a marriage that epitomizes lives of quiet desperation 
3
Phyllis and Harold
Rob Humanick
Sports a talented eye for cinematic images but forgoes much documentarian value in its general refusal to address these matters from a more naturally candid state 
2
Phyllis and Harold
Mike McGranaghan
Why someone would want to lay bare their parents marital issues for the world to see is beyond me but that doesn t detract from the film s insightfulness 
3
Phyllis and Harold
Joe Neumaier
Engrossing sad and heartbreaking 
2
Phyllis and Harold
V.A. Musetto
My only question Why does Kleine who s married to Andre Gregory of My Dinner With Andre fame think that anybody outside her family gives a damn 
1
Phyllis and Harold
Andrew Schenker
What is intrinsically fascinating to the filmmaker because of familial ties must be of equal significance to an audience who has no vested interest in the subjects 
1.5
Tribute
Michael Dequina
One certainly comes away not only understanding but also sharing at least part of their excitement after watching this wildly enjoyable film 
3.5
Tribute
Steve Rhodes
Delightful documentary TRIBUTE takes us behind the scenes of real tribute bands 
3
Treasure Planet
Matt Brunson
The addition of an insufferable robot named B E N Martin Short cripples much of the film s momentum and renders many of the latter scenes unwatchable a friend once dubbed B E N the Jar Jar Binks of animation and she was absolutely right 
2
Treasure Planet
Peter Canavese
The awkward trappings of this Disney adventure mechanize and blunt the tale s humanity It pops and squeaks and rumbles but Treasure Planet lacks the strength to transport audiences Blu ray 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Michael Dequina
Inspired visuals and fluid animation even blown up on IMAX weren t enough to prevent me from being bored out of my skull 
2
Treasure Planet
David Nusair
just the sort of fast paced adventure flick that today s kids aren t getting enough of 
3
Treasure Planet
Nick Rogers
It apos s not one of Disney apos s greatest 44 but it apos s solid entertainment 46 
3
Treasure Planet
Jim Shelby
This is Disney animation at its best a witty and swashbuckling tale of adventure 
3.5
Treasure Planet
Kit Bowen
Disney s Treasure Planet adds a unique spin to a classic story which has delighted readers for generations 
3
Treasure Planet
Kevin A. Ranson
Treasure Planet is unfortunately more like a Saturday morning cartoon even with a running time of eighty or so minutes It s no Lilo Stitch but it s worth a matinee if only to see it too bad there couldn t have been more to feel 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Mike McGranaghan
Most Disney flicks work on an adult level I don t feel like I need a kid to lug into the theatre with me This time I felt like I needed a kid 
2.5
Treasure Planet
David Keyes
Not since Mulan or quite possibly even The Hunchback of Notre Dame has there been a Disney cartoon so casual about its own brilliance 
3.5
Treasure Planet
Joe Leydon
It s yo ho ho and a bundle of fun along with an abundance of imagination and a bounty of spectacular imagery a family film in the very best and most inclusive sense of that often misused term 
3.5
Treasure Planet
Tony Toscano
Although there are some minor problems in the script and storytelling plus the characters seem assembled from the Disney cookie cutter conveyor belt the kids won t mind 
3
Treasure Planet
Linda Cook
It s a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys regardless of their ages 
3.5
Treasure Planet
Dustin Putman
Treasure Island may be a much loved story but you would never know it from viewing the uninspired castration that is Treasure Planet 
1.5
Treasure Planet
David Elliott
In visual fertility Treasure Planet rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage 
3
Treasure Planet
Robert W. Butler
This version does justice both to Stevenson and to the sci fi genre 
3
Treasure Planet
Sean P. Means
Contains a lot of cool little ideas but is lacking the one big idea that opens up the possibilities of animated story telling 
3
Treasure Planet
Margaret A. McGurk
Abounds with kid friendly thrills 
3
Treasure Planet
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst
Though families will enjoy the classic story with a cosmic twist the most valuable gem is the beautiful mix of hand drawn and computer animation 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Bob Bloom
At about 95 minutes Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story However it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson s tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Ross Anthony
This is a good script good dialogue funny even for adults The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory The film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens 
3
Treasure Planet
Claudia Puig
Treasure Planet doesn t have the charm of Disney s last homegrown release Lilo Stitch or the dazzling artistry of Spirited Away But it s a capable and diverting holiday season adventure for a family audience 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Chris Hewitt
No matter how confused the story gets or how unclear Jim s motivations are we still have Long John Silver whose is he good or is he bad complexity is so fascinating that he ll make us stick around for any movie he yo ho hos in 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Peter Bernard
The plot s clearly mythic structure may owe more to Disney s strong sense of formula than to the original story But while the highly predictable narrative falls short Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold 
1.5
Treasure Planet
John Hartl
Don t look for gravity bound logic here This is cartoon fantasy not a literal translation although in its way it stays pretty close to Stevenson s characters and storyline 
3
Treasure Planet
Glenn Lovell
It s a pleasant enough way to mark time which is exactly what the rest of the Disney crew is doing until inspiration like a beam from the far end of the galaxy strikes again 
2.5
Treasure Planet
C.W. Nevius
When the Disney people go after your holiday dollar they don t leave anything in the paint box 
3
Treasure Planet
Joe Baltake
A perfectly competent and often imaginative film that lacks what little Lilo Stitch had in spades charisma 
3
Treasure Planet
Steven Rea
Sci fi meets sea faring fantasy and the mix isn t half bad 
3
Treasure Planet
Lou Lumenick
Better than OK but no Spirited Away 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Duane Dudek
As action adventure this space based homage to Robert Louis Stevenson s Treasure Island fires on all plasma conduits 
3
Treasure Planet
Rene Rodriguez
If Treasure Planet falls short of Lion King s classic status it still proves there is plenty of room in animation for movies that aren t geared exclusively to 8 year olds 
3
Treasure Planet
Susan Stark
Moody involving and endlessly inventive Treasure Planet lacks only the element of delight of joyfulness that marks the very best animation has to offer 
3
Treasure Planet
Jeff Vice
This is one of the more exciting Disney animated features It moves quickly and has some good distinctive voice performances 
3
Treasure Planet
Josh Larsen
Like its source novel Treasure Planet brims with the spirit of discovery 
3.5
Treasure Planet
Roger Ebert
For anyone who grew up on Disney s 1950 Treasure Island or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic this one feels like an impostor 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Ty Burr
As literary desecrations go this makes for perfectly acceptable occasionally very enjoyable children s entertainment You ll forget about it by Monday though and if they re old enough to have developed some taste so will your kids 
3
Treasure Planet
Erik Childress
Visually rather stunning but ultimately a handsome looking bore the true creativity would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Forrest Hartman
The movie is paced with precision Although we spend plenty of time getting to know the characters there s never a dull moment and the transitions from one scene to the next are particularly smart 
3.5
Treasure Planet
Marty Mapes
Its sense of adventure is a minor saving grace in a flawed movie
2.5
Treasure Planet
Jeffrey Westhoff
Looking at Treasure Planet is a wondrous thing but listening to it is another matter The Disney team makes an uncommon mistake by casting actors with distracting voices 
3
Treasure Planet
Phil Villarreal
If you re searching for a treasure look elsewhere 
2
Treasure Planet
Rob Blackwelder
Sucking all the classic out of Robert Louis Stevenson s Treasure Island and filling the void with sci fi video game graphics and Disney fied adolescent angst 
2
Treasure Planet
Bob Strauss
Like Atlantis it s one of those Disney adventure cartoons that takes too long getting to anything really exciting and once there becomes too frenetic to effectively wow 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Terry Lawson
Retaining the swashbuckling spirit of Stevenson s novel but adding megabytes of computer age cool Treasure Planet is the one holiday thrill ride the whole family can enjoy 
3
Treasure Planet
Ray Conlogue
This concoction so bizarre to the adult mind is actually a charming triumph where its intended under 12 audience is concerned 
3
Treasure Planet
Mary F. Pols
A cluttered mishmash of conflicting styles and times 
2
Treasure Planet
Robert K. Elder
Directors John Musker and Ron Clements the team behind The Little Mermaid have produced sparkling retina candy but they aren t able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Mary Kalin-Casey
Anyone who s seen Titan A E will have a hard time not feeling deja vu even though Disney s effort is slightly better 
2.5
Treasure Planet
James Berardinelli
As family films go this one offers an engaging and exciting 90 minutes 
3
Treasure Planet
Walter Chaw
Lends itself to the narcotizing bland sinister though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie 
2.5
Treasure Planet
Steve Rhodes
It s no Lilo Stitch not even close It doesn t contain a single memorable line and has only one memorable character 
1.5
Treasure Planet
Ed Gonzalez
It brings to mind the bookish charms of undervalued Disney cartoons like The Rescuers and The Black Cauldron 
3
The Crawling Monster
Matt Brunson
The Creeping Terror didn t need Mystery Science Theater 3000 to earn its Hall of Shame standing it s long been regarded as one of the all time worsts 
1
The Man From Snowy River
Roger Ebert
Why not make the story more realistic deal with the characters as people and stop trying to get cute 
2.5
Funny Pains
Steven Prokopy
When the movie focuses on Starling s work I was enraptured 
3
Funny Pains
Roger Moore
Slapdash
1.5
The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Frankly I could have listened to Moore speak for hours 
3.5
L.I.E.
David Nusair
worth checking out for Cox s amazing performance 
2.5
L.I.E.
Joshua Tanzer
Raises the bar on the coming of age story with a tightly focused portrait of a 15 year old who looks for a father figure and finds his kindly neighborhood sexual predator 
3.5
L.I.E.
Michael Dequina
Ultimately offers little satisfaction outside of the strong performances 
2.5
L.I.E.
Peter Howell
Cuesta never gives us the satisfaction of fulfilling our expectations instead he gives us a movie that we can ponder long the road takes its final turn 
4
L.I.E.
Robert W. Butler
What makes L I E so compelling and disturbing is that in Cox s capable hands we discover a human being inside the beast 
3
L.I.E.
Ross Anthony
Strong story telling character development and acting off putting subject matter 
1
L.I.E.
Steven Rea
A disturbing and provocative study of adolescence and isolation 
3
L.I.E.
Edward Guthmann
A provocative upsetting film 
2
L.I.E.
Roger Ebert
Its director Michael Cuesta has the stubborn curiosity of an artist who won t settle for formulas but is intrigued by the secrets and mysteries of his characters 
3
L.I.E.
Rob Blackwelder
I kept wondering why I was watching these people and an answer was never forthcoming 
2.5
L.I.E.
Steve Rhodes
Brian Cox would be up for Oscar consideration for his acting in this role except there is probably zero chance of the Academy nominating an actor playing a pedophile 
3
L.I.E.
Emily Blunt
This is scary but great
4
L.I.E.
Lou Lumenick
A well acted provocative coming of age story 
2.5
L.I.E.
Rod Armstrong
An intelligent honest and non prurient work about today s youth 
3.5
L.I.E.
Harvey S. Karten
An incisive portrait of people traveling east and west and straight to hell 
3
L.I.E.
Ed Gonzalez
Prepubescent homoeroticism and loveable pederasty highlight this preposterous and pointless provocation 
1.5
Carmilla
Matt Brunson
A horror story gets transformed into a mood piece about sexual awakening being thwarted by religious hypocrisy 
2.5
Carmilla
Steven Prokopy
Carmilla lacks in surface level supernatural motivation it somewhat makes up for in its dark foreboding melancholy and wholly atmospheric beauty 
3
Carmilla
Mark Dujsik
Carmilla becomes a movie somewhat at odds with itself wanting to dissect and undermine the established narrative while still needing to play along with it 
2.5
Carmilla
Roger Moore
Not a lot happens and when it does it s nothing we haven t seen before and done with more terror fire sexuality and suspense 
1.5
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
John Beifuss
Wirkola finds room for at least one good sight gag a zombie commandant becomes frustrated when he is unable to return a Sieg heil salute due to his chopped off right arm before he succumbs to the hee haw bloodbath of the battle royale finale 
2.5
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
Matt Pais
Some people will never find a movie containing this quantity of blood and intestines funny If you are not one of those people prepare to crack up 
3
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
Simon Abrams
The makers of Dead Snow 2 rely heavily on the inherent absurdity of their film s premise and expect you to do the rest 
2
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
Brad Keefe
Unabashed homage to Evil Dead 2 and movies like it Sounds pretty awesome to me 
3
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
Rob Humanick
By formally acknowledging the material s inherent silliness ad nauseam the filmmakers have distanced themselves from the spirit of the parody robbing it of its gruesome pleasures 
2
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
Walter Chaw
At the end of the day this might be the closest we ever get to a fourth Evil Dead film Groovy 
3
One Day in September
Michael Dequina
Macdonald lets the facts speak for themselves and what a powerful and unforgettable statement they indeed make 
3.5
One Day in September
Dan Lybarger
For a documentary about an incident that occurred nearly 30 years ago One Day in September feels remarkably tense and urgent 
3.5
One Day in September
Roger Ebert
One Day in September grips the attention and is exciting and involving I recommend it on that basis and also because of the new information it contains I was disturbed however by Macdonald s pumped up style 
3
Notes on Marie Menken
Graham Killeen
Menken s flickering opuses about nothing more or less than walking through a garden seem to suggest that there s art all around us in the mundane something Kudlcek should have taken to heart 
2.5
Notes on Marie Menken
Maitland McDonagh
While director Kudlacek lets some of the elder statesmen ramble their recollections are a vivid firsthand window into a bygone era of American art 
2.5
Charlotte Gray
Ian Mantgani
Leaps into an unconvincing situation and sees it with an unsure point of view
1.5
Charlotte Gray
Steve Rhodes
Although the director perfunctorily covers all of the standard bases the movie has few compelling moments and easy to stage episodes end up feeling needlessly false 
2
Charlotte Gray
Susan Stark
Mounts a romantic drama of the World War II era in mostly glossy shallow terms 
2
Charlotte Gray
Mick LaSalle
Charlotte is another fine portrait for Blanchett s growing gallery 
3
Charlotte Gray
Roger Ebert
This is a movie that looks great is well acted and tells a story that you can t believe for a moment 
2
Charlotte Gray
Jay Carr
It s that most unfortunate of commodities a thing of muffled usualness virtually generic 
2
Charlotte Gray
Rob Blackwelder
Goes through the paces of being intense and passionate without actually inspiring any feelings 
2
Charlotte Gray
Carrie Rickey
One wishes that the muddled script had received the same attention as the costumes and cinematography 
2
Charlotte Gray
James Berardinelli
While Charlotte Gray is too well made to be considered sub par it is not stimulating enough to be regarded as much better than mediocre 
2.5
Charlotte Gray
Michael Dequina
Blanchett makes Charlotte s journey believable and involving and that s ultimately what counts the most even if the destination is less than ideal 
3
Charlotte Gray
Rick Groen
The movie s problem is that the screenplay by Jeremy Brock accentuates the book s weaknesses while skirting its strengths much of the detail is gone but the melodrama is more florid than ever 
2
Charlotte Gray
Mary Kalin-Casey
Armstrong s deadly dull pacing deflates what inherent suspense lies in Gray s perilous situation 
1.5
Charlotte Gray
Lou Lumenick
Muted and phony 
1.5
Charlotte Gray
Harvey S. Karten
An amateurishly directed war story with one of the most ludicrous finales of any picture of this genre 
2
Million Dollar Baby
Mattie Lucas
Fakes you out then knocks you flat with a right hook to the heart 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Namrata Joshi
The film does obliquely posit a new model of womanhood one about risking the all important beauty for a larger mission But more than Maggie the show actually belongs to the guilt ridden Frankie 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Barbara Vancheri
It s about so much more than boxing It s about redemption risk taking the search for family and God the pursuit of a dream a soul shattering moral dilemma and the father daughter relationship that develops between Frankie and Maggie 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jeff Simon
What moves you so powerfully at the end is not just a shattering tale of two old guys and a female boxer but in our new millennium a 74 year old man s ability to tell it so powerfully without apparently the melancholy business of movies laying a glove
4
Million Dollar Baby
Dan Webster
Features three of the best performances of 2005 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Dennis King
Million Dollar Baby provides a suitably rough hewn canvas on which Eastwood can practice his spartan highly personal brand of storytelling and he puts his stamp indelibly on it as producer director star and composer 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Leah Rozen
Onscreen Eastwood is solid as granite getting maximum effect by doing the minimum required in a scene but doing it with precisely the right inflection or look Swank is sensational proving her breakout turn in Boys Don t Cry was no fluke 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Joe Lozito
Easily Mr Eastwood s best film since Unforgiven 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Roger Ebert
Clint Eastwood s Million Dollar Baby is a masterpiece pure and simple deep and true 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Marty Mapes
Not glitzy or glamorous but solidly written acted and photographed
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Wesley Lovell
After the twist audiences may shy away from the complex moral issues portrayed and leave somewhat unenthused Others might find the film too depressing for their enjoyment 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Vince Koehler
While the movie is set in the world of boxing it covers a lot of other important issues and relationships Some of you will find the ending has a moral issue 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Forrest Hartman
The first two thirds of Million Dollar Baby is a typical sports film skillfully made Then the third act rolls in like a thundercloud 
4
Million Dollar Baby
James Kendrick
a lean modern film noir that places a touching surrogate father daughter relationship among the inky shadows and crumbling walls of a fading corner of Los Angeles
4
Million Dollar Baby
Mike McGranaghan
It doesn t matter if you love boxing or hate it Million Dollar Baby is a powerful and unforgettably human story 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Joshua Tanzer
There s something about boxing a k a the most barbaric sport on earth that the camera loves 
3.25
Million Dollar Baby
Ross Anthony
What appears to be a boxing film is really a study on dealing with guilt responsibility for risk and personal drive 
2.5
Million Dollar Baby
John Beifuss
After Freeman refers to a place that exists somewhere between nowhere and goodbye we realize he s identified the dark space inhabited by all the film s characters 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Steven Snyder
It is not a great movie because it strives to be important but because it simply tries to tell a story of people who enter each other s lives endure a series of struggles and triumphs and emerge forever changed 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Sean McBride
a simple unadorned story that just happens to touch on some big issue themes usually left for Oscar bait movies 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Lori Hoffman
The simplicity of the tale on the surface belies the depth of feeling that comes roaring out from behind Eastwood s enduring squint 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jonathan R. Perry
a deeply felt but never feel good father daughter love story and one of the most emotionally shattering films ever made 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Sean P. Means
Making a movie like Million Dollar Baby requires a certain toughness to challenge the conventions of a movie genre and make them feel fresh and new 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jeff Vice
Arguably the best most consistent movie Clint Eastwood has made since his Oscar winning Western Unforgiven in 1992 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Michael A. Smith
This is hands down Eastwood s greatest performance on screen 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Bob Bloom
Eastwood tells his story in a straightforward manner no fancy camera tricks or angles His no frills unadorned style is well suited for the subject matter 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
David Elliott
Million Dollar Baby earns your eight or nine bucks 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Duane Dudek
An unvarnished reflective and tightly focused tale of loyalty and sacrifice 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Lawrence Toppman
Ranks among the all time heavyweights of sports movies 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jon Niccum
This film is a dramatic powerhouse thanks to a jarring third act that explores themes far darker than overcoming adversity or going the distance 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Larry Ratliff
At 74 and directing his 25th film Clint Eastwood just keeps getting better behind the camera 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Nick Rogers
A thematically inconsistent and dramatically unsatisfying false idol that has been strangely elevated to the level of Clint Eastwood s actual masterpieces 
2.5
Million Dollar Baby
Phil Villarreal
Lulls you to sleep in its familiar rhythms and genre checkpoints methodically almost secretly working its way toward a knockout conclusion 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Matt Brunson
The best movie of 2004 edging out Sideways by a half whisker 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Greg Maki
Has caused people to take note for the best reason of all it is a brilliant film 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Frank Ochieng
Eastwood is the ultimate sparring partner when it comes to his latest prize winning knockout Baby displays its badge of cynicism and quiet despair
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Chuck O'Leary
Million Dollar Baby is a masterful piece of work by Eastwood that stays with you long after leaving the theater 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Rob Blackwelder
True to the unspoken desperation and disillusionment that toughens or chews up career undercard boxers tinged with post feminist complexity and rich with classical metaphor 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Michael Szymanski
This film that is directed and stars Clint Eastwood is perhaps his most emotional most mature most heart felt film of his career 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
James Verniere
The actor director takes a dark look at another venerable archetype the prize fighter and in the process has created a masterpiece of American pulp noir 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Bruce Newman
A glorious knockout punch of a movie 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Michael Sragow
At one point we re told that boxing moves require fighters to pivot in a counter intuitive fashion but except for that ghastly twist there s nothing unpredictable about this movie 
2
Million Dollar Baby
Mark Dujsik
A testament to Eastwood s ability to tell a story and find the human truth at its core 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Moira MacDonald
It s rare that we see a movie that gives its characters a spiritual dimension and rarer still that the director isn t making a heavy handed statement with it 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Rene Rodriguez
One of the many pleasures of this beautifully composed measured movie is how it reminds you of the power of pure storytelling an art that s too often overlooked in contemporary films in the rush for sensation and excitement 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jeffrey Overstreet
Freeman s doleful musical narration gives Million Dollar Baby its haunting beauty 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Eric Harrison
When you think you know its moves it throws in fancy footwork Then it sucker punches you when you re not looking 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Terry Lawson
It may be that only Spencer Tracy and Paul Newman and can someone explain to me how Eastwood and Newman have avoided making a movie together aged as well and as interestingly onscreen 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Lisa Kennedy
Confident powerful a thing of deceptively effortless beauty Clint Eastwood s Million Dollar Baby shifts its weight in the late rounds having seduced us with a gritty underdog tale and delivers a body blow 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Ty Burr
It is Clint Eastwood s autumnal masterpiece 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Steven Rea
The new picture takes its time gives its actors room to breathe and isn t afraid to strike a hokey note if it reveals something important Real life after all is full of hokiness 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Chris Hewitt
Million probably seems better than it is because Eastwood s directing instincts are so sound 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Jeff Strickler
It s a story about passion and dedication to a dream It s a story about the need to believe in yourself and what you re doing It s a story about lost opportunities and second chances 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Phoebe Flowers
It s slow like sweet molasses careful and textured 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Josh Larsen
a tribute to the director star s admirable work ethic more than anything else 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Linda Cook
It doesn t get any better than this knock out of a film 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not just another in a string of masterworks but also one of the greatest boxing films of all time 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Jeanne Aufmuth
An uncompromising and darkly intimate portrayal of risk resolution and dark dark places 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Willie Waffle
Million Dollar Baby has a simple premise made better by studying the relationships between the characters but it takes too wild of a turn towards the end for my taste 
2.5
Million Dollar Baby
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The performances of the three leads are perfect so we don t care that we don t know what lies right outside the Hit Pit 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Collin Souter
The most profoundly moving platonic love story of the year It may be time to wheel out another batch of Career Achievement Awards for Mr Eastwood 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Mick LaSalle
It has the gloom and transcendence of an old man s wisdom 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Steve Rhodes
2 good acts of Rocky Lite before it switches genres for the last act a long and tedious tearjerker that turns this way overrated film into just an okay picture 
2.5
Million Dollar Baby
Peter Canavese
Million Dollar Baby makes the line between subtle and obvious seem finer than it is and delivers its one two punches Old Hollywood style 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
James Sanford
it s when Baby sheds the gloves that the drama truly takes off And take off it does in an utterly unexpected direction that s certain to startle 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Glenn Kenny
It s a brave piece of work that s more than just moving it s genuinely upsetting and haunting 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Gabe Leibowitz
Turn convention upside down with its stirring portrayal of paternity passion mortality and loyalty
4
Million Dollar Baby
Sarah Chauncey
A breathtaking human drama that will leave you speechless 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
David Sterritt
Eastwood deserves accolades as both director and star of this powerfully made picture 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Mike Clark
As good as Unforgiven Or to put it another way as good as any movie Eastwood has ever directed 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Lou Lumenick
Eastwood scores a knockout as an actor and director with Million Dollar Baby a spare exquisitely realized masterpiece about faith redemption and boxing that beautifully illustrates his longtime philosophy that less is more 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Walter Chaw
It worked in 1962 with Requiem for a Heavyweight a shame it hasn t gotten any fresher in the intervening forty two years 
2
Million Dollar Baby
Jami Bernard
A movie that approaches the level of great boxing films like Raging Bull by using sport as a metaphor for human nature 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Bob Strauss
While I wouldn t place Million Dollar Baby on quite as exalted a pedestal as last year s Mystic River and 1992 s Unforgiven this unlikely female boxer movie may well be the best directed of Eastwood s filmmaking career 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Liam Lacey
Like a title bout that goes through seven rounds of friendly push and poke before exploding into a knockout combination 
3
Million Dollar Baby
Erik Childress
Million Dollar Baby may be the first boxing movie to take the cliché of life imitating the art and make it not feel like just another line 
4
Million Dollar Baby
John Anderson
Remarkable 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Michael Wilmington
Baby has the taut grim cold look of a noir out of time It becomes a classic Eastwood movie and Frankie becomes a classic Eastwood role 
4
Million Dollar Baby
Scott Nash
Eastwood s powers as a director have never been in question but who knew he had this amazing performance left inside of him 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
James Berardinelli
Eastwood deserves another Best Picture nomination Here s a man who has finally put Dirty Harry to rest 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Peter Travers
The knockout punch comes from Eastwood His stripped down performance as powerful as anything he s ever done has a rugged haunting beauty 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Dustin Putman
Absolutely riveting entertainment Takes a formulaic blueprint tramples it to the floor and comes up with something altogether more penetrating touching and real 
3.5
Million Dollar Baby
Ed Gonzalez
Another act of faith from Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby may be the best American film of 2004 
3.5
End of the Road
Roger Ebert
I don t think it s a message picture at all although sometimes it acts like one I see it more as a visionary effort an attempt to lead us into certain aspects of the contemporary nightmare and leave us there to wander in the dark 
3
On Dangerous Ground
Matt Brunson
The performances are potent the direction by Nicholas Ray is suitably moody and the score by Bernard Herrmann is terrific 
3
Neptune Frost
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 explores a strange dimension 8212 a poetic 44 protesting echo of our own 46 
3
Neptune Frost
Peter Canavese
A high concept 44 gender fluid musical allegorical dreamscape possessing a fiercely confident 44 hopeful vision of liberation from the ugliness of modern civilization 46 
3.5
Neptune Frost
Allyson Johnson
Unlike any other film in theaters right now Neptune Frost is an explosive mind melting cinematic experience that eschews linear narrative format for something more ephemeral and raw 
4
Neptune Frost
Joe Friar
Williams and Uzeyman 8217 s cyber tribal musical pulsates with unbridled energy that challenges the viewer while dropping infectious rhythms 46 
3.5
Neptune Frost
Brian Eggert
Despite its roots in science fiction and musicals 44 the film doesn 8217 t so much tell a story as represent an unflinching anti establishment perspective that rarely occupies mainstream movies 46 
3.5
Neptune Frost
Mark Dujsik
Too much of this feels like a battle between poetry and plot 44 and the only victor is uncertainty 46 
2.5
Neptune Frost
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Neptune Frost may well be the most ambitious indie film this year but the invitation to collectively reimagine human existence is obscured in intellectual and mythic static 
2
Neptune Frost
Max Weiss
The film Neptune Frost is best enjoyed as a thoroughly immersive experience 
3.5
Neptune Frost
Robert Daniels
It 8217 s a collective dream coated in a blue lacquer dancing on the edge of something unrecognizable 44 something wholly transcendent 46 
3.5
Neptune Frost
Roger Moore
As unusual a film as you 8217 ll see this year 46 46 46 this Rwandan musical is cryptic and meandering 44 and easier to decipher than it is to follow 46 
3
Neptune Frost
Sarah-Tai Black
An expansive and experimental science fiction musical 
3
Neptune Frost
Jake Cole
The film thrillingly captures the social economic political and material character of Rwanda in the age of global communication 
3
The Zodiac
Maitland McDonagh
The Zodiac case receded into limbo and Bulkley s film ends on an inconclusive and profoundly unsatisfying note 
2
The Zodiac
Steve Rhodes
Great case mediocre movie 
2.5
The Zodiac
Peter Hartlaub
It has the look of a straight to video movie or at best a Project Greenlight production 
1
The Zodiac
Bob Strauss
It s a barely serviceable police procedural that has a harder time locating persuasive drama than its detectives do tracking down their man 
1
The Zodiac
Bruce Westbrook
The B team version of the story 
1.5
The Zodiac
Peter Canavese
The Bulk e ly brothers repeat The Zodiac s famous quotation I am waiting for a good movie about me with an ironic lack of self reflection 
1.5
The Zodiac
Bruce Newman
Treats the unfolding murder spree like a routine police procedural 
1.5
Disrupted
Randy Myers
It s hilarious in spots gory in others and keeps you on edge throughout 
3
Number One
J.R. Kinnard
Taut and merciless with a whip smart script 
3.5
Patrick and the Whale
Shane Slater
Plunges viewers deep into the depths of the ocean and in doing so 44 generates some of the most gorgeous underwater cinematography 46 
3
2001 Maniacs
David Nusair
riddled with precisely the sort of unconvincing and subpar acting that one generally associates with low budget horror flicks 
1.5
Poison Ivy
Matt Brunson
A risible thriller in which people must repeatedly do stupid things for the plot to lurch forward 
1.5
Poison Ivy
Roger Ebert
There is scarcely a moment in the movie when the story works as fiction I was always aware of the casting of the mood setting devices of the stylistic borrowings from Hitchcock 
2.5
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Michael O'Sullivan
Tranks s film which should be catnip to students of military strategy brings the great man s influence on the course of world events into sharp relief even though Churchill s name is not mentioned for long stretches of the film 
2
The Mighty Atom
Roger Moore
Family lore gets an adoring airing in this documentary about the short Jewish strong man Joseph Greenstein and his 50 years of feats of strength 
2.5
When the Devil Commands
Matt Brunson
A freaky flick 46 
3
Voyager
Roger Ebert
Voyager starts in mystery and intrigues us It continues with intelligence and absorbs us And then it ends in melodrama and disappoints us 
3
Al Purdy Was Here
Brad Wheeler
If we didn t know who Al Purdy was before we do now 
3.5
Al Purdy Was Here
Martin Knelman
Brian D Johnson makes a strong transformation from Maclean s film critic to documentary director with this engaging account of the late Al Purdy the colourful rebel poet who became a CanLit star 
3.5
Eye for an Eye
Mal Vincent
John Schlesinger is one of the finest directors of our movie past It is sad that this is all he apparently can find to direct 
2.5
Eye for an Eye
Michael Dequina
Much too overwrought and ridiculous to be taken seriously 
1
Eye for an Eye
Mike Clark
A grimly distasteful revenge thriller masquerading as serious social commentary 
1.5
Eye for an Eye
Roger Ebert
This movie is intellectually corrupt because it deliberately avoids dealing with the issues it raises 
1
Eye for an Eye
Rob Blackwelder
Not a single moment of this film is a surprise 
1
Eye for an Eye
James Berardinelli
Despite paying lip service to high ideals Schlesinger s movie has no moral compass and is only interested in delivering cheap thrills 
1.5
Eye for an Eye
Steve Rhodes
A poorly acted manipulative and ridiculous soap opera 
1.5
Eye for an Eye
Madeleine Williams
Director John Schlessinger presents a film about grief justice and revenge that feels lifted from the TV movie of the week 
1.5
Eye for an Eye
Chris Hicks
By showing this in graphic R rated terms albeit with quick MTV style edits the scene s power is diluted and the film s exploitative tendencies are revealed early on 
1.5
Eye for an Eye
Peter Stack
The film like a TV show that paints everything in black and white and aims for tabloid style shock value proceeds along predictable lines 
2
Botched
Mike McGranaghan
I probably would have stopped short of recommending Botched theatrically but on DVD it s definitely worth a look 
2.5
Julia's Eyes
Dustin Putman
Julia s Eyes doesn t mean much more than what shows up on the surface of the screen but it s a cinematic exercise that certainly puts a person on edge 
2.5
Farewell, My Lovely
Roger Moore
The Dick Powell version of this story is still the definitive one Murder My Sweet 1944 it was called and it still crackles while this version never manages more than a creak 
2
Farewell, My Lovely
Roger Ebert
Farewell My Lovely is a great entertainment and a celebration of Robert Mitchum s absolute originality 
4
Cafe Transit
Louise Kennedy
If an unfortunate tendency toward melodrama gradually creeps in the film nevertheless creates a memorable portrait of one woman in Iran and by extension of the bleak sorrows of millions of women s lives 
3
That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes
Mark Hanson
Despite its overarching gloominess That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes still retains Onur Tukel s flair for brazen comedy 
3
That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes
Roger Moore
A sometimes hallucinatory sci fi zombie picture plunge into guilt and remorse It s a disintegration that isn t viewed and considered at arm s length We re IN it We just can t decide if we want to be
1.5
Call Her Ganda
Norman Gidney
We have several very important issues all exploding at once here 
3
Run Sweetheart Run
David Nusair
46 46 46 a bottom of the barrel attempt to fuse horror with real world 44 me too inspired themes 46 46 46 
0
Run Sweetheart Run
Brian Eggert
The cat and mouse game that ensues begins like a straightforward thriller but gradually reveals itself to be a blunt force metaphor that places misogyny and the patriarchy into the framework of a social horror movie 46 
2.5
Run Sweetheart Run
Leo Brady
It 8217 s a horror that will feel too real for most women and displays a sinister game of cat and mouse 46 Run Sweetheart Run is a pulse pounding thriller 46 
3
Run Sweetheart Run
Brian Tallerico
Feste 8217 s overall ambition and craftsmanship 44 along with a fantastic central performance from Ella Balinska 44 hold things together even over the film 8217 s rocky patches 46 
2.5
Run Sweetheart Run
Mark Dujsik
The central issue with Run Sweetheart Run is that it apos s more concerned with making its point and playing up its gimmick than with telling its story 46 
1.5
Ménilmontant
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps one of the greatest examples of purely visual storytelling 
4
Sliding Doors
David Nusair
an intriguing out of the box premise that s employed to relatively strong effect by Howitt 
2.5
Sliding Doors
Matt Brunson
A winning seriocomedy with a clever hook 
3
Sliding Doors
Rick Groen
Ultimately Sliding Doors becomes a victim of its own cleverness shutting down all that early promise 
2.5
Sliding Doors
Mike Clark
Take a supernatural premise sap cinematic magic of any kind and the result is Sliding Doors 
2
Sliding Doors
Rob Blackwelder
Colorful and energetic Sliding Doors balances its two stories with such smooth dexterity that is has no problem even overlaping them occasionally just for fun 
3.5
Sliding Doors
Jay Carr
Deft enough to keep you wondering whether it s going to end on Track A or Track B 
2.5
Sliding Doors
Walter V. Addiego
In the end the movie s a clever idea and not much more 
2
Sliding Doors
Steve Rhodes
With its light hearted spirit Sliding Doors would be a hard film to dislike On the other hand if you want more than Paltrow s enchanting smile you would be advised to look elsewhere 
2
Sliding Doors
Michael Dequina
What makes the film so unique and rather thought provoking is how it holds true to the idea of chance while at the same time subscribing to that of destiny 
3
Sliding Doors
James Berardinelli
The script is shrewd and inventive combining wit romance and intelligent melodrama into a crowd pleasing whole 
3.5
Sliding Doors
Madeleine Williams
Sliding Doors deserves points for being original 
2.5
Sliding Doors
Joe Baltake
One of the most purely pleasurable delicious films currently available 
3.5
Sliding Doors
Roger Ebert
Gwyneth Paltrow is engaging as the two Helens and I have no complaints about her performance Pity about the screenplay 
2
Sliding Doors
Jeff Vice
Howitt s story stalls at that point and from there on things quickly devolve into soap opera like melodrama with some disappointing character revelations and a preposterous ending 
2
Sliding Doors
Mick LaSalle
Give the movie credit for being a different sort of romantic comedy but still one has to regret the failure of imagination 
2
Sliding Doors
Mike McGranaghan
Sliding Doors is one of my favorite films so far this year Not many pictures entertain you so thoroughly while still giving you something meaningful to ponder 
3.5
On the Trail of UFOs: Night Visitors
Roger Moore
In never seeking genuine academic experts who might offer real pushback to their far out or farther out solutions to mysteries the filmmakers are at best gullible rubes selling cow patty theories of cattle mutilations to other gullible rubes 
1
The Backyard
Janice Page
Warped entertainment Yes Sophisticated No And that goes for the movie as well as for the participants 
2.5
The Backyard
V.A. Musetto
If you were depressed about the future of America before you ll be doubly depressed after seeing this film 
2.5
The Backyard
David Sterritt
Eventually you realize the whole movie has been about young showoffs who think it s uproarious to gross out neighborhood grownups 
1
The Backyard
Joshua Tanzer
Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow I think my brain is bleeding from watching The Backyard 
3.5
Want
Steve Rhodes
It s Dilbert meets Startup Com combined with the support groups from Fight Club 
3
Flying Leathernecks
Matt Brunson
Director Nicholas Ray stamped his indelible style on many a movie In a Lonely Place Johnny Guitar Rebel Without a Cause etc but this ain t one of them 
2.5
Flying Leathernecks
Jeremy Heilman
The Flying Leathernecks packs a surprising amount of intelligent insight in with its nationalistic rally cry 
3.5
Love
Scott Renshaw
Admirable though the concept may be Love is far more successful at exposing genitals than at exposing hearts 
2.5
Love
Peter Howell
Cinematic satisfaction is denied in Love 3D an exercise in bedroom boredom by France s Gaspar Noé 
1.5
Love
Tirdad Derakhshani
Noé seems unwilling to accept that art requires editing it is by definition artifice It demands the artist make choices rather than try to cram an entire catalog of experiences down the viewer s throat 
2
Love
Richard Roeper
The symbolism here is not subtle extending even to the names of the characters 
2
Love
Dann Gire
Noe clearly isn t interested in sex as eroticism but as a form of communication between people Even so Love comes off as an unlikable male centric tale 
1.5
Love
Brad Keefe
Why is it radical that a movie makes sex seem so enjoyable Juxtaposing the pleasures and pains of love gives it a surprisingly tender impact See it 
3.5
Love
Stephanie Merry
Love drags on and on alternating between arguments and intimacy breakups and makeups The movie never passes the authenticity test if this is what sex feels like we ll all soon be extinct 
1
Love
David Lewis
Almost all of the action takes place in the bedroom There is certainly nothing wrong with that but a little more character dimension would have made these between the sheet sessions a lot more charged 
2
Love
Kent Turner
In one way the film lived up to the hype As Blazing Saddles s Lily Von Shtupp would say Oh it s twue It s twue It s twue It s twue 
2
Love
Mallory Andrews
Think of it as Annie Hall with money shots 
3
Love
Simon Abrams
Love may not always be enjoyable but it leaves an abiding mark 
3
Love
Ed Gonzalez
One s proximity to the screen doesn t alter the significance of Gaspar Noé s film as the cine equivalent of clickbait 
1.5
Love
Lou Lumenick
Glusman s failure to rise to the occasion except in one sense makes Love a chore to sit through 
1.5
Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played With Fire
Sean P. Means
The documentary Stieg Larsson The Man Who Played With Fire feels like a missed opportunity a movie that focuses on one aspect of the late author s work that doesn t connect that work enough to his famous Millennium thrillers 
2.5
Octavio Is Dead
Chandler Levack
A love story in which the haunting complexities of sexuality and gender are treated with cinematic urgency 
3.5
Octavio Is Dead
Bruce DeMara
Somehow it just doesn t gel into a coherent cohesive and compelling ghost story 
1.5
The Wandering Muse
Rick Bentley
The film does a masterful job of spotlighting the music Even when the musical style changes often taking on a modern sound the power of the words and religious significance is never lost 
3
Conspiracy
David Keyes
Watching it I was paralyzed with a sense of shame and disquiet 
3
At Middleton
Thelma Adams
The college visit is a day trip fraught with tension and expectations played out by parents and children across America In Adam Rodgers comedy At Middleton unexpected love blossoms between the parental units in a single day on a verdant campus 
3
At Middleton
David Berry
As is it is a pleasant enough little diversion where the life lessons come on far too strong 
2.5
At Middleton
Mary Houlihan
Some truths about George and Edith s underlying emotional state come out in an unconventional and interesting way but it s not enough to make us care about the attraction that is drawing them closer 
2.5
At Middleton
Susan Wloszczyna
Garcia and Farmiga as good as they can be in the right roles aren t doing themselves or their careers any favors with this sort of C level effort 
2
At Middleton
Stephen Whitty
Both Garcia and Farmiga dive head on into raging rapids of doubt pain and recrimination 
3
At Middleton
Sara Stewart
None of this is particularly innovative although Garcia and the elder Farmiga develop a nice spark and a gentle humor in their characters stolen day together 
2
At Middleton
Moira MacDonald
Pity A different film might have made better use of Farmiga s breezy warmth and Garcia s velvety charm 
1.5
At Middleton
Linda Barnard
As pleasing as it is to watch these actors at work they aren t able to elevate the lightweight script behind this classic stolen moments romance that seems more suited to TV than the big screen 
2
At Middleton
Mick LaSalle
It s a lovely film that grows along with the characters At first it seems like a pleasing but inconsequential comedy But it deepens as their connection deepens and opens up into a place of poignancy and insight 
3
At Middleton
Dann Gire
Garcia and Farmiga share a kinetic chemistry Their savvy characters salvage At Middleton with a bittersweet appreciation for life albeit a brief encounter on an afternoon 
3
At Middleton
Michael Phillips
At Middleton is formulaic and contrived It s also worth seeing because it breathes a little and because Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia know what they re doing as they guide this appealingly simple brief encounter of a romance 
3
At Middleton
Matt Pais
Destined to disappoint royal family followers and romantic comedy supporters 
1.5
At Middleton
Rex Reed
The movie loses some of its focus and turns both silly and implausible Still the stars chemistry works and so does At Middleton 
3
At Middleton
Dustin Putman
Pleasant but irksome to a fault Why should the viewer care about these characters when they don t seem to care about anyone but themselves 
2
Putin's Kiss
V.A. Musetto
Putin s Kiss is more than just the portrait of a naive young woman It s a frightening look at Putin s warped version of democracy 
3
Putin's Kiss
Kam Williams
An eye opening expose not to missed which reveals a New Russia that looks a lot like the Old Russia 
4
Putin's Kiss
Andrew Schenker
Reduces its complex portrait of contemporary Russia and its para governmental organizations to a simple morality play 
2
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brian Eggert
A gritty primal film that contains artful sensibilities and substantive characters 
3.5
Brawl in Cell Block 99
David Nusair
a slow moving narrative that grows more and more absorbing as the admittedly familiar storyline unfolds 
3.5
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Sonny Bunch
If you re in the mood for an amusingly reactionary throwback to the grindhouse Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a solid way to spend two hours of your time 
3
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Richard Roeper
Vince Vaughn is so intimidating in Brawl in Cell Block 99 even the back of his head seems to be glaring at us and asking Do we have a problem here 
3.5
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Mark Dujsik
T here s really no worthwhile rationale for the movie s dichotomy of content and form 
2.5
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Mark Jenkins
Writer director S Craig Zahler takes his handiwork so seriously that viewers may do the same 
2.5
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Simon Abrams
A grade A piece of meathead cinema 
3.5
Brawl in Cell Block 99
David Fear
What makes Brawl in Cell Block 99 work so well isn t the violence however but Vaughn 
3
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Johnny Oleksinski
Vaughn is so committed and so unrecognizable here he actually convinces his rapt audience that a murderous rampage through the penitentiary system is a brilliant idea 
3
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Greg Cwik
Brawl in Cell Block 99 s economy of storytelling is as efficiently brutal as the eventual skull crackings 
3
At First Sight
Matt Brunson
Director Irwin Winkler takes a thudding and detached approach to Steve Levitt s humanistic screenplay but tart turns by Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis provide the material with the conflict it requires 
2.5
At First Sight
Michael Dequina
Kilmer registers little emotion aside from a silly grin he perpetually wears throughout the film 
2
At First Sight
Jeffrey Westhoff
At First Sight at second sight at third sight it doesn t matter how many times you look This movie never decides what it wants to be 
2
At First Sight
David Keyes
a movie that allows us to view familiar landscapes with refreshment and open mindedness 
3.5
At First Sight
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately its moments of fascination and its good performances are mired in the morass of romance and melodrama that surrounds it A blind man can see and still he s trapped in a formulaic studio plot 
2
At First Sight
Dustin Putman
Since January is usually the time of year that is known as the dumping ground from bad movies At First Sight comes as a refreshing and sophisticated change of pace 
3
At First Sight
David Nusair
At First Sight contains the restoration of sight to a blind man but is more interested in the romance between Kilmer and Sorvino 
2
At First Sight
Elias Savada
A wintry truth based Charlyesque tale of star crossed lovers about the titular sense lost regained and then lost again i e double negative nonsense 
1.5
A Town Called Panic
Mattie Lucas
Aubier and Patar aren t trying to make any profound statements about life or create any existential conundrums they re just looking to entertain and in A Town Called Panic they have found a gloriously wacky avenue to do just that 
3
A Town Called Panic
Jeff Vice
Make no mistake about it Panic has some merits It s unlike anything currently being done in the animation realm Unfortunately it lacks the playfulness and endearing qualities of its clay animated kin 
2.5
A Town Called Panic
Robert W. Butler
Town looks deliberately crude so much so that it takes a while to realize just how cleverly it has been animated Ditto for the humor which at first smacks of childlike chaos and then segues into subversive sophistication 
3
A Town Called Panic
Chris Hewitt
I watched A Town Called Panic without the assistance of any controlled substances and that might be why I hated it 
1
A Town Called Panic
Jennie Punter
All the silliness unfolds in a complex social structure where good manners are expected bad behaviour is punished and birthdays are not to be forgotten 
3
A Town Called Panic
Peter Howell
In a world lousy with computer animation and 3 D whizz bangery j accuse James Cameron it s nice to know there s still fun to be had with nothing more than plastic figures and a little imagination 
3
A Town Called Panic
Sara Michelle Fetters
Filmmakers Stphane Aubier and Vincent Patar kept me continually off guard and from one second to the next I had no idea what to expect 
2.5
A Town Called Panic
Walter V. Addiego
It may put you in mind of silent comedies and freewheeling animators of the past like Chuck Jones 
3
A Town Called Panic
Tom Keogh
Pleasing to look at Panic intentionally resembles an amateur stop motion project but one can t watch it without being amazed at the extraordinary effort involved in putting together a movie like this a few frames at a time 
3
A Town Called Panic
Steven Rea
Stop motion at its messiest and nuttiest 
3.5
A Town Called Panic
Ty Burr
A Town Called Panic is a proudly Calvinist work I mean the comic strip character not the philosopher that understands the delights of deep play 
3.5
A Town Called Panic
Michael Phillips
So this is what deadpan slapstick surrealist Belgian stop motion animation looks like I like it 
3.5
A Town Called Panic
Betsy Sherman
Absurdity is supposed to carry the day in this fantastical satire of rural life but the film s material is too mild and its bag of tricks flurries of motion and noise followed by pauses of stillness and silence too repetitive 
2
A Town Called Panic
Roger Ebert
Because the plot is just one doggoned thing after another without the slightest logic there s no need to watch it all the way through at one sitting If you watch it a chapter or two at a time it should hold up nicely 
3.5
A Town Called Panic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s almost consistently amusing if never quite laugh out loud funny 
3
A Town Called Panic
Stephen Whitty
It s silly of course but also wildly inventive and oddly adult 
3
A Town Called Panic
Andrew Schenker
The film posits an endlessly malleable universe whose objects can be remade nearly as fast as they re destroyed 
3
Free State of Jones
Brian Eggert
No matter what s happening in the story Ross finds a way to formally detach his audience from the drama to a frustrating degree 
2
Free State of Jones
Matt Brunson
Just as much history can be found in the eight minutes required to listen to Guns N Roses Civil War as can be derived from the 140 minutes necessary to watch Free State of Jones 
2
Free State of Jones
Brad Keefe
It s a plodding and dry story that feels like something only a History Channel addicted dad could love And it s surprising how bad it is given the players 
1.5
Free State of Jones
Eric Melin
Free State of Jones is a bumpy imperfect tale of a troubling time in U S history but it doesn t burn with the urgency of say 12 Years a Slave or Selma 
2
Free State of Jones
Sonny Bunch
Horror of war and the fight for freedom combine in sometimes rousing history lesson 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Michael Smith
There s a good history lesson here along with the hero turn and thankfully it s not totally covered up by the Hollywoodization of the subject matter 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Kam Williams
An overdue history lesson about an important chapter in America s long march to freedom 
3
Free State of Jones
Bob Bloom
While Free State of Jones offers some action it is woefully bogged down in simple and clichd bromides about freedom and equality 
2
Free State of Jones
Barry Paris
Free State of Jones indulges in too many well meaning liberal impulses but it s compelling and admirably fact based 
3
Free State of Jones
Katie Walsh
Ross bit off more than he can chew the story lolls and wallows in wartime violence and the rebellion then rushes through the horrors and trauma of Reconstruction 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Peter Howell
A Civil War rebellion becomes an enervating movie by Gary Ross 
2
Free State of Jones
Godfrey Cheshire
As inherently astonishing and powerful as this little known episode is it has not been well served by Ross lumpy ill conceived script which ends up wasting Matthew McConaughey s terrific lead performance and other strong acting contributions 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Christian Toto
Matthew McConaughey is so virtuous in Free State of Jones he can even make adultery seem really cool 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Mark Dujsik
Yes Free State of Jones is messy but so too is the past and for that matter the present 
3
Free State of Jones
Brad Wheeler
Instead of captivating us with swagger McConaughey chooses to go grim and dogged Director Ross does the same 
3
Free State of Jones
Tirdad Derakhshani
Mixing elements from documentaries biopics war flicks and Hallmark romances Ross film is a living history tour but with gory special effects and a smoldering smattering of sex appeal 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Sean P. Means
In the film s second half as the war ends and Reconstruction begins the narrative flow falls apart as Ross resorts to title card historical markers and a 1940s subplot involving one of Knight s descendants 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Peter Travers
If you think a thick juicy slab of Civil War history can t be boiled down to 145 minutes of speechifying stultifying cinema then grab a seat Even McConaughey is sucked dry of his usual acting panache 
1
Free State of Jones
Robert W. Butler
Rarely rises above the level of a well staged history lesson 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Rafer Guzman
Strong work from McConaughey as a charismatic leader but the film s meandering historical scope will test your patience 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Chris Knight
Free State of Jones is a film with undeniable heart but more than a little narrative fat 
3
Free State of Jones
Roger Moore
Overreaching patronizing and preachy But it comes of a lot better than you d expect 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Kyle Smith
If McConaughey s performance is a little too jut jawed and noble the script has plenty of force 
3
Free State of Jones
Dann Gire
Despite Ross good intentions pertinent political points and a fascinating story plucked from obscure American history Free State of Jones moves with the forced weightiness of epically challenged made for cable films 
2
Free State of Jones
Ty Burr
Free State of Jones is a deeply strange movie but that s fine so is the history on which it s based 
3
Free State of Jones
Ann Hornaday
An earnest but inert and unwieldy historical drama that in its commendable attempt to rescue a forgotten figure from obscurity too often looks and feels like 12 Years a Woke Dude 
2
Free State of Jones
Richard Roeper
This is no history lesson but it s mainstream Hollywood entertainment that respects the history and seems to invite discussion and debate 
3.5
Free State of Jones
Calvin Wilson
Free State of Jones aspires to greatness but fumbles badly 
2.5
Free State of Jones
John Hartl
Free State can t settle down and concentrate The effect is sometimes exhilarating but covering several decades of Southern history turns out to be an energy drain 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Michael Phillips
From camera composition to production design everything looks and feels fresh scrubbed and somewhat staid and you don t quite believe what you re seeing 
2.5
Free State of Jones
Jake Cole
After its bracing opening the film begins to indulge the worst impulses of well meaning liberal cinema 
2
Free State of Jones
Lawrence Toppman
As the divide between economic classes widens today Free State of Jones remains as relevant as ever 
3
Free State of Jones
Mick LaSalle
It s a good film absorbing from beginning to end but it s also important 
3
Save the Tiger
Kathleen Carroll
Avildsen has a particular talent for recreating lifelike situations Here his camera works like a magnet picking up each squalid detail 
3
Save the Tiger
Gene Siskel
At times many times in Save The Tiger one wants to yell out to Harry Stoner Hey man either quit your job or stop complaining And then one realizes that it s not Harry s fault 
2.5
Save the Tiger
Peter Canavese
Lemmon turns in showy theatrical work that s appropriate to the not terribly subtle film around him but the whole enterprise is one that s best avoided 
1.5
Save the Tiger
Roger Ebert
Save the Tiger is essentially a virtuoso piece of movie acting Jack Lemmon holds the movie together by the sheer force of his performance as Harry he makes this character so convincing that we re fascinated 
3
The Funhouse
David Nusair
46 46 46 Hooper spends much of the movie 8217 s endless runtime focused on the one dimensional protagonists 8217 meandering 44 hopelessly tedious exploits 46 
1
The Funhouse
Matt Brunson
The imaginatively designed funhouse 44 oddball characters along the periphery 44 and a masterfully staged climax allow this to stand out 46 
3
The Funhouse
John Beifuss
With its two headed cow mutant baby in a jar jokes about bestiality references to Bride of Frankenstein and misbegotten monster this is very much a horror movie that contemplates with awe and terror the sometimes terrible consequences of sex 
3.5
The Funhouse
Dustin Putman
An underrated gem a mini masterpiece of frights and atmosphere 
3.5
Ryan's Daughter
Bill Chambers
Some hippie dippiness dates the picture but the vrit posturing of Lean s peers looks a lot kitschier in retrospect
3
Ryan's Daughter
Roger Ebert
A disappointing failure of tone a lush and overblown self indulgence in which David Lean has given us a great deal less than meets the eye 
2
Careful What You Wish For
Glenn Lovell
In the mood for a teen twist on a James Cain mystery with a soupcon of T A You could do worse than this slick variation on Double Indemnity The cinematic equivalent to beach reading 
2
Careful What You Wish For
David Nusair
Jonas generic performance ensures that Doug is impossible to sympathize with or root for 
1
Careful What You Wish For
Matt Fagerholm
Plays like a painfully stilted high school production of Fatal Attraction 
0
Careful What You Wish For
Richard Roeper
Careful What You Wish For might have been a better film had the two leading ladies McClure and Lucas switched roles But not that much better 
2
Careful What You Wish For
Sara Stewart
This erotic noir is about as substantial as one of its female lead s string bikinis but it s an enjoyable trifle nonetheless 
2.5
Careful What You Wish For
Rex Reed
Recycles the plots of a long list of movies as diverse as Body Heat and the Jennifer Lopez flop The Boy Next Door with just a pinch of The Postman Always Rings Twice 
2
Careful What You Wish For
Dann Gire
Careful What You Wish For hails from the grand tradition of sexy thrillers such as Double Indemnity and Body Heat yet never quite works up the level of steamy passion and explosive emotions its plot and characters require 
2
Careful What You Wish For
Steve Rubenstein
Careful What You Wish For is a well paced 91 minutes with enough tortuous trysting the night away to kick off summer vacation at the lake 
3
Sleep Tight
Christian Toto
Sleep Tight threatens to be a real snooze until the film s electric second half jolts us awake 
3
Sleep Tight
Sara Stewart
Sleep Tight makes a sounder case for nocturnal Webcams than the Paranormal Activity franchise ever could 
3
Sleep Tight
Rex Reed
Here is a unique fright flick that sets out to terrify and does it to capacity eschewing fangs and claws to find chills and thrills in the unquenchable evil of human madness 
3
Sleep Tight
Ed Gonzalez
The states get higher with every breadcrumb Luis Tosar s creep lays down and the film derives sometimes remarkable corkscrew tension from watching him being backed into a corner 
2.5
Naked
Carrie Rickey
Naked is a revelation a parable of spiritual homelessness and the terror it engenders 
3
Naked
Michael Wilmington
Mike Leigh s Naked is a great one a film of brutal impact withering wit and humanity It deserves one of the highest accolades movies can receive Seeing it shakes you up changes your vision 
4
Naked
John Hartl
Thanks to David Thewlis performance which has been collecting prizes since last spring s Cannes Film Festival Johnny s energy and ferocious wit outweigh his brutishness 
3
Naked
Stephen Hunter
You may feel like you need a drink and a shower when you come out of Naked but at least you ll know you ve been somewhere new 
3
Naked
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Sorting out the intelligence from the hysteria is no easy matter and the picture rubs our noses in this uncertainty so remorselessly that we sometimes forget that what we re watching is largely a comedy 
3
Naked
Gary Thompson
As engrossing as it is repulsive Naked is the chronicle of an acerbic people hating man and his descent into a modern hell that offers him no hope but plenty of material for sarcastic jokes 
3.5
Naked
Peter Canavese
Leigh s extensive use of improvisation in rehearsal led to a razor sharp final script endlessly blooming with memorable dialogue that mdash while never less than credibly naturalistic mdash proves thematically fertile Blu ray 
4
Naked
Gene Siskel
David Thewlis gives an unforgettable performance 
3.5
Naked
Neil Martin
This brilliant character study of a drifter and the people he takes advantage of unfolds so effortlessly so realistically that you experience the movie rather than watch it drawn easily into a fascinating illuminating world 
3.5
Naked
Roger Ebert
This is a painful movie to watch But it is also exhilarating as all good movies are because we are watching the director and actors venturing beyond any conventional idea of what a modern movie can be about 
4
Naked
James Berardinelli
This movie is brutal and raw and its sense of humor comes with a serrated edge 
3.5
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Mal Vincent
Whenever Willy is on screen things are OK Otherwise there are a lot of talking humans with problems Phooey Humans we can see any time 
2.5
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Pat Riley
Willy s role is bigger than ever and the movie is far more satisfying for it 
3
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
David Sterritt
Little of the yarn is very adventurous despite its title but the watery scenes are prettily photographed by the great Laszlo Kovacs 
1
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Gene Siskel
A dreary retread of what wasn t a very good picture in the first place 
1
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Roger Ebert
The first movie appealed to me because I bought into the characters and the situation Because Free Willy 2 offers essentially the same characters and the same situation only less believable I became aware of the manipulation 
2.5
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Susan Wloszczyna
As with most unnecessary sequels FW2 takes a similar plot reunited during a camping trip Jesse saves Willy and vice versa and spreads it thinner like watered down tartar sauce 
2
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mattie Lucas
Fincher is a master of establishing atmosphere and the film has a dark fable like quality that is nearly intoxicating 
3.5
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Namrata Joshi
Plodding facile and fails to connect 
2
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kelly Jane Torrance
Benjamin Button is certainly interesting visually but as Forrest s mom will tell you it s what s inside the box that counts 
3
St. Nick
Nick Schager
David Lowery s debut feature is long on silence and laden with a mood of oppressive dread 
3
Starflight One
Matt Brunson
A silly premise is handled fairly well and it s certainly superior to the limp Airport 1975 and the godawful The Concorde Airport 79 
2.5
Cloud 9
G. Allen Johnson
Dresen films much of the movie in close up and medium shots making sure we see every wrinkle and age spot every expression every emotion 
3
Cloud 9
Tom Russo
Sometimes apparently the old saw about the heart wanting what it wants can apply to seniors precisely the same way it does to the young and foolish 
3
Cloud 9
Loey Lockerby
This moral ambivalence is both the movie s strength and its greatest weakness In virtually every way Inge s behavior is unconscionable 
2.5
Cloud 9
Michael Phillips
The heart is a riddle and Cloud 9 deftly wittily counts the ways 
3
Cloud 9
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dresen shows the events with a matter of fact clarity and patience with a lack of editing or obnoxious musical score the tone is startlingly quiet 
3
Cloud 9
Kam Williams
Literally and figuratively blows the sheets off the taboo subject of geriatric sexuality 
4
Cloud 9
Jay Antani
a sincere thoughtful tale of the human heart
3
Cloud 9
V.A. Musetto
Seldom has any movie shown so much geriatric sex and full frontal nudity male and female But thanks to Dresen it is all done with taste and sensitivity 
3
Cloud 9
Andrew Schenker
Sexual awakening isn t just for the young anymore 
3
Cloud 9
David Nusair
the film s inability to consistently hold the viewer s interest ultimately lessens its overall impact 
2.5
I'm No Longer Here
Barry Hertz
I m No Longer Here stands as a welcome introduction to the many talents and passions of Fernando Frias 
3
I'm No Longer Here
Rene Sanchez
Beautiful intimate and nostalgic A tale about dancing to our own beat even when the music in the world has stopped Full Review in Spanish 
4
I'm No Longer Here
Christy Lemire
So gorgeously shot and offers such a rich sense of place that it s always visually compelling even when the narrative tends to sag a bit 
3
I'm No Longer Here
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The overall takeaway by the end is of a fine hand behind the camera framing his actors in beautiful compositions 
3
Scream 3
Federico Furzan
The closure that goes all the way It s failed but one can never deny it s a movie made with passion Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Scream 3
Jack Mathews
The series is already so dense with internal references and exposition that it s on the verge of becoming more of a trivia game than a movie series Still for the initiated the third time s a charm For everyone else it s just a scream 
3
Scream 3
Lisa Leigh Connors
The final chapter in the Scream franchise ends on a highly entertaining and hilarious note 
2.5
Scream 3
Josh Larsen
The self referential setup is in place but not the ingenuity or wit to take advantage of it 
2
Scream 3
David Nusair
a rather anticlimactic finish to a series that started out with such promise 
2.5
Scream 3
Joe Lozito
There is nothing particularly clever to make all the bloodshed and time spent in the theater worth it 
2.5
Scream 3
Susan Tavernetti
They might as well wink after every line and then poke each other knowingly in the ribs Without the thrill factor screams fall on dead ears and the movie feels flat 
2.5
Scream 3
Wesley Lovell
Only the 8220 Scream 8221 series fans will want to see this film 44 seeing the previous two are required to understand a lot of the plot and non fans will both be lost and bored 46 
2
Scream 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new movie strays pretty far from the original idea that the Scream characters are horror movie savvy 
2.5
Scream 3
Margaret A. McGurk
Just a blur of blood and guts exactly the type of dreary mayhem that Scream was born to demolish 
1
Scream 3
Jay Carr
While this latest effort is lively as it goes through the motions of linking the denouement to a secret from the past of Sidney s mother there isn t an atom of urgency in it 
1.5
Scream 3
Edward Guthmann
Fulfills its modest ambitions by delivering a glib slasher spoof for the mall crowd 
2
Scream 3
Liam Lacey
The result is the usual fragmentary mixture of jolts and jokes knife wielding maniacs and red herrings 
2.5
Scream 3
James Kendrick
Unfortunately this final installment while answering some lingering questions still doesn t feel essential 
2.5
Scream 3
Mark Caro
Despite the various surprise cameos and cute twists it takes itself too seriously and adheres too strictly to its formula to avoid becoming what it parodies 
2
Scream 3
Roger Ebert
If Scream was like a funny joke Scream 2 was like somebody telling you here s how I heard that joke and Scream 3 is like somebody who won t believe you ve already heard it 
2
Scream 3
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately there s nothing here that even the most inexperienced horror film fan would call innovative and the predictable result is a movie that pales in comparison with its predecessors 
2
Scream 3
Susan Wloszczyna
A frightfully good job 
3
Scream 3
Madeleine Williams
Scream promised to change that formula Scream 3 proves we re back to the same old story and it s not all that good 
1
Scream 3
Geoff Berkshire
The film meets the basic requirement of any good thriller a memorably tense sequence or two 
3
Scream 3
Tor Thorsen
It s a shame to see what was once such a sharp series go out on such a dull note 
2.5
Scream 3
Bill Chambers
Follows the unspoken rule of a trilogy to a T part three must disappoint 
1.5
Scream 3
Dustin Putman
Scream 3 has arrived and to say it was well worth the wait would be an understatement 
3.5
Scream 3
Lou Lumenick
Director Wes Craven is adept at providing shocks as ever though he should have borrowed the killer s knife and hacked away at the movie s excessive 116 minute running time 
2.5
Scream 3
David Keyes
Scream 3 is quite a surprise in the manner that it preserves the innovation of the series rather than succumbing to all those clichés plaguing the genre in general 
3.5
Scream 3
Rob Blackwelder
The minute Kevin Williamson said no to writing Scream 3 that should have been the end of it 
2
Scream 3
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es justo y necesario que en aras de mantener el éxito que hasta ahora ha tenido la serie el asesino de la máscara se apuñale a sí mismo
2.5
Scream 3
Steve Rhodes
The only scary part in the movie is that it clearly opens the door for a Scream 4 
1.5
Scream 3
Michael Dequina
The film turns the franchise into the type of conventional slasher saga that the first two films so effectively lampooned 
2
A Man Vanishes
Farran Smith Nehme
A part fact part fiction narrative that challenges the very notion of whether true documentary can even exist 
3
A Man Vanishes
Fernando F. Croce
The earthiest of Japanese New Wave directors Shohei Imamura goes fascinatingly meta in this 1967 hybrid of investigative tract and ruminative experiment 
3
A Silent Voice
James Berardinelli
Naoko Yamada is regarded as one of the up and coming animated filmmakers seeking to fill the void created by the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki Considering the artwork in A Silent Voice it s easy to see why 
3
Can't Buy Me Love
David Nusair
a mostly watchable comedy that benefits substantially from the affable work of its two stars 
2.5
Can't Buy Me Love
Roger Ebert
It doesn t have a thought in its head and probably no notion of the corruption at its core 
0.5
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Steven Mazey
Take the worst elements of martial arts movies the worst elements of science fiction movies and the cheesiest sets and special effects this side of Ed Wood Mix them together and you have something called Mortal Kombat Annihilation 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Joe Holleman
Mortal Kombat Annihilation is not just a movie based on a video game it is a sequel to a movie that was based on a video game That pedigree should tell you all you need to know about the quality of this movie 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Malcolm Johnson
The sequel to the 1995 live action video game movie turns out to be idiotic but amusing low kitsch 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s hard to believe that it was produced by big studios in Hollywood since it s one of the worst films ever made Full review in Spanish 
0.5
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Steven Rea
Never at least not since the first Mortal Kombat has tedium been so loud so full of backward flips and flying fists to the kissers of centaurs from another realm 
1.5
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
John Petrakis
The first sequel to 1995 s highly successful Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat Annihilation adds little to the development of the saga except for a truckload of martial arts sequences and a whole mess of bigger and louder special effects 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Jami Bernard
It wastes no time getting to the punching kicking stomping and zapping that passes for a cinematic event 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Melanie McFarland
The video game is much more fun of course 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
John Wooley
The script by five writers is a melange of role playing games Biblical references mythology and martial arts and other movie cliches it s predictable when it s not impenetrable 
1.5
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Maitland McDonagh
This tedious hodgepodge of martial arts mayhem bogus mysticism and computer generated special effects doesn t even pretend to have a plot 
1
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Kerri Guten Cohen
The formula works and producer Larry Kasanoff and director John Leonetti don t swerve too far from it Annihilation is basically back to back exquisitely choreographed high tech fantasy fight scenes accompanied by a high energy techno beat 
2
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Peter Stack
Its dazzling special effects make its combatants flip and fly spin and soar all the while punching and kicking each other like jackhammers only to leave viewers utterly unmoved 
2
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
James Berardinelli
It s just an excuse for a series of tedious repetitious fight scenes that have been staged with no hint whatsoever of originality 
0.5
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Madeleine Williams
There is nothing I repeat nothing worthwhile in this film 
0
El último traje
Roger Moore
Adorable
3
El último traje
J.R. Kinnard
Bring a full box of tissues 
3.5
El último traje
Jeff Simon
Sola s personality and charisma keep you in its corner 
3.5
Donovan's Echo
David Nusair
a passable short film that s been painfully needlessly stretched out to feature length 
2
Donovan's Echo
Stephen Cole
Greenwood is excellent as always And a carefully measured performance by Sonja Bennett as Maggie s confused protective mother contributes to a sense of stampeding panic 
2.5
Donovan's Echo
Anita Li
Billed as a supernatural thriller Donovan s Echo feels more like an overwrought made for TV movie 
1
Cheech
Geoff Pevere
Cheech is ultimately done in by the derivative nature of its backward structure too many people screaming in rooms scenes and the almost entirely disengaging nature of its characters 
2
Cheech
Rick Groen
Directing such a cavalcade Patrice Sauv seems less an assured auteur than an overtaxed traffic cop waving this one ahead and holding that one back and ultimately when the final pile up looms just tooting his whistle in shrill frustration 
2
American Desi
Namrata Joshi
American Desi is not a radical new brand of cinema It just tells a straight story of reconciling with one s identity in a simple and at times naive and predictable manner 
2
American Desi
James Kendrick
even when the plot doesn t always satisfy the movie s general demeanor and tone is humorously rewarding
3
Shadow Dancer
Frank Ochieng
The taut political suspense thriller Shadow Dancer spins a tale of terrorism that works fabulously on the nerves smart and resourceful enough to play its conflicting confines as sedate yet edgy with underlying tension and betrayal 
3
Shadow Dancer
Chris Hewitt
It s absorbing intelligent and sad 
3
Shadow Dancer
Ty Burr
A tautly minimalist occasionally generic study of betrayal and family ties 
2.5
Shadow Dancer
Steven Rea
Riseborough s work is indrawn and riveting It s hard to read the look in her eye but we never stop trying 
3
Shadow Dancer
James Kendrick
a potent ultimately disheartening slow burn drama
3
Shadow Dancer
Joe Friedrich
By keeping politics in the background and emphasizing more than a few tenuous relationships he allows the conflict mistrust and dishonesty in both Collette s and Mac s camps to come through without taking sides 
3
Shadow Dancer
Stephen Whitty
The movie runs into the same problem all stories like this do Generally audiences don t like snitches 
2
Shadow Dancer
Sara Stewart
The proceedings move so quietly and thoughtfully as to be occasionally somnolent though they re punctuated with spasms of the violence that marked the Troubles 
2.5
Shadow Dancer
Rex Reed
The movie eventually wafts into a detective story which would be doubly effective if only we could hack our way through the thickly coated Irish brogues that render so much of the dialogue incomprehensible 
2
Shadow Dancer
Roger Moore
Solid but just a shadow of Hitchcock 
2.5
Shadow Dancer
Andrew Schenker
James Marsh perfectly matches his aesthetic strategies to the story s shifting moral terrain 
3
The Legend of Molly Johnson
Nell Minow
Purcell has taken Lawson 8217 s character and given her a name 44 a history 44 and a story worthy of the word apos legend 46 apos 
3.5
The Legend of Molly Johnson
Mark Dujsik
91 S 93 ome narrative and filmmaking choices on Purcell apos s part become too much of a distraction from the movie apos s central point 46 
2.5
The Legend of Molly Johnson
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Our dramatic satisfaction comes from watching the story s hidden depths emerge slowly revealing the horrors of European atrocities towards the indigenous population 
3
Runner Runner
Brian Eggert
Though the film is over before it ever gets going 44 the good looking cast doesn 8217 t make the substance free story worth enduring 46 
1.5
Runner Runner
David Nusair
46 46 46 it apos s ultimately impossible to downplay the rampant ineffectiveness of virtually every aspect of the proceedings 46 
1
Runner Runner
Peter Travers
The actors hit the jackpot but only in terms of their paychecks The audience gets a tension free tight assed Casino ripoff that leaves them thoroughly fleeced 
1
Runner Runner
Rafer Guzman
The movie mostly wants to look timely and seem topical Instead it feels irrelevant 
1.5
Runner Runner
James Berardinelli
Various subplots are given short shrift and the whole thing feels more like a Cliff s Notes version of a longer piece than an actual finished motion picture 
2
Runner Runner
Mara Reinstein
Just when it seems like the writing can t get any lazier Richie fills in the narrative blanks via a voice over that squeezes in every gambling metaphor this side of Las Vegas
2
Runner Runner
Chris Knight
This is more the fault of the lacklustre script than the actors who do what they can with a story that never quite gets out of first gear 
2
Runner Runner
Mark Dujsik
W e re not really sure what the message is 
2
Runner Runner
R. Kurt Osenlund
The ultimately forgettable Runner Runner is for a gambling film markedly risk averse 
2
Runner Runner
Liam Lacey
Takes us inside the world of Internet gambling which proves every bit as fascinating as you d imagine by which I mean not at all 
1.5
Runner Runner
Kyle Smith
He s back Behold the second coming of 8201 8201 Badfleck 
1.5
Runner Runner
Dan Callahan
Runner Runner is the kind of meat and potatoes genre picture that might be passable if the people involved in making it had given the same thought and concentration to the development of the plot and the ending as they did to the fairly involving set up 
2
Runner Runner
Stephen Whitty
The film will make a decent rental in a few months time But to lay down good money now to see it in a theater That s a chump s move 
2.5
Runner Runner
Peter Canavese
The odds of hitting a runner runner flush in Texas Hold Em are roughly four percent Coincidentally those are the same odds you ll be satisfied with your purchase of a ticket to Runner Runner 
2
Runner Runner
Dustin Putman
As a thriller the film is languidly paced and predictable low on threat or narrative momentum As a character drama it is superficial and two dimensional the people onscreen either stick figure constructs or too wishy washy to make an impression 
1
Runner Runner
Richard Roeper
After an intriguing setup Runner Runner devolves into a by the books thriller 
2
Runner Runner
Perry Seibert
You ve seen all of this before There s nothing new in the story beats or in the movie s construction 
2
Runner Runner
Mick LaSalle
Runner Runner is less than mediocre but it s not repellent which means that to watch it is to root for it and to be disappointed 
1
Runner Runner
Ann Hornaday
Runner Runner is a bummer Bummer 
1.5
Runner Runner
Claudia Puig
Even with its glossy Costa Rican setting Runner Runner is a vacant excursion with plot holes the size of a small Caribbean island 
2
Runner Runner
Rene Rodriguez
Here is a film in which a man is covered in chicken fat and thrown into a pit of crocodiles and you still can barely keep your eyes open 
1
Runner Runner
Moira MacDonald
Even when you have no clue what they re talking about you know exactly where the movie s going and can pretty much tell from your watch how and when they ll get there 
1.5
Runner Runner
Ty Burr
It s not that Runner Runner is predictable It s that you don t care either about the characters or what happens to them 
1.5
Runner Runner
Steven Rea
Feels like it could drag on forever and drag us down into a purgatory of stupefaction with it 
1.5
Runner Runner
Bruce DeMara
It is oxymoronically a thriller that fails to live up to the genre playing it safe from start to finish with an insipid hero a pedestrian plot and a conclusion that is as predictable as the phases of the moon 
2
Runner Runner
Matt Pais
Reiterating that onscreen cool and edge can t be faked Runner Runner feels a little like an offshore Internet era version of Wall Street 
1.5
Runner Runner
Roger Moore
Ben Affleck doesn t do sinister 
1.5
A Woman's Face
Josh Larsen
Crawford is just villainous enough 
3
My Dog Skip
Nick Rogers
Not a mawkish dying dog tearjerker My Dog Skip carries a touch of Mark Twain with quasi dangerous tall tales and awareness of a gap between childhood and boyhood Plus as it s said of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn there s cussin in it 
3.5
My Dog Skip
Judith Egerton
Features two irresistible lead characters and you can t always say that about a movie 
2.5
My Dog Skip
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So riddled with live action Disney movie clichs that I kept waiting for Cruella de Ville to show up and threaten to skin the dog alive 
2.5
My Dog Skip
Susan Stark
From the very first words you hear in My Dog Skip you know you have hit a rare precious breed of movie one that honors and rejoices in the language 
4
My Dog Skip
Jan Stuart
The banal voice over narration by Harry Connick Jr combined with the gooey score and feckless direction adds up to a sterilization of American life that makes Norman Rockwell look like Diane Arbus 
2
My Dog Skip
Greg Dean Schmitz
In a 12 month period Warner Brothers will have distributed 3 movies with either the word dog in the title or primarily about canines more than all other distributors combined 
1
My Dog Skip
Rob Blackwelder
A charming old fashioned kids flick that embraces its clichs and serves them up with a contagious indomitable spirit 
3
My Dog Skip
Michael Dequina
While this family film often follows the traditional mechanics of its genre the emotions it elicits feel far from manufactured 
3
My Dog Skip
Ross Anthony
If you ve got a 5 to 10 year old take a family trip to see this wholesome story 
3
My Dog Skip
Lou Lumenick
Grows on you like kudzu 
2.5
My Dog Skip
Susan Wloszczyna
It s a family movie with a heart and a brain And if you aren t moved to tears you might need an organ transplant 
3
My Dog Skip
Jeffrey Wachs
A surprisingly well crafted coming of age story that will have viewers who grew up without a dog realizing what they missed 
3
My Dog Skip
Roger Ebert
The sweet thing about My Dog Skip is the way it understands the friendship between a kid and a dog 
3
My Dog Skip
Peter Stack
The boy dog formula takes viewers to surprising places and ends up an enchanting character study 
3
National Lampoon's Pledge This!
James Sanford
a movie that gives new meaning to the term endurance test Even by the low standards of the college comedy genre it s exceptionally awful 
0
Riders of Justice
Mitchell Beaupre
You never truly know where Riders of Justice is going to go next 44 from both a tone and plot standpoint 44 which is just how Jensen likes it 46 
3
Riders of Justice
David Nusair
an inherently compelling premise that s employed to slightly uneven yet predominantly enthralling effect 
3.5
Riders of Justice
Walter Chaw
Riders of Justice in other words isn t entirely in control of what it s talking about though its pleasures are so pleasurable that it almost almost doesn t matter 
3
Riders of Justice
Joe Friar
There is plenty of heart and humor in the film by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen who marks his fifth collaboration with Mikkelsen who is first rate Great cast 
3.5
Riders of Justice
Michael O'Sullivan
There are plenty of left turns and the occasional dead end here but Riders of Justice is no waste of time 
3
Riders of Justice
Steven Prokopy
Mikkelsen absolutely commands the screen as he often does 
3.5
Riders of Justice
Peter Canavese
An examination of psychology philosophy and a chaotic universe in a novelistic cleverly constructed plot that moves with complicated and interesting characters a tragicomedy that is equal parts entertaining and disturbing 
3.5
Riders of Justice
Matt Zoller Seitz
Brutal sad funny and disarmingly sweet natured Riders of Justice is not so much a revenge movie as a movie about revenge 
4
Riders of Justice
Mark Dujsik
The film s plot delves into the wicked side of humanity so it s a genuine surprise how warmly and humanely Jensen treats his central characters 
3
Riders of Justice
Mike McGranaghan
Riders of Justice is a wildly entertaining examination of the psychological desire to get even 
3.5
Riders of Justice
Anita Katz
The movie is also about coming to terms with the meaninglessness of life s realities and most movingly as the characters form a makeshift family it is about how human connection assists healing 
3
Riders of Justice
Randy Myers
From the first frame to the last Jensen s Riders is a wild ass ride that cements Mikkelsen as a cinematic treasure 
3.5
Riders of Justice
G. Allen Johnson
Imagine a Liam Neeson revenge thriller with an early Coen brothers oddball vibe 
3
Riders of Justice
Chuck Bowen
Ultimately Anders Thomas Jensen cannot reconcile the fact that a mature story of men in crisis doesn t coherently mesh with suspense scenes in which his protagonist viscerally annihilates a violent gang 
2.5
Riders of Justice
Roger Moore
Imagine the nerds from The Big Bang Theory stumbling into the plot of Taken Now imagine them Danish 
3
Absolute Power
Malcolm Johnson
An ingenious taut thriller beset with narrative gaps and unconvincing moments 
2.5
Absolute Power
Michael Wilmington
Absolute Power wanders Yet the movie is worth seeing simply because of Eastwood s presence his and Green s camera his excellent cast 
3
Absolute Power
David Nusair
Eastwood has infused Absolute Power with a predictably deliberate sensibility that fits the material quite well 
3.5
Absolute Power
Maitland McDonagh
One begins to long for a good explosion 
2.5
Absolute Power
Michael Dequina
For all the suspense the film does generate the fairly flat climax is a disappointing payoff 
2.5
Absolute Power
Leonard Schwarz
You could waste your time in many worse ways than watching this ensemble of old pros shoot and scratch at each other 
2.5
Absolute Power
Mick LaSalle
A first rate thriller about arrogance at the top a showdown between two kinds of Americans the evil omnipotent bureaucrat and the enterprising mind his own business loner 
4
Absolute Power
Rick Groen
Ultimately this is a thriller in vain search of credible thrills 
2.5
Absolute Power
Marty Mapes
It s refreshing to think that good movies can still be made with only actors a tight script and some nice locations 
3
Absolute Power
Chris Hicks
Sadly any lofty artistic aspirations are quickly undone by the sheer ill advised audacity of the story 
2
Absolute Power
Barbara Shulgasser
Eastwood is perfect as the bad guy you root for because he isn t nearly as bad as the other bad guys 
3
Absolute Power
Steve Rhodes
Besides the ridiculousness of the plot some of the acting is terrible Embarrassingly bad as the President Hackman wastes his great talent on a poorly written character 
2.5
Absolute Power
Roger Ebert
Not many thrillers slow down to notice relationships but this one does 
3.5
Absolute Power
Mike Clark
Unintentional yuks litter an otherwise somber political thriller adapted from David Baldacci s novel 
2
Absolute Power
James Berardinelli
A fairly routine thriller that gets high marks as a result of tight pacing and top notch acting 
3
Bleak Street
Anita Katz
By failing to provide an adequate picture of the humanity at stake the movie shapes up as a superficial affair While consistently intriguing it appeals foremost to perverse curiosity and leaves us deeper down unmoved 
2.5
Bleak Street
Walter V. Addiego
Although the movie doesn t flinch at presenting a dark and unsavory portrait of a down and out slice of humanity it also detects a glimmer of something more in the characters nudging the story in the direction of tragedy 
3
Bleak Street
Farran Smith Nehme
Come let us have a drink says one aging streetwalker to another and hate everything and everyone If that sounds tempting then Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein s latest will be right up your dimly lit trash strewn alley 
2
Bleak Street
Glenn Kenny
A sense of surreality within a mode of social realism the scenario believe it or not was actually inspired by true event gives the movie its off kilter power 
3.5
Bleak Street
Diego Semerene
Bleakness Arturo Ripstein s film implies demands different kinds of labor from a man than from a woman 
3.5
The Day of the Crows
Kent Turner
Gorgeously animated smart enough for adults and appealing for anyone with abandonment issues 
3
Island of Lost Souls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All in all Island of Lost Souls works on every level it rattles your nerves while you re watching it and it haunts your dreams after it s over 
4
Island of Lost Souls
James Kendrick
a disturbing and provocative horror gem
3.5
Island of Lost Souls
Scott Nash
Laughton is great but overall misses the mark 
2.5
Bait
David Nusair
a really good 80 minute action movie trapped inside an overblown two hour suckfest 
2
Bait
Marty Mapes
To sum it up in critic speak Bait doesn t stink but it s not very appetizing 
2
Bait
Michael Dequina
Too much of a story that asks that the suspension of disbelief be stretched to uncomfortable lengths 
2.5
Bait
Ross Anthony
Overall this fun aptly directly film would play great on TV but on the big screen it s just a notch above average 
2.5
Bait
Rob Blackwelder
Dripping with visual flair overkill 
1.5
Bait
Mick LaSalle
Two things pretty much save the movie The last 40 minutes are well plotted and paced And Foxx is enormously likable 
2
Bait
Roger Ebert
It s funny and clever and it grows on you 
3
Bait
Marc Fortier
Fuqua s bumbling aside Bait manages to somehow entertain clinging to Foxx s everyman charisma 
2.5
Bait
Dustin Putman
While never an inherently terrible movie Bait digs itself a deep grave early on simply by its own sheer mediocrity in every aspect 
1.5
We Are Gathered Here Today
Bob Bloom
apos We Are Gathered Here Today apos allows you to image what it must have been like for the thousands of families who had to say their goodbyes to loved ones without being able to hold a hand 44 offer words of comfort or thanks or give a final kiss or embrace 46 
3.5
He Said, She Said
David Nusair
an intriguing gimmick that s predominantly employed to entirely lackluster and underwhelming effect 
2
He Said, She Said
Betsy Bozdech
It s not exactly uncharted cinematic territory but when it s done right that doesn t matter 
3
He Said, She Said
Roger Ebert
He Said She Said is not a great movie or even a very good one but it contains likable performances and enough occasional wit that it feels like a missed opportunity and not just a wasted effort 
2
St. Ives
Roger Ebert
St Ives is an ambitious Charles Bronson picture that looks good but finally doesn t quite work 
2
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Dan Callahan
A provocative if minor Demy film 
3
HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
Shane Slater
Solomon has crafted a worthy tribute to Ulric Cross and the founding fathers of Pan Africanism 
3
Dinosaur 13
John Beifuss
This labor of love portrait of those who labor in the dirt for love of dinosaurs is also a chronicle of the ways in which the modern legal system can threaten the preservation of even prehistory 
3
Dinosaur 13
Susan Wloszczyna
Dinosaur 13 is Kramer vs Kramer for paleontologists 
3
Dinosaur 13
David Hiltbrand
These events would have been better handled in a single installment of Dateline 
1.5
Dinosaur 13
Moira MacDonald
The lawsuit and trial at the center of the story the largest criminal case ever tried in South Dakota we re told take up much of the running time and never grow dull 
3
Dinosaur 13
Ann Hornaday
If Miller goes for the emotional jugular a little too obviously the gambit is largely justified by a story that although it was covered in the national media at the time still seems infuriatingly unresolved and fundamentally unjust 
3
Dinosaur 13
Matt Pais
The kind of movie you watch for five minutes at a museum and walk away Ross Geller would love it 
1
Dinosaur 13
Kenji Fujishima
To some extent the use of a wide aspect ratio and the doc s emphatic score takes its cues from paleontologist Pete Larson s passion 
3
Dinosaur 13
Roger Moore
Fascinating story of the discovery of some T Rex bones sale of those bones and the battle over who owns them
3
Camp X-Ray
Rob Thomas
Writer director Sattler keeps the drama small and intimate between two people focusing on the minutiae of daily life inside the prison and letting us draw the moral implications 
3
Camp X-Ray
Tirdad Derakhshani
Camp X Ray raises quite a few fascinating questions about power sexism and war yet fails to explore them in any real depth More troubling still it s a character study that does little in the way of character development 
2.5
Camp X-Ray
Bruce Ingram
It s invigorated somewhat by strong central performances from actors on opposite sides of a locked steel door 
2.5
Camp X-Ray
Matt Pais
Effectively dramatizes a situation with the possibility to cause frustration for those both inside and outside the cells 
3
Camp X-Ray
Brian Truitt
Sattler digs into both sides of those cell doors exploring the combative side of soldiers having to babysit detainees while those inside the prison walls are driven mad by their lack of sleep and unfortunate conditions 
3
Camp X-Ray
Roger Moore
A bit of an overreach for Kristen Stewart but much respect for her in attempting it 
2.5
Camp X-Ray
Steve Macfarlane
An expensively mounted treatise on important issues that s terrified to dig in obsessively yet so ramrod stiff with indignation that it never comes anywhere near compelling entertainment 
1.5
Camp X-Ray
Christian Toto
Camp X Ray seems more outraged by military sexism than the notion that Gitmo remains open in the Age of Obama 
2.5
Camp X-Ray
Matt Zoller Seitz
Camp X Ray has cinematic and moral intelligence 
3
Camp X-Ray
Stephen Whitty
The flat emotionless mask that Cole is supposed to keep in place plays exactly to Stewart s own very guarded screen persona 
3
Camp X-Ray
Kyle Smith
Camp X Ray already feels like a throwback to an earlier era when Hollywood cared about what was going on at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for suspected Islamist terrorists 
2
Camp X-Ray
Clayton Davis
At bare minimum you can relish in the bravura turns of Kristen Stewart and Peyman Moaadi two actors that are well worth the watch 
3
Miles
Roger Moore
Lukewarm gay coming of age comedy with little edge and no laughs 
2
Sawdust and Tinsel
Fernando F. Croce
Pain and degradation follow inevitably before the eyes of a derisive crowd 
3
11/4/08
Kam Williams
An emotionally engaging film featuring folks truly moved on what many will undoubtedly mark for posterity as the day they were most proud to be an American 
3
11/4/08
Carrie Rickey
While Deutchman aimed to make a participatory documentary the end result is in the main an Obamathon of hipsters from Chicago Austin and Brooklyn stumping for change and toasting the 44th president 
2
The Reef: Stalked
Randy Myers
A low budget but decent production it s not a bikini romp it features strong women in bathing suits who are confronting attackers 
2.5
The Reef: Stalked
Mark Dujsik
The performances of The Reef 58 Stalked are 44 for the most part 44 convincing 46 46 46 As for the rest of the movie 44 it apos s generally not 46 
1.5
The Reef: Stalked
Roger Moore
As James Lipton might have said 44 8220 Sharks are scary 46 SHOW us that you know this 33 8221 
1.5
To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters
David Wiegand
The film is graced by lovely performances from the main cast in particular The work by the actresses in the lead roles is so good you can easily forget that they don t look at all as though they could be related 
3
Three Hearts
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A film with an amazing cast Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Three Hearts
Tirdad Derakhshani
It leaves behind a nagging feeling a suggestion there s more to the story than its story 
2.5
Three Hearts
Marci Schmitt
Despite a slow start and jarring narration 3 Hearts entertains with its melodramatic amour fou 
3
Three Hearts
Ann Hornaday
A tasteful mildly intriguing romantic drama from writer director Benot Jacquot 
2
Three Hearts
Mick LaSalle
A French romantic drama directed as though it were a thriller 
3
Three Hearts
John Anderson
A chance encounter a missed rendezvous a marriage and a torrid affair make for an intoxicating mix 
3
Three Hearts
Chris Cabin
Throughout Benot Jacquot never loses sight of the primordial compulsions that drive feelings and expressions of great love and beauty 
3
Three Hearts
Kent Turner
The story line speeds by with jumps in time and priorities if not logic 
2.5
Rafina
David N. Butterworth
Model Amna Ilyas s enlightened innocence carries the picture plus we also get to see Pakistan in all its colorful volatile glory 
2.5
Blue My Mind
Bill Chambers
Brühlmann has enough stunning images in her that it s a shame she defaults to a muted pseudodocumentary European aesthetic which exposes some feeble writing to the harsh light of interrogation 
2
Bandits
Matt Brunson
Tries hard to be a quirky comedy God does it try 
1.5
Bandits
Scott Nash
comedy a great cast an intelligent script but a weak ending 
3
Bandits
Jeff Strickler
Thornton and Willis save the day with their performances 
3
Bandits
Margaret A. McGurk
It is an unexpected blend of caper buddy flick and romantic comedy brought to life by a skilled cast who look for all the world like they are having themselves one heckuva a blast 
3
Bandits
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sin mayores pretensiones que la de divertir un rato logra su cometido con creces 
3
Bandits
Jeremy Heilman
Thornton s brilliant performance justifies a great deal of the pap on display 
3
Bandits
Frank Ochieng
The reparte in Bandits is annoyingly clownish and the only inquiry you find yourself wondering about is how both leads Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton manage to keep those shaggy hairpieces on their pates without the wind blowing them off 
2
Bandits
Mark Dujsik
Calls its subjects heroes and ends up making a joke of them 
2
Bandits
Robert Roten
This is obviously not a serious or a believable film It is just very thin light entertainment 
3
Bandits
Michael Dequina
Without this Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett it would be difficult to imagine this caper being such a spirited screwball romp 
3
Bandits
Andrew Howe
Three enjoyable performances are enough to place it on the map 
3
Bandits
James Kendrick
the movie s only consistency is its maddening unevenness
2
Bandits
David N. Butterworth
Somewhere within the scattershot confines of Barry Levinson s Bandits lies a halfway decent movie struggling to get out 
2
Bandits
Mike McGranaghan
How appropriate is that title for a movie that stole two hours of my life 
1
Bandits
Dustin Putman
Takes a conventional setup and gives the characters and performances so much life that they prove to be anything but commonplace 
3
Bandits
David Keyes
crafted so effectively and concisely that yes it probably succeeds Shrek as the best comedy of the year 
4
Bandits
Mick LaSalle
Bandits isn t any better than a good formula picture it isn t incisive or memorable just light and amusing but it s different 
3
Bandits
Liam Lacey
Connects often enough for serviceable value for dollar entertainment 
2.5
Bandits
Tom Long
Too bad we re ready for the film s final pay off 20 minutes before it comes Less is more in comedy and a bit less would have made Bandits more successful As it is both the performers and the audience end up robbed by excess 
2
Bandits
Roger Ebert
So determined to be clever and whimsical that it neglects to be anything else 
2
Bandits
Walter Chaw
A cross between Butch Cassidy The Sundance Kid Bonnie Clyde and director Barry Levinson s own Rain Man
2
Bandits
Mary Kalin-Casey
At 123 drawn out minutes Bandits is anything but lively 
1.5
Bandits
Steven Rea
Billy Bob Thornton wearing a succession of toupees wigs fake facial hair and funny hats and twitching more than a horse s behind is the best reason to see Bandits 
3
Bandits
Michael Wilmington
A slickly produced verbally nimble comic thriller 
3
Bandits
Steve Rhodes
Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton play a couple of ha ha funny bank Thornton channeling Woody Allen at his worst plays the story s central character 
1.5
Bandits
Rob Blackwelder
All three plumb their characters souls for authenticity and human irony that gives Bandits a surprising depth to go with its capricious wit 
3
Bandits
James Berardinelli
Bandits may be somewhat offbeat but that hardly makes it worthwhile 
2.5
Bandits
Harvey S. Karten
Mildly amusing but repetitive and overlong 
2.5
Bandits
Ross Anthony
Despite some flaws well oiled dialogue and straight faced delivery make these bandits slick crispy and comedic 
3
Bandits
Ed Gonzalez
Shamelessly devoid of subtext Barry Levinson s Bandits is a pointless ode to modern day Robin Hoods 
1.5
Woman Times Seven
Matt Brunson
Each episode alternates between boring and banal 
1.5
Let My People Go!
Mattie Lucas
It s a bit too broad at times and the outrageousness of the stereotypes are often so over the top as to be silly rather than truly funny but there s a certain charm about it that is hard to resist 
2.5
Let My People Go!
Loren King
Oy vey doesn t begin to address the result 
2
Let My People Go!
Peter Keough
Though the film alludes repeatedly to the story of Exodus it remains bound to hysterical stereotypes and hyperbolic plotting 
1.5
Let My People Go!
Kyle Smith
Among gay Jewish French postman movies Let My People Go may be a Hall of Fame entry but alas by any other standard this would be sex comedy is a dismal failure 
1
Let My People Go!
Diego Semerene
Without a consistent stylistic playfulness to match the histrionic scenarios the action often feels just plain silly 
2
The Lady of Heaven
Roger Moore
This Islamic history as parable may play as new and intriguing to the uninitiated but the movie s something of a muddle 
2
Headspace
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are good ideas pulsing through Andrew van den Houten s horror flick but once the script turns nasty things fall apart and not just literally 
2
Jezebel
Josh Larsen
Does Jezebel chart Bette Davis redemption or punishment 
3.5
Jezebel
Matt Brunson
The immortal 1950 masterpiece All About Eve is the movie that houses Bette Davis best performance but certainly ranking in the top five would be her mesmerizing turn in this Civil War era melodrama 
3.5
Jezebel
Wesley Lovell
A tottering costume drama that gave Bette Davis one of her rare non bitchy roles It should come as little surprise that it doesn t quite work 
2.5
Girl Play
V.A. Musetto
Exactly why we should care about these narcissists is a mystery 
1
Girl Play
Elizabeth Weitzman
With little plot and a stifling set the movie needs stronger performances than its leads can offer 
1.5
Superbad
Mattie Lucas
Hysterically funny and also strangely poignant and heartfelt 
3
Superbad
Chris Knight
Beneath the swearing and the tampon jokes lies a sweet hearted tale of three chums celebrating the end of their carefree high school days 
3
Superbad
Rossiter Drake
Raunchy enough but it lacks some of the subtle wit and verbal sophistication that has always distinguished Apatow s finest comedies 
2.5
Superbad
Jeffrey Westhoff
Solidifies Apatow s reputation as the guiding force behind a small but significant community of comic filmmakers He is becoming to crude comedies what Steven Spielberg was to family oriented fantasies in the 1980s 
3.5
Superbad
Greg Maki
It will be a classic for years to come 
4
Superbad
Sean P. Means
By turns funny and charming heartfelt Superbad is a teen comedy that understands the awesome power of awkward 
3
Superbad
Michael A. Smith
Hill who I predicted big things for in my review of Knocked Up is perfectly cast 
3.5
Superbad
Scott Nash
It does contain some funny moments and even a few really funny moments but overall I didn t find it to be nearly so good as it has been built up to be 
2.5
Superbad
Michael Dequina
Ribald repartée is the engine that drives the script and the lead duo are nimble with the often foul one liners and fearless with the go for broke comic situations 
3
Superbad
Frank Ochieng
subversively spry one will come away with a strange sense of raunchy resonance that hasn t been quite felt before in aimless fratboy flatulent farces 
3
Superbad
Linda Cook
Absolutely filthy but in an intelligent kind of way Superbad storms onto the screen with chaos profanity and hilarity 
3.5
Superbad
Matt Brunson
Whenever it centers on its teenage characters Superbad is a likable coming of age comedy whenever it focuses on the tedious antics of the cops it turns into a bad SNL skit 
2.5
Superbad
Lisa Kennedy
A critical mass of these kinds of flicks argues for a new subgenre nerdsploitation 
3
Superbad
John Wirt
Superbad may not linger in the memory but its often riotous comedy is engaging and the journeys that Evan Seth and McLovin take are believe or not eventually heartfelt 
3
Superbad
Nick Rogers
The reassuring message of 2007 s most uproarious film is there s no prefab encompassing approach to life just a hope that stumbled upon strengths will work On the way barking at the moon can be a great temporary defense mechanism 
4
Superbad
Mike McGranaghan
This is the kind of comedy that causes you to throw your head back stomp your feet and pound on the armrest The laughs are so big that your whole body reacts not just your mouth 
3.5
Superbad
Kyle Smith
American Graffiti Sixteen Candles and Dazed and Confused bow to your new master It super freaking rocks 
4
Superbad
Ross Anthony
Imagine American Pie and South Park blending into one film 
2.5
Superbad
Gary Brown
Superbad is funny stuff for the young at heart 
3
Superbad
Mark Dujsik
The film is rude and crude but it s truthful about those elements about its characters and above all about the experience of being young and stupid 
3.5
Superbad
Kam Williams
A relentlessly raunchy cross between American Pie and Harold Kumar Go to White Castle a laugh out loud teensploit that s every bit as funny as either of those classics 
4
Superbad
Roger Ebert
A four letter raunch a rama with a heart 
3.5
Superbad
Geoff Pevere
Contains laughs galore so many that the last one may get in the way of next one coming But it s also got moments where you may want to cover your eyes to shield yourself from the sheer wince inducing familiarity of the behaviour on display 
3
Superbad
Mick LaSalle
For pure laughs for the experience of just sitting in a chair and breaking up every minute or so Superbad is 2007 s most successful comedy 
3.5
Superbad
Carla Meyer
Its young actors are pitch perfect 
3
Superbad
Jack Mathews
This hormonal answer to Reefer Madness is good wacked out fun 
3
Superbad
Rene Rodriguez
As coarse as the movie gets there is always an undertone of sweetness to accompany the toilet humor 
3
Superbad
Bob Strauss
Coming to terms with inevitable changes to a deeply dependent friendship is at least as key an issue for the two boys and it s presented here with great emotional intelligence and even grace 
3
Superbad
Amy Biancolli
Even this middle age hausfrau can appreciate the zonkered comic force behind Superbad whose rambling plot and profane bull sessions reminded me of Danny Leiner s Harold Kumar Go to White Castle 
3
Superbad
Liam Lacey
The writers shoot often and copiously and they re obviously in love with their ability Now if they could just get some sort of focused confident rhythm going they might make things more satisfying for the audience as well 
2.5
Superbad
Lawrence Toppman
It isn t super as it intersperses crudely funny gags with an equal number of dry spots 
2
Superbad
Wesley Morris
I wanted to find this as funny as audiences did But it mostly made me understand the case for staying a virgin until you re 40 
2
Superbad
John Beifuss
The fun misery insecurity and idiocy of high school are depicted with vulgar imaginative and almost heroic excess 
3.5
Superbad
Sara Michelle Fetters
His McLovin he s got another name but it isn t important is an instant classic and like Jeff Spicoli and Bluto Blutarsky his is a character we re going to remember for quite some time 
3
Superbad
Larry Ratliff
I like the fact that this one note comedy OK two sex and booze makes no pretense of being anything other than a titillation entertainment ride for the young and those who still remember how to think that way 
3
Superbad
James Sanford
Rogen and co screenwriter Evan Goldberg are attempting to create a teen angst comedy along the lines of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Risky Business In the best sections of Superbad Rogen and Goldberg hit their targets 
3.5
Superbad
Gary Goldstein
At the film s core is a poignant message about teen male friendships that smartly balances the bawdy nuttiness that surrounds it 
3
Superbad
Steven Rea
A crazed odyssey of booze lust thwarted sex and undying friendship 
3
Superbad
Daniel M. Kimmel
this is one long dirty joke In fact at nearly two hours it s a very long dirty joke If only it was funny 
1
Superbad
Erik Childress
Superbad winds up being the best single night comedy since Martin Scorsese s After Hours You may just be compelled to stick around for the next showing because comedies this great are all too rare 
4
Superbad
Willie Waffle
a classic example of the movie that shows us one epic lifechanging day or night in our characters lives its generation s teen adventure of a lifetime 
4
Superbad
Duane Dudek
Common to successful sex comedies is a developing sense of self awareness and the painfully sweet camaraderie of misfits The naughty but nice Superbad can be added to that list 
3
Superbad
Ken Fox
It s mostly very crude often very funny and a little bit smarter than you might otherwise think 
3
Superbad
Claudia Puig
Humiliation fear and occasional elation are the dominant emotions for these bumbling but oddly likable young men Side splitting laughter along with some powerful cringing are likely to be audiences dominant reactions 
3
Superbad
David Nusair
It apos s only when the characters are split up during the film apos s episodic mid section that one apos s interest starts to flag 46 46 46 
2.5
Superbad
Walter Chaw
It is what it is 
2.5
Superbad
Chris Hewitt
Superbad is also something more important than the movie where Cera says the f word It s the movie that s going to make him a star 
3.5
Superbad
Mark Rahner
If you liked the raunchy dude conversations in 40 Year Old Virgin you ll think Superbad is the Lawrence of Arabia of raunchy adolescent dude conversations 
3
Superbad
Jeff Vice
While the film s preoccupation with sex and teens will immediately turn off many there s no denying that a lot of this material is funny Some of it is laugh out loud funny 
3
Superbad
Peter Canavese
A riotous story of friendship debauchery and pizza bagels 
3
Superbad
Eric Melin
If only every comedy that comes out these days could be tinkered with for 12 years before it s released into theaters 
3.5
Superbad
Sean McBride
a very funny raunchy comedy that should clean up what s left of the summer box office
3.5
Superbad
Dustin Putman
Superbad is a successful laugher no doubt about it but what lingers afterwards is the poignancy of childhoods reaching an end 
3
Superbad
Lisa Rose
there are some classic scenes and the cast is hilarious 
2.5
Superbad
Michael Phillips
The comic peaks of Superbad deal in specific characters rather than easily pegged stereotypes Their most outlandish verbal riffs none of which can be quoted give the edgiest stuff in Knocked Up a run for its money 
3
Superbad
Matt Pais
The decade s funniest movie nothing short of an instant classic 
4
Superbad
Robert W. Butler
Superbad delivers some of the summer s biggest laughs 
2.5
Superbad
Terry Lawson
The unrelenting Judd Apatow stamp on movie comedy continues with Superbad which is recognizably in the same hilariously vulgar vein 
3
Superbad
Gene Seymour
This is pure situation comedy in which the humor and the poignancy emerge from the situations rather than being imposed upon your senses The bar for teen sex comedies in America has finally been raised and not a moment too soon 
3.5
Superbad
Linda Stasi
Super vulgar ridiculously sophomoric horribly nasty and so hilarious you ll probably squirt Diet Coke out of your nose within the first 20 minutes 
3
Superbad
Josh Larsen
Seth Jonah Hill can only express a sexually aggressive form of hatred toward women There s a word for that misogyny 
2
Superbad
Phil Villarreal
What they came up with is one of the most authentic and hilarious high school films in memory 
4
Superbad
James Berardinelli
The movie is frequently amusing and occasionally uproarious 
3
Superbad
Nick Schager
No film in the history of cinema has displayed as much interest in male genitalia 
3
Superbad
Vince Koehler
Superbad is the American Pie for this century 
3.5
Superbad
Peter Travers
It helps that the fun doesn t stop It helps even more that the pitch perfect script doesn t step out of character for a joke 
3.5
Little Big Mouth
Roger Moore
Isn 8217 t sassy or silly enough to appeal to kids 44 or adults either for that matter 46 
1.5
Stromboli
Fred Camper
Rossellini s films are far from anonymous stylistically despite their casual improvisational feel 
4
Junun
Jake Cole
What Anderson has crafted is one of the most beautiful and beautiful looking tributes to artistic collaboration 
3
Junun
Radheyan Simonpillai
Junun becomes an unassuming but resounding portrait of what India is today a country rapidly evolving to join global influences while so much of it seems stalled in time 
4
The Book of Love
Christy Lemire
Filled with contrivances false emotions and even flimsier accents it strains mightily to tug at our heartstrings while also enticing us with whimsy and fails on both fronts 
1
Screwed
Michael Dequina
I can t imagine any other filmmaker doing much worse with the already poor material than they have 
0.5
Screwed
Nevin Martell
After watching this thankfully brief comedic abomination one can t help thinking it was conceived during a 14 martini lunch 
0.5
Screwed
Rob Blackwelder
Screwed is a low brow dognapping caper comedy that had all the early warning signs of a real stinker 
0
Waist Deep
Kam Williams
A waste of time 
0
Waist Deep
David Nusair
strangely uninvolving 
2
Waist Deep
Larry Ratliff
A carjacking leads to violence revenge and antiheroes impossible to root for in Waist Deep an urban gangster crime thriller 
2
Waist Deep
Michael Dequina
If only director Vondie Curtis Hall were content with making a lean mean action thriller as he and his film soon find themselves waist deep and in over their head in pretentious ambition 
2.5
Waist Deep
John Beifuss
Marred by absurd plot digressions and choppy sloppy and incoherent shaky camera action sequences 
2
Waist Deep
Sean McBride
so superficial and poorly directed that I ve got to think that even those inclined to appreciate a gangsta flavored action flick will be shaking their heads in disappointment 
1
Waist Deep
Linda Cook
Here s a solid urban story that s Waist Deep in action 
3
Waist Deep
Mark Collette
A film teetering on the edge of importance 
2.5
Waist Deep
Jack Mathews
Nothing in this story is remotely realistic and the target audience for urban dramas teenage boys won t know what to make of its mushy romantic center 
2
Waist Deep
Josh Larsen
Even as a contemporary blaxploitation picture Waist Deep strikes an awkward balance between its pandering violence and its supposed social message It s an ungainly hypocrite 
2
Waist Deep
Mick LaSalle
Sometimes excessiveness and implausibility are virtues in disguise Movies this enjoyable don t come about by accident 
3
Waist Deep
Tom Keogh
The film is noteworthy for its tiny if incomplete effort to pour old wine in a new bottle 
2
Waist Deep
Peter Debruge
Hall undermines the early style and intelligence of his all black action movie taking audiences for the wrong kind of ride in the end 
1.5
Waist Deep
Terry Lawson
Director Hall has proved he is as good with actors as he is at staging action sequences and creating tension 
3
Waist Deep
Lisa Kennedy
By teasing us with potential meaning only to embrace wanton gunplay Waist Deep betrays thinking members in the audience 
1
Waist Deep
Lawrence Toppman
The dialogue by Curtis Hall and Darin Scott is a degrading string of profanities and inanities interspersed with sadism and exploitation of women Their opinion of their target audience should depress moviegoers of any color 
0
Waist Deep
Jeffrey Westhoff
The problem with Waist Deep is that it has too many small parts Individually the parts are fine Once assembled though they don t add up to much 
2
Waist Deep
Wesley Morris
A cynical excuse for the writer and director and talented actor Vondie Curtis Hall to sock some money away for the kids college tuition 
2
Waist Deep
Kit Bowen
Waist Deep is just another one of those middle of the road action flicks 
1.5
Waist Deep
Daniel M. Kimmel
Waist Deep is what used to be called a B movie back in the days when there were double features It s a hard little melodrama done well 
3
Waist Deep
Lou Lumenick
All of the familiar urban stereotypes and clichés are out in force 
1
Waist Deep
Stephen Whitty
A Juilliard trained musician accomplished actor and busy TV director Vondie Curtis Hall is probably too smart to be directing stories like Waist Deep 
2
Waist Deep
Duane Dudek
Waist Deep is a waste of time and ankle deep at best 
2
Waist Deep
Ken Fox
Director Vondie Curtis Hall squanders a perfectly decent cast on a corny and surprisingly dull urban thriller 
1.5
Waist Deep
Bruce Newman
A solidly crafted piece of genre filmmaking 
2.5
Waist Deep
Gene Seymour
Instead of tightening up its storyline Waist Deep gets more outlandish with its plot complications 
2.5
Waist Deep
Chris Hewitt
There are ridiculous moments in Waist Deep the ending a fairy tale coda to a relentlessly grim tale is laugh out loud funny But it s also an extremely handsome film that has been made with style and energy 
2.5
Waist Deep
Monica A. Reyhani
Suffering from an extremely flawed script from which it never recovers Deep is awesomely bad and not in a Hey I actually like Starship s We Built this City way 
1
Waist Deep
Phoebe Flowers
A movie that is cheerfully indiscriminately violent exploiting exactly the same viciously cyclical culture on which it pretends to be providing trenchant commentary 
1
Waist Deep
Jessica Reaves
Even with the movie s multiple personas its message that salvation sometimes doesn t arrive in the expected form and that escaping isn t the same thing as running away is delivered loud and clear 
2.5
Waist Deep
Matt Pais
Doesn t have an original bullet in its chamber 
2
Waist Deep
Nick Schager
The film s racial class issues are less developed than Gibson s beefy inked up arms and its unintentional humor as consistent as its pounding soundtrack beats 
1
Bad News Bears
Dan Webster
If you re looking for another Adam Sandler Jack Black comic masterpiece this isn t it It is though Billy Bob Thornton at his best dropping analogies that would make a Hooters waitress blush 
3
Bad News Bears
Tom Szaroleta
Even if you never saw the original Bad News Bears you ve probably seen this movie You know the one where the reluctant coach pulls together the ragtag bunch of misfits and teaches them important lessons about teamwork 
2
Bad News Bears
Todd Hertz
I m not sure why filmmakers think we want to see kids put into dark situations and berated with profanities by Billy Bob Thornton 
.5
Bad News Bears
David Nusair
what should ve been a fun and breezy comedy is ultimately transformed into an incredibly tedious ordeal 
2
Bad News Bears
Scott Nash
This is one remake that was done right It retains some of the best ideas of the original while updating it nicely into modern times 
3
Bad News Bears
James Verniere
Thornton seldom evokes the deep reserves of benevolence bubbling just beneath Matthau s comical curmudgeon surface and he has not nearly perfected the signature Matthau slow burn 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Marty Mapes
Fails to rise above medium to low expectations but it s not a huge mistake
2.5
Bad News Bears
Matt Brunson
In today s anything goes society the sight of 12 year olds cussing like sailors on the screen no longer carries any novelty 
2
Bad News Bears
Phil Villarreal
Certain things in this world are automatically funny and a booze swilling Billy Bob Thornton cussing out kids is one of them 
3.5
Bad News Bears
Peter Travers
Billy Bob Thornton is the best weapon against cute that a kid baseball movie ever had 
3
Bad News Bears
Mike McGranaghan
There is nothing wrong per se with this new version of The Bad News Bears That said the new version lacks the bite of what we saw in the mid 70 s 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Jeffrey Westhoff
The film equivalent of a tribute band 
2
Bad News Bears
Linda Cook
OK parents and grandparents don t say I didn t warn you 
3
Bad News Bears
Jonathan R. Perry
As Tanner observes about the non alcoholic beer Buttermaker passes out after the big game what s the point 
2
Bad News Bears
Sean McBride
young teenagers might enjoy the mildly bad attitude and silly sequences but adults will be bored
2.5
Bad News Bears
Michael Sragow
Thornton doesn t bring any new energy or invention to his ne er do well persona 
2
Bad News Bears
James Berardinelli
Fortunately in the process of pursuing a box office winner Linklater has crafted an entertaining motion picture 
3
Bad News Bears
Peter Keough
No such menace or edge lies behind this version Its best player Thornton has his nihilistic glee replaced by an ersatz version of Matthau s fuddy duddiness 
2
Bad News Bears
Mike Clark
The material is so solid and Thornton so tailor made that the movie almost gets by 
2
Bad News Bears
Maitland McDonagh
Richard Linklater s cynical kiddie sports comedy is less a remake of The Bad News Bears than a cover version for all the updated riffs and personal noodling it s best when it doesn t stray too far from the original material 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Moira MacDonald
If you missed The Bad News Bears the first time around this one might be worth catching just for Thornton otherwise it s just extra innings on a game that s already played out 
2
Bad News Bears
Mick LaSalle
Perhaps someday French auteurists will be able to figure out how Bad News Bears fits into the cinematic oeuvre of Richard Linklater 
1
Bad News Bears
David Elliott
The spunkiness gets a bit crude but the team spirit remains perennial as the crack of a bat on a summer day 
3
Bad News Bears
Carla Meyer
The remake despite its naughty language and scenes at Hooters actually plays it safer than its predecessor 
2
Bad News Bears
Timothy Knight
Charmless witless and utterly pointless Richard Linklater s insultingly bad remake of Bad News Bears marks the absolute nadir of the maverick director s career 
1
Bad News Bears
Lisa Rose
Bad News Bears pitches more than punchlines The film has a moral even if it doesn t explore the deepest themes 
3
Bad News Bears
Duane Dudek
A crass and disappointing remake 
2
Bad News Bears
Rene Rodriguez
It s a sugary message wrapped up in a hilariously caustic cynical package a big sloppy raspberry on our win at all costs culture and cookie cutter Hollywood entertainment 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Robert W. Butler
The Bears eventual success seems utterly contrived and arbitrary 
2
Bad News Bears
Amy Biancolli
The kids in this knowing tirelessly belligerent retread are as coarse and obnoxious as they ever were maybe more so And therein lies the problem 
1
Bad News Bears
Brad Wheeler
Kids will be kids and they are to be given leeway But the film s adults who end up only slightly redeemed at film s end are not winners 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Terry Lawson
Even if we ve seen it a million times there s still fun to be had watching zeroes become heroes 
3
Bad News Bears
Jeff Vice
If you can stand the assault on your senses you may discover that there s a good message underneath one about not excluding people based on supposed handicaps and Thornton gets off some very funny one liners 
3
Bad News Bears
Michael Booth
Thornton and his directors have yet to master the subtlety between an endearing drunk and a sadist 
1.5
Bad News Bears
Josh Larsen
A celebratory team trip to Hooters even falls flat which would seem to be a physical impossibility 
2
Bad News Bears
Michael Wilmington
A good movie not the disgraceful witlessly modernized rip off we have grown to expect from remakes 
3
Bad News Bears
Ty Burr
Stranded between pushing the scatological envelope and caving in to the formulas the 1976 movie established and until the well nigh foolproof ending it comes up gasping for air 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Glenn Whipp
Faithful to the point of irrelevancy Richard Linklater s remake of Bad News Bears is an OK enough time passer but given the talent involved it should have been much much better 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Jami Bernard
As it sparks to life spewing outrageous jokes at the expense of every race creed infirmity and sensibility viewers with G rated hearts will run screaming while the other screams in the theater will be those of laughter 
3
Bad News Bears
Lou Lumenick
Ritchie s movie was genuinely subversive and hilarious Linklater s despite amped up sexual references the team celebrates at Hooters is merely a passably amusing excuse to pass a couple of hours in an air conditioned theater 
2
Bad News Bears
Sean P. Means
Thornton is believable as a hound dog and he knows how to use a wry look and the audience s knowledge of his kinky marriage to Angelina Jolie to do the work for him 
3
Bad News Bears
Chuck O'Leary
Serviceable but ultimately pointless because not a second of this remake tops anything in the original 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Greg Maki
The movie meanders listlessly about hitting all the same beats as the original but with little enthusiasm 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Jon Niccum
Bears is like a pitcher who is nibbling at the strike zone It s always close to hitting the target but often frustratingly offline
2
Bad News Bears
Kit Bowen
Although it s hard to top Walter Matthau s irascible original casting Thornton as the baseball pelting beer swillin yet lovable curmudgeon is kind of a no brainer 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Steve Rhodes
Even if the trailers sizzle the film fizzles 
1.5
Bad News Bears
Willie Waffle
Sure you ll feel a bit ashamed laughing at the raunchy tasteless humor but it s a dark theater and no one will know it is you 
1.5
Bad News Bears
Erik Childress
Despite being a rather surprisingly slipshod piece of filmmaking it s more than saved by a Thornton performance of such vibrant political incorrectness 
3
Bad News Bears
Nick Schager
Appreciably funnier and more profane than its 70s era ancestor 
3
Bad News Bears
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Another in this summer s legion of pointless and empty remakes 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Peter Canavese
Profanity does not a creatively satisfying comedy make slim characterization and an overfamiliar premise relegate Bears to lazy hazy summer daze mediocrity 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Roger Ebert
The progress of the story is predictable as it is in all movies about underdogs They are bad and will get better 
3
Bad News Bears
Carrie Rickey
Thornton s subversive performance as the type of guy parents warn their kids to stay away from is in this PG 13 movie a tad too profane for the preteens who would really dig it and too juvenile for most adults 
2
Bad News Bears
Jeff Strickler
The movie comes from the Lazy Man s School of Cheap Laughs where the class motto is If you can t think of a joke just string together profanities and raunchy sexual references 
1
Bad News Bears
David Sterritt
The coach is certainly an offensive goofball and the Bears are certainly a pack of hard to handle whippersnappers But the picture s point is that surfaces don t tell the whole story about people about teams or about anything 
3
Bad News Bears
Dustin Putman
Delights in its unashamed vulgarity and spiritedly laugh inducing wickedness 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Bruce Newman
The charm of listening to 10 and 11 year old children swearing at one another begins to wear off quickly 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Chris Hewitt
These kids are closer to Jose Canseco than to Abner Doubleday and for moviegoers that s good news 
2.5
Bad News Bears
Tracy Allerton
Bad News Bears isn t bad really but it isn t good either 
2
Bad News Bears
Jan Stuart
Bad News Bears is a monster all right one that strikes fear in the hearts of moviegoers who prize taste and novelty 
1.5
Bad News Bears
Rob Blackwelder
feels less like The Bad News Bears and more like the clich riddled sports underdog comedies that have been ripping off The Bad News Bears for 30 years 
2
Bad News Bears
Walter Chaw
Often a shot for shot redux the worst kind of cover song 
1.5
Bad News Bears
Steven Snyder
two films colliding here one resembling the R rated drunken night of a college student s rowdiness the other resembling the awkward PG rated apology from a hung over man
2
True to the Game 2
Roger Moore
Sordid slow and stupid
1.5
12 Strong
Mattie Lucas
Pure propaganda and not particularly good propaganda at that 
2
12 Strong
John Hanlon
A commendable exploration of heroism in the post 9 11 world 
3.0
12 Strong
Pamela Powell
While it does attempt to look into the disturbing treatment of women and children in war the constant bombardment of air strikes and bombing doesn t give us enough of a storyline 
2
12 Strong
Linda Cook
A well wrought story about actual events and the brave men involved 
3.5
12 Strong
David Nusair
It s actually remarkable just how thoroughly and completely 12 Strong manages to alienate the viewer over the course of its punishing 130 minute runtime 
.5
12 Strong
Sonny Bunch
12 Strong tells a true story and does it well 
3
12 Strong
Roger Moore
Myopic military history re written by Hollywood s resident Reagan era chickhawk Jerry Bruckheimer 
2
12 Strong
Stephen Rebello
It s January and that means the pickings at the local multiplex are among the leanest and least ambitious of the year Enter loud blustery rousing paper thin 12 Strong 
2.5
12 Strong
James Berardinelli
Although the characters are all types the performances are strong enough that we identify with them despite their lack of depth 
3
12 Strong
Christy Lemire
It s all solid from a technical perspective Where the film could have used more power is in its narrative momentum 
2.5
12 Strong
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s just as much to like here as there is to be frustrated with the final product a mixed bag of good intentions decent ideas and missed opportunities 
2.5
12 Strong
Katie Walsh
Never delves deep enough to examine the larger involvement of the U S and those ramifications but 12 Strong manages to infuse heart and character into this adrenaline fueled war film
2.5
12 Strong
Josh Terry
12 Strong may not rank with the most memorable war films of all time but it works hard to entertain and features just enough substance to merit some thought on its subject 
3
12 Strong
Mike McGranaghan
This is a shallow movie based on a fascinating piece of U S military history It isn t the worst war picture ever made The real life heroes deserve better though 
2
12 Strong
Christian Toto
12 Strong is that rare war film that leaves both politics and pearl clutching off screen 
3
12 Strong
Stephen Whitty
Shannon and Hemsworth employ all their uncomplicated masculine charisma and the war scenes are pumped with adrenaline 
3
12 Strong
Phil Villarreal
A real life Avengers film 
3
12 Strong
Kate Taylor
Put aside your hindsight and at least you ll be rewarded with some invigorating action 
2.5
12 Strong
Calvin Wilson
12 Strong lacks depth but fulfills its mission to entertain 
2.5
12 Strong
Mark Dujsik
For the soldiers the mission is more important than the man It s unfortunate that the movie s philosophy is the same 
2.5
12 Strong
Peter Travers
This is not a movie with time on its hands for character development or scrappy political discussions What 12 Strong does deliver is a rousing tribute to soldiers whose contributions went unheralded for years 
2.5
12 Strong
Bruce DeMara
It tells its story about 12 American special forces soldiers who spearhead a decisive battle in Afghanistan against the Taliban with both laudable restraint and a healthy respect for what actually happened 
3
12 Strong
Soren Andersen
It s a remarkable true tale of great heroism 
3
12 Strong
Richard Roeper
12 Strong winds up being an almost good film about some great American soldiers 
2.5
12 Strong
Michael O'Sullivan
More often than not 12 Strong feels like a sports movie where all the stakes rest not on matters of honor and duty but on a single field goal 
2
12 Strong
Rafer Guzman
A fairly straightforward and enjoyable movie about an extremely complicated and demoralizing war Its goal is to focus on a small group of heroes and it shows little interest in the bigger picture 
2.5
12 Strong
Keith Watson
As Nicolai Fuglsig doesn t allow any complicated thoughts about war colonization and mortality to hover around his characters 12 Strong inevitably proceeds as a jaunty imperial adventure through the wilds of northern Afghanistan 
1
12 Strong
Mick LaSalle
It might be enough that 12 Strong makes you feel good that the United States still produces guys like this Too bad we didn t get to know about the real guys and their actual story 
2
12 Strong
Michael Phillips
It s not a bad movie as far as it goes In terms of context though it goes virtually nowhere 
2.5
12 Strong
Tom Russo
Intriguingly the filmmakers and their Chris Hemsworth led ensemble are most concerned with the uneasy strategic and cross cultural connections forged between US special forces and Afghan militia in their mutual fight against the Taliban 
2.5
12 Strong
Brian Truitt
Sans magic hammer Chris Hemsworth s career as a leading man is spotty at best It seems he just needed horse co stars 
2.5
12 Strong
Gary Thompson
It s a pretty good yarn 
3
12 Strong
Lindsey Bahr
stirring and solid 12 Strong is the kind of film that might make you think twice about January releases and spotlights a riveting story in our recent history that many Americans might not know 
2.5
12 Strong
Kam Williams
Reminiscent of such John Wayne classics as The Longest Day 1962 and Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 this unapologetically patriotic war flick is a crowd pleaser most likely to resonate with the flag waving God mom and apple pie demographic 
3
Melvin and Howard
David Nusair
striking engrossing 
3
Melvin and Howard
Larry Vitacco
Tak Fujimoto s photography and Craig McKay s editing are without fault 
3
Melvin and Howard
Wesley Lovell
A limp biopic with wooden performances and an uninteresting premise 
2
Melvin and Howard
Roger Ebert
Robards is a chillingly effective Hughes But this movie belongs to Paul Le Mat as Dummar 
3.5
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
Rob Thomas
Why they ve decided to make this journey whether they ll make it and what it will mean when they get where they re going are questions that pull us along every step of the way 
3
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
David Berry
Smith gets at the essential inward journey of most of her subjects and she makes the concept of walking 800 kilometres seem remarkably appealing 
2.5
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
Kathryn Laskaris
Walking the Camino is easy on the ears as well as the eyes and inspiring to the soul It may even prompt you to skip the subway and walk home from the theatre the whole way 
2.5
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
Peter Keough
Though some of the pilgrims have deeper more developed personalities than the average reality show contestant their rough edges are smoothed out by the film s banal benevolence 
2
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
Stephanie Merry
Walking the Camino Six Ways to Santiago may not be entirely brilliant but it s at the very least inspiring 
2.5
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
Soren Andersen
A lovely gently resonant documentary that charts the journey of modern day pilgrims as they take a 500 mile trek across the north of Spain 
3
Apocalypse '45
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If it is a bit much to handle at times it is nevertheless frequently riveting 
3
Apocalypse '45
Roger Moore
A cut above the boilerplate docs whipped up for the various World War II channels on TV 
3
Apocalypse '45
Peter Sobczynski
A fascinating look at the final months of the brutal War in the Pacific that stands apart from most other takes on the subject 
3.5
Apocalypse '45
Neil Pond
A stately somber reminder of the soul scarring god awfulness of war and its catastrophic consequences and a heartfelt salute to those who answered the call of something much bigger than themselves 
3.5
Apocalypse '45
G. Allen Johnson
How they kept their cameras rolling with a steady hand as say a kamikaze pilot hones in on their ship is truly amazing 
3
Portrait of a Garden
Carson Lund
Portrait of a Garden s distance from its human subjects forestalls the film s momentum and strips it of a heart 
2
Cold Fish
Mike McGranaghan
Cold Fish is artful and unnerving and at times repulsive Its merit lies in an unrepentant willingness to be all of those things 
3
Cold Fish
Jaime N. Christley
Don t let me talk you out of it after all I m no kibbitzer 
0
Manorama Six Feet Under
Namrata Joshi
Navdeep scores big in building the small town ethos and atmosphere 
3
Seduced and Abandoned
Peter Canavese
A buffoonish but bitter social satire that runs to classical depths Seduced and Abandoned takes no prisoners for society s misogynistic crimes in the name of familial honor 
4
Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story
Lou Lumenick
Taj Mahal on its own terms is lavishly satisfying 
2.5
The King's Daughter
Chase Hutchinson
The best thing that can be said about The King 8217 s Daughter is that it is mercifully short at 90 minutes 44 though even that far overstays its welcome 46 
.5
The King's Daughter
Matt Brunson
Its not nearly as rancid as its seven year delay would indicate especially considering all the truly dreadful movies that hit the multiplex seemingly nanoseconds after filming has completed 
2.5
The King's Daughter
Sean P. Means
A slapdash mix of poorly conceived drama cliched dialogue hammy acting shoddy special effects and the scars of too many attempts to salvage something in post production On the bright side the filmmakers didnt let Pierce Brosnan sing 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Mark Meszoros
The King s Daughter even with all the zig zagginess that gets us to its predictable climactic moment is pretty forgettable 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Michael Medved
A truly rancid disaster the cheesy special effects lame and artificial sets horrendously distracting music and appalling casting make for a movie that is only memorable for its awfulness 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Richard Roeper
The King s Daughter might be more fascinating than the movie itself which has its moments of campy delights but is eventually sunk by the meandering story some over the top performances and underwhelming special effects 
2
The King's Daughter
Mark Kennedy
January is often where bad films are stashed but The King s Daughter isn t just bad it s a cloying cliched mess that s not worth even the slightest risk of contacting COVID 19 to see in theaters 
0
The King's Daughter
Kevin Carr
I give it credit because it s really trying but it misses the mark a lot of times 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Rob Thomas
I get the feeling that it was probably fun for the actors to put on their costumes and walk around those sets But then unfortunately they had to make the movie 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Sheila O'Malley
It s a vast understatement to say that Vonda McIntyre s book deserved way better treatment than this 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Rafer Guzman
A generic combination of royal themed fairy tale and magical fantasy 
2
The King's Daughter
Katie Walsh
What is obvious is that no amount of time on the shelf or tinkering with the special effects that would have been enough to salvage the hot chaotic and just plain kooky mess that is The King s Daughter 
1
The King's Daughter
Mick LaSalle
Even as we know it s dumb they make us genuinely care 
2.5
The King's Daughter
James Berardinelli
Calling a movie a fairy tale and having Julie Andrews provide Once Upon a Time bookend narration are not sufficient reasons to abandon things like intelligent plotting and compelling character development 
2
The King's Daughter
Mike McGranaghan
After a seven year delay The King s Daughter is finally coming to a theater near you It should have been delayed an additional seven years 
1
The King's Daughter
Mark Dujsik
The King s Daughter only somewhat stands out because of its setting and the promise of an ignored narrative thread 
1.5
The King's Daughter
Roger Moore
Worth the price of admission just to see the ex James Bond Brosnan swanning around the Hall of Mirrors in glorious wig and the stylish raiment of Louis XIV and his trend setting court 
2.5
Action Point
David Gonzalez
Action Point is as agonizing of a film experience I 8217 ve had all year 46 A year that has already had its share of agonizing experiences with 50 Shades Freed leading the way 46 The story of Action Park deserved better and Action Point certainly was not that 46 
1
Action Point
David Nusair
a well worn premise that s employed to mostly watchable yet hopelessly erratic effect by filmmaker Tim Kirkby 
2.5
Action Point
Peter Travers
Ouch Do you really want to line up to see the bawdy life being sucked out of a once subversive franchise Action Point is the first Jackass related movie to play it safe Now that is truly painful 
1
Action Point
Brian Tallerico
A movie that s about reckless freedom and counter culture communities needs to be less by the numbers than Action Point 
2
Action Point
Mike McGranaghan
An abysmal picture a laughless comedy that runs just 75 minutes before hauling out 10 minutes of outtakes and credits 
1
Action Point
Roger Moore
Pretty sure animals WERE HARMED in the making of this laugh free pratfall farce 
1
Manuela and Manuel
Mattie Lucas
A big loud gaudy party of a film that walks the line between screwball comedy and ludicrous soap opera 
2.5
Ninotchka
Brian Eggert
Has there ever been a more charming sexy infectious laugh put to film than the one Greta Garbo delivers in Ninotchka 
4
Ninotchka
Matt Brunson
The prospect of seeing the usually oh so serious Greta Garbo nyukking it up proved irresistible to the moviegoing public of 1939 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Kelly Jane Torrance
A film like this stands or falls on the performance of its lead and the young British actor Riz Ahmed doesn t disappoint 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Rob Thomas
The film from writer William Wheeler and director Mira Nair Monsoon Wedding is smart and complex as unwilling to cling to one ideology as its protagonist 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Marty Mapes
Novelistic film wants to spark discussion about race and fear
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Robert Everett-Green
It s a timely narrative subject but its treatment in The Reluctant Fundamentalist is fundamentally flawed 
2
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Bruce DeMara
Nair has found a real gem in Riz Ahmed who anchors the film with a charismatically watchable performance He s in virtually every frame and you hang on his every word 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Ty Burr
Ambiguity is at the heart of the novel but Nair is never quite sure what to do with it 
2.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Michael Dequina
The film not only functions well as a thriller and an exploration of post 9 11 paranoia and prejudice but a thoughtful look at fickle knee jerk human psychology of judgment in the wake of tragedies 
3.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Christian Toto
Come for the barrage of clunky plot devices but stay for the morally repugnant comparison between religious radical killers and capitalists 
1.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Steven Rea
Despite the charismatic efforts of the British actor Ahmed The Reluctant Fundamentalist gets bogged down in proselytizing and plot 
2.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Claudia Puig
Takes the book s riveting tale and flattens it blunting much of the nuance that made it a great read 
2.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Michael Upchurch
Handsomely crafted and smartly performed the film works on its own terms But in expanding the story s canvas it dilutes rather than translates the power of the book 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Rafer Guzman
Fairly insightful as a drama but barely adequate as a thriller Ahmed is pitch perfect as the conflicted hero but he s in two movies that cancel each other out 
2.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Chris Hewitt
The Reluctant Fundamentalist often feels as if it s going nowhere By the time it reaches its ambiguous conclusion at least it should have helped us understand where Changez is coming from but it doesn t 
2
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Matt Pais
Flawed but more compelling than it sounds 
2.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Robert Levin
It s a middlebrow drama but Changez s transition from elitist Princeton grad living the Wall Street dream to radical Lahore professor is depicted in convincing fashion 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Sara Stewart
Alas the film s relevance and ultimately sane upshot is buried beneath a meandering and oft implausible plot 
2
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Omer Mozaffar
As the story unfolds new dimensions change our perceptions of the central characters sometimes for better and occasionally for worse The point is that every character and every setting has at least two sides 
3
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Abhimanyu Das
The laziest sort of political cinema full of straw men and finger pointing wrapped up in an awards friendly bow by its beautiful cinematography and a manipulative world music y score 
2
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Steve Rhodes
Even if it doesn t generate many laughs it s good spirited tone will put a smile in your heart and its rousing ending will likely have you applauding 
3
Hearts of the West
David Nusair
Generally affable yet completely forgettable 
2.5
Of Men and War
Christopher Gray
A work of astounding sensitivity and precision it argues for emotional honesty as a moral and psychic imperative 
3.5
Good Thief
Steve Rhodes
Glacially paced only the film s artificial atmospherics have any hope of keeping most viewers attention 
1.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Brian Eggert
The production lacks depth in favor of its conventional approach to a historical biography and the dutiful veneration of its subject 46 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Craig D. Lindsey
I will say that of all the Oscar bait movies the Weinstein Company has released this holiday season Mandela Long Walk to Freedom is one that won t make you grimace in agony while you re watching it 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Dann Gire
Mandela pulls us through the leader s now familiar life story with a plodding pace 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Michael Dequina
It is through Idris Elba s finely etched performance that the real thesis of the film comes to the fore it is Nelson Mandela s universally relatable core humanity that defines his heroism 
4
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Bob Bloom
What screenwriter William Nicholson director Justin Chadwick and most importantly Idris Elba as Mandela have done is capture the soul of this extraordinary man 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
John Serba
Lending too much credence to history book chronology is a common trap biopics fall into and this film puts a great actor deep in that narrative pit 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
John Beifuss
Misses the opportunity to use art and imagination to bring insight to a life history that otherwise might be better served with a straight documentary 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
John Wirt
An uninspiring approximation of Mandela s life 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mick LaSalle
Even those familiar with the history will be impressed and moved to see these events as Mandela experienced them before the Nobel Prize and universal adulation recast the past in a glow of inevitability 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mark Dujsik
Mandela Long Walk to Freedom certainly benefits from its iconic inspiring subject but it s also too perfunctory to do him justice 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Duane Dudek
Two things keep Mandela Long Walk to Freedom from being just another biopic the life it portrays and the actor in the role 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Moira MacDonald
You keep wishing as Mandela plays out that this were more than one movie 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Ty Burr
Aside from some youthful randiness early in the film it wouldn t be out of place at a state funeral 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Joe Williams
This movie begs to be compared to epics such as Reds and Gandhi But while Elba embodies a dignified hero the film itself is less than revolutionary 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Peter Howell
There will one day surely be a great film about Nelson Mandela one that shows the man in all of his glory as both revolutionary and peacemaker Mandela Long Walk to Freedom isn t that film 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Rene Rodriguez
There s so much crammed into this 139 minute movie that it often leaps from one event to the next too swiftly to make much of an emotional impact 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Chris Hewitt
Mandela has a stodgy this happened and then this and then this quality augmented by a heavy handed musical score that constantly seems to be nagging us Get ready for this to be exciting or Now would be a good time for you to cry 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Stephanie Merry
Mandela Long Walk to Freedom does a worthy job of honoring both its subject and its audience 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
David Berry
In short then there are no major missteps although it s missing some of the life that animated its subject though only a touch of the length 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tim Holland
Mandelaís trials and triumphs personal and political are more than enough to keep this crowded but never overstuffed biopic clicking 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Liam Lacey
Unfortunately this reverent and old fashioned biopic is a prime example of the kind of inspirational movie that is itself uninspired 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Matt Pais
A few inspirational moments can t compensate for so little information about Mandela s inner circle or a mere glimpse at the streets of South Africa 
1.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Loey Lockerby
Some of the film is shallow and rushed but when it stops to take a breath it offers a context for the news stories that have come in the wake of Mandela s recent death 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Steven Rea
A conventional biopic made anything but conventional by the magnitude of its subject s life and accomplishments and by Idris Elba s imposing performance in the title role 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Jeff Beck
Performances can get you a long way but when you reduce such important events to a mere montage then justice is clearly not being done to them and the memory of Mandela s years of struggle 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Roger Moore
Earnest historically fascinating reasonably balanced but overlong and unemotional great man biopic
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Simon Abrams
The film reduces Mandela s ideas to impassioned sloganeering and the repercussions of his ideas to unmoving montage sequences 
2
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Claudia Puig
A biopic that is more dutiful than illuminating 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Jocelyn Noveck
Elba has so inhabited the character that you might be stunned to see photos of the real man during credits and realize the extensive physical differences 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Peter Travers
In those moments when Elba shows the doubts compromises and complications that make the man we get glimpses of a life truly lived 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Kyle Smith
The film is a useful look at important history and in the second half it grows intriguingly tangled 
2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Robert Levin
Profits from Idris Elba s remarkable take on Mandela which renders his greatness palpably real 
3
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Kam Williams
An inspirational adaptation of Mandiba s autobiography which more than does justice to the legacy of a triumphant freedom fighter who made many selfless sacrifices on behalf of his people 
4
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Andrew Schenker
A cursory history lesson with no interest in probing the deeper or more complex implications of Mandela s positions and their relationship to his country s shifting landscape 
1.5
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
Matt Brunson
Pauly Shore offers lame humor as a geeky high school kid In other words Hollywood KNEW about Pauly Shore and still went ahead and made Encino Man and Jury Duty the bastards 
1.5
The Refuge
Roger Moore
Stupefyingly dull self written directed produced and distributed star vehicle 
1
For the Bible Tells Me So
Mattie Lucas
A masterfully crafted deeply moving work that could spark much needed conversations 
4
For the Bible Tells Me So
Phil Villarreal
One message rings clear throughout the occasionally muddled but always emotionally sweeping film A true abomination is twisting the words of Scripture to match bigotry 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Michele Kenner
The movie s serious wide ranging look at a divisive subject is not guaranteed to settle disputes only to prompt discussion 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Jessica Reaves
This is a compelling thought provoking portrait of a quiet challenge rising within America s churches 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Sara Michelle Fetters
For the Bible Tells Me So is a great documentary and an even better motion picture and as a testament to faith and family I can t imagine a finer example than this 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Moira MacDonald
Daniel Karslake s remarkable documentary boldly takes on a loaded topic Christianity and homosexuality and examines it both intellectually and emotionally the result may well leave you blinking away a few tears 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Sean P. Means
You ll have plenty of ammunition next time you want to tell some Bible thumper where they can stick their Leviticus 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Glenn Whipp
Wallner s journey to acceptance not the movie s slight forays into theology will be what you remember about For the Bible Tells Me So It s a powerful positive film 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Amy Biancolli
Its main surprise is the compassion shown toward everyone on all sides of the debate It does not vilify those who vilify gays 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Jeff Vice
While you might not agree with all or any of the movie s conclusions there s no denying that it s effective and often intelligent filmmaking 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Jonathan W. Hickman
The case made by those interviewed in For The Bible Tells Me So is strong and at times moved me greatly 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
David Wiegand
For the Bible Tells Me So doesn t follow the formula That s just one of the reasons it works well as a film and a lesson about as one open minded preacher puts it what the Bible reads about what it supposedly says about homosexuality 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Jeff Strickler
If you can look beyond the polemics this is also a powerful story about the emotional pain and psychological trauma that splits families and breaks hearts 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Ty Burr
For the Bible Tells Me So probes the conflict between an obdurate force and a movable object hoping against hope and the laws of physics that one can sway the other 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
Ken Fox
Filmmaker Daniel Karslake takes aim at the ways in which Scripture has been used to discriminate against gay men and women and reveals the ways in which literal and often grossly inaccurate readings of the Bible have damaged countless lives 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Gary Goldstein
This is an impressive critical film that should be screened for everyone who s ever exploited the Bible to justify fear and prejudice 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Elizabeth Weitzman
Here s hoping Karslake s film won t simply preach to the converted 
3
For the Bible Tells Me So
John Anderson
This rational human and very serious documentary by Daniel Karslake gets at the historical distortions of the Good Book as well as the ease with which holy writings have been used in America to propagate hate 
3.5
For the Bible Tells Me So
Ed Gonzalez
The point that the homophobic right is picking and choosing which parts of the Bible to follow and which verses to look at in the context in which they were written is both terribly familiar and rudimentarily argued 
2
The Saint
David Nusair
a sluggish and terminally uninvolving thriller 
1.5
The Saint
Maitland McDonagh
Kilmer slips in and out of a series of ludicrously elaborate disguises some more convincing than others while poor Shue shuffles through the role of a sexy book reading babe pretending to be a dowdy lady scientist in kneesocks 
2.5
The Saint
Jeanne Aufmuth
The predictable action thriller elements are all in place from coke sniffing machine gun toting thugs to monotonous narrow escapes The look is stylish sound is above average and the acting only as good as it has to be 
1
The Saint
Robert Roten
This film ought to make tons of money 
3
The Saint
Margaret A. McGurk
The story that screenwriters Jonathan Hensleigh and Robert S Baker have concocted keeps bogging down in silly contradictions or cliches 
2.5
The Saint
Edward Guthmann
There isn t a contemporary film actor more crafty than Val Kilmer or one who reveals less of his true self That s why Kilmer is so perfectly cast as Simon Templar the master thief and elusive disguise artist of The Saint 
3
The Saint
Liam Lacey
More entertaining than Mission Impossible or the last Bond film Goldeneye it brings back the humour and sang froid that makes the genre work 
3
The Saint
Roger Ebert
Compared with the sensational stunts and special effects in the Bond series The Saint seems positively leisurely 
2
The Saint
James Berardinelli
The Saint is lightly entertaining but there s very little here worth getting excited about 
2.5
The Saint
Michael Dequina
So mediocre that future adventures seem far from likely 
2.5
The Saint
Marty Mapes
There is very little in The Saint that s original or fresh 
2
The Saint
Mike Clark
Anyone looking for a religious experience at the multiplex this weekend will do better checking out Dennis Rodman s hair hues in Double Team 
2
The Saint
Tom Long
A piece of mass market movie bubblegum that stretches incredulity and then snaps apart 
2
The Saint
Steve Rhodes
A hopeless muddle from beginning to end 
1
The Saint
Rob Blackwelder
OK so The Saint is nothing more than throwaway fun It s a textbook popcorn picture 
3
The Saint
Barbara Shulgasser
The pedestrian script by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick is laughably simple minded as retro as they come 
1
The Saint
Chris Hicks
The Saint suffers from some of the same plot inconsistencies lapses in logic and outrageous stunts as their other films But there s no wit at work here and most of the one liners are tired sexual double entendres 
1.5
The Saint
Madeleine Williams
One of the most ludicrous scripts to come out of the Hollywood Script Factory in recent years 
0.5
Last House on the Left
Tom Meek
Wes Craven s grim lo fi thriller is a heart racing experience the first time you see it 
3.5
Last House on the Left
Peter Canavese
A depraved exploitation film specifically designed to shock and repulse viewers also a cultural artifact reflective of and reactive to the time it was made Blu ray 
2.5
Last House on the Left
David Nusair
The exceedingly low rent production values subsequently ensure that the more overtly horrific elements within Craven s script often fall completely flat 
1.5
Last House on the Left
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s disgusting and gripping at the same time 
3.5
Last House on the Left
Roger Ebert
A tough bitter little sleeper of a movie that s about four times as good as you d expect 
3.5
Last House on the Left
James Kendrick
a supremely schizophrenic movie alternating awkward scenes of bad comedy with gruesome and unsettling moments of violence that reach a nasty level of documentary realism
2.5
Last House on the Left
Ed Gonzalez
Back in 1972 Wes Craven s feature film debut The Last House on the Left pushed more than a few puritanical buttons 
3
Last House on the Left
David Keyes
A cinematic masterpiece an astonishing achievement a landmark of horror that reaches into our deepest fears 
4
The End of Love
Charlie Schmidlin
Mark Webber s The End of Love connects and lingers by making incredible effort seem natural 
3.5
The End of Love
Erik Childress
Not sure if The End of Love s Mark Webber got that callback from Paul Thomas Anderson but the Mark Webber who made The End of Love deserves to be getting a few 
3.5
M.O.M. (Mothers of Monsters)
Roger Moore
A debut thriller feature well worth checking out once you get past the title 
2.5
Secretary
Eric Melin
Shainberg sets up a restless quality in both characters and he takes them very seriously but it still comes as a bit of shock to see what is normally considered to be sexist behavior finally and ultimately embraced 
3.5
Secretary
Nick Rogers
Secretary recalibrates the capabilities of meaningful romantic comedy a Pygmalion variation that s stealthily tender witty but never broad and scintillatingly erotic to the point of palpitations Gyllenhaal and Spader give career best work 
4
Secretary
Betsy Bozdech
Secretary is ultimately a very tender romance about two lost souls who find each other in the unlikeliest of circumstances 
3.5
Secretary
Ross Anthony
A comedy A wake up call I m not sure 
2
Secretary
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spader plays Lee as if possessed by Edward G Robinson not from his gangster days but rather from his time working with Fritz Lange in classic noirs like The Woman in the Window 
3.5
Secretary
David Keyes
Secretary operates on a level devoid of any plausibility or satisfaction It s cold overly calculated tasteless and meaningless in nearly every way possible 
1.5
Secretary
Mark Dujsik
Contradicts everything we ve come to expect from movies nowadays Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way 
3
Secretary
Jeremy Heilman
Even as the stakes are raised in Secretary s sexual give and take the movie retains its detached private mood 
2
Secretary
Mike McGranaghan
Even though Secretary goes down an uncomfortable road it does so in a way that is refreshingly honest intelligent and eminently watchable 
3.5
Secretary
Linda Cook
For grownups only this is a sort of romance 
3.5
Secretary
Sean P. Means
Gyllenhaal is so winsome so self possessed so knowing in her innocence that she makes bondage seem pardon the pun captivating 
3
Secretary
Jeff Vice
The film itself may leave you with an odd unsettled feeling if not a really bad taste in your mouth 
2.5
Secretary
Josh Larsen
not every movie couple has to look like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks 
3
Secretary
Forrest Hartman
It is undeniably absorbing playing like a great book As the film splays across the screen you may find yourself anticipating each new page err frame 
3
Secretary
Phil Villarreal
Equal opportunity exploitation 
3
Secretary
Margaret A. McGurk
Whether it shocks or disturbs or amuses Secretary deserves applause for doing something most movies avoid these days 
3
Secretary
Duane Dudek
Shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic 
3
Secretary
Rob Blackwelder
it wasn t the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film It was the unfulfilling incongruous wait a second did I miss something ending 
2
Secretary
Frank Ochieng
Shainberg s showcase is astutely observant in its exploitative and titillating take on unassuming work related alienation and the kinky sexual politics that consume the completeness of two lost souls 
3
Secretary
David N. Butterworth
Fancy a little S M If so then the kinky Secretary should be right up your alley 
2.5
Secretary
Mike Clark
Secretary is just too original to be ignored 
3
Secretary
David Elliott
If you don t flee you might be seduced If you don t laugh flee 
3
Secretary
Mick LaSalle
It provokes nothing but yawns and the sex it explores is stuff everybody knows about and says So what 
1
Secretary
Moira MacDonald
Secretary is a textbook example of a movie that s not for everybody It s easier to respect it than to enjoy it 
3
Secretary
Susan Stark
Both lead performances are earnest in the extreme and that the psychological explanations for what s shown on screen are facile at best 
1
Secretary
Joe Leydon
Goes to extremes but it takes slow purposeful steps to get there 
3
Secretary
Terry Lawson
A good piece of writing 
3
Secretary
Steven Rosen
It is truly original in its tone its choices made and paths taken 
3.5
Secretary
Roger Ebert
The director Steven Shainberg has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun 
3
Secretary
Ty Burr
Depending upon your reaction to this movie you may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust a thrill or the giggles 
3
Secretary
Steven Rea
If S M seems like a strange route to true love maybe it is but it s to this film s and its makers credit that we believe that that s exactly what these two people need to find each other and themselves 
3
Secretary
Rene Rodriguez
The characters in Secretary never feel the least bit human 
1
Secretary
Mary F. Pols
Secretary is weird but it works 
3.5
Secretary
Michael Wilmington
I found the movie a bit of a bore 
1.5
Secretary
Walter Chaw
The Graduate by way of humiliation and water sports 
3
Secretary
David Nusair
Secretary is about as compelling as a Corn Flakes commercial 
2
Secretary
John Anderson
Makes S M seem very romantic and Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight 
3
Secretary
Megan Turner
Against all odds director Steven Shainberg has managed to craft an oddly compassionate and often very funny tale of an emotionally symbiotic affair 
3
Secretary
Rick Groen
The movie isn t painfully bad something to be fully experienced it s just tediously bad something to be fully forgotten 
2
Secretary
Erik Childress
Some people want the ol ball and chain and then there are those who just want the Ball and Chain 
3
Secretary
Tony Toscano
You d think a film that dabbles in deviant sexual practices sexual submissiveness and self mutilation would be interesting 
1.5
Secretary
Rod Armstrong
One of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year 
3.5
Secretary
Michael Szymanski
Few films have ever captured the essence of a truly sado masochistic relationship as this and few actors could play the repressed creepy sensual weirdo better than Spader
3.5
Secretary
Steve Rhodes
It s a movie for guys who secretly want to spank their secretaries into submission and for women who wish their guys would treat them nastier 
1.5
Secretary
Peter Travers
Mary Gaitskill s infamous short story comes to the screen as a film of startling humor and feeling 
3
Secretary
Ed Gonzalez
The film treats the subject of S M with a kind of confused interest worthy of Madonna 
2.5
Secretary
Harvey S. Karten
If you think a sado masochistic relationship is sick and perverted this original movie will make you think again 
3
Nope
Matt Brunson
The odd pacing and ofttimes disjointed storytelling will be off putting to some 44 but they apos re in the service of a variety of knotty themes 46 
3
Nope
Robert Horton
Another Jordan Peele slow burn 44 and you sometimes wish it would hurry up a little 46 
2.5
Nope
Pablo O. Scholz
A story that runs out of steam Oh and also long Full review in Spanish 
2
Nope
Bruce R. Miller
Even Steven Spielberg would have to admit 44 8220 Nope 8221 is one of the best close encounters we 8217 ve had with aliens 46 Jordan Peele 8217 s suggestions make sense 46 Best of all 44 they entertain thoroughly 46 10 
3.5
Nope
Walter Chaw
I kept wishing these actors were in a better movie one that cared a bit more about crossing those t s and dotting those i s so you could spend more time enjoying their company and less time dwelling 
2
Nope
Mark Meszoros
Both his most impressive work from a technical standpoint and his least ambitious in terms of social commentary and thematic examination 46 
3
Nope
Sara Michelle Fetters
Peele is riffing in imaginative ways that kept me engaged and eager to see what all the fuss was about 46 
3
Nope
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Middling Peele may be light years beyond the usual summer movie schlock but even his most ardent admirers should be able to tell the difference between a film he has to make and a film he wants to make 
2
Nope
David Nusair
A rare misfire from Jordan Peele 46 46 46 
2
Nope
Dwight Brown
There s a better film hiding in this extravagant cowboy hor mys sci fi Peele s followers and horror fans may ignore the lulls and remember the thrills Others may feel frustrated waiting and waiting for something to happen 
2.5
Nope
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a chilling 44 chuckling science fiction Western 46 
3.5
Nope
Rene Sanchez
A fun and suspenseful sci fi western that puts a fresh spin on the summer blockbuster formula 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Nope
John Wenzel
Peele is well on his way to being among those who have refocused the art form and Nope will ensure that we keep watching 
3
Nope
Erik Childress
Peele is shooting for so much here at times that it is too easy for us to lose track of what we should be aiming at 46 Often it feels like a bunch of dissertations searching for a cohesive story that fails to satisfy intellectually or emotionally 46 
2
Nope
James Berardinelli
Those who see Nope might not get exactly what they re expecting but they may enjoy it anyway 
3
Nope
David Gonzalez
Nope is Jordan Peele 8217 s most giant and ferocious swing yet 46 With John Carpenter 8217 s craftsmanship and a Hitchcockian mastery of building tension 44 Peele creates an otherworldly summer spectacle 46 
3.5
Nope
Joe Friar
The film 8217 s secret may take a few minutes to digest 44 and the final act feels slightly rushed 44 but Peele knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat and that he does 46 Like an amusement park ride 44 his third feature is tense 44 scary 44 and above all 44 fun 33 
3.5
Nope
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Nope 8217 is a spectacular Maybe 46 Peele serves up out of this world ideas 44 but we have to muddle through odd detours to get there 46 
2.5
Nope
Mattie Lucas
While certain sequences and elements feel more impactful than the film as a whole 44 it apos s an undeniably impressive achievement on nearly every level 44 cementing Peele apos s status as one of the most interesting mainstream American filmmakers working today 46 
3.5
Nope
Kevin Carr
While Jordan Peele shows he can handle spectacle 44 the murkiness of the storyline 44 unlikeable characters 44 and lack of focus in the plot makes this a miss 46 
1.5
Nope
Alecia Taylor
Peele explores another genre while still keeping a few of his signature elements to capture his audience In the end Nope will leave you confused and wanting more answers 
3
Nope
Michael Nordine
Peele 8217 s most ambitious film yet 44 but also his most disjointed 46 
2.5
Nope
Max Weiss
Nope grapples with enough issues of representation voyeurism exploitation and spectacle to fill up 10 philosophy classes Which is not to say it s not just a straight up thrilling and hilariously unhinged horror sci fi 
3.5
Nope
Ty Burr
Mostly it s about Jordan Peele making an aliens attack movie on a big scale but also on his own terms with infectious filmmaking energy and I m here for it 
3
Nope
Doug Walker
If apos Signs apos was intentionally funny 46 
3 
Nope
Steven Prokopy
Things begin to crumble when it comes to character development and the weirdly drawn out final act 44 when all the film apos s loosely drawn threads are meant to come together and simply don apos t 46 
2
Nope
Odie Henderson
Peele remains a master of misdirection 46 
3.5
Nope
Jeff York
Some of it is fascinating and frightening 44 but too much of it is frustrating 46 And when a scary movie stops being so and drifts into incoherence and the nonsensical 44 it 8217 s confounding 46 
2.5
Nope
Mark Dujsik
91 B 93 y the end 44 it apos s little more than a monster movie that dismisses its best ideas and doesn apos t take the remaining ones seriously enough 46 
2.5
Nope
Sonny Bunch
Even in its jumble 44 91 Nope 93 feels disconcertingly real in each of its precise moments 46 
2.5
Nope
Mike McGranaghan
Nope is Close Encounters of the Third Kind for the 21st century 46 
3.5
Nope
Chris Hewitt
Peele is a student of how movies affect us and Nope is filled with the kinds of things that make a movie lover s heart race 
3.5
Nope
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
He may not quite hit a home run 44 but Peele certainly swings for the fences 44 and a triple is still a respectable result 46 
3
Nope
Peter Howell
A sci fi thriller shot through with elemental admonition it celebrates the wonder of staring at spectacle while shuddering at the terror of what s coming at us 
3.5
Nope
Brian Eggert
For all its fantastic showmanship and conceptual vision 44 Nope is also an accomplished third film that finds Peele 8217 s ideas working in unison with his formal techniques to brilliant effect 46 
4
Nope
Rafer Guzman
In his previous films Peele always seemed to be reaching for something Here he seems to be just groping 
1.5
Nope
Michael Phillips
The best of its otherworldly images sounds and shudders stick in the craw the morning after I ve already seen too many films this year that can t make the same claim 
3
Nope
Dylan Roth
Nope contains all the chills laughs and lofty ideas that one would expect from the thriller auteur but for all its ambition it ends up feeling a bit scattered 
3
Nope
Mick LaSalle
Every so often an obviously talented person makes a bad movie and that s what we have in Nope The talent is there the movie is dead on the screen 
1
Nope
Soren Andersen
It s fun but it s not prime Peele by any means 
2.5
Nope
Katie Walsh
8220 Nope 8221 is another genre disrupting masterpiece from Jordan Peele 44 whose intellectual 44 curious and playful perspective has become vital 44 and necessary 44 for the horror and sci fi genre to evolve 46 
3.5
Nope
Kevin A. Ranson
Spielberg apos s Duel masquerading as Close Encounters 46 46 46 doubling down on metaphysical sci fi 44 40 this 41 creature feature suggests far more than it says in spite of everything shown 46 46 46 bringing the visceral bloodletting horror 46 46 46 Peele 8217 s best offering to date 46 
4
Nope
Johnny Oleksinski
The adrenaline rush of not knowing what s coming next rarely found in movie theaters anymore unless it s a dumb Marvel Cinematic Universe cameo invades Jordan Peele s Nope like a ruthless alien civilization 
3.5
Nope
EJ Moreno
Jordan Peele strips back a lot of the seriousness of his work to make his more fun and adventurous film yet 46 
3
Nope
Christian Toto
Peele proved his horror instincts were first rate with Get Out and Us so shifting to science fiction felt like a lateral move talent wise Something sizable got lost in the shift 
1.5
Nope
Richard Roeper
Jordan Peele s masterfully audacious wickedly funny and utterly outlandish sci fi horror fable Nope is a classic example of a bold and original film that pays homage to a seemingly endless stream of great movies and yet is more than the sum of its parts 
4
Nope
Mark Feeney
From start to finish you don t know what s coming next in Nope When was the last time you saw a movie where that was true 
3
Nope
Lindsey Bahr
For some anything short of The Sunken Place will be a let down Thankfully though Peele isn t afraid of the mess or the screams from the cloud above 
2.5
Nope
Michael O'Sullivan
You might find yourself saying nope too once or twice in a way that s really tantamount to saying yes to Nope s shivery pleasures which feel both oldfangled and new 
3.5
Nope
Brian Truitt
With Nope Peele showcases a new sense of blockbuster flair while maintaining his signature gift for twisted modern relevance 
3
Nope
Chris Barsanti
The film 8217 s fantastical meta commentaries don 8217 t completely cohere but have a winning go for it audaciousness 46 
3
Nope
Joey Magidson
Nope has a lot of the hallmarks you expect from Jordan Peele 44 with added ambition and spectacle this time around 46 Not all of it works here 44 but when it does 44 it has moments that mesmerize 46 
3
Nope
Roger Moore
Leave it to Jordan Peele to turn a fun twist on a summer saucer story 47 creature feature into a Major Motion Picture Event 46 
3
This Is Elvis
Roger Ebert
The movie s lesson is brutal sad and inescapable Elvis Presley was a man who gave joy to a great many people but felt very little of his own because he became addicted and stayed addicted until the day it killed him 
3.5
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Matt Brunson
A lively and limber movie 
3
Olympic Dreams
Sean P. Means
Pappas lights up Olympic Dreams and has the star wattage to have a long movie career once she hangs up her running shoes 
3
Olympic Dreams
Bob Bloom
Pappas and Kroll who wrote the script along with director Jeremy Teicher fail to provide any emotional peaks that their characters need to climb The movie is too understated and tame 
2
Olympic Dreams
Sara Michelle Fetters
Olympic Dreams is a strong emotionally pure indie drama that took my breath away 
3
Olympic Dreams
Christy Lemire
The story of how Olympic Dreams got made is more compelling than the movie itself 
2
Olympic Dreams
Mark Dujsik
Olympic Dreams squanders the potential of its location on a dull and incomplete story 
1.5
Olympic Dreams
Joey Magidson
Olympic Dreams bears more than a passing resemblance to Lost in Translation Watching Nick Kroll and Alexi Pappas just experience the Olympic Village is rather charming 
3
Olympic Dreams
Mike McGranaghan
It s a shame that such unprecedented access to the Olympic Village was squandered on a paper thin story that goes nowhere and accomplishes nothing 
1.5
Olympic Dreams
Roger Moore
A loose delightfully improvised romance grabbed on the fly by a minimal crew during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics 
3
Outlaw of Gor
Matt Brunson
Palance stranded in this nightmare a mere three years before his Oscar winning role in City Slickers takes a brutal beating 
1
Strapless
James Sanford
continues Hare s salute to fascinating challenging women The situations will ring true to anyone who has ever placed their faith in the wrong person or wrote off someone who later made a surprising comeback 
3.5
Strapless
James Kendrick
Every exchange between characters is loaded with significance but little of it comes out because it is all so labored 
2.5
Strapless
Roger Ebert
The relationship between Raymond and Lillian must be an enigma in order to work at all 
3
Our Song
Betsy Bozdech
At times Our Song feels like a documentary never once seeming forced or far fetched 
3
Our Song
Joe Baltake
A humbling poignant alternative to the movies about teenagers we usually see This one isn t about a party It s about life 
4
Our Song
Susan Stark
Confirms McKay s gift for catching ordinary folk in authentic terms on film 
3
Our Song
Rod Armstrong
An honest and compelling movie about the friendship between three girls in a high school band 
3
Our Song
Rob Blackwelder
A low budget low income slice of life movie oozing with community atmosphere and authentic affinity 
3
Our Song
Steve Rhodes
Pretentiously paced picture that tosses out a few big societal problems drugs shoplifting and most of all teen pregnancy as nonchalantly as turning on a light switch 
2
Our Song
Jay Carr
Our Song has no illusions about easy fixes But neither does it traffic in facile despair as its three Graces saunter along the cracked pavement and into our hearts 
3.5
Our Song
Roger Ebert
Has the courage to work without a net aware that when you re a teenager your life is not a story so much as a million possible stories 
3
Our Song
Jonathan Foreman
A languid but refreshingly real depiction of female adolescence in the inner city 
2.5
Our Song
Harvey S. Karten
An authentic recreation of life among adolescents in an inner city Brooklyn neighborhood 
3
Four Good Days
Matthew Passantino
She Close is a master of carrying her characters histories in her eyes 
2.5
Four Good Days
Joe Friar
The film features two remarkable performances with Kunis as we ve never seen before She s so good that Close is overshadowed several times 
3
Four Good Days
Tom Meek
A hard investment when you feel someone else may be more worthy of your sympathetic energies 
2
Four Good Days
Joey Magidson
Glenn Close and Mila Kunis deserved better than this given their committed turns 
2
Four Good Days
Steven Prokopy
It s Kunis who really owns the screen in Four Good Days
3
Four Good Days
Peter Canavese
Glenn Close and Mila Kunis are the reasons to see this almost good not quite all the way there overly familiar domestic drug addiction drama 
2.5
Four Good Days
Richard Roeper
Mila Kunis does her finest acting work alongside Glenn Close 
3
Four Good Days
Nell Minow
These are important stories that should be seen but audiences need more than scripts that are primarily acting exercises 
2
Four Good Days
Michael O'Sullivan
What sets Four Good Days apart from the many other films of its ilk are Close and Kunis who sharpen and elevate its well worn contours with vivid performances that are honest and grounded 
2.5
Four Good Days
Mick LaSalle
Scene by scene Close and Kunis drag us into their family problems and we end up caring 
3
Four Good Days
Leo Brady
In Four Good Days it s not always pretty but the emotions are real enough to make an impact 
2.5
Four Good Days
Mark Dujsik
Four Good Days doesn t quite judge its characters but it definitely plays just a few too many cynical games with them 
2
Four Good Days
Randy Myers
Still Four Good Days nails what addiction is like for the afflicted and those who love them Close and Kunis work well together 
2.5
Four Good Days
Ty Burr
Four Good Days could be a better movie but I m not sure that matters 
2.5
Four Good Days
Katie Walsh
Though this agonizing weeklong ordeal reaches a shrill climax the denouement feels rushed opaque leaving us only with more questions 
2
Four Good Days
Mike McGranaghan
A rich and incisive work 
3.5
Four Good Days
Roger Moore
Good acting some seriously touching moments and lofty intentions lock us in on these Four Good Days and have us like everybody on the screen just hoping for the best 
2.5
Four Good Days
Catherine Springer
Unfortunately Four Good Days is also filled with every well trodden addiction recovery cliché that we ve seen in every single drug abuse story ever made 
2
Endless Love
Peter Travers
Why does Hollywood continue to starve audiences longing for a good romantic tearjerker Endless Love didn t have to be this godawful 
1.5
Endless Love
Christy Lemire
Endless Love isn t so much a remake of the 1981 Franco Zeffirelli film as it is an extended ad for the idyllic Abercrombie Fitch lifestyle 
2
Endless Love
David Nusair
the film overstays its welcome to a degree that s nothing short of disastrous 
2
Endless Love
Steven Rea
A jaw dropping groanfest of teen romance cliches 
1.5
Endless Love
Willie Waffle
It s the greatest love story no one ever wanted told 
1
Endless Love
Dustin Putman
There are a lot of of course moments in Endless Love The machinations of the plot grind again and again and eventually too frequently What is also difficult to deny is how assured director Shana Feste is at evoking a gushy swoon worthy mood 
2.5
Endless Love
Sue Pierman
Unlike Zeffirelli s film the new remake has little that will make it memorable even a year from now 
2
Endless Love
David Berry
This is the stuff of pure nonsensical romance almost nothing resembling what we might understand adolescence or love to be 
1.5
Endless Love
Claudia Puig
Might as well be one long montage of yearning gazes tender kisses and lovers splashing in sundry bodies of water like playful otters 
1.5
Endless Love
Trish Crawford
Endless Love tells the story of star crossed lovers beautifully 
2.5
Endless Love
Rafer Guzman
There are remakes readaptations and reboots and then there is Endless Love a movie that bears almost no resemblance to its source material whatsoever 
2
Endless Love
Joe Williams
This stinker is only good for endless laughs 
1
Endless Love
Peter Keough
An air brushed simple minded remake 
1.5
Endless Love
Chris Hewitt
Maybe the biggest disappointment about this new Endless Love is that the book on which it is based is a smart beautifully written novel Unfortunately the remake is even less like the novel than the first movie was It s also even worse 
1
Endless Love
Dann Gire
No amount of candy and flowers will minimize the damage this feckless film will do to romantic intentions 
1.5
Endless Love
Stephanie Merry
What does this new version offer A different set of actors a Valentine s Day release date and kissing Lots of kissing Kissing in place of character development and dialogue even entire kissing montages where a meaningful plot should be 
1
Endless Love
Michael Phillips
A movie just begging to go up in the flames of camp If only somebody had brought a match 
1.5
Endless Love
Peter Hartlaub
The real victim in all of this is Spencer who is still writing books and must watch his tragic novel about dangerous obsession and true heartbreak get mangled anew every two generations 
1
Endless Love
Lou Lumenick
Shana Feste s endlessly lame Endless Love remake turns the obsessive sexual heat way down from the infamous 1981 Brooke Shields vehicle while also tossing out the tragedies of Scott Spencer s acclaimed source novel 
1
Endless Love
Moira MacDonald
Alas the movie just went on not quite endlessly but almost 
1.5
Endless Love
Matt Pais
More like swoonless 
1.5
Endless Love
R. Kurt Osenlund
Shana Feste s film seems blissfully unaware that great fights require truly substantial conflicts 
2
Endless Love
Roger Moore
Not your parents Endless Love Well acted but in re interpreting the story much of the drama has been stripped from it 
2
Endless Love
Stephen Whitty
This is supposed to be a movie about obsession Instead it s just cupcake meets beefcake with a big glass of milk on the side 
1.5
Endless Love
Anna Smith
A flowerier adaptation of the Scott Spencer romance than Zeffirelli s 80s version it s tailor made for the Nicholas Sparks crowd 
3.5
Letters to God
Sarah Knight Adamson
Letters has so much to teach and say about dealing with adversities The quality of the film is first rate and I can highly recommend this to families and churches everywhere 
4
Letters to God
Carolyn Arends
As well intentioned and sometimes well acted as this film is it is not always able to rise above its own earnest agenda in order to tell its story in an absorbing manner 
2.5
Letters to God
Janos Gereben
Letters To God keeps letting the story be interrupted by the sponsor which in this case is Christianity 
2.5
Letters to God
Linda Cook
This story of a courageous child s battle with cancer would have been so much better if it had been a documentary 
2
Letters to God
Loey Lockerby
Letters to God is certainly watchable and may offer comfort to Christians in the audience But its appeal will be limited no matter how professional it looks 
2
Letters to God
John Beifuss
A sometimes moving sometimes awkward blend of sentimental family drama cancer awareness and Christian proselytizing 
2
Letters to God
Chris Hewitt
A depressingly unemotional affair with writing and some of the acting so flat that even its emotionally loaded situations can t inspire waterworks 
1.5
Letters to God
Roger Moore
While Letters to God is certainly family friendly the blandness robs it of whatever emotion or redemption the filmmakers were shooting for 
1.5
The Longest Week
Peter Sobczynski
Not even the able actors that Glanz somehow managed to rope into his project can do much with the draggy story and the vapid characters that they have been given to play 
1
The Longest Week
Mike McGranaghan
You know that old expression If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck then it must be a duck Well The Longest Week looks like a Wes Anderson film and it quacks like a Wes Anderson film but it most definitely is not a Wes Anderson film 
1.5
The Longest Week
Roger Moore
The sort of film that Woody Allen or Whit Stillman might make given a Wes Anderson script a little twee but not Wes twee 
2.5
The Three Ages
Mattie Lucas
Not Keaton s best feature it often feels like three short films stitched together it s filled with such wonderful visual wit 
2.5
Badlands
Tina Hassannia
It s a testament to Bruce Greenwood s acting that Adan never becomes entirely as insufferable as the words that come out of his mouth 
4
Badlands
Josh Larsen
the first of Malick s many screen Edens all of which inevitably come to a violent end 
3.5
Badlands
Roger Ebert
Kit is played by Martin Sheen in one of the great modern film performances 
4
Badlands
James Kendrick
minimizes the inherent sensationalism of its material with a deliberately slow pace and Malick constantly undercuts the potential thrill of on screen violence by rendering it awkward vicious and ugly
3.5
Badlands
Peter Stack
Among the great American crime movies 1973 s Badlands stands alone 
4
Badlands
Barbara Shulgasser
Unfortunately movies about banal people are often banal themselves 
2
The Initiation of Sarah
Matt Brunson
During the 1970s 44 ABC dominated the TV movie scene with its slate of terror tales 58 Duel 44 The Night Stalker 44 Don apos t Be Afraid of the Dark 44 Trilogy of Terror 44 Bad Ronald 44 Killdozer 44 and many 44 many more 46 Add to this expansive list The Initiation of Sarah 46 
2.5
Ingrid Goes West
Brian Eggert
The film might ve been a funny cringe comedy if it wasn t so disturbing and true Unfortunately Spicer does not adequately investigate his topic and his titular character is denied personal growth 
2
Ingrid Goes West
Mattie Lucas
It is a film that is as profoundly uncomfortable as it is bitingly funny because its humor is so grounded in truth 
3.5
Ingrid Goes West
Robert Daniels
The people examined by the film are as paper thin as the pixels that make the images on their phones and have as much depth as an evaporated gully 
2
Ingrid Goes West
Pamela Powell
Spicer pushed the envelope on this one and perhaps he pushed it just a bit too far 
2
Ingrid Goes West
John Serba
Aubrey Plaza is a gifted comic actress whose skill set fits the material snug like a wine bottle coozie 
3
Ingrid Goes West
David N. Butterworth
First time director Matt Spicer makes good use of Aubrey Plaza s one note appeal in Ingrid Goes West a stalker comedy in the tradition of Martin Scorsese s superior The King of Comedy 
2.5
Ingrid Goes West
Tom Meek
Much of the film s success can be attributed to Aubrey Plaza who makes her sociopathic wallflower remarkably nuanced and empathetic beyond the trappings of the script 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Rob Thomas
Anyone looking for a scathing satire on social media obsession and its consequences will come away from Ingrid Goes West feeling blessed 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Michael O'Sullivan
Plaza of course is marvelous in the title role embracing Ingrid s unflattering neediness with a commitment that s scary 
2.5
Ingrid Goes West
Christopher Schobert
The reason to see Ingrid Goes West is for the performances 
2.5
Ingrid Goes West
Mark Feeney
Now 33 Plaza can still get away with playing an ingenue that s what Ingrid is a toxic ingenue She can do comedy She can do drama She s best of all as here at combining both 
2.5
Ingrid Goes West
Bob Bloom
Plaza s portrayal of Ingrid drives the movie She creates a character who is desperate insecure pathetic and a bit psychotic Plaza makes you simultaneously feel sorry for Ingrid and uncomfortable being around her 
3.5
Ingrid Goes West
Roger Moore
Comically chilling
3
Ingrid Goes West
Moira MacDonald
You won t remember Ingrid Goes West for long after it s over but as summer diversions go you could do much worse 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Gary Thompson
An inventive and shrewd satire of the way social media can be used to describe and distort the lives of users 
3
Ingrid Goes West
James Berardinelli
Ingrid Goes West is part comedy part tragedy part horror thriller and part social commentary Although it is primarily satirical director co writer Matt Spicer never loses sight of the characters 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Richard Roeper
Director and co writer Matt Spicer displays just the right touch as the story gets crazier 
3.5
Ingrid Goes West
Anita Katz
This semi indie is a satire a psycho comedy and cautionary tale Though it s not as wicked as some may hope for it s worthy and occasionally stellar 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Kate Taylor
The critique is clever but the limit is the one so common in satire it s hard to care about the fate of a character this exaggerated 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Peter Howell
It comes on like a Sundance comedy but it unfolds like a Hitchcock suspenser 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Mark Dujsik
Ingrid Goes West is an incisive satire of online obsession that falls short in one vital regard clarity of purpose 
2.5
Ingrid Goes West
Dustin Putman
At once thoroughly entertaining and inventively shrewd a dark comedy of tonally tricky irreverence Ingrid Goes West is beautiful and messy Just like real life Just as it should be 
3.5
Ingrid Goes West
Mick LaSalle
Though I can t and shouldn t make the case that Ingrid Goes West is a great movie it s a film that I loved a highlight of my movie year 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Rex Reed
Ingrid Goes West makes a few valid points Too bad the whole thing looks more like a tweet than a movie 
2
Ingrid Goes West
Robert Levin
This is a perfect part for Aubrey Plaza s particular brand of intensity and the star along with director co writer Matt Spicer navigates difficult terrain in crafting a tone that s both comic and deeply unsettling 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Sheila O'Malley
A daring comedy with a very sharp bite 
3.5
Ingrid Goes West
Stephen Whitty
Hashtag great movie Hashtag see it now 
3.5
Ingrid Goes West
Peter Travers
Matt Spicer s social media satire is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice Plaza and Olsen both toxic perfection show us a nightmare world of Insta obsessives that s all too recognizable as our own 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Christopher Gray
The film is smart enough to know that the last thing any of us need is another think piece about how the internet s promise of global community has yielded a culture of alienation obsession and utter exhaustion 
3
Ingrid Goes West
Sean P. Means
The deep dive into psychotic behavior in Ingrid Goes West is more disturbing than funny 
2.5
50 to 1
Michael O'Sullivan
If 50 to 1 were about 15 minutes shorter all of this might have made for a passable diversion As it is 50 to 1 much like Mine That Bird flags before reaching the finish line 
2
In the Fog
Peter Keough
As remorseless in style as it is in message In the Fog offers little hope and few pleasures but earns admiration for its elegant exploration of the lowest depths of the human condition 
3
In the Fog
Farran Smith Nehme
Even when the pace wanes the images are still gripping 
2.5
In the Fog
Tina Hassannia
Sergei Loznitsa occasionally writes his ideas too explicitly in the film s dialogue though he makes up for this by deftly employing some ironic symbolism elsewhere 
2.5
Hellbenders
Peter Sobczynski
Expends so much time and effort in trying to become the next big cult sensation that it never gets around to simply being a good movie 
1.5
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
John Beifuss
Low budget tasteless and ridiculous but also fun in an Old School grindhouse way as gangsta graffiti artists not keeping it real rappers and evil rednecks receive their supposedly just desserts would you believe a 40 ounce through the skull 
2.5
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Michael Esposito
The lessons offered are pretty good misuse of power ego and friendship among them But the stories are very predictable and a bit too bloody and the acting is uneven 
2
Jesus People
Mike McGranaghan
A weak satire that has no interest in skewering anyone or anything 
1.5
A Brief Vacation
Roger Ebert
It s a love story a very brief and poignant one surrounded by a lot of anger And it s a woman s picture of the new sort the kind in which women make up their own minds and make their own mistakes 
4
Layla M.
Roger Moore
Chilling in how it shows a Dutch teen doubling down on her Islamic defiance sobering in how it shows her idealism betrayed
3
Bugsy Malone
Matt Brunson
Alan Parker directed a handful of exemplary musicals over the course of his career but this isn t one of them 
2
Bugsy Malone
Roger Ebert
Bugsy Malone is like nothing else It s an original a charming one and it has yet another special performance by Jodie Foster who at thirteen was already getting the roles that grown up actresses complained weren t being written for women anymore 
3.5
Sin City
Brian Eggert
Rodriguez was never so energetic or creative behind the camera 44 and he hasn apos t come close to achieving something so inspired since 46 
4
Sin City
Mattie Lucas
Like a shot of pure adrenaline straight to the heart 
3.5
Sin City
David Sterritt
The cast is excellent and the computer generated visuals are consistently stunning Too bad the narration sounds like a string of clichés from creaky old detective novels 
3
Sin City
Nick Rogers
On one hand Robert Rodriguez drenches Sin City in his usual monsoon of ironic macho macabre On the other do gooder pride prove as dangerous as broads or bad guys offering a thematically gray complement to arctic white inkblot black visuals 
4
Sin City
Jay Antani
My own trajectory while watching Sin City excited bored offended back to bored roll credits
1.5
Sin City
Joe Lozito
About as close to geek heaven as a film adaptation has ever been 
3.5
Sin City
Peter T. Chattaway
The world Miller and Rodriguez have created is so bleak and nasty it s difficult to see what lasting value any sort of redemption could have here 
2
Sin City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Immensely likable and ultimately cool 
3
Sin City
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all so sudden and in your face you can almost feel the thunderous thw aaaack of a sucker punch ram full throttle into your jaw 
2.5
Sin City
Jorge Avila Andrade
Su verdadera fuerza radica en una historia que refleja el grado de degradación social espiritual y emocional al que podemos llegar los habitantes de las grandes ciudades 
3.5
Sin City
Wesley Lovell
There are three types of performances in Sin City There are the satisfactory the passable and the women 
2.5
Sin City
David N. Butterworth
Comic sexy and ultraviolent one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Sin City
Frank Houston
If you can look past its veneer of shed blood broken bodies and the rat a tat tat talk of its hardboiled tough guys Sin City is a thing of savage beauty 
3.5
Sin City
Steven Snyder
I was thoroughly entertained 
4
Sin City
Jeremy Heilman
Sin City s noir trappings are just empty attitude 
2
Sin City
Collin Souter
Time will tell if Sin City is more than its moment but at the moment it s definitely one of the most interesting films on the planet 
4
Sin City
Michael A. Smith
this is definitely a place you need to visit 
3.5
Sin City
Vince Koehler
A half a notch below the Kill Bill films but very much worth seeing 
2.5
Sin City
Ross Anthony
Beautiful craftsmanship at times even magnificent but weakens repeats can t keep itself together 
2
Sin City
Frank Ochieng
a swaggering and ultra violent flashy film noir with a sordid imagination a colorful crime fantasy that radiates with lurid edginess
3.5
Sin City
Forrest Hartman
Even people who don t like Sin City should find its images unforgettable And in this time of disposable blockbusters that is a rare compliment 
3.5
Sin City
Greg Maki
Sin City is the best comic book movie ever made 
4
Sin City
Lori Hoffman
Batman would get his butt kicked in Sin City 
3.5
Sin City
Susan Tavernetti
Although Rodriquez grabs Miller s dialogue and uses his breathtaking panels as storyboards he loses the connections and tragic back stories of the protagonists 
2
Sin City
Mark Collette
Sin City won t move you or inspire deep thought but it might rattle you and make you sweat with all that stark black and white heat 
3
Sin City
Sean McBride
destined to become a cult classic
3.5
Sin City
Sean O'Connell
Clichéd characters mutter dated noir dialogue through sadistic stories you can predict in your sleep 
1.5
Sin City
Larry Ratliff
Robert Rodriguez and his cohorts succeed for the most part If this beguiling world of violence and degradation lacks in anything it s knowing when to quit 
3.5
Sin City
James Kendrick
a brilliant paradox It looks like nothing you ve ever seen before but it s assembled out of parts so familiar they are clichés
4
Sin City
Jonathan W. Hickman
I didn t like Sin City as much as I admired it 
3
Sin City
Linda Cook
Violence Gore Grit Quentin Tarantino If you haven t stopped reading by now you may be part of the appreciative audience of Sin City 
4
Sin City
Peter Keough
The relentless carnage grows numbing and unwholesome 
2.5
Sin City
David Nusair
If nothing else you have never seen a movie like Sin City before 
3.5
Sin City
James Verniere
A half hour too long brutal crude and relentlessly juvenile a work designed to appeal to the anti social 13 year old inside all of us 
2
Sin City
Mike McGranaghan
Sin City is a dark disturbing enthralling masterpiece 
4
Sin City
Christian Toto
It s hard to fathom a more faithful comic to movie transfer than the gloriously violent Sin City
3
Sin City
David Elliott
While this plunge into darkness is in the soul of film noir there is something completely false and silly about the overlay of morality which seems enslaved by macho masochism 
2
Sin City
Mick LaSalle
To remember Sin City hours later is to remember from a different part of the brain that remembers conventional movies 
4
Sin City
Jeff Shannon
Miller s many fans are likely to hail this as a masterpiece Rarely has an artist in one medium been so loyally served by another 
3
Sin City
Bruce Newman
The most gorgeous digital movie ever made It represents a stunning leap forward in both the technology of digital cinema and the art of filmmaking 
3.5
Sin City
Carla Meyer
Tough minded and visually dazzling the movie so engrosses that you almost can forgive its extremes 
3
Sin City
Peter Travers
Sin City is a hard cold relentless assault It s also something Hollywood seems to have given up on a bold uncompromised vision 
3.5
Sin City
Timothy Knight
Rodriguez and Miller deserve praise for breaking new ground both technically and artistically in adapting graphic novels to the big screen 
3.5
Sin City
Dan DeLuca
Ultimately comes off as an exercise in cold blooded stylishness uninvolving and overlong at 2 hours and 6 minutes 
2.5
Sin City
Geoff Pevere
You ve got to hand it to Miller and Rodriguez Their Sin City is no place for tourists 
3.5
Sin City
Stephen Whitty
Undeniably exciting and as close to a comic book as the movies have ever gotten It s a fun ride 
3
Sin City
Lou Lumenick
Unlike anything you ve ever seen before 
3
Sin City
Bob Strauss
It s tempting to describe Sin City as high adolescent art But there s stuff in this wildly abstract collection of hard boiled crime stories that appeals to um a more mature level of arrested development 
3
Sin City
Jack Mathews
Mixing live action with computer generated images it looks like the novels talks and bleeds like the novels is as muscular and voluptuous as the novels and it leaves you breathless as only a movie can 
3
Sin City
Rene Rodriguez
Once the novelty of its considerable razzle dazzle wears off the film just sits there because Rodriguez has made one simple but fatal mistake As cinematic as they are Miller s graphic novels aren t movies 
2.5
Sin City
Eric Harrison
Except for the striking images it starts to fade even as you re watching it It is such a bold and striking movie however that for the first time we can appreciate the full potential of what Rodriguez has wrought 
3
Sin City
Rick Groen
Sin City gives sin a great name it s never been more plentiful or looked so gorgeous What a visually stunning film this is 
3
Sin City
Lisa Kennedy
This big screen treatment of Miller s graphic novels is a soft core marathon of stylized mayhem flesh pot excess and cinematic pretense 
2.5
Sin City
Terry Lawson
A redemption saga as overripe with religious allegory as it is anything else in search of a confession booth or maybe just the hard stuff straight up or even a cold shower But you won t simply leave it behind It hurts too good 
4
Sin City
Jeff Vice
It s not always easy to watch and it s certainly not for the easily offended But visually there s much to enjoy especially the striking black and white imagery offset with periodic selective bits of colors 
3.5
Sin City
Mary F. Pols
It s so visually exciting that you can t stop looking at it even when all that s happening on screen is the relentless reduction of skull and brain matter into pulp It s so cool it could almost give you frostbite 
3
Sin City
Lawrence Toppman
Talking bluntly about sex for five minutes will earn an NC 17 Showing it frankly for one minute will do the same Maiming and slaying people in close up for two hours and delighting in it will get you only an R 
1
Sin City
Ty Burr
Sin City is the first great Hollywood joy ride of the year 
3.5
Sin City
Erik Childress
Not a quarter of an hour could tick away on the hands of time before someone was shot stabbed electrocuted exploded emasculated decapitated or eaten It was beautiful 
4
Sin City
Aaron Hillis
A rough and tumble magnum opus of digital filmmaking that thrillingly basks in the sick slick sexy and quick witted excesses of its imaginatively mutant stylizations 
3.5
Sin City
Sean P. Means
Imagine Pulp Fiction printed on real pulp paper and you get an idea of this movie s full immersion approach to bringing a comic book to life 
4
Sin City
John Beifuss
As au courant as a school shooting 
3.5
Sin City
Eric Melin
Using a comic book as a template rather than merely a guide Rodriguez and Miller have fused fantasy and noir to create a truly enveloping film going experience 
3.5
Sin City
Jon Niccum
Sin City is as vibrant and hostile as the fictional metropolis of the same name
3.5
Sin City
Chuck O'Leary
A pointless wallow in sadism Willis Rourke and Boothe have all done way cooler tough guy movies for Walter Hill 
2
Sin City
Willie Waffle
Any movie that makes Brittany Murphy palatable must be amazing the first true successor to Pulp Fiction 
4
Sin City
Duane Dudek
The most strikingly innovative dumb movie you ll ever see 
2.5
Sin City
Mike Clark
It ll be interesting to see how time treats City s novelty value once live action computer screen hybrids become more common Right now it looks like one of the movies that will define its year even more than the Kill Bill duo did 
3.5
Sin City
Sean Axmaker
A pastiche of the most naively macho extremes of brutal pulp fiction 44 lovingly rendered as mock anti hero B movie crime opera 46 
3
Sin City
Chris Hewitt
Sin City is jazzed by excess by the thrill of crafting a sharp edged high contrast shadow world where it s hard to tell the difference between cartoons and reality 
3.5
Sin City
Dustin Putman
Breathtaking to look at but its core is without a pulse 
2
Sin City
Gene Seymour
Sometimes it all seems as schematic as a theme park attraction Mostly though the movie comes across like the fever dream of a smart put upon adolescent who d been up all night watching every black and white crime movie made since the sound era 
3
Sin City
Chauncey Mabe
Really there will be no reason for anyone to make a comic book movie ever again Miller and Rodriguez have pushed the form as far as it can possibly go 
4
Sin City
Emily Blunt
Leather fetish T A ultra violence comic style and a plethora of dirty deeds by dastardly dudes n dames await you 
4
Sin City
Roger Ebert
It s a visualization of the pulp noir imagination uncompromising and extreme Yes and brilliant 
4
Sin City
Austin O'Connor
Strange surreal dazzling
4
Sin City
Michael Wilmington
A movie of such high style done in such a spirit of electrifying fun and creativity that it kisses the blood right off its own violent hands 
3.5
Sin City
Josh Larsen
What happens in Sin City feels like what might have been going on in those 1940s and 50s crime pictures when no one was looking 
4
Sin City
Jeffrey Westhoff
You know you ve gone beyond run of the mill movie violence when you need to use the plural for castrations 
2
Sin City
Scott Nash
One hell of a great movie 
4
Sin City
Rob Blackwelder
Innovative and dazzling in its absolute loyalty to the visual style of its inspiration brings comic book pages alive to a degree that is unprecedented in movie history 
3
Sin City
Phil Villarreal
Silence fiend The consensus here One arm cannon up 
4
Sin City
Matt Brunson
The glee with which Rodriguez films the sadism may be off putting but the joy with which he pays tribute to both the comic form and film noir is positively infectious 
3
Sin City
David Keyes
At long last here is a film that fully justifies why we still love going to the movie theater 
4
Sin City
Walter Chaw
It s all about sack size and the lizard brain and as a film it s something like pure aggression and machismo freebased on a filthy spoon and shunted into an open vein 
4
Sin City
Jeanne Aufmuth
Relentless shocking and admirably experimental 
3
Sin City
James Berardinelli
There s something to appreciate around every corner the gritty characters the uncompromising story and most of all visuals to astound and amaze 
3.5
Sin City
Peter Canavese
Retrograde sexist and gleefully sadistic pitiable and fearful in the language we go to the movies to learn The old cop line There s nothing to see here hardly applies 
3.5
Sin City
Nick Schager
An exhilarating tapestry of valor selfishness deceitfulness and martyrdom 
3.5
Below the Belt
Marty Mapes
A three man play a blend of CG and live action a wry comedy and paced far too slow
2
Below the Belt
Elizabeth Weitzman
With the exception of likable lead Robert Knott the performances are cringingly broad and the surreally animated backgrounds offer a promise that s never realized 
1
Below the Belt
Maitland McDonagh
Though conceptually clever the results look stagy and schematic and recall nothing more than a pale imitation of Terry Gilliam s Brazil 
2
Open My Heart
Elizabeth Weitzman
Do they have Cinemax in Italy Because surely that s where this filmy flimsy fantasy belongs 
1
Midnight Movie
Lucius Gore
all in all horror fans will find that the film delivers the goods Just don t set your expectations too high 
3
The Foxy Merkins
Sheila O'Malley
While much of it is quite funny the film ends up feeling like a good comedy sketch stretched out unnecessarily to a feature length 
2
The Boys in the Band
Bill Weber
The sizzle of the bon mot u2013tossing ensemble intact from the stage original is bracing and fuels the film s momentum 
3
P.S.
Rob Thomas
It s a romantic comedy drama that s every bit as unpredictable offbeat and assured as Kidd s first film although some third act problems keep it from real greatness 
3
P.S.
Jeff Vice
Strains credibility 
2.5
P.S.
Sean P. Means
p s is a showcase for Linney who juggles Louise s many self contradictions in a bright and humor filled performance 
3
P.S.
Robert W. Butler
Lost me about halfway through and never got me back 
2
P.S.
Roger Ebert
Both genders are programmed by eons of Darwinian genetic strategy and so we believe them and because Linney and Grace are sexy and play well together the age gap is not a barrier so much as additional seasoning 
3
P.S.
Michael Wilmington
Despite an excellent supporting cast something in p s goes mushy and implausible 
2.5
P.S.
Moira MacDonald
Can t seem to make up its mind whether it s a romantic comedy a drama or a psychological thriller and settles for being an odd and unbelievable hybrid of all three 
2
P.S.
Walter Chaw
Provides a sort of middlebrow mainstream rom com conventions satisfied satisfaction 
2.5
P.S.
Ty Burr
Contains more than its share of implausibilities and absurdities and let s not even imagine the reception the movie would get if the genders were reversed but if it s not Linney s finest role it contains some of her nerviest work 
2
P.S.
Rebecca Caldwell
The screenplay adapted by both Kidd and Schulman apparently leaves out much of the book s biting black humour 
2
P.S.
Willie Waffle
Laura Linney is one of the most talented and beautiful actresses in Hollywood but she deserves a movie much better than this 
1
P.S.
Bob Strauss
Lots of aberrant imaginative behavior as only an actress with Linney s virtuosity can present it 
3
P.S.
Mike Clark
Linney remains a full blooded character so memorable that she s worth watching even in a less than memorable movie 
2.5
P.S.
Carla Meyer
Goes disappointingly soft despite two dynamite lead performances 
2
P.S.
Peter Debruge
Kidd sneaks some pretty profound observations about love and life by us 
3
P.S.
Steve Rhodes
A sensuous thinking person s movie that is satisfyingly intriguing 
3
P.S.
Peter Travers
Start the Oscar buzz now for the dependably superb Laura Linney who brings beauty and a tough core of intelligence and wit to the role of New Yorker Louise Harrington an admissions officer at Columbia s graduate school of fine arts 
3
P.S.
Timothy Knight
In his most demanding screen role to date Grace is simply terrific as J Scott whose flippant exterior masks a sensitive and surprisingly mature soul 
3
P.S.
Jack Mathews
I haven t read the novel so I can t say whether the author was more successful at making Louise s obsession plausible It s certainly not believable in the movie 
2
P.S.
Peter Canavese
Despite an identity crisis a surprisingly subtle and pleasantly off kilter comedy drama 
2.5
P.S.
Lou Lumenick
Flawless work by the two actors can t quite save this mushy chick lit fantasy 
2
P.S.
Gene Seymour
The movie can t find its center but Linney nails hers She alone makes this worth a night out of your life 
2.5
P.S.
Rob Blackwelder
An actress who can emerge from a sex scene with a genuinely flushed bosom and cheeks will produce a performance that goes well beyond words 
3
P.S.
Mary F. Pols
P S never gives satisfactory answers to the questions it raises 
2.5
P.S.
David Sterritt
The offbeat screenplay turns even the corny bits in unpredictable directions and it s rare indeed to see such consistently superb ensemble acting 
3
P.S.
James Berardinelli
The result is an intriguing and satisfying romance that may hold some appeal even for those who normally do not like films about affairs of the heart 
3
P.S.
Ed Gonzalez
When Marcia Gay Harden enters scree P S turns into Desperate Housewives 
2.5
P.S.
David Nusair
Topher Grace proves that he s got what it takes to become a bona fide movie star 
2.5
P.S.
Erik Childress
Dylan Kidd seems to be at the expense of another writer s published weepie rather than the sharp repartee he brought to Roger Dodger
2.5
P.S.
Bill Chambers
Kidd excels at Nabokovian heart to hearts between a master and pupil of the same emotional age
2.5
Occupation
James Berardinelli
There are no characters sufficiently developed to be worth caring about and no suspense in any of the chaotic and badly choreographed battle sequences 
1
Occupation
Mark Dujsik
Occupation takes a familiar story about an alien invasion and does only the familiar with it 
2
Phantasm II
Mike McGranaghan
I don t know whether you could accurately call Phantasm II good or not but as a gore filled piece of 80s horror with a premise unlike any other in the genre it s completely enjoyable 
2.5
Phantasm II
Roger Ebert
The images are of corpses and graveyards spurting blood and severed skulls Sitting through a film like this which contains so little of genuine interest I found myself meditating on such images wondering who they would appeal to and why 
1
Prince of Swine
Andrew Schenker
All the world s a stage and pimps and whores its players At least that s the equation that seems to sum up Mark Toma s mirthless relentlessly cynical comedy 
1.5
Lines of Wellington
Kent Turner
A film to admire with moments here and there to fully embrace
2.5
Lines of Wellington
Jaime N. Christley
It s an odd experience a Ruiz film if it deserves to be called that devoid of dreamy mystery reduced to a mere handsome historical epic albeit capably mounted by Portuguese producer extraordinaire Paulo Branco 
2
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Mal Vincent
It s a tiresome debate 
2
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Matt Brunson
Paul Freeman unrecognizable from Raiders of the Lost Ark has a grand old time seemingly patterning his performance after W C Fields and the cheesy effects are enjoyable in a 70s Saturday morning cartoon kind of way Otherwise caveat emptor 
1.5
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Jami Bernard
Obnoxiously loud and busy it drips with goo and slime and contains an exhausting amount of action funny voices and snot jokes 
2
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
John Petrakis
The Rangers themselves are so painfully bland 
2
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Doug Thomas
It s easy to see why the Rangers are popular Even before they magically morph the kids are sky diving roller blading and living without parental authority And they kick serious butt But it s all done quite unhumorously 
2
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
David Sterritt
Lively colorful violent stupid 
1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Dennis King
MMPR The Movie will adequately keep its intended audience occupied for a couple of hours on a hot summer day But parents shouldn t kid themselves that their children are also being exposed to wholesome positive values 
1.5
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Robert Roten
While it has some great special effects and some decent fight scenes it also has some incredibly bad costumes and some really cheap looking special effects 
1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Mick LaSalle
These are the same performers who appear on the TV show and you get the feeling this has become more than a meal ticket for them Hokey dialogue is invested with an intensity that takes you out of the movie and into the psyches of the actors 
1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Chris Hicks
If there was ever a script it seems to have been left behind while everyone went on location 
1.5
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Roger Ebert
What depresses me inutterably is that children who are fresh and inquisitive will go to this movie and for 88 minutes the movie will do what it can to deaden their imaginations 
0.5
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
Nothing more than an expanded typical Power Ranger episode But my 6 year old LOVED it 
1.5
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Gary Kamiya
As a TV show Power Rangers is merely lame Blown up into a movie with 40 million worth of special effects draped over the same 29 cent plot and three for a nickel characters it is positively grotesque 
1
Papillon
Glenn Lovell
remake is overall more satisfying than original less movie start charismatic Hunnam plays squire to McQueen s Cooler King Les Miz meets Escape from Alcatraz 
2.5
Papillon
Rob Thomas
While this new version doesn t have the epic classicism of Schaffner s version it has a visceral ragged energy all its own 
3
Papillon
Brian Tallerico
I could never quite figure out why this story was being told again and I drifted away from its action way too often 
2
Papillon
David Nusair
Papillon segues into a padded out and leisurely paced midsection that slowly but surely begins to test the viewer s patience 
2
Papillon
Kate Taylor
As director Michael Noer struggles to tease a theme out of a string of exploits Papillon remains as entertaining as ever 
3
Papillon
Jordan Hoffman
Papillon isn t a particularly original film but it far from a prison sentence 
3
Papillon
Mark Dujsik
T he central question is whether or not the filmmakers and actors have brought anything new noteworthy or unique to this version To a degree they have 
3
Papillon
Richard Roeper
It is an impressively staged and appropriately rain soaked mud splattered bone crunching tale more violent and filled with rougher language than its predecessor if not quite as powerful or moving 
3
Papillon
Dann Gire
Noer s Papillon a remake of Franklin J Schaffner s 1973 feature starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman lacks the emotional resonance necessary to carry us through an already lengthy 136 minute running time without it feeling even longer 
2.5
Papillon
Bruce DeMara
Director Michael Noer falls short in a number of ways leaving a sense of missed opportunity 
2.5
Papillon
Michael Phillips
What Charriere endured and finally left behind has already proven irresistible to a global audience This retelling prettily assembled a little dull gives that audience little that s truly new 
2.5
Papillon
Sean P. Means
Papillon is a potent well executed version of Charrière s amazing story 
3
Papillon
Johnny Oleksinski
The film is mostly sedate without tension and with too much smolder 
1.5
Papillon
Bob Bloom
it s lead actors are competent but like the movie itself they fail to soar or offer anything new that will set the movie apart from its predecessor 
2.5
Papillon
Michael O'Sullivan
Why on earth would anyone try to improve on let alone equal the rousingly entertaining if melodramatic original 
1.5
Papillon
Chuck Bowen
To contrast Franklin J Schaffner s 1973 Papillon with its remake is to underscore certain differences between commercial films of two distinct generations 
2
Inferno
Michael Dequina
My has Ray Liotta s career fallen 
1.5
A Friend of the Deceased
Steve Rhodes
A promising plot but little more 
1.5
Denise Ho: Becoming the Song
Matt Fagerholm
I went into the film knowing nothing about the Cantopop star and came away from it as an instant fan rejuvenated by my connection to every soul throughout the world currently fighting to preserve human rights against the rising tide of totalitarianism 
3.5
Denise Ho: Becoming the Song
Mark Dujsik
It s a jumble of a biography 
2
The Price of Air
Michael Dequina
Eight Is Enough patriarch Dick Van Patten plays a baddie with a fondness for S M yes you read that right 
1
My Bodyguard
Larry Vitacco
My Bodyguard is one of those movies that is a sheer delight to watch and a joy to behold when finished 
3.5
My Bodyguard
Matt Brunson
The script by Alan Ormsby never decides whether violence is the problem or the solution but his teen protagonists feel real 
3
My Bodyguard
Roger Ebert
This movie is fun to watch because it touches memories that are shared by most of us and because its young characters are recognizable individuals and not simplified cartoon figures like so many movie teen agers 
3.5
My Bodyguard
Bill Chambers
The film has some merit as a teen revenge fantasy 
2.5
A Quiet Passion
Leo Brady
A Quiet Passion is a dive into the mind and spirit of Miss Dickinson who to this day is a writer that changed the way words were put to the page 
4
A Quiet Passion
Mattie Lucas
It s as alienating as it is engrossing a lovely and deeply felt evocation of an artist s innermost anguish 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
John Beifuss
The film employs technology undreamed of in Dickinson s time to evoke a poetic transcendent sensation The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality 
4
A Quiet Passion
Roger Moore
A caustic witty and brittle portrait of Emily Dickinson that won t be to every taste 
3
A Quiet Passion
Rob Thomas
A Quiet Passion presents Dickinson as a figure both heroic and tragic determined to live her life her way despite the great cost 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Mark Dujsik
Davies has crafted a literate and probing biography 
4
A Quiet Passion
Chris Hewitt
If you have a hankering for a subtle intelligent drama you shouldn t miss it 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Calvin Wilson
This is a film of subtle beauty 
3
A Quiet Passion
Stephanie Merry
It s not easy to do justice to such a beloved enigmatic artist but A Quiet Passion was well worth the wait 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Kam Williams
A melancholy mood piece for the ages 
4
A Quiet Passion
Barry Paris
A Quiet Passion director Terence Davies beautiful but problematic biopic wastes no time establishing its heroine as iconoclastic 
3
A Quiet Passion
Anita Katz
While far from flawless this movie doesn t leave you feeling empty 
3
A Quiet Passion
Robert Horton
What if the cinematic approach to the poet s life could approximate her eccentric punctuation full of dashes where commas usually roam her abrupt shifts in focus and her piercing gaze at eternity If you could do that you d have A Quiet Passion
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Sean P. Means
Nixon channels Dickinson s impatient wit her prickly demeanor and her nagging doubts Her stellar performance in A Quiet Passion is a fit match for Davies astringent portrait of the great poet 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Jeff Simon
This is an admirable and moving film but unfortunately its virtues don t begin to include some of the greatest virtues of its subject 
3
A Quiet Passion
Moira MacDonald
Stick with it and keep your eyes on Nixon a still gentle voiced presence whose eyes glow like blue embers 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Kenneth R. Morefield
There s more quiet than passion here But the film is beautifully rendered and paints an exquisite if at times painful portrait of Dickinson and the severe New England religion that both shaped and vexed her 
2.5
A Quiet Passion
Glenn Kenny
It is grounded and made most exemplary by Cynthia Nixon s performance 
4
A Quiet Passion
Nathalie Atkinson
In a series of portrait episodes Davies treads Dickinson s biographical terrain without presuming to editorialize instead Dickinson s poetry speaks for itself in voiceover 
3
A Quiet Passion
Chris Knight
Davies isn t afraid to show the darker side of the sometimes melancholy poet like the Turner biopic from a few years ago this is the portrait of the artist as a conflicted and altogether human creative force 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Bruce DeMara
Cynthia Nixon is superlative in her portrayal of a woman who lived a privileged but increasingly cloistered life as she struggled with personal faith and physical illness 
3
A Quiet Passion
Ty Burr
A Quiet Passion is the work of a master craftsman whose interest has always been the ways outer reality frames and shapes our inner landscapes 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Peter Travers
Cynthia Nixon is simply magnificent as Emily Dickinson in director Terence Davies gentle yet subversively fierce and funny look at the life and art of the great American poet 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Stephen Whitty
Some filmmakers direct in prose strong declarations decisive actions emphatic characters Terence Davies directs in poetry 
3.5
A Quiet Passion
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
What s beautiful about the reclusive Dickinson s biography remains inside her head and despite Cynthia Nixon s earnest portrayal her verse 
2
Hunger
Roger Moore
Conventional 46 46 46 but ravishing 46 
3
Requiem for a Running Back
Richard Roeper
The end result is a brilliant and brave and beautifully honest film 
4
One Two Three
Namrata Joshi
such a mess 
1
Tramposos Con Suerte
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The beginning is not bad and with a more charismatic cast the film could have turned out to be a modest national version of Ocean s Eleven Soderbergh 2001 but Nez is far away from the formal expertise that is necessary to handle that formula 
0
Absolutely Anything
Brian Eggert
Absolutely Anything may be a bad movie but I laughed a lot and really that s what Jones and company set out to accomplish 
3
Absolutely Anything
Nick Allen
Treat sized food for thought from a wonderfully silly director 
3
Absolutely Anything
Scott Nash
Rarely has so much comic talent been wasted in one movie 
2
The Informer
Roger Moore
The intrigues are breathless and the violence so in your face that it takes a seriously off key third act to make this one more a mixed bag than it was setting up to be 46 
2.5
The Informer
Richard Roeper
Joel Kinnaman is taking names in true action movie star fashion 
3
The Informer
Bob Strauss
The Informer is like an experiment in whether or not a cool cast can make uninspired material worth watching 
2
The Informer
Barry Hertz
The Informer is confused as to what it should devote its attention to 
2
The Informer
Chuck Bowen
Outside of the Easy Money series Kinnaman has rarely been allowed to utilize his tightly wound intensity this explicitly 
2.5
Closely Watched Trains
Wesley Lovell
8220 Closely Watched Trains 8221 is a Czechoslovakian treat that makes you long for a rebirth of that same spirit that made its films so great in the first place 46 
3.5
Closely Watched Trains
Roger Ebert
A quiet charming very human film It comes from Czechoslovakia and isn t pushy like those big American movies it will not force its point of view on you or sweep you up in a tide of emotion 
3.5
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Michael Dequina
The endearing characters and likable performances make all the wholesome life lessons easy to swallow 
3
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Dustin Putman
A carbon copy of most other dog boy movies 
2
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Roger Ebert
Shiloh 2 Shiloh Season recycles the same characters and in a way the same problems as the wonderful original film but carries the message a little further 
3
The Mad Women's Ball
Robert Levin
Does not necessarily offer anything illuminating in the way it presents the patriarchal system But it does force a confrontation with it and never takes the easy way out 
3
The Mad Women's Ball
Randy Myers
The direction and period details are first rate and there are two very fine performances at its center 
3
The Mad Women's Ball
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What follows is something of a Gallic feminist One Flew over the Cuckoo s Nest with a supernatural twist both engaging and disturbing 
3
The Mad Women's Ball
Sheila O'Malley
A compelling and vivid adaptation of Victoria Mas novel 
3.5
The Mad Women's Ball
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Mélanie Laurent s The Mad Women s Ball attempts too much and leaves us with little 
2
The Mad Women's Ball
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film capsizes in the absence of a compelling center for Mélanie Laurent to hang her directorial panache 
2
The Mad Women's Ball
Sarah-Tai Black
Laurent is determined in mapping the depiction of the patriarchal violence endured under both the supposition of scientific method as well as the social order of the world outside of the institution 
3
Bombay Beach
Joe Williams
Bombay Beach is an oasis of creativity in the documentary landscape 
3.5
Bombay Beach
Andrew Schenker
Rather than bringing out the symbolic inner lives of the characters these sequences seem like the intrusion of an aggressive authorial personality on a film whose subject demands that the filmmaker simply sit back and observe 
2
A Scandal in Paris
Matt Brunson
A Scandal in Paris goes heavy on the comedy light on the drama and all out on the entertainment 
3
Ally Was Screaming
Chris Knight
Laughs and horror balance on a knife edge 
3
Ally Was Screaming
Brad Wheeler
Billed as a thriller and a dark comedy the modestly budgeted Ally Was Screaming doesn t really satisfy the main requirements of those genres but it does raise important issues about human behaviour in a subtly operatic way 
2.5
A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
Roger Moore
Think Auto tune The Musical 
1.5
I Like Movies
Anne Brodie
10 A heart tugging 44 film loving smartypants with a wicked tongue rules 33 The character study 44 tell all and comedy drama seems fun 8216 n 8217 games to start but develops complexity and emotional power 46 Terrific stuff 33 
4
I Like Movies
Bill Chambers
Levack s feature debut I Like Movies is so uncanny I could only laugh 
2.5
The Entitled
Roger Moore
One long bodily function romp wrapped in the veneer of 8220 a story with heart 46 8221 And diarrhea 46 And badly in need of a 8220 Brazilian wax 46 8221 
1
Rachel Getting Married
Mattie Lucas
A moving and reassuring experience if ever there was one feels like a warm welcome home 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Kelly Jane Torrance
The wedding scene when it finally comes seems to go on forever with nothing really happening beyond an endless parade of dancers and musicians 
2
Rachel Getting Married
David N. Butterworth
Scarily real 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Alicia Potter
By the time the Ganesha cake is cut you re left with the poodle as the only family member worthy of empathy 
1.5
Rachel Getting Married
Michael Dequina
The messiness that goes with genuinely flawed and complex people is what makes the film ring so true and cut so deep 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Kam Williams
Most noteworthy for Anne Hathaway s absorbing Oscar nominated portrayal of a disturbed soul desperate to control the demons derailing her reality 
4
Rachel Getting Married
David Nusair
an alternatingly intriguing and maddening cinematic experience 
2.5
Rachel Getting Married
Walter Chaw
The only real surprise is that someone doesn t break into Burning Down the House at the rehearsal dinner 
2
Rachel Getting Married
Linda Cook
You won t always love these characters But you ll always love watching them 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Gina Carbone
Anne Hathaway s overrated but Rosemarie DeWitt There s an Oscar waiting to happen 
2.75
Rachel Getting Married
Ross Anthony
Anne is okay much stronger performances by Rosemary Dewitt Tunde Adembimpe Bill Irwin Lush rich cultural music spices already fresh alive family gathering scenes 
2.5
Rachel Getting Married
Josh Larsen
I don t usually fall for it when an actor or actress deglams yet Anne Hathaway redeems the practice here 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Christian Toto
Anne Hathaway shatters her Princess Diaries past for good with Rachel Getting Married
2.5
Rachel Getting Married
Sean P. Means
Among moments of humor and heartbreaking beauty the twinned performances of Hathaway and DeWitt shine 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Matt Brunson
Better to spend some time with Rachel at the wedding than with Margot at the Wedding 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Michael Smith
Demme s capturing of the communal spirit of weddings and harsh reunions creates something quite honest and refreshing with an unusual energy that more films could use 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Lori Hoffman
Hathaway s Kym strikes like a venomous snake when her demons are provoked and yet she never lets go of the guilt that makes her believe she deserves the loathing 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Lawrence Toppman
The dramatic moments do make an impact and the tears they draw from you will scald 
2.5
Rachel Getting Married
Nick Rogers
The plot sounds like a downer but it culminates in a dreamily exuberant wedding and reception scene By examining the slow and incomplete but true power of pure rehabilitative strength and forgiveness this is one of the very best films of 2008 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Daniel M. Kimmel
you feel you ve spent some time with three dimensional characters rather than a houseful of cardboard cutouts 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Sharon Chapman
It so perfectly captures the rhythms and ribaldry of a long nuptial weekend that by the time it s over you d swear you were one of the guests 
4
Rachel Getting Married
John Wirt
Anne Hathaway is the only reason to witness the rambling Rachel Getting Married 
2
Rachel Getting Married
Rob Thomas
That s the miraculous thing about Demme s beautiful harrowing and utterly humane film that for long stretches it doesn t feel like a movie at all but like a document of someone else s real life 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Phil Villarreal
Given to jarring shifts between lucid insight and cataclysmic meltdowns Hathaway makes Kym seem like a real person rather than a cartoonish concoction 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Michael Sragow
From one masterstroke after another Demme builds a portrait of a resilient family Yet nothing in it is studied or self conscious This director never sweats the small stuff He treasures it 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a superb achievement and Demme s best foray into fiction since The Silence of the Lambs 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Jeff Vice
The comedy drama not only boasts what might be Hathaway s best big screen performance it s one of the best things she s appeared in so far 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
John Beifuss
It s no coincidence that Hathaway s character arrives at her pregnant sister s wedding nine months clean a gestation period that has given birth to what 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Duane Dudek
A life and love affirming work of artistry and compassion 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Lisa Kennedy
By the time you leave the theater you feel like you were one of the guests I for one was happy for the invitation 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Eric Melin
Letting the movie breathe is the key to knowing the subtleties of Kym and her family Lumet s plotting may not be clever but her characterization is and the actors are up to the task 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Austin Kennedy
At first I wasn t buying it but the actors especially Hathaway turn what could have been a contrived story into an intriguing character study 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Michael Phillips
Hathaway DeWitt Irwin and especially Winger are working at a very high level So is their director His intuition regarding how to film this particular milestone event and the stories unfolding in the margins turned out to be just right 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Claudia Puig
Rachel Getting Married is at its best in scenes featuring Hathaway s mercurial character It s a triumphant and darkly nuanced role for her and a departure from the more lighthearted comedic performances she has given 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Chris Hewitt
Despite the jittery look it reminded me of one of those talky 50s melodramas where people crack jokes while their hearts break 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Rene Rodriguez
Rachel Getting Married is a portrait of a family reeling with pain and resentment and rising to the challenge of dealing with it head on 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Amy Biancolli
Demme brings a hand held non fiction sensibility that transforms what might have been yet another train wreck bridal melodrama into an abrasive but impossibly moving document of loss 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Carrie Rickey
Bravo to Demme Lumet and three extraordinary actresses 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Dustin Putman
Wrenching and uncompromising but not without an all important glimmer of hope Hathaway s performance is one that Oscar voters would be remiss to overlook 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Moira MacDonald
This emotionally wrenching drama is an actors showcase a primer on quick and dirty filmmaking that nonetheless looks beautiful and a welcome to the big leagues party for Anne Hathaway 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Mick LaSalle
Hollywood should make more movies like Rachel Getting Married but with a little more humility and a proper sense of timing 
2
Rachel Getting Married
Wesley Morris
Demme and screenwriter Jenny Lumet have given us an epic rehearsal dinner ceremony and reception that s half cabaret half group therapy session and completely multiracial multicultural and multisensory 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Jeanne Aufmuth
As a recovering addict on the verge of imploding Hathaway is the stuff that Oscar dreams of 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Roger Ebert
Apart from the story which is interesting enough Rachel Getting Married is like the theme music for an evolving new age 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a depth and passion to her performance that oozes lived in authenticity Hathaway s work here hands down one of the finest pieces of work I ve seen from any actor u2013 male or female u2013 this year 
4
Rachel Getting Married
Wilson Morales
Rachel Getting Married is a poignant and provocative drama that gives insight to hidden emotions within a family 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Glenn Whipp
In Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme takes what could have been another routine trip to dysfunction junction and turns it into a truthful and revelatory celebration of humanity 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Lou Lumenick
Worth celebrating as an overdue return to form by 80s icon Jonathan Demme 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Stephen Whitty
Rachel Getting Married Demme s newest feature is a return to the low budget low stress roots of Citizens Band and Melvin and Howard 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Alissa Wilkinson
Throbs with life from title to credits employing perhaps the most authentic characters you ll see on screen this year 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Peter Howell
Rachel Getting Married is a lot like life always moving forever unpredictable and forever getting in the way of best laid plans 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Peter Travers
Demme calls Rachel Getting Married a home movie A home run is more like it going deep into the joy and pain of being human 
3.5
Rachel Getting Married
Rick Groen
There is jagged pain but joy too there is love and simmering hatred laughter and anger feelings stripped bare and buoyed up All these opposites compellingly co exist in Rachel Getting Married 
4
Rachel Getting Married
James Berardinelli
At times the movie gets bogged down in minutia but the emotions evoked and captured are as honest and brutal as one is likely to find on film 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Andrew Schenker
Jumping from the dreariness of the familial drama to the good cheer of the concluding ceremony proves more than a little jarring but the tensions inherent in the film s split personality work in its favor 
3
Rachel Getting Married
Bill Chambers
Rachel Getting Married has the disadvantage of arriving soon after Margot at the Wedding
2
Trolls World Tour
Jason Fraley
Families are home craving content to entertain the kids Trolls World Tour accomplishes this with flying colors quite literally as the folks at DreamWorks Animation turn an animated journey into a unique music history lesson 
3
Trolls World Tour
Joseph Braverman
Trolls World Tour recognizes America s problematic music past and isn t afraid to expose the truth while delivering heartfelt lessons 
3
Trolls World Tour
Randy Myers
Trolls World Tour is not a mindblowing cinematic achievement but it is exactly what kids and parents need right now That s where it hits the high note 
3
Trolls World Tour
Jake Coyle
The plot gives World Tour an opportunity to cycle through countless hits and it does so so speedily that the film often feels less like a story than an impatient candy colored battle of the bands 
2
Trolls World Tour
Pamela Powell
Trolls World Tour is a spirited and lively animated feature that delivers exactly what its precursor Trolls did fun music that gets your toes a tappin brilliantly rich animation and positive life lessons 
3.5
Trolls World Tour
Rafer Guzman
Kids will probably be tickled by the slapstick humor and whimsical dance numbers 
2.5
Trolls World Tour
Barry Hertz
It works best when it just sticks closely to the refrain of its big closing number Just sing 
2.5
Trolls World Tour
Mark Feeney
The problem isn t rapidity per se so much as the uses to which it s put sudden transformations and plunges and general hyper ness 
2
Trolls World Tour
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is less character driven than the original but it makes up for that by embracing more interesting themes 
3
Trolls World Tour
Steven Prokopy
In terms of the music there are the obligatory high energy covers but it s the new songs that pulled me in the most 
2.5
Trolls World Tour
Jeff Mitchell
Trolls World Tour might be a good at home distraction or not 
2
Trolls World Tour
Sarah Knight Adamson
The effervescent glitter sprays catchy songs and visual neon kaleidoscope of trolls are a smidgeon overwhelming yet the heart of Troll World Tour has weighty underlying messages 
3.5
Trolls World Tour
Brian Tallerico
It often looks great it often sounds great and it achieves its main goal of delivering a sugar rush to a world in great need of some intense joy right now 
2.5
Trolls World Tour
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Co directors Dohrn and Smith keep the sequel bright and sparkly and frankly gorgeous like a rainbow or a garden in full bloom and they wrap things up neatly at just 90 minutes without wearing us down 
3
Trolls World Tour
Christian Toto
The sparkly sequel offers familiar tunes in a surprisingly conservative key 
3
Trolls World Tour
Mick LaSalle
If you start to get a headache remember you were warned 
1
Trolls World Tour
Sara Michelle Fetters
This sequel rarely allowed me to catch my breath It even more seldomly put anything that was happening into coherent perspective 
2
Trolls World Tour
Pat Brown
At its best the film doesn t just privilege altered states of consciousness it is an altered state of consciousness 
2
Trolls World Tour
Sean P. Means
After nearly a month of no new Hollywood movies not since the coronavirus pandemic forced theaters to close along with everything else fun it s enough of an entertainment to tickle the brain s pleasure centers with its rainbow barrage of playfulness 
3
Trolls World Tour
James Berardinelli
It s a shadow of its predecessor a regurgitation of some of the elements that made the first one popular but without the sense of spontaneous fun 
2
Trolls World Tour
Roger Moore
We re allowed to grind our teeth on the annoying omnipresence of autotune and James Corden a bloke who shows up everywhere and insists on singing 
2
Trolls World Tour
Brian Truitt
While not quite as subversive and refreshing as the first Trolls World Tour offers endless cuteness an impressive voice cast and just enough depth for grownups and children alike to chew on 
3
Trolls World Tour
Mark Dujsik
Like its predecessor this follow up is colorful and detailed but the colors and the details have expanded and become more focused 
3
Johnny Suede
Bill Chambers
Pitt s tendency to turn into a space cadet without a well defined archetype to play slows the movie s pacing to a crawl
2
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
John Beifuss
Director Budd Boetticher and screenwriter Joseph Landon are as fast on their feet as their hoofer turned gangster protagonist the efficiency and momentum of their storytelling should be models of inspiration for today s filmmakers 
3
Shepherd
Steven Prokopy
From writer 47 director Russell Owen 40 Inmate Zero 41 comes Shepherd 44 a surprisingly effective and angsty horror thriller set on a remote Scottish island where nothing seems to live but sheep 44 ghosts 44 and the occasional specter of death 46 
3
Shepherd
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he plotting of Shepherd 44 founded upon creepy moments and unclear mythology 44 feels like an extended delaying tactic 46 
2
Shepherd
Randy Myers
Heavy on unnerving atmospherics the trill of bells decaying interiors etc this psychological thriller set on a remote Scottish island is chilling in every way 
2.5
Second Coming
Michael Dequina
However willfully obscured the narrative may be the emotional truth of every moment in the moment is always piercingly clear and punishingly accessible 
3
The Gallows
Sonny Bunch
I wouldn t want to definitively say The Gallows is the nadir of the found footage genre but I have to hope we re nearing rock bottom 
1.5
The Gallows
David Nusair
A generic laughably incompetent found footage horror flick 
1
The Gallows
Mike McGranaghan
If you re a connoisseur of blurry images of floors and feet then this is the motion picture you ve been waiting for 
1
The Gallows
Richard Roeper
In a quick 80 minutes we get the back story we meet the four core characters all of the young actors do fine work get the wits scared out of us about a half dozen times and wind up with a VERY creepy ending 
3
The Gallows
Linda Cook
Enough already 
1
The Gallows
Dann Gire
A pedestrian found footage tale with characters desperately justifying why they keep shooting video while fleeing for their lives 
1.5
The Gallows
Barry Hertz
As the latest entry in the tired found footage horror subgenre this on the cheap film has never met a cliché it didn t embrace like sweet death itself 
1
The Gallows
Sean P. Means
At least the Blair Witch kids knew how to hold the camera steady 
1
The Gallows
Burl Burlingame
Praising The Gallows is rather like pointing out how wonderful the frosting decorations are on a turd 
1
The Gallows
Peter Sobczynski
A ridiculous fusion of Paranormal Activity and Glee that is so incredibly dumb that it is almost but never quite scary to behold 
1
The Gallows
Kam Williams
Scary fright fare that puts a creepy new spin on the meaning of school spirit 
3
The Gallows
Mick LaSalle
The filmmakers needed to set themselves free even more than the characters but they never find the path out They probably never realized they were trapped 
2
The Gallows
Lou Lumenick
Nonsensical and virtually scare free 
0
The Gallows
Bruce DeMara
Despite its initial promise and some decent scares you re in for a sharp and sudden drop in satisfaction in the final throes 
2
The Gallows
Mark Dujsik
The Gallows is scary in the same way the 20th ride on the same roller coaster is exciting 
1.5
The Gallows
Adam Nayman
The Gallows winds up telegraphing its final twist so far in advance that you begin to resent the characters for not cluing in 
0.5
The Gallows
Dustin Putman
Intellectually The Gallows may not hold up to close scrutiny but as a meticulous exercise in dread there is no denying how well it works 
2.5
The Gallows
Roger Moore
Clumsy found footage set up hackwork script and actors who seem no more scared than we are as in Not at all 
1
The Gallows
Stephen Whitty
The plot is a collection of contrivances Oh no the lights all went out My cell phone won t work I m running for my life I d better keep filming and the scares are simple sudden stupid shocks 
1
The Gallows
Gwynedd Stuart
The Gallows is a perfectly fun entry in Blumhouse Productions ever growing roster of low budget mock verite chillers Insidious Paranormal Activity 
3
The Gallows
Michael Phillips
Lofing and Cluff certainly know the found footage ropes and the tropes we ll see if their next project reveals a little more imagination 
2.5
The Gallows
Matt Pais
Scared teenagers Darkness TV static Silence Loud noises Creepy mask Total idiots You get it You ve seen it 
1
The Gallows
Moira MacDonald
Too quickly it s all just blurry camera work and noise with neither scares nor drama 
1.5
The Gallows
Rick Bentley
The combination of a solid story good acting efforts from the young cast and enough logical use of the hand held cameras helps The Gallows rise above the flat fodder that is often seen in this format 
2.5
The Gallows
Eric Henderson
The film is sstrictly a high tech spin on one of those Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 
1.5
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
Roger Ebert
This film is really not so much about Garcia Lorca as about memory and history about how poets are given most of their power not by those who love them but by those who fear them 
3
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
Steve Rhodes
The script is alive with vivid imagery when reading directly from Lorca s poetry In contrast the rest of the flat dialog has little resonance 
2.5
Dishdogz
David Nusair
one s enjoyment is undoubtedly directly related to one s appreciation for extreme sports 
2
AC/DC: Rock Power
Burl Burlingame
Retitled from earlier release A true AC DC fan knows the volume has to be cranked up enough so that the bass notes can separate your vertebrae 
2
Meeting Spencer
Kyle Smith
At best a sporadically amusing sketchbook of theater types 
1.5
The Waterdance
Betsy Bozdech
A well acted deliberately paced drama about the sometimes stark realities of paralysis 
3
The Waterdance
Roger Ebert
Films are so often about big dumb conflicts and predictable conclusions The Waterdance is about the everyday process of continuing one s life under a tragically altered set of circumstances 
3.5
Silk
Brandon Fibbs
It is worse than a straightforward bad film it is a middling stagnant film that could have been extraordinary 
2
Silk
Susan Walker
Franois Girard s Silk is not merely painterly It might as well be a painting for all that it eschews storytelling forcing the viewer to scan the lush imagery in search of clues to what if anything might be going on 
2
Silk
Stephen Cole
Though elegantly staged Silk is badly written and indifferently cast 
2
Silk
David Nusair
The lack of overt instances of exposition consequently ensures that one s enjoyment of the movie is directly related to one s familiarity with Baricco s book 
1.5
Silk
James Berardinelli
It s a perfect example of how awful direction and performances can ruin an adequate screenplay 
1.5
Silk
Jack Mathews
Limp satire 
2
Silk
Pam Grady
It is a gorgeous film to look at but it has little to recommend it beyond pretty pictures 
2
Silk
John Hartl
Faithful to the book but much less stylish it succeeds only in demonstrating that Michael Pitt can cause anyone s eyelids to droop when he s handed the leading role 
1.5
Silk
Joshua Kosman
The main problem is the casting with Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley evidently competing to see who can be more attractive and vacuous 
2
Silk
Kyle Smith
As sensuous as its title Silk is an exquisitely felt love story that unfolds as delicately as a blooming flower And as slowly 
3
Silk
Jackie Loohauis
If you see Silk be happy just to see it in all its gorgeousness That alone makes it worth your own trek to the theater 
2.5
Silk
Bruce Westbrook
Although the period piece film has all the trappings from beautiful people to an obligatory sense of tragedy it never follows through In fact its love story needs a shove it just lies there 
1.5
Silk
Roger Ebert
Silk is a languid too languid story of romantic regrets mostly ours because romance is expected to carry the film without explaining it 
2
Silk
Betsy Bozdech
The movie looks gorgeous but the story never really builds momentum you keep waiting for the real action to start but it never does 
1.5
Silk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Girard dampens it choosing to frame pretty pictures and frost them with a constant twittering score 
1
Silk
Jeff Strickler
If there were an award for the gloomiest movie of the year Silk would win hands down 
1.5
Silk
Jan Stuart
The stilted dialogue makes all of the actors sound as if they re being dubbed into English badly especially the English speaking ones Alfred Molina looking seriously bored 
1.5
Silk
Chris Hewitt
Here s a little game you can play if you get bored during Silk and you will get bored during Silk How many actors do you suppose were offered the lead role before the producers settled on Michael Pitt 
1
Silk
Matt Pais
Like being slapped in the face by a feather You re surprised that something so soft can grab your attention but have neither emotional nor physical bruises to show for it 
2
Silk
Joe Lozito
Sumptuously photographed but achingly dull story of a French silk trader who finds unrequited love in 19th century Japan 
1.5
Silk
Nick Schager
As striking and insubstantial as its titular fabric 
1.5
Silk
Jeanne Aufmuth
Alessandro Baricco s lyrical short novel is tentatively re imagined as a saccharine love story with minimal depth 
2
Imitation of Life
Josh Larsen
Melodrama with lasting 44 emotional heft 46 46 46 
3.5
Imitation of Life
Ed Gonzalez
Sirk immediately and deliberately acknowledges the film s metaphoric almost pathological obsession with surfaces 
4
Water's Edge
David Nusair
the film is ultimately quite a bit better than most others of this ilk 
2.5
Guns for San Sebastian
Matt Brunson
It s Quinn who makes this worth a peek 
2.5
The N-Word
Kam Williams
Is it now socially acceptable to utter the N word in polite company 
4
Cowgirls 'n Angels
Brandy McDonnell
With the consistently excellent Cromwell and precocious Madison leading the cast Cowgirls N Angels is worth watching even when it ventures into overly corny or cliched territory 
3
Extreme Ops
Nick Rogers
We get awful effects and endless shots of stuntmen filling in for B grade actors 40 such as Bridgette Wilson Sampras 41 traveling down mountains 46 How fascinating 46 
1
Extreme Ops
Sara Michelle Fetters
More so next time you promise me 100 minutes of nonstop extreme thrills could you actually provide some 
.5
Extreme Ops
Jan Stuart
An acceptably mindless sanctuary from the annual December attack of important movies duking it out for Oscar glory 
2
Extreme Ops
Collin Souter
Extreme Ops has plenty of value as a movie on which you and your funniest friends can goof There exists no logic to the plot and no point to the process And I still don t know what an Op is 
1.5
Extreme Ops
Linda Cook
It s exactly what you d expect No more and no less 
2
Extreme Ops
Jeff Vice
There is some plotting that is so stupid it will have audience members shaking their heads 
1
Extreme Ops
Mick LaSalle
Extreme Ops doesn t have two brain cells to rub together but it s an extreme sports thrill ride with a certain appeal 
2
Extreme Ops
Joe Baltake
A B movie you can sit through enjoy on a certain level and then forget 
3
Extreme Ops
Steven Rea
A tad more character development would have been nice 
2
Extreme Ops
Sean P. Means
Slow silly and unintentionally hilarious 
1
Extreme Ops
Jonathan Foreman
A pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between XXX and Vertical Limit 
1
Extreme Ops
Liam Lacey
The stunt work is top notch the dialogue and drama often food spittingly funny 
2
Extreme Ops
Dustin Putman
If director Christian Duguay and screenwriter Michael Zaidan can be given millions of dollars by a studio to film something as obnoxiously bad as this then even a young child of seven or eight has what it takes to work in Hollywood 
0
Extreme Ops
Elvis Mitchell
Another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing moldering pile of well extreme stunt pictures 
1
Extreme Ops
Ross Anthony
Extreme Ops exceeds expectations Good fun good action good acting good dialogue good pace good cinematography 
2.5
Extreme Ops
Chris Hewitt
The good thing the only good thing about Extreme Ops is that it s so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to do list 
0
Extreme Ops
Tor Thorsen
The only thing extreme about this operation is its abilty to irritate 
1
Extreme Ops
Phil Villarreal
It s all shameless pandering to corporate America s perceived view of What Today s Kids Like 
1
Extreme Ops
Steve Rhodes
A blend of XXX and Jackass The Movie Extreme Ops is extremely stupid 
1
Extreme Ops
Rob Blackwelder
I can t remember the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops 
0
Extreme Ops
Jeanne Aufmuth
Poor editing bad bluescreen and ultra cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action 
1
Extreme Ops
Ed Gonzalez
Imagine if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno 
1
Drugstore Cowboy
Roger Ebert
The movie stars Matt Dillon in one of the great recent American movie performances 
4
Drugstore Cowboy
Chris Hicks
There s a lot of humor here some of it quite black as the story unfolds in a stark matter of fact style And it is the many little realistic touches here and there that make the film ring true 
3.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Mattie Lucas
A grand gorgeous production to be sure but there is little substance beneath the glitz 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Michael Dequina
Irresistibly salacious soap opera teeming with lust scheming backstabbing and some outrageously overheated plot twists 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Austin Kennedy
A very entertaining and involving story of family and sacrifice 
3.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Peter Canavese
The film gets a full This is a work of fiction disclaimer even noting that any resemblance to any person living or dead is unintentional That tells you something about how much trust to put in these historical CliffsNotes 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Matt Brunson
Feels like an Oscar bait title that somehow got its DNA mixed up with a daytime soap opera 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Linda Cook
A depressing soap opera of a film The Other Boleyn Girl makes early English history at least for women look like Hades itself And maybe it was After all a woman s reputation and worth did not depend on so much on her education personality and goo
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sean P. Means
Screenwriter Peter Morgan The Queen gives the bodice ripping action of Philippa Gregory s novel a high tone gloss by stressing the political machinations at work behind the bed hopping 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Jeffrey Westhoff
All the lush sets and elaborate costumes cannot disguise the fact that Portman is terribly cast 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Camerin Courtney
A cautionary tale of what unchecked ambition and lust can do to a person a family a nation 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sean O'Connell
The women in the cast are exceptional The men are miscast 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Kyle Smith
Set your bosoms to heave and prepare to have your bodices ripped The Other Boleyn Girl is in the house with a pair of 16th century foxes 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Larry Ratliff
When filmmakers re imagine history as they did with Becoming Jane and now with The Other Boleyn Girl affairs of the heart can get dicey At least Jane Austen kept her head in the process 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Gina Carbone
I ve read reviews calling this a campy bodice ripper If only It desperately needs a dose of the b es on heat sass of the novel Instead we have a milk and honey picture 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Claudia Puig
An oversimplified overheated mediocre melodrama 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Maitland McDonagh
Portman and Johansson are phenomenal alone and together 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Philip Marchand
A vulgarized portrayal of the Tudor court 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Chris Hewitt
What Boleyn Girl lacks in character development it makes up in vigor immediacy and intelligence 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Moira MacDonald
The Other Boleyn Girl is an agreeable piece of filmmaking carefully and sometimes artfully balancing solemnity with fluff 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Bruce Newman
Chadwick and Morgan have cooked up a potboiler the sort of thing that might have been fun to watch with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as the Boleyn sisters while Charles Laughton lasciviously eyed the backs of their necks as Henry 
1
The Other Boleyn Girl
Mick LaSalle
However embarrassed you might feel in the morning this in an enjoyable movie with an entertaining angle on a hard to resist period of history 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Carla Meyer
Most of us know where this story is headed ba da bum and in order for the moment in question to have impact ba da thump Anne should engender at least a modicum of sympathy 
1.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
James Berardinelli
An entertainingly sudsy trip through early 16th century English history 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Lou Lumenick
Unsexy and not particularly good looking 
1.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Jim Emerson
If Russ Meyer had made The Other Boleyn Girl Anne and Mary Boleyn would have yanked some hair scratched some eyeballs walloped each other in their respective kissers and the movie would have been all the better for it 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Elizabeth Weitzman
As the girls mother Kristin Scott Thomas is basically reduced to shaking her head sighing and wondering how things turned out so badly Indeed 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Mary-Liz Shaw
On location exteriors throughout the English countryside elaborate costumes and colorful sets overrun with tapestries mounds of food and large sporting hounds make this one of the most authentic looking period films in recent years 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Amy Biancolli
The film s seduction is all too obvious to ravish anyone 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Rick Groen
What might have been delicious trash lacks the courage of its trashy convictions and the result is high born melodrama with the juice boiled out so much dry cabbage on fine china plate 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
James Rocchi
With The Other Boleyn Girl the sheen and shine of the clothing and sets can t quite blind us to the fact there s very little drama under all the drapery and you ll recall the textures of the fabrics long after you ve forgotten the threads of the plot 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Jeff Vice
This overstuffed bit of fluff can t muster much in the way of excitement It offers a yawn inducing sketchy and fairly questionable version of historical events 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Lisa Kennedy
Neither Johansson nor Portman convince 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Lawrence Toppman
If you re indifferent to silly revisions of history and bad acting you may enjoy The Other Boleyn Girl I m not and I didn t 
2
The Other Boleyn Girl
Ty Burr
The Other Boleyn Girl is the kind of potted historical drama that s not good enough to take seriously and sadly not bad enough to be any fun 
1.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Justin Chadwick seems to have suddenly woken up behind the camera with no idea of how he got there or what kind of film this is 
1
The Other Boleyn Girl
Daniel M. Kimmel
a mix of history lurid melodrama sex politics and two top notch actresses making for a most entertaining brew 
3
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like Anne it is as if the pair s ambition has gotten the better of them and for all their strengths as filmmakers it s the hurriedly chaotic storytelling which ultimately slices this film s jugular to bloodily exasperated smithereens 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Dustin Putman
Fascinating in its depiction of a troubled relationship between sisters that is anything but black and white This emotionally ripe angle to a tragic story that could have been told any number of ways is where the film gets its potency 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Willie Waffle
You have to rely on more than fancy costumes to make a period piece interesting 
1
The Other Boleyn Girl
Peter Travers
The film moves in frustrating herks and jerks What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson who give the Boleyn hotties a tough core of intelligence and wit 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Carrie Rickey
Given the zing and zip of screenwriter Morgan s prior work it s fair to guess that the film s want of rhythm and sweep is due to Justin Chadwick s pedestrian direction 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Jan Stuart
Beneath the thundering horse hoofs and happy wedding fiddles is a viper s nest of sexual intrigue that would be at home on Desperate Housewives 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Jessica Reaves
Sticklers for historical accuracy are forewarned This glossy production plays fast and loose with the facts abbreviating altering and excising entire character arcs and plot lines 
2.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Ross Anthony
Dialogue focuses only on how characters relate to each other A game of love lust power manipulation Nothing more aside from their rather single minded aims 
1
The Other Boleyn Girl
Bill Weber
The umpteenth film incarnation of Henry VIII s marriage to Anne Boleyn The Other Boleyn Girl races through the events at the Tudor court like a triple time miniseries 
1.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Phil Villarreal
Shares a trait with Henry It s relentlessly powerful and makes up for its lack of well thought out plotting with deftly effective execution 
3.5
The Other Boleyn Girl
Josh Larsen
Eric Bana is absolutely Fabio lous ready to burst from the cover of a romance novel at any moment 
2
Peur de rien
Kent Turner
The movie s pre 9 11 time frame 1993 Paris sets it apart from other movies about immigration 
2.5
The Echo
David Nusair
just another unpleasant interminably paced horror effort that s been modeled after superior predecessors like The Ring and Dark Water 
1.5
The Lost Sons
Richard Roeper
The Lost Sons examines the complex ultimately poignant story of Paul Fronczak 
3
The Lost Sons
Kent Turner
Effortlessly intriguing 
2.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Kevin Carr
The reason to see this movie is the cinematography and the scenery and the composition of it 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Matt Brunson
Movies that adopt an everything but the kitchen sink approach are often maddening messes but this French import is reminiscent of countless other films and yet still manages to retain its own swagger of originality 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Sara Michelle Fetters
Leave it to the French to find a place for kung fu in an 18th century corsets and werewolves epic And give them credit for including a generous helping of sex bawdiness and a dash of Native American mysticism too just to make things interesting 
3.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
David Keyes
A stylish smart edgy exciting and involving trek though familiar folklore often better than the masses have been told and even more appealing after repeat viewings 
4
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Jorge Avila Andrade
Magnífica oportunidad para poder apreciar otro tipo de cine de acción que no provenga de Hollywood donde la calidad está peleada con la taquilla y la maquinaria generadora de dólares 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Mark Dujsik
A delightfully eclectic piece of filmmaking 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Margaret A. McGurk
If The Brotherhood of the Wolf has a reason for being it may be only to prove that the French can make movies as silly blood soaked and overblown as the Americans 
1
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Jeffrey Westhoff
The damnedest thing I ve seen since the Siegfried and Roy 3 D Imax movie 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Robert Roten
A big sprawling adventure yarn that s a lot more like a Hollywood film than a European film 
2.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
James Kendrick
thoroughly engrossing a high rent guilty pleasure whose subtitles do little to obscure its basic investment in the thrills of sex and violence
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Peter Howell
Exhilirating viewing at least while the feet are flying and the fangs are baring 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Liam Lacey
Utterly preposterous but so full of enthusiasm and flashy style that it s entertaining anyway 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Marty Mapes
Brotherhood is set in 18th century France and it kicks more butt than The Patriot
2.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
James Berardinelli
Daring in its approach and successful in its result assuming the result is to provide pure entertainment to the viewer 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Michael Dequina
If director Christophe Gans and writer Stéphane Cabel had been content to simply make an 18th Century set chopsocky creature feature then all would have been fine 
2
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Lou Lumenick
Check your brains at the popcorn stand ignore most of the florid subtitled dialogue and sit back and enjoy this genre bending wild ride 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Edward Guthmann
Gans splices genres without shame and makes a grand effort at proving that the French can make big boneheaded mass market action flicks too 
1
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Pam Grady
Gourmet Brie on a baguette empty calories and certainly a guilty pleasure but what a delicious diversion 
3.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Roger Ebert
I would be lying if I did not admit that this is all in its absurd and overheated way entertaining 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Rob Blackwelder
Despite its laughable elements the film s eerie ambience continually bolsters its integrity 
2.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Steve Rhodes
Its beast which looks like a papier mâché dinosaur jumps around like a cheap monster from a bad 1950 s sci fi flick 
1.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Ed Gonzalez
Gans s Gallic super production is so outrageously trashy it s impossible not to like 
3
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Walter Chaw
Imagine what it d be like if John Woo were a French guy obsessed with Lautrecian brothels 
3.5
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Harvey S. Karten
The combatants in pre revolutionary France could have taught Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan a lesson 
3
The Poker Club
David Nusair
an admittedly slight yet consistently entertaining piece of work 
2.5
The Fifth Element
Gene Siskel
The Fifth Element has enough eye appeal for two good movies 
3
The Fifth Element
David Nusair
Loud long and overwhelming 
2
The Fifth Element
Scott Nash
Pure eye candy and a rollicking good time 
3.5
The Fifth Element
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I knew where it was going at all times but the ride was excellent 
3
The Fifth Element
Matt Brunson
This gonzo sci fi outing proves to be a messy amalgam a motion picture with the body of a mainstream blockbuster but the spirit of a trendy cult flick And yet for all its narrative incoherencies visual excesses and shifting moods the movie works 
3
The Fifth Element
Robert Roten
The best looking science fiction movie to come out in years with fabulous sets costumes and special effects but its plot doesn t quite measure up to its appearance 
3
The Fifth Element
Margaret A. McGurk
Fifth Element doesn t reach the level of great sci fi to which it clearly aspires because it has too many characters doing too many things for too few reasons Still it s a lot of fun 
3
The Fifth Element
Mick LaSalle
The Fifth Element has to be the most creative visualization since Tim Burton s first Batman in 1989 On top of that it s a whole lot of fun 
3
The Fifth Element
James Kendrick
What an exhilarating visual feast is Luc Besson s The Fifth Element And what a mess 
1.5
The Fifth Element
Michael Dequina
Rarely does a filmmaker s original vision come to the screen in all its audacious undiluted glory 
3
The Fifth Element
David N. Butterworth
While the logic of the storyline leaves a lot to be desired The Fifth Element satisfies as sheer spectacle 
3
The Fifth Element
Madeleine Williams
The world that director Luc Besson has created is original and breathtaking In fact it is almost worth the admission for the eye candy alone 
3
The Fifth Element
James O'Ehley
Director Besson keeps the action moving fast enough to satisfy any action movie junkie 
3
The Fifth Element
Marty Mapes
It sounds like a big confused jumble but actually it has its own internal consistency and look It is almost immediately engaging and engrossing 
3
The Fifth Element
Susan Wloszczyna
An overblown cosmic comic book 
2
The Fifth Element
Rob Blackwelder
An eye popping exciting comic bookish sensory overload experience 
3
The Fifth Element
Steve Rhodes
A highly involving and mesmerizing film 
3.5
The Fifth Element
James Berardinelli
A lot of money was spent on this film but 100 million doesn t guarantee a good product Maybe someone should have thought of spending a few more dollars on a better script 
2
The Fifth Element
Roger Ebert
One of the great goofy movies a film so preposterous I wasn t surprised to discover it was written by a teenage boy 
3
Ghost Dad
Dennis King
As America s foremost TV dad Heathcliffe Huxtable on The Cosby Show Cosby is warm wise and lovable As Elliott Hopper the overworked unattentive dad in Ghost Dad Cosby is on the large screen a mere shadow of his television presence 
1
Ghost Dad
John Hartl
Ghost Dad may be the dumbest major studio movie of this none too bright summer 
1.5
Ghost Dad
Desmond Ryan
The comedy represents a step up from the inane debacle of Leonard Part 6 but one has to concede that no other direction was possible 
2
Ghost Dad
Gary Thompson
Ghost Dad is so bad it s scary 
1.5
Ghost Dad
Dave Kehr
Poitier s rhythms are so sluggish that the film s finale seems to have been optically speeded up in a last ditch attempt to give the picture some dash and energy 
1
Ghost Dad
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t exhibit the slightest attempt to be consistent logical or sensible in anything and there are scenes so pointless and unmotivated that attentive audiences will ask what they re doing in the movie 
0.5
Ghost Dad
Chris Hicks
All the characters are cardboard cutouts the sentimental moments between pratfalls are very strained and even the special effects are sometimes gratuitous 
1.5
Ordinary Love
Michael O'Sullivan
A lovely understated thing 
3.5
Ordinary Love
Sean P. Means
Ordinary Love bears in many ways the most accurate movie title of all time because it gently and precisely chronicles a year of crisis in the life of a most ordinary married couple 
3
Ordinary Love
Mick LaSalle
I hated this film I hated every minute of it and at times it even made me angry 
1
Ordinary Love
Roger Moore
Puts the social in socialized medicine 
2.5
Ordinary Love
Steven Prokopy
Ordinary Love almost prides itself on avoiding sentimentality while still being a deeply emotional experience 
3.5
Ordinary Love
Cate Marquis
With Neeson and Manville Ordinary Love is a moving romantic inspiring portrait of mature love 
3.5
Ordinary Love
Robert Levin
An engaging and well acted drama that finds catharsis and hope in a terrible personal ordeal 
3
Ordinary Love
Bob Bloom
The film s villain is not so much the cancer but the insidious havoc it wreaks on relationships and the mortality of existence 
3
Ordinary Love
Richard Roeper
Despite strong performances by Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson the domestic drama offers little beyond recounting the steps of diagnosis and treatment 
2.5
Ordinary Love
Johanna Schneller
But here s the thing Joan and Tom do come back from it The couples who stay together figure out how to do that Ordinary Love is an argument that as hard as that is it s worth it 
4
Ordinary Love
Jeff Mitchell
Manville bravely delivers a raw authentic performance and thankfully Neeson takes a break from gunning down massive quantities of drug dealers and kidnappers 
3
Ordinary Love
Ty Burr
It s a bit like having a front row seat at being human 
3
Ordinary Love
Rex Reed
Traditionally audiences avoid movies about nice people bravely battling terminal illnesses by the millions Can two stars this viable and magnetic erase the stigma 
3
Ordinary Love
Nell Minow
Manville has to go through a kaleidoscope of moods and emotions and every one of them is precise fearless and searingly real 
3.5
Ordinary Love
David Nusair
Neeson and Manville s completely convincing and impressively lived in work here ultimately sets the picture apart from its myriad of similarly themed brethren 
3
Harpoon
Federico Furzan
An almost perfect horror comedy that serves its viewers with an ingenuous and intelligent script What a ride Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Harpoon
Barry Hertz
Grant adds lots of fisticuffs and gore to the proceedings but it s Gelman s voice that answer s the narrative s numerous SOS calls 
2.5
Harpoon
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone with a messed up sense of humor and an interest in examining how low people can stoop in stressful situations will find plenty to enjoy 
3
Oxyana
Clayton Davis
The film is polished enough to open the door for discussion by political and movie goers everywhere and emotional enough to warrant a reaction 
3
Narco Soldiers
Roger Moore
A dull derivative B movie in English that sets up the Big Game of the Caribbean playing drug cartels off against one another
1
The Long Riders
Roger Moore
The story of the James Younger Gang told in stately sweeping vistas star charisma cold blooded stares and bursts of epic Peckinpah violence 
4
The Long Riders
Matt Brunson
The Long Riders sounds like merely a gimmick cast real life brothers as real life outlaw siblings but it turned out to be one of the last decent Westerns to hit the big screen until the early 1990s brought us Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven 
3
The Long Riders
Peter Canavese
Hill s lean mean approach never had a more appealing texture than it does here 
3
The Long Riders
Chuck O'Leary
Walter Hill s first Western is atmospheric and remarkably authentic by casting real life thespian brothers as real life outlaw brothers 
3
My Name Is Ivan
Mattie Lucas
Remains one of the most remarkable debuts in all of cinema and one of the most indelible portraits of war and childhood ever made 
4
My Name Is Ivan
Eric Melin
Pairing poetic images with fragmented characters and Ivan s single minded desire to get back in the fray the result is disturbing and affecting 
3
My Name Is Ivan
Jeremiah Kipp
Even in this his first feature we see that Andrei Tarkovsky is compelled by memories of precious things 
3.5
Dudley Do-Right
Steve Simels
Why in the wide wide world of sports would anybody make a big budget feature film from a decades old animated cartoon parody of Nelson Eddy Jeanette MacDonald movies 
2
Dudley Do-Right
Laura Reiley
Pacing is slow in this comedy as if actors are waiting along with the weary kids and adults in the audience for anyone to say something funny We re still waiting 
1.5
Dudley Do-Right
Liam Lacey
The latest in a series of movies adapted from old TV series aimed at Baby Boomers and their babies 
2
Dudley Do-Right
Rob Blackwelder
What a let down 
1
Dudley Do-Right
Roger Ebert
It s harmless simple minded and has a couple of sequences better than Dudley really deserves 
2.5
Dudley Do-Right
Dustin Putman
You re obviously supposed to root for Dudley to triumph but his character remains nothing more than a clumsy accident prone doofus 
1.5
Dudley Do-Right
Steve Rhodes
After the movie is over Horse s head appears through the screen as he sticks out his tongue to give it raspberries My sentiments exactly 
2
Dudley Do-Right
Walter V. Addiego
This one is really for Fraser die hards only 
2
Dudley Do-Right
Michael Dequina
When will Hollywood learn that successful animated concepts just don t cut it when translated to flesh and blood life 
0
Dudley Do-Right
James Berardinelli
The latest waste of celluloid 
2
Dudley Do-Right
Peter Stack
There are so many lame gags in the film that viewers may feel assaulted But at least the pace is lively 
2
Dudley Do-Right
Pam Grady
It mainly strikes fool s gold 
2
The Green Chain
Fiona Morrow
A fake documentary on the British Columbian logging industry is a hard sell But writer and director Mark Leiren Young manages to make light work of the subject 
3
Shooter
Matt Brunson
Comparisons to Sylvester Stallone s similarly ill treated combat vet are paper thin since this film is anything but a Rambore 
3
Shooter
James Kendrick
purports to question the way in which the military can take over the political process but its answer is little more than the very violence it s supposedly critiquing 
2
Shooter
Lori Hoffman
Mark Wahlberg is an effective weapon of mass destruction as an ex marine set up to take the fall for an ugly political cover up 
2.5
Shooter
Jeffrey Westhoff
Usually conspiracy thrillers don t work And few fail on as many levels as Shooter 
1
Shooter
Jonathan W. Hickman
The result is fun in tiny spots but with no thrills to go around 
2
Shooter
Greg Maki
Falls victim to lazy filmmakers 
1.5
Shooter
Walter Chaw
You do wish somewhere along the way that nuance were as effective as all those dead patriots 
2
Shooter
David N. Butterworth
Marky Marksman 
2.5
Shooter
David Nusair
It s not often that one complains of an action movie not being mindless enough but that s precisely the problem with Shooter 
2
Shooter
Nick Rogers
It has one triple super sudden death revenge overtime too many But inhale this meaty juicy thriller like you would a Thickburger before the dripping grease congeals on your fingers and you start thinking about what you re eating 
3
Shooter
Frank Ochieng
Creatively this Shooter ends up firing blanks in its patchy profile of skepticism involving big brass governmental misconduct 
2
Shooter
Claudia Puig
Despite gripping chase sequences and a few awe inspiring fiery explosions gaping holes in the convoluted plot make Shooter heavier on style than substance 
2
Shooter
Maitland McDonagh
A sleek taut entertainment spiked with timely political bile 
3
Shooter
Peter Howell
It may not qualify as a masterpiece yet is a masterful thriller nonetheless 
3
Shooter
Moira MacDonald
A competent if uninspired action thriller 
2
Shooter
Bruce Newman
Shooter won t win any Oscars but it has blood and brains and even some heart They re splattered all over the screen 
3
Shooter
Peter Hartlaub
The crushing two hour plus running time and Tom Clancy for dummies plot sabotage the film which becomes particularly ridiculous in the last 30 minutes 
2
Shooter
David Elliott
As Bob Lee Swagger marksman sniper death dealer Wahlberg in Shooter has his most physically perfect role since Boogie Nights 
3
Shooter
Carla Meyer
Without Wahlberg s rock solid presence as a former Marine sniper turned hunted man the mediocrity of Shooter would be clearer sooner 
2.5
Shooter
Peter Travers
Suspended over a deep gully of disbelief where logic takes more bullets than the bad guys Shooter still makes the grade as hard ass action escapism 
2.5
Shooter
Gary Goldstein
Writer Jonathan Lemkin never streamlined the plot enough to make this the fully accessible popcorn picture it aims to be Frankly I defy any average moviegoer to accurately recount Shooter s knotty story 
2.5
Shooter
Steven Rea
A chase movie and a pretty crafty thriller Shooter owes a lot to Sydney Pollack s Three Days of the Condor 
3
Shooter
Gene Seymour
Shooter eventually gets in its own way by hitting things too hard too loud and too long 
2.5
Shooter
Stephen Whitty
It s best to turn your brain off half an hour in 
2
Shooter
Kyle Smith
Though the movie has some mild pretensions to rank with great paranoia films like Three Days of the Condor mostly it s content to deliver Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes action 
2.5
Shooter
Jack Mathews
The plot is so dense and cockamamie trying to follow it isn t worth the bother 
2
Shooter
Graham Killeen
It s not that the movie s terribly bad it s more that nothing in it is really that good 
2
Shooter
Peter Debruge
The movie s politics may miss their mark but its thrills are dead on 
3
Shooter
Bob Strauss
Shooter knows what it s aiming for and is consistently satisfyingly on target 
3
Shooter
Robert Folsom
The movie s big conspiracy is only a peg on which to hang the suspenseful action Toss in beautiful locations and great cinematography and you have a solid action film 
3
Shooter
Amy Biancolli
A sleek scattershot and vigorously incoherent vigilante flick that assumes the high ground just long enough to slay every corrupt dirt ball in its path 
2
Shooter
Stephen Cole
Like most modern action films Shooter is too explicit more interested in mayhem than motive 
2.5
Shooter
Michael Booth
Shooter boasts a likable hero and the possibility of a sequel and Hollywood rarely asks for a more storybook ending than that 
2.5
Shooter
Bill Zwecker
While it s fast paced and often something of a nail biter Shooter doesn t really pay off other than merely give us a lot of action merely for action s sake 
2.5
Shooter
Lawrence Toppman
An intermittently preposterous drawn out but sometimes entertaining story about an unstoppable ex Marine 
2
Shooter
Ty Burr
A stylish but essentially businesslike smash and crasher 
2.5
Shooter
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s pretty close to being a disaster and if not for a few energetic bursts of excitement and a rather nice bit of character acting from Pena there s little if anything here to warrant a recommendation 
2
Shooter
John Beifuss
A less musclebound Rambo reimagined for the politically disgusted era of Dubya 
3
Shooter
Larry Ratliff
This is a solid edge of your seat thriller that smacks of political intrigue 
3
Shooter
James Sanford
the perfect movie for guys who still daydream about re enacting Combat and The A Team episodes in the backyard But it s also a thriller with an undeniable political message Burn baby burn 
2.5
Shooter
Daniel M. Kimmel
a great popcorn movie It won t make you think but it won t insult your intelligence either 
3
Shooter
Vince Koehler
This movie has a wide variation of action suspense and thrills Not to mention some of the best special effects I have seen 
3.5
Shooter
Willie Waffle
A thrilling action movie because director Antoine Fuqua knows how to blow stuff up and Marky Mark knows how to kick some booty 
3
Shooter
Mark Dujsik
An immature angry polemic against military brass the government and politicians that is so simplistic the movie ends up being more brain dead for it 
1.5
Shooter
Nick Schager
Oh no they didn t 
2
Shooter
Chris Hewitt
The movie s called Shooter not Tea Cozy so it s no surprise it s a man s man s man s movie And a very entertaining one at that 
3
Shooter
Phoebe Flowers
Shooter is a well timed reminder that cinematic violence can qualify as something other than mindless it can even in deft hands be mindful 
3
Shooter
Dustin Putman
As a formidable A list action pic the film is an unexciting throwaway As an R rated exploitationer it doesn t understand that such a thing should actually be fun to watch 
1.5
Shooter
Michael Phillips
For years Wahlberg has been turning into a real actor and if he ever gets the action hero role he deserves we ll let you know 
2
Shooter
Matt Pais
Shooter ain t Shakespeare but on a lazy Sunday afternoon with nothing else to do you ll be glad this flick exists 
1.5
Shooter
Josh Larsen
Here s a customized way to gauge whether or not you ll enjoy Shooter Give it three stars for each gun you own 
1.5
Shooter
Phil Villarreal
Swagger after all has undergone the most intensive training known to man He s watched First Blood every day for 14 years 
2.5
Shooter
James Berardinelli
Even in a climate where the pervasive influence of 24 can be argued to have caused thriller fatigue Shooter is worth the price of admission 
3
Shooter
Jeanne Aufmuth
The bad guys are bad and the guns are smokin hot hey that s why they call it a thriller 
2.5
Shooter
Steve Rhodes
A predictable and preposterous picture with more plot holes than Bonnie and Clyde s machine gun riddled car 
2
Unhinged
Randy Myers
Screenwriter Carl Ellsworth and director Derrick Borte leave you gasping in a brutal thriller with a cynical view of the rage festering in all of us 
3
Unhinged
David Nusair
a briskly paced and unflinching thriller 
2.5
Unhinged
Sarah Knight Adamson
The movie turns into a violent slasher horror film very quickly Russell Crowe is terrifying as The Man I d recommend the film if you are a horror fan otherwise I d steer clear 
2.5
Unhinged
Mark Feeney
It s hard to imagine anyone desperate to an Unhinged degree 
1.5
Unhinged
Steven Prokopy
Well that was unpleasant 
2
Unhinged
Sean P. Means
If your standards have atrophied in the bunker accept some tough love and know that better movies are coming and you don t have to mask up for this mean spirited mess 
2
Unhinged
Brandy McDonnell
It doesn t help that the dialogue shooting style and score all glaringly signal every plot point miles before it arrives and that the characters actions are frustratingly far fetched 
1.5
Unhinged
Jocelyn Noveck
Follow Crowe on Twitter Find another film to bring you back to the theater 
1
Unhinged
Kevin A. Ranson
required viewing for all drivers education and personal safety courses it plays like an after school special too where the celebrity villain looms larger than life because the generic would be victim is actually the viewer 
3
Unhinged
Sonny Bunch
Unhinged is a pretty straightforward action thriller elevated by the sort of performance that only an actor of Crowe s caliber can deliver 
3
Unhinged
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Yes it s a thrill ride but not the kind that excites anyone not psychotic 
1
Unhinged
Mike McGranaghan
Russell Crowe is both the best and the worst thing that could have happened to Unhinged The best in that he gives a chilling performance as a psychopath The worst in that his presence may fool people into thinking the film is more than it is 
2.5
Unhinged
Jeff York
It wants to be profound and edgy a commentary about today s raging populace but it s not smart enough or nearly as emotionally moving as it thinks it is 
1
Unhinged
John Wirt
Yes it s a latter day B movie potboiler but also successful at provoking thrills shocks and some timely thoughts about the anger and disunion that characterizes our time 
3
Unhinged
Mark Dujsik
I n terms of cutting to and finding clever ways to maintain the chase the film does as they say get the job done 
3
Unhinged
Johnny Oleksinski
As the horror genre has in recent years grown more sophisticated and clever you heave a sigh of relief to be handed a thriller that s so dumb 
3
Unhinged
Chris Hewitt
It s not a particularly good or original film 
2
Unhinged
Christy Lemire
Unhinged seeks to exploit the malaise blanketing the nation for cheap and gory B movie jolts 
1.5
Unhinged
J. Don Birnam
Wildly entertaining story with a lead actor maybe playing himself if you re into gratuitous violence and lazy social commentary 
2.5
Unhinged
Bob Strauss
The performances and general suspense are good enough to kick Unhinged out of neutral 
2.5
Unhinged
Joe Friar
Russell Crowe is a nasty piece of work in the brutal road rage thriller that becomes an updated version of Spielberg s Duel with plenty of mayhem to keep viewers on the edge of their seat 
3
Unhinged
Chuck Bowen
Unhinged is essentially a nihilistic style free destructo rama that s designed to make us feel like shit 
1
Unhinged
Roger Moore
If this hasn t happened to you you must be taking the train or the bus to work 
2
Unhinged
Michael Phillips
A sadistic yet middling road rage thriller 
2
Unhinged
Richard Roeper
The broad stroke social commentary quickly gives way to a grimy and gruesome stalker movie 
2
4th Life
Linda Barnard
Perhaps the other three lives were better 
1.5
4th Life
Kamal Al-Solaylee
There s a depth that is hinted at but constantly beyond Miron s reach 
2
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Duane Dudek
Every film is a balance of style and storytelling the ideas explored and the medium used to express them 
3.5
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Alison Gang
A delightful set of films spanning genres styles and the globe in just one outing 
3.5
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Steven Rea
Although all technically accomplished this year s batch of live action shorts is more uneven 
3
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Peter Hartlaub
Typically eclectic and entertaining 
3
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Michael O'Sullivan
In between these bookends are some fascinating and diverse offerings 
2.5
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Ty Burr
While there are few genuine knockouts the 2013 crop is an improvement over last year 
3
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Chris Hewitt
I could see any of the live action shorts winning the top prize which is partly a reflection of their quality and partly because none truly stands out 
3.5
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Betsy Sherman
Strong 
3
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013
Roger Moore
A field of five films every one as deserving and brilliant as the best of the best picture nominees this year 
3.5
The Pagemaster
Christy Lemire
The Pagemaster is the kind of movie first grade teachers would have popped into the VCR in the 1990s to kill time on a rainy afternoon 
1
The Pagemaster
Walter Chaw
a nice starting point for an important conversation with your child about why so many cartoons think children are stupid 
1.5
The Pagemaster
Chris Hicks
The Pagemaster s problems can be easily traced back to the screenplay which simply lacks anything remotely resembling wit 
1.5
The Pagemaster
James Berardinelli
This clever often engaging and always fast paced motion picture uses the visual medium to encourage its viewers to reach out with their imagination 
3
The Pagemaster
Roger Ebert
A sad and dreary film 
1.5
The Pagemaster
Peter Stack
Plays too much like a TV cartoon 
2
3000 Miles to Graceland
Emanuel Levy
The Tarantino effect is very much in evidence in this trashy senseless and excessively violent actioner about a casino heist that goes uproariously awry 
1
3000 Miles to Graceland
David Nusair
an incoherent jumble of images 
2
3000 Miles to Graceland
Collin Souter
Curse a my soul This movie couldn t be worse The prints should be delivered from the back of a Hearse
0
3000 Miles to Graceland
Mark Dujsik
It insulted my intelligence yes but I still have some hope for the human race after watching it 
0.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Robert Roten
While it does contain many action film clich eacute s it also has some quirky characters who give it some charm 
2.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Blake French
Wouldn t have a clue about human kindness or romantic passion if they launched up and bit it in the nose 
1.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
James Kendrick
It is in every conceivable instance over baked and under conceived 
1
3000 Miles to Graceland
James Berardinelli
It should be banned from theaters on the grounds that anyone unwittingly seeing it is being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment 
0.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Roger Ebert
A sour and mean spirited enterprise so desperate to please it tries to be a yukky comedy and a hard boiled action picture at the same time 
1.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Pam Grady
One of the bloodiest and mind bogglingly dumb action adventures since the heyday of Steven Seagal 
2.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Erik Childress
It really is true how when you make a copy of a copy of a copy the most recent one doesn t pack the most quality 
1
3000 Miles to Graceland
Steve Rhodes
As flat as the Nevada desert where it is set 
1.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Michael Dequina
Lichtenstein apparently thought quirks such as the sight of Paul Having My Baby Anka firing a rifle would be enough to keep a viewer entertained 
1.5
3000 Miles to Graceland
Dustin Putman
Remains an uneasy uncomfortable balance between a comedic romp and something remarkably darker 
2
Children of Sin
Roger Moore
I ve seen worse 
1
A Month by the Lake
Roger Ebert
A Month by the Lake is a sly romantic comedy about a collision of sex ego will and pride all peeping out from beneath great thick layers of British reticence 
3.5
A Month by the Lake
Mike Clark
Vanessa Redgrave has never been more likable on screen than in her buoyantly athletic turn here 
3
Two Evil Eyes
Matt Brunson
The word on the street Rue Morgue or otherwise is that the Argento segment far outshines the Romero tale but I found them of comparable quality 
2.5
Two Evil Eyes
James Kendrick
a grim uneven affair that highlights its respective directors strengths and weaknesses in relatively equal measure
2.5
Two Evil Eyes
Ed Gonzalez
It was a match made in hell a dream realized for many horror fans 
3.5
Death Wish 3
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough sequel that ultimately feels more in line with the Rambo series than with the previous two films 46 
2.5
Death Wish 3
Roger Ebert
The action direction and special effects are all better than the last time around which isn t saying much 
1
Baby's Day Out
Mal Vincent
With more baby involvement it could have been quite diverting As it is the baby is obviously photographed separately 
2
Baby's Day Out
Roger Ebert
Baby s Day Out contains gags that might have worked in a Baby Herman cartoon but in live action with real people real taxis and buses and streets and a real baby they re just not funny 
1.5
Barney's Great Adventure
Gerri Kobren
The plot owes more to Rube Goldberg than Steven Spielberg as the egg leads the kids on a wild goose chase through a parade a fancy French restaurant a circus and a hot air balloon ascension 
3
Barney's Great Adventure
John Petrakis
Barney s Great Adventure may not be remembered as one of the true children s classics but when it makes its appearance on video it should hold your child s interest long enough to allow you an extra cup of coffee in the morning 
2.5
Barney's Great Adventure
Ken Fox
What is it about that big purple dinosaur 
2
Barney's Great Adventure
Liam Lacey
To those of us on the greying side of five years old Barney looks like an eggplant and has a rigor mortis smile no shoulders a huge rear end and the sort of nervous giggle that makes you think he has something to hide 
1.5
Barney's Great Adventure
David Keyes
A movie this cheerful is destined to be awful to audiences over ten years of age 
0
Barney's Great Adventure
Roger Ebert
If you like him on TV you ll like him here too 
3
Barney's Great Adventure
Steve Rhodes
Those hoping for more than just a long outdoor version of Barney s TV show they will likely be disappointed 
1.5
Barney's Great Adventure
Peter Stack
The movie has a flimsy plot but who cares Barney one of the most popular television characters in history is what viewers want to see and there s plenty of him 
2.5
Barney's Great Adventure
Michael Dequina
Although its entertainment value to adults is negligible it is a safe harmless bet for families one parents will neither regret nor fondly remember after it s over 
2
The Good Mother
Roger Ebert
The Good Mother is one of the most confused and conflicted serious movies in a long time a film that feels great passion about its subject matter but has no idea what it wants to say or how to say it 
1
Chunhyang
Burl Burlingame
Reminded of Ever After a film that took a standard western myth and updated it with wit verve and relevance This is in that league and rather more elegant and adult 
3
Chunhyang
Michael Dequina
The film is handsomely mounted from the sets and costuming to the appealing young stars and ultimately a lot of fun 
3.5
Chunhyang
Liam Lacey
A premodern folk tale in a postmodern form that refreshes both the eye and our ideas about storytelling 
3
Chunhyang
Elias Savada
The ecstasy and intensity of the story characters and production molds Chuhnyang into a majestic masterpiece 
3
Chunhyang
Rob Blackwelder
Through the immaculate performances of the two leads the heart of Chunhyang ekes out a minor victory over the peculiar and distancing presentation 
2.5
Chunhyang
James Berardinelli
I enjoyed the film s ripe beauty and even riper folk story But the appeal of pansori eluded me 
2.5
Chunhyang
Bob Graham
an act of audacious filmmaking by Im in the midst of what otherwise could have been a straight ahead romantic fantasy 
3
Chunhyang
Tor Thorsen
Another is Taek s almost whimsical direction which evokes the sort of childish wonder you felt hearing such fairly tales as a child 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Brian Eggert
A 99 minute mess of stilted dialogue wooden performances and predictable themes 
1.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Jeff Mitchell
A few song and dance numbers would have livened things up and could have turned this dull excursion into a fun sing along like Labyrinth 1986 No such luck 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Mattie Lucas
A sumptuously designed visual feast that has no real personality or soul of its own
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Matt Brunson
The bookend piece to Disney s equally disappointing A Wrinkle in Time here s another adaptation of a beloved and timeless classic that loses its essence in translation 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
John Hanlon
A lovely escapist adventure that is magnificently brought to life by incredible production design 
3.0
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Sarah Knight Adamson
There s no place for violence in this classic Christmas tale especially with a cracking bullwhip 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Linda Cook
It s an oddball fantasy not the familiar ballet in a reimagining reminiscent of Treasure Planet 
3.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Brandy McDonnell
With its smart dynamic and nuanced heroine and its empowering fantasy story I m eager to take my 8 year old daughter Brenna on a journey to The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 
3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Richard Roeper
It creates magical fantastic scenes that should utterly amaze audiences Yet the all important emotional bonds between the characters feel thin and scripted Where s the excitement The sense of discovery The amusing comic interplay 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m honestly shocked that the studio heads at Walt Disney Pictures gave this one the go ahead to begin production let alone grant it a full blown theatrical release 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Pamela Powell
A magnificent reimagining of the classic Christmas tale filled with beauty and magic but most importantly it s a tale that gives strength power and intelligence to the lead character a girl Clara 
3.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Christy Lemire
It s at once familiar and bizarre overstuffed yet half baked And while it boasts impressive individual elements the overall result remains far from the magic it seeks 
1.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Josh Terry
For those wanting a big screen equivalent of the traditional Nutcracker experience The Nutcracker and the Four Realms could be a surreal disappointment 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Rafer Guzman
A fruitcake of a movie nutty and stale 
1
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Katie Walsh
What in the cuckoo Christmas blasphemy is this 
1.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
James Berardinelli
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a miscalculation of Magic Kingdom sized proportions 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Mark Dujsik
W e ve seen so many of our simple fantasy stories transformed into tales of political intrigue and ferocious battles that it has grown tiresome 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Bruce DeMara
There s no doubt it s a film that will delight very young audiences but one wonders how much that enchantment will extend to the older ones 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Karen M. Peterson
It doesn t break new cinematic ground and it might be nice to see the story moved into a more modern era But its celebration of both science and art make it a worthwhile choice this season 
3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Christopher Lloyd
A colorful creative spin on the classic story that uses the famous ballet as a mere jumping off point 
3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Moira MacDonald
An enjoyably nutty more is more family holiday extravaganza 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Joey Magidson
The only thing that younger and older audience members will be able to share here is a sense of boredom 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Claudia Bauer
The predictable plot is elevated by 17 year old Foy sweet and strong adorably freckled and gifted at subtle physical communication 
2.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Tom Russo
The best we can say about the lengthy action barrage this kicks off is that Foy does look fab in her Nutcracker regulation soldier girl duds 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end Nutcracker is a delightfully old school diversion 
3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Sean P. Means
Like the theatrical production that inspired it this movie is destined to become a viewing option for families for many Christmases to come 
3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Robert Daniels
A hand me down ornament for your holiday film season 
2
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Jake Cole
one may wish that the entire film had restaged the entirely of Tchaikovsky s ballet rather than reimagine it as an ultimately lifeless epic fantasy 
1.5
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Roger Moore
It s a mess 
1.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Josh Hurst
The plot is just too pedestrian the writing just too limp and most of the characters just too boring for this to be anything more than a modestly entertaining diversion 
2
Christmas in the Clouds
Maitland McDonagh
It s hard not to hope things work out for everyone even though you know perfectly they will 
2.5
Christmas in the Clouds
John Monaghan
While you may have seen the story before the offbeat characters and the movie location make you feel like you re treading new ground 
3
Christmas in the Clouds
Lisa Kennedy
While Vahle and Tosca are the most attractive people onscreen they are the least interesting characters 
2
Christmas in the Clouds
Robert W. Butler
There are few highs and lows And after a while all this middle of the road blandness wears out its welcome 
2
Christmas in the Clouds
Paul Doro
Amiable and frivolous Christmas in the Clouds works mostly because of an appealing cast and an attractive setting 
2.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Moira MacDonald
Not quite laugh out loud funny but pleasant 
2.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Chris Hewitt
Christmas in the Clouds won t knock your socks off but it s so old fashioned and low key that it sticks out from the holiday movie pack 
2.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Jeff Strickler
Although nearly every aspect of the plot is predictable Christmas in the Clouds produces a delightful surprise a warm glow that you take home with you 
3
Christmas in the Clouds
Allison Benedikt
With its schmaltzy romance slapdash mistaken identity and heartwarming finale Christmas in the Clouds belongs on Lifetime 
1.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Carrie Rickey
A holiday charmer involving mistaken identity Native American enterprise and critter free gourmet cookery 
3
Christmas in the Clouds
Jeff Vice
This all too predictable comedy drama of misunderstandings which was featured in the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and has been in limbo up until now is not much different from a typical television movie made for the Lifetime cable channel 
2
Christmas in the Clouds
Sean P. Means
Writer director Kate Montgomery commendably avoids the usual cliches about American Indians but falls into every other kind of romantic comedy cliche in the process 
2
Christmas in the Clouds
Roger Ebert
There will be holiday pictures that are more high tech than this one But there may not be many with such good cheer 
3
Christmas in the Clouds
Phil Villarreal
Consists of mistaken identity screwball nonsense slapstick gags and yawning sentimentality The feel is close to that of a weeknight sitcom with jokes that seem as though they should be accompanied by a laugh track 
2.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Walter V. Addiego
This is an emphatically old fashioned and family friendly comedy with an American Indian setting and cast A spin on some very familiar material it s aimed at those who like their movies on the warm side 
2.5
Christmas in the Clouds
Timothy Knight
A likable low key charmer that has crowd pleaser written all over it 
2.5
The Mole People
Matt Brunson
The Mole People is nowhere as distinguished as the likes of such studio stablemates as The Incredible Shrinking Man and Tarantula but it still qualifies as undemanding entertainment 
2.5
The Perfect Score
David Nusair
Squarely aimed at teens with little regard for anyone else 
2
The Perfect Score
Mark Collette
The work of a filmmaker and team of writers so conscious of their own formulaic crutch that they demand a production that feels like more than the sum of its parts 
3
The Perfect Score
Linda Cook
As a teen movie The Perfect Score is just passable 
2
The Perfect Score
Greg Maki
Tries in vain to be both The Breakfast Club and Ocean s Eleven 
1
The Perfect Score
Michael Dequina
An even more lame brained sitcom than that in which director Brian Robbins starred many eons ago 
0
The Perfect Score
Tony Toscano
watchable enough
2.5
The Perfect Score
Austin O'Connor
Unfortunately here s the new math Promising premise pretty good heist plan One Bad Movie 
2
The Perfect Score
John Beifuss
Presents itself as the first SAT protest film but predictably becomes a toothless pep rally for business as usual 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Mike McGranaghan
With a little more anti authoritarian spirit The Perfect Score might have been a rousing call to arms for a whole generation 
2
The Perfect Score
Frank Ochieng
The Perfect Score is not very academic doesn t make the grade as convincingly as it should have in its showcase of mischievous adolescence 
2
The Perfect Score
James Verniere
I d say this film is moronic but that would be an insult to morons 
1.5
The Perfect Score
James Berardinelli
Next time director Robbins and his screenwriters should spend a few hours inside a real high school rather than re hashing stock stereotypes from bad 80s movies 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Dustin Putman
In the fleeting third act The Perfect Score hints at what could have been Unfortunately its improvements arrive too little too late 
2
The Perfect Score
Moira MacDonald
Kids facing the SAT in real life may appreciate this movie if only because it ll make them feel so much smarter than these characters For the rest of us it flunks 
1
The Perfect Score
Mick LaSalle
A dull film with unsympathetic characters brought together by a gimmicky premise that s handled with no imagination and a pristine fraudulence of emotion 
1
The Perfect Score
David Elliott
Seems meant for people who never placed higher than 600 on their SATs For whom in fact Einstein is a bagel 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Sarah Chauncey
Maybe it s a case of too many cooks but these archetypes are drawn as thin as the tip on a newly sharpened 2 pencil 
2
The Perfect Score
Jack Mathews
It s not funny though it tries to be and it has nothing serious to say about the politics of the SATs though it purports to 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Paul Doro
The abundance of stereotypes is annoying each character sticks to type and recites dialogue you would expect that type to say 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Evan Henerson
It s the movie sensitive teen meister John Hughes would have made had he been strapped to a bench a knife at his throat with a pulsating garage band score on continuous loop placed two inches from his eardrum 
0.5
The Perfect Score
Robert W. Butler
Screenwriters Mark Schwahn Marc Hyman and Jon Zack can t decide whether they want Perfect Score to be funny or serious with the result that it falls short of being either 
2
The Perfect Score
John Monaghan
Simply uses the test as a reason to assemble six teen stereotypes 
1
The Perfect Score
Jeff Vice
Thuddingly unfunny 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Lisa Kennedy
Scribes Marc Hyman Mark Schwahn and Jon Zack have crafted a snappy romp about right wrong and the teasing in between 
3
The Perfect Score
Roger Ebert
It s too palatable It maintains a tone of light seriousness and it depends on the caper for too much of its entertainment value 
2
The Perfect Score
Wesley Morris
Its rebel yell takes a back seat to the inevitabilities of the squeaky plot 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Sean P. Means
Director Brian Robbins is no John Hughes though he does strive for message movie status 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Kit Bowen
If we were to give The Perfect Score a SAT score it would be a 1040 it doesn t pass with flying colors but it bubbles in a few choice moments 
2
The Perfect Score
Jon Niccum
Although the comedy is often flat wow is a Matrix parody dated and the heist scenes won t be accused of rivaling Ocean s Eleven these characters do resonate 
2.5
The Perfect Score
Phil Villarreal
Seems like a not so well thought out daydream of a 17 year old 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Rick Groen
Even among the ranks of the diminutive this one s got nothing to boast about 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Lou Lumenick
This is the sort of movie that panders to teens while it ineffectually lectures them about the need to bear down on the books 
1
The Perfect Score
Walter Chaw
I ve seen the future and all I can say is go back 
1
The Perfect Score
Mike Clark
Johansson s nearly deadpan deliveries are looking adaptable to a variety of roles and the Nam character s stoned demeanor gets laughs in a variety of situations 
2.5
The Perfect Score
Chris Hewitt
The cast does what it can to keep things lively 
2.5
The Perfect Score
Peter Bernard
It delivers nothing more than paint by number visually appealing drivel 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Glenn Lovell
A generic teen comedy brimming with patronizing stereotypes and lame in jokes 
1
The Perfect Score
John Anderson
Obvious broad and burdened by leaden lines of dialogue that are dropped here and there like demented coconuts 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Allison Benedikt
Succeeds because at its core it is about the very different pressures very different young adults face and the test that insists on judging them as one and the same 
3
The Perfect Score
Josh Larsen
references The Breakfast Club and its few good moments echo the spirit of existential youthful rebellion captured by that 1985 minor classic 
2.5
The Perfect Score
Keith Uhlich
An MTV film that extreme right wing moralists can be proud of as it posits a quintessentially American world of racial intellectual and sexual conformity 
.5
The Perfect Score
Jeanne Aufmuth
Flounders about in a flux of narrative indecision and juvenile confusion 
1.5
The Perfect Score
Steve Rhodes
The way the group finally steals the test and how they use it is really really ridiculous and a complete cop out 
1.5
The Great Warming
Jeff Shannon
The Great Warming makes it abundantly clear that passivity is not an option 
3
The Great Warming
Maitland McDonagh
An impressive parade of scientists meteorologists and grassroots activists assert that humanity is capable of adapting to a changing climate building sustainable communities without sacrificing modern day comforts and even reversing some of the damage 
3
Chained Heat
John Beifuss
In The Exorcist little Linda Blair spun her head around Chained Heat gives her a chance to turn other people s heads with topless scenes that announce the former child star is now an adult actress with new rotundities to match her chipmunk cheeks 
3
Chained Heat
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I wish we had more of these movies 
3
Banana Split
Luke Parker
All it takes is the film s obligatory blow up scene to confirm any suspicion that April and Clara s friendship is made of hay 
2.5
Banana Split
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A plucky funny coming of age story 
3
Banana Split
Sheila O'Malley
An entertaining and often insightful look at female friendship during a particularly strange time 
3
Banana Split
Mark Dujsik
It s too caught up in the drama of its gimmicky premise 
2
Banana Split
Mike McGranaghan
A teen comedy that combines the emotional honesty of an 80s John Hughes flick with a very modern social media influenced sensibility 
3
Banana Split
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A bubbly enjoyable romp of an unconventional rom com 
3
Banana Split
James Berardinelli
This offbeat approach brings a freshness to a genre that has become so static and predictable that it has largely fallen out of favor with current movie goers 
3
Banana Split
Joey Magidson
Banana Split is a supremely well written film showing Hannah Marks not only to be a tremendous actress but a wonderful screenwriter as well She s phenomenal on both ends 
3.5
Banana Split
Roger Moore
The American High production team aren t reinventing the genre so much as giving tried and true themes a fresh frank edge 
2.5
Benjamin (The Diary of an Innocent Boy)
Roger Ebert
The film may appeal to empty headed would be sophisticates who want to attend a pretty French movie that doesn t make them think or depress them or anything But Benjamin offers nothing more 
2
The Social Ones
Roger Moore
A deadpan comedy that lightly lampoons the social media influencer phenomenon without quite landing the sucker punches or the laughs it needs to come off 
1.5
Delirious
Bill Cosford
The soaps remain safe so far the real things are dependably funnier than the movies about them 
2
Delirious
Jay Boyar
Often the script and the all thumbs direction of Tom Mankiewicz leave Candy and the rest of the cast Mariel Hemingway Emma Samms David Rasche Raymond Burr stranded 
2
Delirious
Harry Haun
Despite the Candy topping Delirious ain t delicious 
2
The Quiet Room
Dustin Putman
An exceptional if not perfect Australian drama that gets farther into the inner workings of a child s mind than any other film I ve ever seen 
3
Christmas With Holly
Erik Heinila
Get the tissues ready for the inevitable whispered I love you 
3
Hoodwinked!
Peter T. Chattaway
In its simplicity this film is to Pixar what the old hand drawn Charlie Brown cartoons were to Disney 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Jon Niccum
an irreverent imaginative and often just plain weird spin on the classic fairy tale
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Marty Mapes
Entertaining and funny if a little thin David doesn t knock out Goliath 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Forrest Hartman
A solid effort that proves an entertaining animated film can be made minus a big studio budget 
3
Hoodwinked!
James Berardinelli
The production contains enough positive elements to make it worth a look but not until it reaches DVD or TV As a theatrical offering it disappoints 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Hanh Nguyen
Its chaotic rather incoherent action translates into a raw gleeful energy that s so infectious and loony kids will flash gap toothed grins while wondering what the heck is going on 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Larry Ratliff
More often than not the look reflects a speeded up trip though the hard drive to keep costs from skyrocketing In other words don t expect much detail 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Scott Nash
A cartoon more for adults with a sense of humor than for children 
3.5
Hoodwinked!
Mark Collette
The Edwards show immense creative potential they just didn t find it all in this particular forest 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Sean P. Means
Hoodwinked in terms of wit and technological skill is no Shrek It s not bad if you lower your expectations a bit 
3
Hoodwinked!
Greg Maki
The fast pacing talking animals and occasional song might pull in the kids but the movie s dry humor clearly is aimed at adults 
3.5
Hoodwinked!
Ken Fox
An enjoyably ironic rethink of a beloved fairy tale 
3
Hoodwinked!
Tony Wong
A warped but mildly amusing twist on the childhood favourite 
2
Hoodwinked!
Moira MacDonald
The digital animation ranges from competent to clunky the jokes too often feel tossed off and random and the movie too often descends into dullness only to be yanked back from the abyss by the goat 
1.5
Hoodwinked!
Walter V. Addiego
Offers a few laughs but overall is pretty tired 
1
Hoodwinked!
Arthur Salm
A small lightweight enormously clever and never cloying little jewel 
3
Hoodwinked!
Timothy Knight
Almost everything about the film seems off from the timing of the gags to the bland power pop music score 
2
Hoodwinked!
Steven Rea
Hoodwinked may be a poor cousin to the Shrek franchise but this made on the cheap computer animated feature still has more style and snarky gags than Disney s recent CG hit Chicken Little 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Stephen Whitty
Bit by bit we fall asleep 
1
Hoodwinked!
Lou Lumenick
While it doesn t exactly break new ground the movie is fast paced and delivers lots of laughs aimed at both kids and adults as well as some lively Looney Tunes style action 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Jami Bernard
Features lackluster character design so so animation and only fitful bursts of cleverness 
2
Hoodwinked!
Peter Debruge
It s bound to disappoint grown ups who ve been spoiled by the Pixar polish but it s certainly worth a gander down the road on DVD 
2
Hoodwinked!
Brian McTavish
Everything appears generic and overly simplified like something you would expect on Nickelodeon and that s probably not giving Nickelodeon enough credit 
1.5
Hoodwinked!
Bruce Westbrook
Feels as warmed over as day old muffins in Little Red Riding Hood s basket 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Liam Lacey
Feels uncannily like a too chipper children s computer game that has somehow become unlinked from its best feature the interactive menu 
2
Hoodwinked!
John Monaghan
A computer animated feature that maintains a moderate level of cleverness without being the least bit engaging 
2
Hoodwinked!
Jeff Vice
Filmmakers Cory and Todd Edwards are novices which may explain why they settle for the easiest type of humor parody but they re not very successful at it 
2
Hoodwinked!
Lisa Kennedy
Does exactly what a police procedural should keeps us guessing 
3
Hoodwinked!
Lawrence Toppman
Take one modestly funny Bugs Bunny cartoon Subtract three fourths of the humor and the witty soundtrack Add two songs about yodeling and two dozen non sequiturs Multiply length by 10 Now if you re smart subtract yourself from the audience 
1.5
Hoodwinked!
Ty Burr
It takes place in a fantasy world whose cheaply rendered surfaces resemble Teletubbieland reupholstered with Naugahyde 
1.5
Hoodwinked!
John Beifuss
Sometimes funny but annoyingly self conscious and opportunistic attempt to expand on the anachronistic fairy tale comedy that energized the Shrek franchise 
2
Hoodwinked!
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hoodwinked is a kick Don t take that to mean I think this fractured fairy tale of a family animated comedy is perfect just take that to mean I had a very very good time 
3
Hoodwinked!
Jeffrey Westhoff
As animation Hoodwinked is cute junk As a comedy it ekes out the minimum requirement of laughs 
3
Hoodwinked!
Kit Bowen
Hoodwinked is CSI meets the Brother Grimm But as clever as its premise is the animated feature can t quite maintain its wily sense of humor 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Daniel M. Kimmel
For those measuring their ages in single digits 
2
Hoodwinked!
Peter Canavese
Too seldom clever too often tiresomely busy and wasteful of its voice cast it s Hoodwinked that is the crime 
1.5
Hoodwinked!
Eric Melin
spoofing classic fairy tales is an idea almost as old as its animation techniques 
2
Hoodwinked!
Willie Waffle
It s as if Hoodwinked was put together in some back alley with a Commodore 64 
0
Hoodwinked!
Mike Clark
Why would a distributor suddenly yank an animated family film from its intended wide December opening until mid January Could it be that the advance word of mouth wasn t very good winked 
1
Hoodwinked!
Sue Pierman
Hoodwinked is a delicious little basket of goodies from its quick witted humor to its colorful animation 
3
Hoodwinked!
Sean McBride
It s a sad case of Red opening up her goodie basket and finding that there s nothing there 
1
Hoodwinked!
Michael Wilmington
Hoodwinked which is the latest cartoon recycling of that oft told fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood may be a bit scrappy looking but it s also pretty funny at times 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Laura Kelly
At least Hoodwinked is fun to look at when nondescript musical numbers or uninspiring characters fail to please 
2
Hoodwinked!
Gene Seymour
Lacking a budget for big time effects the makers of Hoodwinked clearly had more time to work on the jokes 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Josh Larsen
Nearly every line of dialogue has been awkwardly tweaked into some sort of winking joke 
2
Hoodwinked!
Phil Villarreal
While the visuals which seem a little blocky and outdated aren t at all cutting edge parents will take a good story over elaborate graphics any day of the week 
3
Hoodwinked!
Jeanne Aufmuth
An irksome postmodernist hodgepodge 
1.5
Hoodwinked!
Ed Gonzalez
There are two sides to every story the saying goes but in this super Rashomon meets Shrek CGI contraption there are no less than five 
2
Hoodwinked!
Frank Ochieng
The animation may not be in the sophisticated and vibrant class of Pixar but the kooky comedy is viable enough to embrace the nuttiness of an ageless frivolous fable
3
Hoodwinked!
James Sanford
should satisfy anyone who s in the mood for a fairy tale with a sassy spin it s a pleasant comedy that s generally as much fun to look at as it is to listen to 
3
Hoodwinked!
Michael Dequina
Its overall merely passable pleasantness make the film almost instantly forgettable once it s over 
2.5
Hoodwinked!
Evan Henerson
The resulting ride is nearly irresistible 
3.5
Hoodwinked!
Dustin Putman
Delightful and inventively savvy The year s last animated film is also its best 
3
I Love You to Death
David Nusair
46 46 46 an appealing premise that 8217 s employed to mostly watchable yet disappointingly erratic effect by Kasdan 46 46 46 
2.5
I Love You to Death
Gene Siskel
With a cast like this you keep waiting for something important to happen which never does 
2.5
I Love You to Death
James Sanford
director Lawrence Kasdan and a superb cast engage in what seems like a working vacation The fun is infectious and the result is a slight but highly entertaining comedy of errors 
3
I Love You to Death
Roger Ebert
I am not sure if the film is a success because I am not sure what it is trying to do It founders in embarrassment but not boringly 
3
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Kam Williams
An alternately invigorating intoxicating nostalgic and uplifting testament to the intrepid activists of a bygone era when Americans felt much more comfortable challenging authority 
4
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Roger Ebert
If feelings stir within you when you hear Goodnight Irene and Wimoweh and This Land Is Your Land and If I Had a Hammer and Midnight Special and Rock Island Line then the Weavers are a part of you 
3.5
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Maitland McDonagh
There s no mocking the determination of these time tempered artists who reminisce about the past and worry about the future It s clear that they ll go to their graves singing out against the world s wrongs 
3
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
V.A. Musetto
Leventhal who died two months ago couldn t have asked for a better memorial than Isn t This a Time 
3
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Jack Mathews
Any opportunity to see Pete Seeger perform even at age 85 is worth taking and Seeger is front center and full throated in Jim Brown s concert film 
3
Raw Deal
David Nusair
a must watch for fans of the Austrian Oak 
3
Raw Deal
Roger Ebert
This plot is so simple that perhaps the most amazing achievement of Raw Deal is its ability to screw it up This movie didn t just happen to be a mess the filmmakers had to work to make it so confusing 
1.5
The House on Turk Street
Roger Ebert
It s an absorbing atmospheric noir with nice little touches 
3
The House on Turk Street
Ellen Fox
This undermarketed noir suffers because many of its characters don t seem to belong in the same universe 
2
The House on Turk Street
Linda Cook
Gee No wonder I never heard of this 
1
The House on Turk Street
John Monaghan
For all the talent on screen no one has much chemistry 
2
Follow the Leader: Young, American and Right
Michael O'Sullivan
A slight but eminently watchable film 
2.5
A Girl Like Her
James Berardinelli
A Girl Like Her unfolds with a clear eyed approach to the subject a drama that fleshes out the principals and shows without excusing the bully that pain is not the exclusive domain of the victim 
3
A Girl Like Her
Moira MacDonald
Performed with unflinching honesty it s a story that ll be familiar to countless teens and the film could well have a long life as required vivid viewing for high schoolers who ll have plenty to discuss after its poignant ending 
3.5
A Girl Like Her
Peter Keough
The young cast comes through with appealing naturalistic performances But Weber s programmatic preachy story and emotional manipulation is so blatant that it verges on the fatuous 
1.5
A Girl Like Her
Tirdad Derakhshani
One of the most moving and intelligent of the recent glut of films and TV specials about teenage bullying 
3.5
A Girl Like Her
Thomas Lee
A weepy and cliche ridden misfire better suited for a midafternoon time slot on Nickelodeon than the big screen 
1
A Girl Like Her
Michael O'Sullivan
Weber s main point that bullies are often victims of bullying themselves gets lost in a tsunami of sorrow and sadism 
1.5
Antonia's Line
Mal Vincent
Antonia s Line ultimately evolves into a familial epic covering three generations of independent women It is fine storytelling 
3
Antonia's Line
Carrie Rickey
Antonia is a work of rare lyricism It glows with the light of a Flemish painting and the spirit of magic realism 
3.5
Antonia's Line
Howard Kissel
Antonia s Line is enjoyable because it is never preachy It depicts with a painterly eye a pagan world that has not changed since Breughel 
2.5
Antonia's Line
Michael Wilmington
It glides so easily over a multitude of events and characters that we re never jarred Antonia and Bas make a winning alternative community grandma and grandpa 
3
Antonia's Line
Jeff Shannon
Antonia s Line is a Dutch treat that unfolds like a generous novel surrounding you with its indelible sense of time place and character 
3
Antonia's Line
Leonard Schwarz
This is a world we rarely see on film and Gorris brings it vividly to life Where she goes wrong however is in romanticizing the cock eyed feminist Utopia that the farm becomes 
2.5
Antonia's Line
Roger Ebert
Even if Gorris is too optimistic I am glad her movie made me feel hopeful and cheerful 
4
Antonia's Line
Joe Baltake
Here is female empowerment as you ve never seen it on screen before with the narrative daring to make no compromises at all 
3.5
Antonia's Line
Chris Hicks
An episodic sketchy comedy drama that reaches for the stars but settles for the balcony 
2.5
Antonia's Line
Edward Guthmann
Antonia is obviously our point person here but she s such a sour pickle that you never get to ease into her story 
2
Antonia's Line
Steve Rhodes
A one sided view of life that makes the men in the audience want to leave in the dark by the side exit of the theater before the lights go up in fear that one of the women will cry out there goes one of them get him 
1
Antonia's Line
James Berardinelli
Gorris has fashioned a rare and wonderful world capable of provoking both laughter and tears sometimes at the same time 
3.5
The In-Between
James Wegg
Jennifer Stone gives a commendable performance at her best in the more lighthearted moments such as a hilarious round of Truth or Dare 
3.5
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Matt Brunson
All three of John Cameron Mitchell s previous pictures Hedwig and the Angry Inch Shortbus and Rabbit Hole landed on my year end 10 Best lists so imagine my disappointment to find that his fourth feature comes nowhere near their heady heights 
2
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Robert Horton
The jokes are surprisingly square and while Nicole Kidman should be fun as a salty club owner her role mostly grates 
2
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Michael O'Sullivan
When it works it works And even when it doesn t it s just endearing enough to earn a bit of forgiveness for its flaws 
2.5
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Ty Burr
If the message gets a little mixed up in all the delight it s all part of the party 
2.5
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
David Fear
You feel like you were stuck in a spirit of 77 cosplay convention at best and a needy cult movie desperately seeking a cult at worst 
2.5
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Josh Wise
The film s tagline goes Talk to the girl Save the world but at no point does Earth s fate hang in the balance and talking to Elle Fanning s Zan is no great challenge for anyone 
1.5
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Brian Tallerico
Ultimately How to Talk to Girls at Parties is like a hyperactive kid at a punk rock show full of great energy and ambition but not too sure what to do with it 
2.5
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Ben Sachs
This is heady stuff but never daunting 
4
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Mark Dujsik
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians doesn t plays games It is exactly what it is an indictment of Romania s past 
3
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Keith Watson
Radu Jude s film is a bitterly comic essay on nationalist mythologies and historical amnesia 
3.5
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
Dwight Brown
Thank documentarian Carina Bijlsma for the candid glimpse at a musical innovator who should be called a genius 
3.5
Faithless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Faithless comes with a pedigree that s hard to beat 
3.5
Faithless
David Sterritt
A probing look at love marriage fidelity rivalry and other deep rooted emotional issues 
3
Faithless
Walter Chaw
That it is thought provoking is no question that it offers few epiphanies likewise without debate 
3
Faithless
Jorge Avila Andrade
Bien realizada bien dirigida y mucho mejor actuada
3
Faithless
Rob Blackwelder
Enthrallingly original work of highly personal fiction 
3
Faithless
Rod Armstrong
Endre s performance is passionate and heartfelt 
3
Faithless
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely mesmerizing 
3.5
Faithless
Roger Ebert
Ullmann has a sure sense for the ways people behave in emotional extremity 
3.5
Faithless
David N. Butterworth
Bergman s words even via translated subtitles are powerful and uncompromising and seem to sidestep many of the clichs found in your standard tale of infidelity 
3
Reds
James Kendrick
all the richer and more meaningful because it is not static history but rather a grenade of genuine political passion lobbed into an era of increasing conservatism and military build up an elegy for an ideal
3
Reds
Matt Brunson
A movie rich in purpose and incident 
4
Reds
Larry Vitacco
Given the impeccable production values first rate performances and epic proportions the movie s just not as intriguing or involving as it should have been 
3
Reds
Wesley Lovell
Warren Beatty s political epic features superlative performances and speaks to the inner rebel in each of us 
4
Reds
Phil Villarreal
Vittorio Storaro who won an Oscar for his cinematography keeps the long film moving at a healthy pace mixing static shots with subtle camera movement never showing off or detracting from the story 
4
Reds
James Sanford
an epic love story As a teenager I saw it four times in the theater which I now find pretty astonishing considering the movie is well more than three hours long I had a lot more free time in 1981 
4
Reds
Dan Callahan
Reds is finally just an appealingly conventional epic movie star romance with radical trimmings but it contains several sharper elements that suggest the colorful period it seeks to recreate 
3
Reds
Roger Ebert
As for Beatty Reds is his bravura turn 
3.5
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Peter Sobczynski
The basic premise has remained resolutely the same scenes of C grade actors getting chomped to bits by D grade CGI sharks mixed together with enough jokey references to other generally better movies to allow film buffs to distract themselves 
1.5
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
David Nusair
Aggressively dull and downright unwatchable 
.5
Margaret
Josh Larsen
Anna Paquin offers one of the more indelible portraits of late adolescence put on screen 
3.5
Margaret
Kelly Jane Torrance
Let s hope Director Kenneth Longeran s next film doesn t take over a decade to appear and that he learns where his real talents lie 
2
Margaret
Rubén Rosario
From its majestic slo mo opening shots of New York City pedestrians to its devastating closing moments at the Met Margaret enthralls like no other This smart literate urban opera is well deserving of a standing ovation 
4
Margaret
Ann Hornaday
Ambitious affecting unwieldy and haunting it s an eccentric densely atmospheric morally hyper aware masterpiece 
4
Margaret
Chris Hewitt
It s a challenging movie but it pays off in big ideas and stunning performances 
3.5
Margaret
Michael Dequina
Never has a troubled film project s off screen drama played out so clearly in the release product 
2
Margaret
Sara Michelle Fetters
Had I seen Margaret in 2011 it would have likely been number two or three on my list of the best films of the year 
4
Margaret
Moira MacDonald
Messy but masterful a sprawling portrait of what it means to be a bright young woman who s realizing that the world isn t the warm bath of acceptance that her privileged life would indicate 
3.5
Margaret
Peter Travers
Margaret comes apart at the seams as you watch it but it gives off a lovely light Seek it out You can thank me later 
3.5
Margaret
Liam Lacey
Kenneth Lonergan s new film Margaret finally released six years after it was shot now seems destined to become part of film history as one of the more stunning examples of a filmmaker s sophomore slump 
2
Margaret
Mick LaSalle
An ambitious novelistic sprawling story that attempts to show a young woman s internal development while simultaneously conveying the soul of modern day New York 
3
Margaret
David Nusair
an ambitious yet hopelessly cluttered mess of epic proportions 
1.5
Margaret
Carrie Rickey
Its hard look at a young morally confused woman struggling for clarity is nothing short of riveting 
3
Margaret
Wesley Morris
Lonergan who casts himself as Lisa s lukewarm father a screenwriter possesses a rare talent for elevating an embarrassing sequence into sadness or tragedy 
3.5
Margaret
Peter Keough
Kenneth Lonergan offers no resolutions in this complex and moving parable unless it s the observation that the only resolutions in life are in art 
3.5
Margaret
Greg Quill
What it does have going for it is a pre True Blood Anna Paquin who burns up the screen with a bravura performance in a complex and discomfiting role 
2.5
Margaret
Matt Pais
Retains a powerful fickle interest in confronting the randomness frustration and difficult choices that seep into everyone s life eventually 
3
Margaret
Kalvin Henely
The film s imperfections work in the sense that they rhyme with the agitation and sense of dislocation the characters feel 
3
Margaret
Kyle Smith
For a 90 minute movie Margaret has a thin story So it s unfortunate that it runs 2 1 2 hours 
2.5
Margaret
Jake Coyle
Margaret remains tantalizingly unfulfilled 
2.5
Margaret
Rex Reed
From start to end credits very much an example of good work that doesn t translate 
2
Our Father, The Devil
Dwight Brown
A perfectly acted and crafted modern day thriller with imperfect plotting 
3
Give or Take
David Reddish
Give or Take offers some big laughs and touching moments thanks in large part to a thoughtful script by Efros and Riccio and to a terrific supporting performance from Butz Its a delightful character drama and showcase for the cast 
3
Give or Take
Randy Myers
It s a real find that celebrates caring people coming together rather than being torn apart by their differences 
3
Give or Take
Bob Bloom
Give or Take directed by Paul Riccio and written by Riccio and Effros takes its time heading where you sort of know where it s going to end up 
3
Give or Take
Federico Furzan
An endearing and small movie about the variations of grief and a optimistic relationship born out of it 
3
Alphaville
Mattie Lucas
Take s elements of classic Hollywood and twist s them into a haunting foreshadowing of the Godard to come 
3.5
Alphaville
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It really does feel like Godard has transported us to some other world even if it s all a colossal put on 
4
Alphaville
Ty Burr
Nothing about this strange moving work of agit pop has ever seemed out of date If anything Alphaville moves closer to relevance with every passing year 
4
Alphaville
Steven Rea
A bracing salute to American gangster pics with a jumpy European post war uncertainty thrown in 
4
Alphaville
Derek Smith
It works both as a philosophical treatise on politics and film as well as an entertaining and often amusing look at a future overrun by technology 
4
Cobra Woman
Kate Cameron
If you go in the right frame of mind to Cobra Woman you might find amusement in the absurdities of the plot and in the antics of Montez Hall and company 
2.5
Cobra Woman
Matt Brunson
Maria Montez delivers two terrible performances for the price of one 
2.5
Courageous
Roger Moore
A significant step backward for those movie making preachers at Sherwood 
1.5
Courageous
John Beifuss
Nicely produced but the converted are more likely to be impressed than the skeptical 
2
Courageous
Tom Russo
It takes a certain touch to pull it off and here the serviceable cast just doesn t have it in them 
2
Courageous
Ed Gonzalez
Praise be to Courageous for being upfront 
2
Courageous
Steven D. Greydanus
While the film s church based roots and the tendency toward didactic schematic storytelling are still in evidence Courageous is Sherwood s most ambitious and watchable film to date 
2.5
Courageous
Roger Moore
Like a pastor so caught up in the moment that he can t see that the air conditioning has given out and the congregation wants to go home the film travels far beyond its dramatic climax aiming for an altar call finale 
1.5
Night at the Golden Eagle
Michael Dequina
Nothing about the stories in and of themselves is particularly original but Rifkin knows how to create atmosphere 
3
Night at the Golden Eagle
Lou Lumenick
Never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy drama melodrama or some combination of the three 
1.5
Night at the Golden Eagle
Jan Stuart
Another in your face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues 
1
Night at the Golden Eagle
Justin Hartung
Too bad writer director Adam Rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle s carpets 
2
Nana
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Its meta cinematic think piece ness is redeemed by the slinky symmetries drawn between Massadian s own auteur ship and the protagonist s narrative role 
3
Nana
Moira MacDonald
It s a quiet and often lovely film scored only with sounds of the forest which we see as Nana does as a magical place and the wind letting a child make her own story 
3
Elephant Walk
David Nusair
astonishingly bad 
.5
Brotherhood
Anne T. Donahue
Bell succeeds in stripping back the mythos of what it means to be a man and how strong one can really be while embracing compassion vulnerability and love instead 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Peter Canavese
What distinguishes this compelling and fascinating documentary and white collar crime story are its re enactments of the wiretaps of conversations between Singer and his clients 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Tom Meek
You feel bad for them but not so much the others openly on the take with grave avarice An unequal playing field if ever there was one 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Steven Prokopy
A complex but cleanly organized dissection of the 2019 college admissions scandal that takes its name from the actual FBI sting 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Roger Moore
Hollywood s revenge for the way that story was played in the American media 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Randy Myers
A riveting informative docudrama 
3.5
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Kelly Lawler
It all adds up to something not altogether different from Lifetime s ripped from the headlines 2019 movie 
1
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Brian Tallerico
Chris Smith succeeds by capturing how this isn t a case about an individual or the many parents who worked with him to cheat the system but how the system itself is deeply broken 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Mark Dujsik
Lost in this mostly successful attempt to dissect the scheme is the real lesson we should have learned from this scandal 
2.5
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Robert Levin
This movie wants to be so many things in its hybrid of stylistic approaches that it distracts too often from the essentials 
2.5
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Mick LaSalle
Life is unfair We all know it But every so often a documentary like Operation Varsity Blues comes along to show us that however unfair we thought it was it s even worse 
3
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Richard Roeper
The documentary does a solid job of detailing how it all came crashing down 
3
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Larry Vitacco
The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu emerges a sorry cinematic swan song for an actor who gave so many brilliant performances in much better films 
2
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Roger Ebert
The movie has some good moments what Peter Sellers comedy could not have but the story never really involves us 
1
Down Terrace
Kate Taylor
The British do kitchen sink realism extremely well they also have a nice way with black comedy It s rare however to see the two as wickedly combined as they are in Down Terrace 
3
Down Terrace
Jason Anderson
A low budget effort by British director Ben Wheatley Down Terrace is an enjoyably nasty piece of business about a down market sort of underworld clan 
3
Down Terrace
Stephen Holden
A grimly amusing portrait of a closed system in which the pressure is building to an explosion 
2.5
Down Terrace
Lou Lumenick
Down Terrace is the auspicious feature debut of Ben Wheatley who s spent a decade directing sitcoms Web isodes and commercials while fruitlessly pitching scripts to Hollywood 
3
Down Terrace
Andrew Schenker
More the stuff of half hour sitcoms than feature length films 
2
Down Terrace
Rob James
Down Terrace is a Brit gangster film that rarely feels like one and is much the better for it 
4
Violet
David Gonzalez
A film that gives us Olivia Munn 8217 s career best performance and explores gender politics and our inner voices 44 while offering a subjective experience that allows the viewer to decipher the film 8217 s themes and messages 46 
3
Violet
Bill Chambers
In her taped introduction to Violet actress turned filmmaker Justine Bateman describes it as an immersive experience tantamount to putting on a coat I would say it s slightly more akin to having a pillow on your face 
2
Violet
Richard Roeper
Thanks in large part to Munn s elegant authentic grounded and moving performance we re rooting hard for Violet to find some inner peace 
3.5
Violet
Pamela Powell
Violet is a bold and relatable story that takes us on an evocative journey of one woman who represents us all in varying gradations 
3.5
Violet
Christy Lemire
Justine Bateman has been around this business for most of her life so there s clearly a lot of truth in the story she s telling in Violet If only she d let it speak for itself 
2
Violet
Johanna Schneller
You wind up feeling like you ve participated in a self help exercise with super high production values 
2.5
Violet
David Nusair
a solid debut from a tremendously promising filmmaker 
3
Violet
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film is effective even when didactic and Munn is terrific 
3
Violet
Siddhant Adlakha
Olivia Munn s performance and the film s eventual narrative trajectory are incisive enough to get around its visual shortcomings 
3
Violet
Sarah Knight Adamson
This visual auditory representation of Violet s thought process is incredibly effective Bateman s sharp eye and editing have us clearly on the edge of our seats Munn carries the film from start to finish 
3.5
Violet
Joey Magidson
Olivia Munn delivers a stand out performance easily the best of her career 
3
Where's Marlowe?
Michael Dequina
For all the cleverness in its premise director co scripter Daniel Pyne doesn t mine it for all of its potential 
2
Where's Marlowe?
Lou Lumenick
Where s Marlowe was expanded from a TV pilot produced for ABC Small wonder it never found its way on the air 
0.5
Where's Marlowe?
Matt Reichl
Successful screen humor comes from witty spins on the believable not wheezing broad stabs like this 
0.5
Where's Marlowe?
Peter Stack
If it had a livelier pace and more believable acting by secondary characters Where s Marlowe would be a big treat for audiences seeking a hip comedy 
2
Canal Street
Michael Phillips
The film is nobly intended but as drama rickety 
2
Canal Street
Richard Roeper
Director and co writer LaMarr does a fine job of cutting back and forth to the various storylines and connecting them when the moment is right 
3.5
The Mountain Between Us
Brian Eggert
Winslet and Elba of course remain magnetic screen presences though their dull character descriptions prevent anything beyond passing emotional investment 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Matt Brunson
Elba and Winslet are both excellent and when the saga continues beyond where most other movies would have it end they provide the glue that holds the increasingly diffuse project together 
2.5
The Mountain Between Us
Mattie Lucas
Elba and Winslet are magnetic from the start and do their best to elevate the otherwise tired material 
2.5
The Mountain Between Us
David Nusair
one can t help but wonder if the fairly ludicrous storyline worked better on the page It surely had to right 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Linda Cook
Perhaps there is a romantic comedy albeit an awful one trying to rise from The Mountain Between Us 
1
The Mountain Between Us
Clayton Davis
The second the writers and director take pages from a Nicholas Sparks novel it slides from reasonable to absurdity 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Kam Williams
A riveting disaster flick and a steamy bodice ripper rolled into one 
3
The Mountain Between Us
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Mountain Between Us bangs into the side of a metaphorical cliff leaving all kinds of wreckage in its wake the fact any elements worth extolling the virtues of survived at all something of a minor miracle 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Rex Reed
Labored and boring The Mountain Between Us is a soap opera in the snow that fritters away the time and talents of Kate Winslet and Idris Elba for all the wrong reasons 
1.5
The Mountain Between Us
Josh Terry
The Mountain Between Us didn t have to be great but it should have been good 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Richard Roeper
At one point you almost start rooting for the elements to win out just so these two characters would just shut up 
1.5
The Mountain Between Us
Robbie-Ann McPherson
This is an emotional movie about the oldest and best thrill in the book love and for Alex and Ben that s a lot scarier than some silly old mountain 
3
The Mountain Between Us
James Berardinelli
It s hard to imagine a more generic wilderness adventure turned romance than Hany Abu Assad s The Mountain Between Us 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Stephen Whitty
A cold weather drama with just enough shocks to make you shiver and just enough romance to warm you up 
3
The Mountain Between Us
Johanna Schneller
Winslet and Elba s chemistry is frostbitten They just don t seem to like each other much They look happier in their parkas than out of them 
2.5
The Mountain Between Us
Sean P. Means
The romantic drama The Mountain Between Us shows what great talent can do to so so material as two powerful actors and a thoughtful director give weight to the sort of overwrought melodrama that otherwise would have landed on cable TV 
3
The Mountain Between Us
Mark Dujsik
T he movie never really convinces us that these characters are anything more than products of the circumstances in which they find themselves 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Peter Travers
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba survive a plane crash but not this slush pile of chick flick cliches It s an epic all right an epic waste of talent and your time 
1.5
The Mountain Between Us
Peter Howell
It s diverting stuff for the most part 
2.5
The Mountain Between Us
Johnny Oleksinski
A wilderness survival romance that makes subzero weather blizzards and broken limbs seem as taxing as a train delay 
2
The Mountain Between Us
George M. Thomas
If you guessed that those performers are the other things that make the film watchable that would be correct 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Ann Hornaday
Elba and Winslet generate chemistry that is convincing in direct proportion to the story s outlandishness 
2.5
The Mountain Between Us
Rafer Guzman
None of it would work without Winslet and Elba whose smarts and sex appeal shine through even with a teensy bit of fake dirt pressed onto their cheeks 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Calvin Wilson
Some of the plot turns seem a bit too convenient and the film goes on for too long But ultimately it s a showcase for a pair of excellent actors who elevate the material 
3
The Mountain Between Us
Susan Wloszczyna
A high altitude soap opera woozy with overly telegraphed peril and determined to make the audience root for a couple who clearly aren t meant for each other 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Tom Russo
Absorbing drama ought to be the one thing that Kate Winslet and Idris Elba have in plentiful supply in The Mountain Between Us Instead this thinly scripted survival story is as fluffy as the countless acres of powder that the two struggle to traverse 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Mick LaSalle
We end up liking the characters very much and caring about them even if we simultaneously are not remotely in love with the movie 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Moira MacDonald
In the hands of lesser actors I shudder to think of what a slog The Mountain Between Us might be with its endless catastrophes and near deaths and melodramatic declarations 
2.5
The Mountain Between Us
Roger Moore
The English Patient in Winter 
2
The Mountain Between Us
Dwight Brown
This one is for incorrigible romantics 
3
Night of Henna
Lisa Rose
Writer director Hassan Zee makes naive storytelling choices that diminish the drama of the piece and muddle the message of cultural tolerance 
1
Night of Henna
Jami Bernard
First time writer director producer Hassan Zee follows a well worn theme the clash between generations of new immigrants in this mildly pleasant movie 
2
Night of Henna
V.A. Musetto
Offers no surprises as it wends its way to a contrived happy ending 
1
Night of Henna
Gene Seymour
Writer director Hassan Zee milks the full melodramatic measure from this formulaic clash of generations and culture storyline 
2
Aisha
Dwight Brown
This sobering ode to the immigrant experience will leave audiences unsettled and hopefully reflective 
3
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Roger Moore
A sprawling almost over reaching considering its 85 minute running time and optimistic look at American feminists then and now old and young 
3
Love Is Love Is Love
Matt Zoller Seitz
It draws together a first rank cast of character actresses and actors most of them over 50 then mostly fails to invest the material with the invention and snappiness needed to invigorate it and make it memorable as opposed to merely agreeable 
2
Hardcore
Josh Larsen
Both screed and confession 46 46 46 
2.5
Hardcore
David Nusair
a compelling and often shocking drama that also succeeds as a time capsule of a very specific time and place 
3.5
Hardcore
Matt Brunson
Hardcore is a mess but it s a fascinating mess and it s held together by a galvanizing performance from George C Scott an actor so perpetually intense that one feels he might bust a blood vessel or 12 right up there on the screen 
3
Hardcore
Roger Ebert
Hardcore flawed and uneven contains moments of pure revelation 
4
Hardcore
Bill Chambers
Though Hardcore s so called gritty images do have the power to disturb it s because we re intrinsically aware of their psychic scourge on the hero
2.5
Jeremy
David Nusair
And though the film never becomes entirely engaging it s impossible to entirely dismiss it 
2.5
The Kissing Booth 2
Roger Moore
Half an hour longer about one third as funny and not even half as charming 
1.5
The Kissing Booth 2
Monica Castillo
You can soak in the movie s basic premise and overacting just as long as you know this pool s shallow 
1.5
The Kissing Booth 2
Lindsey Bahr
The one saving grace is King a genuinely delightful young actor who manages to hold your attention and empathy even if her underwritten character barely deserves it 
1.5
The Kissing Booth 2
Johnny Oleksinski
It s long dumb and there s nothing below these high school students conspicuously perfect complexions But hey teens love this crap 
1
The 13th Letter
Derek Smith
More than simply an Americanized version of a foreign film 
3
Teacher's Pet
David Nusair
breezy and likeable 
3
Game Change
Tom Gliatto
It plausibly lays out Palin s path from unsteady candidate to confident or arrogant rogue player 
3.5
Game Change
Chris Cabin
The most egregious fault to be found here is that Roach and Strong succumb to the same indulgences as the news media they re so happy to critique 
1
Game Change
David Hinckley
It takes a story whose outline we know and uses backstage access to turn it into a well paced drama 
3
Game Change
Robert Bianco
Pleasure you may get out of Game Change Truth will be in the eye of the beholder 
3
Game Change
Roger Ebert
Seeing Game Change is like living again through the campaign of 2008 
3.5
Game Change
Curt Wagner
Moore finds the heart behind the political performer 
4
Game Change
David Nusair
Moore s award worthy turn is mirrored in the efforts of her various costars 
2.5
The Other Kids
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is an extraordinary non judgmental work a seamless blend of fiction and non fiction 
3.5
Honeymoon with My Mother
Roger Moore
The striking scenery of Mauritius is the chief selling point of this downbeat romantic comedy that tends toward dull 
1.5
Explicit Ills
Nick Schager
Mark Weber s Explicit Ills has a tenderness that belies its fiery left leaning political views about urban poverty and social injustice 
2.5
Explicit Ills
Peter Schilling
It s the best reflection of inner city life and its effect on children since Charles Burnett s 1977 drama Killer of Sheep 
3
The Yellow Birds
Rex Reed
As war is hell movies go this one is better than usual 
3
The Yellow Birds
Godfrey Cheshire
A rather dispiriting slog of a movie 
2
The Yellow Birds
Mark Dujsik
The familiarity of this story certainly doesn t help in combination with Lowery Porto and director Alexandre Moors non specific approach to the material 
2
The Yellow Birds
Josh Wise
You may want for something to hold on to but Tye Sheridan and Alden Ehrenreich slip through the fingers both seeming uninterested and restless to move on to other projects 
2
The Yellow Birds
Roger Moore
There ve been too many Iraq War films good bad and indifferent to waste your time on one that s merely mediocre 
2
The Yellow Birds
Sean P. Means
Oddly surprising how dramatically inert it is 
2.5
Edie
Kenneth R. Morefield
This is an actor s showcase for Hancock 
2.5
Edie
Mark Dujsik
Edie doesn t just tell an inspiring story It shows us one in action 
3
Edie
Nell Minow
The growing friendship between Edie and Jonny has an understated but very genuine warmth 
3
Edie
Mark Kennedy
Debbie Wiseman s eager and overemotional score sometimes undermines the actors more quiet work But the uplifting Edie is worthy of your time mostly thanks to Hancock and Scotland s natural beauty 
3
How Do You Know
Roger Moore
It s not enough to merely swoon over Witherspoon The movie s entirely too long and leaden to get by on that alone 
2
How Do You Know
Jeff Beck
How Do You Know is a complete misfire from famed writer director James L Brooks 
1.5
How Do You Know
Jay Antani
What happened to James L Brooks 
1
How Do You Know
Linda Cook
One factor and one factor alone brings How Do You Know to above average 
2.5
How Do You Know
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nothing quite clicks in this movie Nothing really sounds right or feels right It just doesn t work 
2
How Do You Know
Keith Cohen
Unfortunately this dull and listless movie fails to live up to expectations and will be competing for Razzies rather than Academy Awards as one of the worst movies of the year 
1.5
How Do You Know
Sara Michelle Fetters
Over and over How Do You Know kept shooting itself in the foot butchering my interest and demolishing my emotional investment to the point I almost wondered why I was still sitting in the theatre watching it 
2
How Do You Know
Christian Toto
We now know Spanglish wasn t a fluke Writer director Brooks artistic decline continues with How Do You Know
2
How Do You Know
Mike Scott
Brooks latest grown up comedy as glossy as it appears as gracefully as it unfolds as charming as its impressive all star cast often is arrives as a mild misfire 
2.5
How Do You Know
Matt Brunson
Often as likable as a frolicking puppy and always as messy 
2.5
How Do You Know
Stephen Whitty
How do you know if a romantic comedy isn t working Generally if it s neither especially romantic nor particularly comic And in this picture no matter how many times he keeps coming up to bat Brooks keeps striking out 
2
How Do You Know
Lisa Kennedy
How Do You Know isn t Brooks best Witherspoon is too uneasy in her role But thanks to Rudd plus Kathryn Hahn as George s loyal secretary and Nicholson as his father it delivers a number of delights 
2.5
How Do You Know
Rick Groen
It s been six years since the last James Brooks comedy so we might have expected a little rust But not this weathered thing How Do You Know is so oxidized it s stuck 
2
How Do You Know
Bob Bloom
Overall How Do You Know is a cozy diversion an upscale date night movie 
3
How Do You Know
David Nusair
a watchable yet disappointing work from a filmmaker whose best days are clearly behind him 
2.5
How Do You Know
Calvin Wilson
How Do You Know is a bit slow to get started and it s nowhere near as funny as The Hangover But it ll make you smile 
3
How Do You Know
Chris Hewitt
Brooks is a distinctive writer who has a biting wit and a feel for the very human quality of ambivalence 
2.5
How Do You Know
Lou Lumenick
The product of an out of touch filmmaker that never really gets to second base 
1.5
How Do You Know
Ann Hornaday
It s the kind of movie that succeeds as a culmination of moments that ring true and sweet 
2.5
How Do You Know
Phil Villarreal
How do you know you re watching How Do You Know When you start dreaming of crossword puzzles and Diane Keaton 
1.5
How Do You Know
Dustin Putman
Foregoing substantial character development for a lot of back and forth squabbling between people who can t make up their minds the film is often frustrating in its dumbed down repetitiveness 
2
How Do You Know
Charlie McCollum
What s truly perplexing about the failures of How Do You Know is that the film was written and directed by James L Brooks a master of the rom com genre 
1.5
How Do You Know
Amy Biancolli
A dour sort of romantic drama with an A list cast a few comic moments and the disjointed sense of talented filmmakers flapping their arms in an effort to make it fly 
1.5
How Do You Know
Michael Phillips
Gradually you re reminded why Brooks gave us so much good television over the years in addition to his better movies chief among them Broadcast News 
3
How Do You Know
James Berardinelli
It does some of what it sets out to accomplish and most viewers will depart the theater with at least the beginnings of a warm fuzzy feeling These days it s hard to ask for much more 
2.5
How Do You Know
Peter Howell
A film by the painstaking James L Brooks that is so eager to ask the question about true love it doesn t have time to mess with boring punctuation 
2.5
How Do You Know
Cathy Jakicic
Sitting in the theater my affection was definitely on again off again at best But in the end the good times which were fantastic won me over 
2.5
How Do You Know
Moira MacDonald
Agreeable but disappointingly bland 
2
How Do You Know
Claudia Puig
There s a lot of talk in How Do You Know but not much worth saying 
2
How Do You Know
Carrie Rickey
It is a keenly observed movie about loss of identity and finding love in which Brooks serves up funny ouch humor with slapstick heartbreak 
3
How Do You Know
Wesley Morris
James L Brooks wrote and directed How Do You Know and in addition to forgetting a question mark he s also misplaced his point 
2.5
How Do You Know
Matt Soergel
A more than passable night out if you re fed up with the usual rom com conventions 
2.5
How Do You Know
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is all surface and trades on fortune cookie wisdom and sitcom scenarios 
2.5
How Do You Know
Roger Ebert
I expected this movie to be better 
2
How Do You Know
Bill Weber
Another romantic comedy triangle from James L Brooks with a scandalized executive coming between paired athletes but neither the dialogue nor plot supply an answer or a question mark to the title 
2
How Do You Know
Brett Michel
Six years in the making and this is As Good As It Gets 
2
Moloch
Kevin Carr
This is a slow burn horror flick with a particularly ark edge 46 
3
Moloch
Steven Prokopy
The movie is fairly low key 44 but it apos s a solid debut for a first time director 44 and I apos m often a sucker for horror films that pull from local culture so effectively 46 
2.5
Moloch
Roger Moore
A fairly conventional plot with story beats and a resolution that will have the ring of familiarity to anybody who 8217 s ever seen a horror film based on a folk tale 46 But van den Brink and his crew bathe this in a gorgeous murky gloom that sets the tone 46 
2.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Josh Larsen
Campion makes an unruly costume drama out of the 1881 novel by Henry James 
3
The Portrait of a Lady
Rob Blackwelder
Throughout Portrait there is a nagging sensation that makes one want to ask But where is all this going 
2
The Portrait of a Lady
Edward Guthmann
Breathtakingly beautiful in parts Portrait as a whole is pretentious stifling and taxing 
2
The Portrait of a Lady
Madeleine Williams
The Portrait of a Lady is a distant and chilly adaptation of the Henry James novel that never gets off the ground 
2
The Portrait of a Lady
Roger Ebert
I think if you care for James you must see it It is not an adaptation but an interpretation It gives us Isabel from a new angle And it is well acted 
3
The Portrait of a Lady
Michael Dequina
Not only slow but uninvolving 
1.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Dave Kehr
Portrait of a Lady looks stylish but lacks the energy and originality of Campion s previous work 
2
The Portrait of a Lady
Margaret A. McGurk
The results are often captivating visually but on an emotional level the film doesn t completely connect 
2.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Michael Wilmington
Like Martin Scorsese s film of Edith Wharton s The Age of Innocence Portrait is a beautiful hybrid a masterly psychological novel of the upper classes adapted by a filmmaker famous for modernity creative brilliance spontaneity and fire 
3.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Rick Groen
Loses the nuance of the novel 
2.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Mike Clark
Intelligent but exasperating its monotonous tone will wear down even viewers who started out in its corner 
2.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Stephen Hunter
The Portrait of a Lady alas is a still life without figures 
2
The Portrait of a Lady
James Berardinelli
The Portrait of a Lady is a difficult story to film and Jane Campion and screenwriter Laura Jones have done an admirable job with this adaptation 
3
The Portrait of a Lady
Dennis King
Alternately hypnotic and fascinating then puzzling and boring 
2
The Portrait of a Lady
Malcolm Johnson
Kidman shapes a finely detailed portrait of Isabel as she shifts from a high spirited rather careless red white and blue Yank in England to a fearful drawn pale captive in Rome Yet Campion s film suffers from its arty inclinations 
2.5
The Portrait of a Lady
Joe Baltake
Using hallucinatory cinematic techniques Campion spells out the wrenching entrapment of her heroine Isabel Archer in a series of striking images that disturb entice haunt and dazzle 
3.5
Chatri Chor
Namrata Joshi
At once his most simple yet most layered film to date it proves that Bharadwaj is our most consistent young filmmaker and the most daring as well 
3
Decoding Annie Parker
Glenn Kenny
The movie s main point of value is in Morton s performance 
2
Decoding Annie Parker
Steven Rea
Decoding Annie Parker is a movie about resilience about staring doom straight in the face with a smile with hope 
2.5
Decoding Annie Parker
Mike McGranaghan
This is a film that leaves you with a deep appreciation for the fighters of the world as well as the individuals who tirelessly work to eradicate a disease we d all like to see vanish forever 
3
Decoding Annie Parker
Moira MacDonald
Decoding Annie Parker though uneven in its execution has at its heart two remarkable women and one remarkable performance 
2.5
Decoding Annie Parker
Jen Chaney
It sticks mostly to one track taking audience members on a journey that sadly via the movies or their own lives they already may know a little too well 
2
Decoding Annie Parker
Sara Stewart
A well intentioned if ultimately underwhelming ode to the ongoing fight for a cure 
2
Decoding Annie Parker
Jake Coyle
Hunt and Morton don t appear onscreen together until the end of the movie which makes this feel like two projects forced to mingle 
2
Decoding Annie Parker
Roger Moore
Tells what could have been a tragic story with wit charm and heart 
3
Decoding Annie Parker
Jordan Osterer
This isn t a film of bedside conversions or radical emotional transformations nor is it a story about laughing at one s own hardships as a coping mechanism 
2.5
Daniel
Roger Ebert
The movie tries to encompass too much It devotes so much time to the past to the children s childhoods that the present day scenes are slighted 
2.5
Los Zafiros: Music From the Edge of Time
Terry Lawson
Don t be surprised if you shed a tear not just for a band you ve never heard of but for fallen friends 
3
Inner Demons
Simon Abrams
Pity Carson but blame her creators for turning her into the least frightening monster this side of The Real Housewives of New Jersey 
1.5
Inner Demons
Clayton Dillard
There s a disingenuous offering of pathos to accompany the film s ridiculous and violent denouement 
1
The Sound of Silence
Brian Eggert
Aside from its technical accomplishments it s a film that piques the viewer s interest yet ends just as it starts to hint at more beneath its premise 
2
The Sound of Silence
Catherine Springer
In an age where so many things are overdone overblown and overwrought it s nice to have such a simple quiet movie about a totally relatable and universal human experience 
2
The Sound of Silence
G. Allen Johnson
It is stunted and meandering barely filling out its 85 minutes 
1.5
The Sound of Silence
Robert Horton
A major co star is the sound design which fittingly enough tends to sound like a comforting blanket of white noise 
3
The Sound of Silence
Glenn Kenny
An ambitious tonally intriguing comedic drama 
2.5
The Sound of Silence
Jocelyn Noveck
There are moments in which the movie seems to veer decidedly toward self knowing comedy but never quite gets there and then turns so sad as to be tragic The lead performances though are compelling both intelligent and vulnerable 
2.5
The Sound of Silence
Joey Magidson
New York City has a musical quality to all of its chaos Stand in the right spot in Manhattan and you can hear it The Sound of Silence knows and embraces this 
3
The Sound of Silence
Roger Moore
Sarsgaard beautifully suggests preternatural calm as this lone prophet of sonic sanity in the cacaphony of the Big Apple 
2.5
The Sound of Silence
Chuck Bowen
A wonderful high concept is compromised for another story of lonely people learning to connect 
2.5
The Sound of Silence
Sean P. Means
There is no more frustrating sight at a film festival than a movie that squanders a good idea with a lot of pretentious moodiness which The Sound of Silence has in abundance 
2.5
Big Brother
Simon Abrams
Big Brother may not stand up to much scrutiny but it gets the job done 
2.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Mattie Lucas
Puts things in perspective offering a welcome respite from a world of hustle and bustle that has become all too superficial 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Kelly Jane Torrance
Every documentary could use the Werner Herzog touch 
3.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Rob Thomas
In a very real sense we are watching Herzog watch this film his rapturous reaction illuminating as much about himself as his subjects 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Walter V. Addiego
It s a do it yourself world that Herzog clearly admires much of what we see is the men performing the tasks that enable them to survive 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Michael O'Sullivan
They decidedly don t seem happy And Happy People s decision to skate down the frozen Yenisei without examining their unhappiness more closely leaves a slight chill 
2
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Chris Hewitt
Herzog continues his streak of well crafted documentaries with surprising subjects 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Steven Rea
Albeit a found film of sorts Happy People is very much of a piece with Herzog s other work examining man s place in the natural world looking at man s history and man s ability to survive to endure 
3.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Tom Keogh
Herzog is not insincere His passion for outsize experience has always captured our essential human identity against big backdrops He captures it again in Happy People but this time with a twist 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Mark Feeney
The film has a relaxed matter of fact feel 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Gerald Peary
They are fun to watch as they shape skis out of tree trunks and hang out with their dogs 
2.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Mark Deming
It s clear Mother Nature is the real boss in Bakhtia and Happy People A Year in the Taiga documents a few men doing a wary pas de deux with her in a genuinely fascinating and intelligent fashion 
3.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Robert Levin
Unlike Werner Herzog s vintage efforts Happy People plays like an everyday Discovery channel special 
2.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is both elegiac and amazingly retro like the nature specials that baby boomers were weaned on although it s not for animal lovers unless you have a specific grudge against sables 
3
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Steven Boone
What Herzog gleans from Yaskyuov s exhaustive material is a simple observation The men of the Taiga are heroes of rugged individualism 
3.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Drew Hunt
It would be inaccurate to call Happy People A Year in the Taiga the newest Werner Herzog film 
1
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
James Adams
It feels too much finally like a Hinterland Who s Who instalment writ large too respectful and plain for its own good 
2.5
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Bruce DeMara
The scenes of the river ice buckling and heaving as the spring thaw sets in are among many that display raw and powerful nature 
3.5
Fatal Instinct
David Nusair
A continuously ineffective parody picture 
2
Fatal Instinct
Michael Dequina
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1.5
Fatal Instinct
Roger Ebert
Maybe you ll be in the right mood and like this stuff It looks good and the actors are several notches above the usual parody cast in ability And yet 
1.5
Fatal Instinct
Chris Hicks
There are some laughs in Fatal Instinct But there are an awful lot of dead spots in between 
2
Fatal Instinct
James Berardinelli
If I see another send up of Sharon Stone s character in Basic Instinct I think I ll walk out of the theater 
1.5
The Dirt Bike Kid
Roger Hurlburt
Within minutes youngsters and adults alike will feel the magic and high wheeling fun of this offbeat and entertaining film Billingsley steals the picture with his winning energy and great delivery 
3
Rememory
Simon Abrams
A maddening experience watching a film with a great kernel of an idea fail to grow into something equally impressive 
2
Rememory
Mark Dujsik
It s an old fashioned analog plot masquerading as futuristic science fiction 
2
Rememory
Sara Stewart
You may find this one purged from your own memory banks shortly after watching 
2
Rememory
Henry Stewart
The film successfully argues that it s through sensory details that we access the deeper aspects of our lives 
3
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Walter V. Addiego
Greenwald is skillful enough to spark a fresh sense of outrage 
3
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Ken Fox
crucial to fully understanding the Iraqi American enterprise 
3.5
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Valerie Kuklenski
Iraq for Sale is one film with an agenda that maybe everybody can get behind 
3
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Bruce Westbrook
Iraq for Sale isn t balanced or objective It carries the torch for the families of civilians who died while driving unprotected trucks on unsafe routes 
2.5
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brian Eggert
Le Carr 233 enthusiasts will be left wanting another hour or so of filmic flesh on this skin and bones telling 46 
3
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Matt Brunson
The material concerning the identity of the spy proves to be the least compelling part of the picture What makes the movie cling to our senses are the soulful transgressions of other key characters 
3
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mattie Lucas
A strikingly crafted homage to a bygone era of filmmaking that also feels thrillingly contemporary 
3.5
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Kelly Jane Torrance
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a welcome throwback to old time espionage stories 
3
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Craig D. Lindsey
Unlike the Bond films this movie reminds us that being a British government agent is always a job and rarely an adventure 
3
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Jeff Beck
From watching the film it ends up feeling like maybe reading the book should be a prerequisite or perhaps viewing the five hour miniseries would be a good idea 
2.5
Carousel
Walter Chaw
Carousel on screen is something less alas 
2
Tai Chi Hero
Adam Nayman
While Fung s attempts to err on the side of seriousness in this one after the stylized video game high jinks of its predecessor are clearly purposeful they don t necessarily make for a more pleasurable viewing experience 
2
Tai Chi Hero
Bruce DeMara
Purist fans of martial arts cinema probably won t embrace this film any more than its predecessor 
1.5
Tai Chi Hero
Andrew Schenker
Stephen Fung s pop up graphics and jazzy fight scenes feel part of an unwieldy mix in which the director just throws whatever half baked conceits up on the screen he feels like 
2
Basket Case
Mike McGranaghan
An exploitation masterpiece 
3
A Crime
David Nusair
a tedious thoroughly pointless little drama 
.5
Assimilate
Roger Moore
A single solitary clever idea is all this pod people Night of the Living Dead thriller can manage 
1
The Killing
Matt Brunson
A crackling film noir 46 
3.5
The Killing
Roger Moore
Even at this late date we re allowed to watch at least the first 20 minutes of the first jewel in director Stanley Kubrick s crown thinking this isn t all that 
3
The Killing
David Nusair
The first genuinely great film by Stanley Kubrick 
3.5
The Killing
Glenn Heath Jr.
Underneath The Killing s clockwork violence is a pungent layer of irony something Kubrick would further explore many times later in his career 
4
The Killing
Eric Melin
A brisk satisfying film noir that features all the details of a racetrack heist gone wrong even if the timeline is all shuffled out of order It s thick with atmosphere and razor sharp dialogue 
3.5
The Killing
James Kendrick
Despite this only being his third feature and his first with a significant budget Kubrick displays many of the thematic preoccupations and visual traits that would come to define his unique cinematic voice 
3.5
The Killing
Wesley Lovell
A tight heist thriller from master director Stanley Kubrick 
3.5
The Killing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stanley Kubrick s third film established him as a full fledged filmmaker and a potential master 
4
Being at Home With Claude
Roger Ebert
The movie tries to make Yves decision into some kind of deep metaphysical statement but actually it s just a tortured version of the old advice to live fast die young and leave a good looking corpse 
1
INU-OH
Matt Brunson
The Noh of the 14th century meets the rock of the 1970s in this unusual anime offering 46 
2.5
INU-OH
Simon Abrams
Yuasa apos s adaptation of Furukawa 8217 s book is half thrilling and half underwhelming 46 
2.5
INU-OH
Mike McGranaghan
Despite being great to look at 44 I found the story 8211 which is really more of a thin scenario than a three act structure 8211 ponderous 46 
1.5
INU-OH
Mark Dujsik
Inu Oh uses form and music to put a lesson in history and culture into a lively rock and roll context 46 
3
Cavemen
Nick McCarthy
Cavemen is an apt title considering how the sensibility and maturity of the film s characters don t seem to have developed beyond primal alpha man impulses 
1
Cavemen
Kyle Smith
A dismal rom com for dudes that makes the average beer commercial look nuanced and plot heavy 
1
Cavemen
Kam Williams
A 21st Century update of the Little Rascals He Man Woman Hater s Club episode where Alfalfa wises up and woos Darla his Neanderthal pals protestations notwithstanding 
2.5
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box
Jeffrey Westhoff
A masterpiece of insanity the greatest unintentional comedy since Glen or Glenda 
3
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box
Lou Lumenick
A match made in movie heaven because 3 D is the perfect format to tell the story of this stellar over the top duo 
3
The Hot Potato
Roger Moore
While this caper comedy isn 8217 t a laugh riot 44 it 8217 s damned funny at times and generally wry and daft in tone 44 a Cockney accented 8220 Hot Rock 46 8221 
2.5
Out of the Fog
David Nusair
46 46 46 it 8217 s fairly apparent that the movie 8217 s success is eventually due almost entirely to Garfield 8217 s exciting 44 electrifying turn as the impressively villainous antagonist 46 
3
Princess of the Row
Joe Friar
Tackling two heavy issues in one film is a large order At times Princess tries too hard to drive the competing messages home but the film never wanders into sentimental territory 
3
Princess of the Row
Mark Dujsik
T he final path of this story is almost guaranteed from the start 
2.5
Princess of the Row
Roger Moore
A drama about the homeless that doesn t blink 
3
Contraband
Walter Chaw
It s not saying much to say that it might be Fulci s best directed picture 
2
Today's Special
Rob Thomas
Sometimes you want a meal that tastes exactly like you expect it s going to taste Today s Special is one of those meals 
3
Today's Special
Michele Kenner
The movie is comfortably familiar and plays to the palate of those who don t want too much spice in their foodie comedies 
3
Today's Special
Chris Hewitt
Like a meatloaf or pot roast dinner Today s Special revisits familiar appealing territory 
2.5
Today's Special
Mick LaSalle
It s an easy movie to watch and yet it s just as easy to forget or skip entirely 
2
Today's Special
Lou Lumenick
Charming and mouthwatering 
3
Today's Special
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a film where the plating outshines the flavor 
2
Today's Special
John Hartl
Shah is a first rate scene stealer Patel and Jaffrey effortlessly suggest parental chemistry while Mandvi best known for the eccentric touch he brings to Jon Stewart s The Daily Show tones down the silliness to make a credible leading man 
2.5
Today's Special
Wesley Morris
Shah is a bonus for the movie This smooth self confident inarguably sexy veteran actor doesn t steal the film so much as wrap it around his finger 
3
Today's Special
Roger Ebert
I love cooking and I love Indian food and so I had a good time during Today s Special 
3
Today's Special
Brett Michel
Formulaic but still tasty 
3
Today's Special
Andrew Schenker
I m probably biased in favor of films that take place in my own Queens New York neighborhood but Today s Special is an appealing enough proposition to stand on its own merits 
2.5
Sleeping and Waking
Matt Brunson
Like Being John Malkovich and 2001 A Space Odyssey and too few others this is one of those mind melting cinematic achievements 
3.5
Sleeping and Waking
Lawrence Toppman
The longer version packs more of a kick and has a grander gloomier vision It represents four weeks in the mind of a smart anguished lonely guy who doesn t think he s fit to live 
3.5
Sleeping and Waking
Linda Cook
This is the kind of movie that creates friendships among its aficionados 
4
Sleeping and Waking
David Frese
The die hards will dig it and those who skipped its initial run should greater enjoy their first trip through the cellar door of Donnie s universe 
3
Sleeping and Waking
Peter Canavese
A masterpiece of mood Donnie Darko is made less obscure for better or worse in Kelly s expanded director s cut 
3.5
Sleeping and Waking
Leighton Walter Kille
What remains unchanged is the realization of just what a superb actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 
3.5
Sleeping and Waking
Chris Hewitt
A generous compassionate daring movie 
3.5
Sleeping and Waking
Josh Larsen
may be the truest depiction on film of the troubled adolescent mind 
4
Sleeping and Waking
Roger Ebert
Alive original and intriguing 
3
Sleeping and Waking
Phil Villarreal
Demands to be explored analyzed and debated and consists of interlocking miniature mysteries and broad rewarding strokes that emerge with increased familiarity 
4
Sleeping and Waking
Robert K. Elder
In his quest to make Darko more accessible Kelly might upset a few loyalists of the original but there are still enough questions left to confound and enthrall audiences in Donnie Darko s reconfigured version 
3.5
Sleeping and Waking
Dustin Putman
The 2001 cut is my preference but the 2004 changes have their select attributes Both editions indeed are modern masterworks 
4
Sleeping and Waking
Rob Blackwelder
Kelly has restored scenes added effects and clarified the story almost always to the detriment of the mesmerizing surrealist mystery that made the film such a masterpiece 
3
Sleeping and Waking
David Sterritt
A deliriously subtle exploration of storytelling possibilities and a deliciously wry teen pic to boot 
4
Sleeping and Waking
Elizabeth Weitzman
Kelly s story of a brilliant disturbed teen Jake Gyllenhaal drowning in the cultural morass of the 1980s now feels bloated 
2.5
15 Minutes
Nick Rogers
Alley flasher pubescent paperboy toy with a broken squeaker Edward Burns sounds like those things but plays none of them here He s fire marshal Jordy Warsaw That sounds like a Pauly Shore character Shore would arguably act with greater conviction 
0
15 Minutes
Jordan Hiller
And so now in the unambitious tradition of the eminent Natural Born Killers comes the spectacularly underachieving 15 Minutes 
1
15 Minutes
David Nusair
Herzfeld has created an alternate New York City that is just unpleasant to look at plain and simple 
1
15 Minutes
Mark Dujsik
It forced me to think about many issues pertaining to our culture which is much more than most movies bother to do 
3
15 Minutes
Jorge Avila Andrade
No se deje sorprender pues el resultado final es más bien engañoso 
2.5
15 Minutes
Michael Dequina
Herzfeld settles for the most mundane execution of his idea 
1.5
15 Minutes
Elias Savada
Fifteen Minutes pretty much recycles the media paranoia and fear found in Mad City with passing stabs at Snuff and Payback It sinks quickly off the waters of lower Manhattan 
1.5
15 Minutes
Blake French
makes a strong supported and convincing stand on many current controversial issues
3.5
15 Minutes
Mike McGranaghan
15 Minutes is a very compelling movie about a situation which has no easy answers 
3.5
15 Minutes
James Kendrick
a message vehicle that is both painfully obvious and utterly obtuse about its subject matter 
1.5
15 Minutes
Jeanne Aufmuth
A couple of surprise twists and catchy POV video imagery add to the uniquely unpredictable character of this explosive thriller
3
15 Minutes
James Berardinelli
It doesn t feel like a cookie cutter cop thriller and on top of that it s actually about something 
3
15 Minutes
Mick LaSalle
A shrewd thriller 
3
15 Minutes
Mary Kalin-Casey
Herzfeld s heavy handed and uneven parable about the cycle of bloodlust spotlight seeking and vulgar entertainment is trite and shallow 
1.5
15 Minutes
Susan Stark
De Niro and rising star Edward Burns have just enough knowing gritty give and take in 15 Minutes to make you hungry for more 
2
15 Minutes
Roger Ebert
A real movie rough edges and all and not another link from the sausage factory 
3
15 Minutes
Steve Rhodes
The intriguing movie works in fits and spurts but keeps you with it even with some troubling logical problems 
3
15 Minutes
Mark Caro
It s to Herzfeld s credit that the movie s caustic observations hit the mark as often as they belabor the obvious 
3
15 Minutes
Rob Blackwelder
Crafty strokes of dark comedy and self awareness peek through what is largely a Hollywood gritty veneer 
2.5
15 Minutes
Ross Anthony
Powerful simply powerful 
3
15 Minutes
Robert Roten
Gives weighty subjects a shallow dumbed down treatment in a simplistic story with a lot of dead ends 
2
15 Minutes
Dustin Putman
Has something to say and it says it remarkably well 
3
Human Desire
David Nusair
a fairly standard film noir thriller that s elevated by its surprising narrative and proliferation of compelling performances 
3
Silent Land
Kate Taylor
The director s larger point is deployed with such subtlety that it creeps up on the viewer with devastating force 
4
Your Name Engraved Herein
Randy Myers
The result is an intimate story with heartfelt performances and sensual cinematography 
3
Your Name Engraved Herein
Roger Moore
It s the sensitivity that distinguishes this film a coming out story that plays as a sentimental first love you never get over romance 
2.5
Easy Virtue
Peter Canavese
A period piece that may play well with those who hate period pieces Blu ray 
3
Easy Virtue
Mike Scott
A recent headline declared that Jessica Biel is still trying to prove she s more than a pretty face After Easy Virtue she s still got something to prove 
2
Easy Virtue
Walter Chaw
It s only a surprise if you haven t seen his other films 
3.5
Easy Virtue
Rob Thomas
Jessica Biel turns out to be up to the task of handling Coward s deliciously acidic lines and is well matched with an impressive all British cast in the sparkling Easy Virtue 
3
Easy Virtue
Matt Brunson
Easy to like but hard to wholly recommend 
2.5
Easy Virtue
Keith Cohen
Biel holds her own with the seamless acting chops of Firth and Thomas The movie benefits from a snappy musical score with familiar standout show tunes from Cole Porter 
3
Easy Virtue
Moira MacDonald
Echoing the words of the great Porter song Easy Virtue deliciously misbehaves 
3
Easy Virtue
Michael Sragow
In 1988 Sheridan Morley noted that Easy Virtue remains of interest chiefly as Noel s elegant laconic tribute to a lost world of drawing room dramas This gleefully inelegant movie tosses even that mild interest away 
2
Easy Virtue
John Beifuss
Will appeal only to Anglophiles who swoon at the sound of such words as codswallop 
0.5
Easy Virtue
Graham Killeen
Sporadically engaging Easy Virtue would do better swapping amusement for a more elusive quarry truth 
2
Easy Virtue
Jeff Vice
To say that her casting doesn t work is an understatement And there s not nearly enough of Coward s biting wit on display here 
2
Easy Virtue
Calvin Wilson
Easy Virtue has all the elements for a sprightly romp with serious underpinnings and occasionally it achieves that balance But it s marred by attempts at farce that are as belabored as they are ill advised 
2.5
Easy Virtue
Chris Hewitt
Easy Virtue would like us to sympathize with the fresh faced American but the bitter insult spewing Brits are so much more entertaining that I was rooting for them 
2
Easy Virtue
Steven Rea
Full of forced jocularity and drawing room hissy fits with its cast parading around in vintage threads and antique cars Easy Virtue is a close to insufferable souffle based on the 1925 Noel Coward play 
2
Easy Virtue
Connie Ogle
It lumbers instead of dazzles drags where it should feint and jab 
2
Easy Virtue
Steve Rhodes
A mild comedy of manners set in the Roaring Twenties You might think any comedy filled with flappers would be funny but this one isn t It deserves no laughs and few smiles 
2
Easy Virtue
Mick LaSalle
Director Elliott had a choice in Easy Virtue to turn away from the horror or face it He takes his time but he eventually does face it and delivers up a good movie 
3
Easy Virtue
Bruce DeMara
Full of gorgeous architecture and sightlines but a bit too cold for comfort and with an all too pervasive air of tedium 
2
Easy Virtue
Michael Phillips
Elliott nearly turns the whole affair into a musical with characters singing snatches of Coward and Cole Porter songs But his sense of humor is extremely broad 
1.5
Easy Virtue
Ty Burr
Those coming in cold may be forgiven for thinking they ve wandered into Atonement remade as a farce 
2
Easy Virtue
Liam Lacey
Easy Virtue has enough traces of Coward s wit to keep you hoping for the first hour or so but then the film collapses under the weight of too many misguided innovations 
2
Easy Virtue
Roger Ebert
Unusually for a play by Noel Coward Love struggles while conquering All in Easy Virtue a subversive view of British country house society between the wars 
3
Easy Virtue
Claudia Puig
Goes down as light and fizzily as a flute of Champagne tossed back in an airy drawing room 
3
Easy Virtue
Lou Lumenick
The first Noel Coward play to hit the big screen in more than 40 years Easy Virtue is a crass heavy handed and most unfor givably largely laugh free adaptation of The Master s infrequently revived 1924 comic melodrama 
1.5
Easy Virtue
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Elliott keeps the mood spirited and breezy and of course there are lots of great lines but those little modern touches suggest a lack of trust in the material 
2.5
Easy Virtue
Peter Travers
The elegant barbed wit of Noel Coward bubbling up in a time of Wolverine grunts I must be dreaming 
3
Easy Virtue
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are moments where I laughed so hard I thought my stomach might burst right in two Elliott handling all this organized chaos with a determined confidence I can t say I ve seen from the director in any of his three previous pictures 
3
Easy Virtue
Robert Levin
Too often Easy Virtue feels like a rough facsimile of many better drawing room comedies 
2.5
Easy Virtue
Bill Weber
Stephan Elliott is determined to contemporize a playwright whose rhythms concerns and craft are all permanently bonded to the 20s art of British sophisticated escapism art being short for artifice 
1.5
Easy Virtue
James Berardinelli
The laughter found in Easy Virtue requires a sophisticated cinematic palate but for those who appreciate this sort of motion picture it s a top notch creation 
3
Easy Virtue
David Nusair
sporadically amusing yet pervadingly tedious 
2
Square Dance
Carrie Rickey
Notwithstanding a knockabout performance by Jane Alexander as a Fort Worth floozy Square Dance is do si dull 
2
Square Dance
Johanna Steinmetz
There are so many small well crafted touches about the movie it s painful to report that the whole is not quite the sum of its parts 
2.5
Square Dance
Roger Ebert
If I were to describe the plot of Square Dance you d likely laugh out loud The movie itself denies even that pleasure This is a weary morality play that sinks under the weight of its good intentions 
1
A Christmas Story Live!
Kelly Lawler
Although the cast is quite appealing and the show well staged with hardly a hiccup or blooper it couldn t liven up the flat material A three hour runtime made it a slog and the musical was overstuffed with songs 
1.5
The Endless Trench
Roger Moore
An intimate epic that alarms as it sprints out of the gate settles into a lingering tension and even as it is winding down manages to frighten and keep the viewer on tenterhooks 
3
1941
David Nusair
A somewhat interminable misfire 
1
The Corpse Grinders
Eric Henderson
There is nothing in Ted V Mikels s infamous grindhouse cheapie even a fraction as disturbing as the graphic art of its promotional one sheet 
2
Shock Waves
James Kendrick
a fun diverting bit of undead horror that can at the very least claim both originality and influence as it is arguably the first horror film to include Nazi zombies
3
Grumpy Christmas
Roger Moore
The eye rolling ideas two screenwriters manufactured for generating resolutions to the many comic conflicts in this don t produce many laughs Or any 
1.5
Coppers
Barry Hertz
The anecdotes eventually become unbearable in their brutality you will never want to ride a motorcycle again but that s the point of it all to protect is to serve and to serve is to suffer 
3.5
A Murder in Mansfield
Roger Moore
Unsurprising and incomplete 
2
Mosul
Richard Roeper
This is one of the best movies of 2020 
4
Mosul
Roger Moore
For my money the best action picture on Netflix right now 
3
Mosul
Roxana Hadadi
Some of Carnahan s choices rely on certain Western stereotypes to underscore the awfulness of the Islamic State but what Mosul gets right more often is its prioritization of the Iraqi perspective and the weight of all this violence 
2.5
Mosul
Randy Myers
It s well made and engrossing 
3
Mosul
Mark Dujsik
Mosul is superficially involving but it s clear Carnahan not as successfully is going for something deeper 
2.5
The Square
Lisa Jensen
The atmosphere becomes so charged that even the insidious way a man makes an appointment to get his hair cut seems fraught with innuendo and peril 
3
The Square
Rob Thomas
The Square It s Australian for noir mate 
3.5
The Square
Roger Moore
A taut well executed if somewhat predictable riff on the murderous caper that goes wrong theme that has anchored sexy blood stained crime pictures from The Postman Always Rings Twice to Before the Devil Knows You re Dead 
3
The Square
Steven Rea
It s as if filmmaking brothers Joel and Nash Edgerton Joel cowrote produced and costars Nash directed sat down and said Let s watch these suckers wreck their lives and the lives of everyone around them 
3.5
The Square
John Beifuss
A tough twisty tale of murder adultery and purloined loot that stays true to author James Ellroy s succinct summation of the primary theme of film noir We re all ed 
3.5
The Square
Matt Brunson
The Square recalls one of cinema s all time classic lines that moment in 1981 s Body Heat when Kathleen Turner s femme fatale Matty Walker studies William Hurt s gullible Ned Racine and declares You re not too smart are you I like that in a man 
3.5
The Square
Sean O'Connell
What s to be admired is how fearlessly Edgerton embraces the dirt and grime oozing out of The Square manufacturing the guilt that s produced when information is withheld when lies are tossed around and when the best laid plans go awry 
3
The Square
Jeff Vice
The low budget Australian thriller actually gets crazier and more off beat as it goes It s worth it just to watch things spiral so far out of control 
3
The Square
Joe Williams
The Square is a solidly constructed thriller with some missing pieces at the center but vivid splashes of color outside the lines 
3
The Square
Dan Kois
The Square suggests an exciting future for a pair of brothers with a dark view of pitiless fate 
3.5
The Square
Keith Cohen
This brain teaser is tightly edited cleverly plotted and smartly written It is lacking in character development and leaves out the sexual gymnastics 
3
The Square
Robert W. Butler
You needn t like the characters in a noir thriller as long as you re immersed in their growing desperation 
3
The Square
Lisa Kennedy
The Square is a morality noir in which there s very little onscreen morality 
2.5
The Square
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are no blacks and whites here just lots and lots of glorious gray each flawed soul quickly coming to damning realizations that the choices they ve made might not have been the best ones after all 
3
The Square
Michael Phillips
The string along bad to worse nature of The Square affords a distinct if sour sort of satisfaction Yet its construction is a thing of considerable soundness 
3
The Square
Roger Ebert
The Square moves with implacable logic toward catastrophe as its desperate heroes try to squirm out of a tightening noose 
3.5
The Square
Janos Gereben
Edgerton makes it a point to complicate each character and action focusing on complex decisions that produce lasting and often violent consequences 
3.5
The Square
Chris Hewitt
Let s just say it s a sour poorly scripted mess of a thriller and leave it at that 
1
The Square
Moira MacDonald
There s a bit of everything in The Square so much so that after a while it starts to feel generic 
2.5
The Square
Liam Lacey
There isn t a character in The Square you can care about beyond pity for their foolishness and exasperation with their greed 
2
The Square
Peter Howell
You wonder how the characters could be so inept about their dirty deeds How did they get so badly in over their heads It s almost Biblical in the way it metes out rough justice 
2.5
The Square
Wesley Morris
The Square calls to mind the skin tight dread of the Coen brothers Blood Simple If that movie remains the more rigorous cinematic achievement The Square is a more richly ironic pleasure 
3
The Square
Tom Meek
Edgerton a stuntman by trade doesn t offer much that s new but the script by his brother Joel keeps folding back in on itself and if character credibility lags at least the tension stays high 
3
The Square
Rex Reed
The Edgertons are a clever pair all right even if The Square seems repetitive and sometimes a bit hackneyed 
2
The Square
Lou Lumenick
A starless but highly effec tive Aussie noir that marks the auspicious feature debut of stuntman and music video director Nash Edgerton 
3
The Square
Nick Schager
The Square has a toughness gallows wit and sense of impending tragedy amplified by its grainy gliding aesthetics and an agitated performance by David Roberts 
3
The Square
Erik Childress
Those who seek it out I suspect will have no problem in another decade citing the names of the Coens the Wachowskis and the Edgertons on their list of siblings who used noir to find the light towards a successful and acclaimed filmmaking resume 
3
Rendition
Rossiter Drake
The film unfolds brilliantly and methodically as director Gavid Hood s vivid characters are unwittingly drawn together 
3.5
Rendition
Lori Hoffman
Rendition gives its take on this practice with enough complexity to keep us engaged and on the fence about how far our nation should go 
3
Rendition
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hood s greatest concern is the line between moral courage and cowardice 
3.5
Rendition
Linda Cook
And what the heck does this title mean anyway Competing with Things We Lost in the Fire for its fuzzy appellation Rendition refers to the U S policy of extraordinary rendition that allows the government to arrest and keep imprisoned anyone suspe
3.5
Rendition
Mike McGranaghan
Rendition is an important film Art by definition is supposed to provoke to spur emotions to enlighten On those counts this movie scores a bull s eye 
4
Rendition
Mark Dujsik
The stories are unflatteringly forced together neither of them highlighting the thematic relevance of the other 
2
Rendition
Frank Ochieng
housing top notch actors and their hefty paychecks but nothing else beyond the obviousness of the melodramatic malarkey it spouts with empty conviction 
2
Rendition
Sean O'Connell
Probes deep into a serious problem and will entertain those who enjoy current events sprinkled over their cinema 
3
Rendition
Sean P. Means
The movie s insistent message about the morality and effectiveness of torture packs an unexpected and politically timely punch 
3
Rendition
Kit Bowen
Although South African director Gavin Hood gave us the searing Oscar winning foreign film Tsotsi he may not yet have enough experience to handle something on a grander scale 
2
Rendition
Todd Hertz
Rendition s approach feels additionally preachy and one noted because its message is bigger than both the story and the human element 
2
Rendition
David Elliott
A movie that has only two major scenes for Streep and one for Arkin has talent to spare 
3
Rendition
Mick LaSalle
That it s embarrassingly plausible that it depicts things that have happened and that are probably still happening is enough to make Americans sick to their stomach 
3
Rendition
John Hartl
What finally gives Rendition its headlong narrative momentum is the sense that we re rarely certain what argument the filmmakers are endorsing 
3
Rendition
Chris Hewitt
Toss in a bunch of one dimensional characters a major flashback that isn t triggered by a memory or a theme but simply by the convenience of the plot and an ending that makes absolutely no sense and you end with a big fat mess 
1
Rendition
Geoff Pevere
It s one thing for a thriller to be timely quite another for it to function as Rendition does a gripping piece of entertainment with a clear head on its shoulders 
3
Rendition
Ken Fox
It justly questions whether information gathered through torture is ever reliable and whether human rights violations only fan the flames of deadly anti Americanism and revenge 
3.5
Rendition
Claudia Puig
Rendition while engrossing does not grab us as it should 
2.5
Rendition
Stephen Whitty
Rendition has been made with an awful lot of volume and outrage but you wish it had some intellect and artistry too 
1.5
Rendition
Kyle Smith
Morose instead of outraged and static instead of penetrating 
2
Rendition
Jack Mathews
Hood can be accused of one siding the debate over interrogation tactics like water boarding and electrocution But since when do movies have to be fair and balanced 
3
Rendition
Rene Rodriguez
The kind of movie whose own self importance is a turn off 
2
Rendition
Bob Strauss
In trying to respect every character s point of view Hood doesn t reveal enough about any of them to make us truly care 
2.5
Rendition
Terry Lawson
A movie whose hot button political issues already seem too warmed and worried over 
2
Rendition
Jeff Vice
The performances are surprisingly lackluster Witherspoon practically sleepwalks through the whole thing as does Gyllenhaal 
2
Rendition
Lisa Kennedy
It raises worthwhile quandaries and delivers flashes of acting prowess from Streep in particular 
2.5
Rendition
Roger Ebert
What the film documents is that we have lost faith in due process and the rule of law and have forfeited the moral high ground 
4
Rendition
Lawrence Toppman
or all these faults the film has many plusses n unsubtle emotional power that comes through in Abasi s fear and Isabella s rage an honest view of the political machinery in Washington and an outrage about the way we can behave 
2.5
Rendition
Wesley Morris
Rendition is a reminder that in the wrong hands political outrage can be a slog 
2
Rendition
Nick Rogers
A chamber orchestra cousin to Paul Greengrass s topical symphonies of discussion Sharp damning and at times funny this intricate thriller wisely chooses a puzzle box pace with no big speeches or easy outs for any character 
3.5
Rendition
Carrie Rickey
Hood squanders the film s considerable starpower by failing to elicit sharp performances from his marquee names 
2
Rendition
Willie Waffle
Get ready for the absolute worst performance of Meryl Streep s career 
1.5
Rendition
Erik Childress
If you re going to lecture us on the evils of torture you better not make a film where in the end we feel there s more information to be discovered 
2
Rendition
Sara Michelle Fetters
While many of the individual pieces work brilliantly the final tricky answers to the puzzle simply do not work the twist at the end neither earned nor welcome leaving a bad taste in my mouth refusing to go away 
2
Rendition
Duane Dudek
It stirs sympathy for one man s plight but little passion over the policy that imprisoned him 
2.5
Rendition
Peter Travers
What a cast indeed And what a bust as persuasive drama 
2
Rendition
Walter Chaw
A naive poorly thought out badly reasoned left wing nut manifesto that gives the Right all the ammunition it needs 
0.5
Rendition
Dustin Putman
A stale murky drama so oversimplified that its politics boil down to a single tidy elementary level message torture is bad 
2
Rendition
Jan Stuart
Reduces issues of burning domestic urgency to a rubble of burnt melodrama 
2
Rendition
Josh Larsen
Despite the high stakes involved Rendition plods along with little vitriol and even less energy 
2
Rendition
Michael Phillips
Director Hood did the satisfying South African Oscar winner Tsotsi and he wrangles Rendition s multiple storylines with skill He cannot elevate the writing however 
2
Rendition
Matt Brunson
It all adds up to a dilution of the real issues at hand With friends like this movie who needs Dick Cheney 
2
Rendition
Joe Lozito
Well crafted political pot boiler almost succeeds at being neither manipulative nor sensationalistic Almost 
3
Rendition
James Berardinelli
We are ambushed by a simplistic storyline that s more interested in sermonizing and demonizing than existing in the real world where things aren t as clear cut as the movie would like us to believe 
2
Rendition
Ed Gonzalez
Hollywood kick starts another Oscar season with a modish globetrotting guilt trip that histrionically explores how government policy and our involvement in the Middle East affects people in America on a personal level 
1
Rendition
David Nusair
It s not until the pieces finally start to fall into place that Rendition becomes the hard hitting thought provoking drama Hood clearly wants it to be 
3
Rendition
Rick Groen
Hot off the headlines and onto the screen this is a rarity a political film that delivers its timely message with a cinematic punch and no undue speechifying 
3.5
The Last House on the Left
Barbara Vancheri
Thirty seven years ago Wes Craven s The Last House on the Left was groundbreaking in its use of sadistic violence Today it s just brutal business as usual 
1.5
The Last House on the Left
David Keyes
The director Dennis Iliadis is exactly the right type of person to helm an upgrade of this manner he is a genuine fan of the source 
3
The Last House on the Left
Sonny Bunch
What s most disappointing about the 2009 version is that it strips all the moral ambiguity from the 1972 original of the same name 
1
The Last House on the Left
Lucius Gore
this Last House on the Left doesn t have the bite of the original 
2
The Last House on the Left
Peg Aloi
What s missing are the subversive shocking conceits of the original 
2
The Last House on the Left
Daniel M. Kimmel
a dispiriting exercise in ultra violence that even the gorehounds will find disappointing 
1
The Last House on the Left
Charles Koplinski
A vile exercise masquarading as art 
2.0
The Last House on the Left
Linda Cook
Brutal Graphic Disturbing The remake of Last House on the Left is all those things And oh yes this adults only story is ancient 
3
The Last House on the Left
James Kendrick
rectifies the original s bizarre tonal range but also dilutes its thematic power by completely discarding the critical portrayal of vengeance as a zero sum game
2.5
The Last House on the Left
John Beifuss
Crafted with such professionalism it might be the story of Gandhi rather than a wallow in rape murder and the vengeance of the parents who true to the domestic associations of the title dispatch the evildoers with garbage disposal and microwave oven 
2
The Last House on the Left
Rossiter Drake
It presents sadism in the context of a narrative that is straightforward and believable and for those who crave a little terror in their lives it offers a truly unsettling experience while raising questions mundane and otherwise 
3
The Last House on the Left
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over its amateurish predecessor 46 46 46 
3
The Last House on the Left
Olivia Putnal
The cast although aren t A listers were perfect for their parts 
3
The Last House on the Left
Peter Howell
Do not go to this movie if you simply seek entertainment If you re a sociologist tracking the decline of civilization over the past four decades you re in for a night of solid research 
1.5
The Last House on the Left
Chris Hewitt
I was all set to give Iliadis credit for using extreme subject matter to ask smart questions about right wrong and human nature But then he unleashes an unnecessary albeit original final scene that erases any doubt 
2
The Last House on the Left
Peter Hartlaub
The action scenes are particularly gripping 
3
The Last House on the Left
Kyle Smith
The remake is much glossier but also takes place mostly in real time using long takes genuinely disturbing violence and stretches with no dialogue to pin you to the story 
3
The Last House on the Left
Stephen Cole
A deliberate underplayed horror movie that is truly shocking 
3
The Last House on the Left
Lisa Kennedy
Unlike the slew of Michael Bay produced slasher remakes this is not an idea free flick And Craven shepherding producer on this remake believes in character More he believes in engaging what the word horror means 
3
The Last House on the Left
Michael Sragow
The movie means to be about how violence makes animals out of all of us including the vengeful parents Unfortunately that also includes the audience 
0
The Last House on the Left
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Craven s version was sloppy and amateurish and felt like a disturbing home movie This one feels like a Hollywood movie like a product to be sold 
2
The Last House on the Left
Willie Waffle
Parts of The Last House on the Left are among some of the most intense you have seen in movies this year
2.5
The Last House on the Left
Sara Michelle Fetters
Be all that as it may I just can t recommend this thing It made me feel dirty and ugly and by the time it was over I wanted to run home and take a shower to get the filth off of me 
2
The Last House on the Left
Erik Childress
Craven himself has said that the 2009 is a marked improvement over his film and some fans I know balked at such a statement Only the truth is they should keep repeating to themselves Craven was right Craven was right 
3
The Last House on the Left
Kara Nesvig
Sure the movie is predictable a convenient storm causes power outages and therefore the dark house is creepily candlelit and who knows who s lurking behind the door but it keeps its audience on edge 
2.5
The Last House on the Left
Wesley Morris
This remake plods to its finale 
2
The Last House on the Left
Ted Fry
First time director Dennis Iliadis spices up the visual style with unusual camera and cutting choices that liven the tempo beyond typical horror movie cliché Time will tell whether or not this Last House launches his career 
2.5
The Last House on the Left
Dustin Putman
Enthralling mature and full of measured tension The Last House on the Left is no The Virgin Spring but it beats the pants off of its direct thirty seven year old predecessor 
3
The Last House on the Left
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Last House on the Left is the best in the latest crop of slasher remakes Admittedly that is faint praise 
2.5
The Last House on the Left
Peter Canavese
Those viewers trapped in the film s nihilism and hoping for more can amuse themselves by looking at the film as an Aristotelian tragedy take that Friday the 13th remake 
2.5
The Last House on the Left
Peter Travers
Audiences with a brain cell left have only one choice Look for the first exit on the right 
1
The Last House on the Left
Rafer Guzman
Its main goals are to shock titillate enrage and otherwise jolt your reflexes which it does shrewdly and successfully 
3
The Last House on the Left
Roger Ebert
I m giving it a 2 5 in the silly star rating system and throwing up my hands 
2.5
The Last House on the Left
Nick Schager
Gone is the original s early campiness here replaced by eye of the storm calm that portends tragedy as well as its later over the top grindhouse gore now swapped for taut suspense punctuated by visceral brutality 
3
The Last House on the Left
James Berardinelli
This film is only for those who go in with open eyes and understand what they re in for 
2.5
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Matt Brunson
It s much better than its reputation 
3
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Pryor delivers a predominantly tedious drama that s made all the more interminable by a hopelessly uninvolving structure 
1
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Roger Ebert
Pryor has taken some major risks in this movie He has played straight and honest with his story but he also has shown that he has a real gift as a director the narrative scenes in the movie have a conviction and an interest that grow and hold us 
3
Cremaster 1
David N. Butterworth
Barney explores the creation of form in a universe that is by turns jaw dropping laughable head scratching infuriating but never less than unique 
3
Cremaster 1
Ian Mantgani
Beautiful 
2
Cremaster 1
Jeremy Heilman
A fascinating forty odd minute long look in above under and around a complex visual metaphor 
4
Angel of Death
David Nusair
a surprisingly cinematic actioner that ultimately feels like a low budget cousin to 2005 s Sin City 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
James Kendrick
the humor is persistent and we can 8217 t help but care for Gru and his nascent villainy
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Matt Brunson
A few time capsule gags break the tedium that has now come to define this deathless series 46 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Peter Canavese
Good plot 44 fast moving 44 just weird enough to be funny and a little subversive 44 deeply silly and completely unpretentious but fails to exploit all the possibilities of an origin story 46 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Tricia Gilbride
There isn 8217 t much evil to speak of 44 which would be fine if there was any true good for the middling acts of no good to contrast with 46 It 8217 s not easy to get the right balance of bad in a movie for kids 44 but the stakes have to be higher 46 Scar DID that 46 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Sarah Knight Adamson
I love the fresh vibe 58 the 70s setting is paired with a soundtrack of the period 44 creating a fun loving mood 8212 check out Diana Ross 8217 s new song 8220 Turn Up the Sunshine 8221 during the ending credits 44 as it just may be nominated for an academy award 46 
3.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Tom Meek
It all makes for a lean and spritely if ephemeral Minions fix 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Mark Meszoros
Ultimately 44 the Minion fueled gags are enough 44 such as when our fearless trio takes the place of a flight crew and attempts 40 yikes 41 to fly a passenger jet to San Francisco 46 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Ray Gill Jr.
Unfortunately the creativity ends with the animation 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Sean P. Means
What the movie serves up are references to things that were funny in past installments 44 such as Gru 8217 s mom 40 voiced by Julie Andrews 41 belittling him 44 or Dr 46 Nefario 40 voiced by Russell Brand 41 talking about his love of gadgets 46 
1
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Sara Michelle Fetters
91 Kids 93 are going to love this sequel 44 and while that 8217 s not surprising 44 that their parents might find themselves giggling right along with their youngsters somewhat is 46 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Kevin Carr
I love the Minions 46 46 46 but I 8217 m not sure that I love them for 90 minutes at a stretch 46 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
James Berardinelli
The series has long since given up finding new avenues to explore relying instead of regurgitating ideas and comedic bits It s almost surprising therefore how effectively it works 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Odie Henderson
Minions 58 The Rise of Gru moves at breakneck speed 46 46 46 the laughs are well paced and the viewer isn 8217 t given too much time to reflect on how ridiculous Matthew Fogel 8217 s screenplay is 46 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Christian Toto
The adorable yellow critters have long since worn out their welcome 46 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Jeff Mitchell
Minions devotees will likely enjoy this movie 44 and in the next sequel 44 Gru will probably turn 15 in apos Minions 58 Gru needs Clearasil apos 46 Just one request 58 Can we make the runtime shorter than 79 minutes 63 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Mark Dujsik
With all of these threads and subplots 44 there simply isn apos t much time for the Minions and their shenanigans 46 
2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Mike McGranaghan
The Minions have lost none of their appeal 44 and even have one or two new tricks in their overalls 46 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Johnny Oleksinski
While a tad too light as these films often are nobody is making animated characters as funny or likable or marketable as the Minions 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Serena Puang
The movie is fun The music is unironically good a particular standout is the Minions rendition of Simon and Garfunkel s Cecilia Bob as cute as ever learns that even the smallest of us are capable of great things 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Soren Andersen
Kids will love all the silliness but oddly the greatest resonance of the Wayback Machine plot will be felt by the kids grandparents if any find themselves in attendance who were around in those bygone days 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Jake Coyle
Rise of Gru directed by franchise veteran Kyle Balda supplies a brisk and breezy 88 minute Minion morsel to keep the pipsqueak masses sated before the next Despicable Me movie 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Neil Pond
An onslaught of unbridled silliness 44 slapstick shenanigans and retro riffs on the apos 70s 46 And let apos s not forget fart bombs and butt cracks 46 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Rafer Guzman
The Rise of Gru typifies what makes this animated series so successful and so irksome a calculated combination of high strung zaniness to wind up the kids and nostalgic pop culture references to soothe the parents 
1.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Zaki Hasan
At 88 minutes Minions The Rise of Gru struggles to find enough story to encompass its runtime ending up feeling substantially longer as a result 
1
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Katie Walsh
87 minutes of pure chaos 44 a hallucinatory 44 cacophonous fever dream of nonsensical subplots and Minion gibberish 46 
1
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Leo Brady
Keeping it all straight is not hard or significant but The Rise of Gru is a lot of predictable and wild Minion hijinx and that was enough to make me happy 46 
3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Thomas Floyd
Packing their shtick into a speedy 87 minutes returning director Kyle Balda delivers a perfectly painless romp that should enthrall kids entertain adults and keep Minion cosplayers employed for many a birthday party to come 
2.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Roger Moore
A movie of manic 44 demented genius 46 
3.5
Class
David Nusair
the movie benefits from the affable work of its various performers 
3
Class
Roger Ebert
Class is a prep school retread of The Graduate that knows some of its scenes are funny and some are serious but never figures out quite how they should go together 
2
Look at Me
Kam Williams
Examines a variety of questions such as superficiality versus substance materialism versus self worth and taking advantage of others versus forming sincere relationships 
3
Look at Me
Rob Thomas
A biting and insightful tale of life in Parisian literary circles and how celebrity and ambition can send ripples through relationships 
3.5
Look at Me
Duane Dudek
Perhaps because she is also an actress Jaoui understands motivation and interaction and with co star Jean Pierre Bacri who plays the father creates characters of substance and dimension out of scraps of human weakness 
3.5
Look at Me
Carla Meyer
Flawlessly acted and meticulously observed 
4
Look at Me
Phil Villarreal
But add up these formidable parts and all you get is still a distant story of wealthy and miserable French literati stewing in their own self contempt 
2.5
Look at Me
Sean P. Means
Look at Me confirms what The Taste of Others suggested that Jaoui has a sharp talent for cutting through the self absorbed baloney of the French bourgeoisie 
3.5
Look at Me
Jeff Vice
Newcomer Berry is not only able to hold her own with her more experienced co stars but she s the real standout here 
3
Look at Me
Rene Rodriguez
Has a light sometimes hilarious touch 
3.5
Look at Me
Phoebe Flowers
Look at Me is sly discomfiting and great exploration of fame and beauty 
3.5
Look at Me
Bruce Westbrook
An overrated mound of misery 
1.5
Look at Me
Carrie Rickey
It s a marvel that reverberates long after we leave the theater 
4
Look at Me
Stephen Whitty
smart and sometimes bittersweet 
3.5
Look at Me
Michael Booth
Rarely does a director assemble a set of characters so infantile in their emotions and so irritating to be around at least if they want anyone to actually pay to see the movie 
2
Look at Me
Roger Ebert
The thing about a movie like this is the characters may be French but they re more like people I know than they could ever be in the Hollywood remake 
3.5
Look at Me
Chris Hewitt
Gently funny and wise Look at Me has lots to say about the power of art to make us see the world in a new light about people who suck all the oxygen out of a room and about how the people in their wake must cope 
3
Look at Me
Michael Wilmington
A witty and psychologically perceptive look at the Parisian literary scene 
3.5
Look at Me
Moira MacDonald
Jaoui crisply efficient as Sylvia reveals herself as a talent to watch and Berry disappears into the role of Lolita carrying the movie on her weary shoulders 
3.5
Look at Me
David Elliott
It is kept blithely in flux by Jaoui s darting tempo her fond delight in actors and her comical use of cell phones and the music that includes Cuban pop and jazz and Monteverdi Schubert Mozart 
3
Look at Me
James Berardinelli
A fine motion picture simple direct and offering truth 
3
Look at Me
James Verniere
Liberal in its worldview wise in its knowledge of human behavior and so open to the shortcomings within all of us it makes Hollywood films seem like the emotional equivalent of Teletubbies 
3.5
Look at Me
Geoff Pevere
In the tradition of Jean Renoir Eric Rohmer or Robert Altman Look at Me is a multi character comedy of manners or more accurately ill manners 
3.5
Look at Me
Ruthe Stein
One of the many marvels of this keenly observed family saga is the rapidness and economy with which it establishes a disturbing father daughter dynamic 
4
Look at Me
Rick Groen
Not many movie scripts have the psychological complexity of a first class novel and those that do tend to speak in fluent French 
3.5
Look at Me
Wesley Morris
A marvelous uncommonly observant and unexpectedly rousing group portrait from writer director actors Agnès Jaoui and Jean Pierre Bacri 
4
Look at Me
Steve Rhodes
It s a sweet little movie that shines with the brightness of a tiny jewel 
3
Look at Me
Timothy Knight
A wryly funny and insightful film that works on many different levels 
4
Look at Me
Jami Bernard
This audience pleaser is smart and acerbic 
4
Look at Me
Glenn Whipp
Jaoui and Bacri skewer celebrity worship sensitively explore women s body issues delve into relationship dynamics and brilliantly examine the myriad ways people deceive themselves 
3.5
Look at Me
Peter Canavese
Look at Me states the film s theme the difficulty of getting attention and the horrible realization that when it comes it usually comes for the wrong reasons 
3
Look at Me
Peter Travers
This bonbon spiked with malice is a triumph for Jaoui who takes witty and wounding measure of the small betrayals that leave bruises on us all 
3.5
Look at Me
Jan Stuart
The ironies and emotional truths running through the dense screenplay are too manifold to catalog here 
3.5
Look at Me
David Sterritt
While Jaoui s film is interesting to watch it dawdles enough to lose its storytelling grip That said she remains a tantalizing talent 
3
Look at Me
Lou Lumenick
On the talky side but like Jaoui s directing debut The Taste of Others it offers uniformly excellent performances and smart observations on social and family interactions 
3
Look at Me
Ed Gonzalez
A student of Patrice Chereau and Eric Rohmer a considerate Joui sees the humanity in everyone 
3
Deep Impact
Lynde McCormick
We ve seen this before earth s eve of destruction by a well aimed asteroid It was terrible some years ago as Asteroid and it s still lost in space as Deep Impact 
2
Deep Impact
David Nusair
a modern classic within the disaster film genre 
3.5
Deep Impact
Walter Chaw
Malignant and insensate it s already too far gone for treatment 
1
Deep Impact
Leonard Schwarz
Deep Impact tries to be something more than a summer action movie and in doing so ends up being quite a bit less 
2.5
Deep Impact
Margaret A. McGurk
Deep Impact deserves credit for breaking new ground in the action movies field and I m not talking about the terrific special effects the film spends time and attention on the emotional life of its characters 
2.5
Deep Impact
Mick LaSalle
To its credit the movie eschews cheap dramatics but at times it eschews dramatics altogether 
2
Deep Impact
Liam Lacey
Deep Impact has a few good opening minutes the biggest tidal wave you ve ever seen in the closing minutes and a cluster of little meandering melodramas in between 
2.5
Deep Impact
Andrew Howe
If you must ask for whom the bell tolls you ll find the answer here 
3
Deep Impact
Rob Blackwelder
Suffice to say by the time the first chunk of comet arrived extinction was looking like a pretty pleasant prospect 
2
Deep Impact
Roger Ebert
You can enjoy the way they create little flashes of wit in the dialogue which enlivens what is after all a formula disaster movie 
2.5
Deep Impact
David Keyes
If this doesn t provoke a recovery for the current relapse of decent disaster films then nothing will 
3.5
Deep Impact
Steve Rhodes
The direction and script is so confusing and so riddled with holes that you ll spend the hour after the movie discussing all of its problems with your date and friends 
2.5
Deep Impact
David N. Butterworth
Mimi Leder s end of the world pic places intelligent human dramas how people really feel and react to life threatening situations above predictable histrionics 
2.5
Deep Impact
James O'Ehley
This may sound strange but a longer running time might have been in order to get to know some of the characters better 
2.5
Deep Impact
James Berardinelli
In the end it all comes down to caring about the characters and their circumstances and I didn t 
2.5
Deep Impact
Madeleine Williams
Overall Deep Impact isn t by far a perfect disaster film but it has its entertaining moments 
2.5
Deep Impact
Michael Dequina
The first of the 90s disaster films to successfully marry the advanced film technology with emotions that ring true 
3
Deep Impact
Walter V. Addiego
The acting is good for the genre What hampers everyone is the mechanical working of the plot The teen lovers for example are touching but you can hear the marketing department talking demographics 
2
Deep Impact
Elias Savada
For all the money 80 million spent on this early mid year entry all you the viewer get is Dull Impact 
0.5
On Putin's Blacklist
Brad Wheeler
Ivanov does a good job profiling Canadians affected by Putin s ugly policies but his work is more human interest than hard hitting 
1
Grateful Dawg
Jim Lane
W hen your subject is as interesting as this and when the music your camera catches is this lively and toe tapping you don t exactly have to be a brilliant or innovative filmmaker 
3
Grateful Dawg
Carrie Rickey
In the nimble hands of Garcia and Grisman a reggae song such as Sitting Here in Limbo or a blues number such as The Thrill is Gone are tickled to new life 
3
Grateful Dawg
Jeanne Aufmuth
A warm insightful documentary directed with palpable affection by Grisman s eldest daughter Gillian
3
Grateful Dawg
Edward Guthmann
For music fans there s great pleasure in hearing new audio tracks to Sitting Here in Limbo Friend of the Devil and more songs each one complete and unedited 
3
Grateful Dawg
Steve Rhodes
Their music together is certainly pleasant enough but unless you re a fan of bluegrass you may find it as sleep inducing as I did 
2.5
Standing Aside, Watching
David Nusair
an almost excessively slow moving drama revolving around the central character s low key exploits 
1
Marry Me
Peter Canavese
An old school rom com with a ridiculous premise but in a new Universal Pictures Home Entertainment blu ray release which includes everything you ever wanted to know about Marry Me but were afraid to ask 
2
Marry Me
Matt Brunson
Lopez and Wilson are fine but so much attention is paid to the worst aspects of social media that one will want to take a shower post viewing 
2
Marry Me
Matthew Passantino
It s weird to be living in a time where a movie like Marry Me doesn t warrant a recommendation but you desperately want it to succeed 
2
Marry Me
David Nusair
periodically watchable yet mostly underwhelming 
2
Marry Me
Tom Meek
A highly predictable yet enjoyable air kiss of a rom com 
2.5
Marry Me
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a smart character driven romantic comedy that pulls at the heartstrings with confident flair 
3.5
Marry Me
Max Weiss
Look Marry Me is no Notting Hill the ne plus ultra of regular schmo dates celebrity movies But it gets the job done 
2.5
Marry Me
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
It s a slick shiny film but Lopez s performance invests it with more passion and pathos than it deserves and Wilson is perfectly cast as a guy who s frightened by the intensity of his desire to bask in her glow 
3
Marry Me
Randy Myers
It ll be hated by cynics loved by others 
2.5
Marry Me
Erik Childress
Melvin Udall would have categorized this as imagining Notting Hill and then taking away reason and accountability And laughs and an appealing celebrity character and real feelings and a genuine point of view of either world 
1
Marry Me
Richard Roeper
Nice chemistry between Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson is drowned out by dopey scenes and shameless product placement 
2
Marry Me
Dann Gire
Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson share an undeniable chemistry and they need every molecule of it to counteract the corny contrivances in this comically flatlined 112 minute commercial for nine new original songs 
2.5
Marry Me
Pamela Powell
And casting Wilson just doesnt work never do we feel a connection or chemistry between the two characters 
2
Marry Me
Sean P. Means
Lopez and Wilson who are not the most natural choices for a movie power couple have a gentle lived in chemistry that serves the movie well 
3
Marry Me
Joe Friar
Just say I Do and enjoy this far fetched Rom Com with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson It shouldnt be this good 
3
Marry Me
Rene Sanchez
Jennifer Lopez shines in this rom com that puts a modern twist on the fairy tale ideas around marriage Full Review in Spanish
2.5
Marry Me
Lisa Trifone
If one line reviews were acceptable perhaps only on Letterboxd mine would simply be go watch iNotting Hill i instead 
1
Marry Me
James Berardinelli
Marry Me isn t good enough to transcend the limitations of the genre but it s a passably enjoyable throwback to the heyday of rom coms 
2.5
Marry Me
Kevin Carr
It feels like an AI wrote the story and filmed it but didn t actually understand how characters and interaction and human emotion works 
1
Marry Me
Ty Burr
Because I have a professional reputation to maintain I can t in good conscience give this giant block of halvah more than a two and a half star rating But I ate the whole thing and I do not regret it 
2.5
Marry Me
Leo Brady
This is a large scale advertising production masked as a romantic comedy and if I were to judge Id say Marry Me is better to just leave standing at the altar 
2
Marry Me
Nell Minow
Lopez is the heart of the film which rests on her warmth and pure star power 
3.5
Marry Me
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If nothing much remains in mind afterwards at least we can feel the minor joy of a divertissement well delivered There are far worse ways to spend time 
2.5
Marry Me
Nina Metz
Let s call the whole thing off 
2
Marry Me
Ann Hornaday
Marry Me takes place in an uncanny valley of art imitating life yet bearing no credible resemblance to anything remotely lifelike 
1
Marry Me
Johnny Oleksinski
Good on J Lo for protecting the integrity of flighty rom coms 
3
Marry Me
Katie Walsh
That love can and will bloom again is the beating heart of Marry Me an otherwise frothy and deeply silly rom com 
2.5
Marry Me
Lindsey Bahr
Marry Me hangs on Lopez who is as glowing and glamorous as ever Lopez as they say understood the assignment 
2.5
Marry Me
Mark Meszoros
dopey but also lovable in spots It just could have been something more 
2
Marry Me
Mick LaSalle
Marry Me is so close to being really good that it s frustrating Still it s close to being really good 
2.5
Marry Me
Moira MacDonald
You know where this is going But Lopez s glossy sweetness and Wilson s dad jokes charm blend amiably together and Marry Me glides along smoothly full of pop songs and earnestness and very expensive looking hair 
2.5
Marry Me
Diego Semerene
Marry Me plays out as the logical culmination of a multi hyphenate icons indiscriminate commercial voracity 
0
Marry Me
Mike McGranaghan
A pleasant but shallow rom com full of familiar beats and predictable plot points 
2.5
Marry Me
Mark Dujsik
If only the filmmakers had embraced that sense of romantic fantasy there could have been something to this generally outlandish but occasionally sweet tale 
2
Marry Me
Roger Moore
Heres why this works Wilsons disarming querulous sincerity and sweetness just washes over the movie the viewing audience and ever glamorous Ms Jennifer Lopez 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Jeff Beck
The screenplay gives Dre way too many dumb things to say while needlessly stretching out the entire story into a film that runs overly long at 132 minutes 
2
The Karate Kid
Dwight Brown
Sometimes it s best just to leave a classic film alone 
1.5
The Karate Kid
David Nusair
A worthless utterly disposable remake 
1
The Karate Kid
James Kendrick
as warm and affirming as its predecessor and the manner in which it stakes its own claim to the material is just enough to make it feel like something more than just opportunism
3
The Karate Kid
Kit Bowen
The film does a nice job re envisioning the 80s cult classic thanks in large part to the new Kid Jaden Smith 
3
The Karate Kid
Lori Hoffman
The Karate Kid remains a feel good story that works 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Michael A. Smith
Yes the fight scenes are pretty cool Sadly there s another 2 hours worth of film that isn t 
2
The Karate Kid
Linda Cook
Nearly as sweet natured and triumphant as the original 1980s version the new The Karate Kid is an enjoyable story that can be shared by families 
3
The Karate Kid
Rossiter Drake
Does the new version surpass its predecessor in any way No It takes the same story and feeds it back to us more or less intact with only a few superficial alterations 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Keith Cohen
Youngsters will be fascinated and mesmerized by Dre s amazing transformative journey You will leave the theater with a smile on your face and a 
3.5
The Karate Kid
Steven Snyder
It s Smith who sells Dre s realization the same revelation all children have one day that they are not the center of the universe but only a young star learning to orbit
3
The Karate Kid
Austin O'Connor
I m shocked It s good It s pretty close to being really really good at 132 minutes it s about a half hour too long 
3
The Karate Kid
Robert W. Butler
Jackie Chan Oscar nominee Not as farfetched as you might think 
3
The Karate Kid
Amy Biancolli
If the movie s overlong and it is by about 20 minutes it s long for a reason It gives Dre time to grow 
3.5
The Karate Kid
Matt Brunson
There s no truth to the rumor that Will and Jada plan to next cast Jaden in a remake of Citizen Kane 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Ethan Alter
There s a hollowness to this remake where its heart should be 
2
The Karate Kid
Christian Toto
The new Karate Kid changes the scenery and targeted demographic but it s still a thrill to see the bully take his medicine 
3
The Karate Kid
Liam Lacey
The script follows the predictable path from humiliation to humility to a climactic showdown complete with a deciding slow motion kick 
2
The Karate Kid
Lisa Kennedy
In a marketplace mad for 3D it s good to see a dramatic adventure built for young audiences and the rest of us that achieves its depth the old fashioned way with characters struggling and maturing 
3
The Karate Kid
John Beifuss
Taken on its own terms the remake succeeds as a slick button pushing crowd pleaser and is certain to engross kids who are near the age of the title character 
3
The Karate Kid
Carolyn Arends
While this remake is glossier the original is better Still good stories usually get told more than once and even on the second go around this one s a winner 
3
The Karate Kid
Mike Scott
It s way too long and its slavish adherence to the original plot saps it of suspense but suprisingly it s something of a kick thanks to the charm of Chan and Smith 
3
The Karate Kid
Ann Hornaday
The new Karate Kid brings fresh life and perspective to the classic tale of perseverance and cross generational friendship thanks to Harald Zwart s sensitive direction and two exceptionally appealing stars 
3
The Karate Kid
Kyle Smith
A popcorn picture that thinks it s The Last Emperor The Karate Kid is about as likely to grab your youngster s attention as any other propaganda film made by the Chinese government 
1.5
The Karate Kid
Willie Waffle
I wish they just called him Mr Miyagi
3.5
The Karate Kid
Chris Hewitt
With its ancient buildings sitting right next to brand new architectural wonders Beijing provides a subtle echo of the relationship between brash Smith and reserved Chan which evolves until it s not certain who is the teacher and who is the student 
3
The Karate Kid
Stephen Whitty
It s a kids movie aimed at kids and the people who buy their tickets And on that level it doesn t disappoint 
3
The Karate Kid
Erik Childress
Daniel LaRusso and Mr Miyagi earned their iconic status with a poignant friendship for the ages I doubt very strongly in 25 years if kids today will be saying the same about Dre Parker and Mr Han 
1.5
The Karate Kid
Sean O'Connell
Manages to respectfully adapt and in some spots improve on an influential classic as it retells for another generation an inspirational story that s worth repeating 
3
The Karate Kid
Mark Dujsik
Follows the route of respectful homage and rarely steps out on its own feet 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Dustin Putman
As far as needless reduxes go this one s pretty good if not capturing the quality of its predecessor then at least coming close enough to impress 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Peter Howell
The Karate Kid indulgently runs 2 hours 20 minutes at least a half hour more than it needs while delivering less fun and inspiration than before 
1.5
The Karate Kid
Peter Travers
For a movie whose outcome is never in doubt the padding is punishing 
2
The Karate Kid
Mack Bates
Fans of the original can rest assured Macchio was and will continue to be the true karate kid 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Jeff Vice
The younger Smith exhibits a lot of the goofy qualities of his father as well as his customary cockiness However he s got just enough of those traits to still be likable without becoming too cocky 
3
The Karate Kid
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still as far as pointless remakes go and this one admittedly barely qualifies as a remake in the first place there are more plusses than minuses as far as The Karate Kid is concerned 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Walter Chaw
inner city to Forbidden city crap
2
The Karate Kid
Tom Keogh
As revivals go this one is well above average by dint of its intelligent reappraisal of major elements in the first movie 
3
The Karate Kid
Claudia Puig
While faithful in spirit to the modest 1984 original this bigger budget remake occasionally goes too far in its aim to be more epic But the chemistry between Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan grounds the movie imbuing it with sincerity and poignance 
3
The Karate Kid
Carrie Rickey
An appealing reboot of the 1984 inspirational that rethinks the American tale for the global age 
3
The Karate Kid
Ty Burr
At the end of The Karate Kid the preview audience with whom I saw the film stood and cheered with the fervor of new converts You could almost be forgiven for thinking it was 1984 all over again 
3
The Karate Kid
Jeffrey Westhoff
What makes this Karate Kid frustrating is that the movie it ought to be is right there on the screen but so are 20 minutes of extraneous fluff Ignoring Mr Miyagi s advice the filmmakers let the story wax on and on 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Matt Soergel
It would have been an even better movie if they had waited a few years to make it That way it wouldn t have been so sickening to see the slight child actor getting pummeled 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Joe Williams
The honorable reasons to remake a beloved movie include crowning a new star spotlighting a new location or telling the story a new way In the case of The Karate Kid two out of three ain t bad 
3
The Karate Kid
Michael Phillips
The title of the redux is a stretch since Dre is the kung fu kid not karate Little matter Fight hard earn respect boys leave you alone Chan s character advises practicing his screenplay pitch 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Josh Larsen
the movie fails to recognize that our understanding of bullying has significantly changed since 1984 
2
The Karate Kid
Brett Michel
To its credit Harald Zwart s update of the 1984 hit The Karate Kid which transplants the post Rocky template into China doesn t leave you asking Why 
3
The Karate Kid
Roger Ebert
The original was one of its year s best movies The new one lacks the perfect freshness of that one there aren t many surprises as it follows the 1984 version almost point by point But here is a lovely and well made film that stands on its own feet 
3.5
The Karate Kid
James Berardinelli
The problem with the film is that that story hackneyed when it first made it to the screen in 1984 has grown only more tired over the past 26 years 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Roger Moore
One thing Pat Morita brought to the original Karate Kid that the great martial arts clown Jackie Chan could never match surprise 
2
The Karate Kid
Simon Abrams
This new Karate Kid bluffs its way through the motions and never manages to invest a shred of conviction in its banal paint by numbers stock plot 
1.5
The Karate Kid
Phil Villarreal
The good news is it may lead the young and dumb to the original 1984 film one of the finest pieces of cinema ever constructed 
3
Corpo Celeste
Walter V. Addiego
For those willing to overlook its few slips into heavy handedness Corpo Celeste tells a compelling story of a 12 year old girl thrust into a strange new world 
3
Corpo Celeste
Jaime N. Christley
Alice Rohrwacher s debut feature exhibits the sort of mannerisms a certain stripe of cinephile tends to dread on or off the festival circuit 
3
Curtains
Dustin Putman
The closer one peers into the weird and macabre pleasures of Curtains the more its technical mastery and subtextual implications reveal themselves 
3
Horsemen
David Nusair
46 46 46 a watchable yet entirely underwhelming piece of work 46 46 46 
2.5
Elizabeth the Queen
Josh Larsen
Davis delivers a tremulously terrifying Elizabeth 46 46 46 
3
Elizabeth the Queen
Matt Brunson
An excellent performance by Bette Davis 
3
Elizabeth the Queen
Mattie Lucas
A historical epic with the heart of a character piece and the chemistry between Davis and Flynn elevates what could have easily become a turgid spectacle 
3
Elizabeth the Queen
Jeremiah Kipp
Davis seizes every possible opportunity to make herself into a mad spectacle 
2
Cane River
Nick Allen
Cane River offers American indie cinema a hero worth remembering and a romantic with a vision beyond his years 
3
Cane River
Mike Scott
Cane River isn t just a film It s a cultural treasure and given its unlikely nearly 40 year journey to the screen a minor miracle 
4
Cane River
Chuck Bowen
The film s awkwardness is expressive of the pain and confusion of wrestling with truths that shake one s conception of identity 
3
Cane River
Roger Moore
Dated quaint and tentative it may be But Jenkins themes and big ideas make Cane River a debut film with promise ambition and social currency 
2.5
The Trip to Spain
Brian Eggert
If they were just food and laughter they might be gratifying entertaining escapes But Winterbottom Coogan and Brydon turn them into a melancholic exploration of humor comedy as art cuisine history scenery and Coogan s questions of Self 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
David N. Butterworth
The whole bumpy ride is starting to feel a little stale and unashamedly lazy 
2
The Trip to Spain
Rob Thomas
It isn t as consistently funny as the first one but feels leaner more focused than Italy And it s still pure pleasure to be a third wheel with Coogan and Brydon as they hit the road 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
Josh Terry
The end product is more intriguing than it is engrossing but it s a pretty unique way of seeing a country 
2.5
The Trip to Spain
Sean P. Means
Coogan Brydon and Winterbottom have created their own male bonding version of Richard Linklater s Before Sunrise trilogy following a friendship and its ups and downs over the years enjoy it while it lasts 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
Robert Horton
Might be the series most frequently hilarious installment 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
David Nusair
a decent endeavor that nevertheless can t quite live up to the comparatively stellar original picture 
2.5
The Trip to Spain
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Ultimately although the scenery is stunning and Coogan and Brydon provide some entertaining banter The Trip to Spain is same trip different day 
2.5
The Trip to Spain
Moira MacDonald
That s the pleasure of the uneven but enjoyable Trip movies of which this is the third installment For better or worse it s almost like being at that table 
3
The Trip to Spain
Peter Canavese
If the dish has lost its pizazz it remains comfort food for comedy connoisseurs 
2.5
The Trip to Spain
Christopher Kompanek
The mercurial nature of fame acts as an ideal metaphor for the fleeting and uncertain nature of life itself all of which in the masterful hands of Brydon Coogan and Winterbottom goes down more smoothly than a glass of Rioja 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
Mark Dujsik
The previous entries suffered from a feeling of repetition as Steve and Rob passive aggressively undermine each other and this one is no exception to that trend 
2.5
The Trip to Spain
Stephen Rebello
The Trip to Spain hits the spot very nicely thanks 
3
The Trip to Spain
Mark Feeney
The proof that the Trip formula hasn t become formulaic How often and hard these two can make an audience laugh 
3
The Trip to Spain
Walter V. Addiego
What s not to like about spending some time with a couple of bright and droll dining companions 
3
The Trip to Spain
Roger Moore
A trip too many Sure Still funny though 
3
The Trip to Spain
Josh Larsen
a funny little foodie movie that also exhibits a stomach churning apprehension over the East s emerging relationship with the West 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
Glenn Kenny
The Trip films constitute the only movie franchise that matters 
3.5
The Trip to Spain
Chuck Bowen
The premise of Michael Winterbottom s series has devolved from moderately diverting to actively stifling 
2
The Trip to Spain
Bruce DeMara
The scenery is strikingly beautiful and the food will make your mouth water 
3
I Am Not a Witch
Roger Moore
While there s novelty and promise to Nyoni s little girl trapped tale it tumbles into incoherence too early to merit endorsement 
2
I Am Not a Witch
John Beifuss
This story of an 8 year old witch literally tethered into servitude is both political exposé and political satire the sense of sorrow and anger is enhanced by director Rungano Nyoni s artist s appreciation of the absurdity at the root of tragedy 
4
I Am Not a Witch
Rubén Rosario
The filmmaker has crafted a portrait of institutionalized chauvinism that s undeniably on point but so vicious that the laughs are few and far between In other words this is not a popcorn moviegoer s satire 
2.5
I Am Not a Witch
Joe Friar
An impressive debut from Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni who manages to keep the film balanced and entertaining with a heavy dose of satire 
3.5
I Am Not a Witch
Leah Pickett
Nyoni presents one dazzling set piece after another 
4
I Am Not a Witch
Michael O'Sullivan
A remarkable strange and politically potent first film 
3
I Am Not a Witch
Mike McGranaghan
The disjointed episodic pace makes it an off putting experience 
1.5
I Am Not a Witch
Odie Henderson
Nyoni does an excellent job of keeping an absurd tone while losing none of the gravity of the situation 
3.5
I Am Not a Witch
Pat Brown
It finds that rare nexus of the comic and the tragic underlining the absurdity of a terrible situation without demeaning those who have been harmed by it 
3.5
The Holcroft Covenant
Roger Moore
It s like a parody of the espionage thrillers it never quite joins the ranks of 
1.5
Seance
Randy Myers
A genre treat 
3
Seance
Monica Castillo
With leaden performances and puzzling camerawork it s hard to feel in tune with the movie s frights outside of the occasional jump scare 
1.5
Seance
Steven Prokopy
Barrett does his best to create a mood and mystery around his tale that is both familiar and somewhat uniquely his own 
2.5
Seance
Mark Dujsik
This is mostly routine from the shallow mystery to the few scenes of horror 
2
Seance
Roger Moore
Suki Waterhouse is utterly dreadful but perhaps she hated the material and figured even phoning it in wasn t worth the effort 
1
Seance
Chuck Bowen
Simon Barrett imbues his narrative with a purplish emotionality that the Urban Legend movies didn t even think to bother with 
2.5
Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli
Mark Feeney
You may not recognize the Vignelli name but you certainly recognize their designs 
2.5
Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli
Dave McGinn
Unfortunately the filmmakers sometimes fail to provide much in the way of context 
2
The Gold Rush
Mattie Lucas
Chaplin may have made better films during his career but his unique charm remains just as timeless as ever 
3.5
The Gold Rush
Eric Melin
It shows Chaplin mixing slapstick with heartbreak like nobody else could It s plotted in an episodic fashion but each piece of the puzzle is also a memorable entertaining bit in and of itself 
3.5
The Gold Rush
Matt Brunson
No one can mix slapstick and sentimentality quite like Chaplin 
4
The Gold Rush
James Kendrick
Emotionally robust and genuinely hilarious in ways that transcend time and culture it balances the witty and the sentimental and still finds plenty of room to inject the moments of underdog social commentary that were so crucial to Chaplin s worldview 
4
The Gold Rush
Jaime N. Christley
What s surprising when one takes a fresh look at The Gold Rush is how much else there is too not just in terms of set pieces 
3
The Gold Rush
Rob Blackwelder
Curiously melancholy yet packed with laughs the picture s funniest moments aren t even the famous ones 
3.5
The Gold Rush
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Gold Rush was one of Chaplin s purest comedy fantasies with some brilliant set pieces including Charlie changing into a chicken and the dance of the dinner rolls 
4
Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse
Shane Slater
Concluding on an unexpectedly ambiguous note the clichés of the film are thus salvaged by a thoughtfully unorthodox outlook on Orthodox Judaism 
3
Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse
Roger Moore
Not without a little cultures clash rom com charm but more grating and over familiar than anything else 
1.5
Sueño
Peter Canavese
So good natured and well intentioned showcasing as it does up and coming Latino bands that it s tempting to overlook its significant narrative flaws 
2
Men at Work
Matt Brunson
Estevez tries hard 40 as usual 44 Sheen just shows up 41 44 but the laughs simply aren apos t there 46 
2
Men at Work
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Men at Work fares best in its freewheeling agreeably lighthearted opening stretch 
2.5
Men at Work
Hal Lipper
It s appropriate that Men at Work s writer director and co star Emilio Estevez has cast himself as a garbage collector His new movie is trash 
1
Men at Work
Robert Roten
In fairness to the two actors who have appeared in much better films they don t have much to work with here 
1
Men at Work
Chris Hicks
Men at Work will be a painful experience even for fans of the stars 
1
What Doesn't Kill You
David Nusair
undoubtedly benefits from Ruffalo s electrifying turn as Brian 
2.5
What Doesn't Kill You
Lou Lumenick
This is a rare case of a movie that improves dramatically as it goes along 
2.5
What Doesn't Kill You
Claudia Puig
The territory is familiar both geographically and thematically But that doesn t detract from its authenticity and power 
3
What Doesn't Kill You
Nick Schager
You d be forgiven for thinking while watching What Doesn t Kill You that it was still 2007 
2
Chevalier
Ross McIndoe
Chevalier doesn 8217 t match the revolutionary spirit of Joseph Bologne 8217 s life 44 but there 8217 s still a lot of enjoyment to be taken from seeing a towering figure 44 long forgotten by history 44 returned to his rightful place at center stage 46 
2.5
Chevalier
Shane Slater
Despite a compelling central performance and its beautiful visuals and classical music 44 it 8217 s hard not to feel somewhat disappointed by the overall storytelling 46 
2.5
Chevalier
Ty Burr
Chevalier Or How to take a grand subject the life and times of 18th century Creole violinist conductor composer Joseph Bologne and dumb it down into a strident shallow melodrama pitched at the rear balcony 
1.5
Unhappy Birthday
David N. Butterworth
This Brit shocker looks and sounds good but its plot is a little too reminiscent of the far superior Anthony Shaffer penned Robin Hardy directed Wicker Man for comfort 
2
Room 237
Brian Eggert
It s a compellingly made documentary in visual terms 
3
Room 237
Frank Ochieng
Room 237 the movie title referring to one of the rooms in The Shining s fictional Overlook Hotel is a profoundly vibrant and unconventional documentary that is playfully mysterious odd and responsive 
3
Room 237
Sonny Bunch
Room 237 isn t about The Shining or the Holocaust or the slaughter of Native Americans or the moon landing It s about people finding order in chaos 
3.5
Room 237
John Serba
An intellectual exercise and an entertaining one especially for those who don t want to label The Shining as just a ghost story 
3
Room 237
Peter Howell
The human brain is a marvellously suggestible organ 
3
Room 237
Rick Groen
A strange frustrating occasionally fascinating doc 
2.5
Room 237
Chris Knight
What emerges from Room 237 is not a denigration of conspiracies but a kind of celebration of our ability to create patterns where perhaps none exist 
3.5
Room 237
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Room 237 could become an essential companion piece to The Shining from now on For those who see both it will be impossible to think about one without the other 
3.5
Room 237
Chris Hewitt
Watching it makes you feel like you re attending a really entertaining film class where your classmates confidently let their freak flags fly 
3.5
Room 237
John Beifuss
It s an essay about the human need to reject the notion of a random universe and find order and meaning in existence These people are developing their own creation myths with Kubrick the mastermind responsible for the Intelligent Design 
3.5
Room 237
Rob Thomas
You know when Room 237 8243 starts getting really scary When the people in the film start making sense 
3.5
Room 237
John Anderson
There s enough real evidence supporting the theory that Kubrick was a genius and that s pretty entertaining all by itself 
3
Room 237
Ty Burr
It s about the human need for stuff to make sense especially overpowering emotional experiences and the tendency for some people to take that sense making to extremes 
3.5
Room 237
Rene Rodriguez
You don t have to buy any of the nutty theories in Room 237 to appreciate what director Rodney Ascher has accomplished 
3
Room 237
Jeff Shannon
Room 237 is an act of uncommon devotion to cinema embracing the notion that movies are best defined by what happens to us as we watch them how our own beliefs and experiences dictate our interpretation of what we ve seen and heard 
3
Room 237
Michael Phillips
I found most of what s actually put forth in the film interpretively ridiculous But I m just one theorist among millions and the film worked for me anyway 
3
Room 237
Jim Emerson
Listening to fanatics go on and on about their fixations can be kind of fun For a while at least 
2.5
Room 237
Matt Pais
The thrill s in the thinking about little pieces of cinematic language as words contributing to a two hour essay 
3.5
Room 237
James Kendrick
a journey down a rabbit hole worth taking as the film immerses us in alternately fascinating compelling absurd and frightening theories about what exactly The Shining is or might be about
3.5
Room 237
Jason Buchanan
The beauty of Room 237 however doesn t lie in the validity of any one of the commentators thoughtful and occasionally well informed speculations but instead in that mysterious grey zone between an artist s intentions and audience interpretation 
3
Room 237
Kyle Smith
The theories proposed in the doc Room 237 aren t eye opening They re laughable 
1.5
Room 237
Stephen Whitty
A beautifully edited deeply strange compendium of what different people have read into a single film 
3
Room 237
Robert Levin
Like any great puzzle The Shining is a lot of fun to try and solve 
3
Room 237
Peter Travers
Ascher s unique and unforgettable film is a tribute to movie love I couldn t have liked it more 
3.5
Room 237
Mike McGranaghan
For film buffs who love to debate cinematic subtext the documentary is both exciting and riveting It s also just plain fun 
3.5
Room 237
John Semley
The doc positions The Shining as a comparably coiled thematically overflowing microcosm standing in for cinema for history for obsession for postmodern theory buckling under the film s heft 
4
Room 237
Roger Moore
A bunch of obsessives obsessing about an obsessive movie maker s obsessive movie 
3
Room 237
Josh Larsen
Even when the conspiracies are at their wackiest yes someone suggests watching The Shining backwards the documentary remains genially intrigued 
3
Room 237
Erik Childress
Hopefully Ascher will continue this trend by examining all the hidden tricks gimmicks and stylings of other brain twisting cinematic treats as they can provide genuine insight into the work of a director Even if it s all just nonsense 
3
The Lodge
Brian Eggert
The cumulative disorientation of The Lodge is a testament to the control exercised by Franz and Fiala 
3
The Lodge
David Nusair
The Lodge suffers from an exceedingly and excessively deliberate midsection that pushes the slow burn aesthetic well past its breaking point 
2
The Lodge
James Kendrick
a triumph of style that might have been a truly great horror film if it had something beneath its impressive aesthetic dressing intense mood and escalating suspense
2.5
The Lodge
Federico Furzan
A great exercise on terror that regards no mercy for a viewer who feels comfortable with the basic premise Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Lodge
Richard Roeper
Keough s work is so strong so effective that by the time we learn the ultimate fate of Grace we would have bought into any of the possible options 
3.5
The Lodge
Jeff York
Franz and Fiala are superb at creating mood in this atmospheric setting with an insinuating score helping ratchet up the tension with each new revelation The scares are honest with nary a cheap jump scare in sight 
3
The Lodge
Chandler Levack
While The Lodge isn t as hearty as the horror films it desperately wants to emulate the filmmakers have concocted a heavy stew of emotions left on a low simmer 
3
The Lodge
Michael O'Sullivan
The Lodge isn t a perfect treat But for those who like their movies dark and disturbing it does the trick 
2.5
The Lodge
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was on pins and needles throughout the climax showcasing a hushed ominousness that left me quietly shattered into a million teeny tiny pieces 
3.5
The Lodge
Robert Levin
There s an atmosphere of genuine dread but the screenplay makes way too many illogical choices for the movie to work 
2
The Lodge
Joe Friar
A brooding chiller with a first rate Riley Keough from the Austrian filmmakers behind Goodnight Mommy 
3.5
The Lodge
Kevin A. Ranson
Full of wintry imagery religious iconography and a heartbreaking performance by Riley Keough this bait and switch slow burn thriller delivers the dread while failing at logic 
2
The Lodge
Mike McGranaghan
Like the best works of horror it has a way of burrowing into your brain so that what you know is occurring below the surface is even scarier than what your eyes take in 
3.5
The Lodge
Monica Castillo
The Lodge is more disturbing than scary with its eerie ambiance and chilling plot handling most of the scares 
3
The Lodge
Joey Magidson
Riley Keough almost saves The Lodge from disappointment with a complex performance that s honestly deserving of a better vehicle 
2.5
The Lodge
Mark Dujsik
The success of the film is that it allows us to understand the realities that these characters have created for themselves 
3
The Lodge
Oliver Jones
The Lodge is just another one of many single set horror films that have been blooming annually in multiplexes since Jason Blum started releasing Paranormal Activity movies over a decade ago 
2
The Lodge
Katie Walsh
With the remarkably somber and sober The Lodge Fiala and Franz follow the consequences of life s brutalities to their logical devastating ends 
3
The Lodge
Sara Stewart
It s prime horror movie season and psychological chiller The Lodge does not disappoint 
3
The Lodge
Roger Moore
Is this the most disturbing thriller of the year Judas Priest I hope so 
3.5
The Lodge
Henry Stewart
t s best appreciated not with the parts of your brain responsible for reason and judgment but in the unthinking terror centers where the film s style of God fearing fanaticism also resides 
2.5
10:30 P.M. Summer
Fernando F. Croce
A typically gaudy souvenir from Jules Dassin s pretentious post HUAC Euro wanderings 
1.5
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Godfrey Cheshire
With its sprawling array of characters and anecdotal ramshackle structure the film feels more like a collection of interrelated short stories cobbled into an flavorful but ultimately unwieldy narrative 
2
Jayne Mansfield's Car
John Wirt
Thornton Duvall Bacon Hurt and LaNasa part of a rich ensemble taking a trip in Jayne Mansfield s Car 
3
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Claudia Puig
The scenes in which good ol boy mentality clashes with stuffy British sensibility are a highlight Still both cultures are depicted through cliches 
2
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Jeff Beck
Jayne Mansfield s Car is a bit of an oddity in that there s not really much of a plot to speak of giving it the feeling of a film that s adrift as it searches for something to do 
2.5
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Bill Weber
Billy Bob Thornton s ensemble Southern family dramedy fails to subvert its cutesy formula often enough 
2
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Roger Moore
If you re not Southern and just a little bit Gothic you probably won t get it 
2.5
Arlo the Alligator Boy
David Reddish
Fun and unexpectedly moving in the best possible way 
3
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Rick Bentley
Ryan Crego s film delivers a very loving message about how the differences a person has is what makes them special 
3.5
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Mark Meszoros
As this is primarily a movie for kids you have to appreciate the lessons it has to impart Chief among them are that we should celebrate everyone s differences and be kind to one another 
2.5
Abundant Acreage Available
Roger Moore
Alternately warm and brittle Southern dramedy of family land religion and last chances 
3
Act of God
Mattie Lucas
There s plenty of awe to go around be it religious scientific or both but Act of God remains stubbornly stuck in the world of abstract mysticism 
1.5
Act of God
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The wishy washy rotation of characters strands us in the center of the film s complex topic without much aside from useless meditation on the fierce numinousness of nature to keep us company 
2.5
Act of God
John Hartl
It changed my way of looking at the world says one of the survivors That s not a bad description of the movie itself 
3.5
Act of God
Mark Feeney
The film doesn t need a narrator since the people whose accounts we hear speak so absorbingly All talking heads should talk so articulately 
3
Mommie Dearest
Matt Brunson
The problem with Dunaway s over the top performance is that it becomes increasingly tiresome less the fault of the actress than of the director the usually dependable Frank Perry and team of scripters 
1.5
Mommie Dearest
Josh Larsen
Director Frank Perry simply sits back and lets Dunaway rip He was either supremely untalented or he purposefully intended to sabotage her 
1.5
Mommie Dearest
David Nusair
relies almost entirely on Dunaway s histrionics to propel the story forward resulting in a movie that s good for a few unintentional laughs but little else 
1.5
Mommie Dearest
Eric Henderson
Perry and Yablans fuse this formal schizophrenia with the cruelly episodic structure and fetishized period details of Hollywood biopics 
4
Mommie Dearest
Roger Ebert
I can t imagine who would want to subject themselves to this movie 
1
Mommie Dearest
David Keyes
Mommie Dearest may very well be one of the most loathsome and sloppy screen treatments to ever have been derived from a literary memoir 
1.5
Mommie Dearest
James Kendrick
so absurdly engrossed with its own depressing subject matter that it forces you to laugh at it
2.5
Fruits of Labor
Sarah Knight Adamson
Writer director Emily Cohen Ibañez provides an excellent up close and personal account of a teen s struggles providing for her family 
4
Storyville
Roger Ebert
It s a movie for people who like New Orleans better when it is dark and mysterious It is for romantics It is not for pragmatists who will complain that the characters do not behave according to perfect logic and that there are holes in its plot 
3.5
Biloxi Blues
Roger Ebert
The movie Mike Nichols has directed from the play is pale shallow unconvincing and predictable and tells us less about the characters than we already know 
1.5
The Last Diamond
Mick LaSalle
I started watching this film willing to give it a 10 minute chance and I ended up sitting through the whole thing and enjoying it thoroughly 
3
Lucky Them
Peter Keough
Has any movie made during the past 10 years not presented female journalists as sluts 
2
Lucky Them
Tirdad Derakhshani
A clever fun and affecting romantic dramedy about love and rock and roll 
3
Lucky Them
Moira MacDonald
Lucky Them has that rare gift It leaves its audiences warm and happy as the best romantic comedies do 
3.5
Lucky Them
Christy Lemire
Toni Collette radiates smarts humor and a world weary cool in Lucky Them 
3
Lucky Them
Peter Travers
For all its comic and sexual energy Lucky Them is elevated most by its touching gravity 
3
Lucky Them
Roger Moore
Slight but certainly Netflixable
2.5
Lucky Them
Lou Lumenick
A low key solidly acted indie charmer from director Megan Griffiths 
3
Lucky Them
Abhimanyu Das
It labors under the illusion that an abundance of Sub Pop memorabilia is adequate substitute for the honest evocation of a creative subculture and the personalities of which it s composed 
2
Lucky Them
David Nusair
an impressively conceived and executed little drama 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Michael A. Smith
The cast is pitch perfect with Stiller adding another notable character to his resumé 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Michael Dequina
Most jokes land with a thud particularly the gross out gags which nearly ten years after Mary now just feel played out 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
David N. Butterworth
This sporadically funny Farrellys farce is worth watching mostly for Stiller Ben and the game Akerman Malin in the leads 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Walter Chaw
Finally the gross exploitation picture that detractors have accused the Farrellys of perpetrating throughout their career 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Matt Brunson
The Farrelly Brothers have a reputation for pushing the envelope but in the case of The Heartbreak Kid they seem only marginally more daring than Robert Wise helming The Sound of Music 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some sizeable flaws I still recommend the movie for what it is a laugh machine 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Kam Williams
An unwatchable mess like this is exactly what you ought to expect from anybody with the unmitigated gall to overhaul Neil Simon 
.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Sean McBride
It s done in bad taste but unlike their past few films I must admit that I laughed this time out 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Linda Cook
Sometimes the Farrelly Brothers are spot on when they write a comedy And sometimes they miss the humor target more than they hit it 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Bob Bloom
The biggest problem with the movie is timidity The Farrellys refuse to take the needed step of making star Ben Stiller totally unsympathetic 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Frank Ochieng
The Farrellys The Heartbreak Kid is a seemingly sketchy and erratic farce that begs for some of the wayward cinematic siblings trademark outlandish quirkiness 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Gary Brown
If There s Something About Mary is the Farrelly brothers gold standard for quality The Heartbreak Kid comes in as pyrite or fool s gold 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Kit Bowen
OK just so long as you don t expect the old Farrelly magic 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Joe Lozito
The real heartbreak in this Farrelly Brothers remake of 1972 s Neil Simon comedy trifle is that the second half is so much worse than the first 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Claudia Puig
Though not as engaging as Knocked Up there is enough humor to keeps us entertained 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Peter Howell
Strip away the appalling gross out gags and you d be left with a movie worth seeing 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Chris Hewitt
It s still pretty funny to see Ben Stiller take one or eight for the team 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Tom Keogh
It won t get any prizes for its nuanced examination of the human heart But it is straightforward and honest about the absurd if sometimes defensible price of placing desire above reason It is also yes extremely funny at times 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Walter V. Addiego
It s funny in spots if you can tune out the Farrellys ultra crass jokes along with any memory of the first movie 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
James Hebert
In this remake of the 1972 film the Farrellys proud perpetrators of Dumb and Dumber There s Something About Mary and other jolly assaults on good taste turn Neil Simon s script inside out and flog it like a piñata 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
James Berardinelli
The Heartbreak Kid while not without its share of tiny ephemeral pleasures is a surprisingly flat and unamusing comedy 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Gary Goldstein
The lack of creative inspiration is at the root of this Heartbreak Kid s frustrating laziness and junky guffaws 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Stephen Whitty
The new version doesn t have any of the ethnic nuance or black comic nastiness of the earlier one and the Farrellys miss the opportunity to add their own 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Kyle Smith
The Farrelly Brothers have jumped the orifice 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Jack Mathews
In some ways the Farrelly brothers remake of The Heartbreak Kid is better than Elaine May s 1972 comedy In other ways not so much 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Rene Rodriguez
There s nothing in The Heartbreak Kid that can compare to say the hair gel bit from Mary But there s something to be said for a comedy that derives its laughs the old fashioned way 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Loey Lockerby
This must have been a great idea on paper 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Sean P. Means
The Farrellys want you to root for Eddie to get what he wants but you may find that he deserves every bad thing that happens to him 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Amy Biancolli
The Farrelly brothers blow all the good will accumulated in the first half of the movie by taking the humor deeper and deeper into Tedious Cad Land where Stiller s self obsessed nattering guyishness turns pathological and strange 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Liam Lacey
There are some good laughs to be found here but you ll need patience to extract them from the filler 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Terry Lawson
Peter and Bobby Farrelly make a half hearted attempt to reclaim the arena of raunch with their remake of the 1972 comedy The Heartbreak Kid 
1
The Heartbreak Kid
Sara Michelle Fetters
This isn t a good movie and while there are one or two decently solid laughs none of them make up for the obnoxious venality of the rest of it 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Lawrence Toppman
The Farrellys have always danced along the tightrope between funny disgusting and just plain gross in There s Something About Mary and Shallow Hal If the ratio was about 50 50 at the best of times it s now 30 70 in favor of crassness 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Roger Ebert
A squirmy miscalculation of tone 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Wesley Morris
This remake is ultimately content to be repugnant 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Vince Koehler
Heartbreak Kid will mend your heart by the end of this film and have you breaking a stitch from continuous laughter 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Tyler Hanley
Although the edgy humor provides plenty of side splitting moments Heartbreak ultimately cracks beneath a lackluster storyline 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Nick Rogers
The real heartbreak is how comedienne Malin Akerman s considerable assets are tossed aside She s good enough to be on the rebound soon The rest of the film is a desperate forgettable overlong movie that makes Along Came Polly look like a masterpiece 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
John Beifuss
Needless to say this remake s allusions to donkey sex south of the border piercings and the palliative power of urine are Farrelly innovations 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Peter Travers
This hit and miss attempt by the Farrelly brothers to up their own ante on crude smacks of comic desperation 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Mark Dujsik
The Farrelly brothers seem to have run out of ideas for their big gags in the third act you can sense them straining to bring out the big guns while only packing a pellet gun 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
David Nusair
an interminable and shockingly unfunny piece of work that has little to offer even the most ardent fan of the Farrelly brothers 
1
The Heartbreak Kid
Willie Waffle
The audience gets some very funny shocking bits but they are few and far between 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Erik Childress
Let s hope that with the seemingly endless array of projects Apatow s people have lined up that they never resort to repeating themselves with something as frequently unfunny as The Heartbreak Kid 
2
The Heartbreak Kid
Robert Keser
Frantic slapstick and pointless misunderstandings finally undermine Heartbreak Kid until its multiple stabs at concocting a decisive new ending betray the awful truth that it has no idea where it s going even while it makes funny faces 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
James Rocchi
The Heartbreak Kid is a shabby sleazy train wreck and anyone who backed it before its being made or rewards it with money or acclaim upon its release should feel if they can feel at all something like shame 
0
The Heartbreak Kid
Sue Pierman
This year s Heartbreak Kid isn t as on target in either comedy or romance as the Farrellys and Stiller were with There s Something About Mary but you ll find yourself laughing just the same 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Jeff Vice
The Heartbreak Kid not only reunites the Farrelly bros with Mary star Ben Stiller it also restores and arguably ups the raunchiness So much so in fact that it becomes exceedingly uncomfortable and grotesque 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Steven Rea
The Farrellys manage to have their cake and scarf it down disgustingly too 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Bruce Newman
The Farrelly Brothers have taken what was a minor classic and annihilated everything that was funny about it 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Both the Farrellys and Stiller seem to have run their course the film is flabby and the jokes are tired and all that s left is easy potshots at the usual targets 
.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Dustin Putman
The Heartbreak Kid is not the romantic comedy it is selling itself as but a horror story about a selfish guy getting exactly what he wants and not earning any of it There is no fun in that only misery 
1.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Michael Phillips
Monaghan s comic timing saves this go nowhere affair from 100 percent lousiness and I couldn t really tell you why she doesn t earn any laughs exactly there are none but she s charming and she makes tiny bits of a stuporous flop slightly less grim 
1
The Heartbreak Kid
Gene Seymour
For all its lapses in grace and pacing The Heartbreak Kid somehow manages to wear away resistance with the simple charms exhibited by its cast including Akerman whose sportsmanship is above and beyond the call of duty 
2.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Phil Villarreal
A knockout with wall to wall laughs that recalls the actor and directors in their mid to late 1990s primes 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Josh Larsen
Are the Farrellys not to mention Stiller in a creative lull or have I always been wrong about them 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Brandy McDonnell
The animated chipmunks are just the right blend of realism and anthropomorphism Their signature songs and rendition of Funkytown are fun but their squeaky versions of current hits such as Bad Day are annoying not charming 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Tyler Hanley
The screenwriters capably update the 49 year old critters for socially relevant times give or take a little suspension of disbelief 
3
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Linda Cook
OK Here I sit and I m not kidding about this typing away and listening to a song that could be one of the first bits of music I ever heard 
3
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A lot like candy sweet and pleasing but ultimately disposable and empty 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
David Nusair
has clearly been geared exclusively towards younger viewers indiscriminating undemanding younger viewers at that 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Sean P. Means
Who decided Witch Doctor with its nonsense lyric Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang needed a hip hop update 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Mike McGranaghan
Nostalgia counts for something I suppose so while I wouldn t exactly recommend this thing I at least found it kind of innocuous 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Matt Brunson
Desperately conceived on every level this forlorn family film amounts to little more than celluloid roadkill 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Sean McBride
The story may be non existent and the acting pedestrian at best but the chipmunks are just so darn cute that the film will make you smile you may even sing along at times 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
John Beifuss
Shockingly the movie s easy to like an anti Hannah Montana parable in which young performers discover they prefer the comfort and security of home to the high pressure glitz of rock and roll stardom 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Michael Phillips
Alvin and the Chipmunks goes in one eye and out the other featuring a CGI Alvin Simon and Theodore interacting with a human ish world 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Claudia Puig
Sure rodents are hot this year But unlike Ratatouille s chef prodigy Remy these mischief makers bring nothing new to the table 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Susan Walker
Me I want a hula hoop 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Chris Hewitt
You could do worse 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Peter Hartlaub
Between the occasional amusing joke and catchy musical number this Alvin update is a very soulless movie 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
David Elliott
It s a free fall into total plastic Kids deserve better Alvin Simon and Theodore deserve better But tis the season to take what you get 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Carla Meyer
The film engages for about 30 minutes or about 10 minutes longer than you might expect This picture after all has only one idea chipmunks that talk and sing It s the same idea that fueled novelty recordings and a two cartoon series 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Lou Lumenick
For adults it s like being hit over the head with a mallet every 10 seconds for 90 minutes Two days later I still had a headache 
0
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Elizabeth Weitzman
Oh come on Do you really care And even if you do you shouldn t 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Bob Strauss
Could ve been a lot worse it s a singing chipmunk movie for Pete s sake 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
John Monaghan
Young viewers will enjoy the slapstick while parents will relate to Lee s amiable frustration as the trio s surrogate dad 
3
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Roger Ebert
I was also grateful that Alvin wears a red sweater with a big A on it as an aid to identification since otherwise all the chipmunks seem to be identical like Mutant Turtles or Spice Girls 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Ty Burr
The script leans heavily on the pranks and big eyed cuteness of the li l guys and leaves the live actors with unfunny dialogue and nothing to do 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Sara Michelle Fetters
All you really need to know about this new version of Alvin and the Chipmunks is that is sucks 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Daniel M. Kimmel
That it is harmless entertainment for the youngsters is fine but don t confuse this with quality entertainment 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Stephen Cole
By the end of the movie even the Chipmunks youngest fans will find themselves wishing that Alvin and the boys would get back to where they once belonged a tree 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Mark Dujsik
Soul numbing 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Willie Waffle
It is hard to hate cute little talking chipmunks who love waffles so maybe you can say I was annoyed 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
James Rocchi
even if Alvin and the Chipmunks has one hand reaching for your wallet at the very least its heart seems to be in the right place 
3
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Jeff Vice
There is one surprise it s not as eye gougingly awful as you might expect It s simply mediocre and immediately forgettable 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Sue Pierman
It s all about good clean fun both for kids absorbed in the cuddly creatures especially when they sing and for their parents unexpectedly hooked by the nostalgia they evoke 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Andrew Grant
At times funny and even occasionally witty Alvin and the Chipmunks is a lively entertaining romp that will certainly bring smiles to the young ones this holiday season 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Gene Seymour
The sight of enhanced Alvin and the Chipmunks in the movie of the same name is far less squirm inducing than one might have feared 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Carrie Rickey
What happened to Alvin the rodent counterpart of Dennis the Menace Was he declawed in the translation to CGI 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Dustin Putman
Children may laugh at the broad humor but what s lurking underneath the comedy is dark and disheartening 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Steve Rhodes
The movie manages to charm us solely because of the inherent cuteness of its CGI stars the famous singing chipmunks 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Lawrence Toppman
The little beasties in the new film are computer generated reasonably realistic way ahead of Garfield and cute It s not their fault the humans especially Jason Lee s Dave Seville are excruciatingly boring 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Josh Larsen
Should be sent to the same movie pound as the recent Garfield pictures 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Ed Gonzalez
Hum drum but family friendly 
2
The Demon Planet
Matt Brunson
Bava injects a startling amount of moody atmosphere and arresting visuals into his low budget feature 46 
3
The Demon Planet
James Kendrick
an interesting if not entirely successful attempt at genre blending
2.5
Mumford
David Nusair
46 46 46 an easygoing and entirely agreeable piece of work that ranks near the top of Kasdan 8217 s solid filmography 46 
3.5
Mumford
Matt Brunson
A worthy concept only gets half realized in this likable yet lackadaisical piece 
2.5
Mumford
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A lightweight but fun romantic comedy 
3
Mumford
David N. Butterworth
Continues Kasdan s slump into mediocrity 
2
Mumford
Jonathan Foreman
Hope Davis deserves much of credit for making Mumford work 
3.5
Mumford
Peter Stack
Kasdan s new comedy Mumford is so wonderfully odd even spiritual that audiences won t be able to do anything but smile 
4
Mumford
Susan Wloszczyna
The performances are uneven 
2.5
Mumford
Susan Stark
Imperfect 
2
Mumford
Dustin Putman
An intellectually vacant and pointless excursion to a town that is almost frightening in its artificiality 
1.5
Mumford
Michael Dequina
Simply a nice film But that s not as much of a compliment as it sounds 
2
Mumford
Steve Rhodes
A movie filled with gems 
3.5
Mumford
Ross Anthony
It s a cozy film with fun characters fine dialogue and an inspiringly warm and fuzzy theme 
3
Mumford
Roger Ebert
Mumford is so carefully visualized in Lawrence Kasdan s new film that you d sort of like to live there 
3.5
Mumford
Eugene Novikov
I was never engaged in the film s story nor did I care about its main character 
2
Mumford
Michael Wilmington
Director Lawrence Kasdan s Mumford blends likable characters with a humorous gentle look at small town life 
3
No Way Back
David Nusair
if you re going to rip off a Michael Douglas movie surely you can do better than Black Rain 
1.5
The Burial of Kojo
Ann Hornaday
A visionary fable drenched with vibrancy and lyricism 
3.5
The Burial of Kojo
Robert Daniels
Blitz the Ambassador magically swerves past mistakes that have doomed other beginners arriving with a stunning and miraculous debut film that demonstrates his emerging and daring talent 
4
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Michael Dequina
Click to read review
1
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Walter Chaw
It s also curious to note that this film like the similarly ill timed Antitrust is easily as bad at a fraction the budget 
0
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
V.A. Musetto
The movie directed by Mick Jackson leaves no cliche unturned from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting 
1
The Legends of Rita
Roger Ebert
The Legend of Rita doesn t adopt a simplistic political view It s not propaganda for either side but the story of how the division and reunification of Germany swept individual lives away indifferently in its tide 
3.5
The Sting II
Matt Brunson
This project should have been axed Instead it was made with Robert Redford replaced by Mac Davis and Paul Newman replaced by Jackie Gleason 
2
Animator
Richard Roeper
This is a well paced good looking film with some absolutely gorgeous animation and fine performances from the two leads and the supporting cast 
3
The Box
Ann Hornaday
Kelly treats what is essentially a Stanford University psychology experiment with inflated somberness 
1.5
The Box
Rossiter Drake
For those willing to follow Kelly down all the rabbit holes his warped imagination contrives there are small treasures to be found here and there 
3
The Box
David Nusair
writer director Richard Kelly effectively evokes the feel of a 70s paranoia thriller by stressing images and sequences of an increasingly unsettling nature 
2.5
The Box
Mike McGranaghan
A cool philosophical mindfreak 
3
The Box
John Beifuss
The first half is a brilliantly realized exercise in sustained tension the suspense fades as the story becomes increasingly bizarre 
3
The Box
Matt Brunson
Both its imagination and its ambition sprint far beyond anything offered in the creatively neutered likes of Disney s A Christmas Carol or Law Abiding Citizen 
3
The Box
David Hiltbrand
Whatever you do do not accept delivery of The Box a package that doesn t know where it is going nor how to get there 
1.5
The Box
Chris Faraone
First semester social science students would wince at the overreaching metaphors in Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly s latest Rorschach test 
2.5
The Box
Walter Chaw
What The Box resembles most in fact is a distended episode of The Simpsons annual Halloween special 
0
The Box
Linda Cook
I KNEW I had seen this somewhere before 
2
The Box
Josh Larsen
a case of half hearted ambition if there is such a thing Kelly fails but the problem is he doesn t fail big enough 
2
The Box
Lou Lumenick
After a slightly promising start this great looking but ultimately deeply confusing and unscary sci fi horror opus turns into a quite boring rehash of M Night Shyamalan s post Signs films 
1
The Box
Roger Ebert
If you make a preposterous movie that isn t boring I count that as some kind of a triumph 
3
The Box
Brett McCracken
A confounding sci fi mystery on one level and a tortured existential treatise on the other pondering the nature of man in relation to God 
3
The Box
Willie Waffle
The audience is subject to a constant tone of foreboding danger but The Box is more tease than delivery 
0
The Box
Sara Michelle Fetters
This picture moved me and made me think and while the items on the filmmaker s mind aren t exactly earth shattering to me they were deeply affecting all the same 
3
The Box
Mark Dujsik
This is easily Kelly s most accessible movie but it s also his least involving 
2
The Box
Chris Hewitt
Much weirder and more serious than it appears to be in the ads 
3.5
The Box
Dustin Putman
Goes off on a bunch of wild convoluted tangents that don t add up and grow sillier by the minute By the time nosebleed epidemics watery portals and NASA experiments are added into the mix the picture has walked off a ledge it never recovers from 
2
The Box
Rene Rodriguez
The critical consensus is still out on Kelly and The Box will do nothing to settle the ongoing argument regarding his ability to coalesce his wild conceits into digestible narratives 
3
The Box
Peter Travers
Instead of sweeping you along The Box just sits there like something unclaimed at lost and found Damaged goods 
2
The Box
Stephen Whitty
It s not slick standard sci fi sure and that s a good thing 
3
The Box
Nick Schager
Though his narrative s morality play suspense and Bernard Herrmann esque score recall Hitchcock Kelly seems to have selected the 70s so that he can fully channel early years Steven Spielberg 
3
Fishing Without Nets
Kristin Tillotson
A revealing moving feature 
3
Fishing Without Nets
Stephanie Merry
Hodierne allows space for the tension to build and the result is almost sickeningly suspenseful 
3
Fishing Without Nets
Nick Prigge
Though this setup is perhaps infused with too much piety cheating audience empathy toward the main character it nonetheless generates a compelling air of social fatalism 
2.5
The Madness of King George
Mal Vincent
Hawthorne plays madness with restraint It s only when he hears the news from Yorktown that he goes really bananas 
3
The Madness of King George
Matt Brunson
It s sometimes so loopy that one half expects Mel Brooks to wander into the frame muttering It s good to be the king 
3
The Madness of King George
Mick LaSalle
In its own shambling elliptical way it s an entertaining memorable movie whose 2 1 2 hours go by without strain 
3
The Madness of King George
Steve Rhodes
Extremely tedious and pedantic 
1.5
The Madness of King George
Chris Hicks
Funny witty and with plenty of modern day resonance this is top of the line British filmmaking 
3.5
The Madness of King George
Roger Ebert
The battle of wills between these two strong men George and Willis is the centerpiece of the movie and hugely entertaining 
4
The Madness of King George
James Berardinelli
Without exception the acting is top notch 
3.5
Blood Simple
David Nusair
stylish yet distressingly uninvolving 
2
Blood Simple
Josh Larsen
good Old Testament stuff 
3.5
Blood Simple
Matt Brunson
Not just noteworthy as the first picture written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen this excellent neo noir also stands as an important film in the development of the American independent cinema during the 1980s 
3.5
Blood Simple
Peter Canavese
Simpleness and crime have consistently fascinated the pair who may as well be praying at the temple of Ate the Coens preach a healthy respect for the randomness and chaos that ensues from our desires Criterion Blu ray 
4
Blood Simple
Chris Cabin
There s a simple magnetism inherent in this kind of filmmaking and the Coens know how to orchestrate it 
3
Blood Simple
Walter Chaw
Essential 
3
Blood Simple
Jeanne Aufmuth
The Coens complicated sense of the surreal is consistently entertaining down to the fleeting oddball cameos and distinctly weird scripting 
1
Blood Simple
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We had no idea what we were in for back then but the film truly did announce the arrival of two major talents 
4
Blood Simple
Steve Rhodes
A stylish piece of film noir it has exasperatingly slow pacing but devilishly demented characters and a wonderfully wicked labyrinthine plot 
3
Blood Simple
Margaret A. McGurk
The story is haunting and violent yet shot through with the Coens signature brand of weird deadpan wit and their peculiar melancholy about place and time 
3
Blood Simple
Kasia Anderson
Taut quirky and jump out of your seat scary 
4
Blood Simple
Peter Travers
The Coens then as now are alive to the possibilities of movies So savor their technique and the sizzling performances 
3
Blood Simple
Ted Prigge
Blood Simple is a bit like a horror film interlaced with a film noir backdrop 
4
Blood Simple
Roger Ebert
It tells a story in which every individual detail seems to make sense and every individual choice seems logical but the choices and details form a bewildering labyrinth in which there are times when even the murderers themselves don t know who they are 
4
Blood Simple
Emily Blunt
Joel and Ethan Coen s spooky tale is still fresh today They truly opened the door for low budget intelligent slow moving films that real people banter believable situations all delightfully twisted around a dreamlike state 
4
Blood Simple
Jeremy Heilman
It s certainly not a bad film but it s hardly the classic reinvention of film noir that it wants to be 
3
Blood Simple
James Kendrick
a deliciously wicked film noir given a modern bent and reset on the open plains of central Texas
3.5
Blood Simple
David N. Butterworth
The one that started it all Only we didn t know it back then 
3.5
Hysterical Blindness
Carla Meyer
Nair and writer Laura Cahill dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women emerging with a fine character study that s short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life 
3
One Missed Call
Tom Meek
The unintentional camp makes for some eye rolling interest early on and French director Eric Valette does manage a few hair raising moments but by then the movie has missed by a mile 
1
One Missed Call
Austin Kennedy
Oooooh a cell phone that kills Really Wow Some people might find that creepy but it s just silly isn t it 
1.5
One Missed Call
Linda Cook
Here s the first in what promises to be a series of movies that are January junk 
.5
One Missed Call
Marc Savlov
Do yourself a favor and go rent any Miike film other than this one You ve got somewhere in the vicinity of 75 from which to choose 
1
One Missed Call
John Beifuss
As Lead Belly might sing to the tune of One Meat Ball You get no thrills From One Missed Call 
2
One Missed Call
Mike McGranaghan
The temptation exists to call the movie one missed opportunity but honestly I don t think anyone involved in this mess ever seriously tried to make something good 
1
One Missed Call
Larry Ratliff
Introducing the diePhone
2
One Missed Call
Philip Marchand
The best part of the movie is the fact that at a running time of an hour and a half it s mercifully short 
.5
One Missed Call
Jan Stuart
Given all the hoopla over the Apple iPhone it s a wonder that no one has yet complained over an essential missing feature It doesn t ring you up to alert you that you are going to die 
2
One Missed Call
Sean McBride
One Missed Call doesn t have much style or substance 
1
One Missed Call
Wesley Morris
Another demonstration of how certain studios and producers care neither about us nor the skill required to pull off a respectable work of garbage 
.5
One Missed Call
James Berardinelli
The worst part about this movie is that even though it s impossible to piece everything together logically it s easy to see where it s going because there s nothing new here There s a sameness to all these Japanese turned American retreads 
1.5
One Missed Call
Scott Schueller
The script appears to blatantly rip off plot devices and story elements from The Ring but screenwriter Andrew Klavan avoids plagiarism by tacking on an incomprehensible second ending where Ring would have left off 
.5
One Missed Call
Gary Brown
As annoying as a busy signal 
1
One Missed Call
Dustin Putman
Puerile and low rent piggybacking on the fad of updating foreign horror films by dumbing them down for us American simpletons 
1.5
One Missed Call
Mark Dujsik
Plays out just as silly as its premise sounds 
1
One Missed Call
Ken Fox
Yet another tired ultimately incoherent horror movie that undoes the promise of its pretty good premise and potentially interesting story structure with dull scares sloppy ending and a pair of unconvincing leaden lead performances 
2
One Missed Call
Nick Schager
Takeshi Miike s original 2003 One Missed Call was second rate techno phobic J horror tripe meaning that Eric Valette s even lousier American remake is something like the next generation of suck 
.5
One Missed Call
Sara Michelle Fetters
If Mystery Science Theater 3000 were still on the air Tom Servo and his quick witted robotic friends would be all over this thing 
1
One Missed Call
David Nusair
This is nothing less than bottom of the barrel junk 
.5
One Missed Call
Josh Larsen
It s shameful how even when Hollywood looks in novel places for material the studios manage to make that material mind numbingly routine 
1.5
One Missed Call
Willie Waffle
The only element this turkey of a bomb of a debacle is missing is Lindsay Lohan 
0
Shiners
Kate Taylor
Full of poignant tales and offbeat characters this investigation of the shoe shining profession delivers all you could ask of the doc experience It s informative entertaining poignant and globe trotting too 
4
The House in Between
Roger Moore
Just once I apos d like to see a quot documentary quot about aliens 44 mythic creatures 44 ghosts and the paranormal start from a position of quot healthy skepticism 46 quot 
1
My Little Eye
Moira MacDonald
Witless and utterly pointless 
0.5
My Little Eye
David Keyes
Not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality it fails the most basic relevancy test as well 
0.5
My Little Eye
Ian Mantgani
An unholy mess driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy looking videotape it must be labelled hip innovative and realistic 
1
Miles Davis - The Cool Jazz Sound
Kam Williams
A must see for any avid jazz fan 
4
Non-Fiction
Brian Eggert
The joys of Non Fiction result from the lived in performances Binoche and Macaigne above all and the humor that is subtle at times more pointed at others 
4
Non-Fiction
Joe Friar
Smart funny and immensely entertaining Binoche leads an exceptional cast in the dialogue heavy film that perfectly balances drama with comedy 
3.5
Non-Fiction
Peter Canavese
Slyly addresses how we think and how we consume media how we tell stories to each other and ourselves and what we need out of our personal connections 
3
Non-Fiction
Anita Katz
The cast sparkles Hamzawi relatively new to the big screen is particularly wonderful when revealing the seemingly harsh Valerie s warmer side 
3
Non-Fiction
Michael Phillips
In barely disguised code Non Fiction operates as a wry analysis of Assayas chosen profession as filmmaker 
3
Non-Fiction
Sean P. Means
The rich veins of conversation in Non Fiction are a delight as if the audience is invited to a dinner party with some smart funny and thoughtful intellects 
3.5
Non-Fiction
Mattie Lucas
An unusually uninvolving detour for the historically erudite director seemingly stuck too doggedly in the past to really explore the ideas that will shape our future 
2
Non-Fiction
Lisa Trifone
It all adds up to one of the most refreshingly entertaining films of the first half the year and proves Assayas to be a filmmaker in his prime 
4
Non-Fiction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The talk is definitely intelligent but it s also talky And if not for the fact that Assayas always merges a talky scene into one more emotional and physical then Non Fiction might have toppled into art house oblivion 
3.5
Non-Fiction
Ty Burr
The cast finesses Assayas s thickets of talk and double talk with ease but it s Binoche who s the heart of Non Fiction 
3
Non-Fiction
Mark Dujsik
Assayas is concerned with seeing how the uncertainty of the future affects and is reflected in these characters and their relationships 
3
Non-Fiction
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s all done with a wink and a shrug so even the betrayals have a certain charm 
4
Non-Fiction
Ann Hornaday
Is it good is a question repeatedly asked throughout Non Fiction When it comes to the myriad subjects at hand the debate rages on As for the movie itself the answer is a resounding yes 
3.5
Non-Fiction
Mick LaSalle
One scene just flows into the next in such a natural way that it seems that life is unfolding as it always does but that for some reason real life is suddenly interesting 
3
Non-Fiction
Tom Meek
copious crumbs of provocative dialogue falling from the lips of a few not so discreet but very charming members of the bourgeoisie 
3.5
Non-Fiction
Roger Moore
Chatty dry and oh so French
2.5
Non-Fiction
Clayton Davis
In a comic blitz Assayas spins the inspired subject while examining family dysfunction the insecurities of men and female empowerment 
3
Non-Fiction
Jake Cole
Olivier Assayas drains the film of the playfulness at its margins leaving only an esoteric lecture in its place 
2
Non-Fiction
Walter Chaw
It sounds madcap but it s not Non Fiction is instead a largely sedate puzzle box of coy insinuations 
2.5
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Matt Brunson
Absolutely awful 
1
Hala
Tomris Laffly
Writer director Minhal Baig s gentle and attentive sophomore feature Hala possesses something inherently extraordinary by just being about a young female Muslim American 
3
Hala
Shane Slater
Hala is ultimately an insightful touching character study that forces us to reconsider what it means to be female Muslim and American 
3
Hala
Robert Daniels
Baig provides a Muslim perspective fitted in a touching coming of age story that balances the familiar with the foreign to pull for a girl whose strength of freedom is at once powerful and quiet 
3
Hala
Sean P. Means
Baig mines her personal story and the specific details of head scarfs and arranged marriages for both gentle humor and profound heartbreak 
3.5
Only the Valiant
Matt Brunson
Out of the 53 theatrical features Gregory Peck made over a 47 year span the late great actor always considered the worst to be Only the Valiant But this middling Western isn t awful so much as it s awfully indifferent 
2
Enter the Dangerous Mind
Kyle Smith
A searing penetrating look inside schizophrenia is exactly what Enter the Dangerous Mind isn t 
1
Enter the Dangerous Mind
Christopher Gray
The title of Youssef Delara and Victor Teran s new film pretty much sums up its shallow and exploitative take on mental illness 
1
Nomads
David Nusair
Nomads eventually 40 and lamentably 41 progresses into a tedious and hopelessly wheel spinning midsection 46 46 46 
.5
Nomads
Roger Ebert
I would like to describe the plot of Nomads but my space is limited 
1.5
Ana Maria in Novela Land
Leo Brady
Ana Maria in Novela Land has a heartfelt message of family and fun all at the expense of telenovela silliness 
3
Ana Maria in Novela Land
Roger Moore
An engaging lead an amusing subject but rather thinly executed 
2
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Roger Ebert
The edges are rough and the ending is simply a slogan printed on the screen But the truth is there and echoes after the film is over 
3
Jumping From High Places
Roger Moore
The film gets credit for tackling the subject of living with anxiety 44 but not much more than that 46 This is superficial in the extreme 44 more of a teen rom com treatment than a suffering adult 8217 s wrestling with the disease 46 
1.5
Sisters on Track
Roxana Hadadi
The inspirational and illuminating moments of Sisters on Track land well enough even if what surrounds them isn t as comprehensive as a full portrait requires 
2.5
Sisters on Track
Dwight Brown
What s on view is as inspiring as it is gripping 
3
Downloaded
David Lewis
As you watch the film you ll be amazed how the world of the Internet turns the recent into the ancient In a matter of only a few years a world changing digital event like Napster has become so last century 
3
Downloaded
Paul de Barros
I found myself asking And so why am I being retold this hoary tale 
2
Downloaded
Farran Smith Nehme
Winter can t get his arms around his material He seems reluctant to pare anything and his talking techie heads Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker along with a host of others often make the same points one after another 
2
Phenomena
James Kendrick
constantly skirts the edge of being something unique and enthralling 44 but at each turn Argento turns up the volume a bit too loud or piles on just a bit too much 44 even for those who appreciate his elaborate excesses
2
Phenomena
Matt Brunson
Even folks who don t generally like movies that can broadly be categorized as gore or slasher flicks should be able to get a kick out of the works of Dario Argento and Phenomena represents as good a starting point as any 
3
Phenomena
Lucius Gore
Worth catching if you re a hardcore Argento fan Otherwise pass 
2.5
Phenomena
Ed Gonzalez
Phenomena a k a Creepers provides what is alternately Argento s most batty and spiritual landscape 
3
Phenomena
Scott Nash
Although there are plenty of elements to choose from perhaps the absolute worst part of this movie is its soundtrack 
2
Blood and Bone
Kam Williams
Michael Jai White makes a convincing case here that he deserves future consideration as an action star on the order of a Vin Diesel or a Sylvester Stallone 
2.5
Wifelike
Erik Childress
For about ten minutes James Bird 8217 s film crafts the right mold of satiric indifference in a misogynistic future 44 but soon gives itself over to generic action and none of the genuine debate of its more lauded sci fi predecessors 46 
2
Wifelike
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie doesn apos t seem certain what to do with its confused and mostly unnecessary metaphor 46 
1.5
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
Liam Lacey
Puts the viewer in the middle of flailing truncheons and tumbling bodies without necessary context 
2
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
Linda Barnard
Stilted dialogue superficial characters and a threadbare story put up a wall when audiences should be feeling sympathy 
2
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
Chris Knight
The film might have done better to rely on fewer characters and a more traditional structure There was enough anarchy in the streets without adding to it in the film 
2
The Scottish Play
Bob Bloom
Theater buffs and devotees of Shakespeare will embrace this small and delightful feature 46 Trust me when I say that his 8220 Scottish Play 8221 is no tragedy 46 
3.5
15: The Movie
G. Allen Johnson
Royston Tan seems more interested in directing a 97 minute music video than a story with weight and depth 
0
15: The Movie
V.A. Musetto
15 isn t easy to sit through but there are ample rewards 
3
The New Eve
James Kendrick
a light and almost completely forgettable affair
2.5
Infidel
Mike McGranaghan
Plenty to admire can be found in the film yet the flaws prove frustrating in how they undermine the strengths 
2.5
Shoot on Sight
Lou Lumenick
A veteran London police in spector who s a devout Mus lim is intriguingly at the center of Jag Mundhra s Shoot on Sight which starts out as a thriller inspired by that city s 2005 Tube and bus bombings but gets bogged down in a family soap opera 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Kelly Jane Torrance
Keener is a great character actress while Olsen is destined to become one 
2.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
John Beifuss
The once divisive Hanoi Jane is now a harmless hippie dispensing homegrown marijuana and homilies about love and transformation in this cornball clichd and predictable yet agreeable and entertaining movie 
2.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Rob Thomas
Hippies are now charming old eccentrics who exist mainly to teach the rest of us to stop and smell or smoke the roses 
1.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Rafer Guzman
Beresford directs without purpose or polish and his mostly fine cast which includes Kyle MacLachlan and Rosanna Arquette in bit parts is wasted 
0.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Rex Reed
Pop songs beautiful bucolic scenery and the joy of watching Jane Fonda fizz in a fun role that looks like a no brainer are elements that a skilled director like Australia s polished Bruce Beresford blends with perfection 
3
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Bob Bloom
f Woodstock represented three days of love and peace Peace Love Misunderstanding mostly takes up 96 minutes of your time most who see will wish they could get back 
1.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Keith Cohen
The upbeat multi generational slice of life narrative bears the appropriate tagline Life is a journey Family is a trip It is worth the price of admission to see the gifted Fonda grace the screen playing this free wheeling eccentric force of nature 
2.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Amy Biancolli
There is no casting decision or character nuance or plot turn too obvious to indulge 
1
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Stephen Whitty
What s so funny about Peace Love Misunderstanding Not enough 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Connie Ogle
If nothing else you must applaud Peace Love Misunderstanding for its cheery insistence that a lifetime of resentment can float away as easily as a helium filled balloon 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Calvin Wilson
Certainly there s a comedy to be made about multigenerational conflict But Peace Love Misunderstanding never quite finds its groove 
2.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Lou Lumenick
A crowd pleasing comedy that isn t going to win any awards for originality 
2.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Michael O'Sullivan
It s like A Midsummer Night s Dream in the Catskills 
1.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Willie Waffle
It s better than getting stuck with Battleship 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Dustin Putman
The kind of human drawn slice of life that s difficult to dislike Or at least it would be if it weren t for its obligatory story happenings and non event of a conclusion 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Moira MacDonald
You could watch Bruce Beresford s wan comedy Peace Love and Misunderstanding with the sound off and still follow the plot easily just by watching Catherine Keener s hair 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Gary Thompson
The plot is as contrived as the characters 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Ann Lewinson
It s Fonda s show riffing on her Hanoi Jane past and aided by first time screenwriters Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski s ear for how both smart people and New Agers talk 
3
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Ty Burr
How you feel about Peace Love Misunderstanding will depend on how you feel about aging hippies and the continuing relevance of all things Woodstock 
1
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Carrie Rickey
It s slight but pleasurable fun 
2.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Chris Hewitt
The fortune cookie of a screenplay is not great and I didn t believe a second of Peace Love and Misunderstanding but the actresses are so fantastic it almost doesn t matter 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Peter Canavese
Jake rsquo s ever present video camera notes the sign ldquo Woodstock 3 mi rdquo mdash but it should read ldquo Shameless Contrivances 3 mi rdquo make tracks not love 
1.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Michael Phillips
Peace Love Misunderstanding treats the Hudson Valley as a kind of Eden and it is not the first film to do so merely one of the duller All is schematic in the extreme 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Matt Pais
Everyone wants to take a load off Annie but it s easier said than done 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Roger Moore
How much you forgive this depends on your tolerance for tie dye Jane Fonda senior citizens who never outgrew their 60s idealism and the Grateful Dead
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Roger Ebert
Peace Love Misunderstanding is an undemanding formula picture that s a lot of superficial fun and not much more 
3
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Christy Lemire
Squanders the abilities of these usually fearless formidable actresses with material that s entirely predictable and a high sap factor that belongs in a made for cable production 
1.5
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Andrew Schenker
What saves the film from being simply a schematic mother daughter reconciliation drama is both the reluctance and prickliness that Catherine Keener brings to her character 
2
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
David Nusair
An often oppressively by the numbers comedy 
2
The Man Without a Past
Josh Larsen
dourly delightful 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
John Beifuss
As in the films of Charlie Chaplin Past presents the downcast and needy as human beings of worth humor and dignity 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Jeff Vice
This may be the most accessible of Kaurismaki s films 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Roger Ebert
At the end of The Man Without a Past I felt a deep but indefinable contentment 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Michael Wilmington
A powerful film made with minimal means it s a story of poor people on the fringes of society done without sentimentality or condescension but with wicked humor 
4
The Man Without a Past
Sean P. Means
Peltola gives a deadpan performance that combines the comic gravity of Buster Keaton and the sweet sentiment of Charlie Chaplin 
3
The Man Without a Past
Phil Villarreal
Moments which draw on innocent charm are prevalent 
3
The Man Without a Past
Sara Michelle Fetters
After watching it I wasn t too sure myself if my choices would be any different than those M makes He has no clue as to the life he s led only feelings that tell him he wasn t the type of man he necessarily wanted to be 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Steven Snyder
No I refuse to label it a comedy I refuse to classify it so easily As far as I m concerned this is a movie about humanity 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Duane Dudek
While others labor in the digital vineyard Kaurismaki forges modern antiques out of unfashionable materials that like a jukebox from a junkyard are still in working order 
3
The Man Without a Past
Chris Hewitt
Less involving than it could be 
2.5
The Man Without a Past
Laura Kelly
Kaurismaki doesn t favor heavy strokes on his cinematic canvas and there s little else to the plot But what s there is plenty for this talented writer director to explore 
3
The Man Without a Past
Steven Rea
A dour faced but sublime comedy 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Marty Mapes
The characters are funny because they re only human
3
The Man Without a Past
David Elliott
You can feel tickled into a Finnish shade of pink 
3
The Man Without a Past
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the first amnesia movie in which we root for the hero not to get his memory back 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie that genuinely makes an audience happy Kaurismki understands and shows us how a lost past can be redeemed by a hopeful future and how an unknown place can become a home 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Edward Guthmann
Kaurismaki trusts us to find the humor and the humanity that coexist in his world and in the process retains a purity of style and intent 
4
The Man Without a Past
Chris Knight
It manages to build slowly into a whimsically charming story about finding love and making do with what life throws at you 
3
The Man Without a Past
Wesley Morris
Delightful and clever 
3
The Man Without a Past
Rick Groen
Kaurismaki s a humanist bearing witness to the human parade To be part of that parade is to be touched by his perspective and to have your world altered magically fleetingly memorably 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Glenn Lovell
The prolific Kaurismaki s sweetest slice of lifer yet 
3
The Man Without a Past
Peter Travers
A delicious blend of hilarity and heartbreak 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Steve Rhodes
Leaves us to admire the technique and the music without giving us much more to care about 
2
The Man Without a Past
Bob Strauss
The film is sporadically hilarious in a chilly unemphatic way But for what may be the first time here Kaurismaki also seems to be genuinely enamored of every mushy underlying sentiment he might once have held up to withering examination 
3
The Man Without a Past
James Berardinelli
A surprisingly quirky and touching romantic comedy 
3
The Man Without a Past
Walter Chaw
Hopeful about the ability for man to persevere in a capricious world 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
Jan Stuart
An understated but weirdly grabbing portrait of a man who loses his memory after being mugged and cobbles together an alternative existence with minimal means 
3
The Man Without a Past
Megan Lehmann
Sublime with a touch of the ridiculous 
3.5
The Man Without a Past
David Sterritt
Kaurismaki is Finland s greatest filmmaker and never has he more artfully balanced his patented blend of deadpan humor low key melodrama and toe tapping music 
4
The Man Without a Past
Ian Mantgani
The problem is the humour of the material does not combine as well as it should with the filmmaking style The method is absurdist and so are the characters and there s nothing straight to play off 
2.5
The Man Without a Past
Jeremy Heilman
The cavalier attitude of the movie seems utterly unconcerned with whether or not the audience picks up on any of the jokes all of which are delivered with an unaffected deadpan style 
3
The Man Without a Past
Ed Gonzalez
Though his engagement of silent idiom recalls Chaplin his leisurely pacing brings to mind Jarmusch 
2.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Walter Chaw
If not entirely successful at least ambitious and for a long while even brave 
2.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A Slipping Down Life has been sitting on the shelf since 1999 and it s not hard to see why 
2.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Matt Brunson
There s probably not much of an audience for a turgid drama whose monotonous tempo rarely fluctuates from one scene to the next 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Paul Sherman
An underwhelming misfire of muddled tone and equally unclear emotion 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Terry Lawson
Never cuts much deeper than its subject 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
Chris Hewitt
There is no way for a love story to work when we don t believe the lovers belong together 
1
A Slipping-Down Life
Phoebe Flowers
A morose and unconvincing drama about desperate love in a small North Carolina town 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Erik Lundegaard
Independent films like to equate smallness with authenticity but sometimes unfortunately they re just small 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Mick LaSalle
What at first seems like observed exaggerated truth soon reveals itself as a series of writerly conceits being followed doggedly to some logical conclusion 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
David Elliott
The plot has a loose string or two but the details are lived in true down home but not corny 
3.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Connie Ogle
Plaintive but exasperating adaptation 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
Lisa Kennedy
It s too common to complain that a book is better than the movie But in A Slipping Down Life the score trumps what s on screen as well 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
Roger Ebert
The movie is not a great dramatic statement but you know that from the modesty of the title It is about movement in emotional waters that had long been still 
3
A Slipping-Down Life
Ty Burr
The director deserves admiration for sticking to her guns but here s a heretical notion Maybe the producer s cut would have been a better movie 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Kevin John Bozelka
The film does little more than clock the highs and lows of another of cinema s many many many couples 
2.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Glenn Lovell
This is one of those rare dramas that drops us into the heart of the Dairy Queen Bible Belt without seeming in the least patronizing or superior 
3.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Carrie Rickey
While the movie is content to be merely atmospheric the performances convince you that here are two misfits who might be a perfect fit 
2.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Tom Horgen
Offers some egalitarian posturing but squanders its message by placing capable actresses like Taylor and Hall into age old subservient roles 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Allison Benedikt
Too precious too self conscious and far too enamored with itself to ever have any kind of genuine emotional truth 
1
A Slipping-Down Life
Rob Thomas
The film s tone is just all over the map 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
Vanessa Sibbald
The real joy of the film is watching Taylor and Pearce play off each other creating their characters unique relationship 
3
A Slipping-Down Life
Steve Rhodes
Some of the dialog is zippy and funny but the characters are never convincing or compelling 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
Claudia Puig
A sluggish tedious film about lost souls living dead end lives in a dead end town 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Timothy Knight
A film that deftly captures the offbeat wit and empathy of Tyler s prose 
3
A Slipping-Down Life
Megan Lehmann
The disorderly film merely chases its tail for the second half going nowhere fast 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Jack Mathews
I have not read the Anne Tyler novella from which the movie is adapted but it is clear from the earliest scenes that Evie and Drumstrings are of a different generation from 37 year old Taylor and 36 year old Pearce 
1.5
A Slipping-Down Life
Glenn Whipp
Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce talented as they may be are simply far too old to be playing the story s desperate dreamers 
2
A Slipping-Down Life
David Sterritt
Taylor is utterly believable even when the screenplay from an Anne Tyler novel is too self consciously quirky and Pearce nicely portrays the guy she obsesses over 
3
A Slipping-Down Life
Dustin Putman
Too trite and uninteresting to service the wonderfully affecting performance from Lili Taylor 
1.5
Two of a Kind
Roger Ebert
This movie should have been struck by a lightning bolt 
1.5
Coma
David Nusair
Filmmaker Michael Crichton does an effective job of immediately capturing the viewer s interest and attention 
2.5
Coma
Matt Brunson
The boys club politics at the hospital provide the picture with interesting subtext right in line with the sexual dynamics of the period Bujold proves to be a worthy champion for the feminist cause 
3
Through a Glass Darkly
James Kendrick
a spare intense introspective look at the interpersonal dynamics of a quartet of family members struggling with their own identities and their understanding of each other
3.5
Through a Glass Darkly
Matt Brunson
This winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film packs a punch 
3.5
Through a Glass Darkly
Roger Ebert
You can freeze almost any frame of this film and be looking at a striking still photograph 
4
Through a Glass Darkly
Jay Antani
Bergman s mastery with actors there is absolutely never a bad performance in a single one of his films and with the cinematic form using space and mood to communicate his theme is abundantly clear here 
4
Through a Glass Darkly
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bergman s wintry film has beautiful moments and Andersson gives a great performance but the film can t shake the weight of the disease of the week movie feel 
3
Through a Glass Darkly
Ted Prigge
It s almost a wonder that it works at all 
3.5
The Forgiveness of Blood
Kelly Jane Torrance
American moviegoers might not have heard of the language spoke here or any of the actors who speak it But they will certainly hear more about Joshua Marston the man who brings his countrymen the pain of the world 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Eric Melin
It s a searing portrait of a dangerous generational divide that ruins lives told with a gentle touch 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Calvin Wilson
A memorable portrait of a society and the demands it makes on those caught up in it 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Rick Groen
We don t see any blood or much forgiveness either but we do witness something far more resonant a young generation caught between the rock of tradition and the hard place of modernity 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Lisa Kennedy
The leads both non actors hit sharp natural notes 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Chris Hewitt
You leave the movie feeling like it has helped you understand a complex situation from many different conflicting points of view 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I know the movie sounds like a downer but I can t emphasize enough how non preachy it is and what good drama it is It effortlessly coaxes us into the story with the ease of an afternoon soap opera 
3.5
The Forgiveness of Blood
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a thriller that feels like a documentary 
3.5
The Forgiveness of Blood
Walter V. Addiego
Marston artfully uses handheld cameras and natural light and has a nice eye for compositions 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Steven Rea
A satisfying psychologically complex tale of a teenager caught in a blood feud in the craggy countryside of Albania 
3.5
The Forgiveness of Blood
Ty Burr
The Forgiveness of Blood works as a subtle but insistent metaphor for a modern generation trapped by the shibboleths of their elders 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Gerald Peary
Credit director Marston for a persuasive look at Albanian culture and for keeping his tense story from trailing off into bloody melodrama 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Roger Ebert
What seems missing is a good notion of how this Albanian society functions on a daily basis Surely a family cannot live under house arrest forever 
2.5
The Forgiveness of Blood
Robert Levin
It s a classic slow burn a collection of patiently assembled observational sequences that collectively portrays the psychological toll facing teens under siege 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
V.A. Musetto
A suspenseful work using nonprofessional actors and co written with an Albanian filmmaker 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Rex Reed
The result is a film of great humanity that reveals Albania as a primitive region struggling to bridge the gap between medieval European customs and the tide of progress 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
Andrew Schenker
Joshua Marston s film too often feels like an easy parable about the absurdities of a practice that doesn t take much effort to portray as inherently ludicrous 
2
The Forgiveness of Blood
Burl Burlingame
We start out hoping that new freedoms will start to cancel out age old blood feuds and wind up simply wishing that a cease fire can be maintained 
3
The Forgiveness of Blood
David Nusair
It s the pervasive lack of drama that ultimately sinks The Forgiveness of Blood 
2
Indivisible
Linda Cook
Indivisible tells the compelling true story of a military chaplain and PTSD 
3
Indivisible
Josh Terry
Altogether Evans has put together a thoughtful look at the wide ranging effects of PTSD that should resonate with military families 
3
Indivisible
Roger Moore
Earnest well intentioned but slow and over reaching faith based drama about combat and PTSD and the impact they have on both soldiers and families 
2
Indivisible
Christian Toto
This faith based drama sands away some critical rough edges but on the homefront it s as raw and honest as needed 
3
Indivisible
Kam Williams
Homecoming from war treated as more than merely tying a yellow ribbon around an old oak tree and leaving the rest to Jesus 
3.5
Indivisible
Rafer Guzman
Middling production values a sluggish script and low energy performances make Indivisible a less than riveting experience 
1.5
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
David Nusair
sporadically watchable yet predominantly forgettable 
2
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Kevin A. Ranson
appears aimless due to the lack of whys Good visuals well acted and a few decent moments of horror but like so many this curse asks to be avoided 
2
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Roger Moore
A dark and somewhat pointless Canadian witchcraft thriller 
1
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Thomas Robert Lee s The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw doesn t do much new but does present its story with a strong command of mood 
3
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
David N. Butterworth
A meditative yet muddled Canadian horror yarn that quickly unwinds if you look at it too closely 
2
Made in China
Burl Burlingame
A thoroughly charming quirkily funny independent film with a standout performance that would never have been touched in a million years by a major studio 
3.5
Wildland
Roger Moore
Wildland lacks the fireworks of its inspiration Animal Kingdom and the larger than life turns by Jacki Weaver in the film and Ellen Barkin in the TV series playing the gang family s matriarch 
2.5
Wildland
Walter Chaw
Nordahl is the real deal 
3.5
The Miracle Of The Wolves
Elliott Stein
Marvelous 
4
Repast
Keith Uhlich
Repast feels like something of a warm up to Naruse s subsequent Sound of the Mountain 
2.5
Survival of the Dead
John Beifuss
An exercise in beating a dead horse as well as eating a dead horse the film demonstrates that the metaphorical usefulness of the zombie genre has reached a state of near rigor mortis if not putrefaction 
2.5
Survival of the Dead
Stephen Cole
Even Romero s staunchest fans might conclude their hero is going through the motions here Yes almost like a zombie 
2
Survival of the Dead
Jason Anderson
What we ve got here is a just a B movie western with buckets of gore which might be fine coming from a Romero wannabe but not from the genuine article 
2
Survival of the Dead
Robert W. Butler
Survival is crawling with weird ideas that make no sense but Romero treats them as gems of life changing import 
1.5
Survival of the Dead
Josh Larsen
has at least one great image a zombie woman on horseback endlessly galloping around the island like some Gothic Bronte inspired ghost 
2
Survival of the Dead
Lucius Gore
A decent zombie film
3
Survival of the Dead
Kam Williams
A more cerebral means of cinematically satiating one s wanton bloodlust craving 
2.5
Survival of the Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even so there s not much here of merit to talk about and as much fun as all the hillbilly in fighting and gruesome zombie killing can be the feeling that we ve been down this road before is one that s frustratingly difficult to shake 
2
Survival of the Dead
Joe Williams
Survival of the Dead never comes alive It feels constrained by a low budget short running time and the outdated conceit of slow zombies trudging toward fresh victims 
1.5
Survival of the Dead
Michael O'Sullivan
It has been six days since the dead began to walk and a powerful emotion is gripping the land Boredom 
1.5
Survival of the Dead
Kyle Smith
I suppose it s nice that Romero has a hobby but he couldn t be more of a bore if he were showing off his pine cone collection 
1
Survival of the Dead
Chris Hewitt
There s a clever zombie kill that involves a fire extinguisher And there are a couple of good sick jokes too But those things are not enough to compensate for the overall dullness of the dead 
1.5
Survival of the Dead
Peter Hartlaub
For the first time a Romero zombie movie feels as if it was rushed out 
1
Survival of the Dead
Jeff Shannon
A lot of Survival seems stale as if Romero were growing bored with his own redundancies Now in the final years of an uneven career Romero needs to get out of his comfort zone 
2
Survival of the Dead
Steven Rea
Like the literary monster mash ups that have invaded the best seller lists Survival of the Dead mixes genres and milieus with absurdist glee 
3
Survival of the Dead
Tom Russo
Romero s Hatfields and McCoys setup feels more random than creative and the idea that they re all Irish or cowboys is more desultory still 
1
Survival of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Survival of the Dead has its own thing going it s brilliantly playfully loopy 
3.5
Survival of the Dead
Roger Ebert
After you ve seen oh I dunno 20 or 30 zombie movies you sort of stop caring very much unless something new is going on as in Zombieland 
2
Survival of the Dead
Peter Keough
Maybe Romero is pursuing a Marxist project by analyzing feudal modes of production but his real problem is coming up with new ways of shooting people in the head 
1.5
Survival of the Dead
Roger Moore
The hurtful truth is that others many others have co opted Romero s whole living dead thing and have been doing it with more style than the Pittsburgh zombie auteur is capable of these days 
1
Survival of the Dead
Ed Gonzalez
Survival of the Dead plays embarrassingly like a parody of the yukfests George A Romero s Dead movies have inspired over the years 
1.5
Survival of the Dead
James Berardinelli
There s little here that s new or interesting the movie is for hard core Romero devotees only and even they should approach this picture with expectations kept in check 
2
Survival of the Dead
Dustin Putman
George A Romero s heyday may sadly be over 
2
Survival of the Dead
Mark Dujsik
This must be needs to be the end for the movies have started to too closely resemble their undead stars 
1.5
Night Skies
David Nusair
This is clearly the sort of story that demands the big budget Hollywood treatment 
1.5
The Bellmen
Tom Meek
It s trite innocuous fun 
2
The Bellmen
Bob Bloom
Early in the film we are told that the life of a bellman is all about doing a great job to earn big tips Well here s one next time you want to produce a comedy make sure it s funny before you let anyone see it 
1
The Rooftop
Mark Jenkins
The candy colored musical from Taiwanese heartthrob Jay Chou is two thirds delightful 
2.5
Genesis II
Matt Brunson
Bland is the word of the day when it comes to Genesis II 
2
The Ladykillers
James Kendrick
a wonderfully macabre comedy
3.5
Little Big Women
Roger Moore
A perfectly watchable genre melodrama an old fashioned women s picture with sentiment intricate relationships intrigue and not too heavy to take heartbreak 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Roger Moore
The animation 8217 s slightly better than TV 8217 s current state of the art 44 but the screenplay is strictly 8220 Scooby doo 8221 
1.5
Blue Valentine
Brandy McDonnell
Director co writer Derek Cianfrance s insistence on framing the blue collar story through a hipster perspective emerges as the movie s saddest aspect 
2.5
Blue Valentine
Jeff Beck
What we end up with here is 2 3 of a story that consequently feels incomplete It obviously wanted to be something like 500 Days of Summer in terms of structure but the writers just didn t know how to get up to that level 
2.5
Blue Valentine
David Nusair
the film s unevenness ultimately prevents it from packing the emotional punch that Cianfrance is clearly going for 
2.5
Blue Valentine
Lori Hoffman
A working class American take on Ingmar Bergman s Scenes From A Marriage 
3
Blue Valentine
Mike Scott
It s at its root a hard to resist character study That s because the character being studied is you and me and everyone else who has ever fallen in and out of love
4
Blue Valentine
Kam Williams
A depressing deconstruction of a marriage that clearly was never meant to be 
1
Blue Valentine
Keith Cohen
The dialogue is meaningful and realistic The first rate cinematography and an explosive soundtrack make an indelible impression This sad and very personal movie will generate lots of discussions Marriage counselors and divorce lawyers should get a 
3
Blue Valentine
Eric Melin
Shot with a fly on the wall quality and an unflinching honesty that refuses to draw either character as simply bad or good Blue Valentine is all the more tragic because it is so easy to believe 
3.5
Blue Valentine
John Wirt
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling take the plunge reeling beneath their characters troubled lives 
3
Blue Valentine
John Beifuss
Gosling whose acting can be seen from a mile away seems to be portraying a slumming method actor who s only pretending to be a husband housepainter while Williams is natural and convincing 
3
Blue Valentine
Duane Dudek
Watching it requires as much courage as curiosity That it was just as hard to see the second time around says something about it I m just not sure what 
3
Blue Valentine
Robert W. Butler
It s a heartbreaker but one made bearable by Ryan Gosling and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams who deliver performances that feel so real they transcend acting and become something else altogether 
3
Blue Valentine
James Berardinelli
An autopsy of a failed marriage it contrasts the giddy honeymoon beginning with the sad denouement after dysfunction has devastated the groundwork of hope and newness 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Matt Brunson
This punishing drama is worth a look thanks to the excellent work by the leads as well as Cianfrance s ability to employ the appropriate mood to help capture his own prickly scenes from a marriage 
3
Blue Valentine
Lisa Kennedy
Blue Valentine comes on like a bittersweet cautionary tale 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Lawrence Toppman
I was riveted 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Joe Williams
An almost unbearably bittersweet love story starring two of today s best actors and orchestrated by a director who s attuned to past masters 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Rick Groen
The performances are as raw as the characters 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Rene Rodriguez
You are witnessing the implosion of a marriage and it s a sad discomfiting thing to behold 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Peter Canavese
A postmodern tragedy of two people at odds who are both right and both wrong in their argument sharing responsibility for the birth and death of love 
4
Blue Valentine
Ann Hornaday
Almost unbearably harrowing but also deeply cathartic as viewers create their own meanings within Dean and Cindy s singular downward spiral 
3
Blue Valentine
Michael Phillips
The best of it plays like an acting exercise that serves the intimate often bruising relationship at the core Gosling seems to be pulling from an impressive bag of performance tricks Williams from a deeper well drawn from life 
3
Blue Valentine
Mick LaSalle
What do we expect of a spouse Blue Valentine makes us ask that question 
4
Blue Valentine
Willie Waffle
The performances are two of the best you will see in a movie
2.5
Blue Valentine
Mark Dujsik
Gosling and Williams are vital to Blue Valentine and almost inflate the movie s flat ambitions 
2.5
Blue Valentine
Dustin Putman
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling are better than Blue Valentine as a whole but one cannot deny the experience rattles with a weary knowledge not easily faked 
2.5
Blue Valentine
Josh Larsen
alternately swells your heart and punctures it 
3
Blue Valentine
Moira MacDonald
Blue Valentine has a palpable air of claustrophobic danger you constantly expect something terrible to be happening to these characters And indeed something does 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Walter Chaw
manages at the end to provoke a real resonant response to what it means to lose love to the ugly realities of living 
3
Blue Valentine
Wesley Morris
As the film which Derek Cianfrance directed and co wrote makes its way to the end of its second hour it becomes an acutely stylized slow motion marital accident You either want to call AAA or roll your eyes 
2
Blue Valentine
Alison Gang
Be prepared for an emotionally devastating portrait of a marriage that at times feels like an eavesdropping expedition 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Peter Howell
The film proceeds in what feels like real time but with no obvious beginning or end It s a latticework of moments happy and sad 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Gerald Peary
Blue Valentine is so nervy so real that it poses a dire threat Dean and Cindy are such decent folks How do we know what happens to them couldn t happen to us 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Roger Ebert
Derek Cianfrance the film s writer and director observes with great exactitude the birth and decay of a relationship This film is alive in its details 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cianfrance has crafted an intriguing superbly acted enigma the final product a relationship tragedy devoid of tears devoid of emotion and ultimately sadly devoid of giving me any reason to care 
2.5
Blue Valentine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Blue Valentine is the kind of movie that John Cassavetes may have dreamt about 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Kyle Smith
A small but shattering film that marks its writer director Derek Cianfrance as an artist of real depth 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Roger Moore
Blue Valentine feels off the cuff and improvised which adds to the charm of that first date and the danger of that big fight 
3
Blue Valentine
Claudia Puig
Gosling and Williams have the most palpable chemistry of any screen couple this year never striking a false note in this achingly tender tale of a love that implodes before our eyes 
4
Blue Valentine
Peter Travers
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams give two of the most explosive and emotionally naked performances you will see anywhere 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Paul Brunick
Director Derek Cianfrance has realized his potential and then some 
3.5
Blue Valentine
Steven Rea
Ultimately too painful too labored to care much about at all 
2.5
Blue Valentine
Liam Lacey
The ghost of John Cassavetes hovers over this tough minded portrait of a working class couple s marriage 
3
6ixtynin9
David Sterritt
Comically grotesque strikingly filmed 
3
6ixtynin9
G. Allen Johnson
It is a lot of fun and allows us to track the growth of a special artist 
3
6ixtynin9
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A crafty shifty crime film pleasantly alive 
3.5
6ixtynin9
Eric Henderson
Its deadly punchlines suggest the archetypal cosmic joke with more emphasis on the tragic side of the tragedy comedy continuum 
3
6ixtynin9
Erik Lundegaard
It s Ratanaruang s stylish direction that recommends the movie 
3
Are You Here
Robert Levin
The movie is the cinematic equivalent of dead air 
1
Are You Here
Nathalie Atkinson
What does surprise is that the talented ensemble has to cajole this ungainly movie along even as it changes its mind about whether it wants to be a romantic comedy a lighthearted bromance 
1.5
Are You Here
Susan Wloszczyna
A comedy with no laughs A drama disconnected from any known reality 
1.5
Are You Here
Liam Lacey
Everything about Are You Here feels like a bottom drawer script idea that was put together too casually and carelessly 
1
Are You Here
Steven Rea
Are You Here lacks more than just the question mark that should go on its title It lacks a point of view that makes sense that feels central 
1.5
Are You Here
Linda Barnard
Weiner has not set out to make anything as trite as a buddy comedy but he does attempt to inject humour and misses the mark 
1.5
Are You Here
Kam Williams
Have Wilson Galifianakis and Poehler ever been better Gosh I certainly hope so 
1
Are You Here
Claudia Puig
It s so formless awkward and jarringly directed it s almost unwatchable 
1.5
Are You Here
Dann Gire
Not even a marketing campaign designed by Don Draper himself could sell this boondoggle 
1
Are You Here
James Berardinelli
It s a tease worthwhile in some ways but ultimately too diluted to offer a fulfilling movie going experience 
2.5
Are You Here
Matt Pais
Like Zach Braff s take on Our Idiot Brother with loud metaphors and bits of You Me and Dupree 
1.5
Are You Here
Sara Stewart
There s little to explain the existence of this confoundingly unfunny film 
1
Are You Here
Roger Moore
Whatever Weiner s film isn t it is the most amusingly glib role Owen Wilson s had since Zoolander 
2.5
Are You Here
Tomas Hachard
The female characters on Mad Men are probably the show s strongest asset but here they re hollow to the point of insult 
.5
Are You Here
David Nusair
Filmmaker Matthew Weiner making his debut here establishes an atmosphere of middling mediocrity right from the get go 
1.5
Chichinette: The Accidental Spy
Roger Moore
A compelling Holocaust espionage story not given the most dazzling treatment cinematically 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Brian Eggert
Stanley crafts some incredible genuinely disturbing visuals marking the feature length return of a filmmaker whose clear vision piques one s interest for whatever comes next 
3
Color Out of Space
John Beifuss
A parody of self actualization in which an isolated family undergoes grotesque cosmic metamorphosis after being irradiated by a prismatic meteorite 
3.5
Color Out of Space
Federico Furzan
Scifi horror mixed with a director whose vision feels relevant in today s formula based cinema Full review in Spanish 
3
Color Out of Space
Matt Brunson
Aside from a couple of missteps the film is endlessly imaginative and as suits its title showcases a vibrant visual palette 
3
Color Out of Space
Kevin A. Ranson
this eldritch tale seems ready made for a Nic Cage vehicle a beautiful picture of a descent into madness an acceptance of inevitability and a family truly brought together as none have before 
4
Color Out of Space
Mike McGranaghan
A stylish effective often darkly funny chiller As an added bonus you also get alpaca jokes and Nicolas Cage at his most Nicolas Cage iest 
3
Color Out of Space
Richard Roeper
Everything s out of control Which is what makes Color Out of Space such an entertaining ride 
3
Color Out of Space
Anita Katz
Cage while capable of giving a more three dimensional and emotionally satisfying performance is effective in fan popular unhinged form 
3
Color Out of Space
Joe Friar
Nicolas Cage and H P Lovecraft a match made in heaven Prepare yourself for trippy cosmic carnage that captures the spirit of the gothic author 
3
Color Out of Space
Lisa Trifone
You won t always know what s going on or why but you won t be able to look away either 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Peter Sobczynski
Color Out of Space is the kind of cult movie nirvana that was its apparent destiny from the moment the cameras started rolling 
3.5
Color Out of Space
Rex Reed
There s nothing to think about here but a lot to describe 
2
Color Out of Space
Chandler Levack
Sound the gong of transcendent Nicolas Cage weirdness Color Out of Space gets 3 5 alpacas from me 
3.5
Color Out of Space
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Matching and then topping Stanley s weirdness Cage continues his late career momentum in hyper violent indie horror 
3
Color Out of Space
Kathy Fennessy
Despite the surface similarities to Mandy Stanley s cinematic return doesn t measure up to those lofty standards but it s worth seeing if any of the factors that went into its making appeal to you 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Mark Dujsik
The major issue is that the movie at first a tale of implied horror becomes a more literal kind of horror show 
2
Color Out of Space
Christian Toto
The Mandy standout holds something back in a film that epitomizes out of control science fiction 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Peter Howell
You know Nicolas Cage has reached peak freak when he s the scariest thing about a space alien invasion of Earth 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Hau Chu
As untidy and un profound as Color may be Stanley swings for the fences when almost any other director in exile would have tried to get back in Hollywood s good graces with an act of penance Score one for the eccentrics of the world 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Roger Moore
Oh how we ve missed that Nic Cage You know the one bug eyed and manic screaming and profane scary unstable and violent 
2.5
Color Out of Space
G. Allen Johnson
Color Out of Space is a trashy ridiculous science fiction horror film It is so silly poorly written and well I liked it 
3
Color Out of Space
Tom Meek
The film looks far more polished than its modest 6 million budget it s not fully consistent or narratively clear but it is a ghoulish pleasure to see Nicolas Cage ditch his ho hum dad and dive into the lunatic fringe 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Walter Chaw
Fun is enough don t get me wrong yet Color Out of Space could be more 
2.5
Color Out of Space
Sara Stewart
Full bore glorious B movie Cage Cranked up to 11 spattered with gore and bellowing about alpacas 
3
Color Out of Space
Jake Cole
The film is a vivid depiction of how a confrontation with the unknown can so easily shatter the fragile bonds that hold us together 
3
Back to School
David Nusair
a seemingly foolproof premise that s employed to watchable if far from spellbinding effect 
2.5
Back to School
Ryan Murphy
With this film Rodney at long last entitles himself to all the respect he can stomach 
3
Back to School
Desmond Ryan
I mean no disrespect to Rodney Dangerfield in suggesting that Back to School is a comedy that belongs back on the drawing board 
2
Back to School
Gene Siskel
In this very funny Rodney Dangerfield comedy there has been an important shift in Rodney s entertainment persona a shift that has made this small film a monster hit 
3
Back to School
Matt Brunson
One of the brightest and least pretentious comedies of the past quarter century the 1986 box office hit Back to School is the sort of film that s easy to watch repeatedly over the years 
3.5
Back to School
Roger Ebert
This is exactly the sort of plot Marx or Fields could have appeared in Dangerfield brings it something they might also have brought along a certain pathos 
3
Finding Home
Wesley Morris
What happens between these characters might be incredibly traumatic for them but there s little in it for us 
1.5
Finding Home
Phoebe Flowers
Finding Home may have been created with a lot of sincerity and heart but little of it comes through to the audience 
1.5
Impostor
David Nusair
The history behind Impostor is perhaps more compelling than the film itself 
1
Impostor
Frank Ochieng
There s one thing you can say about Imposter it does have the appropriate title Fleder s ill conceived actioner flick poses as a thriving sci fi adventure but its real identity is that of a glossy looking predictable lukewarm futuristic yarn 
2
Impostor
Ian Mantgani
Once the movie abandons ideas it falls flat it s not well made enough to engage us with shallowness 
1.5
Impostor
Mark Dujsik
Has all the values of a straight to video movie but because it has a bigger name cast it gets a full theatrical release 
1.5
Impostor
David Keyes
unworthy of a release beyond the direct to video market it doesn t even deserve to carry a title with more than one syllable 
1
Impostor
Michael Dequina
Really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length 
1
Impostor
James Kendrick
tension developed in the movie s impressive first 15 minutes gradually dissolves as the plot lumbers forward with little purpose other than to fill time until the twist ending
1.5
Impostor
Gary Brown
The movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark 
1.5
Impostor
Steve Rhodes
Stuffed with more filling than a Christmas turkey the movie lumbers along when it should be sprinting 
2.5
Impostor
Mike Clark
Unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction Impostor is opening today at a theater near you 
1
Impostor
Bryan Reesman
Despite fine performances and some fun moments Impostor too frequently relies on contrived plot points to reach its revelatory climax 
2
Impostor
James Berardinelli
Includes too much obvious padding 
2.5
Impostor
Dustin Putman
May not be the cinematic abortion I expected but it does resemble a C section the outcome turns out just fine but it still leaves a big old mess in its wake 
2
Impostor
Bob Graham
This movie is something of an impostor itself stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work 
1
Impostor
Mary Kalin-Casey
Though never boring Impostor is downright depressing because it s so easy to catch glimpses of the knockout film that lies buried underneath Fleder s mangled direction 
1.5
Impostor
Jonathan Foreman
Impostor doesn t do much with its template despite a remarkably strong cast 
2
Impostor
Liam Lacey
Impostor is really little more than an extended Outer Limits episode 
2
Impostor
Tom Long
You will spend an hour and a half feeling adequately entertained if you re a sucker for sci fi run run run flicks 
2
Impostor
Rob Blackwelder
Tells the story with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot s persnickety problems is simply a matter of being in a shrugging mood 
3
Impostor
Steven Rea
A thoroughly acceptable sci fi genre pic 
2.5
Impostor
Walter Chaw
There are so many black holes in Impostor that trying to keep track of them would tax Hawking 
1
Friends and Romans
Tirdad Derakhshani
Friends and Romans isn t the most sophisticated comedy but it should inspire a few giggles 
2.5
The Undefeated
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately McLaglen is never able to draw his threads together As in his The Way West he takes a panoramic theme and then gets so close to it that we lose sight of the whole 
2
I, a Man
Roger Ebert
I a Man is not dirty or even funny or even anything but a very long and pointless home movie 
0
Werewolves Within
Federico Furzan
Josh Ruben could be one of the most important genre filmmakers in modern cinema 46 With Werewolves Within he proves it apos s actually possible to make a near perfect genre smash 46 
3.5
Werewolves Within
Matt Brunson
And just like that we have a GOOD video game movie 
3
Werewolves Within
Peter Canavese
One to check out especially if you like your horror as well as your comedy 
2.5
Werewolves Within
Rene Sanchez
A witty incisive and bloody whodunnit that questions the identity of the real monsters threatening to destroy the sense of community Full Review in Spanish 
3
Werewolves Within
Tom Meek
Horror and comedy howl in symphony here 
2.5
Werewolves Within
Joe Friar
An instant classic Josh Ruben s horror comedy is a howling good time 
3.5
Werewolves Within
Kevin Carr
It s a lot of deadpan delivery There s some slapstick here and there Both Vayntrub and Richardson do a great job with that 
3
Werewolves Within
Sara Michelle Fetters
She s equal parts angel and devil and as the counterpoint to Richardson s plucky go get em do gooder Vayntrub is a bedeviling ingénue who s the ideal yin to his yang 
4
Werewolves Within
Nick Allen
A goofy and skillful horror story with a lot of charisma across the board to paper over its shortcomings 
3
Werewolves Within
Leo Brady
The comedy is just right the drama is taken seriously with the dire situation and yes you do get to see some awesome werewolf stuff 
3
Werewolves Within
Steven Prokopy
Werewolves Within moves through the subject matter with a certain energy and humor that is rarely present in horror or science fiction genres 
3
Werewolves Within
Johnny Oleksinski
Werewolves Within joins the rarified club of video game film adaptations that don t make me want to gouge my eyes out 
2.5
Werewolves Within
Mark Dujsik
While the cast is definitely game the filmmakers simply don t give them enough material for the task at hand 
2.5
Werewolves Within
Christian Toto
This flat horror comedy hybrid squanders a game cast and irresistible setup 
1.5
Werewolves Within
Chuck Bowen
The film becomes unexpectedly effectively violent just when you ve written it off as a glorified SNL sketch 
2.5
Werewolves Within
Randy Myers
With a dream cast and a shrewd commentary on our fractious times Werewolves Within is delightful one the best surprises of 2021 
3.5
Werewolves Within
Sean P. Means
It takes a little while to kick in but there s some sly commentary threaded through the jokes all lightly applied never feeling preachy 
3
Werewolves Within
Dwight Brown
The sole purpose of this hysterical horror comedy is to perfectly deliver the right amount of gore and guffaws 
3.5
Werewolves Within
Roger Moore
It s a great example of how hitting the right tone can keep you watching even if the horror isn t all that and not nearly enough jokes land 
2
Werewolves Within
Joey Magidson
Not only is this movie really enjoyable and a highlight of the Tribeca Film Festival it has a special distinction It may very well be the best video game adaptation ever 
3
Hurricane on the Bayou
Ty Burr
The smart classy Hurricane on the Bayou preaches an invaluable environmental lesson for children and parents Don t monkey with the ecosystem without expecting payback 
3
Hurricane on the Bayou
Michael Booth
Katrina will end up changing the entire South from Houston to Florida for decades to come yet Bayou still insists on its upbeat gospel ending 
2
Hurricane on the Bayou
Arthur Salm
Features a knockout soundtrack some very impressive gators and two irresistible forces Hurricane Katrina and 14 year old fiddler and eco warrior Amanda Shaw 
4
Hurricane on the Bayou
Edward Ortiz
Though some of the images of the aftermath will seem chillingly familiar there is ample aerial footage of the destruction that carries a deeper impact because of the wide screen 
3
Hurricane on the Bayou
John Monaghan
It effectively showcases the indomitable spirit that has held the area together over the last year 
3
Hurricane on the Bayou
Chris Hewitt
This is an often moving film but its approach to life in post Katrina Louisiana is hopeful even celebratory 
3.5
Hurricane on the Bayou
Jeff Strickler
The devastation left by Hurricane Katrina has been well documented but seeing it on a giant Imax screen makes it hit home in a way other media can t match 
3.5
Hurricane on the Bayou
Linda Cook
Although its subject matter gets tossed around a little Hurricane on the Bayou always gets its message across 
3
Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles: Pt. 1
Kam Williams
Hilarious provided you have a very strong stomach for modern minstrelsy 
3.5
Hoosiers
Matt Brunson
Much of its appeal comes courtesy of Gene Hackman whose work here a canny mix of aw shucks bluster and below the surface slyness was a warm up for the career best performance he would deliver two years later in Mississippi Burning 
3.5
Hoosiers
James Berardinelli
Basketball movies don t get any better 
3.5
Hoosiers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Barely a single frame of this movie is less than compelling 
3
Hoosiers
David Nusair
it s easy enough to see why Hoosiers has become one of the most endearing sports movies in cinematic history 
3
Hoosiers
Walter Chaw
Why fight it 
2
Hoosiers
Roger Ebert
It s a movie that is all heart 
4
Breastmilk
Nathalie Atkinson
Is breastfeeding bond or bondage As the documentary Breastmilk examines the pendulum swings every generation and there is no clear correct answer 
3
Breastmilk
Geoff Pevere
Breastmilk takes all of its testimonials at their dry word leaving one to marvel at how much theoretical distance can come even between a baby and its mother 
2
Breastmilk
Kam Williams
An empowering reminder of a woman s body s remarkable ability to provide sustenance in abundance 
4
Little Nicky
Michael Dequina
Maybe Adam Sandler really has some familial connections with the Devil 
0
Little Nicky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I don t know why but I just wasn t laughing that much 
2
Little Nicky
David Nusair
diverting enough to warrant a recommendation 
2.5
Little Nicky
Susan Tavernetti
The wait for funny scenes feels like an eternity spent in hell 
1.5
Little Nicky
Margaret A. McGurk
Nothing in this ambitious effects laden spectacle about family values in hell made me laugh Not once 
1
Little Nicky
Jeffrey Westhoff
Plays like a series of sketches performed by a revolving cast of guest stars a Carol Burnett Show of the damned 
2
Little Nicky
Collin Souter
I m not a fan never have been but it could have starred Bill Murray and it still wouldn t have been funny
1.5
Little Nicky
Rick Groen
It would be hyperbole to argue that the road to movie hell is entirely paved with Adam Sandler s crude intentions but the guy sure has made a heck of a start 
1
Little Nicky
Bill Chambers
Here s a movie in which heaven is ingeniously conceived as the inside of a birthday cake and critics everywhere defaulted to the post chic anti Adam Sandler stance 
3
Little Nicky
James Kendrick
even when Sandler plays the spawn of Satan he still plays him as an infantile dork
2
Little Nicky
David Keyes
pure entertainment for the brain dead a lifeless frustrating travesty of comedy that suspends laughs for cringes wit for idiocy and pleasure for agony 
0.5
Little Nicky
Steve Rhodes
The ensemble cast makes Little Nicky sizzle 
3
Little Nicky
James Berardinelli
I can enjoy a dumb raunchy comedy as much as the next classless viewer But it has to be funny and Little Nicky isn t 
1
Little Nicky
Roger Ebert
I can see how Little Nicky could have worked It s just that Sandler at the center is a distraction 
2.5
Little Nicky
Bob Graham
A few more laughs wouldn t have hurt 
2
Little Nicky
Rob Blackwelder
By all rights and with few exceptions everyone involved with this movie should be thoroughly embarrassed 
1
Little Nicky
Pam Grady
If you can check your intellect at Nicky s door get ready for some empty headed and devilish fun 
3
Little Nicky
Marty Mapes
For most of you I can t recommend this movie On the other hand if you re a fan like me you ll be glad to know that the next Adam Sandler movie is out 
2.5
Little Nicky
Dustin Putman
A divergence for the eyes and little else the movie has the ability to stay with you for about as long as its slim 84 minute running time and then exits from your memory 
2
Little Nicky
Ian Mantgani
This could have been a great film if only the main performance was not such a dead zone 
3
Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation
Roger Moore
These movies are all junk the third is no exception 
1
The Stalking Moon
Matt Brunson
The Stalking Moon is a film in which with apologies to Aristotle the sum of its parts is greater than the whole as a few noteworthy sequences aren t enough to rescue the overall movie 
2
America: The Motion Picture
Randy Myers
Even when you think it s only acting rude and juvenile just because it s much smarter than that particularly whenever it skewers American attitudes both conservative and liberal 
3
America: The Motion Picture
Brian Tallerico
Everyone here seems to really get what director Matt Thompson is going for embracing the dumb side of America while playing some of its most historic figures 
2.5
America: The Motion Picture
Inkoo Kang
The gulf between stupid smart and just plain stupid feels immeasurably vast when watching America The Motion Picture which is clearly aiming for the former but lands squarely in the latter 
1.5
America: The Motion Picture
Mark Dujsik
America The Motion Picture is a mixed bag of smart and far less smart ideas 
2
America: The Motion Picture
Chris Vognar
We live in ridiculous often scary times and political satire can provide a valuable tonic and perspective But filmmakers have to make the effort 
0
Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
Dave Bidini
While watching people write is rarely effective cinema the only thing less gripping is watching people track boring albums which Nicks and her band do throughout In Your Dreams 
1
Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
Linda Barnard
True fans will find their gold dust woman as the doc unspools witnessing the creative machinery behind her songwriting process as Nicks makes the 2011 album of the same name in her California home studio 
3
A Little Chaos
Bill Zwecker
True French historians should simply relax and enjoy a film that takes us on a beautifully photographed cinematic romp into a past as it likely SHOULD have been 
3
A Little Chaos
Anita Katz
Winslet is radiant but limited by the fictional character written for her a flawless woman whose lack of happiness is hampered by grief over a terrible loss 
2.5
A Little Chaos
Robert Levin
It s stupefyingly boring as only a movie might be that seeks to qualify the chaos in its title with the adjective little 
2
A Little Chaos
Rafer Guzman
A Little Chaos wants us to be fascinated by a feminist who never was then undermines her by casting an approving eye on the steamy affair she begins with her boss 
2.5
A Little Chaos
Mark Dujsik
All of it feels haphazardly assembled 
1.5
A Little Chaos
Moira MacDonald
Oh this one should have been a charmer 
2.5
A Little Chaos
Peter Keough
Engrossing and entertaining if sometimes trite and manipulative and totally bogus 
2
A Little Chaos
Stephanie Merry
It s a shame such a talented artist couldn t create a more memorable film but the overlong A Little Chaos bogs down in a lackluster love story 
2
A Little Chaos
Kenji Fujishima
Alan Rickman s film is consistently and often dispiritingly mired in the quaint tradition of the classy costume drama 
2
A Little Chaos
David Lewis
We get ready for the sparks to fly but the scenes between Winslet and Schoenaerts fall flat In fact we pay more attention to the beautiful costumes and art direction than to any exchange between the two romantic leads 
2
A Little Chaos
Sara Stewart
The film certainly doesn t lack for engaging talent but none can save it from a fundamentally thin plot 
2
A Little Chaos
Roger Moore
An overlong ditty of a movie that gets by on the considerable charms of its cast and the sumptuousness of its period perfect production
3
Shortbus
Matt Brunson
What makes Shortbus unusual for an American movie is that it isn apos t frightened of sex 44 it doesn apos t reduce the act to insensitive frat boy gyrations 44 and it doesn apos t employ it as a bludgeoning weapon 46 
3.5
Shortbus
Mattie Lucas
An exuberant audacious and deeply poignant film that crosses lines and shatters barriers with exhilaratingly untrammeled glee 
3.5
Shortbus
Kam Williams
Fetishists are people too 
4
Shortbus
James Sanford
a project that has brains as well as bravado It s also very funny which helps to diffuse much of the nervousness that its graphic sex scenes might inspire in viewers an imaginative involving and ultimately touching story 
3
Shortbus
David N. Butterworth
Another telling example The Brown Bunny Anatomy of Hell Bellocchio s Devil in the Flesh that hardcore sex seems better suited to hardcore sex films 
2
Shortbus
Sean P. Means
You know something is amiss when the spiky haired dominatrix is a more relatable character than the movie s ostensible leading lady 
2.5
Shortbus
Sean O'Connell
Rises above late night basic cable trash thanks to the courageous cast and Mitchell s accomplished direction 
2.5
Shortbus
Lori Hoffman
in the end it will be remembered for proving that the most important sexual organ is the brain 
3
Shortbus
Phil Villarreal
Is this movie just an excuse to film a bunch of people having sex As far as I m concerned yup 
2
Shortbus
Moira MacDonald
A rather sweet wistful little movie that just happens to have a lot of explicit sex in it 
2.5
Shortbus
David Elliott
Lancingly funny brash and alive this hotsie totsie peeper aches for love and the gay fire of pre AIDs partydom 
3
Shortbus
Carla Meyer
Shortbus strains at times with its acrobatic real sex and search for bigger meanings But beneath those elements lies a kind open heart 
3
Shortbus
Duane Dudek
Shortbus feels uninhibited but uninhabited a clinical schematic exercise in the intercourse of human events 
2.5
Shortbus
Rene Rodriguez
Shortbus surprisingly sweet compassionate tone never flags helping the movie overcome its own flaws 
3
Shortbus
Robert W. Butler
Obviously Shortbus isn t for everyone But adventurous filmgoers will find here an entertaining funny and yes moral look at sex love and all the stops in between 
3
Shortbus
Terry Lawson
Surprisingly sweet and unabashedly graphic 
3
Shortbus
Chris Hewitt
Mitchell s gift as a filmmaker is to take people who seem way out and show us they re actually looking for the same things we all are 
3
Shortbus
Matt Pais
A wild surging burlesque of free flowing sexuality you re more likely to see on the Internet than in a movie theater 
3
Shortbus
Rob Thomas
It s actually a rather sweet and sharply funny ode to sexual liberation and I suppose it wouldn t make sense that a film celebrating the freedom for consenting adults to say yes would say no to showing it 
3
Shortbus
Steven Rea
Suffers from a vague ad lib y script and a cast that while hardly shy isn t exactly charismatic 
2.5
Shortbus
Bruce Westbrook
Despite the buzz about its hard core hanky panky writer director John Cameron Mitchell paints a bland bleak portrait of navel gazing New Yorkers driven by carnal pleasures or lack of them 
1.5
Shortbus
Michael Booth
I kid you not heartwarming is the best word to describe it 
3
Shortbus
Ty Burr
Mitchell reclaims sex filming it watching it talking about it doing it as something both deeply funny and transcendently human a revolving door that leads to the senses and to the heart 
3
Shortbus
Jeanne Aufmuth
All manners of sexual behavior ultimately detract from a poignant message about the slim and subtle connections between physical and emotional love 
2
Shortbus
Geoff Pevere
On its own the movie feels while engaging provocative and hugely watchable and you ll have to trust me on this not simply because of its genuinely daring sex scenes also slightly tentative and vague 
2.5
Shortbus
Ruthe Stein
The film proves that nudity and unbridled sexuality alone are not enough to entertain 
1
Shortbus
Pam Grady
The reality of the film is that it s just an obvious and tedious melodrama about lovers negotiating the minefields of emotion and sex and not quite connecting 
2
Shortbus
Jack Mathews
If Mitchell s goal was to integrate actual sex into fictional characters lives in ways that are not distracting a reality check is in order 
2.5
Shortbus
Bob Strauss
Well stocked with witty lines funny situations and credible intelligent character insights 
3
Shortbus
Peter Canavese
More than a stunt a sincere film that explores cynical sexual discord and hopefully concludes that forgiveness and sexual healing can repair the disrupted currents of modern urban life 
3
Shortbus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not surprisingly the graphic sex on display in Shortbus has eclipsed all other considerations including the fact that it s a fairly interesting movie 
3
Shortbus
Erik Childress
If Mitchell s attempt was to bring moments like this to the mainstream of nonchalant intimacy he fails since the sex scenes have the atmosphere of exhibitionism more than an expression of love or feeling 
2
Shortbus
Peter Travers
It s a grand ambition only partially realized But watching Mitchell try makes for an exhilarating trip 
3
Shortbus
John Anderson
On one hand Shortbus is a libertine s dream on the other it s a deliriously moral film 
3
Shortbus
James Berardinelli
Mitchell has stated that his goal with Shortbus was to make a serious film that incorporates hardcore material To an extent he has done that The problem is it s not a good movie 
2
Shortbus
Stephen Whitty
It s not art it s not shocking and worst of all it s not even particularly new 
1.5
Shortbus
Jim Emerson
Shortbus takes place in a fantasy New York between two temporal landmarks September 11 2001 and the blackout of 2003 through brownouts and breakdowns Mitchell posits a place of healing and humor and light and lots and lots of sex 
3.5
Shortbus
Lou Lumenick
While it may not be the tour de force of Mitchell s directing debut Hedwig and the Angry Inch this risky project is still a lot of fun 
3
Shortbus
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing comes across like the ungodly ribald lovechild of John Waters and Mike Leigh so unrepentantly graphic a person could almost be forgiven for wanting a post coital cigarette after walking out of the theater 
2.5
Shortbus
Glenn Kenny
Mitchell s energy and occasional ingenuity make Shortbus an engaging viewing experience provided you can stomach it 
3
Shortbus
Maitland McDonagh
Mitchell s greatest innovation may be stripping on screen sex of its heavy symbolic freight and letting it be as silly serious intense or detached as the people having it 
3
Shortbus
Ed Gonzalez
Mitchell uses a dubious but vividly aestheticized tableau of New York City to sweep in and out of the lives of characters whose problems are so weakly articulated they hardly inspire sympathy 
2.5
Shortbus
Kate Taylor
The whole experience is enough to make one give thanks for the missionary position and heterosexual complacency in surely not the reaction Shortbus was looking for 
2
Shortbus
David Nusair
the end result is a movie that has little to offer all but the most avant garde viewer 
1
Fabled
Ed Gonzalez
Fabled not only lacks contemporary and spiritual resonance but a satisfying closer 
2.5
Fabled
Timothy Knight
Too superficial to stay with you 
2.5
Fabled
Rob Thomas
There isn t that much more to it than mood 
2.5
Beuys
David Lewis
Most glaringly the film does little in the way of providing important social and political context that informed Beuys life journey 
2
Beuys
Matt Fagerholm
In terms of provocation Beuys could certainly provoke me into reading a book on its subject a fine alternative to sitting through this evasive misfire again 
2
Beuys
Oleg Ivanov
The film s most egregious omission is its failure to seriously address Beuys voluntarily joining the Hitler Youth and serving with the Luftwaffe 
1.5
Beuys
Roger Moore
A seminal figure in modern conceptual and performance art avoids labeling himself and his work in his own words Still fascinating 
3
Fukushima, mon Amour
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The film very predictable has all the good intentions of the world and very little else 
0
Martha & Ethel
Roger Ebert
Martha and Ethel is as fascinating for what it doesn t say as for what it does 
3
Lonely Street
John Beifuss
This sub Elmore Leonard comedy murder mystery is redeemed by Robert Patrick s dignified respectful interpretation of the 70 something Elvis as a man who s given up drugs and fried foods for wheat grass and Tai Chi 
2.5
Down to Earth
Jeffrey Westhoff
Down to Earth follows the plot of Heaven Can Wait the way a robot follows its programming 
1.5
Down to Earth
Mark Dujsik
To put it bluntly this is a bad movie 
1
Down to Earth
Jorge Avila Andrade
Para Chris Rock el estrellato que se pensaba poda adquirir con su primer estelar tendr que esperar hasta una mejor oportunidad
2
Down to Earth
Marty Mapes
It s too bad that something with so much potential was forgotten at the box office It s especially too bad because the film got what it deserved 
2
Down to Earth
Ian Mantgani
Goes out of its way to avoid being funny backs actors into corners restricting them from using their natural talent 
2
Down to Earth
Mike McGranaghan
Down to Earth may be about Heaven but it can go elsewhere 
1.5
Down to Earth
James Berardinelli
Offers a strangely muted and largely unfunny Rock 
2
Down to Earth
Steve Rhodes
Basically one long Chris Rock comedy routine If you like his shtick you ll probably like the movie For my taste some of his jokes are cute but most don t quite click 
2.5
Down to Earth
Rob Blackwelder
Down to Earth doesn t really aspire to anything more the endless guffaws are really all that counts 
2.5
Down to Earth
Bob Graham
Heaven can wait and so can the audience for the new Chris Rock comedy ever to catch fire 
1
Down to Earth
Tor Thorsen
No offense Chris put could you please just keep bringing us the pain We get plenty of sap elsewhere 
2
Down to Earth
Susan Stark
By midpoint in the movie you feel somewhat left out of the central joke You feel as if the characters are in on the fun of the payoff but not the audience 
2
Down to Earth
Roger Ebert
Chris Rock is funny and talented and so I have said several times This project must have looked promising since the directors are brothers Chris and Paul Weitz fresh from American Pie But the movie is dead in the water 
1
Down to Earth
Michael Dequina
Not only has Rock s edge been smoothed over so have his smarts 
2
Infamous
Joey Magidson
Things start out here with a lot of promise before devolving around the midway point 
2
Infamous
Nick Allen
Thorne is the perfect person to take viewers through the looking glass of Instagram infamy and that s what makes the clumsiness and shallow nature of Infamous all the more frustrating 
2
Infamous
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s hard to imagine a film being released at as wrong a moment as this 
1.5
Infamous
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Joshua Caldwell doesn t lose the point in Infamous but he certainly confuses the message just enough 
2.5
Breaking the Girls
Phil Villarreal
Gratuitous sex double crosses and more gratuitous sex await in the silly but always entertaining sexcapade 
3
Breaking the Girls
Steven Boone
Babbitt loves her actors and gives them fun stuff to do If she works with similar themes in the future I hope she gives her performers and her clearly fertile imagination more room to play 
2.5
Breaking the Girls
Roger Moore
This Shadow of a Doubt riff is a bisexual Hitchcock teaser 
2
Breaking the Girls
Andrew Schenker
At the center of Breaking the Girls festering like an open sore is the stereotype of the psycho lesbian bitch 
1.5
S.F.W.
Roger Ebert
S F W is the kind of movie to inspire members of Generation X to lie about their age 
1
Miss Potter
Roger Moore
These days it plays as quaint and gloriously dated an echo of a time when flawlessly realized recreations of Edenic England were something worth striving for and films investors could be talked into 
3
Miss Potter
Mary-Liz Shaw
Portraying a real life hero can be a tough assignment But Zellweger breezes through the role flashing her puckish grin talking in her soft breathy voice and giving very human face to one of the most beloved figures of English letters 
3
Miss Potter
Rob Thomas
For fans of Potter s work Miss Potter is indispensable But even viewers with the haziest memories of those unique little books will enjoy spending 90 minutes inside her idyllic world 
3
Miss Potter
James Hebert
It s buttoned up to a fault as proper as clotted cream and at times as exciting 
2.5
Miss Potter
Carla Meyer
Zellwegger s and McGregor s performances bring great joy to this picture which is slight but satisfying like a favorite children s book revisited as an adult 
3
Miss Potter
Lawrence Toppman
Much as I admire this plucky child of privilege who was 36 when she became a best selling author in 1902 I didn t find her life compelling in this version by screenwriter Richard Maltby Jr and director Chris Noonan 
2.5
Miss Potter
Matt Brunson
Even a third act tragedy can t taint the picture s perpetual cheeriness which works fine when Miss Potter functions as a wholesome family film and not so well when it strives for some measure of dramatic heft 
2.5
Miss Potter
Robert W. Butler
Miss Potter isn t deep but it is curiously endearing Anyone who has ever been charmed by a Potter book will be equally charmed by this cinematic take on her life 
3
Miss Potter
Michael Booth
Miss Potter is as seamless comfortable and tidy as a Peter Rabbit story all scones and biscuits quietly punctuated by tolerable naughtiness 
2.5
Miss Potter
Sean P. Means
Noonan s depiction of Beatrix s characters brought to life with whimsical animation is more lively than the rest of this prim proper and rarely engaging movie 
2.5
Miss Potter
John Beifuss
If a sorcerer could raise Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy Rabbit from the pages of Potter s books and transform them into human females the creatures likely would favor Renee Zellweger 
2
Miss Potter
Jeff Vice
Zellweger and McGregor work well together and have believable chemistry In fact the entire ensemble cast is terrific 
3
Miss Potter
Chris Hewitt
Like firelight Miss Potter has a warm golden glow 
3
Miss Potter
Susan Tavernetti
Something that can t be quantified a lightness in tone an air of enchantment infuses this drama 
3.5
Miss Potter
Camerin Courtney
Miss Potter is for moviegoers who are drawn more to the delightful than the destructive It s undeniably refreshing to see a PG rated movie for adults done so well 
3.5
Miss Potter
James Sanford
a sweet spirited entertaining look at the life of Beatrix Potter played here with a Mary Poppins style prim puckishness by Renee Zellweger 
3
Miss Potter
Rick Groen
The thinness shows there isn t much of a story Beatrix starts out as a feisty idiosyncratic talented gal and save for a momentary lapse after a brush with tragedy remains so right to the end of the bunny trail 
2.5
Miss Potter
Geoff Pevere
Miss Potter gives us only the bedtime version of the Beatrix Potter story perhaps appropriately so given the subject matter and target audience which will likely be captivated by the film s undemanding narrative 
2.5
Miss Potter
Ross Anthony
The trailers slant this film as a family adventure despite the fact that it s really more of a traditional live action love story with a dash of animation accents 
2.5
Miss Potter
Phil Villarreal
Renée Zellweger can talk to imaginary rabbits every bit as well as James Stewart could 
3
Miss Potter
Carrie Rickey
The uncertain rhythms and stresses of the piece suggest that they didn t know whether they were making a romance a biography or a bedtime story Miss Potter is all three of course And all are very engaging and happily G rated 
2.5
Miss Potter
Lou Lumenick
All too tasteful film which is apparently aimed at mothers and daughters with far too much time on their hands 
2
Miss Potter
Moira MacDonald
It s a soft focus picture of a woman who surely had a few more hard edges but it s a thoroughly pleasant escape to another world 
3
Miss Potter
Mick LaSalle
Was Potter really the way Renée Zellweger plays her here Let s hope so Dreamy exquisitely sensitive and yet oddly focused it s a beautiful characterization 
4
Miss Potter
Stephen Whitty
The photography is as pretty as a Potter watercolor The style is as stiff as one of her own tiny hardbound books Half an hour in and you start looking about in vain for Farmer MacGregor s shotgun 
1.5
Miss Potter
Jack Mathews
The overall effect is a solid one hour love story followed by a dramatized Wikipedia entry 
2.5
Miss Potter
Bruce Westbrook
Known in the United States for her whimsical books Potter was an ecological champion in the United Kingdom The film touches on this but mostly it s a tender tale about yearning hearts and courageous idealism 
3
Miss Potter
Terry Lawson
Miss Potter is the first movie to be directed by Chris Noonan since Babe and it has a similar intelligence and grace Noonan uses the device of having the illustrated animals offer commentary judiciously 
3
Miss Potter
Ty Burr
Mostly though Miss Potter turns the solemn comedy of her books and illustrations into mere whimsy animating Jemima Puddle duck into cartoon life whenever Beatrix talks to her 
2
Miss Potter
Peter Canavese
Labors mightily to present world famous children s author Beatrix Potter as a preternaturally free spirit 
2
Miss Potter
Josh Larsen
Zellweger gives what can best be called a pleasant performance And pleasant is probably the best way to describe Potter s books 
3
Miss Potter
Jeffrey Westhoff
Succeeds on its performances its sunny re creation of London from 100 years ago and a winsome tone than matches Zellweger s scrunchy face 
3
Miss Potter
Kit Bowen
Miss Potter vividly paints the picture of an inspirational woman who created lovely childhood memories of bedtime stories 
3
Miss Potter
Willie Waffle
Has an infectious light hearted feel to it that will keep you smiling throughout most of the movie until it turns into every biopic you have seen before 
2.5
Miss Potter
Michael Phillips
A scenic well behaved account of Potter s life and times 
2.5
Miss Potter
John Anderson
A bit paint by numbers not to torture a pun out of all this but when the story of Beatrix Potter spinster book author and happenstance feminist eventually does take shape it is an emotionally and even politically potent story 
3
Miss Potter
Matt Pais
The film s spirit isn t terribly playful and any real conflict is buried deeper than Peter Rabbit s carrots 
2
Miss Potter
Sara Michelle Fetters
Considering Beatrix in her heart of hearts wanted people to just sit back and enjoy themselves while reading her books it seems to me that a film about her life doing the same would be perfectly apropos 
3
Miss Potter
Maitland McDonagh
Criticizing such a gentle film too vigorously would be like giving Peter Rabbit or Tom Kitten a swift kick in the nose 
2.5
Miss Potter
James Berardinelli
The love story is beautifully constructed There s some sentimentality here but director Chris Noonan is careful not to take it too far and to avoid overplaying the audience s emotional chords 
3
Miss Potter
Pam Grady
Take the trouble to find this film It s worth it if only to reacquaint oneself with the magic that flowed from the pen of Beatrix Potter or to once again experience the easy rapport between Zellweger and McGregor 
3.5
Miss Potter
Wade Major
As with any good story there are ups and downs and some rather dramatic emotional shifts in Miss Potter that don t always hew to one s wants or expectations But it s ever a gentle and rewarding ride safely guided throughout 
4
Miss Potter
Jason Clark
Zellweger s face has utterly frozen into a human version of a scrunchie and appears as if it will shatter into 1 000 pieces if an honest smile were to break out 
1
Miss Potter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Starts badly and ends badly but a good solid hour in the middle is as charming as anything you ll see this holiday season 
2.5
The Crow
Anderson Jones
The film is haunted by a reworked script that may be weighed down by Lee s memory making it a bit of a morality play and a little faux sentimental 
2
The Crow
Matt Brunson
Despite its hardcore demeanor there s also a surprisingly sensitive streak weaving throughout the film 
3
The Crow
Desmond Ryan
It s a pleasure to welcome The Crow a bird of a very different feather 
3
The Crow
Gary Thompson
The Crow also runs a huge villain deficit 
2
The Crow
Stephen Hunter
The movie s central value and its most melancholy tone Lee s star presence It s amazing and it s tragic 
3
The Crow
Michael Wilmington
What s scary about The Crow is the story and the style itself American Gothic Poe haunted nightmare translated to the age of cyberpunk science fiction revenge movies and outlaw rock n roll all set in a hideously decaying crime ridden urban hell 
3.5
The Crow
Neil Martin
It packs a significant punch grabbing you right away and never really letting go even when it descends into predictable action caper cliches 
2.5
The Crow
Caryn James
It is a dark lurid revenge fantasy and not the breakthrough star making movie some people have claimed But it is a genre film of a high order stylish and smooth 
3
The Crow
Robert Roten
A spectacular looking new film that sets new standards for visual style 
4
The Crow
Chris Hicks
The film is much more interesting visually than in story which is merely a superficial excuse for the violent dispatching of bad guys 
2
The Crow
James Berardinelli
The Crow allows no room for the viewer to take a breath as it blazes with breakneck speed from scene to scene 
3
The Crow
Roger Ebert
It is a stunning work of visual style the best version of a comic book universe I ve seen and Brandon Lee clearly demonstrates in it that he might have become an action star had he lived 
3.5
Stagecoach
Matt Brunson
Everyone on screen seems to be having such a good time it s a shame that viewers of this clunky effort weren t afforded the same degree of entertainment 
2
Dovlatov
Ben Sachs
Dovlatov takes the novel approach of dramatizing just six days in the protagonist s life And where traditional biopics devote at least some time to the subjects creative achievements Dovlatov is concerned exclusively with the hero s failures 
3
Dovlatov
Tomris Laffly
An aimless period drama 
2
Dovlatov
Keith Watson
According to the film truly courageous artists aren t necessarily the ones who tackle the state head on but rather the ones who stay true to themselves even when no one likes what they have to say 
2.5
Madam Satan
Elliott Stein
It is an oddity and a half but not nearly as good a picture as Dynamite made by De Mille the year before also starring the delicious Kay Johnson 
2
Live by Night
Brian Eggert
Not every role feels fleshed out and the pacing puts the viewer at a distance but there are several moments of greatness along the way including a superb final gun battle and one helluva Model T car chase 
3
Live by Night
Matt Brunson
There apos s nothing inherently wrong with Ben Affleck apos s warmed over plate of gangland goulash 44 but there apos s also little that apos s fresh 46 
2.5
Live by Night
Sarah Knight Adamson
Ben Affleck s really weird gangster film is a dud 
1.5
Live by Night
George M. Thomas
It s an old fashioned morality tale trussed up with some modern trappings 
2.5
Live by Night
John Serba
A focused and insightful character study it s not But reframed as a genre exercise a pulpy throwback comic book the film is an absorbing diversion 
3
Live by Night
David Nusair
Filmmaker Ben Affleck s first failure 
1
Live by Night
Neil Rosen
Maybe it doesn t quite gel into a perfect film but it s still worth watching as the storyline and fate of the main character do manage to grab you along with several captivating scenes 
3
Live by Night
Linda Cook
It s a solid nod to old school gangster flicks 
3
Live by Night
James Kendrick
The film looks great but too much of it feels reheated overly familiar and overly cautious This is the film where Affleck needed to really cut loose but instead he played it safe 
2
Live by Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Live by Night has slipped into theaters without a stir The reason regrettably is that it s unexpectedly lifeless 
2
Live by Night
John Beifuss
The painstaking period art direction bloody gunplay and colorful supporting hoodlums should amuse mob movie fans but the turgid complacent storytelling is the antithesis of the snap and irony that made the gangster film an essential American genre 
2.5
Live by Night
Walter Chaw
I could go on The film certainly does 
2
Live by Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie for all its technical genius even with such a strong electrifying cast just isn t very good and as such watching it shoot so many blanks for over two full hours is nothing short of a colossal waste of time 
1.5
Live by Night
Rob Thomas
It feels like it s the first movie Affleck has ever made not the fourth 
2
Live by Night
Christian Toto
Live By Night is the kind of mess you d expect from a fallen auteur not the man who skillfully revived his career post Gigli 
1.5
Live by Night
Brian Tallerico
A footnote in the history of cinematic mob stories 
2
Live by Night
Kate Taylor
Here the outlaw as hero trick just doesn t work we can t both sympathize with Coughlin s moral quandaries and thrill to his crimes 
2.5
Live by Night
Michael Smith
Live By Night is a handsome looking film but it s too often cold and clumsy and so rarely entertaining that it feels like Affleck might have made another film much longer and was given 24 hours to cut out one hour of running time 
1.5
Live by Night
Chris Knight
There s a lot to recommend Affleck s fourth outing as a director including sumptuous production design costumes and cinematography to match and a restrained score from Harry Gregson Williams What s missing is a coherent throughline 
2
Live by Night
Peter Howell
Affleck falls prey to the occupational hazard of wanting to create his own myth as he produces directs writes and stars in a flaccid screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane s Prohibition era crime novel 
2
Live by Night
Mark Dujsik
T his is a fairly familiar tale of a criminal whose rises and falls seem to be dictated by the needs of a plot 
2
Live by Night
Jeff Simon
It s an eminently watchable and often entertaining movie but there s scarcely a minute where you can delude yourself into thinking it s a good film 
2.5
Live by Night
Richard Roeper
Misgivings aside I was enjoying Live by Night as a guilty pleasure of sorts and was on the verge of giving it a qualified recommendation until the last 10 minutes which are equal parts predictable and way way over the top 
2.5
Live by Night
Loey Lockerby
Like Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone this is an adaptation of a Dennis Lehane novel which means great atmosphere and way too many ridiculous plot twists Like the author Affleck doesn t know when to hold back 
2.5
Live by Night
Ann Hornaday
Somber well judged and admirably ambitious Live by Night nonetheless falls short of being essential its familiar moving parts heading predictably toward a conclusion that feels mechanical and preordained 
2
Live by Night
Chris Hewitt
It s really easy to sum up everything that s wrong with Ben Affleck s Live By Night It should have been a miniseries 
2
Live by Night
Brad Keefe
Genre fans will still likely get some enjoyment out of this pulpy and violent tale but this time of year you ve got far better options at the theater 
2
Live by Night
Michael Phillips
Live by Night may look first rate though Affleck s direction whether it s action or simply two people seething is routine but it feels second hand 
2
Live by Night
Calvin Wilson
It s worth seeing for Affleck s charismatic performance and for its vision of America as a land of greed violence and political expediency that some moviegoers will find all too familiar 
2.5
Live by Night
Eric Melin
A handsome production shot in gorgeous fashion But like Affleck s Joe Coughlin the empty center of this soulless film it never commits to its most promising elements never stays in one place never develops a rhythm 
1
Live by Night
Ty Burr
The problems are a screenplay that can t decide which story to tell unmemorable casting choices in key supporting roles and a central performance that curiously isn t very much there 
2
Live by Night
James Berardinelli
As an actor Affleck is a strong reassuring presence his performance is an anchor holding things in place and allowing for a flotilla of strong supporting portrayals 
3
Live by Night
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s intriguing enough to suck you in but confusing fragmentary frustrating 
2
Live by Night
Dann Gire
Periodic gunfights beatings car chases and assassinations prop up the drama a joyless experience that takes itself and especially its leading man way way too seriously 
2
Live by Night
Bob Bloom
It would have served the film better if Ben Affleck had not directed An outsider perhaps would have pushed Joe Coughlin into more vicious and violent places where Affleck was unwilling to go 
2
Live by Night
Soren Andersen
Affleck sports plenty of snappy 20s fashions tailored double breasted suits often cream colored and elegant Borsalino style fedoras He s dressed to kill for sure Too bad his movie is so deadly dull 
2
Live by Night
Mick LaSalle
Affleck stands around looking too tall too handsome too 21st century too tailored too rational and too soft Yes too soft even to play a guy who is thought of as too soft 
2
Live by Night
Jake Cole
There s nothing at the center of Live by Night no foundation of drama to ground the convoluted mash up of so many genre tropes 
1.5
Live by Night
Roger Moore
An overreach
2
Live by Night
Brian Truitt
A haphazard albeit mostly entertaining tale of tommy gunners and rum runners 
2.5
Live by Night
Stephen Rebello
Affleck should be commended for shooting high but in the end Live By Night turns out to be just a glossy pretty maddeningly generic fedora fest 
2.5
Live by Night
Peter Travers
The feeling persists that the material would have cut deeper as a miniseries Still Affleck shines as a director of actors and action The man knows how to create a haunting gangster noir worth getting lost in 
3
Live by Night
Mike McGranaghan
This isn t a terrible movie But a middling one Most definitely 
2.5
Live by Night
Sara Stewart
It s difficult to avoid sizing up Live by Night as The Town with a classier wardrobe but less heart 
2.5
Live by Night
Rex Reed
The navy blue cinematography of Boston is well lit the Florida atmosphere looks like a commercial for Dade County orange juice the actors all look like they are awaiting directions from Affleck by cell phone 
2
Live by Night
Rafer Guzman
The movie looks quite nice thanks to Affleck and that s about the most you can say for its hero too 
2
Live by Night
Clayton Davis
While Live By Night is surely stylish and features a set of terrific performances it s deprived of inspiration and misplaced in a year that was full of it 
2
We Are the Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
I had so much fun watching this exercise in gory genre silliness I almost don t know where to begin 
3
We Are the Night
Jesse Cataldo
We Are the Night s primary interest seems to be wish fulfillment but it s hard to tell at times exactly whose fantasies these are supposed to be 
1.5
We Are the Night
Erik Childress
The first half hour boasts real energy and finds new ways to explore elements of the vampire genre Until the time continued to pass and it slowly dawned that most of its ideas were circa 1987 
2.5
We Are the Night
Ethan Alter
As vampire movies go it s a damn sight better than Twilight 
2.5
One Girl Against the Mafia
Lou Lumenick
A riveting and inspiring story right out of The Godfather 
3
The Clown at Midnight
Dustin Putman
If you hate movies where people with low IQs are chased around and killed by demented bozos avoid it at all costs 
2
Bulbbul
Roger Moore
The best any critical Western viewer might offer in praise is Nice try 
2
Saint Ralph
Carolyn Arends
For the jaded moviegoer here s a little film that just might restore your faith in movies and a whole lot more 
3
Saint Ralph
Chuck O'Leary
A likable little underdog triumphs drama from Canada This is a case where my idealistic side won out over my cynical side 
3
Saint Ralph
Phil Villarreal
Butcher carries the film well interpreting Ralph as a tangle of mixed up yearnings tempered with an indomitable drive 
3
Saint Ralph
Jeff Vice
The comic aspects of this comedy drama are overly broad and forced while the supposedly dramatic ones are cloying and treacly 
2
Saint Ralph
Sean P. Means
This wincingly earnest comedy drama could rival the maple tree as Canada s leading producer of sap 
2
Saint Ralph
Chris Hewitt
An overly convenient plot is the main con in Ralph which includes a devastating fire an assist from a celebrity and at least one miracle all of which show up exactly when the plot needs help moving forward 
2
Saint Ralph
Jeff Strickler
Canadian writer director Michael McGowan has packed it so full of earnestness that viewers end up jogging along 
2.5
Saint Ralph
Sean O'Connell
The movie rests on Adam Butcher and the actor proves to be a well rounded smart aleck in the making 
3
Saint Ralph
Claudia Puig
It s worth seeking out this bittersweet comedy with its emotionally resonant story and stellar performances 
3.5
Saint Ralph
John Hartl
Even when it s pushing the limits of shameless manipulation this cheeky Canadian film has charm and wit 
3
Saint Ralph
Connie Ogle
You can t argue with the message But its well worn homilies might give you reason to question the messenger 
2
Saint Ralph
Michael Hardy
It s hard to dislike schmaltz as mild as Saint Ralph but let s try The film is as bland as a communion wafer sentimental as a Christmas homily and predictable as the liturgy 
1.5
Saint Ralph
Lisa Kennedy
What began as a too familiar coming of age story set in an all boys Catholic school steadily morphs into something arguably as familiar but more satisfying a triumphant sports tale 
2.5
Saint Ralph
Stephen Whitty
Your interest is bound to fade long before Ralph does 
1.5
Saint Ralph
Elizabeth Weitzman
Writer director Michael McGowan must be exhausted after all the tugging he does on our heartstrings in this sentimental drama 
2
Saint Ralph
Glenn Whipp
Saint Ralph sticks for the most part to the road less traveled delivering a droll feel good movie that has a little something to say about modern day miracles 
3
Saint Ralph
Wesley Morris
As predictably uplifting movies go Saint Ralph isn t completely charmless 
2.5
Saint Ralph
Kyle Smith
Writer director Michael McGowan proves there s a reason people keep making underdog sports movies 
3.5
Saint Ralph
Larry Ratliff
Occasionally a movie that makes only the faintest blip if any on the hype radar just shows up and gets it right 
3
Saint Ralph
David Sterritt
This deliciously offbeat Canadian comedy gets its charm from marvelous acting and from a screenplay bursting with ideas 
4
Saint Ralph
John Anderson
A charmer with heart 
3
Saint Ralph
Tracy Allerton
Both refreshingly realistic and charmingly implausible at the same time A real miracle indeed 
3
Saint Ralph
Peter Canavese
Light lessons about pain endurance and commitment Likeable to a point but in the end Saint Ralph winds up incredible manipulative and strictly for the choir 
2
Saint Ralph
Ed Gonzalez
Saint Ralph is content paying lip service to Catholicism choosing instead to pander to fans of anyone who got off during Children of Heaven and Millions 
2
Saint Ralph
Liam Lacey
Unrepentant hokum 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dennis King
As with the two previous F F films Tokyo Drift is mainly an adolescent fantasy about big brassy belching cars and bodacious babes 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Christopher Borrelli
It made me want to book a trip to Japan then do doughnuts in a subdivision 
4
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Josh Larsen
by far the most formally intriguing installment in the franchise 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
David Nusair
the movie s striking setting and compelling lead performance ensure that it remains a slight cut above its immediate predecessor 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Tom Meek
The car races chases invigorate but the plot a hash of an American on foreign soil the Yakuza underworld and reconnecting with your father just spins its wheels 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Joe Lozito
While the films are still fast the only thing furious might be the audience after paying 10 for this 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Kam Williams
Just remember that the hot rods burning rubber are the real stars of this spectacular high octane tribute to testosterone 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Peter Travers
Look out for a star cameo it s the only surprise you ll get from this heap 
1
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This piece of junk is so bad that even Paul Walker turned it down 
0
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Steve Rhodes
In Stunt Drivers Gone Wild 3 the plot stays the same although the style of driving differs slightly 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
John Beifuss
Both exhilarating and laughable a noisy neon mash up of Blade Runner and Eat My Dust 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
John Hayes
Something resembling a script would have come in handy here 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Kit Bowen
Sure the story is pretty predictable and farfetched but that s not why you re seeing this It s all about the drift baby 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Linda Cook
You already know from the ads whether this show is just your speed 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Bob Bloom
The cars are the real stars of the movie They are jazzy and fast and have more personality than most of the actors 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dustin Putman
A juvenile jerk off session of battling machismos 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Peter Howell
The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift is vile moronic sexist and possibly harmful to society As vile moronic sexist and possibly harmful entertainments go however it is frequently a hoot 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
Put aside the topic and title and you ve got a slick car racing movie set in a sexy metropolis with a likable teen hero that stands just fine on its own 
3
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Mick LaSalle
It quickly tanks thanks to a lead character with no goals focus appeal or intelligence and a lead actor who s just a little too convincing at playing a dunce 
1
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
David Elliott
This greased popcorn box uses women as hood ornaments 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Pam Grady
If Tokyo Drift was a demolition derby it might succeed As a movie it eventually crashes and burns totaled by a mind numbing plot too few compelling characters and action that grows tiresome 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Steven Snyder
Unlike the campy 2001 Vin Diesel vehicle that started it all what s missing in this third incarnation is any sense of fun overrun by the forced seriousness of a soap opera mistaking itself for serious drama 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Kyle Smith
The movie teaches us that you can flip your car down a mountain 15 times and walk away from it with two Tylenol 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Elizabeth Weitzman
The kind of movie in which plot and performances and members of the fairer sex are treated as accessories Tokyo Drift is all about the action And on that count it won t let you down 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Sue Pierman
Tokyo Drift jump starts the franchise with a high octane mix of action hot stars and smokin cars 
3
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Rene Rodriguez
Tokyo Drift s single contribution to the F F formula comes with the word Drift which isn t just a reference to what your attention might do while you re watching this flashy dull movie 
1
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Glenn Whipp
Tokyo Drift has no story and no stars That just leaves the rides which are shiny and loud and fast and sometimes just as computer generated as their counterparts in Pixar s Cars 
1
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Jason Anderson
Anyone who still longs to see gaijin yahoos tear up Tokyo s streets will be appeased by the high speed action in this perfunctory but reasonably efficient entry in the franchise spawned by the 2001 surprise hit The Fast and the Furious 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
John Monaghan
Think of the countless car chases you ve seen at the movies Then catch Tokyo Drift to understand how this movie as silly as it is offers something different and fresh For fans of the genre that s a stunt worth getting revved up for 
3
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Roger Ebert
It delivers all the races and crashes you could possibly desire and a little more 
3
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dan Fienberg
A couple bravura set pieces and a surprise cameo may make fans forget that for much of the time this Fast and the Furious is closer to Sluggish and the Dispassionate 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Wesley Morris
The cars only flirt with destruction And the movie only flirts with entertainment 
3
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Sara Michelle Fetters
If I can get away with saying this with a straight face The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift is two thirds of a great B movie Western 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
Similar to its two predecessors in melodrama and gloss The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift follows in its own tradition of quality 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Michael Wilmington
For all its crashes and flash this is a movie that drifts away as we watch it Muscle cars and all it s often a waste of gas 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Chris Hewitt
The drivers do things Click and Clack would never dream of and that lets Drift do what all three Fast and Furious movies are supposed to do thrill us with stunts we ve never seen 
3
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Matt Pais
Yes the driving is cool No there is nothing else of value 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Charlie Flowers
The movie lurches wheezes and misfires throughout with a clunky pace more suited to those who live life one Quarter Pounder at a time 
1
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Gene Seymour
This thing hums along like a rebuilt vintage turbine compared with director Lin s previous unfortunate Annapolis 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Jeff Strickler
Going to Japan for this movie was a smart move by the filmmakers Not only does it provide new backdrops for the races but the F F movies as their fans call them have drawn a huge international fan base 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Ethan Alter
As for the racing sequences they might be thrilling if they weren t so chaotically edited 
2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
James Berardinelli
Aside from trying my patience the film offered one important lesson never again attend a movie with the words fast and furious both in the title 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Peter Canavese
On par with the rest of the series it s all fun and games until someone gets hurt and then it s off the hook 
2
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Cate Marquis
There is often a shallow tabloid feel to this biographical film 
2
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Bob Bloom
An air of melancholy hangs over Marianne and Leonard Their love story does not veer into tragedy but it elicits a sadness that at certain moments overwhelms you 
2.5
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Robert Horton
There s something powerful here about certain kinds of 1960s dreams and realities and how emotional bonds can survive the decades 
3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Tom Meek
Nick Broomfield too tries to layer in his appreciation for Marianne Ihlen even capturing her last infirm moments which because of the remote presence of Leonard Cohen come off more as a liberating fist pump than sad agonizing whimper 
2.5
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Steven Prokopy
Marianne Leonard is told with affection admiration and just enough jealousy to make it interesting 
3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Brad Wheeler
With a softened lens British documentarian Nick Broomfield adoringly examines a fascinating relationship in a fascinating time that saw Cohen transition from a poet to a world class songwriter 
3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Mark Dujsik
With only some trivial information about Ihlen Marianne Leonard Words of Love essentially becomes a biography of Cohen 
2
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
G. Allen Johnson
Although there are many witnesses who sit down with Broomfield who help drive the story it is Ihlen s melodic voice who lends a ghostly conscience to the film 
3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Ann Hornaday
Achieving the kind of balance to which Cohen always aspired Marianne Leonard is heartbreaking and heartening in Zen like equal measure 
3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
David Fear
What makes this film unmissable however is the fact that we get Marianne s story more or less in full as well 
3.5
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Joe Friar
It sounds like a Nicholas Sparks novel but this true story of legendary folk singer Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen features amazing footage audio snippets and interviews to tell this enduring love story Captivating 
3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Sheila O'Malley
Marianne and Leonard turns out to be a rather run of the mill documentary about Cohen s journey taking us down well documented paths 
2.5
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Katie Walsh
An impossibly heartfelt portrait of this woman and her impossible relationship with a brilliant man 
3
Babies
Elizabeth Weitzman
The kids are absolutely charming and each scene is beautifully shot But there is no narrative thread and the minimal social observations are blindingly obvious 
2.5
Babies
Brandy McDonnell
Unfortunately Balmes never takes his pop anthropology project beyond the observational stage Babies doesn t offer much in the way of insightful revelations and the scenes become repetitive 
2.5
Babies
Jeff Beck
Hopefully next time Balmes makes a documentary he ll have more of a purpose in mind because without it he s simply not giving his audience any reason to care 
2.5
Babies
Michael Dequina
If not falling head over heels for a film that is literally just 80 minutes of cute babies makes me a grump so be it 
2
Babies
David Nusair
an absolutely interminable piece of work that seems destined to send most viewers into protracted fits of daydreaming 
1
Babies
Mike Scott
A beautiful and entirely embraceable bit of cinema and a welcome break from the pablum normally served up at theaters this time of year 
3.5
Babies
Janos Gereben
For the first part of the movie the cuteness of the babies is enough but after that the sameness of the film starts to sink in and the need for something else arises 
2
Babies
Linda Cook
It s a movie without a plot a documentary without narration It s a wonder about small wonders Babies is about four cultures of the world and how they raise their babies u2013 the differences the similarities and ultimately the happiness involved
3.5
Babies
Robert W. Butler
There s no narrator telling us what we re looking at or what to think The adults here speak different languages but the film is such a tour de force of visual storytelling that subtitles are unnecessary 
3.5
Babies
Rick Groen
Really it s a nature documentary except that the topic is human nature and the subjects are the only humans on the planet whose behaviour is unaffected by the camera 
4
Babies
Lisa Kennedy
Babies begins to gain telling traction as the small triumphs start to come faster toward the sixth month mark Things begin to look up once the infants begin to well look up 
2.5
Babies
Phil Villarreal
Waaaah 
2
Babies
John Beifuss
The wordless message is delivered through the images which tell us that the basic human experience and the emotions that accompany it are much the same around the world however extreme the environmental and cultural differences 
3
Babies
Ann Hornaday
Babies is a mesmerizing and weirdly manipulative experience combining wide eyed innocence and shrewd cultural commentary as it chronicles the folkways and familial rites of four starkly different societies 
3
Babies
Kyle Smith
The cry of a baby is ruthlessly evolutionarily designed to be one of the most irritating sounds on Earth So why would you want to hear it many times on massive movie theater speakers 
1.5
Babies
Connie Ogle
Watching babies learn and grow is the true joy of the movie Whether they re clapping along at play group splashing in streams or struggling not to fall asleep the babies are the stars of this sweet amusing little film 
3
Babies
Nina Garin
Definitely the kind of cute that makes your heart all warm inside 
3
Babies
Peter Hartlaub
The parents from Mongolia should travel around the world to demonstrate their superior swaddling techniques Never has wrapping a blanket around an infant looked more like a work of art 
3
Babies
Chris Hewitt
Babies are fine actors because they can t do anything untrue and what s great about the documentary look at the first 15 months in the lives of four babies is how sharp Babies focus is on a child s eye view of the world 
3.5
Babies
Mark Dujsik
Balmes has the sincerest of intentions in Babies and those in addition to the battle between the shallow and the profound lead it astray 
2
Babies
Claudia Puig
The photography is stunning and Bruno Coulais music adds just the right soundtrack to this intriguing visual diary 
3.5
Babies
Moira MacDonald
Face it This is very very cute stuff There will be cooing in theaters and a desire to reach out and scoop those kids off the screen 
3
Babies
Wesley Morris
As an advertisement for the wonders of figuring out how to be alive the movie is an engaging proposition 
3
Babies
Graham Killeen
Its cuteness quotient fried my cute ometer after maybe 10 minutes when the third adorable kitten tumbled onscreen 
3
Babies
Steven Rea
By showing these vastly divergent parenting styles and domestic situations Babies can t help but ask whether Western and first world cultures have gone too far and become too controlling when it comes to child rearing 
3
Babies
Jeff Vice
Its approach gets a little tedious but thankfully the film doesn t overstay its welcome and it has some genuinely cute and cuddly subjects 
3
Babies
Joe Williams
As a diversion Babies is like a wind up toy that will tickle anyone with a pulse As a documentary it s like a cache of home videos that will frustrate anyone with an inquiring mind 
2.5
Babies
Michael Phillips
The film entertains as far as it goes I wonder though if it goes far enough or says much of anything beyond Hey check these babies out 
2.5
Babies
Roger Ebert
Did I like the movie Aw yeah I did How could I not Did I feel I needed to see it Not really 
3
Babies
Jay Antani
Were it not for all the wonderful cultural and physical details filling the film s peripheries Babies might have felt too slight to recommend 
3
Babies
Alicia Potter
Cuts from rich nation birthday cake to poor tub of viscera are predictably pointed but not always thematically coherent Still the film stops short of it s a small world platitudes to elicit awe and awwws 
2
Babies
Roger Moore
With no narration no subtitles and little language at all this makes for a charming visual contrast in the ways of getting a child through that first year of life 
2.5
Babies
Steve Persall
I m not the target audience for Thomas Balmes global baby scrapbook The movie runs 79 minutes which is about how long it takes me to diaper an infant 
3
Babies
Lauren Wissot
An aesthetic exercise that gets at no deeper truth than babies are basically alike no matter the culture 
1.5
The Laughing Policeman
Roger Ebert
The Laughing Policeman is an awfully good police movie taut off key filled with laconic performances It provides the special delight we get from gradually unraveling a complicated case 
3
Augustine
Mick LaSalle
That the film raises interesting questions might be good enough except that while the movie goes about denying us information we want it gives us details we don t need Augustine churns slowly and doesn t make for compelling viewing 
2
Augustine
Godfrey Cheshire
Ultimately while this character based drama proves consistently engrossing it leaves various pertinent and fascinating issues frustratingly unexplored 
2.5
Augustine
Michael O'Sullivan
Fiercely yet faithfully imagined by Alice Winocur the film is not exclusively a mystery It s also part love story part horror story as well as a parable of gender power and the enduring enigma that is the mind body connection 
3
Augustine
Peter Keough
Winocour does not reduce her characters to caricatures but depicts them as unwitting actors in the tragedy of a pathological society 
3
Augustine
Chris Hewitt
Unlike some movies that impose feminist views on 200 year old stories Augustine finds feminist sentiments within the story rather than imposing them from without 
3
Augustine
Austin Kennedy
The stand out is French Pop star Soko as the title character who gives an outstanding Oscar worthy performance 
3
Augustine
John Anderson
The hysterics contained in Alice Winocour s Augustine and hysteria is what it s about can t obscure the understated smoldering subtext of what is a sometimes playfully smart and irony laden story 
3
Augustine
Nathan Southern
It would be fascinating to know what the writer director intended here because the material is so hopelessly muddled 
1.5
Augustine
Stephen Whitty
A dark and rather disturbing debut 
3
Augustine
Farran Smith Nehme
Winocour skillfully films Augustine being exhibited for other doctors in several disturbingly erotic scenes but elsewhere Soko s stolid one note demeanor takes a toll 
2.5
Augustine
Tomas Hachard
Alice Winocour s take on this true story carries the superficial trappings of a period drama but its perspective is entirely contemporary 
3.5
Augustine
Rob Thomas
Writer director Alice Winocour takes the relationship into some uncomfortable places and Soko and Lindon both give nuanced performances with much roiling beneath the surface 
3
Superman and the Mole Men
Scott Nash
It contains some interesting ideas but is really only going to appeal to massive fans of Superman or those seeking a sense of nostalgia 
2.5
Superman and the Mole Men
Peter Canavese
Even at under an hour this children s fantasy is sluggishly paced by today s standards but it does have its charms and a relevant social message at its core 
2.5
Going Down in LA-LA Land
Diego Semerene
The film can feel both refreshingly honest and embarrassingly Lifetime movie like 
2.5
Berlin, Berlin: Lolle on the Run
Roger Moore
A German comedy stuffed with cutesy touches but little else a madcap scamper from start to finish that still feels static and kind of staid
1.5
I Believe in Halloween
David Lewis
Taylor has the good sense not to make his family film too lengthy it runs about an hour and he never forgets his core audience young kids 
2.5
The Burning Sea
Randy Myers
It takes the time to develop each character and the special effects don t bludgeon you over the head 
3
The Burning Sea
Sara Michelle Fetters
By keeping things small in scope as far as the human angle is concerned the filmmakers do a splendid job of making this crisis personal 
3
The Burning Sea
Simon Abrams
The Burning Sea may be gloomier and more character driven than American genre nuts may be used to but its still generic and therefore familiar enough to be satisfying 
2.5
The Burning Sea
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay never feels as angry or as urgent as its real world foundation and fictional stakes suggest 
2
The Burning Sea
Mike McGranaghan
The Burning Sea offers plenty of thrills and human drama 
3
The Burning Sea
Roger Moore
Some of the genre tropes the Scandinavians choose to leave out are missed But there are things this trilogy of when things go wrong in a big way thrillers do that Hollywood might be well served in copying 
2.5
The Burning Sea
Clayton Dillard
The film drops any interest in the blurring of fact and fiction as it settles into a rote account of a contemporary oil rig catastrophe 
2
Backyard Dogs
Walter Chaw
You know you re in trouble when the title of your movie comes from a moment in which a character steps on a pile of dog excrement 
0
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
David Nusair
almost excessively earnest 
1.5
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Ross Anthony
this film certainly gets off the ground with a strong share of IMAX Moments 
3
Invitation to a Gunfighter
David Nusair
a thoroughly forgettable piece of work 
1.5
The Informant!
Mattie Lucas
Hamlisch s score is the highlight of the film being almost solely responsible for its off beat comic tone punctuating and even commenting on humorous moments with a wink and a twinkle in its eye 
2.5
The Informant!
Jordan Hiller
Whitacre marks a very interesting reflection point in Matt Damon s career as it eerily evokes a controversial character he portrayed ten years ago and probably the last time he was so deserved of awards consideration for a lead role 
3
The Informant!
Wesley Lovell
A showcase for Matt Damon s talents but a dramatically confused film 
3
The Informant!
David Nusair
nothing less than a colossal misfire 
1
The Informant!
Nick Rogers
Soderbergh knocks one out again Jazzy subtle and fearlessly funny it s a towering film packed with tall tales that isn t entirely capricious Matt Damon is wonderfully schlubby in this corporate spin on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 
4
The Informant!
James Kendrick
tweaks the story just into the realm of dark humor but without ever losing the sense that it is fundamentally a tragedy
3
The Informant!
Mike McGranaghan
While The Informant has a lot going for it stylistically the entertainment value is sorely lacking 
2
The Informant!
John Beifuss
The jaundiced color scheme evocative of the corn starch that is the company s prime product and Damon s increasingly disturbing calmness and seemingly irrelevant narration suggest this is a movie about societal as well as personal sickness 
3
The Informant!
Sean O'Connell
Beneath the feathered toupee that disturbingly fuzzy mustache and 30 pounds of listless desk job body fat lies Matt Damon giving an outstanding comedic performance 
3
The Informant!
Linda Cook
Lies upon lies pile up in The Informant a real life story about a man whose web of deceit spins out of control 
3.5
The Informant!
Gina Carbone
The Insider plus The Office plus Fargo plus the forced zaniness of Juno 
3
The Informant!
Chris Hewitt
Once we re sucked in by the bells and whistles we re left with this devastating truth The liars are still lying And still getting away with it 
3.5
The Informant!
Eric Melin
Soderbergh seems like he s trying too hard to spell out the outrageousness of the story but as the absurdities pile up his brassy stylistic choices become less annoying 
3
The Informant!
Kam Williams
Matt Damon seems an ill match for his role as the mentally unstable title character a tragic comic figure deserving of more complicated treatment than as an addlepated fuddy duddy 
1
The Informant!
James Berardinelli
Soderbergh has transformed this into a treatise on the incompetence of everyone involved the informant the corporation upon which he informs the lawyers and the FBI Strangely enough it s completely believable 
3
The Informant!
Ty Burr
It d be a tragedy if it weren t so richly absurd but it would also make for better comedy if the joke weren t on us The Informant laughs so long and hard that it forgets to check whether we re laughing along 
2.5
The Informant!
Matt Brunson
Tackling this saga of corporate malfeasance with all comic cylinders firing might have been the only palatable way to present such a downbeat tale Otherwise if we weren t busy laughing we d be busy crying 
3
The Informant!
Steve Rhodes
This extremely bizarre movie is told with off puttingly zany music For most of it I stared at the screen with my mouth open in a you ve got to be kidding look 
2.5
The Informant!
Amy Biancolli
Few directors other than Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino can make films with the same geek joy the same love of cinematic history as Steven Soderbergh 
3.5
The Informant!
Liam Lacey
A bait and switch film that promises caper comedy with silly hair and dated fashion costumes and ends up with something that s much weirder a marshmallow light corporate satire 
3
The Informant!
Michael Phillips
Damon s voice and demeanor are just right and the actor who really is an actor a good one works out Whitacre s particularities like a character man stepping up to a leading role rather than a movie star slumming 
3.5
The Informant!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Soderbergh thankfully refreshingly plays it for laughs rather than for hand wringing 
3
The Informant!
Michael Sragow
The Informant is an entertaining expose of corporate corruption as well as a droll sendup of business intrigue movies 
3
The Informant!
Sonny Bunch
The Informant is funny and delightfully full of twists the sort of picture that constantly leaves the audience guessing about the true motivations of its characters 
3.5
The Informant!
Willie Waffle
A rollicking good time You don t need to have a Masters degree in business from Wharton or a law degree from Harvard to understand the action and scheming 
3
The Informant!
Lou Lumenick
The Informant is more amusing than laugh out loud hilarious but is never boring 
3
The Informant!
Justin Strout
Damon s portrayal is complicated amusing and somewhat heartbreaking 
3
The Informant!
Peter Travers
Shooting fast and digital in just 30 days Soderbergh invests the film with the breathless pace of a thriller and the gravity befitting a nation s soul sickness Damon makes Whitacre recognizably human 
3.5
The Informant!
Peter Howell
In adapting reporter Kurt Eichenwald s non fiction account of Mark E Whitacre the corporate corn husker turned federal snitch Soderbergh has given this incredible story exactly the amount of insanity it deserves 
3
The Informant!
Sara Michelle Fetters
By and large Soderbergh succeeds fabulously the film so uncomfortably hysterical its full impact upon me is almost impossible to describe 
3
The Informant!
Robert Levin
Soderbergh rigidly adheres to the idea of infusing the movie with heaps of pizazz even as the material demands a vastly different more soulful approach 
2
The Informant!
Fernando F. Croce
The Informant is Soderbergh in larky mode which in its sterility has recently become virtually indistinguishable from his cerebral mode 
2
The Informant!
Mark Dujsik
We d love to sympathize with Mark Whitacre if he weren t such a crook 
3.5
The Informant!
Moira MacDonald
Despite an appealing central performance from Matt Damon disguised in a mustache and complicated swoop of hair The Informant feels like a jumble of ideas rather than a concerted whole 
2.5
The Informant!
Claudia Puig
Soderbergh takes a deadly serious news story and amplifies and colors it to the point of outrageousness The results aren t always consistent but they are undeniably compelling 
3
The Informant!
Dustin Putman
Repetitive to the point of supreme annoyance The Informant would have been better informed with a page one rewrite 
1.5
The Informant!
Matt Soergel
Entertaining but a bit glib verging on disposable But Damon saves it with his knockout performance 
2.5
The Informant!
Rene Rodriguez
A whimsical and light hearted spin on a serious story of corporate whistleblowing 
3
The Informant!
Roger Ebert
As Soderbergh lovingly peels away veil after veil of deception the film develops into an unexpected human comedy Not that any of the characters are laughing 
4
The Informant!
Joe Lozito
Playful adaptation from Steven Soderbergh features Matt Damon 30 pounds heavier whose beautifully nuanced take on wide eyed naiveté saves this otherwise pointless goof 
2.5
The Informant!
Peter Keough
Whitacre s pathology skewed perceptions and cracked commentary provide a welcome alternative imposing a playful almost Dadaist narrative onto the sordid realities 
3
The Informant!
Rafer Guzman
Soderbergh despite three lighthearted Ocean s films is not a natural comedic director 
2.5
The Informant!
Michael A. Smith
The performance easily ranks as one of Damon s best 
3.5
The Informant!
Rossiter Drake
What makes the movie work is Damon s manic performance His unflagging energy is appealing at first but seems finally like the last recourse of a man every bit as desperate and pathetic as Tom Ripley 
3
The Informant!
Mark Salisbury
Bright breezy and downright goofy this superbly captures the workings of Whitacre s highly imaginative mind and the outlandish nature of the crime 
3
Rose of Iron
Lucius Gore
Despite a non existent budget and its lack of lesbian vampires this film manages to deliver as much atmosphere as some of Rollin s best work 
3
Under Your Skin
Kathy Fennessy
Despite a few jump cuts 44 the results more closely resemble a pre Vietnam American independent rather than a Scandinavian nouvelle vague entry 46 These pretty young people have carnal relations on their minds rather than politics 46 
3.5
Angels With Dirty Faces
Mattie Lucas
An atonement for a deconstruction of Cagney s bad boy persona in films like The Public Enemy that made him a star emulating the essence of the Production Code with more grace emotional weight than anyone actually involved with the code ever managed 
4
Angels With Dirty Faces
Matt Brunson
The weighty closing line triggers haunting reflections on chance destiny and the capricious nature of the universe 
4
Angels With Dirty Faces
Phil Villarreal
Although the movie trades heavily on gang film staples there s also ample comedy packed into the mix 
4
Angels With Dirty Faces
Jeremiah Kipp
Angels With Dirty Faces benefits from the Production Code because it forces the gangster film to acknowledge its nihilism 
4
Ohayô
Eric Melin
Good Morning is such a fantastic surprise and worthy of discussion among any of Ozu s better known dramatic works 
3
Ohayô
Jeremy Heilman
This is a much more complex ambiguous and challenging film that most reduce it to 
4
Ohayô
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As an introduction to Ozu it s a perfect film And in addition I think it has more to offer artistically than its reputation would suggest 
4
Junior
David Nusair
46 46 46 an appealingly high concept premise that 8217 s employed to mostly watchable yet entirely disposable effect 46 46 46 
2.5
Junior
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The fact remains that patriarchal comedy is the operative mode here and every gesture made to alter that is strictly salad dressing 
1
Junior
Mal Vincent
Arnold delivers a fine performance 
2.5
Junior
Michael Dequina
Cute amusing but never hilarious 
2.5
Junior
Steve Rhodes
Emma Thompson is totally wasted in this movie 
1
Junior
James Berardinelli
Junior demands more range from its leading man than he s capable of giving The predictable result is a big budget mess more likely to elicit groans than laughter 
1.5
Junior
Roger Ebert
It s goofy and ridiculous and preposterous and yet it makes you feel good and there is something oddly heartwarming about the sight of this macho guy melting with feelings of protectiveness and maternal concern 
3.5
Junior
Mick LaSalle
As a comedy Junior has its share of laughs but no more than its share 
2
Junior
Chris Hicks
While initially amusing it gets to be an old joke fairly quickly 
2.5
Isolation
David Nusair
too much buildup and not enough payoff 
2
Sell/Buy/Date
Roger Moore
The documentary material is informative and mind opening 46 The mockumentary surrounding it is a bit of a drag 44 and lets the movie down 46 
2
An Actor's Revenge
Bryant Frazer
Hasegawa s carefully modulated performance is treated with admiration and Yukinojo is by any consideration a tragic creation a magnetic personality with no interest in making friends an avatar of sensitivity who rejects intimacy in favour of justice 
3
Win It All
David Nusair
a low key character study that consistently benefits from Johnson s often spellbindingly accomplished performance 
3.5
Win It All
Roger Moore
Unsurprising but as likable as Jake Johnson at his scruffiest can make it 
2.5
Win It All
Richard Roeper
Win It All is just the latest stellar collaboration between Swanberg and Johnson 
3.5
Win It All
Rob Thomas
Win It All is an agreeable little gambling film in the vein of Mississippi Grind or Rounders but with an emphasis on characters rather than plot 
3
Win It All
Sheila O'Malley
For the high stakes involved Win It All feels strictly low stakes 
2.5
Win It All
Chuck Bowen
Joe Swanberg s Win It All understands addicts in a fashion that s unusual for American cinema 
3
The Invitation
Kevin Carr
While this has decent horror elements and fun performances 44 it 8217 s overly predictable and loses its steam when you figure out what 8217 s going on 46 
2
The Invitation
David Nusair
46 46 46 a workable premise that 8217 s employed to somewhat watchable yet ultimately lackluster effect by Thompson 46 46 46 
2
The Invitation
Erik Childress
Tries to play the long game of a slow burn which offers more opportunities to consider loopholes in the rules followed by the evil handsome used to ensnare our heroine 46 Slowly 46 
1.5
The Invitation
Bruce R. Miller
8220 The Invitation 8221 takes more time than it should to reveal its secret 46 It doesn 8217 t require a genius 44 though 44 to know this place is filled with monsters who are high on DNA test kits 46 
1
The Invitation
Peter Canavese
Comes on like an old Hammer horror picture 44 but then becomes full of old hat psychological horror theatrics lacking a single original or interesting idea or performance 46 
1
The Invitation
Roger Moore
A formulaic vampire thriller 46 46 46 that gives away the whole damned movie in the trailer 46 
1.5
The Invitation
Christy Lemire
Thompson relies way too heavily on cheap jump scares to put us on edge 44 which is a shame 44 because there 8217 s enough atmosphere within the film 8217 s initial mystery 46 
1.5
The Invitation
Joe Friar
The conventional horror film plays it too safe 46 Maybe those teens faced with the dilemma of choosing Team Edward or Team Jacob a decade ago will swoon over droopy eyed bloodsucker Lord Walter 46 Should have gone for an R rating 46 
2.5
The Invitation
Mark Dujsik
The Invitation mostly exists as a lost opportunity 44 undone by the filmmakers apos hesitation to be upfront with its most promising idea 46 
1.5
Band Aid
Leo Brady
There are plenty of adorable laughs heartfelt moments and the emergence of an absolute superstar making Band Aid one of the pleasant surprises of 2017 
3
Band Aid
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Lister Jones does a superb job of effectively establishing the two central characters and their less than healthy bond 
3
Band Aid
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Like so many premise driven indie comedies Band Aid crescendos with enthusiasm but has no idea how to strike a resolving chord 
2
Band Aid
Sara Michelle Fetters
Band Aid hits so many right notes any false ones it might inadvertently strike are lost in a symphony of reflective magnificence I could listen to for days on end with no hesitation whatsoever 
4
Band Aid
Brent McKnight
Full of sarcastic humor earnest emotion and a phenomenal performance from writer director producer star Zoe Lister Jones it hinges on the central relationship But even with deep rooted problems this is a couple worth rooting for 
3
Band Aid
Mark Dujsik
Band Aid is ultimately a study of grief played in a major key 
3
Band Aid
Calvin Wilson
As a performer Lister Jones acquits herself well on both the comedic and melodramatic fronts And the scruffily charming Pally comes across as a hybrid of Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd 
2.5
Band Aid
Gary Thompson
A down and dirty picture of a marriage that s faltering even as both parties strive mightily and goofily to make things work 
3
Band Aid
Anita Katz
Rare among romantic comedies this modest but stimulating indie the directorial debut of Zoe Lister Jones delivers not romcom formula but genuine emotion 
3
Band Aid
Michael O'Sullivan
I wouldn t call Band Aid profound but it s wiser and deeper than the average pop song if not by much 
2.5
Band Aid
Mick LaSalle
Lister Jones makes us believe in this couple keeps us interested in their lives and keeps us thinking about other people like them 
3
Band Aid
Ty Burr
A clever and heartfelt comedy drama that remains aloft as long as it retains its sense of humor when the going gets serious the dialogue turns therapeutic and heavy 
2
Band Aid
Sheila O'Malley
Lister Jones is the very definition of a phenom and if the film sometimes falls back on cliché there s enough charm and interest here particularly in the chemistry between the two leads to keep it afloat 
3
Band Aid
Roger Moore
A brittle biting DIY feeling indie comedy about love grief and fighting fair 
2.5
Band Aid
Wes Greene
At its most honest the film wrestles with the reluctance or unwillingness of women to fulfill ostensibly requisite roles 
2.5
Band Aid
Josh Terry
Lister Jones s film leaves the audience feeling like the third wheel drummer 
2
Band Aid
Sean P. Means
Marital strife sounds better set to music in Band Aid a relationship comedy that s best when it s being serious 
3
The Battle of Algiers
Josh Larsen
The continued relevance of The Battle of Algiers is both a point of fascination and something to mourn 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film establishes a kinetic documentary effect making the impact of every shoot out and explosion a deeply personal experience 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Eric Melin
Partially because of its documentary style used so effectively by director Gillo Pontecorvo it never gets heavy handed exploring the idea of violence as a necessary evil for freedom 
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
Jay Antani
what really resonates on watching Algiers is its message about the widespread loss of civilian life and the staggering destruction to civic infrastructure as the heaviest costs of war
4
The Battle of Algiers
Roger Ebert
What lessons a modern viewer can gain from the film depends on who is watching and what they want to see 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Lawrence Toppman
What makes this Charlotte Film Society entry remarkable is that the Italian director sympathizes with both sides 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Rob Thomas
The film s explosive power transcends the headlines 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Phil Villarreal
The painful desperate film a re enactment of Algerian revolutionaries efforts to break free from French rule is a practical textbook on how not to run an occupation 
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
Marta Barber
An extraordinary movie that ruffled many feathers when it first came out Almost 40 years later it retains the poignancy it delivered back then 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Sean P. Means
A chilling cinematic history lesson 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Jeff Vice
The film s ruminations about the meaning of terrorism and efforts to deal with it really resonate in the post 9 11 world That makes this already tense film all the more chilling and all the more memorable 
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
Joshua Tanzer
As something similar happens to our soldiers in Iraq it s a piece of blood chilling horror every time we see this story from today s news repeated in a 38 year old movie 
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
Duane Dudek
It remains a surprisingly instructive and cautionary lesson in the way that populist movements can burn parent states down to their grass roots 
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
Marty Mapes
The Battle of Algiers still resonates today and probably always will
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
Terry Lawson
Pontecorvo essentially established the cinematic language that we recognize in recent dramas based on actual events from Bloody Sunday to Black Hawk Down 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Chris Hewitt
Still powerful and upsetting because of its unpolished immediacy and because the movie declines to judge the terrorists actions 
3.5
The Battle of Algiers
David Elliott
Perhaps the finest political film of the 1960s 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Steven Rea
Magnificent moviemaking 
4
The Battle of Algiers
James Verniere
It remains one of the greatest depictions of the mutually dehumanizing nature of war ever made 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Ty Burr
The chafing mutually uncomprehending collision of Western occupiers and Muslim occupied has never been captured with such dispassionate thrilling clarity 
4
The Battle of Algiers
John Hartl
Few movies have done such an eloquent evenhanded job of defining the conflict between colonialists and natives determined to free themselves from foreign rule 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Walter V. Addiego
The director s real achievement is not in making a piece of agitprop but in using these fundamental tools of cinema in such an extraordinarily affecting way 
3
The Battle of Algiers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A startling and still potent view of the double standard of war 
4
The Battle of Algiers
Jules Brenner
This lesson in modern warfare is not only instructive to the Pentagon s military but is of considerable value to any generation s fascination with law order anarchic behavior and classic story telling technique 
3
The Battle of Algiers
David Sterritt
Like all masterpieces it speaks to later ages as powerfully and intelligently as to its own 
4
Dragon Blade
Mark Dujsik
For those who ever wondered what it would be like to see John Cusack and Jackie Chan engage in a swordfight both of you here is Dragon Blade 
2
Dragon Blade
Stephen Whitty
Just about everyone seems to get slashed carved up or skewered and vengeance rains down upon all Except of course the one villain who truly deserved it The filmmaker 
1.5
Dragon Blade
Nathan Rabin
In Dragon Blade East meets West in a murky mediocre muddle 
2
Dragon Blade
Soren Andersen
Dragon Blade is a solidly constructed epic that despite its many battle scenes has a strong message of pacifism and unity 
3
Dragon Blade
Chris Knight
Unfortunately the first casualty is good acting which dies a noisy overly dramatic death 
1.5
Dragon Blade
Linda Barnard
A confusing action drama that despite being a box office titan in China lands here with a dull thud 
1.5
Dragon Blade
Charles Bramesco
Basic elements of production that audiences take for granted fripperies such as coherent editing or logical character behavior go horribly awry here and make other films look better by comparison 
1
Dragon Blade
Lou Lumenick
Veteran star Chan who plays it mostly straight has great bromantic chemistry with Cusack surprisingly convincing as an ancient Roman warrior trying to protect a child of noble birth 
3
Dragon Blade
Chuck Bowen
Slacker and even less involving than the similarly terrible global kill fest Last Knights but easier to watch for the inadvertent camp value of two of the prominent performances 
.5
Dig Two Graves
Richard Roeper
Dig Two Graves makes some pretty nifty transitions from the 1940s to the 1970s including one seemingly unbroken shot Every trip to the past reveals something about the present day journey 
3.5
Dig Two Graves
Mark Dujsik
Dig Two Graves is bolstered quite a bit by its focus on atmosphere as well as the two central performances but it remains a journey toward the inevitable 
2.5
Dig Two Graves
Peter Sobczynski
An uncommonly smart well made and ultimately touching meditation on grief revenge and the ordinary perils of adolescence that should resonate strongly with adults and thoughtful teenagers alike 
3.5
Dig Two Graves
Dann Gire
If the young Coen brothers had been turned loose in Southern Illinois to create an ultra low budget 1970s supernatural horror tale reeking of EC Comics vibes it might have roughly resembled Hunter Adams stylish gothic tale of revenge Dig Two Graves 
3
Dig Two Graves
Jane Horwitz
The story takes improbably lurid turns and sometimes tangles its thread Yet at every twist it is saved by the moral weight of the tale the gorgeous haunted vistas in Eric Maddison s cinematography and the solidly credible equally haunted acting 
2.5
Dig Two Graves
Michael Phillips
It s an intriguing premise weakened by a script lacking in strong forward motion 
2
8:37 Rebirth
Bob Bloom
apos 8 58 37 Rebirth apos is a story about obsession 44 consequences and responsibility 46 46 46 
3
Golden Boy
Roger Moore
Judas Priest what century was this dated dotty melodramatic gay mess made 
1
The Aura
Jeff Vice
This character heavy crime thriller from Argentina occasionally gets off track straying into territory that has little to do with the main story line But they are interesting digressions and it s sort of nice to have a movie that s so unpredictable 
3
The Aura
Sean P. Means
A startling psychological drama with plenty of unexpected twists a worthy follow up to Fabian Bielinsky s riveting debut Nine Queens 
3.5
The Aura
Geoff Pevere
A fuzzy attempt at significance that seems as aimlessly lost in the woods as its heist plotting characters 
2
The Aura
Chris Hewitt
The movie is cause for both rejoicing and despair The good news it s an absorbing intelligent film The bad is that there will be no more from the gifted late director Bielinsky 
3
The Aura
Phil Villarreal
It s tough to get behind a character who doesn t even seem to care about himself 
2
The Aura
Rob Thomas
The flavor is a decidedly mournful one unusual to find in a crime thriller but adding layers of rich atmosphere and psychological depth to a familiar but nerve wracking genre tale 
3.5
The Aura
Ty Burr
The Aura is richer and less showy than Nine Queens and it lifts off from the gangster genre to contemplate deeper mysteries Reminiscent of Antonioni s The Passenger in its obsession with fate and choice 
3
The Aura
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bielinsky does a remarkable job of both revealing and withholding information so that even after 134 minutes the film never drags 
3.5
The Aura
David Wiegand
In the end the film s bigger challenge isn t its length or its deliberate pace It s that it s overly freighted with symbolism and meaning 
2
The Aura
Kam Williams
A psychological thriller about a wannabe gangster who ends up with overwhelming regret after becoming enveloped in a whirlwind of terror 
2.5
The Aura
Bill Stamets
Argentinian writer director Fabian Bielinksy Nine Queens creates a character with an intriguing set of traits that inspire an equally intriguing plot 
4
The Aura
Michael Wilmington
A top notch heist thriller set in Patagonian forests and southern Argentine cities a film full of dark moody atmosphere and richly imagined indelibly etched characters 
3.5
The Aura
Walter Chaw
Infused with a whiff of the outsider s stale regret 
3.5
The Aura
John Monaghan
The voyeuristic focus and camera acrobatics may remind you of Hitchcock but The Aura is also highly original 
3
The Aura
Stephen Whitty
The movie s mood is haunting and its central image of a man able to shed his morality as easily as an old raincoat hints at a filmmaker who had deeper concerns than mere thrills 
3
The Aura
Maitland McDonagh
this intricately plotted mystery ventures into darker psychological territory and never misses a step 
3
The Aura
Pam Grady
Once the story is fully engaged the suspense never lets up 
4
The Aura
Jack Mathews
a tightly constructed thriller 
3
The Aura
Jan Stuart
A hypnotic journey into the head of an epileptic taxidermist with a photographic memory 
3.5
The Aura
Nick Schager
With The Aura Fabián Bielinsky replaces Nine Queens flashy Mamet esque posturing with downbeat Melville Antonioni noir existentialism 
2
13 Minutes
Grace Culhane
The film follows in the grand tradition of clunky ensemble flicks that are totally devoid of substance The only difference here is that most of those movies are lighthearted and actually fun to watch 13 Minutes isn t fun nor is it meant to be 
1
13 Minutes
David Nusair
a reasonable enough setup that s employed to predominantly tedious and flat out unwatchable effect 
.5
13 Minutes
Mark Dujsik
There isn t any payoff to 13 Minutes in terms of either spectacle or drama 
1
13 Minutes
Phil Villarreal
So somber and serious is the writing that there s not even a fun cheesy tone to draw you in 
2
13 Minutes
Roger Moore
For an emotionally grounded disaster movie I found it a harrowing recreation of the real thing emotionally affecting and not bad Not bad at all 
2.5
13 Minutes
Rex Reed
Written and directed with an overload of talent by Lindsay Gossling it rarely falters and leaves a viewer grateful for a whirlwind of character driven suspense and humanity instead of the usual Hollywood cliches 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
James Kendrick
When it works 44 it is because it finds just the right balance between the legitimate form it is parodying and the ridiculousness of the content stuffed into it 46 In other words 44 it is like a feature length 8220 Weird Al 8221 music video 46 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Bruce R. Miller
8220 Weird 8221 may not be for everyone 44 but it never assumes the audience knows anything 46 That 8217 s why the ride is so enjoyable 46 Hop aboard and you might just be part of the posse who 8217 s bringing polka back 46 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s spry and unpredictable and constantly silly 44 all the way up to and including a new end credits song 40 which is eligible for Oscar consideration 33 41 46 
3.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Sarah Knight Adamson
It 8217 s sure to make you laugh 44 just know that most of the film is fictional 44 he 8217 s decided on an outrageous parody of his life 44 and I 8217 d expect nothing less from this creative genius 46 
3.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Kevin Carr
The tongue is firmly in the cheek 44 the accordion is strapped to the chest 44 and this movie is a ton of fun to watch 46 
3.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Nick Allen
A pop music phantasmagoria that 8217 s equally egoless and entertaining 46 
3.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Erik Childress
A very funny first half then gives way to an attempt to be as outlandishly frivolous with parody as possible until it just resembles UHF again and loses all steam 46 
2.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Robert Levin
It plays like a long gestating work of fan fiction 44 as if Yankovic and Appel dusted off a script dreamed up by a bunch of die hards in the apos 80s 46 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Steven Prokopy
Some of the jokes are too broad 44 and Yankovic 40 who shows up as the head of the record company that eventually hires him 41 isn 8217 t much of an actor 44 but most everyone knows exactly the movie they 8217 re making 44 and they play their roles to perfection 46 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mark Meszoros
It is fitting that a biopic about the king of the song parody would itself be a parody of a biopic 44 one that plays at times like a jukebox musical and at one stretch like a satire of a 8220 Rambo 8221 like action movie 40 for some reason 41 46 
2
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Roger Moore
Littered with truths 44 untruths 44 amusing whoppers and celebrity cameos 44 this might be the most fun of any movie this year 8212 on paper 46 10 10 
2
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Richard Roeper
Eric Appel s admirably ambitious and intermittently inspired funhouse take on Yankovic s life and times runs out of gas well before the finish line 
2.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Joey Magidson
Weird 58 The Al Yankovic Story is an absolute riot of a musical biopic parody 46 
3.5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
David Nusair
46 46 46 anchored by Radcliffe 8217 s completely captivating 44 go for broke performance 46 46 46 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mark Hanson
Weird accordingly 40 or is it accordion gly 63 41 takes everything to new heights of glorious ridiculousness 46 
3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Johnny Oleksinski
What Yankovic and director co writer Eric Appel have done brilliantly in spots is parody Yankovic s own life while sending up the whole biopic genre In a messed up way the maneuver is kinda poetic And so very funny 
3
Blanquita
Rene Sanchez
Explores a complex moral dilemma 44 questioning the meaning of truth and justice in a system corrupted by power 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Blanquita
Roger Moore
Has a touch of ends justify the means about it which the viewer can embrace or reject 46 But as we hear details 46 46 46 the perversion 44 cruelty and impunity of the well connected 44 it 8217 s easy to dig in one 8217 s heels like Blanquita herself 10 
3
Closet Monster
G. Allen Johnson
One way to tell a promising director is by the acting in his or her film and the performances in Closet Monster are solid all the way around no matter how small the role 
3
Closet Monster
Sara Michelle Fetters
If it all doesn t work perfectly that s oddly okay the character driven highs making up for the bits and pieces that fail to reach the same sort of unpredictably enthralling heights so much of the rest thankfully soars to 
2.5
Closet Monster
John Hartl
Sort of a horror film but not really It s too funny to be categorized that way 
3
Closet Monster
Odie Henderson
Closet Monster is most successful when it uses fable like qualities to allow us to feel Oscar s emotions viscerally rather than narratively 
3
Closet Monster
Diego Semerene
It s when Stephen Dunn dares to inhabit the how and not the what of queerness that the film feels authentic and deliciously strange 
2.5
Closet Monster
Tina Hassannia
Dunn s debut is a truly unique coming out story not to mention a highly original Canadian film 
3
Closet Monster
Barry Hertz
If there is any doubt that this country s young filmmakers need all the institutional support they can get then Closet Monster offers the definitive answer God yes please 
3.5
Closet Monster
Linda Barnard
Newfoundland filmmaker Stephen Dunn employs fantasy and bizarre flourishes in his imaginative debut drama about a teen s Blackbird s Connor Jessup conflicts about his sexuality 
2.5
Lockdown
Terry Lawson
Benefits from authenticity sincerity and an honest sense of outrage 
3
Lockdown
Michael Dequina
Here s hoping Richard T Jones will get a chance to display his chops in a real movie sometime 
2.5
Juncture
David Nusair
suffers from a pervadingly low rent atmosphere that ultimately renders its few positive attributes moot 
1.5
The Future
Bill Weber
A counterproductively literary film with no satisfying payoffs Rutger Hauer s blind recluse notwithstanding 
2
Larry Crowne
Brian Eggert
After appearing together in Charlie Wilson 8217 s War 44 Hanks and Roberts reunite and display plenty of chemistry in this rather plain 44 unpretentious 44 but somewhat uninvolving romantic comedy 46 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Roger Moore
Extremely modest featherweight But watchable 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Tasty around the edges but disappointing in the center Larry Crowne will meet the summer rom com needs of many but will not serve as a memorable addition to Hanks legacy 
2
Larry Crowne
Linda Cook
I can t begin to tell you how bland this movie is 
1
Larry Crowne
Mike Scott
As well meaning as it is it is a two dimensional bit of fluff an untidy string of cutesy scenes and cutesy characters few of them as cute as they are intended to be 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Sara Michelle Fetters
The problem is the movie only waltzes in the real world while it tangos and rumbas in the realm of the fantastic and superficial 
2
Larry Crowne
John Wirt
Hanks and Roberts make this sketchy project better than it deserves to be 
2
Larry Crowne
Peter Travers
Larry Crowne is more than a missed opportunity It s alarmingly depressingly out of touch 
1
Larry Crowne
Lori Hoffman
While the film isn t exactly groundbreaking it does finish much better than it begins 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Rex Reed
Even if you wander into this congealed mess with nothing more demanding in mind than to spend a little time with two charming favorites do not expect Forrest Gump or Pretty Woman 
1
Larry Crowne
Brett Michel
A lighter than air trifle 
2
Larry Crowne
Ethan Alter
in its pleasantly low key way this is as inconsequential and instantly forgettable a movie as a bombastic blockbuster like Transformers Dark of the Moon 
2
Larry Crowne
Scott Nash
Works only because of the likability of Hanks and Roberts 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Glenn Lovell
Sweet squeezable happily out of touch with the world as we know it Won t burn up the box office but will do well enough as a word of mouth attraction on the VOD circuit 
2
Larry Crowne
Matt Brunson
Larry decides to go back to school only it was a helluva lot more fun when Rodney s Dangerfield s Thornton Melon chose this route 25 years ago 
1.5
Larry Crowne
Stephen Whitty
It s about as close to real comedy as a cup of milky tea is to a real meal 
2
Larry Crowne
Lisa Kennedy
Larry Crowne doesn t come close to providing the rom com satisfactions of films attached to the names Hanks and Roberts or writer Nia Vardalos for that matter 
2
Larry Crowne
Rick Groen
Next semester the stars should drop Speech 217 and enroll in Chemistry 101 they dearly need some 
2
Larry Crowne
Maria Cote
Thankfully two powerhouse actors add a little extra somethin to elevate that sticky sweet oatmeal we call a romantic comedy to a satisfying meal 
3
Larry Crowne
Christian Toto
Larry Crowne makes losing your job your car and your house look like the greatest thing to happen to a middle aged man 
2
Larry Crowne
Peter Canavese
Has the consistency of an individually wrapped slice of Velveeta 
2
Larry Crowne
Alison Gang
While one can appreciate the film s rousing endorsement of our community college system it s about as realistic as an episode of the TV sitcom Community 
2
Larry Crowne
John Beifuss
The feel good movie of the era of 9 percent unemployment 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Willie Waffle
It feels like you have spent an hour and a half watching puppy dogs and rainbows 
3
Larry Crowne
Barbara Vancheri
The writers not only tackle love lost and found but also some timely topics such as unemployment and the prospect of foreclosure due to underwater mortgages But they barely skim them and they come up light on laughs too 
2
Larry Crowne
Chris Hewitt
Words like gentle and sweet were undoubtedly tossed around by the folks who made Larry Crowne I wonder if they ever got around to boring 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Michael O'Sullivan
As romantic comedies go Larry Crowne is neither swooningly romantic nor howlingly funny 
2
Larry Crowne
Lou Lumenick
If you re looking for a movie you can take your parents or young children to without fear of embarrassment or the need for endless explanations this is the one 
3
Larry Crowne
Bob Bloom
The relationship between the two stars doesn t grow it just seems to happen because it was written into the script It feels contrived as if it was something that moviegoers would expect because the film stars Hanks and Roberts 
2
Larry Crowne
Keith Cohen
This infectiously entertaining summer movie makes you feel good It provides hope that a fresh start is possible regardless of age Hanks has oodles of charm and he and Roberts have great chemistry The real find in the acting arena is 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Mark Dujsik
Despite the charismatic central performances Larry Crowne might be too happy go lucky for its own good 
2.5
Larry Crowne
David Nusair
a breezy consistently engaging piece of work 
3.5
Larry Crowne
Dustin Putman
Ringing true fairly consistently and lingering afterwards even in its lightness the film doesn t have to try to please It just does 
3
Larry Crowne
Claudia Puig
Hanks directs with assurance Perhaps if he had teamed with a more agile writer less given to cheesy yuck fests Larry Crowne would be the nuanced adult love story it aims to be 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Mick LaSalle
Hanks as a writer director is talking about real things even if he isn t depicting them with complete honesty 
2
Larry Crowne
Michael Phillips
It s the neediest movie of 2011 and one of the phoniest 
1
Larry Crowne
Matt Soergel
It s so square so sunny that it feels blissfully out of step Think of it as comfort food for these troubling times 
3
Larry Crowne
Moira MacDonald
The movie has just enough funny lines and amusing casting choices to make it all go down pleasantly and Hanks sweetly brash charisma could fill an entire multiplex of movies and then some 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Steven Rea
Too cute for its own good Larry Crowne is nonetheless hard to dislike 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Wesley Morris
Larry Crowne isn t a movie for adults It s a movie for adults who don t like things with screens and keyboards 
2
Larry Crowne
James Berardinelli
As obvious and predictable as this story might be it still works in large part because we care about the human beings inhabiting this motion picture 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Duane Dudek
Little of what it says about love or life is of much value entertainment or otherwise 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Lawrence Toppman
Inside this film a poignant and personal story is struggling to get out But it s couched in such awkward sentiments that it can t emerge 
2
Larry Crowne
Erik Childress
With Hanks sharing screenwriting duty with Vardalos you can almost make a game out of which characters and plot elements were of her invention and which ones he eventually smoothed out into a comedy that once it gets going is hard to stop smiling at 
3
Larry Crowne
Calvin Wilson
Larry Crowne proves that it s possible to be funny without being crude But more than that it s as easygoing as the character for which it s named 
3
Larry Crowne
Peter Howell
Soulless Hollywood product doesn t provide a better textbook example than this Tom Hanks Julia Roberts vehicle 
1.5
Larry Crowne
Roger Ebert
Larry Crowne has Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts and a good premise and a colorful supporting cast but what it doesn t have is a reason for existing 
2
Larry Crowne
Roger Moore
It s perfectly pleasant big screen comfort food meatloaf potatoes and apple cobbler served as bubbly Tom Petty and ELO tunes waft from the soundtrack 
2.5
Larry Crowne
Nick Schager
Wilmer Valderrama and George Takei s reaction shots are the only feeble sources of humor in this dramedy 
1
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
Dustin Putman
The best thing about Sharkansas Women s Prison Massacre is its ludicrous title It s all downhill from there 
0.5
Dracula III: Legacy
Walter Chaw
At least he s ending somewhere just north of mediocre 
2.5
A Most Beautiful Thing
Sarah Knight Adamson
Mary Mazzio writer director of A Most Beautiful Thing takes us on an inspiring call to action voyage her sharp lens brings us one of the Best documentaries of 2020 
4
A Most Beautiful Thing
Tom Meek
It couldn t be more topical or inspirational in light of the current Black Lives Matter movement and calls for police accountability and reform 
2.5
A Most Beautiful Thing
Richard Roeper
We can feel our hearts hurting and soaring at the same time 
3.5
A Most Beautiful Thing
Josh Flanders
This is a film that every child in the city of Chicago needs to watch because we are all in the same boat 
3
A Most Beautiful Thing
Brian Tallerico
Its humanity and optimism remain powerful 
3
A Most Beautiful Thing
Mark Dujsik
Director Mary Mazzio doesn t do much in terms of filmmaking but she doesn t have to 
3
Requiem
Kam Williams
A convincing portrayal of a helpless soul wavering between fear and faith and the madness of murder being perpetrated in the name of Christ 
4
Requiem
Wesley Morris
Working from an economical and intelligent script by Bernd Lange Schmid directs his first feature with the easy conviction that eluded the makers of the preposterous Emily Rose 
3
Requiem
Bill Stamets
Stage actress Sandra Huller delivers a stunning understated performance 
3
Requiem
Michael Phillips
The confusion and panic and everyday interactions in Requiem feel honest and true to life which has nothing to do with how factual it is or isn t 
3.5
Requiem
Glenn Whipp
What cannot be debated is the strength of Huller s naturalistic lead performance a frighteninglyn intense turn that brings to mind Emily Watson s work in Breaking the Waves 
3
Requiem
Ken Fox
Bogumil Godfrejow s raw cinematography and Sandra Huller s poignant close to the bone performance transform what might have been a morbid curiosity into an entirely enthralling quietly terrifying experience 
3.5
Requiem
V.A. Musetto
You won t find rotating heads and vomit in the exorcism movie Requiem Instead German director Hans Christian Schmid relies on a frighteningly realistic performance by Sandra Huller as blue eyed blonde Michaela 
3
Requiem
Gene Seymour
Just as haunting as a horror film and far more heartrending 
3.5
Requiem
Ed Gonzalez
Hller s master class in acting is not only a portrait of a holy creature frenzied by otherworldly spirits but a voluptuous reflection of the pressures that accosted so many women of her character s age time and devotions 
3
Requiem
David Nusair
never quite as compelling as Hller s performance 
2.5
Pandora's Promise
Sean P. Means
The film s blatantly one sided presentation undercuts the pro nuclear argument more than any counterargument 
2
Pandora's Promise
Liam Lacey
The film s tone is boosterish and the cursory treatment of the cost of a nuclear based energy overhaul or the viability of renewable energy tends to arouse skepticism rather than allay it 
2
Pandora's Promise
Linda Barnard
There s not much in the way of balance in this often bone dry documentary about the bum rap nuclear power has gotten thanks to misinformed if well meaning environmentalists and energy experts 
2
Pandora's Promise
Dann Gire
The result is a thoughtful documentary whose facts and figures have been compromised by Stone s one sided approach 
2.5
Pandora's Promise
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end its somewhat equivocal message that nuclear power might just be the lesser of several evils is more convincing than you d think 
2.5
Pandora's Promise
Steven Rea
Its marshaling of the facts is one sided leaving many questions and considerable scientific evidence unexplored 
2.5
Pandora's Promise
Mark Feeney
Robert Stone s documentary contends that the only feasible answer is nuclear power 
2.5
Pandora's Promise
Chris Hewitt
It s a thought provoker 
3
Pandora's Promise
Joe Williams
Without telling us about the producers or introducing us to more sources it can t contribute enough to an honest debate 
2
Pandora's Promise
Roger Moore
A one sided argument to a debate worth revisiting 
2.5
The Last Manhunt
Mark Dujsik
The Last Manhunt 46 46 46 attempts to deconstruct the legend of the final manhunt of the Old West but never finds a solid character or perspective to accomplish that task 46 
2
The Last Manhunt
Roger Moore
A quot true story quot Western that apos s a tad malnourished 44 stolid and depressingly downbeat 46 
1.5
Romance
Michael Dequina
Breillat is less interested in the sex acts than their deeper meaning 
3
Romance
Roger Ebert
The film has an icy fascination Perhaps it is a test of how men and women relate to eroticism on the screen 
3
Chance
John Beifuss
With bright colors and glossy production values the movie sometimes stumbles as it tries to walk the fine line between crowd pleaser and rabble rouser 
2.5
Private Parts
Michael Dequina
There are some huge laughs here spread consistently through the picture and screenwriters Len Blum and Michael Kalesniko put virtually no lulls between laughs 
3.5
Private Parts
Margaret A. McGurk
Private Parts is a limited ambition comedy one that scores some funny moments mainly because it sets its targets so low 
2
Private Parts
Don Irvine
People who wouldn t be able to distinguish Howard Stern from G Gordon Liddy will be entertained by something like an off colour and quite funny version of Coal Miner s Daughter 
2.5
Private Parts
James Kendrick
Whether you love him or hate him it s impossible to deny Stern s status in contemporary culture and this film helps illuminate him and why he does what he does 
3
Private Parts
Barbara Shulgasser
Nonstop entertainment 
3
Private Parts
James Berardinelli
An entertaining motion picture 
3
Private Parts
Roger Ebert
Stern and Quivers are both making their screen acting debuts here and they do what seasoned actors claim is very difficult They play convincing engaging versions of themselves 
3
Private Parts
Edward Guthmann
Surprisingly entertaining but grossly dishonest 
3
Private Parts
Joe Baltake
The film is often as witty and articulate as its subject 
3
Private Parts
Steve Rhodes
Howard s film raises comedy to a new level 
4
Private Parts
Susan Wloszczyna
This oft riotous bio is the ultimate loser makes good fantasy 
3
Private Parts
Susan Stark
This is Sterno not heat but still plenty rude crude and lewd 
2
Private Parts
Jeff Vice
Ultimately all what we get is a movie version of Stern s show 
1.5
Private Parts
Madeleine Williams
After seeing this film people who don t like Stern probably still won t like him but there s a good chance they ll like the movie 
3
Private Parts
Marty Mapes
Enjoyable and funny 
3
Attack of the Bat Monsters
Joe Bob Briggs
This is a must see for anyone interested in the period I could complain about some anachronisms the term scream queen hadn t been invented in 1959 for example but on the whole it s pretty accurate 
3.5
Have a Nice Day
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A very entertaining animated film that without trying to hide its very obvious cinephile influences raises a dry and disenchanted vision of the China of the new century Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Have a Nice Day
Christopher Kompanek
Animation allows for greater freedom to play with the perception of time and space and one of the film s great joys is simply looking at it 
3
Have a Nice Day
G. Allen Johnson
The problem is the thin meandering storyline and the slow pace 
2
Have a Nice Day
Mark Dujsik
We might not like the characters motives or their methods but we can relate to their collective need 
3
Have a Nice Day
J. R. Jones
Liu Jian plays all this out against a detailed physical social and economic landscape in Have a Nice Day money has the power to create illusions and just as easily destroy them 
2
Have a Nice Day
Simon Abrams
The stylistic quirks that define the bitterly funny Chinese animated neo noir Have a Nice Day are thrillingly original 
4
Have a Nice Day
Wes Greene
The film s pale hued Flash like animation is abundant in detailed backgrounds that make the characters stand out like placards allowing for Liu s critique of modern China to land with maximum force 
3
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Peter Stack
Although the gimmick wears thin the production holds up remarkably well because Martin delivers the funny goods with wry ease 
3
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Matt Brunson
What should have been a godsend for anyone who worships film noir raising my hand here proves instead to be a crushing disappointment 
2
Girlfriend Boyfriend
V.A. Musetto
Girlfriend Boyfriend starts as a comedy but quickly turns into a soap opera with too many subplots 
2
Girlfriend Boyfriend
Moira MacDonald
Most vivid in its early years as we see the students bursting with energy and promise 
2.5
Girlfriend Boyfriend
Monica Castillo
Complicated but compelling the film also struggles a bit with Yang s erratic direction but that flaw mirrors the indecisiveness of Liam himself who is played engagingly by Joseph Chang 
3
Girlfriend Boyfriend
Rob Humanick
Ya che Yang s prodigious command of his material suggests an intuitive understanding of film s ability to evoke sensations beyond sight and sound 
3.5
Unexpected
Robert Levin
A rare movie about pregnancy that recognizes and engages with the reality that it can be a complicated and confusing process 
3
Unexpected
Andrew Johnson
Unexpected has its heart in the right place but it ultimately can t decide what it wants to be 
2
Unexpected
Sean P. Means
The universal act of having a baby plays out in interesting and humorous ways in Unexpected a well performed comedy drama about class differences and similarities 
3
Unexpected
Richard Roeper
Smulders gives one of the most natural performances of her career and Bean s subtle strong work announces her as a young actress to watch 
3
Unexpected
Mark Dujsik
This is an intelligent film that speaks volumes about its characters and it does so with sensitivity to the specifics of their individual experiences 
3.5
Unexpected
Christy Lemire
Except for a bit of contrived conflict that arises toward the end the connection between these two expectant mothers who are at vastly different points in their lives rings with a mutual kindness and compassion 
3
Unexpected
Linda Barnard
Unexpected features fine performances from both women and I d love to see more from newcomer Bean showing grace and maturity onscreen 
2
Unexpected
Moira MacDonald
Smulders and Bean with gentle and honest performances sell it beautifully and the tone is both warmhearted and realistic 
3
Unexpected
David Berry
It mostly fails to acutely capture the careful observations and shaggy handmade structure that makes a movie still feel animated and close to the heart 
2
Unexpected
Tirdad Derakhshani
The chemistry between Smulders and Bean is simply terrific Their performances almost save the film from its earnest if bumbling attempts to make a statement about the social economic and racial differences that divide the two characters 
2.5
Unexpected
G. Allen Johnson
Swanberg has crafted a universal story observed through small details 
3
Unexpected
Dann Gire
Cobie Smulders unadorned low key ego drained performance as a single 30 year old pregnant Chicago schoolteacher serves as the attractive hub of Kris Swanberg s carefully observed domestic drama Unexpected 
3
Unexpected
Ann Hornaday
Unexpected would have been enriched by a more generous balance between the two characters worlds But Swanberg shows a sure sensitive hand in limning the upshots and downsides of life s most blessed events 
2
Unexpected
Michael Phillips
It s a little diagrammatic in its plotting But there s an easy fluency in the way Swanberg empathizes with everybody on screen 
3
Unexpected
Matt Pais
The intimacy of its relationships and sense of scale mostly work in favor of a story about decisions and compromises 
2.5
Unexpected
Rex Reed
An admirable achievement by all concerned 
3
Unexpected
Chuck Bowen
It suggests that Kris Swanberg has taken notes on what a film concerned with pregnancy should include without actually making it 
2
Titanic Town
David N. Butterworth
Brings to the fore the day to day horrors of a Northern Ireland family forced to cope with British occupation better than any other I can remember 
3
My Life Without Me
John Beifuss
Plagued by phony poetic moments and self conscious quirkiness Maria de Medeiros appears as a braid wearing hair stylist obsessed with Milli Vanilli 
2
My Life Without Me
Duane Dudek
It takes considerable sleight of hand and a certain temerity to fashion an uplifting tale about death Yet My Life Without Me pulls it off 
3
My Life Without Me
Terry Lawson
A good example of how Polley elevates nearly everything in which she appears 
3
My Life Without Me
Steven Rea
Polley s performance is pitch perfect and that the world described herein glazed with humor as well as melancholy is devoid of phony sentiment 
3
My Life Without Me
Sean P. Means
Ann s melodramatic take on death is in the end selfish and cruel to those she loves 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Jeff Vice
Curiously this weepy drama seems a little flatter less involving than it should Especially with a cast like this 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Roger Moore
Depressingly unmoving thanks to unaffecting performances and a story that holds no surprises 
2
My Life Without Me
David Nusair
pulls out all the stops to elicit the requisite emotions from the audience but that s not necessarily a bad thing 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Liam Lacey
Less a tearjerker than a thought provoker 
3
My Life Without Me
Jeff Strickler
Takes place in late fall and early winter when everything is cold gray and dying It s a tough context for a tender story 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Phoebe Flowers
Coixet does an admirable job of sustaining the sadness for long stretches of time 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Rene Rodriguez
What s miraculous about My Life Without Me is that the movie avoids bathos almost entirely its considerable potential for cloying sentimentality undercut by a streak of wry gentle humor 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Chris Hewitt
A movie that is spare candid and beautiful in every detail 
3.5
My Life Without Me
Kelly Borgeson
Polley s Ann is scrappy honest and warm not someone to be pitied or doubted or chastened 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Erik Lundegaard
Too flat and confined and false 
1.5
My Life Without Me
Lisa Kennedy
The beauty of this tender gift of a movie is that it treats the daily life of tiny obligations and pleasures as something to pay exquisite heed to 
3
My Life Without Me
Josh Larsen
a weepie that wrings true tears 
4
My Life Without Me
Roger Ebert
Ann would be a cruel egocentric if she weren t so obviously just a fictional pawn 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sarah Polley exudes a steadfast joie de vivre that ultimately won me over 
3
My Life Without Me
Edward Guthmann
One of the year s sweetest surprises 
4
My Life Without Me
David Elliott
A hankie pretending to be a veil of consolation 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Ty Burr
My Life Without Me is a young person s movie about death the sort of adolescent daydream in which you imagine your own demise 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Uses a loose cinema verite style to give the film a dreamy blanket of quiet avoiding the disease of the week movie formula 
3
My Life Without Me
Glenn Lovell
A tear jerker where the tears are cut by more than a dash of cynicism 
3.5
My Life Without Me
Timothy Knight
An understated and quietly moving drama 
3
My Life Without Me
Steve Rhodes
Detached from her part and just going through the motions of the acting Polley leaves it to a superb supporting cast to attempt to carry the film 
2
My Life Without Me
Joshua Tanzer
Despite pat characters and a melodrama problem My Life Without Me has a core that s strong 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Jan Stuart
Intelligent and affecting as the film is it buckles under the weight of overexplicitness a tendency to say more than it needs to 
2.5
My Life Without Me
Megan Lehmann
This contemplative drama manages to dodge mawkish potholes to emerge as a strangely life affirming work 
3
My Life Without Me
Jami Bernard
It s hard to take this movie seriously It s the cinematic equivalent of dotting your i s with a big heart a very youngish view of life and death in which everything is too neatly wrapped up with a bow 
2
My Life Without Me
Glenn Whipp
My Life Without Me would not work without Sarah Polly 
3
My Life Without Me
David Sterritt
This isn t a poignant drama about courage and imagination it s a contrived fantasy about courage and imagination 
1
My Life Without Me
James Berardinelli
A movie about terminal illness that even the Lifetime Television Network might reject 
1.5
My Life Without Me
Bill Chambers
Sarah Polley shoots another movie in the foot with her ice queen demeanour
1
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Erik Anderson
Pamela Green has created a crucial piece of the puzzle of the origin of cinema as we know it and a seminal documentary on film history 
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An enlightening documentary which is highly recommended to any cinephile 
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Mattie Lucas
A vital deeply moving documentary that at long last acknowledges Guy Blaché s invaluable gift to cinema insuring that this long forgotten pioneer will finally be given her due 
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
James Kendrick
not just a biographical documentary but a compelling drama about how history is written and how easily its major players can be erased when they don t fit into the convenient dominant narrative
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Rosalie Kicks
This movie is absolutely fantastic and I almost ignored it Don t live your life without knowing of Alice Guy Blache watch this flick 
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Robert Daniels
The term essential documentary often overused finds true ground here with Be Natural The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blaché 
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Mick LaSalle
A frustrating story but also an exhilarating one in that Guy Blaché s work is deserving and we re finally finding out about it 
4
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Monica Castillo
A vital effort to right past wrongs and fix the messes made by mostly men 
2.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Kent Turner
Director Pamela B Green makes film history a pleasure to watch and a gateway for those who would otherwise pass on the chance to explore moviemaking before the advent of sound 
3.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Ann Hornaday
Thank goodness Be Natural is here to set a brilliant distinguished invaluable record straight 
3
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Roger Moore
Dazzling one of the seminal documentaries on early film history and must see movie watching for any serious cinephile 
4
House of Cardin
Steven Prokopy
No part of his life story really lands if the designs don t impress and they absolutely do while Cardin himself offers personal memories about what inspired his different looks 
2.5
Neon Lights
Roger Moore
A thriller so obscurant that even its title makes little to no sense 46 
1.5
Y.M.I. Yeh Mera India
Michael Wilmington
Fast illuminating and engrossing 
3
The Sisterhood of Night
Kam Williams
A daunting test of teen loyalty by way of an Electronic Age equivalent of a Salem witch hunt 
3
The Sisterhood of Night
Moira MacDonald
It s not quite The Crucible but this Sisterhood works creating a bit of poignant witchcraft of its own 
3
The Sisterhood of Night
Chuck Bowen
The film is so unusually moving and penetrating because it refuses to cloud its emotions in distancing irony anger or nihilism 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
Brian Eggert
Shadow in the Cloud has a lot of potential Maybe that s why writing a negative review brings me no pleasure 
2
Shadow in the Cloud
Michael Dequina
If one just throws all need for logic and rational explanation out the window it s one hell of a ride 
3.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Peter Canavese
A fierce feminist action movie a grind house science fiction horror World War II movie hybrid and a wild ride Blu ray Review 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
Walter Chaw
Ripley ain t got nothin on Maude and Liang deserves another shot at this with a project not saddled with a repulsive toad from a family of them as its credited co author 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
Rene Sanchez
Despite a promising and suspenseful take off Shadow in the Cloud misses its landing thanks to its bonkers and head scratching turns Full Review in Spanish 
2
Shadow in the Cloud
Tom Meek
One of the zaniest serious goes I ve seen in a while I m not sure if the film is done tongue in cheek or not and it doesn t much matter 
2
Shadow in the Cloud
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No one ever said that a movie this entertainingly demented had to be cohesive 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
Richard Roeper
A wonderfully bonkers B movie 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
Sara Michelle Fetters
Shadow in the Cloud was a surprisingly enjoyable flight of monstrous fancy that helped me start the year off with a happy smile 
2.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Mark Dujsik
The change in Shadow in the Cloud is so extreme that we should be grateful to survive without dying from fits of stunned laughter 
2.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Nick Allen
A sincere but silly mash up of WWII dogfights gremlin chaos and feminism in action 
2.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Randy Myers
Liang s preposterous nail biter is fondued in Twilight Zone cheese and is silly and unhinged but it also creates a dynamo feminist action hero a role well suited for Moretz 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
Roger Moore
Never ever let that Grace middle name fool you Chloe Grace Moretz is a badass 
2.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Roseanne Liang leverages the absolute implausibility of the film s later scenes into something brisk and exciting right to the very end 
2.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Erik Childress
There is a sequence at least in concept more than flawless execution that would make The Walk and The Aeronauts blush The payoff of which admittedly made me laugh out loud just at the gusto of the filmmakers going for it 
3
Shadow in the Cloud
David Nusair
a stirring unabashedly pulpy piece of work that provides Moretz with the meatiest role of her career 
3.5
Shadow in the Cloud
Barry Hertz
The result is a cheap looking thriller that sputters rather than soars 
1.5
The Puppet Masters
David Nusair
generally as far fetched and overwrought as its 1950s sci fi brethren 
2
The Puppet Masters
Stephen Holden
A choppy unsuspenseful succession of chases melodramatic showdowns and routine special effects 
2
The Puppet Masters
Robert Roten
The special effects are low budget but effective The creatures are disgustingly realistic 
3
The Puppet Masters
James Berardinelli
Attempts at detailed characterization don t work particularly well and there s a love story that feels as forced as it is superfluous although even that isn t as unnecessary as the film s final ten minutes 
2
The Puppet Masters
James O'Ehley
This movie is so wonderfully archaic and reminiscent of 1950s alien invasion stories that one cannot help but like it despite rather lacklustre directing 
2
The Puppet Masters
Chris Hicks
Undiscriminating fans of the genre will probably not be terribly disappointed but this is certainly familiar territory 
2
Noble
Kam Williams
Uplifting docudrama set in Vietnam recounting an Irish woman s selfless efforts on behalf of the war torn country s homeless orphans 
3
Noble
Matt Zoller Seitz
Intelligent sincere and unabashedly goodhearted 
3
Noble
Brett McCracken
I left Noble wanting to know more about Christina s story than could be shown in a two hour film Can anyone s life be sufficiently distilled in such a short span No But glimpses of such lives can serve other purposes 
2.5
Noble
Stephanie Merry
Writer director Stephen Bradley may make some missteps but he capitalizes on this underdog story s inherent thrills 
2.5
Noble
Roger Moore
Somewhat predictably inspiring but quite spirited and edgy for a faith based film 
2.5
Freddy Got Fingered
David Nusair
Watch this only if you d like to see Green lick the exposed bone of his best friend 
1
Freddy Got Fingered
Jeffrey Westhoff
Watching Freddy Got Fingered is like body surfing through raw sewage 
1
Freddy Got Fingered
Blake French
probably the most detestable production of the decade or heck quite possibly ever 
.5
Freddy Got Fingered
Mark Dujsik
When actors are paid to take Green s abuse and know exactly what s coming it s not funny or shocking It s sadistic 
0
Freddy Got Fingered
Walter Chaw
It is destined for instant cult status and eventually critical respect 
2.5
Freddy Got Fingered
Michael Dequina
Green relentlessly gives himself and only himself pleasure during the course of this alleged comedy s torturous 100 minutes 
0
Freddy Got Fingered
James Kendrick
while I have a notion of what Tom Green is trying to accomplish I can t find any appreciation for why he s doing it
1
Freddy Got Fingered
David Keyes
the most sick and vile work of comedy ever put on the theater screen 
1
Freddy Got Fingered
Mike McGranaghan
Freddy Got Fingered is a special kind of awful the kind that is potentially career ending 
.5
Freddy Got Fingered
Wesley Morris
Tragically awful 
1
Freddy Got Fingered
Tor Thorsen
The result is complete chaos a deafening free for all of screaming hollering and fluid spraying 
1
Freddy Got Fingered
Roger Ebert
A vomitorium consisting of 93 minutes of Tom Green doing things that a geek in a carnival sideshow would turn down 
0
Freddy Got Fingered
James Berardinelli
I have gotten better entertainment value from a colonoscopy 
0
Freddy Got Fingered
Robert K. Elder
Green is just plain annoying as Gord a one dimensional caricature of himself 
0
Freddy Got Fingered
Rob Blackwelder
Tom Green is nothing but a walking talking schtick 
0
Freddy Got Fingered
Ross Anthony
Of course he s gross vile and pitiful yet somehow repulsively endearing 
2.5
Freddy Got Fingered
Emily Blunt
Hated it so much so very very much
0
The Man With Nine Lives
Matt Brunson
A trippy tale 46 
3
Romeo Is Bleeding
Tom Meek
The result is a total delectable mess that likely has a drinking game embedded in it somewhere 
2.5
Romeo Is Bleeding
Matt Brunson
Lena Olin delivers a bravura performance that overwhelms everything else in the picture much like a tsunami laying way to a seaside shack 
2
Romeo Is Bleeding
Leonard Schwarz
Cynicism greed and wonderfully florid dialogue radiate throughout every scene in director Peter Medak s quirky and constantly inventive new film noir 
3
Romeo Is Bleeding
Chris Hicks
Extremely uneven 
2
Romeo Is Bleeding
James Berardinelli
A satire that has the unfortunate tendency to take itself too seriously 
2
Romeo Is Bleeding
Roger Ebert
An exercise in overwrought style and overwritten melodrama and proof that a great cast cannot save a film from self destruction 
2
Let the Little Light Shine
Matt Fagerholm
An explosively powerful and superbly crafted documentary 46 
4
Delinquent
Joe Bob Briggs
All it is is a pretty dang good two hours that will have you guessing right up till the end That s worth something right 
3
Honey & Clover
Maureen M. Hart
Sho Sakurai is the Michael Cera of Japan as the lovestruck hero of Honey and Clover directed by Masahiro Takasa from the popular Japanese comic by Chica Umino 
3
Sorcerer
Brian Eggert
Sorcerer pokes and prods its audience throughout 44 both viscerally and existentially 44 forcing our complete emotional involvement and eventual exhaustion 46 
4
Sorcerer
Clayton Dillard
Friedkin s cyclical almost Kafkaesque insistence that politics revolves around now globalized corporate power delegating hired guns to do under the table bidding across national boundaries announces itself through the soundscape 
4
Sorcerer
David Nusair
a palpably overlong drama that s rife with superfluous scenes and subplots 
2.5
The Captive
V.A. Musetto
La Captive is so good that it makes amends for A Couch in New York Akerman s simply dreadful 1996 English language love story 
3
The Captive
Jeremy Heilman
It s like an even more inert version of Antonioni s L Avventura without the overriding mystery that made that film so compelling and enduring 
3
White Line Fever
Roger Ebert
White Line Fever is a movie demonstrating that while I know little about trucking the film s maker arguably know less 
2
Mortuary
David Nusair
There apos s little doubt that Mortuary strikes all the wrong notes right from the get go 46 46 46 
1
The Pirate
Mattie Lucas
Its metatheatrical musical stylings border on the avant garde under Minelli s nimble direction and while the film certainly has some cringe worthy sexual politics in hindsight it s also a much better film than its reputation suggests 
3.5
The Pirate
Matt Brunson
It s certainly cumbersome in spots but some zesty musical numbers and spirited performances help carry it over the finish line 
3
The Pirate
Josh Larsen
Judy Garland at her sexiest and most comedic all at once 
3
The Pirate
Dan Callahan
The Pirate takes place in some Caribbean of the mind with lots of shadows and lace and high mantillas and it s all about the promise of sex the film keeps tapping into a nervous adolescent sort of fear and desire 
3
#SquadGoals
Roger Moore
Drab serial killer in high school thriller 
1
Burning Secret
Roger Ebert
Burning Secret is one of those dark brooding European dramas in which carriages are always arriving in the snow and it s warm inside the chateau but cold in the hearts of the characters 
2
One Nite in Mongkok
G. Allen Johnson
This sharply edited melodramatic and sometimes violent thriller shows a succulently seamy side of Hong Kong not often seen in movies 
3
Daddy
David Nusair
note worthy thanks to an early appearance from Ben Affleck hamming it up even in his career s infancy 
2
The Hangover
Alan French
Galifianakis went from being an alt comedy idol to a mainstream pop culture figure The Hangover still feels like a breath of fresh air 
3
The Hangover
Wesley Lovell
It s good for wasting time and pondering the absurdity of not so random events but not for much else 
2
The Hangover
Peter Canavese
The stupid fun of The Hangover is worth experiencing at least once Blu ray 
2.5
The Hangover
Jordan Hiller
Todd Philips who wrote and directed Road Trip and Old Scool wrote Borat and even plays the coked out Israeli dude in the elevator in The Hangover has had his finger on the pulse of modern comedy cinema for a decade 
3
The Hangover
Michael Dequina
The raucous raunchy laughs are indeed plentiful and the gags often outrageous but what really drives the film is the unpredictability of the script 
3.5
The Hangover
Sonny Bunch
Leave the kids at home round up a group of guys and head out to the theater for a good time 
3
The Hangover
David Keyes
It is easily the most unlabored comedy of the recent past But seriously how many times has a story like this been told 
2.5
The Hangover
Mike Scott
It is classless it is tasteless it is idiotic it is juvenile and it is something your mother totally wouldn t approve of But it also is flat out hilarious 
3
The Hangover
Linda Cook
Who knew that we needed a Dude Where s My Car for grownups 
3.5
The Hangover
Wilson Morales
The Hangover is an outrageous entertaining laugh out loud classic from beginning to end 
3.5
The Hangover
Lori Hoffman
The performances are solid with a special nod to the droll buffoonery of Zach Gilifianakis whose character is out of it even when he is sober and alert 
2.5
The Hangover
Eric Melin
Great casting benefits the movie hugely as does a premise centered around the mystery of what happened but its choppy editing does it no favors 
2.5
The Hangover
John Beifuss
If there s a problem with The Hangover and other films of its ilk it s the at best ambivalent at worst hostile relationship to women 
3
The Hangover
Nick Rogers
Just as a marriage is built on love and promises kept so can a bromance The Hangover honors and cherishes that idea in slickness and stealth and will have audiences unsure of how to say Zach Galifianakis but certain he s a star 
3.5
The Hangover
Kam Williams
A picture which periodically pushes the envelope further than the average moviegoer is probably capable of stomaching via ill advised departures into such taboo subjects as child molestation all in search of a cheap joke 
2
The Hangover
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unlike last years rather uninspiring What Happens in Vegas the hysterical The Hangover actually ends up doing Sin City proud 
3
The Hangover
David Nusair
the movie suffers from a variety of problems that are ultimately exacerbated by Phillips progressively desperate efforts at wringing laughs out of material that could hardly be more tedious 
2
The Hangover
Keith Cohen
The guilty pleasure comedy hit of the summer has arrived This could be the breakout role for Galifianakis 
3
The Hangover
Matt Brunson
This represents the worst sort of pandering slop the type that appeases impressionable audiences who don t even realize they re being insulted 
1.5
The Hangover
Gina Carbone
It s just funny pretty much from start to finish or at least whenever Zach Galifianakis Fat Jesus is on screen 
3
The Hangover
Mike McGranaghan
The script is really a marvel of invention as it finds myriad ways to sink the characters deeper and deeper into the abyss and this is where many of the film s biggest laughs come into play 
3.5
The Hangover
Willie Waffle
Helms Cooper and Galafianakis are a great comedy trio with each one bringing a different element to the movie 
3.5
The Hangover
Tyler Hanley
Who knew a Hangover could be so much fun 
3.5
The Hangover
Michael Phillips
The movie smells like a hit but honestly Helms excepted did it need to be quite so blandly cast or quite so lamely raunchy 
1.5
The Hangover
Christian Toto
It s a dizzying array of bawdy set pieces buoyed by a eclectic cast 
3
The Hangover
Rob Nelson
The Hangover like the condition for which it s named has some spirited moments but more often it stumbles and slurs regurgitating earlier pleasures and praying for the fog to lift 
2
The Hangover
Kyle Smith
Memento meets Old School It s party time 
3
The Hangover
David Frese
If there is any justice in the universe The Hangover will make Zach Galifianakis a household name 
3
The Hangover
Stephen Whitty
Every summer needs at least one silly dirty comedy but The Hangover may end up being one of the few to actually get the mix right 
3
The Hangover
Rafer Guzman
Surprisingly funny and smartly acted 
2.5
The Hangover
Carla Meyer
It distinguishes itself from other what happens in Vegas comedies practically a subgenre at this point by setting an especially vivid scene and telling an actual story instead of pasting together random shenanigans the way many modern comedies do 
2.5
The Hangover
Lisa Kennedy
Early in this unraveling adventure a Vegas tourist quips Some guys just can t handle Vegas Yeah we know a couple writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore 
2
The Hangover
Michael Sragow
Surrender your soul to its foul mesh of cheap cleverness and vulgarity and you howl like a delighted demon Resist and you feel all sense and sensibility being crushed in its cogs 
1.5
The Hangover
Mick LaSalle
The funniest movie so far this year 
3
The Hangover
Moira MacDonald
The Hangover should be a huge hit this summer for laugh starved audiences happily it delivers 
3
The Hangover
Chris Hewitt
Keep your expectations low and you ll be amused 
2.5
The Hangover
Bruce DeMara
A strong cast a quirky script with some unexpected twists and a steady hand from the director s chair make this a desert ride on the wild side a worthy road trip 
3
The Hangover
Duane Dudek
It is a situation comedy dressed in narrative clothing and the story it tells is less amusing than the high concept premise 
2.5
The Hangover
Erik Childress
With The Hangover Todd Phillips has officially become the Uwe Boll of comedy 
0.5
The Hangover
Dustin Putman
A glib drab fatally unfunny study in mean spirited mediocrity Goes down about as easily as Benadryl spiked with tequila 
1
The Hangover
Liam Lacey
Outrageousness proves hard to sustain and after a stomach lurchingly quick start The Hangover slows down and by the third act fizzes out like Alka Seltzer in a highball glass 
2
The Hangover
Steven Rea
Phillips with a script credited to Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and with loads of loose limbed interpretations from the cast captures the amity among a group of grown men set loose without spouses girlfriends or sobriety to hinder them Or help 
3
The Hangover
Peter Travers
The Hangover ain t art but Phillips has shaped the hardcore hilarity into the summer party movie of all our twisted dreams 
3.5
The Hangover
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Would I have liked this film better if I went in cold having never seen the trailer Perhaps but I ll never know 
2
The Hangover
James Berardinelli
Unlike most so called comedies this one can claim the virtue of being reasonably funny 
3
The Hangover
Kit Bowen
While I m not saying you have to be hungover to appreciate The Hangover having a wild night out before seeing this the next day might enhance this hilarious experience 
3.5
The Hangover
Robert Levin
An energetic jaunt through ribald territory centered on the theory that some guys just can t handle Vegas 
3
The Hangover
Rene Rodriguez
The Hangover remains unrepentantly irresponsible and hilarious throughout culminating with what could be the funniest montage ever to grace a picture s end credits The summer s first sleeper hit has arrived 
3
The Hangover
Jeff Vice
As goofy and strange as the situations become we wouldn t have any investment in this sometimes distasteful silliness if we didn t like these guys 
3
The Hangover
Ty Burr
The latest in the wave of post Judd Apatow Bad Lad comedies The Hangover is rowdy scurrilous and for about three quarters of its running time a lot more hilarious than it has any right to be 
3
The Hangover
Claudia Puig
Though the film falters toward the end The Hangover is a side splitting adventure you ll still be laughing about the morning after 
3
The Hangover
Joe Williams
The payoff to the mysteries isn t nearly as interesting as the setup and the ending of the movie is disappointingly squishy But while it s riding a hot streak The Hangover is a rush 
3
The Hangover
Roger Ebert
Now this is what I m talkin about The Hangover is a funny movie flat out all the way through Its setup is funny Every situation is funny
3.5
The Hangover
Joe Lozito
As forgettable as a night of hard drinking this frat level comedy is good for a few laughs but never quite gels 
2.5
The Hangover
Greg Maki
Just might be the funniest movie of the decade 
4
The Hangover
Michael A. Smith
I think I can safely predict that The Hangover will join March s I Love You Man as one of the funniest films of the year 
3.5
The Hangover
Nick Schager
Director Phillips wrings his scenario for consistent semi dark humor letting his odd couple leads go for broke and wielding mystery as a comedic spur that keeps the proceedings from dragging 
2.5
Cast a Dark Shadow
James Kendrick
The narrative drags a bit in the middle but Bogarde is always on hand to inject some nasty energy
2.5
Cast a Dark Shadow
Matt Brunson
The ending could be stronger but Margaret Lockwood is a standout 
3
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Kathy Fennessy
At 75 minutes it handily keeps dull stretches at bay but a longer run time might have resulted in a more well rounded portrait A strong optional selection 
2.5
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Lisa Trifone
At just about 80 minutes there isn t much to this biographical documentary but there is more than enough to honor this quirky performer s legacy and lasting impact 
2.5
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Peter Canavese
A celebratory documentary of an original artist who made this space for weirdness in popular culture A wild ride a shock and a gift that this movie exists 
3
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Sheila O'Malley
The documentary makes a valiant and not entirely successful stab at contextualizing Tiny Tim 
2.5
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Roger Moore
A compelling and very entertaining portrait of a showbiz original
3.5
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Joel Selvin
There was never anything like Tiny Tim not before or since and as the film makes clear his character was anything but an act 
3
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Christian Toto
The falsetto powered crooner s life is more fascinating than this cursory glance 
2.5
All Over Me
Rob Blackwelder
There may not be a more personal and affecting film this year 
4
All Over Me
Joe Baltake
Alex and Sylvia Sichel have taken a familiar coming of age story something that might work as an Afterschool Special and given it the contour grit and white hot energy of something much more 
3.5
All Over Me
James Berardinelli
Part of the reason All Over Me possesses such a stark sense of realism is because of the keenly observed unaffected performances of the lead actors 
3.5
Metropolis
Brian Eggert
Metropolis contains such magnificent visuals that all else about the film recedes allowing its all consuming mythical status to take over 
4
Metropolis
Jami Bernard
Each frame of this classic is drop dead stunning 
4
Metropolis
Michael Sragow
Lang is at fever pitch Although the film is renowned for its architecture and thus has a reputation for being static what makes it seductive is how much organic energy Lang and his collaborators put into the imagery 
4
Metropolis
John Beifuss
A visionary science fiction spectacle a still relevant dramatization of class warfare a pulp nightmare of Freudian Marxist Christian symbolism and Expressionist Futurist Old Testament imagery and a source of inspiration for Nazis and Utopians alike 
4
Metropolis
Joe Williams
A fully realized work of art whose influence on science fiction set design and symbolism can scarcely be put into words 
4
Metropolis
Ty Burr
Here s a coincidence The first must see movie of 2010 is also the must see movie of 1927 The difference is that you can actually see it now Or most of it 
4
Metropolis
Kent Turner
How did we make sense of the film before 
4
Metropolis
Simon Abrams
The recent discovery of 25 minutes of lost footage from Fritz Lang s Metropolis is cause for celebration 
4
Metropolis
Lou Lumenick
The extended version the additional footage is easy to spot because it s rather worn and a slightly different size provides more of the extraordinary performance by the teenage Helm 
4
Metropolis
Josh Larsen
isn t simply an industrial spectacle however Much of it is just plain weird 
4
Metropolis
James O'Ehley
A hugely influential sci fi classic 
3.5
Metropolis
Marta Barber
The stunning cinematography made crisper by present day technology and the film s overall visual concept continue to make your jaw drop with admiration 
4
Metropolis
Terry Lawson
The restoration eliminates nearly all the distracting cracks and splices and stabilizes images that were previously jittery allowing us to admire them in all their complex glory 
4
Metropolis
David Elliott
The acting is campy the airplanes quaint but Metropolis defines fearful futurism 
4
Metropolis
Mark Rahner
See it on the big screen while you can or risk the wrath of Moloch 
4
Metropolis
Bob Strauss
The story has lost none of its metaphorical punch 
4
Metropolis
Steve Rhodes
Operatic in scale story and music the movie is an incredible treat 
4
Metropolis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This restoration is one of the great things to happen to movies in the last ten years 
4
Metropolis
Mick LaSalle
A masterpiece of art direction the movie has influenced our vision of the future ever since 
4
Metropolis
Tor Thorsen
Although many shots are out of focus face it movie cameras were still evolving in 1927 some scenes look like they could have been shot last week which makes Lang s achievement all the more awe inspiring 
4
Metropolis
Wesley Morris
None of the film s many imitators has achieved something this immediately magnificent 
4
Metropolis
Michael Wilmington
Trashy and glorious the restored Metropolis is a pop epic for the ages 
4
Metropolis
Dale Thomajan
Moralistic science fiction at its maddest Fritz Lang s ambitious silent classic Metropolis still has the power to impress us with its inspired art direction and its expressionistic vision 
4
Metropolis
David Keyes
A haunting vision with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations 
4
Metropolis
Roger Ebert
Few films have ever been more visually exhilarating 
4
Metropolis
Ted Prigge
A wonderfully crafted satire all wrapped around with awesome visuals and great effects 
4
Behind the Candelabra
Rich Heldenfels
Excellent performances by Douglas and Damon highlight this tale of love and need 
3.5
Behind the Candelabra
Robert Bianco
Buffed to a typical HBO high gloss Candelabra is a visual feast It shines brightest in those moments where it captures the rhythms of a relationship in its first blush of affection and its seemingly inevitable collapse 
3.5
Behind the Candelabra
Chris Cabin
Thematic kin to Clint Eastwood s terrific J Edgar Behind the Candelabra is powerful funny and emotionally rigorous and though it might act as a fiery and forceful resignation it also serves as an uncommonly heartfelt Dear John letter 
3.5
Behind the Candelabra
Linda Stasi
Douglas manages to take a real life cartoon character and make him into a sometimes kind often cruel real person 
3
Behind the Candelabra
Robert Levin
Douglas doesn t just mimic Liberace s mannerisms He transforms the quiet moments into an affecting portrait of a performer whose time in the spotlight is ending 
3
Behind the Candelabra
Lori Rackl
Half the fun of Behind the Candelabra is watching these two Hollywood heavyweights deftly tackle roles that could have been career enders not that long ago 
3.5
Unlikely
Alan Zilberman
The directors rely on gimmicky imagery and cloying musical cues using Andra Day s Rise Up so often that its refrain begins to sound borderline cynical 
1
Black Snow
Roger Moore
The worn and world weary screen presence of Ricardo Darn has become as sure a guarantee of quality as any actor in the South American cinema 
2.5
I'll Be There
Roger Moore
Hasn t a bloody laugh in it 
1.5
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
David Nusair
an informative primer on an aspect of the movie business most people rarely think about 
2.5
Mosquito State
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shot for shot it s beautifully made but unfortunately those pieces just don t seem to come together 
2.5
Mosquito State
Randy Myers
It makes for an interesting experiment more than a satisfying movie 
2
Mosquito State
Simon Abrams
What s really wrong with Richard is that he s a boring monster 
1
Mosquito State
Chuck Bowen
The film hauntingly suggests that a man s most rational move in a rigged society is to fade away into the ecosystem 
2.5
Mosquito State
Roger Moore
A visually arresting fascinating failure that may have you reaching for the calamine lotion before it s over 
2
First Cow
Brian Eggert
A beautifully observed film whose outward simplicity gives way to a thoughtful exploration of capitalism and the relationship between humanity and the natural world 
4
First Cow
Mattie Lucas
The premise almost seems laughable but Reichardt uses it as a jumping off point for a disarmingly tragic deconstruction of the American dream and the exploitation upon which it is built 
3.5
First Cow
Jason Fraley
Kelly Reichardt s pacing is blissfully patient as her camera holds for painterly compositions where the natural world exists before and after the humans enter and exit the frame 
4
First Cow
Matt Brunson
In its immersion into a particular time and place it s reminiscent of McCabe and Mrs Miller and it draws another parallel with its understated notion that the frontier was not particularly kind to dreamers inventors or Good Samaritans 
3.5
First Cow
Bryant Frazer
Impressively rich with period detail and finely drawn characters 
4
First Cow
Cate Marquis
an affecting thoughtful bittersweet tale that warm us with its contemplative portrait of friendship while it chills us with its economic brutality 
4
First Cow
Rob Thomas
First Cow is a poignant tale of friendship and innovation and the difficulty of sustaining both in a harsh dog eat dog environment 
4
First Cow
Robert Horton
If this isn t the best movie of the year it will serve until something else comes along But seriously it might be the best movie of the year 
4
First Cow
Michael Phillips
I ve said this before about Reichardt s films and for whatever reason I feel the need to say it again First Cow will strike some viewers as too little in terms of dramatic machinery Whatever 
4
First Cow
Rosalie Kicks
This cow caper may not quickly unravel but I had fun watching the scenario play out 
3
First Cow
Peter Canavese
Convincingly transports us to 19th century frontier America while keeping one foot firmly planted in our not so evolved 21st century landscape 
3.5
First Cow
Roger Moore
One to be savored 
3
First Cow
Jeff Mitchell
First Cow grazes into a long winded but mesmerizing underdog story
2.5
First Cow
Steven Prokopy
Like all of Reichardt s films the level of authenticity of both the location and the relationships are what sell the story
3.5
First Cow
Richard Roeper
A small story that also inspires awe 
3.5
First Cow
Kathleen Sachs
First Cow is especially accomplished in its aesthetic 
3
First Cow
Mark Dujsik
Despite its opening scene the film isn t about death and doom First Cow is too busy admiring these characters determination and establishing their friendship 
3
First Cow
Tom Meek
With Kelly Reichardt behind the lens you know it s not going to go in a pat or predictable direction 
3
First Cow
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Reichardt is a master cinematic tactician the subtlety of her mise en scène masking deep metaphysical explorations of our place in the world 
4
First Cow
Ty Burr
First Cow is as confident and organic as storytelling gets as rough edged as it is in style it s absurdly rich in ripple effect 
3.5
First Cow
Ann Hornaday
We might go into a Kelly Reichardt movie thinking we ll be told a story but we emerge with our consciousness subtly and radically altered 
4
First Cow
Matthew Passantino
First Cow isn t likely to convert those unfamiliar to Reichardt s work and that s a shame because it is another work of beauty 
3.5
First Cow
Mick LaSalle
First Cow is the real thing a genuine work of art But for too much of its running time it s agonizingly slow and the story is almost entirely without suspense 
2.5
First Cow
Barry Hertz
You hold your breath and convince yourself that the inevitable isn t arriving And all Reichardt offers to comfort you is a remarkable quiet 
3.5
First Cow
Josh Larsen
In First Cow history is at once engrossing and mundane 
3.5
First Cow
Allison Shoemaker
It is somehow both brutal and pastoral peaceful and laced through with the inevitability of disaster and death 
4
First Cow
Rene Sanchez
Reichardt explores the meaning of the American Dream through this contemplative humanistic and profound parable Full Review in Spanish 
4
First Cow
Joey Magidson
A combination of Kelly Reichardt s skills and the performances of both of her leads especially John Magaro make First Cow one of her most accessible movies 
3
First Cow
Jake Coyle
The joys of First Cow are many The thoughtful unshowy textures of its clothes and surroundings The fabulous chemistry of its two leads The softly stirring guitar of William Tyler s score 
4
First Cow
Katie Walsh
A story about the power of money in a world where money hardly seems useful The power it accumulates is like a runaway train snowballing and steamrolling the delicate webs of connection that humans so tentatively spin 
4
First Cow
Keith Uhlich
The sense of a nascent community rising up out of the primordial muck is palpable so it s unfortunate that John Magaro and Orion Lee s characters ultimately feel outside it all 
2.5
First Cow
Robert Daniels
A hypnotic yet simple extrapolation of the early American frontier Reichardt s First Cow is as sweet as Cookie s oily cakes 
3.5
Closer to God
Steven Rea
Senese raises weighty issues about the ethics of genetic engineering about the boundaries between science and religion test tubes and the Old Testament 
2.5
Closer to God
Walter V. Addiego
Closer to God is a decently made old school horror film that puts a modern spin on one of the genre s most venerable themes the creation of a human life in a laboratory 
3
Closer to God
Dann Gire
In the end Closer to God opts to drop all its ethical balls in the air in favor of a more traditional horror finale one that sadly is neither shocking nor fun 
2
Closer to God
Mike McGranaghan
Envisions itself as a modern day Frankenstein but quite honestly even Tim Burton s satiric Frankenweenie is a more thoughtful incisive look at the act of playing God 
1
Closer to God
Wes Greene
The end result suggests Re Animator as told through an airless CNN report 
2
Firecrackers
Tomris Laffly
Firecrackers sizzles with the promise of a confident voice behind the camera 
2.5
Firecrackers
Roger Moore
A simple coming of age told with a raw ferocity and fuse burning down dread for the explosions to come 
3
Firecrackers
Peter Howell
One of the best new Canadian films in a long while 
3.5
Firecrackers
Barry Hertz
Firecrackers is not nearly as casually joyful as its title suggests but it is absolutely as incendiary 
4
The Bounty Hunter
Jeff Beck
If only the filmmakers could have made it less tedious and more entertaining then we might have actually cared about the characters In the end The Bounty Hunter is a forgettable film that offers no reward 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Michael Dequina
It s one thing for the leads to not share believable romantic chemistry and then there s the rather sad and lazy display Aniston and Butler put on here not even striking believable negative vibes as a divorced couple 
0
The Bounty Hunter
Sean P. Means
This awkward hybrid of action comedy and romantic comedy was hatched in the marketing department not conceived by storytellers 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
David Nusair
It s becoming increasingly clear that Gerard Butler should probably stay as far away from the romcom genre as possible 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Bounty Hunter is supposed to be a romantic comedy action movie hybrid Hepburn and Tracy in Midnight Run but it fails all genre requirements 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Lori Hoffman
The movie breaks out the usual clichs of the genre There is absolutely no chemistry on screen between Butler and Aniston and the movie is utterly forgettable
2
The Bounty Hunter
Gina Carbone
It s a little sad that in 2010 we still have dated films like this but some movies are just critic proof comfort food You know exactly what you are going to get and that s what you pay for 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Robbie Collin
There s so little chemistry between the two they might as well have cast Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox and had done with it 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Brett Michel
Given the amount of Botox on display would a little Viagra have hurt 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Kam Williams
A great time killer for anybody who needs help being bored 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Mike McGranaghan
Cynically conceived unfunny non romantic sludge 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Keith Cohen
There are lots of scenic shots of Atlantic City The movie satisfies audience expectations of fun and laughter making for an enjoyable date night outing 
2.5
The Bounty Hunter
Mark Dujsik
Piles on distraction after pointless distraction of subplot in an attempt to divert attention away from how formulaic and predictable the main plot is 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Matt Brunson
Gerard Butler once again demonstrates that his comedic instincts are roughly on par with those of a great white shark 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Christian Toto
If Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are indeed a real life couple The Bounty Hunter may be designed to keep the paparazzi off their trail
1
The Bounty Hunter
Liam Lacey
The story of a bail enforcer who captures his newspaper reporter ex wife manages to be both formulaic and patchwork with whatever twinkles that exist between the stars eclipsed by the overall crudeness 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Amy Biancolli
The film is stuffed with these idiosyncratic micro roles I loved Siobhan Fallon Hogan as the bondsman s secretary which prove more diverting than the two main characters 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Mike Scott
The Bounty Hunter works as a just fun enough action comedy that is exactly the movie you think it is 
2.5
The Bounty Hunter
Willie Waffle
Maybe the two are doing the horizontal mambo in real life but the heat doesn t come through on screen and I don t think they are good enough actors to hide it 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Peter Howell
There are two parallel stories Milo s and Nicole s on again off again relationship and those guys with guns who keep shooting at them We know exactly how the first one is going to end and we don t care about the second 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
James Berardinelli
The putrid result never rises even to the lofty heights of mediocrity 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Kyle Smith
Someday The Bounty Hunter and last month s Cop Out will be featured in a cable movie double bill as the two worst 1988 films of 2010 
0.5
The Bounty Hunter
Dan Kois
The filmmakers clearly believe that their tangled storyline is madcap and delightful but each new complication just serves to make us feel as though the blessed end of the movie is creeping further and further away 
0.5
The Bounty Hunter
Chris Hewitt
When I go to a movie I take notes about things that interest me or that I like or that stick out So it s not a good sign that I emerged from The Bounty Hunter with almost nothing written in my notebook 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Stephen Whitty
A so so movie that confuses loving closeups of Aniston s golden highlights with a character and stripped to the six pack shots of Butler with a plot 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Dustin Putman
As a romantic comedy it is ceaselessly unpleasant enough to make anyone consider the allure of living the rest of his or her days in asexual solitude 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Michael A. Smith
The better written role and no surprise the better performance goes to Butler who proves himself a fine comedian 
2.5
The Bounty Hunter
Ethan Alter
These two characters are so aggressively irritating and unlikable the world would be better off with both of them behind bars 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Kara Nesvig
Aniston isn t the world s greatest actress but the main reason The Bounty Hunter stinks is the script 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Sue Pierman
The story like the movie is pretty uninteresting and easily forgotten 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Moira MacDonald
Butler is stuck here playing kind of a jerk so it s hard for him and Aniston to work up much chemistry particularly as she s busy racing from the law in a pencil skirt and heels easily the movie s most impressive stunt 
2
The Bounty Hunter
Carrie Rickey
Tennant aims for a contemporary version of The Thin Man wedding the banter of sparring spouses with sleuth work To say that he falls short of the mark is understatement 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Wesley Morris
Does Columbia Pictures know that a reality television program with a similar name already exists on A E Is it wrong to find that show funnier and more romantic 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Rene Rodriguez
Yes it s every bit as brainless as the trailers suggest 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Calvin Wilson
Perhaps tracking down the folks responsible for this film should be Milo s next assignment 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Josh Larsen
an odd timid movie unsure of its actors and how to use them 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Michael Phillips
This genre has devolved to the point where what I appreciate most in the end is simply not cringing 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Roger Ebert
I stared with glazed eyes at The Bounty Hunter Here is a film with no need to exist 
1.5
The Bounty Hunter
Nick Schager
A stark example of misbegotten chemistry and its resultant pitfalls 
1
The Bounty Hunter
Roger Moore
Aniston doesn t bring her old A game to this But at least she s not quiet and reserved and no energy her approach to too many roles of late 
1.5
One Day
Roger Moore
Ends better than it begins or middles 
2
One Day
Linda Cook
An average romantic dramedy One Day tips its hand so early in the game that you won t be a bit surprised by anything that ensues 
2
One Day
David Nusair
The most entertaining and engrossing romantic film to hit theaters in ages 
4
One Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Such a simple and small premise would and should yield a simple and small movie something not so heavy and epic but more lovely and amazing 
2.5
One Day
Mike Scott
Everything about it is intended to let us know that the emotions in play here are real and nothing to be trifled with Unfortunately it all centers around a relationship that s not so easy to root for 
2.5
One Day
John Beifuss
Movie love stories typically spend most of their running time keeping the lead couple apart until the inevitable final clinch but One Day takes this strategy to an extreme It prolongs the sexual tension for almost TWENTY YEARS 
2
One Day
Scott Nash
I can only assume that something was lost in the translation 
2.5
One Day
Robert Levin
The fractured chronological foundation doesn t translate to film with the character arcs stifled by the fragmented glimpses at their stories 
2.5
One Day
Matt Brunson
It s a high concept gimmick that could go either way and this one ends up parting straight down the middle 
2.5
One Day
Rick Groen
The result is a rom com with ambition keen to actually develop the characters and to mix a few tears with the laughs Well the effort is admirable the movie not so much 
2.5
One Day
Alison Gang
By the time this flat excruciatingly predictable film reaches its drawn out melodramatic and unintentionally comedic ending we ve not only stopped caring about Emma and Dexter we re actively rooting against them 
0.5
One Day
Stephen Whitty
Few films get the strange intertwining bonds of affection quite so effortlessly although the episodic structure keeps the drama from flowing nicely 
3
One Day
Willie Waffle
A gimmick movie where the gimmick hurts the storytelling and possible emotions the audience might feel 
2
One Day
Ann Hornaday
Nicholls has proven a faithful shepherd to his fictional creations who banter and rant at each other with the practiced elan of the aging couple they re clearly meant to be 
2.5
One Day
Chris Hewitt
It suffers from a casting error in one of the two leads and its director seems to have contemplated three or four different endings and then just thrown up her hands and decided to include all of them 
2
One Day
Peter Howell
Long before the credits roll you may find yourself wishing your life could flash before your eyes to end the monotony of this relentless turning of calendar pages 
1.5
One Day
Claudia Puig
Amid sharp banter the film poignantly captures how lives meander and take unexpected turns 
3.5
One Day
Lou Lumenick
There are no sparks whatsoever and that s always a deal breaker for me in romantic films 
2
One Day
Calvin Wilson
Perhaps one day Hathaway and Sturgess will reunite in a more emotionally satisfying romance 
2
One Day
Keith Cohen
This bittersweet drama pulls the rug out from under you after appearing to achieve a satisfactory emotional pairing The terrific musical score by Portman the scenic background locations in Paris London and Edinburgh are the movie s only saving graces 
2
One Day
Dustin Putman
The love story might be the weakest element in an otherwise perceptive drama about the passage of time and the universal struggle to make something of a life that is going by more quickly than we d like 
2.5
One Day
Mick LaSalle
One Day is a beautiful movie but beautiful in a way that life often is not movies 
4
One Day
Moira MacDonald
For much of its running time it somehow fails to capture what makes the book work so well 
2.5
One Day
Lawrence Toppman
Ordinarily I object to previews that lead me to expect one movie yet deliver another But when the picture I get is more complex and thought provoking than the picture I had expected the surprise always leaves me smiling 
3
One Day
Carrie Rickey
The performances are overeager Particularly distracting is Hathaway s accent which is less Yorkshire than New York 
2
One Day
Peter Travers
This tear jerking twaddle adapted by David Nicholls from his 2009 bestseller is nearly as bad as Anne Hathaway s British accent which is heading for infamy 
.5
One Day
Ty Burr
A miscast underwritten drably directed adaptation of a very popular novel it s the feel bad film of the summer and an almost perfect example of how not to turn a book into a movie 
1
One Day
Peter Canavese
One Day s annoying artificiality comes with no compensatory effervescence a requirement of a romantic picture 
1.5
One Day
Duane Dudek
A lump in your throat love story that actually deserves to be called one 
3
One Day
Connie Ogle
One Day turns out to be less about enjoying a traditional happy ending than an admonishment to stop wasting time get on with the business of living and enjoy every single moment with the ones you love 
3
One Day
Michael Phillips
When a movie inflates the importance of a love story that is predominantly comic in tone even with a fair share of grief and loss built into the plot that love story takes on more than it can handle 
2
One Day
Roger Ebert
In a season of movies dumb and dumber One Day has style freshness and witty bantering dialogue 
3
One Day
Matt Pais
Also known as When D Bag Met Sourpuss 
0.5
One Day
Christy Lemire
Hathaway and Sturgess lack the chemistry to make us yearn to see them together They re all wrong for each other physically tonally logically which only makes One Day feel a whole lot longer 
1.5
One Day
Roger Moore
It s a frustrating film never light enough on its feet to be cute never heartfelt enough to achieve You had me at Hello 
2
One Day
Peg Aloi
Hathaway shines as always Patricia Clarkson is a marvel in a key role and Scherfig s masterful treatment of silences surfaces and locations is worth watching 
3
One Day
Una LaMarche
It s a sweet harmless meandering tale with an engaging gimmick but a great love story or a great movie it s not 
2
One Day
Andrew Schenker
For all her clear eyed understanding of life s inevitable disappointments Scherfig can only view her film s romantic angle with a combination of inevitability and gross sentimentality 
2.5
The Split
David Nusair
Filmmaker Gordon Flemyng delivers a fairly brisk thriller that benefits quite substantially from the efforts of an impressively stacked cast 
3
Social Animals
David Nusair
It s clear almost immediately that writer director Theresa Bennett isn t looking to explore uncharted territory here 
2
Social Animals
Susan Wloszczyna
The film desperately tries to be wild and out of control but it ends up as more of a slapdash portrait of cartoony desperation than any sort of realistic depiction of millennial angst when it comes to current day female lifestyle choices 
2
Social Animals
Rick Bentley
Theresa Bennett s tale draws the viewer in because the characters are not stock players in a dark comedy but fully rounded participants 
2.5
Social Animals
Roger Moore
A People s Republic of Austin rom com that s absurd on many levels and not funny on any of them 
1.5
Not of This Earth
John Beifuss
Could be the most effective of Corman s non comic pre Poe films 
3.5
Nadja
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie that deals with unspeakable subjects while keeping a certain ironic distance and using dialogue that seems funny although the characters never seem in on the joke 
2.5
Nadja
James Berardinelli
Hip Cool New Wave Chic These are only some of the adjectives applicable to Michael Almereyda s new take on the vampire legend Of course one other term springs to mind but it isn t nearly as complimentary Pretentious 
2
Nadja
Chris Hicks
The film stumbles with hackneyed plotting uneven performances and a deadly dull centerpiece that goes on forever 
1.5
Nadja
Mick LaSalle
What could have been a brilliant short becomes deadly stretched to feature length 
1
My Step-Dad's a Freakin' Vampire
Robert W. Butler
My beef is that this yarn story by Matheny screenplay by Kyle Mangrum is nowhere near as original as his student film The Scientist 
2.5
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Erik Childress
There are more scenes about the man behind the legend trying to keep his marriage intact than ones about him trying to piece the actual car together 46 
1
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Leo Brady
Lamborghini 58 The Man Behind the Legend is a straightforward telling of a life and missing the personal nuances that could make his story worthy of the cinematic touch 46 
1.5
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Steven Prokopy
The only part of the movie that matches the coolness of a Lamborghini car are the vintage cars themselves 44 which are the definition of elegance both inside and out 46 I wish I could say the same about this barely there film 46 
2
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Mark Dujsik
Lamborghini 58 The Man Behind the Legend barely scratches the surface 46 46 46 
1.5
Theeb
Roger Moore
For all its beauty the stark simplicity of this folk tale with firearms mean it offers few real surprises 
3
Theeb
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Nowar makes good use of the Wolfgang Thaler s experienced camera and the open canvas reminds us of the classic western 
2.5
Theeb
Sean P. Means
The first movie from Jordan to be nominated for a foreign language Oscar Theeb is a stark and affecting drama about a boy growing up fast in the face of war 
3.5
Theeb
Scott Renshaw
Young al Hwietat is impressive at conveying the physical and moral trials Theeb faces in a basic survival narrative 
3
Theeb
Josh Terry
The result is a poignant story that will make you think and a beautiful landscape that will make you marvel 
3
Theeb
Rick Bentley
Nowar s story and locations carry the viewer along a journey of life and death His pacing allows for the emotions associated with both to be absorbed and digested completely It is a film journey well worth taking 
3
Theeb
Ty Burr
The further this strikingly assured debut feature by the British born director Naji Abu Nowar goes along the more it seems a metaphor for fierce self determination an origin story for Middle Eastern discontents 
3.5
Theeb
Marty Mapes
It s not the strongest film but for showing an exotic world through a young boy s eyes it s pretty good 
2.5
Theeb
Ann Hornaday
As the quiet compact vessel for roiling fears and ambivalence Al Hwietat s Theeb winds up being a strikingly memorable character whose deceptively simple tale possesses both haunting power and a whiff of prescient pessimism 
3
Theeb
Anita Katz
Dramatically gripping the movie offers stunning scenery believable characters played largely by nonprofessionals and a valuable picture of the consequences of colonialism 
3
Theeb
David Lewis
A cautionary tale about survival and keeping one s enemies in their place 
3
Theeb
Brad Wheeler
If it is more art house than epic Theeb is classic enough watching the final scene somewhere Sergio Leone smiles and whistles weirdly 
2.5
Theeb
Linda Barnard
The film s delights include nods to classic Westerns and David Lean s Lawrence of Arabia 
3.5
Theeb
Oleg Ivanov
Despite the film s measured pacing and simple plot the story takes several surprising turns confounding viewer expectations throughout 
3
The Yearling
Matt Brunson
The Yearling is a family film for those families who don t mind collectively shedding a tear or two 
3.5
White Riot
Tom Meek
Great footage and a great early look at The Clash on the verge of stardom so good live Given where we are it s also a bit of the past commenting on the now 
3
White Riot
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unlike so many other movies about punk rock White Riot actually looks punk rock with graphics that appear borrowed or homemade 
3
White Riot
Roger Moore
The footage may look dated but the message delivered in print on buttons in punk and reggae songs feels as current as the latest news from the BBC 
3
14 Days in Paradise
Jason Anderson
Intended as a farcical tale of love in a tropical locale 14 Days in Paradise is far too sloppily conceived and executed to do more than strain viewers patience 
1
Father in Israel
Sean P. Means
There s zero tension in Bishop Young s story as every crisis on his path is easily solved with a gentle montage of scriptural consultation and hugs all around 
2
Lou
Roger Moore
As the action tropes quickly devolve into cliches and the hard bitten dialogue lapses into a parade of eye rollers 44 8220 Lou 8221 8212 the movie 44 and the character named after her 8212 loses her mojo 46 
2
Lou
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s very simply a sturdy 44 exciting little film 44 refreshingly female centric and nicely atmospheric 46 
3
Lou
Leo Brady
What Lou turns into is a thrilling hunt 44 with Janney leading the charge as a pissed off lady 44 morphing into a cathartic expression of rage and action 46 
3
Lou
Sara Michelle Fetters
Janney is particularly strong 44 and while I won 8217 t say I needed to see her channeling her inner Liam Neeson 44 now that I 8217 ve done so 44 I 8217 m quite glad this bit of absurd strangeness has miraculously happened 46 
3
Lou
Erik Childress
Allison Janney getting to flex into action hero is kinda fun but she is surrounded by a profoundly silly screenplay and convoluted backstory that warrants better exploration to have a rooting interest in anyone 46 
2
Lou
Steven Prokopy
Naturally 44 it has a somewhat silly and predictable ending 44 but it has its heart and fists in the right place 44 and I 8217 m all ready to start watching Lou 2 as soon as it 8217 s done 46 
2.5
Lou
Brian Tallerico
Allison Janney proves with Lou that she could carry an action movie 46 If only she got one worth carrying 46 
1.5
Lou
Mark Dujsik
Lou succeeds as a to the point and 44 surprisingly 44 character based thriller 46 
3
Phantom
Namrata Joshi
Even if Kabir s heart was in the right place his metaphors get highly mixed up 
1.5
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Glenn Kenny
Not exactly unwatchable but it s also completely not worthy of watching 
1.5
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Rex Reed
As a dramatic postscript to the factors that led to Japanese surrender its power and importance are undeniable 
3
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Roger Moore
Overreaching muddled and not reliably accurate
1.5
The Last Word
Rob Thomas
The Last Word begins with a tart comic premise and then adds heapful after heapful of sugar until the sweetness is almost unbearable 
2
The Last Word
David Nusair
It s disappointing to note then that The Last Word takes a fairly palpable nosedive into irrelevance as it passes the one hour mark 
2
The Last Word
Sean P. Means
If not for the patron saint of spunky dames Shirley MacLaine there would be little to recommend The Last Word a comedy drama that except for MacLaine s quicksilver performance goes exactly where you expect it to go 
2.5
The Last Word
Mark Sommer
It s all pretty predictable but MacLaine and Seyfried alone and together have their moments The two actresses compensate with passion and professionalism in this paint by numbers crowd pleaser 
2.5
The Last Word
Rick Bentley
One day there will be the time to look back at MacLaine s career and this film will help recall her work fondly even in a movie that has so many writing problems 
2
The Last Word
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The Last Word is a mechanically sentimental film about a fiercely unsentimental woman 
1
The Last Word
Peter Canavese
A serious case of the cutes Pellington knows his movie is more or less bad but Shirley there s an audience for it 
2
The Last Word
Gary Thompson
The Last Word is a love letter to MacLaine but respect would have helped the movie more She doesn t need the applause her sharpness skill and timing are obviously intact 
2
The Last Word
Roger Moore
At times insufferably cute
2
The Last Word
Glenn Lovell
Despite the laudable direction and another feisty turn by MacLaine this low budget vehicle fairly buckles under mounting contrivances used to facilitate shifts in tone from bleak to heartfelt to silly
2.5
The Last Word
Anita Katz
The film is a comedy that benefits from the gifts of an effectively typecast Shirley MacLaine but traps her in a story lacking credibility and in a production bereft of emotional truth 
2
The Last Word
Peter Howell
By the time MacLaine s character Harriet shows real humanity all sympathy for her character s loneliness has long since vanished 
2
The Last Word
Julia Cooper
I hope that in the name of her decades spanning career and six Academy Award nominations plus one win we might do MacLaine the small courtesy of forgetting that this pedestrian and dull comedy ever happened 
1
The Last Word
Mick LaSalle
Beyond the contrivance and a gimmicky story that not only would never happen but would never happen in the way it happens here there are positive aspects to The Last Word 
2
The Last Word
Chris Knight
Even when it does something right The Last Word has a tendency to undermine its own success 
1.5
The Last Word
Richard Roeper
Let the plausibility stretching contrivances begin 
1.5
The Last Word
Dann Gire
Nothing happens here we don t see coming Still MacLaine makes it work well on arrival 
3
The Last Word
Michael O'Sullivan
A moribund movie that doesn t have a spontaneous surprising or genuine bone in its body 
0.5
The Last Word
Peter Keough
Treacly and bromidic 
2
The Last Word
Rex Reed
Totally unconvincing contrived and phony as one of those reducing creams that promise to eliminate varicose veins but only give you hives 
2
The Last Word
Glenn Kenny
To get to what s good about The Last Word you re obliged to take it warts and all 
2
The Last Word
Derek Smith
Its main character s transformation isn t significant enough to justify her complete redemption in the eyes of those around her 
1
Fired Up
James Kendrick
the film s one genuine charm is its ridiculous and clever use of nonsensical words and phrases to discuss R rated material under the PG 13 umbrella
2
Fired Up
Charles Koplinski
Fired Up fails to ignite 
1.5
Fired Up
Linda Cook
Just about what you d expect only maybe a little more smutty Fire Up is sort of a lesser junior version of Wedding Crashers combined with Bring It On 
2
Fired Up
Michael Dequina
Plays like a long lost relic of the 1998 2001 teen movie boom 
1.5
Fired Up
James Berardinelli
About the only thing to differentiate this dud of a comedy from the likes of Date Movie Epic Movie and Disaster Movie is the absence of the names Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg on the credits 
1
Fired Up
Gary Brown
Ye gad how old are these actors playing teenagers Oh never mind 
2
Fired Up
Daniel M. Kimmel
Fired Up is the teen sex comedy done right It s fresh it s funny and you won t feel like you need a shower after watching it 
3
Fired Up
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even though I know better the darn thing worked for me and other than a misstep or two towards the end overall I m going to give this one a boisterous shout of approval 
2.5
Fired Up
David Nusair
An affable throwback to the comedies of the 1980s 46 46 46 
3
Fired Up
Perry Seibert
Will Shawn prove his love for her by committing himself to the cheerleading squad Will Carly ever find out that her current boyfriend Dr Rick David Walton is also a lying male slut Will anyone need a trip to the clinic 
1
Fired Up
Patrick Parker
Nicholas D Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen make a hilarious pair If you re under the age of 25 you ll like it 
2.5
Fired Up
Jason Anderson
Sloppy but moderately amusing 
2
Fired Up
Stephen Whitty
Excuse me I hear someone at the gates Must be the barbarians here at last 
1
Fired Up
Lou Lumenick
If this movie were a teenager you d put it on Ritalin right away 
2
Fired Up
Loey Lockerby
The film s misogyny is countered only by its homophobia its male gay characters are mincing idiots while the women could have walked out of a you wish Playboy spread 
1.5
Fired Up
Kamal Al-Solaylee
A teen comedy that views sex as an all you can gorge buffet 
2
Fired Up
Michael Phillips
I didn t half mind Fired Up but half a mind is more than it deserves It s Wedding Crashers with high school seniors and bras and panties as opposed to Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson and copious toplessness 
2
Fired Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All the jokes and the plot go about halfway then pull back in shame unless they re gay jokes in which case anything goes 
1.5
Fired Up
Erik Childress
The Maxim revolution kicks off with Fired Up and the fact that even the now Hammond less skin mag s name is nowhere to be found on the title should tell you that even they are trying to maintain some dignity 
0
Fired Up
Dustin Putman
It goes without saying that Fired Up is predictable but that wouldn t have mattered were there a semblance of reality or charm to the proceedings 
1.5
Fired Up
Willie Waffle
It might not be original but Fired Up makes you laugh
2.5
Fired Up
Claudia Puig
As long as you don t expect too much Fired Up s aim is true enough 
2
Fired Up
Wesley Morris
The movie has no comic or hormonal sensibility of its own every feeling in Fired Up feels borrowed from another comedy television show or pop song 
1.5
Fired Up
Ted Fry
This is a silly little movie that can 
2.5
Fired Up
Roger Ebert
Oh is this movie bad 
1
Fired Up
Rafer Guzman
Bikini clad babes and sniggering humor abound in the teen sex comedy Fired Up but so do some other things namely a charming cast glimmers of intelligence and a sweetly youthful spirit 
2.5
Fired Up
Brandy McDonnell
As guilty pleasures go Fired Up ranks right up there with supersize cheeseburgers trashy romance novels and deep fried Snickers bars 
2.5
Fired Up
Nick Schager
Fired Up plays like a direct to video American Pie sequel 
1
Line of Credit
Steve Macfarlane
Georgian filmmaker Salome Alexi s superb Line of Credit delicately skewers its characters expectations for the post Soviet good life 
3.5
Deadstream
Mike McGranaghan
What apos s really admirable is that the film can scare you and make you laugh in the exact same beat when it wants to 46 
3.5
Deadstream
Isaac Feldberg
It apos s hard not to begrudgingly admire a film as committed to its deliriously silly bit as Deadstream 46 
2.5
Deadstream
Brian Eggert
The Winters have delivered a deliriously entertaining 44 thrill a minute experience that 8217 s full of creative tricks and comic setups 46 
3
Deadstream
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film doesn 8217 t quite live up to its promising premise and handful of clever camera gimmicks 46 
2
Deadstream
Roger Moore
It finishes better than it begins 44 if that 8217 s any consolation 46 
2
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Robert Levin
Bright Lights deepens our understanding of who these people were why they mattered and what their oft examined and perhaps misunderstood bond might have been really all about 
4
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Sheila O'Malley
A tender human and very very funny portrait of Hollywood royalty 
4
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Richard Roeper
t s a beautifully filmed whip smart perfectly edited love letter to a legendary mother daughter duo that respects and honors their relationship without sugarcoating their troubled and checkered history 
4
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Robert Rorke
Bright Lights an affectionate and intimate documentary produced and directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens gives a more balanced view of one of show business s famous mother daughter duos 
3.5
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
David Wiegand
The film is surprisingly revealing given the fact that its two subjects in both similar and individual ways are playing for the audience 
4
The Story of My Wife
Steven Prokopy
I wanted desperately to care about these two individually and as a couple but the film doesn t allow that and that keeps it from being the epic romance its running time would have us believe it is 
2
Dragonball: Evolution
Linda Cook
A contender for the worst movie of the year was released in April 
0
Dragonball: Evolution
Sara Michelle Fetters
No its unforgivable flaw is that it is boring and the only emotion I could work up after exiting the theater was a yawn 
1.5
Dragonball: Evolution
Jennie Punter
There are a few entertaining fight scenes But there is also uneven CGI bad dialogue and a host of clichd moments that make Dragonball Evolution just another disappointing matinee movie 
1
Dragonball: Evolution
Joel Brown
The giddy anything goes spirit of Japanese manga comics and Hong Kong martial arts flicks animates Dragonball Evolution Not enough to make it a good movie mind you but enough so you won t hate yourself if you sit through it with the kids 
2
Dragonball: Evolution
Frank Ochieng
Wong s noxious narrative is nothing more than a hyperactive hackjob that may appease some 10 year old boy grasping his Jackie Chan action figure A cobbled together canker soar of a fantasy
1
Dragonball: Evolution
Dustin Putman
A few times each year a movie comes along that makes the viewer just want to shake his or her head in disbelief at the ineptitude that has found its way to the screen Dragonball Evolution is amazing in its badness 
.5
Dragonball: Evolution
Leigh Paatsch
A hyperactively messy little adventure fantasy in which movement is everything and meaning means nothing 
2
Dragonball: Evolution
Chris Hewitt
Chintzy effects badly overdubbed dialogue an idiotic script and a cave set that looks exactly like the caves on log flume rides 
1
Dragonball: Evolution
Rob Humanick
A more accurately descriptive moniker would have been Dragonball Stagnation 
1
The Misguided
Roger Moore
Never bought into the characters or the scenarios the script puts them in
1.5
Married to It
Mick LaSalle
Arthur Hiller directed this muddied comic study of the marital crises of three different couples who are close friends It s an odd mix of honesty and dishonesty cliché and insight 
2
Married to It
Roger Ebert
Married to It has its heart in the right place and wants desperately to shed light and sympathy on the challenges of modern marriage but the screenplay marches from scene to scene as if solving a jigsaw puzzle 
2
An Encounter With Simone Weil
Kalvin Henely
Ultimately the film doesn t feel like it ever left Julia Haslett s head leaving us a little cold 
2
Irreplaceable You
Roger Moore
Just lies there
2
Irreplaceable You
Sheila O'Malley
The film itself seems to be in denial about its own story 
2
La última película
Wes Greene
The film isn t so much about the end of cinema as it is about the people who abuse the medium and their subjects for their own political agenda 
3.5
Derailroaded
V.A. Musetto
You don t have to be crazy to sing like Larry Wild Man Fischer subject of Josh Rubin s reverential documentary Derailroaded but it helps 
3
Derailroaded
Tom Keogh
You don t have to be a fan of Larry Wild Man Fischer s batty songs to appreciate Josh Rubin s compassionate portrait 
3
A Space Program
Walter V. Addiego
The film is both a testimonial to and a send up of the all American can do spirit and a salute to what Sachs and Neistat call the analog era 
4
A Space Program
Soren Andersen
A disarmingly delightful out of this world trip 
3.5
A Space Program
Clayton Dillard
The film s larger purpose be it about the ardor of handmade crafts or artist Tom Sachs s artistic ambitions never emerges with any consistent focus 
2.5
Alila
David Nusair
Gitai has populated the story with one unlikable character after another making it impossible for the viewer to connect with anything on screen 
2
Alila
Liam Lacey
It s too acerbic to be funny and too detached to be really moving 
2.5
Alila
V.A. Musetto
Gitai records the comings and goings with a keen eye 
3
There's Always Tomorrow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A full on masterpiece 
4
There's Always Tomorrow
David Nusair
a deliberately paced yet mostly engaging narrative that boasts its fair share of soap opera friendly plot developments and character revelations 
3
Like Father
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Miller generally does an effective job of drawing the viewer into the less than innovative storyline 
3
Like Father
Oliver Jones
Bell and Grammer s characters are so fuzzily rendered that they create no sparks when they butt heads in close quarters 
1
Like Father
Richard Roeper
Bell and Grammer are wonderful playing off one another Funny when the moment calls for funny authentic and believable when the moment calls for substantive drama 
3
Like Father
Roger Moore
Laugh free Royal Caribbean ad masquerading as a sentimental daughter daddy bonding comedy
1.5
Like Father
Nell Minow
There are traces here of a more ambitious less predictable film 
2.5
Superman: Doomsday
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Timm and co manage to create one of the better Superman films to date with animation that takes an edgier angle on the past Timm style 
3.5
Last Dance
Carrie Rickey
It s a rare window on an artistic collaboration 
3
Last Dance
Christine Temin
Rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results Last Dance whatever its flaws fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether in this case that s true 
2.5
Last Dance
Clive Barnes
Discursive but oddly riveting documentary 
3
Of Unknown Origin
Matt Brunson
Flawed but not without interest 
2.5
Of Unknown Origin
David Nusair
It s ultimately clear that Of Unknown Origin might ve worked as a half hour short yet is simply unable to sustain an 88 minute running time 
1.5
The Distinguished Gentleman
Roger Ebert
This is screwball material and Murphy with his quick delivery is ideal for a laughaminute roller coaster but director Jonathan Lynn seems to stretch out the scenes instead of hurrying them along 
2
4 Life
Michael Dequina
One can only wonder why people like Wood Harris attached themselves to something so sloppily slapped together 
0
A Very Brady Sequel
Mal Vincent
They re no Partridge Family which is all to the good 
3
A Very Brady Sequel
Betsy Bozdech
It s fluff but that s what you expect from the Bradys well that and Astroturf anyway 
3
A Very Brady Sequel
Michael Dequina
Breezy fun but probably only a safe moviegoing bet for camp connoisseurs Brady maniacs and fans of the first film 
2.5
A Very Brady Sequel
Bill Chambers
A funnier movie than its predecessor its detours into surrealism and kink are richer and braver 
3.5
A Very Brady Sequel
Roger Ebert
I didn t laugh much during A Very Brady Sequel but I did smile a lot 
2.5
A Very Brady Sequel
James Berardinelli
No incarnation of the Brady Bunch no matter how cleverly satirized can use up an hour and a half s screen time without making the audience feel like they ve overdosed 
2
A Very Brady Sequel
Steve Rhodes
I did laugh a little 
1.5
A Very Brady Sequel
Susan Wloszczyna
Still delivers diverting comic fluff for the bland clan s fans 
2.5
A Very Brady Sequel
Jeff Vice
As far as parodies are concerned this one just isn t particularly funny 
1.5
Stuart Little 2
Namrata Joshi
No doubt it can be a perfect escapist fare if you re riddled with self doubts and is fairly delightful even though you know that the reality outside the 70 odd minutes is not so rosy 
2
Stuart Little 2
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fluffy mindless but ultimately cute sequel to a lame original that failed to register with me 
2
Stuart Little 2
David Nusair
unusually enjoyable 
3
Stuart Little 2
Michael Dequina
Click to read review
2
Stuart Little 2
Margaret A. McGurk
The mouse with the voice of Michael J Fox is still charming 
3
Stuart Little 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pequea muestra del entretenimiento familiar que vale la pena disfrutar en medio de la magia que representa una sala de cine
3
Stuart Little 2
Linda Cook
Stuart s got a new girl a new plane and some old friends this time around 
3
Stuart Little 2
David Keyes
a silly but amusing package of innocence fantasy adventure and color 
3
Stuart Little 2
Ian Mantgani
I still can t relate to Stuart He s a mouse for cryin out loud and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough 
2
Stuart Little 2
Mike McGranaghan
Stuart Little 2 recaptures all the warmth and humor that made the original so much fun 
3
Stuart Little 2
Jonathan R. Perry
A fresh faced big hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand 
3
Stuart Little 2
Frank Ochieng
Stuart Little 2 will have audiences young and old running in a maze there s nothing cheesy about this frothy four legged fellow and his quest for acceptance
3
Stuart Little 2
Dustin Putman
There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 quite a rarity even in the family film market Eventually it wins you over 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Ted Fry
This installment is a much bigger Little adventure with all the ingredients of the heartwarming original excitement humor awesome computer graphics thrust into high gear 
3
Stuart Little 2
Mick LaSalle
Stuart is like every beloved pet we ever wished we could talk to 
3
Stuart Little 2
Mary Kalin-Casey
Minkoff compensates for a lack of narrative and thematic originality with glorious art direction ample energy and abundant tongue in cheek humor 
3
Stuart Little 2
Gene Seymour
As immaculate as Stuart Little 2 is it could be a lot better if it were well more adventurous 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Lou Lumenick
Has a lot more stupid action and a lot less heart than the character driven original 
1.5
Stuart Little 2
Loey Lockerby
There s a limit to how much sweetness anyone should be expected to take 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Susan Stark
Like the hugely successful first film the sequel provides pleasant engaging if largely disposable entertainment for the general audience 
2
Stuart Little 2
John Monaghan
This follow up to the 1999 family hit knows exactly what its audience wants action charm and eye popping visuals 
3
Stuart Little 2
Steven Rosen
Significantly better than its 2002 children s movie competition 
3
Stuart Little 2
Evan Henerson
I hate the fact that the late E B White who with Stuart Little created a decidedly off beat children s story still has his name attached to this nonsense 
1.5
Stuart Little 2
Ty Burr
An overcalculated up to the minute kid flick that buries the book s mysteries under a pile of noise misguided action sequences and product placements for the PlayStation 2 
1.5
Stuart Little 2
Jennie Punter
Vacillating between sappy and snappy Stuart Little 2 is featherweight family fare perfectly timed for viewers with short attention spans 
2
Stuart Little 2
Krisy Gashler
It s another fanciful joyously unbelievable feel good film about the orphaned mouse adopted by a loving human family 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
John Kehe
America s unlikeliest new action hero isn t a 20 something arachnid but a five inch mouse with a heart as big as Central Park 
3.5
Stuart Little 2
Roger Ebert
Yes reader I enjoyed the movie in its innocent way 
3
Stuart Little 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
So aggressively cheery that Pollyana would reach for a barf bag 
2
Stuart Little 2
Sue Pierman
This 72 minute film does have some exciting scenes but it s a tad slow 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Chris Hewitt
In every department the new movie is a blander affair than the first 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Carrie Rickey
This follow up boasts most of the felicities of the original 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Tony Toscano
Don t wait to see this terrific film with your kids if you don t have kids borrow some 
4
Stuart Little 2
Christine Dolen
Lane s Snowbell is the cat s meow the best and for many grown ups the only reason to see Stuart Little 2 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Glenn Lovell
We re talking instant family classic here folks 
4
Stuart Little 2
Mary F. Pols
An inconsequential barely there bit of piffle 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Chris Jones
A warm witty consistently funny family movie with a sweet message about loving yourself be you a mouse or whatever 
3
Stuart Little 2
Josh Larsen
If Stuart Little 2 spends much of its time in search of a new story at least the character s spirit remains the same 
3
Stuart Little 2
Walter Chaw
Size doesn t matter That is unless it pertains to the scope of one s ambition invention and choice of targets for its humour 
2
Stuart Little 2
James Berardinelli
Stuart Little 2 works even for those who didn t see the first Stuart Little 
3
Stuart Little 2
Rob Blackwelder
A visual treat taking place as it does in a Crayola colored New York City and featuring such incredible CGI animation 
2.5
Stuart Little 2
Steve Rhodes
You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter 
3
Stuart Little 2
Ed Gonzalez
Director Rob Minkoff wrings an unmistakably adorable storybook tableau from his colorful mise en scene and symmetrical compositions 
3
Blindsight
Chris Hewitt
A blind man climbs to the top of Mount Everest in Blindsight and that s just the beginning of the drama 
3.5
Blindsight
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a truly one of a kind story of survival persistence and achievement and by the time it was over I was moved so thoroughly beyond words I almost didn t know what to do next 
3
Blindsight
Tom Keogh
Walker captures all the dreamy scary beauty of Everest s upper reaches as well as numerous mini dramas about the kids readiness to approach the summit 
3
Blindsight
Sean P. Means
A gentle but riveting story of perseverance and inspiration 
3
Blindsight
Jeff Vice
It s doubtful whether even a dream team of Hollywood s best and brightest creative minds could have come up with a tale that s more fascinating or more inspirational than Blindsight 
3.5
Blindsight
Tasha Robinson
The film is often breathtakingly beautiful and even as the students triumph over the naysayers it s melancholy knowing they aren t sharing viewers experiences of their starkly gorgeous world 
3.5
Blindsight
Tamara Straus
Simultaneously a sports adventure film a tear jerking tale of hope and inspiration and a captivating meditation on culture clash 
3.5
Blindsight
Ken Fox
This incredible journey made under the supervision of expert guides from Europe and the U S is recounted in Lucy Walker s award winning documentary which also raises important questions that resonate far beyond the subject at hand 
3.5
Blindsight
John Anderson
There are enough good stories for three movies in Lucy Walker s Blindsight an exhilarating trip with six blind Tibetan teenagers as they scale one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas 
3.5
Blindsight
Nick Schager
Uninterested in revolutionizing the documentary form Blindsight instead proves the enduring potential afforded by straightforward verité filmmaking methods 
3
Law
Kent Turner
Elegant and sultry Melina Mercouri transcends the slightly sordid material 
2.5
White Rabbit
Nick Allen
Even if White Rabbit feels like the ultimate acting reel it s albeit for a talent you immediately start to root for 
3
Undergods
Tom Meek
None of it fully gels and neither do any of the baroque personas onscreen ever register any depth of character 
2
Undergods
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What it all means is up for debate but it nonetheless feels sharply relevant 
3
Undergods
Peter Canavese
Extremely distinctive adventurous moody bleak very dark and worth all the effort dystopian tale that feels like a movie of the moment 
3
Undergods
Dann Gire
A bold bleak apocalyptic drama filled with loathsome characters 
2
Undergods
Roger Moore
Right on the edge of incoherent 
2
Undergods
Randy Myers
In this head turner of a debut Chino Moya plunges us into dystopia s darkest underbelly for a collection of terror tales that are often tied to the seven deadly sins 
3
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
James Berardinelli
Untethered to Batman s established continuity it allows the filmmakers to explore different facets of the familiar hero and rearrange the players around him in interesting ways 
3
Detour
David Nusair
In the realm of straight to video horror this is about as good as it gets 
2.5
Romantic Comedy
John Stark
You ve seen this film before 
2
Romantic Comedy
Bill Cosford
The story moves slowly toward situations that are telegraphed loudly and frequently as if Slade feared he was writing for an audience of Martians 
1
Romantic Comedy
Tom Setzer
Hiller is an old pro with this stuff and handles it in a regrettably formula manner 
2
Romantic Comedy
Kathleen Carroll
The movie has a few perky funny moments but Slade is determined to stretch things out until one no longer cares what happens to his star crossed lovers 
2.5
Romantic Comedy
Roger Ebert
Not a whole heck of a lot happens in Romantic Comedy but it happens so charmingly and with such quick spirit and wit that it s enough 
3
The King of Fighters
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
nobody can be satisfied by a half assed product much less the fans Full Review in Spanish 
1
Vincent: A Life in Color
Roger Ebert
Having seen this film I applaud Vincent So here is a man who likes to buy Technicolor suits and wave them at tour boats So why not What are the people on the boats so busy doing that they don t have time for that 
3.5
Vincent: A Life in Color
Robert W. Butler
A lovely film 
3
Wine Crush
Kent Turner
Sharp eyed and affable
2.5
Pet Sematary Two
Matt Brunson
Stephen King who usually doesn t mind his name attached to any form of cinematic garbage had it successfully removed from the credits of this picture which should alert any potential viewer to tread carefully 
1
Pet Sematary Two
David Nusair
A fairly worthless sequel 
1
Pet Sematary Two
Dustin Putman
A needless sequel but a pretty good one all the same 
2.5
The Designated Mourner
Steve Rhodes
With only one viewing understanding it and more importantly caring about it becomes a challenge Whether the material is worth the effort is problematic 
2
The Designated Mourner
Roger Ebert
This is not a film so much as a filmed record of an audio performance the words and the voices carry what is important and when you open your eyes to look occasionally at the readers it is like breaking the illusion 
3
Night of the Demons
Mike McGranaghan
Gross funny and full of superb makeup effects this is a ghoulish treat for fans of the severely demented 
3
Night of the Demons
Dustin Putman
Practically dripping with the blood sweat and tears of those who set out to make a genuinely good party movie
3
The Sapphires
Sean P. Means
A heavy handed anti racism message isn t easier to take when played to a Motown beat though the Australian comedy drama The Sapphires acts otherwise 
2
The Sapphires
Duane Dudek
The Sapphires has too many facets 
2.5
The Sapphires
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfortunately it has been turned into a routine and uninspiring movie following a tired old formula the entire way 
2.5
The Sapphires
Michael Dequina
A surefire crowdpleaser with all the ingredients for the type of little movie that could sleeper success that Harvey Weinstein has nurtured in years and award seasons past 
3
The Sapphires
Jason Buchanan
Despite the prosaic plot and reserved approach taken by Blair Briggs and Thompson it s tough to get cynical about such a warmhearted picture that strives to tell so uplifting a story 
2.5
The Sapphires
Lisa Kennedy
The harmonies they strike in this reality inspired charmer are sweetly sublime 
3
The Sapphires
Michael Posner
You could drive an Abrams tank through the film s plot holes but you ll likely be too busy enjoying yourself to bother 
3
The Sapphires
Jeff Shannon
The Sapphires feels like a movie you ve already seen but it s nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable like a pop song that s no less infectious when you know every word 
3
The Sapphires
Linda Barnard
Sapphires is hardly a cinematic diamond mine But this Commitments style mashup of music and melodrama manages to entertain without demanding too much of its audience 
2.5
The Sapphires
Rafer Guzman
It s a sweet little tale and that co writer Tony Briggs is the son of one of the real life singers adds to the heart tugging In the end though it s not quite enough to sustain a feature length film 
2
The Sapphires
Jon Niccum
A movie with enough melody and camaraderie to cover up its lack of originality 
2.5
The Sapphires
Joe Williams
Draining most of the blood sweat and tears from a true story this music minded movie capably covers a song we ve heard a hundred times before 
2.5
The Sapphires
Chris Hewitt
Sapphires which was inspired by a true story is propelled by a strong sense of music s power to connect people and change lives 
3
The Sapphires
Steven Rea
Let s trivialize a legacy of cruelty and denigration in a country where indigenous people suffered from centuries of human rights abuse And let s make the carnage of Vietnam look like a paintball game 
2
The Sapphires
Ty Burr
The Sapphires illustrates how the same old story in this case the one about a 1960s girl group and its struggles can be freshened up through the novelties of place and characterization 
2.5
The Sapphires
Nell Minow
A very conventional story of a 60s Australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this fact based story set to the beat of Motown soul 
3
The Sapphires
Michael Phillips
The performers improve it or save it depending on your viewpoint 
2.5
The Sapphires
Matt Pais
Mauboy has one hell of a voice and the Sapphires vocal performances speak to the endless power of great soul songs 
2.5
The Sapphires
Charlie McCollum
The Sapphires is a bit like a puppy you re trying to house break It may have its bad cinematic moments but it s just so darn appealing that you have to love it 
3
The Sapphires
Robert Levin
It sidesteps the usual cliches Fame and fortune matter less than the human connections that are fostered and repaired on this unlikely journey 
3
The Sapphires
Stephen Whitty
While the fish out of water story remains a little overused the sweet soul music still provides a terrific hook 
2.5
The Sapphires
Sara Stewart
For the most part Aussie director Wayne Blair s feature debut is snappy and fresh 
3
The Sapphires
Claudia Puig
Despite some predictable facets The Sapphires shines brightly 
3
The Sapphires
Peter Travers
You could call it an Aussie Dreamgirls I d call it a blast of joy and music that struts right into your heart 
3
The Sapphires
Jake Coyle
Even when The Sapphires is at its most unpolished and cheesiest O Dowd and the film s general warm spirit make it a tune hard to resist 
2.5
The Sapphires
Glenn Heath Jr.
Wayne Blair isn t interested in historical complexity or subtext just the seamless flow of Hollywood style storytelling that lazily connects one musical number to the next 
1.5
The Sapphires
Roger Moore
Adorable with a winning Chris O Dowd turn But overall an unpolished gem
2.5
The Sapphires
Kam Williams
A well deserved tribute to four Aussie lassies who risked their lives to entertain the boys 
4
Captains of the Clouds
Matt Brunson
The movie s complete bosh but the Technicolor lensing is impressive and Cagney is in his element as a brash brawler 
2.5
Mister Lonely
Matthew Rozsa
Korine does indeed fail here It is a noble effort to be sure and he deserves praise for that much but it is still a failure 
2.5
Mister Lonely
Mattie Lucas
A film that exists squarely in its own peculiar reality where the Queen of England sleeps with the Pope eggs can sing and nuns can fly 
3.5
Mister Lonely
Phil Villarreal
The film more ant farm than movie seems like a lazy effort from a talent who has lost his edge 
2
Mister Lonely
Philip Marchand
Korine has found an evocative subject but he remains entirely too cavalier in this attitude towards narrative coherence 
2.5
Mister Lonely
Roger Ebert
The film doesn t work and indeed seems to have no clear idea of what its job is and yet sigh there is the temptation to forgive its trespasses simply because it is utterly if pointlessly original 
2
Mister Lonely
Rick Groen
A movie that goes to extraordinary lengths to say ordinary things 
1.5
Mister Lonely
Tasha Robinson
Korine falls so thoroughly in love with many of his images including his opening shot that he stretches them out in hypnotic slow motion 
2.5
Mister Lonely
Mick LaSalle
Like Francis Ford Coppola s Youth Without Youth the film has overarching problems yet contains diamonds of clarity and inspiration that you won t find in any dozen movies You ll have to mine for those diamonds though 
2
Mister Lonely
Tom Keogh
Sporadically poetic but largely a chore to sit through 
2
Mister Lonely
Jeffrey M. Anderson
He likes to shoot his actors from distances so that they look a bit like the real McCoys It s disappointing to find that they re not but it s also even more intriguing to wonder who are they then 
3
Mister Lonely
Wesley Morris
In its slightly comical somewhat mordant and completely ambient way Mister Lonely wonders about the perils of idol worship the way people can hand their entire selves over to a religion be it Catholicism or celebrity 
3
Mister Lonely
Kam Williams
Once the novelty of all the celebrity impersonations wears off the film never gives you much of a reason to care about the predicaments of its cardboard characters 
1.5
Mister Lonely
Ken Fox
If Korine proves anything it s that Samantha Morton is incapable of giving a bad performance no matter what she s asked to do She s a good reason to see the movie and perhaps the only reason 
1.5
Mister Lonely
Kyle Smith
Occasionally there is a striking image or a moment of wounded sweetness but mainly the film provides ample proof that it s possible to be bizarre and boring at the same time 
1
Mister Lonely
Jeremiah Kipp
As a champion for the beautiful and the strange I ll take bottom shelf Korine over just about anything else currently playing in theaters 
2.5
Shutter Island
Sarah Knight Adamson
Shutter Island is a very well made film that captures the genre of mystery similar to the Twilight Zone episodes and the renowned Hitchcock films 
3
Shutter Island
Mattie Lucas
Despite its structural problems there are undeniably some great ideas at work here and so many individual scenes work so well it s even more jarring when the overall film just doesn t seem to come together 
2.5
Shutter Island
Jordan Hiller
Scorsese and DiCaprio in their fourth film together again create an intense provocative film going experience where the ride accommodations and destination are all first class 
3.5
Shutter Island
Peter Canavese
Multiplex entertainment this distinctive and provocative doesn t come along every day it s a head trip well worth taking Blu ray 
3
Shutter Island
Jeffrey Westhoff
Shutter Island is second tier Scorsese but not one of his misfires It does the gothic horror genre proud but fails to transcend it 
3
Shutter Island
David Nusair
there inevitably reaches a point wherein Scorsese s expectedly self indulgent sensibilities hinder one s efforts at wholeheartedly embracing the increasingly convoluted narrative 
2.5
Shutter Island
Brett McCracken
Shutter Island is all about the visceral head scratching embodiment of questions Who is crazy Am I crazy Or are they crazy 
3.5
Shutter Island
Lori Hoffman
Things that go bump in the mind are so much scarier than things that go bump in the night 
2.5
Shutter Island
Eric Melin
It s almost as if the big reveal is actually a foregone conclusion and Scorsese knows it When it finally comes it allows you to catch your breath It feels real It makes sense because you knew it deep down all along 
3
Shutter Island
Linda Cook
The dazzling camera work by master director Martin Scorsese makes Shutter Island all the more creepy not unlike the director s Cape Fear from years back 
3.5
Shutter Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
Everything here is a lie plain and simple and without giving anything away instead of horrifying devastation all this movie made me feel was anger that I had just sat through the darn thing 
2
Shutter Island
Gina Carbone
I didn t love it I didn t hate it But the more I think about it the more I want to see it again if only to dissect it more 
2.75
Shutter Island
James Kendrick
Scorsese elevates what could have been a rote bit of narrative trickery into something not quite profound but intensely engaging and quite moving
3.5
Shutter Island
John Beifuss
Narrative rug pulling has become so commonplace that the revelations of Shutter Island are more old hat than snap brim 
2.5
Shutter Island
Bob Bloom
Scorsese expends some much time and effort creating atmosphere and setting up situations that when the big revelation finally arrives expectations are so high that the pay off is a letdown 
2
Shutter Island
Kam Williams
The cinematic equivalent of a bait and switch scam 
1.5
Shutter Island
Mike McGranaghan
Shutter Island is a hypnotic and disturbing thriller A near masterpiece 
3.5
Shutter Island
Christian Toto
Shutter Island pays homage to film noir thrillers without giving us any new thrills 
2
Shutter Island
Kit Bowen
Like it or not director Martin Scorsese uses his Shutter Island to mess with your brain on all levels and mostly succeeds in his endeavor 
3
Shutter Island
Matt Brunson
Scorsese s in pulp fiction mode here which essentially means that this is one of those pleasing instances when B movie material is given the A list treatment 
3
Shutter Island
Walter Chaw
There re more things Scorsese s dreamt of in his heaven and earth than in Shutter Island s philosophies I fear 
2
Shutter Island
Robert W. Butler
Martin Scorsese has been making good movies for so long that according to the law of averages he was overdue for a turkey 
2
Shutter Island
Michael Smith
By the time this twisty mystery unfolds its ideas of how the past haunts people how guilt consumes and how memories shape our mind s machinery the result is elegant creepy fantastic cinema 
3.5
Shutter Island
Rick Groen
Sorry but the late reward hardly justifies all that punishment 
2
Shutter Island
Lisa Kennedy
What is real What is delusion What is montrous What is decent Shutter Island may not shatter the heart but these are gnawing achievements for a movie about madness and paranoia 
3
Shutter Island
Willie Waffle
More psychological than horrifying with an intense DiCaprio and Scorsese channeling Hitchcock and Serling 
3
Shutter Island
Chris Hewitt
Scorsese gets stylish witty performances from his stellar bunch No one overacts but they slide as close to it as they can and the result is vivid memorable and just plain fun to watch 
3
Shutter Island
Peter Howell
Martin Scorsese s elephantine exercise in B movie badness 
1.5
Shutter Island
Lou Lumenick
An exquisitely crafted potboiler offering up two and a quarter hours of thrills chills and Leonardo DiCaprio freaking out in a nuthouse during a hurricane 
3
Shutter Island
Sonny Bunch
Even lesser Scorsese is better than 85 of what you ll find at the multiplex on any given weekend Still it s hard not to be disappointed that such promise went unfulfilled 
2.5
Shutter Island
Ann Hornaday
As Shutter Island proceeds mostly as a series of speeches and set pieces what is meant to be mysterious and unsettling becomes just plain incomprehensible 
1.5
Shutter Island
Erik Childress
An incidental nod of surrender and a devastating final line should haunt you on your way out of the film and as painful as it might be you will want to go back to Shutter Island as soon as possible just to clear your head 
4
Shutter Island
Mark Dujsik
Scorsese is very much a director who understands how to use the medium to first and foremost tell a story examine character and very precisely create a world in which both live 
3.5
Shutter Island
Dustin Putman
Could very well be the weakest motion picture of Martin Scorsese s career Just because it looks and sounds good doesn t make it any less junky 
1.5
Shutter Island
James Berardinelli
The strength of the film like the book is that it never allows the viewer to feel comfortable with what he is watching 
3
Shutter Island
Mick LaSalle
If Martin Scorsese weren t aware of himself as a great filmmaker he could never have made a movie as bad as Shutter Island 
1
Shutter Island
Claudia Puig
Despite its flaws Shutter Island is worth seeing for the palpably nightmarish and gothic world conceived by Scorsese 
2.5
Shutter Island
Michael A. Smith
DiCaprio gives the performance of his career fighting himself and others in an attempt to stay sane in a truly insane world 
3.5
Shutter Island
Duane Dudek
Apparently not even Scorsese s artistry can reanimate a thing that is dead on arrival 
2.5
Shutter Island
Moira MacDonald
A luridly effective thrill ride of a movie that leaves no old dark house stone unturned including a host of rats a series of flashbacks involving doomed children and water water everywhere 
3
Shutter Island
Jeff Vice
Overall it s mostly effective version of a work that almost seemed unadaptable on the surface 
3
Shutter Island
Stephen Whitty
It s as startling a change of pace for this director as The Shining was for Stanley Kubrick and often just as unnerving 
3
Shutter Island
Wesley Morris
This is a long heavy film in which Scorsese s aerobic moviemaking turns mannered and uncharacteristically passive 
2.5
Shutter Island
Carrie Rickey
An unapologetically derivative film full of visual nods that appeal mostly to movie geeks 
2.5
Shutter Island
Phil Villarreal
One of the best movies of 2009 that was inexplicably orphaned to 2010 no man s land 
3.5
Shutter Island
Lawrence Toppman
There are no loose ends or false notes in any of it 
4
Shutter Island
Joe Williams
This quasi horror film has the great director s usual craftsmanship and a stellar cast but ultimately it s an infuriating trick that makes its most provocative ideas disappear 
2.5
Shutter Island
Michael Phillips
Shutter Island is hysterical in the clinical and cinematic senses followed by plodding just when a potboiling contraption cannot afford to be 
2
Shutter Island
Roger Ebert
The film s primary effect is on the senses Everything is brought together into a disturbing foreshadow of dreadful secrets 
3.5
Shutter Island
Josh Larsen
begins as a fun and crazily creepy popcorn thriller but the movie eventually turns into something far more disturbing 
3.5
Shutter Island
Roger Moore
It s not bad but as Scorsese America s greatest living filmmaker and film history buff should know even Hitchcock came up short on occasion 
2.5
Shutter Island
Peter Keough
I read Dennis Lehane s Shutter Island a 336 page throat grabbing mystery thriller in two nearly sleepless nights Martin Scorsese s adaptation barely kept me awake for 138 minutes 
2.5
Shutter Island
Rex Reed
How could this many talented people get so utterly confoundingly messed up How could a director considered such an icon make so much money and demonstrate so little control 
2.5
Shutter Island
Andrew Schenker
Martin Scorsese s Shutter Island walks a fine line between institutional thriller and what is reality inquest 
2
Shutter Island
Peter Travers
Martin Scorsese makes movies as if his life depends on it never skimping on ferocity and feeling 
3.5
Safe Haven
David Nusair
46 46 46 the feel good finale is unable to pack the emotional punch that Hallstrom is obviously striving for 46 46 46 
1.5
Safe Haven
John Beifuss
This latest Sparks adaptation should please audiences seeking wish fulfillment romantic fantasy the new love depicted here is so pure and true it even receives supernatural endorsement 
2
Safe Haven
Phil Villarreal
Expect to gag early and often and consider breaking up with anyone who forces you to sit through this 
1
Safe Haven
Peter Canavese
Does Sparks have to treat people like total idiots A soulless cash grab 
.5
Safe Haven
Nour Habib
Don t let your mind ask questions when you re watching Safe Haven You ll enjoy the movie better if you don t 
2.5
Safe Haven
Tom Meek
The groan worthy denouement washes Haven out into a sudsy sea of shameless melodrama 
1.5
Safe Haven
Perry Seibert
If Nicholas Sparks name is enough to get you to pay to see a movie Safe Haven probably won t disappoint but if you re allergic to his patented brand of tear jerking stay far far away 
1.5
Safe Haven
Peter Travers
I hate Safe Haven It s a terrible thing to do to your Valentine 
0
Safe Haven
Willie Waffle
Are you ready for a legendary love story to warm the cockles of your heart on Valentine s Day and redefine what love means in the 21st Century Would you settle for Safe Haven 
1
Safe Haven
Rick Groen
Why make a movie when making a Hallmark card with dialogue is so much less risky 
1.5
Safe Haven
Connie Ogle
Lasse Hallstrom s new film does exactly what an adaptation should It turns the original material s greatest flaws into assets 
3
Safe Haven
Stephen Whitty
The problem with the romantic Safe Haven isn t that it plays it safe but that it plays it cheap It s also about 10 minutes too long And there s a final twist that well if you have any popcorn left by the scene you ll want to throw it at the screen 
2.5
Safe Haven
Tirdad Derakhshani
Like its equally weepy predecessors it s a pretty looking wonderfully facile bit of emotional froth that s likely to clean up at the box office 
2
Safe Haven
Ann Hornaday
Safe Haven is one of those Valentine s Day confections that satisfy your sweet tooth until you get to their weird off putting center 
1.5
Safe Haven
Christopher Lloyd
There s the bones of a good story here it just needed a different cast and crew to find it 
2
Safe Haven
Rich Heldenfels
Routine thriller which begs the audience not to pay close attention except to the pretty pictures and bland leads 
2
Safe Haven
Sara Stewart
A cinematic valentine you ll be reasonably content to watch on a flight in a year or so 
2
Safe Haven
Mack Bates
Plays like a sanitized remake of Sleeping with the Enemy right down to an over the top climax set during a fireworks display 
2
Safe Haven
Mark Dujsik
T hese adaptations of Nicholas Sparks books have so many repeated motifs and scenarios that it s already becoming difficult to differentiate them 
1.5
Safe Haven
Dustin Putman
Sure it s occasionally loopy but also thoroughly suspenseful in spots and rather pleasant as a whole 
2.5
Safe Haven
Chris Hewitt
Even when the overall story is sinking in implausibility there are bits of business between say Hough and one of Duhamel s kids that almost make you believe in these people 
1.5
Safe Haven
Michael Phillips
This is such stuff as paperback rack and February multiplex dreams are made on 
2
Safe Haven
Claudia Puig
Safe Haven may not be the most dangerous place to spend Valentine s Day but it s hardly a worthwhile romantic choice 
2
Safe Haven
Rafer Guzman
Safe Haven is passably engaging and almost works as a proper thriller Then wham Sparks throws that schmaltz pie right in your kisser 
2
Safe Haven
Peter Hartlaub
Hallstrm s understated approach clashes with the blunt force drama of the Sparks story line which is definitely a matter of taste 
2
Safe Haven
Jon Niccum
The film offers an already weird hybrid of love story and police procedural But the closing creates head scratching moments that even the cast doesn t quite know how to handle 
2
Safe Haven
Roger Moore
Relish the simple pleasures because that s all this good looking Nicholas Sparks adaptation offers 
2
Safe Haven
Tom Russo
A movie that passably ambles along in generic melodrama mode before finally insulting audience intelligence one time too many 
1.5
Safe Haven
James Berardinelli
It s trash entertaining and escapist perhaps but trash nonetheless 
2
Safe Haven
Linda Barnard
Another Nicholas Sparks penned romantic potboiler about commitment shy G rated lovers who find romance overcoming dark secrets and unhappy pasts 
2
Safe Haven
Moira MacDonald
Very little in this movie makes any sense even as glossy Valentine s Day fare 
1.5
Safe Haven
Richard Roeper
Either the filmmakers were out of their minds or they must think we re out of our minds to buy into this schmaltz 
1.5
Safe Haven
Matt Pais
Contains two big twists that are also big mistakes turning an already watered down romance into frustrating flavorless slush 
1.5
Safe Haven
Chris Cabin
It goes without saying that Safe Haven is the whitest thing offered up for public consumption in the three days since Mumford Sons won the Grammy for Album of the Year 
.5
A Writer's Odyssey
Kevin Carr
It isn t perfect but it s still an interesting movie 
2.5
How It Ends
Peter Sobczynski
Even at a relatively brief 82 minutes many viewers may find themselves checking their watches and wondering what could possibly be keeping that meteor 
1.5
How It Ends
Mike McGranaghan
Although episodic in nature the movie has a quirky good natured vibe witty dialogue and effective use of various L A neighborhoods 
3
How It Ends
Lisa Trifone
A film of joyful nihilism one that accepts that when nothing really matters anymore perhaps what s most important is finding ways to be happy with whatever you ve got 
3.5
How It Ends
Chris Barsanti
The film is so economical in its momentum and its tone of comic wistfulness so uniform that its string of tableaux rarely feels jerky 
2.5
How It Ends
Joey Magidson
How It Ends may be too quirky for some but it hit me just right 
3
The Small Back Room
Bill Weber
One of the period s most piercing emotionally anguished romances 
3.5
Family Life
Walter V. Addiego
The ending is something of a disappointment and reinforces a suspicion viewers may have had early on that perhaps there s less to Martin than meets the eye 
2
Family Life
Mark Dujsik
For all of the work that the filmmakers do to help us understand Martín s motives for the deception not to mention Becker whose performance is quite good there s an important piece missing 
2.5
Two Lovers
Mattie Lucas
The whole film feels like a throwback at once swooningly romantic and achingly sad 
3
Two Lovers
Kelly Jane Torrance
Everything about this quietly beautiful film is understated the performances the score and most of all the inner turmoil that easily can mean life or death for the most sensitive among us 
3
Two Lovers
Marty Mapes
We know the characters better than they know themselves
2.5
Two Lovers
Brandy McDonnell
Sure Phoenix s current foray to hip hop is uncomfortably bizarre to behold but at least it s not as painfully boring and predictable as what he claims is his last film 
2
Two Lovers
Christian Toto
Joaquin Phoenix is bruised raw and miscast in the otherwise compelling Two Lovers
2.5
Two Lovers
Rick Groen
Phoenix plays that schism the damaged soul in a hunky body to perfection so well that we overlook the logical chasm at the centre of the tale 
3
Two Lovers
Peter Howell
Gray guides his strong cast to a resolution that is both surprising and entirely realistic 
3
Two Lovers
Matt Brunson
It s not that writer director James Gray makes bad movies It s just that it s difficult to remember anything about the movies he makes 
2
Two Lovers
Eric Melin
It s almost always either night or at least dusk and Gray s heartsick main character seems to suck in the darkness like oxygen 
3
Two Lovers
Lawrence Toppman
If Phoenix s rap career doesn t work out I m sure there ll be a leading part for him in Gray s next picture 
3
Two Lovers
Phil Villarreal
If this is it for Joaquin Phoenix s film career at least he s going out the right way 
3
Two Lovers
John Beifuss
Gray doesn t underline significant moments or bits of information but asks the viewer to be attentive to his story and sympathetic to his characters 
3.5
Two Lovers
Robert Levin
Feels positively Sirkian in its careful stylization and close consideration of matters of the repressed human heart 
3.5
Two Lovers
Robert W. Butler
The performances are just about perfect powerful but never show offy and carefully modulated 
3
Two Lovers
Jeff Vice
Those with patience will be rewarded It s not exactly a new story but the film is done pretty well and is done with honesty 
3
Two Lovers
Peter Canavese
Heartbreakingly explores our romantic delusions and the tragedy of always wanting more than we can have 
3
Two Lovers
Chris Hewitt
There s not much plot but the characterizations are beautiful 
3.5
Two Lovers
Mick LaSalle
Very little is explicit The audience is left to infer much from spotty information and yet a full and specific picture emerges We are never in doubt of the truth of the characters and the absolute solidity of the world being depicted 
4
Two Lovers
Amy Biancolli
A compact compassionate portrait of a man struggling to define himself and his own understanding of happiness 
3
Two Lovers
Lisa Kennedy
It s the sort of brooding turn that makes us mourn Phoenix s threatened retreat from acting 
3
Two Lovers
Michael Sragow
It s a triangle movie that encompasses three moods and varieties of love and how they all bleed into each other domestic romantic erotic 
3.5
Two Lovers
Camerin Courtney
There are good intentions here and good ingredients But the sum total feels less like a passionate lover and more like a passing crush 
2.5
Two Lovers
Duane Dudek
What the heart wants can be difficult to put into words but longing and intensity of feeling ripple across Phoenix s face like shadows of doubt He brings quiet clarity confidence and ease to a character as confused as its actor s alter ego 
3
Two Lovers
Steven Rea
Despite its essential implausibility Two Lovers lingers in your consciousness or loiters there like Leonard standing on the street corner 
3
Two Lovers
Moira MacDonald
The remarkable intimacy Gray finds with his cast lifts the movie up as its quiet story unfolds pulling us in and making the world smaller until nothing matters but these three 
3.5
Two Lovers
Ty Burr
It s one of the few movies I ve seen recently that improves on a second viewing in part because Phoenix does such remarkably subtle work 
2.5
Two Lovers
Tasha Robinson
If Phoenix does carry through on his threat to leave acting behind for good he could hardly ask for a more tastefully executed sweetly melancholy swan song 
3
Two Lovers
James Berardinelli
It may be a little too heavy to represent an ideal date movie but it s an honest adult romance that deserves recognition for not pandering to those on a quest for 90 minutes of escapism 
3
Two Lovers
Roger Ebert
A film of unusual perception played at perfect pitch by Phoenix Shaw Paltrow and the other actors It is calm and mature It understands these characters It doesn t juggle them for melodrama but looks inside 
3.5
Two Lovers
Bob Strauss
Writer director James Gray s Two Lovers is an old story well told 
3
Two Lovers
Kyle Smith
A dismal cine splotch about depressed losers in outer Brooklyn by writer director James Gray 
1.5
Two Lovers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Along with the delicate deep performances we get a strong genuine emotional connection with these folks even though they re walking through the oldest story in the book 
3.5
Two Lovers
Peter Travers
Bravely wearing his heart on his sleeve James Gray directs the tender and terrific Two Lovers as an antidote to the virus of hip 
3
Two Lovers
Claudia Puig
An involving gently paced and well cast drama about a tortured soul and his efforts at redemption 
3
Two Lovers
Dan Callahan
The buried themes in James Gray s fourth film Two Lovers slowly emerge from its accumulation of quotidian seemingly small details 
3.5
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Matt Brunson
The structure Bogdanovich employs with this absorbing documentary is an interesting one 
3.5
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Moira MacDonald
This movie lives in its black and white clips which provide both a fine introduction to those new to Keaton s work and plenty to dig into for hard core fans 
3
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s impossible to watch and not get excited about the genius of Keaton s films in particular and the possibilities of cinema in general 
4
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Rosalie Kicks
The Great Buster was a meandering and jumbled story that didn t do this cinematic genius justice 
2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Walter V. Addiego
Any doubters are advised to see this movie then treat themselves to a viewing of The General Case closed 
3
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Ty Burr
The Great Buster is a solid primer on what made Keaton not just one of the most important and funniest comedians in the history of the movies but also one of its most visionary directors 
3
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Roger Moore
An adoring deeply informative tribute created by a lifelong fan
3
Haymaker
Roger Moore
The picture was never destined to be a knockout but settling for a draw seems a waste 
2
Diary of a Chambermaid
Mick LaSalle
Jacquot makes a persuasive case for a return to the story with a scowling watchful Léa Seydoux in the role of a scheming chambermaid 
3
Diary of a Chambermaid
Rex Reed
Worth seeing as another entry in the rise of Léa Seydoux a star of Gallic charisma if ever I ve seen one 
3
Diary of a Chambermaid
Glenn Kenny
The immediate effect Jacquot achieves with quiet droll and some considerable dread is bracing 
3.5
Diary of a Chambermaid
Chuck Bowen
The lack of ambiguity reflects Benot Jacquot s treatment of the text which is devoid of either formal obsessiveness or a contemporary hook 
2.5
The Scenic Route
Roger Ebert
Mark Rappaport makes movies that look sound and feel like nobody else s movies He is an original 
3.5
Marie and Bruce
Erik Childress
I d rather just book another dinner with Andre then spend another day with Marie and Bruce 
1.5
One
Tom Keogh
One looks like a labor of love and is all the more stirring for it 
3.5
One
G. Allen Johnson
One displays an impressive amount of fortitude and perseverance but very little insight 
1
Footpath
Namrata Joshi
A wisp of a plot that betrays no trace of originality 
1
Curse of the Undead
Matt Brunson
Probably the first movie to mix cowboys and vampires 
2.5
Subjects of Desire
Shane Slater
Subjects of Desire won t win any awards for groundbreaking style but its interview heavy approach proves effective 
3
Jia Zhangke, A Guy From Fenyang
Godfrey Cheshire
While Salles portrait gives a very incomplete account of the man and his art it pays tribute to a filmmaker who remains among the medium s foremost and most fascinating creators 
2
Jia Zhangke, A Guy From Fenyang
Carson Lund
Walter Salles reinforces the impression of Jia s own art as emerging fluidly from the vagaries of his own life and socioeconomic position 
3
Top Five
Nick Rogers
Big laughs and believable vulnerability But it also has aged faster than Indiana Jones Nazis unable to spot the cup of a carpenter and relies on truly retrograde eye rolling plot turns about reporters motives 
3
Top Five
Michael Smith
I honestly expected the movie to be funnier but I did laugh out loud multiple times 
3
Top Five
Perry Seibert
While Top Five is certainly Rock s best work as a filmmaker it s also proof that he shouldn t quit his day job yet 
2
Top Five
Robert W. Butler
Written and directed by Rock this meta saturated comedy drama may be the biggest surprise of this holiday film season 
3
Top Five
Chris Knight
What follows is part meet cute part examination of fame and all Rock 
3
Top Five
Eric Melin
When it feels loose and lived in it starts clicking into place But when it pushes its characters toward unearned saccharine it feels as fake as the industry it s supposed to be satirizing 
1.5
Top Five
Sean P. Means
Rock is sharpest in observational mode riffing on Andre s career but the movie falters when the routine plot devices kick in 
2.5
Top Five
Michael Dequina
Chris Rock has made an entertainment that is not only a wild and rich study of his lead character but the character of the filmmaker himself 
3.5
Top Five
Kam Williams
A clever laff a minute adventure worth the investment for the hilarity even if it telegraphs where the love story might be headed 
3.5
Top Five
Rob Thomas
I think I would still rather watch Rock hold a press conference about Top Five than actually act in it but the movie is the nearest we ve come to hearing Rock s authentic comic voice on film 
3
Top Five
Thelma Adams
Multi hyphenate Chris Rock kills in the hilarious account of a stand up comic turned movie star that wants to be taken seriously 
3.5
Top Five
Josh Larsen
The settings for conversation are awfully contrived but wow are those conversations good 
3
Top Five
Matt Brunson
Top five thoughts that crossed my mind as I watched Top Five 
2.5
Top Five
Peter Canavese
When it comes to comedy funny always wins and Chris Rock s third directorial effort does run on engagingly amusing riffs But Top Five also steers hard into undisciplined storytelling 
2.5
Top Five
Lisa Kennedy
Like Rock s best stand up shows Top Five mixes the sweet with the salty the naughty with the remarkably kind It celebrates the darkly hilarious with the light of whip smart observations 
3
Top Five
Brad Wheeler
Top Five finds Rock in an elevated form at 49 Things change sometimes for the better 
3
Top Five
Susan Wloszczyna
Ragged around the edges and haphazardly hilarious though it may be Top Five ultimately satisfies as an often raunchy ramble about celebrity sobriety selling out and sex courtesy of the immensely talented but too often subpar movie star Chris Rock 
3
Top Five
Christian Toto
Here are the Top Five reasons Chris Rock s latest deserves little of the hype it s receiving 
2
Top Five
Stephen Whitty
Welcome back Chris Rock 
3
Top Five
Steven Rea
An innovative take on familiar material Top Five is an exquisitely paced rich idiosyncratic satirical yet deeply moving free form comedy about a Hollywood star who is shadowed for one day by a New York Times reporter 
3.5
Top Five
Mark Dujsik
T he film has a lot to say about the nature and perils of fame and it does so with Rock s observant and caustic humor 
3
Top Five
Ty Burr
It s a slap happy movie and often scurrilously funny the sound of a gifted comic mind finally finding its onscreen voice 
3
Top Five
Rene Rodriguez
The movie which alternates between hilariously vulgar gags and some electric improvs and riffs by Rock and his cast of all stars has the crackle and pop of a live performance it energizes you 
2.5
Top Five
Peter Howell
Rock is on a roll again 
3
Top Five
Rafer Guzman
It can be delightful intelligent crude clumsy and culturally tone deaf depending on which scene is rolling by One minute it s a major letdown the next minute a joy to watch 
3
Top Five
Peter Travers
The sweetest surprise in this raunchy comic ride is how artfully Rock lets down his guard His confident prowling wit as a stand up has finally found its way to the screen enhanced by a bracing vulnerability 
3.5
Top Five
Carla Meyer
Top Five entertains more than any previous film in which Rock was top billed primarily because its content as well plays like an extension of Rock s stand up act 
3
Top Five
J. R. Jones
Top Five is Rock s most accomplished work yet a truly personal story whose comedic riffs on love race sex and celebrity are carefully woven into a credible romantic plot 
3
Top Five
Ann Hornaday
Top Five has the bright high gloss feel of the most delicious wish fulfillment fantasies but it derives its spiky propulsive energy from the adamantly forthright figure at its center 
3
Top Five
Michael Phillips
In Top Five you sense Rock trying to load all these disparate talents onto a conventional romantic comedy structure It s a close call but it holds 
3
Top Five
Dann Gire
Rock is too nimble and original to fall back on Hollywood conventions here He uses this plot as a springboard for a manic ride through several days in Andre s nutty combustible life 
3
Top Five
Mick LaSalle
What lingers hours later aren t just the laughs but the people 
3
Top Five
Calvin Wilson
With Top Five Rock has finally made the transition to true movie stardom 
3.5
Top Five
Claudia Puig
Rock s ambitious passion project he wrote directed and stars in it is a bawdy uninhibited yet thoughtful social satire about fame vs artistic fulfillment 
3
Top Five
Matt Pais
Funnier than it is smart 
2.5
Top Five
Moira MacDonald
Rock s fast talking rhythms are all over this movie and they lift it up it s like dropping in on a party full of funny people and leaving before the evening fades 
3
Top Five
Kyle Smith
As an actor Rock doesn t create much of a spark with Dawson and as a director he tends to let scenes go on too long 
2.5
Top Five
Tony Hicks
You ll likely leave the theater smiling And when s the last time you cold say that about a Chris Rock movie 
3
Top Five
Mike McGranaghan
This is the movie I ve been waiting for Chris Rock to make his entire career It s his stand up sensibility perfectly translated to film 
3.5
Top Five
Roger Moore
Funny but unfortunate coincidences Police brutality a black man in a choke hold a comic singing the praises of Bill Cosby a man acting as if he doesn t get rape and the reminder that this might be the last time we see Tracy Morgan in a movie
2.5
Top Five
David Nusair
The somewhat watchable vibe lasts up until the movie enters its hopelessly misguided third act 
2
Top Five
Bill Chambers
I stopped writing off Rock as a filmmaker when he swerved left to remake an Eric Rohmer movie 
2.5
Otilia Rauda
Steve Rhodes
All the characters and even the horses move at one third speed or slower 
1.5
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Brianna Wellen
Who knew a childless 30 something white man from Chicago would be one of the most reliable soldiers in the fight against toxic masculinity and a champion for weird and wonderful kids everywhere 
4
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Richard Roeper
In lesser hands the premise of this Netflix comedy special could have resulted in an epic fail a career stalling stumble Mulaney is far too good to let that happen 
4
Man in the Chair
Tasha Robinson
By salvaging a troubled script with deep committed touching portrayals Plummer and Walsh help prove Schroeder s points about how Hollywood isn t just the province of the rich young and pretty 
2.5
Man in the Chair
Felix Vasquez Jr.
If you have to see this film for one reason see it for Plummer 
2
Man in the Chair
Ken Fox
With its flashy music video style edits rock scored montages and septuagenarian cast it s hard to say who exactly is the right audience for this unusual comedic drama from director Michael Schroeder 
2
Man in the Chair
David Wiegand
For its first 45 minutes or so and intermittently thereafter Michael Schroeder s Man in the Chair feels annoyingly like a film school project 
2
Man in the Chair
Kyle Smith
It s a cute idea that a better filmmaker than writer director Michael Schroeder could have done a lot with 
1.5
Man in the Chair
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Schroeder peppers scenes with snippets of classic films and there s no doubting his deep love of cinema But the honest truth is that no matter how generous your audience it s never a good idea to remind us of other better movies 
2
Man in the Chair
Ed Gonzalez
A neorealist drama passed through a J Horror filter 
1.5
King Kong
Scott Nash
Sure the effects are incredibly dated but the charm of this movie never will be 
3.5
King Kong
Brian Eggert
Hailed for out thrilling the wildest thrills Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack s 1933 classic King Kong delivers an essential component of Hollywood cinema escape 
4
King Kong
Matt Brunson
In much the same manner as The Wizard of Oz and It s a Wonderful Life this masterpiece long ago entered into the national consciousness as an enduring part of our heritage 
4
King Kong
Josh Larsen
throbbing with metaphorical implications The riveting stop motion battle between the great ape and a T Rex is just a bonus 
4
King Kong
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of the rare great works of art that stands up to endless repeated viewings each time revealing something new 
4
King Kong
James Berardinelli
In many ways Kong is still king 
3.5
King Kong
Forrest Hartman
The beauty of this original King Kong is that there s more to it than the oversized gorilla 
4
King Kong
Roger Ebert
Even allowing for its slow start wooden acting and wall to wall screaming there is something ageless and primeval about King Kong that still somehow works 
4
King Kong
James O'Ehley
Original and still superior version of the classic story What is scary is that this film special effects in this film actually looks better than its expensive remake several decades later 
3
London Boulevard
Brian Eggert
Monahan delivers a messy if mildly enjoyable crime movie that should entertain 44 but won 8217 t wow 44 fans of both the genre and these performers 46 
2.5
London Boulevard
Eric Melin
There are all kinds of weirdo supporting players and the requisite amount of bloody killing scenes but it doesn t add up to much and London Boulevard just feels like its trying to hard to be edgy 
2.
London Boulevard
Sara Michelle Fetters
London Boulevard is a mess a fascinating exhilarating infuriating emotional tragic and euphoric mess but still a mess all the same 
2
London Boulevard
Phil Villarreal
Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley make a dynamite pairing 
3
London Boulevard
Moira MacDonald
A stylish if familiar tale of a man hopelessly entangled in his past 
3
London Boulevard
Stephen Whitty
A movie is more than dialogue and a soundtrack And direction is a lot more than making sure all your favorite parts of your own script make it to the screen intact 
2
London Boulevard
Kyle Smith
Monahan s trademark tart dialogue is as strong as ever and Farrell and Winstone make for a formidable pair of opponents 
3
London Boulevard
Jesse Cataldo
Equally indebted to Martin Scorsese Guy Ritchie and Giorgio Armani London Boulevard represents the apotheosis of style over substance 
2
London Boulevard
Scott Nash
Given the talent involved it should have been better but I still wanted to see how it all turned out 
2.5
The Substitute
Rene Sanchez
A sincere and empathetic story about the importance of education and the constant fight to prevent it from being a privilege for just a few 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
The Substitute
Pablo O. Scholz
Lerman and co writers María Meira and Luciana De Mello build tension steadily And as the end nears we watch with sweaty palms Full review in Spanish 
4
Johnny Stecchino
Roger Ebert
Johnny Stecchino is I am told the highest grossing film in Italian cinematic history I am not able to account for this 
1
Detroit
Brian Eggert
Detroit suggests that the self destructive riots only resulted in further despair but to not act in the face of such widespread racism would be almost inhuman Indeed there are no easy or cohesive answers or solutions in the film nor in the real world 
3
Detroit
Leo Brady
Detroit is a pulse pounding shocking and poignant film that becomes even more sad when you realize that after 50 years we still have not come far from this fateful night in the motor city 
3.5
Detroit
Mattie Lucas
A merciless and all too vital portrait of a conflict that is unfortunately still with us today 
3.5
Detroit
Federico Furzan
Hard to watch but hard to let go This is a great document on reality Full review in Spanish 
3
Detroit
Khari J. Sampson
Bigelow may have an Oscar contender here 
4
Detroit
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This is the great movie of the year in which John Boyega appears not the one that everyone went to see this weekend Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Detroit
David Nusair
It s an ambitious start that s slowly but surely diminished by Boal s unfocused padded out screenplay 
2
Detroit
James Kendrick
even if Detroit doesn t quite live up to expectations it certainly succeeds in reminding us that some old wounds never quite heal and we desperately need to recognize why lest they infect the entire body politic forever
3
Detroit
Matthew Jackson
An absolutely devastating experience and one of the best films of the year 
4
Detroit
Max Weiss
Bigelow is too talented a director to make a film this unsubtle Detroit is a classic of example of Just because you can do something that doesn t mean you should 
2
Detroit
John Serba
An important film engrossing and deeply upsetting It simmers with vitality and immediacy as any depiction of gross injustice and racial divide must 
3
Detroit
Mike McGranaghan
A searing look at the impact of racial injustice 
3.5
Detroit
Sara Michelle Fetters
Bigelow brings Detroit home showing how this historical scar on the American Dream deserves to be far more than an abhorrent footnote 
3.5
Detroit
Jeff Simon
It unsurprising that Detroit is the most important film of the movie summer 
3.5
Detroit
Tom Meek
The movie makes no big pretensions even in title as it wades into the mayhem with a journalistic eye 
3.5
Detroit
Thelma Adams
Reteaming Bigelow and Boal Detroit lacks the clarity of their previous collaborations but the ambitious period drama maintains their power to disturb and question what it is to be an American 
3
Detroit
Josh Terry
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Detroit is a powerful intense and moving film that can also be maddening to watch 
3
Detroit
Sonny Bunch
Narrative looseness aside there is a great power to Detroit Bigelow and Boal have put together a troubling portrait of a society tearing itself apart 
3
Detroit
Michael Smith
Detroit is a well crafted movie but the filmmakers keep the characters at a distance from us in a manner that is as detached as the film itself 
2
Detroit
Calvin Wilson
Relentless in its storytelling Detroit is a film of blistering impact 
3.5
Detroit
Peter Howell
The injustice and anger behind it all feels like current reality even a half century on making Detroit urgent viewing regardless of its character development flaws 
3
Detroit
Robert W. Butler
Detroit is a crushingly visceral experience one filled with indignation not only for what went on in 1967 but for today s troubling displays of shoot first law enforcement 
3
Detroit
Chris Hewitt
If a fact based drama like Detroit succeeds or fails based on how well it illuminates some of the events that brought us to where we are now then I d call it a resounding success 
3
Detroit
Robert Horton
Bigelow is trying to get us to feel something what it s like to be terrorized by the forces that are supposed to be protecting us for one thing and she will violate our assumptions about movie watching to do it 
3.5
Detroit
Ty Burr
Detroit may be flawed in its bluntness and its inability to provide every character with an interior existence beyond villain and victim But it remains inescapable in its conclusions 
3
Detroit
Roger Moore
Incendiary
3.5
Detroit
Bob Bloom
The film steps on your neck cutting off your air and daring you to attempt looking away 
3.5
Detroit
Moira MacDonald
Bigelow has a way of making scripted drama feel like an utterly gripping newsreel 
3.5
Detroit
Gary Thompson
Kathryn Bigelow s docudrama arrests you lines you up against a wall points a gun at your head and leaves it there for an hour it s an account of police brutality that is itself brutal by design 
3
Detroit
James Berardinelli
Detroit is so effective at what it does and how it accomplishes its aims that it becomes almost unwatchable 
3
Detroit
Kam Williams
Riveting revisionist history setting the record straight in a way which will undoubtedly resonate with the Black Lives Matter Movement 
3
Detroit
Josh Larsen
ambitious in scope and somewhat struggles for it 
3
Detroit
Eric Henderson
Kathryn Bigelow hyper realistically almost dispassionately covers her ensemble s actions in the manner of a somber disaster film 
2.5
Detroit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Detroit is yet another masterpiece from that most singular of American directors Kathryn Bigelow 
4
Detroit
Ann Hornaday
Even though it s based on an episode that occurred half a century ago it feels like Bigelow s timeliest movie yet 
4
Detroit
Angelica Jade Bastién
Detroit was directed written produced shot and edited by white creatives who do not understand the weight of the images they hone in on with an unflinching gaze 
2
Detroit
Sara Stewart
It is not an easy watch and it is an essential one 
4
Detroit
Mark Dujsik
A ll of it becomes a harsh reminder that even though we may learn from the past we still seem doomed to repeat it 
4
Detroit
Andrea Mandell
The film s unflinching gaze on a lawless night will likely be politicized but calling Detroit anti police misses the mark The question Detroit begs is in a democratic nation to whom does the law apply 
3.5
Detroit
Michael Phillips
An artfully frazzled mosaic of suffering putting the audience through the wringer in the name of truth injustice and what many see still as the American way with police brutality 
2.5
Detroit
Mick LaSalle
It is designed to make you angry and it does nothing to soften the blow or create some artificial uplift But there is something about honesty that s exhilarating 
4
Detroit
Peter Travers
Director Bigelow and screenwriter Boal take the Detroit race riots of half a century ago and create a hardcore masterpiece that digs into our violent past to hold up a dark mirror to the systemic racism that still rages in the here and now 
3.5
Detroit
Stephen Whitty
Anthony Mackie is a standout as a careful Vietnam vet a guy who s only moved from one battlefield to another John Boyega is heartbreaking as a decent man who only wants to keep the peace and finds himself abetting a war 
3.5
Detroit
Dann Gire
Kathryn Bigelow s tough docudrama Detroit begins as a frightening authentic re creation of the Motor City s 1967 race riots then roller coasters into scenes of claustrophobic brutality more akin to a home invasion horror tale and just as deep 
3.5
Detroit
Clayton Davis
Detroit taps into something real and too familiar Its vivacious and riveting interior matches its passionate and acute exterior 
3.5
30 Minutes or Less
Brian Eggert
The comedy reaches for broad laughs of the bromance and stoner kind 44 but not in a good way 46 
1
30 Minutes or Less
Jeff Beck
This is a breezy fun and funny film that doesn t waste any time in getting its story told by propelling its characters into one crazy situation after another 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Linda Cook
A raunchy heist comedy with a pace as fast as its dialogue 30 Minutes Or Less will have you laughing out loud 
3.5
30 Minutes or Less
David Nusair
there s simply never a point at which the film s one dimensional characters become compelling enough to warrant all this action and mayhem 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Eric Melin
Jesse Eisenberg is the only person in the movie who even comes close to being believable but that almost doesn t matter because the movie is consistently funny 
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
James Kendrick
essentially a failed attempt to turn tragedy into farce
2
30 Minutes or Less
Meghan Keane
Probably has the approximate cultural staying power of its title 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Michael Dequina
Doesn t aim to be more than a fun gleefully profane comic twist on a genre picture and succeeds in achieving its goal 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Christian Toto
Slacker comedies don t get much lazier than 30 Minutes or Less
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
Matt Brunson
If there s one thing we ve learned from a century plus of cinema it s that just about any subject can be explored for humor if the right people are involved But in the case of 30 Minutes or Less the right people must have been off making another movie 
1.5
30 Minutes or Less
James Berardinelli
The dark biting comedy often strays into territory that can be categorized as politically incorrect but the result is funny engaging and at times a little disconcerting 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Wilson Morales
With clever direction from Ruben Fleischer leave it to the ensemble cast of Eisenberg McBride Ansari Swardson and scene stealer Pena to make 30 Minutes or Less one of the funniest films of 2011 
3
30 Minutes or Less
John Beifuss
Fast and funny even if it succumbs too often to the mean spiritedness and coarseness that have attached themselves to the American movie comedy like so many foul mouthed and amoral remoras 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Mike McGranaghan
No one is ever going to mistake this slight little comedy for greatness but it possesses a go for broke attitude that s darkly fun 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Lisa Kennedy
This is disappointing news given that the director of this sputter rev sputter ride is Ruben Fleischer 8203 and that nattering Jesse Eisenberg stars 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Jon Niccum
It is unrelenting in its abusive potty mouthed dialogue and at times the filth threatens to disrupt the comedy But similar to the film s main character its manic energy always finds a way to move things forward regardless of the consequences 
3.5
30 Minutes or Less
Peter Howell
In a year lousy with badly written movies filled with phallic fixations it s a relief to watch one that is happy to be rude good fun without excessive raunch 
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
Rick Groen
From the premise to the performances everything and everybody just seems to be trying way too hard 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Mike Scott
A mostly bland crime comedy that only occasionally feels fresher or more memorable than that cold pizza you scarfed for breakfast 
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
Alison Gang
A Beavis and Butt Head style bank robbery comedy that leaves you longing for the intelligence and sophistication of a bachelor party in Bangkok 
1.5
30 Minutes or Less
Stephen Whitty
The film s running time and sudden ending suggest a desperate last minute edit to cut anything that wasn t working They stopped too soon 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Mark Dujsik
The scenario here demands a tenor of panicked frenzy to underscore its desperate nature 30 Minutes or Less gives the impression of a leisurely stroll in the park 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Willie Waffle
If you know the real story you might find it hard to believe this is a comedy Even if you don t know the real story you might find it hard to believe this is a comedy 
1.5
30 Minutes or Less
Chris Hewitt
30 Minutes or Less is funny and I hope it rubs off on other comedies 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Lou Lumenick
30 Minutes or Less may be tasteless moronic and lacking in any redeeming social value whatsoever But for me at least it was gut bustingly funny perhaps this waning summer season s ultimate guilty pleasure 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Ann Hornaday
Beholding Eisenberg in Fleischer s relentlessly vulgar and un funny 30 Minutes or Less is akin to watching a ring tested champion punch far below his weight What a comedown 
1
30 Minutes or Less
Dustin Putman
Distasteful and putrid so disillusioned and amateurish that it can t even be bothered to properly wrap up its loose plot treads Instead when it finally hits a brick wall it simply gives up altogether and ends 
0
30 Minutes or Less
Mick LaSalle
Either it goes for a particular tone and doesn t achieve it Or it does achieve a tone that s not really worth striving for 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Claudia Puig
30 Minutes wallows in stupidity without making the bromance bonds believable 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Steven Rea
The movie claims to be only 83 minutes long but it s the longest 83 minutes to come along in quite awhile 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Peter Travers
30 Minutes or Less is all about the zigzagging rush of the ride 
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
Wesley Morris
It has a miserable start well it has a miserable middle too 
2
30 Minutes or Less
R. Kurt Osenlund
That Ruben Fleischer lacks a discernible directorial identity is one reason the film will likely skip right out of your memory within the titular timeframe 
1.5
30 Minutes or Less
Michael Phillips
The movie ends up being just sharp enough at its peaks to be frustrating in its valleys But the laughs are there 
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
Cathy Jakicic
Like its slacker hero 30 Minutes or Less turns out surprisingly well despite a lot of questionable choices 
2.5
30 Minutes or Less
Joe Williams
Something similar actually happened once but the result wasn t funny Neither is 30 Minutes or Less although it smirks like it thinks so 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Matt Pais
Like Zombieland 30 Minutes or Less bridges the gap between nerdy and badass and out pops entertainment 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Moira MacDonald
If only it were 30 minutes or less 
1
30 Minutes or Less
Roger Ebert
Moral of the story If you occupy the demographic that this film is aimed at Hollywood doesn t have a very high opinion of you 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Josh Larsen
McBride is yet another walking epithet you simply want to get away from 
2
30 Minutes or Less
Thelma Adams
A zany irreverent comedy 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Phil Villarreal
If Jesse Eisenberg and Michael Cera armwrestled no one would win and daffodils would pop up from the table This is actually my way of complimenting both actors 
3
30 Minutes or Less
Peter Keough
If you re looking for misogyny racism homophobia and contempt for poor people disguised as humor this movie is for you 
1.5
Six Ways to Sunday
David Nusair
What can I really say about a movie that culminates with the main character having sex with his mother 
1.5
Six Ways to Sunday
Michael Dequina
Exemplifies all too painfully the traditional criticisms of independent film 
0
Harper
Matt Brunson
Wildly enjoyable 
3.5
The State of Texas vs. Melissa
Kenneth R. Morefield
The film is effective and I recommend it but it struggles to find a frame for the story that makes it significant beyond the bare facts of the individual case 
2.5
The Messenger
Mattie Lucas
One of the most powerful and humane war dramas to spring from this current conflict 
3.5
The Messenger
Nick Rogers
It s sublime to see Woody Harrelson become Robert Duvall with grit gusto and muscles visibly twitching beneath his head The Messenger is draining but not numbing an agnostic anthem to the impossibility of applying predictive methods to grief 
4
The Messenger
Kam Williams
A powerful PTSD PSA for Don t ask don t kiss and tell advocates 
4
The Messenger
Mike Scott
A tremendously moving drama filled with heartbreak humor and most importantly humanity 
4
The Messenger
Sean P. Means
The vignettes of reactions to Montgomery and Stone s grim visits are the meat of the movie 
3
The Messenger
David Nusair
Foster and Harrelson s respectively striking work is alone justification for the film s existence 
2.5
The Messenger
Rick Groen
The bombshell is the news of a soldier s death and the delivery of that message is the heart of this unsentimental yet deeply moving story 
4
The Messenger
Peter Howell
The film is premised on the verbal communication of urgent information yet its many non verbal moments provide the greatest strength and clarity 
3.5
The Messenger
Duane Dudek
Harrelson received an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his grim and volatile performance but it could just as easily have gone to the quietly seething Foster 
3.5
The Messenger
Wesley Lovell
A film that never forgets those who most feel the pain of loss during a time of war 
4
The Messenger
Roger Moore
Harrelson gives us layers of hurt under a callous yet needy crust It may be the best performance of his career and certainly deserves Oscar consideration 
3.5
The Messenger
John Beifuss
As suspenseful in its less violent way as The Hurt Locker as the soldiers bring their bad news to the homes of unsuspecting family members in a series of devastating vignettes beautifully wrought by director Oren Moverman 
3.5
The Messenger
Rene Rodriguez
With the insight and sensitivity of an insider The Messenger illuminates the sometimes invisible victims of war the survivors and a pain that is tolerated but never quite healed 
3
The Messenger
Gina Carbone
Well acted bare bones look at homefront horror but it s not quite in the same war league as The Hurt Locker 
2.75
The Messenger
Matt Brunson
Foster is a revelation while Harrelson has arguably never been better 
3.5
The Messenger
Sean O'Connell
Beyond the interesting subjects Moverman doesn t have a definitive place for his film to go 
2
The Messenger
Lawrence Toppman
The best war movies don t preach against war They remind us of the costs for soldiers and families and ask us to consider whether those costs are worth paying 
3.5
The Messenger
Jeff Vice
Co screenwriter director Oren Moverman slowly peels back the layers to the characters with the game cast helping considerably in that regard 
3
The Messenger
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The Messenger involves difficult subject matter but it s not hard to watch It s sad and sobering but also humorous and touching at turns 
3.5
The Messenger
Keith Cohen
Foster and Harrelson have a winning camaraderie as they develop a bond of trust and friendship Both performances are memorable and deserve year end awards consideration 
3
The Messenger
Joe Williams
This film doesn t take political sides and it s all the more heartbreaking because of its restraint 
3
The Messenger
Chris Hewitt
Individually none of the mini dramas in The Messenger would be enough to blow you away But grouped together they re so beautifully and specifically written that they make for a convincing picture of the first stages of grief 
3.5
The Messenger
Claudia Puig
This is a wholly different look at the fallout of the Iraq War and its effect on soldiers and civilians It is also a gentle portrait of grief friendship and solace 
3.5
The Messenger
Wesley Morris
A forcefully acted and peculiar emotional drama 
3
The Messenger
Willie Waffle
Don t call it a comeback because Woody Harrelson never went away This film that will remind everyone how good of an actor he is 
2.5
The Messenger
Michael Phillips
Some jobs are dirtier than others and after seeing director and co writer Oren Moverman s beautifully acted new film The Messenger you ll be better acquainted with some of the most grueling work a human being can be called upon to perform 
3.5
The Messenger
Mick LaSalle
The Messenger is a privileged glimpse into people s private pain a drama shot with the simplicity and immediacy of a documentary 
3
The Messenger
Shaula Clark
Director Oren Moverman s feature length debut is a little like The Hurt Locker in the way it uncomfortably probes a little known military organelle 
3
The Messenger
Roger Ebert
The Messenger knows that even if it tells a tearjerking story it doesn t have to be a tearjerker In fact when a sad story tries too hard it can be fatal 
3.5
The Messenger
Kyle Smith
A shoddy shouty bore A piece of flummery 
1
The Messenger
Robert Levin
Moverman understands the deep powerful struggle that must accompany such constant grappling with death 
3.5
The Messenger
Sonny Bunch
The Messenger is a successful examination of the harsh realities of war that too often are put in the back of people s minds 
3
The Messenger
Michael O'Sullivan
Together under the assured direction of first time feature filmmaker Oren Moverman these three actors tell a story that is at once hard hitting and bizarrely gentle 
3
The Messenger
Steven Rea
For all the film s gritty verisimilitude The Messenger is not the great Iraq War movie that Kathryn Bigelow s The Hurt Locker is 
2.5
The Messenger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No quote available 
3.5
The Messenger
Peter Travers
The Messenger showing humanity under siege opens wounds inflicted by the Iraq War not on the battlefield but in the hearts of the families of soldiers who never made it back home 
3.5
The Messenger
Stephen Whitty
What The Messenger has going for it is some sober straightforward direction from Oren Moverman and a few strong performances 
3
The Messenger
Ryan Stewart
These largely self contained vignettes are harrowing the source of a font of raw emotional release that could never be otherwise captured except through a presumably invasive documentary process 
3
Ask the Sexpert
Bill Chambers
This is a breezy lighthearted documentary that nevertheless had me on pins and needles 
3
Sublet
Roger Moore
The light and lightly unsettling charms of Sublet win you over even if you suspect that directed Eytan Fox has merely added a sexual edge to atone for the political and ethnic strife he s taken care to avoid 
2.5
Sublet
Steven Prokopy
A gentle funny moving work about a temporary but useful friendship and sometimes that s all one needs 
3
Sublet
Randy Myers
There s a raw and honest intimacy that s heartbreaking to behold and unique The two leads are fantastic 
3.5
Sublet
Peter Sobczynski
It isn t bad per se but I just never felt the emotional impact it s clearly hoping to achieve 
2.5
Sublet
Michael O'Sullivan
What s best about Sublet is when it zigs when you expect it to zag 
2.5
Sublet
Derek Smith
Eytan Fox s film is a low key observance of two men finding the beauty in each other s mysteries and contradictions 
2.5
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Elias Savada
Big screen success has always been just around the corner for Jeff Krulik and fellow guerrilla filmmaker John Heyn 
3
21 Grams
Rob Blackwelder
A non linear emotionally escalating collage of three lives on a tragic collision course the film is blessed with innovative storytelling and raw stellar performances 
3
21 Grams
James Sanford
The movie becomes a mosaic of moments the cinematic equal of Rubik s Cube
3.5
21 Grams
Ross Anthony
A puzzle at first but by half way you may have figured it out then it s a wait until the end Character s struggles with his or her course harsh reality is aptly realized 
2
21 Grams
David Keyes
so stirring so inquisitive and so uninhibited by the restraints of cinema that it absorbed me in ways that few movies ever have 
4
21 Grams
James Kendrick
a deeply spiritual film dealing as it does with the core issues of life and death and the role God plays in them
3.5
21 Grams
Jorge Avila Andrade
Irritu y Arriaga crean una historia trepidante poderosa y profundamente humana 
4
21 Grams
Nick Rogers
The film knows nothing about the muscular reflex of flinching but it s vividly knowledgeable of all other elements of the body the physical and mental life and death 
4
21 Grams
David N. Butterworth
Superb performances by Sean Penn Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts highlight 21 Grams Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu s electrifying follow up to Amores Perros 
3.5
21 Grams
Marty Mapes
Storytelling technique is only the first thing that grabs your attention
4
21 Grams
Bill Chambers
A skin deep achievement that falls apart at the seams
2
21 Grams
John Beifuss
Covers much of the same scorching emotional terrain found in a Joan Crawford romantic noir or a Lars von Trier film but without acknowledging the melodrama at its core 
3
21 Grams
Mike McGranaghan
A very good movie but I have to be honest about one thing I don t know that I would actually recommend this film to anyone An utterly depressing piece of work 
3
21 Grams
Phoebe Flowers
Brilliantly acted but maddeningly structured 
2.5
21 Grams
Joe Baltake
Dripping with cinematic style 
3.5
21 Grams
Steven Rea
Challenges and provokes in unexpected ways 
4
21 Grams
Duane Dudek
The uniformly fine performances infuse the evanescent film with gravity 
3
21 Grams
Lawrence Toppman
Despite juggled storytelling the movie s compelling 
3
21 Grams
Sean P. Means
Iarritu s hopscotching narrative threatens to load down the stellar acting from its stars 
3
21 Grams
Chris Hewitt
It s a movie where other people go through awful things and we have the privilege of trying to make sense of it all 
3
21 Grams
Jeff Vice
The performances are the saving grace for this sullen dramatic thriller making it watchable even when co screenwriter director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu does everything he can to sabotage their efforts 
2.5
21 Grams
Jeff Strickler
This is a mesmerizing film that is the work of genius 
4
21 Grams
Robert W. Butler
One of those rare films you can have a good argument about 
3
21 Grams
Terry Lawson
One of the most riveting and moving experiences of the year a movie of aching soulfulness and transforming power 
4
21 Grams
Phil Villarreal
This is a movie that can be shown in film schools 50 years from now as an artifact of three of our era s finest actors at the top of their games 
4
21 Grams
Linda Cook
21 Grams challenges and entertains simultaneously 
3.5
21 Grams
Matt Brunson
An absorbing drama that s as much about loneliness retribution and redemption as it is about matters of the literal heart 
3.5
21 Grams
Wesley Lovell
Editor Stephen Mirrione tries his best to keep the stories together but with Irritu s confusing directorial technique 
3.5
21 Grams
Dustin Putman
A n imaginative heartbreaking film one of 2003 s best that you won t easily forget 
3.5
21 Grams
Tony Toscano
Had this film been editied in linear time I don t think the critics would have liked it as much as they do now 
2
21 Grams
David Elliott
This is heartfelt but not deeply searching not Dostoevskian It s teasing melodramatic and oversold 
2
21 Grams
Liam Lacey
Though not depressing because nothing this good is the film is haunting a walk on the razor s edge between life and death 
3.5
21 Grams
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I applaud Inarritu s trust in the audience and letting us actively participate in his film 
3
21 Grams
Moira MacDonald
Watching it is a wrenching experience the usual layers of distance between actors and audience are stripped away and we not only watch their anguish but become part of it 
3
21 Grams
Carla Meyer
Inarritu and Arriaga s first English language film doesn t approach the brilliance of Amores Perros but it succeeds on a more modest scale 
3
21 Grams
Justin Hartung
A melancholy meditation on guilt and grief powered by deeply empathetic performances from the three leads 
3.5
21 Grams
Roger Ebert
It grips us moves us astonishes us 
3
21 Grams
Wesley Morris
A capital M movie and the most flagrant kind Heavy emotion heavy style and lite philosophy converge and choke us with meaning 
2
21 Grams
Bruce Newman
This may be the most brilliantly made movie of the year But you don t enjoy 21 Grams you recover from it 
4
21 Grams
Michael Wilmington
Blessed with one of the strongest casts of any American movie this year this bravura film with its radical structure is full of risk and reward 
3.5
21 Grams
Timothy Knight
Whether you regard 21 Grams as an audacious work of art or a maddening exercise in cinematic pretension one thing is certain you won t forget it 
3.5
21 Grams
Jack Mathews
Using the structure of Amores Perros Inarritu takes his complex tale of hope and redemption and breaks it into a mosaic of emotional tiles that add up to more than the whole 
4
21 Grams
Glenn Whipp
A devastating look at the myriad ways that death can shake and bake us 
3.5
21 Grams
Lou Lumenick
The title refers to the weight perhaps the soul the body is said to lose at the precise moment of death But 21 Grams has no shortage of soul wit or intelligence 
3.5
21 Grams
Claudia Puig
Unstintingly explores and exposes excruciating pain raw grief ruinous vengeance and life affirming resilience creating human portraits that are uncommonly exhilarating in their honesty 
4
21 Grams
David Sterritt
Filmmaking so sensitive and intelligent deserves its weight in honors 
4
21 Grams
Vanessa Sibbald
21 Grams forces the audience to participate but you will be well rewarded if you do
3.5
21 Grams
Peter Travers
You won t see more explosive acting this year 
3.5
21 Grams
Gene Seymour
The three leads are superb as are Melissa Leo and Charlotte Gainsbourg in supporting roles 
3
21 Grams
Emily Blunt
Drama as it should be The film s only snag is all its god fearing stuffamagal But the performances are powerful and positively riveting 
4
21 Grams
James Berardinelli
It s one of those motion pictures that haunts your thoughts and won t let go 
4
21 Grams
Jeanne Aufmuth
Once it finds its footing the drama is a searing triptych of devastation and endurance 
3
21 Grams
David Nusair
the most emotionally devasting movie to come around in a long while 
4
21 Grams
Steve Rhodes
The superlative acting more than makes up for the film s flaws
3
21 Grams
Ed Gonzalez
The film s images are whorishly cluttered with religious iconography and spiritual rhetoric but Gonzlez Irritu hardly allows these codes to mirror a collective humanity s existential bewilderment 
2.5
Visions
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Visions suffers from an overly familiar atmosphere that s compounded by a painfully deliberate first half 
2
Our City Dreams
V.A. Musetto
Clemente shows she knows a thing or two about filmmaking As somebody once said like father like daughter 
3
Our City Dreams
Fernando F. Croce
Candid and unpretentious 
3
Don't Come Knocking
Rob Thomas
The widescreen visual poetry of Don t Come Knocking seems less like inspiration and more like overcompensation 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Robert W. Butler
Emotionally arid and narratively lazy the film is so tentative it seems to be evaporating before our very eyes 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Forrest Hartman
Potential filmgoers should read the title carefully Then take the message heart 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Laura Kelly
A sparse rolling drama with some strong laughs that prods at a western movie star s surprising past 
3
Don't Come Knocking
Sean P. Means
The pacing is so poky and the situations so loopy that the movie skirts the line between unintentionally comic and knowingly pretentious 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Jeff Vice
At times the film is labored and forced 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Matt Pais
That the movie doesn t deepen so much as trail off is a frustrating but fitting embodiment of a protagonist who s never taken responsibility for anything 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Peter Howell
Spence has much in common with Shepard and Wenders They seem equally bewildered about what to do other than spending nearly two hours demonstrating that Spence is a self pitying fool 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Kate Taylor
Suffers badly from an emotional aimlessness 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Terry Lawson
Don t Come Knocking isn t noticeably relevant or insightful even if you re able to suspend disbelief long enough to buy the idea of a western movie star in the 21st Century 
2
Don't Come Knocking
John Beifuss
Squanders an interesting set up and lead character for half baked indie quirkiness unstimulating Americana and dull themes about family 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Thomas Delapa
As soon as the paint dries you might as well hang Wenders non moving picture in a museum 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Duane Dudek
The story is faintly ridiculous but the cinematography and composition are beautiful and even stunning 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Jeffrey Overstreet
It s a tale prevalent in movies today men who have run from family and responsibility begin to yearn for what they ve left behind 
3.5
Don't Come Knocking
Steven Rea
As arresting as the images are Shepard s clunky soap opera banter brings most everything and everyone crashing down to earth 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Amy Biancolli
Shards of honesty pierce the action true little moments that wound or heal a weak man in a flawed story 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Michael Booth
A moving film that hangs with you like a favorite vacation to red rock country 
3.5
Don't Come Knocking
Roger Ebert
Don t Come Knocking finally doesn t work for me because instead of embodying its themes it seems to be regarding them from outside with awe as if it is the high school production of itself 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Chris Hewitt
Often occupying more than half the screen the sky is like a character in the movie but unfortunately it s the most interesting character in the film which has a bright distinct look and dull forgettable people 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Michael Wilmington
There s something a little absurd about this story but for me it s endearingly goofy 
3
Don't Come Knocking
Walter Chaw
When Wenders spins his camera around Shepard in a 24 hour pan Don t Come Knocking finds an invisible framework and plucks it like a guitar string 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Ty Burr
A big hearted failure of a film 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
David Elliott
Don t Come Knocking lacks Harry Dean Stanton and the astonishing emotional trajectory of Paris Texas 1984 but it reunites Wim Wenders and writer Sam Shepard in a raw airy West 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Ruthe Stein
A pretentious drama about a formerly famous movie star undergoing an identity crisis 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Misha Berson
For those in tune with Shepard s oeuvre Wenders sly muted tone and the exquisite cinematography of Franz Lustig Don t Come Knocking can be quirkily resonant 
3
Don't Come Knocking
Sara Michelle Fetters
But I liked this movie by the end liked it a lot I was moved left both shaken and elated by the turn of events which brought all these disparate characters together 
3
Don't Come Knocking
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The outcome of this journey is already all too familiar 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Ken Fox
Beautifully shot in rich colors by Franz Lustig it s possibly Wenders most accessible film to date and among his most emotionally satisfying 
3.5
Don't Come Knocking
James Emanuel Shapiro
Showcases some fantastic photography terrific acting and a superb soundtrack but it s not the masterpiece that Paris Texas is 
3
Don't Come Knocking
Kyle Smith
This is the Diet Coke of existentialism One calorie Not existential enough 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Jack Mathews
More a cry of regret than a coherent story 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Glenn Whipp
This lonesome cowpoke story has its moments of visual beauty but fails to capture the magic of the first Wenders Shepard collaboration 1984 s intimate Western Paris Texas 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Peter Canavese
In the film s best scene Roth interrogates Lange about potatoes Unfortunately such moments are rare 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Gene Seymour
Much as you want to walk away from the messes it makes Don t Come Knocking is like a performing panhandler on the subway whose shtick is just funny enough to grab your attention along with a little loose change 
2.5
Don't Come Knocking
Steve Rhodes
Beautifully shot but a colossal bore 
1.5
Don't Come Knocking
Rene Rodriguez
The longer Don t Come Knocking goes on the less interesting it becomes its considerable promise sacrificed by a director s inability to keep his self indulgences in check 
2
Don't Come Knocking
Dan Callahan
This is just another male menopause movie marred by unlikely dialogue and hokey theatrical symbolism 
2
Louise by the Shore
Jay Horton
Conveying wistful melancholia though indelible imagery drawn by the artist s hand and then animated by computer the measured pace and elegiac tone require and endlessly reward a willing patience 
3
Drum
David Nusair
an engaging look at an important moment in history 
3
Deadhead Miles
Roger Moore
If Terrence Malick researched this trucking script my guess is that it began and ended with listening to country music radio in the Phantom 309 Six Days on the Road era 
1.5
A Man for All Seasons
Matt Brunson
The notion that politics and religion make the worst bedfellows has never gone out of fashion the current pack of right wing hyenas in Congress attest to that and this drama offers a peek at this oil and vinegar mix from a historical perspective 
3.5
A Man for All Seasons
Phil Villarreal
Zinnemann proved to be a filmmaker for all seasons 
4
A Man for All Seasons
Wesley Lovell
One man s conviction against the tyranny of Henry VIII makes for an intriguing drama in A Man for All Seasons
4
Je suis Karl
Roger Moore
There might be a better film in what s here something that judicious trimming and re arranging of scenes could bring out 
1.5
Planet of Snail
Mattie Lucas
A deeply humane film in that way relatively straightforward in structure and style but its story is one that is both timeless and moving 
3
Planet of Snail
Betsy Sherman
Both modest and awe inspiring 
3
Planet of Snail
Farran Smith Nehme
Gentle simply told love stories are as rare in documentaries these days as they are in narrative film That alone makes Yi Seung jun s Planet of Snail a standout 
3.5
Planet of Snail
Kenji Fujishima
Even with the heaviness of some of its subject matter the doc remains limpid and unsentimental until the very end in keeping with its subject 
3
Homecoming
Steve Rubenstein
There are so many shots of butts and boobs that a viewer gets tired of looking at butts and boobs which is some sort of cinematic accomplishment 
0
The Definition of Insanity
David Nusair
a tiresome periodically interminable piece of work 
1
The Definition of Insanity
Joe Lozito
I don t know how autobiographical this film is but one can see Mr Margolis during a dark night of the soul deciding to take matters into his own hands and making a film about his travails 
3.5
Rickshaw Girl
Tom Meek
There is a dance number and the vibrant Bengali locales entice but ultimately the film suffers from not bringing anything new to the trope and its flat emotional affect 
2
Rickshaw Girl
Bob Bloom
apos Rickshaw Girl apos rests on the shoulders of Novera Rahman as Naima 46 She refuses to accept the limitations of her patriarchal society and will do anything 8212 including defying cultural conventions 8212 to assist her family 46 
3
The Main Event
Roger Ebert
The movie just doesn t have the life the zaniness this kind of screwball material demands 
2
Iris Blond
Michael Dequina
In a film about success seeking musicians it would help if one thought they had some amount of talent 
2
The Exorcist
Wesley Lovell
It 8217 s not only one of the best horror films ever made 44 it 8217 s easily one of the silver screens finest features 46 
4
The Exorcist
Brian Eggert
The director s horrifyingly maintained assault of the viewer s senses and faith leaves the audience subject to devilish claustrophobic torment that makes the resultant spiritual awakening all the more powerful 
4
The Exorcist
Dustin Putman
Without a doubt The Exorcist is a touchstone in horror seemingly incapable of taking a wrong step Watching with the lights off is strongly encouraged Turning them back on immediately afterwards will be a necessity 
4
The Exorcist
David Nusair
The Exorcist runs out of steam long before reaching its decidedly low key and somewhat anticlimactic finale 
2
The Exorcist
Desmond Ryan
The Exorcist with its excellent cast mounting intensity and ingeniously constructed surprises is still a commanding achievement 
3.5
The Exorcist
Jack Mathews
The movie that launched a new era in horror films and which for one generation remains one of the scariest experiences of their lives 
3
The Exorcist
Michael Wilmington
The Exorcist like most memorable Hollywood movies gains its power from the way it mixes opposites new style realism and sexual radicalism old style horror and religion 
4
The Exorcist
David Sterritt
Less a cleverly spun story than a disjointed collection of shockeroos surrounding a few ghoulishly effective moments with overcooked plot twists and in your face vulgarity 
2
The Exorcist
Matt Brunson
A finely crafted thriller that benefits immensely from William Friedkin s controlled direction William Peter Blatty s thematically fruitful script Owen Roizman s imaginative camerawork and Dick Smith s startling makeup designs 
3.5
The Exorcist
Gene Siskel
I loved it 
4
The Exorcist
David Keyes
This is a movie that believes in evil and sees no point in dancing around the inevitable acknowledgments 
4
The Exorcist
Walter Chaw
But is it just me or is Karras s the only story that s really compelling 
4
The Exorcist
Josh Larsen
a crude religious exploitation piece although poor Linda Blair required to urinate swear and vomit on cue is exploited more than anything else 
2
The Exorcist
Roger Ebert
If movies are among other things opportunities for escapism then The Exorcist is one of the most powerful ever made 
4
The Exorcist
James Berardinelli
There is nothing dated about The Exorcist which remains an effective excursion into demonic possession more than a quarter of a century after it was first unveiled to the public 
3
The Exorcist
James Kendrick
At once an honest disturbing exploration of the darker aspects of religion and the spiritual world it is also an unabashed horror movie
4
Charcoal
Kent Turner
The well calibrated droll and dark satire has a life force that courses in serpentine ways that recall Bong Joon ho 8217 s quot Parasite 46 quot 
4
Ultrasonic
Peter Hartlaub
An electronic score pulses throughout the film which can be cliched in individual scenes but still goes in some unexpected directions 
2
Ultrasonic
Stephanie Merry
While some of the dialogue and acting early on veer toward the stilted the actors settle into a nice rhythm as the atmosphere turns more mysterious 
2
Ultrasonic
Jeff Shannon
Ultrasonic recalls better indie films like Pi and Primer but there s just not enough story to stretch over 90 minutes resulting in several scenes that feel like filler propelled by Rao s good but occasionally too intrusive electronica score 
2.5
Amateur
Roger Ebert
I found the idea of the plot more interesting than the plot itself and am finding the movie more fun to write about than to see 
2.5
The Quiet Girl
James Kendrick
simple and beautiful in its moving evocation of human experience and the depth of its belief in the transformative power of human kindness
4
The Quiet Girl
Diana Cheng
46 46 46 akin to the literary source 46 46 46 Bair 233 ad has created on screen a sparse and sensitive rendering of Keegan 8217 s story 44 camera shots that are calm storytelling and restraints that convey emotional depth 46 
3
The Quiet Girl
Joe Friar
It apos s been a while since I have been touched by such a beautiful coming of age film 46 Catherine Clinch delivers an unforgettable and tender performance 46 Stephen Rennick 8217 s dreamy score with lush melodies provides an ethereal atmosphere 46 A must see 46 
4
The Quiet Girl
Robert Horton
For a quiet person 44 the words quot She says as much as she needs to say 44 quot resound like a bell of empathy 46 Those bells regularly go off during this heart squeezing movie 46 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Rob Thomas
With wonderfully restrained performances and an eye for natural beauty 44 8220 The Quiet Girl 8221 becomes an uplifting movie about the effects that compassion can have 44 especially on a young person still open to the world 46 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The result is a soft summer fable that all but attacks our tear ducts 
2
The Quiet Girl
Michael O'Sullivan
In a world of noise and noisy jumbled films this story of found family speaks loudest when saying nothing 
4
The Quiet Girl
Jeff Mitchell
apos The Quiet Girl apos speaks volumes 46 Everyday kind gestures may seem modest 44 but they can foster colossal movements towards repair and healing 46 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Ty Burr
The story is simple it s the connection between an invisible girl and a woman who finally sees her that forms the backbone of this lovely handmade film 
4
The Quiet Girl
Anne Brodie
Clinch 8217 s superbly nuanced performance 44 at age 11 is phenomenal 44 her stillness reverberating with emotional power with occasional bursts of pure joy 46 It lingers 46 
4
The Quiet Girl
Odie Henderson
As beautiful as it is devastating 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s a powerful 44 sustained feeling and the payoff is almost more than a normal heart can handle 46 Absolutely worthy of its Oscar nomination 44 this film is well worth seeking out 46 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Little by little 44 we fall under its spell 44 the melancholy magic seeping in until the final cathartic howl of anguished love bursts forth 46 Rarely have I felt so moved and devastated 46 
4
The Quiet Girl
Jake Coyle
A stirring testament to what s possible on a modest scale with a few well chosen words Set in 1981 rural Ireland The Quiet Girl comes from Claire Keegan s short story Foster and it preserves much of the rhythm and concision of a good short story 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Sheila O'Malley
The film works by stealth 46 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Mick LaSalle
I don t think I ve ever seen a film that conveyed with such vividness and precision the helplessness of childhood 
4
The Quiet Girl
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The Quiet Girl earns its most emotionally powerful scenes because of the way that it so gracefully convinces us that it wasn 8217 t even building toward them in the first place 46 
3.5
The Quiet Girl
Rex Reed
Made with sensitivity and care by first time writer director Colm Bairead combines serene editing quiet reserves of strength and subdued performances that allow you to think and feel instead of just watch 
4
The Quiet Girl
Mark Dujsik
This is a lovely 44 heartbreaking film about loneliness and how simple acts of connection can 46 46 46 break through the shells of despair 44 pain 44 and grief 46 
4
Big Boys Gone Bananas!
Budd Wilkins
The issue remains that this variety of faux populism seems better suited to the soapbox than the silver screen 
2.5
Los Lobos
Rene Sanchez
Los Lobos is a marvelous gem A touching and sincere story about life s most valuable treasure family Full Review in Spanish 
4
Burt's Buzz
Marty Mapes
Sellout Tool Dupe Better to just get to know the real Burt than to judge 
3
Burt's Buzz
Kate Taylor
In its tight focus on the man and its leisurely pace the film creates an intriguing portrait of a figure caught between the Sixties and the present and the self and the image 
3
Burt's Buzz
Moira MacDonald
Shavitz is undoubtedly an intriguing fellow but Burt s Buzz never quite finds what makes him tick 
2
Burt's Buzz
Linda Barnard
Shapiro How to Start Your Own Country lets the story play out in a meandering fashion that echoes Shavitz s approach to life 
2.5
Burt's Buzz
David Nusair
an uneven yet entertaining little documentary 
2.5
The Sea That Thinks
Steve Rhodes
A fascinating and truly unique work 
3
Dick Tracy
David Reddish
Viewed today amid the superhero franchise onslaught Dick Tracy has a refreshing quality to it The film dares to have a strong identity artistic vision and to tell a self contained story rather than one made to hype sequels crossovers or sell toys 
3.5
Dick Tracy
Gene Siskel
A visual delight and a dramatic letdown 
3
Dick Tracy
David Nusair
an impressively conceived piece of work that has just as much to offer adults as it does children 
2.5
Dick Tracy
James Sanford
No other movie ever made looks like this But the design doesn t overwhelm the actors Director Beatty knows how to bring out the brightest in his cast 
3.5
Dick Tracy
Robert Roten
This is a unique movie experience well conceived and executed 
3
Dick Tracy
Roger Ebert
This is a movie in which every frame contains some kind of artificial effect An entire world has been built here away from the daylight and the realism of ordinary city streets 
4
Dick Tracy
Chris Hicks
On the whole Dick Tracy is a lot of fun and fans of the offbeat may embrace it as a unique film amid a sea of movies that seem cloned from each other 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Brian Eggert
Beyond letting audiences down with the final entry of six 44 Jackson doesn apos t meet his own high standards and treatment for the Middle Earth saga up to this point 46 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
the worst of the Middle Earth adventures Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Sonny Bunch
For nearly 2 5 interminable hours The Battle of the Five Armies throws waves of computer generated elves and computer generated dwarves against computer generated orcs 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant finale to a thrilling if wildly afield adaptation 
4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Michael Smith
The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies feels more like a film made for those with a deep vested interest in arguing about what was left out from the book or what was added in and shouldn t have been 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Marty Mapes
Maybe not as fun as Smaug Battle caps Jackson s six part masterpiece
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Eric Melin
The sad irony is that given the enormous familiarity with Jackson s cinematic Middle earth and the almost identical structure and conflict of both trilogies the sixth and final film is a slog of an exercise one of stubborn inevitability 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Lori Hoffman
Martin Freeman s beautifully nuanced work as Bilbo is the beating heart of this adventure 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Bob Bloom
It is a sweeping spectacle that is so caught up in its own desire to overtake and outdo its predecessors that it forgot its most important ingredient the need to capture the imagination of its viewers 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Walter Chaw
a bad movie left to die by an exhausted filmmaker 
1
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Sean P. Means
The bigness of the battle scenes in this part of The Hobbit masks the fact that Jackson and his co writers have left themselves too little of Tolkien s story to fill a third movie 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
John Wirt
The sprawling confrontations and many sideline fights in Five Armies equal overkill A few quieter character revealing scenes provide some respite 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
James Kendrick
works reasonably well in bringing the story to a satisfying conclusion while also delivering a cavalcade of action sequences that unlike some of the action in the earlier films is narratively justified and effectively rendered
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Scott Nash
The entertaining but bloated and overdue climax to The Hobbit 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Mike McGranaghan
By inserting so much filler into the second movie this finale is saddled with the need to pay it all off Consequently the unfocused story meanders all over the place 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you can forgive all the behind the scenes nonsense and focus on the completed movie you may find it to be a joyous rousing adventure even one for the ages 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
John Serba
This trilogy comes precariously close to making its title character the MacGuffin 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
John Beifuss
Has the added benefit of giving 92 year old Christopher Lee one last perhaps chance to be a bad ass onscreen 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Kyle Smith
It s adequately visionary it s routinely spectacular it breathes fire and yet somehow feels room temperature 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Anders Wright
Once again Peter Jackson finishes strong 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
John Semley
It plays out as if someone chucked a whole bunch of carefully detailed Warhammer figurines into a centrifuge goblins goats dwarfs wizards and wolves bouncing off one another in waves of alternating tedium and punishment 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Chris Knight
Yes The Battle of the Five Armies is the best of the Hobbit movies by far But it s still a far cry from the glory of Jackson s Rings cycle which benefited from a much more defined quest 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
John Wenzel
It s a big bold schizophrenic pageant that still manages to work on a surprising number of levels creative liberties and indulgences be damned 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Brad Keefe
Jackson could have and should have pulled this story off in one less movie but you ve come too far on the journey to turn back now right 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Tim Holland
Peter Jackson s equally exhilarating and exhausting Hobbit trilogy comes to a rousing if not totally satisfying conclusion with The Battle of the Five Armies a war ravaged adventure that is by turns breathtaking beautiful brutal and boring 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Dann Gire
After 13 years and two Middle earth trilogies Jackson goes out with a bang a combustible visual mix resembling a violent video game that could use one or two more edit sessions 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Travers
Talk about beating a dead orc In dutifully completing his prequel trilogy to his Lord of the Rings triumph Peter Jackson has sadly saved the worst for last The Battle of the Five Armies is 20 percent inspiration 80 percent desperation 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Bruce Ingram
Fighting presented with Jackson s usual double helpings of visual splendor emotional oomph and low key comedy is what Battle of the Five Armies is all about 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Willie Waffle
Bilbo Baggins has a sword and he knows how to swing it 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Howell
What looked like indulgent folly at the outset now seems closer to epic justification as Peter Jackson s The Hobbit trilogy draws to a rousing close 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Mick LaSalle
Freeman could have made a great Bilbo Instead he s the one thing that has made this trilogy bearable 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Sorina Higgins
This final film in the Hobbit movie series is more thoughtful than the first two and it s compelling cinema but it lacks a sense of closure 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Rafer Guzman
A passably satisfying ending to a franchise that has always seemed a little like a bonus DVD 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Michael O'Sullivan
Jackson s storytelling at this point is so driven by green screen trickery and digital legerdemain that he seems to have forgotten about human emotion 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Mark Dujsik
The end of The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies primarily brings with it a sensation of relief that the muddling and ultimately middling affair is finished 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Rene Rodriguez
OK Mr Jackson you proved your point by landing the big finish Now please no more Middle earth ever 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Joe Williams
Whose story is this There s an old saying that history is written by the winners The screenplay for The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies must have been written by elves 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Michael Phillips
By the second hour of The Battle of the Five Armies the visual approach becomes a paradox monotonously dynamic epic storytelling 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Ty Burr
Jackson has marched the modern fantasy action epic into a thundering blind alley the movie exhausts your senses without ever engaging your imagination 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Canavese
Narratively bereft thematically redundant but fans of the series and fanboy grumblers may have to agree that The Battle of the Five Armies is often entertaining 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Kent Turner
Jackson s stretched out adaptation gives off a militaristic bombast Additionally what was cuddly on the page is creepy and menacing onscreen 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Matt Pais
An endless series of extremely serious statements about fortune greed and war that give way to a more endless onslaught of fight fight fight 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Joe Lozito
Rarely has a final battle been so anticlimactic or padding been so apparent 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Sheila O'Malley
There are some wonderful sequences in Battle of the Five Armies and the attention to detail is breathtaking but the film feels more like a long drawn out closing paragraph rather than a vibrant stand alone piece of the story 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Claudia Puig
The final installment of the Hobbit trilogy is the best featuring more spectacular action scenes as well as the series most emotionally resonant moments 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Josh Larsen
The equivalent of watching a game of Risk with all the emotional involvement such an activity would hold 
2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Stephen Whitty
It was too much and it was not enough 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Roger Moore
The best of the Hobbit movies still sort of meh 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Mary Ann Gwinn
The best of the three Hobbit movies moving from an enjoyable action battle movie with fantastic visuals into the realm of authentic tragedy 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Dustin Putman
It is better to start middling and finish strong than the inverse and this is where The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies has arrived in the nick of time to turn things around 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Randy Myers
While it s true that none of the Hobbit films were as good as any in the Rings trilogy The Five Armies at least comes closest to capturing Tolkein s essence And in this instance that is good enough 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Kam Williams
Between an engrossing plotline and virtual non stop combat the picture proves to be just the perfect way to bring down the curtain on a storied fantasy franchise 
4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
James Berardinelli
The best film of The Hobbit s three this final installment is closer in quality to The Lord of the Rings than to its immediate predecessors 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Richard Larson
These films and Tolkien s entire oeuvre are most affecting in their depictions of friendship and the performances here represent platonic male intimacy in convincing often moving ways 
3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Linda Cook
It s a satisfying ending to the first visit to Middle Earth 
3.5
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
Linda Cook
It s all about the important of things and there aren t many of them 
3
Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Steve Rhodes
What a wonderfully sweet little film 
3
Hit and Run
David Nusair
slowly but surely squanders its admittedly intriguing premise 
1.5
Human Resources
Paul Sherman
Much more low key than plot heavy Hollywood movies yet free of the emotional remoteness of many French films 
3
Human Resources
Roger Ebert
A valuable heartbreaking film 
3
Road Games
Sara Michelle Fetters
The pieces just fit together too nicely to be even moderately dismissed Road Games an intoxicating adrenaline fueled thriller that s as brutal as it is invigorating 
3
Road Games
Simon Abrams
Yes you can enjoy Road Games even if you aren t a gorehound I wish I could recommend Road Games beyond that though since all roads lead to a twist ending that you can kinda sorta make out from a mile off 
2.5
Road Games
Mike McGranaghan
Fueled by strong performances and some genuinely riveting twists and turns it s a solid genre film that delivers the goods in a largely fresh way 
3
The Valley Below
Chris Knight
The actors taking their cues from the script under perform their parts perfectly The Valley Below is a superb first feature and it will be fascinating to see where this new talent turns his lens next 
3.5
The Valley Below
Liam Lacey
Away from the festival lights this slow burn collection of narratives with its moody cinematography original soundtrack and emotionally authentic performances looks even stronger 
3
The Valley Below
Peter Howell
The walls may be closing in on these people but we are constantly aware of the vast environment outside at once threatening and awe inspiring 
3
Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
Roger Ebert
The kind of movie that lives and breathes 
3
Wild Life
Kent Turner
Double threat actor director Mathieu Kassowitz s performance as the tyrannical Paco is nothing short of terrifying 
2.5
About Last Night ...
Carrie Rickey
Homework assignment Is the decision to change both the title and the thrust of Mamet s play evidence of perversity or of perversion Due tomorrow Class dismissed 
2
About Last Night ...
Gene Siskel
This is the yuppie drama that St Elmo s Fire wanted to be but wasn t 
3.5
About Last Night ...
Walter Chaw
It takes a lot in order for Jim Belushi to be the best actor in something 
0.5
About Last Night ...
Roger Ebert
It has an eye and an ear for the way we live now and it has a heart too and a sense of humor 
4
About Last Night ...
James Berardinelli
A marriage between the creative talents of David Mamet and Edward Zwick might seem to be an unlikely union but in the case of 1986 feature About Last Night it is surprisingly effective 
3
How Sweet It Is
Stephen Whitty
The movie is called How Sweet It Is and oh no it ain t 
0
The Mission
Blake Howard
8220 De Niro is such an intuitive and impulsive performer 44 and what I think Roland Joff 233 gets out of him in this performance 46 46 46 is restraining those impulses and 8230 fury 46 8221 
3.5
The Mission
Federico Furzan
A visual masterpiece that feels outdated at the core of its conflict Fantastic performances and cinematography Full review in Spanish 
3
The Mission
Roger Ebert
There isn t a moment in The Mission that is not watchable but the moments don t add up to a coherent narrative 
2.5
The Witnesses
Jonathan W. Hickman
A somber look back and for Americans a view from somewhere else of a time that might have been just recently forgotten 
3
The Witnesses
Michael Phillips
Techine s graceful forceful drama has the tact not to play narrative games with its subject 
3.5
The Witnesses
V.A. Musetto
André Téchiné s film features a strong ensemble cast The film pulls no punches in its depiction of lives in crisis 
3
The Witnesses
Austin Kennedy
The first 80 minutes or so are really good but then the movie goes on for about a half hour longer than it needs to 
2.5
The Witnesses
Roger Ebert
The Witnesses doesn t pay off with a great operatic pinnacle but it s better that way Better to show people we care about facing facts they care desperately about without the consolation of plot mechanics 
3
The Witnesses
Chris Hewitt
It becomes a movie about figuring out how to live a full life and The Witnesses is necessarily a bittersweet one since so many people who came of age in the 80s never had a chance 
3
The Witnesses
Ken Fox
This depiction of the onslaught of AIDS is curiously pragmatic and a little clunky but then again perhaps it is time we all got a refresher course in AIDS awareness and its terrible consequences 
3.5
The Witnesses
David Wiegand
Some may think the metaphoric possibilities of an incurable illness that can be transmitted through sexual contact have been all but exhausted Director André Téchiné almost proves otherwise in The Witnesses a kind of film opera without music 
2
The Witnesses
Jan Stuart
André Techiné s The Witnesses is one of the finest fiction film accounts of a free yet frightful moment in time when the relaxing sexual liberties of the previous decade were being squeezed by the onset of an unforgiving new virus 
3.5
The Witnesses
Bill Weber
A moral tale that isn t saddled with moralism The Witnesses is a novelistic film in the best sense 
3.5
Skin
Jeff Mitchell
This film is gritty raw and unseemly and while Jamie Bell rightfully dominates and carries the picture Vera Farmiga delivers the best performance 
3
Skin
Lisa Trifone
The tension is palpable thanks in part to strong performances by Bell Macdonald and a supporting turn by Vera Farmiga 
2.5
Skin
Richard Roeper
Skin is the amazing story of a man who went to extreme measures to change on the outside and within his heart 
3
Skin
Christy Lemire
Bell gets the opportunity to show huge emotional and physical range here and even when the script turns a bit melodramatic toward the end he provides a secure through line 
3
Skin
Rex Reed
If you have a strong stomach it is well worth seeing for the lessons it teaches about the value of survival in the pursuit of redemption 
3
Skin
Mark Dujsik
The core of what this story represents remains mostly unexplored 
2
Skin
Joey Magidson
Skin is a movie with a tremendous lead performance from Jamie Bell though not quite enough else to warrant a recommendation 
2.5
Skin
Roger Moore
Bell s transformation like the subject the movie is about is harrowing 
3
Skin
Dwight Brown
Watching human garbage turn into human beings can be extremely gratifying Excellent 
3.5
Jonny Vang
Steve Rhodes
A quirky comedy it does have its moments but not many 
2
Servants
Roger Moore
It s a parable as crucible for the country as a whole a timely reminder of past and present Russian repression set in a Catholic seminary 
3
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Matt Brunson
At one point in this joyful documentary Jack Nicholson discusses the countless cheapies produced by Roger Corman and cracks By mistake he actually made a good picture every once in a while 
3.5
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Peter Howell
Like many of the 400 odd movies Roger Corman has produced and or directed Corman s World Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel has a title that sizzles over content that merely simmers 
2.5
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Ann Hornaday
Alex Stapleton s lively engrossing and enlightening documentary about a career that can be described as surprising on multiple counts 
3
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Robert Levin
The doc offers a well rounded treatise on Corman s indelible influence benefiting from a strong cast of talking head contributors 
3
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Stephen Whitty
A movie about Roger Corman should kind of look like a Roger Corman movie fast and cheap and a little battered around the edges And entertaining as hell 
3
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
V.A. Musetto
Though many fans don t know it Corman s taste runs to foreign language films and in the 80s he produced work by Bergman Fellini and Antonioni 
3
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Mark Deming
Corman s World sometimes plays more like a celebrity roast in which Corman s friends tell funny stories about him for 90 minutes with a lot of film clips thrown in but those stories are often hilarious and enlightening 
3
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Kent Turner
Only in Corman s World will you bewilderingly witness Jack Nicholson choking back tears on camera for the love of the man who gave him his start in the business 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Linda Cook
A must see only for gorehounds 
0
Hotel Transylvania 2
Peter Hartlaub
Hotel Transylvania 2 is an unfortunate throwback to about 20 years ago when animated movies were more widely accepted as cinematic babysitters 
1
Hotel Transylvania 2
Christy Lemire
Hotel Transylvania 2 is the greatest movie Adam Sandler and Kevin James have ever made together I believe this is called damning with faint praise 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
John Wirt
The movie finally rises from its dullsville crypt just before it ends 
2
Hotel Transylvania 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A few chuckles here and there 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Dustin Parkes
It s in that lengthy middle where the film gets lost 
2
Hotel Transylvania 2
Taylor Lindsay
It s sometimes corny trite and a bit too scary But it s as good a vehicle as any to ask deeper questions with your kids 
3
Hotel Transylvania 2
Susan Wloszczyna
This subpar sequel barely comes close to being as amusing as any run of the mill Munsters TV episode 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Calum Marsh
Be yourself proves the obvious takeaway from these exploits this being a children s movie I m just not sure the message rang clear among the sounds of the children screaming 
1
Hotel Transylvania 2
Dustin Putman
More focused imaginative tightly paced than the scattered less thoughtful original Hotel Transylvania 2 is a merrily ghoulish excursion sure to please fans of the series while winning over those who wished the first film had tried a little harder 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Sandie Angulo Chen
Tartakovsky hasn t created the sort of sequel that eclipses the original but then again the original wasn t exactly Toy Story or How to Train Your Dragon 
2
Hotel Transylvania 2
Rick Bentley
The spookiest thing about Hotel Transylvania 2 is how much funnier colorful and original it is this second time around 
3
Hotel Transylvania 2
Bruce DeMara
While the first Hotel Trans had humour for both younger and older audiences this one will likely fall short in its appeal to adults although there s plenty for the little monsters to enjoy 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Eric Henderson
It risks offense by putting a typically Adam Sandler ian twist on a tired familial trope though such risks can often be the only thing enlivening forced franchise installments like this one 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Kyle Smith
The jokes stink like the Mummy s armpits 
1
Hotel Transylvania 2
Stephen Whitty
Great movies like ParaNorman and Frankenweenie showed the laughs you could get out of funny fiends Hotel Transylvania 2 just digs up a few corny gags 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania 2
Roger Moore
Roughly twice as many laughs as the original Still not enough though the little kids will giggle 
2
Psych: The Movie
David Wiegand
In truth the movie isn t quite up there with some of the more memorable episodes from the show but whether you re a veteran pineapple head or a newcomer to the silliness Psych The Movie is welcome comic relief 
2.5
Psych: The Movie
Kelly Lawler
like visiting an old friend it s a little awkward at times but overall it s an absolute joy and quintessentially the Psych we know and love 
3
Wakko's Wish
Michael Dequina
Few films bearing the family label truly hold appeal to all ages but this is one glorious example where the classification rings true 
3.5
Gully
Matthew Passantino
Gully is the worst type of bad movie Aimless shapeless ugly and gratuitous 
1
Gully
Leo Brady
It s not something to be entertained by there s not much of a lesson learned other than humans suck and the style isn t anything new It s above all just a movie you want to be better 
1
Gully
Brian Tallerico
Uncertain what story it s telling Nabil Elderkin s Gully is only held together by the sheer talent of its young cast 
1.5
Gully
Mark Dujsik
The point of Gully becomes lost in tonal and stylistic whiplash which puts the movie s showiness over the painful truths at its core 
2
Gully
Randy Myers
The film overreaches or overstates at every significant moment 
2
Gully
Dwight Brown
Music video director Nabil Elderkin steps into the deep end of feature filmmaking and flounders 
1.5
Gully
Joey Magidson
Ambition is not lacking in Gully It s just the execution that falls decidedly short 
1.5
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Keith Uhlich
Wife Be Like a Rose has the distinction of being the first Japanese talkie to receive a commercial U S release 
3.5
Knife + Heart
David Nusair
thwarted by filmmaker Yann Gonzalez s excessively avant garde sensibilities and an emphasis on a progressively tedious narrative 
1
Knife + Heart
Ernesto Diezmartinez
As a thriller the film does not work As a cult movie in progress I suspect it works Full review in Spanish 
0
Knife + Heart
Lisa Trifone
The film combines the uninhibited sexuality of the 70s with the slasher films of the era to create a pulsing narrative that s as captivating as it is graphic 
3
Knife + Heart
Sean P. Means
His cast led by Paradis and Moran s white hot intensity are game for anything Gonzalez throws at them and the result is a crazy captivating mess 
3
Knife + Heart
Mark Dujsik
This may be a difficult film to explain categorize and at times watch but it does constantly evolve 
3
Knife + Heart
Simon Abrams
A satisfying unsentimental psychodrama 
3
Knife + Heart
Walter Chaw
Knife Heart is about honouring a voice torpedoes be damned It s great 
3.5
Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth
Phil Villarreal
The film drifts into ambiguity teasing the viewer to collect enough evidence to choose the culprit Some viewers may enjoy puzzling over the vague mystery while others will see the ending as a cop out 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Chris Hewitt
There s not much new in Casino Jack and the United States of Money but it is a lucid entertaining documentary 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Loey Lockerby
Offers a wide ranging look at Abramoff s antics from promoting sweatshops in Saipan to cheating Indian tribes out of casino revenues 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Rob Thomas
Alex Gibney pulls the same feat he achieved with Enron The Smartest Guys in the Room making complicated financial chicanery first understandable then entertaining then completely maddening 
3.5
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Matt Brunson
Abramoff and a few others landed in jail but there s little joy to be had from this saga since a long list of other crooks from the Bush Cheney glory years never served time for their crimes 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Jeff Vice
A lot of the film is rambling Points aren t connected very well and it feels needlessly convoluted Worse the tone seems completely inappropriate If Gibney can t take the subject of human slavery in the Marianas islands seriously how can we 
2.5
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Ty Burr
Gibney is a busy boy and he draws the lines between Abramoff and his friends and his friends friends with the documentary equivalent of a highlighter 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Steven Rea
Casino Jack is designed as an indictment of a whole culture of influence peddling a Beltway way of life where a pat on the back often comes with a kickback 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Chris Faraone
Had someone fire bombed an annual college Republicans meeting in the early 1980s he would have spared this country a lot of pain and strife 
3.5
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Rene Rodriguez
The picture is briskly edited and the energy never lags But the amount of information the viewer is asked to process is voluminous and never stops coming 
2.5
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Peter Hartlaub
The snarky tone use of musical puns and jokey graphics was Keith Olbermann an executive producer undermine the impact of the story 
2
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Mark Dujsik
Invokes as much mild outrage as a presentation of lobbying gone wild can It s not exactly an earth shattering revelation 
2.5
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Moira MacDonald
It s a story well told but Abramoff s voice is missing Gibney interviewed him in prison but could not film him You wonder what this sweet talker might say for himself looking back over that long ugly money trail 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Philip Kennicott
Ultimately it becomes a Rorschach test of the viewer s cynicism Does it shock you You must not live in Washington read the newspaper or follow politics Are you horrified Congratulations and now wise up 
2
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
V.A. Musetto
Watching Casino Jack and the United States of Money made me sick to my stomach 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Willie Waffle
Fascinating viewing as you start to root against the dastardly villains who had more ego than ethics 
3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Nick Schager
It makes plain from the outset its position as an expos cum condemnation of our political system as inherently flawed with regard to the relationship between lobbyists politicians and policy 
3
Harbinger Down
Mike McGranaghan
Gillis clearly had some ideas for practical effects he wanted to create the plot is just an excuse to do them There doesn t appear to be much sincere interest in telling a story For this reason Harbinger Down plays like the world s longest demo reel 
1
Woman of the Photographs
Anne Brodie
Takeshi Kushida 8217 s Woman Of The Photographs is a strangely seductive number 46 We see inside their thoughts 44 ponder humans and bugs 44 the tyranny of social media and the reality that yet another woman has succumbed to body dysmorphia
4
Woman of the Photographs
Roger Moore
Slight as it is 44 it apos s all a little creepy and occasionally kind of funny 44 in a dry 44 dark and oh my God did she open that wound AGAIN bloody way 46 
2.5
Woman of the Photographs
Ernesto Diezmartinez
I have written that The woman of the photographs belongs to fantasy cinema but I am not so sure that this film directed by newcomer Kushida falls into that category Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Let the Right One In
Matt Brunson
Chilling in more ways than one 44 this Swedish import uses its frozen environment to great advantage 46 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Mattie Lucas
A beautiful enchanting gothic fable that is at once strangely charming and unabashedly macabre 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Jason Buchanan
Pre adolescent angst has rarely been as eerie or unsettlingly honest as it is in director Tomas Alfredson s stylish psychologically complex tale 
3
Let the Right One In
Gerald Peary
A remarkable vampire film as raw and frightening as it is tender and intelligent 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Sonny Bunch
this is a moody original take on the vampire film Anyone interested in vampire films or relationship films will enjoy this fantastic picture
3
Let the Right One In
Marty Mapes
Excellent storytelling and a handful of very good shots add up to one of the year s best
4
Let the Right One In
Keith Cohen
Tomas Alfredson directs this Swedish art house cult alternative to Twilight 
3
Let the Right One In
Wesley Lovell
The perfect amalgam of classic horror archetypes and coming of age stories 
4
Let the Right One In
Duane Dudek
Vampire films are often shallow sensational and obvious which is why they can be an acquired taste But for those who favor them or don t this is the right one to let in 
3
Let the Right One In
John Beifuss
The director approaches this potentially sensationalistic material the way a cat creeps up on a live meal with quiet patience and cunning 
4
Let the Right One In
Eric Melin
Vast amounts of empty space take up the formalistic widescreen compositions Then there are the sounds a heartbeat sniffling breathing All these things bring the audience closer to the characters and help make our experience theirs 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Josh Larsen
the anti Twilight of 2008 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Robert W. Butler
The best vampire movie of 2008 heck the best vampire movie of the last 20 years is Let the Right One In 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Rob Thomas
Let the Right One In is a much scarier vampire movie than the megahit Twilight but that s no great shakes Would you believe though that it s also a much better love story 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Phil Villarreal
The best fantasy stories excel because they give new perspective to real life issues through the lens of the supernatural and the Swedish film uses vampirism to tackle adolescence in all its glorious agony 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Sean P. Means
As Oskar and Eli grow closer in scenes with a tender intimacy the violence also turns more personal 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Jeff Vice
The casting of the youngsters is nearly perfect 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Lawrence Toppman
A tale that proves there s life in the undead yet when they fall into the hands of imaginative storytellers 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Austin Kennedy
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is a welcome addition to the horror genre One that I think will get better with age like a fine wine 
3
Let the Right One In
Chris Hewitt
It misses classic status because the script isn t as good as Alfredson s direction 
3
Let the Right One In
John Hartl
A spooky Swedish thriller that manages to break the rules of the genre while holding on to many of the rituals that remain dear to the hearts of vampire fans 
3
Let the Right One In
Steven Rea
Funny fear inducing with periods of voyeuristic gore and an undercurrent of anxiety and dread Let the Right One In is up there with the bloodsucking classics 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Lisa Kennedy
Like the best vampire sagas the film is rife with aching melancholy and existential crises Its haunting beauty isn t marred but complemented by strong disquieting images 
3
Let the Right One In
Wesley Morris
The beauty of Let the Right One In resides in the way the horror remains grounded in a tragic kind of love 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Roger Ebert
Remove the vampire elements and this is the story of two lonely and desperate kids capable of performing dark deeds without apparent emotion 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Michael Phillips
I m so sick of Swedish vampire movies aren t you If you can stomach just one more however Let the Right One In is the Swedish vampire movie to see The film is terrific 
4
Let the Right One In
James Berardinelli
Its portrayal of the relationship between two improbably alike pre teens is more believable than what we see in many realistic dramas 
3
Let the Right One In
Christian Toto
Let the Right One In is not your typical boy meets vampire boy falls in love with vampire saga 
3
Let the Right One In
Reyhan Harmanci
Let the Right One In strikes a surprising array of notes scary sad and hopeful 
3
Let the Right One In
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What finally emerges is a tender moving relationship between two confused lost young people 
3
Let the Right One In
Dustin Putman
Not the be all end all groundbreaker some are labeling it as but it does put a new sweet spin on a subgenre long in need of some freshening up 
2.5
Let the Right One In
Peter Howell
The exceptional Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In warms your heart as it chills your blood and that s the most disturbing thing about it 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Rick Groen
A wicked trick a cinematic treat this is some Halloween offering 
3
Let the Right One In
David Nusair
a thoroughly original and consistently engaging piece of work 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Lucius Gore
One of the greatest vampire films ever made 
4
Let the Right One In
Stephen Whitty
A smart and welcome vampire film And although it provides the usual horrors its most frightening one may be the stark loneliness of a child 
3
Let the Right One In
V.A. Musetto
Hoyte Van Hoytema s bleak and spooky camerawork is perfectly suited to this intelligent horror film Happy Halloween 
3
Let the Right One In
Andrew Schenker
A more thoughtful approach to such a knotty set of concerns would have been welcome 
2.5
Let the Right One In
Joe Williams
Carves out a unique niche in the vampire genre 
3
Let the Right One In
Peter Travers
Stick your neck out for this Swedish horror show 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Scott Nash
Young Kare Hedebrant as Oskar and Lina Leandersson as Eli do a fantastic job in the lead roles 
4
Let the Right One In
Joe Lozito
A quietly beautiful fiendishly gripping Swedish import which is likely to stay with you longer than your average teen romance novel 
3.5
Let the Right One In
Michael Sragow
Let the Right One In is a chiller in more ways than one 
3.5
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Mattie Lucas
A warm witty and hilarious celebration of healthy sexual desire in all its forms 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Sean P. Means
With a cast mainly of first time movie actors led by the endearing gamine Bergsholm Jacobsen covers the familiar coming of age material from a fresh engaging perspective 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Calvin Wilson
True the film deals with sex But at heart it s really about romance 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Moira MacDonald
Turn Me On Dammit is a rarity a comedy about a teenage girl s budding sexuality treated with wit and kindness 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Michael O'Sullivan
A wry if saucily subversive charmer based on a novel by Olaug Nilssen 
2.5
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Rene Rodriguez
For a genre dominated by American movies in which girls are usually prizes or objects of lust Turn Me On Dammit practically feels revolutionary 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Alexandra Molotkow
Turn Me On Dammit is that rare thing an honest coming of age story from the female perspective 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Chris Hewitt
If you re up for its frankness it s a funny and tender coming of age tale 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Linda Barnard
It never lags from the first shocking scene to a sweetly amusing John Hughes inspired finale 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Carrie Rickey
It may be a slight comedy but Turn Me On Dammit is enormously entertaining 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Wesley Morris
I can t think of another movie whose finale uses a reference to genitalia to warm your heart 
3
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Gerald Peary
What s on screen is stilted and dull not helped by willowy blonde Helene Bergsholm in the lead more suited to modeling than acting 
1.5
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Sara Stewart
Jacobsen s clever compassionate treatment of Alma s romantic predicament involving Artur her exhibitionist crush comes from a perspective you virtually never see in American films 
3
Crocodile Dundee
Matt Brunson
It s easy to see its appeal 
3
Crocodile Dundee
Bill Chambers
The rousing climax a variation on the old airport confession of love sends the picture and us out on a high note with an affirmation of the essential New York character 
3
Crocodile Dundee
Roger Ebert
The movie feels curiously machine made as if they had all the right ingredients and simply forgot to add the animal magnetism 
2
Hounds of Love
Federico Furzan
This is one of those undeniably great movies but I feel like I never want to see again Ever Full review in Spanish 
3
Hounds of Love
Anita Katz
Among the fine cast Booth stands out as the confused on edge Evelyn 
3
Hounds of Love
Simon Abrams
An ugly film whose ambitions are never matched by its creators limited abilities 
1.5
Hounds of Love
Barry Hertz
The central performances are riveting but the torture Young depicts even only if it s suggestive rather than blatant can be difficult to digest over the course of almost two long hours 
2.5
Hounds of Love
Chris Knight
The kidnappers are Emma Booth and comic actor Stephen Curry playing his part terrifyingly straight 
3
Hounds of Love
Derek Smith
Hounds of Love builds to a crescendo that earns its emotional catharsis while staying true to its roots as a truly chilling and intense thriller 
3
Nemesis Game
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet seriously tedious piece of work 
1
Heaven Help Us
Roger Ebert
The strange thing about the movie is the way the moments of inspiration raise our hopes and then disappoint them 
2.5
Titanica
Roger Ebert
Titanica is based largely on footage filmed at the Titanic s grave Seen on the giant five story curving Omnimax screen of the Museum of Science and Industry it is a sight to inspire awe 
3.5
Buy It Now
Collin Souter
But It Now accomplishes so much in one hour that I wouldn t be surprised if media arts teachers across the country used it as a springboard for class discussion 
4
Buy It Now
Erik Childress
Harrowing and a sign of our morality run amok times the result is a staggering showpiece and a potent unsettling film 
3.5
The Devil's Horn
Peter Howell
Charlie Parker and John Coltrane get their due of course but other sax stars also testify to the sinfully great sound of this most wicked of instruments 
3.5
The Road
Glenn Lovell
Genre fans beware The Road proves a bumpy ride slow going monotonous and the most unforgivable sin of all not in the least scary 
1.5
The Road
Burl Burlingame
Enough rattling thrills for the date night crowd and enough story and character for older film buffs to chew on The ride home afterwards might require your high beams 
3
The Road
V.A. Musetto
Laranas delivers a maximum of suspense and horror working wonders with a small budget 
3
The Road
Stephen Whitty
This philosophical film helps elevate the film above the usual scared teenager shocker although sometimes the film ignores the bread and butter demands of the genre 
3
The Road
Dustin Putman
Heavy on atmosphere but light on substance 
2
The Road
Ed Gonzalez
For a spell the film gets by on its unpretentious flair for atmosphere even its disconcerting nonsensicality 
2
The Diary of Anne Frank
Wesley Lovell
A poignant drama bringing us into the lives of Anne Frank whose diary inspired millions seeking to understand why such a sweet innocent child could be murdered in the Holocaust 
4
The Diary of Anne Frank
Peter Canavese
Remains a potent statement about the horrors of war and a valid testament to the girl who could answer them by writing I still believe in spite of everything that people are really good at heart Blu ray 
3.5
The Diary of Anne Frank
Betsy Bozdech
That the movie still resonates today is a testament both to Stevens filmmaking abilities and of course Anne s unforgettable words 
3
Critters 2: The Main Course
Federico Furzan
As a sequel it delivers but this is when everything started going down Full review in Spanish 
2
Critters 2: The Main Course
Matt Brunson
It isn t quite as adept at balancing the yuks and nyuks as the first film 
2
Critters 2: The Main Course
Roger Ebert
It lacks all of the style and sense of fun of the original Critters and has no reason for existence aside of course from the fact that Critters is a brand name and this is the current model 
1
All the Labor
Kathy Fennessy
In the film 44 which alternates between their early days and recent years 44 they travel to the late Levon Helm apos s Woodstock studio 44 The Barn 44 to record their 2011 album 44 Old Mad Joy 46 46 46 
3
Bitter Rice
Eric Melin
There is so much to be learned from Bitter Rice even today It is a perfect surprise proving how important and how much fun it is to discover older movies with fresh eyes 
3
Happy Hour
Rob Thomas
An unhappy hour and a half 
2
Happy Hour
Jay Antani
Happy Hour is strictly college level compost content with its mediocrity if not wholly unaware of it 
1
Happy Hour
V.A. Musetto
If only its characters weren t such stereotypes 
2
Happy Hour
Jack Mathews
What you ll remember most about the movie is its banal script and dialogue so ripe it almost laughs at itself 
1.5
Happy Hour
David Sterritt
Once the story takes its big turn toward tragedy though it becomes predictable and sentimental 
2
Happy Hour
Ed Gonzalez
This is the kind of tripe that wouldn t get past a junior editor at a publishing house 
1.5
Dinotasia
Andrew Schenker
This decision to avoid treating the dinosaurs as surrogate people for easy identification is both the film s boldest move and the source of much of its problems 
2.5
The Lovers
Matt Brunson
Writer director Azazel Jacobs does a rather remarkable job of making these colorless and not particularly likable people interesting but the film grows flaccid in the third act 
2.5
The Lovers
Christopher James
Much like the worn out marriage at its center the film is so comfortable it s hard to find its pulse 
2.5
The Lovers
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The result is a funny film that satirizes the nonsense of its characters Full review in Spanish 
2
The Lovers
Rob Thomas
Azazel Jacobs observant comedy drama The Lovers digs into the messiness of a long time marriage that is teetering on the edge of oblivion And yet Lovers is a film that s light on its feet wry and even affectionate 
3
The Lovers
Michael Smith
Those who appreciate intelligent films with mature themes about relationships as well as remarkably measured authentic performances should fall hard for The Lovers 
3.5
The Lovers
Jeff Simon
The pleasure of watching two mature actors negotiate every inch of irony and rue and repressed wryness in this tale is sufficient to make it watchable especially when one member of that couple is Winger 
2.5
The Lovers
Tina Hassannia
The Lovers is a frank playful romantic drama 
3
The Lovers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Lovers is a most wonderful grown up romantic comedy with a dash of cynicism 
3.5
The Lovers
Robert Horton
It s grown up and surprising and there s pleasure to be had in watching two accomplished performers play against each other 
3
The Lovers
Johanna Schneller
A delicate deadpan comic fable as if someone gave Boccaccio a camera and an indie film budget 
2.5
The Lovers
Ryan Porter
Jacobs has delivered a two handed character study and in this mission he is handily assisted by his two powerful leads 
2.5
The Lovers
Gary Thompson
An offbeat comedy that gives us a view of marriage with a new well wrinkle is probably the wrong word
3
The Lovers
Rafer Guzman
Two fine performances anchor this half funny half brutal story of a midlife marriage in crisis 
3
The Lovers
Calvin Wilson
Is romantic comedy dead Not as long as the genre can accommodate a film as uniquely wonderful as The Lovers 
3.5
The Lovers
Moira MacDonald
Letts has some fine moments but it s Winger who really brings the color to this movie creating a woman filled with disappointment and passion and wit taking a small scale comedy of manners to a darker richer place 
3
The Lovers
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It d be black comedy if writer director Azazel Jacobs pushed a tone more but this is more drab irony searching for chuckles 
2
The Lovers
Anita Katz
The movie is easy to relate to as it depicts disappointments of married life it s also an enjoyable comedy about two people who aren t ready to give up feeling 
3
The Lovers
Mark Dujsik
It s a comedy that might as well have been transported from Hollywood s Golden Age of high concept screwball comedies 
3.5
The Lovers
Richard Roeper
Just about every step of the way the dialogue crackles and the performances are electric 
3.5
The Lovers
Ty Burr
With luck by the end you may hear what Jacobs does the aching romantic movie imprisoned in each of us desperate for release 
3
The Lovers
Ann Hornaday
Flustered flirty and filled to the brim with compassion The Lovers is charming even when it s proving how hollow charm can be 
3
The Lovers
Mick LaSalle
We can read the character s history in Letts face before we know the details He s miserable but like he s gotten used to misery Misery is no big deal 
3
The Lovers
Roger Moore
Stagey but Winger is a wonder
3
The Lovers
Kent Turner
If it wasn t set in anywhere suburban Southern California you would have sworn this was a French film by Patrice Leconte 
3
The Lovers
Robert Levin
The Lovers finds levels of tension that rival the best thrillers and depths of dark comedy that compare favorably with past classics of marital despair 
3.5
The Lovers
Peter Travers
Writer director Azazel Jacobs finds buoyant comedy and touching gravity in the ashes of a relationship Above all give yourself over Winger and Letts they are perfection 
3.5
The Lovers
Sara Stewart
Here is a neat little slow burn of a comedy that upends the cheating spouse narrative even its title is cheekily misleading 
3
The Lovers
Christopher Gray
Azazel Jacobs s film takes some shrewd steps to update the comedy of remarriage for the age of the smartphone 
2.5
Images
Roger Moore
Thanks to its pedigree and York 8217 s performance 44 8220 Images 8221 is well worth tracking down 46 46 46 But its oddness is both a calling card and a handicap 44 as it 8217 s not quite horror 44 not entirely a paranoid thriller and not necessarily 8220 Altmanesque 46 8221 
2.5
Images
David N. Butterworth
Committed contributions from York acting Zsigmond photography Williams score and Yamash ta sound design amount to little more than a jangling jumble of hyperbolic head games 
2
Images
Michael Scheinfeld
Stylistically controlled and tightly structured Altman restrains his usual improvisatory technique and open ended shooting style to produce a riveting intellectual puzzler as well as a penetrating character study of a woman who s slowly losing her grip 
3
Images
David Keyes
An experiment that embodied the bold risk of an emerging method of cinema where a garden of new filmmakers was being driven by themes more than characters or story 
3.5
Images
Roger Ebert
It is first of all an intelligently constructed and spectacularly well photographed film We admire its gifts even though they tend not to involve us 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Mike Scott
There are sweet moments and there are funny moments but it all just becomes so eye rollingly calculated that it s hard to appreciate 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Jonathan W. Hickman
Charlie Bartlett plays it too safe 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Austin Kennedy
Mostly this was a quirky smart inspiring and surprisingly enjoyable High School movie 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Christian Toto
Charlie Bartlett is the Ferris Bueller of our drug addled age Except he s not a fraction of the charmer ol Ferris was 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Matt Brunson
Even in the canon of high school flicks Charlie Bartlett seems slight but like its wide eyed protagonist it ultimately wins you over on the strength of its puppy dog appeal 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Sean O'Connell
Bartlett would make a decent sitcom character and the uneven film plays out accordingly 
2
Charlie Bartlett
David Nusair
one of the most effective high school comedies to come around in quite some time 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even though there s some smart stuff in Charlie Bartlett there s a lot more dumb stuff that keeps the worthy elements from aligning 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Linda Cook
You might think you ve met someone like Charlie Bartlett before The fact is if you ve seen many movies you have 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Sean P. Means
Director Jon Poll has trouble transitioning from humor to seriousness and ends up mocking characters who need our sympathy the most 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Claudia Puig
Charlie Bartlett is a refreshingly entertaining character study that refuses to dumb down its youthful cast or bury their concerns in service of a catchy soundtrack 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Ken Fox
The film feels derivative but always heartfelt and never sacrifices an honest moment for a cheap gag 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Philip Marchand
The characters remain halfway between genuine comic creations and realistic individuals and the whole narrative feels artificial stuck in the tension between being a morality play and a freewheeling comedy 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Chris Hewitt
Funny and character driven Charlie Bartlett has a hero who s very Ferris Bueller esque a heroine who s very Ringwaldish an acid tinged sense of humor and a Hughes like faith that everything will work out for unconventional people 
3.5
Charlie Bartlett
David Wiegand
Those waiting for the arrival of the next Juno may want to skip Charlie Bartlett a relentlessly earnest teen film about a 17 year old misfit who s been tossed out of one prep school after another for bad behavior 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Gary Thompson
The movie is unevenly directed with stiffly mounted scenes and tonal shifts between offhand comedy and ham fisted drama 
1
Charlie Bartlett
Stephen Whitty
A comedy that strains so hard to be edgy it nearly pulls a muscle 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Lou Lumenick
Charlie Bartlett starts to get a bit preachy as it works its way toward a climax heavily influenced by Rushmore but it s still well above average for this type of film 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Loey Lockerby
For all its sympathy toward adolescent angst it turns out that Charlie Bartlett is really about reassuring and reinforcing worried adults 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Jeff Vice
While there are a few goofy moments it turns much too serious about midway through and loses a lot of the initial good will as a result 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Lisa Kennedy
It s risky business championing an adolescent protagonist who thrives on the illicit But the appointments Charlie holds in the men s room make an argument most can get behind 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Wesley Morris
An exuberant unexpectedly smart comedy about the fraught give and take between kids and grown ups 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Mack Bates
Charlie Bartlett is an often laugh out loud funny comedy that takes aim at privileged WASP culture and the public school system with equal fervor 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Glenn Whipp
The movie is all over the map in tone and though Downey brings obvious empathy to his alcoholic character his adversarial relationship with Charlie feels fake and forced Bueller vs Rooney was more believably bruising not to mention much funnier 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Rick Groen
Like the teenagers in it Charlie Bartlett is a movie in search of an identity wondering just what sort of high school flick it wants to be when it grows up 
2
Charlie Bartlett
John Monaghan
Tone is everything in a movie like this and director John Poll spends the entire running time trying to find it 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Carolyn Arends
Although much of the film is exaggerated for satirical purposes somehow in the eye of the farcical storm a compelling story gets told 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Daniel M. Kimmel
in casting Anton Yelchin in the title role they ve hit a home run 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Steven Rea
There s lots to like 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Jim Emerson
Almost everything in Charlie Bartlett is based on successful teen comedy formulas of the 70s 80s and 90s 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Peter Canavese
Honors the neuroses of high school while also holding out the hope every teen needs 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Once you remove the layer of imitations nothing much remains 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Sean McBride
Ferris Bueller for the new millennium It s a bit more jaded and the problems are a bit more serious but Charlie is such a cheerful dude that it s hard not to get caught up in his adventure 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Willie Waffle
Should have been a comedy all the way through It s like we have been enjoying a delicious ice cream sundae only to find broccoli at the bottom of the bowl 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Dustin Putman
A non flashy but uncommonly savvy film about teenage life that one can only hope finds its rightful audience 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Eric Melin
In the end the big message of Charlie Bartlett was said better and more succinctly in an R E M song Everybody Hurts 
1.5
Charlie Bartlett
Walter Chaw
I m going to be really f depressed if Charlie Bartlett isn t the worst most irresponsible movie I see this year 
0
Charlie Bartlett
Tasha Robinson
Charlie Bartlett asks audiences to believe that its protagonist is so sheltered that he has no clue how bizarre his precious overly mannered behavior looks to his peers 
1
Charlie Bartlett
Jan Stuart
This high school dramedy feels strangely earthbound despite an articulate script and an engaging cast 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Jordan Hiller
Though Bartlett occasionally misfires the trips and stumbles are made nearly irrelevant by the rampant innovativeness and ingenuity at hand 
2.5
Charlie Bartlett
Lawrence Toppman
Mediocre writers ignore reality opting for clumsy wish fulfillment and hoping we won t notice they make no sense Sadly Charlie Bartlett is an example of that school of non thought 
2
Charlie Bartlett
Josh Larsen
It s not much of a movie but it is an impressive calling card for the young star 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Jeanne Aufmuth
A lightweight outing heavy on convention 
2
Charlie Bartlett
James Berardinelli
I would classify Charlie Bartlett as a smart teen film It s more ambitious and overall more successful than its 80s forebears even though the resemblance is unmistakable 
3
Charlie Bartlett
Jason Clark
A feeble entry into the teen movie lexicon 
1.5
Septembers of Shiraz
Godfrey Cheshire
Another vacuous melodrama thriller that doesn t lay a glove on the era s historical complexities 
0.5
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Michael Dequina
A no brainer in the worst sense 
0.5
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Jeffrey Westhoff
The only thing that changes is the star Adam Sandler Chris Farley David Spade or Rob Schneider Other than that they re the same movie over and over again 
1.5
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Bob Graham
A couple of these situations are funny a few are real clunkers and it all fades away like a slightly bad odor 
2
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Dustin Putman
It is simply a very funny comedy 151 no more no less 151 and sometimes that is enough 
3
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Steve Rhodes
Was it ever funny I think I laughed once but for the life of me I can t remember why 
1
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Roger Ebert
It s like someone let all the air out after about the 25 minute mark 
1.5
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Jonathan Foreman
An inconsistently funny film that draws heavily and obviously on recent successful low brow comedies like There s Something About Mary and Austin Powers 
2.5
Automatons
Michael Phillips
I yearn to encounter livelier less than zero budget attempts at post apocalyptic science fiction than this one 
1.5
Automatons
V.A. Musetto
McKenney worked in underground theater and comics before turning to filmmaking with movies such as Canniballistic Judging by Automatons he s worth keeping an eye on 
3
Automatons
Maitland McDonagh
The acting is flat and the scientist s ideological speeches too bluntly designed to mirror post 9 11 rhetoric But there s a dreamy fascination to the iconic images of machines fighting a perpetual war for the human creators they ll inevitably outlast 
2.5
Automatons
Ed Gonzalez
Try to phase out the redundant and uninspired political discourse and focus only on the sporadic bursts of robot aggression which McKenney shoots at gloriously odd jumpy angles 
2.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Mark Collette
High school films don t have to be dull or juvenile this one suffers tremendously from the former 
0.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Michael Szymanski
If you tried to be in the in crowd then this is going to be even more painful In fact even if you re in the in crowd you ll find this painful 
1
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Jeffrey Westhoff
If you remake a mediocre movie you get another mediocre movie 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Tony Toscano
Rent the original instead 
1
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Linda Cook
Here s another needless remake that s a shadow of the original 
1.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Tyler Hanley
The African American film community deserves better than a mediocre comedy pulled from the cinematic icebox 
1.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Walter Chaw
Ah true equality not being held to a higher standard and accordingly producing the same kind of gender blind garbage about which it appears useless to complain 
0.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Dustin Putman
Rotten to the core and misogynistic in the extreme 
.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Roger Ebert
It has better values than the original a little more poignancy some sweetness 
3
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Chris Hewitt
This awkwardly directed version takes way too long to get where we knew it was going the whole time 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Ted Fry
The blandly obvious story of high school romance and the venal materialistic self involved teens who inhabit its suburban California setting couldn t be less interesting 
0.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Carla Meyer
Clocking in at 105 minutes Love Don t Cost a Thing drags for stretches 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Josh Larsen
sometimes nostalgia should remain unexplored 
1
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Timothy Knight
Predictable hijinks ensue between the mismatched couple en route to the sappily romantic fade out 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Elizabeth Weitzman
Where the original was slight but sweet the remake is depressingly superficial and cynical 
1.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Liam Lacey
As a romantic comedy the movie misses an important transition When exactly during Alvin s transformation from loser to fatuous blowhard does Paris fall for him 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Terry Lawson
Generic but harmless comedy 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Michael Booth
This teen ugly duckling comedy can t rise above the level of your average TV sitcom 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Wesley Morris
Flat and witless and moves at the speed of a mid tempo ballad 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Bob Bloom
For the most part the characters and situations are stock and cliched 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Guylaine Cadorette
Love Don t Cost a Thing an comedy inspired by the 1987 teen romance Can t Buy Me Love demonstrates that things aren t always better the second time round 
1
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Lou Lumenick
A sexed up Afterschool Special pretty much guaranteed to render audiences comatose 
0
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Gene Seymour
The direction is pedestrian and slipshod 
1.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Erich Scholz
This breezy remake of the 1987 film Can t Buy Me Love is so lightweight it threatens to float off the screen but likable performances from leads Cannon and Milian go far in helping anchor some of writer director Troy Beyer s flimsy script 
2.5
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Allison Benedikt
Cannon is an uncomfortable presence on screen both as the dorky Alvin and as his transformed self stylin Al 
1
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Nick Schager
It s unclear why a remake of 1987 s Can t Buy Me Love was necessary 
2
Love Don't Cost a Thing
James Berardinelli
An atrociously unfunny unromantic and unpleasant product 
1
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Steve Rhodes
With jaw dropping beauty Christina Milian electrifies the screen 
3
Leap Year
Mick LaSalle
Any movie that gives Adams half a chance to show her stuff can t be dismissed out of hand But Leap Year gives her slightly less than half a chance 
2
Leap Year
David Nusair
a familiar yet watchable piece of work 
2.5
Leap Year
Sean P. Means
Adams is cute as a button as always but even she can t energize this tired excuse for a comedy 
2
Leap Year
Linda Cook
The real star of this movie isn t even in the credits Or in the title for that matter 
2
Leap Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
For all the contrivances the idiocies and the scenes of pure unabashed tedium the pair won my over the sight of them together filling my heart with just enough joy I was ready to forgive much that I normally wouldn t 
2.5
Leap Year
Calvin Wilson
In Hollywood it s all about the concept and some studio executive must have thought it would be fun to watch Adams slogging around in the Irish mud Unfortunately there s no accounting for taste 
2
Leap Year
Brett Michel
As a tearful Anna perched on a cliff near the end I was tempted to shout Jump Jump while wishing that Kaplan and Elfont would join her 
1.5
Leap Year
Mike McGranaghan
You ve seen this movie before dozens of times under dozens of different titles What s the point in seeing it again under this title 
2
Leap Year
Mike Scott
Pleasant but tiringly formulaic it is saved by the presence of the effervescent Amy Adams 
2.5
Leap Year
Keith Cohen
This light and frothy romantic comedy gets 2010 off to a good start This entertaining movie is what people like to see on date night 
3
Leap Year
Lou Lumenick
Leap Year may be the least funny Hollywood comedy to take advantage of Irish tax credits since The Honeymooners 
1.5
Leap Year
Liam Lacey
The most charming of actors can be left flailing in the face of a feeble script and direction 
1
Leap Year
Sean O'Connell
While the Irish countryside is postcard worthy the Leap Year script is postcard thin 
2
Leap Year
Willie Waffle
Of course opposites will attract it doesn t hurt that both are smokin hotties I have a feeling Anna wouldn t be falling for Ray Romano in similar circumstances 
1.5
Leap Year
Peter Howell
Is this 2010 or 1950 It certainly seems the latter since no contemporary woman with an IQ above Guinness temperature would sit with such nonsense 
2.5
Leap Year
Chris Hewitt
The movie s refusal to go for easy laughs and its surprisingly heartfelt take on that romantic comedy staple the woman who can t choose between two men make it more unusual and surprising than its ads suggest 
3
Leap Year
Claudia Puig
What saves it from being completely dismissible drivel are the gorgeous Irish locations and the charm of its stars Amy Adams and Matthew Goode 
2
Leap Year
Carrie Rickey
Look before you Leap Year 
2
Leap Year
Mark Dujsik
Way too content to abide by the rules 
1.5
Leap Year
Dustin Putman
By the time the camera ominously looms over a rocky seaside cliff before revealing our heroine at her lowest emotional moment standing at the edge of it how groundbreaking and genre twisting might it have been were she to suddenly leap to her death 
2
Leap Year
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie doesn t give them one single moment that doesn t come out of the romantic comedy rulebook 
2
Leap Year
Kara Nesvig
The cinematography is what makes Leap Year worth seeing Turns out Ireland is kind of pretty 
2.5
Leap Year
Walter Chaw
which is my way of saying if you see it you re exactly the type of person who would 
0.5
Leap Year
Sue Pierman
Leap Year is a chaste little picture reminiscent of screwball comedies of the 1930s and a pleasant change from films that are all sex and no romance 
2.5
Leap Year
Moira MacDonald
It s a new year and a new romantic comedy and a new opportunity to observe that Amy Adams hair really is very pretty and sorry I nodded off there for a minute 
2
Leap Year
Jeff Vice
Even Amy Adams can t do anything with Leap Year except for perhaps ensuring that it s not a completely painful cinematic experience 
2
Leap Year
Wesley Morris
It s unclear what Amy Adams did to deserve Leap Year but all that s missing from the movie is a set of jailhouse bars over her scenes 
1.5
Leap Year
Michael Phillips
The movie proves what we guessed going in that Adams who has the instincts not to overplay her character s robotic snippiness can redeem almost anything 
1.5
Leap Year
Connie Ogle
Rich in cliché and brimming with the sort of potent idiocy that can only be found in January release romantic comedies Leap Year manages to do every possible thing wrong 
1
Leap Year
James Berardinelli
The problem isn t the absence of chemistry but the presence of too much of the wrong kind The sense of cold antagonism that initially develops between the primary characters is so strong that it lingers throughout 
2
Leap Year
Roger Ebert
Amy Adams and Matthew Goode have the charm necessary to float a romantic comedy like Leap Year and this is a story that needs their buoyancy 
3
Leap Year
Aaron Cutler
Leap Year is like most relationships You keep waiting for it to get better until you finally accept that it won t 
2
Leap Year
Roger Moore
It apos s a romantic comedy 46 We know where this is going 46 Tucker amp Co 46 don apos t seem to realize that it apos s not the destination 44 it apos s the witty 44 winsome journey that counts 46 
2
Leap Year
Phil Villarreal
Just once Hollywood could you give us a happy ending 
1.5
Saving Banksy
Charles Desmarais
Characters ranging from the benighted to the unsavory to the perfectly slimy populate the film alongside the only figures who really have anything of substance to say the artists themselves 
3
Maria
Roger Moore
It quickly turns into a movie we ve seen too many times before often done much better 
1.5
Regular Lovers
V.A. Musetto
Not much happens but the director keeps our attention nevertheless 
3
Know Your Mushrooms
Jeff Shannon
Another delightful exploration of well chosen subject matter that s more richly fascinating than you might first expect 
3
Know Your Mushrooms
Peter Howell
As with all of Mann s films his enthusiasm is infectious He comes to praise mushrooms not to bury them and long may his frying pan sizzle 
3
Know Your Mushrooms
Rick Groen
Like Calvin Trillin in print or Errol Morris on screen director Ron Mann has the knack of generating fascination where none seemed to exist of carving intrigue from an apparently non intriguing topic okay a measure of intrigue anyway 
3
Echoes of Innocence
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
An interminable film 
.5
Magnus
Roger Moore
An entertaining finale doesn t really hide the documentary s general lack of drama or surprises 
2.5
Magnus
Kent Turner
Director Benjamin Rees generates suspense from the rhythm of the editing which is given a boost by a varied electropop score 
2.5
Goldrush: A Real-Life Alaskan Adventure
Michael Dequina
A well meaning bore 
2
Breakup at a Wedding
Farran Smith Nehme
Breakup at a Wedding works because Quinaz has come up with a concept that lets him skewer directorial pretension alongside wedding hysteria 
3
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
David Lewis
Angelou s epic journey from a mute girl in segregated Arkansas to an icon of civil rights literature and entertainment could easily be a 10 part miniseries 
3
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
Kam Williams
A poignant portrait of a sex abuse survivor s unlikely path from abandoned street urchin to consummate poet laureate 
4
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
Nick Allen
More in depth history report than a piece of art Maya Angelou and Still I Rise is a collection of fascinating information without style 
2.5
Curse II: The Bite
Dustin Putman
Director Prosperi and special effects wizard Screaming Mad George pull out all the stops during the second half leading toward a snaky hellish rainswept climax boasting tension creative innovation and true showmanship 
3
Invisible Life
Sean P. Means
Aïnouz and screenwriter Murilo Hauser deftly capture the sweep of years even decades as the two sisters live physically apart but spiritually together their lives a rebuke to the patriarchal system that separated them 
3.5
Invisible Life
Bob Bloom
This story of lost and missed opportunities should have more of an emotional heft that binds you to the characters Unfortunately at times the movie feels distant as if director Karim Aïnouz is content to simply allow you to watch events unfold 
3
Invisible Life
Lisa Trifone
Aïnouz creates a world where pain longing and unanswered questions linger just under the surface of life s most meaningful moments 
3.5
Invisible Life
Michael O'Sullivan
Let s just say there s closure It isn t shocking but rather a heartbreaking one a bookend to the long sad story that delivers in contrast to all the dismal developments that have come before it a kind of bittersweet satisfaction 
3
Invisible Life
Mick LaSalle
By the end you will feel like you ve been somewhere and you know these people Guida and Euridice just might stay with you for a long time 
3
Invisible Life
Tomris Laffly
A hopeful celebration of female camaraderie and strength 
4
Invisible Life
Mark Dujsik
The circumstances of the sisters separation matter but the characters matter much more 
3
Invisible Life
Amil Niazi
Through a richly layered lens of myth building and melodrama Ainouz manages to capture the heartbreak solitude and resilience of women on the verge 
3
Invisible Life
Diego Semerene
Only rarely does Karim Aïnouz allow for loopholes to refreshingly emerge from the film s stylistic deadlock 
2
Wife of a Spy
Brian Eggert
Kurosawa s effort doesn t feel like a state approved film Quite the opposite Some Japanese politicians would prefer to neatly pack away its less savory role in the war 
3
Wife of a Spy
Peter Canavese
A Japanese tele film with interesting enough storytelling and a 53 minute Making Of documentary included on this Kino Lorber Studio Classics blu ray 
3
Wife of a Spy
Robert Horton
Does not look like a film about darkness indeed everything in this movie seems drenched in light made of cream a kind of glow that affects the production design and costuming so much it becomes heady 
3
Wife of a Spy
Josh Bell
The film s early going requires some patience but that pays off in surprising ways as the story unfolds 
2.5
Wife of a Spy
Simon Abrams
Wife of a Spy piles on too much unnecessary information making it impossible to get lost in its plot s distracting convolutions 
2.5
Wife of a Spy
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Wife of a Spy is about as far away from Pulse or Cure as you could likely get the gifted filmmaker still creates a wickedly upsetting aura of tension and suspense whenever he sets his mind to do so 
3.5
Wife of a Spy
Mark Dujsik
T he basic setup gradually and thoughtfully expands 
3
Wife of a Spy
Chuck Bowen
Wife of a Spy could use a streak of live wire crudeness a bit of melodrama delivered in an unselfconscious manner 
2.5
Wife of a Spy
Roger Moore
The script and players ensure that we ride out the same conflicting loyalties and emotions that they do forcing ourselves into their shoes and never letting hindsight give us an easy way out 
3
The Blue Hour
Godfrey Cheshire
While The Blue Hour opens in a way suggesting a typical gay coming of age tale it quickly veers away from conventional formulas and expectations by using that genre to springboard into different and much darker ones 
3
The Blue Hour
James Lattimer
An initially intriguing attempt to splice together a gay romance and a horror film that ultimately shows little flair for either genre 
2
The Escape
Roger Moore
Sturdy melodrama enjoyable for the performances if not the timeworn and formulaic housewife s ennui story 
2.5
The Escape
Sara Michelle Fetters
Arterton s magnificence is undeniable 
3
The Escape
Glenn Kenny
Tara is a role that she has to inhabit without flash and Arterton does so and movingly in every frame in which she appears 
2.5
The Escape
Josh Wise
It deals with a very ordinary emergency with deftness of touch and the power of a singular performance 
3
The Escape
David Nusair
a moving portrait of a woman who s seemingly been coming undone for a while 
3
Small, Slow But Steady
Pat Brown
Small Slow But Steady is one of the first great pandemic movies because it reflects the lessons about mutual support and communal perseverance that we should be taking from very familiar pandemic struggles 
3
Woman in Motion
David Reddish
Woman in Motion makes the case that Nichols is more than just an actress or an iconshes a real life unsung hero 
3
Woman in Motion
Roger Moore
Eye opening and inspiring 
3
Riot on Sunset Strip
John Beifuss
By 1967 the campiness inherent to youth runs wild exploitation cinema had gained a rough edge Mimsy Farmer s acid freakout dance here may be more Lola Falana than Timothy Leary but it leads to her gang rape 
3
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula
Robert W. Butler
It s good looking surprisingly steamy cinematic silliness 
2.5
The Third Monday in October
Steve Rhodes
An absolutely fascinating look at middle school presidential elections 
3.5
Rio, I Love You
Steven Rea
If the beauty of Rio de Janeiro is jaw dropping so too is the slipshod manner in which the aforementioned talents go about their business there 
1.5
Rio, I Love You
John Hartl
Stuffed with touristy images but not enough dramatic substance to make any of them count 
1.5
Rio, I Love You
G. Allen Johnson
Had producers cut it down to say the five most promising stories and fleshed them out a bit the results might have been better Instead it feels just as you might be sucked into a story it s over 
1
Rio, I Love You
Pat Padua
Rio I Love You is the third film in the Cities of Love series after Paris Je t Aime and New York I Love You If this latest installment is any indication all that jet setting should be avoided 
1.5
Rio, I Love You
Christy Lemire
It s all extremely romantic and shallow and actually a little dull Ri
1.5
Rio, I Love You
Diego Semerene
The hygienization of Rio into what at times looks like a soulless Southern California town is so scandalous it feels like a spoof of the Cities of Love series 
.5
You Are Not My Mother
Randy Myers
Dolan has unleashed a fiercely smart and well acted nightmare 
3.5
You Are Not My Mother
Mike McGranaghan
The Irish horror movie You Are Not My Mother introduces a compelling premise that it promptly proceeds to squander 
2
You Are Not My Mother
Mark Dujsik
The story s human element becomes a pretense for something far more conventional 
2
You Are Not My Mother
Sheila O'Malley
An extremely confident directorial debut 
3
You Are Not My Mother
Roger Moore
The frights are muted but the air of dread that hangs over Irish writer director Kate Dolans debut feature makes it an immersive experience one anybody with mother issues will quickly identify with 
2.5
You Are Not My Mother
Mark Hanson
The primacy that it places on its dopamine drip of dread undercuts whatever genuine commitment it might have toward mental illness and trauma 
1.5
You Are Not My Mother
Bill Chambers
Because it sparks fear yet not much in the way of interrogation from Char the body snatcher stuff is fairly one note while a reverse heel turn by the head bully Jordanne Jones is nothing if not predictable 
2
You Are Not My Mother
Peter Howell
There s a Hereditary feel but let s not sell this potent chiller short 
3
Blood Craft
Roger Moore
Ineptly written and acted horror exploitation C movie 
1
Trophy
Pat Padua
To its credit Trophy neither shames its subjects nor offers an easy solution 
3
Trophy
Peter Howell
Trophy presents the very definition of making a deal with the devil 
3
Trophy
Mark Dujsik
Schwarz also has made a sympathetic look at those who want to help our world and a damning study of human arrogance 
3.5
Trophy
Matt Zoller Seitz
A brilliant maddening necessary movie 
4
Trophy
Keith Watson
it goes a long way toward complicating our moral assumptions about trophy hunting as well as a host of other wildlife issues including conservation poaching rhino farms and the proper balance between man and nature 
2.5
Trophy
Kenneth R. Morefield
Trophy is unlikely to persuade non hunters to go on safari but it may make them think twice before calling those who do monsters 
3
Inside
Lucius Gore
I dare call Inside a classic because it is such a damn good horror movie It also happens to be one of the bloodiest things ever produced anywhere 
4
Inside
David Nusair
46 46 46 one of the most creative and flat out engrossing horror movies to hit the scene in years 46 
3.5
Sex Madness
Mattie Lucas
May spend most of its brief running time wagging its finger at its audience but its sensationalistic subject matter was clearly designed to titillate while preaching a very different message 
.5
Interceptor
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough actioner that generally gets the job done 46 
2.5
Interceptor
Erik Childress
Took a little time to realize this wasn 8217 t a parody of any kind and was just the sort of low rent 44 poorly acted dumb attempts to recreate a cinematic experience in a straight to video market 46 
1.5
Interceptor
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Die Hard clone set inside a top secret military installation that 8217 s the last line of defense against Russian nuclear aggression 44 high octane actioner Interceptor is a waste of time 46 
1
Interceptor
Robert Levin
Please please do not waste your time 
0
Interceptor
Brian Tallerico
It 8217 s fine 46 It gets the job done 46 46 46 but Chuck Norris would have had more fun with it 46 
2.5
Interceptor
Steven Prokopy
Interceptor is about as meat and potatoes as politically charged action movies get 44 in that the politics and action aren apos t especially compelling 44 but they are enough to propel the story toward its inevitable conclusion 46 
2
Interceptor
Roger Moore
A cheesy C movie polished up to look like a B 46 
1.5
Interceptor
Johnny Oleksinski
Say you did not click play in hopes of a gripping plot fleshed out characters and a decent twist Fine But you ll also be disappointed with the action sequences 
1
Interceptor
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie clearly knows it apos s silly but doesn apos t fully embrace just how silly it actually is 46 
2
Interceptor
Randy Myers
As preposterous as it is entertaining 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Eric Melin
an interesting curiosity that takes chances and gets at a certain truth about its enigmatic lead character 
2.5
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Rafer Guzman
A hip looking mess of a movie made tolerable by Benjamin s spacey cool Hendrix Great costumes few insights 
2
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Christy Lemire
It s a risky approach that s bound to frustrate many folks but it s also quite illuminating in its own way 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Stephen Whitty
Thanks to Benjamin s performance and the unique quality of the subject itself the movie s hard to dismiss 
2.5
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Steven Rea
Benjamin captures Hendrix s nodding swagger his effortless cool and most important his voice going beyond mimicry into some other spookier realm 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Tom Keogh
The film s own spontaneous experimentation provides dazzling context for the musician s impact on the world 
3.5
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Peter Travers
There s no doubt that Andre Benjamin is the film s magnetic core His silky voiced dangerously volatile turn as Jimi Hendrix is a star spangled triumph 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Ann Hornaday
Liberated from playing the hits Benjamin eloquently captures Hendrix s emerging style without having to succumb to jukebox musical opportunism 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Chris Riemenschneider
Benjamin s mesmerizing work saves this unique and somewhat controversial new biopic from a level of entirely un Jimi like mediocrity 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
J. R. Jones
To really understand Hendrix Ridley would have had to reach much farther back 
2
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Mick LaSalle
Think of a famous Hendrix song For that matter think of an obscure Hendrix song Whatever you re thinking of it s not in the movie That s a little like making a film about Henry Ford without ever showing a car 
2
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Matt Pais
He wanted to groove baby and the movie floats there with him 
3
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Sara Stewart
Plays like a hazy half remembered dream perhaps faithful to the spirit of the man but frustrating if you re actually curious about the facts 
2
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Steve Macfarlane
Opting for scenes that tend to be fragmented flawed snippets from a much bigger story the film exudes a bizarre confidence in not trying to encapsulate the singer s whole life in 120 minutes 
2.5
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Roger Moore
Limited in focus and scope but thanks to Andre Benjamin almost certainly the best Jimi Hendrix biopic we could hope for 
2.5
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Moira MacDonald
It s a mood piece not a biopic and it works on its own terms 
3
Escape From Mogadishu
Leo Brady
The tempo of Escape From Mogadishu is upbeat and always moving It s a story about survival and although that is the major focal point director Ryu Seung wan also reveals the never ending difficulty of diplomacy 
3
Escape From Mogadishu
Tom Meek
Some of the early political seeding may be a bit of a slow roll but once the match is lit the action and chase sequences impress not just from a standpoint of Ryoo s big scale staging and sets but in their clean fluent choreography 
2.5
Escape From Mogadishu
Simon Abrams
A giddy chase scene almost singlehandedly rescues Escape from Mogadishu an otherwise unmoving South Korean political thriller 
2.5
Escape From Mogadishu
Mark Dujsik
This is a smart and thoughtful film about diplomacy and what unites people beyond considerable conflict and petty squabbles 
3
Escape From Mogadishu
Roger Moore
You want great action Eschew the comic book movies and read a few subtitles Escape from Mogadishu is in a league of its own this summer 
3.5
Yossi & Jagger
Eric Henderson
In the film s spare running time director Eytan Fox strips away almost anything that doesn t present a dichotomy of conflict 
3
Yossi & Jagger
John Monaghan
It s too lean to deserve marquee billing 
2
Yossi & Jagger
Howard Shapiro
A searing tense and beautifully told film 
3
Yossi & Jagger
Allison Benedikt
Levi and Knoller are so natural so unconcerned with mugging for the camera that what could have been a corny love story on paper is utterly sincere and touching on screen 
3
Yossi & Jagger
Chris Hewitt
Modern Romeos and Juliets need to mix things up and this one freshens the pot with a tone that sucks us in with raucous comedy and then gets deadly serious 
3
Yossi & Jagger
David Elliott
Sincerity and brevity can be virtues but they don t do enough for Yossi Jagger 
2
Yossi & Jagger
Elias Savada
Yossi Jagger doesn t quite translate This military drama about relationships among a group of bored soldiers lacks enough intensity to be taken very seriously 
1
Yossi & Jagger
Carla Meyer
Surprisingly lighthearted 
3
Yossi & Jagger
Laura Kelly
As love stories go Yossi Jagger measures up 
2.5
Yossi & Jagger
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is slight but extremely effective and its characters so engaging that even the sad finale which is not entirely unexpected or original manages to pack surprising power 
3
Yossi & Jagger
Ed Gonzalez
This beautiful deceptively simple coming out story martyrs one of its titular characters in order to free the other from his closet 
3
Yossi & Jagger
Jan Stuart
A moving and admirably lean new wrinkle on the wartime romance genre 
3
Yossi & Jagger
V.A. Musetto
Just 71 minutes long but Fox sees to it that viewers get their money s worth 
3
Yossi & Jagger
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fox s slender but striking story gains strength from his matter of fact approach to potentially controversial material 
2.5
Paper Soldier
Lauren Wissot
Deftly visualizes those dual elements of terrifying uncertainty and thrilling history that were the essence of the Soviet liberal experiment era 
3.5
The Doom Generation
Barry Walters
Plenty of films have dealt with teen isolation and many more will pile on the shocks but few have a script this hilarious or a visual sensibility this developed 
3
The Doom Generation
Ted Prigge
A note to Gregg grow up Really Move out of your parent s basement read something other than Salinger and get a day job 
0
The Doom Generation
Edward Guthmann
Amy s a screaming speed addled banshee and not the sort of chick you d want to run into late at night or spend 85 minutes with in a darkened theater 
2
The Doom Generation
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie where the filmmaker hopes to shock you with sickening carnage and violent amorality while at the same time holding himself carefully aloof from it with his style 
0
The Doom Generation
Joe Baltake
In terms of filmmaking point of view and oddball sense of humor Araki s film is better than both Kids and Natural Born Killers 
2.5
Hurlyburly
Michael Dequina
The trailer defines the term as tumultuous commotion uproar and it could not more aptly describe this high strung but virtually plotless film 
2
Hurlyburly
Roger Ebert
Eddie the Sean Penn character is a bruised romantic with a good mind who is as unhappy as a person can be and in a riveting scene uses cocaine to take him to a place free of raw emotional pain It is a remarkable performance 
3
Hurlyburly
Dustin Putman
Capsule Review
2.5
Hurlyburly
Emily Blunt
Talky film but brilliant Sean Penn is at his best 
4
Sputnik Mania
Sean P. Means
Director David Hoffman marshals his information into an absorbing story adroitly narrated by Liev Schreiber that captures the fears and the hopes of the dawn of the Space Age 
3
Sputnik Mania
Jeff Vice
The enlightening Sputnik Mania looks at the late 50s a time that was dominated by Cold War hysteria 
3
Sputnik Mania
Wesley Morris
Sputnik Mania plays discreetly like a negative love story between superpowers Sure they moved on to other enemies but they still haven t gotten over each other 
3
Sputnik Mania
Ken Fox
Avoids reveling in Cold War kitsch in favor of a serious look one of the most important and frightening moments in human history 
3
Sputnik Mania
Lou Lumenick
For those too young to remember Sputnik Mania documents the fear and anxiety that gripped the United States half a century ago when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite in October 1957 
2.5
Sputnik Mania
Joe Neumaier
The archival footage here is great and the cosmos conquering craziness will satisfy space race nuts But the small budget is obvious so director David Hoffman couldn t go from the Earth to the moon on every detail 
3
Sputnik Mania
Nick Schager
So obsessed with delivering a story about mania through overcooked narrative and aesthetic means that one ultimately feels as manipulated as enlightened 
2
Sputnik Mania
Steve Rhodes
Filled with funny moments it perfectly and even handedly captures the spirit of the time 
3
Sputnik Mania
Ross Anthony
Surprising Insightful Informative We are reminded that an atmosphere of fear may be much more dangerous than the threat 
3
Burial
Leo Brady
It 8217 s all of the questions and threats of fear that make Burial an intense and often unpredictable film 46 
3
Burial
Randy Myers
Burial does have a fair share of suspenseful moments but it never takes full advantage of its premise 
3
Burial
Peter Canavese
A tense and compelling World War II thriller and a leisurely shoot 8216 em up made all the more unsettling by its deliberate pace 44 interesting ideas and timely sociopolitical parallels 46 
3
Burial
Simon Abrams
Burial has a hard enough core 44 both in terms of its central premise and its pulpy tropes 44 that for about 30 minutes 44 it almost works as a decent B movie 44 right before it unceremoniously falls apart 46 
2
Burial
Steven Prokopy
Vega 8217 s solid performance anchors and mostly dominates the testosterone heavy cast quite effectively 44 and raises the movie above its somewhat predictable foundation 46 
2.5
Burial
Roger Moore
As B movies about Hitler 8217 s corpse and who might have a use for it 8212 then 44 and now 8212 go 44 8220 Burial 8221 manages to be watchable 44 even when it 8217 s making your eyes roll 46 
2
Burial
Mark Dujsik
Despite the inherent mystery and political intrigue here 44 the plot essentially becomes a game of pursuit 44 evasion 44 and multiple shootouts 46 46 46 
2
Burial
Katie Walsh
It 8217 s brutal and exceedingly bloody 44 as one would expect from this kind of lean genre picture 46 But 8220 Burial 8221 also is packed with meaty philosophical questions about gods 44 monsters 44 and men at war 44 and it 8217 s exceedingly well executed 46 
2.5
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
David Nusair
a fairly strong premise that is for the most part employed to pervasively underwhelming effect 
1.5
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
James Kendrick
a wide ranging cinematic essay that may seem scattershot and abstract on first viewing but rewards more and more with each repeated experience
3.5
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Bill Weber
The dualities that abound in Jean Luc Godard s 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her are ubiquitous at whatever starting point one chooses 
3.5
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Michael Wilmington
Two or Three Things I Know About Her is one of the most beautiful films of the young Jean Luc Godard a great French cineaste poet and frustrated lover 
4
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
John Monaghan
Based on a series of magazine articles the movie was made around the time Godard abandoned conventional narrative almost entirely for what he dubbed the cinematic essay 
3
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Glenn Whipp
Godard s got a lot on his mind mainly outrage at the French government s ongoing construction of a new Paris 
3
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Derek Smith
Godard strips the images of all meaning and with his camera presents them truthfully within his own political rhetoric 
3
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Roger Ebert
Godard is as relaxed in the film as in the title 
3
Goliathon
Matt Brunson
The King Kong template is one that naturally lends itself to tragedy but the consequences here are downright startling 
3
Goliathon
Michael Dequina
Before the big third act smash o rama the audience is treated to some of the most unintentionally hilarious footage ever committed to film 
0
Goliathon
Roger Ebert
I am awarding Mighty Peking Man three stars for general goofiness and a certain level of insane genius 
3
Dhoom 2
Michael Dequina
With all the beautiful people dancing up a storm to catchy beats making big things go boom and looking effortlessly cool while doing it all this is pure popcorn escapist entertainment of the most guiltily irresistible order 
3.5
True Grit
Matt Brunson
Wayne won a Best Actor Academy Award for his rambunctious turn 
3.5
True Grit
Peter Canavese
The girl with the strength of a man and the man with a sensitive heart albeit under layers of crust The calculated softening of Wayne s macho persona at long last won him the Oscar Blu ray 
3
True Grit
Josh Larsen
At times a charming kiddie Western this John Wayne vehicle also has a real nasty streak 
3
True Grit
Roger Ebert
One of the glories of True Grit is that it recognizes Wayne s special presence 
4
True Grit
James Kendrick
certainly one of Wayne s best performances impressive in both his creation of a larger than life screen presence and the nuances he gave the role in all the right places
3
Where the Red Fern Grows
David Nusair
it seems likely that fans of Rawls book will find plenty to embrace here 
3
Surveillance
Rossiter Drake
Some will be unable to appreciate the movie s savagery on any level Others will find it affecting and uncompromising the kind of movie that plunges you into a nightmare and ratchets up the intensity until you re grateful for a moment s respite 
3
Surveillance
Jason Anderson
Pullman s striking performance here is undermined by Lynch s overreliance on those same grisly shock tactics as well as a script that fails to capitalize on a promising premise and then swiftly collapses upon the revelation of a not so shocking twist 
2
Surveillance
James Adams
The film s a failure 
1
Surveillance
Lisa Kennedy
In this long time coming sophomore film Lynch exercises powers of her own She gets repellant seductive sympathetic performances from her actors Ormond and Pullman are frightfully good at teasing intimacy 
3
Surveillance
Stephen Whitty
Its mad killers may wear masks But the real and cheap disguise here is the film s own an exploitation shocker trying to pass itself off as art 
1.5
Surveillance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surveillance is a crafty crime film with an involving setup and a ridiculous payoff but there s enough here to make it worth a viewing at least on DVD or cable 
2.5
Surveillance
Mick LaSalle
The most enjoyable way to watch Surveillance enjoyable in the relative sense is to take its awfulness for granted and pay attention to everything Bill Pullman does 
1
Surveillance
Kyle Smith
Ether a ludicrously bad movie or a parody of same Either way it s pretty funny 
2
Surveillance
Rob Lowman
Its dark weirdness turns it into a surreal blur 
2
Surveillance
Fernando F. Croce
Enervated and uselessly ugly 
1
Surveillance
Steven Rea
For a time Surveillance is sick smart fun But then things get weird yes there s a big surprise but its playout is predictable and nasty 
2
In the Heights
David Gonzalez
Rich with Latinx pride 44 its a joyful cinematic experience full of love 44 music 44 and celebration of community and life 46 The film honors our heritage in a way that would make our Abuelos and Abuelas proud 46 
4
In the Heights
Brian Eggert
In the Heights makes you feel like a resident of their neighborhood through the most sharable and universal mediums As Usnavi says early on these streets were made of music 
3
In the Heights
Matt Brunson
A grandly entertaining picture 
3.5
In the Heights
Joshua Axelrod
Chu s In the Heights manages to be a great time that honors the original musical the community it s depicting and the high expectations of Hamilton fans 
3
In the Heights
Kevin A. Ranson
other than a welcome slant in character ethnicity the rest feels no more exceptional than average read successful Broadway fare which now exists in the shadow of the superior filmed stage version of Hamilton 
3
In the Heights
Linda Cook
In the Heights soars with joy 
4
In the Heights
Sean P. Means
In the hands of Chu who directed Crazy Rich Asians and a couple of the Step Up movies it s the sort of musical spectacle fast moving dance focused candy colored that Miranda s music deserves 
3.5
In the Heights
Lisa Trifone
A sweeping colorful musical event perfect for a celebratory return to summer movie blockbusters 
3
In the Heights
Peter Canavese
A revolutionary onscreen breakthrough for Latino actors Fun and exuberant with pulse of the city energy and Olga Merediz s solo number which is a brilliant cinematic model of stage to screen adaptation 
3.5
In the Heights
Pamela Powell
In the Heights has everyone already humming and with good reason It s bold vibrant and intoxicating as it sings its universal song 
3.5
In the Heights
Jeff York
The film can stand with the best of Hollywood s Broadway musical adaptations as well as sing and dance with them 
4
In the Heights
Sarah Knight Adamson
One of the best movies I ve seen this year The musical numbers are powerful reflecting the hopes and dreams of the Washington Heights NY neighborhood 
4
In the Heights
Jocelyn Noveck
All characters are beautifully cast but a standout is Hawkins who has the soulful voice of a young Christopher Jackson the original Benny who has a cameo here and charisma that burns through the screen 
3.5
Cypher
David Nusair
confounding 
2.5
Cypher
Ed Gonzalez
Natali can t be bothered to fashion an actual human story around the perpetually buzzing toys and non stop backstabbing and double crossing 
1
Marx Can Wait
Jake Cole
Marco Bellocchio uses his film 44 a delicate mix of biography and autobiography 44 as the catalyst for long delayed therapy 46 
3
Hunter Hunter
Sonny Bunch
It s honest in its cruelty And honesty counts for something 
2.5
Hunter Hunter
David Nusair
Hunter Hunter builds towards a progressively engrossing third act that climaxes with an absolutely jaw dropping and spellbinding finale 
3.5
Hunter Hunter
Randy Myers
Though more meat is needed on its narrative bones Shawn Linden s backwoods horror creepfest is a mean spirited parable about finding out who the ultimate monster is beast or man 
2.5
Hunter Hunter
Mike McGranaghan
The last five minutes of Hunter Hunter contain one of the most repulsive images I ve ever seen onscreen When a movie does something like this the question becomes Has the story earned it In this case I think the answer is yes 
3
Hunter Hunter
Glenn Kenny
I like cheap exploitation as much as the next guy but not when it tries to disguise itself with transparently insincere humanist indie trappings 
1
Hunter Hunter
Mark Dujsik
Linden escalates the tension of this scenario with precision 
3
Hunter Hunter
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Shawn Linden skillfully draws us into the narrative before springing a series of startling traps 151 of both the narrative and literal variety 
3
Hunter Hunter
Roger Moore
If the object of horror is to horrify this predators become prey tale delivers and finishes with a flourish you won t soon forget 
2.5
Coded Bias
Roger Moore
The best wake up call documentary of 2020 a movie filled with warnings discussed by the very smart women sounding those warnings the very smart women doing something about this very real threat 
3.5
Coded Bias
Rob Thomas
Kantayya weaves all of these different strands together into a compelling and unsettling documentary whose concerns about privacy and fairness transcend partisan divisions 
3
Coded Bias
Lisa Trifone
It s a fascinating look at a very real aspect of our day to day lives for some far more than others and in far more detrimental ways 
3
Coded Bias
Mark Dujsik
Coded Bias is a frightening warning 
3
Coded Bias
Randy Myers
Katnayya s documentary and its unsettling findings should be mandatory viewing for Silicon Valley innovators 
3.5
Coded Bias
David Lewis
A movie about algorithms might sound boring to the non hacker crowd but Kantayya keeps things lively and easy to understand by avoiding technobabble and personalizing her story 
3
Coded Bias
Nick Allen
Shalini Kantayya s Coded Bias effectively brings to light a modern civil rights issue that can be proven with data 
3.5
Coded Bias
Derek Smith
The documentary dives down the rabbit hole to chillingly comprehensively expose how algorithms can perpetuate bias in often unforeseen and unjust ways 
3
Coded Bias
Sean P. Means
The draw is Buolamwini s charming personality so powerful that when she testified before Congress she got liberal icon Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and right wing bomb thrower Jim Jordan to agree on something 
3.5
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Roger Moore
Alan Arkin may have won his Oscar decades later but he was never better than in this epic comedy slow burning in Russian and English with the funniest people in Hollywood surrounding him 
3.5
Tarzan and His Mate
Bill Chambers
The film s pacing seems unsure of itself as if it wants to leave enough slack for the abridgers
2.5
The Holy Game
Roger Moore
Lightweight Vatican student clerics play soccer doc rendered unfit to release when an interview subject is swallowed up in scandal 
1.5
The Theory of Flight
Elias Savada
The cinematic equivalent to experimental light aircraft this is a bumpy ride that sputters and fails not quite crashing yet never soaring above its earnest intentions 
1
The Theory of Flight
Michael Dequina
It s one thing to be offbeat and unconventional and quite another to be unbelievable 
2.5
The Theory of Flight
Roger Ebert
The Theory of Flight is actually fairly enjoyable But when you see Dance Me to My Song you re struck by the difference Two movies Same story Same objective Similar characters Similar situation One is an entertainment The other is a thunderbolt 
2.5
Masquerade
Matt Brunson
Part of the problem is that its satiric edge is rarely sharp enough 
2.5
The Paris Opera
Peter Keough
Bron s film is an impressionistic immersion into a complex organization of hundreds of dedicated talented people for whom whatever happens the show must go on 
3.5
The Paris Opera
Kristen Page-Kirby
Although the action of the film is chronological Bron hops around from place to place boardroom dressing room practice room and from subject to subject so quickly that without guidance it s nearly impossible to place anything in context 
2
The Paris Opera
G. Allen Johnson
The Paris Opera has plenty of interesting moments and certainly it s a must for opera fans despite its faults 
2
Oliver Twist
Roger Moore
But what we remember from this tale beautifully rendered in one of the loveliest black and white films ever here is a little boy asking the one unforgivable request during one malnourished meal Please sir can I have some more 
4
Oliver Twist
Josh Larsen
employs the visual economy of silent cinema 
3
Workingman's Death
Walter V. Addiego
This documentary about men and women performing brutal work tasks for next to no money is full of arresting and eloquent images 
3
Workingman's Death
V.A. Musetto
There s scant dialogue in Workingman s Death but little is needed when majestic camera work by Wolfgang Thaler tells the story so well 
3
Workingman's Death
Allison Benedikt
It s not exactly a good time at the movies and even as pure education it s a rather dull film with very little dialogue 
2
Workingman's Death
Ed Gonzalez
The patina of this avant garde exercise is swanky and alluring but chip away at it and you will expose a hollow center 
1.5
A Single Girl
James Berardinelli
Even though nothing much happens during the course of the movie Valerie spends over half the running time wandering around the inside of a hotel this is a thoroughly engrossing motion picture 
3.5
A Single Girl
David Nusair
if you were to fast forward all the scenes where there is no talking just walking you d be left with a very short movie 
2.5
A Single Girl
Peter Stack
A Single Girl shines because of Ledoyen but sputters in not taking her character anyplace 
2
Kings of the Evening
Mattie Lucas
Its plot choices are often shamelessly manipulative but its cast is uniformly likable and easy to root for 
2
Kings of the Evening
Lawrence Toppman
The actors strike home quietly in scene after scene 
3.5
Kings of the Evening
Kam Williams
An anachronistic rip off which implies that the idea of male beauty pageants originated with African Americans in the 1930s instead of with Zulus in the 1990s Is the film otherwise worthwhile Yes but it still weirded me out 
2
Border
Federico Furzan
A beautiful fantasy film enclosed in a thriller This is just how folklore oriented films should be Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Border
Jeff Mitchell
Abbasi Melander and Milonoff are not afraid to cross into bizarre territory 
3.5
Border
Barry Paris
This is a strange fantastic mix of romantic drama magic realism 
3
Border
Ty Burr
Maybe best to think of it as a chilly Scandinavian bedtime tale the type to unsettle bothersome children and leave them identifying with the ogre 
3
Border
Rob Thomas
Some people will think this is the worst movie of the year Others will love it Both groups won t be able to stop talking about it 
3
Border
Bob Bloom
From the outset you know that Tina is different Smartly director Ali Abbasi takes his time at first slowly creating a mystery about Tina then leisurely revealing bits and pieces about her true identity 
3
Border
Sean P. Means
Give Border credit for daring to be different and daring to find timely questions about strangers within a monster movie premise 
3
Border
Peter Howell
It gnaws at the brain for its subliminal messages about how we treat the people in our midst who don t fit whatever definition of normal we re carrying around with us 
3
Border
Christopher James
Director Ali Abbasi juggles multiple tones and storylines thanks to the strength of this central relationship 
3.5
Border
Pat Brown
The film s slow reveal of its fantastical elements which evoke the erratic dreamlike strangeness of folk tales makes them all the more unsettling 
3
Border
Joe Friar
The weird and wonderful gothic tale behaves like David Cronenberg s misbegotten son Abbasi s film requires the audience to navigate past layers of repulsiveness before you recognize that what you are seeing is an abstract form of beauty 
3.5
Border
Simon Abrams
Even the most open minded viewers may have difficulty relating to the two lead protagonists in Border a cynical Swedish romantic fantasy 
2
Border
David Nusair
the picture benefits substantially from Melander s hypnotic turn as the oddball central character 
2.5
2040
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a simple premise How can today s ideas and technologies be implemented now to make a better world in 2040 The answers are amazing 
3.5
2040
Nell Minow
2040 points a practical achievable path toward solutions but its most important contribution is a sense that change is possible 
3.5
2040
Roger Moore
An almost tearfully optimistic take on a subject that has long lived on gloom and doom 
3
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
John Hartl
The original film s director Charles Martin Smith has been replaced by Richard Martin who brings a family hour blandness to every scene 
2
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Monica Eng
The film is marked by dumbfoundingly bad dialogue cliche driven plotting and groan worthy predictability 
1
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Jeffrey Westhoff
Air Bud Golden Receiver has the same strengths and weaknesses as its predecessor But this time the strengths are weaker and the weaknesses are stronger 
2.5
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Walter V. Addiego
The Problem with the Air Bud sequel is simple too many people and not enough dog 
2
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
David Keyes
Air Bud 2 only has the ability to make you laugh occasionally and nothing else 
2
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Roger Ebert
Air Bud 2 Golden Receiver is a pale shadow of the entertaining 1997 family movie It s a sequel that lacks the spirit and sweetness of the original 
1.5
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Bob Graham
It s a Styrofoam cup comedy lightweight and disposable but this G rated fantasy of suburban family life is a good bet for its intended audience of 12 year olds and younger 
2.5
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Madeleine Williams
Air Bud Golden Receiver is just as idealess as the original 
1
How to Be Really Bad
Roger Moore
Remember Adam Sandler s Little Nicky Imagine that starring a cute redhead and set in a German high school It s like that 
2
Phil Spector
Linda Stasi
Mirren and Pacino are fantastic and Tambor rightfully underplays the larger than life Cutler who rivals Spector himself 
4
Phil Spector
David Wiegand
Mamet s script and direction are spot on and richly detailed from the crisply naturalistic dialogue to the details of Spector s reclusive life 
4
Phil Spector
Robert Bianco
If you are willing and able to take it on its own fictional terms it does work as a well acted legal drama though even on that level you re better off watching The Good Wife 
2.5
Phil Spector
Curt Wagner
Doesn t matter whether any of the story actually happened you should read newspaper archives for that anyway Mamet and his actors have created a fascinating character study that puts our notions of prejudice celebrity media and justice in the spotlight 
3.5
Phil Spector
Chuck Barney
Pacino and Mirren make for a dynamic pair 
3.5
Pretty Baby
Roger Ebert
Louis Malle s Pretty Baby is a pleasant surprise After all the controversy and scandal surrounding its production it turns out to be a good hearted good looking quietly elegiac movie 
3
Red Hook Black
Kalvin Henely
That this strained film about two friends struggling with jobs and family in a bleak thickly spread economic milieu is adapted from a play is painfully obvious 
0.5
Almost There
Miriam Di Nunzio
Narrated by the 83 year old Anton the documentary takes on even more emotional punch as you hear the joy the sadness the pain the anticipation in his time weary voice no talking head could have done his story justice 
3
Almost There
Odie Henderson
Almost There has some extraordinarily fine elements but its big reveal destroyed all the goodwill it expected I would feel by film s end Your mileage may vary 
2.5
Almost There
Michael Phillips
As the filmmakers work through their messy messed up place in the life story they re capturing the film gathers a head of steam 
3
Lionheart
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough Van Damme vehicle that probably should 8217 ve topped out at an hour and a half 46 
2.5
Lionheart
Chris Hicks
The fight scenes which are all Van Damme fans care about anyway are pumped up by swift edits which repeat snippets over and over so that it s the MTV equivalent of boxing and punched up volume control that adds bangs pows and zonks wherever possible 
1.5
Mozart's Sister
Stephanie Merry
A meandering but transporting journey which offers glimpses of a world as resplendent as it is stifling 
2.5
Mozart's Sister
Molly Eichel
Nannerl is clearly a woman repressed but Feret gives this potentially great woman no life no spark 
2.5
Mozart's Sister
Steven Rea
The music of course resonates And so does this exquisite heartbreaker of a story 
3
Mozart's Sister
Ty Burr
An alternately rapturous and frustrating experience 
2.5
Mozart's Sister
Peter Keough
Fret offers no glimpse of the genius that breaks free 
2
Mozart's Sister
Sarah Bryan Miller
A melancholy but utterly beautiful film 
3.5
Mozart's Sister
Walter V. Addiego
Nannerl is an intelligent and appealing girl who wages a dignified struggle against what turns out to be insurmountable barriers 
3
Mozart's Sister
Moira MacDonald
There s potentially an interesting story here of ambition thwarted and talent denied but Fret s movie misses it 
2
Mozart's Sister
Roger Ebert
The movie is an uncommonly knowledgeable portrait of the way musical gifts could lift people of ordinary backgrounds into high circles 
3.5
Mozart's Sister
V.A. Musetto
The cast is excellent be they relatives of the director or not And the music though not by a Mozart is beautiful 
3
Mozart's Sister
Andrew Schenker
For all its broad historical scope Fret s is a quiet intimate film the exact opposite of the alternatively bombastic and analytical orientation of Marco Bellocchio s Vincere 
2.5
An Honest Liar
Tom Meek
In the end when all the shells have been shuffled and it s time to pull back the curtain An Honest Liar is less about amazing you than it is about touching you 
3
An Honest Liar
Marty Mapes
James Randi exposes frauds and charlatans but is he guilty of deception too 
3
An Honest Liar
Sean P. Means
A clear eyed but warm hearted look at Randi s life and career one where the subject s deepest secrets are ultimately laid out for all to see 
3.5
An Honest Liar
Moira MacDonald
Randi s a sly charmer and an engaging guide through the film 
3
An Honest Liar
Molly Eichel
After getting to know the TV personality who unmasked psychics as simply magicians themselves it makes getting to know the man behind the crusade even more powerful 
3
An Honest Liar
Godfrey Cheshire
Unexpectedly revelatory and deeply moving 
3.5
An Honest Liar
Peter Keough
It would violate a taboo to relate how this movie magic masterfully orchestrated by Weinstein and Measom is done Their film is as smooth as Randi s patter and demonstrates how the documentarian s camera is quicker than the eye 
3.5
An Honest Liar
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end An Honest Liar becomes a far more layered tale than it starts out to be 
3
An Honest Liar
Walter V. Addiego
A worthwhile portrayal of an intelligent and skilled old school conjuror who can look the audience in the eye and say I m a deceiver and I m going to deceive you and then do just that 
3
Flag Day
Steven Prokopy
It has its problems but Flag Day s strengths are many and worthy 
2.5
Flag Day
Soren Andersen
Clearly the picture is a labor of love by the Penns but too often it just feels labored There s a sense of everyone trying too hard 
2.5
Flag Day
Bob Bloom
We are shown how deeply Jennifer loves her father but the movie cannot burrow into her psyche to detail why she places so much blind faith in a man she knows is unreliable and untrustworthy 
3
Flag Day
Ann Hornaday
Subtle flourishes and evanescent feeling abound throughout Flag Day in which Vogel s idealized vision of her father feels simultaneously shining and impossibly tarnished 
2.5
Flag Day
Roger Moore
A film that may look as painterly as Penn s best directing job Into the Wild but never measures up to it 
2
Flag Day
Glenn Kenny
It s all rather undifferentiated and scattershot 
2
Flag Day
Tom Meek
It s an arty endeavor but not one that endears 
2
Flag Day
Joey Magidson
Despite its flaws Flag Day does evoke the early days of Sean Penn s directorial outings making for an interesting viewing 
3
Flag Day
Chris Hewitt
Movies don t give us many father daughter relationships this complicated which makes Flag Day even more chilling 
3
Flag Day
Richard Roeper
Sean Penn directs himself for the first time and has cast Dylan Penn his daughter with Robin Wright as the lead and the two are absolutely mesmerizing together 
3
Flag Day
Mick LaSalle
Dylan Penn can act Whatever attention Sean Penn lavished on his daughter to bring out this performance was repaid tenfold 
3
Flag Day
Pat Brown
Flag Day is little more than a near two hour montage of tear streaked faces shouting blandly melodramatic lines at each other 
1
The River Niger
Roger Ebert
The River Niger a film about a series of crises in an American black family has good intentions and several very well acted scenes But its direction is a mess 
2
Basketball Skills & Drills: Free-Throw Scoring
Kam Williams
Book Review of Everyone Hates a Ball Hog but They All Love a Scorer The Complete Guide to Scoring Points on and off the Court by Coach Koran Godwin
3
Happening
Sean P. Means
Anne 8217 s journey nears its end with one of the most unsettling scenes a movie is likely to produce this year 46 It graphically depicts what pro abortion rights advocates say with regularity 58 That laws to ban abortions will only outlaw medically safe ones 46 
3.5
Happening
Leo Brady
At the moment there is not a more important and more challenging piece of cinema at the theaters than Happening 46 
3.5
Happening
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It directly captures the crippling barbarism of a system that cares not a bit about human beings 44 as well as men whose limited vision allows them to only see Anne in one of two ways 46 
3.5
Happening
Jeff Mitchell
Diwan apos s film seems to explore several genres 46 A tick tock thriller 44 an espionage picture 44 and a horror show 44 but most of all 44 this distressing abortion drama feels contemporary 44 even though it 8217 s set almost 60 years in the past 46 A must see 33 
3.5
Happening
Robert Horton
There 8217 s nothing cautionary about this brutal 44 deeply empathetic movie 59 it is a horror film rooted in everyday reality 46 
3.5
Happening
Rafer Guzman
Whether you condone this film or condemn it Happening presents a brutal reality 
4
Happening
Michael O'Sullivan
A sobering reminder that the consequences of limiting access to safe medical care aren t just theoretical but existential 
3.5
Happening
Brian Eggert
The empathy shown for Anne 8217 s predicament extends beyond the pregnancy 59 it addresses questions of personal desire 44 sexuality 44 and agency over her body and the events that determine the rest of her life 46 
4
Happening
Rex Reed
A movie of chilling honesty 
4
Happening
Tomris Laffly
In a part that asks a lot of her 44 Vartolomei masters the art of silence 44 somehow managing to react 44 consider 44 and protest 44 often without a saying single word 46 
4
Happening
Ty Burr
I d say it s not for the squeamish but you know what It is for the squeamish especially those who hold power over women s bodies in this country but don t trust them to make decisions on their own behalf 
3.5
Happening
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he message is only as effective as it is because the film exists solely in the realm of the personal 46 
3
Happening
Katie Walsh
In an ideal world 44 8220 Happening 8221 would simply be a lesson about a dark history 46 Instead 44 it might be a chilling portent of our future 46 10 10 
4
Happening
Jake Coyle
What distinguishes Happening Diwan s second feature film is overwhelmingly her and Laurent Tangy s tightly composed cinematography and Vartolomei s riveting steely performance 
3
Happening
Mike McGranaghan
No matter where you come down on the abortion issue Happening is a film worthy of your time and consideration 
3.5
Happening
Randy Myers
An exceptionally well crafted and acted feature 
4
Happening
Derek Smith
This period drama manages the difficult task of speaking to our current moment without being didactic or preachy 
3
Happening
Erik Childress
Given many of the disturbing setbacks on abortion rights 44 education and treatment throughout the country 44 Audrey Diwan apos s Happening is another stark reminder of the dangers of leaving women hung out to dry when the decision is upon them 46 
3.5
Happening
Dwight Brown
Diwan takes a sensitive subject with life altering consequences then personalizes and humanizes the circumstances 
3.5
The Child in Time
David Nusair
a lackluster adaptation of a rather disappointing McEwan work 
1.5
The Child in Time
David Wiegand
Children get lost we re used to that fact as the foundation of dramatic literature but The Child in Time is about the child who can get lost as we grow into adulthood That loss is also profound 
4
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
Matt Brunson
A stone cold classic 
3.5
Heart of Fire
Walter V. Addiego
While unsubtle this German Austrian drama about the use of child soldiers is worth seeing for a remarkable performance by its 10 year old lead actress 
3
Courageous Mr. Penn
David N. Butterworth
Ooh Minister This shoddy excuse for a history lesson bears more than a passing resemblance to those bawdy British Gerald Thomas Peter Rogers vulgarities of old Call it Carry On Quaking if you will 
1.5
Asthma
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gus just isn t a guy I liked spending time with watching him meander around gracelessly about as entertaining as having tiny hot needles poked into my eyes A Clockwork Orange style 
1
Asthma
Robert Horton
It must be possible to make a movie in which the hero is a trust fund baby heroin addict car thief and still maintain some rooting interest in the story s outcome Asthma is not that movie 
1
Asthma
Tom Keogh
Asthma loses its spark and momentum long before the halfway point a genuine disappointment 
2
Asthma
Scott Renshaw
Too bad the music has to stop for anyone on screen to talk 
1.5
Asthma
Chuck Bowen
Asthma inevitably becomes another film about a man airing out his traumas and hitting all the requisite marks on his path to healing 
2.5
Demolition
Brian Eggert
At times unpredictable and funny Vallée s few inspired flourishes fall short of transcending the story s obviousness and sudden ending despite a strong central performance by Jake Gyllenhaal 
2
Demolition
Lisa Jensen
This script should have been taken apart more carefully before it reduced the movie to rubble 
2.5
Demolition
Dustin Putman
Considering 151 and in spite of 151 the talent involved Demolition is strikingly misguided 
1
Demolition
Sara Michelle Fetters
Demolition is a cinematic deconstruction of expectation and cliché all of which results in a moving marvel of self actualization I think I just might be in love with 
3
Demolition
Katie Walsh
There s a beauty in the breakdown and it s amongst the rubble that Davis finds himself living rather than enduring his life 
3
Demolition
Roger Moore
A showy self indulgent essay in mourning that s more frustrating than cathartic 
2
Demolition
John Serba
Gyllenhaal s presence levels out a screenplay that s an assortment of truisms and thoughtful moments heavy on one hand but subtle on the other 
3
Demolition
James Berardinelli
Thank god for Jake Gyllenhaal Absent his performance Demolition would have been a more unbearable slog than it is 
1.5
Demolition
Matt Brunson
Gyllenhaal is never less than terrific even in those moments when the movie surrounding him threatens to completely collapse 
2.5
Demolition
Barbara Vancheri
It s not for everyone and lost some luster on second viewing but Demolition builds on Mr Gyllenhaal s ability to aim for acting adventure and steer clear of safe 
3
Demolition
Sean P. Means
The contrivances of the grating script by Bryan Sipe strain credulity Director Jean Marc Valleé plays it straight giving plenty of space for Gyllenhaal s full tilt performance as a guy numbed by grief and going to extremes to feel something 
2.5
Demolition
Tom Meek
Gyllenhaal is right up there with McConaughey Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender as one of the most interesting and edgy male leads in film today 
2.5
Demolition
Christian Toto
There s no reason Demolition should work given how oft putting its main character is Yet Jake Gyllenhaal sells it like a certain real estate mogul conning a political party 
3.5
Demolition
John Beifuss
If the blood sacrifice of a woman is necessary to help a privileged wealthy and attractive young man realize his true and better self well hey that s life Or a least that s Demolition 
1.5
Demolition
Glenn Kenny
The scenario does contain a couple of unexpected stings in its tale which almost makes the inevitable redemption payoff play a little less pat than it might have under different circumstances But not THAT much less pat 
2
Demolition
Mark Dujsik
There s something vital missing from Demolition 
2
Demolition
Kate Taylor
Gyllenhaal s performance is so engaging so successfully constructed to make us sympathize with the man s anti social reactions to convention even while we may understand everyone else s bemusement 
3
Demolition
Rafer Guzman
Gyllenhaal broods convincingly but little else rings true in this contrived drama 
2
Demolition
Steven Rea
Demolition plays like a failed iteration of a 1970s angry misfit movie think Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces not like the real thing 
2.5
Demolition
Stephen Rebello
Despite welcome flashes of dark humor Demolition is phony and shot through with clichés 
2
Demolition
Bob Bloom
The movie offers moments of suffering and insanity that grab you for an instant but for some reason director Jean Marc Vallée and screenwriter Bryan Sipe fail to sustain them 
2.5
Demolition
Peter Howell
Earned tears and unexpected laughter combine for more satisfying impact Gyllenhaal and Watts can wring empathy out of the oddest of circumstances 
3
Demolition
Richard Roeper
This is one of those movies made by smart people about smart people that gives the audience no credit 
1.5
Demolition
Michael Smith
A committed to the cause Gyllenhaal isn t enough to save Demolition 
2
Demolition
Ann Hornaday
Gyllenhaal may be convincing even sympathetic as a man in the manic throes of guilt regret and emotional isolation he can barely register let alone articulate But the story ultimately strands his character in another limbo state 
2.5
Demolition
Kyle Smith
Gyllenhaal doesn t really cut it in conventional movie star roles but this film makes superb use as did Nightcrawler of his ability to come across as a slightly misprogrammed android 
2.5
Demolition
Ty Burr
What keeps you interested in Demolition is accompanying Davis as he solves the mystery of himself What keeps you checking your watch is that the character s not terribly interesting to begin with 
2.5
Demolition
Chris Knight
The movie is smart enough not to hit us over the head with the parallels between disassembling a machine and dissecting the soul but it s also savvy enough not to stay mum on the subject 
3.5
Demolition
Robert W. Butler
It s not a smooth or easy ride But it s worth sticking with 
3
Demolition
Peter Travers
Director Jean Marc Vallee keeps pounding the point that Gyllenhaal s character must destroy his old self to build a new one It would be funny if it wasn t so profoundly unprofound 
2
Demolition
Dann Gire
This might have been a more powerful story and certainly a more relatable one had Mitchell been a working class stiff who didn t have the privileged option to simply cease going to work 
2
Demolition
Rene Rodriguez
Demolition never coalesces into anything meaningful It s just a series of incidents that don t add up to anything 
1.5
Demolition
Walter V. Addiego
Demolition is mainly for Gyllenhaal fans who relish him in his tortured oddball mode It s the kind of movie that I m sure will be called offbeat but to me it simply misses the beat 
2
Demolition
Soren Andersen
Thanks to Gyllenhaal s performance Demolition stands out as a powerful meditation on the unhinging effects of deep grief 
2.5
Demolition
Peter Canavese
The hero of the new dramedy Demolition at one point muses For some reason everything s becoming a metaphor 
.5
Demolition
Randy Myers
It demands a lot to make a complicated character like Davis sympathetic especially as we watch him take a sledgehammer to his life But Gyllenhaal is up to the task 
3
Demolition
Christopher Gray
It may be the first movie in which a character stops shaving his chest in order to express his independence 
2
Demolition
Lou Lumenick
An impressively committed Gyllenhaal performance in a film not grounded even in stylized reality with a mad rush of emotionally manipulative twists at the end to tie up the many loose ends 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Bob Strauss
the comedy is too timid to really make much of a satirical statement 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Betsy Bozdech
A trite boring comedy about a kid trying to make peace between his estranged father and grandfather 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
David Nusair
benefits greatly from the mere presence of Jeremy Piven 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Rob Thomas
Aside from the first 15 minutes and the last five or so the film just isn t very funny 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Daniel M. Kimmel
you don t have to be Jewish to have fun with Keeping Up With the Steins but it couldn t hurt 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
Sean O'Connell
A toothless commentary on suburban jealousy with familial strain mixed in at random 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Mack Bates
Squanders a premise that s filled with comic gold by playing it too safe 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Thomas Delapa
Hollywood nepotism is served up with the gefilte fish in a stunningly unfunny bar mitzvah comedy 
1
Keeping Up With the Steins
Matt Brunson
The life lessons tossed around like seeds aren t especially original earthshaking or inspiring 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Tom Keogh
Excellent casting lifts this sitcomlike script 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Jeff Vice
Like the tacky and extravagant themed bar mitzvahs it spoofs Keeping Up With the Steins isn t very subtle It isn t particularly funny either 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Michael Booth
By the time the Fiedlers are getting serious about their arguments and their hugs we ve grown to like them 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
Sean P. Means
Oy vey How many Jewish sitcom clichés can you fit into one movie 
1
Keeping Up With the Steins
Phil Villarreal
Exactly like My Big Fat Greek Wedding only without the Greeks or the sense of humor 
1
Keeping Up With the Steins
Amy Biancolli
A winningly sincere and warmly humorous film about an ancient Jewish milestone in the time of Martha Stewart 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
Chris Hewitt
There are no laughs in Keeping Up with The Steins which is problematic since it appears to think it s a comedy 
1
Keeping Up With the Steins
Peter Howell
Had Scott Marshall and screenwriter Mark Zakarin honed their knives sharper they could have made genuine mirth out of this 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Mick LaSalle
The tribute to an aging parent is moving and gives this routine comedy an extra something 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
David Elliott
There are minutes long stretched minutes when you might easily think Enough already 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Rick Groen
Shooting a comedy like telling a joke demands a sense of rhythm and Scott is no dancer he keeps tripping against the grain of the humour 
1
Keeping Up With the Steins
Terry Lawson
We get the distinct feeling this film has been made by people who don t really want to offend their friends who would rather spend a million dollars impressing others as opposed to throwing it away on hunger relief or American education 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Randy Myers
Director Scott Marshall Garry s son and screenwriter Mark Zakarin have their hearts in the right place steering clear of Jewish stereotypes and showing the uneasy father son bonds but put their minds on auto pilot 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Ty Burr
Warm witty and sitcom obvious a genuine audience pleaser that s built to wring laughs of pained recognition from anyone who has survived a bar mitzvah as either a participant or an observer 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
Peter Canavese
Fatally short on laughs The jokes are mostly bad vaudeville as when Piven asks How much for 50 Cent Okay how about 17 Cent 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Claudia Puig
Blends humor with heart for a satisfying if predictable experience 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Gary Goldstein
It ends up feeling as stale as week old bagels and lox 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Carrie Rickey
Despite problems of tone and tempo Steins is appealingly cast 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Lisa Rose
A barrage of bad jokes offensive stereotypes and dated reference points the movie is like Meet the Fockers on overdrive 
1
Keeping Up With the Steins
Lou Lumenick
A sitcom with enough big laughs and emotional truth to get audiences past awkward pacing and some slow spots 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Elizabeth Weitzman
The cast is uniformly charming while the script both promotes family values and tweaks stereotypes in the gentlest ways 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
Rene Rodriguez
Director Scott Marshall and screenwriter Mark Zakarin pander to Jewish viewers the way Andy Garcia s The Lost City panders to Cuban Americans 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
Roger Ebert
A fresh and lovable comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family planning their son s bar mitzvah 
3
Keeping Up With the Steins
Phoebe Flowers
Well intentioned but sloppily rendered and unlikely to satisfy anyone but a very narrow section of the marketplace 
2
Keeping Up With the Steins
John Anderson
A movie full of contrivance and confection 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Michael Phillips
A tweener in every respect It hasn t the nerve to offend anyone yet it hasn t the flavor of warm hearted comfort food 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Steins
Matt Pais
A pleasant coming of age story is too often brushed aside for goofy shtick involving grandpa and his younger hippie girlfriend 
2.5
When I'm a Moth
Roger Moore
A moody atmospheric and not terribly revealing failure I have to say But it is a fascinating one and Timlin is terrific 
2.5
The Boss
Stephen Cole
What could these women see in a dreary sack of mutton like Ricardo 
1
Chokehold
Roger Moore
Clumsily written and directed thriller that s a fine primer on what a stage punch looks like from people who are supposed to look as if they re actually landing blows 
1
Prey
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay is all over the place which might be more forgivable if the movie s ultimate destination weren t so dull and slight 
1.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Mattie Lucas
Like a little ray of sunshine in a world of bland boring reheated movies that clog up the arteries of our nation s theaters 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Namrata Joshi
The best thing about American cinema is that besides the studio assembled big ticket movies there s also the flourishing indie film movement which keeps throwing up some delightfully refreshing movies 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I loved it every bit of it 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Peter Keough
Like little kids spouting dirty words in certain comedies this film from first time directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris undermines the subversive with the self conscious But it s still funny 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Dequina
A hilariously caustic package that makes its ultimate uplift genuinely feel good instead of insufferably saccharine 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Kam Williams
A wonderful message movie warts an all 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Jordan Hiller
Little Miss Sunshine is an example of a very nicely done small movie about family that is content and secure enough to deliver everything in a simple straightforward way all while being silly and implausible 
2
Little Miss Sunshine
Michael A. Smith
This film opened five weeks ago on seven screens In the entire country So I can understand how you may have missed it Now that it is on more then 1400 screens you have no excuse 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Betsy Bozdech
Michael Arndt s script is both poignant and hilarious and the cast is uniformly strong 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Peter Travers
a scrappy human comedy that takes an honest path to laughs and is twice as funny and touching for it 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Paul Byrnes
This is a likeable funny road movie about a dysfunctional family but you know you ve been down the same road before 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Wesley Lovell
An intensely diverse family take a road trip that brings them closer in a hilarious picture that is unfortunately formulaic 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
David N. Butterworth
Little Miss Sunshine offers among other things ensemble acting at its very best You d be hard pressed to find a funnier more touching film this year 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Mark Dujsik
What the film lacks in originality it makes up for with a boisterous oddball energy and a genuine heartfelt sense of its characters 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Carla Meyer
A heartwarming hilarious movie about family 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Sean O'Connell
Counters its levity with welcome kindness that s trumpeted by a first rate cast 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Nick Rogers
A road trip tale with a much stronger point to make than B from A and not just in the third act It s the genre s greatest blend of slapstick sincerity and satire since Albert Brooks Lost in America 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Mike McGranaghan
Like Garden State or Sideways the film uses comedy to find the content in the lives of its characters Little Miss Sunshine is funny touching and unexpectedly inspiring 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Lisa Ann Cockrel
There is a zany ethos to Little Miss Sunshine that despite its most clichéd moments stokes a lovely poignancy in this look at family life and the capacity for hope in the face of absurdity and calamity 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Sean McBride
one of the best films I ve seen all year 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Greg Maki
Succeeds as both comedy and drama never sacrificing one for the other 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Frank Ochieng
Amusingly caustic and satirically droll Little Miss Sunshine is a ray of off kilter sliced slapstick waiting to burst at the seams 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Linda Cook
Is there a feel good comedy about death and suicide Yes and here it is in Little Miss Sunshine a simple grownups only tale about a complex and hilariously dysfunctional family on a road trip that could change their lives 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Derek Smith
It remains stuck in a limbo state that more and more indie films find themselves these days because of its non committal attitude 
1.5
Little Miss Sunshine
John Beifuss
A plus is that the stubborn VW bus a vehicle that both requires and betrays cooperation makes a wonderful metaphor for the family experience 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Connie Ogle
Hilarious profane and as much fun as you are going to have in a theater this summer 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Robert W. Butler
A comedy with something on its mind Little Miss Sunshine reaffirms that a movie can be smart and funny It s one of the year s best 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Jeff Vice
Little Miss Sunshine is a modestly amusing movie with good performances and several promisingly absurd situations 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Lawrence Toppman
This indie favorite came out of the 2006 Sundance festival with its highest price tag ever 10 5 million paid by Fox Searchlight and audience raves Fox and the fans were right 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Rob Thomas
It s kind of ironic to hear such an anti competitive message from one of the best movies of the year 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Eric Melin
It may carry an R rating but it is also the most heartfelt family comedy of the year 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
James Sanford
The actors play each painfully funny scene as genuinely as possible without straining for cheap laughs and without losing sight of the Hoovers humanity 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Daniel M. Kimmel
Each year there s usually a film that comes as a surprise This year that film is Little Miss Sunshine 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Sean P. Means
A shrill and forced comedy that laughs at not with its characters 
2
Little Miss Sunshine
Phoebe Flowers
We can celebrate not just all that Little Miss Sunshine achieves but more importantly what it avoids 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Phil Villarreal
Little Miss Sunshine proves that family is a heck of a lot like the film s VW bus It may be clunky it may not always run right but everyone will be OK so long as we all get together and push 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Matt Brunson
Screenwriter Michael Arndt his dialogue getting the necessary backing by the excellent ensemble cast manages to adroitly mix up the expected comic shtick with moments of great clarity and insight 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Ross Anthony
Characters are juicy and quirky and funny The best first act I ve seen on the screen in a long time Imperfect but a very good film Alan Arkin is absolutely hilarious 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
David Elliott
Constructed as a comical lesson kit on winning and losing Little Miss Sunshine perks into considerable life through its quality cast 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Terry Lawson
a film of small and gratifying surprises 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Amy Biancolli
an amusing movie viciously well written and brilliantly acted 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Duane Dudek
while it is funny and poignant it has the saccharine tang of artificial ingredients 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite the indie film stereotypes in the character profiles the actors find the humanity in their roles and stick to it through every joke and tragedy 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Walter Chaw
Boils down to the movie version of that Blind Melon music video with the chubby girl in that bumblebee outfit 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Thomas Delapa
Maybe all you need to know about Little Miss Sunshine is that it was a big Sundance hit At Sundance any movie that even hints of American dysfunctionalism usually works like a charm 
2
Little Miss Sunshine
Steve Rhodes
Ensemble cast is absolutely terrific 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not often that high concept movies align themselves with intelligent writing and deft casting 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Matt Pais
Though I didn t really buy any of it there s catharsis in the go for broke ending and an absolute gem of a performance from Breslin 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Willie Waffle
One of those rare movies that brilliantly mixes laughter and heartache to engross you in every obstacle the characters face 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Dustin Putman
Garners one s affections and ultimately succeeds as more than just a distaff Vacation knockoff 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Jeanne Aufmuth
Charming little indie that puts generation gap dysfunction on the map 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a smartly acerbic satirical masterpiece a comedy for the ages recalling Wilder Pierson Crowe or Chayefsky at their absolute off color best 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Chris Hewitt
It s a comedy about things that are not funny suicide drug overdoses busted relationships and as long as it sticks to that stuff Little Miss Sunshine is wonderful 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Peter Howell
If you think you ve seen it all before in a family road movie you owe it to yourself to see what happens when somebody actually comes up with a few bright ideas 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Moira MacDonald
Co directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have pulled off the essential ingredient for this kind of film a cast that believably creates a family 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Ruthe Stein
You ll be delighted if a bit breathless from laughing to be along for the ride 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Liam Lacey
Mildly diverting celebration of loserdom 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Lisa Kennedy
A hard to resist often riotous comedy 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Jim Emerson
You just won t see a better acted and better cast movie than Little Miss Sunshine 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Ty Burr
It looks at the all American obsession with winning and chortles darkly You still come out of the movie wanting to give your family a hug 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Bruce Newman
A comedy that is both hilarious and bold 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Carrie Rickey
To the extent that Little Miss Sunshine works and you probably gather that its schematic cartoonishness didn t always work for me it is because directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris genuinely like these people 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Mary F. Pols
So winning it s easy to forgive it for its too sunny outlook on dysfunction 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Jessica Reaves
It s difficult to convey the sheer joy of watching these characters interact 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Scott Nash
Someone once said that comedy is a tragedy that happens to someone else and this movie demonstrates that theory to perfection 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Dan Fienberg
A Sundance tested slice of American Domestic Dysfunction proving once again that no matter what Tolstoy said sometimes unhappy families are unhappy in very familiar ways 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Peter Canavese
Pulls off the trick of the feel good movie in a way movies haven t managed in a long time Blu ray 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Glenn Whipp
The characters in the Sundance hit Little Miss Sunshine are so adeptly drawn and superbly played that you can easily forgive the film s sometimes forced kookiness 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Claudia Puig
There is nothing inherently sunny about Little Miss Sunshine and that s part of the fresh and clever lunacy of this deliciously dark comedy 
3.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Ken Fox
What makes husband and wife directing team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris hilarious debut such a great family film isn t that it s suitable for the whole family it s not but that it speaks a simple truth about what it means to be part of one 
4
Little Miss Sunshine
Jack Mathews
The casting is flawless Kinnear has never been better suited to a role Richard s gradual surrender of his ego is sweet and totally convincing Arkin has the best lines and delivers them with the timing of a vaudeville pro 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Lisa Rose
Mining humor from subjects like suicide drug abuse and bad parenting the picture isn t going to win any congeniality prizes but it s amusingly bitter Consider it summer fun for pessimists and misanthropes 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Lou Lumenick
A smart dark road comedy about a dysfunctional family that had them rolling in the aisles at this year s Sundance Film Festival 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Gene Seymour
Little Miss Sunshine often emits the dulcet quirkiness of such vintage road comedies as Harry and Tonto and Melvin and Howard 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Nick Schager
There s something mildly endearing about the film s joyful celebration of loserdom 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
James Berardinelli
It takes a deft hand to fashion a feel good movie with plenty of laughs and an upbeat ending out of a story that includes drug addiction a suicide attempt a death Nietzsche and Proust 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Glenn Kenny
Sunshine is diverting and often funny enough largely thanks as is not unusual in cases like this to its cast 
2.5
Little Miss Sunshine
Gary Goldstein
Co directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris along with first time screenwriter Michael Arndt have fashioned an enjoyably quirky highly perceptive film that slaps a newish spin on family dysfunction 
3
Little Miss Sunshine
Erik Childress
A beautiful picture punctuated by a top notch cast and a laugh quotient that exponentially grows right up to its satiric punctuation mark of a climax 
4
Cronicas
David Nusair
thoroughly underwhelming and surprisingly dull 
2
Cronicas
Janice Page
Nothing in this would be thriller grabs you by the throat never mind reaches down to your guts 
2
Cronicas
Jeff Vice
Ecuadoran filmmaker Sebastian Cordero certainly has style to burn and has some intriguing opinions on the news media though he could have left out some of the more melodramatic plot elements 
2.5
Cronicas
Sean P. Means
What should be the movie s strength the mano a mano psychological sparring between Manolo and Vinicio fizzles out with a dispiriting and easily anticipated ending 
2.5
Cronicas
Jeff Shannon
We ve seen this cautionary tale before and the outcome while chilling from an ethical perspective is almost a foregone conclusion 
2.5
Cronicas
Achy Obejas
Cordero s lens is focused on a larger ethics on what makes human beings heroes and monsters 
3.5
Cronicas
Steven Rea
Cronicas is the kind of tense terrific suspenser that screams for a Hollywood remake Only the remake won t be anywhere near as good so check out the original 
3.5
Cronicas
Chris Hewitt
An efficient but not terribly surprising crime drama that spins off a Silence of the Lambs like dynamic 
2
Cronicas
Roger Ebert
Cronicas is the kind of movie that grabs you while you re watching even if later you wish it had grabbed a little harder 
3
Cronicas
Phil Villarreal
Even though he s been around for years the promise Leguizamo shows in Crnicas makes it seem as though the actor is just getting started 
3
Cronicas
Rene Rodriguez
With considerable passion and more than a little anger Cronicas argues that our appetite for an increasing coarse and sensational type of news programming has skewed our inner compasses 
3
Cronicas
Marty Mapes
Leguizamo has played sidekicks With Cronicas he seems looks for a meatier part 
2.5
Cronicas
Larry Ratliff
Shot on location in two villages of the filmmaker s native country Crnicas seethes with authenticity suspense and drama 
3.5
Cronicas
Phoebe Flowers
Cronicas as a whole doesn t engender much gravity because its central theme is so inane 
2
Cronicas
Kurt Loder
T he kind of small picture that rarely crops up in the mainstream Hollywood movie system an unsettling piece of work a scenic and sunlit chilling film 
3
Cronicas
G. Allen Johnson
Cronicas has a cracking good plot a central moral issue and John Leguizamo speaking Spanish What more does a film need 
3
Cronicas
Bruce Westbrook
Though Crnicas starts as a stark tragedy about widespread suffering it morphs into a preachy languorous treatise on manipulative media 
2.5
Cronicas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cordero gives Cronicas the rhythm of a 1970s American film reveling in his characters flaws and revealing an anti hero with no easy resolutions 
3.5
Cronicas
Jonathan W. Hickman
Crnicas is an extremely effective thriller that above all show cases John Leguizamo s talent 
3.5
Cronicas
Claudia Puig
This film offers a probing look at corruption in TV journalism and focuses on a country rarely glimpsed in movies 
3
Cronicas
Pam Grady
A horrifying journey into the dark heart of one journalist s ambition and an acid look at the society that makes such ambition seem almost reasonable 
3
Cronicas
Lisa Rose
The movie is devoid of subtext because every idea is expressed with bold punctuation 
2
Cronicas
Kyle Smith
A scathing indictment of writer director Sebastian Cordero s ability to put together a credible story 
1
Cronicas
Jami Bernard
His Manolo is a hair s breadth from being booed off the screen yet Leguizamo retains audience sympathy and shows us a flawed conflicted man who will probably never get a decent night s sleep again after the decisions we see him make 
2.5
Cronicas
David Sterritt
The film begins strongly and violently then simmers down to a standard issue suspense story 
3
Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored
Roger Ebert
Rarely has a film more movingly shown how people who work live and pray together can find a common strength and self respect 
4
Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored
Steve Rhodes
The acting is good all round but the star of the show has to be Al Freeman Jr He shows great inner strength bravery and intelligence 
3
Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored
Mike Clark
Though the film exhibits a vaguely nostalgic tone it s hardly sugar coated displaying an increasingly discernible edge to its portrayal of racist realities 
2.5
Sweet 20
Chris Knight
The comedy is played less gratingly than in the last version of this movie I saw 
3
The Valet
John Beifuss
The movie is so tame you may find your mind wandering toward the casting of the inevitable Hollywood remake Jonah Hill as Pignon perhaps 
2
The Valet
Duane Dudek
What fun Not really 
2.5
The Valet
Sean P. Means
Veber s dialogue is as witty as ever and he gets great mileage out of his likable cast particularly Elmaleh and Taglioni 
3
The Valet
Jeff Vice
The Valet is a trifle with a few good ideas strewn about but which feels rushed and too flimsy for its own good 
2.5
The Valet
Phil Villarreal
Stereotypes were made to be broken but don t expect the lithe screwball comedy The Valet to change your ideas of Gallic humor 
2
The Valet
Terry Lawson
Call it a sorbet a soufflé or an amuse bouche The Valet is a satisfying antidote to the overload and bombast that run rampant in American movies at this time of the year 
3
The Valet
Steven Rea
You have the slightest of romps and one that ends so abruptly that you suspect the prolific Veber had already moved on to his next project 
2.5
The Valet
Susan Tavernetti
Instead of provoking hearty laughter this slight French confection may coax only a few smiles 
2
The Valet
Peter Howell
Just enjoy it now as the exceedingly pleasant farce that it is 
3
The Valet
Moira MacDonald
We can count on farce and on Veber to ensure that everyone ends up where they should and The Valet resolves itself most satisfyingly in its tidy 85 minutes It s a formulaic comedy that feels fresh and that s a rare accomplishment 
3
The Valet
Bruce Westbrook
It ll do nicely thanks not only to sophisticated amusement but also to a gentlemanly hero who earns a place in our hearts 
3.5
The Valet
Ty Burr
Tart and weightless and it entertains without leaving a mark Not that there s anything wrong with that but at 85 minutes The Valet at times feels like a blueprint for a farce rather than the farce itself 
2.5
The Valet
Mick LaSalle
At 80 minutes long it s that rare case of a short film that should have been longer And that s its problem It really should have been longer 
3
The Valet
Bill Stamets
Briskly directed The Valet hits the brakes for an abrupt ending but this short ride delivers few apercus on fidelity glamor or the nice boy next door 
2.5
The Valet
Bruce Newman
The story is farcical and falling down funny and yet the actors treat director Veber s material as if it were all serious And entirely reasonable 
3.5
The Valet
Michael Phillips
This smoothly acted contrivance offers a lesson or two in how to sell a certain kind of comedy meaning how not to oversell it 
2.5
The Valet
Stephen Whitty
There are a number of ways The Valet could be better 
2.5
The Valet
Maitland McDonagh
The films of writer director Francis Veber are a bracing reminder that French comedies can be every bit as broad unsophisticated and cliched as their American counterparts 
1.5
The Valet
Gary Goldstein
I think it s safe to say the time may have passed for Francis Veber s particular brand of French farce especially if he s going to keep cranking out stuff as tiring and contrived as The Valet 
2.5
The Valet
Kyle Smith
The situation delivers less wackiness than it promises and there aren t a lot of big laughs Charm fills the void though 
2.5
The Valet
Elizabeth Weitzman
Doors slam confusions pile up and these high toned actors look as if they re enjoying themselves immensely They re not the only ones 
3
The Valet
Bob Strauss
The Valet isn t anything to leave an extra large tip for and you re not going to dent your sides laughing But it is French comedy at its easiest to handle and for some that s all that it needs to be 
2.5
The Valet
Fernando F. Croce
After the vaporous whimsy of Avenue Montaigne and now the drippy antics of The Valet Paris really could use more Gaspar Noé leather infernos 
2
The Valet
Jan Stuart
It hurtles toward its foregone denouement with such a whirligig gust of madcap spirits you might need to readjust your hair as you head out of the theater 
3
The Valet
Steve Rhodes
A sweet little movie worth many smiles and possibly an occasional laugh or two 
2.5
The Valet
Kam Williams
This latest French farce from Oscar nominee Francis Veber La Cage aux Folles is another sophisticated screwball comedy right up there with the best of Billy Wilder 
4
YouthMin: A Mockumentary
Roger Moore
It could use a few more laughs and another cringe or three but this indie mockumentary manages some giggles and a big uplift here and there 
2.5
YouthMin: A Mockumentary
Mattie Lucas
Its silliness is at times a bit over the top but there is an earnestness behind its goofiness that is surprisingly endearing 
2.5
George Washington
Burl Burlingame
Oh you could analyze and debate and dissect the individual vignettes to smithereens which is what makes it literary I spect But that would be too much like homework 
3
George Washington
Michael Dequina
What makes Green s work such a thing of beauty is its relentless yet altogether genuine modesty 
3.5
George Washington
Ken Fox
Stylized to the point of poetry David Gordon Green s impressive debut fuses the lyricism of Terence Malick with Harmony Korine s willingness to poke around the garbage strewn landscape of the American underclass 
2.5
George Washington
Marty Mapes
Like eavesdropping on people you didn t even know existed in America
3.5
George Washington
Margaret A. McGurk
Surprising rare gem 
4
George Washington
Rick Groen
Brave and thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing 
3
George Washington
Ed Gonzalez
George Washington is the closest thing we have to William Faulkner on screen
4
George Washington
Jeremy Heilman
George Washington is the best American film of 2000 
4
George Washington
Catharine Tunnacliffe
An abstract symbolic title is perfect for such an abstract symbolic movie 
4
George Washington
James Kendrick
The film s composition is nearly flawless with the filmmakers juxtaposing the lush Southern landscape with the rusted twisted remains of industrial parks and warehouses that have been deserted and forgotten 
3.5
George Washington
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film that feels truly unusual refreshing and ultimately affecting 
3.5
George Washington
Rod Armstrong
Flawed but worthwhile 
3
George Washington
Roger Ebert
It remembers a summer that was not a happy summer but there will never again be a summer so intensely felt so alive so valuable 
4
George Washington
Mick LaSalle
Not like any other movie That in itself makes it something to see 
3
George Washington
Steve Rhodes
The movie isn t about much of anything which you will find out if you can manage to stay awake 
1
George Washington
Robert Roten
Green effectively creates his main characters and imbues the film with a powerful sense of place and mood 
2.5
Skater Girl
Roger Moore
A pleasant feel good Indian drama played in a minor key 
2.5
Skater Girl
Sheila O'Malley
A great movie about skateboarding it captures the iconoclastic freedom and rebellion skateboarding has so often represented 
3.5
Skater Girl
Mark Dujsik
Skater Girl remains a shaky unfocused drama no matter how much good the movie s production may have done 
2.5
The Wages of Fear
Brian Eggert
The brutal narrative cynicism and political commentary in The Wages of Fear indicate the unflinching nature of its maker 
4
The Wages of Fear
Dave Kehr
Turning the screws with a relentlessness that impresses even in this age of the ruthless high tech thriller Clouzot strings together situations of vividly almost sadistically imagined danger 
3.5
The Wages of Fear
Budd Wilkins
The Wages of Fear contains tension fraught stretches of pure cinema that probably gave even the Master cold sweats 
4
The Wages of Fear
Eric Henderson
Now seems much less like Salt of the Earth as a potboiler and a lot more like the spiritual godfather to every testosterone fuelled thrill ride since 
3
The Wages of Fear
Peter Canavese
A classic suspense film also the screen equivalent of a classic existentialist drama The chemical reaction Clouzot gets from these genres is pure dynamite Blu ray 
4
The Wages of Fear
Roger Ebert
The film s extended suspense sequences deserve a place among the great stretches of cinema 
4
The Wages of Fear
James Berardinelli
The kind of motion picture for which commonplace phrases like white knuckle tension ride have been coined 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Brian Eggert
A lovingly told 44 deeply affecting story 46 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Kelly Jane Torrance
Wes Anderson has created a slightly nostalgic yet unsentimental world and an utterly charming film except for the gruesome scissor attack 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Chris Knight
All the grounding you need comes from the performances of Hayward and Gilman as the young runaways They seem to have internalized Anderson s wonky worldview completely 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Wesley Lovell
To date my favorite Wes Anderson and I don t characterize myself as an Anderson fan 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Perry Seibert
People who enjoy being immersed in his singular vision won t be disappointed at all 
2.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Jordan Hiller
Anderson s manner becomes a second skin and essential to the script making Moonrise Kingdom a most comfortable way to watch matters uncomfortable 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Rob Humanick
So precise it could be alien so raw and aching it has to be human Competes with the best of Anderson A film to be celebrated 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Eric Melin
With its deadpan dialogue and damaged characters Moonrise Kingdom casts a unique and charming spell and is surprisingly hopeful 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Sean P. Means
These charming kids give Moonrise Kingdom the warm glow of a summer fairy tale one you ll want to hear again 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Lori Hoffman
The offbeat pixilated universes created by writer director Wes Anderson Rushmore The Royal Tenenbaums Fantastic Mr Fox are an acquired taste 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Marty Mapes
Sweet not saccharine
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Matt Brunson
Among the all stars Edward Norton made me repeatedly chuckle and it s always a pleasure to see Bruce Willis when he s not operating in paycheck whore mode 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Mike McGranaghan
A sweetly kooky ode to the intensity of young love The movie balances broad comedy with occasionally surreal quirk while still holding the emotional center 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
John Beifuss
The adults who are so desperate to return the kid fugitives to their care actually envy the children s freedom irresponsibility and yes love in a word their youth The kingdom that makes exiles of us all 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Jon Niccum
The frustrating Anderson is improving and he may one day shed the collegiate hipster aura that infuses his work 
2.5
Moonrise Kingdom
John Wirt
It s funny it s touching it s Anderson doing what he does better than he s ever done before 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Rene Rodriguez
Most of Wes Anderson s previous pictures came from the head Moonrise Kingdom is one from the heart 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Duane Dudek
A sometimes precocious but mostly whimsical and artfully fluent evocation of adolescent enthusiasm and adult ennui 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom which could be Anderson s most honest movie yet also contains arguably his two most mature characters who both happen to be 12 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Alison Gang
Exactly what you expect from Anderson and also dangerously close to overstaying its welcome 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Joe Williams
Phonies may complain that Anderson s island of misfit toys is a retreat from the real world but for pure hearted adventurers who share the secret map Moonrise Kingdom is a joy that cannot be eclipsed 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Rafer Guzman
Though undeniably smart and charming Moonrise Kingdom loves itself the way the callow Holden Caulfield loves himself unconditionally Salinger understood the problem with that Anderson may not 
2.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Austin Kennedy
It s sweet charming quirky imaginative poignant and whimsical Just what a Wes Anderson film should be 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Moira MacDonald
Moonrise Kingdom takes place in a world where everything seems pleasantly faded where people read crackly covered library books rather than e books and where young people are allowed to be genuinely innocent 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Steven Rea
The usual complaints and caveats about Anderson he s precious his characters have no grounding in the real world can be made about Moonrise Kingdom but so what 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Chris Hewitt
I loved every second of Moonrise Kingdom 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Peter Canavese
Moonrise Kingdom rsquo s heartfelt search and rescue of a feel good result provides a perfect even musical counterpoint to its regimented summer camp 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
James Berardinelli
One knock against some of Anderson s previous efforts is that they re too clever so clever in fact that the humanity gets sucked out of them That doesn t happen here 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
James Kendrick
Wes Anderson s best work in a decade as he returns to the nimble territory precariously balanced between fairy tale whimsy and genuine emotion
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Ann Hornaday
There s no denying the extravagant pleasures Moonrise Kingdom affords as an erudite wish fulfillment fantasy of empowerment and autonomy 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Roger Moore
A tad too twee for its own good 
2.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Rick Groen
Last time out in Fantastic Mr Fox Wes Anderson adapted a children s book by Roald Dahl Now in Moonrise Kingdom he s made one of his own 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Willie Waffle
Another great film from Anderson and the beginning of a fantastic career for Hayward 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Dujsik
The adventurous circumstances and sensations of young love permeate Moonrise Kingdom 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Amy Biancolli
It s an adventure a love story a biblical allegory complete with approaching storm a mash note to composer Benjamin Britten and a profoundly touching discourse on the needs of troubled children 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Dustin Putman
Has individual moments that are alluring to the eyes but like the aforementioned dollhouse where Suzy lives take a closer look inside and it becomes obvious how artificial all the parts are 
2
Moonrise Kingdom
Wesley Morris
Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson s seventh movie and it s the first since Rushmore that works from the opening shot to the final image 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Peter Keough
Who else can capture with such chilling accuracy that fragile period between childhood and disillusionment the time when the novelty of true love overwhelms the heart with its immensity and futility 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Michael Phillips
It s a fable about what it feels like to be 12 years old and afflicted from head to toe by a romantic crush the size of a planet 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Matt Pais
Anderson s most delightfully bittersweet live action movie since The Royal Tenenbaums 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Rex Reed
Like all Wes Anderson movies it is naïve mannered pretentious and incomprehensible 
1
Moonrise Kingdom
Roger Ebert
Wes Anderson s mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Charlie McCollum
Hayward and Gilman are newcomers who are asked to carry much of the film and pull it off with lovely understatement and extraordinary believability 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Michael Dequina
At once funny and melancholic whimsical and poignantly true 
4
Moonrise Kingdom
Kent Turner
Anderson has imagined the 60s on the East Coast as if from an Eddie Bauer catalog and Boys Life with the sensibility of The New Yorker 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Stephen Whitty
What makes it an Anderson movie are the things he adds which mark all his films the pop cultural obsessions and excruciatingly detailed set decorations overarching thematic concerns and little stylistic tics 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Josh Larsen
a courtship both innocent and precocious 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Claudia Puig
The director s best film since 1998 s Rushmore it has none of the self conscious smugness of The Life Aquatic or the empty eccentricity of The Royal Tenenbaums 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Peter Travers
The hilarious and heartfelt Moonrise Kingdom is a consistent pleasure By evoking the joys and terrors of childhood it reminds us how to be alive 
3.5
Moonrise Kingdom
Robert Levin
As per the director s norm the film offers a triumph of style over substance But sometimes when it s not just typical summertime bombast that s what you need 
3
Moonrise Kingdom
Christy Lemire
If you love Wes Anderson you ll love this The best of what he can do is vibrantly on display 
3.5
78/52
David N. Butterworth
When it sticks to its guns 78 52 is fascinating But Alexandre O Philippe s inconsistent documentary needs much more cut by cut critique and much less rah rah repetition 
2.5
78/52
Federico Furzan
A work of passion and love regarding the most famous scene in cinema history The homage Hitckcock deserves Full review in Spanish 
4
78/52
Glenn Lovell
Who doesn t remember where he was when Leigh shed black bra and slip unwrapped a bar of complimentary Bates Motel soap and washed away her sins Unfortunately doc s scholarship feels sketchy arbitrary 
2
78/52
Mark Dujsik
Call it a primer in film criticism and analysis as well as a testament to Alfred Hitchcock s mastery of form 
3
78/52
Michael Phillips
Hitchcock s shower scene may never leave the pop culture of fear it helped create 
3
78/52
Peter Howell
Essential viewing even if you have to watch through your fingers 
3.5
78/52
Godfrey Cheshire
In providing a detailed analysis of the shower scene in Hitchcock s horror milestone makes a persuasive case for Psycho as the film that jump started modern cinema 
3
78/52
Chuck Bowen
78 52 comes to life when riffing on the psychosexual perversity of Psycho which changed cinema s relationship with sex and violence 
3
78/52
Barry Hertz
Director Alexandre O Philippe unpacks an entire semester s worth of cinema studies coming to a unified theory of how one act of on screen murder became the perfect image of the uncaring universe 
3
78/52
Josh Terry
A fascinating examination of a piece of masterful cinema but it is also a sobering examination of a film that took the industry and the culture down a much more graphic and explicit path 
3
The Last Mogul
Maitland McDonagh
Avrich s colorful account of Wasserman s career starts out looking like a puff piece but quickly reveals a refreshing willingness to delve into the dirty side of a glamorous business 
3.5
The Last Mogul
Lou Lumenick
Highly entertaining 
3
The Last Mogul
Rob Thomas
The jazzy credit sequence uses Wasserman s trademark big black eyeglasses as a playful motif but the film itself is all business
3
The Last Mogul
Geoff Pevere
While indistinct stylistically and inconclusive biographically The Last Mogul does have a certain allure 
2.5
The Last Mogul
Michael Posner
In covering so much acreage Avrich has failed to dig deep for material that might have shed more light on Wasserman s ways 
2
The Last Mogul
Bob Strauss
What we do see in The Last Mogul is certainly worthwhile But it would be informative mainly to people unfamiliar with Wasserman 
2.5
Tenet
Brian Eggert
Tenet suffers most from its absence of feeling and thinly described characters leaving Nolan s cinematic puzzle box a contraption with nothing inside for those who attempt to solve it 
2.5
Tenet
Mark Meszoros
By the end of its two and a half hours with all its bi directional action revelations and world ending ramifications it s a bit numbing And you re pretty sure you can t wait to watch it again 
3.5
Tenet
Matt Brunson
The weakest of Nolan s 11 cinematic at bats to date Tenet finds the filmmaker unable to get out of his own way as he attempts to spin a yarn that makes earlier efforts like Memento seem as linear and uncomplicated as A Charlie Brown Christmas 
2.5
Tenet
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Love your palindromes The film is a dud 
1
Tenet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tenet may contain Nolan s most ambitious use of time but also ultimately the least effective 
2.5
Tenet
G. Allen Johnson
Tenet is indeed impressive although I gave up trying to follow the plot 
3
Tenet
Mick LaSalle
Tenet is difficult to understand but even worse it inspires little desire to understand it 
1
Tenet
Mike McGranaghan
Tenet is Christopher Nolan s weakest film It s also evidence that Christopher Nolan s weakest film is still way better and more exciting than some directors best films 
3
Tenet
Joey Magidson
Tenet will go down as middle of the road Christopher Nolan It s not a masterpiece and it s not a misfire 
3
Tenet
Mattie Lucas
An often electrifying grand scale thriller that tackles bold structural concepts but its execution is a decidedly mixed bag 
3
Tenet
Kevin A. Ranson
asks viewers to trust what s going on will make sense once it reveals its secret one of those rare instances where seeing the film more than once actually reaps a reward 
4
Tenet
Rene Sanchez
Ambitious and grandiloquent Tenet is a palindromic thriller where past and present converge in a mission against the clock Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Tenet
Kathleen Sachs
The auteur doesn t show much growth in his most recent self indulgent work 
1.5
Tenet
Tom Meek
This being a Christopher Nolan film seeing it on a big screen is kind of a must in the very least for the imposing driving score by Ludwig Göransson and the impressive camera work by Hoyte Van Hoytema 
2.5
Tenet
David Nusair
the movie saddled with a muddy sound mix is dominated by frustratingly unintelligible dialogue that compounds the already baffling atmosphere 
2.5
Tenet
Linda Cook
Mind Officially Blown 
4
Tenet
Joe Friar
The most complex work yet by Nolan with a superb John David Washington as the film s protagonist Visually stunning as the director layers scenes where others would use flashbacks or non linear edits 
4
Tenet
Sonny Bunch
Tenet is ambitious and messy and big and bold It s a movie worth seeing in theaters on as large a screen as possible 
3.5
Tenet
Mark Feeney
Telling a story backward sounds bizarre it is bizarre but it works The backward stuff in Tenet sounds bizarre worse than bizarre goofy and for a while it works But once it doesn t it really doesn t 
2.5
Tenet
Christian Toto
Christopher Nolan s latest dazzles the senses while making no sense at all 
2
Tenet
Steven Prokopy
Even with its shortcomings Tenet is loads of fun to absorb whether you attempt to understand it or not 
3
Tenet
Jeff Beck
On the whole while Tenet does have some things to like about it it does ultimately prove to be one of Nolan s weaker efforts at least from a narrative standpoint 
2.5
Tenet
Rob Thomas
Tenet is Nolan s attempt to outdo and subvert the James Bond thriller a globe hopping adventure that gets increasingly heady and convoluted as it goes forward And then backward And then forward again 
3
Tenet
Cate Marquis
The film is technically excellent with jaw dropping action and clever plot twists Action fans should be more that delighted with all that which is brilliantly executed 
3
Tenet
Mark Dujsik
Tenet Nolan s latest is very much about time and very little about much else 
2
Tenet
Josh Larsen
Tenet can very likely be explained I m not sure it can be experienced 
2
Tenet
Brian Truitt
Both utterly dazzling and increasingly bewildering 
2.5
Tenet
Daniel Neman
Maybe you could follow what is happening if you wrote it all down on a flow chart with circles and arrows and multiple colored inks but it wouldn t be worth the effort and that s hard to do in a dark movie theater 
2
Tenet
Walter Chaw
I liked Tenet 
2.5
Tenet
Jeff York
The film has some great set pieces a game cast and a compelling premise but the parts are better than the sum 
2.5
Tenet
Sean P. Means
A maze like action thriller that s exciting in the moment even if it s gratuitously complicated 
3
Tenet
Jake Coyle
Tenet lacks the elegant mastery of Dunkirk or the cosmic soulfulness of Interstellar but it has a darkly grand geometry 
3
Tenet
Johnny Oleksinski
What the hell was that 
2
Tenet
James Berardinelli
It s among the director s most ambitious efforts and is a match for his most narratively complicated screenplays 
3.5
Tenet
Mark Daniell
What unspools across the screen for nearly two and a half hours is one scene topping another that leaves viewers thinking How did they do that 
4
Tenet
Ben Flanagan
Every time that Tenet stops to speak it only emphasizes a hollowness within how enamored it is of its own cleverness 
2
Tenet
Michael Phillips
I wish Tenet exploited its own ideas more dynamically Nolan s a prodigious talent But no major director I suppose can avoid going sideways from time to time 
2
Tenet
Roger Moore
A bang on Bond film buddy picture set in Bizarro World 
3
Tenet
Richard Roeper
Working from his own labyrinthine screenplay Nolan along with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema and the special effects crew has great fun with elaborate set pieces 
3.5
Tenet
Brian Tallerico
It is 100 designed as an experience for people who have unpacked films like The Prestige and Memento late into the night hoping to give Nolan fans more to chew on than ever before 
3
Tenet
Peter Howell
Christopher Nolan s most challenging film and also his most satisfying 
3.5
Tenet
Emily Zemler
Nolan is the sort of filmmaker who captures our imaginations for what could be possible which is something that feels important right now 
3
The Darkest Hour
Brian Eggert
All of the poor 3D 44 lousy CGI 44 and run of the mill plotting could be forgiven if there were some interesting characters onscreen 44 but there are none 46 
1
The Darkest Hour
Roger Moore
Did Olivia Thirlby and Emile Hirsch make this so they could visit Russia on somebody else s dime 
1
The Darkest Hour
David Nusair
A familiar yet watchable thriller 
3
The Darkest Hour
John Beifuss
The kills are super cool as invisible energy ghosts from outer space flash fry humans and dogs in dust devil swirls of ash and spark unfortunately everything else is utterly perfunctory 
2
The Darkest Hour
Joel Brown
Darkest Hour doesn t have even as much character as those Discover commercials 
1
The Darkest Hour
Budd Wilkins
In a year end season stacked deep with worthwhile films what possible incentive could there be for submitting to The Darkest Hour s utter pointlessness 
0
The Darkest Hour
Scott Nash
A movie so bad that it s actually enjoyable 
2.5
The Darkest Hour
Daniel M. Kimmel
a solid science fiction action movie that delivers on its promise 
3
The Darkest Hour
Dustin Putman
Would be a laughing stock of inanity were it not so thoroughly unsatisfying 
1
Underworld: Awakening
Brian Eggert
There 8217 s little reason for anyone outside of blindly devoted fans to seek it out 46 
0.5
Underworld: Awakening
Kevin A. Ranson
seems both stripped down in complexity for a new audience as well as cut into a bite sized chunk to more easily swallow neither of which is going to draw new fans to the franchise or keep current fans interested 
2
Underworld: Awakening
Jeff Beck
This was a film that was so soulless and so lifeless that it had not made a single bit of impact while it was playing 
1.5
Underworld: Awakening
Michael Dequina
What begins as a promising reset ultimately settles into a too much of a retread however watchable it may be 
2.5
Underworld: Awakening
Roger Moore
Pitiless puerile pointless and perfunctory and those are just the P s 
1
Underworld: Awakening
Linda Cook
he vampires and werewolves are at it again No Twihards you haven t missed another Twilight episode This is indeed part of a franchise but a far different more violent one 
2
Underworld: Awakening
Sara Michelle Fetters
Selene s return is a welcome one 
2.5
Underworld: Awakening
John Beifuss
The directors ignore the hokey and increasingly busy mythology of past entries to serve up a nonstop bloodbath The violence is surprisingly extreme goofily absurd and gratifyingly coherent 
3
Underworld: Awakening
David Nusair
The Underworld series hits a palpable low with this absolutely interminable entry 
1
Underworld: Awakening
Tom Meek
Brief but bloody and best enjoyed in zombie mode 
2.5
Underworld: Awakening
Scott Nash
If you liked the earlier Underworld films or if you haven t seen them but enjoyed the Resident Evil movies then you ll like this one too 
2.5
Underworld: Awakening
Tom Russo
The most generic entry of the bunch 
2
Underworld: Awakening
David Hiltbrand
There s not much to this movie beyond a slick procession of dark gleaming violence 
2.5
Underworld: Awakening
Peter Howell
Beckinsale s Selene is back with a vengeance that famous black catsuit and two fully cocked pistols having wisely sat out the wretched third installment of the franchise Don t expect much more than this 
1.5
Underworld: Awakening
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is pulp horror with a dollop of science fiction with the cast elevating the material above the gore and CGI effects 
3
Underworld: Awakening
Rob Humanick
The only thing that manages to outpace Underworld Awakening s ineptitude is its utter soullessness 
.5
Underworld: Awakening
Dustin Putman
All things considered Underworld Awakening is at least on par with its predecessors By the fourth go around it ought to be striving for more than average 
2
Older Children
Roger Ebert
The movie is perfectly watchable professionally filmed and acted and not particularly compelling 
2
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
David Nusair
there s no real originality or distinctiveness separating it from other low budget creepers 
1
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
Walter Chaw
The film seems to realize its need to obscure the cast and narrative early on and does so initially with some welcome nudity and plentiful albeit amateurish gore 
0.5
Diary of a Lost Girl
Roger Ebert
It s not the equal of Pandora s Box but Brooks s performance is on the same high level 
4
Diary of a Lost Girl
Mattie Lucas
A masterpiece of the silent era and a showcase for one of the silver screen s greatest stars 
4
Diary of a Lost Girl
Walter Chaw
The Hollywood ideal corrupted by the deleterious social effects of the Third Reich remains one of the most haunting synergies in silent film 
4
Straight Outta Compton
Brian Eggert
The story is epic enough that audiences will experience the significant musical and social influence N 46 W 46 A 46 had on the larger community of hip hop 44 and how that influence continues to shape contemporary artists 46 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Mattie Lucas
There is so much going on in the lyrical wordplay of the music much deeper than the critics who tend to focus on its violent imagery suggests 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Max Weiss
The backdrop of Rodney King era L A and the realness and rawness of N W A s music not to mention the passionate and heartfelt performances of the film s three young leads gives the film an undeniable power 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Scott Nash
As with most musical biopics it s the rise of the artist that is the most entertaining 
3
Straight Outta Compton
David Nusair
the movie would have benefited from a much much shorter runtime ie this is not material that needs or deserves such an epic length 
2
Straight Outta Compton
John Beifuss
Arriving when the battle cry of F Tha Police has been superseded by the equally urgent if more palatable slogan Black Lives Matter the film opens a window onto a re created recent past that doubles as a reflection of the outraged present 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Brad Keefe
The 2 1 2 hours of Compton are fantastically paced it feels much shorter full of well placed humor and packed with moments that make it a time capsule of West Coast rap 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Sean P. Means
A vital and necessary movie that looks back to the birth of a movement that influences music and American life to this day 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Neil Rosen
Overall it s a well done film that offers up pointed social commentary as it also delivers a thought provoking history of the group 
3
Straight Outta Compton
John Serba
As uneven as NWA was incendiary 
2.5
Straight Outta Compton
Christy Lemire
It s very easy to imagine sing along showings cropping up for years to come 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Tyler Daswick
This movie about a group of risk takers should have taken more risks itself 
2
Straight Outta Compton
Clayton Davis
An undeniable love letter to one of the most influential groups in rap music history F Gary Gray s Straight Outta Compton is a vivacious and powerfully timely piece that stands as the single best film of the year thus far 
4
Straight Outta Compton
Charles Bramesco
kind of exhilarating 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Linda Cook
The FBI watched them with suspicion Their fans watched them with adoration 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Stephen Rebello
A brash enjoyable nostalgic rush that also happens to be as timely as tomorrow 
3
Straight Outta Compton
John Hanlon
Absorbing honest and ultimately heartbreaking this music biopic expertly shows how an artist s surroundings can profoundly influence their artistry 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Kam Williams
The cinematic equivalent of a nostalgic fanzine designed with die hard devotees of gangsta rap in mind 
2
Straight Outta Compton
Mike McGranaghan
An energetic continually engaging biopic If you don t know the N W A story you ll be fascinated by its many twists and turns If you do you ll admire the respect with which it s told 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Joe Lozito
This biopic doesn t come close to matching the impact of the titular album but the material is so riveting that it s nearly enough 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Christian Toto
Straight Outta Compton celebrates the gangsta rap era with a bit too much glee but it s mesmerizing every step of the way 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Rafer Guzman
A riveting film about the birth of not just one rap group but an entire genre 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
John Semley
Straight Outta Compton functions as both a compelling damnably topical political statement and a slickly produced piece of commercial art 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Bob Bloom
The film follows the five young men as they use their music and brutally honest lyrics to express their antagonism about the dangerous and depressing environment around them 
4
Straight Outta Compton
Linda Barnard
Straight Outta Compton makes that same thudding power echo in the thrill of a fresh track and the first rhymes from five young men who changed the music landscape nearly 30 years ago 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Mark Dujsik
Once the group as we originally know it from the movie s story dissolves so too does the movie s narrative cohesion and surprisingly distinctiveness 
2.5
Straight Outta Compton
Calum Marsh
A certain tendency toward myth making is inherent in the biopic style And Straight Outta Compton naturally obliges convention with the necessary legend printing flair 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Tom Horgen
In the small pool of big budget hip hop biopics Straight Outta Compton is near the top 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Kevin C. Johnson
The group members stories are overly familiar to rap fans as are portrayals of the big bad music industry in general but that doesn t take away from the film s dramatic tension 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Peter Travers
This movie burns so hot that it s bound to run out of steam It does But what stands is an amazement an electrifying piece of hip hop history that speaks urgently to right now 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Ann Hornaday
As enlightening as it is entertaining as sobering as it is exhilarating Straight Outta Compton reminds viewers not only who N W A were and what they meant but also why they mattered and still do 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Michael Phillips
Jackson Jr artfully evokes Ice Cube s tough guy charisma Mitchell s Eazy emerges as the film s most complicated figure throwing his lot in with a manager who may not have his best interests at heart 
2.5
Straight Outta Compton
Peter Hartlaub
Policemen journalists who dislike rap and Suge Knight will find little to enjoy in this movie all are portrayed as villains with zero subtlety But the film as a whole is critical of its heroes mistakes 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Steve Macfarlane
It s most towering accomplishment are its set pieces which manage to be brash exhilarating and even occasionally moving 
2.5
Straight Outta Compton
Matt Pais
A consistently entertaining look at the birth of extremely relevant music 
3
Straight Outta Compton
Lou Lumenick
One of the summer s most entertaining and provocative movies 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Richard Roeper
The casting in Straight Outta Compton is universally pitch perfect including brief cameos by Keith Stanfield as Snoop and Marcc Rose as Tupac that are fantastically spot on 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Tony Hicks
The sheer force of Straight Outta Compton steamrolls its flaws Director Gray who is from Compton and made a name for himself directing some of hip hop s best music videos has given us a movie that feels honest and urgent 
3.5
Straight Outta Compton
Stephen Whitty
There s a grittier grimier story in here but it needed a different script and probably a different director than the uncritical F Gary Gray whose resume is studded with old school rap videos and Ice Cube projects 
2.5
Straight Outta Compton
Odie Henderson
If you re not a fan of N W A you ll still find much to enjoy here If you are a fan you ll love this movie as much as I did 
4
Straight Outta Compton
Roger Moore
Good as close to great as any F Gary Gray film is ever likely to be 
3
Day of the Outlaw
Jeffrey M. Anderson
André de Toth s black and white winter Western Day of the Outlaw is a flat out masterpiece filled with nuance and visual splendor 
4
I Am a Good Person / I Am a Bad Person
Peter Howell
It s a movie where you re never quite sure where the fiction ends and reality intrudes but it feels all the more honest for the confusion 
3
Tormenting the Hen
Hunter Lanier
Tormenting the Hen plays with these expectations in an occasionally tense manner but ends up being a movie of vague ethereal ideas that don t hold as much dramatic weight as intended 
1.5
The Family Man
Michael Dequina
Ratner isn t a capable enough director to work the alchemy needed to make this cheese into gold 
2
The Family Man
Betsy Bozdech
Without Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni in the lead roles the film would most likely have lost whatever charm and entertainment value it has 
2.5
The Family Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The makers of The Family Man were trying to do a kind of reverse It s a Wonderful Life without ever realizing that it doesn t work on paper much less on the screen 
2.5
The Family Man
Jeanne Aufmuth
Redeems itself with raw emotion and the evocative force of love 
3.5
The Family Man
Margaret A. McGurk
There is not a lot wrong with The Family Man except for an almost total lack of surprise and a nasty attitude toward exactly the people who are supposed to pay money to watch it 
2
The Family Man
Liam Lacey
A series of moments sentimental and comic that never do add up to a coherent fable 
2.5
The Family Man
Jules Brenner
The predictability factor didn t spoil our good time It might yours but then again it might not 
3
The Family Man
David N. Butterworth
Warm and soothing The Family Man is not a perfect film but it s a perfect film for the holiday season 
3
The Family Man
Bill Chambers
Perhaps The Family Man would be more palatable if it played up on or even acknowledged its female revenge fantasy aspects 
2
The Family Man
Mike McGranaghan
For all its obviousness there is a sweetness in this movie that really got to me 
3
The Family Man
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es de esos filmes que estn en el lmite entre ser considerados como una buena o una malas pelcula
2.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Rob Thomas
Janice Engel s film is a rollicking re acquaintance with Ivins distinctive drawl and we can t help but wonder what she d say about our current ominous political climate Likely there would be some swearing involved 
3
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Lisa Jensen
Along with the pleasures of watching Ivins in action answering fans and critics alike with irreverent aplomb Engel s movie serves up an affectionate portrait of Ivins longtime friendship with another strong salty Texas woman Ann Richards 
4
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Steven Prokopy
From first time feature director Janice Engel Raise Hell The Life Times of Molly Ivins is that rare documentary that might have more of an impact on someone unfamiliar with the subject than those who know her fiery work intimately 
3
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Mark Dujsik
Ivins voice comes through strongly which is the best that can be said of this otherwise pedestrian documentary 
2.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Mark Feeney
There s a sense in which Ivins doesn t quite fit in the documentary either or rather what fits in is great but what doesn t fit in emotionally personally gets left out and that matters a lot 
2.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Michael O'Sullivan
With free speech under attack and truth telling seemingly in short supply Raise Hell offers an entertaining and bracing look at one of journalism s least punch pulling practitioners 
2.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Matt Zoller Seitz
There was never anybody like Molly Ivins before and never will be again and this documentary does a fine job of capturing what made her special 
3
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Derek Smith
The film is at its best when its focus remains on Ivins s fierce commitment to her ideals and willingness to speak her mind 
2.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Joe Friar
An entertaining tribute to Texas political journalist Molly Ivins who we could use a dose of right about now 
3.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Roger Moore
Still scathing after all these years 
3.5
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Sean P. Means
T he documentary Raise Hell The Life and Times of Molly Ivins is the profile of her that we have needed 
3.5
Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Nick Schager
Employs a warm and leisurely though never sluggish pace that s upfront about Bogdanovich s intention to take his sweet time tackling every topic of relevant interest 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Mattie Lucas
An enjoyable even heartwarming little movie that embraces its clichés and never lets them get in the way
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
David N. Butterworth
About as funny as Ross on Friends David Schwimmer Ross on Friends directs 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Michael Dequina
Far from the gut busting brilliance of Pegg s other self made starring vehicles 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Mike McGranaghan
The picture manages to juggle both the silly and the sentimental without falling flat 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Austin Kennedy
It s a good formalic romantic comedy Nothing more 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Sean O'Connell
Turn and run no matter what size you are 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Greg Maki
It s a lazy effort that offers little encouragement for the future of Schwimmer s directorial career 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Rossiter Drake
It is neither as funny nor as wickedly subversive as Shaun of the Dead but it respects its characters enough to make them thoughtful and surprisingly complex unlike the sitcom stereotypes inhabiting lesser romantic comedies 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
John Wirt
Simon Pegg gives it the old college try but his character isn t worthy our cheers Maybe Pegg should resurrect his most famous character the resourceful much funnier Shaun and do battle with the zombies of London rather than the marathon runners of Lo
2
Run Fat Boy Run
John Beifuss
Overcomes its occasional stumbles thanks almost entirely to the charm of its cast 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Sean McBride
Seldom laugh out loud funny and the script doesn t have the witty insight of Pegg s last few films but Pegg s bumbling charm is just enough to make this movie run 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Gina Carbone
It s clear in the scene where they try to scam the marathon officials that Dylan Moran would be a good candidate to play the grown Harry Potter in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film Somebody take note 
2.75
Run Fat Boy Run
Linda Cook
Simon Pegg is a wonderful physical comedian And he s able to take off with his talent in Run Fatboy Run a comedy that s not up to par of his other starring roles but one that nonetheless provides quite a few laughs 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Ross Anthony
While some moments rely solely on Pegg s natural on screen goofiness he M I Black have simply written a very funny script that spreads the fun evenly throughout 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Dustin Putman
Amiable Bland Cute Formulaic Inconsequential Run Fatboy Run goes down with ease but it s awfully slight 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Larry Ratliff
I wish the script credited to Michael Ian Black The Pleasure of Your Company and Simon Pegg had a little more intrigue along the way to its predictable finish 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Sean P. Means
The movie may not provide an onslaught of gut busting laughs but the humor that does come forth is heartier and more authentic 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Teresa Budasi
One thing Schwimmer does do right is keep the story moving swiftly You re in you re out no harm done unless you want that hour and a half back 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Claudia Puig
Amiable consistently amusing and surprisingly affecting it has the flavor of a Nick Hornby novel with its focus on an overgrown boy struggling to grow up and be a man 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Peter Howell
Run Fat Boy Run is the directorial debut of actor David Schwimmer who is much better behind the camera than in front of it Here he s taken material best suited to sketch comedy and turned it into a feature of no small heart and humour 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Chris Hewitt
Run Fatboy Run is largely content to follow the formula guide us on a sunny tour of downtown London s tourist hot spots and transform Pegg from paunchy schlub to Runderella with a few decent laughs along the way 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Mark Rahner
Tere s nothing edgy or new about Run Fat Boy Run 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Ruthe Stein
This is a romantic comedy light on romance but heavy on comedy and it s well cast to skew in that direction 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Stephen Whitty
Enough already I mean I don t have anything against comedies about dopey guys who win the love of a good woman by competing in ridiculous Olympian contests But if I wanted to see a really funny one I d rent a Rocky movie 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Kyle Smith
Thanks to a jaunty Brit rock score and likable characters all around the movie s easy to watch and occasionally pumps up the emotions 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Joe Neumaier
There s much too much of everything in Run Fatboy Run Every ounce of comedy is so forced and full on ridiculous that when characters express even a smidgen of sentiment it feels like a parody 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Duane Dudek
Pleasant but unfocused a romantic farce trying very hard to be sweet when it needs to be a bit more cheeky 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Bob Strauss
The material isn t any more inspired than the protagonist is inspiring Run Fat Boy Run should have been whipped into better shape before the starting gun sounded 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Jason Heck
While this movie lacks the screaming energy and consistency of Shaun of the Dead and his hysterical Hot Fuzz Pegg is able to keep things interesting 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Amy Biancolli
This is not a film with blazingly original ideas or a groundbreaking script I guessed the ending before the movie even started but it has a sweet nature an abundance of laughs and plenty of Pegg to spare 
3
Run Fat Boy Run
Kamal Al-Solaylee
From storyline to characterization to style of comedy everything about the directorial debut of former Friends star David Schwimmer is a nod to accommodation compromise and consensus 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Lisa Kennedy
Run Fatboy Run isn t going to win any prizes for fresh questions But it s just fleet enough to hold its own in the middle of the pack 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Wesley Morris
Run Fat Boy Run might as well have been written by a rushed piece of software The program calls for a surprise engagement a street fight complete with crotch punches an apartment eviction and a runaway child all in about five minutes 
1
Run Fat Boy Run
Christian Toto
Run Fat Boy Run wouldn t make it to the finish line without Simon Pegg s winning performance 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Daniel M. Kimmel
It runs out of steam and you ll likely run out of interest long before the finish line 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Sara Michelle Fetters
Don t get me wrong The film is seldom boring and I certainly never hated sitting in my seat taking it all in 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Willie Waffle
Simon Pegg is almost brilliant with his slapstick comedy and dedication to goofiness 
3.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Peter Canavese
This brand of unfailing comic timing and expressive physicality is rare and it s why Pegg in particular is a star Blu ray 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Jeff Vice
While Pegg gets some mileage out of this sketchy material he s undermined by story and character problems as well as the limp uninspired direction of actor turned filmmaker David Schwimmer 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Michael Phillips
The project represents an uncertain Britification of a script by Chicago native Michael Ian Black and the result finds itself stranded somewhere out in the Atlantic mid crossing 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Gene Seymour
Snarkiness and sentiment are in constant battle for supremacy throughout Run Fat Boy Run with no chance of a comfortable draw 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Glenn Kenny
Director David Schwimmer takes the sow s ear of a script given him by Simon Pegg and Michael Ian Black and deep fries it into a burnt pork rind of a movie 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Phil Villarreal
There are so many scenes of him running it s surprising Pegg didn t just take off and never come back to the set after he saw how things were going 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Josh Larsen
Pegg s Dennis is lazy insensitive and unhygienic Yet his most defining quality is blandness I could barely rouse myself to dislike him 
1.5
Run Fat Boy Run
James Berardinelli
This is yet another parody that falls victim to the desire to become what it s intending to satirize 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
Matt Brunson
A thin premise undermined by rampant stupidity at every turn 
1
Run Fat Boy Run
Jeanne Aufmuth
Predictable losers are people too jesting raised a notch by the quality work of consummate professionals 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Kam Williams
Well enough crafted to keep you in stitches while on the edge of your seat for the duration even if this laff a minute escape is more mindless than cerebral 
3.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Peter Travers
Run Fat Boy Run stays out of sitcom quicksand long enough to make you think that Schwimmer has a knack for this comedy directing thing 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Eric Melin
Credit Pegg for inserting his smart brand of character driven humor everywhere the script needed him he polished up an old script by Michael Ian Black and credit Schwimmer for keeping things moving quickly and efficiently 
2.5
Run Fat Boy Run
Maitland McDonagh
Formulaic and thoroughly conventional 
2
Run Fat Boy Run
David Nusair
a mess of sentimental cliches 
2
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Roger Ebert
Bert Rigby harkens back so effectively to the golden days that we want to be there instead of in this movie 
2
Secret Admirer
David Nusair
A rather forgettable romantic comedy 
2.5
Secret Admirer
Bill Chambers
How a formulaic laff riot with a risqu slant is done 
3
The Romantics
Walter Chaw
Poignant Only because someone worked pretty hard on this 
0
The Romantics
Rossiter Drake
If only we had a better feel for these people some reason to care as much as they clearly do who s to say how satisfying The Romantics might have been 
2.5
The Romantics
Peter Hartlaub
The script fails to establish the likability of any of the main characters which dulls the sense of urgency during the dramatic moments 
2
The Romantics
Wesley Morris
What ensues is a couple of days of confession and mild debauchery It s all sketchy and banal 
2
The Romantics
Peter Keough
As far as missing bridegroom movies go this is less inspiring than The Hangover 
2
The Romantics
Peter Travers
Instead of Rachel Getting Married with an Oscar nominated Anne Hathaway we get Galt Niederhoffer s misbegotten miscast snoozefest with Katie Holmes struggling to prove that there is life as an actress while still being Mrs Tom Cruise 
1
The Romantics
Kyle Smith
With its tart dialogue and its perfect ending it is sensitive as well as sagacious It s a rare combination 
3
The Romantics
Claudia Puig
The Romantics is a misnomer The Spoiled Melodramatics would be more accurate Or better yet The Pretentious Ones 
1.5
The Romantics
Nick Schager
Katie Holmes s trademark smirk may make only one appearance in The Romantics but this turgid faux indie compensates by eliciting plenty of sneers via its pretentious and phony romantic drama 
1
Under the Open Sky
David Nusair
an exceedingly familiar premise that s employed to well crafted yet distressingly uninvolving effect 
2.5
Wannabes
Jonathan Foreman
In the era of The Sopranos it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic 
1
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Mike McGranaghan
One of the best most wondrous animated films I ve seen in years 
4
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Randy Myers
Richly animated and surprisingly touching Poupelle is a gem from Tokyo based Studio4C 
3
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Mark Dujsik
Hirota and his team have created an imaginative place filled it with colorful characters and brought the whole thing to clever warm and inventive life 
3
The Perfect Storm
Michael Dequina
The thrills come in an emotional vacuum even more problematic considering Petersen spends so much time trying to develop a human center 
2.5
The Perfect Storm
Peter Canavese
An expertly crafted Hollywod entertainment constructed as a series of grippingly fateful moments of truth Blu Ray 
3
The Perfect Storm
Jeffrey Westhoff
Once the digital effects commence The Perfect Storm has all the impact of watching a friend play Nintendo 
2
The Perfect Storm
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A stinker fit for the chum bucket 
1.5
The Perfect Storm
Jon Niccum
The movie itself is like a raging storm impossible to ignore while it s happening but easy to forget when the weather has died down 
2.5
The Perfect Storm
Margaret A. McGurk
A gripping drama that virtually bursts from the screen with lashing kinetic power so realistic it could literally make someone seasick 
3.5
The Perfect Storm
Rick Groen
Think of something with the heart and soul of a Conrad yarn yet buttressed by very special effects and shrewdly packaged for devotees of the Outdoor Living Network
3.5
The Perfect Storm
Andrew Howe
Drags the viewer willingly or not into the heart of the action 
3.5
The Perfect Storm
Rob Blackwelder
Somewhere inside The Perfect Storm there s a near perfect movie drowning under gale force swells of romanticized sea faring melodrama 
2
The Perfect Storm
Mary Kalin-Casey
Its final scenes milk emotion so blatantly that Petersen puts Steven Spielberg to shame 
2
The Perfect Storm
David N. Butterworth
Perfectly wretched 
0
The Perfect Storm
Susan Wloszczyna
Soggy cardboard thin clichs
2.5
The Perfect Storm
Ross Anthony
Quite slow from the gate to half where it rushes like a waterfall to the near end it s a stirring ride but not a must see film 
2.5
The Perfect Storm
Edward Guthmann
Perfect Storm is thrilling but can t match the terror of the book 
3
The Perfect Storm
Susan Stark
Much of the exposition however is assaultively clumsy 
2
The Perfect Storm
David Sterritt
Packs a cinematic wallop during its best sequences 
3
The Perfect Storm
James Berardinelli
Exciting engaging and at times majestic 
3
The Perfect Storm
Roger Ebert
A well crafted example of a film of pure sensation
3.5
The Perfect Storm
Greg Dean Schmitz
This is one summer movie that is more about human drama 
3
The Perfect Storm
Dustin Putman
The most realistic and horrifying storm ever put to celluloid 
3
The Perfect Storm
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una Tormenta Perfecta es con mucho la experiencia flmica ms intensa del ao
3.5
Stay Alive
David Nusair
a little needless brutality would ve almost certainly elevated the proceedings albeit temporarily 
1.5
Stay Alive
John Beifuss
The bloody 16th Century saga of Hungary s Countess Elizabeth Bathory is transported to pre Katrina New Orleans in this occasionally spooky but cheap and inconsequential thriller 
1.5
Stay Alive
Linda Cook
A typical offering in the PG 13 horror movie genre Stay Alive won t surprise anybody especially the young demographic toward which it is aimed 
2
Stay Alive
Neva Chonin
It s unlikely that Stay Alive could ever have been a good movie in the traditional sense but it might have been better if Bell and co writer Matthew Peterman had done more to exploit their gaming premise 
1
Stay Alive
Pam Grady
It s too tame to be scary and too silly to take seriously What it does seriously is waste time which is fine if you really don t have anything better to do like say count cracks in the sidewalk 
2
Stay Alive
Kyle Smith
A notion of an outline of a rough draft of a killer video game flick 
0.5
Stay Alive
Elizabeth Weitzman
There s a fascinating and terrifying story to be told about Elizabeth Bathory the dramatically depraved 17th century sadist known as the Blood Countess This ain t it 
1.5
Stay Alive
Jason Anderson
Here s a movie that tries to be a video game but is less entertaining than a vending machine 
1.5
Stay Alive
James Parker
The hybrid of cyber antics and bayou creepiness doesn t quite jell but it all ends bloodily and in an efficient 85 minutes too I m not complaining 
1.5
Stay Alive
Dustin Putman
A complete cinematic joke 
0.5
Stay Alive
Maitland McDonagh
The movie equivalent of junk food It s not good but it s predictable and even satisfying in a low expectations way 
2
Stay Alive
Terry Lawson
Dead on arrival 
1
Stay Alive
John Anderson
What will terrify the audience very early on is the realization that there s better acting in the video game than on the big screen 
1
Stay Alive
Nick Schager
It s amazing how little Stay Alive actually knows about the videogame culture in which its terror lite tale is set 
1
The Life of David Gale
Greg Maki
Alan Parker lures you into the theater but then you sit down and all he has waiting for you is a whoopee cushion 
0.5
The Life of David Gale
Emily Blunt
I appear to be alone in my adoration of this strong film 
3
The Life of David Gale
Jorge Avila Andrade
A pesar de las infundadas crticas en su contra Alan Parker logra un trabajo estupendamente llevado a la pantalla al que vale mucho la pena echarle un vistazo 
3
The Life of David Gale
Ian Mantgani
An evil piece of junk that uses the death penalty as a gimmick for a dumb thriller 
1
The Life of David Gale
James Kendrick
a serviceable thriller albeit one with some serious logic gaps and narrative loopholes
2
The Life of David Gale
Mark Dujsik
The type of preaching the choir would walk out on 
1
The Life of David Gale
Jonathan R. Perry
I don t like being lied to I don t like being cheated I don t like being manipulated by a filmmaker willing to negate his entire story for the sake of cleverness or a cheap thrill It should come as no surprise that I didn t like The Life of David Gal
1
The Life of David Gale
Steven Snyder
The difference here is that Gale addresses death without bringing anything new or interesting to the discussion It is shocking when it should be insightful time and again turning to its idiotic thriller subplot before its philosophical debate gets int
1
The Life of David Gale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
First time screenwriter Charles Randolph has figured out a way to combine his message movie with a more generic race against time thriller And while the combination provides a kind of novelty that works for a while it ultimately falls apart 
2
The Life of David Gale
Frank Ochieng
a mundane and manipulative crime thriller that doesn t have anything new to say Parker doesn t know when to appropriately distribute or neutralize the tension of his toxic storyline in subtle heartfelt strokes
2
The Life of David Gale
Vanessa Sibbald
It s hard to explain why The Life of David Gale is so bad 
1.5
The Life of David Gale
Matt Brunson
The movie shoots itself not only in the foot but in the bleeding heart as well offering a series of mostly predictable plot twists that undermine every point that Parker and his posse were trying to make 
1
The Life of David Gale
Michael Dequina
Bad movies are easy to make but as this overheated and self defeating propaganda piece shows it takes a genuinely talented group of people to come up with the most astonishing botch jobs 
0
The Life of David Gale
Mark Ramsey
Kate Winslet is Bitsy Bloom If she can t save David Gale she can always hook up with Superman 
2
The Life of David Gale
Dustin Putman
A riveting mystery drama filled with absorbing writing and even better acting 
3
The Life of David Gale
Phil Villarreal
It s what you d expect but not what you d hope for from a February release And it s starting alarmingly to be what you d expect from a Kevin Spacey movie 
2
The Life of David Gale
Collin Souter
It does for anti death penalty activism what Battlefield earth did for Scientology 
.5
The Life of David Gale
Todd Anthony
A manipulative melodrama so intent on ramming home its political message that it runs roughshod over logic telegraphs its plot developments and browbeats its audience 
1
The Life of David Gale
Moira MacDonald
For the most part David Gale just feels cluttered and artificial 
2
The Life of David Gale
Mick LaSalle
By the end it reveals itself as too pat too absurd and as a polemic against capital punishment philosophically self defeating 
2
The Life of David Gale
David Elliott
The cast keeps rescuing the movie from a tendency to wobble off into soapy corners and its liberal politics is handled with undogmatic skill 
3
The Life of David Gale
Joe Baltake
The film manages the feat of preaching to both the converted and the unconverted 
2.5
The Life of David Gale
Peter Travers
A convoluted mystery that thinks it s way smarter than it is 
2
The Life of David Gale
Jan Stuart
A movie that at first glance seems to be using the mystery suspense genre as a lure for a serious discussion of the death penalty but turns out to be merely exploiting capital punishment arguments for easy goosebumps 
2
The Life of David Gale
Glenn Whipp
Lazy manipulative and misanthropic to its core this is a prime example of Hollywood at its most sickeningly self important 
1
The Life of David Gale
James Berardinelli
The picture is neither flawless nor foolproof but it s smart and tight enough to keep audiences off balance and entertained for the running length 
3
The Life of David Gale
Jeff Vice
It takes some sort of talent to make a film as completely strident overbearing heavy handed and downright off putting as The Life of David Gale although it s not exactly clear what type of talent it requires 
1.5
The Life of David Gale
Sean P. Means
The Life of David Gale demonstrates why Hollywood liberals have such an awful reputation for being humorless overbearing and self important 
1.5
The Life of David Gale
Lawrence Toppman
Like a comfy handsome 12 sweater On first wearing it seems like a bargain Pull just one string and it swiftly unravels in your hands 
2
The Life of David Gale
Wesley Morris
A snide juvenile plot twisting story about capital punishment that should provoke activists truly concerned about the death penalty to rage and guilty pleasure seekers to lament that the movie fails even as decent trash 
1
The Life of David Gale
Gary Brown
ludicrous and less than suspenseful 
1.5
The Life of David Gale
Marty Mapes
The two words that kept springing into my mind were not smart movie but utter crap 
0
The Life of David Gale
Shirley Klass
The Life of David Gale is gripping and has a good logical payoff Director Alan Parker has done better but he could ve done a lot worse here 
2.5
The Life of David Gale
Rick Groen
The very things that give the picture its entertainment value the suspenseful contrivances of the story are precisely what undermine its ostensible message 
2.5
The Life of David Gale
David Sterritt
An Alan Parker potboiler in the tradition of his Angela s Ashes and Come See the Paradise more concerned with quickening our pulses than broadening our minds 
2
The Life of David Gale
Roger Ebert
I am sure the filmmakers believe their film is against the death penalty I believe it supports it and hopes to discredit the opponents of the penalty as unprincipled fraudsters 
0
The Life of David Gale
Lou Lumenick
So nasty hysterical and long winded and unintentionally makes capital punishment foes look so twisted you wish someone had administered a lethal injection to this dreck in its planning stages 
1
The Life of David Gale
Steven Rea
Suspenseful but overworked death penalty thriller 
2.5
The Life of David Gale
Chris Hewitt
Its heart is in the right place for sure but its script needs to be in a rewrite place 
2
The Life of David Gale
Terry Lawson
Almost unbearably sanctimonious not to mention preposterous 
1
The Life of David Gale
Connie Ogle
It s fine even admirable to make movies with a definite point of view but not if heavy handed opinion overwhelms the entertainment 
2
The Life of David Gale
Glenn Lovell
Instead of mounting a fierce argument against socially sanctioned killing Parker gives the other side ammunition and allows those predisposed to executions to exit feeling smug and reassured in their beliefs 
2
The Life of David Gale
Claudia Puig
Parker uses the same overbearing touch in David Gale that he did in Angela s Ashes and Mississippi Burning 
2
The Life of David Gale
Tor Thorsen
Teeters between compelling political commentary and sanctimonious claptrap like a drunk humanities professor chatting up a student at a faculty party 
2
The Life of David Gale
Duane Dudek
Fails both as advocacy and entertainment 
2
The Life of David Gale
Jeffrey Westhoff
If the film heaps contempt upon the death penalty it heaps even more contempt upon those who oppose it 
1
The Life of David Gale
Rob Blackwelder
The Life of David Gale acts as its own executioner injecting the very first scene with a lethal clich from which the film never recovers 
2
The Life of David Gale
Michael Wilmington
This is a movie that rivets the attention and stirs our emotions before collapsing into wild unconvincing melodrama 
2.5
The Life of David Gale
Harvey S. Karten
Glitzy yes challenging credibility maybe but nonetheless a clever thriller emerges from a political diatribe 
3
The Life of David Gale
Walter Chaw
Politicism is charted on a circle and the extremes of both ends tend to meet at the bottom 
0
The Life of David Gale
Ross Anthony
Somewhere between thriller and propaganda 
1
The Life of David Gale
Steve Rhodes
A perfect film for a February opening a time when viewers are less critical and happy to kick back and enjoy an old fashioned mystery thriller 
3
The Life of David Gale
Ed Gonzalez
Alan Parker s turgid bleeding heart The Life of David Gale may just shame good liberals straight into the Republican Party 
1
The Lark Farm
David Nusair
the whole thing rarely rises above the level of a glorified soap opera 
1
The Gingerbread Man
Mike Clark
The Gingerbread Man a neo noir thriller that unwinds with off kilter promise is the big yawn 
2
The Gingerbread Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
A pulp melodrama in denial 
2
The Gingerbread Man
Rick Groen
Robert Altman the up and down director meets John Grisham the constant mediocrity Just where in our hypothetical picture should we place that unlikely scene 
2.5
The Gingerbread Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Altman and his great cast make the most of the material and deliver a solid movie 
3.5
The Gingerbread Man
James Kendrick
Altman has done something much better he took what could have been a generic movie and by investing artistry and effort he made it into something more 
3.5
The Gingerbread Man
Steve Rhodes
Not only does the show drag it is predictable with a capital P 
2
The Gingerbread Man
David Sterritt
It s a pleasure to see the quality Altman brings to this genre 
3
The Gingerbread Man
Roger Ebert
That it seems a step up from sensationalism is because Grisham has a sure sense of time and place and Altman and his actors invest the material with a kind of lurid sincerity 
3
The Gingerbread Man
Ted Prigge
Merely just good 
3
The Gingerbread Man
Rob Blackwelder
It s a pity the director couldn t manage to make sense of the plot which is like a puzzle with too many missing pieces 
2.5
The Gingerbread Man
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Unless one counts a few running gibes against lawyers that can easily be imagined coming from Grisham Altman basically chooses to treat this hackneyed story straight 
1
The Gingerbread Man
Madeleine Williams
Solid directing and an excellent cast make for a thrilling initial 90 minutes and even when the good actors start doing stupid things at least you can enjoy the good acting 
3
The Gingerbread Man
James Berardinelli
Although The Gingerbread Man is a finely tuned example of mainstream entertainment and holds the audience s interest for most of its running length it is a little disappointing 
3
The Gingerbread Man
Mick LaSalle
There s great pleasure in watching a movie in which the director has thought out everything beforehand 
3
The Gingerbread Man
Bill Chambers
Ultimately superfluous 
2.5
The Gingerbread Man
Michael Dequina
This odd assemblage of talent suggests a most unusual film but there s just about nothing unconventional about this thriller which gets the formulaic job done with a considerable amount of style 
3
Ghostlight
Elizabeth Weitzman
Few performances are hardy enough both to blossom in the dark intimacy of live theater and bloom under the glaring eye of a movie camera Ghostlight is not the exception 
2
Ghostlight
Jan Stuart
Achieves substance as a historical document an homage an appreciation of the axis of empathy shared between larger than life women and the frequently gay men who venerate them 
3
Ghostlight
Lou Lumenick
A bizarre and campily amusing tribute 
2.5
New Chefs on the Block
Michael Upchurch
Do you have to be a little crazy to open a restaurant This savvy funny occasionally repetitive documentary suggests you do 
3
Hitman
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Bloody and entertaining Hitman is superior to the average adaptation of a video game which in itself is worthy of celebration Full review in Spanish 
3
Hitman
Tom Meek
Awkwardly paced and muddled 
2
Hitman
Rossiter Drake
An army of skinhead assassins in matching suits seems a bit conspicuous for an agency supposedly shrouded in secrecy 
2
Hitman
Maitland McDonagh
A mechanical series of violent set pieces decorated with underdressed hotties It s handsome but astonishingly dull and weirdly sexless despite the aforementioned underdressed girls and frequent discussion of Nika s undergarments or lack thereof 
2
Hitman
Linda Cook
Can a video game turn a movie into a hit man Maybe But that doesn t mean that Hitman is far removed from its video game origins 
2
Hitman
David Nusair
even the most forgiving action fan will walk away disappointed by this mess 
1
Hitman
John Wirt
Hitman s performances outclass the film s video game origins These are credible characters not video drones 
2.5
Hitman
Mark Dujsik
The movie isn t bad it s just all too familiar 
2.5
Hitman
Kyle Smith
If someone ran this guy through a scanner the readout would say Mark down and stock in straight to video aisle 
0.5
Hitman
Willie Waffle
Hitman loses steam as we realize what is supposed to happen and we don t get enough bold surprises along the way 
2
Hitman
Jonathan W. Hickman
If everything wasn t so deadly serious I d laugh instead I shook my head in complete disbelief 
1
Hitman
Sean P. Means
Apparently the film thinks fans of the videogame will empathize with a guy who has zero practice dealing with women 
1.5
Hitman
Roger Ebert
Hitman stands right on the threshold between video games and art On the wrong side of the threshold but still give it credit 
3
Hitman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Based on a popular videogame that I freely admit to have never played Hitman is so bad it makes the collected films of Paul W S Anderson look like cinematic works of genius 
1
Hitman
Peter Hartlaub
Hitman is one of the best movies ever made from a video game which doesn t provide you with very much information That s like declaring the best meal you ve eaten at a strip club or the best love ballad by Kenny Loggins 
2
Hitman
Susan Walker
The plot of Hitman is difficult to follow and in any case secondary to the sheer spectacle of murder and mayhem 
2
Hitman
Mark Rahner
Fans of good movies will find it laughably silly and shot through with bad dialogue that someone should pay the price for 
1.5
Hitman
Stephen Whitty
A lousy picture 
1
Hitman
Jack Mathews
As cold as it is dumb 
2
Hitman
David Frese
Hitman is another cynical attempt to make some cash off the gaming crowd but gamers aren TM t stupid This is a film that TM s made for someone who finds word balloons in comic books too complicated 
1
Hitman
Terry Lawson
While Hitman is decidedly more watchable than Resident Evil and most previous video game movies it shares its forerunners lack of interest in storytelling or logic 
2
Hitman
Rick Groen
Efficiently derivative mildly stylish sporadically sexy and eminently forgettable 
2
Hitman
Ty Burr
There have been plenty of movies adapted from video games before but Hitman may be the first one that actually feels like a computer wrote and directed it 
1.5
Hitman
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hitman will satisfy only longings for tough guy posturing sadistic violence blatant misogyny and incoherent plotting 
1
Hitman
Josh Larsen
The nefarious company he works for has etched a bar code tattoo on the back of his bald head making him as easy to track as a tomato at Dominick s 
1
Hitman
Kelley L. Carter
Here s all you really need to know before the opening credits roll in Hitman There s going to be a lot of bloodshed 
2
Hitman
Daniel M. Kimmel
There s enough intelligence behind it that you don t feel you re just waiting to hit the reset button 
2.5
Hitman
Nick Schager
Plays like a music video without the music a spectacle of shiny weapons spurting blood and Jesus Christ poses that would have benefited from more overlaid songs and less blabber 
1.5
Hitman
Dustin Putman
Abysmal in the extreme Hitman is 100 minutes of soul crushing nothingness 
0
Hitman
Erik Childress
If there is someone out there willing to support Hitman and who believes that it conforms to the basic attributes of a cinematic experience then there is something wrong with you 
0.5
Hitman
Jeff Vice
Hitman was based on a video game which tells you everything to know about this film Well that and the fact that it was originally conceived as a vehicle for Vin Diesel 
1
Hitman
John Anderson
All a goof Revealing the pragmatic side of the CG assisted filmmaker director Gens makes a movie that seems entirely computer generated 
2
Operation Hyacinth
David Reddish
Even if the real life initiative never existed Operation Hyacinth would succeed as an engrossing thriller This is one of the best films of 2021 
4
Operation Hyacinth
Randy Myers
Director Piotr Domalewski evokes a an atmosphere where danger lurks in darkened corridors Marcin Ciaston s shrewd award winning screenplay is terrific and avoids leaning on the sensational 
3.5
Operation Hyacinth
Roger Moore
The mere fact newly nationalist Poland is opening this historical homophobic can of worms and putting it on Netflix counts for something 
2.5
Operation Hyacinth
Odie Henderson
Ciasto 324 s script weaves a compelling and complex web of anger suspense and romance while simultaneously indicting the Hyacinth system and its participants 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Nick Rogers
Judd Apatow might have been crowned the savior of American comedy but the brutal truth is that he peaked with this his first major hit Sadly so did Steve Carell So savor this perfect moment that they shared and scripted together 
4
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Leave it to Judd Apatow to take a simple concept you d find in basically any sex comedy and add his own original twist on it 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Joe Lozito
Mr Carell and Mr Apatow traffic in random humor and though their ability to sustain it is impressive it s at the expense of any real emotion Which is a bit ironic 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Peter T. Chattaway
There are lots of stereotypes about grown up virgins but the film stands these stereotypes on their head so much so that by the end our protagonist seems like the sanest character of the bunch 
2
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jay Antani
Apatow s sex comedy hits its stride eventually and keeps us rooting for it thanks to its honesty and sweetness
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Sara Michelle Fetters
On the surface nothing more than a National Lampoon style raunch fest this highly adult sex romp is unexpectedly sweet and full of heart It s also laugh out loud funny and the only picture this year where I performed a bona fide spit take 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Ross Anthony
First half is flat and unfunny second half picks up and ends well 
1.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Larry Ratliff
What this Virgin lacks and desperately needs is dare I say someone with a little experience 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
James Kendrick
Overall The 40 Year Old Virgin finds a good balance between multiplex pleasing body humor and multiplex pleasing sincerity 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Dan Fienberg
It shouldn t work but thanks to writer director Judd Apatow and particularly writer star Steve Carell it does 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jonathan W. Hickman
As funny as Virgin is it could have had more depth and meaning Comedy can do that and when it does something special is achieved 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
James Verniere
Gets a big boost from a crack team of comic actors playing memorably offbeat characters 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Brooke Holgerson
The adult sex comedy is making a comeback 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jeffrey Westhoff
They have written a story about likable people whom we care about which allows genuine sweetness to coexist with the bawdy scenes and vulgar dialogue 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Sean O'Connell
These R rated comedies sure know how to be raunchy They just don t know how to be short 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Sean McBride
Is it too late to crown The 40 Year Old Virgin as the funniest film of the summer 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Gary Brown
The show I attended was barely half full yet the laughter was rolling down the aisles in tsunami waves 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Mark Collette
Its characters radiate contempt in so many directions that they heat with contempt from the inside out as if in a microwave oven of scorn 
1
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Kurt Loder
T his unbelievably foul mouthed and nonstop gaspingly hilarious picture establishes faux mild mannered Steve Carell as a major big screen comic star 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Linda Cook
And here I thought this movie had a dumb sounding title Despite that The 40 Year Old Virgin is a hilarious sex comedy that s smart charming and sweet 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Mike McGranaghan
As much as I loved Wedding Crashers I think The 40 Year Old Virgin is even funnier In fact this is the funniest movie I ve seen so far this year 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Claudia Puig
It s worth making a date with The 40 Year Old Virgin You won t go home disappointed 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Geoff Pevere
The 40 Year Old Virgin speaks to the geek in us all it s democratic in its ridicule and it makes you understand why sometimes a guy just wants to stay home and talk to his toys 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Moira MacDonald
The 40 Year Old Virgin disarms us it is at its heart a sweet natured romantic comedy Unfortunately you have to clear away a fair bit of debris to find that heart 
2
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Peter Hartlaub
Despite a very lowbrow premise the profanity packed script is hilarious and it also has a good heart 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
David Elliott
Even crude humor can be deftly done Chaucer led the way and Virgin drops its drawers with the glee of a happy camper 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Carla Meyer
The 40 Year Old Virgin is the thinking person s raunchy comedy 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Pam Grady
Good bye sidekick Hello star 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Sue Pierman
The 40 Year Old Virgin is a kooky kaleidoscope of a film where right is wrong and smart is stupid 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Connie Ogle
Hilarious and imaginatively crude with a surprising sweet and subtle aftertaste that prevents it from flopping limp and brainless into the sugary abyss of romantic predictability 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Loey Lockerby
The 40 Year Old Virgin is often hilarious thanks to its makers willingness to go in surprising directions with their humor 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Amy Biancolli
The whole film is about embarrassment about those moments of clammy vulnerability when the world just turns and stares 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jason Anderson
If only losing it was so good for everybody 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Terry Lawson
Such a well balanced mix of the gross and crude with the sweet and sympathetic that it transcends its inadequacies in a way that may make even the most suspicious woman let down her guard 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jeff Vice
This film manages to sustain its laughs for the entire film and when it takes the expected turn toward sweetness and sentimentality it does so with such forcefulness with such conviction that you believe in it 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Lisa Kennedy
The 40 Year Old Virgin offers some sparkling insights about the cumulative effects of performance anxiety about how guys struggle with the transit from boys to men with little help from their pals 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Allison Benedikt
The answer is unequivocally yes Yes Steve Carell can carry a movie 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Tim Cogshell
While it trawls the depths of bad taste it also maintains at its core something humane and universally identifiable even if it is corny that puts it in the special league of films that are at once nasty and nice 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Wesley Morris
Carell s touched us for the very first time 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Glenn Whipp
Watching a good hearted virgin is infinitely more enjoyable than spending time with a European gigolo 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Stephen Whitty
Carell brings something funny and oddly real to Andy a touch of embarrassment a bit of self loathing a genuinely sweet concern 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jack Mathews
Carell and Apatow s script is so hip funny and yes innocent that it s never offensive 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Lou Lumenick
At the risk of sounding like a party pooper The 40 Year Old Virgin is essentially the joke spelled out in the title stretched out for nearly two hours with lots and lots of dead spots 
2
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Tyler Hanley
Big salute to rookie director Judd Apatow and funnyman Steve Carell for reinvigorating the R rated comedy 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Emily Blunt
Steve Carell finally gets his due 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Sean P. Means
What is surprising is how funny that raunchiness is how sweet the romance bubbling under that raunch and how utterly winning actor Steve Carell is in the title role 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Kit Bowen
In this summer of raunchy hilarious R rated comedies Virgin fits right in even if the one joke premise gets a little stale towards the end 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Jon Niccum
a raunchy comedy that also has an undercurrent of sincerity to it 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Erik Childress
Wedding Crashers will gross close to 200 million by run s end If that s the playing field comedy fans want to set then The 40 Year Old Virgin deserves to outgross Titanic 
4
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Willie Waffle
It almost made me forget about Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo Almost 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Peter Canavese
Sweet and raunchy in equal measure which I suppose makes it the aged to perfection version of American Pie 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Eric Melin
Simply put this movie is the adult sex comedy that Wedding Crashers could have been 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Dustin Putman
A good hearted entertainment with real crossover appeal Successful enough to leave viewers with a warm feeling inside and a smile on their face 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Chris Hewitt
It s hilarious it s sex obsessed and it s 15 minutes longer than it needs to be 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Roger Ebert
The 40 Year Old Virgin is surprisingly insightful as buddy comedies go and it has a good heart and a lovable hero 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Carrie Rickey
A bracingly coarse surprisingly tender movie 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Rob Thomas
This is the one you ve been saving yourself for 
4
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Phoebe Flowers
The 40 Year Old Virgin is one of the best comedies ever made 
4
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Gene Seymour
Those looking for the coarse sometimes cheap laughs promised by the movie s attention getting title won t be disappointed 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Josh Larsen
Dignity is the defining quality 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Walter Chaw
A comedy about loss literally and figuratively 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Phil Villarreal
You are hereby advised not to bring an actual soda to the comedy because you ll laugh so hard you ll spit it out all over the seat in front of you 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Rob Blackwelder
Since the clever off kilter off color surprisingly character driven guffaws just keep coming and coming the movie is side splitting in spite of its fundamental flaws 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
James Berardinelli
If you re looking for a successor to There s Something About Mary and American Pie look no further It has arrived And if I may be so bold this is more enjoyable than either of them 
3.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Nick Schager
Apatow s big screen directorial debut repeatedly nails the lewd comedic G spot thanks to Carell 
2.5
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Scott Nash
Like a drunk friend at a bar this movie s not nearly as funny as it thinks it is 
2
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Steve Rhodes
When the audience isn t laughing it s just catching its breath 
3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Peter Travers
A howlingly comic revel in bad taste 
3
Broken Darkness
Roger Moore
The beasts are revealed too early the gotcha moments are kind of botched Even the can t miss victim yanked out of camera frame bit is blown by wrongheaded lighting and picking the wrong camera angle 
1
The Princess
Chase Hutchinson
A series of action set pieces loosely held together by a self aware fantasy story 44 The Princess doesn apos t reach the full heights of its premise 44 though it still proves to have plenty of fun along the way 46 
2.5
The Princess
Mike Scott
There s an X factor at work here that will likely elevate The Princess in the minds of many viewers and it has everything to do with timing 
2.5
The Princess
Mick LaSalle
King is a blast with the fierce intensity of French actress Sara Forestier whom she strongly resembles And this movie is worthy of King s exertions 
3
The Princess
Peter Canavese
A twist on The Raid 58 Redemption amidst fairy tale trappings 46 A competent action er that apos s a largely effortful film that fails to feel effortless 46 
1.5
The Princess
Tom Meek
The Princess is a bloody weird ride 
2
The Princess
Leo Brady
The direction from Le Van Kiet has a straight forward generic approach and Joey King is worthy of the crown but becomes lost in the shuffle of movies like it that came before 46 
2
The Princess
Erik Childress
As the action gets more repetitive and less spectacular it begins to feel like we are watching little more than a cosplay TikTok video broken up with flashbacks killing all the momentum 46 
2
The Princess
Sean P. Means
Any medieval action movie where the princess is smashing the patriarchy along with guards 8217 skulls is worth a look 46 
3
The Princess
Rob Thomas
Like 8220 Tangled 8221 meets 8220 The Raid 44 8221 Le Van Kiet 8217 s 8220 The Princess 8221 is an unlikely but highly entertaining mashup of fairytale fantasy and hard R action filmmaking 46 
3
The Princess
Brian Tallerico
The action here 44 directed by Le Van Kiet 44 is reasonably entertaining 44 but everything that 8217 s hung on that skeleton feels remarkably thin 46 
2
The Princess
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his is no simple fairy tale 46 It apos s something else simple perhaps even more simplistic than that 44 unfortunately 46 
2
The Princess
Phil Villarreal
The film is a breezy summer distraction that sings like the swing of an unsheathed blade 46 
3
The Princess
Mike McGranaghan
The premise of The Princess makes for an awesome trailer 44 but a lousy movie 46 When you watch that two minute trailer 44 it looks like a lot of fun 46 Then you see the whole film and realize it apos s the same stuff you apos ve already seen 44 repeated over and over 46 
1.5
The Princess
Roger Moore
It 8217 s all eye rolling 44 laugh out loud action nonsense 44 and often damned entertaining 44 another highlight of King 8217 s ever lengthening highlight reel of a career 46 
2.5
Living Life
Tom Keogh
Has considerable rewards as a drama But it s also worth checking out to see what a gifted if slightly ungainly rookie achieved through irrepressible ambition 
3
Putzel
Roger Moore
An ethnic comedy of thin charms but a very nice sense of place Manhattan s Upper West Side 
2.5
The Broken Tower
Farran Smith Nehme
The technique and this movie is about nothing if not technique both Crane s and the filmmaker s isn t particularly successful 
2
The Broken Tower
Matthew Connolly
James Franco s film is tonally flat and a little too impressed with its own elliptical construction 
2
Unicorn Wars
Katie Rife
While 8220 Unicorn Wars 8221 undoubtedly indulges 91 its 93 impulses 8212 think cartoon genitalia and bears hanging themselves in despair 8212 it thankfully also has more going on 46 
3
Unicorn Wars
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie apos s aims become lost 46 46 46 
2.5
Unicorn Wars
Mike McGranaghan
Subversively funny 46 It apos s like Full Metal Jacket with teddy bears 46 
3
The Inland Sea
Matt Brunson
This offers intriguing peeks at hidden or vanishing cultures 
3
A King in New York
Roger Ebert
Chaplin s political satire no longer seems as daring as it must have been in the 1950s but his social commentary is if anything more timely now 
3
Feast of Love
Mark Bazer
Only the romance of two brittle twentysomethings Toby Hemingway and Alexa Davalos breaks free of the faux profundity and tedium that swallow up this feast whenever the characters leave the bedroom 
1.5
Feast of Love
Christian Toto
Feast of Love will fill you up with trite dialogue and sappy plot contrivances 
1.5
Feast of Love
Jeffrey Westhoff
Has just enough honesty and heart to redeem it 
3
Feast of Love
David N. Butterworth
Nice to look at but about as weighty as the froth atop a tall skim latte 
2.5
Feast of Love
Frank Ochieng
Feast does nothing concrete to make us embrace this uneven romancer that has all the giddy spirit of a melted box of chocolates 
2
Feast of Love
John Wirt
Annoying flatness permeates Feast of Love preventing characters from reaching convincing depths of expression 
2
Feast of Love
Brett McCracken
The love feasted upon in this film is not about commitment or selflessness No the love in this Feast is very fickle and selfish 
1.5
Feast of Love
Claudia Puig
Multiple narratives are fluidly interwoven and the writing is often inspired resulting in dialogue that feels honest and insightful if occasionally mannered 
2.5
Feast of Love
Susan Walker
Director Robert Benton finds an emotional through line in a format that might have easily broken down into a series of disconnected anecdotes with little to nourish us 
2.5
Feast of Love
Chris Hewitt
The Feast movie while not as transcendent as the book is still pretty good 
3
Feast of Love
Moira MacDonald
It s a worthy effort even as it does fall short a good meal but hardly a feast 
2.5
Feast of Love
Peter Hartlaub
There s a people are good feeling permeating the film which is difficult to resist 
3
Feast of Love
Gary Goldstein
The normally engaging Kinnear is so stymied by his synthetic and ill conceived role it s painful to behold 
2.5
Feast of Love
Bill Gibron
If Feast of Love was indeed a food it would be a purposeless pan pizza decorated with every topping on the melodrama menu and extra schmaltz inserted into the talky twice baked crust 
2
Feast of Love
Stephen Whitty
What s promised to be a feast ends up as only a wan TV dinner 
2
Feast of Love
Lou Lumenick
You can see better stuff on TV any night of the week 
1
Feast of Love
Elizabeth Weitzman
All the couples have palpable chemistry and Kinnear and Freeman seem so convinced they re in a respectable movie that they actually make it one 
2.5
Feast of Love
Connie Ogle
This Feast though never completely uninteresting leaves you hungry for enchantment 
2
Feast of Love
Glenn Whipp
What s supposed to be a meditation on love plays out as a mere exercise in titillation And that s not much of a feast More like an hors d oeuvre 
2
Feast of Love
Robert W. Butler
This one will sneak up on you 
3.5
Feast of Love
Bruce Westbrook
Director Robert Benton and screenwriter Allison Burnett tell a sobering adult geared tale of love s highs lows and maddening twists and turns 
3.5
Feast of Love
Terry Lawson
Feast of Love the movie is less specific than The Feast of Love the book but it has its heart in the right place that longing place 
3
Feast of Love
Roger Ebert
Benton has made better movies about doomed marriages Kramer vs Kramer but this one has no organic reality 
2
Feast of Love
Wesley Morris
Feast of Love is Benton s easiest movie to like since 1994 s Nobody s Fool and it s immediately homey 
3.5
Feast of Love
Tyler Hanley
Although Feast is sometimes depressing a natural side effect when touching on issues such as infidelity and death it is also uplifting and tender 
3
Feast of Love
Steven Rea
As a meditation on the vicissitudes of love on the need for people to connect and the struggles that come by both making and missing those connections the movie is wading pool deep 
2.5
Feast of Love
Liam Lacey
There s an occasional scene that works a funny sequence where Bradley bargains for his dog with a kid but as the movie progresses the melodrama is piled on with a bulldozer 
2
Feast of Love
Mark Dujsik
This is the kind of thing you d expect on a women s cable network movie of the week 
1.5
Feast of Love
Daniel M. Kimmel
It turns out to be a mess and not one where you enjoy a film despite its problems but rather one where the problems keep getting in the way of your enjoying it at all 
2
Feast of Love
Erik Childress
Fans of this year s glorious Irish film Once will have a whole new perspective on the beautiful Falling Slowly with the girls of Riddick flaunting their fabulous breasts at every opportunity 
2
Feast of Love
Willie Waffle
It s the kind of feast that could give you food poisoning 
1.5
Feast of Love
Sara Michelle Fetters
As familiar as some of it is the film is so confidently directed and so brimming in emotional truth I m more than willing to give it a shout of modest appreciation 
2.5
Feast of Love
Chris Hicks
For a film that tries to be a smarter more cerebral romantic comedy drama Feast of Love sure does a lot of dumb things 
2
Feast of Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No director alive can make family melodramas as brilliantly as Douglas Sirk once did but I d suggest that Robert Benton comes the closest 
3
Feast of Love
Michael Phillips
This feast is more like an artfully arranged appetizer plate 
2
Feast of Love
Dustin Putman
A film that resonates in spite of its shortcomings Feast of Love is a frothy whimsical title too frothy and too whimsical for a film that might have been more accurately named Woe Is Love 
2.5
Feast of Love
Gene Seymour
Feast of Love isn t an altogether satisfying banquet but you settle for whatever looks good on the plate 
2.5
Feast of Love
Josh Larsen
Does anyone else want to start a petition demanding that Morgan Freeman no longer play kindly old codgers who dispense valuable advice 
1.5
Feast of Love
James Berardinelli
The screenplay combines philosophy melodrama and clichs to engaging effect 
3
Feast of Love
Matt Brunson
Sprawling messy yet occasionally affecting 
2.5
Feast of Love
Nick Schager
Moviegoers beware nausea is a prime side effect of consuming Feast of Love an extraordinarily inane multi character saga about the complexities of love from Robert Benton
1.5
Viva Algeria
Michael Booth
Thin but engaging If you like your travelogue with a bit of story tossed in it could be just the ticket 
2.5
Living Among Us
Mark Dujsik
Living Among Us loses whatever comic aims it might have had for a descent into paranoia threats and chase sequences 
2
Love Wrecked
David Nusair
a low rent comedic misfire that seems to have been geared exclusively towards teenaged girls 
1.5
All of a Sudden
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A film that tells a story that has already been seen but manages to surprise the audience at the end Full review in Spanish 
3
Green Room
Brian Eggert
An intelligent well made and relentless thriller 
3.5
Green Room
Matt Brunson
Short on depth but long on visceral thrills it s Old Testament moviemaking with the adage about an eye for an eye expanding to also include arms legs torsos and once killer dogs are introduced even jugulars 
3
Green Room
Leo Brady
Green Room is full of adrenaline with an outstanding cast and a pace that leaves you craving for more 
3.5
Green Room
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its go for broke horror aesthetic a real world cavalcade of terror that had me noticeably shaking long after the film itself had come to an end 
3.5
Green Room
Sonny Bunch
Green Room is unsparing in its brutality and unsentimental in its treatment of its protagonists When the violence finally gets going things get ugly quickly 
2.5
Green Room
Linda Cook
A violent exercise in tension and thrills 
3.5
Green Room
James Kendrick
Saulnier revels in the primal nastiness of what the will to live looks like in the most dire of circumstances while also infusing the film with a level of visual artistry and black humor that suggests he is capable of much more 
3
Green Room
John Serba
A grueling experience viscerally suspenseful inspiring in me a mighty clench in my seat 
3.5
Green Room
John Beifuss
Foregrounds the anti urban racial isolationism implicit to the inbred rural killer clans of Chain Saw and the like 
3.5
Green Room
Christian Toto
When is a tense claustrophobic chiller a bit of a letdown When it s from the director behind the best movie sleeper of the past five years 
3
Green Room
Barry Hertz
It s a delightfully cruel work of high tension perfect in just how quickly and easily it gets under your skin 
4
Green Room
Sean P. Means
Green Room will sometimes make you flinch but it will never leave you uninterested 
3.5
Green Room
Bruce DeMara
It doesn t take a big budget and loads of special effects to create a genuinely scary movie It just takes as writer director Jeremy Saulnier ably demonstrates in Green Room an intriguing premise a taut sinewy script and a solid cast 
3.5
Green Room
Anders Wright
The violence is intense and visceral And while it may be a familiar formula Saulnier s cast is top notch his writing is sharp and it isn t long before you realize that no one s survival is guaranteed 
3
Green Room
Chris Knight
Saulnier crafts a gruesome setup as simple as is it inevitable 
3
Green Room
Rafer Guzman
Bloody violence and a shouty soundtrack make this a grisly DIY treat 
2.5
Green Room
James Berardinelli
The production doesn t offer much in the way of originality but it s a tense 90 minute ride that will result in elevated pulses increased respiration and white knuckles 
3
Green Room
Jon Niccum
Green Room sustains a bleak intensity unrivaled in recent thrillers or horror movies for that matter that gains potency from its pure plausibility 
3.5
Green Room
Andrea Chase
a cinematic text book on how to make such a film
3
Green Room
Rob Thomas
Punk rock is all about catharsis but Green Room is a masterpiece of sustained tension keeping viewers twisting in their seats as they wonder where the next threat will come from and how the Ain t Rights will survive 
3.5
Green Room
Josh Larsen
soulful exploitation cinema 
3.5
Green Room
Robert Horton
Although this film s subject matter may be scruffy and disreputable Green Room does engage ideas about trust and cooperation and improvisational thinking All of which should put you near the edge of your seat as you watch this gripping thriller 
3.5
Green Room
Allyson Johnson
Remarkably ambitious and anxiously taut from its opening shots to its closing the success of Green Room isn t found in its jump scares or gore although both are plentiful but in its realistic approach to both 
4
Green Room
Roger Moore
Relentlessly primal
3
Green Room
Katie Walsh
Just might be the kind of punk horror movie you never knew you always wanted catalyzing disparate elements into a heady bloody loud stew of horror macerated with hardcore 
3.5
Green Room
Ty Burr
The setup is as elemental as a campfire story but Green Room dresses it anew 
3.5
Green Room
Mark Dujsik
Jeremy Saulnier s Green Room is a ferocious relentless thriller 
3.5
Green Room
Dann Gire
Saulnier gave us the sharply detailed offbeat art house thriller Blue Ruin in 2013 Here he replaces complex character motivation with simple survival instincts and winds up in a room far more red than green 
2.5
Green Room
Richard Roeper
This is one smart chiller 
3.5
Green Room
Michael O'Sullivan
Anyone looking for the ferocious originality and unexpected humanity of Blue Ruin will be disappointed by Saulnier s uninspired cover version of a song we all know 
2
Green Room
Peter Hartlaub
Even when the movie is a challenge to follow the plot is propulsive and the tone is right 
3
Green Room
Rex Reed
About as thrilling as a fried grasshopper canapé 
1
Green Room
Soren Andersen
Green Room is one nasty piece of work And I mean that in a good way 
3
Green Room
Stephen Whitty
Unlike other genre directors Saulnier takes his time setting things up so we get to know the characters first particularly Alia Shawkat as Sam and Anton Yelchin as Pat 
3
Green Room
Simon Abrams
Green Room may be too schematic to fully capture the essence of its characters groddy milieu but it s also economically paced and gorgeous 
2.5
Green Room
Peter Travers
Green Room is way more than crass exploitation It s a B movie with an art house core 
3
Green Room
Lou Lumenick
Saulnier gets lots of laughs and builds plenty of suspense in this effective if gory little tongue in cheek sleeper 
3
Green Room
Carson Lund
The film is an unambiguous endorsement of violent revolt as the only effective response to such inhuman savagery 
3
Green Room
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 A film of poisonous lineages and the evil that good men and beasts learn Green Room has something more to say beyond being a bloodily decisive genre work 
2.5
Green Room
David Nusair
Jeremy Saulnier s disappointing followup to 2013 s superb Blue Ruin 
2
Infrared
Doug Walker
An enjoyable throwback to Found Footage movies 46 
3 
Old Dogs
Nick Rogers
John Travolta and Robin Williams are no strangers to shamelessness But not even they can walk away from Old Dogs with a shred of dignity a mean spirited insulting family film that essentially pees down its leg and calls it comedy 
0
Old Dogs
Alistair Harkness
You ve never experienced horror until you ve seen Robin Williams in a Speedo getting a spray tan 
1
Old Dogs
David Nusair
Old Dogs astonishing lack of laughs remains its biggest deficiency 
1.5
Old Dogs
Matt Brunson
The movie is never remotely funny but it excels at being creepy 
1
Old Dogs
Mike McGranaghan
Getting your uvula pierced would be less painful than watching Old Dogs 
0.5
Old Dogs
John Wirt
A weary hound of a movie 
1.5
Old Dogs
John Beifuss
Add scary music and some scenes could come straight from a horror movie with no need for re editing as when Williams is trapped in a tanning booth or when Williams slams a car trunk s lid onto a woman s arms like Terry O Quinn did in Stepfather 2 
2
Old Dogs
Russ Breimeier
Why do once great actors attach themselves to a dog of a picture like this Surely they still have standards Alas their judgment seems to be fading 
0
Old Dogs
Linda Cook
Here s a Thanksgiving turkey that was rancid as soon as the idea was cooked up 
.5
Old Dogs
Kit Bowen
Might be best just to let these sleeping Old Dogs lie This incredibly loony comedy sort of demeans everyone involved 
1
Old Dogs
Sean P. Means
This excruciating comedy tests the limits of how many shots to the crotch a movie can show or an audience can absorb 
0
Old Dogs
Sonny Bunch
Incredibly dull and generic 
1
Old Dogs
John Anderson
We have reached a point in our moviegoing life where the two most horrifying words a studio can mutter are Robin and Williams 
1
Old Dogs
Kyle Smith
Old Dogs does to the screen what old dogs do to the carpet It s unfortunate that only the latter can be taken out and shot 
1
Old Dogs
Linda Barnard
Unfunny and uninspired this dog deserves to be put down 
0.5
Old Dogs
Chris Hewitt
Kids who suffer from progeria may be able to relate to Old Dogs but it s hard to imagine anyone else fully appreciating it 
2
Old Dogs
Ted Fry
The ploy of pairing John Travolta and Robin Williams whose salaries probably represented most of the budget is the only pedigree Old Dogs has going for it 
1
Old Dogs
Matt Soergel
As if to compensate Old Dogs continually cuts away from Williams antics to cute reaction shots from an actual old dog That s a really bad sign for a movie 
1.5
Old Dogs
Liam Lacey
The timing of the comic set ups is consistently amateurish as if scenes were edited with hedge clippers with the actors mugging frantically waiting for the take to end 
1
Old Dogs
Roger Ebert
Old Dogs seems to have lingered in post production while editors struggled desperately to inject laugh cues It obviously knows no one will find it funny without being ordered to 
1
Old Dogs
Nick Schager
So wretched that it should be unceremoniously put down 
.5
Old Dogs
Claudia Puig
Though no animals were harmed in the making of Old Dogs the lead actors were defanged But like a pair of Labradors they have a playful rapport 
1.5
Old Dogs
Jeff Vice
At least Luis Guzman and Dax Shepard were smart enough to avoid being credited for their roles in it 
1
Old Dogs
Michael A. Smith
the family comedy of the season 
3
Old Dogs
Dustin Putman
A flawed but likable piece of fluff with zany antics and earnest sentiment to spare Its infectious energy and naively big heart gradually win you over 
2.5
Old Dogs
Ty Burr
If Old Dogs isn t the absolute worst movie either star has appeared in it s close enough to count 
0.5
Old Dogs
Joe Williams
A cheesy chew toy of a comedy about reluctant fatherhood 
1.5
Old Dogs
Carrie Rickey
Predictable as the premise is Travolta s and Williams unpredictability makes for some chortle worthy slapstick less of Laurel Hardy vintage than of Abbott Costello swill 
2.5
Old Dogs
Duane Dudek
Williams is encouraged to supercharge his silliness Travolta plays straight man and the kids are relegated to background noise 
1.5
Old Dogs
James Berardinelli
There are some experiences no one should be subjected to even in the name of science It may be that forced viewing of this film has been outlawed by the Geneva Convention 
0.5
Old Dogs
Michael Phillips
Does no one know how to film physical comedy anymore 
1
Old Dogs
Rene Rodriguez
Disposable but inoffensive 
2
Old Dogs
Roger Moore
Trashing Old Dogs is a bit like kicking a puppy But here goes 
1.5
Spiral
David Nusair
a misguided and thoroughly pointless piece of work 
1.5
Spiral
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Is a much different film than Hatchet It s focused it s low key it s original and it really takes its plot seriously 
3.5
Zeroes and Ones
Nick Schager
The most egregiously off putting treatise yet on modern media addiction
.5
Killdozer
Matt Brunson
If you can sidestep such questions as Why doesn t he just step behind the dozer rather than remain directly in its path then you re good to go 
2.5
Howard the Duck
Bill Chambers
For me the real hell of Howard the Duck is that I actually feel represented by it 
2.5
Howard the Duck
Matt Brunson
The overall movie is often fascinating in its blissful perversity 
1.5
Howard the Duck
Robert W. Butler
Car crashes explosions chases But nothing resembling a real plot or genuine characters 
2
Howard the Duck
Bruce Bailey
This could have been a pretty entertaining surreal exercise But unfortunately the heavy hand of Hollywood has turned this all into a low level farce complete with overacting and terminally boring car and airplane chases 
2
Howard the Duck
Richard Freedman
Mostly this is a noisy abrasive and supremely tasteless regression to the worst aspects of infantalism as big business 
1
Howard the Duck
Malcolm Johnson
When it s all over Howard has earned his place along with Donald and Daffy among the greats of movie duckdom 
3
Howard the Duck
Bill Cosford
There s good stuff around the edges of the film all that word play and all those visual gags demand that you pay attention lest you miss something even in the slow scenes But at the center no magic 
2.5
Howard the Duck
Hal Lipper
Howard the Duck is more foul than fowl It operates on a level young teen agers might appreciate 
2
Howard the Duck
Kathleen Carroll
Is audience abuse a federal crime If not why not 
0
Howard the Duck
Candice Russell
The sad fact is that the duck gets lost in what becomes a special effects film suspiciously reminiscent of Ghostbusters 
1
Howard the Duck
Dave Kehr
In the absence of anything resembling structure character point of view or sense of purpose there is no place else for this empty project to go 
1
Howard the Duck
Carrie Rickey
What can you say about a comedy in which the biggest laugh is in the end credits 
2
Howard the Duck
Gene Siskel
Who was this stupid film made for 
1
Howard the Duck
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hopelessly uneven and needlessly frenetic piece of work that apos s unlikely to hold much appeal for viewers over a certain age 46 46 46 
2
Howard the Duck
Christian Toto
Howard the Duck is the first clear sign that George Lucas who exec produced this mess ran out of pixie dust after wrapping Return of the Jedi 
1
Hogtown
Bill Stamets
Hogtown is the most original film made in Chicago about Chicago to date 
3.5
Hogtown
J. R. Jones
A knotty detective story about a token black cop Herman Wilkins trying to track down a missing millionaire 
3
Hogtown
Michael Phillips
It captures nooks and crannies and the underside of the elevated train tracks with a true artist s eye 
3
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
David Nusair
A seriously underwhelming horror sequel 
1
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Matt Brunson
Far more sloppy and far less interesting than its predecessor 
2
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When I first caught it around 1989 on VHS video it was unlike anything I had ever seen before 
3
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Eric Henderson
It s probably a stretch to surmise that just as the first film s subtext dealt with health fears the sequel mines its dread from the horror of malpractice 
2
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
James Kendrick
suffers the fate of most sequels it is both derivative and repetitive
2
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Roger Ebert
It is simply a series of ugly and bloody episodes strung together one after another like a demo tape by a perverted special effects man 
0.5
12 Monkeys
Mal Vincent
It is only the latest in a parade of movie downers intent on convincing us that the future will be a bleak world that is either devoid of water and gas or one in which we ve blown ourselves up with atomic power Enough 
2
12 Monkeys
Bryant Frazer
A decades spanning science fiction tale about time travel the illusion of free will and a romance at the end of the world 
3.5
12 Monkeys
Matt Brunson
A heady 44 harrowing and heartbreaking sci fi thriller that rarely stops tossing red herrings into the gaping mouths of viewers trying to piece it all together 46 
3.5
12 Monkeys
Wesley Lovell
Terry Gilliam has seldom been more inventive or more compelling 
3.5
12 Monkeys
Scott Nash
Gilliam s greatest all around film 
4
12 Monkeys
Peter Canavese
Gilliam s polarizing style is at its near best a dazzling feat of storytelling that bristles with provocative ideas Blu ray 
4
12 Monkeys
Michael Dequina
A messy mélange of action adventure sci fi romance horror and comedy 
2.5
12 Monkeys
Jeanne Aufmuth
Distinctly lacking in sentiment Give me cataclysm but at least act like you care 
2
12 Monkeys
Robert Roten
It will keep you thinking long after you watch it 
3
12 Monkeys
James Kendrick
haunting 44 humorous 44 nerve wracking 44 and ambitious 8212 one of Gilliam 8217 s best
3
12 Monkeys
Steve Rhodes
A movie that is about as much fun to watch as getting your teeth pulled 
1
12 Monkeys
James O'Ehley
It has a story and a good one at that with characters one cares about and isn t just a flashy display of what today s special effects teams are capable of Anybody out there in Hollywood listening to any of this 
4
12 Monkeys
Peter Stack
A potent glimpse of doom with a jarringly familiar ring 
3
12 Monkeys
James Berardinelli
A consistently engaging motion picture 
3.5
12 Monkeys
Madeleine Williams
The film is intelligently written and deserves more than its guaranteed cult film status 
3.5
12 Monkeys
Roger Ebert
As an entertainment it appeals more to the mind than to the senses 
3
12 Monkeys
Susan Stark
Overwrought 
2
Ip Man 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yen s performance is glorious the actor embodying this martial arts legend with grace dignity passion and charisma to burn 
3
Ip Man 3
Scott Renshaw
It s kind of a shame that this series feels so determined to stick to the facts of real life kung fu grandmaster Ip Man Donnie Yen because it s a lot more fun when it s a good old fashioned martial arts free for all 
3
Ip Man 3
John Beifuss
Tyson is onscreen for only a few minutes but that s long enough for a fists vs feet battle with the title character that recalls in its celebrity sports gimmickry Bruce Lee s bout with basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar in Game of Death 
2.5
Ip Man 3
Walter V. Addiego
Yen is appealing the story moves right along and the martial arts sequences are to my untrained eye impressive In short a good enough conclusion to the Ip Man saga 
3
Ip Man 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though it may not feel as profound as the first two entries Ip Man 3 is ultimately more watchable and more purely entertaining 
3.5
Ip Man 3
Robert Horton
Built around cheerfully broad emotional deck stacking regularly spaced fight scenes and charismatic actors Ip Man 3 delivers its punches with confidence 
2.5
Ip Man 3
Odie Henderson
Ip Man 3 is pretty much what you d expect but there s something extra special about an action movie that ends not on a moment of triumph but one of introspection 
3
Ip Man 3
Christian Toto
Ip Man 3 s best scene has nothing to do with martial arts 
3
Ip Man 3
Nathan Rabin
The plot of the film is pretty silly but it functions largely as a fight delivery system and on that level it s relatively successful 
3
Ip Man 3
Tirdad Derakhshani
The only real spark in the film is provided by Yen s costar Zhang Jin as Cheung Tin chi an upstart devotee of the wing chun school intent on knocking Ip off his hallowed throne atop Hong Kong s martial arts pantheon 
2
Ip Man 3
Soren Andersen
There have been all kinds of Ip Man movies The Grandmaster which played in Seattle in 2013 has exquisitely lovely visuals Ip Man 3 has Mike Tyson 
2.5
Ip Man 3
Chris Knight
Surely if you ve come this far this conclusion for now is one to savour 
2.5
Ip Man 3
Linda Barnard
Acting is of the overdone variety and the dialogue is lousy making Yen s restrained and quietly powerful performance stand out Speak softly and pack a one inch punch 
2.5
Ip Man 3
Tom Russo
Be open to the film s emotion It packs a bigger punch than anything else here 
2
Ip Man 3
Mark Jenkins
The carelessly plotted story consists mostly of setups for fight scenes nicely staged in such distinctive locations as an elevator an umbrella store and the hull of a partly built ship 
2.5
Ip Man 3
Sam C. Mac
Donnie Yen s performance is so good that it s a shame Wilson Yip s films have never strived to be more than briskly entertaining hagiography 
2
Inventing the Abbotts
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Apart from the script it s the actors who make this a film worth seeing all of them look and sometimes even act like real people rather than types or icons 
3
Inventing the Abbotts
Judith Egerton
In the end it adds up to nothing more than a humorless forgettable nostalgia piece with carefully re created costumes and settings from the Eisenhower years 
2
Inventing the Abbotts
Michael Dequina
If looked at in the right perspective as a soap and not as the serious drama it pretends to be this is quite diverting if emotionally hollow melodrama 
2.5
Inventing the Abbotts
James Kendrick
It is rare to find a film that treats teenagers and young adults as real people who think for themselves and own up to their mistakes
2.5
Inventing the Abbotts
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of material that might have graced a mid 1950s Universal International weeper maybe one adapted from a John O Hara best seller filled with descriptions of country clubs Even then it would have had more energy 
2
Inventing the Abbotts
Mike Clark
Would be a lot more fun were it a trashy Troy Donahue Diane McBain vehicle ground out by Warner Bros in 1960 
1.5
The Hunger Games
Brian Eggert
Whatever objections one might have about the execution 44 it 8217 s a compelling story that 8217 s been made into a serviceable film 46 
3
The Hunger Games
Mattie Lucas
The odds are in its favor to please its hard core devotees and newcomers alike 
3
The Hunger Games
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Hunger Games isn t a masterpiece But it s finally given us a thoughtful action picture for the young and old alike 
3
The Hunger Games
Carla Meyer
The filmmakers devotion to Collins page turner will please the book s fans and anyone who likes action sci fi social commentary or a female protagonist with smarts compassion and survival skills 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Tracie Cooper
The supporting cast is excellent most notably Stanley Tucci as flamboyant television host Caesar Flickerman and Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy Katniss and Peeta s troubled mentor 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Jeff Beck
Sure this entry is a ripoff of Battle Royale but it s still an entertaining ride with great casting that will more than likely please fans of the book and those who ve never even heard of it 
3
The Hunger Games
Wesley Lovell
A blockbuster that has something to say about the world we could be living in Unlike Twilight this film actually has a deeper and more important philosophical meaning 
4
The Hunger Games
Linda Cook
Here s the movie for which millions of fans have been starving 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ross version of The Hunger Games while not perfect is probably as magnificent I ever my wildest dreams could have hoped for it to be 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Michael Dequina
Whatever rough patches and shortcomings this first film has that by the end I was indeed interested in seeing what happens next speaks to how Ross got it mostly right 
3
The Hunger Games
Keith Cohen
Lawrence is terrific in the lead role and gives us someone to root for to survive this horrible ordeal The supporting players carve out memorable characters The musical score costumes and makeup are the other strengths 
2.5
The Hunger Games
John Beifuss
I found the sardonic satire of the movie s first half in the Capitol a city that suggests a meeting of L Frank Baum and Albert Speer more intriguing than the insufficiently suspenseful depiction of the Hunger Games competition itself 
3
The Hunger Games
Sean P. Means
The battle that informs this adaptation is between the filmmakers intent to create a moneymaking franchise and the efforts of star Jennifer Lawrence to create a compelling movie 
2.5
The Hunger Games
James Kendrick
Jennifer Lawrence brings to the pulpy material a sense of weight and gravity that few young actresses could muster she has a flinty strength that enhances rather than belies her soft features and it makes Katniss a completely believable protagonist 
3
The Hunger Games
Matt Brunson
Gary Ross has a minimalist style that enhanced dialogue dependent and character driven efforts like Seabiscuit and Pleasantville and it s precisely why the first half works so well and why the second half needed a stronger presence behind the camera 
3
The Hunger Games
Glenn Lovell
a Junior Scholastic spin on Lord of the Flies Logan s Run and other post apocalyptic allegories Lawrence scores a bull s eye as the flinty maddeningly tenacious Katniss 
3
The Hunger Games
Kam Williams
A high attrition rate splatter flick designed to satiate the bloodlust of kids weaned on gory computer games The Most Dangerous Game meets Lord of the Flies 
4
The Hunger Games
Lori Hoffman
It is when the games begin that the potential and mythical quality of the characters is effectively conveyed despite a nagging feeling that Ross is holding back 
3
The Hunger Games
Bob Bloom
Hunger Games should kick an audience directly in the groin with its presentation of the butchery foisted upon a society under the tyrannical thumb of a chosen few 
3
The Hunger Games
Mike McGranaghan
In book form The Hunger Games was smart provocative exciting and fun The movie is all those things too Everything comes together to bring a terrific story to life in a different format 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Roger Moore
Gary Ross who directed Seabiscuit manages to get this nag out of the starting gate and across the finish line with no major blunders but without much in the way of inspiration either 
2.5
The Hunger Games
John Wirt
The similar films books and myths that went before don t matter The Hunger Games succeeds on the strength of its fresh clearheaded narrative and depiction of a brave young woman who rejects the monstrous rules of the game 
3
The Hunger Games
Erik Childress
Gary Ross made a real movie Not dumbed down and not just pandering to a PG 13 teenage audience By visually telling the story entirely through Katniss point of view he cleverly gets around many of the potential obstacles and objections one might have 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Todd Hertz
A dark and engaging action drama laced with social critique and dystopian sci fi But most of all it s the story of a girl and crushed innocence 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Wilson Morales
The first film of the trilogy should have fans craving for more and under the skillful direction of Gary Ross they will enjoy his well balanced adaptation 
3
The Hunger Games
Scott Nash
Fans of the books and those new to the story should both be pleased and entertained 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even the most stalwart viewers prior fans or not will be squirming in their seats 
3
The Hunger Games
David Nusair
It doesn apos t help 44 either 44 that star Lawrence delivers a consistently competent yet wholly uncharismatic performance 46 46 46 
2
The Hunger Games
Alison Gang
Take away the hullabaloo surrounding the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins best selling young adult book and what you have is an absorbing film with a dire premise that stands pretty much on its own 
3
The Hunger Games
Eric Melin
Maybe The Hunger Games series will deepen with further adaptations but the series is off to a pretty pedestrian start 
2
The Hunger Games
Mark Dujsik
The Hunger Games is odd though in that it wants its outrage at the system while like the movie s characters buying into it 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Willie Waffle
I have to admit I rushed home after the movie to find out what happens in the next couple of books thank you internet 
3
The Hunger Games
Scott Bowles
Like the select participants of its savage sport The Hunger Games stands triumphant if scarred and a bit wobbly from the contest 
3
The Hunger Games
Amy Biancolli
It features a functioning creative imagination and lots of honest to goodness acting by its star Jennifer Lawrence who brings her usual toughness and emotional transparency to the archer heroine Katniss 
3
The Hunger Games
Walter Chaw
It s Judy Blume with more dead children 
2
The Hunger Games
Jim Slotek
The movie is undeniably a rich fantasy adventure with plenty of narrative wiggle room for the two books movies to follow 
4
The Hunger Games
Gary Thompson
Lawrence a rock on which to build a franchise sells all of this beautifully Her empathy roots the sci fi extravaganza in an emotional reality that becomes crucial as the games unfold 
3
The Hunger Games
Lawrence Toppman
Where Collins book paid careful attention to detail Ross pays far too little Characters never become exhausted or desperate or gaunt they don t even get chapped lips or broken nails 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Peter Canavese
If The Hunger Games on screen doesn t exactly catch fire as does its hero Katniss Everdeen its savvy pop culture mash up and the charge of teens in life and death peril remain intact 
3
The Hunger Games
Peter Keough
Lawrence puts in a performance that will rank as one of the best of the year 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Chris Hewitt
Without stinting on the action Ross film shows us a sick brutal society and then introduces us to a few characters who might be ready to start doing something about it 
3
The Hunger Games
Joe Williams
It s a streamlined fable with enough zing to keep the franchise flying until the next round 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Rich Heldenfels
While it misses the insights from the first person narrative in the book the film remains a generally effective adaptation of Collins s novel 
3
The Hunger Games
Neil Rosen
There are some sappy moments but overall it s exciting with a good story and a credible charismatic performance by Lawrence that makes the whole thing work 
3
The Hunger Games
Lisa Kennedy
Ross moves between action and human drama with nimble awareness of the weight of the issues coursing through the story of fascism propaganda and yes adolescence under the weight of the world 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Joe Lozito
Director Gary Ross solid adaptation aims to please fans and a mass audience alike which is a double edged sword And a surprisingly blunt bloodless one 
3
The Hunger Games
Steven Rea
It smells very much like a movie with money on its mind not altogether successfully balancing its loftier ideas with a sense of superficial whimsy and Vegas meets Wizard of Oz production design 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Moira MacDonald
It carefully walks a difficult line How do you tell an essentially violent story without glorifying that violence 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Sharon Hoffmann
I m already hungry for more 
3
The Hunger Games
Josh Larsen
a disturbing dose of science fiction doom 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Ty Burr
Like the book The Hunger Games doesn t end so much as open the door to the next installment it s frustrating but you ll probably feel you ve gotten your money s worth 
3
The Hunger Games
Ann Hornaday
If the series s legions of fans miss a detail here or a sub plot there they ll still recognize its bones and sinew especially in Jennifer Lawrence s eagle eyed heroine Katniss Everdeen 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Rex Reed
This futuristic tale of teenage violence is so not my kind of movie that I approached it grudgingly so imagine my surprise when I ended up being totally exhilarated and enjoying it immensely 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Peter Travers
The Hunger Games has epic spectacle yearning romance suspense that won t quit and a shining star in Jennifer Lawrence 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Kyle Smith
The Hunger Games may be derivative but it is engrossing and at times exciting 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Dustin Putman
Should please fans but leave them wondering what an alternate version might have looked like that wasn t afraid to get its hands dirty 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Daniel M. Kimmel
Lawrence who came to notice in the art house hit Winter s Bone is sensational as Katniss ably carrying the weight of the film on her shoulders 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Roger Ebert
The Hunger Games is an effective entertainment and Jennifer Lawrence is strong and convincing in the central role 
3
The Hunger Games
Duane Dudek
Lawrence was nominated for an Oscar as a backwoods girl in the independent film Winter s Bone and she gives this character a similar feral quality This is a movie about killing 
3
The Hunger Games
James Berardinelli
Fans will be delighted Non fans should give this movie a chance 
3
The Hunger Games
Stephen Whitty
Forced to finally show us what Collins mostly left to our imaginations it often falters 
2.5
The Hunger Games
Rene Rodriguez
Was it wrong to expect something more from The Hunger Games other than pajama party fodder 
2
The Hunger Games
Michael Phillips
The games have begun and so far they re pretty gripping 
3
The Hunger Games
Matt Pais
An often riveting occasionally underwhelming chronicle of a competition forcing teenagers to kill each other and the brave resilience of the world s best big sister 
3
The Hunger Games
Peter Howell
It arrives in theatres not only intact but in command of the essentials of storytelling and characterization The film deserves the massive success it will surely enjoy 
3
The Hunger Games
Rick Groen
A film that transforms a popular work of teen fiction not just by faithfully exploring its themes but more important by proving those themes have a very grown up resonance 
3.5
The Hunger Games
Christy Lemire
The Hunger Games runs nearly two and a half hours in length but is the rare film that never drags and doesn t overstay its welcome It could keep running as long as Katniss does and we d want to be right there every heart pounding step of the way 
3
The Jungle Book
Mattie Lucas
May be one of their lesser classics but there is a reason why it has endured for so long 
2.5
The Jungle Book
Matt Brunson
Here s yet another animated feature from Disney s mostly barren stretch between its two golden ages a film that plays better in nostalgia tinged memories than in the here and now 
2
The Jungle Book
Bill Chambers
Disney s grandniece recently cast aspersions on the picture but I don t share her pessimism 
3
The Jungle Book
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Looking and sounding like a million bucks or more and full of exhaustive bonus content new and vintage the Blu ray release of The Jungle Book is a must own for anyone who loves animation the Walt Disney studio or film in general 
3
The Jungle Book
David Nusair
a sporadically entertaining yet hopelessly uneven bit of animated filmmaking 
2
The Jungle Book
Eric Henderson
The literally last minute stab at domestic foreplay is simply unbelievable but Baloo s lip licking post mortem I still think he d a made one swell bear is what sticks 
2.5
The Jungle Book
David Keyes
an uneven episode in the Disney legacy without much shape and substance beyond the concept of jumping from one scene to the next in order to get to the next musical number 
2.5
Paulina
Steve Rhodes
Confusingly composed the movie jumps about jarringly as it tells its story 
1
Babes in Arms
Kate Cameron
Mickey performs with all the youthful vigor he is capable of throwing into a screen role 
3
Babes in Arms
Josh Larsen
Garland is the clear bright spot 
1.5
Babes in Arms
Scott Nash
You watch a movie like this because you know exactly what to expect And what you can expect is a pair of old time movie stars in the prime of their youth pouring their talent out all over the screen for your enjoyment 
3.5
Afternoon Delight
Claudia Puig
As a first film Afternoon Delight is worth exploring perhaps mostly to see what film Soloway does next 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
David Nusair
a decent drama that isn t in the end able to reach the heights that writer director Jill Soloway is clearly aiming for 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
Rob Thomas
There s a delicious discomfort in watching a funny person deliberately not being funny think Jerry Lewis in King of Comedy that gives Afternoon Delight an agreeably tart flavor 
3.5
Afternoon Delight
Peter Canavese
Feels rather been there done that for a movie that keeps idly as it turns out threatening to turn transgressive Still by putting utility player Hahn front and center Soloway earns instant good will 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
John Anderson
The story doesn t hold together but Hahn and Temple are terrific 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
Ty Burr
The results are a little life lesson y but well observed 
3
Afternoon Delight
Dann Gire
Afternoon Delight captures a snapshot of young affluent white women with remarkable accuracy and decisive detail 
3
Afternoon Delight
Austin Kennedy
AFTERNOON DELIGHT is a raw character study that is anchored by a career defining dramatic performance from comedic actress Kathryn Hahn 
3
Afternoon Delight
Leba Hertz
It s refreshing to hear dialogue that s natural and modern and doesn t try to pontificate And the rewards are many 
3
Afternoon Delight
Sean O'Connell
Afternoon Delight puts the typical suburban mother s lifestyle under an uncomfortably honest microscope then documents the sporadically funny and occasionally sad results 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
Kristin Tillotson
Soloway excels at drawing out nuances in female friendship Here though she promises an uncomfortable exposé of middle class morality then doesn t follow through 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
Chris Hewitt
Unfortunately the best moments here are separated by a lot of whiny phony treading of water 
2
Afternoon Delight
Michael Phillips
It s an up and down movie honest one minute and a fraud the next but you stick with it mainly because of Hahn 
2.5
Afternoon Delight
Matt Pais
The lack of judgment toward McKenna s part time sex work that makes Afternoon Delight refreshingly open minded Dan Savage would approve 
3
Afternoon Delight
Christy Lemire
The moral of the story appears to be Don t invite a stripper to come live with you in your home Suggestion noted 
2
Afternoon Delight
Robert Levin
The ensuing seriocomic havoc is predictable but carried by Hahn s fascinating performance which unpacks complex depths of feeling beneath Rachel s hyper exterior 
3
Afternoon Delight
Farran Smith Nehme
There are some bright one liners in the beginning but the comedy drama mix is an uneasy one especially considering the shabby way the film treats McKenna as a tart who s just there to improve some yuppie sex lives 
1.5
Afternoon Delight
Tomas Hachard
Jill Soloway s film is dishonest in the way it attempts to mask self pity as enlightened self criticism 
.5
Afternoon Delight
Erik Childress
It winds up being one of the biggest tonal messes comically dramatically and morally that is ultimately like trying to watch a Judd Apatow production of Shame 
2
Paid in Blood
Roger Moore
The acting is sharp 44 with many a blade handled with skill 44 many a cigarette lit with flair 44 many a death gruesome and in your face personal 46 
2.5
Dr. Blanche's Clinic
Sean Tepper
A prime example of a movie with a meaningful message that fails to deliver on its potential 
1
Dr. Blanche's Clinic
Bruce DeMara
Dr Cabbie does something interesting It takes a rather serious subject the fact that immigrants bring vital skills to Canada that are cruelly wasted and milks the issue for its comic possibilities 
3
Ship of Theseus
Guy Dixon
An intellectual contemplative film although its occasional tendency to take its abstract ideas on the nature of self identity and wrap them into neat plot twists can mildly disappoint 
3
Ship of Theseus
Namrata Joshi
It s a film of meditative pauses and life as many of us have felt and lived It reaches out to the heart as well as the mind Not the kind of film you see very often 
4
Project Power
Randy Myers
As it is this is a bloated movie that starts decently and loses it within 20 minutes 
1.5
Project Power
Mark Meszoros
With its scattershot direction overdone editing and unfocused storytelling Project Power fails to have the impact it could have 
2
Project Power
Tom Meek
Super high production values make an alluring spectacle of sorts out of a wacky concept 
2.5
Project Power
James Berardinelli
This movie is passable popcorn entertainment a two hour distraction that won t stand the test of time but was never intended to 
2.5
Project Power
Robert Levin
An entertaining revenge movie but the dark and weird material is rendered without enough regard for that potential 
2.5
Project Power
Steven Prokopy
The action sequences are pretty solid even if a few of the moments aren t exactly groundbreaking 
3
Project Power
Roger Moore
Just an over dressed over budgeted version of stupid 
1.5
Project Power
Mike Scott
It s got enough imagination originality and action fueled fun to trigger pangs of longing in moviegoers who miss the communal thrill of movie theaters 
2.5
Project Power
Ty Burr
Project Power is the kind of action sci fi bone cruncher where the cast is better than the material the characters are more interesting than the premise and the dialogue chugs along in the middle 
2
Project Power
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The jumbled overactive movie is most about its slam bang visual effects scenes depicting certain powers like a man on fire Human Torch style and spends little time on the characters who wield those powers 
2.5
Project Power
Jeff York
a hyper volatile film given some surprising nuance and gravitas by the serious minded turns of stars Jamie Foxx Joseph Gordon Levitt and Dominique Fishback
2.5
Project Power
Jason Fraley
While most movies give a select few mutants supernatural abilities this film suggests that we all have a supernatural ability just waiting to be unlocked 
3
Project Power
Mark Dujsik
This movie does so little with its central gimmick that there s only untapped potential remaining 
1.5
Project Power
Brian Tallerico
It s almost like they were afraid to unleash the power within their own project 
2
Project Power
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
When it s not killing random extras it takes a decent stab at analyzing the social inequities of our society and even brings in the legacy of Henrietta Lacks to boot 
2.5
Project Power
Johnny Oleksinski
T here is enough detail and psychological nuance in Mattson Tomlin s clever script to make Project Power more intriguing than most of what Marvel and DC have to offer even if it could barely match their catering budgets 
3
Project Power
Mark Kennedy
Project Power nicely mixes elements of sci fi and crime thriller to create a cool trip with a wink 
3
Project Power
Richard Roeper
A vibrant and crazy and thought provoking and immensely entertaining film that could have been even more resonant had it not settled for a relatively conventional final act we ve seen in dozens of thrillers 
3
Project Power
Brad Wheeler
The drug is bad you see Power is bad It s very simple And so is Project Power 
2
Project Power
Michael O'Sullivan
Project Power is a serviceable drug themed crime thriller made just a skosh more interesting by a handful of ingredients that give it a boost 
2
Project Power
Derek Smith
The film is an unwieldy array of muddled ideas that never gel together into a cohesive whole 
1
The Mechanic
Matt Brunson
One of Bronson s signature pieces from the era 
2.5
The Mechanic
David Nusair
a meandering relentlessly unwatchable piece of work 
1
The Mechanic
Roger Ebert
The funny thing is that this sounds more interesting than it is 
2.5
The Vanished
Glenn Kenny
Facinelli stages and shoots his material with better than average confidence and flair 
3
The Vanished
Mark Dujsik
The Vanished is wildly and weirdly incompetent featuring one miscalculation after another after another and after another 
0
The Three Stooges
Kelly Jane Torrance
You can t replicate a comedy classic 
1.5
The Three Stooges
John Beifuss
A subplot that lands Moe on Jersey Shore will date faster than the Tojo references in The Yoke s on Me 1944 and the use of Talking Heads and Allman Brothers music to score several bits of Stoogery is distracting and inexplicable 
2
The Three Stooges
Sean P. Means
I was hoping for one good joke one gut busting bit of slapstick any sign that there s some small amount of brainpower backing up the silliness But there was nothing 
1
The Three Stooges
Glenn Lovell
fitfully amusing the Farrellys on their best behavior We certainly can t quibble with the casting These guys are so close to the originals I thought I was watching the Stooges digitally resurrected 
2
The Three Stooges
Michael Dequina
Turns out to be far more effective than anyone could have ever anticipated and that s mainly because there are no big names slapping each other silly 
3
The Three Stooges
Linda Cook
I may not love the Three Stooges but someone I love does 
2.5
The Three Stooges
John Wirt
The Farrelly brothers re create the Stooges choreographed mayhem and anarchic spirit with exacting fidelity 
3
The Three Stooges
Betsy Sherman
Chris Diamantopoulos leads the cast as an amazing Moe not only does he capture that cartoonish 30s body language but he makes his face look like a fist 
3
The Three Stooges
Eric Melin
So lighthearted and good natured it s almost impossible to resist completely A couple of the sequences come close to hilarity but if the last reel would have taken the slapstick to dizzying idiotic heights it would be a solid movie all around 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Mike McGranaghan
Seeing a movie in which three other actors play the Stooges is akin to watching an Elvis impersonator Sure it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck but it most certainly is not a duck 
1.5
The Three Stooges
David Nusair
A miscalculation of near epic proportions 
1
The Three Stooges
Phil Villarreal
I hope this is the start of a franchise but not of feature length sequels Just three minute long shorts that play as prologues to real comedies 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Matt Brunson
Can anyone who isn t a Stooge fan possibly enjoy The Three Stooges More to the point can anyone who IS a Stooge fan like me possibly find merit in this Farrelly misfire 
1.5
The Three Stooges
Jaime N. Christley
In the hands of the Farrellys the Stooges are unsurprisingly made into totems of the duo s favored themes and values separation anxiety and the special qualities of home and family however dysfunctional 
3
The Three Stooges
Bob Bloom
The Three Stooges is a memory piece for adults who yearn for those days when they rushed home from school turned on the television and heard the strains of Three Blind Mice that was the invitation to 15 minutes of disorderly chaos 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Rich Heldenfels
Sure it s derivative and sentimental But it still made me laugh more than once 
3
The Three Stooges
Stephen Whitty
If this is a tribute it s a crass and clumsy one 
1.5
The Three Stooges
Peter Travers
For the Farrellys The Three Stooges is a labor of love For non believers it s merely a labor 
2
The Three Stooges
Willie Waffle
Ultimately you aren t watching THE Three Stooges You are watching three guys do an impression of THE Three Stooges It s like Nickelback doing a cover of a Beatles song 
.5
The Three Stooges
Sean O'Connell
Even by Stooges standards it s overly juvenile and totally dumb 
1.5
The Three Stooges
Lou Lumenick
You would think that after a quarter century in development at four different studios somebody would have figured out how to make a funny movie about the Three Stooges 
1.5
The Three Stooges
Stephen Cole
The Three Stooges weighs in at about 15 howlers over 90 minutes Not bad about the same ratio of hilarity to hokey as the Stooges old shorts 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Peter Howell
The Three Stooges is moronic stupid idiotic entertainment for knuckleheads 
2
The Three Stooges
Mark Dujsik
The movie is the embodiment of mediocre comedy which might be exactly what the Stooges deserve or would ever want 
2
The Three Stooges
Dustin Putman
All things considered a few sawed off ladder steps better than the alternative of sheer brain numbing misery 
2
The Three Stooges
Claudia Puig
Pop culture references intermingle with the loopy trio s iconic foolishness and the result is a movie with some big laughs plenty of heart and terrible coifs 
3
The Three Stooges
Wesley Morris
It pleases me to report that the movie is far from a disaster on a dozen or so occasions it s even funny 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Jon Niccum
It offers a smorgasbord of pratfalls mock injuries humiliations and general physical nonsense 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Gary Thompson
The problem is that you feel the Farrellys attention to detail may have gotten in the way of the larger mission to create a workable movie around the central performances 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Michael Phillips
I spent a lot of The Three Stooges staring not laughing For me this was a stare out loud affair 
2
The Three Stooges
Christy Lemire
A little nyuk nyuk nyuk goes a long way in The Three Stooges Peter and Bobby Farrelly s feature length homage to the classic slapstick comedy trio 
2
The Three Stooges
John Anderson
One of the Farrellys better films and a movie in which excess the hallmark of everyone involved is decidedly a virtue 
3
The Three Stooges
Soren Andersen
They re mere imitations There s nothing beneath the surface similarities and programmed franticness 
0.5
The Three Stooges
Matt Pais
Silly harmless laughs unless you re some kinda wise guy ay 
2.5
The Three Stooges
Roger Moore
The Farrellys cleaned up their act for a kiddie audience They even appear on camera for a don t do this at home disclaimer at the end because as ever the Stooges are for kids 
3
The Three Stooges
Roger Ebert
I didn t laugh much 
2.5
R.I.P.D.
Matt Brunson
An endurance test masquerading as a motion picture 46 
1
R.I.P.D.
David Nusair
a note perfect example of everything that s wrong with contemporary blockbusters 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
John Beifuss
The movie might best be enjoyed by kids although parents won t appreciate the comic moment when the deceased Roy reports that the coyote that ate his carcass made love to his skull 
2
R.I.P.D.
Sean P. Means
Bridges essentially recycles his Rooster Cogburn mannerisms here but in a movie whose action sequences steal from The Matrix and Ghostbusters who s going to notice 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Mike McGranaghan
The pleasures are only sporadic R I P D simply can t overcome its flaws or the fact that it too closely resembles the far superior Men in Black 
2
R.I.P.D.
Steven Boone
Images of Jeff Bridges enjoying himself are almost enough to make a movie work R I P D does its best to stop him dead in his tracks 
1
R.I.P.D.
Kam Williams
R I P D is D O A 
1
R.I.P.D.
Austin Kennedy
Many critics have been comparing this to MEN IN BLACK and I am going to have to disagree with that comparison This is much more like MEN IN BLACK 2 and that s not a good thing 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Scott Nash
There s an interesting premise here It s just poorly executed 
2.5
R.I.P.D.
Tom Russo
Too bad director Robert Schwentke RED and the writing team handling the 3 D screen adaptation don t hold up their end failing to do much with a premise that felt like it could rate with say Men in Black 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Eric Henderson
The film devotes far more energy to concept than execution leaving most of the promising aspects high and dry 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Stephanie Merry
R I P D is a dud that squanders a decent cast and succeeds neither as the comedy nor the action film it purports to be 
1
R.I.P.D.
Rafer Guzman
Despite its flaws R I P D is a fairly entertaining and frequently funny movie 
2.5
R.I.P.D.
Nour Habib
Thankfully R I P D is a short film with a duration of only 96 minutes But I was wishing for its ending long before then 
1
R.I.P.D.
Bruce DeMara
One can t help but wonder what the heck Jeff Bridges is doing there 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Chris Knight
You won t see it popping up on any best of lists but it is an adequate 96 minute time waster 
2.5
R.I.P.D.
James Berardinelli
It s not funny It s not exciting It s not engaging It s a waste of time and money Having seen it I can understand why it was hidden from critics The disappointment is that it wasn t hidden from everyone else as well 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Claudia Puig
Perhaps there was a clever germ of an idea here but the five credited writers didn t develop characters scenarios or rules in this sci fi world well enough to engage the audience 
1.5
R.I.P.D.
Kyle Smith
Every movie coming out this year but R I P D should pause for a big sigh of relief The possibility of any of them being called the worst cinematic effort of 2013 has as of today just about disappeared 
0.5
R.I.P.D.
Roger Moore
Not since Jonah Hex 
1.5
The Yellow Handkerchief
Alison Gang
A well acted little film The Yellow Handkerchief captures the loneliness of these characters and the sparks of hope they harbor despite everything 
2.5
The Yellow Handkerchief
Keith Cohen
This uplifting film is an indie gem with a wonderful payoff that will bring you to tears The acting is superlative and makes this emotionally moving experience good to the last drop 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
Connie Ogle
The only positive thing about the aimless film The Yellow Handkerchief is the idea that William Hurt may be ready for his Jeff Bridges moment 
2
The Yellow Handkerchief
Joe Williams
The unhurried direction of Udayan Prasad and the unafraid choices of the sure footed cast keep this character driven drama afloat 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
Michael O'Sullivan
The Yellow Handkerchief is a love story Two really At its center is the sweetly fractured ticking of a broken heart on the mend 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
Chris Hewitt
The story arc of Handkerchief is entirely predictable and the direction is pedestrian But its pleasures are to be found in the graceful acting of Hurt and Bello 
2.5
The Yellow Handkerchief
Steven Rea
The Yellow Handkerchief is a surprisingly moving drama a throwback to the small character driven indies of yesteryear 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
Ty Burr
Even Stewart an untutored colt of an actress who can toggle between natural grace and utter haplessness finds her groove here 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
Roger Ebert
You don t need an original story for a movie You need original characters and living dialogue 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
James Berardinelli
Sluggish Torpid Boring 
1.5
The Yellow Handkerchief
Brett Michel
Prasad s take on the well traveled folk tale it didn t originate with Hamill he was just smart enough to put it down on paper won t win any Oscars 
2
The Yellow Handkerchief
Roger Moore
The sleepy scenery and charming performances Stewart escapes her vampires and reminds everyone what the fuss used to be about keep The Yellow Handkerchief from blowing it 
2.5
The Yellow Handkerchief
Rex Reed
With tired eyes a hesitant stoop and thinning hair William Hurt makes only occasional appearances in films these days but he s forgotten nothing about the kind of niche acting that informed his early work and won him a coveted Best Actor Oscar 
3
The Yellow Handkerchief
Lou Lumenick
Erin Dignam s episodic script brimming with humor and honest emotion and the pitch perfect direction of Udayan Prasad thankfully avoids manipulating the audience at every turn 
3.5
The Yellow Handkerchief
Andrew Schenker
The film fails to provide Kristen Stewart the courtesy of a role with scene stealing potential 
2
The Rose Maker
Ann Hornaday
A film that wears its emotions lightly but generously like dew on a blush colored petal 
2.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Brian Eggert
Thousand Pieces of Gold confronts the West both its history and its place in American cinema 
3.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Carrie Rickey
Chao is charming and believable as strapping Lalu How she comes to find angels in a country that in 1882 expelled Chinese immigrants makes for an involving tale 
2.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Gene Seymour
Despite its occasionally slow moments this account of a young Chinese woman s struggle for dignity in an 1880s mining town wins you over with its unassuming grandeur its modest sturdy production values and its gently asserted keenly felt convictions 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Bill DuPre
With the sweep of an epic and the intimacy of an art film Thousand Pieces of Gold is both an exploration of America s perverse magnanimity toward immigrants and a terse eloquent story of love born of pragmatism 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Joe Baltake
Nancy Kelly s stirring feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold comes with a rare delicacy like that of a small four character off Broadway play that s been carefully and handsomely opened up for the screen 
4
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Michael MacCambridge
Kelly s direction is competent but tending toward the melodramatic cliché 
2
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Dave Kehr
The picture just drifts along passively and pleasantly never making more than minimal demands on the viewer s attention or intelligence 
2
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Terry Lawson
Though its story is honestly earnest and plain its characters are unpredictably and engagingly human 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Harry Haun
Anne Makepeace s screenplay and Nancy Kelly s direction reflect what might be called a feminist fidelity to the material which turns out unsurprisingly to be the true century old story of a Manchurian woman named Lalu Nathoy 
2.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Terry Orme
1000 Pieces of Gold is a beautifully told story about the real American West and the immigrants who lived in it Rosalind Chao known best for her recurring role in television s Star Trek The Next Generation gives a luminous performance 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Judy Stone
The film has both epic sweep and a compelling human interest 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
David Armstrong
A watchable and informative fiction film about a Chinese woman in late 19th century America 
2.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Gene Siskel
A routine earnest historical drama 
2
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Juan Carlos Coto
The debut feature by San Francisco based documentary maker Nancy Kelly Thousand Pieces is also a thoughtful study of bigotry the immigrant experience and how everyone harbors a personal American dream 
2.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Tom Meek
The ugliness of racism and misogyny roil within nearly every scene 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Rob Thomas
One look at the determination in Chao s eyes and the message is clear Lalu saves herself 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Robert Horton
One of those amazing pockets of Americana that too infrequently see the light of movies Aside from its obvious interest as a cross cultural tale the film does remarkabIy well as a portrait of western life 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Lisa Trifone
Thousand Pieces of Gold remains both a worthwhile exploration of individuality and agency as well as a beguiling love story 
3
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Roger Moore
An East meets West Western with an easy familiarity about it with just enough surprising twists included to keep it interesting 
2.5
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Roger Ebert
Rosalind Chao s performance is a wonder the sort that in a conventional Hollywood epic would inspire Oscar speculation 
3
Freejack
David Nusair
an intriguing sci fi premise that s employed to mostly watchable yet perpetually erratic effect 
2.5
Wild Hogs
Tom Meek
Instead of opening up the throttle Hogs ends up idling and spreading exhaust 
2
Wild Hogs
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Perhaps I was in a good mood perhaps my expectations were so rock bottom but hell I didn t hate it 
2
Wild Hogs
Kam Williams
This isn t a movie with any meaningful insights to share about the heartfelt concerns of the over forty set but is rather an ill conceived coming of age style misadventure which could just as easily have revolved around some recent high school grads 
1
Wild Hogs
John Beifuss
At one point Tim Allen proclaims I m lame I m just lame admit it I m lame Tim you re preaching to the choir 
2
Wild Hogs
David Germain
There are a couple of genuinely funny sight gags but most of the roadside attractions of Wild Hogs are either boring or outright annoying 
2
Wild Hogs
Mark Dujsik
An innocuous monotonous comedy that at least has a playful spirit but its tone doesn t amount to much when pitted against forced shtick and an even more forced attempt at a plot 
1.5
Wild Hogs
David N. Butterworth
All of a sudden there s hope for Gigli 
0
Wild Hogs
Matt Brunson
The gay panic humor is so rampant that it s reasonable to wonder if cast and crew members wrapped each shooting day by beating up a homosexual off screen 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Ross Anthony
The previews for this silly little film looked horrid but it broke Disney box office records for March So I saw it with my folks and heck if we all didn t have a good time 
2.5
Wild Hogs
Lori Hoffman
Among these pigs in a blanket of cliches John Travolta is particularly cringe worthy 
1
Wild Hogs
Jonathan W. Hickman
A comedy that s beneath its one time A List talent 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Susan Tavernetti
Rediscovering one s inner manhood and earning everyone s respect boils down to fighting the bad boys Another measure of manliness involves repeatedly making fun of a gay highway patrolman John C McGinley and tossing in plenty of homophobic jokes 
2
Wild Hogs
Linda Cook
Well this is an awful movie So why did I give it two stars Because despite the fact that this script is driven entirely by a lowest common denominator approach to getting middle aged men in the theaters the movie has two single minutes that are simply
2
Wild Hogs
David Nusair
inordinately silly entirely forgettable 
2
Wild Hogs
Sean McBride
one of those lowest common denominator movies that aims only for easy laughs and a quick paycheck for its main actors
1.5
Wild Hogs
Michael A. Smith
A film you ll want to see twice to catch all of the punchlines Wild Hogs is a great ride down the comedy highway 
3.5
Wild Hogs
Larry Ratliff
OK so Wild Hogs is predictable at best There are some laughs to be found 
2.5
Wild Hogs
Thomas Delapa
This bumpy buddy comedy stays in low gear for almost its entire journey As the leader of a pack of redneck bikers hammy Ray Liotta is so nasty even his tattoos have a record 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Mike McGranaghan
I firmly believe that if the actors in a movie are having a good time that sense of fun can potentially come off the screen and infect the audience Wild Hogs for me was this kind of movie 
3
Wild Hogs
Jeffrey Westhoff
An especially lame comedy based on nothing but a situation The humor is farce or slapstick so character development doesn t matter Establish the types put them in one crazy mix up after another and you re done 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Gary Brown
How prophetic of Tim Allen to say in the film s opening I don t think I ve been out of Cincinnati in over 12 years Wishful thinking Next time go for 13 
1
Wild Hogs
Pam Grady
The laughs may be more sporadic but they still come And sometimes that is about all anyone can wish for Just make sure to check that brain at home you won t be needing it 
2.5
Wild Hogs
Dustin Putman
A blasé road comedy with less than five funny moments in total but plenty of tired gay jokes to pass around 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Frank Ochieng
Wild Hogs are nothing but tame piggies on a highway to hokum Honk if you think these overpaid hacks should take their bikes to the nearest shop for creative repairs 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Claudia Puig
This movie stinks of exhaust and desperation 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Maitland McDonagh
A couple of homophobic jokes is just ignorant but in a formulaic slapstick comedy the obsessive nature of director Walt Becker and writer Brad Copeland s interest is just plain weird 
1
Wild Hogs
Geoff Pevere
Boy is this one lame wheezer of a movie Wild Hogs actually feels as though it might take longer to watch than it did to write 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Tom Keogh
Of the major stars it s Macy not surprisingly who offers the most texture soul and self deprecating humor in this light but appealing comedy 
2.5
Wild Hogs
Ruthe Stein
Perhaps it s not within the purview of a mere critic to question the judgment if not the sanity of Disney executives who green lit this travesty but who exactly did they envision to be the audience 
0
Wild Hogs
David Elliott
Wild Hogs is an oinker Feeding us slops of dud comedy are stars who ought to know better by now 
1
Wild Hogs
Carla Meyer
Wild Hogs is lame enough throughout that you wonder why John Travolta Martin Lawrence Tim Allen and William H Macy signed on for it 
2
Wild Hogs
Peter Canavese
If you listen closely you can hear your brain cells fizzling 
.5
Wild Hogs
Steven Rea
Wild Hogs isn t as jaw droppingly awful as its trailers suggest 
2
Wild Hogs
Lisa Rose
It s a joyless cross country romp in which the heroes confront crazy animals lascivious hicks and rest stop bathroom horrors 
1
Wild Hogs
Kyle Smith
A lot can happen on the road to nowhere reads the tagline on the poster for Wild Hogs a comedy that also illustrates exactly how nothing can happen on the road to nowhere 
1
Wild Hogs
Elizabeth Weitzman
What financial strings had to be pulled to get John Travolta Tim Allen Martin Lawrence and William H Macy to sign on for this second class City Slickers 
2
Wild Hogs
Sue Pierman
Wild Hogs is a formulaic road picture that hits a few potholes thanks to an uneven script and stale comedic devices 
2
Wild Hogs
Connie Ogle
It s immediately forgettable but not inordinately painful more like a routine cleaning at the dentist s than a root canal 
2
Wild Hogs
Bruce Westbrook
Wild Hogs isn t wild so much as a mild evocation of better fish out of water flicks 
2
Wild Hogs
Rick Groen
Allegedly the picture was shot in picturesque New Mexico Effectively it might as well be picturesque New Liskeard 
0
Wild Hogs
Terry Lawson
I ll take a crashing yet sincerely aimed failure any day over the by the numbers lowbrow audience pandering slickness of Wild Hogs 
1
Wild Hogs
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers overload on shaky slapstick and unvarnished homophobia and they stage the phoniest romantic subplot ever 
1
Wild Hogs
Jeff Vice
Wild Hogs is every bit as terrible as you d expect a film with John Travolta Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence to be 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Bill Zwecker
This is just another waste of time I d really hate for you to undergo and pay for 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Ty Burr
The film s a bumptious weekend ride The engine could use tuning and the plugs are shot but it gets you most of the way there 
2
Wild Hogs
Sara Michelle Fetters
The jokes are tasteless far too many of them revolving around the group s collective revulsion about being labeled by unknowing strangers as homosexual and the drama inert 
2
Wild Hogs
Carolyn Arends
The premise will likely remind you of City Slickers The bad news Wild Hogs is no City Slickers 
2
Wild Hogs
Rob Thomas
Born to be reviled 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Fernando F. Croce
Walt Becker s rancid midlife crisis comedy seems serenely unperturbed by the grand canyon between the least likable protagonists in recent memory and the audience tested need to impose redemption onto them 
.5
Wild Hogs
James Sanford
Very little that happens is unexpected or offbeat and even the most dire situations are resolved in pat TV sitcom style The only wildness in this film is in its title the movie itself is about as dangerous and shocking as your average beer commercial 
2
Wild Hogs
Willie Waffle
a more appropriate title would have been Wild Bores It s a movie running down the middle of the road and you know what you find in the middle of the road Bad movies and slow squirrels 
1
Wild Hogs
Erik Childress
I can imagine Albert Brooks sitting in a theater watching this garbage and praying that it actually ends like Easy Rider 
0.5
Wild Hogs
James Berardinelli
Wild Hogs is more tired worn out and sagging than its protagonists an arthritic comedy whose humor is below mediocre and whose drama is cringe worthy 
1.5
Wild Hogs
Chris Hewitt
None of the actors has a character to play but each brings a likable persona to Wild Hogs and that helps smooth over more of the stinky script s rough edges than you d expect 
2
Wild Hogs
Gene Seymour
There really isn t much more to say about Wild Hogs beyond the appallingly unfunny results it extracts from squeezing Travolta Tim Allen Martin Lawrence and William H Macy into leather jackets and propping them on high performance motorcycles 
1
Wild Hogs
Michael Phillips
Is this the best we can do in the realm of star driven commercial comedy If so I ll take Norbit I ll take Because I Said So I ll take I ll Take Sweden 
1
Wild Hogs
Matt Pais
Like a 90 minute episode of Full House if Danny Tanner went to Ozzfest and taught everyone how to protect piercings from infection 
1
Wild Hogs
Laine Ewen
Throughout the film John Travolta Martin Lawrence et al don t seem to be bonding so much as acting at each other 
2
Wild Hogs
Josh Larsen
a cast composed of actors who are bad enough on their own and who together amount to something unholy 
1
Wild Hogs
Peter Travers
No cliche goes unloved in this piddle about four aging Cincinnati dudes who try to find their bliss by hog riding till they reach the Pacific 
2
Albert Nobbs
Roger Moore
Close in one of her greatest performances is quiet still almost invisible to those around her It s not a stunt or an impersonation it s a perfect realization of what someone in her position might endure just to eat 
3
Albert Nobbs
Michael Dequina
One s admiration for Close s work becomes more for her versatility and fearlessness than a connection with the character she portrays 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Kate Taylor
The film surrounding the performance is not always as strong but the centre holds and magnificently so 
3
Albert Nobbs
Walter Chaw
Shazbot 
0.5
Albert Nobbs
Linda Barnard
Albert is at the heart of it all and we see her through her own prism of vulnerability resulting in a very human story about the search for love acceptance and understanding of the self 
3
Albert Nobbs
James Kendrick
While most of us can t identify with having to change our gender to get by we can all feel the familiar tug of Albert s fundamental desire which is nothing more than to fit in and be loved 
3
Albert Nobbs
Matt Brunson
Even accepting that Close looks a bit like a fey mummified Stan Laurel viewers have to assume that everybody in Ireland suffers from poor eyesight to fall for THIS ruse 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Willie Waffle
Close earned that Oscar nomination and seeing the movie will convince you of it as she gives the performance of a lifetime 
4
Albert Nobbs
John Beifuss
Like Albert the movie dreams of a world in which the impromptu epitaph delivered by the hotel doctor might be obsolete Dear Jesus I don t know what makes people live such miserable lives 
3
Albert Nobbs
Connie Ogle
A strange sad mesmerizing little movie 
3
Albert Nobbs
Ann Hornaday
It sneaks up on the audience with the quiet discretion of the enigmatic protagonist at its center And like him it contains multitudes beneath its prim surface 
3
Albert Nobbs
Rafer Guzman
A funny sorrowful richly layered and tremendously moving film 
3.5
Albert Nobbs
Mick LaSalle
Characters as out of touch and desperate as Albert Nobbs awaken an instinctive doubt and distrust in an audience 
2
Albert Nobbs
Loey Lockerby
There is potential in this story to explore the way gender sexual orientation and social class confined people in the Victorian era but Close is so obviously female it s distracting right from the start 
2
Albert Nobbs
Moira MacDonald
It s a small gentle film with wistful sadness peeking around its corners and when it s over you may feel as if you want a little more as if we re not much closer to understanding Albert than we were at the beginning 
3
Albert Nobbs
Steven Rea
Close s performance as this poor wounded fellow resonates with depth and poignancy 
3
Albert Nobbs
Ty Burr
There s an ache of regret that sets Albert Nobbs apart Everyone here yearns for what they can t get 
3
Albert Nobbs
Mike McGranaghan
A poignant tale of a person who just wants to be happy to live in freedom to be herself 
3
Albert Nobbs
Gary Thompson
As for Close she looks nothing like a man Nor much like a woman 
2
Albert Nobbs
Chris Hewitt
The creamy handsome look of Albert Nobbs matches Close s work but the film falls short in most other aspects 
2
Albert Nobbs
Duane Dudek
The story is never as interesting as the choices made by the actresses or their characters 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Joe Williams
Albert Nobbs is never less than a tidy feat but never more than a shuttered window 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Matt Pais
Uh he s clearly a woman 
1.5
Albert Nobbs
Roger Ebert
This is such a brave performance by Glenn Close who in making Albert so real makes the character as pathetic and unlikable as she must have been in life 
3
Albert Nobbs
Rex Reed
The point is to show the misery of a underprivileged woman ahead of her time but so much dedication for such a small payoff makes you wonder why 
2
Albert Nobbs
Christy Lemire
Albert Nobbs is clearly Close s show for better and for worse 
2
Albert Nobbs
Leigh Paatsch
This ripping period drama is led with distinction by Glenn Close in an unorthodox part she has been developing for three decades 
3.5
Albert Nobbs
Jordan Hiller
Although one cannot question the quality of performances here with Glenn Close Mia Wasikowska and Janet McTeer leading the way Albert Nobbs suffers for lack of breadth and vision 
2
Albert Nobbs
James Berardinelli
All of the red meat is just beneath the surface occasionally poking through but mostly remaining buried 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Peter Travers
As directed with grit and grace by Rodrigo Garca this quietly devastating film goes bone deep 
3
Albert Nobbs
Robert Levin
The film trades in subdued emotions and subtle currents of longing that are deeply felt 
3
Albert Nobbs
Pete Hammond
Glenn Close s singular accomplishment in willing Albert Nobbs to the screen is the stuff actors dream about 
3
Albert Nobbs
Stephen Whitty
There is comedy in it But mostly there s just a kind of soft quiet sadness about lives unlived about chances lost about loves forever unexpressed 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Dustin Putman
Neither the movie nor the performance is memorable enough to cause much stir and they will likely get lost amidst better end of the year offerings 
2
Albert Nobbs
Claudia Puig
Though this period drama is meant to be thought provoking and prompt intriguing queries about gender it leaves too many questions unanswered 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
R. Kurt Osenlund
Close never provides an entry point into the soul of this complex and otherwise nameless person making it harder and harder to view the character as sympathetic 
1.5
Albert Nobbs
Sara Stewart
Unfortunately Albert is so good at being unobtrusive he nearly disappears from his own story making it hard for us to get invested in it 
2.5
Albert Nobbs
Phil Villarreal
The film was adapted from a short story and perhaps a short story it should have stayed 
1
Albert Nobbs
David Nusair
nothing more than a showcase for Close s admittedly stirring performance 
2
Cracks
Moira MacDonald
Cracks is a moody often lurid tale of rivalry and repression 
3
Cracks
Joe Williams
Cracks is a bit of a knock off but it s a sturdily assembled vessel for a promising director and cast 
3
Cracks
Carrie Rickey
While Scott s movie has a consistent aura it lacks a consistent tone 
2
Cracks
James Berardinelli
Driven more by characters and relationships than narrative Cracks explores the exclusionary power of cliques that develop within a closed society the single minded violence of the mob mentality and the seductive charm of the charismatic individual 
3
Cracks
V.A. Musetto
Cracks recalls any number of girls school dramas like the much better The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969 
2.5
Cracks
Rex Reed
There is so little dialogue of any significance that I can t figure out why the film is credited with three screenwriters but Ms Scott knows what to do with the camera to show dark psychological forces at work 
2
Cracks
Andrew Schenker
The film unfolds primarily as a case study of both a vaguely fascistic individual and a group subject to that individual s magnetism 
2
Cracks
Peter Keough
In her debut feature Jordan Scott daughter of Ridley has conjured a lovely oddity combining elements of The Prime of Miss Brodie The Children s Hour If The Belles of St Trinian s and even a bit of Lord of the Flies 
3
Fallen Angel
Fernando F. Croce
Its subtle analysis of shadowy tropes proves both a continuation and a deepening of Preminger s use of moral ambiguity as a tool of human insight 
3
12 Mighty Orphans
David Gonzalez
12 Mighty Orphans is a welcomed addition to the sports film genre 46 It is a feel good indie film that is sure to find its audience with its performances and overall message of hope 46 10 10 
3
12 Mighty Orphans
Matt Brunson
On paper 40 and in history 41 44 it apos s an inspirational story 44 but the filmmakers never figure out how to make the movie sing on its own 46 
2
12 Mighty Orphans
Linda Cook
It gives audiences dozens of reasons to cheer 
3.5
12 Mighty Orphans
Tom Meek
As a result we never really get to know the mighty 12 which doesn t give the underdog story much timber to ignite 
2
12 Mighty Orphans
Rick Bentley
There hasn t been a sports film since the 1986 release of Hoosiers that has so beautifully blended the natural drama of sports with the unpredictability of the human spirit 
3.5
12 Mighty Orphans
Sean P. Means
There are some curious embellishments like a cameo by Robert Duvall comedian Ron White as the local sheriff a turn by Treat Williams as a prominent sportswriter and even scenes involving Franklin Roosevelt Larry Pine 
2.5
12 Mighty Orphans
Peter Canavese
Good direction a sturdy script with some old fashioned movie classicism and incredible production design barely compensate for what is essentially a cornball narrative Strictly for football fans and tween and teen boys 
2
12 Mighty Orphans
Bob Bloom
12 Mighty Orphans could have been a Warner Bros B movie if produced in the late 1930s or early 1940s probably with Ronald Reagan starring as Russell and the Dead End Kids as members of the team 
2.5
12 Mighty Orphans
Pamela Powell
12 Mighty Orphans is a familiar story with its own unique elements reminding us of the definition of family in its truest form 
3
12 Mighty Orphans
Mark Dujsik
There is a real sincerity to the storytelling here a homegrown fable with an easy but moving lesson about having faith in others and oneself 
3
12 Mighty Orphans
Randy Myers
If you re looking for an old fashioned sports drama this is it 
3
12 Mighty Orphans
Leo Brady
There s no energy No laughter And the football is pedestrian 12 Mighty Orphans is one great depression 
2
12 Mighty Orphans
Michael O'Sullivan
The story proceeds in expected melodramatic fashion 
2
12 Mighty Orphans
Christian Toto
Flaws abound in this fact based drama but so does the power of self worth 
2.5
12 Mighty Orphans
Joey Magidson
12 Mighty Orphans may not be particularly original in many ways but the execution proves its effectiveness and worthiness 
3
12 Mighty Orphans
Joe Friar
You ll stand up and cheer as the inspirational film directed by Ty Roberts captures your heart with a story as big as Texas 
3.5
12 Mighty Orphans
Carlos Aguilar
Football fans or those longing for bygone days of old timey sayings and men with conventional character may find enjoyment in the film s spelled out structure Others will be at the mercy of its barrage of inspiration devoid of insight 
2
12 Mighty Orphans
Roger Moore
As a director Roberts comes off as more of a producer He can get a movie made he s just damned artless in making it 
1.5
Red Rock West
Joshua Katzman
Helping the story move along at a brisk clip is Dahl s tight control of the editing coupled with a well tuned ear for the rhythms and cadences of everyday conversation 
3
Red Rock West
Mal Vincent
a little gem Its success is due to the fact that there are so few authentic movie plots around these days 
2.5
Red Rock West
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a brilliant noir movie that seems to understand the inner workings of film noir rather than just paying tribute to it 
3.5
Red Rock West
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie made by people who love movies have had some good times at them and want to celebrate the very texture of old genres like the western and the film noir 
3.5
Red Rock West
James Berardinelli
Red Rock West is a roller coaster ride of a film designed for those who like their thrillers spiced with the unexpected 
3
The Believer
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An exploration of what it means to be Jewish and what it means to hate two separate subjects that happen to overlap in this case 
3
The Believer
Jordan Hiller
The underlying premise of The Believer is simple and understandable to any one of us who have grown indifferent to many of the teachings we accepted with such naivet such open hopeful hearts throughout our early education 
2.5
The Believer
Nick Carter
Artful effective and socially redeeming stuff 
3.5
The Believer
Matt Brunson
Like Edward Norton in American History X Ryan Gosling Murder By Numbers delivers a magnetic performance 
3.5
The Believer
Jennie Punter
Gosling s combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex unpredictable character 
3
The Believer
Michael Wilmington
One of the year s most thought provoking hard hitting films gutsily opening up a subject rarely done with this kind of all out chutzpah 
3.5
The Believer
Joe Baltake
It s too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling but as an intellectual exercise an unpleasant debate that s been given the drive of a narrative and that s been acted out The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work 
3.5
The Believer
Misha Berson
A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping questing look at a person so racked with self loathing he becomes an enemy to his own race 
3
The Believer
David Elliott
Like a pack of dynamite sticks built for controversy The film is explosive but a few of those sticks are wet 
2.5
The Believer
Joe Leydon
Its incendiary subject matter is flattened into something dangerously close to exploitative melodrama 
1
The Believer
Rob Blackwelder
A penetrating potent exploration of sanctimony self awareness self hatred and self determination 
3
The Believer
Tor Thorsen
Gosling s spellbinding performance makes Danny s journey irresistible 
3.5
The Believer
Carla Meyer
Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling Murder by Numbers the movie is powerful and provocative It s also built on a faulty premise one it follows into melodrama and silliness 
2
The Believer
Roger Ebert
Ryan Gosling is at 22 a powerful young actor 
3
The Believer
Walter Chaw
A sham construct based on theory sleight of hand and ill wrought hypothesis 
1.5
The Believer
Glenn Lovell
See it Debate it Remember it 
3.5
The Believer
Mary F. Pols
Ryan Gosling delivers the kind of performance that should make studio heads look up from their manicures casting directors reach for their cell phones and moviegoers ask each other Who on earth was that 
3.5
The Believer
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite its attacks on fascism The Believer itself carries the taint of anti Semitism implying that self hatred is a Jewish trait and that Danny s case is unusual only in its extremity 
2
The Believer
Jeanne Aufmuth
The most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti Semitism and neo fascism 
3.5
The Believer
Steve Rhodes
That rare film that earns a most unusual compliment I wish it were longer 
3.5
The Believer
Susan Stark
Bean s film concentrates almost entirely on the externals the bluster the swagger when the story he is treating just begs for full detailed potentially explosive emotional and psychological scrutiny 
2
The Believer
Terry Lawson
Easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti Semitism ever seen on screen 
3
The Believer
Matthew Gilbert
An amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction 
3
The Believer
Michael Dequina
Gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory self hating self destructive ways 
3
The Believer
Carrie Rickey
It is a challenging film if not always a narratively cohesive one 
3
The Believer
David Sterritt
It hits a few false notes when it overplays the violence committed by Danny s skinhead sidekicks but most of the movie is chillingly understated if that s the right term for such a heart stopping narrative 
4
The Believer
Lou Lumenick
Any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of God are framed in a drama so clumsy there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors 
2
The Believer
Gene Seymour
Gosling a onetime Mouseketeer is a revelation in the role containing and releasing Danny s inchoate emotions with surpassing dexterity 
3.5
The Believer
David Kronke
Brooding and affecting The Believer offers a compelling search for meaning 
3
The Believer
Harvey S. Karten
Jewish Nazi may sound like the ultimate oxymoron but Henry Bean effectively shows how such is possible 
3.5
The Believer
Ed Gonzalez
All the well meaningness in the world can t erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12 Step Program for the Jewish Nazi 
2.5
The Believer
Ian Mantgani
The screenplay offers a complex premise and delivers on it in thought provoking ways
3
It's Not Yet Dark
Glenn Kenny
Both heartbreaking and awe inspiring 
3
The Book of Eve
Jeet Heer
It is hobbled by the sentimental approach taken by writer director Claude Fournier 
2
The Book of Eve
Ray Conlogue
The novel which alone of Beresford Howe s works still has many readers and admirers is not done justice by this film 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
James Berardinelli
Isn t about or for anyone past puberty 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Linda Cook
How to Eat Fried Worms is a tasty little treat for grade school kids 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Camerin Courtney
Throughout this fifth grade Fear Factor there are scattered lessons on the ills of bullying the benefit of being true to yourself the joy of true friendship But really what boy is going to remember a moral when there s an exploding worm 
1.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is a movie for kids in the 8 12 range who see it as something that reflects their own lives You may not care about How to Eat Fried Worms but your kids will 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Jeffrey Westhoff
The lessons about bullying and standing up for yourself aren t forced too strongly giving How to Eat Fried Worms the same appeal as the best Little Rascals shorts 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Susan Walker
This is a story that could have gone way too far in the direction of the touching tale illustrating how kids overcome their fear of being ridiculed but instead maintains a buoyant irreverence 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Angel Cohn
This cute lesson in standing up to bullies based on the award winning Thomas Rockwell book of the same name is still tailor made for its target demographic 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Claudia Puig
Worms has its share of kid friendly gross outs but is actually a sweet natured look at standing up to bullies 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Tom Keogh
Take the kids to see How to Eat Fried Worms but hold off on forking over the usual princely sum at the concession stand 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Peter Hartlaub
It s a pleasant and well intentioned end of summer diversion that doesn t possess the imagination stoking qualities of a premier children s movie 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Timothy Knight
How to Eat Fried Worms is an innocuous coming of age gross out comedy that quickly fades from memory almost before the final credits roll 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Lisa Rose
Unhealthy eating is paired with a wholesome message as the story encourages youngsters to be themselves keep their word and accept kids who are different 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Lou Lumenick
A blandly inoffensive After School Special type comedy based on a perennially popular children s book 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Elizabeth Weitzman
Here s hoping its old fashioned sensibility appeals to contemporary kids because we could certainly use more movies as smart and sweet as this one 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Cathy Jakicic
Worms has a relaxed naturalistic quality that allows the cast s child actors to shine 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Peter Debruge
When it comes time for the movie to impart its lessons it does so in such a way that kids won t feel like they re being forced to eat their broccoli or live worms for that matter 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Stephen Cole
What we have here is a 90 minute worm eating contest a spectacle that could be of interest only to robins small mouth bass and eight to 11 year old boys Girls don t bother Parents and guardians if you have to go plan to take a nap 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
John Monaghan
Somewhere in How to Eat Fried Worms is a message about keeping your word and the pitfalls of peer pressure 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Bill Zwecker
Issues like family harmony justice righting wrongs and telling the truth never go out of fashion and that comes across strong and clear in this less than perfect but still solid feel good film 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Bridget Byrne
The anti bullying message which is the heart of the story is too insistent as the concocting and consuming of the ghastly worm based snacks very quickly begins to point to a too obvious conclusion 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Ty Burr
If it grows more genial as it pokes along it still feels like a lesser Nickelodeon special with adults who are shrill cartoons and kids who are one note character tics 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Sean P. Means
The movie highlights the pre teen grossout factor at the cost of making the characters remotely relateable 
1.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Kit Bowen
As yet another children s novel turned big screen flick Fried Worms has all the wholesome goodness of tomato soup while the side of crispy larva gives it an extra kick 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
John Beifuss
An admirable children s movie that hides a surprisingly palatable lesson about growing up behind the gross out come on of its title 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Frank Ochieng
Dolman oversees this belabored big screen adaptation with the creative wiggle of a comatose earthworm today s precocious pipsqueaks may find Worms a sappy act to swallow
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Peter Canavese
This honest to God kid s movie and a good one no less serves up a sweet natured and reasonably authentic platter of kid culture 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Dustin Putman
A shrewd mostly unsentimental portrait about childhood peer relationships and those first few cursory steps toward growing up 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Rafer Guzman
It s nice to spend time in a mostly sunny world where everyone ends up happy Except that is for the worms 
3
How to Eat Fried Worms
Steve Kobak
Children will be elated with the gross out humor and the secret world of kids theme Adults will squirm in their seats with boredom the movie is overly long and predictable 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Michael Wilmington
If your stomach doesn t churn a bit after hearing the title of the children s movie How to Eat Fried Worms the picture itself may finish the job 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Phil Villarreal
No worms were harmed in the making of How to Eat Fried Worms but one classic book was 
2.5
How to Eat Fried Worms
Ed Gonzalez
Bob Dolman sets dull as dishwater images to a straightforward adaptation of Thomas Rockwell s prize winning kid lit classic 
2
How to Eat Fried Worms
Sean McBride
a serviceable drama for the pre teen set but it doesn t have the acting or the cinematic polish to set it apart as something special 
2
The Father
Brian Eggert
It s an incredibly accomplished well structured chamber drama aided in its translation to English by playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton 
3.5
The Father
Diana Cheng
The Father is like the Rashomon of dementia 
3.5
The Father
Matt Brunson
There have been equally effective movies involving Alzheimer s but none have placed themselves in the mind of the dementia stricken protagonist as thoroughly as The Father 
3
The Father
Linda Cook
The Father is realistic compelling look at dementia 
4
The Father
Lisa Trifone
In inventive and essentially seamless ways Zeller conveys the unsettling sense of insecurity and vulnerability that comes with a devastating condition like dementia 
4
The Father
David Nusair
a somewhat erratic yet predominantly rewarding endeavor 
3.5
The Father
Sonny Bunch
Almost certainly the best of the best picture nominees 
3.5
The Father
Max Weiss
The Father leans too strongly into the horror tropes to the point where it seems the film is less about truly understanding the experience of a dementia patient and more about messing with the audience 
2
The Father
Anita Katz
In the potentially dreary role of a devoted daughter dealing with a parent experiencing one of human physiology s saddest realities Colman helps make the movie an unsentimental heartbreaker 
3
The Father
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman may each be at the top of their actorly game here but they both deserve better material 
2
The Father
Pamela Powell
Zeller s brilliant script and direction is at the core of the film readying a talented cast to give us commandingly powerful story 
4
The Father
Ty Burr
The Father is ruthless as it should be and its reduction of Anthony is complete 
4
The Father
Rene Sanchez
A devastating and compassionate portrait about the cognitive decline of a man who has been losing his memory One of Anthony Hopkins career best performances Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Father
Jeff York
This is a formidable character study a moving dissertation on aging and a tightly wound thriller as well 
4
The Father
Richard Roeper
Anthony Hopkins at the peak of his powers 
3.5
The Father
Jeff Mitchell
In The Father Hopkins and Colman nurture Oscar worthy performances in one of the year s very best films 
4
The Father
Robert Horton
Illuminated often thrillingly by a central performance from Anthony Hopkins that might be the best of his career 
3.5
The Father
Bob Bloom
The Father is a painful experience that saddens you It is however one of the best movies of the year It may lack hope but it overflows with heart 
4
The Father
Sean P. Means
Hopkins is electric here playing off the always brilliant Colman and his other solid castmates to create a tragic and indelible portrait of a man desperately clinging to some shred of his identity 
3.5
The Father
Chris Hewitt
You feel like you ve been through something with The Father that it s honest and that it understands how these characters and perhaps the rest of us might behave 
3.5
The Father
Johnny Oleksinski
In a year full of titanic male performances Anthony Hopkins ranks high for his seismic turn in The Father 
3
The Father
John Wirt
A corrosive narrative of the death of memory and loss of identity The Father confirms Hopkins continuing prowess Colman s growing status and Florian Zeller s arrival as a major film director 
3.5
The Father
Randy Myers
One of the best films of the year 
3.5
The Father
Mark Meszoros
It all rings heartbreakingly true 
3.5
The Father
Ann Hornaday
The Father provides sensitive superbly compassionate insight into many things including the fragility of dignity the ghost prints left by grief and love and the abiding mysteries of consciousness itself 
4
The Father
Sarah Knight Adamson
The Father is the closest we have ever seen on screen of how a person with dementia navigates their new world 
3.5
The Father
Katie Walsh
This is the genius of Zeller s labyrinthine filmmaking in placing the audience in this vulnerable questioning position through sound design camera movement and perspective we empathize deeply with Anthony s plight 
3.5
The Father
Kevin Carr
A very accurate portrayal of how frustrating it can be not just for the family but for the person who is losing his or her faculties 
3
The Father
Mattie Lucas
A haunting heartbreaking film made even more so by the towering performances of its two leads 
3.5
The Father
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film uses these abrupt changes to show how frustrating and terrifying memory loss and dementia are It s a cinematic conceit cleverly used to break away from the stagebound origins 
3
The Father
Jake Coyle
To see Hopkins play all these ever fluctuating turns of mood is riveting Yet The Father often feels like a clinical puzzle to work out 
2.5
The Father
James Berardinelli
The Father is an excellent movie but it s not a lot of fun to watch especially for those with first hand experience in this area 
3.5
The Father
Mark Dujsik
Zeller making an impressive feature debut employs a sort of dream logic of the everyday and the mundane in his storytelling 
3.5
The Father
Mike McGranaghan
Playing someone with a disease like Alzheimer s is always risky for a performer because it s easy to get so bogged down in playing the symptoms that the character itself can get lost Hopkins plays a man first and foremost to the film s great benefit 
3
The Father
Christy Lemire
Writer director Florian Zeller adapting his prize winning 2012 French play of the same name with the help of the legendary Christopher Hampton has pulled off a dazzling feat here 
3.5
The Father
Brian Truitt
While the drama goes to some disturbing places including incidents of elder abuse at its core it is very much about love and the power of empathy 
4
The Father
Mick LaSalle
Hopkins makes himself transparent He lets us see both who this man was and what he is now 
4
The Father
Josh Larsen
a showcase for Hopkins extraordinary talent with line readings 
3.5
The Father
Joey Magidson
The Father mainly is a vehicle for a performance from Anthony Hopkins for the ages 
3
The Father
Rex Reed
Running a gamut of emotions Hopkins is egotistical senile lovable and infuriating at the same time but the star never overplays the cornucopia of mixed emotions at his disposal examining them all with magnificent equanimity 
4
The Father
Chris Barsanti
The Father approximates the dislocation of its main character s mind with a frighteningly slippery ease 
3
The Father
Roger Moore
As close to dementia as any of us would ever care to get 
3.5
The Father
Dwight Brown
Hopkins wrings every last feeling of loss and despondency out of the character and will likely be seated in the front row Oscar night If there is an Oscar night 
3.5
The Father
Peter Howell
Director co writer Florian Zeller adapting his stage play exhibits the psychodramatic rigour of Michael Haneke or Stanley Kubrick but also compassion and real understanding of mental health issues 
3.5
The Father
Kate Taylor
The results are both mind bending and heart rending 
4
Urban Cowboy
Matt Brunson
Travolta is fine but Winger and Glenn are the ones who truly add fire to the film 
3
Miss Congeniality
Carrie Rickey
It s a likeable comedy with many pratfalls a couple laugh out loud moments and a deep understanding of pageant superficiality 
2.5
Miss Congeniality
Michael Dequina
Its story is far from logical let alone realistic yet we laugh and completely buy into the fun 
3
Miss Congeniality
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sandra Bullock who also produces takes a lame idea of a script splashes her considerable allure all over it and comes away with an amiable light hearted holiday charmer 
3
Miss Congeniality
Walter Chaw
Convenient bimbo stereotypes bolstered and magnified 
1
Miss Congeniality
Jules Brenner
Sandra Bullock is in a class of her own and it s only partly a matter of beauty Perhaps the larger part is that shining irresistible personality that lights a room a runway a silver screen She can get you interested in the phone directory 
3
Miss Congeniality
Joe Mader
With this cutesy bit of ick Sandra Bullock squanders the good will she engendered with her surprisingly complex portrayal of a party girl in rehab in 28 Days 
1
Miss Congeniality
Margaret A. McGurk
Sandra Bullock gives her regular gal aura a serious workout in Miss Congeniality as an ugly duckling FBI agent transformed into a beauty pageant swan And by gum she pulls it off 
3
Miss Congeniality
Jon Niccum
Like most beauty pageant contestants themselves Miss Congeniality is all charm and little substance 
2
Miss Congeniality
David N. Butterworth
Bullock s confident turn cannot alas save this Beautiful Women Falling Down entry 
2
Miss Congeniality
Ian Mantgani
A movie that seems to have no potential at all and still works remarkably well 
3
Miss Congeniality
Mike McGranaghan
There are many great actresses working in film today but few of them have the flair for comedy that Bullock does 
3
Miss Congeniality
Cornell & Petricelli
Sandra Bullock who also helped produce the movie simply shines as Gracie Hart 
3
Miss Congeniality
Susan Stark
For Bullock fans it s a delight jolly junk in the season to be jolly 
2
Miss Congeniality
Pam Grady
It s unlikely that Miss Congeniality will stem the backwards slide of Bullock s career momentum 
2
Miss Congeniality
Wesley Morris
Bullock trips we laugh but we also hope she gets up so she can do it again 
3
Miss Congeniality
Roger Ebert
It isn t bad so much as it lacks any ambition to be more than it so obviously is 
2
Miss Congeniality
Marty Mapes
What makes it a good movie is Bullock herself in a strong role that appeals to the feminist in me 
3
Miss Congeniality
Rob Blackwelder
What say we let these folks take another stab at it with a better script OK 
2
Miss Congeniality
James Berardinelli
This film is a mess it can t make up its mind whether it wants to be a drama a comedy or an action movie 
2
Ilya Muromets
Matt Brunson
A costly Russian yarn that to be fair might have been a decent watch in its original tongue But this dubbed edit trivia note a pre 60 Minutes Mike Wallace provides the narration is too clunky to be taken seriously 
1.5
Rules Don't Apply
Brian Eggert
Beatty s lofty ambitions for this project are undone by the story and presentation s general unevenness 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Matt Brunson
Viewers who can get on the film s wavelength will find much to enjoy but there s no denying the picture is slight in the extreme 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
John Hanlon
Director Warren Beatty tries to do too much in this nostalgic drama and the plot suffers because of it 
1.5
Rules Don't Apply
George M. Thomas
a little gem from an actor writer filmmaker who hasn t lost anything despite not having made a film in almost 20 years 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Wesley Lovell
If not for the performances including a pair of engaging leads the film would suffer from an overburdened reliance on dated tropes 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Linda Cook
The Rules Don t Apply to this fictional tale of the real life Howard Hughes 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Walter Chaw
It s an intensely personal picture That s its greatest strength along with its greatest weakness It may not be for anyone else 
1
Rules Don't Apply
Lauren Chval
Rules Don t Apply is not without its merits namely Collins and Ehrenreich but it turns its attention away from things that matter toward things that don t 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Sara Michelle Fetters
Beatty s return as actor and director is just plain glorious and even with its flaws this rapturously romantic escapade ends up being an insightful lark that has far more on its mind than initially meets the eye 
3.5
Rules Don't Apply
Michael Smith
It s is the very definition of a movie that has its moments not that they necessarily add up to something that makes sense But Beatty has for a half century been an exception to many rules and even when he misses it s still sort of interesting 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Mal Vincent
Rules Don t Apply is winsome lighthearted fun with some light social commentary It s a refreshing night out 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Peter Canavese
In his screenplay and performance as Hughes Beatty offers a canny sharply drawn and highly personal take on the billionaire with strong elements of lacerating self parody 
3.5
Rules Don't Apply
Mike McGranaghan
What begins as a light jaunty look at how sane people deal with disturbed but important bigwigs morphs into a scattershot mess 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Peter Travers
Warren Beatty plays Howard Hughes with seductive charm sneaky intelligence and buggy eccentricity Sadly Beatty as writer and director has chosen to make Hughes a supporting role teasing a much deeper portrait 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Robert Horton
It s a relief to see a Hollywood film that doesn t have anything to prove or even a need to please this feels like the least audience tested movie in years 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Chris Knight
The messiness ultimately exceeds the fun with Beatty Hughes sucking some of the air out of what should be a more romantic denouement But the cast makes the journey worthwhile 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Josh Terry
As a portrait of an era that Beatty lived and worked through Rules Don t Apply has a poetic charm even if its final takeaway feels a bit more ambiguous 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Stephen Whitty
The central problem with Rules Don t Apply unfortunately is the central romance The characters don t appeal the starlet has no particular spark while the driver is a pushy go getter 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a mess but a glorious one and it s so clearly the expression of one artist s vision 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Rob Thomas
A movie about an erratic billionaire might not be everybody s idea of escapism these days But Warren Beatty s Rules Don t Apply in which Beatty plays the legendary eccentric Howard Hughes is a real kick 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Peter Howell
Evocatively lensed but clumsily staged this is a movie at war with itself although it s not until Beatty shows up as eccentric billionaire Hughes about 30 minutes in and shrouded in half light that the battle is apparent 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Robert W. Butler
If Rules Don t Apply is a comedy why aren t we laughing If it s a romance why don t we feel something If it s a tragedy why don t we care 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Jeff Simon
Rules Don t Apply is a Warren Beatty movie It seduces our delight not bludgeons us with it 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Rick Bentley
Just like the Spruce Goose the Beatty film is beautiful when it lifts off but it fails to soar 
3
Rules Don't Apply
James Berardinelli
Despite moments of emotional strength and bursts of quirky comedy the film is undone by its generally lethargic tone and the film s insistence to shift its focus from the putative lead characters to a supporting player 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rules Don t Apply is a big cuddly Hollywood screwball comedy with a cup of romance and a dash of heart 
3.5
Rules Don't Apply
Stephanie Merry
None of the visual flourishes can make up for the way the story sags in its final stretch 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Mick LaSalle
Beatty is so good at playing mental illness he s even better here than he was in Bugsy that he saves the movie But no amount of flash and dazzle can quite quell the disappointment that comes of a story that begins promisingly and then derails 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Katie Walsh
One hot frantic mess a cautionary tale about the seductive nature of money and power and the consequences of entering into an abusive relationship with a mentally ill person for the sake of getting ahead 
1
Rules Don't Apply
Kyle Smith
This is Beatty s first film in 15 years a project he s been working on for 40 years and it s immensely pleasing to see him in such fine form 
3
Rules Don't Apply
Ty Burr
This is not a well made film but it is an enjoyable one in part because it s genuinely unpredictable and in part because it s a pleasure to see one of the great stars of his era on a movie screen once more 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Soren Andersen
An old story indifferently told here 
2
Rules Don't Apply
Brian Truitt
A solid if unspectacular effort though Beatty smartly takes a supporting role to the youngsters by playing the kookily eccentric Hughes 
2.5
Rules Don't Apply
Elise Nakhnikian
Warren Beatty s portrayal of Howard Hughes has the overly polished feel of an anecdote that s been told too often 
1.5
Rules Don't Apply
Roger Moore
Beatty tries to give us a movie as wildly eccentric and asymmetrical as the man himself but he s concocted a random romantic farce that isn t romantic or particularly farcical 
2
Relax... It's Just Sex!
Michael Dequina
The more interesting and likable characters are overshadowed by the more annoying ones 
2.5
Genghis Blues
Jon Niccum
The film like the music it spotlights begins to drone 
2
Genghis Blues
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of story that has to be true because no novelist would dare to dream it up 
3.5
A Night at the Roxbury
David Nusair
a barely passable SNL comedy that certainly could ve fared a whole lot worse 
2.5
A Night at the Roxbury
Sandra Contreras
It would take far better writing than Kattan Ferrell and Steve Koren can muster to make it less than an ordeal 
1.5
A Night at the Roxbury
James Sanford
making a skit 30 times as long does not necessarily mean you ve made it 30 times as funny despite scattered laughs Roxbury feels overextended 
2
A Night at the Roxbury
Jeanne Aufmuth
The Butabi brothers are uber losers and therein lies the joke Between spoofs on nightclubs personal trainers and hitting on hotties the brothers bob their heads to the beat and make complete fools of themselves 
2
A Night at the Roxbury
Rob Blackwelder
If only the movie s writers there were half a dozen and directors there were two one bailed after two weeks had created a movie one fourth as funny as this sketch was 
1.5
A Night at the Roxbury
Steve Rhodes
A comedic groaner 
1.5
A Night at the Roxbury
Mike McGranaghan
It s basically a movie with one joke and it keeps repeating that joke over and over and over 
2
A Night at the Roxbury
Ian Mantgani
It s awful 
1
A Night at the Roxbury
Jeff Vice
Actually you kind of have to admire its stars SNL cast members Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan who remain in character throughout the movie though even they must know it s going nowhere fast 
1
A Night at the Roxbury
Madeleine Williams
Successfully translates a vapid and empty skit into a vapid and empty film 
1
A Night at the Roxbury
Michael Dequina
A Night at the Roxbury takes an already thin concept and tediously stretches it far beyond the breaking point and that of viewers patience levels 
0.5
A Night at the Roxbury
Joe Baltake
Not the rock bottom worst of the SNL skit derived films but pretty darn close 
1
A Night at the Roxbury
Mick LaSalle
Let s look at the bright side America is still the land of opportunity if Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan can make a movie 
1
A Night at the Roxbury
Roger Ebert
A Night at the Roxbury probably never had a shot at being funny anyway but I don t think it planned to be pathetic It s the first comedy I ve attended where you feel that to laugh would be cruel to the characters 
1
A Night at the Roxbury
David Keyes
those who manage to sit through all 81 minutes of it deserve a medal of bravery 
0
A Night at the Roxbury
James Berardinelli
Anyone who is more than momentarily diverted by this motion picture has such a radically different idea from me of what constitutes entertainment that we may never agree on anything 
0.5
Cinderella Man
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The final justification that Russell Crowe is without a doubt one of the best actors to come along in years 
4
Cinderella Man
Joe Lozito
Cinderella Man is a contender but it s not exactly a knockout 
3
Cinderella Man
Kam Williams
A cross between Seabiscuit because of the Depression and Rocky because of the sport yet a fine enough film to stand on its own even if the production falls short of both in terms of its emotional punch 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Garth Franklin
At moments it almost had me but for the most part I just felt cold and watched with all the interest of a disgruntled spectator 
2.5
Cinderella Man
Russ Breimeier
A fine alternative to the louder and more brainless summer movies competing with it an excellent drama that relies on heart and action instead of schmaltz and melodrama 
4
Cinderella Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I only wish Howard could have shaped this and the other performances a little toning them down or leaving a bit of a rough edge 
2.5
Cinderella Man
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es un cuento de hadas necesario para el cinéfilo que tiene que padecer películas pretenciosas o agresivas El mundo necesita héroes aunque sean de celuloide 
3
Cinderella Man
David N. Butterworth
Comparisons to Eastwood s Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby are not only expected but welcomed since Cinderella Man is surprisingly just as good 
3.5
Cinderella Man
James Verniere
Though the film is technically first rate it s little more than a theme park version of the Depression with a hero with less personality than the equine star of Seabiscuit 
2.5
Cinderella Man
Linda Cook
I couldn t find enough superlatives to describe Cinderella Man an astonishing film that s simply perfect 
4
Cinderella Man
David Keyes
To be an audience grabber at the heart is not always a pointless concept and here the director and writers prove that the formula still has a few kicks to it 
3
Cinderella Man
Lori Hoffman
Giamatti steals every inch of celluloid he can get his hands on 
3
Cinderella Man
James Kendrick
a rousing fable about a decent goodhearted man achieving great heights
3
Cinderella Man
Nick Rogers
Hot steaming hokum briefly creeps into the film which alternates between fairytale and grimy reality Russell Crowe anchors it with another captivating chameleon turn 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The storytelling is fluid and gripping 
3
Cinderella Man
Scott Nash
When it comes to schmaltz no one does it better than Opie Cunningham 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Mike McGranaghan
It might not move your soul but it at least puts a smile on your face 
3
Cinderella Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
Not matter how hard the script tries to turn Braddock into a symbol of American perseverance Crowe never portrays him as anything more than a human being 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Kurt Loder
A movie of great delicacy of feeling T he truth of the story tugs irresistibly at your heart 
3
Cinderella Man
Eric Melin
pre digested pre approved has the bullying stamp of quality 
1.5
Cinderella Man
Matt Brunson
Crowe s touching portrayal is instrumental in recruiting the audience s sympathies from the get go 
3
Cinderella Man
Peter Keough
The bad news for cynics like me is that the film not only succeeds in its manipulations but is also in essence true 
3
Cinderella Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
Howard unleashes one of his best directorial jobs to date refusing to slobber on either syrup or sentimentality as the picture progresses Everything here feels honest and genuine the movie lived in to the point of having to pay rent 
3
Cinderella Man
Dan Fienberg
Cinderella Man wants to be a rousing crowd pleaser and it probably is even if Howard has to keeping shouting at the audience to know when to be pleased and aroused 
3
Cinderella Man
Robert W. Butler
If there were ever any doubt that Russell Crowe is the greatest screen actor of his generation Cinderella Man should put matters to rest 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Rene Rodriguez
This is an utterly predictable thoroughly manipulative and thunderously obvious movie I wouldn t change a frame of it 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Rick Groen
Howard has got but a single message to deliver here boxer Braddock as the populist American hero of the Depression era and he beats us over the head with his uplifting haymaker until we re crumbled on the canvas and crying for mercy 
2.5
Cinderella Man
Peter Howell
Ron Howard s Depression era ode to second chances and noble contests filmed here last summer is not just another boxing movie or just another picture It s a completely absorbing and artfully made fairy tale that just so happens to be true 
4
Cinderella Man
Mick LaSalle
Easily the best American film so far this year 
4
Cinderella Man
Moira MacDonald
Pardon its dust and you ll be rewarded with a moving story of a time gone by and of an unexpected hero 
3
Cinderella Man
David Elliott
Cinderella Man is the most heartfelt boxing drama because it is more than a boxing story 
4
Cinderella Man
Carla Meyer
Oscar host Chris Rock was on to something when he suggested that only Russell Crowe should be allowed to star in Hollywood period films 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Stephen Whitty
Like its hero it stubbornly gets the job done 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Amy Biancolli
The fight scenes hurt not because they re edited like quicksilver or nimbly staged they are but because we are made to care so deeply for the title character 
4
Cinderella Man
Lisa Kennedy
Crowe s performance as this Seabiscuit of the sweet science will no doubt make the middleweight Cinderella Man a contender an Oscar contender 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Jami Bernard
Braddock only wants another shot at boxing to buy milk for the kids Cue the heavenly choir 
2
Cinderella Man
Jeff Vice
In many ways this unambitious but heartfelt drama comes as a welcome breath of fresh air especially now when theaters are filled with dark and dreary features the kind of heartless soulless Hollywood constructs that glut the summer each year 
3
Cinderella Man
Sarah Chauncey
When was the last time you saw a truly feel good movie about men beating the crap out of each other 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Mary F. Pols
Most directors shy away from the Time That Oscar Voters Forget Ron Howard must be getting bolder 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Lawrence Toppman
The beautiful truth of this story is smeared over with cornball sentiment 
2.5
Cinderella Man
Ty Burr
If you re the sort of occasional moviegoer who feels they don t make em like they used to well you re right Except that Howard and Russell Crowe have just proved you wrong 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Greg Maki
Crowe adds another masterful performance to his incredibly diverse portfolio 
4
Cinderella Man
Sean P. Means
An exquisitely crafted stately drama that never surprises never takes risks never delivers beyond expectations 
3
Cinderella Man
Lou Lumenick
So square it makes the original Rocky look cutting edge and Million Dollar Baby positively avant garde by comparison 
1.5
Cinderella Man
Bob Strauss
Beautifully portrayed by Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger in the kinds of well judged performances that presume goodness without straining to convince us of it they re a couple whose shared moral compass guides them unerringly 
3
Cinderella Man
John Monaghan
The first film in terms of Oscar hopefuls this year that can truly be considered a contender 
3
Cinderella Man
Larry Ratliff
To say that this is the finest effort ever for the director of Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind is to praise an orchestration of true magnificence 
4
Cinderella Man
Chuck O'Leary
Ron Howard s Cinderella Man is the best American film since another movie that revolved around a boxer Clint Eastwood s Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Forrest Hartman
The film by which director Ron Howard should henceforth be measured 
4
Cinderella Man
Collin Souter
At this point in 2005 are you really going to complain about a well made well acted formulaic sports movie Me neither 
3
Cinderella Man
Willie Waffle
the first Oscar contender of 2005 and one of the few movies where it s OK for a man to cry it s about sports so whip out that hanky big guy 
4
Cinderella Man
Erik Childress
Tears are likely to be shed at the end of Cinderella Man but thanks to Crowe and Howard you won t know how or where the sucker punch will be coming from 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Duane Dudek
Crowe has grit and gravitas to spare and trims his Gladiator and Master and Commander The Far Side of the World caricatures down to pug nosed cauliflower ear size 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Roger Ebert
Most serious movies live in a world of cynicism and irony and most good hearted movie characters live in bad movies Here is a movie where a good man prevails in a world where every day is an invitation to despair 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Mike Clark
I ve never seen a boxing movie that has so convinced me I was seeing a pro bout both real and sustained 
4
Cinderella Man
Robert K. Elder
Howard s relentless and flat footed attack on our sympathies slips into monotony The first half drags on for longer than it should as we re told over and over that people were poor very poor Depressed even Because it was the Depression 
2
Cinderella Man
David Sterritt
Ron Howard and his splendid cast have made a spellbinding movie that joins Million Dollar Baby as well as Raging Bull the first two Rocky pictures and Fat City as one of boxing cinema s all time heavyweight champs 
4
Cinderella Man
Emily Blunt
A tad bipolar Cinderella Man s still remarkable film making Russell Crowe is again master and commander of what it is he does so well 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Carrie Rickey
The conventional wisdom is that Howard is a sentimentalist who needs Crowe to give his films edge I prefer to think of the director as one in the handful of Hollywood filmmakers who still know how to make mass entertainment not based on a comic book 
4
Cinderella Man
Chris Hewitt
Having Russell Crowe in a movie makes a huge difference 
3
Cinderella Man
Kit Bowen
Honestly how can you not root for a movie about a Depression era underdog prizefighter who beats the odds and wins it big It seems anti American or something 
3
Cinderella Man
Rob Thomas
The film just delivers on every level not only as one of the great sports movies in recent memory but as a truly inspiring and thrilling comeback story 
4
Cinderella Man
Bruce Newman
Cinderella Man consistently delivers less than it wants to by trying for more than it should The movie tells the story of Braddock s life as redemptive fairy tale fitting the fighter for a glass slipper that ends up being the movie s glass jaw 
2.5
Cinderella Man
Dustin Putman
A worn out Goodwill version of Rocky that either deserved a less banal filmmaking approach or didn t need to be made at all 
2
Cinderella Man
Phoebe Flowers
Howard has tapped into a glorious true life story and wisely chosen Crowe an unparalleled actor to embody the hero 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Peter Travers
Not only is Cinderella Man Howard s best movie it is also his most personal and deeply felt 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Gene Seymour
There probably isn t a filmmaker anywhere other than the redoubtable Steven Spielberg himself who s as adroit as Howard at grabbing the mass viscera and squeezing it at just the right intervals 
3
Cinderella Man
Josh Larsen
What a relief when an inspirational movie actually works 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Ross Anthony
An endearing story that will keep you at the edge of your seat the edge of a cheer the edge of a tear 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Peter Canavese
Cinderella Man may not be subtle but it s reminiscent of the well crafted popular entertainments of Hollywood s Golden Age blarney and all Blu ray 
3
Cinderella Man
Rob Blackwelder
won t ever be considered among the great boxing movies But it does captivatingly encapsulate the guts and gumption that made Braddock such an inspiration 
3
Cinderella Man
Walter Chaw
Crowe deserves better than this so do you 
1
Cinderella Man
Phil Villarreal
Proves that there s always room on the shelf for another riveting elegant boxing film 
4
Cinderella Man
Sean McBride
audiences looking for uplifting quality entertainment should love Cinderella Man 
3.5
Cinderella Man
Steven Snyder
Captivating in a believable way 
4
Cinderella Man
Jeanne Aufmuth
Howard may rely on cliché but he knows how to milk a melodrama Be it swallowing his pride and begging for charity or sucking it up in the ring Howard s Jimmy gives edge of the seat punch to a solidly slick project 
3
Cinderella Man
Steve Rhodes
Bierko has to be an instant front runner for the best supporting actor Oscar 
3
Cinderella Man
Nick Schager
65 years after John Ford s wrenching The Grapes of Wrath Hollywood seems to have concluded that the Great Depression was in fact a pretty great time to be alive 
2
Cinderella Man
James Berardinelli
It lands a few solid punches but never achieves anything close to a knock out 
2.5
The Passenger
Peter Canavese
As usual Antonioni s pace is langorous but The Passenger is never less than compelling 
3.5
The Passenger
Rob Thomas
A fascinating and haunting film that played to the strengths of both actor and director 
3.5
The Passenger
Robert W. Butler
To watch Michelangelo Antonioni s 1975 masterpiece is to see film the way it once was and may never be again 
3.5
The Passenger
Larry Ratliff
The Passenger is one of the most fascinating film odysseys of the 1970s I think someone invented the word cinema for films like this 
3
The Passenger
Peter Howell
The Passenger is a marvel of quiet insight in many ways not least of which is the chance to view Jack Nicholson before he became JACK NICHOLSON 
4
The Passenger
Sean P. Means
The final shot a long tracking shot that hints at what s going on outside the journalist s world and inside his head is a marvel 
3
The Passenger
Phil Villarreal
Opaque enough to require additional viewings to better comprehend its intricacies but it does nothing to draw you back 
2
The Passenger
Forrest Hartman
Some consider The Passenger a classic which leads me to believe there are also people who enjoy waiting for trains that will probably never arrive 
1
The Passenger
David Elliott
Here is Nicholson s classic post Mitchum cool but humanly exposed providing the star punch in Antonioni s pensive dreamscapes 
3.5
The Passenger
Tom Keogh
A movie with which one can grow old in the same sense that one can see great productions of Hamlet at 15 and 40 and 70 years of age measuring the relative depth of one s experience of life and the world against its mature vision 
4
The Passenger
G. Allen Johnson
Michelangelo Antonioni s The Passenger is more than the re release of a great film it s a rare chance to see a major cinematic work perhaps more than once on the big screen 
4
The Passenger
Ty Burr
One of the deepest most rigorous and most rewarding films of its era 
4
The Passenger
Michael Wilmington
It s a movie from the past that still points ahead to the future a cinematic rite of passage that raptly recalls a time when the world may have been as uncertain as now but the movies were often lovelier and more daring 
4
The Passenger
Peter Travers
Antonioni s 1975 landmark 
3.5
The Passenger
Stephen Whitty
The Passenger can make one nostalgic mostly for a time when foreign films mattered 
3
The Passenger
Nick Schager
A fatalistic tale of identity destiny coincidence existential malaise and the boundaries between the real and the imagined 
4
The Passenger
Roger Ebert
I admire the movie more 30 years later I am more in sympathy with it 
3.5
The Passenger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Passenger is not only a great Hollywood movie it s a great movie in world cinema 
4
Shadow of a Doubt
Steve Rhodes
Is Hitchcock s version better Of course Is this one worth watching as well Actually yes 
3
Lola Versus
Graham Killeen
Lola Versus is a heavyweight fight Gerwig just can t win 
2
Lola Versus
John Beifuss
A more or less conventional sitcom in indie disguise the film functions most effectively as a low wattage starring vehicle for the habitually charming Gerwig 
2
Lola Versus
Connie Ogle
An extremely smart exquisitely funny film about finding yourself amid the clang and clutter of contemporary life 
3
Lola Versus
David Nusair
unsuccessfully walks the line between subdued authenticity and mainstream silliness from start to finish 
2
Lola Versus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The thing is Gerwig is delightful but she s in a constant wrestling match between her lively instincts and the dead instincts of the material which insist on defining a woman by her relationships to men 
2
Lola Versus
Jennie Punter
Lola Versus is all Greta all the time a bonanza for fans and proof that Gerwig s easy offbeat charm obvious smarts and physical comedy gifts can carry a film 
2
Lola Versus
Rafer Guzman
There s a Fitzgeraldian sense of generational malaise in all of this but Lola Versus is convinced that it s hilarious 
1.5
Lola Versus
Ann Hornaday
Gerwig remains one of the most captivating new stars to hit the big screen but she s still looking for a movie that deserves her 
1.5
Lola Versus
Dustin Putman
Plays like a studio produced romantic comedy as made by people who genuinely care about and are invested in their flawed but kind hearted protagonist 
3
Lola Versus
Mick LaSalle
Screenwriters Daryl Wein who also directed and Zoe Lister Jones give Gerwig very little to do other than to be Gerwig 
2
Lola Versus
Bruce DeMara
It s funny sweet wise and even a little life affirming 
3
Lola Versus
Moira MacDonald
The self pitying Lola alas is only sporadically interesting 
2
Lola Versus
Carrie Rickey
An unfinished portrait of an unfinished womanchild with fidgety poise nicely embodied by Gerwig 
2.5
Lola Versus
Ty Burr
A well intentioned indie that tries to be a real version of a Hollywood romantic comedy and ends up feeling more ersatz than ever 
2
Lola Versus
Peter Keough
Will there ever be a movie about heartbroken women where they don t find consolation in food 
1.5
Lola Versus
Chris Hewitt
It feels like the movie doesn t know what to do with Lola She s an outsized original character but the indie movie she s in is aside from a few hipster trappings as neat and tidy as a Hollywood romantic comedy 
2.5
Lola Versus
Matt Pais
Almost succeeds in embracing life s messiness even when the film possesses no more perspective and wisdom than its spiraling main character 
2.5
Lola Versus
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately Lola lives in a sitcom that deprives her of any intrinsic interest 
2.5
Lola Versus
Roger Moore
A conventionally unconventional romance in the modern mode a comedy alternating between cute and crude and packing a heaping helping of self affirmation into its 84 minutes 
2.5
Lola Versus
Michael Dequina
Gerwig stands tall over this rather forgettable piffle 
2.5
Lola Versus
Stephen Whitty
This is not someone I want to spend almost an hour and a half with in a theater 
2
Lola Versus
Sara Stewart
It transcends being just another chick flick and becomes an exploration of a subject that should ring true for just about every female viewer the relentless narcissism of the friend who makes everything about her 
2.5
Lola Versus
David Germain
Lola Versus deals with relationships in standard issue Sundance style ostensibly smarter and more genuine than what flows from the Hollywood rom com pipeline yet really just as shallow at heart 
2
Lola Versus
James Berardinelli
There s a lot about Lola Versus that feels familiar but the propulsion that escalates the film out of the low orbit of angst riddled 20 something indie comedies is Greta Gerwig 
3
Lola Versus
Andrew Schenker
A year in the life of a young woman unhappy in love and uncertain in career Lola Versus could easily be faulted for the narrowness of its worldview 
1
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Jami Bernard
Bowie knew how to play his audience and the documentary shows him as a fiercely concentrated performance artist on and offstage who micromanaged everything from his makeup palette to the length of his kimono sleeves 
3
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Liam Lacey
The concert remains more of an historical curiosity than a must see rock film 
2.5
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Jonathan Perry
Pennebaker doesn t break any ground here in what is essentially a linear concert film But he doesn t need to Bowie s brilliant and by today s stadium size standards intimate performance does that for him 
3.5
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the silly costumes poor stage presence and the rest of it the songs have not aged 
3
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Pam Grady
The sound is muddy and so is the picture but nevertheless Bowie and company glitter occasionally like fool s gold but more often like diamonds 
3
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Rob Blackwelder
A mediocre and muddy digitally remastered print Bowie does little more than absent mindedly pace the stage song after song 
2
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
John Anderson
Purely as document D A Pennebaker s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars could not be a more ruthless portrait of a time and a music 
2
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Vanessa Sibbald
Perhaps more than any other concert film Ziggy is like a time machine allowing viewers to travel back to London s Odeon Theatre on July 3 1973 
4
Beyond Borders
Mark Collette
brutally haunting images in a setting where sappy dialogue evaporates like water 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Linda Cook
Beyond Borders is a soap opera with its heart in the right place 
2
Beyond Borders
Matt Brunson
Those expecting Jolie s character to end up feeding and clothing every indigent person on the planet might be surprised at the movie s toughness and refusal to compromise 
3
Beyond Borders
Mike McGranaghan
Beyond Borders should have been to relief efforts what Schindler s List was to the Holocaust Or what Saving Private Ryan was to WWII 
2
Beyond Borders
Tony Toscano
It wavers like a child wanting to dive in to the deep end of a pool 
2
Beyond Borders
Paul Povse
Beyond Borders can be wrenching and vigorously committed but it s also occasionally tasteless and calculating Think Doctor Zhivago with landmines 
2
Beyond Borders
Scott Warren
This pop nugget of McHistory for all of its aspirations to sermonize never elevates beyond a simplistic morality tale of well black and white 
2
Beyond Borders
James Berardinelli
An unconvincing melodrama that seems more interested in pushing an agenda and preaching than in developing legitimate compelling characters 
2
Beyond Borders
Claudia Puig
A far fetched romantic adventure 
2
Beyond Borders
Phoebe Flowers
Dull and sanctimonious 
1
Beyond Borders
Erik Lundegaard
It s an inspiring story I just wish a better movie accompanied it 
2
Beyond Borders
C.W. Nevius
Beyond Borders is a film with its heart in the right place Unfortunately its head is stuck so far in the clouds that it dissolves into preachy do gooder mush 
1
Beyond Borders
Joe Baltake
You ll probably laugh your way through this immediate guilty pleasure but you ll also get hooked by it 
2.5
Beyond Borders
Timothy Knight
A poor man s version of a David Lean style romantic epic Beyond Borders has reportedly been in development for years Perhaps it needed to stay there a little longer 
2
Beyond Borders
Carrie Rickey
Skip Beyond Borders and write a check to the Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders 
2
Beyond Borders
Megan Lehmann
Beyond Borders makes an earnest stab at illustrating the hardships and sacrifices humanitarian workers contend with but in the end all the suffering merely forms an amorphous backdrop for a Harlequin romance 
2.5
Beyond Borders
Rene Rodriguez
A disastrously clumsy heavy handed movie 
1
Beyond Borders
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a big message that tries to appear in movie clothing But like a cow trying to wear a Brooks Brothers suit the bad fit is fairly obvious 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Terry Lawson
At its worst Beyond Borders could be accused of exploiting the very cause it wants to champion at its best it only makes us wish someone had abandoned this campaign as a lost cause and started all over again 
2
Beyond Borders
Jeff Vice
It s so full of cliches and pointless digressions that whatever it s trying to convey gets lost in a hurry 
2
Beyond Borders
Lisa Kennedy
Beyond Borders invites ruminations about style over substance 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Roger Ebert
Beyond Borders has good intentions and wants to call attention to the plight of refugees but what a clueless vulgarization it makes of its worthy motives 
2
Beyond Borders
Ty Burr
Beyond Borders so trivializes the plight of the world s displaced peoples that it becomes actively obnoxious 
1
Beyond Borders
Kit Bowen
Even though Beyond Borders certainly isn t the greatest love story ever told the film still offers a plethora of fascinating war torn landscapes and may inspire you to volunteer for the UN 
2.5
Beyond Borders
Chris Hewitt
Beyond Borders devotes more time to one person s nobility Angelina Jolie s than to a world of suffering and the result is offensive 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Bob Strauss
Hopelessly kooky 
2.5
Beyond Borders
Emily Blunt
What a beautiful film I am not just talking about Jolie s usual exotic locals here but two hours of watching Clive Owen all manly manned up 
2
Beyond Borders
Bruce Newman
The picture holds up starving babies to score cheap emotional points but it never bothers to look beyond the swollen bellies and swarming flies 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Liam Lacey
The movie is mired in its good intentions and ends up looking opportunistic and gauche 
2
Beyond Borders
Jack Mathews
An awful movie 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Jon Niccum
The tense action scenes work better than the implausible romance 
2.5
Beyond Borders
Steve Rhodes
Unconvincing miscast and misdirected 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Paul Doro
Beyond Borders wants to have it both ways give witness to crimes against humanity and tell a touching love story 
2
Beyond Borders
Jan Stuart
Potent stuff for part of the way then it nose dives into a sublime kind of awfulness 
2
Beyond Borders
Mark Caro
Campbell can t overcome the basic tension of trying to elicit honest conscience tweaking audience reactions in the context of a broadly entertaining movie 
2
Beyond Borders
Josh Larsen
runs on guilt It s the fuel that drives the movie s engine 
1
Beyond Borders
Ed Gonzalez
Why save the world when Angelina Jolie can do it for you and get laid at the same time 
1.5
Beyond Borders
Walter Chaw
Reason enough why the rest of the world just hates America s guts 
1
Terror's Advocate
Sean P. Means
Schroeder s approach to this controversial figure is more plodding than it should be 
2.5
Terror's Advocate
Geoff Pevere
The movie functions crackingly well as a non fiction international thriller 
3
Terror's Advocate
Jason McBride
The lawyer s intense isolation his solitary perverse rage against the world against France against conventional opinion is felt most deeply 
3.5
Terror's Advocate
Moira MacDonald
Schroeder s film which combines interviews with many of the key figures in Vergs career with grainy historical footage lets its subject speak for itself but leaves little doubt of where the filmmaker stands 
3
Terror's Advocate
Mark Feeney
For just a moment ignore politics Consider Jacques Vergs simply as star The radical French lawyer is an absolutely compelling figure onscreen exotic resolute beguilingly smug 
3.5
Terror's Advocate
Tamara Straus
Jacques Vergs makes for compelling documentary film fodder He is arrogant cosmopolitan politically unpredictable and enmeshed in the roots of modern international terrorism 
3
Terror's Advocate
Glenn Whipp
It s a movie that cries out for a good editor 
2
Terror's Advocate
Timothy Knight
A brilliantly shrewd and maddeningly elusive figure controversial lawyer Jacques Vergs alternately fascinates and repulses in Barbet Schroeder s gripping documentary 
3
Terror's Advocate
Jack Mathews
Talk about a hard sell 
2
Terror's Advocate
Ken Fox
Packed with courtroom drama mystery and international intrigue 
3.5
Terror's Advocate
John Anderson
Jacques Vergs had defended a lot of people and it s his Zelig like journey through the politics of the postwar 20th century that is the contentious subject of Barbet Schroeder s unwieldy unforgettable film 
4
Terror's Advocate
Ed Gonzalez
Scarcely an expos Terror s Advocate is more plainly a portrait of a man as a timeline 
2
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Marty Mapes
Made by John Woo before he became synonymous with modern Hong Kong gangster movies
2.5
A Shadow You Soon Will Be
Juan M. Mendez
In A Shadow You Soon Will Be the plot does not matter it is the characters and the context of their actions what counts 
3
The World's End
Brian Eggert
91 The movie takes 93 an exhausted genre and suffusing it with energy 44 wit 44 and technical bravado 44 but perhaps most importantly 44 three dimensional characters whose serious interpersonal relationships extend the cultish material beyond its usual limitations 46 
3.5
The World's End
Wesley Lovell
A fantastic end to a terrific largely unrelated trilogy 
3.5
The World's End
Frank Ochieng
The good news is that the savvy apocalypse comedy The World s End is armed with the notorious wit from proven collaborators in writer director Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim vs The World and actor writer Simon Pegg and Nick Frost 
3
The World's End
Sonny Bunch
The World s End is pretty blasted funny and a fine finale to director cowriter Edgar Wright and star cowriter Simon Pegg s so called Cornetto Trilogy 
3
The World's End
Brad Keefe
This is apparently how the world ends Not with a whimper but a laugh 
3
The World's End
Adam Nayman
If Wright doesn t quite sustain this astonishing mixture of sadness and silliness all the way through he gets major points just for attempting it in the first place 
4
The World's End
Linda Cook
You might want to have a beer after you see The World s End the latest from the creative team of Simon Pegg Nick Frost and Edgar Wright 
3
The World's End
James Kendrick
the first part of the movie is so good so knowing and funny and raucous and even bittersweet in its depiction of male arrested development that all the sci fi silliness that runs rampant in the second part feels derivative and unnecessary
2.5
The World's End
Mike McGranaghan
I d estimate that 75 of The World s End is enjoyable The other 25 isn t bad just repetitive 
3
The World's End
Matt Brunson
The early going of the film is terrific This material is so strong that it s almost a shame when the science fiction angle takes over 
3
The World's End
Marty Mapes
Wright Frost Pegg present a screwball Sci fi comedy
3
The World's End
John Beifuss
Says the Rosamund Pike character You come back home and everything is the same but different The science fiction element of the story when it appears offers a clever literal explanation for this unsettling uncanny feeling 
3
The World's End
Sean P. Means
Pegg is at his manic best here presenting Gary s arrested adolescence as a badge of honor while also hiding a sad secret that explains his fierce determination to finish the pub crawl even as the robots turn lethal 
3.5
The World's End
James Berardinelli
The film s strength is its comedic bent there are some very funny moments contained herein 
3
The World's End
David Nusair
The World s End weighed down by ineffective incoherent fight sequences and a repetitive second half ultimately establishes itself as just another bloated and overblown summer blockbuster 
2
The World's End
John Wirt
After briefly catching comic lightning the fun fades Actor screenwriter Simon Pegg and director screenwriter Edgar Wright paint their characters into a pub corner 
2.5
The World's End
Robert Levin
The movie stands out for two reasons Simon Pegg is hilarious and Edgar Wright directs with flair 
3
The World's End
Lisa Kennedy
The movie throws itself headlong toward the ridiculous when it begins to live up to its title 
2
The World's End
Matt Zoller Seitz
A rare film that s as much fun as you ve heard 
3.5
The World's End
Phil Villarreal
There s not much more you can ask from a movie like this It s a rare drinking comedy that doesn t require you to be drunk to enjoy it 
3
The World's End
John Serba
It s the least of Pegg and Wright s three creative collaborations but nonetheless diverting for those tuned to its hyper pop culture wavelength 
3
The World's End
Scott Nash
The funniest movie of 2013
4
The World's End
Peter Travers
To my surprise a diamond has emerged from the gutter Its name is The World s End and it ll knock you on you ass from laughing when you re not rubbing your eyes in disbelief 
3.5
The World's End
Rob Thomas
Between these films and Scott Pilgrim Versus the World Wright has become very deft at using genre conventions to illustrate the human comedy while still giving his audience a ripping good time 
3
The World's End
Rene Rodriguez
Although its humor is not for all tastes no one can say this crazy picture doesn t have the guts to live up to its title 
3
The World's End
Jen Chaney
Let s hope Wright Pegg and Frost concoct more wild doomsday scenarios together Their work makes for a good time at the movies 
3
The World's End
Stephen Whitty
Life s too short to waste your time on this even if the end isn t near 
2
The World's End
Mark Dujsik
T he real surprise of The World s End is the wounded heart beating underneath the gags 
3.5
The World's End
Dustin Putman
Gets things all wrong its sarcastic humor more often than not limp and its play for drama tone deaf and overbearing when a lighter touch might have made a greater impact 
1.5
The World's End
Claudia Puig
The movie shifts midstream and never regains its footing 
2.5
The World's End
Rafer Guzman
Wright knows how to keep the energy spinning but he also doesn t know when to stop 
2
The World's End
Steven Rea
This inspired nutball comedy is like its heroes on their mission It just gets progressively more nuts more blotto 
3
The World's End
Ty Burr
The World s End is more frantic than funny but it s still funny enough just to outweigh its own silliness 
2.5
The World's End
Chris Hewitt
World s End is easy to relate to but it s the guys and the clever silly script that make it so much fun 
3.5
The World's End
Chris Knight
There are times when I d kill for a pint but I don t think I ve ever been ready to die for one That however is the situation faced by Gary King Simon Pegg in the hilarious pub crawl meets apocalypse that is The World s End 
3.5
The World's End
Kyle Smith
The movie independently bungles everything it tries like a Central Park busker who simultaneously sucks at juggling harmonica playing and skateboarding 
1.5
The World's End
Dann Gire
If you haven t succumbed to movie TMI about World s End stop reading now go see this smart and hilarious comedy about the double edged sword called nostalgia and read my review later 
3.5
The World's End
Jon Niccum
Hilarious wistful and eventually bizarre 
3
The World's End
Duane Dudek
If someone turned 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall into a movie it might look like The World s End If you added killer robots 
3
The World's End
Jason Buchanan
Even while tackling sensitive issues such as alcoholism bullying and the consequences of nonconformity Pegg and Wright never take themselves or their characters too seriously 
3
The World's End
Mick LaSalle
The World s End has the aura and this might only be an attractive illusion of something imagined whole in a burst of inspiration rather than as something labored over 
3
The World's End
Joe Williams
An arrested development comedy that develops into something else altogether 
3
The World's End
Michael Phillips
The movie is madly wonderfully at odds with itself 
3.5
The World's End
Peter Howell
This movie isn t just smart it s also wise 
3.5
The World's End
Josh Larsen
Pegg and Wright s movies laugh bleed and explode in the face of maturity even as they begrudgingly recognize the virtue of it 
3.5
The World's End
Moira MacDonald
It s a little too close to Shaun of the Dead and to Wright s Scott Pilgrim vs the World in its structure and gags and while there are plenty of laughs you wish they were bigger ones particularly in the beginning 
3
The World's End
Matt Pais
So fun and so funny 
3.5
The World's End
Peter Canavese
You can go home again But it s going to involve a lot of drinking 
3.5
The World's End
Karen D'Souza
The movie never makes fun of geek tropes but it does indulge in rapid fire pop culture allusions that go so bloody fast you need to see it twice to catch them all 
3.5
The World's End
Drew Grant
It s the nerd dream technological singularity turned into a logistical nightmare where free will is diametrically opposed to the next stage of our evolution 
3
The World's End
Roger Moore
A sudsy victory lap for Team Shaun of the Dead Damned witty 
3
The World's End
Jocelyn Noveck
The World s End one of those bittersweet coming home films that show how difficult it is to really well go home Because it s never the same 
3
The World's End
Christy Lemire
The World s End might be the best time you ll have at the movies all year It is a complete blast urgently paced hilariously clever and blisteringly profane 
3.5
The World's End
Calum Marsh
An ordinary drama embellished and in some sense infringed on by genre elements rather than the other way around 
4
Despicable Me 2
Brian Eggert
Nothing is surprising about Despicable Me 2 44 but then there 8217 s something very unsurprising about that 46 
1.5
Despicable Me 2
David Nusair
a passable followup that s sure to amuse and entertain fans of the original 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Wesley Lovell
Gru s villainy is replaced by a cloying fish out of water mentality that is tortured by overuse of the minions characters Still the film is entertaining and has several wonderful scenes that almost make up the difference 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
John Beifuss
The beautiful digital animation is state of the art but the story and comedy are utter cliche 
2
Despicable Me 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie captures that magical mixture naughtiness and goodness 
3
Despicable Me 2
Mike McGranaghan
Doesn t belong in the top ranks of animated fare but like its predecessor it contains enough humor charm and warmth to make it a solid family film 
3
Despicable Me 2
David Keyes
The story is unfocused and capped by a resolution that has notable holes in reason but even that could be forgiven in a cartoon with an arsenal of laughs 
2
Despicable Me 2
Linda Cook
What a nice surprise Gru is just as funny as a good guy Despicable Me 2 is believe it or not a romance focused romp that has its share of villains This time around though Gru is not among them 
3.5
Despicable Me 2
James Kendrick
Everything that is good about it including those wonderfully nattering minions who have even more screen time and play a bigger role in the narrative is what was good in the first film so there isn t any sense of growth or expansion
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Peter Travers
Co directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin who do Minion voices expertly never let up on the laughs A fart joke in 3 D may not be three times as wacky but the high spirits of Despicable Me 2 are irresistible fun 
3
Despicable Me 2
Austin Kennedy
I laughed harder and more often than in any movie I have seen so far this year 
3.5
Despicable Me 2
Kam Williams
Sure the pat Hollywood ending is a foregone conclusion but nobody s complaining when the roller coaster ride is so thoroughly enjoyable 
3.5
Despicable Me 2
Jeff Beck
It has quite a reputation to live up to due to its predecessor and while it doesn t quite reach the heights of the previous film this is still a very enjoyable and silly sequel that is a welcome return to the characters we ve come to know and love 
3
Despicable Me 2
Matt Brunson
For the most part Despicable Me 2 is amusing and cheerful but it lacks the mild cheddar edge that made the first film stand out moments like when Gru inflates a balloon animal for a sad boy only to then pop it himself 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Michael Smith
What makes this another winner is that there are more than enough subversive chuckles to balance out the sugar It is almost impossible to not smile through the duration of the movie 
3
Despicable Me 2
Scott Nash
Exactly what a cartoon should be A lot of fun with jokes that both kids and grown ups can enjoy 
3
Despicable Me 2
Willie Waffle
It s all about The Minions 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Mark Dujsik
A meandering unfocused movie that tries to force more material out of a gimmick without actually using the gimmick than is possible 
2
Despicable Me 2
Chris Knight
Despicable Me 2 does have the whiff of focus group research about it more minions but the story by the same duo that wrote the original and the same directors too also feels like a natural extension of the first film 
3
Despicable Me 2
Gary Thompson
We do get a solid 40 minutes of Hart s new routine one that shows his transition from underdog entertainer to front rank stand up star 
3
Despicable Me 2
Odie Henderson
Despicable Me 2 lags on occasion but every time I found my attention waning the filmmakers did something wicked to goose me 
3
Despicable Me 2
Kirk Baird
Not as consistently funny as the original Despicable Me 2 still proves itself a quite capable sequel one that moves the characters and their stories along in humorous and often sweet ways 
3.5
Despicable Me 2
Peter Canavese
Culminates in a double music video finish designed to see audiences out in a pop narcotic laughing gas daze As a tactic it s a poor substitute for a satisfying story 
2
Despicable Me 2
John Wirt
Gru and his minions in a sequel that doesn t run out of gas 
3.5
Despicable Me 2
Rob Thomas
It would have been funnier to see an inkling of the old Gru peeking through perhaps momentarily swayed by the idea of rejoining the dark side He s just so shudder nice 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
If you re looking for quality prepackaged predigested Hollywood family fun this summer you could do a lot worse than Despicable Me 2 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
John Serba
The Minions will make or break Despicable Me 2 for audiences depending on whether you find them endearing or annoying 
3
Despicable Me 2
Dustin Putman
Pleasant as it plays out but also glaringly lacking when stacked up next to its shrewder sweeter more inventive predecessor 
2
Despicable Me 2
Sean P. Means
Gru without evil doesn t have much of a personality at all 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Stephanie Merry
The animation is beguiling particularly when Lucy drives her car into the ocean transforming it into a submarine that scoots around sharks and fish 
3
Despicable Me 2
Jason Buchanan
For cynics and detractors it may at time feel like this sequel exists for nothing more than to push the film s most marketable characters front and center 
2
Despicable Me 2
Liam Lacey
An animated sequel that despite not achieving the inspired lunacy of the first movie where Gru literally steals the moon is smartly calculated to deliver squeals to kids and amusement to accompanying adults 
3
Despicable Me 2
Claudia Puig
Slapstick high jinks are plentiful though never particularly funny 
2
Despicable Me 2
Sara Stewart
Sure it s not as novel as the first time we were here but directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud stay true to the clever slapstick vibe 
3
Despicable Me 2
Joe Williams
Despicable Me 2 is trying to tickle not teach In a marketplace full of toxic messages that s not such a bad thing 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Rafer Guzman
Better or at least sweeter than the first with Wiig adding some much needed romantic charm to the toddler level humor 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
James Berardinelli
Despicable Me 2 feels like a opportunity to get together with some old friends hang out and discover what they ve been up to 
3
Despicable Me 2
Josh Larsen
partly another adventure but its main concern is romantic matchmaking 
1.5
Despicable Me 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
Almost as much fun as the riotous original 
3
Despicable Me 2
Heather Ronaldson
Did I mention the minions rock Those yellow pill shaped goofballs took lessons from the Three Stooges to orchestrate their myriad comedic vignettes which if strung together could be a feature film of their own 
3
Despicable Me 2
Michael Phillips
Steve Carell s Slavic inflections as Gru do the trick as before Wiig s clever hesitations and comic timing help save the day 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Chris Hewitt
The result is a sequel that is the opposite of despicable 
3
Despicable Me 2
Peter Hartlaub
It s a credit that the writing can be so funny in the moment that it takes time to realize there s no cohesive story zero dramatic tension and nary a practical lesson for either the characters in the film or the people watching in the theater 
3
Despicable Me 2
Dann Gire
This time around Gru s Minions those wacky little gibberish spouting Tater Tots with eyeballs some with one some two receive greater screen time to perform more crowd pleasing shtick 
3
Despicable Me 2
Peter Howell
The beguiling basics are still there including the goofy gadgets and sly references to other films 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Matt Pais
Mild on every level mildly funny mildly annoying mildly cute and mildly offensive 
2
Despicable Me 2
Soren Andersen
It s fun It s cheerful It s lollipop colorful Best of all it features lots of minion mischief which guarantees plenty of laughs But what it doesn t have is an edge 
2.5
Despicable Me 2
Jon Niccum
Parts James Bond flick Get Smart episode and Pixar esque family adventure Despicable Me 2 introduces fresh challenges for its crusty hero 
3
Despicable Me 2
Stephen Whitty
Not only a fun cartoon but that rare thing a sequel which actually improves on the original 
3
Despicable Me 2
Randy Myers
While it isn t as touching or as exuberantly funny as the original it s a cute summer diversion for kids with just enough wink wink slyness and cheeky cinematic asides to hold the interests of older teens and adults 
3
Despicable Me 2
Roger Moore
Has more laughs in its first five minutes than Monsters University managed in 90 
3.5
Despicable Me 2
Chris Cabin
The script s jumble of plot asides and family friendly pandering is enough to make you want to root for a hero 
1.5
The Monkey Hustle
Roger Ebert
Monkey Hustle is a good hearted muddle a totally confused movie that manages to be fun from time to time 
1.5
Innocent Voices
Phil Villarreal
Padilla is superb as a boy who eagerly looks forward to manhood while ruefully bidding farewell to youth 
3
Innocent Voices
Chris Hewitt
Innocent Voices is based on a true story and you know what that often means It feels very untrue 
1
Innocent Voices
Roger Ebert
Effective without being overwhelming 
3
Innocent Voices
Michael Wilmington
In the best parts of Innocent Voices we experience both war s tragedy and its sometimes weird exhilaration with innocent clarity 
3
Innocent Voices
James Verniere
The film however well intentioned is full of cliches 
2
Innocent Voices
Randy Myers
Innocent Voices is executed with such unbridled passion and conviction that we overlook its excesses and succumb to its dramatic story 
3
Innocent Voices
Bob Strauss
Innocent Voices may not be a perfect movie but in many ways it s a necessary one 
3
Innocent Voices
Elizabeth Weitzman
The many riveting moments will stay with you for days and Padilla is well up to the task of carrying this intense story on his tiny shoulders 
3
Innocent Voices
Steven Rea
It s a harrowing tale but one that gets phonied up with unnecessary slo mos manipulative soundtrack cues and unrestrained thespianism 
2.5
Innocent Voices
Stephen Whitty
This isn t only slightly simplistic politics it s bad drama 
2
Innocent Voices
V.A. Musetto
Mandoki never passes up a chance to increase the schmaltz level but that doesn t lessen the impact of this harrowing account of a hellish childhood 
3
Innocent Voices
Timothy Knight
An important film that should be seen by many 
3
Innocent Voices
Ruthe Stein
A movie with a long echo 
3.5
Innocent Voices
John Hartl
The movie creates a sense of shame that is hard to shake 
3.5
Innocent Voices
Wesley Morris
Innocent Voices is one of those movies whose heart is in the right place but its treatment just feels wrong 
2.5
Innocent Voices
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unintentionally bad Hallmark Hall of Fame movie 
1
Innocent Voices
Claudia Puig
A deeply moving and powerful film 
3.5
Innocent Voices
Phoebe Flowers
The subject matter of Innocent Voices almost tricks you into believing the movie has some inherent worth 
1
Innocent Voices
James Berardinelli
Innocent Voices is an angry movie and for good reason Anything less serious would have been a gross injustice Mandoki has given us a powerful motion picture 
3.5
Innocent Voices
Jorge Avila Andrade
En realidad no es mala pelcula para nada pero fue vctima de las pretensiones desmedidas de quienes estn detrs de ella 
2.5
Flatliners
Brian Eggert
Schumacher s Flatliners is prime material for a remake being a slick idea that wasn t handled very well in the first place but alas this version is a disposable nonsensical and instantly forgettable mess that makes the original seem almost masterful 
0.5
Flatliners
Frank Ochieng
What Flatliners needs or any other regrettable notions of its future sequels or remakes is a decorative quarantine sign hanging on its hospital bed 
1.5
Flatliners
David Nusair
A mediocre remake of a mediocre film 
2
Flatliners
Josh Terry
The scares are mild the story is tepid and Flatliners feels destined to be a watchable if pointless movie that you catch on cable at 1 a m when you are absolutely determined to not go to bed 
2
Flatliners
Sara Michelle Fetters
This new version is sadly D O A 
1.5
Flatliners
Ryan Porter
This would be boring if it wasn t so unintentionally funny 
1.5
Flatliners
James Berardinelli
What we get is a mediocre remake of a mediocre original not exactly must see cinema 
2
Flatliners
Peter Travers
A fright free fiasco This update of a silly 1990 Julia Roberts thriller is even more witless and stupefyingly dull than the original 
1
Flatliners
Matt Zoller Seitz
A fabulous idea for a movie but unfortunately Flatliners represents the second failed attempt to do it justice 
1.5
Flatliners
Rafer Guzman
the low aiming remake feels like just another generic horror flick 
1.5
Flatliners
Bill Zwecker
Not every remake is unnecessary but the idea only works when the new movie takes the basic premise and takes it in new directions 
2
Flatliners
Roger Moore
Not half bad not quite half good either 
2
Flatliners
Mark Dujsik
Watching it is to feel the same disappointment that came with the original only heightened 
1
The Substance of Fire
David Nusair
The actors are all fantastic in their roles especially Ron Rifkin 
3
The Substance of Fire
Roger Ebert
Because its ideas remain murky it frustrates our expectations It s not a satisfying film but that doesn t make it a bad one 
3
Jackie Brown
Wesley Lovell
Tarantino 8217 s use of multiple angles for the same scene to show different perspectives spread throughout a short period of time is similar to that in Pulp Fiction and isn 8217 t new 44 but is still effective 46 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Matt Brunson
Grier and Jackson are excellent while Forster steals the entire picture with his understated turn he earned the film s sole Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor 
3
Jackie Brown
Tom Meek
Quentin Tarantino knows his way around a script but this is something special that goes beyond witty dialogue 
4
Jackie Brown
Michael Wilmington
A twisty comedy of betrayal and greed 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Walter Chaw
might be his best film
4
Jackie Brown
Peter Canavese
Succeeds as a witty Elmore Leonard crime story but also as a surprisingly affecting mid life romance Blu ray 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Maitland McDonagh
That this modest crime thriller can t quite live up to its audacious dance across so many strata of hip and hommage and self referential cool it makes your head spin is hardly a surprise or even a criticism 
3
Jackie Brown
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These are unquestionably Tarantino s greatest characters and the actors eat them up with verve 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Judith Egerton
Give Jackson the best actor Oscar for his picture perfect performance as a gun running criminal whose vocabulary is as vulgar as his occupation 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Margaret A. McGurk
On the surface Jackie Brown based on Elmore Lenoard s novel Rum Punch is a caper movie full of guns drugs purple profanity and bloody murder But scratch the surface and you find a love letter 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Rick Groen
Beyond the grasp of most directors this is tour de force stuff definitely meriting the price of admission and almost worth the three year wait 
3
Jackie Brown
James Kendrick
While this is not his best work to date it is still a solid piece of moviemaking that shows he has more range as a writer and director than many wanted to give him credit for 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Madeleine Williams
Tarantino s third full length directoral effort is a good film but the worst of the three 
2.5
Jackie Brown
Michael Dequina
Though the film is consistently engrossing at 155 minutes it is overlong by at least 20 minutes and the unspectacular climax is quite disappointing 
3.5
Jackie Brown
Ted Prigge
A damn near flawless little piece of film noir filled with excellent characterization and just the right bit of hipness 
4
Jackie Brown
Robert Roten
While not as polished as Pulp Fiction his best film Jackie Brown does have one thing his earlier films lacked a couple of characters with brains 
3.5
Jackie Brown
James Berardinelli
An entertaining diversion but not a masterpiece 
3
Jackie Brown
Mick LaSalle
Scene by scene Jackie Brown is amusing but after two hours it seems sluggish and at that point still has a half hour to go 
2
Jackie Brown
Joe Baltake
A great actor s movie 
4
Jackie Brown
Mike D'Angelo
This movie draaaaaags 
2.5
Jackie Brown
Steve Rhodes
A surprisingly mediocre movie 
2.5
Jackie Brown
Susan Stark
A surprisingly sluggish Tarantino piece 
2
Jackie Brown
Mike Clark
Between Jackson s opining and De Niro s hopeless alibis when he messes up Jackie is good for a bundle of bloody ho ho hos 
3
Jackie Brown
Rob Blackwelder
Jackie Brown isn t a great film but it has the air of its director s wicked brilliance 
2.5
Jackie Brown
Marty Mapes
There are a lot of things right in Jackie Brown and they all combine to form an entertaining stimulating movie 
3
Jackie Brown
Jeff Vice
The movie takes 150 minutes to tell what should have been a 90 minute story 
2
Jackie Brown
Roger Ebert
This is the movie that proves Tarantino is the real thing and not just a two film wonder boy 
4
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The larger message that you should marry for the right reasons only when you re ready is one everyone can applaud 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Sara Michelle Fetters
I d like to but than that would be lying and if I ve ever learned anything from Disney it is that lying is wrong 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
David Nusair
The Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement is unapologetically aimed towards young girls making this review virtually moot 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Forrest Hartman
The film runs an insufferable two hours leisurely chugging toward an ending most of the audience will have predicted 15 minutes in 
1
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Peter Debruge
This threadbare sequel takes a page from such revisionist fairy tales as Shrek and Ella Enchanted movies that assume we ve grown so weary of the same old Cinderella story that they go out of their way to invert the formula 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Tony Toscano
Sadly the film leaves you with the feeling this was done just for the money this sequel would possibly bring 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A needless but charming sequel 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Vince Koehler
Follow the fun in this excellent sequel that I liked better than the original 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Peter Canavese
Toy tiaras for orphans the first one s always free Another day another dollar for Disney s lucrative business of breeding ever longing dream princesses 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Jonathan R. Perry
Being neither 12 years old nor endowed with X chromosomes all that held my attention was wondering what in the holy underwear Paul Williams was doing up there 
1
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Mike McGranaghan
Obviousness is what does The Princess Diaries 2 in Everything in this plot marches along to a prefabricated beat 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Josh Larsen
Either Marshall is tone deaf to punch lines or he thinks audiences are for nearly every gag gets underscored at least twice 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Stephen Humphries
Lazily plotted Bachelorette for tweens 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Sean McBride
There s no spark of life in the story nothing that will charm kids and their parents 
1
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Larry Ratliff
This Princess falters before getting to the altar Once that near magical event happens especially if you re a little girl the kingdom is enchanted once again 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Kit Bowen
It delivers the same bland adolescent fluff and feel good family values its predecessor provided This could get interesting but it doesn t not really 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
James Verniere
Its royal claim is dubious and if I were allowed to make proclamations and I can t understand why I can t I d have to proclaim it seriously unfunny 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Claudia Puig
We all love a good fairy tale but the enchantment is missing in this predictable sequel 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Chris Hewitt
The movie tries too slavishly to duplicate the original without taking it in any new directions 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Laura Kelly
Princess Diaries 2 has plenty of returning cast members and the same competent if bland direction Yet why does it feel like an infomercial for the soundtrack 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Moira MacDonald
The movie is undeniably cute But it s also often a gooey mess with a plot that manages to be both wearisome and preposterous to grown ups that is 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Carla Meyer
Offers enough glossy good cheer to appeal to everyone 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
David Elliott
All is Disney and cute and up 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Joe Baltake
Starts out rather awkwardly but succeeds almost in spite of itself 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Timothy Knight
A cheesy looking sequel to 2001 s sleeper hit that lacks anything resembling genuine charm wit or heart 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Carrie Rickey
It s an 8 year old girl s fantasy of adulthood right down to the purple and scarlet uniforms worn by the Genovian National Guard 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
John Anderson
It s unfair to allow grown ups to wander into this alleged comedy without letting them know a few things first One that small children will be bored Two that they will be bored Three that they will be bored Four Zzzzzzzzzzz 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Megan Lehmann
A number of the goofy set pieces fall flat but tweens should be too busy swooning at midnight horse rides and bling bling walk in wardrobes to notice 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ought to charm its loyal subjects or at least their less demanding little sisters 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Jeff Strickler
The Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement picks up right where the 2001 hit original left off not only in its story line but in its appeal to young girls 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Sue Pierman
Too squeaky clean to be offensive but far too long to be entertaining 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Glenn Whipp
Hathaway makes it all seem more palatable than it really is and the presence of Julie Andrews doesn t hurt either lending the movie a regal grace it otherwise doesn t deserve 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Dan Lybarger
The Princess Diaries 2 may not be quite fit for royalty but it doesn t make viewers feel as if they ve been sent to a dungeon either 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Jennie Punter
Like the first movie Princess Diaries 2 relies primarily on the chemistry and screen appeal of Andrews and Hathaway to elevate the storytelling above the level of mush 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Jeff Vice
There s perhaps 60 or 70 minutes worth of material here at best However that hasn t stopped Marshall and the screenwriters from padding it out with nonsensical often painfully unfunny attempts at humor 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Michael Booth
Gentle fun 
2.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Robert K. Elder
An improvement over its inelegant original 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Roger Ebert
The film is like a homage to the cliches and obligatory stereotypes of its genre 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Ty Burr
Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews again star and Garry Marshall returns as director the only things missing are a script a pulse and a reason why 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Sean P. Means
You shed a tear that Andrews good will has been so horribly misspent on this Disneyfied schlock 
1
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Jeffrey Westhoff
With the chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews he discovered in the first film Marshall would have needed superhuman effort to screw up their appeal 
3
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Phil Villarreal
The theme song and spirit was Diana Ross I m Coming Out This time the theme is more like I m Running Out Of ideas 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Willie Waffle
Princess Diaries 2 gives you plenty of reasons to hate it However the charming lead actors save the film from becoming dreadful 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Steve Rhodes
Who greenlit this lame script And why 
2
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Dustin Putman
May have no objectionable material parents will find offensive for children but just about every viewer will be offended by the patronizing hooey stuffed down their throat 
1.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Ed Gonzalez
Tiresomely plot driven and unnecessarily drawn out Royal Engagement is the prim and proper cousin to its comparatively anarchic predecessor 
1.5
Doom
Michael Dequina
Just feels like The Rock marking time and paying more dues until the more interesting and challenging offers come his way 
2
Doom
Scott Nash
Just your basic Aliens rip off with the name of a formerly popular video game franchise tacked on it 
2.5
Doom
Russ Breimeier
Doom is irritating enough to make you blow off some steam by spending a couple hours gunning down demons 
0
Doom
David Hiltbrand
A dark violent nerve wracking trigger giddy waste of time 
1
Doom
Mark Dujsik
Shows once again that most video games are best left in their original form allowing people to get their visceral thrills in the way they re accustomed with a control pad 
2
Doom
Linda Cook
Well I ve seen worse And that s about the only recommendation I can make for Doom yet another movie that s based on a video game 
1
Doom
Gene Seymour
shows less human dimension than the new Wallace and Gromit movie 
1.5
Doom
Sara Michelle Fetters
For the rest of us let me suggest we do what I suggested earlier and that s return home turn on our computer and boot up the game We ll certainly have more fun than those paying full price to see this will 
2
Doom
Kim Morgan
With uninspired fight choreography and sequences so dimly lit the viewer has a hard time deciphering where and what anything is director Bartkowiak reveals he s no Ridley Scott when it comes to tension and buildup 
1.5
Doom
Jonathan W. Hickman
Director Andrzej Bartkowiak wants to give us the ultimate sugar rush but all we get is the rush with none of the sugar and the come down is headache inducing 
0
Doom
Tyler Hanley
Doom may not be a sure fire hit but it s certain to satisfy its target audience 
2.5
Doom
Mike McGranaghan
You re supposed to watch a movie and play a videogame they want us to watch a videogame which is not fun and feel like we re playing a movie which is not possible 
1
Doom
Greg Maki
The best thing I can say about Doom is that it isn t nearly as bad as the vast majority of video game to film adaptations 
2
Doom
Frank Ochieng
As a grand big screen video game brought to exaggerated life Doom is about as flexibly entertaining as a needlessly squeaky joystick an over extended misfire 
1.5
Doom
Peter Canavese
As far as I can tell no one is at the controls of Doom 
.5
Doom
Dustin Putman
Just an Alien knockoff albeit a serviceable one 
2
Doom
Maitland McDonagh
A gory shameless ALIENS 1986 rip off 
1.5
Doom
Malene Arpe
This movie proves that the best place to enjoy a video game is in your living room with a cordless precision controller iron gripped in your sweaty hands 
1
Doom
Ted Fry
There s never a dull moment in this surprisingly clever imagining of one of the most popular video games of all time especially considering that the murderous mayhem and extreme bloodletting that are its hallmarks remain intact 
2.5
Doom
Peter Hartlaub
It takes someone who has actually played the game to explain what a colossally bad idea the Doom movie and most films that use video games as source material was from the start 
1
Doom
Carla Meyer
Doom is a standard science fiction horror film that threatens to be substandard before perking up considerably in its final half 
2
Doom
Lou Lumenick
Another sorry chapter in Hollywood s infatuation with video games Doom is basically a deadly dull rehash of Resident Evil which in turn was a third generation clone of Aliens 
1.5
Doom
Elizabeth Weitzman
Not only do we rarely get to participate in the fun fun being the chance to watch demon guts splattered across the walls but there s barely any to be found 
1
Doom
Paul Doro
Doom becomes tedious in a hurry 
2
Doom
Bob Strauss
It doesn t feel like you re in outer space nor even cyberspace It feels like Ohio 
2
Doom
Brian McTavish
Doom borrows gimmicks from other sci fi horror movies and not very well without creating enough of its own to do the trick 
1.5
Doom
Jennie Punter
Doom has some good jolts and action sequences and never takes itself too seriously However watching the squad roaming around the dark corridors and sewer system of the research station starts to get repetitive 
1.5
Doom
John Monaghan
When the video game to movie thing becomes this literal it only makes you wonder why anyone would want to see a big screen Doom at all 
2
Doom
Jeff Vice
Unlike the game this gore heavy and moronic science fiction thriller doesn t feature a player control aspect So there s no way to skip past the early dull moments or to end the game er movie early 
1.5
Doom
Roger Ebert
Doom is like some kid came over and is using your computer and won t let you play 
1
Doom
Lawrence Toppman
Doom is a treat for sadists an empty time passer for people who need only continuous noise and action and a bane to the rest of us Be warned or encouraged accordingly 
1.5
Doom
Wesley Morris
The only way this movie becomes any fun is when it stops impersonating a game and simply becomes one 
2
Doom
Jon Niccum
It s possible there s not a single moment in the movie in terms of dialogue plot or design that can t be directly attributed to another flick 
2
Doom
Sean P. Means
You know a video game based movie is bad when making it look more like a video game is an improvement 
1.5
Doom
David Nusair
a thoroughly mediocre Aliens ripoff 
1.5
Doom
Daniel M. Kimmel
Fans of the game would rather play it themselves than watch someone else do it for them 
2
Doom
Erik Childress
Too bad we didn t have Bill Paxton s Hudson to relentlessly shout out Game over man Game over 
1
Doom
Willie Waffle
Try this on for size Everyone else s chances at an Oscar are DOOMed I don t mean it but it is a cool quote putting Earl Dittman to shame 
1
Doom
Dan Fienberg
The phrase worse than Super Mario Brothers should not be tossed around lightly when it comes to feature film adaptations of popular video games
0.5
Doom
Mike Clark
It s surprising The Rock s latest is as bearable as it is 
2.5
Doom
Chris Hewitt
When a movie is based on a video game we expect it to kick butt and take names and Doom does 
3
Doom
Robert K. Elder
Despite some solid moves against viewer expectations Doom ultimately embraces the cliched doom of all video game movies 
2
Doom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a deadly bore 
1.5
Doom
Josh Larsen
mainly works as a celebration of very big guns one guy walks around with what appears to be a rototiller and the sort of holes they can put in living flesh 
1.5
Doom
Nick Rogers
A mostly standard issue Marine fetish festival and also a regressive role for the Rock He should never have to drop an F bomb once let alone 15 times to seem tough 
2
Doom
Phil Villarreal
Those who step up to the box office window and request Doom will get what they asked for 
1.5
Doom
James Berardinelli
It s unfathomable how many times Hollywood has struck out in attempts to convert popular video computer games into movies This is the kind of misfire that reinforces negative stereotypes 
1
Doom
Nick Schager
The predictably heavy metal scored film s primary directive is to recreate the mindless mayhem of its joystick controlled roots 
2
Doom
Walter Chaw
I ve already seen enough of everything that Doom has to offer 
0.5
Doom
Steve Rhodes
The painfully long and insufferable last act is like being stuck in a bad first person shooter video game nightmare 
1.5
Smaller and Smaller Circles
Roger Moore
This adaptation of the First Ever crime novel written in the Philippines has the the bare bones of a decent thriller It s just that everybody involved needs more practice in the genre to get it right 
2
Alone in the Dark
David Keyes
How do you savage something this pathetic this completely unbothered by the basic concept of passable composition 
0
Alone in the Dark
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Don t watch Alone in the Dark Not even as a joke It s eighty minutes that absolutely no one can give you back Full review in Spanish 
0.5
Alone in the Dark
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The horror The hor ror 
0.5
Alone in the Dark
Rossiter Drake
The late Gene Siskel once devised a simple method of measuring a film s worth Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch Alone in the Dark doesn t come close to matching that standard 
.5
Alone in the Dark
Michael Dequina
Has just about everything a snarky bad movie lover could want that is except a guy and two robots sitting in the bottom right hand corner 
0
Alone in the Dark
Michael Szymanski
There s plenty to snicker at 
1
Alone in the Dark
Tom Meek
In this chintzy video game blow up Christian Slater battles zombies and transmogrified beasties revealing the horror of a once promising career turned miserable 
1
Alone in the Dark
Greg Maki
96 minutes of pure torture 
0
Alone in the Dark
Jeffrey Westhoff
If Ed Wood had the opportunity to fall under MTV s influence Plan Nine From Outer Space would have looked like Alone in the Dark 
1
Alone in the Dark
Linda Cook
Wow What an aptly named movie 
0
Alone in the Dark
Collin Souter
Grab your funniest smartass friends and have a good time ripping this piece of crap to shreds I know I did But if you re looking for a good movie stay away 
2.5
Alone in the Dark
Frank Ochieng
Woefully murky and meaningless The world s most durable and heavy duty flashlight couldn t bring an ounce of brightness to the underwhelming Alone in the Dark
1
Alone in the Dark
Mark Dujsik
If someone recommends you see Alone in the Dark assume that person hates you or at least dislikes you 
0
Alone in the Dark
Scott Nash
One of the worst movies ever made 
.5
Alone in the Dark
Peter Canavese
Dear Alone in the Dark It s time for me to start seeing other movies But I will think of you always when I sit at the movies alone in the dark without you 
0
Alone in the Dark
Christian Toto
Alone in the Dark doesn t even deserve the indignity of going straight to video
.5
Alone in the Dark
Paul Sherman
Unconvincing leads nonsensical plot dumb staging this movie has it all 
1
Alone in the Dark
Mike McGranaghan
The film looks like it was made for 1 05 with its murky cinematography sloppy special effects and cheap sets 
0.5
Alone in the Dark
Peter Howell
Alone in the Dark is so awful anyone who spends 10 bucks seeing it ought to get 11 bucks change and a written apology from the director and cast 
1
Alone in the Dark
Tom Keogh
Dreadful 
1
Alone in the Dark
Peter Hartlaub
A film so mind blowingly horrible that it teeters on the edge of cinematic immortality 
0
Alone in the Dark
David Elliott
If you are alone in the dark with Alone in the Dark be sure to bring chewing gum it will provide entertainment 
1
Alone in the Dark
Timothy Knight
A laugh out loud turkey 
.5
Alone in the Dark
David Hiltbrand
Never trust a movie that opens with a written introduction scrolling by that s longer than the collected works of Tom Clancy 
1
Alone in the Dark
Lisa Rose
Ultra violent hyper mindless and bruisingly loud Alone in the Dark makes its video game predecessors look like Masterpiece Theater 
1
Alone in the Dark
Russell Scott Smith
It doesn t even qualify as so bad it s good although by that standard it does have its moments 
0
Alone in the Dark
Jack Mathews
Alone in the Dark is no better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster even if you happen to reach into a trash can 
1
Alone in the Dark
Mack Bates
Alone in the Dark is amateurish at best and asinine at worst 
1
Alone in the Dark
Bob Strauss
Some concepts are meant to stay in the gaming console 
1.5
Alone in the Dark
Bruce Westbrook
Frighteningly bad cinema is the only thing scary about Alone in the Dark which gives video game movies an even worse name if that s possible 
1
Alone in the Dark
John Monaghan
It s tempting to call Alone in the Dark one of those movies so bad that it s almost good But that might send the wrong signal to Hollywood 
1
Alone in the Dark
Jeff Vice
The film is filled with hilariously bad performances expository dialogue and production values that suggest it could have been a low budget film school project 
1
Alone in the Dark
Michael Booth
Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the decade 
0
Alone in the Dark
Lawrence Toppman
I didn t see director Uwe Boll s zombie dud House of the Dead but on the evidence of Alone in the Dark he belongs in the pantheon of hopelessly inept directors 
1
Alone in the Dark
Janice Page
Alone in the Dark presents splatter fans with garden variety gore and gives action horror fans loud unscary special effects rather than genuine suspense or bang 
.5
Alone in the Dark
Marty Mapes
No subtext no moral no cultural observation no substance if it had calories they would be empty
1
Alone in the Dark
Larry Ratliff
Christian Slater and Tara Reid share quite possibly the most awkward love scene ever recorded on film 
1
Alone in the Dark
Ross Anthony
Perhaps hoping to be a sort of hybrid Matrix meets Indiana Jones meets Alien Unfortunately Alone in the Dark is just a bad movie 
0
Alone in the Dark
Walter Chaw
On the short list of Worst Movies Ever Made 
0
Alone in the Dark
Chuck O'Leary
Worse than you can imagine see 1997 s The Relic instead 
1
Alone in the Dark
David Nusair
asking the viewer to accept Tara Reid as a scientist is pure insanity requiring a staggering leap of faith that I can t even begin to contemplate 
1.5
Alone in the Dark
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I laughed I was bored I couldn t believe my own eyes 
0
Alone in the Dark
Chris Hewitt
Laughably bad 
0
Alone in the Dark
Michael Wilmington
There are some stupid films that rock if you turn your brain off and enjoy them Alone in the Dark isn t one of these though it is very stupid 
1
Alone in the Dark
Steve Rhodes
so far off the scale bad that the only possible reaction is to laugh at it and I do mean at it and not with it 
.5
Alone in the Dark
Nick Schager
Saying Uwe Boll s Alone in the Dark is better than his 2003 American debut House of the Dead is akin to praising syphilis for not being HIV 
.5
Alone in the Dark
Willie Waffle
you need an actor who can make the words SOUND smart and Reid won t be winning a Nobel Prize anytime soon she s proof that alcohol kills brain cells with a vengeance 
0
Alone in the Dark
Rob Blackwelder
Director Uwe Boll is a latter day Ed Wood who fancies himself a cross between action sytlish John Woo and B movie horror ific John Carpenter 
0
Alone in the Dark
Dustin Putman
This is jaw dropping awe inspiring I can t believe someone made this crap badness we re dealing with 
.5
The Running Man
Brian Eggert
At odds with its own purpose 44 the movie condemns the exhibition of violence 44 and yet at every turn resolves to be the very thing it condemns 46 
2
The Running Man
Roger Hurlburt
The Running Man is an energetic film that succeeds better as bloody adventure than it does as social commentary 
3
The Running Man
David Nusair
an appealingly broad premise that s employed to erratic yet mostly watchable effect by Glaser 
2.5
The Running Man
Mattie Lucas
It s a remarkably prescient media satire presaging the reality TV craze by almost 15 years and even went so far as to cast Family Feud s Richard Dawson as the show s egomaniacal host 
3
The Running Man
James Berardinelli
The years have been as unkind to it as they have been to its star s career 
2
The Running Man
Matt Brunson
Give the movie credit for being prescient Given the disgusting rise and success of reality TV it s not difficult at all to imagine fans of garbage like Survivor or Jersey Shore easily turning into the audience for a deathsport show like The Running Man 
2
The Running Man
James O'Ehley
The movie lacks any real tension and seems to be a host of fight scenes hastily added together 
1
The Running Man
Roger Ebert
The movie s problem is that all of the action scenes are versions of the same scenario 
2.5
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Lucius Gore
Given the lack of Lee screen time Taste is actually a pretty damn good Hammer film with a strong story the usual stock of excellent actors great costumes etc 
2.5
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Joshua Vasquez
Taste the Blood of Dracula is unusual in that it keeps Dracula somewhat on the sidelines 
3
Nursery University
Rafer Guzman
There s wicked fun in watching the wealthy sweat the small stuff but this documentary has empathy for parents of all incomes 
3
Nursery University
Kyle Smith
It s difficult to get too worked up as they fret about their Jacksons and Julianas in dining rooms big enough to land a helicopter in Nor is the film helpful as an insider s guide 
2.5
Nursery University
Kam Williams
A riveting expose of what looks an awful lot like child abuse in the name of quality education What s next an SAT test for newborns 
4
Nursery University
Ed Gonzalez
Largely coasts on shots of kids being adorable and parents behaving badly but the film occasionally if somewhat accidentally proves illuminating 
2.5
Who You Think I Am
Tom Meek
It s a film deeply rooted in Claire s POV and I can t imagine another actress as able to carry it off as Binoche 
3
Who You Think I Am
Pat Padua
This provocative and sexy tale of Internet identity is thoroughly entertaining 
3
Who You Think I Am
Brian Tallerico
A Russian nesting doll of intentions betrayals and self delusions that presents its story of deception in a manner that s constantly surprising 
3
Who You Think I Am
Mark Dujsik
Safy Nebbou s film is a melancholy desperate character study about aging feeling abandoned and finding freedom as well as a lot of pain in pretending to be someone else 
3
Who You Think I Am
Diego Semerene
Unlike the novel the film ultimately trades its main character s account of her own suffering for her therapist s pathologizing assessment 
2
Who You Think I Am
Kent Turner
A twisty brainy playful riddle 
3
Road to Perdition
Namrata Joshi
A beautiful elegy to a decaying world whose sadness lingers on 
3
Road to Perdition
Mike Clark
So is Perdition still a must see No question But it s tough to fuss about it much when a picture is this fussy 
3
Road to Perdition
Peter Canavese
The top billed actors deliver Hanks with his resonant reserve and Newman in conveying Rooney s failed attempt to live up to his self image as the ultimate just and loving patriarch Blu ray 
3
Road to Perdition
Joe Lozito
Road is so beautiful so well composed and so tidy in its sense of justice that it never quite gets its hands dirty enough to evoke any true emotion 
3
Road to Perdition
Betsy Bozdech
A beautifully filmed lovingly crafted film that tends to get too caught up in how it looks and feels letting the story suffer a bit in consequence 
3
Road to Perdition
Judith Egerton
It s wonderful to see Paul Newman in a great role again 
4
Road to Perdition
Willie Waffle
Mendes has proven that he must be counted among the greatest directors
4
Road to Perdition
Greg Maki
Easily the best movie so far in 2002 Road to Perdition holds its own against the finest films any year has to offer 
4
Road to Perdition
Michael Dequina
Click to read review
3
Road to Perdition
David Nusair
Along with cinematographer Conrad L Hall Sam Mendes has crafted a film that s just as exciting to look at as it is to watch 
4
Road to Perdition
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant yet gritty look at the life of a mafia hitman who turns against the man who treated him like a son only to prove himself to his own child 
4
Road to Perdition
Margaret A. McGurk
Thoughtful profound elegant and riveting 
4
Road to Perdition
Ian Mantgani
Whether Road to Perdition is trying too hard or not the point to stay focused on is that it happens to be a very good film 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Jorge Avila Andrade
Gran historia sobre el amor la familia la lealtad y la traicin que seguramente se convertir en un nuevo clsico del gnero 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Jon Niccum
Sam Mendes balances visceral action with emotional resonance never drifting too far away from the thread of what is essentially a very simple storyline 
4
Road to Perdition
Jules Brenner
The result may have some flaws but the artists involved may be commended for creating something that s provocative enough to linger in the thoughts of the cinematically disposed mind 
4
Road to Perdition
Gina Carbone
Cinephiles will appreciate the fine camerawork and overall mise en scene but people just heading out for a popcorn pleaser will likely be disappointed 
3
Road to Perdition
Cory Cheney
Trust me when you walk out of the theater from this one you ll know you ve seen a great movie 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Mike McGranaghan
Road to Perdition grabbed my attention simply by being a solid story told with style and intelligence 
3.5
Road to Perdition
David N. Butterworth
A provocative drama 
3
Road to Perdition
Tony Toscano
A rock solid character saga beautifully photographed and meticulously acted 
3.5
Road to Perdition
James Kendrick
a stately elegant gangster film
3.5
Road to Perdition
Mark Dujsik
In such able hands the film transcends its generic restrictions 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Jonathan R. Perry
Sam Mendes murders the sophomore jinx in this sumptuously melancholic realization of Richard Piers Rayner and Max Allan Collins graphic novel 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Jeremy Heilman
Everything s been scripted and art directed until all spontaneity ceases to exist It feels stifling and utterly embarrassed to be a genre picture 
2
Road to Perdition
Emily Blunt
The film s style and beauty are inspiring 
4
Road to Perdition
Dustin Putman
Has an underlyingly hopeful current running throughout but at its soul is one of an impossible heartbreak that can never be fully mended 
4
Road to Perdition
Mark Ramsey
The boys wear brimmed fedoras the girls wear aprons and everybody wears a dour expression Not for nothing do they call it the Depression 
3
Road to Perdition
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Road to Perdition does display greatness and it s worth seeing But it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it s won 
3
Road to Perdition
Jack Zink
Mendes though best known for his Oscar winning film debut in American Beauty has the perfect handle on how to manage the mob 
3
Road to Perdition
Moira MacDonald
It s a film at times so visually beautiful thanks to master cinematographer Conrad L Hall that it takes your breath away 
4
Road to Perdition
Mick LaSalle
Directed by Sam Mendes this movie might not be as flashy as his Oscar winning American Beauty but it s a smarter film more mature and emotionally honest 
3
Road to Perdition
David Elliott
The best gangster movie since The Godfather 
4
Road to Perdition
Joe Baltake
The film is quiet threatening and unforgettable 
4
Road to Perdition
Peter Travers
Like all films that count for something this stunner gets under your skin 
4
Road to Perdition
Tor Thorsen
Compared with most big studio releases this summer Perdition is quality cinema Trouble is it should ve been one of the great gangster movies 
3
Road to Perdition
Jan Stuart
A gorgeous eyeful and earful of a gangster drama 
4
Road to Perdition
Susan Stark
In an era of cinematic hyperbole it is as impressive for its reticence as for its resonance 
4
Road to Perdition
Terry Lawson
Mendes proves that American Beauty was no fluke only the first stop on a cinematic journey of intelligent entertainment that should involve us for years to come 
4
Road to Perdition
Jeff Vice
A fine film that stands on its own merits and one that does an admirable job of staying faithful to the spirit of its source material 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Steven Rosen
It is an impressive accomplishment on its own artful terms with strong performances by Hanks Newman Jude Law Stanley Tucci and others elevating it above an exercise in style 
3
Road to Perdition
Glenn Whipp
An honorable failure but one worth seeing even when it places a little too much importance on being earnest 
3
Road to Perdition
Wesley Morris
Mendes knows his way around a gangster movie resurrecting the genre by grafting it to a Western s confrontational landscape 
2.5
Road to Perdition
Roger Ebert
After I saw Road to Perdition I knew I admired it but I didn t know if I liked it I am still not sure It is cold and holds us outside 
3
Road to Perdition
David Keyes
The material is never overblown nor heavily stressed and when mere syllables are uttered between characters during crucial scenes we understand why less is more 
3
Road to Perdition
Liam Lacey
For its textured visual detail casting and snaking narrative The Road to Perdition is a trip worth taking though the recommendation comes with reservations 
3
Road to Perdition
Lou Lumenick
It may well end up with the multiple Oscar nominations its enthusiasts are predicting 
3
Road to Perdition
David Sterritt
The plot holes are big enough to hide Al Capone s illicit millions in 
2
Road to Perdition
Phil Villarreal
Hanks is the main reason to watch Road to Perdition which otherwise is a somewhat languid detached story 
3
Road to Perdition
Duane Dudek
Hanks tortured selflessness and Newman s grandfatherly menace are vivid creations 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Erik Childress
Road To Perdition knows what its about but not why its about it 
2.5
Road to Perdition
Chris Hewitt
Thrillingly different from anything Hanks has ever done 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Rene Rodriguez
Its subject matter may be grim but the film itself is exhilarating 
4
Road to Perdition
Carrie Rickey
The evolving dynamic between the two sets of fathers and sons is as compelling as the kindred stories of parents and estranged children in American Beauty 
3
Road to Perdition
Jeffrey Westhoff
A solid intelligent drama where excellent performances fall slightly out of tune with superb technical work 
3
Road to Perdition
Michael Szymanski
The film is so predictable the steps plod one after each other to the inevitable conclusion 
2.5
Road to Perdition
Bruce Newman
Newman gives a fierce astonishing performance 
4
Road to Perdition
Mary F. Pols
There are many lovely scenes of the father son variety between Hanks and Hoechlin but the most captivating and the most anguishing are those between Newman and Hanks 
4
Road to Perdition
Michael Wilmington
A rare recent example of a big budget Hollywood studio movie made with self conscious artistry and ambition 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Josh Larsen
With its hushed performances thoughtful pacing and lush production design Perdition puts its hands on its hips and dares you to call it anything but a masterful movie 
3
Road to Perdition
Bob Bloom
In a summer overrun with movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people a project in which the script and characters hold sway 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Vanessa Sibbald
While enjoyable upon viewing Road to Perdition comes across like Miller s Crossing without the bite 
2.5
Road to Perdition
Rob Blackwelder
While the picture s mood is inspired by the independent spirit of 1970s crime dramas it s been given a send em home smiling corporate Hollywood scrubbing clean 
2.5
Road to Perdition
Ross Anthony
Slow dry poorly cast but beautifully shot 
1
Road to Perdition
Steven Snyder
Road To Perdition is quite simply Tom Hanks movie Any success this film enjoys any awards it may win any notoriety it achieves is partly thanks to him 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Walter Chaw
Suffers from its timid parsing of the barn side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers 
2.5
Road to Perdition
James Berardinelli
Serious movie goers embarking upon this journey will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination 
3
Road to Perdition
Ed Gonzalez
Dylan Baker and Jude Law evoke cartoon villains lost in a straight faced gangster yarn 
2.5
Road to Perdition
Jeanne Aufmuth
No sophomore slump for director Sam Mendes who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand 
3
Road to Perdition
Steve Rhodes
Conrad L Hall s cinematography turns out to be the crowning achievement of the entire movie With rich mahogany colors and warm use of shadows the look is astounding 
3.5
Road to Perdition
Harvey S. Karten
Marvelously combines the gangster genre with coming of age themes First 4 star movie of the year 
4
Planes
David Nusair
rarely manages to achieve the heights achieved even by 2006 s entertaining yet lackluster Cars 
2
Planes
Wesley Lovell
A direct to video quality spin off that only exists to sell toys 
2
Planes
Sean P. Means
At the end of Planes you may wonder why it wasn t released straight to DVD which is how I d bet the promised sequel Planes Fire Rescue will be seen 
2
Planes
Michael Dequina
Plays like the cheap DisneyToons small screen cash in effort it clearly was conceived and always meant to be 
1.5
Planes
Linda Cook
It may not soar as high as its Pixar counterparts but Disney s Planes takes off nicely as a good natured addition to The World of Cars 
3
Planes
Willie Waffle
Plain and vanilla
2
Planes
Jason Buchanan
The runways in Disney s Planes are paved with good intentions but an overreliance on exhausted underdog tropes and a lazy central irony prevent it from truly soaring into the clouds 
2
Planes
Susan Wloszczyna
The plot is generic to a fault 
2
Planes
David Berry
It s less a movie than a 92 minute bet that children will be amused by willing to purchase anything with googly eyes slapped on it 
1.5
Planes
Mark Dujsik
Planes is tiring spin off that s stretching to copy the charm of material that was lacking it in the first place 
1.5
Planes
Stephen Whitty
Strictly by the numbers from the believe in yourself moral to the purely predictable ending 
2
Planes
Bob Bloom
Everything in Planes is predictable and formulaic The characters representing the planes of various nations are all basic stereotypes Nothing is left to chance everything is made easy so the kids will have no trouble following along 
1.5
Planes
Tom Keogh
Has the look and feel of Pixar s 2006 hit Cars if not the latter s charm or strong story 
2.5
Planes
Claudia Puig
It s engaging enough driving home the familiar message of following one s dreams and the less hackneyed theme of facing one s fears But it feels far too familiar
2
Planes
Bruce DeMara
While the plotting is rather pedestrian the humour mostly lame what makes Planes a stand out experience not surprisingly based on Disney s vast and impressive history of animated classics is the visuals 
2.5
Planes
Lou Lumenick
A charmingly modest low budget spin off from Pixar s Cars that provides more thrills and laughs for young children and their parents than many of its more elaborate brethren 
2.5
Planes
Rafer Guzman
If Planes were a reasonably priced download you d gladly use it to sedate your kids during a long car ride As a theatrical 3 D release however Planes will sedate you too 
1.5
Planes
Jen Chaney
This film is 100 percent devoid of surprises It s the story of an underestimated underdog that s like every other kid friendly life coachy story about an underestimated underdog 
1.5
Planes
David Hiltbrand
Has all the hallmarks of a straight to DVD project inferior plot dull writing cheap drawing perhaps because it was intended for the bargain bin at Target Walmart and Costco 
1
Planes
Mark Feeney
Seems like a lesser version of what may be Pixar s two weakest efforts the Cars movies 
2.5
Planes
Dann Gire
An innocuously silly movie 
2
Planes
Cathy Jakicic
All in all less than stellar Disney is still above average entertainment and Planes undoubtedly will keep the little fliers amused even while their parents put their brains on autopilot 
2.5
Planes
Peter Hartlaub
Many will enter theaters thinking this is a Pixar film with the raised expectations that accompany that mistake But even cynical animation fans will see there s quality here After a little turbulence Planes comes in for a nice landing 
2.5
Planes
Chris Hewitt
The hero of Planes has trouble getting off the ground So does the movie 
2.5
Planes
Michael Phillips
Cars with planes And some cars And a truck or two 
2
Planes
Matt Pais
Smurf this movie too 
0.5
Planes
Dustin Putman
Is it wrong to expect more from the Disney brand when they ve proven they can do so much better than this disposable trifle 
1.5
Planes
Phil Villarreal
There is much to hate about this movie Far more than there is to love in fact But I appreciate the dangerous turn so much that the glee overtook the Dane Cook baked misery 
3
Planes
Roger Moore
Basically a toy commercial with barely a laugh in it 
1.5
Planes
R. Kurt Osenlund
The film feels second rate in every sense from the quality of its animation to its C list voice cast 
1
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Anthony Puccinelli
Too much of a crude thing 
1
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
David Nusair
A surprisingly awful sequel 
1.5
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Michael Dequina
Painful to sit through 
0
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Jeanne Aufmuth
This Carrey vehicle works best when we just get to watch Ace vamp around various watering holes with his fellow vertebrates picking nits at one with his inner yak 
3
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Susan Wloszczyna
There s so little to watch besides Carrey in fact it makes you actually miss gasp Sean Young from Ace 1 
2
Love With the Proper Stranger
Matt Brunson
A bracingly mature film that tackles weighty issues in an intelligent and sober manner at least until the home stretch 
3
Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jump Off
Kam Williams
Directed by Thomas Gibson this damning documentary blows the cover off the practice of dancers trading sex for more face and booty time in rap videos 
4
Transference: A Love Story
Tom Meek
It s hard to put a tag on Transference but you have to admire its ambition in flagging mental illness in a unique way 
2.5
Transference: A Love Story
Blake Howard
Transference is a tragic story of insecurity and self sabotage in the face of love and happiness 
2
Transference: A Love Story
Bob Bloom
It is not a movie you will enjoy nor find entertaining But it is illuminating and offers an understanding look at people dealing with issues many of us are spared 
2.5
The Last Castle
Frank Ochieng
The movie s poster advertises a castle can only have one king That may be true but how come this Last Castle has so many jesters 
2
The Last Castle
Mark Dujsik
Serves as an intense drama an intelligent thriller and an intriguing character study wrapped into a solidly constructed package 
3.5
The Last Castle
Jorge Avila Andrade
Interesante alegora sobre el valor de la libertad entretenimiento de alto nivel y bien pensado
3
The Last Castle
Robert Roten
It is not a realistic story at all and it is predictable and derivative 
2
The Last Castle
Andrew Howe
A career ending missive from two seriously disturbed individuals 
2
The Last Castle
Dan Lybarger
Like the high stone walls of the title structure director Rod Lurie s The Last Castle can be stately but sometimes seem a little too stiff for its own good 
2.5
The Last Castle
Michael Dequina
Lays everything on so thick that the film becomes a rather comical exaggeration of all it s supposed to be 
2
The Last Castle
James Kendrick
a jingoistic military action fantasy about the enduring power of what it means to be a soldier
3
The Last Castle
Harvey S. Karten
What would ordinarily be called schmaltz is just what the doctor ordered in our present struggle against flag burning terrorists 
3
The Last Castle
Dustin Putman
Preposterous messy saccharine 
1.5
The Last Castle
Steve Rhodes
As the suspense builds you ll be on the edge of your seat And the ending which involves the American flag will have you wanting to stand up and cheer 
3.5
The Last Castle
Mick LaSalle
The Last Castle is not as simple as it looks though its appeal is simple 
3
The Last Castle
Jonathan Foreman
The story is a stirring vehicle for serious themes embodied by sharply drawn characters 
3.5
The Last Castle
Rick Groen
When the screen finally darkens and the doors open for our release we come away mildly entertained by the experience although definitely grateful to get off with time served 
2.5
The Last Castle
Roger Ebert
The immediate experience of watching The Last Castle is strongly involving and the action at the end exciting 
3
The Last Castle
James Berardinelli
A rousing adventure film that entertains despite a raft of plot implausibilities 
3
The Last Castle
Marty Mapes
Redford s face is creased like a map but he still has the body and the presence of a movie star
2.5
The Last Castle
Tor Thorsen
Simply put The Last Castle is one of those films where you have two choices Surrender to its conceits or beat a hasty retreat to the exit 
3
The Last Castle
Carrie Rickey
Although this film from the writer director of The Contender underlines every sentence and overemphasizes every camera setup it has a certain schlocky appeal 
2.5
The Last Castle
Michael Wilmington
An absurd movie even though it s directed and acted with a skill that keeps your subversive thoughts temporarily at bay as you watch it 
2.5
The Last Castle
Walter Chaw
If it s possible Lurie is actually getting worse as a director 
1
The Last Castle
Erik Childress
A howler of a prison movie about a genital wagging contest supported by a group of grown up boys still longing to play with their toys in the sand 
1.5
The Last Castle
Ed Gonzalez
Rod Lurie accomplishes the impossible by churning out a flag waving action yarn even more ham fisted than Pearl Harbor 
1
The Last Castle
Rob Blackwelder
Has a certain popcorn picture kind of flag waving pride about it that is enormously satisfying and oddly apropos for this particular moment in history 
3
The Last Castle
Ross Anthony
A good idea executed unevenly backed by a somewhat manipulative over simplified script is fortunately topped off with a strong albeit predictable climax 
2
As Luck Would Have It
Nick Schager
lex de la Iglesia s film hammers home the opinion that family is more important than celebrity or wealth 
1.5
Over the Top
Tony Mastroianni
The arm wrestling championship eats up about a third of the movie which is a lot of grunting snarling and perspiring All things being relative this beats what passes for drama in the rest of the movie 
1
Over the Top
David Nusair
a fairly absurd premise that s employed to surprisingly watchable and entertaining effect 
3
Over the Top
Dave Kehr
It s a technique that gives new meaning to the term feeling had 
2
Over the Top
William Wolf
Granted that it s his ticket to riches but you d think that by now even Sylvester Stallone might be bored playing underdogs who beat the odds and become winners 
1
Over the Top
Phil Villarreal
Why draw the line between so bad it s good and a pedigreed artistic success 
4
What Happened Was...
Roger Ebert
There are many small moments of perfect observation But I never really felt they were building to anything or heading anywhere 
2.5
Saving Grace B. Jones
Nick McCarthy
This cumbersome and graceless 1950s set period drama possesses the reactionary life insights and amateurish production values of a Lifetime soap 
0
Bitch Slap
Matthew Connolly
If the film s half baked salaciousness feels merely risible its slapdash screenplay and cheapo look make it something that its generic forbearers rarely were boring 
1
The Meteor Man
Roger Ebert
The movie contains big laughs and moments of genuine feeling but it seems to be put together out of assorted inspirations that were never assembled into one coherent story line 
2.5
Comet
Brad Keefe
Like a typical relationship I look back on it with a mix of fondness and disappointment 
2.5
Comet
Moira MacDonald
Watching a not very interesting couple break up is one thing watching them break up and get back together numerous times in different universes and dimensions is well to paraphrase Jaws I m going to need a bigger popcorn bag 
1.5
Comet
Michael Dequina
Such an admittedly unabashedly small scale story feels so powerfully universal as if to transcend the weight and boundaries of space and time 
3.5
Comet
Brian Tallerico
Yes some of it is overwritten and a bit too clever for its own good but more often it s an engaging character piece 
3
Comet
Nick Prigge
The film s time jumping strategy cleverly illuminates the way in which we go over and fixate on isolated incidents in our minds of breakups past 
3
Blood: The Last Vampire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So laughably awful that it easily qualifies for so bad it s good status 
1
Blood: The Last Vampire
Brett Michel
Despite inserting a jumble of backstory into his live action take on an action experiment from Japanese animation studio Production I G director Chris Nahon captures some of the visceral thrills of the nine year old anime 
2.5
Blood: The Last Vampire
V.A. Musetto
Not only isn t the new effort up to the standards of the anime it s bloody awful by any standard 
0
Blood: The Last Vampire
Ted Fry
This live action update of a popular Japanese anime film from 2000 has a heart full of mythology but its fangs are dulled by an anemic script and clumsy action sequences that are notable mostly for an excess of cheese not blood 
1.5
Blood: The Last Vampire
Peter Hartlaub
If that sounds kind of hot don t get your hopes up 
1
Blood: The Last Vampire
Wesley Morris
Don t let the subtitle of Blood The Last Vampire alarm you The finale of this tedious piece of Asian ish action schlock based on a popular anime series implies an intention to make more One was plenty for me 
1.5
Blood: The Last Vampire
Rossiter Drake
If you re willing to accept it for what it is a hyperactive fantasy pleasantly ridiculous and delivered with amusing conviction by director Chris Nahon you should be suitably entertained 
3
Blood: The Last Vampire
Roger Ebert
This isn t a great movie But it s sincere as an entertainment it looks good it s atmospheric 
3
Blood: The Last Vampire
Nick Schager
Blood is borderline incomprehensible 
1
Nothing Sacred
Roger Moore
The luster is fading on this classic too fast for the shine to last 
2
Nothing Sacred
Matt Brunson
The perpetual digs against journalists are especially amusing as when someone cracks that even the hand of God reaching down into the mire couldn t elevate one of them to the depths of degradation 
3
Star Men
Chris Knight
Clambering over rocks these hale explorers are reminiscent of Apollo astronauts similarly aged but healthy Certainly their contributions to our understanding of our universe are no less 
3.5
Highlander II: The Quickening
David Nusair
not as bad as it s been made out to be over the years 
2
Highlander II: The Quickening
Roger Ebert
Highlander 2 The Quickening is the most hilariously incomprehensible movie I ve seen in many a long day a movie almost awesome in its badness 
0.5
Highlander II: The Quickening
Chris Hicks
In short lots of action and wild stunts lame comedy and a story that makes no sense whatsoever 
1.5
Highlander II: The Quickening
James O'Ehley
Ugh 
1
Via Satellite
Burl Burlingame
An enormous Family Secret manages to suck the oxygen out of the room Indeed all the characters get the pinched bloody eyed look test animals get in pressure chambers 
2.5
Short Time
Roger Ebert
We are safely in sitcom country and this is another one of those movies that is careful not to give the audience too much to worry or think about 
2
Gunga Din
Wesley Lovell
An entertaining if antiquated feature made all the better by the three well appointed leads 
3
Gunga Din
Walter Chaw
The best one could ever say for it is that its hinges were once merely creaky instead of frozen 
1
Gunga Din
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This hugely exciting adventure film was one of director George Stevens last pure entertainments before he went off to war and came back as a serious filmmaker 
4
Gunga Din
Matt Brunson
Gunga Din has served as the inspiration for countless adventure yarns over the decades 
3.5
Raze
Soren Andersen
The performances and plotting are so impoverished that the picture deserves to be called The From Hunger Games and then promptly forgotten 
0.5
Raze
Matt Zoller Seitz
If Raze had been released in 1975 Quentin Tarantino would never shut up about it 
3
Raze
Sara Stewart
The lack of story and relentless suffering make Raze appealing for hard core genre fans only 
1.5
Raze
Stephen Whitty
Raze is a sadist s idea of entertainment mixed martial arts without the art misogyny without the guilt 
1
Raze
Nick Schager
The thrill of seeing women beat the snot out of each other is about all that Raze offers though for a lean efficient 83 minute genre picture like this that turns out to be just enough 
2.5
Brother Nature
Tom Keogh
Brother Nature enjoys moments of deep end mania from Killam and Moynihan 
2.5
The Wrong Light
Clayton Dillard
The divide between meaningful journalism and ethical filmmaking seldom seems as wide as it does in The Wrong Light 
1.5
Brief Reunion
Farran Smith Nehme
A movie like this should be a tightening noose as your anxiety for the main character keeps rising Aaron is charmless self absorbed and perception free 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Federico Furzan
Not as bad as history has confirmed it Freddy s actual revenge and original sequel poorly delivers but sets an strange path for a playful villain Full review in Spanish 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
David Nusair
a weak retread of its marginally superior predecessor 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Dustin Putman
As is the prevalent case with most sequels the film is inferior to its predecessor It is still very very good however more so than most viewers give it credit for 
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Wesley Lovell
The second film of the series departs from the storyline dramatically leaving the impression that it doesn t fit into the series 
1.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
David Keyes
The script is very shallow with blood and gore to satisfy the audience and very little dialogue which if there had been more would have helped the script develop appropriately 
2.5
Ziegfeld Girl
Matt Brunson
The Great Ziegfeld may have won the Academy Award for Best Picture 44 and Ziegfeld Follies might be the only place to catch Judy Garland 44 Lucille Ball 44 and Lena Horne all on one bill 44 but it 8217 s this middle entry in the loose trilogy that emerges as the best 46 
3.5
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey
Namrata Joshi
Mangal Pandey is too dull You d forget it once you walk out of the hall 
2
Justin Bieber's Believe
Sheila O'Malley
It s for the fans And on that level it works 
2.5
Justin Bieber's Believe
Stephanie Merry
A documentary that supposedly chronicles the 2012 2013 tour but stays so relentlessly on message it offers no insights and few anecdotes about the real Justin Bieber 
1.5
Justin Bieber's Believe
Ben Rayner
Justin Bieber s Believe is exactly the movie you think it is and that s fine 
2.5
Justin Bieber's Believe
Marc Hirsh
Rather than the rise to fame narrative of his first concert movie 2011 s Justin Bieber Never Say Never it amounts to damage control by way of distraction 
2
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Matt Brunson
While Indiscretion of an American Wife and Terminal Station aren t anything special the mild fascination comes in comparing the two versions 
2
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film succeeds when focusing on small moments gestures etc But De Sica can t resist loading the film up to make it feel more significant than it really is 
2.5
Corrina, Corrina
Mal Vincent
For the most part the actors are asked to play social types rather than real characters 
2.5
Corrina, Corrina
Roger Ebert
Corrina Corrina has its heart in the right place and its characters are some of the nicest people I ve met at the movies lately but the movie seems to exist under a cloud of gloom and I kept hoping for sunshine 
2.5
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
Susan Walker
Long before the two hour mark Coleman s documentary begins to more resemble a photographic tour through a museum than an exploration of a living religion 
2
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
Jeff Shannon
A rigorous labor intensive viewing experience but there s something to be said for its unadorned purity 
2.5
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
G. Allen Johnson
I for one knew nothing about Buddhism going into this film and was eager to find out about the principles of the religion After two hours of grueling ceremonies and rituals I knew barely anything more than I did before 
2
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
David Elliott
This pilgrim s taste runs more to Martin Scorsese s Tibetan drama Kundun and a third act exit should not be taken by the pious as a skeptic s review 
2.5
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
Maitland McDonagh
It s an impressionistic experience rather than a linear one and the process of surrendering to the images and rhythms of lives lived in simultaneous harmony with the physical and the spiritual is greatly helped by the chants 
3
The Inheritors
Jesse Cataldo
One reason why The Inheritors works is that it abandons the reckless point and shoot aesthetic of so many social issue movies 
3
Heneral Luna
Tom Keogh
Tarog works around modest resources to create a sense of sweep and dimension As with Luna himself the film might go too far at times but there s much to admire 
2.5
Prima Ballerina
Michael Phillips
Dance aficionados will be sent over the moon by this compelling documentary from director Bertrand Norman chronicling what it takes to be a prima ballerina in the Mariinski Theatre 
3
Prima Ballerina
Janice Page
As dazzling as they can be in performance the ballerinas are even more breathtaking when a camera catches them alone in the shadows dancing only for themselves 
2.5
Prima Ballerina
Leba Hertz
The movie is an admirable look into the venerable St Petersburg company and how dancers thrive or just survive in the physically challenging world of dance 
3
Prima Ballerina
Robert Levin
It s too levelheaded too aesthetically old fashioned and academic 
2.5
Prima Ballerina
Moira MacDonald
Such a brief glimpse into these women s lives and art whets the appetite for more alas Ballerina ends far too quickly leaving only their willowy shadows behind 
2.5
Prima Ballerina
V.A. Musetto
Ballerina will be of interest mostly to balletomanes but even folks who don t know their right foot from their left will find inspiration in the lives of these devoted dancers Besides who isn t moved by Swan Lake 
3
Prima Ballerina
Eric Henderson
A close up but still one senses heavily idealized documentary portrait 
2
The Black List: Volume One
Kam Williams
A salute to Timothy Greenfield Sanders and Elvis Mitchell is in order for producing an innovative series likely to revamp the way in which television studios approach the personal portrait genre 
4
Boss
Danny Bowes
Boss is a film suffering from one fundamental problem to wit a lack of commitment to its central purpose 
1.5
The Duchess
Matt Brunson
Hands Keira Knightley another plum leading role and serves as yet another example of how Ralph Fiennes brooding brand of acting can be successfully employed for all manner of characters 
3
The Duchess
Mattie Lucas
Dibb never overwhelms the emotions with overwrought speeches or gaudy costumes or boggs them down with unnecessary soap opera histrionics 
3
The Duchess
Kelly Jane Torrance
Ignore the details and focus on the big picture In a year when everybody s focused on the role of women in politics the life of the Whig trailblazer Georgiana offers plenty of food for thought 
3
The Duchess
Mike Scott
The Duchess doesn t pretend to be anything other than what it is a comfortable low calorie morsel of historical drama 
2.5
The Duchess
Michael Dequina
Knightley and Cooper don t ever generate much in the way of chemistry 
2.5
The Duchess
Peter Canavese
Willing to settle for all around competency instead of excavating history for deeper insights leaving audiences with another undemanding genre placeholder Blu ray 
2.5
The Duchess
Charles Koplinski
Knightley shines in this tale of grace under pressure 
3.5
The Duchess
Tasha Robinson
It s disturbingly shallow focused so tightly on one woman s feelings of repression and loneliness that it lacks any perspective on their causes 
2.5
The Duchess
Claudia Puig
It chronicles the saga of a vibrant and forward thinking woman hampered by the constraints of a rigid society 
3
The Duchess
Gina Carbone
You d think a film where the titular character gets drunk at a party and sets her wig on fire would be more fun 
2.5
The Duchess
Carla Meyer
Though sumptuous and well acted especially by Fiennes the picture fails to establish Georgiana as a figure just crying out for a film treatment 
2.5
The Duchess
Michele Kenner
It s a beautiful period piece that will send you to a bookstore for a better account of the dirt and vice at its core 
3
The Duchess
Robert W. Butler
A visually sumptuous emotionally lacerating melodrama 
3
The Duchess
Michael Sragow
The problem isn t the history that the filmmakers leave in but how much they leave out 
2
The Duchess
Daniel M. Kimmel
Knightley turns in a performance that impresses us with the strength of her character even as we re appalled by the system that produced it 
3.5
The Duchess
John Beifuss
The tightly corseted title noblewoman is less interesting than the tightly wound people who bedevil her 
2.5
The Duchess
Linda Cook
If you love stories with powdered wigs and scandal you won t want to miss The Duchess 
3
The Duchess
Jeff Vice
Knightley s credible performance is definitely one of the best things about this handsome looking but inconsistent biographical drama 
3
The Duchess
Phil Villarreal
Hums with the rhythms of some of the better Merchant Ivory films 
3.5
The Duchess
Bob Bloom
The Duchess is an intelligent and compelling period drama that offers a critical examination of the lot of women and the abuses of men in a time when such behavior was standard and acceptable 
3.5
The Duchess
Austin Kennedy
The film starts off strong and slowly peters out by the end
2.5
The Duchess
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Saul Dibb pretends that all this stuff is new without actually making it so and Knightley provides a few requisite Oscar clips with her performance 
2.5
The Duchess
Jeanne Aufmuth
Relies on energetic chemistry between Knightley and Fiennes but its much ado about nothing 
2.5
The Duchess
Chris Hewitt
It s well done but this 18th century Fear of Flying left me a little cold 
2.5
The Duchess
Moira MacDonald
Fiennes an actor who disappears into roles like ice in a teacup makes the Duke a complex and almost sympathetic figure a bulky unappealing man whose interests are in all the wrong things 
3
The Duchess
Ruthe Stein
Beguiling 
3
The Duchess
Beth Wood
Knightley doesn t carry the film which wouldn t work without Ralph Fiennes perfectly calibrated performance 
3
The Duchess
Connie Ogle
There s nothing here to show us what a remarkable woman Georgiana was if indeed she was at all 
2.5
The Duchess
Amy Biancolli
It isn t just eye candy there s an active intelligence behind this design 
3
The Duchess
Lisa Kennedy
It s easy to joke about Knightley s fondness for period dramas But we shouldn t underestimate her ability to channel the historic and modern into one compelling figure or her grasp of the power of dress up to free performance 
3
The Duchess
Ty Burr
I m not sure why The Duchess doesn t wholly succeed because the pieces are all there and they re very watchable 
2.5
The Duchess
Carrie Rickey
While I much liked The Duchess this portrait feels unfinished 
3
The Duchess
Roger Ebert
The Duchess is a handsome historical film impeccably mounted gowned wigged and feathered 
3.5
The Duchess
Erik Childress
We already had one Other Boleyn Girl this year but even as the occasional blip of droll humor breaks up the monotony and tell me something I don t know developments it s still quite a dullard s affair 
2
The Duchess
Brandon Fibbs
The filmmakers hope we see parallels with Georgiana and the life of Princess Diana who somehow found a way to channel her pain into good And they are there to be sure 
3
The Duchess
Ken Fox
It s a gorgeous production that boasts a beautiful leading lady handsome locations nicely captured by cinematographer Gyula Pados drop dead costume design and the standard issue tropes of a PG 13 rated bodice ripper 
3
The Duchess
Linda Barnard
Fiennes and Knightley are exceptional in their roles and Dibb proves himself ably in his first big budget flick 
3
The Duchess
Stephen Whitty
Things unfold as neatly and slowly as a minuet but there s none of the messiness of life And that s a shame 
2.5
The Duchess
Kyle Smith
Knightley is a paper doll around whom the movie wraps hoop skirts and 21st century victimology 
1.5
The Duchess
Sara Michelle Fetters
The main problem with The Duchess is that it offers up nothing we haven t seen before 
2
The Duchess
Rick Groen
Nice try but the contemporary parallels are just an empty echo 
2.5
The Duchess
Peter Travers
It s Knightley who makes The Duchess a royal treat 
3
The Duchess
Rafer Guzman
Knightley breathes real life into the role of Georgiana Cavendish an 18th century aristocrat with striking parallels to another more modern British notable 
3
The Duchess
Fernando F. Croce
As tepid peruke and corset periods go The Duchess goes down with relative ease 
2.5
The Duchess
James Berardinelli
It has impeccable production values but feels like a Masterpiece Theater production of a Harlequin romance novel 
2
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Peter Keough
Kevin Hamedani s muddy heavy handed parody of War on Terror paranoia doesn t vary much from genre formula but it does serve up political correctness with refreshingly bad taste 
2
New Year's Evil
Matt Brunson
Unbelievably unspeakably awful 
1
New Year's Evil
Mike McGranaghan
New Year s Evil really is not a very good movie But as a time capsule Well I d be lying if I said it wasn t entirely watchable on that count 
1
New Year's Evil
Dustin Putman
New Year s Evil isn t high art yet there is something irresistibly fun and darkly charming about this early 80s slasher pic 
2.5
New Year's Evil
Roger Ebert
It is not very good It is sometimes unpleasantly bloody The plot is dumb and the twist at the end has been borrowed from hundreds if not thousands of other movies 
1.5
All She Can
Diego Semerene
Approaches the coming of age story of the Chicana girl unwilling to reproduce her culture without putting up a fight developing some unconventional threads 
2.5
7 Days to Vegas
Richard Roeper
Even if you don t know a busted straight from a royal flush and you ve never heard of a prop bet until now 7 Days to Vegas works as a broad and funny comedy about some truly bent but hilarious characters 
3
Omagh
Geoff Pevere
unnervingly evokes both the panic and the confusion of a world suddenly ripped inside out 
3.5
Omagh
Rick Groen
a good picture that s at its best when dramatizing the very violence it condemns 
3
Omagh
Pam Grady
Paul Greengrass who previous wrote and directed Bloody Sunday co wrote this and once again he shines a light on the victims of the region s seemingly endless strife 
3.5
Digging to Death
Roger Moore
Not scary and not all that amusing What this movie could use is more septic Septic is always funny 
1.5
Two of Us
Rob Thomas
Their love affair is a poignant septuagenarian spin on the Romeo Juliet romance of star crossed lovers kept apart by family 
3
Two of Us
Anita Katz
The movie sometimes borders on overblown melodrama as the characters machinate but fortunately Meneghetti doesn t lose touch with what s at its heart Madeleine and Nina s bond 
3
Two of Us
Odie Henderson
This delicate balance of romance and discomfort would collapse without the fine work by Sukowa and Chevallier 
3
Two of Us
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Filled with heartbreaking moments and heartfelt performances Two of Us proves that it is never too late to come out Your life may depend on it 
3.5
Two of Us
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Filippo Meneghetti s Two of Us is about a deep abiding love and above all else in this film we believe those feelings and this relationship 
3
Two of Us
Randy Myers
It s a gripping visceral journey into an intense hidden love and how someone can go feral to defend and protect it 
3
Two of Us
Peter Canavese
An elderly lesbian couple weather a crisis complicated by the choices they ve made up to that point Excellent compelling and absorbing drama with several strong performances 
3.5
Two of Us
Katie Walsh
This finely wrought tale of love loss aging and the secrets we keep contains the bittersweet lessons of life itself 
3.5
Two of Us
Mick LaSalle
The drama builds and builds until the last seconds and never really lets up It s a striking debut from Meneghetti in his first feature film 
3
Two of Us
Roger Moore
The film s brevity means some ideas are under developed But what we re left with is a sublime and sublimely simple portrait of a love that s been lived in and the devotion it will take to ensure that endures 
3
No Room for Rockstars
Mike McGranaghan
A briskly paced documentary that does what every good cinema verite style film should it illuminates its subject so that you are compelled whether that subject is of natural interest to you or not 
3.5
No Room for Rockstars
Jay Antani
a heartbreaking snapshot of how the music becomes bait for corporate interests to snatch up alienated youth turning an entire culture into a profiteering scheme 
3
The Incredible Jessica James
Roger Moore
Cute slight the very definition of Netflixable 
2.5
The Incredible Jessica James
Rob Thomas
The movie has an easygoing low key charm that makes the idea of spending more time hanging out with Jessica very appealing 
3
The Incredible Jessica James
Sheila O'Malley
In some cases you might think I ve seen this all before Yes You have But not with a leading lady like Jessica Williams She s something else entirely 
3
The Incredible Jessica James
Kenji Fujishima
Throughout the film one wishes for a bit more depth regarding Jessica s professional struggles 
2.5
The Girl and Death
Glenn Kenny
The sort of movie in which one character will say Love destroys everything love is an illusion to another character mere seconds after the two characters are introduced 
2
Instant Dreams
Chuck Bowen
While it offers an appealingly nostalgic trance out it s often short on detail especially in terms of Stephen Herchen s struggle to create the instant film technology 
2.5
Instant Dreams
Roger Moore
A trippy history of the Polaroid instant camera and explanation of why artists still treasure them 
3
The Decay of Fiction
V.A. Musetto
The Decay of Fiction is an acid trip of a movie about a piece of Los Angeles history that exists no more the Ambassador Hotel 
3.5
The Decay of Fiction
Ed Gonzalez
The film s superimpositions movie dialogue samples and audio visual burps collectively suggest an acid trip 
2.5
Battle for Saipan
Roger Moore
Weak directing of bad writing with a lot of actors 8212 one of them apparently the director 8217 s lady friend 8212 getting a working vacation in Thailand for their trouble 46 
1
Terror Tract
David Nusair
Terror Tract might be worth a cheap rental but don t expect any scares gore or even laughs 
1
Partition
Jennie Punter
Where the film stumbles is the script overcrowded with bits of business and scenes that lean heavily on the symbolic 
2
Partition
Susan Walker
Director Sarin was aiming for an epic and arrived at episodic That might have been okay if the episodes weren t so partitioned from each other the flashbacks failing to illuminate the present action 
2
Ten Thousand Saints
Barry Hertz
Lacks resonance and a steady directorial hand 
2.5
Ten Thousand Saints
Robert Horton
The movie feels like a quickly sketched version of something much much bigger 
2
Ten Thousand Saints
Moira MacDonald
For a movie with extremely loud punk rock music at its core Ten Thousand Saints is a pleasantly low key experience it s a small scale character drama about learning to live with loss 
3
Ten Thousand Saints
Stephanie Merry
Jude our narrator is paper thin His most memorable qualities are his gangly frame and his bright blue eyes 
2
Ten Thousand Saints
Matt Pais
Ethan Hawke is so funny in Ten Thousand Saints that he nearly keeps the movie afloat 
2.5
Ten Thousand Saints
Sheila O'Malley
It s a sensitive and interesting film 
3
Ten Thousand Saints
Clayton Dillard
Even when tragedy strikes early on the revelation is just another growing up is hard dot on the grid 
1.5
Ten Thousand Saints
Rob Thomas
We re told that characters are drawing closer to each other or changing their lives for the better but we don t often feel it 
2
Paris When It Sizzles
Matt Brunson
If nothing else this dud offers the brief and bizarre sight of Holden portraying a vampire 
1.5
Pizza, Booze, Smokes
Roger Moore
A scruffy Argentinian crime drama full of the nervous energy and impulsiveness of youth
2.5
Argo
Brian Eggert
Affleck has not only reminded us that his best performances come when he 8217 s in control 44 but that he 8217 s also a considerable force behind the camera 46 
4
Argo
Mattie Lucas
Both a riveting spy thriller and an emotionally engaging piece of historical filmmaking 
3.5
Argo
Kelly Jane Torrance
The action is exciting the Hollywood scenes are dryly funny But we never get to know the people for whom this farcical plot has been invented 
2
Argo
Frank Ochieng
Argo is spot on with its ode to the bombastic behind the scene banality of playground politics rooted in the seeds of cynicism and suspicion 
3
Argo
Ernesto Diezmartinez
the limited actor turned talented filmmaker Ben Affleck Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Argo
Barbara Vancheri
It simmers with real tension as it leapfrogs among characters and locations as much as 7 500 miles apart Mr Affleck uses an old fashioned ringing telephone as effectively as Alfred Hitchcock ever did 
4
Argo
Camerin Courtney
I can t remember the last time I was in a movie theater audience that clapped Twice Even I clapped It s that good 
4
Argo
Brad Keefe
It s not quite high art but Affleck makes a potboiler here joining the upper ranks of actors turned directors Nice job Ben 
3.5
Argo
John Serba
Argo is consistently tense entertaining and watchable After Gone Baby Gone The Town and now this Affleck is a bigger star behind the camera than in front of it 
3.5
Argo
Chris Knight
The film hits most of its comic notes on the backs of two Hollywood old timers played by Alan Arkin and John Goodman who clearly relish the opportunity to lampoon people they work with every day 
4
Argo
Michael Dequina
The film for all its ample smarts and solid academic craft is just a great time at the movies 
3.5
Argo
Wesley Lovell
Ben Affleck is one of this generation s best directors and Argo is a tight engaging thriller 
4
Argo
Peter Keough
There are many heroes in Ben Affleck s spunky polished political thriller But the biggest hero is Hollywood itself 
3
Argo
David Nusair
A strong yet uneven effort 
3
Argo
Jordan Hiller
We are invested in this rescue mission not simply because these are fellow Americans in peril but also because Argo takes the time to make each person behind enemy lines unique and authentic 
3.5
Argo
Kam Williams
An edge of your seat thriller not to be forgotten at Oscar time 
4
Argo
Linda Cook
A brilliant thriller that s based on a historical incident Argo is one of the best films of 2012 
4
Argo
Rob Humanick
Better to watch it as a meta cinema commentary than a historical thriller Either way Argo is both smart and fun but ultimately lightweight Star Wars fans may well cry before the credits roll 
3
Argo
Jeffrey Westhoff
While I m not buying into the early Oscar hype for Argo it is a gripping and exciting story that is mostly true and mostly authentic 
3.5
Argo
Glenn Lovell
Mel Brooks meets John Frankenheimer a strange blend of inside Hollywood comedy and docudrama The parts don t always mesh but they do often enough to assure Affleck another crowd pleaser
3
Argo
Jay Antani
Argo is among the worthiest spy thrillers to come out of Hollywood in years and it puts to rest at least for this reviewer any doubts over Affleck s chops as a smart shrewd director of consistently topnotch fare 
3.5
Argo
Robert Levin
It s a reminder of what the movies can offer when they re at their best an escape into another world and a pertinent look at our own 
3.5
Argo
Austin Kennedy
I found it hard for me to get into at first but the final act more than makes up for it Ben Affleck sure has come a long way since his days with Kevin Smith 
3
Argo
Marty Mapes
It s okay to take a few liberties in the name of a good story
3.5
Argo
John Wirt
A funny trip to Hollywood and gripping escape from Tehran 
3.5
Argo
Jason Buchanan
If there s one lesson to be gleaned from director Ben Affleck s relentlessly tense painstakingly detailed Argo it s that we should consider the possibility that our history has been manipulated more than many of us would care to admit 
3
Argo
James Kendrick
a crackerjack based on a true story thriller that finally allows actor director Ben Affleck to demonstrate his behind the camera muscles in a location other than his native Boston
3.5
Argo
Scott Nash
Ben Affleck continues his hot streak as a director 
3.5
Argo
John Beifuss
Affirms Affleck s talents and perhaps his limitations The period detail and overall technical credits impress but Affleck relies too often on handheld camera to convey intensity and on crosscutting to generate suspense or irony 
3
Argo
Michael Smith
Affleck s triumph is the way he blends multiple tones in making Argo work as an Iran story a Hollywood story and a Washington D C story 
4
Argo
Eric Melin
A traditional mainstream Hollywood thriller that mixes humor and serious life and death situations It also has the extra bonus of historical importance because it s based on a true story 
3
Argo
Matt Brunson
An amazingly proficient film If the movie gains any traction expect one of its snatches of dialogue to permeate our collective consciousness 
3.5
Argo
Mike McGranaghan
Argo isn t just fascinating because it s a true story it s fascinating because Affleck tells the story well building tension while always maintaining a very human centered approach 
4
Argo
Christian Toto
Ben Affleck director can do no wrong with the terrific political thriller Argo Ben Affleck actor and star that s another story 
3.5
Argo
Tyler Hanley
A goofy sci fi film dubbed Argo never got made in 1980 Fortunately for moviegoers a brilliant Oscar worthy drama thriller of the same name did get made in 2012 
3.5
Argo
Lisa Kennedy
Argo has that solid kick the tires feel of those studio films from the 70s that were about something but also entertained Only it s as laugh outright amusing as it is sobering 
4
Argo
Sean P. Means
Terrio s script and Affleck s direction combine these disparate settings the glamour of a phony Hollywood party and the chaos of battle torn Tehran with an attention for detail that makes both worlds authentic and alive 
3.5
Argo
Rob Thomas
Whatever the blow to Canuck pride the real story of Argo makes for one fantastic movie a gripping fact based thriller whose tension is spiced with humor and poignancy 
4
Argo
Lori Hoffman
John Goodman and Alan Arkin make the Hollywood side of the movie fabulous but Argo spends too much time in waiting around mode to be fully successful as a thriller 8233 
2.5
Argo
Stephen Whitty
If nothing else it proves that every so often the CIA can pull something off and that yes Canadians are just about the nicest people on the planet 
3.5
Argo
Peter Howell
The film is a whopper of a tale one designed for Oscar nominations Best Picture and Best Director among them 
2.5
Argo
Alison Gang
Take away the regrettable late 1970s fashion and facial hair and director Ben Affleck s Argo is one timely taut thriller 
4
Argo
Liam Lacey
Argo is a movie of many parts the sum of which can probably be best described as enjoyable Hollywood hokum 
3
Argo
Rafer Guzman
It s a well told story that s timely topical and thoroughly entertaining 
3
Argo
Lou Lumenick
If you didn t know otherwise you d swear this was the work of a veteran master like Steven Soderbergh 
4
Argo
Ann Hornaday
It s serious and substantive an ingeniously written and executed drama fashioned from a fascinating little known chapter of recent history 
3.5
Argo
Willie Waffle
Affleck has emerged as one of the premier directors in Hollywood even if it is very very very very good instead of magnificent 
3.5
Argo
Phil Villarreal
Affleck is good enough in the role to chase away rumors that he was only cast because he was sleeping with the director 
3.5
Argo
Bob Bloom
Argo is a superb drama from a conscientious actor director who tells his story in a taut straightforward manner without any gimmicks or tricks 
4
Argo
Amy Biancolli
Even though most people know the outcome this movie still will have you on the edge of your seat 
4
Argo
Mark Dujsik
Even with the final result being fairly obvious the story and its details are still suspenseful it is a tale of a series of trials with no room for error 
3
Argo
Dustin Putman
A good picture certainly but no more than that In spite of what others might claim there just isn t much substance here beyond the patently obvious 
2.5
Argo
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is accomplished enough to stand alongside the 1970s political thrillers that inspired it right down to the vintage red and black Warner Bros logo that opens the film 
3
Argo
Claudia Puig
Fusing suspense and humor in a political thriller is a tricky prospect but Argo is more than up to the task 
4
Argo
Peter Travers
Ben Affleck doesn t merely direct Argo he directs the hell out of it nailing the quickening pace the wayward humor the nerve frying suspense There s no doubt he s crafted one of the best movies of the year 
3.5
Argo
Moira MacDonald
Argo is both an inspiring tale of risk and heroism and a crackling piece of entertainment 
3.5
Argo
Steven Rea
It s high class Hollywood not the low rent and exploitative route that the make believe movie at the heart of this tale would have taken 
3.5
Argo
Jeff Beck
This is only Affleck s third film as director but each time he gets behind the camera he shows tremendous skill With Argo he presents a skill for tension combining that with a story that often comes off as humorous 
3
Argo
Wesley Morris
Affleck s ambition for the thriller has gone international it s gone important but crucially not self important 
3
Argo
Gary Thompson
We know how it ends but Affleck amps up the tension with his command of thriller dynamics and the final moments at the Tehran airport are suitably tense 
3
Argo
Jon Niccum
This is riveting material further heightened by its contemporary significance So many ticking clock elements are juggled that the tension never subsides 
4
Argo
Lawrence Toppman
The film offers bitter food for thought at a time when the Middle East is going through yet another frantically incendiary period 
4
Argo
Chris Hewitt
A key part of the zip of watching Argo is the pleasure of seeing its large group of character actors dig into small pivotal roles 
3.5
Argo
Duane Dudek
Its intellectual honesty and lack of agenda are that of a filmmaker who is less auteur than a first rate craftsman 
3.5
Argo
Joe Williams
Before he was a Middle Eastern studies major Ben Affleck dreamed of directing a movie that mattered Argo is his dream come true 
3.5
Argo
Andrew Schenker
Undeniably rousing but deeply irresponsible Argo fans the flames surrounding historical events likely to still remain raw in the memory of many viewers 
2
Argo
Matt Pais
A compelling movie if not a perfect one 
3
Argo
Josh Larsen
a deeply myopic view of the world one focused through a distinctly and distorted American lens 
1.5
Argo
Roger Moore
Ben Affleck is closing in on the perfect thriller Argo shows us how near the mark he has gotten in just three films 
4
Argo
Michael Phillips
The propulsive hostage thriller Argo the third feature directed by Ben Affleck just plain works 
3.5
Argo
Roger Ebert
Both spellbinding and surprisingly funny 
4
Argo
James Berardinelli
A lot of movies take us back to the late 70s early 80s but few have done it so forcefully and with so little application of kitsch 
3.5
Argo
Rex Reed
Argo is a triumph It has tension sincerity mystery artistic responsibility entertainment value technical expertise a narrative arc and a thrilling respect for the tradition of how to tell a story with minimum frills and maximum impact 
4
Argo
Randy Myers
Affleck captures not just the way we looked and acted during this era but vividly brings history to life 
4
Argo
Christy Lemire
While steeped in the trends and filmmaking style of the decade Argo still feels immediate and relevant Affleck s best film yet is also one of the best films of the year 
4
Argo
Bill Chambers
Argo is a valentine to the cinema in the very convincing drag of a political thriller 
3.5
Go Fish
Roger Moore
Utterly inconsequential Canadian teens at the lake summer comedy 
1
Coin Heist
Roger Moore
A workable salvageable caper comedy that needed more comedy and a heist picture that needed a bit more interesting content and character development outside of the heist 
2
Coin Heist
Matt Fagerholm
One of the finest achievements of Hagins adaptation is that none of her main characters can be defined by a reductive label 
3
Fun and Fancy Free
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Disney s 2 in 1 Blu ray release of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad and Fun Fancy Free is an irresistible deal that should become a mainstay in any Disney fan s high def library 
2.5
Falling for Mala
Roger Moore
Cute pretty but alas not mala cruel enough 
2
June & July
Tom Keogh
Hall s direction isn t always as graceful or certain as one might like though he pulls off a stunning climax and gets absolutely right a wonderfully ironic ending that rolls around one s mind for quite a while 
3
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Matt Brunson
The Man Who Haunts Himself maintains interest throughout with its intriguing storyline although the final moments avoid the perfect ending for one that s slightly less satisfying 
3
The Juror
David Nusair
The film s uneven atmosphere is especially disappointing given the irresistible seemingly foolproof premise and effectiveness of the stars performances 
2.5
The Juror
Michael Dequina
Despite its big names and slick sheen the film fails to make a convincing case 
2
The Juror
Mike Clark
Moore needs The Juror like she needs another scarlet letter the D for dopey here is hanging down to everyone s knees 
1.5
The Juror
Roger Ebert
Without revealing plot twists I will say that the movie goes on a long while a very long while after the trial is over and that a trip to the jungles of Guatemala is unnecessary to put it mildly 
2
The Crush
Dustin Putman
An infectious little psychodrama one with high replay value 
3
The Crush
Michael Dequina
A highly implausible but somewhat above average and entertaining yuppie in peril thriller 
2.5
The Crush
James Berardinelli
The story not only relies on the complete and unalterable stupidity of every character in the movie but on the gullibility of those who watch it 
0.5
The Crush
Chris Hicks
An exploitative thriller that also harbors dangerous notions about and readily trivializes child neglect sexual abuse and rape 
0
The Dog Problem
Chris Hewitt
There is a Woody Allen ish quality to this talky comedy But Ribisi is very appealing Lynn Collins is a distinctive love interest and the talk is funny and quick 
3
The Dog Problem
Jeff Strickler
A lackluster comedy that has very little bark and no bite 
1.5
The Dog Problem
Erik Childress
A romantic comedy which doesn t force its charm down your throat and instead allows the viewer in to peek around its quirks and discover the true heart beating within 
3.5
The Dog Problem
David Nusair
a fun and breezy piece of work 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Mike McGranaghan
Somehow after most of the other 2007 movies have faded from memory I have a feeling that I will still remember the passion and commitment of the people I met in Air Guitar Nation 
3
Air Guitar Nation
John Monaghan
Sure there is an infectious goofiness in watching a grown man in a red robe and Hello Kitty breastplate rock out on an imaginary ax But the gag is spread pretty thin 
2
Air Guitar Nation
Robert W. Butler
For every dork who has stood before the home stereo speakers and banged away on an invisible instrument here at last is validation 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Phil Villarreal
As Seinfeld proved shows about nothing can be a lot of fun 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Rob Thomas
Air Guitar Nation does deliver the goods with some extremely funny scenes and some honest to goodness rocking concert footage Although I fear that the existence of Nation has nudged us that much closer to a karaoke documentary 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Tom Keogh
The film s action footage lots of men and women thrashing around with a theoretical Fender in hand gets pretty tedious after a while There is only so much self inflicted embarrassment one can bear watching 
2
Air Guitar Nation
Justin Berton
In this pitch perfect documentary about the very real rise of air guitar competition in the United States and two of its top performers stony thoughts will arise as to whether one is suddenly trapped inside a satire that got wrapped in a reality 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Janice Page
The suggestion is that C Diddy can be seen as a sort of ambassador for the make air not war sentiment Why not Even as real ambassadors go we could do worse 
2.5
Air Guitar Nation
Jan Stuart
A favorite on the film festival circuit Alexandra Lipsitz s exuberantly funny documentary follows the triumphant path of an American air guitarist as he rises from U S East Coast champ to the top rankings of the international air guitar festival 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Jonathan W. Hickman
It makes me what to pick up an air guitar and rock out 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Pam Grady
This is all charming and hilariously real 
4
Air Guitar Nation
Glenn Whipp
The Finns take the whole thing pretty seriously noting that if you hold an air guitar it s impossible to simultaneously hold a gun or rifle I m sure some hombre in a Peckinpah movie would be able to pull it off 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Peter Travers
Alexandra Lipsitz believes that air guitar competitions are worth a whole feature length movie She s wrong of course But the fun lasts longer than you might think 
2.5
Air Guitar Nation
Maitland McDonagh
Fascinating Absolutely 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Geoff Pevere
As dumb as the idea of grown men dressing up and pretending to play guitar may be there s no arguing that some of these grown men do so with a truly awesome degree of energy and flair 
2.5
Air Guitar Nation
Liz Clayton
It s no small feat to film a documentary like this with the right balance of reverence for the craft of air guitar and good old fashioned shooting at an easy target but Lipsitz pulls it off 
3
Air Guitar Nation
Rob Humanick
Air Guitar Nation plays less like a feature length documentary than it does a poorly thrown together behind the scenes supplement to the real thing 
2
Come Play
Matt Brunson
Larry apparently The Babadook s third cousin twice removed gets his own motion picture with this derivative horror yarn with an interesting premise but an ill handled approach 
2
Come Play
Peter Canavese
Very Spielberg ian and decently involving but the audience sweet spot for this is probably 10 12 year old boys Blu ray review 
2.5
Come Play
Sean P. Means
Jacobs performance is perfectly grounded and attuned to Robertson s incredible portrayal of Oliver which never lets the character become just the sum of his awkward tics 
3.5
Come Play
Linda Cook
There s a little bit of Poltergeist a touch of Mama and a smidgen of The Babadook in this one That doesn t make it derivative it stands on its own as a story about the torment of an already tormented boy 
3
Come Play
Steven Prokopy
This being a PG 13 affair most of the horror elements are reserved to fairly effective jump scares 
2.5
Come Play
Joe Friar
The chiller deals with bullying and there are parallels between the monster and our young protagonist The talented young cast led by Robertson is a pleasure to watch while Jacobs and Gallagher Jr turn in solid and genuine performances as the parents 
3
Come Play
Walter Chaw
So many ifs and none of the answers are fun 
1.5
Come Play
Roger Moore
The most promising idea a rigid adherence to experiencing something through the eyes and ears of a speechless autistic boy is fudged And the ending is a cop out 
2
Come Play
Christian Toto
Fine performances and a disturbing finale elevate this generic shocker 
2.5
Come Play
Tom Meek
It doesn t all pull together 
2
Come Play
Brian Tallerico
An inconsistent flat film that is too often reliant on jump scares instead of atmosphere 
2
Come Play
Jeff York
The movie refreshes tired tropes infuses wit and suspense into every scene and exploits sound shadow and performance as well as any frightener of the last decade 
4
Come Play
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It holds interest for a while which is no small thing but ultimately we tire and look for a new game Sorry Larry 
1.5
Come Play
David Nusair
Come Play fares best in its slow moving yet sporadically engrossing opening stretch 
2.5
Come Play
Sara Michelle Fetters
Come Play ends up being a fun frequently tense little genre shocker that s also a sublime calling card for Chase that has me excited to see what he ll get up to next 
3
Come Play
Chris Hewitt
Although Come Play doesn t come to play horror wise it is a surprisingly effective family drama powered by a better than average cast 
2.5
Come Play
Pamela Powell
Come Play is a smart horror film capitalizing on the familiar while making a few pointed jabs at our social dependency on electronics and the dangers within 
3.5
Come Play
Mark Dujsik
Chase has made a consistently creepy horror story but it s as grounded in feelings of isolation as it is in the terror of what goes bump in the night 
3
Come Play
James Berardinelli
It feels like a Blumhouse throw away complete with the low profile cast and last act narrative twist 
2
Come Play
Michael Phillips
Even if you don t love the movie s rather cruel emotional tactics what else is new in horror and Olivier s frequent audible and visible anguish you can admire the execution 
3
Come Play
Johnny Oleksinski
Hate surprises Have I got the movie for you 
2
Come Play
Richard Roeper
Writer director Chase is clearly a student and fan of scary movies and he s not shy about indulging in familiar yet effective clichés 
3.5
Come Play
Randy Myers
Chase s film is my favorite kind of creature feature one that s ruled by characters not jump scares 
3.5
Come Play
Katie Walsh
Built around a universal quandary of our tech obsessed modern world underpinned with a folkloric tale that appeals to our most primal child selves yearning for acceptance and connection it has a heavy metaphorical resonance 
2.5
Come Play
Mike McGranaghan
Come Play isn t just one of the best horror movies of the year it s one of the best movies of the year period 
4
Come Play
Bob Strauss
It s not very frightening Nor is it much fun 
2
Come Play
Michael O'Sullivan
The frisson of cultural topicality gives Come Play a midrange metaphorical heft that allows the otherwise predictable narrative to punch above its weight 
2.5
Come Play
Pat Brown
While it can be expected that high concept horror movies will often be sewn together from the premises of recent genre successes it s much too easy to see the stitches in writer director Jacob Chase s Come Play 
2
Come Play
Barry Hertz
On paper this might sound like an unbearably hokey and guilt inducing concept especially for an era where we re compelled to spend more time with our loved ones than we ever imagined But it works surprisingly well in Chase s confident hands 
3
Bruce!!!
Roger Moore
A lot of clever banter is lost on a star director and co writer who can never quite get out of his own way 
1.5
Wigstock: The Movie
Caryn James
Wigstock the event and the movie is good natured campy fun 
4
Wigstock: The Movie
Edward Guthmann
An outrageously entertaining purely for pleasure dragathon 
3
Wigstock: The Movie
Roger Ebert
This movie puts a safe public face on people who surely cannot be as conventional as they appear here 
2
Winter Solstice
David Nusair
a gem 
3.5
Winter Solstice
Peter Canavese
Something that s increasingly rare a stringently subtextual drama when they finally arrive the epiphanies are small ones 
3
Winter Solstice
Larry Ratliff
Solstice offers solace It is quiet understated and powerful as a single chapter in several changing lives 
3
Winter Solstice
Joshua Tanzer
Sternfeld started with well conceived characters and simply didn t succeed in making them flesh These people have traits instead of personalities goals instead of dreams 
1.5
Winter Solstice
Janice Page
Ultimately undercut by its fictional elements and its flat characters 
2
Winter Solstice
Michael Booth
This movie deserves to be seen and learned from It captures the moments in which each of us stares out across an emptiness searching for a connection that will keep us from falling 
3
Winter Solstice
Jeff Vice
Give Winter Solstice some credit for taking an unexpected route 
2.5
Winter Solstice
Sean P. Means
Scene after scene of halting conversations meaningful glances and awkward pauses that will leave you as cold as the ominous title implies 
2
Winter Solstice
Meg Jones
A slice of life film that while well acted isn t compelling enough to rise to a tale to which you d want to give two hours of your undivided attention 
2
Winter Solstice
John Beifuss
The filmmaker understands that quiet desperation is often more moving than noisy suffering 
3
Winter Solstice
Lawrence Toppman
A small diamond among so much emotional zirconia 
3.5
Winter Solstice
Walter Chaw
Brickbat 
1.5
Winter Solstice
Connie Ogle
while our brains quickly comprehend Sternfeld s point our hearts never quite get the message 
2
Winter Solstice
Terry Lawson
The performances are excellent 
3
Winter Solstice
Jeff Strickler
Granted we re not wild about hams who try to flood the theater with emotion but having them bottle up everything while they stand around looking gloomy isn t the answer either 
2.5
Winter Solstice
Chris Hewitt
The atmosphere of awkward wounded retreat in the Winters house comes through in Josh Sternfeld s tentative earnest dialogue and in the quiet unadorned way the movie is shot 
3
Winter Solstice
Laura Kelly
What elevates the film from the mundanity of the character arcs if you can call them that are the numerous moments of silence 
2.5
Winter Solstice
Jeanne Aufmuth
A lovely quiet drama that slowly unravels layers of pain and frustration 
3
Winter Solstice
Kevin Allison
Not the most compelling or immediately satisfying storytelling but it s intriguingly real 
3
Winter Solstice
Peter Howell
We learn little about the characters other than that they re bored and restless 
1.5
Winter Solstice
Liam Lacey
The characters interact through lowered gazes the shuffling of feet the semi grunted hey of greeting followed by a responding hey 
2
Winter Solstice
Steve Rhodes
An exquisite and sublime experience that speaks to us with an honesty and a subtle power that is rarely captured on film 
3.5
Winter Solstice
Roger Ebert
The movie is not plot driven for which we must be thankful because to force their feelings into a plot would be a form of cruelty The whole point is that these lives have no plot 
3
Winter Solstice
Allison Benedikt
Writer director Josh Sternfeld has a feel for life s little interactions the moments before or after Big Things Happen otherwise known as most of the time 
3.5
Winter Solstice
Timothy Knight
A quiet honestly observed character study Winter Solstice is a small scale triumph for writer director Josh Sternfeld 
3
Winter Solstice
Lisa Rose
The narrative is simple the dialogue spare and the performances low key yet there s real resonance to the film 
3.5
Winter Solstice
Kyle Smith
Winter Solstice is a well built machine that dunks you into a big warm vat of sadness 
3
Winter Solstice
Elizabeth Weitzman
A gracefully understated drama about a widower trying to help his sons and himself heal after a tragedy 
3
Winter Solstice
Bob Strauss
Filmed as flatly as it is scripted Winter Solstice has little to say about family dynamics because it just doesn t do enough to individuate this potentially interesting household of grieving unsatisfied men 
2
Winter Solstice
Emily Blunt
Winter Solstice is a small intimate film that is going to stay with you for a long time 
4
Winter Solstice
David Sterritt
Gently told beautifully acted tale about a widowed landscape gardener who s afraid his growing sons are making all the wrong starts in life As quietly dazzling as a small very precious stone 
4
Winter Solstice
Gene Seymour
You come to admire the way Winter Solstice delivers its emotional impact by showing more than telling 
3
Winter Solstice
Nick Schager
Radiates airless artificiality 
2
The Chumscrubber
Johnny Vaughan
Sadly despite Bell s eye catching performance and Glenn Close s disturbing Stepford Wife portrayal I found this messy movie as self absorbed as most of its characters 
2
The Chumscrubber
Ross Anthony
Almost Magnolia Pieces of April Nice script tight direction but riddled with a disturbing tension cynical outlook more apt to unsettle than entertain 
2
The Chumscrubber
Bill Chambers
Wittier than Not Another Teen Movie stealthier than Storytelling
2.5
The Chumscrubber
Emily Blunt
There s something up in Suburbia if anyone cares to notice Been there done that but the actors make this a great film
3
The Chumscrubber
Bob Strauss
It s a visually impressive but emotionally tin eared trawl over that oft scraped indie film territory the soulless suburban landscape 
2
The Chumscrubber
Peter Travers
An appallingly clumsy and stupid take on drugs kidnapping and suicide in suburbia 
1
The Chumscrubber
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a tricky road and goodness knows Posin and screenwriter Zac Stanford hit their share of speed bumps but somehow these two still manage to craft one of the more singularly original breathlessly entertaining pictures I ve seen this summer 
3
The Chumscrubber
Timothy Knight
Has just enough scathing wit absurdist flourishes and pathos to make it noteworthy 
2.5
The Chumscrubber
Chris Hewitt
One of those movies that Tells Us What Is Wrong With America and is it just me who doesn t think we need to be lectured by bad movies 
0
The Chumscrubber
Paul Doro
An example of indie films at their worst advocating itself as something profound and incisive while merely recycling old ideas with help from a hackneyed screenplay 
2
The Chumscrubber
David Sterritt
At once dreamily surreal acutely intelligent and strikingly tough minded 
4
The Chumscrubber
Ed Gonzalez
It s vision of suburban living is about as artificial and narrow minded as the original NES Paperboy game it seemingly evokes during its opening CGI sequence
1
The Last Shift
Linda Cook
Director screenwriter Andrew Cohn has a knack for showing how real people talk and what they talk about I really appreciate the dialogue in this dramedy 
3.5
The Last Shift
Roger Moore
Like fast food gassy not as nutritious as advertised and in the end not at all filling 
1.5
The Last Shift
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a low key rest stop story that appreciates life s banalities and the struggles of ordinary people 
3
The Last Shift
Barry Hertz
The Last Shift is not nearly as challenging a production both for Jenkins and audiences but it is highly watchable 
3
A Lost Man
Ed Gonzalez
The film is not nearly as willful or poetic in its abstraction dangling enough stray bits of context over audiences heads to help us get by but still leaving both us and itself caught in a confused lull 
1.5
Twice Born
Kyle Smith
Twice Born chokes to death on its own melodrama 
1.5
Twice Born
Diego Semerene
Sergio Castellitto s film quickly turns out to be more interested in reveling in the secrets of its storyline than in its sentiments 
1.5
Twice Born
Christy Lemire
Yes it s all as clunky and tasteless as the description suggests and the awkward casting doesn t improve this overlong drama 
1.5
Twice Born
David Hiltbrand
A somber slog that takes far too long to reach its overwrought surprise ending 
1.5
Twice Born
Matt Pais
When setting a love story in a war torn environment it s nice to actually recognize the who what and why of the conflict 
1.5
Twice Born
Roger Moore
An old fashioned war romance that benefits from its third act surprises 
2.5
Fauna
Barry Hertz
Lyrical haunting and at times extraordinarily funny Fauna is a work best viewed twice and with the clear understanding that even one revisit may not be enough 
3.5
Fauna
Bill Chambers
Not bad for a movie without an official screenplay credit 
3.5
Duel
Mick LaSalle
This simple premise a killer truck stalks a driver becomes the basis for an exceptionally fraught and well made suspense film 
3
Duel
David Nusair
a surprisingly sturdy first effort for a filmmaker who would obviously go onto bigger and better things 
2.5
Duel
Lucius Gore
The film pits the awesome talents of Richard Matheson with Spielberg delivering one of the best genre films of the past 50 years 
4
Duel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not even Hitchcock could have shot or paced Duel any better Spielberg understands precisely where to insert his silences and pauses and when to make them restful or tense He knows how to pour it on for the exciting chase scenes 
4
Duel
Matt Brunson
Gets plenty of mileage no pun intended out of its simple premise 
3
Duel
Jeremy Heilman
Duel has come to represent much of what is wrong with the current cinema 
1.5
The Court Jester
Matt Brunson
Nothing can top the fantastic wordplay involving the vessel with the pestle the chalice from the palace and the flagon with a dragon only one of which holds the brew that is true 
4
Mars
Diego Semerene
The United States s first couple being a cigar smoking cowboy and his intellectually challenged wife is one anachronism we could all live without 
2
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
Tom Keogh
Based on the engrossing web series Marble Hornets this unnerving ghost story presents random split second appearances by a faceless silent ghoul that presage a lethal insanity overtaking his victims 
3
Wounds
Brian Tallerico
A film with two halves that often seem at odds with each other 
2.5
Wounds
Karen M. Peterson
The underdeveloped mystery never satisfies The result is a general sense of bewilderment as the credits roll and you realize that everything is meaningless 
1.5
The Lighthouse
Sara Michelle Fetters
Crow shows an ability to quickly right his ship anytime things start to take on too much water 
2.5
The Lighthouse
James Berardinelli
The high production values excellent acting and strong writing make this a cut above what is often accorded this sort of release pattern 
3
Tourist Trap
David N. Butterworth
A limp 70s horror entry from mannequin meister David Schmoeller the Puppet Master series 
2
A Country Called Home
Mark Dujsik
The third act in particular becomes an awkward mixture of broad comedy and pathos 
2.5
A Country Called Home
Christian Toto
The rigorously dull A Country Called Home hates flyover country more than Bill Maher 
2
A Country Called Home
Roger Moore
Sturdy well acted but a mostly dull and unsurprising You can t go home melodrama 
2
Les Mains Libres
Kent Turner
It produces a peculiar kind of absorption 
3
Lancelot of the Lake
Michael Wilmington
The whole film is shot in compellingly austere colors and a rapt gaze sweeping downward from the sky and ending horrifyingly fixed on armored bodies lying in the mud 
4
Lancelot of the Lake
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has a magnificence that creeps out a little at a time especially over repeated viewings 
4
Lancelot of the Lake
Zach Campbell
One suspects that Bresson wanted to interpret Arthurian legend in a way that would emphasize its petty emotions and physicalities 
4
Lancelot of the Lake
Gabe Leibowitz
Having seen Bresson s filmography in full including this film twice I m convinced that Lancelot of the Lake is on par with his very best and most transcendent work 
4
Lancelot of the Lake
James Kendrick
Bresson s style may not be for everyone but one has to respect his strength as an artist 
3
Silence, We're Rolling
Ed Gonzalez
A rollicking paean to the musical that owes as much to Hollywood as it does to Bollywood 
3
Boudu Saved From Drowning
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Renoir keeps it all beautifully humorously on track 
4
Boudu Saved From Drowning
Eric Henderson
Even enterprise without state can be amply rewarded in the films of Renoir 
4
Hard Breakers
Kam Williams
A battle of the sexes farce where vindictive females force their unsuspecting prey to be friends with benefits whether they want some or not 
2
Hard Breakers
Paul Schrodt
The film might be the closest approximation to the gender inverse of an Apatow flick 
2
Hard Breakers
Matt Pais
This surfing sex comedy does no favors to any of those words and words don t really seem to be familiar territory to most of these characters in the first place 
1
Just Mercy
David Nusair
Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has infused Just Mercy with a matter of fact sensibility that suits his and Andrew Lanham s familiar screenplay quite well 
3
Just Mercy
Michael Phillips
Just Mercy is solid meat and potatoes docudrama filmmaking if you don t mind a first rate story of systemic injustice undercut by second rate dialogue 
2.5
Just Mercy
Ty Burr
Unlike many movies based on a true story Just Mercy sticks close to the facts of the case for the simple reason that the facts are drama enough 
2.5
Just Mercy
Federico Furzan
A superb and integral story about injustice and one man who tried to change it all Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Just Mercy
Jason Fraley
It s a great addition to a genre that stirs our emotions and calls us to action It s also shocking stating that for every nine executions in America one death row inmate has been proven innocent 
3.5
Just Mercy
Dann Gire
It doesn t help that a market friendly PG 13 rating constrains the movie so that it resembles a network TV production with the rough edges of real racism rounded off way too nicely 
2.5
Just Mercy
David N. Butterworth
A competent if predictable treatment of Bryan Stevenson s bestselling book 
2.5
Just Mercy
Josh Larsen
a testament to what talented actors can do with material that might otherwise be stifling 
3
Just Mercy
Linda Cook
Just Mercy delivers compelling true story of bigotry justice 
3.5
Just Mercy
Reginald Ponder
Just Mercy provides a compelling argument for seeking real justice It shows us that everyone isn t about what is right but what is expedient and this has cost us lives and the destruction of families Brian Stevenson a selfless man doing life saving work
3.5
Just Mercy
Sarah Knight Adamson
This is a tough film to watch due to the injustices that are at the core although the courage and heroism displayed by Bryan Stevenson shine brightly 
3.5
Just Mercy
Matt Brunson
I won t reveal McMillian s ultimate courtroom fate but I will allow that it s not a happily ever after tale in one respect 
3
Just Mercy
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Really the only problem with this real life death penalty drama from Destin Daniel Cretton The Glass Castle Short Term 12 is that it s quietly average 
2
Just Mercy
Sean P. Means
As good as the performances by Jordan and Foxx are the eat your vegetables feel of the inspirational dialogue and change the world narrative hold the movie back 
3
Just Mercy
Rene Sanchez
Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx are superb in this absorbing powerful and urgent story about the inequalities and prejudices that exist in America s legal system Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Just Mercy
Luke Parker
While there s something to be said for a historical film that articulates its timely purpose and connection so coherently Just Mercy s spoon fed approach is not only unappreciated uncreative and unartistic but degrading as well 
2.5
Just Mercy
Pamela Powell
The story itself is riveting but it s the characters that bring the story about the death penalty to life 
4
Just Mercy
Mattie Lucas
Buoyed by strong turns by Jordan and Foxx Just Mercy treats stock characters like human beings centers the victim s story and refuses to ignore the collateral damage of wrongful convictions 
3
Just Mercy
Richard Roeper
a sobering reminder of a deeply flawed socially unbalanced legal system that to this day often turns its back on persons of color who can t afford the legal defense they truly deserve 
3
Just Mercy
Lisa Trifone
A worthy exploration of a system that needs shaking up and the people willing to do it 
2.5
Just Mercy
Michael Smith
Just Mercy is a valuable lesson told in a just OK way 
2.5
Just Mercy
Josh Terry
Just Mercy is just good enough of a legal drama to get you to think about its subject but it s not a good enough movie to stick with you far beyond the theater doors 
3
Just Mercy
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Just Mercy may not be perfect but it is more than effective 
3
Just Mercy
Joe Friar
Fantastic performances from Jordan and Foxx while shedding light on the trailblazing work accomplished by Stevenson Ansley and the Equal Justice Initiative 
3.5
Just Mercy
Robert Horton
Part of the film s power is its portrait of a world in which facts no longer matter even a carefully prepared argument can be thrown aside because of the corruption within the system I m guessing this might resonate with movie goers in 2020 
3
Just Mercy
Chris Hewitt
It s a tough minded and hopeful movie because it is unusually interested in making us see difficult truths and care about people we might prefer to forget about 
3.5
Just Mercy
Mark Dujsik
We seem to have so few heroes these days and it s encouraging to see one get his due in a mainstream film 
3
Just Mercy
Rafer Guzman
A compelling legal drama with fine performances from Jordan and Foxx 
3
Just Mercy
Oliver Jones
Rarely if ever has the death penalty and the damage its inequitable application inflicts on everyone from prison employees to family members of the accused been given such a thorough and gripping rendering as it is here 
3
Just Mercy
Bob Bloom
At the end Just Mercy may make you weep for joy and applaud for its outcome And it also will make you think about judicial abuses that have robbed many people the vast majority of whom are minorities of their rights as American citizens 
3.5
Just Mercy
Moira MacDonald
Despite its flaws Just Mercy is that rarity a movie that inspires a story that brings light 
3
Just Mercy
Mike McGranaghan
Just Mercy works beautifully as both an examination of a vital issue and as a gripping legal story Michael B Jordan once again proves why he is one of our brightest most exciting young actors 
4
Just Mercy
Mick LaSalle
Just Mercy isn t the best movie that could have been made from its subject but it s good enough 
3
Just Mercy
Roger Moore
A righteous well intentioned but uneven emotional roller coaster of a film that plays it a little too safe
3
Just Mercy
Brian Truitt
Even if often predictable Cretton s engaging drama overcomes its shortcomings with watchable empathy and grace 
3
Just Mercy
Ann Hornaday
From its smooth visuals and warm swinging sounds to its magnificent performances Just Mercy is masterfully constructed to keep us inside a story that otherwise would be too brutal to bear 
3.5
Just Mercy
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cretton keeps things emotionally grounded while also crafting an authentically hardscrabble milieu that is bracingly sincere 
3
Just Mercy
James Berardinelli
Despite the whiff of Oscar bait surrounding the production it s a well made affecting tale about do gooders who do good rather than merely muddying the waters 
3
Just Mercy
Odie Henderson
The majority of films about African American suffering have always been calibrated the way Just Mercy is with an eye to not offending White viewers with anything remotely resembling Black anger 
2.5
Just Mercy
Joey Magidson
Earnest wearing its heart on its sleeve and fully believing in the power of its story Just Mercy is more than just an eventual feel good movie 
3
Just Mercy
Dwight Brown
Jamies Foxx gives his best performance since Ray 
3
Just Mercy
Shane Slater
Cretton delivers a genuine crowd pleaser 
3
Just Mercy
Peter Howell
Strong performances especially by Michael B Jordan Jamie Foxx and Tim Blake Nelson help make the message a movie 
3
Just Mercy
Barry Hertz
Yet Jordan and Foxx take the little material they re given and play it as deep as possible turning in memorable eventually gut punching performances 
3
Just Mercy
Sara Stewart
Profoundly moving and at times almost unbearably sad 
3.5
Just Mercy
Jake Cole
The film around Michael B Jordan plays like a lesson on justice being taught by self aware actors but he lives Bryan s pain imbuing Just Mercy with a forcefulness that overpowers the its sermonizing 
2
Just Mercy
Erik Anderson
Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx shine in the true story of a man wrongfully imprisoned and the civil rights hero who fights for him in Destin Daniel Cretton s new film 
3
Phoenix (Føniks)
David Nusair
Phoenix continues to suffer from a lack of momentum that consistently holds the viewer at arms length 
2
Predator
Walter Chaw
films that understand that when Shane rode away at the end he was probably just looking for a place to die 
4
Predator
Josh Larsen
The level of beefcakery reaches hilarious proportions 
1.5
Predator
Peter Canavese
A dumber version of the Alien franchise but this initial picture works anyway as an atmospheric exercise in pure primal action with a science fiction y twist Blu Ray 
3
Predator
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Oddly the special effects have dated quite well and the action scenes shot by relative newcomer John McTiernan work well despite a few clunky spots 
2.5
Predator
David Nusair
never quite justifies its cult status 
2.5
Predator
James O'Ehley
Big budget B movie as Arnie gets slugged around a lot by a viscous intergalactic big game hunter in some South American jungle 
3
Predator
Roger Ebert
It s a slick high energy action picture that takes a lot of its strength from its steamy locations in Mexico 
3
Cheech & Chong Still Smokin'
Austin Kennedy
After working with each other for many years this should have been a tight film But it s lazy tired and painfully laugh free 
1
Blood Feast
Mattie Lucas
The blocky cinematography that never seems to capture what it s supposed to be looking at could almost be called avant garde 
1
Dark Tourist
Terence Johnson
There s a decent movie somewhere in the Dark Tourist but unfortunately it never really comes to the surface and you re left with a film that is just disappointing 
2
Dark Tourist
Sara Stewart
Griffith s vulnerable performance is a standout But the film s final third seems needlessly graphic 
2
Recruiting for Jihad (Den Norske Islamisten)
Bill Chambers
An exasperating but compulsively watchable portrait of religious extremism that may be the quintessential film about how you can t argue with an idiot 
3.5
Anatomy of a Murder
Shadow Stage
People will talk about this startling courtroom drama 
4
Anatomy of a Murder
Mattie Lucas
A fierce uncompromising exploration of the American legal system 
3.5
Anatomy of a Murder
Matt Brunson
Otto Preminger no stranger to ruffling moral watchdog feathers never succumbs to the sleaziness inherent in the material instead turning out an intelligent and tightly controlled drama that ranks as one of the all time great courtroom procedurals 
4
Anatomy of a Murder
Eric Melin
Even with the glut of crime related TV dramas that pepper today s screens you d be hard pressed to find a courtroom story that doesn t have you rooting one way or the other with a heavy handed POV This one doesn t it s way ahead of its time 
3
Anatomy of a Murder
James Kendrick
simultaneously plays by and punctures the expectations of the courtroom thriller
3.5
Anatomy of a Murder
Phil Villarreal
The screenplay from a novel by John D Voelker drips with the smoke drenched taste of 1940s noir stinging the eyes and lungs 
4
Anatomy of a Murder
Bill Chambers
Moviegoers never had it so good 
4
Anatomy of a Murder
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Preminger takes a while to set up the story but his pacing and style are perfection 
4
The Horseman on the Roof
Roger Ebert
The Horseman on the Roof is a rousing romantic epic about beautiful people having thrilling adventures in breathtaking landscapes 
3
The Horseman on the Roof
Mike Clark
Production values count for something and it s a good thing too because this French period piece takes two hours and then some to reach its conclusion without reaching even a trot 
2.5
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
David Nusair
one of those so bad it s good movies that is sporadically good for a few laughs 
.5
Freedom
Glenn Heath Jr.
While much of Korkoro avoids stylistic flourishes Gatlif picks his moments to use cinematic language to revel in the terror his characters experience 
3
The Forgotten Battle
Roger Moore
Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr The Thing stages spectacular chaotic hand held cameras firefights where the slaughter is so in your face you might find yourself ducking 
2.5
Persona
Josh Larsen
The quintessential 44 mid century art film 46 46 46 
3.5
Persona
Michael Wilmington
One of the screen s supreme works and perhaps Ingmar Bergman s finest film 
4
Persona
David Nusair
Bergman s penchant for strangeness eventually undercuts the effective elements 
2
Persona
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ingmar Bergman s most actively astonishing film 
4
Persona
James Kendrick
You might not understand it all right away or even after multiple viewings but there is nothing about Persona that is forgettable It is an experience that sticks with you and gnaws at you compelling you back to it again and again 
4
Persona
Roger Ebert
A film we return to over the years for the beauty of its images and because we hope to understand its mysteries 
4
Persona
Ted Prigge
One of the most chilling disturbing and even erotic films to ever be made 
4
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Brian Eggert
Ramsay 8217 s film uses evocative imagery and a non linear narrative structure to create a stunningly observed series of disturbing scenes 44 which 44 as the viewer pieces them together 44 become so filled with dread that we squirm with unease 46 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Mattie Lucas
It s nearly impossible to take your eyes off of Swinton in any film and she s on fire here But she s lost in a film that never quite figures out what it wants to be 
2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Kelly Jane Torrance
We Need to Talk About Kevin feels like a daring art installation filled with the obvious color red as a metaphor But it should have been more than a metaphor it should have been about life and the awful ways it can end 
1.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Roger Moore
A real world horror movie for parents 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Jeff Beck
It may not be a crowd pleaser but it s not every day we get an emotional powerhouse of a film done this well 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Wesley Lovell
It would be easy to say that the film would be nothing without Tilda Swinton It wouldn t but the narrative is quite engaging and Swinton s isn t the only terrific performance 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Marty Mapes
Irony clashes with disturbing drama
2.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
John Beifuss
Smug but fascinating The movie is a woman s cry of anguish for an unjust world that enables men at all levels of age and power to get away with cruelty brutality murder and even war because well that s what boys DO 
2.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Matt Brunson
Of all the nomination flubs made this past January by the Academy of Harvey Weinstein Arts and Sciences the most egregious mistake was arguably the lack of a Best Actress nod for Tilda Swinton 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Steven Rea
Fragmented dreamlike a whir of memories and misery We Need to Talk About Kevin is unsettling but also somehow unnecessary 
2.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Joe Williams
We Need to Talk About Kevin is confrontational cinema that will leave you speechless 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Gary Thompson
You understand the symbolism implied in Kevin s choice of weapon but I didn t really believe it could work as a WMD 
2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Ty Burr
Some movies punish you but you take it because you re getting something out of the bargain an insight a performance art adrenaline Then there are the movies that punish you for the heck of it 
1
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Peter Keough
No one does layered suffering like Swinton you feel her pain and much more besides 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Chris Hewitt
Swinton is brilliant in a difficult and painful film 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Peter Canavese
An annoying provocation with too little to say a serious credibility deficit a whiff of misandry and a miscalculated unseemly gusto for abusing its hero Instead of having catharsis the audience just gets had 
2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rob Thomas
I realize that in praising the film I ve probably talked most readers out of seeing it But it s an undeniably powerful piece of art that engages fully with its disturbing subject matter 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rafer Guzman
Ramsay may be aiming for a character study of Kevin but she ends up merely listing the ingredients needed to make a murderer 
2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Ann Hornaday
Lynne Ramsay s thoughtful unnerving film works its strange power over viewers who are likely to find themselves as compelled as repelled by its fatally flawed key players 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Mick LaSalle
The narrative strategy amounts to little more than film school strenuousness and in the end it can t conceal the movie s essential crudeness its coarse artless dialogue blank character writing and intellectual vacuity 
1
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Moira MacDonald
Ramsay filming in lurid reds and unblinking close ups lets no one off the hook here this is truly a domestic horror story with no easy answers and nobody blameless 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rene Rodriguez
Tilda Swinton is the star of We Need to Talk About Kevin and her performance is so complex and volcanic and transfixing that all of the film s flaws melt away 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Peter Howell
There s no equivocating over the excellence of the acting by Swinton and casting find Ezra Miller
2.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Josh Larsen
The use of red is so overdone that you assume the color must be paying for some sort of product placement 
1
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Mark Dujsik
Refuses to take the easy route and simply condemn Kevin as evil incarnate or pin the blame on whatever Eva may have done to help create him 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Matt Pais
How was that not obvious a long time ago 
2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Roger Ebert
That the film works so brilliantly is a tribute in large part to the actors 
4
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Mike McGranaghan
This powerful provocative movie breaks your heart and sends a chill up your spine simultaneously 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Peter Travers
Acting doesn t get much better than the subtly brilliant display put on by Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Jake Coyle
This thoroughly well crafted if rigidly conceived film could use a little more talking at least some therapy about Kevin 
2.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dustin Putman
We Need to Talk About Kevin has a fitting title once seen it will be impossible for viewers to hold back on their conversations about it 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Phil Villarreal
This is a fine drama that is sadly a sign of the times 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a horror film it s cheap and obvious As a message movie it s heavy handed And as both combined it s appalling 
2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lou Lumenick
Swinton and Reilly make no sense as a couple which is all of a piece with We Need To Talk About Kevin where everyone s motivations manage to seem simultaneously arbitrary and inevitable pretty much all the time 
1.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Stephen Whitty
It s a gripping grueling movie but is it one most American parents will want to watch Probably not and I can t blame them But is it one many American parents should see Absolutely 
4
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Claudia Puig
It s an arty horror movie set within the context of a dysfunctional family focusing on the massively strained relationship between a conflicted mother and a sociopathic son 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
James Berardinelli
This is a depressing motion picture yet the issues it addresses are real especially in a world where the term childhood innocence is losing all meaning 
3.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Ed Gonzalez
What we really need to talk about is the fraudulence of Lynne Ramsay s overripe collage of bright colors smug pop music and flimsy characterizations 
1.5
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rex Reed
A morbid misguided mess with a fractured narrative guaranteed to drive audiences away in droves 
0
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Erik Childress
If ever a movie gave you a hankering for jam and a vasectomy in one sitting it would certainly be Lynne Ramsay s latest 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
David Nusair
a freewheeling impressionist piece of work that is at the outset nothing short of exhilarating 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Bill Chambers
We Need to Talk About Kevin affirms that Lynne Ramsay is the heir apparent to Terrence Malick 
3
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Liam Lacey
Ezra Miller s sneering absurdly precocious evil child performance makes him just another bad seed horror villain 
2
2017 Oscar Nominated Shorts
Walter V. Addiego
It s the pre Oscar season when short films get a least a little bit of the respect they deserve 
3
Gone
David Nusair
A frequently disastrous piece of work 
1
Gone
Matt Brunson
Gone wasn t screened in advance for critics and opened to a desultory 4 8 million gross Anybody interested in seeing it better head to the theater posthaste because after a couple more weeks this mediocre effort is sure to be gone baby gone 
2
Gone
John Beifuss
So lame the only scare during the first hour is the old cat jumping into frame trick 
1
Gone
Rex Reed
Gifted and sincere as she always is there s not much Ms Seyfried can do with this tripe 
1
Gone
Tom Russo
It s a significant letdown that after all Jill s running and all the guessing Seyfried makes us do the climactic confrontation plays like an uninspired afterthought 
2
Gone
Glenn Lovell
a minor entry in the Kiss the Girls Along Came a Spider line Seyfried isn t the least bit convincing in a role that called for hysteria cut with outrage She manages little girl peevishness 
1.5
Gone
Peter Travers
It lies there flapping like a dying fish Skip it 
1.5
Gone
Erik Childress
Imagine Tyler Perry directing the lamest remake of Kiss the Girls imaginable and you can get a sense of how flat out awful the storytelling and character development is in this one 
0.5
Gone
R. Kurt Osenlund
Nearly a year has passed since the release of Catherine Hardwicke s Red Riding Hood and Amanda Seyfried is still crying wolf 
1.5
Gone
Linda Barnard
While Gone has some visual style the cheap and melodramatic script fails to make it to the party 
1
Gone
Wilson Morales
Gone is a clich thriller that lacks intrigue and suspense It s so disposable that TV networks such as Cinemax or Chiller may take a pass on grabbing it for their audience 
1
Ultimate X: The Movie
Linda Cook
If you think that ESPN s Ultimate X is a motor oil then you need to see this movie dude 
3.5
Ultimate X: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
If you re an extreme sports fan this is probably a must own DVD 
3
Ultimate X: The Movie
Jeff Strickler
The film contains so much eye popping footage that even viewers who have never seen the X Games can t help but be fascinated 
3.5
Ultimate X: The Movie
Margaret A. McGurk
A love letter for fans of the sport and for the uninitiated earth bound a peek into a strange new sports world spinning with adrenaline 
3
Ultimate X: The Movie
Robert K. Elder
Writer director Bruce Hendricks subtracts from the experience by crafting a corporate propaganda film posing as a documentary 
2.5
Ultimate X: The Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
For every articulate player such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words radical or suck into a sentence 
2
Ultimate X: The Movie
Megan Turner
Most of Ultimate X is comprised of truly exhilarating footage of men and one woman pushing their bodies and their nerve to the edge 
3
Ultimate X: The Movie
Jan Stuart
These self styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self preservation 
2
Ultimate X: The Movie
Jeff Vice
It s an exhilarating blast that makes good use of the large format screen 
3.5
Ultimate X: The Movie
Glenn Whipp
At a brief 42 minutes we need more X and less blab 
2.5
Ultimate X: The Movie
Michael Phillips
The rare Imax movie that you ll wish was longer than an hour 
4
Ultimate X: The Movie
Sean P. Means
Little more than a super sized infomercial for the cable sports channel and its Summer X Games 
2
Ultimate X: The Movie
Dan DeLuca
There s lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN s Ultimate X 
2.5
Ultimate X: The Movie
Howard Cohen
Rad fun for sports fans and sedentary folks alike 
3
Ultimate X: The Movie
Ross Anthony
While the finished product is still fun never dull and the athletes themselves remarkable inspired and apt the production could have been improved 
2.5
Spiral Farm
Luke Parker
A transient drama concerning our worlds and the worlds we have yet to know 
2.5
The Public Image Is Rotten
Simon Abrams
Diehard fans may enjoy The Public Image is Rotten but there s not a lot here that they or even adventurous newbies can t get more of elsewhere 
2
The Public Image Is Rotten
Roger Moore
An almost sentimental portrait of John Lydon in Winter
3
Husbands and Wives
Matt Brunson
Away from the real world ickiness and judged on its own merits this is one of Allen s most absorbing efforts with some well timed laughs breaking up what proves to be a particular bitter pill of a picture 
3.5
Husbands and Wives
David Nusair
a hit and miss drama that is for the most part hardly as interesting or absorbing as Allen has surely intended 
2.5
Husbands and Wives
Mattie Lucas
A shockingly frank look at the dissolution of not just a romantic relationship but of an artistic partnership 
3
Husbands and Wives
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Woody Allen s greatest films 
4
Husbands and Wives
Robert Roten
Woody Allen s latest movie Husbands and Wives is one of his best films and is a fascinating look at the breakup of two people 
4
Husbands and Wives
Ed Gonzalez
Ten years ago Husbands and Wives played second fiddle to Woody Allen s all media split with Mia Farrow 
4
Husbands and Wives
Bill Chambers
A far more complex and satisfying essay on the subject of infidelity than the overpraised Hannah and Her Sisters 
3.5
Husbands and Wives
Jeremy Heilman
One of Allen s most criminally underappreciated films 
4
Husbands and Wives
Peter Travers
Husbands and Wives is a defining film for these emotionally embattled times it s classic Woody Allen 
4
Husbands and Wives
Chris Hicks
Allen is in top form here 
3
Husbands and Wives
Roger Ebert
What Husbands and Wives argues is that many rational relationships are actually not as durable as they seem because somewhere inside every person is a child crying me me me 
3.5
Husbands and Wives
Ted Prigge
This is one of Woody s best films but it s also extremely bitter 
4
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit With Ricky Leacock in Normandy
Farran Smith Nehme
The great documentarian Les Blank died in 2013 two years after his mentor Richard Leacock but both are warmly present in this set of interviews Blank did with his teacher in France 15 years ago 
3
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit With Ricky Leacock in Normandy
Jesse Cataldo
A definitive reflection on the work of two great directors and the specific slices of cinema they so fruitfully cultivated 
3
The Soul Collector
Sara Michelle Fetters
Holscher opts for a trick twist ending that feels both forced and unwarranted and the only thing scary about it is that the director thought including it would be a good idea 
2.5
The Soul Collector
Simon Abrams
There s something eerie and sometimes even dreadful at the heart of The Soul Collector 
2.5
La llorona
Federico Furzan
A horror movie with a political touch that just feels relevant and very well placed Full review in Spanish 
3
La llorona
Rene Sanchez
A bold and visionary retelling of a well known folk tale that tackles the horrors of a nation s silent wound Full Review in Spanish 
4
La llorona
Mike McGranaghan
I found myself frequently restless wishing the story would pick up some speed 
2.5
La llorona
Anita Katz
Bustamante blends serious political content domestic drama and horror fantasy smoothly and effectively 
3
La llorona
Roger Moore
That rare horror movie that is actually about something 
2.5
La llorona
Sara Michelle Fetters
Bustamante s latest travels into the dark recesses of the human condition to shine a brightly shimmering spotlight on vile evils that should never be locked away and forgotten 
3.5
La llorona
Monica Castillo
It s not just a creepy story but a painful reflection of injustice 
3
La llorona
Walter Chaw
We live in graveyards in the company of ghosts and we re cast only to grieve for all the days of our lives 
3.5
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Mark Feeney
The contemporary music sequences are a distraction from the heart of the movie truly astounding archival footage of speeches marches and demonstrations 
2.5
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Peter Keough
The songs are rousing but it takes more than a soundtrack to make a revolution 
3
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Ann Hornaday
Through vivid archival material and voice overs the filmmakers create moving vignettes that taken together form a fascinating primer on nonviolence as a political force and discipline 
3
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Tom Keogh
Soundtrack may very well be the finest broad history on film of the Southern Freedom Movement years as measured from the Montgomery bus boycott beginning in 1955 to the assassination of the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr 1968 
4
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Mike Scott
Puts a fresh spin on an important chapter in American history 
3
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Jennie Punter
An elegantly crafted new documentary 
3
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Kyle Smith
Tthe film is primarily interested in the music that accompanied this turmoil which is a bit like covering the American Revolution with the focus on the wigs Washington and Jefferson wore 
1.5
Show Me Love
Ken Fox
Lukas Moodyson s debut feature has a grainy immediate feel that nicely enhances the story s emotional honesty a quality that our own popular teen movies have only just begun to embrace 
3.5
Show Me Love
Jeff Millar
Dahlstrm and especially Liljeberg are first rate 
3
Show Me Love
Jeremy Heilman
Unfortunately as the plot develops it shies away from exploring that discontent in favor of demonstrating precisely the kind of naivet and sweetness that one would expect to find in any teen romance 
3.5
Show Me Love
Rick Groen
High school small town teenagers in hormone hell or is that heaven 
3
Show Me Love
Robert Payne
Successfully captures the frenzied angst and boredom of youth as well as the powerful unbridled emotions of first love 
3
Show Me Love
Roger Ebert
The movie is funny gentle and true 
3
Show Me Love
James Berardinelli
One of the most honest and heartfelt teen dramas ever to grace the screen 
3.5
Show Me Love
Steve Rhodes
I m tired of teens talking about make up and making out A lesbian twist to an otherwise standard story just isn t enough to make it compelling 
2
Show Me Love
Peter Stack
Right away this film grabs attention with documentary style close ups and upends teen movie cliches 
4
Murphy's War
Roger Ebert
We re left with an expensively mounted movie potentially a good one that doesn t seem to know what to make of itself 
2.5
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
David Nusair
a disappointingly flat piece of work 
2
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Dustin Putman
If the movie is never necessarily boring it also is rarely interesting 
2
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Roger Ebert
There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs Tingle 
1.5
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Mick LaSalle
Spiteful and shallow 
1
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Jonathan Foreman
Teaching Mrs Tingle an ugly failed attempt to pull off a Heathers style teen oriented black comedy 
1.5
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Susan Wloszczyna
Slow moving 
2
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Michael Dequina
Admittedly junky but wickedly watchable revenge fantasy 
3
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Susan Stark
As a routinely cruel often vicious miserably unhappy teacher Mirren offers a complex brilliantly disciplined performance 
4
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
James Berardinelli
The lack of surprises plot twists and clever dialogue makes this a distressingly lame offering 
1
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Steve Rhodes
Predictable mediocre 
2
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Jorge Avila Andrade
Subraya lo sobrevaluado que se encuentra su autor y la cada vez ms alarmante falta de creatividad y buenos guionistas
2
18 to Party
Nick Allen
18 to Party is too stagnant for a story about young people wanting to break free 
2
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Rob Salem
Each vignette is wittily worded by neophyte TV writer Aschlin Ditta and subtly performed by a large ensemble cast that contains a few fairly recognizable surprises 
2.5
Jungle
David Nusair
consistently elevated by Radcliffe s eye opening completely convincing performance 
3.5
Jungle
Vikram Murthi
Despite its many obvious flaws Yossi s story has enough weight on its own to render Jungle a moderately compelling survival flick 
2.5
Jungle
Christian Toto
The director of Wolf Creek doesn t need to goose reality to grab us by the collar Jungle proves it 
3
Jungle
Mark Dujsik
Jungle attempts to dig into the inner life of its protagonist It doesn t succeed 
2
Jungle
Roger Moore
Radcliffe suffers for his art and his intensity convinces us to suffer along with him 
2.5
Jungle
Henry Stewart
Greg McLean and screenwriter Justin Monjo faithfully hit the key plot points of Yossi Ghinsberg s 1993 book Back from Tuichi but fail to sell the severity of the threats Yossi confronts 
1
The Woman Who Ran
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps the loosest of Hong s more recent films even less invested in a particular destination than usual as it focuses instead on exploring subtle human interactions 
3
The Woman Who Ran
Rene Sanchez
A profound and sincere story about friendship appearances and the half truths we decide to share with others Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Woman Who Ran
Robert Horton
Completely beguiling this movie looks casual but something urgent and human is at stake 
3.5
The Woman Who Ran
Chuck Bowen
Hong Sang so invests the ironic despairing theme of the film with humor and empathy 
3
The Devil You Know
Leo Brady
The Devil You Know once again shows off the strong talent of Omar Epps but sadly it is in the service of a movie that is not returning that favor 
2
The Devil You Know
Dwight Brown
Murray s direction and writing are safe and not as risky as one would hope 
2
The Devil You Know
Mark Dujsik
Charles Murray s screenplay becomes sidetracked by details and elements that have little or nothing to do with the dramatic dilemma 
1.5
The Devil You Know
Michael O'Sullivan
An efficient and well acted family drama with the overlay of a modern morality tale 
2.5
The Devil You Know
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some very positive qualities the movie is ultimately undone by pacing issues 
2
Full Grown Men
Rene Rodriguez
Full Grown Men doesn t even make childhood seem like all that much fun 
2
Full Grown Men
Mick LaSalle
Full Grown Men is an artistically integrated film that introduces a refreshing new talent to the independent scene one who combines the visual palette of filmmaker Harmony Korine with an all important sense of narrative 
3
Full Grown Men
Nick Schager
Hasn t got a joke worth laughing over 
1.5
Full Grown Men
Maitland McDonagh
It s dramatically unsatisfying 
2.5
Full Grown Men
Lou Lumenick
Full Grown Men is nicely photographed and has impressive sets too bad there s so little going on that it seems long even at 78 minutes 
1.5
Full Grown Men
Steve Rhodes
A good idea does not a movie make Full Grown Men is a comedy that forgot to be funny and a drama that had trouble getting to its points 
1.5
The Boys From County Clare
Laura Kelly
Never catches its rhythm 
2
The Boys From County Clare
Bruce Westbrook
Makes music almost an afterthought and as such it never truly sings 
2
The Boys From County Clare
Susan Walker
Irresistible to all those with the slightest speck of Irish blood running in their veins Or even those non Irish viewers with a weakness for Irish plays Irish music Irish dancing lilting Irish accents or pints of Guinness 
3
The Boys From County Clare
Rick Groen
Don t ever think that Hollywood has the market cornered on formula flicks Those folks from across the pond in Britain and its environs can do predictable with the best of them 
2
The Boys From County Clare
Jeffrey Westhoff
Pushes the least interesting relationships to the front and shoves the most interesting ones too the back 
2
The Boys From County Clare
Russell Scott Smith
Isn t a total loss but neither does it have the charm of The Full Monty or other feel good indie Brit flicks it emulates 
2
The Boys From County Clare
Janice Page
As thin and frothy as the head on a pint of Guinness 
2
The Boys From County Clare
David Sterritt
Lots of lively tunes and spirited acting 
3
The Boys From County Clare
Gene Seymour
The music compensates for the movie s broad high jinks and soapy romantic contrivances handled with slick cold hands by director John Irvin 
2.5
The Boys From County Clare
Sid Smith
An irresistible Irish comedy lovingly told beautifully acted and graced with the perfect balance of chuckles and bittersweet heartache 
3.5
The Boys From County Clare
Ed Gonzalez
Agreeably soapy but if you re not a Ceili fan you re likely to doze off by the end of the first reel 
2
A Woman's Tale
Roger Ebert
A Woman s Tale does not make Martha cute or lovable or pull any of those other tricks we use to deny the realities of old age It allows her strong opinions and a skeptical irony and makes her into one of the great characters of recent movies 
4
Anzio
Roger Ebert
Anzio is unusual in its ability to make the military strategy clear and interesting instead of anonymous men wandering around chaotically we get a coherent picture of the campaign s successes and failures 
3
The Catechism Cataclysm
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to walk away from The Catechism Cataclysm feeling that it could and should have been much much better 
2
The Catechism Cataclysm
Simon Abrams
While the ending to any shaggy dog story is supposed to be irrelevant The Catechism Cataclysm s capper is particularly enervating 
2
The Catechism Cataclysm
Steven Rea
It seems hopelessly without a point unless the point has something to do with dropping a Bible into a dirty toilet 
2
Mission Street Rhapsody
Chris Hewitt
Peter Bratt s film which stars and was co produced by his brother Benjamin beautifully captures a community on the edge 
2.5
Mission Street Rhapsody
Roger Ebert
I don t require acceptance and reconciliation and La Mission is forthright in avoiding easy answers But does the screenplay shortchange Che by painting him more broadly at the film s end than he seemed at the beginning 
2.5
Mission Street Rhapsody
Mick LaSalle
The problem is that the screenplay to La Mission should never have gone before the cameras in this condition 
2
Mission Street Rhapsody
Robert Levin
This ripe subject for a sociological essay works less well as a feature film as Peter Bratt fails to give it the complex shadings and three dimensional depth it requires 
2.5
Mission Street Rhapsody
V.A. Musetto
The movie might suffice on late night cable but it is hardly worth big screen prices 
1
Mission Street Rhapsody
Andrew Schenker
A dimly obvious coming to terms with my gay son melodrama 
1.5
Live-In Maid
Bill Stamets
Live in Maid is a study of two women who appear not to like each other very much yet their link makes for a moving drama about friendship 
3
Live-In Maid
Wesley Morris
A simply told but emotionally robust movie 
3
Live-In Maid
Chris Hewitt
It s a small movie but a smartly detailed one 
3
Live-In Maid
Steven Winn
Live In Maid is a modest chamber piece enriched by its affecting human harmonies and overtones 
3
Live-In Maid
Tom Keogh
Live in Maid is a fascinating directorial exercise in observing characters whose long history together is coming to an end 
3
Live-In Maid
Ken Fox
The economic and social crisis that rocked Buenos Aires is only obliquely referred to but in the character of Beba so beautifully played by the great Norma Aleandro we see the image of Argentina a dignified beauty laid low by economic catastrophe 
3.5
Live-In Maid
V.A. Musetto
They Aleandro and Argentina take what could be clichd characters and turn them into living breathing people that viewers can care about 
3
Live-In Maid
Elizabeth Weitzman
Weary and overworked to her very bones Dora nevertheless has a heart of gold and a spine of steel The movie does too 
3
Live-In Maid
Ed Gonzalez
The actresses bring warmth and complexity to their stock roles magnifying class struggle through their intriguing back and forths 
3
Live-In Maid
Jan Stuart
First time filmmaker Jorge Gaggero manages to distill a remarkable quantity of poetic gold and psychological truth from this simplest of set ups peeling away the shared history of these women with brief but telling snippets of information 
3.5
White Heat
Brian Eggert
Today 44 the picture stands not only as the last hurrah in Cagney apos s tradition of playing gangsters 44 but perhaps the greatest single example the actor apos s onscreen magnetism 46 
4
White Heat
Josh Larsen
a heist movie a police investigation thriller a prison drama and an undercover cop story all at once 
3.5
White Heat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cagney gives an utterly ferocious performance arguably his finest as Cody Jarrett a psychotic gangster with an unholy mother fixation 
4
White Heat
Eric Henderson
White Heat s ultimate message love s a even crypto incestuous love 
2.5
Métamorphoses
Diego Semerene
In Metamorphoses writer director Christophe Honor tries to domesticate if not neuter the strangeness of Ovid s classic tales 
1.5
Métamorphoses
Kent Turner
Just like in Handel s day the operas Semele and Alcina sex takes center stage for both gods and mortals 
2.5
Nina's Tragedies
Jonathan Curiel
The dry humor is disarming The ensemble cast is engaging and interesting to watch And the main plot as it were will Nadav and Nina find respective happiness is suspenseful 
3
Nina's Tragedies
Peter Canavese
Passing eccentricities of character but serious trouble staging honest and coherent emotional scenes a surplus of preciousness and a deficit of truth ringing reality 
2
Nina's Tragedies
Eric Harrison
A gently quirky touching comedy from Israel about a young boy s infatuation with his aunt 
4
Nina's Tragedies
Laura Kelly
A humorous warts and all portrayal of a family 
3
Nina's Tragedies
Achy Obejas
Nina s Tragedies is full of gentle labyrinthian turns sly and sweet 
3.5
Nina's Tragedies
Steven Rea
Engagingly odd and full of sad funny moments 
3
Nina's Tragedies
Wesley Morris
The chief problem with this exasperating and shamelessly contrived award winning Israeli movie It doesn t know when to stop telling and start showing 
1.5
Nina's Tragedies
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Savi Gabizon has a great idea But he ruins it by devoting too much time to colorful but unnecessary characters 
2
Nina's Tragedies
David Sterritt
This wry comedy drama has excellent acting and surprises galore 
4
Nina's Tragedies
Nick Schager
The path to the grave is often a bumpy fusion of the serene and the shrill 
2.5
Prime Time
Roger Moore
Mildly suspenseful a film that manages to be derivative and different although not in ways that make it worth recommending 
1.5
War and Peace
James Kendrick
filled from end to end with stunning set pieces and painterly images exquisite camera movements and elaborate set design
3.5
War and Peace
John Hartl
Exhaustive spectacular often dazzling in its ambition and faithfulness to Tolstoy the movie is still regarded as one of the wonders of epic cinema 
3.5
War and Peace
Roger Ebert
Considering its cost and the vast effort that went into its making such a film can be made only once in our time The wonder indeed is that it was made at all 
4
War and Peace
Michael Wilmington
If you haven t seen it you have an incredible treat in store 
4
Empty Metal
Carson Lund
Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer have fashioned a topical lightning rod with Empty Metal though not in a manner that suggests willful provocation 
3
Tarzan and the Lost City
James Kendrick
Not only it is poorly written badly acted and generally incompetent in all cinematic areas it is thoroughly uninspired
1
Tarzan and the Lost City
Michael Dequina
If this is truly A new Tarzan for a new generation then everyone falling into the Generation X category should be incredibly offended I know I am 
0
The Man With Two Brains
Matt Brunson
Steve Martin plays Dr Hfuhruhurr Kathleen Turner spoofs her star making Body Heat role and the Elevator Killer turns out to be the last person you would suspect And so it goes in this zany comedy 
3
The Man With Two Brains
Mike McGranaghan
Even if this isn t Steve Martin s best role or his best film it holds up pretty well offering a glimpse of a comic genius at a wonderfully experimental stage of his career 
3
The Man With Two Brains
Roger Ebert
This is not a great comedy but it has scenes that don t know that 
2
A Boy and His Dog
Matt Brunson
The savage wasteland is believably captured but a so so movie completely goes off the rails once the action moves to an underground society 
2
A Boy and His Dog
Roger Ebert
It s got a unique well I was about to say charm but the movie s last scene doesn t quite let me get away with that 
2.5
A Boy and His Dog
Eric Henderson
Jones s cameo during an open air movie theater sequence is by far the most cinematic moment of this 1975 cult classic for boys who hate women 
1.5
A Boy and His Dog
James O'Ehley
This film deserves the cult status it has among more serious science fiction fans 
3.5
Reindeer Games
Bill Chambers
The director s cut is empirically better 
3
Reindeer Games
James Kendrick
seems always to be verging on the edge of camp as if it were nudged just a little bit to the left it would be an all out comedy rather than a thriller
2
Reindeer Games
Dustin Putman
A blatantly gimmicky action thriller with the sole purpose of consistently fooling the audience 
1
Reindeer Games
Susan Stark
Reindeer Games is too tricky to let the audience join the fun 
1
Reindeer Games
Michael Dequina
Affleck plays up the jokiness of the script and while that famously light approach has worked elsewhere it isn t quite what s needed in this type of action thriller 
2
Reindeer Games
Rob Blackwelder
A sorry string of surprises that don t surprise 
1
Reindeer Games
Roger Ebert
I wish I d had a stopwatch to clock how many minutes are spent while one character holds a gun to another character s head and gabs 
1.5
Reindeer Games
Tor Thorsen
Watching Reindeer Games is the equivalent of doubling down in blackjack and losing it s fun at first then your hopes go up but you walk away feeling frustrated and cheated 
2
Reindeer Games
Susan Wloszczyna
The pummeling and plotting grow tedious 
1.5
Reindeer Games
Lou Lumenick
About as appealing as leftover Christmas fruitcake 
1
Flamenco, Flamenco
Glenn Lovell
A new film by Spain s Carlos Saura is always an event One shot by the legendary Vittorio Storaro is doubly so a blindingly beautiful blend of concert Goya tableaux and Brechtian stagecraft 
3.5
Flamenco, Flamenco
Peter Keough
The layering of painting stagecraft music dance and film does justice to the subject 
3.5
Flamenco, Flamenco
Clayton Dillard
It s as if Carlos Saura were calling the bluff of spectacle oriented narrative cinema that necessitates excusing its excesses with characters and plotting 
3.5
Flamenco, Flamenco
Michael Wilmington
A superb impassioned concert film 
3.5
Flamenco, Flamenco
Michael Upchurch
The film creates a visual music as intricate and intense as its musical dramas 
3
Flamenco, Flamenco
Guy Dixon
Simply captures 21 brief masterful flamenco performances 
3.5
Flamenco, Flamenco
Octavio Roca
The dead spots in the film outnumber the highlights and a sameness sets in too soon and for too long 
2
Summer in February
Glenn Kenny
It s sad when a movie that aspires to tell a sad even tragic story can t quite connect and lies there inert on the screen instead of galvanizing or even stirring emotions the way it means to 
1.5
Summer in February
Wes Greene
As sumptuous as it is immensely shallow the film practically revels in its attention to lush English landscapes as a means to distract from its derivative storytelling 
1
The Animation Show 2005
Jeff Vice
Features more exclusive shorts than the previous year s version And the shorts are more creative imaginative and dazzlingly animated 
3.5
The Animation Show 2005
Sean P. Means
The batting average isn t perfect for these 12 shorts but the best stuff is worth the ticket price 
3
The Animation Show 2005
Chris Hewitt
Think of watching The Animation Show as similar to eating a bag of Jelly Bellies Some of the time you get something fantastic and some of the time you get stuck with a jalapeno or a buttered popcorn 
2.5
The Animation Show 2005
Paul Sherman
It s hard to give much credit to a new animation compilation that has highlights dating back 10 20 and yes 45 years 
2
The Animation Show 2005
Rob Thomas
Judge and Hertzfeldt don t seem to have any criteria in mind beyond selecting stuff they like 
3
The Animation Show 2005
Moira MacDonald
The Animation Show should attract many fans of its genre and maybe even create a few new ones 
3
The Animation Show 2005
Phil Villarreal
It s like watching Saturday morning cartoons again only they re teaching you something they re on a much bigger screen and without the commercials 
3
The Animation Show 2005
Janice Page
The Animation Show has something for everyone It just doesn t have the power to make everything equally enjoyable 
2.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Brian Eggert
What We Do in the Shadows walks 8212 or hovers over 8212 a darker edge 44 and that makes it funnier and aimed less toward mainstream audiences and more toward cult crowds 46 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Matt Brunson
A Christopher Guest styled mockumentary about vampires sounds only a little less obvious and opportunistic than a found footage feature about vampires yet Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi have managed to create a savvy satire that works beautifully 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
David Keyes
An endearing romp through gothic nonsense 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Scott Renshaw
If there s an angle of vampire mythology that Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement didn t find a way to turn into a great joke I ll be damned if I could tell you what it is 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Eric Melin
The film has all the low key charm of a Christopher Guest movie but it also has the dynamic kick of seamlessly blending its faux cinma vrit style with the supernatural 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Peter Canavese
Taps a fresh vein of humor to transfuse the horrific and the mundane 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Claudia Puig
If Twilight made you queasy and Dark Shadows felt like a missed opportunity this pitch perfect genre spoof is worth relishing 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
John Beifuss
A movie of biting humor in the literal sense but the blood it draws is purely decorative 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
J. R. Jones
I m so sick of vampires I d have pounded a stake into my own heart not to have to watch this but it turns out to be a pitch perfect spoof of MTV s The Real World and a sly satire on millennial slackerdom 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Patrick Z. McGavin
The New Zealand made art comedy What We Do in the Shadows is a bracing reminder of how the right burst of energy and style breathes fresh ideas into a genre threatened with creative exhaustion 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Michael Phillips
If we see two or three more comedies this year that know what they re doing the way this one does it ll be a very good year indeed 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Thelma Adams
Darkly edgily funny the mockumentary about four nocturnal bloodsucking flat mates in Wellington New Zealand reduced me to a quivering laugh zombie It s MTV s Real World meets Hammer Horror with a nod to Christopher Guest 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Christian Toto
Tell your friends you saw the next comedy cult classic before anyone else 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers and the cast have created a world and characters that not only provide opportunities for humor but also evolve with it 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Matt Pais
Brings warmth to its silliness underscoring its sense of humor with the loneliness of characters doomed to watch their loved ones die 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Brad Keefe
The concept could wear thin but it manages to stay fresh and utterly hilarious Deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Spinal Tap 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Robert Levin
The highest compliment to pay this film is to note that it s one of the best Christopher Guest movies that Guest never made 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Josh Larsen
mixes the documentary format with fantasy elements to create some fantastically funny stuff 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Glenn Lovell
the funniest horror spoof since Shaun of the Dead Our Down Under hosts are less interested in creeping us out than in introducing us to the most charmingly dotty homebodies since the Addamses 
4
What We Do in the Shadows
Anita Katz
The actors are in character and in sync with the mockumentary brand of deadpan 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Steven Rea
It s a cheerfully horrific affair a sanguine comedy that feels more than a bit like a Christopher Guest farce or an elaborate Monty Python sketch imprinted with the Kiwi comic sensibilities of co directors Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Anders Wright
It is fresh clever and most importantly riotously funny 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Moira MacDonald
It s good bloody fun just hanging out with the vamps at their house listening to them squabble watching them make pottery 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Peter Keough
A farce nearly on a par with Zoolander 2001 Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 and that gold standard of inanity Three Amigos 1986 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Michael O'Sullivan
You ve got to love a thing to skewer it as thoroughly as Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement do in their delightfully silly vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Mick LaSalle
It s funny because of the absurdity of vampires in this context And it s funny because the context itself is hackneyed to begin with even if we ve never thought so until now 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Simon Abrams
What We Do in the Shadows is an irrepressibly charming B movie that never over stays its welcome and is both conceptually clever and admirably well executed 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Nathalie Atkinson
Like a Christopher Guest movie with a widow s peak What We Do in the Shadows depicts a supposed New Zealand Documentary Board film gone gruesomely hilariously awry 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Peter Howell
What We Do In the Shadows leaps to the top of the pack by resolutely sticking to deadpan humour and absurd riffs on the awkwardness of being a vampire in a world made for humans 
3.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Dan Schindel
What We Do in the Shadows is a perfectly pleasant romp even if its attempts to have a plot weigh it down 
2
What We Do in the Shadows
Peter Travers
Is this New Zealand mockumentary just one comedy sketch stretched to movie length Maybe But when the aging vampires hit the town to party with werewolves zombies and humans you won t be able to wipe the smile off your face 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Kyle Smith
Most of the best gags are in the early going and the film seems ever more stretched and thin as it goes on It would have made a brilliant eight minute sketch though 
2
What We Do in the Shadows
Roger Moore
A deadpan one joke vampire mockumentary that wrings every possible laugh out of that one joke 
2.5
What We Do in the Shadows
Rex Reed
A fresh unexpected and welcome take on vampires from New Zealand of all places 
3
What We Do in the Shadows
Oleg Ivanov
While parodies and spoofs have a long cinematic history rarely do such works possess this kind of narrative cohesion and emotional integrity 
3.5
Tonight You're Sleeping With Me
Roger Moore
A Polish romance whose title is a promise about what it provides 46 46 46 an invitation to a nap 46 
1
Cerebrum
Roger Moore
Long review short Cerebrum isn t much fun to sit through and isn t smart enough to compensate for that 
1
A Small Town in Texas
Roger Ebert
Are all Southern lawmen inevitably corrupt venal sadistic and bad drivers Is it a union requirement that one bluegrass band appear in every film 
2.5
Great Performances
Ty Burr
It s a must see for Beatle completists and an unexpected treat for casual fans 
3.5
Great Performances
Terry Lawson
Like the man himself the entire thing is just too beautiful 
3
Great Performances
Bob Strauss
It s made with such unobtrusive expertise that it is truly the next best thing to having been there 
4
Bedrooms & Hallways
Jeffrey M. Anderson
More than lives up to the promise Troche showed in Go Fish 
3.5
Gray Matters
David Nusair
an amiable misfire 
2
Gray Matters
Michael Phillips
In its genre writer director Sue Kramer s film sets a new record for bright shining peepers and dimply smirks It s enough to kill Buster Keaton s entire family 
1
Gray Matters
Kam Williams
Despite being bogged down by several distracting extended dance numbers this zany farce has just enough momentum and surprises along the way to hold one s interest for the duration But it ll help immeasurably if you re a devotee of daytime soap operas 
2
Gray Matters
Moira MacDonald
The writing isn t sharp enough for the film to work as comedy nor are the characters real enough for the audience to connect emotionally 
1.5
Gray Matters
Peter Debruge
Heather Graham s never looked better despite the unflattering digital video format which makes it all the more tragic that she s not appearing in better material 
2
Gray Matters
Terry Lawson
There is one has to assume a pretty good old fashioned screwball comedy in all this but director writer Sue Kramer seems to have grown up watching Rhoda so Graham usually a capable actress has not a word of actual dialogue only gag lines 
2
Gray Matters
Bill Zwecker
Nearly every scene of this movie rings hollow mainly because we can never really believe that what we re seeing up on the screen could truly happen 
2
Gray Matters
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kramer has fashioned her cinematic debut with sitcom like familiarity too much of the film playing like randomly frenzied vignettes each of them ramming one into the other with all the subtlety of a brick thrown through a plate glass window 
2
Gray Matters
Josh Larsen
Is New York City populated only by talky insufferable singles who obsess over their trivial romantic entanglements 
1.5
Gray Matters
Jeffrey Westhoff
The plot sputters from one unconvincing scene to the next until Kramer just gives up on telling a story and Gray Matters somehow morphs into The Complete Idiot s Guide to Coming Out of the Closet 
2
Gray Matters
Matt Pais
If aliens were to take this kind of behavior and dialogue as an example of normal interaction of the species we d all be in big big trouble 
1
Gray Matters
Phil Villarreal
This Gray could have used more color 
2
Gray Matters
Vince Koehler
Some unlikely scenes but it kept me entertained enough to make it enjoyable 
2
Gray Matters
Thomas Delapa
Is she or isn t she Only her screenwriter knows for sure 
1.5
Gray Matters
Betsy Bozdech
Heather Graham s nonstop perky chattering is more annoying than cute in this uneven unrealistic romantic comedy about a rather bizarre love triangle 
1.5
Gray Matters
Angel Cohn
Sue Kramer is clearly out to shake up the boring old boy meets girl formula but her movie is so filled with preposterous coincidence and ridiculous clunky plot machinations that it s impossible to ignore them and focus on the equally contrived story 
2
Gray Matters
Ruthe Stein
The characters goings on are so implausible that you quickly lose patience with and interest in any of this motley crew despite the best efforts of an attractive cast and the diversion of fabulous clothes and shots of a glistening New York skyline 
1
Gray Matters
Gary Goldstein
The cast flaps and flounders their way through this mess without a compass That includes Sissy Spacek as the world s worst shrink and an extra annoying Molly Shannon as Gray s co worker at possibly the fakest ad agency ever committed to film 
2
Gray Matters
Elizabeth Weitzman
A frantically overwrought Heather Graham does herself no favors here She has talent but as long as she keeps stumbling through clumsy comedies like this one it hardly matters 
2
Gray Matters
Lou Lumenick
There isn t a remotely believable moment in the script here and writer director Kramer s leaden direction only helps strand a capable cast headed by Heather Graham in an hour and a half of virtual laugh free tedium 
.5
Gray Matters
Stephen Whitty
The movie really depends on Heather Graham and she just doesn t deliver There s always been a sort of mannequin quality to her performances as if she had been posed just seconds before the cameras rolled 
2
Gray Matters
Peter Canavese
If you ve ever stared into the Stepford blank visage of a beauty pageant competitor with its frozen unyielding smile you may have some idea of what to expect 
2
Gray Matters
Jan Stuart
Gray Matters could be recommended to gay women whose erotic fantasies are located in the stuffed French poodle department of FAO Schwarz 
1.5
Gray Matters
Ed Gonzalez
Gray Matters is as unhinged as its characters 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Roger Moore
The perfect Mother s Day movie 
2.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Lisa Ann Cockrel
This Prize Winner is a winner for its smart portrayal of a resourceful woman who loved her family loved words and loved life 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Sara Michelle Fetters
No for all the film s charms and pleasant disposition this drama can t help but come across like a made for cable Lifetime channel movie of the week 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Susan Walker
For once a true story gets no romanticizing or needless embellishment to become a captivating movie 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Moira MacDonald
An uneven but loving tribute to a remarkable woman who would undoubtedly have wished to rewrite it herself 
2.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
David Elliott
Not satire but not serious the movie chirps along with corny jingles and patronizingly feminist winks at Evelyn s sugarcoated nightmare 
1.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Carrie Rickey
What distinguishes Anderson s work is her obvious empathy with all of her characters including Kelly Ryan whom she does not demonize 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Rick Groen
Anderson can t do much with the inherent limitations of the hagiopic which demands a repetitive litany of sacrifice and sanctity with each hill and every valley designed to further enhance the landscape of inspiration 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Wesley Morris
There s not much to the film s story but the characterization of a family s life is vivid and rich 
3.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Josh Larsen
You know the sort of harried harangued and yet utterly unflappable housewife who is often referred to as a saint This movie canonizes one 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Angel Cohn
Evelyn s optimism in the face of ongoing adversity never feels schmaltzy or tacky 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Timothy Knight
Moore is such a warm and vibrant presence that she alone makes the movie worth seeing 
2.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Ruthe Stein
Smiling through adversity Moore is the heart and soul of Prizewinner and worthy of prize consideration come Oscar time 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Peter Travers
The prize in this movie is Moore a first rate actress who finds layers in Evelyn that the script fails to investigate 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Peter Debruge
It s time someone awarded Julianne Moore a prize 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Glenn Whipp
Her philosophy of forgiveness in the name of love and happiness is put across by Moore with fierce focused conviction 
2.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Claudia Puig
A poignant look at a family overcoming adversity the film also provides a glimpse of past popular culture many of us know little about 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Stephen Whitty
The basic based on a true story plot plucky 50s homemaker provides for her family by entering jingle contests is pure Lifetime weepie 
1.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Lou Lumenick
Depicts the Eisenhower years as a golden era when women had the good sense to ditch their careers and endure horrible marriages for the sake of having lots of kids 
1.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Jack Mathews
The alternating scenes of giddiness and violence create a sense of irreconcilable differences both for the couple and the audience 
2.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio is ultimately a trifle but an enjoyable one 
2.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Peter Canavese
Thoughtful and energetic Anderson has in Ryan s story a bittersweet exemplar for the unsung toil and love of prefeminist desperate housewives 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Bruce Newman
Evelyn s behavior just seems surreal and it doesn t help that the movie never settles on a consistent tone looking back from an ironic distance at first then moving in for a painfully close look at the Ryans tribulations 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Jan Stuart
The only thing that stands between this woman and canonization is death 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Michael Phillips
The film is mild and tentative as if Anderson and company had inadvertently given in to the wrong sort of 1950s influence 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Steve Rhodes
There is such little chemistry positive or negative between Moore and Harrelson that they might as well have been acting on separate sets against a blue screen 
2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Phoebe Flowers
A genuinely touching story about how a woman can use her intelligence to overcome tough situations Take your mom or your daughter 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Roger Ebert
Prize Winner written and directed by Jane Anderson avoids obvious sentiment and predictable emotion and shows this woman somehow holding it together year after year entering goofy contests that for her family mean life and death 
3.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Dan Fienberg
It wavers like life between drama and comedy and frequently pushes too hard Prize Winner is a confidently delivered story that resists sap until the final act 
3
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Jeanne Aufmuth
Julianne Moore is sure to hear Oscar calling for her captivating performance as 1950s housewife Evelyn Ryan who raised ten kids on twenty five words or less 
3.5
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Jason Clark
A rather schizo piece of filmmaking that is too busy to ever be dull but the only Prize in the foreseen future for it might be the boob tube 
2
Snow Angels
Jonathan W. Hickman
David Gordon Green is a very unique filmmaker 
3
Snow Angels
Rossiter Drake
Rockwell who brought a sense of desperate unease to his roles in The Assassination of Jesse James and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind does the same here with results that are at once frightening and pathetically sad 
3
Snow Angels
Mike McGranaghan
Every so often a movie comes along that knocks the wind out of you Snow Angels is one of them 
4
Snow Angels
Austin Kennedy
It s a hard movie to sit through at times but if you re a fan of the actors especially Rockwell I believe you will find it a rewarding experience 
3
Snow Angels
John Beifuss
We love you no matter what your job is a character tells her son That s a love that this very humanistic if dark film asks us to extend to everybody even those whose sins invite outrage and disgust 
3.5
Snow Angels
Sean O'Connell
Might be David Gordon Green s best film 
3
Snow Angels
Marty Mapes
Good meditation on class but too grim for casual moviegoers and not poetic enough for art housers
2.5
Snow Angels
Larry Ratliff
David Gordon Green s finest film in four attempts to pop the hood on human nature reveals not just conflicted human engines but at least one character fighting to keep the wheels from coming off 
3.5
Snow Angels
Rene Rodriguez
A perfect match of material and sensibility 
3
Snow Angels
Amy Biancolli
It s well made Searingly acted Potent And by the time it was over its climax realized at the water s edge of insanity and grief I felt beaten about the head with sticks 
3
Snow Angels
Lawrence Toppman
Director Green knows how to convey a mood visually and develop tension with his camera He just doesn t give people enough interesting things to say or know when to shut them up 
2.5
Snow Angels
Duane Dudek
Writer director Green has worked with cinematographer Tim Orr since his 2000 debut George Washington but this time their trademark pastoral rhythms seem patchwork and the characters transparent 
2.5
Snow Angels
Sean P. Means
Why put yourself through such a sad movie no matter how well it s made Because movies this moving are rare birds that don t pass this way too often 
3.5
Snow Angels
Jeff Vice
It s hard to feel anything but frosty sentiments towards this melodrama a rather chilly adaptation of Stewart O Nan s well regarded novel 
2
Snow Angels
Steve Rhodes
The characters all share a sense of loneliness sadness and impending doom Like walking black holes they are the types of people that you d want to avoid if possible Avoid the movie too 
2
Snow Angels
Matt Brunson
The charming and natural performance by Michael Angarano provides a necessary counterpoint to Sam Rockwell s patented grandstanding 
2
Snow Angels
David N. Butterworth
By the time this intense well made drama has run its inevitable course you might well want to collapse in the snow and wave your own arms up and down in surrender 
3.5
Snow Angels
Steven Rea
The writing and the performances are such that as things go from bad sad motel room affairs to worse a 4 year old gone missing the film s characters get inside your skin your soul It s enough to make you want to cry 
3.5
Snow Angels
David Nusair
the movie buoyed by the uniformly strong performances and inclusion of several admittedly powerful sequences ultimately comes off as one of Green s more consistent efforts 
3
Snow Angels
John Hartl
Rockwell gives a towering performance perhaps the best of his zigzagging career 
3.5
Snow Angels
Chris Hewitt
Writer director David Gordon Green is a master at crafting natural dialogue and at selecting surprising actors to bring it to life 
3
Snow Angels
Ruthe Stein
David Gordon Green among the most gifted of the young independent filmmakers creates a mood that engulfs you in the lives of his characters 
3
Snow Angels
Jason Anderson
Thoughtfully crafted but ultimately lugubrious Green s latest only really connects when the director sticks to the small stuff 
2.5
Snow Angels
Wesley Morris
Enough with these meek banal exercises David Gordon Green Hit me with the sledgehammer in your heart 
2
Snow Angels
Susan Walker
The sabotage plotting sometimes engaging dialogue visual inventiveness a distant soundtrack and some occasionally gripping performances only add up to a film that leaves one feeling as frozen as those snow angels 
2.5
Snow Angels
Teresa Budasi
Snow Angels will please steadfast David Gordon Green fans even if its star power makes it seem as if he s been inching toward the mainstream all along 
3.5
Snow Angels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An accomplished wrenching satisfying drama of the highest order 
3.5
Snow Angels
Michael Phillips
With the sublimely moving Snow Angels writer director David Gordon Green has made the best film about parents children and relational perils since Little Children 
4
Snow Angels
James Berardinelli
Director David Gordon Green gives us glimpses into the lives of the characters populating his canvas but there s a feeling that he s only scratching the surfaces of stories that have deeper undercurrents 
2.5
Snow Angels
Claudia Puig
The plot becomes disjointed in the second half and suffers from tone changes Still the performances are compelling enough to make Snow Angels worth seeing 
2
Snow Angels
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is hope in devastation new chances for life in the passing throws of tragic death and Green has all this and more on his mind as his story starts drawing to its close 
3
Snow Angels
Joe Lozito
Incisive ferociously acted relentlessly somber character piece by writer director David Gordon Green features powerhouse performances by Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale 
3.5
Snow Angels
Brie Beazley
A spellbinding film for the discerning moviegoer 
3.5
Snow Angels
Kyle Smith
Despite some foreshadowing in the opening scene the film s change of key in the second half feels like a betrayal 
2.5
Snow Angels
Joe Neumaier
Rockwell s never been a guy who makes a movie comfortable but when he turns up in this film he brings along a serious case of the willies 
2.5
Snow Angels
Josh Larsen
something like an extremely elegant episode of The Jerry Springer Show 
3
Snow Angels
Jan Stuart
Writer director David Gordon Green s brave and magnificently performed period piece mid 70s witnesses an adolescent s first romance as it blossoms amid a dissonant backdrop of disintegrating marriages 
3
Snow Angels
Ken Fox
An uneven at times even comic tone spoils the grim beauty of Stewart O Nan s novel about disintegrating marriages and adolescent disillusion in a rust belt town 
2
Snow Angels
Dustin Putman
In it s painfully accurate portrayal of characters struggling to make their way in a world that oftentimes seems cruelly unfair and confusing Snow Angels rings resoundingly true 
3.5
Snow Angels
Ed Gonzalez
Green doesn t seem to be charting a recognizable world only the contours of his own mind 
1.5
The Wolf Man
Brian Eggert
Essential for devising the modern concept of the werewolf from which nearly every subsequent werewolf film has drawn inspiration the film uses the guise of a horror yarn to consider the duality of human beings 
4
The Wolf Man
Scott Nash
Horror movies today rely on gore and as many jump out of your seat moments as they can throw at you This one relies on old fashioned atmosphere and acting ability and that s all it really needs 
3.5
The Wolf Man
Matt Brunson
Even with a canon that includes the definitive versions of among others Frankenstein Dracula and The Phantom of the Opera this 1941 classic has always remained my favorite of the studio s prolific output 
4
The Wolf Man
Rob Humanick
Most horrifying is the potential inability to sway our own innately darker tendencies 
3
The Wolf Man
Josh Larsen
Chaney may appear to have had a bad run in with a hair dryer but he s still the definitive villain as tragic hero 
3
The Wolf Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a good solid film held together by Chaney s appealing performance and great supporting players like Lugosi as Bela the gypsy who turns into a wolf 
4
Mr. Baseball
Roger Ebert
Why did I like it Maybe because style is as important as story in a movie like this and Mr Baseball is not without a certain flair 
3
Circus of Books
Peter Canavese
An interesting story about not only gay life in America and the story of a small business but also what s going on in a family that runs this extremely unusual small business 
3
Circus of Books
Rene Sanchez
An intimate and fascinating documentary that casts a light on the history and the struggles of the queer community in American society Full Review in Spanish 
3
Circus of Books
Matt Fagerholm
The film consistently subverts our expectations by revealing new layers about its subjects that deepen their humanity causing us to challenge our own preconceptions 
3.5
Circus of Books
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Like a seasoned ringmaster director Mason keeps this circus well in line 
3
Circus of Books
Roger Moore
It s all good clean OK not so clean fun
3
Circus of Books
Robert Daniels
For those wishing to understand a slice of LGBTQ culture and history Mason s poignant film is a high priority watch 
3
The Brink
Steven Prokopy
Though the damage he has done in his time on Trump s team will take years to undo but The Brink is a solid work by a rising doc filmmaker 
2.5
The Brink
Federico Furzan
An intimate visit into the house of a feared man that holds no boundaries when playing for his cause So honest it s scary Full review in Spanish 
3
The Brink
Barry Paris
Well crafted cinema verité equally engaging and enraging 
3
The Brink
Brad Wheeler
With Klayman using the man s own words against him Bannon comes off as a wallower in the mire 
3
The Brink
Max Weiss
The moral of the film might very well be this Beware of affable nationalists in rumpled shirts 
3
The Brink
Joe Friar
Love him or loathe him Steve Bannon exposes himself in Alison Klayman s riveting documentary Is he a right wing cyborg from the future or just someone who gives zero f s Either way this is riveting stuff 
3
The Brink
Mark Dujsik
As discomforting as it is to watch Bannon consult with and bolster far right wing politicians across Europe to victory the process is enlightening 
3
The Brink
Ty Burr
The Brink shows a salesman tirelessly peddling poison door to door and knowing it s only a matter of time before someone lets him in 
3
The Brink
Glenn Kenny
An accomplished absorbing film 
3
The Brink
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The beauty of this film is how it both allows Bannon to have his say while never letting his words go unchallenged 
4
The Brink
Ann Hornaday
It s up to the rest of us either to ignore Bannon out argue him or as The Brink does so entertainingly demystify him for good 
3
The Brink
Katie Walsh
Bannon may think he s constantly manipulating the media but in this film Klayman uses the tools of documentary filmmaking to reveal his inherent emptiness 
3.5
The Brink
Joey Magidson
By and large this is a very interesting look at someone many feel is a loathsome figure You get a sense of who Bannon is for better or worse 
3
The Brink
Chris Barsanti
Alison Klayman s fly on the wall documentary cuts Trump s Rasputin down to size but doesn t completely dismiss his power 
3
The Brink
Roger Moore
Somewhat revealing occasionally damning in the end it feels polished but incomplete 
2.5
The Sons of Katie Elder
Matt Brunson
I ve always had a soft spot for this one 
3
White Material
Brian Eggert
The cinema of Claire Denis cuts into the essential core of its subject matter with unflinching reality 
4
White Material
Kathy Fennessy
Granted movies about white privilege are rarely fun and there s no reason they should be but Claire Denis is rarely so cynical 
3
White Material
Mattie Lucas
A deeply reflective collection of moments both of great beauty and great horror and it continues to reveal its treasures upon repeat viewings 
3.5
White Material
James Kendrick
a difficult film and one that sticks with you pestering you with its unresolved tensions
3
White Material
Eric Melin
Director Claire Denis is known for her vivid snapshots of contemporary culture and White Material is shot with an immediacy that s hard to ignore 
3.5
White Material
Rob Thomas
Claire Denis harrowing White Material centers on a family that feels inextricably bound to a country that does not want them anymore 
3.5
White Material
Keith Cohen
The ending is a cop out and the viewer is left unfulfilled The main reason to buy a ticket is for Huppert s mesmerizing performance She is one of France s greatest actresses 
2.5
White Material
Robert W. Butler
Some will find White Material s puzzlements evocative Others including yours truly will leave irritated and unfulfilled 
2
White Material
Calvin Wilson
White Material is unhurried in its storytelling but unshakable in its impact 
3.5
White Material
Rene Rodriguez
A poignant haunting study of well intentioned but doomed folly embodied by a heroine whose bravery renders her blind to the world that is crumbling around her 
3
White Material
Chris Hewitt
It s challenging and it will make you think 
3
White Material
Steven Rea
A mournful frightening powerful film 
4
White Material
Peter Keough
Denis builds tension pathos and irony in this allegory of the continent s tragic past and the present day consequences 
3
White Material
Robert Levin
The movie achieves an eerie transfixing power as the stubborn Maria tries to preserve her way of life 
3
White Material
V.A. Musetto
White Material unites France s most precious actress Isabelle Huppert with one of that nation s leading directors Claire Denis The result is as impressive as one would expect 
3
White Material
Michael Phillips
Its dramatic vexations are at war with Denis prodigious visual skill And the fight ultimately rewards the viewer 
3
White Material
Roger Ebert
This is a beautiful puzzling film The enigmatic quality of Huppert s performance draws us in 
3.5
White Material
Bill Chambers
Claire Denis s very own Gone with the Wind 
2.5
White Material
Kent Turner
White Material may be the closest Claire Denis comes to making an action film far more intense than her most recent films
3
King of Knives
Randy Myers
A loveless marriage a midlife crisis and awkward relationships come into play in this engaging acerbic holiday comedy drama 
2.5
King of Knives
Tom Meek
The dark comedy by Jon Delgado may not be knife sharp but it does make a cut 
2.5
King of Knives
Roger Moore
Not a bad movie even if there isn t a lot to it or Gene Pope s laid back roll stoned with the punches performance even if there s a whiff of vanity project about this write a good part for myself indie dramedy 
2
Antigone
Peter Howell
Antigone views the plight of desperate immigrants through the lens of Greek tragedy wringing compelling drama out of a situation that too often resembles catastrophe in the real world 
3.5
Antigone
Justine Smith
Philosophically compelling and emotionally devastating Deraspe crafts a unique and contemporary cinematic experience that resonates deeply 
3.5
All the Queen's Men
Scott Nash
Weak in parts but should please Eddie Izzard fans 
3
All the Queen's Men
Moira MacDonald
It all feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong 
1
All the Queen's Men
Edward Guthmann
What we have here isn t a disaster exactly but a very handsomely produced let down 
2
All the Queen's Men
Lou Lumenick
Not only does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly looking broad but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes 
1
All the Queen's Men
Bob Strauss
Fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics genre thrills or inherent humor 
2
All the Queen's Men
Roger Ebert
I can imagine this movie as a b w British comedy circa 1960 with Peter Sellers Kenneth Williams et al but at this time with this cast this movie is hopeless 
1
All the Queen's Men
Janice Page
There are cheesy backdrops ridiculous action sequences and many tired jokes about men in heels 
1
All the Queen's Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A horrible 99 minute stink bomb 
0
All the Queen's Men
Jeffrey Westhoff
Maybe LeBlanc thought Hey the movie about the baseball playing monkey was worse 
1
All the Queen's Men
Gene Seymour
Let s hope shall we that the true story by which All the Queen s Men is allegedly inspired was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what s been cobbled together onscreen 
1.5
All the Queen's Men
Pam Grady
A lame comedy 
2
All the Queen's Men
Glenn Lovell
This one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit 
1
All the Queen's Men
Loren King
It seems just a long convoluted ploy to get men into drag period drag no less 
1.5
All the Queen's Men
Rob Blackwelder
Wouldn t it be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II Um no But here s a movie about it anyway 
1
Murderers
David Nusair
baffling and flat out nonsensical 
1
What the Health
Federico Furzan
An insipid no pun intended documentary that goes all the way with its ridiculous premise Full review in Spanish 
2
Glassland
Brad Wheeler
Glassland is a small film with an emotional punch that wallops above its weight class 
3
Glassland
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a hard spare tough movie at times nearly jarring in its lack of adornment 
3
Glassland
Rex Reed
Bring plenty of Kleenex A nickel pack won t do 
3
Who Knows?
Ken Fox
It s an engaging diversion from a master director who at the ripe age of 78 appears to be once again at the top of his game 
3.5
Who Knows?
Susan Tavernetti
Leave it to the French to release a film that refuses to pander to the lowest common denominator 
3
Who Knows?
Andrew Howe
An intelligent sophisticated hymn to modern day relationships 
3
Who Knows?
Jeremy Heilman
This might sound terribly convoluted but on screen it plays out simply and humorously 
4
Who Knows?
Liam Lacey
A generally wonderful experience though it should come with a warning posted outside the theatre Not for the impatient 
4
Who Knows?
Michael Dequina
An enchanting entertainment that offers a number of laughs while dispensing an equal number of romantic truths 
3.5
Who Knows?
Carrie Rickey
A dense droll and frequently delightful account of that zone where art and life and love converge 
3
Who Knows?
Michael Wilmington
It s a supremely smart film 
3.5
Who Knows?
Roger Ebert
A demonstration of grace and wit 
3
Who Knows?
Rob Blackwelder
A City of Lights charmer with a semi serious edge and several superb performances 
3
Who Knows?
Edward Guthmann
As Va Savoir moves along and develops new layers as the characters collide and intertwine its pleasures increase with its complexity 
3
Who Knows?
Walter Chaw
The film is a work of extreme sensitivity a gently absurdist wisdom and a lighthearted grace 
3.5
Who Knows?
Rod Armstrong
The romantic roundelay plot is gossamer thin but the continual delights on offer make the resulting fabric quite lovely indeed 
3.5
Who Knows?
David N. Butterworth
Not long enough 
3
Who Knows?
Steve Rhodes
The director takes forever over two and one half hours to say almost nothing 
1
Who Knows?
Harvey S. Karten
Rarified pretentious ultra sophisticated French romantic roundelay 
2
Who Knows?
Ed Gonzalez
Va Savoir is a relatively labored offering from Nouvelle Vague auteur Jacques Rivette 
2.5
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Diego Semerene
Surprisingly not macabre this fictionalized record of self aggrandizement through self destruction reminds one of Derek Jarman s Blue in its epistolary delivery and its displacement of meaning to that which is never really shown 
3
The Secret of Roan Inish
Josh Larsen
a story about storytelling and how folk tales and real life can intermingle 
3.5
The Secret of Roan Inish
Walter Chaw
As menacing and wondrous as films get 
4
The Secret of Roan Inish
Edward Guthmann
Sayles demonstrates again his amazing breadth of interest and the extent to which he can t be pigeonholed 
3
The Secret of Roan Inish
Roger Ebert
It is the exhilarating account of the way Fiona rediscovers her family s history and reclaims their island 
3.5
The Secret of Roan Inish
Steve Rhodes
The movie was very carefully crafted cast and acted 
3
The Secret of Roan Inish
James Berardinelli
An enchanting story about magic and tradition that is suitable for family viewing 
3.5
The Secret of Roan Inish
Chris Hicks
A lovely lyrical and intelligent Irish fable 
4
The Secret of Roan Inish
Madeleine Williams
Beautiful and lovingly filmed 
3
The Prince and the Pauper
Beth Dunlop
It is in turns giddy and lovely the kind of film that reminds you absolutely of what childhood is really about 
4
Can You Keep a Secret?
Roger Moore
As charmless as it is laughless 
1
Can You Keep a Secret?
Joey Magidson
There s some tremendous charm on display here Both Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin are romantic comedy gems with Daddario in particular showing she s a future star 
3
Can You Keep a Secret?
Nick Allen
Daddario doesn t nearly get the material that can match her abundant energy 
1.5
The Terror
Matt Brunson
The script is erratic and the pacing often poor but it s a treat to watch the great Karloff and a baby faced Nicholson square off and the story packs a couple of nice surprises toward the end 
2.5
The Terror
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Once you know the story behind the movie you can t help but love it 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Brian Eggert
This is a cinematic world so fully realized that leaving it is a sad prospect 46 
3.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mattie Lucas
A grand cinematic spectacle that demands our full surrender but doesn t overwhelm its simple tale of courage with its spectacular special effects 
3.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Hobbit feels like a mere rehash of The Lord of the Rings with just a number of different characters 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Terence Johnson
An adequate filmmaking exercise that strikes most of the same beats as Lord of the Rings without any of the importance epic scope or je ne sais quoi 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sonny Bunch
There were extended sequences when my eyes literally could not track the action Sense of space was demolished Motion swamped the screen 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Linda Cook
You may have seen Middle Earth before But you haven t been IN Middle Earth Peter Jackson s The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey has made it possible for you to feel like you re surrounded by the astonishing environment created by J R R Tolkien 
4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Brad Keefe
With the first film pushing three hours purists will be pleased Less die hard audiences will find a lot of meandering set up albeit visually gorgeous meandering setup 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Serba
It rambles over hill and dale and mountain and field and forest and marsh and through cavern and catacomb and grotto and pothole but will please the Tolkien faithful 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Wesley Lovell
It s a journey that any fan of Peter Jackson s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy should enjoy 
4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Jay Antani
a drag down mildly diverting entertainment
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Phil Villarreal
Like the sad bug eyed Gollum moviegoers may not have realized how much they missed movies like this onscreen in the past several years 
4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Beifuss
The absolute highlight the return of Andy Serkis master of motion capture performance as the scary disturbing pathetic Gollum 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
James Kendrick
For what it s worth the first installment of The Hobbit hits all the right notes and delivers what will be expected of it
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lori Hoffman
My biggest complaint about this latest adventure in Middle earth is that it is three hours worth of set up for the next movie 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Scott Nash
Entertaining but just when a good thing becomes too much of a good thing will vary from viewer to viewer 
3.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Matt Brunson
Is the 48fps format a good thing Not unless the title had been Days of Our Hobbits or As the Shire Turns My advice then would be to see this fairly entertaining movie in 2 D or even regular 3 D and leave the 48fps nonsense by the wayside 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Happily despite all the technical details The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is exciting tantalizing and satisfying 
3.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mike McGranaghan
The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is like 90 minutes of flirting an hour of foreplay and no sex In other words it s fun but not entirely satisfying 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Eric Melin
Despite some minor missteps watching it feels like welcoming an old friend into your home He may ramble a bit and slightly overstay his welcome but hanging out with him reminds you of why you re friends in the first place 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Wirt
A promising start 
3.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lisa Kennedy
To its own narrative detriment The Hobbit works hard to lay the framework for what will follow Certainly that s one way to set out on a trilogy but it s surely not the best 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gary Thompson
Nearly three hours and the story has progressed only slightly Nothing is short and sweet here not even the identities It s always Thorin son of Theraflu son of Thong etc 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Alison Gang
Jackson s risky creative choices have drained Bilbo Baggins adventure of its magic 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Tyler Hanley
Fantasy fans hungry for a second breakfast of Tolkien fueled fare can get their fill with this visually sumptuous feast 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Marty Mapes
Tolkein geeks rejoice
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Christian Toto
Peter Jackson catches a nasty case of George Lucas itis with his latest Middle earth saga 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Bob Bloom
Sad to say The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is a pale shadow trying to reach the sun on the strength of the Lord of the Rings trilogy 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Rob Thomas
The reason it s so hard to immerse yourself in the world of Middle Earth again isn t HOW Peter Jackson filmed The Hobbit It s WHAT he filmed 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Liam Lacey
The repeated iterations of fight flight and respite here get wearing Especially perhaps because with Jackson s fetish for detail they take more time to watch on screen than to read about 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Ann Hornaday
The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey has finally arrived not on wings of gossamer fancy but with a hairy footed thud 
1.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Willie Waffle
Moments of brilliance and moments of boredom
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Austin Kennedy
Those expecting THE HOBBIT to be on the same level as LORD OF THE RINGS are only setting themselves up for disappointment But if you just go in expecting a fun adventure you should be able to enjoy it Just DON T see it in the higher frame rate 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Walter Chaw
If this were Green Eggs and Ham the film would stop at approximately the point at which you would not eat them with a fox 
0.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Kent Turner
The overgenerous running time is somewhat to the film s advantage but there are warning signs that Jackson might be stretching the tale to its limit 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mark Dujsik
The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is clumsy where Tolkien s book is streamlined filling in the gaps where the novel is vague 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dustin Putman
With approximately six more hours to go it s tough not to shudder at the sheer lengths director Peter Jackson is about to go to stretch this story into paper thin taffy 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Jason Buchanan
If The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is any indicator of things to come this trilogy could be every bit as wondrous and exciting as the one that preceded it 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mick LaSalle
If you loved the earlier films these are moments you will hold on to but they re very few and they re not enough 
1
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Travers
Part One of director Peter Jackson s planned film trilogy of J R R Tolkien s The Hobbit forces audiences to run an obstacle course before the fun kicks in 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Duane Dudek
Those early scenes in the Shire and the story of the loss of the dwarf kingdom establish character and purpose and give reason to hope and care that like a talented sports team with a losing record things can get only better 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
David Frese
The film is frequently gorgeous technologically adventurous and eventually thrilling 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Keough
By the third time someone hangs by his fingertips over a gaping void or Gandalf shouts Run so they can flee the latest CGI monstrosity the Lonely Mountain seems far away indeed 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Chris Hewitt
This movie is about drawing things out as much as possible to make a snack size story feel like a meal 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lawrence Toppman
Jackson imposes a sense of grandeur but mostly loses Tolkien s sense of fun 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Steven Rea
This is not about a reluctant hero drawing courage from some deep personal well It s not about dread and danger It s about visual effects 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Lozito
Get ready for a more heated debate than any election season Is Peter Jackson s ambitious overblown adaptation worth it or is it a flagrant attempt to create a cash cow out of a children s book The answer is yes 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Howell
The film is worthy of both your attention and of the Tolkien legendarium in which Jackson his actors and his Weta Workshop technical crew are so firmly situated 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Williams
At nearly three hours long An Unexpected Journey has moments when the caravan seems both overstuffed and out of balance but it s such a scenic trip that only a stubborn homebody could complain 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Matt Pais
As entertaining as watching the last bits of ketchup drip out of the bottle 
1.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Roger Moore
Bloated overlong Even Shakespeare needs editing 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mary Ann Gwinn
Though at two hours 50 minutes it feels overstuffed the first Hobbit film holds its own thanks to inspired acting and some jaw dropping technical innovations 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Michael Phillips
When in Jackson s film someone describes a character s love of gold as having become too fierce you wonder if the warning might apply to The Hobbit in other ways 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Claudia Puig
The elements are in place again but the story feels less substantial than the Lord of the Rings tales 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Josh Larsen
after seeing The Hobbit I couldn t wait to see it again projected at 24 frames per second and without 3 D 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Rene Rodriguez
There are people who claim to see no difference between 24 and 48 frame rates and to them I d recommend an unexpected journey to the eye doctor 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Stephen Whitty
The Hobbit becomes what it was originally meant to be not a cut from the same cloth prequel but its own individual thing 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Ty Burr
A dazzling busy fundamentally tedious movie 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Robert Levin
It s a shame to see Peter Jackson treading water when there are so many new cinematic horizons worth exploring 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Charlie McCollum
In a bit of irony Bilbo Baggins says at the end of the movie I do believe the worst is behind us We can only hope so 
2.5
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Rafer Guzman
The Hobbit is an impressive first chapter 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lou Lumenick
Piles on enough eye candy and action sequences to please fans plus more humor than the three Rings films even if it only occasionally achieves the trio s grandeur 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Daniel M. Kimmel
If Peter Jackson couldn t tell this slight story in a single film there s no hope the other two in this prequel series will be any less bloated 
2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
James Berardinelli
An Unexpected Journey is a competent entertaining effort but it neither enthralls nor amazes in the way its predecessors did 
3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
David Germain
Tolkien s brisk story of intrepid little hobbit Bilbo Baggins is drawn out and diluted by dispensable trimmings better left for DVD extras 
2.5
Drama/Mex
Chris Hewitt
Director Gerardo Naranjo seems to be onto something even if he doesn t quite get it right this time out 
2
Drama/Mex
Kam Williams
This morally ambiguous adventure s cleverly concealed parallel powder keg plotlines are sufficiently compelling to keep you riveted to these loco losers predicaments till the bitter end 
4
Drama/Mex
Pam Grady
It is just too bad that the location is far more evocative than the drama itself 
2.5
Drama/Mex
Elizabeth Weitzman
Visually arresting but thematically uneven Gerardo Naranjo s fictional snapshot of a gritty Mexican beach is simply too desperate to shock us 
2.5
Drama/Mex
Jan Stuart
Drama Mex can t see past its nihilistic little nose 
2
Drama/Mex
V.A. Musetto
You want to hate his characters Go ahead You want to feel sympathy for them That s OK too In either case you ll be shaken by Drama Mex 
3
Drama/Mex
Paul Schrodt
At its heart Drama Mex is a story of people struggling to fulfill their roles and the camera s forceful gaze is their confessional box 
3.5
Gate of Hell
James Kendrick
a powerful drama that has rightfully taken its place once again among the films that opened Western audiences eyes to the wonders of Japanese cinema
3
Broken Wings
David Nusair
packs far more of an emotional wallop than one might ve anticipated 
3.5
Broken Wings
Marty Mapes
A promising feature debut for both director and actress
3
Forsaken
Brad Wheeler
In a standard cowering town needs a gunfighter drama typical themes redemption forgiveness are laid out with little imagination 
2
Forsaken
Lou Lumenick
Forsaken greatly benefits from the poignant teaming of its father and son stars as well as Michael Wincott as an especially elegant and eloquent gunfighter who has great respect for John 
3
Forsaken
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Brad Mirman follows the Western template as if it were an exact science 
2
Forsaken
Glenn Kenny
It has a solid story to tell and tells it with no winks and few if any frills It s involving and ultimately exciting 
3
Forsaken
Stephen Whitty
Solid and dependable Forsaken shouldn t be forgotten But I wish so much of it didn t feel half remembered 
2.5
Forsaken
Carson Lund
The film adheres to the dictionary definition of a classical genre without ever attempting to subvert it 
1.5
Forsaken
Roger Moore
Too stiff and stale to overcome its acres of cliches
2
Forsaken
David Nusair
A hopelessly generic western 
2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Rude crude obnoxious disgusting and unfunny 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
David Nusair
I will admit to having chuckled at an Erik Estrada cameo 
1.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Margaret A. McGurk
Writers Brent Goldberg and David Wagner apparently saw no reason to bother with anything so sophisticated as say story or characters 
.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Ian Mantgani
The film is all over the place really It dabbles all around never gaining much momentum 
2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Michael Wilmington
An unabashedly bad movie full of cliches claptrap fairly good rock n roll and stomach turning gross out gags 
1.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
James Kendrick
While grosser is often better Van Wilder devises some truly nasty images and then wallows in them to ludicrous extremes that drain out all the humor
2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Michael Szymanski
I went in not wanting to like it not wanting to laugh and certainly not to give it any credence for being this generation s Animal House But it is and it s funny 
3
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Mike McGranaghan
This is the kind of movie that Bluto Otter and the Delta House boys would have trashed a theater for showing 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Michael Dequina
Full of gross out humor that is definitely disgusting but not at all that humorous 
0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Dustin Putman
National Lampoon s Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House but it more closely resembles this year s version of Tomcats 
2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Sean P. Means
Occasionally a joke hits its target but that can be explained by the law of averages 
1.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Joe Leydon
A beery boisterous guilty pleasure 
2.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Todd Anthony
Every gag feels forced and uninspired every plot turn formulaic 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Moira MacDonald
It s a tasteless tacky movie full of cheap T A 
0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Mick LaSalle
When it runs out of ways to be funny Van Wilder resorts to schmaltz 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Angela Carroll
While some of the pranks in National Lampoon s Van Wilder are more extreme than we ve seen in There s Something About Mary or the American Pie movies this film has enough heart to balance it out 
3
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Tor Thorsen
Van Wilder doesn t bring anything new to the proverbial table but it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass a thons like Tomcats Freddy Got Fingered and Slackers 
2.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Lou Lumenick
This is the sort of low grade dreck that usually goes straight to video with a lousy script inept direction pathetic acting poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography complete with visible boom mikes 
0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Sue Pierman
Van Wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase comedy gag At least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch 
0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Liam Lacey
Smug and dumb as they come it s a series of eruptive gross out sketches tenuously linked by a romance plot 
1.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Glenn Whipp
Adolescents will be adequately served by the movie s sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick although the more lascivious minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a topless tutorial service 
2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Loren King
Reynold s boyish sweet natured comic appeal makes Van Wilder better than it has a right to be 
2.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Claudia Puig
The movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter uhhh which is better than most of the writing in the movie 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Roger Ebert
Laughter for me was such a physical impossibility during National Lampoon s Van Wilder that had I not been pledged to sit through the film I would have lifted myself up by my bootstraps and fled 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Dan Lybarger
Once upon a time anything associated with the name National Lampoon generated as many chuckles as a can of nitrous oxide Now the effect is more like a laxative 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Chris Hewitt
For a movie that is almost entirely set at keggers it s surprisingly entertaining 
2.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Carrie Rickey
Unofficially National Lampoon s Van Wilder is Son of Animal House Officially it is twice as bestial but half as funny 
2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
John Monaghan
Van Wilder has a built in audience but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Charles Savage
The problem is not that it s all derivative because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes The problem is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material 
1
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Erik Childress
Even Vegas Vacation was wise enough to distance itself from the humorists responsible for such comedy landmarks as Loaded Weapon 1 Senior Trip and Golf Punks 
0.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Rob Blackwelder
When Van Wilder sticks to its wits its comedy is unstoppable But there s an equal amount of acute unoriginality and beyond belief bad taste 
2.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Steve Rhodes
think of it as American Pie On Valium 
1.5
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Ed Gonzalez
Like Slackers Super Troopers and last year s Wet Hot American Summer Van Wilder is nostalgic for the gross out yarns of yesteryear 
2.5
The Lover
Ted Shen
By stripping away the voluptuous veneer of her language and the gauze of her memory Annaud s adaptation has reduced her artful tale 
2
The Lover
Matt Brunson
An ofttimes emotionally sterile film 
2.5
The Lover
Bill Chambers
Although I ve watched too much grindhouse sleaze to take offense at The Lover it s the poster child for the kind of tony trash that used to get intellectuals on its side by provoking the censors 
2
The Lover
Roger Ebert
Annaud and his collaborators have got all of the physical details just right but there is a failure of the imagination here we do not sense the presence of real people behind the attractive facades of the two main actors 
2
The Lover
Steve Rhodes
The worst part of the dialog is given to the writer She has to say one pedantic line after another and overall the narrator s part is just too wordy 
1.5
The Lover
Desson Thomson
Scratch away the steamy evocative surface remove Jeanne Moreau s veteran voiced narration and you have only art film banalities 
2
Lassie
Michael Wilmington
Dog and movie lovers take note Lassie has come home 
3.5
Lassie
Timothy Knight
A sweetly old fashioned tail wagging charmer of a family film 
3
Lassie
Jeffrey Overstreet
It s a rare work of substance simplicity and grace that deserves to be mentioned among the best features crafted for younger viewers in the last twenty years 
3.5
Lassie
Angel Cohn
The 1943 Lassie Come Home starring then child actors Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor as Joe and Cilla is widely considered the gold standard to which all dog movies should aspire but Sturridge s remake is a fine film in its own right 
3
Lassie
Chris Hewitt
Lassie has a fine cast lots of calendar pretty shots of Lassie in different seasons and a dog owned by many different people plot borrowed from David Copperfield 
3
Lassie
Tom Keogh
This remake of the 1943 classic Lassie Come Home is quite an accomplishment bringing together a top notch British director a very nice cast gorgeous Scottish scenery and all the renowned virtues of the world s most famous collie 
3
Lassie
Stephen Whitty
It s the loveliest and most moving children s film of the year so far 
3
Lassie
Lou Lumenick
Lassie is a dog movie even non dog lovers will lap up 
3.5
Lassie
Elizabeth Weitzman
Charles Sturridge s charming adaptation of Eric Knight s classic book Lassie Come Home will thrill any adult who can t face another insipid children s movie about talking animals Oh and the kids will love it too 
3
Lassie
Nathaniel Bell
With its spirited ensemble and literary pedigree Lassie is worthy entertainment for a new generation of fans 
2.5
Lassie
Loey Lockerby
This is an earnest likable and very very pretty addition to its star s remarkable history 
2.5
Lassie
Louis B. Parks
This new Lassie is no match for the original MGM production Roddy McDowell Donald Crisp Elizabeth Taylor etc but there are many compensations that make it fine family entertainment 
3
Lassie
Terry Lawson
Lassie is family entertainment of a very high order made all the better by director Sturridge s avoidance of CGI enhancement and the animatronics that have become commonplace in films about animals 
3
Lassie
Bill Zwecker
No question about it Lassie is a very traditional film but good storytelling fine acting and beautiful photography add up to a solid family entertainment that never lets us forget who the real star is 
3
Lassie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Lassie achieves greatness through its rich supply of goodness 
4
Lassie
Sean P. Means
Sturridge sometimes overplays his hand piling on the sentimental clichs and goosing the violin music 
2.5
Lassie
Jeff Strickler
None of Lassie s adventures is told with the least bit of subtlety but seeing as how the movie is aimed at the peewee dog loving set few members of the target audience are likely to complain 
3
Lassie
Ed Gonzalez
Never has Lassie s proletarian spunk felt so alive 
2.5
The Woman Next Door
Roger Ebert
A profoundly Hitchcockian film in that its real subjects are guilt passion and terrible consequences of a sin that starts out small 
3.5
Epic
Brian Eggert
Only the very young will draw much from the generic storytelling 44 while the handsome animation of the natural world is wasted on dull characters and unexciting situations 46 
2
Epic
John Beifuss
Boasts sometimes photorealistic animation and some cool concepts the heroic Leafmen ride hummingbirds like horses but it s grounded by the cliche aspects of everything else 
2
Epic
Forrest Hartman
Beautiful 3D animation coupled with a compelling story and fantastic writing make this the best animated movies since Rise of the Guardians 
3.5
Epic
Linda Cook
I remember not so very long ago when most of the protagonists in children s movies were male The change in recent years has been well Epic 
3
Epic
Jeff Beck
Epic is not a bad animated film but it is a pretty forgettable one 
2.5
Epic
Michael Smith
An unfortunate name for such a simplistic sleepy little eco goofy animated movie 
2
Epic
James Berardinelli
Although the basic story is too juvenile and simplistic to entertain anyone with an age in the double digit range the themes and underlying ideas are too complicated to capture the attention of someone younger 
2
Epic
Stephen Whitty
Anyone over the age of 7 or so not to mention their accompanying adults isn t going to find too much here to truly engage them let alone linger past the final fade out 
2
Epic
Dave McGinn
Children may enjoy it but even they will be able to see all the boxes it systematically ticks 
2
Epic
Michael O'Sullivan
It may not be epic but it s eye popping entertainment 
2.5
Epic
Tom Russo
It is certainly very pretty to look at and has a general agreeability about it But the movie would need to engage us far more powerfully for that hyperbolic title to fit 
2
Epic
Steven Rea
Generic entertainment with a brave heroine cutesy poo supporting characters parental figures who are either absent or absent minded etcetera etcetera 
2.5
Epic
Austin Kennedy
Why does Hollywood always feel the need to pander to kids by throwing in annoying comic characters and out of place humor in a story that doesn t need it 
2
Epic
Claudia Puig
Epic s visuals are enthralling enough for little and big folks to offset a predictable albeit sweet story 
2.5
Epic
Sean P. Means
The story s predictability and resemblance to 1992 s FernGully The Last Rainforest makes for a pretty dull ride 
2
Epic
Jon Niccum
The action sequences are frequent and exceptional from zooming aerial battles to comedic chases involving Bomba s three legged pet pug 
3
Epic
Peter Canavese
Nothing new but given its solidly built kids adventure I m not going to y know look down on it 
3
Epic
Chris Hewitt
Epic is not a musical exactly It s also not especially funny And neither the nature story nor the dull parent one amounts to much 
1
Epic
Roger Moore
Derivative as all get out concocted by committee but watchable 
2.5
Epic
Kyle Smith
I had the sensation of sitting through a fourth grade school play that contained no children of my own the very definition of a nightmare 
1.5
Epic
Michael Phillips
It s difficult to keep its story and characters or even its visual design in your mind s eye in part because the five credited screenwriters overload the narrative with incident and threatening complication 
2
Epic
Moira MacDonald
The story s simple enough to appeal to young kids the 8 year old with me pronounced the movie awesome but adults will enjoy the beautiful animation whether 3D or 2D 
3.5
Epic
Dustin Putman
Forgettable to the point where its memory begins to fade the moment the film is over Epic diverts only in that it s not strictly a chore to watch Faint praise to be sure and epically un epic 
2
Epic
R. Kurt Osenlund
Epic is a major aesthetic triumph for Blue Sky Studios 
2.5
I, the Jury
Roger Ebert
I the Jury is a violent private eye thriller with a certain redeeming sense of style 
3
I, the Jury
James Kendrick
The central fault in this updating is Mike Hammer whose character was lost in the shuffle while updating from the fifties to the eighties 
1.5
Red Planet
Walter Chaw
Better than you remember 
3
Red Planet
Robert Cashill
Zero gravity 
1.5
Red Planet
Jeffrey Westhoff
Red Planet s lack of original ideas locks it into a decaying orbit 
2
Red Planet
Marty Mapes
The only fun in Red Planet is trying to spot the reflections of the camera and crew in the smoothly polished faceplates of the astronauts 
2
Red Planet
David Sterritt
Look for Red Planet to crash as resoundingly at the box office as its heroes do on Mars 
1
Red Planet
Andrew Howe
Nobody who hasn t spent time in an asylum could have believed that this film was ever going to amount to anything 
1.5
Red Planet
Jorge Avila Andrade
No solamente es una mala pelcula sino un verdadero desperdicio de tiempo y dinero que no se le recomienda a nadie en su sano juicio
1.5
Red Planet
David Keyes
a little more convincing and plausible than its predecessor even if it is not enough reason to actually recommend the follow up either 
2
Red Planet
Rob Blackwelder
Takes itself pretty seriously for a movie that ask the viewer in the laborious voice over prologue to stow all notions of science and logic 
2.5
Red Planet
Susan Stark
The next time any movie tells you the Martians are coming choose the better part of valor Just duck 
3
Red Planet
Bob Graham
This spaceship misfire manages to be overblown and undernourished at the same time 
0
Red Planet
Dustin Putman
One of the most involving and well made space set thrillers since Ridley Scott s 1979 opus Alien 
3
Red Planet
Roger Ebert
The story s strong point isn t psychological depth or complex relationships but brainy scientists trying to think their way out of a box that grows smaller every minute 
3
Red Planet
James Berardinelli
As a human interest drama Red Planet is more thin than Mars atmosphere 
2.5
Red Planet
Michael Dequina
Perfectly solid visual effects show up onscreen constantly enough to remind us of the wasted effort turned in by the FX crews 
1
Red Planet
Mary Kalin-Casey
Red Planet lacks the one thing even a C grade sci fi writer could provide a good yarn 
1.5
Anthem
Carrie Rickey
Gabel and Hahn whose thoughtful and frequently amusing commentary carries us through thousands of miles of interstate and more motels than Frank Zappa ever imagined are guided by John Steinbeck s wisdom that you don t take a trip but the trip takes you
3
Anthem
Margaret A. McGurk
Many themes emerge equality justice freedom environmental crisis but weaving them into cogent insights is beyond the adventurers 
2.5
Anthem
Edward Guthmann
a naive surprisingly sloppy documentary 
1
Anthem
Jeff Vice
Far too often these days documentary filmmakers try to push their own political agendas on audiences by ridiculing those who have different views from their own Happily that s not the case with Anthem 
3
In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey
Tom Keogh
Cullingham reveals both psychological and aesthetic reasons for Fahey s determination to remain a remote iconoclast sheltered by mystique 
3.5
Three in the Attic
Roger Ebert
Three in the Attic is a frustrating movie because it could have been so good and occasionally is so good and yet it finally loses its nerve and collapses into a routine gutless exploitation picture 
2
The Wrestler
Mattie Lucas
Rourke has risen again and delivered a performance for the ages 
3.5
The Wrestler
Nick Rogers
There was no character to root for more strongly in spite of himself in 2008 than Randy the Ram and The Wrestler spat and bled his physical poetry an elegy of emasculation and exhaustion building in its final shot to all the exhilaration he needed 
4
The Wrestler
Matt Soergel
Whatever mistakes and indignities and turmoil led Mickey Rourke to where he is now whatever demons have plagued him they all lead to the 1 hour and 55 minutes of magnificence that is his performance in The Wrestler 
4
The Wrestler
Sonny Bunch
It s a testament to Mr Rourke s talent that Randy s life and attempted redemption never devolve into maudlin unearned sentimentality 
3.5
The Wrestler
Greg Maki
I don t know if I ve ever seen an actor more honest and vulnerable on screen 
4
The Wrestler
James Kendrick
Rourke wears his scars both physical and emotional with such naked humanity that his performance becomes a kind of on screen outpouring of his own grief and waylaid potential
4
The Wrestler
Marty Mapes
It s not the comeback it s the writing and the characters
3.5
The Wrestler
Eric Melin
gripping realistic Mickey Rourke brings everything he has to it and it s perfect for him if the violence hurts you that means Aronofsky s doing his job 
4
The Wrestler
Linda Cook
What do you get when a fantastic director encourages a sort has been to play a has been 
4
The Wrestler
Lori Hoffman
Rourke props up a standard story about a loser trying to recapture the glory days 
2
The Wrestler
John Wirt
A nearly perfect portrait of a lovable loser who leaps to a place among the screen s most unforgettable underdogs 
4
The Wrestler
Jeff Vice
This is Rourke s big comeback role and he definitely deserves the Academy Award nomination he received 
4
The Wrestler
Michael Smith
You will feel pinned to your seat watching Rourke s characterization of a broken man in this modern take on the old school boxing movie 
3
The Wrestler
Kam Williams
Mickey Rourke is indebted to Darren Aronofsky for casting him as a washed up has been in this emotionally engaging character study even if the role wasn t exactly much of a stretch 
4
The Wrestler
Lawrence Toppman
Emotions ooze slowly out of Rourke s creased and battered face in Darren Aronofsky s latest heart wrenching hard to market drama 
3.5
The Wrestler
John Beifuss
Represents a perfect match of actor to character and back story to script 
3.5
The Wrestler
Daniel M. Kimmel
Rourke s performance is worth the price of admission It s a portrait of a man s life and one you won t soon forget 
3.5
The Wrestler
Phil Villarreal
It was almost worth the malaise of watching Mickey Rourke squander years of potential just so he could make his grand comeback 
4
The Wrestler
Matt Brunson
It lines up nicely with my only other four star pictures of 2008 Milk and The Dark Knight collectively presenting a portrait of the uncertain often unhappy America in which we presently reside 
4
The Wrestler
Rene Rodriguez
It s a wonderful career reviving performance and you can t imagine the movie without him Welcome back Mickey 
3.5
The Wrestler
Robert W. Butler
Rourke is utterly convincing on both the physical and emotional levels and the result may be the most fully formed characterization seen in any movie that opened in 2008 
3
The Wrestler
Amy Biancolli
Predictable as it is this sad strong beast of a film keeps us pinned to the mat with the strength of its compassion and the overpowering force of its central performance 
3.5
The Wrestler
Michael Sragow
Rourke is the one who saves The Wrestler again and again 
2.5
The Wrestler
Gina Carbone
If The Wrestler doesn t get the Oscar attention it deserves I m going after someone with a staple gun 
3.5
The Wrestler
Duane Dudek
Like a rehabilitated race horse or disgraced sports star who makes the most of a second chance Rourke gives The Wrestler the temperament of a sentimental favorite 
3.5
The Wrestler
Michael A. Smith
Rourke inhabits the role like an old lion his mane of golden hair cascading behind him as he prowls the ring 
4
The Wrestler
Lisa Kennedy
The Wrestler has the intimacy of a fly on the wall documentary No stunt men were harmed or used in the fight sequences But the drama makes for vibrant art 
3.5
The Wrestler
Steven Rea
If this ragged but near brilliant movie is about a guy trying to resurrect his career so too is the performance at its heart 
3.5
The Wrestler
Chris Hewitt
An enormously moving beautifully acted film The Wrestler honors its characters by showing how hard it is for them to reach out to each other 
3.5
The Wrestler
Peter Canavese
Darren Aronofsky s character study has in Mickey Rourke an actor unusually in sync with a role indeed what seems to be the role of his career 
3.5
The Wrestler
Mark Rahner
Mickey Rourke delivers such an unexpectedly moving charming and physically impressive performance that he deserves some other award than Guy Who Gets Asked What The Hell Happened To You Most Often 
3
The Wrestler
Michael Dequina
Aronofsky handily debunks any of the previous common criticisms of flash over substance 
3.5
The Wrestler
Jay Antani
Aronofsky s film demands much from its audience but unlike the great majority of films it repays with its tenderness of heart and soul its wrenching and disarming sincerity 
3.5
The Wrestler
Mike McGranaghan
The Wrestler offers Mickey Rourke a chance at redemption with the role of a lifetime It s safe to say that he body slams it 
4
The Wrestler
Mick LaSalle
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler is one of the all time exalted examples of an actor meeting a character and of each redeeming the other 
4
The Wrestler
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters seem to live and breathe between the margins of the story and to exist for more reasons than just driving the story forward 
3.5
The Wrestler
Jordan Hiller
Rourke is convincing and honest marvelous and touching but he s not required to channel emotions that linger far and away from the man he has become 
2.5
The Wrestler
Peter Howell
The Wrestler is suffused with sadness yet also the wonder of a spirit that refuses to be snuffed out and it s a lesson to us all 
4
The Wrestler
Liam Lacey
The excesses are easy to forgive both for the humour and charisma of Rourke s outsized performance and Aronofsky s canny low key direction which make for a combination that is irresistible 
3
The Wrestler
Roger Ebert
Mickey Rourke plays the battered broke lonely hero Randy The Ram Robinson This is the performance of his lifetime will win him a nomination may win him the Oscar 
4
The Wrestler
Ty Burr
The Wrestler is about the seductions of superficiality and the dull ache of living beyond one s moment It stares with compassion at the man pinned on the mat and wonders how he ll ever get out of this one 
4
The Wrestler
Michael Phillips
It is a pleasure to see Rourke finesse this amalgamation of The Champ Marty Rocky and a dozen other movies to his supreme advantage 
3.5
The Wrestler
Alissa Wilkinson
Tour de force may be a cliched reviewer s phrase for performances during Oscar season but it s the only one that can be applied to Rourke here 
3.5
The Wrestler
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a comeback tale with truly cathartic punch its saga of a highly flawed antihero trying to come to grips with the man he was and the person he thinks he wants to be just soaking in the grit and grime of a life lived on the razor s edge 
4
The Wrestler
Josh Larsen
The Wrestler is about one thing Mickey Rourke and that makes the movie both fascinating and limited 
3.5
The Wrestler
Rafer Guzman
Rourke is harrowing Tomei is devastating 
3.5
The Wrestler
Kyle Smith
The Wrestler offers something to pretty much everyone in the audience Much like The Sopranos it creates a world that might make you feel utterly at home or exhilarated by strange horrors Maybe both 
3.5
The Wrestler
Claudia Puig
It s no Raging Bull more like Rocky shot with a handheld camera But Rourke s wounded tough guy is undeniably captivating He smacks you in the gut and wrenches your heart 
3
The Wrestler
James Berardinelli
Mickey Rourke who has been flying under the radar for nearly two decades makes this a comeback to remember 
3.5
The Wrestler
Dustin Putman
Rapturously enthralling and deeply poignant one of the year s best Mickey Rourke gives the performance of a lifetime 
3.5
The Wrestler
Joe Lozito
Darren Aronofsky s most personal film in years is a small character study featuring a ferocious career capping performance by Mickey Rourke 
3.5
The Wrestler
David Nusair
a deliberately paced yet consistently compelling character study that undoubtedly marks the high point of Darren Aronofsky s career 
3.5
The Wrestler
Wesley Lovell
Mickey Rourke delivers a tremendous performance in a film that explores how one man can wrestle for his conscience his soul and his life at the same time 
3.5
The Wrestler
Frank Ochieng
Aronofsky has devised one of the most gritty and intensely authentic sports flicks in recent memory Rourke is absorbingly raw and reflective deeply affecting in its razor like observations
3.5
The Wrestler
Nick Schager
Annihilation and resurrection are the twin axes upon which The Wrestler turns 
3.5
The Wrestler
Bill Chambers
The most haunting sports film or at least the most haunting film about the margins of a sport since Fat City
3.5
Finding Yingying
Lisa Trifone
Finding Yingying is ultimately a work of compassion and necessity 
3.5
Finding Yingying
Monica Castillo
The answers the documentary finds are not easy but the loss Finding Yingying depicts is one that will reverberate for years to come 
3
King Solomon's Mines
James Kendrick
a largely unimaginative adventure albeit not one that isn t entirely without its entertaining qualities even if said qualities are best appreciated with a heavy dose of irony
2
King Solomon's Mines
Mike McGranaghan
King Solomon s Mines is frequently laughable Nothing about the film is convincingly done 
1.5
The Red and the Black
Fernando F. Croce
As for Stendhal for real cinema try Argento s Syndrome 
2
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Voice from Heaven
Jonathan Curiel
A good introduction to a man who almost defied description 
3
Girl With No Mouth
Simon Abrams
The sort of half baked postmodern fantasy where child actors meander around a few dilapidated interiors and sunny exteriors and only talk vaguely about their character defining traumas 
2
Girl With No Mouth
Roger Moore
A pointless parable and survivalist tale with no real goal or destination 
2
Crusoe
David N. Butterworth
Beautifully filmed but suffers from deliberate pacing and a shallow uninspired viewpoint 
2.5
Crusoe
Roger Ebert
Crusoe is a film with a few important things to say and a magnificent way of saying them 
3.5
Encounter in the Third Dimension
Roger Ebert
Watching MAX whizzing about I reflected that it was done well but alas I did not want it done at all 
2
The Misogynists
Joey Magidson
The Misogynists is a poorly paced and bland experience yearning to be edgy while not especially having an edge at all 
2
The Misogynists
David Robb
Onur Tukel s film doesn t live up to the promise of this fleet footed opening 
2
Monstrous
Erik Childress
The cracks appear early and often through the delicate production design which is given more time than working on the film 8217 s horrors and its late arriving ideas on how we deal with them 46 
2
Monstrous
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film apos s design and Christina Ricci apos s committed performance in the central role make it worth a late night look 46 
3
Monstrous
Simon Abrams
Ricci 8217 s compelling performance 44 with essential support from director Chris Sivertson 46 46 46 makes you want to follow Laura as she inevitably falls apart 46 
2.5
Monstrous
Mark Dujsik
91 M 93 uch of this movie is an act of deflection 46 
1.5
Monstrous
Roger Moore
Ricci gives us a little paranoia and barely enough panic to engage us in her plight 46 She 8217 s good 44 but the performance has an element of 8220 hold something back for the third act 8221 about it 46 
1.5
What's Love Got to Do With It
Jeff Shannon
A powerful portrait of emotional endurance propelled by the outstanding performances of Bassett and Fishburne both of whom lend a crucial dimension to the gradual redundancies of Kate Lanier s otherwise insightful screenplay 
3
What's Love Got to Do With It
Carrie Rickey
Their nuanced performances give a spectrum of emotional shadings to a black and white script that casts Tina as the Beauty to Ike s unreconstructed Beast 
3
What's Love Got to Do With It
Gary Thompson
Fishburne s performance is the one X factor in What s Love Got To Do With It which in most respects is an entertaining if conventional pop star biography 
3
What's Love Got to Do With It
Clifford Terry
Brian Gibson who directed the script by Kate Lanier seems to have trouble taking charge of his material as he skips through the years 
2
What's Love Got to Do With It
Gene Siskel
A powerful joyful raw energetically acted bio pic detailing the joys and pain of the on and offstage lives of blues rockers Ike and Tina Turner 
4
What's Love Got to Do With It
Stephen Hunter
It s an astonishing movie first because despite the pathology of the relationship it s not only about victimization it s a celebration of spirit both religious and human about a woman who finally found the guts and the faith to say No more 
3.5
What's Love Got to Do With It
James Berardinelli
You don t have to be a Tina Turner fan to appreciate this movie but regardless of your opinion of her music What s Love Got To Do With It cannot fail to impart an impression of her courage and inner strength 
3
What's Love Got to Do With It
David N. Butterworth
Fishburne is excellent in a very unsympathetic role Ike Turner could so easily have been portrayed as one dimensional but the talented Fishburne gives this frightened wife beater some depth 
3
What's Love Got to Do With It
Dennis King
Powerful troubling and ultimately inspiring 
3
What's Love Got to Do With It
Roger Ebert
It s a story of pain and courage uncommonly honest and unflinching and the next time I hear Tina Turner singing I will listen to the song in a whole new way 
3.5
Out to Sea
Mike Clark
Sporadically engaging 
2.5
Out to Sea
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes even seemingly hopeless films can prove better than one has any reason to expect 
2.5
Carriers
David Nusair
an awfully familiar premise that s employed to lukewarm yet watchable effect by filmmakers Alex and David Pastor 
2.5
Carriers
Austin Kennedy
At 84 minutes it s a sharp swift and unrelenting movie I think it s only going to be out for a week so please u2026 GO SEE THIS RIGHT NOW It s surprisingly fantastic 
3.5
Observe and Report
Kelly Jane Torrance
If you found Paul Blart too bland and wonder where comedy will go post Apatow you need to see Observe and Report 
3.5
Observe and Report
Michael Dequina
For those who appreciate laughs spiked with venom 
3.5
Observe and Report
David Nusair
A seriously bizarre little movie 
3
Observe and Report
Nick Rogers
Seth Rogen hardens his Hanna Barbera face to become what he s never been before Damn scary Fiendishly misanthropic unnervingly funny and dangerously subversive Jody Hill hybridizes Taxi Driver into a satire of major laughs and grim subtext 
3.5
Observe and Report
Matt Soergel
As raunchy and as nihilistic as a two minute punk song It has its envelope pushing rewards at times but it tends to make its single minded point over and over After a short while you begin to wonder Is there anything on its mind There isn t 
1.5
Observe and Report
Sean McBride
You can cheer on Paul Blart something impossible in Observe and Report which is much darker It does have some occasional funny moments but they don t feel fresh
2
Observe and Report
Jeffrey Westhoff
A funny version of Taxi Driver is a dubious proposition to begin with and writer director Jody Hill botches it from the start 
1
Observe and Report
Sean P. Means
Director writer Jody Hill wants it both ways as absurdist comedy and serious character study and falls short twice 
2.5
Observe and Report
Peter Keough
Jody Hill s ambiguous and unsettling film is a comedy about law enforcement in much the same way that Martin Scorsese s The King of Comedy is a comedy about comedy 
3
Observe and Report
Lori Hoffman
The comedy isn t funny enough and the black comic edge isn t nearly nasty enough 
1
Observe and Report
Kyle Smith
Reminded me of the work of Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino 
3
Observe and Report
Linda Cook
What would happen if the Michael Douglas character from Falling Down and the character of Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver became trapped in an adult comedy 
3.5
Observe and Report
James Kendrick
a strange slightly disconcerting and at times aggressively insistent wince inducing comedy
2
Observe and Report
Charles Koplinski
Not for all tastes but a true groundbreaker 
3.0
Observe and Report
Sara Michelle Fetters
Everything feels plastic and false the tone shifting so frequently that the farce satire and simplistic Sandler style dumb comedy don t ever coalesce into something intriguing and alive 
2
Observe and Report
Rossiter Drake
The movie invites us into a world of bitterly unhappy people and rubs our noses in their failings It s disquieting and eerily perverse but somehow despite itself very funny 
3
Observe and Report
Eric Melin
Hill is finding his own voice as an original comedic filmmaker however spotty he may be 
2.5
Observe and Report
Kam Williams
I suppose this movie could ve been worse I m just not sure how 
0
Observe and Report
Frank Ochieng
Hill s lopsided laugher is bizarrely charming and frothy in its impishness of impropriety Roguishly appalling but unapologetic in its mindlessness 
2.5
Observe and Report
Gina Carbone
For people disappointed that Paul Blart didn t have more violence booze drugs date rape f bombs retarded insults and full frontal penis shots 
2
Observe and Report
Mike McGranaghan
If you laugh at all which I admittedly did it is sometimes laughing at the political social incorrectness of the main character and sometimes laughing at the sheer audacity of the film 
3
Observe and Report
John Beifuss
It s a comedy with a foot on the neck of the Zeitgeist and it s this pressure on our trachea that crushes the laughter in our throats 
3
Observe and Report
James Berardinelli
It falls short of brilliant but it s a lot more daring than what passes for dark comedy these days and it reminds us that feel bad comedies may not always be as funny as feel good ones but when they work they can ultimately be more satisfying 
3
Observe and Report
Lou Lumenick
I don t want to oversell it but Observe and Report is the sort of offbeat studio movie that should be encouraged 
3
Observe and Report
Daniel M. Kimmel
It has its laughs but also has its moments where you re can t help but shake your head saddened or appalled that someone thought this was funny 
2
Observe and Report
Christian Toto
Observe and Report is bold raw and uncompromising It s also an unqualified mess 
2
Observe and Report
Stephen Whitty
In the end Observe and Report falls in the somewhat confusing middle guaranteed to annoy the mainstream while not quite delivering the final twist and bitter irony the true comic cultists crave 
2.5
Observe and Report
Amy Biancolli
A few of the less repeatable lines hit their marks but the whole affair has the pasty faced desperation of shoppers trapped in fluorescent light 
2
Observe and Report
Carla Meyer
A sophisticated comedy about an unhinged doofus Observe and Report falters under the weight of its ambitions 
2.5
Observe and Report
Liam Lacey
The tone of the film wavers queasily though intentionally between slapstick and shock 
2
Observe and Report
Lisa Kennedy
Meet mall cop Paul Blart s evil unfunny twin 
1
Observe and Report
Mick LaSalle
Observe and Report strikes me as a comedy in perfect pace with this moment It s funny and uncompromising offering laughs without denial 
3
Observe and Report
Michael Sragow
A static one ring circus revolving around a ringmaster who s also a low clown 
1
Observe and Report
Chris Hewitt
It s a comedy in which the humor is based on taking everything to the extreme not only in terms of grossness but also in terms of messing with our expectations 
3.5
Observe and Report
Peter Howell
Director Hill evidently intends his film to be satirical But satire requires intelligence to succeed Observe and Report has a moronic sense of humour trading in racism sexism profanity and violence at every predictable turn 
1.5
Observe and Report
Peter Canavese
With admirably funkiness and bold flavor Hill has made the anti Blart but at a time when we ve seen seven mass shootings in a month do we really need the comedy version of Taxi Driver 
2.5
Observe and Report
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rogen s character like Jim Carrey s Cable Guy is a sad fascinating fellow who will deserve re visiting and re considering in subsequent viewings 
3
Observe and Report
Willie Waffle
Some funny performances are lost in the cloud of cruelty 
.5
Observe and Report
Erik Childress
One of the ballsier comedies to come from a big studio in some time that s likely going to tear at audience s expectations but hopefully will have them appreciating its creators 
3.5
Observe and Report
Claudia Puig
When Observe and Report is funny it s often shockingly so The characters can be nasty or self absorbed yet they still have a whiff of sweetness 
2.5
Observe and Report
Joe Williams
Observe and Report is the evil twin of Paul Blart which had a soft heart but no nerve This flick is almost criminally cynical but delinquents will think there s something arresting about a movie whose mission is disturbing the peace 
2.5
Observe and Report
Tom Keogh
Here s hoping the talented Rogen in the future sifts out junk like this from the many opportunities before him 
1
Observe and Report
Steven Rea
As funny as it is sick and it s plenty of both 
3
Observe and Report
Sue Pierman
Not only is the movie itself upsetting but there s the thought that Paul Blart has turned out to be the funny mall cop movie 
1
Observe and Report
Michael Phillips
Director Jody Hill can create only one sort of protagonist and half the time he s stuck in a gray area between satirizing the firearms obsessed multidirectionally offensive Ronnie and embracing him 
2
Observe and Report
Dustin Putman
By taking chances and freeing itself of a safety net the picture arrives as a welcome respite to the same old same old 
3
Observe and Report
Wesley Morris
It s the strangest movie I expect to see from a Hollywood studio for the rest of the year 
2.5
Observe and Report
Peter Travers
Observe and Report revels in creeping you out and making you laugh hard 
3
Observe and Report
Connie Ogle
Observe and Report feels more like a series of not quite successful skits thrown together than a movie with a script 
2
Observe and Report
Lawrence Toppman
You can t root for Ronnie You can t identify with him You can t hope he gets the girl any girl or the police job or even the crook But you may want to look on with stunned fascination as he ticks away ready to explode 
3.5
Observe and Report
Matt Brunson
A hit and miss curio 
2
Observe and Report
Rafer Guzman
For better or worse the weirdest wildest comedy of the year so far 
2.5
Observe and Report
Josh Larsen
an occasionally amusing persistently disturbing comedy that at times plays like a bipolar disorder episode from the inside out 
3
Observe and Report
Michael A. Smith
If I could review the film in halves I d give the comedy act and the drama 
2
Observe and Report
Ross Anthony
Quite crude quite funny Good at what it sets out to do u2013 make us giggle but that serious part of me wanted the picture to take its serious side one or two steps further 
3
Observe and Report
Phil Villarreal
If you would have told me that Kevin James and Seth Rogen would basically make the same movie and both would have come out the same I wouldn t have believed you 
2.5
Observe and Report
Nick Schager
Jody Hill takes Ben Stiller s comedy of awkwardness to painfully uncomfortable extreme realms offering up unrepentantly disagreeable characters who confront their deep insecurities through psychotic displays of machismo 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Mattie Lucas
An inspiring message of hope that demands to be noticed and heard by liberals conservatives and those who have never given Moore a second thought 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
David Nusair
A typically uneven effort from documentarian Michael Moore 
2
Capitalism: A Love Story
Jay Antani
Moore doesn t necessarily tell us anything new but it s his gung ho pursuit of accountability and compassion for working class victims and crusaders that make his movies worthwhile inquiries into how we live today
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
James Kendrick
in our brave new world of Glenn Beck style paranoia anger and histrionics masquerading as political discourse Moore s sarcastic mugging seems very nearly quaint
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
John Beifuss
Effective when it exposes the immoral even evil excesses of an economic system that prizes profit above public welfare less persuasive when it waxes nostalgic about the factory era of the mid 20th century 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Nick Rogers
Serving as an apogee of Michael Moore s decade long thesis Capitalism feels like it adds up to a sum greater than this part If Moore s next decade is as fruitful as his last America is doomed but it s odd to see a lack of healthy skepticism 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Linda Cook
Michael Moore is still angry 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film works best when Moore allows his interviewees a chance to speak their mind without him cracking wise 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Sean P. Means
Moore s loudest most heartfelt warning against corporate greed that is ruining his and our country It s also a stirring cry to action 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Mike Scott
Beneath all the expected liberal mad as hell indignation the guy with the closet full of ill fitting ball caps also happens to be persuasive as hell crafting an entertaining and provocative call to arms 
4
Capitalism: A Love Story
Matt Brunson
As always Moore s at his best when he gets the hell out of the way and lets average citizens have their say 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Gina Carbone
Michael Moore preaches to the converted in his least insightful op ed to date 
2.25
Capitalism: A Love Story
Keith Cohen
The centerpiece of this documentary is a shocking and dynamic reel of archival footage 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Robert W. Butler
As you watch your indignation grows Moore has chosen precisely the right moment to tap into the throbbing vein of anti corporate anti rich anger 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Amy Biancolli
Smart alecky and simplistic Yeah And primo Moore 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Liam Lacey
As a filmmaker creating a product for a marketplace supported by profit seeking investors he obviously has some comfort level with capitalism in the sense of doing business 
2
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Phillips
While it s amusing to watch Moore on camera plaster the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange with crime scene tape when Moore goes through his customary security guard harassment in another segment it s hard not to think Here we go again 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Sragow
Moore has always stood proudly for progressivism and that works in his favor now 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Willie Waffle
You will march out of the theater looking to beat up a CEO 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Sean O'Connell
Comes across like a refresher course and not the higher education Moore has strived for in the past 
2
Capitalism: A Love Story
Sonny Bunch
Capitalism s aim is too scattershot It s old hat for Moore to argue only one side of the story but this is the first time he has so blatantly failed to focus on the issue at hand
2
Capitalism: A Love Story
Chris Hewitt
The latest from Michael Moore is his usual shtick but better 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Peter Howell
The result is a film that stands as one of Moore s finest arguments It s also one of his funniest if you accept that the jokes are all of the gritted teeth variety 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Justin Strout
A film for everyone in the economic bottom 95 percent 
4
Capitalism: A Love Story
Mark Dujsik
Considering the vast spread of the subject matter of Capitalism A Love Story that the film works as well as it does is an accomplishment 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Dustin Putman
Anyone up on current events and at least passingly familiar with the history of the U S will learn few new insights What they will learn is that they have seen this all before and done better by a director who seems to be going through the paces 
2
Capitalism: A Love Story
Duane Dudek
Capitalism A Love Story is a Michael Moore movie that Fox News viewers might like 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
John Hartl
The script gradually becomes an ambiguous mixture of hope and desperation at times it feels almost bipartisan in its politics 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Carrie Rickey
In passages the movie is eloquent In sum it is scattershot Organization is not Moore s strongest suit indignation is 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Jeff Vice
Even if you don t agree with his assertions regarding economic theory and social politics it still holds some interest 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Wesley Morris
Isn t every Michael Moore film ultimately about capitalism This one just has a more facetious title 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Rene Rodriguez
For all his lack of objectivity and occasional fact twisting Moore takes on dauntingly complex subjects and turns them into hugely entertaining provocative pictures 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Roger Ebert
The film s title is never explained What does Moore mean Maybe it s that capitalism means never having to say you re sorry 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Peter Keough
How dare they It gets you worked up But exactly what point is Moore making What should we be angry about 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Joe Williams
The lack of a factual backbone will be catnip for conservatives who attack everything that Moore does regardless of the validity of his arguments 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
James Berardinelli
There s a simmering anger here that hasn t been present since Moore first burst upon the cinematic world with Roger and Me 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Eric Melin
It may be a bit scattershot and employ familiar tricks but it s both a challenging and personal movie 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Another exceptional piece of propaganda designed to get you riled up but also to get you to laugh 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Peter Travers
Moore sees our abusive relationship with capitalism as a growing plague His movie a genuine and welcome rabble rouser lays out the history of how democracy got corrupted 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Kit Bowen
Love him or hate him Michael Moore makes us think he makes us talk And if you agree with what he has to say especially with his latest opus Capitalism A Love Story he can inspire you to make a difference 
3.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Claudia Puig
Capitalism is as entertaining as Roger Me and its critique skewers both major political parties calling into question the economic policies of Bill Clinton as well as Ronald Reagan 
3
Capitalism: A Love Story
Stephen Whitty
Is everything always the bank s fault Is it only the guys in suits who can get greedy In Moore s world yes it is 
2.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
John Anderson
Proving that demagoguery can come as easily from the left as from the right Michael Moore has produced a jerry rigged jeremiad about free enterprise that hands up some very legitimate indictments without really making a case 
1.5
Capitalism: A Love Story
Kyle Smith
Isn t it Washington that took money from the taxpayers to bail out the banks Shouldn t Moore run his yellow crime scene tape around the White House 
1
Capitalism: A Love Story
Lauren Wissot
What s fascinating about this unfocused diatribe is that Mr Moore the liberal face of Middle America has finally given up on the American audience 
2
Capitalism: A Love Story
Mark Salisbury
With the global economic meltdown affecting just about everybody the film is pertinent hugely entertaining and above all timely 
3
Art & Copy
Walter V. Addiego
Pray inserts facts that are eye popping the food industry spends 34 billion annually on ads and alarming every year the average child sees 20 000 TV commercials 
3
Art & Copy
Marty Mapes
Doug Pray asked them what it was like to change the world on behalf of someone else s product
3
Art & Copy
Neil Rosen
The joy that these creative types experience when their work is successful and the seriousness with which they approach their craft comes shining through Along the way viewers get caught up in their exuberance 
3
Art & Copy
V.A. Musetto
When all is said and done Art Copy is little more than an ad for advertising 
2
Art & Copy
Moira MacDonald
Occasionally Art Copy becomes an advertisement for advertising some of the talking heads are a little self congratulatory but it offers plenty of food for thought And makes it taste good too 
3
Art & Copy
Andrew Schenker
The subjects seem so deluded by a sense of self importance that they put forth any number of outrageous claims about the significance of their art in order to justify a life spent serving a potentially dubious interest 
1
For a Few Dollars More
Peter Canavese
Another packed Special Edition for a classic Sergei Leone western with shot by shot color grading in a wonderful 4K upgrade from Kino Lorber Studio Classics 46 
3.5
For a Few Dollars More
Matt Brunson
While Eastwood is of course the star 44 this is arguably Van Cleef 8217 s picture 46 
3.5
For a Few Dollars More
Roger Ebert
Here is a gloriously greasy sweaty hairy bloody and violent Western It is delicious 
3
For a Few Dollars More
David Nusair
Though it s about a half hour too long For a Few Dollars More is overall a much more exciting and involving film than the original 
3
For a Few Dollars More
Ted Prigge
Underrated 
4
Samson & Delilah
Michael O'Sullivan
The film may be hard as hell to watch but it s even harder to look away from 
3
Samson & Delilah
Neil Genzlinger
How do you know you re looking at a pretty good piece of filmmaking When the director and actors can make you care about the central characters even though they exchange almost no dialogue 
3
Samson & Delilah
Ethan Alter
The actors succeed at portraying a couple whose bond is strong enough to not require words 
3
Samson & Delilah
Matt Bochenski
Thornton s command of space location and mood is exemplary recalling the Taiwanese master Tsai ming Liang in the way this love story plays out in the interstitial spaces of the city 
4
Samson & Delilah
Kate Stables
Filled with brusque tenderness and dusty beauty director Warwick Thornton s first feature is a fine and moving example of outback neorealism 
4
Samson & Delilah
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The corporeal manifestation of socio ethnic politics is one of Thornton s many visual tools rather than his primary editorial goal 
3.5
Samson & Delilah
Rene Rodriguez
One of the many feats director Thornton pulls off in this beautifully observed thoughtful picture is that the leads spend the entire movie without uttering a word to each other Sometimes words are just redundant 
3
Monogamy
Christian Toto
Monogamy asks us to root for lovers who seem disinterested in their own future 
2
Monogamy
Linda Barnard
The conceit is a decent idea for a thriller if not a terribly original one but Shapiro loses the rhythm with a plodding story and a pat ending we can see coming a mile away 
2.5
Monogamy
Peter Keough
Despite the pseudo vrit style the convincing improvised dialogue and its intimations of Blow Up and The Conversation Monogamy never quite makes a full commitment 
2.5
Monogamy
Ty Burr
There are certain filmmakers who should have their Cassavetes card revoked and on the evidence of Monogamy Dana Adam Shapiro has joined their ranks 
2
Monogamy
Matt Pais
Demonstrates what you miss in a relationship when you re lost in your own head and what might not be there when you come back 
2.5
Monogamy
Kyle Smith
I reached the outer limits of my endurance level after 25 minutes but you may make it to an hour 
1.5
Monogamy
Andrew Schenker
Framed as a relationship on the skids drama Monogamy is instead a shallow and unconvincing look at male psychosexual pathology 
1
Better Start Running
Roger Moore
Slow footed sentimental road comedy which Jeremy Irons as a mean mouthed Vietnam vet from Kentucky almost makes worthwhile 
2
Love & Debt
Matt Brunson
This engaging film might occasionally get too fanciful in some of its plotting but always finds its way back to its believably flawed frustrating and forgivable characters 
3
Love & Debt
Bob Bloom
Love Debt ends on a note of hopeful uncertainty It is a movie that offers lessons that hundreds of families who are struggling today can learn from and embrace 
3
Seraphim Falls
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Those who say there s nothing left to be done with the genre hasn t seen this 
3
Seraphim Falls
Ruthe Stein
A Western short on dialogue and long on pomposity is little more than an extended chase scene down a snow filled mountaintop to a desert floor 
1
Seraphim Falls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If we could delete one sequence from Seraphim Falls it would be an exceptional modern Western 
3.5
Seraphim Falls
Jeffrey Westhoff
The plot here may be simple but it is strong So are the performances 
3
Seraphim Falls
Jeanne Aufmuth
When it s all said and done this Western psychodrama is more dumbed down than giddy up 
2
Seraphim Falls
Thomas Delapa
After a roaring opening hour Van Acken settles for a parched ending that s the Old West equivalent to Can t we all get along 
2
Seraphim Falls
Claudia Puig
Seraphim Falls is a psychological drama with an intriguing ambiguity that challenges the viewer s loyalties and preconceived notions 
3
Seraphim Falls
Maitland McDonagh
Seraphim Falls is a pale shadow of Leone s The Good The Bad and The Ugly 
2.5
Seraphim Falls
Moira MacDonald
well crafted but unremarkable 
2.5
Seraphim Falls
Timothy Knight
For all its many virtues not the least of which are its ambition and its obvious intelligence Seraphim Falls is an honorable disappointment 
2.5
Seraphim Falls
Stephen Whitty
Von Ancken may have begun this by wanting to remember films like High Plains Drifter But all he ends up doing is reminding us how much better they were 
2
Seraphim Falls
Lou Lumenick
moseys along very slowly 
2
Seraphim Falls
Jack Mathews
an entertaining Western with some earnest ideas about forgiveness redemption and the loss of innocents 
3
Seraphim Falls
Bob Strauss
It s hard to find a movie that s as brutal as Seraphim Falls that s also consistently boring but somehow that s what s happened here 
2.5
Seraphim Falls
Michael Wilmington
Seraphim Falls is a movie some will relish and others will find a bit anachronistic 
3.5
Seraphim Falls
Todd Hertz
It starts with a bang but ultimately the wheels come off this covered wagon 
2
Seraphim Falls
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s only the fourth week of a new year and already a movie has made me sit up and take notice 
3.5
Seraphim Falls
Jan Stuart
You can if you so choose read the film as a lesson in the futility of violent conflict as a means toward a peaceful end Or you can let it just wash over you fast and pounding like a waterfall 
3
Seraphim Falls
Matt Pais
Eventually feels like a less gruesome Apocalypto with not much more back story 
2
Seraphim Falls
Ethan Alter
By all rights the film should be a pretentious bore But damned if Seraphim Falls didn t hold my attention all the way through
3
Seraphim Falls
Nick Schager
If not nearly as multi layered and lyrical as last year s The Proposition Seraphim Falls still proves to be something in short supply these days a sturdy straight ahead less talk more action Western 
2.5
Death in Texas
Mark Dujsik
A series of coincidences contrivances and bad plans overtakes the potential of Death in Texas to be about its characters 
1.5
Filibus
Kathy Fennessy
screenwriter and Futurist author Giovanni Bertinetti drew from science fiction for the tale of a sexually fluid cross dressing high flying jewel thief a prime example of what we now know as steampunk 
3.5
Filibus
James Kendrick
a lively and cleverly absurd silent era feature about a rare female supercriminal
3
Quartet
Kelly Jane Torrance
These are familiar themes aging jealousy regret repentance But the dialogue is sprightly and so are the performers 
4
Quartet
Craig D. Lindsey
The movie like the play it s based on is more about reminding audiences that talented people are often still talented in their later years It s safe to say that Quartet will be the feel good movie of the year for anyone over 65 
3
Quartet
Gerald Peary
Will she or won t she join the others on stage in a quartet rendition of Verdi Not to worry it all unravels splendidly in this teeth in a glass comedic drama 
2
Quartet
Chris Knight
There s a joy in watching seasoned performers play off one another provided you don t get confused as my seatmate did at the screening and think this is Harry Potter and the Teachers Lounge 
3
Quartet
Tim Holland
A slight but immensely charming romantic comedy that is perfectly performed by a regal cast headlined by Maggie Smith Tom Courtenay Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins 
3
Quartet
Forrest Hartman
Dustin Hoffman waited 75 years for his directorial debut and the resulting film makes one wish he had stepped behind the camera decades earlier 
3
Quartet
John Wirt
As the film s characters are reaching the end of their lives loose ends will be tied and soul searching will be done Hoffman gracefully orchestrates the story s emotional arc Quartet is a lovely late career surprise from a master actor 
3.5
Quartet
Duane Dudek
Quartet asks the musical question Is there such a thing as too much Maggie Smith and answers it with a resounding No 
3
Quartet
Matt Pais
Unlike the devastating portrait of aging in Michael Haneke s Amour Quartet favors cheeky over honest 
2
Quartet
Matt Brunson
Of course let s take care not to oversell this piece which is the sort of genteel art house offering that will thrill older audiences but seems unlikely to break out with those who don t know Downton Abbey from Howards End 
3
Quartet
Ann Hornaday
Quartet is one of those movies that looks so effortless it s easy to forget just how much could have gone wrong 
3
Quartet
John Beifuss
Coasts on the charm of its performers the gloss of the visuals the cinematography by John de Borman keeps us alert to Hedsor House s loveliness and the genteel fantasy of its oh so civilized setting 
2.5
Quartet
Mick LaSalle
Hoffman in his directorial debut has crafted a hopeful movie with a warm atmosphere but one that s realistic too 
3
Quartet
Lawrence Toppman
Hoffman and Harwood aren t afraid to show us old people who are rude demanding unreasonable and foolish though the final overall mood remains blissful 
3
Quartet
Kristin Tillotson
Whatever his imprint on the film might be it s overshadowed by the performances of its stellar veteran cast to whom Hoffman wisely gives ample rein 
3
Quartet
Moira MacDonald
Stay for the credits they re a lovely poignant reminder of the passage of time and of lives spent immersed in art and music 
3
Quartet
Claudia Puig
Hoffman directs with elegance allowing the denizens to be dignified as well as adorable We get a strong sense of each major character 
3
Quartet
Rafer Guzman
Always cute and breezy Quartet often forgets that its protagonists are in a sobering stage of life and that there s comedy to be found there as well 
2
Quartet
Connie Ogle
In his first attempt at directing since Straight Time Hoffman makes this bauble shine by buffing out some of its sentimentality 
3
Quartet
Steven Rea
Quartet shows us how art illuminates our lives and shows us artists and performers who can still after all these years do some illuminating 
3
Quartet
Jon Niccum
While the movie touches on issues of aging and self worth it s really an excuse to gather some elite British actors and indulge in a musical house party AARP style 
2.5
Quartet
Sarah Bryan Miller
Hoffman trusts his actors and directs this thoughtful comedy with a sure hand 
3.5
Quartet
Ty Burr
Quartet is about what happens when a performing artist s physical gifts start to fail with the years whether acceptance or resistance is the wisest response where to put one s pride The movie just couches these issues in a cozy love story 
2.5
Quartet
Chris Hewitt
Nothing in Quartet will knock your socks off but if you think of it as a big screen version of one of those pleasant BBC shows about the mild adventures of kind people you ll have a good time 
2.5
Quartet
Michael Phillips
The material settles for amiably familiar observations about the difficulties of growing old and the glories of being surrounded by beautiful music 
2.5
Quartet
Roger Ebert
It has a good heart I ll give it that Maybe what it needs is more exotic marigolds 
2.5
Quartet
Peter Canavese
Doesn t avoid all of the traps of the genre but Hoffman does show good taste particularly in casting 
3
Quartet
Roger Moore
Dustin Hoffman s affection for old show folk and old actors shines through every frame 
3
Quartet
Liam Lacey
Masterpiece Theatre comfort food a chance to watch fine actors act without too many complications 
2.5
Quartet
Linda Barnard
Quartet is a bit shameless in its approach but for those who enjoy a whimsical drama that includes scenery chewing from grand dames and hammy fellows it s a welcome if often predictable treat 
2.5
Quartet
Kam Williams
A delightful dramedy directed by Dustin Hoffman revolving around a couple of unexpected encores 
4
Quartet
Robert Levin
No movie starring these actors could possibly be all that bad But Quartet is tepid when it wants to be sophisticated a slow moving middlebrow endeavor 
2.5
Quartet
Stephen Whitty
A mild but perfectly pleasant entertainment from playwright Ronald Harwood and Dustin Hoffman staying offscreen here to make his directing debut 
3
Quartet
Kyle Smith
Quartet isn t a penetrating inquiry into aging Who wants that We all know the facts so let s not begrudge some fancy 
3
Quartet
Peter Travers
Hoffman uses all he s learned as a virtuoso actor to shape a film of flesh and blood characters flushed with humor and tenderness 
3
Quartet
James Berardinelli
The straightforward screenplay is elevated considerably by a series of sterling performances 
3
Quartet
R. Kurt Osenlund
For a movie that aims to make four artists last spotlit hurrah a revel worthy moment Quartet shouldn t urge the viewer to welcome the closing of the curtain 
1.5
Pushing Hands
Matt Brunson
A gentle tale that examines both the clash of cultures and the gap between generations 46 
3
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Keith Cohen
This engaging and well put together documentary has universal appeal to sports fans regardless of ethnic background It has a running time of 91 minutes that passes by much too quickly 
3.5
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Robert W. Butler
Good info But Jews and Baseball is too genteel too reverential and not nearly exciting enough 
2.5
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Aaron Cutler
The film feels simultaneously micromanaged and slapdash spouting generalities about the game while neglecting to show a full at bat 
2
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Geoff Pevere
I doubt there s much here any die hard fan doesn t already know but having it retold from the perspective of a struggling respect hungry community merely makes the metaphoric affinities of the game that much more persuasive 
2.5
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Martin Levin
The organization the writing by Ira Berkow the footage the research all excellent But it could have been so much more 
2
My One and Only
Mike Scott
Even if it isn t as singular or as memorable as its title might suggest it s sweet enough and soft enough around the edges to make it a diverting little road trip 
2.5
My One and Only
John Beifuss
A pleasant trifle of a movie that doesn t let facts interfere with a good fable 
2.5
My One and Only
Linda Cook
In the midst of blockbusters that involve giant robots and teen wizards My One and Only is an enjoyable film that got lost in the cinematic shuffle of 2009 
3
My One and Only
Matt Brunson
Scripter Charlie Peters falters when it comes to the big picture 
2.5
My One and Only
Sean O'Connell
Melodramatic starting and stopping without achieving a flow 
2
My One and Only
Cathy Jakicic
Zellweger does a nice job keeping her character more sympathetic than pathetic as the realization that she is no longer an ingénue lets her become something more 
2.5
My One and Only
Christian Toto
My One and Only reveals the man behind the tan and George Hamilton s feisty ma too 
3
My One and Only
Austin Kennedy
The movie has a beautiful golden look totally romanticizing the time period 
3
My One and Only
Sara Michelle Fetters
It has a smoothly intoxicating style and never overplays its hand Better it doesn t drip in maudlin melodrama its emotional undercurrents happening with an almost effortless believability that s tastily refreshing 
2.5
My One and Only
Michael Phillips
If you have any curiosity at all about how a fellow like George Hamilton became a fellow like George Hamilton My One and Only answers the question by looking fondly at his primary caregiver 
2.5
My One and Only
Michael Sragow
It s affable entertainment a road movie with a smart map and characters who are unpredictable human beings not just billboard attractions 
3
My One and Only
Chris Hewitt
Set in the 50s it shares that decade s sunny optimism without acknowledging the oppressive ugliness that lurked beneath Even when Anne and her sons are getting tossed out of yet another unpaid for hotel suite the movie remains upbeat 
3
My One and Only
Mick LaSalle
A grand colorful coming of age story with a candy box color palette and a standout performance by Renée Zellweger It s a great story and a great crowd pleaser 
4
My One and Only
Willie Waffle
Can be extremely witty and funny at times
3
My One and Only
Moira MacDonald
This isn t exactly untraveled territory but director Richard Loncraine makes this potentially familiar story fresh 
3
My One and Only
Carrie Rickey
It s refreshing and let s hope it s Zellweger s passport out of rom com purgatory and into mature roles Sadly it is a better career move than it is a movie 
2
My One and Only
Rene Rodriguez
My One and Only isn t exactly memorable but this little personable movie is a fine showcase for Zellweger s talents and a paean to the sort of mid 1950s America best remembered in Norman Rockwell paintings 
2.5
My One and Only
Joe Williams
My One and Only aspires to a top down breeziness but at the end of the road it s as foolish and superficial as a suntan 
2
My One and Only
Tom Meek
If you ve thought of George Hamilton only as a B celeb with a Day Glo perma tan think again 
3
My One and Only
Roger Ebert
Basing psychological speculation on a biopic is notoriously risky All I can say is that after seeing My One and Only Hamilton s persona somehow clicked into place for me 
3.5
My One and Only
Kyle Smith
Flouncing across the country like Miss Piggy Renée Zellweger makes My One and Only a fabulous bore 
1
My One and Only
Stephen Whitty
Zellweger isn t dreadful in fact she s more appealing than she s been in years but she s not quite good enough Neither is the film 
2.5
My One and Only
Claudia Puig
My One and Only has an old fashioned sensibility making for a pleasantly diverting road movie 
2.5
My One and Only
Nick Schager
More dull calamity than stirring triumph 
2
Assassins
Lisa Trifone
It s frankly remarkable the number of narrative threads White manages to weave together in this complicated story 
3.5
Assassins
Randy Myers
As riveting and preposterous as a Robert Ludlum novel Ryan Murphy s terrific documentary of the bizarre assassination of North Korea leader Kim Jong un s half brother is a spellbinding 
4
Assassins
Lindsey Bahr
It will shock enrage and enlighten 
3.5
Assassins
Sheila O'Malley
White deftly untangles the different webs of meaning and implication political social and otherwise to draw us into Siti and Doan s worlds 
3
Assassins
Roger Moore
White is very good at getting the blood boiling over the injustices at every turn the feigned outrage of North Koreans trying to bully their way out of blame and Malaysians who let the world know just what they were willing to do about it 
3
Kusama: Infinity
Anita Katz
Lenz presents Kusama s art pieces copiously and admiringly revealing them as serious works that reflect both dark experiences and a hope for peace The movie s an optical treat 
3
Kusama: Infinity
G. Allen Johnson
Kusama Infinity is a fascinating guide to its subject and her work but the emotional wall Kusama lives behind remains unbroken She is a loner and a mystery 
3
Kusama: Infinity
Michael O'Sullivan
The film offers insight and eye candy despite the fact that it is far more traditional in style and format than its subject 
3
Kusama: Infinity
Allison Shoemaker
There s something oddly comforting about such a person serving as the subject for a documentary this respectful and traditional 
3
Kusama: Infinity
Roger Moore
Interesting as artistic psychoanalysis fascinating in its depiction of how art world fame is pursued and obtained 
3
Kusama: Infinity
Diego Semerene
Despite the exuberance of the works featured which are promptly flattened by the film s commitment to a traditional documentary blueprint Yayoi Kusama s resilience still commands our attention 
2
Kusama: Infinity
David Nusair
Sporadically interesting but mostly tedious 
2
Kusama: Infinity
Kate Taylor
At the height of Kusama hysteria in Toronto the film will make highly informative viewing both for those who get it and for those who don t 
3
Kusama: Infinity
Murray Whyte
In its completist view and slavish devotion to a linear timeline of the artist s life the film could easily devolve into a dutiful plod were its subject not relentlessly interesting But she is so it doesn t though it veers dangerously close 
2.5
The Sky Crawlers
Peter Canavese
The technically proficient The Sky Crawlers is nice to look at and listen to but by relying on zombified blank slate characters Oshii makes a point at the expense of engagement much less entertainment Blu ray 
2.5
Meow Wolf: Origin Story
Roger Moore
Inspiring story of and imaginative visual artists collective who morphed into non Disney Imagineeers 
3
Shock
David Nusair
not even remotely as effective as its premise might ve indicated 
2
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Mike Scott
Sel Toro 8217 s film does 44 indeed 44 get a lot of things right 46 It 8217 s got a nice sense of humor 44 for example 46 It is ambitious 46 It has heart 46 Where it falters 44 however 44 is in its near total absence of charm 46 
2
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Kevin A. Ranson
While the reinterpreted story elements are a bit out there 46 46 46 one can 8217 t deny the heart and soul that went into the production 46 The fascist setting ultimately distracts from the life lesson being taught 46 46 46 holy crap 44 when did the whale become a kaiju 63 33 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Erik Childress
We need another Pinocchio the way we need another King Arthur or Robin Hood 44 but Del Toro crafts something often beautiful that merges a fresh take on mortality with many of the elements we are comfortably numb towards 46 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Rene Sanchez
Guillermo del Toro apos s re interpretation of the classic tale is a beautifully crafted and effective anti war fable with a potent message of acceptance 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Robert Levin
Del Toro s re imagining of the Pinocchio story is not for the youngest kids but anyone interested in what happens when a brilliant filmmaker takes on classic material will find a lot to admire 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Dann Gire
Del Toro s dark vision strings Pinocchio along with enchanting fantasy haunting intelligence 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Bob Bloom
The adult and somber themes of 8220 Guillermo Del Toro 8217 s Pinocchio 8221 may be off putting 46 It is aimed more for adults than children 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Brian Eggert
Against so many earlier versions 44 del Toro faces an uphill battle 44 not only to make his adaptation stand apart from the rest but make the worn out material feel vibrant again 91 46 46 46 93 the film is at least successful in the former category 10 
2.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
David Gonzalez
Guillermo del Toro apos s Pinocchio 160 is a magical journey I did not want to end 46 A sublime and visually engrossing masterwork by one of our great directors 46 A meditative deconstruction of one apos s mortality 44 love 44 and innocence 46 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
James Berardinelli
I can make a compelling case that this is the best version of Pinocchio to date and that includes the Disney classic 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Jeff York
It is not only the best animated film of the year but certainly one of the year 8217 s very finest 46 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Sean P. Means
The animation is painstakingly created 44 the stop motion figures are incredibly detailed 44 and the story carries a surprising amount of weight for this oft told story 46 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Kevin Carr
Artistically brilliant design and relevant messaging make this new take on a classic story fresh and topical 46 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Jocelyn Noveck
Guillermo del Toro s Pinocchio is clearly not aimed solely at kids but rather is banking on the fact that adults too will be drawn to the striking visuals and mature themes at play 
2.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Ty Burr
It s a del Toro movie all the way giddy with moviemaking rapture and dark with undercurrents of fantasy and dreaming 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Roger Moore
The best animated film Netflix has ever made 44 and the best animated film of 2022 46 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Anne Brodie
The most satisfying looking film adaptation and it 8217 s also the scariest 44 finds evil lurking but promises that love will prevail 44 no matter how painful the journey 46 Funny moment 8211 hearing for the first time in a children 8217 s film 8220 Bugger off 8221 46 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Brian Truitt
The most essential adaptation of Carlo Collodi s novel since Walt Disney s 1940 cartoon masterpiece with a practically perfect mix of tragedy comedy adventure parental worries societal expectations childhood precociousness and antiwar leanings 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Steven Prokopy
Easily my favorite animated work of the year 40 and there were some strong contenders in 2022 41 44 and I hope del Toro continues to spearhead and direct new animated works going forward 46 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Mark Dujsik
91 W 93 hen del Toro and his artistic collaborators focus on the core of this tale and their existential twist on it 44 the film makes this story feel new again 46 46 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Johnny Oleksinski
Harkens back to the good old days of tough love family flicks with a lot of tears and huge emotional payoffs 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Mark Meszoros
The pleasantly odd and quirky fare we 8217 ve come to expect from del Toro 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Rob Thomas
These exquisite handmade characters feel fragile 44 easily broken 44 and the imperfections are part of their charm 44 part of their nature 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Randy Myers
Pinocchio casts an enchanting spell 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Carlos Aguilar
If the art of making movies resembles magic 44 this is one of its greatest incantations 46 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Joey Magidson
Guillermo del Toro apos s Pinocchio is a stop motion achievement that sneaks up on you 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Dylan Roth
Not merely a cosmetically distinct adaptation of its well known source material it puts forth a set of values that go far beyond platitudes and ponders the responsibilities of making and being a person 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s a gorgeous movie 44 with dizzying designs that eventually lure us away from the old familiar cartoon images and into its cruel 44 but hopeful world 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Bob Strauss
The most amazing change to the old story is the effective case the film makes for love conquering all mortality repressive society one s own limiting judgments 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Pablo O. Scholz
Guillermo del Toro in pure form Full review in Spanish 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Tom Meek
This year we saw Robert Zemeckis live action take on Pinocchio with Tom Hanks as the avuncular Geppetto That Disney reboot of the 1940 animated classic was a bit wooden and too by the numbers here del Toro mixes it up 
2.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Leo Brady
With the brilliant mind of Guillermo del Toro behind it 44 anything that is classic can be made anew 44 and this Pinocchio is a gorgeous masterpiece 46 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Mike McGranaghan
Pinocchio works better when viewed as an artistic vision rather than as a traditional movie 46 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately this Pinocchio is a reflection on loss on fear on how things end told with wistful resignation 
3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Rosalie Kicks
The craftsmanship and exquisite detail that went into each frame of this animated picture is marvelous 33 
4
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Mark Feeney
It s the rare movie that might accurately be described as more imaginative than good but the occasional bit of inspiration like the tree branch proboscis encourages the viewer to hang on 
2.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a strangely beautiful creep show 46 
3.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Michael O'Sullivan
Yes the film may be upsetting to some younger children but it does make a kind of grown up sense Be good Think of others before yourself And no one lives forever 
2.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Josh Wise
The film is marked by wild flashes of invention 44 all born of painstaking craft and devotion 46 
3.5
Hipsters
Austin Kennedy
I really wanted to enjoy this cause I really liked what the movie was going for and the numbers are often fun But there were too many things that bothered me to enjoy it 
2
Hipsters
Chris Hewitt
You could get whiplash trying to keep up with everything but I suspect that s what hyperactive director Valeriy Todorovskiy is going for 
3
Hipsters
Mark Feeney
It s taken the Russian musical Hipsters four years to reach America That s all right It may take audiences four years to recover 
3
Hipsters
Gerald Peary
Hipsters gets rubles for trying but what s on screen is thin and obvious the characters one dimensional the musical numbers and satire vapid 
1.5
Hipsters
Michael O'Sullivan
A candy colored confection with a dark bittersweet center 
2.5
Hipsters
Robert Levin
It s an intriguing spectacle but there s no substance behind it 
2.5
Hipsters
V.A. Musetto
Are you ready for a bright and breezy musical comedy from Russia 
3
Hipsters
Mick LaSalle
Aside from what we get in the big dance scene the songs are of little interest and each one feels like an intrusion 
2
Hipsters
Jeff Shannon
Todorovsky cleverly indicates how every generation holds bragging rights to its own unique brand of youthful defiance 
3.5
Hipsters
Diego Semerene
The film makes a concession in the way its love affair progresses toward melodrama but it never loses its fondness for the absurd and the wicked 
3
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Drew Hunt
Andrei Gruzsniczki doesn t denounce his characters rather he recognizes the ways betrayal treachery and corruption is rationalized under such overbearing institutional influence 
3
The Limb Salesman
Stephen Cole
a curiously listless affair 
2.5
The Limb Salesman
Geoff Pevere
a fitfully interesting low budget movie made wobbly by the excess conceptual freight it s required to carry 
2
The Limb Salesman
David Nusair
Pretentious and confusing it s impossible not to wonder just what the point of all this is supposed to be 
1.5
Becoming
Peter Canavese
This slickly produced companion piece to Michelle Obama s 2018 memoir takes you inside her rock star world with an asterisk 
2.5
Becoming
Tom Meek
Overall the film feels overly curated and manicured but it s worth it just to hear a recounting of the last day in the White House with Michelle telling her daughter and their friends We have to get up and go the Trumps are coming 
2.5
Becoming
Lisa Trifone
Hallgren pieces together a much more robust picture of Obama one that honors where she s come from and what she s accomplished while creating a space for what s yet to come 
3
Becoming
Richard Roeper
The intimate Netflix movie follows the former first lady on her arena book tour recalling her past and inspiring with her grace 
3.5
Becoming
Roger Moore
A collection of feels hugs and tears with fans students and family and big promotional moments that director Nadia Hallgren wisely never allows to come off as a victory lap 
3
Becoming
Joey Magidson
Michelle Obama has a captivating screen presence whether it s seeing her being interviewed on her book tour seen in quiet moments or anything in between 
3
Becoming
Christy Lemire
Becoming emerges as a semi worshipful depiction of a world famous woman in flux She s such enjoyable and inspiring company though that you might not mind that 
3
Becoming
Ty Burr
I t s an intimate portrait of a public figure and one of its strengths is showing how comfortable confident and inspiring Obama has become now that she s free to be herself instead of the wife of the leader of the free world 
3.5
Becoming
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Yes the movie often feels like hagiography but given the state of the nation we could all use an inspiring figure like Michelle Obama if not an actual saint 
3.5
Becoming
Mick LaSalle
This documentary shows a woman trying to do good in the world and who still believes that good can be done 
3
Becoming
Barry Hertz
I have no doubt that there is a large and eager audience for this kind of no warts at all look at the family but to pretend that it is anything other than a commercial is a fantasy 
2
Becoming
Lindsey Bahr
Being a controlled look doesn t make it less honest or impactful it s just honest in a different way that doesn t involve showing her husband and daughters eating breakfast in pajamas 
3
Becoming
Michael Phillips
Set your expectations accordingly and you ll get a lot out of Becoming 
2.5
Belle de Jour
Mattie Lucas
Deneuve s classic beauty that seems to radiate off the screen like never before 
3.5
Belle de Jour
David Sterritt
Radiant cinematography 
3
Belle de Jour
Josh Larsen
the depiction of sex gone awry is sometimes satirical but mostly it s closer to tragic 
3.5
Belle de Jour
Eric Melin
Something that keeps us on our toes in Belle de Jour comes from Luis Buuel s refusal to spell out what is real and what is not Must this be so clear to us when the fantasy life of Sverine means so much to her 
3.5
Belle de Jour
James Kendrick
A character study with surreal interludes and a rare film in which Buuel depicts a member of the upper class with some sympathy and depth
3.5
Belle de Jour
Roger Ebert
It is possibly the best known erotic film of modern times perhaps the best 
4
Belle de Jour
Ed Gonzalez
A radical work that both looks back at the director s own early surrealist cinema and anticipates the work of David Lynch 
4
Belle de Jour
Edward Guthmann
A wise enormously enjoyable film about the power of fantasy a toast to the importance of dreams 
4
Belle de Jour
James Berardinelli
Much of the film works because of the capable acting of Deneuve 
3
Belle de Jour
Steve Rhodes
I found the story unbelievable and very dated 
1.5
Belle de Jour
Chris Hicks
The result is a film that may be less shocking than it was in 1967 but is no less disturbing or mesmerizing 
3.5
Belle de Jour
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Any number of conclusions may be drawn as to the purpose of the film and they d all be correct The mark of a classic 
4
Forget Me Not
David Nusair
especially disappointing given the novelty of its premise 
1.5
Josie & Jack
James Wegg
Life is full of gloom and travesty but for those who have the ability to see all sides of humanity this film is worth a look 
4
Dance of the 41
Randy Myers
David Pablos first feature is confident timeless and staggeringly unforgettable 
3.5
Dance of the 41
Roger Moore
A gorgeous ornate and tragic romance that seems filmed and acted at arm s length 
2
Inland Empire
Brandy McDonnell
Die hard Lynch fans will undoubtedly find Inland Empire brilliant but casual fans will likely think it tedious For Lynch detractors it will be a torture method more effective than the rack 
2
Inland Empire
Carla Meyer
It s also too long and too reminiscent of Lynch s other work But die hard fans will find things to like 
2.5
Inland Empire
Jim Emerson
Inland Empire opens and contracts in your imagination while you watch it and you re still watching it well after it s left the screen It s a long but thoroughly absorbing three hours 
4
Inland Empire
Geoff Pevere
An amazing and unshakeable experience 
4
Inland Empire
Liam Lacey
A bucket of Lynchian leftovers stirred slightly and left to ferment in the dark 
2.5
Inland Empire
Walter Chaw
Something like an avant garde telling of the myth of Eros and Psyche 
4
Inland Empire
Terry Lawson
You may find Lynch s experimentalism and willful obscurity to be the work of a poseur ultimately pointless drivel I can understand that but I think you would be wrong 
4
Inland Empire
Duane Dudek
If Hollywood is where dreams go to die Inland Empire is what it looks like when their lives flash before their eyes 
3
Inland Empire
Rob Thomas
Inland Empire represents Lynch at his unfettered best as well as his undisciplined worst 
2.5
Inland Empire
Robert W. Butler
Inland Empire is self indulgent and overlong and guaranteed to try the patience of all but the most devoted Lynch fan But for all that I don t regret having spent three hours wallowing in its eccentricity 
2.5
Inland Empire
Sean P. Means
Lynch and Dern collaborate on a stark impression of the duality of acting that reveals Lynch s empathy and Dern s utter fearlessness 
3.5
Inland Empire
Steven Snyder
Inland Empire might just be the funniest movie of the year Or maybe its the most horrifying Trust me It s difficult to tell 
2
Inland Empire
Chris Hewitt
You say impenetrable I say thrilling let s call the whole thing a near masterpiece 
3.5
Inland Empire
Peter Canavese
In his 36 years of filmmaking David Lynch has never been more fearless or more fearsome Inland Empire brims with surprising and scary images 
4
Inland Empire
Walter V. Addiego
A free fall plunge through David Lynch s imagination a curious and often astonishing place The film is dazzling and bewildering in equal measure 
3
Inland Empire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s the best new movie I ve seen in over a year 
4
Inland Empire
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Inland Empire is full of good and bad girls but Lynch gives this obsession an interesting spin by having most of them played by the same actress 
4
Inland Empire
Michael Wilmington
While you suspect Lynch s digital video acumen will flower into something extraordinary in coming projects this one s intermittently extraordinary at best 
3
Inland Empire
Josh Larsen
the avant gardism feels less born of Lynch s bizarre brain than there to prop up his reputation 
2
Inland Empire
Matt Pais
Lynch obviously loves to mess with our minds but if you try wading to the bottom of this thing you ll hit your head on the floor 
2
Inland Empire
Moira MacDonald
Inland Empire is essentially a journey inside David Lynch s mind sometimes burrowing very deep indeed Nobody else could have made this film nobody else should try 
3
Inland Empire
John P. McCarthy
Even though Inland Empire isn t alluring enough to sit through multiple times there s a meaningful pattern beneath it Sorting through what s necessary and extraneous could pay off 
2.5
Inland Empire
Dustin Putman
Inland Empire isn t just a brilliant motion picture it s a work of staggering art 
4
Inland Empire
Glenn Whipp
It s all completely inscrutable and if you re in the Lynch mob perversely delightful 
3
Inland Empire
Ty Burr
The way to watch it is to skip uneasily along its surface and steel yourself for those moments when Lynch pulls you into the vortex More than any working filmmaker he knows the dreamlike power of undertow 
3.5
Inland Empire
Ken Fox
It s best to make peace with the film s essential and deliberate inscrutability and to simply marvel at Dern s astonishing performance which few actresses are likely to top anytime soon 
4
Inland Empire
Lisa Rose
Not only is the storytelling murky so is the picture quality Video technology may have enabled the director to experiment with long takes and extreme close ups but it also yields a movie that s dull on several levels 
2
Inland Empire
Lou Lumenick
What is Inland Empire which Lynch is understandably distributing himself about What is it trying to say If you figure that out let me know 
2
Inland Empire
Gene Seymour
I can t totally recommend Inland Empire But something tells me I d be a fool to totally dismiss it 
2.5
Inland Empire
Peter Travers
My advice in the face of such hallucinatory brilliance is that you hang on 
3.5
Inland Empire
Jim Hemphill
The intimacy and immediacy of digital video has allowed Lynch to make his most personal film yet and the result is one of the richest and most rewarding moviegoing experiences of 2006 
4
Inland Empire
Ed Gonzalez
The Atlas Shrugged of narrative avant garde films compulsively watchable and insanely self devouring 
4
Birds of a Feather
Matt Brunson
Charming and frothy the movie proves to be about as tame as any old fashioned bedroom farce which of course went a long way toward allowing it to be embraced by Americans who generally steered clear of foreign films gay films and gay foreign films 
3
Birds of a Feather
Josh Larsen
At once dated and timeless 
3.5
Birds of a Feather
Roger Ebert
The comic turns in the plot are achieved with such clockwork timing that sometimes we re laughing at what s funny and sometimes we re just laughing at the movie s sheer comic invention This is a great time at the movies 
3.5
What Is Democracy?
Allyson Johnson
The impact may have been greater had Taylor and editor Robert Kennedy trimmed some rough edges and leaned further into the more effective asides 
2
What Is Democracy?
John Semley
The film indexes the manner in which democracy has become abstracted and polluted especially by governmental capitulation to the meddling interests of free market capitalism 
3.5
Hooch & Daddy-O
Gary Brown
a very funny satire that marks a bright debut for all those involved in the production 
3
Hooch & Daddy-O
Steve Anderson
An excellent multi purpose parody simultaneously spearing cop shows eighties television and documentaries in general This is more than worth the time to watch 
3
Elevador
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Elevador focuses on presenting us with a mosaic of Chilean middle class Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Jason's Lyric
Mal Vincent
The film does little to establish a different sense of place The repeated imagery is to show the skyline of the city off in the distance as if it were a mystic Emerald City unattainable to these characters 
2
Jason's Lyric
Roger Ebert
It s not some little plot bound genre formula It s invigorating how much confidence it has and how much space it allows itself 
3
Kora
Wes Greene
We re never far away from a crude digression demoting an ethereal sense of artistry to hunkered down artifice 
2
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Matt Brunson
Holden and Jones are so good together that it s easy to forget they did not get along behind the scenes Still they punch across the sweeping passion of this visually dynamic CinemaScope production 
3
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
David Nusair
distinctly underwhelming 
2
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Michael Dequina
Isn t involving enough to sustain interest when the Genie is offscreen 
2
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
David Keyes
a movie that happens before it thinks 
0.5
Sweet Sixteen
Lucius Gore
The film may generate a little bit more interest this year because All the Boys Love Mandy Lane seems to have taken a little inspiration from it 
1.5
Acidman
Leo Brady
There is a gentle grace and honesty with Acidman that makes it a heartwarming slice of American cinema 44 no matter what you believe in 46 
3
Acidman
Steven Prokopy
As out of my sphere of understanding as some of the film might be 44 it still drew me in and made me care about these lost souls hoping to shore up their existence with help from one another 46 
2.5
Acidman
Mike McGranaghan
Agron and Church give beautiful performances 44 but the movie doesn apos t have a whole lot of dramatic heft 46 
2
Acidman
Matthew Passantino
Agron and Church are both strong but the performances work best together 44 which is the sign of a successful two hander film 46 
3
Acidman
Roger Moore
Church needs someone more antic to set off sparks with 46 So does Agron 46 Pairing them up makes for an intimate 44 reflective and generally dull two hander that only rarely comes to life 46 
1.5
Syrup
Geoff Pevere
It s tempting to say that Aram Rappaport s Syrup sticks but it s also true 
3
Syrup
Bruce DeMara
Syrup is an unsatisfying blend of romantic comedy and scathing social satire slamming the high stakes games of product marketing and sales 
2
Mount Pleasant
Susan Walker
only needs a couple more turns of the screw to make it a more engaging narrative 
2.5
Mount Pleasant
Stephen Cole
Heavier than an anvil more bleak than a foghorn s call 
1.5
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
Matt Brunson
This one had potential but largely blows it 
1.5
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
Matthew Rozsa
If you are curious about classic 80s horror and need a gateway into the genre though this should be the first movie you check out 
3
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
Federico Furzan
A horrible new beginning Paramount got greedy and this came out in theaters Full review in Spanish 
1
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
David Nusair
falls right in line with its hopelessly inferior and surprisingly dull immediate predecessor 
1.5
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
Jeremiah Kipp
The tone is crude raunchy and leering with kill scenes combined with more nudity than usual 
1.5
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
Ed Gonzalez
The spiciest entry in the series it boasts the most T A an incredible double homicide a witty reference to A Place in the Sun and yokels chopping chickens 
2
Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning
James Kendrick
too cumbersome for its own good with moments of black humor that don t really work and a painful lack of imagination
1
Elvis Has Left the Building
David Nusair
it s easy enough to see why the film never quite made it to theaters 
2
The Guilty
David Gonzalez
Thanks to Gyllenhaals compelling performance and tense filled moments 44 The Guilty is sure to be another crowd pleaser for Netflix 46 This one will indeed have folks talking 46 
3
The Guilty
Brian Eggert
Viewers who felt emotionally eviscerated by the fast paced original aren t likely to have the same reaction to the new version 
2.5
The Guilty
Kevin Carr
A great performance by Jake Gyllenhaal and it s worth checking out especially for the national conversation that s going on 
3
The Guilty
Rene Sanchez
While it doesn t manage to reach the same level of tension of the Danish film this American remake keeps its pace thanks to Jake Gyllenhaal s transfixing performance Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
The Guilty
Steven Prokopy
It s a deeply effective tense bit of theater with a lead performance that s as strong as anything Gyllenhaal has done to date 
3
The Guilty
Robert Levin
Nails the setup but there s still the matter of generating a tight enough plot to justify Jake Gyllenhaal s grand efforts And that s where the picture runs into trouble 
2.5
The Guilty
Mark Feeney
The Guilty gets less and less plausible not least of all in how neatly it ties together various plot elements 
2
The Guilty
Joshua Axelrod
Its premise is stretched about as far as it can go without completely breaking but a strong central performance and generally brisk pace result in a satisfying enough watch 
2.5
The Guilty
Richard Roeper
Logical lapses trip up Jake Gyllenhaal s rescue drama 
2
The Guilty
Roger Moore
Fuqua makes every minute of screen time count maintaining the suspense and claustrophobia even in those stretches where he takes the foot off the gas 
2.5
The Guilty
Tom Meek
Here the result feels coy and manipulative 
2
The Guilty
Jeff York
It has big things to say about abusing authority the importance of listening and the healing powers of honesty It also manages to do something that few other films have been able to do this year pin us to our seats from the very moment it starts 
3.5
The Guilty
Ann Hornaday
For its eventual lurid machinations and hyped up emotionalism the film winds up being a handsomely efficient one man show 
2
The Guilty
Walter Chaw
The movie looks great and acts great and doesn t for a second trust its audience to appreciate nuance or accept uncertainty and so right at the point it should be letting its last minor note linger on the string it takes out a sledgehammer 
2
The Guilty
Mike McGranaghan
A remake that works 
3
The Guilty
Leo Brady
Similar to their work together on Southpaw this is an actor and a director getting back into the ring sparring in the excellent way two artists can collaborate The Guilty has all the things you need to make it a must see 
3
The Guilty
G. Allen Johnson
While Fuqua s The Guilty is not much different from the original his direction is crisp Gyllenhaal s performance grows on you and Riley Keough as the voice of the woman who is abducted is terrific 
3
The Guilty
Randy Myers
The Guilty is a nail biter that makes you almost as frantic and jittery as its lead character 
3
The Guilty
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers have done exactly what they need to do here 
3
The Guilty
Dwight Brown
This taut crime suspense thriller has a message dispensed by a savvy police officer Broken people help broken people 
3
The Guilty
Lindsey Bahr
The plot has many twists and stomach turning revelations that keeps the viewer in a similar state of stress You have to remind yourself occasionally to not let your imagination go too far picturing the nightmare that s happening outside 
3
The Guilty
Kent Turner
The original s scenario remains the same although layered with Hollywood histrionics and lacking the original s cold intensity 
2
The Guilty
Peter Howell
The rare redo that exceeds the original 
3
The Guilty
Jake Cole
This is an engaging no frills entertainment that still fails to justify its reason for being 
2
The Guilty
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Not bad but wouldn t it be better if the gringos learned to read subtitles and watched the original Danish film 
2
The Guilty
Brian Tallerico
Fuqua and his team add just enough of their own flavor while maintaining the thrust of their source 
3
The Guilty
Sarah-Tai Black
Fuqua is reliable in his continued ability to craft tense and measured films for broad audiences looking for complicated tales of morality 
3
The Guilty
David Nusair
a mostly engaging yet far from flawless thriller that benefits substantially from Gyllenhaal s striking commanding work 
3
The Guilty
Joey Magidson
Your thoughts on The Guilty will potentially largely hinge on whether you know it s a remake and if you ve seen said remake 
3
The Score
Wesley Lovell
A heist film with several issues 44 but ultimately enjoyable 46 
3.5
The Score
Collin Souter
The Score has one of the more frustrating of success stories It succeeds mostly through its cast 
3
The Score
Mark Dujsik
When all is said and done the only reason this movie rises above a certain level is because at one point Marlon Brando Robert De Niro and Edward Norton share the screen 
3
The Score
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si se pudiera describir el resultado final con una sola palabra sta sera la de decepcionante 
2.5
The Score
Walter Chaw
A workmanlike film that is technically fine and emotionally vacant 
2
The Score
Andrew Howe
The script s refusal to take any chances is the film s death knell
2.5
The Score
James Kendrick
a solid piece of old fashioned genre work starring a brilliantly assembled cast of heavyweight American actors
3
The Score
Michael Dequina
In a season of CG effects and thespians the film s old fashioned feel is not only refreshing but feels downright innovative 
3
The Score
Robert Roten
The Score is a caper movie featuring big time talent hampered by a drowsy story line 
2
The Score
Dustin Putman
A missed opportunity one that will undoubtedly go down as little more than a footnote in these fine performers respective careers 
2
The Score
Rick Groen
Contains The Scene a precious sequence already destined for infinite repetition 
3
The Score
Harvey S. Karten
Three generations of actors score in an intruiging film that centers not on melodramatic action but on brainwork 
3
The Score
Bob Graham
A solid suspense thriller that s fun 
3
The Score
Marc Fortier
When Norton and De Niro aren t firing away on the screen together like machines The Score rapidly falls into a been there done that coma 
2.5
The Score
Lou Lumenick
Frank Oz keeps the suspense taut and doesn t have to resort to gratuitous violence to get our adrenaline going 
3
The Score
James Berardinelli
As heist movies go this one is on the low side of mediocre 
2.5
The Score
Roger Ebert
The best pure heist movie in recent years 
3.5
The Score
Rob Blackwelder
A pulse racing break in thriller that shatters the mold because of its absolutely brilliant performances and its handful of entertaining twists 
3
The Score
Carrie Rickey
The acting amplitude of Marlon Brando Robert De Niro and Edward Norton gives Frank Oz s finely wrought film dimensions and resonance rare in a heist drama 
3
The Score
Claudia Puig
There are explosions double crosses and chase sequences but it just doesn t add up to edge of your seat tension 
2.5
The Score
Michael Wilmington
Isn t a noir masterpiece like Rififi but then with Brando De Niro and Norton acting up a storm maybe it doesn t need to be 
3.5
The Score
Steve Rhodes
Plays like a slow motion version of Entrapement with De Niro attempting a geriatric rendition of Catherine Zeta Jones 
2
The Score
Dan Lybarger
With the talent involved The Score promises to be a worthy caper flick Instead it robs viewers of two hours and the cost of a ticket 
1.5
The Artist
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s the opposite of everything that sells at the box office today 44 and it 8217 s a pure delight from start to finish 46 
4
The Artist
Sarah Knight Adamson
Visually the film is stunning with spot on direction by Michel Hazanavicius 
4
The Artist
Mattie Lucas
A loving mishmash of styles and eras and while it never quite fully adheres to its own conceit it s still a lot of fun 
3
The Artist
Kelly Jane Torrance
You will leave with many thoughts but this foremost among them A film like The Artist is why movies are made 
4
The Artist
John Serba
Writer director Michel Hazanavicius uses a shrewd eye for visual composition to tell an emotionally effective story never waylaid by the clever throwback gimmickry of his method 
4
The Artist
Michael Smith
What s old is new again in this dreamy romance What s antiquated seems innovative 
4
The Artist
Brad Keefe
Anchored by the wildly charming Dujardin in the lead The Artist is so warm and entertaining it will leave you speechless And smiling 
4
The Artist
Scott Renshaw
What s not to like about The Artist And then again what is there exactly to love about it 
3.5
The Artist
Sean P. Means
Since The Artist can t speak for itself let me sing its praises instead 
4
The Artist
Anita Katz
Bejo and Dujardin give their characters indelible countenances and overall vibrancy She s bright he s elegant and funny Whatever the film lacks in terms of achieving deep impact they sparkle together 
3.5
The Artist
Camerin Courtney
The Artist is an absurdly anachronistic film in our age of 3 D cinematic assault It s silent It s black and white And it s delightful 
3.5
The Artist
Clayton Davis
A fine piece of cinema that will hopefully be clutched by moviegoers for years to come 
4
The Artist
Chris Knight
The Artist doesn t talk but it sings 
4
The Artist
Lawrence Toppman
Had The Artist been made 75 years ago it might have been brushed aside as melodrama Today its affection for a lost past strikes the right note of wistful nostalgia 
3.5
The Artist
Rafer Guzman
It isn t arty or intellectual though it is artful and ingenious and it s the rare crowd pleaser that never feels obvious or pandering 
4
The Artist
Perry Seibert
Writer director Michel Hazanavicius The Artist manages the trick of being both fearlessly loyal to an era of cinema that s long since passed and one of the few original motion pictures of its own time 
4
The Artist
Jeff Beck
Hazanavicius has perfectly captured the look and feel of the silent era with The Artist 
3.5
The Artist
Wesley Lovell
As an homage to silent films it works As a cinematic narrative of classic quality it falls short 
3.5
The Artist
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Every now and then in an age of darkness and cynicism a life affirming film is just what we need 
4
The Artist
Linda Cook
The Artist is a masterpiece 
4
The Artist
Peter Howell
You can t fault it as smart entertainment which eschews parody to make a sincere tribute that also serves as cogent current commentary 
4
The Artist
Roger Moore
The Artist drags as any film telling its story with its mouth and ears tied behind its back can be expected to But it s a lovely bit of froth the meringue on a cinema season that is both high minded and awards oriented 
3.5
The Artist
Eric Melin
It may look like an art film but it s anything but It s a good old fashioned formulaic Hollywood romantic comedy rise and fall story told with a modern sensibility and easily accessible by mainstream audiences 
3
The Artist
Sara Michelle Fetters
A glorious spectacle that captivates the senses and energizes the mind The Artist is a full bodied sensation that had me doing interior cartwheels while I sat in the theatre gluttonously consuming each and every morsel 
3.5
The Artist
Walter Chaw
What The Artist says about people who would like to sentimentalize and suspend the film industry in a bell jar is brilliant 
3.5
The Artist
Mike Scott
A warm and comfy dose of old school charm and smile inducing entertainment 
4
The Artist
John Beifuss
Terrific entertainment not an academic exercise but an unabashed crowd pleaser 
4
The Artist
John Wirt
The Artist delights in an ingeniously straightforward way that exceeds many a modern technologically advanced effects loaded big budget blockbuster 
4
The Artist
Matt Soergel
Imaginative gorgeous witty and even kind of sexy 
4
The Artist
Josh Larsen
Deeper than mere mimicry 
3.5
The Artist
Kam Williams
A silent love song that anyone who adores film can nonetheless hear loud and clear 
4
The Artist
David Nusair
breezy and effortlessly entertaining 
3
The Artist
Matt Brunson
Although it sometimes runs short on invention it makes up for it in style execution and a cheery disposition that s positively infectious 
3.5
The Artist
James Kendrick
Although he is working in an older acting style that favors large gestures and emphatic facial expressions Dujardin still evokes the entire wealth of the emotional spectrum
3
The Artist
James Berardinelli
For a movie that is so much about technique it s surprising how affecting the story is 
3.5
The Artist
Joe Williams
The Artist may be too cute to qualify as high art but it s highly entertaining 
3.5
The Artist
Lisa Kennedy
A silent movie shot in sumptuous black and white no less A silent flick made with not a jot of distancing winking but instead born of a heady affection for a bygone very bygone era of filmmaking 
3.5
The Artist
Alison Gang
The story and the silent era conventions may not be entirely original but the director revives this uniquely American storytelling style with such infectious joy and life affirming enthusiasm that it s nearly impossible not to respond in equal measure 
4
The Artist
Bob Bloom
The Artist is a delightful treasure It is a charming mixture of comedy melodrama and romance that cinema lovers should make a point of experiencing 
4
The Artist
Jon Niccum
This is not some clinical dissection of bygone cinematic techniques it s a lively appealing effort that mostly rises above mere novelty 
3
The Artist
Willie Waffle
It s about more than the gimmick and The Artist will be calling to you entrancing you and making you feel the love 
4
The Artist
Dustin Putman
No less than a gushing ode to cinema itself Unconditional bliss 
4
The Artist
Mark Dujsik
If the concept of a contemporary postmodern silent film sounds like a gimmick it is but Hazanavicius attention to character makes certain that the film acts as more 
3
The Artist
Moira MacDonald
It s a gentle wistful tale but with an ending so joyous and movie magical that you just might dance out of the theater I did 
4
The Artist
Steven Rea
Strangely wonderfully The Artist feels as bold and innovative a moviegoing experience as James Cameron s bells and whistles Avatar did a couple of years ago 
4
The Artist
Chris Hewitt
The Artist is a delightful and unique experience because it cares about things most movies no longer do 
3
The Artist
Ty Burr
The Artist is a small exquisitely cut jewel in a style everyone assumes is 80 years out of date 
4
The Artist
Gary Thompson
Those who know nothing about the history of cinema will not be shortchanged The Artist can be enjoyed by anyone who loves what is essential about movies 
4
The Artist
Duane Dudek
Its sound of silence narrative speaks louder than words and reveals the power of nuance and understatement 
3.5
The Artist
Matt Pais
Writer director Michel Hazanavicius loads The Artist with magical romantic moments 
3.5
The Artist
Michael Phillips
Is The Artist a screwball comedy A sentimental melodrama A spoof Serious What Yes yes yes and yes 
3.5
The Artist
Betsy Sherman
A buoyant comedy that contains moments of pathos this silent black and white movie recalls Singin in the Rain but possesses a reverence that s endearingly French 
3.5
The Artist
Mike McGranaghan
Whenever I see a great film I get a literal high off it almost like a drug The feeling can last for days The Artist gave me one of those highs 
4
American Made Movie
Rob Humanick
The documentary s refusal to challenge the comfort zones of its target audience is apparent throughout 
1.5
The Accused (Acusada)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A courtroom thriller in which the trial scenes end up being secondary 
2
Addiction Incorporated
Kelly Jane Torrance
Charles Evans Jr making his directorial debut tries to liven up this old story with re enactments But the animated segments he inserts come off as goofy not gripping 
2
Addiction Incorporated
Joe Williams
While it s satisfying to see fat cats tamed by science and an enraged public the movie misses the opportunity to sustain the pressure 
3
Addiction Incorporated
Chris Hewitt
Anybody who s remotely interested in this topic already knows everything Addiction Incorporated has to say 
1
Addiction Incorporated
Loren King
Once it finds its footing in old fashioned journalism the film packs a wallop 
3
Addiction Incorporated
Gerald Peary
Much of the first half of Charles Evans Jr s muckraking documentary is annoyingly gimmicky 
1.5
Addiction Incorporated
Roger Ebert
Addiction Incorporated follows tobacco s journey downhill from respectability 
3
Addiction Incorporated
Michael O'Sullivan
Rather than relying only on archival footage and a parade of talking heads Evans mixes it up with reenactments of episodes in the past It s subtly unobtrusive and effective 
2.5
Addiction Incorporated
David Hiltbrand
While its thoroughness is laudable its pacing is deadly And the events and attitudes depicted already have become curiously passe in less than a decade 
2
Addiction Incorporated
Walter V. Addiego
A straightforward effective mix of talking heads and newsreel footage 
3
Addiction Incorporated
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The baroque depths of the tobacco industry s insidiousness notwithstanding exposs have been telling the same unsurprising story for the last 10 years 
2.5
Killing Bono
Kyle Smith
A charming admixture of Goodfellas and Almost Famous Killing Bono is a fanciful rock tale that is nevertheless based on a true story 
3
Killing Bono
Jesse Cataldo
Killing Bono never really gets going mostly because it has no real idea of how to convey joy pain or any type of emotional progression 
1.5
Smoke
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s quite possible that I d like Smoke a little more if Harvey and Bob and their cheering section liked it a little less 
1
Smoke
Michael Dequina
Puff away and breathe in the smoke while it lasts 
3.5
Smoke
Roger Ebert
The movie is a delicate creation with no big punch line or payoff Watching it I was in the moment It was about these people wandering lost through their lives Afterward I felt good about them 
3
Licorice Pizza
Matt Brunson
PTA apos s most conventional work to date has been wildly overpraised in some circles 44 considering it apos s really not much better 40 but certainly no worse 41 than the zillion 8220 coming of age 8221 tales that preceded it 46 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Ross Anthony
I m a PTA fan but despite great filmmaking and acting this one struggles to hold some well earned initial engagement and fun 
1.5
Licorice Pizza
Joanne Laurier
In the end the slightness of its concerns and narrowness of its scope catch up with and weaken Licorice Pizza 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Sean P. Means
The narrative wanders frequently in Licorice Pizza but Anderson lets it go to so many interesting places and meet so many interesting people that you dont mind 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Rene Sanchez
A charming story about friendship and self discovery wrapped in a nostalgic 1970s atmosphere Full Review in Spanish
4
Licorice Pizza
Brian Eggert
It s not a film about remembering when it s a film about living in that moment Fortunately it s a moment that lasts two and a half hours and zig zags in every direction leaving the viewer wrapped up in the sense that anything can happen 
4
Licorice Pizza
John Beifuss
The vibe suggests Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but goofy 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
David Nusair
a distressingly disappointing and pervasively middling effort from a once flawless filmmaker 
2
Licorice Pizza
Blake Howard
Paul Thomas Anderson s Licorice Pizza embraces the romance of being disconnected of finding out who you are by pretending who you think you should be and getting in trouble 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Sonny Bunch
Paul Thomas Anderson romcom master 
3
Licorice Pizza
Mark Meszoros
Do not expect to walk away from Licorice Pizza feeling Anderson has made any great statement this time Instead he s made what feels like a very personal film 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Kevin Carr
This movie nothing but a big bag of nostalgia 
1.5
Licorice Pizza
Linda Cook
Licorice Pizza serves up a luscious look at growing up in the 1970s 
4
Licorice Pizza
Mark Feeney
The things in Licorice Pizza that are so good like the performances from Haim and Hoffman and Cooper and the period fidelity make you wish that the entire movie was just as good 
3
Licorice Pizza
Tom Meek
Anderson s crafted another indelible time capsule with universal access across the ages 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Peter Canavese
We ve come to expect from Paul Thomas Anderson bold brilliant story telling and this is no exception Sophisticated breezy fun and masterfully made 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Steven Prokopy
I identify with these people because the filmmaker and actor give me enough detail to become them briefly and that s the perfection I seek every day from the movies 
4
Licorice Pizza
Rob Thomas
Anderson captures a sense of post counterculture drift in Southern California of dreamers like Alana and hustlers like Gary trying to figure out their next move Wherever they go it s a pleasure to go with them 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Kevin A. Ranson
Whether viewers recall the SoCal time period or not there s an honesty at work here wafting from the screen like a candle scented with PVC and gasoline invoking the feeling these two characters lived 
3
Licorice Pizza
Jeff Mitchell
Hoffman and Haim are a winning combination in this weird winding journey You might smile for days maybe years 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Nevertheless a yarn however fuzzy can still provide enough cinematic warmth to justify its existence Wear it while you can and then discard 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Josh Bell
Licorice Pizza is a small scale pleasure compared to some of Anderson s acclaimed monolithic dramas but it might be the filmmaker s most purely enjoyable movie 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
James Berardinelli
I wish there were more movies like this 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Richard Roeper
An instant classic that brings out the best from some old pros and the brilliant newcomers Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim 
4
Licorice Pizza
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Licorice Pizza isn t cinema It s gaslighting on an epic scale 
2
Licorice Pizza
Peter Howell
It s the most fun I had at the movies all year 
4
Licorice Pizza
Ann Hornaday
It might be most rewarding to view Licorice Pizza as a dream It doesn t always add up or even go anywhere in particular But it makes its own kind of offbeat freewheeling sense 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Randy Myers
Pizza is unlike most coming of age comedies reflecting the good and the bad of the times without ever preaching It s filled with a sense of brutally honest nostalgia 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Mick LaSalle
Watching Licorice Pizza is simultaneously like watching life with all the boring parts cut out and like watching movies with all the phony parts cut out I can t even guess how anyone could do both things at once but Anderson did it 
4
Licorice Pizza
Mike McGranaghan
Funny unpredictable and insightful Paul Thomas Anderson has made a testament to the occasional beauty of imprudence 
4
Licorice Pizza
Josh Larsen
an ambling deceptively breezy and incredibly sweet effort from Paul Thomas Anderson 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Mattie Lucas
An indelible exploration of the aimlessness of youth Anderson perfectly captures the languid sense of adolescent ennui that simultaneously feels inchoate and wondrous full of promise and possibility 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Leo Brady
I have absolutely zero complaints about Licorice Pizza It s above all things a celebration of the creative mind wildly funny while also a celebration of cinema 
4
Licorice Pizza
Walter Chaw
At its best it s like how all of Greg Mottola s Adventureland is like at its worst you re reminded of how painful casual racism is when it s used as a gag with not a point but a punchline 
1.5
Licorice Pizza
Jake Coyle
It s the performances of Haim and Hoffman that most lend Licorice Pizza its authenticity 
4
Licorice Pizza
Johnny Oleksinski
Licorice Pizza is a movie you will cherish for a long time after the lights come up 
4
Licorice Pizza
Brian Truitt
An entertaining movie that like American Graffiti and Fast Times at Ridgemont High before it captures youth in hilarious and poignant ways 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Mark Dujsik
Licorice Pizza is broadly affectionate Anderson depends on that feeling to go a long way but everything surrounding it is so slight that the movie s range is limited 
2
Licorice Pizza
Kent Turner
As a series of episodes the movie entertains more than it drags though it s loosely hung together However Anderson smartly surrounds his two newbie leads with some of the best character actors around 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Christy Lemire
Anderson has harnessed all the thrilling muscular techniques that are his directing trademarks as well as his affection for high drama as a writer and applied them to telling a story that s surprisingly sweet 
4
Licorice Pizza
Siddhant Adlakha
Licorice Pizza is anchored by the aesthetic meld Anderson has perfected in recent years and by a pair of truly stunning debut performances that bring to life two of the most fully formed deeply complicated Hollywood characters in recent memory 
3.5
Licorice Pizza
Rosalie Kicks
There are scenes that I suspect are to be seen as humorous but instead just left me feeling empty 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Carson Lund
It s the hints of danger employed like ghost notes in a shuffling rhythm that lend the film its sneaky depth of feeling 
4
Licorice Pizza
Roger Moore
If it s not one of Anderson s best the good parts stand out as some of the most endearing moments the movies have given us this year 
2.5
Licorice Pizza
Joey Magidson
Licorice Pizza is a delightful romantic comedy and throwback from Paul Thomas Anderson with a memorable debut from Alana Haim to boot 
3.5
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Sean P. Means
If Rampling and Rossellini ever team up for one of those Masterclass videos tag teaming a discussion of feminist film studies I m so there 
3
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Roxana Hadadi
While it raises questions about individualized female empowerment as it is tied to fashion and capitalism it then fails to adequately answer them 
2.5
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Mark Dujsik
This documentary strikes a note of hagiography and then keeps pounding upon it 
2
To Die For
Mal Vincent
A hilarious satiric treat 
4
To Die For
Margaret A. McGurk
Aside from outstanding performances the movie is smartly paced and well designed Most of all it delivers fascinating characters and provocative ideas with skill and grace 
4
To Die For
Dan Webster
To Die For is a slickly savage look at contemporary life and the power of the media manipulators all around us 
3.5
To Die For
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gus Van Sant directed this sharp black comedy about the obsession with television and celebrity culture 
3
To Die For
Michael Dequina
A vicious pitch black satire on the public s fascination with violent crime 
3
To Die For
Leonard Schwarz
Wickedly funny and cleverly told 
3.5
To Die For
Mick LaSalle
To Die For could have been a great film It s not but it shows what Nicole Kidman can do 
3
To Die For
Roger Ebert
Nicole Kidman s work here is inspired Her clothes her makeup her hair her speech her manner even the way she carries herself as if aware of the eyes of millions are all brought to a perfect pitch 
3.5
To Die For
Chris Hicks
The result is uneven but often very funny and on the mark with clever observations on our obsession with television media hype the influence celebrities have on our culture and even a few bright sight gags 
3
To Die For
Mike Clark
To Die For endows Nicole Kidman with her career role to date and one that only an actress with her porcelain features could even attempt 
3.5
To Die For
Steve Rhodes
I give To Die For a thumbs up for Kidman s performance for interesting docudrama style cinematography and for some huge laughs 
2.5
To Die For
Rob Blackwelder
From the opening credits a montage of mass media images from the story we re about to see the film is saturated with Suzanne s shallow tunnel vision 
3.5
To Die For
James Berardinelli
To Die For has its share of truly delicious sequences and some biting dialogue worth killing for 
3
Young & Restless in China
Kam Williams
Examines how the generation of Chinese recently come of age has adjusted to the country s embrace of capitalism and the ensuing rush to rapid modernization 
4
Young & Restless in China
Maitland McDonagh
A real life soap opera you can feel sophisticated for watching after all it s really about globalization even if broken hearts and family dysfunction occupy center stage 
2.5
Young & Restless in China
V.A. Musetto
Director Sue Williams should have used subtitles rather than Western voices to translate the words of her talking heads Still her film is a timely look at the massive changes overtaking China 
3
Young & Restless in China
Ed Gonzalez
Williams succumbs to one of the most odious habits of the documentary filmmaker by having Western voices translate the words of her talking heads 
2
Lassie Come Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lassie Come Home gives the screen s first dog star Rin Tin Tin a run for his money mostly thanks to its rich Technicolor cinematography and its top shelf cast 
3
Lassie Come Home
Steve Rhodes
Still good family entertainment today 
3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I had been hoping to turn off my brain and enjoy this but the more it goes on the dumber and more aggravating it gets 
2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Simon Foster
Slasher films count on outwardly intelligent people putting themselves in patently dangerous situations and Texas Chainsaw Massacre has more than its fair share of Oh my God what an idiot moments 
3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kevin Carr
This one both is exactly what it needs to be and falls into a whole new set of traps at the same time 
2.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Randy Myers
The original film inspired nightmares this one makes you giggle and leaves you bored 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Tom Meek
Choreography of mayhem and dismemberment are well done and hit home but otherwise this is like another inane reimagining of John Carpenter 
2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Walter Chaw
It works despite its best efforts to exorcise the visceral power of its nihilistic violence with sledgehammer pontification Let the saw do the talking 
2.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sonny Bunch
It s hard not to grin at least a little as youre watching a guy get chainsawed to death right after saying Try anything and youre canceled bro 
2.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Erik Childress
Given the direction of the country it should not surprise anyone that we would eventually get a pro Leatherface edition to this series Or that it would be this bad and even tasteless in its adoption of social issues 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
David Nusair
a solid slasher that ultimately fares better than one mightve initially anticipated 
3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lee McCoy
It s NOT the first movie But if you re looking for plenty of blood thirsty chainsaw action a quick to the point plot and a huge jab at the current social landscape this is your movie This was my movie 
3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Leo Brady
There are already enough of these movies and weve spent enough time on a killer that wears peoples skin Its time to make a new kind of terror They would have been better off if they had left the chainsaw sitting in the garage 
1.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Joe Friar
A reboot posing as a sequel with nobody to root for except maybe it s imitation villain whom I have dubbed Pleatherface
2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sara Michelle Fetters
As stupendously staged as the gore drenched violence may be this new Texas Chainsaw Massacre still turned my stomach for all the wrong reasons 
1.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Steven Prokopy
Its trying something a little different from many sequels I see and many of the kills are pretty spectacular That still has to count for something in this crazy world 
2.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Brian Eggert
Another in a long line of empty experiences from this franchise which has never left an impact outside of Hooper s contributions 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jocelyn Noveck
Did we really need another And sadly given the lack of imagination creativity or even basic attention to logic in a perfunctory and downright silly script the answer seems a resounding Nope 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Roger Moore
Garcia s direction makes lackluster seem aspirational 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Joey Magidson
Texas Chainsaw Massacre has no reason to exist The property wasnt calling out for a fresh coat of paint Plus nothing here gives you any indication that the filmmakers had a new idea 
2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Keith Watson
The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a deeply miscalculated mix of incoherent social commentary and over the top gore 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
David Gonzalez
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 160 fails to evoke new life into the franchise 46 In turn 44 it apos s an entry that falls in line with some of the worst horror reboots in quite some time 46 It apos s lifeless and guilty of the biggest cinematic sin of all being pointless 46 
2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mark Dujsik
Within its limited run time and scope the effect of the movie s unfortunate finale is significant 
2.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Brian Tallerico
A startling misfire Leatherface deserves better 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
With prey as dumb as everyone here its no wonder the predator has an easy time cutting them down quite literally 
1.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Casey Chong
Having seen all of the past Texas Chainsaw Massacre films and disappointed with most of them this 2022 legacy sequel ultimately hits the final nail in the coffin 
1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Richard Roeper
Despite a couple good scares and a link to the 1974 original Leatherface s new killing spree seldom strays from the slasher formula 
2.5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mick LaSalle
What garbage Seriously What absolute bereft witless unoriginal unrewarding soulless garbage that s 40 years past scaring anybody 
0
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mike McGranaghan
It s a slap in the face to what Tobe Hooper created 
1.5
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Wesley Lovell
Another terrific batch of short films 
3.5
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Chris Hewitt
I ve probably typed some version of the fictional short films nominated for Oscars this year are a mixed bag a dozen times but that phrase doesn t apply in 2020 
3.5
Under the Sand
Peter Howell
Under The Sand lifts the phantom spouse syndrome to the level of art yet another dimension for this popular form 
3
Under the Sand
Rick Groen
this picture demands and rewards close study 
3
Under the Sand
Roger Ebert
Both of these Ozon films can do what few directors have mastered They can make us feel exactly what the director intends without overt or obvious cues 
3.5
Under the Sand
Michael Wilmington
Ozon shoots it all with such haunting economy and breathless intimacy and Rampling acts it with such candor and recklessness that the film keeps lingering in your mind after you see it 
3
Under the Sand
Jeanne Aufmuth
Evocative and resonating with pain and hope
3.5
Under the Sand
Edward Guthmann
Each of the elements in Under the Sand is beautifully integrated and each in support of what is essentially an extended aria of loss and devotion 
3
Under the Sand
Rob Blackwelder
It s Rampling s wonderful performance walking a thin line between hope and delusion that gives the film its fundamental essence 
3
Under the Sand
Steve Rhodes
Instead of being intriguing this art house snoozer just becomes tedious 
2
Under the Sand
Rod Armstrong
Unlike many of Hitchcock s films which ascribe female mental disorders to simple causes Under the Sand leaves much of the lead character s psychology open to discussion and is stronger for it 
3
Under the Sand
Ed Gonzalez
Charlotte Rampling continues to reinvent sexual desire 
4
Under the Sand
James Berardinelli
An effective and moving account of the power of grief and denial 
3.5
Under the Sand
Harvey S. Karten
A wonderfully acted psychological study of a woman whose husband goes for a swim and disappears 
3
Under the Sand
David N. Butterworth
Pairs the psycho sexual oceanographics of Ozon s See the Sea with the emotional turbulence of Liv Ullman s Faithless And Charlotte Rampling is simply stunning 
3
LIfe. Support. Music.
V.A. Musetto
Perhaps the film should be called Life Support Music Pretension 
2
LIfe. Support. Music.
Micah Towery
Suffers from its inability to disentangle its sentimental attachments from what is universally empathic 
2.5
Blind Horizon
David Nusair
there s just nothing terribly memorable about Blind Horizon 
2
Blind Horizon
Ed Gonzalez
Michael Haussman s over directed conspiracy thriller takes place in a small desert town in New Mexico and recalls a bad episode of The X Files 
1.5
Sniper: The White Raven
Mark Dujsik
Sniper 58 The White Raven slowly uncovers a grim and almost fatalistic reality of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine 46 
3
Sniper: The White Raven
Katie Walsh
Far more patriotic war movie than existential exegesis 44 it captures the determination and spirit that has given Ukrainian soldiers 8212 and thereby the country itself 8212 a fighting chance 46 
3
Sniper: The White Raven
Roger Moore
If you 8217 re wondering why Russian generals are as rare as white ravens 44 stick around for the coda 46 
2.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Kam Williams
If you ve ever wondered what the course America history might have taken if the south had won the Civil War you might like to check out this infinitely creative alternately sobering and humorous look at America s lingering legacy of racism 
4
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Geoff Pevere
By slyly nudging both history and the language of television this mock documentary about an America won by the Confederacy manages to be both shocking and strangely banal in equal measure 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Rick Groen
The satire comes to feel strained and the whole premise gets awfully precious reducing social subtleties to cinematic simplicities 
2
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Jeff Vice
It s as if in trying to emulate the style of stuffy documentarian Ken Burns Wilmott made something that actually makes Burns films seem livelier 
2
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Sean P. Means
An entertaining and razor sharp lesson in the pervasiveness of racism in American history 
3.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Sean O'Connell
Never lacks for material it may be a bit too smart for its own good 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Tom Keogh
Writer Director Willmott could have easily stumbled over his own cleverness but as with the rest of the movie his fantasia is intellectually rigorous and makes for stimulating debate 
4
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Terry Lawson
Willmott s battlefield strategy is parody not drama and he makes his points with far more invention than finesse 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Chris Hewitt
It s worth seeing but you can t watch it without imagining how much better it could be 
2.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Phil Villarreal
Willmott could have better served his research to make a book or scrapping the artifice in favor of a documentary treatment Or better yet he could have handed all his info over to Burns or someone else who knows what he s doing 
2
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Matt Brunson
For all its wit the overwhelming feeling is one of sadness as the CSA history and our actual USA history really aren t that far removed 
3.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Jeanne Aufmuth
A racial and historical satire that shocks and amuses 
3.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Steve Rhodes
There is a good movie that could be made from this same premise but this amateurish endeavor isn t it 
2
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Rob Thomas
A film that provokes some big laughs during its viewing and some unsettling thoughts afterward 
3.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Michael Booth
Kevin Willmott pulls off an amazing trick with the fake documentary CSA The Confederate States of America On the lowest of budgets he rewrites history on the grandest scale 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Mick LaSalle
A brilliant and irresistible counterfactual overview of American history 
4
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Robert W. Butler
C S A is pretty mind boggling stuff a home grown no budget film capable of amusing angering and educating often all at once 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Ty Burr
Kevin Willmott s ersatz documentary CSA The Confederate States of America is an act of provocation that s sheer genius in its conceptual simplicity 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Josh Larsen
a profane joke that doesn t ruffle quite as many feathers as it should 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Willmott spends a great deal of energy inventing details for the pulsing flow of his phony history and some of his invented logic eerily mirrors some of the today s school of thought 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Ken Fox
This provocative deeply unsettling mockumentary from filmmaker Kevin Willmott offers an alternate history of America based on a terrifying what if scenario 
3.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Jack Mathews
CSA is a sophomoric film essay that would have barely rated a passing grade from a tougher teacher 
2
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Stephen Whitty
There s a rough raw kind of genius here and one that resonates Because how far off is Willmott s scenario anyway 
3.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
John Anderson
Offensive Yes and creatively so 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Lou Lumenick
Kevin Willmott s clever very low budget film rewrites history 
2.5
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Nick Schager
Kevin Willmott program is a well crafted ruse 
3
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
James Plath
In satirizing history Wilmott lays down a gauntlet indicting ingrained attitudes and prejudices and daring us all to do something about it 
3.5
Mitchell 20
Tom Keogh
If there is anything objective that can be said about education it s this Good teachers matter 
3.5
The Taqwacores
Mattie Lucas
A missed opportunity that is at once strenuously sincere and painfully misguided a ham handed cry for tolerance that doesn t do its characters or its subject justice 
2
The Taqwacores
Elizabeth Weitzman
This earnest adaptation of Michael Muhammad Knight s novel is too busy processing events to fully understand them But director Eyad Zahra is so enthusiastic that he wins us over anyway 
3
The Taqwacores
V.A. Musetto
Why anybody should care about these people is the question of the week 
1
The Taqwacores
Ed Gonzalez
Eyad Zahra s The Taqwacores pays lip service to its characters with the same self importance of a 90s era episode of The Real World 
2
The Last Sentence
Bill Stamets
Troell invokes 50 s and 60 s Swedish cinema masterly black and white cinematography philosophical angst a lifeless marriage and loved ones visiting from the afterlife 
3
The Last Sentence
Dann Gire
This well intentioned tale never breaks free from a dry and visually anemic history lesson that could easily be adapted into a monotonous stage play 
2
The Last Sentence
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a thoughtful and workmanlike portrait but a less than profoundly moving one 
2.5
The Last Sentence
Glenn Kenny
A remarkably full bodied and frank character study that illuminates the old saw about the political being personal in a genuinely unusual way 
3.5
The Last Sentence
Farran Smith Nehme
This is a handsome movie rich in period detail but the stately pace slows to a crawl in the second half 
2.5
The Last Sentence
David Lee Dallas
Though ambitiously busy the film is also self sabotaging and stagnant showcasing its main character s struggles without interpreting them into a cohesive thesis 
2.5
The Brain
Matt Brunson
The brain itself is the movie s best element against all logic it s simultaneously terrifying and laughable The rest of the movie is pretty dismal 
1.5
Ishtar
Brian Eggert
What works about the film is the shared sense of artistic yearning 
3
Ishtar
Gene Siskel
The film fails at every level 
0.5
Ishtar
Dave Kehr
Ishtar is a good movie but you can t help but wonder if lurking somewhere in those cans of outtakes there isn t a great movie too 
3
Ishtar
Josh Larsen
an undeniably messy movie that you nonetheless want to treasure just for its oddball existence 
3
Ishtar
Matt Brunson
The 1980s saw the release of so many truly atrocious films Xanadu Stroker Ace Bolero Shanghai Surprise etc that it s absurd Ishtar became shorthand for the worst of the worst and continues to be blasted by folks who haven t even seen it 
2.5
Ishtar
Eric Melin
Besides droll supporting work from an excellent Charles Grodin Ishtar also gets a lot of mileage out of its terrible and terribly funny songs 
3
Ishtar
Roger Ebert
Ishtar is a truly dreadful film a lifeless massive lumbering exercise in failed comedy 
0.5
Dad's Army
Scott Nash
Suffers the same problems that most sitcom to movie adaptations suffer from but fans of the series should find lots to love 
2.5
Five Fingers
Kam Williams
A thought provoking mindbender unfolding in one room and narrowly focused on a grisly gradually escalating standoff 
2.5
Five Fingers
Erik Childress
The film is just average a bit manipulative and is little more than a stagy adaptation of a play which never existed featuring more of a battle of the accents rather than will 
2.5
Kaili Blues
David Nusair
It s clear immediately that Bi isn t looking to deliver a straight forward narratively coherent drama here 
2.5
Kaili Blues
Rob Thomas
Like the films of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul Cemetery of Splendour Kaili Blues is a poetic offbeat film that s of the sort that adventurous filmgoers dream about 
3
Kaili Blues
Peter Keough
Bi s singular vision bears comparison to those of other geniuses such as Tarkovsky Sokurov David Lynch Luis Buuel and Apichatpong Weerasethakul 
4
Kaili Blues
G. Allen Johnson
For adventurous moviegoers Kaili Blues which could draw comparisons to the early work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Zhangke Jia is an interesting and challenging film worth taking a flier 
3
Kaili Blues
Farran Smith Nehme
Kaili Blues has the kitchen sink feel of a new director eager to try every art film technique in the book but the film s beauty and inventiveness are riveting 
3
Home Sweet Hell
Sheila O'Malley
Questions start arising immediately Is it satire Is it black comedy What is this 
1
Home Sweet Hell
Andy Crump
Home Sweet Hell doesn t deserve a hearty recommendation but watching Heigl almost makes the movie worth watching on her own 
2
Home Sweet Hell
Dann Gire
Home Sweet Hell musters too little wit and too few laughs to sustain this humorous autopsy of suburban life 
1.5
Home Sweet Hell
Mike McGranaghan
Some scenes march fearlessly into the darkest of dark comedy recesses while others are played quite broadly to let us know that we shouldn t take all this nastiness too seriously The latter half of that equation is deadly for dark comedies 
2
Home Sweet Hell
Sara Stewart
It s high time Katherine Heigl sent up her image as a controlling bitch in heels too bad her dark comic turn takes place in an otherwise dreadful misogynistic slog of a film 
1
Home Sweet Hell
Roger Moore
A bit on the nose but Heigl hits the mark in a role that seems tailor made for her 
2
Blue Thunder
David Nusair
a somewhat erratic thriller that improves steadily as it progresses 
3
Blue Thunder
Forrest Hartman
I ve always had a weakness for Blue Thunder which seemed terribly exciting during my teen years More than two decades later I can admit that it s not a great picture But I still like it 
3
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Dwight Brown
What s on view becomes increasingly intriguing as classy unflappable self assured Warwick seems to relish the attention 
3
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Kent Turner
A well deserved loving tribute 
3.5
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Brad Wheeler
A lively contextual bio doc 
3.5
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Walter Chaw
The first entry to embrace the H P Lovecraft roots of King s story unabashedly 
3
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Matt Brunson
Releasing a pseudo documentary during a period in which fake news and alternative facts dominated the news cycle might give some pause but the manufactured moments are generally the least entertaining parts of this free wheeling film 
3
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Chuck Bowen
The true shock of Rolling Thunder Revue is in how good how alive Dylan is on stage 
3
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Richard Roeper
With Rolling Thunder Revue Martin Scorsese remains at the top of his game and is the perfect filmmaker to tell the story of a unique chapter in the life and career of a fellow creative legend 
3.5
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Steven Prokopy
Thanks to some truly priceless moments captured behind the scenes and the beautifully restored picture and sound of the concerts Rolling Thunder Revue is essential viewing 
3.5
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Roger Moore
Glorious
3.5
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of the most frustrating Martin Scorsese films as well as one of the most out of character 
2
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Barry Hertz
Yet by the time Scorsese interrupts his own end credits to deliver an encore performance from Dylan the film secures its place in the pantheon of music documentaries 
3.5
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Robert Daniels
Scorsese s Rolling Thunder Revue serves as a study of the last vestiges of the 60 s riding off into the sunset during the mid 70 s A final adieu by the era s biggest musical and poetic titans 
4
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Joel Selvin
A glorious and slightly miraculous resurrection of a transcendent enterprise that would have otherwise passed into the mists of time 
4
Skins
Rob Thomas
Whatever Eyre s failings as a dramatist he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place 
2.5
Skins
Jeff Vice
It lacks the compassion good natured humor and the level of insight that made Eyre s first film something of a sleeper success 
2
Skins
Sean P. Means
Thanks to strong performances by Schweig and Greene the results are powerful and heartbreaking 
3
Skins
Roger Ebert
To see this movie is to understand why the faces on Mount Rushmore are so painful and galling to the first Americans 
3
Skins
Susan Stark
Although mainstream American movies tend to exploit the familiar every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn to grow to travel 
3
Skins
John Monaghan
What makes Skins compelling is how it opens our eyes to conditions on the reservation 
3
Skins
Janice Page
For all its serious sense of purpose it finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor 
3
Skins
Phil Villarreal
Eyre is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee 
3
Skins
Edward Guthmann
Played by Graham Greene in one of the year s best performances Mogie s a fully dimensional character 
3
Skins
Moira MacDonald
Although shot with little style Skins is heartfelt and achingly real 
3
Skins
John Anderson
Nice performances real texture real anger and real humanity 
3
Skins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie becomes talky and preachy making grand statements without any of the passion for storytelling that Smoke Signals had 
2.5
Skins
Megan Turner
Skins has a desolate air but Eyre a Native American raised by white parents manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor 
3
Skins
Walter Chaw
Skins has a right to yawp and we have a right to our grains of salt 
1
Skins
Mike Antonucci
If Eyre wanted to tell a story of outrage and dignity he should have guarded against so much preachiness 
2
Skins
Jeanne Aufmuth
A genuine glimpse into an inscrutable culture that s virtually screaming for survival 
3
Skins
David N. Butterworth
Passionate but mostly unremarkable filmmaking 
2.5
Skins
Harvey S. Karten
Life on the rez is no picnic this picture shows you why 
2.5
Wheelman
Roger Moore
Not one of the classics of the getaway driver genre but Grillo and a few novel touches make it well worth watching 
2.5
Wheelman
Richard Roeper
Make sure you hit Pause if you have to walk away from the Netflix stream for a moment because you don t want to miss a trick here 
3.5
Wheelman
Glenn Kenny
A little less than 90 minutes of annoyance 
2
The Other Side of Midnight
Matt Brunson
Hampered by colorless characterizations 
2
Finding Forrester
Nick Rogers
Lost in Forrester s dismissal is appreciation for its relatively piss and vinegar approach to the act of creating fiction Jazzy classicist and a bit meta the film s unexpectedly urbane quirks resemble Jonathan Demme films at their mainstream best 
4
Finding Forrester
Michael Dequina
Brown in his acting debut displays the balance of book smarts street smarts and vulnerability that is crucial to the part 
3
Finding Forrester
Betsy Bozdech
Finding Forrester is a movie we ve all seen before and not just when it was called Good Will Hunting 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Finding Forrester is almost worth seeing for Connery and Brown but it s a lot to ask for people to sit through 136 minutes when only about a third of it is any good 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Scott Nash
It s a really good movie 
3.5
Finding Forrester
Jeffrey Westhoff
The relationship between Connery and Brown is powerful enough to sustain the story 
3
Finding Forrester
Jim Shelby
A pleasant movie we ve all seen before 
2
Finding Forrester
Margaret A. McGurk
Earns its keep with the bracing interplay between Mr Connery s old lion and Mr Brown s savvy young prodigy 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Collin Souter
While Finding Forrester does take us on a familiar journey it does not sell its audience short 
3
Finding Forrester
Liam Lacey
An anti intellectual film about the intellectual life 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Ian Mantgani
Finding Forrester is an easy watch with just enough of a feeling of prestige and respectability about it to please serious moviegoers 
3
Finding Forrester
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mostrando una entrañable historia del alumno maestro el filme de Van Sant se convierte en una placentera experiencia fílmica
3
Finding Forrester
Dan Lybarger
Director Gus Van Sant who helmed Good Will Hunting imbues the new film with just enough stylish touches to keep it from feeling stale or rote 
3
Finding Forrester
James Kendrick
plays in broad stokes that are not meant to challenge but rather to reassure that despite all its troubles all will be right in the world eventually
2.5
Finding Forrester
Ross Anthony
If Good Will Hunting and Scent of a Woman were to meet some moonlit night consummate and make a child Finding Forester would be their adolescent son 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Erik Childress
Finding Forrester actually becomes more With Honors than Good Will Hunting and could actually be named Good Jamal Hunting for The Wiz 
2
Finding Forrester
Robert Roten
A film which celebrates intellect learning and writing making it a very rare commodity these days While it isn t a great film it is a refreshing change from the usual dreck 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Wesley Morris
Sure maybe Gus has gone Hollywood but at least he s gone there sideways fully aware that a soul is a terrible thing to waste 
2
Finding Forrester
Rob Blackwelder
A solidly enjoyable fairly cerebral feature raised above its roots by stout performances from its two leads 
2.5
Finding Forrester
Mike Clark
The story is schematic and the hero villain matchup a little too obvious but never underestimate the charisma of Connery 
3
Finding Forrester
Roger Ebert
Movies about writers are notoriously hard to do since writing by its nature is not cinematic Finding Forrester evades that problem by giving us a man who wrote one good novel a long time ago and now writes no more 
3
Finding Forrester
Rod Armstrong
A simplistic irritating and often ridiculous travesty posing as a feel good movie 
1.5
Finding Forrester
James Berardinelli
Its unhurried exploration of the interaction between the two leads is worth spending a couple hours in a movie theater 
3
Finding Forrester
Bob Bloom
Finding Forrester is a positive experience a movie you can sit back and enjoy It will make you laugh anger you at times and may even bring a tear to your eye It s a movie that may envelop you like a warm hug 
3.5
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
David Keyes
An insult to anyone in the audience who has two brain cells to rub together 
0.5
There's Someone Inside Your House
David Nusair
bottom of the barrel 
1
There's Someone Inside Your House
Tom Meek
A derivative slasher flick with elements lifted from Scream and The Hunt but sans any of their genre defining resonance 
2
There's Someone Inside Your House
Steven Prokopy
The kills are good to great but what the film really has going for it are fleshed out characters whose fate we are actually invested in 
3
There's Someone Inside Your House
Roger Moore
It s not half bad But it s not quite half good either 
1.5
There's Someone Inside Your House
Simon Abrams
There s never really a moment in There s Someone Inside Your House that suggests its protagonists are real enough to be worth rooting for 
1.5
There's Someone Inside Your House
Mark Dujsik
That the movie ultimately falls into and for the usual routine of these stories is disappointing 
2.5
There's Someone Inside Your House
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Flashes of wit and whimsy aside There s Someone Inside Your House never gets inside your head the way a good horror film should 
1.5
There's Someone Inside Your House
Mark Hanson
The film feels like a missed opportunity to interrogate society s fervent need to make pariahs out of people for their past mistakes 
2
There's Someone Inside Your House
Joe Friar
A fresh take on the 90 s teen slasher Scream A talented young cast a corn maze and bloody chills make this the perfect fall flick to get you in that Halloween spirit 
3
Pinocchio
Matt Brunson
One of the studio 8217 s genuine masterpieces 44 Pinocchio is unique in the annals of Disney animation in that it 8217 s the studio 8217 s only toon movie in which evil is never punished 46 
4
Pinocchio
Bill Chambers
When Geppetto weeps with desperate pride at his imperfect offspring it captures the bittersweet madness of parenthood as eloquently as any work of art ever has 
4
Pinocchio
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully animated work whose enduring message of simple goodness continues to resonate anchored by some of the most endearing characters and sidekicks that Disney ever created 
3.5
Pinocchio
Peter Canavese
Expertly balances whimsy adventure terrifying perils music comedy and warmth on the way to a reassuring worldview of moral order of virtue rewarded and the bosom embrace of familial figures Blu ray 
4
Pinocchio
Kate Cameron
Walt Disney has waved his magic wand over Collodi s world famous fairy story Pinocchio and presto he has changed it into the most enchanting film ever brought to the screen 
4
Pinocchio
Josh Larsen
The original Scared Straight 
4
Pinocchio
Eric Henderson
Nope no perverted subtext here 
3.5
Pinocchio
Thomas Delapa
For today s knotty kids Pinocchio s tale still has a few lessons especially for little boys who lie ditch school and go to amusement parks 
3
Pinocchio
James Kendrick
arguably the greatest of the studio s hand drawn animated films a technical and emotional marvel that has lost none of its charm humor or horror in the nearly 70 years since its initial theatrical release
4
Pinocchio
Roger Ebert
Was there ever a scarier more exciting animated feature than Pinocchio 
4
Pinocchio
David Keyes
One of Disney s greatest triumphs 
4
Jamesy Boy
Dustin Putman
Tackled with a sense of thoughtfulness and compassion that makes the would be garden variety narrative worthwhile 
2.5
Jamesy Boy
Christy Lemire
A film with a message of inspiration to be sure but not much in terms of innovation 
1.5
Jamesy Boy
David Hiltbrand
For such a seriously street film Jamesy Boy has some surprisingly sappy moments But the redemptive ending while thin is genuinely gratifying 
2.5
Jamesy Boy
Mike McGranaghan
It won t bore you but it s not likely to rock your world either 
2.5
Jamesy Boy
Steve Macfarlane
The movie adds up to little more than an interminable bildungsroman sunk early and often by the desperately miscast Spencer Lofranco 
.5
Jamesy Boy
Kam Williams
A modern morality play about a young felon who after paying his debt to society left the slammer rehabilitated with more of a fondness for rhyme than robbery 
3
Jada
Kam Williams
Grieving mom gets second chance at love in Tyler Perry esque faith based morality play 
2
Romance on the High Seas
Mattie Lucas
An easy going crowd pleaser and it s easy to see why Day became such a huge star her effervescent folksy charm feels almost effortless 
3
Romance on the High Seas
Matt Brunson
It may not be as celebrated a film debut as those by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins or Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not but Doris Day certainly grabbed everyone s attention when she premiered with a peppy performance in this effervescent comedy 
3
Afraid of Everything
V.A. Musetto
Shot for practically nothing by first time director David Barker it delivers more bang for its minimal bucks than many a Hollywood blockbuster does for its multimillions 
3
Honeymoon in Vegas
Josh Larsen
levitates above its limitations thanks to its three leads 
3.5
Honeymoon in Vegas
David Nusair
An engaging if overlong romantic comedy 
2.5
Honeymoon in Vegas
Peter Canavese
The romantic comedy version of its setting an overgrown theme park that momentarily amuses wears down the body and spirit but mentally stays behind Blu ray 
2.5
Honeymoon in Vegas
Ross Anthony
A solid B movie with old school comedy reminiscent of Mel Brooks Parker and Cage give standard play It s James Caan that gives the film its spark He s marvelous 
2
Honeymoon in Vegas
Roger Ebert
The plot is dumb enough to be a sitcom but Bergman isn t dumb enough to make it one he has a way of finding comedy in the urgency of driven characters 
3.5
Firewall
Michael Dequina
There s only so much Ford s ever game efforts can do to dress up dreck 
1
Firewall
Kam Williams
Another edge of your seat roller coaster ride from a matinee idol everybody loves to root for 
3
Firewall
Peter T. Chattaway
There is an air of desperation about Firewall a sense that Ford needed to make this movie just to keep his face in the public eye lest we think he had fallen off the planet altogether 
2
Firewall
David N. Butterworth
Barrier grief 
2
Firewall
Bob Bloom
Firewall offers nothing new nor original It is a retread formulaic to the nth degree with every clich telegraphed reels ahead of when they occur 
1
Firewall
Matt Brunson
Indiana Jones 4 is a terrible idea but might we suggest a remake of On Golden Pond as an alternate 
2
Firewall
Linda Cook
I really REALLY like Harrison Ford And that s why I really REALLY wanted to like Firewall 
1.5
Firewall
David Nusair
serviceable if entirely uninspired 
3
Firewall
Thomas Delapa
If I hadn t seen Ford at his grimmest in Firewall I would have never found out how you can steal 100 million from a bank simply by using an iPod and a little scotch tape 
1
Firewall
Jeffrey Westhoff
If Ford s character is too much like the ones he played in Patriot Games and The Fugitive at least Firewall restores his status of everyday action hero 
3
Firewall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This one displays a fair amount of intelligence before the ludicrous third act sets in 
2.5
Firewall
Mark Dujsik
Solid escapist entertainment equal parts silly and smart 
3
Firewall
Mike McGranaghan
Firewall feels like other movies we ve seen starring the same actor It feels like Harrison Ford is phoning in his performance this time 
2.5
Firewall
Sean O'Connell
Can we consider it stealing if Harrison Ford falls back on character traits from roles he originated 
2
Firewall
Frank Ochieng
Ford predictably does his commonplace grunts and grimaces while being overwhelmed by the under demanding material that has all the spark of an unplugged fax machine 
2
Firewall
Scott Nash
A rehash of plots from other movies that weren t that good to begin with 
1.5
Firewall
Hanh Nguyen
Though Firewall isn t Ford s best work it s satisfying to see he can still carry an action film 
2.5
Firewall
Maitland McDonagh
A high tech variation on The Desperate Hours 1955 1993 this thoroughly formulaic thriller in which a middle aged everyman has to go mano a mano with the bad guys who threaten his family goes through the motions with singular dispiritedness 
1.5
Firewall
Peter Howell
Firewall is the flaming arrow of truth that Harrison Ford is fully in the throes of what worried scientists are calling the De Niro Syndrome 
2
Firewall
Moira MacDonald
A tense but too often preposterous thriller 
2
Firewall
Mick LaSalle
It s a tricky thing but an ideal thriller enables an audience to enjoy watching characters suffer Here that s difficult 
2
Firewall
Arthur Salm
Although there are a number of small internal twists and turns the outline of the plot sags from having had so many movies hung on it for so many years 
1.5
Firewall
Carla Meyer
Firewall is steadfast in its determination to keep its hero one dimensional 
2
Firewall
Gary Goldstein
Firewall is mostly fast paced and absorbing at least it until it goes balls to the walls dumb in the third act 
3
Firewall
Steven Rea
It s not long before the timely issue of identity theft takes a backseat to old fashioned Hollywood villainy unnecessary and nonsensical red herrings and stuff that doesn t make sense 
2
Firewall
Stephen Whitty
Those who don t spend enough time watching computer screens at work however can see more of them in Firewall starring grumpy Harrison Ford as the head of digital security for a mid sized Seattle bank 
1.5
Firewall
Lou Lumenick
Expect the predictable series of attempted double crosses frame ups and escape attempts that will be wearyingly familiar to anyone whose seen last year s Hostage 
1.5
Firewall
Jack Mathews
For every movie based on a clever screenplay that takes years to get made there are a dozen like the formula hostage thriller Firewall 
2
Firewall
Paul Doro
Firewall is an assembly line thriller 
2
Firewall
Rene Rodriguez
For all its fleeting touches of color Firewall s main players are stranded in template land 
2
Firewall
Glenn Whipp
What follows is supposed to be a gripping game of cat and mouse between hero and villain but director Richard Loncraine Wimbledon and first time writer Joe Forte are only fitfully successful in ratcheting up the tension 
2
Firewall
Loey Lockerby
Aspiring Hollywood filmmakers take note If you want to get a movie produced with minimal creative effort Richard Loncraine and Joe Forte have provided the perfect template with Firewall 
1.5
Firewall
Louis B. Parks
If you re in the mood for a thriller Firewall will suffice barely 
2.5
Firewall
Terry Lawson
The plot of Firewall is about as complex as a game of Pong 
2
Firewall
Jeff Vice
Though it s supposed to be a suspense thriller Firewall is suspense free short on thrills 
1.5
Firewall
Lisa Kennedy
Firewall gives us little reason to bestow deeper meaning on what is essentially a pre owned Ford vehicle 
2.5
Firewall
Wade Major
Predictable from the start Forte s script marches dutifully through its Sid Field appointed paces never deviating from the gospel formula by which such films are supposed to become blockbusters 
0
Firewall
Ty Burr
There are other plot holes four days indoors and the dog doesn t have to go but dispiritingly Firewall is one of those movies where every detail in the first act is designed to pay off by the third 
2
Firewall
Nick Rogers
There are tense moments early on and Bettany makes a convincing sleek sociopath but the movie s compromised by a dumbed down script ludicrous plot twists and a howler of a finale 
2
Firewall
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is nothing new here other than the star is a little bit older and slightly more grizzled otherwise every beat and every bump are all pieces of a jigsaw puzzle many of us have put together far too many times before 
2
Firewall
John Beifuss
Another Hollywood movie that presents a typical American family as ultra privileged and glamorous 
2
Firewall
Jon Niccum
once the fistfights car chases and stray explosions begin to mount the movie veers into exponentially dumb overkill 
2
Firewall
Daniel M. Kimmel
It would as foolish to ask for logic here as it would be to ask it of a roller coaster ride 
2
Firewall
James Sanford
Joe Forte s screenplay doesn t stop at merely stretching credibility it keeps pushing until Firewall becomes absolutely absurd That s a shame since Ford turns in an otherwise convincingly tense performance 
2
Firewall
Willie Waffle
Bettany is a perfect 21st Century bad guy as he mixes nastiness with a detached coolness that makes you shudder at its cruelty 
3
Firewall
Peter Canavese
Play s it safe to sit through this home invasion scenario yet again I think we re owed a dead kid Or at least a contusion Maybe lightly stun the dog Toss us a bone here 
1.5
Firewall
Claudia Puig
Harrison Ford needs a better agent Or a sharper pair of reading glasses for perusing scripts He just seems to keep choosing the same tired heroic roles and ends up coming across as a caricature of his younger self 
2
Firewall
Jeff Strickler
Director Richard Loncraine and screenwriter Joe Forte run out of ideas So they turn to the action movie mainstays guns fisticuffs and explosions in an over the top showdown that tries to make up in mayhem what it lacks in credibility 
2
Firewall
Matt Pais
Coming soon Harrison Ford as a grandpa seeking revenge in Spam Blocker 
1
Firewall
Michael Phillips
An efficient time passer at least until the plot starts obsessing over the fate of the family dog 
2.5
Firewall
Roger Ebert
Firewall is an ingenious attempt to update an old plot with new technology and it is made with competence skillful acting and the ability to make us feel cleverer about digital stuff than we really are 
3
Firewall
Chris Hewitt
It s the skill of the actors that keeps Firewall anchored in something recognizably human 
2.5
Firewall
Bruce Newman
Instead of dramatic tension Firewall makes do with a lot of frantic typing at computer keyboards It s like watching Microsoft s Service Pack 2 download for nearly two hours 
1.5
Firewall
Phoebe Flowers
Firewall is a riveting suspense thriller in the sense that after about an hour and a half of it you re still riveted by the suspense of what exactly is going on 
2
Firewall
Gene Seymour
Director Richard Loncraine and writer Joe Forte inject fatty layers of false leads techno babble and dull witted tension into what is essentially a generic hostage machine 
2
Firewall
Dustin Putman
Follows an oft taken path through undistinguished scripting drearier than its rain swept Seattle setting and more improbable than snowfall in August 
2
Firewall
Phil Villarreal
Harrison Ford is now 63 but he s every bit as spry as a 62 year old 
2.5
Firewall
Nick Schager
Having once vehemently ordered Russian hijackers to Get off my plane Harrison Ford can t even get a few techie terrorists out of his living room in Firewall 
1.5
Firewall
Jeanne Aufmuth
Trots out every stereotype in the book 
1.5
Firewall
Steve Rhodes
An old fashioned thriller and an exhilarating ride film s secret sauce is Mary Lynn Rajskub 24 in a supporting role 
3.5
Firewall
Walter Chaw
A flaccid insurance company audition to get Ford covered for one more round as Indiana Jones 
1.5
Firewall
James Berardinelli
Firewall is flawed but that didn t prevent me from enjoying it for what it is nor will that prevent me from recommending it to those who enjoy a thriller with enough of the right ingredients to provide a couple hours of escapism 
3
Firewall
Peter Travers
A passable distraction Nothing more 
2
There's Something About Mary
Wesley Lovell
Who would have guessed that the brothers who created the stupid gross out comedy film 8220 Dumb and Dumber 8221 would be able to change tracks and make an enjoyable 44 yet still gross 44 motion picture 63 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Peter Canavese
Gauche garish and gross a prime example of the coarsening of our culture and of the art of comedy in film It s also pretty darn funny Blu ray 
3
There's Something About Mary
Maitland McDonagh
A romantic gross out comedy What a concept 
3
There's Something About Mary
David Nusair
Dillon s Pat in an effort to win Mary s affections poorly attempts to ape her compassion for the handicapped by referring to them as retards and goofy bastards 
2.5
There's Something About Mary
Phil Villarreal
It was the raunchy comedy that raked in the headlines and had audiences shaking their heads in offended laughter then coming back the weekend after dragging in friends by their arms 
4
There's Something About Mary
Jeanne Aufmuth
When it s not mean spirited tastelessness can be riotously funny And this is a gag a thon of hugely funny proportions 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Liam Lacey
You may also want to keep a washcloth handy just to stifle those embarrassing aftershocks of laughter 
2.5
There's Something About Mary
Margaret A. McGurk
The Farrellys work so hard to be outrageous they end up sacrificing story characters even comedy to achieve maximum gross out 
2.5
There's Something About Mary
James Kendrick
Irreverent and demented but sweet
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Steve Rhodes
High energy delight 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Michael Dequina
Anyone who can tap into the Farrellys truly sick and twisted wavelength will find a mother lode of laughs 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Ian Mantgani
Is it worth seeing Well not if you want something genuinely witty 
2.5
There's Something About Mary
Bob Graham
There s something about Mary all right 
4
There's Something About Mary
James Berardinelli
I haven t laughed this hard at any 1998 offering to date 
3
There's Something About Mary
Roger Ebert
What a blessed relief is laughter 
3
There's Something About Mary
Susan Stark
Stand warned 
1
There's Something About Mary
Ted Prigge
This film is remarkably intelligent and totally honest about an intriguing topic the topic of obsession 
4
There's Something About Mary
Rob Blackwelder
I don t remember the last time I laughed as hard at a movie 
3
There's Something About Mary
Marty Mapes
There s Something about Mary is the funniest movie to come along since Liar Liar 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
David Keyes
There is hardly a moment in the picture that is not laughable 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Madeleine Williams
The masters of bad taste have managed to create a surprisingly good film 
3.5
There's Something About Mary
Susan Wloszczyna
A certain stupid Cupid innocence hovers over There s Something About Mary a gut busting blast of tasteless tomfoolery 
3.5
Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive
David Wiegand
He is in command every minute he s onstage exhibiting flawless comic timing in a routine that is liberally peppered with four letter words but big on both humor and yes heart 
3
The Gatekeeper
Marta Barber
Despite its flaws The Gatekeeper will keep you engaged 
2.5
The Gatekeeper
Lou Lumenick
A heavy handed immigration melodrama 
2
The Gatekeeper
Glenn Whipp
Suffers from a condition that afflicts most message movies heavy handed preachiness 
2
The Gatekeeper
G. Allen Johnson
It s a movie you want to like but its sometimes laughably bad execution makes that difficult 
1
The Gatekeeper
Janice Page
To Frey the border isn t just a backdrop it s a leading lady So if he s cast her in what feels like a very one dimensional made for TV movie well at least she s finally getting some of the attention she deserves 
2.5
The Gatekeeper
Phil Villarreal
Surprisingly vigorous and emotionally wrenching 
3
The Gatekeeper
Robert K. Elder
Propaganda with its heart in the right place is still propaganda and seldom easy to watch 
2.5
Turbulence
Susan Wloszczyna
Fasten your seat belts folks It s going to be a cliche cluttered ride 
2.5
Turbulence
Roger Ebert
Turbulence thrashes about like a formula action picture that has stepped on a live wire It s dead but doesn t stop moving It looks like it cost a lot of money but none of that money went into quality 
1
Viper Club
Joe Friar
The film features solid performances by Sarandon Matt Bomer and Edie Falco but stops just short of making an emotional connection with the audience 
2.5
Viper Club
Roger Moore
Sarandon and the movie around her are too muted to engage us or come off 
1.5
Viper Club
Tom Meek
For the most part we sit with Helen tortured as she is and wishing something more would happen 
2
Viper Club
Mark Dujsik
There s a lack of momentum to Viper Club that undermines how dire how time sensitive and how high stakes this situation is 
2
Viper Club
Alan Zilberman
Even the best movies push emotional buttons but they work because viewers become wrapped up in the story This one is so manipulative you can hear the gears grinding until they lock up 
1.5
Viper Club
Soren Andersen
She s walking an emotional tightrope Sarandon walks it with no missteps It s a remarkable performance 
3.5
Viper Club
Rex Reed
The film eschews a Hollywood happy ending in favor of bone chilling reality which makes Viper Club doubly relevant amid current headlines 
3
Viper Club
Odie Henderson
It relies on infuriating heart tugging tricks that do not inform and simply do not work 
1.5
Help
Randy Myers
The clear standout and the reason we keep watching is James who gives an electrifying and volatile performance one that hopefully promises more roles in the future 
2.5
Help
Roger Moore
A disastrously undramatic debut feature from writer director and bit character in the film Blake Ridder who is also distributing it 
0
Dear God
Michael Dequina
Cute concept middling execution 
2.5
Dear God
Jim Shelby
Ultimately what we have here is further evidence of just how difficult it is to make a film that works 
2
Dear God
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie is as well intentioned as a Christmas card but as a work of narrative art it s a train wreck 
1
Dear God
Madeleine Williams
This lightweight comedy is so deathly earnest it forgot the humor 
1
Dear God
Chris Hicks
It is a demonstration that Garry Marshall should retire from directing 
1.5
Dear God
Peter Stack
Awkward cuts rob the film of cohesion and even the charming Kinnear seems to disappear at times amid the chaos a real test of viewers faith 
2
Dear God
Roger Ebert
It is a limp lifeless story starring Greg Kinnear as a con man who becomes a do gooder and one of its many problems is that he was a lot more entertaining as a con man 
1
Dear God
James Berardinelli
A sickeningly bad pastiche of much better pictures 
1
Dear God
Susan Wloszczyna
Though aspiring to Capraesque whimsy Dear God feels and looks like a faded rerun of Marshall s Happy Days 
1
High Art
Michael Dequina
Warmed over Red Shoe Diaries episode wrapped in a blanket of pretension 
2
High Art
Dustin Putman
Marks the superior feature film debut of Cholodenko as well as Sheedy s strongest and best role to date 
3
High Art
Roger Ebert
Patricia Clarkson succeeds in creating a complete complex character without ever overplaying the stoned behavior Radha Mitchell is successful at suggesting the interaction of several motives love lust curiosity ambition admiration 
3.5
High Art
Steve Rhodes
A pseudo intellectual film about the pseudo intellectual world of art magazines High Art is as wasted as its drug addled protagonists 
1
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Josh Larsen
has little of the insinuating nature of the best film noir 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Kam Williams
A disjointed ear splitting visually jarring mirthless exercise in pandemonium that director Terry Gilliam tries to pass off as family entertainment 
0
The Brothers Grimm
Kurt Loder
It s a slog an out of control fantasy that s strangely unenchanting and in the end rather tiresome 
1.5
The Brothers Grimm
David N. Butterworth
Grim is as Grimm does 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Jeff Vice
W hile it has a handful of solid laughs just as many of the film s gags fall flat 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Marty Mapes
Atmosphere alone doesn t make a movie
2
The Brothers Grimm
Mike McGranaghan
It s ironic that a movie whose central characters are two of the world s greatest storytellers should be so careless in telling its own story 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Sean McBride
a film overflowing with cool sets and special effects yet it s also rather emotionally unengaging something that has plagued Gilliam all throughout his career 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Jeffrey Overstreet
Brazil fans are likely to return from this not so enchanted forest disillusioned sustained only by the scattered breadcrumbs of Gilliam s genius 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Larry Ratliff
The Brothers Grimm is numbingly grim even for him Terry Gilliam Sometimes outlandish and quirky just isn t enough even by rebel filmmaker standards 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Linda Cook
would be too easy to make a pun out of the title The Brothers Grimm because its a fair description of the atmosphere of the film itself 
1.5
The Brothers Grimm
Collin Souter
Gilliam is still a visual showman a childish tease and an artist with an imagination too big for cinema 
3.5
The Brothers Grimm
Jonathan W. Hickman
The most unforgivable thing Gilliam has done in this film is to dumb down two of the best looking and radiant actors working today 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Dustin Putman
An aimless chore to sit through in desperate need of a human pulse and a shot of adrenaline 
1
The Brothers Grimm
Dan Fienberg
The movie is an utter mess but it s the kind of maddening disappointment that could only be made by a director of Gilliam s stature 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Sara Michelle Fetters
Only a cinematic genius like Terry Gilliam could make an unqualified masterful mess like the long delayed fantastical adventure The Brothers Grimm and still come out looking brilliant 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Mike Clark
The best thing to be said about this expensive but drab wannabe mirthmaker is that it has some of its director s quirky touches 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Peter Howell
The result is something that might best be called Monty Python and the Holy Mess 
1.5
The Brothers Grimm
Mark Rahner
A flawed but brilliantly imaginative mix of darkness and humor reminiscent of Hammer period chillers like Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter by way of Monty Python and the Holy Grail 
3
The Brothers Grimm
Mick LaSalle
Its energy is impressive but its effects are scattered 
1
The Brothers Grimm
Carla Meyer
An uncomfortable combination of humor and horror Brothers Grimm is full of flourishes but lacks Gilliam s absurdist heart 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Timothy Knight
Even a master fantasist of his daring vision and whimsical humor cannot turn a frog of a script into a prince of a film 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Lisa Rose
Gilliam s visual alchemy isn t magic enough to keep the story from slipping into incoherence 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Lou Lumenick
This aimless epic about a pair of charlatan brothers sinks under the weight of a problematic script questionable star casting hamfisted editing and penny pinching by Gilliam s latest patrons the Brothers Weinstein 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Jami Bernard
Sometimes delightful sometimes tedious always creative 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Rene Rodriguez
A joyless fantasy 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Bob Strauss
You won t want to pass this version of The Brothers Grimm on to your children But you may find yourself coming back to marvel at parts of it for the rest of your life 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Robert W. Butler
Lovely to look at but ultimately a chore to endure 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Bruce Westbrook
Those who adore Terry Gilliam for his taunting French soldiers in Monty Python and the Holy Grail or his weird subversiveness in Brazil may find The Brothers Grimm to be a fairy tale gone sour 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Rick Groen
Gilliam s two great successes Time Bandits and especially Brazil were dazzling enough that he s been struggling ever since to prove that his best work isn t behind him On the evidence here the struggle continues 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Terry Lawson
A movie as enjoyable as it is clever 
3
The Brothers Grimm
Michael Booth
It s worth watching even when it doesn t 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Lawrence Toppman
The film seems almost intentionally bad in most ways as if Gilliam were expressing a suicide wish for his directing career 
1.5
The Brothers Grimm
Ty Burr
An absurd mess that s more entertaining than it has any right to be 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like so many children in fairy tales The Brothers Grimm gets lost in the woods 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the midst of all this pandemonium moments of Gilliam s awe inspiring vision swirl around like the black crows and dead leaves that pepper the film s woodsy fabric 
3
The Brothers Grimm
Sean P. Means
Gilliam once again creates a world that is utterly weird and within its own rules completely logical 
3.5
The Brothers Grimm
Sean O'Connell
Hardly memorable at all 
1.5
The Brothers Grimm
Erik Childress
Gilliam fans will recognize their boy has been restricted again from crafting the all out vision they know he s capable of
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Willie Waffle
If you are a long lost relative of the Grimm family I encourage you to sue because Terry Gilliam has left a stain on your family s name that can t be erased with OxyClean 
0
The Brothers Grimm
Chris Hewitt
Director Terry Gilliam hasn t made a movie this playful since his Monty Python days scattering visual and verbal puns throughout Grimm like Hansel and Gretel scatter breadcrumbs 
3
The Brothers Grimm
Steven Rea
If The Brothers Grimm flies apart like a badly designed airplane and it does it still has more going for it than most of the movie fare this summer 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Duane Dudek
Although Gilliam does bend The Brothers Grimm to his surreal and absurdist will watching it is little like searching for pearls in pig flop 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Michael Phillips
There is magic in The Brothers Grimm but it s hard to locate amid all the stuff I believe is the technical phrase 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Peter Canavese
Easy to recommend but hard to love distinguished by Gilliam s extravagant and funny style but compromised by creative warfare and budgetary limitations 
3
The Brothers Grimm
Gene Seymour
It s a muddle but it s a Terry Gilliam muddle and there s nothing like his muddles anywhere in our uptight color within the lines mainstream 
2.5
The Brothers Grimm
Emily Blunt
It s obvious Gilliam was reigned in a tad perhaps the big bad studio had a bit of fear and loathing 
3
The Brothers Grimm
Roger Ebert
The Brothers Grimm is a work of limitless invention but it is invention without pattern chasing itself around the screen without finding a plot 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Josh Larsen
The Brothers Grimm isn t for children but for adults who want to relive the bedroom tales of their childhood 
3.5
The Brothers Grimm
Phil Villarreal
The movie makes you yearn for the innocent times that Junior learned about kinky sex from playground stories or late night Cinemax rather than summer kids flicks 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Frank Houston
Gilliam s film is trapped somewhere between fable and comedy It s as if he is so entranced by his own visual inventiveness that he completely loses sight of his storytelling 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Rob Blackwelder
A movie with a Terry Gilliam look and feel but without a Terry Gilliam soul The director seems to have had his spirit broken by studio mandates and commercial constraints 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Walter Chaw
A film with all the drama and flair of a Tuesday Morning tchotchke shop 
1
The Brothers Grimm
Nick Schager
Fails to reinvent its Grimm yarns and only cursorily investigates the relationship between truth and fiction as it rumbles from one farcical scenario to another 
2
The Brothers Grimm
Scott Nash
It s been 7 years since Gilliam s last film It was not worth the wait 
2
The Brothers Grimm
David Sterritt
Gilliam has rarely been more inventive energetic or just plain funny 
4
The Brothers Grimm
Peter Travers
It s Gilliam s chance to run amok and watching him do it is eye popping fun 
3
The Barkleys of Broadway
Josh Larsen
of interest as a possible peek into Rogers and Astaire s actual working relationship 
2
Fresh
Mal Vincent
Surely not for the squeamish this film will send you away with scars of your own 
3
Fresh
Deborah Hornblow
Screenwriter Boaz Yakin makes a stunning directorial debut with Fresh the gripping finely acted tale of a 12 year old s life on the mean streets of New York 
4
Fresh
Stephen Hunter
The movie s two instincts are at complete odds with each other 
2.5
Fresh
John Hartl
Sean Nelson is a quiet revelation as the title character a child who actively participates in what he regards as the only game in town yet consistently demonstrates more caution and smarts than his friends or relatives 
3
Fresh
Gene Siskel
The script by writer director Boaz Yakin is fresh itself marrying the physical violence of Fresh s world with the intellectual violence of competitive chess 
3.5
Fresh
Carrie Rickey
Fresh appeals to the head as well as the heart 
3.5
Fresh
Gary Thompson
An unpredictable and harrowing story that works on the surface as an unconventional thriller an intricate plot and underneath as a powerful story of love sacrifice willpower and the dehumanizing cost of violence and revenge 
3.5
Fresh
Emanuel Levy
Though its morality may be controversial the film an impressive debut from Boaz Yakin deserves credit for introducing a new type of protagonist a ghetto teenager willing to do everything and anything to escape his lot 
3
Fresh
Neil Martin
This directorial debut by Boaz Yakin works its disturbing magic with all too realistic violence and finely drawn characters 
3
Fresh
Roger Ebert
Here s a movie filled with drama and excitement unfolding a plot of brilliant complexity in which the central character is solemn and silent saying only what he has to say revealing himself only strategically 
4
Fresh
James Berardinelli
With a script as smart as the title character Fresh keeps its viewers guessing 
3.5
Sapi
David Nusair
An uncommonly inept and unwatchable cinematic experience 
0
Shake Hands With the Devil
Joseph Jon Lanthier
What ultimately characterizes Shake Hands with the Devil is its cumbersome sense of contrition but the film seems only foggily aware of what its apologizing for 
2
Shake Hands With the Devil
Peter Howell
Gets close to the heart of the matter 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil
David Nusair
suffers from a vibe of familiarity that ultimately prevents it from making any kind of a real impact 
2
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Mattie Lucas
Brazenly breaks down the holy silos of the masculine and the feminine gender binary and revels in the ambiguity between 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Matt Brunson
Mitchell s performance as Hedwig remains one of the best of modern times the character is by turns sexy scary outrageous obnoxious pitiable and vulnerable and it anchors a movie that landed on my list of the 10 best films of the 2000s 
4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
David Keyes
Most movie musicals often use songs to create an exaggerated exterior of polished images but here is one that uses them to reveal honesty that seems too painful to explain in mere conversation 
4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Josh Larsen
a swath of glittery eye shadow splashed across mainstream American movie screens 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Nick Rogers
A ball of gender confusion Biblical allegories and Eastern European politics one of those would be a tricky subtext for a 90 minute rock opera But the songs marry Jim Steinman s grandeur to the Stooges sweat and spit with a deft tender screenplay 
4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s Rocky Horror for a new millennium a post punk odyssey of love and longing filled with wit and surprisingly poignant observations on the human condition 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Margaret A. McGurk
For all her flamboyance Hedwig is a poignant and lovable character in Mr Mitchell s portrayal and a heck of a lot more interesting than most of the movie heroines we ve met this summer 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Collin Souter
Moulin Rouge professed to be about love but Hedwig actually has something to say about it 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Walter Chaw
Velvet Goldmine and All that Jazz by way of The Wall a bombastically endearing romp that is as infectious as it is surprisingly poignant 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Robert Roten
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a top notch rock and roll musical along the lines of Moulin Rouge and Rocky Horror Picture Show 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ian Mantgani
Shows all the promise of becoming a cult movie with the polish colour and textual fluidity of a studio comedy but a distinctly underground sensibility and countless memorable moments 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Susan Stark
Flamboyant irreverent naughty and oddly profoundly moving 
4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Michael Dequina
Writer director star John Cameron Mitchell pulls off a stunning cinematic hat trick that s all too rare for a first time filmmaker 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Roger Ebert
Strange how the movie seems to be loud flashy and superficial and yet gives a deeper dimension to its characters 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Steven Rea
Inventive original stuff 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
James Berardinelli
Almost guaranteed to amass a cult following as it makes its way across U S theaters during its national release 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Jeanne Aufmuth
A bit of Zeus myth a tad of Freud everything but the kitchen sink 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ray Conlogue
It wins the heart and commands respect 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Glenn Lovell
Thanks to Mitchell s electrifying work in front of and behind the camera you ll find yourself falling in love with this rock odyssey 
4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Carla Meyer
Trumps Moulin Rouge and even The Rocky Horror Picture Show in infectious pop force 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Rod Armstrong
If it s not the new Rocky Horror Picture Show it comes pretty damned close 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lou Lumenick
A gender bending rock musical that really delivers 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Rob Blackwelder
A uniquely entertaining and original work of musical dramedy invention 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Claudia Puig
Wildly witty but also inventive audacious and poignant 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Steve Rhodes
The story doesn t have much to offer save its one recurring visual joke 
2
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Harvey S. Karten
Less an exploration of transsexuality than an inquiry into the nature of wholeness Hedwig successfully transports the off Broadway hit into the world of cinema 
3.5
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ed Gonzalez
A liberating response to the problem of transsexual shame 
3
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Greg Dean Schmitz
tells this story smartly and expertly but what makes it a masterpiece is it s fun too 
4
Invisible Essence: The Little Prince
Chandler Levack
There s a compelling mystery at the core of Invisible Essence The Little Prince But more than anything it will inspire you to pick up that dog eared copy of the novella you ve had since childhood 
3.5
American Son
Roger Moore
A play that needs another week of out of town tryouts it never gets on its feet 
2
American Son
Glenn Kenny
Almost all the acting here is pointedly overstated as if the performers are trying to project past an especially long proscenium 
1.5
Shadowlands
Janet Maslin
Here is Mr Hopkins giving an amazingly versatile and moving performance shifting the light in those knowing blue eyes to reveal endless shadings between delight and sorrow 
4
Shadowlands
Marty Mapes
Anthony Hopkins gives one of his best performances there are so many in this film 
3.5
Shadowlands
Chris Hicks
Anthony Hopkins just gets better and better as a film actor 
3.5
Shadowlands
Roger Ebert
It understands that not everyone falls into love through the avenue of physical desire that for some the lust may be for another s mind for inner beauty 
4
Shadowlands
James Berardinelli
Sit back watch a master at work and never once believe that you re not observing the real C S Lewis 
4
Shadowlands
Steve Rhodes
There are so many things special about this movie it is hard to know where to begin 
3.5
What a Girl Wants
Scott Nash
The capable cast is wasted in this fluff piece 
2
What a Girl Wants
Tyler Hanley
Amanda Bynes lights up the screen with innocent charm and a sweet girl smile 
3
What a Girl Wants
David N. Butterworth
A pleasant diversion but not much more than that 
2
What a Girl Wants
Elias Savada
Cinderella s back and Disney doesn t have her 
2.5
What a Girl Wants
Frank Ochieng
a generic and syrupy teen comedy isn t necessarily what a girl needs a derivative and excessively perky preteen portrait of a curvy belly buttoned babe in the woods
2
What a Girl Wants
Walter Chaw
The sort of thing that people mean when they refer to the steady decline of our culture 
1
What a Girl Wants
Dustin Putman
As fluffy and innocuous as the first two acts are the overlong and schmaltzy last thirty minutes become an endurance test 
2
What a Girl Wants
Harvey S. Karten
Predictable and formulaic but Amanda Bynes makes it fun 
3
What a Girl Wants
Steve Rhodes
Has actors with more charisma than its lackluster script deserves 
2.5
What a Girl Wants
Claudia Puig
Girls undoubtedly will want to see it but What a Girl Wants feels a bit like a reheated version of The Princess Diaries 
2.5
What a Girl Wants
Chris Hewitt
The laughs in What a Girl Wants are like the fruit in generic raisin bran sparse and blah 
2
What a Girl Wants
Moira MacDonald
An unsubtle but sunny fairy tale 
2.5
What a Girl Wants
Edward Guthmann
A dreadful teen comedy 
1
What a Girl Wants
David Elliott
If there is an adult excuse to chew the taffy beyond the need to escape news from Iraq it is not for the plug in charms of old pros like Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce It is Colin Firth 
2
What a Girl Wants
Joe Baltake
Incredibly poised and with charm to spare Bynes makes a nice companion and guide through her film s various plot points and tested cliches 
3
What a Girl Wants
Karen Heller
Clueless without a clue 
2
What a Girl Wants
Jan Stuart
An execrable and witless nonstarter that makes a potent case for hanging the Cinderella myth out to dry till the end of time 
.5
What a Girl Wants
Connie Ogle
What a Girl Wants is exactly what a girl specifically a dreamy middle school girl wants 
2
What a Girl Wants
Loey Lockerby
There are about half a dozen sequences of Bynes trying on different outfits and so many bubble gum pop songs on the soundtrack it s like being trapped at a junior high slumber party 
2
What a Girl Wants
Rick Groen
Is What a Girl Wants what anybody wants Not really 
2
What a Girl Wants
Jeff Vice
If the makers of What a Girl Wants were really being honest about their intentions they would title it Everything a 13 Year Old Girl Wants to See in a Movie 
2
What a Girl Wants
Louise Kennedy
It s not that What a Girl Wants is dreadful it s merely slapdash wildly inconsistent in tone and style and mind numbingly predictable in character and plot 
2
What a Girl Wants
Kit Bowen
What a Girl Wants may make you reminisce about your own father child relationship It s just sitting through the rest of the teenage girlie stuff that is a little hard to take 
2
What a Girl Wants
Sean P. Means
About as perfect a pop confection as you could want sweet funny sly hip surprisingly touching and a showcase for the dynamic Amanda Bynes 
3.5
What a Girl Wants
Forrest Hartman
When What a Girl Wants is working it s because Amanda Bynes and Colin Firth are charming us When it s not it s because the script got the better of them 
2.5
What a Girl Wants
Glenn Whipp
Never fails to live down to your expectations 
2
What a Girl Wants
Lou Lumenick
Director Dennie Gordon is no Vincent Minnelli to put it mildly and the no cliche left unturned screenplay by a platoon of screenwriters misses few opportunities to pander to its target audience of pre adolescent girls 
2
What a Girl Wants
Sarah Chauncey
Not a moment in this film is original but it will entertain young teenage girls the group of tweens I saw it with were on their cell phones before the closing credits raving to their friends 
2
What a Girl Wants
John Monaghan
This equally pandering chick flick is so juvenile it s practically embryonic 
2
What a Girl Wants
Roger Ebert
The movie asks the timeless question Can a little girl from America find love and happiness as the daughter of a wealthy and titled English lord If you are a fan of Bynes you will probably enjoy finding out the answer for yourself If not not 
2
What a Girl Wants
Sue Pierman
What a Girl Wants isn t what everyone else wants unless they re a preteen looking for something sweet predictable and forgettable 
1.5
What a Girl Wants
Robert K. Elder
What a girl wants according to screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Elizabeth Chandler is a father What a girl needs however are better filmmakers 
1.5
What a Girl Wants
David Sterritt
Excellent news for Bynes s youthful fans who may never have a better chance to bask in her perky presence It s not so great for the rest of us since the film has nothing else to offer 
1
What a Girl Wants
Tony Toscano
What a Girl Wants is so badly written it makes me yearn to see Britney Spear s Crossroads again 
1
What a Girl Wants
Rob Blackwelder
Director Dennie Gordon doesn t seem to care about character consistency smart dialogue natural narrative flow or anything beyond the most counterfeit kind of charm 
2
What a Girl Wants
James Berardinelli
Forget Halloween Forget The Shining Forget The Exorcist and The Ring The movie to truly horrify a grown man is What a Girl Wants a motion picture that only a female preferably between the ages of 8 and 16 could love 
2
What a Girl Wants
Peter Travers
It s slick girlie stuff but the cast makes it go down easy 
2
6 Souls
Frank Ochieng
The woefully stagnant Souls searching being performed in this face switching frightfest is hopelessly inert and idiotic As far as split personality spook flicks are concerned turn the other cheek regarding this thin slice and dice thriller 
1.5
6 Souls
Craig D. Lindsey
Even though God is actually mentioned in the closing special thanks credits dude couldn t unfortunately work His Her magic and prevent this film from being the uneven preposterously out of control wreck that it is Can the church say Amen 
2
6 Souls
Kyle Smith
A preposterous supernatural thriller that inexplicably managed to sign up Julianne Moore to star 
1
6 Souls
Rex Reed
The end credits which seem almost as long as the movie itself dementedly thank everyone from the citizens of Pennsylvania to William Wyler Howard Hawks and God What an insult 
1
6 Souls
Chuck Bowen
The film belongs to a long tradition of horror films that offensively suggest that all atheists might as well hang a Welcome sign up for the devil 
2
Johnny Gaddaar
Namrata Joshi
Mukesh is well cast in the lead role handsome and reptilian at the same time But it s characters on the side Zakir Husain Ashwini Kalsekar and Vinay Pathak who steal the show 
3
Child's Pose
Terence Johnson
By the time Child s Pose ended all I could do was say Man that was a great movie 
4
Child's Pose
Sean P. Means
A mother s love outruns her self delusion in Child s Pose an intense but downbeat entry in what s being called the Romanian new wave 
3
Child's Pose
Dann Gire
Not a single character bends for our sympathies or campaigns for our support and for that reason Child s Pose marks an extremely brave work of remarkable realism 
3
Child's Pose
Steven Rea
A dark piece of neorealism and a searing indictment of Eastern Europe s newly moneyed classes 
3.5
Child's Pose
Glenn Lovell
both acerbic character study and understated indictment of Romania s justice system and entitled inner circle Like Angela Lansbury in Manchurian Candidate Gheorghiu s mother remains oblivious to the damage she has wrought 
3
Child's Pose
John Anderson
Perversely engrossing thanks to Gheorghiu s performance as the queen of denial 
3
Child's Pose
David Lewis
Netzer crafts not only a chilling story of family dysfunction but also an illuminating look into the corruption and decay of the Romanian bourgeoisie without ever overplaying his hand It all appears so effortless when in fact it s so skillful 
4
Child's Pose
Ann Hornaday
A fascinating troubling and finally controversial portrait of maternal anxiety at its most smotheringly neurotic 
3.5
Child's Pose
Moira MacDonald
It s a chilly story shot with claustrophobic close in cameras right up to its abrupt ending in which a mother learns to her horror something about the kind of pain that isn t easily swept away 
3
Child's Pose
Kyle Smith
The drained exhausted stifling mood is a frequently punitive experience for the viewer 
3
Child's Pose
Sheila O'Malley
The hand held cinematography gritty and raw gives the film an immediate and urgent documentary feel and each moment has a great sense of both the absurd and the poignant 
3.5
Child's Pose
Jesse Cataldo
The film thrives on ambiguity keeping all things blurry outside its main character s focused perspective its myopia sustained by Lumini 539 a Gheorghiu s tough quietly intense performance 
2.5
Creed
Brian Eggert
Though a smart and superbly shot film the story structure follows a familiar and predictable trajectory for anyone acquainted with Stallone s original 
2.5
Creed
Leo Brady
Creed will make you stand up to cheer and leave you wishing for one more round 
3.5
Creed
Matt Brunson
What s disappointing about Creed is how slavishly it follows the template of the previous pictures It s not bad it s the best entry since Rocky III but one s enjoyment depends entirely on how charitable one is feeling in the nostalgia department 
2.5
Creed
Erik Anderson
I don t watch boxing but I was fascinated by every moment of the film because it pulled me in It made me care 
4
Creed
Josh Larsen
A positive act of cultural appropriation 
3.5
Creed
Sara Michelle Fetters
Adonis and Rocky make one of the year s best cinematic pairings their transition from strangers to acquaintances to partners to friends to something so much more absolutely exquisite 
4
Creed
Max Weiss
It s a formula film executed to near perfection And it wields a secret weapon our nostalgia for the original 
3
Creed
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It has enough original and strange elements to feel like its own entity and stand out Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Creed
John Serba
Stallone enjoys inspired chemistry with co star Michael B Jordan and Ryan Coogler directs the hell out of the movie 
3.5
Creed
Walter Chaw
I love this movie I do 
3
Creed
James Kendrick
Coogler infuses his film with a genuine passion and unironic attachment to the original s best qualities particularly its delicate balancing act between anguish and triumph
3.5
Creed
Mike McGranaghan
The smartest thing Sylvester Stallone did was to not write and or direct this film Ryan Coogler brings a fresh set of eyes to the project Creed works both as part of a larger franchise and on its own massively entertaining terms 
3.5
Creed
John Beifuss
The title itself with Creed replacing Rocky is significant It s a recognition of America s changing demography and a rebuke to the movie industry s flimsy excuses for its diversity problem 
3.5
Creed
Kenneth R. Morefield
One of the joys of Creed is seeing Rocky at peace It s been a long time since Stallone was allowed to play a character who could listen rather than fight who could be rather than do 
3.5
Creed
David Nusair
a decent Rocky followup that could and should have been so much better ie the movie is longer than any of the six preceding installments 
2.5
Creed
Linda Cook
Creed is a winner 
3.5
Creed
Robert Levin
It is as much about us and our association with this nearly 40 year series as it is about its characters 
3
Creed
John Hanlon
This film doesn t mark a continuation of the series It marks a rebirth of it One of the best films of the year 
4.0
Creed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Oakland born filmmaker Ryan Coogler has worked more miracles with the 40 year old Rocky series 
3.5
Creed
Roger Moore
Doesn t do nearly enough to alter improve or revive the Rocky formula Bits work but there s not enough here for two hours and 13 more minutes of this saga 
2
Creed
Peter Travers
Hot damn Fruitvale Station director Coogler 29 turbocharges the Rocky franchise Jordan is stellar And so irresistible is Stallone s blend of tough and tender that Oscar should give him points Yo Academy 
3
Creed
Stephen Rebello
What a welcome surprise to find that Creed is so good so satisfying that it gives Rocky and up by the bootstraps sagas in general a good name again 
3.5
Creed
John Wenzel
Creed stirs emotions with a strong yet artful hand 
3
Creed
Christian Toto
Yo Sly You might wanna practice that Oscar speech the one you originally wrote back in 1976 
3.5
Creed
Rob Thomas
If you don t feel a thrill when during that championship bout the original Rocky theme suddenly kicks in I can t help you 
3.5
Creed
Willie Waffle
While passable everything in Creed feels calculated
2
Creed
Kate Taylor
Cooger adds a few visual flourishes a fire eater appears in a darkened arena Philly youth pull wheelies on their motor bikes that give Creed a bit of new style but mainly the movie is same old same old 
2
Creed
Anders Wright
Like the sport of boxing itself the luster of the Rocky movies has faded over time But Rocky Balboa has always been Stallone s achievement It s a joy to spend a little more time with him even if he s a little older and slower 
2.5
Creed
Lou Lumenick
One of the year s warmest and most crowd pleasing surprises 
3.5
Creed
Tom Russo
Despite getting laid out in excruciatingly graphic detail the kid somehow comes roaring back not so much struggling to his feet as leaping Which is exactly what this energetic hugely entertaining film does for the four decades old franchise 
3.5
Creed
Rafer Guzman
The seventh Rocky film is uneven but gets by on Jordan s charisma and some stunning fight sequences 
2.5
Creed
Michael O'Sullivan
The themes of love loyalty ambition honor and legacy that lend sinew to the story are delivered with such a clean punch that they as feel as fresh as they did in 1976 
3.5
Creed
Calvin Wilson
Often extending a movie franchise signifies a lack of imagination But Creed is a knockout 
4
Creed
Mark Dujsik
Creed cares about these men as much as they care about each other That comes through loud and clear with a gut punch degree of poignancy 
3.5
Creed
Linda Barnard
All eyes are on Jordan and rightly so but Stallone also earns his place reprising the downbeat lovable lug from Rocky Balboa who struggled to get past emotional and physical blocks for one last shot at a title 
3
Creed
Chris Knight
What makes Creed work as well as it does is the same thing that made the first Rocky the sleeper hit it was in 1976 writer Aaron Covington and writer director Ryan Coogler give as much attention to what goes on outside the ring as within it 
3
Creed
Mick LaSalle
Coogler knows what Stallone has always known It s not about the fights It s about making an audience feel deeply about the people involved in the fights 
4
Creed
Jon Niccum
It doesn t muster the pure underdog audacity of the first Rocky but it does pair some exceptional actors with engaging characters 
3
Creed
Jake Cole
By contending with the unglamorous nature of professionally beating other people into unconsciousness the film makes more time for its characters inner lives 
4
Creed
Rene Rodriguez
Creed is formulaic and predictable but it s also joyful and wise and tinged with lament and it lands on the sweet spot between heartfelt art and mainstream entertainment too many Hollywood studios don t even try to hit 
3.5
Creed
Jocelyn Noveck
With a deftly crafted blend of smarts and corn of course there s corn people this is Rocky it earns our trust It s gonna go right to the edge with the heartstring tugging but it won t go over 
3
Creed
Charles Bramesco
As Creed s rough hewn boxer Donnie Adonis Johnson née Creed Jordan is granted another career making role by Ryan Coogler 
3
Creed
Matt Pais
As Weathers might have said on Arrested Development Toughness feeling solid action good performances You got yourself a stew man 
3
Creed
Stephen Whitty
Creed is the best Rocky movie in a long time largely because frankly it uses Sylvester Stallone as the sensitive actor he d always aimed at being and not the bombastic filmmaker he became 
3
Creed
Soren Andersen
The movie s tropes are comforting in their familiarity The tale of a decent hero fighting long odds never gets old 
3
Creed
Brian Truitt
Equally powerful and feel good Creed is an entertaining reminder that this franchise isn t down for the count yet 
3.5
Creed
Richard Roeper
Once again I find myself saying if this is the last time we see Rocky Balboa it s a worthy encore 
3.5
Creed
Kam Williams
Rocky and the next Roman numeral might not be in the title but this engaging and faithful seventh episode includes all the fixins for a highly recommended spin off of the storied franchise 
4
Creed
Odie Henderson
This is one of the best films of 2015 
4
Creed
Tony Hicks
In Creed Rocky finally has a worthy successor For many reasons 
3
Creed
Peter Canavese
Questionable as a film sparring with formula good as a movie and brilliant as a franchise extender It s shameless near surgically effective cross generational corn for guys 
3
Creed
James Berardinelli
2015 has seen its share of sequels perhaps surprisingly Creed is among the best 
3.5
Creed
Steven Rea
Creed is corny like the old Rocky films but riveting like the old Rocky films too 
4
Creed
Michael Phillips
With Creed Coogler proves he is one of the most skillful young directors around Turns out we really did need another Rocky movie It just needed to keep Rocky in perspective and in proportion 
3.5
Fist of Legend
Michael Dequina
All of the intricately choreographed fighting is real proving the doubters of Li s fighting skills very wrong 
3.5
Fist of Legend
Robert Roten
The strong point of this film is the cinematography of Derek Wan The images are imbued with the rich vibrant color which has become a hallmark of modern Chinese films 
3
Fist of Legend
Jeff Vice
If you re going remake a film it should be better than or at least different from the original And surprisingly Fist of Legend manages to do just that 
3.5
Ravers
Walter Chaw
Ravers outsmarts itself I wish it hadn t 
1.5
Bootmen
David Nusair
46 46 46 an affable yet often egregiously familiar drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Bootmen
Michael Dequina
All shiny surfaces with nothing underneath 
1.5
Bootmen
Roger Ebert
The movie has been adapted by director Dein Perry from his own performance piece which he might have been better advised to make into a concert film 
1.5
Twilight
Mattie Lucas
Anyone who has not read the book may find themselves bewildered or at least a little confused without some of the nuances of the book to fill it out 
2
Twilight
David Keyes
Like most great psychological lessons in the hands of novices this is a story far more interested in dancing to rhythms than understanding melody 
1.5
Twilight
Bryant Frazer
Twilight is an earnest fantasy set on the cusp of adulthood just as the way the light falls on everything in your life is changing I don t blame anyone who wants to linger there for a moment Even with sparkle vampires 
2
Twilight
Brandy McDonnell
Stewart and Pattinson have convincing chemistry as the star crossed lovers 
3
Twilight
David Nusair
the film has been infused with a deliberate pace that proves instrumental in establishing and perpetuating the source material s very specific atmosphere 
3
Twilight
Matt Soergel
Romantic smart likable and often quite funny without any tacked on snarkiness or desperate hipness 
3.5
Twilight
Sonny Bunch
It s hard not to get sucked in if one can get past the sometimes hokey melodramatic teenage dialogue 
2.5
Twilight
Greg Maki
So this is what all the fuss is about 
2
Twilight
Kam Williams
The genre has certainly come a long way from I Was a Teenage Werewolf 
4
Twilight
Michael Dequina
Hardwicke runs into trouble when it comes to actual business of the undead 
2
Twilight
Eric Melin
Cinematically it s all over the place but the best thing about this movie is the relationships and the characters are taken seriously 
2.5
Twilight
Lori Hoffman
The chemistry between Stewart and Pattinson provides the proper amount of smoldering desire 
2.5
Twilight
Sean P. Means
Like Bella and Edward s love the movie offers a lot of buildup and not much resolution 
2.5
Twilight
Matt Brunson
Hardwicke understands her teen protagonists and rather than speak down to them and by extension to the film s youthful viewers she allows their angst filled behavior to register as the most important thing in the world 
3
Twilight
Frank Ochieng
Twilight sparkles for its intended audience of indiscriminate adolescent females However it will only be deemed as a softened hackneyed horror show of synthetic affection for the rest of us 
2
Twilight
Ty Burr
A darn good hunk of pop moviemaking 
3
Twilight
Austin Kennedy
The biggest problem with the movie is the way Edward looks It s hard to take him seriously when he resembles like an emo Eddie Munster 
2.5
Twilight
Gary Brown
The door is left open for a second installment Okay I ll bite 
3
Twilight
Mike McGranaghan
It s a well made but thematically flawed film based on a book that was ingenious in conceit but generically written The strengths of one are the flaws of the other and vice versa 
2.5
Twilight
Phil Villarreal
I m glad I saw Twilight for one reason It made the phrase jump the shark obsolete to be potentially replaced with The vampires are playing baseball 
2
Twilight
Peter Howell
Twilight is the Diet Coke of vampire movies but central to the film s success is that you believe in the love between Edward and Bella 
3
Twilight
Chris Hewitt
Twilight is packed with wry understated humor and Hardwicke gets lively authentic performances from her young cast 
2.5
Twilight
Nina Garin
Thanks to Pattinson s furrowed eyebrows crooked smiles and carefully crafted hairstyles he delivers just the Edward we ve been waiting for 
2.5
Twilight
Carla Meyer
From the sometimes silly glower fest known as Twilight Robert Pattinson emerges a movie star 
2
Twilight
Peter Travers
My advice Focus on Pattinson and Stewart They make you understand why the books sold 17 million copies 
2.5
Twilight
Kyle Smith
Combines the plot of HBO s True Blood with the intensity level of Saved by the Bell 
2
Twilight
Sara Frederick
Teenage girls are going to love Twilight and many are sure to see it more than once Hang on to those earplugs This time next year you ll need them again 
2.5
Twilight
Glenn Whipp
Hardwicke with an emphasis on extreme close ups captures that swoony intensity and Pattinson and Stewart have an undeniable intense chemistry For fans that ll be enough Newcomers need not apply 
2.5
Twilight
Robert W. Butler
Hardwicke insists on toning the film blue in a way that makes the magnificent scenery of the Pacific Northwest seem dreary 
2
Twilight
Amy Biancolli
Gothic wooziness stifles many of Hardwicke s lighter impulses such as her knack for jiving humor in scenes among friends and family And some of the more cartoonishly gymnastic CG stunts look plain silly 
2
Twilight
Rick Groen
Sometimes sensitive and often silly 
2
Twilight
Bob Bloom
The movie is mostly a snoozer with Bella and Edward spending a lot of time merely exchanging glances or staring longingly at each other 
2
Twilight
Lawrence Toppman
Pattison grows on us as he grows on Bella His weird mannerisms and nervous delivery stop seeming like quirks and acquire an intensity that s hard to resist by the end 
3
Twilight
Michael Sragow
The High School Musical of vampire films 
2
Twilight
Larry Ratliff
How can a teen romantic fantasy not be at least some fun when the leading man s lipstick is several shades redder than that of the ingénue 
2.5
Twilight
John Wirt
Such benign vampire behavior is a stretch but Twilight gets away with its revisionism creating something new and of course romantic 
3
Twilight
Christian Toto
Twilight is the ideal vampire movie for teen girls and nobody else 
1.5
Twilight
John Beifuss
When Edward gets his first close look at Bella in biology class he covers his mouth with his hand the vampire equivalent of an excited adolescent hiding his lap with a schoolbook in a Porky s film 
3
Twilight
Gina Carbone
This lion didn t fall in love with the lamb but she s not about to eat it alive either 
2.5
Twilight
Linda Cook
WHAT WAS THAT That thunk you just heard wasn t a shift of the earth s core No it was jillions of women younger and older swooning over the movie Twilight 
3
Twilight
Willie Waffle
Pattinson might have the dreamy eyes and tousled hair all of the young ladies will be swooning over but he can t act 
2
Twilight
Todd Hertz
While there are some great touches I don t think the film does much for the uninitiated or adults Boys will really only like the big fight at the end u2014if they re still awake 
2.5
Twilight
Tracie Cooper
In terms of bringing the book to life Twilight is a complete success so much so that most of the film s flaws work within the context of the story 
3
Twilight
Duane Dudek
Hardwicke knows her audience and like her other films Twilight is made in their image and told in their language 
3
Twilight
Jeff Vice
While this romanticized horror fantasy tale is not exactly a classic redefining of the vampire mythology it s not awful In fact it s better than the trailers suggest 
2.5
Twilight
Dustin Putman
Holds an archaic pre feminist mentality far more disturbing than any of its tame horror elements can boast 
2
Twilight
Moira MacDonald
Twilight is often a lot of fun to watch the atmosphere of wet green trees and subtle danger the gothic breathiness of doomed romance the way all the vampires have better hair than anyone else and seems to give its intended audience what it wants 
2.5
Twilight
Claudia Puig
Meyer is said to have been involved in the production of Twilight but her novel was substantially more absorbing than the unintentionally funny and quickly forgettable film 
2
Twilight
Steven Rea
Amazingly it feels real the actors pull it off 
3
Twilight
Jeffrey Westhoff
The longer the revelations drag out the duller Twilight gets And the revelations drag on a long time three quarters of the movie 
2
Twilight
James Berardinelli
If its muscles are flexed we can expect three more of these movies Hopefully like the Harry Potter films they ll get better as they go along 
2.5
Twilight
Rafer Guzman
With its vapor thin plot and goofy gimmicks game of vampire baseball anyone Twilight seems best left to its impressionable teenage fans 
2
Twilight
Sara Michelle Fetters
Stewart does a wonderful job of grounding Bella making her actions seem understandable maybe even unavoidable 
2.5
Twilight
Nick Schager
Your move Anne Rice 
1.5
Twilight
Josh Larsen
Forget the hand holding tweens in the audience Twilight itself could use a chaperone 
2
Twilight
Michael A. Smith
If there is one saving grace to the film it is the performance of Pattinson 
2
Twilight
Peter Hartlaub
Invest any spare cash you have in companies that deal in hair gel I have a feeling this film is going to be huge 
3
Twilight
Michael Phillips
Low key is not the adjective you d expect to describe a highly anticipated vampire movie but there it is 
2.5
Twilight
Roger Ebert
The movie was directed by Catherine Hardwicke She uses her great discovery Nikki Reed in the role of the beautiful Rosalie Hale Reed wrote Hardwick s Thirteen when she was only 14 That was a movie that knew a lot more about teenage girls 
2.5
Medium Cool
Tom Meek
A plucky hybrid film 
4
Medium Cool
Walter Chaw
The film doesn t exactly end because it s not so much a narrative as it is a mile marker and a warning 
4
Medium Cool
Eric Melin
Despite the 1968 conflict s dating the film to a very specific time and place in American history there s nothing that can t be applied to what s going on today especially with the new relevance of video images on computers and handheld devices 
3
Medium Cool
Jay Antani
a quintessential late 60s time capsule piece
3.5
Medium Cool
Roger Ebert
Moviemakers have at last figured out how bright the average moviegoer is By that I don t mean they re making more intelligent pictures I mean they understand how quickly we can catch onto things 
4
Medium Cool
James Kendrick
a powerful utterly unique film one of the few that truly captured the turbulent late 60s zeitgeist in all its fury
3.5
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Kate Cameron
In Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston has turned out the best picture that has come from Warner Brothers studios since the war 
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Brian Eggert
Unlike most studio releases of the era the film s depiction of wretched moral depravity is not sweetened by a studio ending where say the ugly impulses of greed are suppressed by a higher moral calling 
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Matt Brunson
Bogart is phenomenal as Fred C Dobbs a decent guy destroyed by his lust for gold and the film itself is one of the immortals of cinema 
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Wesley Lovell
A finely crafted western style character drama where greed and paranoia drive desperate men over the edge 
3.5
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Rob Humanick
Transcends the medium to become a mandatory viewing experience for anyone that identifies themselves as a human being period 
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Jay Antani
an all time masterpiece of characterization structure pacing and storytelling in general
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Roger Ebert
The movie has never really been about gold but about character and Bogart fearlessly makes Fred C Dobbs into a pathetic frightened selfish man so sick we would be tempted to pity him if he were not so undeserving of pity 
4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Chaw
so good that writing about it is embarrassing 
4
W Lesie Dzis nie Zasnie Nikt
Roger Moore
Any questions Any doubt who will strip naked or who will be the Last Camper Standing 
1.5
Just My Luck
David Nusair
46 46 46 a mostly watchable yet thoroughly forgettable romcom that benefits from its brisk pace and affable performances 46 46 46 
2.5
Just My Luck
Peter T. Chattaway
One day Lohan will make movies for grown ups but this movie certainly isn t one of them 
1.5
Just My Luck
Bill Chambers
OMG It s The Passion of the Lohan 
0
Just My Luck
Jorge Avila Andrade
Entretenida parábola de que la vida puede ser tan blanca o negra como nosotros mismos queramos hacerla Si no se ve con esta idea en mente mejor evítela 
2.5
Just My Luck
Scott Nash
Just My Luck takes an intriguing idea and goes nowhere with it 
1.5
Just My Luck
Matt Brunson
The scripters apparently thought they were penning a romantic comedy when they were actually writing an ode to materialism 
1.5
Just My Luck
Paul Schrodt
The shallowness of female pop culture that Holofcener courageously tears down is just the thing Just My Luck successfully re perpetuate 
1
Just My Luck
Jonathan R. Perry
Lohan can be good in characters endowed with a glimmer of intelligence But too often she shoehorns herself into vehicles operating under the fallacy that stupidity is cute 
1
Just My Luck
Mike McGranaghan
Just My Luck is the cinematic equivalent of stepping on a crack and breaking your mama s back 
2
Just My Luck
Linda Cook
t s not like Lindsay Lohan is down on her luck But she d be more fortunate at least if she wants to be considered as a serious actress if she d appear in movies of a higher quality than Just My Luck a by the numbers teen type romantic comedy 
2
Just My Luck
Frank Ochieng
Slight pointless and convincingly witless Lohan s cinematic Luck runs out instantaneously this convoluted comical piece is as lucky as a mutilated 2 leaf clover
1
Just My Luck
Roger Ebert
It s safe competent and bland 
2
Just My Luck
James Berardinelli
From my perspective it s watchable but barely and nothing I would go out of my way to locate even if going out of my way represents using a remote control to change TV channels 
2
Just My Luck
Sara Michelle Fetters
The stars work overtime but it s all for naught the movie as completely forgettable as the lackluster trailers have hinted for months 
2
Just My Luck
Angel Cohn
Director Donald Petrie s niche seems to be lighthearted instantly forgettable romantic fantasies like Miss Congeniality and How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and this sweet natured bit of fluff fits right in 
2
Just My Luck
Peter Howell
Word on the street we re not sure which street has it that Just My Luck is Lindsay Lohan s final teen comedy If so the timing couldn t be better 
2
Just My Luck
Moira MacDonald
If Just My Luck was intended to showcase a more grown up Lohan she ll soon be 20 it fails but it gives hints of the fine screwball comedian she s already becoming 
2
Just My Luck
Mick LaSalle
Lohan shows signs that she might really be an actress Maybe a good one But to say the least Just My Luck is not a flattering showcase 
1
Just My Luck
Carla Meyer
Judging by her first grown up romantic comedy Lindsay Lohan won t usurp Julia Roberts or Reese Witherspoon s place in Hollywood any time soon Just My Luck is just OK when it isn t labored 
2
Just My Luck
Pam Grady
To call it fluff is being charitable It s cotton candy overly sweet and full of empty calories except instead of causing tooth decay it rots the brain 
2
Just My Luck
Carrie Rickey
I liked the film s idea that luck is like love something that diminishes when you hoard it and multiplies when you share it 
2.5
Just My Luck
Lisa Rose
Lindsay Lohan may be all grown up in the tabloids but her latest movie doesn t reflect any newfound maturity 
2
Just My Luck
Lou Lumenick
An appallingly unfunny and unromantic romantic comedy starring tabloid bait Lindsay Lohan 
0
Just My Luck
Jami Bernard
The new Lindsay Lohan romantic comedy Just My Luck needs more than just luck to overcome an achingly stupid script It needs a miracle 
1.5
Just My Luck
Sue Pierman
It turns out Lohan isn t the one with the bad luck the audience is 
1
Just My Luck
Connie Ogle
A romantic comedy even more idiotic than its embarrassing and somewhat creepy poster would indicate 
1
Just My Luck
Bob Strauss
Good as Lohan is she s better with interesting material 
2.5
Just My Luck
Loey Lockerby
Just My Luck is a cute idea with nowhere to go after the first hour 
2
Just My Luck
Liam Lacey
Just my luck that the movie is directed by Donald Petrie who made the a similar Manhattan set How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days though this time it s vaguely crossed with the magic plot of 13 Going on 30 
1.5
Just My Luck
Terry Lawson
The screenplay for Just My Luck is credited to five writers all of whom relied on their DVD collections for inspiration 
2
Just My Luck
Jeff Vice
With any luck Just My Luck will disappear quickly before it can do any real damage to Lindsay Lohan s movie career 
1
Just My Luck
Michael Booth
Just My Luck is a safe teen movie that teens will actually like and there are far worse things than that 
2
Just My Luck
Wesley Morris
Why Lindsay Lohan agreed to front a movie tailor made for Hilary Duff or the Olsens is a mystery 
1
Just My Luck
James Sanford
sheer bubblegummy fantasy designed to appeal to young women who daydream about starring in their own versions of Sex and the City It s also the sort of film that Lohan has now outgrown 
2
Just My Luck
Matt Pais
Does anyone really consider the result of running water on a crackling blow dryer to be bad luck 
0.5
Just My Luck
Sean P. Means
It s difficult to say whether Lohan s character is more grating when she s cursed and whiny or when she s blessed and oblivious 
1.5
Just My Luck
Tyler Hanley
The definition of dumb Luck has been captured on celluloid 
1.5
Just My Luck
Daniel M. Kimmel
Great premise luck as an STD 
1.5
Just My Luck
Kit Bowen
Just look at little Lindsay Lohan all grows up doing romantic comedy like a big girl It s just a shame Just My Luck is just too inane for words 
1.5
Just My Luck
Willie Waffle
Lohan doesn t have the spark or charm she or the casting director thinks she might 
1.5
Just My Luck
Peter Canavese
Why does the new Lindsay Lohan picture have such a poo fixation Could it be that director Donald Petrie is Freudian slipping on his s tty material 
.5
Just My Luck
Dustin Putman
A romantic comedy neither romantic nor particularly funny 
1.5
Just My Luck
Josh Larsen
never quite recovers from the way Lohan bops around with an air of celebrity entitlement 
1.5
Just My Luck
Claudia Puig
The assumption must be that those who see this PG 13 movie have been raised on a diet of bathroom humor comedies and are not quite ready to let that go 
2
Just My Luck
Steve Rhodes
Lindsay Lohan plays a parody of the once promising Lindsay Lohan 
1.5
Just My Luck
Chris Hewitt
Just My Luck is an old fashioned comedy about two nice people who would fall in love if they could just get in synch 
3
Just My Luck
Bruce Newman
A dispiriting piece of consumerist comedy in which it s not the jokes that are priceless but having the right credit card the right outfit and the right boyfriend It s a lose lose 
1
Just My Luck
Gene Seymour
Her every faux pas comes across as rank humiliation and it can only be entertaining for sadistic mall rats who get their jollies seeing Miss Budding Superstar wallow in grime and slip on soap 
0.5
Just My Luck
Jessica Reaves
Presumably this movie was designed to be a fun romp and in that it fails 
1.5
Open Water
Matt Brunson
An uneasy watch 46 
3
Open Water
Stefan Ulstein
Kentis and Lau have labored to make an almost documentary style film It s meant to make us feel like we are really there and to a large extent it succeeds 
3
Open Water
Jorge Avila Andrade
Creatividad y un guin inteligente reemplazan la falta de presupuesto para crear un producto de buena calidad 
3
Open Water
Mark Collette
Derives its haunting force from an exercise in minimalism 
3
Open Water
Steve Rhodes
Harrowing 
3
Open Water
Lori Hoffman
why is this fraud of a flick finding an audience 
1.5
Open Water
David N. Butterworth
Open Water muddies a compelling subject matter via shoddy and incompetent filmmaking A shallow and frustrating exercise in treading water 
1.5
Open Water
James Kendrick
as terrifying as anything you re likely to see this year but not in the manner you might expect
3
Open Water
Eric Melin
While the film never truly terrified me it did leave me thinking about the tenuous nature of human life 
3
Open Water
Peter Canavese
There s not much here but Open Water capitalizes on its slightness lets our imagination do most of the work of putting the actors in sharks way 
3
Open Water
Phil Villarreal
The performances are punishingly realistic and are aided by the fact that the actors truly fear for their lives 
3.5
Open Water
Vince Koehler
I came out of this movie in shock With a minimum or lack of special effects it managed to scare the heck out of me 
2.5
Open Water
Sean McBride
Kudos to writer director Chris Kentis He really doesn t utilize much shark footage but he certainly knows how to space it out for maximum effect 
3
Open Water
Mike McGranaghan
What makes Open Water an exemplary thriller is that it s rooted in humanity 
3.5
Open Water
Linda Cook
When The Blair Witch Project and Jaws are combined you get Open Water 
3.5
Open Water
Joe Baltake
An unnerving What if scenario that you won t be able to shake from either your dreams or your waking thoughts 
4
Open Water
Robert W. Butler
It begins with a knot in the stomach that warns we re getting into uncharted waters and escalates through various stages of dread until it s all the viewer can do not to squirm in his or her seat 
3
Open Water
Liam Lacey
Considered in its ham handed entirety Open Water feels more of an exercise in cinematic sadism 
2.5
Open Water
Jeff Vice
While Open Water does employ a few clever gimmicks and does have some tense moments it also features some pretty bad storytelling and thin characterizations 
2
Open Water
Lawrence Toppman
I longed for something anything unexpected to occur What I wouldn t have given for Wilson the Cast Away volleyball to float past with his bloody face print grinning at the pair 
2
Open Water
Sean P. Means
The actors particularly the star in the making Ryan who takes command of the screen and Kentis conspire to tie the audience s nerves into knots 
3
Open Water
John Beifuss
This example of minimalist stunt filmmaking doesn t add up to much but the filmmakers deserve credit for their diabolically simple inexpensive and effective premise 
2.5
Open Water
Larry Ratliff
Anyone choosing to sit on the edge of a seat in a state of locked tension will be utterly fulfilled The fuzzy nature by which the premise is presented bites 
3
Open Water
Chuck O'Leary
Open Water is a very simple film but an effective one nevertheless 
3
Open Water
Duane Dudek
It is often too simple for its own good 
2.5
Open Water
Marty Mapes
The characters are so badly drawn that we don t empathize with them
1.5
Open Water
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the end I was ready to bite my fingernails off and with softball season finally over I d just finally gotten them all long and pretty again 
3
Open Water
Moira MacDonald
It s a very pure basic kind of terror nail bitingly fun to watch made more so by the startling realism of the sharks 
3
Open Water
Carla Meyer
The nagging desire to help these people underscores the involvement of the audience in this superbly told story You can almost taste the saltwater and the fear 
4
Open Water
David Elliott
Not bad at all the music is a little trite but where is the incentive to experience it Less a horror film than a misery spree 
2.5
Open Water
Timothy Knight
Genuinely frightening and tightly constructed thriller which holds you till the final frame 
3.5
Open Water
Jami Bernard
Kentis keeps it simple and direct and the effect is devastating 
2.5
Open Water
Ty Burr
It s ridiculously cheap and terrifying at the same time 
2.5
Open Water
Michael Booth
I m here to tell you that Jaws is nothing Jaws is now merely Flipper Episode 127 
3.5
Open Water
Terry Lawson
What differentiates Open Water from similar stories recounted endlessly on cable television s Shark Weeks is its scrupulous avoidance of anything remotely contrived 
3
Open Water
Bob Strauss
I can t think of any movie that so well captures how the sea can be hostile to human existence the way it most commonly is 
3.5
Open Water
Megan Lehmann
Wrings every possible drop of tension out of a simple premise and a micro budget 
3
Open Water
Bruce Newman
It s a scything fin in the pit of your stomach a gathering shark storm beneath the surface of the life you take for granted 
3.5
Open Water
Rene Rodriguez
Seen in a movie theater preferably in the company of some shriek prone friends Open Water is nasty discomfiting fun 
2.5
Open Water
James Verniere
How much you enjoy it may depend upon how much you enjoy fear It s the film equivalent of bungee jumping 
3
Open Water
Roger Ebert
Rarely but sometimes a movie can have an actual physical effect on you It gets under your defenses and sidesteps the it s only a movie reflex and creates a visceral feeling that might as well be real 
3.5
Open Water
Josh Larsen
uses simple methods to tap into simple fears and the movie is all the more frightening for it 
3
Open Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jaws has nothing on this thing which features up close underwater photography of a school of sharks brushing up against our hapless divers legs 
3
Open Water
Aaron Hillis
Open Water may not be a pristine or complex suspense thriller but you d be hard pressed to find anything else as terrifyingly potent in such a tiny package 
3.5
Open Water
Willie Waffle
I am never going in the water again Open Water is one of the scariest movies of the year 
3.5
Open Water
Joshua Tanzer
There are a hundred ways Open Water could have been a better movie but ultimately you re not likely to forget it 
2
Open Water
Erik Childress
Will likely get the second wave of aquatic aficionados out of the water 
3.5
Open Water
Mike Clark
A tiny movie about ocean fears that will flush that overrated The Blair Witch Project 20 000 leagues under the sea 
3
Open Water
Chris Hewitt
A nasty piece of work that effectively raises the creepiness bar but the premise is limiting 
2.5
Open Water
David Sterritt
It s a bone chilling plunge into no holds barred storytelling 
4
Open Water
Steven Rea
Open Water is so deeply terrifying so primal in its depiction of man at the mercy of nature that watching it shakes you to the core 
4
Open Water
Phoebe Flowers
An exercise in slow building anxiety that never quite leads to genuine horror 
2
Open Water
Peter Travers
You can feel the water stretching against an unsheltering sky seep into your bones 
3.5
Open Water
Jan Stuart
A gut clutching plunge into primal fear territory that is no less unsettling for having been made on a flipper and a prayer 
3.5
Open Water
Sid Smith
A taut 79 minute fright fest peppered with enough payoffs and glossed with a mournful philosophic overlay 
3
Open Water
Walter Chaw
An obvious successor to The Blair Witch Project that is neither as imaginative nor as existentially terrifying 
2
Open Water
Kit Bowen
As a self proclaimed shark movie junkie Open Water brilliantly taps into that ultimate fear of what lurks down below 
3.5
Open Water
James Berardinelli
Despite its flaws I welcome Open Water with great enthusiasm because it offers genuine scares and chills without the self aware packaged feel of many horror thriller films 
3
Open Water
Jeanne Aufmuth
Writer director Chris Kentis ekes genuine tension from little more than a pair of luckless yuppies and a relentless unforgiving body of water 
3
Open Water
Ed Gonzalez
When Susan wonders if it s scarier seeing or not seeing the sharks around them she may as well be talking to the audience 
2.5
Open Water
Dustin Putman
A jittery unapologetic experience worth a look for those who prefer psychological horror over broad slasher cliches 
2.5
The Postman
Matt Brunson
Costner the director lavishes all sorts of attention on Costner the actor from laughably reverential dialogue You give out hope like it was candy in your pocket to loving close ups to gauzy slow motion montages 
1.5
The Postman
Mike Clark
Star director Kevin Costner s futuristic folly The Postman is so loopy that for a while one wants to shield it from a critical storm that has already begun 
1.5
The Postman
Roger Ebert
There are those who will no doubt call The Postman the worst film of the year but it s too good hearted for that 
1.5
The Postman
Elias Savada
The year is 2013 There is no order There is no peace Return to sender Audience unknown 
0.5
The Postman
Michael Dequina
Die hard Kevin Costner fans may find themselves changing their mind after seeing this overlong lumbering mess a miserable failure in just about every respect 
0
Portrait of Jennie
Brian Eggert
Somehow it all works though perhaps it should not Loving Portrait of Jennie is an imperfect experience but just as Jennie accepts her fate for a few cherished moments with Eben so too does the viewer revere the film s many pleasures 
4
Portrait of Jennie
Matt Brunson
A haunting fantasy that s both arty and intoxicating 
3
Portrait of Jennie
Mattie Lucas
Hasn t aged well in the interim either putting an awkward romance front and center that makes one wonder whose fantasy this was in the first place 
2
Portrait of Jennie
Ed Gonzalez
William Dieterle s 1948 masterpiece Portrait of Jennie is not only an unabashedly romantic melodrama but also a fascinating ghost story 
4
Portrait of Jennie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Directed by William Dieterle the film has a wistful dreamy quality which may be why Bunuel was drawn to it and even its overabundance of music doesn t spoil this mood 
3.5
The Skulls
David Keyes
It s amazing that so many viewers were still seated by the time the end credits began to roll 
0
The Skulls
David Nusair
above average teen thriller 
2.5
The Skulls
Susan Tavernetti
Cohen has a knack for making the most ridiculous material suspenseful 
2
The Skulls
Liam Lacey
In an otherwise boneheaded hour and a half of intrigue and silliness The Skulls does offer one of the more memorable lines of dialogue in recent movies 
2
The Skulls
Ian Mantgani
This movie is so damn predictable 
1.5
The Skulls
Michael Dequina
One big problem with the film from the start I never understood why being a Skull was so special in the first place 
0
The Skulls
Dustin Putman
Dull and oddly outdated only the lush photography by Hurlbut accentuating its gorgeous Toronto based setting saves the picture from being a surefire cure for insomniacs 
1
The Skulls
Susan Wloszczyna
The Skulls More like numbskulls 
1.5
The Skulls
Ross Anthony
Despite it s excellent cinematography Skulls fails to flesh out a good premise 
1.5
The Skulls
Jonathan Foreman
Shot from one of the worst scripts to make it to the big screen in recent memory it represents the sludge at the bottom of the Hollywood barrel 
0.5
The Skulls
Tom Long
It s hard to get outraged about a movie this bad 
1
The Skulls
Steve Rhodes
Preposterous with a capital P 
1
The Skulls
Tor Thorsen
Full of contradictory elements one note characters and plot holes 
1
The Skulls
Rob Blackwelder
Laced with horribly clichd secret society mumbo jumbo and unintentionally funny homoerotic undertones 
1
The Skulls
James Berardinelli
The contrivances pile up more quickly than snowfall in a Buffalo winter and the ending is so lame that it provoked guffaws from theater goers attending the screening along with me 
1.5
The Skulls
Peter Stack
Don t expect much brainpower in The Skulls 
1
The Skulls
Roger Ebert
It s so ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur 
1
DRIB
Mike McGranaghan
The set up is really fascinating Unfortunately once you get past it everything goes downhill quickly 
1
How to Start a Revolution
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Plays more like a trailer to the insurrection coming soon to our respective neighborhoods than a primer on Gene Sharp s work or its influence 
1
Pleasantville
Thomas Delapa
Though Ross works in some heavy handed strokes his portrait of stodgy Eisenhower America dazzles with some of the loveliest imagery of any 1990s film 
3
Pleasantville
Jeff Strickler
The lighthearted fable Pleasantville takes some pointed swipes at the make believe world of 1950s TV and none too soon 
3.5
Pleasantville
Edward Guthmann
There s a terrific idea at the heart of Pleasantville and it s a shame that its creator Big screenwriter Gary Ross can t figure where to take it 
2
Pleasantville
Rick Groen
Endearing it definitely is so much so that it s easy to overlook the simplicity and the sly confidence trick that gets played on us 
3
Pleasantville
Walter V. Addiego
Ross direction is decent and he gets fine work from all the principal actors 
3
Pleasantville
Michael Dequina
What makes the effects work all the more impressive is how they are used to support story ideas rather than to serve as gratuitous eye candy 
3.5
Pleasantville
Dustin Putman
The film is a magical experience 
3
Pleasantville
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A movie of unique ideological derangement that simultaneously demands and defies precise decoding 
3
Pleasantville
Mike McGranaghan
All the way around Pleasantville is a must see movie 
4
Pleasantville
Susan Stark
An immensely intelligent entertainment 
3
Pleasantville
James Berardinelli
The most stunning thing about Pleasantville is the film s look which rivals that of the year s other two most visually impressive productions Dark City and What Dreams May Come 
3.5
Pleasantville
David Sterritt
The movie has less biting originality than The Truman Show but it proves that director Ross retains screenwriter Ross s flair for exploring real life issues through divertingly far fetched plots 
3
Pleasantville
Roger Ebert
One of the year s best and most original films 
4
Pierrot le Fou
Kathy Fennessy
It s Jean Luc Godard in a nutshell all for the price of one ticket 
4
Pierrot le Fou
James Kendrick
a uniquely Godardian mess which means that you can sense the order through the chaos even if you can t always put your finger on what exactly Godard is after at any given moment
3.5
Pierrot le Fou
Matt Brunson
This is Godard in free floating form 
3
Pierrot le Fou
Peter Canavese
Theirs is in their own words A story All mixed up and their self construction mimics that of their true Creator the ever experimental auteur Jean Luc Godard Blu ray 
3.5
Pierrot le Fou
Jeffrey Gantz
Pierrot is a mess no matter how many times you see it but it s a brilliant mess Death of love re birth of cinema 
4
Pierrot le Fou
Eric Henderson
It s one of Pierrot s unique charms that Godard doesn t regard Ferdinand and Marianne s situation with emphatic mockery or inordinate reverence 
3.5
Pierrot le Fou
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Made in 1965 this film with its ravishing colors and beautiful Scope camerawork by Raoul Coutard still looks as iconoclastic and fresh as it did when it belatedly opened in the U S 
4
Pierrot le Fou
David Nusair
ultimately nothing more than an infuriatingly vague and utterly pointless piece of work 
0
Pierrot le Fou
Roger Ebert
I once wrote of it as Godard s most virtuoso display of his mastery of Hollywood genres I now see it more as the story of silly characters who have seen too many Hollywood movies 
2.5
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Kenji Fujishima
Bob Byington s perspective may be above it all but that doesn t quite account for the shades of melancholy that pop up unexpectedly in lines of dialogue and in some of the performances 
2.5
Somebody Up There Likes Me
David Lewis
American cinema has been churning out slacker movies for what seems like eons so it s refreshing to report that Somebody Up There Likes Me enlivens the genre with a welcome breath of imagination wit and charm 
3
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Matt Pais
One of the funnier movies you can shrug off 
2.5
Blue Jay
Mark Dujsik
The film may not stick the landing but everything before that is special 
3
Blue Jay
Brian Tallerico
A gentle genuine trip down memory lane that features one of our best actresses in the kind of role she doesn t get to play that often 
3
Blue Jay
Roger Moore
Somber poignant a bit predictable 
2.5
Blue Jay
Chuck Bowen
Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson have extraordinary chemistry painting a cumulative portrait of the fragility and rareness of being truly in sync with a partner 
3
Blue Jay
Brad Wheeler
The script is loose the acting is natural and nuanced 
3
The Witches of the Orient
Mark Hanson
The film s fanciful archival montages shrewdly demonstrate the ways in which memory and art seamlessly combine to document reality 
3
XXX
Matt Brunson
Along with a new breed of secret agent 44 xXx could have benefited from a new breed of secret agent plotline 46 
2.5
XXX
Joe Lozito
As an action director Mr Cohen is competent but this film which is pretty much as non stop as an action movie can get needed a director with a little more finesse 
2.5
XXX
Michael Dequina
Cohen s brainless bombast proves to be a perfect fit for this shamelessly deliciously ridiculous reinvention of James Bond style spy shenanigans 
3
XXX
Greg Maki
XXX is a dream role for an action star and Diesel is the perfect man for the job 
2.5
XXX
Nick Rogers
XXX happily wallows in the fact that it s 100 percent loopy kinetic and silly 
3
XXX
Jim Shelby
The wondrous opening sequence was better than any Bond film and things were looking up until the characters started talking 
2.5
XXX
Wesley Lovell
A thrilling ride with plenty of style and lots of unbelievability 
2.5
XXX
Ian Mantgani
None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond but much of it is good for a laugh The problem with XXX is that its own action isn t very effective 
2
XXX
Kevin A. Ranson
While it may be fun to watch Vin Diesel blow things up and talk trash he honestly deserves a better script to go with all that natural presence and athletic ability 
2
XXX
Jules Brenner
A film with attitude and an engine of ingenuity that is not likely to run out of gas anytime soon 
3
XXX
Mike Clark
The director piles on one expensive but impersonal action scene after another 
1.5
XXX
Elias Savada
It s a shame that Vin Diesel cinema s new millennium Rambo has selected such an under written feature for his latest breakthrough role 
2
XXX
Peter Travers
Cohen loads the film with pow 
2
XXX
Joe Leydon
If you don t mind parking your common sense at the door you can enjoy XXX as a rock the house Saturday night movie with enough high voltage energy to power an entire suburb 
3
XXX
Mike McGranaghan
XXX points the way toward the future of the action epic 
3.5
XXX
Mark Ramsey
XXX is the first time Mozart and Metal Rockers Rammstein have shared a music credit since oh the Minuet in F for Keyboard back in 1762
3
XXX
Linda Cook
It s x tremely shallow but sometimes it s x tremely fun 
2.5
XXX
James Kendrick
embraces tattoos leather pants body piercing and GTOs in the same way the James Bond series embraces tuxedos martinis and Aston Martins
3
XXX
Frank Ochieng
XXX is a skin flick of a different sort Regardless of how many X s there are in this movie s title it doesn t manage to completely mark the spot 
2
XXX
Jonathan R. Perry
The Top Gun of its era loud overproduced ultraslick and sorely lacking in such nuisances as complex characterizations compelling antagonists or the element of surprise 
2.5
XXX
Dustin Putman
Succeeds on the sole basis of getting the heart pumping as one masterfully rendered if hilariously over the top action set piece after the next is carried out 
2.5
XXX
Harvey S. Karten
Diesel has what it takes to be the next Bond except class sigh 
3
Nothing Like a Dame
Anne T. Donahue
We re offered the precious illusion that we re close enough with four pillars of English theatre that they re chatting to us about their memories and feelings that we get to see them as people and as friends 
3.5
Nothing Like a Dame
Rob Thomas
As the tea turns to champagne and they talk about their mortality and the indignities of aging the four women stop being famous actresses and seem like any other group of old friends 
3
Nothing Like a Dame
Christopher James
Tea with the Dames is hardly a groundbreaking documentary to watch However for fans of the craft of acting and of these legends it s a can t miss 
3
Nothing Like a Dame
Lisa Jensen
These four great ladies of stage screen and television and longtime friends in real life get together for an afternoon of tea and conversation always trenchant often hilarious 
3.5
Nothing Like a Dame
Josh Terry
An endearing introduction to a wealth of celebrated performances And for those who are well acquainted with the dames the film is everything you d expect it to be and more 
3
Nothing Like a Dame
Sean P. Means
The documentary Tea With the Dames is pure catnip for movie lovers drama geeks and anybody who loves a good yarn 
3.5
Nothing Like a Dame
Walter V. Addiego
I guarantee that the appearance of the end credits will leave you wanting much more 
4
Nothing Like a Dame
Mark Feeney
Each of these dames of the realm gets to play the choicest of roles herself 
3.5
Nothing Like a Dame
Mark Dujsik
Tea with the Dames a documentary that captures a frank discussion among four prestigious actresses has plenty of wisdom to offer 
3
Nothing Like a Dame
Rex Reed
Call it a gabfest Label it a talkathon But Tea with the Dames directed by Roger Michell is so much more 
4
Nothing Like a Dame
Josh Larsen
captures the particular camaraderie of women who ve cleverly navigated a field dominated by diva ish men 
3.5
Nothing Like a Dame
Matt Fagerholm
It plays like the jazzy riff of a seasoned quartet complete with buoyant solos that may not connect to much else but are still a joy to witness all the same 
3.5
Nothing Like a Dame
Sara Stewart
In a perfect world Tea With the Dames could be a series Let us be flies on the wall for this posse s weekly gathering for tea and convivial cackling 
3.5
My Flesh and Blood
David Elliott
This movie tough to watch is invaluable to absorb 
4
My Flesh and Blood
Peter Debruge
Full of life the characters openly share moments of startling intimacy hardship and triumph 
4
My Flesh and Blood
Timothy Knight
One of the most profoundly moving and inspiring documentaries in recent memory 
3.5
My Flesh and Blood
Jonathan Curiel
The experiences of this family from Fairfield will resonate with moviegoers around the country 
4
My Flesh and Blood
John Anderson
There may have been no grand plan to Susan Tom s life as she says but grand is a good word for what s happened 
3
My Flesh and Blood
V.A. Musetto
Some of the afflictions are so disturbing you might have to turn your eyes from the children Susan Tom doesn t have that option And 11 children are all the better for it 
3
My Flesh and Blood
Glenn Whipp
Whatever you make of this family one thing is certain after watching My Flesh and Blood you won t forget them 
3
My Flesh and Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Karsh does a remarkable job of sorting through his footage to make a flowing story 
3.5
My Flesh and Blood
Jeanne Aufmuth
Poignant disturbing and thoroughly captivating 
3.5
My Flesh and Blood
Steve Rhodes
The Tom family s amazing eye opener of a story gives you new appreciation and respect for the abilities of the handicapped 
3
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Mattie Lucas
Less cohesive and less funny than its predecessor completely lacking the creative spark that made Cairo Nest of Spies such a riotous joy 
2
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Ted Fry
The tenor tone and immaculately lampooned art direction often make up for shtick that gradually grows thin in the belly laugh department 
2.5
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Chris Hewitt
Stupid racist sexist and yet weirdly lovable bumbling detective Hubert de la Bath is back in O S S 117 Lost in Rio 
3
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Joe Williams
The story is lame and the action is flaccid but as Hubert would be the first to tell you the French have a word for those who can t take a joke c est la vie 
2.5
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Roger Ebert
I sort of liked the 2006 film and I sort of like this one too I may like it a little more because Dujardin grows on you 
3
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Mark Feeney
A reasonably pleasant surprise 
2.5
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Carrie Rickey
It s larky snarky fun 
2.5
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Betsy Sherman
Dujardin has flawless comic timing as the hero who may stumble but with the arch of an eyebrow and a flash of a grin always rises to the defense of the République 
3
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Stephen Whitty
The part is tricky but Jean Dujardin does it well greeting every woman with a cocky Jean Paul Belmondo smile and every foreign disaster with calm Thank heavens France is here to help 
2.5
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
V.A. Musetto
I don t know about you but I look to French films for stylish love stories and potent social dramas I definitely don t look to Gallic movies for slapstick comedy a genre at which the French are especially bad 
1
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Mick LaSalle
A very funny French comedy of a variety that usually doesn t make its way here 
3
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Lost in Rio wins giggles only when rubbing its spy milieu up against sheer randomness but the sight of Dujardin s self absorbed mug carving up a rubber crocodile for survivalist sustenance can only do so much 
2
Return to Hardwick
Roger Moore
A documentary like this reminds us of The Good War the sacrifices it took to fight it but also the horizon broadening adventure of it all for a generation of Americans who got their first taste of the big wide world in khaki 
2.5
Simon Birch
David N. Butterworth
Not as good as the book but not bad either 
3
Simon Birch
Elias Savada
Simon Birch s bark shrivels under the weight of its two hour length and dramatically under developed script 
1.5
Simon Birch
Roger Ebert
Simon Birch is an unabashedly sentimental tearjerker Either you stand back and resist it or you plunge in There was something about its innocence and spunk that got to me and I caved in 
3
Simon Birch
Michael Dequina
May be a bit too sweet for its own good 
2.5
I Walk the Line
Roger Moore
In the end 44 we 8217 re left with the frustrating feeling that we still haven 8217 t seen what this movie is and is about 46 
1.5
Our Town
David Wiegand
Reminds us of what an extraordinary work Our Town is and will always be as long as it s handled by real pros 
4
I Can't Sleep
David Sterritt
Directed by Claire Denis with so much tact and circumspection that the story runs short of dramatic and emotional power 
2
I Can't Sleep
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Denis is so good at quietly capturing small slow rhythms and fuzzy dreamy moments that I Can t Sleep almost succeeds all on its own 
3.5
Veronica Mars
Tom Gliatto
The tone is exactly right and the passage of a few years has been good on everyone s looks 
3
Veronica Mars
Wesley Lovell
A return to the admired television series is equal parts fun and frustrating 
3
Veronica Mars
Mike McGranaghan
A film like this always raises the question of whether newcomers can enjoy it as they are unarmed with an understanding of the characters histories and all the references that are surely contained within the screenplay In this case the answer is yes 
3
Veronica Mars
Michael Dequina
Such an appealing heroine makes it easy for anyone existing fan or not to be entertained by this yarn 
3
Veronica Mars
Lori Hoffman
Bell slips back into her Veronica character with ease and while newbies to the franchise might wonder what the fuss was all about the Marshmallows are happy 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Christy Lemire
Veronica herself is such a breath of fresh air as a strong female character smart secure resourceful loyal funny and not the slightest bit chickish 
3
Veronica Mars
Jack Rodgers
Veronica Mars then accomplishes what it set out to accomplish and in that sense it can be considered a success 
3
Veronica Mars
Carla Meyer
There should be a sequel to further explore this intriguing concept Gather your pennies Marshmallows 
3
Veronica Mars
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Veronica Mars movie isn t the groundbreaker or the life changer that you may have hoped but like the show it s highly enjoyable and probably more of a cult favorite than a blockbuster 
3
Veronica Mars
Chris Hewitt
If you are new to these people it feels like it takes forever to get to its tiny point 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Matt Zoller Seitz
All in all the movie delivers what you expect but not in the way that you expect it which makes it work as both a long delayed fourth chapter in Veronica s story and a rare big screen version of a TV show 
3.5
Veronica Mars
Peter Travers
Right now the question is how did Veronica Mars turn out as a movie It s a mixed bag Too much time wasted on a whodunit that s more like a who cares No matter Mars fans will have a blast 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Mark Dujsik
T his continuation of the story from the television show is so dependent upon one s intimacy with the show that as a standalone movie it is restrictive 
2
Veronica Mars
James Berardinelli
Veronica Mars is a delightful piece of fan service a supersized TV reunion episode expanded for viewing in movie theaters 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Carl Wilson
It all seems like an overblown TV episode 
2.5
Veronica Mars
David Hiltbrand
Veronica Mars is a great deal more than a bonus episode but slightly less than a movie 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Willie Waffle
I never watched an episode of Veronica Mars when it was on TV but you don t need to be a die hard fan to like the film 
3
Veronica Mars
Dustin Putman
If Veronica Mars gets one thing right 151 and let s be serious it gets a lot of things right 151 the most lasting impression is the one it leaves its viewers with 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Stephanie Merry
Luckily the action picks up when the dialogue stalls with startling car crashes cat and mouse games and unexpected gunshots that make for a spellbinding climax 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Chris Knight
The plot as skinny as a latte and just as filling won t win any new converts to the defunct series 
2
Veronica Mars
Peter Howell
Be careful what you wish for and also what you buy into 
2
Veronica Mars
Claudia Puig
It s effective as a sequel to the television series and works just as well as a stand alone film 
3
Veronica Mars
Rafer Guzman
Veronica Mars isn t really a movie but another episode and not even a grand finale with all the familiar characters and in jokes that viewers expect 
2
Veronica Mars
Ty Burr
They re calling Veronica Mars a movie but no matter which way you squint at it it s a TV show 
2
Veronica Mars
Michael Phillips
Everything about the way the movie version of Veronica Mars came to pass is more intriguing than the movie itself 
2
Veronica Mars
Duane Dudek
Good news for the 91 000 donors to the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign Your money was well spent 
3
Veronica Mars
Peter Hartlaub
Newcomers will be less pleased discovering a product that looks and feels like a scaled up television show The inside jokes and receiving line of nudge wink cameos only adds to the small screen feel 
2
Veronica Mars
Matt Pais
Middling mystery less mind tickling than Non Stop That movie goes from kind of fun to really bad Veronica Mars is so average it may as well never have existed at all 
2
Veronica Mars
Mara Reinstein
The adaptation is akin to a killer episode plus a few swear words and a sexy PG 13 roll in the sheets thrown in for good measure 
3
Veronica Mars
Abhimanyu Das
For all its references to the show s history the film never panders It s an evolution of the core concept as opposed to a nostalgia tinged reproduction and is all the better for it 
3
Veronica Mars
Chuck Barney
Bell as charming and witty as ever smoothly steps back into the role she was made to play 
3
Veronica Mars
Lou Lumenick
This movie takes great pains to thank the fans who made this possible by including many characters from the series a good deal for them not necessarily so great for the rest of us 
2
Veronica Mars
Kenneth R. Morefield
The plot is about clearing Logan But the movie itself is about Veronica coming to terms with her identity 
3.5
Veronica Mars
Roger Moore
Not bad for what it is but what is it never lets you forget is a self aware self absorbed TV movie 
2.5
Veronica Mars
Kam Williams
Though back by popular demand consider this edition of Veronica Mars compelling enough even to hold the attention of folks unfamiliar with the original TV show 
3
Salaam Bombay!
Dave Kehr
Much to Nair s credit she exploits neither the exoticism of her locale there are no tour guide look at this flourishes nor the misery of her subjects suffer they may but they do not demand pity 
3
Salaam Bombay!
Candice Russell
Dispossession and despair are seldom portrayed with such force on screen Director Mira Nair has done a masterful job of underscoring a social problem that has repercussions far beyond the Third World 
3.5
Salaam Bombay!
Dennis King
Very sad but powerfully moving 
3
Salaam Bombay!
Roger Ebert
Nair has been able to make a film that has the everyday unforced reality of documentary and yet the emotional power of great drama 
4
Britt-Marie Was Here
Steven Prokopy
This is a small sweet work that finds notes of grace that elevate it into something bordering on inspirational 
3.5
Britt-Marie Was Here
Cate Marquis
Nothing wild happens but the film does take some unexpected turns and ends up in a satisfying place that is a bit different than what we expect 
2.5
Britt-Marie Was Here
Mark Dujsik
All of this is so light that it threatens to float away It s so pleasant though that the familiarity hardly matters 
3
Britt-Marie Was Here
David Lewis
Fortunately Britt Marie doesn t pretend to be anything other than a feel good film with a simple message It s never too late to chase your dreams 
2.5
Britt-Marie Was Here
Nell Minow
Backman and director Tuva Novotny keep the characters astringent and his tone wry so it never gets cuddly or cloying 
3
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
David Nusair
The American Ninja series hits a new 40 and palpable 41 low 46 46 46 
1
Alambrista
Eric Melin
Roberto endures and escapes one random set of dire circumstances after another without feeling contrived or stopping for cheap sentimental tricks He even makes a certain selfish choice but at the time after what he s been through who could blame him 
3
Alambrista
Peter Canavese
Now the film can be more fully appreciated for what it is an influential inspiration to Latino filmmakers and a powerful non politicized depiction of the wages of American immigration policy Blu ray 
3.5
The Broken
David Nusair
An ambitious yet not entirely successful endeavor 
2.5
Fruitvale Station
Tom Meek
Prophetic and timely and a painful yet insightful view into what ails America today 
3
Fruitvale Station
Mattie Lucas
It s a rough sit sometimes unpleasant and ultimately deeply painful but somehow an essential watch 
3
Fruitvale Station
Terence Johnson
This is an important movie and Coogler is one of the bright new voices in cinema 
3
Fruitvale Station
Craig D. Lindsey
It s a sad state of affairs when movies like Fruitvale Station have to show everyone what they should know by now Black people are people too 
4
Fruitvale Station
Dwight Brown
Michael B Jordon honed his talent on series like The Wire and Friday Night Lights His performance seems natural but that doesn t mean it was easy to achieve It s subtle deep and fiery 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Clayton Davis
There s a sincere clarity that Michael B Jordan achieves from beginning to end Raw and proficient in delivery his performance places him near the top of the most exciting actors to watch 
3
Fruitvale Station
Bruce Ingram
The intimacy of debut writer director Ryan Coogler s approach to the film and the no frills believably real quality of the main performances combine to drive the senselessness of Oscar s killing home with visceral impact 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Mara Reinstein
It s an unflinching 360 degree character portrait 
4
Fruitvale Station
Josh Larsen
takes tragedies that have inflamed a nation from Fruitvale to Sanford Fla and brings them back down to human scale 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Eric Melin
There are scenes that were certainly fabricated for the movie but the emotional truth behind them feels real 
3
Fruitvale Station
Bob Bloom
Yet despite being aware of the outcome the movie is in its own profane and streetwise manner a warmhearted and soulful story of a young man s journey toward self discovery and determination 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
John Wirt
An impressive launch for the film s young writer director and a signal that the movie s leading man will be a major presence in American film 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Lori Hoffman
The performance by Michael B Jordan is authentic and convincing and helps us stay engaged in a film that wants to be mundane until its explosive finale 8233 
3
Fruitvale Station
John Beifuss
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict this compassionate film reclaims the humanity of victims transformed into political symbols and provides context for those who think the media and not Zimmerman s bullet injected race into the Martin killing 
4
Fruitvale Station
Linda Cook
It s funny how the bloated overly lengthy studio blockbusters have far less impact than 90 minutes of a relatively brief CGI free little movie such as Fruitvale Station 
4
Fruitvale Station
Michael Smith
The film is both personal and universal Jordan can be so touching and his intimidating ferocity is palpable This is an important picture with a breakout performance 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Lisa Kennedy
It s hard not to watch Fruitvale Station with a coiled dread Yet Coogler s greatest achievement may be in reminding us that Grant was a work in progress with people who loved him in spite of his flaws and because of his hopes 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Carla Meyer
Fruitvale Station s arrival in theaters corresponds with the outcry over the Trayvon Martin case But Fruitvale did not need added relevancy to be remarkable 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Rich Heldenfels
Was Oscar Grant going to turn his life around We ll never know because of a pointless act of violence 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Sean P. Means
Coogler s take quietly serves to show Grant as a human being with his flaws and redeeming qualities and not just as a face in a newspaper obituary 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
David Nusair
a palpably low key premise that s employed to continuously engrossing effect by first time writer director Ryan Coogler 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
John Serba
Many recent movies so cavalierly dispense thousands upon thousands of ammunition rounds you can sometimes forget the effect that one bullet can have on human life 
4
Fruitvale Station
Geoff Pevere
We feel the death on the platform so acutely not because it s a stupid act of randomness but hardly untypical racist violence but because we ve come to love this man 
2.5
Fruitvale Station
Linda Barnard
Michael B Jordan The Wire and Friday Night Lights plays Oscar with the heart and compelling charm required to make us feel close to him 
3
Fruitvale Station
Austin Kennedy
This isn t a movie that grabs you by the throat it s one that sneaks up on you and gets under your skin FRUITVALE STATION is an authentically raw motion picture that I won t soon forget 
4
Fruitvale Station
Chris Hewitt
Fruitvale was made with respect for the details of Oscar s life good and bad because they help us understand what was lost when he died unarmed and afraid on a crowded train platform 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Moira MacDonald
An eloquent memorial for a man who barely experienced life and a haunting reminder of how quickly it can be lost 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Rafer Guzman
Some of this narrative feels cliched but Coogler and his actors make it work by leaning toward understatement 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Ty Burr
It s a film to make you weep with sorrow and anger and one of the most necessary films of the year 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Duane Dudek
Fruitvale Station uses objectivity without sacrificing perspective to remind us of the obvious in case we ve forgotten that what happened to Oscar Grant shouldn t happen to anyone 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Jon Niccum
The story draws power from the simple rhythms of a day spent with family friends and strangers 
4
Fruitvale Station
Rene Rodriguez
Whatever role prejudice have played a part in the shooting Oscar and his friends were black and the officers were white Fruitvale Station refuses to turn the incident into a statement on race and divisiveness 
3
Fruitvale Station
Calvin Wilson
Coogler immerses the viewer in Grant s world creating empathy for his struggles while also examining the realities that limit his options 
4
Fruitvale Station
James Berardinelli
By using a fly on the wall approach Coogler is able to tell his story in a straightforward style that gets the message across without seeming preachy 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Roger Moore
Sober even handed and quite moving 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Dustin Putman
A devastating portrait of the fallibility of man and the importance of appreciating what one has while it s still here 
4
Fruitvale Station
Ann Hornaday
In naturalistic and unforced strokes he allows Grant to exist as a complex even contradictory human inviting the audience simply to sit with his life his loss and what they both meant 
4
Fruitvale Station
Mark Dujsik
Where it could have been angry the film is instead clinical 
3
Fruitvale Station
Jeff Beck
Many directors have trouble accomplishing something like this even when they re throwing character development in your face To be able to succeed by using a standard day in the life approach makes it all the more incredible and makes it a must see 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Steven Rea
Oscar Grant had friends he had a sister and a mother and a grandmother a girlfriend a child In concise measures Fruitvale Station shows us these connections these bonds 
4
Fruitvale Station
Perry Seibert
Writer director Ryan Coogler s debut feature Fruitvale Station is one of those first films that announces that a major talent has hit the scene 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Michael Phillips
Coogler could ve settled for an enraging full throttle melodrama designed to boil your blood from beginning to end But Fruitvale Station is better more heartbreaking than that 
4
Fruitvale Station
Matt Pais
Strives only for an emotional response rather than an intellectual one 
2
Fruitvale Station
Robert Levin
There s great soul to the work which gives a complete picture of a young man s life in microcosmic form 
4
Fruitvale Station
Michael Dequina
Coogler shows the storytelling maturity and restraint to keep the focus squarely on the characters not so much on the actual act of bloodshed itself but the wounds exacted upon the direct victims witnesses and families alike 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Wilson Morales
Fruitvale Station is one the most endearing and profound films that echoes the essence of humanity Ryan Coogler s feature debut gives Michael B Jordan a career making performance 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Steven Boone
Fruitvale Station is about what we can imagine when we cast our gaze across the longstanding divides in this persistently cancerously segregated American society 
4
Fruitvale Station
Stephen Whitty
Coogler s film is shaky sometimes literally slipping out of focus even as its own vision remains resolutely blinkered 
2.5
Fruitvale Station
Kyle Smith
In the end what is the meaning of the film 
2.5
Fruitvale Station
Peter Travers
Fruitvale Station is a gut punch of a movie By standing in solidarity with Oscar it becomes an unstoppable cinematic force 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Claudia Puig
As the film plays out the audience is likely to be overwhelmed by anger and the inability to stop what is coming Opportunities for the story to take a different turn and avoid tragedy loom leaving a haunting impression 
4
Fruitvale Station
Mick LaSalle
The movie is modest in its ambition and powerful in its reverberations It takes Oscar Grant s story and makes it universal and transforms a sometimes awkward and obvious movie into a work of art 
3
Fruitvale Station
Randy Myers
While Jordan is responsible for making Oscar Grant come to life Coogler deserves equal if not more praise for having so successfully created a sense of the world he lived in 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Rex Reed
A harrowing film worth seeing and honoring for boldness and insight 
3
Fruitvale Station
Jake Coyle
For a movie about an unjust death Fruitvale Station is bursting with the colorful messy striving of life 
3.5
Fruitvale Station
Kam Williams
Whether Oscar Grant deserves to be remembered as a martyr or a provocateur this poignant portrait of him as a flawed free spirit is moving enough to be remembered come Academy Awards season 
4
Fruitvale Station
Bill Weber
Sensitively performed and laced with some forceful quotidian grit the film evades the larger questions behind a scandalous shooting death 
2.5
Fruitvale Station
Erik Childress
A viewer may have a heavy heart in wondering precisely just what was fact and what was fiction but there is little doubt at how emotionally effective Coogler s version of the story actually is 
3
Murder of a Cat
Simon Abrams
The film s plot feels like a very bland character s search for a personality 
1
Murder of a Cat
Sara Stewart
Swing a dead cat here and you ll hit a piece of limp dialogue 
2
Murder of a Cat
Rex Reed
I saw it with three people One walked out The second stayed to the bitter end because Blythe Danner and Greg Kinnear were in it You needn t bother 
0
Monster
Mattie Lucas
Theron keeps the proceedings on track Her fierce hauntingly vulnerable Academy Award winning performance shows us who Aileen Wuornos really was 
3.5
Monster
Nick Rogers
By Monster s end nothingness replaces Aileen Wuornos ferocity evidence of exhaustive efforts from Patty Jenkins and Oscar winner Charlize Theron to emphasize this serial killer s fraying sanity not her crimes sensationalism 
4
Monster
Kam Williams
Charlize Theron s Oscar winning toure de force 
4
Monster
Chuck O'Leary
Theron gives a powerful chameleon like performance in this disturbing but very sad film that shows how harsh the world can seem to people living on the fringe of society 
3.75
Monster
Wesley Lovell
with more attention paid to shock than to storytelling the violence and incredulity take the front seat 
2.5
Monster
Bill Chambers
Aileen Wuornos for Dummies
2
Monster
Forrest Hartman
Not only is Charlize Theron completely convincing as Florida serial killer Aileen Wuornos she s virtually unrecognizable 
3
Monster
Linda Cook
This is a Monster of a movie 
4
Monster
Mike McGranaghan
Astonishing Monster has a lot of humanity in it and it refuses to categorize people as strictly good or bad 
4
Monster
Jonathan R. Perry
Theron doesn t play Wuornos as much as inhabit her with pity volcanic anger confusion occasional euphoria and mostly impenetrable sadness 
3.5
Monster
Austin O'Connor
Theron who looks throughout like Gary Busey under a blonde wig is truly staggering and not just because of her jaw dropping physical transformation 
2.5
Monster
James Kendrick
The dangerous line that Monster treads is between explaining monstrosity and excusing it 
3.5
Monster
Cory Cheney
I didn t walk out of Monster with that great movie feeling which is not to say it wasn t great Profound fits better 
3
Monster
Lori Hoffman
Theron makes an amazing physical and emotional transformation 
3
Monster
James Sanford
Theron s triumph elevates the rest of the movie which tends to wobble between harsh docudrama and sensationalistic TV drama 
3
Monster
John Beifuss
As a thing of grimacing bluster and consuming sadness Theron gives the most memorable performance of the year if not the best whatever that means 
3
Monster
Jeff Vice
To say that Theron s is an astonishing performance is something of an understatement 
3
Monster
Duane Dudek
It s hard to say how much of the paunchy Wuornos is actually Theron and how much of it is prosthetic 
3
Monster
Stacie Hougland
Charlize Theron turnsin a powerful performance that s just as mind blowing as her makeunder in a movie that quite frankly doesn t back it up 
2.5
Monster
Matt Brunson
Charlize Theron so completely buries herself in this woman s impetuousness rage and vulnerability that she simply ceases to exist 
3.5
Monster
Marty Mapes
Theron s performance really is amazing helped by the makeup hair and costumes
3.5
Monster
David Nusair
The plotless nature of the movie eventually catches up to it which leads to a film that isn t exactly compelling though Theron s performance is always interesting 
2.5
Monster
Rene Rodriguez
A small movie with a gigantic performance by Charlize Theron 
3
Monster
Robert W. Butler
Parts of Monster are grimly fascinating but ultimately Jenkins and Theron don t give us enough reason to care about Wuornos or her sad end 
2
Monster
Liam Lacey
The hype around the film Monster is justified by the performance of Charlize Theron 
3
Monster
Lisa Kennedy
An intricate and tender movie 
3.5
Monster
Phil Villarreal
Strives to be a one way ticket into the mind of a serial killer but it takes too many detours into TV movie of the week territory 
2.5
Monster
Peter Travers
There s Theron like a force of nature compelling us to go beyond TV movie supposition and look Wuornos straight in the eye 
3
Monster
Chris Hewitt
Charlize Theron gives a very fine performance in Monster Too bad the movie has no idea what to do with it 
2
Monster
Phoebe Flowers
A stirring brutal and sad examination of the bleak cycle of violence and pain 
3.5
Monster
David N. Butterworth
Theron is clearly the reason to see the film but even her impassioned performance is strictly by the numbers 
2.5
Monster
James Verniere
Outside of demonstrating Wuornos ignorance and apparent mental illness I m not sure what Jenkins point is or what Theron is trying to convey about the film s protagonist 
2
Monster
Sara Michelle Fetters
Great good for her Theron s performance here easily one for the ages Too bad the movie it s given in doesn t deserve it Monster a monstrously disappointing mess 
2
Monster
Dustin Putman
The film and its cumulative emotional effect is something of a brilliant passionate unflinching tour de force 
4
Monster
Moira MacDonald
Walks a very delicate line It doesn t excuse or glamorize the actions of its main character serial killer Aileen Wuornos Charlize Theron but it does offer an understanding of her or at least of the version of Wuornos this film presents 
3.5
Monster
David Elliott
The film works as a lurid death drop but it invites us to cherish Aileen to feel her pain no matter how low she goes 
2.5
Monster
Joe Baltake
Walks the thin line of empathizing with its subject without necessarily endorsing or condoning her action 
4
Monster
Terry Lawson
Theron s work here stands with that of Jennifer Connelly Hope Davis Naomi Watts Cate Blanchett and Charlotte Rampling as one of the best female performances of 2003 
3
Monster
Roger Ebert
There s the uncanny sensation that Theron has forgotten the camera and the script and is directly channeling her ideas about Aileen Wuornos She has made herself the instrument of this character 
4
Monster
Ty Burr
A gruesome helpless spiral barely saved by an actress locating humanity where few would have cared to bother 
3
Monster
Josh Larsen
a movie full of victims with Wuornos as the most sympathetic of the bunch 
2
Monster
Collin Souter
More often than not Theron gives us a caricature rather than a character As a result Monster is a well made movie without much purpose 
2.5
Monster
Steven Rea
Brings the horror stories of everyday life down to a recognizable level 
3
Monster
Jeffrey Westhoff
For all the great work that goes into it Monster gives no reason to invest any time trying to understand why this pathetic person took seven lives 
2
Monster
Michael Wilmington
Digging deep down Theron and the movie give us empty lives desperate romance and murderous rage They bring a monster to life 
3
Monster
Timothy Knight
Although truly painful to watch at times Monster nonetheless deserves to be seen if only for Theron s startling tour de force performance 
3
Monster
Jeanne Aufmuth
Charlize Theron s anguish in the raw is the stuff that Oscars are made of 
3
Monster
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Because the film filters everything else out but Theron Wuornos the performance becomes the end all be all of the film 
3
Monster
Rob Blackwelder
Charlize Theron has always had the chops but to date few in Hollywood have seen past her looks That s about to change 
3.5
Monster
Carla Meyer
Heavier with bad teeth and blotchy skin Theron is nearly unrecognizable in the role She s also astonishingly good 
3
Monster
Glenn Lovell
What takes it to the level of important cinema is the central Selby Wuornos relationship which turns out to be symbiotic in the manner of the Smith Hickock relationship in In Cold Blood 
3.5
Monster
Megan Lehmann
Jenkins doesn t stint on the sickening reality of Wuornos abhorrent behavior it s Theron s complex deeply felt depiction of a thoroughly messed up soul that forces us to look beyond the monstrous nature of her acts 
3
Monster
Jami Bernard
It will be hard to lure audiences to this downer but its acute understanding of such a monster s misery furthers our comprehension of how and why human atrocities occur 
3
Monster
Walter Chaw
For what it s worth Monster seems amateurish and obvious 
2.5
Monster
Glenn Kenny
Proves more irksome than moving 
2
Monster
James Berardinelli
A compelling thought provoking and unsettling drama 
3.5
Monster
John Anderson
A frank spare but ultimately heartbreaking movie 
3.5
Monster
Scott Nash
Charlize Theron turns a Monster into a human being 
2.5
Monster
Emily Blunt
Charlize Theron delivers a bit of her soul within the bravest woman s role in years 
4
Monster
Steve Rhodes
Just give Theron the Oscar now Rarely has an actor been given such an opportunity to play so far against type and rarely has she succeeded so well 
3
Monster
Jeremiah Kipp
True crime secret lesbians Floridian trailer trash and 80s pop music 
1
Get the Goat
Roger Moore
The funniest thing about Get the Goat is seeing timeworn Hollywood cop comedy tropes gimmicks and gags through a Brazilian lens 
2
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
David Nusair
Imagine the lamest joke you ve ever heard and then stretch it out to around an hour and fifteen minutes 
0
Gun Hill Road
Lisa Kennedy
Gun Hill Road is shot through with performances at once intense and relaxed 
3
Gun Hill Road
Wesley Morris
Feels like it s been workshopped from its string of coincidences to its tidy downbeat conclusion in which Green stabs at irony with a dull knife 
3
Gun Hill Road
Peter Keough
A moving and enlightening exploration of the conflicts between identity desire cultural expectations and family ties 
2.5
Gun Hill Road
David Lewis
In writer director Rashaad Ernesto Green s assured hands Gun Hill Road manages somehow to be gritty delicate in your face and nuanced at the same time 
3
Gun Hill Road
Kyle Smith
Tenderness and good intentions don t necessarily add up to a movie 
2
Gun Hill Road
Rex Reed
The writing is predictable and off the scale in terms of trajectory The basic plot structure never follows one idea through to resolution 
2
Gun Hill Road
Glenn Heath Jr.
When Rashaad Ernesto Green keeps his camera trained on Harmony Santana s Michael the film brims over with interest and insight 
2
The Aquarium (Genenet al asmak)
Fernando F. Croce
In The Aquarium a fishbowl carved out of desert rock gives Yousry Nasrallah s film its title as well as its presiding image of urban malaise 
2.5
Springtime in a Small Town
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tian guides his story with great smoothness providing a hint of unease with his constantly gliding camera and his penchant for viewing the action from behind grated windows and other obstacles 
4
Springtime in a Small Town
G. Allen Johnson
Only a director who truly knows repression could have made a movie so subtle and so understanding 
3
Springtime in a Small Town
Gabe Leibowitz
Even potentially crushing situations are diffused by the respect each character has for one another 
3.5
Springtime in a Small Town
Robert W. Butler
There aren t a lot of plot complications in Springtime a remake of a celebrated 1948 Chinese film of the same name It s the way Tian tells his story that impresses 
3
Springtime in a Small Town
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Reinventing his source just as boldly as he has reinvented his artistic identity Tian circumvents the usual mentality of remakes by making his material brand new 
3
Springtime in a Small Town
Glenn Whipp
Haunting film 
3
Springtime in a Small Town
V.A. Musetto
A gorgeous love story set in a battle scarred house in China in the spring following the end of World War II 
3.5
Springtime in a Small Town
Walter Chaw
A map of the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice drawn with a master s steady stroke 
4
Springtime in a Small Town
Jeremy Heilman
Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style text and subtext that s so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance but against all odds nothing does 
4
Springtime in a Small Town
Ed Gonzalez
Tian emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to Liyan s backyard 
2.5
The Revenant
Brian Eggert
The Revenant may seem narratively simple but its treatment is a wonder 
4
The Revenant
Mattie Lucas
A bold brutal beautiful movie and an impeccably directed work of art 
4
The Revenant
Erik Anderson
It s powerful and compassionate right to the very last shot 
4
The Revenant
Pamela Powell
The Revenant is a harsh and violent film questioning the validity of life and vengeance during a long gone era It s visual eloquence beautifully tells a story of loyalty and love as it pushes the boundaries of morality with brutality 
3
The Revenant
Lisa Jensen
It s more like a post morality play in which greed commerce violence and villainy are so deeply entrenched that no one emerges with his soul unscathed 
2.5
The Revenant
Melissa Starker
As every step of Glass journey is laid out in painstaking detail where it is leading is rarely in doubt and how long it takes to get there makes this a feat of endurance for both the participants and the audience 
3
The Revenant
Sara Michelle Fetters
As a feat of filmmaking chutzpah it s one of 2015 s most intriguing offerings 
3
The Revenant
Sonny Bunch
The Revenant is a muddled and lumpy affair one whose occasionally brilliant flourishes are buried in an overlong movie in love with its own sense of grandiose suffering 
2
The Revenant
David N. Butterworth
Both the CGI bear and Leonardo DiCaprio s Oscar winning performance were perfectly well done 
3
The Revenant
Max Weiss
A grueling but engrossing tale of survival and revenge in the American frontier 
3.5
The Revenant
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It is a visceral experience starring actors at its best and filmed in a very spectacular way Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Revenant
Chris Knight
The Revenant runs for a shade over two and a half hours yet nary a minute feels wasted Such beauty almost beggars belief even as it reminds us what cinema as storyteller does best 
4
The Revenant
Anita Katz
Covered in animal fur a long beard and snow and uttering desperate grunts in lieu of words he gives the film a crucial dramatic trust and the mythic tinge that the title a French word for a person who reappears after a long absences suggests 
3
The Revenant
Tom Meek
The culmination doesn t deliver any burning revelation but the long bloody crawl through frozen hell ultimately becomes a contemplation on man and morality outside the confines of a law bound society 
3.5
The Revenant
Neil Rosen
Is it realistic Sure But does that make it something you want to see I say no 
1.5
The Revenant
Phil Villarreal
It s art worthy of respect and just as much fear Technically it could be better and could have benefitted from tighter editing and a more cohesive yarn 
2.5
The Revenant
John Beifuss
Like The Hateful Eight The Revenant identifies racism as the white man s mortal sin but here this poison subverts not just the legitimacy of the United States but the entire enterprise of European expansion into the New World 
3.5
The Revenant
John Serba
Inarritu s work on The Revenant is vigorous and cinematic his reverence applying not just to nature but the art of filmmaking emphasis on the art 
3.5
The Revenant
James Kendrick
a singular cinematic experience of profound visceral impact
4
The Revenant
John Hanlon
An incredible cinematic experience that is both shocking in its violence and awe inspiring in its depiction of one s man struggle to survive in the brutal wilderness 
4.0
The Revenant
David Keyes
We learn just as much about ourselves watching it as we do about those enduring the details firsthand 
4
The Revenant
David Nusair
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3
The Revenant
Scott Renshaw
Simply exhausting 
2.5
The Revenant
Rob Thomas
When Inarritu tries to sketch larger themes the movie descends into what they called in Blazing Saddles authentic frontier gibberish But when it stays simple and elemental it s an enthralling experience 
3.5
The Revenant
Willie Waffle
A brutal movie but a great one You don t even need to know the definition of revenant to enjoy it 
3.5
The Revenant
Kate Taylor
DiCaprio is called on to depict the man s desperation grief and searing anger almost entirely through his eyes and he does it with remarkable depth turning Glass s endurance into a steadfastness both physical and emotional 
3.5
The Revenant
Michael Smith
A hauntingly beautiful film in so many ways 
4
The Revenant
Anders Wright
The story is straightforward enough but Iñárritu and Lubezki have the utmost respect for the land around them 
3.5
The Revenant
Leonard Maltin
Award time musings for DiCaprio notwithstanding The Revenant remains adrift in the snow 
2.3
The Revenant
Ty Burr
DiCaprio may get put through bloody hell but on a big screen The Revenant is heaven with Lubezki s camera painting the American West as a rapturous primeval proving ground 
3
The Revenant
Dann Gire
Inarritu s gutsy risky drama with its hard boiled characters and vividly explicit acts of violence combines a classic Western revenge tale with the best camera work of the year 
4
The Revenant
Peter Howell
The Revenant seeps into the soul like the coldest chill ever experienced 
3.5
The Revenant
Chris Hewitt
Even though we re pretty sure we know where Revenant is going it s gripping every step of the way 
2.5
The Revenant
Calvin Wilson
Boldly original The Revenant puts everything else playing at the multiplexes in the shade 
4
The Revenant
Lawrence Toppman
A 156 minute western with 30 minutes of plot a gorgeous and well acted series of grueling battles between man and man or man and nature that amount emotionally to nothing at all 
2
The Revenant
Ann Hornaday
Despite the literal and figurative pains it takes to persuade viewers of its own importance The Revenant can t escape the clutches of crippling self regard 
2
The Revenant
Mick LaSalle
The Revenant is a director s movie a showcase for a filmmaker s vision and innovation Inarritu employs long complicated shots that make full use of the wide screen 
3
The Revenant
Rene Rodriguez
Words matter little in a movie that favors seeing and feeling above all else It s a work of pure furious sensation 
3.5
The Revenant
Steven Rea
The Revenant is exhilarating cinema 
3.5
The Revenant
Bob Bloom
It is as if Inárritu and Lubezki need affirmation of their talents by jumping and waving their arms in the background cinematically shouting Look at us Look at us 
2
The Revenant
Randy Myers
It is a unique journey that tells a timeless parable about greed redemption and the dawning realization that man might be even more dangerous than nature 
3.5
The Revenant
Peter Canavese
Iñárritu s insistently flashy cinematographic staging ultimately plays less as lyricism and more as poetry slam 
2.5
The Revenant
Jeff Beck
It s a grand adventure that delivers on its tale of survival and revenge and though it might be a little too intense for some it s ultimately well worth the two and a half hours to experience one of the most breathtaking films of the year 
3.5
The Revenant
Mark Dujsik
The movie is such a grueling experience that it s easy to feel a little betrayed by the contrived simplicity of its ultimate goal 
2.5
The Revenant
James Berardinelli
The Revenant isn t for everyone it asks more from its audience than the average motion picture but for those to whom the subject matter appeals it will be among 2015 s most memorable theatrical options 
3.5
The Revenant
Mike McGranaghan
A powerful unforgettable motion picture that packs a wallop you ll need some time to recover from 
4
The Revenant
Brett McCracken
The Revenant is the epitome of primal visceral cinema 
3.5
The Revenant
Brian Truitt
The Revenant is a throwback look at a wild time in American history and the team up of Iñárritu and DiCaprio gives this era a deserving epic 
3.5
The Revenant
Christian Toto
Come for the bear scene stay for a survival saga worth all of Leo s suffering 
3.5
The Revenant
Kyle Smith
It s intoxicating even as long stretches separate plot developments McCabe and Mrs Miller and the impressionistic rambles of Terrence Malick films such as Days of Heaven come to mind 
3
The Revenant
Peter Travers
It s one brutal badass epic Hang on for the power of cinema unleashed and DiCaprio stretching his acting muscles testing himself eager for challenge That you do not want to miss 
3.5
The Revenant
Stephen Whitty
As gorgeous as the landscapes are the men who march across them are small and mean and violent But then again this is not How the West Was Won This is mostly perhaps how it was 
3
The Revenant
Dustin Putman
A virtuoso display of pure awe inspiring cinema 
4
The Revenant
Kam Williams
A relentlessly gruesome gritty and grim adventure reminiscent of how the West was won 
4
The Revenant
Brian Tallerico
You don t just watch The Revenant you experience it You walk out of it exhausted impressed with the overall quality of the filmmaking and a little more grateful for the creature comforts of your life 
3.5
The Revenant
Roger Moore
An epic poem written in blood one of the best pictures of the year 
4
The Revenant
Soren Andersen
DiCaprio s performance is an astonishing testament to his commitment to a role 
4
The Revenant
Stephen Rebello
The Revenant is a stunning impeccably made hauntingly poetic western It s also long immersive demanding spooky and metaphysical 
3.5
The Revenant
Terence Johnson
We can watch a man endure a lot to get to where he wants to go but when we don t feel a connection it s hard to root for anything other than the film to be over 
1
The Revenant
Josh Larsen
This may be frontier America but it feels older primordial like a place humans aren t yet meant to be 
3.5
The Revenant
Clayton Davis
With a career that is full of tremendous performances five time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio offers an intense and moving testament to his legacy as one of modern cinema s most gifted actors 
3.5
The Revenant
Michael Phillips
Inarritu s brand of intensity allows for zero emotional complexity It s hard to respond completely to a filmmaker who hits every beat every note with the same bug eyed determination 
2.5
The Revenant
Matt Pais
A bit simple in the revenge focused story department but visually rich and rarely less than striking 
2.5
The Revenant
Jaime N. Christley
What pushes the film at long last into the icy river is its very design as a monument to slick mercenary grandeur 
1.5
The Escapist
David Nusair
The whole thing s about as believable as an episode of 24 or Prison Break but that s undoubtedly part of its charm 
2.5
Rebels on Pointe
Claudia Bauer
This thoughtfully crafted seamlessly edited film reveals the grit behind the glitter and it makes the Trocks humor as touching as it is pointed 
4
Aurora Borealis
John Hartl
Seems designed to reward Jackson with his biggest adult part to date though it doesn t give the Vancouver B C native a lot to work with 
2
Aurora Borealis
Wesley Morris
Good Will Hunting but in the Midwest and minus the tortured math genius psychological breakthroughs and convincing local color 
2
Aurora Borealis
Neva Chonin
Every bromide plot twist and stock character arrives right on time and to give director James Burke his due function as well as they ever have 
2
Aurora Borealis
Chris Hewitt
Boyd s observant script Minneapolis guy St What Kate St Paul It s on the other side of the river and fine acting smooth over most of the rough edges 
2.5
Aurora Borealis
Jeff Strickler
A sensitive and touching story about a distressed family and the emotional glue that holds it together 
3.5
Aurora Borealis
Ken Fox
The real surprise here is Lewis who seems to have finally hit on a role that balances her usual flakiness with smarts and an offbeat poignancy and she delivers the strongest work of her adult career 
3.5
Aurora Borealis
Timothy Knight
Fine acting distinguishes Aurora Borealis a moderately affecting seriocomic character study marred by a weak tidily resolved third act 
2.5
Aurora Borealis
Stephen Whitty
Aurora Borealis is Duncan s story and it s picked up some of his bad habits like him it s not sure what it wants to be 
2
Aurora Borealis
V.A. Musetto
Director James Burke could easily have trimmed 30 minutes of suffering 
2
Aurora Borealis
Elizabeth Weitzman
The latest Dawson s Creek alumnus to break out of his WB bonds Joshua Jackson proves himself all grown up in this sweetly scrappy indie 
2.5
Aurora Borealis
Jan Stuart
Likable if dramatically pat 
2
Aurora Borealis
Ross Anthony
It ll bring a tear to your eye a chuckle to your belly and good circulation to your day It s big warm heart shines strong through the celluloid 
3.5
Aurora Borealis
Dustin Putman
Has a relaxed and understated tone that blindsides the viewer at key moments with its dramatic potency 
3
Aurora Borealis
Ed Gonzalez
Aurora Borealis bites Good Will Hunting and Donald Sutherland feels most of the sting 
2
San Andreas
Brian Eggert
While its entire reason for being is to supply a bankable 44 familiar product that will deliver extensive returns 44 we can feel safe in the knowledge that a movie like San Andreas will not test our limits and will quickly disappear from our thoughts 46 
1.5
San Andreas
Michael Dequina
One can t exactly hate a film that delivers all the empty sound and fury stimuli it promises but no matter the expense and excess it still all adds up to just a glut of expensive emptiness 
2.5
San Andreas
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
San Andreas is the kind of movie one sees with the biggest bag of popcorn available it s pure and simple escapism fun without pretensions Watch it in 3D and watch it with little expectations and you ll have a good time Full review in Spanish 
3
San Andreas
Jeff Simon
Heaven help me I had a great time 
3
San Andreas
Sonny Bunch
San Andreas turns horror on an unimaginable scale into light entertainment Pass the popcorn 
1.5
San Andreas
Max Weiss
All the moving parts are expertly juggled by director Brad Peyton and yes the special effects are impressive But the disaster stuff is laid on way too thick 
2
San Andreas
David N. Butterworth
Best Performance by a Semi Retired Professional Wrestler in an Irwin Allen styled Disaster Movie That ll be the day I go back to Annandale 
2
San Andreas
Josh Terry
Earthquakes hit California and The Rock teams up with his estranged wife to save their daughter That s pretty much it and that s all there really needs to be 
3
San Andreas
David Nusair
San Andreas stands out as a better than average endeavor that at the very least boasts one of Johnson s most charismatic performances to date 
2.5
San Andreas
Linda Cook
It s not The Rock s fault 
2
San Andreas
James Kendrick
its disaster spectacle and sense of moral reckoning is hung on exactly the same narrative backbone as Emmerich s world shattering 2012 
2.5
San Andreas
John Beifuss
When a foolish woman separates from the world s manliest man in favor of a cowardly architect who builds wobbly skyscrapers that rudely scrape the heavens is it any wonder the angry gods smite her home state from top to bottom 
3
San Andreas
Sean P. Means
As disaster epics go San Andreas works It s not genius filmmaking but it s undemandingly entertaining 
3
San Andreas
John Serba
At least marks a technological progression from the days when directors of earthquake movies just shook the camera and dropped painted chunks of Styrofoam on the set 
2
San Andreas
Christy Lemire
It s like Planes Trains Automobiles only with a catastrophic body count 
1.5
San Andreas
Matt Brunson
The 1974 disaster flick Earthquake is notorious for the casting of 52 year old Ava Gardner as 59 year old Lorne Greene s daughter so rest assured there s nothing THAT daft in any aspect of San Andreas 
2.5
San Andreas
Burl Burlingame
Maybe if Giamatti and Johnson had switched roles we d have had a full course instead of eye candy for disaster buffs 
2
San Andreas
Peter Travers
Hell I m as up as the next guy for a dumb summer epic with special effects that fire up audiences But did San Andreas have to be such a monument to stupidity 
1.5
San Andreas
Mike McGranaghan
San Andreas doesn t aim very high It s nothing more than a popcorn movie designed to offer two hours of mindless thrills On that level it s quite passable Then again there have got to be some new ideas that disaster movies can be infused with 
2.5
San Andreas
Rafer Guzman
Top notch effects and a bottom scraping script make this disaster flick a spectacular bore 
2
San Andreas
Peter Canavese
Succeeds at exploiting a proven disaster movie formula without troubling itself much with little things like plot character and dialogue 
2
San Andreas
Willie Waffle
The Rock gets to emote You better bring some tissues 
2.5
San Andreas
Julia Cooper
San Andreas lacks backbone Between its steroidic CGI and emotionally vacant plot line the movie is all flex no muscle 
2
San Andreas
Steven Rea
Quite literally the blockbuster of the year 
3
San Andreas
Stephen Rebello
For connoisseurs of unintentionally terrible movies San Andreas delivers more than a few hearty belly laughs 
1.5
San Andreas
Dustin Putman
Audiences who choose to seek out San Andreas will get exactly what they came for Undeniably silly but riveting when it means it most the film delivers the goods Snooty cinephiles need not apply 
2.5
San Andreas
James Berardinelli
Paul Giamatti is perfectly cast as the rumpled scientist and his scenes are by far the most interesting It causes one to wonder if San Andreas might have worked better if the entire film had focused on his character 
2
San Andreas
Anders Wright
Sure the CGI and the VFX are impressive but the characters aren t and rather than trying to break any sort of new ground the movie simply churns it up 
2
San Andreas
Brian Truitt
The cringeworthy dialogue and unmoving earnestness are the biggest disasters in this mostly forgettable action flick
2
San Andreas
Chris Knight
There are several requirements that must be met by any disaster movie not wanting to qualify as a disaster itself San Andreas ticks off all the boxes this doesn t make it a great film but it does qualify as a fine disaster flick 
3
San Andreas
Brad Keefe
This is why we can t have nice things 
2
San Andreas
Mark Dujsik
San Andreas fulfills its promise of providing massive quantities of disaster Ultimately though we re left wondering if that alone is a promise worth keeping 
2
San Andreas
Jon Niccum
San Andreas delivers a collection of harrowing set pieces where the sets inevitably go to pieces 
2.5
San Andreas
Peter Howell
When you think about it is there anybody else you d want looking out for you in times of trouble than Johnson 
2.5
San Andreas
Bob Bloom
San Andreas plays as if the four screenwriters shopped at the disaster movie supermarket grabbing all the clichés they could from the clearance aisle and stuffing them in a cart 
1.5
San Andreas
Mick LaSalle
Some movies are easy to mock but hard to resist This is one of them 
3
San Andreas
Kevin C. Johnson
San Andreas is an action film that hits viewers over the head Again and again But isn t that exactly why you d want to go see it 
2.5
San Andreas
Moira MacDonald
The movie nicely delivers the computer generated goods the destruction of the Golden Gate Bridge is pretty spectacular and if Johnson doesn t quite make it sing at least it growls suspensefully 
2.5
San Andreas
Dann Gire
Nice to know that billions of dollars in property damage and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people took place in San Andreas just so Ray and Emma could avoid a no fault divorce 
2.5
San Andreas
Michael Phillips
I enjoyed large chunks of San Andreas largely because the actors give it a full load of sincerity and there s some bizarrely effective comic relief thanks to Hugo Johnstone Burt and Art Parkinson as Brits who picked the wrong week to visit the Bay Area 
2.5
San Andreas
Michael O'Sullivan
The dialogue is inappropriately jocular throughout which undercuts the genuine terror it attempts to muster 
2
San Andreas
Glenn Kenny
The action is bracing Johnson s performance is solid and within its extremely narrow parameters entirely convincing and Gugino and Daddario are both gritty and attractive The result is a pretty exemplary popcorn movie 
3
San Andreas
Rene Rodriguez
In San Andreas The Big One finally hits California and not even Dwayne Johnson s mutant biceps can keep those infamous tectonic plates from separating 
1
San Andreas
Matt Pais
Pretty scary and only moderately stupid 
2.5
San Andreas
Ed Gonzalez
In Brad Peyton s San Andreas the biggest earthquake in recorded history is less natural disaster than divorce negotiation process 
1.5
San Andreas
Lou Lumenick
The special effects aren t bad for a lower budget 100 million blockbuster though director Brad Peyton and his writers often deploy them in downright laughable ways 
1.5
San Andreas
Randy Myers
As for the story line there are faults and cracks aplenty But San Andreas does know where its epicenter must be overdone loud anything but realistic and enthusiastic destruction sequences 
2.5
San Andreas
Kam Williams
Does for San Francisco what Jaws did for the Ocean 
4
San Andreas
Roger Moore
Formulaic but well cast well played with well executed earthquakes by the world s best effects houses It works 
2.5
Rising From Ashes
Tom Keogh
Essentially a sports documentary with the look and feel of an ESPN program Rising from Ashes nevertheless has broad inspirational appeal on a human level 
2.5
Rising From Ashes
Peter Keough
Though the subject inspires Johnstone s treatment lacks focus and edge falling back on platitudes sentiment and generalities when clarity is what is needed 
2.5
Rising From Ashes
Farran Smith Nehme
The sincerity and simplicity of the film lift it somewhat above the ordinary run 
2.5
Rising From Ashes
Kam Williams
An inspirational illustration of how the Olympics came to serve as a unifying step in terms of exorcising the demons ever haunting Rwanda s grisly killing fields 
3
A Short Film About Killing
Dave Kehr
Devoid of sentimentality self satisfaction and subconscious sexiness A Short Film about Killing has the coolness and rigor of a mathematical proof Yet few films have cried more passionately and articulately against the cycle of human violence 
3.5
A Short Film About Killing
James Berardinelli
A Short Film About Killing is as grim as a motion picture gets but the intelligence and insight applied to its themes will keep the viewer riveted despite the pervasive gloom 
3.5
A Short Film About Killing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Far more effective in its longer version 
4
A Short Film About Killing
Edward Guthmann
Kieslowski movingly demonstrates the unexpected connections that strangers make and ponders the metaphysical forces that not only bind us but also redeem us 
3
A Short Film About Killing
Eric Henderson
Exudes a cosmic foreboding 
4
Goldfinger
Matt Brunson
It s the easy choice The obvious choice The safe choice It s also the best choice a no brainer 
4
Goldfinger
Tom Meek
The stoic tongue in cheek style in this third 007 flick was culturally defining 
3.5
Goldfinger
Wanda Hale
It s phenomenal 
4
Goldfinger
Austin Kennedy
GOLDFINGER for me isn t the perfect Bond movie though it does have all the elements to be perfect but it s still a fun corny time Definition of a popcorn movie 
3
Goldfinger
David Nusair
remains a cut above its Bond brethren 
3
Goldfinger
Scott Nash
The one that all other Bond films must live up to and the only one of the films that surpasses the book upon which it is based 
4
Goldfinger
James Berardinelli
Although more gimmicky than From Russia with Love this film is equally as entertaining 
3.5
Goldfinger
Roger Ebert
If it is not a great film it is a great entertainment and contains all the elements of the Bond formula that would work again and again 
4
Goldfinger
Steve Rhodes
If spy action films ever had a classic then this is it 
4
Romeo Must Die
David Nusair
46 46 46 sporadically engaging yet predominantly tiresome 46 46 46 
1.5
Romeo Must Die
Walter Chaw
undiluted garbage
0
Romeo Must Die
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jet Li deserves better than this 
2
Romeo Must Die
Mac Verstandig
Everyone can enjoy the main special effect in the movie Jet Li 
3
Romeo Must Die
Christina Ziegler-McPherson
It s not Shakespeare a la Kenneth Branagh but it s not bad either 
2.5
Romeo Must Die
Bob Graham
Straight ahead action would have been more than sufficient 
2
Romeo Must Die
Ross Anthony
A big cool fun movie 
3
Romeo Must Die
Tor Thorsen
Despite Li s rascal charm and Aaliyah s groovy sensuality the leading pair have less chemistry than a remedial science class when they awkwardly dance in a painful to watch nightclub scene their coolness is all too apparent 
2
Romeo Must Die
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene mucho de accin pero poca sustancia
2
Romeo Must Die
Rob Blackwelder
The inexperienced director does aim high but ultimately Romeo Must Die succumbs to lowest common denominator syndrome 
2.5
Romeo Must Die
Steve Rhodes
There are no characters just stick figures 
2
Romeo Must Die
Ian Mantgani
It all ends in a lot of explosions Surprised 
1.5
Romeo Must Die
Susan Stark
Jet Li is quite simply the Michael Jordan of martial arts 
2
Romeo Must Die
Susan Wloszczyna
A plodding play it safe rendition of The Family Feud 
2.5
Romeo Must Die
James Berardinelli
When the film sticks to action it s on firm ground 
2
Romeo Must Die
Bob Bloom
There is too much dialogue and too little Li 
2
Romeo Must Die
Cornell & Petricelli
For martial arts enthusiasts Jet Li s artistry will barely compensate for the gaping flaws of Romeo Must Die For others it would be a wasted trip to the theater 
2.5
Romeo Must Die
Roger Ebert
Li s scenes are so clearly computer aided that his moves are about as impressive as Bugs Bunny doing the same 
1.5
Romeo Must Die
Michael Dequina
All Romeo Must Die claims and wants to be is one brisk jolt of action and that s exactly what it is 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Chris Alexander
DAWN OF THE DEAD is a movie for all time 46 A movie for OUR time 46 Though there are thousands of movies like it 8230 there 8217 s no movie quite like it 46 Does that make sense 63 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Brian Eggert
Political and social satire rarely gets as dark as George A Romero s films where gags are outlined by living death and punctuated by sinewy bloody gore 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Roger Ebert
Dawn of the Dead is one of the best horror films ever made and as an inescapable result one of the most horrifying It is gruesome sickening disgusting violent brutal and appalling 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Eric Henderson
Dawn of the Dead s most unsettling aspect is in how it shows us how little we ve changed as a culture 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Upon a second viewing Dawn of the Dead is still just as scary and just as relevant more so than the remake 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Walter Chaw
For my money John Carpenter s Halloween released the same year is smarter sharper and more influential 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Andrew Howe
An effort which redefines the genre 
3.5
Closed Curtain
Peter Keough
The Kafkaesque story itself proves more engaging while the narrative illusion is sustained than it does when Panahi s imposed solipsistic self regard shatters it 
3.5
Closed Curtain
Stephanie Merry
It doesn t carry the impact of some of Panahi s more conventional films It s not his best movie but the fact that he s making a movie at all is remarkable 
3
Closed Curtain
G. Allen Johnson
This is one of those layered fairly plotless and enigmatic films that comes into sharper focus as it goes along 
2.5
Closed Curtain
Tom Wright-Piersanti
In a way Closed Curtain is of and by itself precisely what Panahi is stubbornly insisting on the right to make films the way he wants to make them and to say the things he wants to say without any interference from anyone 
3
Closed Curtain
Godfrey Cheshire
Essentially a psychological self portrait 
3
Closed Curtain
Jesse Cataldo
The next step in Jafar Panahi s personal cinema of captivity a fully fictionalized wildly bewildering work which imagines a man at war with his own creative impulse 
3.5
Overlord
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unknown classic 
3.5
Overlord
John Hayes
The actual war footage and fictional elements combine to create the illusion of a 1940s war movie that was never really made in a 1970s war movie that was never released for contemporary audiences during a time of war 
3
Overlord
Jack Mathews
Though made 31 years after D Day the dramatic scenes have the period look of a 40s movie which links them perfectly with the stunning archival footage 
3.5
Overlord
Roger Ebert
Combines its newsreel and fictional footage so effectively that it has a greater impact than all fiction or all documentary could have achieved 
4
Hotel Paraiso
Jan Stuart
The Dutch may have scooped us when it comes to embracing the various permutations of human sexuality but Paula van der Oest s densely schematic romantic comedy crinkles enlightenment into an aluminum foil ball of hooey 
2
Hotel Paraiso
V.A. Musetto
It might have a chance as a TV sitcom but discerning moviegoers will be bored out of their minds 
1
Rumble Fish
Matt Brunson
If The Outsiders was S E Hinton for the masses then Rumble Fish was seemingly designed with the art house crowd in mind 
2.5
Rumble Fish
Eric Melin
The chiaroscuro lighting and shadows are admittedly handsome but there just isn t enough to keep Rumble Fish afloat in the story department There s a lot of talking and existential ruminating but very little forward movement 
2
Rumble Fish
James Kendrick
as intriguing and compelling as it is frustrating
3
Rumble Fish
Roger Ebert
This is a movie you are likely to hate unless you can love it for its crazy feverish charm 
3.5
Cecil B. Demented
Michael Dequina
Leave it to Waters to find a proper use for Mrs Johnson Banderas whose natural annoying shrillness is perfect 
3
Cecil B. Demented
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Waters may have a budget 9 million and real Hollywood stars now but he s still giving the finger to everything decent with his new film
4
Cecil B. Demented
James Kendrick
There is so little difference between DeMented s point of view and Waters that one has to wonder what the point was in creating a fictional character 
2
Cecil B. Demented
Roger Ebert
The movie has a radical premise but pitches it at the level of a very bad sketch on Saturday Night Live 
1.5
Cecil B. Demented
Rod Armstrong
A film that s as ill conceived as the movies it mocks 
1
Cecil B. Demented
James Berardinelli
As a satire Cecil B Demented is uninspired and as a motion picture it s unfunny charmless and amateurish 
1.5
Cecil B. Demented
Susan Stark
Waters writing has never been sharper or more focused than in Cecil B Demented 
3
Cecil B. Demented
Rob Blackwelder
A hilarious and very much old school John Waters anti blockbuster romp that chews up and spits out the kind of pandering Hollywood conventions that to toothless cookie cutter box office hits 
3
Cecil B. Demented
Bob Graham
An audacious little comedy with bursts of hilarity and a certain giddy energy 
3
Honeydew
David Gonzalez
Though the film offers intriguing questions and a plot setup 44 it fails in its execution with a bloated runtime and disappointed vagueness that makes the film a mess 46 
2.5
Honeydew
Steven Prokopy
I found it predictable laborious and ultimately empty 
2
Honeydew
Erik Childress
After an hour of a worthy build up the director seems intent to let us dangle from his calling card rather than following through with a climax worth our effort 
2
Honeydew
Tomris Laffly
This listless genre exercise mostly plays like a film school spun tribute to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with some Hansel and Gretel clumsily mixed in but without a political or philosophical foundation to stand on 
1
Honeydew
Roger Moore
Whizbang editing aside it s a slow slog of a movie with a seriously obvious destination 
2
Country Strong
Brandy McDonnell
The story is too clunky and overstuffed and its flaws are even more glaring when spotlighted against stellar country music dramas 
2.5
Country Strong
Michael Dequina
A rawer realer and far more believable and compelling portrait of a self destructive country artist s attempt at recovery than Crazy Heart 
3
Country Strong
Roger Moore
A little like modern country music odd moments of sincerity heart and authenticity peek through the plastic the hype and the manufactured hokum 
1.5
Country Strong
David Nusair
Country Strong s downfall stems from its almost egregiously deliberate pace 
2
Country Strong
Brett McCracken
There are real issues here that need to be explored the neurosis of fame and its consequent personal and relational stresses but Country Strong gives them only surface treatment 
1.5
Country Strong
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie slogs from scene to scene with no urgency no energy making 110 minutes feel like a mind numbing mental marathon the likes of which even championship level Grand Master chess players would find far too taxing 
2
Country Strong
Linda Cook
Oh my goodness It s the first Lifetime Movie Network flick to hit the big screen 
2
Country Strong
John Beifuss
The story s shifting perspectives and sympathies the distinctions between the authentic singer songwriter and the pop vocalist prove ambiguous result in a music centric work that feels more honest while being less entertaining than Crazy Heart 
3
Country Strong
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A fairly turgid new drama that is anything but subtle anything but surprising but somehow it s truthful and honest and the characters get under your skin 
2.5
Country Strong
Lori Hoffman
The plot is like a bad country song that just wants to pile on the heartbreak and the clichs 
1.5
Country Strong
Brett Michel
A bizarre cut that finds Kelly and Beau riding a freight train just adds to the sensation that we re witnessing a film career off its rails 
0.5
Country Strong
Glenn Heath Jr.
Remember when country music meant something to narrative filmmaking when a tortured soulful song put to film could document the doubts and dimensions of an entire generation 
0
Country Strong
Matt Brunson
The soundtrack includes mostly new tunes but the only country song that kept racing through my increasingly bored mind was Willie Nelson s Wake Me When It s Over 
2
Country Strong
Christian Toto
Paltrow s got the pipes but Garrett Hedlund steals Country Strong out from under her 
2.5
Country Strong
Kate Taylor
Feste struggles mightily to instill meaning and grandeur in Country Strong but her initial efforts to sidestep clich often result in confusion before she simply gives up and opts for melodrama 
2
Country Strong
Amy Biancolli
Country Strong has a bit more to recommend it the music most of all but it s still a tough slog through emotional swamplands 
2.5
Country Strong
Robert W. Butler
After a while you find yourself giggling uncontrollably as Paltrow lurches through her scenes 
1.5
Country Strong
Peter Travers
Country Strong is dead on arrival 
1
Country Strong
Jen Chaney
A disjointed drama filled with one dimensional characters and melodrama so Lifetime movie esque that it careens into unintentional comedy 
1.5
Country Strong
Kyle Smith
Patsy Cline Loretta Lynn Gwyneth Paltrow 
2
Country Strong
Rene Rodriguez
Gwyneth Paltrow is a beautiful gifted actress with a lovely singing voice but she s never been more miscast than she is in Country Strong 
2
Country Strong
James Berardinelli
While the melodrama is ladled on fast and thick at times it is performed with sufficient conviction that we are drawn in rather than left on the outside laughing at it 
2.5
Country Strong
Peter Howell
The many tunes in Country Strong are of such astounding banality it s as if they were written by caged chimps as they were driven through Nashville on the way to a medical research lab 
1.5
Country Strong
Moira MacDonald
You watch Country Strong wishing you were watching Crazy Heart and wondering whether Gwyneth Paltrow read the script all the way through and wishing Bridges would turn up to show the folks how it s done 
2
Country Strong
Stephen Whitty
A movie that isn t smart enough to realize how stupid it really is 
1.5
Country Strong
Willie Waffle
Why do I have to listen to Meester caterwaul throughout the movie and Tim McGraw one of the biggest music stars on the planet doesn t even pick up a guitar 
1
Country Strong
Dustin Putman
So filled with mixed messages misguided plot turns and consecutive false denouements that by the actual end it finally comes off as nothing but an infuriating betrayal 
2
Country Strong
Chris Hewitt
There s so much going on in Country Strong with a new theme or plotline emerging every 10 minutes or so that it feels like an entire season of a TV series has been crammed into two hours 
2
Country Strong
Cathy Jakicic
The musical numbers offer some of the strongest moments in Country Strong The story s offstage dramas however are like a country song with every other verse removed 
2.5
Country Strong
Wesley Morris
Country Strong is a title that calls to mind a pickup truck Only in a work of science fiction would it suffice as a description of Gwyneth Paltrow 
2
Country Strong
Carrie Rickey
While Paltrow belts out the title anthem with conviction it is the younger performers who sing more intimate and moving numbers that advance the story rather than merely stating it 
2.5
Country Strong
Michael Phillips
The movie s well acted Almost everything else about Country Strong is weak 
2
Country Strong
Roger Ebert
Country Strong is one of the best movies of 1957 and I mean that sincerely as a compliment 
2.5
Country Strong
Claudia Puig
Most of the effort seems to have gone into the original music which is pleasant but not memorable and too little on creating believable multidimensional characters 
2.5
The Silence
David Nusair
Filmmaker John R Leonetti delivers a blisteringly paced opening stretch that effectively establishes the cataclysmic scenario 
3
The Silence
Brian Tallerico
Even the always welcome Stanley Tucci can t add any flair to a movie that feels so much like a relative of John Krasinski s 2018 smash hit 
1.5
Magnolia
Joe Leydon
Go see it for yourself And don t be surprised if you want to see it again and again 
4
Magnolia
David Keyes
As the years pass and we are weathered by universal experiences the predicaments of Anderson s characters seem less pathetic and more like the plight of everyone we love and admire 
4
Magnolia
Gary Arnold
After establishing a sardonic mocking tone Mr Anderson goes mawkish with an overcompensating vengeance It seems to take him an eternity to rig a fade out 
0.5
Magnolia
David Nusair
Undeniably one of the most emotionally draining films ever made 
4
Magnolia
Joe Lozito
Easily one of the best of the year 
4
Magnolia
Derek Smith
Marks the arrival of a great if not the greatest modern director
4
Magnolia
Judith Egerton
Anderson s movie has the audacity to expose the ugliness within a society that worships power and cherishes materialism 
3
Magnolia
Wesley Lovell
In the end 44 8220 Magnolia 8221 might have a sometimes confusing 44 but ultimately rewarding plot 44 but it is the ensemble that makes the film 46 
4
Magnolia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anderson brings us his third movie with more confidence and skill than his 29 years would suggest 
3.5
Magnolia
Margaret A. McGurk
The film s genius lies in Mr Anderson s brilliant construction which weaves the stories together with dazzling elegance 
4
Magnolia
Liam Lacey
You don t have to like everything Anderson does but if you enjoy seeing the walls rattled and the roof raised in the Hollywood citadel you ve got to love it 
3
Magnolia
Jeremy Heilman
P T Anderson s Magnolia is probably my favorite film of the 1990 s 
4
Magnolia
Andrew Howe
Speaks to us from places we know all too well the dark side of the morning and the solitary depths of the human heart 
4
Magnolia
Steve Rhodes
The best of the segments are absolutely mesmerizing 
3
Magnolia
Ross Anthony
Magnolia is magnificent 
4
Magnolia
Jorge Avila Andrade
Nos deja el pensamiento de que aunque la vida es compleja y dura siempre puede ocurrir algo que cambie nuestros destinos
3.5
Magnolia
Tor Thorsen
As it stands Magnolia is a collection of melodramatic diamonds lost in the rough of a director s self indulgence 
3
Magnolia
Lou Lumenick
It s an audacious hilarious deeply affecting three hour tapestry 
4
Magnolia
Greg Dean Schmitz
The performances are all around great with everyone fitting perfectly into their given role 
2.5
Magnolia
Mike Clark
The most imperfect of the year s best movies Magnolia s flaws are easily forgiven because they are the result of go for broke ambition 
3.5
Magnolia
Madeleine Williams
Magnolia is mesmerizing 
3.5
Magnolia
Michael Dequina
Magnificent masterwork 
4
Magnolia
Marty Mapes
Some parts are imperfect some of the seams are badly stitched but the finished piece is a work of art 
3.5
Magnolia
Cornell & Petricelli
Ingenious film 
4
Magnolia
Bob Graham
In the most amazing performance of many here Tom Cruise plays the charismatic guru of a cultish self help seminar for would be macho lady killers 
3
Magnolia
David Sterritt
Anderson is still a solid talent but he should remember to explore his ideas in depth as well as breadth 
2
Magnolia
James Berardinelli
Those who get the film are in for something that ranks as more of a cinematic experience than a mere movie 
3.5
Magnolia
Susan Stark
Those willing to wait will find ample reward here Those who want and expect prompt gratification will find an invitation to walk out at some point during the first 90 minutes of the picture 
2
Magnolia
Jay Carr
Magnolia is Short Cuts with hope It s my kind of mess 
3
Magnolia
Roger Ebert
Magnolia is operatic in its ambition a great joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence with ragged emotions crimes and punishments deathbed scenes romantic dreams generational turmoil and celestial intervention all scored to insistent music 
4
Magnolia
Shay Casey
Both frustrating and enthralling at the same time 
3.5
Magnolia
Ian Mantgani
The sins of fathers sons and lovers come pouring onto the audience in a torrent of stifling intensity 
4
Magnolia
David N. Butterworth
I can guarantee it will make it onto my best films of 2000 list 
3.5
Magnolia
Rob Blackwelder
An intricate mosaic of emotional stories intertwined by coincidence Magnolia is an elegant expos of human frailty 
3.5
Magnolia
Jim Bartoo
Magnolia is as challenging and evolutionary a film as one could hope for 
3.5
Magnolia
Dustin Putman
Magnolia is a mind blowing masterpiece of a movie heavy in drama intense emotional material characters and underlying themes 
4
Breezy
David Nusair
a predictably slow moving drama that grows more and more absorbing as it progresses 
3
Breezy
Matt Brunson
What s remarkable about the film is that the love story never feels offensive exploitative or icky instead it s intelligent believable and sympathetic 
3
Breezy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Looks like some remnant from the hippie days But what a surprise to see that Breezy is really quite touching and even delightful 
3.5
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Roger Ebert
It s shallow and kind of dumb and the animation is routine and the story isn t much and the stakes are a lot higher these days in the featurelength animation game 
1
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
James Berardinelli
We re Back is an exercise in endurance not only is it dull but it has such an overwhelming sense of sweetness that it threatens to become nauseating 
2
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Steve Rhodes
If creating a non offensive movie filled with sweet dinosaurs who have had a lot of time on their hands and not much to do is a measure of success then the movie accomplishes what it set out to do 
1.5
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
Moira MacDonald
Did he truly sell his soul or was he just as a family member says in the film the wrong kind of hero The film fascinates even as the man himself remains elusive 
3
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
Mark Feeney
The very things that make Killing Kasztner maddening herky jerky storytelling heavy handedness doomy music unearned moral certitude keep it moving right along 
2.5
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
Amy Biancolli
What emerges is less than an in depth portrait of a man we learn little about him aside from his intelligence his charisma and his itch to be near power than a study of nationhood history and the psychology of heroism 
3.5
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Notable for if nothing else introducing a Jewish character endowed with much of the same historical controversy as his German counterparts 
2.5
Mister Johnson
Matt Brunson
Eziashi delivers an exquisite performance 
3
Mister Johnson
Roger Ebert
I have seen Mister Johnson two times and both times I admired its sense of time and place and the thoughtful performances of Eziashi Brosnan and Woodward 
3
1408
David Keyes
An excursion through the psychological intrigue of the human mind that is precise tense atmospheric and performed with great dramatic intensity 
3
1408
Mike Scott
A good old fashioned horror flick one that relies on supernatural chills psychological twists and top shelf special effects as opposed to the recent trend toward ball gags bound wrists and bad lighting 
2.5
1408
Tom Meek
Cusack s gritty near over the top performance goes a long way as does the subtle slow burn from director Mikael Håfström but Samuel L Jackson needed to be nudged awake as the hotel manager 
2.5
1408
Rossiter Drake
From the start it builds to a point of unbearable tension and then rewards us with a payoff that is cleverly executed and genuinely terrifying 
3.5
1408
Tyler Hanley
Although 1408 lacks the dramatic power of either Misery or The Shining John Cusack s riveting performance rivals that of James Caan and Jack Nicholson 
2.5
1408
Lori Hoffman
On the creep o meter I ll give it a five out of 10 
2.5
1408
James Kendrick
a cannily effective horrorshow even if its PG 13 scares sometimes feel like they ve been pulled a bit
3
1408
Mark Dujsik
The film is like an effective haunted house with one eerie set piece following another 
3
1408
Gina Carbone
Props to Enslin s tape recorder for rivaling Wilson the Cast Away volleyball as Best Inanimate Object For A Man On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown 
2.75
1408
Matt Brunson
On balance 1408 runs the numbers better than most 
2.5
1408
Jonathan W. Hickman
Hoping to set itself apart from the current horror trend 1408 is spooky but never scary and for some viewers that will be more than enough 
2.5
1408
Scott Nash
Just what does Stephen King have against the hotel industry 
3
1408
Mike McGranaghan
1408 is the first genuinely scary movie I ve seen since The Ring and it restores my faith in Hollywood s ability to make artful horror 
3.5
1408
Sean McBride
a decidedly old school film relying on tension and gothic scares rather than buckets of blood 
3.5
1408
Linda Cook
You ll want to check out room 1408 That is if you like a solid horror story fine performances and Stephen King tales 
3
1408
James Sanford
the majority of the movie is built entirely around Enslin s scary safari into his subconscious and Cusack gives a high powered performance that never fails to hold your attention 
3
1408
James Berardinelli
It reminds us what it s like to be scared in a theater rather than overwhelmed by buckets of blood and gore 
3
1408
Larry Ratliff
Cusack a talented everyman but not quite a slick leading man type spends much of his time alone battling the elements as it were 
3
1408
Scott Bowles
A faithful and creepy adaptation of King s 2002 short story 
3
1408
Rob Salem
Even as haunted hotel King movies go 1408 is certainly no Shining Not even the TV movie version 
2
1408
Ted Fry
A genuinely disturbing and ingenious piece of horror that s as much a brainteaser as it is a feast of visual creativity 
3
1408
Mick LaSalle
1408 is one of the good Stephen King adaptations one that maintains its author s sly sense of humor and satiric view of human nature 
3
1408
Carla Meyer
Handsomely shot and well acted but only modestly involving for much of its length 1408 doesn t perk up until its final half hour By then it s too late 
2.5
1408
Jim Hemphill
Scary smart and moving it s a terrific summer entertainment for grown ups 
3.5
1408
Steven Rea
An entertainingly hairy paranormal affair based on a King short story 1408 sets up its star and its audience for a blood curdling bone chilling night of horror 
3
1408
Lisa Rose
There s ghoulish fun and Hichcockian suspense until the film hits a narrative wall around the 60 minute mark 
2
1408
Kyle Smith
If I ever check into a hotel room and the clock radio is playing the Carpenters I m going to freak out 
3
1408
Elizabeth Weitzman
In this mix of recycled scares and half hearted twists the only real fright is the sight of an interesting actor wasting his talents in yet another mediocre movie 
2
1408
Duane Dudek
Neither viscerally compelling nor emotionally satisfying 
2
1408
Rene Rodriguez
With a minimal amount of blood and virtually no gore 1408 still manages to give you a major case of the creep outs 
2.5
1408
Glenn Whipp
The dread is palpable in this chilling suspense thriller about a hotel room that more than lives up to its evil reputation 
3
1408
Robert W. Butler
For a deep in the bones sense of dread that great horror generates 1408 comes up short 
2.5
1408
Rick Groen
You might say 1408 has a 1409 ending beige humdrum only mildly uncomfortable and once passed through on the journey home instantly forgettable 
2.5
1408
Terry Lawson
You would assume that Stephen King had wrung about all the neurosis that could be squeezed from the haunted writer theme in Secret Window Misery and most famously The Shining You would however be wrong dead wrong 
3
1408
Desiree Belmarez
A psychologically thrilling movie that leaves you gasping in the end 
3
1408
Mary F. Pols
Cusack is uniquely suited to the role a movie that really wanted to spook us would posit him as a happy church going family man But until such time we have Swedish director Mikael Hafstrom s fun take on Stephen King s short story of the same name 
3
1408
Teresa Budasi
All the suspense and shock depends on Cusack s performance how he reacts from minute to minute and he does a terrific job under Mikael Hafstrom s direction 
2.5
1408
Wesley Morris
The problem with this movie is that it feels too much like a joke rather than a true work of suspense 
2.5
1408
Sean P. Means
The ability of 1408 to raise goosebumps relies on Cusack s skill in making even the doubting Enslin appear genuinely terrified 
3
1408
Kit Bowen
Stripped of unnecessary gore and predictable scare tactics 1408 is a chilling psychological mind bender which stays true to its Stephen King roots 
3.5
1408
John Beifuss
Domestic difficulties were central to the scariness of The Shining and Pet Sematary but here the psychological back story and so called character development seem like padding 
2
1408
David Nusair
ultimately little doubt that the film s build up is more effective than its pay off 
2.5
1408
Daniel M. Kimmel
While it s refreshing to see a scary movie that s not about torture and dismembered corpses that s not enough 
2
1408
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hafstrom turns in a clean almost old fashioned film with a precise rhythm But the movie s real trick is the rising sense of dreadful expectation 
3
1408
Sara Michelle Fetters
His one real scene with Jackson is a mesmerizing corker the two actors sparing with one another like two master chess players trying to find the most director route to their opponent s jugular 
3
1408
Erik Childress
While 1408 is no Shining it s a solid and welcome entry to the kind of begotten supernatural tales all too sparse in contemporary cinema 
3
1408
Willie Waffle
one of the best horror movies I have seen in a few years
3.5
1408
Eric Melin
1408 stumbles one too many times and cannot escape the genre s most common curse the dumb ending 
2
1408
Peter Travers
Swedish director Mikael Hafsrom who scored with Evil in 2003 and fizzled badly with Derailed two years later seems to have regained his footing 
3
1408
Chris Hewitt
Your check in time for the Dolphin Hotel s room 1408 should be whenever the movie hits video stores 
2
1408
Jan Stuart
1408 is not quite interesting enough to linger long in the mind but it has enough jack in the box chills to mollify those who feel it s been all downhill since The Uninvited 
2.5
1408
Jeff Vice
1408 offers proof that you really can make a creepy and effective PG 13 rated horror movie 
3
1408
Dustin Putman
Underneath the atmosphere and pizzazz is an intimate and thoughtful portrait of one man s return from an abyss infinitely more haunting than any old evil hotel room 
3
1408
Michael Phillips
It s a good solid scare picture modestly scaled but well crafted And unlike certain other horror items on offer right now this one doesn t make you feel like a psycho in training for sitting through it 
3
1408
Matt Pais
As the film chips away at the psychological barriers that protect a non believer from being scared don t expect your defenses to fare any better 
3
1408
Josh Larsen
Cusack is supposed to be a haunted house pro but after a window shuts on his fingers and the sink sprays hot water he turns hysterical Shouldn t he call maintenance first 
1.5
1408
Phil Villarreal
It pins you into a claustrophobic chamber of terror for a surprisingly stomach turning thrill ride 
3
1408
Walter Chaw
Yes it s that kind of film what kind of film did you think it was going to be 
1.5
1408
Nick Schager
1408 s mixture of supernatural hullabaloo and spiritual awakening is sturdily propped up by Cusack whose performance is equal parts caustic cynicism and empathetic turmoil 
2.5
Godzilla 2000
Jeffrey Westhoff
We know we re in for a good time right from the start when plucky photographer Yuki says I ve really got to get some great pictures here while moving her lips only twice 
3
Godzilla 2000
James Kendrick
this is old school Godzilla meaning unconvincing special effects a ridiculous plotline involving a rival monster and lots of Japanese actors with badly overdubbed dialogue
2.5
Godzilla 2000
Emily Blunt
Just nuthin special
2
Godzilla 2000
Jeffrey Wachs
This year s most enjoyable sci fi flick 
3
Godzilla 2000
Rob Blackwelder
Low production values high camp and a guy in a giant rubber reptile suit rampaging through a detailed miniature of Tokyo knocking down buildings kicking cars and breathing fire Yeah that s the stuff 
3
Godzilla 2000
Bob Graham
It is sci fi kitsch fun 
2
Godzilla 2000
James Berardinelli
In the so bad it s good category 
3
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Gail Pennington
It s new and even modern but it has the warm heart and stop motion style of holiday specials past 
3.5
Smokey and the Bandit II
Larry Vitacco
Shame on everybody involved 
1.5
Smokey and the Bandit II
Roger Ebert
How can I say it s lazy when it has 50 trucks doing stunts in it Because it takes a lot less thought to fill up a movie with stunts than to create a comedy that s genuinely funny 
1
Captain Marvel
Brian Eggert
Unfortunately the lackluster writing and serviceable production diminish the basic thrills we expect from the MCU making Captain Marvel a letdown if only because of its vast potential It remains diverting and that s all 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Cassidy Olsen
This nonlinear narrative adds interest beyond your typical origin story but it s quickly overwhelmed by the same shtick that s in all these movies uncompelling action sequences recycled villains and flat direction 
1.5
Captain Marvel
Jason Fraley
A film that plays it safe with familiar formula but is so entertainingly empowering that it will inspire girls everywhere 
3
Captain Marvel
Steven Prokopy
At a positively brisk two hours the film has an old school action movie vibe that is a long overdue introduction to a character who holds great promise in years to come 
3
Captain Marvel
Doug Walker
The direction is boring the acting is boring the writing is boring this is pretty boring 
2
Captain Marvel
Catherine Springer
Captain Marvel is an enjoyable escapist movie that happens to check all the boxes for a modern progressive audience and delivers humor and action in an easy to watch slickly made package that maybe even the fanboys might like 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Jeff Mitchell
Our comic book heroine has to remember her past and you won t easily forget this fun milestone movie 
3
Captain Marvel
Mattie Lucas
One can t quite help but feel that something this groundbreaking should have felt a bit more fresh and adventurous than it ultimately does 
2.5
Captain Marvel
James Kendrick
I have to admit that I admire any superhero movie in which the hero spends at least half of her screen time wearing a faded Nine Inch Nails T shirt
3
Captain Marvel
Wesley Lovell
It took too long to get a woman at the head of a Marvel Cinematic Universe film and it s about time 
3.5
Captain Marvel
David Nusair
just another generic cookie cutter comic book movie that brings virtually nothing new to the table 
2
Captain Marvel
Tony Norman
such a disappointment though still worth seeing 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Matt Brunson
Ignore those imbecilic MRAs frightened fanboys and all other insecure man babies shellacked in misogyny The truth is that this film is reams of fun and significantly no different in quality from past solo superhero flicks produced by Marvel 
3
Captain Marvel
Sarah Knight Adamson
Larson shines as she s made the independently strong character her own serving as a role model to all young girls worldwide however the scenes between her and a younger eyepatch less Fury are my favorite 
3
Captain Marvel
Linda Cook
Captain Marvel flies onto the screen with adventure and female empowerment 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Michael Medved
It s hard to see that anyone will think this is one of the better entries into the Marvel universe 
2
Captain Marvel
Pamela Powell
Those of us who have had our fill of this genre will still enjoy the message it sends with great character development and interaction connecting us to the characters and creating a strong female lead 
3
Captain Marvel
Reginald Ponder
Brie Larson is truly the Captain of this ship And while this is a worthy voyage the story falls short of MARVEL ous 
3
Captain Marvel
Jeff Beck
It really all comes down to the ho hum writing It s far from the worst film in the MCU but don t be surprised if you find yourself not getting as invested as usual or if the film ends up fading from memory faster than others 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Mike McGranaghan
A meaningful tale of feminine strength one enhanced by rousing action and clever humor 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Rick Bentley
The efforts to mix massive action scenes with down to Earth humor is less of the smooth transition it needs to be to work and more of a jarring trek 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Alan French
While Marvel really needed to focus on building this one character instead of many at once the power of Larson Jackson and more pull the picture together 
3
Captain Marvel
Stephen Rebello
Captain Marvel isn t a pain to sit through but such a venerable character long overdue on the big screen the talents involved in putting her there and Marvel s rabidly faithful international audience deserved much better 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Mark Daniell
Does it work The short answer is yes There s enough to keep both diehard Marvel fans and newcomers engaged 
3
Captain Marvel
Leah Pickett
Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel is a formidable force and a welcome addition to the MCU 
3
Captain Marvel
Robert Horton
Boden and Fleck leave room for quiet one liners and sidelong glances Mendelsohn is especially good at throwaway expressions even in his space lizard guise 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Matthew Rozsa
The breakout character of Captain Marvel may wind up being an adorable cat named Goose whose cuteness seems destined to launch thousands of social media posts 
3
Captain Marvel
Sonny Bunch
Lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre movie about a cosmically powered white woman 
2
Captain Marvel
Bob Bloom
Captain Marvel set in the mid 1990s is not the best offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe It s like an old car on a freezing winter day It sputters when you start it but gradually warms up and hits on all cylinders 
3
Captain Marvel
Michael Smith
It s too bad Captain Marvel s debut movie isn t better and less convoluted because the character seems to have great potential and Oscar winner Brie Larson looks like a great fit for the role 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Mark Dujsik
T he film isn t so much about conflict as it is about discovery 
3
Captain Marvel
Josh Larsen
Just when I think my MCU exhaustion is almost complete Captain Marvel arrives to pull me back in 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the end it has a girl power zing that lifts and exhilarates 
3
Captain Marvel
Joe Friar
Plenty of humor and action make this an immensely entertaining thrill ride Captain Marvel is a blast 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing is so consistently entertaining it practically doesn t matter that not every piece makes as much logical sense as it probably should 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Tom Meek
The film unlike many in the genre actually builds in intrigue as it powers on 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Bruce DeMara
The film looks great on an IMAX screen Larson is sublime and the fantastical plot is buoyed throughout with lots of good natured humour reason enough to wish a return engagement for Captain Marvel 
3
Captain Marvel
Walter Chaw
The characters are undeveloped the outlines of this universe are vague and uninteresting and the less said about the multiple attempts at humour the better 
1.5
Captain Marvel
Chris Hewitt
Captain Marvel is such a welcome and appealing addition to the Marvel universe that I wish she could be added retroactively to all of the extant Avengers movies 
3
Captain Marvel
Gary Thompson
Years from now chances are that when people sit around and talk enthusiastically about that movie with Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson the subject is most likely to be Kong Skull Island 
2
Captain Marvel
Max Weiss
Captain Marvel didn t markedly improve the experience for me I enjoyed it well enough It felt familiar 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Josh Terry
It s hard to find much of anything too disappointing about Boden and Fleck s new film The only real letdown might be fans realization that they still have to wait another few months till Endgame hits theaters 
3.5
Captain Marvel
John Wenzel
Larson can turn a moment as slight as walking into frame and blowing a strand of hair out of her face into an uproarious powerful visual beat 
3
Captain Marvel
Ty Burr
Without making a fuss it s a movie about regaining oneself and one s values in a universe where the boys are busy fighting 
3
Captain Marvel
Peter Canavese
To watch another obscure hero beget a franchise building smash hit movie means marveling at Marvel once again 
3
Captain Marvel
Oliver Jones
While it may be a Marvel movie it shares a deeper spiritual DNA with movies like Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind than it does say Ant Man 
3
Captain Marvel
Barry Hertz
Bizarrely Captain Marvel is less interested in fleshing out its own hero than it is in filling in the blanks of the MCU 
2
Captain Marvel
James Berardinelli
This plays like the kind of generic comic book movie that was in vogue 15 years ago 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Kevin A. Ranson
Imagine The Long Kiss Goodnight being retold around a campfire by The Guardians of the Galaxy a heartfelt action oriented bundle of Marvel joy the best version of Captain Marvel for the screen 
4
Captain Marvel
Christy Lemire
The girl power and grrl power ring out loud and clear if a bit hollow 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Mick LaSalle
Good thing it s still March Captain Marvel would have made a weak start to the summer blockbuster season 
2
Captain Marvel
Christian Toto
Captain Marvel down to the eye rolling musical choice of No Doubt s Just a Girl cares far more about lecturing audiences than entertaining them And boy does it show 
2
Captain Marvel
Ann Hornaday
As shaky and unfocused as Captain Marvel often seems it manages to reach its destination with confidence In the end Larson sticks the landing albeit with something more muted than absolute triumph 
2
Captain Marvel
Katie Walsh
A plucky and pleasing if predictable excursion that burns brightly if briefly 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Mara Reinstein
It succeeds more as an amusing fill in the blanks Marvel backstory provider than a confident stand alone tale of a woman discovering her fierceness 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Karen M. Peterson
While her story asks some important questions and tackles significant issues it may not become a universal rallying cry But with the most impressive powers in the universe she is well suited to lead our heroes into the next phase 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Joey Magidson
Brie Larson is an inspiration here It s rare to want to stand up and cheer in a superhero movie where your protagonist is literally superhuman but she brings that out 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Roger Moore
Liberating Cute Forgettable 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Richard Roeper
It s a real treat to see Carol Danvers find her footing and her wings so to speak while at the same time Nick Fury is taking the first steps toward becoming NICK FURY 
3.5
Captain Marvel
Michael Phillips
How s Larson She s more than good enough for this job It s not her loosest work but few if any good actors deliver their loosest work in a superhero movie 
3
Captain Marvel
Rafer Guzman
Only the most dedicated Marvel fans will follow this Captain 
2
Captain Marvel
Johnny Oleksinski
The character even when kicking ass is a total bore 
1.5
Captain Marvel
Brian Truitt
Although Larson s heroine is still a work in progress Captain Marvel lays a solid foundation to follow her wherever she flies next 
3
Captain Marvel
Robert Daniels
Brie Larson as Captain Marvel proves all the doubters wrong while continuing her ascension as a cultural and feminist icon 
3
Captain Marvel
Moira MacDonald
Like its tough smart heroine Captain Marvel dances to its own beat it s an origin story that isn t structured as an origin story but gets there all the same 
3
Captain Marvel
Sean P. Means
It s always tricky introducing a new character especially the most powerful one in the Marvel Comics roster and Boden and Fleck and Larson do it with high energy good humor and intelligence 
4
Captain Marvel
Lindsey Bahr
The first female led movie of the MCU deserved more 
2.5
Captain Marvel
Chris Barsanti
The film doesn t pay nearly enough attention to Danvers s crucial emotional metamorphosis from dual identity self doubter to fearless warrior battling to keep Earth safe 
2
Jack of Diamonds
Roger Ebert
Jack of Diamonds is a harmless exercise in how not to make a suspense adventure I can t think of any reason to go and see it unless you re a George Hamilton fan 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Michael Dequina
Laughs are in equally short supply as interesting much less likable characters 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
David Nusair
46 46 46 an amiable piece of work 46 46 46 
3
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Mike McGranaghan
My problem with the film is that Larry Doyle who also penned the screenplay seems to have softened what his novel was fundamentally about 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Alicia Potter
Hayden Panettiere provokes many emotions as the title object of desire in Chris Columbus s dreadful teen romance Love is not one of them 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Linda Cook
Bland as the day is long I Love You Beth Cooper seems to be a movie pretending to be a comedy This high school graduation night road trip has been done much much more enjoyably before 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Keith Cohen
This movie like the title character is a tease that offers nothing new and original 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Robert W. Butler
The troubles start with the casting Rust is only 28 but he has the hangdog look of a 50 year old plumbing salesman Charisma is not his strong suit 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Rene Rodriguez
As pleasurable as revisiting the glossy witty misadventure filled realm Hughes created for his adolescent characters is you ve also been here before Often 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Stephen Cole
Columbus new film feels curiously outdated 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Kyle Smith
Makes for a lively and refreshing glimpse into how the other half lives 
3
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Lisa Kennedy
Like the high school s bison mascot this romp is lean on fresh laughs 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Steven Rea
The charmlessness of its central characters Rust s charisma challenged Denis Panettiere s Barbie hard and vacuous Beth makes this putative farce all the more difficult to endure 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
James Berardinelli
The filmmakers lacked the courage and conviction to tell an honest character based story and resorted to something that has been massaged into a more comfortable easily consumable cinematic morsel 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Peter Travers
Aiming for the heartfelt hilarity of Superbad I Love You Beth Cooper is just super bad 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Peter Canavese
Does Chris Columbus owe somebody a favor 
.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Peter Hartlaub
Beth Cooper isn t a terrible addition to the teen coming of age party movie catalog It just feels dated 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Jason Anderson
With its painfully awkward shifts between pat sentimentality hackneyed teen movie tropes and parent baiting raunchiness there s little to love about I Love You Beth Cooper 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Chris Hewitt
Larry Doyle s book felt dangerous and wild but the movie is safe and sentimental 
2.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Here s the bottom line Denis Cooverman might love Beth Cooper But I don t 
.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Kit Bowen
The woefully unfunny I Love You Beth Cooper is a teen sex comedy s worst enemy 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not 2009 s worst film it certainly isn t anything to write home about and anyone willing to profess their affinity for this eyesore should probably have their head examined 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Erik Childress
A film so badly executed that you have to wonder if Larry Doyle who serves as screenwriter ever read his own book let alone wrote it 
0
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Sean O'Connell
This is what happens when the guy who directed two Home Alone movies collaborates with the screenwriter of Looney Tunes Back in Action 
1.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Claudia Puig
The characters lack charm and dimension falling into stereotypical molds Joyless scenarios bounce between scenes of driving around town and predictable party mayhem 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Sue Pierman
Director Chris Columbus returns to his comic roots with a teen romp reminiscent of the 80s 
2.5
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Ty Burr
Panettiere I m sad to report is a dud as the title character a supposed wild thang who never rises above the level of runty obnoxious mall chick down to the roll on tan 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Jeff Vice
There s not one remotely funny thing about this movie except for maybe the fact that the filmmakers are trying to pass off Rust as a teen 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Michael Phillips
I Love You Beth Cooper provides so few laughs I nearly wandered out of the theater midway to go look for some somewhere 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Dustin Putman
An honest earnest dryly cutting coming of age comedy Travels down a road of nostalgia that accurately portrays that very specific moment in a person s life when he or she realizes high school 151 and childhood 151 is over for good 
3
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Roger Ebert
The writer of I Love You Beth Cooper says the story is based on a dream I believe him This is one of the very few movies where I wanted the hero to wake up and discover it was only a dream 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Joe Williams
Suffering through I Love You Beth Cooper is like being locked in detention with five idiots misquoting The Breakfast Club 
1
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Michael Sragow
The slapstick mucilage doesn t bind with the film s increasingly straightforward dramedy about Denis epiphany that his dream girl is human 
2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Matt Noller
There s something almost pathetic about a movie this useless you could feel sorry for it if it weren t such an unholy torture to sit through 
.5
Embrace of the Vampire
Eric Melin
The film is caught in a spin dry cycle where there s a ton of conflict nightmares school pressure peer pressure but no mounting action 
1
Another You
Bill Cosford
A painfully inept comedy that tries so very very hard to be goofy and off the wall that you wind up feeling sorry for the participants 
1
Another You
Harry Haun
The two stars for Another You are for the two stars of Another You Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder a proven comedy team hard pressed here with a script locked on zero 
2
Another You
Dave Kehr
There are moments in the film of almost complete entropy when the camera is running and it is horrifyingly clear that no one has the slightest idea what to do 
1
Coin Toss
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet hopelessly underwhelming romantic comedy 
1
The Departure
David Lewis
This is a film that manages to be simple yet thought provoking sad yet comforting and anguished yet tranquil In short a work of art 
4
Dead in France
Eric Melin
Neither funny nor thrilling and it is frustratingly singlemindedly bent on cheap thrills and faux clever dialogue and situations that are so contrived and hackneyed that Troy Duffy probably threw them out while making Boondock Saints II 
.5
The Big Easy
Richard Freedman
There is nothing easy about its own attitude which is moral without being censorious with actors as engaging as Barkin and Quaid to say nothing of the ever reliable Beatty the process is a delight to watch 
3
The Big Easy
Carrie Rickey
The Big Easy is an extremely enjoyable and well lubricated vehicle for two actors who aren t quite yet stars but should be 
3
The Big Easy
Gene Siskel
The film s strength is director Jim McBride s seemingly easy way of presenting us with a New Orleans that is more malevolent and intoxicating than the tourist trap that some think it to be 
3.5
The Big Easy
Dave Kehr
It s sleek briskly paced firmly controlled and shrewdly dosed with humor action and romance 
3
The Big Easy
Roger Ebert
The plot of this movie is only an excuse for its real strength the creation of a group of characters so interesting so complicated and so original they make a lot of other movie people look like paint by number characters 
4
Small Time Crooks
Ian Mantgani
The obviousness of the humour is fine because the tone is so old fashioned 
3.5
Small Time Crooks
Ed Gonzalez
Elaine May steals the show 
2.5
Small Time Crooks
Rory McBride
A wonderful alternative to the season s bloated blockbusters 
3
Small Time Crooks
Marty Mapes
As funny as any of his recent comic successes 
3
Small Time Crooks
Rob Blackwelder
It s ripe with zingers 
3
Small Time Crooks
Susan Stark
The grown up s comedy of choice for summer 
4
Small Time Crooks
Edward Guthmann
A delicious comedy 
4
Small Time Crooks
James Berardinelli
I wish I could recommend Small Time Crooks more strongly but the truth is that it s a weak bordering on inconsequential entry into the director s canon 
2.5
Small Time Crooks
Roger Ebert
The characters in Small Time Crooks are smarter edgier and more original than the dreary crowd in so many new comedies 
3
Small Time Crooks
Michael Dequina
Delivers small time laughs 
2.5
Small Time Crooks
Mike Clark
It plays more like a second draft than a final product 
2.5
Small Time Crooks
Dustin Putman
Allen s first motion picture of the 21st century and no doubt one of his brightest and sunny in years 
3
Murderball
Matt Brunson
Murderball is a movie that s easier to admire than adore and its makers wouldn t have it any other way 
3
Murderball
Nick Rogers
There s little room for tears in the testosterone riddled territory of quadriplegic rugby Murderball spat on that power of the human spirit stuff and rolled along to a kick ass showcase of not what spinal injury excluded but what it enabled 
4
Murderball
Jay Antani
a triumph of filmmaking of structure character development and pacing
4
Murderball
Robert Roten
Murderball is the best documentary I have seen in some time 
3.5
Murderball
James Sanford
tough touching exciting and surprisingly hilarious The men profiled take competition seriously talk like jocks and don t shy away from partying or romance 
4
Murderball
Forrest Hartman
Murderball and everyone portrayed in it are winners 
3.5
Murderball
Linda Cook
We are all so fragile And we are all so strong 
3.5
Murderball
Sean O'Connell
Works as an educational piece on a unique lifestyle and as a competitive sports flick 
4
Murderball
Rob Thomas
If Murderball tells us anything it s that quadriplegia isn t for wussies 
4
Murderball
Walter Chaw
Glimpses of a more affecting documentary surface now and again and for what s there Murderball earns a mild recommendation 
2.5
Murderball
Marty Mapes
Sculpted by smart editors from a huge amount of footage
4
Murderball
Duane Dudek
You thought Lance Armstrong was hell on wheels Wait until you meet the men from Murderball 
4
Murderball
Phil Villarreal
Not only one of the most gripping and flat out entertaining documentaries you re ever likely to see it s also one of the best sports movies in existence 
4
Murderball
Carla Meyer
It s hard not to be awestruck by these folks especially when the film delves into the extreme effort it takes to merely function much less thrive after sustaining a spinal cord injury 
4
Murderball
Rene Rodriguez
Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro pack an amazing amount of storytelling into these 86 minutes alternating between several distinct narrative threads to create a documentary as engrossing as any fictional movie 
3.5
Murderball
Jeff Vice
It s one of the best sports documentaries to come along since 1994 s Hoop Dreams and is among this still young year s best films 
4
Murderball
Michael Booth
Wheels us through an emotional obstacle course so rigorous and satisfying you ll be gulping for air by the end 
3.5
Murderball
Sean P. Means
This insightful and entertaining documentary scores because it lets these champions reveal their whole selves 
3.5
Murderball
Terry Lawson
None of this is treated as anything but what it is trying to get the most out of life by to paraphrase the famous Warren Zevon hockey tribute getting the ball keeping it and trying to hurt somebody 
3
Murderball
Chris Hewitt
Poignant and funny and suspenseful 
4
Murderball
Phoebe Flowers
Murderball is foul mouthed raucous obscenely entertaining and profoundly touching 
4
Murderball
Jeff Strickler
While the game itself is enough to hold viewers interest the filmmakers go much further They delve into the psyche of the players 
3.5
Murderball
Jeffrey Westhoff
Murderball opens our eyes to many things but the greatest is that handicapped people don t have to be silent to inspire us 
3
Murderball
James Berardinelli
The emotional resonance that results from the focus on several unique individuals is what makes this a worthwhile viewing experience 
3
Murderball
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately the film is an affectionately manly tribute to these athletes for whom every game and every day is a triumph 
3.5
Murderball
Peter Hartlaub
In less than an hour and a half the athletes profiled in the documentary will frustrate you amaze you make you laugh and make you cry but you ll never feel sorry for them 
4
Murderball
Ty Burr
Tough terse funny ribald and heartbreaking 
4
Murderball
Josh Larsen
Real human drama doesn t get much more gripping 
3.5
Murderball
Willie Waffle
Put away the tissues Murderball is not some weepy feel good portrayal of special people These guys party fight curse and date more women than I do 
4
Murderball
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Murderball begins unflinchingly hardcore but quickly goes the touchy feely route 
2.5
Murderball
Roger Ebert
To consider the bleak months and sleepless nights when these men first confronted the reality of their injuries and now to see them in the full force of athletic exuberance is to learn something valuable about the human will 
4
Murderball
Robert K. Elder
Murderball has all the ingredients of a powerful sports documentary magnetic characters triumph over adversity and bone crunching action shots 
3.5
Murderball
Geoff Pevere
Murderball s most impressive blow is the one it strikes against feel good stereotypes 
3
Murderball
Liam Lacey
Entertaining jock umentary 
3
Murderball
Frank Houston
Its honesty makes Murderball compelling and rewarding What makes it so downright entertaining is its subjects charisma and strength both spiritual and physical 
4
Murderball
Peter Travers
It s original outrageous and murderous fun 
3.5
Murderball
Lou Lumenick
The fast moving psychologically savvy Murderball treats its subjects not only with respect but with humor 
3.5
Murderball
Dan Fienberg
Murderball is a nonfiction film for people who generally hate documentaries but I m not convinced that it s a good documentary for people who love the genre 
2.5
Murderball
Claudia Puig
Murderball brilliantly captures the intensity of the little known athletic competition offering more intimacy and drama than most Hollywood sports movies 
4
Murderball
Pam Grady
Murderball is a rush 
3
Murderball
Bob Strauss
It is the full bodied personalities we meet in Murderball that really make it more than either a sports movie or one about overcoming disability 
3
Murderball
Lisa Rose
Even though Murderball founders in the sports department it s a champ as a character driven piece of entertainment 
3
Murderball
Jack Mathews
When it comes to sports movies there s nothing like the real thing and there s never been anything quite as real as the documentary Murderball 
3.5
Murderball
Peter Canavese
Never less than intriguing and often adrenalized depicts men who live harder than most able bodied individuals 
3.5
Murderball
David Sterritt
This is a lively life affirming documentary no viewer is likely to forget 
4
Murderball
Gene Seymour
You re roused from your seats by men who aren t able to get up from theirs How cool is that 
3.5
Murderball
David Nusair
Fascinating thoroughly engaging 
4
Murderball
Dan DeLuca
Murderball isn t a great sports movie but it does a superb job of getting inside the heads of some of the most compelling and highly unlikely athletes ever caught on film 
3
Murderball
Ed Gonzalez
It knows how to cover its bases but its tidy structure doesn t exactly gel with the rough and tumble nature of the sport at its center 
2.5
Murderball
Erik Childress
Who would expect a documentary with such a title about these men to be such a moving exploration about life after a period that many would consider as death
3.5
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A Story from Chikamatsu will make you angry but first it will move you to the core 
4
Act of Valor
John Beifuss
May have you longing for an old fashioned era of square propaganda when it wouldn t have been considered a cool recruitment strategy to acknowledge that U S troops use constant profanity and splatter opponents brains against the wall 
1.5
Act of Valor
Roger Moore
It s a furiously macho saga scripted by the screenwriter of 300 and starring real Navy SEALS those always get their man men of mystery 
2.5
Act of Valor
Sara Michelle Fetters
Good intention or interesting ideas do not necessarily make for a well made let alone even moderately entertaining motion picture 
1.5
Act of Valor
Peter Keough
The filmmakers shoot and edit with such incoherence that the action will frustrate even fans of the video games they emulate 
1.5
Act of Valor
Christopher Lloyd
Having real life Navy SEALs play fictional versions of themselves results in some convincing action scenes and dialogue more wooden than a dime store Indian 
2
Act of Valor
Peter Travers
I don t know what to make of Act of Valor It s like reviewing a recruiting poster 
1
Act of Valor
Robert Levin
At the end of the day this is a long winded SEALs recruitment tool a noble gesture that s just not sufficient basis for a feature film 
2.5
Act of Valor
Rafer Guzman
As a piece of filmed entertainment Act of Valor will never be mistaken for Top Gun but it s a heck of a recruitment video 
2
Act of Valor
Bob Bloom
Act of Valor smartly refrains from jingoistic flag waving What it does is spotlight the quiet heroism of the men and women who fight and die to keep this country and us safe 
3.5
Act of Valor
Stephen Whitty
These guys are the real deal And any hero worship given them badly done or not is still deserved 
2.5
Act of Valor
Alison Gang
Moments before and between the missions plays like stilted filler cable TV programming but once our heroes step onto that helicopter or sea vessel Act of Valor puts the audience into the boots and under the helmets of these elite fighters 
2
Act of Valor
Willie Waffle
The Navy SEALs deserve better 
.5
Act of Valor
Rick Groen
Although the Seals continue in fine form the co directors seem fatigued from the journey allowing their once clean style to degenerate into a typical mishmash of clutter and bombast 
2
Act of Valor
Linda Barnard
While subtleties and pacing are MIA the filmmakers know how to shoot action and they make the most of it in Act of Valor 
1.5
Act of Valor
Kyle Smith
Refreshing as it is to see the military portrayed as something other than a band of neurotics and creeps there s a reason this brand of rah rah and bang bang didn t outlast the age of Whitesnake and Marty McFly 
2
Act of Valor
Mark Dujsik
What we have here is a generic action movie with nary but the smallest traces of genuine humanity technical proficiency clear storytelling or stylistic competence 
1.5
Act of Valor
Mark Jenkins
The exercises are genuine and so is the hardware But the script undermines the sense of authenticity at every turn 
2
Act of Valor
Jake Coyle
Just barely a movie Act of Valor is more like a high quality recruitment video with interstitial acting 
1.5
Act of Valor
Claudia Puig
Employing Navy troops as stars is a clever idea for an action thriller But the soldiers awkward line readings are glaring enough to distract from the potency of the story 
2.5
Act of Valor
Amy Biancolli
The filmmakers are so intent on shooting the real SEAL deal that they forget this is supposed to be a movie We need a story 
2
Act of Valor
Loey Lockerby
Its commitment to authenticity is impressive but it ends up highlighting the film s greatest weakness a cliché riddled script with a plot that may have been generated by someone throwing darts at a world map 
2.5
Act of Valor
Wesley Morris
Act of Valor is a roller coaster ride 
3
Act of Valor
Gary Thompson
It raises a sticky question Should realistic combat look this awesome Should it be so much fun to watch 
3
Act of Valor
Stanley A. Miller II
An experience that is brutal tense and exhilarating 
2.5
Act of Valor
Chris Hewitt
Act of Valor looks a good deal like a war themed video game such as Call of Duty except even less realistic because the good guys never miss a shot and the bad guys never make one 
1
Act of Valor
Joe Williams
Act of Valor is a competently directed action movie but forcing the audience to wear such narrow goggles is a dereliction of duty 
2.5
Act of Valor
Matt Pais
Offensively artificial Eat your heart out Van Damme 
1
Act of Valor
Andrew Schenker
The befuddled SEAL may not understand why they hate us but the attitudes perpetuated by Act of Valor might begin to provide a clue 
0
Act of Valor
Soren Andersen
Battle scenes are very well staged with things blowing up really really good a lot of the time 
3
Act of Valor
Michael Phillips
Act of Valor plays like a highly favorable SEALs tribute placed atop a vaguely bogus storyline 
2
Act of Valor
Roger Ebert
We don t get to know the characters as individuals they don t have personality traits they have no back stories they don t speak in colorful dialogue and after the movie you d find yourself describing events but not people 
2.5
Act of Valor
James Berardinelli
There s something old fashioned and a little refreshing about a movie that unabashedly represents its protagonists as heroes but it gets in the way of seeing the SEALs in Act of Valor as real people 
2.5
The Tyrant's Heart (A zsarnok szíve, avagy Boccaccio Magyarországon)
Elliott Stein
Jancs is a master magician Tyrant is not his most illuminating trick but the magic is still operative 
3
GameStop: Rise of the Players
Mark Dujsik
GameStop Rise of the Players provides most of the information in quick succinct doses It s not much of a help 
2
GameStop: Rise of the Players
Michael O'Sullivan
A serviceable and lively documentary 
2.5
Vengeance
David Nusair
46 46 46 a solid debut from Novak 46 46 46 
2.5
Vengeance
Rene Sanchez
Novak apos s feature debut is an ingenious social satire with the right balance of humor and mystery 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
Vengeance
Bruce R. Miller
8220 Vengeance 8221 is a great debut film for B 46 J 46 Novak 46 It shows how smart writing can last much longer than any number of special effects 46 10 10 36 1 for 13 weeks 10 
3
Vengeance
Mike Scott
B 46 J 46 Novak 8217 s directing debut isn 8217 t outright bad 44 but it 8217 s not particularly memorable either 46 What we end up with is a capably made but narratively inert puff of quickly dissipating cinematic fog 46 
2
Vengeance
Peter Canavese
A Generation X apos Chinatown apos 46 An ambitious 44 fish out of water comedy 44 an existential mystery and a social satire of modern disconnection and the post truth era 46 
3
Vengeance
Leo Brady
Vengeance is a sharp dark comedy and a debut from B 46 J 46 Novak that will have you excited about what he will do next 46 
3
Vengeance
Erik Childress
B 46 J 46 Novak 8217 s work here is superb tackling the intersection of myth amp prejudice that comes with territoriality 46 This is a movie that is actually about something which is also really 44 really funny and featuring a career best performance by Ashton Kutcher 46 
3.5
Vengeance
Roger Moore
Novak may like writing and playing 8220 unlikeable 8221 characters 44 but there 8217 s more to it than just making their goals selfish and their worldview self centered 46 
2.5
Vengeance
Johnny Oleksinski
Novak s forever skill as an actor is likability and that approachable magnetism is on display here What doesn t work in this otherwise naturalistic movie are the punchlines he s written for himself 
2
Vengeance
Richard Roeper
It s mesmerizing work in a film that constantly surprises us and mostly in a good way 
3
Vengeance
Kevin Carr
While there 8217 s a decent set up 44 this movie gets distracted from itself and prattles about with misplaced self discovery and cliche messaging 46 
1.5
Vengeance
Steven Prokopy
It apos s a phenomenal debut feature 44 but it also has the complexity and heightened resonance of literature 46 And above all else 44 it apos s viciously funny 44 and I can apos t wait to see what Novak brings us next as a filmmaker 46 
3.5
Vengeance
Mark Meszoros
Vengeance is such an impressive directorial debut that you don 8217 t mind when B 46 J 46 Novak occasionally swings and misses 46 
3
Vengeance
Ty Burr
A first feature solid and smart and funny with a few blind spots and an ending that feels wrong even if Novak wanted it to feel wrong 
3
Vengeance
Matt Zoller Seitz
A jumbled 44 fitfully amusing 44 occasionally fascinating effort 44 but one that shows promise even when stumbling over its ambition 46 
2.5
Vengeance
Jeff Mitchell
Novak successfully lassoes several cinematic targets 44 including a couple of tender moments that stand as tall as the biggest laughs and surprising revelations 46 
3
Vengeance
Jeff York
40 Novak 41 holds the screen well too with his low key 44 Buster Keaton esque persona 44 all the while riveting us with his shrewd take on identity 44 sin 44 and forgiveness 46 
3.5
Vengeance
Sonny Bunch
Vengeance is a take on takes 44 a sort of meta take 44 and that the West Texas of it all is mostly just window dressing that allows Novak an avenue to get at this take 46 
3
Vengeance
Oliver Jones
This tale of a blue check Lothario clumsily investigating the Texas death of a one time hookup all as a means of advancing his podcasting career falls victim to the exact forces it is trying to send up 
2
Vengeance
James Berardinelli
Flawed but fresh Novak s feature debut got me to laugh with him and at him while simultaneously taking the story seriously and becoming involved in all its quirks and twists 
3
Vengeance
Russ Simmons
While it can 8217 t quite tie all of its provocative themes together 44 8220 Vengeance 8221 is a competent first effort 46 
3
Vengeance
Katie Walsh
Novak 8217 s linguistic blade is simultaneously incisive and skewering 46 
3
Vengeance
Josh Bell
Novak apos s big ideas turn out to be as nebulous and forgettable as Ben apos s 46 
2
Vengeance
Chris Hewitt
Novak who also wrote and directed makes a bracing confident debut with this smart and witty neo noir thriller 
3.5
Vengeance
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I have my doubts about the ending 44 but I 8217 ll grant that it surprises 46 For that 44 I am grateful 46 I 8217 ll take the bad and the ugly with the genuine good 46 
2.5
Vengeance
Randy Myers
Novak goes beyond standard talking points to address red state blue state clashes and does it well 
3
Vengeance
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his is a smart and thoughtful film not just about the ideas within it 46 It apos s also considered about its characters 46 46 46 
3
Vengeance
Michael O'Sullivan
This is a movie worth seeing and listening to its unpredictable insights 
3.5
Vengeance
Natalia Winkelman
The shrewdness of Novak s approach in Vengeance lies in how he lampoons podcast tropes while simultaneously borrowing from them 
3
Vengeance
Joey Magidson
Vengeance is one of the best films of 2022 so far and an absolute gem 46 
3.5
Vengeance
Mike McGranaghan
Even though it occasionally stumbles 44 Vengeance certainly stands as one of the gutsiest comedies of the year 46 
3
Vengeance
Soren Andersen
It s a detective story It s an insightful commentary on the state of us which is to say us the U S in this divided disjointed distracted age It s a comedy sharp and frequently hilarious 
4
Vengeance
Mick LaSalle
Every time you think you ve put your finger on Vengeance it slips out like mercury sometimes going forward sometimes back into some previously abandoned direction 
3
Vengeance
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s refreshingly difficult to place Vengeance inside a box 46 
3
Red Joan
Steven Prokopy
Red Joan is certainly a watchable curiosity but as a piece of political discourse it seems strangely ham fisted and bland 
2.5
Red Joan
Barry Paris
This is Nunn s first film directing gig in more than 20 years and there s no denying it has certain stagebound qualities But that may be its strength 
3
Red Joan
Sean P. Means
By the end the movie is so embellished with movie clichés that it resembles the true story less than it does every other movie that s come before 
2
Red Joan
Roger Moore
Too pedestrian to waste Dame Judi in 
2
Red Joan
Joe Friar
Think less espionage and more romance and you ll be in the right frame of mind for the drama inspired by true events 
3
Red Joan
Donovan Farley
largely devoid of the intrigue that usually accompanies such weighty topics 
1
Red Joan
Brad Wheeler
Although the story sounds fascinating subterfuge centrifuge pinkos the film is cold fusion 
2.5
Red Joan
Moira MacDonald
Dench in her limited screen time gives us tantalizing hints of who this weary looking woman slumped by the weight of secrets might be 
2.5
Red Joan
Richard Roeper
most of Dame Judi s scenes are quick and a criminal waste of her talent 
2
Red Joan
Anita Katz
The drama falls irremediably flat suffering from an absence of well developed characters Joan s motives often are unclear or lack credibility 
2
Red Joan
Mick LaSalle
The sentimental treatment that director Trevor Nunn adopts seems misplaced almost crazy in its subjectivity 
1.5
Red Joan
Francesca Rudkin
A story that could have been thrilling but is instead a nice repetitive and slightly dull period costume drama Thank goodness for Dame Judi Dench 
2.5
Red Joan
Tomris Laffly
Uneven it may be Red Joan still emanates a memorable essence one that s refreshingly and believably feminine 
3
Red Joan
Mark Dujsik
As a study of a conflicted character it takes that conflict too far leaving us with only a confused sense of that character 
2
Red Joan
Joey Magidson
Dench does what she can but this is a dull and plodding affair devoid of anything even remotely compelling 
2
Red Joan
James Berardinelli
We re left with a mediocre mash up of an old fashioned spy movie and the story of a son coping with the sins of his mother 
2.5
Red Joan
Christopher James
The woman the writers based the character of Joan on deserves better than this handsomely made yet stiff and inert drama 
1.5
Where Is the Friend's Home?
James Kendrick
like the neorealist works from which it descends deceptively simple and utterly profound
4
Where Is the Friend's Home?
Mattie Lucas
Its final image is one of such profound beauty that it rivals the iconic freeze frame ending of Truffaut s The 400 Blows perfectly capturing the sublime gossamer belief in basic human kindness inherent in childhood 
4
Where Is the Friend's Home?
Jeremy Heilman
It s only because so many directors have done more with a similar set up that Where is the Friend s Home feels somewhat lacking 
3
As You Desire Me
Tony Sloman
It may be slow moving and a shade creaky today but this Greta Garbo vehicle positively smoulders and contains some of the most overt sensuality you re likely to see in a Hollywood movie of the period 
3
The Sense of an Ending
James Berardinelli
Watching The Sense of an Ending I was struck by the realization that this should have been a good movie 
2.5
The Sense of an Ending
Barry Paris
It s an intriguing meditation on the slippery slope of memory and regret the crucial difference between your life and the story of your life however it chooses to unfold 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Sean P. Means
Broadbent gives The Sense of an Ending the depth Batra aims to extract from Barnes book But the meandering stroll through Tony s timelines and recollections probably works better on the page than on the screen 
2.5
The Sense of an Ending
Josh Terry
Perhaps it is intentional but The Sense of an Ending really does leave you with only a sense of completion It is a thoughtful film populated by a strong watchable cast but its cryptic story and detached pacing will likely polarize audiences 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s final foggy revelations feel more like a trick than the truth 
2.5
The Sense of an Ending
Kate Taylor
Beyond Broadbent s rich portrait of Tony s wide eyed surprise and bumbling reassessments Batra has found various deft ways of making Barnes s points about time and memory 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Jeff Simon
Broadbent the actor fits in very well in a universe where cameras are repaired in tiny shops and people s favorite poets are Philip Larkin Rampling Dylan Thomas Hold on to your seats 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Calum Marsh
Because film is by nature a more literal medium than literature and because the novella s first person account has by necessity graded into cinematic omniscience Batra s adaptation forfeits the ambiguity that for Barnes was precisely the point 
1
The Sense of an Ending
Rob Thomas
What carries us through the unconventional structure are Batra s empathetic direction and strong performances especially Broadbent 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Bruce DeMara
Director Ritesh Batra adapts the Man Booker Prize winning novel into a contemplative but compelling tale about regret remorse and redemption 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Ann Hornaday
It s a cozy movie with a decidedly un cozy message about the perils of resuscitating our pasts and the even bigger risk of leaving them be 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Calvin Wilson
The Sense of an Ending does not provide easy answers But it raises intriguing questions 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Maybe Barnes material would be better treated in two 90 minute parts on the BBC It needs the space to let the audience buy into a version of Tony s history before revealing his unreliability 
2
The Sense of an Ending
Moira MacDonald
Barnes novel winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize is elevated in a way the movie can t reach it has a jewellike perfection to it while the movie s simply quite good 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Gary Thompson
I think Batra is smart to have shifted the movie s focus to Tony s adult missteps which after all he s in a position to do something about And does in a way that is decent and humane 
3
The Sense of an Ending
Rex Reed
An exemplary work about the way we select and file our memories conveniently editing what we choose to forget 
3.5
The Sense of an Ending
Roger Moore
Broadbent humanizes the mystery and makes us care long past the point where we ve solved it 
2.5
The Sense of an Ending
Robert Levin
A story that s ultimately too abstract and slight to sustain itself 
2.5
The Sense of an Ending
Christy Lemire
A film that s well acted but tastefully restrained to a fault with gentle humor about aging and a central mystery that isn t all that engaging 
2.5
The Sense of an Ending
Diego Semerene
RRitesh Batra s The Sense of an Ending is a tale of white nostalgia that should have found its footing on dramatic grounds 
.5
Addicted to You
Roger Moore
A crude laugh starved and vulgar C list copy and paste of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days and proof of the thesis that if you re going to steal you might want to aim higher 
1.5
Rogue Agent
Peter Canavese
This true story of a fraudster apos s been fictionalized into a victim turned avenger feminist triumph 46 It works due to the anti chemistry of its two leads 46 
2.5
Rogue Agent
Katie Walsh
quot Perhaps the prurient unravelings of Freegard 8217 s greatest hits is best left to the nonfiction projects 44 but even with the liberties of narrative adaptation 44 Lawn and Patterson leave the psychological and emotional depths of this story unexplored 46 quot 
2
Rogue Agent
Kevin Carr
While it overstays its welcome a bit too much 44 Arterton does a great job bringing a level of humanity and understanding to the would be victim 46 
2.5
Rogue Agent
Glenn Kenny
Norton is excellent at positing 44 with glances and unusual reactions 44 a rather desperate inner life for his character 46 
3
Rogue Agent
Mark Dujsik
It certainly gives us a sense of how awful this man is 44 but 46 46 46 that just feels like the bare minimum 46 
2
Rogue Agent
Emily Zemler
Rogue Agent doesn t necessarily offer any conclusions about why people like Freegard are so deeply compelling but it does use that sensibility to its benefit 
3
Rogue Agent
Roger Moore
A good puzzle thriller entertains with the story it 8217 s telling 44 and the other directions you figure the story just might go 44 if only in your mind 46 
3
Rabbit Test
Roger Ebert
It s jammed from wall to wall with eccentric characters and throwaway one liners and would be funny signs but it s just not funny 
1
The Most Hated Woman in America
Roger Moore
A pretty ugly portrait perhaps unfairly so 
1.5
The Most Hated Woman in America
Federico Furzan
This is a perfect example of a good concept in an uncomfortable movie Full review in Spanish 
2
The Most Hated Woman in America
Christopher James
The Most Hated Woman in America has bite It just doesn t land each of its targets 
2
The Most Hated Woman in America
Kenneth R. Morefield
Not an Atheist hagiography by any means but not a refutation either 
2
The Most Hated Woman in America
Brian Tallerico
A film that is simultaneously too much and nothing at all because it s jumping around so much narratively 
1.5
Elemental
Walter V. Addiego
Elemental stands out from the perpetual flow of eco documentaries by at least glancing at some of the personal issues and professional setbacks faced by the activists it portrays 
3
Elemental
Michael O'Sullivan
Elemental speaks to the importance of protecting the natural elements water air earth It s a beautifully filmed piece even when it s showing us white clouds of pollutants billowing out of a smokestack 
2.5
Elemental
Drew Hunt
More than some run of the mill social awareness doc the film pays as much attention to the personal and emotional strife of its subjects as it does to their activism 
2.5
Adam
Christian Toto
Adam is a sweet unconventional love story nearly derailed by a far too obvious subplot 
3
Adam
Sonny Bunch
By avoiding the romantic comedy cliches of lesser fare like The Proposal and The Ugly Truth Mr Mayer has given us characters to care about instead of laugh at and discard 
3
Adam
Robert W. Butler
Dancy gets the juiciest role and wisely underplays it 
3
Adam
John Beifuss
Adam and Beth are remarkably nice likable characters played by Dancy and Byrne without the tics and self consciousness that more pretentious or perhaps less secure performers might have brought to the roles 
3
Adam
Mike Scott
The compassionately acted Adam is a movie with something to say it s just not clear exactly what that something is 
2
Adam
Jeff Vice
A very good cast of actors gets more mileage out of this material than they probably should have 
2.5
Adam
Rene Rodriguez
Dancy s eye opening performance reveals he s a bona fide acting talent capable of carrying a movie without ever playing to your affections 
2.5
Adam
Matt Brunson
Arriving on the scene just in time to feast on 500 Days of Summer s sloppy seconds 
2
Adam
Amy Biancolli
Sure it s complicated but isn t that always true of romance And doesn t it blow the hinges off the universe every single time 
3
Adam
Cathy Jakicic
Delicate and understated performances by Rose Byrne and especially a remarkable Hugh Dancy as the quirky Asberger s sufferer give the unlikely romance a quiet realistic tone 
3
Adam
Sean O'Connell
Adam s disorder is but one piece of a tender relationship puzzle that s nurtured out of its shell by the performers 
3
Adam
Joe Williams
It may not be original but Adam could leave a lump in your throat 
3
Adam
Austin Kennedy
It s well directed and acted but the script feels like a TV movie at times 
2.5
Adam
John Hartl
For much of its first hour writer director Max Mayer s Adam is one of the year s more endearing love stories 
2.5
Adam
Chris Hewitt
As an effort to understand a person whose behavior seems inexplicable Adam is a big success 
3
Adam
Peter Canavese
An admirable dramatic investigation into life with Asperger s and a story with the intelligence not to insult ours 
3
Adam
Steve Rhodes
Adam is easily one of the best pictures of the year As I left the theater the world seemed like it had somehow become a better place 
4
Adam
Jennie Punter
Were it not for the fine engaging performances of both Dancy and Byrne Adam would be sickly sweet 
2
Adam
Bruce DeMara
The film rides on Dancy s wonderfully authentic performance 
3.5
Adam
Peter Keough
Adam doesn t go in for tidy resolutions but the unintended moral is that gazing at the stars sure beats empathizing with tiresome people 
2.5
Adam
Wesley Morris
While it s probable that this movie will bring Asperger s to an audience that s never heard of or experienced it it s also likely to bore them 
2
Adam
Steven Rea
To its credit Adam doesn t go for the cheap easy solution In that way the film shares something of the spirit and realism of 500 Days of Summer an acknowledgment that not every close encounter no matter how meaningful can last forever 
2.5
Adam
Roger Ebert
Adam wraps up the story in too tidy a package insisting on finding the upbeat in the murky and missing the chance to be more thoughtful about this challenging situation 
2.5
Adam
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thinking back on Adam the bits and pieces I liked keep coming to mind long before the portions I found disappointing But it is a seriously mixed bag the most distressing portions coming at the most inopportune of times 
2.5
Adam
Stephen Whitty
Hugh Dancy so often just a bland safe boyfriend in femme oriented films gives an ironically heartfelt performance as the emotionally insulated Adam 
2.5
Adam
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Crosses the disease of the week genre with the traditional romantic comedy but miraculously avoids all the trappings of both it s charming without being cheap romantic without being rote 
3
Adam
Claudia Puig
Adam is a cut above most romances and boasts a intriguing conclusion One comes away with a sense of hope leavened by realism 
2.5
Adam
Lou Lumenick
The beautifully crafted Adam offers no pat or easy answers to wrenching questions 
3
Adam
James Berardinelli
This is an affirmation that it s still possible to find smart movies about one of the most basic aspects of the human experience falling in love 
3
Adam
Matt Noller
Its maudlin self sabotaging audience coddling is right out of the Zemeckis playbook 
1.5
The Monster Squad
Bill Chambers
For a movie so aesthetically on the ball it s a shame the screenplay is not the least bit industrious 
2
The Monster Squad
David Nusair
46 46 46 a high concept premise that is 44 for the most part 44 employed to persistently underwhelming and uninvolving effect 46 46 46 
2
Tennessee Johnson
Matt Brunson
Although Johnson has been pegged as an incompetent and racist narcissist hmm sounds familiar this interpretation is naturally missing from this movie 
2
Tennessee Johnson
Mattie Lucas
Ignoring for a moment the fact that Tennessee Johnson basically gets the heroes and villains of this story completely flip flopped it s also extremely dull representing the worst of MGM s glossy prestige drama instincts 
2
The Phoenix Incident
Soren Andersen
The Phoenix Incident is an indigestible mess 
1
Alléluia
Peter Keough
Alleluia is like Psycho combined with Bonnie and Clyde with Norman and Norma Bates as the conjoined criminal couple on the run 
3
Alléluia
Mark Dujsik
Du Welz deftly balances the sensationalistic elements with a more down to earth study of obsession 
3
Alléluia
Dann Gire
I can t remember the last time I flinched during a horror movie But I did it at least twice watching Alleluia 
3
Alléluia
Simon Abrams
Watching Allluia is like being chauffeured by experienced drivers who only know how to drive Manual but have suddenly decided to learn how to drive stick shift during bumper to bumper rush hour traffic in the Holland Tunnel 
1
Alléluia
Mike McGranaghan
A provocative and monumentally nerve wracking thriller 
3.5
Alléluia
Christopher Gray
Both Lola Dueas and Laurent Lucas are impressively committed to their roles but the film s script is elusive to a fault 
2
Alléluia
Erik McClanahan
Du Welz could grow into a truly singular voice in pulp world cinema 
3
Alléluia
David Nusair
the movie s lovers gone haywire storyline is the sort of thing that s been done many many times before 
2.5
Don
Michael Dequina
This is what a commercial Indian action thriller should be 
3.5
Hit the Road
Rene Sanchez
A powerful and emotional road movie that explores social and family dynamics with humor and warmth 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Hit the Road
Tom Meek
The cinematic renderings of the wind sculpted landscape by Amin Jafari who worked with Jafar Panahi on 3 Faces in 2018 stun The key to the film s triumph however is the soulful performances by the all in cast 
3.5
Hit the Road
Max Weiss
Panah Panahi s debut feature is remarkably assured tender funny artfully shot and wise 
3.5
Hit the Road
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 plays like Waiting for Godot on the road 46 
3.5
Hit the Road
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Even as we climb towards the summits where the smugglers live 44 Panahi masterfully mixes humor and drama 44 allowing moments of pure comedy to be leavened through long take scenes of meditative conversation 46 
4
Hit the Road
G. Allen Johnson
Panahi s eye for composition is accomplished but the movie meanders and the pacing sometimes drags 
2
Hit the Road
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A merry go round of emotions whiz by as characters use gallows humor to avoid thinking about their situation 44 or else facing it with heart wrenching courage 44 and even simply drifting off into space 46 
3.5
Hit the Road
Robert Horton
Like a film of youth 44 bubbling with a spirit of play and invention you want to see in a debut picture 44 while on the other hand it radiates moviemaking confidence 44 sure footedness 44 wisdom 46 
4
Hit the Road
Mark Dujsik
Panahi apos s screenplay and these performances create these characters and this particular familial dynamic with specific but universally relatable authenticity 46 
3.5
Hit the Road
Tomris Laffly
Its an unforgettable parting note by a filmmaker that both honors his fathers ongoing legacy and inaugurates his unique very own voice 
4
Hit the Road
Roger Moore
A road comedy with a bittersweet aftertaste letting us laugh out loud at the travel companion from Hell or at least The Ransom of Red Chief while wistfully reminding us of loss and leave takings the very foundations of heartbreak 
3.5
Hit the Road
Diego Semerene
For too much of its running time Hit the Road is untethered from any kind of captivating narrative purpose 
2
Hit the Road
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Panah Panahi is a worthy son of his father but his debut as a filmmaker shows that he is capable of letting go of his father s influence to build his own path A road movie as funny as it is moving 
2.5
See for Me
Brian Eggert
Watchable late night fare that yes looks perhaps too familiar to the movies that inspired it but remains a worthwhile entertainment nonetheless 
2.5
See for Me
Erik Childress
A clever attempt to update Wait Until Dark is undermined by uninspired suspense sequences and an unpleasant lead character that we might sooner play the bad connection card on than care to help 
2
See for Me
Sara Michelle Fetters
See for Me works It s an entertaining little thriller featuring two strong lead performances and chilling sequences overflowing in suspense 
3
See for Me
Kevin A. Ranson
While a straightforward plot might have been interesting enough the main character s motivation adds an untypical darker layer elevating standard fare into an imperfect standout feature worth talking about 
3
See for Me
Steven Prokopy
See For Me may not change the home invasion thriller game completely but it does give us a few new much appreciated pieces to play with for the time being 
2.5
See for Me
Peter Sobczynski
A movie that never quite manages to live up to its intriguing concept thanks mostly to a couple of key creative decisions that undercut any chance for real emotional involvement 
2
See for Me
Mark Dujsik
M atters become just a bit too convoluted and contrived for this confined story s own good 
2.5
See for Me
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is a fast paced ride that lets you forget how improbable its events are while you watch it 
3
See for Me
Randy Myers
Okita puts a new engine into the chugging home invasion thriller genre giving this effort visual flair and style 
3
See for Me
Roger Moore
If there s a better recent piece of cinematic plot problem solving than this I must ve missed it 
3
Monsieur Verdoux
James Kendrick
a pitch black arguably bitter comedy that wasn t so much a departure for Chaplin he had after all lampooned Hitler in his previous film as it was an opportunity to fully engage with his darker comedic impulses
3
Monsieur Verdoux
Peter Canavese
Monsieur Verdoux can boast a screenplay with a highly unusual moral complexity and a deeply philosophical bent Yes Verdoux is a film that name drops Schopenhauer but it s also damn funny Blu ray 
4
Monsieur Verdoux
Wesley Lovell
It s not often you find Charlie Chaplin in the rare role of a villain but he does nice work in this small tale of lies and murder 
3.5
Monsieur Verdoux
Jeff Shannon
Perfection Arguably not Verdoux has clunky moments and some flat casting but with an able assist from the great comedian Martha Raye Chaplin s latter day greatness is readily apparent 
3.5
Monsieur Verdoux
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Arguably the crown jewel in the Chaplin canon 
4
Monsieur Verdoux
Joshua Vasquez
The film is not only an account of the moral slippage of one man but the record of a far larger seemingly uncontrollable escalation 
4
Leaving Normal
Roger Ebert
There is a great deal of sincerity in it an attention to detail a willingness to let characters be quirky and find their own ways without beating them over the head with the plot But at the end we re left with a feeling of incompleteness 
2.5
The Beyond
Ed Gonzalez
Even by Argento standards Fulci s film is nonsensical to the point of distraction 
1.5
The Beyond
Roger Ebert
The plot involves excuse me for a moment while I laugh uncontrollably at having written the words the plot involves 
0.5
Those People
Sara Stewart
Those People suffers perhaps from a lack of timing Kuhn s group of one percenter millennials harkens back to early Whit Stillman or more recently Gossip Girl 
2
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Roger Ebert
In its descriptions of autumn days in its heartfelt conversations between a father and a son in the unabashed romanticism of its evil carnival and even in the perfect rhythm of its title this is a horror movie with elegance 
3.5
Greenlight
Federico Furzan
A humiliating meta film about lethal filmmaking and its perks It s just awful Full review in Spanish 
1
Greenlight
Roger Moore
A horror tale a little too good to be a film festival only movie a little too promising to appreciate on its own pedestrian terms 
1.5
Grievous Bodily Harm
Roger Ebert
Grievous Bodily Harm is directed with hard edged efficiency and a meticulous attention to detail all the way up to the final sequence Then it goes soft in the head 
2.5
Song Sung Blue
Roger Ebert
This kind of film like Hoop Dreams is only possible when a filmmaker stakes a bet on an unknown outcome 
3
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Mattie Lucas
Perry seems eager to put the character behind him and A Madea Family Funeral reflects that general sense of ennui 
1.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Frank Ochieng
casket filled clownery Predictably contrived Perry we beg you stop the inane gimmick and allow Madea to retire in her flowery bloomers in peace 
1.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Roger Moore
It was too much to hope Perry would send the old broad off in style 
1.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Mike McGranaghan
Maybe retiring the character is a good idea at least until her creator can come up with a fresh spin for the series 
2
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Phil Villarreal
If this is the way Perry is going to use Madea maybe it s best to cut the character loose after all Rest in peace Madea You re off to a better place 
2
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Odie Henderson
Madea s last hurrah is Perry s best film since his most dramatically successful I Can Do Bad All By Myself 
2.5
Santa Smokes
David Sterritt
Forgettable fun 
2
Santa Smokes
V.A. Musetto
Who says you need a big crew and tons of money to make an enjoyable movie 
3
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
Diego Semerene
The documentary exists within the very restricted pantheon of films that successfully reap the cinematic potential of pedagogy 
4
DIG!
Jay Antani
fulfills the function and promise of all great documentaries
3.5
DIG!
Peter Travers
An unflinching look at the rock world 
4
DIG!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
DIG is also brave enough to show the real ugly warts of the music business whereas more established bands would probably prefer a polished PR approved vision 
3.5
DIG!
Phil Villarreal
Obsessed with two insignificant musical acts 
2.5
DIG!
Chris Hewitt
It s a perceptive surprisingly straightforward film one that recognizes you don t need to jazz things up with edgy graphics or camera tricks when there s already so much drama on screen 
3.5
DIG!
Chris Riemenschneider
In a year that has seen several fascinating documentaries on famous rock stars and their problems Dig stands out for being about musicians who only think they should be famous And man do they have problems 
3
DIG!
Bruce Westbrook
There s nothing cautionary in DiG that you couldn t learn by renting the 1986 Sex Pistols related biopic Sid and Nancy or exploring the commercially still born yet revered career of the Velvet Underground 
2
DIG!
Ty Burr
I don t know that I ve seen a film that better captures the tension between authenticity and ambition that bedevils modern rock music the sense that a mass audience is something to be desired and detested at one and the same time 
4
DIG!
Paul Sherman
If the friendship gone awry story fizzles Dig works as a clear eyed cautionary tale for rock bands 
3
DIG!
David Sterritt
What makes the movie powerful is Timoner s decision to structure it via Taylor s perspective on his competitor with no holds barred 
4
DIG!
Allison Benedikt
After watching your Anton s tantrums abuse and addiction in DIG I went straight to the record store to buy your music And that s something 
3.5
DIG!
Ted Fry
A genuine rock mockumentary Cautionary Naw but sometimes scary often hilarious and always engrossing 
3
DIG!
Liam Lacey
Through that mixture of luck and diligence that makes the best documentaries Timoner offers a resonant often painfully funny drama about two good friends who become enemies against the backdrop of the pop music business 
3
DIG!
Terry Lawson
The film ends up producing a sensation similar to the one that comes with discovering a good new band or album 
3
DIG!
Joel Selvin
Filmmaker Ondi Timoner followed the entangled rise of these two bands from the Pacific Northwest with an obsessive compulsive s eye for detail 
4
DIG!
Aaron Hillis
an entertaining after party s worth of posturing musicians and wild debauchery that is utterly forgettable the morning after 
2.5
DIG!
Lou Lumenick
An unusually insightful rockumentary and filmmaker Ondi Timoner provides a comprehensively candid look at two hugely talented indie bands over the course of seven years 
3
DIG!
Glenn Whipp
The only tension here is if Newcombe will follow in the footsteps of his band s namesake Rolling Stones multi instrumentalist Brian Jones and OD 
2.5
DIG!
Annlee Ellingson
Director producer Ondi Timoner captures some fantastically outrageous footage 
3.5
DIG!
Robert Dominguez
What emerges is a fascinating portrait of an artist as a self destructive young man Brian Jonestown s resident mad genius Anton Newcombe whose drug and drink fueled antics on and offstage make Jim Morrison look like Jim Nabors 
3.5
Love and Diane
Paul Doro
Compelling from beginning to end 
3
Love and Diane
John Monaghan
Presents a story as insightful as it is harrowing 
3
Love and Diane
David Elliott
There is meat of humanity here love both true and forlorn little shaping beyond the choice of what to include 
3
Love and Diane
John Anderson
A velvet swaddled iron fisted documentary that will set standards of vérité filmmaking for years to come 
4
Love and Diane
Janice Page
A serious and illuminating documentary that at two hours and 35 minutes fully devotes itself to painting a family portrait seldom allowed such rich cinematic detail 
3
Love and Diane
Loren King
Shatters myths and stereotypes about the welfare cycle as it delivers an unforgettable portrait of complex lives still largely ignored by popular culture 
4
Love and Diane
David Sterritt
I can t imagine an attentive viewer leaving Love Diane without increased understanding and concern with regard to inner city life 
4
Love and Diane
Joshua Tanzer
A clear eyed look at the struggles of a Brooklyn family trying to break the cycles of neglect drugs and poverty with sometimes surprising results 
3
Love and Diane
V.A. Musetto
You are left with two emotions despair and hope after watching producer director Jennifer Dworkin s disquieting documentary 
3
Love and Diane
Ed Gonzalez
Dworkin assembles Love and Diane with great articulation and a human compassion worthy of Frederick Wiseman 
3.5
See You Then
Nick Allen
Like other great walk and talk movies See You Then is told with a deceptive ease 
3.5
See You Then
Mattie Lucas
A haunting trans spin on Richard Linklater s Before films featuring the guileless sense of possibility of Before Sunrise coupled with the world weary sense of unexamined pain of Before Midnight 
3
The Sleepover
Sarah Knight Adamson
The Sleepover is an outrageous silly family centered film for the everyone similar to the Spy Kids movies 
3
The Sleepover
Nick Allen
It s the spark of an idea given an execution that s strictly mild 
2
The Sleepover
Barry Hertz
Sie is not reinventing the genre wheel here and many of her set pieces feel made for TV flat but she appears to be having as much fun as her budget allows 
2.5
Aladdin
Brian Eggert
The characters of Ritchie s film feel like they re trying to replicate better performances than they could ever hope to achieve 
1.5
Aladdin
David Gonzalez
Aladdin does not try to reinvent the wheel 44 but it made sure it didnt break it 46 The film is a welcomed addition to the Disney live action library 46 
3
Aladdin
Jason Fraley
A nostalgic magic carpet ride that might not be a whole new world of original filmmaking but is a welcome familiar world after the depressing downer Dumbo 2019 
3
Aladdin
David Nusair
a somewhat needless though relatively painless live action update 
2.5
Aladdin
Bob Bloom
The recently released live action remake of the movie captures some of the magical qualities of the original because of the performance of Will Smith as the genie and a talented team of special effects conjurers 
2.5
Aladdin
Kevin A. Ranson
more Indian influence to craft a Sinbad like fantasy Arabia the live action remake is intent upon entertaining all audiences while stepping on as few sandaled toes as possible 
4
Aladdin
Linda Cook
Aladdin sings with female empowerment 
3
Aladdin
Matt Brunson
By providing the former Fresh Prince with fresh material Smith is able to escape the inevitable comparisons to Robin Williams But if the film works magic with the Genie it fails miserably with Jafar 
2.5
Aladdin
Frank Ochieng
one cannot help but see this recycling of a beloved festive fable as nothing but an opportunistic money grab Today s Aladdin should have rubbed its own lamp and wished for the flavored footnotes of its legendary animated counterpart from yesteryear 
2
Aladdin
Walter Chaw
Aladdin oscillates madly between lock step recitation of the animated film without the cartoon s vivacity and a tone deaf cabal of social issues presented with a disturbingly straight face 
1
Aladdin
Oliver Jones
The new telling brings little that feels essential and the missing elements chiefly the controlled chaos and unbridled comedy of the late Robin Williams vocal performance have given the film s candy colored visual palate a homesick pall 
2
Aladdin
Mattie Lucas
Not the worst of Disney s live action remakes but it s certainly one of the laziest a bloated cash cow that is as tedious as it is ponderous 
2
Aladdin
Matthew Passantino
The new Aladdin is a little over thirty minutes longer than the animated version and it becomes abundantly clear when the movie begins to spin its wheels 
2.5
Aladdin
Sarah Knight Adamson
Guy Ritchie s Aladdin remake introduces kids to new methods to get their way by torturing Jasmine s dad the Sultan this will never be okay in a children s movie 
2.5
Aladdin
Joey Magidson
Aladdin provides family friendly fun just without the iconic aspect of the original 
3
Aladdin
Richard Roeper
Marwan Kenzari snarls it up as the villainous Jafar while Nasim Pedrad is endearing and funny as Jasmine s handmaiden and best friend Dalia 
3
Aladdin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s no real reason for a remake other than the very rare chance that a remake is going to be better than the original Like most Aladdin isn t But it is momentarily diverting in a pleasant way 
3
Aladdin
Josh Terry
Taken in context the new Aladdin is OK but not great 
3
Aladdin
Allyson Johnson
The greatest failure of this Aladdin is that like our blue dipped Genie it possesses incredible power but fumbles it playing too safe when every beat specifically every musical one should have dazzled 
2
Aladdin
Michael Medved
Naomi Scott is particularly effective as Princess Jasmine and the special effects are consistently watchable Will Smith seems to be having a good time but he won t make anyone forget about Robin Williams 
3
Aladdin
Sonny Bunch
Utterly unnecessary but not charmless 
2
Aladdin
Ty Burr
With Aladdin they ve done the leveling with just enough style and pizazz that most moviegoers won t care that it s a retread and the leads are good enough to make you hope they ll go on to something real 
2.5
Aladdin
Phil Villarreal
A tragic carpet ride 
2
Aladdin
Matthew Rozsa
Disney needs three wishes for its live action Aladdin remake for a better Genie a better script and a soul 
1.5
Aladdin
Dustin Putman
Fantasy comedy music adventure thrills 151 Aladdin has got it all This is a remake to be proud of a resplendently imagined family feature that lives up to 151 and in some crucial empowering ways surpasses 151 the animated original 
3
Aladdin
Sara Michelle Fetters
I enjoyed watching Aladdin this colorful Arabian fairy tale a musical remake I happily sung along with 
2.5
Aladdin
Michael O'Sullivan
To borrow Dalia s description of Genie s courtship skills this earnest but awkward Aladdin is clumsy but in a charming sort of way 
2.5
Aladdin
Mark Dujsik
Aladdin is primarily a failure of imagination 
1.5
Aladdin
John Wenzel
It aims low and consistently misses its targets wasting a breathtaking amount of money talent and goodwill along the way 
1
Aladdin
Jeff Strickler
This telling doesn t need a magic carpet it s Smith who makes the movie take flight 
3
Aladdin
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the most appropriate word to describe Disney s 2019 re make of their 1992 classic Aladdin is unnecessary Pointless might also apply 
2
Aladdin
Mick LaSalle
Today Aladdin is a Disney movie or a Guy Ritchie movie But I wouldn t be surprised if in five years Aladdin is thought of as the film where Naomi Scott broke through 
3
Aladdin
Katie Walsh
Ritchie knows what to preserve and what to enhance If it ain t broke don t fix it and the resulting Aladdin is fun celebratory and yes nostalgic 
3
Aladdin
Jake Cole
Guy Ritchie s live action remake is content to trace the original s narrative beats with perfunctory indifference 
1
Aladdin
Soren Andersen
It s got a flying carpet It s got an enchanted lamp It s got a shape shifting genie But alas Aladdin lacks real magic 
1.5
Aladdin
Gary Thompson
In some ways the movie s crazy fictions suit today s modern mash up sensibilities and its cast the patterns of modern migration that are creating a whole new world 
2.5
Aladdin
Erik Anderson
The film s signature song the Oscar winning Whole New World fares a bit better and Massoud and Scott sing their hearts out to great affect Overall Aladdin has flashes of greatness but ends up an overlong retread 
2
Aladdin
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a dancing elephant of a movie It has a few decent moves but you d never call it light on its feet 
2
Aladdin
Brian Truitt
While there s a certain charm missing from the revamp Smith goes way over the top to make up for it 
3
Aladdin
Peter Canavese
The results aren t exactly magical Heck I d even take a low rent theme park version if it spared me this film s descent into the uncanny valley 
2
Aladdin
Roger Moore
Keep your expectations in check and you won t be disappointed 
2.5
Aladdin
Sean P. Means
What a different livelier movie this would be if Smith got jiggy with A Friend Like Me and applied some Fresh Prince rap stylings 
2
Aladdin
Michael Phillips
The new material folds well enough into the existing material Tragically little of this matters because the musical numbers are staged and edited as if director Ritchie had never even seen a musical 
2
Aladdin
Johnny Oleksinski
The studio must ve rubbed the heck out of its magic lamp because the family film has unexpectedly turned out shining shimmering splendid 
3
Aladdin
Mark Kennedy
Doubts about Will Smith s casting as the Genie are overblown It s the guy behind the camera who should be doubted And stuffed into a small lamp forever 
2
Aladdin
Robert Daniels
Much like the previous Disney live action offerings of late Aladdin is tastelessly inoffensive Just decent enough that your kids won t be disappointed but not good enough to immediately order the Blu Ray for future viewings 
2
Aladdin
Rafer Guzman
Aladdin does little but replace the original film s slender charms with loud hollow spectacle 
1.5
Robbing Peter
Phil Villarreal
The film made over several years for very little budget plays like a student project with mediocre actors guided by a storyteller doing his best to learn on the fly 
2
The Neverending Story
David Keyes
Here is a little adventure that fed on our uncultivated need to think and wonder It gave many of us our first taste of cinematic possibility 
3.5
The Neverending Story
Peter Canavese
It s very hard not to give in to The Neverending Story s heart in the right place charms amidst an increasingly anti literate society Blu ray 
3
The Neverending Story
Roger Ebert
The world of this movie looks like a very particular place and the art direction involved a lot of imagination 
3
The Neverending Story
James O'Ehley
This fantasy tale drags incredibly despite its relatively short running time 
2
Transylvania 6-5000
Matt Brunson
The anti Young Frankenstein Transylvania 6 5000 might be the worst horror comedy ever made 
1
Zoom
Robert Horton
The concept itself is intriguing but the stories are not hugely engaging on their own 
2
Zoom
Godfrey Cheshire
A rather terrible comedy satire 
.5
Zoom
Chris Knight
Zoom is three Canadian movies for the price of one which just about makes economic sense Individually they re not much but they add up to something entertaining if a touch uneven 
2.5
Zoom
Johanna Schneller
It left me meh It s all situation no character 
2.5
Heaven and Earth
Josh Larsen
despite every intention the movie can t quite shake its American male point of view 
1.5
Heaven and Earth
James Berardinelli
Heaven and Earth has the epic scope one would expect from a film of this magnitude but it lacks much of the narrative strength of Stone s first two Vietnamese tales 
3
Heaven and Earth
Roger Ebert
This is the first time Stone has tried to place himself inside a woman s imagination and that he succeeds so well is due partly to an extraordinary performance by Hiep Thi Le in the leading role 
3.5
Hangman
Federico Furzan
Expected nothing from it and it felt like blow to the face A great independent horror film Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Hangman
Christian Toto
Another quality horror film damaged by the increasingly dopey found footage format 
2.5
El Mariachi
Peter Stack
By turns hilarious soulful gritty and sexy this lively crime drama was created by 23 year old director Robert Rodriguez of Austin Texas for a budget of 7 000 
4
El Mariachi
Robbie Roberts
El Mariachi is a filmmaking primer The building blocks of moviemaking are on display from the outset Watching is a technical reward and a promise of good things to come 
2.5
El Mariachi
John Scalzi
For something that was intended as an exercise of straight to video crank it out movie making El Mariachi is a surprisingly strong piece of work 
2.5
El Mariachi
Noel Taylor
Creative exuberance is its own reward and El Mariachi is strikingly original even with its constant reminders of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone 
3
El Mariachi
Stephen Hunter
Rodriguez has drop dead natural talent 
3
El Mariachi
Bob Fenster
Yes it s great that an unknown film maker could make a movie on the cheap and get it distributed Too bad it s not a better movie 
1
El Mariachi
Gary Thompson
Rodriguez has an intuitive sense of how to make movies 
3
El Mariachi
David Hinckley
Despite plot holes wider than the Rio Grande director and co writer Robert Rodriguez delivers an action movie that triumphs on pure charm 
3
El Mariachi
Terry Lawson
The enjoyment of El Mariachi is obviously not in the plot nor in its amusingly arch dialogue it s in Rodriguez s visual virtuosity and in his understanding that in movies like his action is indeed character 
3
El Mariachi
Bob Ross
After 10 minutes or so you forget about the budgets and sink into the story 
3
El Mariachi
Joe Baltake
The simple fact is it s not very good even if it was reportedly made for a measly 7000 on a record two week schedule 
2
El Mariachi
Candice Russell
Even making allowances for its budget and crude camera style this is no mini masterpiece no trend breaker 
2
El Mariachi
Terry Orme
An inventive wildly entertaining parody of spaghetti Westerns and violent action movies 
3
El Mariachi
Bill Cosford
As goofy as a Saturday Night Live skit but as lethal as a clip from an Eastwood spaghetti western Full review in Spanish 
2.5
El Mariachi
Michael MacCambridge
Consuelo Gómez possesses just the right touch of mystery for her role 
3
El Mariachi
Dave Kehr
Rodriguez has style to spare 
3
El Mariachi
Robert W. Butler
It s a giddily fun ride that embraces its own silliness and leaves you marveling 
3
El Mariachi
Malcolm Johnson
This dark mythical Mexican revenge comedy proves something of a miracle 
3
El Mariachi
Gene Siskel
One can only hope that Rodriguez follows in the steps of Spike Lee and manages to trigger a surge of Latino filmmaking 
3.5
El Mariachi
Judy Gerstel
Like an outlaw Strictly Ballroom El Mariachi is an irresistible send up with an engaging plot 
3
El Mariachi
Jeff Simon
It is in its way what movies are all about And it s a lark If you ever loved movies at all you ll probably want to see it 
3.5
El Mariachi
Katherine Monk
Not all of it works but young Rodriguez understands the most important thing of all keep people entertained and you can get away with anything 
3
El Mariachi
Barbara Vancheri
At any rate this marks an auspicious debut for a director who knows how to live by his wits his eye for talent and Hollywood loves this his budget 
3
El Mariachi
Jack Mathews
For all its endless chases and gory shoot outs there isn t a moment of real tension in El Mariachi 
2.5
El Mariachi
Scott Rosenberg
Rodriguez makes his limitations serve the film The underpopulated landscape has a poetic feel and the jittery hand held shots add to the tension 
2.5
El Mariachi
Roger Ebert
An enormously entertaining movie 
3
El Mariachi
David Nusair
Famously shot for around 7000 
2.5
El Mariachi
TV Guide Staff
The unrelenting tempo is bolstered by Rodriguez s camera work and editing nearly every frame seems to have been shot with a careening handheld camera and they re cut together in a skillful fluid fashion that enhances the tension and pace 
3.5
El Mariachi
Bill Chambers
Has tons more charm than its star studded big budget reprise Desperado 
3
El Mariachi
Chris Hicks
The energy that propels the action and the style and humor of the film and its players makes El Mariachi an entertaining ride 
2.5
El Mariachi
James Berardinelli
A gripping tautly paced action flick that outdoes most of Hollywood s similar output 
3
Casting By
David Nusair
An entertaining informative documentary 
3
Casting By
Nathalie Atkinson
Donahue makes a compelling case that publicly unsung hero Dougherty and L A counterpart Lynn Stalmaster had a profound influence on the industry 
3.5
Casting By
Geoff Pevere
Something of an elegy for a lost era when talent even at its rawest stood far above prettiness as the primary reason for getting the part 
2.5
Life Leaves Marks
Steve Rhodes
There s nothing like the joy of a movie that moves in subtly unexpected ways 
3
The Jungle Bunch
Vicky Roach
Even for a G rated animated adventure The Jungle Bunch is fairly tame 
2
The Golem
Bob Bloom
It captures an era in which Jews as they have throughout history are persecuted for simply existing and because they make easy scapegoats 
3
The Golem
Roger Moore
A good looking period piece folk parable with a fine climax but lacking compelling performances or genuine horrific suspense 
2
The Golem
Walter Chaw
It looks like a particularly handsome illustrated volume of fairy tales and acts like one too 
3.5
Insiang
Nick Schager
Lino Brocka s portrait of familial treachery and societal abandonment channels its melodrama through the filter of neorealism 
3.5
Crocodile
David Nusair
The only thing I m looking for in a movie of this sort is a lot of scenes featuring the killer croc eating people 
1
And Now the Screaming Starts
Lucius Gore
The film is suprisingly bloodless considering the fact that it received an R rating and despite the fact that a demon rape is part of the storyline there s precious little skin 
2
And Now the Screaming Starts
Jeremiah Kipp
Slow moving but frequently lurid 
2.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Jason Fraley
It s a shame the first half is so relentlessly raunchy because the second half is a fascinating behind the scenes look at the filmmaking process in Eddie Murphy s nod to blaxploitation 
2.5
Dolemite Is My Name
John Beifuss
Craig Brewer s Netflix hosted return to feature filmmaking is a spiritual sequel of sorts to Hustle Flow and a hilarious homage to the Memphis director s own family and friends filmmaking roots 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Federico Furzan
As funny as it may be this biography serves valid information with respect Murphy is impecable Full review in Spanish 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Catherine Springer
Has Murphy reinvented himself again No it s more like he has finally found a way to combine all his previous chapters into one epic book Don t call it a comeback call it a climax 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Alan French
Drive and passion come through for Murphy and it s hard to divorce the actor from the real life inspiration for the film 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
John Wirt
Dolemite Is My Name is filled with heart bust out loud comedy and a whole lot of cussing Murphy lives the role of Moore a man who doesn t let choruses of naysayers keep him down 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
Rene Sanchez
Eddie Murphy dazzles in this outrageously hilarious comedy about the journey of a man who wanted to leave a mark in the world Full Review in Spanish 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Rob Thomas
Wildly funny raunchy and unabashedly sweet it s as close to a guaranteed good time as you can find on the streaming site lately and provides Eddie Murphy with his best comic role since 2000 s Bowfinger 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
David Nusair
Dolemite Is My Name benefits substantially from an engaging and astoundingly charismatic turn from Murphy 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Sarah Knight Adamson
Eddie Murphy is at the top of his craft There s so much to appreciate in Dolemite is My Name I laughed through the entire film 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
James Berardinelli
Moore was always bigger than life and that s how Murphy plays him It s a strong performance of a character worthy of biopic treatment Dolemite lives 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Joe Friar
Eddie Murphy as blaxploitation star Rudy Ray Moore will go down as one of the actor comedian s greatest performances One of 2019 s best films 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
Sean P. Means
Murphy embraces Moore s foul mouthed stage persona and his do it yourself optimism in the vein of Ed Wood or The Disaster Artist but with an infectious joy that outdoes both of those movies 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Ty Burr
It s an Eddie Murphy movie when all is said and done though and it s been far too long since we ve had one worthy of his talent 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Chuck Bowen
After its promising first act Craig Brewer s film becomes a series of fleeting bits allowing questions to pile up 
2.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Jeff York
The film is a period piece that has a lot to say about our modern times It s a rallying cry to fight the power reinvent yourself to be happy and realize it takes a village to move mountains 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Mick LaSalle
Though Dolemite is My Name is a fairly lighthearted story there was a lot in Moore s life for him to feel stressed about and the movie shows that 
2.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Robert Horton
A funny showbiz picture and a welcome return for Eddie Murphy s still sharp talents 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Bob Bloom
At one point in the movie Moore says I want the world to know I exist After this film people will remember Murphy is around 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
Steven Prokopy
It s almost impossible to watch Eddie Murphy take on the character of world famous stand up performer blaxploitation actor rap pioneer Rudy Ray Moore and not wonder what took him so long to do it 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Mark Dujsik
This film is pretty entertaining as a look at both Moore s intrepid entrepreneurship and the strange path to making a genuinely strange movie 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Richard Roeper
We laugh every step of the way with Moore and his fellow fringe showbiz hopefuls We root for them to somehow break through We care about them 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In Dolemite Is My Name Eddie Murphy s Got Game 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Michael Phillips
By playing a real underdog who became a huge influence on countless rappers and comics coming up behind him Murphy is once again in comfortable confident performance territory 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Ann Hornaday
Murphy s back baby in a performance so big and so generous that it virtually busts through the screen 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Gary Thompson
It s often unexpectedly sweet 
2.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Joey Magidson
Dolemite Is My Name is further proof Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are among the best in the business when it comes to unusual biopics Eddie Murphy is terrific 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Roger Moore
A mutha f g victory lap for Eddie Murphy 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Lindsey Bahr
It s simply a loving R rated portrait of Rudy Ray Moore a nobody who had the guts to believe in himself when no one else did featuring a killer comeback Eddie Murphy performance 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Rafer Guzman
A comeback story whose lead actor is indeed making a comeback a disco dandy period piece and an ebullient comedy with an irresistibly inspirational message 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Dwight Brown
With a hilarious bio script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Eddie Murphy makes a splashing film comeback as the outrageously bold and determined artist who became an integral part of the 1970s Blaxploitation era 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
Odie Henderson
A typical biopic buoyed by its unrelenting hilarity its affection for its subject and commitment to the time and place it is set 
3.5
Dolemite Is My Name
Robert Levin
You don t have to know a thing about Rudy Ray Moore the subject of the rollicking biopic Dolemite Is My Name to respond to the sheer blast of unfettered joy that emanates from the movie 
4
Dolemite Is My Name
Peter Howell
Can you dig it Consider it dug 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Barry Hertz
But beyond that bit of inventive meta business narrative Dolemite Is My Name feels less forward thinking and more shaggily comfortable running through the let s put on a show formula with little flair albeit a whole lot of spirit 
3
Dolemite Is My Name
Sara Stewart
Dolemite Is My Name kicks off the Eddie Murphy comeback that s been a very long time coming And this comic biopic is a blast from start to finish 
4
Dead Pigs
Ross Anthony
Strong acting and distinctive rich direction tie these handful of quirky street level story lines together 
3
Dead Pigs
Roger Moore
A droll Chinese satire that stings rather than scalds 
3
Dead Pigs
Randy Myers
Yan fashions a quirky engaging and feisty tale that unites the plights of kooky characters coping with an ever changing city country and culture It s quite the ride 
3
Dead Pigs
Glenn Kenny
Yan s debut as a writer director is a mostly sturdily constructed and deftly edited series of meanwhiles a sprawling narrative of loosely and closely connected people whose lives intertwine in a variety of ways 
3
In Search of Haydn
John von Rhein
The result is an absorbing and illuminating portrait of a composer whose popularity actually exceeded that of Wolfgang and Ludwig during his day 
4
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Mike Clark
Yet another debut about urban lowlifes filmed by wanna be Tarantinos Denver boasts a distinctive personality and a colorful cast that any police lineup would be proud to call its own 
3
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Roger Ebert
It s so overwritten it becomes an exercise in style rather than a story about its characters On balance I think it s an interesting miss 
2.5
Possessed
Roger Moore
Even if the Malaysian undead don 8217 t have the rules of 8220 Zombieland 8221 down pat 44 the effects are decent and the makeup is outstanding even if the plot is canned 47 store brand generic and the frights not all that frightening 46 
1.5
Aviva My Love
Hannah Brown
Writer director Shemi Zarhin who made the much more successful Hacochavim shel Shlomi international title Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi is still a filmmaker worth watching but this isn t his best effort 
2.5
Aviva My Love
Peter Keough
There must be a cinematic new wave afoot in which directors around the world churn out treacly audience pleasing pabulum knowing that it will probably serve as the opening night film at various festivals in the United States 
1
The Moonshine War
David Nusair
an exceedingly sluggish and underwhelming drama 
2
American Dresser
Roger Moore
Tired old guys hit the road motorcycle road trip dramedy 
1.5
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Andy Webster
It s a Wonderful Afterlife may be a busy trifle but it has its good natured charms and agreeable gross outs 
3
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Diego Semerene
A magical realist comedy about the idealization of state sanctioned heterosexual coupledom 
2
Supa Modo
Shane Slater
A true delight in its unbridled humanity 
3
Supa Modo
Brent McKnight
I m glad movie theaters are dark because I ugly cried my way through all 74 minutes of Supa Modo I straight up bawled my eyes out 
4
The True Don Quixote
Mike Scott
A deftly directed emotionally resonant update of Cervantes tale Most importantly it never loses grip of the comedy and humanity that makes it all so magical to begin with 
3
Only the Animals
Tom Meek
As the film comes around the bend two thirds in though connections and big reveals become far too convenient and coincidental to feel real 
2.5
Only the Animals
Peter Sobczynski
An effectively convincing slow burn thriller 
3.5
Only the Animals
Pat Padua
Its shifting viewpoints recall Akira Kurosawa s classic 1950 film Rashomon which posited that the recollections of multiple eyewitness to a crime can be so different in their details that truth finally becomes elusive 
3
Major League
Dave Kehr
It skims along agreeable surfaces expertly balancing its comedy with melodrama and fulfilling expectations right on schedule 
3
Major League
Carrie Rickey
Somebody should tell Ward that winning isn t everything Character is And this is what his movie lacks 
2
Major League
Peter Canavese
A meat and potatoes 80s movie that maybe doesn t taste great but at least is less filling Blu ray 
2.5
Major League
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
Consider Ward s comic framework and Major League is a top tier baseball film 
3
Major League
David Nusair
The scarce laughs are courtesy of Bob Uecker as announcer Harry Doyle 
2.5
Major League
Chris Hicks
If you re looking for a sexy funny baseball movie with depth of character and a thought provoking examination of love rent Bull Durham But if you just want some good laughs Major League should fill the bill 
3
Music of the Heart
Judith Egerton
Doesn t revolve around a self centered main character or possess the schmaltz of Mr Holland s Opus 
3.5
Music of the Heart
James Berardinelli
Music of the Heart is nothing if not a change of pace and unfortunately Craven doesn t appear entirely comfortable in these new surroundings 
2
Music of the Heart
Susan Stark
A movie that tells a story not from some Hollywood swifty s febrile imagination but rather from life 
3
Music of the Heart
Susan Wloszczyna
To see Streep s prickly pear of an instructor blossom along with her struggling students is a rare joy 
3
Music of the Heart
Jorge Avila Andrade
Las personas que han estudiado msica o han practicado la docencia podrn entender la problemtica que plantea Craven en su pelcula
3
Music of the Heart
Michael Dequina
Craven sends the audience out feeling happy and inspired which is the very reason why one would buy a ticket 
3
Music of the Heart
Ross Anthony
an inspirational story that finds its harmonies not without their share of dissonant notes 
2
Music of the Heart
Steve Rhodes
Music of the Heart is Mr Holland s Opus dumbed down and clichd up 
2
Music of the Heart
David N. Butterworth
The main problem with Music of the Heart is that it s devoid of drama making it an extremely difficult film to pigeonhole 
2
Music of the Heart
Rob Blackwelder
Music isn t much more than elementary sentimentality 
2.5
Music of the Heart
Lou Lumenick
Overwrought tearjerker directed without a shred of subtlety 
1.5
Music of the Heart
Bill Chambers
The latter part of Music of the Heart brings with it unintentional humour soapboxing and some slack direction from Craven who seems to lose his sense of economy in abandoning the horror genre 
2
Music of the Heart
Roger Ebert
Most movies claiming to be based on fact pour on the melodrama but this one basically just sticks to the real story which has all the emotional wallop that s needed 
3
Music of the Heart
Michael Wilmington
One of the year s most heartfelt movies 
3.5
Music of the Heart
Mick LaSalle
Some people will warm to Music of the Heart and for those people the idea of criticizing the film will be like kicking a puppy 
2
Just the Way You Are
David Nusair
a fairly thin premise that s employed to excessively deliberate and mostly tedious effect 
1
Burning the Future: Coal in America
Ed Gonzalez
The title is enough to tell you that Novack on the side of a West Virginia community being decimated by mountaintop mining but it s also the right side 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
James Vance
The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie isn t going to be for most people but those who were already converts will probably find it tasty enough to go back for seconds 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
David N. Butterworth
The brains behind Cartoon Network s Aqua Teen Hunger Force have stretched their 12 minute plus commercials Adult Swim series entry into 86 rather uneven ones 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Jeffrey Westhoff
I didn t feel like I was watching somebody else s idea of a joke I felt like I was watching somebody else s idea of a nightmare 
1
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Mike McGranaghan
I have never taken an illegal substance movies have always been my drug of choice and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters was like a big old cinematic acid trip 
3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Linda Cook
You know if you re not familiar with the television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force then you might as well not waste your time reading about Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters 
3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Kit Bowen
While not for the faint of heart Aqua Teen Hunger Force is perfectly suited for the seriously twisted followers and new recruits of the Cartoon Network show 
3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Dustin Putman
If nothing else it can lay claim to being the only film in memory that had me in tears of hysterical laughter before the studio logos came up 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Angel Cohn
Only die hard addicts of the Cartoon Network series will want to sit through the entire film for its amusing moments 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Tom Keogh
For a production that is so dialogue rich and profane this is not for kids Aqua Teen is also visually arresting in its desultory whatever sticks to the wall grottiness 
3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Peter Hartlaub
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is difficult to recommend without first knowing the sobriety of the viewer 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
David Elliott
The animation is pastiche but impudently inventive with pop culture eating its furry tail after a long lick 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Pam Grady
Creators Willis and Maiellaro simply do not have enough material to fill a movie that clocks in at 86 minutes Too much humor falls flat and there are too many stretches where not much happens at all 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Lisa Rose
It s one thing to catch Aqua Teen in 15 minute increments on TV but sitting through a feature length onslaught is an endurance test even for devoted viewers 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Kyle Smith
The big screen version of the demented Cartoon Network hit is often hilarious and always surreal 
3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Elizabeth Weitzman
So insane it approaches a sort of mad brilliance this full length Cartoon Network spinoff must have been made with chemical enhancement in mind Enter with a clear head at your own risk 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Bob Strauss
It s all as neurotically juvenile as South Park though not nearly as sharply written and even less well animated 
1
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
John Monaghan
The movie is warped to be sure but even fans will have to admit that the laughs are stretched pretty thin over nearly 90 minutes 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Michael Booth
Fans of Aqua Teen who couldn t wait for the next TV season You ll likely love it The uninitiated It would be a lot cheaper to watch five minutes of the Cartoon Network Save your money for some higher quality nonanimated fast food 
1.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Ty Burr
It s inconsequential potty mouthed extremely silly and the worst sin of all dead boring 
1
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Frank Ochieng
Bottom line consider the engagingly outlandish Aqua Teen Hunger Force as feisty food for incomprehensible thought 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Erik Childress
I don t expect those coming in to a feature version of their adventures to understand why I was laughing so hard at times But I did expect to laugh far more than I actually did 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Glenn Kenny
I am tempted to call Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters the most successful full on surrealist film since Bunuel and Dali s 1930 L Age d Or 
4
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Claudia Puig
Offers occasional laughs amid a jumble of pop culture references Despite its Borat esque title don t expect a coherent plot 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Mark Dujsik
I like Aqua Teen Hunger Force as it s meant to be taken in small under 15 minute spurts 
1
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Chris Hewitt
The movie version of Aqua offers pretty much the same surreal gross half baked antics as the TV version and that s just not enough 
1
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Jan Stuart
By the end you may feel as if you ve been ballroom dancing with a live exposed electric guitar cord for an hour and a half At peak performance it s wired chaotic madness 
3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Eric Gwinn
In short bursts of late night TV ATHF is cramp inducingly funny Stretched over 87 minutes it s too much to bear Fast food cures the munchies but makes for a terrible diet 
1.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Josh Larsen
conjures up the surreal adolescent daydreams of stuffy high school classrooms You might as well be watching the doodling in some kid s notebook come to life 
2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Peter Travers
Succeed s enough of the time to make a perversely entertaining movie 
2.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Ed Gonzalez
A second viewing with a joint in hand awaits to determine if it s the worst movie ever made or a fierce act of movie film revolution 
2.5
The Strip
Chris Hewitt
It s like an artificial chocolate bit looks kinda the same as a real chocolate chip but it s an unsatisfying imitation 
1.5
The Strip
John Hartl
A sweet if ultimately wan comedy about male bonding and office politics 
2.5
The Strip
Wesley Morris
The dialogue is embarrassing and scenes that should take two minutes wind up lasting 10 
1.5
The Strip
Peter Keough
Jameel Khan s film springs from the format of The Office like a blurred reproduction from a bad copy machine 
2.5
The Strip
Joseph Jon Lanthier
It s clear that Khan cares deeply about the characters that populate The Strip but most of them aren t worth his or our time 
2
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Sarah Knight Adamson
A beautiful movie with messages of love and forgiveness The music and Dolly Parton will warm your heart 
4
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Roger Moore
Holiday classic it may not be but Dolly always has been and deserves our thanks and attention accordingly 
2
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Richard Roeper
The national treasure Parton lends her songs and her luminescence to the feel good family movie 
3
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Sarah Boesveld
Christmas on the Square lets the viewer kick back and indulge in all things Parton 
3
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Lindsey Bahr
Christmas on the Square is pure studio lot fantasy and not really trying to be anything else There is some fun choreography and a few toe tapping tunes 
1
Crude Independence
Steve Rhodes
It deserves an A for honesty and integrity as it eschews the easy path of making one side into villains But the biggest surprise is a lack of demonstrable conflict 
3
Israel: A Home Movie
Kam Williams
Israel captured through the eyes of ordinary citizens as a vulnerable refuge where tragedy has become the norm and where peace invariably leads back to war 
3
Israel: A Home Movie
Farran Smith Nehme
Ultimately this film reveals the Israeli self image but not much more 
2
Israel: A Home Movie
Wes Greene
A prismatic meditation on an entire nation Eliav Lilti s documentary is history as abstraction 
3
Girl in Progress
Brett Michel
As rites of passage go Girl in Progress is a step backward for the genre 
1
Girl in Progress
Stephen Whitty
It never gives us a character we truly care about or a consistent reason for watching 
1
Girl in Progress
Claudia Puig
Girl in Progress seems like a work in progress 
2
Girl in Progress
Lou Lumenick
The direction doesn t do justice to the fairly novel concept of a young woman consciously constructing her own coming of age scenario 
2.5
Girl in Progress
Rafer Guzman
A comedy drama that veers between silly and serious but can t reconcile the opposing tones 
2
Girl in Progress
Matt Pais
Well intentioned discussion points for Mother s Day 
2.5
Girl in Progress
Roger Moore
Can a single tone deaf wince inducing joke even one that s repeated kill a movie No Not a good film But a marginal one that has trouble finding its tone Let s just say wisecracks about spouse abuse don t help this one 
1.5
Girl in Progress
Roger Ebert
Attention women You should never sleep with a man whose only attribute is that you want to sleep with him I should write a book of my own 
1.5
Girl in Progress
Christy Lemire
This is being marketed as an ideal film for moms and daughters to see together on Mother s Day weekend A long awkward brunch sounds more fun and more truthful 
1.5
Girl in Progress
Nick Schager
Girl in Progress operates like a training wheels melodrama for genre uneducated tweens 
1
Three on a Match
David Nusair
the picture s proliferation of admittedly surprising twists and turns in its second half secures its place as a far more entertaining and engaging drama than one might ve anticipated 
3
Three on a Match
John Beifuss
Strong sordid stuff 
4
Ramona and Beezus
David Nusair
an affable yet forgettable little comedy 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
John Beifuss
This sitcom bright film doesn t come close to the quality of the Beverly Cleary book series but it s a sweet frequently charming effort that doesn t betray its G rating 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
John Wirt
A heartwarming little film that makes a genuine connection to the joys and trials of childhood 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Adam Keleman
At over 100 minutes Ramona and Beezus is a hefty cinematic effort to get through especially considering how audience surveyed and clichéd the film proves
1.5
Ramona and Beezus
Dan Kois
Allen s direction is bright and imaginative particularly enjoyable are the movie s occasional flights of fancy 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Joe Williams
Joey King will bounce back 
2
Ramona and Beezus
Katie Hewitt
The film tries to appeal to audiences of all ages and for the most part reels you in like a sea bass as Ramona would say 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Amy Biancolli
Ramona deserves better treatment fairer justice than she gets in Ramona and Beezus for no other reason than she s the best thing in it a rambunctious bright eyed mighty mouse with a kaleidoscopic wardrobe and an imagination to match 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Loey Lockerby
There are so many diversions and subplots it s hard to get caught up in any single story 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Lisa Kennedy
Ramona and Beezus has enough charm to forgive it an unnecessary foray onto romantic comedy turf 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Thelma Adams
The sweet sisterhood story based on the Beverly Cleary books doesn t talk down to kids and presents parents as appealing and vulnerable 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Lou Lumenick
Child actress King is a real find plenty of kids will be asking for a sequel 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Jason Anderson
This is a lively affair largely thanks to the sweet and snappy screenplay by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay and to the appealing performances by the cast 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Chris Hewitt
As a fan of the books I was skeptical that the movies could re create their gentle humane messy spirit But I m happy to report that Ramona and Beezus captures the characters almost perfectly and that Joey King is an ideal Ramona 
4
Ramona and Beezus
Mark Dujsik
The more where there could be less has the story dragging its feet 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Dustin Putman
Appealing funny honest and all that jazz but who could have expected it to be this touching 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Jeff Vice
Here s a summer movie release that s not filled with big explosions or action sequences and one of the few films aimed at kids that isn t animated or in 3 D 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is as intoxicating a G rated family adventure as any I m likely to see this year a captivating wonder from first frame to last this movie a truly spellbinding delight young and old alike should equally revel in 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Ted Fry
Flooded with warm light and a radiant mood Ramona and Beezus is a sunny series of charming escapades and subtle flights of fancy that capture the safe fusion of imagination and reality where all little girls should grow up 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Carrie Rickey
Director Allen whose previous film was the uninspired mermaid saga Aquamarine tells the Quimbys story gracefully She elicits remarkably honest performances from her younger stars 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Janice Page
This new Ramona prefers mischief without real edge You always know her parachute has a silver lining even in an economic downturn She is above all safe And that makes her nowhere near as entertaining or enduring as the girl on the page 
2
Ramona and Beezus
Michael Phillips
The movie is not bad but it s not much 
2.5
Ramona and Beezus
Peter Keough
My advice is to stay away from Elizabeth Allen s bland and banal adaptation which plays like a contemporary Leave It to Beaver without irony or ingenuousness 
1.5
Ramona and Beezus
Roger Ebert
We no longer all watch the same TV shows we are no longer as innocent and the world of Klickitat is fading into timeless nostalgia Ramona and Beezus is a sweet salute 
3
Ramona and Beezus
Roger Moore
There are more laughs in the average episode of Gomez s Wizards of Waverly Place TV show than in this 
2
Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad
Matt Brunson
Like any decent documentary it offers enough of interest even for non connoisseurs 
2.5
Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad
Blake Howard
For anyone who has ever been a skater or a BMX er this critic included you ll have another sub cultural mecca to add to the list of places to see before you die Long may ROM reign 
2.5
Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad
Tom Meek
It s not quite as poetic as Stacey Peralta s Dogtown and Z Boys but it captures the same spirit a pond hop away 
2.5
Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad
Federico Furzan
An inspirational documentary about a misunderstood culture and the concrete fortress it has somehow survived in 
3.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Loey Lockerby
A few of the academy s students receive personal profiles and their resilience after years of war and oppression is remarkable If ever that triumph of the human spirit clich could be applied to a group of people this is it 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Michael Booth
Any film that raises this many interesting questions is worth seeing though Beauty Academy never goes quite deep enough to become essential 
2.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Rob Thomas
It rather eloquently makes the case that individuals who have confidence and self worth can build a country with confidence and self worth 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Phil Villarreal
Ugly Americans try to teach Afghans to be pretty 
2
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Michele Kenner
The interaction between the self absorbed oblivious hairdressers and their quiet stubborn traditional students runs from the hilarious to the heartbreaking 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Steven Rea
Without editorializing Mermin raises fascinating questions about the cultural impact of globalization the allure of the West and the troubled history of an ancient land 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Jeff Vice
That the film is even this watchable has to do more with the subjects themselves 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Sean P. Means
Director Liz Mermin subtly captures both sides of a cultural divide 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Mick LaSalle
Audiences will come away having had an authentic encounter with the plight the hope and the humanity of the women of Afghanistan and that s more than audiences will ever get just watching the news 
2
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Can be a frustrating experience because of representation issues 
2.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Bruce Newman
An example of fascinating material that frequently triumphs over its pedestrian presentation 
2.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Tom Keogh
Mermin is quite skilled at separating the honorable intent of the school from dopey assumptions of several American beauticians 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Bob Strauss
a light and lively fly on the wall piece that is occasionally aware of its own absurdity 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Bruce Westbrook
a documentary whose superficial image belies its profound impact 
4
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Chris Hewitt
unlike Dead Poets this film is actually focused on the students and interested in their attempts to take control of their own destinies 
2.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Ty Burr
It s that gulf between earnest idealism and beaten down realism that s the unexpected drama of Beauty Academy 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Michael Wilmington
Democracy might not really come from a bottle of shampoo but Beauty Academy teaches us that sometimes mascara really matters 
2.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Ken Fox
Warm funny and hugely entertaining 
3.5
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Timothy Knight
A touching and gently funny testament to the resilience of the Afghan women many of whom share harrowing stories of life under the Taliban 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Gene Seymour
Mermin s straightforward no frills account of how a group of American hair stylists taught their craft to Afghan women recently emerging from Taliban rule is admirably solicitous toward both teachers and students 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Stephen Whitty
It may sound a little silly at first but The Beauty Academy of Kabul a new documentary illustrates the good sense behind it 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
V.A. Musetto
Entertaining but lightweight film which is better suited to public TV than the big screen 
2
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Elizabeth Weitzman
Mermin vividly explores both the beauty within its walls and the dangers outside 
3
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Nick Schager
Allows cross cultural conversations about love relationships and marriage to convey the beauty school s potential for cultivating hope in a more progressive future 
3
Fugitive Alien
Matt Brunson
Deadly dull 
1
Lotawana
Tom Meek
The tight intimate picture of two people drawn together and then pulled apart by ideals and circumstance makes Hawkins a talent to watch for That said he doesn t get his calling card kudos without his talented leads 
2.5
Lotawana
Blake Howard
Emmy Award winning Writer director Trevor Hawkins debut narrative feature Lotawana is a cautionary love letter to wandering 
2.5
Lotawana
Caroline Madden
Lotawana is a bittersweet portrayal of mourning and wanderlust It has a painterly elegance that is absolutely breathtaking 
4
From Justin to Kelly
M. K. Terrell
Fans may enjoy their Idol songs and parents may appreciate its wholesomeness but there s little else to recommend in this throwback to the 60s Beach Blanket movies 
1.5
From Justin to Kelly
Wesley Morris
What s depressing about From Justin to Kelly whose title seems to refer to the text messages he sends her is that it s been made without a lick of love skill or apparently money 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Bill Chambers
Watching them lock lips feels like incest propaganda Justin and Kelly are offspring of the same publicity machinery after all
0
From Justin to Kelly
Michael Dequina
From Justin to Kelly is just one of those films a bottomless well of snark fodder that may come and go in theatres but will surely be spun innumerable times on DVD at parties in the years to come 
0
From Justin to Kelly
Nick Rogers
Messages that read I O U A BRGR U GAME propel the plot forward Alas all the scenes in which Prince hijacks the cell phones have been left on the cutting room floor 
2
From Justin to Kelly
Peter Sobczynski
It was produced by people who saw nothing in it but a few quick bucks filled with songs that no one would want to hear again and starring two people who have no business at the center of any movie 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Tony Toscano
I hope they don t wait this long for Rubin s film 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Karen Heller
From Justin to Kelly is basically a more wholesome MTV Dance Party the musical festivities interrupted every so often to search for a plot 
1
From Justin to Kelly
C.W. Nevius
From Justin to Kelly may be right out of the Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello scrapbook but that s not the movie they are making here 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Kim Morgan
From Justin to Kelly is completely awful 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Jan Stuart
An 80 minute cavalcade of music video style numbers strung together with little fits of dialogue for pretty gym toned performers who are given the names of characters 
1.5
From Justin to Kelly
Lou Lumenick
Arguably the most insipid movie released so far this century 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Tim Cuprisin
From Justin to Kelly is 81 minutes of beach blanket bunkum with the cast of cute kids bursting into song every now and then to cover up a romance that never ignites 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Rene Rodriguez
Despite all the constant discussion of raging hormones hot babes and whipped cream bikini contests the movie is Disney clean and curiously asexual 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Sean P. Means
Guarini is a hopeless case But acting lessons and a costume designer who can flatter her non anorexic figure could turn Clarkson into a movie star 
2
From Justin to Kelly
Linda Cook
Where are Frankie and Annette 
2.5
From Justin to Kelly
Steve Rhodes
The would be romantic comedy is a PG rated musical that s as dull as dishwater 
1.5
From Justin to Kelly
Mike McGranaghan
This movie is a joke and I know it as both critic and fan 
1.5
From Justin to Kelly
Maitland McDonagh
This too many generations removed copy of Where the Boys Are 1960 is crammed with energetic but artless musical numbers that feature lip synching multitudes and uninspired choreography 
2
From Justin to Kelly
Dustin Putman
The choreography is flat and lifeless the pop songs are thoroughly disposable mass produced trash and the lip synching and sound mix have to be some of the worst ever for a big studio motion picture 
.5
From Justin to Kelly
Frank Ochieng
schmaltzy sitting through the bubble gum banality of FJTK is enough to make poor Beach vets Frankie and Annette and the rest of us for that matter bury their delusional heads in the sand 
1.5
From Justin to Kelly
Phil Villarreal
It s sad that after Moulin Rouge and Chicago worked so hard to resurrect the musical From Justin to Kelly had to go and kill it all over again 
1
From Justin to Kelly
Leigh Johnson
From Justin to Kelly has the potential to be almost cultishly kitschy if the songs were even remotely interesting but they re just more of the same trite pop garbage we ve come to expect from our American Idols 
.5
A Dark Song
David Reddish
For much of its runtime A Dark Song plays coy about the intentions of its characters Do Sophia and Joseph really believe theyre summoning supernatural beings Or is the whole ritual just an excuse for some wild kink 
4
A Dark Song
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Dark Song is a beguiling terror that saves its best reveals right up until the end the lines between good and evil right and wrong Heaven and Hell hypnotically blurring until they practically no longer exist 
3.5
A Dark Song
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most unsettling horror movies of recent years Scary and poignant 
3.5
A Dark Song
Nathan Carson
This ritualistic haunter is scary the mood rarely breaks and for once we get a horror movie with a functional character arc 
4
The Final Conflict
Matt Brunson
A shoddy effort that looks and feels nothing like the first two pictures in the series 
1.5
The Final Conflict
David Nusair
The Omen trilogy comes to a close with this expectedly uneven installment 
2.5
The Final Conflict
Roger Ebert
The first ten minutes of The Final Conflict are such a masterful job of storytelling Alas the moment The Final Conflict turns to dialogue and a plot it loses its inspiration 
2
The Final Conflict
Ted Prigge
This film can t even be very fascinating The magic of the original films is definitely gone in this one 
2
Pieta
Jeff Shannon
After being subjected to disturbing scenes of abject cruelty rape and torture my reactions shifted from squeamish revulsion to a reluctant yet growing appreciation for Kim s thematic ambition 
3
Pieta
Rick Groen
Fascination returns at the stirring climax when the plot neatly twists and the film s apparently simple message turns deeper and blacker 
3
Pieta
Peter Howell
A mother s love for her child takes on brutal new meaning in Pieta a film by Kim Ki duk that s as hard to watch as it is to forget 
3
Pieta
Marty Mapes
Wrenching Oedipal tragedy not for the casual viewer
3.5
Pieta
Rene Rodriguez
Like many South Korean films revenge is a major theme here although the way Kim handles it is particularly subtle and surprising It sneaks up on you 
3
Pieta
Stephen Whitty
More philosophy than film at times it asks questions without expecting easy answers What is money What is love And what would you do for either 
3
Pieta
V.A. Musetto
The newest masterpiece of sex and brutality by South Korean wild man Kim Ki duk 
3.5
Pieta
John Semley
Kim Ki duk s film makes an exaggerated undeserved show of its cruelty indignity and aspirations of importance 
.5
The Thing That Couldn't Die
Matt Brunson
Away from the MST3K heckling it s an average rather than awful chiller 
2
Shrek The Musical
Peter Canavese
The good natured show has a winningly inclusive spirit a fantastical appeal and a Vaudevillian comic showmanship that evoke The Wizard of Oz surely a conscious inspiration Blu ray 
3
Snake Eyes
David Nusair
an uncommonly interminable experience 
1
100 Days of Solitude
Roger Moore
Lovely to look at a little annoying to listen to a striking Spanish nature film limited only by its format 
2.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Peter Sobczynski
The Trials of Muhammad Ali allows us a chance to see Muhammad Ali not as an icon but as a man willing to take a stand even an unpopular one for something that he believed in 
3.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Bruce Ingram
Conventional yet fascinating 
3.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
John Hartl
If you have fond memories of David Susskind s talk shows from the golden age of 1960s television prepare to have them blasted away by this revealing documentary 
3.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Mick LaSalle
There is history as it s remembered and then there s history as it happened This documentary gives us the latter and it s a true education 
3
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Mark Feeney
The archival footage in Bill Siegel s documentary The Trials of Muhammad Ali is wondrous How could it not be featuring the gentleman in the title 
3
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Chris Hewitt
It feels much longer than its 90 minutes If you re looking for an Ali documentary go with the monumental When We Were Kings 
1
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
James Adams
It effectively recalls what a divisive often irritating even hated figure Ali was back in the day before his ascent to the realm of myth and near sainthood 
2.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
David Hiltbrand
The documentary The Trials of Muhammad Ali is an extraordinarily detailed and textured examination of the man the time and the societal forces involved 
4
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Walter Chaw
I love Siegel s sly paralleling of Ali s fight preparation with his growth as a human being
3
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Mike McGranaghan
A remarkable fascinating documentary 
3.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Sean O'Connell
Balanced It shows us just enough of Ali in his prime so that we understand how much he lost when he refused to serve in Vietnam 
2.5
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Kalvin Henely
Bill Siegel has made more of a Ken Burns esque history book that is a medium more dry and factual than a film 
1.5
Sexy Durga
Elise Nakhnikian
A couple s journey gone horribly awry comes to feel universal an allegory about the violent misogyny that plagues India 
3
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that wants nothing more than to allow some high spirited kids to sing and dance their way through a silly plot just long enough to make us grin 
3
Body of War
Ross Anthony
The doc gets up close and personal It shows one injured vet s reality after war 
2.5
Body of War
Michael Phillips
Whatever you think of the film Body of War stirs up real admiration for its subject 
2.5
Body of War
Rob Thomas
Body of War is so simple minded and ham handed in its case against the war that it ends up diluting its own argument 
2
Body of War
Chris Hewitt
It s an unusually intimate portrait 
3
Body of War
Jim Emerson
Body of War again demonstrates that we Americans still have some bitter truths to face 
3
Body of War
Carrie Rickey
It is not merely an antiwar document but a complex profile in courage of a paraplegic and patriot 
3
Body of War
John Hartl
A tough affecting documentary about an American soldier in the Iraq war 
3.5
Body of War
Tamara Straus
A chance to witness the struggles of a remarkable young man Young may be paralyzed in the body but his mind is fiercely alive 
4
Body of War
Ken Fox
Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro s powerful documentary takes a microcosmic look at the war and its devastation by focusing on a single casualty 
3.5
Body of War
Wesley Morris
Editor Bernadine Colish weaves together all that C SPAN footage into a disturbing procedural indictment 
3.5
Body of War
Kyle Smith
Lazy shallow and repetitive Phil Donahue s Body of War is one of the most incompetent documentaries to emerge from the Iraq war 
1
Body of War
Ed Gonzalez
Body of War is a gut wrenching documentary experience 
3
Body of War
Robert W. Butler
Equal parts sadness and inspiration fury and compassion the film is sure to divide audiences along ideological lines But there s no denying the reality of Tomas Young s experiences A man who has paid so much is more than entitled to his opinions 
3.5
Body of War
David Nusair
46 46 46 more than just another run of the mill political documentary 46 
3.5
Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis
Kamal Al-Solaylee
There s nothing revolutionary or artistically groundbreaking here but there s something reassuring in the fact that this is what the French have anointed as their biggest hit Vive la low key diffrence 
3
Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis
Greg Quill
Dany Boon tinkers with the formula just enough to make his story fresh and the sentiment at its heart not too sweet though compounded contrivances in the last 30 minutes of the picture threaten to unravel its peculiar magic 
3
Thumbelina
Walter Chaw
The film is for very young children and people in comas 
1
Thumbelina
Roger Ebert
I didn t much care for two reasons Thumbelina s woe is me act got old real fast and I couldn t care less about her matrimonial prospects 
2
Pacifiction
Tom Meek
It mesmerizes as it raises issues of colonialism and exploitation The title given the locale and De Roller s conundrum is a devilish little play and a perfect accent on Serra s carefully crafted vision 
3
Pacifiction
Roger Moore
A filmic piece of flotsam that one and all drift along with 44 touching on themes but never wrestling with them 44 glimpsing the sights but never really showing them to us 46 
2
Pacifiction
Rob Thomas
It works better not as a political parable but as a woozy mood piece 44 like a Graham Greene novel that someone spilled their banana daiquiri on 44 making most of the words blurred and unreadable 46 
2.5
Pacifiction
Simon Abrams
De Roller 8217 s banal and unrevealing behavior also eventually reflects his creators 8217 shallowness 46 
2
Pacifiction
Robert Horton
This may be the most beguiling critique of colonialism ever made 44 partly because it does so many other things 44 many of them mysterious 46 
4
Pacifiction
Carson Lund
Pacifiction uses its thin narrative elements as a pretense to explore the texture of uncertainty 44 suspicion 44 and inaction 46 
3.5
Walking on Water
Roger Moore
Intimate portrait of a combative artist at work but so straightforward as to be the very definition of documentary 
2.5
Walking on Water
Mark Feeney
There s some dry in Walking on Water though not much There s a fair amount of wet As for joy that there is in abundance 
3
Walking on Water
Michael O'Sullivan
Rather than focus on the engineering and logistics of Piers which actually sound really intriguing the filmmaker trains his camera on general bickering and whining instead to an almost unpleasant degree 
2.5
Walking on Water
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To walk on water one must first earn the right to do so and these folks strive to deserve that honor See Walking on Water and stride vicariously by their side 
3.5
Walking on Water
Glenn Kenny
Art isn t easy we all know that But does it also have to be this crazy 
2
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
David Nusair
a truly and thoroughly maddening experience 
0
Tokyo Waka: A City Poem
Farran Smith Nehme
After a while it is impossible not to admire the birds intelligence and resilience and see that perhaps it s the other way around The crows are the ones putting up with us 
3
Tokyo Waka: A City Poem
Kenji Fujishima
Its discursiveness does have the intriguing effect of leaving behind a myriad of impressions about its subjects rather than settling on pat interpretations 
3
Blockers
Sarah Knight Adamson
As a comedy the film is hysterical all three leads performances are unmistakably funny 
3.5
Blockers
Matt Brunson
It all starts going downhill around the time Jon Cena drinks beer through his butt Until then Blockers is a rather savvy and if you squint really hard even subversive comedy 
2.5
Blockers
Mattie Lucas
Represents a natural progression of a genre that has long been trapped in regressive ideas of sexuality and treats its characters not like objects but like fully developed human beings
3
Blockers
Joey Magidson
There s so much that could have gone wrong with Blockers and yet it defies expectations 
3
Blockers
Robert Daniels
Blockers reminds us albeit comically that socially and culturally we have a long way to go when judging boys and girl equally sexually 
2.5
Blockers
David Keyes
A picture in the spirit of the early Farrelly brothers comedies where a premise usually functioned as the glue holding together a mass of gross outs 
2.5
Blockers
Jay Horton
Based on this debut Cannon deserves a project less dependent on vomit butt chugging and penis jokes 
3
Blockers
David Nusair
Tedious and unfunny virtually from start to finish 
2
Blockers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Blockers is a really funny motion picture Better it s also an emotionally authentic one that combination making this comedy something of a minor sensation I m certain to be watching again soon 
3
Blockers
Max Weiss
Blockers may not be the most evolved film out there but it has a sneaky streak of feminism 
2.5
Blockers
Christian Toto
The wokeness doesn t always kill the comedy here which means it s better than recent R rated dreck 
2.5
Blockers
Phil Villarreal
Whenever you think it can t push the envelope further it gives it another forceful shove 
3
Blockers
Kate Taylor
It s a reliable laugh machine that features enough jabs at contemporary mores alongside a discreet social conscience and some successfully female centric comedy that it rises above the inevitable chug and vomit jokes 
3
Blockers
Richard Roeper
Even in a broad comedy there s something sad at the core 
2
Blockers
Mark Dujsik
The shift in perspective and the ultimate message of the movie are two steps forward The inclusion of the parents though feels like one big step backwards 
2.5
Blockers
Katie Walsh
This raunchy teen sex comedy radically places teen girls in the driver s seat of their own sexual agency but it never sacrifices the dumb weird or gross moments that make the genre what it is be that for better or for worse 
2.5
Blockers
Johnny Oleksinski
At this point the drunk night out genre has become a never ending game of Mad Libs This time the blanks are lazily filled in with high school senior girls sex pact and helicopter parents 
1.5
Blockers
Peter Howell
It s that rare teen sex comedy that successfully crosses the generational divide between younger and older adults A sequel set in college seems likely and might actually be worth looking forward to 
3
Blockers
James Berardinelli
Although the movie s foremost goal is to deliver big laughs it gets points for taking seriously the trauma of parents who after nurturing and caring for their children over an 18 year period are forced to let go 
3
Blockers
Michael Phillips
The teenage girls act and interact like human beings on planet Earth fully free of the nagging John Hughesian archetypes of babe or wallflower or uptight scold 
3
Blockers
Peter Travers
Debuting director Kay Cannon gives a femcentric spin to this raunchcom about three high school girls who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night WWE champ John Cena as one of the parents who try to block the plan is the movie s comedy MVP 
3
Blockers
Ann Hornaday
As a burlesque of parental angst and sex panic Blockers possesses sharply observed moments of inspired lunacy 
2.5
Blockers
Mick LaSalle
Not every joke is a home run but the jokes keep coming and more than a few times they re hilarious 
3
Blockers
Tom Russo
Cannon and her cast keep us laughing enough to hang in for a satisfying takeaway It s only natural for the rents to worry Sometimes though teens know themselves better than their folks suspect 
2.5
Blockers
Dusty Somers
A third generation Judd Apatow dupe a little raunch a lot of sentimentality some of which even feels genuine 
2
Blockers
Gary Thompson
The movie equates female sexual freedom with empowerment On the other hand it warns that you wouldn t want to be found in a hotel bed with John Cena s daughter 
3
Blockers
George M. Thomas
It s just difficult to have any sympathy for the methods behind their madness even if Lisa Mitchell and Hunter have their hearts in the right spots 
2
Blockers
Dustin Putman
Smooths over its contrivances and occasional comedic misses by actually listening to and caring about its characters 
2.5
Blockers
Roger Moore
Raunchy sentimentality
2.5
Blockers
Keith Watson
Viswanathan Newton and Adlon generate a bit of chemistry throughout but it s undermined by the fundamentally mechanistic nature of Brian and Jim Kehoe s screenplay 
2
Blockers
Brian Tallerico
There are some decent ideas for a comedy in Blockers and some very funny scenes from a cast with rock solid comic timing but the movie was either rewritten one too many times or one too few 
2.5
Rumble in the Bronx
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I ve seen Jackie Chan movies in Cantonese with no subtitles and it s easy to shake off the plot that you don t understand and just root for the good guys The same goes here 
3
Rumble in the Bronx
Michael Dequina
Great action strung together by the weakest of plots 
3
Rumble in the Bronx
James Kendrick
If anything Rumble in the Bronx is a good example of a foreign film trying to look American and failing miserably 
1.5
Rumble in the Bronx
Roger Ebert
The whole point is Jackie Chan and like Astaire and Rogers he does what he does better than anybody 
3
Rumble in the Bronx
Mick LaSalle
An awkward hybrid of Asian and American film techniques 
1
Rumble in the Bronx
Susan Stark
More than a martial arts whiz the 41 year old Chan possesses the comic timing of a born clown the grace of a Broadway hoofer and the daredevil bravado of an Evel Knievel 
3
Rumble in the Bronx
James Berardinelli
Unlike most action stars Chan understands acting His face is as flexible as his body and when he s moving he s like a violent supercharged combination of Gene Kelly Fred Astaire and Buster Keaton 
2.5
Rumble in the Bronx
Steve Rhodes
The story is nothing more than a thin veneer and a poor one at that over a movie to show off the martial arts talents of Jackie Chan 
2
Rumble in the Bronx
Barry Walters
The most fun loving film of the current season 
4
Rumble in the Bronx
Mike Clark
You can smirk at Rumble and deny its pedigree with some justification as long as you concede that it s 10 times more fun to watch than Before and After and Mary Reilly put together 
3
Rumble in the Bronx
Madeleine Williams
If you are an action fan and haven t seen Chan before definitely see this film If you don t have the taste for the genre however there is absolutely nothing here to draw you in 
2
Rumble in the Bronx
Rob Blackwelder
Giddy surprising and raucous fun 
3
West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson
James Adams
It s a lovely piece of work from two of the country s most esteemed documentarians 
3
West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson
Murray Whyte
The West Wind is the same old reverential Thomson myth we ve heard hundreds of times About Thomson s self taught intuitive genius his love of nature his outdoorsy loner compulsions 
1.5
Conviction
Roger Moore
Hilary Swank won her two Oscars for other films but this may be her best performance yet 
3.5
Conviction
Jeff Beck
What the film ends up being is a by the numbers procedural that takes us from Kenny s arrest to his sister trying to get him free to the inevitable outcome 
2.5
Conviction
Bob Bloom
The heart of the movie though is the unwavering devotion between Betty Anne and Kenny who were raised in the most harrowing of circumstances and yet survived by clinging to each other and watching each other s backs 
2.5
Conviction
Linda Cook
While millions of other viewers were understandably getting the daylights scared out of them at Paranormal Activity 2 or Saw 3D the real horror appeared in a much more subdued and more entertaining way on a neighboring screen 
3.5
Conviction
Lori Hoffman
Conviction wins you over thanks to Swank s convincing performance as a woman who stops living her own life in her dogged pursuit of justice for her brother 
3
Conviction
Eric Melin
Because the setup is so carefully realized and these characters so well drawn it s easier to forgive the part of the movie that seems too familiar 
2.5
Conviction
John Wirt
Two time Oscar winner Hilary Swank wins the case 
3
Conviction
Mike Scott
Based on a limp script that holds more padding and melodrama than genuine tension it all feels like one big wasted opportunity 
2
Conviction
Kit Bowen
The only thing distinguishing Conviction from a Lifetime TV movie is the star power 
2
Conviction
John Beifuss
Two time Oscar winner Hilary Swank goes for the trifecta but it s supporting actor Sam Rockwell who s more likely to earn Academy Award recognition 
2.5
Conviction
Keith Cohen
The movie suffers from sloppy screen writing and poor execution it still is superior to a prime time television movie of the week 
2.5
Conviction
Matt Brunson
Ultimately the finale will have audience members on their feet but for the wrong reason not as part of a standing ovation but in an effort to beat a hasty retreat to the exit 
2
Conviction
Robert W. Butler
Despite the long haul that the siblings endure Goldwyn and screenwriter Pamela Gray give the story an immediacy and dramatic tension 
3
Conviction
Rob Thomas
A movie that really isn t a legal thriller but a family drama that happens to take place in the courtroom 
3
Conviction
Michael A. Smith
As single mom Betty Anne Waters Swank is a marvel 
3.5
Conviction
Christian Toto
Sam Rockwell turns Conviction into his latest For Your Consideration ad 
3
Conviction
Chris Hewitt
Conviction is humane moving and even though you can probably predict the outcome it manages to find surprise after surprise along the way 
3
Conviction
Michael O'Sullivan
Swank fails to ever really make us care about let alone buy into Betty Anne as a human being 
2
Conviction
Dustin Putman
A highly competent oftentimes quite impressive piece of work with one sizable debit director Tony Goldwyn wrongfully opts to not be forthcoming to his audience in the end 
3
Conviction
Mick LaSalle
Swank s purity of essence is nicely paired with Rockwell who is more arch and complicated and would look guilty doing mission work in Mumbai It s a special quality Rockwell has 
3
Conviction
Moira MacDonald
Tony Goldwyn s Conviction tells a great story that deserves a great movie but settles for a mediocre one 
2
Conviction
Steven Rea
It s a noble enterprise and a remarkable story but it s not a movie that will set you free 
3
Conviction
Kenneth R. Morefield
Conviction comes with the tagline that it is based on an incredible true story Not all great stories make for great movies though 
2
Conviction
Simon Abrams
Conviction is the kind of more bland than truly bad Oscar bait that to its credit displays genuine affection for its characters 
2
Conviction
Peter Keough
Juliette Lewis s 10 minutes deserve a Best Supporting Actress nomination 
2.5
Conviction
Sara Michelle Fetters
Goldwyn refuses to overplay his hand refuses to give into pap sentimentality that would drown the emotion oozing from the screen and as such the film comes to a suitably rousing conclusion that earned my tears honestly 
3
Conviction
Mark Dujsik
Swank and Rockwell form a strong bond and Gray and Goldwyn s compassionate glimpse into the lives of these two determined people gives even the more standard elements merit 
3
Conviction
Stephen Whitty
Even Lifetime isn t making Lifetime movies like this anymore And there s a reason for that 
2
Conviction
Lou Lumenick
Two time Best Actress Oscar winner Swank needn t clear any space on her mantel for acknowledgment of her participation in this soapy redneck opus which really belongs on Lifetime rather than in theaters 
2
Conviction
Rick Groen
Just because some truth is stranger than fiction doesn t necessarily make it better than fiction more compelling or more dramatic or even more convincing than fiction 
2
Conviction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers are merely translating a story to the big screen rather than telling one the movie never strides fearlessly forward or comes to life 
2
Conviction
Erik Childress
The lack of flavor to elevate it from simple movie of the week theatrics to the actual impact of cinematic convictions lessens this story focus and keeps us distracted as we look for the Lifetime logo to appear in the bottom corner 
2
Conviction
A.O. Scott
The talents of a number of superb actors are stifled by an airless by the numbers story 
2.5
Conviction
Robert Levin
If regarded with the suspension of disbelief required of any old fashioned tearjerker the movie wields some immersive power 
3
Conviction
Claudia Puig
Swank continues to show startling skill in fully inhabiting a character as does Sam Rockwell who plays her brother Kenny 
3.5
Conviction
Peter Howell
More cable TV heart tugger than major motion picture Conviction nevertheless hits home on the strength of three solid performances 
2.5
Conviction
Wesley Morris
It s better than some network shows It s a cable movie 
2.5
Conviction
Peter Travers
Conviction sweetens the true story it s based on and director Tony Goldwyn dutifully connects the dots in Pam Gray s screenplay 
2.5
Conviction
James Berardinelli
A Best Picture hopeful Or a watered down marriage between The Hurricane and Erin Brockovich Perhaps both 
2.5
Conviction
Michael Phillips
Little by little performance by performance director Tony Goldwyn s fact based rouser develops into something fresh and fully inhabited 
3.5
Conviction
Roger Ebert
The story generates that kind of urgency we feel when a character is obviously right and is up against stupidity and meanness It delivers 
3
Conviction
Rex Reed
Filled with nuance intricate emotion and a refreshing absence of melodramatics Conviction is a moving exploration of light and love shining through the darkness of despair Its impact cannot easily be shaken 
3
Conviction
David Nusair
Conventional yet surprisingly moving 
3.5
The Break-Up
Kam Williams
Right up there with the best of the revenge genre and earns praise from this critic for its sophisticated brand of humor which kept me in stitches from start to finish 
4
The Break-Up
Michael A. Smith
The Break Up may go down with Fatal Attraction as the worst date movie of all time 
2
The Break-Up
Peter T. Chattaway
A romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor particularly funny 
1.5
The Break-Up
Gina Carbone
Think less Wedding Crashers and more War of the Roses minus the oddly romantic violence 
2.75
The Break-Up
David N. Butterworth
This Break Up is unfortunately hard to do 
2
The Break-Up
Garth Franklin
Delivers something worthwhile to those open minded enough to be able to settle with wild shifts between average satire and grounded pathos
2.5
The Break-Up
Sean O'Connell
Every bit as unpleasant as it sounds But the film s intentions are to examine a separation and the story achieves its set goals 
3
The Break-Up
Collin Souter
The behavior of the two main charactres exists solely to be cute while giving us no reason to believe these two people should be together in the first place 
2
The Break-Up
Greg Maki
It s frustrating but it s real 
2.5
The Break-Up
Thomas Delapa
Comes apart at the seams the victim of irreconcilable differences between Vaughn s schtick and the flimsy script 
1.5
The Break-Up
Lori Hoffman
I m not sure what it was trying to deliver and I don t think director Peyton Reed knows either 
2
The Break-Up
Matt Brunson
Vaughn is a guy s guy kind of actor his characters are more comfortable shooting pool or knocking back beers than getting romantic on the couch so it s no surprise that the chemistry he generates is with Favreau rather than Aniston 
2
The Break-Up
Sean McBride
amusing at times but neither the story nor the lead actors give us enough to care or laugh about 
1.5
The Break-Up
Mike McGranaghan
One of the things that is most intriguing about The Break Up is how it shows the cruelty that people can inflict upon one another as soon as love fades 
3
The Break-Up
Peter Canavese
At least one draft short of brilliance but more palatable than the typical romantic comedy thanks in large part to Vaughn s engaging duets with the ensemble 
2.5
The Break-Up
Mark Collette
A rare category of date movie We wish it played more like other date movies 
1.5
The Break-Up
Gary Goldstein
Their ongoing one upmanship is awkward juvenile and not especially funny yet underscored by so much honest pain you understand if not condone Gary and Brooke s desperate actions 
3
The Break-Up
Carla Meyer
In The Break Up men are slobs women are passive aggressive and viewers opposed to broad brush strokes for either gender are sorely out of luck 
2
The Break-Up
David Elliott
The movie is barely stenciled as a story The romance never gains enough focus or momentum to make its crisis even comically involving 
1.5
The Break-Up
Mick LaSalle
The movie offers nothing funny just a series of sour situations 
2
The Break-Up
Nick Rogers
A love it or hate it mainstream romantic comedy in that makes a frill free connection with its audience whether that audience wants it or not There s nothing wrong with something that delivers belly laughs before striking at gut level 
3
The Break-Up
Moira MacDonald
The Break Up a grim excuse for a romantic comedy is basically an hour and 45 minutes spent in the company of two unpleasant people during a miserable time in their lives 
1.5
The Break-Up
Peter Howell
It s the most interesting spin on domestic strife since Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner were hurling dishes at each other in The War of the Roses 
3
The Break-Up
Maitland McDonagh
Brooke and Gary articulate their discontent with considerable precision and occasional verve It s that they haven t figured out a way to make emotional torment funny which is the tall order inherent in anti romantic comedy 
2
The Break-Up
Linda Cook
Here s a movie that s not worth getting all broken up about Or for that matter going broke to see 
2
The Break-Up
Lisa Rose
A romantic comedy that s short on both romance and comedy 
2
The Break-Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What looks like a raucous frat boy comedy is really a surprisingly canny depiction of a stagnant relationship 
3
The Break-Up
Lou Lumenick
With a movie unwilling to go for the jugular it s more like the dismal The Story of Us than The War of the Roses 
1.5
The Break-Up
Jack Mathews
I don t know if The Break Up qualifies as a date movie But it will serve as a cautionary tale for couples falling in love 
2
The Break-Up
Connie Ogle
Listening to people bicker for almost two hours wears thin especially when the comedy is never quite so funny as you had hoped it would be 
2.5
The Break-Up
John Beifuss
Are we seeing the emergence of a new type of anti romantic comedy 
3
The Break-Up
Glenn Whipp
It s the movie s wobbly tone and its betrayal of its characters in the name of niceness that dooms The Break Up into being a film that will satisfy no one not even the bottom line thinkers 
2.5
The Break-Up
Amy Biancolli
It might not be the frosted lemon tart that s been advertised for months but it is solid satisfying fare flecked with humor grounded in pain 
3
The Break-Up
Rick Groen
The Break Up goes badly wrong Although possessed of a laudable desire not to be yet another run of the mill wacky impediment damned if the picture can figure out how to be an anti romance comedy 
2
The Break-Up
Terry Lawson
If you really feel the need to be bullied and insulted just call up your HMO provider or reserve a table at an expensive restaurant 
1
The Break-Up
Jeff Vice
This plot provides plenty of material but director Peyton Reed and first time screenwriters Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender pack the film with characters and subplots that don t really go anywhere 
2.5
The Break-Up
Lisa Kennedy
If 7 Up is the un cola consider The Break Up the un romantic comedy 
2.5
The Break-Up
Lawrence Toppman
The Break Up is a pleasant surprise to the open minded 
3
The Break-Up
Ty Burr
The Break Up mostly just lies there alternately adoring and condemning its characters for their puppyish refusal to grow up 
1.5
The Break-Up
Tyler Hanley
Akin to an unhealthy relationship this self described anti romantic comedy begins hot and heavy before buckling beneath the weight of pointless conflicts and ridiculous game playing 
2
The Break-Up
Bob Bloom
The comedy for lack of a better description is not funny It is churlish childish and petulant 
1
The Break-Up
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Break Up is more like Annie Hall told with Chicago attitude and work ethic 
3
The Break-Up
Sean P. Means
It s not a relationship we become invested in because all we see of it are still photos over the opening credits 
2.5
The Break-Up
Josh Larsen
Aniston has always done some of her best acting in reaction shots and Vaughn is a gold mine to react against 
3.5
The Break-Up
Sara Michelle Fetters
Look I m not talking about a masterpiece here What I am talking about is a good film trying desperately to break out of the romantic comedy box and for the most part doing so 
3
The Break-Up
David Frese
While the situations are real and the dialogue is authentic The Break Up is mundane and trite 
2
The Break-Up
Kit Bowen
The Break Up is indeed the refreshingly anti romantic comedy that it purports to be But somehow in eliminating most of the clichés some of the comic energy is zapped as well 
2.5
The Break-Up
Jon Niccum
It s at least trying to stay anchored in the real world where cute couples don t always make up and walk hand in hand into the sunset 
2.5
The Break-Up
David Nusair
there s nothing terribly compelling about watching likable stars argue for close to two hours 
2
The Break-Up
Daniel M. Kimmel
In spite of some laughs and winning performances from Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn The Break Up is more likely to make audiences squirm than cheer 
2
The Break-Up
Roger Ebert
For the movie to work we would have to like the couple and want them to succeed Despite some sincere 11th hour soul searching by Gary we re sorry but we don t want them back together we want them to end their misery 
2
The Break-Up
Duane Dudek
The lack of climax and the ambiguous resolution cut closer to the bone than most summer fare but the screenplay by two writers making their feature debut stays formulaic enough to never really draw blood 
3
The Break-Up
Emily Blunt
The Break Up is ultimately a big budget heart heavy indy film and not a slapstick broad comedy as the ads would have you think 
3
The Break-Up
Erik Childress
A decaffeinated and imbalanced War of the Roses where the occasional funny riff from Vaughn attempts to distract us from material which is far more familiar than he believes 
2
The Break-Up
Willie Waffle
The Break Up is much like a real relationship as it starts off all hilarious and fun but you are tearing your hair out by the end 
2
The Break-Up
Carrie Rickey
It is the Mutt Jeff qualities of Aniston and Vaughn that have the most comic potential Alas it goes untapped here 
2
The Break-Up
Claudia Puig
If you value your time and your relationship don t see this on a date 
2
The Break-Up
Marie Iida
Peyton Reed s The Break Up proves there is nothing particularly funny or charming about two people splitting up even if the couple is played by Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston 
2
The Break-Up
Jessica Reaves
We re not talking Ingmar Bergman here but suffice it to say that audiences expecting a raucous Vince Vaughn comedy in the mold of say Old School will find themselves laughing less than they d hoped 
2.5
The Break-Up
Matt Pais
As anticlimactic as an actual breakup without any of the passion the anger or the glimmers of hope that come from gradually parting with someone you love 
2
The Break-Up
Dustin Putman
For all of its comedic nosedives the film is frank and uncompromising as a study of the final weeks of a relationship 
2.5
The Break-Up
Walter Chaw
She s identified almost entirely by her haircut at the end just as the actress who plays her has been for much of her career 
2
The Break-Up
James Berardinelli
The Break Up is too badly fractured to be deemed repairable 
2
The Break-Up
Chris Hewitt
The movie s crazy insistence on going its own way shows flashes of genius 
3
The Break-Up
Peter Travers
Until a cop out ending this is War of the Roses territory where laughs take no prisoners 
2.5
The Break-Up
Phoebe Flowers
What s strange about The Break Up is that despite the alleged deep love between Gary and Brooke you never get the sense that much is at stake 
2.5
The Break-Up
Jan Stuart
The Break Up fails to freshen the stale news that women are from Venus and men are from Mars 
2
The Break-Up
Phil Villarreal
Plays like a 106 minute highlight reel of three seasons of a sitcom that jumped the shark midway through the sophomore year 
2.5
The Break-Up
Bruce Newman
The Break Up is being marketed as an unconventional romantic comedy but the only thing unconventional about it is that it s not romantic and it s not a comedy 
1.5
The Break-Up
Steve Rhodes
A sometimes entertaining film it just never gels 
2.5
The Break-Up
Nick Schager
A borderline schizophrenic tone regularly undercuts both the nasty biting humor and weepy sentimentality 
1.5
Berlin, I Love You
Roger Moore
Wildly uneven and unpleasant at times 
2
Berlin, I Love You
Joey Magidson
This anthology effort is too long offers too little and seems like a largely wasted opportunity 
2.5
Berlin, I Love You
Peter Sobczynski
The film does not exactly make a convincing case for the idea of Berlin as a hub of passion 
2
Berlin, I Love You
Rex Reed
Another compilation anthology comprised of 10 vignettes designed to pay homage to the cities where the stories occur Berlin I Love You is an empty boring flop with some famous faces in bit parts that add up to nothing of any substance 
1
Hey Baby
Namrata Joshi
Despite being full of gross out toilet humour and silly slapstic packs in enough melodrama and polite humour to be a one size fits all film 
2
I Come in Peace
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough thriller that generally feels as though it should be much better 40 and more entertaining 41 46 46 46 
2.5
I Come in Peace
Lou Cedrone
The gore doesn t do irreparable damage but the film would have been so much more palatable without it 
2
I Come in Peace
Mike McGranaghan
Considering the story isn t that complicated I Come in Peace really shouldn t be as muddled as it is 
1
I Come in Peace
Dustin Putman
Dark Angel is junk food for action die hards Don t expect a hard hitting story or even particularly good performances 
1.5
I Come in Peace
Chris Hicks
I Come in Peace actually isn t as bad as it has every right to be given that it is an extremely derivative sci fi buddy cop picture 
2
Above the Law
David Nusair
46 46 46 the overstuffed narrative contributes heavily to the movie apos s eventual downfall 46 46 46 
2
Above the Law
Roger Ebert
It contains 50 percent more plot than it needs but that allows it room to grow in areas not ordinarily covered in action thrillers 
3
Moonrise
Matt Brunson
Moonrise earned a solitary Oscar nomination for Best Sound but if any individual component should be recognized it s the exceptional cinematography by John L Russell 
3
Moonrise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moonrise is a truly great film strange and sympathetic 
4
Moonrise
Emanuel Levy
A compromised film noir due to themes of redemption and a happy ending the newly restored Moonrise merits attention for it visual and sound elements particularly stylized b w cinematography of John Russell who in 1960 shot Hitchcock s Psycho 
3
Welcome, or No Admittance
Keith Uhlich
Welcome or No Trespassing carries within its deceptive ingenuousness an acute potentially revolutionary political charge 
2.5
One Way
Mark Dujsik
91 The filmmakers 93 struggle to make this situation engaging 46 46 46 
2
One Way
Roger Moore
Baker 44 aka 8220 Machine Gun Kelly 44 8221 has basically two notes to play all the way through this 44 which renders the performance 8220 authentic 8221 without being all that compelling 46 
2
Bruiser
Brian Tallerico
I have a feeling we will look back on 8220 Bruiser 8221 as the affirmation of two major talents in Hall and Warren 46 Like Darious himself 44 they 8217 re just getting started 46 
3
The City
Roger Ebert
It gives faces to the faceless and is not easily forgotten 
3
A Perfect Candidate
Mal Vincent
In a world in which voters are increasingly bemoaning their choices or lack of them A Perfect Candidate is a painful mirror 
3
A Perfect Candidate
Kenneth Turan
Shrewd involving
3.5
A Perfect Candidate
Chris Hicks
It s quite a revealing amusing and ultimately dispiriting trip
3
A Perfect Candidate
Roger Ebert
Personalities are being sold not parties or philosophies and A Perfect Candidate makes that process even more interesting because one candidate Robb apparently has no personality at all while the other North has two 
3
A Perfect Candidate
Mick LaSalle
The film fails as a portrait of a man But as an insider s look at a Senate campaign it holds interest 
2
A Perfect Candidate
James Berardinelli
Fascinating if more than a little depressing
3
A Perfect Candidate
Mike D'Angelo
Relies rather too heavily on television broadcasts is slow going but as the campaign progresses Goodin becomes more and more relaxed in front of the camera and the viewer becomes more and more distressed at the prospect of September 
3
A Perfect Candidate
Kat Giantis
Plays more like the satirical Bob Roberts than a documentary
3
My Golden Days
Sara Michelle Fetters
My Golden Days isn t perfect but much like memories of our own youth I m not entirely certain it is meant to be and as such the film becomes a far more emotionally powerful endeavor because of this 
3
My Golden Days
John Wirt
A devastating romance that lingers feverishly in the mind 
4
My Golden Days
Robert Horton
This movie glows 
4
My Golden Days
Sean P. Means
Family friendship and young love are remembered fondly and angrily in My Golden Days director Arnaud Desplechin s stirring drama about the fluid nature of memory 
3
My Golden Days
Walter V. Addiego
The details some funny some intensely painful of Paul and Esther s relationship over the years have a cumulative power that isn t diminished by a few loose ends 
3
My Golden Days
Lou Lumenick
Desplechin draws uniformly superb performances from his young cast making the coming of age genre seem fresh and vital 
3.5
My Golden Days
Peter Keough
Dense lyrical and polymorphous 
3.5
My Golden Days
Steven Rea
Wonderfully evocative funny sad complex and essential passages from a man s childhood and adolescence 
3.5
My Golden Days
Stephanie Merry
The movie masterfully crystallizes the unruly episodic nature of memories re creating the way certain small things stay with us while other much larger events recede into a haze of cigarette smoke 
3.5
My Golden Days
Simon Abrams
My Golden Days exists simultaneously within and outside of its characters headspace a testament to Deplechin s powers of imaginative sensitivity 
3.5
My Golden Days
Peter Travers
Desplechin crafts My Golden Days as if he d never made a movie before as if youthful emotions were spilling all over it The result is an exhilarating gift 
3.5
My Golden Days
Roger Moore
Whatever its virtues as a prequel as a stand alone film it flirts with incoherence 
2
My Golden Days
Kenji Fujishima
Arnaud Desplechin tries his hand at a coming of age tale and does so with equal doses of mature reflection and youthful impetuosity 
3
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Bill Cosford
The movie is not nearly as bawdy as it needs to be Or as smart either 
2
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Johanna Steinmetz
Robin Hood Men In Tights Brooks spoof of the Robin Hood legend gets off to a creaky start before it loosens up and produces laughs 
2.5
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Gene Siskel
A most disappointing Mel Brooks movie parody that suggests that the once hilarious Brooks has completely lost his way 
0.5
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Stephen Hunter
But generally Brooks humor is extremely limited 
2
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Betsy Bozdech
Men in Tights isn t one of Mel Brooks best but even his so so comedies are entertaining in a schticky vaudevillian way 
2.5
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
James Berardinelli
No matter how ripe a genre is for satirizing unless you know how to do it there are no guarantees Fortunately for Men in Tights Mel Brooks has been doing this kind of thing for decades 
2.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Lisa Jensen
Filmmaker Morgan Neville knows a great music doc needs to feature not only wonderful music but also dynamic personalities to perform it and The Music of Strangers is incredibly rich in both 
3.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Chris Knight
As more than one of the performers notes music transcends culture history and even language 
3
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Josh Terry
Music of Strangers explores that pensive relationship between art and politics detailing the role of music as an expression and a search for meaning out of conflict fortunately without getting on much of a soapbox in the process 
3.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Robert Harris
Neville never really convinces us that the beauty of the Silk Road s performances can change the world but he does show that the music has changed the world of the performers themselves 
3
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Sean P. Means
Home as they say is where the heart is and for celebrated cellist Yo Yo Ma and the fascinating globe spanning family of musicians he has gathered to form the Silk Road Ensemble home is where music is being made and shared 
3.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The result is enjoyable but feels perhaps a bit slight as if with a little more time more depth may have been achieved 
3
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Mary Kunz Goldman
Watching The Music of Strangers Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble you have to love Yo Yo Ma for his wide eyed vision 
3
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Robert Horton
This is pleasant of course and who doesn t believe that music is the true universal language But 96 minutes of uplift is a lot 
2.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Stephanie Merry
Strangers offers an inspiring look at creative people from very different walks of life who nonetheless communicate beautifully with one another They don t need to speak a common language Their dazzling music says it all 
3
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Moira MacDonald
An irresistible kaleidoscope of music and good fellowship 
3.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Joshua Kosman
These are all appealing and interesting folks and it would be nice to have a beer with any of them I have in fact done so in one case From the filmmaker one expects a little more 
2
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Susan Wloszczyna
Much like 20 Feet from Stardom the doc becomes a grabber whenever it focuses on the immensely skilled and unique individuals who form this melodic melting pot 
2.5
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Kenji Fujishima
It resonates as a portrait of artists trying to figure out their own paths toward making valuable contributions to the world 
2.5
The Kitchen
Brian Eggert
You can feel the film trying to become something it doesn t have the patience or subtlety to be 
2
The Kitchen
Jason Fraley
Sometimes you can have all the ingredients but too many cooks in the kitchen That s the case in the new crime drama The Kitchen which features a killer cast and stylish period details but suffers from an uneven plot that feels slapped together 
2.5
The Kitchen
Federico Furzan
This is a degrading movie for everyone involved with it So badly written and executed it almost feels offensive for the culture it portrays Full review in Spanish 
1
The Kitchen
Matt Brunson
To quote everyone s favorite uncle with great power comes great responsibility and we see none of that in The Kitchen 
2
The Kitchen
Mattie Lucas
There s just an agreeable verve to Berloff s direction even if she has a tendency to paint with much too broad a brush overstating her themes even when the action often speaks for itself 
2.5
The Kitchen
Kevin A. Ranson
Coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb the conclusion feels like an incredible opportunity wasted as it abruptly and underwhelmingly ends this setup deserved more 
2
The Kitchen
Mike McGranaghan
For wherever the film falters it at least gives us three strong performances and a subversive slyly funny feminist message that says women can do anything as well as men including organized crime 
3
The Kitchen
Katie Walsh
The Kitchen is chock full of rousing girl power lines with a trio of actresses that can deliver them with panache but one wishes the story could back up the characters with more than just firepower 
3
The Kitchen
David Nusair
It s a fairly promising setup that s employed to continually ineffective and mostly tedious effect 
1.5
The Kitchen
Oliver Jones
Give us real characters give us good writing give us a compelling story Otherwise don t bother 
1
The Kitchen
Cate Marquis
It is a shame to waste this wonderful cast on this mess of a movie If only the filmmakers had decided to add a real script they might have had something instead of wasting the audience s time and money 
1
The Kitchen
Karen M. Peterson
The Kitchen is an imperfect but entertaining gangster movie that shows women can do anything men can Even run major crime rings 
3
The Kitchen
Max Weiss
Ultimately The Kitchen is shallow and okay a little ridiculous but it entertained me 
2.5
The Kitchen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
But the actual problem is that it s not that it s not funny The actual problem is that it s not very good 
2.5
The Kitchen
Jocelyn Noveck
It happens in even the best kitchens You bring together top quality ingredients and a promising recipe but somehow the end result comes out tasting wrong just wrong 
1.5
The Kitchen
Barry Paris
There s a lot of chemistry in their ill fated semi Bonnie and Clyde relationship 
2.5
The Kitchen
Sarah-Tai Black
More often than not the story the film is trying to tell seems well pointless given the complete misuse of its fantastic roster and its inability to demonstrate even the basics of apt filmmaking 
1
The Kitchen
Matt Zoller Seitz
Berloff works overtime to reassure us that these women are not only justified in most of their actions but are in fact brave pioneers who flout gendered job descriptions 
2
The Kitchen
Robert Daniels
The reek you smell from the The Kitchen overpowers you with the scent of missed opportunity 
1.5
The Kitchen
Robert Horton
A hurried crime spree with too many unanswered questions 
1.5
The Kitchen
James Berardinelli
With so many characters and subplots crammed into a 100 minute running time it s no surprise that none are given the space to gain heft The end result is something that feels like it should have been much better than it is 
2
The Kitchen
Bob Bloom
The Kitchen is not a bad movie It simply lacks the courage of its convictions Berloff tries to have it both ways fighting mightily to keep our sympathies vested in Kathy Ruby and Claire while darkening their characters 
2
The Kitchen
Johnny Oleksinski
The Kitchen would seem to be a belabored exercise in third wave feminism But if what that movement has come to is See Women can be murderous thugs too then it s time for some re branding 
0
The Kitchen
Moira MacDonald
The Kitchen except for one incandescent performance is as good as it needs to be but no more 
2.5
The Kitchen
Mark Dujsik
It s a superficial gangster movie that s far too content in being only that 
2
The Kitchen
Peter Howell
The Kitchen is billed as a crime drama but it better fits the mystery category and not in a good way 
1.5
The Kitchen
Chris Hewitt
The Kitchen probably needed to be bolder maybe not as stylized a world as Sin City which also imagines a parallel universe of noirish crime but at least one more willing to push the movie s DIY crime lord situation to the max 
2
The Kitchen
Rosalie Kicks
The best part of The Kitchen was learning how to properly dispose of a corpse 
2
The Kitchen
Rafer Guzman
A misguided crime drama that mistakes vile behavior for female empowerment 
1
The Kitchen
Sean P. Means
McCarthy and Haddish both better known for their comedic skills are rock solid doing drama They manage to keep pace with Moss 
3
The Kitchen
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Stay out of The Kitchen and order takeout instead 
1
The Kitchen
Ty Burr
The Kitchen isn t just a poorly made movie It s a screwed up one 
1
The Kitchen
Gary Thompson
There is mismatch of tone and content throughout The Kitchen which is never sure how to pair its lurid turns of plot with its intersectional feminist ambitions 
1.5
The Kitchen
Jake Cole
The film never meaningfully reckons with the complexity of the characters motivations and the consequences of their actions 
2
The Kitchen
Michael Phillips
Like so many films derived from the pictures and words of a graphic novel The Kitchen feels perfunctory and sterile and under detailed 
2
The Kitchen
Peter Canavese
Because of its hurried pacing the film doesn t quite make us feel the potentially Shakespearean sweep of this arc and the leading performances feel similarly hemmed in by the script s limitations 
2.5
The Kitchen
Ann Hornaday
You might be able to stand The Kitchen but it could use a little more heat 
1.5
The Kitchen
Brian Truitt
The Kitchen blunders a real chance to cook up something fresh and is undone by derivative dialogue and a muddled plot that trips on the line between black comedy and brutal crime drama 
2
The Kitchen
Richard Roeper
Strong work by all most notably the three leads but the fine acting isn t nearly enough to overcome a storyline that makes it increasingly difficult and then downright impossible to empathize with these women 
2
The Kitchen
Roger Moore
Mob empowerment thriller hampered by metallic dialogue flat performances and a 1970s Hells Kitchen that lacks grit 
2
The Kitchen
Mick LaSalle
The Kitchen is not a great film Its graphic novel origins can t be completely obscured But it s a very good film and a deeply satisfying one 
3
Campfire Tales
David Nusair
the opposite of scary 
2
Joe Gould's Secret
Jeffrey Westhoff
Tucci s slow paced storytelling in Big Night was brave and worked beautifully but the same technique in Joe Gould s Secret becomes annoying 
2
Joe Gould's Secret
Roger Ebert
Stanley Tucci s lovingly crafted film pretends to be about Joe Gould and all the time its real subject is hidden right there before us in plain view 
3.5
Joe Gould's Secret
Elias Savada
Stanley Tucci has once more grabbed a brass ring spinning a self immersed character driven tale of a flinty mad hatter and the man who would be his storyteller 
3
The Birdcage
Brian Eggert
The Birdcage embraces stereotypes and frequently uses its gay characters as comedic devices even while it weaves a place for them into the fabric of American culture 
3.5
The Birdcage
David Nusair
a frequently hilarious comedy 
3
The Birdcage
Michael Dequina
Not nearly as funny as it has been made out to be 
2.5
The Birdcage
Edward Guthmann
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams 
2
The Birdcage
Steve Rhodes
This critic admired Robin Williams s performance as well as some of the minor actors but found the film s depiction of gay people more insulting to them than funny 
1.5
The Birdcage
James Berardinelli
One of those rare motion pictures with side splitting laughs where the humor never stays dormant for long 
3.5
The Birdcage
Madeleine Williams
The interchanges and conversation are hilarious and the comedy continues to build until the movie s implausible but humorous end 
3
The Birdcage
Rob Blackwelder
The result is a nearly flavorless 118 minutes punctuated with a few hilarious scenes mostly owed to the physical comedy of stage actor Nathan Lane 
2
The Birdcage
Susan Wloszczyna
Far less plastic than most cross dressing comedies 
3
The Birdcage
Roger Ebert
What makes Mike Nichols version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May who keeps the original story but adds little zingers here and there 
3
The Ruthless
Roger Moore
The real made men who live these Donnie Brasco lives rarely realize what cliches they are And it s 90 minutes shorter than The Irishman So why not 
2
Rudderless
Brandy McDonnell
The story is so heartbreakingly compelling Rudderless sails beyond a sightseeing excursion and into great filmmaking 
3.5
Rudderless
Robert Levin
The picture is performance driven without a wandering eye to the extent that you can t help but feel moved every time Billy Crudup s Sam busts out his guitar 
3
Rudderless
Rob Thomas
Rudderless is a film about how much and how little you can know someone through their art and the film itself feels like an extension of the scruffy but sincere characters Macy has been playing for decades 
3
Rudderless
Godfrey Cheshire
Contrived or not the story is put across with pleasing unpretentious conviction and skill by Macy 
3
Rudderless
Brad Wheeler
Rudderless is humane and almost entertaining 
2.5
Rudderless
Bruce DeMara
The film is a roller coaster of emotions and the jolt when it comes will send you reeling 
3.5
Rudderless
Dann Gire
The music sounds fine but Macy s iffy direction prevents Rudderless from becoming more than a quasi pleasing mediocre first effort from a filmmaker struggling to set sail on a firm course 
2
Rudderless
Chris Knight
William H Macy has never directed a movie before but the Oscar nominated actor has clearly been paying attention over the years 
3.5
Rudderless
Moira MacDonald
Rudderless isn t always smoothly paced and features a plot twist that s awkwardly handled but at its heart is a performance that resonates and a director that I hope has more stories to tell 
3
Rudderless
Michael O'Sullivan
Rudderless is a competent well acted melodrama yet in scope and ambition it has the modest and serviceable scale of the small not silver screen 
1.5
Rudderless
Leba Hertz
It s not easy making an uplifting film about the aftermath of the death of a son But director and co writer William H Macy and actor Billy Crudup as the bereaved father pull it off in Rudderless a movie more about redemption than the causes of evil 
3
Rudderless
Matt Pais
The way co writer first time feature director William H Macy withholds relevant information is hard to justify 
2
Rudderless
Roger Moore
A obvious odd yet unsurprising musical tragedy that will leave you adrift
1.5
Rudderless
Tomas Hachard
It unnecessarily hampers itself for over an hour for the sake of a gotcha moment before finally allowing its actors to explore something more than generic grief 
1.5
Lucky Break
Loren King
The formulaic script stocked with not one truly menacing inmate echoes far too many sentimental post Full Monty imports 
2
Lucky Break
Terry Lawson
A prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell 
2
Lucky Break
Duane Dudek
If The Full Monty was a freshman fluke Lucky Break is Cattaneo sophomore slump 
1
Lucky Break
Elias Savada
an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle 
3
Lucky Break
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nothing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages old slapstick and unfunny tricks 
1
Lucky Break
Mick LaSalle
A pleasing but routine British comedy set in an English prison 
2
Lucky Break
Ray Conlogue
A pleasant effort that doesn t hit any of its targets 
2.5
Lucky Break
Roger Ebert
The movie has a raffish charm and good hearted characters and like The Full Monty it makes good use of the desperation beneath the comedy 
3
Lucky Break
Rob Blackwelder
Even if it ultimately disappoints the picture does have about a matinee admission s worth of funny to keep it afloat 
2.5
Lucky Break
Frank Ochieng
Whatever satire Lucky Break was aiming for it certainly got lost in the soon to be forgettable section of the quirky rip off prison romp pile It s petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars
2
Lucky Break
Pam Grady
It is amusing and that s all it needs to be 
3
Lucky Break
John Anderson
There s certainly a reheated quality think leftover Spam loaf that perfumes Lucky Break 
2
Lucky Break
Michael Phillips
You d think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold Yet the act is still charming here 
3
Lucky Break
Lou Lumenick
Suffers from over familiarity since hit hungry British filmmakers have strip mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997 
2
You're Killing Me Susana
Anita Katz
All said the film shapes up as a mildly entertaining missed opportunity notable for its performances especially Bernal s 
2.5
You're Killing Me Susana
Rick Bentley
You re Killing Me Susana is one of the purest love stories to come along in years 
3.5
You're Killing Me Susana
Walter V. Addiego
Eventually it feels like the movie is spinning its wheels 
2
You're Killing Me Susana
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A funny and pathetic view of Mexican sexism Full review in Spanish 
3
Cousins
Roger Moore
Not much that s novel cute funny or romantic in this gay teens take a tumble Brazilian rom com Titillation Sure 
1.5
The Sublime and Beautiful
Kenneth R. Morefield
The film address psychological and spiritual themes with sensitivity and shows compassion towards those who struggle through one of life s most intensely painful losses 
3.5
Rumspringa
Roger Moore
An Amish farce showing us partying sex and and getting stoned should be like shooting a fish out of water in a barrel This feels like a comedy that never gets past sensitivity training 
1.5
Drunk Parents
Roger Moore
Hey you sign on to a movie co written and directed by the guy nominated for a Razzie for the heinous script to Grown Ups 2 you take your chances 
2
American Insurrection
Caroline Madden
American Insurrection is a taut commentary on America s political discord that has only worsened with the presence of COVID 19 Its resonant truth will captivate you until the final frame 
3.5
American Insurrection
Mark Dujsik
It s neither thoughtful political filmmaking nor engaging drama but the movie could have been a lot worse 
2
Newsfront
Elliott Stein
It is fascinating material reasonably exotic 
3
Newsfront
Roger Ebert
Newsfront is in any case a pleasant and nostalgic movie told in a key a little too low to constantly involve us 
2.5
Odayaka
Chris Cabin
As it hits its grim climax the film nearly invokes the lacerating life stories of Lee Chang dong but the filmmakers labor clearly and unconvincingly to quantify a crudely hopeful ending 
1
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day
Stephen Cole
Make no mistake they re becoming Trailer Park Men demonstrating sure signs of maturity
3
The Negotiator
Peter Canavese
This highly incredible story lives and dies on its leading performances so it s a damn good thing someone hired Jackson and Spacey to go toe to toe Blu ray 
2.5
The Negotiator
Michael Dequina
What makes this talk heavy actioner work is the intriguing battle of wits between two formidable intelligent opponents 
3
The Negotiator
Steve Rhodes
As good as Jackson is as the story s central character Spacey is even better 
3.5
The Negotiator
David Nusair
46 46 46 erratic 44 padded out 46 46 46 
2.5
The Negotiator
Mick LaSalle
To the extent the setup allows Spacey and Jackson to go head to head it s a good thing But there are other elements in the film that aren t nearly as interesting or satisfying 
2
The Negotiator
James Berardinelli
The Negotiator deserves a place among the best action thrillers of the year This is a Dog Day Afternoon for the 90s 
3
The Negotiator
Roger Ebert
The movie s a thriller that really hums along and I was intensely involved almost all the way Only now typing up my notes do I fully realize how many formula elements it contains 
3.5
The Negotiator
Elias Savada
The Negotiator is one of those gloriously unbelievable screenplays and overproduced films that escapist prone audiences will lap up despite its shortcomings 
2
The Negotiator
Rob Blackwelder
One of cinema s smoothest toughest and most charismatic actors Jackson has the audience rapt from the opening scene 
3.5
Hearts and Minds
James Kendrick
has not lost its power to provoke and challenge our conventional understanding of patriotism and the necessity of war
4
Hearts and Minds
Jeremiah Kipp
Hearts and Minds is an essay told in a voice of thinly controlled moral outrage which sometimes dribbles over into seething hate 
3.5
Hearts and Minds
Roger Ebert
We re bludgeoned by the point of view we don t like the feeling of manipulation we get Yet there are scenes here of incredible power even for a nation which watched this war on television every evening 
3
Hearts and Minds
Peter Canavese
Elicits a palpable emotional and intellectual effect strikes the same sad note of discord thirty years later 
4
Hearts and Minds
Steven Winn
The unnerving brilliance of the film owes to the director s skill at assembling information and allowing it to speak for itself 
4
Hearts and Minds
Marty Mapes
An ambitious attempt to explain American involvement in Vietnam and its consequences
3.5
Fallen Angels
Josh Larsen
A Wong Kar wai comedy 
3
Fallen Angels
Matt Brunson
The second tale is a disarming yarn 
3
Fallen Angels
Michael Dequina
Stylish and mesmerizing Equals the poignance of Chungking Express 
4
Fallen Angels
Edward Guthmann
Wong brings tremendous vigor and audacity to the effort asking us to question the most basic rules of storytelling and commercial filmmaking 
3
Fallen Angels
Roger Ebert
I felt transported back to the 1960s films of Jean Luc Godard I was watching a film that was not afraid of its audience 
3
Fallen Angels
Jeff Vice
It has a life of its own thanks to Wong s over the top blend of John Woo like violence and almost surreal humor 
3.5
Fallen Angels
David Nusair
Fallen Angels is more challenging visually than any mainstream Hollywood film I ve ever seen 
3
Serenade for Haiti
David Lewis
None of the subjects or themes end up making much of an impression 
2
Cinderella
David Reddish
Cabello acquits herself well in her first leading role though Menzel almost steals the movie outright 
2.5
Cinderella
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cannon has something to say and I do think there s value in the messages she s working overtime to impart But the various pieces of this musical never join together in harmony 
1.5
Cinderella
Mark Meszoros
The newest musical take on the beloved centuries old folk tale a Sony Pictures production debuting on Amazon s Prime Video platform this week is the Cinderella for the Pitch Perfect set 
3.5
Cinderella
Lisa Trifone
Kay Cannon s version a muddy mix of contemporary sensibilities in a non descript middle ages setting is absent all the charm and enchantment of both her own earlier works and that which is typically inherent to the well known narrative 
1.5
Cinderella
Pamela Powell
What once was a rather dull and predictable story has transformed into a funny feminist fairy tale with great music that will have you dancing in your living room laughing aloud and loving this new spin on a tired old one 
4
Cinderella
Randy Myers
Kay Cannon s misguided musical fails to convince us this oft told tale needed to be spun again 
2.5
Cinderella
Joshua Axelrod
Where the film falters is in the comedy department There are a few chuckles to be had but it s not the raucous and inventive affair that the original Pitch Perfect was 
2
Cinderella
Nell Minow
It is less a movie than a string of TikTok clips and it made my eyes spin like pinwheels 
2
Cinderella
Joey Magidson
This take on Cinderella never once shows itself to have a reason for existence We ve seen so many better versions of this story 
2
Cinderella
Phil Villarreal
A whirlwind of charisma Cabello embraces the underdog dynamic with a breezy ease reminiscent of Amy Adams in Enchanted 
3.5
Cinderella
James Berardinelli
Looking at the list of Cinderella adaptations I have seen none comes close to this level of badness 
0.5
Cinderella
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
T he message of female empowerment even when it feels like it was designed by committee transforms what could have been just froth into something a little more solid 
2.5
Cinderella
Katie Walsh
Tropes and archetypes are the engine of this film thinly sketched characters whose development seems to have been jettisoned for endless belting
1.5
Cinderella
Jocelyn Noveck
If only this admirable message weren t reinforced so strenuously and knowing laughs weren t so few and far between 
2
Cinderella
Ann Hornaday
A movie that is strident sassy and silly all at once its long ago far away aesthetic clashing purposefully with present day lingo 
2
Cinderella
Chris Hewitt
A fairy tale can get snoozy as it chugs toward the climax we always knew was coming but Cannon s storytelling instincts keep this Cinderella lively 
3
Cinderella
Johnny Oleksinski
Writer director Kay Cannon has shattered Cinderella s glass slipper And we the audience are forced to walk across the shards barefoot 
1
Cinderella
Mark Dujsik
If Cannon s adaptation is a comedy that needs a bit more commitment for it to work the movie is also an uninspired and flat musical 
2
Cinderella
Mike McGranaghan
This new Cinderella isn t bad it just fails to find a valid reason to tell the oft told tale one more time 
2.5
Cinderella
Leo Brady
Anything that In the Heights did to help revive the musical experience is instantly removed by the gaudy and overblown theatrics of Cinderella 
1
Cinderella
Richard Roeper
Whether she s called out by the king for perching on a statue in the town square or wobbling about on glass slippers that are as uncomfortable as glass slippers would be in real life Cinderella just keeps winning us over 
3
Cinderella
Lily Janiak
In trying to be safe and copacetic with modern sensibilities this Cinderella neuters itself 
1
Cinderella
Wes Greene
With an overload of winking Kay Cannon s Cinderella displays a contemptuous attitude toward fairy tales in general 
1.5
Dolls
David Nusair
a fairly straight forward premise that s executed to watchable yet erratic effect 
2.5
Dolls
Mike McGranaghan
Dolls is purposefully over the top and crazy like a Looney Tunes short re envisioned by Freddy Kruger They don t make horror movies like this anymore and it s a damn shame 
3
Dolls
Dustin Putman
Dolls is as warm and sincere as it is dastardly and spooky 
3
Dolls
Roger Ebert
At some point Dolls remains only an idea a concept It doesn t become an engine to shock and involve us 
2
Holy Spider
Tom Meek
A riveting true crime serial killer thriller 
3
Holy Spider
Rene Sanchez
Zar Amir Ebrahimi delivers a powerful performance in this unsettling but highly effective neo noir thriller 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Holy Spider
Joe Friar
Abbasi tells the spider killer 8217 s story by crafting a compelling thriller 44 giving it an Americanized makeover by creating a fictional character who confronts the culture 8217 s embedded misogyny with a standout performance by Zar Amir Ebrahimi 46 
3.5
Holy Spider
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Unquestionably Holy Spider packs a gut punch released into a world where Iranian women are fighting openly for their lives But as a piece of filmmaking its fixation on sheer impact snuffs out story character and even humanity 
2
Holy Spider
David Nusair
46 46 46 the picture benefits substantially from Abbasi 8217 s stylish visuals and a series of above average performances 46 46 46 
3
Holy Spider
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As he balances the two sides of the story 44 Abbasi also balances this procedural between bloody exploitation and message mongering 44 deftly avoiding both 46 
3.5
Holy Spider
Oliver Jones
A crisp engrossing and disturbing crime thriller 
3
Holy Spider
Godfrey Cheshire
Holy Spider apos s rendition of this grisly tale is powerful and precise 44 commendably lacking the sensationalistic tone of some serial killer movies 46 
3.5
Holy Spider
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What thesis it has 44 though powerful 44 is lost in the obviousness of it all 46 
2
Holy Spider
Roger Moore
Even if you 8217 re a jaded movie goer who figures she or he have seen it all when it comes to violence in the cinema 44 that first murderous assault is jarring as well as heartbreaking 46 
3.5
Holy Spider
Mark Hanson
Holy Spider trickily manages to bridge the gap between social realism and exploitation cinema in a way that hints at how both are rooted in a similar place of gritty authenticity 46 
3
Holy Spider
Peter Howell
It seems almost too horrific to believe and to watch but it s based on a true story 
3
Psychomagic, a Healing Art
Simon Abrams
It s indulgent absurd frustrating and more than a little gross It s also idiosyncratic and funny enough and in ways that Jodo s fans will probably love 
3
Psychomagic, a Healing Art
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Magic or not the joy is in the theatricality of it all which as always in Jodorowsky s work is boldly on display 
3
The Texture of Falling
James Berardinelli
The Texture of Falling is ultimately as beguiling as it is frustrating with curiosity and a fascination for Allred s visual style compensating for a storyline the proves difficult to navigate 
2.5
Spawn
Maitland McDonagh
Most of the rest of the cast suffocates beneath mountains of special effects makeup 
2
Spawn
Jeffrey Westhoff
A would be cult film carefully constructed from parts of other cult films 
2
Spawn
Margaret A. McGurk
Spawn is a far from perfect movie but interesting enough to make me look forward to the inevitable sequel 
2.5
Spawn
James Berardinelli
As a comic book Spawn may be first rate but as a movie it s a retread 
2
Spawn
Roger Ebert
As a visual experience Spawn is unforgettable 
3.5
Spawn
Mick LaSalle
a nonstop bombardment that recalls Judge Dredd but with better diction 
1
Spawn
Michael Dequina
A misguided attempt to sanitize a concept whose most distinctive trait is its darkness 
2
Spawn
James O'Ehley
The story is about but heck who cares The movie itself doesn t care 
1
Spawn
Walter V. Addiego
the movie which borrows from a dozen pop sources and improves on none of them is pretty much a washout 
1
Spawn
Andy Seiler
There s no suspense no emotional involvement with the characters and the cynical sophomoric storytelling is confusing 
1.5
Spawn
Marty Mapes
A movie where style and pacing are given center stage The style is comic book and the pacing is fast fast fast 
3
Spawn
Madeleine Williams
Spawn delivers as much eye candy as the best but not nearly as much substance 
2
Spawn
Jeff Vice
badly acted and executed 
1.5
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Roger Moore
Can t find a laugh goes for the whole special sadly Cooper is game and is a fun on camera presence But this material is weak and prematurely dated 
1.5
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Richard Roeper
Sarah Cooper is a comic force for our times with a career that will last far after this madness finally subsides and is already expanding far beyond the boundaries of viral videos 
3
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Mick LaSalle
We have had cringe comedy for most of the 21st century In Everything s Fine Cooper goes beyond that This is the comedy of dread of fear of mutually understood misery 
4
De Sade
Peter Canavese
In the category of interesting failures 46 An experimental fantasia of theatrical and cinematic flourishes constantly testing its own narrative coherence 46 X rated 40 1969 41 but tame by today apos s standards 46 40 Scorpion Releasing blu ray 41 46 
2.5
Entergalactic
Roger Moore
I can apos t say the dreamy Kid Cudi hip hop that inspired the movie helps or hurts the storytelling 46 It apos s just there 44 pleasant enough but indistinct background music 44 I thought 46 The movie apos s more memorable than the LP 46 
3
Entergalactic
Richard Roeper
One of the things I loved about Entergalactic is how the main characters look like their voice actors 
3.5
Entergalactic
Cristina Escobar
As an art piece 44 Entergalactic is evocative 44 beautiful 44 and smart 46 I can picture it playing at parties for decades to come 46 
3.5
Entergalactic
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Rather than feeling grounded in its everyday struggles 44 lt i gt Entergalactic lt 47 i gt comes across more like a black hole of imagination 46 
1
Where the River Runs Black
Roger Ebert
Here is a fable with the most unlikely ingredients and yet like all fables it will work if we allow it to 
3
Tormented
John Beifuss
She s dead muses Richard Carlson She doesn t exist She s a perfume she s a footprint she s a hand she s a face in a picture In other words she sure is present for something that doesn t exist isn t that the way dead loves tend to be 
2.5
Operation Avalanche
Chris Knight
Operation Avalanche is both a hilarious mockumentary and a tense thriller that dares to imagine what crazy people have been saying for 40 years that Apollo astronauts never actually walked on the moon 
3.5
Operation Avalanche
Peter Howell
That s one small step for Apollo 11 hoaxers one giant leap for Matt Johnson 
3.5
Operation Avalanche
Mark Dujsik
The novelty of the movie s clever in the know hook supports this material for only so long 
2.5
Operation Avalanche
Barry Hertz
Part mockumentary party black comedy part action adventure and part cinematic dare the movie is a bizarre engrossing creation that will leave audiences either delighted or baffled though never bored 
3.5
Operation Avalanche
Robert Horton
A cracking example of a low budget concept done right 
3
Operation Avalanche
John Hartl
Ingeniously using his low budget to address his ambitions Johnson has directed co written and starred in a unique science fiction film 
3
Operation Avalanche
Anders Wright
There s something about Operation Avalanche that feels somewhat unsatisfying when all is said and done The idea is a good one but the ending feels more standard than the beginning 
2.5
Operation Avalanche
Walter V. Addiego
A bright idea can only take a movie so far Mission not accomplished 
2
Operation Avalanche
Simon Abrams
You can only coast so far on a novel idea s fumes and Operation Avalanche doesn t go far enough 
2
Operation Avalanche
Kyle Smith
A cute spunky found footage thriller undone by a lumpy plot and a weak ending Operation Avalanche revisits the urban legend that the moon landing was faked with some fresh twists 
2
Operation Avalanche
Chuck Bowen
The film attains a chilly existential quality as Matt Johnson s character discerns the weight of his actions 
2.5
Riders
David Nusair
a sporadically infuriating experience 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Brian Eggert
Both formally and narratively The Death Cure feels like a patchwork Frankensteined together from better material 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Wesley Lovell
A passable but disappointing finale to a series that started with promise and faded with each successive outing 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Kevin A. Ranson
while it s a far better showing with a real ending too than what The Scorch Trials vomited up it still feels like we ve stretched the entire idea far too thin to care 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Linda Cook
This fizzler of a finale makes little sense 
1
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Allyson Johnson
It s far too long too haphazardly scotch taped together and full of gaping plot holes but it s also exciting emotional at times and mindless fun that s worth seeing on the big screen 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Robert Horton
Surprise surprise This is a competent and sometimes gripping movie 
3
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Sara Michelle Fetters
while Maze Runner The Death Cure doesn t completely satisfy it does so just enough to make me think heading out to a matinee screening to give it a look would be worth the effort it takes to do so 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Josh Terry
The sum total should be entertaining for longtime fans of the series but a little more time on the story and in the editing room might have made Maze Runner The Death Cure a more worthy finale 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Peter Travers
Cheers to star Dylan O Brien for returning to complete his starring role after his serious stunt injury in Maze 2 but the third time s a yawn for this YA dystopia series
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Christian Toto
The emotional stakes are so low you re left to marvel at the first rate action and wait for the end credits 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
James Berardinelli
Rarely can I remember a movie filled with so many miraculous rescues and associated contrivances 
1.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Christy Lemire
For better and for worse it s an overwhelming experience And just when you think it s over there s another coda and then another 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Johnny Oleksinski
While a reliance on obvious feelings doesn t make for great Oscar bait it certainly drives a taut wholly enjoyable action flick such as The Death Cure 
3
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Bruce DeMara
The third and final entry in the sci fi series based on the books by James Dashner will give fans of the first two exactly what they re looking for 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Mark Dujsik
We know everything about the futuristic world of the series by the end of this movie and it falls apart upon even the slightest scrutiny 
1.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jake Coyle
The Death Cure is the biggest budgeted most bloated and longest running entry for the franchise 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jane Horwitz
The overlong movie lurches from chase to battle to soul searching quietude and then back again in frustratingly generic action movie style It s just one darn thing after another 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Brian Truitt
While the final Maze Runner is a rough go at times it nevertheless sticks the landing with a forgivable bit of wobble 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Gary Thompson
It s a 143 minute action film often unusually violent and sadistic for a PG 13 movie with spectacle apparently intended to provide excitement lacking in the characters and story 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Rafer Guzman
In the end The Death Cure makes for thrilling if not deep reaching entertainment 
3
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Tom Russo
If only the story line and setting were equal to the more compelling bits of character interplay 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
David Wiegand
There s really little point in investing more thought in this movie than the filmmakers is there 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Dann Gire
The Death Cure is the best executed and most spectacular episode in Wes Ball s action packed dystopian science fiction trilogy 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Dustin Putman
A potent grand finale to a science fiction trilogy of occasionally murky intentions The film works like gangbusters clear through to its quietly ruminative final moments a tribute to everything lost and that which is ultimately gained for its survivors 
3
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Soren Andersen
I thought it would never end 
1.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Roger Moore
Impressive and tedious and ENDlessly drawn out 
2
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
David Nusair
the film s padded out 113 minute running time often threaten s to cancel out its more positive attributes 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Michael Phillips
The script is just so so but Ball s directorial eye clear in the first Maze Runner film though largely AWOL in the second saves the third and final adventure from its own bloat 
2.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Ed Gonzalez
Emotional complication is what this film so abundant in last minute getaways fake outs and half hearted nods to the franchise s greatest hits needed so as to elevate it out of its programmatic torpor 
1.5
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Stephen Whitty
Just when you think things are being wrapped up they come unwrapped and the picture goes on for another 40 minutes prolonging your pain with a sadism that would make even the movie s sneering villain feel a bit guilty 
2
99 River Street
Matt Brunson
Has any other cinematic genre offered as many buried treasures as film noir Here s another unpolished gem to add to the stack 
3.5
Wheels
Randy Myers
Wheels tackles tough realities about pursuing dreams while juggling difficult choices It s a gem packed with new talent and has an affirming yet realistic message 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Wesley Lovell
After thirteen years and countless films how does a movie studio continue to build its comic adaptation empire without feeling stale Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the kind of film that helps answer that question 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Ross Anthony
Strong visuals acting and a fresh interesting story that is artfully told Good humor breathtaking action and dazzling art direction This is a strong entertaining film 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Matt Brunson
A superhero saga that despite several exciting interludes feels more mechanical and less spontaneous than nearly every MCU title that preceded it 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
David Nusair
generally fares better than most similarly themed fare 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Rene Sanchez
A breath of fresh air for the superhero genre Its high doses of adrenaline combine with visually striking action sequences and a moving story about pride and family Full Review in Spanish 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a strong debut for a new hero injecting diverse blood into the MCU in a way that does not feel forced or hollow I just think the overall film is still less than the sum of its more outstanding parts 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mark Meszoros
While largely entertaining the film s big serving of action is balanced by a good bit of comedy Shang Chi isn t quite on the level of Black Panther 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Steven Prokopy
this is a terrific entry level work that delivers on far more visceral action than we re used to from these films 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Allyson Johnson
Aided by a formidable performance from Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung director Destin Daniel Cretton doesn t quite remake the Marvel wheel so much as he enlivens it with the kinetic charming and surprisingly heartfelt Shang Chi 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mattie Lucas
Not since Black Panther has the world of a Marvel film felt so vibrantly alive 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Kevin A. Ranson
In a movie serving as backstory an origin story and even another MCU expansion the reinvent button on the impeding superhero fatigue machine is mashed yet again with a satisfying character driven adventure and one of the best Marvel films to date 
4
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mike McGranaghan
Shang Chi The Legend of the Ten Rings marks the first time a Marvel movie has felt machine manufactured to the point of being laborious 
2
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Kevin Carr
It s a standard story and it absolutely works It s unique to the Marvel Universe because it s the first time they ve done this 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Michael Medved
The special effects and flying dragons are all elegant and occasionally impressive but become tedious long before the film bangs and wheezes to its get ready for the sequel conclusion 
2
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Phil Villarreal
Geeky subtext aside the film manages to connect with non MCU obsessives by offering thrills chills and laughs 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sonny Bunch
Shang Chi is effective because the stakes remain relatively small It is essentially a family melodrama 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Jay Horton
Somehow still director Destin Daniel Cretton Just Mercy Short Term 12 finds space to let blossom a genuinely touching emotive backstory for our immortal archvillain and a however fleeting fresh perspective on a martial arts master 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Chris Hewitt
Yes Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is culturally significant but this should not be lost It s also a fantastic movie 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Johnny Oleksinski
It s fresh it s alive it s not the same old Marvel Cinematic Universe There are also awesome dragons 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mark Dujsik
W hen it finally comes time for the screenwriters to come up with a plot they seem uncertain about what to do 
2
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
James Berardinelli
As the MCU emerges from the long shadow of the Infinity Saga the newest members of the ever growing ensemble make a compelling case for belonging among the candidates for the next iteration of The Avengers 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Roger Moore
The air goes out of the balloon bit by bit and the long middle acts settle into tedium exposition and entropy 
2
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Josh Bell
There are plenty of appealing new elements in Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings but it s still an MCU movie for better and worse 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Liu shines as the protagonist and Awkwafina offers excellent support the rapport between them lending the film its funniest moments 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mark Kennedy
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton the film is somewhat overstuffed and lumpy in parts and the last surreal third is poorly knitted into the rest of the narrative but it s all impossible to predict and you ll leave the theater satisfied 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A full blooded Marvel film colorful exhilarating funny and full of hope 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Michael Phillips
I fear for the sequel as I do for all Marvel sequels because so often they re about delivering another round of the expected But Shang Chi may succeed there too It certainly succeeds here 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Rafer Guzman
Disney Marvel s first Asian lead superhero makes a semi impressive debut 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Richard Roeper
Razzle dazzle with a ton of heart and a generous sprinkling of warm humor That s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings right there 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Peter Howell
The by the numbers second half fortunately doesn t dim the sparkle of the film s first half or the obvious rightness of Simu Liu in the role of Shang Chi 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Katie Walsh
doesn t feel like just another MCU installment which is a compliment The characters are fresh and Cretton constantly emphasizes the emotional connections between them crafting a modern wuxia informed martial arts movie with heart 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Erik Childress
An overreliance on CGI tempers the excitement of the action scenes until it gives into the effects entirely during a devolving stretch of underwritten characters and a story that does not do justice to its protagonist 
2
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Bob Bloom
The film s main problem is its tone it vacillates between wanting to be a Chinese blockbuster and what is expected of a Marvel superhero movie 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Leo Brady
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings expands the Marvel lineup of characters and does it with thrilling style 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Peter Canavese
Effectively balancing the serious with the comic Shang Chi is an entirely satisfying spectacle within its genre and a very good emotionally satisfying and fun super hero movie 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Nick Allen
Shang Chi fits into Marvel packaging in its own way but it has an immense soulfulness that other MCU movies superhero movies and action movies in general should take notes from 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Peter Hartlaub
At some point during one of the best car chase scenes in San Francisco movie history Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings makes at least one thing gloriously clear Today you will be getting your money s worth at the movies 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
John Wenzel
It s a refreshing lift for this next phase of Marvel s world domination You leave genuinely wanting to see more of Shang Chi even as we know we ll be meeting him again very soon 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Oliver Jones
Shang Chi certainly deserves credit as a groundbreaking step of representation in mega budget filmmaking You just desperately wish that the terrain it treads upon didn t feel so safe 
2.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Michael O'Sullivan
It remembers to have fun It s a kick to watch often literally and the kind of popcorn movie summer is made for 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Brian Truitt
Liu is simply a joy to watch He s the MCU s most significant and infectious rookie since the late Chadwick Boseman with the same face of the franchise appeal as Chris Evans 
3
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Jake Cole
On the screen Shang Chi is rotely defined by the same gifted kid impostor syndrome as so many other self doubting MCU heroes before him 
1.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sean P. Means
It s a solidly constructed superhero origin story steeped in a beautifully rendered view of the hero s cultural ties with some strong performers and a connection back to the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Josh Larsen
dares to question the potency of the MCU punchplosion 
3.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Joey Magidson
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has equal amounts of action heart and humor The result is as satisfying an outing as Marvel has had in some time 
3.5
Salome's Last Dance
Roger Ebert
Despite the fact that Salome s Last Dance encompasses almost the entire text of a play by Wilde it seems shapeless and without purpose 
2
Meru
Kam Williams
Because it is there doc chronicling a trio of intrepid mountain climbers death defying assault on one of the world s most perilous peaks 
3
Meru
Chris Knight
Self examination of his dangerous vocation fails to move much beyond Mallory s famous quotation Because it s there 
2.5
Meru
Mark Dujsik
We likely learn more about the mountain than we do the human beings trying to climb it 
2
Meru
Brad Wheeler
A triumph of editing and narrative beyond Are you kidding me visuals Meru is a climbing story with context biographies are woven in incrementally 
3.5
Meru
Bob Bloom
Meru is a film filled with amazement and wonder as it displays the grandeur of nature as well as the deadly forces it can unleash in an instant
3.5
Meru
Linda Barnard
Chin and Ozturk capture both the astonishing views from the top of the world and soul searching moments inside a cramped tent dangling from the side of the mountain like a used tea bag 
3
Meru
Matt Pais
The footage is astonishing the cold and wind practically jumping from the screen and down your neck 
2.5
Meru
Richard Roeper
This is one of the most outstanding documentaries of the year 
3.5
Meru
Scott Renshaw
You know a documentary is working when you see its subjects talking about events that have already happened yet you re still anxiously wondering if they ll make it out alive 
3.5
Meru
Tom Meek
The stories of survival and resilience border on the superhuman and impress as does the lucid cinematography 
3
Meru
Peter Keough
Filmed with such grandeur and intimacy that sometimes attempting to figure out how they made the incredible shots almost spoils them 
3
Meru
G. Allen Johnson
The most dramatic footage isn t as much the view as the men themselves and their challenges This a tough climb all right 
3
Meru
Anders Wright
Like many mountaineering films this one sports extraordinary cinematography but it is the personal nature of it that makes it so appealing and insightful 
3
Meru
Gary Thompson
The movie leaves you with the impression that the Anker expedition would be the first to reach the peak This is incorrect 
2.5
Meru
Michael O'Sullivan
Meru can evoke a sense of claustrophobia and other fears in the viewer But just as often it gives rise to awe wonder and amazement at what man when he puts his mind to it is capable of 
3
Meru
Brian Tallerico
A bit too much time is spent in admiration and hero worship over the indefatigable will of these men when it is the footage on that mountainside that matters 
2.5
Meru
Tom Keogh
The personal perspective and breathtaking immediacy of the climbers daily challenges pull an audience in 
4
Meru
Kristin Tillotson
Whether or not mountain climbing documentaries are your thing Meru is likely to draw you in It s as much about trust personal goals and human bonding as battling the elements at their fiercest 
3.5
Meru
Carson Lund
Its expositional crutch proves most inadequate when the team ascends the final pitch to the top after years of preparation in no more than a minute of screen time 
2
Meru
Sean P. Means
The reason to watch and to watch on as big a screen as possible is the footage of the breathtaking climbing action 
3.5
Mirage
Roger Moore
The mystery at the heart of this time travel tale is fascinating and unraveling it is suspenseful with life and death stakes that go beyond merely preventing a murder 
2.5
Queens of the Qing Dynasty
Mark Hanson
Ashley McKenzie 8217 s film blossoms into a moving story about two people trapped by the institutions that they 8217 re beholden to 46 
3
Sex Addict
Lucius Gore
Bad Biology is intelligent funny and sick as hell
3
Desolation
Norman Gidney
If Desolation had just assumed that its audience needed less explanation while doling out the mystery this could have been a savvy update Instead the film just comes off as contrived 
2
Desolation
Mark Dujsik
After we figure out what s happening there isn t much more to keep us involved 
2
This Little Love of Mine
Roger Moore
Little Love has very little love zero stakes and gives the viewer no skin in the game There s nothing and no one here to care about 
1
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
Dustin Putman
The saving grace of Zombie Killers Elephant s Graveyard is that it is so bad there is a certain sick appeal in witnessing its slide into inadvertent camp 
0.5
Jewel
Roger Moore
This South African film 44 which never really grapples with the Sharpeville Massacre history or its invented love story 44 contents itself with immersing characters in the river for their epiphanies and encounters with fate 46 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Dustin Putman
It is a film full of jagged edges but one that is sincere and beguiling at its core 
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Kam Williams
What ruins this revenge flick is Madea s boorish bull in the china store act reminiscent of the sassy black woman stereotype popularized by Sanford and Son s Aunt Esther Loud and ignorant Medea tends to trivialize every scene 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
LaTonya Taylor
A satisfying end but it takes a lot of work and a lot of suspended disbelief to get there 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Scott Nash
As a comedy this movie works As a love story the movie contains no sparks The dialogue is stilted and unnatural which belittles the drama 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
James Kendrick
the film s dramatic components are just as outrageous as its comedic moments
3
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Peter Howell
It s never less than watchable a bizarre hybrid that somehow works as a whole even though its various components don t mesh 
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Rick Groen
It s a cheap melodrama that presses all the right sentimental buttons 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Larry Ratliff
It must be a hoot when performed live But it only works in spurts on screen 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Willie Waffle
it s funny enough to overcome the cliches and sweet enough to make those cliches feel warm and fuzzy
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Susan Tavernetti
Like Perry s acting the movie swings from manic comedy to quiet drama in a heartbeat 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Linda Cook
Talk about mixed messages Here s a cruel mean spirited movie that s supposed to have a Christian theme 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Sara Michelle Fetters
The audience is whooping and hollering basically having the gayest old time imaginable and you sit there in utter disbelief horrified anyone of even remotely sound mind is enjoying themselves 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
James Verniere
Much of the plot is either corny ridiculous or derivative 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Sean P. Means
A would be feminist farce that will leave you slackjawed at its incompetence 
0
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Timothy Knight
A crudely made hodgepodge of rank clichs that veers between shrill melodrama glossy soap opera and broad sitcom level comedy 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
David Elliott
The quality of mercy is a little strained 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Ruthe Stein
Raucous and overwrought the movie is still a hoot to watch and even more fun to talk back to 
3
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Tom Keogh
The material comes off as a serious miscalculation in Perry and director Darren Grant s film adaptation 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Lou Lumenick
Stay clear of this mess 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
John Beifuss
Those who aren t already converts to Perry s dramaturgy will wonder what elevates this material above say a typical episode of 227 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Bob Strauss
Darren Grant a music vid guy making his feature debut presents it all in a smooth elegant package that almost disguises the fact that what we re watching is the narrative equivalent of an eight ring circus 
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Robert W. Butler
One is left with the sense that while Perry has captured certain truths about human experience he undermines himself by ignoring psychological detail in favor of big gestures and simplistic explanations 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Jack Mathews
It turns on a dime from scenes of maudlin sentimentality to manic slapstick then turns on another dime to trite Christian moralizing 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Peter Debruge
While the movie fills a much needed niche in the lily white Hallmark movie department this clunky borderline amateur directorial effort from music video veteran Darren Grant simply doesn t do justice to the material In fact it s downright awful 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Terry Lawson
Diary of a Mad Black Woman is directed by Darren Grant who is unable to wrangle all of Perry s attempts to entertain or pander to his audience into anything resembling a satisfying movie 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Amy Biancolli
The film itself is a touch insane veering from comedy to cornball melodrama and torture with such startling alacrity that viewers might laugh and not know if they re supposed to 
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Lisa Kennedy
Some of these problems stem from the film s leap from a theatrical production s play to the rafters bigness to the screen s demands for something more finessed There s not a lot of nuance here 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Jeff Vice
The primary irritant here is Perry whose performance is the cinematic equivalent of listening to fingernails scrape a chalkboard for two hours 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Lawrence Toppman
Rather sloppily blends melodrama and spiritual uplift with crass comedy sometimes in the same scene 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Wesley Morris
Blows to the head are delivered with more subtlety than the message of Diary of a Mad Black Woman 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Roger Ebert
I ve been reviewing movies for a long time and I can t think of one that more dramatically shoots itself in the foot 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Peter Canavese
I m not sure if Diary of a Mad Black Woman is heartfelt or cynical but if anyone can write a movie that s both it s probably Tyler Perry 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Frank Ochieng
Grant s broad narrative never quite reaches the subversive tone it s aiming for so awkwardly Much is thrown into Diary with the flimsy afterthought of a tossed salad
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Mack Bates
Perry s performance as Madea may have worked onstage but seems out of place on the screen even though it s clear he has a great deal of affection for the character 
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Steve Rhodes
With tonal shifts so abrupt that they could give you motion sickness it goes from cheesy soap opera to bad slapstick to gooey romance to mean spirited farce 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Carrie Rickey
A very curious and very entertaining mix the Labradoodle of inspirational romantic comedy melodramas 
3
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Phoebe Flowers
The messages are nothing if not mixed On the one hand Perry s script is a pious celebration of Christian charity and patience On the other well just look at the MPAA rating 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Jan Stuart
It s so heartfelt that you d have to be a curmudgeon to reject its charms outright and so artificial you d have to be willfully naive to swallow them whole 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
David Sterritt
Plenty of mad moviegoers will put this in their diaries as one of the worst pictures in ages 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Jeff Strickler
This movie stew equal parts farce drama and sermon gives you plenty to chew on but ultimately is less than filling 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Chris Hewitt
It becomes clear that the strength of Diary is its refusal to bow to convention 
3
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Michael Wilmington
Tyler Perry even if he s no church show Peter Sellers obviously carves out some kind of niche here Remember they laughed at Ed Wood And they re still laughing at him 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Kit Bowen
If not for the larger than life multitasking by Tyler Perry Diary of a Mad Black Woman would be just another tedious over the top movie about self discovery 
2
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Josh Larsen
This is Big Momma s House meets Misery meets Enough 
1.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Nick Rogers
It s a fractured fairy tale for religious zealots and fart joke enthusiasts that in its pious lessons of forgiveness does the unforgivable by using Christianity as a crutch 
1
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Rob Blackwelder
loudly preach es Christian values then turns around to cheer on its wronged wife heroine as she takes cruel revenge against her now crippled and helpless husband 
0.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Matt Brunson
Emotionally satisfying if a bit simplistic yet Perry dilutes its potency by casting himself in sitcom roles 
2.5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Jeremiah Kipp
Perry s film adaptation clearly preaches to the converted while presupposing its TV sitcom humor will win or convert new fans 
1
Yentl
Jordan Hiller
While the movie is on target in terms of noble intent so much about Yentl is self defeating and the legendary ego of Streisand can safely be deemed the culprit 
2
Yentl
Christian Toto
Yentl is all about who else Miss Streisand But her vast talents turn a gender bending fable into a winner 
3
Yentl
Roger Ebert
Like all great fables it grows out of a particular time and place but it takes its strength from universal sorts of feelings 
3.5
Nice Guys Sleep Alone
Judith Egerton
Gentle and optimistic Nice Guys Sleep Alone rides on the solid shoulders of O Bryan its charming leading man 
3
That Summer
G. Allen Johnson
That Summer leaves me with Beale fatigue It would seem to appeal to Grey Gardens completists only 
1
That Summer
Barry Paris
The film s biggest revelation is Lee Radziwill herself looking as lithe as a teenager and even more beautiful than her sister 
3
New Port South
Steve Rhodes
Cooper shows significant promise in his directorial debut Let s hope he finds the funding to direct again but with better material next time 
2.5
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Steve Rhodes
Just like shows for grownups successful kids movies are susceptible to the excessive sequel syndrome 
1.5
Downtown: A Street Tale
Peter Debruge
Amounts to little more than a downbeat soap opera 
1.5
Downtown: A Street Tale
Evan Henerson
Director Zielinski s attempts at serving up grunge and grittiness largely fall flat Scenes of sex and drug use are typically accompanied by a swooning and intrusive soundtrack 
2
Downtown: A Street Tale
Maitland McDonagh
Veteran actress Bujold s powerful unaffected performance is the anchor that keeps the film s episodic subplots from spinning off into chaos 
2.5
Downtown: A Street Tale
Elizabeth Weitzman
Earnest intentions can t begin to save this clumsy cautionary tale about teens and twentysomethings trying to survive on the mean streets of Manhattan 
1.5
Lemonade Mouth
David Nusair
A typically innocuous Disney Channel flick 
1.5
The Wind
Federico Furzan
There s a very interesting movie hidden behind every tease in The Wind But it fails to show itself beyond the convenient jump scares Full review in Spanish 
2
The Wind
Sara Michelle Fetters
A striking psychological horror western director Emma Tammi s debut The Wind is something special 
3.5
The Wind
Sean P. Means
Tammi stages moments of terror that are effectively chilling small moments that deploy the tiny budget to maximum chills 
3
The Wind
Joe Friar
All the elements are in place for this scary female driven western horror that exists somewhere between Meek s Cutoff and The Evil Dead Tense 
3.5
The Wind
Brandy McDonnell
Although the nonlinear narrative gets muddled and repetitive The Wind remains incessantly scary with haunting moments that linger after the credits have rolled 
3
The Wind
Mark Dujsik
The story and the way in which it is told are far less convincing than the use of the setting 
2
The Wind
Rosalie Kicks
Great feature debut from Emma Tammi that will make you question the next time you say oh that sound it s just some night noise 
3
The Wind
G. Allen Johnson
This is indie horror at its best 
3.5
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
David Nusair
It s clear almost instantly that Game of Thrones The Last Watch has been designed to appeal primarily to fans of the long running show 
3
Pirates of the Great Salt Lake
Ross Anthony
A fun film with a quirky sense of humor Enjoys poking fun at Pirates of the Caribbean and in my humble opinion it s a better film too Think Napoleon Dynamite 
2.5
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dustin Putman
Feels more like an obligatory teen slasher than the previous films but gets the job done 
2.5
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
David Nusair
Donald Pleasance s Dr Loomis doesn t once refer to Myers as pure evil though he does call him evil on two legs which is almost as good 
2
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
James Berardinelli
Of all the Halloween sequels including the irrelevant and unwatchable Halloween III Halloween 4 stands out as the best of a generally uninspired lot 
2.5
Mansfield 66/67
Kimberley Elizabeth
A strange story begs for an even stranger retelling in Mansfield 66 67 
2
Hum Tum
Michael Dequina
Takes a refreshingly liberated and modern stance on relationships by ultraconservative Hindi film standards and having such savvy to go along with the usual sweetness adds to frothy charms 
3
It's Complicated
Kelly Jane Torrance
Take one predictable script then add a few romantic comedy cliches Be smart enough to mix in two stars with more presence than most other actors and you ve got yourself a decent comedy whose many sins are forgivable anytime those stars are on screen 
2.5
It's Complicated
Michael Dequina
A charming cast of veteran pros are at the top of their comic game 
3
It's Complicated
Sean P. Means
Streep finally gets her chance to cut loose and her frisky flirty Jane is a comic revelation 
3.5
It's Complicated
Linda Cook
Rollicking and ribald It s Complicated is a comedy about passions and people of a certain age 
3
It's Complicated
David Nusair
an affable and downright breezy romcom romp 
2.5
It's Complicated
Mike Scott
A fun and sweet romantic comedy that lands comfortably on the smart side of vacant along the way offering a pleasant and satisfying diversion for the grown ups in the room 
3
It's Complicated
James Kendrick
Meyers has a finger firmly planted on the pulse of what makes people in the middle of their lives tick although it would help if she didn t make her characters work so hard to get out from under all of that enviable production design
2.5
It's Complicated
Robert Levin
A scrubbed clean fantasy the story of privileged people living lives taken straight from catalogs 
2.5
It's Complicated
John Wirt
Baldwin Martin and Meyers stage an ensemble comedy that s among the funniest movies of 2009 
3
It's Complicated
Sean O'Connell
It s Complicated will be for middle aged women what the latest Transformers sequel is for teenage boys 
2.5
It's Complicated
Sara Michelle Fetters
I can t say Meyers completely won me over the blatant superficially of most of this rubbing me the wrong way 
2.5
It's Complicated
Matt Brunson
Writer director Nancy Meyers surprisingly goes too easy on the character of Jake a decision that leaves a bad taste and drains some of the fun out of this otherwise agreeable if rarely uproarious bauble 
2.5
It's Complicated
Amy Biancolli
Writer director Meyers who s devoted much of her career to midlife American arousal that she loses her sense of fun 
2.5
It's Complicated
Lisa Kennedy
Simply put It s Complicated is a hoot 
3.5
It's Complicated
Rob Thomas
The movie works because the audience can identify with Jane s life even if they can t identify with her kitchen 
3
It's Complicated
John Beifuss
More sitcom than screwball Meyers films are more interesting to talk about Why aren t more movies aimed at this demographic What does the popularity of these films say about mature women and their relationships than enjoyable to watch 
2
It's Complicated
Kit Bowen
It s Complicated thankfully isn t u2013 as a romantic comedy that is It s pretty straight forward funny stuff bolstered by terrific performances and a script that zings 
3
It's Complicated
Christian Toto
It s Complicated proves Nancy Meyers has the aging rom com genre to herself and it s in very good hands 
3
It's Complicated
Willie Waffle
Baldwin steals the film with his gleeful naughtiness 
3.5
It's Complicated
Dustin Putman
It s refreshing watching mature adults in a genre usually reserved for the youth market 
2.5
It's Complicated
Wesley Morris
It s Complicated unleashes an unabashedly desperately romantic side of Baldwin that we haven t seen before He doesn t steal this movie so much as grant all Streep s fluttering and twirling and hand fanning an exuberant counterweight 
3
It's Complicated
Jeff Vice
Streep is clearly having fun playing a romantic lead Why she hasn t gotten more offers for these kinds of roles is anyone s guess She also has a lot of chemistry with Baldwin and Martin All three of them are reason enough to see the film 
2.5
It's Complicated
Moira MacDonald
There s nothing inherently wrong with a little fantasy indeed a lot of us like gazing at lavishly set tables and meticulously chosen throw pillows But It s Complicated suffers from terminal niceness 
2.5
It's Complicated
Chris Hewitt
Does anyone else think it s too soon for Nancy Meyers to be remaking Something s Gotta Give a movie she wrote and directed just six years ago 
1.5
It's Complicated
Michael O'Sullivan
The romantic comedy about a divorced couple having an affair manages to be both light on its feet and heavy enough to deliver something of a message 
3.5
It's Complicated
Carrie Rickey
I enjoyed the spectacle of middle aged people making spectacles of themselves And I appreciated the film s gentle understanding of how the romance of a parent affects the children 
3
It's Complicated
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Meyers completely fails to find the strengths of the actors Streep is too giggly Baldwin is too bombastic and slapsticky and Martin is too shy 
1.5
It's Complicated
Amy Biancolli
A movie that s one third hilarious is better than no thirds at all but look at the cast Meryl Streep Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Doesn t that promise a somewhat larger fraction of laughs 
2
It's Complicated
Mark Dujsik
There is charm to be found in the simplicity of fine comic performances which It s Complicated has in its leads and at least one supporting cast member 
3
It's Complicated
Linda Barnard
Snappy dialogue and an up tempo pop soundtrack add to It s Complicated s entertaining mix as director Nancy Meyers proves again that she has a deft hand with rom coms 
3.5
It's Complicated
Rick Groen
Meyers does her job pretty well She s a clever contriver adept at adding a patina of apparent relevance even a veneer of feminism to situations that are otherwise bogus and artificial 
2
It's Complicated
Roger Ebert
It s Complicated is a rearrangement of the goods in Nancy Meyers bakery and some of them belong on the day old shelf 
2.5
It's Complicated
Lou Lumenick
Yes it coulda had more laughs but in the spirit of seasonal good cheer let me predict that the best chocolate croissant making montage in Hollywood history is going to help this one clean up at the box office 
2.5
It's Complicated
James Berardinelli
With a story that by turns defies and adheres to formulas It s Complicated ends up being one of the end year s best sources of pure entertainment 
3
It's Complicated
Claudia Puig
Meyers uses musical montages and shoots the principals doubling over in laughter in place of crafting witty dialogue Escapism has its place at the movies but something this slick is like a lavishly wrapped but empty Christmas present 
2
It's Complicated
Roger Moore
The empowerment message is obvious the strain of trying to be hip and edgy in the script shows But Meyers sets the table for funny people to deliver laughs 
2.5
It's Complicated
Duane Dudek
Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin don t elevate this Nancy Meyers comedy as much as they save it from itself It has all the earmarks of a door slamming French sex farce but without the messy subtitles 
2.5
It's Complicated
Michael Phillips
It s simply a good time a relatively adult and easygoing conveyance for three ace performers of a certain age working through a few comic machinations created by writer director Nancy Meyers 
3
It's Complicated
Bob Bloom
What is appealing is to see a romantic date movie in which the protagonists are well past puberty and are likely AARP members 
3
It's Complicated
Mike Miliard
It s clear I m out of the demo for this one which fetishizes interior design and home furnishings almost as much as the sex But a substantive plot larded with more laughs would have made my thoughts much less conflicted 
2
It's Complicated
Aaron Cutler
The character names are irrelevant as the plot s a hoary hokey pretense to gather under the stars 
1
It's Complicated
Peter Travers
You don t have to feel guilty for lapping up this froth Just don t expect nourishment 
2.5
Four Lane Highway
Nick Schager
The cinematic equivalent of a cheesy confessional acoustic guitar ballad sung in a caf by a heart on his sleeve kid looking to pick up girls 
1
Four Lane Highway
Maitland McDonagh
If marginally less smug than Noah Baumbach s Kicking and Screaming McCormick s film is just as trapped in juvenile navel gazing The fact that his characters are in their 30s only makes them more insufferable 
1.5
Four Lane Highway
Elizabeth Weitzman
The director s earnest intentions can t overcome a formulaic story and confusing time structure let alone performances that feel distinctly amateurish 
1.5
Jason and Shirley
Chuck Bowen
Stephen Winter s film doesn t earn the gall it evinces by pissing on Shirley Clarke s masterpiece 
.5
The Big Chill
James Kendrick
Even if the film isn t timeless the soundtrack certainly is 
2
The Big Chill
Michael Scheinfeld
Strong acting and a string of classic rock and soul tunes make up for a superficial script 
2.5
The Big Chill
Roger Ebert
It has all the right moves It knows all the right words Its characters have all the right clothes expressions fears lusts and ambitions But there s no payoff and it doesn t lead anywhere 
2.5
Martyrs
Matt Goldberg
Maybe I missed the point of the lesson 
1
Martyrs
David N. Butterworth
Brutally well conceived for about 40 minutes and then Martyrs flips on its own bloody axis and falls apart existentially 
2
Martyrs
Christian Toto
Martyrs marks new ground in the horror genre just don t take that as a sign it s worth your time 
2
Martyrs
Lucius Gore
Martyrs is initially shocking and strong but eventually falls apart once we are informed about what the hell is going on 
2
Martyrs
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as an unusually provocative horror effort that s sure to leave viewers thinking and talking about it long after the end credits have rolled 
3
Tokyo!
Sonny Bunch
If Tokyo has a unifying idea it s the devastating effect loneliness has on the psyche an interesting choice given Tokyo s status as one of the world s densest cities 
2.5
Tokyo!
Jason Anderson
Paris New York and even Toronto have all gotten their due in a recent wave of city centric omnibus films that let world renowned auteurs run wild in their streets Yet none of these yielded anything as strange or as idiosyncratic as Tokyo 
3
Tokyo!
Kate Taylor
Perhaps it is inevitable as three foreign directors train their lenses on that unique island culture of the East that all three are propelled by fantasy or science fiction and suggest more alienation from Tokyo than affection for the great city 
3
Tokyo!
Jeff Vice
The oddness is sort of refreshing 
2.5
Tokyo!
Chris Hewitt
A collection of three films that try to capture the experience of living in that crowded Japanese city 
3.5
Tokyo!
Steve Ramos
Grasping a unifying theme from the three distinct tales is one of the pleasures of watching the movie Loneliness gets my vote but Tokyo is adventurous enough to spark many different theories 
3
Tokyo!
Joe Williams
Although each portion of Tokyo has a distinct flavor this sampler of undercooked fish stories has a cumulative effect one that is trippy if not toxic 
3
Tokyo!
Steven Rea
Tokyo is a must see for the Gondry segment and a strange diverting pleasure for the rest 
3
Tokyo!
Ty Burr
If you ve seen Paris je t aime or New York Stories you know the rate of return on these urban omnibuses is variable and so it is here Go in expecting minor pleasures and you ll be fine 
2.5
Tokyo!
Reyhan Harmanci
The overall project succeeds at offering three tantalizing films for the price of one movie ticket 
3
Tokyo!
Roger Ebert
Three directors three films three reasons to rethink moving to Tokyo 
2.5
Tokyo!
Robert Levin
Only Bong s project transcends its limiting carefully calibrated stylistic mode to achieve something substantive 
2.5
Tokyo!
V.A. Musetto
Isn t likely to make many best of 2009 lists but its originality in an era of cookie cutter moviemaking is greatly appreciated 
3
Tokyo!
Andrew Schenker
There s nothing in recent memory quite like Merde 
3
Tokyo!
Gabe Leibowitz
Tokyo is most notable for how little its title really means 
2
Hot Rod
Kyle Smith
If you must see Hot Rod bring along something else to do like a portable DVD player loaded with Anchorman or The Waterboy 
1
Waterman
Roger Moore
A grand feel good remembrance of an epic life a documentary that could make even non surfers and haoles swell with tearful pride that the human race ever produced this bronze god who walked among us and changed the world 
3
Night Moves
Brian Eggert
Shot by cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt with impressive clarity to the night scenes and weight to the mostly outdoor settings Night Moves is an austere and beautifully composed film marked by three excellent and nuanced performances at the center 
3.5
Night Moves
Frank Ochieng
Methodical moody and breezily reflective has a slow footed pacing but registers with quiet resonance in its message about lingering environmental indifference and the retaliation against the establishment that allows for such blatant negligence 
3
Night Moves
Alissa Wilkinson
Night Moves calls us inadvertently or not to reconsider our definition of what s natural Certainly some of the ways we ve failed to care for the planet as we were charged back at the beginning have had dire consequences Let s not ignore that 
3
Night Moves
Anita Katz
The actors give down to earth but emotionally charged performances distinguished by a subsurface simmer that sometimes intensifies into a slow boil 
3
Night Moves
John Beifuss
I m a great admirer of Reichardt s work but having watched Night Movies twice I have to concede that it s something of a dud 
2.5
Night Moves
Rob Thomas
This is still a powerful film from one of America s best filmmakers who continues to push herself 
3.5
Night Moves
Liam Lacey
Night Moves including its title borders on generic 
2.5
Night Moves
Chris Knight
Night Moves marks the most plot heavy of Reichardt s movies to date but the director nicely bends the needs of the story to meet her own 
3.5
Night Moves
Bruce DeMara
Reichardt wisely leaves it for her audience to decide 
2.5
Night Moves
Michael Phillips
You may not buy the third act developments but Reichardt and her actors see to it that you believe in how these people got to that third act in the first place 
3
Night Moves
Mark Dujsik
Night Moves stares unflinching at an amoral bomb ready to blow and there s nothing to be done to stop it 
3.5
Night Moves
Josh Larsen
brings complicated human dilemmas into the climate change crossfire 
3.5
Night Moves
Brad Keefe
More contemplative than pulse pounding it s also well worth your time 
3
Night Moves
Matt Pais
A story that needs a lot more character development and a simple kick in the pants 
2
Night Moves
Rene Rodriguez
In Night Moves Reichardt keeps her characters close and up front so when differences arise in their ranks and signs of vague trouble arise the suspense starts to mount 
3
Night Moves
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a richly engrossing drama so long as you understand that it s aiming for the head not the gut 
4
Night Moves
Moira MacDonald
Night Moves is like a slow meticulous heist movie almost hypnotic in its precision 
3
Night Moves
Mick LaSalle
Reichardt gives us scenes of people engaged in mundane labor and aimless conversation but she doesn t make a case for such scenes as fascinating in themselves 
2
Night Moves
Brian Tallerico
Reichardt uses her increasingly impressive sense of composition and intuitive pacing to slow burn the audience into a state of anxiety instead of manipulatively pushing them there 
3.5
Night Moves
Stephen Whitty
Night Moves is a serious film and certainly more thoughtful one than another recent eco thriller the gimmicky The East Yet it remains especially for Reichardt an oddly uninvolving one 
2.5
Night Moves
Dustin Putman
Night Moves is a masterfully crafted thriller subtly pointedly and auspiciously arriving at a destination as pessimistically valid as it is staggeringly loaded 
3.5
Night Moves
Jake Coyle
Night Moves has a sure handedness that shows Reichardt is still growing as a filmmaker 
3
Night Moves
Claudia Puig
Night Moves is a thoughtful clear eyed and provocative film that raises thorny questions but doesn t offer easy answers 
3
Night Moves
Kyle Smith
An eco parable about domestic terrorists turns into a suspenseful noir 
2.5
Night Moves
Matthew Kassel
Ms Reichardt does a stand up job building suspense with pockets of action here and there 
3
Night Moves
Roger Moore
Well acted atmospheric and reasonably tense eco terrorism thriller 
2.5
Night Moves
Jesse Cataldo
Like Michael Cera s two recent films with Sebastian Silva Night Moves reveals the dark core contained within an actor s nice guy neuroticism 
3
Night Moves
David Nusair
A marginal improvement over Kelly Reichardt s last film 
1
Pulp
Bill Chambers
While the democracy of it casts a sweet spell and speaks to Pulp s generosity and humility one wonders if even in this era of selfie culture Pulp fans will want to see this much of themselves on screen
2.5
Pulp
Tom Keogh
A bright eccentric testament to the mutual regard that Pulp s members and ordinary Sheffield residents feel about one another 
3
Pulp
Simon Abrams
Habicht s film never goes beyond idol worship since his film only succeeds at reproducing Cocker s myopic vision of his band 
2
Pulp
Drew Hunt
Florian Habicht unwisely shifts his focus from Sheffield and its unique denizens to the band s personal history effectively turning the film into an episode of Behind the Music 
2
Batman Begins
Brian Eggert
Batman Begins tansforms the superhero genre and transcends its limitations with a film that is a moving emotionally involving and exciting experience 
4
Batman Begins
Namrata Joshi
Batman has been all about darkness Nolan just makes it a shade darker Go see it 
3
Batman Begins
Joe Lozito
Mr Nolan s assured direction and pacing keep the movie feeling brisk even at its two plus hour running time 
3.5
Batman Begins
Kam Williams
Works splendidly because it dispenses with the idea that Batman s archenemies have to be quirky colorful superficial savants àla the campy television series from the sixties 
4
Batman Begins
Todd Hertz
This is a gritty and smart personal drama more than an action film And it is what a Batman film always should have been 
4
Batman Begins
Jay Antani
It s passable entertainment that our culture has wildly overrated 
2.5
Batman Begins
Sara Michelle Fetters
I guess seeing as Nolan s superhero epic is probably the best ever put to film and that includes Superman II Spider Man 2 Batman and X2 I shouldn t have been worried 
4
Batman Begins
Jorge Avila Andrade
Se trata de un filme oscuro pero muy humano y por lo mismo inolvidable Un digno renacimiento para un gran héroe 
3.5
Batman Begins
Wesley Lovell
Nolan has created a dark realistic and believable hero who fights personal demons like the rest of us Burton s fantasy was fun but Nolan s is better 
3.5
Batman Begins
Mark Dujsik
This is how you make a superhero movie 
4
Batman Begins
Collin Souter
Artful daring and wise it s one of the best anti summer popcorn movies ever made 
4
Batman Begins
Kurt Loder
T his is the movie that loyal and long suffering Batfans have been waiting for it s artful and fun Batman Begins really is a new beginning 
3.5
Batman Begins
James Verniere
While the Dark Knight s return is not quite triumphant and is bloated at 140 minutes the filmmakers have retooled the black caped crime fighter with an eye to these perilous times 
2.5
Batman Begins
Joe Williams
Without the biff bang pow of pop signifiers this intelligent well made film is too heavy to transport us anywhere but down the dark hole of its good intentions 
2.5
Batman Begins
Lori Hoffman
Christopher Nolan has officially recharged the moribund Batman franchise with a top of the line popcorn movie 
3.5
Batman Begins
Michael A. Smith
The best action film of the summer so far 
3.5
Batman Begins
Linda Cook
A guy who would dress up like a bat as Christian Bale says has issues Does he ever And we become acquainted with many of them in this incarnation of the Caped Crusader 
4
Batman Begins
Sean O'Connell
A smash one of the finest comic book adaptations of all time and one of the best films of 2005 
4
Batman Begins
Jonathan R. Perry
A defiantly adult film that succeeds where four predecessors have failed Remaining true to the mythology it creates without enslaving itself in comic book silliness 
3
Batman Begins
Pam Grady
It s awesome 
3.5
Batman Begins
James Kendrick
aims to return Batman to his darker roots and also align more clearly with the character driven graphic novels that resurrected the character in the mid 1980s
3.5
Batman Begins
David Nusair
Batman Begins is generally an extremely entertaining exceedingly well acted summer movie Unfortunately that s all it is 
3
Batman Begins
Peter Keough
Those looking for a thoughtful poetic fable about what s most frightening in our lives today may not be fully satisfied either but this is the movie for them 
3
Batman Begins
Michael Sragow
Nolan fails to bring grace or sweep to the action he stages and edits it too tightly It s punchy all right but not pleasurable 
2
Batman Begins
Dan Fienberg
Nolan tackles Batman Begins with the wonderfully naive notion that he could give Batman a blank slate which is probably why he succeeds 
3.5
Batman Begins
David Keyes
Batman Begins comes rushing off the screen like a long delayed form of enlightenment finally realizing the full potential of its center 
4
Batman Begins
Forrest Hartman
A movie that comic book fans can point to as the perfect adaptation of their beloved medium 
4
Batman Begins
Josh Larsen
more Sin City than Saturday morning cartoon 
3.5
Batman Begins
Aaron Hillis
Not bad for summer jollies but Holy Raised Bar Batman let s pray that the next installment measures up to the sequel summits of Spider Man 2 and X2 
2.5
Batman Begins
Terry Lawson
If you love Batman then Batman Begins will the best Batman movie ever made On the other hand if you love Batman movies Batman Begins may leave you wondering where the Joker went 
3
Batman Begins
J. R. Jones
For all the hype about exploring Batman s damaged psyche Nolan and Goyer haven t added much beyond a corny opening in which he falls down a well and is attacked by bats 
2
Batman Begins
Jon Niccum
For a movie that engages in the daunting task of handling the entire exposition of a superhero and crafting an airtight adventure for him it s quite an accomplishment 
3.5
Batman Begins
Emily Blunt
Gothamly speaking The Batman rules The cast is like a checklist of talents from Christian Bale to Michael Caine to GARY OLDMAN for crimeny 
4
Batman Begins
Mike McGranaghan
Batman Begins does all the standard things beautifully then adds several additional layers of quality via the story and the themes This is why I go to the movies 
4
Batman Begins
David Sterritt
Batman Begins delivers enough action to please Saturday night crowds if not the surreal wit that made the first two Batman movies directed by Tim Burton so entertaining 
2
Batman Begins
Nick Rogers
Accessible smarts rousing action one of the year s finest acting ensembles This great film proves entertainment with a brain as big as its budget isn t dead this summer 
4
Batman Begins
Greg Maki
Not only is it the best Batman film it is possibly the best superhero movie ever and one of the best pictures of the year 
4
Batman Begins
Matt Brunson
Dismissing this as merely escapist entertainment would ignore the myriad adult themes that bulk up the picture issues ranging from the duality of man to the politics of fear 
3.5
Batman Begins
Sean P. Means
Calling it the best comic book movie ever isn t enough It s more a dark and resonant drama of one man s tortured path from guilt ridden victim to conquering avenger 
4
Batman Begins
Geoff Pevere
Apart from the lumbering pacing and embalmed tone the movie is densely forested with oaken dialogue wasteful in its casting and incoherently over edited in its action sequences 
2
Batman Begins
David Elliott
Batman Begins storms along with a few welcome catches of breath though it has the climax overdose of the modern action whoppers 
3.5
Batman Begins
Carrie Rickey
Is it too much to ask that the action sequences not be monotonously narcotizingly dull 
2.5
Batman Begins
Robert W. Butler
This new Batman is thought provoking certainly but rarely fun 
2.5
Batman Begins
Rene Rodriguez
A mature take on material often relegated to the kiddie file and it s simply the latest proof that when treated properly comic books are a viable art form for all ages Bring on the sequel 
3
Batman Begins
Duane Dudek
It is without a camp bone in its body it is as self serious as a self flagellant penitent begging forgiveness for past sins 
3
Batman Begins
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly moody colorfully chaotic and symbolically transfixing Batman Begins is definitely a new chapter that s instilled in the same old reliable book
3
Batman Begins
Eric Harrison
Batman Begins is a remarkable movie In making it Nolan swept aside not only the other Batman films but the whole over burdened shelf of previous super hero flicks 
4
Batman Begins
Jeff Vice
Thanks to Bale s multi layered performance this is the best most complex character to put on the Bat cowl 
3
Batman Begins
Michael Booth
Here s a legend sometimes proved true Sharp writing and thoughtful directing make the oldest tales seem new 
3
Batman Begins
Lawrence Toppman
Superhero pictures require certain conventions a romance a sidekick cool weapons a juicy but inconsequential bad guy who answers to the master villains Nolan and Goyer meet these expectations in unexpected ways 
4
Batman Begins
Jeffrey Westhoff
Nolan and Goyer go beyond the studio s call and treat Batman as a flesh and blood character not a marketing concept 
3
Batman Begins
Larry Ratliff
The new adventure bathed by rain and darkness much of the time combines action with a clever gathering of all the now familiar Batman elements the suit etc 
3
Batman Begins
Chuck O'Leary
Turgid Tiresome it s the lack of a dynamic villain that kills Batman Begins 
1.75
Batman Begins
James Berardinelli
Christopher Nolan has gone back to basics jettisoning both the silliness of the TV incarnation and the gothic and fetishist elements of the 90s version This is a hard core down and gritty origin story 
3.5
Batman Begins
Willie Waffle
All the bad ideas like Robin Batgirl Mr Freeze and the suit with the Bat Nipples are gone only to be replaced by awesome ideas and lots of brooding 
3
Batman Begins
Phil Villarreal
I have always been a Superman guy after all flying trumps rappelling and heat vision can do more damage than a Batarang any day but then came this new Batman movie 
4
Batman Begins
Dustin Putman
Batman Begins is involving and skillful more so as a drama than as an action film 
2.5
Batman Begins
Steve Rhodes
An exhilarating picture that is almost operatic in scope and impact 
3.5
Batman Begins
Rob Blackwelder
The pragmatic reinvention is countered by several equally pedestrian blunders that hold the film back as if Nolan and Goyer were standing on the back of Batman s cape 
2.5
Batman Begins
Moira MacDonald
A superhero saga grounded in the real world 
3.5
Batman Begins
Mick LaSalle
There s just the pleasure of seeing something that s both fantastic to the eye and emotionally dimensional This is how to make action movies 
3.5
Batman Begins
Bruce Newman
Christopher Nolan has loaded the story with enough myth and emotion that it would not be silly to compare it with the samurai tales of Akira Kurosawa 
3.5
Batman Begins
Carla Meyer
Batman Begins in its restraint and seriousness of purpose so envelops the audience in its world that even the most outrageous developments seem perfectly reasonable 
3.5
Batman Begins
Chris Hewitt
Like a just unearthed song by the Clash or a swell new way to mix peanut butter and chocolate Batman Begins is a thrilling combination of discovery and familiarity 
3.5
Batman Begins
Jack Mathews
The earlier Batman movies were charades With Bale it s a biopic filled with nuance emotion and contradictions 
3
Batman Begins
Gene Seymour
Maybe now that this version of the franchise has drained itself of explanatory residue the next chapter will have more bounce 
2.5
Batman Begins
Glenn Whipp
This 140 minute movie proves to be fitfully engaging but neither as entertaining nor as brainy as it needs to be 
2.5
Batman Begins
Liam Lacey
The action sequences feel like generic studio product frantically and confusingly edited and the lengthy Batmobile chase scene feels like a good opportunity to take the kids to the bat room 
2.5
Batman Begins
Stephen Whitty
It s all a little disappointing particularly given the talents involved 
2.5
Batman Begins
Kyle Smith
It s a wake up call to the people who keep giving us cute capers about men in tights It wipes the smirk off the face of the superhero movie 
4
Batman Begins
Phoebe Flowers
Not only easily the best Batman movie to date but also one that will be nearly as entertaining to audiences who ve never cracked a comic book as it will to fans 
3
Batman Begins
Mary F. Pols
Bale makes the best Batman to date 
3.5
Batman Begins
Steven Snyder
Which incidentally could also be theme of the franchise What has been corrupted has been restored in a movie which encourages us that we have the power to make things better
4
Batman Begins
Mike Clark
No fan of cult director Christopher Nolan is going to regard this respectable effort as anything but a comedown from 2001 s Memento 
2.5
Batman Begins
Michael Wilmington
Nolan turns Batman Begins into something much closer to Miller s Dark Knight interpretation than the glamorous slam bang Hollywood jokefests into which the series had slipped by Batman and Robin time 
3
Batman Begins
Ty Burr
In Batman Begins Christian Bale gives us the best Bruce Wayne that has ever graced the screen 
3
Batman Begins
Roger Ebert
Batman Begins at last penetrates to the dark and troubled depths of the Batman legend 
4
Batman Begins
Sean McBride
an engaging super hero flick that is both realistic and fantastic 
3.5
Batman Begins
Nick Schager
But there s no auteurist signature no idiosyncratic imprint on the film that distinctly marks it as a work of Nolan s and thus it feels vaguely impersonal and remote 
2
Batman Begins
Ross Anthony
Strong writing acting directing A surprisingly very strong film You ll get your money s worth 
3.5
Batman Begins
Peter Travers
Nolan s too good for Bat business as usual His secret for making Batman fly is as basic as black Keep it real 
3
Batman Begins
Scott Nash
Finally I can wash the taste of Tim Burton s Batman out of my mouth 
3.5
Batman Begins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fortunately the film s cruddy action sequences and over reliance on fireballs and explosions do not diminish the rock hard depiction of its central character 
3
Batman Begins
Walter Chaw
It s all about fear and loathing this high profile big budget product of a post millennial United States and it s about as good as it gets 
4
Batman Begins
Peter Canavese
The ne plus ultra of comic book films an appropriately tough movie busy but efficient rich and thoughtful and ornamented with visual appeal and exciting action 
4
Any Day Now
John Beifuss
If the movie preaches to the converted in the manner of period films about racial civil rights it never becomes soapy or pious thanks in part to the tart performances of Alan Cumming and Garrett Dillahunt 
3
Any Day Now
Rob Thomas
Any Day Now has so many ways to break your heart that it seems less a question whether Travis Fine s indie drama will do it but how 
3
Any Day Now
Michael Phillips
Too much of Any Day Now founders in cliche and predictable table turning and point scoring instead of building a set of complicated characters at odds with a biased system 
2
Any Day Now
Matt Pais
A melodramatic but sincere film overflowing with both compassion and exasperation 
3
Any Day Now
Robert Levin
There s joy in the small moments and fierce humanist dignity in Alan Cumming s performance 
3
Any Day Now
Austin Kennedy
I didn t buy anything in this mindnumbingly tedious message film 
1
Any Day Now
Claude Peck
Switches between a few primary modes agenda mentary romance courtroom drama tearjerker without engaging very convincingly in any of them 
2
Any Day Now
Chris Hewitt
The best thing about Any Day Now is how unpreachy it is 
3
Any Day Now
John Anderson
Generally abysmal 
1.5
Any Day Now
Stephen Whitty
Gets its point across and its sad drama And it spotlights a marvelous performance by Alan Cumming 
3
Any Day Now
Farran Smith Nehme
Cumming is wonderful and you know something Trying a little understanding sure doesn t hurt 
2.5
Any Day Now
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is sometimes swamped by its own tears 
2
Any Day Now
Peter Hartlaub
The script seems almost religiously adverse to Hallmark style melodrama 
3
Any Day Now
Carrie Rickey
The bare bones script is fleshed out by Cumming and Dillahunt who create characters that are as memorable as they are moving 
3
Any Day Now
Diego Semerene
Its most redeeming quality is that it isn t so quick to neuter its queer characters into a package friendly gay couple aesthetic a la Modern Family 
3
He Named Me Malala
Mattie Lucas
It s so disappointing to see Malala saddled with such a perfunctory trite and gushing tribute that barely scratches the surface of this remarkable woman 
2
He Named Me Malala
Brandy McDonnell
Hollywood may be taking its sweet time making the Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel movies but filmgoers don t have to keep waiting on a Superwoman to see an inspirational heroine on the big screen 
3.5
He Named Me Malala
John Beifuss
As a movie it s conventional As an introduction to a remarkable young woman or a reintroduction for those who have read Malala s book or paid attention to the news reports about history s youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize it s powerful 
3
He Named Me Malala
Susan Tavernetti
The many faces of Malala emerge smart wise beyond her years loving playful funny fearless and a fighter At the same time it s clear she s also an ordinary girl who has risen to accomplish the extraordinary 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Chris Knight
Guggenheim has mostly wasted a chance to tease out its deeper threads but then maybe at the level of folk hero all you ever really are is a name 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Robert Horton
The delightful thing is that Malala is too distinctive to simply stand on a pedestal for a do gooder movie Her quick observant personality comes shining out of this project as though eager to move past her biographer and get on with it 
3
He Named Me Malala
Scott Renshaw
Guggenheim mostly seems determined to show how nice Malala is which feels disappointing considering her work is all about girls refusing simply to be nice 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even as the critical part of my brain was working I too found myself strongly affected by the words and actions of this teenage hero 
3.5
He Named Me Malala
Brad Wheeler
The result is a film more educational than engrossing high schoolers should see it the rest of us maybe not 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Anders Wright
If this one girl who has been through so much can continue to raise her voice to better the world perhaps the rest of us should too 
3
He Named Me Malala
Soren Andersen
Truly a remarkable person 
4
He Named Me Malala
Steven Rea
It s quite a story and if Guggenheim goes overboard in the telling of it that s perfectly understandable 
3
He Named Me Malala
Michael Smith
He Named Me Malala works best when told simply in the words of Malala herself both in private and in public 
3
He Named Me Malala
Linda Barnard
It s impossible not to feel affection for and protective of this young woman 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Michael O'Sullivan
Guggenheim is clearly in awe of her By the end of He Named Me Malala you may be too 
3.5
He Named Me Malala
Walter V. Addiego
He Named Me Malala gets good marks as a laudatory piece about a genuinely valiant young woman but it could use a modest dose of objectivity 
3
He Named Me Malala
Matt Pais
Too busy prepping the standing ovation to sit and think about how the world got to this place and what needs to be done to save lives then minds 
1.5
He Named Me Malala
Rick Bentley
Just like Malala He Named Me Malala delivers its message with quiet power that makes it the most powerful and important film to be released this year 
4
He Named Me Malala
Bob Bloom
He Named Me Malala would have been a much improved film if director Davis Guggenheim had been more objective and given us a fuller and deeper portrait of this extraordinary and exquisite role model 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Katie Walsh
While the film itself is plagued with structural storytelling issues that are at best emotionally numbing at worst confounding Malala s inspirational spirit is undeniable and the documentary allows that to shine through 
3
He Named Me Malala
Roger Moore
Slick and superficial yes But inspiring and humanizing too 
3
He Named Me Malala
Stephen Whitty
Malala s a smart brave charming young teen Guggenheim obviously admires her So why does he think a girl who faced down a gun barrel can t stand up to a provocative question or two 
2.5
He Named Me Malala
Christy Lemire
In the place of much needed substance we get filler in the form of wispy pastel colored animated segments 
2
He Named Me Malala
Sara Stewart
The story of Malala Yousafzai is so inspirational you couldn t make it up 
3
He Named Me Malala
Kam Williams
Easily the best film of 2015 thus far 
4
He Named Me Malala
Kenji Fujishima
The effect of the film s animated sequences is to distance the viewer from real life horrors another misguided attempt at turning recent history into instant myth 
1.5
The Magician
Diego Semerene
The camera has penetrated the fabric of everyday life in unsettling and insidious ways but not quite enough to mistake the pseudo documentary ness of The Magician for recorded reality 
1.5
Tornado Alley
Chris Hewitt
Tornado Alley will blow you away with its ability to put you as close as safely possible to one of nature s most amazing special effects 
3
Tornado Alley
Robert Krier
Go for the stunning beautiful shots that will elicit oohs and ahs and you won t be let down But don t expect a thought provoking cohesive message because that really wasn t up the filmmaker s alley 
2.5
Tornado Alley
Ethan Gilsdorf
Tornado Alley is awe inspiring doom slinging fun fluffy as the 10 mile high clouds towering on the screen 
2.5
Stardom
David Nusair
heavy handed satire 
2
Cold Brook
Nell Minow
Cold Brook s obvious good intentions lend it a sweetness that cannot make up for insurmountable problems 
2
When We Met
Namrata Joshi
It s these ironies of relationships the warmth of characters and earthy humour that give a fresh twist to the age old tale 
3
Small Wonders
Austin Kennedy
I won t deny that this subject is important but the movie is put together in such a sloppy fashion that it wouldn t even be acceptable for a PBS special 
2
Mighty Ira
Matt Fagerholm
A series of vignettes that while worthwhile never coalesce into a fully dimensional portrait of Glasser himself nor a narrative that satisfies on its own terms 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Brian Eggert
Beautifully composed and acted the film about the give and take of romantic relationships and artistic inspiration is a worthy showcase for the talent of its two leads 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Pamela Powell
The story and our beloved characters fight with love in order to be able to love possibly more deeply or perhaps to their demise This narrative arc rises and falls creating an unparalleled story of passion and understanding amidst the chaos 
4
Malcolm & Marie
Rene Sanchez
Zendaya delivers an extraordinary performance in this overwhelming drama with lots of rage and intensity but very little to say Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Roger Moore
A tepid two hander a Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf without the writing to come off 
1.5
Malcolm & Marie
Mattie Lucas
It feels rushed often betraying its own quarantine roots as the first draft of a concept in desperate need of some revision and finesse 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Steven Prokopy
the film is also sexy beautifully photographed and wickedly funny 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Peter Canavese
A self flagellating rant but nimble filmmaking with a tone that flirts with naturalism but gets married to theatricality 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Mark Meszoros
We can t expect a film written relatively quickly and shot over two weeks during a pandemic to be perfect and this one isn t However like the aforementioned Locked Down it s worth hunkering down with as we ride this thing out 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Tom Meek
All the arguing can be entertaining but does it feel genuine In pieces it does which helps the film work given the thin conceptual veneer The performers are dead on too 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The pleasure of watching godly thespians play characters who make war over everything from film to cigarettes to mac n cheese is too savory to ignore 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Walter Chaw
All Malcolm Marie inspired in me is revulsion These aren t characters engaged in a drama they re mouthpieces engaged in an inexplicably martyred person s harangue 
0
Malcolm & Marie
Joe Friar
Blazing performances by Zendaya and John David Washington If an actor is only as good as the source material the film speaks volumes for Sam Levinson 
3.5
Malcolm & Marie
Mark Feeney
It s not hard to see the script s appeal for the actors John David Washington and Zendaya 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Jake Coyle
As much as its two performers have dedicated themselves to the material never convinces that it s an ego trip worth sticking around to listen to 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Pamela Powell
While the story replicates many familiar age old arguments with timeless issues among the clutter of their lives this bold and flawless film dares us all to be honest in love to see where the chips fall 
4
Malcolm & Marie
Jason Fraley
Bold Risky Electric Combustible Self Aware Indulgent Frustrating Exhausting All apply to Malcolm Marie 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Michael Nordine
If witnessing one of these potentially relationship ending arguments play out in excruciating detail doesn t sound like the making of a compelling movie that s because it isn t 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Brian Tallerico
Levinson and his team found a way to make this feel cinematic They just didn t quite crack how to make it feel genuine 
2.5
Malcolm & Marie
Brian Truitt
What maybe was supposed to be a Millennial Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is instead a bunch of a meandering self centered monologues and seething conversations that lean hateful angry and ultimately empty 
2
Malcolm & Marie
James Berardinelli
The movie is well worth a look both as an exploration of love s bitter aftermath and as an example of how art can bloom even in the most challenging circumstances 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Rafer Guzman
An insufferable self satisfied talk fest 
1
Malcolm & Marie
Sara Stewart
Yeah it s an eye roller But it s also a rather hilarious window into the extreme narcissism of Hollywood where even a rave review can elicit an epic meltdown 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Randy Myers
Most of M M consists of conversations and jabs and they pile on so thick that it all becomes uninteresting Worse yet they often feel inauthentic and this is a film that is all about authenticity 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Leo Brady
Malcolm Marie is an excuse for Levinson to air all of his grievances through the voices of John David Washington and Zendaya I hope he feels that he succeeded but it bored the hell out of me 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Josh Larsen
Did a movie like Malcolm Marie stand a chance with critics 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Jeff York
The film can be hard to watch but it s utterly recognizable to anyone whose love affair and careers have been fraught with obsession All lovers will recognize themselves in the piece And for those in Hollywood the film is a ruthless mirror 
3.5
Malcolm & Marie
Mark Dujsik
I t s raw unfiltered and mostly authentic 
3
Malcolm & Marie
Chris Hewitt
Zendaya makes you care about Marie in the second half of the movie but I m still not sure you ll believe any of it 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Mick LaSalle
In addition to the quality of its dialogue Levinson s script is a testament to the value of talking and listening past the point of discomfort past the point it hurts 
4
Malcolm & Marie
Ann Hornaday
What starts out looking like a commercial for a luxury brand aimed at prosperous millennials ends up more akin to Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf albeit with prettier people 
2
Malcolm & Marie
Pat Brown
Expending so much energy anticipating our avenues of interpretation Malcolm Marie leaves us with little to interpret 
1.5
Malcolm & Marie
Joey Magidson
Malcolm Marie burns with the fire of great acting Zendaya and John David Washington are at their best here without question 
3.5
Patrick the Pug
Roger Moore
For a sweet nothing of a movie you kind of wish nothing wasn t the most accurate description 
1.5
Patrick the Pug
Joey Magidson
A lovely tribute to the impact that a dog can have on your life 
3
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Matt Brunson
This isn t a warts and all documentary about an often temperamental individual although some of the warts are exposed 
3
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Gene Siskel
The film works on two levels as a portrait of a private bitter and streetwise man and as a major musical talent performing with obvious delight 
3.5
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Dave Kehr
Whatever the grammatic contortions of its title Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock n Roll offers a compelling portrait of a hardened veteran of the business called show 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Sandra Hall
The film is so even handed and so diligent in its urge to offend that after a while I felt myself go numb 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Austin Kennedy
Unfortunately the movie has too many uninspired and shockingly unfunny moments that outweigh the good by at least a few tons 
1
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Michael A. Smith
even Doogie Howser and his imaginary unicorns can t save this film 
1.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Sean P. Means
There s plenty about the Bush administration s War on Terror worthy of satire but Harold Kumar picks over a carcass that others have chewed over with much sharper teeth 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Phil Villarreal
The sequel proves you can still have fun with Harold and Kumar but you can never go back to White Castle again 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
John Beifuss
The gross out and gay panic humor is overdone but like its predecessor the movie makes some cogent if clumsy points about racial identity 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
David Nusair
has been infused with an uncomfortably over the top sensibility that handily obliterates the easy going feel of its predecessor 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Matt Brunson
Because the satire is less subversive and more overt than before what you see is basically what you get 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Gina Carbone
If frat boy gutter humor is what it takes to get Korean Indian Latino African and Jewish Americans major roles in the same Hollywood film so be it Just don t stay in that gutter And wherever you go next be sure to keep Corddry and Harris around
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Kyle Smith
There s a reason why Foreign Affairs has never done a theme issue about Dude Where s My Car 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Rossiter Drake
Whether Guantanamo Bay could have succeeded in spawning a franchise on its own is questionable but it hits more often than it misses 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Kam Williams
A crass classic take the money and run ripoff which squanders a golden opportunity to make a statement about racial profiling the Patriot Act and the Geneva Conventions in favor of serving up a mindless teensploit laced with shockingly graphic images 
1
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Mike McGranaghan
Isn t it amazing that a stoner comedy could be so profound 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Larry Ratliff
If you re tough enough to go with the filthy flow Escape from Guantanamo Bay is at times bust a gut funny 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Claudia Puig
A guilty pleasure that retains the anarchic charms of the original 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Maitland McDonagh
Hurwitz and Schlossberg s sensibilities are coarse juvenile lewd relentlessly tasteless and sometimes surprisingly perceptive when it comes to the glorious variety of racial stereotyping The film isn t subtle but it can be funny 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Peter Howell
This is one of those rare pictures that can gross you out and make you think at one and the same time 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Chris Hewitt
Did I really just compare H and K to a Neil Simon comedy 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Mark Rahner
It s as if the filmmakers were doing something that impaired their concentration and made them lose focus on something they started 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Ruthe Stein
The film is carried by its charismatic stars John Cho as Harold and Kal Penn as Kumar Kumar plays Laurel to Harold s Hardy continually getting the pair into messes Cho is a marvel at displaying exasperation his face contorting into a frown 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Steven Rea
Offers a mix of nasty toilet jokes and sex gags but the gratuitous nudity male and female and crazy cannabis ness are there to serve a greater good to mock social and political hypocrisy a culture steeped in prejudice and pretense 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Stephen Whitty
The whole film feels easily distracted and apt to laugh at anything But that s okay So is its target audience 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Lou Lumenick
I didn t laugh anywhere near as much at this far less fresh sequel which is broader more vulgar more scattershot more overtly political and a lot less funny than it sounds on paper 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Sara Michelle Fetters
But then I never understood the fascination with Cheech and Chong either the whole marijuana genre of comedy not exactly my usual cup of tea 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Liam Lacey
Harold Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is no political tract but it can be surprisingly bold 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Christian Toto
Harold Kumar should be thrown in Gitmo for starring in such an awful sequel 
1.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Peter Canavese
It s a latter day Abbott and Costello flick where the monster they encounter isn t Frankenstein but the Bush Administration 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Marty Mapes
The best laughs come when the movie aims a little higher which isn t often enough
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Bob Bloom
There isn t really much plot to Harold and Kumar just a lot of scatological humor sex and body parts as well as body function jokes 
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Eric Melin
It ends up coming off like an extended Carlos Mencia sketch and it certainly can t justify the film s short 100 minute running time 
1.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Sean McBride
It s lost some of the outrageous edge found in the original film but there is still plenty of irreverent laughs
3
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Willie Waffle
They try very hard to re create the magic and popularity of the first Harold Kumar adventure but you can t always capture lightning in a bottle twice 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Walter Chaw
I was really looking forward to this one 
0.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Nick Schager
An amplification of scale and subject matter that isn t alas accompanied by an upgrade in humor 
1.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Jeff Vice
The jokes that actually work successfully in Harold Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay are the same ones that worked in its predecessor
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Robert W. Butler
Cho and Penn are winning leads and play well off of each other When the film works it s often due to their interaction 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
James Berardinelli
It s sporadically enjoyable in a silly mindless way and it s hard not to laugh at least a few time while awash in all the bad taste 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Dustin Putman
Far from a complete failure but in trying so hard to up the ante the filmmakers have made a lesser more rambling finished product Simply isn t as satisfying this time around 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Michael Phillips
You find yourself smiling at some of the bits wincing through many many others and ultimately wondering if the pacing would ve improved had either H or K developed a terrible cocaine habit 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Lawrence Toppman
The film feels careless and calculated at once careless in its assembly calculated in an attempt to copy Castle But who could blame Hurwitz and Schlossberg They have no other film credits 
2
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Josh Larsen
Laces its copious gross out gags pothead humor and female nudity with the smartest social satire this side of The Daily Show 
3
Miss Simpson
Jeffrey Westhoff
A breezy confection of Brazilian pop 
3
Miss Simpson
Jorge Avila Andrade
La cadencia y el romance generado por la propia naturaleza de la msica hace de Bossa Nova un romance de altura de gran madurez y sumamente elegante
3
Losing Control
Steven Rea
Losing Control nicely mixes comedic absurdity with weightier career vs commitment themes 
2.5
Losing Control
Wesley Morris
Weiss s ideas about moviemaking storytelling and character development are indistinguishable from bargain bin romantic comedies so called chick flicks and television shows that barely last a season 
2
Losing Control
Miles Howard
With its labored parade of polygamists neurotic Jewish parents and projectile semen explosions Control offers nothing new This one should have stayed in a test tube 
1.5
Losing Control
Calum Marsh
The film in its defense is far too vacuous to be accused of having any kind of agenda it just happens to get its politics wrong along with everything else 
0
Stuck Between Stations
David Nusair
The end result is a well intentioned yet terminally underwhelming indie that maintains a nigh passable feel virtually from start to finish 
2
Stuck Between Stations
Chris Hewitt
The movie has a meandery structure and the gimmicky split screen technique used to distract us from the familiar goings on doesn t get the job done 
2
Stuck Between Stations
Chris Cabin
Brady Kiernan s Stuck Between Stations has sweetness to it but it s a sweetness borrowed from innumerable other films and constantly corrupted by biased politics and crass emotional digressions 
1
Belfast
Matt Brunson
Branagh s approach is both sentimental and conventional It s also the proper angle 
3
Belfast
David Gonzalez
Belfast is an intimate coming of age story that will leave you in tears 46 
3.5
Belfast
Brian Eggert
Belfast is effortless and pleasantly presented almost to the point of neutralizing conflict 
3
Belfast
Wesley Lovell
Its in how director Kenneth Branagh frames the everyday life and family connections of his protagonist that reminds the viewer of their own childhood That bond draws the audience into its story and helps deepen that impact the film has on the observer 
3.5
Belfast
Michael Medved
Remarkable lyrical touching and shot mostly in gorgeous black and white BELFAST should be a significant Oscar contender in numerous categories 
4
Belfast
Matthew Passantino
Branagh s screenplay has a lot going on while also feeling a bit aimless at times 
2.5
Belfast
Sarah Knight Adamson
Kenneth Branagh the writer and director of Belfast creates beautiful moments that will stay etched forever in our hearts a universal love story of family culture community and country 
4
Belfast
Lisa Trifone
The film becomes something of a time capsule beautifully marrying the undeniable tragedy of the time with the unmatched bond of family 
3.5
Belfast
Mattie Lucas
Belfast remains surprisingly inert for most of its runtime opting instead for a slice of life approach that never quite jells The film strives so hard for authenticity but there s not an honest moment in it 
2
Belfast
Peter Canavese
There s nothing really wrong with this entertaining hard to resist but very formulaic and old hat nostalgia picture 
3
Belfast
Dwight Brown
Gorgeously shot Haris Zambarloukos B W footage with exquisite lighting and ample portrait like closeups makes this memoir eye catching and enchanting 
3
Belfast
Sean P. Means
Belfast is an imperfect recollection since the light of history is refracted through the distorting lens of childhood But the memories are sweet and magical and it s difficult to begrudge Branagh s desire to live them again 
3.5
Belfast
Joshua Axelrod
Kenneth Branagh s auteur vision resulted in one of the more well conceived and well crafted films of the year and one that earns its Academy Award aspirations 
3.5
Belfast
Linda Cook
One of the year s best 
4
Belfast
Kent Turner
If Branagh has in fact based the on screen parents on his own then he is a loving son As portrayed by Caitríona Balfe and Jamie Dornan Ma and Pa are the most handsome couple on the block 
3
Belfast
James Berardinelli
Unquestionably one of 2021 s most affecting motion pictures 
3.5
Belfast
Joe Friar
Kenneth Branagh s memoir is a beautiful and touching film that should be experienced by the entire family Movies don t get better than this 
4
Belfast
Ty Burr
It will warm the hearts of a lot of people including a lot of Academy voters Is it the best picture of the year A Too early to tell and B No but really it s fine 
2.5
Belfast
Rex Reed
I must admit I went away grateful for the professionalism involved and touched by myriad images of my own A vibrant but vexing experience indeed 
3
Belfast
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How wonderful to see Kenneth Branagh after a topsy turvy career re charge his batteries with something as personal and as touching as Belfast 
3.5
Belfast
Kevin Carr
It doesn t deal with the politics behind it it s more how the kid absorbs it It doesn t hit you over the head with any sort of messaging it s a fantastic movie 
4
Belfast
Jeff York
The fact that Branagh can cleverly juxtapose the boy s first crush love of comics and childhood silliness against terrorism car bombs and lockdowns is a substantial filmmaking triumph 
4
Belfast
Tom Meek
Belfast is an adoring love letter that churns chaotic brutality into a fairytale 
2.5
Belfast
Cate Marquis
This is an impressive film working both as cinematic art and movie entertainment powerful dramatically while warm funny and sentimental in its childhood remembrances 
4
Belfast
Mike Scott
It s lovely it s lyrical and it s next to impossible not to be swept up by its charms 
4
Belfast
Michael Phillips
Everything that works in Belfast keeps the movie s superficialities and lower grade sentiment at bay if not every step of the way then at least every other step 
2.5
Belfast
Leo Brady
Belfast is a story that touched my heart about a young boy growing up in 1969 during the Protestant Catholic wars in Northern Ireland and the enormous love of his family around him 
3.5
Belfast
Pamela Powell
Belfast may be Branagh s best film to date as a love letter to Ireland to Belfast and to the roots that connect us to our friends and most importantly to our family 
4
Belfast
Peter Howell
The film is clearly a vanity project focusing on Branagh s boyhood anxieties and reveries at the expense of a larger drama but this is not to diminish its entertainment value 
2.5
Belfast
Sara Michelle Fetters
A spellbinding semi autobiographical drama seen through the eyes of a child this is a handsomely life affirming tale overflowing in intimate insights and told with a delicate hand 
3.5
Belfast
Mark Dujsik
In this constant back and forth between youthful ignorance and adult awareness the movie keeps whatever emotional grounding it s trying to achieve at a distance 
2.5
Belfast
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Burdened by a suffocating cloak of nostalgia Belfast is unable to reconcile the demands of a tale defined by trauma and a director who can t stop gazing wistfully into the past 
2
Belfast
Richard Roeper
Kenneth Branagh makes a masterful memoir of his tumultuous Irish boyhood set during the Protestant Catholic conflicts of the late 1960s the film is both specific and universal grand and intimate sweetly romantic and shockingly violent 
4
Belfast
Brian Truitt
Boldly filmed in black and white Branagh wrings a heartfelt narrative from a superb cast though the story stumbles somewhat when it strays from its youthful focal point 
3
Belfast
Rafer Guzman
A fond if slightly glancing salute to Branagh s native land 
2.5
Belfast
Ann Hornaday
For its frequently painful contours there s an abundance of pleasures to be had in Belfast Kenneth Branagh s irresistible memoir about growing up amid the Troubles in Northern Ireland 
3.5
Belfast
Chris Hewitt
Branagh is aiming for sentiment and nostalgia and he hits the mark 
3
Belfast
Randy Myers
Above all else Belfast expresses Branagh s heartfelt appreciation for community and family notably the love of two charismatic parents who manage to help everyone weather these best and worst of times 
3
Belfast
Roger Moore
One of the best pictures of 2021 makes you remember how good a filmmaker Branagh can be and marvel at how he was able to pack all this life warmth and trauma n into just 100 minutes 
3.5
Belfast
Lindsey Bahr
Belfast is about the authentic feeling of family rather than the particulars In this way the movie lives or dies by the actors bringing that to life Thankfully Branagh s cast hits it out of the park 
3
Belfast
Moira MacDonald
Belfast is brief tidy and lovely a heartfelt story of family and home and how where the former is the latter resides 
3.5
Belfast
Katie Walsh
Branagh as Buddy bares his soul in Belfast which richly rewards if you re willing to take this trip down memory lane 
3
Belfast
Mick LaSalle
The acting is brilliant across the board starting with Jude Hill who really does seem like a nine year old Branagh and doesn t have a false moment on screen 
4
Belfast
Jeff Mitchell
Branagh majestically frames countless shots with the precision of a scientist filled with joy and nostalgia 
3.5
Belfast
Mark Hanson
Belfast embodies cinema s ability to offer a kind of escapism but up until its climax it plays like a retreat from reality 
2.5
Belfast
Joey Magidson
Belfast is a beautiful love letter from Kenneth Branagh 
3.5
Winter Kills
Roger Moore
The gossip around this movie is its own legend 46 
3
Winter Kills
Matt Brunson
The satiric edge qualifies the film as a sick joke which helps explain why the studio was reluctant to support it and why the public was reluctant to watch it But it is audacious and it s easy to see why it has developed a modest cult following 
3
The Blazing World
Monica Castillo
The Blazing World falls short narratively and visually 
1
The Blazing World
Mark Dujsik
It s an admirably imaginative piece although the narrative s predictable trickery ultimately get the better of its visual elements 
2
The Blazing World
Sean P. Means
Young creates some arresting images of the warped unreality Margaret traverses She also makes the most out of limited resources 
3
Same Old Song
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In his middle seventies Resnais is still going full tilt 
4
Same Old Song
Mick LaSalle
This is a puny benefit for a device that s arbitrary and precious and results in slowing down scenes and conversations for no reason but cuteness 
2
Boys in the Trees
Federico Furzan
A movie that just feels shy and not willing to make the viewer comprehend its difficult subject and ideal premise Full review in Spanish 
2
Samson vs. the Vampire Women
Matt Brunson
Santo was renamed Samson for American audiences presumably because they might have been dumb enough to confuse Santo with Santa 
1
Samson vs. the Vampire Women
Matt Brunson
Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters and Santo vs Frankenstein s Daughter were just two of the Mexican wrestler s many feature productions yet among stateside bad movie buffs Samson vs the Vampire Women is arguably his most recognizable work 
1
Love Etc.
Wesley Morris
In an age in which it feels as if seemingly pure intimacy no longer exists this film thrives on nothing but intimate moments 
4
Love Etc.
Gerald Peary
Jill Andresevic s simply photographed documentary springs from an equally simple premise 
2
Love Etc.
Kam Williams
A particularly poignant examination of love which magically ushers the audience right into the middle of the romantic relationships of a variety of native New Yorkers 
4
Love Etc.
V.A. Musetto
Who needs clichd Hollywood love stories when you can see the real thing 
3
Love Etc.
Nick Schager
While Love Etc shows restraint in its broad look at the universal desire for companionship it remains a frustratingly thin affair 
2.5
InRealLife
David Berry
Given that we re not even sure of the effects that always being connected have on the world it feels somewhere between premature and panic y to make the children the primary cause of our hand wringing 
2.5
InRealLife
Liam Lacey
Though the subject merits serious attention the tone feels unduly alarmist echoing panics of previous decades about things such as comic books and rap lyrics 
2.5
InRealLife
David Nusair
a relentless information dump that s rarely able to live up to the promise of its initial setup 
2
Voodoo Man
Matt Brunson
A nonsensical outing that benefits from a trio of horror vets in its cast and a good measure of camp in its script 
2
The Second Time Around
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Most of the comedy falls flat and when it doesn t it s too gentle to register 
2
The Second Time Around
Frank Ochieng
A gently exuberant and inspiring mature romancer Nevertheless the main ingredients that allow The Second Time Around to effectively resonate are its two veteran leads in the always radiant Linda Thorson and spunky Stuart Margolin 
2.5
The Second Time Around
Brad Wheeler
Sinatra sang that it s more comfortable the second time you fall Dean Martin sang that s amore and Yogi Berra said that it s not over until it s over Those who get those references are bound to get this film 
3
The Second Time Around
Chris Knight
If you need a break from aliens superheroes and explosions you could do worse 
2.5
The Second Time Around
Bruce DeMara
A film that s pleasant enough but never achieves the level of emotional resonance that Marr was aiming for 
2.5
Summer of 84
Brian Eggert
Unfortunately spending any amount of time with Davey and his friends proves grating and there s not enough time spent feeling terrified 
1.5
Summer of 84
David Keyes
There were moments when I was roused by myriads of sly wit suspicion and even shock and others when I felt sad for kids who might have endured better by leaving the searches to others 
3
Summer of 84
Federico Furzan
Nostalgic horror that works out of tune but finally delivers Summer of 84 gets real at the end when it doesn t try to be an 80 s movie Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Summer of 84
Alan French
The film feels destined to be discovered over time which makes it a perfect surprise film to show your friends 
3
Summer of 84
Sergio López Aguirre
Summer of 84 takes its risks in a genre that seems to be flooding the Hollywood market at the moment but these feel refreshing Full Review in Spanish 
3
Summer of 84
Walter Chaw
Summer of 84 is a collection of fine performances headlined by a revelatory one and an ending that somehow manages to redeem the exhausted milieu and premise I m not sorry I watched it Hell I watched it twice 
2.5
Summer of 84
Nell Minow
A modest little suspense puzzle that simulates rather than builds on vastly better my neighbor may be a murderer stories from Rear Window to Stranger Things 
2
Summer of 84
Mark Dujsik
I ts descent into the darkest of dark terrain definitely doesn t feel earned 
2
The Thing With Two Heads
Matt Brunson
Since the picture never takes itself seriously I mean how could it it often falls into the so bad it s good to watch territory with some intentionally amusing dialogue keeping it lively 
1.5
The Thing With Two Heads
Roger Ebert
Within hours the two headed escapee is on a motorcycle and being chased by no less than 14 police cars Every one of them is destroyed during the chase a process that takes so long that seven or even five squad cars might have been enough 
1
Avenging Angel
Austin Kennedy
Should ve been a fun cheesy movie but every time it actually TRIES to be funny it wasn t funny The movie is uneven 
1.5
Pulling Strings
Michael Dequina
No new ground is broken here but when a formula entertainer goes through its motions with as much sweet sincerity as it does here that point is rendered moot 
3
Pulling Strings
Roger Moore
Cute Mexico City mariachi flavored romance hampered by a tepid story and weak chemistry between the leads 
2
Battle for Haditha
Mattie Lucas
This is one of the landmark films of this seminal point in our history crying out not only for peace but for understanding 
3.5
Battle for Haditha
Steven Rea
Lacking in subtlety and nuance Broomfield s nerve jangling movie nonetheless succeeds in showing the war from various vantage points And from wherever one s standing the view is profoundly disturbing 
2.5
Battle for Haditha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Broomfield very effectively balances these storylines with superb cutting 
3
Battle for Haditha
Kam Williams
Remember when your mother warned that playing video games would desensitize you to violence Now witness Exhibit A a docudrama showcasing Generation Kill s all volunteer army in all its glory 
3
Battle for Haditha
Ken Fox
If Broomfield hoped to shed some light on what happened at Haditha beyond our worst preconceptions he s failed 
2
Battle for Haditha
Kyle Smith
This film by Nick Broomfield which superficially resembles Brian De Palma s Redacted in that it is a mockumentary based on real horrible events is a 90 minute libel against the Marine Corps 
1
Battle for Haditha
Fernando F. Croce
Looking at Nick Broomfield s filmography and seeing three decades of documentaries you d think that by now he would be more aware of the fallacies of cinematic objectivity 
2
Battle for Haditha
David Nusair
this could ve been a searing documentary 
1
Under the Volcano
Mike McGranaghan
A documentary well worth seeing for any serious rock music buff 
3
Under the Volcano
Roger Moore
Paints a winning picture of a time and a very sunny place now gone where the best of their era recorded the songs that defined it 
3
Under the Volcano
Sarah Knight Adamson
Under the Volcano offers a captivating look at Air Studios Montserrat s decade long run by George Martin The studio on an island in the West Indies in the late 1970s away from city life distractions 
3.5
Becoming Cousteau
Lisa Trifone
Becoming Cousteau is as educational as it is insightful 
3
Becoming Cousteau
Leo Brady
Becoming Cousteau is a documentary that succeeds at honoring the man where he did so much for the world so the least we can do is continue the message he set in motion today 
3.5
Becoming Cousteau
Sean P. Means
What emerges is a full portrait of Cousteau s evolution from merely an explorer of the oceans to a champion for them trying to show the world the damage humankind has done to the planet 
3
Becoming Cousteau
Tomris Laffly
Becoming Cousteau rises above the trappings of a simple minded nostalgia trip 
3
Becoming Cousteau
Mark Dujsik
Becoming Cousteau isn t simply a documentary biography of the man It s an attempt to re awaken Cousteau s importance within the public consciousness 
3
Becoming Cousteau
G. Allen Johnson
Garbus has access to some fabulous colorfully restored footage some of it never before seen that makes this an eye popping experience 
3
Becoming Cousteau
Michael O'Sullivan
Cousteau is a thorough if somewhat by the book profile of a pioneer in the field of marine ecology and an activist for better environmental stewardship 
2.5
Letters from the Dead
Joshua Tanzer
Whatever you want to say about bravery and camaraderie tragedy and lunacy in wartime can be just as true of the enemy soldier as it can of our own It s an experience very much like the German film Das Boot without the boat 
3.5
Carefree
Josh Larsen
Shtick crept its way into the Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers dynamic with this later collaboration 
2
Sharp Stick
Richard Roeper
Where is this all going and what does it all mean Every main character in Sharp Stick is hopelessly lost on one level or another but nobody really grows or reaches any kind of self actualization 
2
Sharp Stick
Ann Hornaday
Uneven ambiguous and unnerving Sharp Stick undoubtedly has a point to make What that is precisely might be subject to debate 
2.5
Sharp Stick
Natalia Winkelman
Sharp Stick doesn t gel as a whole it drifts in narrative and tone and one can t help but feel jarred by how far Sarah Jo s sexual odyssey strays from the power dynamics that underpin her dalliance with Josh 
2
Sharp Stick
Roger Moore
It 8217 s of its moment if for no other reason than it presents the first 8220 abortion 40 baby 41 shower 8221 the cinema has every produced 46 Yeah 44 Ms 46 Millennial knows how to get attention and throw a little shock in with her branded version of sexual adventurism 46 
1.5
Sharp Stick
Tomris Laffly
91 Sharp Stick 93 pokes at youthful curiosities and appetites with verve and gusto 46 
3
Sharp Stick
Mark Dujsik
Dunham apos s story is fairly familiar 46 46 46 but then 44 there apos s the fact of her main character 44 who doesn apos t make much sense 46 
1.5
Sharp Stick
Lisa Trifone
The filmmaker assumes so little of her audience that she reduces both characters and circumstances to empty unremarkable shells of what they could be making it all but impossible to find anything worth appreciating here 
1.5
Sharp Stick
Dwight Brown
Dunham has a niche all her own 
2.5
Sharp Stick
Chris Barsanti
Sharp Stick shows that Lena Dunham s preference for solipsistic protagonists with boundary issues has its limitations 
1.5
Sharp Stick
Mike McGranaghan
Too much of Sharp Stick feels like Lena Dunham striving to be edgy 
2
Sharp Stick
Joey Magidson
Sharp Stick is a comedy that brings sex positivity and a lack of judgment to a woman s journey of self discovery 
3
The Impossible
Brian Eggert
A punishing experience 44 with hardly a moment after the first twenty minutes where a lump isn 8217 t in your throat or tears welling up in your eyes 46 
3.5
The Impossible
Mattie Lucas
The Impossible may be schmaltz but it s damn good schmaltz It s the kind of story that is so incredible so impossible that it can only be true 
3
The Impossible
Kelly Jane Torrance
It might seem a noble project aiming to show the rest of the world what hell some endured But even a dramatic film can only suggest part of the experience And I fear The Impossible might serve only to trivialize that experience 
2
The Impossible
Frank Ochieng
Compelling and oozing with conflict and complexity The Impossible is a heartfelt horror show worth its weight in reflective ghoulish gold 
3
The Impossible
Wesley Lovell
A harrowing tale of perseverance and the search for safety amidst horrid destruction 
4
The Impossible
Nour Habib
The true stand out performance comes from 16 year old Holland whose cinematic debut is nothing short of extraordinary 
4
The Impossible
Linda Cook
If you re familiar with the true story on which The Impossible is based you ll know a little about the finale In case you don t I m not going to spoil this real life disaster movie about the effects of the 2004 Pacific tsunami on a family of five 
3
The Impossible
John Beifuss
A more accurate name for this New Age disaster movie might be The Lucky or The Coincidental If we accept the Brits survival as something miraculous what does that imply about the tens of thousands of Asians who were wiped out 
2.5
The Impossible
Matt Brunson
The Impossible has enough going for it to earn a mild recommendation but it s unfortunate that it ends up self destructing as rapidly as one of those Mission Impossible messages 
2.5
The Impossible
Lori Hoffman
The massive numbers of people in an overflowing hospital with overwhelmed staff is nearly as gut wrenching as the disaster that created this landscape of human debris 
3
The Impossible
Kam Williams
Forget National Lampoon this is the real vacation from Hell 
3
The Impossible
Josh Larsen
always aware of how this traumatic experience would be filtered through this particular family 
3.5
The Impossible
Jason Buchanan
It s a truly visceral piece of filmmaking but alas it s hindered more than helped by a certain composer s shameless attempts to get our tears swelling right along with his overwrought strings 
3
The Impossible
Lisa Kennedy
Naomi Watts gives one of her finest most physically commanding turns 
3.5
The Impossible
Lawrence Toppman
As fine as Watts and Ewan McGregor are as the parents Tom Holland stands out as eldest son Lucas a slightly sullen teen who learns to put other people before himself 
3.5
The Impossible
John Wirt
Difficult to watch but difficult to turn away from The Impossible makes shattering impact 
3.5
The Impossible
Bob Bloom
You are involved in the family s plight and you do suffer along with them But gnawing in the back of your mind is the thought about all those nameless others who lost loved ones or whose stories of survival are probably just as miraculous 
1.5
The Impossible
Connie Ogle
While it may have been changed for the screen this story of a family s ordeal is one from which any parent any person really can t turn away 
2.5
The Impossible
Willie Waffle
The most intense shocking scenes you can imagine
3
The Impossible
Claudia Puig
The Impossible is a nimbly acted drama that is at once a stellar visual achievement and a life affirming story of familial love and courage 
3.5
The Impossible
Moira MacDonald
Filmed with urgency and remarkably realistic special effects The Impossible moves breathlessly through its story 
3
The Impossible
David Frese
Among the most morally and ethically interesting movies to come along in some time 
3
The Impossible
Rafer Guzman
The tsunami comes to life more vividly than the characters though Watts and young Holland as her son deliver strong performances 
2.5
The Impossible
Joe Williams
In the hundred year history of cinema few thrillers have been as emotionally compelling as The Impossible 
4
The Impossible
Ty Burr
An earnest extremely grueling prodigiously crafted true life drama that takes one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history and reduces it to a bad day at Club Med 
2
The Impossible
Duane Dudek
While the microcosmic nature of this tale of survival neglects the native people that it affected most its portrait of humanity is compassionate and inclusive 
3
The Impossible
Peter Canavese
Takes dicey material mdash the story of one privileged family s suffering during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami mdash and transcends its political incorrectness by focusing on the human condition 
3
The Impossible
Chris Hewitt
It feels like the wrong story one that asks us to ignore the suffering of a devastated nation and focus instead on a couple of big name stars whose vacation is spoiled 
0
The Impossible
Phil Villarreal
It s nearly impossible to do better than buying a ticket to The Impossible 
4
The Impossible
Jake Mulligan
The hokum can wear you down worse than the tsunami 
2.5
The Impossible
Jordan Hiller
The term movie magic should be reserved for scenes such as the one where the unflinching realism of the natural disaster is conveyed without a single false note 
3
The Impossible
Roger Moore
The best picture of 2012 
4
The Impossible
Robert Levin
Riveting for a spell but imbued with a phony uplifting sensibility that detracts from the Thailand tsunami s real story 
2.5
The Impossible
Stephen Whitty
If you really are going to push the stories of nearly 220 000 people into the background you need a much better one than this to put into the spotlight 
2.5
The Impossible
Rick Groen
Urgent yet measured like the onrushing tide The Impossible is a real life disaster flick with a compelling twist 
3
The Impossible
Lou Lumenick
The Impossible is worth checking out for the acting and effects but it s a shame that Bayona couldn t have approached the story with the same subtlety and rigor as his outstanding first feature The Orphanage 
3
The Impossible
Michael O'Sullivan
It s not a momentous story about heroism writ large but an intimate tale of the small acts of kindness and connection that can occur when people are most desperate 
3
Crying Ladies
V.A. Musetto
There aren t many surprises as the story unfolds in soap opera fashion with a happy ending for all concerned 
2
Matinee
Sara Michelle Fetters
Love 46 Laugh 46 Shriek 46 Cry 46 Make every second count 46 Most of all 44 live 46 The life lessons Dante was imparting 30 years ago are as vital now as they ever were then 44 making Matinee a modern classic ripe for rediscovery 46 
4
Matinee
Peter Stack
John Goodman is delightful in this sweetly amusing 60s era comedy Despite some incoherence in the plot the film is genuinely charming and generous with its humor 
3
Matinee
Brian Eggert
When Woolsey loses himself in one of his many speeches about the power of movies 44 the importance of escape 44 and the joy it brings him to realize these notions for his audience 44 we sense this is exactly how Dante feels 44 and that joy is instantly catching 46 
4
Matinee
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The glory of Dante s comedy in this movie and others as aided and abetted by his usual production team producer Michael Finnell cinematographer John Hora and screenwriter Charlie Haas is that it suggests poetic parallels without insisting on them 
3
Matinee
Matt Brunson
One of director Joe Dante s finest achievements 
3.5
Matinee
Roger Ebert
A delightful comedy and one of the most charming movies in a long time 
3.5
Night of the Living Dorks
David Nusair
unable to elicit either scares or laughs from the viewer 
2
Togo
Roger Moore
A tight 44 downbeat story as compact as its seaside Montevideo location 46 
2.5
Leap of Faith
Roger Ebert
The movie itself has considerable qualities among them Martin s performance as Nightengale This isn t the sleek groomed prosperous Steve Martin we ve seen in movies like L A Story It s Martin as a seedy desperate bright greedy man without hope 
3
Baxter
Bill Cosford
There s wisdom in this mean little number And you haven t seen anything quite like it that I guarantee 
3
Baxter
Matt Brunson
Dark humor abounds in Baxter 
3
The Hot Flashes
James Kendrick
unlikely to put Susan Seidelman back in the front ranks of Hollywood even though it is an enjoyable albeit highly derivative comedy that dares to put women of a certain age front and center 
2.5
The Hot Flashes
Stephen Whitty
A Lifetime movie minus the commercials but with every predictable twist and turn and treacly message intact She shoots It bores 
2
The Hot Flashes
Farran Smith Nehme
Lifetime movies have their pleasures and so does this film 
2
The Hot Flashes
Ann Hornaday
Even though it earns an R rating for profanity and some risque material it s too meek and mild mannered to qualify as brave or even slyly subversive 
1
The Hot Flashes
Scott Bowles
This comedy deserves credit for taking a decided viewpoint and delivering a heartfelt if occasionally misguided message 
2.5
The Hot Flashes
Mick LaSalle
Better for what it is than for how it s done provides a welcome opportunity for five actresses of a certain age to share the screen together and yet it s pretty much a bland outing because virtually every scene plays out in a programmatic way 
2
The Hot Flashes
Tina Hassannia
Susan Seidelman s attempts to provide positive alternative representations of marginalized people and problems is overly ambitious 
2
The Hot Flashes
Roger Moore
A menopause comedy is a terrible thing to waste 
1.5
Satellite
Jeremiah Kipp
Satellite is about the idealism of love and how that is placed within the complex and contradictory real world 
3.5
Satellite
Walter Chaw
A fairy tale about love aren t they all 
3.5
The Paperboy
David Reddish
Call it Tennessee Williams by way of Jerry Springer 
3
The Paperboy
Dwight Brown
Daniels can t find his directorial bearings 
1.5
The Paperboy
Neil Rosen
The Paperboy doesn t deliver 
1
The Paperboy
David Nusair
An absolute trainwreck of a movie 
.5
The Paperboy
Sean P. Means
An insane Southern potboiler with the lid off and good sense thrown out the window 
2
The Paperboy
Rafer Guzman
The Paperboy is one of those rare examples where you might wish the movie was less faithful to the book 
2
The Paperboy
Lisa Kennedy
Yes it s a dizzying stew set to boil 
2.5
The Paperboy
Rick Groen
The Paperboy is southern Gothic wallowing in the swamp of low camp And if the wallowing were deliberate this might have been hugely funny 
2
The Paperboy
Peter Howell
The Paperboy bears some promise as a good bad movie but it unfolds as a bad bad one 
1.5
The Paperboy
Peter Canavese
Like Anatomy of a Murder The Graduate and Daniels own Precious rolled into one wacked out bloody Southern Gothic that s considerably less than the sum of those parts 
2
The Paperboy
Alison Gang
The one thread that does run through Daniels wildly fluctuating self indulgent film is a preoccupation with pointless perversity 
1
The Paperboy
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie that seems to have a mild form of heatstroke it s blurry as if filmed long ago and feverish and the story wanders all over the place as if lost in a bayou When it s over you want to wipe your brow 
2
The Paperboy
Roger Moore
Lee Daniels proves that Precious was a fluke 
1.5
The Paperboy
Steven Rea
The Paperboy is over the top every which way you look 
3
The Paperboy
Wesley Morris
This is just the sort of movie certain people are hoping to see when they go to the movies but would never say they go to the movies for 
3
The Paperboy
Gary Thompson
Gives you an idea what The Help might have been like had Lee Daniels directed it 
2
The Paperboy
Chris Hewitt
Daniels has finally found a movie suited to his particular brand of gleeful tastelessness 
3
The Paperboy
Perry Seibert
The Paperboy ends up fixating on the most lurid elements of Pete Dexter s novel and ignoring the humanity at the heart of the story 
1.5
The Paperboy
Robert Levin
The filmmaker alludes to racial tensions alcoholism and other hot button period taboos but they jumble together in a soup of sweaty nonsense 
1.5
The Paperboy
Stephen Whitty
Simple ugly trash 
1.5
The Paperboy
Michael O'Sullivan
The entire cast of The Paperboy glistens with a golden sheen as if they ve been sprayed with Pam cooking oil 
2
The Paperboy
Kyle Smith
The Paperboy can t decide whether to be an unfunny sex comedy a half hearted detective story or a woeful race drama so it decides to be all three 
1
The Paperboy
Mark Dujsik
With the movie s gaping holes in character arcs and important plot discoveries it feels as if there is an entire reel missing from The Paperboy 
1.5
The Paperboy
Dustin Putman
The outcome is unsatisfying but it may inspire a fair share of viewers to seek out a shower immediately afterwards 
2
The Paperboy
Mick LaSalle
The movie is definitely a mess 
1
The Paperboy
Claudia Puig
Daniels deft adaptation of Pete Dexter s 1996 novel is even more disturbing on screen than on the page It s a Southern Gothic noir thriller with a terrific ensemble cast 
3
The Paperboy
Peter Travers
This hot mess got booed by the snobs at Cannes but there s no denying its profane energy 
2.5
The Paperboy
Matt Pais
Mostly boring trash that feels like what John Grisham would write on his laziest horniest day 
1.5
The Paperboy
Michael Phillips
It s errant camp which has the effect of undermining our involvement in the mystery 
2
The Paperboy
Roger Ebert
The Paperboy is great trash and as Pauline Kael told us the movies are so seldom great art that if we can t appreciate great trash we might as well not go at all 
3
The Paperboy
James Berardinelli
The movie as a whole is a rather grim dismal experience where the elements never quite gel 
2.5
The Paperboy
Rex Reed
You start squirming early and end up feeling you desperately need a bath 
0
The Paperboy
R. Kurt Osenlund
The Paperboy deserves to be seen for its pulpy well executed excess but as a filmmaker Lee Daniels seems ignorant of how the shocks distract from the story 
2
The Paperboy
Bill Chambers
If only Daniels could direct 
1
Good Morning, Vietnam
Betsy Bozdech
Williams work in the movie s more dramatic scenes is as heartfelt and humane as his monologues are rib tickling 
4
Good Morning, Vietnam
Forrest Hartman
A perfect showcase for Robin Williams 
3
Good Morning, Vietnam
Roger Ebert
Williams is a virtuoso 
4
Atlantic
Brad Wheeler
The humanist doc is one sided with no voice given to the politicians who balance big and small interests but the overall message of short term economic gain versus long term sustainability is well delivered if obvious 
3
My Brother, My Sister
Roger Moore
A drab mental illness in the family Italian melodrama one without much in the ways of upbeat highs or soul crushing lows 
1.5
Sassy Pants
Diego Semerene
Sassy Pants has a slightly ludic atmosphere akin to another tale of teen alienation Dear Lemon Lima but it unfolds like a fable in which only Bethany doesn t feel like a canned caricature 
2
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Brian Eggert
Within the crumbling pattern of Jeanne s life Akerman scrutinizes the relationship between performance and identity exposing how the male gaze has framed women throughout the history of cinema 
4
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Josh Larsen
stares directly into the lonely domestic abyss to see if humanity can survive there 
4
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
James Berardinelli
Clocking in at 202 minutes the movie would be difficult enough to sit through if it was chock full of suspense action and thrills It contains none of those three elements 
2
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jay Antani
Jeanne Dielman can initially absorb fascinate but ultimately ends up less than the sum of its parts
2.5
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
James Kendrick
maddening hypnotic fascinating mundane electrifying mind numbing and ultimately shocking
4
JCVD
James Kendrick
a bold attempt to humanize Van Damme not by trying to ignore his personal and professional pitfalls but by reminding us that behind ever movie star loved or loathed is a complex human being
3.5
JCVD
Rob Thomas
It s as if he s trying to reach through the screen and show us the real guy behind the image he s spent a lifetime creating I m not sure if he s successful but the attempt is fascinating 
2.5
JCVD
Phil Villarreal
You could hit up the DVD value bin and stage yourself a Lionheart and Kickboxer marathon to see the man the way he d want to be remembered Or at least the way I d like to remember him 
2
JCVD
Sean P. Means
The movie s neatest trick is to let an introspective Van Damme muse about the perils of fame and being an aging action hero 
3
JCVD
Jeff Vice
While it may not be a grand comeback vehicle for the so called Muscles From Brussels the film is his best in quite some time 
2.5
JCVD
Matt Brunson
Whether or not Van Damme s lengthy monologue is sincere it s an impressive bit of emoting from a movie star who has always let his feet do his acting for him 
3
JCVD
Chris Hewitt
In many ways JCVD is not much different from Van Damme s cheesier movies except it s wittier and this time he s in on the joke 
3
JCVD
Austin Kennedy
I was very satisfied seeing Van Damme prove that he can do something besides action and what better way to do that then playing yourself Even non fans will be surprised by this 
3.5
JCVD
Jordan Hiller
The only story that matters in the larger sense is that JCVD is a phenomenal achievement and not despite the work of Van Damme but thoroughly because of it 
4
JCVD
Lawrence Toppman
The gentler Van Damme may disappear after just two pictures If he does I m happy at least to have made his acquaintance 
3
JCVD
Jeff Shannon
There s something seductively clever about the way French director and co writer Mabrouk El Mechri has fractured chronology à la Pulp Fiction to examine JCVD s plight from various perspectives 
2.5
JCVD
Steven Rea
A clever art imitates life imitates art send up of celebrityhood and the state of the action hero genre JCVD juggles humor with whomping martial arts moves and a kind of melancholy star turn from the melancholy muscular star 
3
JCVD
Ty Burr
JCVD is what you might get if a French deconstructionist decided to make a drive in flick It reverse engineers the mayhem until it locates the humor the sadness and the insecure void at the heart of the genre 
3
JCVD
Liam Lacey
Put JCVD into the category of films that no one saw coming 
3
JCVD
Mick LaSalle
JCVD is not an action movie but a shrewd satire about stardom and the cult of celebrity 
3
JCVD
Rob Salem
The film s odd conceit is its primary strength with Van Damme in a nakedly honest bravely candid turn that for the first time in his career can be commended as acting 
3
JCVD
Roger Ebert
I sorta enjoyed myself I could have done without the scene where he floats in anguished reverie making Hamlet sound like an extrovert 
2.5
JCVD
Sara Michelle Fetters
Mix in a bit of Hollywood satire Fellini esque commentary and a bit of self mocking reflection and you ve got one of the more entertaining and surreal melodramatic comedic thrillers of the entire year 
3
JCVD
Rossiter Drake
Van Damme delivers a devastating performance as a downtrodden caricature of himself infusing the role with such emotional complexity that he seems at times almost unrecognizable 
3.5
JCVD
Michael Phillips
The film sags in the middle section and it s more a novelty item than a fully formed work But it s very entertaining And Van Damme proves himself a brave possibly foolhardy actor 
3
JCVD
Kyle Smith
Instead of being a spiffy spoof the movie gives its star little to do 
1.5
JCVD
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whether it s ironic or funny or deeply intelligent JCVD may actually be one of my favorite movies this year 
3.5
JCVD
Claudia Puig
With JCVD Van Damme proves he could make a viable career shift into humorous or dramatic character roles that hinge more on brains than brawn 
3
JCVD
Elizabeth Weitzman
Self referential projects are tricky territory but Van Damme handles himself with such likable humor this could be a career changer 
3
JCVD
Rafer Guzman
Seagal it s your turn 
3.5
JCVD
David Nusair
46 46 46 is never quite able to hoist itself up to the level of its star 46 46 46 
2.5
Breaking Upwards
Tom Russo
Scenes meant to play as breezy and hip are more often just annoying 
2
Breaking Upwards
Michael C. Walsh
Wein s debut feature is kind of a mess he withholds and warps the emotions of the main characters till there s little sympathy to be had But though this tactic is usually enough to derail a film it works here 
3
Breaking Upwards
Mike McGranaghan
Whiny and self indulgent 
1
Breaking Upwards
Walter V. Addiego
Breaking Upwards has its amusing and touching moments but we re left wondering just what we re supposed to make of it all 
2
Breaking Upwards
Janos Gereben
As with most films about young love won and lost Breaking Upwards comes from a place of genuine pain honesty and most importantly delusion 
2
Breaking Upwards
Kyle Smith
Watching this movie is no more interesting than talking to any random New York couple about what makes them tick 
1
Breaking Upwards
Jeffrey M. Anderson
centers around a pair of three dimensional neurotic interesting characters and has a strong certain rhythm that sets it apart 
3
Breaking Upwards
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Makes one yet again wonder why filmmakers continually attempt to create art that will last out of relationships that didn t 
2.5
Well Groomed
Max Weiss
Well Groomed makes you care deeply about a pastime you ve probably never heard of and people you ve never met And that folks is what great film is all about 
4
Moonfleet
Matt Brunson
A rare misfire for the great Fritz Lang 
2
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
Liam Lacey
Most viewers may be tempted to attribute her behaviour to a gang rape she endured in London in 1992 Yet no one in the documentary including Quek connects the two experiences in the film 
2.5
Dead Ringer
Eric Henderson
Harnesses the complex psychological implications of physical doubling 
2.5
Vital
David Nusair
A typically worthless endeavor from noted hack Shinya Tsukamoto 
0
The Mask
Mal Vincent
Jim Carrey is the movies wildest physical comic in decades Come to think of it has there ever been anyone quite this insane 
3
The Mask
Stephen Wigler
Carrey may be the finest comic to come along since Robin Williams 
3
The Mask
Gary Thompson
Adults should also be advised that the previews show most of the good effects and are 100 minutes shorter 
2
The Mask
Steven Rea
When his face turns green and his limbs get limber Carrey s pretty much unstoppable This cartoon y creation is an amazing fusion of physical comedy and state of the art cinema illusion 
2.5
The Mask
Gene Siskel
Carrey and his aggressive overbite are back but this time he s better used as an ingredient instead of as the plot 
3
The Mask
Ross Anthony
Though a bit slow in the in betweens you might get a somewhat antsy The Mask is a cute clean film for the whole family 
2.5
The Mask
Steve Rhodes
A highly imaginative film 
3
The Mask
Chris Hicks
A wacky and eye popping literally combination of live action comedy and computer animation 
3
The Mask
Roger Ebert
The Mask is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey who underwhelmed me with Ace Ventura Pet Detective but here seems to have found a story and character that work together with manic energy 
3
The Mask
James Berardinelli
As a comedy The Mask is genial but its recycled plot is far too thin for the film to succeed as either an adventure or a spoof 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Mattie Lucas
This is not a movie so much as a series of loosely connected punchlines 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Matt Soergel
It s impossible to keep the Simpsons down Even during those draggy parts you need to stay alert You never know when the film s 11 credited screenwriters will unleash another zinger 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Jay Antani
though Homer himself chastises us near the start of the movie for paying for something we can watch on TV for free I consider the money I put down my contribution to Groening s good cause 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Peter Keough
It could be I m missing a lot of the inside humor and subtext But I think the movie too is missing a lot of subtext 
1.5
The Simpsons Movie
Rossiter Drake
The Simpsons Movie only sporadically harnesses the boundless creative energy and satirical edge that earned Groening s series its reputation as one of the most sophisticated comedies in TV history For fans however it is a gift long overdue 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Gabe Leibowitz
Thankfully the cinematic adaptation bears a strong resemblance to the great early Simpsons episodes with a consistent script nonstop jokes and lots lots of Homer 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Janos Gereben
For Simpsons fans the movie is nirvana for the unfortunate rest of humanity at least a therapeutic exercise in extreme giggles 
3
The Simpsons Movie
David Nusair
generally manages to capture the energy and charm of the show s best moments 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Larry Ratliff
Lucky for us the verbiage sparkles with wit and preposterousness just close enough to reality to make us grind our teeth in the agony of recognition D oh I mean to make us laugh 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Eric Melin
It is in the unique and unfair position of having a lot to live up to and The Simpsons Movie is not quite up to the task 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
John Wirt
For Simpsons fans seeing Homer Marge Bart Lisa and baby Maggie on a movie screen must be like watching old friends blown up to the size of Macy s Thanksgiving Day parade floats 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
John Beifuss
When Homer tells his wife and kids I ve really come to like you guys we can t help but agree 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Michael A. Smith
While I won t go as far as Comic Book Guy to proclaim it best film ever I will give it my highest rating 
4
The Simpsons Movie
Matt Brunson
Crafting a motion picture from a current television series that s been around for nearly two decades is a dicey proposition but The Simpsons Movie fills the larger dimensions of the theater screen quite nicely 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Gina Carbone
All a fan ever asks is for the powers that be to take good care of the baby The Simpsons Movie does this It doesn t teach the kid French but it gives us what would be considered a decent episode of the show Probably a top 50 episode 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Steven Snyder
Is it as good as the television show Yes Does it have some of the sharp writing from the series earlier years that has gone missing from the show as of late Yes 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Steve Rhodes
Sure the film is silly really silly but it s a whole lot of fun Most of all the characters are as likeable as they are funny and the dialog is downright delicious 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Sean McBride
Very entertaining featuring a delicious mix of visual gags cultural satire straight out pratfalls
3
The Simpsons Movie
Linda Cook
D oh n t miss this one Simpsons fans 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Kam Williams
Brilliant if belated but be forewarned that The Simpsons the movie is merely The Simpsons the television show only on a much bigger screen and in an extended format You want more you got more 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Guylaine Cadorette
Doesn t live up to the hype 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Pam Grady
The movie is never dull and like the best episodes of the series it is frequently hilarious rich in visual humor and verbal wit 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Mike McGranaghan
The Simpsons Movie has a higher joke per minute ratio than any other movie this year and I laughed throughout 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Ross Anthony
Why PAY for something you can see on TV for FREE Homer asks As one of the dolts who shelled out the DO H I answer Because the Simpsons make me laugh 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Geoff Pevere
Some 10 years after expected The Simpsons Movie couldn t give a doodle in a doughnut hole about expectations anyway It may deliver what we ve already got but it leaves no doubt why we got it in the first place 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Carla Meyer
Essentially an episode of the long running Fox hit just extended and writ larger 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Peter Travers
This one feels incomplete an underachiever still searching for a real reason to exist beyond enriching a fat franchise 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Elizabeth Weitzman
A very funny solidly entertaining movie that despite its unshakable obsesion with undergarments is as sweet as a Kwik E Mart Squishee 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Rene Rodriguez
In a way the film is more of a Simpsons celebration than anything else the mother of all anniversary episodes 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Bob Strauss
It s fun and funny 
3
The Simpsons Movie
David Frese
The Simpsons Movie was expected to raise the bar for animated film especially 2 D animation Unfortunately it s just another example of what could have been 
2
The Simpsons Movie
Amy Biancolli
It s subversively hilarious as well as strangely touching and it features a scene in which Homer is directed across the landscape by the twin shadows of a woman s mountainous chest 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Liam Lacey
This is The Simpsons which with its first big screen effort is underachieving and proud of it man 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Michael Booth
The Simpsons concept in feature length is just as reassuringly startling in its nonstop irreverence as the best of the weekly TV droppings 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Sean P. Means
As usual the humor ranges from the blissfully sophomoric such as Homer s rendition of a Spider Pig theme song to the bitingly satirical such as the appearance of President Schwarzenegger 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
It cannot compete with the series that inspired it but it can compete with everything else in the multiplex at the moment 
3
The Simpsons Movie
James Sanford
A full speed ahead laugh riot for its first 45 minutes although it loses some of its gusto in the second half 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Paul Byrnes
The pace is breakneck and the animation though still primitive makes good use of the full width of the screen 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
James Berardinelli
While nothing in this motion picture quite matches the television series at its early best this is more of a throwback than a throw away It s wittier and more energetic than anything that has appeared on FOX in quite a few years 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Scott Nash
An enjoyable movie 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
so much built in love and affection here these yellow creations could probably read the phone book and people would pay to see it what I have to say on the matter not going to change one single thing even in the slightest bit 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Peter Canavese
A good movie but also one that betrays the strain of great expectations a four episode length and a 400 episode back catalog 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Simpsons Movie is a riot and still feels fresh and bracing even if it s also a bit classic and cuddly 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Dustin Putman
Feels like yesterday s news For fans of the television show wait a few months for the DVD For everyone else don t even bother 
2
The Simpsons Movie
Erik Childress
The Simpsons remain the archetypal all ages animated banquet for the mischievous kid in all of us and the cynically academic adult we should all hope to become 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Willie Waffle
Could this adventure be as great as jumping Springfield Gorge Those visits from Sideshow Bob Ralph choo choo choosing Lisa Yes Worst episode ever No 
4
The Simpsons Movie
Glenn Kenny
As refreshing a summer tonic as one could hope for 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Jeff Vice
This is the one summer movie so far this year that really delivers in a big way It s got bigger and better action than other bloated blockbusters and it has bigger and better laughs that any of its comedic competition 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Joe Lozito
After 18 seasons our favorite family finally gets their shot at the big screen in this Woohoo worthy adaptation of the beloved animated series 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Steven Rea
The Simpsons Movie is finally here And guess what It s funny But not that funny 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Duane Dudek
It is little more than a reminder as if one was needed that Homer is still crazy after all these years and that The Simpsons are a still reliable laundry line for stupid sight gags and one liners 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Russ Breimeier
With its broad range of slapstick and satire The Simpsons Movie is one of the most successful television to cinema transplants I ve ever seen 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Walter Chaw
The flipside of the Bush Admin being a boon to comics and satirists is that things are so absurd now that almost nothing we could dream of could actually be more absurd 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Wesley Morris
That the show hasn t sailed off into the seas of complacency after all these years is a miracle But the movie feels a little complacent and stuck 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Roger Ebert
There s something about the Simpsons that s radical and simple at the same time subversive and good hearted offensive without really meaning to be It s a nice balancing act 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Lawrence Toppman
The result is two tiered humor broad enough to appeal to anybody but overlaid with jokes that will be funnier if you know the show 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Terry Lawson
Go on sucker buy your ticket 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Mark Rahner
The long awaited Simpsons feature film does not eat my shorts Doesn t set em on fire either 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Chris Hewitt
Since The Simpsons Movie took longer to build than the Taj Mahal you want it to be a comic masterpiece and it isn t But it is a consistently funny smart animated film 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Claudia Puig
If you like the TV show you re going to love the movie 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
David Wiegand
No one will be bored with the feature film but everyone who knows the show well will have a nagging feeling that something is missing 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Jan Stuart
may be less potty mouthed than South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut but it takes aim at its middle American milieu with a towel snapping glee that is just as effective in reducing its audience to cheerfully willing victims 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Michael Phillips
The Simpsons Movie is comparatively minor But it s hard not to like it And in both senses of the phrase America keeps asking for it 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Nick Rogers
Oversold as a story suitable only for the big screen and lacking a raised stakes mindset it s still a moderately funny magnification of what s made the show tick and tickle for 18 years Plus it proves Illinois is home to the one true Springfield 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Josh Larsen
a conclusive portrait of the dysfunctional American family stuck with each other and deep down OK with it 
4
The Simpsons Movie
Mark Dujsik
There is so much gusto such a willingness to go for broke and not look back in the first act that it seems too good to be true As is often the case with such situations it is 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Matt Pais
Yes The Simpsons Movie is funny enough to make you get off the couch and put down the Duff 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Bruce Newman
The movie isn t a disaster just a disappointment 
2.5
The Simpsons Movie
Phil Villarreal
Homer addresses the audience at the beginning and calls us all suckers Funny cause it s true 
2
The Simpsons Movie
Kyle Smith
The good news is The Simpsons Movie is just like the TV show whereas the bad news is it s just like the TV show 
3
The Simpsons Movie
Stephen Whitty
The movie s ultimate message is about family and its most basic promise to make us laugh is one it delivers on more reliably than any of the other big movies this summer 
3.5
The Simpsons Movie
Ed Gonzalez
These bold yellow characters continue to verify our strength as people families and a nation and their agelessness continues to stress that their journey like ours is an eternal act of learning 
3
5 to 7
Marty Mapes
Breezy New York affair lets everyone be likeable
2.5
5 to 7
Peter Keough
Though Yelchin does not elevate his role much above pasty callowness Marlohe brings to hers a luminous irony and melancholy that makes her the ideal elusive beauty of hyper romantic adolescent dreams 
2.5
5 to 7
Molly Eichel
The problem with 5 to 7 is that the most important romance between Brian and Arielle never feels real 
2.5
5 to 7
Ann Hornaday
There aren t many surprises in 5 to 7 unless you count such startlingly cliched bits of dialogue as Life is a collection of moments and There s no free lunch 
1.5
5 to 7
Moira MacDonald
The Brian and Arielle story never quite feels believable it plays more like a novel than a genuine love story like a work in progress rather than a beginning and inevitably an end 
2.5
5 to 7
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Levin is a good enough writer that true feelings come through among the words and for the most part this movie is a fine achievement 
3
5 to 7
John Anderson
Levin in an effort to appease an American sensibility has taken sophisticated subject matter and made a movie for children 
2.5
5 to 7
Mick LaSalle
It expresses a belief in love as something miraculous and transformational It says that love makes people what they are and provides the experiences that reverberate for a lifetime 
3
5 to 7
Nick Allen
a bland salute wrapped within a tepid plot that also owes itself to Mike Nichols The Graduate 
1
5 to 7
Glenn Kenny
Somewhere before the halfway point the movie crosses a line and its fantasy version of New York not to mention of French women gets to looking kind of hoary and inadvertently adolescent 
1
5 to 7
Matt Pais
Even if 5 to 7 sometimes feels like a romantic fantasy it s grounded in compromises haunting romanticism colliding with the imperfect way things actually are 
2.5
5 to 7
Rex Reed
Nothing turns out the way you expect it Everyone has an F A O Schwarz gift box full of surprises before 5 to 7 smoothly sails into its final sunset over the Manhattan skyline and so will you 
3
5 to 7
Kyle Smith
Levin s rendering of a literary and ever surprising New York touches Woody Allen levels even as he slyly shifts the tone from near farcical to elegiac with references to Truffaut s Jules and Jim 
3.5
5 to 7
Mike McGranaghan
5 to 7 is the Before Sunrise of infidelity 
3
5 to 7
Ed Gonzalez
Ironically the Victor Levin film s mildness turns out to be its most engaging quality 
2.5
Killing Jesus
Brent McKnight
Killing Jesus paints a gritty raw portrait of grief revenge systemic poverty and inescapable cycles of violence 
3.5
Gregory's Girl
Judy Stone
Forsyth s first major release from Scotland starring a delightful teenaged beanpole named Gordon John Sinclair is a charming study in the sweet awkwardness of adolescence 
4
Gregory's Girl
Roger Moore
Gregory s Girl was adorably random before random was a thing 
3.5
Gregory's Girl
Matt Brunson
The performances are lovely and the dialogue is bright all that s missing are more scenes between Gregory and Dorothy since those are among the movie s best 
3
Gregory's Girl
Roger Ebert
Maybe only grown ups should see this movie You know people who have gotten over the pains of unrequited love hollow laugh 
3
Rolling Family
Michael Esposito
Despite some nice performances it never gets out of the predictable low gear 
2
Rolling Family
Marta Barber
The cast doesn t look like a troupe of actors it could easily be taken for an ordinary family with plenty of physical and psychological bumps and bruises but always loving 
3
Rolling Family
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Pablo Tapero keeps the proceedings low key and realistic He doesn t hit you over the head with his ideas yet he manages to say a lot about human nature 
3
Rolling Family
Ed Gonzalez
While the film is completely unpretentious and moves at a pleasant pace it s also lightweight 
2
An American Werewolf in Paris
Matt Brunson
Where s a silver bullet when you really need one 
1.5
An American Werewolf in Paris
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film any plot discipline necessary so that we care about some characters and not the others has been lost in an orgy of special effects and general mayhem 
1
An American Werewolf in Paris
Mike Clark
The computer animation of the monsters here is a herky jerky cartoon blur that is anything but scary 
2
Small Change
Elliott Stein
Corny cutesy dull The subtitles written by Helen Scott for Truffaut seemed awkward and illiterate 
1
Small Change
Roger Ebert
Truffaut ecreates childhood and yet he sees it objectively too He remembers not only the funny moments but the painful ones 
4
Monkey Kingdom
Brian Eggert
Devotees of more objective Nature documentaries will suffer through a questionable soundtrack and a few moments of overemphasized slapstick 44 but the world represented here is undeniably stunning on a visual level 44 and certainly dramatic on its own terms 46 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Michael Smith
Disney knows animals animated and otherwise and they prove it again with Monkey Kingdom the company s eighth in its annual series of Earth Day related films and the best one yet 
3
Monkey Kingdom
John Wirt
Monkey Kingdom moves so smoothly and quickly that the filmmakers time consuming dedication and labor intense toil stays as it should be invisible 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Scott Renshaw
It might be tempting to roll your eyes at the Disney ness of it all Then again maybe it s that Disney ness that keeps you watching all the way to that happy ending in the first place 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Christy Lemire
You re likely to laugh and learn in equal measure and so will your little ones 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Stephen Whitty
An enjoyable documentary with some painless lessons And a good heart too 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Liam Lacey
The story of the colony s exile and return feels like a dull sermon but the animals themselves with their expressive faces and Moe Howard hairdos can switch from slapstick to pathos faster than Charlie Chaplin 
2.5
Monkey Kingdom
Peter Canavese
Assess to what extent we re witnessing man ufactured monkey life or just pay no attention to the men and women behind the curtain and simply enjoy the underwater photography of monkeys swimming 
2.5
Monkey Kingdom
Chris Knight
Monkey Kingdom is beautifully shot by co directors Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill who each have a slew of nature doc credits to their names 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Linda Barnard
Stick around for the credits to find out how pivotal scenes were shot for this worthy addition to Disney s long tradition of nature family films 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Josh Spiegel
Disneynature s documentaries have proven to be exquisite to watch but time and again they falter if not fail outright at telling stories without getting in their own way 
2.5
Monkey Kingdom
Michael Phillips
You know how nature docs work You forgive the hoked up comic relief and tasteful allusions to death and dying and procreation because the tight shots of Maya s lil Kip are so durn cuuuuute 
2.5
Monkey Kingdom
Janice Page
It s been clear for awhile now that Tina Fey rules Monkey Kingdom is just the latest entertainment to benefit 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Soren Andersen
Monkeys 
2.5
Monkey Kingdom
Dann Gire
What we witness in Monkey Kingdom is nothing less than amazing 
3.5
Monkey Kingdom
Joe Williams
Monkey Kingdom tugs our heartstrings to the top of the trees With a lot of patience and perhaps a little trickery directors Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill have produced a simian Cinderella 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Sara Stewart
You couldn t do much better than Monkey Kingdom to get kids invested in learning about and protecting the natural world 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Roger Moore
An engaging kid friendly nature doc with a hint of social commentary rolled in 
3
Monkey Kingdom
Elise Nakhnikian
The cumulative effect is cheerily life affirming a bracing infusion of macaque style joie de vivre 
3
Dads
Sarah Knight Adamson
Excellent comedic and serious documentary the diversity of the dads is substantial different styles of parenting from around the globe are highlighted all with the common thread of love at the core 
4
Dads
Peter Canavese
Exactly what it looks like a celebrity seasoned look at the benefits and best practices of fatherhood 
2.5
Dads
Barry Hertz
Whenever the director steps outside her Hollywood bubble to tell stories of real people facing real challenges Dads hits just as hard as one might hope 
2
Dads
Matt Zoller Seitz
Dads is so earnest and likable that you might feel bad for not loving it more 
2.5
Blue Sky
Mal Vincent
When it sticks to the family and to Lange s showy and fierce performance it is something to watch 
3
Blue Sky
Roger Ebert
Blue Sky is such an ungainly mixture of politics emotion and nostalgia that it s a wonder the movie works at all but it does 
3
Dark Water
Walter Chaw
A mature film about the courage it takes to survive in a mortal world that s dependent on temporary relationships 
3.5
Dark Water
Jorge Avila Andrade
Un filme bien hecho mucho mejor actuado y que a pesar de ser innecesario logra firmemente su cometido 
3
Dark Water
Kurt Loder
E xecuted just about as well as it possibly could be Dark Water sinks under the weight of its rampant and laughable predictability 
2
Dark Water
Linda Cook
Almost as murky as its title Dark Water earns an average rating amidst other and mostly lesser PG 13 rated horror movies 
2
Dark Water
Michael Dequina
Jennifer Connelly gives another wrenching and indelible turn 
3
Dark Water
Mark Collette
Salles remake seems driven by an ailing liver 
2.5
Dark Water
Sean McBride
A creepy feel isn t everything A horror must be scary to be successful 
2.5
Dark Water
Jonathan W. Hickman
a horror film that suffers from a lack of commitment Its story and characters are as murky as the water that flows endlessly throughout it 
2.5
Dark Water
Dustin Putman
Dark Water proves that the horrors of the human condition are just as frightening if not more so than all things that go drip in the night 
3.5
Dark Water
Sara Michelle Fetters
Working from and intensely emotional screenplay by Fearless scribe Rafael Yglesias this is a superbly internalized drama intent on dealing with the harshest of human sensations 
3
Dark Water
Mike McGranaghan
Dark Water is much more ambitious and classy than the advertising would lead you to believe It deserves to find an audience of discerning moviegoers 
3
Dark Water
Claudia Puig
Dark Water has more substance and a more interesting look than many horror films but the familiar elements of the story disappoint 
2.5
Dark Water
Geoff Pevere
Working from a premise that s not only thin but transparent Salles struggles mightily to generate tension in any other way possible 
2
Dark Water
Moira MacDonald
A mostly faithful adaptation of a scary little story A mother and her young daughter needing to save money as the mother negotiates an unhappy divorce move into a depressing dark apartment 
3
Dark Water
Mick LaSalle
It s not bad horrible or embarrassing it just doesn t completely add up or send people out feeling like they ve seen something special 
2
Dark Water
Carla Meyer
A skillfully crafted psychological thriller 
3
Dark Water
Kim Morgan
Confined by the supposed thrills and chills of pseudo J horror the film s allegorical depth remains unlike all the ooze saturating Connelly s digs hopelessly clogged 
2.5
Dark Water
Josh Larsen
maintains a creepy vibe mainly by emphasizing the sort of creepiness that exists on life s edge 
3.5
Dark Water
Stephen Whitty
It s good to see Salles getting a chance to direct in Hollywood and pleasant to have a scary movie that features adults and a fine vulnerable actress 
2.5
Dark Water
Lou Lumenick
Walter Salles haunted apartment thriller Dark Water doesn t sink like a stone but for a movie with such a pedigreed director and a cast headed by Jennifer Connelly it doesn t exactly float much above mediocrity either 
2
Dark Water
Jami Bernard
Seductively spooky 
3
Dark Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a scare film it s a dud 
2
Dark Water
Duane Dudek
While this umpteenth variation on the supernatural or psychological horror film theme has an interesting pedigree mature style and muted tone it goes nowhere special as if running through molasses 
2.5
Dark Water
Connie Ogle
What keeps the film alive and more than a little nerve wracking are a terrific cast and director Walter Salles who creates a powerfully oppressive mood that meshes seamlessly with the inner turmoil of troubled mom Dahlia 
2.5
Dark Water
Glenn Whipp
Dark Water may be long on atmosphere and short on genuine horror or even surprises but there are three reasons to eventually check out Walter Salles remake of the 2002 Japanese horror movie of the same name 
2.5
Dark Water
Robert W. Butler
Despite a really good cast the film never turns into the spine tingler we expect 
2
Dark Water
Michael Hardy
Salles seems too uncomfortable with the fantastic to get full value from the creeps and jumps his camerawork delivers 
2
Dark Water
Liam Lacey
Salles has managed to create a movie that s pretty bleak for a Hollywood especially Disney thriller 
2.5
Dark Water
Terry Lawson
In a time when American acting icons like Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda take roles in junk and call it good fun Connelly shows us how an actor can respect commercial moviemaking and her craft 
3
Dark Water
Jeff Vice
This Americanized remake of a 2002 Japanese horror film can t make up its mind whether to be a drama or a thriller 
2
Dark Water
Wesley Morris
Until it sputters to a nonsensical close the film is a spooky entertainment 
2
Dark Water
Erik Childress
Dark Water is a been there done that over again rince repeater whose true ghosts are the memory of what its copying 
2
Dark Water
Chuck O'Leary
Works best as a study of how a nice beautiful woman is forced to deal with a succession of creepy dishonest men 
3
Dark Water
Willie Waffle
Sadly you can t be sued for plagiarizing yourself
0
Dark Water
Peter Canavese
Though Dark Water doesn t run deep Salles keeps his head above it with superior acting mise en scene story script and photography 
2.5
Dark Water
Eric Melin
It has a split personality as it contains two movies that are frequently at odds with each other 
2
Dark Water
James Berardinelli
Dark Water has plenty of creepy moments but few scares and it becomes bogged down in setup 
2.5
Dark Water
Carrie Rickey
While his movie lacks the psychological resonance of Rosemary s Baby or The Sixth Sense it easily equals their creep out quotient 
2.5
Dark Water
David Sterritt
There are only so many thrills you can generate with terrible plumbing 
2
Dark Water
Michael Wilmington
Director Walter Salles give this shocker an added psychological dramatic level that heightens the shivers 
3
Dark Water
Roger Ebert
Dark Water achieves some but not all of what we might hope for 
3
Dark Water
David Nusair
one of the best films to hit theaters in a long while a refreshing change of pace from the mindless fare that generally populates multiplexes during the summer months 
3.5
Dark Water
Kit Bowen
Although the film portends to be a creepy ghost story you ll more than likely be bored to tears which of course will be lost in all the icky water gushing everywhere 
1.5
Dark Water
Chris Hewitt
Dark Water is based on one of those low key Japanese chillers where there are a whole lot of potentially scary things and maybe one thing that actually turns out to be scary 
2
Dark Water
Phoebe Flowers
Salles takes an approach to building tension best described as methodical which to many viewers is going to translate simply to boring 
2.5
Dark Water
Bruce Newman
Connelly and the wide eyed Gade are so good together as mother and daughter that their performances along with the fine supporting work of Reilly Roth and Postlethwaite carry the film And the day 
3
Dark Water
Gene Seymour
If there s such a thing as a film being too suggestive for too little Dark Water may be its prototype 
2.5
Dark Water
Ross Anthony
A high quality production with strong direction great acting but ultimately not much crawling beneath the surface 
2
Dark Water
Rob Blackwelder
Torpid trite and not the least bit scary just unrelentingly unpleasant and the most contemptible kind of cinema horror putting little kids in peril for cheap thrills 
0
Dark Water
Nick Schager
A moldy third generation retread of The Ring 
2
Dark Water
Scott Nash
As a horror film Dark Water is too much of a retread of recent films but as a well acted psychological thriller it shines 
3
Dark Water
Peter Travers
A classy ghost story is just the ticket in a summer of crass jolts 
3
Slow Dancing in the Big City
Roger Ebert
Corny There hasn t been a cornier romantic tear jerker since Love Story But John Avildsen s Slow Dancing in the Big City has the courage of its corniness and its clichs aren t half hearted 
3
Night of the Demons 2
Mattie Lucas
This is an overlooked gem of 90s horror a fun campy self referential work of low budget excess that is almost impossible to resist 
3
Glass Lips
V.A. Musetto
The hypnotic painterly images combine with haunting music composed by director Lech Majewski in one of the most unusual beautiful films of the year 
3.5
Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age
Sara Stewart
No one could make the argument that new ground is really being broken here Still comedy often functions as comfort food and it s good fun to see this collective railing against it all 
3
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
David N. Butterworth
More of the same including Isabella Rossellini who plays someone called Madame Moitessier Character Number 61 
3
Beanie Mania
Linda Cook
It s an enjoyable look at a 90s craze I remember well 
3
Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together
Roger Ebert
A sweet appealing musical comedy about two lesbian roommates who as they keep telling everyone are not together 
3
Mishan Impossible
Roger Moore
Its a rough ride 
1
The Fly II
Matt Brunson
The horrible fate of a Golden Retriever is guaranteed to make dog lovers cringe but beyond that it s hard to invest much emotion in this shrug inducing follow up 
2
The Fly II
James Kendrick
actually grosser than the first film but is also far more clumsy
2.5
Doctor Dolittle
Matt Brunson
The offer of free food worked beautifully and Academy voters shamelessly nominated this debacle for Best Picture thereby rubbing shoulders with the landmark likes of The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde 
1.5
Oklahoma!
Matt Brunson
Foremost among its attributes is the excellent performance by Hugh Jackman soon to become an overnight movie star thanks to 2000 s X Men 
3
The Canyons
Claudia Puig
An inept misanthropic melodrama written by novelist Bret Easton Ellis and funded mostly through a Kickstarter campaign 
1
The Canyons
David Lewis
A tale of young vapid sexually insatiable Z listers in Hollywood had the credentials to be deliciously awful fun but almost every time something tawdry and potentially interesting is about to happen the film pulls its punches and leaves the action 
2
The Canyons
Glenn Lovell
Lohan whose caked on tear streaked mascara brings to mind Divine is the very personification of the lost soul It may be early to talk comeback but this is easily her best work in years 
2.5
The Canyons
James Berardinelli
Sadly this is a case when the behind the scenes story is more intriguing than the one told in the film 
2
The Canyons
Rob Thomas
The Canyons isn t a good movie by any stretch of the imagination but Lohan makes it highly watchable and is the film s best inadvertent argument that the movies aren t dead after all 
2.5
The Canyons
John Serba
It s something you d watch when you need to catch up on your magazine reading Even as exploitation The Canyons is a failure 
1.5
The Canyons
Stephen Whitty
The Canyons isn t a movie it s a small sad real life object lesson This is what happens when you don t hold on tight to all that you ve earned This is what happens when you throw away what you ve been lucky enough to be given 
1.5
The Canyons
Robert Levin
There s no feeling no energy no sense of the internal lives behind these zombies It s nihilism personified 
1.5
The Canyons
Vanessa Farquharson
Despite rumours of diva like demands and general flakiness on set Lohan gets the job done which is more than one can say for her co stars 
1
The Canyons
Rafer Guzman
Despite its impressive pedigree and unorthodox methods The Canyons is hopelessly thin clumsy and dull 
1
The Canyons
Mike McGranaghan
A stylish tantalizing and highly watchable film Lindsay Lohan makes a scorching comeback 
3
The Canyons
Peter Travers
If the subtext of this misbegotten parade of lame shock tactics is the death of cinema then The Canyons certainly knows how to nail the coffin shut 
1
The Canyons
Matt Pais
Resembling the all time dullest episode of MTV s Undressed The Canyons unfolds like Lifetime tried to make a Cinemax movie 
1
The Canyons
Dustin Putman
Lindsay Lohan s raw passionate haunted performance is easily the best thing about The Canyons a film that depicts the superficial and passive aggressive without finding any deeper comment or point beneath the surface 
2
The Canyons
Chuck Bowen
Paul Schrader and Brett Easton Ellis don t have the sense of play this kind of narrative of one upmanship requires as we re never allowed to enjoy the characters misdeeds 
.5
The Canyons
Roger Moore
Lohan haters gonna hate but she s impressive in this luridly retro erotic thriller
3
Curse of the Pink Panther
Matt Brunson
A poor excuse for a comedy 
1.5
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Roger Ebert
The filmmakers discover no great answers or revelations but by the end of the film they and we have a remarkable impression of a life lived curiously but well 
4
City of God
Blake Howard
8220 A gateway drug to world cinema 8230 aesthetically pure 8230 the world was bigger after I watched City of God 46 8221 
4
City of God
Matt Brunson
This Brazilian import is a dazzling achievement that marked Fernando Meirelles as a world class filmmaker his subsequent credit would be The Constant Gardener the best film of 2005 
3.5
City of God
Nick Rogers
Each chapter is endowed with powerful uncompromising beguiling and sometimes deceptive momentum What seem like innocuous turns become so critical to the narrative that they tie into the ruthless idea at hand You never see the bullet that kills you 
4
City of God
Joe Lozito
Director Fernando Meirelles creates an aura of fear unlike any film in recent memory 
3.5
City of God
Jeff Strickler
Difficult to watch but hard to look away from 
3
City of God
Wesley Lovell
As we see kids of no more than ten or twelve run through the streets with guns shooting those who don t give them what they want we can t help but pity them 
3.5
City of God
Steven Snyder
City of God is a movie that for the lack of a better term incites us It elicits a response It pounds away at us until we break 
4
City of God
Derek Smith
It s unfortunate that what should be an emotionally engaging film is so completely unaffecting 
2.5
City of God
James Kendrick
a devastating epic about the roots of criminality and the ironic cruelties of life that also works as an intimate personal drama
4
City of God
David N. Butterworth
Brutal and brilliant Meirelles s stunning City of God virtually redefines the word storytelling 
3.5
City of God
Joshua Tanzer
Rises so far above the conventions of genre and of most ordinary filmmaking that it s a transcendent experience an exhilarating two feet off the ground fireball of a movie 
4
City of God
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching the humanity in the city slowly crumble as poverty and degradation slowly take over I couldn t shake the growing lump in my stomach as it hardened into a dry cold clump 
4
City of God
Linda Cook
This isn t easy to watch But it s compelling disturbing and sadly true to life 
4
City of God
Forrest Hartman
Director Fernando Meirelles tells the story with urgency and his sharp visual compositions and washed out cinematography ooze gangster life 
4
City of God
John Beifuss
a blend of vertiginous post Matrix camerawork with gritty ochre tinted street realism Amores Perros imagined by Guy Ritchie 
3
City of God
Phil Villarreal
A lung burning dash down Brazil s mean streets 
4
City of God
Robert W. Butler
There s no denying City of God s effectiveness in dropping us into an environment crawling with deception brutality and blind ambition 
3
City of God
Lawrence Toppman
One of the most uncompromisingly bleak films I ve ever seen 
4
City of God
Jeff Vice
A real adrenaline rush at times it manages to be powerful thrilling and funny and sometimes all three of them at the same time 
4
City of God
Terry Lawson
Meirelles takes us to a real life deathtrap and then proceeds to make us feel twice as alive for the time we spend there 
3
City of God
Sean P. Means
City of God does not just show you this world it puts you into the middle of the danger 
4
City of God
Duane Dudek
It has a creative intelligence and swaggering viewpoint that gives this brutal street life saga a jagged eloquence 
3.5
City of God
Walter Chaw
The question of the picture isn t what to do with the City of God but really why do anything when such cool movies can be made from its suffering 
2
City of God
Marty Mapes
Even in this day and age City of God is shocking
4
City of God
Joe Baltake
It rings with the kind of truths we d rather evade 
3
City of God
David Elliott
The teeming cast is so vitally real that acting seems nearly superfluous 
3
City of God
Chris Hewitt
A dazzling film with deeply disturbing images 
3
City of God
Shirley Klass
It is a great story that is told well on film 
3
City of God
Jason Matloff
As disturbing as it is impressive 
3
City of God
Jeanne Aufmuth
Visually stunning socially relevant and simply unforgettable 
4
City of God
Rick Groen
Meirelles opens with a stark image close up of a knife sharpened on a whetting stone and for the rest of the film pretty much keeps us on that knife s edge 
3
City of God
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a credit to Meirelles and Mantovani that they re able to pack such an epic tale into such a tight fast moving package without ever stumbling or confusing us 
3.5
City of God
Moira MacDonald
A shocking deeply disturbing film made with great passion 
3.5
City of God
Glenn Lovell
A grim outrageous blisteringly effective underworld thriller destined to become a classic of its kind 
4
City of God
Octavio Roca
Long and difficult to watch but it is never dull 
3
City of God
Carrie Rickey
An extraordinary film but definitely not for the weak of stomach 
3.5
City of God
James Berardinelli
Meirelles has crafted a distinctive motion picture one takes us into the streets with an unsurpassed intensity and immediacy 
3.5
City of God
Roger Ebert
Breathtaking and terrifying urgently involved with its characters it announces a new director of great gifts and passions Fernando Meirelles 
4
City of God
Wesley Morris
There s something distasteful in the rote way this film introduces us to two dozen hapless heartless kids and doesn t care enough to make us feel for them 
2
City of God
Mark Caro
The violence never feels exploitative the only thrill you feel is that of being in the hands of a masterful storyteller opening your eyes to a world that you feel truly exists 
4
City of God
Steve Rhodes
A well made but pointless picture it is a non stop orgy of senseless violence as teens and preteens slaughter each other like animals 
2
City of God
Ian Mantgani
Heartbreaking and savage without being affectedly artsy or lingering It employs sound and visuals that have a knack for conveying senses of humour rhythms of days and the auras and values of people 
4
City of God
Jan Stuart
Finally more numbing than emotionally shattering 
2.5
City of God
Bob Strauss
A life study of an urban landscape from its illegitimate birth through traumatic maturity and on into a not quite death that for the generations who call City of God home is a perpetually self fulfilling cycle 
3.5
City of God
David Sterritt
The film is as slick as any Hollywood thriller that dilute the impact of what might have been an indelible cautionary tale 
2
City of God
Megan Turner
That rare film that manages to be seductively entertaining without ever compromising its authenticity and power 
4
City of God
Mike Clark
This is one movie in which you don t feel the long ish running time in part because there always seems to be a surprise as well as a new street guerrilla around every corner 
3.5
City of God
Harvey S. Karten
Life in Rio s favelas is a beach 
3.5
City of God
Peter Travers
Sometimes a movie comes along that just floors you its images burn so deeply 
4
City of God
Rod Armstrong
City of God may offer few solutions and little hope but its remarkable artistry and heartrending content make it a movie for the ages 
4
City of God
Ed Gonzalez
This ultra realist MTV style spectacle has the style and urgency of Amores Perros but none of its moral ambiguities 
3
City of God
Jeremy Heilman
The direction is often inspired and sure handed even if it s sometimes unfocused or overambitious 
2.5
Time to Hunt
Roger Moore
Turns tiresome many minutes before it utterly wears out its welcome 
2
Drunken Birds
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Multiple movies for one ticket Some are interesting others not much Good musical selection no doubt 
1
Drunken Birds
Kate Taylor
Magic realism romantic tragedy social critique confusingly this film has it all 
2
Play Misty for Me
Matt Brunson
A crisp and economical picture this finds Jessica Walter delivering a truly unsettling performance 
3
Play Misty for Me
James Kendrick
Eastwood and Walter play off each other quite well he is understated without being dull while she chews just enough scenery to create a genuine sense of unhinged malice without becoming a cartoon 
3
Play Misty for Me
Roger Ebert
There is no purpose to a suspense thriller I suppose except to involve us scare us to give us moments of vicarious terror Play Misty for Me does that with an almost cruel efficiency 
4
Here
David Lewis
It doesn t offer up a ton of narrative surprises but there is plenty going on the screen to keep you engaged and visually stimulated 
3
Here
Farran Smith Nehme
It becomes highly affecting concerned both with the limits of mapping a landscape and with lovers difficulties in navigating each other 
3
Here
Andrew Schenker
While everything here is mostly unspoken and the film itself hints at a broader set of concerns than simply two lost souls meeting on foreign ground Here too often feels like a jumble of ideas that don t quite cohere 
2
We Live Again
David Nusair
Only recommended for Fredric March completists if such a person even exists 
1
Dear Comrades!
Rene Sanchez
A sobering and harrowing historical drama that portrays one of the darkest episodes of the Soviet Union to serve as a cautionary tale Full Review in Spanish 
4
Dear Comrades!
Bob Strauss
Setting political movies in the past is an easy usually safe way to signal virtue But with its eerie resonances of 2021 reports from Moscow to Washington D C this monochrome aesthetic object looks like something that draws real blood 
4
Dear Comrades!
Roger Moore
The intimacy of the story and the black and white cinematography keep Dear Comrades from crossing into epic 
3
Dear Comrades!
Anita Katz
A riveting depiction of the Soviet bureaucracy a stirringly angry condemnation of the Novocherkassk massacre and cover up and an unsentimentally affecting story of a mother s love 
3.5
Dear Comrades!
Robert Horton
The feeling of being absolutely at sea in the midst of political chaos is piercing 
3
Dear Comrades!
Ann Hornaday
Dear Comrades may not make perfect sense of the past but it goes a long way in allowing people to look at it with a clarity that manages to be exacting and compassionate at the same time 
4
Dear Comrades!
Tom Meek
Shot in stark black and white and with a somber tone with sweeping events happening just off frame the film would make a good double bill with The Painted Bird 
3
Dear Comrades!
Mark Dujsik
It s horrifying obviously to see the violence unfold but it s arguably more terrifying to watch the cold calculated efficacy of the ensuing cover up 
3
Dear Comrades!
Glenn Kenny
A fascinating irony steeped portrait of a soul who s been hardened by her trauma to the extent that she embraces its architects 
3
A People Uncounted
Dave McGinn
Yeger s doc offers a sobering often harrowing understanding of a people and the workings of genocide 
3
A People Uncounted
Chris Knight
As a call for remembrance this is a powerful document 
3
Shattered
Tom Meek
Malkovich is fun to watch as a mousey lowlife as is Frank Grillo being Frank Grillo Other than that it s a series of bloody groan worthy vignettes 
1.5
Shattered
Peter Canavese
A trashy derivative thriller which only comes to life when it s being sensational 
1.5
Shattered
Matt Zoller Seitz
Shattered is a machine that promises to fulfill certain functions Unfortunately the craftsmanship is lacking 
1.5
Shattered
Mark Dujsik
Shattered features a couple of deviously clever setups Most of the movie though is defined by a familiar formula 
2
Shattered
Randy Myers
92 minutes of vigorous highly unfulfilling sex an asinine neo noir plot and lame dialogue uttered with unrelenting woodiness 
1.5
Shattered
Leo Brady
In theory it should be a fun dose of what I like to call good trash but instead Shattered has too many cracks to make a perfect picture 
1.5
David and Bathsheba
Matt Brunson
Fine production values can 8217 t completely cover the inadequacies in the draggy script 46 
2.5
Take Care
Glenn Kenny
Eccentrically watchable but not exactly good 
2
Take Care
Kyle Smith
Thin yet excruciating the film is a quintessential vanity production The script feels like a first draft that aspired merely to mediocrity and fell well short 
0.5
Take Care
Roger Moore
Considering its dubious premise woman shames her cancer cured ex into taking care of her after an accident with an eye to winning him away from his wife it s better than you d expect Not good just better than you d expect 
1.5
The End of St. Petersburg
Mattie Lucas
Display s a real passion for the plight of the proletariat feeling less like propaganda and more like communist apologia focusing less on the politics of the Bolsheviks and more on the basis for the Revolution in the first place 
3.5
The Tenth Inning
Tim Goodman
The beauty Burns and Novick seem to be saying here is that the game is far bigger than any player And it will endure 
3
Wedding Season
Roger Moore
It apos s just adorable 46 
3
Paterson
Brian Eggert
Paterson contains an effortless quality that rolls off the screen the viewer settles into a steady and exquisite demonstration of the filmmaker s control over his craft and the depth of his artistry 
4
Paterson
Mattie Lucas
Finds great power in the idea of the blank page and in the life changing power of words and he does so in the most subtle and deeply beautiful ways 
3.5
Paterson
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Both Driver and Farahani draw us into this world of small stakes writ large theirs a moving portrait of a living marriage quirks and all 
3.5
Paterson
John Beifuss
Lensed with a painter s eye by the great Frederick Elmes the movie conveys an aura of Blakean mysticism through such homely sources as an 8 by 10 mugshot of Lou Costello 
3.5
Paterson
Chris Knight
A movie shaped by the style and structure of a poem If it is also an echo I urge you to be its shadow and dance with it 
4
Paterson
Sean P. Means
Jarmusch shows us something seldom captured on film the act of creativity as a spark of an idea is nurtured and revised through brain power and hard work into something beautiful 
3.5
Paterson
Kate Taylor
As Paterson makes these rounds again and again Jarmusch unhurriedly crafts a cinematic ode to finding both art and delight in the quotidian 
3
Paterson
James Kendrick
Deceptively simple and emotionally elegant
3.5
Paterson
Michael Smith
There is a calm to Paterson that we can all embrace 
3.5
Paterson
Jeff Simon
Paterson is a likable but very minor film about what is for some a major subject 
2.5
Paterson
Peter Howell
Jarmusch who made supernatural vampires seem human in Only Lovers Left Alive now finds inspiration in the mundane 
4
Paterson
David Nusair
The end result is Jarmusch s best and most personal seemingly film to come around in quite some time 
3.5
Paterson
Rob Thomas
Paterson s life sounds like it would be pretty dull to live through let alone watch in a movie But in writer director Jim Jarmusch s hands Paterson becomes a fascinating and enthralling film that finds magic in the mundane 
4
Paterson
Bob Bloom
Paterson is a leisurely stroll through the lives of two creative individuals who support and love each other and understand and embrace the other s foibles 
4
Paterson
Rafer Guzman
Jim Jarmusch s latest has moments of beauty that help compensate for a slightly static narrative 
3
Paterson
Tom Meek
Paterson is an exemplar plumbing the passion for meter and the banality of the everyday while tapping into the rhythm and flow of the human condition 
3
Paterson
Mark Dujsik
Paterson is a lovely film about a man of simple wants and needs 
3
Paterson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I d rank Paterson among Jarmusch s very best films It s a treasure and the best American film of 2016 
4
Paterson
Richard Roeper
Jarmusch is a next level storyteller with an amazing ability to deliver a scene that works on face value and as a metaphor
3.5
Paterson
Brad Keefe
It s an unlikely story of the art of the everyday warm funny and possessing a lolling rhythm and a great lead performance by Adam Driver 
3.5
Paterson
Ty Burr
I think Jarmusch has actually remade Groundhog Day as a work of spiritual ecstasy I also think Paterson the man may be a Zen Ralph Kramden 
4
Paterson
Roger Moore
An aged hipster s take on what a young working class poet might be like static Humorless 
2
Paterson
Rene Rodriguez
Or would you rather be a fish 
4
Paterson
Walter Chaw
Jarmusch was always funny but there s warmth now too 
4
Paterson
Tom Keogh
Driver s performance as an uncertain man getting through the day to day prosaic quietly buoyed by passion and artistic commitment is exquisite 
3
Paterson
Tirdad Derakhshani
Paterson is easily one of Jarmusch s most accomplished films He portrays the life of the mind and the workings of the creative soul as a kind of secret love affair a deep hidden well inside the most ordinary mundane existence 
4
Paterson
Calvin Wilson
It s a perfect vehicle for Driver who endearingly captures the hangdog humility of his character 
4
Paterson
Kam Williams
Peripatetic bus driver personifies poetry in motion 
3
Paterson
Ann Hornaday
Viewers are treated to a portrait of romantic devotion contentment and vocation all the more affecting for being so utterly unapologetically heartfelt 
4
Paterson
Josh Larsen
exudes something that eludes so many of us contentment 
3.5
Paterson
David Wiegand
Jarmusch has created a small miracle of a film one that is both intellectually dazzling and emotionally provocative 
4
Paterson
Glenn Lovell
a wry meditation on the nature of creativity Adam Driver is wonderful as the would be poet searching for inspiration in all the wrong places Jarmusch s sweetest most accessible film
4
Paterson
Robert Levin
Here is an unexpected emotional powerhouse a movie that defies the odds in serious ways even with the imprimatur of writer director Jim Jarmusch 
4
Paterson
Mike McGranaghan
Paterson represents director Jim Jarmusch doing everything he does well to the best of his abilities 
4
Paterson
Peter Travers
Adam Driver gives his loveliest most lyrical performance in this Jim Jarmusch film one of the year s best that takes its good sweet time working its way into your mind and heart But when it does you re a goner 
3.5
Paterson
Stephen Whitty
This is a movie about forgiveness forgiving other people for what they do to us forgiving ourselves for not always measuring up to some ideal 
3
Paterson
Glenn Kenny
A meticulously composed movie shot beautifully by Frederick Elmes every frame is a beauty 
4
Paterson
Sara Stewart
Jarmusch salutes a life with a refreshing lack of drama 
3
Paterson
Jake Cole
The film concerns the humbler creative expressions of everyday life where one creates art not for notoriety or superiority but for the simple pleasure of making it 
4
The Blood of a Poet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cocteau s film contains unforgettable moments of cinematic poetry in its purest form 
2.5
The Blood of a Poet
Jeremy Heilman
The imagery used here is still stunning despite its low tech nature 
4
Stray
Peter Keough
Like its subjects the film meanders with seeming randomness and with no voiceover narration or other verbal guides only the passing elliptical comments of some humans 
4
Stray
Lisa Trifone
Stray delivers the nearly dialogue free meditation on the same city s stray dog population we didn t know we needed 
4
Stray
Glenn Kenny
Lo wants to make a point obviously but I came out of this picture with some questions 
2
Stray
Mark Dujsik
T he real point which has little to do with the movie s canine stars is kind of lost with the dog centric focus 
2.5
Stray
Anita Katz
The film solidifies into a moving rumination on what it means to be an outcast and on our tendency to equate worthiness with social acceptance and validity with documentation 
3
Stray
Roger Moore
A tall beautiful and self sufficient mutt makes her rounds checking trash bins behind restaurants sipping from fountains meeting other dogs and occasionally engaging in the one game in the global pooch on pooch pentathlon CHASE me 
3
The Congress
Tom Meek
gloriously gonzo 
3
The Congress
Mattie Lucas
This is an extraordinary film a unique film the kind of film that reminds us of the true power of science fiction to comment on our society 
3.5
The Congress
Brandy McDonnell
Wright s utterly human performance grounds the film in matters of the heart even as the filmmaker concerns himself with tricks of the mind 
4
The Congress
Robert Levin
A one of a kind vision of the way we live now and a warning shot across the bow of a society slowly submerging itself in technology 
3
The Congress
John Wirt
It s a drama it s a cartoon It s playful and sad satirical and moving All these things and a chaotic visual feast as well 
3
The Congress
Mark Dujsik
The film begins a stinging critique of Hollywood s less admirable qualities It becomes a lament for humanity s inability to deal with the hardships of life and the world 
3
The Congress
Lou Lumenick
A dystopian blend of live action and animation that acidly comments on some of Hollywood s touchiest issues before drifting off into an existential fog 
3
The Congress
Scout Tafoya
The Congress is a roll call of the orgiastic pleasures and bountiful comforts that art provides and a reminder of what waits for us when we leave the theater 
3.5
The Congress
Josh Larsen
flirts with greatness even if it doesn t quite attain it 
3
The Congress
Geoff Pevere
There s something to be said for a movie that manages to baffle and dazzle in equal measure If Daffy Duck had taken up political and media theory his brain might look like this 
3
The Congress
John Hartl
The Congress becomes as frustrating and expensive looking as Cloud Atlas Try to follow it and you may feel abandoned in a maze 
2.5
The Congress
Linda Barnard
The Congress will thrill some but proves more often to be frustrating and lacking in emotion especially when it comes to Wright Even a sex scene feels devoid of passion 
2
The Congress
Jake Coyle
Busting with ideas from ageism in Hollywood to the soullessness of digital life 
2.5
The Congress
Chuck Bowen
As executed by writer director Ari Folman the concept is tidy superficially clever and almost defiantly irrelevant 
2
The Congress
Clayton Davis
It s hard to believe that I even understood all its themes because there were many and this likely exists as an endeavor that needs to be watched on multiple viewings to gauge and comprehend all its profound messages I m okay with that 
3.5
The Tutor
Roger Moore
An engaging 44 well acted and suspenseful thriller that stumbles through a string of plot holes on its way to a predictably unsatisfying ending 46 
1.5
The Tutor
Glenn Kenny
8220 The Tutor 8221 46 46 46 could have benefitted from a few more drafts 44 or perhaps complete abandonment 46 
1
The Tutor
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his 91 is 93 a confounding experience on both narrative and thematic levels 46 
1
The Tutor
Randy Myers
The film and Garret Hedlund start out strong but then both unravel just as the lead character does 
2
The Tutor
Mike McGranaghan
Sometimes a movie starts off going for one tone 44 then switches to another 44 making me want to yell 44 8220 Stop 33 Go back 33 8221 The Tutor is such a movie 46 
2
King of California
David Nusair
one of those efforts that s destined to improve on subsequent viewings 
3
King of California
Phil Villarreal
The clunky King of California leaves you with all the satisfaction of hitting caliche in your backyard 
2
King of California
Peter Howell
The most remarkable thing about King of California is how the characters grow on you and how their quixotic quest becomes ours 
2.5
King of California
Sean P. Means
The performances by Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood are the highlight of this comedy drama 
3
King of California
Rick Groen
King of California means to be the jewel in the crown of indie flick quirkiness but it s really just a bauble with ambition 
2
King of California
Jeff Vice
The film is really at its best when it s dealing with the dysfunctional father daughter relationship Douglas and Wood s believable character dynamic certainly helps 
2.5
King of California
Lori Hoffman
Michael Douglas is getting all the praise but Rachael Evan Wood is just as good 
3
King of California
Bruce Westbrook
Writer director Mike Cahill explores Charlie s foolishness with funny sad fondness 
3
King of California
Terry Lawson
Intermittedly entertaining if mostly contrived 
2
King of California
Jeff Strickler
While the project certainly has its clever aspects the bulk of the credit goes to Douglas 
3
King of California
Ted Fry
This is a strong effort by first time writer director Mike Cahill that will keep you bemused for its idiosyncratic voice 
2.5
King of California
Walter V. Addiego
Cahill wins me over with this poignant depiction of a tender father daughter relationship 
3
King of California
Ty Burr
A flaky tedious intermittently likable fable about being crazy in a crazy world 
2.5
King of California
Carrie Rickey
The treasure of the film is the unearthing of the family bond magically played by Douglas and Wood 
3
King of California
Gary Goldstein
King of California gets an A for effort as well as for its fine lead performances but the movie just never rises above a trying premise and an unconvincing narrative 
2.5
King of California
Jonathan W. Hickman
The script is insightful and has Miranda narrate profoundly throughout 
3
King of California
Roger Ebert
The film in its own off center way is worth seeing if only because of the zealotry of the Douglas performance and the pluck of Evan Rachel Wood 
3
King of California
Josh Larsen
Douglas dives into the role with all the disheveled hair he can muster Like his character he s searching for gold 
2
King of California
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately first time director Mike Cahill spends an inordinate amount of time dealing with the nuances of the hunt and caper and even with his attempts to add in a dash of comedy he can t redeem this aspect of the project 
2.5
King of California
Ken Fox
Wood is excellent but this is a career highlight for Douglas 
3.5
King of California
Stephen Whitty
As a writer Cahill is more interested in character and storytelling and his film unfolds in clean uncomplicated takes 
3
King of California
Kyle Smith
This weak script would not have been filmed if it hadn t been for Douglas weakness for acting as nutty as a Snickers bar 
1.5
King of California
Elizabeth Weitzman
This is mighty tricky territory and Cahill deserves major credit for keeping the story from becoming mawkish or twee 
3
King of California
Bob Strauss
Michael Douglas clearly enjoys himself while Evan Rachel Wood looks appropriately exasperated throughout King of California My sympathies were with her 
2
King of California
Gene Seymour
Good things happen when Michael Douglas exposes his edges to the elements and smudges his screen persona with thick dollops of shadow 
3.5
King of California
Joe Lozito
Winking story of a mentally ill father on a quest for lost gold in southern California with his reluctant daughter isn t quite as cute as it thinks it is 
2
King of California
Nick Schager
King of California proves light on its feet but often less funny or wise than it purports to be its air of self satisfaction partially interfering with its genuine insights 
2.5
King of California
Peter Travers
Mike Cahill focuses on the magic worth finding between a father and daughter That s why the film sticks with you It s a gift 
3
Narrow Margin
David Nusair
46 46 46 a solid 40 albeit erratic 41 endeavor 46 46 46 
3
Narrow Margin
Matt Brunson
The 1952 film noir effort The Narrow Margin is rightly considered a classic the 1990 remake Narrow Margin is rightly not Yet that s not to say there isn t much to enjoy in this breezy thriller 
3
Narrow Margin
Chuck O'Leary
This remake is a terrific suspense thriller in its own right Ranks with other underrated Peter Hyams films such as Capricorn One Outland and The Star Chamber as one his best 
3.5
Narrow Margin
Roger Ebert
The Idiot Plot of course is any plot that would be resolved in five minutes if everyone in the story were not an idiot And rarely has there been a film in which more idiots make more mistakes than in this one 
1.5
Bel Ami
Jeff Beck
Bel Ami ends up being a film that feels cold and distant because of the stale lead and a story that makes no room for the affection between any of the couples 
2
Bel Ami
Chris Hewitt
All four of the main actors are worth seeing but don t expect the movie to amount to much 
2.5
Bel Ami
Matt Pais
Pattinson just stands there as if he s thinking I m sorry if this isn t enough for you but I only have two faces I can make 
1.5
Bel Ami
Roger Ebert
The women are all elegant and intelligent they know the ways of the world and they know Georges history Why do they find him attractive We don t and that failure is the downfall of the film 
2
Bel Ami
John Anderson
Pattinson s passion is bloodless his rakish George Duroy a font of undelivered potential 
1.5
Bel Ami
Moira MacDonald
Good actors flit in and out of the movie particularly Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney but no one seems able to conquer the essential silliness of it all 
1.5
Bel Ami
Robert Levin
Robert Pattinson fits right into this material a blistering critique of a man who can t overcome his self hatred 
3
Bel Ami
Mick LaSalle
What distinguishes Pattinson in the role is the sense he conveys of someone roiling and churning beneath a surface that is almost but not quite calm 
3
Bel Ami
Stephen Whitty
Cramming over 400 pages into a little over 100 minutes not only skips over important incidents like Georges embarrassed return home with one love but rushes the characters through emotional arcs 
2.5
Bel Ami
Peter Travers
With that cast we rightfully expect fireworks What we get is the film equivalent of a wet blanket 
1.5
Bel Ami
Farran Smith Nehme
Pattinson s callowness and tendency to play rage as petulance don t help 
1.5
Bel Ami
Michael O'Sullivan
Pattinson s performance is so enervated that his Georges Duroy comes across as something of a cipher 
1.5
Bel Ami
Betsy Sherman
Seems more concerned with getting period details in place than preserving the story s power 
2
Bel Ami
Ty Burr
Robert Pattinson isn t all that bad in Bel Ami He just isn t right 
2
Bel Ami
Steven Rea
It s the total lack of empathy these characters elicit or don t that is Bel Ami s overarching problem 
1.5
Bel Ami
Nick Schager
A coherent characterization of Robert Pattinson s striving schemer is nowhere to be found in this pedestrian period piece 
2
Bel Ami
James Berardinelli
Based on Guy de Maupassant s 1885 novel Bel Ami is the meandering unfocused tale of the rise of an unprincipled opportunist in the upper class circles of late 19th century Paris 
2
Cactus Flower
Wesley Lovell
A sometimes forgettable romantic comedy 
3
Cactus Flower
Betsy Bozdech
A little too slow paced to work as a farce and Bergman s 180 degree turn from straight laced old maid to swingin single gal happens a little abruptly to be convincing 
2
Cactus Flower
Roger Ebert
It really is Matthau Miss Bergman and with a marvelously expressive face Miss Hawn who make Cactus Flower a success 
3.5
President Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey
Kam Williams
Readily recommended as a pleasant recap of Obama s rise to the presidency provided you re not looking for much depth 
3
Wu Xia
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie hurtles along at a pitch of sentiment and melodrama that would make MGM blush and it s mostly very diverting 
3
Wu Xia
Andrew Schenker
Peter Ho Sun Chan and Deonnie Yen Chan are too resourceful to let things remain dull for long 
2.5
Mystery of the Nile
Edward Ortiz
Director Jordi Llompart packs so much material into a scant 47 minutes that you get the feeling that you ve read a Cliffs Notes version of the journey when what you crave is the full fleshed out story 
2.5
Mystery of the Nile
John Monaghan
Steeped in important discoveries yet I never get a clear idea of what these people are up to 
2
Mystery of the Nile
Chris Hewitt
Mystery of the Nile is the sort of movie large format theaters were made for Daredevils do crazy things and we experience them from the comfort of padded chairs 
3.5
Mystery of the Nile
Jeff Strickler
The filmmakers document some of the more difficult challenges the expedition faced but they also provide an informative overview of the river s biology and history as well as introducing some of the people who depend on the river 
3
Mystery of the Nile
Ross Anthony
Rafting action adventure meets education along the Nile 
3
Mystery of the Nile
Louise Kennedy
By patching together snippets from all these stories then stitching them together with a cliched lazily rendered script this film does nothing but make us wonder what we ve missed 
1
Mystery of the Nile
Tom Keogh
A startling record of the adventurers progress setbacks and encounters with natives and antiquities as they make their way to Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea 
3.5
Stubborn
Kent Turner
Although he s not violent Vincent hardly puts the audience at ease and many viewers will find his entitlement exasperating 
2
Kidnapped
Matt Brunson
Benefits greatly from stellar performances but struggles with its cumbersome storyline 
2.5
Nostalgia for the Light
Peter Keough
In this poetic though overstated documentary Patricio Guzmn ponders these two ways of looking back in time merging the celestial and sublunary like Terrence Malick in The Tree of Life or Werner Herzog in Cave of Forgotten Dreams 
3
Nostalgia for the Light
Mark Feeney
A nearly unbearable examination of good and bad in the human heart 
3.5
Nostalgia for the Light
Ann Hornaday
The filmmaker s masterpiece an exquisitely filmed poetically written meditation on how past and present fuse in humanity s most unresolved questions 
4
Nostalgia for the Light
Jeff Shannon
I am convinced that memory has gravitational force says Guzmn in conclusion Nostalgia states his case so beautifully that even skeptical physicists will be thoroughly convinced 
3.5
Nostalgia for the Light
Jesse Cataldo
That rare documentary that s as thrilling as art as it is as reportage a marvelously shaped thesis that s both disquieting and humbling 
3.5
Nostalgia for the Light
V.A. Musetto
Katell Djian s stunning cinematography adds to the film s power 
3
Nostalgia for the Light
Peter Howell
Nostalgia for the Light isn t didactic in the strictest sense It simply shows the truth illuminated by Patricio Guzman s poetic voiceover narration and the found sound of wind and footsteps that echo across the desert plains 
4
Nostalgia for the Light
Stephen Cole
Patricio Guzmn s documentary Nostalgia for the Light pays equal attention to the astronomers and searchers regarding their quest as the same a search for life 
3
The Gates
Kenneth Baker
People say the 20 million cost of The Gates would have been better spent feeding people he notes but this feeds the soul To a lesser extent so does the documentary about it 
3.5
The Gates
Roger Ebert
The documentary is pretty much what you d expect Two decades of ignorant contempt followed by the city finding it was really surprisingly fond of The Gates 
3
The Gates
Alan G. Artner
Anyone with an interest in contemporary art on a heroic scale should find Christo s practice fascinating 
2.5
Blackenstein
Matt Brunson
An atrocious effort which forgoes such niceties as competent acting smooth editing and efficient direction 
1
Fireworks
Alan French
Fireworks features brilliant animation but suffers from weak storytelling It also features out of touch attitudes towards women 
1.5
Fireworks
Christy Lemire
A strange little movie that attempts the tricky feat of combining comedy drama sci fi and romance but it doesn t get those individual elements right so it never coheres as a whole 
1.5
Fireworks
Derek Smith
Akiyuki Shinbo and Nobuyuki Takeuchi s time travel device mostly just exists to complicate what is at heart a trite and sexist love story 
1.5
1
David Nusair
A seriously weird little movie 46 46 46 
2.5
1
Dustin Putman
One of those movies whose only chance of enduring is based on the word of mouth of those who have seen it 1 is a freaky jaunt through time travel that is well worth taking 
3
1
Chuck Bowen
It ambitiously parodies and mourns the implications of the one coherent message that mass media manages to convey to all of its consumers in all its endlessly proliferating ever shifting permutations 
3
Gangajal
Namrata Joshi
Problematic but powerful 
3
Diamond Island
Kenji Fujishima
The deliberately aimless rhythms and low stakes plotting make clear that Davy Chou is predominantly interested in cultural anthropology 
3
Detective Chinatown 2
Nick Allen
I can t give the film my most immediate recommendation but for anyone concerned about the case of the missing modern buddy cop comedy Detective Chinatown 2 is a noteworthy placeholder 
2.5
Detective Chinatown 2
Michael Phillips
Here s hoping the third outing which will take the main characters to Tokyo returns to the amiable artful high jinks of the first 
2
Detective Chinatown 2
Mick LaSalle
The script blasts through reams of plot with lightning dialogue and even if you have a fast eye for subtitles you may come to the end of the movie with no clear idea what happened 
2
Indigo Valley
Roger Moore
A vanity project in the worst sense of the phrase 
1.5
A French Gigolo
David Nusair
a lamentably misguided piece of work 
1.5
The Art of the Steal
Alison Gang
No matter what side you end up taking you still might be tempted to call your lawyer to go over your will just one more time 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Kam Williams
A tragic true tale exposing America s ugly two tiered system of justice defined by the color line 
4
The Art of the Steal
Rob Thomas
Its lack of objectivity doesn t hurt the film as a piece of entertainment although it does seem to weaken its own argument a little 
3
The Art of the Steal
Robert W. Butler
A terrifically convoluted yarn with dozens of major players 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Mike Scott
There s a nagging one sided feel to this unapologetic bit of activist filmmaking but that doesn t make the story any less compellilng or the film any less enraging 
3
The Art of the Steal
John Beifuss
A model of documentary filmmaking and activist cinematic journalism unfailingly entertaining expertly constructed and undeniably perhaps justifiably biased 
3
The Art of the Steal
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a tangled web spinning so far out of control if it were fiction no one would ever have believed it to be possible die hard conspiracy theorists likely to find the scenario too outlandish even for them 
3.5
The Art of the Steal
Ann Hornaday
The Art of the Steal ultimately gets mired in the legal weeds a snare made all the more frustrating by the fact that the move is a fait accompli 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Moira MacDonald
It s impossible not to be moved by the almost eerie film footage of the walls of the Barnes original home with the art removed revealing bare hooks and patches of unfaded paint ghosts doomed to wander 
3
The Art of the Steal
Jeff Vice
It is a pretty informative documentary and as such it s sure to get at least a few devoted art lovers blood boiling 
3
The Art of the Steal
Kyle MacMillan
A blunt persuasive documentary 
3
The Art of the Steal
Joe Williams
While outraged aesthetes tell us that the Barnes Foundation is a perfect jewel box of a museum the filmmakers they hired to argue their case don t spend enough time exploring or explaining what makes this cloister so special 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Chris Hewitt
The movie is clear absorbing and argumentative 
3
The Art of the Steal
Ty Burr
The movie s never less than entertaining but you often feel like arguing with the screen and not in a good way 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Alicia Potter
The gripping yet hyperbolic drama examines the ownership of art and the public s right to it 
3
The Art of the Steal
Robert Levin
With talking heads helpful graphics and ample archival footage Argott clearly concisely depicts the events that speed us to a struggle that s captured a city 
3
The Art of the Steal
Kyle Smith
Is it really a tragedy that lots more people will get to see these paintings 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Carrie Rickey
As a narrative of the facts it is as one sided as a plaintiff s brief 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Rossiter Drake
The lesson here is more chilling that if you have something worth stealing no contract however sacrosanct can protect it 
4
The Art of the Steal
Kevin B. Lee
Argott advances Wire creator David Simon s art to offer a leaner meaner template for complex investigative filmmaking 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Matt Brunson
There are a few bright spots along the way but not enough to prevent this from being declared legally bland 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Peter Canavese
A pointless tired sugary pink and teal affront to Reese Witherspoon Bob Newhart any important political cause Mr Smith Goes to Washington and mdash oh let s just say it mdash humanity Blu ray 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Betsy Bozdech
Entertaining enough especially in the last third or so even when things really go over the top but it doesn t really offer anything new 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Mark Collette
The expression of horror and amazement upon Bob Newhart s face captures in one split second the essence of the entire film 
0.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Lori Hoffman
This rehash is a prime example of terminal sequel itis 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
David N. Butterworth
Elle s still super cute but this Blonde is way dumber than the first 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Mark Dujsik
The first film grew on you this one pushes you away 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Steve Rhodes
Witherspoon is just as good as ever but Kate Kondell s script keeps letting the actress down 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Bob Bloom
The screenplay is more a bunch of bromides pronouncements and touchy feely Dr Phil Oprah cliches randomly tossed together on sheets of paper 
0.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Marty Mapes
Refreshing thanks to the bubbly perpetually cheerful and energetic Reese Witherspoon
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Kim Linekin
Legally Blonde 2 is often so dumb it hurts 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Michael Szymanski
This is a movie that on face value looks like it s for the teen girl crowd but it s something that the dads and moms are going to enjoy seeing with them and the grandparents will get a kick out of it too 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Linda Cook
It s a dish watered down version of the original 
1
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lacks any kind of competence 
0
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Mike McGranaghan
Legally Blonde 2 Red White and Blonde does what all good sequels should do it sticks with the same formula but adds fresh elements 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Frank Ochieng
Herman Wurmfeld hopes to stretch this one joke premise and get as much mileage out of it as he can this sugary Washington based washout has all the warmth and wit of a prolonged presidential impeachment hearing 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s almost as if director Charles Herman Wurmfeld is so afraid of throwing a monkey wrench into the Legally Blonde mechanics that he ends up making some of the most dynamic pieces of his instrument impotent 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
James Berardinelli
A cinematic abomination 
1
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
John Beifuss
So chipper it s like reading Democracy works spelled out on a sheet of posterboard in red white and blue glitter 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Susannah Gora
Elle tries to win over D C and paint the town you guessed it red white and blonde 
3.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Peter Travers
There s not enough here to sustain a half hour sitcom but Reese Witherspoon shoulders the burden with star shine to spare 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Steven Snyder
The fact that Blonde 2 is so cute spirited and against all possible odds occasionally funny can only be attributed to Witherspoon s talent 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Walter Chaw
The idealization of the magnificent dimwit tilting at intellectual windmills and looking fabulous 
1
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Claudia Puig
The first one was silly fun amusing and oddly inventive the second is plodding unfunny and almost cringe worthy 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Moira MacDonald
Without Witherspoon there d be no reason to watch this movie but she sashays through it all with her tip tap walk and sparkly smile 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Mick LaSalle
Legally Blonde 2 Red White and Blonde takes the financially successful formula of Legally Blonde the Reese Witherspoon hit from two years ago and does something unexpected It fiddles with it changes it and actually fixes it 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Joe Baltake
The film is a glorified sitcom but Witherspoon takes it to another enchanted level 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Carrie Rickey
This sequel to the surprise hit is as resistible as a filibuster as frustrating as a puff of cotton candy that dissolves too quickly on the tongue 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Megan Lehmann
It s so gosh darned darling it almost turns your stomach 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Jami Bernard
It s like being strapped down and forced to read back issues of Lucky magazine 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Connie Ogle
Despite its familiarity Blonde 2 doesn t make you want to pull out your hair by its roots 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Glenn Whipp
An early front runner for dog of the year 
1
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Loey Lockerby
If the first film was a classic designer outfit this is the cheap knockoff that falls apart as soon as you put it on 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Terry Lawson
While Legally Blonde 2 is bearable in a way that busier and more ambitious unfunny recent comedies like Hollywood Homicide and Alex and Emma are not it has almost none of the ditsy charm of the original 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Jeff Vice
Witherspoon more or less carries the entire film on her shoulders relying on her ability to be ingratiating but hey if it works why knock it 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Michael Booth
The first Reese Witherspoon vehicle was a surprise smash hit and the second is a surprisingly smashing train wreck 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
David Sterritt
You ll have a good time if you consider plenty of pink outfits enough to make a picture worthwhile Otherwise spend the evening with C SPAN It s less boring 
1
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Roger Ebert
The movie s vision of Congress is hopelessly simplistic and idealistic 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Wesley Morris
The movie has a brain 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Sean P. Means
The jokes cover the fact that the story essentially repeats the first movie s plot even if it has to dumb Elle down to make it work 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Shirley Klass
The movie stands alone as a nice film But as a companion to the first movie it tells a fuller story about a great spirit 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Phil Villarreal
In the first film Witherspoon played innocent naive and charming on the way to becoming America s newest sweetheart This time she just plays stupid 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Chris Hewitt
It s an ice cream soda of a movie frothy and fun 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Jack Zink
Packed with the guilty pleasures of the first film 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Glenn Lovell
Though the stretch marks are obvious LB2 does manage to milk additional laughs from a fish out of water premise that dates to Loretta Young s Oscar winning performance in The Farmer s Daughter 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Timothy Knight
A breezy largely enjoyable fish out of water comedy that lacks the zip and freshness of the first film 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
John Anderson
Some very funny moments but sequel to the 2001 comedy is mostly an uninspired exercise in recycling 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Jeff Strickler
As she did in the first movie Witherspoon deftly navigates the precipice where silliness slips into stupidity 
3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Duane Dudek
The original hit the spot like iced sugar water on a hot day the sequel is all perspiration and no inspiration 
1.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Peter Sobczynski
What is missing is the charm that Witherspoon brought to the character of Elle Woods You couldn t help but like her in that first film but here the character is simply unbearable 
1
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Michael Wilmington
This movie needs to be less winning more satirical like the first 
2.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Rob Blackwelder
Within her last three movies Witherspoon s talent has withered into a sprightly sleepwalk of romantic comedy clichs and bumper sticker deep believe in yourself messages 
0.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
David Nusair
Legally Blonde 2 would be more effective among viewers who haven t seen the original as this sequel plays out in almost the same way 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Ed Gonzalez
The filmmakers betray Elle s progress by dumbing her down for the sole purpose of having her conquer the same dumb blonde stereotypes 
2
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Ross Anthony
While the first Legally Blonde quite impressed me as a fun and funny solid film Red White Blonde doesn t fill the high heeled shoes 
1.5
The Brink's Job
Matt Brunson
The Brink s Job never really catches fire with both the humor and the suspense simmering on low for too much of the time 
2.5
The Brink's Job
Rob Thomas
What a surprise and kind of a welcome one that The Brink s Job is as much a character based comedy as it is a thriller 
3
The Brink's Job
Roger Ebert
What we have here is basically two hours of inventive colorfully imagined entertainment with the Brinks job laid on top A movie movie so to speak and fun from beginning to end 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Cha Cha Real Smooth isn t necessarily a sophomore slump but it s certainly an indicator that Raiff should evolve his onscreen persona and formula before they strain credulity and amplify his vanity any further 
2
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Peter Canavese
A weirdly constructed 44 late coming of age anti romance 40 which makes it sound more interesting than it is 41 with characters feeling more like constructs than recognizable reality 46 
2
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Dann Gire
A parable for the power of kindness 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Joshua Axelrod
Raiff s film doesn t have a mean bone in its body and treats everyone in its orbit like their feelings are valid even if those feelings sometimes lead to unsavory behavior 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Michael Phillips
Raiff most likely wanted to make a movie about a well intentioned guy in his early 20s who gradually finds his way to a better life What undermines his efforts is a creeping smugness and self regard 
1.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Robert Levin
The world needs a comedy about bar mitzvahs This is not it 
2
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Joe Friar
The sophomore film and Sundance favorite from Dallas native Cooper Raiff is funny 44 sentimental 44 and proves that he 8217 s one to watch 46 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Erik Childress
Dakota Johnson does career best work here in a story that connects the awkward phases on the road to adulthood with the continued just out of reach love that pulls one towards each fork in it 46 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Richard Roeper
Cooper Raiff writes directs and stars as the anxious young man opposite Dakota Johnson wonderful as the older woman who sees something admirable in him 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Cha Cha Real Smooth 8217 has some rough spots 44 but Raiff and Johnson enjoy lovely 44 effortless chemistry 46 
2.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jeff York
It 8217 s a coming of age story blended with rom com inklings as heartfelt as they are weird 46 Raiff not only wrote and directed this eccentric mix of humor and pathos 44 but he 8217 s also the lead 46 Move over 44 triple threats Woody Allen and Tyler Perry 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Christy Lemire
Raiff 8217 s ambition to break free from sentimental formula and forge a path of his own is clear 44 making him an exciting young filmmaker to watch 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Johnny Oleksinski
Cooper Raiff is the fresh comedic talent we ve been waiting for 
4
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Russ Simmons
It manages to navigate through a minefield of cliches to find a soft 44 suitably touching 44 and melancholy landing 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jorge Rivera Rubio
In an industry obsessed with making money by spewing out the same stories under different names 44 Raiff composes an honest if self centered chronicle about dealing with life apos s disappointments 46 Full review in Spanish 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jocelyn Noveck
Johnson who seems to be getting better with each film adds depth to the recent work we ve seen and also deliciously gets to play the older woman 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Rob Thomas
Just like on the dance floor 44 Raiff knows the secret to making a good romcom is just to get out there and not hold anything back 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Mark Dujsik
Like the whole of the movie 44 Raiff apos s Andrew comes across as far too calculated to seem genuine 46 
2
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Ann Hornaday
Writer director and actor Cooper Raiff delivers an ingratiating turn as a cheerful lost soul in Cha Cha Real Smooth a post college coming of age story of intergenerational lust and the rocky road to adulthood 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Mark Meszoros
Cha Cha Real Smooth is a film that both gets under your skin 8212 a few scenes involving Andrew and Domino are entrancing despite little actually happening 8212 and regularly causes you to smirk 44 if not quite laugh out loud 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Dylan Roth
A cozy blanket of a film a sweet crowd pleasing comedy about coming of age in your 20s 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Brian Eggert
Unlike other indies about flailing twentysomethings trying to find themselves 44 Raiff builds his tender story by undercutting his film 8217 s romantic and comic strains 44 reflecting his character 8217 s manner of focusing on everyone but himself 46 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Mick LaSalle
By the end of Cha Cha Real Smooth you feel like you ve met some people and you liked them all and it all felt true For a 24 year old filmmaker that s not bad 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Roger Moore
10 There 8217 s something special about a 8220 feel good 8221 movie that earns those warm fuzzies 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Leo Brady
Cha Cha Real Smooth is an incredibly kind movie 44 about the difficult process for a person to transition from college 44 finding a soulmate 44 and how sometimes the timing for love is just not right 46 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
David Gonzalez
Cha Cha Real Smooth feels like one of those cant miss films of 2022 46 Its not just one of the best films at the Sundance Film Festival this year 59 it may be one of the best coming of age stories once the year comes to an end 46 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Dwight Brown
This sweet romantic comedy will make you smile long after it s over 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Lisa Trifone
Filmmaker Cooper Raiff is only 24 years old yet hes delivered one of the most emotionally mature fully formed dramas of this years Sundance Film Festival a film both heartwarming and heartbreaking in its honesty and vulnerability 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Randy Myers
Excels at massaging the kinks out of the overworked rom com format Raiff diverges from the rote creating complications and backstories that never feel artificial 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Matthew Passantino
but after two films he Raiff has shown that no matter what he continues to do it will be filled with warmth and a natural urge to connect to a character on a human level What more could an audience ask for 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Sean P. Means
Raiff has a knack for off kilter dialogue and for staging intimate conversations between characters where much is both spoken and unspoken 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Ty Burr
Whatever Cooper Raiff is up to it s catching 
3
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Derek Smith
Rather than thoughtfully reflect on post collegiate ennui and disillusionment the film settles for erecting a monument to its main character s awesomeness 
1.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s an endearing journey with nary a false note Raiff upholds his side of things with enormous charm and is well matched by the ensemble all of whom rise to the challenge 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Mike McGranaghan
Cha Cha Real Smooth is funny and warm and moving a human centered story that speaks to the universal need to know that at least one other person in this big crazy world understands us 
3.5
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Joey Magidson
Not only is this film incredibly charming it crafts one of the most well developed cinematic characters of the year so far It s funny moving and always feels real 
3.5
Among Wolves
Roger Moore
A sometimes moving out of the ordinary story rendered in ways that can make it feel incomplete 
2.5
Frontier(s)
Lucius Gore
Despite all its primal brutality Frontier s is a deep intelligent and very political movie 
3.5
Frontier(s)
Maitland McDonagh
Though neither subtle nor particularly original Gens spin on the meat movie classic has both nightmarish energy to spare 
2.5
Frontier(s)
Ed Gonzalez
Explicit in Frontier s is its maker s belief that nothing should be left to the imagination 
1.5
Frontier(s)
David Nusair
an entertaining horror flick that benefits from the inclusion of several gleefully over the top kill sequences 
2.5
Something New
Kam Williams
Mixing mirth with more sophisticated moments this delightful romantic romp ultimately triumphs primarily because of the easy going screen chemistry generated by Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker 
4
Something New
Matt Brunson
A diamond in the rough 
2.5
Something New
Jeffrey Westhoff
Quietly almost subliminally Something New is more profound than the overwrought relevance of Oscar nominee Crash 
3.5
Something New
Sean McBride
I suspect than a lot of audiences will find the serious nature of the subplot to be distracting 
2.5
Something New
Lori Hoffman
a nice mix of opposites attract romanticism with the cultural divide drama 
2.5
Something New
Bob Bloom
The script discusses frankly the pressures placed on black women to date within the race as well as their attitudes about expanding their options 
3.5
Something New
Hanh Nguyen
There s enough honesty in the subject matter and performances that makes it appealing 
2.5
Something New
Kit Bowen
The title is deceptive there s nothing new in Something New In fact it s a pretty standard Waiting to Exhale ish dramedy Still the sweet and engaging chemistry between the two leads manages to draw you in 
2
Something New
Wesley Morris
This is an inept and unsubtle romantic fantasy about how black people and white people don t mix 
1.5
Something New
James Hebert
Something New has some surprisingly wise and nuanced things to say about navigating racial attitudes both society s and one s own 
2.5
Something New
Ruthe Stein
It sometimes seems at odds with itself vacillating between a realistic presentation of the obstacles black professional women face finding a suitable mate and another bit of Hollywood fluff where their skin color is glossed over 
2
Something New
Ted Fry
The race card is still in play no matter what the social strata but the message gets lost in the medium of excessive cuteness and too many contrived disagreements in dialogue 
2
Something New
Ken Fox
First time feature director Sanaa Hamri s virtually perfect romantic comedy is a marvelous mix of brains and heart that confronts serious questions about race and dating with sensitivity humor and enormous sex appeal 
4
Something New
Pam Grady
It is the rare movie that looks at the relationship from the inside which is precisely what Something New does 
2.5
Something New
Kyle Smith
How many other movies dare to suggest that some white guys have soul and some black guys are plain vanilla 
3
Something New
Jami Bernard
Hamri delivers a thoughtful entertaining imperfect but solidly adult movie about the inconvenient path of true love 
3
Something New
Connie Ogle
What sets it slightly apart is a willingness to deal with a potentially tricky subject race in the context of light hearted fluff 
2.5
Something New
Glenn Whipp
That the sexiest film in ages also has something to say feels like a gift 
3.5
Something New
Loey Lockerby
Most movies about race are either broad stupid comedies Guess Who or heavy handed lectures Crash so a film that uses wit and honesty to tackle the issue deserves a lot of credit 
2.5
Something New
Amy Biancolli
Something New is actually something totally unexpected a blissfully swoony romance spiked with frank talk about race and class that nudges the plot forward but never feels forced 
3
Something New
John Monaghan
Even when skewering the pompousness of upper class black mobility it s still adorable 
3
Something New
Jeff Vice
Something New is nothing new It s just the latest spin on cliched romantic comedies about struggles faced by racially mixed couples 
2.5
Something New
Lisa Kennedy
Something New is an observant clever riff on the familiar problems of romance and the career gal 
3
Something New
Josh Larsen
The stars must bushwack through a thick tangle of romantic comedy cliches before arriving at anything remotely genuine and true but they do manage to get there 
3
Something New
Randy Myers
Something New delivers the romantic goods Better yet it s entertaining and incredibly sexy 
3
Something New
Lawrence Toppman
The stars have chemistry which may be all that we can hope for in factory line fluff 
2
Something New
Frank Ochieng
an uneven but light hearted salt and pepper urban romancer Something New is not a very apt title for this witty but familiar color conscious love story 
2
Something New
John Beifuss
Eschewing the shock contrivances and sitcom silliness of such recent predecessors as Crash and Guess Who the movie examines interracial relationships with heartening optimism 
3
Something New
Sean P. Means
Something New is directed written and produced by African American women and their sensibility infuses this otherwise frothy story with a shot of reality 
3
Something New
Daniel M. Kimmel
It zeroes in on its target audience primarily young single African American professional women 
2.5
Something New
Sara Michelle Fetters
As romances go the only new thing Something New managed to finally actually do was break a heart ready and willing to embrace it Mine 
2
Something New
Willie Waffle
Something New has all of the subtlety and nuance I found lacking in Crash
3
Something New
Mack Bates
While not a laugh out loud comedy Something New offers enough moments of genuine humor mixed in with the predictable pathos thanks in part to its adept ensemble cast 
3
Something New
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hamri mechanically directs Something New right out of the romantic comedy rulebook ignoring any potential ironies or unique ideas 
2
Something New
Mike Clark
Sanaa Lathan s classiness flows from the poise she projects Her cool understatement helps put over Something New s premise which if not old is no longer in its 20s 
3
Something New
Jessica Reaves
Happily for those of us who enjoy the genre but wouldn t mind more substance on the empty calorie march toward bliss Something New the beguiling feature film debut from Sanaa Hamri carries a little bit more weight than the average rom com 
3
Something New
Chris Hewitt
There s a Harlequin romance feel to Something New but it s a good Harlequin 
3
Something New
Carrie Rickey
Not since Hitch have I checked judgment at the concession counter and happily succumbed to a movie s charms 
3
Something New
Matt Pais
It s an easily digestible drama unwilling to really explore the complexity of its deep rooted issues 
2
Something New
Dustin Putman
Emotionally satisfying and rings exceedingly true 
3
Something New
Roger Ebert
Something New delivers all the usual pleasures of a love story and something more The movie respects its subject and characters and is more complex about race than we could possibly expect 
3.5
Something New
Gene Seymour
This is a romantic comedy with a lot on its mind 
3
Something New
James Berardinelli
The film is not riotous but it is sporadically amusing and the love affair is respectful of the characters not fatuous 
3
Something New
Phil Villarreal
Lathan and Baker are an apt pairing playing off each other s dialogue and verbal clues to craft convincing chemistry 
3
Something New
Nick Schager
Something New s title doesn t extend to the film s race conscious rom com formula 
2
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Kenneth Baker
Far Out Isn t Far Enough has a raconteur s charm rare among film studies of artists lives 
3
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Nathalie Atkinson
The art floats and comes to life animated and illustrating the flights of fantasy that continue unabated at Ungerer studio 
3.5
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Chris Hewitt
Ungerer s art is interesting and so is he 
3
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Michael O'Sullivan
For the most part Bernstein lets Ungerer still impish in his 80s do the talking 
4
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Peter Keough
In 1958 Ungerer s picture book Crictor featured an unlikely hero a boa constrictor and the usual anodyne pabulum served up to bored kids would no longer do 
3.5
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Nell Minow
Ungerer s ice blue eyes sharp tongue and palpable enjoyment in shocking the bourgeoisie make him an engaging narrator 
2.5
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Roger Moore
The subject is more fascinating than the documentary about him in this case 
2.5
The Last Run
Roger Ebert
The movie forgets what kinds of characters it s developed and gives us an ending we can t accept 
2
A Shot in the Dark
Roger Moore
It still lands laughs even as it ages into a sort of comic mayhem in a murder mystery Ur text 44 its star one of the most mercurial ever to step in front of the camera and turn a blown take into a gem that still tickles through time 46 
3
A Shot in the Dark
Matt Brunson
This hysterical comedy remains the best of the Pink Panther franchise 
4
A Shot in the Dark
Jorge Avila Andrade
La genialidad de Sellers es por mucho más divertida que cualquier propuesta actual 
3
A Shot in the Dark
Bill Chambers
A few of the set pieces are tours de force on the part of Sellers
3
From Hollywood to Rose
Roger Moore
Random fitfully amusing cross LA bus trip odyssey 
2
From Hollywood to Rose
Roger Moore
Random fitfully amusing midnight cross LA bus trip fantasia
2
From Hollywood to Rose
Norman Gidney
From Hollywood to Rose would be nothing without the endearing performance by Annenberg as the bride on the run 
3
Girls Rock
Sid Smith
There s too little clarity or thoroughness in the biographies too few prolonged scenes of the girls creating their songs 
2
Equals
Brian Eggert
While the narrative recalls countless works and plays out in ways you ll surely see coming Doremus production deserves top marks for its visual and technical package 
2.5
Equals
John Serba
A bromidic cautionary tale scavenged from the frozen ashes of the Cold War It s message Love each other don t blow each other up Well duh 
2
Equals
Peter Canavese
Too closely resembles the narcotic world it depicts Without ever doing anything conspicuously wrong Equals plays like one big miscalculation 
2
Equals
Lauren Chval
A pretty picture aided by Kristen Stewart isn t nothing but it s not enough to make a quality film 
2
Equals
Richard Roeper
You admire the look and the performances and some interesting ideas are presented but everything feels muted and predictable and lacking in spark 
2
Equals
Sonny Bunch
Kirsten Stewart s one of the most interesting actresses working today and is worth seeking out even on VOD 
3
Equals
Mark Jenkins
Doremus and screenwriter Nathan Parker borrow from Romeo and Juliet 1984 and every sci fi flick ever made about a society that suppresses feelings The movie s futurism is nothing new 
2
Equals
Dann Gire
Director Doremus has plenty of room to play with Nathan Moon Parker s sparse script but he keeps such tight control on the characters that after SOS strikes their movie remains indifferently blah and unmercifully humorless 
2
Equals
Chris Knight
Everyone in the society lives by strict rules no one steps out of line and excess creativity is frowned upon It s a pity the film lives up to its fictional manifesto so well 
1.5
Equals
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a heartfelt film often brilliantly directed but quite thin in terms of vision 
2.5
Equals
Ellen Brait
By the time it reaches its abrupt ending the only emotion audiences might be left with is boredom 
2
Equals
Kyle Smith
Doremus can t quite make the emotional breakthroughs rewarding enough to justify the slow buildup but the icy beauty of the film makes it worth watching 
2.5
Equals
Bruce DeMara
We ve been down this cinematic road before and Equals doesn t offer anything particularly new or edifying 
2
Equals
Peter Travers
Fanciful Sure Familiar You bet But Stewart and Hoult are both quietly devastating Doremus is onto something about possibility in a future world gone cold from insisting that things can t change 
2.5
Equals
Katie Walsh
Ambiguity allows Equals to back away from its assertions and with a compelling premise but no message the film disappointingly says nothing at all 
2.5
Equals
Rex Reed
All told Equals is a feast for the eye that leaves you with a troubling contemplation of the future 
3
Equals
Stephen Whitty
Despite its pedigree Equals is definitely less 
2.5
Equals
Ed Gonzalez
The film all comes down simplistically and repeatedly to feelings make us feel alive 
.5
Equals
David Nusair
Equals is by and large an absolutely disastrous young adult knockoff that builds to an action packed yet wholly uninvolving finish 
1
Mumbai Diaries
Elizabeth Weitzman
Nearly every element of Rao s debut is uneven But her passionate vision of so much useless prejudice leaves a lingering impact 
2
Mumbai Diaries
Jay Antani
a refreshing well meaning entry in India s new brand of globally savvy cinema which augurs exciting things from director Rao and her peers
3
Mumbai Diaries
Lou Lumenick
A satisfying well acted drama 
3
Mumbai Diaries
Walter V. Addiego
Rao avoids high drama and while there is humor the film s tone is one of melancholy 
3
Mumbai Diaries
Andrew Schenker
That Kiran Rao doesn t adequately interrogate her own relationship to her subjects means that Mumbai Diaries can t quite match its own ambitions
2.5
Mumbai Diaries
Rick Groen
Move over Bollywood because India is going indie 
3
The Rider
Mattie Lucas
A delicate and tremulous thing at once confident and gentle lyrically composed yet as stoic as the American masculine ideal it so carefully deconstructs 
4
The Rider
Federico Furzan
Pain is the only thing I can think about when watching The Rider Honest raw and humane pain Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Rider
Joe Friar
Occasionally a film comes along that captures an honest slice of American life with performances so authentic that you forget you re watching a movie Writer director Chloé Zhao is responsible for one of the best films of the year 
4
The Rider
Joey Magidson
A quiet character study The Rider is almost documentary like in its approach 
3
The Rider
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is minimalistic elegance to this film that couldn t help but blow me away 
3.5
The Rider
Moira MacDonald
Brady rarely raising his voice above a murmur takes us on an emotional journey figuring out his own way forward The plains go on forever so we hope does hope 
3.5
The Rider
Linda Cook
A masterpiece about the human condition 
4
The Rider
Rob Thomas
The Rider is a masterful character study that honors but doesn t romanticize a vanishing way of life 
3.5
The Rider
Bob Bloom
The Rider is a sensitive feature that should be seen and appreciated It is an original vision about a small segment of America that at times almost feels like another nation and one worth visiting 
3.5
The Rider
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s an achievement of ethical imagination from writer director Chlo Zhao In dramatizing Brady s real life dilemma the Chinese filmmaker defies tremendous storytelling constraints by producing art that repels cultural tourism 
4
The Rider
Calvin Wilson
Cinema that s challenging and offbeat is always in danger of being overlooked But The Rider deserves to be seen 
3.5
The Rider
Roger Moore
A stark and beautiful elegy to a way of life literally riding off into the sunset and the first great film of 2018 
4
The Rider
Sonny Bunch
Director Chloe Zhao does an admirable job of introducing us to the rodeo world without being didactic about it 
2.5
The Rider
Chandler Levack
Jandreau acting opposite his real life family members and friends disappears into a role largely based on his own experiences oozing empathy from his pores 
4
The Rider
Mark Dujsik
The Rider offers a subtle mournful study of a man without purpose 
3
The Rider
Peter Howell
You can almost feel the wind and smell the dust of the South Dakota plains so deeply is Chlo Zhao s new film steeped in the reality of its environment 
3.5
The Rider
Michael Phillips
It s just plain excellent 
4
The Rider
Gary Thompson
Zhao brings a documentarian s eye to his story augmented with some striking photography making the most of the movie s picturesque Badlands geography 
3
The Rider
Peter Keough
Zhao turns material that might have been treacly and simple minded into an allegory of male identity with the quality of myth 
4
The Rider
Josh Larsen
simultaneously evokes and deflates our image of the iconic American West 
3.5
The Rider
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A remarkable deeply moving melding of fact and fiction 
3.5
The Rider
Walter V. Addiego
It s a kind of parable delivered in a manner that has nothing to do with preaching 
3
The Rider
Ann Hornaday
The Rider reinvigorates tropes from the western genre of men horses honor codes and vast expanses of nature with a refreshing lack of sentimentality without sacrificing their inherent lyricism and poetry 
4
The Rider
Peter Travers
Filmmaker Chlo Zhao turns the story of real life bronc rider Brady Jandreau into a gritty graceful character study Once The Rider hooks you and believe me it will there s no way you will ever forget it 
3.5
The Rider
Godfrey Cheshire
What really distinguishes Zhao s work here is something beyond great filmmaking chops a vision that is deeply humanistic founded on a compassionate realism that honors the heartfelt struggles of all the creatures it encounters 
4
The Rider
Lindsey Bahr
Chloe Zhao and The Rider are the real deal 
3
The Rider
Sam C. Mac
It manifests a mounting sense of disillusionment suggesting that the rodeo lifestyle many characters so unreservedly romanticize often leads to physical and psychological ruin 
2.5
The Rider
Brad Wheeler
Chlo Zhao s artful look into the American West is a lightly brooding winner Clearly this isn t her first time at the rodeo 
3.5
The Rider
Kent Turner
For beautiful intimate moments few films at Cannes this year were in the same league as The Rider 
3
From the Rough
Michael Dequina
Henson s performance goes a long way toward selling the uniqueness and importance of Starks and her story which Bagley almost appears determined to flatten out in the most cookie cutter familiar way possible 
2.5
From the Rough
Mary Houlihan
Henson nicely captures Starks determination but also her doubts and personal demons 
2.5
From the Rough
Kam Williams
A well deserved if syrupy sweet overdue tribute to an African American role model and trailblazer 
2.5
The Road
Nick Rogers
Without watering down Cormac McCarthy s hangman prose John Hillcoat s adaptation transcended sad gray apocalypse tropes to become an unexpectedly uplifting parable about faith kindness and family at world s end 
4
The Road
Josh Larsen
only half as traumatic as the Cormac McCarthy novel on which it s based which of course means that it will still leave you a wreck 
3.5
The Road
Rob Humanick
Shames most films with the audacity to consider themselves tearjerkers 
3
The Road
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ultimately I think this is just one of those instances where nothing put upon the screen can compare to the original written word that inspired it McCarthy s source material a masterpiece that s quite possibly impossible to adapt 
2.5
The Road
Sean O'Connell
An overall impressive adaptation that while tough to recommend because of its oppressive mood stays on the right path for the duration of its run 
3
The Road
Matt Brunson
Mortensen comes through with another haunting performance that mixes the cerebral with the physical 
3
The Road
John Beifuss
A very fine film that somehow manages to attain only a fraction of the heart rending power of its grim source 
3
The Road
Linda Cook
Grim beyond belief and almost beyond endurance The Road is one of the most depressing apocalypse movies ever made 
3.5
The Road
Duane Dudek
The concussive soundscape rumbles like thunder in the distance And the film s episodic terseness is the poetry of cataclysm in a language that needs no translation 
3
The Road
Jeff Vice
Obviously it s not really a pleasant cinematic experience despite the quality of its filmmaking and performances It s worthwhile for its character development and its examination of morality and survival behavior though 
3
The Road
Jeffrey Westhoff
The end of civilization in The Road is ugly and terrifying but that makes the father and son s hope and faith so much stronger 
3
The Road
John Wirt
A powerful and devastating adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s novel 
3.5
The Road
Gina Carbone
It s a beautiful harrowing story and a good film I m just worried it s not good enough considering its potential 
3
The Road
Brett McCracken
It s fitting that The Road opens at Thanksgiving It will thrill you unsettle you but mostly remind you that even in the darkest of times there is much to be thankful for 
4
The Road
Kit Bowen
Carved almost verbatim from Cormac McCarthy s compelling novel The Road is a depressing gut wrenching journey that is strangely uplifting at its core 
3.5
The Road
Peter Travers
In this haunting portrait of America as no country for old men or young Hillcoat through the artistry of Mortensen and Smit McPhee carries the fire of our shared humanity and lets it burn bright and true 
3.5
The Road
Peter Howell
How could anything so bleak be so promising 
3.5
The Road
Eric Melin
A nerve wracking and emotional experience as true to the book as it could have been without having narration the whole way through 
3.5
The Road
Willie Waffle
Mortensen has proven to be one of the best actors in the business and The Road is his masterpiece 
4
The Road
Ann Hornaday
The Road possesses undeniable sweep and a grim kind of grandeur but it ultimately plays like a zombie movie with literary pretensions 
2.5
The Road
Kyle Smith
Zombieland was the same movie with laughs but if you take away the comedy what is left Nothing on a vast scale 
2
The Road
Chris Hewitt
The Road immerses us so completely in its world that it s as if it is teaching us as well as the characters a new way to think 
3
The Road
Robert W. Butler
It seems a strange thing to say about one of the most depressing films ever offered as popular entertainment but The Road is a beautiful movie 
4
The Road
Amy Biancolli
My but it s been a fine year for Armageddon 
3
The Road
Moira MacDonald
Mortensen warms the film with his presence creating a vivid portrait of a bereft man clinging to the one thing he has left 
3.5
The Road
Matt Soergel
There are still some things that magnificent prose can do that a movie for all its stars and CGI just can t Director John Hillcoat s movie is however an admirable attempt 
3
The Road
Lisa Kennedy
This is a willfully skillfully crafted film with insufficient heart to the task it undertakes It never fully connects us to love amid its ruins 
2.5
The Road
Mark Dujsik
So intent on finding the shortest route to the essence of the book that it never discovers its own soul 
2.5
The Road
Claudia Puig
While the film is not as resonant as the novel it is an honorable adaptation capturing the essence of the bond between father and son 
3.5
The Road
Dustin Putman
The picture glimpses what it might really be like if the earth went to hell As shattering as the sights are turning away is out of the question 
3
The Road
Ty Burr
In adapting this harsh unyielding book for the screen Hillcoat and screenwriter Joe Penhall pull their punches the slightest degree and thus too much 
2.5
The Road
Joe Williams
The Road has the signposts of an important film but it lacks the diversions of an inviting trip 
2.5
The Road
Steven Rea
I cannot think of another film this year that has stayed with me its images of dread and fear and yes perhaps hope kicking around like such a terrible dream 
3
The Road
Stephen Whitty
Viggo Mortensen plays The Man in the anonymous Everyman sense not in the Stick it to the blaxploitation sense Charlize Theron is Wife Kodi Smit McPhee is The Boy And I m The Audience and I m annoyed 
2
The Road
Peter Keough
For those who found the Coen Brothers adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s No Country for Old Men too lighthearted John Hillcoat s relentlessly faithful version of the author s post apocalyptic Pulitzer winning novel might hit the spot 
3.5
The Road
Michael Phillips
Already Hillcoat s film has divided critics on the international festival circuit The one constant is the praise rightly so for Mortensen 
2.5
The Road
Joe Lozito
Oppressively but appropriately bleak adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s end of the world novel about a father and son wandering a post apocalyptic landscape Points for strong performances from the two leads and the film s unyielding view of the end of day
3
The Road
Mark Salisbury
A heartbreaking and powerful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s Pulitzer Prize winning novel 
3
The Road
James Berardinelli
The movie The Road is nowhere close to its literary sire but it s probably the best one could hope for from a movie version 
3
The Road
Ed Gonzalez
Hillcoat has a way of undermining the earthy performances of his cast with overly refined images and obtrusive music 
2.5
The Road
Walter Chaw
And unlike the better than the book No Country for Old Men it s only as good as the book I guess I m saying there s enough blame to go around 
1.5
The Road
Roger Ebert
The Road evokes the images and the characters of Cormac McCarthy s novel It is powerful but for me lacks the same core of emotional feeling I m not sure this is any fault of the filmmakers 
3.5
The Road
Rick Groen
The two principals are superb and the direction is resonant in its very restraint 
3
Jane Eyre
Matt Brunson
Stevenson would go on to become Disney s most bankable director Mary Poppins The Love Bug etc but don t expect any spoonfuls of sugar here Jane Eyre is a dark foreboding film 
3
Jane Eyre
Jeremiah Kipp
A well constructed piece of studio work with vivid black and white cinematography under matte painting skies that creates a turbulent oppressive mood 
3
Cairo Station
Roger Moore
As dated as such films inevitably are 44 the collaborators here ensure that this 1950s melodrama never feels like an artifact 44 but merely another era in the passing parade of Egypt 8217 s rough and tumble underclasses
3
Cadaver
Roger Moore
Gorgeous to look at and well played but predictable enough to amount to a mixed bag of a thriller 
2.5
Cadaver
Simon Abrams
A little too monotonous and uninvolving to be of great solace right now 
2.5
Shark Night
Brian Eggert
Trash 44 but without even the benefit of being good trash 46 
0.5
Shark Night
Mattie Lucas
Too silly to be seen as any kind of serious critique of American culture and too caught up in its own thematic self reflexivity to be a completely satisfying piece of junk horror 
2
Shark Night
Wesley Lovell
Predictable Disposable Listless Boring This is not how you make great horror films 
0.5
Shark Night
Michael Dequina
Never mind that the film is never scary it also is never much fun 
2
Shark Night
David Nusair
The end result is a horror effort that never becomes the guilty pleasure it clearly wants to be 
1
Shark Night
John Beifuss
Disappointing but diverting I was expecting the man eating hammerhead but not the lecture on moral relativism from the local sheriff 
2.5
Shark Night
Joe Lozito
How could this movie be so unconscionably bad so inept in every way that it actually makes Jaws The Revenge redeemable 
0
Shark Night
Tom Meek
How did a fleet of ferocious finned carnivores wind up in a lake even one that s salt water 
1.5
Shark Night
James Kendrick
the film s rote nature and its complete lack of the kind of self aware trashy thrills and humor we might expect from a good Renny Harlin flick or even Ellis s immortal Snakes on a Plane drain it of energy and fun 
1
Shark Night
Glenn Lovell
Confronted with a film this bad you take your laughs when you can find them That classic SNL skit featuring a door to door land shark comes to mind 
1
Shark Night
Wesley Morris
A second round is out of the question Unless of course they called it Gladys Knight 3D Then all is forgiven 
1
Shark Night
Linda Barnard
The sharks are rubber and the performances are wooden and that s just about all you need to know 
1
Shark Night
Scott Nash
You know how bad you re probably thinking this movie will be It s actually worse 
.5
Shark Night
Simon Abrams
Shark Night 3D sets itself apart from Ellis s other films in its sincere attempt to humanize its heedless pretty young things 
2
Shark Night
Mike McGranaghan
The acting Eh The plot Eh The sharks eating people in 3D Oh yeah 
3
Shark Night
Dustin Putman
Delivers a tasty blend of the predictable and unexpected 
2.5
Shark Night
Roger Moore
Director David R Ellis has delivered a heartless suspense free 100 minutes of sharks dining out on kids stuck on an island in a Louisiana lake 
1
The Eclipse
Eric Melin
Two hours of space between people and space between objects and people 
3
La Semana del asesino (The Cannibal Man) (The Apartment on the 13th Floor) (Week of the Killer)
Matt Brunson
Often more art house than grind house 
3
The Act of Killing
Sonny Bunch
The Act of Killing is as much a movie about the movies as it is a movie about real life horror 
2.5
The Act of Killing
Kam Williams
Bizarre documentary featuring Hollywood inspired interpretive song and dance reenactments of ethnic cleansing in Indonesia 
4
The Act of Killing
James Adams
Bizarre hypnotic audacious 
3.5
The Act of Killing
John Beifuss
Extraordinarily original psychologically acute and profoundly disturbing 
4
The Act of Killing
Sean P. Means
Probably the most horrifying and at the same time compelling movie you re likely to see this year It s difficult to endure yet impossible not to watch 
4
The Act of Killing
Mark Dujsik
This is a horrifying unflinching film with Congo serving as the darkest heart of a past that continues to go unpunished and seems ready to repeat itself at any moment 
3.5
The Act of Killing
John Serba
Oppenheimer captures dozens of shocking candid moments My initial reaction was disbelief 
4
The Act of Killing
Rob Thomas
By turning murder into performance The Act of Killing dramatizes the perverted hearts of these men the twisted mental leaps they needed to feel okay and even proud of what they ve done 
3.5
The Act of Killing
Josh Larsen
intentionally keeps comprehension at bay and therein lies its moral forcefulness 
4
The Act of Killing
Bill Stamets
This stunning documentary of the imagination shows Anwar and other thugs staging scenes of torture and murder for the camera 
4
The Act of Killing
Rene Rodriguez
In The Act of Killing director Joshua Oppenheimer pulls off the impossible He confronts great incomprehensible evil and puts a human face on it 
4
The Act of Killing
Matt Pais
The film absolutely doesn t glamorize this behavior and it s staggering the matter of fact manner with which some of these killers and corruption advocates speak 
3
The Act of Killing
Eric Melin
a fascinating exploration into the ways that guilt can manifest itself a mind boggling two hours 
4
The Act of Killing
Bob Bloom
The Act of Killing is difficult to watch because it toys with your emotions These men repel you yet simultaneously draw you to them as they nonchalantly and proudly brag about their work 
3.5
The Act of Killing
Mick LaSalle
Joshua Oppenheimer s documentary interviews leaders of Indonesian death squads responsible for deaths of millions has them re enact the killings The combination of drama therapy and accidental self exposure utterly bizarre unexpected and valuable 
4
The Act of Killing
J. R. Jones
A unique and unforgettable documentary 
4
The Act of Killing
Tom Keogh
A horrifying yet mesmerizing work The Act of Killing instructively meanders at times as in a Werner Herzog film 
4
The Act of Killing
Steven Rea
It is utterly chilling 
3
The Act of Killing
Rafer Guzman
The Act of Killing works on so many levels psychodrama horror movie Orwellian nightmare Poe story that sifting through your reactions could take days 
4
The Act of Killing
Janice Page
I can t be more direct The Act of Killing is one of the most extraordinary films you ll ever encounter not to mention one of the craziest filmmaking concepts anywhere and that includes the whole Bollywood thing 
4
The Act of Killing
Chris Hewitt
It s a tough watch but it s not like anything you ve ever seen 
3.5
The Act of Killing
Dustin Putman
If director Joshua Oppenheimer occasionally loses his way in his own narrative where this picture demands attention is in its chilling portrait of indoctrination and evil 
2.5
The Act of Killing
Ann Hornaday
Whatever you call it The Act of Killing is a must see 
4
The Act of Killing
Robert Levin
The magnitude of this achievement this depiction of a diseased and corrupt society that is in so many ways similar to our own cannot be understated 
4
The Act of Killing
Steven Boone
I have watched hundreds of hours of war crimes genocides and miscarriages of justice carried out by unremarkable men with dimly lit souls The Act of Killing bids to outdo them all 
4
The Act of Killing
Linda Barnard
It will leave you breathless 
3.5
The Act of Killing
Farran Smith Nehme
The cumulative impact is devastating and very far from a simple Western condemnation of another country s brutality 
4
The Act of Killing
Manori Ravindran
As filming continues the quiet brilliance behind the assignment comes to light 
3
The Act of Killing
Andrew Schenker
In Joshua Oppenheimer s extraordinary The Act of Killing film becomes the medium for a bold historical reckoning and in more ways than one 
3.5
Bad Trip
Tom Meek
Sophomoric fare 
2
Bad Trip
Peter Canavese
The modern low comedy Tiffany Haddish is almost scary which compounds this three Stooges level but potent comedy 
2.5
Bad Trip
Mark Meszoros
This kind of comedy takes bravery to pull off to go headfirst into some of these outrageous gags in the presence of real folks who aren t in on the joke takes real commitment and pull it off Andre and company do 
2.5
Bad Trip
Leo Brady
Bad Trip is by far one of the funniest movies in some time and establishes Eric Andre as the next great creator of shock comedy 
3
Bad Trip
Steven Prokopy
The film s biggest flaw is that Andre Co aren t really that gifted at setting up their outrageous scenarios 
2
Bad Trip
Mark Dujsik
André and Sakurai don t want these strangers to be the joke but this assemblage of hit or miss pranks never quite figures out its comedic intentions 
2.5
Bad Trip
Nick Allen
Bad Trip knows how to stir things up and its funniest scenes often involve real people getting in the mix tested by the brilliant skills of André Howery and Haddish 
3.5
Bad Trip
Roger Moore
Every time things go wrong lame or too gross here s Haddish stealing a police car by TEARING THE DOOR off crashing literally an art opening and scaring Elderly White America into eight more years of voting Republican 
2
Bad Trip
Mick LaSalle
As you enjoy the movie s gleeful outrageousness take a moment to appreciate the strategic sophistication of some of these bits 
3
Bad Trip
Johnny Oleksinski
Funny in spots but it flatlines early and gets way too gross 
2
Bad Trip
Michael Phillips
Bad Trip has the blithe advantage of the easygoing complementary personalities at its center 
3
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
James Kendrick
Sacrifices were made at virtually every turn 44 meaning that The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 44 for all its grandeur and beauty and imagination 44 is a severely compromised work 8230 and it shows 46 
2.5
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Brian Eggert
Among the greatest of all fantasy films 46 
4
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Dennis King
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a fairy tale of large heart and limitless vision Like its maker it staunchly defies the exigencies of reason to pursue a bigger vision of imagination 
4
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Carrie Rickey
One of the most voluptuously beautiful films ever imagined Munchausen naturally assumes that surrealism is preferable that through make believe we find the way to true beliefs 
3
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Dave Kehr
There is much to see on this journey all of it presented in the abundant deep focus detail that is Gilliam s visual trademark 
3
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Peter Canavese
Like its hero extraordinary in every way Blu Ray review 
4
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Walter Chaw
A gaudy chimera with no other reason for its existence than to be flamboyant to no great end 
2
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Jeremiah Kipp
Making your way through the film is like eating an entire beautifully sculpted wedding cake 46 
2.5
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
James O'Ehley
The film also feels overlong at times but while it s not as great as it could have been it s still definitely worth seeing 
3
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Roger Ebert
This is a vast and commodious work and even allowing for the unsuccessful passages there is a lot here to treasure 
3
Dragon Wars: D-War
Austin Kennedy
DRAGON WARS knows it s dumb and just has fun It s my new guilty pleasure 
3
Dragon Wars: D-War
Mark Dujsik
This one really should have been immediately relegated to the discount bin 
0
Dragon Wars: D-War
John Beifuss
The painful English language sequences almost don t matter The rock em sock em monster melees truly are spectacular even if the images sometimes seem more hazy than tactile as is typical of digital special effects 
2.5
Dragon Wars: D-War
Maitland McDonagh
Shim s picture is suitable for youngsters and delivers enough goofy fun to keep adults with fond memories of Destroy All Monsters 1968 from getting restless 
2.5
Dragon Wars: D-War
Wesley Morris
When they decide to sic those monsters on downtown Los Angeles the movie turns shockingly watchable Until that sequence there was no evidence that anybody involved with this laughable fantasy knew what he or she was doing 
1.5
Dragon Wars: D-War
John Monaghan
The only winners in Dragon Wars are the computer imaging geeks who must have logged tons of overtime The rest of the world is left scratching its head at a monster epic so dismal that it doesn t even register as a guilty pleasure 
1
Dragon Wars: D-War
Sara Michelle Fetters
Dragon Wars isn t just bad it s an outright bomb and the best thing that could happen is for the whole film to just slither back underneath the rock from which it nauseatingly came out from 
1
Dragon Wars: D-War
Linda Cook
There s not a spark of sense here 
.5
Dragon Wars: D-War
Jim Hemphill
It s admittedly pretty dumb but in the end its fierce commitment to its own goofy ideas is oddly admirable 
3
Dragon Wars: D-War
Dustin Putman
Destined to go down in history as one of cinema s most blunderingly catastrophically bad big budget films of the last few decades 
0
Dragon Wars: D-War
Josh Larsen
the only real entertainment comes from watching Robert Forster fruitlessly trying to explain the difference between an Imoogi a Buraki and a Yuh Yi Joo 
1.5
Monolith
David Nusair
a decent setup that s employed to terrifically terrible and flat out interminable effect by filmmaker Ivan Silvestrini 
.5
A Weekend in the Country
David Nusair
The whole thing is so inoffensive it s hard to really say anything bad about the movie 
2.5
The Illusionist
Matt Brunson
For a good while The Illusionist is topflight entertainment but viewers who can t anticipate the big twist should dig out those old Encyclopedia Brown paperbacks and begin rebuilding their sleuthing skills from there 
2.5
The Illusionist
Mattie Lucas
A magical and engrossing experience where nothing is ever what it seems 
3.5
The Illusionist
Roger Moore
Dark dazzling turns by Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel makes it achingly romantic 
3.5
The Illusionist
Brett Michel
Norton and Paul Giamatti perform wonders but writer director Neil Burger ruins the magic exposing all of his story s tricks by the end 
2
The Illusionist
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An immaculate and utterly gorgeous murder mystery with the trifecta of wonderful direction great acting and a plot that twists and turns at every such occasion 
3.5
The Illusionist
Sandra Hall
It gives you a chance to warm to a couple of beautifully calibrated and engagingly understated performances 
3.5
The Illusionist
Jordan Hiller
The Illusionist is intent on maintaining a serious and sinister yet serene temper allowing its four main characters to play off each other and explore their individual dynamic as each represents a different segment on the wheel of good and evil that is e
3
The Illusionist
Chris Hewitt
I don t even like magic but the film imbues Norton s tricks with so much emotion and wonder that they become something more than tricks they re more like expressions of the character s damaged psyche 
3
The Illusionist
Steven D. Greydanus
The film s best effects are Norton s compellingly enigmatic performance and Giamatti s considerable sympathy and charm 
3
The Illusionist
Thomas Delapa
Guys will envy Norton whose greatest trick has got to be his ability to materialize Jessica Biel out of thin air 
2
The Illusionist
Linda Cook
There s nothing fake about The Illusionist a quietly beautiful fascinating mystery set in the past 
3.5
The Illusionist
Mike McGranaghan
The Illusionist is cleverly conceived and executed It s the kind of movie that absorbs you holding you in its spell for nearly two hours 
3.5
The Illusionist
Ross Anthony
An odd film actually w an old world sensibility Nice dialogue decent enough script Only real failing is that I caught on a little too soon to a rather important illusion 
3
The Illusionist
John Beifuss
Everything is an illusion a character says which of course is a description of the film itself Our response to the action onscreen is a testimony to the conjurations of the filmmakers 
3
The Illusionist
Sean O'Connell
Norton and Giamatti s chess match ultimately triumphs over the movie s more marketable but opaque affair of the heart 
3
The Illusionist
Scott Nash
Intriguingly well acted The Illusionist is a solid if not spectacular movie 
3
The Illusionist
Steven Rea
Conjures up a world of mystery romance and suspense 
3.5
The Illusionist
Carla Meyer
The rare current movie that keeps you thinking as you head for the exits The Illusionist is a bit of cinematic magic that keeps on giving 
3.5
The Illusionist
Robert W. Butler
Like a good magician Burger knows how to divert our attention while he works his magic 
3
The Illusionist
Jeff Vice
While it has handsome production values and a talented cast this is the type of shallow vapid movie that tricks you into thinking it s better cinema than it actually is 
2
The Illusionist
Michael Booth
A pleasant diversion serious enough to offer a little soul 
3
The Illusionist
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Neil Burger doesn t realize you can hold an audience in suspense for only so long with one illusion 
2.5
The Illusionist
Sean P. Means
Like Eisenheim s stage show a lot of smoke and mirrors without much substance 
2.5
The Illusionist
James Sanford
builds slowly and steadily to a finale that will please many viewers and irritate others The Illusionist has many tricks up its sleeve and it s not eager to give away every secret 
3
The Illusionist
Daniel M. Kimmel
The reason to see it is to see two fine American actors at the top of their game and the lush production values which make you feel you ve entered a lost world 
4
The Illusionist
Paul Doro
It is a treat watching Norton and Giamatti play off each other 
3
The Illusionist
Phil Villarreal
A slickly paced collision course drama 
4
The Illusionist
Eric Melin
like a made for TV movie that asks nothing more of you than to figure out its own particular brand of slight of hand 
2
The Illusionist
Janos Gereben
Director Neil Burger populates those splendid settings adequately with individual performances filling in most of the small holes in the story 
2.5
The Illusionist
Phoebe Flowers
A movie whose charm and wit sneak up on you 
3
The Illusionist
Moira MacDonald
While Burger s screenplay isn t always graceful the movie s lovely enough that you might not notice 
3
The Illusionist
Rene Rodriguez
Dogged by an inert stale aura that overcomes everything and everyone in the movie 
2
The Illusionist
Terry Lawson
Underneath its hocus pocus is a compelling story very well told 
3
The Illusionist
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a dreamy rather esoteric melodrama that plays like a fevered nightmare moving along the wispy pillows of a slowly enveloping fog 
3
The Illusionist
Kit Bowen
Elusive and stunningly rich The Illusionist with its big budget look and indie sensibilities is a haunting romance wrapped in an enigma 
3
The Illusionist
Josh Larsen
Norton should set the tone for this moody tempestuous story an obvious model is Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights but he never becomes that sort of roiling figure 
2
The Illusionist
Claudia Puig
The alluring and absorbing Illusionist proves that a film need not be mindless fluff or ridiculously far fetched to qualify as escapist entertainment 
3
The Illusionist
Maitland McDonagh
This handsome elegant and restrained fable about love artifice and power in fin de siecle Vienna is lavishly imagined and yet oddly airless 
3
The Illusionist
Peter Howell
This terrific romantic thriller set in 1900 Vienna is an outstanding example of frugality in the service of art 
3.5
The Illusionist
Mick LaSalle
The Illusionist is a rich and elegant film full of sly devious characters with complicated motives 
3
The Illusionist
Timothy Knight
The Illusionist is an enthralling grandly old fashioned example of storytelling magic well worth seeing 
3
The Illusionist
David Elliott
After you ve seen a humongo dork like the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel exuding effects like a bulimic whale it can be more satisfying to view CGI touches more selectively used by The Illusionist 
3
The Illusionist
Lisa Rose
The love story is corny the pacing is slow and some cast members are out of their element yes that means Biel but the film has a cer tain cryptic charm 
3
The Illusionist
Lou Lumenick
This is the kind of thoughtful poetic lush and old fashioned in the best sense of the word film that rarely gets made anymore one that immerses us in a bygone world for a couple of hours 
4
The Illusionist
Jack Mathews
It does not dazzle 
2.5
The Illusionist
Bob Strauss
It looks mighty classy and seems to take itself seriously But there s really not much to The Illusionist once you get past all that sleight of hand 
2.5
The Illusionist
Bruce Westbrook
For a film about magic The Illusionist doesn t depend on tricks up its sleeve It s more about artfulness from handsome period details and Philip Glass urgent score to an intriguing and vibrant plot 
3.5
The Illusionist
Jim Emerson
A coolly entertaining turn of the century fable 
3.5
The Illusionist
Walter Chaw
Though it s tempting to laud it for having no pretensions to greatness it s equally tempting to stay home and laud it from there 
1.5
The Illusionist
Ty Burr
The pleasure of The Illusionist lies in its luxuriant belief in old fashioned verities like character and storytelling it s as thin as a sheet of marbled endpaper and as cleanly crafted 
3
The Illusionist
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A lush piece of romanticism a tale of enchantment set in turn of the century Vienna 
4
The Illusionist
Dan Fienberg
The story is about ineffable things but the police procedural aspects of The Illusionist make it all too effable 
2.5
The Illusionist
Bob Bloom
The Illusionist like any good magic act finishes with a satisfying flourish 
3
The Illusionist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer director Neil Burger does everything he ought to do but also fails to take any chances 
2.5
The Illusionist
Willie Waffle
Edward Norton is the illusionist Paul Giamatti is the inspector out to ruin him but it is director Neil Burger who makes the passion and excitement disappear 
1.5
The Illusionist
Jared Shimizu
A film that is a visual delight as well as a satisfying period drama 
3
The Illusionist
Michael Phillips
Crisply acted by a cast murmuring in low tones about truth and illusion The Illusionist overcomes the major obstacle in films and there haven t been many about the world of stage magicians 
3
The Illusionist
Dustin Putman
Slow moving and limited in scope Seems more suited for cable than theatrical exhibition
2
The Illusionist
Matt Pais
Even when the movie tries to pull a fast one like most illusions the explanation is nowhere near as intriguing as the deception 
2
The Illusionist
Gene Seymour
The high gloss doesn t intrude on the narrative cunning or for that matter the foxy grandeur of the performances 
3.5
The Illusionist
Peter Canavese
Burger winningly combines relatively rare elements a turn of the century setting an assured star turn by Edward Norton and a deft Philip Glass score to pull off a tricked out romantic thriller 
3
The Illusionist
Jeanne Aufmuth
A stylishly crafted illusion 
3
The Illusionist
James Berardinelli
The movie celebrates magic in its many forms while testifying to the enduring power of love 
3
The Illusionist
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
The film suffers under the weight of non committal performances and awkward accents 
2
The Illusionist
Steve Rhodes
With a superb cast and a warmly inviting cinematography writer and director Neil Burger crafts an easily entertaining piece 
3.5
The Illusionist
Peter Travers
The Illusionist curls around you like a smoke ring which only enhances its mysterious allure 
3
Bortom det synliga - filmen om Hilma af Klint
Mark Dujsik
T his matter isn t just one for art historians It matters if you care about art about centuries worth of systemic injustice or about the plain old truth 
3.5
Bortom det synliga - filmen om Hilma af Klint
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Does a fine job of showing the paintings and providing a context for them as well as shedding new light on an essential talent 
3
Bortom det synliga - filmen om Hilma af Klint
Matt Fagerholm
It casts an entrancing spell that allows the staggering depth of its subject s work to consume us while showing how her trailblazing vision left an unmistakable imprint in over a century of iconic art 
4
Me
Kent Turner
Maurice Pialat s first feature film is an unmistakable and strong link to the elliptical almost vrit tradition of contemporary filmmaking
3
Final Account
Steven Prokopy
Final Account is essential viewing and a timely cautionary tale 
3.5
Final Account
Peter Canavese
A solid documentary which benefits from its timing as a film which asks questions about how fascism is allowed to rise 
3
Final Account
Glenn Kenny
At first I felt a little put upon but the aggregation of multiple details forms a terrifying and hideous picture 
3.5
Final Account
Richard Roeper
An invaluable documentary that hears the reflections of former soldiers guards and prison camp workers 
3
Final Account
Kevin Carr
It s a great lesson that you can be patriotic and you can love your country but you can also acknowledge if your country committed atrocities 
3
Final Account
Anita Katz
Few accounts in the film are extraordinary But combined they form a substantial document of the more mundane aspects of Nazi operations and of the human denial mechanism at work 
3
Final Account
James Berardinelli
Final Account s purpose is straightforward and it never varies from that goal 
3
Final Account
Mark Dujsik
Final Account may be the last testimony of this particular generation The film though suggests a story that is lamentably far from finished 
3
Final Account
Michael O'Sullivan
It s only partly effective and frustrating 
2.5
Final Account
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is equal parts chilling and enlightening It should be required viewing for every teenager and adult in the country 
3.5
Final Account
Mick LaSalle
In the end the power of Final Account resides in the way it shows how human nature reacts to lies propaganda and state sanctioned atrocity 
4
Final Account
Roger Moore
Flashes of unapologetic racism and glimpses of humanity intermingle in people whose very ordinariness is their most striking quality 
3
Final Account
Chris Barsanti
Luke Holland s stark and revealing documentary is a gift of memory to future generations though it s one that some will likely view as an unwelcome reminder of how everyday people can become complicit in incomprehensible evil 
3
Heaven Is for Real
Sarah Knight Adamson
The script stumbles a few times and is a bit too wordy but the strong acting makes up for it This is a feel good family film that just may cause you to shed a tear or two 
3
Heaven Is for Real
David Nusair
a bottom of the barrel drama that s been geared towards the lowest common denominator 
1
Heaven Is for Real
John Beifuss
The movie s visions of a greenscreen afterlife of digital angels and a Jesus who resembles Dan Fogelberg on the cover of the Greatest Hits album is more trite than inspiring yet the film is smart enough to recognize the weirdness of its premise
2.4
Heaven Is for Real
Linda Cook
What did Colton Burpo experience Heaven is for Real based on the best selling book Heaven is for Real A Little Boy s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a gentle heartfelt movie that allows viewers to decide for themselves 
3
Heaven Is for Real
Claudia Puig
A well acted family friendly and timely movie for Easter audiences that is just as much about appreciating life on Earth as it is about what comes after 
2.5
Heaven Is for Real
Bill Zwecker
Kinnear does an excellent job of capturing Burpo s obvious dilemma and the turmoil he and his wife endure as they work through this critical time in the life of their family 
2.5
Heaven Is for Real
Perry Seibert
The filmmakers assume if you re watching this movie then you already share the characters beliefs and that makes Heaven Is for Real a homily rather than a searching meditation on serious themes 
1.5
Heaven Is for Real
Liam Lacey
Heaven is For Real stops feeling like a drama and more like an illustrated religious pamphlet 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Kenneth R. Morefield
This film looks inward using Colton s story to ask Christians to think through what they really believe rather than focusing all their energy on how to get non Christians to believe it too 
3
Heaven Is for Real
Ty Burr
The faithful should welcome it warmly Others may come away unconvinced while appreciating the film s sincerity and lack of anti secular axes being ground 
2.5
Heaven Is for Real
Dann Gire
Randall Wallace s moving movie version of Todd Burpo s best selling book does not harbor a left wing or right wing political agenda just an angel wing chronicle about the extraordinary experiences of a 4 year old boy 
2.5
Heaven Is for Real
Mark Dujsik
Here is a strange movie about people of faith who seem to have a difficult time grasping one of the key tenets of their faith 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Jessica Herndon
We might have expected more from writer director Randall Wallace who brought us the Oscar nominated Braveheart But the material is pretty cookie cutter and more typical of an afterschool special 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Linda Barnard
Kinnear remains a consistent screen presence even if the material he s been handed lately rarely matches his talents 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Chris Knight
For all these travails the film remains a remarkably passive affair 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Christian Toto
The touching Heaven Is for Real marks faith based filmmaking s next logical step into the mainstream 
3
Heaven Is for Real
Willie Waffle
An extremely emotional movie Kinnear is awesome and this could be considered among one of the best performances of his career 
3
Heaven Is for Real
Odie Henderson
Without fail every time I found myself liking this movie it would break the spell with its ulterior motives 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Ann Hornaday
What could have been merely a feel good exercise in Eschatology Lite instead becomes a wholesome but also surprisingly tough minded portrait of a man wrestling with his faith 
3
Heaven Is for Real
David Lewis
The images of heaven somehow diminish the impact of the boy s experience perhaps because heaven is just too profound for anyone to film 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Roger Moore
Comfort food for the faithful 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Joe Williams
Given its declarative title Heaven Is for Real should have built a more convincing case 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Rafer Guzman
A supposedly true story that uses faulty logic to reduce the complexity of faith to a fairy tale By rights it should displease atheists and believers alike 
1.5
Heaven Is for Real
Lou Lumenick
The makers of Heaven Is for Real should have had the faith to let audiences decide whether little Colton is telling the truth about his near death experience without resorting to the digital equivalent of dry ice 
2
Heaven Is for Real
Drew Hunt
Heaven Is for Real is by Christians for Christians and deliberately if subtly antagonistic toward everyone else 
1
Heaven Is for Real
Matt Pais
Fumbles for um when in doubt just believe answers instead of following through on the hard questions 
2
The Booksellers
Diana Cheng
A quietly riveting documentary of a collective history and a beloved artifact and a prompt to keep it alive for all our sakes 
3.5
The Booksellers
Joe Friar
Even if you re not an avid reader you ll enjoy this engaging documentary that takes a look at the last of a dying breed the antiquarian bookseller 
3
The Booksellers
Robert Daniels
An engrossing documentary that lovingly demonstrates the importance of books within our culture and our evolving relationship to them 
3
The Booksellers
Steven Prokopy
Most of those featured here are in their own ways eccentric perhaps even odd but it s easy to see their appeal 
3.5
The Booksellers
Jeff Mitchell
A celluloid page turner 
3
The Booksellers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is not necessarily about reading That would have been a different movie This one is about preserving the idea of touching of looking of knowledge and of joy It s about being human 
3
The Booksellers
Rob Thomas
We miss browsing in our local bookstore and we miss going the movies to see such an engaging documentary like this 
3
The Booksellers
Mark Dujsik
Director D W Young s scattershot approach to The Booksellers does the movie s topic and its subjects no favors 
2
The Booksellers
Anita Katz
Young s detail filled doc may bore those uninterested in dust jackets But bibliophiles and the simply curious should find themselves enlightened and charmed 
3
The Booksellers
Peter Keough
Though it opens with a quote from Susan Sontag invoking Jorge Luis Borges s belief the film is not about the content but the container the tactile redolent artifact essential to book lovers and sought by collectors 
3
The Booksellers
Mark Medley
I finished the film and felt compelled to turn off the screen and pick up a book 
3
The Booksellers
Roger Moore
Lovely and lush if meandering bookshelf browse of a movie 
3
Anna Karenina
Brian Eggert
While even skilled filmmakers would have trouble adapting Tolstoy 8217 s novel in a straightforward form 44 Wright attempts a book to stage to film approach and 44 for the first time in his career 44 stretched his considerable talent thin 46 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Mattie Lucas
Its nearly flawless craft is done at the expense of the story rather than in service of it and that I think is its fatal mistake 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Kelly Jane Torrance
The constant flashes Anna has of a train rolling on a track an obvious foreshadow of her fate are beyond ridiculous 
2
Anna Karenina
Wesley Lovell
A whirlwind affair composed of dazzling set pieces and a driving narrative 
3.5
Anna Karenina
John Beifuss
That train couldn t come fast enough 
2
Anna Karenina
Sean P. Means
It breathes new life into Tolstoy s characters and reignites the passion that generations of readers have felt for them 
3.5
Anna Karenina
Kam Williams
A sumptuous cinematic feast 
4
Anna Karenina
Matt Brunson
It would be unfair to ahem throw the whole movie under the train because of one casting error and a few ill advised directorial choices 
3
Anna Karenina
John Wirt
The actors passion overrules the filmmakers artifice 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Perry Seibert
It s hard to argue that tackling this story again was necessary and this version can t be called definitive or revelatory However Wright has done an admirable job of investing this tale that s more than a century old with a modern sensibility 
3
Anna Karenina
Bob Bloom
Director Joe Wright s cinematic choices unfortunately keep viewers at arm s length instead of drawing them into the story 
1.5
Anna Karenina
Michael Phillips
It s a half success a baldly conceptual response to the Leo Tolstoy novel with a heavy theatrical framework placed around the narrative of girl meets boy followed by girl meets train 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Lawrence Toppman
Where we ought to see a soul freezing sense of paralysis followed by a torrent of passion for an inappropriate man we get a generalized kind of melancholy and neediness suited to Real Housewives of St Petersburg 
2
Anna Karenina
Rick Groen
In this adaptation director Joe Wright plus screenwriter Tom Stoppard are determined to tame the untameable And they do 
3
Anna Karenina
Steve Ramos
What Tolstoy continues to teach us and what Wright captures so beautifully in his movie is how love and desire force one to act in ways others cannot understand 
3.5
Anna Karenina
Ann Lewinson
If it s only a play why should we care 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Peter Howell
The very picture of noble failure it s a bright red heart without a beat 
2
Anna Karenina
Mike McGranaghan
I found it extremely difficult to become emotionally invested because the style kept intruding pulling me out of Anna s journey and making me concentrate on the filmmaking choices 
2
Anna Karenina
Gary Thompson
The movie s still gorgeous but Anna s great tragedy condensed and accelerated and enacted underneath the visible ropes and pullies of the stage never attains its power 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Joe Williams
Even more than most versions of Anna Karenina this chamber piece is heated by two combustible characters not by the winds of war and peace 
3
Anna Karenina
Peter Canavese
Who s for 130 minutes of alienation We re able to intellectualize why we should care those social strictures are crushing hearts but we re too distracted to be moved 
2
Anna Karenina
Lisa Kennedy
Thank goodness for Domhnall Gleeson s gentle turn as Oblonsky s friend Levin The ginger haired landowner is the movie s warmest figure 
3
Anna Karenina
Chris Hewitt
The clever camera moves and inventive uses of stagecraft feel like sound and fury signifying nothing 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Steven Rea
It s hard not to admire Wright s bold approach to Anna Karenina s story of longing and jealousy and societal condemnation 
3
Anna Karenina
Austin Kennedy
I admire the film s ambition but I can t fully recommend it Sorry I need some characters that I can care about But it s almost worth seeing for the film s unique style 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Moira MacDonald
You don t merely watch Joe Wright s sumptuous Anna Karenina but you waltz with it run with it whirl with it 
3.5
Anna Karenina
Rafer Guzman
This multilayered movie is not your average Tolstoy adaptation 
3
Anna Karenina
Peter Travers
This story has been filmed many times but never with this kind of erotic charge Knightley is glorious My advice is to let Wright s Anna Karenina work its strange and marvelous spell 
3.5
Anna Karenina
Roger Moore
A perfect and dare one say it playful vehicle for Keira Knightley who always brings a chest heaving sexuality to such period pieces 
3
Anna Karenina
Stephen Whitty
For Anna Karenina to truly work you have to look at this two and think what a tragedy Instead you look at Anna and think what a fool 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Lou Lumenick
A handsome grandly theatrical reimagining of the Tolstoy novel starring his muse Keira Knightley 
3
Anna Karenina
Ann Hornaday
Wright s Anna Karenina sings dances and finally soars even as its legendary heroine plunges to her most self destructive depths 
4
Anna Karenina
Mark Dujsik
The novel features one of the most famous endings in history and Anna Karenina has a sense of propulsion that matches the instrument of that tragedy 
3
Anna Karenina
Mick LaSalle
Wright made the movie he wanted to make and he made it well It just wasn t worth making 
1
Anna Karenina
Claudia Puig
An intoxicating spectacle that breathes new life into the classic Tolstoy novel incorporating the notion that all life s a stage at least for imperial Russian society 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Robert Levin
Director Joe Wright pulls off an impressive feat taking the iconic timeless work and making it his own 
3.5
Anna Karenina
James Berardinelli
As a one time devotee of Russian literature I was suitably diverted and occasionally impressed Your mileage may vary 
3
Anna Karenina
Ty Burr
There s a coldness to the new Anna Karenina that has nothing to do with the white stuff piled up along the streets of 19th century St Petersburg It s the chill that comes from a director entranced with his own talent 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Peter Keough
Though it distracts from the realism that makes the novel so immersive the artificiality does highlight the most genuine aspect of the movie the performances 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Matt Pais
Maybe it s time to focus on coming up with new classics instead of constantly returning to the old ones 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Roger Ebert
This is a sumptuous film extravagantly staged and photographed perhaps too much so for its own good 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Rex Reed
James Joyce once wrote that Tolstoy was never dull never stupid never tired pedantic or theatrical He might change his mind if he saw Anna Karenina 
2
Anna Karenina
Christy Lemire
Wondrous as all this artifice is it s also a huge distraction The self consciousness of the structure keeps us at arm s length emotionally 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Andrew Schenker
The film contains far more passion and a tad more complexity than the dominant and typically more staid model of middlebrow costume drama 
2.5
Anna Karenina
Sean O'Connell
A striking bold brash passionate and provocative adaptation that breathes fire into a Russian classic It s a must see 
3.5
The Tainted Veil
Wes Greene
The filmmakers refuse to promote a political agenda of their own in order to let the varied convictions of others foster a necessary dialogue 
2.5
A Gun to the Head
Rick Groen
The execution alas is strictly movie of the week 
2
A Gun to the Head
Bill Chambers
A bush league Mikey and Nicky 
2
Dedication
Jeffrey Westhoff
It restores one s faith in Mandy Moore s film career 
3
Dedication
Walter V. Addiego
Director Theroux has a tendency to overplay things with self consciously arty direction and an intrusive soundtrack 
2.5
Dedication
Roger Ebert
Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore are immensely likable We like them so much we regret having to see them in this story 
2
Dedication
Wesley Morris
Theroux brings none of the electric surprise or intensity of his acting to bear on the movie He seems unhappy with the assignment 
1.5
Dedication
John Hartl
A well acted comedy drama that may feature the most disagreeable gang of characters to populate any movie this year Too bad they re not quite as much fun to watch 
2
Dedication
Sid Smith
Dedication is engaging for a while but flits from style to style from dark to loopy comedy only to settle on gooey romance 
2
Dedication
Maitland McDonagh
Perhaps it s time to send the oh so amusing head case into the same oblivion as the hilarious drunk along with the notion that the love of a good woman fixes all 
2
Dedication
Jim Hemphill
A weird hybrid of hipster art house film and chick flick in which the warring intentions and attitudes cancel each other out 
1
Dedication
Kyle Smith
A pleasingly weird dryly funny little indie 
3
Dedication
Jack Mathews
This might work if there were chemistry between the stars but eccentric Crudup and girl next door Moore may be the worst casting match of the year 
1.5
Dedication
Jan Stuart
Dedication is peppered with drolly passive aggressive supporting characters and actors equipped to do them full justice 
3.5
Dedication
Ed Gonzalez
Another example of David Lynch s groovy surrealist vernacular flying over the head of one of his actors 
2
The Lost City
Wesley Lovell
Ultimately 44 the The Lost City is relatively hollow with a somewhat uncharacteristic denouement that connects back to Bullock 8217 s late husband and her inability to let him go 46 
2.5
The Lost City
Chase Hutchinson
The Lost City is at its best when it is light and silly 44 smoothing over some of the rougher edges where its jokes don apos t always land 46 
2.5
The Lost City
Peter Canavese
An unofficial remake of apos Romancing the Stone apos with a big movie star cameo 46 Dull 44 obvious and very familiar with a script that just pokes along 46 
2
The Lost City
Matt Brunson
The breezy pace is appreciated 44 but in two years 44 viewers won apos t recall any discernible differences between this 44 Uncharted 44 and Jungle Cruise 46 
2.5
The Lost City
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 coasts along on the charisma and chemistry of its stars 46 
3
The Lost City
David Nusair
46 46 46 erratic yet mostly watchable 46 46 46 
2.5
The Lost City
Linda Cook
Find apos The Lost City apos for romantic adventure 46 
3
The Lost City
Sarah Knight Adamson
We need more comedy in this world and what better way to achieve that than through viewing the Queen of Comedy Sandra Bullock or Miss Congeniality while munching on popcorn in a movie theater and yes Channing Tatum and Brad Pitt are always a plus 
3.5
The Lost City
Sean P. Means
The Lost City isnt a big movie even with its big stars Its out to provide audiences with an undemanding good time Its a modest goal but its one the movie reaches 
3
The Lost City
Dann Gire
Even Brad Pitt s hilarious ex Navy SEAL can t save Bullock s anemic action comedy 
2
The Lost City
Rex Reed
I squirm and moan my way through stinkers all the time but I can t actually remember the last time I saw a submental farce this witless boring and stupid 
1
The Lost City
Ray Gill Jr.
Though it relies on premise more than plot The Lost City stands tall among its rival predators in the catalog of action comedies 
3
The Lost City
Matthew Passantino
Flaws be damned Aaron Nee and Adam Nee s The Lost City is the perfect blend of silly stupid with wide appeal that a weary movie going audience needs right now 
3
The Lost City
Joe Friar
If youre looking for a good time and plenty of laughs youll enjoy this charming comedy Bullock and Tatum have great chemistry 
3
The Lost City
Daniel M. Kimmel
a gloriously silly movie that owes a lot to the 1984 hit Romancing The Stone 
3.5
The Lost City
Abby Olcese
It s bright both visually and atmospherically It s an original story told by filmmakers who get what kind of movie this is 
3.5
The Lost City
Sara Michelle Fetters
The only reason Im willing to give this film something of a halfhearted recommendation is based solely on the undeniably magnetic chemistry generated by Bullock and Tatum 
2.5
The Lost City
Ty Burr
A microwave burrito of a movie You ll eat it while wondering why 
2
The Lost City
James Berardinelli
The Lost City is a passable diversion 
2.5
The Lost City
Kevin Carr
It s a nice throwaway date night movie Don t think too much about it 
2.5
The Lost City
Kevin A. Ranson
Our would be heroes eventually fail upward into their inevitable reconciliation dragging on to deliver a mercifully okay ending and an acceptable denouement a sad hint of what shouldnt come from a sequel that has even less of a right to exist 
2
The Lost City
Tom Meek
Don t get me wrong the film has plenty of didn t see that coming moments it s just they re front loaded 
2.5
The Lost City
Mattie Lucas
Feels like the kind of breezy mid budget studio comedy the likes of which are very much an endangered species nowadays and that makes it something that should be cherished and protected 
2.5
The Lost City
Steven Prokopy
You can t Hail Mary your entire film by casting great personas and hoping that gets you through the entire production That never works It s essentially what the filmmakers of The Lost City have done and it shows 
2
The Lost City
Chris Hewitt
You ll recognize the romantic comedy formula here but it s been so long since we ve seen a movie of this ilk that Lost City feels fresh 
3
The Lost City
Mark Feeney
Sometimes it works let s say 12 percent of the time and The Lost City can actually be deft and imaginative Unfortunately that leaves 88 percent which doesn t 
2
The Lost City
Sonny Bunch
Daniel Radcliffe may have delivered my favorite performance as the alternatingly goofy and menacing Abigail the way he says coital reverie while discussing the tawdriness of Sages books made me laugh out loud 
3
The Lost City
Mike McGranaghan
No matter how preposterous the plot gets and it gets very preposterous watching the stars bounce off each other offers sufficient pleasure 
3
The Lost City
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Bullock is always able to command our attention and Tatum makes an excellent foil If The Lost City never finds its way above middlebrow at least it knows its place Enjoy 
2.5
Valentín
Phoebe Flowers
Hilarious and genuinely touching 
3.5
Valentín
Joe Baltake
Occasionally charming but it s as manipulative as it is heartfelt 
2.5
Valentín
Robert W. Butler
For most of its running time Valentin rambles along in the same gear providing few highs or lows and generating any real emotional excitement only in the last reel by which time you ve either fallen for the kid or zoned out 
.5
Valentín
Jeff Strickler
Sporting thick black rimmed glasses a runaway imagination and enough nervous energy to light up Manhattan Noya turns what could have been a pitiful character into a rambunctious imp 
3
Valentín
Walter Chaw
A delightfully precious melon headed little boy reminds the world s Jerry Maguires that the grass is greener on every side 
2
Valentín
David N. Butterworth
The short sighted Valentn fails to warm the heart 
2
Valentín
Michael Booth
Valentin does not quite complete its intended journey deep into our hearts 
2
Valentín
Wesley Morris
The movie plays simply on the surface 
2
Valentín
Liam Lacey
As a whole Valentin is cloying consistently overplaying its young star s pathos and cuteness 
2.5
Valentín
Ted Fry
A heartfelt story that would have been a sickly sweet mess in the hands of a Hollywood studio 
3
Valentín
Carla Meyer
A film at once heavy handed scattered and heartfelt 
3
Valentín
Steven Rea
Heartfelt and artfully shot 
2.5
Valentín
David Elliott
This is a kid even Art Linkletter would have told to shut up 
2
Valentín
John Petrakis
The film is plenty charming but lacks a connection to its time and place that would put Valentin s dilemma in context 
3
Valentín
Roger Ebert
The film is warm and intriguing 
3
Valentín
Jonathan Foreman
A sweet often poignant little film 
2.5
Valentín
Bob Strauss
The latest in a long and pandering lot of heartwarming movies about troubled foreign kids Valentin benefits from a general sense of realism and behavioral credibility 
3
Valentín
Mike Clark
It makes February s Monsieur Ibrahim linger in the mind even more pleasantly 
2
Valentín
James Berardinelli
Although Valentin is well acted and sporadically charming it doesn t have much more heft that one might expect from lightweight multiplex fare 
2.5
Valentín
Steve Rhodes
Cloying and annoying seven year old Rodrigo Noya stars in a story that is silly sappy and sometimes bittersweet 
2
Valentín
Ed Gonzalez
Valentn sometimes feels less like a film than a really good sitcom that isn t afraid to leave things a little untidy 
3
Valentín
Rene Rodriguez
Never becomes cloying 
3
Valentín
Adam Nayman
Pleasantly underwhelming 
2
A Lady in Paris
Kent Turner
At 84 actress Jeanne Moreau gives out a dangerous and a high voltage charge in the otherwise sweet and straightforward A Lady in Paris 
2.5
Affairs of State
Derek Smith
Director Eric Bross s Affairs of State is a political thriller that plays like an adaptation of a trashy romance novel 
1
Peep World
Robert Levin
There s no arc to what s on screen because the film essentially begins right before the real story s climax draws things out for 90 minutes and ends with a thud 
1.5
Peep World
Jesse Cataldo
The film draws its laughs from the suffering of its characters knocking them against each other while jury rigging a spindly plot from their in fighting 
1
Peep World
Lou Lumenick
The heavy handed Peep World has a few laughs sprinkled over its abbreviated running time as it limps to a predictable conclusion 
1
Peep World
Dustin Putman
An entertaining slice of salty life but ultimately just what its title suggests merely a peep into a world with greater potential 
2.5
Peep World
David Nusair
A breezy entertaining piece of work 
2.5
Tex
Roger Ebert
There is a shock of recognition almost from the beginning of Tex because we re listening to the sound of American voices in an authentically American world 
4
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Lucius Gore
No fans of Mamma Mia won t be too thrilled with Repo The Genetic Opera 
3
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Robert W. Butler
Bousman s editing and camera angles are consistently inventive and the production design Blade Runner is a big influence as is Disneyland s Haunted Mansion attraction squeezes a lot of bang out of every buck 
2.5
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Susan Walker
As it has evolved from a 10 minute cabaret piece through a short film Bousman made in Toronto to the big screen Repo The Genetic Opera has gained in both guts and gusto 
2.5
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Stephen Cole
David Cronenberg might have made a great movie with the plot to Repo The Genetic Opera 
1
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Dustin Putman
People may want to label this emotionally cold curiosity piece as a cult in the making but such claims might be jumping the gun The picture doesn t hold nearly enough charm for that 
2
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Austin Kennedy
While I don t think it s a masterpiece the music made it more than worthwhile for me A sick fun and demented musical 
3
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Chris Hewitt
You ve never seen anything like Repo The Genetic Opera Not that you d want to 
1.5
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Kyle Smith
The smudgy pall cast over everything by director Darren Lynn Bousman might work for a five minute music video but it quickly becomes as tiresome as the general air of bombastitude 
1.5
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Bob Strauss
Not for all tastes Repo The Genetic Opera can boast a lot of imagination and some evident talent 
2.5
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Claudia Puig
Repo might have been an SNL or MADtv skit but as a movie it should be repossessed by its financiers 
1
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Elizabeth Weitzman
Check out the trailer before you commit to this one if it s for you you ll know instantly And if it s not you ll know that too 
2
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Peter Travers
Talented actors are involved and I will spare them by not citing their names 
.5
Grace Fury
Roger Moore
Somewhere between modern dance and Riverdance between pliés and highland flings Carruthers finds her dancing voice If only she d kept that hilariously pretentious narrator s voice to herself 
1.5
Penelope
Matt Brunson
Marginally buoyed by the efforts of its leading lady and one particular supporting player 
2.5
Close
Pablo O. Scholz
An artistic experience told simply with humility talent and a lot of substance and passion Full review in Spanish 
4
Close
Rex Reed
Close is a fresh moving and unforgettable chronicle of masculine trust and devotion 
4
Close
Max Weiss
Out of the gate I didn t really buy this friendship It seemed too idealized and overly aestheticized 
2
Close
Lisa Trifone
It can be a cliche to say that a film will linger with viewers long after it ends 44 but Close earns that status as something beautiful 44 bittersweet and undeniably powerful 46 
4
Close
Ty Burr
Dumbrine an amateur in his first acting role is a luminous presence who makes you feel every conflicting mash up of love resentment and grief roiling beneath Léo s skin 
3
Close
Robert Horton
What elevates Close is the almost casual way the worm of doubt can be installed in a previously happy existence 8212 an observation devastatingly brought to life 46 
3.5
Close
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Close remains involving and intimate throughout and it s arguably a playbook for how adults should treat children Maybe they just do middle school better in Belgium 
3
Close
Anne Brodie
The delicacy and compassion of Dhont 8217 s work reverberate long after the film ends 44 as does the pain of knowing that the boys represent 40 people 41 afraid of being perceived as different 46 A heartfelt 44 shimmering look at innocents in mature situations 46 10 
4
Close
Ann Hornaday
Dhont tells a familiar story in what feels like a fresh and urgently new way with sensitivity sadness and promising glimmers of hope 
4
Close
G. Allen Johnson
A sharply observed heartbreaking masterpiece 
4
Close
Lindsey Bahr
A crushing story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont 
3.5
Close
Mark Dujsik
Close 46 46 46 does get at some unsettling truths about how influential and destructive the words and thoughts of others can be 46 
3
Close
Roger Moore
A marvelously understated movie 46 46 46 Dhont gives viewers room to make up our own minds about what 8217 s happening and come to different conclusions than his
3
Close
Diego Semerene
The film reminds us that any coming of age is a risky business where finitude and mourning are the only guarantees 46 
3.5
Close
Rene Sanchez
Newcomers Eden Dambrine y Gustav De Waele are absolutely magnificent in this sincere and affecting story of innocence loss 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Close
Brian Eggert
Dhont 8217 s lyrical direction sometimes veers into a stereotypical serious drama aesthetic that underscores his own heavy handed choices 46 Fortunately 44 he directs several strong performances 46 
3
Close
Randy Myers
It features world wise performances from its cast a haunting score from composer Valentin Hadjadj and breathtaking cinematography from Malte Rosenfeld It s a treasure you ll never forget 
4
Never Back Down
Peter Canavese
A sort of teenage Fight Club complete with daddy issues Never Back Down is a slight refinement of the sort of picture that was ascendant in the 80s Blu Ray 
2
Never Back Down
Austin Kennedy
People that actually think the trailer looks cool will probably like the movie enough and it does have some cool fights I just couldn t get past the fact that the movie gave you no one to root for 
2
Never Back Down
Sean P. Means
If you thought the problem with Step Up 2 The Streets was that there weren t enough kicks to the head this virtual remake is for you 
2
Never Back Down
Sean McBride
proves to be a bit of a guilty pleasure
2
Never Back Down
Linda Cook
You could call this Fight Club Jr blended with Karate Kid Redux and The Fast and the Furious Again 
2.5
Never Back Down
Michael Phillips
It s a little Karate Kid a smidge of Fight Club a lot of The O C evil boy Gigandet played an evil boy on that series and presto probable hit 
2
Never Back Down
Maitland McDonagh
This unlikely hybrid of The Karate Kid and Fight Club is formulaic and derivative but sufficiently well made to work as both teen angst melodrama and bone rattling brawl picture 
3
Never Back Down
Tom Keogh
Towering above all is Hounsou whose performance grants Never Back Down a measure of dignity 
1
Never Back Down
Ruthe Stein
The fights are parceled out at intervals during the last half all leading to a climactic battle But it s hard to build suspense when you know it is coming and you know who will win 
2
Never Back Down
James Berardinelli
This movie isn t bad just because it follows a formula slavishly but because it does so without verve or passion 
2
Never Back Down
Kyle Smith
A formula flick that should have tapped out in the script stage 
1
Never Back Down
Joe Neumaier
By the time ever noble ever watchable Djimon Hounsou shows up to teach earnest young Jake honor and roundhouse kicks the power rock and smashmouth idiocy become like a fever dream sweaty and hard to shake off 
2
Never Back Down
Donald Munro
Director Jeff Wadlow finds a sort of nobility in the subject matter than you might not expect for a film that consists in large part of bloodthirsty mobs clamoring for violence 
2.5
Never Back Down
Loey Lockerby
If Mystery Science Theater 3000 ever makes a comeback I ve got its first movie A soulless blend of bad action bad acting and worse writing Never Back Down is tolerable only if merciless wisecrackers are offering commentary 
1
Never Back Down
Jason McBride
Mr Miyagi would not be pleased 
1.5
Never Back Down
Philip Marchand
Tyler does not live on planet Earth but planet Hollywood formula where the storm clouds of Fight Club hang over the once charming but now seedy landscape of The Karate Kid 
2
Never Back Down
Wesley Morris
The movie is just a cheesy preposterous semi eroticized way of yelling Fight Fight when two people go at it in the school cafeteria 
2.5
Never Back Down
Daniel M. Kimmel
the plot is practically a remake of The Karate Kid That may be sufficiently long ago that the target audience of teens won t notice but it s pretty blatant 
2.5
Never Back Down
Willie Waffle
Gigandet chews up the scenery like he is a gigantic post apocalyptic termite bent on destruction 
.5
Never Back Down
Mack Bates
In lieu of character development we get musical montages and the film is sliced and diced more than all of Sweeney Todd s victims combined 
2
Never Back Down
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly the movie is not terrible In fact it s watchable if you can stand the sight of people pummeling each other 
2
Never Back Down
Dustin Putman
Is Never Back Down so bad it s good or just plain bad Really it s a little bit of both 
1.5
Never Back Down
Jan Stuart
Never see movies that give stupid macho advice in their titles 
1.5
Never Back Down
Phil Villarreal
Seriously when it comes to filling your soundtrack with whiny alt rock ballads you should highly consider backing down 
2.5
Never Back Down
Josh Larsen
The 1980s are alive but not very well in Never Back Down 
2
Never Back Down
Kam Williams
The Karate Kid joins the Fight Club and kicks butt 
3.5
Never Back Down
Bill Weber
The ethical nitwittery of fight so you don t have to fight again and invocations of The Iliad in this context brazenly transform a dumb bone cruncher into a putridly dissembling one 
.5
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Burl Burlingame
Tomorrow is less realistic than Red Dawn if you can wrap your head around that without making it pop off 
1.5
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Jeff Shannon
You know the drill A small group of unsuspecting adventurers wanders into danger and not all of them will get out alive 
2
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Mike McGranaghan
This is a movie that packs in a lot of very cool action while still addressing its themes intelligently It s one to seek out 
3
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Dustin Putman
Quite a crafty genre mash up that deserves to find an audience 
2.5
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Calum Marsh
So full of stock types and clichés it makes The Breakfast Club look like Nashville 
.5
Holy Smoke
Josh Larsen
a sexual awakening of sorts for both of its characters 
3
Holy Smoke
Margaret A. McGurk
A blithering mess of a story 
1
Holy Smoke
Rick Groen
Nice try but there s not a laugh in sight 
2
Holy Smoke
James Kendrick
Incoherent mess 
1.5
Holy Smoke
Steve Rhodes
Part quirky Australian comedy and part film about cult deprogramming the script by Anna and Jane Campion is neither funny nor credible 
2
Holy Smoke
Gemma Files
Not all of the ensuing psychodrama works completely but as ever it s just so pleasant to see someone making a movie that s about something
4
Holy Smoke
Jonathan Foreman
A dreadful mess 
1.5
Holy Smoke
John Anderson
Despite the good performances and Campion s visual reach her characters are too specific eccentric to transcend their storyline and make us feel that there s something to be absorbed from the P J Ruth imbroglio 
2.5
Holy Smoke
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Holy Smoke does journey all over the map in a variety of tones and styles but Campion is a master director and keeps this under control 
3.5
Holy Smoke
Joe Baltake
A tightly wound heady affair that actually comes to seem more deranged as it progresses 
3
Holy Smoke
James Berardinelli
Holy Smoke is one of those movies that takes some potentially fascinating ideas and shipwrecks them by poor execution and even worse writing 
1.5
Holy Smoke
Bob Graham
It also has a terrific subject and the spirit to bring it off 
3
Holy Smoke
Wesley Morris
The most blatant and delirious of Campion s five features 
3
Holy Smoke
Roger Ebert
A smaller picture like this shot out of the mainstream has a better chance of being quirky and original And quirky it is even if not successful Maybe it s the setup that threw me off 
2.5
Holy Smoke
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jane Campion va en franco descenso en cuanto a calidad y coherencia cinematogrfica se refiere
1.5
Holy Smoke
Ian Mantgani
Here is a movie that promises to be a drama about two passionate people waging intellectual war on each other but disintegrates into a bizarre mixture of Ticket to Heaven Last Tango in Paris Klute and Coneheads 
2
Holy Smoke
Susan Stark
Holy Smoke owes a lot to Winslet both because of the way she looks and because of the emotional energy she brings to her work Without Winslet the film would be barely worth watching 
2
Holy Smoke
Cornell & Petricelli
Its pretentiousness incoherent story and huge logic holes make a disjointed mess 
2.5
Holy Smoke
Ross Anthony
But I didn t like Piano either 
1
Holy Smoke
Matt Reichl
Holy Smoke is the ultimate demonstration that Campion isn t nearly as intelligent a director as she thinks she is 
1.5
Holy Smoke
Mike Clark
Every shot Campion and cinematographer Dion Beebe come up with is a compositional classic 
3.5
Holy Smoke
Rob Blackwelder
It s a movie you enjoy even though you wish it had been better 
2.5
Holy Smoke
Michael Dequina
It s refreshing to see Winslet follow Titanic s phenomenal commercial success by returning to the edgy roles in smaller films that earned her recognition in the first place 
3
Holy Smoke
Jeff Vice
It s little more than a revisionist version of Shakespeare s The Taming of the Shrew without the clever wordplay 
1.5
Yor, the Hunter From the Future
James Sanford
When a comrade warns Yor about the approaching creature of the night he should have added You might get tangled up in his wires 
0
Hit by Lightning
Sara Stewart
From its uninspired sitcom y look to its phoned in dialogue I love you plus infinity I love you plus double infinity to its creaky plot Hit by Lightning is anything but electrifying 
1
Hit by Lightning
Roger Moore
Jon Cryer plays another lovesick loser only this one can swear and gets mixed up in a lame murder my husband for me comic thriller
1.5
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
Mark Feeney
Harlan must have felt he was the right filmmaker at the right place at the right time Did he ever stop to think that his luck also meant the doom of millions Moeller s documentary can t supply an answer It does however make the rest of us wonder 
3
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
Peter Keough
Provokes and fascinates 
3
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
Kam Williams
Exhibit A as to why every generation needs to be reminded about the horrors of the Holocaust afresh 
4
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
V.A. Musetto
Moeller avoids sensationalism or pointing fingers letting each side have its say and allowing viewers to decide Harlan s agenda for themselves 
3
Gun Runners
Brad Wheeler
Gun Runners is a contextual intimate look inside a world most of us know nothing about 
2.5
Shine
Mike McGranaghan
Shine wants to be a dance movie and a piece of social commentary at the same time Too much of the running time is consumed by the commentary which has all the depth of a third grade book report 
1
Shine
Sean P. Means
This rehash of save the neighborhood cliches devised by first time director Anthony Nardolillo and co writers Corey Deshon and Ahmadu Garba is instantly forgettable except for the ridiculous use of F bombs 
2
The Vanishing Spring Light
Linda Barnard
It provides a rare look at an aspect of Chinese life that seems timeless even as its time is running out 
3
On-Line
John Monaghan
The youthful cast is lively enough to make the enterprise almost work presenting a time capsule of cyber communication that should be more interesting 20 years from now 
2
On-Line
Janice Page
Weintrob s stylish visuals mimic Web technologies which succeed in making his characters seem all the more removed from reality Now if someone would find a way to equip theater seats with a delete key we could be rid of them completely 
2
On-Line
Roger Ebert
It does a good job of portraying the day to day life of these online obsessives but we realize eventually that they are more interesting because they are online 
2
On-Line
Robert K. Elder
If you like scenes of characters sticking hands down their pants this is the film for you 
2
On-Line
Laine Ewen
At its heart On_Line is just an old fashioned movie about people relationships and making connections in an isolated world And in this sense the movie is very successful 
2.5
On-Line
Gene Seymour
Take away the computers and DSL lines and it s the 1950s of Jules Feiffer and Mike Nichols and Elaine May all over again without the shrewdness and bite 
2.5
On-Line
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Actually admits that human beings think about sex A lot 
3
On-Line
Rob Blackwelder
a savvy shrewd commentary on the listless self absorption of modern computer cocooners 
3
On-Line
Glenn Lovell
While On Line pretends to be about cyber sex it s really about sitcom situations and cyber schmaltz 
2
On-Line
Megan Lehmann
It s really just about a bunch of pathetic losers whiling away the hours with their hands jammed down their pants 
1
On-Line
Steve Rhodes
A fun insightful and sensuous romp through a world in which few of us have traveled 
3
Sunday
Jeff Vice
The film still succeeds on the strength of its two leads David Suchet and Lisa Harrow 
3
Sunday
James Berardinelli
A poignant powerfully realized character study of two lonely people 
3.5
Sunday
Roger Ebert
The heart of the film is strong 
3
Sunday
Joe Baltake
An arresting film at once lyrical and gritty 
3
Sunday
Steve Rhodes
The writers have surprisingly little to say and what is said is quite dated and unrealistic 
1.5
Creature
Roger Moore
Parents should have it on their Netflix instant queue ready to buttress their If you go to acting school you COULD end up taking your clothes off for some hack for a movie like this 
.5
Creature
John Beifuss
Assembles all the ingredients necessary for a tasty swampsploitation horror gumbo but sabotages the meal with cheesy digital blur effects and a lame sinkhole ending that prophesied the movie s box office fate 
1.5
Creature
Brett Michel
Not even House of 1000 Corpses Sid Haig hamming it up as a hillbilly patriarch can pull this out of the New Orleans swamp it s set in 
0.5
Creature
Glenn Lovell
heaps on the gore and the T A 8210 genre staples 8210 and can best be described as Swamp Thing with teeth razor sharp teeth Delivers the goods in old fashioned knee to the jugular jolts 
3
Creature
Ethan Gilsdorf
Deep in the swampy hearts and minds of some filmmakers embarrassing stereotypes still fester gathering moss and slime 
1
Creature
James Berardinelli
There is a perverse enjoyment to be had from something this cheesy although not enough of one that I can recommend sitting through it 
2
Creature
Stephen Whitty
It is in no way a great movie But it is a great reminder of what used to be so much fun about bad movies 
2
Creature
David Nusair
A seriously bottom of the barrel horror effort 
1
Creature
Bruce DeMara
May have been intended as a homage of sorts to Jaws but it comes across as more like a ripoff of a film that is far far far out of its league 
1
Creature
Dustin Putman
A nice try but done in by an annoyingly convoluted script and an obvious dearth of resources 
1.5
See How They Run
Rosalie Kicks
An absolute delight 33 
3
See How They Run
David Nusair
46 46 46 a sporadically watchable yet mostly tedious murder mystery 46 46 46 
2
See How They Run
Peter Canavese
A spirited 44 meta 44 frothy and amusingly arch mystery comedy for theater nerds with a snappy script and a smashing cast 46 
3
See How They Run
Paula Vázquez Prieto
Rockwell and Ronan s performance as a pair of detectives that inspire warmth and humor clearly shows an ability to interpret their characters without feeling superior to them Full review in Spanish 
3
See How They Run
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ronan steals the picture 44 easily 44 with her snappy comic performance 44 forever excited at getting a shot at her first murder 46 
3
See How They Run
Chase Hutchinson
While Ronan and Rockwell are always a joy to see on screen 44 this is a case not worth solving 46 
1
See How They Run
Tom Meek
The film loses some of its edge as it wear on and Rockwell seems a bit off for a part that begs for Sellers but Brody and Ronan keep things clicking along 
2.5
See How They Run
Nazareno Brega
It s clever aplenty but the director conveys a lack of commitment to the material as if he s trying to avoid getting blood on his hands Full review in Spanish 
2
See How They Run
Walter Chaw
I wasn t sorry I watched See How They Run but I won t remember having done so as soon as I m finished writing this 
2
See How They Run
Jeff York
At times it feels less like an homage to Agatha Christie s mystery aesthetic and more like a Wes Anderson period piece It s amusing in its droll eccentricity but not much of a thriller 
2
See How They Run
Mark Meszoros
Filmed during the pandemic shutdown in West End theaters and hotels during the pandemic shutdown 44 when the fantastic locations otherwise likely wouldn 8217 t be available 44 See How They Run is a perfectly pleasant passer of time but little more 46 
2.5
See How They Run
Steven Prokopy
That element of See How The Run lands with a bit of a dull thud 44 but as long as solving the overarching mystery is important to you 44 there 8217 s enough playfulness and amusement to hold things together 44 just barely 46 
2.5
See How They Run
Richard Roeper
Rockwell doesn t put all that much effort into his British accent but it kinda works and he s the perfect straight man for Ronan s endearingly clumsy machinations and self deprecating dialogue It all adds up to a smashingly good time 
3
See How They Run
Nell Minow
Since the movie is exceptionally well cast and stylishly filmed 44 I thought it was a hoot 46 
2.5
See How They Run
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The clash of personalities is meant to remind us of the many similar dynamics in Christie s own novels or in the play but is instead mostly just tiresome By the end though we ve had some good moments it s more than time to run on home 
2
See How They Run
Jeff Mitchell
8216 See How They Run 8217 has the look of a Wes Anderson picture 44 but the movie isn 8217 t much fun 44 other than Ronan 8217 s lively performance 46 
2
See How They Run
Anne Brodie
The jolly British whodunnit See How They Run is cleverly connected to Agatha Christie 8217 s famous murder 47 detective play The Mousetrap 46 Given the strict imposed parameters of the play 44 it feels unbound and energized 44 a ray of witty sunshine 46 
3
See How They Run
Mark Feeney
Ronan is the best thing in the picture What a great innocent deadpan she has 
2.5
See How They Run
James Berardinelli
Sometimes it s possible to get a sense of a movie s quality from the cast Although not a foolproof means of determination it works here 
3
See How They Run
Mike McGranaghan
Full of laughs and the kind of madcap energy that is hard to resist 46 
3
See How They Run
Chris Hewitt
In a perfect world See How They Run like Mousetrap would run forever 
3.5
See How They Run
Mark Dujsik
The ideas for a few good jokes are here 44 but the setups as a satire 44 a comedy 44 and a mystery are too muddled for the punch lines to function 46 
2
See How They Run
Nina Metz
I m not saying whodunits should be humorless Far from it But it s as if all the reliable tropes the twists and turns are seen as passe and best mitigated with self aware comedy skewering it all 
2
See How They Run
Ray Gill Jr.
Director Tom George and writer Mark Chappell indulge in meta mystery in this film noir leaning primarily on established tropes and almost getting away with it 
2
See How They Run
Randy Myers
A crafty mystery within a mystery brain twister that plays its sleight of hand with skill and spirit 
3
See How They Run
Mark Kennedy
Whodunits are hot But if you ve see this one you ve definitely seen them all 
1
See How They Run
Joey Magidson
See How They Run is a lighthearted romp of an Agatha Christie homage 46 
3
See How They Run
Rafer Guzman
This snoozy whodunit spoof doesn t have a clue 
1.5
See How They Run
Michael O'Sullivan
Christie s 1952 play provides a fun backdrop if one rendered irreverently for this diverting puzzle within a puzzle 
3
See How They Run
G. Allen Johnson
With its postcard mid 20th century London setting classic movie references and a sweet winning comic performance from Saoirse Ronan it acts as comfort food for the genre s aficionados 
2.5
See How They Run
Soren Andersen
A most delightful comedy thanks above all to Ronan 
3.5
See How They Run
Chris Barsanti
A whodunnit romp in the key of Wes Anderson 46 
2.5
See How They Run
Brian Eggert
A whodunit that simultaneously winks at its antecedents 44 the audience 44 and itself 46 
2.5
See How They Run
Roger Moore
Oh 44 it 8217 s not as clever as it thinks it is 46 And truthfully 44 for a 8220 romp 8221 it only occasionally romps 46 10 10 But it apos s still a warm 44 witty and winning old fashioned 8220 whodunit 46 8221 
2.5
Eden Log
Lucius Gore
A passable French sci fi film but far from great 
2
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Josh Larsen
traces a bar s final bleary belligerent occasionally beautiful 24 hours 
3.5
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Lisa Trifone
Bloody Nose Empty Pockets is a kind of fever dream of better times 
3
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Robert Horton
The Ross brothers never let anyone overstay his welcome the latter point especially impressive given how quickly drunkards can become tiresome 
3
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Mike Scott
As with the Ross brothers previous work it hovers somewhere between drama and documentary form wise Also like their previous work it s a triumph 
3.5
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Mark Dujsik
It surpasses easy restrictive labels and exists as a one of a kind triumph of storytelling 
4
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Michael Phillips
This movie creates illusions of truth out of artifice that happens to look act smell and taste like its own indelible reality 
3
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Matt Zoller Seitz
Bursting with humanity grounded in humility and in love with the poetry of faces Bloody Nose Empty Pockets is a classic indie film that will irritate or mystify some viewers while inspiring evangelical fervor in others 
4
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Ann Hornaday
An absorbing portrait of drinking life in all its joys fellowship high spirits and fleeting flirty intimacy and sorrows 
2.5
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Carson Lund
It s in certain characters trajectories that the Ross brothers locate the tragic soul of the bar 
3.5
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Sean P. Means
There are some scenes in which the experiment works where the Rosses as the only people operating cameras in the bar capture little moments of honest connection 
3
The Boy
Brian Eggert
In an age where Hollywood is obsessed with demonic spirit possessions poltergeists and other ghostly hauntings The Boy is a refreshing change of pace with fine acting and an effective production 
3
The Boy
Frank Ochieng
The Boy certainly has its moments of shock value but the sluggish story feels lukewarm for the most part It is such a shame that The Boy could not capitalize any further on its strange and hypnotic inclinations 
2
The Boy
Kevin A. Ranson
Fans of Cohan and spooky flicks will find plenty to enjoy here enough to give a positive recommendation for but it will always feel like a missed opportunity not getting to see what we really hoped for 
3
The Boy
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I can t say what transpires ends up making The Boy a bad film it does have the unfortunate effect of making it a less interesting one 
2
The Boy
John Hanlon
The bizarre but intriguing premise here is undermined because the film isn t willing to take risks to embrace the absurdity of the situation 
2.0
The Boy
John Beifuss
Creepy if hardly credible and admirably compact 
2.5
The Boy
David Nusair
46 46 46 just another run of the mill 44 neutered horror effort 46 
2
The Boy
Josh Terry
The Boy isn t scary and director William Brent Bell doesn t do near enough elsewhere to make up for it 
1
The Boy
Linda Cook
For Twilight Zone aficionados the premise of The Boy will hold particular intrigue 
2
The Boy
Roger Moore
Clumsiest cop out of a coda you will ever see 
1
The Boy
Christy Lemire
It s awkward and strange but never shamelessly over the top enough to serve as a guilty pleasure 
1.5
The Wolf's Call
Roger Moore
There s an awful lot of far fetched poppycock in this Hunt for Red October meets Fail Safe 
2
Impact Point
David Nusair
admittedly does manage to sustain one s interest in a mindless lazy Sunday sort of way 
2
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Mattie Lucas
An essential and utterly fascinating look at what it means to be black to be American and ultimately to be human 
3.5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Rafer Guzman
A visually mesmerizing but only half illuminating documentary on black lives in the Deep South 
2.5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Melissa Vincent
At every juncture Ross elects for ambiguity and poses a question to the viewer to answer how black bodies are viewed encouraging the audience to perform the labour of challenging their expectations 
4
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Peter Howell
Vividly sketches African American lives on an Alabama trek that bypasses stereotypes and narrative conceit proceeding directly to empathy 
3.5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Josh Larsen
A very particular sort of camera is at work in Hale County This Morning This Evening 
3.5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Joe Friar
Ross eye as a photographer results in amazing cinematography The unorthodox documentary represents cinema in its purest form 
3.5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
David Lewis
A 76 minute visual poem that pays homage to folks who still harbor hopes and dreams despite a hardscrabble existence 
3
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Odie Henderson
As a record of African American imagery it s not just an evaluation of how we are seen it s also a corrective that replaces stereotype with visual poetry 
3.5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Christopher Gray
One of the remarkable things about the film s offhand sense of intimacy is that it emerges from such a diverse shooting style 
3
Blood Oranges
Michael Dequina
With repeated use of such ridiculous risqu terms as the love lunch and sex singer can anyone take this film seriously as drama or erotica 
0
I Am Ali
Matt Zoller Seitz
It doesn t break any new ground not does it claim to but it s likable and reasonably thorough 
2.5
I Am Ali
John Beifuss
The movie loses momentum the more it relies on what is supposed to be its novel aspect the participation of Ali family members The hagiography becomes tiresome 
2.5
I Am Ali
David Hiltbrand
Unless you have an insatiable appetite for goo goo father daughter talks the recordings are tedious 
1.5
I Am Ali
Mark Jenkins
I Am Ali merely reminds us of the boxer s appeal without adding to our understanding 
2
I Am Ali
Michael Phillips
A composite portrait of a complicated figure Lewins film is an affectionate series of memories as recalled by Ali s family and associates 
3
Best in Show
David Nusair
often feels much much longer than its 90 minutes 
1.5
Best in Show
Tom Meek
Willard plays a color commentator at a Philadelphia dog show whose observations are off color and belly grabbing hilarious the whole film s one big shaggy guffaw 
3.5
Best in Show
Matt Brunson
The first 45 minutes are amusing enough but the movie ascends to another level with the second half introduction of Fred Willard as commentator Buck Laughlin 
3.5
Best in Show
Nick Rogers
The real pedigree doesn t even arrive until halfway through Fred Willard s unforgettable dim bulb commentator takes aim at TV s injection of sports drama into competitions where quite simply there is none Here s looking at you Joe Garagiola 
4
Best in Show
Michael Dequina
This fringe milieu is inhabited with all sorts of eccentric characters to wring laughs from 
3
Best in Show
Betsy Bozdech
One of the most creative original entertaining comedies of 2000 
3.5
Best in Show
Judith Egerton
Call it a mockumentary or a dogumentary Christopher Guest s latest spoof is a very funny improvised comedy about the world of dog shows 
3
Best in Show
Jeffrey Westhoff
Doesn t live up to its pedigree 
2
Best in Show
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Willard s delivery is so earnest and so pitch perfect that he had me howling with laughter for the entire last half of the movie 
3
Best in Show
Marty Mapes
Best in Show is enjoyable and funny light and quick 
3
Best in Show
Mike Clark
This giggle does for dog shows what Rob Reiner s This Is Spinal Tap did for heavy metal 
3.5
Best in Show
Greg Dean Schmitz
Sure Best in Show seemed to fly by too fast it felt a lot shorter than 90 minutes but maybe that s just because the pace is quick and lively 
3
Best in Show
Susan Stark
You come away wishing that Guest could deliver a new mockumentary not every so often but every year 
3
Best in Show
Roger Ebert
A wickedly funny mocumentary 
3.5
Best in Show
David N. Butterworth
Barking funny 
3
Best in Show
Mary Kalin-Casey
This Show gets a blue ribbon 
3
Best in Show
Rob Blackwelder
Best of Show never goes more than 60 seconds without at least one good chuckle 
2.5
Best in Show
Elias Savada
Christopher Guest and his well groomed entourage of improv artists push pseudo dog show mentality to the upper limits of droll wit in Best in Show 
3.5
Best in Show
Carla Meyer
In terms of dramatic tension Best in Show is more compelling than a lot of formulaic sports movies 
3
Best in Show
James Berardinelli
This is one rare occasion when we can be glad that the film industry is going to the dogs 
3
Scooby-Doo
Namrata Joshi
Even its look is awfully cheesy and clunky the SFX notwithstanding Scooby Doo makes Stuart Little seem a Citizen Kane in comparison 
1
Scooby-Doo
Michael Dequina
Far more dull and just plain dumb than it ever is funny 
0
Scooby-Doo
Greg Maki
About as close as it can be to the TV series without being animated 
3
Scooby-Doo
David Nusair
Is this really the sort of entertainment America wants 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
Wesley Lovell
Nostalgia helps bolster a rather ludicrous finale 46 
3
Scooby-Doo
Ian Mantgani
There s no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong This is an hour and a half of daydreaming 
1
Scooby-Doo
Robert K. Elder
Scooby Doo knows when to take itself seriously and when to laugh at itself even if its audience isn t laughing along at every gag 
2.5
Scooby-Doo
David N. Butterworth
I ll save you all some time Mr Peevely the janitor did it and would have gotten away with it were it not for those meddling kids and their darned dog 
2
Scooby-Doo
James Kendrick
the most strained jokes and unfunniest moments are when the movie tries to be hip in a postmodern self conscious kind of way
2
Scooby-Doo
Mike McGranaghan
Logic and intellect be damned I recommended the original Flintstones movie as well as Josie and the Pussycats I can recommend this one too 
3
Scooby-Doo
Joe Leydon
Much funnier than it has any right to be and filled with just enough inside jokes to please longtime fans of the cartoon franchise 
2.5
Scooby-Doo
James Berardinelli
The movie drags and the occasional bursts of mirth and self referential humor can t save it from bogging down 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
Josh Larsen
The endless miscalculations on the filmmakers parts have turned Scooby Doo into even more of a disaster than anyone could have imagined 
1
Scooby-Doo
Kevin A. Ranson
represents the very essence of taking a studio owned property and sucking out its soul at the expense of everyone that once cherished it 
0
Scooby-Doo
Collin Souter
The most horrific movie experience I ve had since Can t Stop The Music It may as well be called Jar Jar Binks The Movie It s that painful 
0
Scooby-Doo
Jonathan R. Perry
A feature length in joke that has marvelous fun with the decades of homoerotic and reefer smoking subtexts assigned to it by people with entirely too much time on their hands 
3
Scooby-Doo
Dustin Putman
Let s hope that the studio pays more attention to quality and creative freedom and less time worrying about dollar signs before the sequel goes into production 
2
Scooby-Doo
Mark Dujsik
It s for the kids to be sure but I think they deserve something more than recycled entirely for commercial purposes entertainment in a poorly wrapped package 
1
Scooby-Doo
Jeffrey Westhoff
Lillard and Cardellini earn their Scooby Snacks but not anyone else 
2
Scooby-Doo
Claudia Puig
Not that the TV show was so riveting but most of the half hour plots were more compelling than this lackluster warmover 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
Tom Keogh
Throws scraps to different audience constituencies and ends up with a muddle 
2
Scooby-Doo
Jonathan Curiel
Do you really want to spend money watching what is essentially marginality or would those dollars be better used to see a better film or even buy a good book 
2
Scooby-Doo
Joe Baltake
It s all pretty hectic loud and empty and yet despite its Day Glo coloring and sense of forced fun Scooby Doo leaves you with a nagging case of the blues 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
Mary Kalin-Casey
A mixed bag Jinkies 
2
Scooby-Doo
Gene Seymour
By embracing the original series tacky elements and inserting just enough self mockery to avoid smugness the movie manages to fulfill basic expectations 
2.5
Scooby-Doo
Lou Lumenick
This excruciating adaptation of the innocuous 70s cartoon show makes the film version of Josie and the Pussycats look sophisticated by comparison 
1
Scooby-Doo
Gemma Tarlach
Worth its weight in Scooby snacks 
3
Scooby-Doo
Liam Lacey
A frenetic cluttered 100 million worth of haphazard plotting fart jokes computer generated monsters and visual chaos 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
Susan Stark
It may work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby Doo shows or reruns 
2
Scooby-Doo
Jeff Vice
As dumb and cheesy as they may be the cartoons look almost Shakespearean both in depth and breadth after watching this digital effects heavy supposed family friendly comedy 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
David Kronke
The relentless poor thinking behind this project almost plays like an intentional joke 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
Roger Ebert
I feel no sympathy with any of the characters I am unable to judge whether the live action movie is a better idea than the all cartoon TV approach I am unable to generate the slightest interest in the plot and I laughed not a single time 
1
Scooby-Doo
Christopher Muther
The novelty of seeing these characters on the big screen is occasionally fun but this Scooby Doo is no Great Dane 
3
Scooby-Doo
Phil Villarreal
You ll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra large cotton candy 
2
Scooby-Doo
Tony Toscano
An enjoyable above average summer diversion 
2.5
Scooby-Doo
Walter Chaw
Pleases that segment of the audience perversely delighted by the subversive corruption of other people s children 
2
Scooby-Doo
Connie Ogle
A tiresome repetitive film that is in no way going to hold up to repeated viewings neither for kids who think flatulence is hilarious nor young adults desperately seeking camp 
1.5
Scooby-Doo
John Monaghan
A knowing funny big screen version that s more entertaining than you might expect 
3
Scooby-Doo
Mark Washburn
Not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans 
2
Scooby-Doo
Chris Hewitt
Scooby Doo is dumb but what did you expect The original show is dumb too 
2
Scooby-Doo
Carrie Rickey
The film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes 
2.5
Scooby-Doo
Glenn Lovell
The movie Scooby is a delight by turns lovable charming conspiratorial and snooty 
3
Scooby-Doo
Mary F. Pols
The movie plays like an extended version of the Saturday cartoons true to the original characters but staying resolutely away from the subtext generations have attached to it 
2
Scooby-Doo
Michael Szymanski
If you grew up on Scooby you ll love this movie Matthew Lillard is born to play Shaggy 
4
Scooby-Doo
Jeanne Aufmuth
Phony computer generated images packaged together with bad performances and distributed as joyless summer entertainment 
1
Scooby-Doo
Steve Rhodes
With farting contests very scary monsters and lots of cleavage and short skirts the movie appears to have young teenage boys more in mind than the kindergarten set The script however is way too childish to attract teenagers 
2
Scooby-Doo
Rob Blackwelder
It s clever enough to know what parts of its source material worked and what didn t If capping on Scrappy doesn t prove the writer a genuine fan of the show nothing will 
3
Scooby-Doo
Steven Snyder
Scooby Doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation 
3
Scooby-Doo
Ed Gonzalez
Chris Columbus protg Raja Gosnell directs the film as if it were Britney Spears worst CGI nightmare 
1.5
Heder 514
Kent Turner
One of the finds this year is the Israeli pressure cooker Room 514
3
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Matthew Rozsa
It s fair to say that Pirates of Silicon Valley established the standard that all worthy movies about the computer revolution will need to follow 
4
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Michael Dequina
Those wanting to know the true story behind the creation of computer giants Apple and Microsoft better look elsewhere 
2
Gabi on the Roof in July
Matt Brunson
This is a movie that manages the neat trick of being impressive and infuriating at the same time 
2.5
Gabi on the Roof in July
Elizabeth Weitzman
Lawrence Levine should earn some attention with this agreeable indie comedy 
3
Gabi on the Roof in July
Glenn Heath Jr.
Gabi on the Roof in July projects its transparent character flaws far in advance but the actual betrayals aren t what make this film interesting 
2
Gabi on the Roof in July
Kam Williams
Good girl goes bad and then some 
4
The Prophecy
Anthony Puccinelli
The Prophecy is blessed with a remarkable cast 
2
Bad Samaritan
Federico Furzan
Awful characters are key to several slapstick moments in this absurd thriller with too many plot holes Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Bad Samaritan
Walter Chaw
I think it s meant to be hysterical I hope so anyway because I laughed a lot 
2.5
Bad Samaritan
Linda Cook
It s no Silence of the Lambs but it s still solid and well acted 
3
Bad Samaritan
James Berardinelli
This is yet another chapter in When Smart Movies Turn Dumb 
2.5
Bad Samaritan
Rex Reed
Bad Samaritan is a well directed thriller with knuckle chewing suspense 
3
Bad Samaritan
Peter Travers
The former Doctor Who star David Tennant enlivens this stock thriller about scam artists and serial torturers but it s still a mess Tennant deserves better So do audiences 
1.5
Bad Samaritan
Mike McGranaghan
I enjoyed the heck out of this cheerily implausible little underdog of a thriller 
3
Bad Samaritan
Simon Abrams
While Bad Samaritan isn t exactly a good film it is weirdly charming thanks to its creators exuberant commitment to unabashedly tacky ideas 
3
Bad Samaritan
David Nusair
benefits heavily from a narrative that s riddled with appealing attributes 
2.5
Bad Samaritan
Brad Wheeler
A few plot contrivances aside the unspectacular Bad Samaritan is tense and disturbing enough and worth its weight in popcorn 
2.5
Bad Samaritan
Roger Moore
David Tennant and a bunch of really bad supporting actors 
1.5
Bad Samaritan
Mark Dujsik
Like its title Bad Samaritan is both kind of clever and kind of dumb 
2.5
Bad Samaritan
Sara Stewart
Plays like an unambitious episode of Black Mirror 
2
Bad Samaritan
Debra Yeo
The main issue is that we re not given enough context to understand the characters motivations or care much about their eventual fates 
2
Bad Samaritan
Dann Gire
An overwhelmingly powerful conscience emerges as the true star of the deliciously cheesy over the top thriller Bad Samaritan 
2.5
Bad Samaritan
Kam Williams
An old fashioned cat and mouse thriller with a frightening villain certain to haunt you long after you ve left the theater 
4
Bad Samaritan
G. Allen Johnson
A pretty slick thriller that proves if nothing else that not enough films are shot in Portland Ore 
3
Bad Samaritan
Rafer Guzman
Bad Samaritan could have been a gem if only it had put as much effort into its story as its setup 
2
Bad Samaritan
Norman Gidney
Bad Samaritan is good It doesn t reach the dizzying heights of such thrillers as Silence of the Lambs but it really doesn t seem like it intends to 
3
Vice
Dustin Putman
Low rent and wasteful of some intriguing ideas 
1.5
Vice
Kyle Smith
Recombining elements of Blade Runner Strange Days and A I makes Bruce Willis Vice an intriguing sci fi thriller but in the end it doesn t do enough with its ideas 
2
Vice
Brian Tallerico
It s one of those nearly straight to VOD pieces that fluctuates between boring and offensive never rising above either adjective 
1
Vice
Dann Gire
It doesn t even qualify for the dubious distinction of being so bad it s good 
0.5
Vice
Roger Moore
Bruce Willis upstaged by Thomas Jane in a C movie This is what it s come to 
1.5
Vice
Clayton Dillard
Vice takes the basic premise from 1973 s Westworld and morphs it into an incoherent slog 
.5
Softie
Monica Castillo
Despite the dangers and drama the Mwangi family faces it s hard to walk away from Softie without feeling at least a little bit more optimistic for progress 
3.5
Blood Ties
Dustin Putman
A familiar crime yarn of strained familial bonds but it manages to find an emotional truth and urgency in between the editorial streamlining of its various story threads 
2.5
Blood Ties
James Kendrick
more of a slow burn familial drama although its plot which revolves around two brothers living on opposite sides of the law presents plenty of opportunity for gunshots and squealing tires 
3
Blood Ties
Stephen Whitty
I share Canet s affection for Sidney Lumet films full of scraggly sideburns and big brown Fleetwoods the size of the QE2 But if you really appreciated those movies you d use your memories of them to jumpstart something new 
2
Blood Ties
Glenn Kenny
If you re an ardent admirer of pretty much anyone in the cast OK except Emmerich you ll find something worthwhile here 
2.5
Blood Ties
Tirdad Derakhshani
An ambitious if disappointing period crime drama featuring Clive Owen and Billy Crudup as warring brothers on opposite sides of the law 
2
Blood Ties
John Anderson
Intriguing performances and a sense of 70s American cinema that seems to have been preserved in a lava lamp 
3
Blood Ties
Abhimanyu Das
Jame Gray and the ghost of Sidney Lumet are just along for the ride adding a grimy layer of old school New York scuzz to a film that s too overstuffed fractured and redolent with clich to every compellingly hang together 
2
Blood Ties
Sara Stewart
It all feels so familiar from the beleaguered female characters to the scene setting anthems New York Groove is well used admittedly to the predictable eruptions of violence 
2
Blood Ties
Drew Hunt
The film exhibits strong character interplay and resides in an unconventional milieu in effect turning rote material into something that feels decidedly eccentric 
2.5
Blood Ties
Roger Moore
Over the top and over familiar criminals and cops thriller And it s a period piece why exactly 
2
Blood Ties
David Nusair
There s ultimately no denying that Blood Ties despite Canet s epic Scorsese like sensibilities just isn t as affecting or effective as one might ve hoped 
2.5
Dead Man Running
Michael Dequina
Hardly an unpleasant ride to take but this is ultimately the epitome of disposable entertainment 
2.5
The Breaking Point
Matt Brunson
An unrelentingly downbeat picture 
3
The Breaking Point
Roger Moore
The film s not great Hemingway Few films based on his work are But it s as close to this novel as we re likely to ever get in an adaptation no matter who owns the remake rights now 
2.5
The Breaking Point
James Kendrick
The insistence and courage of the film s final shot elevates it from a very good film to a nearly great one 
3.5
The Breaking Point
Eric Melin
The Breaking Point adapts Hemingway s book and wrings out some genuine notes of solid tragedy as well as a more nuanced performance from its lead actor 
3.5
The Whole Lot
Tom Meek
It feels full bodied due to the camerawork and gorgeous shots of mood matching winter kissed Utah something even more impressive when you learn that Rickman allegedly did this all for like 15 000 and in five days 
2.5
Open Range
Nick Rogers
The thunderous climax one of the muddiest bloodiest and most chaotic gunfights of the 2000s makes it clear that Kevin Costner s plaintive patient slightly overlong Western was only sitting for a spell to race toward the finish 
3.5
Open Range
Kam Williams
While equally paying homage to directors Peckinpah Eastwood and Kurosawa what makes Open Range special is that it s a love story too And one peopled by endearing characters we re inclined to care about when the bloodletting has finally ended 
4
Open Range
Mark Collette
needs a better story better characters better source material and fewer aphorisms fewer long glances and sweeping scores fewer chunks of cheese 
2.5
Open Range
Judith Egerton
It s a considerable improvement over his last directing effort the post apocalyptic disaster The Postman 
2.5
Open Range
Mike McGranaghan
An engrossing moral viewpoint combined with three solid star performances is more than enough to make Open Range one of the best of the modern day Westerns 
3
Open Range
Mark Dujsik
A welcome return to the Western and more specifically to the romantic West 
3
Open Range
David Keyes
It may not have the Duke s boots to walk in but Open Range covers a lot of ground just fine with its own 
3
Open Range
Jack Mathews
A flawed but highly entertaining B Western blown up to John Ford scale 
3
Open Range
Terry Lawson
The casting of this film may be its greatest asset Duvall and Costner have the easy familiarity of longtime partners 
4
Open Range
Paul Povse
There s not enough well hardly anything new here to call Open Range a great Western But it s probably as good as we re going to get and as good as it needs to be 
3
Open Range
Linda Cook
This ain t no Kevin Costner pitcher This here belongs to Robert Duvall 
3
Open Range
David Nusair
one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Open Range
Addison MacDonald
Somewhere beneath the syrupy melodrama and the scenes that should have expired long ago there is an intelligent thoughtful western in waiting 
2
Open Range
Sara Michelle Fetters
What he does find however makes for some of the richest and most satisfyingly character driven dramatics of the year making the schizophrenic awfulness of the some of the rest that much more difficult to understand 
2.5
Open Range
Dustin Putman
Open Range is far from the worst film of the year but it does test one s endurance like no other 
1.5
Open Range
Mike Clark
Open Range has too much of what its title portends 
2.5
Open Range
Moira MacDonald
Has a pace as laconic as its director s screen persona 
2.5
Open Range
Mick LaSalle
Open Range is a Western in which the carts pull the horses 
2
Open Range
David Elliott
If you grew up on Westerns which are now an old time religion Open Range is a ride you want to share 
4
Open Range
Joe Baltake
A very special and singular film
4
Open Range
Peter Travers
Purty but shallow 
2
Open Range
Timothy Knight
A rousing addition to that most American of film genres the western 
3
Open Range
Steven Rea
An awesome compendium of cowboy movie cliches It borders on parody and often crosses the border rustling up a drove of oater aphorisms 
2.5
Open Range
Michael Szymanski
Kevin Costner is back in the saddle again and people are going to start using Oscar and Costner in the same sentence again 
3.5
Open Range
Lou Lumenick
A solidly crafted and entertaining old school western 
3
Open Range
Dave Tianen
Costner doesn t seek to reinvent the classic Westerns as much as simply honor them On those modest terms he succeeds 
3
Open Range
Rene Rodriguez
There s a fine little western lurking inside Open Range Too bad it gets drowned out by director Kevin Costner s pretentiousness 
2
Open Range
Robert W. Butler
A film that recycles familiar elements from a variety of cowboy classics but still establishes and maintains its own unique sensibility 
3.5
Open Range
James Berardinelli
This is a great two hour motion picture Unfortunately it runs 20 minutes longer than that 
3
Open Range
Liam Lacey
If the climax of Open Range is disappointing the ending is almost intolerable as the plot descends into a twinkling love story and Costner reverts to filmmaking aimed at 12 year olds 
2.5
Open Range
Jeff Vice
A pretty decent little movie 
2.5
Open Range
Michael Booth
The first two hours of Open Range are a great pleasure and the final minutes come as a vague indigestion 
2.5
Open Range
Lawrence Toppman
With actors less sure than Duvall and Bening alongside him Costner s old fashioned Western would collapse With them in the saddles it rides into the sunset in high style 
3
Open Range
Wesley Morris
A patient suspenseful exercise in genre craftsmanship 
3
Open Range
Sean P. Means
Costner saves his best work for the finale an electrifying gun battle that steers clear of Western clichs to re create the chaos and brutality of a place thick with flying bullets 
3
Open Range
Forrest Hartman
A good film struggling to free itself from directorial excess Open Range strives for the heft of director Kevin Costner s signature work Dances With Wolves but this tale is too simple for the royal treatment 
2.5
Open Range
Josh Larsen
a movie my 79 year old grandfather will love And I can t think of a better compliment 
3.5
Open Range
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The final shootout belongs in the Western pantheon with the poetic anti heroic shootouts in Anthony Mann s The Far Country and Robert Altman s McCabe and Mrs Miller 
3
Open Range
James Sanford
This is by far the best film Costner has made in the past six years As always his direction misses no details instilling considerably more sensitivity in the movie than you might expect to find in a Western 
3
Open Range
Jeffrey Westhoff
As comfortable as a well worn saddle Open Range is something you might have caught one Sunday afternoon on Turner Classic Movies 
3
Open Range
Chris Hewitt
A relaxed beautifully photographed Western 
3
Open Range
Glenn Whipp
Open Range is actually pretty good 
3
Open Range
Roger Ebert
An imperfect but deeply involving and beautifully made Western 
3.5
Open Range
Kit Bowen
Kevin Costner s Open Range only proves it s time for this cowboy to hang up his spurs 
1
Open Range
Erik Childress
A flashback to both the great American western and a form of storytelling where gunshots were not an immediate reaction but a methodical inevitability 
3.5
Open Range
Phil Villarreal
Costner seems to fashion himself as a modern day Frank Capra pitting his flawed but morally centered heroes against a system waiting to tear them to shreds 
3
Open Range
Bob Bloom
Open Range does not reach the heights of such classic Westerns as Red River or Unforgiven It strives to be classy which is one of its faults 
2.5
Open Range
Bruce Newman
A sincere big hearted attempt to revive the classic westerns of John Ford and Howard Hawks Open Range is more good than bad 
2.5
Open Range
David Sterritt
A striking if flawed achievement 
2
Open Range
Rob Blackwelder
From its gorgeous photography to its brutal wide ranging Peckinpah worthy climactic shootout this is some of Costner s best work 
3
Open Range
Gene Seymour
The actors are so good that you could almost live with the man s gotta do what a man s gotta do excesses of Craig Storper s script 
2.5
Open Range
Jeff Strickler
Costner is not the most exuberant actor but for the most part that s an asset here 
3
Open Range
Michael Wilmington
A strange mix of the grand and the hackneyed that it never really gets its bearings even though at its best it reminds us how grand impure and potentially alive the Western genre can be 
2.5
Open Range
Tony Toscano
bold compelling and brilliant 
4
Open Range
Ross Anthony
Good old fashioned Western scenery Great performance by Duvall Slow at outset weak accents some holes some implausibles 
2.5
Open Range
Ed Gonzalez
It also helps that Costner doesn t allow the hurt inflicted against his oppressed free grazers to approach the wearisome political correctness of his Dances With Wolves 
2.5
Open Range
Steve Rhodes
Not only one of the best of the few Westerns made recently it s also one of the finest Westerns period 
3.5
Open Range
Jeanne Aufmuth
Kevin Costner rises up from the carcass of his career to produce direct and star in a flaccid ode to the classic Western 
2
Open Range
Walter Chaw
A western that wrestles briefly with Unforgiven introspection before contenting itself with fiddling around with a gun dog fetish 
2.5
Open Range
Emily Blunt
Open Range is a romantic beautiful and delightfully authentic Western 
4
Surviving Eden
Michael Wilmington
Reality TV says one character in Greg Pritikin s Surviving Eden makes you stupid and ill The movie tries hard to prove it 
2
Surviving Eden
Angel Cohn
Only Lynch s over the top network executive stands out in this otherwise bland film that tries for satire but neglects to be funny 
2
Surviving Eden
Lou Lumenick
Surviving Eden is the sort of hapless vanity project where even the outtakes at the end aren t funny 
0.5
Surviving Eden
Elizabeth Weitzman
Writer director Greg Pritikin has created a reality TV satire as clueless as the self impressed stars it scorns 
1.5
Surviving Eden
Gene Seymour
The movie insists that we care deeply about its sad sack protagonist as some sort of Chaplin esque victim of vanity and greed But neither Pritkin s conception nor Panes performance warrants such sympathy 
1.5
Surviving Eden
Nick Schager
That it has nothing novel to say about the subject matter it s skewering is the film s largest failing 
1.5
Animal Factory
Michael Dequina
The opaque performances offer little in the way of shading 
2
Animal Factory
Chris Hewitt
The most disturbing thing in Animal Factory is watching sleepy Edward Furlong try to act 
1
Animal Factory
David Sterritt
Gets much of its power from Willem Dafoe s potent portrayal of Copen 
3
You're Not You
Roger Moore
You re Not You fails to bring us the fear or the tears that this story warrants It sticks in the mind no longer than it takes you to change shirts after that ice bucket dunking 
2
You're Not You
David Nusair
a seriously affecting if unabashedly manipulative disease of the week type weeper 
3.5
You're Not You
Claudia Puig
Nicholas Sparks didn t write You re Not You but he might as well have given its familiar disease of the week plot filled with scenic locations and gorgeous people 
2
You're Not You
Roger Moore
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is upstaged in her own disease of the week movie by the bubbly Emmy Rossum and the earthy Loretta Devine
2
Dean Spanley
David Nusair
46 46 46 the final reel packs far more of an emotional wallop that one could apos ve possibly anticipated 40 it apos s just too bad about that first hour 44 however 41 46 
2.5
The Green Wall
Roger Ebert
The Green Wall is beautiful in so many different ways in its story its photography in the construction of its images that it becomes not simply a movie but an affirmation of life There is not a false note in it 
4
Pig Death Machine
John Hartl
Despite the aggressive title Pig Death Machine lacks shock value Or any other kind of value 
0
Pig Death Machine
Burl Burlingame
Everything here is undercut by deliberate anti gloss as if the laws of coherence are too plebeian for the self imagined lofty artiness of the filmmakers 
1
Taken in Broad Daylight
David Nusair
a thoroughly wrong headed endeavor that boasts little in the way of positive attributes 
1
Do You Like Hitchcock?
David Nusair
a weak carbon copy that ll leave even the most passionate Argento follower wishing they had just watched the far superior originals 
2
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Ed Gonzalez
A superfluous but tasty treat before the deep dish of Argento s upcoming conclusion to his Three Mothers Trilogy 
2.5
Wilde
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stephen Fry is extraordinary as Oscar Wilde but the movie lacks balance and finesse and comes across as a TV movie of the week 
1.5
Wilde
Ted Prigge
Despite a few shortcomings Wilde is a magnificently film filled with a sometimes sensual feeling and filled with the same way of looking at history as A Man for All Seasons did 
3.5
Wilde
Roger Ebert
Stephen Fry brings a depth and gentleness to the role that says what can be said about Oscar Wilde that he was a funny and gifted idealist in a society that valued hypocrisy above honesty 
3.5
Wilde
Mick LaSalle
Bosie is one of history s legendary bad boyfriends and Jude Law plays him to the hilt He s spoiled and angry flies into bug eyed rages and seems bent on destroying Wilde and his work 
3
Wilde
Jeff Vice
A superficial drama that seems to be more concerned with portraying realistic gay sex scenes more than with telling us what made the man tick 
2
Wilde
Rob Blackwelder
Ironically melodramatic visually lavish and refreshingly direct about the sex Wilde is a noteworthy character study about one of literature s great characters 
3
Wilde
David Keyes
The style of art and wisdom the creators of this movie have used here rolls around to be one of the greatest and most sensational biographical images I have ever seen 
4
Wilde
Steve Rhodes
Even if his life did turn horribly tragic in the end Wilde lived it with great gusto up until then and audiences are apt to find this sublime picture just as wonderfully satisfying as Wilde found the majority of his life 
3.5
Hangman
Brian Tallerico
A cheapo Seven knock off that one would be tempted to suggest is beneath the talents of everyone involved but they knew what they were getting into when they read it 
1
Hangman
Mark Dujsik
It s dull dumb and overly familiar 
0.5
Hangman
Richard Roeper
In its own cheesy and entertaining way Hangman kept me guessing throughout 
3
Hangman
Roger Moore
A genre the police procedural is lessened by its creation an archetype the cunning serial killer is further dumbed down by its addition to its ranks 
1
Escape from Dartmoor
Fernando F. Croce
Displays a wealth of sophisticated visual idiom 
3
Serena
Brian Eggert
Lawrence and Cooper seem to be asleep in their roles 44 as disinterested as we are 46 
1
Serena
David N. Butterworth
When Rhys Ifans doing a Carolina accent is the best thing in your movie well Maybe it s time to call the whole thing off 
2
Serena
Matt Brunson
Serena reaches its risible zenith when George confronts a Carolina panther No it s not Cam Newton but such an illogical cameo wouldn t have made the movie any more of a mess 
1.5
Serena
Robert Levin
If the worst you can say about a movie is that it s not very involving that s hardly a disaster 
2.5
Serena
John Beifuss
A Ron Rash novel praised as nightmarish becomes the stuff of middlebrow melodrama in this lushly atmospheric but surprisingly calcified tale of greed lust murder fire trained eagles wild panthers ax wounds and incipient environmentalism 
2
Serena
Peter Canavese
Winds up sawing logs instead of locating hard truths of the human condition Serena lumbers through the motions 
1.5
Serena
Brian Tallerico
A flat out disaster the kind of film that its cast and crew hope gets buried as quickly as possible as they race to move on to other projects 
1
Serena
Anders Wright
What is probably the largest issue is that in trying to create an intense period drama these collaborators succeeded instead in making melodrama 
1.5
Serena
Mark Dujsik
B ehind the lethargic momentum and lackadaisical performances we can almost hear the material crying out for someone involved to put some gusto into it 
1.5
Serena
Ty Burr
It s reassuring really to be reminded that top tier Hollywood stars can make lousy choices just like the rest of us 
1.5
Serena
Steven Rea
What were Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence thinking Seriously 
1.5
Serena
Mick LaSalle
Funny how there are fans of Jennifer Lawrence who will never see her in Serena It s not her best film but it contains one of her best performances in a role that challenges her more than any other 
3
Serena
Joe Williams
Although the film got stuck in editing limbo for two years no amount of cutting could rid the project of a diseased premise Nor is it erotic or violent enough to be an effective critique of human nature 
2
Serena
Stephanie Merry
It s painful to watch all that talent get wasted 
1
Serena
Peter Travers
Left for dead since 2012 Serena would better serve its stars by burial not resurrection 
1
Serena
Matt Pais
Takes all the excitement out of murder deception and sponge baths 
1.5
Serena
Rex Reed
Into each life some rain eventually falls and in a bomb called Serena golden couple Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence united for the third time onscreen arrive soaking wet 
1
Serena
Randy Myers
The film is haunted by a sense that something was overlooked in translation from the book 
2
Serena
Roger Moore
Flat Dull Why was this made again 
2
Serena
Chuck Bowen
The film can t reconcile Ron Rash s apocalyptic tenderness with its own eagerness to revel in romantic star allure 
1
Serena
Brett McCracken
It s puzzling to consider what went wrong with Serena a film that on paper should have been great or at least tolerably amusing It is neither 
1
Serena
Geoff Pevere
One of those movies that proves that the mere presence of all the right ingredients does not a happy meal make It s all in the mixing 
2.5
Serena
Chris Knight
The cinematic equivalent of a trashy airport novel 
2.5
Serena
Peter Howell
A Depression era potboiler starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence that never manages to get past the feeling of a calculated Hollywood reunion 
2
Phir Milenge
Namrata Joshi
The relationship between Shilpa and Abhishek is refreshing strong solid but never falling within Bollywood s romantic conventions Abhishek performs endearingly 
3
Blow the Man Down
Mark Meszoros
Their roughly 90 minute film feels both personal they say the characters were inspired by our moms aunts grandmothers and matriarchs in their lives and a bit unpolished 
2.5
Blow the Man Down
Federico Furzan
Its final scene is amazing But it doesn t match the misstep in script and rhythm Full review in Spanish 
2
Blow the Man Down
Josh Larsen
a feminist flecked variation on an early Coen brothers movie 
3
Blow the Man Down
Rene Sanchez
Margo Martindale steals every scene of this fresh smart and subversive comedy about the women in charge of a small fishing village Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Blow the Man Down
Asher Luberto
Don t go fishing for meaning as to why this neo noir flips gender roles with two girls pulling the strings but it s a refreshing twist 
3
Blow the Man Down
Tom Meek
It s a worthy little thriller that hits some swells of credibility here and there but overall the ebb and flow holds us captive 
3
Blow the Man Down
Jeff Mitchell
Writers directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy crack open big surprises 
3.5
Blow the Man Down
Roger Moore
Stylish with a Greek Chorus of oilskin clad fishermen looking on and singing sea chanteys as the murders and cover ups are laid out before us like a newly gutted haddock
3
Blow the Man Down
Joey Magidson
There s just an inherent entertainment factor in watching a town controlled by old women start to expose its secrets 
3
Blow the Man Down
Ann Hornaday
In its own gentle but sure eyed way this movie cuts deliciously deep 
3
Blow the Man Down
Ty Burr
Which is fine because the movie s pretty great not quite Fargo with lobsters but close enough and about as good as regional filmmaking gets 
3.5
Blow the Man Down
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The thing that makes the movie better than good is the character of Enid Nora Devlin Margo Martindale 
3.5
Blow the Man Down
Glenn Kenny
Blow the Man Down isn t an earth shaker but it s a small pleasure that makes you wish for more from its filmmakers and soon 
3
Blow the Man Down
James Berardinelli
Although there are some structural and pacing issues the film as a whole works by doing David Lynch s favorite trick finding the rot underlying the seemingly placid exterior of small town America 
3
Blow the Man Down
Christian Toto
Indie thriller blends ambitious style with old school storytelling and it all pays off 
3
Blow the Man Down
Michael Phillips
It serves handily as a staycation inside whatever walls currently proscribe your field of vision 
3
Blow the Man Down
Anita Katz
Blow the Man Down is a salty quirky gritty droll female driven noir comedy set in a fishing village with a delectably sinister vibe 
3
Blow the Man Down
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Blow the man down for the Furies are unleashed and it s a beautiful thing 
3
Blow the Man Down
Mick LaSalle
Blow the Man Down is not a masterpiece that will change your life but you ve probably had your life changed enough lately 
3
Blow the Man Down
Chris Barsanti
Without Margo Martindale the film would be a sharp and tightly constructed nautical noir With her it becomes a memorable one 
3
Blow the Man Down
Catherine Springer
Cole and Kurdy s tight script and character development makes Blow the Man Down an entertaining thriller with a feminist appeal that embraces tropes as it shatters convention 
2
Blow the Man Down
Rosalie Kicks
The directors reveal details at opportune moments and it was clear that choices from the duo were not made as afterthoughts A must watch 
3
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
Roger Ebert
Watching the film we hear several versions of the same stories Someone is lying yes but is anyone telling the truth 
4
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
Mike Clark
A superior example of ambush journalism 
4
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
Steve Rhodes
It is so muddled it is like staring at something through a glass of mud 
1
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
Bruce Ingram
Not a thriller by any means Bhopal spends two thirds of its running time following a few too many two dimensional characters during the events leading up to the disaster 
2.5
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
Stephanie Merry
Some of the portrayals are over the top in their villainy and the dialogue acting and music all tend to be melodramatic But all of the overt heartstring pulling doesn t add much 
2
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
Kam Williams
A sobering lesson about controlling the corporate message in this age of double speak where symbolic gestures have replaced sincerity substance and any concern about viable solutions 
3.5
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
Roger Moore
Melodramatic but fair minded vivid and absolutely harrowing when it recreates the calamity that the film is truly about 
3
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
Steve Macfarlane
The film places its characters in a reflexive historical continuum that dooms them to be mere demonstrative types from start to finish 
2
What Death Leaves Behind
Roger Moore
A pallid supernatural thriller more fascinated with being non linear in narrative terms than you will be 
1.5
Take the 10
Roger Moore
Eighty minutes never seemed so wasted 
1.5
You Kill Me
Scott Bowles
Surely there aren t many emotionally fragile mobster stories left in the Hollywood arsenal But at least Kill is a pretty good shot with the laughs 
3
You Kill Me
David N. Butterworth
I could watch Kingsley and Leoni for days They re the film s true draw 
3
You Kill Me
Matt Brunson
You Kill Me feels like a lightweight throwaway but it remains in the memory longer than expected 
3
You Kill Me
John Wirt
A dryly funny and demented film featuring the most likable hit man you d ever want to meet 
3.5
You Kill Me
Larry Ratliff
Ben Kingsley or Sir Ben as he s called on the other side of the Atlantic is an odd choice to play a hard drinking Polish hit man from Buffalo N Y 
3.5
You Kill Me
Rene Rodriguez
A lot more clever than it initially appears 
2.5
You Kill Me
John Beifuss
This dark themed and morally dubious yet weirdly lighthearted crime comedy seems to both satirize and celebrate the forgiving nonjudgmental nature of 12 step recovery programs 
3
You Kill Me
Lawrence Toppman
You can pinpoint the exact moment You Kill Me descends permanently into idiocy 
2
You Kill Me
Robert W. Butler
A grown up movie with droll sophisticated humor and a deliciously subversive sense We don t see too many of those any more 
3
You Kill Me
Jeff Vice
An amusingly wry effort that s refreshing particularly amidst all the overblown story deficient summer blockbusters 
3
You Kill Me
Rob Thomas
When Frank stands up at a meeting and confesses that he wants to kick the bottle so he can devote himself more fully to killing people You Kill Me achieves a perfect black comic pitch 
3
You Kill Me
Mack Bates
As dark comedies go You Kill Me nearly hits all the right targets playing like a tongue in cheek hybrid of Prizzi s Honor and Clean and Sober 
3
You Kill Me
Jason Ferguson
Leoni s collaboration with Kingsley does provide moments of comedic excellence Too bad those moments donâ TM t add up to enough to save the film from its ponderous messaging 
2.5
You Kill Me
Moira MacDonald
An unpredictable enjoyable mob comedy 
3
You Kill Me
Peter Howell
A strong performance by the reliable Kingsley and a tartly sweet one from Leoni keeps You Kill Me from turning into the bad joke the title implies 
3
You Kill Me
Bruce Westbrook
A film whose deft blend of action thrills and gallows humor packs a jaunty kick and a firing range boom 
3
You Kill Me
Ty Burr
It s a predictable but acridly pleasant 12 step bonbon self help noir 
3
You Kill Me
David Nusair
ultimately undone by its inherently schizophrenic nature 
2
You Kill Me
Daniel M. Kimmel
Along the way there s a good deal of comedy but it s the sort where you may look around to see if anyone you know caught you laughing 
3
You Kill Me
Liam Lacey
Given a choice between a dark film with comic elements and a comedy that purports to be edgy the filmmakers took the easy way out 
2
You Kill Me
Sara Michelle Fetters
This jovially cantankerous and brutally funny comedic noir comes ever so close to returning the director to those mid 90 s glory days 
3
You Kill Me
Kam Williams
An unsatisfying compromise flick on the fence which might have worked had it either been played straight or purely for laughs 
1
You Kill Me
Maitland McDonagh
Director John Dahl keeps a firm hand on Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely s razor sharp hit man in rehab comedy 
3
You Kill Me
Mick LaSalle
In the moment You Kill Me is never less than mildly entertaining and it s almost never more than that 
2
You Kill Me
Gary Goldstein
Dahl greatly assisted by the eye catching work of vet cinematographer Jeffrey Jur has crafted a stylish looking piece but unfortunately can t keep up the movie s initial spirited pace 
2.5
You Kill Me
Stephen Whitty
Eventually it s just too much of a bad thing and only leaves you wondering why you began it at all 
2
You Kill Me
Lou Lumenick
You Kill Me really belongs to Kingsley whose character s deadpan reactions to his new environment are priceless He really kills 
3
You Kill Me
Jack Mathews
John Dahl returns to the quirky black comedy genre where he began his career in the late 80s It s good to have him back there 
3
You Kill Me
Bob Strauss
Dahl s strengths are rock bottom irony sleazy suspense and deadly surprises 
3
You Kill Me
Terry Lawson
Who knew there was such a high burnout rate in hit men And who knew they suffered from so many varieties of treatable neuroses And who knew they were such amusing guys 
3
You Kill Me
Michael Booth
Leoni is a welcome sight here temporarily giving up attempts at sunny sexy blond roles and going with her sarcastic nature 
3
You Kill Me
Jim Emerson
No offense to Sir Ben who does a mean deadpan but his performance here is frequently more dead than pan which given the material was probably the wisest acting choice 
2
You Kill Me
Josh Larsen
John Cusack s Grosse Pointe Blank managed to pull this sort of material off but that had the distinct advantage of starring well John Cusack 
2
You Kill Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After an unsuccessful bid at respectability with his tepid war film director John Dahl returns to what he does best amusingly vicious little films noir 
3
You Kill Me
Willie Waffle
Believe it or not You Kill Me is a comedy and a very funny one at that 
3
You Kill Me
Gene Seymour
You Kill Me may not look like much But you root for it anyway if only because it tries so hard to do the right things in a different way 
3
You Kill Me
Michael Phillips
When Leoni s character learns what Frank does for a living her look of puzzlement is marvelously subtle You Kill Me has a lot of little moments like that 
3
You Kill Me
Matt Pais
This is the kind of movie actors do for themselves but You Kill Me offers plenty of benefits for us as well 
3
You Kill Me
Peter Canavese
A surprisingly resonant examination of getting sober made amusing by an assassin s increasing honesty about his career 
3
You Kill Me
Jason Clark
Even when he s worked with escalated budgets John Dahl has retained his playful noir side 
3
The Crucifixion
Federico Furzan
A bland entry into the exorcism subgenre that stays in the safe zone and never tries hard to impress This is just lazy filmmaking Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Crucifixion
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Gens remains a cinematic visualist worth keeping tabs on why he signed on to make a film this condescendingly dogmatic is a question I ll likely never know the answer to 
1.5
The Ledge
Roger Moore
The openly foreshadowed payoff isnt worth the viewing effort it takes to get to it 
1
Brian and Charles
Sean P. Means
A whimsical and winning blend of a lot of spare parts 8212 including the low key charm of the Ealing Studios comedies 44 the absurdist wit of Monty Python 44 the deadpan timing of 8220 The Office 44 8221 and the stout heart of 8220 The Wizard of Oz 8217 s 8221 Tin Woodsman 46 
3.5
Brian and Charles
Rosalie Kicks
I believe this is a picture you will not regret watching 46 I found the story to be truly magical and it brought joy to me in these trying times we all find ourselves in 46 
3
Brian and Charles
Kevin Carr
This is a charming allegory of everything from friendship to parenting with a tender heart 46 
3
Brian and Charles
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Brian and Charles 8217 has intriguing wiring and connections 44 but this quirky robot story tinkers too much 46 
2
Brian and Charles
James Berardinelli
It s hard not to enjoy something like Brian and Charles where the core themes are ones of friendship and learning to live with one another s foibles 
3
Brian and Charles
Randy Myers
One of the most unexpected heart warmers of the summer 
3
Brian and Charles
Mark Dujsik
The robot becomes decreasingly important or 44 for that matter 44 present as 46 46 46 91 other 93 characters and plot threads come into play 44 and that apos s a mistake 46 
2.5
Brian and Charles
Joey Magidson
Brian and Charles didn 8217 t fully work for me 44 but your mileage may vary 46 
2.5
Brian and Charles
Michael O'Sullivan
Like Charles himself and maybe Brian too it s an odd hodgepodge of a story a sweet eccentric misfit just waiting for someone to find it and love it despite its flaws 
2.5
Brian and Charles
Odie Henderson
If quirky and twee are not one s cup of tea Brian and Charles will be an endurance test 
2
Brian and Charles
Glenn Kenny
There are certain varieties of whimsy that either click with you or don 8217 t 46 
2
Brian and Charles
Roger Moore
A 8220 bloke builds a robot 8221 comedy that 8217 s so cute you want to pinch its inanimate cheeks until they 8217 re red 46 
3
Brian and Charles
Mike McGranaghan
An emotional core and the uproarious Charles Petrescu make it enjoyable for connoisseurs of cheerfully wacky comedy 46 
3
Brian and Charles
Derek Smith
The original Brian and Charles short focused entirely on its titular characters 44 and it 8217 s clear that was for the best 46 
2
Von Ryan's Express
Scott Nash
The cinematography and the scenery both add greatly to the movie It makes it seem so much more realistic 
2.5
Nouvelle Vague
Derek Smith
Nouvelle Vague may be Godard s most complex and layered film but attempting to unlock its secrets makes it one of his most rewarding 
4
Bell Diamond
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jost s cinema will convey truths about this country that won t readily be found elsewhere 
3
The Bleeding Edge
Susan Wloszczyna
Plays like an all too real horror show that is ongoing for thousands of unwitting patients with meager relief in sight 
2.5
Like Father, Like Son
David Nusair
one of the more memorable entries in the late 1980s body switching boom 
3
Like Father, Like Son
Roger Ebert
This is one of the most desperate comedies I ve ever seen and no wonder The movie s premise doesn t work not at all not even a little not even part of the time and that means everyone in the movie looks awkward and silly all of the time 
1
There Will Be Blood
Brian Eggert
Few Westerns have reached so deep into the abscesses of American ambition 
4
There Will Be Blood
Federico Furzan
A superb performance in one great depiction of greed and evil Full review in Spanish 
4
There Will Be Blood
Troy Patterson
Though Day Lewis seethes juicily under the weight of all that allegory Plainview steadily grows more vicious and less fascinating wasting away to just a cackle and an empty leer 
3
There Will Be Blood
Mattie Lucas
Towering unrelenting filmmaking a visionary masterwork for the ages and the very best film of 2007 
4
There Will Be Blood
Namrata Joshi
The sprawling dark epic hinges on atmospherics and the moody air It s heightened further by the ominous music especially in the long wordless opening sequence set in the mines with man pitted against nature 
3
There Will Be Blood
David Keyes
It is the work of masters perfecting their craft setting off together towards a horizon of shining prowess to discover quite literally the pinnacle of their cinematic potential 
4
There Will Be Blood
Austin Kennedy
Anderson has truly made an old fashioned great American movie Not to be missed 
4
There Will Be Blood
Kam Williams
The original Beverly Hillbillies only sans the cement pond 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Michael A. Smith
After years of achieving a Hollywood cult following writer director Paul Thomas Anderson hits the big time with his adaptation of Upton Sinclair s novel Oil 
4
There Will Be Blood
Jeffrey Westhoff
An intellectualized epic to make lovers of pure cinema swoon 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Sean P. Means
Whether you believe There Will Be Blood is a transcendently powerful movie or merely damn good there s no debate that Day Lewis performance as Plainview is something to behold 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Linda Cook
I know you re out there You re waiting for the Academy Awards And you re waiting to see the movies that have been nominated 
4
There Will Be Blood
Walter Chaw
A Sergio Leone epic about the foundation of a specific aspect of the American character 
4
There Will Be Blood
Lori Hoffman
Anderson s period piece evokes memories of East of Eden with its family conflicts Elmer Gantry in its evangelical moments and Days of Heaven in its epic visuals 
4
There Will Be Blood
Wesley Lovell
It s the kind of quality film that could have been made at any point in film history or film future and still maintain its social philosophical and emotional relevance 
4
There Will Be Blood
David N. Butterworth
Daniel Day Lewis s magnificent sanguine performance as oilman Daniel Plainview is just one of many reasons to catch P T Anderson s latest feature 
3
There Will Be Blood
Nick Rogers
A masterful tale of the parallels and disconnections between primal bloodlust and a life of luxury Both the movie and the man that sit at the center of that idea are a marvel to watch Sumptuous and snarling all at once it s a classic 
4
There Will Be Blood
Sean McBride
brutal yet fascinating to watch
3
There Will Be Blood
Ross Anthony
It s as if you can feel the oil flowing under the ground bubbling seeking a weak patch of earth from which to spew But the climactic emotional equivalent never occurs 
2
There Will Be Blood
Greg Maki
I d rather see something this daring even when it doesn t quite work over a generic Hollywood blockbuster any day 
2.5
There Will Be Blood
John Wirt
Beautifully crafted and acted though There Will Be Blood is Daniel Plainview remains an enigma This and weak reaching developments in the third act make the film a lesser epic 
3
There Will Be Blood
John Beifuss
Those who believe America is trading blood for oil will find agreement in the film s very title as well as in the action of prospecting and drilling in which heavy stakes are driven into the Earth s heart to loose dark gushers 
4
There Will Be Blood
David Elliott
Anderson is a gambler who likes wild cards 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Robert W. Butler
Ultimately the film belongs to Day Lewis whose devotion to character is itself a bit mad and Paul Thomas Anderson who takes us places no other filmmaker dares 
4
There Will Be Blood
Jeff Vice
For a good two hours the drama is pretty riveting stuff A seemingly hasty rushed and ridiculous finale does end things on a particularly unsatisfying note though 
3
There Will Be Blood
Lawrence Toppman
Day Lewis tends to overpower the cast especially in a scenery chewing finale you ll find fascinating or unwatchable I loved it 
3
There Will Be Blood
Barbara Vancheri
Oil Blood Bile Ambition Corruption Hatred It s all spilled messily and nakedly in There Will Be Blood featuring a performance by Daniel Day Lewis that may be the most intense and physically challenging of 2007 
4
There Will Be Blood
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a fascinating portrait of a man selling his soul bit by bit for wealth and power but it may leave viewers longing for more of a plot 
3
There Will Be Blood
Matt Brunson
I m not sure Daniel Day Lewis performance represents the best acting of 2007 but it certainly represents the most acting of the past year 
3
There Will Be Blood
Rob Thomas
Citizen Kane drenched in oil and blood and left to bake in the hot California sun 
4
There Will Be Blood
Phil Villarreal
Like Day Lewis penetrating glare the music sticks with you days and weeks after you ve watched the movie 
4
There Will Be Blood
Eric Melin
Any towering institution is capable of producing monsters even if none of them are as far removed from human frailty as Plainview Day Lewis and his pitiable nemesis Dano 
4
There Will Be Blood
Peter Canavese
Anderson s most mature and ambitious film yet though his growth as a filmmaker remains hindered by an obsession with effect and a disinterest in depth 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Duane Dudek
The dense elegiac and extraordinarily mature character study There Will Be Blood is such a departure in tone theme and execution as if to seem by a different filmmaker entirely 
4
There Will Be Blood
Rene Rodriguez
Anderson is attempting to harness the old fashioned American Western epic with the probing psychology and intimacy of a modern day character study The fact that that character happens to be so repellent is one of the film s many strokes of genius 
4
There Will Be Blood
Amy Biancolli
As an incurable romantic I hold out hope that Anderson s flawed but phenomenal feat here marks the start of a new mature stage in a long career He has genius in him So does the movie before its ending 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Mike McGranaghan
Marred ever so slightly by a bizarre ending this is still a picture that challenges the audience encourages them to explore the elements within it and rewards them for being open to possibilities 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Gina Carbone
The best film of 2007 starts with quiet drilling in the desert and ends decades later with a violent showdown in a bowling alley 
3.75
There Will Be Blood
Peter Travers
There Will Be Blood hits with hurricane force Lovers of formula and sugarcoating will hate it Screw them In terms of excitement imagination and rule busting experimentation it s a gusher 
4
There Will Be Blood
Scott Nash
If you want to be a movie snob this year this is the one to say you ve enjoyed If you want to be entertained this is the movie to avoid 
2.5
There Will Be Blood
Michael Phillips
There Will Be Blood reminds us that the greatest screen performances don t settle for capturing one trait a dominant emotion or an easy way in 
4
There Will Be Blood
Peter Howell
There Will Be Blood the astounding new film by Paul Thomas Anderson is Horatio Alger by way of Faust 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Mick LaSalle
Individual scenes and sequences are too strange haunting and emotionally right for the film to be dismissed There should be no attempt or temptation to dismiss it 
2.5
There Will Be Blood
Liam Lacey
Conjure up the maddest despot scene you can remember and you might get a sense of the seismic register of Day Lewis s extravagant performance Watch and marvel though you may have to suspend your disbelief from the top of an oil derrick 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Lisa Kennedy
If Day Lewis does not win the Academy Award for this protean portrayal it will be because he s won before Or because his gift his discipline is so daunting it can be confounding 
4
There Will Be Blood
Mark Rahner
Up to now director Paul Thomas Anderson s work has diminished with each film since Boogie Nights but Blood is a maturation and reinvention 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Wesley Morris
There Will Be Blood is anti state of the art It s the work of an analog filmmaker railing against an increasingly digitized world In that sense the movie is idiosyncratic too vintage visionary stuff It s physical and tactile 
4
There Will Be Blood
Roger Ebert
A force beyond categories 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Mark Dujsik
Another phenomenal performance from Daniel Day Lewis who balances his character s purpose as symbol and depth as an individual 
3
There Will Be Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anderson never once lets on that he s making a message movie it s mesmerizing to watch 
3
There Will Be Blood
Dustin Putman
If Day Lewis Oscar bound turn is one of the strongest of the year it only calls more attention to the weaknesses around him 
2
There Will Be Blood
Steven Rea
Day Lewis channeling John Huston and Orson Welles the grumbling intonations the crazy eyed glares and who knows who else is nothing short of astounding 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
David Nusair
as compelling and flat out exhilarating as anything within the director s virtually flawless body of work 
4
There Will Be Blood
Josh Larsen
almost as if Terrence Malick had directed Citizen Kane 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Jeanne Aufmuth
Visceral volatile and epic 
4
There Will Be Blood
Sara Michelle Fetters
Anderson s latest is a diseased oil soaked triumph 
4
There Will Be Blood
James Berardinelli
An arresting fascinating and sometimes disturbing motion picture experience 
3
There Will Be Blood
Glenn Kenny
This film invaded my consciousness literally I had a dream about it the first night I saw it a very rare occurrence and still has a tight daunting grip on it 
4
There Will Be Blood
Maitland McDonagh
Ambitious deeply flawed and studded with sequences that achieve pure majestic greatness 
3
There Will Be Blood
Lou Lumenick
The best movie performance so far this century No contest There s Daniel Day Lewis awe inspiring turn as a greedy oilman in There Will Be Blood and there is everyone else 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Jack Mathews
Blood does not release its grip on the audience until its last bizarrely crazy minutes 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Claudia Puig
There Will Be Blood is a bold and sprawling epic about false prophets and massive profits set in a stark and dramatic oil rich landscape 
3.5
There Will Be Blood
Joe Lozito
Paul Thomas Anderson s overlong Upton Sinclair adaptation is nearly worth seeing solely for Daniel Day Lewis s unforgettable performance Nearly 
3
There Will Be Blood
Jan Stuart
The watershed achievement of both Day Lewis and Anderson s careers 
4
There Will Be Blood
Ed Gonzalez
Crammed to its oil slicked rafters with highly stylized forms of art direction cinematography performance dialogue and music All that s missing from it is a sense of humanity 
2
There Will Be Blood
Nick Schager
Paul Thomas Anderson s loose adaptation of Upton Sinclair s 1927 novel Oil finds the director exhibiting newfound maturity and restraint without sacrificing any measure of artistry 
4
There Will Be Blood
Jordan Hiller
Interesting original quality work 
2.5
There Will Be Blood
Kyle Smith
A macabre joke suppose Capitalism and Evangelism climbed down an inky black hole together Which one would emerge 
3.5
Arctic Tale
Debbie Day
It s a playful study of Arctic life starring a polar bear cub its prey and a tagalong fox with the inevitable dramatic moments when bear meets walrus 
3
Arctic Tale
Peter Canavese
Arctic Tale isn t a documentary They say it right there in the title see It s a tale Blu ray 
1.5
Arctic Tale
Alicia Potter
This effort soundly delivers the inconvenient truth to the generation who ll inherit it 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Lori Hoffman
It makes you extremely grateful that Smell O Vision was never perfected 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Sue Pierman
Arctic Tale tries to be everything to everyone but fails at all 
1.5
Arctic Tale
James Sanford
like those cunningly engineered Disney True Life Adventures in which scorpions appeared to dance and supposedly lovelorn squirrels awaited what the narrator called their moment of fulfillment 
2
Arctic Tale
Peter Debruge
Make no mistake Arctic Tale is a stunning film full of all the astonishing even breathtaking nature photography we ve come to expect from the folks at National Geographic 
3
Arctic Tale
Amy Biancolli
It s aimed at kids and it hits them squarely My 6 year old and his friend sat stock still hypnotized 
3
Arctic Tale
Terry Lawson
Arctic Tale does afford us some beautiful landscape cinematography and up close looks at creatures in the wild 
2
Arctic Tale
Lisa Kennedy
There s no Jane Goodall required And the absence of humans proves we needn t be onscreen to make our presence known 
2
Arctic Tale
Lawrence Toppman
So the film s visual elements suggest a documentary but it s a carefully fictionalized narrative Some folks will thus dismiss it as a fabrication but it still packs a profound emotional wallop 
3
Arctic Tale
John Beifuss
More than once I found myself thinking What a planet Which means the movie did its job 
3
Arctic Tale
Larry Ratliff
Warm and fuzzy despite its frigid locale Arctic Tale is the huggable nature film many people expected from March of the Penguins but didn t get 
3
Arctic Tale
Jeff Vice
Husband and wife filmmakers Ravetch and Robertson capture some breathtaking images And a global warming warning which is saved for the end is much subtler than the one in last year s animated hit Happy Feet 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Phil Villarreal
During the end credits kids pop up onscreen to warn you that every time you turn on your lights a baby polar bear falls to his death through a crevasse of ice cracked by global warming Or something to that effect 
2
Arctic Tale
Susan Walker
The point is made life as the wondrous animals of our very far north know it is severely endangered And that can only spell disaster for the inhabitants of lands farther south 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Moira MacDonald
Though the journey is a little bumpy it s still a trip well worth taking for all ages 
3
Arctic Tale
Justin Berton
Despite the storytelling faults Ravetch and Robertson offer remarkable footage from the evaporating Arctic 
2
Arctic Tale
Roger Ebert
Despite its sad scenes it sentimentalizes It attributes human emotions and motivations to its central animals Its music instructs us how to feel And the narration and overall approach get in the way of the visual material 
2
Arctic Tale
Ty Burr
The babies are adorable the soundtrack choices We Are Family obvious the biological diversity awe inspiring 
3
Arctic Tale
Josh Larsen
suffers from happy feet 
1.5
Arctic Tale
Jennie Punter
Nevertheless Arctic Tale is a kid friendly non preachy window on the north as a place of wonder and a harbinger of change and I ll take Queen Latifah s warm voice over Al Gore s drone any day 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Michael Phillips
Watching bear cubs and walrus pups struggling to survive against increasingly tough odds and on ever slushier ice shelves has both its shamelessly manipulative side and its dramatically necessary side as handled here 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Matt Pais
Turns these animals tales into triumphs of endurance and dynamite parenting which does become difficult when you re low on food and weigh as much as a car 
3
Arctic Tale
Jonathan W. Hickman
Arctic Tale shows us a changing world and life changing with it 
3
Arctic Tale
Claudia Puig
Whatever problems some might have with its execution it s hard to argue against a film whose intent is to kindle youthful compassion for living things and inspire action to protect Earth and its creatures 
3
Arctic Tale
Gary Goldstein
Its no bones about it message of how global climate change is challenging our furry and blubbery animal friends at the top of the world is critical and makes the film something everyone concerned with the environment should see 
3
Arctic Tale
Jack Mathews
I m no holdout about the reality of global warming but fictionalizing and anthropomorphizing animal adventures to make the point and then calling it a documentary puts these filmmakers in a league with pre Sicko Michael Moore 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Valerie Kuklenski
Arctic Tale conveys the environmental message to kids in an endearing story wrapped around some of the most compelling footage ever captured at the top of the world 
3.5
Arctic Tale
Jan Stuart
Arctic Tale is yet another wildlife orgy of ooh ing and aah ing designed to expose young ones to the lifestyles of the furry and the fabulous 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Kyle Smith
But the script narrated by Queen Latifah is so embarrassingly dorky it was co written by Kristin Gore that it s like Fred Rogers gone hip hop 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Ken Fox
directors cinematographers Sarah Robertson and Adam Ravetch capture the struggle of life in this frozen wilderness with effective poignancy 
3
Arctic Tale
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is while I am the first to stand up and shout about the dangers of the climate crisis I also don t need to be hit over the head with what is going on in the world with a didactic sledgehammer 
2.5
Arctic Tale
Ed Gonzalez
Children and Republicans may benefit from its message but Arctic Tale isn t to be trusted though not for any reason having to do with its thoughts on climate change 
2
Luk'Luk'I
Brad Wheeler
The film is sobering but rough around the edges more of a series of only occasionally overlapping vignettes as opposed to a fully realized feature 
2
I.Q.
Mal Vincent
Ryan and Robbins are miscast in that they both are kooky stars and the script calls for opposites that attract The scheming is too heavy handed to be really funny 
2.5
I.Q.
Betsy Bozdech
A charming if slightly over stylized romantic comedy about learning to think with your heart instead of your head 
3
I.Q.
Walter Chaw
It s bad in the way in fact of a film that seems a lot like a good movie until you accidentally think about it for just one second 
2
I.Q.
Roger Ebert
I Q is a romantic comedy with its heart in the right place and all of the other pieces distributed correctly too 
3.5
Absence of the Good
Michael Dequina
The title says it all 
1
Absence of the Good
David Nusair
This is a story that could have been told in about 25 minutes but has excrutiatingly been stretched out to an hour and 45 minutes 
2
I for India
Michele Kenner
It s a tale that many immigrant families around the world could tell but probably without as much documentation 
2.5
I for India
Rob Humanick
I for India acts as a ravishing film on film commentary 
3
Man-Made Monster
Matt Brunson
Chaney brings pathos to his role supported by fine makeup and visual effects 
2.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Brian Eggert
A somewhat engaging consideration of how different people view the idea of a soldier or war itself 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Leo Brady
Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk is an attempt at a different kind of storytelling but fails on many levels with a contradictory message behind the surface 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Leaving the actors aside however the real problem with the film is the way it is shot 
1.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Roger Moore
Dreadfully miscalculated
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
David Nusair
a decidedly thin premise that s employed to watchable yet far from spectacular effect by director Ang Lee 
2.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all a giant cacophony of artifice masquerading as something important and meaningful 
1.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Robert Horton
I sensed I was missing part of the experience A big part 
2.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Rob Thomas
Lee wants us to experience what it s like to be Billy But he never makes us feel it 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Kate Taylor
Lurches from a grim family drama cursorily observed to a big and broad satire of the United States in the early 2000s before descending into the very kind of sentimental militarism it has parodied 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Mark Dujsik
The film s criticism is not leveled against the war but against the people who would deny the true nature of combat for their own ends 
3
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Peter Howell
Ang Lee s heart may be in the right place with his Iraq War thumb sucker Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk but his head is somewhere in the clouds 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Calvin Wilson
This halftime walk is more like a long slog 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Michael Phillips
The movie doesn t really work The script is all too faithful to Fountain s florid brand of not quite human poetry The thesis lines thud into place 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Stephanie Merry
Lee might be a pioneer but what good is that when he leaves his story behind 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Rafer Guzman
Ang Lee s unprecedented use of digital technology makes for a hyperreal immersion into the mind of a traumatized soldier 
3
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ty Burr
A gifted director ruining a good book by literalizing what a writer made us visualize for ourselves 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Dann Gire
Wisely Lee anchors his movie with the appealing Alwyn whose accessibility humanizes this war story loaded with one dimensional characters 
3
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Soren Andersen
The acting and script are so strong that the picture is an outstanding achievement even in the 2D version that most people will see 
3.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Rene Rodriguez
Without 3D Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk feels like a neutered movie Watching it you re constantly wondering what it would have looked like the way Lee intended 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Mick LaSalle
Taking place mostly over the course of a single day it s a smart and languorous film that finds time to luxuriate in conversations and to create a feeling for small town American life 
3
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Robert Levin
It s a spectacular mess thoroughly uneven in its plotting filled with character touches that aggressively strain credulity and performances that sacrifice naturalism and authenticity in favor of an abiding artifice 
1.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Rob Lowman
What the film captures so well if imperfectly is the tumult inside Billy 
3.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Godfrey Cheshire
The contrast between this grisly reality and the way it s framed as jingoistic spectacle makes a satiric point that s a bit too obvious to be effective 
2
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Peter Travers
Ang Lee s technical artistry is indisputable but his experiment with visual hyperclarity comes off as artificial when we most need it to be natural organic and whisper close 
2.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Kyle Smith
Dramatically inert satirically inept and thematically insufferable Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk is the most disappointing film of the year 
1
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Brian Truitt
Saddled with an inconsistent plot maudlin melodrama and surprising cynicism about the heroism of young soldiers coming home from war 
1.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Christopher Gray
It does astounding work animating the mind of its young soldier but it runs into technical difficulties whenever it tries to grasp the bigger picture 
2.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Clayton Davis
The demand for the awe that Ang Lee besets upon himself is the film s greatest crime He focuses too much on building the medium and completely abandons the things that have made him such a prolific director in the first place 
2
Walkaway
Diego Semerene
The hedonist possibilities of New York City remain unexplored in Walkaway whose privileged heterosexual twentysomethings would rather spend their time looking for the perfect partner to take home to Momma 
1.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Duane Dudek
What happened to them was an accident but what was done to them is a cautionary tale of how the treatment of prisoners reflects on their captors and how such treatment can breed the very things we fear defiant hardened enemies of the West 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Sean P. Means
A startling indictment of post 9 11 injustice that should anger people of all political persuasions 
3.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Jeff Vice
Tells a powerful story even if you do have to wonder about the sensitivity of releasing a film like this so close to the anniversary of 9 11 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Steven Snyder
Perhaps it will be a strong enough reminder of what s going on down there un checked and unregulated that it will encourage those familiar with the subject to at least talk about it more with those who aren t 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Thomas Delapa
Though compromised what we see enacted is powerful stuff a reminder of the casual hypocrisy of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in his remark that the Gitmo prisoners are treated in accord with the Geneva Convention for the most part 
2
The Road to Guantanamo
David Nusair
a disturbing often unpleasant film that certainly succeeds in provoking an emotional response from the viewer 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
John Hartl
It makes its point in a way that a straight documentary could not 
3.5
The Road to Guantanamo
David Elliott
The overwhelming sense is of busted justice that would have infuriated even Kafka and a great nation abusing the innocent for that old devil expediency 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Carrie Rickey
While not an altogether convincing character study of the three detainees Guantanamo is a nonetheless chilling indictment 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Lisa Kennedy
Winterbottom s re enactors do a persuasive job of depicting young men whose ad hoc decision to travel from Pakistan to Afghanistan put them solidly in the wrong place wrong time category 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Bill Stamets
A bracing docu drama 
3.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Chris Hewitt
The material is beautifully put together and it is powerful 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Michael Wilmington
The moviemakers tell the trio s engrossing story with a mix of battering immediacy precision and discretion that puts you totally in the movie s grip 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Geoff Pevere
It actually displays a remarkable rectitude when it comes to dramatizing its subjects ordeal 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Stephen Cole
A British docudrama that is as provocative as it is timely 
3.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Stephen Williams
Reality and make believe get more than mixed They get muddled 
2
The Road to Guantanamo
Gary Goldstein
An impressive docudrama that recreates in gut wrenching detail one of the most heinous recent examples of wrongdoing by the U S military that we know of 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Ruthe Stein
A film that must be seen to understand the sad truths of our times 
4
The Road to Guantanamo
Ken Fox
Winterbottom s dramatization of their account is short fast moving and merciless and crucial to the authenticity of this terrible story he allows the former prisoners themselves narrate their ordeal through talking head style interviews 
3.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Claudia Puig
A riveting and disturbing documentary that falls short of greatness by not providing enough insight into the characters 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Lisa Rose
While the story is significant the filmmaking is flawed It seems like Guantánamo was rushed out for newsy impact when it really could have used some more fine tuning before release 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Lou Lumenick
The Road to Guantanamo is a missed opportunity This is a subject that deserves a more thoughtful documentary or docudrama not a hastily thrown together amalgam of the two 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Jack Mathews
The movie begins as a not very compelling or particularly convincing road movie and turns into a riveting prison drama 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Bob Strauss
It s probably safe to say that most of what the film depicts happened that way A film as determined as this one is to make an impassioned statement though ought to have made me feel that in my heart not just accept it intellectually 
2.5
The Road to Guantanamo
Wesley Morris
Road to Guantanamo is chilling as a snapshot of how the world changed for average Arab and Muslim men after 9 11 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Peter Canavese
As a look at the injustices blithely wrought in the name of democracy The Road to Guantanamo comes none too soon 
3
The Road to Guantanamo
Jeremiah Kipp
Like the best Charles Dickens novels it demands we grow indignant at the cause 
2.5
Mother Night
Gene Siskel
Director Keith Gordon emphasizes the speeches more than other issues and his otherwise thoughtful movie needlessly romanticizes hate 
2.5
Mother Night
Andy Seiler
A serious drama that is also funny without crossing into burlesque 
3.5
Mother Night
Roger Ebert
Does the film work Not really It loses itself in comic caricatures of the loonies that Campbell meets in New York and its melodramatic double reverses by making the plot seem arbitrary rob it of importance 
2.5
Mother Night
Rob Blackwelder
Wonderfully mysterious and emotionally draining 
3
Penalty Kick
Roger Moore
You don t have to wait long for the first laugh You have to wait an eternity for the second 
1.5
The Mother and the Whore
Dave Kehr
Maddening and brilliant confessional and slyly evasive insistently perverse and blissfully naive 
4
The Mother and the Whore
Michael Wilmington
A classic that remains as burningly alive and shocking today as it was in 1973 
3.5
The Mother and the Whore
John Hartl
Leaud brings a brutal emotional honesty to the role of Alexandre 
3.5
The Mother and the Whore
Mick LaSalle
The movie is long and here and there it seems to meander But when it arrives at its anguished last scene there s no doubt that Eustache knew where he was heading all along 
3
The Mother and the Whore
Roger Ebert
The Mother and the Whore made an enormous impact when it was released It still works a quarter century later because it was so focused on its subjects and lacking in pretension 
4
Little Sister
Rob Thomas
Clark s film uses its 2008 setting as a backdrop for a funny wistful little comedy drama about family members learning to overcome themselves and reconnect with each other Can we reconcile with those who know us only too well Yes we can 
3
Little Sister
Peter Travers
Zach Clark goes down dark comic alleys but he s made a transfixing film about a dysfunctional family that looks touchingly and unnervingly like yours and mine 
3
Little Sister
Sheila O'Malley
A quiet and gentle film emotional but not manipulatively sentimental sad but not nihilistic Marilyn Manson epigram and Goth font chapter markers notwithstanding 
3
Little Sister
Roger Moore
Slight but not without its charms 
2.5
Little Sister
Oleg Ivanov
The film s attempt at political insight and portrayal of social malaise are meant to give it the illusion of depth 
1.5
Naomi
Linda Cook
A noir ish serious thriller Naomi contains just the right elements of romance intrigue and mystery to keep a grownup audience entertained It s about deceit and lies while simultaneously addressing the question of how to define real love 
4
An Insignificant Harvey
Liam Lacey
Kopas s script never manages to set the dramatic wheels in motion Instead we get a Sundance like episodic quirk a thon 
2
An Insignificant Harvey
Linda Barnard
Kopas makes the most of a limited budget while giving Prentice room to shine But the deliberate oddball factor distracts from the job at hand 
2
Fleeing by Night
V.A. Musetto
An overwrought Taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed up relationship 
2
Molière
Peter Canavese
Deluxe tribute to the playwright gets by surprisingly as much by romantic poignancy as farce it s hard to dislike a picture so in Love with its subject 
2.5
Molière
Loey Lockerby
As the film picks up momentum however it becomes the story of an aimless young man who discovers his own brilliant wit and learns how to use it As he gets closer to the scathing fearless Moliere we know and love so does the movie 
3
Molière
Rob Thomas
Moliere actually tells a funny involving story that really does seem inspired by its subject rather than just lazily cribbing from his work 
3
Molière
John Beifuss
Connoisseurs of Sun King era costumes and decor are the most likely fans of this impeccably produced but unimaginative pseudo biopic 
2
Molière
Jeff Vice
The cast is very good The chemistry between Duris and Morante smolders while Luchini makes a convincing bungling aristocrat 
2.5
Molière
Duane Dudek
The unraveling of this same world 100 years later was portrayed in Sofia Coppola s Marie Antoinette next to whose gilded atmosphere the merely glossy Molière looks like a work of naturalism 
2.5
Molière
Terry Lawson
Director and cowriter Laurent Tirard are clearly under the sway of Shakespeare in Love but the talented Duris is miscast as the wily Moliere and Moliere has none of Shakespeare s giddy charm 
2
Molière
Peter Debruge
Lost in the exercise is any insight into Molière s writing or any relevance to today making his achievements seem more frivolous and considerably less amusing than they actually were 
2
Molière
Carrie Rickey
Like the playwright s comedies at its best Moliere shows the depths beneath the archetypes 
3
Molière
Chris Hewitt
If you ve enjoyed Moliere s work you ll enjoy the film 
3
Molière
Geoff Pevere
Woefully miscast as the seminal 17th century French farceur Molière the intense black maned young French movie star Romain Duris never seems more comfortable than the brief moments when he s rotting in a dank jail 
1.5
Molière
Liam Lacey
In making a comedy about a writer famed for his perfectly tuned wit the filmmakers have inspired other expectations The result is as off putting as biting into a confection in which the sugar has been replaced by salt 
1.5
Molière
Bill Stamets
Moliere hardly matches the clever mockery of its 17th century inspiration 
2.5
Molière
Ryan Wenzel
Through homage to Moliere s works and by the film s own example director Tirard reminds us that comedy can provoke both laughter and thought 
2
Molière
Wesley Morris
As a piece of speculative biography the movie is unpersuasive 
2.5
Molière
Michael Phillips
Director and co writer Laurent Tirard s pleasant but tame approach to his birth of a major world dramatist portrait has its virtues 
2.5
Molière
Matt Pais
Underplays its biggest opportunities for laughs like the film is standing at the plate but unwilling to swing the bat 
2
Molière
Jeanne Aufmuth
A blithe but satisfying French confection 
3
Molière
Mick LaSalle
Molière is a restful diversion perhaps too restful but still acceptable And the actors go a long way toward bringing it off 
2.5
Molière
Steve Rhodes
A sweet and silly comedy reminiscent of Shakespeare in Love it s lushly filmed and gorgeously set and costumed 
3
Molière
Ken Fox
A well played but ultimately superfluous assortment of your favorite Moliere scenes strung together by a thread thin plot that emulates but in no way replaces the still sparkling originals 
2.5
Molière
Timothy Knight
One of the year s best films to date 
4
Molière
Lisa Rose
A period piece enlivened with slapstick and mischievous wit 
3
Molière
Kyle Smith
This movie about the crucible of imagination has none of its own 
2
Molière
Elizabeth Weitzman
The actors elevate what might have been fluff into a genuinely moving tale and the action is so much fun that it doesn t even matter if you ve seen Molière s plays before 
3
Molière
Sara Michelle Fetters
Duris so good in The Beat that My Heart Skipped is simply marvelous here His Molière is a complex creature of intelligence insecurity sincerity obstinacy and burgeoning brilliance 
3
Molière
Jan Stuart
Festooned with oodles of museum worthy 17th century sets and costumes Moliere is the sort of slightly naughty but literate frolic that congratulates the audience for its good taste in other words it s a bit of a snooze 
2
Molière
Fernando F. Croce
The Shakespeare in Love song remains the same only the lyrics have changed 
2
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Mike McGranaghan
A unique portrait of an artist in turmoil 
3
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Kenneth Baker
Although expertly edited Johnsen s film whose soundtrack ends with Nina Simone s Feeling Good presents a less effective portrait of Ai than Klayman s does 
2
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Kate Taylor
The film quietly and slowly reveals a man struggling internally to find the right response to the restrictions imposed on him and determining that to stop speaking out would itself be a kind of death 
3
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Christy Lemire
Johnsen intimately chronicles the fascinating push pull of Ai s daily existence the man he truly is now contrasted with the man he hopes to become once again 
3
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Manori Ravindran
In The Fake Case Danish filmmaker Andreas Johnsen connects with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei after his 81 day solitary confinement for subversion of state power and deftly portrays a man untrammeled by his opponents 
3
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Murray Whyte
If I don t share my voice he says then I am dead already It sounds almost like a dare 
3
Vs.
Peter Canavese
Written in four days and shot in fifteen this homegrown indie shows its seams in cinematic terms it s pretty weak sauce 
1.5
Maniacal
Joe Bob Briggs
It s by the numbers but it never bogs down 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Matt Brunson
The law of diminishing returns comes down with Mjölnir force on this needless sequel 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Sarah Knight Adamson
Zac Efron s quarter life crisising Teddy brings some laughs but the rest of the film and its message are just laughable 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
John Serba
Offers diminishing returns in both laughs and heart 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
David Nusair
A sequel that ultimately falls right in line with its lackluster predecessor 46 46 46 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
John Hanlon
Some of the gags do feel a bit repetitive but there are enough funny moments here for this film to stand out on its own 
3.0
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Allyson Johnson
Where the film separates itself is in a refreshing thread of progressiveness so rarely seen in comedies 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
James Berardinelli
There are about six really good laughs during the film s 92 minute running length 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Mike McGranaghan
Neighbors 2 Sorority Rising adds a very cool feminist twist but that twist can t disguise the fact that the movie really isn t all that funny 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Robert Horton
It s as though the Neighbors formula had been dreamed up by that toddler gather together as much stuff as you can throw it madly around the room and see if it s funny 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Lauren Chval
It s also a shame that Neighbors 2 invests so much in stupid gags like people being launched into walls or through windshields when its best moments are in clever dialogue about grappling with adulthood 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Neil Rosen
Overall Neighbors 2 is not as good as the original but fans of the first film will still find enough humor here to make it worth a look 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Christian Toto
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2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Stephen Whitty
A few bits of great physical comedy remain as when Rogen and Efron get locked in a garage But they could have been taken from or slipped into any movie They have nothing to do with their characters or the plot 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Phil Villarreal
Starts off with Rose Byrne puking in Seth Rogen s face and it s all downhill from there 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Sean P. Means
Some of the raunchier jokes are recycled from the first movie but the cast particularly Moretz and the scene stealing Feldstein Jonah Hill s little sister bring exuberance and charm to the enterprise 
3
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Stephen Rebello
Even with occasional flashes of edge there s an unexpected coziness and sweetness about Neighbors 2 that may resonate a lot more strongly with the ladies than with dudes 
3
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Jim Slotek
Neighbors 2 Sorority Rising is an unexpectedly funny addition to a gross out college comedy genre you d think would be played out by now It is smartly written dumb stuff 
3.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Loey Lockerby
There is still plenty to enjoy in the antics of these multigenerational goofballs The premise is already running out of steam though so it s probably time to move on 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Tom Russo
One of the best things about the movie aside from its screwily positive message is the blithely freewheeling yet clever way that Rogen and company assemble the story s puzzle pieces 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Kyle Smith
If earlier Rogen and Stoller movies mined experience for laughs this one is so contrived that it s like it began life as a checklist of things that are supposed to be funny today 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Mark Dujsik
The film is as convincing in its stupidity as it is in its intelligence That s praise by the way 
3.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Rick Bentley
This sequel proves as unlikable as the original 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Stephanie Merry
The jokes are surprising timely reminding viewers of the ways men and women are held to different standards 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Richard Roeper
I couldn t wait for this movie to end 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Glenn Kenny
As movies go Neighbors 2 Sorority Rising barely qualifies as one It looks like it was edited through some kind of shredder 
1.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Dann Gire
Intelligence isn t always a character virtue from summer comedies But it is in this screenplay attributed to five writers who boldly mix rude sight gags with a thoughtful story about accepting maturity and the drawbacks of equality 
3
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Mick LaSalle
The screenplay ties itself into a knot from the start when it presents the founding of the nasty sorority as a feminist event 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Brian Truitt
With Neighbors 2 Sorority Rising the raunchy college comedy is graduating to smart feminist commentary 
3
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Rafer Guzman
Neighbors 2 arrives with a feminist mandate and an eagerness to give women equal opportunity in the raunch department None of the film s five writers is a woman however and it shows 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Soren Andersen
It took five writers to come up with this The mind reels 
1
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Peter Travers
Rogen and Byrne are crazy fun company And a team of screenwriters including Rogen poke fun at their own cash in premise and then get in wicked digs at 2 0 stoners and sexists 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Christopher Gray
The film s expected rehash of recent pop culture totems is accompanied by a novel attention to millennial centric debates about entitlement and identity politics 
2.5
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Katie Walsh
Isn t it time that the ladies got their own rollicking foul mouthed THC soaked party movie The fact that it contains a profoundly progressive message about the difficulties of bucking an inherently sexist system helps its instant classic status 
4
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Dustin Putman
There are individual nice moments to be sure but it holds less than half the laughs of its predecessor and gives that picture s secret weapon standout Rose Byrne disappointingly little to do 
2
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Roger Moore
A 92 minute comedy that plays like a two hour drag a real check your cell messages endurance test 
2
Behave Yourself
Roger Moore
A forgotten madcap gem
3
'Night, Mother
David Nusair
a decent enough adaptation that generally works best as a showcase for the thoroughly engrossing efforts of its two stars 
3
The Quarry
David Sterritt
A flawed movie that doesn t always make narrative sense 
2
Caveat
Steven Prokopy
Director Mc Carthy displays such a confident hand right out of the gate I m almost concerned what levels of psychological torments he might thrust upon us in the future 
3.5
Caveat
Randy Myers
Caveat is unsettling from ominous start to its twist filled finish 
3
Caveat
Sheila O'Malley
An impressive and often terrifying film 
3
Caveat
Roger Moore
It s all rather less than the sum of its horrific parts 
1.5
Scenes From a Mall
David Nusair
a thin premise that s employed to progressively lackluster effect by filmmaker Paul Mazursky 
2
Scenes From a Mall
Chris Hicks
Sounds like the perfect high concept project right So how could it go wrong Who knows But wrong it went 
2
Scenes From a Mall
Roger Ebert
When a movie seems overflowing with interesting colorful details that is often a sign of desperation a way of saying if the picture s no good get a gaudier frame 
1
My Mother's Castle
Roger Ebert
It is likely that no one not even Pagnol had a childhood quite this perfect and yet all happy childhoods grow happier in memory and it is the nature of film that we can share some of Pagnol s happiness 
4
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Janice Page
Pointed sociopolitical commentary that s thoughtful and impassioned if not always hilarious 
2.5
Margaret Cho: Assassin
James Berardinelli
Only for die hard Cho fans 
1.5
Margaret Cho: Assassin
John McMurtrie
If Margaret Cho s act shows no signs of getting old it s because the world is kind enough to provide her with sufficient lunacy to fill countless concert tours 
3
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Timothy Knight
The misses ultimately far outnumber the hits 
2
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Elizabeth Weitzman
Much of this feels like pandering to her liberal audience as she approaches subjects like reproductive and gay rights without offering many new or funny observations 
2
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Lou Lumenick
Though Cho occasionally connects with her targets more often than not she seems as intolerant and hate filled as she accuses them of being and that s not funny 
1.5
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Peter Canavese
Soft in the middle and none of Cho s stories here take on an epic scope Yet the comedienne remains endearingly naughty 
2.5
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Jan Stuart
In her third concert film one does detect a new level of calm about her that suggests Cho is growing more secure in her bones or is simply getting older Or both 
2.5
The Freedom to Marry
Norman Gidney
Restrained and classy this film seeks to teach if nothing else the value of persistence and strategy when everything else seems insurmountable 
3
Eternal Beauty
Jay Horton
Preserve the mystery or examine the motives but showing the same mistakes made over and over again and expecting emotional resonance feels like the definition of inanity 
2
Eternal Beauty
Mark Dujsik
Eternal Beauty possesses little compassion and even fewer reasons to laugh 
1
Eternal Beauty
Nell Minow
When the narrative voice falters here the imaginative visual themes and the complex layered performances hold our interest 
3.5
Eternal Beauty
Lisa Trifone
Despite the sometimes disconnected feel of the film s narrative the strength of Hawkins s performance and writer director Roberts eye for style keep Eternal Beauty interesting 
2.5
Nancy Drew -- Reporter
David Nusair
generally as breezy and amiable a piece of work as one might ve expected 
2.5
The Hollars
Matt Brunson
An agonizing exercise in indie quirk 
1.5
The Hollars
Rob Thomas
Maybe there s a longer more graceful earlier version out there Maybe there s an earlier version of the screenplay that emphasizes authenticity over punchlines But what s on screen feels like an overly cautious watered down final draft 
2
The Hollars
Rick Bentley
The Hollars follows a very predictable storyline but the journey is made far more interesting by a first rate cast 
3
The Hollars
Bob Bloom
The Hollars directed by and starring John Krasinski fails to connect because it doesn t say anything that we haven t already heard 
2
The Hollars
Sean P. Means
If you were to buy a kit labeled quirky independent movie the assembled parts would look like The Hollars in which a stellar cast is stranded in a clich heavy family dramedy 
1.5
The Hollars
Michael Smith
Rarely has family dysfunction on film been more dreadfully boring than in The Hollars 
1.5
The Hollars
Jeff Simon
rasinski is sort of a low grade Jimmy Stewart as a comic dramatic actor He s also obviously now a director other actors are delighted to work for 
3
The Hollars
David N. Butterworth
Hollar if you ve heard this one before 
2.5
The Hollars
John Hartl
Krasinski who also directed the film may have spread himself too thin there s a desperation about the closing scenes cluttered as they are with bouncy pop songs on the soundtrack 
2.5
The Hollars
Roger Moore
Krasinski finds humor in the obvious and keeps the sitcom squishness to a minimum even if The Hollars are nothing to shout about 
2.5
The Hollars
Tirdad Derakhshani
Opening with a promising first act comprising well observed edgy humor the film ends with an overdose of treacle so syrupy so pungent it will unsettle the strongest tummy 
2
The Hollars
Robert Levin
The movie so eagerly touches on all the quadrants we ve become accustomed to expect from Sundance lite pictures that it starts to seem ridiculous 
2
The Hollars
Anita Katz
Although the cast keeps things engaging in an apparent attempt to offset the serious with the sunny director John Krasinski sinks a potentially radiant thing by replacing true emotion with artificial sunshine 
2
The Hollars
Mark Dujsik
There are only three characters who really matter The other characters make it feel as if screenwriter James C Strouse needed to fill some sort of eccentricity quota 
2
The Hollars
Richard Roeper
The Hollars is an uneven ineffective and self conscious dysfunctional family comedy drama with a Sundance y vibe and scene after scene in which the greatly talented and usually quite likable cast members keep stepping in big piles of wrong choices 
1.5
The Hollars
Dann Gire
Krasinski still a better actor than director goes for warm fuzzies rather than chords on the heart strings 
2
The Hollars
Tom Russo
If Krasinski relates in any significant way to his character s self doubt you wouldn t know it from the movie on which he does confident double duty as director 
3
The Hollars
Ann Hornaday
The Hollars drives inexorably to a conclusion that feels as manipulatively mawkish as it is impossibly tidy typical of a genre that too often tries to have it both ways 
2
The Hollars
G. Allen Johnson
The film struggles so hard to be funny that the comic potential is diluted In fact sometimes it seems downright bland 
1
The Hollars
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Hollars is just good enough to make you wish that it were better 
2.5
The Hollars
Elise Nakhnikian
The film s ruefully honest tone is periodically drowned out by the blare of stagey coincidences 
2.5
The Hollars
Peter Travers
Krasinski directs with humor and compassion And Margo Martindale proves again that she is one of the best actors on the planet 
3
The Hollars
Kyle Smith
A gooey morass of indie movie clichs the wacky family dramedy The Hollars marks yet another egregiously cutesy attempt to rekindle that Garden State magic 
1.5
The Hollars
Stephen Whitty
These people are flawed and human short tempered and sometimes silly But they re good to each other They re understanding of each other They re decent And so is this small lovely movie 
3.5
The Hollars
Katie Walsh
Doesn t register much louder than a mumble 
2
The Hollars
Josh Terry
Feels more like the first draft of what will eventually become a much better movie 
2
The Hollars
Matt Pais
Seeks only to manipulate into tears coupled with embarrassing efforts to laugh through them 
1
Porcupine Lake
Bruce DeMara
Indy filmmaker Ingrid Veninger strives earnestly to create an iconic Canadian coming of age story It isn t entirely successful 
2
Porcupine Lake
Marsha Lederman
Remarkable performances by the two young actors at the centre of the film along with assured subtle storytelling by director screenwriter Ingrid Veninger propel this cottage country coming of age drama 
3
Spin State
Roger Moore
We 8217 re left pondering just how little a thriller can get away with not showing us before we fall asleep 46 
1.5
Il bidone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an unforgettable treasure 
4
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango
Kam Williams
Ole Ole Ole 
3
The Care Bears Movie
Tony Mastroianni
The movie preaches the positive power of friendship And if it succeeds at the box office it will prove the positive power of commercial tie ins 
2
Twice Upon a Yesterday
Michael Dequina
Without a rooting interest in our so called hero one admires the invention of the film without necessarily enjoying it 
2.5
Twice Upon a Yesterday
Elias Savada
Equal doses of fairy tale with quixotic overtones romantic treacle and subtle sci fi this small British Spanish import looks marginally better on paper than on screen 
1.5
Twice Upon a Yesterday
Roger Ebert
Twice Upon a Yesterday has the kind of title that promises you ll hate the movie and in this case the movie doesn t disappoint 
1.5
Cop Car
Brian Eggert
Watts demonstrates his confidence as a filmmaker with a straightforward style 44 immediate characters 44 and an undeniably crafty manipulation of tension in subtle 44 funny 44 and at times frightening ways 46 
3
Cop Car
Leo Brady
It may be a tad bit thin coming in at a brisk 86 minute run time but Cop Car is a thrilling film that I can t stop talking about 
3.5
Cop Car
Dustin Putman
As an envoy for beautifully lonesome wide open spaces and pure slow burn suspense it rattles along with undeniable know how 
2.5
Cop Car
David Nusair
deliberate yet evocative 
2.5
Cop Car
James Kendrick
taut lean unapologetically gritty and downbeat tale about two runaway adolescent boys who happen upon a seemingly abandoned police car
3
Cop Car
Glenn Lovell
quirky assured and unexpected fuses the nostalgic kid s eye view tone of Stand by Me with the grisly black comedy of Blood Simple 
3
Cop Car
Kate Taylor
Watts walks us innocents out into the landscape where Hollywood has made its greatest myths and then removes the blindfold 
4
Cop Car
Bruce DeMara
Anchored by solid performances and a taut script Cop Car is a tension filled thrill ride 
3
Cop Car
Robert Levin
A film made with the highest attention to detail and the all important awareness that so much of what makes a movie work unfolds below the surface of its plot 
3
Cop Car
Richard Roeper
Cop Car features the most evil monologue of the year Perfectly horribly fantastically chilling 
3.5
Cop Car
Moira MacDonald
Cop Car has two kids at its center but don t mistake this taut wicked little thriller for a children s film 
3
Cop Car
Michael O'Sullivan
Cop Car builds up a nice suspenseful head of steam mixing dark comedy and true creepiness in such a way that one mood never overwhelms the other 
2
Cop Car
Odie Henderson
The plot description is a good old fashioned okey doke a distraction that lulls you with its absurdity so you ll be blindsided by the lean suspenseful and effective movie director Jon Watts delivers 
3
Cop Car
Gary Thompson
The movie is always coherent and precise narratively and visually 
2.5
Cop Car
Stephen Whitty
What feels like an accidental mashup of two great pop styles Stand By the Killer Inside Me soon turns into a nice grim little entertainment all its own 
3
Cop Car
Kyle Smith
Scenes that should take 30 seconds take three minutes Writer director Jon Watts does successfully channel childhood though He s like a kid short of ideas who triple spaces his book report 
1.5
Cop Car
Chuck Bowen
The narrative derives much of its tension from the unsentimental ambivalence Jon Watts displays toward the story s two pre teen boys 
2.5
Cop Car
Rob Thomas
The screenplay for Cop Car is so clean and straight you could nick yourself on it 
3
The Stone Speakers
Kate Taylor
The psychology behind the popularity of these sites is intriguing and Drljaca s camera travels each scene with slow insistence on its remarkable beauty 
3
The Trust
David Nusair
There is 44 in the end 44 a lot to like and enjoy contained within The Trust 44 but it apos s predominantly outweighed 40 and essentially negated 41 by an unfocused narrative that grows more and more tiresome as it progresses 46 
2
The Trust
Glenn Kenny
The movie gets a lot less interesting once it starts to go dark so to speak and the elements of the story that you had identified as red herrings earlier on turn out to be yup red herrings 
2
The Trust
Richard Roeper
Wood and Cage have a terrific dynamic together 
3.5
The Trust
Sara Stewart
The Trust is a so so heist movie whose dirty cop character s personality must have been described in the screenplay as Nicolas Cage esque Fortunately Cage was available 
2
The Trust
Rex Reed
This dog is dead on arrival and except for one weird comic performance by the star there s no hope for reviving a pulse 
1
The Trust
Chuck Bowen
Throughout Alex and Benjamin Brewer s film Nicolas Cage holds the screen with his distinct timing and expressive force of being 
2.5
The Trust
David N. Butterworth
Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood co star as inventors of the medical apparatus consisting of a pad usually supported by a belt for maintaining a hernia in a reduced state No wait That s The Truss 
2.5
Runaway Slave
John Beifuss
This Tea Party approved documentary about the black conservative movement wastes only three minutes before linking Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Glenn Beck 
2
Human Factors
Matt Zoller Seitz
The performances and direction in Human Factors are sensitive and intelligent 46 Many scenes are marked by a subdued filmmaking intelligence that has become increasingly rare 46 
3
Human Factors
Mark Dujsik
Human Factors 46 46 46 complicates a straightforward story about domestic troubles until the complications overwhelm that story 46 
2
Human Factors
Wes Greene
Despite the mystery of the home invasion becoming increasingly tangential Human Factors remains a compelling puzzle box 
3
Human Factors
Kent Turner
Under overcast skies and rainy weather the noirish family drama plays out like a thriller where each family member has a secret 
3
Human Factors
Steven Prokopy
Human Factors does a remarkable job illustrating how fragile the familial ecosystem can be even in seemingly the strongest families 
2.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Michael Dequina
Being an effective virtual babysitter isn t the same as being a satisfying entertainment 
2
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Linda Cook
Oz has its moments even to this day 
2.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
John Semley
It s short on jokes and hampered by unmemorable musical numbers including one about building a boat and the film s niceness can t overcome the dopey tedium 
1.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Susan Wloszczyna
This is one of those movies that parents will have to ask themselves if they love their child enough to sit through it 
1
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Willie Waffle
It sounds more like a threat than a promise 
.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Bruce Ingram
It s a little shocking how leaden the jokes are in this movie 
1.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Chris Knight
Unfortunately the computer animated Legends of Oz can be charitably described as a pastiche a better word might be mishmash 
1.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Ed Gonzalez
With dubious scruples and much Broadway style caterwauling the film imagines what The Wizard of Oz would look like with a should have gone straight to video chimney on her 
1
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Linda Barnard
Devoid of the visual magic and heartfelt emotion of the original film this version of Oz and Dorothy 2 0 feel like the cheaply made knockoffs you find in a dollar store garishly shiny flimsy and not built to last 
0.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Rafer Guzman
Legends of Oz feels like the opposite of the original film Underneath its aggressive distractions and dim ideas it has no heart 
1
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Tom Russo
The enterprise while gently reverent looks and feels as shaky as it sounds tonally as flat as Kansas farmland 
1
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Joe Williams
There are songs by a motley crew of tunesmiths who include Bryan Adams but except for a showstopper tailor made for Short they don t make much of an impact Ditto for the script 
2
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Sue Pierman
Directors Will Finn and Dan St Pierre create an animated musical rooted in the classic tale with wonderful colorful and detailed settings and a story that is gentle and sweet 
3
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Dann Gire
The merry old land of Oz ceases being so merry in the cheaply animated generically written Legends of Oz Dorothy s Return 
1.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Peter Hartlaub
Mostly the film reaffirms how hard it is to make a movie as unforgettable and enduring as The Wizard of Oz Good chance you ll forget this one on the way home from the theater 
1
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Jen Chaney
Animated in form but completely listless in content 
1
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Roger Moore
Harmless but mostly charmless
1.5
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Lou Lumenick
An eyeball gougingly ugly charm free animated musical sequel which is inexplicably opening in thousands of theaters instead of going direct to video 
0
The Human Resources Manager
Rachel Saslow
If director Eran Riklis s intention is to show the blossoming humanity so to speak of a human resources manager the transformation is much too subtle to work 
1
The Human Resources Manager
Joe Williams
Even with incidents involving drunken locals an underground bunker and a decommissioned tank the film doesn t build the comic momentum of good intentions hurtling downhill in a strange land 
2
The Human Resources Manager
Chris Hewitt
Like a great short story it begins with a simple situation and then convinces you it has told you everything important about it 
3
The Human Resources Manager
John Hartl
Yehoshua and Riklis are sometimes better at setting things up than following through but the result suggests a novelistic density 
3
The Human Resources Manager
Walter V. Addiego
Ivanir s acting is the key he portrays the transition without sentimentalizing his character 
2
The Human Resources Manager
Diego Semerene
It s hard to say if the film is aiming for a political critique of the dynamics of the everydayness of suicide bombings in Israel and the country s poor treatment of its immigrant population or if that s just the way we read anything Israel 
2.5
The Human Resources Manager
V.A. Musetto
An enjoyable mix of tragedy and comedy 
3
Running Free
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sumamente aburrida y con una partitura grandilocuente y melosa que no tiene nada que ver con la historia
2
Running Free
Roger Ebert
This movie might have been more persuasive if the boy had told the story of the horse instead of the horse telling the story of the boy 
1.5
Running Free
Peter Stack
Beautiful scenery and extraordinarily appealing shots of horses make Running Free worth a trip to the multiplex 
2
Running Free
Tor Thorsen
Though this scenic equestrian adventure has an great cinematography an award winning director and all the pretty horses it lacks a single original thought 
1.5
Running Free
Rob Blackwelder
For all its earnest effort and cinematic creativity the core of this story is hackneyed and tedious 
2
Paint Your Wagon
Roger Ebert
The fact is Paint Your Wagon doesn t inspire a review It doesn t even inspire a put down It just lies there in my mind a big heavy lump 
2
Echo Boomers
Leo Brady
Echo Boomers is a wreckless heist film filled to the brim with stuffy acting slick montages and a bloated script It has a lot of flash and nothing that goes boom 
2
Echo Boomers
Lisa Trifone
The ensemble drama mucks about with far too many gimmicks and crutches to be able to establish much of a perspective at all 
1
Echo Boomers
Monica Castillo
A very silly movie that takes itself very seriously 
1
Echo Boomers
Richard Roeper
Director Seth Savoy displays real talent and infuses Echo Boomers with a kinetic flash that suits the material 
3
Echo Boomers
Mark Dujsik
As the movie s focus shifts toward the far more routine elements of such a story we re no longer even certain what questions we should be pondering 
2
Echo Boomers
Roger Moore
Betting on Schwarzenegger making the family name an acting dynasty seems like a long shot even in a business known for its nepotism 
2
The Proprietor
Roger Ebert
The Proprietor is an astoundingly bad movie I could hardly believe my eyes Or my ears or my memory 
0.5
My Favorite War
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In vivid often harrowing detail she walks us through her Soviet childhood and its enduring legacy 
3.5
A Concrete Cinema
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Regardless of any technical issues it may have it s a fascinating and moving documentary Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Maestro
V.A. Musetto
Anybody involved in the underground scene might get a kick out of Maestro but others will likely be bored stiff 
1
Tamara and the Ladybug
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A modest but sensitive urban melodrama 
2
Factotum
Tom Meek
It s not Barfly but it ll do Cheers 
3
Factotum
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Dillon is an utterly excellent actor without ego 
3
Factotum
Tom Meek
The entire production hangs on Dillon but he s up to the task serving up Hank s heart with bottom of the barrel bravado 
3
Factotum
Joe Lozito
Unfortunately like its lead character the film doesn t do much more than drift from one scene to another 
2.5
Factotum
Rick Groen
The transplant didn t take in Barfly and it works no better here in Factotum In each case the baying of the boozehounds just seems repetitious and banal the noise endures but the joy is gone 
2
Factotum
Peter Howell
Quite dull truth be told As good as Dillon and Taylor are in their roles making us side with them even as we despise them there s not a whole lot that happens in a life ruled by the bottle the butt and the shag 
2.5
Factotum
John Beifuss
At its best when it taps into the allure of indolence The almost scandalous feeling of freedom that comes from sitting on a barstool in midafternoon without a job a schedule or responsibilities 
2.5
Factotum
Sara Michelle Fetters
Is it just me or is Matt Dillon just getting better with age 
3.5
Factotum
Robert W. Butler
This adaptation of Charles Bukowski s semi autobiographical novel doesn t whitewash a career boozer s life but in this bleary world it finds a throbbing deadpan hilarious vein of black humor 
3
Factotum
Amy Biancolli
Dillon is better now that he s settled into sturdy middle age He makes more sense I never got him as a Tiger Beat centerfold 
3
Factotum
Walter Chaw
There s a masterpiece in here somewhere 
2.5
Factotum
Paul Doro
The acting is excellent and Factotum does not pull any punches as it wallows in the darker side of life 
2.5
Factotum
Rob Thomas
An audience s appreciation for Bent Hamer s film rests largely on how much time they ll want to spend in Chinaski s well worn groove 
3
Factotum
Thomas Delapa
Good tonic for anyone who s suffered the hangover of the American dream 
2.5
Factotum
Jeremy Heilman
Despite Hamer s deadpan frequently wordless staging of his finely shot scenes the end result is a disappointingly literal portrayal of a twentieth century poet s life 
2
Factotum
Tirdad Derakhshani
Dillon and director Hamer manage to give us a real Bukowski by avoiding the overly dramatic histrionics that sometimes marred Barbet Schroeder s similarly themed 1987 booze drama Barfly with Mickey Rourke 
3
Factotum
Chris Hewitt
Hamer clearly understands the cracked ruined beauty of Bukowski s poetry and he has listened closely to the sentiments of a Bukowski line quoted in the film If you re going to try go all the way 
3
Factotum
Ted Fry
Even the most bleary bloodshot eyes will see a wrenching faithfulness of spirit in Matt Dillon s candid portrayal of Henry Chinaski Bukowski s autobiographical doppelgänger 
3.5
Factotum
David Elliott
Approved by the writer s widow and estate this may be the closest movies have come outside of documentaries to Bukowski 
3.5
Factotum
Terry Lawson
One of the few films that gets to the heart of what a writer does and how he does it without the clichés of pages being torn from the typewriter crumpled and tossed on the floor 
3
Factotum
Betsy Bozdech
Matt Dillon gets gritty and drinks a lot in director Bent Hamer s interesting but uneven adaptation of Charles Bukowski s acclaimed novel 
3
Factotum
Mick LaSalle
It s a deadpan comedy that looks upon the world with an honesty and impassiveness worthy of its protagonist and of the author standing behind him 
3
Factotum
Mary F. Pols
The movie like its hero has a deadpan low key humor and once you understand that it s not going to show us the cycle of recovery or Hank s big break into the world of publishing it s just a pleasure to sit back and see what comes out of Hank s mouth 
3
Factotum
Michael Wilmington
Hamer illuminates Bukowski s dark sleazy little corner He makes us feel with Hank and surprisingly at times feel for him 
3
Factotum
J. R. Jones
In cherry picking the more filmable episodes from the novel Hamer and Stark have constructed a sort of poor man s Barfly with an emphasis on drunken mischief 
2
Factotum
Ty Burr
Hamer has created a tidy film about a fabulously messy man 
2.5
Factotum
Jim Emerson
Almost 20 years after Barfly Factotum mostly feels unnecessary 
2.5
Factotum
James Rocchi
a well made but marginal film about a well liked but marginal figure in American letters 
3
Factotum
Peter Canavese
Hard liquor goes in at the mouth but when we re lucky it comes out in the writer s grip 
3.5
Factotum
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sort of like the daytime version of Barfly s nights Factotum is a trifle but one filled with amusing even touching moments 
3
Factotum
Matt Pais
Factotum exists in a dryly comic world of woozy indifference and it holds your attention in the same soft but secure way that Henry clutches a bottle 
3
Factotum
Jeanne Aufmuth
With Dillon at the helm Bukowski s muse comes alive chaotic and maddening but eminently watchable 
2.5
Factotum
Jeremiah Kipp
Flip on the Independent Film Channel any day of the week any hour and chances are you ll find a movie like Factotum 
2
Factotum
Ken Fox
What makes any of it work is Dillon s attention to the subtleties of the man s speech and mannerisms which turns what might have been a casting disaster into a remarkably satisfying portrayal 
2.5
Factotum
Lisa Rose
While the acting is good the narrative is flat and repetitious The director doesn t connect the scenes into a meaningful character study 
2.5
Factotum
Kyle Smith
A seamy and funny adaptation of Charles Bukowski s 1975 novel Factotum 
3
Factotum
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are a few laughs and a corking hangover 
2.5
Factotum
Glenn Whipp
Factotum adapted and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer remains faithful to the source material a plus if you appreciate Bukowski s deadpan down and out writing 
3
Factotum
James Berardinelli
After a while Factotum surrenders to monotony and only the performances are likely to retain the viewer s interest There s probably an audience for this film but I suspect it s not a large one 
2.5
Factotum
James Emanuel Shapiro
Factotum which means general servant shows that Bukowski s stories are as interesting funny tragic and relevant as ever 
3
High Heels
Roger Ebert
Pedro Almodovar s films are an acquired taste and with High Heels I am at last beginning to acquire it 
3
The Killer Inside Me
Tom Meek
t s the depth of darkness and amorality that grips Definitely not for all especially those easily disturbed by sheer raw violence 
2.5
The Killer Inside Me
David Nusair
The end result is an overlong adaptation that primarily comes off as a complete and total misfire 
2
The Killer Inside Me
Rob Thomas
It s Winterbottom s first entry into dark noir and I think a more seasoned hand in the genre would have given Lou s horrible actions their proper moral weight 
2
The Killer Inside Me
Jeff Vice
One of the most repellent and reprehensible movies in recent memory 
1.5
The Killer Inside Me
James Kendrick
uneven but fascinatingly nasty adaptation of Thompson s 1952 novel
3
The Killer Inside Me
Amy Biancolli
What a crock 
1.5
The Killer Inside Me
Lisa Kennedy
Little however can save The Killer Inside Me from its worst impulses its reveling in brute violence that makes it hard to watch and nearly impossible to admire even though it s carefully crafted 
2
The Killer Inside Me
Ann Hornaday
As for the misogynist brutality it is indeed depraved made more so by the fact that its female victims are depicted as loving their abuse right up until it turns murderous 
1
The Killer Inside Me
Chris Hewitt
It s an intriguing more than meets the eye experiment in point of view 
3
The Killer Inside Me
John Hartl
To his credit Affleck avoids making Lou suggest a reboot of Robert He s pushy and cowardly but in a more calculating way and he s sadistically sexual in a way that Robert never was 
3
The Killer Inside Me
Steven Rea
It s a psychologically haunting portrait of an extreme personality an amoral violent lonely man 
3.5
The Killer Inside Me
Peter Keough
Jim Thompson might be the darkest of noir writers but Michael Winterbottom s version of Thompson s 1952 novel reduces its mirthful nihilism to lurid unpleasantness 
2.5
The Killer Inside Me
James Berardinelli
Full of nice little touches but somehow misses the mark when it comes to the big picture 
2.5
The Killer Inside Me
Mark Dujsik
Winterbottom has crafted a handsome film about the ugliness of the worst of human nature and in the process given us a fascinating dissection of genre mechanics 
3.5
The Killer Inside Me
Michael Phillips
Winterbottom was right to keep the light and compositions flat and bright and eerily sunny no matter what sort of evilness Lou perpetrates But the story should grow progressively more reckless seeming and feverish instead it is methodical to a fault 
2
The Killer Inside Me
Roger Ebert
There is a point beyond which Lou s implacability brings diminishing returns While I admire Affleck s performance I believe Winterbottom and his writer John Curran may have miscalculated 
2.5
The Killer Inside Me
Stephen Whitty
It s one thing on the page where you re almost as horrified by the idea of some person actually writing this as you are by what you re reading But on the screen actually watching it happen it begins to fall apart 
2.5
The Killer Inside Me
Peter Travers
John Curran s script can be faulted for leaning too heavily on the childhood roots of Lou s psychosis but the movie does Thompson proud It s a scorcher 
3
The Killer Inside Me
V.A. Musetto
Raspy voiced Affleck turns in an amazingly controlled performance as a natural born killer with strong backup from the supporting cast 
3
The Killer Inside Me
Kam Williams
No movie for old men or any other demographic for that matter 
1
The Killer Inside Me
Bill Weber
The result isn t drama so much as a waking nightmare of play acting and predestined doom 
2.5
The Killer Inside Me
Robert Levin
David Lynch might have made something subversive out of these off putting elements Winterbottom has no idea what to do 
1
The Killer Inside Me
Erik Childress
Just a couple of unappetizing scenes in an otherwise painfully dull picture with no grasp on the tightening noose against Tom nor the development of the portrait of a seriously disturbed serial killer 
1.5
Youth in Oregon
Rex Reed
The terrific cast is well worth watching but everything else about this wayward movie mistake leaves you feeling just awful 
2
Youth in Oregon
Glenn Kenny
Is this all well acted It certainly is especially by Langella But all things being equal I d prefer to see him in a revival of The Man Who Came To Dinner 
2
Youth in Oregon
Derek Smith
Joel David Moore s film is too often distracted by irrelevant emotional grandstanding 
1.5
Julie Walking Home
Ray Conlogue
It doesn t work but Otto performs heroically sustaining the character of Julie to the movie s final moments 
2.5
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Ray Conlogue
It puts the viewer inside the world of three children who are banal for a compelling reason They have never learned or been taught how to create meaning in their lives 
3
Hour of the Gun
Matt Brunson
Jason Robards tackles Doc Holliday and like practically every other actor who s essayed the role Mature Douglas Kilmer Quaid has a grand old time cutting up 
3
Hour of the Gun
Mattie Lucas
Sturges has the guts to confront a myth he helped perpetuate 10 years earlier in Gunfight at the O K Corral and examines the effects of its morally questionable violence on the men who helped perpetrate it 
3
Hour of the Gun
David Nusair
marvelously entertaining performances 
2.5
Chop Suey
Chris Hewitt
Even the misspellings and ramblings fit into the loosey goosey associative framework 
3
Chop Suey
Moira MacDonald
Sometimes maddeningly meandering often intriguing 
3
Chop Suey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Spending time with Weber and hearing his stories makes you realize you might be listening to the secret of a happy life 
3
Chop Suey
Ed Gonzalez
Bruce Weber s filmic journey becomes a series of libidinal ups and humbling downs 
2.5
On Broadway
David Reddish
On Broadway doesnt exactly break new ground but it does offer a fascinating blow by blow account of Broadways past 50 years 
3
On Broadway
Mark Dujsik
Jacoby s film is romantic about the art of theater but it s far more critical of the business side 
3
Swordfish
Abbie Bernstein
Swordfish is made with demonstrable skill and enthusiasm and it s so improbable in its particulars that most viewers in the mood to do so will be able to kick back and enjoy it as shoot em up entertainment 
3
Swordfish
David Nusair
Strap yourself in for the ride and enjoy 
3
Swordfish
Margaret A. McGurk
It calls itself a thriller apparently because it is loaded with pointless machinations that pile up into a tortured wreck of narrative desperation 
1
Swordfish
Jorge Avila Andrade
A pesar de algunas cosas notorias en su aspecto visual no deja de ser una ms del gnero
2.5
Swordfish
Michael Dequina
While embracing and celebrating its lowest common denominator aspirations make the film refreshingly unpretentious and modestly diverting it doesn t make it a good one 
2.5
Swordfish
Mike McGranaghan
I m willing to buy the idea of a flying bus but a movie had better distract me from all logical thought while I m doing it Swordfish can t pull that one off 
2.5
Swordfish
Robert Roten
The film is slick but unsatisfying 
2
Swordfish
James Kendrick
a testosterone driven shoot em up that relishes scenes of carnal damage much more than the thrill of breaking into a secure network
2.5
Swordfish
Greg Dean Schmitz
Strictly style above content to the point that even cracking is shown as being a bit like Tetris
2
Swordfish
Harvey S. Karten
An intriguing script lifts this above most hackneyed action adventure fare 
3
Swordfish
Bob Graham
All this excess leading to nothing much 
1
Swordfish
Rick Groen
Begins by directing our attention to a potentially good film in full view then some damn Hollywood magician makes it disappear 
2.5
Swordfish
Marty Mapes
In spite of its obvious visible flaws the movie works viscerally 
2.5
Swordfish
Tor Thorsen
Like a cigarette it s damn tasty full of blistering action and surprisingly sly humor but not very good for you 
2.5
Swordfish
Roger Ebert
It s skillfully mounted and fitfully intriguing but weaves such a tangled web that at the end I defy anyone in the audience to explain the exact loyalties and motives of the leading characters 
2.5
Swordfish
Cornell & Petricelli
The most mesmerizing and refreshing action film of the last three years 
3.5
Swordfish
Michael Wilmington
A series of set pieces that grow progressively absurd climaxing in a thoroughly perverse ending 
2
Swordfish
Dan Lybarger
With a stronger than usual cast it s a shame that Sena and his crew nearly ruin the film with a sense of overkill 
2
Swordfish
Rob Blackwelder
If John Woo were in a coma after a botched full frontal lobotomy he could still make a better action movie than Swordfish 
1
Swordfish
Jeanne Aufmuth
Someone please tell John Travolta to take a vacation 
2
Swordfish
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes movies are so awful so over the top ridiculous that they re good and a lot of fun to laugh at 
3
Swordfish
James Berardinelli
Swordfish at least remembers that this sort of film is supposed to be fun 
3
Swordfish
Ross Anthony
Bang for your buck 
2
Swordfish
Ed Gonzalez
Disgusting and immoral 
1
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
David Nusair
an entertainingly absurd thriller that boasts several genuinely exciting interludes and an expectedly riveting performance from Michael Douglas 
3
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Jason Thurston
There s fun to be had in a rickety Coney Island rollercoaster manner and it s not terrible late at night on the couch with a bag of warm popcorn though it is just too silly and slight for all its bluster 
2
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Kyle Smith
What you won t be able to figure out is why this laughable yarn didn t go straight to DVD 
0.5
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Peter Travers
What I can t figure out is how director Peter Hyams can remake a 1956 movie from the great Fritz Lang and not learn anything about suspense pacing and storytelling in the process 
1
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Claudia Puig
Like its title Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a generic forgettable courtroom thriller 
2
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Nick Schager
For his remake of Fritz Lang s last American film Peter Hyams retains the German Expressionist s narrative conceit but otherwise ratchets up the sleek car commercial flashiness 
1
Room 203
Mark Dujsik
Room 203 is just a repetitive formulaic and nearly broken bore 
1
Room 203
Roger Moore
Never really gets up a head of steam and just sort of peters out in a predictable anti climactic finale 
1.5
Madness of Love
Rick Groen
Nothing more or less than an outright bodice ripper it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows 
2
Madness of Love
Jeff Vice
Aranda s screenplay and direction are rather shallow so that this bodice ripper feels more like a Lifetime made for cable movie than an epic tragic romance 
2
Madness of Love
Jackie Loohauis
Less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession 
2
Madness of Love
Peter Bernard
Interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story 
3
Madness of Love
Connie Ogle
It s Lpez de Ayala s show and she s relentless in her energy and passion 
2.5
Madness of Love
Loren King
Equal parts bodice ripper and plodding costume drama 
2.5
Madness of Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not too fast and not too slow It s not too racy and it s not too offensive It s not too much of anything 
1
Madness of Love
David Elliott
It s like an old Warner Bros costumer jived with sex this could be the movie Errol Flynn always wanted to make though Bette Davis cast as Joan would have killed him 
2.5
Madness of Love
Steve Rhodes
I m still not quite sure how to take this historical drama with a sexual twist but I liked it Obscure history can be pretty fascinating 
3
Madness of Love
John Hartl
Ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes eye filling wide screen production design and Joan s wacky decision to stand by her man no matter how many times he demonstrates that he s a disloyal satyr 
2
Madness of Love
Mick LaSalle
A sexy peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain and the fact that it s based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling 
3
Madness of Love
Wesley Morris
Like an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace Mad Love looks better than it feels 
2
Madness of Love
Vanessa Sibbald
Liotti resembling Fabio in tights doesn t appear to have enough brains passion or good looks to inspire the kind of obsession Joan demonstrates
2.5
Madness of Love
Rod Armstrong
Shame on writer director Vicente Aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens obsessive relationships and rampant adultery so dull 
2
Madness of Love
V.A. Musetto
Overwrought melodramatic bodice ripper 
2
Madness of Love
Evan Henerson
The film may occasionally feel like a political science lesson brought to soap operatic life but it s well acted and artfully done 
3
Madness of Love
Harvey S. Karten
Martyr gets royally screwed and comes back for more 
3
Rock Camp: The Movie
Sarah Knight Adamson
I always appreciate examples of kids and teens being mentored in films and this one is great The rock royalty includes Roger Daultry Joe Perry Slash Clarence Clemons Meat Loaf and Joe Walsh along with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of Kiss 
3
Rock Camp: The Movie
Richard Roeper
It s inspiring and occasionally touching to hear about amateurs living out their rock n roll fantasies with Roger Daltrey Alice Cooper and the like 
3
Rock Camp: The Movie
Lisa Trifone
There s nothing particularly exceptional about the filmmaking on display in Rock Camp But then that s not the point 
2.5
Rock Camp: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Fast moving funny and sometimes touching this is about as good an encapsulation of what rock and roll means to fans as you re likely to find 
3.5
Rock Camp: The Movie
Roger Moore
One never shakes the feeling that this whole enterprise is seriously tone deaf 
1
China Heavyweight
Claude Peck
This ain t no Rocky and your take aways are mostly about Chinese family and social customs 
2
China Heavyweight
Janice Page
Focuses on the stories of three boxers and weaves them into a compelling narrative that rivals anything Hollywood could script 
3
China Heavyweight
Tom Keogh
Yung seems to anticipate real life emotional beats and positions his camera at exactly the right moments yet nothing seems artificial or scripted The result is an unexpectedly tender film about the price of coming into one s own 
3
China Heavyweight
Mark Jenkins
The documentary is fluid detailed and well photographed by Sun Shaoguang 
2.5
China Heavyweight
Kalvin Henely
Although we never really get to know He or Miao despite following them around vrit style director Yung Chang expertly captures the rays of Western culture bouncing off them 
2.5
China Heavyweight
V.A. Musetto
Call it Rocky Asian style 
3
China Heavyweight
Linda Barnard
It stands as a fascinating look at a changing China and the courage it takes for those living there to punch above their weight 
3
China Heavyweight
Liam Lacey
Chang nurses a compelling drama from a multilayered cultural reality at once intimate and unfathomably large in implications 
4
The Black Prince
Brad Wheeler
I will not vanish without a fight Singh vows But he kind of does 
1.5
The Black Prince
Ryan Porter
The Black Prince may follow the formula of a prestige pic but this messy film just shows why those truly stirring historical dramas deserve the awards season glory they get 
1.5
The Spirit of St. Louis
Josh Larsen
a national myth for the Eisenhower era 
3
The Spirit of St. Louis
Phil Villarreal
Stewart who was nominated for five best actor Oscars his one win was for The Philadelphia Story 1940 turns in perhaps his most impressive feat 
4
Remember My Name
David Nusair
a progressively erratic drama that s at its best in its lackadaisical yet appealing first half 
2
Remember My Name
Mick LaSalle
Remember My Name is a film that lingers in the mind without exactly staying in mind The actions in it are decisive but small like stirrings in a pond 
3
Raising Cain
Matt Brunson
An off center carbon copy of De Palma s superb 1980 hit Dressed to Kill coming off as hokey and jokey rather than clever and suspenseful 
2
Raising Cain
James Kendrick
works superbly in its isolated setpieces even as the film as a whole doesn t quite hang together
3
Raising Cain
Dustin Putman
From first scene to the unforgettable final sting Raising Cain is hypnotic in its richly devised spell starkly realistic fears invaded by haunting spurts of dream logic 
4
Raising Cain
David Nusair
one of the most satisfying entries within De Palma s decidedly erratic body of work 
3.5
Raising Cain
Eric Henderson
Rather than clarifying De Palma s technique with Raising Cain effectively obliterates the audience s bearings 
3
Raising Cain
Chuck O'Leary
A respectable if overly campy De Palma thriller Like the director s Body Double this plays better the second time you watch it 
3
Blood From Stone
Blake Howard
Blood From Stone aspires to be the neon trailer park blood splatter sister of Only Lover s Left Alive 
2.5
Blood From Stone
Tom Meek
You ve felt this one course through your veins before but Kapetanovic s fierce self indulgent marauder and Toth s confused but able heroine make for a compelling watch 
2.5
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Matt Brunson
This earned Robert Donat the Oscar for Best Actor a significant victory considering his competition included Gone With the Wind 8217 s Clark Gable 44 Mr 46 Smith Goes to Washington 8217 s James Stewart 44 and Wuthering Heights 8217 Laurence Olivier 46 
3.5
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Christopher James
The basic heart behind Goodbye Mr Chips really resonates We need teachers who care about their students and care about the institution of learning 
2.5
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Betsy Bozdech
Earnest sweet and charming 1939 s Goodbye Mr Chips is one of those classic films that falls under the category of they just don t make em like they used to 
3
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Andrew Howe
Robert Donat is deeply affecting as the title character 
3.5
The Achievers: The Story of the Lebowski Fans
Linda Cook
Sometimes a documentary is a documentary But sometimes dude it s a reflection of the world at large 
3.5
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Brian Eggert
An unparalleled and unforgettable telling of the Dracula drama in operatic terms 46 
3.5
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Federico Furzan
The vampire story turned into a gory and romantic epic fairy tale This is a powerful entry into the universe of adaptations of the count that simply fell in love Full review in Spanish 
4
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Matt Brunson
Coppola s stunning adaptation of the classic vampire novel is a movie lover s dream as the director elected to rely on old school cinematic techniques albeit executed with modern day aplomb to punch across his bold and bloody interpretation 
3.5
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Walter Chaw
Keanu Reeves does get to say I have offended you with my ignorance and I am sorry 
2
Bram Stoker's Dracula
David Keyes
a reminder of how it is possible for stories to live flawless screen existences even without much tampering of the texts 
4
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Roger Ebert
The movie is an exercise in feverish excess and for that if for little else I enjoyed it 
3
If I Knew What You Said
James Adams
In its fashion it s a wonderful demonstration of the Oscar Wilde maxim All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling 
1
Remember
Brad Keefe
The great performance of Plummer isn t quite wasted but it deserved better 
2.5
Remember
Jeff Simon
It s not just a triumph for Canadian director Egoyan but for writer Benjamin August 
3
Remember
Sonny Bunch
Plummer himself is perfect for this role There aren t too many others who could convincingly play a demented nonagenarian with such verve 
3
Remember
Mark Dujsik
The last scenes reveal that the movie s gimmick has existed only to sucker punch us with a pessimistic morally questionable shift 
1.5
Remember
Richard Roeper
Atom Egoyan s bold but often ludicrous Remember plays a like a mash up of The Terminator Marathon Man and Memento as filtered through the lens of an old Twilight Zone episode 
2
Remember
Dann Gire
Plummer s perfectly pitched performance as the vulnerable Zev struggling to retain his mind more than minding his mission provides all the emotion necessary to overrule the most illogical of events 
3
Remember
Robert Horton
Plummer s performance shows an actor in full command of his resources even as the man he plays is losing his 
2.5
Remember
Rob Thomas
I don t know if it was Canadian director Atom Egoyan s first decision or last decision to cast Christopher Plummer in the lead role in Remember but it was unquestionably his best decision 
3
Remember
Michael Smith
Give this taut twisty tale of Nazi hunting suspense a chance and you may find yourself swept up in the mystery 
3
Remember
Soren Andersen
A shaky premise meets a shaky protagonist in Remember 
2
Remember
Roger Moore
A riveting Memento mystery of old men Holocaust survivors seeking their equally aged tormentors through the fog of dementia 
3
Remember
Peter Keough
It touches on big topics like the Holocaust dementia and middle class American mores and in doing so verges on bad taste Despite all that and an implausible plot Egoyan ekes out an engaging and meaningful potboiler 
3
Remember
Christopher Kompanek
This isn t a paint by numbers revenge plot When the payoff finally comes it s as satisfying as it is perplexing 
3
Remember
Lou Lumenick
Plummer is deeply affecting even while navigating plot holes you could drive a 16 wheeler through 
1.5
Remember
Sean Nam
Atom Egoyan is only interested in using the Holocaust as fodder for carrot dangling plot contrivances 
1.5
Remember
David Nusair
Atom Egoyan s most entertaining movie in years 
3.5
Remember
Linda Barnard
Flashback free narrative scripted by Benjamin August is the most linear storytelling Egoyan has done in ages and also the most satisfying 
2.5
Remember
Kate Taylor
At its best it creates plot devices of almost Hitchcockian cleverness 
3
Remember
Chris Knight
Rest assured this is a delicately crafted and enjoyable film And if for some reason you have to duck out early you might even enjoy it a little more 
3
Nine
Kelly Jane Torrance
You d be hard pressed to find a better cast in any film this year 
3
Nine
Jeff Beck
What we get is a film that is close in story to Fellini s film but which needed more time for its actresses and better music to make it all worthwhile 
2.5
Nine
Michael Dequina
While film allows limitless opportunities to open up a work that originated on the legit stage Marshall seems intent on making the material feel even more stagebound on the big screen 
2
Nine
Wesley Lovell
An uneven arrangement of musical numbers surrounding a stage to screen adaptation that was a screen to stage adaptation in the first place 
2.5
Nine
Lori Hoffman
The musical numbers are delightful but what surrounds them drains the energy provided by those musical moments 
2
Nine
Mike McGranaghan
The songs here are not particularly catchy and while the choreography and set design are tops they do little to elevate the almost relentlessly somber mood 
2
Nine
John Wirt
Nine doesn t achieve the dynamic range that might have made it far more captivating than it is 
2.5
Nine
Michael A. Smith
It s like watching a greatest hits collection without really ever being a fan of the band 
2
Nine
Gina Carbone
In the canon of modern musicals Nine belongs miles beneath Moulin Rouge and even Evita and bright whimsical Mamma Mia 
2.5
Nine
Sean O'Connell
How does one recommend a musical that packs a putrid songbook hires eye candy over proven entertainers and casts perhaps the greatest actor of our generation in the lead even though he can t sing a note 
1.5
Nine
Sara Michelle Fetters
I loved how the musical numbers exploded inside of Guido s psyche each of them having a cinematic pizzazz showing exactly what it must be like to reside within the character s brainpan 
3
Nine
Matt Brunson
The biggest disappointment of the holiday season make that the biggest disappointment of the YEAR Nine proves to be both tone deaf and flat footed 
2
Nine
Lisa Kennedy
Nine is if not a grand work terrifically tasty eye and ear candy Two numbers from somewhat unexpected quarters are worth the price of admission alone 
3
Nine
Claudia Puig
Nine should have been called 4Â 1 2 because it doesn t come close to the work of the master who inspired it 
2
Nine
Lawrence Toppman
I understand the metaphor Director Contini turns his experiences into movies often suppressing gritty realities and whipping up elaborate emotionally hollow fantasies I just wish director Marshall hadn t done the same thing 
2.5
Nine
Rob Thomas
You don t have to love Federico Fellini to hate Nine But it helps 
1.5
Nine
John Beifuss
If you remember the lugubriously comical Bela Lugosi accent used by Jason Segel when performing his Dracula puppet opera in Forgetting Sarah Marshall you ve got a notion of Daniel Day Lewis singing voice in Nine 
1.5
Nine
Erik Childress
Rob Marshall has neither the personal touch to connect to his main character nor the foresight to realize that a dreamlike cinematic musical about the cinema may not be best served on a damn soundstage 
2
Nine
Kit Bowen
As movie musicals go Nine doesn t necessarily have that wow factor but it certainly has enough terrific performances to make it entertaining 
3
Nine
Mark Dujsik
In concept it s a bad idea in execution it s much worse 
1
Nine
Bob Bloom
As a musical and a movie Nine is not at all memorable It is cheesy and underwhelming 
2
Nine
Willie Waffle
A movie with oodles of flash loads of style and a Penelope Cruz song and dance number that will leave every man in the audience needing a very cold cold shower 
3
Nine
Dustin Putman
When Nine is fulfilling its duties as a musical it s terrific The songs however are in service of a lesser script and story As the genre goes this is a minor musical but worth seeing all the same 
2.5
Nine
Wesley Morris
The movie is full of risible pontifications about the nature of art but falls well short of capturing the angst of creative frustration 
2
Nine
Jeff Vice
The biggest accomplishment of Nine is finding two things that Daniel Day Lewis can t do convincingly 
2
Nine
Chris Hewitt
Charm is not among the qualities Day Lewis possesses Intense Yes Intelligent Yes Would sooner slit your throat and finger paint with your blood than sing a show tune Unfortunately for Nine yes 
2
Nine
Ann Hornaday
It s a film within a film about a film within a film and seems to lose layers of authenticity with each iteration finally becoming a profoundly alienating experience 
1
Nine
Mick LaSalle
John Lennon once said There s a great woman behind every idiot This time I m counting seven of them 
1
Nine
Carrie Rickey
Rarely have so many Oscar winners struggled so strenuously for such meager payoff 
2.5
Nine
Peter Howell
A fractured film about creative and coital conundrums that is best sampled like an array of Italian gelatos In other words don t complain about how it all works just enjoy the yummy bits 
3
Nine
Joe Williams
The biggest problem is that the star in the center of this universe is a black hole Daniel Day Lewis is arguably the finest actor in the English speaking world He s also the least Italian guy imaginable 
2.5
Nine
Moira MacDonald
A few vivid performances emerge from the clamor 
2.5
Nine
Liam Lacey
Only in its second half does the film start to show a suggestion of coherence 
2
Nine
Roger Ebert
Nine is just plain adrift in its own lack of necessity 
2
Nine
Roger Moore
How can a movie starring six Academy Award winning actors be such a bore 
2
Nine
Michael Phillips
This has always been a show about the broads and how they torment tantalize judge and revere the suffering mama s boy The best way to approach Nine is as a fashion spread rather than an actual story 
2.5
Nine
Stephen Whitty
A hugely theatrical often enjoyable experience 
3
Nine
Lou Lumenick
The jaw droppingly awful Nine is the worst Broadway to Hollywood transfer since The Producers the cinematic equivalent of that movie s show Springtime for Hitler 
1.5
Nine
Rene Rodriguez
Like he did in Chicago Marshall films and edits the hell out of the musical numbers but Nike TV commercials look pretty cool too 
2
Nine
Peter Keough
What Svengali effect does Rob Marshall have over top of the line actors that lures them into such assaults on good taste 
0
Nine
Scott Nash
I still wish Hollywood would hire singers rather than stars to perform in musicals but I enjoyed Nine anyway 
3
Nine
Thelma Adams
Daniel Day Lewis sings dances and furrows his brow in a Rob Marshall s musical that could have been a 10 but is only a 5 
2.5
Nine
Phil Villarreal
A hyperactive musical with elaborate song and dance explosions energetic performances and all the restraint and measured judgment of Tiger Woods at Perkins 
3
Nine
Robert Levin
It looks great but the magic is missing sacrificed to Marshall s steadfast allegiance to surface style and his inability to find the specific focus the material demands 
2
Nine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nine has an appealingly nutty energy that plays out with more clarity and purpose than the choppy frenetic Chicago 
3
Nine
Josh Larsen
like a big time variety show with Daniel Day Lewis as the oddly selected host 
2
Nine
Ryan Stewart
Marshall overlooks the potentially unsavory dimensions of a reputed scaliwag director s sex life in favor of a succession of bloodlessly PG 13 encounters heavy on implication 
1.5
Nine
James Berardinelli
Too often the narrative portions of Nine feel like bridges to move from one song to the next In the best musicals song and dialogue blend seamlessly that s not always the case here 
3
Nine
Peter Travers
Rob Marshall s flawed but frequently dazzling Nine is a hot blooded musical fantasia full of song dance raging emotion and simmering sexuality 
3
Lake Tahoe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eimbcke s world sun baked and lazy and almost devoid of activity or adults may seem aimless and pointless but he manages a delightfully complete wrap up and payoff 
3.5
Lake Tahoe
Tom Keogh
Fortunately Eimbcke s laconic if fanciful storytelling strengths ring more true than his somewhat artificial and hackneyed visual style which includes a penchant for lengthy wide angle shots that make the world look like a feverishly alien place 
3
Lake Tahoe
V.A. Musetto
With Lake Tahoe Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke proves himself adept at turning a blank screen into a work of art 
3
Lake Tahoe
Fernando F. Croce
Eimbcke has an undeniable gift for deftly doleful wavelengths 
2.5
Lake Tahoe
Laura Bennett
It ultimately sags under the weight of its bloated silences and stagnant story line 
2.5
Here Before
Simon Abrams
Theres certainly enough craft soul and intelligence on display to make Here Before worth a look 
2.5
Here Before
Mark Dujsik
Here Before and particularly Riseborough s performance offer a quietly chilling depiction of the persistence and mystery of grief 
3
Here Before
Roger Moore
Another sublime performance from Andrea Riseborough one of the subtlest and most expressive actresses working today 
2.5
Here Before
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film in trying to play gotcha with its audience trips over itself and totally unravels in the process 
2
Here Before
Kent Turner
A pungent addition to the nightmare in the daytime genre where every line and scene falls into place 
3
Here Before
Mattie Lucas
A little too clever for its own good so the twists it telegraphs never quite land but it s an eerie mood piece with a firecracker performance by Riseborough at the center 
2.5
Here Before
Rob Thomas
Gregg maintains an uneasy tension with perfectly composed often symmetrical shots and Riseborough s emotionally raw performance 
3
Donkey Punch
Robert Levin
A nasty little thriller that might have worked had it tempered its propensity for outrageous brutality 
2.5
Donkey Punch
Ted Fry
Packs a magnetic jolt of fearsome intensity 
2.5
Donkey Punch
David Nusair
46 46 46 has been infused with an egregiously plodding sensibility that effectively renders its few positive attributes moot 46 
2
Donkey Punch
Michael Dequina
I look forward to Blackburn making a thriller with a script to match his style 
2.5
Donkey Punch
Steven Rea
It s Dead Calm meets Very Bad Things with English accents 
2.5
Donkey Punch
Wesley Morris
Anyone looking for a stoned and bikinied update of L Avventura Purple Noon Dead Calm or other boat bound chillers will have to settle for The Real World Death Yacht 
2
Donkey Punch
Stephen Whitty
Watching it s easy to feel a little stranded too 
1.5
Donkey Punch
Lou Lumenick
Fairly well executed exploitation 
2
Donkey Punch
Lucius Gore
It has the best boat propeller killing since Dr Butcher M D All in all a good trashy thriller 
3
Donkey Punch
Nick Schager
So aware of genre conventions manipulations and symbolism that it functions more like an intellectualized primer than an actual terrifying experience 
2.5
In the Shadow of Iris
Roger Moore
Sexy casting and a taste of kink dress up this tale that begins conventionally throws its first sleight of hand trick at us and saves a few more for the third act 
3
Dear Wendy
Ron Reed
Naive corruptible lonely young man meets femme fatale and it all leads inevitably absurdly to destruction 
3
Dear Wendy
Michael Posner
We get it Lars Actually we got it some time ago Guns are bad things They kill people and Americans are obsessed with them Can we move on now 
2
Dear Wendy
Jeff Vice
The film has the unmistakable imprint of Lars von Trier with its heavy handed tirade masquerading as satire assailing what he perceives to be America s obsessions with guns and violence 
1.5
Dear Wendy
Sean P. Means
Von Trier s caricature of teen angst and Vinterberg s junkyard chic stylistic flourishes aren t about anything but their loathing of American culture 
1.5
Dear Wendy
John Hartl
If Jamie Bell can t rescue a movie it s probably not salvageable 
1.5
Dear Wendy
Chris Hewitt
A dumb movie that thinks it s smart is the worst kind of awful 
1
The Web
Matt Brunson
Yet another reminder that Vincent Price was an excellent dramatic actor before he became almost exclusively known as a horror star 
3
Reunion
David Nusair
consistently entertaining and surprisingly moving 
3
Reunion
James Kendrick
an intriguing and often bittersweet drama that benefits from both the stripped down aesthetic of the original Dogme 95 dictates and the more commercial flourishes
2.5
Reunion
Rob Thomas
American Reunion is able to transcend its technical limitations with the help of some fine performances and a nicely turned screenplay 
3
Reunion
Steve Rhodes
The movie comes into its own in its brilliant last act 
3
Reunion
Edward Guthmann
Reunion tries hard means well but makes a big mistake in believing that cheap production values automatically bestow integrity 
1
Reunion
Rob Blackwelder
You never feel like any more than a tourist in these people s lives 
2
Reunion
Glenn Lovell
This melodrama is so trite you ll be mouthing lines a beat before the characters 
1.5
CSNY: Deja Vu
Aidin Vaziri
Many come to the shows unprepared for the heavy sermonizing Others call for it The documentary seems equally divisive 
2
CSNY: Deja Vu
Chris Hewitt
Come to think of it maybe the reason the movie spends so much time patting the band on the back is because it is obvious movie audiences aren t likely to 
2
CSNY: Deja Vu
Maitland McDonagh
CSNY Dj Vu doesn t break any new documentary ground but it does exactly what it sets out to do Preserve a live event and make it available to a broader audience 
3
CSNY: Deja Vu
Kyle Smith
The band s harmonies have crumbled and their new songs sound like paint being chipped off an aluminum shed with a garden rake Their hits would sound better on the next eight track you see at a yard sale 
1
CSNY: Deja Vu
Ty Burr
The movie makes you glad that CSNY is still out there rocking in the free world It makes you doubly glad they re not leading it 
2.5
CSNY: Deja Vu
Ted Fry
Might have packed a stronger punch with more commitment to both the music and the message 
2.5
CSNY: Deja Vu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film avoids discussing politics directly and instead discusses the right to discuss politics 
3.5
CSNY: Deja Vu
Steven Rea
Achieves a level of unexpected power and poignancy 
3
CSNY: Deja Vu
Sid Smith
CSNY Dj Vu brings back glimmers of the old glory and touchingly suggests that the body may age but the spirit of the Woodstock nation endures 
3
CSNY: Deja Vu
Rafer Guzman
As laudable as the idealism may be the movie sometimes feels like a self congratulatory victory lap 
2
CSNY: Deja Vu
Andrew Schenker
Compelling in its consideration of the struggles of musicians to meld their art with a political message and present it to a largely indifferent public who just wants to rock out 
3
The Raspberry Reich
Megan Lehmann
The humorless Reich makes for one dull and repetitive skin flick 
1
The Raspberry Reich
Ed Gonzalez
Both a counter cultural assault on homosexist ideology and a comment on the way a revolution is often watered by media obsessed bleeding hearts 
3
Fubar
Walter Chaw
It s a solid diversion and Kent demonstrates a nice way with his cast as well as a strong ear for comedy 
2.5
Tall Girl
Roger Moore
More sweet than funny but it doesn t miss by much 
2
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Matt Soergel
The action s pretty pedestrian and you wouldn t be blamed if you wished they d just get it over with so that we could get back to the glories of Hellboy himself 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mike D'Angelo
These still aren t so much characters as they are three dimensional sketches lifted from the margins of a bored teenager s math textbook 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Peter Rowe
Hellboy II The Golden Army zips from tense showdown to eerie spectacle at particle accelerator speed 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Gary Susman
For all its gorgeous freakishness the movie is even more about love and friendship than the first one was 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Lori Hoffman
Hellboy II The Golden Army is not a sequel that soars to new heights but it does slip into a nice summer movie comfort zone 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Wesley Lovell
Further proof that franchises second films can be better than the first This one tops the original in a number of ways not the least of which is its creative inventiveness 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Austin Kennedy
Despite my complaints this is one gargantuan action film that succeeds in creating an entertaining fantasy universe 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Linda Cook
Is this fun Hellboy yeah 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Ross Anthony
Surprisingly rich entertainment even takes on well known series Star Wars LOTR Die Hard framed squarely within a sub par opening and weak ending Still I liked it 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
John Wirt
Hellboy II like the recent Chronicles of Narnia sequel sacrifices story and character on the altar of action effects and underwhelming creatures 
2
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
John Beifuss
Del Toro s compositions are dense with effects and background creatures and he clearly sympathizes with the misfits and monsters who are weary of humankind s greed and ecological destructiveness yet the movie is light on its feet and generous of spirit 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Walter Chaw
The film itself is lovely a breathless feast of fantasy anchored by an authentic humanism 
4
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Matt Brunson
While this sequel to the 2004 feature doesn t lack for visual wonders it s utterly clumsy in the storytelling department a genuine shock given del Toro s usual ability to spin a tall tale 
2
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Eric Melin
Guillermo Del Toro s love for creature features comes through but his story is uncomfortably rote in this visually dynamic comic book sequel 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Larry Ratliff
Go to the movies long enough and you ll eventually find yourself rooting for a blood red horned monster man from hell 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Charles Koplinski
Without question del Toro s a visionary who lets his imagination run wild 
3.0
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Phil Villarreal
About a half hour into Hellboy II The Golden Army my friend turned to me and asked Does this movie have a point 
1
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mike McGranaghan
Hellboy II The Golden Army hits just the right mixture of style comedy action and character development Here s hoping for a third installment 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Bruce DeMara
One can t help but wonder whether Del Toro hasn t misjudged the balance between comedy and gravity in this sequel 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Willie Waffle
This movie is everything Hancock wanted to be but failed to deliver 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Chris Hewitt
There s so much beauty and imagination on display in Hellboy II The Golden Army that it s sometimes hard to tell if you re watching an action movie or a museum exhibit called The Artistry of Guillermo Del Toro 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Peter Hartlaub
The talented fantasy filmmaker and heir to the Lord of the Rings throne gets the tone right throughout Hellboy 2 and the hip retro charm alone is enough to merit recommendation 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Rudy Joggerst
It s an entertaining visually stunning romp busy with fantastic ideas and well rounded characters 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Carla Meyer
Combining animatronics digital effects and most important the director s fertile imagination Hellboy II gives us a taste of the magic del Toro is sure to bring to J R R Tolkien s The Hobbit 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Peter Travers
A surprise package of fun fright and untamed imagination 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
James Berardinelli
The second film is more assured better paced and has a stronger emotional component 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Nick Rogers
A fabulously freaky and fun immersion into a world of skin hair teeth and bones that aren t our own Revolving around the ideas of bedtime story imagination and fatherly obligation it s more exciting elegant and confident than its predecessor 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Rafer Guzman
Hellboy II like its 2004 predecessor has a middling story line but it s made memorable by the dark freaky visions of director Guillermo del Toro And this time his imagination runs wilder than ever 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Kyle Smith
Guillermo del Toro s more extravagant 75 million follow up to his 2004 B movie doesn t take any of this particularly seriously It s a monster movie in which the monsters listen to Barry Manilow 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Duane Dudek
Hellboy II has the inclinations of a gas guzzler but the soul of a hybrid and the two resist each other like partners in a loveless marriage 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Rene Rodriguez
It s the path del Toro takes to get there that gives the film its propulsive kick You literally never know what s coming next and what does is always better and cooler than you could have imagined 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Bob Strauss
The summer s been loaded with superhero movies some better and some worse than Hellboy II but none is as exuberantly creative nor as unconventionally committed to being so many things other than a live action comic book 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Robert W. Butler
Enjoy The Golden Army for what it is a big fat piece of eye candy But for the next Hellboy movie could we please have a lot more Hellboy 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Amy Biancolli
Melds the original Hellboy s kibitzy humor and crushing action with Labyrinth s darkest fairy tale imaginings 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Liam Lacey
Hellboy a sensitive devil with a tough exterior is an inspired creation but limited as a dramatic protagonist When you start with a demon hero you can t settle for making his adversary a less complex demon 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jeff Vice
Hellboy II The Golden Army is one of the coolest looking movies if not the most visually impressive one of the summer 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Lisa Kennedy
The PG 13 Hellboy is fun And it s unafraid to embrace the schmaltzy 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Lawrence Toppman
Fanboys won t mind the absence of depth or emotion they may even welcome it for making the film more representative of its comic book origins The rest of us however cannot rejoice at the overspending and overkill likely to come in Hellboy III 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Ty Burr
A blast of fanboy wit style imagination and prodigious noise that comes on like heavy bore pop art 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Christian Toto
Hellboy II is a creature feature unlike any you ve seen before But next time let s try a little storytelling too 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Steven D. Greydanus
First and foremost Hellboy II is a riot of creature and set design as well as big action set pieces Yet Del Toro never reduces the characters to mere action figures 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Greg Maki
I left the theater nearly delirious from what I had just experienced and I can t wait to take it all in again 
4
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Daniel M. Kimmel
easily one of the most imaginative films of the summer 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Del Toro seems to have been given more freedom and more money to create an even more complete universe packed to the corners with his peculiar unique ideas and nightmares 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Sean P. Means
By far the most imaginative action movie in ages a mix of epic fantasy tender romance broad comedy and double barreled excitement that satisfies all your pleasure centers 
4
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Maitland McDonagh
The wonders are if not endless then abundant And in a movie landscape where effects too often supersedes special wonders are worth savoring 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Dustin Putman
If the premise isn t exactly air tight and the pacing is uneven the visual panache and central character work helps to make up for some of its deficiencies 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Steven Rea
For all its eye popping Middle Earth meets Mos Eisley majesty its mix of Heironymus Bosch Jules Verne and George Lucas Hellboy II is a letdown 
2.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Michael Phillips
I can barely keep up with the mythology put forth by the Hellboy series but I enjoyed the first film and I enjoyed the new one 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Claudia Puig
With director Guillermo del Toro s fantastical vision on overdrive tempered by an occasionally self mocking sense of humor this Hellboy sequel is a quintessential summer movie that delivers plenty of inventive thrills 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Michael Wilmington
We should be glad that del Toro is operating at his peak right now getting all the money and latitude he needs to weave his spells 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Sara Michelle Fetters
For all their unique weirdness this is a movie about people and what it means to be human these characters as everyday normal as you me or that guy riding right past you on his bicycle 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Roger Ebert
del Toro has an endlessly inventive imagination and understands how legends work why they entertain us and that they sometimes stand for something For love for example 
3.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Michael A. Smith
A visual treat in every way Hellboy II delivers on all cylinders 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mark Rahner
Director Guillermo del Toro is a mad genius and I want to get drunk with him 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Sean McBride
Cool monsters aside it s really the humor and the characters make Hellboy 2 into something more than just another summer special effects flick 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Peter Canavese
The line from special effects whiz Ray Harryhausen to director Guillermo del Toro has never been so clearly visible 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Josh Larsen
isn t much of a story yet as a vehicle for the monstrosity minded imagination of writer director Guillermo del Toro it offers an endless array of bizarre visual riches 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Joe Lozito
Visually stunning comic book sequel from the endlessly inventive Guillermo del Toro amounts to little more than a noisy mess But it sure looks pretty along the way 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jeremiah Kipp
Adolescent pulp fantasia meets sentimental married life in Guillermo Del Toro s follow up to his 2004 working class superhero movie 
3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Rossiter Drake
Clearly del Toro has a deep affection for both his characters and the world of gods and fairy tale monsters and it translates into a rich sophisticated sequel that actually improves on the original 
4
The Last Place on Earth
Robert K. Elder
Too much going on with too little focus 
1.5
The Last Place on Earth
Chris Hewitt
Movies this inane rarely get made much less released 
1
The Last Place on Earth
Vince Koehler
The Last Place On Earth made its US Theatrical premiere in Kansas City at the Glenwood Arts Theater Friday May 14 Director James Slocum was on hand to answer questions 
3
The Last Place on Earth
Dan Lybarger
What keeps The Last Place on Earth from pulling the audience in is that a viewer feels a few steps ahead of the characters 
2
X
Matt Brunson
Separately 44 X and Pearl might not have made my 10 Best of 2022 list 59 together 44 how could they not 63 
3.5
X
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a slightly unfocused twist on the sex and death genre 46 
2.5
X
Dann Gire
A meticulously crafted ode to vintage horror 
3.5
X
David Nusair
an exceedingly and sometimes excessively deliberate horror film that benefits from its atmospheric sensibilities and roster of top notch performances 
2.5
X
Kevin Carr
This is a compendium of horror films from the 70s and early 80s all rolled into one 
3.5
X
Jay Horton
A skillful clever not entirely satisfying homage to the heyday of both skin flicks and slasher cinema 
3
X
Walter Chaw
I expected many things from X but I didn t expect it to make me cry 
4
X
Roger Moore
West has made a rare horror tale that makes you listen ponder and consider whats happening to its hapless victims and why 
3
X
Rene Sanchez
Mia Goth is fantastic in this wildly entertaining slasher about repressed desires and their devastating consequences Full Review in Spanish
3.5
X
Joey Magidson
X is a great example of how you can honor the genre classics while still very much doing your own thing 
3
X
Joe Friar
Ti West returns to horror after a nine year absence only to unveil his magnum opus X is an instant horror classic with standout performances by Mia Goth and Scott Mescudi Sex Gore and Rock n Roll Now go watch Tobe Hooper s Eaten Alive 
4
X
Jeff Mitchell
Set in 1979 Ti West s creepy and compelling slasher film builds a case to quote Billy Joel that the good ole days weren t always good 
3
X
Steven Prokopy
You ll laugh you ll scream and along the way you meet some truly fascinating characters on both sides of the pointy object 
3.5
X
Tom Meek
The real wonderment of the film beyond the stellar performances lie in the framing and editing 
2.5
X
Sara Michelle Fetters
X rips at the jugular with exuberant joy This is old school exploitation horror that isnt afraid to offend and doesnt care if the rough edges get sanded down 
3.5
X
Jeff York
There is a sincerity to it all Director West is playing things straight as he wants us to be gasping for air not guffawing with laughter 
3
X
Kevin A. Ranson
Decadent what s happening isn t as significant as the why of it making viewers skin crawl confronting eventuality head on art house horror masquerading as low budget slasher fare 
4
X
James Berardinelli
X is a fun movie a throwback to the Grindhouse pictures of the 1970s and the slasher genre of the late 70s and early 80s 
3
X
Richard Roeper
This is an homage but also a strikingly original and cheerfully grotesque work filled with dark humor relatively complex subtext and gung ho all in performances from the talented ensemble cast 
3.5
X
Mark Dujsik
Outside of the self aware games the film is a tense and chilling piece of horror 
3
X
Zaki Hasan
Theres enough satire baked into the premise plus an effort to ground both the characters and the killings that the film manages to weave some genuine audience investment in with all the jump scares 
3
X
David Gonzalez
X is a fitting tribute to the B horror and slashers of yesteryear while providing a visceral examination of sexuality 44 youth 44 and the fear of aging 46 A triumphant victory for the horror genre 44 incorporating its themes with the guts and gore of horror past 46 
4
X
Leo Brady
X is the great kind of horror that wont settle for the cliches or the narrative beats we have seen before It s marking the spot for what great horror cinema can look like and its another Ti West banger 
3.5
X
Brian Eggert
X feels like something fresh and alive West draws from the classics sure but it s evident he feels inspired by them rather than dependent on them 
3.5
X
Christian Toto
Director Ti West delivers a rollicking genre treat with blood gore and brains 
3
X
Abby Olcese
An icky good time that s primarily a love letter to the filmmaking process 
3
Mr. Rookie
Steve Rhodes
If Mr Rookie was any sweeter it would cause cavities and I mean that only as a big compliment 
3.5
Dead
Roger Moore
Funny but it struggles to strike a balance between the daft and the dark between sweetness and slaughter 
2.5
Mars & April
David Nusair
The degree to which Villeneuve immediately alienates the viewer is nothing short of remarkable 
0
The Class
Kelly Jane Torrance
There are lessons to be learned in The Class but its makers aren t clear enough on what they are 
3
The Class
David Nusair
46 46 46 the sort of film that one admires more than one enjoys 46 46 46 
2
The Class
James Kendrick
creates dramatic energy without a tightly delineated storyline
3.5
The Class
Peter Canavese
A great achievement in cinematic realism when conflict arises and it frequently does the filmmakers refuse to instruct us on who s right and who s wrong making the film its own kind of Socratic lecture Blu ray 
4
The Class
Gerald Peary
It feels so real its fluid camera style like a cinéma vérité 
3.5
The Class
Josh Larsen
A tonic to the Hollywood teacher movie 
3.5
The Class
Daniel M. Kimmel
this doesn t fall into the easy cliches of the teacher at the bad school miraculously winning over the kids 
3
The Class
Matt Brunson
A piercing look at a generation gap that only seems to be gaping ever more widely 
3
The Class
Rob Thomas
Every student has some potential we see which is why it s so heartbreaking to see them caught in the gears of a public education system that s doing its best but hampered by limited resources and an institutional mind set 
3.5
The Class
Duane Dudek
A dialogue and idea driven documentary style work of fictional vérité that defies the heroic teacher myth of Hollywood films like Dangerous Minds and reveals teachers and students as prisoners of the same flawed system 
3.5
The Class
Phil Villarreal
The hard hitting film makes most other school based films resemble child s play as careers and futures of both the teacher and student hang in the balance in the uncaring hands of an indifferent system 
3.5
The Class
John Beifuss
The classroom becomes symbolic of society as a whole An incubator of problems as well as solutions and a source of disaster and promise hope and despair affection and enmity 
3.5
The Class
Robert W. Butler
Though it generates a few laughs The Class is anything but uplifting In the end you find yourself moved not by triumph but by the seeming futility of it all 
3
The Class
Michael Sragow
The Class ranks with the very best films ever made about teaching and it s unlike any English or American film about teaching ever made 
4
The Class
Jeff Vice
It s complex and fascinating It also has a real ring of truth to it 
3.5
The Class
Marjorie Baumgarten
The kinetic and perceptive realism of The Class puts to shame the entire field of schoolroom dramas and makes the movie seem more like an acutely observed Frederick Wiseman documentary than any up the down staircase melodrama
4
The Class
Lisa Kennedy
These kids aren t always all right But they are consistently riveting 
3
The Class
Connie Ogle
The Class skillfully straddles an intriguing line between reality and fiction 
3
The Class
Amy Biancolli
By rough estimate maybe 80 percent of the movie consists of these student teacher slanging matches but it s engrossing 
4
The Class
John Hartl
Cantet has created a deceptively simple film that gradually deconstructs a Hollywood genre 
3.5
The Class
Rafer Guzman
Powerful mesmerizing and full of moments that linger long after the bell rings 
4
The Class
James Berardinelli
Those looking for answers to many of the most pressing junior high student teacher issues won t find them here What they will discover is a well dramatized list of many of the most vexing questions 
3.5
The Class
Chris Hewitt
Shot as if it were a documentary and using real students to play and help create the roles of the students The Class is strikingly authentic in its details 
3
The Class
Carrie Rickey
The effect of this sobering funny and finally enlightening portrait is one of enormous sympathy for all parties in the education tango 
3.5
The Class
Wesley Morris
Laurent Cantet s drama The Class brings us back to earth unalloyed 
4
The Class
Michael Phillips
This is one of the screen s most rewarding explorations of the teacher student relationship in any language Every voice we hear makes sense every opinion means something 
4
The Class
Roger Ebert
The movie is bursting with life energy fears frustrations and the quick laughter of a classroom hungry for relief 
4
The Class
Claudia Puig
Clichés are deftly avoided in this thought provoking film 
3.5
The Class
Peter Travers
Laurent Cantet s scrappy mesmerizer of a movie about a life in learning sneaks up and floors you 
3.5
The Class
Linda Barnard
The drama of The Class is organic rising from the hundreds of daily exchanges in a schoolroom The lessons you take away will be purely personal 
3
The Class
Rick Groen
The Class is simultaneously old school and new familiar in its themes but unique in design and at its best riveting in execution 
3
The Class
Steve Rhodes
Cantet uses actual students to retell their own stories hoping for a gripping authenticity But what comes across on the screen feels like a sanitized version of real life 
2
The Class
Stephen Whitty
Bracingly realistic 
3
The Class
David Kronke
Exhilarating in its simmering quiet brilliance 
4
The Class
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though it plays up its own social relevance it actually works something like an uncomfortably realistic docudrama 
3
The Class
Lou Lumenick
This documentary style look at a year in a French middle school is certainly ambitious and ultimately delivers after a pretty tedious first hour 
3
The Class
David Phelps
At best The Class is great reality TV 
2
The Class
Joe Williams
Arguably the finest film ever made about education And within the context of a changing world it is timely too 
4
The Hot Spot
Ryan Murphy
Dennis Hopper s The Hot Spot a scorching cinematic slice of film noir is the type of movie that demands to be shown only in well air conditioned cineplexes 
3
The Hot Spot
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doesn t always work and is far too long but gets by on style 
3
The Hot Spot
Scott Nash
This neo noir film directed by Dennis Hopper is like a trashy pulp novel that you might read and enjoy at the beach 
3
The Hot Spot
David Nusair
The Hot Spot is an incredibly hit and miss affair with the various positive elements in the film hurt by a seriously overlong running time 
2.5
The Hot Spot
Roger Ebert
I feel at home in movies like The Hot Spot They come out of that vast universe formed by the historic meeting of B movies and the idea of film noir films about the soft underbelly of the human conscience 
3
Mars & Venus
Steve Rhodes
A wonderful love story about a married couple not a very popular subject for the movies 
3
You Will Die at Twenty
Roger Moore
A potent parable for life in this Northern Sudan war torn and timelessly backward corner of the world 
3
You Will Die at Twenty
Randy Myers
Amjad Abu Alala s stunningly photographed drama challenges strict dogmatic practices and posits how a life without a moral code can cause much damage 
3
You Will Die at Twenty
Mia Vicino
Considering the parameters Alala s groundbreaking feature length debut is even more impressive 
3
Cromwell
Roger Moore
Whatever deserved abuse it received upon its release it s brisk enough the grandeur and scale hold up and the cast has just enough heft to carry it off 
2.5
Cromwell
Roger Ebert
Richard Harris as Cromwell schleps around the kingdom reciting epigrams and looking distracted He doesn t inhabit the role or even seem to care much about it 
2
Ham on Rye
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The final truths of the affair may be slightly muddled but the journey there is worth the trip helped along by excellent naturalistic performances from the large cast 
3
Ham on Rye
Mattie Lucas
Taormina has a keen eye for the bizarre and unusual and so fully commits to the unusual concept that it takes on a kind of life of its own ebbing and flowing through the unique cadences of the world it creates 
3
Ham on Rye
Tom Meek
Tyler Taormina s bold coming of age drama is part throwback as well as groundbreaker and something of an immersion into teen life without a sense of a classic narrative 
3.5
Ham on Rye
Ty Burr
Ham on Rye will frustrate literal minded audiences but it s a work of gentle genuine American surrealism a lo fi love song to those left behind by character and chance 
3
Ham on Rye
Chuck Bowen
The film s purposeful archness challenges the sentimentality that marks many a film and real life ceremony 
3.5
Ham on Rye
Max Weiss
The Twilight Zone meets Dazed and Confused in this funny unsettling film from newcomer Tylor Taormina 
3
Let's Dance
Roger Moore
Whatever its French charms its a Step Up movie without any sexual heat and nothing resembling sweat 
2
The Sound of Music
James Berardinelli
By any reasonable critical analysis The Sound of Music is a terrible movie 
2.5
The Sound of Music
Kate Cameron
Appealing to the whole family and giving Julie Andrews a chance to sing and perform charmingly it presents Christopher Plummer as Captain Von Trapp a role that is sure to enhance the popularity of this fine actor 
4
The Sound of Music
Peter Canavese
The Sound of Music is high fructose corn syrupy built on simplistic psychology unnaturalistic acting and historical inaccuracy It s also well nigh irresistible Blu ray 
4
The Sound of Music
Walter Chaw
God The Sound of Music is so freakin nice 
1.5
The Sound of Music
Wesley Lovell
One of the finest examples of escapist musical entertainment The Sound of Music is a terrific picture 
4
The Sound of Music
Scott Nash
Objectively I can look at it and see that is a load of sentimental hogwash but if I relax and just watch it it sucks me in every time 
4
The Sound of Music
James Sanford
established Julie Andrews as a major international movie star Her radiance and energy fills the screen in scene after scene She s absolutely magnetic 
4
The Sound of Music
Michael Szymanski
One of the most enduring feel good musicals ever made with sing along songs made for the entire family 
4
The Sound of Music
Michael Wilmington
The movie has almost everything music romance kids spectacular scenery religion sentiment comedy high and low and at the end intrigue and adventure 
3.5
The Sound of Music
James Kendrick
one of the last and most successful products of a less cynical cinematic age
3
The Sound of Music
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a bulldozer of a musical plowing straight through things like taste restraint grace and style in favor of big big and more big 
2
The Sound of Music
Steve Rhodes
Although a bit corny it is a joyous musical odyssey suitable for the entire family 
3.5
ParaNorman
Brian Eggert
With plenty of hilarious gags 44 horror movie references 44 and a general air of being engineered for anyone not in the mainstream 44 ParaNorman is bound to become a cult favorite 46 
3.5
ParaNorman
Matt Brunson
Imaginatively designed and sharply scripted 
3
ParaNorman
Matthew Rozsa
Every child should see it 
4
ParaNorman
Brandy McDonnell
ParaNorman spikes the adventure with truly sad and sobering moments dealing with real life issues like bullying death and the mob mentality 
3
ParaNorman
Chris Knight
Is there such a thing as a gateway drug for horror films If so ParaNorman might be just the ticket 
3
ParaNorman
Wesley Lovell
Movies that set themselves firmly against bullying are great but ones that play to horror fans are even better 
3.5
ParaNorman
Marty Mapes
Charming stop motion lumps chase a witch
2.5
ParaNorman
Jason Buchanan
For moviegoers who tend to look down their nose at horror films ParaNorman offers proof positive that the genre that gets us screaming can also have real substance 
2.5
ParaNorman
Jeff Beck
I certainly wouldn t go so far as to call it a bad movie it s just a movie that could have used a little improvement in the story department 
2.5
ParaNorman
Sean P. Means
A sumptuously rendered and freakishly fun monster story for kids that should have been saved for Halloween 
3
ParaNorman
John Beifuss
Might be described as the little brother of its predecessor from 2009 Coraline It s ruder rowdier somewhat dumber and a good deal more gross and obvious than its sister but smarter and more likable than the average movie 
3
ParaNorman
James Kendrick
balances visual wit and genre reification with genuine pathos and generous humor
3.5
ParaNorman
Eric Melin
If it stumbles a bit it s during an ending where the movie over explains its themes but that ending is also surprisingly emotional and the multimedia animation technique and subtle use of 3D are pretty remarkable 
3
ParaNorman
Joe Lozito
Gleefully twisted fairytale about a small medium with large problems If only the script were as deeply textured as the beautiful stop motion animation 
3
ParaNorman
Mike McGranaghan
A thoroughly delightful movie that will entertain kids and adult horror buffs alike 
4
ParaNorman
Rafer Guzman
ParaNorman is never less than entertaining but you ll have to follow it into a strange purgatory between two opposing genres 
2.5
ParaNorman
Lou Lumenick
Employs stop motion animation to provide hand crafted appeal to the clever and surprisingly scary story of a Massachusetts town whose witch hunting past catches up with it on its 300th anniversary 
3.5
ParaNorman
Sean O'Connell
A colorfully macabre stop motion animation comedy that embraces the sociopolitical allegories of George A Romero s zombie pictures and reworks them into a feature length episode of Scooby Doo 
3
ParaNorman
Dustin Putman
Simply put it is no less than the most confident fully realized and just plain imaginative stop motion animated feature since 1993 s holiday classic The Nightmare Before Christmas 
3.5
ParaNorman
Amy Biancolli
The world of Blithe Hollow exists in real space The residents have real bags under their eyes real bellies at their belt buckles Ugliness alternates with rapturous beauty 
3
ParaNorman
Walter Chaw
blithe and hollow
2.5
ParaNorman
Mark Dujsik
A morbid film but gleefully so 
3.5
ParaNorman
Claudia Puig
An entertaining and visually attractive family friendly story 
3
ParaNorman
Joe Williams
ParaNorman has plenty of rambunctious thrills to give the kiddies goosebumps while older connoisseurs of stop motion animation will appreciate the Laika studio s inventive visuals 
3.5
ParaNorman
Gary Thompson
ParaNorman finds a way to make this night of the living dead play essentially as a comedy 
3
ParaNorman
Ty Burr
The movie has its moments of dark whimsy and cheeky wit but most of what it has is body parts 
2
ParaNorman
Peter Travers
It s not just Pixar that kicks ass in animation There s magic in ParaNorman a small miracle in stop motion 3D from the wizards at Laika 
3
ParaNorman
Jon Niccum
It s rare to find a movie brimming with this much talent that finds a way to so consistently kill its own narrative momentum 
2
ParaNorman
Lawrence Toppman
What was the last animated movie you could relate to German expressionist cinema Alfred Hitchcock Night of the Living Dead and B movie horror of the 1950s That s right none 
4
ParaNorman
Duane Dudek
Comically macabre and beautifully intricate destined to become a Halloween perennial 
3
ParaNorman
Chris Hewitt
If ParaNorman were a recipe it would be roughly three parts funny two parts tender one part scary and one part sad 
3.5
ParaNorman
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s creepy it s funny and in spite of its weirdness it resonates with those of us doomed to live our own lives in the real world 
3
ParaNorman
Randy Myers
It delivers a potent multipronged fable that touches on meaty themes from bullying to dealing with death It also delivers an especially resonant message about not succumbing to a cult of fear 
3
ParaNorman
Linda Barnard
The quick witted script and visual puns check out Norman s bedroom make this a zombie movie for kids but one parents can enjoy 
3
ParaNorman
Matt Pais
Clever and sweet funny and spooky the best animated movie since Toy Story 3 
3.5
ParaNorman
Rene Rodriguez
Butler and Fell are diehard fans of the horror genre and they have peppered the film with an endless array of subtle homages and gags 
2.5
ParaNorman
Moira MacDonald
It s filled with clever detail both old school and state of the art 
3
ParaNorman
Michael Phillips
What works about ParaNorman is its subtle interweave of the stoical and the heroic 
3
ParaNorman
Roger Moore
An animated marvel Oscar worthy 
3
ParaNorman
Chris Cabin
The tagline for the film reads quot You Don apos t Become a Hero by Being Normal 44 quot and the film mostly lives up to that assertion 44 but only up to a point 46 
2.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Lisa Jensen
You may guess part of the mysterious history linking these characters before all is revealed but that shouldn t interfere with the pleasure of watching it play out 
3.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Josh Terry
Only Living Boy in New York can only achieve a faint echo of its inspiration s conflicted resonance 
2
The Only Living Boy in New York
Sara Michelle Fetters
I still found plenty lurking inside The Only Boy in New York that I enjoyed there s no way I can dismiss it entirely 
2.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Robert Horton
Webb guides everything smoothly which is one of the smugly annoying things about it 
1
The Only Living Boy in New York
Rob Thomas
Although Allan Loeb s screenplay contains some hard to swallow plot turns a strong cast carries it past the eye rolls 
3
The Only Living Boy in New York
Dave McGinn
Like the Paul Simon song it pulls its title from you ve heard it too many times before and the ardour just isn t there 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Sean P. Means
Is there an indie clich more grating than the callow young Manhattan know it all 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Chris Knight
Director Marc Webb keeps the plot moving forward at a decent clip wrapping the whole thing up in a snappy 88 minutes 
3
The Only Living Boy in New York
Calvin Wilson
A stylish drama that assumes a reasonable amount of gray matter on the part of the viewer 
3
The Only Living Boy in New York
Dann Gire
If New York has indeed lost its soul apparently so have movies about New York 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
William Robert Ferrer
The Only Living Boy in New York is not nearly as cute as it thinks it is 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Roger Moore
Serviceable 
2.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Mark Feeney
Think of Boy as a Bridges highlight reel and Gotham travelogue instead of precious coming of age story and it s not half bad But it isn t so it is 
2
The Only Living Boy in New York
Robert Levin
Here is yet another movie about an angst ridden 20 something scion of a notable Manhattan family who just can t get out of his own head long enough to realize that things are on balance going pretty well 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Glenn Kenny
Wants to be a short story by Cheever or Updike or Roth but can t help but being what it inescapably is an impotent cry of Yes I Can Do Literary from a screenwriter whose idea of literary has been permanently Hollywoodized 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Peter Travers
Not even an A list cast can turn this coming of age misfire a total misreading of The Graduate from screenwriter Allan Loeb into anything more than a losing battle against tin eared dialogue 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Stephen Whitty
This isn t a picture it s a pose in a constant competition with itself to drop another literary reference But all it can do like some over eager freshman is trot out a quote it doesn t understand what they really stood for 
2
The Only Living Boy in New York
Michael O'Sullivan
Round about the third act The Only Living Boy in New York veers wildly off whatever course it had been on leaving the realm of the improbable for the preposterous 
1.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Clayton Davis
With a script written by Allan Loeb the film shockingly comes to a head with a very strange twist that seems way too far fetched even by movie standards 
2.5
The Only Living Boy in New York
Derek Smith
The film s emotional resonance feels hollow watered down by an overstuffed plot that bites off more than it can chew 
2
Envy
Kam Williams
An implausible plotline seasick cinematography and absence of humorous moments add up to an irritating insulting experience which explains why Dreamworks decided to delay the film s release for a year It should have been left on the shelf 
0
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Roger Moore
The real public service here is learning how these companies protect themselves in the contracts that Spurlock signs to get them to sponsor his movie chilling 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Michael Dequina
I don t know if director Morgan Spurlock s intention of having his latest work becoming a doc buster will come to pass but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun watching him try 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Rob Thomas
It is a wake up call for audiences to wise up to all the advertising that streams into our lives Although I have to admit after the movie was over I was kinda thirsty for a POM 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Chris Knight
Silly rather than scholarly The Greatest Movie Ever Sold is a fun and funny movie guaranteed to make you think about advertising but not gunning to change how you think about it 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Mike Scott
Spurlock s irresistible sense of showmanship once more takes information we all know and he presents it in a surprisingly engaging and entertaining way 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Matt Brunson
While Michael Moore at least has the sense to turn the camera away from himself long enough to burrow into the subject at hand Morgan Spurlock demonstrates that it s hard for him to keep his mind on anything besides Morgan Spurlock 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Keith Cohen
This 88 minute satirical spoof doesn t tell us anything we don t already know It runs out of steam after 45 minutes and you find yourself looking for the nearest exit Spurlock is not in the same filmmaking league as Michael Moore whose 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Jason Heck
It s not a heavyweight documentary chock full of deep lessons or shocking revelations but Spurlock makes for a pleasant star around which the rest of this breezy movie can orbit 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
John Beifuss
Illuminating and entertaining but toothless It intends to make us more aware of the way advertisers manipulate us but it also makes advertising seem sort of fun even welcome 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Joe Williams
Spurlock the affable activist behind Super Size Me aims a not particularly harsh spotlight on product placement in his new documentary 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Duane Dudek
Beyond delivering a brilliant premise Spurlock never tells us much more than we already know 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Erik Childress
More a genial satire of the industry than it is a mounting social iceberg On some level it is a duh topic that you may not learn a whole lot about but it certainly is fun while it lasts 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Guy Dixon
The problem is that the film despite an attempt to examine the intellectual pollution of pervasive marketing can t help coming off as one big smirk 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Peter Howell
Few could pull off this fan dance as well as Spurlock who manages to be both the laughing and crying clowns at the same time 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
David Nusair
A typically irreverent yet entertaining documentary from Morgan Spurlock 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Peter Canavese
As a fast food pitchwoman once asked Where rsquo s the beef 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Chris Hewitt
There wasn t a moment in the film when I wasn t involved or even amused by what I saw But afterward I was left with a big pile of So what 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
John Hartl
Forget about greatest But this could be the most self referential movie ever literally a 90 minute narrative about its own creation 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Jesse Cataldo
Morgan Spurlock sets out to fund his movie about product placement entirely through product placement turning the entire film into the story of its own creation 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Robert Levin
Spurlock is the right filmmaker for this sort of tongue in cheek look at pop cultural excesses 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Ethan Alter
The entire movie is about as superficial as your average commercial
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Stephen Whitty
Engaging as Spurlock can be too much of the movie is just scene after scene of him meeting with high priced consultants to talk about brand identity and other euphemisms for shallow sloganeering 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Michael O'Sullivan
Like the best ad man he makes his point by making us laugh 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Alison Gang
Just like he did with Super Size Me Spurlock has cast himself as the underdog outsider trying to crash the corporate party and while the results aren t as revelatory it s easily as entertaining 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Lou Lumenick
Like Super Size Me the new documentary is heavy on Spurlock centric humor and very light on actual information 
1
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Mark Dujsik
As a social experiment for the effects of marketing the results of The Greatest Movie Ever Sold might hold some weight as an entity unto itself it s in limbo 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
James Berardinelli
There s nothing surprising in what Spurlock uncovers but it illustrates that everything we knew or at least suspected about the marriage between advertising and cinema is accurate 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Walter V. Addiego
Spurlock s affable regular guy shtick works well here and he scatters the movie with such gleeful ads for his sponsors products that if his documentary work ever dries up his next career choice is obvious 
3
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Peter Travers
Spurlock says he s not selling out he s buying in I m buying into Spurlock As ever he makes you laugh till it hurts 
3.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Roger Ebert
I can t exactly recommend the film but I do recommend drinking POM Wonderful 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Ethan Gilsdorf
Much like reality TV nothing much of consequence happens 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Michael Phillips
Spurlock s film is mainly out to entertain and it does But leaving The Greatest Movie Ever Sold I wasn t sure what Spurlock really thought about any of this beyond Get this Isn t this wild 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Matt Pais
Spurlock s handling a lot of issues here and he s not the best juggler 
2.5
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Brett Michel
In the end the film has very little to say or new to offer But that bottle of POM Spurlock s always drinking sure looks tasty doesn t it 
2
Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Steven Rea
Uncovers the marketing machinations that drive Hollywood and the advertising industry and impact all of us whether we like it or not 
3
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Nell Minow
Close to unwatchable 46 
1
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Roger Moore
Just about any other rendition of Dickens 8217 classic novella that you can hunt down is going to be better than this treacly humbug from Netflix 46 
1.5
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Featuring a roster of talented actors in the voice cast 44 the movie proves somewhat entertaining 44 if hardly stunning in visuals or narrative 46 Happy Holidays 33 You could do worse 46 
2.5
Jawline
Sheila O'Malley
Jawline works gently slowly presenting its subject and sub culture with not just affection but sympathy a sympathy very close to tenderness 
3
Jawline
Peter Goldberg
The film is refreshing for its lack of pearl clutching its ambivalence in assessing what it s like to be a commodity with a will and a nervous system 
3
A Life at Stake
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s certainly not a major movie but it has a certain lascivious quality that most American films of the 1950s scrubbed clean 
3
A Life at Stake
Matt Brunson
A moderately entertaining film 
2.5
Poverty, Inc.
Marci Schmitt
What do developing countries need Trade not aid this provocative documentary argues 
3.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Moira MacDonald
George Bamber s film is bouncy and agreeable but has a certain flatness to it never making the case for its existence as a movie rather than a comic strip 
2
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Connie Ogle
Tiresome romantic comedy that reinforces every imaginable gay stereotype 
1.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Chris Hewitt
With its unpleasant characters inconsistent script and awkward acting what s not to hate 
1
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Laura Kelly
The title does its own summing up mostly it s unfab 
2
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Wesley Morris
This feels like a school play that someone has dragged to film school and turned into a final project 
1.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Bill Stamets
In his directing debut David Vernon formerly a first assistant and second assistant director opts for the look of a cable TV pilot 
2.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Michael Phillips
The film s tone veers from misjudged sincerity to shrill sketch comedy of the broadest stripe 
2
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No he doesn t have anything terribly important or even original to say but he s funny flighty and adorable sort of like a gay Holly Golightly 
3
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
David Elliott
I m 19 but I m petulant somehow sums it up 
0
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Ruthe Stein
With words streaming out of their mouths instead of into bubbles Ethan and his gang of past present and future lovers sound laughingly unbelievable 
1
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Ken Fox
Remarkably true to its source It s none too deep and a tad cartoonish but also fast paced filled with quotable one liners and often very funny 
2.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Timothy Knight
This bright fast paced adaptation of Eric Orner s syndicated gay comic strip may not break any new cinematic ground but its sharp zingy wit and underlying sweetness deftly compensate for the occasional awkward patch or glaring narrative contrivance 
2.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Stephen Williams
There s so much ill conceived fluff floating about the elusive true love themes that by the finish Ethan Green hasn t as much substance as a good Looney Tunes 
1
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Lou Lumenick
Not un entertaining but director George Bamer s debut feature may play better on video 
2
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Peter Canavese
A bit like staring at a beauty queen s phonily tight smile for ninety minutes 
1.5
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Ed Gonzalez
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Then Green is another step back for the gay community 
1.5
Sleep Dealer
Peter Hartlaub
Sleep Dealer is flawed but still vibrant and inventive Whether he finds larger budgets or keeps doing movie like this Rivera is definitely a filmmaker to follow 
2
Sleep Dealer
Michael Phillips
Alex Rivera s overstuffed but intriguing feature debut Sleep Dealer takes a speculative leap into Tijuana s near future imagining the next evolution of cheap labor 
3
Sleep Dealer
Lisa Kennedy
Clearly Rivera knows one of the great gifts of the sci fi genre An uncanny world invites new ways of seeing It offers new chances to ask the hard and too often hardened questions 
3
Sleep Dealer
Wesley Morris
The combination of rusty amateurism future technology and clear and present politics creates a trippy time space kick This dusty little movie feels like yesterday today and tomorrow 
3
Sleep Dealer
Joe Lozito
Modest sci fi entry out of Mexico u2013 about the ultimate offshore labor force shows impressive vision but lacks the story to keep it going 
2.5
Sleep Dealer
Henry Stewart
Demonstrates the difficulties that result from leaving home to find work but in classic B movie fashion it has a lot of fun with it too 
2.5
American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan
Marty Mapes
The shock value of seeing a wanted assassin will draw you in to the history lesson 
3
Man on Fire
Juan Carlos Coto
Most of Man on Fire has the depth of one TV advertisement after another 
1
Man on Fire
Richard Freedman
As lush and lavish as the scenery surrounding Italy s Lake Como where much of the film takes place Man on Fire is nonetheless a lethargic bore 
1.5
Anne at 13,000 ft
Peter Sobczynski
A smart and effective exploration of contemporary mental health issues that deserves to be seen 
3.5
Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle
David Nusair
Debbie Macomber s Mrs Miracle is ultimately a bottom of the barrel bit of filmmaking that seems unlikely to win over even Macomber herself 
1.5
Hell Ride
Linda Stasi
The dialog is clever nutty and syncopated with a soundtrack of the C C Rider vein which ain t half bad either 
2.5
Hell Ride
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A revenge and biker warfare bonanza that will appeal to the folks who loved masterpieces like The Warriors and Switchblade Sisters 
3.5
Hell Ride
Dustin Putman
Not to be confused with the more famous grindhouse biker flicks of a bygone era Hell Ride misses out on that critical sense of freedom on the open road 
1.5
Hell Ride
Maitland McDonagh
Both dull and pretentious 
1.5
Hell Ride
Chris Hewitt
A repellent revenge fantasy about two elderly motorcycle gangs Hell Ride is indeed a hellish ride 
1
Hell Ride
Ruthe Stein
The script written by Bishop barely makes sense It lacks anything resembling wit unless you think it amusing that these aging cyclists brag about needing their three B s bikes beer and booty 
1
Hell Ride
Wesley Morris
The whole thing feels like the sort of picture Tarantino would make if he weren t such an ingenious B movie artist a genre exercise that s more studious than entertaining 
2
Hell Ride
Meg Jones
Leaves little time for plot but plenty of scenes of biker gangs tooling down desert roads with close ups of exhaust pipes handlebars and black leather jackets 
2
Hell Ride
Roger Ebert
The movie was executive produced by Quentin Tarantino Shame on him He intends it no doubt as another homage to grindhouse pictures but I ve seen a lot of them and they were nowhere near this bad Hell s Angels on Wheels for example pretty good 
1
Hell Ride
Michael Phillips
For a grindhouse throwback that works try Tarantino s Death Proof the shorter version That one delivered Hell Ride gets a flat 10 minutes in and goes floop floop floop the rest of the way 
1
Hell Ride
James Berardinelli
Nostalgia is a poor foundation for any movie and the film s visceral pleasures are too limited to effectively compensate for the lack of credible characters or a coherent storyline 
2
Hell Ride
Austin Kennedy
The concept of paying homage to the biker genre is a great idea but nothing happens in this movie I never thought bikers could be this boring It should have stayed a trailer 
2
Hell Ride
Nick Schager
The second wave of fawning Tarantino imitators commences with Hell Ride a wannabe badass biker flick that plays like a Kill Bill Death Proof hybrid minus the genre deconstruction angle 
1
UglyDolls
Jeff Mitchell
Offers cute music and positive messages but through a discounted narrative 
2
UglyDolls
Matt Brunson
For a major theatrical animated feature UglyDolls looks awfully cheap to the degree that one wonders why its makers didn t hire that Game of Thrones cinematographer to plunge the entire picture into indecipherable darkness 
1.5
UglyDolls
Josh Terry
The messages are nice enough but their uninspired delivery and the bland plot makes Ugly Dolls feel more like an after school special than worthy of full price tickets for a family outing 
2
UglyDolls
Katie Walsh
For a film about weird colorful dolls one hopes for something wackier funnier edgier But UglyDolls is so soft literally the felted textures are startlingly realistic and tame that it feels like watching those PBS cartoons aimed at toddlers 
2
UglyDolls
Nell Minow
UglyDolls is less a movie than an infomercial for the plush Hasbro toys 
2
UglyDolls
Sean P. Means
The jumbled storytelling frenetic animation monotonous songs and overtalented voice cast make UglyDolls one of the most head scratching animated movies in a long time 
2
UglyDolls
Johnny Oleksinski
The message of the screechy new kids movie UglyDolls may appear to be Be yourself but the real takeaway here is Buy our merch 
1
UglyDolls
G. Allen Johnson
UglyDolls is a mind numbing low rent version of Toy Story with saccharine songs and a plot with echoes of no kidding the Holocaust 
1
UglyDolls
Michael O'Sullivan
UglyDolls are already adorable You don t have to work that hard to convince anyone 
2.5
UglyDolls
Roger Moore
The tunes sung by Clarkson Shelton Monae Pitbull and others are the picture s saving grace For pre schoolers only 
2
UglyDolls
Barry Hertz
Buyer beware 
1.5
Dead and Buried
Matt Brunson
It has slowly found its audience over the ensuing years which is only proper for a movie as distinct as this one 
3
Dead and Buried
Bill Chambers
Dead Buried is indescribable to modern audiences despite its familiar elements
3
Dead and Buried
David Nusair
Dead and Buried isn t awful but it s not good either 
1.5
Fetching Cody
David Nusair
certain scenes come off as surprisingly entertaining while others just seem to drag on and on 
2
Fetching Cody
Susan Walker
Ray s script shambles off in all directions and succeeds only in reinforcing our disbelief 
1.5
Fetching Cody
Kate Taylor
The final third of the script feels like an afterthought in a film that cannot bring any plausibility to its gritty setting nor its characters plight because it began with an inherently sentimental plot device 
2
Paris Is Burning
Christine Dolen
It is strong sardonically funny sometimes shattering stuff 
3.5
Paris Is Burning
Gene Siskel
The earnestness of the competition is what holds this film together 
3
Paris Is Burning
Dennis King
Although the film has its dark moments Paris Is Burning is mostly upbeat and the overall message of the movie is heartening and humane 
3
Paris Is Burning
Stephen Wigler
Livingston weaves these narratives together with pace and skill 
3
Paris Is Burning
Dave Kehr
A rough edged talking heads documentary directed with skill if not polish by Jennie Livingston that has found a topic almost unbelievably rich in cultural paradoxes and interpretive possibilities 
3.5
Paris Is Burning
Mattie Lucas
Both an exuberant portrait of gay culture and queer defiance during a time when visibility was low and discrimination was high 
3.5
Paris Is Burning
Matt Brunson
Jennie Livingston s documentary makes sure everyone has their day in the sun 
3
Paris Is Burning
Jeff Strickler
Truly remarkable 
3
Paris Is Burning
Fernando F. Croce
The beauty of the film is Livingston s nonjudgmental accommodating camera 
3
Paris Is Burning
Roger Ebert
What I saw was a successful attempt by the outsiders to dramatize how success and status in the world often depend on props you can buy or steal almost anywhere assuming you have the style to know how to use them 
3
WarGames
Matt Brunson
A clever if occasionally far fetched adventure thriller 46 
3
WarGames
David Nusair
WarGames kicks off with an exciting sequence 
3
WarGames
Scott Nash
Although today it feels rather dated especially with its technology it is one of the better examples of the genre 
3.5
WarGames
James Berardinelli
To me the most enjoyable aspect of WarGames is when David is at work on his computer system There s something wonderfully nostalgic about watching a guy play with such antiquated machinery and recognize that it was once considered state of the art 
3
WarGames
Walter Chaw
What works best about it works still it s a paranoid film with an ambiguous ending 
3.5
WarGames
Roger Ebert
As a premise for a thriller this is a masterstroke 
4
WarGames
James O'Ehley
Exciting and well paced 
3
Dolores
Peter Keough
Peter Bratt deftly edits together archival footage and interviews with Huerta s children co workers collaborators and Huerta herself He backs it with a jazz and salsa soundtrack and tells the story with zest and clarity 
3.5
Dolores
Josh Terry
Dolores is ultimately straightforward insightful and should be credited for presenting a broad look at a woman many find heroic and others find polarizing 
3
Dolores
Lora Grady
Dolores is a fascinating corrective to 50 plus years of American history It s educational to be sure but also exhilarating inspiring and deeply emotional 
3.5
Dolores
Leslie Katz
Dolores shows her working tirelessly 
3.5
Dolores
Peter Hartlaub
Bratt and his collaborators clearly admire their subject while recognizing that the struggles and some possible contradictions don t make her a weaker leader 
3
Dolores
Matt Zoller Seitz
Huerta is such a commanding figure and the array of historical footage marshalled on behalf of her story is so impressive that the film makes a strong impression 
3.5
Dolores
Peter Goldberg
Peter Bratt s documentary sharply trumpets Dolores Huerta s life and centrality in the turbulent history of social justice since the 60s 
2.5
Dolores
Sean P. Means
What s most touching in Dolores is the discussion of how Huerta s work took her away from her children and how both mother and children have reconciled that over the years That element shows Huerta as more than the sum of her historic moments 
3
Finding You
Linda Cook
Finding You is worth seeking 
3
Finding You
Roger Moore
Potential is basically what this movie squanders 
1.5
Finding You
Kevin Carr
There s more endings to this movie than Lord of the Rings I m like Pick a story 
1
Finding You
John Hanlon
A satisfying and kind hearted romantic drama 
3.0
Finding You
Mark Meszoros
There aren t really any wrong notes here but just as with Finley s audition at the movie s beginning it just isn t moving 
2
Finding You
Randy Myers
If you like rom coms this will win your heart 
3
Finding You
Michael O'Sullivan
It would never work Finley warns us and it seems she might as well be talking about this cornball movie But thanks to something ineffable Finding You kinda sorta does 
2.5
Pray Away
Randy Myers
A chilling film 
3
Pray Away
Richard Roeper
For all its sobering and poignant moments Pray Away also has its stories of triumph 
3.5
Pray Away
Nick Allen
Pray Away narrows its purpose to be simply informative it is too artistically flat to have the emotional peaks that would give its own otherwise vital message some dynamic 
2.5
Pray Away
Mick LaSalle
Pray Away is a wise and compassionate film about anti gay conversion therapy as it s practiced and encouraged by the evangelical church 
3
Pray Away
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To paraphrase my own favorite New Testament verse the greatest thing we have to give in this universe is love Give it freely and without judgment Amen to that 
3.5
Pray Away
Lisa Trifone
Stolakis s film is a meaningful enlightening record of this lived experience and an essential chronicle of this chapter in the LGBTQ community s ongoing journey 
3
Pray Away
Joey Magidson
Pray Away may well break your heart At the very least it should enrage you Conversion therapy is a cancer 
3.5
Liberty Heights
Judith Egerton
Excellent re creation of the clothing and landmarks of Baltimore in the 1950s 
3
Liberty Heights
James Berardinelli
A pleasant and worthy addition to a strong series of films 
3
Liberty Heights
Lou Lumenick
Touching and frequently hilarious 
3.5
Liberty Heights
Steve Rhodes
An attractive albeit modest addition to the Levinson collection 
3
Liberty Heights
David N. Butterworth
A pleasure to behold 
3
Liberty Heights
Mike Clark
Only the dourest dyspeptics will fail to enjoy it 
3
Liberty Heights
Roger Ebert
The movie emerges as an accurate memory of that time when the American melting pot splendid as a theory became a reality 
3.5
Liberty Heights
Michael Dequina
The meandering focus of the script isn t quite as sharp as it should be but there is nothing muddled about the warm feelings the film strongly evokes 
3
Liberty Heights
Ross Anthony
A warm fuzzy film with a touch of blues for realism
3
Chéri
Mattie Lucas
Not erotic enough to be a decent bodice ripper funny enough to be a decent comedy or moving enough to be a decent drama 
2
Chéri
Kelly Jane Torrance
Miss Pfeiffer is very thin and beautiful Lea might be at the end of her career but the actress who plays her certainly is not She s wonderfully seductive 
3
Chéri
Mike Scott
Unlike Michelle Pfeiffer the script for Cheri has a tendency to sag noticeably here and there She manages to pull the most out of it however 
2.5
Chéri
John Beifuss
The camera s gaze is so steady in the lengthy final shot that we can t help but notice the imperfections in even Pfeiffer s famously lovely aspect especially when the only noise we hear on the soundtrack is the muffled but ruthless ticking of a clock 
3
Chéri
Jeff Vice
Frears and Hampton are never able to balance the dramatic and comic elements and the film feels dour and unpleasant 
2
Chéri
Stephen Whitty
A movie like Cheri needs the time and space of The Age of Innocence Instead it s rushed along in an hour and 40 minutes 
2.5
Chéri
Robert Levin
There s no depth to the surface machinations no sense that the central romance features fully formed individuals connecting on an elemental level 
2
Chéri
Robert W. Butler
Purportedly a tale of seething emotions Cheri almost never registers love or anguish It s banal 
1.5
Chéri
Annie Young Frisbie
Stellar cast topnotch director impressive design u2014all the components for a rich satisfying movie but without a compelling story it s somewhat forgettable 
3
Chéri
Lou Lumenick
It s hard to believe that the smart Lea would remain interested for six hours much less six years with the vapid Chéri 
2.5
Chéri
Peter Canavese
Doesn t so much get anything wrong it just fails to go oh so right 
2.5
Chéri
Lisa Kennedy
With nothing truly at risk of being lost we re left to ask why are we here 
2
Chéri
Moira MacDonald
This wonderfully gifted actress whose beauty has sometimes distracted from her abilities here makes Cheri something rare and haunting 
3
Chéri
Calvin Wilson
Cheri may be too leisurely paced for the Fast Furious and Terminator Salvation crowd But if you re in the mood for a warm bath rather than a quick shower you might find this bittersweet period piece quite moving 
3
Chéri
Chris Hewitt
Getting to see Michelle Pfeiffer in a big role is almost worth sitting though Cheri But not quite 
2
Chéri
Matt Brunson
The miscast Kathy Bates incongruous turn she s about as French as Captain America provides some unexpected relief in this cinematic flatline 
1.5
Chéri
Bruce DeMara
By the end it almost seems as if Frears has wearied of the tale bringing in the narrator to dispatch Chéri to his fate an unhappy one in a few well modulated sentences 
2
Chéri
Claudia Puig
Cheri like the character is an entertaining bauble without much on its mind 
2.5
Chéri
Carrie Rickey
On the page the narrator s tone is clearer than it is on screen where images dominate dialogue 
2.5
Chéri
Mick LaSalle
Pfeiffer s latest film Cheri finds her at the height of her ability in a role worthy of her maturity and emotional intelligence 
4
Chéri
Steve Ramos
Lively clever and beautiful in all ways from its diverse cast to its period Parisian setting Chéri is a worthy adaptation of the 1920 novel by French novelist Colette 
3.5
Chéri
Stephen Cole
Chéri really doesn t work because its central love story lacks dramatic force or even enough fun scenes to keep us going 
2
Chéri
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A cold fish It just lies there too lethargic to be funny and too timid to be sexy but not deep enough for any real drama 
2
Chéri
Ty Burr
If the movie were better less swoony more relentless it might be unbearable to watch As it is Cheri touches on the insecure egotism of courtesans and movie stars with a knowing firmness 
3
Chéri
James Berardinelli
Cheri is an engaging romantic melodrama that provides an authentic sense of time and place 
3
Chéri
Roger Ebert
The success of Stephen Frears film Chéri begins with its casting 
3.5
Chéri
Dan Callahan
Cheri strikes a jarring note right from the start 
2
Chéri
Peter Travers
With Pfeiffer 50 radiating uncommon beauty grace and feeling Frears uncovers a fragile story s grieving heart 
3
Zooey & Adam
James Adams
This is a little movie that prompts big thoughts 
3
The Green Butchers
Bill Chambers
For a comedy that most culturally specific of genres the Danish production travels remarkably well
2.5
The Green Butchers
Phil Villarreal
Denmark may not have any Coen brothers but it does have one Anders Thomas Jensen and he s more than enough 
3
The Green Butchers
David Nusair
considering the premise this is a remarkably accessible little film 
3
The Green Butchers
Peter Howell
The subject is so grim you may find that you ve forgotten to laugh 
2
The Green Butchers
Michael Wilmington
Gruesome as it may sound Butchers is a likeable well made film and a genuine comedy 
3
The Green Butchers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An obvious and strained effort 
2
The Green Butchers
Michael Booth
You might not want to dine with this group especially if they brought the meat But it s OK to play with the knives a little 
3
The Green Butchers
Moira MacDonald
While it s got a refreshingly dry nasty tone the film is never quite as funny as it needs to be 
2.5
The Green Butchers
Ty Burr
It s much ado about mutton 
2.5
The Green Butchers
Mick LaSalle
Neither funny nor outrageous nor horrifying nor conventionally affecting 
1
The Green Butchers
V.A. Musetto
You might say it s a case of too many ingredients spoiling the meal 
2
The Green Butchers
Elizabeth Weitzman
Should have been either darker or funnier Or both 
2
The Green Butchers
Ed Gonzalez
Deceptivily simple and wickedly funny 
3
Timecrimes
Kelly Jane Torrance
If you like the trickster films of Christopher Nolan Memento The Prestige chances are you ll like Timecrimes 
3
Timecrimes
Nick Rogers
Watching Timecrimes is like stumbling in a pitch black haunted house Hitting walls where paths should be is fun and time travel tropes of choice versus fate are inventively goosed Even with five minutes left it could conclude in any number of ways 
4
Timecrimes
David Nusair
A smart occasionally thrilling science fiction tale 
3
Timecrimes
Marty Mapes
A tight little movie where every setup is paid off
3.5
Timecrimes
Wesley Morris
The director operates his metaphysical contraption with enough wit to jolt away your skepticism 
3
Timecrimes
Michael Phillips
The modest satisfactions of Timecrimes come down to a protagonist divided against himself 
3
Timecrimes
Roger Ebert
Timecrimes is like a temporal chess game with nudity voyeurism and violence which makes it more boring than most chess games but less boring than a lot of movies 
3
Timecrimes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This amazing time travel movie from Spain demonstrates that you can make a sci fi movie on a low budget using complex ideas but delivered in a concise and streamlined manner 
3.5
Timecrimes
Walter V. Addiego
It begins slowly but when it gets going it rings a series of amusing if not entirely unpredictable changes on the theme what if you went back in time and changed things 
3
Timecrimes
Chris Hewitt
It s fun and if you re willing to hang with time travel more than I am I bet you ll like it even more than I did 
3
Timecrimes
Jeff Shannon
A sci fi thriller with no special effects a cast of four and a single location used with Hitchcockian economy Timecrimes boasts the kind of smart resourceful filmmaking that champions ingenuity over spectacle 
3
Timecrimes
V.A. Musetto
Trippy viewing awaits as long as you re not a stickler for logic 
3
Timecrimes
Sara Michelle Fetters
Undeniably easy to watch the film still isn t very fulfilling the aftertaste left by the over familiar finale one I just didn t like 
2.5
Timecrimes
Walter Chaw
more tantalizing than satisfying
2
Timecrimes
Joe Lozito
Low budget Spanish thriller about a guy that stumbles hours into the past and winds up trying to correct his last few mistakes can t survive its contrived plot contortions non characters or well duh obviousness 
1.5
Timecrimes
Andrew Schenker
Vigalondo s film wastes little time in foregrounding the act of seeing 
3
Timecrimes
Dustin Putman
This genre jumping expertly designed thriller is a craftily satisfying and wholly absorbing experience 
3
Timecrimes
Lucius Gore
Easily the best science fiction movie in a decade
4
Election
Matt Brunson
A movie of unexpected savagery and caustic wit 
4
Election
Maitland McDonagh
Surprise An intelligent well written high school story that offers some real ideas to chew on rather than simply wallowing in nubile flesh 
3.5
Election
Peter Canavese
A funny and horrifying allegory of American politics and adult society as seen through the prism or shall we say prison that is secondary education Blu ray 
4
Election
Jay Carr
You ve got to laugh at Witherspoon s tightly wound Little Miss Perfect rising at dawn to do her hair and encase herself in a preppy look before baking cupcakes to pass out at school as vote getters in her campaign for student council president 
3
Election
Joe Lozito
Alarmingly insightful 
3.5
Election
David Nusair
a surprisingly compelling piece of work 
3
Election
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie hits its keenest edge as a portrait of self delusion 
3.5
Election
Jeffrey Westhoff
Payne could emerge as a Mark Twain of the cinema gleefully pricking America s complacent sense of morality 
3.5
Election
Marty Mapes
One of the best made comedies this year 
3.5
Election
James Kendrick
A subtle and complex satire not only about high school but about our national character and the current state of democracy 
3.5
Election
Steve Rhodes
If there were an Academy Award for body language Witherspoon would win it hands down for this performance 
3.5
Election
James Berardinelli
A quartet of solid performances only adds to the movie s strength 
3.5
Election
Mick LaSalle
A black comedy that takes off in unexpected directions 
3
Election
Roger Ebert
Reese Witherspoon hits her full stride in Election 
3.5
Election
Michael Dequina
A dark wickedly entertaining romp that wears its cynicism on its sleeve and sees no reason wash any of it off 
3.5
Election
Dustin Putman
So precise so hilarious so biting so smart so perfect in every one of its minute details that it comes as a sort of godsend 
4
Election
Bob Bloom
A satirical joy due mainly to the performances of Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Matthew Broderick as McAllister Chris Klein as Paul and especially Jessica Campbell as Tammy 
3.5
Election
Ross Anthony
I felt uncomfortable for nearly the duration of this tremendously well put together piece 
2
Election
Rob Blackwelder
A deliriously sardonic and underhanded satire of politics and high school culture 
3
Election
David N. Butterworth
Payne understands satire and possesses an innate ability to go for the jugular but sometimes his deft and subcutaneous touch is too uncomfortable 
2.5
Election
Madeleine Williams
The students are all a treat 
3
Election
Susan Stark
Fresh fast funny and full of insight 
3
Election
Elias Savada
deliciously malevolent
3.5
Harlem Aria
Kam Williams
100 minutes of Hell that had me reaching for my meds 
0
Harlem Aria
Kam Williams
100 minutes of Hell that had me reaching for my meds 
0
Harlem Aria
V.A. Musetto
Harlem Aria has been gathering dust since it screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 1999 Why it is now getting a release is something Congress should look into 
1
Harlem Aria
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Scrap the negligible subplot about inanimate objects desiring and achieving corporeal existence and the narrative of William Jennings s Harlem Aria is essentially Pinocchio in the Hood 
1.5
Unbreakable
Federico Furzan
I refuse to call this masterpiece a superhero film because I cannot compare it formula based films that work under big studio standards Full review in Spanish 
4
Unbreakable
Matthew Rozsa
Unbreakable is likely to stand the test of time as long as stories about superheroes or heroes in general are still sought by scared suffering human beings 
4
Unbreakable
David Nusair
Writer director M Night Shyamalan s penchant for a deliberate narrative is certainly in full effect with Unbreakable 
3
Unbreakable
Nick Rogers
Sequel talk often sparks because this unconventionally contemplative comic book film is M Night Shyamalan s only idea worth continuing a patient downbeat and thrillingly unpredictable drama that still stands today as Shyamalan s visionary masterpiece 
4
Unbreakable
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A superhero origin story for an audience that appreciates human stories 
3.5
Unbreakable
Joe Lozito
The dialogue has more pauses than a High School production of Samuel Beckett And while that works up to a point you find yourself wanting to grab the characters and shake them out of their introspective stupors 
2.5
Unbreakable
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shyamalan has already established his own personal stamp for his films 
3
Unbreakable
Steven Snyder
Remarkable dark and surprising 
3
Unbreakable
Judith Egerton
Shyamalan has a way to go before ascending to the level of Alfred Hitchcock the uncontested master of psychological suspense but he clearly wants to do so 
3
Unbreakable
Scott Nash
Might have made an interesting episode of the X Files but it fails as a full length movie 
2
Unbreakable
Jim Shelby
When was the last time a big budget Hollywood thriller with Bruce Willis no less came off as understated 
3
Unbreakable
Margaret A. McGurk
Again the director uses Bruce Willis as his leading man again he draws from the action star icon an intense low key performance that is all about stillness and silent pain 
3.5
Unbreakable
Jon Niccum
Unbreakable lies in that nether space between atmospheric and boring 
2.5
Unbreakable
Collin Souter
Once the kid points the gun at his father Unbreakable just gets worse and worse 
2
Unbreakable
Jeremy Heilman
Awful an insult to my intelligence 
0.5
Unbreakable
Ian Mantgani
The more I say the more I risk spoiling surprises
3.5
Unbreakable
Jules Brenner
It is worth seeing and sustains the interest we have in what Shyamalan might do next 
3
Unbreakable
Ed Gonzalez
Dreary though spiritually sound 
3
Unbreakable
David Sterritt
The trouble with the movie is its plot which begins with a richly enigmatic aura then becomes more silly and superficial with every new twist 
2
Unbreakable
James Kendrick
Although the subject matter is fantastical Shyamalan keeps it down to earth with moody realism and a refusal to overstate anything 
3
Unbreakable
Jorge Avila Andrade
Los resultados son en muchos aspectos superiores a lo realizado por Shyamalan con anterioridad
3.5
Unbreakable
David Keyes
a labored shallow exercise in cheap thrills that is more interested in playing with the audience s mind than uncovering a decent thought provoking narrative 
1
Unbreakable
Robert Roten
It has some good atmosphere and a nice twist at the end but the ends of this film to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce are too far apart 
2.5
Unbreakable
Michael Dequina
The element of surprise proves to be Unbreakable s greatest virtue not to mention a quality richer and more elegantly pulled off than it was in Sense 
3
Unbreakable
Rob Blackwelder
A masterfully crafted film with a precision plot full of extraordinary allusionary storytelling and fine tuned scenes 
3
Unbreakable
Edward Guthmann
A muddled self serious snoozer 
2
Unbreakable
James Berardinelli
An engaging and intriguing yarn 
3
Unbreakable
Roger Ebert
Even if the ending doesn t entirely succeed it doesn t cheat and it comes at the end of an uncommonly absorbing movie 
3
Unbreakable
Susan Stark
Unbreakable is a compelling yarn 
3
Unbreakable
Dustin Putman
A mostly spellbinding drama that may not be the spectacular achievement of Shyamalan s last film but why does it 151 or should it 151 have to be 
3
Unbreakable
Marty Mapes
Shyamalan proves he s a solid capable filmmaker whom we ll be seeing a lot more of in the future 
3
Unbreakable
Emily Blunt
Skip this 
2.5
Unbreakable
Rod Armstrong
M Night Shyamalan attempts a more ambitious scheme with his latest effort but in a shocking misjudgement he includes a lugubrious plot explication that leads to heavy lidded eyes and unintentional laughs 
1.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
David Gonzalez
Halloween H20 58 20 Years Later is a film that I am happy exists 46 Despite being extremely dated 44 its finale would have ended the Halloween franchise on a high note and given it well deserved closure 46 Regrettably 44 we don 8217 t get to feel that end for long
3
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Brian Eggert
In the wake of everything that came after Carpenter s version H20 feels like another in the franchise s many attempts to bank on the iconic original instead of using it as a launchpad for something creatively distinct 
1.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Matthew Rozsa
Halloween H20 is the worst film in the series and for one reason its distracting plot holes 
2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
David Nusair
Unquestionably the best of the Halloween followups 
3
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Chuck O'Leary
H2O successfully captures the foreboding mood of Carpenter s 1978 original before eventually settling for the obvious And at 86 minutes it s just too short 
2.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Judith Egerton
The selfish pea brains who brought their bright eyed infant to this violent horror movie deserve a private late night visit from the uncompromising Michael Myers 
2.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Margaret A. McGurk
The biggest mystery about Halloween H20 is why the filmmakers bothered to send it to theaters 
2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Rick Groen
Steve Miner is no Carpenter 
1
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
James Kendrick
Nothing more than a dull retread of worn out cliches buoyed only by the much anticipated return of a familiar face 
1.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Rob Blackwelder
It s not so much that the movie stinks director Miner has the anything could happen at any moment mood down to a science it just doesn t have anything new to offer and in the wake of Scream I ve come to expect more 
2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Michael Dequina
Cinema s most famous scream queen is back louder than ever but now infused with a strong dose of Girl make that Grrrl Power 
3
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
James Berardinelli
Now that they have produced something vaguely enjoyable hopefully the film makers will let the series rest in peace 
2.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jeff Vice
what they ve come up with here is pretty successful 
2.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Bob Stephens
a run of the mill horror film 
0
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Bob Bloom
Halloween H2O is merely just another cliched entry into the overstuffed trunk of slasher films 
1.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Madeleine Williams
Halloween H20 is every bit as moldy and dull as the seventh film in a series is likely to be 
0.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Roger Ebert
I imagined Miss Leigh telling her friends They wanted me to do a cameo in the remake of Psycho but I said hell I d do Halloween H20 before I d lower myself to that 
2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Ian Mantgani
Halloween H20 is not really a bad movie compared with some in this series It s competently photographed edited and scored easy to watch and well meaning But it just isn t scary 
2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Gemma Files
Yes it s hokey stuff and yes the hundredth or so time they pull the you turn around and there s someone right behind you scare it does tend to wear But what did you expect Halloween 
3
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Bob Graham
The scary slasher movie genre has been ratcheted up several notches with the release today of Halloween H20 
4
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Dustin Putman
Having seen the film several times in the years since my rating would now stand at a mildly positive 2 5 stars Yes the movie is too short but it is also stylish and suspenseful enough to recommend 
2.5
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Susan Stark
the film is as predictable as all the other slasher flicks that followed Halloween 
2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
David Keyes
Here is a film that ultimately proves perhaps for right now there is still some life left in the typical slasher formula 
3
The Tempest
Peter Canavese
Taymor tries a little too hard neither breaking nor broken by the play but ultimately losing the wrestling match Blu ray 
2.5
The Tempest
Carrie Rickey
The costumes designed by Sandy Powell leather gowns and military uniforms Renaissance in silhouette and detailed with zippers are the film s most arresting element 
2
The Tempest
Chris Hewitt
To go or not to go is not the question Why is the question 
1
The Tempest
Michael O'Sullivan
Most plays turned movies try to open things up Taymor still thinks like a theater director ending up with a Tempest that takes place in a teapot 
1.5
The Tempest
Michael Phillips
A pretty frustrating adaptation of Shakespeare s play one that dog paddles around in ever more frenetic circles searching for a way inside the material 
2
The Tempest
Moira MacDonald
A movie that veers from ethereal beauty its closing credit sequence as a book of magic softly drowns in a dark sea is a stunner to mystifying cheesiness 
3
The Tempest
Ty Burr
The best sequences in Tempest are all quiet not that there are many of them 
2
The Tempest
Peter Howell
With so much going for it why does The Tempest become a mere storm in a teacup The reasons are many 
2
The Tempest
Roger Ebert
These gifted actors sometimes seem to be saying the words as someone with a chain saw cuts firewood in the next room 
2.5
The Tempest
Sara Michelle Fetters
While there are problems and inconsistencies galore in the end I was completely captivated by this colorful and ravishing tale of romance and revenge this robust and ribald adventure one I couldn t help but enjoy 
3
The Tempest
Peter Travers
I found myself wishing that Taymor would turn off the sound and fury and let The Tempest speak for itself My wish wasn t granted 
1.5
The Tempest
Stephen Whitty
Mirren of course is wonderful in those few scenes when the CGI stops But those rare moments are separated by tedious songs and far too many close ups of Ariel laughing laughing laughing 
1.5
The Tempest
Lou Lumenick
A surprisingly unengaging and charmless fantasy from a director whose previous films Across the Universe Titus Frida were despite their other issues never boring 
1
The Tempest
Kent Turner
The words still provide the most magic 
2
The Tempest
Mick LaSalle
It s unimaginatively staged and poorly acted by everyone involved especially Russell Brand who has never seemed so lost 
2
The Tempest
Claudia Puig
Smaller parts aren t on par with the lead role and special effects are overdone and cheesy At times the essence of Shakespeare s poetry is drowned out 
2
The Tempest
Liam Lacey
Just another example of middling muddled Shakespeare 
2
The Tempest
Ed Gonzalez
Julie Taymor s new film version of The Tempest isn t as disastrous as it could have been though it does fundamentally fail Shakespeare s play 
2
Acts of Imagination
David Nusair
never quite becomes the searing drama one would imagine it s supposed to be 
2
Shadows and Fog
Matt Brunson
The circus related material is thin 44 and the all star cast is given little to do 46 
2.5
Shadows and Fog
Mattie Lucas
It s a consistent joy but it s also unfocused showcasing Allen s tendency to get lost in unnecessary subplots 
3
Shadows and Fog
David Nusair
never really amounts to much though it does look great 
2
The Birdwatcher
Chris Knight
In fact the whole film features that kind of quiet effectiveness It doesn t demand noisy approval but you might want to tweet about it 
3
The Birdwatcher
Brad Wheeler
The Birdwatcher isn t for everyone but those who know a yellow rumped warbler from a woodpecker and those who appreciate a thoughtful story about the upsetting of delicate habitats will find reward 
2.5
Oblivion
Michael Phillips
Oblivion El Olvido throws its net across a considerable range of human behavior and bittersweet survival stories and the result is a wise and beautiful documentary from Dutch filmmaker Heddy Honigmann 
3.5
Oblivion
Kam Williams
Slumming South American style 
3
Oblivion
V.A. Musetto
Prolific filmmaker Heddy Honigmann the champion of the little people is back and in fine form 
3
Oblivion
Bill Weber
Asserts that under a tragicomic two centuries of home misrule the most devalued citizens of Lima have failed to be consigned to the limbo el olvido the oligarchy has constructed for them 
2.5
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Ty Burr
Maxed Out focuses on how much we re in hock without ever really wondering why we need to buy 
2.5
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Terry Lawson
Maxed Out exposes the credit card sham for what it is and fingers the hustlers who perpetuate it 
3
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Bill Stamets
To maximize your return on this useful report sit through the end credits where Spurlock deposits some of his best material 
3
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Kam Williams
A much needed wake up call to face the fact that state sanctioned usury and exorbitant late fees are destroying the prospects of working class citizens of ever achieving anything approaching the American Dream 
4
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Chris Hewitt
As a film Maxed Out occasionally loses its way with glib choices get ready to get tired of the song Money and odd diversions a segment with a Realtor begins the movie with a whimper not a bang But as a cry of outrage it s spot on 
3
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Ken Fox
At times funny but mostly tragic Scurlock s film is important viewing for any who owns a credit card without realizing that it s a wallet time bomb 
3.5
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Moira MacDonald
Though the movie sometimes feels a bit cursory in telling its many stories many of its points resonate strongly in that hey how come I didn t know that way that the best muckraking journalism can do 
3
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Ruthe Stein
While the documentary does a credible job of pointing out the magnitude of the problem it skirts the issue of what can be done about it and by whom 
2
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Gary Goldstein
Part American cautionary tale part credit card industry exposé James Scurlock s Maxed Out should be required viewing for anyone who has ever opened an envelope that exclaims You have been pre approved 
3
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Kyle Smith
All the film provides is this bulletin Lefties are angry about the things Lefties are angry about chiefly corporate profits 
1
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Elizabeth Weitzman
James Scurlock s often riveting documentary is likely to leave you outraged over the manipulative greed of America s banks and credit card firms 
2.5
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Glenn Whipp
A well meaning but scattershot documentary 
2.5
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Ed Gonzalez
Maxed Out is more ambitious than Morgan Spurlock s egotistical Super Size Me but its also more scatterbrained 
2
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is erratically paced often static and dry and occasionally dull But the subject matter keeps you intrigued barely 
2
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Chuck Bowen
Sloppiness doesn t suit Granito which should be concise complicated and elegant 
1.5
Jackson County Jail
John Beifuss
A woman s American odyssey becomes a road trip from hell making her a victim of and then a fugitive from a corrupt political justice and law enforcement system that might as well be an extension of the betrayals of her workplace and home 
3
The Little Thief
Roger Ebert
The Little Thief tells this interesting story in a somewhat frustrating way 
2.5
My Girl 2
Roger Ebert
My Girl was really about something about an 11 year old discovering some of the secrets of life death love and unselfishness My Girl 2 seems inspired mostly by the opportunity to recycle the title of a successful film 
2
The Tenth Man
Matt Brunson
A nicely understated drama 46 
3
Horse Thief
Jack Garner
It is the sort of film that exposes the viewer to a completely unfamiliar and often fascinating time and place With the precise observation of an anthropologist and the lyricism of an artist director Zhuangzhuang presents a series of memorable images 
3.5
Horse Thief
Michael Sragow
All Horse Thief amounts to is Taras Bulba pictorialism and melodrama put at the service of an ethnographic survey of Tibetan Buddhist customs 
1.5
Horse Thief
Joseph Gelmis
Whatever else the movie means to signify it s memorable as a personal vision of a people whose hold on life is precarious and who sustain themselves with faith in an afterlife 
3
Horse Thief
Carrie Rickey
The issues here are universal how individual needs conflict with those of the tribe how crime is punished how the God fearing sinner fears the prospect of a godless world even more than the prospect of the Almighty s wrath 
3
Horse Thief
Robert W. Butler
The cinematography of Hou Yong and Zhao Fei is achingly beautiful Not a frame is wasted every shot has been immaculately composed and executed It s enough to leave you gasping 
3
Horse Thief
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Director Tian Zhuangzhuang has said that he made The Horse Thief for the 21st century The Horse Thief is a film of the future in more ways than one 
4
To the Devil a Daughter
Roger Ebert
It s the most over directed exploitation movie I ve seen in a long time it attempts to squeeze in so many subplots and parallel bits of action that finally we re left scratching our heads and wondering who the characters are 
1
To the Devil a Daughter
James Kendrick
an odd curtain call for Hammer because despite the presence of stalwart actor Christopher Lee it is not like most Hammer horror films
2.5
Runner
Sean P. Means
The best thing about Runner is Guor himself a humble and sympathetic character whose life has more twists than the average thriller 
3
Runner
Jeff Mitchell
Sprint to Guor s inspirational tale 
3.5
Runner
Roger Moore
A running saga reminder that life and sport only rarely dole out a Hollywood ending But the struggle is its own reward and is inspiring in its own right 
3
With Honors
Anderson Jones
Keshishian has smoothly made the transition from fringe to commercial by taking a fairly ordinary story and crafting it into a highly entertaining drama 
3
With Honors
Malcolm Johnson
The brainiest of the current class of college comedies and dramas but not quite high enough to qualify as a magna cum laude portrayal of a meeting of minds 
2.5
With Honors
Austin Kennedy
This movie is predictable from scene one though that wouldn t be a problem if it had a good script good performances and solid direction But it doesn t 
.5
With Honors
Roger Ebert
Did it occur to the filmmakers to introduce one or even two new ideas into this material 
2.5
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Kurt Loder
Anyone with more than a superficial interest in rock music and its possibilities should either see this film or own it 
4
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Scorsese assembles an impressive amount of footage and interviews many more candid that anyone could feasibly expect 
3
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Roger Ebert
Creates a portrait that is deep sympathetic perceptive and yet finally leaves Dylan shrouded in mystery which is where he properly lives 
4
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Peter Canavese
Fans will be positively enthralled at the well preserved nuggets and neophytes will understand the fuss over the musician and the man 
3.5
The Lovely Bones
Mattie Lucas
Like Jackson missed the target completely and instead hit the cat standing 30 feet away from it 
2
The Lovely Bones
Michael Dequina
The whole plays better than that would suggest largely due to Jackson s imagination and commanding skill 
3
The Lovely Bones
Marty Mapes
Pet peeves and stylistic differences of opinion work against Heavenly Creatures director
2
The Lovely Bones
Jeffrey Westhoff
Artistically and technically this film is superb rich in excellent performances wondrous visuals and compelling ideas Yet for all its brilliance The Lovely Bones remains elusive 
3
The Lovely Bones
David Nusair
an admittedly uneven yet utterly engaging piece of work that outshines its literary predecessor in every way 
4
The Lovely Bones
Sean P. Means
The script races off in three directions These elements may have intertwined more elegantly in Sebold s writing but on film they rub against each other awkwardly 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Wesley Lovell
Thematically muddled the film nevertheless has a strong sense of visual presence and features a handful of strong performances 
3
The Lovely Bones
Lori Hoffman
Learning to live beyond grief is the heart of the story and the performances bring out that premise beautifully 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Eric Melin
The film remains a mystery not a mystery as in who committed the crime but a mystery in its intended theme and why that theme didn t unite the film at all 
1
The Lovely Bones
James Kendrick
while it has moments that soar both visually and emotionally it ultimately feels torn and unwieldy
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Keith Cohen
Acting laurels belong to Tucci as the unrepentant killer He shows chameleon like qualities with wild personality shifts Ronan makes good use of her large expressive eyes It is only a matter of time before she becomes a big star in Hollywood McIver is
2
The Lovely Bones
Matt Brunson
Moviegoers who haven t read the book and accept the picture on its own terms which ultimately is how any artistic interpretation should be judged will be greeted with a powerful viewing experience 
3
The Lovely Bones
Mike McGranaghan
The first 45 minutes are great The last 30 minutes are also great The problem is the 45 minutes in the middle which are bogged down with unnecessary visual effects 
3
The Lovely Bones
John Wirt
A muted tragedy about a murdered girl who watches her family and killer from a place between heaven and Earth The Lovely Bones remains oddly remote 
2
The Lovely Bones
Bob Bloom
The Lovely Bones is a skeleton of a movie lacking any sense of life and vitality 
2
The Lovely Bones
Robert W. Butler
Ultimately The Lovely Bones works best when Ronan simply reads Sebold s simple yet evocative prose 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Rick Groen
Some books should stay between their covers and The Lovely Bones may well be one of them 
2
The Lovely Bones
Sean O'Connell
Succeeds as a taut will he get caught mystery as it also explores the notion of acceptance following the loss of a loved one 
3
The Lovely Bones
Lisa Kennedy
The movie is often wise 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Lawrence Toppman
Performances become almost inconsequential when the roles are so superficial 
1.5
The Lovely Bones
Willie Waffle
A movie with tons of possibilities 3 or 4 awesome scenes some great tension and lots of filler 
2
The Lovely Bones
John Beifuss
The locale is Pennsylvania but Jackson seems reluctant to leave Middle earth and Skull Island behind He guides us through tediously inventive CG heavenly landscapes when what we really want is more of the mundane interior of the killer s suburban home 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Peter Canavese
It s a mark of Jackson s lack of restraint as a filmmaker that the mystery thriller elements and fantastic visualizations overtake the domestic drama that is the novel s true raison d être 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Chris Hewitt
It s difficult to understand how Jackson could have gone so far wrong with his conception of the material 
1
The Lovely Bones
Linda Barnard
Jackson s grand computer generated vision of Susie s Dali like in between while occasionally gorgeous leaves the viewer feeling stuck between two worlds too The story suffers 
2
The Lovely Bones
Ann Hornaday
Tone is the first thing sacrificed in this shapeless overlong mawkishly muddled pop up illustration of a movie 
1
The Lovely Bones
Linda Cook
Who would think that a movie about the murder of a 14 year old girl would be at times beautiful and comforting 
3.5
The Lovely Bones
Sara Michelle Fetters
Every time things begin to pick up steam Jackson suddenly slows them to an absolute halt intricately crafted momentum unhappily destroyed in little less than the flash of instant 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Dustin Putman
Following a devastatingly beautiful first act the film goes downhill in unfathomably fatal ways The Lovely Bones is a startling mess of near epic proportions one of 2009 s very biggest disappointments 
1.5
The Lovely Bones
Michael A. Smith
the best film of 2009 
4
The Lovely Bones
Mick LaSalle
The Lovely Bones is difficult viewing a meticulously crafted experiment that it turns out wasn t worth it 
2
The Lovely Bones
Duane Dudek
The result is like watching an overindulgent parent buy his kid every toy in the store when what is needed is discipline and restraint 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Moira MacDonald
There was no reason to make this book into a film and many reasons not to so you have to admire Peter Jackson for trying Unfortunately he s the wrong director for the job 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Jeff Vice
Jackson and company s take on the best selling Alice Sebold novel is lovely looking it s visually stunning really and it is sometimes disturbing But more often than not it s too aloof and distanced for its own good 
2
The Lovely Bones
Ty Burr
The miscalculation on almost every level is perversely thorough It s as if the filmmaker faced with an endless series of daunting creative choices proudly took the wrong road each and every time 
1
The Lovely Bones
Steven Rea
Tonally visually conceptually The Lovely Bones is all wrong 
1.5
The Lovely Bones
Joe Williams
So much about The Lovely Bones is so skillfully orchestrated from the chillingly methodical villainy to the thrillingly paced manhunt we can accept that we re in the hands of a higher power 
3
The Lovely Bones
Michael Phillips
Sometimes a major director becomes enthralled with the cinematic prospects of material for which he is not ideally suited 
2
The Lovely Bones
Rene Rodriguez
A movie that has been tinkered and fussed with until there is no spontaneity left no warmth or life or messiness 
1.5
The Lovely Bones
Roger Ebert
The Lovely Bones is a deplorable film with this message If you re a 14 year old girl who has been brutally raped and murdered by a serial killer you have a lot to look forward to 
1.5
The Lovely Bones
Peter Keough
It looks like a piece of cake but I still prefer Dante 
2
The Lovely Bones
Roger Moore
Jackson overwhelms the thoughtful introspective nature of the material with whistles and bells heavenly effects that scream overkill 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Josh Larsen
a murder drama made from cotton candy 
2
The Lovely Bones
Kam Williams
An epic snuff flick which fails to engage the viewer on an emotional level 
1
The Lovely Bones
James Berardinelli
Despite significant cuts and instances of condensation the plot s skeleton tracks well with Sebold s book but therein lies the roots of a problem the movie features wild swings in tone and fails to draw the viewer into the story 
2
The Lovely Bones
Walter Chaw
this means that if Jackson hasn t left his scrotum in a shoebox somewhere he s doing a pretty good imitation of someone who has 
0.5
The Lovely Bones
Jeffrey M. Anderson
More than anything The Lovely Bones feels like a film circling the book eyeing it uncertainly and trying different kinds of styles and moods to see if anything fits 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Kit Bowen
Peter Jackson s The Lovely Bones is a beautiful thoughtful film full of dark mystery and life affirmations yet somehow it s lacking a certain inner strength 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Kyle Smith
Color me relieved There is no need to fear death even the most horrifying kind of murder Because the afterlife is exactly like the album cover for a 1970s progressive rock band 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Peter Travers
The novel never flinched the movie does But Jackson who builds jolting suspense when Susie s sister enters the killer s lair is drawn to a spiritual dimension 
3
The Lovely Bones
Mark Dujsik
The opening scenes promise one thing and the rest of the movie is spent contradicting it 
1.5
The Lovely Bones
Claudia Puig
The movie strikes clashing tones veering from lightheartedness to heavy handedness 
2
The Lovely Bones
Robert Levin
Jackson s transformed a serious unsettling story into a reductive thriller cum special effects display 
2.5
The Lovely Bones
Thelma Adams
The repulsive yet redemptive story is harrowing but director Peter Jackson s visions of heaven feel like a My Little Pony version of Lord of the Rings 
2.5
Shame
Andrew Howe
A well paced powerful attempt to canvass an important issue
3
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Linda Cook
Woefully unsuitable for children with its decades old nods to R rated films Hoodwinked Too Hood vs Evil is a far cry from the much cleverer original 
1.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Scott Nash
As a fan of the original I really wanted to like this one 
2.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Liam Lacey
Full of manic momentum and nattering witless word play the movie has all the charm of a mudslide 
1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
John Beifuss
The 3D surcharge gets you not just a temporary pair of glasses but 11 minutes of end credits to pad the film to its dubious 85 minute running time 
1.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Nell Minow
There are some nice 3 D swoops and drops but the more vertiginous entertainment of the film is in the script as what we think we know is deliciously turned inside out 
3
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Stephen Whitty
Remember the first Hoodwinked five years ago Remember how it ended with the promise of a sequel Remember how many times you ve wondered when oh when will it finally come Me neither 
1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Chris Hewitt
The movie is mostly just a loosely connected batch of snarky jokes 
2
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Michael O'Sullivan
A flat plodding and largely mirthless affair 
1.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Kyle Smith
Parents should take their children to Hoodwinked Too Hood Vs Evil if only because kids are never too young to learn the important and liberating skill of walking out of a movie and demanding a refund 
0.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Joe Williams
Hoodwinked wasn t a bad movie but it wasn t a smash hit either and the stash of spoofable fairy tales is now as empty as Old Mother Hubbard s cupboard 
2
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Peter Hartlaub
One would hope that Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma are getting some kind of royalty from all the mediocre comedies and animated movies that keep ripping off their films 
1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Robert W. Butler
This sequel is that rarity a film in which practically nothing works 
1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Mack Bates
A pale copy is still a pale copy even when it s in 3 D That s the moral of the animated sequel Hoodwinked Too Hood vs Evil 
1.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Steven Rea
There s nothing especially noteworthy about Hoodwinked Too 
2
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Tom Russo
In which the animators ditch structural ambition in favor of straight up action spoofery that s all freneticism and very little cleverness 
1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Michael Phillips
Hoodwinked Too which runs an eternity risking 85 minutes plays like a jaded rehash of other pictures And none of those other pictures sadly is the original Hoodwinked 
1
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Bruce DeMara
The results are irreverent fast funky and funny And hey there may be a lesson or two in there for youngsters especially girls to pick up on along the way 
2.5
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Roger Moore
Yes it s in 3D and no it s not remotely as good as Rio 
2
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Ed Gonzalez
Despite ample proof to the contrary Hoodwinked Too Hood vs Evil was not written by the punaholic Carrie Bradshaw 
.5
Boychoir
Neil Rosen
Director Francois Girard who has made several other musically themed films including The Red Violin has made a predictable movie here with a by the numbers storyline 
2.5
Boychoir
Lou Lumenick
An imperious choirmaster Dustin Hoffman reluctantly takes a troubled 11 year old Garrett Wareing with the voice of an angel under his wing in this delightful musical drama 
3
Boychoir
Brad Wheeler
I almost half enjoyed the routine drama Boychoir But then the closing credits rolled and so did my eyes 
2
Boychoir
Chris Knight
While Boychoir leads us by the hand and presents a satisfying and extremely tidy conclusion it could have soared a little higher had it opted for a touch more improvisation and scatter 
2.5
Boychoir
T'Cha Dunlevy
In the era of American Idol it s a revelation to see a film champion the understated appeal of choral music and to make it seem exciting in the process 
3.5
Boychoir
Linda Barnard
Two things elevate screenwriter Ben Ripley s otherwise average drama the stunning choral music and Hoffman s wisely underplayed brooding take on the choirmaster Carvelle 
2.5
A Film With Me in It
Robert Levin
It s a small picture that embraces its smallness centered on a self reflexive premise and some twisted punishing campy humor 
3
A Film With Me in It
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The smarmily organic execution pivots upon unpredictable flourishes of postmodern reflexivity and quiet nods to the perplexing traditions of Irish storytelling 
3
Masking Threshold
Roger Moore
Occasionally repellent 44 and mesmerizing in a droning on to the point you tune out way 46 But even at its most unpleasant 46 46 46 never less than fascinating
2.5
Fierce
Roger Moore
You don t need 30 minutes to figure this out much less 118 
1.5
The Dying Gaul
Rob Thomas
Lucas use of chat rooms as a plot moving device is pretty hackneyed and when the story takes a thriller like turn in the third act it feels really forced 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Kurt Loder
The Dying Gaul has the tight nailed down structure of a good play But it s the actors who really lift the movie above the shortcomings of its plot 
3
The Dying Gaul
Jeff Vice
It s his heavy handed and often ludicrous plotting that is the film s downfall 
2
The Dying Gaul
Walter Chaw
The one thing Greek tragedy shouldn t desperately want is any kind of catharsis 
2
The Dying Gaul
Hanh Nguyen
Campbell Scott Peter Sarsgaard and Patricia Clarkson fill the disconcerting material with measured subtle performances that bring home what s not being said 
3
The Dying Gaul
David Elliott
Lucas has a smaller knife and its edge dulls 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Lisa Kennedy
The Dying Gaul begins with a Herman Melville quote Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall Let them serve not as words of wisdom but of warning 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Jeff Strickler
E xcept for some problems in the middle act the movie is easy to swallow 
3
The Dying Gaul
Chris Hewitt
The crackling nasty dialogue is entertaining in the way it is in All About Eve or Valley of the Dolls and the actors are superb even if Tharthgaard doeth overdue the lithping a bit 
3
The Dying Gaul
Mick LaSalle
Lucas insight into the subtleties of interaction and the churning depths that those subtleties suggest is of a whole other order than that of most film directors 
3
The Dying Gaul
Wesley Morris
The movie doesn t completely please but more disappointing is that it no longer aims to appall either 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Steve Rhodes
It remains entertaining throughout which is something of an inside joke since the story ridicules films that try too hard to be commercially viable 
3
The Dying Gaul
Moira MacDonald
The Dying Gaul is often wicked fun 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Bob Strauss
Most of Lucas dialogue is dead on and lovely 
3
The Dying Gaul
Gene Seymour
Lucas evolved sense of character refuses to apply definitive shades of good and evil to anyone in this distressing triangle 
3
The Dying Gaul
Lou Lumenick
Audacious and extremely well acted if flawed 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Pam Grady
Lucas proves himself a film director as he expertly removes all traces of the work s stage bound beginnings but in the end his own writing fails him 
2
The Dying Gaul
Peter Travers
With humor and rage fighting for dominance debuting director Craig Lucas drives a stake into the dark heart of Hollywood 
3
The Dying Gaul
Ken Fox
Acclaimed playwright Craig Lucas directing debut is a flawlessly acted adaptation of his own stage play 
3
The Dying Gaul
Jack Mathews
The heady cast of Campbell Scott Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard labors mightily and unsuccessfully to create empathetic characters out of a trio of self absorbed neurotics in contemporary Hollywood 
1.5
The Dying Gaul
Roger Ebert
There is some ambiguity about why a final event takes place and that s all right but the way in which the movie reveals it is I think singularly ineffective 
2.5
The Dying Gaul
Michael Phillips
The onscreen results wobble a bit in the climactic murderous narrative turns Yet en route it works on its own terms and in what is essentially a three person picture Lucas has cast the leads with the right three people 
3
The Dying Gaul
Ed Gonzalez
For a story that takes place in chilly Philadelphia era Hollywood it s at least plugged in to the politics of the time 
2
Delia's Gone
Erik Childress
Boasts such a strong cast and then fails to deliver the bare minimum of a mystery or a commentary on social and racial injustice 46 
1.5
Delia's Gone
Mark Dujsik
There apos s something a bit disconcerting that this man and his way of thinking are treated as a plot device and a somewhat novel gimmick 46 46 46 
1.5
Delia's Gone
Roger Moore
There is nothing finer in the cinema than a simple 44 well acted and well crafted thriller 46 46 46 46 Damn 44 it apos s good 46 
3
Daybreak
Budd Wilkins
Like Marcel Carn s earlier Port of Shadows Daybreak establishes a versatile visual palette that exerted a significant influence over classical noir 
4
Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton
Christian Toto
Father Patrick Peyton s miraculous mission and successes seem surreal today 
3
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Gail Pennington
You d better like seeing fake sharks munch on people s extremities if you plan to enjoy Sharknado 3 
1.5
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
David Wiegand
The SyFy channel s annual exercise in nonsense is as over the top and enjoyably bad as ever Maybe even more so 
3
Regarding Susan Sontag
David Wiegand
If you take a less passive approach to the film and connect the multiple dots Kates and co writer John Haptas have positioned through the 105 minute film you ll begin to understand what made Sontag tick 
4
Seems Like Old Times
David Nusair
an appealing premise that s employed to decidedly hit and miss effect 
2.5
Seems Like Old Times
Scott Nash
Chase Hawn and Grodin give it their all in Neil Simon s Seems Like Old Times
3
Seems Like Old Times
Roger Ebert
Seems Like Old Times is another one of those near misses that leaves a movie critic in a quandary It s a funny movie and it made me laugh out loud a lot but in the final analysis it just didn t quite edge over the mystical line into success 
2
Gang Related
Jeffrey Westhoff
I won t pretend to know anything about Shakur s music but his death robbed filmgoers of an actor who only began to show his talent 
3
Exhibition
Peter Keough
Hogg maintains a probing detachment and a cold intimacy As befits the title she presents her subjects like specimens in an exhibit with a rigorously structured style that is non judgmental and unsparing 
3.5
Exhibition
Chuck Bowen
There s considerable talent on display in Exhibition but it s the kind of thing people mean when they use the term art film as a pejorative 
2
Exhibition
Tom Keogh
Writer director Joanna Hogg doesn t present a cohesive story so much as drop a viewer into a series of inscrutable moments We deal more with impressions than facts 
3
The Odd Couple
David Nusair
a deliberately paced and often unabashedly stagy comedy that benefits substantially from the justifiably iconic work of its stars 
3
The Odd Couple
Betsy Bozdech
Stands the test of time as a classic comedy 
3.5
The Odd Couple
Roger Ebert
It does well as an evening s entertainment 
3.5
Kill Ben Lyk
Roger Moore
An unsophisticated ribald and trigger happy Knives Out for those who like their whodunits with a tad more spice bloodshed and profanity 
2.5
Dark Waters
Brian Eggert
The most successful part of Dark Waters is how it portrays American society as one that fears doing the right thing because of the repercussions while it s far easier just to keep quiet blissfully unaware and toe the line 
3
Dark Waters
Federico Furzan
A friendly courtoom drama that spends too many time outside of court and inside Ruffalo s character Still pretty decent after that Full review in Spanish 
3
Dark Waters
David Stratton
Ruffalo s performance alone is worth the price of a ticket 
3.5
Dark Waters
James Kendrick
a compelling character study as well as a parable about the importance of doing the right thing even when it seems like everything is stacked against you
3
Dark Waters
Mattie Lucas
Haynes takes the material and turns it into something both beautiful and horrific a real world revisit of the themes that made Safe one of his finest works 
3.5
Dark Waters
Linda Cook
Legal thriller Dark Waters swirls with suspense 
3.5
Dark Waters
Matt Brunson
There isn t much in this David and Goliath story that we haven t seen in numerous earlier works but the filmmakers make sure to keep the righteous indignity bubbling on the surface and the infuriating corporate malfeasance itching under the skin 
3
Dark Waters
Steven Prokopy
I don t think I was quite prepared for just how much of a poignant gut punch of a film Dark Waters truly is 
3
Dark Waters
Pamela Powell
Dark Waters is a powerful compelling and necessary story to tell as it has you on the edge of your seat mesmerized by each and every scene 
4
Dark Waters
Josh Terry
The twists and turns aren t quite as dramatic as they could be and though the conflict is present it feels too much like it s lingering in the background against a pretty linear narrative 
3
Dark Waters
Kent Turner
Hathaway has the unfortunate task of delivering a monologue that s straight out of Saturday Night Live s sendup of the reoccurring character Angel the perpetually aggrieved girlfriend played by Heidi Gardner The sentiment is virtually the same 
2
Dark Waters
Max Weiss
It s the rare American film that trusts in both the intelligence and patience of its audience 
3
Dark Waters
Kevin A. Ranson
pushed front and center is corporate disconnection and plausible deniability confronting the people who profit from lives being lost happy as long as they don t have to see the damage done 
4
Dark Waters
Mike McGranaghan
Dark Waters might just inspire you to throw out your non stick pans and sip nervously on that next glass of water 
3
Dark Waters
Robert Horton
Maybe speaking as a non fan of much of Haynes career it might be good to see this filmmaker doing more jobs of work 
3
Dark Waters
Mark Dujsik
This is far from inspiring and that s exactly the point 
3
Dark Waters
Barry Hertz
Bilott s story is a serious one and demands a responsible retelling Fortunately Haynes finds a way to do so without mistaking such a weighty task as an excuse to be plodding or bone dry procedural 
3
Dark Waters
Peter Howell
It s enough to make you want to chuck all of your non stick and waterproofed products after seeing this movie 
3
Dark Waters
Joe Friar
Todd Haynes opts for a good old fashioned corporate thriller with investigative goto actor Mark Ruffalo delivering another solid performance Riveting 
3.5
Dark Waters
Rosalie Kicks
The saddest or should I say scariest part of this entire saga is that the evil people behind these decisions not only profit off death but they get away with it too 
3
Dark Waters
Richard Roeper
Robert is every bit as determined as any underdog attorney in recent movie history 
3
Dark Waters
Michael O'Sullivan
Dark Waters doesn t aspire to be something it s not Like Bilott himself it gets the job done not by showboating but by laying out the facts 
2.5
Dark Waters
Tom Meek
Dark Waters catches its swell mostly from its impressive cast namely Mark Ruffalo on point as Robert Bilot 
3
Dark Waters
Moira MacDonald
All of this works for the most part but only occasionally surprises 
2.5
Dark Waters
Roger Moore
It reminds us of what a legal crusade looks like a years long grind of discovery depositions evidence and trials and to be thankful for dogged dull pluggers like Robert Bilott who stopped a mass murder in progress
4
Dark Waters
Mick LaSalle
The brilliance of Dark Waters is that it is able to lay out the case against DuPont without getting too wonky 
4
Dark Waters
Matt Zoller Seitz
Strong and involving 
3
Dark Waters
Joey Magidson
Dark Waters is effective though somewhat workmanlike as well Haynes and Lachman don t leave much of their imprint on the film though Ruffalo turns in committed work 
3
Dark Waters
Rex Reed
It s a perfect movie and not the least of its power is due to Ruffalo s flawless performance 
4
Dark Waters
Jake Coyle
It s perhaps a familiar script good cause inspiration movie Dark Waters distinguishes itself however in intricately following the story of a toxic substance from a West Virginia backwater to ubiquity 
3
Dark Waters
Michael Joshua Rowin
Haynes s film intermittently hits upon a few original ways of representing its ripped from the headlines mandate 
2.5
Delhi Safari
Kalvin Henely
A much better way to strike home the same green message while also having more fun would be to just skip this movie and take your kids to a national park 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Brian Eggert
Aside from Scott Thomas 44 whose performance is magnificently over the top 44 the actors and storyline have almost no humanity to them 44 serving only the film 8217 s vague metaphor about punishment 46 
1
Only God Forgives
Sonny Bunch
This is more a horror film than a martial arts extravaganza 
2.5
Only God Forgives
Eric Melin
Since all the characters are archetypes there s no way to really climb inside Only God Forgives and be emotionally affected by any of it 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Michael Dequina
Refn has stated that the effect he was going for was an acid trip and he s succeeded maybe a bit too well as the initial surface trance wears off to reveal not much else going on 
2
Only God Forgives
David Nusair
An oddball mostly unwatchable cinematic experiment 
1
Only God Forgives
Chris Hewitt
I saw it about three weeks ago and already I can t recall some details of the unmemorable story On the other hand there are some vividly stylized images I will never forget 
3
Only God Forgives
Dann Gire
Only God Forgives is tough stuff a provocative exercise in stylish sleaze that fans of Greek tragedy might truly appreciate 
3.5
Only God Forgives
Jeff Beck
Nicolas Winding Refn s Only God Forgives is a film with so much padding you scarcely realize that there s a story going on 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Ann Hornaday
The most objectionable thing about Only God Forgives isn t that it s shocking or immoral but that it s so finally fatally dull 
1
Only God Forgives
Rene Rodriguez
Mocking the improbable characters and bizarre juxtapositions is too literal and superficial a reading of this dreamy entrancing movie 
3.5
Only God Forgives
Peter Travers
Where Drive shrewdly mystifies Only God Forgives stupefies You can see its gears grinding But I ll always hang on for a rare talent like Refn Even when he stumbles he leaves you eager to see what he s up to next 
2
Only God Forgives
Ali Arikan
Refn and Smith might have been going for authentic urban disquiet but the result is middle of the road trash can of manufactured polished execration 
0.5
Only God Forgives
Stephen Whitty
I never had a doubt that director Nicolas Winding Refn was in absolute control 
2.5
Only God Forgives
Dustin Putman
A defiant and sinister piece of experimental Grand Guignol cinema not easy to forget or to deny 
3
Only God Forgives
Mark Dujsik
A troubling and troublesome but absorbing nightmare in which death the film implies is the only way to wake up from it 
3
Only God Forgives
Peter Howell
It s possibly the least glamorous and also least interesting role Gosling has ever had It s not likely to expand his fan base much or Refn s for that matter 
1
Only God Forgives
Sara Stewart
What makes it high art The fact that it happens really slowly I think or that it s interspersed with patience testing camera pans of wallpaper 
1
Only God Forgives
Claudia Puig
God may forgive you for seeing this needlessly brutal film But you won t forgive yourself 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Chris Knight
Only God Forgives somehow manages to use buckets of blood in the service of a plot with no pulse 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Perry Seibert
The title may be prophetic because it seems unlikely most filmgoers will forgive Refn for such a soulless heartless and mindless act of attempted envelope pushing 
2
Only God Forgives
Ty Burr
Only God Forgives is the kind of remarkable disaster only a very talented director can make after he finds success and is then allowed to do whatever he wants 
2
Only God Forgives
Josh Larsen
If it s possible to overact while barely blinking Ryan Gosling achieves it 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Michael Phillips
This is the worst least dumbest picture made by people of talent this year 
0
Only God Forgives
Jocelyn Noveck
Once you get past its slick veneer you may find yourself looking at your watch even though it clocks in at a concise 89 minutes 
1.5
Only God Forgives
Matt Pais
A horror story about the hideous things people say and do and the cyclical nature of revenge that would be comical if the actions weren t so difficult to watch 
4
Only God Forgives
Rex Reed
Part schlockfest part campy fairy tale this is a movie that begs you to bring your own barf bag 
0
Only God Forgives
Jesse Cataldo
It takes the basic form of the revenge flick and dips it in tar making for a movie that comes out sticky nasty and black 
3
Only God Forgives
Kent Turner
Gosling plays it cool maybe too much so He s on no emote control Though morally and emotionally superficial the film mesmerizes visually
2.5
Friday
Anderson Jones
Director F Gary Gray chooses to develop tension in this often over the top farce in a very unfunny almost baffling way 
1.5
Friday
Gene Siskel
I knew the picture was in trouble when its first gag involved an old lady spewing obscenities 
1
Friday
Kam Williams
The original installment in the outrageous slacker trilogy starring Ice Cube 
2
Friday
Phil Villarreal
Synthesizes blaxploitation and pot comedy genres and melds them into a colossus of unending laughs 
4
Friday
Chris Hicks
Cube s charm and Tucker s frantic antics can carry the movie only so far before the wall to wall profanity constant vulgar humor and male chauvinist ogling wear out their welcome 
1.5
Friday
David Nusair
much of the humor sailed right over my caucasian head 
2.5
Friday
Caryn James
This is a ruder cruder version of the hip hop movie House Party and it offers a fascinating glimpse at the way street life enters pop culture 
3
Friday
Mick LaSalle
Writer and director are both only 25 years old and provide another example of why it s best to beware of young men with movie cameras 
1
Friday
David Keyes
Friday stars several actors who can t act It also stars a rapper who can t rap His name is Ice Cube and after seeing this movie among others he can officially name himself the king of movies that lack acting talent as far as I m concerned 
0
Shakedown
David Nusair
a satisfying thriller that admittedly could and should have been so much better 
3
Shakedown
Roger Ebert
It s an assembly of sensational moments strung together by a plot that provides the excuses for amazing stunts and not much else But then not much else is needed 
3
Breaking the Silence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most filmmakers don t bother to do anything interesting or even logical with the disease of the week flick because it already comes with so much importance and weight and Breaking the Silence is no exception 
1.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Jeff Beck
This film ends up being more of a courtroom drama and yet it s almost as equally thrilling as the first film in the series 
3.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
David Nusair
Unlike its two predecessors The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet s Nest boasts a briskly paced opening half hour that proves effective at immediately drawing the viewer into the movie 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Matt Soergel
A bunch of evil old men get their comeuppance in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet s Nest but the girl who messes with their nest does hardly anything at all 
2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
John Beifuss
The series is quite satisfying as a whole in the manner of the type of well made limited episode crime program that might appear on AMC or HBO 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Matt Brunson
The European equivalent of The Matrix Revolutions this third chapter finds a once vibrant saga largely coasting on the fumes of its well regarded predecessors 
2.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Rob Thomas
When your series most compelling character remains mute and largely on the periphery of the action albeit all decked out in punker regalia including a big Mohawk something is seriously amiss 
2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Keith Cohen
This 148 minute movie is best appreciated if you have already watched the first two movies or read the books It is not intended to be a standalone film Neophytes will find themselves lost and confused without sufficient background to fully appreciate 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Robert W. Butler
Whatever its failings Hornet s Nest allows us to say goodbye to beloved characters That is unless those rumors of a fourth Millennium book prove true 
2.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Roger Moore
It s only our investment in these fascinating characters and in wholly unraveling the mystery of Lisbeth Salander s awful past that keep it compelling 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Lori Hoffman
a dull summation of the more compelling back story from the first two films 
1.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Alison Gang
Despite being packaged as a thriller Hornet s Nest lacks the urgency and suspense of the previous films 
2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Lisa Kennedy
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet s Nest is too akin to the tidying up of a television series finale albeit a very classy franchise with fine characters and able performances 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Rick Groen
Much of the problem can be traced to the villains of the piece The snakes in the establishment are a bunch of really old white guys Now this may be true to life but it s hell on drama 
2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Amy Biancolli
One of the knottiest talkiest tangles of celluloid to roll into theaters this year 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Chris Hewitt
The main thing that storyline reveals is that Steig Larsson s books simply aren t very well plotted 
2.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Kyle Smith
Expunging the clichs coincidences flat dialogue and dull exposition will present a challenge for director David Fincher as he begins to remake the films in Hollywood 
1
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Michael O'Sullivan
The final deeply satisfying conclusion to the trilogy of Swedish thrillers based on Stieg Larsson s bestselling novels 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Ethan Alter
There s simply no urgency to the proceedings 
2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Moira MacDonald
More than the other two this is Rapace s movie Michael Nyqvist s ever rumpled Blomkvist has less to do and their main scene together is just a tantalizing glimpse at the end a brief poignant reminder that we ve come to the end of the road 
3.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Peter Travers
Hornet s Nest is talky but indisputably terrific and it ends in a dazzling display of courtroom fireworks Rapace is hot stuff in any language Oscar take heed 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Duane Dudek
Although its procedural quality requires an acquaintance with the previous works it neither refers to nor acknowledges them Rather than refresh the mythology for new arrivals it preaches to the converted 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Wesley Morris
As superb as the Swedish actress Noomi Rapace has been up to this point there s nothing she can do to bring craft or excitement to the act of texting 
2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Steven Rea
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet s Nest comes close to self parody at times but the final chapter has its satisfying turns 
2.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
James Berardinelli
Unlike The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which can stand on its own the other two films need to be seen as a set Neither is complete without the other 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Michael Phillips
It s a rather wobbly blend of courtroom drama and loose ends tied albeit rather leisurely 
2.5
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Roger Ebert
So what has happened is that this uptight ferocious little gamine Lisbeth has won our hearts and we care about these stories and think there had better be more 
3
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Nick Schager
Alfredson s empty aesthetics mimic Hollywood conventions but merely exacerbate the hollowness of this entire affair 
.5
Crumb
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The point is even a screwball like Crumb had more workaday wisdom to get me through the night than most of what the rest of the culture was offering or still has to offer for that matter 
4
Crumb
James Kendrick
an absolutely disarming documentary and one of the very best of its kind
4
Crumb
David Nusair
Sporadically intriguing but ultimately overrated 
2.5
Crumb
Thomas Delapa
Zwigoff s biography of Crumb is both absorbing and repellent and it may be one of the best documentaries to make the connection between creativity and craziness 
3
Crumb
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rarely has there ever been a work as great as Crumb an achievement resting on both Zwigoff s talent and grace and on the enigma and poetry of its subject 
4
Crumb
Mike Clark
Crumb s sense of humor is his saving personal grace and the movie s insurance policy against total immersion into the morbid But just so you know Crumb fully earns its most revealing screen credit David Lynch Presents 
4
Crumb
Roger Ebert
One of the most remarkable and haunting documentaries ever made 
4
The Warrior's Way
Jeff Beck
The Warrior s Way is a horribly ill conceived idea that tries to blend Eastern and Western cinema but all it ends up doing is creating a disaster that s filled to the brim with enough clichés to make your head spin 
1.5
The Warrior's Way
Linda Cook
The Warrior s Way is one hot mess of a movie It has the best cinematography of the year hands down It has ninjas clowns and cowboys doing battle 
2.5
The Warrior's Way
Tom Russo
While the movie seems designed to be a breakout for Jang it s Lee whose work actually makes an impression You guess he ll be back hopefully playing it straight next time 
2
The Warrior's Way
Tom Meek
Though the film oozes visual appeal many action sequences are rendered with comic book vibrancy it s short on insight and long on cliché 
1.5
The Warrior's Way
Rob Humanick
That was completely retarded and I would absolutely watch it again Indeed 
2.5
The Warrior's Way
Roger Moore
Yeah it s nuts No it s not that much fun Action comedy Asian sword slasher pic or martial arts mystical mumbo jumbo this warrior never quite finds his way 
1.5
Mad Dog Time
Roger Ebert
The first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time 
0
Hollywood Dreams
Tom Keogh
This is one of Jaglom s most curious and oddly moving films 
3
Hollywood Dreams
Bruce Westbrook
I ve been among the unbelievers but Hollywood Dreams turned me around to a point Perhaps it s because the film is among Jaglom s best love him or leave him 
2.5
Hollywood Dreams
Mary Houlihan
It s the Hollywood dream factory as seen through director Jaglom s lens and it s often out of focus 
2
Hollywood Dreams
Michael Wilmington
Jaglom s Hollywood Dreams are far closer to reality than they might seem Unfortunately 
3
Hollywood Dreams
Mick LaSalle
The movie caves in on the issue of charm 
2
Hollywood Dreams
Peter Canavese
The director lets actors do their thing to a fault which makes Frederick s blitzkrieg of a performance often off putting but occasionally mesmerizing 
2.5
Hollywood Dreams
Ken Fox
An indifferent stylist at best Jaglom s films stand or fall depending on the talent and appeal of his leads and he s found a good one in Frederick 
2.5
Hollywood Dreams
Stephen Whitty
Amateurishly put together and reverently self referential it s hard to imagine this movie having much appeal for anyone beyond its own cast and crew Given the apparent size of its budget though that s probably enough to make it profitable 
1
Hollywood Dreams
V.A. Musetto
Hollywood Dreams is a must for Jaglom fans For other viewers it will depend upon how much they can take of Jaglom s improvisational style and Frederick s over the top tear filled acting 
2.5
Hollywood Dreams
Elizabeth Weitzman
The biggest problem is inexperienced lead Tanna Frederick who overplays every scene 
1.5
Hollywood Dreams
Ty Burr
Hollywood Dreams is meant to be an insider s tale but it feels like it comes from the cinema of hangers on 
1.5
Hollywood Dreams
Steve Rhodes
An exceedingly modest comedy an annoying motormouth with almost nothing interesting to say If I ever laughed I don t remember it 
2
Hollywood Dreams
Jim Hemphill
Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business 
4
Hollywood Dreams
Evan Henerson
This might play funnier and less off putting were if Frederick s Margie was not so disquietingly desperate 
2.5
Scars of Dracula
Matt Brunson
Easily the most underrated of all the Dracula pictures produced by Hammer Films 
3
The Awful Truth
Matt Brunson
Merely one of the greatest comedies ever made 
4
The Awful Truth
David Nusair
has earned its reputation as one of the most effective screwball comedies from the 1930s 
3
The Awful Truth
Matt Brunson
Merely one of the greatest comedies ever made 
4
The Awful Truth
Marty Mapes
It is a surprisingly tight and densely packed comedy with excellent performances all around 
3.5
Loverboy
Jeff Vice
Remarkably unsubtle and by the numbers and thanks to some curious plotting it s also a bit shrill and unpleasant 
2
Loverboy
Chris Hewitt
If the situations are intentionally unreal Sedgwick s performance could not be more real 
3
Loverboy
Gary Goldstein
A creepy misfire 
2
Loverboy
Ken Fox
It all adds up to an unfortunate misfire a film at odds with both its source material and itself 
2
Loverboy
Stephen Whitty
Emily is a complicated woman all right but she s a difficult person to spend an entire movie with 
2
Loverboy
Kyle Smith
First time director Kevin Bacon Mr Sedgwick cleverly maintains a balance of discomfiting and familiar by jumping nimbly around Emily s life 
3
Loverboy
Jack Mathews
The real trouble is at its core with an over the top performance from Sedgwick that borders on Baby Jane campiness 
1.5
Loverboy
Bob Strauss
It makes for a deeply uncomfortable moviegoing experience but unfortunately not one with enough behavioral insight to justify the pain 
1.5
Loverboy
Ed Gonzalez
Working with Atom Egoyan has not done Kevin Bacon any favors 
1.5
In This World
David Nusair
an odd hybrid of fiction and non fiction featuring a cast comprised mostly of amateur actors 
2.5
In This World
Lawrence Toppman
Your heart will go out to the characters especially if your family made an arduous effort to reach America among the waves of immigrants over the last 130 years 
3.5
In This World
Matt Brunson
I d like for some brave soul to sneak a copy into the White House just to bring a slap of reality to the residents of the presidential plastic bubble 
3
In This World
Rick Groen
Although the story told is of vital importance the manner of the telling robs us of the appropriate emotional response 
2.5
In This World
Duane Dudek
It s a brave new world and Michael Winterbottom s brave new film is like a postcard from the heart of it 
4
In This World
Chris Hewitt
Michael Winterbottom puts a human face on a harrowing story in In This World but you ll wish you had more 
3
In This World
James Verniere
The film s intellectual dishonesty begins almost immediately 
2.5
In This World
Sean P. Means
I wouldn t want to argue politics with Winterbottom but his realistic depiction of Jamal s journey mostly transcends politics 
3.5
In This World
Jeff Vice
Downbeat but surprisingly moving drama 
3
In This World
Peter Travers
Without an ounce of phony Hollywood uplift Winterbottom s film cuts right to the heart 
3.5
In This World
Elias Savada
A suffocating bewildering journey that leaves you gasping for the comfort of your easy chair 
3
In This World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The camera constantly strays from the main action to capture moments of local scenery in an attempt to prove how real it all is 
2
In This World
Moira MacDonald
It feels torn from the kind of newsreel that brings an ache to the heart 
3.5
In This World
Jonathan Curiel
By humanizing an immigrant refugee crisis that is not abating Winterbottom does a cinematic service that happens to be damn interesting too 
3
In This World
John Anderson
The results are something highly unusual and inescapable 
3.5
In This World
Megan Lehmann
Makes real the desperate lengths that refugees those running from poverty as well as danger will go to 
2.5
In This World
Elizabeth Weitzman
There is a hardly a false note which makes this both a difficult and exceedingly memorable film to watch 
3
In This World
Terry Lawson
Passionate but precise filmmaking that reduces impossibly enormous concepts to intimate personal drama 
3
In This World
Roger Ebert
What s real and what s fiction in the film is hard to say but we trust that the images are informed by truth 
3
In This World
Ty Burr
It s a tremendous human drama with each stage of its characters journey a white knuckle thriller in miniature 
3.5
In This World
Glenn Whipp
Winterbottom gives us a glimpse of the hell people go through for the dream of economic betterment 
3.5
In This World
Allison Benedikt
This is an amazing movie released at a frightening time and made under remarkable circumstances 
4
The Lickerish Quartet
Roger Ebert
The Lickerish Quartet is too good for its own good which makes it very little good at all as a skin flick 
1.5
The Lickerish Quartet
Zach Campbell
It all sounds risible on paper but the immediate effects are rather powerful 
4
Life and Nothing More
Ben Sachs
In his vivid depiction of the characters daily lives which slowly becomes immersive in spite of the detached camerawork Méndez Esparza invites us to share in their perspective 
3.5
Life and Nothing More
Michael Phillips
Because Esparza s a dramatist not a melodramatist the experience of watching Life and Nothing More becomes truth and nothing less 
3.5
Life and Nothing More
Sean P. Means
An unvarnished cinema verité look at a family dealing with some hard knocks 
3.5
Life and Nothing More
G. Allen Johnson
The movie works by stringing together many small observations to develop a portrait more quiet and revealing than many overwrought films that strain to address hot button issues 
3
Life and Nothing More
Pat Brown
Antonio Méndez Esparza crafts a revealing portrait of life as lived under a regime of race and class oppression 
3.5
Life and Nothing More
Barry Paris
This is Mr Esparza s second feature and first English language film He has a deep penetrating vision and an admirable aversion to sentimentality 
3
Life and Nothing More
Gayle MacDonald
The first half is long languid takes of their cramped apartment with minimal dialogue In the second things speed up but the abrupt shift from a snail s pace to a flurry of happenings is jarring 
2
River of Grass
Alan French
Far from the slick 44 over stylized dialogue of Tarantino or Ritchie 44 there 8217 s an emotional cadence to Reichardt 8217 s work that rings with authenticity 46 
3
River of Grass
Brian Eggert
Reichardt s continued interest in the leisurely paced rhythms of everyday life in all its associated anxieties and disquietness has been there from the start 
3.5
River of Grass
David Nusair
a decidedly erratic yet somewhat promising first effort by Reichardt 
2.5
River of Grass
Josh Larsen
a muted deconstruction of the Bonnie and Clyde narrative 
2.5
River of Grass
David Sterritt
Evocatively directed in Florida locations by gifted newcomer Kelly Reichardt 
3
River of Grass
Brian Tallerico
It s almost too ethereal it slips through your fingers when you try to grab it Although that could be the point 
3
River of Grass
James Lattimer
Kelly Reichardt s film is a wry appealingly raggedy look at the impossibility of conjuring up excitement from boredom 
3
South of Heaven
Richard Roeper
South of Heaven devolves into a rote thriller with henchmen upon henchmen upon henchmen falling by the wayside until the inevitable showdown which plays out in underwhelming fashion 
2.5
South of Heaven
Sheila O'Malley
The film has its pleasures but they come only in the moments where the unexpected happens 
1.5
South of Heaven
Mark Dujsik
Keshales maintains an air of tenderness and sorrow even as people s lives are put into constant jeopardy and the body count rises with apparent impunity 
3
South of Heaven
Michael Medved
This morbid mess couldn t end soon enough The characters are cartoons the plot is preposterous and the lurid violence is often gut churning 
1
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Brian Eggert
The result is one of the funniest films ever made 44 Kubrick 8217 s most unequivocal commentary 44 and perhaps cinema 8217 s most disturbing take on the illusion of our control 46 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
James Kendrick
Dr Strangelove does what so few comedies do today it challenges us provokes us unsettles us while also making us laugh 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Matt Brunson
Even the ending of the Cold War couldn t dilute this uncompromising satire s immediacy not so long as men continue to think with their missiles instead of their minds 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
David Nusair
a decidedly underwhelming entry within Kubrick s increasingly spotty body of work 
1.5
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Eric Henderson
Dr Strangelove s status as the movie that confirmed both Stanley Kubrick s reputation and the arrival of beat sick irreverence can no longer be retracted 
3.5
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Steven Snyder
Sound funny It is 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Phil Villarreal
Endures as one of the finest political satires 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Michael Wilmington
This landmark movie s madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Emily Blunt
Stanley Kubrick s 40 year old satirical polital comedy about the end of the world is especially disturbing as one ponders world events at present 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
James Verniere
The paradigm of all end of the world political thrillers and a part of the American vernacular 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Ty Burr
Is Dr Strangelove Kubrick s best movie Along with Paths of Glory absolutely 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
David Sterritt
Kubrick s great 1964 tragicomedy about superpowers on the nuclear brink continues to fascinate new generations of moviegoers as its frequent reissues attest 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Josh Larsen
still shocking in its giggly nihilism 
3
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
James Berardinelli
The film is always saying something and a viewer would have to be deaf and blind not to recognize the targets of the sarcasm 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It remains that Dr Strangelove is an extremely funny movie today 
4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Roger Ebert
Dr Strangelove 1964 is filled with great comic performances 
4
The Children of Huang Shi
Matt Brunson
The ability to mount staggering epics that seize both the heart and the head has apparently become a lost art in the 21st century 
2.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Kelly Jane Torrance
More insight into each character s motivation would have made for a deeper film Yet the excellent cast does a good job with what they are given 
2.5
The Children of Huang Shi
John Anderson
It is however such a spectacular looking movie as shot by cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding that it is to use that old cliche worth the price of admission 
2.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Michael Phillips
Very pretty but very stiffly written The Children of Huang Shi strives for epic canvases relaying an intimate story 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Claudia Puig
Though there are some powerful performances notably those of Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat and some sweeping visuals the movie feels melodramatic and overheated 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Daniel M. Kimmel
an inspiring tale of a man answering a call to greatness even if he doesn t fully understand why it s fallen to him 
3
The Children of Huang Shi
V.A. Musetto
Perhaps it would have been wise for the director Roger Spottiswoode to make more efficient use of Chow Yun fat who shows up now and then as a resistance fighter 
1.5
The Children of Huang Shi
John Beifuss
Its anti cynical faith in the value of altruism is encouraging 
3
The Children of Huang Shi
Josh Rosenblatt
Unfortunately like so many movies that celebrate a historical hero Children is plagued by an overblown sense of its own importance 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Sean P. Means
Director Roger Spottiswoode captures some gorgeous Chinese scenery much of which is chewed by Rhys Meyers histrionic performance 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Duane Dudek
Its wartime period and regional production values are persuasive the character is larger than life and the climax is sobering 
3
The Children of Huang Shi
Jeff Vice
Frankly we d much rather hear the stories of the orphans themselves 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Jeff Shannon
The film s closing credits ironically emphasize its dramatic shortcomings Here we see the real now elderly children of Huang Shi reflecting on their adventure Their compelling recollections suggest that perhaps a documentary would ve been better 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Amy Biancolli
It s a sturdy film vivid if utterly workmanlike that builds to a crescendo of personal sacrifice and misty noble uplift 
2.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Austin Kennedy
What should be a moving story is ruined by hideous acting and sloppy filmmaking 
1.5
The Children of Huang Shi
David N. Butterworth
A dull dramatization of and ill fitting testament to British journalist George Hogg s experiences in war torn China 
1.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Philip Marchand
It s a compelling story with only a few jarring notes 
3
The Children of Huang Shi
Ken Fox
Too intense for kids but just right for sentimental strong stomachs adults who aren t too fussy about accuracy 
2.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Liam Lacey
As predictable as it is picturesque The Children of Huang Shi is one of those international co productions full of good intentions and blandly polished results 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Jeanne Aufmuth
An ill conceived weeper that just won t say die 
1.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Ruthe Stein
You can be 100 percent in favor of rescuing adorable orphans from war torn zones and still find The Children of Huang Shi a tough haul 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Sandy MacDonald
In alternating between an epic remove and a pro forma romance The Children of Huang Shi stints on the messy middle ground where the unscripted human element resides 
2.5
The Children of Huang Shi
Steve Rhodes
With its clunky dialog and wooden acting the film never rises above being a gorgeous tableau 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Sara Michelle Fetters
This film oozes saccharine self importance to the point finding an honest emotion not covered in treacle is a virtual impossibility 
2
The Children of Huang Shi
Fernando F. Croce
Like an eager frequent flyer Western paternalism changes destinations but not its baggage 
1.5
The Devil Inside
David Nusair
An increasingly unwatchable found footage horror flick 
1
The Devil Inside
David Keyes
The movie is all flash and no guts lacking consistency believable explanations depth and even a general desire to tell a plausible story 
1
The Devil Inside
John Beifuss
To pad the running time the end credits roll at a snail s pace they do reveal the interesting fact that the possessed woman s contortionist double is one Pixie Le Knot 
1.5
The Devil Inside
Linda Cook
Gentle reader be prepared for a shock The Devil Inside is pure fiction I know about the advertising campaign and that it s supposed to be based on a true story but it s not It has a screenwriter director and everything even professional actors 
2
The Devil Inside
Peter Travers
From the amateur acting writing and directing to an ending that is shocking only in its stupidity The Devil Inside will make you puke for all the wrong reasons 
0
The Devil Inside
John Wirt
A non scary movie possessed by badness 
1
The Devil Inside
Alexandra Cavallo
A limp mockumentary 
2
The Devil Inside
Wesley Morris
The Devil Inside usefully reminds us how little it takes to make some people scream in a crowded movie theater 
0
The Devil Inside
Mark Jenkins
You can see where this is going and the filmmakers can see that you can see So they rush to the hideous yet hilarious climax in little more than an hour and then pad the running time with the slowest moving credits ever 
1
The Devil Inside
Jennie Punter
While it doesn t exactly reinvent the inverted cross The Devil Inside definitely puts a nifty indie spin on the demonic possession genre 
2
The Devil Inside
Michael Phillips
The Devil Inside joins a long woozy camera parade of found footage scare pictures among them The Blair Witch Project the Paranormal Activity films and certain wedding videos that won t go away 
1
The Devil Inside
R. Kurt Osenlund
Never are you really invested in any of this as the movie is pervaded by lead footed artificiality and the growing stink of crass marketing 
1.5
The Devil Inside
Stephen Whitty
It s better when you don t show too much but if your story is about the supernatural eventually you re going to have to come up with something The Devil Inside can t 
1
The Devil Inside
Peter Howell
Here it is just the first week of January and already we have a strong candidate for the worst movie of 2012 
0.5
The Devil Inside
Mark Dujsik
This is Möbius strip marketing 
1
The Devil Inside
Willie Waffle
The ending for The Devil Inside was so bad and people were jeering so loudly you would have thought Mel Gibson just walked into the synagogue on Saturday 
0
The Devil Inside
Dustin Putman
Horror fans hoping to start 2012 with a bang are about to be in for a very rude awakening 
1
Buffalo Bill and the Indians
Roger Moore
Altman 8217 s murky messaging in this Nixon pardoning era satire stands out not as his greatest failure 44 as it 8217 s entertaining in bits and pieces 8212 lots of bits and pieces 46 But it is perhaps his biggest missed opportunity 46 
2.5
The Matrix
Brian Eggert
By remaining so accessible yet thoughtful 44 The Matrix transcends its narrative downfalls through its influence and insight 8212 characteristics that continue to define the Wachowskis apos unique brand of ambitious entertainment 46 
3.5
The Matrix
David Nusair
generally as intellectually rewarding as it is viscerally captivating 
3.5
The Matrix
Josh Larsen
hallucinatory cinema 
3.5
The Matrix
Keith Simanton
Extremely violent extremely preposterous extremely entertaining The Matrix succeeds at two extremely difficult tasks as a vast exciting virtual reality movie and as a defibrillator for Keanu Reeves big screen career 
3.5
The Matrix
Chris Kridler
The Matrix is a movie experience like no other and experience is what it s all about It explodes with dazzling visuals and a transcendent sense of excitement 
3.5
The Matrix
Mark Caro
The Wachowskis and cinematographer Bill Pope take advantage of currently available technical trickery to create visually distinct levels of reality while setting high speed cameras in motion to make the action sequences particularly dynamic and fluid 
3
The Matrix
Joe Lozito
There is no denying that fact that the Wachowski Brothers have amazing imagination and vision They direct the film with non stop style and imbue each scene with enough eye candy to make you stop noticing the gaping plot holes and lapses in logic 
3
The Matrix
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An inventive science fiction idea that rivals the brilliant thinking behind such movies from last year as Dark City and The Truman Show 
3
The Matrix
Phil Villarreal
As Morpheus says The Matrix is everywhere 
4
The Matrix
Leonard Schwarz
The problem with The Matrix is that the enormously talented Wachowski brothers think their playful premise has metaphysical implications 
2.5
The Matrix
Ray Conlogue
For those who have been waiting for movies to catch up with the graphic possibilities of comic books wait no longer The Matrix is among us 
3
The Matrix
Jeffrey Westhoff
An ambitious perception bending metaphor for life at the end of the 20th century It doesn t always make sense but it seems to make sense which is the key thing in science fiction 
4
The Matrix
James Kendrick
When the storyline finally comes into focus the movie takes off and never looks back 
3
The Matrix
Marty Mapes
The Matrix is a great piece of eye candy 
3
The Matrix
Steve Rhodes
Fasten your seatbelts and put on your thinking caps because the Wachowski brothers are back 
3.5
The Matrix
Gemma Files
And just what is the Matrix Well that would be telling And it would effectively cut out what little conceptual guts power this latest exercise in pure crazy graphic novel inflected cool 
3
The Matrix
Madeleine Williams
Writer directors Larry and Andy Wachowski have crafted a stunning fusion of a Hong Kong action film and a cyberpunk graphic novel 
3.5
The Matrix
Ross Anthony
Buckle up 
3
The Matrix
Bob Graham
It s astonishing that so much money talent technical expertise and visual imagination can be put in the service of something so stupid 
1
The Matrix
Maitland McDonagh
This dazzling pop allegory is steeped in a dark pulpy sensibility that transcends nostalgic pastiche and stands firmly on its own merits 
4
The Matrix
Roger Ebert
The Matrix did not bore me It interested me so much indeed that I wanted to be challenged even more 
3
The Matrix
James Berardinelli
The movie is kinetic atmospheric visually stunning and mind bending 
3.5
The Matrix
Eugene Novikov
Something that must be seen to be believed a visionary achievement in filmmaking that delights the eye and the mind alike 
4
The Matrix
David Keyes
A movie so visually enthralling so exciting and so elaborate that it deserves nothing short of universal acclaim It s lavish fascinating beautiful magnificently written well directed and effectively executed in every way 
4
The Matrix
Dustin Putman
At least the Wachowski s attempted to do something different than what had been seen before even if the finished product isn t quite the success they obviously yearned for 
2
The Matrix
James O'Ehley
An exercise in sheer and unadulterated coolness 
4
The Matrix
Rob Blackwelder
It s a handsome picture with extremely slick photography computer enhanced stunts and neo goth atmosphere 
2.5
The Matrix
David N. Butterworth
A surreal icky post apocalyptic cyberpunk hacker mind trip of a movie 
3.5
The Matrix
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ciencia ficcin a su ms puro y alto nivel Verdaderamente recomendable
3
The Matrix
Tor Thorsen
a combination of brooding drama and reality bending spectacle on par with Akira or Ghost in the Shell 
4
The Matrix
Greg Dean Schmitz
The Matrix does indeed have a plot and sense of mythos that grounds it and makes it more than the sum of all of its special effects wizardry 
4
The Matrix
Emily Blunt
Go see this and soon 
4
The Matrix
Susan Stark
The Matrix is the coolest a journey into a genuinely original vision of our cyberfuture that will have you checking your own reality by the time it s over 
3
The Matrix
Michael Dequina
A feat of alchemy blending modest parts into a stunning whole that really has no business working as brilliantly as it does 
4
The Matrix
David Sterritt
What makes the film weirdly compelling is the sheer audacity of its screenplay 
3
The Matrix
Wesley Lovell
While 91 cyberpunk 93 doesn 8217 t always have to be devoid of emotion it is easily a matter of style over substance and quot The Matrix quot is definitely a film that takes that mantra to heart 46 
3.5
Blast From the Past
David Nusair
an irresistible premise that s generally employed to entertaining if somewhat erratic effect 
3
Blast From the Past
Jack Mathews
Blast is finally a squandered opportunity a lot of situation with very little comedy 
2.5
Blast From the Past
John Hartl
Fraser is the sweet goofy engine that drives this movie The script doesn t do enough with his reactions to a world that bears little relation to the Cold War planet Adam has been told about but Fraser still manages to suggest volumes 
2.5
Blast From the Past
Carrie Rickey
Garish and not funny enough Wilson s shapeless satire plods on squandering its nice premise and its appealing actors Miraculously Fraser has a force field around him and manages to radiate energy in this comic black hole 
2
Blast From the Past
Mark Caro
That s a relatively clever set up for what s become a familiar genre the time displacement comedy in which we get a kick out of viewing our era through another era s eyes But this movie s eyes Adam s are awfully twinkly and not too focused 
1.5
Blast From the Past
Maitland McDonagh
A bizarre hybrid of romantic comedy cliches and less than subtle social commentary 
2
Blast From the Past
Robert Dominguez
Despite its original concept the movie loses much of its socially satiric edge once Fraser emerges from his underground bunker and starts wooing Silverstone 
2.5
Blast From the Past
Laura Danese
This fresh idea delivers some scintillating humor 
3
Blast From the Past
Matt Soergel
In Blast From the Past Brendan Fraser certainly fits in the title role He s a blast goofy wide eyed and romantic continuing his impeccable streak of making OK movies including this one far more watchable than they should be 
2.5
Blast From the Past
Ann Hornaday
Blast From the Past is no message movie but it has a few good points to make and does so with a gentle observant wit 
3
Blast From the Past
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie takes a few small belly flops now and then but is quite enjoyable 
3
Blast From the Past
Margaret A. McGurk
Blast From the Past serves up the kind of frothy fun that recalls the spirit of the classic screwball comedy and that my friends is a good thing 
3
Blast From the Past
Marty Mapes
Pleasantville seemed to say that such squeaky clean living is unnatural and unsustainable Blast probably aims lower than its counterpart but it came closer to its mark 
3
Blast From the Past
James Kendrick
Walken and Spacek are quite hilarious They give Blast From the Past just the right comedic push it needs even if the movie as a whole never turns out to be anything better than satisfactory 
2.5
Blast From the Past
Bob Graham
This is a movie of delayed payoffs Spacek gets better as she gets wiggier after decades in the bunker 
3
Blast From the Past
Michael Dequina
Fraser and Silverstone also have a sweet unforced romantic rapport but it s not enough to overcome the thudding weight of the premise 
2
Blast From the Past
Mike McGranaghan
There are lots of romantic comedies but this one is different It offers the warm suggestion that no matter how much we change over the years our capacity to love always stays the same 
3
Blast From the Past
Madeleine Williams
Blast From the Past is a cute one joke comedy without the cuteness 
1
Blast From the Past
Steve Rhodes
It was during the movie s hilarious and frenzied big dance number that I came to the full realization that I had grown to love Blast from the Past 
3
Blast From the Past
Rob Blackwelder
Once it s in the second act the groans catch up to the laughs and ultimately that race is a photo finish 
2.5
Blast From the Past
Dustin Putman
A sunny good natured romantic comedy that is as light as air but almost always charming 
2.5
Blast From the Past
Mac Verstandig
Blast From the Past is the type of totally innocuous film where the viewer is neither better nor worse for having watched 
3
Blast From the Past
David Keyes
Blast From The Past isn t a bad film but it could have been much better if it had explored the relationships better 
3
Blast From the Past
Jane Ganahl
Although Fraser s performance is the thing on which Blast From the Past hangs there are many other good things to recommend it 
3
Blast From the Past
James Berardinelli
While it s possible to see Blast from the Past as a fairly traditional romantic comedy with a somewhat unique backstory the film is really more than that It s a slick clever satire of American culture 
3
Blast From the Past
Roger Ebert
The movie is funny and entertaining in all the usual ways yes but I was grateful that it tried for more that it was actually about something that it had an original premise that it used satire and irony and had sly undercurrents 
3
The East
Brian Eggert
That the film leaves us thinking about our morals yet has involved us in the entertaining intrigue of a spy drama is a testament to its effectiveness as a thriller and a project with something to say 46 
3
The East
Terence Johnson
One of the most enchanting boring movies put to screen 
2.5
The East
David Nusair
a completely average piece of work that pales in comparison to Sound of My Voice 
2.5
The East
John Beifuss
The filmmakers seem to believe the mere fact of their earnestness makes their movie more worthwhile than a more exciting escapist spy thriller 
2
The East
John Serba
Marling s creative input assures a healthy dosage of philosophical fodder within a solid what s next plot that keeps us involved and guessing even when it s implausible 
3
The East
Michael Smith
A crackling good political thriller made in the spirit of some of the best espionage films and with themes like eco terrorism and whistleblowers that make it feel immediate like few recent dramas 
3.5
The East
Sean P. Means
Marling as she did in Another Earth and Arbitrage makes smart sexy and vice versa as she works through Jane s moral dilemma 
3.5
The East
Matt Brunson
Obviously the potential for The East to be nothing more than a shrieky liberal screed is enormous but Batmanglij and Marling sidestep it with their fair and balanced screenplay 
3
The East
Graham Killeen
The East s eco friendly politics might be Swiss but its overly sentimental storyline is pure Velveeta 
2
The East
Rene Rodriguez
The latest collaboration between director Zal Batmanglij and screenwriter Brit Marling suffers from the same problem as their previous picture Sound of My Voice It s taut compelling unpredictable and completely wipes out in the final few minutes 
2
The East
John Wirt
A intense smartly cast drama about anti corporation vigilantes and the young woman who infiltrates their inner circle 
3
The East
Soren Andersen
Marling and Batmanglij bring an evenhanded perspective to their portrayals of the characters and issues involved 
4
The East
Ty Burr
A watchably confused eco thriller that s never sure who its heroes are 
2.5
The East
Chris Knight
The East is a solid movie with an interesting take on the shadowy world of eco terrorism but it doesn t do enough to earn those final bewildering moments 
2.5
The East
Chris Hewitt
A couple of rough spots aside it respects the complexity of the issues it raises 
3
The East
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
The East prizes an initial air of mystery over consistent drama and as a result ends up squandering its intriguing premise 
2
The East
Mick LaSalle
As is often the case with people who become major stars Marling seems as if she has always been there She s new and yet familiar as if we ve known her all along 
4
The East
Michael O'Sullivan
As a scriptwriter actress Brit Marling has so far demonstrated an unerring instinct for creating meaty if somewhat hard to swallow roles for herself 
3
The East
Peter Canavese
Intrigues not with good guy bad guy shtick but with the conundrum of how to live morally in an inherently immoral West 
3
The East
Bill Zwecker
Another project that proves this actress and filmmaker has the chops that will guarantee her longevity in the movie industry 
3
The East
James Adams
The East is not a very good movie hobbled by an excess of plot a lack of believability and big gaps of logic 
2
The East
Peter Howell
Marling has a focus and poise that keeps us invested in her character s journey even when the film begins to falter as The East eventually does through inconsistency and expedience 
2
The East
John Anderson
It s irritatingly smug 
2
The East
Michael Phillips
The reason the movie works despite some movie stupid developments in the second half has everything to do with the low key and unaffected quality Marling brings to the screen 
3
The East
Matt Pais
A big step forward for a filmmaking team that s clearly fascinated by outsider culture and its intersection with the world from which it diverges 
3
The East
Robert Levin
The East follows a predictable path but it s impressively made with tense old fashioned setpieces and an eye for moral complications
3
The East
Stephen Whitty
As uncertain as she is as a screenwriter Marling is even less accomplished as an actress problems she compounds by invariably giving herself the lead role in her own scripts 
2.5
The East
Kyle Smith
A cockamamie valentine to eco terrorism 
1.5
The East
Jason Buchanan
An intellectually challenging film that never forgets its first order of business is to entertain 
3
The East
Claudia Puig
This well paced story is tense and thoughtful and is anchored by a trio of terrific performances 
3
The East
Peter Travers
Eco terrorism drives the plot of The East but this propulsive thriller is laced with a humanism that trumps any political agenda 
3
The East
Rex Reed
The East suffers from the same weakness as the cult members Sarah works so hard to understand a questionable definition of morality that overpowers an ultimate sense of reason 
2
The East
Roger Moore
Audacious 
3
The East
R. Kurt Osenlund
It showcases the evolving interests and talents of Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling but expands them and channels them into a more traditional thriller framework 
3
Chocolate
Wesley Morris
It s called Chocolate but Cheese would have been just as good Soaked with tears full of schmaltz and yet strewn with bodies Prachya Pinkaew s new kick em up is extreme action extreme melodrama and extremely hard to resist 
3
Chocolate
Michael Dequina
Vimistananda is nothing less than an awe inspiring force of nature 
3
Chocolate
Marc Savlov
At its heart Chocolate is a simple tale of a special girl trying to make her way in a considerably unspecial world 
3.5
Chocolate
Nick Schager
The finale is an extended tour de force equal parts Bruce Lee Tony Jaa and Donkey Kong 
2.5
Chocolate
Christian Toto
Chocolate gives us the first autistic action hero 
3
Sled Dogs
Marsha Lederman
However you feel about commercial dog sledding Fern Levitt s Sled Dogs is bound to rankle either because of the material itself or the filmmaker s take 
3
Being Charlie
David Nusair
Competent yet perpetually uninvolving 
2
Being Charlie
Tirdad Derakhshani
A well crafted work that features a powerful performance by former child actor Nick Robinson Jurassic World Being Charlie is far too predictable relying too often on all too familiar drug story tropes 
2
Being Charlie
Mark Dujsik
When it s merely observing Being Charlie refuses to offer simple answers The subplots do just the opposite 
2.5
Being Charlie
Richard Roeper
Better remembered as the vehicle to healing for the family than a movie that made an impact 
2.5
Being Charlie
Dann Gire
Nothing in Rob Reiner s well intentioned cautionary domestic drug drama feels authentic genuine or sincere 
1.5
Being Charlie
Michael O'Sullivan
There s something admirable about the fact that Being Charlie exists at all It s a testament to Nick Reiner s survival That doesn t mean it s a great movie 
2
Being Charlie
Peter Hartlaub
Even as enlightenment occurs Charlie is still mostly a guy you want to punch in the face 
2
Being Charlie
Roger Moore
A 97 minute slog to a conclusion we see coming in minute one 
1.5
Being Charlie
Rex Reed
The result is a film so personal you watch transfixed caught up in a life that is constantly enthralling with a universal appeal that extends beyond the exclusive Hills of Beverly 
3
Being Charlie
Susan Wloszczyna
Like most family affairs the film isn t perfect but it is memorable and provides a passable high when it is over one that you haven t felt from a Rob Reiner production in ages 
2.5
Being Charlie
Sara Stewart
Good intentions aside it fails to resonate though there is a certain voyeuristic intrigue to attempting to figure out how much of this toxic stuff is drawn from the real Reiners 
2
Being Charlie
Peter Travers
a well meaning study of addiction that hits too many banal beats to snap us to attention 
2
Being Charlie
Elise Nakhnikian
Most of the film s characters are unconvincing flattened out by Charlie s self focused lens 
1
Grilled
David Nusair
a thoroughly bizarre little movie 
2.5
The Pacifier
Mary Lasse
It s almost as if the writers got carried away with brainstorming all the funny things they could do with Vin Diesel s character 
2
The Pacifier
Bill Chambers
I realize this is The Pacifier and not Vera Drake but how this film strains credulity smacks of contempt for a paying audience
0.5
The Pacifier
David Nusair
perfect for less discriminating viewers and those who just want a 98 minute respite from using their brain 
2.5
The Pacifier
Michael Dequina
Sheer boredom unless you re under the age of 7 
1
The Pacifier
Vince Koehler
Come and enjoy Vin Diesel as you have never seen him before 
3
The Pacifier
Steven Snyder
Rarely are films produced without an ounce of motivation or purpose yet The Pacifier was green lit by one of the world TM s largest corporations apparently without anyone realizing that nothing in it makes a lick of sense 
0.5
The Pacifier
Linda Cook
Oh Vin Diesel whither your career 
0
The Pacifier
Peter Travers
There is no pleasure guilty or otherwise to be found in The Pacifier 
1
The Pacifier
Lori Hoffman
Silly as it is the Disney formula remains viable because it still works
2.5
The Pacifier
Larry Ratliff
Diesel seems more comfortable barking orders than maneuvering through the nuances of funny business 
2.5
The Pacifier
Peter Debruge
Cookie cutter Navy S E A L as babysitter comedy 
1
The Pacifier
Mike McGranaghan
The Pacifier is what you would politely call product It is manufactured according to a specific formula one that is familiar comforting and non threatening 
2
The Pacifier
Frank Ochieng
Vin Diesel reports to diaper duty in the charmingly dippy Disney flick The Pacifier Diesel s willingness to appear foolish lends this movie its offbeat appeal
2.5
The Pacifier
Christian Toto
Vin Diesel makes a shaky foray into kiddie films with The Pacifier
2
The Pacifier
Dustin Putman
A lame as lame can be bust 
1
The Pacifier
Sean McBride
Vin Diesel does the best he can but even the most gifted comedian couldn t make this hackneyed screenplay work
1.5
The Pacifier
Willie Waffle
If you truly love your children you will take them to see a different movie 
1
The Pacifier
Mike Clark
The Pacifier is low on Diesel fuel though probably amusing enough if you re part of the intended demographic 
2
The Pacifier
Kit Bowen
Following in the footsteps of the Arnolds and the Sylvesters before him Vin Diesel pulls off a nice comic performance in the otherwise gushy The Pacifier 
2.5
The Pacifier
Peter Howell
Diesel s funnier here than he was in The Chronicles of Riddick and that one wasn t even billed as a comedy 
2.5
The Pacifier
Ted Fry
The concept that sort of worked for Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a cringe inducing misfire for Vin Diesel in this sloppy mess of a family film that s neither cute nor funny 
.5
The Pacifier
David Elliott
When you look like a billiard ball and prefer to growl your lines while lobbing a glance that says It would delight me to kill you it s hard to mix and match with the sweetie pie kids of The Pacifier 
1
The Pacifier
Kim Morgan
Vin Diesel I used to love you but The Pacifier is making my job a lot harder 
1.5
The Pacifier
Lou Lumenick
Makes last week s cinematic exploration of surrogate parenthood by an authority figure Man of the House with Tommy Lee Jones look like a Billy Wilder comedy in comparison 
1
The Pacifier
Jami Bernard
An abysmal comedy 
1
The Pacifier
Sue Pierman
Even at 97 minutes The Pacifier is too long 
2
The Pacifier
Connie Ogle
The Pacifier isn t going to redefine kids films but it s far less painful than what it could have been 
2
The Pacifier
Bob Strauss
Pacifying not exciting is this movie s unalterable mission 
2
The Pacifier
Amy Biancolli
Blah comedy 
1
The Pacifier
Liam Lacey
Though Diesel has a definite if somewhat oily charisma comedy really isn t his forte 
1.5
The Pacifier
John Monaghan
The Pacifier falls into the same category as Are We There Yet which gave Ice Cube a similar baby sitting gig with equally dreadful results 
1
The Pacifier
Jeff Vice
Essentially the same move Schwarzenegger made with his supposedly family friendly comedy Kindergarten Cop only The Pacifier is even dumber and considerably more crass 
1.5
The Pacifier
Lisa Kennedy
The Pacifier is one of those movies that jams together two ideas that in the end don t work 
1.5
The Pacifier
Roger Ebert
This premise is promising but somehow the movie never really takes off 
2
The Pacifier
Ty Burr
The movie plays like it was cobbled together from sheetrock and carpet tacks this makes The Pacifier just worth your children s time and hardly worth yours 
1.5
The Pacifier
Sean P. Means
Diesel s stern stubbly demeanor and leaden performance make Tommy Lee Jones look like Jim Carrey 
1
The Pacifier
Nick Rogers
This cross between Kindergarten Cop and Uncle Buck is neither as bad nor as inventive as it could have been It s not a 180 for Diesel but more like a 120 
2.5
The Pacifier
Peter Canavese
To those who think critics are too hard on movies I ask can you tell the difference between a Pacifier and a School of Rock Family films don t have to suck 
1
The Pacifier
Chris Hewitt
You can see the fingerprints of lots of other projects on The Pacifier so the surprise is that the movie is as sweet and endearing as it is 
2.5
The Pacifier
James Berardinelli
Vin Diesel is better than the material but no matter how hard he tries he can t rise above the puerile screenplay 
1.5
The Pacifier
Gene Seymour
A frenzied cumbersome tangle of potty jokes 
1.5
The Pacifier
Jeff Strickler
This moderately amusing family comedy is one of those movies that is better if you don t think about it 
2.5
The Pacifier
Michael Wilmington
The Pacifier is cheerful but mind numbing 
1.5
The Pacifier
Nick Schager
Before parodying your action superstar image don t you first have to be an action superstar 
1
The Pacifier
Ross Anthony
Squarely a kids film but mom and dad will have some fun too 
2.5
The Pacifier
Steve Rhodes
Why did they think Vin Diesel a guy with the emotive power of a rock could do comedy 
2
The Pacifier
Jeanne Aufmuth
Embarrassingly true to form 
1
The Forger
Monica Castillo
Peren 44 who wrote and directed 8220 The Forger 44 8221 subtly draws out these conflicted characters one by one 46 
3
Breath Made Visible
Marty Mapes
Cutting edge artists require more sure footed guides than you ll find in Breath
2
Breath Made Visible
Moira MacDonald
A vivid and haunting portrait of an artist s long career filled with snippets of dance film that make you want to see more 
3
Breath Made Visible
Aaron Cutler
In the same way that listening to a clip of a song is less satisfying than grooving to the whole number so too is a snippet of a dance number less edifying than watching the entire piece 
2
Breath Made Visible
V.A. Musetto
At nearly 90 years old an age when most people are sitting around wait ing for the Grim Reaper envelope pushing modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin is still mentally and physically spry 
3
Breath Made Visible
Allan Ulrich
Finally as she approaches her 90th birthday San Rafael based modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin is honored with a documentary that reflects her wide influence and eternally questing spirit 
3
American Masters: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'
David Wiegand
If the new American Masters documentary on Jimi Hendrix doesn t seem to do full justice to the late guitar hero it s only because no film could ever capture what it was like to hear Hendrix live 
3
Confirmation
David Nusair
Filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa has infused Confirmation with a very matter of fact sensibility that generally proves effective 
3
Confirmation
Richard Roeper
Save for a few scenes that feel like overkill just to give us a little bit more intrigue and suspense Confirmation feels true to the spirit of the events which were bizarre unsettling and undeniably entertaining 
3.5
Confirmation
Robert Bianco
There is nothing about Confirmation that s transformative but it s solid work about an important moment in our history And for TV purposes it s a work that allows Washington to show what a fine actor she can be 
3
Confirmation
David Wiegand
Fortunately Confirmation benefits from superior performances by Kerry Washington as Hill Bill Irwin as Thomas advocate Sen John Danforth and Greg Kinnear as Biden Each actor elevates Grant s pro forma script 
2.5
Confirmation
Gail Pennington
Confirmation succeeds in making us re examine attitudes from the vantage point of a quarter century and also in reminding us that politics is an ugly business 
3
Confirmation
Neal Justin
We may never know who was telling the truth but there s no denying the ramifications too deep and wide to fit on a T shirt 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Federico Furzan
Roberts delivers one of the finest performances of her career in this train of emotional power Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Jeff Mitchell
The screenplay flirts with implausibility but it draws up a compelling plot that squarely falls on mother and son 
3
Ben Is Back
Mattie Lucas
Roberts delivers one of her finest performances yet as Holly Burns a ferocious mama bear who exudes a kind of stalwart resolve through her vulnerability 
3
Ben Is Back
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Roberts is great when she plays characters with certain levels of neurasthenia or even aggressiveness 
2.5
Ben Is Back
Matt Brunson
The excellent work by Hedges and Roberts keeps this sobering picture from wandering too far into the haze 
3
Ben Is Back
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately by adding cumbersome elements to the narrative it ultimately detracts from the core human story and causes the viewer to leave the film dissatisfied 
2.5
Ben Is Back
Roger Moore
One of the best pictures of 2018
3.5
Ben Is Back
Sara Michelle Fetters
I liked this one a lot and if not for a lumpy third act it s possible I d have considered this to be one of 2018 s best motion pictures 
3
Ben Is Back
Josh Terry
It isn t the easiest thing to watch but for anyone who has had to cope with such things it will surely be relatable 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Gary Thompson
If Charles Dickens had written a story about the opioid crisis he might have come up with something like Ben is Back 
3
Ben Is Back
Rene Sanchez
Julia Roberts delivers an awards worthy performance in this drama about addiction that runs out of steam halfway through Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Ben Is Back
Jeff Strickler
This is an intimate incredibly tense drama about a troubled family battling raw emotional pains a bare bones and bare knuckled look at the destructive powers of addiction 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Sean P. Means
Roberts is terrific toggling from fiercely protective to angrily scolding and finding the level of pain and anguish in both roles 
3
Ben Is Back
Bob Bloom
Ben Is Back fails because the elder Hedges decided to travel the conventional route putting commercialism ahead of truth and perception 
1.5
Ben Is Back
Moira MacDonald
Roberts takes hold of this movie like a lamppost in the winter darkness 
3
Ben Is Back
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Between this and Beautiful Boy another harrowing drama about a young person s addiction to drugs I think I dislike Ben Is Back slightly less 
2.5
Ben Is Back
Kam Williams
As chilling a depiction of the suburban opioid epidemic as you are apt to find onscreen 
3
Ben Is Back
Johanna Schneller
It s an interesting twist on the usual addiction drama it s not the downfall it s will he stay clean and it works If you re not invested you re not watching 
3.5
Ben Is Back
David Nusair
It s disappointing to note then that Ben is Back takes an obvious turn for the worse as it moves into its comparatively underwhelming second half 
2.5
Ben Is Back
Richard Roeper
Through it all though there s the magnificence of Julia Roberts and the fine performances from Hedges Vance and the rest of the cast They do great justice to this finely constructed slice of fractured family life 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Mark Dujsik
The primary mistake of Ben Is Back is the movie s inability to trust the inherent drama of its premise 
2
Ben Is Back
Bruce DeMara
Hedges story brings it all together in a story that is urgent and unexpectedly suspenseful right down to the final frame 
4
Ben Is Back
Ty Burr
It s a worthy night at the movies but you need the stomach for it 
3
Ben Is Back
Michael Phillips
Nobody in American movies today can get at the beating heart of a conflicted hurting post adolescent the way Lucas Hedges can 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Peter Canavese
Roberts role as an intense mama bear cleverly corrupts her famous smile to an everything s okay mask Ultimately Ben is Back is about the lies addicts tell their loved ones and those their loved ones tell themselves 
2.5
Ben Is Back
Mick LaSalle
Almost every 10 minutes something unexpected happens that turns the story in an arresting new direction and yet Ben is Back never once feels manipulated or mechanical 
4
Ben Is Back
Mark Jenkins
The tight time frame gives the movie a welcome urgency but it doesn t prevent its second half from becoming lurid and melodramatic 
2
Ben Is Back
Rex Reed
Ben Is Back doesn t sugar coat the harsh reality of this family s struggle but like the year s other astringent family drug drama Beautiful Boy frames it with an abundance of life love and hope 
4
Ben Is Back
Johnny Oleksinski
Although Ben can get a little sentimental at times Roberts and Hedges are a team to root for 
3
Ben Is Back
Christy Lemire
The performances remain uniformly strong and hold the story together even as it threatens to spin out of control 
3
Ben Is Back
Katie Walsh
Roberts gives one of her most sensitive and searching performances yet She is sensational across from Hedges who portrays Ben with a sense of haunted plaintive anguish 
3
Ben Is Back
Mike McGranaghan
What starts off as a passable addiction drama rapidly goes right off the rails 
1.5
Ben Is Back
Peter Travers
Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges pour their hearts and souls into the unflinching and unforgettable addiction drama about a mother who can t quite trust the son she loves 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Brian Truitt
Starts like emotional gangbusters loses its way a bit yet finds a way home balancing gut wrenching episodes and hopeful feelings 
3
Ben Is Back
Joey Magidson
This is a tremendous work of emotional cinema Peter Hedges and Lucas Hedges make magic together while Julia Roberts is as good as she s ever been 
3.5
Ben Is Back
Paul O'Callaghan
In its early scenes Ben Is Back is more unpredictable and slyly entertaining than its earnest sounding premise might suggest 
2
Ben Is Back
Clayton Davis
Though featuring terrific performances from Hedges and Roberts the film doesn t have enough juice to pull it over the finish line without sacrificing its intended audience 
2
Becoming Who I Was
John Hartl
As playfully time oriented as its title Becoming Who I Was makes reincarnation a central part of its story about a journey through more than one life 
2.5
79 Parts
Matt Brunson
Like a Frankenstein monster rising unsteadily from an operating table 79 Parts initially seems like it was similarly stitched together from bits and pieces of existing material But also like Shelley s brainchild it soon establishes its own identity 
2.5
79 Parts
Tom Meek
Ari Taub s crime caper aims for a lot with the kind of tongue in cheek giddiness and potent potpourri of personalities that made early Guy Ritchie fare 
2.5
79 Parts
Federico Furzan
It s not a flawless movie but at least it gets the job done A funny intelligent script that s properly executed 
2.5
79 Parts
Roger Moore
None of it not one moment of screen time delivers anything resembling a laugh 
1
For the Love of Money
Roger Moore
Dull and trashy
1.5
The Dark Corner
David Nusair
a compelling surprisingly suspenseful little film noir 
3
The Dark Corner
Fernando F. Croce
No less than other noir classics The Dark Corner is full of sadistic bits of business 
2.5
The Object of Beauty
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film the plot has been worked out to everyone s satisfaction but the plot isn t really that important What is important is the ways that people love one another 
3.5
Renewal
Ty Burr
Renewal documents that religious zeal can be yoked to change as well as conservatism that differing faiths can speak to each other and that really good works are faith these days 
3
The Prince's Voyage (Le Voyage du Prince)
Kevin Carr
It s a real interesting contemplation on society and our interaction with other groups other races and nationalities 
3
Drawing With Chalk
Diego Semerene
When will American directors understand that it s okay sometimes even wonderful for a film to be silent 
1
Above the Clouds
Roger Moore
Virtually everything in this road comedy feels contrived But Murton and Morris making her screen debut make the ride pleasant if not the least bit surprising 
2
Breathless
Stephen Cole
Although his first film is only a partial success Yang Ik june is a filmmaker worth watching for 
2.5
Breathless
Jason Anderson
Breathless pummels viewers with nearly the same ferocity and frequency with which the characters assault each other 
3.5
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Kalvin Henely
The script feels like it was written by people who were born yesterday lacking any awareness of its triteness 
0
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Stephen Whitty
Moore was a spirited off screen presence in Tangled but her charms as an actress are strained here and the film only adds more ballast to a rsum already groaning under dead weight such as Because I Said So and License to Wed 
1.5
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Lou Lumenick
Except for Brolin as an unlikely born again Jew nobody fares well under Mulroney s ham fisted direction 
1
Jack Frost
Matt Brunson
It took four screenwriters to come up with dialogue so horrendous it could have single handedly ushered in a new era of silent cinema You the man No you the man No I m the snowman 
1
Jack Frost
Steve Rhodes
A project with a good idea but nothing more 
1.5
Jack Frost
Peter Stack
Its heart is in the right place 
3
Jack Frost
Madeleine Williams
It s hard to imagine the idea even looked good on paper 
1
Jack Frost
Roger Ebert
Now we have proof It s possible for the Jim Henson folks and Industrial Light and Magic to put their heads together and come up with the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects 
1
Jack Frost
James Berardinelli
The snowman which is the work of Jim Henson s Creature Shop is the most glaring problem It looks about as real as a man in a costume and it s tough to suspend disbelief when you re trying to locate the zipper 
2
Jack Frost
Dustin Putman
One of those dumb corny concoctions that attempts to be a heartwarming family film but is too muddled in its own cliches and predictability to be the least bit touching 
1.5
Jack Frost
David Keyes
The movie is simply bad bad bad 
0.5
Jack Frost
Michael Dequina
The novelty of the snowman effects wears thin after a while 
2.5
Closet Land
Roger Ebert
I am of course opposed to torture but I preserve sufficient irony to be offended by the smugness of this film 
1.5
4 latas
Roger Moore
Almost not quite worth the trip 
2
The Kids Who Saved Summer
David Nusair
unapologetically aimed at kids 
1.5
Fantastic Fungi
Sean P. Means
If fungus doesn t sound beautiful you haven t reckoned with the amazing time lapse photography director Louie Schwartzberg and his team has shot and collected here 
3
Fantastic Fungi
Pamela Powell
Using time lapse macro cinematography Fantastic Fungi is simply mesmerizing captivating you as you find yourself forgetting to breathe 
4
Fantastic Fungi
Rex Reed
Fascinating informative educational and totally entertaining 
3
Fantastic Fungi
Matt Fagerholm
One of the year s most mind blowing soul cleansing and yes immensely entertaining triumphs 
3.5
Fantastic Fungi
Roger Moore
Mushrooms they re not just for Pizza Hut and Timothy Leary disciples any more 
3
Young Bodies Heal Quickly
Carson Lund
Its lack of dramatic specificity places it in a precarious middle ground between exacting character study and ethereal parable 
2
Young Bodies Heal Quickly
Michael Phillips
I struggled with parts of the second half but the film is worth the struggle Betzer s up to something visually and he has a ripe career ahead of him At least I hope he does 
2.5
The Era of Vampires
Walter Chaw
Most disappointing is Hark franchising his name before the sell by date has expired on his own filmmaking career 
1
The Era of Vampires
Jami Bernard
Pleasantly cheesy but undistinguished martial arts and horror fare 
2
Dil Dhadakne Do
Namrata Joshi
A lot about DDD reminded me of Honeymoon Travels Private Limited 
2.5
Compliance
Sara Michelle Fetters
It took me places I did not want to go got me in a mindset so infuriating I was angry at myself for thinking the thoughts I was 
3.5
Compliance
Mattie Lucas
A complex and unnerving psychological thriller that is unmistakably the work of a promising and daring new talent 
3.5
Compliance
Clayton Davis
Compliance is diminutively sufficient and blandly adequate with no additional layers that elevate its small independent nature It feels rather one note riding on the promise of a distinctive tale that never totally comes to fulfillment 
2
Compliance
Wesley Lovell
A frightening look at the power of authority and the human desire to avoid conflict 
4
Compliance
Michael Phillips
Compliance is one of the toughest sits of the movie year 2012 But it s an uncompromising and in its way honorable drama built upon a prank call that goes on and on getting worse and worse for the people on the other end of the line 
3
Compliance
Jeremy Wheeler
Director Craig Zobel delivers a hard hitting and tense study of morality with Compliance a menacing drama meant to provoke strong reactions and discussions after the credits roll 
3.5
Compliance
Sean P. Means
Dowd s performance showing Sandra s eagerness to please the cop and her hesitancy to follow orders burns in the mind long after the movie s over 
3
Compliance
Rene Rodriguez
The point of Compliance which caused walkouts and shouting matches when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival is how we are programmed to do things that go against our natural instincts as long as we believe we have the law on our side 
1
Compliance
Matt Brunson
One of the most deeply disturbing movies of recent vintage 
3
Compliance
John Beifuss
Its skillfully constructed scene setting montages its fraught gliding camera moves and attractive compositions seem judgmental suggesting the filmmakers are superior to and more sensitive certainly than the characters 
2.5
Compliance
Glenn Lovell
a sadomasochistic mind trip It has the lingering impact of a gruesome freeway pileup 8210 you don t want to look but you can t help yourself 
4
Compliance
Peter Canavese
This psychodrama of ill advised behavior may well leave you feeling dirty for what you ve watched helplessly and perhaps for what you ve countenanced as an American citizen 
3
Compliance
Mark Dujsik
For once the title card Based on true events is not some cheap gimmick to lend a story importance it is a despondent cry of shock disbelief and above all outrage 
3
Compliance
Calvin Wilson
A disturbing fact based look at the ways in which people can be bullied into bowing to the demands of authority figures 
3.5
Compliance
Rafer Guzman
Zobel a second time feature filmmaker has put together a skillful sympathetic but unsparing re enactment of a small scale atrocity and his cast plays it out with natural understated performances 
3
Compliance
Jim Brunzell III
Zobel s masterful direction and screenplay heighten the distress of authority figures possessing unseen persuasion over naive employees exposing a disturbing and haunting look at what some workers are willing to do in order to follow orders 
4
Compliance
Roger Ebert
This is a well made film with plausible performances by all the leads especially Ann Dowd We feel we know people like this 
3
Compliance
Matt Pais
Shows good intentions gone bad and bad intentions gone horrible with characters persuaded to bite off inch by inch until an entire yard is gone 
3
Compliance
Roger Moore
A thriller that permits you to stay two or three steps ahead of it It s a film that makes you yell at the screen to shout Come ON at many a moment that seems to defy credulity 
3
Compliance
Ann Hornaday
Fails its first test which is that the audience believe every word of it 
2
Compliance
Amy Biancolli
We feel like gutless witnesses to a crime 
3
Compliance
Soren Andersen
One watches in horrified fascination and a greater horror comes when one realizes that placed in the same kind of situation one might react in the same way 
4
Compliance
Molly Eichel
Zobel makes his setting feel immediate and real from the gum smacking employees to the dowdy manager who just wants to do the right thing 
3.5
Compliance
Walter Chaw
It s a Milgram Experiment for the viewer 
3
Compliance
Tirdad Derakhshani
A harrowing gut wrenching fable about power and authority that shows that even the most well adjusted ordinary person could be tempted to degrade and dehumanize their neighbor 
3.5
Compliance
Mark Feeney
There is a level of stupidity displayed by the people in this movie that beggars belief Their behavior is to stupidity as the Death Star is to a doughnut 
0.5
Compliance
Gerald Peary
A thoroughly disturbing sometimes mean spirited indie narrative film 
4
Compliance
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a highly political work about how some people can be made to do vile things just for the wispiest promise that the powers above will go a little bit easier on them 
4
Compliance
Dustin Putman
Skirts the credibility line occasionally coming off as a stretch and other times so eerily plausible it might as well be a documentary 
3
Compliance
Peter Travers
Compliance is torture to sit through It s also indispensable filmmaking This fact based movie is going to present you with questions that will haunt you long after you leave the theater 
3
Compliance
James Berardinelli
Disturbing and unlikely as it may be this stuff actually happened and pretty much as Craig Zobel relates it 
3.5
Compliance
Andrew Schenker
It seems as if Craig Zobel wants to implicate the audience in these proceedings but he doesn t have a very clear idea how to go about it 
.5
Compliance
David Nusair
an aggressively manipulative piece of work that s been shamelessly designed to shock and provoke the viewer 
2
Compliance
Bruce DeMara
Zobel has created a tale that will leave audiences angry if not downright nauseated by journey s end 
3
Compliance
Adam Litovitz
Compliance develops an intriguing premise intelligently inquisitively and uncomfortably 
3
Compliance
Erik Childress
Craig Zobel fashions tough challenging material in the guise of a dark comic thriller and those too willing to dismiss it or drum up unnecessary controversy are part of the problem and not the solution 
3.5
The Climb
Rob Thomas
With The Climb director Michael Angelo Covino who wrote the script with Kyle Marvin breaks the mold with its wildly funny tracking shots making us laugh even as we re marveling at the intricate technical skill required to pull off such shots 
3.5
The Climb
Joe Friar
The script is Award winning strong it s heartwarming authentic and very funny Complete with musical interludes the film emits a Wes Anderson vibe 
4
The Climb
David Nusair
The Climb benefits substantially from Covino s mostly impressive visual sensibilities 
2.5
The Climb
Tom Meek
The Climb is a quick nasty burn with some clever twists 
3
The Climb
Chris Hewitt
Covino and Marvin who co wrote the script and are actual buddies give utterly natural performances 
3
The Climb
Mark Dujsik
It s kind of beautiful really 
3.5
The Climb
Ty Burr
The movie has a good amount of truth and a fair amount of enjoyable lies and it ends with a shrug that contradicts the scars we ve spent 97 minutes watching get inflicted 
2.5
The Climb
Randy Myers
The sharp writing fearless acting and creative direction there s one tracking shot that is ingenious make The Climb an uncompromising look at straight white guys 
3.5
The Climb
Katie Walsh
Wryly funny but deeply felt a brilliantly written performed and executed moment of unflinching and intimate truth between two men at once devastating and hilarious 
4
The Climb
Jeff Mitchell
The Climb ascends to hilarious heights 
3.5
The Climb
Mark Kennedy
It s just fantastic Sorry fantastique 
4
The Climb
Roger Moore
Has there even been a more maddeningly amusing riff on toxic brohood 
3
The Climb
Pat Brown
The film slides seamlessly between empathizing with its clueless bros and making them objects of unsparing derision 
3
The Climb
Sean P. Means
The Climb is one of those comedies that so feels so effortless like a natural progression of events that it s easy to overlook how much intelligence and craft that went into it 
4
The Climb
Nick Allen
Thrilling and charming in a way that very few comedies ever are 
4
The Climb
Walter Chaw
I loved watching The Climb though I can t wait for the filmmakers next time at bat 
3
The Climb
Peter Howell
Toxic masculinity is played for rich and revealing farce in writer director Michael Angelo Covino s assured feature debut told over multiple years 
3
The Climb
Brad Wheeler
Life is an uphill battle says The Climb a film that gets better as it goes even if life often does not 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
Jay Antani
Lilya 4 Ever gives us a glorious heart wrenching debut performance in the lead as auspicious as any in the history of cinema 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
Lawrence Toppman
You ll see superb acting by two teens 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Matt Brunson
Absorbing without being particularly illuminating 
2.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Ty Burr
Moodysson dives into the soul of a 16 year old Estonian girl and tears you apart 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
Chris Hewitt
Why pay eight bucks to see this horrifying and sad film about the sort of girl you d pass on the street without giving her a thought Because improbably it says that life is worth living 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Ian Mantgani
Maybe the movie sounds like a drab and worthy slog through misery but it s alive it feels true and it got to me 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Walter Chaw
It s Moodysson s dark sense of humour to make Lilya s heaven the hell of merely poverty and insurmountable ennui 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
Marty Mapes
Goes too far in depicting the humiliation and cruelty heaped on Lilja
2.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Jeff Vice
A rather unsettling mix of light and dark which robs it of power and causes it to become muddled 
2.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Sean P. Means
Seldom have the movies given us a young actress as appealing as Oksana Akinshina or presented a character as real as the one she plays in Lilya 4 Ever 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
David Elliott
This movie may seem by plain description like putting your heart into a garlic press But it s extraordinarily alive 
4
Lilya 4-Ever
Erik Lundegaard
Stark and unblinking 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Roger Ebert
I read of thousands of women from Eastern Europe who are lured into virtual slavery I hope some of their clients will attend this movie even if for the wrong reasons and see what they are responsible for 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
Peter Travers
Lukas Moodysson a young Swedish director crafts a stunner of a film out of familiar turf 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Michael Wilmington
By the end of the film our hearts will burn and break for Lilya 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Akinshina brings to mind the extraordinary work of Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
Carla Meyer
Akinshina a gorgeous and extraordinarily poised young actress can switch in a flash from wounded kid to jaded know it all 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
James Berardinelli
One of the least happy films I have seen in a while but also one of the most memorable and moving 
4
Lilya 4-Ever
Jack Mathews
Akinshina a beauty on the order of Anna Kournikova is a terrific actress who manages amid the bleakness of her scenes to create a fully dimensional portrait of a confused teenager who loses her innocence and virtually all hope but never her pride 
2.5
Lilya 4-Ever
Bob Strauss
The film s achievement is to bring us as deeply as anyone since Japan s great Kenji Mizoguchi has into the mind and heart of a woman who culturally as well as economically is too easily checked off as a commodity 
3
Lilya 4-Ever
V.A. Musetto
Lilya is portrayed by Oksana Akinshina who gives a dynamic heartbreaking performance 
3.5
Lilya 4-Ever
David Sterritt
Socially revealing and artistically creative both coldly realistic and infused with compassion for its heroine and her youth culture 
3
Eliza Graves
Walter Chaw
Though I m not a huge fan of Anderson he s never struck me as simpering 
1.5
Eliza Graves
Brian Tallerico
It may not be his worst film overall but Stonehearst is Anderson s flattest film a disappointingly shallow affair that wastes an opportunity to breathe life into a timeless Edgar Allen Poe short story 
2
Eliza Graves
Mark Dujsik
Aside from the crucial but completely arbitrary twist at the end what we see and hear is exactly what we get 
2
Eliza Graves
Moira MacDonald
All involved deserve better particularly Poe 
2
Eliza Graves
Mike McGranaghan
There s probably a brilliant award worthy film to be made about the inhumane way the medical practice dealt with the mentally ill in the past This one isn t it but it is nonetheless a solid sturdy piece of entertainment 
3.5
Eliza Graves
Dann Gire
It fails to be sexy scary revealing suspenseful or even exciting 
1.5
Eliza Graves
Michael Phillips
Stonehearst Asylum starts with the hysteria knob set at 11 and goes up from there 
2
Eliza Graves
Matt Pais
An off brand Shutter Island nearly devoid of stylistic flourishes or memorably strange details instead intent on repeatedly telling us things we already know 
1.5
Eliza Graves
Rex Reed
This is a movie that is several cuts above your usual straitjacket thriller Enter at your own risk 
3
Eliza Graves
Christian Toto
Stonehearst Asylum will make you think twice about how we care for the mentally ill then and now Oh and it s also a smart thriller with a kiss of pulp 
3
Eliza Graves
Christopher Gray
In the wake of the ostentatious atmospherics summoned by the likes of Shutter Island and American Horror Story Asylum the film feels unnecessarily restrained 
1.5
Eliza Graves
Marty Mapes
Edwardian thriller offers formula instead of vision
2
Freedom
Kent Turner
The film has a strange almost hypnotic pull while turning its watchers into complicit voyeurs 
3
Freedom
Carson Lund
Liberté conjures a sustained ambiance and eroticism that s unique to the language of cinema 
3
Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
Roger Moore
As an immersive experience this adapted prequel to a best selling manga series isnt so much hard to follow as ornately detailed to cover what thin storytelling it actually is 
2
Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
Randy Myers
Animated with devilish glee and full of deep characters Jujutsu Kaisen O is a thrilling high point in anime 
3
Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
The film offers tons of fun while still maintaining a little bit of substance underneath 
3
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Betsy Bozdech
Steve Oedekerk s ode to bad 70s Hong Kong cinema is a gleefully bizarre combination of loving homage and merciless satire bad special effects and unexpected jokes 
3.5
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Bill Chambers
I d be lying if I said my ribcage didn t ache by the end of Kung Pow 
2.5
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Forrest Hartman
The concept behind Kung Pow Enter the Fist is hilarious It s too bad nothing else is 
0
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Frank Ochieng
Kung Pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party 
1
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Jeff Vice
Most of the time this mess is about as much fun as being with a bunch of drunken frat boys who are talking back to a martial arts film 
0
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Rob Blackwelder
It s not that Kung Pow isn t funny some of the time it just isn t any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves without all Oedekerk s impish augmentation 
2
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Edward Guthmann
Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references Kung Pow is the kind of movie that s critic proof simply because it aims so low 
2
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Tor Thorsen
Kung Pow is far too long with belly laughs quickly turning into bemused grins as the novelty of kung fu fighters saying silly things wears off 
2
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Jonathan Foreman
An inept tedious spoof of 70s kung fu pictures it contains almost enough chuckles for a three minute sketch and no more 
0
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Elias Savada
an early favorite on 2002 top ten worst lists I think I laughed Once Maybe not 
0
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
James Berardinelli
This is amusing for about three minutes 
1
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Ed Gonzalez
Must be seen to be believed 
2.5
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Dustin Putman
An enjoyable if unproductive time at the movies 
2
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Robert Roten
It would have made a funny 15 to 20 minute sketch in a format like the very funny short martial arts sketch in Kentucky Fried Movie 
1.5
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Steve Rhodes
It could well end up being the worst movie of 2002 It s that bad 
.5
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Tony Toscano
I hated it with every fiber of my being 
0
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Ross Anthony
The dose is strong and funny for the first 15 minutes anyway after that the potency wanes dramatically 
1.5
The Naked Man
Michael Dequina
Gets too strange and cartoonish for its own good 
1
On Her Shoulders
Lisa Trifone
Bombach s film and Nadia s willingness to participate in it reminds us that what happens a world away is happening to us to all of us as humankind 
3
On Her Shoulders
Vanessa H. Larson
On Her Shoulders is a moving sensitive portrayal of a woman and a people s perseverance 
3.5
On Her Shoulders
Carla Meyer
Its subject compels throughout 
3
On Her Shoulders
Nell Minow
We see this movie to learn who the young Nobel Peace Prize winner is but in the end it is about her challenging us to learn who we are 
3
On Her Shoulders
Roger Moore
Remarkably candid portrait of a reluctant human rights icon and activist 
3
On Her Shoulders
Derek Smith
The film is most interested in homing in on the ways Nadia Murad s fragility and self doubt arise as collateral damage from her fame and steadfast activism 
3
On Her Shoulders
Sean P. Means
The film catches Murad s delicate balancing act of speaking for the dead while trying to live her own life 
3.5
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
David Nusair
46 46 46 one of the worst comic book adaptations to hit theaters in a good long while 46 
1
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Roger Moore
Stumbles down the narrow line between 8220 kid friendly 8221 and 8220 just plain juvenile 46 8221 
1.5
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Sarah Knight Adamson
What a fun hero movie 44 there apos s so much to love about this film 44 as the main character is heartwarming and endearing as he questions his every move 46 
3.4
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Charles Koplinski
Again 44 there 8217 s not much new here 44 but the light hearted approach 8211 which puts Mirren 8217 s serious turn in a humorous light makes all the difference 46 
3
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Christian Toto
Silly 44 sweet and packed with smiles 44 this sequel duplicates original apos s charm 46 
3
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Kevin A. Ranson
Even with its heart in the right place 44 the sequel feels hamstrung with studio interference 46 46 46 the climatic finale battle was planned early on 8212 and for all intents and purposes works exactly as it should 8212 but getting there is a chore 46 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Sara Michelle Fetters
Everyone who got a kick out of the low stakes 44 self contained storytelling and goofily juvenile antics on display in 2019 8217 s Shazam 33 will likely be equally satisfied with its sequel 44 Shazam 33 Fury of the Gods 46 
3
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
James Berardinelli
An undercooked casserole of cliched narrative elements underdeveloped characters juvenile humor and a deus ex machina cameo 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Thomas Floyd
Unfortunately the new sequel proves an adage Lightning doesn t strike twice 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Kevin Carr
Too derivative from previous superhero films and too goofy to present believable characters 44 this movie is lost in the crack between DC slates 46 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mike McGranaghan
The filmmakers have clearly asked themselves how to make the sequel bigger 46 Not better 44 mind you 44 just bigger 46 Well 44 it definitely is that 46 It apos s also fairly stale 46 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Leo Brady
Shazam might be the hero that delivers a spark to the DCU in the future but this movie leaves you with only a flicker instead of a flame 46 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Simon Abrams
It 8217 s schtickier and less assured than the first 8220 Shazam 33 8221 but these leftovers still reheat well enough 46 
2.5
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Johnny Oleksinski
Do we need to start a GoFundMe page for Helen Mirren 
0
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Steven Prokopy
At its core 44 the Shazam 33 movies have always been about a kid who was actually stoked about being a superhero 59 the other DC films could learn a little something from that very simple premise 46 
2.5
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mark Dujsik
They kept Shazam just weird and sincere enough 44 which might be enough 44 but there apos s little avoiding that Shazam 33 Fury of the Gods is a significant step down 46 46 46 
3
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Richard Roeper
Batson s alter ego muscles his way through loud underwhelming action sequences 
2
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Doug Walker
Despite it apos s flaws 44 it apos s hard not to recommend a movie where Zachary Levi body slams Helen Mirren 46 
3 
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mick LaSalle
Zegler can do better Levi can do better Certainly Mirren and Liu can do better 
1
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Jocelyn Noveck
The sequel again directed by David F Sandberg feels less breezily funny less fresh less fleet of foot In its favor though are some elements that lent the original its pleasures especially Zachary Levi and his goofy efforts 
2.5
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Nazareno Brega
The superhero s internal dilemma in search of his identity when facing his destiny is a more interesting struggle than the last showdown in the dome Full review in Spanish 
3
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Soren Andersen
My eyes My eyes 
1
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Katie Walsh
May be a shoddily made Skittles ad masquerading as a superhero riff 44 but it 8217 s Levi 8217 s performance that sends it into the stratosphere of cringe 46 Here 8217 s hoping this is not only Shazam 8217 s last outing but the nail in the coffin of the smarmy superhero as well 46 
1
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Joey Magidson
Shazam 33 Fury of the Gods never forgets to have fun 44 even if it ends up being a somewhat slight adventure 46 
3
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Rafer Guzman
Shazam Fury of the Gods fairly panders to the under 13 set But Levi still works his chatterbox charm and the movie maintains an appealingly easy breezy tone aside from the occasional impaling 
2.5
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Brian Truitt
A fun kid friendly follow up to director David F Sandberg s 2019 charmer 
3
Dracula
Matt Brunson
One of the worst of all straightforward versions of the venerable Bram Stoker tale 
1.5
Dracula
Chuck O'Leary
The casting is right on target and the atmosphere fittingly eerie in director John Badham s suspenseful handsomely mounted 1979 version 
3.5
Simon, King of the Witches
Lucius Gore
Recommended for fans of groovy 60s and 70s cult oddities 
2.5
The Unborn
Peter Canavese
The best that can be said for Goyer s latest is that it s competent How competent is a matter of debate as is the degree to which Goyer is self aware about the film s camp value Blu ray 
1.5
The Unborn
Jordan Hiller
What The Unborn represents manages to be a thousand times more disturbing than anything Goyer captured with his pen or camera
1
The Unborn
David Nusair
46 46 46 boasts few attributes designed to initially capture the viewer apos s interest 46 46 46 
2
The Unborn
Tom Meek
Tis the season of the Hollywood dumps which is too bad because I had harbored some small hope for this latest horror offering from David S Goyer 
1.5
The Unborn
Robert Levin
Full of cheap thrills that mostly consist of people popping up out of nowhere and dialogue comprised largely of theological gobbledygook 
1.5
The Unborn
James Kendrick
both silly and nonsensical
1.5
The Unborn
Linda Cook
Every January as the January junk makes its annoying appearance on the big screen a lackluster PG 13 rated horror movie is involved The Unborn is that movie for 2009 
.5
The Unborn
John Beifuss
Like some Stephen King rewrite of The Reader this laughable but interesting movie traces its characters distress to the Holocaust Never forget because Jumby wants to be born 
2.5
The Unborn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has a few really interesting ideas in it and a few good old fashioned scares and very little camera shaking 
2.5
The Unborn
Michael Dequina
Falls very much line with early year schlock 
1
The Unborn
Larry Ratliff
The Unborn is so lame that even a scene where Nazi doctors experiment on twin children by poking a needle in their eyeballs is more laughable than horrendous 
1
The Unborn
Chris Hewitt
Unfortunately Unborn is unscary
2
The Unborn
Michael Phillips
Filmed in Chicago but universal in its lameness The Unborn is the story of a dybbuk who makes trouble for the skinny North Shore college girl played by Odette Yustman who s always out jogging when she should be considering a sandwich 
1.5
The Unborn
Jason Buchanan
If you re the kind of horror fan who gets your kicks from phantasmagorical imagery and shivers at the thought of supernatural forces beyond our realm of comprehension you could do a lot worse than The Unborn 
2.5
The Unborn
Claudia Puig
A laughably bad horror flick involving demonic possession concentration camps and torturous genetic experiments 
1.5
The Unborn
James Berardinelli
This is where many a horror movie falls and never again rises too much exposition 
1
The Unborn
Stephen Whitty
Unless we trudge up the aisle prematurely we re stuck there with nothing to do but count Oldman s changing accents or mourn that this is the best gig actresses like Alexander or Gugino can get 
1
The Unborn
Kyle Smith
The Unborn is a baby sitter horror flick it s for and about them with classic creep out elements that unite in a surprisingly engrossing story 
2.5
The Unborn
Sara Michelle Fetters
After all condoms are important and maybe someday if we re lucky they ll come up with ones strong enough that even bad movies like this one can be shielded from impregnating theaters with their odious afterbirth 
1.5
The Unborn
Dustin Putman
The Unborn is a mishmash of half formed ideas more asinine and exploitative than frightening At least the title is accurate this junk is stillborn all the way 
1
The Unborn
Rafer Guzman
If the use of Nazi atrocities as a MacGuffin for cheap thrills offends you The Unborn isn t your movie If however you appreciate the sight of a half naked beauty being terrorized by potato bugs look no further 
2
The Unborn
Nick Schager
The year is only a week old and already the cinema gods have bestowed upon us a candidate for most awesome catchword of the year Jumby 
2
Roman de Gare
Jeff Vice
Is it supposed to be funny tragic or what Even the characters don t seem too sure 
2
Roman de Gare
Matt Brunson
What s especially clever about the plotting is that anything that proves to be merely a red herring is then incorporated into another storyline 
3.5
Roman de Gare
Lawrence Toppman
If this kind of storytelling is your cup of absinthe Claude Lelouch makes it easy to sip appreciatively 
3
Roman de Gare
John Beifuss
Provides one of the year s more memorable movie moments a simple shot of a barn overlaid with both the soothing crooning of a Gilbert Becaud pop song and the terrified squeals of a hog being slaughtered 
3
Roman de Gare
Rene Rodriguez
Even if the game isn t entirely successful it s fun to play along 
2.5
Roman de Gare
Marc Savlov
It s intellectually cagey potentially romantic and above all an entertaining puzzle box of duplicitous people doing mysterious things men and women 
3
Roman de Gare
Chris Hewitt
As fizzy and non nutritive as a glass of sparkling wine Roman de Gare is a crowd pleasing blend of romance farce and mystery that plays out a little like a Ruth Rendell mystery novel with Rendell herself as the chief suspect 
3
Roman de Gare
Roger Ebert
I think I understand the alternative realities of the plot and I concede the loose ends are tied up sort of but I didn t care 
2.5
Roman de Gare
Sid Smith
Lelouch s deft touch with various cinematic styles however surface enables him to interweave pastoral elegy quirky social comedy and thriller with fluid ease 
3
Roman de Gare
Moira MacDonald
An ingenuous knot of plot expertly tangled in which nothing is quite what it seems 
3.5
Roman de Gare
Wesley Morris
Pinon and Dana are so striking together 
2.5
Roman de Gare
Mick LaSalle
It s the smartest and best suspense movie you re likely to see for a while 
4
Roman de Gare
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thanks to the able cast and crisp cinematography it s mostly unpretentious and reasonably entertaining 
2.5
Roman de Gare
V.A. Musetto
Lelouch s film is the cinematic equivalent enjoyable fluff that your mind will discard after the closing credits but worth seeing nevertheless 
3
Roman de Gare
Joe Neumaier
The story s Hitchcockian plot loses steam quickly though Pinon s salty presence keeps things from getting totally bloodless 
2
Roman de Gare
Rafer Guzman
Despite the superb acting and wonderfully sly dialogue Roman de Gare can t tie all its bows neatly enough to be truly satisfying 
2
Roman de Gare
James Berardinelli
The term Hitchcockian has become overused in recent years but here is a movie to which it deserves to be applied 
3.5
Roman de Gare
Bill Weber
A diverting but cool suspense puzzler whose payoff proves to be smaller and more mundane than its twisty fluid setup 
2.5
Roman de Gare
Carrie Rickey
It s vintage Lelouch a cinematic page turner racing from chic winery to hardscrabble farm to sleek yacht on the Mediterranean 
3
Killer Whales
Roger Moore
Shockingly 44 a movie about a movie that was abandoned 44 mid production 44 turns out to be a movie that should have been abandoned mid production 46 
0
Notes on an Appearance
Mattie Lucas
D Ambrose is clearly a filmmaker to watch whose ideas and musings much like Bresson s are inexorably tied to film form in such a way that finds emotional truth through stylistic distance
3
Notes on an Appearance
Jordan Hoffman
We re in deep art house territory but not without a sense of humor 
3
Notes on an Appearance
Rob Thomas
Notes on an Appearance feels constructed like a maze with no exit 
3
Love and Death
Matt Brunson
The picture is packed front to back with cheery bon mots to say nothing of rollicking slapstick sequences 44 spoofy film homages 44 and other modes of merriment guaranteed to keep viewers in perpetual guffaw 46 
3.5
Love and Death
Roger Ebert
Love and Death has been mapped out as a fully thought through film It s a lot more mature than the anything goes style of earlier Allen movies like Bananas 
3.5
Mirrormask
David Nusair
Mirrormask eventually establishes itself as an thoroughly interminable piece of work that substitutes endless creativity for context and character development 
1
Mirrormask
Kurt Loder
This one of a kind fantasy film may be seen as a classic someday possibly quite soon 
3
Mirrormask
Forrest Hartman
Director Dave McKean s pacing is abominable but more importantly he doesn t spend enough time building his characters 
1.5
Mirrormask
Peter Howell
Could be Exhibit A for anyone arguing the case that modern filmmaking lacks a strong sense of story 
1.5
Mirrormask
Rick Groen
Leonidas walks this tightrope quite engagingly showing us a girl on the cusp of womanhood torn between two competing needs to become an adult to remain a child to vilify to revere 
2.5
Mirrormask
Piet Levy
None of the exceptionally designed characters have a soul that stirs the senses 
2
Mirrormask
Steven Rea
Too long and too rich for its own good but clearly Gaiman and McKean were bursting with ideas Those ideas fly all over the place sometimes landing with a thunk but more often taking the breath away 
3
Mirrormask
James Berardinelli
The narrative is simplistic and lacking in energy and the characters are sketched instead of fully formed 
2
Mirrormask
Phil Villarreal
The story is such a mess it s no wonder so many characters are running around hiding their faces 
2
Mirrormask
Chris Hewitt
Emotionally direct and visually baroque MirrorMask reminded me of Queen s epic songs which find over the top ways to explore everyday situations 
3
Mirrormask
Jeffrey Westhoff
Many graphic novels are being turned into movies these days MirrorMask is a movie that would work better as a graphic novel 
2
Mirrormask
Sean O'Connell
An ideal cerebral escape for that advanced learner in your family who s biding time between Eragon and Harry Potter novels 
3.5
Mirrormask
Jeff Shannon
With its mind numbing excess of digital imagery and lack of compensatory storytelling MirrorMask suggests that something of Gaiman s is getting lost in translation 
2
Mirrormask
Dustin Putman
A study in communicative detachment it has the look down pat but what is underneath holds the expressiveness and passion of a store window mannequin 
2
Mirrormask
James Verniere
It is visionary in the best sense of the word if also somewhat thinly plotted narratively derivative and even at times dull But it is eye candy of Godiva like richness 
3.5
Mirrormask
Timothy Knight
There is little to hold your interest beyond the surreal imagery and occasional flashes of droll wit 
2
Mirrormask
Walter V. Addiego
Other efforts of this sort have succumbed to terminal whimsy but director Dave McKean gives us enough reminders of the girl s fragile emotional state to provide some grounding 
3
Mirrormask
Bob Strauss
Often feels embalmed by art direction and needless exposition It also begins with a sock puppet sequence which more experienced filmmakers would have known is among the best ways to start a movie off on the wrong foot 
2
Mirrormask
Maitland McDonagh
The densely worked over look of this dark hugely stylish fairy tale directed by mixed media artist and first time filmmaker Dave McKean is ultimately more absorbing than the story 
3
Mirrormask
Kyle Smith
Too strange and disjointed to attract much of an audience but its astonishing visuals showcase a major new talent first time feature director and book illustrator Dave McKean 
2.5
Mirrormask
Jami Bernard
Like many dreams you won t remember it when you wake up 
2
Mirrormask
Jeff Vice
One of the most visually stunning imaginative fantasies in recent memory 
3
Mirrormask
Terry Lawson
If you can fall into it you should be amazed if not enchanted 
3
Mirrormask
Ty Burr
Aggressive visual invention is rarely its own reward and this movie does nothing to better the odds 
1.5
Mirrormask
Sean P. Means
McKean who both directed and designed the film employs an array of techniques cel animation computer animation and puppetry in wild and witty variations 
4
Mirrormask
Allison Benedikt
For all its flying cats with rainbow wings and navigational library books MirrorMask barely has a story its talent and vision focused entirely on its singular dreamworld facade 
2
Mirrormask
Jan Stuart
The fever dream universe cooked up by McKean is so brimming with off the wall imagination one wishes it weren t all so hard to penetrate 
2.5
Mirrormask
Roger Ebert
The movie is a triumph of visual invention but it gets mired in its artistry and finally becomes just a whole lot of great stuff to look at while the plot puts the heroine through a few basic moves over and over again 
2
Mirrormask
Dan Fienberg
At its best no film this year can match the degree of invention and whimsy displayed by cult author Gaiman and noted illustrator McKean 
3
Mirrormask
Walter Chaw
It s obvious and obviously for a young teen audience 
2
Mirrormask
Nick Schager
An amalgamation of so many disparate artistic influences that any hint of originality ultimately stems less from creative invention than imaginative synthesis 
2
Complices
Roger Ebert
All four of these actors are completely natural in front of the camera 
3
Kaepernick & America
Brandon Towns
Even if it 8217 s all a bit too tidy 44 this documentary about Kaepernick is valuable for reminding viewers how far we still have to go 46 
2.5
Kaepernick & America
Roger Moore
For a movie that doesn 8217 t have an actual interview with the subject of the film 44 8220 Kaepernick amp America 8221 isn 8217 t half bad
2.5
Kaepernick & America
Dwight Brown
Kaepernick his metamorphosis and the social issues on view warrant the attention and those themes make this documentary significant 
3
Big Brown Eyes
David Nusair
elevated by the uniformly engaging performances 
2.5
Quiet City
Elizabeth Weitzman
Although the movie is hardly more ambitious than its young protagonists there s a lot of value in a lazy day Quiet City knows where to find it 
3
Quiet City
V.A. Musetto
A talkfest like this is ripe for disaster but Quiet City succeeds thanks to its two leads Erin Fisher as Jamie and Cris Lankenau as Charlie They re attractive and likable and they hold our interest throughout 
3
Quiet City
Maitland McDonagh
Callow self centered often infuriatingly inarticulate but filled with possibility Katz and leads who improvised much of their own dialogue capture the contradictions with enough fragile charm that it s hard not to wish them well 
2.5
Quiet City
John Anderson
Quiet City often attains a floating poetic buoyancy that pulls a fast one on gravity 
3
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
John Stanley
Campbell can be heroic and self effacing in the same scene and his followers will delight in the mixture of blazing action and comedic romp 
3
Prodigy
Roger Moore
A cat and mouse psychologist vs child with powers thriller spoiled by having too many mice 
1.5
Prodigy
Norman Gidney
The film has a lean cast and a very intimate feel 
3
The Great Gatsby
Roger Ebert
The movie is faithful to the novel with a vengeance to what happens in the novel that is and not to the feel mood and spirit of it 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Matt Brunson
Robert Redford offers an interesting take on mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby 
3
The Ritchie Boys
Elizabeth Weitzman
Still witty and eloquent these cerebral boys became the haunted men who do their best to share their experiences with us even as they know we ll never truly understand 
3
The Ritchie Boys
Laura Kelly
Just when you think every chapter in World War II has been covered cinematically along comes an energetic uplifting and little known angle about the good guys 
3
The Ritchie Boys
Steve Rhodes
Another wonderfully involving story crafted by documentarian Christian Bauer Missing Allen is filled with great stories many of them quite funny 
3
The Golden Glove
Brian Tallerico
A bleak depressing attempt to remove all glorification or justification from the serial killer subgenre 
2
The Golden Glove
Mark Dujsik
The content is disgusting The backdrop against which this story unfolds is equally unappealing 
1.5
One Vote
Michael Phillips
One Vote gives every imminent 2020 voter a lot to absorb and to admire and does so with tact and concision 
3
Measure for Measure
Tom Meek
Smart along with Weaving make the back and forth more interesting than the slack execution 
2
Measure for Measure
Pamela Powell
With extraordinary performances never overstated and a complicated yet realistic story the film version of Measure for Measure would have made Shakespeare proud 
4
Measure for Measure
Steven Prokopy
The acting is solid across the board and the film is a great example of how a loose yet faithful a Shakespeare adaptation can be when handled with precision 
3
Measure for Measure
Monica Castillo
There s a lot going on in the movie without ever really exploring those topics beyond a cursory mention 
2
Measure for Measure
Mark Dujsik
Measure for Measure isn t Shakespeare and while that s usually an empty criticism it s not one when the filmmakers are consciously going for that comparison 
2
Measure for Measure
Anita Katz
The plot dense character packed story seldom comes to stirring life and while the actors emote capably the emotion doesn t resonate much 
2.5
Measure for Measure
Roger Moore
The play s bones a poignant romance betrayals and mercy coming from the most unexpected places and vivid characters pretty much save this film or at least make it watchable 
2.5
Pow Wow
Michael Upchurch
This experimental documentary by Seattle based director Robinson Devor Police Beat Zoo circles lots of subjects without quite landing on any but its evocation of a specific place California s Coachella Valley is indelible 
3
Wings of Defeat
Burl Burlingame
One pilot recalled his feelings as he was ordered to fly that day s suicide mission Well I m screwed 
2
Couples Retreat
Josh Larsen
A Tyler Perry movie for white folks 
1.5
Couples Retreat
David Nusair
an utterly incompetent comedic affair 
1.5
Couples Retreat
Peter T. Chattaway
Somewhere in all of this there is the potential for a pretty good comedy but this movie isn t it 
1.5
Couples Retreat
Matt Brunson
For all its visual splendor to say nothing of its likable cast the movie never feels as liberating as its locale 
2.5
Couples Retreat
Lori Hoffman
That the wonderful French actor Jean Reno plays the therapist is a sign that his agent is not doing a good enough job finding him film roles in American movies 
1
Couples Retreat
John Wirt
This couples in conflict comedy starts strongly but then slips into the turquoise water of paradise lost 
2
Couples Retreat
Shaula Clark
Couples retreat this movie has the power to make any date feel as endless and soul sucking as the lifetime s worth of defective hateful marriages that doom the film s protagonists 
0.5
Couples Retreat
Sonny Bunch
It s hard to imagine that the thoroughly mediocre and paint by numbers romantic comedy Couples Retreat was written by the same guy who brought the world Swingers 15 years ago 
2
Couples Retreat
Kit Bowen
Although it has its moments Couples Retreat isn t so much a movie but rather a giant excuse for some real life BFFs to hang out in South Pacific 
2
Couples Retreat
Linda Cook
Tawdry and tedious Couples Retreat is a retread of the almost equally unfunny License to Wed 
1
Couples Retreat
Kam Williams
Mandatory marriage counseling ruins vacation in battle of the sexes sitcom 
3
Couples Retreat
Keith Cohen
We have another durable candidate for a slew of Razzie Awards Vaughn plays the same persona in every movie He has a blustery cocksure swagger on the outside while hiding his deep seated insecurities 
1.5
Couples Retreat
Christian Toto
The former swingers settle for standard gags in the moderately amusing Couples Retreat
2.5
Couples Retreat
Sara Michelle Fetters
For a great deal of its running time it is raw uncompromising and very very funny and even when things hit a dry spell I was still moved and amused enough to not particularly care 
2.5
Couples Retreat
Sean P. Means
The twosome that sparks most agreeably is Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau The humor isn t always highbrow but it works 
3
Couples Retreat
Mike McGranaghan
Couples Retreat is like watching somebody s boring vacation videos except that they re filled with big stars 
2
Couples Retreat
Rick Groen
There are also scenes the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie not to mention a laugh 
1
Couples Retreat
Lisa Kennedy
Greatly silly and unexpectedly wise at times 
2.5
Couples Retreat
Willie Waffle
By the time it starts getting dramatic I was rooting for each one of them to get a divorce 
1
Couples Retreat
Erik Childress
A giant black hole in the center of the comedy universe sucking in the best ideas and situations from other entities into an inescapable ride to nothingness 
1.5
Couples Retreat
Lou Lumenick
Like most of Universal s offerings this year you have to wonder exactly who besides masochists they thought would actually want to see Couples Retreat in a theater 
0
Couples Retreat
Peter Howell
Beneath the ham acting and the relentless banter is a serious movie about relationships We re being sold laughs but a few sober thoughts are delivered 
2.5
Couples Retreat
Claudia Puig
It s too bad Couples Retreat is so poorly written and conceived given the talented cast and chemistry between Vaughn and pal Favreau We re meant to relate to these hapless folks or laugh at their foibles but more often we wince 
1.5
Vide Noir
Roger Moore
It has a great look 44 some striking scenes 44 a pretentious 44 pedestrian story that crawls by performed by something short of the most compelling cast every assembled 46 
1.5
Times and Winds
Maureen M. Hart
Erdem s script and his young cast do a fine job of recalling the years between carefree childhood embodied by Omer s brother the precocious and adorable Ali and adult power and duties 
3
Times and Winds
Tom Keogh
Subtly unsettling yet fascinating 
3
Times and Winds
Bill Stamets
A blunt look at how anger binds generations 
3
Times and Winds
V.A. Musetto
Let us give thanks for the small pleasures of life The Turkish movie Times and Winds for example 
3
Times and Winds
Jan Stuart
Reha Erdem s ineffably beautiful portrait of a rural Turkish village 
4
Times and Winds
Fernando F. Croce
A slight but striking mood piece 
3
Times and Winds
Janice Page
At nearly two hours the film seems overlong And despite natural sometimes gripping performances from a cast led by nonprofessional child actors the script s unrelenting cynicism can wear on a viewer 
2
The Second Sun
Roger Moore
If you ever doubted that a movie with a Holocaust subtext could be dull here s 75 minutes of proof 
1.5
5ive Girls
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Would be a lot of fun if it wasn t so boring rehashed and clich 
2
The Hallelujah Trail
Matt Brunson
An interminable Western comedy 46 
1.5
Working Woman
Vanessa H. Larson
Although commendably relatable the story line at times feels too familiar save for later scenes in which Orna makes some choices that lead to a mostly satisfying ending 
3
Working Woman
Ty Burr
Working Woman sends an audience out steaming that justice in such cases often remains undone 
3
Working Woman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Orna survives to work another day and we are right there with her 
3
Working Woman
Joe Friar
The tense Israeli psychological thriller covers sexual harassment in a realistic manner Liron Ben Shlush and Menashe Noy deliver two of the finest performances of the year 
4
Working Woman
Shane Slater
While Aviad s subtle direction may not deliver riveting melodrama it taps into deeply felt truths about gender and power dynamics 
3
Working Woman
Monica Castillo
It is a story we ve likely heard of or seen before yet under Michal Aviad s sympathetic lens it s one that stands out with a sense of urgency 
3.5
Working Woman
Pat Brown
Michal Aviad s film forcefully brings home a reality that many of us have been aware of only intellectually 
3.5
Working Woman
David Nusair
a kitchen sink slice of life story that relies mostly on small character based events to propel the thin narrative forward 
2.5
The Official Story
Matt Brunson
Simultaneously serves as a crackling political thriller and a deeply moving family drama 
3.5
The Official Story
Roger Ebert
The Official Story is part polemic part thriller part tragedy It belongs on the list with films like Z Missing and El Norte which examine the human aspects of political unrest 
4
Eden
John Hartl
As long as it s whimsically celebrating the ambiguous joys of cooking writer director Michael Hofmann s movie has charm and a sweetness verging on the tart 
2.5
Eden
Ty Burr
A love story of sorts it s not a feel good movie so much as feel orgasmic and then mildly crestfallen movie Like sex like a good meal like life 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Dustin Putman
Madea s Big Happy Family is a facetious title there s not a happy one in the bunch Eventually neither is the viewer 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Michael Dequina
The odd thing about Tyler Perry is that just when you think he may be turning a corner and evolving he goes into retrograde 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Chris Hewitt
This Madea feels like the best Madea yet 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Tom Meek
It s that time of year again when the daffodils spring up and Tyler Perry puts on a dress and becomes Madea 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Bruce DeMara
The title is meant to be ironic Too bad irony is in such short supply in Tyler Perry s Madea s Big Happy Family Sadly subtlety is also missing 
1
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Wesley Morris
Madea s Big Happy Family nonsensically knots the spiritual and the salacious asking gossipy questions then giving pulpit answers so that the movie is wonderfully woefully absurd 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Kam Williams
Melodramatic tough love as meaningful group therapy 
3
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Rob Humanick
Madea s advice is shrill but sound a dose of fork in your eye gadflyism for a me me me society in dire need of it 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Mike McGranaghan
I ve liked most of Perry s previous films but this one didn t quite connect with me to the same degree I think that s because you d have a hard time finding a single scene that doesn t run on too long 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Roger Moore
If he s moving on from Madea and For Colored girls and his next couple of announced projects suggest he is at least Perry s doing right by the old broad letting her bow out like one big wise cracking mother of a momma 
2.5
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Brad Wheeler
An exercise in naive commentary and globe trotting magical realism the film dares viewers to take it seriously 
2
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Roger Moore
Lacks the laughs and the magic necessary to come off 
2
Tin Men
Peter Keough
It is a brilliant touching and hilarious reminder that the crazy jerk who just rear ended us is only another confused soul trying to find his way home 
4
Tin Men
Roger Ebert
Because Tin Men is based on fundamental truth it is able to be funny even in some of its quieter moments The good jokes always hurt a little 
3
Alone
David Nusair
visceral and deeply satisfying 
2.5
Alone
Jason Fraley
Alone is admirably straightforward exploring tried and true archetypes with suspenseful execution Director John Hyams demonstrates a minimalistic knack for showing and not telling tapping into our most guttural fears and survival instincts 
3.5
Alone
Lisa Trifone
Alone is certainly not a film to suit every taste 
2.5
Alone
Odie Henderson
Alone gives us little reason to care if our hero makes it out alive 
2
Alone
Sara Michelle Fetters
Alone is a supremely entertaining wilderness survival thriller that makes up in tension excitement and visceral chills what it lacks anything akin to a surprise 
3
Alone
Mark Dujsik
It s a tight frill free and mostly believable thriller orchestrated by director John Hyams with an emphasis on suspense over action 
3
Alone
Chuck Bowen
John Hyams s film refutes the frenetic clichés of so modern American thrillers 
3
Alone
Roger Moore
Takes a simple premise and smacks us around with it for 95 reasonably suspenseful thrilling minutes And that s enough 
2.5
Fractured Land
Marsha Lederman
The film is powerful a skillful study in landscape as well as character 
3
Fractured Land
Chris Knight
What s amazing is that it succeeds so well on two levels in a mere 80 minutes 
3
Flight to Mars
Matt Brunson
Ultimately compromised by a lack of finances a weak script and artless one take direction 
2
She's Allergic to Cats
David N. Butterworth
Michael Reich s uber experimental semi autobiographical fantasy has a propensity for showing us in close up things we d rather not see not even in long shot 
1.5
Castle in the Ground
Steven Prokopy
Castle in the Ground is an exhausting believable tale of lives in decline
3
Castle in the Ground
Joey Magidson
Most of the appeal here is watching the combo of Imogen Poots and Alex Wolff even if it gets tough to watch what happens to them at times 
3
Castle in the Ground
Tomris Laffly
Wolff gives the material his all If only his efforts could compensate for the film s gradual descent into banality 
2
Castle in the Ground
Mark Dujsik
The whole of the film becomes like two overlapping circles of misery propelled by the cyclical natures of addiction and depression and guilt 
3
Castle in the Ground
Peter Canavese
Searing performances elevate this ostensible crime story to dramatic thematic and even Freudian heights 
3.5
Castle in the Ground
Roger Moore
Poots is the driving force of Castle in the Ground magnetic irresistible and insatiable 
2.5
Castle in the Ground
Chandler Levack
This film will stay with you for a long long time 
3.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Gene Siskel
Czech director Milos Forman has cast his film beautifully The patients faces will live in your mind a long time Louise Fletcher retired from the screen for 10 years is oozingly good as the Big Nurse 
3.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rex Reed
Nicholson achieves his most lyrical knockabout tour de force in this human and compelling black comedy 
3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Matt Brunson
Equally superb as a comedy a drama and a social critique the picture sports the added treat of boasting a wide variety of soon to be familiar faces in the supporting ranks 
4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Kathleen Carroll
Nicholson explodes on the screen in a performance so flawless in timing and character perception that it should send half the stars in Hollywood back to acting school 
4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Scott Nash
It was Nicholson s first Oscar win and this remains in many ways his signature performance 
4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Peter Canavese
Nicholson gets to use all the colors on his palette from quiet troubled contemplation to the disturbingly truthful live wire jesting with which he has become best associated Blu ray 
3.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
James Berardinelli
Viewed 30 years after its release One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest remains a very good motion picture although one that perhaps just misses the pinnacle of greatness where its reputation suggests it resides 
3.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Wesley Lovell
A stirring indictment of how we determine who s sane and who s crazy 
4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Phil Villarreal
A rousing rock the boat feel pulses throughout the film overpowering its weaknesses 
4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Roger Ebert
It does go wrong insisting on making larger points than its story really should carry And yet there are those moments of brilliance 
3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Bill Chambers
One of a small number of Best Picture winners to deserve the statuette 
4
Fifty Shades Freed
David Gonzalez
With all time great 44 comes all time bad 44 and 2018 has provided cinephiles with the conclusion 44 oh I 8217 m sorry 44 the climax of the worst trilogy of all time 44 the Fifty Shades trilogy 46 
.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Jason Fraley
This trilogy is the film equivalent of bad sex Part 1 was awkward foreplay Part 2 went through the motions with monotonous moves And now Part 3 reaches a clumsy climax that s so obviously fake that you just want it to end 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
Matt Brunson
The best film in the trilogy Yet considering the general awfulness of this franchise this is the equivalent of saying it s better to lose only one finger rather than three in an industrial accident 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Mattie Lucas
Treats sexual kink with all the depth of a snickering middle schooler who just discovered the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue but at least this one bothers to be fun 
2
Fifty Shades Freed
Joey Magidson
Like an inattentive lover thrusting away ineffectively this franchise has finally finished despite its audience being done a long time ago 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
David Keyes
It s not a movie at all but a sex toy with dialogue 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
David Nusair
Easily the best of the Fifty Shades movies 
3
Fifty Shades Freed
Leah Pickett
Freed appeals to women s biological urges to secure a protective mate to nest to procreate and depends on them leaving their brains at the theater door 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
J. R. Jones
What a sorry state of affairs for moviegoers all we want is a little coitus but all we get is interruptus 
2
Fifty Shades Freed
Mike McGranaghan
Why this saga went from the tale of a young woman s introduction into the world of BDSM to a straight to DVD level kidnapping thriller is a mystery 
2
Fifty Shades Freed
John Serba
We re officially witnessing the cultural denouement of a trilogy that if my math is correct adds up to roughly 150 shades of embarrassment 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Rex Reed
This lumbering trilogy of trash based on the books by E L James has so run out of blood and oxygen that it has varicose veins 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
Richard Roeper
With little else to keep me interested as the story stumbled along I did enjoy keeping track of all the trendy names of various minor supporting characters 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
Sheila O'Malley
They re actually a boring couple truth be told 
2.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Christian Toto
Naked Handcuffs Lather Rinse Repeat 
2
Fifty Shades Freed
Phil Villarreal
If only audiences could stop the horrors by shouting RED at the screen 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
Kate Taylor
Did someone say freed already Yes please Red Red Red 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
James Berardinelli
The sex scenes are strangely mechanical and devoid of passion It s probably a mixture of three things directorial decisions a lack of chemistry between the leads and viewer apathy 
2
Fifty Shades Freed
Mark Dujsik
Now that it s finished let us never speak of it again 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
Katie Walsh
Might as well be called So I Married a Sociopath 
2
Fifty Shades Freed
Sara Michelle Fetters
it s easy to get the feeling the two actors would rather be anywhere else than standing there trying to look romantic while ensnarled in another s arms 
1
Fifty Shades Freed
Christopher Gray
The most liberating thing about James Foley s Fifty Shades Freed is that it doesn t even try to make sense of Christian Grey 
2.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Peter Travers
two hours of cruel and unusual punishment The zero star rating may be too kind
0
Fifty Shades Freed
Moira MacDonald
Johnson and Dornan s performances are wooden and their chemistry nonexistent particularly in the movie s more of the same sex scenes but think of it all as ultra deadpan entertainment and it kind of works 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Bruce DeMara
Though it s difficult to discern the flavour of ice cream used in one so called erotic encounter it s probably vanilla 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Mick LaSalle
I like these people I m rather sorry to see this series end 
3
Fifty Shades Freed
Gary Thompson
Christian has always been the world s least exciting sex obsessed billionaire and in domesticated form he just gets worse cooking weeping playing Paul McCartney love songs on the piano 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Max Weiss
Finally we are freed of this franchise 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Brian Truitt
To her credit Johnson actually turns in her best Shades stuff here Too bad it s not enough to save everything else about this whole silly affair s fumbling climax 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Dustin Putman
Christian is simply too needy and exhausting and all the money in the world cannot disguise one tough hard fact Ana deserves better 
1.5
Fifty Shades Freed
Roger Moore
At least this time some of the laughs are intentional 
1.5
The Last Bus
Mark Dujsik
There s very little to this material despite Spall s best efforts 
1.5
Your Friends & Neighbors
Judith Egerton
It s both a daring composition and a repelling look at gender warfare 
3
Your Friends & Neighbors
John Haslett Cuff
It is superbly executed and for all its pitilessness it s an intelligent dramatization of the impact that consumerist values have had on the psyche of the North American middle class at the end of the 20th century 
4
Your Friends & Neighbors
Margaret A. McGurk
If you can stand to watch Your Friends Neighbors you won t forget it 
3.5
Your Friends & Neighbors
James Kendrick
Without the potential for decency to counterbalance and give context to the cruelty Your Friends Neighbors becomes a simple study in human depravity 
2.5
Your Friends & Neighbors
Roger Ebert
LaBute s Your Friends and Neighbors is to In the Company of Men as Quentin Tarantino s Pulp Fiction was to Reservoir Dogs 
4
Your Friends & Neighbors
Jeff Vice
All the performances are excellent especially Patric Stiller in a particularly weaselly turn and Brenneman as the film s most sympathetic character 
3.5
Your Friends & Neighbors
Barbara Shulgasser
The tension between the fantasy of satisfaction and the reality of desolation poses an enthralling dramatic situation 
3
Your Friends & Neighbors
David N. Butterworth
The perfect antidote for anyone considering cheating on his or her partner 
3
Your Friends & Neighbors
Michael Dequina
A scathing brutally funny and ultimately disturbing satire of sexual and social mores 
3.5
Your Friends & Neighbors
Mike Clark
Stay away 
2
Your Friends & Neighbors
Mick LaSalle
Full of empty provocation 
1
Your Friends & Neighbors
David Sterritt
The mood is often more coarse crude and nasty than needed to make LaBute s cautionary points and also by that distancing effect which diminishes whatever feelings of empathy or sympathy the story might otherwise inspire in its audience 
2
Your Friends & Neighbors
Steve Rhodes
LaBute s films have much to say even if they can be overwhelming Unlike action films you forget in an hour his movies will stay with you for years afterwards provoking thought and reflection 
3.5
Your Friends & Neighbors
Joe Baltake
The film s star is LaBute a genuine modern movie auteur who ventures behind the tantalizing blurbs on the covers of those trendy men s and women s magazines to find miserable unhappy people 
4
Your Friends & Neighbors
James Berardinelli
It s refreshing to see a movie like this something that s edgy and entertaining and doesn t try to appeal to the masses 
3
Mostly Sunny
Julia Cooper
Mehta takes his audience behind the curtain of Leone s strategic brand building from commercials to private events to film sets yet rarely ever delves deeper than the veneer of her glossy celebrity 
2
Mostly Sunny
Bruce DeMara
Mehta weaves a beguiling tale with an unconventional protagonist 
3
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Matt Brunson
An Academy Award nominee this year for Best Documentary Short A bona fide hero James Armstrong was the one who carried the U S flag during that historic Selma to Montgomery voting rights march in 1965 
3.5
Godzilla: Final Wars
David Nusair
it becomes clear almost immediately that Kitamura is absolutely the wrong choice for the material 
1.5
Godzilla: Final Wars
Ty Burr
This 28th entry in Toho Studio s series about the fire breathing big fella is campily engaging for a while but at two hours plus you may come out feeling captivated dead 
1.5
Filmmakers Unite
Mick LaSalle
The cumulative effect is a sense of mystery as though the movie were giving us random glimpses into a collective American consciousness one that s roiling and fearful but retains seeds of its own renewal 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Lynnette Nicholas
The Secret Life Of Pets 2 highlights the power of teamwork perseverance and overcoming fear It s a wonderful family movie that both adults and kids can enjoy together 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Wesley Lovell
More good natured pet related humor for fans of the original 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Mattie Lucas
The Secret Life of Pets skated by on an amusing premise that its sequel all but abandons in favor of a frenetically edited scattershot story that s more likely to leave audiences with whiplash than in stitches 
1.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Linda Cook
It s cute enough to earn your money and your time 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Matt Brunson
It has even less bite comic not dog than its predecessor 
2
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Mike McGranaghan
The Secret Life of Pets 2 is like a triple sized animated episode of Seinfeld with animals instead of people You probably think I ve lost my mind by saying that No really it s true 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
This second chapter in Max s story is refreshingly amiable 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Rafer Guzman
All told The Secret Life of Pets 2 is bound to give you a chuckle or two and maybe even an awww moment The bar this movie clears though could have been set a lot higher 
2
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Steven Prokopy
The Secret Life of Pets 2 isn t a terrible movie and I have no doubt that kids will indeed like it a great deal But it s lacking anything noteworthy 
2
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Josh Terry
The Secret Life of Pets 2 is a pretty typical sequel a funny B list animated feature that should be enough to keep the kids happy right now even if most people will have a tough time remembering much about the movie in a year or two 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
James Berardinelli
Although not bad in a conventional sense it s a disappointingly mediocre effort that doesn t have a lot to offer potential viewers over age 10 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Mark Dujsik
It would come as no surprise to discover that The Secret Life of Pets 2 was envisioned as a series of shorts only for them to be crammed together without much thought 
1.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Robert Horton
Ambles along in pleasant fashion blending wry jokes with slapstick and relying on clever but basic animation style 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Sara Stewart
It s never a great sign when the biggest laughs a movie gets are during the end credits 
2
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Kristen Page-Kirby
Despite its humor and despite some genuinely aww inspiring moments The Secret Life of Pets 2 is kind of forgettable 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Brad Wheeler
a lively sequel 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Peter Howell
As momentarily enticing and as intellectually deficient as a box of Timbits 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Mark Kennedy
If the knock on The Secret Life of Pets was that it was a rip off of Toy Story then the second film better grounds itself in its own universe Like its main three characters it has learned to be comfortable in its own animated skin 
3
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Christy Lemire
Your kids will be sufficiently entertained but they also deserve a dog that s willing to learn a few new tricks 
2
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Sean P. Means
TV would be a better fit for these characters one that doesn t raise the high expectations of a theatrical feature 
2
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Carla Meyer
Watching these movies that imagine what pets do when you are away is like seeing a more colorful exciting version of your home pet cam 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Roger Moore
Sight gags and slapstick kid stuff and pretty good at being just that 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Joey Magidson
Only sporadically interested in actually looking at you know the secret life of pets this instead is colorful nonsense meant to distract little kids 
2
Blanco de Verano
Walter Chaw
The actors are so good in fact that the film leaves a mark despite trying too hard to leave a mark 
2.5
The Evil
Matt Brunson
Risible in a few spots but competently presented most of the time 
2.5
The Evil
Chuck O'Leary
A good haunted house movie with some inventive death scenes 
3
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Peter Canavese
Sprinkled comments provide enough intellectual provocation to begin debate but the main course is Koko s wide ranging behavior 
3
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Eric Henderson
To swipe a lame pun from a Tales from the Crypt comic Koko is sure the gorilla of my dreams 
3
Ridicule
Mike Clark
Audiences will respond favorably to its overall warmth and the motion picture academy may too 
4
Ridicule
Roger Ebert
Imagine a time when all compliments are two faced when every truth is tinged with irony when insults are the currency of humor We have more in common with the 18th century than we might imagine 
3.5
I'm Not Jesus Mommy
Chris Hewitt
Juares is nothing if not ambitious and he assembles the pieces of the puzzle with clarity he also edited and photographed the film But he bites off more than he can chew 
2
The Commune
Chris Knight
What follows is an incredible performance by Dyrholm as a woman doing her best to keep things together when her entire world seems to be falling apart and with everyone right there to witness the unraveling 
3
The Commune
Anita Katz
The actors keep the movie involving and for some Dyrholm s performance alone is ticket worthy But the impact quickly fades when she leaves the screen 
2.5
The Commune
Pat Padua
Dyrholm movingly captures the struggles of a middle aged career woman who revels in the new freedoms of the 1970s while ultimately falling victim to them 
3
The Commune
Walter V. Addiego
The Commune doesn t pull its punches We re shown that nontraditional households can be very taxing on individuals and are anything but good medicine for stale marriages 
3
The Commune
Sheila O'Malley
These are all fascinating concepts but The Commune isn t all that interested in exploring them 
2
The Commune
Shane Slater
While Vinterberg s mature realist approach is commendable the cultural atmosphere and unique characters beg for something more adventurous 
3
The Commune
Stephen Whitty
Dramatic contrasts and contradictions abound in The Commune but it finds room for quieter things too 
3.5
The Commune
Nathalie Atkinson
Dyrholm is always exceptional but here as a femme d un certain age in both home and career letting it all fall apart she is incandescent with a stillness that transcends the histrionics around her 
2.5
The Commune
Bruce DeMara
Expect to find your own ideas about love and personal responsibility challenged 
3
The Commune
Christopher Gray
The Thomas Vinterberg film s sentimentality is suspect laced with an intriguing but vague strain of bitterness 
2.5
The Commune
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The Commune is broad and rudderless after its first act The potential for a vignette driven hangout flick or a sharp social critique are there but the movie won t commit to either 
2
The Commune
Kent Turner
There s one name that should appear on the lists of this year s contenders and formidable performances Trine Dyrholm 
3
B-52
Joshua Tanzer
Worth seeing as a source of information about one of the country s most important weapons but fails to explore the plane s significance in American policy 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Mattie Lucas
Dull to the point of tedium overlong and longwinded 
1
Love in the Time of Cholera
Michael Dequina
One can recognize the elements that made the book such a beloved work and see how these elements are so completely botched in screen translation 
1
Love in the Time of Cholera
Kam Williams
Adaptation of Marquez masterpiece marred by absence of magical realism 
1
Love in the Time of Cholera
Linda Cook
Sometimes it s almost impossible to translate a novel to the big screen 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gary Brown
sinks to the bottom like an overloaded steamboat 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Chris Hewitt
Preserves the homespun humor of the novel both in Florentino s rambunctious love scenes and in the wry dialogue 
3
Love in the Time of Cholera
Moira MacDonald
Mike Newell s handsome adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel looks lovely but feels lifeless the chemistry between the main characters just isn t there 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Mick LaSalle
Actress Mezzogiorno finds the story s emotion by resisting the tug of the movie into grandeur 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
David Elliott
What is missing is the novel its strange time shifts and lusciously compiled details and playful god like viewpoint 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Carla Meyer
Plays more like an adaptation of Wilt Chamberlain s autobiography than of Garca Mrquez s novel 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Carrie Rickey
Bardem s hypnotic presence like that of an Easter Island statue come to life is one of the film s many pleasures As is its intimations of a love everlasting 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Stephen Whitty
There isn t an actor here who really connects 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Kyle Smith
If you ve seen Gone With the Wind you ve seen what Love in the Time of Cholera isn t 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Jack Mathews
There s a little cholera in the middle and some love at the beginning and end but Love in the Time of Cholera is mostly about romantic obsession and never ending frustration the latter of which may jibe with the audience s reaction 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Duane Dudek
What it lacks in subtlety and cultural specificity the film makes up for in sensitivity sentiment and some beautifully expressed ideas drawn from Marquez s prose 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Connie Ogle
There s no sense of sweeping heartbreak here and perhaps because of the story s old fashioned pace and plot too many cheap laughs have wormed their way into what should be a stately melodrama 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Glenn Whipp
A movie that is at times overly polite unintentionally funny and too rarely transporting 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Amy Biancolli
That s really missing is a sense of rapture a touch of magic on this course through the decades 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Stephen Cole
Admirers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez s novel Love in the Time of Cholera will be heartbroken to see how dull translators have drained the magic from his worldly romance 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
John Monaghan
Hopelessly misguided 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Sean P. Means
Newell and Harwood make a botch of things turning Florentino from a sensitive poet into a blubbering wimp and playing his forlorn sexual encounters as broad farce 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Wesley Morris
Often watchable and listenable without ever being good 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Roger Ebert
Is there another great modern writer so hard to translate successfully into cinema 
1.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Rob Thomas
About the only audience that might get something out of Love in the Time of Cholera are lazy college students who want to learn the plot points for class without having to sit down and read the book 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Daniel M. Kimmel
It makes us think about what we do for love and whether in the end our choices are worth it 
3
Love in the Time of Cholera
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie requires layers of age makeup a process that as movie technology gets better and better seems to get worse and worse 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
David Nusair
a campy mess that presumably has little in common with Márquez s acclaimed work 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Claudia Puig
Though Love is a handsome production it lacks the novel s distinctive blend of passionate intensity and fanciful whimsy 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Jeff Vice
The film has major story construction problems somehow managing to be overlong yet sketchy 
1.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Ken Fox
No one ever said adapting Nobel Prize winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez s densely layered 1998 novel for the screen would be easy but given the level of talent involved the awful results are still a shock 
1.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Carrie Rickey
Bardem s hypnotic presence like that of an Easter Island statue come to life is one of the film s many pleasures 
2.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Michael Phillips
Newell has done some fine work in all sorts of genres from Four Weddings and a Funeral to Harry Potter but in Cholera he seems to be chronicling a half century of events passions and desires as a tourist not a native 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
Jan Stuart
Love in the Time of Cholera suffers from a serious case of Big Movie itis 
1
Love in the Time of Cholera
Josh Larsen
Marquez material is endearing when read but it can be embarrassing to watch 
2
Love in the Time of Cholera
James Berardinelli
It s the kind of motion picture that s crying out to be featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 
1.5
Love in the Time of Cholera
Ed Gonzalez
Would that Newell s visual panache were as robust as his understanding of the novel s romantic implications but what the film lacks in brio it makes up for in reverence 
2.5
How to Draw a Bunny
Jeff Shannon
Serves as worthy tribute to a true original an artist s artist for whom life itself was a singular mode of expression 
3
How to Draw a Bunny
Kenneth Baker
Cumulatively Johnson s collages letters and performances and his legend compose a self portrait of striking wryness and complexity 
3
How to Draw a Bunny
V.A. Musetto
Enticing and often funny documentary 
3
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Jeff Vice
It s hard to argue with any film that features so much footage of Chaplin at his best 
3
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Sean P. Means
Pity the poor film school student who will have to sit through this dry as dust documentary 
2
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Megan Lehmann
It is crammed to the gills with a fine selection of the beloved comic s best work with talking head commentary serving to deepen and enrich the enjoyment 
3.5
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Jami Bernard
It whets the appetite to experience again Chaplin s luminous body of work 
3
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
David Sterritt
You ll laugh you ll cry you ll think 
4
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
John Anderson
Made with enormous affection the Chaplinesque sentimentality which so many silent fans cite when voicing a preference for Keaton or Harold Lloyd is employed here not exploited 
3
Paper Moon
Josh Larsen
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3
Paper Moon
David Nusair
grows more and more absorbing as it progresses 
3.5
Paper Moon
Gene Siskel
It is distinguished by its moral tone and it is the tone that lifts it above the average flim flam comedy 
3.5
Paper Moon
Wesley Lovell
A cute little family drama about a young con artist and her father as they build a grifting empire 
3.5
Paper Moon
Roger Ebert
I wonder how many moviegoers will be prepared for the astonishing confidence and depth that Tatum brings to what s really the starring role 
4
Paper Moon
James Kendrick
Bogdanovich was a film scholar and historian before he was a director and he knew exactly how to capture the essence of a bygone cinematic era and still make it relevant to a modern audience 
3.5
Oswald's Ghost
Kam Williams
The more interesting question to raise might be What toll does it take on a society when someone as inconsequential as Lee Harvey Oswald can slay someone as historically significant as JFK 
3
Oswald's Ghost
Jack Mathews
A meticulously researched seemingly unbiased summary of the JFK killing and the major conspiracy theories 
3
Oswald's Ghost
Ken Fox
Veteran conspiracy buffs probably won t find much of Stone s material particularly new but Stone s film does serve as a neat summary for the rest of us while offering a number of intriguing insights into how conspiracy theories work 
3
Oswald's Ghost
Nick Schager
The title of this nonfiction examination into JFK s assassination implies that its focus is the legacy of Lee Harvey Oswald and his infamous crime but the truth is far more mundane 
2
Oswald's Ghost
Maureen M. Hart
After a strong start Oswald s Ghost ends up as ephemeral as its namesake 
2.5
Oswald's Ghost
Leba Hertz
This is a good refresher course for those who aren t familiar with the JFK assassination But despite the film s attempts to close the case there will always be questions about what happened on that November day in Dallas 
3
Goldstone
Michael O'Sullivan
Ultimately though set in the remote Australian bush Goldstone is grounded in the vivid familiarity of the here and now 
3
Goldstone
Michael Upchurch
My nominee for best overhead shots in world cinema 
3.5
The Corner Shop
James Adams
Amateurishness can have its charms But when it doesn t it looks very much like this excruciatingly farcical alleged romantic comedy from Upinder Raisauda 
0
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Nell Minow
It s called The Clark Sisters but this movie belongs to Aunjanue Ellis who gives a dazzling performance 
3.5
Catch-22
Brian Eggert
Despite countless individual moments that result in humor or alternatively biting truth the experience of watching Catch 22 s inherent unevenness wears on the viewer 
3
Catch-22
Roger Moore
It s the best film of a seemingly unfilmmable classic novel we re ever going to get 
3
Catch-22
Roger Ebert
Nichols has done the same thing in Catch 22 that he did in The Graduate He s given us a funny beginning then switched tones and gone serious 
3
Catch-22
James Kendrick
a brilliant failure a film that is as interesting for what it tried to accomplish as it is for what it did
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Matt Brunson
A documentary almost as colorful as its subject 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Austin Kennedy
It offers a fascinating peek into the not always glamorous life of a Hollywood big shot Full of insight meaty tidbits and not without humor this documentary is one of the best 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Michael Dequina
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3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Ian Mantgani
It s fairly absorbing because tales of rise and fall usually are but it s not very accomplished as a piece of cinema 
2.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Jeff Strickler
If you love flamboyant people movies or especially flamboyant movie people don t miss The Kid Stays in the Picture 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
James Kendrick
remarkable in the sense that for all his self aggrandizing tendencies Evans conveys himself as both powerful and vulnerable still a Hollywood myth of grand proportions but also a human being
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Elias Savada
it s a shame that film s only appreciative audience might be those of us with memories deep enough to recall the rise and fall and rise again of one of the industry s true crap shooting visionaries 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Jeff Vice
Evans narration taken from the memoirs and compiled by Morgen makes it consistently interesting 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Joe Baltake
There s a disreputable air about the whole thing and that s what makes it irresistible 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Rene Rodriguez
Even at his most obnoxious Evans remains a fascinating figure 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert W. Butler
One of the best inside show biz yarns ever 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Susan Stark
For a life lived boldly and productively if imperfectly Robert Evans deserves this trenchant revealing vastly entertaining documentary 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Terry Lawson
Giddy absurdly entertaining account of Evans rise and fall in the movie biz 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Duane Dudek
While the now 72 year old Robert Evans been slowed down by a stroke he has at least one more story to tell his own 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Frank Ochieng
This kid certainly stayed in the picture and was resilient enough to stick around and witness the rolling ending credits of his own tantalizing production 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Steven Rosen
For movie lovers it s like an aging Lancelot reminiscing about Camelot 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Joe Leydon
This uniquely fascinating and robustly entertaining documentary is a raffish rollicking masterpiece of first person myth making 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
David N. Butterworth
An entertaining slickly produced and eminently satisfying biopic of movie mogul Robert Evans 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
David Elliott
A wildly entertaining scan of Evans career 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Mick LaSalle
A little like being stuck at a fellow s deathbed listening to him gas and gas about his life only in this case the guy turns out to be fascinating 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Moira MacDonald
It s the very best kind of documentary an irresistible story creatively and elegantly told 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Ty Burr
Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self delusion of this most American of businesses and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Roger Ebert
It s one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Ray Conlogue
The best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like but how the creative process itself operates 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Mary F. Pols
By the end of the film one suspects that you d have a hard time finding an audience member who wouldn t love to sit down for a drink with the guy 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Carrie Rickey
An incredibly entertaining movie 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Chris Hewitt
A stylish be boppy portrait of a true individual with his own invented vocabulary and his own semi invented take on the events of his life 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Michael Wilmington
The movie s high points are the ones when he s most fervently selling himself as in the delightful scene where we see Evans rescue his job and his studio with a suave promo film presentation directed by Mike Nichols 
2.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Steve Rhodes
Watching it one of the best movies of the year is pure bliss 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Jeanne Aufmuth
A virtual roller coaster ride of glamour and sleaze 
4
The Kid Stays in the Picture
David Nusair
the film equivalent of a book on tape 
2
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Pam Grady
Witty charming ultimately empathetic portrait of a once upon a time industry titan 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Jan Stuart
Morgen and Burstein reinvigorate the usual menu of archival footage with a 3 D cutout style that imbues inert black and white stills with a playful camp dynamism 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Bob Strauss
It s Bob s story and he s so good and so experienced at telling it you wouldn t want to ride through hell with anyone but him as your tour guide 
3.5
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Megan Turner
Unabashedly subjective but deliciously entertaining biopic 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Walter Chaw
A documentary history of chutzpah presented in the language of oily success by a beast who knows the value of a good story told well 
3
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Harvey S. Karten
Robert Evans s career in the film business makes us realize why young women would rather date producers than high school teachers 
3
The King of Escape
Diego Semerene
Cruising for Alain Guiraudie seems to be the way of nature a drive that doesn t discriminate 
3.5
The King of Escape
Kent Turner
Like a rowdy rude houseguest that you ll end up remembering over the well behaved
2.5
Frozen
Brian Eggert
While trying to please everyone 44 Disney speaks to the lowest common denominator instead of setting itself apart 46 
2.5
Frozen
Mattie Lucas
Disney still has the magic and charm to turn out something wonderful and Frozen is a delightful animated treat for the whole family 
3
Frozen
David Nusair
generally as entertaining and engrossing as one might ve anticipated 
3.5
Frozen
Perry Seibert
Anyone with an appreciation for old school musical numbers will find something pleasantly familiar and cozy about Frozen 
3
Frozen
Nick Olson
Frozen s narrative logic could be tighter Some of its dialogue and lyrical content is out of step with some of the film s mature direction But none of this is enough to cancel out what s rewarding about the story 
3
Frozen
Mal Vincent
As tuneful as it is charming Frozen is the best Disney animated creation since the studio was reborn via the musical vibes of The Little Mermaid 
4
Frozen
Michael Smith
Frozen combines cute characters soaring songs and clever comedy to create a Disney animated winner that tries too hard on some accounts but that won t stop it from charming audiences 
3
Frozen
Sean P. Means
Disney s latest animated tale Frozen ironically enough is likely to give viewers of all ages a warm feeling inside 
3.5
Frozen
David Keyes
Funny whimsical and delightful to a fault it is one of those movies that engages minds of all ages 
3.5
Frozen
Walter Chaw
loses points for being a not very good musical
2.5
Frozen
Wesley Lovell
It s not the best of the modern Disney set but it s a sweet charming musically diverse film that makes you feel bad for not liking it as much as it wants you to 
3.5
Frozen
Kam Williams
A touching tale of sisterhood with a priceless message about blood being thicker than an ill advised crush 
4
Frozen
John Beifuss
The clever show tunes and Holiday on Ice visuals border on kitsch but the fraught relationship of the sisters rings true 
3
Frozen
James Kendrick
an immensely enjoyable surprisingly invigorating marriage of the old and the new
3.5
Frozen
Linda Cook
Frozen is one of the most solid family films of 2013 And here it is just in time for the holiday season perfect timing on Disney s part 
4
Frozen
Scott Nash
A return to form for Disney 
3.5
Frozen
Matt Brunson
This Disney delight dares to crinkle the studio s patented formula a tad by presenting audiences with not one but two female leads 
3
Frozen
Mike McGranaghan
The best animated film of 2013 It s got a timeless magic that may well help it evolve into a classic 
4
Frozen
Josh Larsen
feels like you re either watching the first draft of a classic Disney animated musical or the 347th one 
2
Frozen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has a beautiful spunky princess and some very nice catchy musical numbers 
2.5
Frozen
John Wirt
Following Disney animation tradition the sparkling Frozen features a pair of princesses and dozens of charming non human characters 
2
Frozen
Peter Travers
In a year of weak animated features Frozen loosely based on The Snow Queen takes the lead by default 
3
Frozen
Rob Thomas
Frozen is far and away the best animated movie of 2013 It s not even close 
3.5
Frozen
John Serba
Look beyond all the staple elements of Disney animations and you ll see two strong complicated female characters Those seem hard to come by even in live action films 
3.5
Frozen
Adam Nayman
It s hard to generate a sense of warmth when the plot points all feel so coldly calculated and it doesn t help that the musical numbers are so pedestrian 
2.5
Frozen
Cathy Jakicic
Full of clever songs genuine laughs and thrills plenty of heart and just a touch of romance Frozen definitely holds its own with the likes of The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast 
3.5
Frozen
Christy Lemire
While the journey may seem overly familiar the destination has some surprises in store 
2.5
Frozen
Linda Barnard
Make way for a new kind of fairy tale These Frozen princesses are the kind we can definitely warm to 
3.5
Frozen
David Hiltbrand
Frozen establishes a strong confident tone Cool mythology rich vivid animation and 3 D effects that are actually worth seeing not just migraine inducing distractions 
3
Frozen
Joe Williams
For all its professionalism I found it as cold as the ice rink at Rockefeller Center 
2.5
Frozen
Willie Waffle
You have been misled Frozen is one of the most magical movies of the year 
4
Frozen
Dann Gire
Frozen may not rank as a great Walt Disney animated classic but it still packs breathtaking scenes welcome moments of visual and verbal hilarity plus the most endearing cinematic tribute to sisterhood since A League of Their Own 
3.5
Frozen
Chris Knight
Disney has taken its share of flak over the years for its old fashioned anti feminist portrayals of princesses but Frozen helps right that score 
3
Frozen
Rafer Guzman
Disney gets nearly everything right in this animated charmer wit warmth a lovely voice cast and a real message of girl power 
3.5
Frozen
Tom Russo
You ll be blissfully entertained 
3
Frozen
Claudia Puig
Despite the frosty title it s a warm hearted rousing and stunning animated saga ideally poised for the holiday season 
4
Frozen
James Berardinelli
It s almost impossible not to like the film if you grew up consuming Disney animation 
3
Frozen
Robert Levin
This isn t a simplistic portrait of light and dark good and evil but a story imbued with the complications of real life You don t expect that out of a Disney fantasy 
3
Frozen
Stephanie Merry
Frozen may be a nod to the pleasures of vintage Disney and old fairy tales but there s nothing outdated about it 
3
Frozen
Peter Hartlaub
The music consistently entertains The writing in particular is smart with nuanced characters and a premium on clever wordplay over cheap laughs and deprecating humor 
4
Frozen
Rene Rodriguez
Has the ring of classic Disney seamlessly combined with a modern day sensibility 
3.5
Frozen
Tom Keogh
It doesn t deliver the real goods eschewing a deepening psychologically penetrating narrative for a Frozen like shapeless succession of eye popping set pieces and impressive effects 
2
Frozen
Jon Niccum
Frozen has all the allure of a snow globe It whips up a grand wintry beauty but it does little else And there are dozens of other Disney globes just like it 
2.5
Frozen
Mark Dujsik
This is a grandly entertaining film full of vigor and wonder 
4
Frozen
Michael Phillips
The film basically works It s entertaining and following an old Disney tradition Frozen works some old school magic in its nonhuman characters 
3
Frozen
Chris Hewitt
Gad gives an inventive supporting performance that instantly takes its place with the greatest in animated movies 
3
Frozen
Matt Pais
Just buy the album 
2.5
Frozen
Stephen Whitty
Although yes it s yet another princess fable gotta keep that Disney franchise growing it mostly about real life sisterhood 
3
Frozen
Roger Moore
It has its charms but the thin story and forgettable tunes mean this isn t one of Disney s best
2.5
Frozen
Dustin Putman
Frozen is lighthearted and funny when it wants to be but its dramatic core is where it gets its strength and durability 
3
Frozen
Jessica Herndon
The animation in Frozen is premium and the 3 D earmark adds to the pearly appeal of the ice and snow but we are lacking in the sweeping romance we ve grown accustomed to in a Disney princess movie 
2.5
Frozen
Kyle Smith
Frozen is a great big snowy pleasure with an emotionally gripping core brilliant Broadway style songs and a crafty plot 
3.5
Frozen
R. Kurt Osenlund
The film s empowering themes of feminine strengths and bonds eventually flourish in novel fashion 
2.5
The Cartel
Christian Toto
You may not agree with the solutions offered in The Cartel but it s impossible not to be outraged at the corruption on display 
3
The Cartel
Lisa Kennedy
With its clunky chalkboard chapters and a parade of static talking heads too often repeating the filmmaker s underlying theme of political corruption and union myopia it s a C theatrical experience Maybe a C for right intentions 
2
The Cartel
Michael O'Sullivan
The film for which Bowdon directed wrote narrated produced operated a camera composed music and sang spends a little too much time on static shots of flickering computer screens filled with gray text and it has the look of cheap video 
2
The Cartel
Chris Hewitt
If it played on New Jersey TV I bet The Cartel would open some eyes but as Bowdon tries to parlay a very local issue into a nationally released movie it s more likely to close them 
1
The Cartel
Mark Dujsik
The question Is our children learning has never seemed a more appropriate statement for the state of education in the United States 
3
The Cartel
Wesley Morris
Bowdon makes an insufferable first impression and his movie often looks as if it were shot with a camera phone for good measure he includes actual camera phone footage which admittedly looks worse than his 
2
The Cartel
Alicia Potter
The topic may be urgent and the fallout heartbreaking but this clumsy treatment barely passes 
1.5
The Cartel
Amy Biancolli
It s all talking heads clanging music substandard graphics long scans of headlines and Bowdon s heavily cadenced voiceovers 
1.5
The Cartel
Kyle Smith
Few documentaries have covered such an important matter so convincingly and with such clarity 
3.5
The Cartel
Ed Gonzalez
A damning documentary expos about how America s specifically New Jersey s public education system serves its employees first its students second 
2.5
The Cartel
Steven Rea
The Cartel does what good reporters are supposed to do follow the money 
3
3100: Run and Become
Roger Moore
Meandering tedious ultra marathon doc about the longest and dullest marathon of them all and its dubious spiritual value 
2
General Orders No. 9
Mattie Lucas
It s clearly a passion project a deeply personal and vibrant work of art that deftly captures textures and atmosphere on a South that only exists now in very special places 
3
General Orders No. 9
Joe Williams
Persons short quasi documentary doesn t offer specific solutions to toxic modernity but the film itself is a temporary fix for fallen spirits 
3
General Orders No. 9
Jeff Shannon
An intimate meticulously crafted meditation on the impact of civilization on the natural and spiritual landscape of the American South 
3
General Orders No. 9
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film haphazardly follows the self destructive path by which in its own words deer trail becomes Indian trail becomes county road becomes interstate 
1.5
Rembrandt
Brian Eggert
Provides a parallel between its topic and presentation in that both the motion picture and the painter sought to humanize their subjects 
4
October
Matt Brunson
More interesting as education albeit with a heavy dose of Russian propaganda than entertainment 
3
October
Roger Moore
Still essential viewing for any student of the cinema a made that made motion pictures the dominant storytelling medium of the past 100 years from nickelodeons to the Golden Age of the Podcast 
3
Mother's Day
Frank Ochieng
With previous dreck such as 2010 s Valentine s Day and 2011 s New Year s Eve one can imagine what other arbitrary calendar concoction that Marshall can lazily muster up to showcase as a companion piece to his string of hapless holiday treats 
1.5
Mother's Day
Pamela Powell
There s drama and humor but not enough to keep your attention for the two hour running time The film meanders aimlessly in the last half hour attempting to tie up the loose ends 
2
Mother's Day
Sara Michelle Fetters
Mother s Day isn t just bad it s an unforgivable blot on the cinematic landscape 
0
Mother's Day
Max Weiss
The movie Mother s Day is so godawful it doesn t just give the titular holiday a bad name it might actually give mothers a bad name 
1
Mother's Day
David Nusair
Garry Marshall s run of somewhat successful holiday themed films comes to a definitive end with Mother s Day 
1.5
Mother's Day
John Serba
There are moments in Mother s Day where the film grabs comedy s hair pulls back its head and slits its throat 
1.5
Mother's Day
Michael Smith
Unfortunately the drama is lightweight to go along with the comedy that produces few laughs 
2
Mother's Day
John Hanlon
Simplistic contrived and schmaltzy this is a film that has good intentions celebrating mothers but lacks the ambition to offer up anything thoughtful or worthwhile 
1.0
Mother's Day
Christy Lemire
Mother s Day might be trying to show how diverse and progressive it is in representing every kind of family but it s a laugh track away from Three s Company levels of subterfuge 
.5
Mother's Day
Sara Amato
Mother s Day begs the question Why do these movies keep happening 
0.5
Mother's Day
Robert Horton
A batch of skilled actresses led by Jennifer Aniston Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts come together for this old fashioned a nicer word than dated comedy about motherhood 
2
Mother's Day
Josh Terry
The cast does its best with what they are given even if what they are given are often flat jokes 
2
Mother's Day
Katie Walsh
Mother s Day is a total mess but what s truly offensive is that they didn t even try to make this cynical post Sunday brunch cash grab even remotely watchable Your mom deserves so much better this Mother s Day 
1
Mother's Day
Peter Travers
Director Garry Marshall is a menace He keeps killing holidays with all star comedies in which a laugh would die of loneliness Note to Marshall Keep your mitts off Father s Day 
1
Mother's Day
Mark Dujsik
It s difficult to determine which is more groan worthy the laugh less jokes or the aggressive attempts to yank the audience s heartstrings from their rib cages 
1
Mother's Day
Willie Waffle
Get ready for the bland 
1.5
Mother's Day
Brad Wheeler
Mother s Day is a concocted market driven holiday and so is this M M s obsessed movie candy for the sweet toothed among us 
2
Mother's Day
Mick LaSalle
No human being is quite human No adult is quite adult No situation completely makes sense But the overall aura is kind of welcoming It s impossible to take seriously but easy to take 
3
Mother's Day
Jody Mitori
These characters are so paper thin it s surprising they even have names 
1.5
Mother's Day
Dustin Putman
Almost entirely bereft of charm or credibility Mother s Day is so out of touch it might as well take place on a faraway planet where the inhabitants look human and have names but are otherwise blank robotic slates 
1
Mother's Day
Brian Truitt
Unless your mom has an extremely low bar for movie satisfaction it s best to do her a favor and skip a date to Mother s Day 
1
Mother's Day
Sean P. Means
There are a few moments of genuine emotion mostly created by Robertson and Whitehall but they are lone flowers in a desert of sitcom contrivance 
1
Mother's Day
Richard Roeper
Like just about everything else in Mother s Day the nod to the earlier movies are clumsy and pointless and obvious 
0
Mother's Day
Peter Keough
It s like a nightmare in which you are trapped in an endless Kmart aisle of horrible holiday cards 
1
Mother's Day
Sara Stewart
The cinematic equivalent of a paper plate with macaroni and glitter haphazardly glued onto it Mother s Day is a film only its creators could love and even they must be having some misgivings 
1
Mother's Day
Rick Bentley
Marshall uses the same formula of blending together multiple story lines for his light comedy Mother s Day but this time has better defined the plot and embraced the emotion It s not perfect but it s a sweet Mother s Day gift 
3
Mother's Day
Tina Hassannia
The film is so labyrinthine it s scattershot introducing new characters only to forget about them until it s convenient to revisit which renders the film entirely forgettable 
1
Mother's Day
Jen Chaney
When Aniston s character casually mentions Groundhog Day and Flag Day in conversation I immediately thought to myself Be quiet you or Garry Marshall will get even more bad ideas 
1
Mother's Day
Dann Gire
Mother s Day is an abysmal mess a misconceived symphony of artificial emotions playing our heart strings with a sledgehammer 
1
Mother's Day
Peter Canavese
A movie so far up its own posterior that it includes the threatening exchange They made a womb float for Mother s Day I can t wait to see what they do for Father s Day Well I can 
.5
Mother's Day
Peter Sobczynski
A film so awful that if one were to put up a list of the great films celebrating motherhood it would rank considerably lower than the Gus van Sant version of Psycho 
0.5
Mother's Day
Moira MacDonald
A two hour movie so forgettable that I m not convinced it actually exists 
1.5
Mother's Day
Phil Villarreal
These movies are the Avengers of the romcom world 
2.5
Mother's Day
Roger Moore
Maudlin and mawkish sappy and sentimental with barely a laugh in it before the outtakes that fill the closing credits 
1.5
The Actress
Rosalie Kicks
An autobiographical snapshot in time of Ruth Gordon s life as a young determined girl with the dream of being on the stage the dream of being an actress A wonderful script penned by Ruth Gordon herself 
3
Gringo Wedding
Connie Ogle
It doesn t matter which of the two cultures moronically depicted here you hail from In either case you will be annoyed or insulted by this insufferably amateurish comedy 
0
Gringo Wedding
Phoebe Flowers
There are a lot of offensive things about Gringo Wedding an ostensible romantic comedy partially made in South Florida It s racist sexist and homophobic But perhaps most galling is how stupid it is 
0
Shanghai
Katie Walsh
Cusack is halfway between Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart and the result doesn t come together 
2
Shanghai
Nick Allen
Even if an uncredited editor were hired to make clear sense of these pieces the film wouldn t work 
2
Shanghai
Tirdad Derakhshani
It is hampered by weak writing and a badly executed story line 
2
Shanghai
Dann Gire
A turgid anemic already five year old motion picture from Swedish director Mikael Hfstrm 
1.5
Shanghai
Mark Jenkins
Director Mikael Hafstrom and a fine cast and crew have made a film that s elegant and gauche in roughly equal measure 
2
Shanghai
Rex Reed
How many times does John Cusack have to prove he is no leading man In Shanghai he comes off as Sam Spade with chopsticks 
2
Shanghai
Clayton Dillard
Everything in Mikael Hfstrm s film is needlessly bloated to accommodate its status as an international prestige production 
1
Shanghai
Farran Smith Nehme
Cusack says at one point I did what you do with a puzzle I stared at it until it made sense That I can guarantee you won t happen with Shanghai 
1.5
Lost and Love
Tom Keogh
Peng s eye as a director is more pictorial than visually adventurous but she can underscore the urgent heart of a scene no matter how busy with impressive speed 
3
The 15:17 to Paris
Mattie Lucas
A formless narratively inert nothing of a movie that often feels like watching someone s home movies of their trip to Europe for an hour and a half 
1
The 15:17 to Paris
Federico Furzan
A poorly take on realistic cinema that ends up being propaganda por Eastwood s latest Republican goals What a mess Full review in Spanish 
1
The 15:17 to Paris
Matt Brunson
Clint Eastwood has directed 37 motion pictures over the course of 41 years yet none have been as painful to watch as this one 
1.5
The 15:17 to Paris
John Hanlon
A straightforward drama this film works well enough for what it is but it could ve been much better 
3.0
The 15:17 to Paris
Bill Chambers
The 15 17 to Paris is vital filmmaking almost in spite of itself 
3
The 15:17 to Paris
Dustin Putman
Simply put this is one of the most ill advised biopics to grace screens in years 
1
The 15:17 to Paris
James Kendrick
The film is sold on the idea that the real life heroes play themselves but it s a fatal mistake that undercuts what few good scenes the film does offer outside of the train attack
1.5
The 15:17 to Paris
Linda Cook
As a Clint Eastwood experiment and a sincere tribute to the heroism of the three men involved it succeeds with its earnestness 
3
The 15:17 to Paris
David Nusair
It s well intentioned subject matter that s handled for the most part rather poorly by Clint Eastwood 
2.5
The 15:17 to Paris
Rex Reed
Despite good intentions the movie never lives up to the breathless excitement the real life story promises 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Chuck Bowen
One misses the prismatic structure of the 15 17 to Paris book which fuses multiple points of view and which is reduced by Dorothy Blyskal s script to cut and pasted bromides 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Katie Walsh
The action sequence on the train is truly remarkable and Eastwood shoots with a documentary style immediacy but the surrounding film especially the script and performances doesn t serve this thrilling true life story or the audience 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Tom Meek
Clint Eastwood a capable and competent filmmaker seems to have trusted the script and his non actors more than his instincts 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Josh Terry
Fortunately once things jump ahead we see Spencer and Alek make their way into the military now played by themselves and things get progressively better 
2.5
The 15:17 to Paris
Ben Sachs
The 15 17 to Paris shows that the 87 year old director is still capable of surprises 
3
The 15:17 to Paris
Barry Paris
The brief but exciting climax almost but not quite redeems such deficiencies 
2.5
The 15:17 to Paris
John Semley
A consummate work in Eastwood s filmography 
4
The 15:17 to Paris
Peter Travers
Eastwood terrorist thriller casts three American heroes to play themselves They had never acted before and as far as I m concerned their record is clean leaving the gripping complex movie that might have been frustratingly out of reach 
2.5
The 15:17 to Paris
Mark Dujsik
How do you mess up this story so spectacularly 
1
The 15:17 to Paris
Sara Stewart
Minus its pivotal event The 15 17 to Paris feels a lot like sitting through someone else s endless photo slide show Really only interesting to the people who lived it 
1.5
The 15:17 to Paris
Richard Roeper
It s impossible to say whether The 15 17 to Paris would have been a better movie with professional actors in the lead roles All we can do is go with what we ve got 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Peter Howell
With The 15 17 to Paris Eastwood once again tells an American story with a narrow minded efficiency that somehow makes reality seem fake 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Michael Phillips
We love stories of real life heroics and grace under lethal pressure But we need them to be more than the sum of their stirring intentions 
1.5
The 15:17 to Paris
Carla Meyer
Athough Eastwood deserves credit for not going the cheesy route by drawing out the attack unnaturally the rest of 15 17 is so drawn out you almost wish he would have given into cheese 
1
The 15:17 to Paris
Gary Thompson
The incident on the train accounts for just a few minutes of screen time for another 90 minutes they re in a flatlined buddy movie without much help from Eastwood he insisted they not train as actors or the screenplay 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Matt Zoller Seitz
If only someone could ve heroically intervened to save this movie 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Roger Moore
Perhaps Clint One Take Eastwood wasn t the right guy to direct a movie acted by non actors and some pretty lousy child actors as well 
2
The 15:17 to Paris
Jake Coyle
The heroes of the train attack deserve all the praise But zoom out a little and it s hard not to see Eastwood s America centric focus in The 15 17 to Paris as self serving 
2
36 Hours
Matt Brunson
A crackerjack thriller adapted from a short story by the great Roald Dahl 
3.5
36 Hours
David Nusair
entirely squanders as irresistible a setup as one could possibly envision 
2
Nanban
Michael Dequina
Director Shankar definitely preserves the irresistible core appeal of 3 IDIOTS even if a stronger helping of his unique unmistakable filmmaking spice would have been more than welcome 
3
Kinsey
David N. Butterworth
Kinsey like the pioneering sex researcher profiled therein reduces its subject to a bit of a dry academic exercise 
2.5
Kinsey
David Nusair
A seriously by the numbers biopic 
1.5
Kinsey
Betsy Bozdech
As an introduction to one of the 20th century s most polarizing personalities Condon s picture pushes all the right buttons 
3
Kinsey
Peter T. Chattaway
Kinsey is a hagiographic tribute to the man who helped make possible the emerging do whatever you want orthodoxy of our own times 
3
Kinsey
Wesley Lovell
Kinsey isn t the story of a moral man It is about how one person s morality can affect a culture of repression 
4
Kinsey
Nick Rogers
Blessed with a knockout cast writer director Bill Condon delivers a film that rises above biopic conventions until its murky message ending 
3
Kinsey
Forrest Hartman
Kinsey is successful because it allows Neeson to build a full bodied portrait of the man and his actions are condensed into fascinating and well paced sequences 
3.5
Kinsey
Sean McBride
a curiously detached film particularly given the subject matter
2.5
Kinsey
David Keyes
basks in the afterglow of all its enlightening inclinations without any sense of shame or regret 
3.5
Kinsey
Linda Cook
Controversy always will be associated with the man and the film 
4
Kinsey
Ross Anthony
The film could have been much richer had it given equal screen time to the emotive Also character aging problems they don t Otherwise slightly above ave 
2.5
Kinsey
Jon Niccum
The coldness of its main character rubs off on this earnest project as a whole 
2.5
Kinsey
Mike McGranaghan
Kinsey doesn t sanctify the man but it does suggest that had he not existed the world would have needed to invent him 
4
Kinsey
Frank Ochieng
Unassumingly intoxicating in its frivolity and frankness Kinsey arouses in more ways than one 
3.5
Kinsey
James Sanford
As both a screenwriter and a director Condon does a first rate job of making potentially difficult subject matter accessible without rendering it bland 
4
Kinsey
Bob Bloom
Kinsey is one of the best movies of the year It shows how far we have come while the furor surrounding the movie also demonstrates how much more we need to travel 
3.5
Kinsey
Lawrence Toppman
Neeson s performance is earnest dogged vivid vital 
3.5
Kinsey
Jeff Vice
Playing such a conflicted character isn t easy but Neeson is up to it And his convincing performance ensures that the film is watchable even when its main character is unlikable 
2.5
Kinsey
Sean P. Means
Neeson gives a brilliant performance tightly wound but always genial as if bursting with the good news of scientific liberation 
3.5
Kinsey
Matt Brunson
Emerges not only as a movie about another time but as a movie of our time a reminder that progress can be made only when someone s willing to step up to the plate 
3.5
Kinsey
Larry Ratliff
If you re tough enough to attend however be sure to stick around for the frisky closing credits They re animals I tell you 
3
Kinsey
Phil Villarreal
Neeson who was nominated for a best actor Oscar for Schindler s List 1993 makes a formidable push for a second tuxedo rental 
3
Kinsey
James Kendrick
Condon s screenplay is streamlined and literate balancing the depictions of Kinsey s personal life with his academic work 
3
Kinsey
Steve Rhodes
By the numbers biopic is oft times funny and sometimes sad but on the whole is rather dull making sex about as exciting as flipping through an anatomy textbook 
2.5
Kinsey
Eric Harrison
The biopic succumbs to a paint by numbers feel as it dutifully touches the highs and lows of a life that can t easily fit within two hours 
2
Kinsey
Duane Dudek
Condon may favor one side of the debate over the other but not at the expense of presenting enough information for people to make up their own minds 
3.5
Kinsey
Joe Baltake
The remarkable Liam Neeson does an affectingly self effacing turn in the title role 
4
Kinsey
Rene Rodriguez
Smart eloquent and refreshingly free of condescension Kinsey makes clear we d all be a lot worse off without him 
3.5
Kinsey
Terry Lawson
I can t imagine the performances or much else being improved on 
4
Kinsey
Glenn Kenny
Neeson essays a brave and often endearing portrait of Kinsey as an occasionally absent minded and at times almost dangerously obsessed prof 
3.5
Kinsey
Jeanne Aufmuth
A candid and beautifully crafted film 
3.5
Kinsey
James Verniere
Provocative and intelligent biographical film 
3
Kinsey
Moira MacDonald
It s the biography of a sex pioneer disguised as a love story or a romance with some rather intriguing side issues and it begins with one of cinema s more intriguing pickup lines I ve been reading up on gall wasps 
3
Kinsey
Mick LaSalle
It s a film Kinsey himself might have appreciated It s sober never flashy or exciting but always engrossing both for its penetration into Kinsey s psychology and for the effects his findings are shown to have on the world and the people around him 
3.5
Kinsey
David Elliott
The movie has the crackle of important changes at work though it tends to slap and tickle its themes 
3
Kinsey
Rick Groen
Straight from the first frames writer director Bill Condon adroitly tackles the problem that all biopics about accomplished people invariably bump up against How to marry the life to the work dramatizing one without slighting the other 
3
Kinsey
Lisa Kennedy
Not only does Kinsey flow with the purpose of biographical narrative it provides a compelling portrait of a momentous shift in American culture 
3.5
Kinsey
Mary F. Pols
While the movie does cover the basic who what where and when of Alfred Kinsey s 62 years on Earth its true focus is on his work 
3
Kinsey
Roger Ebert
The strength of Kinsey is finally in the clarity it brings to its title character It is fascinating to meet a complete original a person of intelligence and extremes 
4
Kinsey
Ty Burr
Condon sketches in the sexually benighted pre World War II era with amusing and alarming touches 
3.5
Kinsey
Jeffrey Westhoff
Everything about Kinsey is first class especially the performances yet the film cannot be honest with itself 
2
Kinsey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a sense Neeson s performance is not as grand as many biopics allow or require because the actor is generous enough to share his spotlight with others 
3
Kinsey
Erik Childress
Writer director Bill Condon wisely equals the focus on both the man and his focus rather than package a greatest hits collection 
3
Kinsey
Bruce Newman
As Kinsey the remarkable new film about his life clearly reveals there was more to the biologist in the bow tie than met the eye 
3.5
Kinsey
Chris Hewitt
A compassionate moving and witty film 
4
Kinsey
Michael Wilmington
A moving and often very funny look at an unlikely revolutionary 
3.5
Kinsey
Peter Canavese
Kinsey s many contradictions and awkward personality get full attention from Condon s clever treatment and Liam Neeson s best screen performance in years 
3.5
Kinsey
John Anderson
A 10 million movie that looks like it was made by Hollywood s biggest spendthrift Kinsey is full of delicately wrought moments 
3
Kinsey
Lou Lumenick
Though it s perhaps the least salacious major movie ever made about sex the biopic Kinsey is hardly clinical it s as purely entertaining as it is thought provoking and timely 
3.5
Kinsey
Jack Mathews
Kinsey is not easy to like as a person but Condon has done such a good job of filling in the doctor s psychological backstory that we understand his single minded determination to suss out every last detail of human sexuality 
3.5
Kinsey
Glenn Whipp
Whatever you might think about Kinsey s research methods and findings Kinsey succeeds marvelously in its depiction of how his pioneering work sent shock waves into 1950s America 
3
Kinsey
Sarah Chauncey
Kinsey is a rare film in the best possible sense 
3.5
Kinsey
Rob Blackwelder
Condon always finds a way to seamlessly marry the crux of his story to the strengths of his medium 
3
Kinsey
Mark Dujsik
Wisely Condon never condemns nor endorses Kinsey s viewpoint 
3
Kinsey
James Berardinelli
Although the strength of Kinsey is the subject matter it would be criminal not to note the fine performances of Liam Neeson and Laura Linney who imbue their characters with humanity and likeability 
3
Kinsey
David Sterritt
The movie s style is fairly staid but it s hard to imagine how Neeson could be better and the subject is handled with taste and tact 
3
Kinsey
Joe McGovern
In a post November 2nd world Kinsey is just what we need 
3
Kinsey
Peter Travers
Kinsey wanted to snap the public out of sexual ignorance And Condon s knockout of a movie tries to do the same You ll be shocked at how far we haven t come 
3.5
Kinsey
Walter Chaw
Opens the conversation again on the infinite varieties of human sexuality 
3
Unfriend
Leo Brady
Friend Request is an attempt to get the Halloween crowd a few weeks early but it s the type of invitation you should just ignore 
1.5
Unfriend
Frank Ochieng
Emotionally empty and highlighted with sophomoric dialogue and lame twitches denying this Friend Request is the next best thing to embracing an enemy on your Twitter account 
1
Unfriend
Pamela Powell
Just in time for Halloween this up to date horror film might make you think twice before you friend someone you don t know And that s not a bad lesson to learn 
2.5
Unfriend
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
When the best thing about your movie is its unfamiliar location you know you have a problem 
1
Unfriend
David Nusair
Instantly forgettable 
1
Unfriend
Linda Cook
There s a little more to this Friend Request than you might imagine 
2
Unfriend
Josh Terry
For all the good scares there are just as many snickers and some hammy execution suggests that Verhoeven s film is a request that should probably be ignored 
2
Unfriend
Matthew Rozsa
The characters aren t as obnoxious and unlikable as the ones in Smiley and Unfriended but then again bland and forgettable is only a marginally preferable alternative 
1.5
Unfriend
Mark Dujsik
When dealing with something as stale and formulaic as Friend Request you have to take what you can get 
1.5
Unfriend
Sara Michelle Fetters
Look people doing dumb things in a horror movie is par for the course Heck it s even part of the fun But there becomes a point where things can get taken a step too far 
1.5
Unfriend
Robert Horton
If the story is standard teen horror material Verhoeven plays honestly by it laying out the scares in crisp fashion and building a few genuinely WTF moments if not much LOL 
2
Unfriend
Roger Moore
Social media will kill you Yeah We get it Again 
1
Unfriend
Moira MacDonald
Evil is trending indeed 
1.5
Unfriend
Pat Padua
Despite a few well timed jump scares Friend Request never really builds much tension 
1.5
Unfriend
Chuck Bowen
It predictably utilizes Facebook to superficially spit shine another wanly Americanized J horror retread 
1
Mission: Impossible III
Brian Eggert
What I admire about and why I enjoy returning to Abrams 8217 sequel is the momentum and emotional immediacy of the plot 46 
3.5
Mission: Impossible III
David Nusair
Mission Impossible III kicks off with an in media res opening that effectively establishes the stakes and the decidedly vicious bent of Hoffman s maniacal villain 
3
Mission: Impossible III
Joe Lozito
Mr Abrams it seems has chosen to accept his mission And I ll be darned if he doesn t succeed 
3
Mission: Impossible III
Kam Williams
Sit back and simply enjoy all the spectacular stunt work chase scenes f x pyrotechnics gunplay and comic relief with your brain on idle and a big tub of popcorn in your lap 
4
Mission: Impossible III
Michael A. Smith
Given a story that calls for emotion Cruise shows the turmoil his character is going through
3.5
Mission: Impossible III
Todd Hertz
Abrams and Cruise deserve credit for breathing life and heart into a franchise with lots of potential 
3
Mission: Impossible III
Jorge Avila Andrade
La cinta se siente fresca y actual lo que le da nueva vida a una franquicia que parecía haberse agotado con tan sólo dos entregas 
3
Mission: Impossible III
Gina Carbone
Tom is a superhero His superpower is INTENSITY for which there is apparently no kryptonite 
3
Mission: Impossible III
John Beifuss
Flatters moviegoers who want to believe their loved ones can never know their true depths and that deceptions and disguises are a necessary part of life 
2.5
Mission: Impossible III
Jonathan R. Perry
The small screen sensibility of Alias creator J J Abrams proves to be the adrenaline shot needed to finally get this franchise on its feet 
3
George Fox and the Quakers
David N. Butterworth
A dry but well researched documentary about the life and legacy of the founder of the Religious Society of Friends 
2.5
Victor/Victoria
Wesley Lovell
It was a sensational 44 engaging 44 and evocative film that rightly remains one of the bright spots of 1982 and of historical pro LGBTQ cinema 46 
4
Victor/Victoria
Matt Brunson
Robert Preston is marvelous 
3.5
Victor/Victoria
Betsy Bozdech
Really the only top notch movie about a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman 
3.5
Victor/Victoria
Roger Ebert
Not only a funny movie but unexpectedly a warm and friendly one 
3
Victor/Victoria
Jeremy Heilman
Because Edwards cast so skillfully convinces us that his tightly controlled environments are loosely thrown together the energy level of Victor Victoria rarely flags 
4
The Inhabitant (El habitante)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
We are before a compulsively entertaining piece of genre 
1.5
The Strange House
Roger Moore
Lighthearted and as horror movies go something of a Goonies lark But low expectations and having pre teens to watch this with the target audience won t leave you too disappointed 
2
Faat Kiné
Ken Fox
An ebullient and resolutely feminist look at Africa s post colonial future from Senegal s Ousmane Sembene 
4
Faat Kiné
Walter Chaw
Faat Kin and Sembene s brilliance is an ability to teach without proselytizing he allows characters to point fingers without wagging his at them in return
3.5
Cronos
David Nusair
a striking debut that feels long even at 94 minutes and would ve worked a whole lot better as a short 
1.5
Cronos
Steven Rea
Guillermo del Toro s feature debut is an arch twist on the vampire tale 
3
Cronos
Achy Obejas
While the film s first half entices with its secrets the second half falls into a predictable narrative that refuses to even suggest possibilities 
2.5
Cronos
Neil Martin
The film s shocking grotesqueness is not just for show It is one element in a multi layered cultural commentary 
3
Cronos
James Kendrick
With its mixture of popcorn horror and sensual artistry Cronos is both grotesque and beautiful a sometimes surreal combination that has become the hallmark of Del Toro s best films
3.5
Cronos
Roger Ebert
Cronos is not really about plot It is about character 
3
Cronos
James Berardinelli
There were no unnerving images in Cronos There s a lot of blood and gore but that s rather routine 
2.5
Cronos
Chris Hicks
Hardly for everyone fans of horror who are looking for something different will likely be the most pleased by this unique entry in the genre And del Toro proves himself a talent to watch for in the future 
2.5
Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West
Bill Weber
This seven part documentary about the decades long fight to dismantle the murderous apartheid government of South Africa does not bend to the Great Man theory of history 
3.5
Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West
Tamara Straus
The documentary s rousing thesis is that American economic pressure can transform a nation halfway across the globe and do it in the name of liberty and equality 
4
Shattered Glass
David Nusair
It s intriguing stuff that s heightened by the efforts of a seriously impressive supporting cast 
2.5
Shattered Glass
Nick Rogers
Using unexpectedly suspenseful character drama Shattered Glass elevates itself to the upper echelon of journalism films Unless there s ever a 24 famous enough to warrant biopic treatment this will likely be Christensen s only great performance 
4
Shattered Glass
Marty Mapes
Not a particularly cinematic story but outstanding performances justify this production
3
Shattered Glass
Vince Koehler
What a powerful movie 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Lori Hoffman
Hayden Christensen is charmingly slimy
3
Shattered Glass
David Keyes
not a very theatrical film but still concise and taut without being skimpy on necessary traits 
3
Shattered Glass
James Kendrick
a scintillating morality play about the lengths to which some people will go in order to be accepted
3.5
Shattered Glass
John Beifuss
At one point the Glass character defines journalism as the art of capturing behavior and that s also where this movie excels 
3
Shattered Glass
David N. Butterworth
Not since All the Presidents Men has journalistic integrity been so entertainingly scrutinized 
3
Shattered Glass
Katrina Onstad
Shattered Glass isn t the final word on the decay of journalistic ethics but it s a solid office movie that hints at a different set of problems currently eating away at the profession 
2.5
Shattered Glass
Rick Groen
What are we to learn from this Not the broad lesson that every line of work has its share of charlatans The script is way too pious to swallow such a generic pill And not anything important about Glass since there s no real character examination 
2.5
Shattered Glass
Dustin Putman
A thoroughly fascinating examination of a shameful footnote in journalistic history that many people probably wish to forget 
3
Shattered Glass
Jeff Vice
One of the more effective recent feature films about the newsgathering process even if it doesn t quite meet the standard set in 1976 by All the President s Men 
3
Shattered Glass
Joe Baltake
Shattered Glass has the skill and power to make you squirm 
4
Shattered Glass
Robert W. Butler
A terrific white knuckler one that builds up a head of excruciating suspense even though most viewers already know how it ends 
3
Shattered Glass
Sean P. Means
Ray succeeds in making the newsroom feel as exciting and as dangerous as a battlefield 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Elias Savada
Billy Ray has crafted an entertaining film filled it with understated performances and delivered a small pearl 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Duane Dudek
Like all man bites dog stories Shattered Glass is inherently fascinating because it and Steven Glass are the exception to a widely accepted rule 
3
Shattered Glass
Ed Gonzalez
Shattered Glass speaks simultaneously to our humanity and sense of moral outrage 
3
Shattered Glass
Phil Villarreal
Incomplete The movie doesn t play the story out all the way to its true ending with Glass signing a fat book deal to write a novel based on his own life
3
Shattered Glass
Rob Blackwelder
Through Christensen s economical soft shoe performance Glass s zeal and obliging modesty work the same disarming hoodoo on the viewer as they do on his snake oiled co workers
3
Shattered Glass
Matt Brunson
The surprise of Shattered Glass is that it s ultimately a celebration of journalistic integrity 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Sarah Chauncey
Shattered Glass may not break any box office records but with a stellar cast tight script and insightful direction it is destined to take its place in journalistic if not cinematic history as a warning about the dangers of ruthless ambition 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film is both seductive and maddening 
3
Shattered Glass
Sara Michelle Fetters
At its best cinema can shine a light on the human condition from fallacy to heroism and everything in between like no other medium 
3
Shattered Glass
Moira MacDonald
As directed by Billy Ray the film has an exceptionally tight focus and a fascinating story to tell 
3.5
Shattered Glass
David Elliott
Ray directs for palpable tension but has a rudimentary a b c plot 
2.5
Shattered Glass
Rene Rodriguez
Reminds you how our culture s emphasis on success and stardom in any field and the betrayal of ethics to attain them has a cumulative corrosive effect on society no matter how small the stage may be 
3
Shattered Glass
Wesley Morris
Smart about good vs evil 
3
Shattered Glass
Chris Hewitt
The portrait of Glass is particularly sharp 
3
Shattered Glass
Michael Booth
A good movie about a real life problem journalist that unfortunately has almost nothing to do with journalism s real life problems 
3
Shattered Glass
Terry Lawson
Not only an honest depiction of one journalist s rampant dishonesty but a compelling movie by just about any standard 
3
Shattered Glass
Phoebe Flowers
Much like the vivid stories Glass passed off as journalism Shattered Glass is compulsively entertaining 
3
Shattered Glass
Steven Rea
A study in moviemaking that doesn t resonate beyond its subject matter 
2.5
Shattered Glass
Jeff Strickler
It takes craft insight and expert delivery to make an insider story interesting to those on the outside And that s exactly what Shattered Glass does 
3
Shattered Glass
Leigh Johnson
While the storytelling relies a little too much on some clichd devices Shattered Glass is still a fascinating well acted movie with some very compelling characters 
3
Shattered Glass
Jeffrey Westhoff
Joins All the President s Men The Insider and Call Northside 777 on the list of essential journalism films 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Ruthe Stein
An impressively compelling film about disgraced journalist Stephen Glass 
3
Shattered Glass
Peter Travers
A scarily compelling thriller that puts journalistic ethics on trial 
3
Shattered Glass
Roger Ebert
The movie is smart about journalism because it is smart about offices 
3.5
Shattered Glass
Erik Childress
If All the President s Men was old school in its depiction of the journalist as crusader then Glass is for the new generation where entertainment has replaced facts 
4
Shattered Glass
Glenn Lovell
A film that strikes me as too slick and self satisfied by half like its preppie suck up hero 
2
Shattered Glass
Mark Caro
Sarsgaard plays Lane with great subtlety and grace 
3
Shattered Glass
Jeanne Aufmuth
One of the year s most compelling films 
4
Shattered Glass
Glenn Whipp
An interesting study of high stakes reporting that will probably be shown at journalism schools for at least a generation or two 
3
Shattered Glass
Jack Mathews
Next to the subsequent Jayson Blair debacle at The New York Times the Glass affair is about as scandalous as a condom found in the parking lot at a National Youth Christian Leadership Conference 
2
Shattered Glass
Emily Blunt
Shattered Glass smolders like the subtle giant Mt Vesuvius Based on the true story of fallen journalist Stephen Glass 
4
Shattered Glass
Mike Clark
Christensen is so good in the role that you wonder anew what went wrong with his performance as Anakin Skywalker in the last Star Wars 
3.5
Shattered Glass
David Sterritt
The best movie about American journalism since All the President s Men 
4
Shattered Glass
Steve Rhodes
One of this year s very best films is a gripping tale that is as fun as it is mesmerizing Of course I could have made all of this up You ll have to check my facts 
4
Shattered Glass
Jan Stuart
Christensen immerses himself completely and chillingly into the skin of Glass 
3.5
Shattered Glass
James Berardinelli
Shattered Glass may be light when it comes to psychological questions but its detailed accounting of Glass actions makes for fascinating viewing 
3
Shattered Glass
Walter Chaw
The film is ingratiating and more dangerous than it seems because of it 
3
Shattered Glass
Scott Nash
The pacing is great the script is witty and the acting is rock solid 
4
Polisse
Kelly Jane Torrance
That emphasis on realism in plot and portrayal has paid off 
3
Polisse
Rob Thomas
The French drama is a gritty and intimate look at big city detectives that had me wondering what the French word for wire is 
3
Polisse
John Hartl
Whatever you think of it you won t be neutral 
3
Polisse
Chris Hewitt
Polisse made me wonder how to say Its reach exceeds its grasp in French 
2
Polisse
Joe Williams
Polisse draws us uncomfortably close to a taboo subject then rewards us with real nourishment 
3
Polisse
Michael O'Sullivan
It s messy boring funny suspenseful touching jubilant and tragic 
3.5
Polisse
Mick LaSalle
A fascinating multicharacter drama about the police who work in Paris child protection unit 
3
Polisse
Patrick Z. McGavin
The film s one great scene is cancelled out by the baroquely improbable and absurdly overwrought ending 
2.5
Polisse
Wesley Morris
All the tears I shed were hard earned So were all the laughing and clapping and eye covering 
4
Polisse
Carrie Rickey
The mosaic of cases and caseworkers is like a season of The Wire distilled into two hours 
3.5
Polisse
Roger Ebert
The film s director and co writer is Maiwenn an actress and now third time filmmaker who is accomplished at following several story lines and weaving them together 
3
Polisse
Robert Levin
It s filled with shocking dialogue and disturbing content but treats it all in a strangely facile way 
2
Polisse
V.A. Musetto
While never exploitative Polisse can be extremely disturbing 
3
Polisse
Christy Lemire
Sure you ve seen this sort of material before comparisons to HBO s The Wire are frequent and obvious but when it s done right as it is here it s gripping 
3.5
Polisse
Jesse Cataldo
Polisse has been compared to The Wire but beyond a shared interest in the Sisyphean nature of police work the two are mostly comparable as inverses of each other
2.5
Punchline
Betsy Bozdech
Field and Hanks both give memorable performances in David Seltzer s poignant dramedy about the world of stand up comedy 
3
Punchline
Roger Ebert
The problem may be that the movie isn t nearly tough enough It needs to be more hard boiled more merciless in its dissection of egos more perceptive about the cutthroat nature of show business 
2
The Tiger Hunter
James Berardinelli
As a feel good dramatic comedy The Tiger Hunter hits most of the right notes while only sounding a few sour ones 
2.5
The Tiger Hunter
Mike McGranaghan
A sweet charming little picture Danny Pudi is winning in the lead role 
3
The Tiger Hunter
Pat Padua
An encouraging look at the American Dream at a time when it too often seems like a nightmare 
2.5
The Tiger Hunter
Rick Bentley
Lena Khan has directed Pudi into such a passive approach to the character that there are no sparks whether it be the sweet love story or the cockeyed corporate world shenanigans 
2
The Tiger Hunter
Kam Williams
A lighthearted look at the pursuit of the elusive American Dream from the perspective of a lovesick expat from the Subcontinent 
4
Bluff
Roger Moore
Indifferent cop embeds with junkies and drug dealers tale saddled with colorless performances banal dialogue low energy villains and an overfamiliar story arc 
1
Outlaws
Mark Dujsik
Outlaws is kind of like a modern day interpretation of Macbeth that involves an Australian motorcycle gang The movie also is quite dumb 
1
Outlaws
Keith Watson
This biker drama is little more than an endless stream of brooding yelling and badass posturing broken up by grisly violence and gratuitous sex scenes 
1
The Girl Can't Help It
James Kendrick
delightfully weird in trying to straddle multiple generations 44 genres 44 and tones
3
The Girl Can't Help It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Many parodies have unsheathed their blades to skewer the world of showbiz but this one uses a corkscrew 
4
The Girl Can't Help It
Fernando F. Croce
Years before Kenneth Anger 44 Frank Tashlin located the decadent Babylon in Hollywood and found it not that different from the splashy Looney Tunes bonanzas he used to fashion during his salad days as an animator 46 
3.5
My Tehran for Sale
James Bradshaw
An undeniably courageous effort to document the inward defiance smouldering in many behind a veneer of submission 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Brian Eggert
If there s one characteristic that sets the X Men franchise apart from the MCU its how rarely the films remain true to the comics both in their storylines and characters 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
David Gonzalez
The film 44 although entertaining 44 did not live up to his previous efforts 46 The unbalance within the film was the most glaring issue 46 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Matt Brunson
Glowering under buckets of gloppy blue makeup Isaac doesn t seem to be playing a godlike figure capable of destroying the world as much as the sort of grumpy uncle who always complains at barbecues that there s not enough mayonnaise in the cole slaw 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sarah Knight Adamson
the parts that director Bryan Singer gets right be they heart wrenching flashbacks or mind blowing visuals are what really saves the day 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Pamela Powell
If you are not a fan you might still enjoy it but the long run time pushes the envelope of your attention skills 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Kevin A. Ranson
Will Apocalypse destroy the world or will he spend the entire second act battle posed with his minions in the high deserts over Cairo monologuing to Professor X 
1
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sara Michelle Fetters
I still liked his latest X Men effort quite a bit flaws and all the aspirations fueling it almost as super as they are heroic 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sonny Bunch
Nothing about this film makes sense 
1.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
John Beifuss
Unlike many of his competitors Singer finds grace notes amid the chaos as when Xavier s exploding mansion is freeze framed in time so we can watch the impossibly fast Quicksilver almost nonchalantly pluck innocents from the path of destruction 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
John Serba
So many beads of sweat dripping down the sides of angsty faces So many eyes shut tight in intense concentration So many implied intestinal blockages 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Wesley Lovell
A fine addition to the X Universe the film has a few minor issues but stays true to the franchise and to the spirit of its characters 
3.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Linda Cook
X Men Apocalypse is a solid entry in the super hero genre 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
James Kendrick
just when you start thinking there s something there the film shifts into wholesale destruction mode
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
David Nusair
An obvious low point in the otherwise solid X Men series 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
David Keyes
What it lacks in the pitch of liveliness it more than makes up for in character exposition and effective trickles of story progression 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Kam Williams
This episode is the 4th directed by the series originator Bryan Singer whose sophisticated touch always allows an audience to enjoy a relatively cerebral cinematic experience 
3.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
John Hanlon
For a series that has stood out for its uniqueness this sequel feels sadly traditional and bland 
2.0
X-Men: Apocalypse
Mike McGranaghan
Tries to be a continuation of the previous two chapters while also serving as an origin story for characters who appeared in the first wave of X Men pictures This leads to a muddled story that feels like it s going forward and backward simultaneously 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Michael Smith
If only the filmmakers possessed the mutation to travel back in time and make a different movie that s smart and fun like the last two films rather than labored and cliched 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Neil Rosen
Fassbender Lawrence and McAvoy class up the proceedings and along with a cast of younger mutants and a surprise cameo make it a lot of fun 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Robert Horton
The movie s overlong at nearly 2 1 2 hours but the first 90 minutes are the best superhero stuff we ve seen this year full of character building and quick action beats 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Josh Terry
For all the mess Apocalypse makes the quality of its cast and characters combined with the strength of the stories that have come before will at least make Singer s new film entertaining as a quick fix 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The ninth movie in the franchise leaves the impression that its makers should have left well enough alone 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Christian Toto
Maybe it s time for the franchise to take a knee 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Phil Villarreal
The sight of Peters zipping through still time is so chillingly brilliant that you wish they created an Oscar for best pop song special effects sequence 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Willie Waffle
This is not one for the uninitiated It s also not one for people who like action and thrills 
1.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Barry Hertz
Comic fans will be mystified Movie fans will be confused Everyone will leave disappointed 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Peter Travers
Enough already Singer throws so much mutant at us that nothing sticks I was almost rooting for Trump to impose a quota 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Anders Wright
A disappointing mediocre movie 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sean P. Means
Somewhere in the midst of the computer generated carnage of X Men Apocalypse as the valiant mutant students of Prof Charles Xavier again did battle with the evil mutants arrayed against them I was struck by a wave of déjà vu 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Stephen Rebello
X Men Apocalypse isn t bad enough to kill a huge money machine franchise But if any band of superheroes could stand a cinematic intervention stat it would be these freaks and geeks 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Tina Hassannia
X Men Apocalypse seems to know exactly what it s doing and feels comfortable and confident in its retro 80s set world The film balances its self seriousness featuring heartbreaking backstory side plots with lighthearted humour 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Tony Norman
X Men Apocalypse would be considered a perfectly acceptable superhero movie if far more satisfying movies in the genre didn t already exist 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Ty Burr
The property is running on bald tires and for all its ear splitting racket and lavish effects Apocalypse is the barest of retreads 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Mark Dujsik
The movie marks a course correction for the series in the wrong direction 
1.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sara Stewart
Mostly it s the same old story Bad mutants versus good mutants with the fate of us humans mostly off screen disturbingly expendable hanging in the balance 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Richard Roeper
Even the hardcore geeks who like to get their Comic Con on might be feeling a little superhero fatigue right about now Still You owe it to yourself to see Quicksilver do his thing 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Calvin Wilson
X Men Apocalypse isn t a catastrophe but you may find it lacking 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Michael O'Sullivan
At times Apocalypse can be great fun even if it doesn t know when to hand its car keys to a friend and ask to be taken home 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Akeem Lawanson
Overall X Men Apocalypse bookmarks the chapter on one of the team s most powerful foes and leaves us wondering what s in store for the next class of the X Men 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Jeff Beck
It would appear that this new franchise is finally starting to show a little weakness for what Singer delivers with X Men Apocalypse doesn t even come close to reaching the quality of the films that preceded it 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Stephen Whitty
Why is Bryan Singer even making this Does he remember 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Lawrence Toppman
Yet another summer superhero movie admittedly with fine special effects where powerful characters misguidedly battle each other until they realize they have to defeat a common enemy 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
David Frese
Feels like an exercise of obligation just another item on 20th Century Fox s spring honey do list Replace the batteries in the smoke alarms release another X Men movie clean the gutters Rarely has the end of the world felt so inconsequential 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Moira MacDonald
X Men Apocalypse moves along tidily but you watch thinking that all this used to be a lot more fun 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Bob Bloom
Situations character conflicts and lines of dialogue seem to be repeated and reiterated again from previous X Men movies 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Steven Rea
It s the end of the world as we know it because we ve seen it in a dozen other superhero movies by now 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It never reaches the heights of the previous entries the scripts is too flawed and Snger s direction isn t energetic enough to make us care enough Full review in Spanish 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sandy Cohen
The film is fun in its own right with its grand scope and great special effects and it doesn t require a viewer s knowledge of its predecessors to be enjoyed even if those who already know the characters get an even bigger payoff 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
James Berardinelli
As a superhero movie in general and an X Men movie in particular Apocalypse delivers everything a viewer could reasonably expect from it 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Mick LaSalle
This is turning into the season of superheroes battling other superheroes but X Men Apocalypse is the first one so far to do it right 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Dustin Putman
Has a way of grabbing the viewer from the start and not letting go until the end credits its visual panache and lucid control of storytelling both in front of and behind the camera consistently impressive 
3
X-Men: Apocalypse
Brian Truitt
The latest in the X Men movie franchise is just X meh 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Peter Canavese
For all its failings including the crime of not being exhilarating X Men Apocalypse remains a competent sci fi actioner 
2.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Roger Moore
Enough already
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Michael Phillips
I ve seen worse this year And better 
2
X-Men: Apocalypse
Sam C. Mac
The issue with X Men Apocalypse is that Bryan Singer suggests so many possible directions to go in and still chooses the least interesting one 
2.5
Malice
Roger Ebert
Offhand this is the only movie I can recall in which an entire subplot about a serial killer is thrown in simply for atmosphere 
2
Malice
David Nusair
a superior thriller that does more than 20 years later remain one of the best examples of the genre 
3.5
Malice
Michael Dequina
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0
The Cabin in the Woods
Brian Eggert
A self aware twist on haunted cottage slashers 44 the movie contains a lot of secrets 44 and oh what fun the audience will have discovering them in this funny 44 shocking 44 and intriguing arena 46 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Mattie Lucas
One of the most creative and thoroughly entertaining experiences the horror genre has given us in quite some time 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Scott Renshaw
Do yourself a favor and go see it Then when talking about it with friends who haven t seen it shhhhhh 
4
The Cabin in the Woods
Chris Knight
If The Cabin in the Woods were a meal it would consist of 90 minutes of studying a well written menu and then ordering the cream pie which arrives in your face Sweet sweet release 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Dann Gire
An amazing tidy little thriller that like its Escher like movie poster gleefully turns the horror genre upside down 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
David Keyes
This is a movie that knows it is capitalizing on the clichés and stupidity of its genre but refuses to bow to the same simple minded standards to achieve something more
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Scott Nash
I don t know that this movie exceeded my expectations but it certainly matched them 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Peter Hartlaub
By the time the ride is over director Drew Goddard and co writers Goddard and Joss Whedon will change course three or four times nodding and winking but never losing momentum 
4
The Cabin in the Woods
Jack Rodgers
The Cabin in the Woods is a fiendishly clever constantly imaginative horror thriller that keeps springing new surprises on the audience right up until the end credits 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Jeff Beck
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard have gone all out to revitalize the horror genre with their brilliant take on an old tale 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
John Beifuss
Some fans may not cotton to its over the top evisceration and reanimation of genre history but I found it exhilarating like one of those special issue comic book splash panels in which the artist tries to squeeze in as many superheroes as possible 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Sean P. Means
A smart and occasionally daring homage to horror movies that both satirizes the genre and brings new life to it 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Michael Dequina
Goddard and Whedon clearly achieve exactly what they set out to do even if it is just as clearly not in line with the mass audience s expectations 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Eric Melin
All the meticulous buildup leads to a hugely satisfying payoff Despite all its ironic detachment it has tons of laughs some truly jaw dropping moments and a couple scenes of unexpected poignancy that make it more than a parody movie 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Linda Cook
Not for the nervous and possibly not for the novice horror aficionado The Cabin in the Woods is gory good fun that could easily be spoiled if I go into too much detail which I refuse to do 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Walter Chaw
really just another instalment in the live action Scooby Doo franchise
1
The Cabin in the Woods
James Kendrick
like a senior thesis about the modern horror genre masquerading as a movie
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Marty Mapes
A smart and fun horror film
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Kam Williams
Highly recommended for fright fans interested in a more cerebral brand of bloodletting 
4
The Cabin in the Woods
Sara Michelle Fetters
The tract Goddard and Whedon use allows characters to expand and explore more realistically making the viewer care far what is going on and what is happening then they would have otherwise 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Matt Brunson
To reveal anything more about this film would be criminal 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Mike McGranaghan
The most daring original and innovative horror movie I ve seen in more than a decade 
4
The Cabin in the Woods
Lisa Kennedy
And you thought you were just headed for a weekend getaway 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Lawrence Toppman
Most horror movies adhere to genre conventions subvert them or spoof them Producer Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard who wrote the screenplay together do all three at top speed 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Erik Childress
For the first two acts it works better when it is going for laughs rather than scares but by the time the climactic battle comes around all bets are off as the film turns into a Willy Wonka funhouse of homage and carnage that is most satisfying 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Rich Heldenfels
Funny smart and blood soaked use of an old horror trope Fans will spend much time freeze framing the eventual video release to catch all the details 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Robert Levin
This long awaited horror movie is smart and fun packing unexpected surprises while cleverly recalibrating genre expectations 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Stephen Whitty
The Cabin in the Woods gets at the story underneath the story and the reason behind the clichés 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Todd Hertz
A genre bending concoction of horror action and comedy a big ball of Evil Dead Scream Matrix The Hunger Games Scooby Doo Zombieland and a lot of season 4 of Buffy 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Matt Soergel
The less you know the more you ll enjoy it and we re not going to spoil it for you That s what the Internet s for 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Peter Keough
The expected happens but with a twist 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Peter Travers
If it s true that you always kill the thing you love then horror honchos Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard have taken an ax to slasher cinema in The Cabin in the Woods and chopped it up for kindling 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Willie Waffle
May be the strangest yet oddly compelling movie you will ever see in your life 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Rafer Guzman
Everything about The Cabin in the Woods is a delicious practical joke 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Liam Lacey
Cabin is a meta horror comedy mash up that at least for two thirds of its running time holds together smartly 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Kyle Smith
Movies that mean to deconstruct movies seem to be made solely by and for cinema vampires those ghost faced geeks whose pallor is rarely challenged by exposure to the sun 
1.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Ann Hornaday
A pulpy deceivingly insightful send up of horror movies that elicits just as many knowing chuckles as horrified gasps 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Peter Canavese
A next generation Scream a self referential horror film that tongue in cheekily deconstructs its own genre 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Mark Dujsik
The film manages not only to present the genre with knowing winks and give it a few necessary nudges but also treats it with undeniable respect 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
David Nusair
The end result is an admittedly uneven piece of work that does seem as though it d benefit from repeat viewings 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Dustin Putman
A motion picture about the endurance of horror as a historical watermark where it has been and where it might be able to go from here it s no less than an all encompassing celebration of a too often spit upon genre 
4
The Cabin in the Woods
Claudia Puig
Though there are plot holes in the elaborately concocted scenarios The Cabin in the Woods gets points for the twists and turns that come along with its sly wickedness 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Peter Howell
To say that TheCabin in the Woods isn t your average horror movie is like observing that King Kong isn t your average ape 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Ty Burr
Let s just say that if you like smartly twisted spins on worn out horror cliches and if you have a strong stomach for flying body parts put down the newspaper laptop and go we ll talk later 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Ann Lewinson
You may think you ve seen this before but you haven t seen it quite like this 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Gary Thompson
The movie is smart funny unpredictable deeply weird and thoughtfully cast 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Michael Phillips
Whedon and Goddard bake their cake and eat it too 
2.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Chris Hewitt
Cabin is so bent on switcherooing the heck out of us that it ends up resembling a TV soap such as Glee 
2.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Kevin C. Johnson
It s outrageous but also great fun 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Moira MacDonald
This film plays with our expectations of what a horror movie is and tries to upend them and for the most part succeeds 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Connie Ogle
Fans of Whedon are fond of repeating the mantra In Joss we trust and with good reason 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Matt Pais
Close to geek paradise the movie may be funnier than it is scary but for the right crowd this collection of nightmares will feel like the best dream ever 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Roger Moore
The movie heavily hyped by fanboys and long delayed isn t scary By the third act Whedon has written himself and his characters into a corner too silly to gracefully get out of without cheating 
2.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Roger Ebert
This is not a perfect movie it s so ragged it s practically constructed of loose ends But it s exciting because it ventures so far off the map 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Josh Larsen
a film of such frothy geekery that watching it is like having a comic book store dropped on your head 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
James Berardinelli
The movie invigorates the genre which is a rare and welcome thing 
3
The Cabin in the Woods
Rex Reed
An entire row of what they call fanboys at the screening I attended laughed all the way through the movie although I failed to see anything remotely amusing 
1
The Cabin in the Woods
Christy Lemire
As Goddard and Whedon jump back and forth the pieces snap into place then just when you think you ve got it all figured out they throw something else at you 
3.5
The Cabin in the Woods
Jaime N. Christley
Spectacle for spectacle s sake but infiltrated by intelligent commentary and an atmosphere of generosity and inclusion 
2.5
Naked
Brian Tallerico
Tiddes never leans into the insanity of his concept in a way that makes it work Believe it or not it s too boring 
1.5
Naked
Eric Henderson
The film besmirches the reasons that Groundhog Day s Möbius strip construction worked 
1.5
Band of Angels
David Nusair
an outdated relentlessly irrelevant piece of work 
1
Sleuth
Roger Ebert
What really makes the movie come alive what makes it work better than the play really are the lead performances by Lord Laurence Olivier Michael Caine and Alec Cawthorne 
4
Sleuth
James Berardinelli
With the exception of a brief showing by British thespian Alec Cawthorne the only actors on screen are Olivier and Caine Both are so good that there s not a moment when we wish for someone else to interrupt their duel 
4
Sleuth
Ted Prigge
For two great actors like Olivier and Caine it s a chance to show off their acting talents and fascinate people with dialogue not action 
4
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Ross Anthony
Two college students hope to create the first unbiased doc on the issue They refused funding from churches etc utilizing sources for student projects instead Well done 
3
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Jack Mathews
Here s a movie everyone can hate Anti abortionists will hate it because without any editorializing it show the activists for the self righteous zealots they are And pro choicers will hate it because the people and their propaganda are so odious 
2.5
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Ed Gonzalez
Unborn in the USA will not change your mind about abortion but it will make pro choicers think differently about people who actively work to stop it from happening 
2.5
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
Ken Fox
Filmmakers Stephen Fell and Will Thompson examine one reason the pro life movement might be gaining so much ground Its no holds barred use of disturbing images of aborted fetuses 
3.5
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
John Anderson
Unborn doesn t really add or detract from the debate you wish the directors had asked a hard question or two 
2
Bless Me, Ultima
John Wirt
The choice to include a ponderous narration violates that basic rule of storytelling Show rather than tell 
2
Bless Me, Ultima
Christian Toto
Bless Me Ultima creates a wholly original coming of age story by blending mysticism with conventional Catholicism 
3
Bless Me, Ultima
Lisa Kennedy
Theater firebrand and big screen presence Miriam Colon portrays Ultima with a minimum of fuss and a gorgeous supply of elder authority 
3
Bless Me, Ultima
John Hartl
Here s a coming of age movie that feels both generic and personal 
2.5
Bless Me, Ultima
Claudia Puig
Bless Me Ultima has its earnest heart and setting in the right place 
2.5
Bless Me, Ultima
Peter Hartlaub
Reminiscent of Billy Bob Thornton s All the Pretty Horses or Lasse Hallstrm s The Shipping News literary adaptations that got the look right while lacking the easy flow of the original work 
2
Bless Me, Ultima
Peter Canavese
The material calls out for a more expressive cinematographic treatment Had the film been less antiseptic and more bold in its visuals and the emotional depths of its performances it could have been a classic instead it s a rather ordinary indie 
2.5
Bless Me, Ultima
Matt Pais
Shamelessly earnest and absurdly shallow tiptoes around questions of faith and runs away from any incident that might push someone in the other direction 
0.5
Bless Me, Ultima
Christy Lemire
A mostly gentle and tastefully photographed depiction of a young boy s coming of age in rural 1940s New Mexico 
2.5
Bless Me, Ultima
Michael Phillips
Franklin s eye is alert to both the landscape and his ensemble of performers Call Bless Me Ultima a mixed blessing 
2.5
Bless Me, Ultima
Roger Ebert
Carl Franklin s film is true to the tone and spirit of the book It is patient and in no hurry It allows a balanced eye for the people in its hero s family who tug him one way and another 
4
Bless Me, Ultima
Roger Moore
Meticulous recreation of a time and place but this poetic novel becomes all too prosaic on the screen 
2
Bless Me, Ultima
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film s interest in social themes remains background fodder within a far more generic good versus evil narrative 
2.5
After the Storm
Roger Moore
Beautifully layered bittersweet and forlorn 
3.5
After the Storm
Josh Larsen
one of those movies where you wish a supporting character had been the focus 
3
After the Storm
Robert Horton
Kore eda has gotten to the point where even when his work isn t top drawer it s exceptionally nice to be around 
3.5
After the Storm
Moira MacDonald
Quiet revelations and fleeting poetry a lottery ticket we re reminded is a piece of a dream pleasingly ensue 
3.5
After the Storm
Josh Terry
After the Storm is a sad but insightful story about a father trying to reconcile his mistakes 
3
After the Storm
Sean P. Means
There is resolution in the end of After the Storm though Kore eda doesn t wrap things up too neatly He s trying to capture life and he shows us with gentle humanity that life is usually messy 
3.5
After the Storm
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Still Walking and his new After the Storm he has instead slowly taken a lovely profound Ozu like path 
3.5
After the Storm
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Hirokazu Koreeda s deliberate observant film is about a man who will not let go of the past because he cannot see a future for himself or his life 
3
After the Storm
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Ultimately it hangs too much solely on the deadbeat Ryota 
2
After the Storm
Allyson Johnson
Delicately woven warmly portrayed and capturing the balmy and refreshed atmosphere that follows a summer rain Hirokazu Koreeda s After the Storm is a quiet masterpiece 
4
After the Storm
Gary Thompson
After the Storm has been described as a movie about a divorced father trying to reassemble his sundered family but from where I sit he s not trying very hard 
2
After the Storm
Ty Burr
The director keeps his characters and audience bobbing together over waters that grow deeper and deeper until it s impossible to distinguish the everyday from the profound 
3.5
After the Storm
Michael O'Sullivan
Solid yet subtly sphinxlike 
2.5
After the Storm
G. Allen Johnson
After the Storm has what the Japanese call mono no aware which translates as the pathos of things It is a film that is aware of the of the transient impermanent nature of life 
3
After the Storm
Brian Tallerico
After the Storm is one of our best filmmaker s best films 
3.5
After the Storm
Barry Hertz
A layered and melancholy drama about one man s attempt to rebuild his life before it moves on without him 
3.5
After the Storm
Chris Knight
Clearly Kore eda has been pondering the hereafter for quite some time After the Storm makes for a worthy and powerful addition to a lifetime of thought provoking films 
3.5
After the Storm
Peter Howell
This would be grist for the mills of filmmakers seeking strong drama or dark comedy but Kore eda sagely follows a different path 
3
After the Storm
James Lattimer
The stock character types that Hirokazu Kore eda employs across the board are pretty much open books from the start 
2
After the Storm
Rob Thomas
As Yoshiko Kiki brings warmth and wisdom to this troubled estranged family 
3
After the Storm
Marty Mapes
It may not be the most interesting question Kore eda has ever posed in a film But it makes a nice addition to a lovely and gentle body of work about parents and children 
3
Underworld
Mattie Lucas
Its luridly evocative look at honor among the gangsters and thieves who populate the Dreamland Cafe of Chicago is the stuff that old Hollywood dreams are made of 
4
Underworld
Matt Brunson
A technical gem that showcases von Sternberg s prowess behind the camera 
3.5
Underworld
James Kendrick
von Sternberg s visual style and the art direction by German émigré Hans Dreier elevate Underworld into something more than a run of the mill crime picture
3.5
Underworld
Fernando F. Croce
Josef von Sternberg s Underworld is a fascinating early cornerstone of both the director s worldview and the gangster genre 
3.5
Watchers II
Walter Chaw
A joyless exercise 
0
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
Joshua Tanzer
This is not just a story about how horrible the Holocaust was it s about unbelievable courage in the face of the ultimate evil 
4
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
David N. Butterworth
Riveting and necessary 
3
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
Carrie Rickey
A spare document featuring one talking head But what a talking head and what a story 
3
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
Ed Gonzalez
Comforted by the deaths of so many Jews the Nazis became oblivious to the possibility of a Jewish revolt 
3.5
The Silent Twins
Peter Canavese
Effective in its refusal to spell out diagnoses or adopt a specific analytic take 46 Instead 44 it invites interpretation 46 
3.5
The Silent Twins
Joe Friar
Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska makes her English language debut with the haunting biopic about sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons who refused to speak to anyone but each other 46 Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence deliver outstanding performances 46 
3.5
The Silent Twins
Jeff York
The film never wholly explains the girls nor could it That s what makes this such an involving biopic Its mystery gives the piece both its sorrow and its power 
3.5
The Silent Twins
Steven Prokopy
Despite shortcomings 44 the lead performances are mesmerizing and even infuriating their refusal to break from their silent world leads to devastating consequences at times 46 The Silent Twins is elegantly shot 44 beautifully acted 44 and confoundingly executed 46 
2.5
The Silent Twins
Richard Roeper
For all its stylistic flourishes The Silent Twins winds up a relatively superficial entry in the genre of mental health biopics 
2.5
The Silent Twins
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s difficult to deny the narrative 8217 s sheer emotional impact or the director 8217 s visual achievement 46 
3
The Silent Twins
Peyton Robinson
While there apos s undeniable creativity in the film apos s visual and metaphorical aspects 44 there apos s a glaring neglect in the power needed for this film to find its own voice 46 
1
The Silent Twins
Mark Feeney
What we re being presented with is in effect two very different movies each in fundamental opposition to the other 
2
The Silent Twins
Mark Dujsik
The Silent Twins struggles to find some meaning 46 46 46 
2
The Silent Twins
David Robb
Agnieszka Smoczy 324 ska 8217 s film is unwilling to really sit with the peculiarity of its protagonists 8217 unique psyches 46 
2
The Silent Twins
Randy Myers
A tricky one to pull off as both a revealing character study and as commentary about the 70s and 80s cultural norms works from beginning to end 
3.5
The Silent Twins
Leo Brady
Typically that might be something to be intrigued with but instead The Silent Twins is not saying enough for audiences to raise their voices about 46 
2
The Silent Twins
Qina Liu
A jarring eerie and sinister experience 
2.5
The Silent Twins
Mark Jenkins
The Silent Twins doesn t try to explain its protagonists affliction but the movie does express its crushing sadness 
2.5
The Silent Twins
G. Allen Johnson
Smoczynska Wright and Lawrence find the humanity and empathy in their story if not the complex psychological reasons behind their unique lives 
3
Lemming
Marta Barber
Holds enough interest throughout to keep you entertained unless you re afraid of mice 
2.5
Lemming
Moira MacDonald
Dominik Moll s masterfully cast psychological thriller Lemming crackles with tension its story keeps going off to unexpected places as we watch breathlessly unable to look away 
3.5
Lemming
Bill Stamets
This spooky quasi sci fi psychological thriller is unclear about what s real and what s not and not in any interesting way 
2.5
Lemming
Michael Wilmington
It s a tale of normality invaded by pathology But here the danger seems less plausible the conflict more contrived 
2.5
Lemming
Wesley Morris
Even by the strictest standards of odd French psychological drama the behavior here is particularly opaque 
2
Lemming
David Elliott
The high quality of Moll s actors does not relieve the story from seeming ambitiously fudge brained 
2
Lemming
Bruce Westbrook
More disturbing than thrilling Lemming like Alice overstays its welcome but does get around to a finishing kick 
2
Lemming
Maitland McDonagh
The film s main attractions are the Charlottes but the price of watching their eerie psychological pas de deux is to endure muddled metaphors and goofy gadgetry 
2.5
Lemming
Brie Beazley
Creepy surreal and shocking Lemming is a welcome antidote to the by the numbers summer fare clogging up our theaters 
3.5
Lemming
Stephen Whitty
A unique absurdist ghost story 
3
Lemming
V.A. Musetto
Perhaps a tad too long Lemming is nevertheless nightmarish entertainment 
3
Lemming
Jack Mathews
Imagine a movie that combines the suspense of Hitchcock with the inscrutable sexuality of David Lynch s films and you re looking at French director Dominik Moll s Lemming 
3
Lemming
Jan Stuart
Lemming exhibits the same crafty manipulation of audience fears and sympathies as Harry as well as a keen ability to weave ambiguity and dark emotional subtext into tense one on one encounters 
3
Lemming
Ed Gonzalez
Dominik Moll s latest gives lemmings and women a bad name 
1.5
The Only Son
Roger Ebert
Why was I thinking about flower arrangement while watching The Only Son the first sound film made by the Japanese master Ozu It must have involved the meticulous and loving care he used with his familiar visual elements 
4
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Matt Brunson
This follow up has trouble getting out of the gate but eventually hits its stride 
3
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Roger Ebert
Possibly the worst Western comedy of modern times 
1.5
Whitewash
Christian Toto
Whitewash will have you rooting for a man who did a very very bad thing 
3
Whitewash
Clayton Davis
In a tale of survival in both the physical and criminal sense Church lays out of an agenda that is both demanding of himself and philosophically sound 
3.5
Whitewash
Drew Hunt
Church has a flair for deranged humor delivered in his trademark deadpan and in Whitewash he s given the difficult task of playing the straight man to his own clown 
3
Whitewash
Geoff Pevere
Whitewash is a small but sparkling gem on ice 
3.5
Whitewash
Chris Knight
The thin plot gains what traction it has from Church s performance He excels in the role of a man gradually losing his grip on reality in the frozen north 
3
Whitewash
Bruce DeMara
Despite Church s solid performance Whitewash feels so leaden in its gravity it borders on dull 
2.5
The Kindness of Strangers
Tomris Laffly
A syrupy brew thick with twee and an abundance of cringe inducing moments pulling at heartstrings 
1.5
The Kindness of Strangers
Joey Magidson
The Kindness of Strangers is a mixed bag though it s led by a wonderful performance by Zoe Kazan In the end she does manage to drag this film across the finish line 
3
The Kindness of Strangers
Roger Moore
This isn t on a par with Scherfig s best films but the milieu and situations are immersive and the characters just colorful enough to hold our interest 
2.5
The Kindness of Strangers
Barry Hertz
D ear lord I ve been searching high and low for something nice to say about this mess and I have come up nearly empty 
1
Different for Girls
Liam Lacey
The story has a TV movie shorthand calculation and slightness 
2
Different for Girls
Roger Ebert
As Kim Mackintosh s performance finds and holds the right notes of shyness determination privacy and love 
3
Different for Girls
James Berardinelli
One of the reasons why Different for Girls works is because of the caliber of acting 
3
Different for Girls
David N. Butterworth
Richard Spence s film doesn t have the courage to examine forcefully the issues at its center 
2.5
Different for Girls
Mick LaSalle
There are all kinds of love relationships in this world and perhaps they all deserve a romantic comedy this unflinching and this sensitive 
3
Different for Girls
Joe Baltake
It s rather ordinary stuff 
2.5
The Page Turner
John Monaghan
This must be what a French movie of the week look like deemed art here because of the subtitles 
2
The Page Turner
Jeff Vice
Has a curiously unsatisfying ending and there s some material that leaves a somewhat scuzzy patina 
2.5
The Page Turner
Michael Hardy
The stakes in this story seem too low to justify its audience s attention If The Page Turner were a novel it would hardly be a page turner Why should we hold films to a lower standard 
2
The Page Turner
Sean P. Means
Fans of the French suspense master Claude Chabrol will recognize Dercourt as a potential successor 
3
The Page Turner
Chris Hewitt
At less than 80 minutes not counting credits the French The Page Turner is a brisk thrillingly nasty little piece of work 
3
The Page Turner
Susan Walker
Director Dercourt s manipulation of his characters and his imagery can be a little heavy handed but there s nary a wrong note in the performances of his exceedingly fine cast 
3
The Page Turner
Mick LaSalle
In retrospect it s clear that when the filmmakers had a chance to hammer something they tapped it instead 
2.5
The Page Turner
Teresa Budasi
This film like Melanie in her fitted suit and straight blond ponytail is a taut little affair clocking in at a no nonsense 85 minutes She gets in gets out her work is done much like her long ago audition 
3.5
The Page Turner
Michael Wilmington
A classical music thriller 
3
The Page Turner
Kam Williams
One of those delectable upstairs downstairs affairs worth savoring and a suspenseful psychological thriller which rates right up there with the best of the genre 
4
The Page Turner
Ken Fox
Dercourt a professional violist himself clearly understands the obsessive personality that often lies behind the profession s facade of great musicians who must compete in a field where nothing but perfection will do 
3.5
The Page Turner
Stephen Whitty
The characters are sophisticated The subtexts involve class and snobbery and sex The mood is uncomfortably chill 
3
The Page Turner
V.A. Musetto
Elegant and subtle 
3
The Page Turner
Jack Mathews
Director and co writer Denis Dercourt infuses Melanie s calculating seduction of the family with a sense of genuine menace You will not be bored 
3
The Page Turner
Jan Stuart
The schematic requirements of the setup combined with the tight lipped demeanor of the two lead characters makes for arid moviegoing Eighty five minutes can seem much longer than it really is when you spend the entire time waiting for a shoe to drop 
2.5
The Page Turner
Bonnie Fazio
Quietly suspenseful 
3
The Page Turner
Nick Schager
I ve seen Claude Chabrol s films and Denis Dercourt s The Page Turner is no Merci Pour Le Chocolat 
1.5
The Page Turner
Rene Rodriguez
A suspenseful French drama with a Hitchcockian flair for manipulation that manages to be simultaneously elegant and shamelessly entertaining 
3
The Page Turner
Bill Chambers
More than earns its presumptuous double entendre of a title 
3
Rated X
David Nusair
this just isn t an interesting story with the Mitchell brothers making for truly unsympathetic protagonists 
1.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
Wesley Lovell
The film 44 written and directed by Randall Wallace 44 writer behind the pathetic Braveheart adaptation 44 does nothing exciting for the picture and can 8217 t command more than a few decent performances 46 
1.5
Beyond the Time Barrier
Matt Brunson
Ulmer manages to offer a compelling shot here and there and the story contains several intriguing ideas 
2.5
The Prisoner
David Nusair
This could ve been a fascinating look at the interplay between two very different men but Bridget Boland s screenplay utilizes the most stilted dialogue imaginable 
1.5
Pay It Forward
Michael Dequina
There is a clear cut difference between Oscar bait and Oscar worthy which Mimi Leder s sentimental crock of a drama illustrates all too well 
2.5
Pay It Forward
Margaret A. McGurk
A fine honest tale that gives full respect to the pain of yearning and the power of hope 
3
Pay It Forward
Jeff Strickler
Spacey and Hunt create interestingly layered characters who are hiding parts of themselves from themselves And come Oscar time Osment once again may be saying I see tuxedoed people 
3.5
Pay It Forward
Jeffrey Westhoff
Filled with calculated sentiment this is not a movie but a feature length shill for Academy Awards nominations 
1
Pay It Forward
Collin Souter
By the end of this movie I have no desire to change the real world I would just like to show the writers of this movie what it would be like if they lived in it for one day 
1.5
Pay It Forward
Rick Groen
Less a worthy achievement than a nice try 
2.5
Pay It Forward
Ed Gonzalez
Sanctimonious drivel 
0
Pay It Forward
Dan Lybarger
Pay It Forward elicits more emotion than it deserves Still shedding a tear or two on account of the film is not an unreasonable request 
2.5
Pay It Forward
Jorge Avila Andrade
Recordatorio de que la humanidad puede ser redimida a travs de las buenas intenciones y la fe en los dems
3
Pay It Forward
Ross Anthony
an attack of total altruism embedded in a slightly simplistic movie fronted with terrific actors 
3
Pay It Forward
Tor Thorsen
There s a fine line between a genuinely emotional drama and a crassly manipulative tearkjerker Pay It Forward doesn t just cross that line it trips over it 
2
Pay It Forward
David N. Butterworth
The heavy handedness of the direction makes the film a lesser experience than it might otherwise have been 
2.5
Pay It Forward
Susan Wloszczyna
Tissues or barf bag take your pick Personally I was glad I grabbed a handful of concession napkins Judging by the chorus of sniffles I wasn t alone 
2.5
Pay It Forward
Susan Stark
You witness the first testing tension packed conversation between Spacey and Osment as pregnant in its silences as in its words and you are ready to go wherever this movie leads you 
3
Pay It Forward
Rob Blackwelder
Director Mimi Leder becomes such a manipulatively mawkish emotional puppeteer that it feels as if she s tossing tear gas grenades into the audience 
2
Pay It Forward
Dustin Putman
An already flawed motion picture that could have added up to so much more than it ultimately does 
2
Pay It Forward
James Berardinelli
Both affecting and effective 
3
Pay It Forward
Bob Graham
Has all the elements of a satisfying movie except knowing when to stop The rest is good enough however that it will do 
2
Pay It Forward
Roger Ebert
It tells a story that audience members will want to like but it doesn t tell it strongly and cleanly enough it puts too many loops into the plot and its ending is shamelessly soapy for the material 
2.5
Death Race 2000
James Berardinelli
Could it be argued that the movie is so bad that it s good I suppose especially if you re a connoisseur of cinematic guano For me Death Race is merely bad 
1
Death Race 2000
Roger Ebert
I was torn between walking out immediately and staying to witness a spectacle more dismaying than anything on the screen the way small children were digging gratuitous bloodshed 
0
Death Race 2000
David Nusair
a mindlessly entertaining thoroughly campy piece of work 
2.5
Death Race 2000
Eric Henderson
Corman didn t direct the drive in hit Death Race 2000 but it bears his imprint of economic utilitarianism 
2.5
Death Race 2000
James O'Ehley
Don t miss it 
3
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Steve Rhodes
The show is a cornucopia of effective cinematic elements A tour de force and a fascinating story 
3.5
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Roger Ebert
Graham Young is at bottom a monster but as Hugh O Conor plays him he is also peculiarly beguiling It is easy to sympathize with a bright young man who wants to get ahead in his chosen field 
3.5
Sex Change (Cambio de Sexo) (Forbidden Love)
Michael Wilmington
The young Victoria Abril gives a star making performance 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Jordan Hiller
The danger with films like Catch a Fire is that it wields the past purposefully as propaganda without tipping off the audience 
1.5
Catch a Fire
Kam Williams
Apartheid revisited less as a repugnant racist ideology than as an ethically ambivalent philosophy 
1
Catch a Fire
Steven Snyder
What Catch A Fire lacks in depth it nearly makes up for in timeliness 
2.5
Catch a Fire
John Beifuss
Manages to feel dated despite the extreme relevance of the message that one man s freedom fighter is another man s terrorist 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Lori Hoffman
While based on a true story and featuring several powerful moments the film is conventional to the point of distraction 
2
Catch a Fire
Nick Rogers
Noyce surprisingly prefers slick surface treatment to cutting into the bones deep legacy of South Africa s racial division Nuanced performances and gripping laments are wasted on a sleek empty action climax 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Carla Meyer
Given the complexity of Chamusso s own story Catch a Fire might have benefited from a less ambiguous villain 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Robert W. Butler
Catch a Fire was shot in South Africa and is well acted by Luke and Robbins who give their characters complexity and subtlety 
3
Catch a Fire
Jeffrey Westhoff
Noyce s instincts for suspense are so potent that Catch a Fire works as a thriller even if you ignore his politics 
3
Catch a Fire
Thomas Delapa
Had it been released twenty years ago it would have had a better chance of catching on with audiences 
2
Catch a Fire
Linda Cook
Catch a Fire is an excellent real life story with a social conscience 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Sean P. Means
Slovo s script is refreshingly ambiguous never showing Patrick as a plaster saint nor Vos as a mustache twirling villain 
3
Catch a Fire
Pam Grady
Both harrowing and hopeful 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a bit too neatly constructed but Noyce s skills are sharp as ever 
3
Catch a Fire
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a passionately exuberant biography dripping in both atmosphere and suspense all of it powered by a simple man who endured great personal tragedy in order to find it within himself to finally stand up and take a stand for what was right 
3
Catch a Fire
James Sanford
Slovo refuses to turn either Vos or Chamusso into an easily identifiable good guy or bad guy and Robbins and Luke follow the same lead creating credible well rounded characters 
3
Catch a Fire
Larry Ratliff
Even through the lens of director Phillip Noyce s sympathetic camera eye it s impossible to keep the term terrorist at bay while watching Catch a Fire 
3
Catch a Fire
Ethan Alter
Right off the bat Catch a Fire distinguishes itself from other recent international productions about Africa in that it is actually told from an African perspective 
3
Catch a Fire
Robert W. Butler
Under the direction of Phillip Noyce Catch a Fire becomes a suspenseful tale of one man s radicalization and eventual journey through hatred to forgiveness 
3
Catch a Fire
Ruthe Stein
Noyce s straightforward almost documentary style is especially effective considering that so many incidents happened pretty much the way they re portrayed 
3
Catch a Fire
Stephen Whitty
Although Catch a Fire was clearly done for the right reasons the movie dissipates its own tensions 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Lou Lumenick
A political thriller that thankfully sidesteps the offensive convention of exploring Africa s suffering through the eyes of a white protagonist 
3
Catch a Fire
Jeff Shannon
As long as there s oppression anywhere well told stories like this will always be relevant 
3
Catch a Fire
Jack Mathews
Thanks to a terrifically shaded performance by Robbins Vos comes across as a complex character with clearly ambivalent feelings about his task and his place in the apartheid system 
3
Catch a Fire
Duane Dudek
Catch a Fire is firmly anchored to a real world in desperate need of a reminder of how evil once prospered but never triumphed 
3
Catch a Fire
Connie Ogle
Phillip Noyce is admirably restrained in his filmmaking where other directors would assault the senses he underplays the beatings Patrick endures without graphic detail 
3
Catch a Fire
Bob Strauss
Derek Luke best known for his headlining role in Antwone Fisher plays Chamusso with grace and intelligence but never quite locates his emotional mutation from get along guy to hard core revolutionary 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Amy Biancolli
Catch a Fire could spark a few with this incendiary notion Torture breeds terrorists 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Peter Howell
Catch a Fire is really a story of tangled loyalties rather than the political thriller it is being dubiously sold as 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Terry Lawson
Thanks to its incisive script and the excellent performances of Luke and Robbins its primary characters are not just black and white literally or figuratively but instead are shaded and multidimensional battling demons and conflicted as hell 
3
Catch a Fire
Jeff Vice
The best most powerful moments in Catch a Fire come at the end in the film s appropriately low key conclusion 
3
Catch a Fire
Michael Booth
The remarkable South African story Catch a Fire is more than capable of raising and exploring resonant political questions in a Western world obsessed with terrorism 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Ken Fox
Philip Noyce s timely drama poses the polarizing question of what if anything separates a freedom fighter from a terrorist 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Bill Zwecker
Having first burst on the scene in his groundbreaking title role in Antwone Fisher Luke delivers here a top notch performance that is nuanced and layered with just the right emotional punch 
3
Catch a Fire
Lawrence Toppman
Director Phillip Noyce and writer Shawn Slovo remind us that if you treat everyone in a culture as a terrorist you re certain to catch some who really are but you re also liable to make terrorists of those who never would have been 
3
Catch a Fire
Wesley Morris
Phillip Noyce s Catch a Fire shares its name with the classic Bob Marley record The record is better 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Sean O'Connell
I can t say enough about Luke who has been good before but breaks out with this multifaceted performance 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Daniel M. Kimmel
The characters seem to be going through a ritualized telling of the evils of apartheid without really bringing anything new to the table 
2
Catch a Fire
Willie Waffle
Luke has grown as an actor to have the same kind of screen presence as Matt Damon If he keeps putting in performances like this we ll upgrade him to Leonardo DiCaprio status 
3
Catch a Fire
Claudia Puig
Catch a Fire is a well constructed action thriller elevated by Derek Luke s performance 
2.5
Catch a Fire
James Berardinelli
It s possible to see a deeper level to what s on screen but regardless of whether or not a viewer chooses to engage the film in that way it s an effective piece of cinema 
3
Catch a Fire
Peter Canavese
Plays like a political Heat but for the sake of the scrupulously researched social history a bit of artificially induced pulse pounding can be forgiven 
3
Catch a Fire
Jeff Strickler
Dirctor Phillp Noyce s goal earns him empathy But the film goes further than that creating an absorbing portrait of a peaceful well meaning man who is mistreated at every turn until he finally strikes back 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Sean McBride
Director Noyce has been behind some terrific political thrillers lately but Catch a Fire never quite ignites 
3
Catch a Fire
Chris Hewitt
Director Phillip Noyce has crafted a powerful portrait of a people their love of their land and their struggle to be free 
3
Catch a Fire
Phoebe Flowers
Noyce has sculpted a powerful and resonant portrait of a country gone insane trying to hold tightly to an intrinsically racist and immoral law 
3
Catch a Fire
Jan Stuart
Director Philip Noyce and screenwriter Shawn Slovo lean heavily into the thriller aspects of Chamusso s story leaving much of the nuance to actors Derek Luke Bonnie Henna and Tim Robbins 
3
Catch a Fire
Jessica Reaves
The action political intrigue and marital tensions which prove critical as the story unfolds never quite coalesce into a compelling whole 
2
Catch a Fire
Matt Pais
Thanks to Luke the film is never in danger of losing its spark 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Josh Larsen
Luke is a relatable stand in for those who may be falsely accused and seething in prisons of our own 
3.5
Catch a Fire
Matt Brunson
We naturally feel for these ill treated characters but it s more of a Pavlovian reaction to the on screen brutalities rather than because of anything served up in the surprisingly conventional script 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Jeanne Aufmuth
Preachy to a fault and culminating in a treacly message 
2.5
Catch a Fire
Robert Keser
For a 20th century story this how to make a terrorist biopic carries a very 21st first century sense of constant social crisis but a disappointingly slick approach drains away any risky politics 
2
Catch a Fire
James Adams
This one s a nail biter a fast paced compulsively watchable political thriller 
3.5
Any Day
Brian Tallerico
A well intentioned disaster only slightly redeemed by a committed performance by Sean Bean whose talent proves nowhere near enough to make this manipulative tripe more digestible 
1
The Stone Boy
David Nusair
Well intentioned yet pervasively dull 
2
Batman & Robin
Michael Wilmington
The movie has its entertaining flashes but there s too much bat jive and bat hokum 
2.5
Batman & Robin
Steven Rea
A loud long and pointless spectacle 
2
Batman & Robin
Dave Kehr
There s plenty to look at but nothing to feel 
2
Batman & Robin
Michael Ollove
Clooney manages to keep even these scenes afloat with consistent good humor and unforced charm 
2.5
Batman & Robin
John Hartl
Fourth time s not the charm in this rambling sequel which gets off to a roaring start then quite literally crashes 
2
Batman & Robin
Gene Siskel
A sniggering exhausting overproduced extravaganza that has virtually all of the humanity pounded out of it in the name of an endless parade of stunt sequences 
2
Batman & Robin
Gary Thompson
Keaton Kilmer and Clooney Sounds like a law firm Look for a fourth partner soon 
2
Batman & Robin
Dennis King
Nothing here approximates a consistent or engrossing story Instead we re left with clumsily filmed action sequences that are full of sound and fury but signify nothing 
2
Batman & Robin
Matt Brunson
I ve seen colonic X rays more visually appealing than what Schumacher throws up on the screen 
1
Batman & Robin
Maitland McDonagh
A high rent jumble sale of smarty pants pop culture gags and expensive tchochtkes 
2
Batman & Robin
Peter Canavese
Alfred posits For what is Batman if not an effort to master the chaos that sweeps our world An attempt to control death itself Okay fine but we get this and dick jokes 
1.5
Batman & Robin
Judith Egerton
Like most sequels Batman has lost steam after three 
2
Batman & Robin
Leonard Schwarz
Devoid of a point of view a narrative structure intelligent dialogue and three dimensional or even two dimensional characters the latest Batman movie is much more like a violence oriented video game than a form of dramatic art 
1
Batman & Robin
Margaret A. McGurk
For all its star power and stylish toys it never really rises above the level of a Saturday morning cartoon 
2
Batman & Robin
James O'Ehley
I didn t expect much from Batman Robin and I didn t get much in return in that sense the movie delivered 
1
Batman & Robin
Rob Blackwelder
Nothing but a parade of obligatory one liners and self imposed cliches 
0
Batman & Robin
Mick LaSalle
George Clooney is the big zero of the film and should go down in history as the George Lazenby of the series 
2
Batman & Robin
Mike Clark
Some nifty celestial surfing and a good finale compensate for a dead midsection 
2.5
Batman & Robin
James Kendrick
proof positive that only a select few movie series can survive past a third installment without going stale
1.5
Batman & Robin
Susan Stark
Apart from its eye appeal though Batman Robin is a virtually joyless exercise a lumbering saga of a city under assault on two fronts 
2
Batman & Robin
Steve Rhodes
It insults the viewer s intelligence with lifeless acting and a tired script 
0.5
Batman & Robin
Marty Mapes
More campy and less dark than any of its recent predecessors
2.5
Batman & Robin
Madeleine Williams
A truly awful script and some misguided direction 
2
Batman & Robin
Roger Ebert
Wonderful to look at and has nothing authentic at its core 
2
Batman & Robin
James Berardinelli
Pointless plodding plotting asinine action clueless comatose characterization and dumb dialogue 
2
Batman & Robin
Michael Dequina
Schumacher has said that he wanted to put some comic back in comic book but he forgets what comic book he s dealing with Batman which is a comic book in name only 
1
180 Degrees South
Chris Hewitt
If we re going to keep getting documentaries about the environment and let s face it we are 180 Degrees South suggests an original way to structure them 
3
180 Degrees South
Ted Fry
A beautiful mess with a point of view that s way too easily distracted 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Sonny Bunch
One wonders if director Shawn Levy was more interested in cramming special effects into the movie than creating actual comedy 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
John Beifuss
Amy Adams adds plenty of welcome moxie and a tight pair of aviator s britches but otherwise there s not much here besides noise chaos and monkey slapping 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
James Kendrick
an amusing concept that still holds some charm now although it also lends itself to bombastic overkill which sequels are naturally inclined toward anyway
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Daniel M. Kimmel
Best of all are Azaria a brilliant comic character actor and Adams as the feisty Earhart thrilled to be off on a new adventure 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Linda Cook
Unfunny unnecessary and with unlimited box office potential Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian is all show and no go 
1
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Greg Maki
A pleasant enough way to pass 100 minutes on an uneventful weekend afternoon 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
David Nusair
ultimately fares slightly worse than its uneven yet agreeable predecessor 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Mike McGranaghan
Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian is that most rare of exhibits a sequel that s actually better than the original 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Lori Hoffman
a retread that retraces what was funny in the first film but isn t anymore since the surprise and delight of discovery is gone 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Christian Toto
The best and possibly only reason to watch Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian is the enchanting Amy Adams 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Keith Cohen
Talented comedians Robin Williams and Ricky Gervais are wasted in small roles Grownups chaperoning the youngsters will be bored as the 105 minutes seem interminable 
1.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Sean P. Means
Maybe the movie would be more fun if the ancient Egyptian tablet could bring Ben Stiller to life 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Michael Phillips
Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian is breezier than the first Museum at least to me which means in three years I ll be revising my opinion downward 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Peter Canavese
Musters only a few lackluster laughs but has one trump card it s a kid friendly PG film that celebrates museums 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Greg Quill
Azaria pretty much steals the show 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Chris Hewitt
This was a chance to show young people how history comes alive at the world s biggest museum but instead it makes the Smithsonian seem like a place where dopey comics go to croak 
1.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Moira MacDonald
Battle of the Smithsonian is far from art but there s plenty of art in it and for parents seeking a reasonable afternoon s entertainment for the kids that s recommendation enough 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Carla Meyer
Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian throws everything history high jinks lots of famous faces in supporting roles at the museum walls to see what sticks Happily much of it does 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Peter Travers
Adults who see this movie unaccompanied by a child should sign up pronto for therapy with Gabriel Byrne on In Treatment 
1.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
James Berardinelli
Adults have the choice of either admiring the scenery or taking a nap There s not much else worth doing Certainly paying attention to the story is an exercise in futility but you re welcome to try 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Steven Rea
A super size rehash of the original 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Lou Lumenick
Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian seems to go on for several days and nights though in fact it lasts just 105 minutes I checked my watch A lot 
1
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Amy Biancolli
The film offers enough ingenious touches and playful humor that the less inspired elements hit with a screech 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Kate Taylor
Once these creatures do come to life for a second outing the promise soon evaporates and the clever comedy built largely on crisscrossing anachronisms and various sly cultural references is not enough to sustain a romp that is all rather predictable 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Chris Kaltenbach
The sense of wonder the movie engenders is palpable and anything that makes museums look cool which this movie does in spades deserves a vote of thanks from civilization as a whole 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Willie Waffle
humor consisting of silly slapstick people falling down and others making goofy faces which is what 10 year olds love more than anything else 
1
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Robert Levin
Remains consistent with the all powerful Amy Adams Rule which holds that any movie featuring her is instantly vastly improved because of it 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Nick Schager
It falls flat trying to muster up any mirth or suspense as it barrels from one set piece to the next 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Dustin Putman
Amy Adams spunky and incandescent as Amelia Earhart is so fun to watch that she almost makes up for the dopeyness surrounding her 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Sara Michelle Fetters
I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing absolutely nothing at all that Amy Adams cannot do as an actress 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Jeff Vice
Perhaps it should have been titled either Night at the Museum We re Doing It for the Money or Night at the Museum Contractually Obligated Sequel instead 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Robert W. Butler
Busy is not the same as clever 
2
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Ty Burr
It s bigger noisier shinier and dumber and it has no earthly reason to exist 
1.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Rene Rodriguez
Even Ben Stiller looks bored out of his mind 
1
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Joe Williams
The cheeky attitude and charming effects make it more entertaining than the original notwithstanding some clumsy humans who almost break the spell 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Rafer Guzman
What follows is less a story than a series of semi clever ideas 
2.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Roger Ebert
Watching historical figures enact the cliches identified with the most simplistic versions of their images I found myself yet once again echoing the frequent cry of Gene Siskel Why not just give us a documentary of the same actors having lunch 
1.5
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Joe Lozito
Along with the addition of Amy Adams as a spunky Amelia Earhart moving the action to the Smithsonian and ignoring any concerns about believability brings this goofy sequel to life like a wax sculpture of Teddy Roosevelt 
3
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Claudia Puig
Spritely scenarios are drowned out by the manic mayhem 
2
The Belly of an Architect
Tom Meek
Brian Dennehy is outstanding as a man out of his element and the cinematic rendering of Rome s classic structures is a visual feast 
3
Ten Nights of Dreams
Jeff Shannon
There s something in these Ten Nights for the dreamer in all of us 
3
Hush
Christian Toto
Hush proves you don t need a Jason Freddy or Michael to create a nasty little horror showcase 
3
Let Them All Talk
Brian Eggert
Let Them All Talk could feel like a meaningless trifle to a cynical viewer it could also feel life affirming 
3.5
Let Them All Talk
Jocelyn Noveck
A clever and absorbing film that feels alas a little unfinished and a touch too improvisational 
2.5
Let Them All Talk
Steven Prokopy
There s a familiar golden rustic hue to Let Them All Talk and it s somehow comforting to watch these powerhouse actors masterfully judging and tearing into each other 
3
Let Them All Talk
Sarah Knight Adamson
Soderberg used an unconventional filmmaking method by using only an outline instead of a script take notice of the cast improvising their lines It s an enjoyable film about friendship regrets and even a new romance with a natural and organic tone 
4
Let Them All Talk
Peter Canavese
A cadre of great actors using their improvisational skills in this Soderbergh ian shot on the fly comic mystery 
3
Let Them All Talk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its contrast between artistic approaches and temperaments between hiding and revealing makes for a most amusing engaging experience 
3.5
Gran Torino
Mattie Lucas
An elegy for a country looking for atonement after losing its way in macho xenophobia 
4
Gran Torino
Matt Soergel
Take it for what it is An old guy who gives himself one last juicy role as the flawed haunted anti hero an old guy who s done this so often that he isn t above making himself look silly as well as heroic he even croons the title song over the ending c
3
Gran Torino
Sonny Bunch
If this is the end of the road for the Man With No Name it s a memorable winning way for him to go out 
3.5
Gran Torino
Greg Maki
Starts as one thing then becomes something else entirely 
4
Gran Torino
Gerald Peary
It s as vigorous and entertaining a feature as you could expect from a 78 year old filmmaker star 
3
Gran Torino
Jay Antani
Gran Torino is a smorgasbord of Eastwood s skills as filmmaker the good the bad and the ugly and how well you digest it will depend on your appetite 
2
Gran Torino
Keith Cohen
Be sure to have tissues handy for an ending that is guaranteed to elicit sympathetic tears 
4
Gran Torino
Sean McBride
a mighty entertaining drama anchored by a cantankerous yet appealing performance by Eastwood himself 
3
Gran Torino
Eric Melin
I understand that Eastwood meant well and it is interesting to fill up a tried and true movie formula with this much frank racism in order to make it different but Gran Torino is just a well intentioned mess 
1.5
Gran Torino
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Eastwood gives us a morbid take on righting wrongs in a world that lends no help to the victimized 
3.5
Gran Torino
James Kendrick
Eastwood s dead pan delivery is so familiar that it has its own built in humor and draw but it s all just set up which is precisely what makes the film such an intriguing trick
3.5
Gran Torino
Charles Koplinski
Torino proves a grand exit for Eastwood 
3.5
Gran Torino
Josh Larsen
Awkward as a social drama as if Eastwood had only lately seen Boyz N the Hood yet as another one of his meditations on aging the movie is on to something 
3
Gran Torino
David Nusair
Clint Eastwood s steady directorial hand proves instrumental in smoothing over the few overtly ineffective elements within Nick Schenk s admittedly far from subtle screenplay 
3
Gran Torino
Lori Hoffman
Eastwood seems to have inherited a quality most often seen in great European filmmakers u2014 the ability to both age gracefully and channel his life experience into his work 
3.5
Gran Torino
Matt Brunson
It s not necessary to be familiar with Eastwood s career arc to enjoy Gran Torino but it does amplify the appreciation for the manner in which the topic of violence is approached 
3
Gran Torino
Mike McGranaghan
Gran Torino gets laughs when it wants to be funny earns your empathy when it wants to be affecting and makes you think when it speaks its mind 
3.5
Gran Torino
Michael Smith
Eastwood grunts snarls curses and gives young punks the stink eye with precision playing his most racist character ever for entertainment and comic purposes 
2.5
Gran Torino
Peter Canavese
Ham handed makes Afterschool Specials look like Ibsen 
2
Gran Torino
Michael A. Smith
Eastwood has said that at age 78 this may be his last time in front of the camera I urge you not to miss a legend at the top of his game
4
Gran Torino
Gary Brown
If Gran Torino is Clint Eastwood s last acting gig he s gone out in top form 
3.5
Gran Torino
Robert W. Butler
Maybe it s his no nonsense style unaffected acting matter of fact cinematography the deft juggling of emotional opposites but Gran Torino seems to unfold effortlessly in the hands of a master 
3.5
Gran Torino
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s interesting to note that Eastwood s still going strong at 78 What s even more interesting is that the last two decades includes some of the finest work of his career 
3.5
Gran Torino
John Beifuss
Its bluntness and sincerity and the undistracted momentum of its storytelling are like splashes of cold water in a face gone slack from a surfeit of irony and sophistication 
3.5
Gran Torino
Chris Hewitt
Clint Eastwood gives the hammiest performance of his career 
1
Gran Torino
Carla Meyer
Gran Torino gives us an opportunity growing rarer each year to watch a national treasure for two hours Make that a national treasure who continues as a filmmaker to challenge ideas about what it means to be an American 
3
Gran Torino
Rob Boylan
Where Gran Torino fails at social criticism it succeeds at capturing an engrossing snapshot of the human saga If itâ TM s Clintâ TM s last film itâ TM s a perfect ending 
4
Gran Torino
John Wirt
Another compelling story from an American master 
3.5
Gran Torino
Amy Biancolli
Gran Torino is the most obvious and least interesting of the four movies Eastwood s directed in the last two years 
2.5
Gran Torino
John Monaghan
Ultimately Gran Torino is not recommended for its moralizing or its scenery but for Eastwood s compelling performance 
3
Gran Torino
Lawrence Toppman
Alas the preposterous ending fritters away much of the goodwill the film has slowly gained 
2
Gran Torino
Michael Sragow
Gran Torino is far far from Eastwood s best But he gets to leave his die hard fans clapping and crying For the rest of us it s so thoroughly mediocre it operates like a potent soporific 
1.5
Gran Torino
Larry Ratliff
Except for the overstated growl which admittedly is nitpicky Eastwood may have directed himself right back into Oscar contention 
3.5
Gran Torino
Willie Waffle
It turns out Clint Eastwood is Batman 
3
Gran Torino
Duane Dudek
Eastwood s recent films have been a pleasure and a surprise but Gran Torino in particular exudes a sense of renewal and promise 
3.5
Gran Torino
Jeff Vice
The strong often unpleasant or upsetting language leaves an aftertaste to this character drama It might have the best of intentions but it s definitely not an easy movie to watch 
2.5
Gran Torino
Phil Villarreal
Just like Walt s Gran Torino Eastwood s engine is still purring as well as it did in 72 
4
Gran Torino
Linda Cook
Oh what memories of The Shootist this adults only Clint Eastwood showcase brings to mind 
3.5
Gran Torino
Kam Williams
A terribly dated mix of 8 Mile The Karate Kid and Death Wish The desperate last gasp of pre Obama Era intolerance 
1
Gran Torino
Rob Humanick
Though far from his best we re still lucky to have it 
3
Gran Torino
Michael Dequina
What could explain Eastwood himself in a monotone croak warble about his heart locked in a Gran Torino 
1.5
Gran Torino
Lisa Kennedy
Gran Torino is very much about the thing Eastwood knows most intimately movies Like Unforgiven his neo Western classic this film ponders the value of the yarns we spin about heroes and lawless encounters 
3
Gran Torino
Rene Rodriguez
Details some subtler than others give the straightforward Gran Torino so much resonance 
3.5
Gran Torino
John Hartl
Gran Torino has much to recommend it not least of which is Eastwood s enjoyable and slyly self deprecating performance And the supporting cast holds their own every step of the way 
3
Gran Torino
Carrie Rickey
The film is neither elegant nor subtle Both Eastwood s performance and his direction veer from broad melodrama to broader comedy and back again But the film boasts crusty humor heart and conscience 
3
Gran Torino
Ty Burr
Gran Torino is alive to the web of racial and ethnic discontent in this country but the script by Nick Schenk and Dave Johannson has a tin ear 
2.5
Gran Torino
Jeanne Aufmuth
Climax is an overindulgent grasp at something meaningful that misses by a country mile 
1.5
Gran Torino
Sara Michelle Fetters
This singular man is all of the iconic actor director s signature roles compiled over the decades all rolled into one the ghosts of each and every one of them hovering over the film like Marley haunting Scrooge 
3.5
Gran Torino
Liam Lacey
By the time it jolts to an ending followed by Clint rasping a tune to the closing credits you re more likely to be rolling your eyes than dabbing them 
2
Gran Torino
Mick LaSalle
A ham fisted screenplay sets down the terms of the story with the obviousness of an old fashioned play 
2
Gran Torino
Peter Howell
A thoughtful work that continues the actor director s remarkable late career surge 
3.5
Gran Torino
Michael Phillips
Eastwood s foursquare directorial aesthetic tends to heighten rather than camouflage a screenplay s shortcomings He may well win the gold for this one But we ll have to assume he s winning it for richer assignments en route 
2
Gran Torino
Erik Childress
And you thought Walt was kidding when he told his son early on that people would show up after the funeral because he suppose they heard there s gonna be a lot of ham 
2
Gran Torino
Roger Ebert
Gran Torino is about two things I believe It s about the belated flowering of a man s better nature And it s about Americans of different races growing more open to one another in the new century 
3.5
Gran Torino
Brett McCracken
As Walt discovers we can lament change all we want but ultimately what s gone is gone What s important is what we leave behind our successes failures and 72 Detroit made muscle cars 
3.5
Gran Torino
Christian Toto
Clint Eastwood s character in Gran Torino represents the culimination of the icon s screen career 
3.5
Gran Torino
Claudia Puig
Though you can see his character s redemption coming a mile away Clint Eastwood s Gran Torino is still well worth the ride 
3
Gran Torino
Lou Lumenick
A very funny and touching movie that delivers its message of tolerance with a most agreeable light hand 
3.5
Gran Torino
Bob Strauss
Clint Eastwood collects and distills everything we know he is capable of doing on screen some of which we might wish he hadn t done but most of which we love Even if we might be a little ashamed to admit it 
3
Gran Torino
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gran Torino is a strange coda an autumnal epilogue and yet if you love American movies and their history of which Eastwood is a huge part you need to see this 
4
Gran Torino
Dustin Putman
Clint Eastwood directing himself is the main attraction and his Walter s redemptive journey through the course of the film is where its true unforced power lies 
3
Gran Torino
Rafer Guzman
Part modern day Western part vigilante flick part after school special Clint Eastwood s oddball drama Grand Torino remains entertaining right up to the end credits during which you can scratch your head and wonder what you ve just seen 
2.5
Gran Torino
James Berardinelli
Gran Torino is an amazingly over the top anti racism parable but despite its obvious shortcomings it is nevertheless effective and affecting 
3
Gran Torino
Peter Travers
A lifetime in movies runs through this prime vintage Eastwood performance You can t take your eyes off him The no frills no bull Gran Torino made my day 
3.5
Gran Torino
Bill Weber
Gran Torino being a Clint showcase helmed by the Last Movie Star himself Walt s reformation is nearly inevitable but skirts being cloying on the strength of the 78 year old icon s raspy brusqueness 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Brian Eggert
Goddard s script which on the surface could be accused of selling an angle more than a narrative nonetheless allows the actors several leisurely moments to chew scenery or simply inhabit their roles 
3.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Mattie Lucas
A winning formula that overcomes most of its faults to provide a compelling and thoroughly entertaining yarn 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Federico Furzan
An addictive backline of characters deliver a promising story that just explodes in a weird roller coaster of genres Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Wesley Lovell
Bad Times at the El Royale looks to be trying to spark new life into the genre but with seemingly little success 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Matt Brunson
A throwback to the Tarantino days 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Linda Cook
For those of us waiting for the next Tarantino outing 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
David Nusair
An exceedingly and impressively ambitious effort 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Kevin A. Ranson
a very tight drama similar to lock box horror films where no one escapes until the movie ends and the survivors are tallied It needs no prequel no sequel and is near perfect as is 
4
Bad Times at the El Royale
Alan French
Erivo showcases amazing vocals and a deeply emotional turn Her quiet reserve melts away and you watch a star burst onto the screen 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Josh Bell
The more that Goddard reveals about his characters and their true motivations the less interesting the movie becomes 
2
Bad Times at the El Royale
Tom Meek
The camp mostly works while Bridges and Johnson hold the fort Spaeny and Pullman add flourishes of manic quirk and Erivo adds soul social context and glorious chops 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Joe Friar
Goddard forgoes an elaborate plot twist for a straight forward thriller that relies on character development Good performances and the right amount of humor make this a recommended flick 
3.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Robert Horton
Doesn t have quite enough twists to justify the 141 minute running time 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
James Berardinelli
Bad Times at the El Royale starts with a lot of promise and a full head of steam even half way through I was engaged But the movie eventually careens off the track 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Richard Roeper
Taking turns in the spotlight everyone in the cast is outstanding 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Sara Michelle Fetters
A character driven opus unafraid to take its time and develop things slowly 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite many strong attributes it lacks the tightly coiled surprise of Christie and the violent crackle of Tarantino 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Glenn Kenny
An unfortunately apt demonstration of what can befall a clever filmmaker who gets too clever 
1.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Rex Reed
Depraved self indulgent trash that is a narrative mess and at nearly two and a half hours in length seems to go on forever 
1
Bad Times at the El Royale
John Semley
An eager entertainment absent anything genuinely entertaining 
1.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Mark Feeney
A general airlessness sets in as a tendency to sleight of narrative hand devolves into post Tarantino trickeration 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Peter Howell
The film makes a suspenseful dive down a long and twisting rabbit hole 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Mark Dujsik
At first the constant change of understanding is a little thrilling Since it happens constantly here though we eventually become numb to it 
2
Bad Times at the El Royale
Michael Phillips
The movie is 100 percent plot 60 percent of which serves itself nicely The rest tends to self compete 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Mick LaSalle
Goddard has a weird problem He has an advanced ability to say things but he has nothing to say 
2
Bad Times at the El Royale
Rafer Guzman
Vivid and entertaining yet never truly engrossing 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Nick Vadala
Goddard provides ample space for his star studded cast to play often to great effect thanks mostly to lesser known stars like Erivo and Pullman 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
George M. Thomas
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery right Only if it s consistently good and enjoyable Bad Times isn t 
2.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Joey Magidson
Goddard is having a wicked bit of fun and even if he overstuffs his work that stuffing is still rather tasty 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
Dustin Putman
A deliberately woven tapestry deliciously toying in different tones and genres the picture marches to the beat of its own deviously methodical drummer 
3.5
Bad Times at the El Royale
Michael O'Sullivan
Part B movie sendup part noirish hybrid of mystery and black comedy and all original 
3
Bad Times at the El Royale
J.R. Kinnard
Mostly this is an exercise in style a slick tribute to righteous trash that promises a lot more fun than it actually delivers 
2
Bad Times at the El Royale
Roger Moore
Film school Tarantino
1
Bad Times at the El Royale
Derek Smith
The film begins as a cheeky retro chamber drama before morphing into an often expectation busting blend of noir and pitch black comedy 
2.5
Z for Zachariah
Brian Eggert
A somewhat aloof allegory that 44 though visually appealing and serving a trio of fine 44 understated performances 44 never fully immerses us in the drama 46 
2.5
Z for Zachariah
Federico Furzan
An interesting thriller about the effects of consequence What an ending Full review in Spanish 
3
Z for Zachariah
Scott Renshaw
Despite the solid performances by Robbie and Ejiofor in particular it simply pokes along as a golden toned Nicholas Sparks melodrama version of the apocalypse 
2.5
Z for Zachariah
Kyle Turner
Z for Zachariah is often promising and intermittently interesting but its superficial quality is frustrating 
2
Z for Zachariah
Stephen Rebello
Worth seeing for the opportunity to watch Robbie become a full fledged film star for the strong performances of Ejiofor and Pine and for the fascinating stuff the movie has to say about race religion and the mixed blessings of scientific progress 
3
Z for Zachariah
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This post apocalyptic drama does away with mutated monsters evil power mongers chases explosions and grisly effects and simply effectively focuses on the deeds and emotions of three people 
3
Z for Zachariah
Matt Zoller Seitz
Z for Zachariah is ultimately too dramatically slight and brief for its ambitions despite its sometimes labored myth making script and visuals 
2.5
Z for Zachariah
Roger Moore
Watchable End of Days drama but thin on depth and entertainment value 
2
Z for Zachariah
Julia Cooper
The drama brims with religious allusion and questions of how faith manifests in a world without hope 
3
Z for Zachariah
Anders Wright
This is a small smart movie that lies in the hands of its three cast members all of whom are huge movie stars and all of whom are up to the task 
3
Z for Zachariah
Molly Eichel
The world has ended Streets are deserted Humanity is all but wiped out Haven t we heard this one before Turns out we haven t 
3
Z for Zachariah
Tom Russo
The triangle that Zachariah sketches among the last three folks on earth is all too human 
2.5
Z for Zachariah
Linda Barnard
It s the three actors that make the film work particularly Australian actress Robbie who follows a small yet effective role in The Wolf of Wall Street with more nuanced and ultimately powerful work 
3
Z for Zachariah
Dustin Putman
At times it feels as if Z for Zachariah is holding back one wishes the film wasn t quite so restrained and polite The tricky ambiguity and tough suggestion of where the narrative leads however feels right 
2.5
Z for Zachariah
Michael O'Sullivan
The acting is strong with Robbie and Ejiofor turning in performances that feel powerfully authentic even in moments of ethical confusion Maybe especially in moments of ethical confusion 
3
Z for Zachariah
Peter Travers
Craig Zobel s film asks what form humanity takes when there s practically no one looking The three actors work wonders and raise provocative questions about reinventing the planet in microcosm 
3
Z for Zachariah
Lou Lumenick
A ponderous snooze with more pregnant pauses than a season s worth of Harold Pinter revivals 
1.5
Z for Zachariah
Ed Gonzalez
The film squanders the promise of its scrutiny into how people recalibrate their sense of morality in times of crisis 
1.5
Z for Zachariah
Rob Thomas
It s a simple almost elegant premise and Zobel never puts a foot wrong in letting it play out 
3.5
In the Good Old Summertime
Matt Brunson
A so so musical remake of the 1940 classic The Shop Around the Corner 
2.5
In the Good Old Summertime
Betsy Bozdech
A sweet nostalgic bit of musical fun 
3
Rock Slyde
David Nusair
Rock Slyde takes a premise that would barely work as a Funny or Die sketch and expands it to feature length 
1
Brick Lane
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully made film with its heart in the right place there s just not enough of that heart to go around 
2.5
Brick Lane
James Vance
Though some of the journeys lead to unhappy endings Nazneen s story offers us a resolution as satisfying as any contemporary drama has given us this year 
3
Brick Lane
Susan Walker
Kaushik is remarkable as Chanu a role that demands he be a buffoonish yet loving man intelligent beneath his self aggrandizing attitudes oversized ambitions and determined cheerfulness 
3.5
Brick Lane
Michael Sragow
In Chanu it creates an indelible protagonist He thinks he is a man of ideas He is a man who when it counts is full of common sense and uncommon feeling 
3
Brick Lane
Jeff Vice
Relative newcomer Chatterjee is a revelation as Nazneen It s her character s predicament that holds our interest 
2.5
Brick Lane
Duane Dudek
Brick Lane by director Sarah Gavron and Angela s Ashes screenwriter Laura Jones is like Mira Nair s film The Namesake a heartfelt portrait of the new immigrant experience 
3
Brick Lane
John Beifuss
The slant is feminist but the most interesting character is not the saintly and long suffering wife but her initially ridiculous husband wonderfully played by Satish Kaushik 
3
Brick Lane
Phil Villarreal
Chanu a torrent of frustration who seems to be no more happy with the union than his wife is confronts Karim in a memorable scene that packs a spark the rest of the film lacks 
2
Brick Lane
Steven Rea
A quietly observant and quite beautiful adaptation of the Monica Ali novel 
3
Brick Lane
Chris Hewitt
Brick Lane is so lovely that even a simple shot of empty hangers in a closet shimmers 
3
Brick Lane
Peter Schilling
As the plot unfolds it becomes apparent that director Sarah Gavron also finds attractive people more sympathetic and this is Brick Lane s undoing 
2.5
Brick Lane
Connie Ogle
As Nazneen Tannishtha Chatterjee proves to be the quiet force that drives the film ably projecting a depth of emotion with few words 
3
Brick Lane
James Berardinelli
While the film tackles the issue of what the concept of home means for expats and emigrants it can also be seen as a coming of age story for a woman in her mid 30s 
3
Brick Lane
Liam Lacey
The film hits all the clichs of romantic literary adaptation montage letters read aloud in voice over a swelling musical score 
2.5
Brick Lane
Peter Hartlaub
Brick Lane has beautiful scenery and some enjoyable moments but leaves the viewer feeling the need to find the book to get the rest of the story 
2
Brick Lane
Roger Ebert
Brick Lane is about characters who have depth and reality who change and learn who have genuine feelings And it keeps on surprising us right to the end 
3.5
Brick Lane
Claudia Puig
A sensitive and occasionally poetic film Brick Lane is an absorbing tale of personal empowerment and emotional growth 
3
Brick Lane
Jeanne Aufmuth
A sense of isolation and struggle for identity in an oppressive culture wash away superfluous formula leaving a lovely tranquility in their wake 
3
Brick Lane
Frank Ochieng
an economically poignant melodrama about a young Muslim girl s fragile mindset and the journey that leads to her self discovery relentlessly affecting in mind and consciousness 
3
Brick Lane
Maitland McDonagh
Stripped of a mediating point of view the film is just a series of pretty pictures and awkwardly connected incidents 
2.5
Brick Lane
Kyle Smith
To hint that a heroine might have any flaws whatsoever would be just a bit too modern for this picture 
2
Brick Lane
John Anderson
Where it s going all seems predetermined but the visual journey is lovely Robbie Ryan s camera turning even council housing London into something optically enchanting 
2.5
Brick Lane
Janos Gereben
Direction and the work of the cast are outstanding 
3.5
Brick Lane
Kam Williams
The sort of female empowerment flick that could get a fatwa issued against Sarah Gavron the intrepid director daring enough to make the picture
4
Brick Lane
Steve Rhodes
A weepie that alternates between the poignant and the trite The acting is good but the script is overwrought 
2.5
Brick Lane
Ed Gonzalez
Even when 9 11 is invoked the film doesn t so much suggest a melodrama of the heart and spirit as it does an explosion at a fabric store 
1
Official Secrets
Peter Canavese
It s a story worth shining a light on Gun a hero deserving of a movie star moment And yet this docudrama struggles to give feature length narrative shape to the story in a way that brings it to vibrant dramatic life 
2.5
Official Secrets
Rene Sanchez
Keira Knightley delivers a stunning performance in this morally complex yet conventional drama based on actual events Full Review in Spanish 
3
Official Secrets
Cate Marquis
Once again Gavin Hood delivers a thought provoking film on a serious topic that is also gripping human drama 
3.5
Official Secrets
Sean P. Means
Knightley holds our attention throughout Official Secrets capturing Katherine s optimism that she can stop the war her anger that she was naive for thinking she could and her resolution to reveal the truth no matter the cost 
3.5
Official Secrets
Robert Horton
Does a clean devastating job of laying out the ways that as the central character puts it we were lied into an illegal war 
3.5
Official Secrets
Lisa Jensen
There s nothing slick or flashy about Gavin Hood s tightly constructed and efficient suspense drama 
3
Official Secrets
Moira MacDonald
It s a good story well told though you have to forgive Hood for indulging in a little journalistic cliché 
3
Official Secrets
Brad Wheeler
The end result is a professionally made film that is whistle blowingly relevant starring an excellent actress who successfully comes in from her Pride Prejudice past 
3
Official Secrets
Richard Roeper
It s difficult to become immersed in a film in which far too many characters sound like they re reciting talking points and not delivering authentic dialogue 
2.5
Official Secrets
Rick Bentley
Official Secrets is a personal examination of heroism that shows how one person s decision can be a powerful and life changing act where the obligation to not be silenced outweighs all potential negative consequences 
3.5
Official Secrets
Ty Burr
Official Secrets scratches the surface of a deep and dark universe of things we re not supposed to know but should 
2.5
Official Secrets
Ann Hornaday
Although Knightley s Gun often seems to be a passive figure buffeted by the machinations of those around her the film s honesty about the enormous personal costs of whistleblowing is a welcome relief from more romanticized heroics 
3
Official Secrets
Glenn Kenny
Feels both dutiful and dry 
2
Official Secrets
Oliver Jones
As concisely informative as an Economist article and as gripping as a beach read 
3.5
Official Secrets
Mark Dujsik
Official Secrets doesn t show us the full story of Gun s bravery and determination to do what s right 
2.5
Official Secrets
Joey Magidson
Keira Knightley is at her best here mixing a dry earnestness with a vivid determination not to see her country descend into war 
3
Official Secrets
James Berardinelli
Although Official Secrets may take liberties with the historical record it s effective as both a drama and a cautionary tale and the lessons it teaches are possibly more relevant in today s world than they were 15 years ago 
3
Official Secrets
Roger Moore
A bit slow but utterly engrossing thanks to its subject and an A list Brit cast 
2.5
Official Secrets
Johnny Oleksinski
So much of Gregory Bernstein Sara Bernstein and Gavin Hood s screenplay arrives with a thud that it might ve been written with clenched fists Knightley s overwrought performance doesn t help either 
1.5
Official Secrets
Chuck Bowen
Gavin Hood wrings suspense out of the parsing of the nuances of evidence and the tapping of mysterious contacts 
2.5
The Snowtown Murders
Roger Ebert
The film is a chilling study of an evil dominant personality and his victims 
3.5
The Snowtown Murders
Lou Lumenick
Overlong and grim to the point where some scenes are virtually unwatchable 
1.5
The Snowtown Murders
Kenji Fujishima
Whatever one ends up thinking about The Snowtown Murders it s difficult to deny that it s a deeply impressive work 
2.5
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
Chuck Bowen
The art is the reason to see the enjoyable but egregiously slight Remembering the Artist Robert De Niro Sr 
2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Federico Furzan
A fascinating example of different and relevant cinema Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
an extremely intelligent film with several narrative surprises and truly hilarious moments Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Cammila Albertson
An unrelenting torrent of affectionate but biting music scene satire old school Nintendo references and cartoony depictions of post adolescent love Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a delight 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Jeff Beck
Edgar Wright and his crew had a daunting task in adapting this great material but they were able to mix it together just right for the big screen and have ultimately made one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Wesley Lovell
A film that defines the video game generation and redefines the romantic comedy 
4
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Rene Rodriguez
Scott Pilgrim vs the World becomes a fatal case of flash over substance Pretty great flash though 
2.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Jordan Hiller
Scott Pilgrim is a film where youth is power and power is music video games and confronting your exes with how great your current hook up is but like most hipsters you meet it is more impressed with itself than anything else
2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Marty Mapes
Video games taught a generation to fight for what you want
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Josh Hurst
Some might see it as a great hipster parable a postmodern epic for the Nintendo generation I think it s simply a triumph of dizzying cinematic style and it never misses a beat 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Nash
Maybe with a different lead actor and about 20 minutes of running time chopped from it I might have enjoyed it more Instead I laughed through parts but was never emotionally drawn into any of it 
2.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Christopher Lloyd
This movie is like the entirety of American youth culture crammed into a single package It s about love alienation video games comic books chord grinding indie punk rock texting dead end jobs and evil ex boyfriends 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Mike McGranaghan
An energetic ode to youthful preoccupations as well as a fun 21st century romance 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
James Kendrick
leaves no mediated stone unturned and tosses anything and everything into its conceptual blender with an infectious wild abandon
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
John Beifuss
For all its videogame references this like Wright s previous films is at heart a genre satire reinventing the John Hughes 1980s teen dramedy for the plugged in post postmodern mashup generation 
4
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Linda Cook
What if life were like a video game In Scott Pilgrim vs the World it is And things are a lot more realistic heart wise anyway than you might expect 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Barbara Vancheri
It s frothy and fun and primarily aimed at a teen or twentysomething audience who will identify with its world of lousy apartments and omnipresent roommates gaming arcades Goodwill stores coffee shops and battles of the bands 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Eric Melin
Young adults of today are a different breed Now they finally have a movie that serves as a giant metaphor for their experiences 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
David Nusair
a consistently watchable yet all too superficial piece of work 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Christian Toto
Scott Pilgrim vs the World or its alternate title Dude Where s My Attention Span 
2.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Sean P. Means
A crowning achievement in modern nerd culture a brilliant blending of comic book imagery alt rock music video game sensibilities martial arts moves and old fashioned romance 
4
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Matt Brunson
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is the movie that Kick Ass wishes it could be when it grows up 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Michael Smith
The driving force is the snappy witty script one of the year s best and each actor completely buying into Wright s camp up the comedy kookiness 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Liam Lacey
You need to take a step back to see the emotional heart of the story an allegory of a generation struggling to exchange the solipsistic Xbox triumphs for awkward real world love and empathy 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Amy Biancolli
Knowing self mockery is the name of the game 
4
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is awesome but it also makes you wonder if there s more to movies than awesomeness 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Chris Knight
The film s surreal pacing and meandering plot require viewers to hang on tight or risk being left behind Suspension of disbelief won t cut it you ll need to actually demolish it if you want to keep up with the humour 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Tyler Hanley
Audacious director Edgar Wright Shaun of the Dead throws a jolt of energy into the summer movie season with this imaginative and entertaining romp 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Sean O'Connell
Once you understand its rhythms it translates into a thrilling mash up 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Rob Thomas
I haven t read a comic book in five years and my gaming abilities center on the iPhone game Angry Birds but I was smitten 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
John Wirt
The first martial arts romantic comedy action adventure fantasy musical 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Robert Levin
If a picture as gleefully vapid as this is what passes for a generational milestone in 2010 we re in trouble 
2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Matt Soergel
I ve spent perhaps 27 minutes of my entire life playing video games and about that much time reading comic books Yet I liked every minute of Scott Pilgrim vs the World 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Stephen Whitty
Its self awareness is the saving grace As long as nothing is taken seriously everything is permitted from leaps in logic to caddish heroes 
2.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ann Hornaday
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a dog frequency movie enjoyable only to those tuned in to its particular register 
1.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Kyle Smith
I tried to love it But after 20 minutes I sensed I was intruding on the movie s love affair with itself 
2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Willie Waffle
Visually cool excellently quirky and exhilarating from start to finish with a frenetic pace that never stops 
4
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Erik Childress
An infuriating exercise in geek baiting populated by unlikable characters that grows more frustrating through its 113 minutes Scott Pilgrim vs the World is more like a feature length adaptation of Reality Bites The Video Game 
1
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Chris Hewitt
Be warned that you will not care one bit if the lead man and woman end up together but you can still have a lot of fun watching them get there or not get there 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Claudia Puig
The film fuses an indie punk rock sensibility with comic book violence and video game energy mixed with quirky humor and sassy pop culture references 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Mike Scott
It s as if Wright took equal parts video game culture comic book culture and rock n roll culture and threw it all into one giant pop culture blender In a good way 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Phil Villarreal
It s an obnoxious navel gazing uproarious tribute to a life well wasted 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Mark Dujsik
The movie tongues its cheek raises its eyebrows and nudges our elbow in every area except where it really counts 
2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Sara Michelle Fetters
By making sure the emotional relationships are grounded no matter how extreme silly or outlandish the rest of it all gets the central cast is relatable and believable almost no matter what 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Dustin Putman
An unpeggable one of a kind slice of unorthodox cinematic heaven 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Tom Horgen
What s the point of being clever if you re just going to follow it up with enough flaming sword action and exploding bad guys to make our pupils hurt 
2.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Duane Dudek
Wright uses split screens slow and fast motion violent edits and screen wipes to create an always moving and often disorienting world that will nonetheless be familiar to those who live and play in it 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Carrie Rickey
Cramming every frame with as much visual and aural material as he can Wright is a guy who gets all the neurons firing 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Jeff Vice
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is perhaps the closest any filmmaker has come yet to translating comic book material directly to the movie screen 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Robert W. Butler
There s only so much you can wring out of detachment 
2.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Peter Howell
The film may baffle regular citizens and migraine sufferers but it welcomes geeks of all ages and obsessions to its circus tent 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
James Berardinelli
A clever send up of comic book and video games circa 1990 this movie illustrates that writer director Edgar Wright can rise to the next level 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ty Burr
The movie is packed with characters and likable actors and if you know the source it s fun seeing how the filmmakers have cast to the cartoon 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Moira MacDonald
Like an animatronic kitten that won t leave you alone Scott Pilgrim vs the World wins its audience over on adorable persistence 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Michael Phillips
At its best Wright s film is raucous impudent entertainment 
3
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Rossiter Drake
It is a movie fueled by the lunatic inspiration of the very best games and cartoons awash with stylistic flourishes and exhilarating animé inspired skirmishes that reflect the director s passion for both 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Josh Larsen
an exhilarating burst of adolescence a youth movement of wit energy ingenuity and sweetness 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Peter Keough
Could Michael Cera be getting more vaporous with each repeat of his epicene screen persona 
1.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Roger Moore
Far and away the funniest movie of the summer 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Peter Travers
Scott Pilgrim is a breathless rush of a movie that jumps off the screen spins your head around and then stealthily works its way into your heart 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Sara Vilkomerson
When you re 45 minutes into a two hour film and you ve only met two exes you can t help but start calculating how quickly the rest will be apportioned 
2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Nick Schager
Edgar Wright is cinema s most inspired mash up artist and Scott Pilgrim vs the World may be his finest hybridization to date a romantic comedy recast as a mêlée heavy video game 
3.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ethan Alter
For its sheer sense of spectacle alone Scott Pilgrim is a treat 
3.5
Missing
Roger Moore
A serial killer thriller that trips you up 44 bounces you around and repels and entertains you all along the way 46 
3
The Courier
Sean P. Means
Cooke has clearly studied The Third Man and John LeCarré s spy novels and creates an oppressive atmosphere filled with deep shadows from where suspicious eyes may be watching 
3.5
Children of the Sea
Simon Abrams
The universe may in fact be held together by dueling perspectives but the only thing consistent about Children of the Sea is its inconstancy 
2.5
Savage Nights
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What seems most significant about the camera and editing styles is the way they play against one another 
3
Savage Nights
Roger Ebert
Bohringer makes the character real in countless details and Laura s confusion and vulnerability undermine Collard s theme 
2.5
Amor Real
Michael Dequina
Spectacle can only take a serial so far and Amor Real for all its epic trappings has an irresistible basic hook 
3
Detective Story
Matt Brunson
Detective Story is a film that would suffer from a bad case of staginess were it not for William Wyler 8217 s fluid direction 46 We 8217 re never bothered by a lack of mobility because there doesn 8217 t seem to be any 46 
3.5
Asia
Wes Greene
Asia is Ruthy Pribar s feature length directorial debut but it evinces an old hand s confidence 
3
Asia
Joey Magidson
As far as intimate dramas go Asia is really top notch Never content to go for an easy emotional beat every single moment feels real 
3.5
I Am a Dancer
Roger Moore
A straightforward old fashioned dancer and the dance film very much a product of its time 
2.5
I Am a Dancer
Matt Brunson
A disappointing documentary 
2
Eternity: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Every joke calls attention to itself as though lit by a flashing neon sign and the film makes no pretense of creating characters or a story that you can get invested in In fact it takes great pains to prevent you from becoming invested 
1
Arthur and the Invisibles
Mike McGranaghan
Arthur and the Invisibles has a story so psychedelic that each movie ticket purchased should also include a black light poster and some incense Kids weaned on the likes of Pixar and Shrek won t know what to make of it 
2.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Phil Villarreal
Audiences should ignore this one until Arthur becomes invisible 
1.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Angel Cohn
Succumbing to the in joke trend popular in children s films Luc Besson s visually attractive movie spoils its own fantasy spell with anachronistic references and a quickly resolved story line 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Geoff Pevere
While technically polished and adequately executed Arthur like most of Besson s movies is a strangely soulless experience 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Peter Hartlaub
Besson is a pro when it comes to action movies but this part live part animation effort is a mess highlighted by creepy animation derivative plot points and a child star who speaks way too fast 
1
Arthur and the Invisibles
James Hebert
The story Besson co wrote for Arthur is workable even clever at times but the visualization of the Minimoys and their crib is weird and almost aggressively off putting like an episode of When CGI Attacks 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Sean P. Means
Nothing in this movie works Maybe all that tweaking helped but I m not betting on it 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Kyle Smith
This kids cartoon from France is such a surreally demented attempt to connect with children that it s the equivalent of foie gras breakfast cereal or a bleu cheese milkshake 
0.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Jack Mathews
Good intentions a full complement of parts and proper assembly do not guarantee a successful result 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Meg Jones
It might have been just another humdrum children s film if not for Highmore who brings the same charm he did in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Finding Neverland to this fun movie 
2.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Peter Debruge
Directed by Luc Besson this inventive family movie sets up the most delightful premise then squanders it on the kind of yawn inducing CG adventure you might expect from one of those long plot heavy cut scenes that slow down video games 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Robert W. Butler
Apparently Besson became so enamored of CG animation s possibilities that he forgot basic rules such as the one about animation thriving on clear cut distinctive characters whose personalities are established in the first few seconds they re on screen 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Rick Groen
Arthur and the Invisibles may be a tale for children but it s got the bad habits of a profligate adult the thing borrows shamelessly from its betters and then pretends to be self sustaining 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
John Monaghan
Too eccentric for kids too silly for everyone else it floats in a Neverland of breathtaking visuals in service of a story that pilfers everything and I mean everything from the Arthur legends to last summer s The Ant Bully 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Jeff Vice
This fantasy blend of live action and digital animation is just never quite as wondrous as it really should be 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Teresa Budasi
There are too many things out of whack here and too many unanswered questions 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Ty Burr
The movie bing bing bings all over the place repurposing fantasy novels video games Arthurian legends Besson s grocery bill for all I know Even the musical score has multiple personality disorder 
1.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is no committee engineered product designed to boost first quarter profits Besson actually wants to be here 
3
Arthur and the Invisibles
Jeffrey Westhoff
I know this is supposed to be a children s fantasy and that the color of the Miminoys skin should be less remarkable than their microscopic stature but the message seems to be that an African tribe can t be cute unless it is also white 
1.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Mark Dujsik
A movie with imaginative elements but little imagination 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Daniel M. Kimmel
Youngsters should have a fine time Adults not easily persuaded that any children s film is automatically charming might bring a book 
2.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
David Nusair
there s exceedingly little here to hold the interest of even the most patient adult 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Willie Waffle
Starts off as an innocent wholesome family adventure but when it becomes animated Arthur is on the path to throwing back drinks in da club with Snoop Dogg and his posse 
1
Arthur and the Invisibles
Josh Larsen
Besson even dresses up the main female character in the sort of action babe getup assigned to Milla Jovovich in his own The Fifth Element 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Monica A. Reyhani
Ultimately Besson has made an interesting if shaky in places homage to childhood 
2.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Steven Rea
Luc Besson the most Hollywoodish of Gallic directors has adapted his own series of popular in France kid lit tomes to produce a glossy expensive 84 million and long winded mix of live action and computer animation 
1.5
Arthur and the Invisibles
Michael Wilmington
It s a pretty good picture albeit a strange one 
3
Arthur and the Invisibles
Chris Hewitt
The adventure turns out to be a drag When Arthur goes on a ruby hunt the movie shifts to animation and he meets the Minimoys fairy creatures who look like those troll dolls that become inexplicably popular every 20 years 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
John Anderson
Arthur and the Invisibles makes an excellent case against casting animated movies with celebrity voices There are people who make their living as voiceover artists and they would have been infinitely better than the lackluster Robert De Niro 
1
Arthur and the Invisibles
Jim Hemphill
The routine story and lack of real warmth make this a movie to endure with one s children not to share with them 
2
Arthur and the Invisibles
Ed Gonzalez
Luc Besson s Arthur and the Invisibles clears the smog left behind by the year s dubious family entertainments 
3
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Alan Zilberman
As Zweig Hader never offers a note of regret or terror Instead his performance is mannered and steadfast evoking a man who trusts that humanity will survive fascism 
2.5
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Thelma Adams
This slender yet dense biopic deserves praise for how it reanimates the author not what it inevitably leaves out it s so difficult to capture and condense the past in all its flickering iridescence as Zweig once did 
3
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Clayton Dillard
The film hovers between being a straight up biopic of Zweig and a diagnosis of neoliberalism s recent ceding to neofascist policy and nationalistic fervor 
2.5
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Shane Slater
Ultimately Stefan Zweig Farewell to Europe is less a character study than an evocation of a pervading state of mind And in that sense the film has unexpected contemporary relevance 
3
Super
Roger Moore
The graphic violence spatters along for an hour and a half until we reach that point when writer director James Gunn says That s all I ve got and basically gives up 
2
Super
Duane Dudek
Just as you dismiss it as witless superhero parody it switches gears in a way not especially subtle but for which you are unprepared And when it finally declares itself to be a genre film the surprise is that it s not the genre you thought 
2.5
Super
Mike Scott
Just doesn t have enough new gadgets in its utility belt to keep it from becoming much more than a super shrug
2.5
Super
Mark Sells
Gunn s unique approach combining twisted humor dark drama and over the top violence offers a great change of pace for audiences tired of mainstream comic book fare 
3.5
Super
Chris Hewitt
It s grimmer than you probably would expect but Wilson s incisive performance is reason enough to see it 
2.5
Super
Joe Williams
Super could use the certitude of its hero but the weapon it wields instead is a scalpel to see what s inside us 
3
Super
John Hartl
A sense of style can make up for a lot at the movies But James Gunn s brutal new comedy thriller Super succeeds only in demonstrating that without it you may not have much of anything 
1.5
Super
Rob Thomas
Writer director James Gunn who successfully tweaked the monster movie genre with Slither has created a grimy bloody and absolutely pitch black superhero movie And it s also really funny 
3
Super
Steven Rea
Could be endearing if Wilson s performance weren t so nihilistically dull and if there were somebody in the picture who had a soul 
2
Super
Dustin Putman
Provides a sympathetic if gradually unhinged protagonist then proceeds to put him through hell for no apparent reason other than because it can 
2
Super
Roger Ebert
Super plunges into nihilistic despair in its third act This isn t a black comedy because it isn t a comedy It s a trick played on our expectations I concede but to what end 
2
Super
Michael Phillips
Wilson does amusingly steely work while Page goes bonkers giving her gleeful nut job one of the more memorable horselaughs in recent American film history 
2.5
Super
Matt Pais
Mostly a good bit of fun as Wilson s both heartbreaking and a crack up as he s cracking skulls 
3
Super
Robert Levin
An appealing often hilarious corrective to the conventional pop cultural idealization of the superhero 
3.5
Super
Sara Michelle Fetters
We root for Frank even though his antics as the Crimson Bolt become more and more extreme as the film goes along especially after Boltie joins the team keeping things in an insane moralistic grey area that s thought provoking and invigorating 
3
Super
Lou Lumenick
A lot less funny than it sounds 
1.5
Super
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Super is a disturbing amazing experience it s almost as if the movie itself were an ordinary movie freed from moral conventions by wearing a mask 
3.5
Super
Michael O'Sullivan
Most of the time it isn t clear whether Gunn is critiquing violence or celebrating it 
1
Super
Walter V. Addiego
Shows us a nebbish who becomes a costumed crime fighter without telling us anything interesting about nebbishes or crime fighters 
2
Super
Ty Burr
Of all the entries in the average schmo tries to be a superhero genre and that would certainly include last year s Kick Ass Super succeeds the best by putting its audience in the most uncomfortable position 
3
Super
Brett Michel
At least this tailor made for the midnight circuit curio doesn t rely on too hip for school dialogue Instead we get unrated doses of over the top violence and a massive inconsistency in tone 
2.5
Super
Nick Schager
The bleak crazy postmodern superhero saga Kick Ass aspired to be which doesn t prevent it from being sluggish derivative and beyond obvious 
1.5
Super
Bill Chambers
Whatever its shortcomings Ellen Page delivers another performance for the ages 
2
Super
David Nusair
An expectedly oddball effort from James Gunn 
2.5
Stuey
Erik Childress
As the poster tells us four things about Stuey Gambler Addict Loser Legend it s disappointing that the final film can only fulfill on three of the four 
2.5
The Five Pennies
Peter Canavese
A bit of a sprightly tragic mess but if one doesn t try to sum up its parts it s plenty entertaining in a nostalgic old movie way 
2.5
8MM
Federico Furzan
A boring thriller that goes nowhere and serves only as an example of a valid premise Full review in Spanish 
1.5
8MM
Matt Brunson
8MM is technically proficient and strongly acted but when it comes to staking out any moral or intellectual claims it clearly isn t up to snuff 
2.5
8MM
Mike McGranaghan
It deals with subject matter that holds your attention even if it never frays your nerves as much as it could have 
2.5
8MM
Jim Shelby
The repartee between Cage and Phoenix is the high point in the film which otherwise made me want to go take a long hot shower 
2.5
8MM
Margaret A. McGurk
I could not get past the pathology lurking just below the skin of this story its false morality its prurient absorption in sexual violence its sadistic glee over the hero s degradation 
1.5
8MM
Marty Mapes
Cage s flat deadpan acting style makes it hard to pick up on his character s moral demise much less care about it 
2
8MM
James Kendrick
The third reel is vicious sensationalism pure and simple designed to please the crowd who may feel that that the makers of the snuff film need to suffer a horrible death 
2.5
8MM
Ian Mantgani
The issues and atmosphere are forgotten in favour of a brash action climax 
1
8MM
James Berardinelli
As it is everything is on screen too long and the problems are magnified 
2.5
8MM
Jeff Vice
It s not anything you want to be exposed to for extended lengths of time 
2
8MM
David N. Butterworth
8MM doesn t condemn or condone its subject matter it just exploits it 
1.5
8MM
Dustin Putman
One of the most daring and attentive films of the year 
3.5
8MM
Michael Dequina
The mystery is more or less resolved in an overblown sequence that comes at the end of act two and the revelations are contrived and incredibly underwhelming 
2
8MM
Bob Bloom
Overlong slow violent nasty and unredeeming 
1
8MM
David Sterritt
Just when we thought Mel Gibson had plumbed the lowest depths of big studio nastiness in Payback along comes Nicolas Cage to do him one better 
1
8MM
Roger Ebert
It is a real film Not a slick exploitation exercise with all the trappings of depravity but none of the consequences Not a film where moral issues are forgotten in the excitement of an action climax 
3
8MM
David Keyes
Intense but very engaging 
3
8MM
Jorge Avila Andrade
Se salva por el buen oficio de su director y por la adecuada edicin que presenta pero pudo haber ido ms all y dejar de ser un thriller como tantos otros
3
8MM
Craig Marine
This is not a movie for the squeamish by any means But for those who like their thrillers dark and their heroes a bit more complicated and flawed than the average shoot without a blink type so prevalent in today s movies 8MM fills the bill 
3
8MM
Steve Rhodes
As the ending credits roll your reaction is likely to be Why did they mess up such a promising movie 
2.5
8MM
Susan Stark
Distasteful Not persuasive 
1
Burn After Reading
Mattie Lucas
A hilarious and intelligent comedy and a worthy new member of the Coens tradition of excellence 
3
Burn After Reading
David Keyes
Seldom has a comedy about such thoroughly dumb individuals been so engaging or so insightful 
3.5
Burn After Reading
Mike Scott
It s a just for funsies caper and the Coen brothers seem to revel in it helped along by an impressive cast that gleefully follows their lead 
3
Burn After Reading
Matt Brunson
Showcases a pitch black comic sensibility that will either attract or repel moviegoers 
3
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Ty Burr
The boys just get up there and play the hits with maximum electricity and little to no frills 
3
Tamara Drewe
Roger Moore
The overripe Arterton is put on glorious display but there s little joy and not much romp in this cluttered sex farce 
2
Tamara Drewe
David Nusair
It s only as the narrative adopts an increasingly episodic feel that one s interest begins to wane 
2
Tamara Drewe
Rob Thomas
It doesn t hold together that well but there are enough moments of wry inspiration to keep the movie more or less afloat 
2
Tamara Drewe
Joe Williams
Tamara Drewe is a wickedly smart hybrid of a literary roundelay and a postfeminist manifesto 
3
Tamara Drewe
Keith Cohen
This instantly forgettable soap opera strings together infatuations jealousies and love affairs Everybody gets in the act of 
2
Tamara Drewe
John Beifuss
Despite her cheeky introduction in short shorts that might have embarrassed Catherine Bach Tamara proves to be the most tedious character in her own movie 
2
Tamara Drewe
Chris Foran
Always engaging if disjointed and dotted with pleasant surprises 
3
Tamara Drewe
Robert W. Butler
Diverting but not terribly compelling 
2
Tamara Drewe
Moira MacDonald
The film lacks Frears usual master touch it often feels flat and self conscious in a way that the book never does 
2.5
Tamara Drewe
Carrie Rickey
While no one would celebrate Tamara Drewe as a great movie it is a reliable dispenser of visual and erotic pleasures 
2.5
Tamara Drewe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tamara Drewe based on a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds veers into some unexpected and emotionally complex territory 
3
Tamara Drewe
Kate Taylor
You know where you re going in territory that s actually more Jane Austen than Hardy but Frears makes the most of the many bumps and twists 
3
Tamara Drewe
Peter Howell
Caught midway between literary genres the film lacks the literary sheen of Hardy and the darker comic impulses of Simmonds 
2
Tamara Drewe
Peter Canavese
Ever so charming with some satirical snap to its characterizations 
3
Tamara Drewe
Chris Hewitt
Tamara Drewe feels like the work of a director who tossed a bunch of darts at a board hoping some of them would stick None do 
1
Tamara Drewe
Michael O'Sullivan
Tamara Drewe is one in a million 
3
Tamara Drewe
Claudia Puig
A bucolic romp set in a strikingly picturesque spot in England s Dorset County it has its moments of charm But the clever comedy it promises never really materializes 
2.5
Tamara Drewe
Michael Phillips
Here and there tentatively Frears and his design team approximate the pictorial flourishes of the graphic novel But the ensemble appears to be guessing much of the time at a proper performance pitch 
2.5
Tamara Drewe
Roger Ebert
Tamara Drewe is one of those British comedies in which one way or another we envy all of the characters even briefly the one run over by stampeding cows 
3.5
Tamara Drewe
Mick LaSalle
Don t let the English accents fool you the characters are as thin as cartoons 
2
Tamara Drewe
Ty Burr
Tamara Drewe is a frolic that keeps tripping over its own gorgeous feet 
2.5
Tamara Drewe
Jeffrey Gantz
Hews closely to its immediate source while lightening the tone and adding sly Hardy esque detail 
3
Tamara Drewe
A.O. Scott
It does not insult the intelligence of the audience on the contrary it flatters the viewer s sense of sophistication without being at all esoteric or difficult and it is refreshingly candid about sex 
2.5
Tamara Drewe
Lou Lumenick
A real old fashioned crowd pleaser 
3
Tamara Drewe
Fernando F. Croce
A textbook example of a polished camera trying to camouflage a hollow center 
1.5
The Boss of It All
Mattie Lucas
A fresh nimble footed departure from one of the world s greatest living directors 
3.5
The Boss of It All
John Monaghan
In the humor department The Boss of It All elicits few belly laughs but lots of thoughtful chuckles 
3
The Boss of It All
Marjorie Baumgarten
More narratively modest than his recent work The Boss of It All is something of a technological experiment 
3
The Boss of It All
Bill Stamets
Perverse humor pervades the films of Lars von Trier 
3
The Boss of It All
Rob Thomas
I m not sure what s so amazing about The Boss of It All that Danish director Lars von Trier turns out to be such a deft comic filmmaker or that he seems to be so palpably enjoying this rare foray into comedy 
3
The Boss of It All
Michael Phillips
Bone dry but completely assured both in its visual strategy and its wry deconstruction of the workplace comedy genre 
3.5
The Boss of It All
Geoff Pevere
How fitting for the film that a computer is calling the shots But how disappointing for us that it can t punch up a script 
2.5
The Boss of It All
Stephen Cole
Here s hoping Lars von Trier s retirement will be brief Cinema needs meddlesome provocateurs An occasional stone in the shoe keeps us alert 
3
The Boss of It All
Mick LaSalle
Not quite funny enough and it s undermined by its camera technique 
2.5
The Boss of It All
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Von Trier lays aside his recent scathing commentary on the U S Dogville Manderlay for this hilarious lightweight office comedy 
3.5
The Boss of It All
Bob Strauss
Von Trier comes onto the soundtrack a few times to ironically justify making a trifling entertainment when actually the movie is a merciless dissection of greed deception self delusion and similar dark human traits 
3
The Boss of It All
Sean P. Means
Von Trier is the auteur as CEO pushing people around for his own amusement But not ours 
2
The Boss of It All
Jeff Vice
The filmmaker can t help but place himself in the middle of things his occasional voiceover narration is more irritating than amusing And he s got no real sense of comic timing 
2
The Boss of It All
Ty Burr
Who knew the man had a workplace comedy in him let alone one this sharp 
3
The Boss of It All
Maitland McDonagh
Cynical misanthropic and embittered Von Trier delivers some rueful strangled laughs most driven by the simmering guerrilla war between employees and management 
2.5
The Boss of It All
Gary Goldstein
The film mostly moves quickly enveloping you in its witty charade 
3
The Boss of It All
V.A. Musetto
Funny is not a word often used to describe von Trier s output but Boss definitely is that thanks to a breezy script and a bright cast 
3
The Boss of It All
Jack Mathews
The fact that it is very funny will relieve the frustration of probing further for insight 
3
The Boss of It All
Ed Gonzalez
Von Trier is using irrational modes of expression to comment not only on his own modus operandi as a moralist and a filmmaker but the enterprise of making movies and directing actors in them 
3
The Boss of It All
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Boss of It All is a wonderfully perceptive study of the use and abuse of power set in a concrete everyday context 
3
QT8: The First Eight
Kathy Fennessy
If her approach is largely uncritical I m okay with that If you enjoy Tarantino s work it s an opportunity to go behind the scenes 
3
QT8: The First Eight
Rob Thomas
With Tarantino apparently firm in his plans to make one more film after Hollywood and then retire from moviemaking QT8 is an entertaining and enthusiastic look back on where he s been 
3
QT8: The First Eight
Joey Magidson
If you love Quentin Tarantino QT8 The First Eight is an enjoyable guided tour through most of his unique filmography 
3
QT8: The First Eight
Mike McGranaghan
A good primer on one of our most important innovative cinematic storytellers 
3
QT8: The First Eight
Roger Moore
What is here is fun enlightening and entertaining 
2.5
My Ex-Ex
David Berry
Little about this script stuffed with dudebro jokes wacky accents and funny rapping that would have seemed tired in the days of Sir Mix a Lot seems thought out beyond the premise 
1
My Ex-Ex
Linda Barnard
My Ex Ex seems so desperate to be a boundary pushing gross out comedy that it feels almost mean spirited to be the killjoy that points out how flat and unfunny it is 
1
Big Bad Mama II
John Beifuss
Recycles much of the earlier film s 13 year old action footage as well as its ideas 
2
Based on a True Story
Brian Eggert
Based on a True Story has the kind of conclusion that makes you want to go back and watch everything again looking for clues in the performances or the subtle maneuvers of Pawel Edelman s camerawork
3.5
Based on a True Story
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The most recent film by the octogenarian French Polish filmmaker Polanski is a creative psychological thriller very much in debt to the best of his previous work especially with Repulsion 1965 and The Tenant 1976 
2
Support the Girls
Brian Eggert
Support the Girls is a considerate and understated indie comedy capable of drawing out empathy for women whose situations are less than ideal by giving them an intimately human face 
3.5
Support the Girls
Mattie Lucas
One of the understated wonders of the year in film a small scale miracle that peels back the smiling attractive facade of the American service industry 
3.5
Support the Girls
John Beifuss
The year s most generous film it ends with a series of screams that express both frustration and determination an ideal cri de guerre for a new resistance 
4
Support the Girls
Matt Brunson
Writer director Andrew Bujalski has crafted an often hilarious and occasionally insightful film 
3
Support the Girls
Josh Larsen
An amusing and heartfelt exercise in boots on the ground feminism 
3.5
Support the Girls
Mark Dujsik
Hall s performance holds together the film s slice of life observations 
3
Support the Girls
Joey Magidson
The characters make this movie what it is 
3.5
Support the Girls
Angelo Muredda
Support the Girls is about as good as movies about labour power and empathy for one s fellow worker get 
3
Support the Girls
David Nusair
a less than ambitious misfire that feels long even at 90 minutes 
1.5
Support the Girls
Allyson Johnson
Bujalski has created something beautiful with bare bones humility humor and humanism 
3.5
Support the Girls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hall is most impressive here she truly spreads her wings her and gives a fully rounded performance touching and somewhat tragic but fully lovable 
3.5
Support the Girls
Allison Shoemaker
It breathes comedy rather than striving for it 
3.5
Support the Girls
Johanna Schneller
Stealth feminism in a sexist sports bar 
3
Support the Girls
Robert Horton
Hall assumes full ownership of this warm and funny film 
3.5
Support the Girls
Johnny Oleksinski
You come for the cheeky title and stay for the relevant empathetic story about working class women 
3
Support the Girls
Amelia Nierenberg
Herein lies the quiet magic of Support the Girls the reason to see it the reason that keeps it coming back from the recesses of this reviewer s psyche Lisa is kind That s the secret the reason the film is a little diamond 
3.5
Support the Girls
Peter Howell
Hall anchors the antics with mother hen authority that doesn t disguise a bone deep melancholy about how she ended up where she s at She feels real stuck in a situation that s a lot like real life 
3
Support the Girls
Robert Levin
It s an experience that s relatable in some fashion to anyone who has worked for minimal wages at a service job and the film derives its sly and unexpected power in the naturalistic way its presented 
3
Support the Girls
Kam Williams
Remember how the indie flick Paterson 2016 managed to elevate a lowly New Jersey poet bus driver Well this tale of female empowerment pulls off a similar feat Raw edged cinema verite cut to the bone if that s your taste 
3
Support the Girls
Katie Walsh
Its light sweetly frisky exterior and easygoing pace camouflages what a subtle and brilliant piece of bracing social commentary it is a deft portrait of sisterhood existing under the thumb of capitalistic patriarchy 
3.5
Support the Girls
Karen M. Peterson
A slightly shallow but charming and funny look at the girls who work at a Hooters ish sports bar under the loving and watchful eye of their tireless manager 
3
Support the Girls
Gary Thompson
Hall brings a unifying strength and emotional substance to a movie with a scruffy charm comic tone and rambling episodic structure 
3
Support the Girls
James Berardinelli
Support the Girls invites questions about why it exists and whether it offers an experience worth the price of admission and the investment of time 
2.5
Support the Girls
Carson Lund
The film celebrates the unrecognized willpower and perseverance that undergirds low wage service work in this country 
3.5
Support the Girls
Roger Moore
Scruffy lived in working class comedy that makes the most of its breastaurant setting 
2.5
Riceboy Sleeps
Anne Brodie
The extraordinary Riceboy Sleeps is a revelation that reverberates days after seeing it 46 Its power is in its subtlety and spare style 44 we aren apos t so much watching mother and son as living inside them 44 a phenomenal achievement for filmmaker Anthony Shim 46 10 
4
Riceboy Sleeps
Walter Chaw
It looks nice and Choi a trained dancer making her feature debut is always interesting to watch but it s merely a tearjerker in all the positive and pejorative implications of the term 
2
The Ladykillers
Kam Williams
Despite cartoonish characters over the top hijinks and occasional lapses of bad taste any movie that leaves you laughing up the aisle has to remain well recommended 
3
The Ladykillers
Eric Melin
The story adapted by the Coens themselves is reduced to a series of hoops the characters must jump through to prove just how strange they are 
2
The Ladykillers
Jeffrey Overstreet
That sophisticated stride that made the Coen Brothers first run of films so remarkable has here degenerated into a sophomoric stumble 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Greg Maki
The Coen Brothers have crafted what may be their funniest film 
3.5
The Ladykillers
James Kendrick
It is worth watching just to see Hanks chewing into a juicy throwaway comic role 
3
The Ladykillers
Roger Tennis
The Coens have once again crafted a magical look at the Deep South 
4
The Ladykillers
Forrest Hartman
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen aren 8217 t for everyone but those who like their offbeat material will discover a new gem here 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Lori Hoffman
The talented but increasingly eccentric Coen Brothers always walk a tightrope between the brilliantly offbeat and movies that are swallowed up by their idiosyncratic mindset
1.5
The Ladykillers
Willie Waffle
a sharp funny smart comedy that draws its humor from hysterical situations visual jokes and wonderful characters
3.5
The Ladykillers
Frank Ochieng
a flat and flimsy escapade of a shapeless farce has all the fizzle of warm root beer in a dirty mug meager and baseless
2
The Ladykillers
Jim Shelby
Each of the characters is occasionally laugh out loud funny and if you can go into this comedy with low expectations you may emerge refreshed Considering what this movie might have been though makes me long for the old Coen Brothers magic 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Mike McGranaghan
When the Coen brothers are capable of making brilliant stuff like Fargo should they really be spending their time making pictures like The Ladykillers 
2
The Ladykillers
Linda Cook
There s a hint of the usual Coen genius here but only a hint 
2
The Ladykillers
Matt Brunson
The kind of conspiratorial comedy that makes us feel we re privy to an inside joke 
3
The Ladykillers
Tony Toscano
The film is a solid remake and full of new surprises although not quite the must see film I d hoped for 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Jonathan R. Perry
a mean nasty mostly laughless 104 minutes spent in dogged pursuit of an ironic cause that s as subtle as a falling gargoyle s head 
1
The Ladykillers
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Ladykillers might improve when it becomes an in flight movie With its unnecessary foul language deleted it wouldn t fall so short of its potential 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Marty Mapes
The fun outweighs the leaden cartoonishness but not by a lot
2.5
The Ladykillers
Dustin Putman
There are a number of enormous laugh out loud moments throughout enough to mark it as one of the better comedies in recent memory 
3.5
The Ladykillers
James Verniere
A bit of a miracle a remake that also is a complete original 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a lively pitch black comedy with blood so dark it could be mistaken for liquid coal 
3
The Ladykillers
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The remake which could have been shot anywhere and probably was filmed on a studio back lot has almost nothing coherent to say about Mississippi though it does recycle a few cliches 
2
The Ladykillers
Collin Souter
Leave it to the Coen Brothers to do a remake of yet another heist movie that is actually worth your time One of the funniest films I ve seen in years 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most of the gags are repeated from old time sources and they re repeated over and over again 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Claudia Puig
Those seeking a quirky and clever comedy should hightail it to The Ladykillers forthwith 
3
The Ladykillers
Ted Fry
Playing is the operative word since the visual whimsy gets equal billing with a mordant wit that s too much fun to be easily summed up as mere black comedy 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Mick LaSalle
Never settles into an assured rhythm and instead the actors always seem to be pushing putting the hard sell on an audience that however distracted by the strenuousness of the sales pitch still isn t buying 
2
The Ladykillers
David Elliott
You can enjoy the Coen ucopia of doodles 
3
The Ladykillers
Joe Baltake
You may go into this film to see Hanks back in top comic form but I guarantee you will walk out raving about Irma P Hall and Pickles 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Lou Lumenick
Worth sticking with for Hanks and Hall s superlative acting and a rollicking gospel score assembled by T Bone Burnett 
3
The Ladykillers
Jack Mathews
The Coen brothers have made a broad comedy out of a black comedy and completely lost its charm in the process 
2
The Ladykillers
Roger Ebert
Always wildly signaling for us to notice it Not content to be funny it wants to be FUNNY Have you ever noticed that the more a comedian wears funny hats the less funny he is 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Ty Burr
If you set your expectations low enough there are real laughs to be had but coming to the Coens with low expectations somehow just feels wrong 
2
The Ladykillers
John Beifuss
Those carpetbagger auteurs the Coen Brothers have descended again on Dixie and brought back a heapin helpin of Southern caricature and racial condescension 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Jon Niccum
like Hanks verbose professor the Coens continue to justify some of the simplest ideas through heaps of complexity 
3
The Ladykillers
Sean P. Means
Such a slight effort compared to the original Ladykillers and past Coen works 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Austin O'Connor
A cheerfully weird concoction 
3
The Ladykillers
Phil Villarreal
A comedic tidal wave that gains momentum and mass as it goes along engulfing contrived story twists and thin characters in an all out rush 
3.5
The Ladykillers
James Berardinelli
For those who share my taste in comedy this is a must not miss 
3.5
The Ladykillers
James Sanford
a miscalculation from start to finish it just lays there on the screen flailing sadly and futilely like a fly trapped in a pool of molasses 
2
The Ladykillers
Glenn Whipp
It features a turn from the great Tom Hanks that is so thoroughly unlike anything he has ever done that it makes the movie required viewing 
3
The Ladykillers
Jeff Vice
Probably the Coens best since O Brother It s certainly their most consistently entertaining film since then 
3
The Ladykillers
Lisa Kennedy
Hanks appears to be having the time of his life 
3
The Ladykillers
Rick Groen
Buy the soundtrack now rent the movie later this is minor Coen in a major key 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Erik Childress
It s on par with The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou and in many ways surpasses both of them in laugh terms alone 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Duane Dudek
The Coens still have enough tricks up their sleeves for a worthwhile outing 
3
The Ladykillers
Josh Larsen
good fun watching a great actor have the time of his life 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Phoebe Flowers
The chemistry between Hanks and Hall is the strongest element of the movie Both are lavishly ornamented characters caricatures really but not in an off putting way who play marvelously off each other 
3
The Ladykillers
Chris Hewitt
In Hanks ornately bizarrely funny performance Dorr is one of the great Coen brothers created characters and if the movie he s in isn t as good it often doesn t matter 
3
The Ladykillers
David Sterritt
It s insulting when such savvy filmmakers expect us to laugh automatically at four letter words bathroom humor and caricatures as crude as they are unoriginal 
2
The Ladykillers
Rene Rodriguez
Irritating when it should be amusing dumb when it should be zany flat when it should be snappy 
2
The Ladykillers
Terry Lawson
When the Coens are at their most creative their movies skip nonchalantly over genre lines and become uniquely their own The Ladykillers is not one of those 
2
The Ladykillers
Lawrence Toppman
Hanks traded on his common man status to reach stardom but this is the most uncommon acting he s done He gets deep inside the mind of an eccentric none of us would ever meet in real life and makes us believe in him 
3
The Ladykillers
Bruce Newman
The Coen brothers seem to have relocated to a ZIP code where blander movies are made 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Peter Travers
You ll have to watch the original film to see it done right 
2
The Ladykillers
Carrie Rickey
I m not sure whether it s been so long since Hanks has done comedy that he just seems fantastically funny or whether he really is But he s clearly enjoying himself and so are we 
3
The Ladykillers
John Anderson
The movie is anything but concise and Hanks is only fascinating because you can t quite believe he s doing what he s doing 
1.5
The Ladykillers
Jeff Strickler
Hanks is as usual on the top of his game 
3
The Ladykillers
Michael Wilmington
Another offbeat Coen gem gleaming with verbal and pictorial style exploding with wit and slapstick 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Nick Rogers
The Ladykillers is funny Or as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr would say it it s an exorbitantly capricious motion picture presentation that has a lithe whimsical air 
3.5
The Ladykillers
Scott Nash
An interesting collection of character work ultimately The Ladykillers is a disappointment 
2.5
The Ladykillers
David Nusair
One s ability to enjoy The Ladykillers is directly proportionate to one s willingness to accept the incredibly broad performances 
3
The Ladykillers
Walter Chaw
A Fargo without that crucial defining final speech about the beauty of a new day dawning 
2
The Ladykillers
Ross Anthony
Imperfections aside Ladykillers is still a great deal of fun excellent costuming sweet cinematography strong direction and wonderfully crisp quirky dialogue 
2.5
The Ladykillers
Rob Blackwelder
Only lip service is paid to the heist as the Coen Brothers are far more interested in milking the foibles and idiosyncrasies of their cast of lowbrow clowns 
2
The Ladykillers
Steve Rhodes
Clever Sometimes Funny No 
1.5
The Ladykillers
Jeremiah Kipp
Joel and Ethan Coen s disappointing The Ladykillers is too trifling to be taken seriously and too routine to inspire hilarity 
1.5
The Ladykillers
Sarah Chauncey
Hanks first comic performance in more than a decade and one of the best performances of his career 
3
Flipper
Mal Vincent
There are though too many boring scenes with adults talking a lot and Flipper himself takes too long to make his entrance What we need is more of Flipper and more underwater photography 
2.5
Flipper
David Nusair
an inoffensive yet utterly forgettable endeavor 
2
Flipper
Roger Ebert
Like the original 1963 movie and the TV series it expects us to be endlessly amused by a dolphin that does things that are endless but not amusing 
2
Flipper
Mike Clark
Flipper is inoffensive but it s also asleep in the deep 
2
Where Is Kyra?
Christopher James
As a star vehicle and a warning of the fragile economic uncertainty of a majority of people Where Is Kyra works well 
2.5
Where Is Kyra?
Robert Horton
Isn t so much about Kyra s fling with criminal behavior as it is about a world in which a decent person can fall from safety to destitution in just a few weeks time 
3
Where Is Kyra?
Moira MacDonald
Where is Kyra is a small story there s much about its main character that we ll never know and a terribly sad one But it s a remarkable showcase for Pfeiffer who ll break your heart in every scene 
3
Where Is Kyra?
Mick LaSalle
Pfeiffer is good she s always good and raw and effective but watching her here is like seeing her under glass from a block away 
1
Where Is Kyra?
Christopher Kompanek
Picoult s screenplay is frustratingly slight never evolving beyond one note 
2
Where Is Kyra?
David Fear
It s a performance of such nuance and vulnerability so quietly catastrophic in communicating this woman s accumulation of loss 
3.5
Where Is Kyra?
Christy Lemire
Where Is Kyra finally allows Pfeiffer to explore the darker unvarnished side of her talent and gives her the opportunity to do perhaps the best work of her lengthy eclectic career 
3.5
Where Is Kyra?
Mark Dujsik
Where Is Kyra is less like a narrative and more like a formal experiment in testing the limits of distancing an audience from a story 
2.5
Where Is Kyra?
Chuck Bowen
Terror gradually leaks into the narrative transforming Where Is Kyra into a haunting non traditional thriller 
3
Where Is Kyra?
Mike McGranaghan
Sometimes a movie comes along that makes you wonder what the people who made it could possibly have been thinking Where Is Kyra is one of them 
0.5
Where Is Kyra?
Josh Terry
The payoff just isn t there 
2
Not to Forget
Bob Bloom
Not to Forget follows a familiar path as it intermingles its faith based message with a look at the ravages and emotional toll of Alzheimers disease 
2.5
The Black Book
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mann s direction is quick and unpretentious All period costume movies should be this fun 
3
The Island of St. Matthews
Jesse Cataldo
William Jerome Everson s films tend to place an acute focus on the tension between memory and forgetting as well as the way an event s significance can transform depending on perspective 
3
4 Minute Mile
Christy Lemire
4 Minute Mile at least has the decency to acknowledge that it s aware of its underdog sports movie clichs especially the ones that made The Karate Kid such an 80s classic 
2
4 Minute Mile
Stephen Whitty
Even if the story itself has been around the track a couple of times veterans like these know how to bring it safely home 
2.5
4 Minute Mile
Mike McGranaghan
4 Minute Mile is watchable thanks to Richard Jenkins but its overall blandness and familiarity will cause it to evaporate from your memory in a flash 
2
V/H/S/99
Erik Childress
Creativity is mostly lost on this anthology series as odds are most segments are going to end with 8216 8230 and then the demon shows up 46 apos 
1.5
V/H/S/99
Joey Magidson
V 47 H 47 S 47 99 is a passable new entry into the horror franchise 44 but a step down from the prior installment 46 
3
V/H/S/99
Brian Eggert
V 47 H 47 S 47 99 delivers a higher than average number of worthwhile segments 46 
3
V/H/S/99
David Nusair
46 46 46 a predominantly lackluster anthology movie that has no business running a second over 90 minutes 46 
2
V/H/S/99
Brian Tallerico
As an overall film 44 I found it more inconsistent than the stronger reboot V 47 H 47 S 47 94 as a few of the segments here just don 8217 t work 44 but I admired the angry yell that this film resembles as a whole 46 
2.5
Set It Up
Christopher James
It s the best version of what a Netflix movie should be Overall Set It Up is the most delightful way one could spend a lazy afternoon or cozy date night in 
3.5
Set It Up
David Nusair
a refreshingly antiquated romcom that delivers exactly what it promises 
3
Set It Up
Roger Moore
Big screen rom coms so rarely work that it s almost criminal this one shows up on Netflix first 
3
Set It Up
Matt Zoller Seitz
A rare romantic comedy that has its own distinctive look rhythm and storytelling voice 
3
The Challenge
Gene Siskel
It s much better than the routine chop socky karate film 
3
The Challenge
John Stark
Frankenheimer whose career goes up and down has hit rock bottom with this one 
1
The Challenge
Peter Stack
A few lively action scenes do little to help out this uninspired affair directed by John Frankenheimer and shot in Japan 
1
The Nanny Diaries
Brandy McDonnell
The Nanny Diaries has its share of plot holes and cliches but stands on the strength of its performances 
3.5
The Nanny Diaries
David Nusair
can t help but come off as something of a disappointment 
2
The Nanny Diaries
John Beifuss
With Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti bravely acting their brains out 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Jeffrey Westhoff
A smart well acted bit of froth 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Wesley Lovell
While there aren t any tour de force performances Nanny is still modestly entertaining 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Michael Dequina
Johansson displays ample warmth and charm in her first true leading lady gig 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Jonathan W. Hickman
The problems with this light romantic outing don t ruin the entertainment value 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
John Wirt
Every character in The Nanny Diaries is ill defined including Johansson s floundering nanny Exhibiting a dull to puzzled expression Johansson gives a shapeless performance in an embarrassing misfire of a movie 
1.5
The Nanny Diaries
Sean McBride
fully deserves its late summer time slot dump 
1.5
The Nanny Diaries
Linda Cook
Here s an average comedy about a nanny that s a little naughty a little nice and a little above average
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Nick Rogers
Those with deep pockets sometimes have shallow hearts The post college lurch can be a panic zone And the only shocker in The Nanny Diaries is that there s not one sprig of chest hair to be seen on a shirtless Paul Giamatti 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Gary Brown
While the film has its bright moments The Nanny Diaries never effectively gets a good read on the subject 
1.5
The Nanny Diaries
Dustin Putman
Acerbic and cutthroat in all the right places along with truthful savvy and consistently entertaining 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Kit Bowen
a cutesy albeit entertaining look at high society childcare
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
James Berardinelli
This is the sort of ho hum production that will likely seem less disappointing on a smaller screen 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Claudia Puig
A film that is even more lightweight and clichéd than the fluff that was the best selling book 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Ken Fox
The movie belongs to Linney who brings a full blooded dimension to what could have been a misogynistic cutout Holding one s own opposite her is no mean feat but Johansson acquits herself well 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Susan Walker
What puts The Nanny Diaries a cut above the run of the mill romantic comedy is the acting 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Moira MacDonald
The Nanny Diaries plods along pointlessly to its flat conclusion 
1.5
The Nanny Diaries
Bruce Newman
There s a heart sinking moment early in The Nanny Diaries when it becomes apparent that every literary gimmick that seemed arch and clever in the bestselling novel of 2002 is going to fall horribly flat in the worst movie of 2007 
.5
The Nanny Diaries
Mick LaSalle
There s something painful about watching Scarlett Johansson who looks as if she never had an indecisive moment in her life struggle to seem ineffectual 
1
The Nanny Diaries
Pam Grady
Fans of the novel might consider this tired movie a wasted opportunity For everyone else it is just a waste of time 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Lisa Rose
A misguided film that veers between extremes in sentimentality and misanthropy 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Kyle Smith
Locked down in a celluloid prison cell marked The Nanny Diaries for 105 punishingly awful minutes I was seconds away from crying Attica and leading a tactical assault on the projectionist s booth when the words The End appeared on screen 
.5
The Nanny Diaries
Jack Mathews
Despite some clever early fantasy scenes Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini s adaptation of best seller The Nanny Diaries won t make Bridget Jones give up her writing 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Rene Rodriguez
A sleek handsomely made bauble buoyed by a cast much stronger than the flimsy material deserves 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Amy Biancolli
Too false to be funny too pat to be real 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Rick Groen
There s a good movie buried inside The Nanny Diaries and a good cast trying hard to dig it out Too bad they don t get much help 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Terry Lawson
The Nanny Diaries has been rendered unexpectedly enjoyable and engaging by good casting and performances and superior writing and direction 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Jeff Vice
This adaptation of Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus best selling book has other problems not the least of which is its rather unpleasant patronizing tone and its one note characterizations 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Roger Ebert
The movie itself is sort of bland and obvious and comfortable 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Lawrence Toppman
A surprisingly enjoyable piece of stereotyping adapted from the novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Wesley Morris
This isn t life It s Lifetime 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Daniel M. Kimmel
a pleasant late summer effort along the same lines as last year s The Devil Wears Prada 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Steven Rea
Satire should be knife sharp and whip smart and The Nanny Diaries never is 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Sara Michelle Fetters
Somehow they ve gotten it all wrong and considering just how brilliant and self assured the couple s last outing American Splendor was their failure here is beyond disappointing 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Carries the residue of something much harsher something that was once there and scrubbed clean 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Willie Waffle
A pretentious movie trying too hard to be above it all and cute
1
The Nanny Diaries
Duane Dudek
The Nanny Diaries ultimately feels emotionally true to itself 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Chris Hewitt
Don t expect to slap your knee much but actors and a smart script make it compelling 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Michael Phillips
The casting is all fine everything else is pushy and out of joint 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Gene Seymour
Nanny Diaries through a failure of either verve or nerve stumbles almost as awkwardly as its heroine does into her child minder gig 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Matt Brunson
Offer s several rewards of its own making starting with the strong performances by Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney 
2.5
The Nanny Diaries
Josh Larsen
If you ve ever rushed your kids from preschool to swimming lessons while a granola bar in the car serves as lunch this will be an irresistible guilty pleasure 
3
The Nanny Diaries
Ed Gonzalez
Everyone gets a cute nickname a means for this amateur anthropologist to protect the innocent and maintain some semblance of objectivity while advancing tired stereotypes of what it s like to be made in Manhattan 
2
The Nanny Diaries
Jeanne Aufmuth
A bevy of respectable talent is uselessly squandered in clumsy efforts at cunning humor and pathos 
1.5
Me & Isaac Newton
Steve Rhodes
It is an engrossing film that leaves you hopeful and gives you insights that you never knew that you were missing 
3.5
My Father and the Man in Black
Sheila O'Malley
This has the potential to be dreadfully maudlin stuff but the film is too damn interesting to be maudlin 
3
Sunset Edge
Matt Brunson
The movie is being pushed by its makers as Hitchcockian but that s hardly the case If anything the film s natural look isolated setting and supernaturally tinged tale bring to mind The Blair Witch Project far more than any Hitchcock endeavor 
2.5
Sunset Edge
Lawrence Toppman
The first fiction feature by writer director Daniel Peddle casts a slow somber spell 
3
Sunset Edge
Simon Abrams
An unusual ambitious failure mostly because the film s hyper naturalistic style is meant to evoke a supernatural mood 
1.5
Sunset Edge
Sean Nam
Writer director Daniel Peddle s anthropological concerns never really wed themselves to a sturdy narrative bedrock 
2
Blackbear
Roger Moore
The scenario is pro forma the dialogue trite and the fights often staged at walk through speed Some of the performances are achingly amateurish 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Joe Lozito
Easily one of the worst films I ve ever seen 
0
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mark Collette
Director Norrington has spent too much effort trying to include too much of the comic book 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
James O'Ehley
The movie insulted my intelligence many times 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Lori Hoffman
League isn t a great movie but it provides more fun that a lot of the other mediocre superhero movies 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Greg Maki
If there are more movies like LXG on the horizon the genre will wear out its welcome before you can say sequel 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Scott Nash
Takes a very promising idea and executes its so poorly that all of the joy is drained completely away 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene varios defectos pero se puede disfrutar como cualquier matinée dominguera Esa es su función y la cumple correctamente No le pida más 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Kevin A. Ranson
with few exceptions the cast is excellent but the story is terrible League still isn t as bad as Sean Connery s The Avengers 
0.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
David Keyes
Only halfway into the summer of 2003 and the most dreadful studio blockbuster of the year finally reaches the multiplexes 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Tony Toscano
I found the film to be charmingly fun 
3
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mark Dujsik
I would probably intensely dislike The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen if not for the fact that I m so greatly amused by it 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Tyler Hanley
It seems as though the effects team was often sleeping on the job 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Paul Povse
The movie is extraordinary mostly for the sheer wastefulness of it all the work of little boys who ve never outgrown their love of blowing things up 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mike McGranaghan
While the gentlemen are extraordinary the plot is anything but 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Steve Rhodes
An extraordinary bore 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
John Beifuss
It could be introduced as Exhibit A in the case against digital effects technology 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Linda Cook
An extraordinary mess 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Dustin Putman
The film is decidedly more involving than most of the other summer movie extravaganzas holds more intriguingly original conceits and here s a refreshing change of pace keeps its running time well below the two hour mark 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Peter Debruge
In the end what s most extraordinary about Gentlemen is that despite its preposterous leaps of logic it somehow still emerges as a reasonably entertaining summer blockbuster 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Chris Hewitt
A triumph of art direction 
3
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Moira MacDonald
The movie alas isn t extraordinary at all it s just dull a little mystifying and more than a little cheesy 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mick LaSalle
The League is a movie to enjoy then to root for and finally to be disappointed by 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Beth Wood
Packed with special effects and loaded down with mostly lame attempts at literary witticism 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Joe Baltake
Most studios aim for movies particularly summer movies that can be enjoyed by both kids and their parents LXG can be enjoyed by children and their grandparents 
3
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Peter Travers
Except for Connery who is every inch the lion in winter nothing here feels authentic 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Carrie Rickey
Ill conceived sloppily directed shoddily acted LXG looks like the work of a confederacy of dunces 
.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Megan Lehmann
Suspension of disbelief is as necessary as popcorn when approaching a summer comic book movie but LXG is too preposterous even for this fantastical genre 
.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jack Mathews
In a summer of big budget sequels prequels remakes and homages no film is more ambitiously derivative or dramatically unsatisfying than Stephen Norrington s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Chris Knight
What starts out as a solid three star outing devolves by the inevitable watch for the sequel ending into a one star mess I ll split the difference 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Duane Dudek
All in all just another summer s day at the multiplex But the outlandish premise alone gives it a leg up on overly familiar scenarios about time traveling robots gamma radiation and the like 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Rene Rodriguez
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen feels overly busy unwieldy and hollow 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Bob Strauss
When one of the main triumphs of your overproduced action movie is an ensemble member s enunciation that s a sure sign you didn t make something very extraordinary 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers assume that we viewers have absolutely no knowledge of these characters whatsoever and that we re basically walking tree stumps 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Terry Lawson
Yet another ill considered explosions driven summer movie that fails to deliver 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jeff Vice
Lacks the sense of self awareness self deprecation and smarts that make the comics tale so memorable 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Lisa Kennedy
This film by Stephen Norrington doesn t soar nearly enough above ordinary 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Roger Ebert
Just when it seems about to become a real corker of an adventure movie the movie plunges into incomprehensible action idiotic dialogue inexplicable motivations causes without effects effects without causes and general lunacy 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Ty Burr
Much dumber and pulpier than the comic book on which it s based 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jon Niccum
Creators Moore and O Neill always let on that they have a better grasp of history than the average reader Director Norrington displays quite the opposite 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Bob Bloom
An old fashioned Saturday matinee fun spotlighting larger than life heroes a masked mystery villain deadly perils and scientific wonders 
3
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Peter Sobczynski
There are many many flaws with LXG but one of the biggest is that after having set up such an intriguingly odd premise the film proceeds to completely squander it by failing to come up with a single interesting way to exploit the conceit 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Erik Childress
It s loud alternately garish and boorish and is going to hack off literary connoisseurs comic book lovers and movie fans alike 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Ross Anthony
Weak climax but overall the film is quite enjoyable never too serious about itself always in it for the fun and adventure 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Phil Villarreal
Don t expect anything more substantial than grape soda 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mike Clark
This movie is so boring that the mind floats to extraneous matters 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Sarah Chauncey
Whether League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is true to the comics upon which it s based I can t say On its own however this film is very very ordinary 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
David Sterritt
Extraordinary Balderdash 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jeffrey Westhoff
When a film s creative decisions are dictated by the marketing department the extraordinary quickly becomes hum drum 
2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jack Zink
Sorry Bruce Peter and Clark Your ancestors are back and their pedigrees are convincing enough for a sequel 
3
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Glenn Lovell
Summer s smartest most exhilarating action attraction 
3.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
John Anderson
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen may end up being the film that defined the season underwritten and overwritten effects driven inspired by a comic book and unlikely to drive those on the fence audiences back into theaters anytime soon 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
James Berardinelli
The experience of watching this movie is a marginal and moderately disappointing one 
2.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Josh Larsen
may get pegged as a poor man s X Men but calling it the serious version of the Ben Stiller superhero spoof Mystery Men would be more accurate 
1
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Michael Wilmington
If you re in the mood for two hours of carnage waste and mind boggling badness The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen could be just your ticket 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Rob Thomas
When placed next to other recent comic book movies like Spider Man or the X Men films it seems extra ordinary 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Rob Blackwelder
Summer movie ized for the Cliff s Notes set predictably packed with flash and completely devoid of life 
1.5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
David Nusair
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a lot of fun with its unique cast of characters and impressive visuals making it almost ideal for this time of year 
3
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Michael Szymanski
A smart film filled with literary historic scientific and film inside jokes that can be appreciated by those who read Sherlock Holmes in school rather than comics 
4
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Walter Chaw
When you get this close to the absolute nadir of cinema subtle measures of relative merit just don t mean much anymore 
0
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Brian Eggert
Better than the overly political first sequel but more labored than the carefree original 44 the third Harold amp Kumar film won 8217 t go down as a Christmas classic or the entry needed to revitalize this series anew 46 
2.5
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Kelly Jane Torrance
Insane high jinks of course ensue some of which involve Neil Patrick Harris who revitalized his career in the first film 
4
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Roger Moore
Seriously someday you guys are going to sober up catch this on video and wonder what gave you the giggles all those White Castle runs ago 
1.5
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Mike McGranaghan
The let s find a Christmas tree plot is more in the vein of the original than the outlandish Guantanamo Bay plot was and the Cho Penn chemistry remains charming 
3
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Kam Williams
A raunchy and religiously incorrect roller coaster ride for the very open minded not to be mistaken for one of those sentimental Christmas yarns you usually see during the holiday season 
3
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
An extended bit featuring a strung out toddler borders on offensive and isn t amusing in the slightest so much of the picture leaving me as cold as an Arctic winter 
2
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Michael Dequina
The strain to continually push the envelope of altered state friendly absurdity is starting to show 
2.5
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
They keep the tone just right and the strong external humor by original writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg sustains it 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Mattie Lucas
The often peaceful but ever present nature reminds of not only what these men are fighting for but serve as a sharp contrast to the senseless violence 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Rossiter Drake
Loach delivers a moving and often beautiful story that captures the essence of the conflict with all its unintended consequences and personal tragedies 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Steven Rea
Gripping powerful heart breaking 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Steven Snyder
A film that shows the slow push for freedom as the sticky messy and lengthy process it really is 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Rob Thomas
While the film has its share of exciting battle scenes Loach captures them with an almost detached documentary like feeling as if not wanting the thrills to overwhelm the essential tragedy he sees in the story 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Phil Villarreal
Director Ken Loach borrows the title of his 1920s Irish insurrection drama The Wind That Shakes the Barley from a Robert Dwyer Joyce poem and in turn his film is visual poetry 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Duane Dudek
A scenic bit of agitprop that can be as easy on the eyes as it is soft on the ear even when it s being harshly argued and violently portrayed 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Larry Ratliff
Oh brother where art thou politically 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
David N. Butterworth
The Wind That Shakes the Barley has a sober authentic down to earth feel to it 
2.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Marta Barber
The Wind that Shakes the Barley is a multi layered story and the more you see those different aspects the more you ll enjoy the film 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Robert W. Butler
The Wind That Shakes the Barley may want to view the world in black and white but it s honest enough to admit that most of the time the truth is gray 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jim Emerson
While this may be a historical piece it s history told in the vivid present tense 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Matt Brunson
Honest enough to acknowledge that war has the ability to turn everyone despite their convictions into thugs and murderers 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Kyle Smith
Raises hard questions about Ireland s uncanny ability to kneecap itself 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Michael Wilmington
Loach is the master of the docu drama or the realist social film and Wind is one of his masterpieces 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jeanne Aufmuth
Alternately winsome and sadistic but always with an eye on the prize freedom 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Moira MacDonald
You ll be heartbroken in the course of the film s two hours 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
David Elliott
Barry Ackroyd s wonderful imagery often gives a sense of vernal moisture which adds to the sweaty tension 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Sean P. Means
No matter your political stripe this movie will move you to tears 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Peter Canavese
Gracefully condenses the complicated history of the Irish Troubles in ways both literal and allegorical 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jeff Vice
There are large portions here that are universally relatable particularly the film s themes about fighting for freedom 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Ruthe Stein
The humanity that Loach and his compassionate screenwriter bring to their story prevents it from being another polemic about how the British screwed Ireland 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Loach manages to depict the film s violence romance action and politics each with the same gravity and dignity It s a crowning achievement 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Matt Pais
Will only satisfy anyone whose preferred source of entertainment is watching A E 
2
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Kam Williams
Winner of the Best Film at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival this powerful political saga is not merely a cinematic masterpiece from start to finish but a righteous rallying cry for disenfranchised masses anywhere with nothing left to lose but their chains 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Maitland McDonagh
powerful 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Geoff Pevere
you can feel the panic rage and fear of the participants and there s a rare sense in the movie of history being less recreated than relived 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Pam Grady
Loach tells a horrifying moving and completely mesmerizing tale 
4
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Stephen Whitty
A truly Irish tale The Wind That Shakes the Barley demands some work from American audiences 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Glenn Whipp
It does make for good drama though at times its didacticism can be a bit wearying 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Wesley Morris
What does come through is Loach s characteristic disdain for cheap romanticism and easy answers 
3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jan Stuart
Folks who are heavily invested in stereotypes of thuggish terrorists may balk at Loach s portrait of articulate IRA ideologues But there is no denying his ferocious grip on our emotions Barley is one tough and beautiful film 
3.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jeremiah Kipp
As a document of the shape of political thought the film is successful but as a living beating heart about a populace living through a time of upheaval and confusion it s mediocre 
2.5
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jeremy Heilman
Two or three scenes manage a forceful punch in the gut quality that wholly crystallizes the clear minded sense of purpose that Loach strives for throughout 
3.5
The Overnight
Craig D. Lindsey
A knock around sex comedy where the actual act is hardly the point The Overnight shows that wedded bliss can also be a rough raunchy trip 
3
The Overnight
John Beifuss
Conjures an aura of comic unease to little purpose other than to provide an acting showcase for the four leads 
2.5
The Overnight
Roger Moore
Just twisted enough 
2.5
The Overnight
Neil Rosen
A pleasant welcome surprise 
3.5
The Overnight
Tom Meek
Overnight never pushes inward far enough 
2.5
The Overnight
Brad Keefe
Tension builds to delightful comedic effect and the cast is ideally suited for the material It s more than prosthetic penises 
3
Singles
David Nusair
a reasonably memorable romcom 
3
Singles
John Hartl
This is one happy ending romance that doesn t feel forced You can t help getting into the spirit of it 
3.5
Singles
Dave Kehr
There is something new here and very fresh 
3
Singles
Steven Rea
Crowe s movie is like a great record album the songs connect and the people connect too 
3
Singles
Stephen Hunter
Infernally precious 
2.5
Singles
Chris Hicks
We re never worried that these couples won t get together but watching the journey is fun anyway 
3
Singles
Roger Ebert
The movie will challenge some audiences simply because it is not a 1 2 3 progression of character and plot 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Mark Felt is pretty fascinating and it should complement perfectly with films such as All The President s Men or Nixon 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
David Nusair
An unmitigated disaster of a film 
1
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Michael Smith
Mark Felt may have been The Man Who Brought Down the White House but his film feels like a missed opportunity to tell the story behind the story 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Bob Bloom
The movie lacks intensity while covering one of the most dramatic constitutional crises that befell the nation 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Josh Terry
Mark Felt still struggles to create enough of a genuine sense of suspense to keep the audience on edge 
2.5
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Rob Thomas
Mark Felt is by necessity a cooler and quieter film than Neeson s recent run of action movies But it has a nervous tension all its own centered on Neeson s strong performance 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
the whistleblower s journey asks for emotional complexity Neeson and this generally starchy script can t find 
1
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Jeff Simon
Here Landesman seems to lose all track of Richard Nixon to tell the story of a bitter conniving passed over bureaucrat 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Calvin Wilson
The cast is first rate notably Neeson in the title role Mark Felt benefits mightily from his very particular set of acting skills 
2.5
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Roger Moore
Neeson s contained steely performance lifts this truncated tale of Watergate 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Soren Andersen
Filmed in bleak green gray hues writer director Peter Landesman s movie depicts D C as a nest of vipers of conspiracies within conspiracies of paranoia begetting paranoia 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Peter Howell
The furtive figure history knows best as Watergate snitch Deep Throat gets a movie treatment more suited to the printed page than the big screen 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Barry Hertz
Landesman has wrangled a murderer s row of character actors here Tom Sizemore Ike Barinholtz Michael C Hall Bruce Greenwood but his script and direction lack a distinct killer instinct 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Ty Burr
Why does this movie feel so tentative so conflicted 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Gary Thompson
The move works reasonably well as a thriller but falls apart in other areas 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Richard Roeper
This is a paint by numbers procedural that expects the audience to know the history of Watergate hits the ground running but then feels more like a steady jog through the past than a fast paced thriller 
2.5
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Dujsik
We don t learn much that s new from this perspective and we don t learn much about the man at the center of the story 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Ann Hornaday
Through it all Felt himself is so steadfastly opaque that the audience feels more distant from him at the end of the film than at the beginning 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Dann Gire
As you can tell Mark Felt didn t lack for intriguing material Just intriguing execution 
2.5
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mick LaSalle
With All the President s Men forever emblazoned in our collective consciousness it s fun or at least illuminating to see some of these same scenes from Deep Throat s point of view 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Clayton Davis
Wishing for a cousin of All the President s Men we are given what feels like the adaptation of a John Grisham book he forgot to finish writing wasn t that The Chamber 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Peter Travers
Liam Neeson is quietly devastating in a sluggish biopic of Watergate s Deep Throat that is eerily relevant if you wonder if they ll be a modern day Felt to bring down the White House 
2.5
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Nell Minow
This story can be seen as especially timely 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
James Berardinelli
Liam Neeson is excellent Regardless of whether he accurately embodies the real Mark Felt he fulfills the role we expect from Deep Throat a crusader who won t back down 
3
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Sara Stewart
Mark Felt The Man Who Brought Down the White House is all handsome period costumes smoky rooms and muttered dialogue you could be forgiven for thinking it s any number of John Grisham plots 
1.5
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Stephen Whitty
Skip this film and re watch All the President s Men instead 
2
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Derek Smith
Mark Felt is a kind of hagiography and it leans toward whitewashing its subject s legacy 
1.5
Never Say Die
Roger Ebert
The movie is at the very least a superior action film in which the action sequences are plausible and grounded in reality It is also a parable in support of anti colonialism What it isn t at the end of the day is a film about the larger picture 
3
The Damned
Matt Brunson
It s clear Visconti is pitching this as a melodrama 
3
The Damned
Roger Ebert
A magnificent failure an example of a great director working at the peak of his ability and somehow creating almost nothing at all Surely no one else could have made this film surely no one at all should have 
1
The Damned
Eric Henderson
By the end of the opening sequence the film has already indulged in pan sexuality corporate backstabbing anti reactionary suppression pedophilia and murder plots 
3
The Muslims Are Coming!
Nick A. Zaino III
The film follows a group of Muslim American comedians on a stand up and public relations tour who try to win over those skeptical of Muslims one audience at a time 
2.5
The Muslims Are Coming!
Michael Phillips
Much of the stand up material caught on camera has a ring of familiarity and settles for rehashing ethnic and religious stereotypes in new ways But the best of it provides a perspective and a punch transcending the same old punch lines 
3
The Muslims Are Coming!
Dean Essner
Despite their supposedly good intentions the comedian filmmakers broach the doc s central subject with crass and offensive standup routines that wouldn t be out of place on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour 
1.5
The Muslims Are Coming!
Bill Stamets
Lobbing zingers at Islamophobes does not illuminate Islam 
2
The Muslims Are Coming!
John Hartl
Some of the stand up material is funny but the interaction with audience members is priceless 
2.5
The Farmer's Daughter
Matt Brunson
Young won the Best Actress Oscar for her charming if hardly award worthy turn her win is still considered one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history 
3
Leila
Dustin Putman
A powerfully articulated and subtle drama from famous Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui 
3
Leila
Michael Dequina
A film of great sadness the tragedy of a love torn apart by each partner s overeagerness to please the other 
3.5
A Bigger Splash
Brian Eggert
Guadagnino leaves us with much to consider and even more to appreciate in the artful quality of his filmmaking 
4
A Bigger Splash
Matt Brunson
Positively drenched in thick tasty Euro ambiance the film serves up tantalizing characters and even more tantalizing ideas before turning shockingly tame predictable and well American during the second half 
2.5
A Bigger Splash
Alison Rowat
An intriguing slow burn watch that requires patience but rewards it too 
3
A Bigger Splash
Brad Keefe
The problem here as that his soap opera twists of sexual tension are either the kind you see a mile coming or the kind that come out of nowhere including logic 
2.5
A Bigger Splash
Peter Canavese
The significant visual appeal and magnetic turns by the leading players make this four hander a diverting dip into human nature specifically jealousy and the folly of opting for interiority over communication 
3
A Bigger Splash
John Serba
Gregarious and understated unpredictable and absorbing anchored by Fiennes and Swinton s smartly contrapuntal performances 
3.5
A Bigger Splash
Max Weiss
A Bigger Splash is a film to be savored especially if you re able to appreciate its slow and sensuous rhythms 
3.5
A Bigger Splash
Linda Cook
A Bigger Splash provides raw sensual drama and suspense 
4
A Bigger Splash
John Beifuss
Swinton and Guadagnino deliver another bracing arthouse melodrama that luxuriates in cinema s power to tantalize the senses with beautiful delectable and almost tactile images of fabric landscape architecture water fruit fish human flesh 
4
A Bigger Splash
Sean P. Means
The cast is strong with Swinton particularly powerful even though her voice barely rises above a whisper 
3
A Bigger Splash
Rick Bentley
It takes a tour de force performance to stand out in a film that features compelling performances by Tilda Swinton Matthias Schoenaerts and Dakota Johnson They are so good that even when Fiennes is not on screen the quality never waivers 
3
A Bigger Splash
Michael Smith
The stars look great and the Mediterranean looks grand but I spent more time looking at my watch 
2
A Bigger Splash
Robert Horton
A Bigger Splash is an arty enjoyable piece of trash served up hot and steaming by director Luca Guadagnino 
2
A Bigger Splash
Tom Meek
It s an embarrassment of riches that gets close to the point of going over the edge but the cast rein it back in to the base human elements we can t all afford to indulge in with our landlocked budgets 
3
A Bigger Splash
Calvin Wilson
A Bigger Splash More like a small trickle 
2
A Bigger Splash
Chris Hewitt
It s weird and wonderful 
3
A Bigger Splash
Moira MacDonald
A study in charisma with two wildly different performances at its center 
3
A Bigger Splash
Mick LaSalle
A Bigger Splash takes four characters with strong needs drops them into a single location and invites us to watch what happens It s strange how compelling that can be 
3
A Bigger Splash
Rene Rodriguez
A Bigger Splash takes place on the Italian island of Pantelleria but the movie looks like it was shot in an alternate universe it s an open air hothouse 
3
A Bigger Splash
Sadaf Ahsan
Awash as it is in sun kissed skin and pastels the entire film reeks of release providing the kind of cinematic climax that may just rival whatever real life has to offer 
3.5
A Bigger Splash
Brad Wheeler
Inspired by the film La Piscine script writer David Kajganich crafted a cleverly building story Director Guadagnino uses an impending windstorm to achieve a sense of apprehension as back stories and true intentions are revealed 
3
A Bigger Splash
Linda Barnard
While A Bigger Splash is somewhat graceless in making the shift from erotic relationship drama to thriller that doesn t diminish the pleasure in the work from the four main players who are excellent 
3
A Bigger Splash
Ty Burr
You watch A Bigger Splash mesmerized by its creamy surfaces and mildly antsy as to what exactly is going on 
3
A Bigger Splash
Ann Hornaday
To speak or stay silent Excess or restraint Honesty or discretion It s clear which is right and which is wrong but A Bigger Splash manages to infuse even the most straightforward questions with vicariously alluring ambiguity 
3.5
A Bigger Splash
James Berardinelli
Is it A Bigger Splash or A Bigger Bore 
2
A Bigger Splash
Roger Moore
The more we see of Dakota Johnson the less interesting she becomes 
3
A Bigger Splash
Katie Walsh
A kooky sexy rollicking and eventually quite dark romp through a sun sizzled Sicilian vacation Jump on in the water s fine though swim at your own risk 
4
A Bigger Splash
Christy Lemire
Simultaneously lush and lurid sumptuous and startling A Bigger Splash never goes where you expect even as its undercurrent of danger is unmistakable from the start 
3
A Bigger Splash
Brian Truitt
An interesting dip into a pool of intrigue 
2.5
A Bigger Splash
Peter Travers
Everything in this spellbinding erotic dance is so ripe and voluptuous that watching it doesn t seem enough you want to take a bite out of it 
3.5
A Bigger Splash
Lou Lumenick
A steamy and satisfying kickoff to the summer film season on the art house circuit 
3
A Bigger Splash
Steve Macfarlane
What intrigues if in a lurid sort of way is the film s fudging of projected viewer desires with its characters 
3
District 9
Scott Renshaw
A moderately entertaining slice of sci fi action that doesn t really work as idea driven drama 
2.5
District 9
Jason Buchanan
Every once in a great while perhaps only a handful of times each decade that rare film comes completely out of left field to let us know that there are still some original ideas out there and that cinema can still be fresh and exciting 
4
District 9
David Keyes
Ghee whiz how abusive can you get with a movie camera 
2
District 9
David N. Butterworth
Part alien invasion flick part social commentary Neill Blomkamp s chilling thrilling District 9 is a wholly original work And it features a star making turn from Sharlto Copley 
3.5
District 9
Nick Rogers
The most audacious auspicious sci fi debut in years Neill Blomkamp s modest budget District 9 throws together xenophobic satire political allegory and raucous action in a knockabout package reminiscent of Paul Verhoeven s finest work 
4
District 9
Barbara Vancheri
It s smart and fresh and proof that the phrase dog days of August no longer applies to the movies or at least this one 
3
District 9
Jordan Hiller
While Blomkamp s disturbing thriller does have a semi revelatory ending the real secret is that District 9 for all its pomp and circumstance is no more than a decent but scrappy science fiction flick 
2.5
District 9
Wesley Lovell
Science fiction as it was meant to be intelligent and challenging 
4
District 9
Matt Soergel
Works as political commentary blood splattering action flick and sneaky funny comedy 
4
District 9
Jay Antani
District 9 doesn t carry much weight as sociopolitical commentary or satire but taken on the merits of its shrewd story sense and craftsmanship it s a popcorn entertainment destined to stay in our minds 
3
District 9
Sonny Bunch
District 9 is an odd melange of a movie part fake documentary part body horror part office comedy and part Mechwarrior It s fresh and exciting if not groundbreaking 
3
District 9
James Kendrick
a sharp edged science fiction parable that mixes metaphor and violent action with such dizzying confidence that you leave the theater feeling charged and alive
3.5
District 9
John Wirt
Wielding wicked retribution the clever District 9 reinvents alien invasion with a wry wink 
3.5
District 9
Lori Hoffman
District 9 is a down and dirty sci fi flick that makes a point about racial prejudice 
2.5
District 9
Mike McGranaghan
Smart provocative fun and exciting District 9 is everything that Transformers 2 and G I Joe tried and failed to be 
4
District 9
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has some terrific thrills and it s probably worth a video rental but overall it s yet another case of action over ideas and messages over emotions 
2.5
District 9
Todd Hertz
A bold and inventive science fiction vision that mostly excels but stumbles in the details 
3
District 9
Eric Melin
It does what really good science fiction does and makes you think about the world you live in It also does what mainstream crowd pleasing sci fi does and entertains with well designed action scenes and classic Hollywood tropes 
3.5
District 9
Austin Kennedy
This could have been one of the best sci fi films of all time if it wasn t for an extremely unlikeable lead But the last 40 minutes are so awesome that I can still recommend it 
3
District 9
Kam Williams
A thoroughly absorbing edge of your seat thriller which is right up there with the best of sci fi because of the subtle fashion in which it delivers its thought provoking universal message about ethnic tolerance 
4
District 9
Linda Cook
It s an unforgettable science fiction actioner It s a commentary on the human condition It s a drama about undying love It s arguably the finest use of computer generated imagery the big screen ever has seen The grownups only District 9 is one of the
4
District 9
Christian Toto
District 9 is a bold imaginative sci fi entry but let s not get carried away with the hype 
3
District 9
Gina Carbone
This is the movie Transformers should ve been 
3
District 9
Wilson Morales
Overall District 9 is a uniquely moving heartfelt and provocative drama that stays with you after you ve left the theater 
3
District 9
Kit Bowen
Believe the hype As a sci fi thrill ride and a provocative commentary on xenophobia District 9 is definitely all that it s cracked up to be 
4
District 9
Steve Rhodes
Gross but fascinating it held my attention from start to finish 
3
District 9
Lawrence Toppman
This is one of those rare films where seeming plot holes turn out not to be holes after all 
3.5
District 9
Matt Brunson
District 9 is Independence Day for the art house set 
3
District 9
Michael Phillips
In this summer of gargantuan mediocrities a modestly budgeted project with an actual idea in its head and the wiles to manifest it onscreen exploding heads and all that s something 
3
District 9
Walter Chaw
District 9 is the real deal Hallelujah 
4
District 9
Kyle Smith
The movie falls into the same uneasy category as Eight Legged Freaks too tongue in cheek to be thrilling not funny enough to be a comedy 
2
District 9
Stephen Whitty
The wildest science fiction film to come out all year 
3
District 9
Robert W. Butler
Taking a traditional sci fi approach Blomkamp examines contemporary society through a new prism 
3
District 9
Amy Biancolli
Every now and then a film comes along that both defies and compels description 
4
District 9
Sean P. Means
About the only way District 9 a bloody marvelous action movie that s part science fiction allegory and part unabashed mayhem could get more in your face is if it was shot in 3D 
3.5
District 9
Tom Keogh
The film all but gets away from the director as battles take over and opportunities to explore the story as more than the sum of its weapons disappears 
2.5
District 9
Rick Groen
The fresh premise over the stale action returns 
2
District 9
Chris Hewitt
A swift subtle movie it trusts us to do some of the work 
3.5
District 9
Shaula Clark
Bounds from one contrivance to the next 
2.5
District 9
Peter Howell
In a summer where toy robots and action heroes have rocked the box office and killed brain cells it s nice to see a movie where some serious thought has been put into reviving a stale genre 
3.5
District 9
Claudia Puig
District 9 proves that sci fi thrillers don t have to be star studded or mega budgeted to be visually compelling and thoroughly entertaining 
3.5
District 9
Ross Anthony
Monty Python esque Reminded me a bit of the Stormtrooper spoof on TV s Cops Sharlto Copley sells it to us with grit charm naivety and humor He s absolutely brilliant 
3
District 9
Willie Waffle
For every person who walks out of the cineplex complaining that they want to see something different and original That doesn t mean it is awesome but it is different 
2.5
District 9
Peter Canavese
District 9 s City of God meets War of the Worlds hybrid proves overbearing and under convincing 
2.5
District 9
John Beifuss
A galvanizing thriller that delivers an unfortunate mixed message through its alien apartheid metaphor A young white suburbanite might emerge from a screening thinking that aliens are cool but y know black folks are really scary 
3
District 9
Sean O'Connell
Jolts with disturbing plot twists disgusts with gory kills showcases awesome and inventive alien technology comments on inhumane medical experimentation and criticizes unchecked military might but always remains in service of a nail biting story 
3.5
District 9
Mike Scott
It s the film s freshness with an original story told in Blomkamp s unique storytelling voice that most defines District 9 injecting it with a feel of game changing importance that elevates it above normal summertime fare 
4
District 9
David Nusair
a marginally entertaining endeavor that s sure to leave most viewers wondering what all the fuss is about 
2.5
District 9
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is instead a magnificent discussion on what it is to be human the demons that haunt us and the reasons some choose to stand against injustice no matter what the cost 
3.5
District 9
Scott Nash
Despite my questions and small complaints this is a great movie 
3.5
District 9
Mark Dujsik
Its early allegory may be blunt but its second half begs for something even as heavy handed as that to keep it involving 
2
District 9
Josh Larsen
I m still excited about the potential of District 9 The problem is I ve already seen it 
3
District 9
Peter Travers
This baby has the stuff to end the movie summer on a note of dazzle and distinction 
3.5
District 9
Steven Rea
What is absolutely impressive are the visual effects the hordes of aliens the mother ship the seamless blending of the real with the fantastic 
2.5
District 9
Duane Dudek
The result is like a two stage booster rocket propelled by a tricky structure deft style and original scenario before settling into the sort of orbit any fanboy could recognize and appreciate 
3
District 9
Jeff Vice
The movie does satisfy the cravings for a smarter sci fi movie and does have some rewarding aspects 
3
District 9
Rene Rodriguez
In an ideal world every Hollywood studio suit would be forced to sit through District 9 as part of a curriculum titled How to Make a Summer Movie That Delivers 
3.5
District 9
Dustin Putman
Majestic and matter of fact in equal measure District 9 provides purposefully difficult and uneasy food for thought to go along with its more visceral thrills 
3
District 9
Ty Burr
It s an outsider blockbuster a juicy bravura piece of moviemaking pulp and its hellacious style almost but not quite disguises its shortcomings as a story 
3
District 9
Michael Sragow
It s a bad joke that District 9 will be hailed for its originality The movie s main fun comes from wondering what coin of the pop realm Blomkamp will pluck out from his memory bank next 
2
District 9
James Berardinelli
I for one hope the inhabitants of Earth never encounter visitors from another planet because the reality of how we might interact with them could be close to what is depicted here and that s a depressing thought 
3.5
District 9
Joe Williams
The reason District 9 reverberates so loudly is because its moral indignation is cranked to 11 
3.5
District 9
Roger Ebert
District 9 does a lot of things right including giving us aliens to remind us not everyone who comes in a spaceship need be angelic octopod or stainless steel 
3
District 9
Joe Lozito
Inventive intriguing sci fi indie with mainstream polish is pure allegory and isn t afraid of the questions it raises or the objections it may incur 
3.5
District 9
Michael A. Smith
Copley is a revelation as the even tempered Wikus whose own evolution allows him to begin the film as cheerful as Monty Python s Eric Idle and end the day tougher than Christian Bale in the last Terminator film 
3.5
District 9
Nick Schager
Myriad obvious ancestors prevent the film from feeling as revolutionary as some have claimed though there s nonetheless vitality to Blomkamp s expert implementation 
2.5
Chaos
David Nusair
it s awfully difficult to look past the almost laughably inept instances of plotting within Giglio s screenplay 
2
Mo'Nique - I Coulda Been Your Cellmate!
Kam Williams
What makes it all worthwhile are the priceless moments that Mo Nique devotes to showing off her sensitive side as when lifting the spirits one on one offstage of a woman doing 145 years for murder 
4
Till Death
Tomris Laffly
Undemanding a little silly but a thoroughly engrossing and handsomely paced edge of your seat experience all the same 
3
Till Death
Mark Dujsik
There is a clever and cruel logic to Jason Carvey s screenplay for Till Death a tight and pretty twisted thriller 
3
Till Death
Roger Moore
A good Megan Fox movie Will wonders never cease 
2.5
Happy Birthday to Me
Matt Brunson
Although it was released when slasher films were already becoming a dime a dozen 44 this does enough different to marginally stand out from the pack 46 
2.5
Happy Birthday to Me
David Nusair
one would be far better off watching a YouTube highlight reel rather than the movie itself 
1.5
Happy Birthday to Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not particularly gory scary or suspenseful but it actually contains some good twists and a generally higher level of character and performance 
2.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Josh Larsen
Cruella looms over it all 
3
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Mattie Lucas
One of the most striking Disney films of the classic era with its almost impressionistic pencil drawings and dazzling use of color 
3.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Bill Chambers
It s lovely Surprisingly suspenseful too 
3.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Matt Brunson
This is flat out one of Disney s finest achievements because puppies 
4
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
James Kendrick
The fact that 101 Dalmatians plays easily alongside both the oldest and most recent of Disney s best is tribute to just how modern it was and continues to be 
3.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Peter Canavese
Then and now Disney fans of all ages have thrilled to the animation ambitious sight of the titular pack and chilled at the villainy of mad diva Cruella De Vil Blu ray 
3.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Eric Henderson
Cruella De Vil is so much a tour de force that she single handedly snatches the movie away from any retroactive comparisons to post classical Disney features whose sloppiness is the is their only saving grace 
3.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Roger Ebert
If there s one thing that s absolutely first rate about the film it s the character of Cruella 
3
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Steve Rhodes
As one of many delightful little aspects of the film notice how the owners and their dogs look so much alike 
3.5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
David Keyes
despite flaws we have constant admiration for the insanely written plot 
3
The Grifters
David Nusair
There s little doubt that The Grifters ultimately fares quite a bit better than its literary predecessor 
3.5
The Grifters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A quirky absorbing adaptation of Jim Thompson s pulp novel 
3.5
The Grifters
James Kendrick
I guess the whole problem is that there s just not enough grifting going on 
2.5
The Grifters
Roger Ebert
This is a movie of plot not episode It s not just a series of things that happen to the characters but a web a maze of consequences 
4
The Grifters
Chris Hicks
The Grifters is a cynical film that continually catches the audience off guard if you re into dark film noir it doesn t come much darker than this 
3
Khushi
Michael Dequina
The inexplicably popular Kareena Kapoor continues to unimpress with her lack of any discernible talent acting or otherwise 
0
Man of the West
Brian Eggert
Man of the West is Anthony Mann s shining conceptual project and his last great Western 
4
Man of the West
Enrique Fernandez
A tour de force for Cooper 
3.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jeff Beck
Even at a brief running time of 87 minutes the film feels stretched leaving you as the person who blankly stares at the screen until it s finally over 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Josh Larsen
The slapstick is broad and the jokes are scattershot but the satirical digs at the self delusion directing much of American foreign policy are well aimed 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Marty Mapes
Silly psychics make good characters but don t have enough to do
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Wesley Lovell
This outlandish bizarre film is funny enough to keep your attention diverted 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Nick Rogers
There s a lament for perverting the purity of essence in enlightenment to military complex exploitation Like the film s test goats it s been de bleated and given the pithy talk of Jedi warriors this is not the political satire you re looking for 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Lori Hoffman
Mind altering drugs just might make it seem better than it is 
1.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
John Wirt
A quietly wacky military satire good for scattered chuckles and laughs 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
John Beifuss
Not the acerbic Strangelovian satire one might expect but a pleasant good natured film that adopts the happy hippy vibe of Bridges far out Vietnam vet 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Feels all too light it s a movie wherein all the best funniest bits were shown in the trailer 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Michael A. Smith
Clooney is tongue in cheek convincing 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jeffrey Westhoff
Maybe it is just easier to laugh at things that happened decades ago but the contemporary story never attains the same power as the flashbacks 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
James Kendrick
gets by on its goofy absurdist charm and gonzo characters without ever making a significant impact
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Eric Melin
Even if you haven t seen a movie about psychic Jedi warriors in the U S Army who kill goats with their mind you may come out of this film thinking that you ve seen a lot of it before 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sonny Bunch
The Men Who Stare at Goats meanders aimlessly without ever reaching a satisfying conclusion 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Kit Bowen
Take a wonderfully farcical premise based on fact and turn it into a mostly entertaining sometimes sluggish film about Men playing preposterous war games u2013 with their minds 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Kam Williams
A one trick pony or should I say one trick goat which relies heavily on slight variations of a running joke which gets stale pretty fast 
1
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Rossiter Drake
The inmates here are running the asylum trying to walk through walls because they ve been trained to believe that they can They are Jedis or so they think and though the Force may elude them their belief is unshaken Yoda would be puzzled but proud 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Linda Cook
Yes they really stared at goats if you believe the reports on which this movie is based 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Gina Carbone
If I could make a mix tape of scenes from this film I d watch them repeatedly But as a whole it was a missed opportunity And the ending even Obi Wan would roll his eyes Definitely not the droids I was looking for 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Mike McGranaghan
It falls a bit short of the high bar it has set for itself yet I respect the film s willingness to aim that high And it does get enough right to be worth seeing 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Matt Brunson
Loopy enough to stand out from the homogenized pack but not bold enough to truly go the distance 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Keith Cohen
The movie gets off to a strong start that is both amusing and highly entertaining but it can t maintain the high level of incredulity It drags sputters and then loses its fizz 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sean P. Means
Heslov s deadpan handling of the movie s strange but true vibe coupled with Clooney s full tilt devotion to his outlandish character smooths over the rougher patches of Peter Straughan s quirky screenplay 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Robert W. Butler
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a handful of hilarious scenes looking for a movie 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Liam Lacey
If this is what a Hollywood liberal conscience looks like it s a glib and useless thing 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Lisa Kennedy
It seems too much a privilege to be chuckling in the theater about psychic warfare while the unfunny business of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continues 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Kyle Smith
Heslov directs for the first time in a career that I pray will consist of one movie 
1
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Michael Sragow
A refreshingly unpredictable and fizzy comic fantasy 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Phil Villarreal
Peter Straughan s peppy Star Wars reference laden script matches Clooney s star power but the plot goes a bit too far off the rails at the end 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Willie Waffle
George Clooney Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey get the audience wrapped up in one of the silliest and goofiest movies of the year 
3.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Ann Hornaday
The sense of emotional detachment keeps things feeling smooth and low key but as is clear in the film s last few scenes the playful tone shades into the simply trivial which in the setting doesn t quite play 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Linda Barnard
The picture lacks discipline and focus at times but it s fun despite the chaos although a wandering in the desert scene goes on far too long 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sean O'Connell
Does a passable imitation of a Coen brothers comedy 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Chris Hewitt
The smug aren t we clever tone doesn t invite us to react to what we re seeing because the movie already has satisfied itself that it s delightful 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sara Michelle Fetters
The cast gamely tries and Heslov does his best to keep things moving but nothing anyone does can mask the fact there s just no there there were it comes to Straughan s script 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Mark Dujsik
Hilarious and also sobering 
3.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Dustin Putman
A loopy fact scattered comedy close to woeful in its failure at producing laughs and some much needed levity If there is some big meaningful point to the film it is lost in a landmine of slapstick and mugging 
1.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Mick LaSalle
There s not much of a story here All that energy all that enthusiasm and all that self generated propulsion are about one thing distracting us from realizing it 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Moira MacDonald
The Men Who Stare at Goats doesn t stay with you long but it s good fun while it lasts 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Steven Rea
The Men Who Stare at Goats has a glorious good time satirizing the extravagant lengths to which the military and intelligence establishments will go if they think there s a payoff at the other end 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Anthony Venutolo
What had been a slightly quirky satire becomes first a wild comedy then an impassioned exposé Taking itself too seriously and treating the military as a joke it quickly begins to unravel 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jeff Vice
The film may remind some of the low key and decidedly quirky comedies by the Coen brothers And not just because George Clooney is one of its featured performers 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Ty Burr
You can t make this stuff up but you can botch the telling of it and that s what sinks this satiric drama based loosely on a 2004 nonfiction book by London based journalist Jon Ronson 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Peter Travers
It s hard to resist a satire even when it wobbles that insists the most unbelievable parts are the most true 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Lawrence Toppman
It s Clooney who holds this film together with his charismatic personality and inscrutable demeanor Cassady may be crazy but there s enough evidence that he isn t to keep us in suspense 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Joe Williams
The closer you look at The Men Who Stare at Goats the better you see that its shaggy coat is covering some pointed truths 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Duane Dudek
It s all amusing and loopy while also insincere and unfocused The film mocks rigid militarism and faddish alternative movements both but it offers few fresh observations about either 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Rene Rodriguez
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a premise in wait for a movie the pilot episode for a TV series that got canceled before it got cooking 
2
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Peter Keough
Here s a subject that really could have used a Stanley Kubrick or a John Frankenheimer or a Robert Altman But are there any great cinematic satirists left auteurs with the knack for black comedy and cold blooded irony 
2.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Roger Ebert
It actually doesn t matter if the book is truthful It doesn t claim the paranormal powers are real Ronson simply says some officials thought they might be and that if they were we had to get there first The movie is funny either way 
3.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
James Berardinelli
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a comedy and I laughed quite a few times while watching it but that sobering reality almost makes me want to cry 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Mark Salisbury
This lively satire looks destined for future cult status 
3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Bill Weber
A jokey mess so far from the humane satirical alchemy of Three Kings that a revocation of the producer star s cinematic passport to the land of military industrial japery seems in order 
1.5
The Men Who Stare at Goats
David Nusair
infused with an unapologetically silly and irreverent sensibility 
2.5
Gorgo
John Beifuss
Women are absent from Gorgo because the title beast proves to be the biggest mother of them all literally The entire movie is constructed around a feminine presence that is destructive and wrathful but also righteous 
3
A Little Romance
Matt Brunson
An absolutely delightful teen romance 
3.5
A Little Romance
Roger Ebert
It gives us two movie kids in a story so unlikely I assume it was intended as a fantasy And it gives us dialog and situations so relentlessly cute we want to squirm 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Matt Brunson
It sounds like a marvelous idea until you actually watch the movie 
1.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Michael Booth
It s all great fun and Blamire has at least as promising a future as all this dot com nonsense 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Marty Mapes
It s campy bad and fun Unfortunately bad isn t always good 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
John Beifuss
When such amazing artifacts of genuine 1950s ineptitude as Robot Monster are available on DVD it s hard to imagine why anyone would prefer this ersatz cult readymade 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
David Nusair
The slavish devotion to the shlock of the 50s that prevents the movie from ever becoming anything more than a bizarre curiosity 
1.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Liam Lacey
A little too true to it sources and ends up reminding you just how boring inept acting editing and story telling can be 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Terry Lawson
It s not really cheese it s Velveeta As many who have tried have learned midnight movies can not be manufactured they must be discovered 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Roger Ebert
Has been made by people who are trying to be bad which by definition reveals that they are playing beneath their ability 
1.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Josh Larsen
soon turns dull then stale 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Jackie Loohauis
A monster hoot one so gut busting that we can only hope that as in the good ol days a nurse will be stationed in the lobby 
2.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Chris Hewitt
Five minutes of it Fun 90 minutes Not so fun 
1.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Robert K. Elder
The makers of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra can t quite live up to the 1950s era B movies that they parody 
1.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Elias Savada
The joke is sustained fairly well only flattening out in the middle of the film but returning for a crazed finale With enough room left for tapioca 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Stephen Whitty
A straight faced parody of every bad movie Edward D Wood never made 
2.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Michael Szymanski
It s been a long time since I laughed really laughed in a movie 
4
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Glenn Kenny
Largely a hoot 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Erik Lundegaard
OK so they made a movie bad enough to be on Mystery Science Theater 3000 But MST3K was watchable despite its bad films not because of them 
1.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Megan Lehmann
A cheerfully trashy dead on spoof of the B movie genre 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
David Sterritt
Perilously close to the pop culture trash it aims to mock 
2
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Jan Stuart
How can one begin to compete with the organic awfulness of Plan 9 From Outer Space with its kitchen cabinet spaceships and gratuitous Bela Lugosi cameos The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra tries and to a disconcerting extent succeeds 
2.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
James Verniere
A bit self indulgent and may be too far removed from its sources many of them no longer shown on TV to make sense to younger viewers 
2.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Carla Meyer
Armed with enough cliches to make Ed Wood proud 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Wesley Morris
While the film gets by on its inoffensive glibness it s weighed down by the very elements that make even the kitschiest B movie classics seem draggy 
2.5
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Sarah Chauncey
Remarkably it manages to spoof bad movies without actually being a bad movie 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Glenn Whipp
You have to be good to be this bad and judging from Cadavra Blamire is very very good 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Steve Rhodes
A really really hokey movie that is indeed so bad it s good With its deliciously trite dialog and its anything but special effects it s a hoot 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Jeremiah Kipp
The perilously low budget plays to Lost Skeleton s advantage and the scant 90 minute running time assures that it doesn t wear out its welcome 
3
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Emily Blunt
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra has to be one of the greatest parodies of old black and white sci fi movies to date It is just brilliant 
4
Christine
David Keyes
The guts of the movie are anchored in performances 
3.5
Christine
Brad Keefe
If you don t know the true story of Christine Chubbuck the movie may be even more impactful 
3
Christine
John Serba
Rebecca Hall s performance in Christine is nothing less than mighty 
3.5
Christine
Richard Roeper
Rebecca Hall gives one of the great performances of the year as the title character in Christine an intense stomach churning unblinking drama 
3
Christine
Mark Dujsik
Rebecca Hall s Christine isn t a hackneyed woman on the edge She is simply a woman trying to do her job and struggling with feelings of self doubt and insecurity 
3
Christine
Sara Michelle Fetters
As for Rebecca Hall she s flat out astonishing 
3.5
Christine
Robert Horton
Captured with real authority by Rebecca Hall who plays Christine and is the best reason for seeing the movie 
3
Christine
Sean P. Means
The real life drama Christine has a well polished facade gleaming in 1970s period details but only the movie s star seems able to get underneath that surface 
2.5
Christine
Rafer Guzman
A gripping often agonizing character study with a tour de force performance by Rebecca Hall 
3.5
Christine
Moira MacDonald
Christine is based on true events and I suspect it s all the more powerful if you don t know what happens at the end I did but the film still gripped me 
3.5
Christine
Tirdad Derakhshani
Rich in dramatic detail and psychological insight the film approaches its protagonist with genuine concern 
3.5
Christine
David Nusair
Christine ultimately concludes on a palpably anticlimactic note that s somewhat emblematic of the movie s wobbly execution 
2
Christine
Anita Katz
Hall s quietly extraordinary performance as a woman disconnected from the world she so desperately wants to glow in makes the movie worth seeing 
3
Christine
Michael O'Sullivan
A great performance does not necessarily make for great tragedy and Christine remains mired in the minutiae of its portrait of a doomed bitter young woman 
2
Christine
Peter Keough
Grim timely but not quite fully thought through 
2.5
Christine
Rene Rodriguez
The movie gets to you It s absorbing and uncomfortable at the same time as if it were giving you a glimpse at the unknowable 
3.5
Christine
Chris Knight
Even 40 years on the events of July 1974 will send a chill through your bones at the conclusion to this story 
3
Christine
Robert Levin
The movie offers a portrait of a woman in full played by Hall with the sort of fervent conviction that earns awards attention 
3.5
Christine
Sheila O'Malley
There are questions of exploitation that nag throughout as well as a queasy feeling that we the audience are participating in exploiting this troubled woman all over again 
2.5
Christine
Johanna Schneller
Hall creates a fierce uncompromising portrait of a woman who was prescient enough to see the dark places her culture was headed the logical end game of our if it bleeds it leads obsessions but also damaged enough to succumb to them 
3
Christine
Peter Howell
It turns a probing and revelatory lens on the soul destroying task of chasing eyeballs with sensationalistic news long before clickbait became a journalistic mission 
3.5
Christine
Matt Brennan
It largely fails to animate Christine Chubbuck s inner turmoil focusing instead on broad blunt externalities 
1
Christine
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Christine aches with compassion and humanity for its real life subject Not enough superlatives can be directed toward Rebecca Hall over what she achieves in this role 
3.5
Friday After Next
Michael Dequina
It s become abundantly clear that series star writer producer Ice Cube hasn t a clue as to why the first Friday became such a beloved cult classic in the first place 
1.5
Friday After Next
David Nusair
more cartoonish than anything else 
1
Friday After Next
Nick Rogers
Perhaps the main problem with quot Friday After Next quot is that everything is too manic to be memorable 46 
2
Friday After Next
Linda Cook
This isn t a Friday worth waiting for 
1
Friday After Next
Dustin Putman
There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series but I wouldn t be interested in knowing any of them personally 
.5
Friday After Next
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer Cube and director Marcus Raboy vigorously mix Christmas cheer and and real life and the result is as tasty as eggnog spiked with whiskey 
2.5
Friday After Next
Mike Clark
Frenetic but not really funny 
2
Friday After Next
Ted Fry
Friday movies are a lot like an African American version of Seinfeld they re really about nothing And if you can appreciate the cultural dislocation of their urban California milieu same as Seinfeld they can be funny as hell 
3
Friday After Next
Jonathan Curiel
The jokes are sophomoric stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious 
2
Friday After Next
Yvonne Dennis
A whole lot foul freaky and funny 
2.5
Friday After Next
Gene Seymour
Leisurely waxy potpourri of messy sight gags coarse sex jokes and all pro bad behavior 
2
Friday After Next
Bruce Kirkland
A movie just for Friday fans critics be damned If you already like this sort of thing this is that sort of thing all over again 
2
Friday After Next
Louis B. Hobson
The appeal of the vulgar sexist racist humour went over my head or considering just how low brow it is perhaps it snuck under my feet 
1
Friday After Next
Susan Stark
A raucous riotous blisteringly obscene comedy 
2
Friday After Next
Jeff Vice
Contains more painfully unfunny misogynistic and sometimes racist shtick than the first two films combined 
1
Friday After Next
Wesley Morris
All this South Central color gives Friday After Next a lived in feel that endears you to the characters and the way they live 
3
Friday After Next
Roger Ebert
There s an audience for it but it could have been funnier and more innocent 
2
Friday After Next
Rick Groen
I didn t laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube and his skinny buddy Mike Epps to make like Laurel and Hardy n the hood 
1
Friday After Next
Jonathan Foreman
It s bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction 
1.5
Friday After Next
John Monaghan
Cube and Epps play off each other well but the comedy s success lies mostly in its talented stable of supporting actors 
3
Friday After Next
Phil Villarreal
Ice Cube the flick s producer writer star should have spurned the project and just camped outside movie theaters with a bell and a tin can to beg for cash It would have been more honest 
2
Friday After Next
Rob Blackwelder
Ice Cube isn t quite out of ripe screwball ideas but Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin 
2
Friday After Next
Tor Thorsen
A Christmas Story it s not but there are worse ways you could spend your holi daze in the hood 
2.5
Friday After Next
Mack Bates
Epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made Tucker a star 
1
Friday After Next
Walter Chaw
Friday After Next is the kind of film that could only be made by African Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African Americans 
0.5
Friday After Next
Chris Hewitt
The movie has no respect for laws political correctness or common decency but it displays something more important respect for its flawed crazy people 
2.5
Friday After Next
Rene Rodriguez
The movie often feels as if it were just marking time counting on your memory of the first two films to make you laugh at characters who seemed much funnier and less belabored seven years ago 
2
Friday After Next
Kevin M. Williams
Hews to the Sequel Curve first one good the rest increasingly mediocre 
2
Friday After Next
Steve Rhodes
the best in a truly awful series 
1.5
Last Will and Embezzlement
Chuck Bowen
The doc is so obnoxiously simplistic that you find yourself strangely unsympathetic to its objectively inarguable aim to promote greater standards of elder care 
0
Below
Michael Dequina
A subtly eerie mood piece 
3
Below
Sara Michelle Fetters
His Below is one of the scariest most intense ghostly tales in a long time Yet the ghost in question hardly lifts a finger and the unhinged human protagonists do most of the damage 
3
Below
Phil Villarreal
Twohy is not only skilled at building and maintaining suspense he s also aware that a cast chock full of experienced character actors is the right fit for a haunted sub flick 
3
Below
Chris Hewitt
Consistently clever and suspenseful 
3
Below
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gave me the willies 
3
Below
Elias Savada
As underwater ghost stories go Below casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back grizzled and charred somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle 
2.5
Below
Steve Rhodes
A crisp psychological drama and a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old Twilight Zone episode 
3
Below
Gary Brown
This sub standard thriller won t float your boat 
2
Below
Ted Fry
Alive with creepy menacing flair 
3.5
Below
Edward Guthmann
Twohy s overwrought comic book theatrics work against him as does the hokey script 
2
Below
Roger Ebert
Below has ambitions to be better than average but doesn t pull itself together and insist on realizing them 
2.5
Below
Janice Page
With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller with better payoffs it could have been a thinking man s monster movie 
2.5
Below
Josh Larsen
Combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural why didn t Hollywood think of this sooner 
3
Below
Tony Toscano
Below is just a slightly above average thriller 
2.5
Below
Erik Childress
After the intriguing and rather exciting first act the film ends up becoming a fourth rate mystery instead of delivering the tension already inherent in any logline of this story 
1.5
Below
Rob Blackwelder
Already packed with all the claustrophobic wartime tension a good sub thriller needs Below squeezes in something more a bone chilling element of the supernatural 
3
Below
John Monaghan
Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings so many false scares that the genuine ones barely register 
2
Below
Robert K. Elder
Twohy pulls all the strings to create an inventive genre piece 
3
Below
James Berardinelli
While director David Twohy arguably doesn t mine the premise for all it s worth he gets enough out of it to make it an effective Halloween treat 
3
Below
Michael Szymanski
The limited sets and small confined and dark spaces also are homages to a classic low budget film noir movie 
3.5
Below
Tor Thorsen
A solidly seaworthy chiller 
3
Below
Jan Stuart
Twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record 
3
Below
Lou Lumenick
It s basically an overlong episode of Tales from the Crypt 
2
Below
Ed Gonzalez
Twohy s scary tricks lose their luster around the time Below becomes a water logged version of every haunted house film you ve ever seen 
2
Death and the Maiden
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A relentless superb thriller 
3.5
Death and the Maiden
Bill Chambers
At once caustic and sincere 
3.5
Death and the Maiden
Nick Schager
Roman Polanski s underappreciated 1994 thriller Death and the Maiden confronts a litany of moral conundrums regarding guilt revenge punishment justice and man s responsibility to himself and society 
3.5
Death and the Maiden
Mick LaSalle
Death and the Maiden forces the audience to confront questions about torture and punishment 
3
Death and the Maiden
Steve Rhodes
Have yourself some fun and try to guess the ending You will find there are many possibilities from which to choose 
2.5
Death and the Maiden
Scott Rosenberg
The lesson shapes the drama rather than arising from it 
2
Death and the Maiden
James Berardinelli
Any degree of tension cultivated by Polanski is frequently undermined by Rafael Yglesias and Ariel Dorfman s sputtering script 
2
Death and the Maiden
Chris Hicks
The more serious problem here is Polanski s decision to keep the film housebound using only camera movements to break things up The result is a stilted claustrophobic effect 
2.5
Death and the Maiden
Roger Ebert
Richer than its materials might promise 
3
Rebel Without a Cause
Wesley Lovell
8220 Rebel 8221 is one of those classic films that defines a generation and will define many to come 46 
4
Rebel Without a Cause
Brian Eggert
Rebel Without a Cause stands as a potent expression of teen angst still vital today 
4
Rebel Without a Cause
David Nusair
an overwrought unconvincing endeavor 
2
Rebel Without a Cause
Matt Brunson
A superb study of teenage angst that still retains its power despite the number of inferior rip offs that followed in its wake 
4
Rebel Without a Cause
Phil Villarreal
If ever a film was haunted it s Rebel Without a Cause which burns as a bright memorial for stars James Dean Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo 
4
Rebel Without a Cause
Roger Ebert
Like its hero Rebel Without a Cause desperately wants to say something and doesn t know what it is If it did know it would lose its fascination 
4
Rebel Without a Cause
Dan Callahan
Profoundly romantic and lacerating in its despair 
4
Rebel Without a Cause
Peter Stack
An indelible vision of a pretty 1950s America with a searing crack in it 
3
Festival in Cannes
Michael Wilmington
In the end we don t see enough of Cannes and maybe too much of Kaz But you have to accept or reject Jaglom as you might a walk on the Croisette taking the bitter with the sweet 
2.5
Festival in Cannes
Rick Groen
A picture as charmingly insubstantial as the world it invokes 
2.5
Festival in Cannes
Chris Hewitt
The cast is so low wattage that none of the characters comes off as big and the setting remains indistinct 
1
Festival in Cannes
Joe Baltake
A witty trenchant wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking 
3
Festival in Cannes
Jeff Vice
May be Jaglom at his most self serving and self righteous 
2
Festival in Cannes
Sean P. Means
Jaglom offers the none too original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar 
2
Festival in Cannes
Rob Blackwelder
The kind of sweet and sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati 
3
Festival in Cannes
Joe Leydon
The actors are simply too good and the story too intriguing for technical flaws to get in the way 
3
Festival in Cannes
Mick LaSalle
One of Jaglom s better efforts a wry and sometime bitter movie about love 
3
Festival in Cannes
Todd Anthony
Jaglom is an acquired taste but fans and detractors alike will be keen to learn that his latest is less self referential and less self reverential than past offerings 
3
Festival in Cannes
David Elliott
Made to be Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival the annual Riviera spree of flesh buzz blab and money The charming result is Festival in Cannes 
3
Festival in Cannes
Rene Rodriguez
Jaglom has never been required viewing but he has never been this trivial either 
2
Festival in Cannes
Geoff Pevere
Jaglom makes some deft connections between personal and businesslike forms of seduction 
3
Festival in Cannes
Loren King
A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel 
2.5
Festival in Cannes
Steve Rhodes
A delicious trifle 
3
Festival in Cannes
Susan Stark
Offers a wonderfully entertaining look at the veterans neophytes phonies truth seekers profiteers and artists who populate the movie industry 
3
Festival in Cannes
Terry Lawson
Like most of Jaglom s films some of it is honestly affecting but more of it seems contrived and secondhand 
2
Festival in Cannes
Carrie Rickey
It isn t a good movie but it is diverting a showcase for Anouk Aimee Greta Scacchi and Ron Silver and a peephole on behind the scenes moves 
2.5
Festival in Cannes
Moira MacDonald
Jaunty fun with its celeb strewn backdrop well used 
3
Festival in Cannes
David Sterritt
It s a loosely strung movie about self absorbed people in a money driven world and as uninviting as that sounds it s one of the season s most watchable treats 
3
Festival in Cannes
Rod Armstrong
If Jaglom s latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling some of its repartee is still worth hearing 
2.5
Festival in Cannes
Jan Stuart
You ve got the most percussive navel gazer in independent film bringing together such type A personalities as Zack Norman and Ron Silver and then having them toot their trombones at each other for the better part of 90 minutes 
2
Festival in Cannes
Jonathan Foreman
It s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere 
1
Festival in Cannes
Valerie Kuklenski
Those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don t really want to know 
3
Festival in Cannes
James Berardinelli
The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not 
2
The Killer
Mark Dujsik
The Killer works as a slight variation on familiar material 44 thanks in large part to Jang apos s performance 44 and a dependable vehicle for vibrant action 46 
3
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
Ross Anthony
A beautiful production 
4
Megalomaniac
Walter Chaw
Megalomaniac takes suffering seriously I m close to talking myself into watching it again 
3.5
The Man They Could Not Hang
Matt Brunson
A nifty yarn 46 
3
Little Dixie
Mike McGranaghan
It apos s more mediocre than anything 44 and the use of the quot ex Special Forces quot concept is indicative of a pervasive lack of creativity 46 
2
Little Dixie
Roger Moore
a down and dirty B movie set in Republican Oklahoma and drug cartel Mexico 46 46 46 goes down like mid grade whisky 8212 a little rough 44 a tad predictable 44 but with a damned satisfying finish 46 
2.5
Lightning (Inazuma)
Keith Uhlich
Takamine is especially terrific her perpetually wide eyed comically exasperated performance at once suggesting Kiyoko s trappings of the body and the wanderings of her mind 
3.5
Three Corners of Deception
David Nusair
An entirely worthless endeavor of Ed Woodian proportions that is in the final analysis a strong candidate for the worst movie ever made It s just that bad ultimately 
0
Our Man in Havana
Roger Moore
The jokes are sly and winking and put the amusingly 8220 phobic 8221 in homophobic 46 
4
Our Man in Havana
Matt Brunson
Alec Guinness is aptly cast 
3
Our Man in Havana
Brian Eggert
What begins as another of Reed s acerbic ironic and thoroughly readable tales gives way to a shadowy satire in which nationalism presents the greatest danger and intelligence is a generous term 
4
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
David Keyes
All the dramatic cues are there and many of the faces convey an eagerness that is admirable but every simpering scene of false sincerity moves to the rhythm of some shallow after school special 
0
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Kam Williams
When the sinner sinks to his knees you know salvation can t be far behind 
2.5
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Josh Terry
Unbroken Path to Redemption s moving story offers a spiritual complement to its more action packed predecessor 
3
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Nell Minow
It is unfortunate that instead of exploring the universal challenges and complexities of forgiveness it stays within the safer confines of preaching salvation to those who have already been persuaded 
2
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Mark Dujsik
There s something admirable about trying to tell the tale of this section of Zamperini s life It s also a shame though that the filmmakers aren t quite up to that task 
2
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Sean P. Means
Without that internal struggle Unbroken Path to Redemption is little more than a living billboard for Billy Graham 
2
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Roger Moore
Some good scenes a very good leading man but dramatically just another altar call for the already saved 
2
Moka
Chris Hewitt
It s a beautiful and often suspenseful drama 
3.5
Moka
Mark Jenkins
Moka is a stark moody mystery that doesn t actually contain much mystery Instead it excels as a character study and a dynamic face off between two formidable actresses Emmanuelle Devos and Nathalie Baye 
2.5
Moka
G. Allen Johnson
You could rightly call it a thriller but a slow burning one and a film that s driven by character not plot points 
4
Moka
Brent McKnight
Director Frederic Mermoud working from a script based on a novel by Tatiana de Rosnay mixes slow burn tension with devastating emotion 
3.5
Moka
Chuck Bowen
Frdric Mermoud s film makes an elaborate pretense of honoring the traditions of the observational procedural 
2
Synthetic Pleasures
Roger Ebert
Seeing it you may be frustrated because Lee is essentially just a cheerleader But it will make you think Or at least you will think you are thinking If of course that is really you 
2
Boom!
Matt Brunson
A pretentious and self indulgent mess 
1
Boom!
Michael Dequina
If you can make any logical sense of the curious lines of dialogue then congratulations you may be the first to be able to decipher this cinematic non sequitur 
0
Boom!
Roger Ebert
There are different kinds of bad movies Some are simply wretchedly bad like well you know Others are bad but fascinating and Boom is one of these 
1.5
Enchanted April
Mick LaSalle
The film builds with ease and quiet confidence into something lovely 
3
Enchanted April
James Berardinelli
Personalities clash but are cheerfully reconciled and marital tensions are swiftly resolved 
4
Vision Portraits
David Lewis
There is not a whiff of self pity or self indulgence here only a desire to tell a story from a viewpoint that rarely reaches the screen 
3
Vision Portraits
Odie Henderson
An inspiring film a funny and informative feature whose subjects were creative kindred spirits I d never seen onscreen before 
3
Casual Sex?
David Nusair
a perpetually sluggish comedy 
2
Casual Sex?
Jack Garner
Casual Sex is a casual mess It s casual in that it is shallow uninvolving superficial and leaves no lasting impression and a mess in that it s a mess 
1
Kills on Wheels
Andrew Dignan
Writer director Attila Till is content to indulge a complication free mix of bloodshed and pathos 
2.5
Kills on Wheels
AP Kryza
There are some fun bits here but the tonal shifts from dark comedy to crime caper to hyper earnest coming of age tale to generic family drama jackknifes far too often for most of it to work 
2
Red Pill
Roger Moore
It lands its satiric political punches sort of but botches the Cabin in the Woods basics 
1.5
Copperhead
Matt Zoller Seitz
I wish Copperhead were better because it tells a story we haven t seen before and creates a world that films have rarely shown us 
2.5
Copperhead
Farran Smith Nehme
So much taste and intelligence went into these finely wrought costumes props and sets in order to tell a story of such tedium 
1.5
Copperhead
Rex Reed
If every war has more than one side this story of one man who dares to stand against the tide of history has a contemporary relevance that remains uncontested 
2.5
Copperhead
Stephanie Merry
The story offers uncommon insights on the endlessly parsed period in history but its execution sometimes falls short 
2
Copperhead
Kenji Fujishima
Ron Maxwell s film from beginning to end exudes all the excitement of a textbook history lesson 
1
The Trouble With Bliss
Kyle Smith
Striving mightily to be the indie equivalent of a wacky sitcom The Trouble With Bliss fails to draw much humor from farcical situations 
1
The Trouble With Bliss
Kalvin Henely
Populated with unlikely occurrences and oddball characters it plays out to put it most complimentary like a dull slower moving After Hours 
2.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Brian Eggert
Not only does the humor fall flat and register as transparently gross out based but the plot is so loosely constructed that its only purpose is to propel the bawdy jokes 
0
The Brothers Grimsby
Sara Michelle Fetters
A rambunctiously uncouth satire that s as disgusting as it is riotous 
2
The Brothers Grimsby
Dustin Putman
Even at less than 80 minutes sans end credits The Brothers Grimsby is about as pleasant as elephant semen to the face 
0.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Matt Brunson
It brings to mind such one star atrocities as The Love Guru Freddy Got Fingered and Tim and Eric s Billion Dollar Movie comparisons that make this new picture a Chernobyl of comedy 
1
The Brothers Grimsby
John Serba
It s extreme for its own sake and too rarely for the satirical purposes of Baron Cohen s better vehicles Borat and Bruno 
2
The Brothers Grimsby
Sean P. Means
The law of diminishing returns catches up with Sacha Baron Cohen in The Brothers Grimsby a spy comedy in which Baron Cohen tries to outdo his past outrageousness but gets fewer laughs 
1.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Roger Moore
Excruciating The end of Sacha Baron Cohen s career as a comic leading man 
1
The Brothers Grimsby
James Berardinelli
A production that fails in every way at every turn 
0.5
The Brothers Grimsby
John Hanlon
This is a film that wants to be cutting edge but deserved to be left on the cutting room floor 
0.5
The Brothers Grimsby
David Nusair
A typically erratic Sacha Baron Cohen comedy 
2.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Peter Howell
His obsession with anal cavities and what goes in and comes out of them suggest Cohen is auditioning to be the after dinner amusement at a proctologists convention 
1
The Brothers Grimsby
Katie Walsh
There s a bizarre obsessive fixation on bodily fluids in the gallons and orifices for spelunking The problem is that the writers overly rely on these taboo gross out displays to provide laughs instead of you know actual jokes 
1
The Brothers Grimsby
Chris Knight
This is the least funny alter ego Cohen has ever inhabited 
1
The Brothers Grimsby
Mike McGranaghan
The Brothers Grimsby needed more structure to achieve its full potential That makes it a mixed bag But boy are there ever some amazing moments here 
2.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Mark Dujsik
They went to the trouble of making a life sized replica of a female elephant s reproductive system D o you even have to ask whether or not the male prosthetic functions 
1.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Glenn Kenny
It s one of those movies that s barely a movie scenes don t follow any discernable logic the action is incoherent when it s not deliberately inane and so on 
1.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Phil Villarreal
Flails in desperate attempts to shock for the sake of schlock 
1.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Stephen Whitty
Grimsby punches down at the sick at the poor at anyone who s not quick enough to get out of its sloppy roundhouse rights Boy chronically unemployed drunks sure are funny aren t they 
0
The Brothers Grimsby
Elise Nakhnikian
The Brothers Grimsby doesn t do much to satirize the spy genre instead using its flimsy plot mostly as a scaffolding for a barrage of jokes 
2
The Brothers Grimsby
Peter Travers
Sacha Baron Cohen s new comedy brings the raunch but the sharp satire is M I A 
2
The Brothers Grimsby
Kyle Smith
As a comedy The Brothers Grimsby is weak and scattershot but it s useful as an unintended self indictment of the chattering classes disgust and disdain for white working folk 
1.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Brian Truitt
At the very least it s more entertaining than the time Baron Cohen dumped ashes on Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars but only barely 
1.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Rene Rodriguez
Compared to glib junk like Zoolander 2 The Brothers Grimsby is practically high art 
2.5
The Brothers Grimsby
Lindsey Bahr
Ultimately the jokes are more stupefying than funny and no one s anatomy is safe from a gratuitous close up whether it s that of a wild animal or an Oscar nominee 
1.5
In Old Arizona
Peter Canavese
The first major Western in sound One can occasionally feel the filmmakers showing off the technology with close ups of a crying baby or sizzling ham and eggs Blu ray 
2.5
Trust
Mick LaSalle
Audiences most definitely will squirm and wish they were anywhere but in the theater despite the fact that it features some of Clive Owen s best work and a startling movie debut by the 15 year old Liana Liberato 
3
Trust
Paul Schrodt
Characters are less characters than placards in a revved up PSA about the Gen Y horrors of teen rape 
.5
Trust
Kyle Smith
The script is blaring and obvious at all times and in his second directorial effort David Schwimmer doesn t have a clue how dull it is for the audience to endure scene after scene of anguish crying and screaming matches 
1
Trust
Mark Dujsik
Schwimmer s handling of the multifaceted emotional and psychological terrain on display here is delicate and utterly compassionate 
3.5
Trust
Roger Ebert
It s easy to imagine how this story could have been exploited and dumbed down It works instead with intelligence and sympathy 
4
Trust
Michael Phillips
He s adept with actors but Schwimmer has yet to locate his strengths behind the camera 
2.5
Trust
Matt Pais
Director David Schwimmer depicts the ease of online deception with terrifyingly plausibility 
3
Trust
David Nusair
Trust benefits substantially from the uniformly impressive performances 
2.5
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Betsy Bozdech
Sweeping melodramatic and brimming with positive messages about morality and virtue Mark Robson s epic film embodies many of the values idealized in the Eisenhower era 
3
Cat Ballou
Mattie Lucas
A lovably scruffy western send up with a heart as big as the desert and an infectious sense of whimsy 
3.5
Cat Ballou
Matt Brunson
The picture isn t as consistently funny as its reputation would suggest but Marvin is terrific 
2.5
Cat Ballou
Betsy Bozdech
Elliot Silverstein s raucous 1965 Cat Ballou preceded films like Blazing Saddles into the Western parody genre and did it with slightly more class 
3
Original Gangstas
Susan Stark
Think Boyz N the Hood meets The Mod Squad 
3
Memories of Me
Roger Ebert
The best moments in the movie involve tightly knit dialogue scenes between King and Crystal Their timing has the almost effortless music of two professionals who have spent their lifetimes learning how to put the right spin on a word 
3.5
Family Romance, LLC
Brian Eggert
By merely watching and allowing his camera to linger much longer than another director would Herzog invites questions about the social roles we play and the nature of reality itself 
3
Family Romance, LLC
James Kendrick
Herzog is clearly intrigued by these scenarios and they construct an overall portrait of how such a company might operate but they are usually more interesting than moving
2.5
Family Romance, LLC
Joe Friar
Herzog delivers another captivating look at real life that is imitated once again by the art of filmmaking 
3.5
Family Romance, LLC
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though Herzog s movie may be uneven in its treatment of the subject the central premise never fails to hold one s interest 
2.5
Family Romance, LLC
Brian Tallerico
A fascinating Möbius strip of reality and fiction 
3
Family Romance, LLC
Diego Semerene
We are never quite sure of the extent to which situations and dialogues have been scripted and as such it s as though Herzog were more witness than author more passerby than gawker simply registering Japan being Japan 
3
Munchies
Juan Carlos Coto
Munchies is a film that should never have been made In fact no one should have even thought of making it 
0.5
Blue Skies
Matt Brunson
The films highlight by far is Astaire s performance of Puttin on the Ritz 
2.5
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
Linda Cook
It s a documentary that will lift you up 
3.5
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
Chris Hewitt
The journey is fascinating and so are the people who take us on it 
3.5
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
Jeff Strickler
The scenery is gorgeous And the expedition members have interesting stories to tell There s just not enough time to do justice to everything 
3
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
David Barton
This is armchair travel at its most visually spectacular 
3
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
Arthur Salm
Were you to be shown some of the Kilimanjaro vistas along with the explanation that these are the first transmissions from our interstellar explorer freshly landed on Tau Ceti IV you might buy it It s that weird and that wonderful 
3.5
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
Frank Ochieng
Kilimanjaro To the Roof of Africa is a charming gem of a film that both radiates and gleefully informs This is one imaginative celluloid travelogue that effectively works on your senses 
3.5
Livid
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to walk away from the proceedings without feeling a slight sense of disappointment 
3
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Josh Larsen
an experimental dance piece as much as it is a surrealist short film 
3.5
Trapped Ashes
Bill Stamets
Dennis Bartok writes this lackluster anthology of four juvenile horror stories dripping with sexual dread and goofball gore 
1.5
Trapped Ashes
Michael Phillips
With its gore comix sensibility and self conscious flashes of nudity Trapped Ashes clunks along and to be completely petty never really overcomes its clunky title 
2
BearCity
Diego Semerene
Director Douglas Langway is aware that while bear ness could be seen as a response to a culture obsessed with gender conformant and hairless young bodies it can also be a rather unoriginal one 
1.5
BearCity
Lou Lumenick
Douglas Langway s middling comedy is sort of a Sex and the City for big hirsute gay guys and the younger cubs who fancy them 
2
Blood Brother
Chris Knight
Braat is clearly adored by the children It took some time to train my mind to see past their disease he admits But he s clearly found his home 
3.5
Blood Brother
Liam Lacey
In contrast to social issue films filled with talking head experts and bullet point graphs this is a portrait of a caregiver that goes to the core of motivation in this case the need to share love 
3
Blood Brother
Linda Barnard
Blood Brother is about as well meaning as a doc can be yet its humanitarian message is often tainted by the ceaseless demands for attention stemming from the fragile ego of its subject rootless young American Rocky Braat 
2
Blood Brother
Kenneth R. Morefield
There is a tension created by the film as we have to wrestle with our own cynicism about people who make grand sacrifices their reasons for making them and the ways in which others tell their stories 
3
Blood Brother
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you re thinking you don t want to see another AIDS documentary please keep in mind that this isn t anything harrowing or self important It s really Rocky s story and it s a truly amazing story of selflessness and heroism 
3.5
Blood Brother
Kenji Fujishima
Rocky s journey of self realization undoubtedly has a universal resonance to it that intermittently yields poignant and inspiring moments But where are the poor Indian kids in all of this 
2
Ajami
Tim Robey
The actors every one of them new to their craft make the everydayness of the picture indelible and real 
4
Ajami
Keith Cohen
The movie is insightful in revealing how messy life can be with enemies living in close proximity to one another The press notes point out the 
3
Ajami
Rob Thomas
While Quentin Tarantino used the narrative device to give his film a caffeinated jolt of hipster cool co directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani use it brilliantly to show the chaotic web of violence that traps Jews Christians and Muslims alike 
3.5
Ajami
Rick Groen
The performances are searingly intense all delivered by non professionals cast to type and extemporizing within the parameters of the script They take the play out of acting and the effect is unvarnished realism 
3
Ajami
John Hartl
A compelling drama about prejudice and folly 
3
Ajami
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an admirable achievement taking simplistic old fashioned material and passionately adapting it to make it urgent and relevant 
3
Ajami
Mick LaSalle
It s a film that rewards close attention involving disparate characters whose lives intersect over the course of several chapters 
3
Ajami
Steven Rea
Ajami brings its audience into a world where the cultural conflict is fierce emotions run high yet the hopeful vision of peaceful coexistence shines through the cracks 
3
Ajami
Ty Burr
Good intentions are one thing of course and good writing and filmmaking another Ajami is lucky to have all three 
3.5
Ajami
Peter Keough
The structure teeters but doesn t succumb to the contrivances of Crash 
3
Ajami
Ann Hornaday
While its themes of revenge mutual resentment and grim fatalism offer little hope for a ready solutions the movie itself testifies to the power of creative collaboration in finding common ground 
3
Ajami
Roger Ebert
The specifics of the plot in Ajami aren t as important as the impact of many sad moments that build up one after another Hatred is like the weather You don t agree with the rain but still you get wet 
3
Ajami
V.A. Musetto
The complexity might require a second viewing but there is compensation in the realistic acting by a cast of non pros and the eye grabbing hand held lensing by Boaz Yehonatan Yacov 
3
Ajami
Andrew Schenker
More impressive as a formal exercise than as a means to deepen our understanding of the characters or their situations 
2
On the Ice
Roger Ebert
If only because of the setting this is an uncommonly involving thriller I could call it a film noir except that the sun never sets in the film 
3
On the Ice
Sara Stewart
Unfortunately the emotional landscape of MacLean s stoic main character Qalli is often as blank as the tundra 
2
On the Ice
Kenji Fujishima
DP Lol Crawley s best efforts can t quite overcome the rather awkward performances of the film s mostly nonprofessional cast 
2
Cleopatra
Josh Larsen
a tale of two men being manipulated and possibly loved by a powerful and conflicted woman 
3.5
Cleopatra
James Kendrick
A moderately successful generally entertaining but overly ambitious movie 
3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Roger Ebert
At the end of this nonsense to be sure there is a massacre to brighten things up a little But then the pall sets in again 
1.5
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Matt Brunson
Roger Corman s rat tat tat helming is one of the strengths of this crime flick What damages the picture are the performances by the two top billed stars Jason Robards and George Segal 
2.5
Clapboard Jungle
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Clapboard Jungle is saddled by the sheer narrow tedium of McConnell s projects constant fits and starts amid a repetitive if enlightening deluge of filmmakers testifying to industry pitfalls 
2
Clapboard Jungle
Mike McGranaghan
Clapboard Jungle will captivate anyone with even the slightest interest in how independent filmmaking works behind the scenes 
3.5
Clapboard Jungle
Roger Moore
There are thousands and thousands of McConnells Luck talent skill pluck or originality they all lack something that kept them from realizing their dream 
2
Clapboard Jungle
Alan French
McConnell apos s willingness to turn the camera on himself and provide a mostly unfiltered 44 stream of consciousness approach to the process provides authenticity many films lack 46 
2.5
Master
Brian Tallerico
The performances are solid to great throughout and Cho does build to a remarkably satisfying final twenty minutes but it takes two hours to get there 
2.5
Master
Chuck Bowen
The film is seemingly terrified of boring us offering one elaborate montage of catch and release or of survey and flee after another 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Mike McGranaghan
An inoffensive but shallow cash in on a temporary phenomenon 
2
One Direction: This Is Us
Sean P. Means
Fans will eat this stuff up with a spoon while any stray nonfans will likely spend the movie gauging the bubblegum tunes and matching faces to names By the end I could finally tell bandmates Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson apart 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Michael Dequina
Like their music the film proves to be inoffensively genial if surface deep 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Christy Lemire
This Is Us does what it needs to do for its target audience But anyone looking for actual substance or insight will be disappointed and maybe even a little bored with its repetitive nature 
2
One Direction: This Is Us
Willie Waffle
I don t know what made me cry more a cameo appearance from Martin Scorsese or witnessing Simon Cowell in all of his 3 D glory 
0
One Direction: This Is Us
Carla Meyer
For parents who must accompany them to the film there s good news as well It s far from the worst movie ever and it lasts only 95 minutes 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
David Berry
There is nothing you wouldn t expect but at least it s all done with flair 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
John Wirt
The film doesn t earn a place among the great music documentaries but it presents its stars in 3D immediacy that likely will inspire screams and sighs wherever movies are shown 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
R. Kurt Osenlund
Some of the film s most memorable moments involve Niall and Liam looking down on oceans of screaming devotees in the street and controlling their cheers like orchestra conductors 
3
One Direction: This Is Us
David Hiltbrand
The fact is that they are as criminally cute as a basketful of puppies This Is Us manages to frame that boyish appeal astutely 
3
One Direction: This Is Us
Bill Zwecker
The film is a successful witness to the great charm possessed by all five members of One Direction 
3
One Direction: This Is Us
Marc Hirsh
It s not that Harry Styles Zayn Malik Liam Payne Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson aren t charming and likable The problem is that the movie offers no way of differentiating them beyond their hairstyles 
1.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Stephanie Merry
For the most part the movie embraces harmless fun which can be enjoyable for the audience members whether they re 1D fans or not 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Perry Seibert
This Is Us is an entertaining and effective feature length commercial 
3
One Direction: This Is Us
Frank Lovece
An airbrushed image of celibate wholesomeness without groupies or even girlfriends and where evidently nothing stronger than milk passes these young men s lips 
1.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Sara Stewart
No personal revelations surface in This Is Us Also no narrative no conflict no differentiation between band members even besides the designation of dark eyed Zayn as the mysterious one he likes to paint 
2
One Direction: This Is Us
Paul Doro
Exceptionally superficial There is hardly any mention of the music itself The members never once discuss how they feel about their music what it means to them or what messages they are trying to send 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Joe Williams
A tour documentary that s so streamlined it could only have been produced by a machine 
2
One Direction: This Is Us
Linda Barnard
One Direction This is Us is movie fan fare as slickly assembled as the manufactured English Irish singing group itself 
2
One Direction: This Is Us
Claudia Puig
A reasonably intriguing if rather sanitized look at these seemingly likable young entertainers 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Chris Hewitt
It s mostly for fans but a lot of nonfans might like it too 
3
One Direction: This Is Us
Matt Pais
Has an advantage that the Katy Perry and Justin Bieber docs didn t Its subjects are amusing and the fun is contagious 
2.5
One Direction: This Is Us
Roger Moore
This is us and we re cute But bloody boring 
2
High Plains Drifter
Josh Larsen
A nasty 44 eerie Clint Eastwood Western 46 46 46 
2.5
High Plains Drifter
Matt Brunson
A shaky sophomore effort for Eastwood Ernest Tidyman s script all too often plays like an extended and inferior episode of The Twilight Zone 
2.5
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A most welcome documentary 
3.5
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Jeremy Heilman
Gives the impression at times that filmic history is being rewritten before our eyes 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Mike McGranaghan
The Painted Veil has a real pulse It sweeps you up in the characters journey from the beginning and keeps you riveted from moment to moment 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Lori Hoffman
The Painted Veil is the type of old fashioned period drama with rich well defined characters that usually can t find backing in today s Hollywood 
3
The Painted Veil
Daniel M. Kimmel
a stuffed and mounted story of tortured romance that seems long out of date 
2
The Painted Veil
Sean O'Connell
An easy movie to admire but a difficult one to embrace 
3
The Painted Veil
John Beifuss
An intelligently crafted movie of dull tastefulness that brings nothing to the story that wasn t more artfully evoked in the novel 
2
The Painted Veil
Lawrence Toppman
Veil blends politics and romance only a bit less clumsily than The White Countess another movie about pre war China that came to grief 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Robert W. Butler
Feels like a Masterpiece Theatre production solid enough but at the same time oddly generic 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Matt Brunson
This tale of strangers in a strange land has been fashioned as a poignant love story with its buried passions forcefully breaking the surface as the film rounds the bend toward its satisfying conclusion 
3
The Painted Veil
Carla Meyer
This adaptation of the W Somerset Maugham novel contains more anger and sexuality altogether more passion than other beautifully appointed period films of its class 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Michele Kenner
Many story elements are predictable and they rely on superior acting to make up for other shortcomings 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Connie Ogle
Exquisitely filmed and finely acted 
3
The Painted Veil
Sean P. Means
A case of filmmakers being too enamored of classic source material to pump enough blood to bring a film version to life 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Neither Walter nor Kitty is a saint and neither becomes one But we see a love of virtue take root in this relationship as Kitty stumbles toward a kind of redemption 
3
The Painted Veil
Jeff Vice
Redemption comes far too late in The Painted Veil an aloof and disappointing adaptation of W Somerset Maugham s 1920s novel that features one of the more unlikable self involved main characters in recent memory 
2
The Painted Veil
Marrit Ingman
The movie is not grim even as it endangers a wise nun and her gaggle of orphans in its most unfortunate melodramatic moments Rather it suggests the possibility of mutual healing of people working together in love 
4
The Painted Veil
Walter Chaw
A lovely trifle not unlike other well done bits of instantly forgotten prestige 
3
The Painted Veil
Steve Rhodes
Slow and sublime 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Thomas Delapa
A rich and resounding picture of love lost and regained 2006 s most romantic movie 
3
The Painted Veil
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sturdy adult fare that works lush period locations and the subtle gifts of its talented actors to its advantage 
3
The Painted Veil
James Sanford
Norton and Watts know exactly how to communicate all their characters unspoken desires fears and frustrations an absorbing study of love in all its colors from passion to rage and from heartache to ecstacy 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Sara Michelle Fetters
Theirs may be a relationship built upon all of the wrong building blocks and the things they do to one another might be at times far too horrible but in the end these travails make them better people 
3
The Painted Veil
Chris Hewitt
Watts quietly intense performance is the best thing about Veil 
2
The Painted Veil
Michael Phillips
The acting is quite splendid especially in the vicinity of the quite splendid Watts 
3
The Painted Veil
Susan Walker
The Painted Veil recalls an earlier era of film direction when movies moved rather than manipulated and craft superseded special effects 
3
The Painted Veil
Moira MacDonald
A thoughtful and beautifully mounted story for grown ups The Painted Veil brings the quiet pleasures of a fine novel showing us that the world s complicated geography is no match for the terrain of the human heart 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Mick LaSalle
The Painted Veil does what a romantic drama needs to do It testifies to love as the great educator 
4
The Painted Veil
David Elliott
The Painted Veil doesn t have quite the gripping pressure that Maugham built in his prose with such sober masterly confidence but it is strong work honestly done 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Steven Rea
The Painted Veil is rich with history and heartbreak It s stirring stuff 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Amy Biancolli
Its strength lies in its patience and its slow melting sorrow that hints at atonement 
3
The Painted Veil
Liam Lacey
The Painted Veil never really transcends a predictable historical model of sacrifice and personal growth and there s not enough of the latter 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Terry Lawson
This version has that element the previous films lacked a true understanding of Maugham s belief that true love and purpose are inseparable 
4
The Painted Veil
Lisa Kennedy
The filmmakers are mindful of the challenges inherent in filming Maugham s novel But The Painted Veil never fully finesses the novel s 1920s attitudes toward its ethnic others 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Mary F. Pols
Solid as this Painted Veil is there s also a predictability to its Puritanism To succumb to it you have to really be in the mood to watch a good man teach a foolish woman a lesson 
3
The Painted Veil
Bill Zwecker
Director Curran has crafted a film that accomplishes so much It not only draws us into this personal drama between his two principal actors but also sets it all against a vibrant background of an ancient civilization struggling to become modern 
4
The Painted Veil
Wesley Morris
Even amid an atmosphere of human rot it s too elegant for its own good a pleasing but pale Merchant Ivory exercise that reverently strives for a kind of simple redemptive decency that Maugham found less triumphant than this movie does 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Josh Larsen
Watts and Norton emphasize the loaded gestures and veiled asides that govern relationships in real life as opposed to the melodramatic tirades that dominate the movies 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Willie Waffle
The Painted Veil is like one of those typical Oscar bait type of films that haven t been Oscar bait in about 10 years 
1.5
The Painted Veil
Matt Pais
A delicate work of smothered passion that taps into the agony of a loveless marriage 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Elizabeth Weitzman
The Painted Veil may begin too slowly but it also ends too soon 
3
The Painted Veil
Peter Canavese
Like a long term relationship The Painted Veil is well intentioned and not particularly sexy but understands duties of forgiveness sacrifice and commitment 
3
The Painted Veil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This time director John Curran digs just a little deeper and finds something remarkably human in the material 
3
The Painted Veil
Bob Strauss
A thoroughly grown up movie that compellingly thinks its way through the toughest matters of the heart 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Ethan Alter
If The Painted Veil ultimately lacks some of the novelty and ambition of the year s best pictures it still ranks as one of 2006 s quiet gems 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Stephen Whitty
Naomi Watts is far too good for most of her roles sitting in an ape s paw or watching spectral videotapes The Painted Veil is a welcome exception 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Lou Lumenick
Despite a fierce lead performance by Naomi Watts The Painted Veil is a quaintly bloodless picture postcard adaptation of W Somerset Maugham s 1925 China set novel more Merchant Ivory than David Lean 
2.5
The Painted Veil
Timothy Knight
The third and best cinematic adaptation of W Somerset Maugham s 1925 novel The Painted Veil is a beautifully mounted and incisively acted period piece bristling with intelligence and caustic wit 
3
The Painted Veil
Claudia Puig
Norton and Watts are top notch as are Schreiber and Toby Jones 
3.5
The Painted Veil
Ken Fox
The film rubs off a few of the barbed edges from W Somerset Maugham s 1925 novel about love and infidelity in a time of cholera but no matter the centerpiece is Naomi Watts outstanding portrayal of an adulteress redeemed 
3
The Painted Veil
John Anderson
It s really the Norton Watts show and they make The Painted Veil resonate with love and regret 
3.5
The Painted Veil
James Berardinelli
The movie achieves a rare balance for an historical fiction making use of the backdrop without allowing it to overwhelm the characters and their story 
3
The Painted Veil
Peter Travers
The Painted Veil has the power and intimacy of a timeless love story By all means let it sweep you away 
3
The Painted Veil
Jason Clark
The Painted Veil is more or less from the school of motion picture that Pauline Kael used to say reeks of quality 
2
Bloodbrothers
Elliott Stein
This fantasy saga of a rant and roll working class Bronx Italian family although shot in New York is riddled with Hollywood conventions 
1
Hair That Moves
Ed Gonzalez
It s Hemingway meets Kustom Kar Kommandos as Alain Guiraudie sets latent homosexual lust against greasy metallic parts 
3.5
You're Next
Brian Eggert
The material is a welcomed change from the dull 44 commercial minded yarns such material would normally produce 46 
3.5
You're Next
Tom Meek
The film checks all the requisite boxes and moves in a few new directions to boot 
2.5
You're Next
Frank Ochieng
Saturated with snappy dialogue twisty plotting and wicked minded wit the sacrificial lambs in You re Next that display murderous masked menaces and their pristine prey are a welcomed relief to the corrosive crop of dice and slice cinema
2.5
You're Next
Mick LaSalle
By slasher standards the writing is good with interesting turns and surprises And the acting isn t bad either though Vinson is the one to remember 
2.5
You're Next
Linda Cook
If you re a fan of clever stalk n slash horror movies You re Next should be your next choice It s a fresh spin on the ever popular home invasion movies that have been around for years 
3
You're Next
Michael Dequina
A thriller that indeed does thrill through suspense and wit particularly in its rather inspired spins on all too familiar genre tropes 
3
You're Next
John Beifuss
Mumblecore may be dead but mumblegore is alive and well pretty grisly judging from this tongue in cheek blender in head home invasion horror thriller notable for its go for broke brashness and what the hell spirit 
3
You're Next
James Kendrick
a smart gory and often darkly comical variant on the home invasion horror thriller
3
You're Next
Simon Abrams
You re Next is a simultaneously nihilistic and grossly incompetent horror homage 
1.5
You're Next
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers parcel out the gross out moments carefully at first building up the bump in the night surprises without drenching the whole enterprise in fake blood 
3
You're Next
Kirk Baird
You re Next offers the perfect set up for a home invasion film a family s weekend reunion at a secluded estate with murderous masked intruders 
3.5
You're Next
Peter Travers
Home invasion thrillers seem to come along every five minutes Kudos then to indie director Adam Wingard for kicking in with some fresh ideas 
2.5
You're Next
Peter Howell
Satisfies the expectations of Midnight Madness gore hounds and then it happily goes about exceeding those expectations 
3
You're Next
Liam Lacey
A well executed horror comedy 
2.5
You're Next
Mark Jenkins
Most of these characters are disagreeable so the prospect of their imminent demise isn t too upsetting 
2
You're Next
Tirdad Derakhshani
A wickedly clever play on the genre that takes you by the scruff of the neck and drags you through 90 minutes of the most inventive mayhem murder and pitch black comedy you re likely to see this year 
3
You're Next
Stephen Whitty
Although there s a twist in this tale most of it the brutal home invasion the anonymous creeps in spooky masks is stuff we ve seen before And Wingard doesn t think of a new way to show it either 
2.5
You're Next
Mark Dujsik
This is smart frightening and funny material that s an invigorating kick in the genre s ass 
3.5
You're Next
R. Kurt Osenlund
You re Next brazenly merges the home invasion thriller with the dysfunctional family dramedy 
4
You're Next
Scott Bowles
A film of repetition a bloody dance consisting of three steps stab scream repeat 
1
You're Next
Frank Lovece
It clicks as an exercise in suspense and well paced slowly unfolding answers 
3
You're Next
Peter Keough
You re Next draws on the home invasion haunted house scenario but outclasses other films with its wit irony and technically proficient terror 
3
You're Next
Chris Knight
You re Next doesn t do much with the genre that hasn t been covered in the 1970s by Straw Dogs The Last House on the Left or Black Christmas or in the 2000 s by Straw Dogs The Last House on the Left or Black Christmas 
2.5
You're Next
Kyle Smith
The film begins as an utterly routine horror flick with all the usual musty tricks but that s just rope a dope The expectation of stupidity makes the cleverness to follow stand out 
3
You're Next
Jon Niccum
What had been a chaotic free for all becomes a butt kicking crowd pleaser once the hero surfaces to take charge 
2.5
You're Next
Rene Rodriguez
Wingard does pull off a few stylish setpieces He is clearly talented But the movie which was shot two years ago and has been kicking around the film festival circuit since then feels dated and trite 
1
You're Next
Dustin Putman
So superbly conceived and carried out so draped in tension yet also naturally funny in its tonal command that it seems nearly impossible not to walk out of the film on a nervy satisfied high 
3.5
You're Next
Matt Pais
Thin excuses to trot out the usual sequences of maniacs busting through windows and gleeful deaths that add layers of bloodlust fueling cruelty the film s premise doesn t support 
2.5
Hangman's Knot
David Nusair
essentially remains entertaining throughout 
2.5
Surprise Me!
Roger Moore
Supporting player Nicole Sullivan sparkles in this rom com The leads Not in the least 
1.5
Surprise Me!
Jeff Mitchell
You might not scream at the big screen but don t be surprised if your inside voice wishes for a much better rom com 
1
The Speed Cubers
Linda Cook
I loved watching the competitors using mental algorithms solve in seconds what would take me weeks to figure out In some parts of the competition contestants use only one hand 
3.5
The Speed Cubers
Robert Levin
A documentary about competitors that shifts the focus away from winning and losing and toward a portrayal of mutual respect 
3
Butterfly in the Sky
Mike McGranaghan
An entertaining encapsulation of what Reading Rainbow was 44 why it succeeded 44 and what its legacy has been 46 
3
Bestiaire
David N. Butterworth
Denis Cote s elegant wordless contemplation of man s fascination with and indirect dependence on animals is like a coffee table book thumbed through on film 
3
Bestiaire
Wesley Morris
The images are meant to accumulate shame and they do But they also might be too much 
2.5
Bestiaire
Gerald Peary
Although there is no narration or manipulative music track Denis Ct s long take documentary look at Parc Safari in Hemmingford Quebec screams out quietly on the side of animal rights 
3
Bestiaire
Liam Lacey
The question the camera seems to ask is What are animals to us and what are we to them 
3
Bestiaire
Peter Howell
Look closely at how Ct approaches those metal bars you re never quite sure what will pop into view and who the real prisoners are 
3.5
Bestiaire
Calum Marsh
Bestiaire argues persuasively without words making a case without explicating one at all 
3.5
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Roger Ebert
It s one of the most unusual films I ve seen a barrage of images music and noises shot with such an active camera we almost need seatbelts 
3.5
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Ann Guarino
Parajanov who uses color to express mood merges current film techniques with traditional themes nd treatment He consequently achieves more action with the camera than his cast whose stylized portrayals accent soulful and severe expressions 
2.5
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
TV Guide Staff
Clearly preferring to tell his story abstractly rather than concretely director Sergei Paradzhanov assails viewers eyes with streaks of color and rushes of camera movement and their ears with sounds best described as revolutionary and industrial 
3
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Edward Guthmann
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is one of those rare films that look totally fresh and uncorrupted as if the director hadn t pilfered a thing from other film makers but had simply discovered the camera and how best to use it by himself 
4
The Last Broadcast
Michael Dequina
An efficient and effective exercise that manages to get under the skin 
3
Dancers
Roger Ebert
It is one of the worst movies of the year 
0.5
The Spy Behind Home Plate
Pat Padua
The film has more than enough true material to fuel an effective thriller but director Aviva Kempner doesn t quite manage to bring this fascinating figure to life 
2.5
The Spy Behind Home Plate
Roger Moore
Thorough but cluttered biographical doc that gets no closer to what made Moe Berg tic than other feature films and docs on the man 
2.5
O Amor Natural
Fernando F. Croce
O Amor Natural remains hopeful about the unifying potential of Carlos Drummond de Andrade s poetry of desire 
3
Stockholm
Alberto Acuña
Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen flips the classic formula of boy meets girl and ventures intelligently in inserting it within the grounds of the closet spaced thriller full review in Spanish 
3
Tsuma No Kokoro
Keith Uhlich
a series of beginnings and endings with the middles cut out 
3
Three Christs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The setup at least allows for a bunch of fine actors to really chew the scenery during group therapy sessions 
3
Three Christs
Rex Reed
The movie may be too understated and inert for its own good but the actors are uniformly exemplary 
2
Three Christs
Tomris Laffly
Three Christs opts in for frustratingly broad characters that feel like half considered caricatures while Jeff Russo s sentimental strings heavy score flattens whatever modest edge the movie might have had 
1.5
Three Christs
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers are too uncertain or perhaps timid about delving into the story s assorted questions and topics with any depth 
2
Three Christs
Kathy Fennessy
A film doesn t have to answer every question it raises but this one leaves too many unanswered 
2
Three Christs
Joey Magidson
Richard Gere anchors Three Christs with a vintage performance though the entire cast is very strong 
3
Three Christs
G. Allen Johnson
Just an odd mess of a movie That you feel anything at all is a tribute to the acting talent of Dinklage and Goggins who occasionally make us care 
1
Three Christs
Mike McGranaghan
Three Christs takes one of the most amazing stories in the history of psychology and muddles it by focusing on the wrong thing 
2
Three Christs
Ed Gonzalez
By the end it s as if a good doctor s god complex has been taken up by the film itself 
1.5
Three Christs
Roger Moore
Avnet never lets the picture lapse into cute but there are moments here and there that seem off key or gratuitous 
2.5
Tomboy
David Nusair
There were a lot of silly sex comedies in the 80s but Tomboy surely marks the nadir of the genre 
0
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
David Reddish
PS Burn This Letter Please digs deep paying homage to the generations of LGBTQ people that came before us and drawing a line from our current thriving culture to a time of thriving underground 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Brian Eggert
No matter how impressive a cast 44 no matter how moody the marketing 44 no matter what superficial alterations the film 8217 s three credited writers make to the character 44 none of it can distract from the familiarity of Spider Man 8217 s origin story 46 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mattie Lucas
A film that works best on an intimate scale although Webb proves quite adept at directing compelling action sequences 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Dann Gire
Sam Raimi s Spider Man 2 still reigns as the supreme Spider Man movie adventure but Marc Webb s energized reboot The Amazing Spider Man has its own set of attractive super powers 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Alissa Wilkinson
Thankfully Webb s Peter Parker Spider Man is played by Andrew Garfield whom you last saw in The Social Network who is fully up to the task 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Chris Knight
If you ve never seen 2002 s Spider Man you may be more forgiving to this one but comparisons favour the former in almost every respect 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Scott Renshaw
It s clear that nobody here really grasped why those Raimi Spider Man tales were great They gave you something that stuck with you not something the studio is hoping you ve forgotten by the time they decide to make another one 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Brad Keefe
Is The Amazing Spider Man amazing Yes But get ready to get caught in a web of recent nostalgia 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Carla Meyer
The bigger standouts are scenes of character transformation these moments alone are worth the price of admission They are the reason to keep seeing summer blockbusters on a big screen There are few new ideas but still plenty of new thrills 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Ty Burr
Dumbed down tarted up and almost shockingly uninspired it s the worst superhero movie since Green Lantern 
1.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Jeff Beck
After the film s runtime of over two hours you may be surprised how little of it sticks with you 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
David Nusair
one of the worst comic book adaptations to come around in ages 
1
The Amazing Spider-Man
Wesley Lovell
While the film suffers from its rah rah sentimentality there is no better Spider Man than Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone is wonderful 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Sean P. Means
The moments of The Amazing Spider Man that work best are those between Peter and Gwen a meeting of young minds that is awkwardly charming 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Michael Dequina
Respectful and satisfying and if it feels somewhat by the book safe the basic foundation now effectively recemented it solidly paves the way for bigger thrills and greater dramatic cinematic heights 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Matt Brunson
Peter Parker is no longer the geeky kid who locates the hero buried deep within Now he s the poster boy for the iPhone generation a surly hipster who just happens to be a superhero Still this isn t to say this reboot should completely get the boot 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mike McGranaghan
I ve heard a lot of griping that critics are objecting to the idea of a too soon reboot more than to the movie itself Let me make it clear that this critic and longtime Spidey fan is objecting to the sluggish pacing and sloppy storytelling 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
James Kendrick
the only real issue at hand is whether Webb s version proves to be exhilarating entertainment in its own right which it does in virtually every respect
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
John Wirt
A stale re launch 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Tyler Hanley
One of Marvel Comics popular titles in the 1980s was The Spectacular Spider Man and that adjective describes this film Both familiar and fresh it s a spectacle with enough thrills and humor to satisfy most fans 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Lori Hoffman
A beautifully acted and entertaining movie that doesn t deliver as many thrills as one would hope from the genre 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Wilson Morales
Only in Shakespeare land are you allowed to do the same story over and over again With this version of Spider Man a lot of familiar territory leaves one bored and wanting more 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Roger Moore
It rarely stumbles into terrible but this Spider Man never rises to anything either Where s the charm the heart the humor 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Scott Nash
A highly enjoyable superhero movie with only a few minor flaws 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
John Beifuss
A conventional superhero reboot with none of the comic book snap and Pop Art pop that made Raimi s first two Spider Man films such um marvels 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Peter Keough
At least the supporting cast know who they are with strong showings by Martin Sheen Sally Field and Denis Leary 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Jeremy Wheeler
The Amazing Spider Man is one confused mixed bag of a superhero movie 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Linda Cook
I don t know that this re boot was necessary But it certainly has legs 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Jon Niccum
The movie s first act simply curls up in the corner as if Parker were bitten by a radioactive sloth 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Chris Hewitt
As enjoyable as Amazing is we have seen a lot of it before and quite recently 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Gary Thompson
The cast is top drawer the movie is competent but beats are essentially the same and as a fan of the original I found that frustrating 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Rich Heldenfels
While not as refreshing as the first Tobey Maguire film the new production boasts a fine anguished performance by Andrew Garfield and should appeal to Spidey neophytes 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Willie Waffle
I was 100 against this reboot of the Spider Man franchise but I was 100 wrong 
4
The Amazing Spider-Man
Phil Villarreal
How perfect is it that the Spider Man director s last name is Webb It s like having a Superman movie directed by a guy named Cape or a Ghost Rider movie made by someone named Crap 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Austin Kennedy
I don t think adding realism to every superhero story is the right way to go It worked for THE DARK KNIGHT but just because that was successful doesn t mean you need to do that for every character from a comic book 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Dustin Putman
It s a generally well made picture better for its visuals than its human component But did it need to be made and so soon 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Rafer Guzman
It spends a lot of time improving Spidey s gear textured Spandex stronger webbing but fails to do the one thing it was created to do bring something new to a familiar tale 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Ann Hornaday
Now that all the fussy exposition has been taken care of the real fun can begin in earnest Long may he weave 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Walter Chaw
the first thing white kids will do with superpowers is dunk
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Duane Dudek
Webb doesn t elevate the reboot as much as keep its head above water while pedaling furiously below the surface He proves himself skilled at technically sophisticated multiplex fare without losing track of the narrative threads 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Peter Howell
The Amazing Spider Man is at least better than Raimi s Spider Man 3 which was a mess 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Moira MacDonald
It s a nice try but you wish all this talent could bring us something we haven t seen before Sorry Spidey 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mick LaSalle
This is the second best Spider Man movie yet made In the previous trilogy only Spider Man 2 surpasses it 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Liam Lacey
More honourable than amazing the latest reboot of the Spider man franchise brings Marvel Comics web slinging super hero down to earth in a mostly satisfactory way 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Lawrence Toppman
Did we need another Spider Man this quickly Debatable But if you wanted a new interpretation especially one where story and action stay in the right balance this is it 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Mark Dujsik
I t s almost as if director Marc Webb is himself bored with the material 
1.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Joe Lozito
It s a tribute to the enduring strength of the wall crawling superhero that this redundant origin story is as good as it is Well that and Andrew Garfield s excellent performance as the title 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Joe Williams
From the first image of sensory awakening to the final acceptance of adult responsibility it pulses with the warm blood of a very human hero 
4
The Amazing Spider-Man
Michael Phillips
The nerve racking duality of his character s situation is all there in Garfield s face and body language 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Stephen Whitty
If you think you ve seen this all before you have Yet you haven t seen it quite like this so shiny so spectacular so literally Amazing 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
James Berardinelli
There s something inherently depressing about what this movie says about the state of summer blockbusters in general and superhero movies in particular 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Claudia Puig
As a new chapter in the superpowered arachnid saga it stands on its own quite nicely focusing more on human emotions than on a panoply of special effects 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Kam Williams
A spectacular satisfying summer blockbuster offering the perfect air conditioned escape from the sweltering heat wave 
4
The Amazing Spider-Man
Bob Bloom
The Amazing Spider Man is dizzying entertainment that once it gets going will hold you as firmly as one of Spidey s webs 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Josh Larsen
Director Marc Webb seems to have made The Amazing Spider Man because he was hired 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Randy Myers
Even though the story is familiar it s hand to not get drawn into its own unique web 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Matt Pais
Spider Man earns his revival as a normal likably conflicted guy who can legitimately get the girl not because of his costume but the character of the guy inside 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Nick Schager
No mutation is necessary to clearly see that Marvel s reboot of their signature franchise is an unimaginative remake of Sam Raimi s 2002 Spider Man 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Rene Rodriguez
Do we really need another Spider Man movie As long as it s this much fun yes yes we do 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Roger Ebert
If we didn t really need to be told Spidey s origin story again at least it s done with more detail and provides better reasons for why Peter Parker throws himself into his superhero role 
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Peter Travers
I don t really see why the Spidey reboot was needed right now but The Amazing Spider Man has its virtues Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are stellar and director Marc Webb has crafted a Spider Man that touches the heart 
2.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
Lou Lumenick
Sometimes dull and mostly uninspired it s much less a satisfying reboot like Batman Begins than a pointless rehash in the mode of Superman Returns 
2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Eric Melin
Webb knows how to convey a lot with very little dialogue and in one film he s already established an impressive bond between his leads 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Peter Canavese
One character innocently asks Peter as he looks for an ID badge Are you having trouble finding yourself Maybe just a little but consider the franchise relaunched Blu ray 3D 
3
The Amazing Spider-Man
Christy Lemire
Garfield plays Peter as more of a misunderstood outsider a rebel with a chip on his shoulder a guy who wasn t afraid to stand up to the class bully even before he underwent his transformation 
3
White Boy Rick
Brian Eggert
White Boy Rick attempts to be the next great Hollywood film about the criminal underworld But with its slow pacing and rather unpleasant cast of characters the crime drama fails to achieve a Goodfellas level balance of gangsterism and mordancy 
2
White Boy Rick
Matt Brunson
I can t think of a sleepier proposition than sitting through yet another movie about low level criminals seeking to strike it rich against the backdrop of a battered big city yet White Boy Rick mostly delivers on its true life tale 
2.5
White Boy Rick
Joey Magidson
Strong performances across the board make this a flick to recommend 
3
White Boy Rick
Pamela Powell
As talented as McConaughey is new comer Merritt steals the show as the boy who can make no right decisions His speech affect and body language are what gives this character authentication as we believe his every word 
3.5
White Boy Rick
David Nusair
Filmmaker Yann Demange delivers an exceedingly and often excessively familiar tale that s almost entirely devoid of compelling attributes 
.5
White Boy Rick
Rex Reed
I can think of no reason any bright witty or halfway sophisticated movie lover or otherwise normal person would want to spend 10 minutes with any of the criminal degenerates in this worthless load of crap 
0
White Boy Rick
Dwight Brown
There are so many stories to tell about unfortunate people who get arrested and imprisoned for selling drugs So why oh why did anyone think this real life tale about a white 15 year old drug dealer in 1980s Detroit was the one worth revealing 
2
White Boy Rick
James Berardinelli
In trying to do too much White Boy Rick accomplishes too little 
2
White Boy Rick
Mark Dujsik
T he movie never quite allows us an opportunity to genuinely feel the weight of desperation and circumstantial imprisonment for these characters 
2.5
White Boy Rick
Clayton Davis
Merritt s natural talent and charisma bleed through his words curly hair and little beats whether it s fixing his blue bowtie or walking through a skating rink He s an impeccable find this year 
3
White Boy Rick
Lindsey Bahr
McConaughey is so good and emotionally affecting as Richard Sr in both vulnerable and tough moments that it might even catch you off guard 
3
White Boy Rick
Brad Wheeler
Vivid punchy 
3.5
White Boy Rick
Johnny Oleksinski
Watching this young man s life fall apart because of his destructive community and family is harrowing 
3.5
White Boy Rick
Liz Braun
White Boy Rick is an intriguing story brought to life by impressive performances particularly from McConaughey and Merritt 
3
White Boy Rick
Tom Meek
Somehow White Boy Rick doesn t know how to deliver or maybe it s just that hard to make a true life criminal be sympathetic or compelling onscreen 
2
White Boy Rick
Soren Andersen
The 80s Detroit of Rick is a wintry moral wasteland Despair hangs heavy in the air there 
3
White Boy Rick
Brian Truitt
White Boy Rick works better as a working class father son drama than a cautionary tale about the American judicial system though it never comes together satisfactorily as either 
2
White Boy Rick
Bruce DeMara
Merritt as young Rick who is a genuine revelation here capturing the essence of his character indolent but loyal and loving with a performance that is subtle textured and wholly believable 
3.5
White Boy Rick
Daniel Neman
Demange coaxes a mostly passable performance out of Merritt it s not bad for a debut and a quietly nuanced one from McConaughey 
3
White Boy Rick
Rafer Guzman
A compelling if sometimes muddled true life crime drama 
3
White Boy Rick
Roger Moore
Jaunty cocksure sentimental and grim 
3
White Boy Rick
Mark Feeney
So the big surprise about White Boy Rick is how well the movie works It s one thing to know a story is based on nonfiction Being made to believe its plausibility is something else White Boy Rick you believe 
3
White Boy Rick
Walter V. Addiego
While there are entertaining segments and even a couple of comedic touches in the end the film isn t convincing and parts have a paint by the numbers feeling 
2
White Boy Rick
Michael O'Sullivan
White Boy Rick is an engrossing enough cautionary tale if that s what it is It s even an entertaining one in an unsavory kind of way 
2.5
White Boy Rick
Jake Cole
By treating its main character as exceptional Yann Demange s film validates the punitive system it seeks to criticize 
1.5
White Boy Rick
Monica Castillo
Though it s a well done family drama White Boy Rick is a half told story that 8203 only lightly incorporates the deeper issues of systemic injustice 
2
White Boy Rick
Walter Chaw
Crucially White Boy Rick behaves in the right way too demonstrating restraint when appropriate naturalism where appropriate and expressionism 
3
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
V.A. Musetto
It is a fun romp through the annals of cinema by pop Slovenian philosopher and prolific writer Slavoj Zizek who finds deep psychological meaning in a slew of movies 
3
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The playful anti academic stances of Slavoj Zizek have often seemed like sheep s clothing to obscure yet another post Marxist neo Lacanian thinker 
2
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Jeremy Heilman
When narrator Slavoj Zizek s firing on all cylinders such as when he examines a series of voyeuristic characters peering through cracks or when he turns his analytical powers on Psycho he brings new life to the films he discusses 
3
Kink
Terence Johnson
I ve never left a documentary so informed about a subject I had no idea I wanted to be informed about 
3.5
Anna
Brian Eggert
Watching Anna one imagines that director Luc Besson saw both Atomic Blonde 2017 and Red Sparrow 2018 and then decided to put his spin on the beautiful Russian spy movie 
1.5
Anna
David Nusair
the movie s less than consistent atmosphere is compounded by a head scratching dearth of action sequences 
2
Anna
Matt Brunson
Anna triggers an incredible wave of deja vu Is it a glitch in the matrix Actually it s more like a glitch in the imagination 
2
Anna
Peter Sobczynski
Even long standing fans of Besson s will find it hard to muster much enthusiasm for this startlingly lazy bit of by the numbers hackwork 
1.5
Anna
Roger Moore
An infuriatingly inferior La Femme Nikita 
1.5
Anna
Mark Dujsik
Anna is more a template for the concept of a spy thriller than an actual one 
1
Anna
Peter Howell
Luss convincingly channels brutal determination All those years of being in the cutthroat world of real life modelling have served her well 
2.5
Anna
Brad Wheeler
Luss s uncompelling character elicits no empathy except when she cries to be free which is something trapped yawning audiences will surely understand 
1
Men in Black: International
Jason Fraley
A fourth installment that is mindless enough to pass the time but has no real reason for existing Why on Earth did this franchise need to continue 
2
Men in Black: International
Linda Cook
It s far from stellar 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Josh Larsen
Insert joke here about this being as forgettable as a neuralyzer 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Pamela Powell
Men in Black International is a disappointment particularly if you are a fan of that 1997 version starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Matt Brunson
The Dead Don t Die is the name of the latest offering from Jim Jarmusch but it also serves as the rallying cry for Hollywood executives who are unable to let long dormant franchises like Men in Black go quietly into the night 
2
Men in Black: International
Walter Chaw
MiB4 makes no good decisions 
.5
Men in Black: International
Mia Vicino
It s climactically a forgettable though entertaining sci fi ride 
2
Men in Black: International
Richard Roeper
A self referential Thor joke comes across as forced The plot about a mole buried deep within the MIB organization offers up a very short list of candidates and it s beyond easy to decipher which one will turn out to be the turncoat 
2
Men in Black: International
Michael Medved
The plot is silly of course but the sense of humor solid special effects and appealing characters make this a mostly agreeable film 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Steven Prokopy
Men In Black International is part sequel part reboot and the result is exactly what it appears to be an act of expensive desperation 
2
Men in Black: International
Mike McGranaghan
The current Hollywood mindset is to try to keep franchises going even after the key creative people in the originals walk away Men in Black International is perfect example of why this can be a terrible idea 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Rosalie Kicks
This flick will go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities in summer movie history A bland boring mess 
1
Men in Black: International
Pamela Powell
The film is missing heart and consistent humor and becomes a failed attempt to keep the franchise going 
1.5
Men in Black: International
James Berardinelli
Whoever spearheaded this halfhearted resurrection should be fitted with a golden parachute 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Josh Terry
The wit is there the effects are fun and a new character named Pawny has some good moments too But even though the parts are in place somehow the energy and chemistry is lacking 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Rene Sanchez
Although it proves to be an entertaining summer flick thanks to the charisma of its leads this new entry in the MIB universe lacks originality and freshness to revitalize the franchise Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Phil Villarreal
This is a series that needs to die and the listless droll movie accomplishes that task This is a series that needs to die and the listless droll movie accomplishes that task 
1
Men in Black: International
Robert Horton
The movie stays low key in a way that s both agreeable and underwhelming 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Matthew Rozsa
Every so often a movie gets so thoroughly shellacked by critics that when you see it and realize it s actually quite good you can t help but feel sorry for the filmmakers 
3
Men in Black: International
Sara Michelle Fetters
This fourth chapter in the long running franchise is oddly unremarkable and is seemingly against taking anything akin to a risk 
2
Men in Black: International
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The actors delight even if the script does not or at least not much 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Mark Dujsik
This world of aliens and gadgets and history influenced by extraterrestrial involvement has no right to have remained this static for this long 
2
Men in Black: International
Peter Howell
Lightning fails to strike twice in Men in Black International let alone for a fourth time 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Oliver Jones
A largely toothless and wit free reboot that empties the last of the originality and vivacity that has been steadily leaking out of the franchise with each subsequent installment 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Barry Hertz
Gray makes a bare bones effort to conjure the original zip of Sonnenfeld s gee whiz world where a secret group of human superagents keep alien scum in line but he s more interested in just pumping this sucker out and collecting his paycheque 
.5
Men in Black: International
Monica Castillo
Even for an action movie about aliens it s too heartless 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Pat Brown
The film wastes its charismatic leads in a parade of wacky CG creations whose occasional novelty is drowned out by its incessance 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Sean P. Means
Serious question Has there ever been a Men in Black movie that wasn t vaguely disappointing 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Joey Magidson
Considering the talent involved it s shocking how much of a bore Men in Black International is 
2
Men in Black: International
Gary Thompson
No neuralizers needed for Men In Black International you ll forget you ve seen it not long after walking out 
2
Men in Black: International
Rafer Guzman
A bright and breezy spin off with two appealing stars 
3
Men in Black: International
Moira MacDonald
Of everyone on screen Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones come off best in Men in Black International Because they re not actually in the movie 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a serviceable if unremarkable diversion from the real world not a trip through it despite its name 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Mark Feeney
Although Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson aren t at all bad together neither do they strike sparks 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Katie Walsh
Has the energy of one of those breezy big summer movies of the late 20th century that went down easy like an ice cold soda on a hot summer day Some laughs some action very little thinking 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Mick LaSalle
For about 10 minutes the script and the actors have some of the breeziness and freedom of Thor Ragnarok Then it all goes away 
2
Men in Black: International
Johnny Oleksinski
The actors would both make very nice AirBnB hosts but you can t hang an action comedy on dreamy smiles 
1
Men in Black: International
Bob Bloom
The movie tries to be light hearted tossing in lots of laughs between the various fistfights and super gadgets Except the vast majority of one liners and situations are not funny it s almost as if they were scribbled from back issues of Mad libs 
1
Men in Black: International
Peter Canavese
Outside of the win for representation represented by the likeable Tessa Thompson s leading role there s no creatively compelling reason to tell this story which not for nothing drags on seventeen minutes longer than the 1997 original 
2
Men in Black: International
Michael Phillips
Thompson does here what Tommy Lee Jones did so well in the first Men in Black By not overtly giving a rip about the demands or dictates of the franchise machinery clanking all around her she lightens the load and keeps everything moving efficiently 
2.5
Men in Black: International
Roger Moore
Like the remix of the theme music an action comedy that plays at half speed 
1.5
Men in Black: International
Robert Daniels
Recognizable as only déjà vu and dismissed just as quickly pretty much summarizes the newest installment in the interminable Men in Black franchise 
1.5
Girl 6
Eric Henderson
Girl 6 the story of a girl and her stint in the phone sex biz is a sloppy and problematic film no diggity 
1.5
Girl 6
Michael Dequina
Just a slightly amusing timepasser 
2
Girl 6
Chris Hicks
The main character is never well defined the drama often seems half hearted and the comedy repeatedly falls flat 
1.5
Girl 6
Roger Ebert
Strongly told stories have a way of carrying their characters along with them But here we have an undefined character in an aimless story Too bad 
2
Girl 6
James Berardinelli
Lee may have a keen sense of setting and dialogue but his characterization is off 
2.5
Girl 6
Rob Blackwelder
Lee sculpts every scene precisely in his story of a woman growing out of her 20 something aimlessness 
3
Girl 6
Mike Clark
Frenetic but lazily conceived it s like one of those puny low budget toss offs Brian De Palma used to spring on us when he thought nobody was looking 
2
Hustlers
Peter Sobczynski
The problem with Pawn Shop Chronicles is not the fact that it is a clone of Pulp Fiction The problem is that it is a lousy clone 
1
Hustlers
Roger Moore
Gonzo hyper violent sometimes amusing But a redneck Pulp Fiction ought to be funnier than this 
1.5
Hustlers
Chuck Bowen
Wayne Kramer thankfully refuses to cloak his excessiveness in hedge betting self consciousness and the result is a gratifyingly disreputable B movie blow out 
2.5
Dil Chahtha Hain
Michael Dequina
The voice that rings loudest and clearest is Farhan Akthar s fearlessly answering the call to forward Bollywood cinema into a bright hopeful future 
3.5
Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Peter Canavese
Leans in to a distinct 70s vibe but the story s pretty forgettable and the animation s lackluster Strictly for DC Comics fans 4K HD Blu ray Review 
2.5
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Rob Thomas
Two emotions fight for dominance while watching the saga the exhilaration that comes from seeing great artists working at the peak of their powers and the frustration of watching the world ignore those great artists 
3
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
John Wirt
With Nothing Can Hurt Me Big Star the Vincent van Gogh of rock music gets a documentary worthy of its legend 
3
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Chris Hewitt
If you re not already a fan of the power pop godfathers Big Star could make you one 
3
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Chris Riemenschneider
All the making of footage and scenes offering a taste of Memphis in the 70s will probably thrill established Big Star lovers in a big way 
2.5
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Adam Nayman
Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori s lovingly assembled documentary inventories the near misses and noble failures that comprised Big Star s short career as well as the tragedies that occurred after they d stopped recording 
3
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Peter Howell
The film certainly gives the band its due but it will likely appeal more to Big Star cultists ones eager for minutia about recording and business deals 
2.5
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Farran Smith Nehme
By the end I was muttering at every critic and musician and record producer Guys tell me something I don t know 
1.5
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Bill Weber
A rock doc that mythologizes the tragicomic flame out of power pop s seminal band and the fan made afterlife that brought them long delayed success 
3
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Roger Moore
Interesting enough but you may leave the theater still wondering what all the fuss was about 
3
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
John Beifuss
A true passion project A movie that is both a smart definitive documentary and the ultimate love letter to its subject the 1970s Memphis power pop band that proved vastly more popular and influential after its dissolution than when it was active 
3
Jungle Woman
Matt Brunson
An absurd amount of recycled footage and a general air of tedium 
2
Crusader
David Nusair
entirely forgettable 
1
37
Clayton Dillard
There s a fundamental lack of dramatic exigency in writer director Puk Grasten s storytelling 
1.5
Kiss of Evil
Matt Brunson
Features one of the best openings found in any Hammer film 
3
Division 19
Roger Moore
A lot of interesting ideas trapped in a second division script performed by dull leads 
1.5
Zero for Conduct
Mattie Lucas
A work that doggedly refuses to be categorized seemingly existing within a child s imagination both vibrantly youthful and disarmingly wise 
4
Zero for Conduct
James Kendrick
a funny fantastical exaggeration of childhood exuberance and adult idiocy
4
Zero for Conduct
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s Vigo s most personal work unrefined reckless and sloppy 
4
Roll Bounce
Kam Williams
For some reason teasing people about their skin color has become a big theme of brainless black comedies like this Plus it unfolds like one long Pepsi ad with dialogue extolling the cola s virtues in virtually every scene 
1
Roll Bounce
Jeffrey Westhoff
A spunky fun little film 
3
Roll Bounce
Linda Cook
Did I ever have fun at Roll Bounce 
3
Roll Bounce
Frank Ochieng
a serviceable and nostalgic coming of age kiddie comedy that resonates has enough heart and soul to capture the giddy delight of its festive confines 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Pam Grady
Mostly Roll Bounce provides relatively wholesome family entertainment And for parents of a certain age it offers a nice trip down memory lane At least for those who can stand those memories of themselves wearing all that polyester 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Peter Hartlaub
It will remind you what it was like to be a teenager during the last few days of summer And even though the plot is a little thin you probably won t even notice until long after the music stops 
3
Roll Bounce
Ted Fry
The end of the dismal summer movie season couldn t have been blessed with a more satisfying coda than the rollicking funny relentlessly cheery and genuinely touching spirit that makes Roll Bounce a captivating delight from start to finish 
3
Roll Bounce
Susan Walker
A movie made in the spirit of what the world needs now is a bit of innocent diversion 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Mike Clark
If it doesn t exactly kick out the jams it does move them around a little bit 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Loey Lockerby
Lee and Vance rely on background music and constant pop culture references to evoke the decade which is always the easiest and least effective approach Only the character of Sweetness actually seems to belong in the 70s 
2
Roll Bounce
Lisa Rose
Roll Bounce features taut skate choreography but its storytelling isn t nearly so coordinated 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Piet Levy
Formulaic as it is Roll Bounce is still a blast 
3
Roll Bounce
Amy Biancolli
Not Much Happens What does is predictable and trite But it s a genial trifle with a booty shaking vibe 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Stephen Cole
Modestly engaging entertainment 
2.5
Roll Bounce
John Monaghan
Roll Bounce drags a little in its second hour but it is also a rare movie that genuinely likes its characters You will too 
3
Roll Bounce
Jeff Vice
The film tries to do too many different things at the same time and the jumbling of goofy comedy and heavy drama doesn t work very well 
2
Roll Bounce
Lisa Kennedy
There s a lot of sweetness to Roll Bounce 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Elizabeth Weitzman
Malcolm Lee s sweet natured dramatic comedy Roll Bounce captures the decade s texture with a well earned nostalgia that never seems cheap 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Kyle Smith
For most adults and kids raised on South Park the painfully earnest story won t hold much interest 
1.5
Roll Bounce
Maitland McDonagh
Frothy sentimental and thoroughly good natured Malcolm D Lee s tale of coming of age at the roller disco doesn t have an original bone in its body but it s as energetic eager to please and endearing 
3
Roll Bounce
Janice Page
Definitely see it this weekend if you want 10 percent of your ticket proceeds to go to Operation USA for Hurricane Katrina relief But please don t see it to relive 1978 Even under a roller disco ball 1978 was never like this 
2
Roll Bounce
Sean P. Means
Forgive the distracting cameos by comics Mike Epps and Nick Cannon and Roll Bounce is worth a spin 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Josh Larsen
coasts on sheer joy 
3.5
Roll Bounce
Peter Canavese
Affectionate retro fun that coasts on soul sounds of the 70s and Cosby Kids styled camaraderie 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Daniel M. Kimmel
Roll Bounce plays like an overlong After School Special from the late 70s 
1
Roll Bounce
Willie Waffle
Roll Bounce wants to be everything but the mish mash of styles and tones yields a movie that falls short of its potential 
2
Roll Bounce
John Anderson
Malcolm D Lee pays such affectionate homage to skating and 70s B movies that you almost think they were well Peter Frampton or something 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Dustin Putman
There s a nice little gem of a movie hidden within Roll Bounce and a tired needlessly schmaltzy one 
2
Roll Bounce
Jeff Strickler
This nostalgic roller skate down memory lane is shored up by a performance by Bow Wow that surprises in its depth and a soundtrack that keeps toes tapping 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Chris Hewitt
A portrait of a neighborhood where families are hurting healing and helping each other 
3
Roll Bounce
Roger Ebert
Has warm starring performances from Bow Wow formerly Lil Bow Wow and Chi McBride who are funny lovable and sometimes touching 
3
Roll Bounce
Michael Phillips
The tone buoyant without being brainless is such that you wonder if Roll Bounce wasn t in fact filmed in 1978 not just set in it 
3
Roll Bounce
Rob Blackwelder
Director Malcolm D Lee has a gift for finding gold nuggets of personality and comedy in the tailings of over mined plots 
2.5
Roll Bounce
Nick Schager
A frothy blend of sports drama clichés and Sixteen Candles esque angst with a knack for authentic period detail 
2.5
The Lovers on the Bridge
Michael Dequina
There are many moments of humor and wisdom in the unconventional courtship not to mention genuine almost painful emotion 
3.5
The Lovers on the Bridge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film for the ages 
4
The Lovers on the Bridge
Roger Ebert
A film both glorious and goofy inspiring affection and exasperation in nearly equal measure 
3
Spriggan
Steve Rhodes
Visuals are all that this movie has going for it If the sound system in your theater dies it won t make any difference 
2
O Quatrilho
Fernando Gonzalez
The result is neither soap opera there is more excitement passion urgency in soap commercials nor probing socio political commentary 
1.5
Fred Won't Move Out
Roger Ebert
It has a great many shots of trees leaves and insects and some story gaps 
2
Fred Won't Move Out
Farran Smith Nehme
This carefully observed slice of life is dragged down by the dreary and distracting hand held camerawork 
2.5
The Music of Silence
Mark Dujsik
The Music of Silence is the story of a talented man who simply waits for success to come to him 
2
The Music of Silence
Roger Moore
Slow and corny musical biography of superstar blind tenor Andrea Bocelli
1.5
Whelm
Roger Moore
A period piece gangster thriller that drowns in its own murk 
1.5
Pleasure Party
Roger Ebert
This time working with people he has known for a long time and telling their most intimate secrets Chabrol sometimes seems to be simply watching along with the rest of us 
2.5
French Kiss
Jonathan Rosenbaum
French Kiss jettisons every vestige of the Lubitsch and post Lubitsch Wilder tradition in conveying France to an American audience 
1
French Kiss
David Nusair
Filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan working from a script by Adam Brooks has infused French Kiss with an appropriately lighthearted and bubbly feel that s reflected most keenly in the engaging charming performances from its stars 
3.5
French Kiss
Michael Dequina
Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline have chemistry to burn but it goes to waste 
2.5
French Kiss
James Berardinelli
The delicate air of romance that often makes this sort of film worthwhile is absent 
2
French Kiss
Roger Ebert
The characters in this movie may look like adults but they think like teenagers 
2
Checking Out
David Nusair
An absolutely interminable piece of work 
1
Checking Out
Roger Ebert
The problem with Checking Out is that it provides us with fears we can understand and responses that seem to have been phoned in from a sitcom 
2
Despicable Me
Federico Furzan
A lukewarm introduction to a world that improved with time Full review in Spanish 
2
Despicable Me
Sarah Knight Adamson
The jokes are fresh and very funny Gru is a likable lovable villain whose accent adds to the wackiness of the script 
3
Despicable Me
David Nusair
Lighthearted yet entirely forgettable 
2.5
Despicable Me
Jeff Beck
I expected another short simple kids film with a few jokes and maybe a few loud noises to keep the children interested but to my surprise it ended up being much more than that 
3.5
Despicable Me
Michael Dequina
A consistent stream of chuckles and a lot of convincing heart 
3
Despicable Me
Wesley Lovell
Not as a brilliant as the least of Pixar but it was a nice surprise 
3
Despicable Me
Mike McGranaghan
For whatever imperfections it may have the combination of Gru the minions some cool animation and a lot of wit make Despicable Me worth taking the whole family to see 
3
Despicable Me
Thelma Adams
This dark family comedy with its steal the moon premise is hilariously over the top yet understandable from a child s perspective 
3
Despicable Me
Eric Melin
As the movie progresses it s clear that beyond some mildly clever sight gags it is content to mine the same middling formulaic territory of so many other kids films 
2
Despicable Me
James Kendrick
delivered with an energetic mix of dark humor and emotional genuineness
3
Despicable Me
Kit Bowen
Despicable Me follows a tried and true formula of good story decent animation entertaining family film But it isn t quite up to Pixar quality 
3
Despicable Me
Matt Brunson
Lets loose with a volley of inspired sight gags a smattering of adult oriented humor and some screen pushing innovations to justify the 3 D expense 
3
Despicable Me
Keith Cohen
Every youngster will want their own toy Minion to take home Parents will appreciate and enjoy this movie on a distinctly higher level The running time of 95 minutes is perfectly geared to match a
3
Despicable Me
Linda Cook
Despicable Hardly Oddball fun Oh my yes 
3.5
Despicable Me
Sean P. Means
The most fun in Despicable Me comes in the tiny form of Gru s minions 
3
Despicable Me
John Beifuss
At one point Gru reads the orphans a children s book and I couldn t help thinking this whimsical sentimental tale would be more effective as 12 pasteboard pages than as an elaborate state of the art would be summer smash 
2
Despicable Me
Rick Groen
This animated thing pretty near out Pixars Pixar 
4
Despicable Me
Mike Scott
In its first feature Illumination proves to be a double threat an animation house that knows how to tell a story and one that also has the technical proficiency to make it dazzle the eye 
3.5
Despicable Me
Bob Bloom
Despicable Me is a pleasure an entertaining outing that will have youngsters and oldsters alike laughing out loud It s imaginative smart and charming 
3.5
Despicable Me
John Wirt
Despicable Me is charming fun and poignant Maybe Pixar and its minions should be watching their backs 
3.5
Despicable Me
Christian Toto
Despicable Me is Gru d enough until the next Pixar smash arrives in theaters 
3
Despicable Me
Peter Canavese
Weds a Charles Addams drollness to Looney Tunes one upmanship 
2.5
Despicable Me
Willie Waffle
With the Russian accent Carell sounds more like Ivan Drago promising that he must break you 
1.5
Despicable Me
Ann Hornaday
An improbably heartwarming not to mention visually delightful diversion 
3
Despicable Me
Kyle Smith
Despicable Me may not be the most sophisticated kids movie ever but it stacks up against recent animated fare like How To Train Your Dragon the way The New York Review of Books compares to USA Today 
3
Despicable Me
James Berardinelli
This is a smartly written comedy with a soft emotional core 
3
Despicable Me
Chris Hewitt
There s always something colorful and beautifully designed to look at Carell makes his character s transition completely believable and those little girls will melt the heart of even the most despicable viewer 
3
Despicable Me
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately Despicable Me is just predictably eh And the one thing the larcenous Gru never steals is our heart 
2.5
Despicable Me
Phil Villarreal
Despicable is too harsh an evaluation for the animated 3D kid magnet du jour I d go with Bland Me or Direct To Video Worthy Me 
2
Despicable Me
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I wanted a better and more cohesive story there was plenty to be entertained by here the final product filled with enough visual ingenuity and vocal excellence I left the theatre feeling relatively happy 
2.5
Despicable Me
Mark Dujsik
Gru is a bit bland as a baddie 
2.5
Despicable Me
Erik Childress
Inoffensive and safe without being particularly funny or exciting Despicable Me would likely earn that description even if some villain went back in time and made sure Pixar never existed 
2
Despicable Me
Ethan Alter
A generally okay kiddie picture that lacks the emotional power Toy Story 3 or the witty hijinks of How to Train Your Dragon but provides some solid laughs for the 8 and under crowd 
2.5
Despicable Me
Jeffrey Westhoff
Most computer animated movies released in 3 D these days including Toy Story 3 aren t worth seeing in the format Despicable Me is one of the happy exceptions 
3.5
Despicable Me
Dustin Putman
As the gentle story of a lost man who finds his humanity at the same time he discovers love can be a reciprocal emotion Despicable Me has its heart in just the right place 
2.5
Despicable Me
Mick LaSalle
When compared with the ambition and achievement of recent animated films such as Coraline and Toy Story 3 Despicable Me hardly seems to have been worth making and it s barely worth watching 
2
Despicable Me
Jason Anderson
What may be the summer s wittiest kids flick 
3
Despicable Me
Tom Keogh
Despicable Me appeals both to our innocence and our glee over cartoon anarchy 
3
Despicable Me
Claudia Puig
A whip smart family movie that makes inventive use of the summer s ubiquitous 3 D technology is something worth cheering 
3
Despicable Me
Mack Bates
Despicable Me may not be up to Pixar s output but its heart and Carell s contribution to it help get the movie into the same league 
3
Two in the Wave
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I love all this stuff and it s really interesting to hear it all told again in a new way and one thing that Laurent does well is that he refuses to side with either Godard or Truffaut in their feud 
3
Two in the Wave
Mick LaSalle
A must see for all those who love the New Wave 
3
Two in the Wave
Wesley Morris
The movie becomes a wonder of archival randomness 
3
Two in the Wave
Peter Keough
Regardless of its lapses it is a reminder that at one time cinastes could put together a formidable street demonstration 
2
Two in the Wave
John Hartl
The lack of key interviews gradually becomes a problem Truffaut died in 1984 and the final stretch becomes curiously shapeless 
2.5
Two in the Wave
Kam Williams
A fascinating and informative must see documentary for any serious cinephile
4
Two in the Wave
V.A. Musetto
Laurent glosses over the contributions of other New Wavers such as Eric Rohmer Claude Chabrol and Agnes Varda Laurent s biggest mistake is inserting Isild Le Besco a wonderful contemporary actress into Two in the Wave 
2
Two in the Wave
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Makes the concurrent careers of Godard and Truffaut and their unforgettable milestones seem like dead history rather than vibrant art 
2
Bei yazi de nanhai (Taking Father Home)
Matt Noller
There s little insight to be found in Ying s presentation of even seemingly helpful citizens as fundamentally cruel and animalistic 
2
Two English Girls
Jay Antani
Georges Delerue s lovely score and fine performances by Markham and Tendeter keep another one of Truffaut s narcissistic escapades watchable but just barely
2.5
Two English Girls
Roger Ebert
It s wonderful how offhand Franois Truffaut s best films feel There doesn t seem to be any great effort being made he doesn t push for his effects but lets them flower naturally from the simplicities of his stories 
4
Bagbaan
Namrata Joshi
Too much happens in the three hour long film There are too many family functions yet another soppy karva chauth and too much of romance 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Rene Rodriguez
It s more of a demo reel for Efron than a movie His predominant fan base though won t mind a bit 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
David Nusair
a sporadically watchable yet pervasively uneven teen oriented drama that ultimately just doesn t work 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Efron continues to transition gracefully from teen heartthrob to leading man material He proves his dramatic mettle with an emotionally nuanced performance The kid can act 
3
Charlie St. Cloud
Linda Cook
In order to enjoy this film you must 1 Enjoy other fantasy based movies such as Ghost 2 Be open minded about the afterlife and 3 Be entertained by beautiful landscapes 
3
Charlie St. Cloud
Michael C. Walsh
Zac Efron should consider a new agent 
0.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Keith Cohen
Efron s acting consists primarily of blank stares into space and reciting boringly ordinary dialogue The movie s main strengths are the picturesque scenic venue of Vancouver British Columbia and the crystal clear cinematography 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Liam Lacey
All this sets us up for a twist ending but if you don t predict it a half hour before its revelation you surely must have nodded off during baseball practice 
1
Charlie St. Cloud
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie has a machine extruded gloss that makes it harder not easier to swallow its difficult emotions 
1.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Lou Lumenick
Maudlin and unintentionally hilarious 
1
Charlie St. Cloud
Bruce DeMara
While Efron does his best to carry the film the rest of Charlie St Cloud feels a bit too formulaic pretentious and cloying 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Chris Hewitt
It could be a one note characterization but Efron finds competing emotions in Charlie and he conveys all of them to us 
2.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Claudia Puig
The movie tries to capture the crushing weight of loss but between the insipid pop tunes and the repetitive shots cutting away to a lighthouse on a scenic outcropping it feels more like a film version of a condolence card 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Stephen Whitty
Charlie St Cloud from its awful title to its annoyingly perfect photography is a schmaltzy sniffle at best 
1.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Peter Canavese
Nicholas Sparks meets Bruce Joel Rubin The movie s God talk most of it coming from Ray Liotta and blatant expression of theme through platitudes make this romantic melodrama as drippy as the St Cloud boys eyes 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Willie Waffle
Zac Efron is so pretty even dead people want to be his friend 
3.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Mick LaSalle
Charlie St Cloud is a delicate film not flimsy but fragile that holds together on the strength of Efron s physical presence and performance 
3
Charlie St. Cloud
James Berardinelli
Steers and his screenwriters aren t aiming for logic they re leading up to the next opportunity for Efron to remove his shirt 
1.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Dante Anthony Fuoco
It never really rings true here largely because everything seems so flat 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Carrie Rickey
Steers takes his time and it pays off in Efron s subdued performance earnest and yearning 
2.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Dustin Putman
Charlie St Cloud will be a dream come true for the Nicholas Sparks crowd especially considering that it is more honest and certainly smarter than recent legitimate adaptations Dear John and The Last Song 
2.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Cathy Jakicic
Zac Efron will probably break out of the heartthrob mold eventually but Charlie St Cloud is not going to be the one to do it for him 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Jeff Vice
It s a ludicrous blend of melodrama and supernatural elements and the results suggest what might happen if sappy author Nicholas Sparks and twisty filmmaker M Night Shyamalan ever joined forces 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Wesley Morris
He is noble He is virtuous He is often wet 
1.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Peter Travers
Some bad movies should carry a leper s bell to warn off ticket buyers Such a contagion is Charlie St Cloud a load of mawkish swill starring Zac Efron 
1
Charlie St. Cloud
Michael Phillips
The story s icky frankly 
1.5
Charlie St. Cloud
Roger Moore
The movie s central gimmick isn t enough and when more supernatural twists that don t play by the movie s own fantasy rules kick in it lost me 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Rex Reed
Zac Efron is going places as an actor of value But he deserves better movies than Charlie St Cloud 
2
Charlie St. Cloud
Nick Schager
The schmaltzy spawn of The Sixth Sense 
1.5
Minamata
Roger Moore
Depps probably played too many drunks for his own good professionally or legally This one is charming almost cute but plainly haunted 
2.5
Minamata
Kevin Carr
The biggest reason to see this is to see the impact of an environmental movie done in another country 
2.5
Minamata
Brian Tallerico
Minamata is weighed down by self important direction that loses the human beings in this story by prioritizing the headlines 
2
Minamata
Pat Padua
Levitas makes choices that distract from the central crisis But when he pays attention to the victims Minamata finally comes into focus 
2.5
Minamata
James Kendrick
conveys both the intimacy of the characters experiences and the larger life and death situation into which they have been thrust
3
Foosballers
Richard Roeper
For a tiny percentage of talented and dedicated enthusiasts foosball became something much more than a biographical footnote They are Foosballers and this is their story and it s pretty cool 
3
American Relapse
Roger Moore
Eye opening and damning 
3
Inspector Lavardin
Matt Brunson
Not as polished as its predecessor Cop Au Vin it still counts as a reasonably good time 
2.5
Late August, Early September
Sandra Contreras
Assayas avoids easy resolutions and Ali Farka Toure s score reminds us that each year brings with it a possibility that one will change the cycle 
3.5
Late August, Early September
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters are all properly engaging and interesting but the story feels the same as many others I ve seen 
3
Late August, Early September
Jeff Vice
The results may not be completely original or thought provoking but on whole the movie is refreshingly honest and heartfelt 
3
Late August, Early September
Mick LaSalle
The film doesn t leave the audience with a moral It just leaves a sense of having been in the stimulating company of passionate people 
3
Late August, Early September
G. Allen Johnson
Assayas creates among the most well realized characters in current cinema 
3
If the Dancer Dances
Roger Moore
Revealing dissection of the demanding art of dancer choreographer Merce Cunningham via a New York company s re staging of one of his most famous pieces 
3
If the Dancer Dances
Wes Greene
It s less of an insightful backstage documentary than a gushing sycophantic love letter to the late Merce Cunningham 
2
Ali's Dozen
Kam Williams
Film focuses on the pivotal round in 12 different fights which best help highlight Muhammad ali s brilliance inside the ring where he exhibited a guile and grace unmatched either before or since 
4
Some Beasts
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A film that is sometimes difficult to watch and at the same time difficult to take your eyes off the screen 
2
Red Dragon
David Nusair
46 46 46 a progressively engrossing thriller 46 46 46 
3.5
Red Dragon
Brian Eggert
The cast alone warrants your time 
3
Red Dragon
Matthew Rozsa
Red Dragon is the ultimate rewatchable crime thriller 
3
Red Dragon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film oozes contempt for its audience caring nothing for the characters or suspense and only craving money 
.5
Red Dragon
Greg Maki
Ratner Tally and Hopkins bring back the elements that made Lambs one of the creepiest films ever made 
3.5
Red Dragon
Nick Rogers
Because this is the second time he s pimped out this Oscar winning meal ticket for a hefty paycheck maybe Anthony Hopkins should be forced to give his statuette back 
2
Red Dragon
Jorge Avila Andrade
Infinitamente superior a Hannibal Brinda nuevamente la oportunidad de ver en pantalla a uno de los conos de la cinematografa mundial 
3.5
Red Dragon
Michael Dequina
As far as faceless conventional popcorn pulp goes the film is certainly diverting 
3
Red Dragon
Matt Brunson
That Manhunter should remain a better movie than the new version should come as a surprise to no one And yet the contest is a lot closer than it would appear at first glance 
3
Red Dragon
Kevin A. Ranson
Here s the good news it isn t as pathetic as Hannibal The bad news is that it IS a rehash of the same plot that made Silence of the Lambs such a success 
2.5
Red Dragon
Steven Snyder
Red Dragon is entertaining An obvious copy of one of the best films ever made how could it not be But it is entertaining on an inferior level It is a popcorn film not a must own or even a must see 
2.5
Red Dragon
Ian Mantgani
A mess The screenplay does too much meandering Norton has to recite bland police procedural details Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced Hopkins looks like a drag queen 
2
Red Dragon
David Keyes
Hopkins third venture into this character s psyche is nearly as solid as his first sharp and daunting even during the moments when he engages in seeming pleasant conversation with his former government adversary 
3.5
Red Dragon
Jules Brenner
Through well thought out writing and a completely pro cast it achieves a good level of horror and fear of the boogie man 
3
Red Dragon
Margaret A. McGurk
Though far from another Silence of the Lambs Red Dragon is a satisfying thriller with enough gore for the blood thirsty and enough jokes for the ironic minded 
3
Red Dragon
Mark Dujsik
Forget arguing about style over substance here the style is the substance 
3.5
Red Dragon
Erik Childress
This is more like Brett Ratner s Gus Van Sant s Manhunter 
1.5
Red Dragon
Josh Larsen
Hannibal Lecter has long been a hot marketing product but Red Dragon turns him into a veritable tchotchke 
2
Red Dragon
James Kendrick
What is brave about Red Dragon is that it reasserts Lecter s potency as a screen villain 
3
Red Dragon
Linda Cook
Delectable 
3.5
Red Dragon
Mike McGranaghan
This film puts the series back on track reigning in the operatic gore of Hannibal and returning to the intense psychology of Silence of the Lambs 
3.5
Red Dragon
Jonathan R. Perry
Every time Hopkins spills out a lofty intellectual portent or serves up a defiant sneer we can hear the faint ka ching in his agent s office 
2
Red Dragon
Mark Ramsey
The Tooth Fairy inserts mirror pieces in his victim s eyes That way he can spin them from the ceiling for a disco ball effect Fabulous 
3
Red Dragon
Frank Ochieng
An overly stimulating but pedestrian frightfest effort that leaves one wanting more out of this rudimentary and clueless serial killer drama 
2
Red Dragon
Dustin Putman
Satisfyingly wraps up the Hannibal Lecter trilogy creating a whole that is ultimately far greater than some of its parts 
2.5
Red Dragon
Emily Blunt
The doctor is in and serving up his special brand of diabolical mayhem 
4
Red Dragon
Joe Leydon
Hopkins Lecter once again makes an unabashedly amoral and shockingly amusing impact as modern cinema s most sardonically erudite bogeyman 
3
Red Dragon
Chris Hewitt
Gripping and gruesome 
3
Red Dragon
Chauncey Mabe
Red Dragon restores to Hannibal the dignity of pitiless evil that so terrified and enthralled us in Silence of the Lambs 
3
Red Dragon
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Red Dragon is all about the cannibal and Hopkins with his unblinking stare and gracious manner slips into the role like a favorite cardigan 
3
Red Dragon
Edward Guthmann
The actors have a good workout and Hopkins earns his enormous paycheck but at day s end it all feels like a revved up market driven rehash of a once thrilling film 
2
Red Dragon
Gary Brown
A solid crime story 
3
Red Dragon
David Elliott
The film has very little momentum nothing freshly imagined 
1
Red Dragon
John Anderson
Limited tension lots of laughs just what you want from a psychological thriller 
2.5
Red Dragon
Duane Dudek
The perverse allure and straitjacket structure of Red Dragon resists any efforts to make it more than what it is and exactly what you expect That it succeeds on this level is a triumph of limited expectations 
2.5
Red Dragon
Brian J. Arthurs
a worthy remake and compelling enough to erase the sour memories left by the bloated and pointless Hannibal 
3.5
Red Dragon
Rene Rodriguez
By staying true to Harris novel Red Dragon makes for compelling viewing 
3
Red Dragon
Bob Strauss
Workmanlike maybe but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great scary times at the movies 
3
Red Dragon
Susan Stark
In both the writing and cutting it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you You end up simply admiring this bit or that this performance or that 
2
Red Dragon
Terry Lawson
If you grew up with the original it will remain your favorite for sentimental reasons but if you come to the new version unbiased it seems every bit as good 
3
Red Dragon
Jeff Vice
The film is surprisingly well directed by Brett Ratner who keeps things moving well at least until the problematic third act 
2.5
Red Dragon
Steven Rosen
Manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane 
1
Red Dragon
Ty Burr
Red Dragon has been directed by Brett Ratner he of the Rush Hour movies If that s a step down from Jonathan Demme and Ridley Scott it turns out not to be a very big one 
3
Dogtooth
Mattie Lucas
Dogtooth has bite and while it isn t always easy to watch it s one of the most uniquely haunting and unnerving films of 2010 
3.5
Dogtooth
David Keyes
We watch on and on sometimes in horror often in confusion and always in complete awe of its strange and perplexing energy 
3.5
Dogtooth
David Nusair
A miserable consistently worthless piece of work 
.5
Dogtooth
John Hartl
To put it mildly Dogtooth is not for everyone but it can grow on you even if you think you ve rejected its influence 
3
Dogtooth
Josh Larsen
flirts with sadism but it s much more than a sick stunt 
3.5
Dogtooth
Peter Howell
This is the second feature for Lanthimos and it s a leap from his well received debut Kinetta He skilfully doles out tantalizing pieces of information keeping the viewer in a constant state of suspense and wonder 
4
Dogtooth
Jennie Punter
The true dark horse nominee among this year s foreign language Oscar contenders Dogtooth leaves bite marks that stick around long after you are released from its grip 
3.5
Dogtooth
John Beifuss
A perversely comic allegory of family life sinister strange formally elegant and utterly original 
3.5
Dogtooth
Chris Hewitt
One of those movies that seems less interested in what you feel while you re watching it than how much you have to chew on once it s over 
3
Dogtooth
David Lewis
Doesn t rank as a great film but it s difficult to take your eyes off it as you wonder what impossibly bizarre thing might happen next 
3
Dogtooth
Wesley Morris
Nothing in this weird watchable blas black comedy from Greece stays innocent for long 
3
Dogtooth
Peter Keough
Hovers between the trauma of Pier Paolo Pasolini s Sal and the creepiness of Michael Haneke s The Seventh Continent 
3
Dogtooth
Roger Ebert
Dogtooth is like a car crash You cannot look away 
3
Dogtooth
V.A. Musetto
Dogtooth isn t for everybody but it will delight the adventurous 
3
Dogtooth
Nick Schager
A dysfunctional family drama pitched like a Buuelian black comedy laced with horror 
3.5
Southland Tales
James Kendrick
an insanely ambitious fever dream of a science fiction political satire anti fantasy that roars at you with unapologetic gusto inflaming the senses with its rich tapestry of post millennial visuals and skewering of the Far Right and the Far Left
3.5
Southland Tales
Matt Brunson
A cluttered and cacophonous screed with big ideas but shriveled results 
1.5
Southland Tales
Tom Meek
Curious and long the few worthy moments are owned by Sarah Michelle Gellar 
1.5
Southland Tales
Walter Chaw
It s the sort of experience you feel embarrassed about even though you had nothing to do with it because it s not just a mess it s a pretentious mess
0.5
Southland Tales
Michael Dequina
The type of incoherent indulgent muddle that can only emerge from the mind of someone who is quite talented 
1
Southland Tales
Phil Villarreal
I hope Kelly s career survives Southland Tales unless that is he plans to make more movies like this 
1.5
Southland Tales
Rob Nelson
Richard Kelly s wildly ambitious and widely loathed Southland Tales now seems among the most believable works of film futurism ever made in this country 
3.5
Southland Tales
Chris Hewitt
Southland is ridiculous in much the same way the Austin Powers movies are but it s played straight 
1
Southland Tales
Bruce Newman
By the time the movie rolls into its third hour it s exhausted most of its comic energy leaving you disoriented and unable to remember much of what you just saw 
2
Southland Tales
Terry Lawson
No amount of reworking could salvage what was a misbegotten and unfunny idea to begin with 
1
Southland Tales
Wesley Morris
Even if the world Kelly s concocted always seems screamingly incoherent you have to hand it to him He s made a movie of our messy times that s too ambitious to settle for merely capturing the mess It actually is the mess 
2.5
Southland Tales
Mark Rahner
Consequently I can recommend it to enhanced interrogation practitioners who are tired of waterboarding 
1
Southland Tales
Ruthe Stein
The movie s failure to come together indeed to make sense for most of its 144 minutes each one passing with the speed of molasses is a major disappointment 
1
Southland Tales
Roger Ebert
A Schwarzeneggerian actor related to a political dynasty has been kidnapped replaced with a double and I give up A plot synopsis would require that the movie have a plot 
1
Southland Tales
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kelly might be biting of more than he can chew and he certainly doesn t know how to conceptualize the full smorgasbord of imaginings floating deep inside his brain but he does make a gorgeously invigorating mess that is for sure 
2.5
Southland Tales
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Southland Tales resembles nothing less than a vintage Godard with a brainstorm full of ideas roiling and lurching and looking for purchase 
3
Southland Tales
Claudia Puig
Writer director Richard Kelly misses the mark with this bubbling stew of images and ideas that never quite congeals into a viable film 
2
Southland Tales
Maitland McDonagh
Southland Tales delivers equal parts overwrought tedium and mind bending beauty spiked with brilliant throwaway images that more than make up for Kelly s heavy handed hot button pretensions 
3
Southland Tales
Steven Rea
Dizzyingly incoherent and subversively surreal this sophomore effort from the man who made the great strange Donnie Darko is certain to have its fans I m not going to be one of them 
2
Southland Tales
Michael Phillips
We re plunked down in the middle of an apocalyptic mess This time the mess is not so much addressed as embodied by the film itself but damned if it doesn t roll around in your head a while 
2.5
Southland Tales
Josh Larsen
It s enough to make you hope that a full blown musical is in Kelly s future 
3
Southland Tales
Jan Stuart
Southland Tales contains stuff as uproariously out there as anything in Kubrick s Dr Strangelove and as unnervingly subversive as Frankenheimer s The Manchurian Candidate 
3.5
Southland Tales
Glenn Kenny
Every time writer director Richard Kelly manages to build up a halfway decent head of comic froth he blows it with some god awful portent or statement 
1.5
Southland Tales
Lou Lumenick
Spending 12 and 2 1 2 hours 30 minutes less than the Cannes cut on something as aggressively bad as Southland Tales is not something I can recommend with a clear conscience 
0
Southland Tales
Dustin Putman
In a world of mediocre formulaic fare that is like everything else that has come before it Southland Tales stands invigoratingly apart from the crowd It s ballsy fascinatingly different and thoroughly commendable 
3
Southland Tales
Ed Gonzalez
If Donnie Darko was Kelly s Eraserhead then maybe Southland Tales is his Dune an unfortunate folly before a more substantial velveteen Blue period 
1.5
Ocean Oasis
Jeff Strickler
It s peaceful gentle and tranquil It s not quite the same as a vacation but it s about as close as you re going to get on celluloid 
3
Ocean Oasis
Lawrence Toppman
If you prefer nature films to be unprovocatively handsome Oasis will be your cup of soothing tea It may be especially useful for little folks who are getting a first view of oceanography 
2.5
Ocean Oasis
Michael Wilmington
A photographic marvel of sorts and it s certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community 
3.5
Ocean Oasis
Dan Lybarger
This examination of aquatic life off the shores of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format 
3
Nice Guy Johnny
Mike McGranaghan
Slightly predictable but also warm and entertaining 
3
Nice Guy Johnny
David Nusair
An above average romantic comedy 
3
Celebration of Gospel: Taking You Higher
Kam Williams
Filled with soul stirring songs likely to get Christian couch potatoes stomping on their feet as if they re in the choir of a Baptist congregation that s caught the spirit in church on Sunday morning 
3
The House Bunny
David Nusair
it s hard to deny the effectiveness of Anna Faris energetically go for broke performance 
2
The House Bunny
Michael Dequina
Why the film works Anna Faris 
3
The House Bunny
Charles Koplinski
Formulaic but fun thanks to Faris 
3.0
The House Bunny
Sean P. Means
The House Bunny manages the near impossible to undercut the dignity of the Playboy brand 
1
The House Bunny
Frank Ochieng
breezy and banal hops nowhere particularly interesting Overall there s nothing whimsical fuzzy or provocative about this chosen Bunny 
1.5
The House Bunny
Sean McBride
It s a bit derivative but issues of originality aside I ve got to admit that I found this late summer comedy to be quite charming and frequently very funny 
2.5
The House Bunny
Matt Brunson
This is basically an inferior version of Legally Blonde and it isn t even up to the standards of last year s similarly plotted Amanda Bynes comedy Sydney White 
2
The House Bunny
Mike McGranaghan
If The House Bunny catches on with audiences it could do for Anna Faris what Legally Blonde did for Reese Witherspoon 
3
The House Bunny
Nick Schager
A slapdash affair largely lacking in laughs 
1.5
The House Bunny
Gary Brown
Think of it as Beach Blanket Bingo for Generation Why 
3
The House Bunny
Peter Canavese
Almost worth seeing just for Faris spot on work Shelley becomes an endearing character in Faris nonjudgmental hands 
2
The House Bunny
Ken Fox
Anna Faris is that rare commodity She s a true star 
3
The House Bunny
Linda Barnard
The House Bunny may be what some boys like but there are doubtless moviegoers out there of both sexes who would like to see Faris hop into some decent onscreen material 
2
The House Bunny
Chris Hewitt
I laughed about a dozen times during The House Bunny always because of Anna Faris I cringed at The House Bunny about 50 times always because of everything else 
2
The House Bunny
Peter Hartlaub
The plot is beyond predictable Seriously write down every scene from Legally Blonde and Revenge of the Nerds on index cards shuffle and then deal your movie 
2
The House Bunny
James Berardinelli
A hodgepodge of unfunny sophomoric humor and PG 13 T A frosted by a sheen of appallingly nauseous drama 
2.5
The House Bunny
Lou Lumenick
This is pretty much a one woman show for Faris and she doesn t get much help from director Fred Wolf 
2
The House Bunny
Sue Pierman
The dog days of summer have arrived and I m not talking about the weather 
1
The House Bunny
Nathaniel Bell
Faris clueless innocence and pretty features make stupidity charming even sweet It s a performance that nearly redeems an utterly formulaic comedy and affirms her position as one of our brightest comedians 
2
The House Bunny
Robert W. Butler
Perhaps one day Anna Faris will appear in a movie as funny as she is 
2
The House Bunny
Rick Groen
The transformed Shelley loses some of her Tammy Faye eyeliner but little of her precious dimness careful not to violate the broad streak of anti intellectualism that Hollywood has always reflected and reinforced in the American psyche 
1.5
The House Bunny
Jeff Vice
Anna Faris you re a funny person Or at least you can be funny in the right material which is why you deserve better than The House Bunny 
2
The House Bunny
Christian Toto
The House Bunny gets its hop from the terrific Anna Faris 
2.5
The House Bunny
Wesley Morris
It doesn t turn any corners it s lazy and it s content to keep playing dumb long after it s really funny 
2.5
The House Bunny
Tyler Hanley
Revenge of the Nerds gets a feminine twist in this entertaining and uplifting chuckler 
3
The House Bunny
Sara Michelle Fetters
Let me make this simple Faris is incredible She elevates the film out of its doldrums and its idiotic familiarity and takes it to a place that s almost worthwhile 
2.5
The House Bunny
Daniel M. Kimmel
When you get beyond her adorable looks Faris is a hilarious comic actress 
3
The House Bunny
Rossiter Drake
Faris ability to turn an otherwise mediocre exercise into a charming farce may not earn her any awards but it gives us something to look forward to namely her next movie 
3
The House Bunny
Dustin Putman
Like a modern day Lucille Ball Anna Faris is a pure and utter natural brilliant at getting a laugh and just as adept at finding the pathos in the unexpected This is the brightest comedy so far this year 
3
The House Bunny
Carrie Rickey
Despite a winning performance by Anna Faris the film falls on its keister so many times that before long the perky pinkness turns bruising black and blue 
2
The House Bunny
Ted Fry
If another dumb blonde joke is something you ve hoped never to suffer again make every effort to avoid the protracted punch line that constitutes the bulk of The House Bunny 
1
The House Bunny
Claudia Puig
By imposing a predictable message it obscures the satire 
2.5
The House Bunny
Josh Larsen
Anna Faris has taken a lot of hits for Hollywood most of them literal 
2
The House Bunny
Phil Villarreal
Anna Faris is one of the funniest actresses in movies today but you wouldn t know it from the wretched The House Bunny 
1.5
The House Bunny
Austin Kennedy
What else can you say about a movie when Christopher McDonald counting to 30 is the funniest thing that happens in it 
1
Aladdin
Peter Stack
Walt Disney Pictures new animated feature is beautiful romantic and frantically funny embracing the best of old fashioned merriment as well as savvy contemporary humor 
4
Aladdin
Mattie Lucas
Williams never ending stream of impersonations and wacky characters are so consistently hilarious that the audience barely has time to breathe between belly laughs 
3.5
Aladdin
Matt Brunson
It s the supporting roster that makes the movie 
3.5
Aladdin
Peter Canavese
The film s conspicuously irreverent style suggests that blithe offenses aside writer directors Ron Clements and John Musker have their heart in the right place firmly situated in the anarchic comic tradition of Warner Brothers Looney Tunes 
3.5
Aladdin
Josh Larsen
While there s no doubt Williams brings a new level of energy to the picture I m not sure this Middle Eastern folk tale is enhanced by a Marlon Brando impersonation 
3
Aladdin
Dave Kehr
Aladdin is a marvel of the cartoonist s art 
3
Aladdin
John Hartl
Disney s latest animated feature is a thoroughly satisfying musical comedy romp 
3.5
Aladdin
Desmond Ryan
Forget about the lamp Aladdin is all anyone could wish for in holiday entertainment 
3.5
Aladdin
Gary Thompson
Aladdin also has an uncommonly bold color scheme neon shades of red orange and blue give this picture a dazzling look not found in previous Disney cartoons 
3.5
Aladdin
Stephen Hunter
It s shallow as a puddle but lots o fun 
3.5
Aladdin
Betsy Bozdech
Funny warm hearted and full of adventure Aladdin s script pacing songs and cast come together to make it one of the brightest gems in the Disney vault 
4
Aladdin
David Nusair
earns its status as a Disney classic 
2.5
Aladdin
Bill Chambers
The least spurious movie of Disney s renaissance
3.5
Aladdin
Ed Gonzalez
Its ethnic white noise is really just an excuse for Robin Williams to put on the most elaborate narcissistic circus act in the history of cinema 
1.5
Aladdin
Michael Dequina
Let it share its whole new world with you 
4
Aladdin
Roger Ebert
Robin Williams and animation were born for one another and in Aladdin they finally meet 
3
Aladdin
James Berardinelli
Much of the humor comes courtesy of Williams who deserves but won t get an Oscar nomination for his vocal versatility 
3.5
Aladdin
Steve Rhodes
A satisfying film that will keep the whole family laughing 
3
Aladdin
Chris Hicks
Williams really cuts loose impersonating dozens of celebrities with his one of a kind comic aplomb 
4
Garbage Dreams
V.A. Musetto
Who knew that people could love their garbage so much that they grow angry when it is taken from them 
3
Garbage Dreams
Chuck Bowen
Garbage Dreams s images have the unsettling primal power of a dystopian sci fi movie come to life 
3
Locked In
Matt Brunson
Sloppiness permeates the entire project 46 
1.5
Partisan
Susan Wloszczyna
A moody drama that employs a dystopian type premise that is not too far afield from a typical young adult book series although with loftier aspirations and a less propulsive pace 
2
Partisan
Peter Howell
Newcomer Jeremy Chabriel commands as 11 year old Alexander a chosen son whose dawning sense of right and wrong challenges the social order An auspicious beginning for him and Kleiman 
3
Partisan
Tom Keogh
Ambiguity proves the undoing of a potentially interesting story in Partisan the first feature by Australian filmmaker Ariel Kleiman 
2
Partisan
Leah Garchik
Perhaps it s a date movie for sadists 
0
Partisan
Chuck Bowen
Ariel Kleiman fashions an erotic atmosphere of dusty sensuality that complicates our judgement of this world but he takes shortcuts 
2.5
The Emperor's Shadow
Roger Ebert
The movie is not subtle or especially insightful but it is intrinsically interesting when have you seen these characters or situations before and sumptuously mounted and photographed 
3
Holler
Steven Prokopy
Barden s note perfect performance makes this story of a woman torn between the familiar and the unknown feel so authentic and heartfelt it s impossible not to root for her 
3.5
Holler
Siddhant Adlakha
Holler is a gorgeously textured exploration of the way ruthless corporatism trickles down through each layer of a country and a system until it falls on the shoulders of a young girl and obscures her future Jessica Barden pens sonnets with her silence 
3
Holler
Leo Brady
The major theme of Holler is survival about a family crawling to every penny and the struggle for Ruth to rise above what she was born into 
3
Holler
Matt Zoller Seitz
A modest classic hopefully the first of many from a major new voice in American cinema 
4
Holler
Mark Dujsik
Riegel s film tells a very simple story but invests it with a strong sense of place and character 
3
Holler
Josh Larsen
Both Dickensian and dystopian 
3
Holler
Rob Thomas
I believed these circumstances exist I didn t believe these characters did 
2
The Oranges
Kelly Jane Torrance
This is another story of suburban strife under a placid seeming surface 
2
The Oranges
Liam Lacey
The Oranges does not taste freshly squeezed 
2
The Oranges
Linda Barnard
The leafy green trees evident everywhere in what purports to be New Jersey Christmas scenes aren t the only thing that feels off in the predictable domestic bedroom comedy The Oranges 
1.5
The Oranges
Perry Seibert
There s nothing wrong with this story except that it s so mundane 
2
The Oranges
Stephen Whitty
You want something that plays a little sharper and cuts a little deeper You want something that demands more of its performers and delivers more to its audience 
2.5
The Oranges
Connie Ogle
You know the movie has an insurmountable problem when the two adulterers who profess to be madly in love don t even seem like they want to be in the same room 
1.5
The Oranges
Steven Rea
The Oranges displays an air of efficient economy Nothing is messy no beat too long the actors hit their marks 
2.5
The Oranges
Michael O'Sullivan
Less of a laugh riot than it should be 
2
The Oranges
Lou Lumenick
As a seven year veteran of the New Jersey suburban experience I can testify that it nails the milieu s specifics 
2.5
The Oranges
Rafer Guzman
The Oranges hits and misses at random 
2
The Oranges
Mick LaSalle
Its concerns are not the usual movie concerns and it takes what might have been a standard plot in some unexpected directions 
3
The Oranges
Joe Williams
The Oranges is a watered down dramedy with little sense of place or human behavior 
2
The Oranges
Moira MacDonald
It s a familiar story made fresh by actors who know how to make each breath matter 
3
The Oranges
Ty Burr
The Oranges is a pleasant little farce that never works up enough steam and that undercuts its players with thin writing and characterizations 
2.5
The Oranges
Chris Hewitt
The Oranges answers in the affirmative a question you probably weren t asking Are the movies still recycling American Beauty 
2
The Oranges
Matt Pais
Indicts suburban routine while indulging only in formula itself 
2
The Oranges
Chris Cabin
The film sells the same core idea as most real estate agents the suburbs are exciting enough 
0
The Oranges
Rex Reed
In the end The Oranges does not quite deliver the goods 
2
The Oranges
Peter Keough
In short this is no Graduate it barely makes it out of first grade 
1.5
The Oranges
David Nusair
There finally reaches a point at which one is simply unable to care about the fate of any of these people 
2
The Oranges
Bill Chambers
It s the Sundance version of Blame It on Rio which is to say direly lacking in scenery and nudity 
1
Flow: For Love of Water
Jennifer Merin
The documentary shows in no uncertain terms that if we continue to abuse our water supply Earth will become uninhabitable and humankind will become extinct 
4
Flow: For Love of Water
Robert W. Butler
Before ending on a somewhat hopeful note of defiant activism Irena Salina s globe hopping documentary is a terrifying downer 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
Frank Ochieng
Although meandering at times Flow is still a serviceable documentary spouting daunting informational facts and figures about the freshwater supply threats and the perilous consequences that inevitably follow 
2.5
Flow: For Love of Water
Lawrence Toppman
Not all documentaries are solution oriented but this is 
3.5
Flow: For Love of Water
Jeff Vice
The film is filled mostly with talking head interviews and very one sided reporting So it s lucky that these are subjects that are extremely topical right now and are of interest as a result 
2.5
Flow: For Love of Water
Ted Fry
Problems are addressed in a narrative progression that gets more horrendous and builds into utter despair except for the final few words of activism and optimism 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
John Beifuss
The overarching theme here is that the Earth s freshwater supply is being contaminated sucked dry and privatized for the benefit of huge corporations that are establishing themselves as the heirs to the oil cartels 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
Rob Thomas
Yeah we really don t have enough to worry about these days So why not grab a Pellegrino and see Flow Irena Salina s documentary about the end of the world s water supply as we know it 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
Patricia Hluchy
Salina s film might have been stronger had it not tried to cover so many water related issues But there s no denying its power 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
Jennie Punter
Flow makes the case against the privatization of water which is happening in gazillions of impoverished communities around the world not to mention North American backyards 
2.5
Flow: For Love of Water
Ty Burr
When filmmaker Irena Salina does marshal the facts Flow is an eye opening troubling 90 minutes that makes us think twice about an element we take for granted 
2.5
Flow: For Love of Water
G. Allen Johnson
Salina s film is a very effective primer of an underreported problem If nothing else it made me thirsty 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
V.A. Musetto
I have already stopping buying a bottle a day to bring to the office 
3
Flow: For Love of Water
Fernando F. Croce
The inconvenient truth at the center of Flow For Love of Water is that while the oil crisis is intensely debated and documented disasters involving an even more essential fluid go perilously unnoticed 
3
Color of the Cross
Kam Williams
The Crucifixion revisited featuring a black Jesus as the victim of a bias crime 
4
Color of the Cross
Kam Williams
The Crucifixion revisited with black Jesus as victim of bias crime 
4
Color of the Cross
Jeannette Catsoulis
Color of the Cross a low budget re imagining of Christs final days makes a big deal out of the relatively tame suggestion that Jesus was black 
1.5
Color of the Cross
Maitland McDonagh
Director cowriter coproducer and star LaMarre is more interested in Jesus teachings than in his suffering and suggests that race may have helped shape the course of biblical events 
2.5
Color of the Cross
Steven Rea
Filled with close ups of Jesus and his apostles all the better to hide the absence of elaborate period sets mixing quotes from the Scripture with flat exposition this low budget affair is earnest and alas more than a little bit cartoonish 
2
Color of the Cross
John Beifuss
Press releases are promoting the film as controversial before the fact but compared to such predecessors as Jesus Christ Superstar Godspell and The Passion of the Christ Color race issue aside unspools like a Sunday school filmstrip 
2
Color of the Cross
John Monaghan
The first film to depict a black African Jesus is hindered by shoddy production values and so so storytelling 
2
Chain Camera
John Petrakis
Absorbing in places but considering the large and diverse pool the filmmakers had to draw from it s a surprisingly repetitive and predictable collection of big city sagas 
2
Vengeance of the Zombies
Matt Brunson
One of Paul Naschy s worst 
1.5
The Dark End of the Street
Kathy Fennessy
If it doesn apos t all work 44 the sheer number of characters represents an ambitious undertaking for a debut director 46 I apos m interested to see what he does next 46 
2.5
The Dark End of the Street
Nick Allen
This is not a movie about big moments and the sooner you roll with its atmosphere the more Tran s assured directorial debut has to reward you 
3
Tomorrow May Never Come
Jami Bernard
Bollywood musicals those big loud colorful extravaganzas from India are an acquired taste and much of Kal Ho Naa Ho doesn t translate easily 
2
Tomorrow May Never Come
Michael Dequina
A terrifically crafted and executed entertainment that has already stood the test of time and proven to speak to an audience beyond the established Bollywood fan base 
4
Tomorrow May Never Come
Megan Lehmann
Uncomfortable melding of East and West 
2
Black Death
Jay Antani
Bean owns this movie 
2.5
Black Death
Marty Mapes
There are bright spots in this dark ages movie
2.5
Black Death
Sara Michelle Fetters
By not rushing things by keeping things moving at their own measured pace Smith gives Poloni s screenplay a chance to breathe and evolve in a way it might not have been able to otherwise 
3
Black Death
Walter Chaw
Built on the fascinating premise that God is actually kind of an asshole
2.5
Black Death
Lou Lumenick
Though deadly serious Christopher Smith s European made bubonic plague melodrama provides good value with lots of blood and guts as well as a solid cast 
2.5
Black Death
Rex Reed
Smith keeps the fog mist and rain machines working overtime but to such little purpose that Black Death often looks like outtakes from Fiddler on the Roof 
1
Black Death
Nick Schager
Grim aesthetics and an even grimmer worldview define Black Death in which ardent piousness and defiant paganism both prove paths toward violence hypocrisy and hell 
3
Black Death
Dustin Putman
Carries authentic aesthetics a dread drenched tone and provocative food for thought ideas involving religious hysteria that prove timely even in the 21st century 
2.5
Black Death
Lucius Gore
While not as good as Triangle Black Death does solidify Christopher Smith s standing as a great horror filmmaker 
3
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Joel Selvin
A convoluted mass of contradictory characteristics with a little Vaseline on the lens to blur some of the less comfortably explained pieces of the story 
3
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Eric Melin
This insightful documentary finds that there was more to Harrison than his much touted spiritual side It s a little long but it is full of great insight that Beatles fans will find fascinating 
3
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Roger Ebert
Scorsese has accomplished the best documentary that is probably possible 
3
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Nick Schager
A bloated hagiography that affords less insight the longer it goes on 
2
Paulina
Simon Abrams
Worth seeing even if its basic plot repeatedly stalls It is a thoughtful movie but not necessarily a fulfilling one 
2.5
Paulina
Derek Smith
It s unsettling and disconcerting in its complex examination of the gray area that lies between the morals we conceptually hold and the actions we re willing to perform to affirm those beliefs in the world 
3
There's Something in the Water
Monica Castillo
While the documentary has the feel of a scrappy passion project the message itself remains powerful 
2.5
There's Something in the Water
David Nusair
From filmmakers Ellen Page and Ian Daniel comes this passionate yet somewhat thin documentary 
3
Driven
Roger Moore
It s likable and worth rooting for But in the end it just isn t all that 
2
Bride Wars
Kelly Jane Torrance
Genre films like this tend to be predictable but Bride Wars offers at least one surprise 
2.5
Bride Wars
Walter Chaw
reptilian hateful stuff biologically engineered to disrespect with maximum efficiency the precise demographic to which it targets itself 
0
Bride Wars
Peter Canavese
It s like the Whack a Mole of everything reasonable people hate about so called chick flicks Blu ray 
.5
Bride Wars
Betsy Sherman
There are no pleasant surprises in this partly Boston shot Gary Winick film 
1
Bride Wars
Keith Cohen
The movie shows that life can be messy and how unrealistic it is to expect everything to be perfect on the biggest day in a girl s life 
2.5
Bride Wars
Sean McBride
the leading ladies don t provide any memorable moments other than the obvious visual gag of a cat fight between two women in wedding dresses 
1
Bride Wars
Charles Koplinski
Don t bother to RSVP to Bride Wars 
1.5
Bride Wars
Linda Cook
Shrill and shallow Bride Wars would make anyone wince at the thought of matrimony 
2
Bride Wars
Michael Dequina
Never quite bitchy enough to be enjoyable 
1
Bride Wars
James Berardinelli
There s more cheer to be gained from staring outside at a bleak and desolate winterscape in the twilight of a shortened day than paying good money to endure this example of cinematic offal 
1.5
Bride Wars
Daniel M. Kimmel
The resolution of the film s dilemma is not only absurd and unbelievable but is further humiliating to the two actresses 
1
Bride Wars
Bob Strauss
Bride Wars could have been your typical cartoonish early winter wedding comedy Although it certainly has moments like that it s not as wacky as most of its ilk Guess the bad news is that it s not much of a comedy 
2.5
Bride Wars
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Sex and the City for the American Girl set but a decent chick flick 
2
Bride Wars
Peter Howell
Director Gary Winick has long since abandoned his cool cred from Tadpole and 13 Going on 30 and given himself over to the dark side of making glossy amusements that are about as deep as staring into a snow globe 
2.5
Bride Wars
Chris Hewitt
The writing in Bride Wars is brittle and backbitey and so are the characters 
1.5
Bride Wars
Reyhan Harmanci
In these recessionary times it s not just misogynistic to assume that intelligent women turn into feral dogs at the sight of a Tiffany gift box but it s also beside the point 
2
Bride Wars
Carrie Rickey
How bad can a movie be with Goldilocks Hudson and Cinderella Hathaway So excruciating that Hudson s sunshine can t warm it and Hathaway s rose redolence can t mask its stink 
1.5
Bride Wars
Stephen Whitty
All in all it s a good girlfriend movie and a decent date night picture 
3
Bride Wars
Lou Lumenick
Anything you need to know to avoid wasting your 12 is in the unpromising trailer 
1
Bride Wars
Connie Ogle
If anyone asks you if you want to see Bride Wars remember the right answer I don t 
1
Bride Wars
Robert W. Butler
Yeah Bride Wars is only a chick flick but chicks deserve better than this 
1.5
Bride Wars
Rick Groen
Bride Wars is hell at its most banal like watching a dull sitcom with a broken remote 
1
Bride Wars
Lisa Kennedy
The film wanly tries to build a case for their two very different yet complementary personalities but falls back on slapstick The filmmakers make thankfully swift work of the tale in just under 90 minutes 
1.5
Bride Wars
Ty Burr
It s a chick flick nothing wrong with that But it s also a chick flick that makes its chick characters and by extension its chick audience look like hateful backward toddlers and there is something wrong with that 
1.5
Bride Wars
Michael Sragow
Even if the slapstick were brilliantly choreographed the movie s view of marriage women and for that matter men would probably sink it to oblivion 
1
Bride Wars
Christian Toto
Bride Wars Bridezillas in dire need of valium
2
Bride Wars
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mere months ago Anne Hathaway participated in Rachel Getting Married a film brimming with life Now here she is in a film with virtually no life at all 
1
Bride Wars
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hopelessly predictable comedy whose positive attributes are ultimately outweighed by its negatives 46 
2
Bride Wars
Rossiter Drake
It is widely assumed that Eddie Murphy hurt his Oscar chances by following his dramatic turn in Dreamgirls with the graceless Norbit Bride Wars is just as abysmal though it spares us the prosthetic fat suits 
1
Bride Wars
Sara Michelle Fetters
This film s as divorced from reality as any romantic comedy I can ever recall and if I my nuptials were to look even remotely like the ones depicted here than here is my vote to staying single for now and well into the foreseeable future 
1.5
Bride Wars
Willie Waffle
nothing shocking nothing original nothing amazing and nothing special but you can have a few laughs along the way 
2.5
Bride Wars
Michael Phillips
The timing of this picture s release is unfortunate as is the picture itself 
1.5
Bride Wars
Moira MacDonald
That poor Vera Wang gown has to carry the movie and that s too much to ask of any dress Right now the Wang is probably calling up the green gown from Atonement asking how to get fixed up with a better script I wish it luck 
1.5
Bride Wars
Claudia Puig
Unless skirmishes in the bridal registry department or catfights in yards of tulle sound like fun opt for peaceful resistance to Bride Wars 
1
Bride Wars
Dustin Putman
Bride Wars is being released early in January typically a stomping ground for bad movies In this way it has been perfectly placed 
1
Bride Wars
Rafer Guzman
Hathaway and Hudson both natural charmers are reduced to female stereotypes in this outdated comedy 
2
Bride Wars
Jeffrey Westhoff
Here s the biggest problem with Bride Wars As simple as the premise is we don t buy it for a moment 
1.5
Bride Wars
Roger Ebert
Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway who play the would be brides are good actors and quick witted women here playing characters at a level of intelligence approximating HAL 9000 after he has had his chips pulled 
2
Bride Wars
Nick Schager
The most lamentable thing about the dismal Bride Wars is the total absence of fatalities 
1
Bride Wars
Phil Villarreal
As romantic as the dollar dance and as funny as the quips from a hokey wedding DJ 
2
Brother's Keeper
Glenn Kenny
This is a heart rending 44 bracing story 44 told with such immediacy that you can take or leave its allegorical elements 46 
3
Brother's Keeper
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A good social and youth melodrama that cannot and does not want to hide the influence of Abbas Kiarostami s cinema 
2.5
Hello-Goodbye
Roger Ebert
At every major crisis in the plot the characters shrug their shoulders and say Why not Like the basic Idiot Plot itself this device keeps the movie going for at least two hours Without it Hello Goodbye would end every 10 minutes 
1
11/8/16
Christian Toto
Here s betting the minds behind 11 8 16 revealed a bit more about Hillary voters than they intended 
3
11/8/16
Keith Watson
Too often the documentary s highly calibrated curation reduces its subjects to mere demographic representations 
2
Miracle on 34th Street
Shellie Iliff
This well cast new version provides today s young movie goers with a version of their own albeit not quite as innocent and gentle as the 1947 incarnation 
3
Miracle on 34th Street
Roger Ebert
The movie has been remade by producer John Hughes and director Les Mayfield who follow the original fairly closely but with a quieter more elegiac tone 
3
Miracle on 34th Street
James Berardinelli
Even in this newest incarnation the film maintains its appeal especially for those willing to suspend both disbelief and cynicism 
2.5
The Great White Hype
Justin Brown
Not the worst but very far from being a serviceable film I doubt there was really a script for this based on the ramblings of the actors in every scene 
1
The Great White Hype
Brandon Collins
This was one of the worst sports movies I have seen This was so joyless I almost wish I had just read the Wikipedia page instead of spending 90 minutes watching this 
1
The Great White Hype
Michael Dequina
Breezy biting fun 
3
The Great White Hype
Susan Wloszczyna
As satire Hype dares to play the race card but folds too soon 
2
The Great White Hype
Roger Ebert
It starts out well as a wicked satire on professional boxing and then loses its energy tires of juggling its characters and ends so abruptly at 91 minutes that it feels like the last reel is missing 
2
I Served the King of England
Mattie Lucas
A captivating heartwarming and ultimately life affirming celebration of what makes us human 
3.5
I Served the King of England
Larry Ratliff
I Served the King of England plays like a combination of Life Is Beautiful and Forrest Gump 
3
I Served the King of England
Michael Phillips
Tasty enough but inoffensive even when it should offend provoke startle 
2.5
I Served the King of England
Robert W. Butler
Amelie meets The Pianist in I Served the King of England one man s surreal journey through 30 years of Czech history 
3
I Served the King of England
Jeff Vice
In the end I Served the King of England is doomed to fail by comparison Ironically they are comparisons that the film itself keeps making 
2.5
I Served the King of England
Rob Thomas
I Served the King of England is like an endless feast featuring one spectacular course after another Somehow you never get so full that you want to push yourself away from the table 
4
I Served the King of England
John Beifuss
Celebrates the pleasures of life while acknowledging its tragedy and absurdity Its attitude might be described as good natured fatalism 
3.5
I Served the King of England
Michael Sragow
Working from a novel and script by Bohumil Hrabal director Jiri Menzel again achieves a seriocomic triumph as he did with his Oscar winning 1966 adaptation of Hrabal s Closely Watched Trains 
4
I Served the King of England
Peter Howell
Most movies of this kind would lead towards redemption of sorts Menzel prefers quiet introspection to loud conversion and that s both a strength and weakness of this movie 
2.5
I Served the King of England
Chris Hewitt
There s a mystical quality to King of England a political satire that softens its barbs by locating them in the middle of a fable 
3
I Served the King of England
Rick Groen
I Served the King of England should be a brilliant picture one last testament to the intertwined sensibilities of two brave artists Should be but isn t 
2
I Served the King of England
Graham Killeen
I Served the King of England might not suit Charlie Chaplin were he alive today But Chaplin s visual gusto complements this precisely timed and profoundly reverent ode to silent cinema 
3.5
I Served the King of England
Connie Ogle
Though the pervasive air of light hearted irony sometimes feels incongruous the movie is never slow or dull thanks to a playful series of slo mo fantasy sequences 
3
I Served the King of England
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the movie ebbs and flows to currents that are distinctly one of kind the waves they ultimately make didn t move me to any sort of emotional release one way or the other 
2.5
I Served the King of England
Jeanne Aufmuth
Czech director Jirí Menzel casts a wide net in this fanciful tale of life love and the relentless march of time 
3
I Served the King of England
Jeff Shannon
The film s whirl of history can be a bit vague at times but that s a forgivable fault when your senses are so delightfully overwhelmed 
3.5
I Served the King of England
Carrie Rickey
With equal parts ribaldry and revelry Menzel tells the story of the manchild who rises from street vendor to waiter to hotelier 
3
I Served the King of England
Ty Burr
The moral translates darkly and it translates well 
3
I Served the King of England
Roger Ebert
It s a film filled with wicked satire and sex both joyful and pitiful 
3
I Served the King of England
Ruthe Stein
You are swept away by the beauty of individual moments and by Barnev s extraordinary performance which beautifully serves I Served the King of England 
3
I Served the King of England
V.A. Musetto
Charming to the max Served unfolds in Czechoslovakia when it was ruled by the Germans and later the Soviets 
3
I Served the King of England
Martin Wolf
A comedy drama with a lot of slapstick combined with a history lesson about an important chapter of World War II and beyond 
2.5
I Served the King of England
Bill Weber
Dite s limited awakening is neither tragedy nor the kind of bitter fatalistic farce seen in Lina Wertmuller s Seven Beauties 
2
I Served the King of England
Steve Rhodes
Dite is a wonderfully sweet character who leads an interesting life When the closing credits roll you ll be glad that you were able to vicariously go along on his little adventures 
3
I Served the King of England
Jeffrey M. Anderson
By the time it crosses the finish line the film has nearly stopped dead 
2.5
The Wedding Song
Kam Williams
Love in the time of Hitler 
4
The Wedding Song
V.A. Musetto
An intelligently written and directed story of two 16 year old girls one Jewish and one Muslim and their friendship in Tunis during the Nazi occupation in the 1940s 
3
The Wedding Song
Andrew Schenker
In The Wedding Song director Karin Albou shrewdly links national politics with its domestic sexual counterpart 
2.5
The Wedding Song
Walter V. Addiego
The girls intense friendship their hopes of love and their attempt to overcome the crushing obstacles of cultural differences and racist politics are the heart of Albou s concern 
3
Not Going Quietly
Sean P. Means
A celebration of Barkan s indomitable spirit and the power of determination and righteous activism If you re looking for a hero here s a good place to start 
3.5
Not Going Quietly
Nell Minow
We are lucky to have this film to speak for Barkan 
3
Not Going Quietly
Joey Magidson
Not Going Quietly is one of the best documentaries of the year as well as the sort of film that will inspire you to take action 
3.5
Not Going Quietly
Roger Moore
A fierce and dying health care advocate shows us what John Lewis meant by Good trouble 
3
Humpback Whales
Linda Cook
A monstrously entertaining documentary 
4
Humpback Whales
Linda Barnard
The most effective passages come in less obvious teaching moments massive whales breeching males battling for supremacy and long languid scenes of graceful mothers slowly swimming with their calves 
3
Humpback Whales
Stephen Rebello
For landlubbers or the more adventurous Humpback Whales is worth the journey 
3
MFKZ
Alan French
Regardless of what you think of the actual substance of the movie MFKZ can be stunning to watch 
2.5
MFKZ
Simon Abrams
MFKZ is the kind of barely there fantasy that disappears from your memory even while you re watching it 
1
MFKZ
Pat Brown
The bulk of MFKZ is composed of chases and shoot outs that despite their chaotic energy drive the plot forward at the most plodding pace 
2
Punching the Clown
Chuck Bowen
Punching the Clown can be too cute but it s a quietly sad portrait of just barely getting by 
2.5
Punching the Clown
Kyle Smith
Punching the Clown is welcome proof that there remains at least one industry in which the US can compete with New Zealand the parody folk song business 
3
Punching the Clown
Robert Levin
The film is an amiable self mocking satire about L A s vacuous showbiz types 
3
Punching the Clown
Ethan Alter
The fickleness and absurdity of life in L A s entertainment industry has been skewered more effectively in a number of other movies 
2
American Venus
Geoff Pevere
Never settling on a consistent tone or establishing a convincing context for its central character the movie ultimately seems to grow bored even with itself 
2
American Venus
David Nusair
a strange almost indescribable little movie 
2.5
Atlantics
Robert Horton
Just when you think you have this movie figured out it shape shifts on you 
4
Atlantics
Josh Larsen
a spooky thrill 
3.5
Atlantics
Roger Moore
Lovely as it often is Atlantics isn t as deep as it wants to come off and isn t anybody s idea of a great film But in the world it depicts and the vivid characters inhabiting it it is engaging informative and absolutely worth your while
2.5
Atlantics
Ty Burr
Diop has woven all these concerns and more into a bewitching and masterful film unlike any you ve ever seen 
4
Atlantics
Mark Dujsik
The film becomes a ghost story but there s no attempt or need on Diop s part to instill it with any sense of horror 
3
Atlantics
Zaki Hasan
Like the pounding waves that recur throughout this is a vibrant and confident feature debut for the director and her arrival on cinema s shores signals big things ahead 
3
Atlantics
Barry Hertz
The intense pleasure of Atlantics is not in the A to B storytelling but in the poignant and painful emotions its filmmaking conjures And in the realization that this is just the first scream of an intensely curious and essential cinematic voice 
3.5
Atlantics
Monica Castillo
Atlantics sustains its thrills throughout its runtime matches its gorgeous imagery with a compelling story and defies easy categorization 
4
Atlantics
Kent Turner
Diop s movie stands out for its combination of tones and moods along with a terrific melancholic and spacey score by Fatima Al Qadiri 
2.5
Atlantics
Joey Magidson
Atlantics is an alluringly mysterious story one that rewards patience 
3
Atlantics
Angelo Muredda
T his is stirring stuff the rare contemporary fable that s firmly grounded in real soil 
3
Atlantics
Dwight Brown
Themes of class divide spirits from beyond and girlfriends who like to party often crowd what could have been a simple love story Still the romance in this film prevails 
3
Atlantics
Peter Howell
Mati Diop pairs reality with folkloric fantasy for a beguiling romance that woos the eye along with the heart 
3
Atlantics
Christopher Gray
As Mati Diop mourns Senegal s lost men she honors their grief and affords them tremendous power all at once 
4
Loving Pablo
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This conventional story of the rise and fall of a gangster would have been at least watchable if they had not made the movie in a terrible spoken English with Colombian accent Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
0
Loving Pablo
Nell Minow
The film spends much too much time going over the same rise and fall material that has been a staple of many portrayals of Escobar himself and of most gangster films going back to the 1930 s 
2
Loving Pablo
Mark Dujsik
As a biography Loving Pablo is fairly standard save for Bardem s take down of a performance 
2
Loving Pablo
Derek Smith
The film uncomfortably dwells in a murky middle ground where everything is overblown but meant to be taken at face value 
1.5
Loving Pablo
David Nusair
De Aranoa s persistently slick direction doesn t really alleviate the often punishingly uninteresting atmosphere 
1.5
Solaris
Brian Eggert
Solaris exists on several spatial temporal and fantastic levels at once 
4
Solaris
Clayton Dillard
Andrei Tarkovsky s pacing is less moved by narrative detail than thematic and metaphorical suggestion 
2.5
Solaris
Josh Larsen
One of the great movie mind benders 
4
Solaris
Rob Humanick
Proves the yin to Kubrick s yang not out of contrarian longing but because that was the form best suited for the content Tarkovsky wanted to explore 
4
Solaris
David Nusair
Tarkovsky s camera lingers oppressively on things that mean absolutely nothing 
1
Solaris
Roger Ebert
It s a thoughtful deep sensitive movie that uses the freedom of science fiction to examine human nature It starts slow but once you get involved it grows on you 
3
Solaris
Michael Wilmington
A visionary science fiction film that takes us on a profound voyage into both outer and inner space 
4
Solaris
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A masterpiece for those willing to work for it 
4
Solaris
James Kendrick
A pulsating frustrating enigmatic science fiction masterpiece a film of great metaphysical weight that demands multiple viewings and an open mind 
4
Solaris
Jeremy Heilman
The second half of the film poses such utterly fascinating questions that any early stodginess is more than redeemed 
4
Solaris
Ted Prigge
It is along with 2001 the best science fiction film ever made 
4
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Kelly Jane Torrance
Most of the Saturday Night Live inspired movies proved that a joke that s funny in a five minute sketch often isn t when it s stretched out to 90 minutes Tim and Eric doesn t suffer from that problem 
3
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Craig D. Lindsey
Tim and Eric are more tolerable in small doses When they try to stretch their shenanigans to a feature length format the results are even more nonsensical and even more antagonistic 
1
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Rob Humanick
I laughed and frequently There are also images I can now never forget and kind of want to Is this what it was like for all those people I introduced kicking and screaming to Aqua Teen Hunger Force 
2.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Chris Hewitt
It s all too appropriate that this thing is narrated by Michael Gross 
1
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Matt Brunson
About as funny as discovering that you have cancer AIDS and a brain tumor all on the same day 
1
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Roger Moore
Billion Dollar Movie is proof positive that having friends is a lot more important than having talent in Hollywood 
1
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Eric Melin
It s when the absurdness stops momentarily and turns purely to silliness and when the film does what any other normal film not this one should strive to do build character that the movie starts to feel long 
2
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Kyle Smith
It would be insulting to refer to Tim Eric s Billion Dollar Movie as amateurish insulting to amateurs everywhere 
0
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Michael O'Sullivan
At times the movie has the look and feel of the cheaply made late night commercials that it mercilessly and occasionally hilariously mocks 
2
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Mark Dujsik
As tedious as it is antithetical 
0.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Robert Levin
The movie gleefully pushes boundaries but it s a collection of a few worthy skit ideas and lots of non starters in search of a unified whole 
2
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Anita Li
What works for a two minute sketch can blunder on the big screen And for this feature length comedy it bombs 
0.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Doug Knoop
Tim and Eric s man child characters who look at the world with wide eyes and total trust must be an acquired taste And while fans of the television show may enjoy this movie this reviewer did not 
1.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Ethan Gilsdorf
See it in the right sick frame of mind and Tim and Eric s Billion Dollar Movie can be shockingly and terribly hilarious Or not 
2.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Steven Rea
A lazy assemblage of sketch comedy raunch mock schlock TV ads and ideas that even the writers of Mall Cop and Observe and Report would have tossed 
1
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Gary Thompson
Billion Dollar Movie has the feel of improv that reached for design after the fact in editing and never quite found it 
2
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Matt Pais
When Tim and Eric s Billion Dollar Movie isn t funny it s really not funny When it s funny it s terrifically deranged 
2.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Michael Phillips
If the Billion Dollar idea was to attract new viewers someone should get their money back 
1
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Roger Ebert
They ve gathered a cult following by doing comedy sketches that were deliberately bad and now they ve made a movie that is more of the same for 92 minutes and it must have taken them a great deal of work to maintain their low standard 
0.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Brett Michel
John C Reilly shows up as choleric man child Taquito and the funny begins to kick in 
2.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Jake Coyle
With limitless absurdity comes a kind of glossy eyed meaninglessness and extreme tastelessness 
2
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Nick Schager
In the race to achieve unadulterated fourth wall breakage Tim and Eric s Billion Dollar Movie is the new pack leader 
3
Ted K
Erik Childress
A surprisingly non exploitative matter of fact approach to a madman with a measured performance by Sharlto Copley makes this the kind of film Joker wishes it could have been 
3
Ted K
Steven Prokopy
iTed K i feels more like a psychological horror exercise than a docudrama and thats a much appreciated approach 
3
Ted K
Christy Lemire
Sharlto Copleys performance remains riveting throughout 
3
Ted K
Mark Dujsik
Its insights are limited while the usefulness of the movie s existence remains an open question 
2
Ted K
Jake Cole
Tony Stones avoidance of emotional manipulation in dramatizing Ted Kaczynskis terror campaign is admirable but only up to a point 
2
Ted K
Roger Moore
Whats surprising about this account isnt his methods his cunning and his amoral horrifically random selection of targets Its how relatable Copley makes this monster 
3.
Searching for Debra Winger
Walter Chaw
tableaux of the damned
1
Into the West
Roger Ebert
The bare story itself could be simplistic and silly Cops chasing a couple of kids on a horse But when relationships are involved and social realities and a certain level of magical realism then the story grows and deepens until it really involves us 
3.5
The Opposite of Sex
Wesley Lovell
Roos knows his way around the ideas of homosexuality as well as the human condition 46 He 8217 s able to tug at the right heartstrings while dousing his screenplays with enough humor to keep them afloat 46 
4
The Opposite of Sex
Michael Dequina
Wild unflinching and aggressively un P C black comedy 
3.5
The Opposite of Sex
Steve Rhodes
Good hearted story 
3
The Opposite of Sex
Roger Ebert
Watching the movie is like sitting through a film in front of a row of wisecracking cult movie fans It s also sometimes very funny 
3
Don't Go in the Woods
Dustin Putman
Fans of irresistible bad cinema take note 
1
The Ref
Kelly Vance
Demme and the screenwriters take care to fill out the scenario with vividly drawn characters such as Raymond J Barry s sardonic police chief and Robert Steinmiller Jr s Jesse 
3
The Ref
Jeff Shannon
It s miraculous casting and the Australian Davis for my money the finest actress around bar none is simply uncanny in her command of East Coast gentility combined with razor sharp timing and comedic expression 
3
The Ref
Michael Wilmington
It s not a bad idea but it s not a good movie either 
2
The Ref
Steven Rea
Whether it s a function of sloppy editing or sloppy writing few of these supporting players and their accompanying subplots pay off 
2
The Ref
Stephen Hunter
The trouble with The Ref is that it keeps running out of steam so it seems to develop a new plot wrinkle every seven minutes Typically it ll run through the new idea until it runs out of steam again then invents yet another one 
2.5
The Ref
David Nusair
The Ref is the sort of movie that improves on repeated viewings 
3
The Ref
Susan Tavernetti
It s a shame the comedy has a running joke that stinks a ridiculous ending and language unsuitable for family viewing 
2
The Ref
Roger Ebert
Material like this is only as good as the acting and writing The Ref is skillful in both areas 
3
The Ref
James Berardinelli
This is not a seamlessly constructed movie but as long as you re not expecting great art it s unlikely to disappoint 
2.5
The Ref
Steve Rhodes
I thought the pacing was off and the characters were drawn too purely dark 
2
The Ref
Chris Hicks
As a starmaking vehicle for Leary The Ref may do the trick He s a prowling muttering bundle of nervous energy which is essentially a variation his MTV character And he s very funny 
2.5
Remainder
Kenji Fujishima
It suggests an allegory for a certain kind of artistic creation one more interested in exactitude than spontaneity 
3
Let's Make It Legal
Bill Chambers
A mostly worthless film
1
Our Father
Mitchell Beaupre
Smith can 8217 t quite hit the landing of making it feel intentionally hollow 46 
2
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Betsy Bozdech
A powerful poignant look at the fall of an ideal a last ditch effort to find pleasure and happiness in the face of impending terror 
4
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Roger Ebert
It s an uneasy feeling to be inside an undefined space especially if you may need to hide or run and that s exactly the feeling De Sica gets 
4
Daughter
Simon Abrams
While this drama within the drama recalls 8220 Dogtooth 44 8221 an acknowledged influence 44 nothing else about 8220 Daughter 8221 feels so distinctive 46 
2
Daughter
Mark Dujsik
This film 44 written and directed by Corey Deshon 40 making his feature debut 41 44 presents itself as a thriller but becomes about the limitations of knowledge 46 
3
Danielson: A Family Movie
Kathy Fennessy
a lot of people are going to want to see Danielson A Family Movie due to the presence of bit player Sufjan Stevens 
3
Danielson: A Family Movie
Tom Keogh
What Danielson doesn t do enough of is reveal Daniel Smith s music on its own terms 
2.5
Redemption
David Nusair
filmmakers Boaz Yehonatan Yacov and Joseph Madmony have absolutely no interest in taking a mainstream approach to the material 
2.5
Shinjuku Triad Society
David Nusair
Typically unpleasant and confusing effort from Takashi Miike 
1
Free Fire
Brian Eggert
Cartoonish and pulpy in the best ways Free Fire is neither original nor an instant classic but it s made with skill and talented performers to support the simplicity of the basic scenario 
3
Free Fire
Matt Brunson
Awful What was apparently meant to be an exercise in style instead becomes an endurance test for audiences 
1
Free Fire
Leo Brady
Free Fire keeps your head on a swivel and it s a fast paced blast 
3.5
Free Fire
Tom Meek
Ben Wheatley s plucky black comedy about an arms deal gone awry just might be the most gonzo crime movie set in Boston and it wasn t even shot here 
2.5
Bad Kids Go to Hell
James Spillane
The film s unlikely combination of didacticism and sexy teen slaughter signals a booming trend the Occupy horror flick 
2.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Walter Chaw
More about the alchemical nature of movies than the band or their music the picture is among the very best of the year 
4
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Jason Anderson
While I Am Trying to Break Your Heart is full of strong performances Jones film is less about the music than it is about the music business 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Jeff Vice
Not only does this musical documentary showcase a band that s at the top of its form it also serves as indictment of the ridiculously shallow pre fab music industry in general 
4
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Connie Ogle
Is there enough material to merit a documentary on the making of Wilco s last album 
2
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Liam Lacey
Woven together handsomely recalling sixties rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to Don t Look Back 
2.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Karla Peterson
Jones gives the faithful a surprisingly intimate portrait of the guardedly vulnerable Tweedy along with a wealth of potent performance footage that captures Wilco in all its battered and unbowed glory 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Wendy Case
A cohesive demonstration of why Wilco as a whole is one of the most compelling musical entities working today 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Terry Lawson
Even if you don t know the band or the album s songs by heart you will enjoy seeing how both evolve and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st Century 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Rob Thomas
What should have been an entertaining cinematic souvenir solely for Wilco fans ended up becoming a smart involving and occasionally infuriating film
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tweedy appears a shy truthful artist and his songs back up that image But is the movie a promotional device that s hiding the real thing 
2.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
James Sullivan
The plot twists give I Am Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed 
2
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Wesley Morris
An undeniably gorgeous terminally smitten document of a troubadour his acolytes and the triumph of his band 
2.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Mark de la Viña
Jones has crafted a natty narrative that enhanced by Erin Nordstrom s editing is filled with payoffs 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Moira MacDonald
A tuneful heartfelt tale of artistic struggle and eventual triumph 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Chris Hewitt
You leave I Am Trying thinking it s great Wilco made the record they wanted to make but wondering what ll happen next time around 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Dan DeLuca
Tells Wilco s story so well that you ll leave the theater thinking the album is a work of genius 
3.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Vanessa Sibbald
Sam Jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day Wilco got dropped from their record label proving that one man s ruin may be another s fortune 
3.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Megan Turner
The concert footage is stirring the recording sessions are intriguing and on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity this quality band may pick up new admirers 
2.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Glenn Whipp
It s a movie and an album you won t want to miss 
3.5
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Robert K. Elder
In an industry that favors flash over substance youth over experienced craftsmanship Jones exposes the diseased core of corporate rock and its ramifications on any artist smaller than Britney Spears 
3
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Collin Souter
Alternately hilarious and sad aggravating and soulful scathing and joyous It s a masterpeice 
4
Ape
John Serba
Slightly psychotic lets us fill in the character s blank slate possibly probably with our own psychoses be they great or moderate 
3
The Watershed
Joshua Tanzer
It s an important window into one of the basic building blocks of American society the dysfunctional family 
3.25
Forged
Glenn Lovell
Wedig and Perez are telling a small story with big emotions They can t be accused of hewing to the tried and true in the homestretch The open ended ending is as uncompromising as it is gutsy 
2.5
And God Created Woman
James Kendrick
the role Brigette Bardot was born to play and it is the role for which she will most likely be remembered
3
And God Created Woman
Roger Ebert
Movies like this frustrate me because they do not have enough ambition to match their imagination 
2
Holes
Marty Mapes
Unlike so many kids movies Holes hasn t been dumbed down loaded with bathroom humor
3.5
Holes
Sara Michelle Fetters
Holes isn t just a movie to see it s also one to be proud of 
3.5
Holes
Tyler Hanley
Thought provoking undertones meet Disney sensibilities a memorable combination 
3
Holes
David Keyes
unlike so many films to be churned out of the mouse house in these recent times it s pleasant inspired sweet and generally entertaining 
3
Holes
Matt Brunson
It s good enough to be enjoyed equally by kids and their attendant parents 
3
Holes
Kelly Borgeson
An intelligent stylishly shot film that for the most part doesn t pander to its youthful audience 
3
Holes
Jonathan R. Perry
Kids aren t dumb They have opinions hopes and dreams that deserve to be recognized and exercised and cinema should be an engaging experience full of power and potential not a babysitter Holes is not a babysitter 
3.5
Holes
Mark Dujsik
Even for those too old to have a learning experience with the film there s plenty to appreciate on a thematic level 
3
Holes
Linda Cook
You ll dig Holes And your age won t matter one whit 
3.5
Holes
Phil Villarreal
The acting is superb and the story is delightful 
3
Holes
Mike McGranaghan
Too many films geared toward young audiences are dumbed down or worse Here is a movie that has the potential to inspire them instead 
3.5
Holes
James Berardinelli
It s smart strange unpredictable and defies the formulas that typically define this sort of motion picture 
3
Holes
Dustin Putman
Not exactly conventional kiddie fare but it nonetheless captures their imaginations 
2.5
Holes
Moira MacDonald
Older kids fans of the book and parents who remember the fun of reading dark stories under the covers should be happily engrossed in this adventure 
3
Holes
Glenn Lovell
A slightly better than average tale of friendship sacrifice and survival 
2.5
Holes
Mick LaSalle
As kids films go it s a thoughtful superior piece of work an entertaining picture that youngsters can enjoy on first viewing and perhaps fully grow into as they get a bit older 
3
Holes
David Elliott
The target audience may be satisfied that the book is being respected and the adventures of Caveman and Zero have a rootable Hardy Boys interest 
2.5
Holes
Joe Baltake
It earns our attention the old fashioned way by telling a solid story without such modern distractions as computerized effects rapid fire editing or the usual gratuitous frills that signal a bankruptcy of ideas 
4
Holes
Richard Horgan
A perfect father son movie 
3
Holes
Jack Mathews
A dense yarn with a range of humor imagination and emotions as wide as the desert floor upon which it is set 
3
Holes
Jeff Strickler
Fills a hole in the genre by not treating kids with kid gloves 
3.5
Holes
Christine Dolen
Whimsical harrowing heartwarming and all props to Harry Potter quite magical 
3.5
Holes
Gary Brown
Holes is a really wonderful film full of imagination with an underlying moral message that s neither preachy nor cornball 
3.5
Holes
Jeff Vice
There s no denying how terrific the performances are by the film s cast especially Shia LaBeouf 
3
Holes
Claire Martin
That rare thing a movie that will genuinely appeal to just about everyone in a family though it emphatically is not the soppy pap that conventionally passes as a family film 
4
Holes
Roger Ebert
I walked in expecting a movie for thirteensomethings and walked out feeling challenged and satisfied 
3.5
Holes
Ty Burr
Readers familiar with the book may negotiate the film s antic crosscutting but newbies will need to pop a Dramamine before the lights dim 
2.5
Holes
Sean P. Means
The young performers are enjoyable particularly LaBeouf who suggests a prepubescent Dustin Hoffman 
3
Holes
Jeffrey Westhoff
Davis turns his talents to a children s film by treating his audience like adults 
3
Holes
Liam Lacey
A movie that feels a bit like digging a hole in the ground an exercise that may build character but doesn t seem to accomplish much else 
2.5
Holes
Glenn Whipp
Ranks as one of the most bizarre disasters in recent movie history 
1
Holes
J. R. Jones
The film s fidelity to the plot and tone of the book is a credit to Sachar and Davis 
3
Holes
Lou Lumenick
Suffers even more than the Harry Potter films from a compulsion to be faithful to the source material including cramming in a head spinning assortment of characters and subplots 
2
Holes
David Nusair
Holes could ve benefited from some judicious editing at close to two hours the movie occasionally borders on interminable because there s far too much going on here 
2
Holes
Duane Dudek
The graceless and restrained result is missing whatever sense of the magical elevated the book 
2
Holes
John Monaghan
A clever ambitious movie with an impressive look 
3
Holes
Claudia Puig
The movie pays homage to the book by preserving its potency and building upon its strong foundation It s hard to imagine a reader who wouldn t approve 
3.5
Holes
Jan Stuart
A wayward charmer 
3.5
Holes
Mark Caro
The movie is all over the place jumping around in time place and tone 
2
Holes
Erik Childress
Adventures quirkiness mystery violence and valuable life lessons are just the things I want youngsters to be reading and Holes is just the kind of movie I want made based on those readings 
3.5
Holes
Tony Toscano
Holes is Cool Hand Luke and The Shawshank Redemption for kids 
3.5
Holes
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst
A substantive yarn that deals with racism children not fitting in and the importance of friendship 
3
Holes
Lawrence Toppman
A faithful and richly satisfying adaptation of Louis Sachar s novel 
3.5
Holes
Mary F. Pols
You walk out of Holes wondering why more kids movies aren t like this 
3.5
Holes
Chris Hewitt
A movie that feels like it s constantly interrupting itself 
2
Holes
Josh Larsen
a collection of would be goofy moments 
1.5
Holes
Ross Anthony
Seems like such a long time since I ve seen a film with a classically powerful story Holes pays off 
3.5
Holes
Rob Blackwelder
A rare kids flick that engages youthful intellect and heart instead of patting youngsters on the head and spoon feeding them stock anecdotes and tie in toys 
3
Holes
Walter Chaw
A certain level of grotesquerie in a children s entertainment is essential but at some point grotesquerie is just grotesque 
2
Holes
Steve Rhodes
If you aren t already pre sold on the movie as a fan of the book would be there is little in it to amuse or intrigue you 
2
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Linda Barnard
The veterans Keitel and Simmons especially do what s required But the other players are trying too hard to sell their roles 
2
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
David Nusair
An entertainingly light hearted romp 
3
Of Mind and Music
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet wholly ineffective true life drama 
2
Of Mind and Music
John Wirt
Of Mind and Music an intimately told story with few characters surprises with unexpected impact thanks to the talented cast and the powerful dual forces of music and human kindness 
3
Of Mind and Music
Kam Williams
A poignant character study which sensitively portrays the toll exacted by Alzheimer s not only on a victim but on her caregivers and loved ones as well 
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Peter Canavese
This night is about the American dream Kumar promises and you know what It sort of is Blu Ray 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
David Nusair
fares a whole lot better than the majority of its stoner comedy brethren 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Kam Williams
An over the top romp which rehashes lots of dumb drug jokes but breaks far enough away from the tried and true teen formula to earn a high mark even from this jaded critic 
4
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Peter Travers
A multilayered goof on ethnic stereotypes 
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jay Antani
a whacky racially refreshing breather in Hollywood s white dominated politically over correct bummer of a mainstream culture
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Thomas Delapa
Go ahead it s what you crave 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While unabashedly unsophisticated this flick is subtly smarter more audacious and more finely tuned than other movies of its ilk 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Sean McBride
as far as stoner comedies go this is a surprisingly well done affair
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
James Kendrick
pulls off the nearly impossible in subverting racial stereotypes by constantly evoking them
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Mike McGranaghan
An empowering idea is woven with great subtlety into a series of poop jokes sex jokes and pot jokes Maybe some people will miss it I didn t 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Susan Tavernetti
The pacing is clunky with the flat feel of a sitcom With a little more zip this stoner comedy could have become an up in smoke classic 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Marty Mapes
What s impressive about the jokes is how smart so many of them are
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Vince Koehler
This new comedy offers American Pie type teen humor with John Cho and Kal Penn playing the leads 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Christian Toto
Harold and Kumar give brain dead comedies a good name
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Josh Larsen
A stoner comedy with a clear headed sense of wit 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jonathan R. Perry
Instantly forgettable but fun 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Wesley Morris
Silliness is the movie s only ambition but there s something mind blowing about seeing a fratty comedy through two pairs of Asian American eyes particularly when those eyes belong to actors who were token minorities in other dumb comedies 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
David Keyes
the movie has delivery that often overshadows the punch lines and it s not very accessible 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Mike Clark
This is one more youth movie that ll put years on anyone over 25 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jeffrey Westhoff
The rare funny scenes are dominated by predictable sex or drug jokes 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Ted Fry
It s a delightful surprise that Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is so hilarious for pretty much all the reasons it should be so predictably brainless 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Carla Meyer
Has enough laughs and misadventures to satisfy its built in audience but it won t win any converts 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Timothy Knight
It leaves you hungry for a better movie 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Sean P. Means
A slacker tale that balances the gross out gags and idiotic drug humor with some sublimely silly nonsense 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Lou Lumenick
The most gut bustingly funny movie so far this year 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jack Mathews
The laugh ratio in this run on of skits is pretty low at least to the unaltered mind of one who s seen enough of these films and eaten enough White Castle burgers to last a lifetime 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jennie Punter
Plays it a little too safe and hackneyed with the comedy but the characters and the talented actors who play them are a refreshing change of pace that make the movie feel like a minor buddy comedy revolution 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jeff Vice
It panders and aims way too low way too frequently 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Lisa Kennedy
Perfectly paired John Cho and Kal Penn take the stereotypes of the brilliant Asian and the genius Indian for a joyride 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Emily Blunt
H KGTWC is a smart person s fart movie It s like a American Road Pie Trip for the intelligente the partying intelligente
4
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Roger Ebert
One secret of fiction is the creation of unique characters who are precisely defined The secret of comedy is the same with the difference being that the characters must be obsessed with unwholesome but understandable human desires 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Bob Strauss
While not as outlandishly contrived as director Danny Leiner s Dude Where s My Car H K is about as barely funny and just as hard to believe 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Matt Brunson
Harold and Maude Go to White Castle might have been a better bet but this is nevertheless a gross out comedy with a difference 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Phil Villarreal
Danny Leiner hasn t matured as a filmmaker And that s a very nice thing indeed 
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Collin Souter
Perfect summertime munchies for the drive in Lewd raunchy and likely to spawn a sequel or two It 8217 s also fearless well acted and smarter than it lets on 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Larry Ratliff
This isn t your typical lowbrow comedy about dopes smoking dope Deep down under the buns and fun lurks a heapin helping of heart 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Rob Blackwelder
There is a key to good n stupid lowbrow comedy be proudly shamelessly flippantly stupid 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Paul Doro
Goes for cheap and easy laughs way too frequently 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
David Sterritt
The multicultural cast gives a shred of substance to what s otherwise a standard adolescent gross out flick 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Steve Rhodes
Sweetly silly 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Phoebe Flowers
It always takes an unexpected route Often unexpectedly stupid yes But there s also something weirdly original about Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg s script 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Chris Hewitt
There are at least three very funny things in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and the stuff in between isn t bad 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Rene Rodriguez
In their formidable quest for junk food Harold and Kumar end up redefining what the all American protagonists of Hollywood movies should look like and prove this comedy is not quite as brain dead as it originally appeared 
2.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Terry Lawson
At road s end Harold and Kumar smells very similar to the shrine of its title which is great before you bite in and way less appetizing after you ve sobered up 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Carrie Rickey
A laugh out loud if not exactly good stoner comedy 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Allison Benedikt
Just as Mike Judge s Office Space has become an anthem for all us Gen X cubicle slaves Harold and Kumar will resonate deeply with anyone who attended high school in the 1990s and at least saw a joint 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Rob Thomas
Harold Kumar Go To White Castle may have a better grasp of modern race relations than so called serious films 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Nick Rogers
The script goes to acceptable lengths to make the duo more than the idiotic giggling stoners we d usually see 
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Walter Chaw
I don t know if it s a revolution but it s a step in the right direction Funny too 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Willie Waffle
One of those silly rude crude buddy adventure movies that hits the right spot 
3
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Steven Snyder
If told as a story by a guest at a party Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle would undoubtedly end with the phrase I guess you had to be there 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Linda Cook
This is a hilarious fever dream of a road trip movie 
3.5
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Nick Schager
As unsatisfying as its titular fast food chain s repulsive mini burgers Leiner s film shoots only for scatological silliness 
2
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Dustin Putman
Its unforced mixture of the crass with the sweet may not be the likeliest of combinations but it is a decidedly beguiling one all the same 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Mattie Lucas
The Rock is always fun to watch and Robb and Ludwig are quite good as the two alien teens 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Sonny Bunch
Race to Witch Mountain is pretty standard kiddie fare Cute precocious children are protected by a world weary wisecracking father figure and one liners abound 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Mike Scott
A reasonably satisfying family film that updates things while staying true to the adventurous sci fi spirit of the originals 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Peter Canavese
If it s possible for a movie to be agressively bland Race to Witch Mountain is that movie Blu ray 
1.5
Race to Witch Mountain
David Nusair
46 46 46 suffers from a pervasively stagnant atmosphere that effectively drains the energy right out of its high octane moments 46 46 46 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Tom Meek
Johnson holds his own against the cute wunderkinder but nobody s a match for the f x onslaught of the noisy climax 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Frank Ochieng
In the long run one would be advised to walk slowly and sluggishly not race hurriedly to the so called new and improved findings at weak kneed Witch Mountain 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Sean P. Means
A gleeful throwback to the era of Disney s 70s live action movies that aimed only to offer good clean fun 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Lori Hoffman
The Rock s skill at making the transformation from an aliens are all around us skeptic to a true believer is the rock solid foundation for this delightful kids flick 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Linda Cook
Some kids might like Race to Witch Mountain But more discerning kids might not 
1
Race to Witch Mountain
John Beifuss
AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig are fine but this X Files for small fry has about as much heft as a bubble of swamp gas 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
James Kendrick
a decent and at times entertaining bit of kid centric fantastical escapism that alternates its hectic chase sequences and special effects spectacle with comedy involving government conspiracies and a geeky sci fi convention 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Keith Cohen
Witch Mountain has heart humor and a touch of magic 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Mike McGranaghan
This new version may appeal to the target audience of young kids but for adults it s a bit of a slog to get through 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Jeffrey Westhoff
Saves its best for last and emerges as an enjoyable and competent bit of family entertainment 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Tyler Hanley
Dwayne Johnson shines alongside rising star AnnaSophia Robb but the film s cookie cutter plot and adolescent script make Witch Mountain hardly worth racing to 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Jeff Vice
While this film may not qualify as classic science fiction and takes some liberties with author Alexander Key s material at least it s fun 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Rob Humanick
Witch Mountain isn t escapism but a feature length reminder that things are bad all over 
1.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Kevin A. Ranson
exactly as advertised a sci fi race to save the aliens and save the world while dropping plenty of hints for a potential sequel and franchise 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Christian Toto
Dwayne Johnson s Race to Witch Mountain plays out like a kiddie franchise starter kit 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Gary Brown
certainly not in the E T bracket 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Chris Hewitt
An action movie for kids that adults should have no problem sitting through 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Justin Berton
Wow when Disney misses the reimagining mark it really misses 
1
Race to Witch Mountain
Carla Meyer
The head cracking explosions and gunplay eventually get out of hand considering that revamp or no revamp Witch Mountain is still a Disney film aimed squarely at kids 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
James Berardinelli
This is not a story that cries out to be remade every 15 20 years And while the special effects and acting are getting better the story isn t 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Stephen Whitty
For all that energy the film never really goes into orbit 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Kyle Smith
Bears all the signs of having been composed by an inferior race of alien screenwriters from the Hackulon System 
1
Race to Witch Mountain
Robert W. Butler
Director Andy Fickman does an OK job of keeping all the balls in the air though when it comes to loud but bloodless action he s all thumbs 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Greg Quill
It s a fast funny frightening and family friendly movie an affectionate tribute to the original and a vintage thrill ride enhanced by modern visual trickery crazy characters and a soupçon of skepticism 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Stephen Cole
A couple of 10 year old boys all hopped up on concession stand soda would be ideal companions for Disney s latest Race to Witch Mountain 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Lisa Kennedy
Although Race to Witch Mountain is about space travelers little soars here The film is so by the book and we don t mean Key s 1968 novel that it s hard to recount it without reverting to blahblahblah 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Michael Sragow
The result may not be a diamond in the rough but it is a nice shiny zircon 
3
Race to Witch Mountain
Willie Waffle
A movie with plenty of action and not much story
1.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Sara Michelle Fetters
I ve seen Disney put better looking productions together for their cable television channel so much of this looking so horrible and unfinished it makes the special effects of the previous efforts look like excerpts from The Matrix 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Wesley Morris
This is not a movie It s a coming attraction for a theme park 
1.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Claudia Puig
Mediocre family fare that s simply not that much fun 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Moira MacDonald
Given enough popcorn kids should find it diverting adults may be less than enthralled 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Sue Pierman
It s all fairly enjoyable but also predictable and occasionally corny 
2.5
Race to Witch Mountain
Dustin Putman
A flavorless sci fi family picture that fools itself into thinking it is more grandiose than it is Has all the thrills of a race between a slug and a hermit crab 
1.5
Race to Witch Mountain
David Hiltbrand
The film doesn t really have a plot It s more of a premise cartoonishly executed 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Rafer Guzman
The story acting and dialogue somehow came out weaker and creakier than before 
2
Race to Witch Mountain
Roger Ebert
Since Seth and Sara only appropriated the bodies of human teenagers I was left with a couple of questions 
2.5
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Edward Ortiz
With the use of tasteful narration stunning visuals and the occasional computer generated sequence this film is a must see for those who think truth is stranger than fiction 
3
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Louise Kennedy
Throws some spectacular and previously unseen images onto the giant Imax screen but it stitches them together with a sometimes confusing narrative that only distracts from the fascinating undersea world 
2.5
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Lou Lumenick
As IMAX nature films go this is one of the more absorbing ones 
2.5
A Fantastic Woman
Matt Brunson
It s a movie of the moment pleading for hope and change against formidable unfortunate odds 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Mattie Lucas
A wrenching portrait of grief marked by a powerful central performance that heralds the arrival of a thrilling new talent 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Lisa Jensen
So the role was not exactly written for Daniela Vega but thank heavens for serendipity her performance is outstanding 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Rob Thomas
Hopefully there will be many more films to come featuring trans performers in leading roles and Woman can be looked back on as a well meaning but flawed effort that paved the way 
2.5
A Fantastic Woman
Sean P. Means
Lelio and co screenwriter Gonzalo Maza craft an elegant passionate screenplay around Vega who informs every turn of the film with her life experiences and emotions 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Bob Bloom
A Fantastic Woman is a movie for our time covering issues about inclusion and identity that seem to be heightened in today s polarized world 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A conventional woman s film that has its greatest audacity in the charisma of its trans protagonist Daniela Vega Complete review in Spanish in Refroma com 
2.5
A Fantastic Woman
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
As Marina Daniela Vega s nearly unshakable composure renders the story one of specific emotional injustice 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Daniela Vega is stunning She delivers a performance of such breadth scope and unwavering strength the cumulative power of what she accomplishes is unquestionably exceptional 
4
A Fantastic Woman
Robert Horton
Every contradiction furthers the movie s argument that what we have here is a densely complicated human being 
4
A Fantastic Woman
Calvin Wilson
In our increasingly polarized time A Fantastic Woman bridges the gap between ignorance and understanding through the transcendent power of art 
4
A Fantastic Woman
Ty Burr
A gently heart wrenching quietly furious movie 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Moira MacDonald
A Fantastic Woman becomes a delicate moving study of grief of quiet triumph over adversity of adjusting to life s empty spaces and learning to fill them with love 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Roger Moore
A sublime essay in the power of identity and how fiercely we cling to it 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Rex Reed
The film s great triumph is Daniela Vega a transgender actress and singer who makes an indelible impression in the leading role 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Vega s performance is extraordinary and clearly the heart and muscle of the movie 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Anita Katz
this compelling Chilean drama condemns hate and ignorance though a gracefully presented story about a grieving trans woman rejected by her deceased lover s family 
3
A Fantastic Woman
David Nusair
a subdued character study that is for the most part held aloft by Vega s transfixing thoroughly accomplished turn as the sympathetic central character 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Kate Taylor
A quietly honest centre never wavers 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Mark Dujsik
Vega s performance anchors A Fantastic Woman in a way that cuts through politics and prejudice 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Peter Howell
At its core A Fantastic Woman is the story of genuine love something requires no definition 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Stephen Rebello
This heroine has guts a spine a stoic presence that commands respect and empathy As played charismatically unsentimentally and exquisitely by Vega it s impossible to write her off 
4
A Fantastic Woman
Michael Phillips
Its clarity of purpose translates to an effectively lean and straightforward story of adversity and survival in any language 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Ann Hornaday
A Fantastic Woman serves as a gentle reminder that we all contain multitudes 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Katie Walsh
Lelio crafts a world that s realistically distressingly unfair violent and dark But with Vega in the lead her arresting screen charisma lends itself to some truly lovely and wonderful bits of fire and magic 
4
A Fantastic Woman
Sheila O'Malley
Lelio approaches this material with sensitivity and empathy There s restraint in his style eloquent as it is 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Lindsey Bahr
It s Daniela Vega s extraordinary performance full of grace and depth that keeps A Fantastic Woman in check from becoming something either too campy or too sanctimonious 
3
A Fantastic Woman
Peter Travers
This indelibly moving film Chile s entry in the Oscar race for Best Foreign film features a performance of surpassing beauty and tenderness from Daniela Vega an openly transgender actress seizing her moment with stirring authenticity 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Mike McGranaghan
The kind of film that could change minds and open hearts 
4
A Fantastic Woman
Christopher Gray
Superficial when it means to be elliptical and regressive in its attempts to promote pride and tolerance Sebastián Lelio s film is beautiful but vacant the type of melodrama that reminds us that they shouldn t always make them like they used to 
2
A Fantastic Woman
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A great character study about a woman who has to fight for rights that for other people couldn t be more basic Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Fantastic Woman
Shane Slater
This aptly titled drama features a uniquely inspiring protagonist showcased through the perceptive eye of a brilliant filmmaker 
3
Paradise
Roger Ebert
The plot machinery creaks in Paradise and it grinds exceedingly slow and finally what it produces is a nice little movie about two children and a contrived big movie about two adults 
2
Eaten Alive
David Nusair
an often astonishingly unwatchable endeavor 
0
Eaten Alive
David Keyes
A film like this endures as entertainment because all the performances are pitched at that joyous trajectory of cartoonish excess 
3
Eaten Alive
Eric Henderson
With an enviable well stocked cast of character thespians and a carefully dilapidated motel set Eaten Alive is all ingredients no recipe 
2
Eaten Alive
James Kendrick
will always be more of a curiosity piece than a truly satisfying movie in and of itself
2.5
Eaten Alive
Dustin Putman
Hooper s sophomore effort which had a bigger budget but is lesser known repeats the same basic formula 
2
Blackfish
Tom Meek
An illuminating documentary not only about the cruel conditions that killer whales endure at theme parks such as Sea World but the biology and psychology of the mysterious and majestic sea wolf 
3
Blackfish
Geoff Pevere
Blackfish makes an especially strong case for the innate marvel of these animals that they are smart social communicative and loving 
2.5
Blackfish
David Nusair
An absolutely heartbreaking documentary 
4
Blackfish
John Serba
Blackfish takes an emotional argument and supports it with just enough logic to make it convincing 
3.5
Blackfish
Sean P. Means
It s a riveting tale that will make you rethink where humans and orcas fall in the natural food chain and the corporate one 
4
Blackfish
Burl Burlingame
In many ways Blackfish is a horror film in which we discover that we have met the monster and the monster is us 
3
Blackfish
Chris Foran
The movie recounts often with horrifying video several instances in which trainers are mauled chomped and otherwise clobbered by killer whales 
3
Blackfish
John Beifuss
Whatever its flaws Blackfish seems likely to be the rare film that inspires real reform and that helps awaken viewers to their kinship and responsibility to the animal kingdom 
3
Blackfish
Rob Thomas
The question that Blackfish provokes viscerally is whether the education and entertainment for visitors and profits for the company are worth it if the animals are mistreated and unhappy After watching Blackfish the answer is crystal clear 
3
Blackfish
Rene Rodriguez
Blackfish is intended to rattle and provoke in the hopes of bringing about change 
3
Blackfish
John Anderson
Informative earnest but less than briskly paced 
2.5
Blackfish
Moira MacDonald
Its ultimate message is clear Killer whales belong with their families in their natural habitat not performing for audiences After listening to this film s many impassioned voices it s hard to argue 
3.5
Blackfish
Chris Hewitt
It is gripping and thought provoking 
3.5
Blackfish
David Lewis
It not only delivers astonishing suspenseful footage that makes it a legitimate thriller but also serves up thoughtful meditations about using wild animals for our own entertainment 
4
Blackfish
Ann Hornaday
It s hard to imagine anyone coming out of this movie and not swearing off the next vacation trip to Orlando San Antonio or San Diego 
3.5
Blackfish
Dann Gire
It s a strong piece of video journalism in which images and the interviews deliver the information and we reach our own conclusions 
3.5
Blackfish
Tirdad Derakhshani
While Cowperthwaite s film opens with a simple question about the behavior of a single killer whale it ends up mounting a persuasive ethical argument against keeping orcas in captivity 
3.5
Blackfish
Janice Page
Blackfish is no trumped up horror story fueled by Hollywood brand names and special effects In this riveting documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite all of the creatures are real and all seem entitled to the serious chip on their shoulders 
3.5
Blackfish
Michael Phillips
The film may be depressing But even with a terrible watery musical score it s also good 
3
Blackfish
Matt Pais
To analyze real life tragedy we must understand it so we can prevent it Cowperthwaite justly argues Not so we can sigh and hope it doesn t happen again 
3
Blackfish
Matt Zoller Seitz
Once you accept that orcas are intelligent and emotionally complex creatures it becomes impossible to shrug off the film s darker factoids as the cost of keeping families entertained 
3
Blackfish
Chris Knight
I long ago made up my mind that keeping cetaceans in captivity is cruel by definition Blackfish may well convince others who have not given as much thought to the plight of orcas which have never killed a human in the wild 
3.5
Blackfish
Robert Levin
Ostensibly the story of Tilikum it s really a movie about us an exploration of the inherent human need to reduce nature s mysteries to modes we can easily process 
3.5
Blackfish
Peter Travers
Meet a theme park phenom in the form of the killer whales orcas in the trade on view in Gabriela Cowperthwaite s gripping mindbender of a documentary 
3
Blackfish
Linda Barnard
Blackfish is enough to make anybody think twice about the wisdom of turning whales into performers 
2.5
Blackfish
Roger Moore
You ll never look at Shamu and the company that exploits him the same way again 
3.5
Blackfish
Bill Weber
The Frankensteinian rebellion of orcas against their corporate captors turns this doc into a sort of showbiz horror film 
3
Bel Borba Is Here
Walter V. Addiego
The film by Burt Sun and Andre Costantini is a celebration of the man and his work for critical perspective you ll have to look elsewhere 
3
Bel Borba Is Here
V.A. Musetto
The directors Burt Sun and Andr Costantini never delve into his psyche On the plus side is Costantini s luscious cinematography 
2
Bel Borba Is Here
Diego Semerene
There s no pointing toward something other than the work itself no poetic digression no suggestion of a conceptual dimensionality to the work being produced 
1
Revenge of the Mekons
Ty Burr
Above all the movie celebrates a band that half heartedly tried to be rock stars and became people instead singing people s music with the fervor and affection of companions together as night gathers and closing time nears 
3.5
Revenge of the Mekons
Michael Phillips
If they symbolize anything the Mekons represent every musically curious and adventurous group that matures without calcifying or falling apart 
3.5
Revenge of the Mekons
Godfrey Cheshire
It s likely to makes fans of any viewers who weren t before 
3
Revenge of the Mekons
Farran Smith Nehme
In a way this marvelous movie does show that the Mekons have declined because they ve become the one thing punk rockers never ever want to be lovable 
3
Revenge of the Mekons
Andrew Schenker
What emerges is a portrait of a fully committed band that could never quite make it and of the rock n roll project as something between a very serious hobby and a full time career 
3
Guys, Girls and a Jerk
David Nusair
Guys Girls and a Jerk a small movie out of Quebec has more observations to make on the subject than most big budget Hollywood flicks 
2.5
Disturbing the Peace
Christian Toto
The shattering confessions that kick off Disturbing the Peace make up for its imbalanced worldview 
2.5
Disturbing the Peace
Matt Fagerholm
Effectively illustrates the universality of suffering by juxtaposing the stories of people on both sides of the Israeli Palestinian conflict 
3.5
First Kid
Susan Wloszczyna
Utterly conventional 
2.5
Ghosts of Mississippi
Michael Dequina
Strangely devoid of any emotional weight 
2
Ghosts of Mississippi
Roger Ebert
It closes a chapter in history but scarcely brings it to life 
2.5
Ghosts of Mississippi
Mike Clark
Rob Reiner s self congratulatory Ghosts of Mississippi portrays Medgar Evers slaying from the viewpoint of a white guy and can t even do a capable job of that 
2
Noel
Phil Villarreal
A film about folks celebrating Christmas together is about as interesting and carries as much dramatic thrust as the 1989 Christmas reunion video immortalized on Uncle Fred s camcorder 
2
Noel
Mike McGranaghan
The sentiments are right on the money but the execution never quite filled me with holiday cheer 
2
Noel
Robert Dominguez
The mawkishness meter is turned up full blast by the time Williams wearing the hangdog expression he saves for maudlin dramas shows up out of nowhere as a former priest to save an unhappy Sarandon from jumping into the East River 
1.5
Noel
Bob Strauss
Despite the impressive cast acting quality isn t especially high 
2.5
Noel
Roger Ebert
I can be sentimental under the right circumstances but the movie is such a calculating tearjerker that it played like a challenge to me 
2
Noel
Lou Lumenick
Except for die hard students of extremely bad movies Noel isn t worth seeing 
0
Noel
Connie Ogle
Like way too many holiday films it is shameless in its desperate grab at the heartstrings What it latches onto firmly instead is the gag reflex making you long for a dose of Maalox or at least another viewing of Bad Santa 
1
Noel
David Sterritt
Santa Claus s bag couldn t hold as many clichs as the screenplay dishes out 
1
Noel
Robert K. Elder
A handful of competent performances can t keep Noel from pulling its audience through a bleak cheerless hour and a half 
1
Noel
Ed Gonzalez
Noel manages to get considerable mileage out of a series of unpredictable and nutty spiritual flights of fancy 
2.5
Noel
David Nusair
Director Chazz Palminteri seems to have accepted the heavy handed nature of the screenplay and embraced it whole heartedly 
2.5
The Banana Splits Movie
Mike McGranaghan
When it s doing what it s supposed to do The Banana Splits Movie has some definite novelty value Unfortunately that s only about 50 of the time tops 
2
Red Rover
Barry Hertz
These are walking and talking traits not characters 
2
Get Santa
Roger Moore
Get Santa is an at times adorably daft holiday farce from those blasphemous Brits 
2.5
Get Santa
Roger Moore
Daft deft and ever so British
2.5
Standing Silent
Mike McGranaghan
Powerful and shocking 
3.5
For Madmen Only
Richard Roeper
a dark and deeply troubled soul but some 20 years after his death his acolytes still have us laughing 
3
For Madmen Only
Brian Tallerico
For Madmen Only is essential for comedy fans and historians 
3
Francofonia
Ernesto Diezmartinez
More than a documentary this is a very personal historical essay about the most famous museum in the world 
2.5
Francofonia
Barry Paris
These 90 minutes fly by fast by turns fun and funereal in a rich rumination on war vs culture time vs the timelessness of art 
3.5
Francofonia
Richard Roeper
As Sokurov examines a pivotal point in the Louvre s history and gives us a virtual tour of the magnificent museum he makes larger points about the vital importance of art throughout human history This is one of the most beautiful films of the year 
3.5
Francofonia
Michael O'Sullivan
Near the one hour mark the filmmaker asks You aren t tired of listening to me yet If you aren t you will be soon 
1.5
Francofonia
David Lewis
Francofonia a powerful cinematic essay on how art and war are irrevocably intertwined has an ideal canvas and time peg for its philosophical musings the Louvre Museum during the Nazi occupation of France 
3
Francofonia
Peter Keough
Sokurov s elegy for Europe and for art is eloquent sorrowful and challenging And films like this suggest that such epitaphs may be premature 
3.5
Francofonia
Chris Knight
Francofonia is part history lesson part philosophical ramble as the filmmaker acting as narrator ponders the meaning of collected artworks going so far as to suggest that they are the ultimate spoils of war 
3
Francofonia
Nathalie Atkinson
Who would we be without museums Aleksandr Sokurov wonders as he narrates this challenging philosophical essay and sifts materials back forth and around in the Louvre s history 
3
Francofonia
Moira MacDonald
Blending archival footage actor re creation and special effects sometimes all in the same shot he creates a sense of specific place and time and in doing so crafts a sort of cinematic ode to art 
3
Francofonia
Bruce DeMara
Sokurov presents some interesting visuals and ideas but this rumination feels like a work of self conceit that is likely to leave even the art house crowd mystified 
2
Francofonia
Alissa Wilkinson
This film wanders like a flneur between past and present traversing space and history crossing from fiction to nonfiction and back 
3
Francofonia
Farran Smith Nehme
Beware the film billed as a meditation on anything 
2
Francofonia
Sean Nam
For all its congratulatory spirit the film has the persistent feeling of an elegy bidding adieu to a bygone time 
3
Hannibal Documentary
James Kendrick
The effect is to distance the audience from the material with a sense of dark humor and self aware irony but unfortunately it comes at the expense of genuine tension 
2.5
Peter's Friends
David Nusair
a surprisingly entertaining little flick that benefits substantially from the almost uniformly stellar performances 
3
Peter's Friends
Roger Ebert
If film is basically a voyeuristric medium then one of the questions that might be asked about Peter s Friends is Would we like to be one of these friends and attend such a reunion ourselves I would 
3.5
Singin' in the Rain
Sara Michelle Fetters
To put it bluntly 44 this is one of the funniest films ever made 46 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Brian Eggert
Long before his arrival in Hollywood Kelly aspired to blend dance with narrative and with the technical assistance of Donen to realize his vision he finally achieved his goal with Singin in the Rain 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Josh Larsen
Kelly s delight not in his own movements but in the sheer joy of being able to move is contagious 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Matt Brunson
It apos s tough to fight the longstanding consensus that this is the greatest movie musical of all time 40 although I personally would place it second 44 just below 1935 apos s Top Hat 41 44 but what apos s often lost in the praise is that this also qualifies as a great comedy 46 
4
Singin' in the Rain
James Berardinelli
Watching Singin in the Rain is an exuberant magical experience a journey deep into the heart of feel good territory 
4
Singin' in the Rain
John Monaghan
A rare musical whose story scripted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green is just as good as the songs 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Steven Snyder
It is an improbable masterpiece a film where everything just has that indistinguishable quality of fitting together 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sure we respect An American in Paris But we truly love Singin in the Rain 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Steve Rhodes
The best example of Hollywood s golden age of musicals it is being released on an eye popping new DVD that literally explodes with color 
4
Singin' in the Rain
Roger Ebert
There is no movie musical more fun than Singin in the Rain and few that remain as fresh over the years 
4
The Babysitters
Ken Fox
David Ross s stylishly tawdry black comedy fits neatly between Heathers and American Beauty The Babysitters Club this ain t 
2.5
The Babysitters
Susan Walker
The script has a stale air like something that was doing the rounds for a long time before David Ross found backers to make a film out of it 
2.5
The Babysitters
Stephen Whitty
Although the film is pitched as dark comedy there s nothing very funny about the sexualization of teenagers 
2
The Babysitters
Joe Neumaier
It reads like a Cinemax special event and as good as Leguizamo and Waterston daughter of Sam are the skeevy fantasy fulfillment plot that drives David Ross movie is uncomfortably risky business 
2
The Babysitters
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Despite the racy content and the alarmist 18A classification The Babysitters is a remarkably restrained and decent film It s polished smoothly edited and shot with simple elegance 
3
The Babysitters
Nick Schager
Daddies don t let your daughters grow up to be babysitters because according to The Babysitters it s a gateway to whoredom 
1.5
The Babysitters
David Nusair
A striking yet thoroughly uneven debut from David Ross 46 46 46 
2.5
The Electric Horseman
Roger Ebert
The Electric Horseman is the kind of movie they used to make 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Mattie Lucas
It is a snapshot of a very specific place and time an engaging look at a changing world and an industry struggling to keep up 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Roger Moore
Seemed naively optimistic about newspapers even when new Now 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet hopelessly unfocused documentary 
2
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Eric Melin
Page One is a pretty even handed film asking hard questions about what the Internet and media aggregation does to the quality of news that we re getting 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
John Beifuss
A documentary that acknowledges print or legacy media s mistakes while mounting a credible defense of the indispensability of traditional quality newspapers 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Rob Thomas
A documentary should be like a well designed newspaper front page instead Page One plays like the Twitter feed of somebody who s following way too many people 
2.5
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Keith Cohen
This riveting documentary is paced beautifully condensing a year s worth of filming into a tight and somewhat cohesive running time of 89 minutes This is mandatory viewing for anyone seeking to be a reporter or with career aspirations in journalism 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Burl Burlingame
An affectionate and rambling look at professionals trying to save a ship they believe is sinking and the deck tilts every whichway They don t know whether to jump or bail 
2
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Stephen Cole
In journalism parlance we have a dozen or so sidebars crowding out a fabulous front page feature 
2.5
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Linda Barnard
A fascinating study of a newspaper doing its best to not just survive but to continue to do so with excellence while the world tilts beneath the venerable broadsheet 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Chris Hewitt
Nimble and up to the minute Page One A Year Inside the New York Times is entertaining even if you don t have built in interest in the topic 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie is a clear eyed and engrossing look at an important subject 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Rossi accomplishes something meaningful capturing the sense of a workplace during a time of great transition and simply by showing us the day to day grunt work of finding a story argues for the future of an institution 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Joe Williams
This film functions as a countdown timer to the doomsday when all the news that s fit to print becomes unfit for short attention spans 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Mick LaSalle
For what it s worth it s an accurate portrait 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Steven Rea
Page One centers around the Times media desk all these big breaking stories Iraq WikiLeaks come and go offering drama and distraction but little in the way of coherence and closure 
2.5
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Ty Burr
The pure process of teasing out a story and getting it into accurately reported shape is fascinating to watch and more collaborative than you would expect 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Matt Pais
Riveting in its look at how to maintain old school journalism principles when the bottom line doesn t always allow it 
2.5
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the film very much It was a visceral pleasure to see a hard boiled guy like David Carr at its center 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
David Bernstein
Reveals little about the media revolution and nothing about its effects on the Times 
2
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a quickly paced wittily informative and hugely entertaining spectacle of journalism at a crossroads and anyone even minutely interested in the industry should take the time to make sure and give this film a look 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Stephen Whitty
The documentary is especially interesting to anyone concerned about journalism communications and technology And occasionally it s especially frustrating too 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Lou Lumenick
Basically a carefully airbrushed and authorized portrait of the Gray Lady during 14 months when there was serious speculation about the paper s impending demise 
1.5
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Peter Travers
For those of us who read on smudgy paper or a battery powered screen Page One is a vital indispensable hell raiser 
3
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Given that the Time s employees are both the focus and our rhetorical guides through this discussion though we do hear from outsiders with varying sympathies the movie can t help coming off like a defense for the value of old school journalism 
3
Bajocero
Roger Moore
Simple brutal and harrowing
3
Laura Smiles
Maitland McDonagh
Unlike many filmmakers who try to stake out the gray area between mundane reality and sleazy surreality Ruscio maintains a successful balance throughout and gracefully brings the two together in a delicately ambiguous final scene 
3
Laura Smiles
V.A. Musetto
Ruscio s script is grim and darkly funny but the big attraction is Wright s right on performance She s an actress waiting to be discovered 
3
Laura Smiles
Jami Bernard
It s an interesting profile in self destruction until the script becomes unhinged itself and has Laura doing things that are not so much outrageous as hilariously stupid 
1.5
Laura Smiles
Paul Schrodt
Laura Smiles teaches us that you can t escape misery least of all in Jersey 
1
Summerland
Tom Meek
It checks all the boxes as a nice whimsical distraction 
2.5
A Fuller Life
Tom Keogh
A loving and illuminating documentary about an American original Samuel Fuller 
4
Bad Education
Ty Burr
This is one of those deadpan farces where we get to chortle as awful people are hoisted high on the petard of their own greed 
3
Bad Education
David Gonzalez
The film effectively sheds light on an ongoing problem in many school systems that quite frankly goes unnoticed 46 There is no denying that Bad Education is one of 2020s best films and a must see for any cinephile 46 
3.5
Bad Education
Matt Brunson
One of 2020 s 20 best films 
3
Bad Education
Jason Fraley
Bad Education does for Long Island what Best Picture winner Spotlight did for the Catholic Church scandal The better comp may be Penn State in how school officials have so much invested that they circle the wagons and look the other way 
3.5
Bad Education
Peter Canavese
A sharp brilliant exploration of entitlement run amok 
3.5
Bad Education
Sarah Knight Adamson
Hugh Jackman is the reason to see this film It s one of his best performances of his career 
3.5
Bad Education
Federico Furzan
A decent trip into crime and why it doesn t pay even if it lingers too much into the intimacy of a character that should not be redeemed Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Bad Education
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Finley gets terrific performances making the characters real and awful at the same time 
3
Bad Education
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
There hasn t been a smarter streaming original this quarantine season 
4
Bad Education
Richard Roeper
Jackman does a magnificent job of portraying a man who has been lying so long on so many fronts even he isn t sure of the truth any longer 
3.5
Bad Education
Mattie Lucas
An engaging tale of corruption vanity and hubris that gives Jackman one of his meatiest roles to date 
3
Bad Education
Joey Magidson
Bad Education is equal parts enraging entertaining funny informative and sad Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney are excellent though Jackman especially shines 
3.5
Bad Education
Jake Coyle
It s Tassone s perspective that Finley largely keeps to which if you don t know the true story lets Bad Education unspool if not surprisingly at least captivatingly 
3.5
Bad Education
Christy Lemire
Director Cory Finley finds the dark humor within this scandal which he depicts with wit style and a terrific cast 
3
Bad Education
Barry Hertz
Finley gives everyone space to breathe and never lets the sometimes outrageous antics of Tassone and company overwhelm the character beats 
3
Bad Education
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Rather than a simplistic straightforward parable of greed the film depicts its true events with a surprising amount of depth and ambiguity 
3
Bad Education
Dwight Brown
Director Cory Finley doesn t point fingers doesn t pass judgement Instead he weaves extramarital affairs weak school boards and betrayals into a web of insanity that is as outrageous as Janney s other mayhem vehicle I Tonya 
4
Bad Education
David Nusair
Filmmaker Cory Finley delivers an erratically paced hit and miss narrative that s compounded by an often disastrously familiar atmosphere 
2
The Headless Woman
Josh Larsen
Don t bring a guilty conscience to a viewing of The Headless Woman 
3.5
The Headless Woman
Wesley Morris
If Hitchcock and Antonioni ever had an interest in class guilt you d have Martel 
3.5
The Headless Woman
Alistair Harkness
A strange and absorbing psycho drama exploring class division and the suppression of guilt among Argentina s privileged classes 
4
The Headless Woman
Tom Keogh
One of the film s great strengths is Martel s compressed visual power Her ability to capture the disorientation of seeing the world from the seclusion of a car s interior is strangely compelling 
3
The Headless Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It moves in a disappointing direction away from Martel s previous features La Cinaga 2001 and The Holy Girl 2004 
2.5
The Headless Woman
G. Allen Johnson
Martel s vision is so visually rich and complex it borders on the impressionistic but The Headless Woman would be nowhere without the precise tour de force performance by Onetto 
4
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
Rob Thomas
Beautiful computer animation and an inventive complex mythology the French made film could have really been something special Unfortunately it s bogged down by some cookie cutter characters and one note vocal performances 
2.5
U-Turn
David Nusair
Filmmaker Oliver Stone has infused U Turn with exactly the sort of over the top less than subtle vibe one might ve anticipated 
3
U-Turn
Matt Brunson
With the exception of 1988 s lacerating Talk Radio U Turn might be the most forgotten film in Oliver Stone s canon a shame since it offers sinful pleasures for those willing to take the ride 
3
U-Turn
Rick Groen
It s a disappointing ride 
2
U-Turn
Margaret A. McGurk
Perplexing in the extreme 
2
U-Turn
James Kendrick
a mostly wasted effort in exploiting a well tread genre
2
U-Turn
Mick LaSalle
It demonstrates a filmmaker in complete command of his craft and with little control over his impulses 
2
U-Turn
Chris Hicks
Stone s constant hammering at the audience with style over substance is bound to alienate most moviegoers 
1.5
U-Turn
Ted Prigge
For fans of Stone s wild stylistic approach to filmmaking and anyone who is into wacky surrealism as well as a film where every actor goes deliciously over the top with their performances yes even Claire Danes this will be pretty pleasing 
3
U-Turn
Steve Rhodes
Has Stone gone soft 
2.5
U-Turn
James Berardinelli
The film takes so many detours that at least one or two of them are bound to surprise even the most jaded movie goer 
3
U-Turn
Michael Dequina
Bizarre somewhat baffling but nonetheless intriguing and warped entertainment for anyone brave enough to tackle it 
3
U-Turn
Rob Blackwelder
Good ol Oliver Stone He just can t seem to tell a story without diverging into some unnecessarily seamy territory 
2.5
U-Turn
Ian Mantgani
All great artists have misguided moments 
2.5
U-Turn
Mike Clark
A sometimes uproarious minor work 
2.5
U-Turn
Roger Ebert
This is a repetitive pointless exercise in genre filmmaking the kind of movie where you distract yourself by making a list of the sources 
1.5
U-Turn
Madeleine Williams
Oliver Stone proves he s no Alfred Hitchcock 
1
Sidney
Sarah Knight Adamson
A considerable amount of talk is about his dignity and refinement as he studied how to be a winning gentleman in a racist country 46 
4
Sidney
Tom Meek
Reginald Hudlin s documentary about Sidney Poitier the timeless barrier breaking star who died in January makes for a wonderfully intimate portrait 
3.5
Sidney
Randy Myers
While the reflections from Denzel Washington Oprah Robert Redford help define Poitier s career and life it s when we hear from the legend himself that Sidney comes to life 
3
Sidney
Peter Canavese
Perhaps the definitive documentary on Sidney Poitier 44 touching upon his cultural significance and challenging position as a transitional and transformative cultural figure 46 
3
Sidney
Dwight Brown
This insightful doc has archived and shared Poitier s spirit But it could have been more 
3
Sidney
Erik Childress
Reginald Hudlin definitely prints the legend here with tales told from the superstars whose road Poitier helped pave and a quick zippy turn from the Cosby partnership 46 But Sidney 8217 s voice and presence will outlive any search to tarnish his legacy 46 
3
Sidney
Robert Levin
With clarity and purpose 44 the documentary offers a full portrait of its subject and shows us how he became a touchstone for a generation of people who finally saw a reflection of themselves when they went to the movies 46 
3.5
Sidney
Steven Prokopy
Sidney is a fitting tribute to both the man and his impact on the times and the art form 46 
3
Sidney
Mark Kennedy
The filmmakers have a charismatic change maker as their focus but credit to them for also exploring when he missed his high ethical standards 
3
Sidney
Ty Burr
The movie s a tribute to a monument that takes care to remind us he was human 
3.5
Sidney
Jeff York
It apos s one of the most insightful studies of an actor 44 his craft 44 and his effect on show biz and the globe 46 You 8217 ll want to see Poitier apos s films after this 46 And don 8217 t be surprised if you want to watch this documentary again too 46 
4
Sidney
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he result is a biography that comes across as a bit too detailed in certain regards and far too incomplete in others 46 
2.5
Sidney
Mark Feeney
Wearing a jacket and open collared pink dress shirt Poitier looks into the camera and just talks nothing fancy nothing special He s the one who s so clearly special 
3
Sidney
Josh Bell
It apos s a feel good bit of puffery that could have been produced for an Oprah Winfrey TV special which is essentially what this is 46 
2
Sidney
G. Allen Johnson
Even though the film is by the numbers it offers younger generations who know nothing of Poitier s life and groundbreaking work a look at this important actor and activist 
3
Sidney
Roger Moore
Hudlin 8217 s embracing film reminds us that there was a lot of history that unfolded around this one man 44 and a lot of change came about thanks to this one extraordinary life of achievement and humility 44 grace and principled defiance 46 
3.5
Sidney
Brian Eggert
However closely Sidney follows the biographical doc template of talking heads and archival material 44 the topic remains fascinating and 44 like a good documentary about a movie star should 44 it makes the viewer want to explore his body of work further 46 160 
3
Sidney
Marya E. Gates
8220 Sidney 8221 works more as an explainer for why Sidney Poitier remains such an important figure in American history 8212 not just Hollywood history 8212 than it does as a warts and all biography of Sidney the man 46 
2.5
What a Way to Go!
Matt Brunson
The talents of an incredible group of actors are pooled for this effervescent comedy that was originally conceived as a starring vehicle for Marilyn Monroe 46 
3
The Mists of Avalon
Betsy Bozdech
When compared to fantasy miniseries like The 10th Kingdom Mists of Avalon is an entertaining fresh take on a story we never seem to get tired of hearing 
2.5
The Mists of Avalon
Walter Chaw
As a fantasy The Mists of Avalon lacks the fantastic as a war film it lacks compelling battle scenes and as a romance it lacks er romance 
2
Just Before I Go
Kyle Smith
Courteney Cox s directorial debut Just Before I Go is a Garden State retread in which filthy jokes gradually cede ground to sentimental slush 
1.5
Dead Envy
Roger Moore
Amusing at times hides its no budget cheapness well but is it a thriller Not really 
2
Valley of the Dead
Roger Moore
Hunting for thrills or laughs in this 8220 Valley 8221 proves to be futile 46 46 46 But you know the old saying 46 8220 If you see one Spanish Civil War zombie action comedy this year 8230 8221 
2
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Ty Burr
Fascinating because its subject is so influential and so deranged a shambles because its filmmaker can t decide which approach to take and so takes all of them 
2.5
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet disastrously overlong documentary 
2
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Bret Milano
Songs by the Crystals the Righteous Brothers and Ike Tina Turner are about all that come out of this movie unscathed 
3
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Chris Foran
Even with Spector s dark obsessions and current prison address you can t dismiss his music s power or its influence 
2.5
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Michael O'Sullivan
Murderer or not the man is a musical genius and Jayanti s film makes that abundantly even tragically clear 
2.5
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Moira MacDonald
It s disconcerting but strangely effective you get a sense of different aspects of the man coexisting as one 
2.5
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie isn t interested in whether or not Spector is a murderer but it gives him a chance to clear the air and perhaps find a moment of peace for himself 
3.5
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
V.A. Musetto
A landmark documentary about the man who created music s Wall of Sound 
3
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Bill Weber
Attempting to explore the dissonance between great art and a damaged artist this documentary more often luxuriates in Spector s venom and self regard 
2.5
The Event
Allison Benedikt
To make a movie in 2003 one that centers around AIDS but ignores the epidemic s current culprit Africa and toys melodramatically with scenarios steeped in the filmmakers selfish nostalgia without any real point is to ask us not to think at all 
2
The Event
Janice Page
A feminine hygiene commercial is by far the best thing here Is that last item a curious thing to say about a film with such a weighty agenda Exactly 
1.5
The Event
Phoebe Flowers
Most of the characters have no real life beyond representing various viewpoints 
2
The Event
Walter Chaw
The conversation about euthanasia is a good one to have no argument here so go have it instead 
1.5
The Event
Timothy Knight
A moving and frequently haunting story of loss 
3
The Event
Megan Lehmann
Purports to be a life affirming celebration of a dying AIDS victim s last days but soporific direction and awkward line readings paradoxically give it the air of a funeral dirge 
2
The Event
Katrina Onstad
Fitzgerald pushes aside the vast political and social implications of AIDS in favour of a generic Big Issue movie 
2.5
The Event
Liam Lacey
The movie feels like a nineties artifact less the AIDS crisis wake up call it purports to be than a melodramatic free ride 
2
The Event
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jumping between savage satire and cloying after school specials this shifty picture suffers right from the first false moments 
1
The Event
Jack Mathews
This is drama by way of sermon spoken to the converted 
2
The Event
David Sterritt
The topic is thought provoking the flashback based structure is interesting and there are surprising twists near the end But there s also an overdose of sentimentality that badly dilutes the picture s impact 
2
The Event
Jan Stuart
It feels weirdly dated and disconnected as it attempts to graft the events of recent years onto an 80s culture that has gone with the wind 
2.5
The Event
David Nusair
works best during instances of dialogue between the characters 
2.5
Attack the Block
Matt Brunson
A low budget firecracker that s as adept at tackling social issues as it is at providing sci fi thrills 
3.5
Attack the Block
Josh Larsen
Poses a tongue in cheek question What s scarier hostile extra terrestrials or black youth and then riffs on the sad reality that many people would say the latter 
4
Attack the Block
Jason Buchanan
Attack the Block isn t a great movie but it s fueled by a sense of energy that still makes it somewhat irresistible regardless of its sometimes far too obvious flaws 
2
Attack the Block
Roger Moore
There are some parts of London that maybe aliens shouldn t be too eager to invade 
3
Attack the Block
Michael Dequina
A solidly executed example of the genres and conventions it intelligently satirizes 
3.5
Attack the Block
Sara Michelle Fetters
Attack the Block is the best popcorn flick of the entire summer and I mean that as one heck of a gigantic compliment 
3.5
Attack the Block
Eric Melin
Cornish raises the stakes and the emotional investment of the characters making Attack the Block more effective in all of the different genres its trying to pull off at the same time 
3.5
Attack the Block
Marty Mapes
This year s best tribute to E T 
3.5
Attack the Block
John Beifuss
Like a Brit Joe Dante debuting writer director Joe Cornish both respects and rattles the genre and he transforms his low budget into a virtue 
3.5
Attack the Block
Chris Hewitt
The coolest part of Attack the Block is how it does a switcheroo with the thugs initially encouraging us to think they re rotters and then showing us there s more to them than meets the eye 
3.5
Attack the Block
Rene Rodriguez
Here is a shaggy monster movie that pulls double duty as a satire of class and ethnic barriers and how those barriers quickly disappear when we are forced to fight for our simple survival 
3
Attack the Block
Sharon Eberson
t s a nice change of pace from films about misunderstood aliens threatening suburban tranquility and cute kids saving the day On this block kids don t play nice and they can be just as scary as killer aliens except when they are on your side 
2.5
Attack the Block
Loey Lockerby
While it lacks originality Attack the Block zooms along with energy and deadpan humor 
2.5
Attack the Block
Lisa Kennedy
An energetic genre ride with social ambitions about race and class 
3
Attack the Block
Robert Levin
This is a snarky humorous movie about blasting aliens to bits but if you re looking for more you won t be left hanging 
3
Attack the Block
John DeFore
Attack the Block demands to be seen simply because it is a thrill a pulse raiser whose perfect construction and pointed wit make it one of the year s most exciting films 
3.5
Attack the Block
Wesley Morris
The movie s amateurishly made But the script is full of little surprises 
2.5
Attack the Block
Brett Michel
Even though Cornish is a noted comedian in England the focus here falls squarely on the action Sure there are a few laughs but they re born of the characters and their situation as their hood is transformed into an extraterrestrial war zone 
3
Attack the Block
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately Attack the Block makes two crucial mistakes It doesn t have great monsters And it doesn t have great heroes 
2
Attack the Block
Jennie Punter
It s a mash up of Gremlins E T a stoner comedy and a monster B movie delivered with a visual nod to 1970s teen gang films and reflecting the comedy smarts of well Joe Cornish 
3
Attack the Block
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Exciting entertaining and rewarding 
3.5
Attack the Block
Lou Lumenick
A hilarious slam bang series of chases and battles that cross Gremlins with Assault on Precinct 13 
3
Attack the Block
Dustin Putman
Too goofy to be frightening and too lame to be funny or amusing the picture ultimately turns into an interminable waste of time 
1.5
Attack the Block
Mick LaSalle
It s surprising this thing ever got released 
0
Attack the Block
Moira MacDonald
In the vein of Shaun of the Dead but a lot less fun 
1.5
Attack the Block
Peter Travers
This movie wants and needs to come at you like a beast in the dark Allow it 
3.5
Attack the Block
Matt Pais
Minor characters strive to be known as Props and Mayhem and Attack the Block deserves the former for the wicked way it creates the latter 
3
Attack the Block
Roger Ebert
An entertaining thriller in the tradition of 1970s B action films with an unknown cast energetic special effects and great energy 
3
Attack the Block
Christy Lemire
A low budget adventure with propulsive energy and plenty of laughs 
3
Attack the Block
Jaime N. Christley
Attack the Block distinguishes itself from its genre compatriots by prizing theme and place over referentiality and hip out of the box grindhouse ness 
3
Attack the Block
Walter Chaw
Delight 
3
Attack the Block
David Nusair
the filmmaker keeps things moving to such an extent that the incoherence of the dialogue eventually becomes a non issue 
3.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Betsy Bozdech
Without the deeper political historical and emotional contexts of the best selling Louis de Bernieres novel the movie is based on director John Madden s film ultimately doesn t carry enough weight 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Betsy Bozdech
As a grand love story and a stirring war movie Corelli ultimately falls short 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Jim Shelby
A romance as spectacular as this novel is it still has a difficult job making the leap to the screen 
2.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Margaret A. McGurk
A lot of talent was squandered on this incoherent grab bag of war movie moments 
1
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Mark Dujsik
If there is one word to describe this movie it would be safe 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Jules Brenner
Not as good as it might have been but better than the negative press it has received which has unfairly doomed it to severe losses at the box office 
3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una de las ms frustrantes y decepcionantes historias romnticas que se han hecho en mucho tiempo para la pantalla grande
1.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Michael Dequina
One of the year s most embarrassing big budget miscalculations 
1
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Robert Roten
While the on screen romantic chemistry between the stars is less than electrifying the supporting performances are excellent and production values are sky high 
3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Andrew Howe
A major motion picture event trying to break free 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Emily Blunt
A film afraid to let down any part of an audience often alienates the audience that would have embraced it this is Captain Corelli s Mandolin 
2.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Bob Graham
As wartime weepers go Captain Corelli s Mandolin has a lot of pluck 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Lou Lumenick
We began this dismal movie season with one lethally bad World War II romance Pearl Harbor and now we re wrapping up with another howling dog Captain Corelli s Mandolin 
0
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Dustin Putman
A romance without passion urgency depth or even a slight modicum of believability easily one of the worst films of 2001 
1
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Liam Lacey
Captain Corelli s Mandolin gets things about half right 
2.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Susan Stark
A sprawling saga of the World War II era Captain Corelli s Mandolin has romance conflict violence What it lacks is economy subtlety and above all irony 
1
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Roger Ebert
What we get is kind of a condensed version of some of the sights and sounds of the novel without the heart the spirit and the juicy detail 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Rob Blackwelder
Cage sounds like an Italian waiter in a Monty Python sketch 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Rod Armstrong
While those who loved the book will likely bemoan the desecration of a great work others will find Captain Corelli s Mandolin passable entertainment for a summer s day 
2.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Steven Rea
In a season dominated by effects driven blockbusters this old style lyrical love story should find its audience and then some 
3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Michael Wilmington
Even though it doesn t measure up to its superb source Captain Corelli s Mandolin is still a richer and more worthwhile entertainment than most of this summer s dumbed down releases 
3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Tony Toscano
Too slow and drawn out with too little a pay off to be enjoyable 
1
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
James Berardinelli
Captain Corelli s Mandolin will find favor with nearly everyone who appreciates this kind of motion picture 
3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Ross Anthony
A dramatic film I d wager Roberto Benigni would enjoy 
3.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Steve Rhodes
With Madden s languid pacing and Shawn Slovo s sappy script the movie begs for a one word review Yuck 
2
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Harvey S. Karten
Not great but you can enjoy the beauty of a Greek island without suffering its August heat 
2.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Ian Mantgani
I would love to know what kind of emotions were running through those who took part in the Cephalonia romances and this movie doesn t help me much 
2.5
Little Thirteen
Liam Lacey
If not revelatory the film is consistently engrossing a smartly edited sequence of scenes over the course of a couple of years that reveal the pangs of adolescence in the context of social privilege 
3
The Coca-Cola Kid
Peter Canavese
An unusual 44 audacious and fitfully witty satire with a bit of a literary texture to it 46 Thanks to Fun City Editions for its world wide blu ray premiere and this comprehensive special edition 46 
2.5
The Coca-Cola Kid
Roger Ebert
An oddball comedy that is particularly well timed to coincide with the current Coke marketing circus 
3
Sleepaway Camp
David Keyes
A slog through teenage nightmares that has the gall to assume anyone is interested in social commentary especially when it is all formulated by ideas carbon copied from more talented filmmakers 
1.5
Sleepaway Camp
Bryant Frazer
The justly famous closing image is one of the most baffling and incongruous climaxes in a genre known and celebrated by devotees for its WTF factor 
2.5
Sleepaway Camp
Mike McGranaghan
The movie won t be everyone s cup of tea but for those with a strong interest in cinematic scares it is most definitely a gutsy picture that deserves to be seen and discussed 
2.5
Sleepaway Camp
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review From the awesome newly commissioned cover artwork to the terrific A V elements to a slew of new bonus content going above and beyond the call of duty this is nothing less than a dream release Buy it Like now 
3
Sleepaway Camp
Ed Gonzalez
Evokes a period in time before Ritalin and common sense 
2
Erasing David
Mike Scott
A thought provoking and at times creepy bit of hands on reportage 
2.5
Uncertainty
Lisa Kennedy
Rain Li s crisp cinematography gives the entwined stories different but complementary visual styles Paul Zucker s editing supports each genre then poses fresh questions by leaping from one to the other 
2.5
Uncertainty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some viewers may find fault with the basic idea but Uncertainty is undeniably fascinating 
3
Uncertainty
Walter V. Addiego
The film bets everything on an unconventional structure but fails to do much with it 
2
Uncertainty
Mike McGranaghan
A tiny little piece of awesomeness 
3.5
Uncertainty
Kam Williams
A brilliantly conceived well executed micro budgeted action packed thriller which gives a whole new meaning to 4th of July fireworks 
3.5
Uncertainty
Lou Lumenick
Excellent New York City location shooting and the ever reliable Joseph Gordon Levitt can t salvage this gimmicky overlong thriller from Scott McGehee and David Siegel 
1.5
Uncertainty
David Nusair
An unapologetically bizarre yet sporadically compelling piece of work 
2.5
The Runners
Roger Moore
The script ranges from bad to worse with generic character melt downs and amateurish plot lapses 
1
Rock Star
Steven Snyder
Just as it should be falling apart its melodrama becomes more touching than ever ultimately shaping a film about much more than any band and more poetic than any song on the radio 
3.5
Rock Star
Jeffrey Westhoff
The milieu is more convincing than the story 
2
Rock Star
Jeff Strickler
It is a nonstop cliche 
2
Rock Star
Margaret A. McGurk
It offers witty entertainment and an easy tourist level jaunt through the more absurd precincts of big time rock n roll 
3
Rock Star
Mark Dujsik
There are no shades of gray and by the end when Chris finds what he wants you begin to wonder if he found Jesus too 
2
Rock Star
Ian Mantgani
Its characters are pleasant and its jokes are understated making the movie passable but unsubstantial More could have been done with the premise 
2.5
Rock Star
Jorge Avila Andrade
Difcil entender las razones por las que la industria se empea en hacer de Wahlberg un buen actor pues su rango y capacidad son bastante limitadas
2
Rock Star
Michael Dequina
A breezy if unoriginal exploration of the price of fame 
3
Rock Star
James Kendrick
turns out to be little more than a cinematic version of hair metal all surface and no substance
2
Rock Star
Robert Roten
Rock Star is a good idea for a movie and is well executed with solid acting music and production values 
3
Rock Star
Harvey S. Karten
Lazy casting mars an otherwise enjoyable parable 
2.5
Rock Star
Ross Anthony
Perhaps the original screenplay called for a three hour film a mini epic like Almost Famous 
2.5
Rock Star
Dustin Putman
An affectionate romantic drama made by and for people in love with music 
3
Rock Star
Tony Toscano
I am recommending Rock Star as I would recommend a comic book or light reading material enjoy it and forget it 
2
Rock Star
Mick LaSalle
An irresistible movie about a guy who goes on a journey the kind an audience can t wait to take with him 
3
Rock Star
Jonathan Foreman
An unexpected pleasure 
3
Rock Star
Rick Groen
Never so awful that it warps into campy hilarity nor is it ever so good that it threatens to become even remotely worthy 
2
Rock Star
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film I conceded yes there are good performances and the period is well captured but the movie didn t convince me of the feel and the flavor of its experiences 
2.5
Rock Star
Mary Kalin-Casey
Wahlberg projects the same vulnerability mixed with testosterone that he s displayed in his best fit roles 
2.5
Rock Star
Marty Mapes
The first hour plays beautifully Funny lines a clever story and a nice quick pace show exactly what good mainstream moviemaking can be 
3
Rock Star
James Berardinelli
The production s refusal to try anything edgy condemns Rock Star to the rock pile of cinematic mediocrity 
2
Rock Star
Steven Rea
Summons every cliche of the rock world and then clings to the hoary scenarios with the fiercest gravity 
2
Rock Star
Mark Caro
Eventually everything becomes a generic Rock Star story 
2
Rock Star
Rob Blackwelder
Mark Wahlberg couldn t be more perfect as Rock Star s head bangin hair band wannabe 
2.5
Rock Star
Jeanne Aufmuth
A predictable but engaging romp through the planet of crotch tight leather pants big hair and roadie bus orgies 
3
Rock Star
Steve Rhodes
The problem with Rock Star can be summed up in two words Mark Wahlberg The entire movie rests on Wahlberg s shoulders and he can t carry it 
2
Rock Star
Ed Gonzalez
Rock Star is a glossy representation of the Heavy Metal age without the edge 
2
Night of the Following Day
Matt Brunson
A badly bungled caper yarn 
2
Night of the Following Day
Roger Ebert
The movie works on this level as a well made melodrama 
3
Fireworks Wednesday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here s a film directed by a relative newcomer Asghar Farhadi that feels just as fresh as films by his predecessors yet it also turns slightly inward getting a little closer to the more turbulent human emotions 
3.5
Fireworks Wednesday
Rob Thomas
Farhadi refined his vision and technique in later films like A Separation but Fireworks Wednesday is a strong and resonant early work and it s gratifying that it s finally seeing the light of day in the West 
3
Fireworks Wednesday
Peter Keough
A complex and magnificently acted melodrama 
3.5
Fireworks Wednesday
Ann Hornaday
Mournful enigmatic and compulsively engrossing Fireworks Wednesday gives viewers a chance to watch a master at work before he was acknowledged as a master 
3
Fireworks Wednesday
John Hartl
It succeeds as very few films do with simultaneously presenting several distinct viewpoints without shortchanging any of them 
3.5
Fireworks Wednesday
Tirdad Derakhshani
A loopy off the wall tragicomedy that chronicles a particularly stressful day in the life of a miserably unhappy couple whose marriage is on its last legs 
3
Fireworks Wednesday
Farran Smith Nehme
While not as brilliant as his 2012 Oscar winning A Separation or 2009 s About Elly the film has the same qualities of compassion and suspense that have made Farhadi one of the world s most acclaimed directors 
3
Fireworks Wednesday
Clayton Dillard
Asghar Farhadi s 2006 film interrogates the tensions between tactility and vision in complex ways 
3.5
Fireworks Wednesday
Josh Larsen
a depressing introduction to the duplicity of adulthood 
3
The Little Traitor
Liam Lacey
A minor drama about major events 
2
The Little Traitor
Alison Gang
It s easy to see how parents and teachers of school aged kids could find The Little Traitor useful to begin an introductory conversation about tolerance and friendship But the film s childish tone does little to enlighten the rest of us 
1.5
The Little Traitor
Walter V. Addiego
The dialogue and Roth s storytelling manner are heavy handed 
2
The Little Traitor
Carrie Rickey
All in all a resonant theme poorly played 
2
The Little Traitor
Wesley Morris
The mix of mawkishness and polemic is naive Children though will probably leave with a lot of good questions A better movie would leave them with more 
2
The Little Traitor
Roger Moore
An engaging Israeli film about the days when the people throwing rocks assassinating soldiers and setting off bombs were Jews out to carve a state for themselves out of the British mandate in Palestine 
3
The Little Traitor
John Anderson
The cost of zealotry and its collateral damage aren t Roth s chief concerns humanity is but she manages to confect a film of both sweetness and subtle meaning 
3
The Little Traitor
Kyle Smith
A pleasing but light nostalgia piece with a frustratingly hasty ending The Little Traitor doesn t lead to any big twist or revelation For viewers with a fondness for Israel though it amounts to cinematic comfort food 
2.5
The Little Traitor
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film makes no effort to ameliorate the many contrivances of the novel s plot 
2
Three Lives and Only One Death
Roger Ebert
Three Lives stars Marcello Mastroianni in one of the last and most enchanting of his screen appearances 
3
Tempest
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Tempest is a pretty paradox simultaneously pooh poohing Russian socialism and applauding the American faux ideal that love is blind to hierarchy 
3
Zone 414 - City of Robots
Roger Moore
Any time one thinks Well that line lands a punch that scene crackled the drifting narrative and occasional achingly bad scene brings the picture to a halt 
1.5
Zone 414 - City of Robots
Steven Prokopy
The environments in Zone 414 are interesting and the story is enough of a curiosity to keep one engaged for its relatively short running time 
2.5
Zone 414 - City of Robots
Leo Brady
The premise is incredibly close to being Blade Runner lite with the final result being a mediocre slog failing to capitalize on the potential it has in its hands 
2
Zone 414 - City of Robots
Kevin Carr
It is very much a Blade Runner inspired piece but I enjoyed it I was impressed 
3
Zone 414 - City of Robots
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This good looking sci fi thriller has some fun set designs but it also has a big been there done that quality 
2
Zone 414 - City of Robots
Mark Dujsik
T he movie has nothing novel to show or tell us 
1.5
The Son of the White Mare
Tom Meek
An animated psychedelic trip 
2.5
The Cleaners
Simon Houpt
A brisk disquieting doc 
3
The Cleaners
Bruce DeMara
Equal parts fascinating and frightening 
3.5
Eight Deadly Shots
Kathy Fennessy
A powerful work of social protest 44 it apos s among the finest Finnish pictures ever produced 46 
4
Down From the Mountain
Liam Lacey
A film that s lovely to hear though not much to look at 
2.5
Down From the Mountain
Carrie Rickey
In her performances and asides to the documentarians it is Welch who best articulates why this music is so moving 
3
Down From the Mountain
Bill Chambers
A Polaroid sprung to life 
3
Down From the Mountain
Bob Graham
Like the old timey music that inspired it Down From the Mountain is sweet serene and utterly unconcerned with polish 
3
Respect
David Reddish
Told with love featuring memorable performances and a rocking soundtrack we came away feeling inspired and with a newfoundahemrespect for Ms Franklin 
3
Respect
Brian Eggert
Watching Respect the viewer can sense the production s overriding desire for Oscars 
2
Respect
Matt Brunson
It s an entertaining film with plenty of great music but it unfolds in an expected and unsurprising manner 
2.5
Respect
Steven Prokopy
Respect gives us the talking points without truly diving into the artist s mindset during key moments of her life and career 
2
Respect
Sarah Knight Adamson
As a teenager the minute we hear Hudson singing in a church in Birmingham Alabama where Martin Luther King Jr is preaching about civil rights protests we are hooked 
3
Respect
Mattie Lucas
Anyone whose ever seen a musical biopic can likely predict most of the beats of Liesl Tommy s Respect even if one isn t all that familiar with the details of the life of Aretha Franklin 
2
Respect
Bruce R. Miller
Aretha Franklin was right Jennifer Hudson is the ideal person to play the Queen of Soul 
2
Respect
Mark Meszoros
Given just how challenging making a biopic clearly is Respect is well pretty much what you d expect even if you held out hope it could somehow soar as high as Franklin s voice 
2.5
Respect
Mark Feeney
Striking a balance between the two isn t easy but at its conclusion Respect finds a way to bring together woman and artist in a way that does justice to both 
2.5
Respect
Richard Roeper
Hudson is the perfect choice to live Aretha Franklin s story with powerful acting and vocals that sound authentic but not copied 
3.5
Respect
Rex Reed
Jennifer Hudson as Aretha is the whole deal 
3
Respect
Johnny Oleksinski
You ve seen Respect before 
2
Respect
James Berardinelli
Tommy achieves her goal of highlighting the courage and tenacity of the main character Plus we get what amounts to a greatest hits compilation as voiced by Jennifer Hudson 
3
Respect
Odie Henderson
It s a damn good performance and this is a damn entertaining movie 
3
Respect
Mark Dujsik
This is a great performance in a movie that depends on but doesn t exactly deserve it 
2
Respect
Randy Myers
Jennifer Hudson excels as Franklin giving a more measured performance than the one that nabbed her an Oscar in 2007 s Dreamgirls 
3
Respect
Chris Hewitt
Even if you don t know Aretha Franklin s story you can guess every second of Respect 
2
Respect
Michael Phillips
I d call it a worthwhile half and half affair 
3
Respect
Rafer Guzman
Yet another musical biopic that tries to fit a messy life into a too tidy story 
2
Respect
Leo Brady
Respect powers through the music biopic trappings and mostly succeeds with a glorious sound 
2.5
Respect
Jeff York
It s a problem from first frame to last seeming content with getting the surface right but not digging deep enough 
2
Respect
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is no rhythm to the affair no narrative give and take to lead us forward As a result the entire movie feels odd in its weightlessness Stuff happens Noted 
1.5
Respect
Josh Larsen
Jennifer Hudson gets as close to the Queen of Soul s fearless vocals as possible 
2.5
Respect
Katie Walsh
A rather inert and confounding biopic which is plagued by tired tropes and clunky storytelling that are an anchor on the otherwise soaring musical moments 
2
Respect
Joey Magidson
Respect didn t need to nearly be two and a half hours long but it ll end up winning you over Jennifer Hudson as well as Marc Maron are terrific 
3
Respect
Ann Hornaday
As a platform for Hudson s prodigious gifts and as a vehicle through which to experience Aretha s again it not only gets the job done but it gains in potency and feeling 
3
Respect
Mark Kennedy
Alas the film itself has grace but is not really amazing at all 
2
Respect
Keith Watson
When Jennifer Hudson is singing her heart out not so much approximating Aretha s voice as channeling her soul the effect is transportive 
2.5
Respect
Brian Truitt
Hudson stuns with her performance singing and inhabiting the life of musical royalty even if the new Aretha Franklin biopic leans conventionally commonplace 
2.5
Respect
Mick LaSalle
Because it doesn t aspire to tell the story of her whole life it has to end somewhere and the place it chooses feels a little arbitrary Then again that hardly matters This isn t a movie we watch waiting for it to end 
4
Respect
Roger Moore
It s as uplifting and ready made for sing alongs as any recent bio pic mostly because it s just like them 
3
The Touch of Satan
Matt Brunson
Hopeless 
1
The Best Offer
Moira MacDonald
An uneven but weirdly mesmerizing drama thriller Giuseppe Tornatore s The Best Offer offers an acting showcase to Geoffrey Rush 
2.5
The Best Offer
Bill Stamets
Italian writer director Giuseppe Tornatore designs beautiful sets around Virgil who holds the screen in nearly every shot 
2.5
The Best Offer
Sheila O'Malley
Isn t there a more interesting way to handle an imprisoned princess than this tired cliché 
1.5
The Best Offer
Kyle Smith
An intriguingly Hitchcockian premise gradually takes on a preposterous air in the art world noir The Best Offer 
2.5
The Best Offer
Nick McCarthy
It ascribes to the falsehood that a rarefied milieu inherently infuses a film with intelligence as if inept execution can be covered up by pretty lensing 
1
The Apology
Simon Abrams
A grim and mostly satisfying locked room thriller 46 
3
The Apology
Mark Dujsik
The main issue 44 perhaps 44 is that Locke writes herself into a corner as soon as the key piece of information is revealed 46 46 46 
2
Untouchable
Richard Roeper
Untouchable features some less than effective filmmaking decisions from an over the top ominous score to an overabundance of driving through the city segues to some murky shots of hotel corridors 
3
Untouchable
Sean P. Means
Untouchable should be a mandatory part of employee orientation at every Hollywood studio and probably other businesses as well as a case study in how to spot a predatory boss and why it s vital not to look the other way 
3.5
Texasville
James Kendrick
both a funny and a sad look at contemporary small town life during the Reagan years
3
Texasville
Chris Hicks
must have seemed like a good idea at the time But the result is muddled at best 
2
Texasville
Roger Ebert
It is in a sense like a high school reunion taking people we last saw in 1951 and continuing their histories in the early 1980s 
3.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Federico Furzan
Freddy needs to become a daddy in this gory and gothic sequel to the nightmare adventures that seemed impossible to end Full review in Spanish 
1.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
David Nusair
The progressively convoluted nature of its storyline ultimately stands as A Nightmare on Elm Street The Dream Child s most egregious failing 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Dustin Putman
Freddy Krueger is now a full blown cartoonish caricature of his initially dread induced former self 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Wesley Lovell
Neither an improvement nor a failure over the previous film this movie begins stretching the credibility of its victims deaths 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
David Keyes
Something is terribly wrong here 
0.5
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
Roger Moore
A few 8220 real 8221 moments show promise 44 even if the leads can 8217 t delivers the sparks that might set a fire 46 
1.5
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
Richard Roeper
This is a sweet and simple story featuring a likable group of actors and if you re in the mood for a wholesome take on the One Last Crazy Night theme it s quite OK 
2.5
My Big Fat Independent Movie
David Nusair
unrelentingly amateurish 
1
My Big Fat Independent Movie
Maitland McDonagh
The juvenile gags seem aimed at moviegoers who hate the whole idea of independent art foreign language films and the stuck up eggheads who like them so what s the point 
1
My Big Fat Independent Movie
Lou Lumenick
This painfully unfunny spoof promises to do for independent movies what Airplane did for disaster movies but mostly what My Big Fat Independent Movie does is demonstrate the ineptitude of its makers 
1
My Big Fat Independent Movie
John Monaghan
Not every joke connects but Gore and director Philip Zlotorynski make sure that five more are waiting around the corner 
3
Fathers' Day
Michael Wilmington
Williams and Crystal often supply through their ad libs what the writers may have left out 
3
Fathers' Day
Steven Rea
Hey it sounded good on paper 
2
Fathers' Day
Robert Dominguez
Despite some laughs there s not much of a story But at least Williams and Crystal old pals off the screen seem to be enjoying themselves 
2.5
Fathers' Day
Doug Thomas
Fans of Crystal and Williams certainly will enjoy the pairing but this is far from their most inspired work 
2
Fathers' Day
Maitland McDonagh
How much you enjoy the film will depend entirely on how much you enjoy the spectacle of Williams spewing forth streams of nonsensical gibberish in an attempt to impersonate a German record producer and Crystal pitching snit fits 
2
Fathers' Day
Judith Egerton
A lame plot and less than hilarious lines by two of the funniest men in the world make Father s Day more of a downer than an uproarious good time 
2.5
Fathers' Day
Jim Shelby
Boy are we in trouble when these two 40 somethings get into a head butting melee at a rock concert taking out plenty of young hooligan types all in the name of comedy 
1.5
Fathers' Day
Margaret A. McGurk
Here s about all you need to know about the Ivan Reitman comedy Fathers Day Robin Williams goofs off while Billy Crystal plays exasperated straight man Sound like fun It is sort of But is it a movie No It s a sitcom with dirty words 
2
Fathers' Day
Peter Stack
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal teaming for the first time on the big screen are moderately fun but suffer from what looks like a case of too calculated Hollywood packaging 
2
Fathers' Day
Steve Rhodes
You are better off waiting to rent it so you can fast forward to the few funny parts 
2
Fathers' Day
James Berardinelli
Fathers Day simply has to be seen to be believed It s beyond my comprehension how a motion picture with so much talent associated with it can be such a complete waste of time 
1
Fathers' Day
Rob Blackwelder
Light on laughs substance and energy 
1.5
Fathers' Day
Madeleine Williams
Father s Day is a mildly humorous comedy that though enjoyable doesn t quite live up to the talents of its cast 
2.5
Fathers' Day
Marty Mapes
I did laugh Williams and Crystal can make almost always make me laugh But there is nothing in Father s Day that you can t find better somewhere else 
2.5
Fathers' Day
Mike Clark
No masterpiece but undeniably heavy on laughs the movie is put over by the buffed lubricated dynamics of two leads who substantially transcend what is otherwise a borderline tepid dose of family values 
3
Fathers' Day
Michael Dequina
Never reaches the expected heights of hilarity 
2.5
Fathers' Day
Roger Ebert
Father s Day is a brainless feature length sitcom with too much sit and no com 
1
The Secret of the Grain
Peter Canavese
When the film as it must comes to an end after two and a half hours you won t be ready the bond made to this family makes its sudden absence feel downright brutal Blu ray 
3.5
The Secret of the Grain
Lisa Kennedy
Never sagging it unfolds over 2 1 2 hours Nothing is overexplained Indeed it takes us time to suss out Slimane s various familial relationships 
3.5
The Secret of the Grain
Peter Keough
A dark and hilarious parable of human absurdity 
3.5
The Secret of the Grain
Jeff Vice
Despite some strong performances from the mostly amateur cast as well as some intriguing insights into family dysfunctions and racial prejudice the movie still comes across as being self indulgent and at least a little disappointing 
2
The Secret of the Grain
Michael Sragow
Writer director Abdel Kechiche has wrought a definitive statement on how it feels to live in a subculture 
3
The Secret of the Grain
Wesley Morris
The Secret of the Grain takes one man his children their spouses and babies his ex wife his girlfriend her daughter and his friends and turns it all into a masterpiece about the strange power of food to heal unite exasperate 
4
The Secret of the Grain
Michael Phillips
The wonderful thing about Hafsia Herzi in The Secret of the Grain is the way she and the character tiptoe around the story s edges for a while taking their time and easing onto the audience s radar 
3.5
The Secret of the Grain
Roger Ebert
The Secret of the Grain never slows always engages may continue too long but ends too soon It is made of life itself 
3.5
The Secret of the Grain
V.A. Musetto
The cast is solid with standout performances by first timer Habib Boufares as Slimane 
3
The Secret of the Grain
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The best scenes in Tunisian French writer director Abdellatif Kechiche s The Secret of the Grain resemble the unique protean bouillabaisses found in port cities 
3
The Secret of the Grain
Susan Walker
After two and a half hours The Secret of the Grain ends as arbitrarily as it began 
2
The Secret of the Grain
Rick Groen
Give some patience to The Secret of the Grain and the rewards are there for the reaping 
3
Fantastic Planet
Josh Larsen
A strange new world weirdly unfolds in Fantastic Planet 46 46 46 
3.5
Fantastic Planet
James Kendrick
an utterly unique film
3.5
Fantastic Planet
Maitland McDonagh
Eerie surreal and a welcome respite from Disney style animation 
3
Fantastic Planet
Steve Rhodes
If there ever was a film that needed to be experienced in order to be appreciated this is it Reading critics words about it just does not do it justice 
3.5
Spirit of '76
David Nusair
the film s just not funny 
2
Two Irenes
Ernesto Diezmartinez
One of the best operas primas I saw in 2017 
2
Two Irenes
Michael Upchurch
Understated performances and a vivid sense of place make this an appealing package 
3
Easy Living
Roger Moore
A fascinating character study in self destructive alcoholism utterly undone by an absurd in the extreme finale 
2
Gate II
Matt Brunson
If The Gate is merely a mediocrity boasting a few nifty effects Gate II is decidedly less 
1.5
Living in the Age of Airplanes
Linda Cook
Age of Airplanes takes flight 
4
Living in the Age of Airplanes
John Hartl
As a sunny depiction of what to expect and what s been accomplished the movie is nearly seamless but is that all there is 
2.5
Meet Me in St. Louis
Kate Cameron
Minnelli had a Grade A cast to work with and he and its separate parts have accomplished a miracle of delightful entertainment that is a sure cure for the blues 
4
Meet Me in St. Louis
Josh Larsen
A paean to the nuclear family and the fertile soil where it ostensibly grows best the American Midwest 
3
Meet Me in St. Louis
Scott Nash
I wouldn t rank it nearly as high as Singin in the Rain but it definitely has its innocent charms 
3
Meet Me in St. Louis
Matt Brunson
One of Hollywood s all time great musicals Judy has rarely been more lovely than she is here 
4
Meet Me in St. Louis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Hollywood s most astonishing achievements in Technicolor 
4
Meet Me in St. Louis
Eric Henderson
Minnelli s gracefully gliding camerawork is at its absolute best here 
3.5
Shadowless Sword
Felix Vasquez Jr.
We re just given a pastiche of stories and devices we ve seen done a million times over and with a better result 
2.5
Fetih 1453
Mark Jenkins
Making history may require only bravado but making historical movies demands subtlety as well 
1.5
The Land of Steady Habits
Josh Larsen
has far too few of the acutely observed moments that make Holofcener so special as a filmmaker 
2
The Land of Steady Habits
Roger Moore
The smartest money Netflix will never spend financing Nicole Holofcener s wry movies for grownups
3
The Land of Steady Habits
Michael Ordoña
Really bad decisions are made people lie no one convincingly grows Lest this be taken as biting commentary the music stilted dialogue and epilogue assure us it s in earnest 
1
The Land of Steady Habits
Brian Tallerico
An insightful portrait of middle age in the 10s 
3
The Land of Steady Habits
Chuck Bowen
Nicole Holofcener s The Land of Steady Habits often suggests the film that American Beauty might have been if the latter had been pruned of its smug hysteria 
3
Meet the Spartans
Wesley Lovell
While still not a grand work of art Meet the Spartans improves upon the formula established in the earlier parodies of Friedberg and Seltzer 
2
Meet the Spartans
Austin Kennedy
It s not very good at all but I did manage to laugh at some moments of sudden pratfalls and comic violence but the talkshow reference mentality has to go 
2
Meet the Spartans
Linda Cook
This is supposed to be a spoof of 300 But Meet the Spartans isn t a satire of anything It s just a bunch of body function based skits that randomly feature scenes from movies and television shows and not a single one of them is laugh inducing
.5
Meet the Spartans
Maitland McDonagh
The musical number that runs during the closing credits is funnier than anything that precedes it which isn t saying much 
1
Meet the Spartans
Mark Feeney
It s a MADtv or Saturday Night Live sketch dressed up in feature length clothing It s way too much of an OK thing And the way too much ness goes on and on 
1.5
Meet the Spartans
Kam Williams
Don t expect anything of depth and you won t be disappointed by this predigested pabulum 
2
Meet the Spartans
Rob Humanick
Is its purported idiocy put to a worthwhile use or is this just another stale retreat of MADtv 
2
Meet the Spartans
Gene Seymour
What s the point of making a parody that s dumber than the stuff it parodies 
0.5
Meet the Spartans
Dustin Putman
Meet the Spartans is a downtrodden cinematic vacuum 151 a sickening derivative shallow condescending utterly worthless piece of 
0
Meet the Spartans
Willie Waffle
You only have to wait 5 seconds into the movie to get the first vomit joke and if that doesn t drive you out of the theater and on your way to see Cloverfield again nothing will 
.5
Meet the Spartans
Josh Larsen
Frequently pauses to shower someone with vomit pus urine or excrement It should be called Meet the Bodily Fluids 
1
John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos
David Nusair
Vampires Los Muertos is far more entertaining than it has any right to be mostly due to Wallace s inventive direction and Bon Jovi s engaging lead performance 
2.5
American Outlaws
David Nusair
instantly forgettable 
2
American Outlaws
Jeffrey Westhoff
Setting new standards in historical inaccuracy 
1
American Outlaws
Mark Dujsik
At its best American Outlaws is absurd at its worst it s tedious and laughable 
1.5
American Outlaws
Walter Chaw
Marks the second time that O Quinn has been in Young Guns and Dalton in The Rocketeer leading me to conclude that I ve wasted too much of my life watching terrible movies 
1.5
American Outlaws
James Kendrick
it s all so neat and clean and noble that it doesn t even earn its dubious PG 13 rating
1.5
American Outlaws
Michael Dequina
So lifeless that it s enough to turn the Generation Y demographic off to the western genre completely 
1.5
American Outlaws
Dustin Putman
Lazy storytelling at its worst so disposable it is likely to be forgotten before it even reaches the end 
1
American Outlaws
Dan Lybarger
It makes a viewer feel like an investor in one of the banks Jesse James hit 
1.5
American Outlaws
Wesley Morris
This plot leaves ample room for viewers to sweat the small stuff like whether Trevor Nunn s score is more Marines ad or deodorant commercial 
1
American Outlaws
Mary Kalin-Casey
Entertains the way a summer matinee movie should with an agreeable blend of romance action humor and a likeable cast 
3
American Outlaws
Carrie Rickey
As a western American Outlaws is an utter failure As the basis of a Mad TV parody it is an unintentional hoot 
1
American Outlaws
Lou Lumenick
It s history be damned in this cartoonish version 
1.5
American Outlaws
Kevin Courrier
Whitewashes the characters and fudges all the issues by turning a powerful group of desperadoes into all American heroes 
1.5
American Outlaws
Susan Stark
Brings a lovely sense of discovery to its account of the old stories and legends 
3
American Outlaws
Roger Ebert
When did cowboys become teen pop idols 
1
American Outlaws
Marty Mapes
Jesse is supposed to be the charismatic one but Farrell doesn t really lead the cast 
2.5
American Outlaws
Robert K. Elder
The filmmakers have created a dull one dimensional pop icon out of James complex character and legend 
1
American Outlaws
James Berardinelli
I suppose the way to watch this film if you feel compelled to watch it by some masochistic tendency you are powerless to control is to regard it as a comedy 
1.5
American Outlaws
Tony Toscano
Suffers from a poorly written and executed script as well as horrific dialogue and direction 
1
American Outlaws
Steve Rhodes
Starring a bunch of relatively indistinguishable young male leads and one token female it is a formulaic film carefully designed to appeal to just the right demographics 
2
American Outlaws
Rob Blackwelder
Narrative techniques are so fundamentally flawed choppy and uncreative that Outlaws plays like a ESPN highlights reel and not like a movie at all 
2
American Outlaws
Jeanne Aufmuth
From A to Z this is a poor man s imitation of that legendary classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 
2
American Outlaws
Harvey S. Karten
A good natured western for people who don t particularly like westerns 
2.5
American Outlaws
Ed Gonzalez
American Outlaws is a cheeky Abercrombie Fitch take on the Western 
2.5
Ken Park
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Because the filmmakers cook up an equal number of touching sequences to match their disturbing ones their portrait of disturbed America comes through clearly and effectively 
3
Ken Park
Ed Gonzalez
Less a film than a moment in time at least that s what Ken Park s dreamy bookends would have you believe 
3
Ken Park
Bill Chambers
Makes Happiness look like Dumbo 
3.5
Syriana
Joe Lozito
The most troublesome part of Syriana is that the movie is in fact so easy to believe 
3
Syriana
Kam Williams
Politically paranoid if well intentioned this disjointed message movie doesn t really do much more than indict the usual suspects 
2
Syriana
Russ Breimeier
Interesting and worth watching despite the fact that complete comprehension of the film seems just beyond the reach of the viewer 
3
Syriana
James Plath
Syriana really makes viewers work to try to understand the complexities involved in protecting or resisting U S interests in the Middle East 
3
Syriana
Collin Souter
A well meaning yet meandering and confusing political thriller 
2.5
Syriana
Ross Anthony
Oil war global capitalism it s just not simple It is by nature hard to understand This picture gives you a sense of that complexity while it compels Nice work 
3
Syriana
Peter Canavese
A potent legend of modern international relations 
4
Syriana
Lori Hoffman
Syriana reminds us that movies can be about ideas and that the challenge of a complex plot can be invigorating 
3.5
Syriana
Mike McGranaghan
The film throws so much information at you so quickly and so relentlessly that it s easy to become overwhelmed and confused 
2.5
Syriana
Mark Dujsik
The cinematic equivalent of a sound bite 
2
Syriana
Sean O'Connell
Rips its motivations from the front pages of our daily newspapers blurring the line between reality and fiction with credible subplots and believable twists 
3
Syriana
Steven Snyder
It has a lot on its mind and is not afraid to speak So much so in fact that it should serve as a good crash course in international energy affairs for those unfamiliar with the subject 
3.5
Syriana
Walter Chaw
A film about going home and being good to your kids 
2
Syriana
Sara Michelle Fetters
Syriana is so powerful so audacious in its commentary the fact some of it doesn t snap together or that a few of the layers are left hanging doesn t end up mattering anywhere near as much as it should 
3
Syriana
Linda Cook
If you re looking for a feel good move to get you into the holiday spirit u2026 This isn t it 
4
Syriana
Glenn Kenny
The stories are all densely packed with detail and convincingly told 
3
Syriana
Bob Bloom
It is a mesmerizing global economic and civics thriller that will or should start you thinking everytime you turn the ignition in your car 
4
Syriana
Sean McBride
If you enjoy complicated plots you ll certainly get your money s worth at Syriana 
3
Syriana
Susan Tavernetti
Gaghan advances the cast of too many characters in Stratego fashion methodically moving them across a board riddled with oil industry intrigues until they finally converge in the drama s explosive climax 
3
Syriana
Jeff Vice
Not all of the stories on display here are as relevant or interesting as others 
2.5
Syriana
Peter Keough
They re all pawns of the oil industry or rather they re pawns of director Stephen Gaghan 
2
Syriana
Mark Collette
The plots are not so much carefully interwoven as they are frantically blended like a dubious cocktail whose true ingredients the bartender would like to hide 
2
Syriana
Moira MacDonald
Watch closely and listen carefully during Syriana because Stephen Gaghan s movie is that rarity a thinking person s drama 
3.5
Syriana
Ruthe Stein
It s hard to get passionately swept away by a movie when you re struggling continually to figure out who s doing what to whom and why 
2
Syriana
David Elliott
The movie isn t terrible many details are vivid yet the depth is all sheen and display It has some tough truths at heart but its brain is a blurof fast cards dealt by an insecure croupier 
2
Syriana
Dustin Putman
An occasionally incomprehensible work that still manages to be captivating and consistently watchable 
2.5
Syriana
Frank Houston
A political thriller should have a little mystery to it but Syriana while certainly noble in its ambition is too indecipherable to add up to a great or even good movie 
2
Syriana
John Beifuss
Gaghan asks us to piece together the story from the evidence onscreen making the film almost an exercise in participatory investigative journalism 
3
Syriana
Duane Dudek
Syriana is a chillingly plausible bit of paranoia 
3
Syriana
Rene Rodriguez
Syriana coolly dissects a system of duplicity chicanery and corruption that has been in play for several decades now and examines the consequences that it has borne 
3
Syriana
Amy Biancolli
Syriana is an ambitious edifice built with conviction and skill But I m not sure I understand it and I m not sure I care 
2.5
Syriana
Terry Lawson
It forces you to intently watch and listen and ask questions something that in the past six years has been skillfully portrayed as an unpatriotic response to an increasingly complex international scenario 
4
Syriana
Michael Booth
Syriana is a fascinating movie and a substantive and thought provoking one but it does not necessarily attain greatness 
3.5
Syriana
Wesley Morris
Intelligent political incensed timely and appropriately cynical 
3
Syriana
Sean P. Means
An intelligent dissection of the business politics emotions and conspiracies of the global oil industry that edifies as much as it entertains 
3.5
Syriana
Daniel M. Kimmel
However it s Clooney s performance that will stick with you One wishes his story was the focus of the film instead of one thread among many 
2.5
Syriana
Willie Waffle
this movie could be the one where Clooney finally gets his due 
3
Syriana
Phoebe Flowers
The problem with Syriana is not that it lacks good elements but that it has no idea how them shape them into a comprehensible story 
2
Syriana
Roger Ebert
Syriana is an endlessly fascinating movie about oil and money America and China traders and spies the Gulf States and Texas reform and revenge bribery and betrayal 
4
Syriana
Carrie Rickey
Untangle the Gordian knot at the heart of Syriana and you find a riveting drama of succession 
4
Syriana
Jeff Strickler
Syriana is a caustic and cynical political thriller with a plot that occasionally confuses but a message that leaves no room for misinterpretation 
3
Syriana
Thomas Delapa
Whether you follow the oil or the money as drama Syriana is a dry well 
2
Syriana
Chris Hewitt
Syriana is like a position paper and scenes that should pull us in fall flat 
2
Syriana
Bruce Newman
You keep straining to understand the bits and pieces of information that you can make out but it still adds up to a lot less than the sum of its parts 
2
Syriana
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Syriana is an awards season message in search of a movie 
2.5
Syriana
Michael Phillips
The film s weary politically wary vibe sticks with you 
3
Syriana
Josh Larsen
I suppose if I created a flow chart of characters and devoted a few solid hours to it I could make some sense of Syriana 
2
Syriana
Phil Villarreal
Maybe they should give editor Tim Squyres something if not an Oscar then antacid tablets 
3
Syriana
Matt Brunson
It s intelligent agitprop a stimulating fireball that deserves to be the center of water cooler conversation 
3
Syriana
Chuck O'Leary
Convoluted disjointed and extremely dull amounts to a bunch of ciphers having esoteric conversations about who knows what 
1
Syriana
Scott Nash
Certain to be on Osama Bin Laden s top ten best list of 2005 
1
Syriana
Eric Melin
about as timely and captivating as modern issue related cinema is likely to ever get 
3
Syriana
Dan Fienberg
Syriana is that rarest of animals the star laden studio release that s all steak no sizzle 
3
Syriana
Ken Fox
It s a troubling vision of how terrorism and martyrdom occur on both sides of this ghostly war and is both perpetrated and facilitated by the very forces enlisted to stop it 
3
Syriana
Peter Howell
It leaves us gasping for air scratching our heads and wondering if we ve seen something truly important or something that just thinks it is But at least it leaves us thinking 
2.5
Syriana
Timothy Knight
A crisply acted and occasionally exciting ensemble film undone by murky plotting and thin character development 
2.5
Syriana
Stephen Whitty
The stars are all good here and they re aided by supporting work from dependable performers such as Chris Cooper William Hurt and Christopher Plummer and Clooney and his story really shines 
3
Syriana
Lou Lumenick
Hugely ambitious excellently acted and very challenging 
3.5
Syriana
Jack Mathews
The presence of George Clooney Matt Damon and other fine actors helps you ignore your sense of descending ignorance as the movie unfolds And the ending when you think about it for a few days does add up 
2.5
Syriana
Bob Strauss
While it sounds glib to say that Syriana is educational at its best I mean that as sincere praise 
3
Syriana
Rick Groen
Syriana isn t the perfect guide but its torch probes the darkness further than most and shines brightly enough that blindness can no longer can be our excuse 
3
Syriana
Erik Childress
Damon again getting Gerry ed out in the middle of nowhere encapsulates Gaghan s wandering around an issue that should leave us with something more substantial than one man trying to make sense of what just happened 
2
Syriana
Claudia Puig
Thought provoking and unnerving emotionally engaging and intellectually stimulating 
3.5
Syriana
James Berardinelli
It s a wake up call In today s environment it s a rare thing to find a movie with interesting characters in dense intelligent storylines but that s what Syriana offers 
3.5
Syriana
Gene Seymour
Somehow the movie convinces you through its strengths of characterization and atmosphere that it s showing a little of how the world really works and that the world s dark machinations are every bit as sordid and pitiless as your worst suspicions 
3.5
Syriana
Steve Rhodes
I m still waiting to see the film that was advertised in its great trailer As actually released the movie is completely dead One of the worst films of the year 
1
Syriana
Jeremiah Kipp
It has big ideas but no pulse 
2
Syriana
Peter Travers
No dry civics lesson this fighting mad film isn t just hot it s incendiary And no one gets off the hook You see it with the exhilarating feeling that a movie can make a difference 
4
Chillerama
David Nusair
An almost astonishingly terrible horror anthology 
1
Snakehead
Odie Henderson
Snakehead entices you with a lurid premise but the empathy that shines through the cracks of its tough exterior is the real surprise 
3
Snakehead
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A derivative feminine gangster movie Does not exceed 90 minutes and it is the debut of the director Leong If there is nothing better to do 
1
Snakehead
Kate Taylor
Leon s documentary realism is powerful if tough on an audience but his fiction skills are erratic 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Michael Dequina
A fairly formulaic 70s set coming of age tale that s ultimately distinguished by the passion of its makers and players 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
David Nusair
The only bright spot in the whole movie is Vincent D Onofrio s performance as a priest 
1
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Margaret A. McGurk
Aged cliches and gimmicks vie with fresh ideas for supremacy in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys the outcome at best is a draw 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Harvey S. Karten
A quirky coming of age tale with the original touch of comic book animation to reflect the thoughts of a 14 year old lad 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Dustin Putman
As jaggedly formed as it is around the edges the focal point in each of these characters lives remain crystal clear and solidly effective 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Joe Baltake
Works as pretty contagious fun 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Jeff Vice
One of the more sensitive and realistic portrayals of teens growing up during the 70s 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
James Berardinelli
While there are times when the film s reach exceeds its grasp the production works more often than it doesn t 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Joe Leydon
The performances by Hirsch Culkin and especially Malone are convincing and compelling 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Laura Kelly
The boys characters don t come to life as much as their drawn alter egos 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Moira MacDonald
If Dangerous Lives errs it s in trying to do too much in 105 minutes 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Carla Meyer
Foster and newcomer Hirsch are the best things in Dangerous Lives a touching but odd mix of live action and animation 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
David Elliott
This is the best American movie about troubled teens since 1998 s Whatever 
3.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Steven Rea
A fine inventive 70s period piece about friendship first love and growing up to face the hard lessons of life 
3.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Rene Rodriguez
A soggy coming of age drama one loaded with a single fresh conceit and plenty of tired wheezing ones 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Susan Stark
A flawed but fascinating piece 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Terry Lawson
An engrossing and imaginative coming of age film 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Steven Rosen
Recalls The Virgin Suicides Ghost World and Waking Life If it s not as good as those it isn t for lack of heart or ambition 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Wesley Morris
Built for nothing but the laziest Saturday afternoons Altar Boys is zipless enough to seem to receive its narrative rhythms and emotional energy intravenously 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Rick Groen
No The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys does not exist in a state of perfect grace However its sins are forgivably venial because its virtues are palpably human 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Roger Ebert
It tries too hard and overreaches the logic of its own world 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Paul Doro
The film overcomes the regular minefield of coming of age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Walter Chaw
Meant to reduce Blake s philosophy into a tragic coming of age saga punctuated by bursts of animator Todd McFarlane s superhero dystopia 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Chris Hewitt
Beautifully captures the painful hilarious complicated process of becoming an adult 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Bruce Newman
The film takes us into the secret world of teenage boys as if first time director Peter Care had been issued a special password 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Robert K. Elder
Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up but he never really embraces the joy of Fuhrman s destructive escapism or the grace in rebellion found by his characters 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Mary F. Pols
Deeply evocative of what it was like to grow up in the early 1970s 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Jeanne Aufmuth
The animated subplot keenly depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes insecure uncontrolled and intense 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Jeremy Heilman
While it s true that there s little about Altar Boys that s inept there s even less about it that s genuinely interesting 
2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Claudia Puig
A sensitive and originally executed film 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Pam Grady
Its warmth humor and intelligence offer a welcome alternative to so many modern teen movies gross out humor and saccharine romances 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Bob Strauss
An intriguing inquiry into the ways fantasy and reality clash during the coming of age process 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Megan Turner
A quietly comic little gem 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
David Sterritt
The movie has no profound insights to offer but its nimble acting and lifelike dialogue make it entertaining as well as thoughtful 
3
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Rob Blackwelder
Deeply rendered distinctly three dimensional performances make Altar Boys very engaging even though the story is never quite compelling enough to draw you in on its own 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Steve Rhodes
The story is set at a Catholic high school in which Yes you guessed it the nuns cruelly harass and embarrass the students How s that for an original movie idea 
2.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Ed Gonzalez
Nuns are nowhere near as mean as Jodie Foster s one legged Assumpta but what fun are they if they did have two legs and didn t ride around on motor scooters 
3
Undead
David Nusair
it seems obvious that the Spierigs are destined to go on to bigger and better things 
2
Undead
Paul Doro
If only the Spierigs had put as much effort into their writing as they did into the special effects Undead might not be such a recycled redundant bore 
2
Undead
Sean P. Means
Undead is the sort of movie that people in other horror movies are watching 
1.5
Undead
Peter Canavese
Undead is sort of imaginative and considerably scattershot succeeded only in making me groggy 
2
Undead
Kurt Loder
This Australian zombie import is a thoroughly bad movie written acted and shot at the very lowest levels of know how 
1.5
Undead
Michael Booth
No amount of Zombie Rules can explain a movie like this or the recent filmmaker fascination with a creaky old genre 
1
Undead
Ty Burr
Rigor mortis has set in 
1.5
Undead
Terry Lawson
The film s genre merging cleverness works against it and releasing it in the wake of George Romero s zombie knockout Land of the Dead invites comparisons that may be unfair but inevitable 
2
Undead
Peter Hartlaub
There are about 2 000 hard core Fangoria readers in the Bay Area who are going to absolutely love this film But the 6 698 000 other residents will find it at best a little boring and at worst stomach churningly offensive 
1.5
Undead
Moira MacDonald
The plot s standard issue owing much to zombie movies that have staggered before this one 
1
Undead
Robert K. Elder
Away from the killing field the Spierigs actors prove themselves to be the most zombie like devolving into a din of screechy bickering that ll leave you running for the exits 
1
Undead
Roger Ebert
The kind of movie that would be so bad it s good except it s not bad enough to be good enough 
1.5
Undead
Chris Hewitt
Undead is not as funny or clever but its special effects are surprisingly professional given how low the budget clearly was 
2
Undead
Rob Blackwelder
What the movie lacks in clarity it makes up for in gallons of campy gore Undead sure ain t art but it sure is fun 
3
Undead
Timothy Knight
Undead is numbingly inept on almost every level 
1.5
Undead
Glenn Whipp
This overlong zombie splatter movie is ultimately undone by bad acting plot holes bigger than the perforations in the victims torsos and an ending that raises more questions than it answers 
2
Undead
Lou Lumenick
A campy low budget Romero homage that s badly in need of editing 
2
Undead
Jami Bernard
It s downright boring for an hour then picks up at least visually when the zombified are hauled into space and hung there as if in a cosmic closet 
1
Undead
Ed Gonzalez
A CGI laden Frankenstein built from spare pop cultural parts existing only to pander to an ADD afflicted demographic of teenage boys 
1.5
Undead
Bill Chambers
Unendurably boring in its superfluousness its ersatz feel accentuated by a plethora of digital effects Undead is simply a stiff
0.5
The Witch
Brian Eggert
Eggers has made an unforgettable film that leaves us eagerly anticipating what he ll do next 
3.5
The Witch
Mattie Lucas
Its masterful blending of the sacred and the blasphemous makes it not just a great horror film but perhaps the first true horror masterpiece of the new century 
4
The Witch
Pamela Powell
The Witch is an artistically striking film it s truly a visual work of art Unfortunately it just couldn t decide if it was a psychological or paranormal horror film 
1.5
The Witch
Lisa Jensen
The Witch plays mercilessly on our dread of what might be lurking in the shadows rather than actually showing much onscreen and is all the more effective because of it 
3
The Witch
David N. Butterworth
The VVitch succeeds by delivering up encroaching menace with a mysterious disregard for audience expectations 
2.5
The Witch
Melissa Starker
A slow burn pace helps ratchet up the dread along with the work of cinematographer Jarin Blaschke who casts the action in cold gray unforgiving light And an exceptional cast makes it all resonate 
3.5
The Witch
Kevin A. Ranson
Whatever your world views simply watching the film should leave your soul intact mostly 
4
The Witch
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m fairly positive scares are not the point Eggers takes things to a place that s far more disconcerting showing how human nature can be the most destructive of all forces 
3.5
The Witch
Sonny Bunch
Robert Eggers ramps up the tension by setting his tale in a familiar yet foreign locale and using the natural terror of isolation to prompt chills and thrills from audiences 
3.5
The Witch
Max Weiss
As horror films go the film is more slow burn than an edge of your seat thriller but it builds steadily to its dreadful and earned conclusion 
2.5
The Witch
Peter Canavese
Enjoy The Witch for what it is a refreshingly baroque respite from the jump scares that typify today s horror 
3
The Witch
John Hanlon
An intense supernatural thriller that is as anxiety producing as it is geniunely unpredictable 
3.5
The Witch
Walter Chaw
I can t wait to see it again but I m afraid to 
4
The Witch
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of the best horror films I ve seen in years Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Witch
David Keyes
A movie that looks great builds immense atmosphere and then allows it all to putter out well before we are even close to reaching any significant momentum 
2
The Witch
John Beifuss
This story about a 17th century Puritan family struggling to survive at the edge of the wilderness becomes a dark American origin story a beautiful promise corrupted by fear and hypocrisy The fruit is rotten the milk bloody 
4
The Witch
Glenn Lovell
Not to worry the satanic entity found herein is not of the head spinning pea soup spewing variety Eggers is too smart to recycle a Central Casting Lucifer 
4
The Witch
Mal Vincent
Thoroughly in the 17th century both in mood and content The Witch is a compelling frightening study in religious hysteria that is not without relevance to our own times 
3
The Witch
James Kendrick
a terrifying portrait of how evil operates in the world both openly and covertly to undermine our best intentions
3.5
The Witch
John Serba
It adheres to the orthodoxy of the genre with standard jump scares that satisfy in the theater although troublesome questions bubble up from the cauldron after you walk out 
3.5
The Witch
Scott Nash
The first must see movie of 2016 
3.5
The Witch
Josh Larsen
a consideration of evil without and evil within 
3.5
The Witch
Matt Brunson
The Witch harbors several weighty themes including the fear of the feminine mystique in a patriarchal society as well as the danger of placing too much faith in a puritanical belief without allowing other emotions an equal opportunity to breathe 
3
The Witch
James Berardinelli
I would prefer seeing a failed attempt at something different than a regurgitation of every modern horror trope Yet The Witch proves unable to capitalize on being different 
2.5
The Witch
Scott Renshaw
That may be part of what makes it so disturbing even when Eggers doesn t set out to shock you He s wrestling with something that we don t fully understand but that we know in our gut is real 
4
The Witch
Stephen Rebello
The Witch is so diabolically good that it sends genre expectations and appreciative members of the audience straight down the booby hatch 
3.5
The Witch
Chris Knight
It couldn t get any scarier more satisfying or chilling 
3.5
The Witch
Rick Bentley
Its haunting effect comes from how Eggers uses this family as a vessel for serving up a fear that rests in the netherworld between reality and the unchained mind 
3
The Witch
Mike McGranaghan
One of the more notable horror films of the last few years The Witch holds you in its grasp with a chilling exploration of how evil chooses some people to be its victims and others to do its bidding 
3.5
The Witch
Dustin Putman
The Witch isn t merely a throwback to a different time but to a bygone cinematic age wherein the horror genre was not about jump scares but about a more lastingly shuddersome thematically juicy potency 
3.5
The Witch
Barry Hertz
A feature debut of startling confidence Robert Eggers s The Witch is not only an excellent horror film but also a captivating study in extreme paranoia and the fragile bonds of family 
3.5
The Witch
Molly Eichel
The Witch is a stressful movie to watch and that s meant as the highest praise 
3.5
The Witch
Anders Wright
Eggers has made a well crafted moody film one perhaps more horrifying than actually scary 
2.5
The Witch
Bob Bloom
The Witch holds your attention as Robert Eggers in his directorial debut creates a stifling atmosphere of tension anticipation and jolts You wait for the other shoe to drop as occurrences slowly grow more and more unsettling 
3.5
The Witch
Brian Truitt
The first great film of 2016 is a horror flick with Puritans possessed kids naked forest women and a haunting goat named Black Phillip 
3.5
The Witch
Rafer Guzman
An unsettling journey back to a time when Satan seemed much closer to our world 
3.5
The Witch
Bill Zwecker
From the very opening scene in The Witch we are immediately thrown into an ominous journey that conveys pending doom 
3.5
The Witch
Michael Smith
The Witch is a beautifully photographed film for a psychological terror trip with an ominous score that s the soundtrack of terror and performances that prove bewitching 
3
The Witch
Mark Dujsik
In a uniquely twisted way The Witch is a condemnation of religious fanaticism as well as the stubbornness of ideas and ideals that comes with it 
3
The Witch
Jon Niccum
What appears to be a moody and earnest attempt at genuine horror transforms into a drab downer A drama turned parable turned confused exploitation flick 
2
The Witch
Ty Burr
Eggers doles out the horror sparingly and eerily an image of blood in a milk pail a moving shape in the shadow of a barn The movie uses lamplight and hearth light to conceal as much as they reveal 
3.5
The Witch
Sara Stewart
It s a creepy little gem and its imagery will stay with you long after you ve left the theater 
4
The Witch
Peter Travers
Building his film on the diabolical aftershocks of Puritan repression Eggers raises The Witch far above the horror herd He doesn t need cheap tricks Eggers merely directs us to look inside Be warned It ll scare the hell out of you 
3.5
The Witch
Peter Howell
This bravura first feature by writer director Robert Eggers leaves the viewer shaken and wondering What just happened 
4
The Witch
Ann Hornaday
For fans of horror at its most sinister The Witch is not to be missed It casts a spell that lingers long after its most disquieting mists have cleared 
3
The Witch
Dann Gire
Not since Stanley Kubrick s The Shining a key inspiration for Eggers has a motion picture been pumped with so much ominous dread 
4
The Witch
Michael Phillips
For once in a modern horror film the tactics and developments are simple yet surprising and the filmmaking captures its chosen time place and dark corners beautifully 
4
The Witch
Calvin Wilson
Eggers proves to be an original and accomplished storyteller with much more to offer than cheap shocks 
3
The Witch
Stephen Whitty
As a horror movie the film s only flaw may be that that s how it reductively sees itself as just a horror movie 
3
The Witch
Simon Abrams
The Witch draws you in so well that you won t realize its creators have been broadcasting exactly where they re taking you 
3.5
The Witch
Matt Pais
There are moments that will pop into your brain later and send a chill down your spine And not just as a reminder that running naked through the woods is probably not the smartest 
3
The Witch
Soren Andersen
Eggers depiction of the family s psychological decay and his relentless piling up of deeply disturbing imagery make The Witch an unnerving and fresh feeling horror masterwork 
3.5
The Witch
Katie Walsh
With impeccable craft but flaccid storytelling The Witch feels like a missed opportunity 
2.5
The Witch
Randy Myers
For anyone seeking an intelligent atmospheric American horror story reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe Hawthorne and the Brothers Grimm The Witch is the kind of pure movie magic that sends chills up the spine 
3.5
The Witch
Roger Moore
Period perfect and deeply disturbing 
3
The Witch
Jesse Cataldo
The reworking of a tired horror trope into a transformed feminist symbol stands out as an impressive act of genre revisionism 
3
The Witch
Kam Williams
A survival saga reminiscent of the The Revenant except with demonic forces added to the frontier endurance test 
4
The Witch
Marshall Shaffer
Despite filtering the horrors of a bygone era through an arcane narrative vehicle The Witch still manages to scare us with its immediacy 
3
The Witch
David Nusair
An absolutely disastrous cinematic experiment 
.5
Reeseville
Steve Rhodes
So overwrought and overacted that it s hard to keep from laughing out loud 
1.5
On Wings of Eagles
Kam Williams
A bittersweet tribute to a man of great faith who always opted to follow humbly in the footsteps of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 
3
On Wings of Eagles
Josh Terry
Overall the film s execution feels a little lukewarm even though Eric Liddell s story still resonates 
2.5
Surviving Christmas
David Nusair
erratic yet mostly watchable 
2.5
Surviving Christmas
Matt Brunson
In 2003 moviegoers received a gift in the form of Bad Santa the following year they got a lump of coal in the shape of a Bad Movie 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Ben Affleck needs to stop making movies 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Easily the worst Christmas movie of all time and a surefire contender for the worst film of 2004 
.5
Surviving Christmas
Angel Cohn
Watching this holiday dud is like opening a fantastic Christmas present a gift that is exactly what you wanted and that shortly thereafter unravels breaks or otherwise falls apart 
2
Surviving Christmas
Matt Brunson
Last year we got Bad Santa this year we get Bad Movie 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Jeffrey Westhoff
Affleck runs through this erratic comedy as if he were auditioning to play Chim Chim in the Speed Racer movie 
1
Surviving Christmas
Tyler Hanley
Yuletide cheer gets a kick in the shins with this funny but forced cinematic Christmas present 
2.5
Surviving Christmas
Mark Collette
All these characters exist only so Affleck can prance around being impish and silly exacting more of the damage he inflicted in last year s Gigli 
0.5
Surviving Christmas
Linda Cook
Poor Ben Affleck has become the new kiss of death for movies 
0
Surviving Christmas
Vince Koehler
It was fun to see an early Christmas comedy 
2.5
Surviving Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
anything all it proved was the accuracy of one of the words in the title for surviving this movie is far and away the biggest test a person could face 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Peter Canavese
Some sort of Martian comedy hell I was doomed to misunderstand like watching Ben Affleck burn Stanislavsky in effigy for ninety minutes 
0
Surviving Christmas
Mick LaSalle
Maybe the worst thing that can be said for Surviving Christmas is that it doesn t succeed even on its humble level of aspiration 
2
Surviving Christmas
Joe Baltake
There s a desperation to Ben Affleck s mugging in Surviving Christmas that depending on how you look at it is either endearing or embarrassing 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Jami Bernard
Not since Scrooge got a look at Christmas future have the holidays seemed so shudderingly depressing 
1
Surviving Christmas
Rene Rodriguez
To write off Surviving Christmas as Affleck s folly gives the actor too much credit He s actually the best thing in the movie 
1
Surviving Christmas
Glenn Whipp
With a movie this bad you can sure the DVD will be out before Christmas just in time to give to someone that you really really don t like 
1
Surviving Christmas
Eric Harrison
Is it just me or does anyone else think it odd Dreamworks is releasing a Christmas movie before Halloween 
2
Surviving Christmas
Rick Groen
Bear in mind the Yuletide lesson learned by every kid with an earnest aunt Some presents look a whole lot like punishments 
1
Surviving Christmas
James Verniere
It has that cheesy overlit made for TV look most Hollywood comedies have these days 
2
Surviving Christmas
James Berardinelli
Can t decide whether it wants to be a black comedy dumb farce or sentimental sit com 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
John Monaghan
Though introduced as a dark comedy the movie quickly resorts to forced Hollywood humbuggery 
1
Surviving Christmas
Michael Booth
The surprisingly effective bleak humor earned scene by scene in Surviving Christmas reveals the proper formula that Affleck abandoned after Good Will Hunting 
3
Surviving Christmas
Wesley Morris
Surviving Christmas is exactly what s wrong with Hollywood
.5
Surviving Christmas
Sean P. Means
Neither Mitchell nor Affleck can make Drew s borderline psychotic behavior appear sympathetic no matter how much fake Christmas cheer is pumped into the movie 
0
Surviving Christmas
Kit Bowen
If anyone needs to survive anything it s having to sit through this dreadfully unfunny holiday movie Pin a medal on me 
.5
Surviving Christmas
Larry Ratliff
Affleck somehow remains convinced that he s a leading man He does this despite mounting evidence to the contrary Do I need to invoke the G word Gigli 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Chuck O'Leary
A pleasant surprise 
2.75
Surviving Christmas
Sarah Chauncey
Summoning sympathy for poor little obnoxious rich man Drew is nearly as difficult as swallowing Grandma s decade old fruitcake 
2
Surviving Christmas
Sue Pierman
It s all more ho hum than ho ho ho 
2
Surviving Christmas
Claudia Puig
Some screwball moments elicit a chuckle or two but the script is weak and the characterizations clichd 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
Mike McGranaghan
It aims for mediocrity and hits the bullseye 
2
Surviving Christmas
Carrie Rickey
It is from conception to execution an unalloyed unqualified unmitigated disaster 
0
Surviving Christmas
Chris Hewitt
Ben Affleck s latest loser is chronologically short less than 90 minutes and psychologically eternal 
1
Surviving Christmas
Phoebe Flowers
This crass sloppy comedy is Affleck s fifth consecutive lousy movie 
1
Surviving Christmas
Gene Seymour
Gandolfini and O Hara are so gritty and wryly burned out together that you want to express mail them to another movie in time for next Christmas 
1.5
Surviving Christmas
David Sterritt
There are a few amusing moments helped by subdued performances from Affleck and Gandolfini but this is no Bad Santa despite its obvious ambition to play similar holiday tricks 
2
Surviving Christmas
Allison Benedikt
As light fluffy cockle warming holiday entertainment this thing is pretty sweet 
2.5
Surviving Christmas
Willie Waffle
With any luck Surviving Christmas will be gone from theaters before Thanksgiving 
1
Surviving Christmas
Nick Schager
A grating tribute to checkbook cheer that warm and fuzzy feeling achieved from buying and buying and buying 
1
Surviving Christmas
Scott Nash
No worse or better than your average television sitcom 
2
Surviving Christmas
Steve Rhodes
Just when you re about to dismiss Affleck and his over the top demeanor the story starts to click A movie I thought I was going to hate turned into a nice little treat 
3
Surviving Christmas
Rob Blackwelder
Christina Applegate has an amazing gift for being neck deep in cinematic manure without actually getting any of it on her 
0.5
Surviving Christmas
Lou Lumenick
IF Hans Blix is still searching for bombs he should check out Surviving Christmas a crass shrill and laughless disaster of a holiday comedy with a desperately mugging Ben Affleck that should be banned under the Geneva Convention 
0
Surviving Christmas
Dustin Putman
Has its respective merits but this is one festive occasion that desperately needed another rewrite 
2
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Brian Eggert
None of it makes much sense in terms of continuity but it s pretty darn entertaining all the same 
2.5
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Matt Brunson
This derivative sequel lacks the potency of its predecessor which clearly possessed More Brains 
1.5
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s hard to imagine even die hard genre fans who adore the original have much that s all that positive to say about this unfortunate misfire 
1.5
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Mike McGranaghan
Return of the Living Dead Part II lacks the stinging humor Dan O Bannon brought to the original 
2
The Other Me
Roger Moore
The whole affair makes barely enough sense to bother with 
1
Sickies Making Films
Max Weiss
You ll learn a lot watchng this film for example it was progressives who were the first to call for film censorship in the name of protecting children and serving the greater good 
3
Oneechanbara: The Movie (Chanbara Beauty)
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
it s a mixed bag that doesn t do anything right meaning it s an occasionally entertaining but unsatisfactory product Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Kiss the Girls
David Nusair
a mostly entertaining yet thoroughly by the numbers thriller 
2.5
Kiss the Girls
Matt Brunson
Predictability damages Girls 
2.5
Kiss the Girls
Michael Dequina
There is a critical void in the middle the villain 
2.5
Kiss the Girls
Roger Ebert
Freeman and Judd are so good you almost wish they d decided not to make a thriller at all had simply found a way to construct a drama exploring their personalities 
3.5
Kiss the Girls
Mike Clark
Even those engrossed by the build up here are likely to kiss off the rest after suffering through Girls groaner of a wrap up 
2
The Great Madcap
Ed Gonzalez
Ever the foot fetishist Buuel opens The Great Madcap with a fragmented shot of intertwined legs and feet 
3.5
Clerk
Simon Abrams
Instead of self criticism or just plain self assessment we mostly get a lot of self regard and self pity 
1
Clerk
Mike McGranaghan
I thought I knew all there was to know about Kevin Smith This documentary proved me wrong 
3
Clerk
Joey Magidson
Clerk works both as an introduction to Kevin Smith as well as a gentle reminder that he deserves more kudos than he gets 
3.5
Bye Bye Birdie
Josh Larsen
Ann Margret makes one thing clear every second she s on screen in Bye Bye Birdie no matter how hokey forcibly madcap or just plain dumb the material gets she s coming out of this thing a star 
2
Bye Bye Birdie
Peter Canavese
Anyone allergic to high fructose corn syrup might do well to stay away but the winking humor and musical gusto of this pop artful camp standard bearer still carry the day Blu ray 
3
Protocol
David Nusair
a watchable yet often excessively erratic endeavor 
2.5
Protocol
Roger Ebert
The first hour of Protocol is so much fun and the Goldie Hawn character is such an engaging original that at first I couldn t believe they were going to throw away all that work by going for a standard Hollywood ending But they did 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
David Nusair
a decent thriller that s ultimately saved by its stellar performances and absolutely enthralling last act 
3
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Each version has certain elements superior to the other but both films rank as minor Hitchcock works 
3
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Juliet Clark
Despite its similarities to the original this 1956 version adds significant layers of complexity to both plot and characters 
3.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Jeremy Heilman
It s hugely entertaining and exceptionally involving 
4
The Man Who Knew Too Much
James Kendrick
has a number of great moments but as a whole it never feels like a truly great film
3
Over the GW
V.A. Musetto
Both newcomers the two leads impress as does veteran actor Albert Insinnia as the center s psycho director 
3
Over the GW
Maitland McDonagh
Overall the performances are surprisingly convincing but the mockumentary elements feel out of place and the intrusive switching between B W and color denotes nothing it s just a gratuitous flourish that detracts from the raw story material 
2
Over the GW
Rob Humanick
Over the GW is appropriately troubling in its evocation of humanity s penchant for self destruction 
3
Moonlight and Valentino
Roger Ebert
Moonlight and Valentino is very sincere very heartfelt and very bad 
1.5
Bad Therapy
Katie Walsh
While there s a spark of intrigue to the concept of Bad Therapy it s too broad and shallow and never pursues its furthest most outrageous ends Ultimately it s just not worth psychoanalyzing 
2
Bad Therapy
Matt Zoller Seitz
Bad Therapy contains so many promising elements that it s a shame that it never figures out how to mold them into a satisfying shape 
1.5
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
David Nusair
an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions 
0
Wild Flower
Roger Ebert
This is a film about passion but it is curiously lacking in it and as the flashbacks unspooled I found myself relating to the movie more as a history lesson than as a thrilling tale 
2
The Triplets of Belleville
Mattie Lucas
Both joyous and melancholy almost as if the old fashioned and the new collided and shattered and the pieces fell in place to create this incredible film 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Jorge Avila Andrade
El estilo y la atmsfera en que se desarrolla son de una calidad e inteligencia que pocas veces podemos apreciar de este lado del Atlntico 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Forrest Hartman
A beautiful but dull affair 
2.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Emily Blunt
Un beau wildy amusement et un film original See this immediately read on 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Rob Blackwelder
Chomet s charming visually cluttered realm is so imaginative and vividly realized you could freeze any frame and spend an hour picking through its details 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
James Kendrick
an almost impossibly delectable mixture of uncanny weirdness and poignant sweetness
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Walter Chaw
An extraordinary melancholy ode to the endless mercurial peculiarity of life 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Linda Cook
Viva le difference 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Phil Villarreal
A stylish throwback a pretty work of art in every frame 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Joe Baltake
As original as it is strange The Triplets of Belleville not only will win you over with that potent combination but will likely tempt you to seek out its company again and again 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Robert W. Butler
Everything about the film from the characters to the settings is tres bizarre yet it s all weirdly compelling 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Jeff Vice
If you have an open mind and an appreciation of film animation you will surely enjoy the film s clever gags as well as the sensational blending of cel animation and computer enhanced backgrounds and action 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Duane Dudek
A comfortably subversive and accomplished film that speaks to everyone without talking down to anyone 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Steven Rea
Triplets of Belleville conjures up a world that s totally surprising and sublime 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Marty Mapes
A hugely entertaining alternative to Disney and Pixar
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Matt Brunson
It would appear that the best toon flicks are presently being produced outside the USA 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Rene Rodriguez
A mad masterpiece 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Phoebe Flowers
Triplets is very probably unlike anything you ve seen before 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
John Beifuss
Dazzlingly inventive and delightful and probably unlike any cartoon or movie you ve ever seen 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
David Nusair
director Chomet proves to be quite effective at establishing an utterly bizarre looking variation on our world he s just not able to hold our interest all the way through 
2
The Triplets of Belleville
Rick Groen
In an era when live action movies often play like cartoons this is an animated film that feels all grown up 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Chris Hewitt
Watching The Triplets of Belleville is like getting lost in a storybook you never want to put down 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Jeff Strickler
Depending on your perspective it s either visionary or weird 
2.5
The Triplets of Belleville
David N. Butterworth
A charming one of a kind experience a breathtakingly drawn and uproariously funny film by French animator Sylvain Chomet It s one of the most delightful films of the year 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Ty Burr
All you really need to enjoy Triplets is a taste for the weird and the wonderful 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Joshua Tanzer
Built on slow repetitive actions that quietly amuse us but don t necessarily raise our adrenaline Still for visual grandeur and artistic imagination it s a sheer joy 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A strange and wonderful tale that relies on and indulges in the luxuries of hand drawn animation
3
The Triplets of Belleville
C.W. Nevius
Impossible to describe impossible to forget 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Roger Ebert
An animated feature of appalling originality and scary charm 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Jeffrey Westhoff
A strange delight an original vision that enhances the state of contemporary animation 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Erik Childress
Dazzling in the simplest of ways putting Sylvain Chomet at the animation s adult table that still has plenty of room for the kids 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Sara Michelle Fetters
Leave it to the French to craft something beyond explanation 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Jeanne Aufmuth
Oooh la la and a certain je ne sais quoi permeate every frame of this imaginative French gem that leaves ordinary animated projects in the dust 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Joshua Vasquez
The city of Belleville is like some nocturnal amalgam of Paris and New York on the edge of a vast sea and of the world itself 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Steve Rhodes
A dialog free animated film for adults that would have made a great short film but without speech or much of a story it is seventy five minutes too long 
2
The Triplets of Belleville
Timothy Knight
Every so often a film comes along that is so original imaginative and just plain flat out wonderful that you can do little but marvel at the filmmaker s artistry 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Lou Lumenick
An utter delight 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Jami Bernard
An insanely delicious animated feature 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Glenn Whipp
A wildly imaginative and wholly original creation 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
James Berardinelli
For someone with an adventurous cinematic appetite a production that makes Miyazaki appear mainstream is surely worth a look 
3
The Triplets of Belleville
Jan Stuart
A sophisticated wholly original brand of animated storytelling that manages to be at once deliriously eccentric and deliciously sinister 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
David Sterritt
It s downright daft at times But it s ingeniously crafted marvelously drawn and utterly unpredictable 
4
The Triplets of Belleville
Peter Travers
Comic touching and a visual knockout 
3.5
The Triplets of Belleville
Kim Linekin
Grotesque yet trippy 
3
Float Like a Butterfly
Barry Hertz
You sincerely want to believe that the film will tackle its subject matter with heart and grit but hopes are dashed by the opening five minutes a disastrous melange of trauma and broken dreams that is handled about as subtly as a mean uppercut 
1.5
Stop Making Sense
Matt Brunson
A rock orgy of volcanic power and the greatest concert film ever made 
4
Stop Making Sense
Josh Larsen
Byrne is the auteur here Demme is the rare generous sort of filmmaker who would emphasize that 
4
Stop Making Sense
Chuck Bowen
Stop Making Sense is a concert film with a narrative bursting at the seams with bits of invention and passion 
3.5
Stop Making Sense
James Berardinelli
This movie is pure fun and sheer exuberance transferred onto celluloid and perfectly re created at the other end Experiencing what Demme and the Talking Heads have crafted with this motion picture makes perfect sense 
4
Stop Making Sense
Thomas Delapa
This ain t no disco but it is a party 
3.5
Stop Making Sense
Roger Ebert
The overwhelming impression throughout Stop Making Sense is of enormous energy of life being lived at a joyous high 
3.5
Stop Making Sense
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es nostalgia ochentera de antología Puro total y absoluto rock roll 
3.5
Stop Making Sense
James Kendrick
a powerful musical experience because the filmmakers have such utter confidence in the material that there is no need to dress it up
4
Stop Making Sense
David Keyes
Some revivals of movies bring back memories of the good ol days Others remind us of how the past is better left forgotten This is one that does both 
3.5
Stop Making Sense
Ross Anthony
a decade and a half later the music and brash presence of creative genius still byrne down the house 
3.5
The Ipcress File
Matt Brunson
James Bond popularized the spy flick in the 1960s but The Ipcress File is one film that goes slightly against the grain 
3
The Basketball Diaries
Mal Vincent
There is no conflict here just pointless and aimless wandering It s a downer but nonetheless an intriguing DiCaprio performance 
2
The Basketball Diaries
Peter Canavese
It was impossible in The Basketball Diaries not to take notice of DiCaprio s seemingly undauntable talent as he channeled the tortures of the drug addicted damned Blu ray 
3
The Basketball Diaries
Mike Clark
DiCaprio has so much presence that he almost saves the day but this is a movie that ll make you want to opt for Jim Carrey s The Basketball Diaries 
2
The Basketball Diaries
Gary Kamiya
The film s complete refusal to explore anything beyond Jim s collapse and redemption is both sentimental and finally uninteresting 
1
The Basketball Diaries
James Berardinelli
Facile escapes are rejected and the resolution is acceptable because we can believe it In fact that s the reason this film works as well as it does credibility 
3.5
The Basketball Diaries
Chris Hicks
Instead of trying to deal with this subject in some insightful way the movie settles for exploiting and wallowing in the degradation of the central character s downward spiral 
2
The Basketball Diaries
Edward Guthmann
Amazingly though even with Kalvert s lack of style and vision the greatness of DiCaprio s performance is undiminished 
2
The Basketball Diaries
Roger Ebert
Will there ever be a market for a movie about a character who hurries past his drug phase because he can t wait to tell you what he did after he pulled his act together Probably not 
2
Krippendorf's Tribe
Mike Clark
Krippendorf s Tribe a surprisingly enjoyable piece of piffle is pure Disney all the way replete with a wholly preposterous plot engaging performances and a feel good lesson teaching ending 
2.5
Krippendorf's Tribe
Jeffrey Westhoff
Though it settles for easy laughs the laughs remain appreciated 
3
Krippendorf's Tribe
Roger Ebert
Is it possible to recommend a whole comedy on the basis of one scene that made you laugh almost uncontrollably I fear not And yet Krippendorf s Tribe has such a scene and many comedies have none 
2
My Little Assassin
Michael Dequina
Tries to portray Castro both as a monster and a swoon worthy hunk an impossible task if there ever was one 
2
12
Brandy McDonnell
Mighty performances keep the film engrossing even as the movie s runtime crosses the 2 1 2 hour mark 
3
12
Matt Soergel
2 1 2 hours of Russian men middle aged and up stuck in one room pontificating and pleading and challenging Yes that means subtitles lots of them Still with me Congratulations 
3
12
Sonny Bunch
Though long winded and repetitive there s much to like in Nikita Mikhalkov s movie 
2.5
12
Keith Cohen
There is a lot of material to absorb in one sitting with no breathing room as you must rapidly read the subtitles to keep up with the story 
2.5
12
Jeff Vice
Much of it is done so clumsily that the characters verge on becoming caricatures 
2
12
Calvin Wilson
Those who seek a drama as provocative as it is captivating will find much to enjoy 
4
12
Peter Keough
Never known for his restraint Mikhalkov takes kitschy liberties with the stark drama about a jury deliberating the fate of a minority youth 
1.5
12
John Beifuss
After 159 minutes of unlikely if beautifully acted behavior moviegoers may feel sequestered themselves 
2
12
Phil Villarreal
Mikhalkov is probably a little too successful at re creating the feeling of being trapped at a seemingly never ending meeting 
3
12
Steven Rea
Full of passion and speechifying 12 is unmistakably Russian in spirit and sensibility but its themes are universal at their core 
3
12
Chris Hewitt
The actors in 12 graduated from the Al Pacino Academy of Flying Spittle Theatrics 
2
12
Amy Biancolli
Overwrought overlong yet mesmerizing 
3
12
Jeff Shannon
Casting himself as the considerate jury foreman Mikhalkov turns directorial confinement into a master class of composition performance and especially editing as 12 crackles along for 2 1 2 hours that grab and hold your attention 
3.5
12
Roger Ebert
A powerful new film inspired by a powerful older one 
3.5
12
Jason Anderson
After weathering the characters windbaggery for nearly three hours it s hard not to feel like Mikhalkov s done the same to viewers of 12 
2
12
Rick Groen
In the end the film is too much of a piece with its topic intensely fascinating yet seriously flawed 
2
12
Mick LaSalle
Forget it if you re hoping for some of the pleasures found in Sidney Lumet s 1957 film the gradual unraveling of a crime the heroics of a single juror who persuades his fellow citizens to listen to reason 
2
12
Bob Strauss
Much about the state of the Big Bear today is revealed and it would be unfair to deny that 12 has many cogent and sardonic insights into the country 
2.5
12
Ty Burr
The film s a haul but it s imaginative and rarely dull especially once you realize how far it has strayed in principle from its source 
2
12
Lou Lumenick
A loose remake that s not only as Russian as vodka but also a grippingly entertaining actors showcase 
3.5
12
Nick Schager
Nikita Mikhalkov s 12 reconfigures Reginald Rose s 12 Angry Men for contemporary Russia adopting the basic premise of the legendary source material while thoroughly grounding it in his homeland s current condition 
3
12
Steve Rhodes
12 is filled with long rambling stories by the jurors about incidents from their lives When the jurors stick to discussing the case the film works best 
3
88
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he story 44 unfortunately 44 doesn apos t quite measure up to the boldness of its central hypothesis 46 
2.5
88
Roger Moore
It 8217 s possible to be a bit awed by the 8220 JFK 8221 ambition of 8220 88 44 8221 even if the execution waters down Eromose 8217 s message to the point where we wonder if he 8217 s simply lost his nerve 46 
2
88
Joey Magidson
88 is looking to be an issues movie 44 but it 8217 s so scattershot 47 preachy 44 lectures and 8220 For Dummies 8221 explanations replace tension or making cogent points 46 The ingredients are here for something quietly powerful 44 but a lack of a coherent identity prevents it 46 
2
Mars Needs Moms
David Keyes
Here is a movie that seems at war with the notion that animation can inspire or invigorate 
1
Mars Needs Moms
Peter Canavese
The whole fiasco turns out to be an excuse to let Seth Green play a redubbed little boy Next time maybe just cast a real boy build some sets in an old barn and have Mom make the costumes Blu ray 3D 
1.5
Mars Needs Moms
Linda Cook
Kids will enjoy this strangely touching tale about the bond between mothers and their children 
3
Mars Needs Moms
John Beifuss
As used by Zemeckis performance capture technology turns actors into inferior simulacra of themselves The effect of this realism is not just creepy but kitschy and even ugly when placed in this story s anti woman context 
1.5
Mars Needs Moms
Stephen Whitty
So okay men are completely irresponsible slobs which is why women need to be unceasing nags Check Great message for the kids 
2
Mars Needs Moms
Keith Cohen
The animation special effects and sound effects are top drawer This family friendly entertainment package comes with a lasting side benefit 
3.5
Mars Needs Moms
Sara Michelle Fetters
The biggest problem however remains the animation style itself Zemeckis motion capture technology just isn t fit to depict human movement Worse it can t showcase a human eyeball to save its life 
2.5
Mars Needs Moms
David Frese
A fun all ages space adventure 
3
Mars Needs Moms
Robert Levin
The awe inspiring 3 D work offers a richly textured luxuriously detailed vision of life on Mars 
3
Mars Needs Moms
Stephen Cole
Even though Mars Needs Moms isn t female friendly mothers looking for quality time with 6 to 12 year old boys could do worse than book group passage there soon 
2.5
Mars Needs Moms
Jody Mitori
If Breathed s style could have been applied to the animation this offbeat story would have a better chance at success Instead we re left with a kids movie that leaves audiences cold 
2
Mars Needs Moms
Chris Hewitt
The best way to enjoy Mars Needs Moms Skip the movie and watch the closing credits 
1.5
Mars Needs Moms
Lou Lumenick
Aside from a relatively brief appearance by Joan Cusack s avatar as the kidnapped mother there are no involving characters or situations 
1
Mars Needs Moms
Sean O'Connell
While Wells s ice blue color scheme borrows from both Tron films and a litany of Star Trek episodes a majestic musical score by the great composer John Powell somehow makes everything old feel fresh and wondrous again 
3
Mars Needs Moms
Mark Dujsik
Introducing children to fun questions about evolution and gender politics Mars Needs Moms is an odd little hybrid of adventure and simplistic allegory 
2
Mars Needs Moms
Dustin Putman
An impersonal borderline mechanical experience book ended by the dramatic warmth its middle hour hasn t a speck of 
2
Mars Needs Moms
Mick LaSalle
Talk about setting the bar too low especially in a movie that kids will be watching 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Matt Brunson
One of Hammer s more disappointing attempts to revive and reinterpret the classic Universal monsters 
2
The Emperor and the Assassin
Michael Dequina
It s hard to argue against such a melodramatic approach when such palpable haunting emotion is created 
3.5
The Emperor and the Assassin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chen mixes in rich details and politics to make it all come alive and seem relevant 
3.5
The Emperor and the Assassin
Steve Rhodes
Beautiful baffling and boring 
2
Peaches Does Herself
Liam Lacey
Mixing humour and pro sex didacticism in a way that s more like performance art than pop product Peaches Does Herself is constantly inventive 
3
Imagine
David Nusair
a passable drama that benefits from Hogg s consistently stirring turn as the central character 
2.5
Phantom of the Opera
Alan French
The cinematography remains gorgeous to this day and the sets are pretty It is a picture of opulence On that front the film remains a success
2.5
Angela's Ashes
Michael Dequina
Sometimes humorous and wholly inspiring tale 
3
Angela's Ashes
Jorge Avila Andrade
Alan Parker logra uno de sus mejores trabajos en lo que es un tributo al espritu humano que ofrece lo mejor de s en medio de las peores adversidades
3.5
Angela's Ashes
James Kendrick
a long exhausting almost completely humorless chronicle of misery shame and hardship
2
Angela's Ashes
James Berardinelli
A quietly triumphant experience 
3.5
Angela's Ashes
David Keyes
The cinematographers are brilliant in their quest to evoke cold and cruel atmosphere 
3
Angela's Ashes
Mike Clark
Probably Alan Parker s best movie after The Commitments 
3.5
Angela's Ashes
Steve Rhodes
Possesses an impeccable honesty and humanity that speaks to our hearts and our minds 
3
Angela's Ashes
Susan Stark
For all its fidelity to the spirit and in extended passages to the letter of McCourt s book however Parker s film falls short 
2
Angela's Ashes
Cornell & Petricelli
The story lacks focused character conflict that would make it a truly fine cinematic experience 
3
Angela's Ashes
Jay Carr
The film is too often trapped in its own reverence and solemnity 
2.5
Angela's Ashes
Mick LaSalle
Angela s Ashes doesn t work as entertainment and since it doesn t cure anything it can t qualify as medicine either 
1
Angela's Ashes
Roger Ebert
The result is a movie of great craft and wonderful images lacking a heart 
2.5
Angela's Ashes
Rob Blackwelder
A moving passionate drama that echoes with McCourt s distinctive character and glimmers with obstinate hope 
3
Angela's Ashes
Jonathan Foreman
Watson the queen of suffering female roles is as good as ever 
3.5
Heaven's Prisoners
Michael Dequina
Baldwin is shockingly uninteresting walking through this role or should I say sweating for Dave is covered in perspiration in practically every scene 
0.5
Heaven's Prisoners
Mike Clark
A bayou slog 
2
Heaven's Prisoners
Steve Rhodes
Script is so bad that you want to laugh at it rather than with it 
0.5
Heaven's Prisoners
Roger Ebert
Heaven s Prisoners is such an overwrought and high strung example of melodramatic excess that they should have scheduled rest breaks for the actors The movie has plot enough for three films although still not quite enough to make sense of this one 
2
Intimacy
Joe Baltake
For all the sex and vicious psychological game playing Chereau s movie is strangely forgettable 
2
Intimacy
Jeff Vice
The sexual content diverts attention away from what is some very powerful acting by the film s talented cast 
2
Intimacy
Marta Barber
A film with a few floundering moments that becomes a powerful description of what it means to be intimate 
3
Intimacy
Jeremy Heilman
Its unflinching attitude toward sex is only weakened by the lack of enjoyment that the characters seem to have while actually having sex 
3.5
Intimacy
Michael Dequina
The actors raw emotional expressiveness lends the picture its memorably gritty impact 
3
Intimacy
Pam Grady
Chereau shot Intimacy in Super 35mm widescreen but the film has the scruffy look of 16mm or digital video That is not a bad thing but instead the perfect representation of this downbeat drama desperate sad and shabby 
2.5
Intimacy
Walter Chaw
Demonstrates a remarkable courage in its nakedness and an exasperating lack of focus in its thrust 
2.5
Intimacy
Jeanne Aufmuth
Snippets of intrigue reveal themselves too late to salvage the listless storyline 
2
Intimacy
Harvey S. Karten
Notwithstanding the bumping and grinding this pic is about as erotic as Monsters Inc 
2
Intimacy
Steve Rhodes
Intimacy is the movie that the much hyped Baise Moi should have been one with explicit and credible eroticism but without any of Baise Moi s unnecessary violence 
3
Intimacy
Roger Ebert
Intimacy is a raw wounding powerfully acted film and you cannot look away from it 
3
Intimacy
Lou Lumenick
Flaccid dramatization and hollow moralizing 
2
Intimacy
Ed Gonzalez
Not since Last Tango in Paris has a film so delicately explored the quiet unraveling of desire 
3.5
It: Chapter Two
Brian Eggert
Despite the luxurious 170 minute runtime Chapter Two feels hastily assembled oddly brief and bloated at the same time and beneath the text on which it was based 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Doug Walker
The bad news is this movie s terrible the good news is it s SO entertaining 
2
It: Chapter Two
David Keyes
There are a great many moments and sequences scattered across It Chapter Two On the other hand audiences might take issue with there being so many 
3
It: Chapter Two
David Nusair
a complete and total trainwreck of a motion picture 
1
It: Chapter Two
Federico Furzan
The second chapter fails again The TV adaptation didn t work Now it fails to do so with unnecessary flashbacks and a dependence on visual effects Full review in Spanish 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
James Kendrick
has enough going for it that it doesn t quite feel like a disappointment but neither does it fully recreate the first film s gripping action and rich emotional texture
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Matt Brunson
When you ve seen one toothy slobbering demon you ve seen em all the fact that one has spider legs while another sports saggy breasts while yet another has a generous Gene Simmons in KISS tongue ultimately doesn t make any difference 
2
It: Chapter Two
Jeff Beck
This second part is simply far less captivating is in no rush to get anywhere takes an incredibly long time to get to the point and ultimately doesn t really do much of anything on its way there 
2
It: Chapter Two
Walter Chaw
It 2 is about how everything is terrible but there s hope strong enough to fight it if we believe in our friends And if they believe in us 
3.5
It: Chapter Two
Josh Terry
If creepy visuals is your thing then the second installment of Stephen King s popular horror yarn will have you crawling into your seat But if you require a little tension and unpredictability to get the job done you should look elsewhere 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Michael Smith
The great news is that Tulsa s Bill Hader is the best thing about this sequel 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Joe Friar
Bill Hader gets MVP and the special effects are first rate But in the end the film is an extravagant display of excess that gets predictable and convoluted 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Mike McGranaghan
IT Chapter Two is in many respects a very different film from its predecessor but what the story gets at thematically is an effective fulfillment of what has already been established 
3
It: Chapter Two
Matthew Rozsa
Overall It Chapter Two is a fitting companion piece to the first film There are flaws to be sure but nothing you wouldn t expect going in 
3.5
It: Chapter Two
Bob Bloom
That said Chapter Two s most powerful moments focus on the mental turmoil that continue to ravage the adult Losers years after their adolescent encounters with Pennywise 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Kevin A. Ranson
fans who immediately imagined moving into the Well House on Neibolt Street on sight alone will joyously snuggle in suffers from running time fatigue while rewarding the completionist who hangs onto every detailed breadcrumb 
3
It: Chapter Two
John Wenzel
Chapter Two goes deeper than its predecessor and yet never loses a feeling of shallowness 
2
It: Chapter Two
Mattie Lucas
Goes off the rails in the second half featuring a loud garish extended climax that s so bathed in CGI effects that it becomes numbing an unpleasant visual assault rather than than a creepy funhouse 
2
It: Chapter Two
Christy Lemire
It Chapter Two can be a sprawling unwieldy mess overlong overstuffed and full of frustrating detours but its casting is so spot on the film keeps you hooked 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Robert Horton
Substituting breakneck editing and migraine inducing strobe lights for actual ideas Muschietti wants to convince you that something exciting is happening 
2
It: Chapter Two
Oliver Jones
The new chapter doesn t bring much fresh psychological shading to this process Instead the film bombards us with plot and monsters that pile up like toys in the attic 
2
It: Chapter Two
Christian Toto
Pennywise returns but the film s real star is the SNL alum who makes this mediocrity shine brighter 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Phil Villarreal
There s a nagging sense that it could have been so much more 
3
It: Chapter Two
Dustin Putman
Sticks the landing then some This chance taking frightful deeply poignant conclusion is a beautiful phantasmagoria that deepens what came before it while provocatively rather astutely delving into decades spanning reverberations of trauma grief 
3.5
It: Chapter Two
Roger Moore
How s that old saying about too much of a mediocre thing go again 
1.5
It: Chapter Two
Peter Howell
A wearisome sequel by returning director Andy Muschietti that runs nearly three hours paying tedious obeisance to King s overwritten prose 
2
It: Chapter Two
James Berardinelli
Considering the challenges associated with adapting the second half of the novel the filmmakers have done an adequate job which is probably all that s needed to make Chapter Two a major box office success 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Chris Hewitt
Chapter Two languishes over two hours and 49 minutes and it feels even longer because of its structure 
2
It: Chapter Two
Soren Andersen
Rather than using the extended running time to dig deep into these characters director Andy Muschietti who also directed the original piles on the frights in a manner that builds to an ending drenched in hysteria 
2
It: Chapter Two
Tom Russo
Muschietti and his newly expanded cast come through pretty satisfyingly at points But they also come up short at others and at still others shift priorities entirely to concentrate instead on ante upping chills 
3
It: Chapter Two
Mark Dujsik
This extended conclusion is just more of the same with an unfortunate unwillingness to develop its characters its ideas or its methods 
2
It: Chapter Two
Gary Thompson
Your fear that the movie will never end is the most palpable fear offered by Chapter Two which substitutes spectacle for the creeping escalating dread the story is meant to have and that the first movie had in modest amounts 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Josh Larsen
could have been called Jump Scares The Movie 
1
It: Chapter Two
Rafer Guzman
An awkward mix of humor and horror that brings Stephen King s It to a disappointing end 
2
It: Chapter Two
Peter Hartlaub
Even without the cohesive story and Spielberg ian charms of the first film the sequel still delivers ample shock and awe 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Alan Zilberman
Real trauma is given the same consideration as a literal funhouse of horrors which cheapens what the characters and audience are put through 
1.5
It: Chapter Two
Barry Hertz
When the nightmare becomes a daydream it is best to call It a day 
2
It: Chapter Two
Joey Magidson
Horror works best when you give yourself over to the creative forces and here that decidedly does not happen It Chapter Two is monotonous overlong and just not scary 
2
It: Chapter Two
Jake Coyle
That sheer much ness is in the spirit of King s massive book Chapter Two is for better or worse a horror carnival 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Richard Roeper
This is a solid extremely well crafted great looking and occasionally quite chilling film with terrific performances by the grown ups as well as the returning kids 
3
It: Chapter Two
Katie Walsh
It s all incredibly Jungian dredging up their shadows in order to face them But in the process it becomes clear the horrors of the real world are so much more horrifying than any giant murderous statues puking ghouls or elderly wraiths 
2.5
It: Chapter Two
Brian Truitt
Skarsgard finds new ways to totally freak you out even in a surprisingly human fashion 
3
It: Chapter Two
Johnny Oleksinski
An immensely satisfying often thrilling adventure film 
3
It: Chapter Two
Clayton Davis
Superbly effective and vividly executed Hader is the heart and soul of the horror epic 
2.5
Do It Again
Ethan Gilsdorf
The filmmakers inject Do It Again with a likable and genuine guerrilla rawness 
3
Soul Men
Peter Canavese
Soul Men may get by on novelty but what novelty 
2.5
Soul Men
Michael Dequina
Are there two other actors who are able to utter the word motherf ker with such forceful comic authority I think not 
3
Soul Men
Frank Ochieng
Awkwardly sentimental but nevertheless sharply spry in song and sass Lee s acid tongued Soul Men certainly have something to sing about 
2.5
Soul Men
Charles Koplinski
Soul Men spins an erratic tune 
2.5
Soul Men
John Wirt
Nothing great comedy or drama happens in Soul Men The pleasure comes in seeing Samuel L Jackson and the late Bernie Mac do their stuff 
2.5
Soul Men
Peter Howell
Soul Men could have been so much more 
1.5
Soul Men
Michael Phillips
This one s only fair but it has its low down wiles and its moments 
2.5
Soul Men
Linda Cook
This isn t the perfect buddy flick but Soul Men is a perfectly acceptable tribute to the late Bernie Mack a talented comedian actor who died too soon 
3
Soul Men
Kam Williams
A definite plus is the sense of nostalgia generated by the movie s postscript affectionately acknowledging the passing of both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes 
2.5
Soul Men
Austin Kennedy
This is a perfect example of what happens when you try to combine 2 dramatically different tones into one movie 
2
Soul Men
Wilson Morales
Soul Men is not only a tribute to Mac and Hayes but the film is also funny often outrageously crude and pleasurable 
3
Soul Men
Jason Buchanan
Bernie Mac s penultimate feature is a soul movie with genuine heart a crowd pleasing comedy that leans more heavily toward laughs for the majority of the running time yet still manages to draw the viewer in with a slightly more earnest subplot 
2.5
Soul Men
Chris Hewitt
Samuel L Jackson continues his tradition of inventive facial hair in Soul Men And his tradition of appearing in movies unworthy of his talent 
2
Soul Men
John Hartl
While it s a shamelessly mediocre movie it s not mediocre in the usual ways 
2
Soul Men
Mick LaSalle
Soul Men has a lot to overcome in its effort to be funny The pall over it can be ignored only intermittently at least for the time being 
2
Soul Men
David Hiltbrand
So why is this film worth seeing Because it s an ideal showcase for Mac s peerless comic chops 
2.5
Soul Men
Stephen Whitty
We ve heard this tune before 
2
Soul Men
Lou Lumenick
Sort of a riff on The Sunshine Boys with hints of Dreamgirls about all Malcolm D Lee s relentlessly crass comedy has going for it are some amusing Motown ish numbers and the chemistry between Mac and his real life friend Samuel L Jackson 
1.5
Soul Men
Jason Heck
Ultimately Soul Men achieves modest goals comedically and soars high musically and it deserves credit for that 
2.5
Soul Men
Wesley Morris
Samuel L Jackson and Bernie Mac appear to be having a good time and for most of this raunchy poorly orchestrated buddy comedy that s enough 
2
Soul Men
Michael Sragow
When it succeeds it s because of Mac and Jackson two performers who give their all even when the material is measly 
2.5
Soul Men
John Beifuss
It s the script and not Floyd that needs a shot of Viagra 
2
Soul Men
Willie Waffle
Another one of those movies that should have stayed the course with the comedy instead of steering into the iceberg known as drama
2
Soul Men
Erik Childress
If the Weinsteins had any soul themselves they would take this film and bury it along with every other film they seem to these days instead of trying to cash it in as some misbegotten tribute to Bernie Mac s legacy 
0
Soul Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No matter what else is going on in Soul Men it s difficult not to be moved by the posthumous performances of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes
2.5
Soul Men
Claudia Puig
It doesn t sound like the likeliest pairing but it works surprisingly well Samuel L Jackson and the late Bernie Mac make a winning duo in the bawdy buddy road trip picture Soul Men 
2.5
Soul Men
Dustin Putman
Fans of Bernie Mac won t want to miss his final screen performance Everyone else need not bother 
2
Soul Men
Peter Travers
Soul Men is a chance to salute these masters of mirth and music Take it 
2.5
Soul Men
James Berardinelli
No one could accuse Soul Men of originality it cribs liberally from countless buddy films and road movies but it offers enough energy and humor to overcome its shortcomings 
3
Soul Men
John Anderson
There are moments of comedic fire that justify the presence of the two stars in the film and us in the theater 
3.5
Soul Men
Roger Ebert
You want a good time Soul Men will provide it You want to say goodbye to Bernie Mac He wants to say goodbye to you 
3
Soul Men
Michael A. Smith
Mac uses his comedic talents to the best of his ability leaving a lasting impression for the audience to cherish and take home with them 
3
Soul Men
Bill Weber
Cannibalizes both the Stax Motown era of soul music and the shopworn road movie with an equal lack of freshness 
1.5
Exodus Fall
Andrew Schenker
A collation of pseudo profound dialogue and cameos by compassionate strangers Exodus Fall is a road movie in which once out of Texas nothing bad can ever happen to our children 
.5
Exodus Fall
Roger Moore
Co director Chad Waterhouse s script is filled with melodramatic contrivances 
1
Human Nature
Margaret A. McGurk
One of a kind a fresh comedy of ideas and a daft deft poke in the funny bone 
3
Human Nature
Michael Wilmington
Tries for both civilized wit and primitive joy and mostly misses both 
2
Human Nature
Vanessa Sibbald
While Human Nature isn t as brilliant or engrossing as Being John Malkovich it s still refreshing story telling nicely punctured with a surprise musical number straight out of Snow White 
3
Human Nature
Liam Lacey
For all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale 
2.5
Human Nature
Frank Ochieng
Director Michel Gondry s satire on the beast in us all is too pretentious and tedious for us to take as a wry frothy entertainment Despite the overload of quirkiness instilled in Kaufman s spotty script Human Nature is an awkward and tired mes
1
Human Nature
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Human Nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy but ultimately fails by spinning out of control 
2.5
Human Nature
Todd Anthony
If only it were well funnier 
2.5
Human Nature
Moira MacDonald
What lingers is Arquette and her wistful little squeak of a voice imbuing Lila with a mournfulness that s quite touching 
3
Human Nature
Mick LaSalle
A satisfying and original picture 
3
Human Nature
David Elliott
Even film silliness needs a little gravity beyond good hair and humping 
2.5
Human Nature
John Anderson
Human Nature is a goofball movie in the way that Malkovich was but it tries too hard 
2
Human Nature
Lou Lumenick
A treat for aficionados of oddball movies 
3
Human Nature
Rene Rodriguez
Remains more of a riff than an actual movie 
2
Human Nature
Jeff Vice
For a movie with so many high falutin ideas Human Nature has an alarming number of lowbrow moments 
2
Human Nature
Renee Graham
It s just weirdness for the sake of weirdness and where Human Nature should be ingratiating it s just grating 
2.5
Human Nature
Sean P. Means
Gondry never connects the clever bits into an interesting whole and the moments come off as mere stunts 
2
Human Nature
David Sterritt
As it stands the movie has entertaining moments but doesn t have the surrealistic wallop its makers were clearly aiming for 
2
Human Nature
Roger Ebert
If it tried to do anything more it would fail and perhaps explode but at this level of manic whimsy it is just about right 
3
Human Nature
Rod Armstrong
The movie s ultimate point that everyone should be themselves is trite but the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness 
2
Human Nature
Duane Dudek
Human Nature talks the talk but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal 
2
Human Nature
Susan Stark
All the way to the middle of the movie and maybe beyond that it s impossible to get the script s drift That s frustrating if not outright defeating 
2
Human Nature
Bob Strauss
Smug and lacking in invention it s just the opposite of Malkovich s enthralling mixture of behavioral acuity and brilliantly bizarre plotting 
2
Human Nature
Walter Chaw
Human Nature in short isn t nearly as funny as it thinks it is neither is it as smart 
0.5
Human Nature
Terry Lawson
A sporadically amusing mess of good intentions and bad execution 
2
Human Nature
Lawrence Toppman
Feeble vapid picture 
1.5
Human Nature
Chris Hewitt
A movie you observe rather than one you enter into 
2
Human Nature
Jeanne Aufmuth
Cheap vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail s pace 
2
Human Nature
Michael Dequina
A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich 
3.5
Human Nature
Ross Anthony
If you like quirky odd movies and or the ironic here s a fun one 
2.5
Lisa
David Nusair
46 46 46 partially watchable yet mostly underwhelming 46 46 46 
2
Lisa
Bill Chambers
I saw Lisa at the right age to metabolize it as a hang out movie when I watch the film today it s a reunion with old friends A reunion with youthful navet too 
4
Lisa
Roger Ebert
If it had developed in a subtle realistic logical way it could have become a neat little Hitchcockian thriller 
1.5
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
Roger Moore
Some splendid design and a couple of very clever sight gags 46 But dull 63 If you 8217 re old enough to read reviews 44 you might want to leave this on for the kids and find something else to do elsewhere in the house 46 
1.5
Brothers
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a universal story flashing with both insight and pain the likes of which most mainstream Hollywood pictures can only hint at 
3
Brothers
Michele Kenner
This is storytelling at its best with each scene building toward a crescendo of moral decisions 
3
Brothers
Lawrence Toppman
The two male leads bulwarks of the Danish film industry for more than a decade play off each other like the veterans they are 
3.5
Brothers
Robert W. Butler
After the film ends you may find fault with certain plot elements but while you re watching it Bier s effort totally sucks you in 
3
Brothers
David Nusair
intriguing 
3
Brothers
Moira MacDonald
Bier honored as an Emerging Master at the Seattle International Film Festival this year is clearly a director to watch In her hands a story that could become melodramatic is gripping and heartbreaking 
3
Brothers
Sean P. Means
The intimate handheld camera work and the attention to life s small details bring an emotional authenticity to this heartbreaking story 
3.5
Brothers
Rob Thomas
The wrenching Brothers is like The Deer Hunter for the War on Terror 
4
Brothers
Connie Ogle
At its core Susanne Bier s wrenching portrayal of the shifting dynamics within a Danish family is really about survival about how we cope in the face of shattering grief and what we ll do anything really to save ourselves 
3
Brothers
Walter Chaw
Less an exercise than it is a rut 
2.5
Brothers
Laura Kelly
This Danish film ultimately loses the battle due to an underwhelming exit strategy 
2.5
Brothers
Geoff Pevere
Keeps itself floating above the suds thanks to Bier s crisp and lively visual design the general loveliness of her cast and her attention to small moments of arresting domestic authenticity 
2.5
Brothers
Rick Groen
A powerful brutal funny tragic vibrant very human movie 
3.5
Brothers
Wesley Morris
A beautifully considered marvel of screenwriting 
3
Brothers
John Monaghan
The intentions are admirable but the movie is only so so 
2
Brothers
Ruthe Stein
Imaginative and immensely engrossing 
4
Brothers
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie that doesn t solve everything at the end that observes some situations are capable not of solution but only of accommodation 
3.5
Brothers
Chris Hewitt
Bier s attention to detail allows her to get away with melodramatic plot developments we might not buy in another movie Yeah crazy things happen but the characters responses to them are so genuine that the plot developments feel genuine too 
3
Brothers
Robert K. Elder
A talented director of ensembles and intimate scenes Bier again proves herself a powerful if occasionally overwrought dramatist 
3
Brothers
Elizabeth Weitzman
An appropriately uneasy blend of graphic military drama and tender romance Brothers pulls no punches even as its worst violence occurs offscreen 
3
Brothers
Kim Morgan
Well positioned on that slippery cliff called melodrama Susanne Bier s grainy intimate almost claustrophobic family drama Brothers keeps its footing never falling into the deep chasm of Soap Opera 
3
Brothers
V.A. Musetto
Director Susanne Bier avoids cliches as she studies the shifting family dynamic 
3
Brothers
Jan Stuart
A powerhouse drama that puts us through a wringer of emotions 
4
Brothers
Shlomo Schwartzberg
The deficiencies of Brothers lie in its wholesale adoption of war film clichés and obvious plotting 
2.5
Brothers
David Sterritt
This story might have been a standard melodrama in less gifted hands but Bier uses a leisurely pace and subtly stylized camera work to make it an intelligent deeply moving exploration of social and individual ethics 
4
Brothers
Ed Gonzalez
Every plot point follows a soapy and well worn path but the characters speak to each other as if they ve known each other their entire lives 
2.5
Legend
Brian Eggert
Hardy s individual performances are excellent quite predictably though his characters are two dimensional at best 
2
Legend
Sara Michelle Fetters
Legend really does waste the majority of its potential Helgeland never tapping into the story of the Kray brothers in a way that is essential or lasting 
2
Legend
David N. Butterworth
Tom Hardy shines in Legend twice in fact but his satisfying dual performance is the only thing Brian Helgeland s film has going for it 
1.5
Legend
Sonny Bunch
Legend is the best movie of the year if your idea of a great movie is watching one of our preeminent actors hamming it up for two hours and change in service of a lacking story 
2.5
Legend
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Legend is entertaining has good rhythm and makes good use of period music The problem is that it could have been so much more considering the material it was based on Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Legend
Regina García de Alba
An average movie with an amazing performance by Tom Hardy Full review in Spanish 
3
Legend
Bob Bloom
While Legend definitely has its drawbacks you basically overlook or ignore them because of Hardy His characterizations are superb showing the contradictions and nuances of brotherly sociopaths who are laws unto themselves 
3
Legend
Mark Dujsik
It s a movie that clearly states its goals but that doesn t accomplish them 
2
Legend
James Kendrick
even if it doesn t ever rise to legendary status itself Legend is a fitting portrait of the twin gangsters who while they had their moment in the 60s have already begun to fade from view
3
Legend
Peter Canavese
Helgeland revels in the violence and depravity setting a dubious tone that in that final act has as much of a struggle as Reggie in going straight 
2.5
Legend
David Nusair
Legend suffers from a repetitive midsection that grows increasingly problematic 
2
Legend
Roger Moore
Hardy manages to make the twins two distinct shades of brutality 
3
Legend
Kam Williams
Tom Hardy s performances as two fisted twin gangsters elevates a Sixties mob saga that will never be confused with The Godfather 
2
Legend
Kam Williams
Tom Hardy s performances as two fisted twin gangsters elevates a Sixties mob saga that will never be confused with The Godfather 
2
Legend
Barry Hertz
Helgeland uses long take shots through boisterous clubs unreliable narration and splashes of violence to create a drama of little surprise and even less impact 
2
Legend
James Berardinelli
Legend seems like a movie Scorsese might have made if he wasn t paying attention the elements are present but they are clumsily assembled and the outcome underwhelms 
2
Legend
David Berry
How you start with an epic crime tale and Tom Hardy at his most Hardy and end up with something this tepid might even be a more interesting story than the movie itself 
2.5
Legend
Peter Howell
Watching Tom Hardy nearly upstage himself in the gangster biopic Legend makes for mesmerizing viewing It s also an object lesson in how great acting can transcend a film s limitations 
3
Legend
Mike McGranaghan
There s probably a better film to be made about the Krays but Legend has two Tom Hardys and an Emily Browning doing exemplary work In this case that s enough 
3
Legend
Ty Burr
The movie s a testament to the Krays ability to get away with everything for a while anyway But it s better evidence of Tom Hardy s ability to do just about anything 
2.5
Legend
Richard Roeper
Legend is a bad title for a film that doesn t quite succeed in relating how these brothers became legends 
2.5
Legend
Michael O'Sullivan
It leaves a big blank make that two blanks where the complex contradictory lives behind this Legend should be 
2
Legend
Calvin Wilson
Helgeland clearly has a feel for the Krays criminal milieu but it s not long before repetition sets in There s only so much brutality that even the most bloodthirsty audience can tolerate 
2.5
Legend
Mick LaSalle
To take such a subject and render it without focus interest or joy to make a long dull movie from it qualified as some perverse sort of achievement 
1
Legend
Stephen Rebello
Legend also boasts a top flight supporting cast doing standout work including David Thewlis Paul Bettany and Taron Egerton but it s Hardy s show And what a show he gives 
3
Legend
Peter Travers
It sounds silly and often it is Helgeland s script is hit and miss Still Hardy playing gangster twins is a show all by himself an actor flying without a net and having a ball 
2.5
Legend
Glenn Kenny
Right off the bat it s a muddle because of Helgeland s slavish devotion to Martin Scorsese a bad thing to display when you don t have Scorsese s chops 
1.5
Legend
Rex Reed
The script may be flawed and the narrative storytelling mechanical but whenever either one Tom Hardy or both is onscreen Legend is engrossing stuff indeed 
2
Legend
Kenji Fujishima
Given how Legend s script is so bereft of insight into its characters psyches perhaps there s only so much even an actor of Hardy s stature can do 
1.5
Legend
Kent Turner
Hardy s both the leading man and a character actor in one film though subtlety goes by the wayside in his brash performance s It s acting with a capital A 
2
Legend
Tina Hassannia
The film is a big stupid flop 
1.5
Legend
Lou Lumenick
The most impressive thing about Legend is Hardy s ability to differentiate the twins and the camera tricks employed to put them together in scenes 
2.5
Abu: Father
Aparita Bhandari
A well made documentary that manages to charm you while also following that dictum to SpeakYourTruth 
3
Azur & Asmar
Peter Hartlaub
This is a unique effort that art film crowds and families will both be able to appreciate 
3
Azur & Asmar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The result is not entirely seamless but the filmmaker still uses plenty of long shots and landscapes that feature his traditional look and feel and movement 
3
Azur & Asmar
Steven Rea
The tale of two brothers from childhood to manhood it is rife with timeless storybook themes and offers an inspiring vision of harmony between different cultures different people 
3.5
Azur & Asmar
Phil Villarreal
The film is full of out there artistic decisions that don t quite pay off it makes you feel like you re taking medicine without a spoonful of sugar 
2
Azur & Asmar
Tom Keogh
Gorgeous and mesmerizing Azur Asmar eschews computer generated imagery to render a flat storybook style animation that never stops delighting with its ornamental detail range of color and exotic story 
3.5
Azur & Asmar
Michael Phillips
Is it too early to announce the most beautiful film of 2009 Two days into the new year it s hard to imagine a more transporting cinematic experience coming our way than Azur Asmar an animated feature from the French writer director Michel Ocel
4
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 a long slog at under ninety minutes 46 46 46 The kids have nothing to do 44 the store is barely used 44 and the mystery is solved on a note card 46 46 46 not even worthy to play in the background at a costume party 46 
0
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Kevin Carr
It has some very clunky writing but better than it should be 44 playing like an old episode of Goosebumps 46 
2
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie is far too formulaic to succeed as either a horror story or an advertising gimmick 46 
1.5
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Roger Moore
The script is just a collection of horror tropes 46 46 46 The frights are tepid at best 46 The banter is 8220 sick 44 and not in a good way 46 8221 And the acting is mostly child actors rushing and slurring their lines 
1.5
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
This is little more than an extended commercial for Spirit Halloween stores 44 and less fun than visiting the real deal 46 
2
Cesar and Rosalie
Roger Ebert
The movie tells a love story of sorts or a love hate story and even if it does lose its way toward the end it presents not one but two unusually good performances by Montand and by Romy Schneider 
3
Fear of a Black Republican
Kam Williams
Have you ever noticed how few African American Republicans there are That fundamental question rests at the heart of this eye opening expose offering a variety of intriguing answers 
4
Fear of a Black Republican
Kam Williams
Have you ever noticed how few African American Republicans there are That fundamental question rests at the heart of this eye opening expose offering a variety of intriguing answers 
4
Chandni Chowk to China
Mike Scott
Insufferable Burdened with insipid plotting and lame comedy 
1
Chandni Chowk to China
Mike McGranaghan
This is a fun movie as well as an interesting peek into what entertains audiences in a different culture 
3
Chandni Chowk to China
Christian Toto
Chandni Chowk to China is a fresh invigorating mashup of Bollywood and Asian martial arts epics Then it stays around a good half hour too long Way too long 
2.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Michael Dequina
A wholly missed opportunity to broaden the Hindi film fan base in America 
2.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Michael Hardy
Chandni Chowk to China is Bollywood s all singing all dancing all Hindi bid to conquer America 
3
Chandni Chowk to China
Lawrence Toppman
Chandni Chowk is the kind of madness to which you surrender unconditionally or not at all You ll find the trans Asian journey from the market street in Delhi to the tyrannized village in China bewitching or bewildering with little room in between 
3.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Lisa Kennedy
Chandni has martial arts montages and Bollywood song and dance numbers As tacky as the latter are they re the sweet and only draw of the movie They also give this slight comedy adventure its epic and unearned length 
1.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Stephen Cole
In fact at two hours and 34 minutes CC2C is too much by a half too much dancing and fighting and too much footage of the Great Wall of China 
2
Chandni Chowk to China
Jason Heck
Chandni Chowk to China is an energetic mess 
2
Chandni Chowk to China
Lou Lumenick
Chandi Chowk is fun but somewhat exhausting with several elaborate production numbers a bullet proof umbrella that also serves as a parachute a magical potato plus a running time just over 2 1 2 hours which is short by Bollywood standards 
2.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Jonathan Curiel
To appreciate this scenic spectacle requires a leap of faith that will test even die hard Bollywood fans 
3
Chandni Chowk to China
John Hartl
If you can get into the frenetic rhythm of the thing it has its charms 
2.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Chris Hewitt
Long story short There was plenty that I liked about Chandni But I also couldn t wait for it to end 
2.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Jason Anderson
The first ever Bollywood kung fu comedy qualifies as deliriously and endearingly bizarre 
3
Chandni Chowk to China
Claudia Puig
This Indian Chinese cinematic hybrid is likable and entertaining but overlong and occasionally hokey 
2.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Daniel M. Kimmel
So here s the deal Don t send us any more Chandni Chowk movies and we won t send you anything with Adam Sandler 
1
Chandni Chowk to China
Michael Phillips
If only it were as much fun as its trailer 
2
Chandni Chowk to China
Peter Schilling
Chandni Chowk to China supposedly is the the first ever Bollywood kung fu comedy which makes me pray fervently that it will also be the last 
1
Chandni Chowk to China
Mack Bates
Chandni Chowk to China has something to offer every discerning film taste And that s its major shortcoming 
2
Chandni Chowk to China
Steven Rea
If Slumdog Millionaire s success has Hollywood thinking American audiences are ready for the authentic Indian movie experience Chandni Chowk to China could quickly put the kibosh on that notion 
1.5
Chandni Chowk to China
Frank Lovece
Less a Bollywood bonbon than a pan Asian fusion dish this combination of Indian musical and Chinese chopsocky is nonetheless delicious fun 
3
Chandni Chowk to China
Roger Ebert
It will appeal to the large Indian audiences in North America and to Bollywood fans in general who will come out wondering why this movie of all movies was chosen as Hollywood s first foray into commercial Indian cinema 
2
Chandni Chowk to China
James Berardinelli
Like the cinematic equivalent of someone appearing on Mr Blackwell s Ten Worst Dressed list the movie is a garish mix of conflicting styles and genres cross pollinating overproduced musical numbers cheesy melodrama and kung fu 
2.5
Motherland
Walter V. Addiego
Yeung tries to mix a whodunit with a story of explosive family dynamics but the effort succumbs to a weak script and a one note lead performance 
2
We Are Never Alone
Shane Slater
Save from a few humorous moments playing off of the prison guard s paranoia there s not much levity to be found in the plot 
1.5
A Grand Romantic Gesture
Roger Moore
The deflating nature of the gestures with nothing grand or particularly romantic about any of them leaves this Canadian comedy dead on the page before it dies on the stage 
1.5
Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Rob Thomas
Lowenstein s film poignantly represents the fullness of Hutchence s life the brilliance and the pain It ll send viewers away with both a heavy heart and What You Need buzzing in their heads 
3
Outside Satan
Mattie Lucas
The implications linger long after the film is over and while it occasionally seems to be doing more meandering than exploring Dumont provides us with much to contemplate a hallmark of any great film 
3.5
Outside Satan
Peter Keough
God works in strange ways especially when Bruno Dumont directs him Or is that the devil 
3
Outside Satan
John Semley
Bruno Dumont s employment of his bucolic French backdrop here attends to Hors Satan s muddying spiritual ambiguity 
3
Paper Towns
Pamela Powell
Look up the definition of paper towns Reading the definition in a dictionary will be more entertaining than seeing this movie 
0.5
Paper Towns
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Paper Towns is an admirable film more due to what it tries to do than to the final product and although it does entertain it could ve done a lot more Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Paper Towns
Max Weiss
I like everything about Paper Towns except for its premise and central romance Yes I know those sort of seem like dealbreakers but the things I liked about Paper Towns marginally outweighed the things I didn t like Marginally 
2.5
Paper Towns
Bob Bloom
This young adult movie is among the dozens of titles featured in the 2015 holiday gift guide at ReelBob com 
2.5
Paper Towns
John Beifuss
Benefits from its confidence in the page turning pull of its random breathless plotting which borrows as much from Nancy Drew as from John Hughes 
2.5
Paper Towns
Richard Roeper
Paper Towns is particularly good at pinpointing that certain point in teenage male friendships where the guys are getting older but they still sometimes resort to silly voices and goofy humor when the girls aren t around 
3.5
Paper Towns
Linda Cook
It s an imaginative take on leaving high school and its mysteries 
3
Paper Towns
David Nusair
worth noting that both Wolff and Delevingne are lacking in the unreasonably glamorous looks that actors tend to boast in films of this ilk with the two actors possessing an everyday far from stunning appearance that s nothing short of refreshing 
3
Paper Towns
Roger Moore
A romance as pleasantly bland as the city that is its setting Orlando 
2
Paper Towns
James Berardinelli
Paper Towns is an exercise in artifice 
2
Paper Towns
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers can t unravel the central mystery of Margo or why besides an ill defined case of puppy love Quentin would abandon good sense to pursue her 
2.5
Paper Towns
Matt Brunson
With characters who are often as intricate and three dimensional as an origami figure but a script that remains hopelessly paper thin Paper Towns is a disappointment coming on the heels of last summer s lovely weepie The Fault in Our Stars 
2.5
Paper Towns
Christy Lemire
Paper Towns is a movie that I really liked but I probably would have loved if I d seen it when I was 13 
3
Paper Towns
Kent Turner
Although the filmmakers stay true to John Green s voice they also soften it downplaying the darkness and making one singular young woman more ordinary 
2
Paper Towns
Scott Renshaw
It s refreshing to find a funny frisky teen narrative that makes the simple pleasures of friendship as profound as True Love 
3.5
Paper Towns
Mark Dujsik
The other mystery is unspoken and unintentional What is it about Margo that causes such a hullabaloo 
1.5
Paper Towns
Manori Ravindran
Fans expecting more than a routine coming of age story had better prepare for a paper movie 
2.5
Paper Towns
Susan Wloszczyna
Paper Towns might be the only movie to ever pay tribute to Walt Whitman s poetry Woody Guthrie s music and the empowering theme song from the Pokemon cartoon series 
3
Paper Towns
Gary Thompson
A bit like Gone Girl only without all the miserable horrid people which takes most of the fun out of it 
2
Paper Towns
Peter Keough
Even literate voiceovers this one isn t so much telegraph that we re in for safe if dark ironies and rueful platitudes that inevitably resolve in some glib life lesson 
2
Paper Towns
Lawrence Toppman
The clichéd high school is hell but we re sure gonna miss it vibe has seldom seemed so phony 
2
Paper Towns
Eric Henderson
To hose down the white elephant in the room right off the bat yes Paper Towns falls into place as a coming of age spin on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype 
2
Paper Towns
Brian Truitt
A satisfying look at young unrequited love bromances independence and letting go 
3
Paper Towns
Charles Bramesco
Paper Towns works better on paper than in practice its ideas are infinitely preferable to the experience of watching the film 
2
Paper Towns
Steven Rea
The movie name drops the cool stuff the rebels of word and song but the essence of the story and the cardboard characters who inhabit it are as mundane as can be 
2
Paper Towns
Dustin Putman
Paper Towns is a thoughtfully crafted drama with an ensemble of actors standing on the precipice of what deserve to be bright careers 
3
Paper Towns
Bruce DeMara
At last a movie about teens on the cusp of adulthood that has heart wit and soul 
3.5
Paper Towns
Lou Lumenick
Deeply mediocre 
2
Paper Towns
Moira MacDonald
Fantasy is the currency in which adolescent movies deal why else in teen movies would everyone s hair always be perfect and Paper Towns putters along agreeably enough 
2.5
Paper Towns
David Berry
Following the mystery injects some welcome momentum into what s otherwise the standard laundry list of end of school projects and Green does have a way with the mildly pathetic drama of geeky youth 
2.5
Paper Towns
Michael Ordoña
Self absorption might be a common teen trait but its glorification here may fail to excite those old enough to know they don t know everything 
2
Paper Towns
Peter Travers
Ok Paper Towns plays it safe but Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne are irresistible so we re never sorry 
3
Paper Towns
Matt Pais
It s all head no heart which is generally the opposite of those formative years 
2
Paper Towns
Stephen Whitty
In a summer full of superheroes dinosaurs and earthquakes it could very easily get drowned out But try listening a little harder It has something to say 
3
Drinking Buddies
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Drinking Buddies fares best in its relaxed and easygoing opening stretch 
2.5
Drinking Buddies
Josh Larsen
won t change your world but it s a nice movie to have a beer with 
2.5
Drinking Buddies
John Beifuss
The story meanders purposefully and doesn t lead to the places a similar studio film would go Swanberg recognizes that disillusionmnet and disappointment are more frequent and universal occurences than heartbreak 
3.5
Drinking Buddies
Duane Dudek
This relationship story between two craft brewery workers played by Jake Johnson and Olivia Wilde is unfiltered slightly bitter and has distinct spice notes 
3
Drinking Buddies
Rob Thomas
Wilde and the other actors really seem to relish Swanberg s approach getting to say things that real people might actually say communicating not with big speeches but with small moments 
3.5
Drinking Buddies
Joe Williams
Here s a toast to the cast and crew Drinking Buddies is a three dimensional movie that doesn t require beer goggles 
3
Drinking Buddies
Austin Kennedy
DRINKING BUDDIES is a surprisingly complex and charming movie about 2 best friends who are at a crossroads in their lives Olivia Wilde gives her best performance to date and her chemistry with Jake Johnson is a joy to watch 
3.5
Drinking Buddies
Chris Hewitt
This baby has video on demand written all over it 
2
Drinking Buddies
Ty Burr
Swanberg points the movie in directions that defy our expectations exploring the characters immaturity and the entropy of human interaction 
3
Drinking Buddies
Liam Lacey
Not much happens in Drinking Buddies which frankly is refreshing 
3
Drinking Buddies
Moira MacDonald
Drinking Buddies sneaks up on you you think it s going in one direction and suddenly it goes somewhere much more interesting 
3
Drinking Buddies
Chris Knight
For a film in which the main characters work at a brewery and imbibe the fruits of their labour in almost every scene Drinking Buddies is an oddly flat concoction 
1.5
Drinking Buddies
Linda Barnard
A meandering unfocused kind of love story among 20 and 30 somethings that grates as much as it pleases 
2
Drinking Buddies
Rene Rodriguez
The movie has a keen eye for the ways in which we sometimes resign ourselves to less than satisfying lives 
3
Drinking Buddies
Steven Rea
Drinking Buddies walks a fine line between the mundane and the meaningful but the actors walking it are top notch 
3
Drinking Buddies
Mick LaSalle
This is a special movie 
3
Drinking Buddies
Claudia Puig
Director Joe Swanberg and a terrific ensemble cast imbue a simple story with authenticity and shambling charm 
3.5
Drinking Buddies
Christy Lemire
Drinking Buddies is a crackling screwball comedy refracted through a low key mumblecore prism 
3
Drinking Buddies
Robert Levin
The movie grabs you once you ve become attuned to the way Joe Swanberg works and grown familiar with these characters 
3
Drinking Buddies
Odie Henderson
This looks like a string of screen tests and home movie outtakes of the actors getting hammered on set It s Grown Ups 2 for the art house crowd 
1
Drinking Buddies
Sara Stewart
There s more plot and scripted dialogue here than in Swanberg s earlier mumblecore work But authenticity still comes first 
3
Drinking Buddies
Dann Gire
It simply nails the reality of late twentysomethings and early thirtysomethings struggling with relationships friends and lovers 
3
Drinking Buddies
Michael Phillips
Drinking Buddies has a cleaner structure than Swanberg s earlier wanderings but after several projects I still don t know what compels him as a filmmaker 
2
Drinking Buddies
Matt Pais
Streamlined and real like a new favorite song that both reminds you of something you already loved and gets you to see it with fresh eyes 
3.5
Drinking Buddies
Dustin Putman
Small in size yet keenly adept at human observation films like Drinking Buddies are a pleasurable respite from the routine of seeing characters controlled by bigger than life plot hooks one can only find in cinema and television 
3
Drinking Buddies
Jesse Cataldo
Less precise and cohesive than much of Joe Swanberg s recent work as its small improvisational skeleton struggles to meet the demands of the more ambitious story it s trying to tell 
2.5
The End of the Affair
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer director Neil Jordan takes the right approach to the material Instead of trying to spruce it up he simply moves in closer 
3
The End of the Affair
Wesley Lovell
The hopefulness and the hopelessness of the lives of Maurice 44 Henry and Sylvia are so beautifully rendered that a person would be hard pressed not to feel something strong and reaffirming about the fates of the characters 46 
3.5
The End of the Affair
Steve Rhodes
Although Jordan attempts an old fashioned cinematic weeper what he gets instead are talented actors reciting their lines with all of the fervor of someone reading the phonebook 
1.5
The End of the Affair
Mike Clark
This is the kind of movie in which even the sex scenes are soulless 
2
The End of the Affair
Ross Anthony
Oozing like a maple tree with schmaltz
2.5
The End of the Affair
Jonathan Foreman
The characters are so unsympathetic the adulterous love affair at the heart of the story so joyless and the three main performances so mannered that it s hard to feel anything but disappointment and boredom 
2
The End of the Affair
Rob Blackwelder
An ambitious misfire 
2
The End of the Affair
Michael Dequina
Beautifully passionate and extremely romantic 
4
The End of the Affair
Mick LaSalle
Guaranteed to be mistaken for a first rate picture 
2
The End of the Affair
Roger Ebert
If the movie were not so downbeat and its literary pedigree so distinguished the resolution would be soap opera 
2.5
In the Land of the Deaf
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Nicolas Philibert s beautiful illuminating and energizing documentary 
3
Kim Possible: So the Drama
David Nusair
features an emphasis on the same sort of elements that made the show so enjoyable 
2.5
Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
Mike McGranaghan
Marijuana legalization is a hot button issue ripe for boundary pushing humor Don t Legalize It oddly pulls back at the very moment when it should be charging forward with all its might 
2
Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
David Berry
Given how established their roles are Don t Legalize It could really use some sort of narrative pull but it is mostly just content to stand in the middle and watch everyone circle in their fitfully funny ruts 
2
Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
Craig Offman
It gets as stale as pot left too long in the freezer 
2
Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
Peter Howell
You ve got to take your toque off to a dumb movie that is clever enough to try to rook Ottawa politicians into doing the right thing for the wrong reason 
2.5
Sick
Kevin Carr
A smart and thrilling slasher knock off with a unique spin against a pandemic background 46 
3
Sick
Christian Toto
Balanced commentary 44 sharp thrills make pandemic themed shocker soar 46 
3
Sick
Brian Eggert
Sick is admirable for how it mines a recent issue to incite strong reactions 44 and for how its complex morality challenges our sympathies 46 
3
Sick
Randy Myers
Sick is a slick shot of horror fast paced and written with just enough biting commentary to make it a cut above 
3
Sick
Erik Childress
On one hand John Hyams has delivered a rousing 44 efficient slasher film while on the other has a very conflicting screenplay that tries to both sides the behavior during the pandemic and allows the worst of it as a new feather in the cap of the worst of us
2.5
Sick
David Nusair
46 46 46 a briskly paced 44 perpetually surprising endeavor that grabs the viewer 8217 s interest and attention right from the get go 46 46 46 
3.5
Sick
Simon Abrams
Sick is exactly what it looks like 44 and a lot of mean spirited fun at that 46 
3
Sick
Mark Dujsik
The story here might be routine 44 but the filmmaking 44 which is what really matters 44 isn apos t 46 
3
Sick
Mark Hanson
Throughout 44 the film 8217 s characters impressively hold their own when forced to defend their lives 44 with director John Hyams catching every incident of bone crunching mayhem as if he were shooting a martial arts film 46 
2.5
Livermore
Steve Rhodes
Contains a few nice episodes but fizzles more often than it sizzles 
2.5
Pina
Kelly Jane Torrance
Pina aims to confound expectations and it does 
3
Pina
James Kendrick
a stark invigorating reminder that great art never dies with the artist
3.5
Pina
Rob Thomas
Joy anger terror grief the entire range of human experience can be found in these dances 
3.5
Pina
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pina is a celebration of what it is to inspire greatness a passionate dance of life love and inspiration that transcends its central figure to become something as timeless and as hopeful as the innovative and remarkable woman who inspired it 
3.5
Pina
John Beifuss
Undefeated won the Oscar but the most truly inspiring of the Documentary Feature nominees is Pina I know next to nothing about dance and I was mesmerized 
4
Pina
Jordan Levin
Watching Pina is like being inside one of Bausch s surreal pieces 
4
Pina
Caroline Palmer
A remarkable and likely enduring tribute to an artist committed to creating dance theater drawn from humanity s deepest physical and emotional reserves 
3.5
Pina
Lawrence Toppman
Most documentaries put us inside people s heads The dazzling experimental Pina puts us inside people s feet 
4
Pina
Matt Brunson
The 3 D is so subtle unobtrusive and low key that at times I felt like I was watching the movie through a View Master rather than the requisite plastic glasses That s not meant as a knock 
3.5
Pina
Calvin Wilson
Pina isn t just for dance fans or those curious about the latest in 3 D It s a celebration of life 
4
Pina
Steve Ramos
An immersive moviegoing experience beyond imagination 
4
Pina
Moira MacDonald
A unique and often sublime artistic experience Pina is a 3 D dance film that immerses us in the movement letting us feel that we could reach out and touch these dancers as they float past us 
4
Pina
Lisa Kennedy
Pina is a tribute of an artist by an artist a friend to a friend But its great genius comes from the mournful as well as celebratory reckoning of the performers Bausch pushed collaborated with and inspired 
3.5
Pina
Stephanie Merry
What might seem like a convenient bid for publicity the first 3 D art house film turns out to be the only logical way to showcase the action 
3.5
Pina
Steven Rea
This meditation on movement and space transportation and transcendence is not to be missed 
4
Pina
Gary Thompson
This seems like a ripping good idea In practice Pina turns out to have a few problems 
2
Pina
Matt Pais
Even for someone who would rather count sheep than attend a ballet these scenes are nothing short of astonishing beautifully presenting dance s ability to depict words 
3.5
Pina
Ann Lewinson
A milestone in dance and 3D filmmaking 
4
Pina
Ty Burr
What the filmmaker has created is an inspired simulacrum a jewel box that contains more of Bausch s kinetic soul than film has any right to 
3
Pina
Michael Phillips
Pina is the best possible tribute to Bausch and to adventurous image making 
4
Pina
Roger Ebert
I watched the film in a sort of reverie 
3.5
Pina
V.A. Musetto
It should appeal to dance mavens and to folks who have no idea what a pas de deux is 
3
Pina
Greg Quill
We are among these dancers in their pain and joy and longing We hear them breathe feel the heat of their skin smell their sweat sense the pounding of their hearts the ache in their thighs and feet 
3.5
Pina
Jaime N. Christley
By virtue of its subject alone enthusiasts of modern dance will devour Pina If it was in a bottle they d drink every drop if it was in a squeeze tube they would rub it on their skin 
2
Pina
Guy Dixon
Using 3 D in as ungimmicky a way as possible Wenders wants simply to immerse viewers in the dance with all its physicality protruding collar bones and earthy colours 
3.5
Operation Filmmaker
Peter Keough
Wickedly ironic and often moving 
3.5
Operation Filmmaker
Mark Rahner
If learning about other cultures shows that we re all basically alike Operation Filmmaker is a reminder that foreign countries have their own share of nitwits too 
2.5
Operation Filmmaker
Sean P. Means
Davenport focuses deep on the Hollywood do gooder mentality and her own complicity in treating Mohmed as a symbol of the war and not as a flawed person 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Jeff Vice
It s fearless filmmaking And the surprising observations about cultural differences and insights into the movie production process make the whole thing worthwhile 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Ty Burr
Everyone here comes out smelling bad that s why the film s so good 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Peter Travers
This gut punch of a documentary will knock you for a loop 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Maitland McDonagh
Veteran documentary filmmaker Nina Davenport parses an ill conceived experiment in cross cultural understanding that began with the best intentions 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Lou Lumenick
A ruefully funny cautionary tale about cross cultural tone deafness 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Elizabeth Weitzman
You can bet Nina Davenport didn t set out to make a documentary as bracingly honest as the one she ended up with 
3
Operation Filmmaker
Bill Weber
Operation Filmmaker occasionally verges on damning its subject one of the most gripping characters seen this year on film for being a cagey arrogant single minded narcissist but hey that s showbiz 
3
Operation Filmmaker
David Nusair
the cinematic equivalent of spending 90 minutes in the company of a really unpleasant unlikable figure 
1.5
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market
Eric Henderson
David Sigal s documentary may not quite manage to canonize the diner at least not to flyover country but it sure makes it sound like a good meal and a great time 
2.5
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market
Lou Lumenick
The interviews and vintage clips are a vivid record of an extraordinary era in the city s history 
3
The Guillotines
V.A. Musetto
The plot is of little importance the spectacular action and gorgeous landscapes and costumes are what matter 
3
The Guillotines
Rob Humanick
Despite the multitude of cinematic tricks the prolific Andrew Lau has up his sleeve the film is a disappointingly rote entry in the wuxia pantheon 
1.5
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Sean McBride
Director Daniel Junge succeeds marvelously here with total access to all of the characters in what turns out to be a passionate courtroom melodrama 
3.5
The Perished
Roger Moore
The frights aren t frightening the shouting matches about You ve brought shame on our family are dated the performances close to amateurish and the whole thing looks like it was shot on a cell phone 
1
Kill Your Idols
Lou Lumenick
The documentary enters more dubious territory when it tries to present today s more consumer friendly post punkers like the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs as some sort of successors 
2
Kill Your Idols
Elizabeth Weitzman
an atonal love letter to a single corner of the culture one built in the words of singer Lydia Lunch on beauty and truth and filth 
2.5
Kill Your Idols
Ed Gonzalez
The film s construction isn t groundbreaking but the shrill freakshow of talking heads is revealing conveying how revolutionary spirits can spread their own form of oppressive bile 
2.5
Rust Creek
James Berardinelli
Although there are times when the story meanders two aspects remain strong throughout the committed performance by lead actress Hermione Corfield and the vivid images captured by the lens of cinematographer Michelle Lawler 
3
Rust Creek
Sara Michelle Fetters
What s great about Lipson s script is that she doesn t make even a passing attempt to transform this story into a romance 
3
Rust Creek
Brian Tallerico
I found myself more invested in the ins and outs of the drug trade in Kentucky than the plight of the woman who got stuck in it 
2
Rust Creek
Joey Magidson
Rust Creek just wants to tell a lean mean and razor sharp story which they do without question 
3
Rust Creek
Mark Dujsik
Julie Lipson s screenplay isn t content to simply provide another foray into a tale of survival against the odds 
3
Rust Creek
Roger Moore
Solid set up and good action beats are wasted in a thriller that dawdles to the point it rusts right before our eyes 
2
Rust Creek
Mike McGranaghan
A gripping indie thriller skillfully made well acted and poignant in ways you don t anticipate 
3.5
Rust Creek
Christian Toto
See you can make a feminist movie without the lectures Rust Creek proves it 
3
Game Over, Man!
Brian Tallerico
Game Over Man is grotesque violent insane and offensive in other words it s kind of exactly what you d expect from a Workaholics movie unrestricted by basic cable censors 
2
Game Over, Man!
Roger Moore
A handful of BIG laughs a lot of lurching along between them 
2
Open Your Eyes
Michael Dequina
The visually stunning product is no less absorbing and haunting not to mention surprisingly moving 
3.5
Open Your Eyes
Liam Lacey
For adventurous filmgoers though this Spanish import offers something off the beaten path and a chance to play the coffee shop game Could This Screenplay Be Saved 
2
Open Your Eyes
Jeremy Heilman
Amenabar at 25 has created a film that deserves comparison to Hitchcock s best work 
4
Open Your Eyes
Ed Gonzalez
A resonating portrait of millennial angst that ultimately amounts to little more than a preposterous guessing game 
2.5
Open Your Eyes
Rob Blackwelder
A jaw dropping psychological thriller about the power of the human mind to bend and break reality 
4
Open Your Eyes
Ian Mantgani
It s like being tickled horrible as well as enjoyable but worth it for that moment of relief when the tickler finally stops 
3
Open Your Eyes
Steve Rhodes
When they finally reveal the Big Secret you re liable to just shake your head both because it s so ludicrous and because you can easily and correctly write the epilogue 
2.5
Open Your Eyes
Peter Stack
The cumbersome fantastical plot twists of its last 40 minutes render the whole thing unfathomable 
2
Open Your Eyes
Jeff Vice
The first portion of the movie can t possibly prepare audiences for what turns out to be a series of inane plot contrivances which help the movie end with a real thud 
2
The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Bruce DeMara
It has quite a lot to recommend it But it also has a few glaring flaws that detract from it being stellar action fare 
2
The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Jeremy Polacek
Cheery and happily empty headed the present day subplot adds little but sentiment to a film shot through with clich characters a predictable plot and undisguised reverence 
1.5
The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Peter Sobczynski
This lavish period piece contains enough thrills spills and moments of cinematic grace that not only manage to push it through the rough spots but allow it to put most American action films of recent vintage to shame 
3.5
Dogwashers
Roger Moore
Slow like a stoner Guy Ritchie mob comedy 
1.5
Midnight Family
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
An 80 minute gut punch 
3
Midnight Family
Steven Prokopy
The film is loaded with the type of constant tension you might expect from a business that revolves around human suffering 
3.5
Midnight Family
Rene Sanchez
A fascinating documentary that captures the every day challenges and problems faced by millions of hard working people in Mexico Full Review in Spanish 
4
Midnight Family
Joe Friar
Ambulance crews become ambulance chasers as the documentary begins to resemble Dan Gilroy s Nightcrawler A fascinating nocturnal thrill ride 
3
Midnight Family
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of the great contemporary films about the look and feel of a big city after dark 
4
Midnight Family
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Midnight Family may spend much of its time in the dark but sheds spectacular light on the wonders and nightmares of the human condition 
4
Midnight Family
Chuck Bowen
It s the mix of the humane and the calculating that gives the film its empathetic power 
3
Midnight Family
Roger Moore
A harrowing and cautionary inside look at the Wild West of Mexico City emergency services 
3
Midnight Family
Sean P. Means
Lorentzen serves as director cinematographer and editor and he deftly illustrates the hot pursuits and the down times the Ochoas face every night 
3
Advantageous
G. Allen Johnson
Achieves much on a relatively meager budget it has an impressive futuristic visual design and the last half hour is so irresistibly creepy that it s sure to invoke discussion after the screening 
3
Advantageous
Diego Semerene
The dialogue is so disaffected it s as if humans were replicants even before going through the aforementioned twin making procedure 
1.5
Cousins
David Nusair
46 46 46 stars Danson and Rossellini offer up first class 44 completely charming work 46 46 46 
3
Cousins
Roger Ebert
Cousins is a celebration of carnal desire wrapped up in a comedy so that nobody is too badly hurt 
3.5
Midnight Sun
Brad Wheeler
The soundtrack is sappy and conspicuous the life lessons and Inuit way tutorials feel just as forced 
1
Buddy
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet frustratingly conventional piece of work 
2
Buddy
Marta Barber
It touches on a lot of different matters yet you can t help having a good time watching it 
2.5
Buddy
Steve Rhodes
Traditional and predictable you ve seen this one before 
2.5
Apsolutnih Sto
Steve Rhodes
A moving piece of cinema that is both a thriller and a touching story of brotherly love 
3
Heart Beat
Roger Ebert
The characters are wonderfully well played by Nick Nolte Sissy Spacek and John Heard they have scenes together in which the round robin of everyday dialogue is almost poetic but nobody has given their characters anything to do except to be 
2.5
Teenage
John Beifuss
Arty yet superficial treatment of provocative subject matter 
2
Teenage
Ty Burr
A roughly chronological jumble of archival footage unconvincing period reenactments gauzy voice overs and half baked ideas that makes one yearn for the stolid dullness of a History Channel documentary 
1.5
Teenage
Jen Chaney
Deftly weaves together various media in a way that breathes its own youthful stream of conscious life into the documentary genre 
2.5
Teenage
Tom Keogh
There s no there there in Teenage a meandering mess of a documentary that has the feel of a bloated inchoate term paper 
1.5
Teenage
Brad Keefe
Has moments that are quite intriguing but like a teenager it can t seem to decide what it wants to be when it grows up 
2
Black Friday
Matt Brunson
While Karloff would continue to prominently appear in horror flicks for the remainder of his life Lugosi found himself already being relegated to inconsequential bit parts 
2.5
Puncture
David Nusair
a sporadically watchable yet wholly uninvolving endeavor that probably does a disservice to the movie s real life inspiration 
2
Puncture
Moira MacDonald
Puncture has the unusual problem of being almost too intriguing its based on true events story seems to cry out for documentary treatment 
3
Puncture
Ethan Gilsdorf
Puncture is based on an actual court case But is this a story best served by focusing on the legal battle or the arc of Mike s flawed hero 
2
Puncture
Michael O'Sullivan
Evans works so hard to look like a drug addict that it undermines the character s effort not to look like one 
1.5
Puncture
Peter Keough
The film veers off into an addiction redemption story awkwardly punctuated by political correctness 
2.5
Puncture
Chris Hewitt
Stick a pin in it 
1
Puncture
Mark Dujsik
Perhaps one day someone else will pick up the movie s effort and do the story justice 
1.5
Puncture
Michael Phillips
Does a commendable job of merging its David vs Goliath elements with Weiss personal problems doing justice to the fact that Puncture is based on true people and an actual case 
3
Puncture
Roger Ebert
Electrifying in the role Evans reminds me of other great out of control druggies played by Al Pacino and Nicolas Cage 
3
Puncture
Matt Pais
A riveting legal drama that easily represents Evans best work 
3
Puncture
Lou Lumenick
Puncture presents a compelling story but it s also difficult to sympathize with Evans doomed main character no matter how vividly he s acted 
2.5
Puncture
Simon Abrams
If you like your films like you like your airport fiction then Puncture should be right up your alley 
2
The Hunted
Greg Maki
It s the polar opposite of the stylized action popularized by The Matrix and other recent films 
3.5
The Hunted
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a chase sequence between Hallam and Bonham through the streets of Portland that begins promisingly enough but soon becomes so ungainly I had no idea what was up and where was down 
2
The Hunted
Tyler Hanley
Leaves more loose ends than a family of octopi 
2
The Hunted
Jeremy Heilman
Unlike most action movies when the characters bleed sweat and scar one can t help but notice There s an emphasis on the physicality of the actors here that elevates some of the scenes above the film s generally uninspiring intentions 
3
The Hunted
Mark Dujsik
Never as exciting as it appears it should be 
2.5
The Hunted
Frank Ochieng
a generic by the numbers action thriller that has all the out of whack suspense of a defective dental drill a desperate need to lend this rudimentary noisemaker some impulsive personality as well as credibility 
2
The Hunted
Matt Brunson
It s depressing enough when lousy movies manage to snag the services of one talented Oscar winner but finding two stranded in the same drivel seems like an especially monumental waste of resources 
1.5
The Hunted
Addison MacDonald
While not quite the caliber of The French Connection or To Live and Die in LA Friedkin s latest effort will find its niche among followers who prefer a smaller story to the epic scope of most thrillers 
3
The Hunted
Jonathan R. Perry
It might appeal to the action junkie and that s fine there s an audience for that If I come in expecting to shift my brain into neutral I m willing to do that I might even enjoy it But don t tease me with overtures of something more if you can t de
2
The Hunted
Jeffrey Westhoff
Offers little more than macho bloodletting but the macho bloodletting is primo 
3
The Hunted
James Kendrick
One of the most engrossing films to released so far this year 
3
The Hunted
Linda Cook
A better than average chase flick 
2.5
The Hunted
John Beifuss
The Hunted is survival of the fittest cinema a stripped down exercise in mythic chest thumping propelled by brief exposition and minimal dialog 
2.5
The Hunted
James Berardinelli
This is schlock by the numbers action that ignores character development to the point where we find it hard to care whether L T catches Hallam or whether they end up running after each other until the world ends 
2
The Hunted
Dustin Putman
Suspenseful and competently made but one cannot help but walk away sensing that more could have been done with the premise 
2.5
The Hunted
Chris Hewitt
Blunt muscular and single minded The Hunted is a 98 minute chase scene and on that level it succeeds 
2
The Hunted
Todd Anthony
No movie in recent memory made me laugh harder or longer than the numbingly incompetent First Blood rip off The Hunted Trouble is I m pretty sure it wasn t intended as a comedy 
1
The Hunted
Moira MacDonald
The Hunted serves mostly as a reminder that three Academy Award winners are as capable of making a silly movie as anyone 
1.5
The Hunted
Mick LaSalle
Technically it s well made but it wasn t worth making 
1
The Hunted
David Elliott
The Hunted is First Blood shoved into grateful memories of The Fugitive 
2
The Hunted
Gary Brown
The Hunted is no catch 
2
The Hunted
Joe Baltake
A thoroughly mediocre action movie 
2.5
The Hunted
Steven Rea
The Hunted isn t exactly fraught with psychological depth and nuance but as a stalker stalkee suspenser the pic has some nice things going for it 
3
The Hunted
John Anderson
Things take off immediately and stay in motion for 90 solid economical minutes 
2.5
The Hunted
Nick Carter
There s not really even the pretense of ambition beyond sticking hard to the demands of the action thriller genre 
2
The Hunted
Bob Strauss
The movie feels more like there are important segments missing from it and what s left just seems as generic unnecessarily brutal and under thought as the film s title 
1.5
The Hunted
Jeff Vice
This is not one of veteran director William Friedkin s strongest works In particular he seems to relish making this mess as bloody as possible 
1.5
The Hunted
Vic Vogler
An intense if terse character study that does not let us settle into comfortable delineations of good and evil 
3
The Hunted
Lawrence Toppman
Friedkin can wring thrills from pulp like The Hunted concealing plot problems as well as anyone can 
2.5
The Hunted
Ty Burr
The sight of Jones expending his sizable acting chops on this piece of macho blowhard fluff is distressing only if you can t relax and appreciate The Hunted on a camp level where it functions quite hilariously 
1.5
The Hunted
Terry Lawson
The Hunted has little to recommend it but some well staged hand to hand combat scenes in which thankfully no one double back flips into trees with the help of wires and digital doodling 
2
The Hunted
Rick Groen
You got your hunted you got your hunter and away they go And go and go 
2
The Hunted
Lou Lumenick
In the running for is the year s dullest thriller 
1
The Hunted
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie fresh is that it doesn t stand back and regard its pursuit as an exercise but stays very close to the characters and focuses on the actual physical reality of their experience 
3.5
The Hunted
Kit Bowen
The Hunted could also be called Fun Things To Do With a Knife 
2
The Hunted
Sean P. Means
Where is Adaptation co writer Donald Kaufman s screen credit 
2
The Hunted
Rob Blackwelder
15 year old Frankie Muniz in this week s Agent Cody Banks is a more convincing covert operative than Benicio Del Toro 
1.5
The Hunted
Phil Villarreal
It s disappointing to watch the continuing fall of director William Friedkin 
2
The Hunted
Mike Clark
Here we go again with Tommy Lee Jones chasing a fugitive right out of what was that movie called 
1
The Hunted
Glenn Lovell
A remarkably stupid and unpleasant chase picture 
1.5
The Hunted
Tony Toscano
Shame on everyone involved 
1
The Hunted
Tor Thorsen
The script feels like it was penned by committee 
2
The Hunted
Rene Rodriguez
The Hunted is so openly defiantly derivative of 1982 s First Blood you figure there has to be a copyright lawsuit brewing right this very minute 
2
The Hunted
Michael Wilmington
An enjoyable movie that keeps hinting at something deeper that it doesn t deliver 
3
The Hunted
Steve Rhodes
About a Teflon coated invisible man with Rambo skills it has scene after scene of needlessly preposterous actions 
2
The Hunted
Bob Bloom
The Hunted serves no purpose offers no message has no redeeming qualities It only does a disservice to the men who bravely wore their country s uniform 
1
The Hunted
Walter Chaw
Breathless and testosterone bloated and best forgotten before the hey wait a minute catch up post screening 
3
The Hunted
Peter Travers
Just a Rambo rehash 
2
The Hunted
Harvey S. Karten
Bearing a flimsy plot The Hunted looks like a paste up job from any number of action movies 
2
Believe
Jeff Vice
Too heavy on the mocking and too light on the laughs 
1.5
As Seen Through These Eyes
V.A. Musetto
Unfortunately Angelou s detached and often superfluous narration lessens the film s impact 
2
As Seen Through These Eyes
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Helstein leads the narrative with superfluous voiceovers from poet Maya Angelou that emphasize the historicity of the events described and in some instances dote on details that seem irrelevant to the core topic 
2.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Diana Cheng
46 46 46 their Best Original Screenplay fuses science fiction 44 action 44 comedy 44 and family drama all at once 46 Genre jumping might be a better term to describe the Daniels 8217 creative mode of filmmaking 46 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Matt Brunson
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert not only think outside the box but outside the multiverse as well 46 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Peter Howell
Raising an ecstatic hot dog middle finger to the negativity of modern times EEAAO urges us to free our minds and accept that it s OK to be strange 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 is certainly unique 46 Exploring the idea of family 44 existential crises 44 and other obvious philosophical concepts 44 the film uses its quasi futuristic narrative to delve into these topics in ways not often seen in film 46 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mike Scott
A wonderfully weird 44 exhilaratingly all over the place absurdist comedy 44 led by great performances and a screenplay that is as funny as it is moving 46 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Chase Hutchinson
It is unafraid of being cheesy and silly 44 leaning into the full potential of its marvelous vulgarity cut with a prevailing sweetness that resonates in a triumphant final act 46 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Peter Canavese
A bit overrated but worth seeing for the great Michelle Yeoh in a very trendy 44 nth degree multi verse 44 live action cartoon concept film 46 40 Lionsgate 4K blu ray 41 46 
2.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
David Nusair
46 46 46 the movie 44 beyond a certain point 44 adopts an often unreasonably frenetic feel that becomes more and more difficult to stomach 46 46 46 
1
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Every scene of the movie is rife with infinite possibility 44 and even if a given scene may play in a way that makes familiar 44 narrative 44 structural sense 44 there apos s still a hint 44 that anything 44 anything at all 44 could be coming next 46 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Robert Horton
There apos s a lot to enjoy 46 46 46 46 And yet I found myself resisting the greeting card conclusions 46 
2.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jessie Gender
The most movie to ever movie 46 An ambitious 44 bonkers and yet ultimately touching film that reminds you revel in your humanity 59 all told through the constantly inventive storytelling that never feels confusing despite the endless absurdity 46 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Knight Adamson
The heart of the story is the American dream scenario being questioned only to find that family and sacrifice are worth the fight 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Rene Sanchez
A towering achievement led by Michelle Yeoh s performance Multiple universes collide in this hilarious and extremely touching story about embracing the ups and downs and the inherent chaos of life Full Review in Spanish
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Max Weiss
There s lots to recommend about Everything Everywhere All at Once but the film s frenetic busy ness wore me down 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ross Anthony
Best to know as little as possible don t try to understand too much just be ready for a wild ride Just like real life 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sean P. Means
So moving so funny so emotional so inventive so crazy so all encompassing in its strangeness and heart that verbal descriptions are insufficient 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kevin A. Ranson
builds its mythology upon itself in the best possible and most entertaining ways a multiversal sci fi and fantasy kaleidoscope of a film grounded in a bitter reality daring to ask what version of oneself is considered best 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mike McGranaghan
Packed with wall to wall creativity I feel bad for anyone who has to get up to use the restroom during this picture because if you miss even a single minute of it you miss a lot 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kevin Carr
If you re familiar with A24 you re probably going to like this movie It certainly is something interesting to watch 
2.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
David Gonzalez
Everything Everywhere All at Once 160 captures the majesty and originality of cinema while bestowing a multiverse of madness that offers an existential character study examining human desires 44 relationships 44 familial lineage 44 and life apos s choices 46 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Dwight Brown
It s a peculiar taste that might even split the opinions of diehard sci fi act com fans 
2
Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Berardinelli
Offers a devil may care approach and a deliciously wicked sense of humor a top flight performance from Michelle Yeoh and an emotionally true central theme 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Bob Bloom
Evelyns road to discovery is a mind tripping journey accentuated by hilarious situations and weird encounters with people she seems to know yet actually doesnt 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Rob Thomas
Everything Everywhere All at Once presents the idea that there is an infinite number of alternative universes out there each with its own Michelle Yeoh This is still not enough Michelle Yeoh 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jay Horton
Everything Everywhere All at Once will be absolutely adored by some moviegoers from its very first moments It s a film made to be loved and given the sheer eye popping technical wizardry at play throughout nearly impossible to hate 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Brian Truitt
A bonkers and bizarrely wonderful genre mashup Everything Everywhere All at Once is finally the multiverse movie that we can all relate to 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jeff York
It apos s often great 44 never less than fun 44 and who can say no to a never better Michelle Yeoh 63 The mix of all kinds of styles 44 genres 44 and techniques makes for one zany and colorful comedy 46 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Prokopy
This is a film that clearly needs to be seen multiple times to truly appreciate it but it s not tough to love and admire after just one viewing 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mark Feeney
Inventiveness and sheer buoyancy which Everything has in abundance will take a movie a long way 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Roger Moore
A MOVIE movie with a genuine beginning middle and end in the Age of Content its something to see I tell you what 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mark Dujsik
It sets out to break your brain finds an assortment of ways to break your heart and somehow pieces both together again with such skill of craft and narrative that it almost feels like a bit of a miracle 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michael O'Sullivan
It s hard to know what to make of Everything Everywhere All at Once It s a tour de force but of what It s exhausting It s funny It s confusing 
2.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Josh Larsen
more audaciously expansive than even its title suggests 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Moira MacDonald
I suspect you could watch Everything Everywhere All At Once multiple times and have a different experience every time it seems like a movie that would always have another angle to reveal 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Emily Zemler
An explosion of creative weirdness that is equal parts exhilarating and overwhelming 
3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Brian Eggert
It overthrows any standard expectations with a sublimely messy assemblage of brain scrambling science fiction kung fu action absurdist jokes movie references and end of everything stakes that miraculously feels grounded 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ty Burr
What a movie 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kent Turner
Anything goes here The filmmaking is both disciplined and unruly For viewers not familiar with the directors films Swiss Army Man The Death of Dick Long they may need more than one energy drink to keep up 
2.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jake Coyle
Next to grander and glossier metaverses and more tidily sensible movies Everything Everywhere stands as an antidote to algorithm It s a preposterous and tasteless ode to the messy nonsensical struggle and bliss of being human 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Derek Smith
The film works magic by embracing excess finding a kind of harmony and possibility within it and reminding us of the beauty and lunacy of the human experience along the way 
3.5
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Randy Myers
Simply put it s brilliant and I m dying to see it again 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Katie Walsh
Admiring the chutzpah of The Daniels doesnt necessarily translate into actual enjoyment of the film which is a high concept project with plenty of flair but a crucial lack of finesse in storytelling 
2
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mick LaSalle
An extraordinary movie 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sonny Bunch
Everything Everywhere All at Once has the potential to be a generation defining film the sort of picture that shows why movies matter and how movies can move us 
4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Marya E. Gates
In this love letter to genre cinema Michelle Yeoh gives a virtuoso performance 
3.5
Hamlet
Wesley Lovell
This edition directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh and released in 1996 is one of the most well regarded of such works 
3.5
Hamlet
Peter Canavese
The play widely regarded as the best piece of dramatic literature ever written in the only unexpurgated big screen version Blu ray 
4
Hamlet
Rick Groen
This Hamlet may not be perfect but it is perfectly engrossing 
3
Hamlet
James Kendrick
Not many filmmakers would dare to film and then market a four hour film like this but Branagh pulls it off marvelously 
3.5
Hamlet
Joe Baltake
Moviegoers who applauded the vigilante justice in such recent films as Joel Schumacher s A Time To Kill and Barry Levinson s Sleepers should be totally in sync with the action and have no trouble surmounting the verbiage 
3.5
Hamlet
Barbara Shulgasser
An irresistible Hamlet 
4
Hamlet
Mick LaSalle
A vigorous four hour adaptation that s 100 percent Shakespeare and 100 percent cinema 
4
Hamlet
James Berardinelli
I have seen dozens of versions of this play either on screen or on stage and none has ever held me in such a grip of awe 
4
Hamlet
Steve Rhodes
An incredible motion picture experience 
4
Hamlet
Mike Clark
Glorious as it is this unexpurgated workout is ultimately a movie of moments 
3
Hamlet
Chris Hicks
A magnificent effort 
3.5
Hamlet
Susan Stark
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in a vibrant full text full hearted film from Shakespeare s most complex tragedy 
4
Hamlet
Madeleine Williams
This version of Shakespeare s masterpiece is definately worth the length and is a masterpiece in its own right 
4
Hamlet
Marty Mapes
In spite of its length Hamlet is a relevant and moving film 
3
Hamlet
Rob Blackwelder
Hamlet is vast but manageable gorgeous and tragic on a very personal level And every moment is riveting 
3.5
Hamlet
Roger Ebert
Branagh s version moved me entertained me and made me feel for the first time at home in that doomed royal court 
4
A Letter to Momo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new anime A Letter to Momo feels like the movie that Hayao Miyazaki s final film should have been 
3.5
A Letter to Momo
Tirdad Derakhshani
A sweet heartfelt yet never maudlin story about an 11 year old girl s coming to terms with the loss of her father 
3
A Letter to Momo
Thomas Lee
It s difficult to imagine any children s movie retaining the attention of its intended audience for two hours but this movie feels especially monotonous 
1
A Letter to Momo
Tom Keogh
Despite the hand drawn film s supernatural edge one of Okiura s lyrical strengths is acquainting a viewer with the poetry of the real animated reflections of ordinary beautiful things we see in everyday life without actually noticing them at all 
3.5
A Letter to Momo
Bill Stamets
A sweet tale of a sad girl who moves to a new place and meets supernatural pals 
2.5
A Letter to Momo
Peter Keough
Had Okiura cut some of the supernatural shtick he would have had a far more affecting and mercifully shorter movie 
2.5
A Letter to Momo
Ann Hornaday
A Letter to Momo is unquestionably lovely to look at but viewers may not be able to shake the feeling that they ve seen much of it before and done better 
2
A Letter to Momo
Kristin Tillotson
Scene after gorgeously hand drawn scene offer a visual feast but two hours of it is a bit too long 
3
A Letter to Momo
Kyle Smith
A comic adventure that suffers from a dearth of both laughs and thrills 
1.5
A Letter to Momo
Brian Tallerico
A beautifully connected film on a spiritual level Overall Okiura stays very focused on Momo s emotional journey which is smart 
3
A Letter to Momo
Wes Greene
It offers a realistic portrayal of Momo s emotional state but this comes at the expense of a deeper exploration into both the story s lush supernatural landscape and its inhabitants 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Brian Eggert
Alas the film appears as if it has much to say but doesn t end up saying much at all Instead it becomes a neutered vehicle for Bullock 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Pamela Powell
You ll see not only politics in a different light but all marketing and advertising in a different way And that s a good thing 
3.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
David Nusair
a solid little drama that boasts an impressive assortment of positive attributes 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Sara Michelle Fetters
A head scratching disappointment that s as frustratingly unsatisfying as anything I ve seen this year 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Sonny Bunch
Political cynicism is one of America s key exports 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Eric Melin
Instead of a black comedy about powerful U S government employed parasites pulling dirty tricks on foreign soil we get a silly revenge story about two rivals who are supposed to be really smart something we rarely see 
1.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Robert Levin
There s nothing remotely shocking about any of this and the satire therefore plays tepidly 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Robert W. Butler
Only the most politically ill informed viewer will be surprised by the content of Our Brand Is Crisis Then again being politically ill informed seems to be the status quo For all its faults the film has a message worth hammering home 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Matt Brunson
Ultimately the movie s brand isn t crisis as much as it s absurdity 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
John Serba
Struggling to find a tone between parody and drama David Gordon Green ends up squashing it flat 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Burl Burlingame
Joaquin de Almeida has a roiling core of self loathing that s both amusing and terrifying one we ve seen too often not in the theater but at the ballot box 
1.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Tomris Laffly
In his political satirical drama Our Brand is Crisis David Gordon Green delivers this not so shocking piece of information in a fairly sharp and entertaining way 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
James Berardinelli
The movie is funny enough to get its share of laughs but in its angry heart it s a tragedy and the saddest part is that too much of this story is true 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Mark Dujsik
The political game can be deceitful and manipulative Politicians can be untrustworthy and duplicitous We get it We ve gotten it for a while 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Rafer Guzman
Ultimately Our Brand Is Crisis isn t as hard hitting trenchant or angry as it should be 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
John Semley
Say what you will about the sneering misanthropic political dramas of previous eras Blow Out JFK and so on But at least they came by their cynicism in good faith 
1
Our Brand Is Crisis
Soren Andersen
Crisis squanders its intriguing premise 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Rick Bentley
Our Brand Is Crisis is like a third party candidate who enters a race in the final weeks Any good qualities just don t get exposed and the candidate gets lost in the pack no matter how much manipulation is happening 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Katie Walsh
An acidic biting political satire that asserts the notion that marketing has taken over the democratic process 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Brian Truitt
The movie unfortunately gets stuck between edgy drama and broad comedy and most of the humor lands with a thud unless animals getting run over or an A list actress mooning bus passengers get your vote 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Peter Keough
The film indulges in the unabashed goofiness that stoked Green s Pineapple Express and which Sandra Bullock demonstrated to raucous effect in The Heat 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Stephen Rebello
If by the wholly unconvincing finale the movie s brand is mediocrity the constantly undervalued Bullock s brand is insane likability and knowhow 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Michael Smith
Enjoy Our Brand is Crisis for Bullock s comedic talents and dirty tricks in a movie that doesn t really want to get its hands dirty which any good campaign strategist could tell you is the only way to win 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
David Berry
When Our Brand actually pops its head into the real nuts and bolts of shaping a candidate it feints toward something resembling satire without ever quite biting 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Dann Gire
Despite Bullock igniting the booster rockets with a forceful immersive performance Our Brand is Crisis comes off as an awkward blend of heavy satire and contrived personal redemption 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Lawrence Toppman
Tim Orr s cinematography captures every mood beautifully but his pictures don t compensate for a thousand ill chosen words 
1.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Stephanie Merry
If it s satire it s neither sharp nor especially funny Yet it doesn t deliver emotionally either 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Mick LaSalle
Our Brand Is Crisis is in that annoying category of movie that sends audiences away thinking It s almost good but something is off 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Calvin Wilson
In Bullock Crisis has a star who makes the whole thing seem better than it probably is 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Stephen Whitty
A slick political dramedy with bursts of personal humor but an overdose of Hollywood gloss 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Peter Howell
Like the ruthless political strategists the film both satirizes and celebrates Our Brand Is Crisis speaks out of both sides of its mouth 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Dustin Putman
Our Brand Is Crisis is too soft in its foundation to make the splash it hopes for but Sandra Bullock s assertive adeptly shaded turn proves eminently watchable 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Glenn Kenny
It might be possible to make a good movie out of a cross between Mike Nichols Primary Colors and Costa Gavras Z but Our Brand Is Crisis directed by David Gordon Green in a seeming attempt to do something along those lines is not that movie 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Matt Pais
Only if you adore movies about white people patting themselves on the back for caring about non white people should you go anywhere near Our Brand is Crisis 
1.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Peter Travers
stumbles over a vast terrain of self serving scoundrels Trump trumps anything they can make up but livewire Bullock never lets hypocrisy out of her comic kill zone 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Eric Henderson
It only serves to validate George Clooney s devotion to showmanship as Hollywood s current reigning poster boy for blue state morality 
1.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Rex Reed
The movie wafts and drones and shifts gears so many times that it is never as funny pointed jaundiced or clever as it could have been and much less politically significant than it should be 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Tony Hicks
The overriding message which certainly isn t new is that power corrupts and politics is a nasty game not meant for the little people But in Crisis the point is not powerfully made 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Roger Moore
Strangely dispirited like the Sandy Bullock showcases of old 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Kam Williams
A light hearted primer in how to mount a smear campaign and thereby manipulate a banana republic to vote against its own self interest 
3
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Kam Williams
Unless you are prone to laugh at endless urination expectoration regurgitation defecation flatulence and belching avoid this rip off at all costs 
0
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Vince Koehler
Mike Meyers brings this troublesome feline to life in an action packed adventure 
3
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Tony Toscano
the film s gags degenerate into a kind of seedy burlesque 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Tyler Hanley
Only Hollywood could turn a straightforward children s book into a frantic feature film 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Steven Snyder
They missed the point But stole the name The real question today Is who to blame 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Matt Brunson
Theodore Geisel isn t merely rolling over in his grave he s spinning so fast that he s splintering the coffin around him into shards appropriate for teeth picking 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Michael Szymanski
Myers sounds like a cross between Paul Lynde and Austin Powers and purr like The Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion he doesn t have an original moment in the character 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Steve Rhodes
It s so bad that Dr Seuss should sue from the grave It is one of longest eighty minutes you ll ever spend in a theater 
.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Collin Souter
Creepier than Michael Jackson s mug shot and yet very similar Parents shouldn t leave their kids alone with this circus sideshow either 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Mike McGranaghan
The Cat in the Hat is ostensibly a family film yet it is filled with material that is inappropriate for children A complete disaster 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jonathan R. Perry
a shrill soulless and disturbing void of imagination that murders the spirit of a beloved children s book which the filmmakers obviously have not read 
0.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Dustin Putman
A spirited fantasy that doesn t slow down long enough for the viewer to think about its flaws 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Claudia Puig
The Cat in the Hat is long on visual dazzle but short on warmth and the humor is excessively raunchy for a family film 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Phoebe Flowers
A very expensive 73 minute commercial for related merchandise 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Mary Brennan
The movie has some mildly amusing moments but it completely lacks the wild glee and irresistible rhythm of the book 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
C.W. Nevius
It is hard to say who is less recognizable in The Cat in the Hat Mike Myers or the actual Cat in the Hat 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
David Elliott
A brash defilement of Geisel s most famous work yet so compulsively cheery that people might try to ignore the obvious 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Will Evans
Despite the enormous effort and expense that went into this overblown production the Cat falls flat on his hat 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Sarah Chauncey
When the problem with The Cat in the Hat is the Cat itself nothing else can save the movie 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jami Bernard
Fun has never looked so tedious 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Chris Knight
At 85 minutes Myer s mugging and vanity may have grown ups in doubt of their grip on their sanity 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Connie Ogle
A poorly made movie for children full of crass bodily function humor and embarrassingly empty one liners 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Robert W. Butler
The good and bad news about Mike Myers Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat is that it s basically How the Grinch Stole Christmas Part II 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Terry Lawson
This is not your father or mother s Cat in the Hat certainly and it has the decency or disregard not to be 
3
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jeff Vice
An excruciatingly unfunny live action comedy 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Lisa Kennedy
I do not like this cat in his hat 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Lawrence Toppman
82 of the most wretched minutes ever imprinted on celluloid 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Ty Burr
Represents everything corrupt bloated and wrong with mainstream Hollywood movies 
.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Sean P. Means
Too stupid for grown ups too gross for the tots the movie was really upsetting me lots 
0
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a noisy nightmare a hugely impersonal manufactured product It shows not only a complete disregard for children but also utter contempt 
0
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Megan Lehmann
Even at an embarrassingly short 82 minutes Cat is stuffed with inane filler 
0
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Liam Lacey
A semi intriguing abomination the movie The Cat in the Hat takes a piece of classic childhood Americana and turns it into something garish dumb ugly and senseless 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Chris Hewitt
It s not exactly the story you love but at least it s a story you ll recognize 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Roger Ebert
Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat is a triumph above all of production design That s partly because the production design is so good partly because the movie is so disappointing 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Bob Strauss
The film is the kind of betrayal of the book s kooky elegance in which Myers magical maniacal talking cat finds it necessary to cough up hair balls 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jon Niccum
All the wild visual textures don t disguise the fact that the film makes little connection with its characters 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Bob Bloom
The Cat is a letdown I ruefully confess Once again the studio has made Seuss a mess 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Meg Jones
There are a few cinematic hairballs along the way but most of the film is a great ride 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Bruce Newman
The movie is overproduced in every way but the most important one Other than an occasional token rhyme this Cat in the Hat lands flat footed and with tin ear drained of its essential Dr Seussness 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Gloria Goodale
No doubt Myers s fans will find something to like but others may find themselves quoting the good doctor All we could do was to Sit Sit Sit Sit And we did not like it Not one little bit 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Mark Caro
The movie includes little of Seuss language and even less of his wit 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Jeffrey Westhoff
Myers isn t playing a character He s just doing comedy sketches in a strange costume and makeup while stealing Charles Nelson Reilly s voice 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Peter Travers
Another over blown Hollywood raid on Dr Seuss 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
James Berardinelli
There are two and only two noteworthy things about The Cat in the Hat It s visually impressive and Mike Myers has a field day Other than that the movie is entirely forgettable 
2
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Carrie Rickey
This is not The Cat in the Hat This is kitty litter 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
John Anderson
Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat is perhaps the worst holiday movie ever made 
.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Frank Ochieng
a kiddie coated clunker The Cat in the Hat has the numbing staying power of sniffing artificial catnip is one flick that is neutered down in its hackneyed state of mind
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Ross Anthony
I enjoyed the film 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Walter Chaw
Abandon hope all ye who enter 
0.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Josh Larsen
After the wholesale botching of Grinch The Cat in the Hat feels both faithful and fresh 
3
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Scott Nash
Just plain awful 
1
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Emily Blunt
The Addams Family Beetlejuice Monkey Bone loving lot of you should RUN to this spectacular outrageously brave kaleidoscopic colorburst of a mindtripilous film Not for kids 
3
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
James Sanford
Another pre packaged blockbuster that s all concept and no charm Trust me you ll love it Everyone in marketing is certain of that 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Ed Gonzalez
A disastrously misconceived confection that should easily neuter a few childhood memories 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Rob Blackwelder
I don t remember a rave scene with a cameo by hoochy hotel heiress Paris Hilton in Dr Seuss s The Cat in the Hat do you 
0
Annie Hall
Gene Siskel
No question about it Annie Hall takes a whack at bright people in conflict It s very serious about its comedy 
3.5
Annie Hall
Dorothy Smiljanich
It is not as funny as Love and Death nor as poignant as Play It Again Sam but Woody still manages to reduce all of life down to a resigned sigh 
3
Annie Hall
Brian Eggert
Few films are as funny and heartbreakingly true but also as immeasurably creative 
4
Annie Hall
James Berardinelli
Romantic honest and touching all the kinds of things one wants from a smart rom com that refuses to be guided by the genre s tropes 
3.5
Annie Hall
Mattie Lucas
Clearly a deeply personal work for Allen almost autobiographical in its evocation of his worldview 
4
Annie Hall
David Nusair
Allen s imaginative often avant garde approach to the material goes a long way towards compensating for a decidedly uneven atmosphere 
2.5
Annie Hall
Kathleen Carroll
Allen as a result of his exposure to Bergman perhaps has greatly matured as a filmmaking talent Annie Hall is by far his most sophisticated most emotionally complex film 
3.5
Annie Hall
Jaime N. Christley
Woody Allen s classic comedy has one opening scene after another never seeming to run short of prologues and prefaces 
3.5
Annie Hall
Wesley Lovell
Woody Allen at his smartest wittiest funniest and best 
4
Annie Hall
Scott Nash
For all the jokes though it is the relationship between Alvy and Annie that makes it so wonderful 
4
Annie Hall
Phil Villarreal
Lifelong anhedonia may have robbed Allen of happiness but at least it gave him some material 
4
Annie Hall
Roger Ebert
Watching it again 25 years after its April 1977 premiere I am astonished by how scene after scene has an instant familiarity 
4
Annie Hall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Annie Hall is refreshing because it showed an astonishing leap in creativity exploration and cinematic curiosity from Allen s previous film 
4
Best Kept Secret
Stephen Whitty
Apart from a few briskly factual titles there are no editorial intrusions here no yammering experts no pontificating activists no sappy sentimental music 
3
Best Kept Secret
Kam Williams
A magnificent tapestry of touching relationships more like mother and child than student teacher When scientists figure out how to clone humans they ought to start with Janet Mino 
4
Killing Ariel
Christian Toto
Killing Ariel proves some romances refuse to die 
3
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Matt Brunson
There s relatable universal material in this property but it often gets buried beneath a template that teeters uneasily between awkward pathos and obvious one liners 
2.5
A River Changes Course
Tomas Hachard
A delicate documentary about a way of life that s slowly disappearing yet gives way to nothing new 
3
Blood Honey
Matthew Passantino
The film didn t need a gimmicky button to close things out it needed a compelling story to start with 
2
Blood Honey
Dave McGinn
While there are moments of intrigue and a good twist the whole thing feels as if it s a B movie horror that wants to be so much more 
1.5
Blood Honey
Bruce DeMara
Director Jeff Kopas has talent and a decent eye for imbuing scenes with subtle menace but as co writer of the screenplay he also shares some responsibility for a story that doesn t quite hang together 
1.5
Security
Roger Moore
Banderas and Kingsley lend yet another formula B movie actioner their charisma Surely they can do better than this 
1.5
Death Line
James Kendrick
both unsettling and quite funny often at the same time
3
Death Line
Roger Ebert
It s undermined by several vast improbabilities in the script and by the painfully inept performance of one of its leads David Ladd 
2
The Secret of Sinchanee
Roger Moore
The odd arresting candlelit sequence fireside shadow scare show bit or attempted chase doesn t add up to a two hour movie 
1
Really Love
Roger Moore
There s an elegance about the look and feel of Really Love that the screenplay is always letting down in a variety of the most obvious ways
2
The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre
Dann Gire
Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre meshes horror comedy for gory good time 
3.5
The Reptile
Matt Brunson
There s something about the Cornwall setting that brings out the best in Hammer storytelling as The Plague of the Zombies is one of the finest of all the studio s features while The Reptile also ranks in the upper echelons 
3
Girlhood
John Beifuss
Compassionate profound and pertinent 
4
Girlhood
Josh Larsen
has wonderful moments in which the carefree nature of childhood is held in bittersweet tension with the yearning to be an adult 
3
Girlhood
Ty Burr
The movie captures that heady adolescent sense of time stopping and the moment mattering while standing far enough back to let us acknowledge all the pitfalls Marieme is moving too fast to see 
4
Girlhood
Kristin Tillotson
From the opening montage of Marieme and other girls playing American football in full uniform Girlhood resonates as something special 
3.5
Girlhood
Mick LaSalle
Girlhood is about as grim as movies get but it s showing something real and Sciamma has a feel for this period of life the camaraderie the jokes the kinds of conflicts the panic and the hope 
3
Girlhood
Rene Rodriguez
Director Sciamma uses an uncommonly light touch in depicting Marieme s gradual transformation from an unformed blank slate into a self assured girl who doesn t always make the right decisions in the process of figuring herself out 
3.5
Girlhood
Liam Lacey
Sciamma Water Lilies Tomboy gets unaffected performances from her non professional cast 
2.5
Girlhood
Ann Hornaday
Girlhood is a mesmerizing exercise in the enlightenment that can happen when a filmmaker shifts the male cinematic gaze ever so slightly and uncovers what looks like a whole new world 
3
Girlhood
Rob Thomas
These new friends may be a bad influence on Marieme but Sciamma s understated screenplay suggests they may be a necessary influence she needs to step sideways before she can step forward 
3.5
Girlhood
J. R. Jones
Physical force governs every relationship in Girlhood 
3
Girlhood
Michael Phillips
Throughout Girlhood the malignant energy that results from having a scary home life never entirely dissipates Yet the story allows for a full array of emotional peaks and valleys 
3.5
Girlhood
Matt Pais
About a million times better than Boyhood 
3.5
Girlhood
Kam Williams
The cinematic equivalent of slumming around the City of Lights seamy underbelly 
3
Girlhood
Sheila O'Malley
A powerful and entertaining film about a gang of girls and what friendship means the protection it provides 
3.5
Girlhood
Sara Stewart
A vibrant portrait of a teenage girl Karidja Tour who joins a female gang as an escape from her life in the projects 
3
Girlhood
James Lattimer
Girlhood is so keyed to the minutiae of its teenage protagonists lives it s as if the film can t stop itself from behaving like they do 
2.5
The Maiden
Greg Nussen
The Maiden is concerned with more intimate 44 smaller moments in time within the larger continuum of people 8217 s lives 46 
3
The Maiden
David Nusair
The Maiden 8217 s been infused with a punishingly deliberate sensibility that effectively 40 and thoroughly 41 prevents the viewer from connecting to the almost laughably underdeveloped characters 46 
1.5
Kids in America
Linda Cook
Even after 18 years of seeing every movie that plays here I m still surprised by some films I even gave this one conflicting ratings 
0
Kids in America
Rob Thomas
They let their political agenda blunt the laughs or conversely let their comedic inclinations dilute the film s social message 
2.5
Kids in America
Phil Villarreal
The screenplay tries to shake too many trees and ends up preaching stabbing at straw men rather than taking the time to investigate problems with the education system 
2
Kids in America
Angel Cohn
A muddled mess whose message gets lost in the confusion 
1.5
Kids in America
Lisa Rose
While a title card at the beginning of the picture says the story is inspired by true events it really should read Inspired by another film 
2
Kids in America
Lou Lumenick
Filmmaker Josh Stolberg claims to have been inspired by real life events but mostly he ineptly rips off other movies and wastes a cast that includes Rosanna Arquette Adam Arkin and Elizabeth Perkins 
1.5
Kids in America
Piet Levy
It s baffling how a movie that cries on the behalf of idealistic misunderstood teenagers could portray its heroes so one dimensionally and anyone on the opposite side as a ruthless Neanderthal 
1.5
Kids in America
Elizabeth Weitzman
You get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is 
2
Kids in America
Terry Lawson
An anti Bush pro First Amendment completely ridiculous fight the power comedy that happens to have been inspired by actual events 
3
Kids in America
Jeff Vice
Makes the mistake of thinking it s a lot funnier and a lot more clever than it actually is 
1.5
Kids in America
Roger Ebert
You know all those brainless high school comedies Here s what one would look like if it had brains 
3
Kids in America
Sean P. Means
This indie teen movie is like a cafeteria lunch tray lots of little compartments with nothing particularly appetizing in any of them 
2
This Divided State
Jeff Shannon
No matter where you stand This Divided State has a patriotic galvanizing effect 
4
This Divided State
V.A. Musetto
The 25 year old filmmaker takes no sides himself Wisely he allows folks of all opinions to put their feet in their mouths all by themselves 
3
This Divided State
Jack Mathews
It plays like the ultimate anti travelogue 
3
This Divided State
Sean P. Means
Captures a part of the story that was overlooked by most media the spirited discussions among students who suddenly realized they had a stake in their nation s politics 
3
This Divided State
David Sterritt
Frequently funny sometimes sad often electrifying 
4
This Divided State
Jeff Vice
Competent surprisingly cohesive and coherent and it does its best to tell all sides of the story 
3
Return to Kandahar
Wesley Morris
Frequently strong 
3
Go
Tom Meek
The immersion into into the pulse pounding zeitgeist feels genuine and compellingly authentic as the drama unfurls through the eternal Day Glo night 
3
Go
David Nusair
consistently engaging and periodically spellbinding 
3.5
Go
Walter Chaw
It s fantastic stuff 
3.5
Go
Phil Villarreal
The writing is go The performances are go The film flows like greased go You don t watch the movie you go with it Go go go go and go 
4
Go
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The best Pulp Fiction rip off in a long time 
2.5
Go
Liam Lacey
Tickled That s the square old word that comes to mind in response to the self consciously hip Go 
3
Go
Michael Dequina
A fiercely original and exhilarating entertainment 
4
Go
Steve Rhodes
Three fast paced black comedies for the price of one with each fascinating enough to stand on its own 
3
Go
Dustin Putman
The performances direction screenplay and impressive technical aspects work together as a solid unit to make the exciting journey to nowhere a great deal of fun 
3
Go
Ross Anthony
First telling of the story weak second and third perspectives extremely entertaining and very cleverly intertwined 
2.5
Go
James Berardinelli
Fast paced and often witty but ultimately vapid 
2.5
Go
Jeff Vice
There s a certain perverse appeal to seeing this bunch get their just deserts 
3
Go
Mick LaSalle
Good writing good direction good acting What a concept 
3
Go
Roger Ebert
An entertaining clever black comedy 
3
The Other Fellow
Dann Gire
A clever engaging documentary 
3
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Sean P. Means
Star Melody Williams is a B movie queen who apparently watched too many 40s noir thrillers and couldn t decide between playing the damsel in distress or the femme fatale 
1
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Nell Minow
The film never deeply engages the issues of consent culpability and justice it asks us to consider 
2
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Mark Dujsik
T he questions the movie refuses to ask sink this dramatization of Gillars trial 
1.5
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Bob Strauss
With twin brother Mark Michael Polish has directed acclaimed oddball indies such as Twin Falls Idaho Jackpot and The Astronaut Farmer But humanizing fascist collaborators takes more than just an offbeat cinematic sensibility 
2
The Lady Vanishes
Roger Moore
It s all a lark and all good clean ish fun sort of a British take on the screwball farces common in Hollywood in the 30s with Hitchcockian mystery and villainy 
3
The Lady Vanishes
Mattie Lucas
A snappy witty dryly funny testament to British perseverance and tea time that cannot and should not be ignored when discussing the master s finest work 
4
The Lady Vanishes
Walter Chaw
this director at this moment in his career back when he was still more clever than cruel 
3.5
The Lady Vanishes
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
What separates Lady Vanishes i from the more fundamentally Hitchcockian 39 Steps and makes it more remarkable is its genuine sense of purpose 
3.5
The Gates of Hell
David Nusair
filmmaker Fulci delivers an amateurish and entirely momentum free endeavor 
1
Incitement
Lisa Trifone
Zilberman creates something of a slow burn over the course of the film s two hours making its final moments all the more dramatic 
3.5
Incitement
Mark Dujsik
T he screenplay is deft in the way it evades any simple explanation for the man s transformation into a zealot and a murderer 
3.5
Incitement
Anita Katz
An overdetailed but engrossing portrait of an ideological assassin and a powerful condemnation of fanaticism 
3
Incitement
Cate Marquis
It is a chilling film a true story that unfolds like a taut thriller 
3.5
Incitement
Sean P. Means
The cumulative effect of the demonization of Rabin and Amir s descent into being radicalized feels frighteningly of the moment something we see on our news feeds every day 
3.5
Incitement
Joey Magidson
Incitement can be a tough sit at times but it s compelling enough to worthy of a recommendation 
3
Incitement
Nell Minow
Director co screenwriter Yaron Zilberman deftly blends archival footage with scenes of Yigal becoming increasingly committed to murdering the Prime Minister 
3
Incitement
Pat Brown
Admirably Yaron Zilberman s film focuses on the cyclical nature of violence in a decades old conflict 
3
Incitement
Roger Moore
Fraught and damning throughout 
3.5
Without Limits
Sandra Contreras
Except for a few lapses co scriptwriters Kenny Moore and Towne allow Pre s aura to remain undisturbed by overdramatization and psychological speculation 
2.5
Without Limits
Michael Dequina
A couple of sterling lead performances by Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland 
3
Without Limits
Rick Groen
Without Limits is an admirable departure from the norm but its greatest strength doubles as an undermining weakness 
3
Without Limits
James Berardinelli
Without Limits makes for an engrossing examination of the will to win the importance of icons in American sports and the interference of money in amateur athletics 
3
Without Limits
Bill Chambers
I wish I could write that he is without limits as a director but it is Towne s flair for the obvious that prevents this picture from going that extra mile 
2
Without Limits
Edward Guthmann
It s not a bad film but Towne and his star the charismatic Billy Crudup never fire the imagination in the way their inspirational respectful biopic is obviously intended to 
2
Without Limits
Steve Rhodes
Even at almost a full two hours in length the movie feels as trim as its star 
3
Without Limits
Roger Ebert
Sutherland s performance is the film s treasure 
3
The Delinquent Season
Roger Moore
This Irish drama has little new to add to the illicit love affair genre but is still sympathetically scripted and emotionally acted
2.5
The Innocent
Mark Dujsik
It apos s a warm and optimistic little film that also juggles a slew of disparate ideas and characters with relative ease 46 
3
The Innocent
Glenn Kenny
8220 The Innocent 8221 is quirky 44 touching 44 and well played fun 46 
3
Soul of Sand
John Beifuss
A rarity for the Global Lens series a movie with one foot in the arthouse and the other in the grindhouse 
3
Pilgrimage
Andrea Chase
The film finds a kind of transcendence as entrails are violated and lightning strikes with unsettling purpose a meditative element that permeate one monk s spiritual journey from darkness to light to something for which he does not have a name 
3
Pilgrimage
Dann Gire
Pilgrimage remains a relatively suspenseless emotionally uninvested Christian tale rife with orchestrated bloodshed of the sort that HBO would reject for visceral quality assurance purposes 
2.5
Pilgrimage
Glenn Kenny
It s interesting as far as it goes but you wish it would have gone farther 
2.5
Pilgrimage
Mark Dujsik
Even if all of it doesn t quite come together Pilgrimage is an adventure that at least shows some care for the ideas underneath the action 
3
Pilgrimage
Christian Toto
The filmmaker s intended target is clear Less so What the film has to say about another faith based group in 2017 
2.5
Pilgrimage
Richard Roeper
This is one rough and tumble medieval Irish religious adventure my friends 
3
Pilgrimage
Derek Smith
It remains too uncompromisingly black and white as a character study and a story of the conflicts of faith 
1.5
Pilgrimage
Roger Moore
It s Holland s movie but Jon Bernthal s ferocious silent turn as The Mute steals it 
2.5
Cairo Time
Sean P. Means
Not much happens in Cairo Time and it doesnt happen in slow languid fashion 
2
Cairo Time
Chris Foran
Clarkson as always is genuine and terrific 
3
Cairo Time
Mike Scott
Clarkson not only anchors Nadda s film but she lifts it up onto her shoulders carrying it along and helping it become an emotional and thoughtful story of one woman s journey of self discovery 
3
Cairo Time
Peter Canavese
The picturesque romantic travelogue is as obvious but elegant as the bit of symbolism that ends it 
3
Cairo Time
Robert W. Butler
A sumptuous feast for heart head eye and ear 
3.5
Cairo Time
Moira MacDonald
Clarkson lights up Ruba Nadda s stately drama Cairo Time like the moon on a summer night making every moment luminous with quiet resigned longing 
3
Cairo Time
Jeff Vice
The at times slow and indulgent pacing of Cairo Time will frustrate a few viewers even if the Egyptian landmarks and scenery is stunning 
2.5
Cairo Time
Calvin Wilson
What it has going for it however is a strong performance from Clarkson who has become one of the more reliable character actors in independent film 
2.5
Cairo Time
David Lewis
Confirms two things that hardly need confirming The Egyptian capital is a breathtaking metropolis and Patricia Clarkson is one of the best actors in the world 
3
Cairo Time
Chris Hewitt
Cairo Time is like dozens of other bittersweet romances about strangers who meet under less than ideal circumstances 
2
Cairo Time
Rob Nelson
Cairo Time proves hard to resist the film s familiarity gradually giving way to a playfulness that feels new to the impossible love subset of bourgeois melodrama 
3
Cairo Time
Steven Rea
Cairo Time Take the time to see it 
3.5
Cairo Time
David Lewis
This is a poetic romantic emotionally complex film that sneaks up on you particularly in its final scenes 
3
Cairo Time
Ann Hornaday
Clarkson proves what her fans have known forever She s ready for the spotlight With luck she ll stay there for a while 
3
Cairo Time
Wesley Morris
The movie isn t sure what politically or even romantically it s about 
2
Cairo Time
Dustin Putman
Works simultaneously as a stirring platonic love story a quietly poignant character study and a lush luminescent travelogue There is scarcely a false or artificial note in all its 90 minutes 
3.5
Cairo Time
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nadda unfolds this with a gentle observant pace relying on Clarkson s deep thoughtful performance to help drive things and show things down 
3
Cairo Time
Stephen Whitty
It s as refreshing as a glass of mint tea 
3
Cairo Time
Lou Lumenick
Cairo Time earns some indulgence for a pace that Westerners may find languid 
2.5
Cairo Time
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was almost awed by the way it felt looked and moved the whole thing anchored by a pair of exquisite performances be Clarkson and Siddig that both rank as two of the finest I ve seen this year 
3.5
Cairo Time
Peter Travers
It s a haunting and hypnotic film And Clarkson s sublimely nuanced performance is in every way transporting 
3
Cairo Time
Rex Reed
What emerges is time pleasantly spent with a slice of life that examines a romantic dtente between two cultures Like smoke from an Egyptian hookah the melancholia lingers 
3
Cairo Time
Andrew Schenker
Patricia Clarkson s Juliette comes off as so hopelessly nave that the characterization grates in its lack of credibility 
2
Cairo Time
David Nusair
Cairo Time lingers in one s mind long after the end credits have rolled 
3.5
Cairo Time
Brett Michel
The sense of place in Ruba Nadda s low key love story is so strong that it almost overwhelms the slow dance of these drifting souls and the tranquility of their tentative romance 
3
Cairo Time
Liam Lacey
Though the aim is subtlety Cairo Time often seems to be making too much of too little 
2
Your Friend, Memphis
Kent Turner
David Zuckers access to moments both heartwarming and cringeworthy is remarkable 
4
The Dark Horse
Brad Wheeler
Curtis is 100 per cent watchable as a puffy mumbling shuffler whose chess lessons double as life strategies 
3.5
The Dark Horse
Chris Knight
Curtis sells us on both the man s frailty and his drive his performance alone is enough of a reason to check this one out 
2.5
The Dark Horse
Peter Keough
Dark Horse falls into the formula of underprivileged kids challenging the elites at their own game But the outcome is never certain 
3
The Dark Horse
Dann Gire
We ve seen a thousand mentor making a difference movies before but not like this one 
3.5
The Dark Horse
Ann Hornaday
The Dark Horse isn t always easy to watch but Curtis s quietly powerful presence makes it worthwhile 
3
The Dark Horse
Katie Walsh
The film never shies away from the hard topics and the actors bring nuance and heart to this intensely dramatic and affecting film 
3
The Dark Horse
Peter Hartlaub
There are heroes to root for in The Dark Horse and you ll feel mostly good about humanity walking out the door 
3
The Dark Horse
Sheila O'Malley
It s a feel good story with the potential to make you feel great 
3.5
The Dark Horse
Elise Nakhnikian
Despite the occasional clich this film mostly feels as messy as life and as movingly complicated 
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
David Reddish
Prey For Rock Roll celebrates all things awesome about the rockstar life and with an unapologetically queer twist Like other queer rock musicals Velvet Goldmine The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Runaways make sure to play it at maximum volume
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
Walter Chaw
Gershon is the only reason to watch the film 
1.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
James Berardinelli
The film has its sensibilities in the right place 
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
Paul Sherman
Too much of a morbid soap opera to be any fun or truly dramatic 
1
Prey for Rock and Roll
Sean P. Means
Why isn t Gina Gershon a bigger star 
2.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Terry Lawson
Played with the right combination of weariness and optimism by Gina Gershon Jacki will be recognizable to any woman who has ever strapped on a guitar and plugged in as well as to those of us who have encountered her 
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
Wesley Morris
A rock drama that s hung over with inauthenticity 
1.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite all its angst and bitterness Prey doesn t convey the pure appreciation of rock n roll that goofy Jack Black embodies in School 
2
Prey for Rock and Roll
David Nusair
a fairly enjoyable look at the trials and tribulations of an all girl punk band 
2.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Loren King
It s a raw and raucous rock story that for once gets the big picture and the small details right 
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
Peter Debruge
There s enough melodrama here to top a movie of the week marathon on Lifetime 
1.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Lou Lumenick
Though it becomes almost laughably melodramatic and wields just about every rock movie cliche in the book Gershon s latest holds interest thanks to her fiercely committed and sexy performance 
2
Prey for Rock and Roll
Elizabeth Weitzman
Gershon s self aware shtick is either titillating or irritating depending on your taste but the rest of the actors are uniformly excellent 
2.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Gene Seymour
Prey swaggers with attitude but can t help slipping on the suds 
2.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Timothy Knight
A satisfying and believable portrait of a rock and roll band s struggles to succeed 
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
Erik Lundegaard
Nothing drives the film the dialogue is awful and dramatic tensions are completely missed 
1.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Mick LaSalle
The musical numbers are the only real drag on this otherwise odd and appealing picture 
2
Prey for Rock and Roll
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So far this year we ve had the wussiest rock movie ever made Garage Days and now Prey for Rock n Roll is the most depressing but in a bad way 
1
Prey for Rock and Roll
Bob Strauss
Prey for Rock and Roll is as grungy and sleazy as a film about lesbian punk rockers who haven t made it by age 40 can be It s also an exuberant celebration of the music life no matter how dire demeaning and heartbreakingly disappointing it can get 
3
Prey for Rock and Roll
Steve Rhodes
It never rises above or below being merely pretty good 
2.5
Prey for Rock and Roll
Greg Dean Schmitz
an effective musical drama about the dream that female rockers out there are still pursuing often for years that particular story is not told that often which makes this film worth seeking out
3
Gulaab Gang
Danny Bowes
Ultimately Gulaab Gang is a compelling ninety minute underdog vs the system action picture that has the misfortune to unfold over the course of two hours and twenty minutes 
2.5
Gulaab Gang
Michael Dequina
Any celebration of women s brains gets lost in the glorification of their brawn 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Eric Melin
It is a movie full of contradictions that plays like a bad The Sure Thing melded uncomfortably together with an exploitative Risky Business 
2
The Girl Next Door
David Nusair
an innocuous romp for teenagers 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Paul Sherman
You can almost hear this movie ticking off its predecessor s ingredients 
2
The Girl Next Door
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet Greenfield and company finally won me over with a final so paradoxically smarmy and enchanting I almost couldn t believe my eyes 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Elisha Cuthbert makes a huge big screen splash worthy of Clara Bow or Brigitte Bardot almost 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Collin Souter
The comparisons to Risky Business are inevitable but like the song says Today s music ain t got the same soul 
1.5
The Girl Next Door
Tyler Hanley
More daring than Risky Business and sweeter than American Pie 
3.5
The Girl Next Door
Laine Ewen
With a more focused plotline The Girl Next Door might have surpassed its genre Still as far as teen sex films go this one scores 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Vince Koehler
This film is a Risky Business for the new millennium 
3
The Girl Next Door
John Beifuss
Goes through more contortions than a Tijuana pole dancer as it tries to be all things to all people and yet it works 
3
The Girl Next Door
Mike McGranaghan
The movie never provides any groundbreaking answers about teenage sexuality but I give it credit for at least posing the questions 
3
The Girl Next Door
Forrest Hartman
Paul Brickman deserves a writing credit He was the writer director of the 1983 Tom Cruise hit Risky Business and for all intents and purposes this film as well 
3
The Girl Next Door
Joe Baltake
I used to think that there was nothing worse than a bran muffin but then I saw The Girl Next Door and really found out what dry and tasteless mean 
0
The Girl Next Door
Jami Bernard
This funny surprising gem joins the ranks of Risky Business and Say Anything 
3
The Girl Next Door
Janice Page
Seems mainly about ripping off 1983 s Risky Business without attribution 
1.5
The Girl Next Door
Mick LaSalle
The movie captures on the most basic level of tone and attitude what it feels like to be a teenager a teenage boy in particular 
3
The Girl Next Door
David Elliott
One of the tawdriest silly jokers of the year or one of the few mainstream comedies to have a pinch of audacity In fact it is both mixed implausibly but somewhat entertainingly 
2
The Girl Next Door
Timothy Knight
A much smarter and more engaging film than its smutty premise would suggest 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Roger Ebert
This is a dishonest quease inducing comedy that had me feeling uneasy and then unclean 
0.5
The Girl Next Door
Jeffrey Westhoff
If The Girl Next Door had been released last year it could have billed itself as the 20th anniversary edition of Risky Business 
2
The Girl Next Door
Kit Bowen
Risky Business doesn t need a remake and even if it did The Girl Next Door is an unoriginal attempt despite its modern day spin 
1.5
The Girl Next Door
Sean P. Means
Greenfield is downright brazen in pinching the plot of Risky Business and dumbing down a sophisticated adolescent fantasy into a crude adolescent fantasy 
2
The Girl Next Door
Phil Villarreal
By the end even the beautiful Elisha Cuthbert starts to look repulsive 
1
The Girl Next Door
Marty Mapes
After empowering its heroine it demeans her which kills all the fun
1.5
The Girl Next Door
Christian Toto
This Girl s split personality dooms this coming of age yarn
2
The Girl Next Door
Moira MacDonald
It appears to not only be made for hormone crazed adolescents but by them 
1
The Girl Next Door
Glenn Whipp
It s perfect for Maxim magazine subscribers and an airbrushed empty headed bore for everybody else 
2
The Girl Next Door
Lisa Kennedy
Cuthbert provides a great deal of heart to this alternately lewd and chaste lark 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Jeff Vice
Raunchy but surprisingly warm and funny 
3
The Girl Next Door
Jonathan Foreman
Though shamelessly derivative and amoral The Girl Next Door is nevertheless funnier and smarter than most of the pathetic dreck aimed at the nation s teens 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Liam Lacey
At this stage in Hollywood history any teen movie that doesn t involve flying body fluids deserves some kind of commendation 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Rob Blackwelder
A cleverly risqu teen sex farce that has much more in common with Risky Business than it does with the lowbrow body fluid antics of the post American Pie era 
3
The Girl Next Door
Erik Childress
Risky Business holds truer a little more each year and needs no facelift The Girl Next Door is a damn good makeup job though 
3.5
The Girl Next Door
Paul Doro
Endearing funny and surprisingly satisfying at least until it begins to self destruct toward the end 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
David Sterritt
Gimmicky and predictable 
2
The Girl Next Door
Lawrence Toppman
The Girl Next Door is to Risky Business what near beer is to beer 
1.5
The Girl Next Door
Chris Hewitt
As undisciplined as a 16 year old and it s as formulaic as geometry but it s entertaining anyway because it takes that formula and executes it about as well as it can be executed 
3
The Girl Next Door
Laura Kelly
So could we have a new generation of teen comedy Brat Packers Sure But writing and directing a la Hughes or even Risky Business is nowhere in sight 
1.5
The Girl Next Door
John Anderson
The whole movie is a fantasy of course but one that seems determined from the start to undermine our suspension of disbelief 
1.5
The Girl Next Door
Josh Larsen
wants to be a touching romance when the status of dumb teen sex comedy would be a lofty goal for those involved 
2
The Girl Next Door
Allison Benedikt
Well matched with Cuthbert s nicely vulnerable performance Hirsch and Cuthbert create a believable relationship on screen despite the contrived nerd meets sexpot circumstances 
2.5
The Girl Next Door
Austin O'Connor
Played with the wrong tone Danielle could have been sleazy Cuthbert makes her sweet and seductive 
3
The Girl Next Door
Kevin A. Ranson
Real teenagers Real controversy Real funny 
3
The Girl Next Door
Rob Thomas
This is a teen comedy that s not just for teens but for adults who fondly remember the great teen comedies of their adolescent years 
3
The Girl Next Door
Nick Rogers
If there were John Hughes movies the good ones from the mid 80s being made today they d be like this 
3
The Girl Next Door
Walter Chaw
Mature enough to talk the talk but not nearly courageous enough to walk the walk 
2
The Girl Next Door
Matt Brunson
The focus is inexplicably drawn away from Danielle and placed on the antics of Matthew and his buddies forcing the movie to deteriorate into just another chaotic teen comedy 
2
The Girl Next Door
Willie Waffle
try to do too much which leads to problems with the movie s tone 
.5
The Girl Next Door
James Berardinelli
Unlike American Pie it does not rely upon bawdy antics and bodily fluids 
3
The Girl Next Door
Steve Rhodes
A perfect gem with Risky Business brilliance 
4
The Girl Next Door
Scott Nash
Not just another teen movie seriously 
4
The Girl Next Door
Dustin Putman
The best motion picture about teenage life since Donnie Darko Has the power to become the defining teen picture for Generation Y 
4
The Girl Next Door
Ed Gonzalez
The filmmakers end up with one too many Superman fantasies piled up on top of each other 
2
Mayday
Tomris Laffly
Despite a strong ensemble of actors and some impressive photography Mayday drowns inside its own overambitions 
2
Mayday
Randy Myers
Cinorre s opening is electrifying but its focus eventually wavers like a faraway radio signal 
2.5
Mayday
Mark Dujsik
Cinorre s screenplay falls into a routine fails to further develop its world and ideas and seems to evade the broader critiques of society within the movie 
2
Mayday
Mark Hanson
The film circles a thorny premise which makes it all the more disappointing that it results in a conventional clinch 
2
Mayday
Sean P. Means
Cinorre takes this surreal story into a lot of directions crossing from war picture to revenge fantasy with a musical dream sequence thrown in because well why not Not everything here works but even the less successful moments have some bite 
3
Mayday
Joey Magidson
Mayday has elements of a good film but they never come together leading to one of Sundance s more frustrating experiences this year 
2.5
Stroszek
Walter Chaw
Every time I revisit it it has a new gift for me 
4
Stroszek
Roger Ebert
We watch with a kind of fascination because Herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure 
4
The Proposal
Michael O'Sullivan
Who should have access to an artist s legacy That s only one of many good questions that are raised in this mesmerizing exercise in artistic interrogation 
4
The Proposal
Joe Friar
Like a good sleuth thriller Jill Magid s documentary explores the legacy of Mexican architect Luis Barragán whose archived has been inaccessible to scholars and family for over two decades 
3
The Proposal
Joey Magidson
As Jill Magid explores the world of Luis Barragán you don t just get a sense of what Barragán s work was like you come to understand why she s so fond of it as well 
3
The Proposal
Nick Allen
Magid s very passion to free Barragán s work fuels this often compelling saga through a twisty international and years spanning real life mystery and past a few disagreeable editorial choices 
3
The Proposal
Roger Moore
A travelogue detective story artistic act of persuasion mediation and public shaming about who owns the legacy of Mexico s most famous architect 
3
Shin Godzilla
Frank Ochieng
The famed and humongous rumble and tumble reptile makes a grand return courtesy of Toho Studios reviving the catastrophic critter in writer co director Hideaki Anno s and Shinji Higuchi s monster mash offering Godzilla Resurgence aka Shin Godzilla 
3
Shin Godzilla
Mark Dujsik
I t repeatedly makes one wonder when the movie is going to get back the big guy already 
2
Shin Godzilla
Simon Abrams
Anno Higuchi s vision of the character is thoughtful and clever without straying too far from the Godzilla formula established in films like the original 1954 Gojira 
3.5
Shin Godzilla
Mike McGranaghan
Puts a cool inventive modern day twist on the whole concept of a Godzilla flick 
3
Shin Godzilla
Lawrence Toppman
His most entertaining outings have always come from Japan and the new Shin Gojira is no exception 
3
Changing the Game
Kam Williams
Touching on a litany of timely themes this modern morality play of Shakespearean proportions packs an emotional punch while sending a sobering message about what really matters most 
4
Changing the Game
Gary Thompson
Changing the Game doesn t have the resources of a Hollywood movie that s obvious But it has one thing many Hollywood movies do not have an ending 
2.5
Changing the Game
Michael O'Sullivan
Although Riggs turns in a workmanlike performance the rest of the cast is weak with rare exceptions 
1
Changing the Game
Michael Dequina
Any forced note is counterbalanced by the greater amount of right ones 
3
Houdini
David Nusair
the route writer director Pen Densham takes in telling his story is completely wrong 
1.5
Home From the Hill
Matt Brunson
A rich family drama anchored by Robert Mitchum s fine performance and further distinguished by superlative support by George two of them actually 
3.5
Home From the Hill
David Nusair
just entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
Private Property
Roger Ebert
Huppert is inspired in the way she withdraws from confrontations and expresses her wishes enough to provoke others but never enough to realize them An emotional balancing act showing such weakness takes a strong actress to pull it off 
3.5
Private Property
Sean P. Means
LaFosse shoots in long static takes letting actors move in and out of frame to heighten the claustrophobia of characters who are metaphorically pounding the walls trying to break free 
3
Private Property
Erik Childress
There are more subgenres at work here all uneasily meshing into a mess of a film that will have even the most esoteric of audiences scratching their heads 
1.5
Rid of Me
Lou Lumenick
O Grady is very good but she can t make the hard to watch Rid of Me dramatically credible 
2
Rid of Me
Andrew Schenker
At once hopelessly amateurish and given to desperate assertions of auterist virtuosity the film seems as lost as its perpetually confused and gratingly childlike protagonist 
.5
Rid of Me
Kent Turner
Director James Westby breathes life in the suburban satire hipsters don t come off that well either and also brings a caffeinated jolt to micro budget Northwestern filmmaking 
3.5
The Tree
Calvin Wilson
The Tree might have suffered from too much symbolism if not for writer director Julie Bertuccelli s deft touch and Gainsbourg s appealing performance 
3
The Tree
Mike Scott
A wonderfully embraceable little film one that is at turns honeysuckle sweet cherry blossom delicate and as comforting as the shade of a City Park oak 
3
The Tree
Steven Rea
Despite the potential for some supernatural grandiosity the tone here remains understated and quiet and Gainsbourg s performance feels lived in and deep and right 
3
The Tree
Chris Hewitt
It s a quiet film and a quietly moving one 
3
The Tree
Moira MacDonald
Beautifully filmed in the harsh dry landscape The Tree is often mesmerizing 
3.5
The Tree
Mick LaSalle
It s simply vagueness 
2
The Tree
Michael O'Sullivan
It s not exactly subtle But it works 
2.5
The Tree
Wesley Morris
This is an easy movie to watch If only Julie Bertuccelli had more trust in her most interesting stuff 
2.5
The Tree
Peter Keough
The film succeeds most when it sticks to a detached naturalism both in long shots of the landscape and the interactions of the subdued complex characters 
3
The Tree
Kent Turner
Is the tone sentimental Yes but only as much as the material requires no insulin is necessary 
3
The Tree
V.A. Musetto
The Tree is slow moving but if given a chance it will pardon the pun grow on you 
3
The Tree
Andrew Schenker
While there s a fine line between the sacred and kitschy Julie Bertuccelli s film nearly always falls on the latter half of the divide 
2
The Tree
Liam Lacey
By the time we reach the climactic ending the script clearly calls for an exorcist with a chainsaw to trim back this metaphor run amok 
2
The Tree
Greg Quill
It s a small film almost a parable in its simplicity and predictability but it gains extra strength from its hybrid industrial origins 
2.5
Austin Found
Sheila O'Malley
Austin Found features a great ensemble cast but never manages to explore unique territory 
2
Austin Found
Michael Phillips
Cardellini alone makes a case for the script s tonal swings though even she can t take your ears off the droning musical score or the thuddingly on the nose song selections of music supervisor Nic Harcourt 
2
Austin Found
Mick LaSalle
Linda Cardellini wow is she good here scary weirdly sympathetic pathetic powerful 
3
Austin Found
Derek Smith
Will Raee s film takes its cue from the Toddlers Tiaras school of reality TV child exploitation 
1
5 Broken Cameras
Ann Hornaday
Takes the rough material of one man s life and transforms it into a story that is universal and urgent offering firsthand witness to events that are too often portrayed as distant and impossible to understand 
3
5 Broken Cameras
Liam Lacey
Both a moving first person essay and an artful exercise in political advocacy 5 Broken Cameras is about the experience of West Bank protests from the inside 
3
5 Broken Cameras
Walter V. Addiego
It makes no pretense at balance it s unambiguously pro Palestinian but it offers a unique and intimate record 
3
5 Broken Cameras
Bruce DeMara
Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi helps shape all of the footage into a compelling and very personal documentary helping to craft the eloquent commentary in Burnat s voice that knits it all together 
3
5 Broken Cameras
Mark Feeney
What we do see has an immediacy and intimacy that s involving It also can feel a bit wayward and cumulatively wearying 
2.5
5 Broken Cameras
Peg Aloi
Shocking footage details the horrors of the village s daily routine but amidst the violence a spirit of resistance prevails providing hope of redemption 
3
5 Broken Cameras
V.A. Musetto
The issues are complex and not easily solved But no matter which side you are on you ll be moved by this intimate work 
3
5 Broken Cameras
Chris Cabin
Provides a birdsong of perseverance in the face of irrational violence immense historic anger and grim seemingly insurmountable realities 
3
Sacco and Vanzetti
Peter Canavese
A well done and thoughtful version of a damning American story about immigrants railroaded 44 unjustly accused 44 arrested and tried 46 
3
Sacco and Vanzetti
Roger Ebert
I was complaining a month ago that this has been a lousy year for movies now all of a sudden there s a rush of good ones and this is one of the best 
3.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A powerful statement about how in a country of democracy the peace keepers are deemed the most dangerous to civilization 
4
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Marty Mapes
An entertaining lightweight sometimes too much so documentary about Lennon s deportation case
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Michael A. Smith
though I was familiar with the songs I never really understood the message I do now 
4
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Peter Travers
Lennon s spirit like his music shines through this movie like a beacon 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Matt Brunson
An engaging and informative film about the period in the life of the former Beatle during which he emerged as a political activist and consequently a thorn in the side of the Nixon administration 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Phil Villarreal
The film draws upon news footage old song recordings and interviews with his friends to craft a portrait in immense rewarding detail 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Sean P. Means
The movie features a wide array of interview subjects but thankfully the most passionate voice is Lennon s 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Jeff Vice
The film is not completely satisfying though it s probably required viewing for anyone who considers himself a fan of the man and his music 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
John Beifuss
Give Peace a Chance is hardly Lennon s best song but heard again in the context of the war in Iraq both the song and the Lennon Ono Christmas billboards that proclaimed War Is Over If You Want It seem more necessary than naive 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Duane Dudek
Not only a telling indictment of what can happen when fear meets dissent it is an affecting portrait of an artist at the height of his curiosity 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Thomas Delapa
A spirited often acidic flashback of the roiling 1960s backed up with eclectic interviews Lennon songs and vivid archival footage 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Peter Howell
Documentarians David Leaf and John Scheinfeld go beyond the usual glibness revealing a much fuller portrait of the man 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Moira MacDonald
Though Lennon s commitment to a peaceful world is vivid and unquestionable The U S vs John Lennon ultimately emerges as a picture of a different kind of commitment a love story 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Mick LaSalle
Concentrates on Lennon s post Beatles years in which he did a lot of great work that s overlooked today and it s good to have a lot shown on that period 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Arthur Salm
The clips of Lennon and Ono who appears as one of the present day talking heads and a most thoughtful one at that are every one of them fascinating 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Robert W. Butler
Whatever the motives behind it this is a well made and entertaining film crammed with enough previously unseen footage to give any Beatles diehard a large charge 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Bruce Westbrook
The film s first half has zero to do with its title and its second half digs up familiar turf 
2
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Rick Groen
The aim may be laudable but nothing gets hit except some awfully tired targets And fatigue doesn t resonate 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Terry Lawson
Entertaining and a history lesson in hysteria both on the side of Nixon and the protest movement for people who were not there 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Michael Booth
Works by reminding us of Lennon s best qualities His impish imperturbable sense of humor his quick intelligence his successful bantering with a hostile crush of world press mercenaries 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Jim Emerson
It s great to see a lot of this footage of Lennon playful engaged warm and spontaneous 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
J. R. Jones
His life has been raked over by so many books movies magazine articles and TV shows that The U S vs John Lennon barely justifies its own existence 
1
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Ty Burr
The documentary s a hagiography no mistake about it but a fascinating one all the same and it makes the case that Lennon was as much a genius provocateur as he was a cracked saint 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Peter Canavese
Serves two useful purposes to collect some of the Beatle s wittiest social barbs and to inform a young audience 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The passive approach can be infuriating but the film still covers some very interesting ground 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Willie Waffle
a great retro ride for those who miss those trippy days but not much of an educational experience 
2
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Dan DeLuca
It s full up with footage that shows the hero of the Yoko Ono sanctioned film to be as witty entertaining and dependably charismatic as ever and rarely as simple minded as his detractors would have it 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Chris Hewitt
You wonder if the film might actually have been worthwhile without the random stuff it includes I mean for instance imagine there s no Geraldo Rivera It isn t hard to do 
1
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Michael Wilmington
It s a movie that at its best makes you ache with the memory of an anguished era and its fallen pop culture hero 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Steve Rhodes
if you love Lennon s music and if you d like to be transported back to that tumultuous era the film does this all quite well 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Jeanne Aufmuth
Contentious engaging and very timely 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
James Berardinelli
Those hoping for something hard hitting won t find it here This is strictly on the level of what one might uncover during a VH1 special 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Ken Fox
Situates the violation of one U S resident s civil rights in the context of Nixon era paranoia and warmongering a mood the film suggests is once again upon us 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Timothy Knight
Although it paints a somewhat idealized portrait of the legendary rocker political provocateur The U S vs John Lennon is nonetheless a fascinating richly detailed documentary 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Lisa Rose
Imagine a naive simplistic documentary about the most complex cynical member of the Beatles 
2
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Lou Lumenick
Documents the Nixon administration s failed almost comically inept attempt to deport the most political of The Beatles and his wife Yoko Ono 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Jack Mathews
While there is nothing particularly new in the film it is a stirring celebration of a man of enormous talent humor and humanity laid waste by an assassin in New York in 1980 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Bob Strauss
Rarely have we seen Lennon so unguarded impassioned and thoughtful as we do again and again here 
3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Gene Seymour
What gives the film its spine is the presence of Lennon himself as an articulate earnest and magnetic social conscience 
2.5
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Ed Gonzalez
Explicitly the film is pure fluff a competently detailed catalog of Lennon s political ambitions told in the visual shorthand of the VH1 rock doc 
2
The Hero
Joey Magidson
Elliott is perfect here The Hero encapsulates everything you love about him into one package 
3.5
The Hero
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A pleasant enough diversion The Hero nevertheless sinks into a mire of clichs from which it never quite escapes 
2.5
The Hero
Christopher Schobert
There are no surprises here and the whole affair is a bit too modest But Elliott s voice and his face have a lived in quality that is unforgettable The actor makes The Hero an enjoyable worthy drama 
3
The Hero
Sara Michelle Fetters
Quiet personal and refreshingly introspective 
3
The Hero
Josh Terry
The Hero is watchable but outside of Elliott there isn t much to put Haley s film at the top of your must see list 
2.5
The Hero
Rob Thomas
Elliott follows up a string of strong supporting work in recent indie films like I ll See You in My Dreams and Grandma with a layered central performance one of his best in years 
3
The Hero
Calvin Wilson
It s one of his finest and most memorable performances Unfortunately the script fails to rise to the level of Elliott s artistry 
2.5
The Hero
Robert Horton
For diehard Sam Elliott fans think of this as a bookend to his 1976 cult picture Lifeguard in which he played a beach hunk contemplating the meaning of it all 
2.5
The Hero
Johanna Schneller
Two good things are not enough to goose this all too familiar tale of a selfish man who wakes up one day realizes that he blew it and scrambles to fix it before it s too late 
2.5
The Hero
Mike McGranaghan
In a long distinguished career full of great performances Sam Elliott gives one of his best here 
3.5
The Hero
Peter Howell
Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott 
3
The Hero
Max Weiss
Haley gave Elliott the gift of this career defining role and Elliott returns the favor by giving a career best performance 
2.5
The Hero
Walker MacMurdo
By never challenging the terms of Hayden s self imposed misery The Hero never resolves whether Hayden needs a second chance when he perhaps had a very good first one 
2
The Hero
Gary Thompson
You can feel in The Hero how much Haley wanted to build something substantial for this underused actor 
2.5
The Hero
Moira MacDonald
Nothing terribly novel here but director Brett Haley has assembled a strong cast and a generous spirit and Elliott has a way of finding poetry in silent gaze speaking his lines as if written on velvet 
3
The Hero
Richard Roeper
Of course the main selling point is Sam Elliott aka Lee Hayden I don t even know who makes that barbecue sauce Lee is touting at the beginning of the film or whether it s really good or just mass produced glop but based on that voiceover I d buy it 
3
The Hero
Mark Dujsik
The only element giving the material any weight is our appreciation for Elliott as a presence and in the unbridled sincerity of his performance 
2
The Hero
James Berardinelli
This is a real movie about real people doing real things and facing real problems 
3
The Hero
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most contrived The Hero exerts a soothing attraction not unlike the man at its center 
2.5
The Hero
Ty Burr
The Hero may not be a great movie but it s a welcome tribute to a lanky taciturn presence a love letter to an actor that reminds us of why we ought to love him too 
2.5
The Hero
Mick LaSalle
The Hero is a film about renewal about an unexpected rebirth that doesn t come easy and can never be complete but that represents a recommitment to life nonetheless 
3
The Hero
Rick Bentley
Elliot not only conveys complicated emotions with just a look from that expressive face but his deep voice sounds like the echoes of decades of life resonating off the walls of time 
3
The Hero
David Fear
You will almost assuredly leave The Hero knowing that Sam Elliott is a bona fide national treasure 
3
The Hero
Christy Lemire
Elliott could sell us anything or course barbecue sauce whatever just by showing up and being his formidable glorious self But he could use some meatier material 
2
The Hero
Roger Moore
An elegiac Elliott is better than the melodramatic but still moving movie that surrounds him 
2.5
The Hero
Keith Watson
Sam Elliott s calmly affecting performance is overwhelmed by a doggedly conventional screenplay that often plays like end of life wish fulfillment fantasy 
2
The Hero
Sean P. Means
Sam Elliott proves he s more than just a rugged Western icon in The Hero a lovely comedy drama about a lifetime of achievement 
3.5
Lebanon
Mattie Lucas
An intelligent and compelling war film one that defies its genre s conventions and gives way to something that is both viscerally thrilling and spiritually transcendent 
3.5
Lebanon
Brandy McDonnell
The hellish horrors of war and the emotional damage they inflict on unseasoned fighters are given a claustrophobic close up view in the gripping Israeli film Lebanon 
3
Lebanon
Jeff Beck
It s amazing how much tension can be built up in such a small space 
3
Lebanon
Peter Canavese
Blood sweat and oil the only thing worse than the dark hellish odorous claustrophobia of the tank s innards is the tunnel vision afforded by the gun sight Blu ray 
3.5
Lebanon
Mike Scott
It works so strenuously to deliver its message that it threatens to short circuit what otherwise could have been a gut punch of a film 
2
Lebanon
Roger Moore
We can smell the sweat urine and diesel fuel in Lebanon We can taste the exhaust the metallic tang of explosive fumes from a shell ejected from the cannon 
3
Lebanon
Sean P. Means
Maoz concentrates the experience of war so completely that you almost smell the blood and motor oil on the tank walls 
3.5
Lebanon
John Beifuss
Heightens the tension and camouflages its modest budget by restricting its action to the point of view of four soldiers crowded inside a tank 
3
Lebanon
Keith Cohen
Samuel Maoz makes a stunning feature film debut with this war drama The movie doesn t shy away from describing atrocities and the horrors of war The basic survival instinct kicks in and a kill or be killed mentality follows 
3
Lebanon
Robert W. Butler
A modest but effective comment on the chaos brutality and dehumanization of combat 
3
Lebanon
Calvin Wilson
Although Lebanon is to be congratulated for its bold visual strategy and strong antiwar stance the film becomes claustrophobic after a while When one of the characters finally emerges from the tank you may find yourself as relieved as he is 
3.5
Lebanon
Ty Burr
A filmmaking challenge that a cynic might dismiss as Das Tank if it didn t offer a scalding moral challenge in the bargain 
3.5
Lebanon
Peter Keough
The Israeli Defense Forces as depicted in the movie seem a bunch of crybabies Well they have a hard time of it encountering some of the more predictable of war s horrors ironies and clichs 
2
Lebanon
Chris Hewitt
It s a film that takes you places you hopefully won t go in real life 
3
Lebanon
Tom Horgen
It is a grisly experience and one of the greatest war films I have ever seen 
4
Lebanon
Rene Rodriguez
The limited perspective of the world outside combined with the claustrophobic clammy interior of the rumbling tank immediately generate a tremendous tension and the film wastes no time in ratcheting up the stress 
3
Lebanon
Stephanie Merry
Along with the plot s steady torment a collection of elements reels the audience into the action to astonishing effect 
3.5
Lebanon
Mark Dujsik
We watch with the claustrophobic tension of being confined to a tight dark space and the uncomfortable knowledge that what and who we see through that viewfinder can be destroyed in a heartbeat with the pull of a trigger 
3.5
Lebanon
Michael Phillips
The 94 minutes of Lebanon are about as intense as an autobiographical war drama can be 
4
Lebanon
Roger Ebert
This is a platoon picture in a rumbling rolling crate 
3.5
Lebanon
Liam Lacey
An emotionally powerful if somewhat divided experience 
3
Lebanon
Walter V. Addiego
It s a nonheroic vision of warfare focusing on the claustrophobia confusion fear and other emotions experienced by four soldiers who are far from battle hardened 
3
Lebanon
Peter Howell
Samuel Maoz s prize winning film that removes all thoughts of glamour or glory from violent engagements Think of it as the opposite of The Expendables 
4
Lebanon
V.A. Musetto
Maoz s Lebanon is inspired by the director s traumatic days at the front giving his work a sense of authority 
3
Lebanon
Nick Schager
Samuel Maoz s portrait of four young Israelis manning a roving war machine on the first day of the 1982 Lebanon War is solely an experiential affair 
2
Lebanon
Philip Kemp
Forget heroics forget glory this is war as fear and stench and panic 
4
Words of My Perfect Teacher
Travis Hoover
Dzongsar s blunt and dismissive tone will come as a rude shock but the film surrounding him serves as an excellent springboard to spiritual discussion beyond its value as a stereotype buster 
3
Words of My Perfect Teacher
Walter V. Addiego
Perhaps Patten is trying to do to us what Rinpoche does to his followers but the film s meandering structure and intrusive narration detract from the focus on the master 
2
I'm Dangerous With Love
Joseph Jon Lanthier
If only Dimitri Mugianis were as worthy of our attention as director Michel Negroponte considers him 
2
I'm Dangerous With Love
Ethan Alter
I m Dangerous with Love isn t particularly compelling or trustworthy as a character portrait 
2
The Keys to the House
Michael Wilmington
Amelio one of the true modern heirs of the great Italian neo realist tradition is a filmmaker of great subtlety emotional precision and socio psychological acumen 
3.5
The Keys to the House
V.A. Musetto
Amelio deals with the sensitive subject in a mature matter refusing to descend into Hollywood style schmaltz 
3
The Keys to the House
Timothy Knight
A film of quiet understated power and authentic grace 
3
The Keys to the House
Elizabeth Weitzman
Both Rossi and Charlotte Rampling as the mother of another young patient do fine work But the only surprises come at the end too late to move us the way they should 
2.5
The Keys to the House
Bob Strauss
We always understand why these people feel the way they do and remarkably believe we well might act the same were we in their shoes 
3
The Keys to the House
Ed Gonzalez
Feels as if its being telegraphed from a cosmic fugue state and means to get and stay beneath the skin 
3.5
Trail of the Pink Panther
Matt Brunson
A waste of everyone s time 
2
Trail of the Pink Panther
Bill Chambers
The glaring opportunism of the enterprise discourages an apologia of any kind
1
All the Devil's Men
Roger Moore
Routine in the extreme
1
The Terrorizers
Brian Eggert
Edward Yang s Terrorizers Kongbu Fenzi 1986 explores the inherent danger of reality and fiction becoming indistinguishable 
4
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Peter Stack
Mostly the film morphs into a block of dullness 
0
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
James O'Ehley
They definitely don t come any worse than this 
0
Tiger Tail in Blue
Peter Sobczynski
Infinitely more interesting and watchable than most of its lo fi brethren and fully deserving of the praise that it has already received in indie film circles 
3.5
Primo Levi's Journey
Steve Ramos
If one artist is deserving of a documentary account of his story it s Italian author Primo Levi 
3
Primo Levi's Journey
Ken Fox
Travelogue is exquisitely shot and the dark poetry of Levi s words read at intervals throughout the film is brought to haunting life by a suitably weary sounding Chris Cooper 
2.5
Primo Levi's Journey
Jack Mathews
The film lacks a certain coherence and Levi one of Italy s most important postwar writers is mostly relegated to an excuse for a sociopolitical travelogue 
2.5
Primo Levi's Journey
Ed Gonzalez
Even when Ferrario s observation of a country s distinct political anxiety is interestingly tied to one of Levi s philosophical musings about the self and the world the film still radiates the aloofness of a dry academic lecture 
2
When The Storm Fades
Roger Moore
It s about First World Third World inequality climate changed superstorms cultures clashing and virtue signalling volunteerism So it s tragic and infuriating and yeah kind of funny when you look at it 
2.5
Powder Keg
Jennie Kermode
This is a thoughtful film which attempts to make sense of the details of what happened whilst keeping an eye on the bigger picture 
3.5
Powder Keg
Randy Myers
The actors are outstanding in this engrossing and well made docudrama 
3
Powder Keg
Mark Dujsik
I t s clear that the filmmakers have little idea what to do with the central idea they ve generated 
2
Titane
David Gonzalez
Titane is undeniable 46 Its a film that is unapologetic in its brutality and offers a look at self discovery 44 which provides a duality that will make the film one that audiences will talk about for quite some time 46 
4
Titane
Brian Eggert
A welcome affront to male fantasies and a complex rumination on identity and the human body Titane is provocative with a purpose 
4
Titane
Matt Brunson
It brings new meaning to the word autoerotic 
3
Titane
Mattie Lucas
Julia Ducournau seems likely to inherit David Cronenberg s throne as master of cinematic body horror with her latest film the Palme d Or winning Titane 
3.5
Titane
David Nusair
a mostly underwhelming endeavor that does at the very least fare better than Ducournau s nigh unwatchable Raw 
2
Titane
Kevin A. Ranson
While the practical and special effects are clever enough the near parody revelations undermine the twisted potential of the concept leaving too little explanation or even suggestion as to fill the gaping plot holes 
1
Titane
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A vibrant provocation that ends up as a moving love story with an odd couple of father and daughter or son 
3
Titane
Tom Meek
A surreal and thoroughly haunting psycho horror that goes to places few would expect and is definitely not going to be everyone s cup of tea 
3
Titane
Walter Chaw
It s not perfect but that works for a film about imperfection I m interested to see how she follows this one up 
3
Titane
Dwight Brown
Yes it s a far fetched plot only a Midnight Madness film audience could love But that s who writer director Julia Ducournau is courting She s out to shake up several genres and shock her audiences 
2.5
Titane
Rene Sanchez
A cinematic experience like no other An enigmatic visceral and twisted tale of broken souls in search of redemption affection and acceptance Full Review in Spanish 
4
Titane
Cody Corrall
Titane will not give you the answers to your questions and you re sure to have plenty by the film s end But it s a hell of a ride across genre shock and awe 
4
Titane
Mark Feeney
Does it make sense No but it has its own internal logic It s emotionally coherent Viewers may not like those emotions but they do hang together 
2
Titane
Lindsey Bahr
It doesn t all work but Titane is a messy provocative and wild piece with attitude and style that is never uninteresting 
3
Titane
Randy Myers
This is a director with moxie to burn and the talent to back it up 
3.5
Titane
Lisa Trifone
Ducournau tops even herself with a brutal explicit and powerful film about misogyny motherhood and female agency 
3.5
Titane
Joe Friar
Julia Ducournau s fossil fueled frightmare is shocking benevolent and very Cronenberg The French director s sophomore release is comparable to the seasoned masters of horror she emulates and we admire 
3.5
Titane
Jeff Mitchell
Ducournau s midnight madness art house flick is impossible to predict scene to scene and moment to moment 
3.5
Titane
Richard Roeper
This year s Palme d Or winner is a symphony of disturbing and dark madness unlike anything you ve ever seen and I mean that in a good way 
3.5
Titane
Peter Howell
Ducournau is a vital talent a filmmaker of mad vision and uncanny power I think though that her best is still to come 
3
Titane
Sheila O'Malley
An extreme movie violent and pitiless and funny but the space it provides for not just tenderness but contemplation makes it an extremely thought provoking film as well 
3.5
Titane
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Titane clearly has its appeal but it s all surface underneath the hood nothing but a sputtering engine 
2
Titane
Mark Dujsik
T he movie lacks a consistency of ideas story and purpose 
2
Titane
Josh Larsen
The movie s likely patron saints are David Cronenberg and Claire Denis 
3
Titane
Mick LaSalle
No matter how you react Titane has the integrity of sincerity and the authority of a filmmaker s real skill and vision Give it a chance if you feel up to it 
3
Titane
Ann Hornaday
Titane is so self consciously transgressive and weird that it s difficult to discern who it s for besides fetishists freak flag fliers and fans of auteurism at its most hermetic and solipsistic 
1.5
Titane
Mike McGranaghan
Titane is one of the ickiest most shocking body horror movies I ve ever seen And since being icky and shocking is what these movies are fundamentally all about I can only consider it a rousing success 
3.5
Titane
Joey Magidson
Audacious originality and brazen genius always deserves to be commended Titane is unlike anything you ve seen before and demands to be seen 
3.5
Titane
Siddhant Adlakha
Strange frequently haunting occasionally hilarious and ultimately masterful Titane is a journey whose head spinning complications are a vital part of its emotional impact 
4
Titane
Kent Turner
This is a communal viewing experience expect to hear groans from the audience Titane plays by its own rules you never know where it s heading 
3.5
Titane
Brad Wheeler
Ducournau delivers a mindblower that keeps you guessing for all of the film s excellent 108 minutes 
3.5
Titane
Pat Brown
Titane wildly expands on Julia Ducournau s idiosyncratic interest in the collision of flesh rending violence and familial reconfiguration 
3
And So It Goes
Josh Terry
Whatever the reason And So It Goes will probably go out with a whimper instead of a bang It s a quiet film that means well but good intentions won t pave the way to box office heaven in this case 
2.5
And So It Goes
David Nusair
a pedestrian narrative that remains both predictable and uninvolving at virtually every turn 
1.5
And So It Goes
Michael Dequina
These legendary stars don t disappoint in their first screen teaming and Reiner should have trusted them more to completely take over the film a lot more quickly than he does 
2.5
And So It Goes
Matt Brunson
Hilarity ensues Or not 
1.5
And So It Goes
James Berardinelli
Everything about the movie is as uninspired as the title 
2.5
And So It Goes
Burl Burlingame
How you react to And So It Goes depends entirely on your appreciation of Diane Keaton The movie is so Keaton centric it might as well have been titled La Di Da La Di Da 
1.5
And So It Goes
Lou Lumenick
Thirty years to the week after When Harry Met Sally Rob Reiner directs the excruciating mawkish and interminable romantic dramedy And So It Goes with shocking ineptitude 
0
And So It Goes
Christy Lemire
And So It Goes does what it needs to do for its target audience in thoroughly sufficient mediocre ways 
1.5
And So It Goes
Stephen Whitty
Adequate perhaps for a matinee on a dull weekday but only if the senior discount applies 
2
And So It Goes
Steven Rea
None of this is remotely funny It s actually kind of sad 
1.5
And So It Goes
Mark Dujsik
What a condescending movie this is 
1
And So It Goes
Connie Ogle
A movie as generic as its title And So It Goes is about a cranky old man who gets to know and help a child in need and becomes a happier better person Yes I know I gagged a little when I wrote that too 
2
And So It Goes
Peter Howell
Pure schmaltz masquerading as life wisdom it pairs Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton for no apparent reason other than that they fit the elder baby boomer cohort the film is squarely aimed at 
1.5
And So It Goes
Moira MacDonald
In a different movie with a better script Douglas and Keaton might have been charming together with his dryness balancing her feathery ramblings 
1.5
And So It Goes
Chris Knight
For most of the film the tension revolves around whether Oren will manage to sell a house for 8 million or merely 5 million I was on the back of my seat 
1.5
And So It Goes
Mick LaSalle
A little too corny to endorse fully but no one should be discouraged from seeing it 
2
And So It Goes
Michael Phillips
It does not do much of anything beyond lulling fans into a glum reverie during which they can recall better films that its Oscar winning stars made en route to this one 
1.5
And So It Goes
Ty Burr
And So It Goes looks like it was shot on outdated video equipment and has a forced jokey script by Mark Andrus 
1.5
And So It Goes
Ann Hornaday
It s the derivative too familiar cinematic version of a shrug and a sigh Oh well 
1.5
And So It Goes
Joe Williams
If cranking out this kind of mediocre head scratching blarney is the only option available to Hollywood veterans like Reiner we have some friendly advice Open a haberdashery 
1.5
And So It Goes
Mack Bates
By no means is And So It Goes a great romance But seeing two seasoned pros like Douglas and Keaton together on screen for the first time even in an otherwise predictable effort is pretty great 
2.5
And So It Goes
Jon Niccum
The plot has the odor of sitcom conventions but it s less cloying than you might think 
2
And So It Goes
Dann Gire
Keaton and Douglas both Oscar winners have pumped the silver screen full of charisma many times before but not here and not for these characters 
2
And So It Goes
Scott Bowles
The movie deserves credit for putting itself in the hands of acting craftsmen The story just feels awfully familiar 
2
And So It Goes
Roger Moore
Well at least it has more laughs than Woody Allen s latest 
2
And So It Goes
Matt Pais
Remarkably flavorless and tasteless which should never be confused for being the same thing 
0.5
And So It Goes
Eric Henderson
It pairs Diane Keaton with Michael Douglas to simulate the sort of second chance AARP romance that s intended to stimulate grizzled audiences who see one movie in theaters every three or four years 
1
Good Girl
David Nusair
an experimental self serving exercise in abject pointlessness 
1
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has all the failings of today s least inspired cartoons 
1
Three Men and a Cradle
Roger Ebert
No one with the slightest knowledge of human nature will be able to find a single moment of this film to believe It is all formula every last miserable frame of it 
0.5
Word and Utopia
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una lstima que de una historia ms o menos interesante el resultado en pantalla deje tanto que desear 
2
Stairway to Heaven
Brian Eggert
Though British cinema was predominantly realist in nature few films by the Archers are more intimately fantastical than A Matter of Life and Death 
4
Stairway to Heaven
Matt Brunson
The decision to shoot all of the Earth bound scenes in Technicolor and all of the Heavenly interludes in black and white is just one of the many unexpected touches in this pleasing fantasy yarn 
3.5
Stairway to Heaven
Josh Larsen
A breezy film especially considering the seriousness of its title 
3.5
Stairway to Heaven
Mattie Lucas
Every shot of this thing is a marvel achieving such a vibrant depth of color that it almost makes modern cinema seem drab in comparison 
4
Stairway to Heaven
Roger Ebert
What today s audiences will find amazing is the sheer energy of its invention 
4
Revolution OS
Glenn Lovell
Must see viewing for anyone involved in the high tech industry Others may find it migraine inducing despite Moore s attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding 
2.5
Revolution OS
Steve Rhodes
A didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy 
2
Revolution OS
V.A. Musetto
a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause 
1.5
Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman
Kenneth R. Morefield
The film works as a primer for those who have ever wandered through an antique store or leafed through an auction catalog and wondered why some furniture ends up on a trash heap and other furniture ends up in a museum 
2.5
Dark Blue World
Michael Wilmington
It s a fitting requiem for heroes forgotten 
3
Dark Blue World
Ian Mantgani
The love triangle seems lifted out of Pearl Harbor and if there s a war movie from which you don t want to take inspiration it s that one 
1.5
Dark Blue World
Geoff Pevere
Looks like the Eastern European version of director Michael Bay s popcorn epic from last summer 
2
Dark Blue World
Jay Carr
A bittersweet world and it s frankly one to which we ve been before but seldom do we see it rendered with such exquisite if pained craftsmanship 
3
Dark Blue World
Marta Barber
Dark Blue World s warm story and beautiful photography almost hits the mark and it has a great ending 
3
Dark Blue World
Todd Anthony
Solid writing and endearing performances steer it clear of the usual mawkish traps 
3
Dark Blue World
Joe Baltake
More bleak and certainly more hushed than the relatively bombastic Pearl Harbor but they both tell a war movie plot staple in approximately the same way 
3
Dark Blue World
Steven Rea
Pearl Harbor without the product placements without the Hollywood bombast and certainly without the 100 million plus budget 
3
Dark Blue World
Jim Lane
Between the complicated flashback structure and the hackneyed story it s essentially the plot of Pearl Harbor the Sveraks never get much momentum going and the film becomes monotonous 
2
Dark Blue World
Jeff Vice
This Czech made drama demonstrates that American filmmakers haven t completely cornered the market on hackneyed World War II romances 
2
Dark Blue World
Jeanne Aufmuth
Visually sumptuous and hopelessly romantic 
3
Dark Blue World
Roger Ebert
Recycles some of the aerial combat footage shot for Battle of Britain 1969 and indeed some of the same old fashioned war movie cliches 
2
Dark Blue World
Tor Thorsen
The film that Pearl Harbor should have been 
3.5
Dark Blue World
Bob Graham
The memorable stars are the Spitfires and Messerschmitts in its aerial battles a crackerjack combination of live action special effects and recycled footage 
2
Dark Blue World
Rob Blackwelder
The picture s stale and flimsy romance sends this otherwise stunning and profound combat story into an unrecoverable tailspin 
2
Dark Blue World
Steve Rhodes
The problem is that we ve seen it all before and usually more lucidly and convincingly 
2.5
Dark Blue World
Lou Lumenick
A Czech Pearl Harbor minus the attack 
2.5
Dark Blue World
Harvey S. Karten
Pearl Harbor Czech style a more authentic mixture of romance and battle 
3
Dark Blue World
Walter Chaw
It hopes that its mundane structure is enough to keep up with its soaring aspirations Like its lovesick protagonists it hopes in vain 
2
Dark Blue World
Ed Gonzalez
You might remember the film s plot and character archetypes from Pearl Harbor although Michael Bay s war turkey in retrospect lends itself to camp revisionism 
1
Room at the Top
Matt Brunson
Complicated characters a searing indictment of upper crust snobbery and a startling sexual frankness for its time an X rating in the UK banned in several cities in the US all contribute to this movie s potency 
3.5
She
Fernando F. Croce
Women in adventurer impresario Merian C Cooper s schoolboyish action yarns are rarely allowed to do anything other than get kidnapped and rescued 
2.5
Do Revenge
Roger Moore
Flip and fun right up to the moment it tries to outsmart itself 46 46 46 46 This thing drags 46 
2
Do Revenge
David Nusair
46 46 46 a sluggish and hopelessly dumbed down endeavor that strikes all the wrong notes right from the get go 46 46 46 
1
Do Revenge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A vicious 44 razor sharp teen comedy 44 apos Do Revenge apos is constructed in the vein of apos Heathers 44 apos apos Clueless 44 apos and apos Mean Girls 44 apos but easily able to bitchslap those movies back to where they came from 46 
3.5
Do Revenge
Leo Brady
Sadly 44 the revenge itself is a bit pedestrian 44 the dialogue obnoxious 44 and a final twist as predictable as all of these movies go 46 
2
Do Revenge
Randy Myers
There s an edge to Do Revenge that draws just enough blood to match its infectious style and repartee 
3
Do Revenge
Milagros Amondaray
It would be easy to underestimate Do Revenge but it knows how to laugh at itself and when to brutally criticize ecosystems that focus too much on appearances Full review in Spanish 
3
Do Revenge
Pablo O. Scholz
We ve all seen this movie but for a young audience this movie must be a delight Full review in Spanish 
3
Do Revenge
Sara Michelle Fetters
As if born out of obsessive rewatches of Cruel Intentions and Mean Girls 44 Do Revenge is a subversive 44 foul mouthed teen comedy that goes to some pretty vile and depraved places 46 
2.5
Do Revenge
Richard Roeper
Virtually all of the so called teens look like they should be getting ready for their 10 year reunion rather than senior year 
2
Do Revenge
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film manages to blend all of its influences into a distinctive movie that is fully committed to its vision of high school as a handsomely costumed 44 art directed snake pit filled with sadists who get off on other people apos s pain and embarrassment 46 
3
Do Revenge
Carla Meyer
A clever mishmash of Hitchcockian and 1980s and 90s high school movie sensibilities the Netflix dark comedy Do Revenge falters when it tries to grow a heart 
2.5
RocketMan
Mal Vincent
A movie that should be sent to Mars one way 
0.5
RocketMan
Mike Clark
One small step for an unknown comic One giant stumble for comedy kind 
1.5
RocketMan
Roger Ebert
RocketMan is not inspired or brilliant or original but it s the kind of movie that gives you a goofy grin half of the time 
3
Chain Letter
David Nusair
one of the most disastrously underwhelming and incompetent horror flicks to come around in quite some time 
.5
Chain Letter
Linda Cook
I ve watched hundreds of movies no make that thousands on the big screen Chain Letter has the dubious distinction of being the only movie I ve ever seen that had no recognizable ending 
0
Chain Letter
Linda Cook
It s not even a real movie 
0
Chain Letter
Diego Semerene
Nothing screams hackneyed repurposing like using a Nietzschean citation as preface to very non Nietzschean drivel 
1.5
Sorceress
Dustin Putman
A mid 1990s D movie relic the film is 40 supernatural thriller 60 soft core romp and 100 goofy 
1.5
Daphne
Alexa Dalby
Debut director Peter Mackie Burns and screenwriter Nico Mensinga have created a fascinating character who encapsulates a certain kind of contemporary urban London life 
3
Gone Fishing
David Nusair
Subdued almost to the point of ridiculousness 
2.5
The Treatment
Kristin Tillotson
Aside from a few annoying implausibilities The Treatment is smart suspense at its darkest 
3.5
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Roger Ebert
The elements of this movie are so familiar so worn out that within a few minutes of the opening we can predict with certainty almost everything that will happen 
2
Faces
Josh Larsen
constantly scratches its own skin 
3.5
Faces
Matt Brunson
Along with A Woman Under the Influence Cassavetes most popular movie among critics art house audiences and Academy members 
3.5
Faces
Jeremiah Kipp
Cassavetes was interested in actors and their freak show intensities and their performances give his films a hyper real quality 
3
Faces
Roger Ebert
Faces is the sort of film that makes you want to grab people by the neck and drag them into the theater and shout Here 
4
Shining Star
Eric Henderson
If I chose to write a review of That s the Way of the World the length of which accurately reflected the duration of its star attraction Earth Wind Fire I should have stopped writing two clauses ago 
.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Brian Eggert
What s evident throughout Godzilla vs Kong is that Wingard took care to deliver a distinct and intelligible movie that embraces some out there ideas in a fun fast paced manner 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
David Nusair
the picture s larger than life action sequences of which there are many suffer from a heavy use of computer generated effects that ensure they possess all the weight and reality of a video game cutscene 
1
Godzilla vs. Kong
Matt Brunson
The four films released thus far in the so called MonsterVerse ably demonstrate that King Kong still reigns supreme 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
James Kendrick
Everything is big bigger and biggest and while it gets redundant by the end it is hard not to take pleasure in the sheer outlandishness of the mega monster smackdowns 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Rene Sanchez
Godzilla vs Kong delivers just what it promises a colossal and roaring dose of non stop action from beginning to end Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Linda Cook
You ll want to take on Godzilla vs Kong 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Steven Prokopy
does a fairly solid job pulling the loose threads together into a story about creatures like Godzilla and Kong and their origins on this planet 
3.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Sarah Knight Adamson
Indeed the monsters encounter many fights nonetheless the underwater sea battles and the neon lite streets of Hong Kong s skyscraper scenes rank as standouts 
3.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Peter Canavese
Its paper thin characters and seriously overstuffed plot don t do it any favors as a film but as a Godzilla movie it s largely impressive and delivers on the monster walloping 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Pamela Powell
Godzilla vs Kong does tick all the right boxes of animation artistry and larger than life characters which will please all of the fans of this universe but the writing directing and acting boxes are empty with the exception of Hottle 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Mattie Lucas
Outrageous over the top and wholly spectacular It delivers on its promise to provide bone crushing kaiju action while simultaneously delivering one of the most shamelessly dorky unapologetically weird studio entertainments in recent memory 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Josh Larsen
It was the headbutt that hooked me 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Kevin Carr
Ultimately the reason to see this movie is for the smackdown It is a massive smash quite literally and figuratively 
4
Godzilla vs. Kong
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wingard adopts just the right tone avoiding the heaviness of the first Godzilla with some whiffs of humor and also sidestepping the crushing stupidity of the second Godzilla by simply embracing the silliness 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Dann Gire
Nothing happens Did Godzilla simply forget he was in a fierce smackdown to the death 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Michael Medved
The plot is clumsy and impossible to follow but the special effects are impressive with the two monsters portrayed in greater detail and depth than ever before 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Robert Horton
It was disconcerting indeed to watch this one on a TV set where its point is pretty much lost I thought the previous Godzilla picture was pretty awful but at least it was bigger than you 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Sonny Bunch
Big monkey and big lizard go punch punch 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Chris Hewitt
It s big dumb fun that should be seen on the biggest screen you feel comfortable with 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Ty Burr
I n fact the new film directed by Adam Wingard and written by a small committee has an amusingly high order of scientific monster movie mumbo jumbo delivered with serious intonations by well respected actors as they stare in awe at a green screen 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Rick Bentley
Godzilla vs Kong is entertaining if you have not set your expectaion too high It could have been better It should have been better But that pesky convoluted story just keeps getting in the way of the action 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Tom Meek
To tell you how the final round goes would be to do a disservice I can say it s a worthy climax and as always with these things you can be sure the avarice of man has a play in it 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final battle in a neon saturated Hong Kong is a thing of absolute beauty 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Kevin A. Ranson
concentrating on fewer critters to fight raises the stakes and gives fans more of what they want begs to be seen on the biggest screen possible coupled with an ear bleeding surround sound system 
4
Godzilla vs. Kong
Walter Chaw
GvK is a defiantly anti intellectual bullying entertainment engineered for inoffensiveness despite being built on incredibly loaded storylines for the bombastic glorification of itself 
1.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Peter Howell
Watching this blockbuster is like eating a big bag of Cheetos before dinner You know it s bad but you can t help yourself 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Doug Walker
I had a blast It s serious in all the right ways as well as silly in all the right ways 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Randy Myers
Wingard earns extra points for amping up the atmospherics and keeping us semi interested even during the dull stretches but this rematch needed more fighting and less muddled mythmaking
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Jeff Mitchell
Ignore the brutal plot mechanics but stay for the brutality 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Michael O'Sullivan
One half of Godzilla vs Kong wants to tell a human story Believe it or not it partly succeeds The other half just wants to break stuff I d call it a draw 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Michael Phillips
Even if Godzilla vs Kong feels more a tad more mecha than human it satisfies nonetheless 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Mark Dujsik
T he brawls are fantastically over the top 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Leo Brady
Godzilla vs Kong is a whole lot of movie and it s glorious 
4
Godzilla vs. Kong
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As superficially drawn as the humans are the monsters pull on our heartstrings even while wreaking maximum damage to all in their wake 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
James Berardinelli
The humans are uninteresting and the monsters seem like what they are extravagant special effects 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Bob Bloom
The true stars of the movie are the hundreds of technicians who give life to Godzilla and Kong 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Jake Coyle
A rock em sock em monster movie revival with all the requisite explosions inane plot twists and skyscraper smashing to satisfy most lovers of gigantic amphibians Vive le cinéma 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Johnny Oleksinski
See Godzilla vs Kong on the big screen if you can 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Keith Uhlich
Godzilla and Kong s brawls have the ennui inducing feel of a child arbitrarily smashing action figures together 
1
Godzilla vs. Kong
Roger Moore
The ever improving CGI makes Kong the most empathetic he s been since he was sniffing his fingers around Fay Wray 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Joe Friar
Wingard delivers the action packed matchup of the century The special effects are spectacular as these two titans battle it out 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Mark Meszoros
Its tone is closest to that of the series best entry 2017 s adventure driven Kong Skull Island which helps to make it a fairly fun affair 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Robert Daniels
Godzilla vs Kong is a marked improvement over King of the Monsters with regards to graphics choreography and scale 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Jeff York
Kong and Godzilla may be the names in the title but soon their fight gives way to battling a 20 story tall cyborg Who wins when the film can t even live up to its promised deathmatch 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Katie Walsh
Wingard knows the appeal of this film is two beloved movie giants pulverizing a city and offers that spectacle dripping in neon and techno Break out the glow sticks it s time for the kaiju rave that is Godzilla vs Kong 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Mick LaSalle
Godzilla vs Kong lacks the power to inspire any emotion but if did have the power that emotion would be sadness 
2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Jordan Zakarin
Both well researched fans and newcomers will be equally satisfied when the two greatest and most iconic monsters in cinematic history square off in savage battles that threaten to remake the topography of the eastern hemisphere 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Sean P. Means
Wingard knows there s a visceral thrill seeing Kong throw a punch across Godzilla s face or having Kong jump out of the way of an explosion a shot cribbed directly from Bruce Willis in Die Hard and he delivers 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Richard Roeper
Incredibly loud and admittedly stupid and keenly self aware and fantastically mindless 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Mike McGranaghan
Despite being saddled with a plot that s sometimes laughably absurd this new movie manages to get things back on course delivering on the promise of its title 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Phil Villarreal
Beating its chest and roaring to the sky in triumph it s the master of its crumbled post pandemic cinematic domain 
3
Godzilla vs. Kong
Joey Magidson
Godzilla vs Kong is a mishmash of fun titan fights and asinine human elements How that combination sits with you will determine if it s a satisfying blockbuster or not 
2.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Matt Zoller Seitz
A crowd pleasing smash em up monster flick and a straight up action picture par excellence 
4
An Affair to Die For
Roger Moore
A taut plot ruined in the execution 
1.5
Ghost House
James Berardinelli
Ghost House is a classic your mileage may vary film Horror lovers who are just looking for a few good scares and a suitably creepy atmosphere will find that Ragsdale delivers 
2.5
Ghost House
Mike McGranaghan
Ghost House is very excited to show you a foreign land It s also excited to display some horrific visuals What it s not very interested in though is telling a worthwhile story 
1.5
The Dukes
Moira MacDonald
Davi who has the kind of handsomely weathered face that has spent a lot of time gazing into the sun clearly poured his heart into this movie and it shows 
3
The Dukes
Bob Strauss
A lot of love was clearly poured into this project too bad the results were only so so 
2
The Dukes
Rafer Guzman
The sweetness grows cloying by the end but perhaps that s fitting for a film that s so clearly a labor of love 
2
The Dukes
James Berardinelli
The Dukes may be hard to find on the big screen but it s worth keeping an eye out for once it reaches DVD 
3
The Dukes
Peter Travers
Here s the little movie that could a potent directing debut for actor Robert Davi 
3
The Dukes
Kyle Smith
Jokes about a matron at an Italian restaurant and a guy with a thing for fat chicks only take you so far 
2
The Dukes
Nick Schager
Crafted with considerably more heart than skill 
1.5
The Dukes
Christian Toto
The Dukes sings in a low key harmony that s hard to resist 
3
Waste Land
Bill Chambers
Pitched between an honest albeit half baked presentation of mental illness and Angel Heart Waste Land is sadly lacking in conviction 
2
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Mike McGranaghan
Visually impressive old school fun anchored by a charmingly confident performance from Louise Bourgoin 
3
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review It s got first rate photorealistic CGI effects fine period art direction and costumes and features an irresistible lead performance 
2.5
Pleasure
Matt Brunson
It wouldn apos t exactly be accurate to state that Pleasure makes Boogie Nights look about as hardcore as FernGully 58 The Last Rainforest by comparison 44 but there apos s a reason this has been making the rounds either unrated or with an adults only designation 46 
3
Pleasure
Tom Meek
It s an engrossing wander and a cautionary tale that may have had a sharper edge had Linnéa been more fully developed 
2.5
Pleasure
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
All told Pleasure is a fascinating disturbing inherently ungratifying success story like a joyless Nightcrawler 
3
Pleasure
Randy Myers
An unflinching fascinating look at a profession from the inside and out 
3
Pleasure
Mike McGranaghan
For all the graphic content 8211 and 44 frankly 44 I learned a few new things here Pleasure is a very serious film that never attempts to titillate or arouse 46 
3.5
Pleasure
Katie Rife
Thyberg keeps her cards close throughout Pleasure 44 using the film 8217 s verit 233 framing to obscure the extent of her involvement as a director 46 The film feels even handed 44 in the sense that its fly on the wall style lets situations speak for themselves 46 
3
Pleasure
Mark Dujsik
The consequences of Pleasure are psychological and 44 hence 44 more harrowing than some moralistic finger wagging 46 
3
Pleasure
Pat Brown
The film fiercely homes in at the moral perversity of an industry at a particular intersection of capitalism 44 patriarchy 44 and digital age spectacle 46 
3
Pleasure
Kent Turner
Instead of a character study or titillation the director goes for discomfort 
2.5
Pleasure
Rosalie Kicks
Ninja Thyberg s keen sense of direction and her ability to bring the viewer into the space is extremely effective making it so hard to look away 
4
Pleasure
Joey Magidson
It s sexually explicit sure but it s honest raw real and even a little sweet Somehow it manages to find a balance
3
Set Point
Steve Rhodes
One long enigma 
2
The Iceman Cometh
Roger Ebert
For four hours we live in these two rooms and discover the secrets of these people and at the end we have gone deeper seen more and will remember more than with most of the other movies of our life 
4
Broken Bridges
Collin Souter
It feels about as sincere and insightful as a Schlitz induced rendition of Achy Breaky Heart 
1.5
Broken Bridges
Preston Jones
Broken Bridges is wrapped tight in the cloak of good intentions soft pedaling tired tripe about redemption reconciliation and finding solace in the bottle 
1
Broken Bridges
Maitland McDonagh
The Country Music Channel s first foray into feature filmmaking is sickly sweet and thoroughly predictable 
2
Broken Bridges
Louis B. Parks
When you can get just as good on the Hallmark network why drive all the way to a theater 
2
Broken Bridges
Erik Childress
It would have served Keith better to pick a project that didn t accentuate a character who stumbles around an aimless plot with the same confusion of Bruce Banner coming down from one of his smash moods 
0
Broken Bridges
Bobby Reed
Any viewer who can t predict the outcome of this modest flick must not be familiar with a certain genre to which it is indebted the made for TV movie 
2
Broken Bridges
Matt Brunson
Keith remains as rigid as a bookcase 
1.5
Broken Bridges
Michael Wilmington
Broken Bridges takes too many shortcuts and hits too many obvious notes 
2
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Stephen Cole
Dunn and McFadyen have done Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart the service of resolving their eventful four decade career It s a smart lyrical often funny movie 
3
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Robert Levin
It s the three dimensional portrait of the band members that sets the film apart 
3.5
Trainspotting
Brian Eggert
The film resists a moralized discussion of drug use to instead presents a story whose ugly darkly comic details pulse with Boyle s kinetic touch 
4
Trainspotting
Ann Hornaday
Brazen hilarious disgusting audacious altogether fresh 
3
Trainspotting
Gary Thompson
Heroin as it turns out provides the characters in Trainspotting with something the filmmakers can t motivation Without the drug Boyle can t convincingly explain the actions of Renton and his friends 
2.5
Trainspotting
Steven Rea
Trainspotting buoyed by a great Brit Pop soundtrack and Brian Tufano s agile cinematography captures the stoned out gut churning experience of hardcore addiction with hallucinogenic acuity 
3.5
Trainspotting
Michael Wilmington
Trainspotting is a searing pop art portrait of a lost generation blowing out its brains As they rail chuckle shout and dive into darkness you re trapped yourself between a bellylaugh and a scream 
4
Trainspotting
Matt Brunson
A pop culture sensation that drew notice to its own urgency and immediacy 
3.5
Trainspotting
Susan Tavernetti
The most controversial film of the summer is both disturbing and exhilarating in its evocative rendering of a smackhead s chaotic universe 
2
Trainspotting
Jeffrey Westhoff
A rarity a highly anticipated film that exceeds and confounds expectations 
4
Trainspotting
Tor Thorsen
If the essence of Generation X s journey from restless youth to semiproductive maturity could be encapsulated into one film it would be Trainspotting 
4
Trainspotting
Liam Lacey
The experience of watching Trainspotting the electric nasty and slick descent into the milieu of young Scottish junkies is a little like speeding through the digestive tract of some voracious beast 
3.5
Trainspotting
Peter Travers
Trainspotting is a singular sensation a visionary knockout spiked with insight wild invention and outrageous wit 
3.5
Trainspotting
James Kendrick
The film comes off as inventive and enlivening even as it makes clear how destructive heroin is 
4
Trainspotting
Rob Blackwelder
Wickedly funny sick insightful depressing dirty unjudging awesomely acted and brilliant 
3.5
Trainspotting
James Berardinelli
This isn t an examination of the Scottish drug culture from the outside looking in it s one from the inside looking out 
3.5
Trainspotting
Roger Ebert
The movie has been attacked as pro drug and defended as anti drug but actually it is simply pragmatic It knows that addiction leads to an unmanageable exhausting intensely uncomfortable daily routine and it knows that only two things make it bearable
3
Trainspotting
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a wild cinematic style that suggests a lust for the new the different 
4
Trainspotting
Steve Rhodes
in TRAINSPOTTING the filmmakers are so far over the line that I could not like the picture no matter how hard I tried 
1.5
Trainspotting
Joe Baltake
You stop cringing and start smiling laughing even and these kids who seem like aliens at first grow on you They re weirdly likable 
4
Trainspotting
Mike Clark
As Renton Ewan McGregor delivers his needle sharp narration with raw charisma His brash star turn helps make this goon show stimulating slumming 
3.5
Trainspotting
Jeff Vice
Its four main anti heroes are such unsympathetic losers that it is difficult to care whether they live or die 
2.5
Trainspotting
Bob Thompson
Be mentally strong for you might become psychologically vulnerable from the mind altering Trainspotting experience 
4
Trainspotting
David N. Butterworth
Trainspotting manages to be hip happening graphic tragic violent cool filthy sick and very funny and the tragically hip arthouse crowd on this side of the ocean are going to eat it up 
3.5
Trainspotting
Mike McGranaghan
Trainspotting is one of the most effective anti drug movies I ve seen in a long time Its depiction of heroin addiction is so raw and gritty that you walk away with the realization that heroin is a drug not to be messed with 
3
Trainspotting
Barry Walters
This might not be the first movie to get inside the mind of an addict but it s the only one that captures the life consuming power of addiction in all its complexity 
4
Trainspotting
Michael Dequina
A fine example of efficient resourceful filmmaking 
3.5
Trainspotting
Madeleine Williams
It s all attitude and little substance Still its attitude is catchy at times filled with humor and sparks of energy 
3
Trainspotting
Mike D'Angelo
Trainspotting is cranked up to eleven and is consequently getting plenty of attention but it ain t signifyin much and would have been more entertaining at half the volume 
2.5
Silicone Soul
Steven Prokopy
To her credit director Melody Gilbert has plenty of compassion for her primary subjects 
2.5
Nocturne
Steven Prokopy
The movie seems more interested in the occasional shock over genuine suspense 
2
Nocturne
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nocturne is a nice looking film with plenty of good music and it s passable but it s my least favorite of the four Blumhouse films 
2.5
Nocturne
James Berardinelli
Although missing opportunities to present a memorable production Quirke has crafted the kind of popcorn horror film that doesn t demand much from its audience and in the process delivers something unsettling 
2.5
Nocturne
Jeff Mitchell
Nocturne looks great but it s a little off key 
2
Nocturne
Jeff York
Quirke s film isn t quite a modern classic but it s shrewd involving and well acted particularly by the estimable Sydney Sweeney 
3
Nocturne
Nick Allen
Nocturne isn t just the best entry in the Welcome to the Blumhouse series it s one of the best Blumhouse movies in years 
3.5
Nocturne
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Nocturne is a reminder that the notes themselves are just as important as how you play them 
2
Silent Waters
Jeff Vice
Leaden and dull 
2
Silent Waters
Sean P. Means
An interesting if incomplete picture of a community torn apart by religious zealotry 
2.5
Silent Waters
Marta Barber
By the time you understand the meaning of its title Sabiha Sumar s film has delivered an emotional punch 
3
Silent Waters
David Nusair
sporadically intriguing film that s ultimately sunk by director Sabiha Sumar s occasionally simplistic and melodramatic treatment of the material 
2
Silent Waters
John Anderson
The filmmakers provide a well meaning well timed Pakistani portrait 
3
Silent Waters
V.A. Musetto
Although taking place 25 years in the past director writer Sabiha Sumar s debut feature has relevance in the world as we now know it 
3
Silent Waters
David Sterritt
Stirring on religious and humanitarian levels and very timely notwithstanding its 1979 setting 
3
Tom and Huck
Susan Wloszczyna
A joyless lump 
1.5
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Roger Moore
My Best Friend remembers the playful rebellious and occasional mean girl that Anne Frank was in a somewhat staid but well acted film about Anne s last years 
2.5
Sand Dollars
Elise Nakhnikian
It respects and plumbs the feelings of all three main characters while surfacing the economic ethnic cultural and gender power imbalances in their relationships 
3
Tahrir: Liberation Square
Bill Weber
A direct cinema document of the Cairo protests that toppled Mubarak Stefano Savona s film doesn t pretend that Egypt s resolution has yet won a lasting victory 
3
Master
James Kendrick
a deeply effective film 44 one in which black viewers will likely recognize a great deal of their own experience and one that white viewers should take to heart
3
Master
Brian Eggert
Although it s not as playful or accessible as other films that have blended racial commentary and horror Diallo s control of the foreboding mood turns Master into an appropriately chilling examination of America s past 
2.5
Master
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not as expertly realized and as effortlessly terrifying as Get Out but it s still very much worth a look 
3
Master
Robert Levin
Master is a genre picture that works as well as it does because it s rooted in everyday horrors 
3
Master
Leo Brady
Master is a scary glimpse of someone elses reality A chance to walk in the shoes of others and see that the horror we think can only exist in our dreams is actually waiting right outside the door 
3
Master
Odie Henderson
It is not even remotely scary and its story and lore are confusing and underdeveloped 
1.5
Master
Ty Burr
What Master does exceedingly well and it s worth a look for this alone is dramatize with a kind of bleak satirical scorn the slights and assumptions and diminutions that come with being a person of color in a complacent white milieu 
2
Master
Roger Moore
The message comes through loud and clear but the film feels like an assignment As a filmmaker Diallo never lets us forget shes checking off boxes on her class essays list of required topics and tropes 
2
Master
Kevin Carr
Overly heavy handed and over the top it beats you over the head 
1.5
Master
Lisa Trifone
While the commentary Diallo clearly feels strongly about could ve benefited from a bit of a polish there is enough in her debut feature film to warrant checking it out as a weekend watch 
3
Master
Mark Feeney
Even if the final third goes off the rails and it sure does Master announces the arrival of a director with unmistakable talent 
2.5
Master
Josh Bell
It makes such a clear case for the horrors of racism at every level of American society that the more mundane horrors of ghosts and witches seem completely superfluous 
2
Master
Mark Dujsik
The result is quietly scathing and ultimately mysterious 
3
Master
Jocelyn Noveck
In Diallo s compelling tale turns out the scariest ghosts are not the ones that go bump in the night They re the ones that haunt a nation s history 
2.5
Master
Rob Thomas
By the time the supernatural elements kick in during Mariama Diallos Master the genre shift almost feels merciful 
3
Master
James Berardinelli
The message in Master about how the veneer of white liberalism can be a pernicious breeding ground for systemic racism is too important to shrug off and the manner in which it is presented is compelling and pointed 
2.5
Master
Ann Hornaday
Although Diallo makes some trenchant observations about diversity equity inclusion initiatives and cultural appropriation she jams too many plot beats characters and polemical points into the narrative for all of them to pay off satisfactorily 
2
Master
Josh Larsen
unsettles in pointedly insidious ways 
2.5
Master
Bob Strauss
Master isn t the kind of slick mashup Get Out has conditioned us to expect from smart Black horror This is a messier more grieving work 
2.5
Master
Dwight Brown
If you re going to mess with the horror movie genre recipe you have to do it with better ingredients Diallo does not 
1.5
Master
Joey Magidson
Master has plenty going in its favor but I do wish it had either committed more to its horror bent or focused in on the institutional racism 
2.5
Master
Sean P. Means
As microaggressions grow larger and for Jasmine and Gail take on a menacing supernatural element Diallo builds the tension to a peak But that peak hits a bit early and the finale stumbles a bit as subtext becomes the text 
3
Master
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Diallo s mise en scène is sometimes skilled sometimes less so resorting to horror clichés one time too many even if some of the scenes still prove unsettling 
2.5
Master
Joe Friar
Witches are scary Racism is scarier Writer director Mariama Diallo cleverly utilizes the horror genre to highlight racial prejudice in her debut feature
3
Master
Keith Watson
Mariama Diallo s film never seems to fully buy into its horror trappings and ends up treating its characters as avatars for multiple grievances 
1.5
Master
Mike McGranaghan
Master is like Get Out on a college campus 
3
Shamus
Roger Ebert
The movie s structure is right out of the Raymond Chandler bag 
2
Walking and Talking
Josh Larsen
bears all the markings of the exquisitely observed relationship dramedies that Nicole Holofcener would go on to make 
3
Walking and Talking
David Nusair
the main emphisis appears to be on making the characters sound clever and witty 
2
Walking and Talking
Brandon Judell
a totally charming though lightweight look at a childhood friendship
3
Walking and Talking
Mike Clark
Comes perilously close to becoming a gab fest treadmill 
2.5
Walking and Talking
Roger Ebert
How did I feel at the end of Walking and Talking The earth didn t shake and I didn t feel in the presence of great cinema but I felt cheerful as if I had gone through some fraught times with good friends and we had emerged intact 
3
The Exorcist III
Matt Brunson
The film is excessive in many spots did we really need a lavish dream sequence 44 or cameos by the likes of Larry King 44 former Surgeon General C 46 Everett Koop 44 and Fabio 63 
2.5
The Exorcist III
David Nusair
a pervasively hit and miss sequel that certainly stands as an obvious improvement over the mostly unwatchable second installment 
2.5
The Magnificent Ambersons
Matt Brunson
A haunting and rueful examination of a changing way of life and the fortunes and failures of those with limited vision 
3.5
The Magnificent Ambersons
James Kendrick
one of Hollywood s great tragedies both on screen and off
3.5
The Magnificent Ambersons
Josh Larsen
The bold cinematic techniques Welles employed in Citizen Kane are put to even more sophisticated use here 
3.5
The Magnificent Ambersons
James Berardinelli
Even with so many cuts reducing the final third to a frustrating mish mash of disjointed segments it retains the occasional power to mesmerize and amaze 
3
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I can t help but be pulled in two directions One is enthusiastically embracing the film for its beauty poetry brilliance ingenuity and greatness The other is mourning the fact that the movie could yet have been still more 
4
Same Kind of Different as Me
Roger Moore
Bland Greg Kinnear bland 
1.5
Same Kind of Different as Me
Rex Reed
It s so sincere and admirable that it seems churlish to voice objections but the fact remains that it isn t very good 
2
Same Kind of Different as Me
Bill Zwecker
A film with a lovely life affirming uplifting message unfortunately delivered in such a heavy handed gooey sweet manner that audiences will exit the theater in a near diabetic coma 
2.5
Same Kind of Different as Me
Nick Allen
It can be hard to disagree with the heart and events of this true tale except for when the movie reveals itself to be mighty self congratulatory 
2
The Whole Nine Yards
Matt Brunson
Modestly entertaining 
2.5
The Whole Nine Yards
David Nusair
an appealing premise that s employed to watchable yet mostly underwhelming effect 
2
The Whole Nine Yards
Michael Dequina
There are a number of genuinely clever twists and ideas that it s unfortunate that someone decided to muck it up with cheap slapstick 
2.5
The Whole Nine Yards
Jeffrey Westhoff
Comes as close as a movie can to being a successful comedy without making it 
2.5
The Whole Nine Yards
Mike Clark
It s like one of those late Blake Edwards comedies in which very little is working but you have to admire the attempt at some physical humor 
2
The Whole Nine Yards
Steve Rhodes
The infrequent laughs are forced and the movie feels as stale as a month old focaccia 
2
The Whole Nine Yards
Lou Lumenick
It s laugh out loud side splitting funny 
3
The Whole Nine Yards
Greg Dean Schmitz
There s a few cute jokes but over all it seems a bit fluffy 
3
The Whole Nine Yards
Susan Stark
The picture also allows its female leads to show their considerable stuff 
2
The Whole Nine Yards
Jay Carr
The Whole Nine Yards a bright crowd pleaser with a clever script 
3
The Whole Nine Yards
Ross Anthony
A few winceable story progressions in the front and end are easily outweighed by a fine body of fun film in between I laughed out loud very often 
3
The Whole Nine Yards
Dustin Putman
Rests solely on the presumed charm of the cast and half of the actors are not charming at all Now what does that tell you 
1.5
The Whole Nine Yards
David N. Butterworth
Please no more mob comedies No more bad ones like this at least 
1.5
The Whole Nine Yards
James Berardinelli
The actors exhibit a surprising inconsistency of tone in their performances 
2
The Whole Nine Yards
Jorge Avila Andrade
Uun ejemplo ms de que en Hollywood siguen haciendo falta las buenas ideas y sobretodo quien las lleve a cabo
2.5
The Whole Nine Yards
Roger Ebert
A subtle but unmistakable aura of jolliness sneaks from the screen during The Whole Nine Yards 
3
Older Than Ireland
Moira MacDonald
A charming moving and over too soon portrait of a country and of what it means to have a longer than expected life 
3
Older Than Ireland
Mark Jenkins
The movie doesn t linger on any single topic happy or sad With so many lives to look back on Fegan moves briskly from theme to theme 
2.5
Older Than Ireland
David Berry
As the title would imply this gang of people predate the actual country they live in and even just through relating their life manage to speak to the rather profound changes that have hit in that time 
3
Trade
Rob Thomas
Yes a conventional documentary about sex slavery would probably be more illuminating It would also be more unbearable 
3
Trade
Ed Gonzalez
Trade has cojones for trying to lay the kind of political guilt trip it does on us with its sham aesthetics and lurid telenovela writ large storyline 
0
Trade
Chris Hewitt
What ultimately tips the scales is its determination to avoid sentimentality 
2.5
Trade
Ted Fry
Trade has telegraphed the most sordid examples of the international child sex trade into a small somewhat exploitative thriller 
2
Trade
G. Allen Johnson
Other than showing how a trafficking pipeline might work Trade is a total misfire a strange attempt at making a buddy movie featuring a morose Kevin Kline and a 17 year old Mexican boy looking for his kidnapped sister 
1
Trade
Timothy Knight
Alternately gripping and frustrating Trade is a regrettable disappointment 
2.5
Trade
Kyle Smith
A routine crime melodrama with art house message movie pretensions 
2
Trade
Jack Mathews
The story of the victims on the road is harrowing but the tale of the kind cop and the teenager with an attitude is a string of big brother clichés 
2
Trade
Terry Lawson
Trade takes on a serious under addressed international crime against humanity in a style that is somewhere between TV melodrama and drive in exploitation undoing its obvious good intentions and some truly provocative moments 
2
Trade
Roger Ebert
A nasty vile business made more slimy because director Marco Kreuzpaintner doesn t trust the intrinsic interest of his story and pumps it up with chase details close calls manufactured crises and gratuitous scenes 
1
Trade
Wesley Morris
Human trafficking is an awful societal issue and Trade happens to be an awful movie about human trafficking 
1.5
Trade
Steven D. Greydanus
Trade needed to be the United 93 of the human trafficking crisis It s closer to being the World Trade Center 
2.5
Trade
Josh Larsen
occasionally uses exploitation to get you worked up about well exploitation 
2
Trade
James Berardinelli
A straightforward and uninspired look at the sex trade 
2
Trade
Steven Rea
Comes off like TV movie sensationalism sidetracked by distracting backstories and hard to swallow plot twists 
2.5
Trade
Sara Michelle Fetters
This isn t an easy sit and by the time it was over my heart was virtually shattered thanks to the human wreckage vividly on display 
3
Trade
Paul Kosidowski
There s plenty of intelligence peeking through the cracks in Trade It s just too bad it s squandered on preaching to the converted in the worst sort of way 
2.5
Trade
Jeff Strickler
It gets high marks for its lofty intentions but it is only mediocre as a thriller and is clunky in its presentation 
2
Trade
Tasha Robinson
Trade s fictional drama is hard to believe and impossible to justify 
2.5
Trade
John Anderson
Trade is as gripping as it is important 
3
Children of the Corn
Brian Eggert
Aside from Moyer 8217 s presence 44 every intentionally scary flourish proves unintentionally funny 46 
1
Children of the Corn
Steven Prokopy
Children of the Corn didn 8217 t even feel like it was going for anything unique or interesting in its approach to the material 46 That shelf it was on was probably the best home for it 46 
1
Children of the Corn
Kevin Carr
Weighted down by the director 8217 s schizophrenic vision 44 this continues to demonstrate that Hollywood is flailing while trying to make a worthy adaptation of the Stephen King story 46 
1.5
Children of the Corn
Walter Chaw
For all its protestations to the contrary this Children of the Corn isn t about anything It s so empty that all of the grave sequences where the music turns serious and the tears flow heavy and hot are unintentionally hilarious 
1
Children of the Corn
Randy Myers
Isn t scary or thrilling as its young cast takes on Boomers who ve left their generation with nothing more than a fistful of crop dust 
2
Children of the Corn
Sara Michelle Fetters
The only emotional response this Children of the Corn scares up is boredom 46 
1.5
Children of the Corn
Mark Dujsik
Unfortunately 44 Wimmer apos s twist on the setup and the perspective of this horror tale doesn apos t 46 46 46 develop its most terrifying idea in any meaningful way 46 
1.5
Children of the Corn
Phil Villarreal
Just as with the characters there is little reason for hope and nothing to do but stare blankly into the ether 
1.5
Children of the Corn
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 Moyer apos s Eden is the reason to watch 46 46 46 Viewers who despised the 1984 original or readers who can look past the departures from King will get more out it 46 46 46 a final opportunity to nibble off what few kernels are still left on the cob 46 
3
Children of the Corn
Joey Magidson
This Children of the Corn remake should have stayed hidden in the fields 44 since the crops have gone very 44 very rotten 46 
1
Children of the Corn
Mike McGranaghan
Stephen King was so appalled by 1992 8217 s The Lawnmower Man that he sued New Line Cinema to have his name taken off the film and all the marketing materials 46 He should consider doing the same for the new reboot of Children of the Corn 46 
1
Children of the Corn
Roger Moore
This 8220 Corn 8221 sat on the shelf during COVID lockdown 44 but we can 8217 t say it went stale during the delay 46 This was cynical in conception and rotten in execution long before the masks came out 46 
1
The Tenants
Kam Williams
The stripped down production looks more like a play than a movie but all the actors do a decent job with a script which turns increasingly preposterous at every turn 
3
The Tenants
David Nusair
a thoroughly dated and hopelessly irrelevant piece of work 
1
The Tenants
Ken Fox
Danny Green s adaptation of Bernard Malamud s earnest 1971 novel about art and the clash between black and white feels about as anachronistic as the New York City rents cited in the film 
2
The Tenants
Kyle Smith
Snoop Dogg and Bernard Malamud don t often pop up in the same sentence but they make an effective combination in a quiet little indie called The Tenants 
2.5
The Tenants
Jack Mathews
Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated 
1.5
The Tenants
Nick Schager
For a hip hop icon defined by his own cartoonish gangsta pimp persona Snoop Dogg nonetheless turns out to be the most genuine presence in The Tenants 
2
Elephant Shoes
Steve Rhodes
A delightful talkfest of a romantic comedy à la Before Sunrise 
3.5
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
Steve Rhodes
This documentary manages to be as happy and funny as the Hasidic Jews themselves The result is a very convincing film makes you yearn for their simple and contented life 
3.5
Mistress
Roger Ebert
The movie has been described as a low rent version of Robert Altman s The Player but it would be more accurate to say it s about low rent players 
3
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
Rob Thomas
Somewhere You Feel Free is a poignant look back at Petty at his creative peak and if you don t feel compelled to listen to Wildflowers after seeing it you re made of stronger stuff than me 
3
Rome Rather Than You
Eric Henderson
Arrogantly conceived pretentiously executed and petulantly protracted 
1
Mulholland Dr.
Brian Eggert
A film just as much about Hollywood as it is about the viewer trusting their skills as a motion picture dream detective Mulholland Dr is a rare kind of masterpiece 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Mattie Lucas
This is David Lynch s Persona a pyscho sexual exploration of memory and identity that is clearly the work of an artist working at the height of his creative powers 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Matt Brunson
As an exercise in bravura moviemaking as well as a commentary on the very nature of cinema itself this works quite well but on an emotional level it s one of Lynch s most distant pieces 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Peter Canavese
Begin by imagining that a single story is being told in multiple ways throughout the film a story of naive hopes heartbreak jealousy Erotic fear ridden and beautiful Lynch s primal imagery has the abhorrent and alluring pull of death itself BD 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Austin Kennedy
It s a big mess But not in a controlled sense like Lynch s other films 
1.5
Mulholland Dr.
Nick Rogers
Billy Ray Cyrus as an amorous poolman punched by a mobster David Lynch s commentary on independent filmmaking Lesbian erotica as sad as it is exaggeratedly hot Lynch s greatest puzzle box snaps together in sparse bold sexy and thrilling fashion 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Wesley Lovell
Another strange and twisted film from the bizarre mind of David Lynch 46 
3.5
Mulholland Dr.
Margaret A. McGurk
Nobody but nobody makes movies as glossy hypnotic repellant exciting annoying memorable incoherent and entertaining as writer director David Lynch 
3.5
Mulholland Dr.
Mark Dujsik
A surreal nightmare darkly realized and frequently disturbing 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Ian Mantgani
Pounces around in our imaginations leaving us unsure of what just happened but nonetheless affected 
3.5
Mulholland Dr.
David Keyes
I do not attempt to grasp what the root of meaning is behind Lynch s shameless manipulation but watching it unfold is an amazing experience in itself 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Robert Roten
The last third of Mulholland Drive looks like a cobbled together mess of a film rather than the masterpiece Lynch lovers claim it is 
2
Mulholland Dr.
Ross Anthony
Terribly inconsistently crafted yet fascinating in its inexplicability Mulholland might just make a fine rental for those that love to be befuddled by odd films 
2
Mulholland Dr.
James Kendrick
Lynch s freedom from traditional narrative and his willingness to twist convention to get at deeper themes is exhilarating
3.5
Mulholland Dr.
Liam Lacey
Like Twin Peaks it keeps spooling out more narrative twists until the ingenious maze turns into an oppressive tangle 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Dustin Putman
As perplexing and ominous a motion picture as you re ever likely to see 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Tom Long
You may walk out of this movie with a headache you may walk out angry or or you may feel like you ve just come back from Oz but you will not walk out unaffected 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Elias Savada
The skewered dreams of Tinseltown are wondrously aglow with a nightmarish tinge in David Lynch s moody crime drama 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Rob Blackwelder
If you keep your patience the central story gradually congeals into an elaborate labyrinthine chiller that s well worth your while 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Moira MacDonald
A wonderfully Lynchian dive into the dream and the reality of Hollywood moviemaking acting and love 
3.5
Mulholland Dr.
Edward Guthmann
It holds us spellbound and amused for all of its loony and luscious exasperating 146 minutes 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Roger Ebert
Works because Lynch is absolutely uncompromising 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Walter Chaw
As with any dream product it s possessed of endless rewards for the patient the curious and the courageous
4
Mulholland Dr.
Tor Thorsen
Will likely split audiences and reviewers into two vocal factions those who think it s challenging surreal cinema and those who consider it to be self indulgent artsy fartsy hooey 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Steven Rea
Fans of Lynch will find much to savor here the ripe detail the arch humor the hallucinatory enigmas the eroticism the terror 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Michael Wilmington
Nobody creates cinematic nightmares like David Lynch and Mulholland Drive is one of his most intense and scary 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Glenn Lovell
What you find at the end of the drab corridors and palm lined boulevards will be as seductive as it is sinister 
3.5
Mulholland Dr.
James Berardinelli
Lynch is playing a big practical joke on us He takes characters we have come to care about and obscures their fates in gibberish 
2
Mulholland Dr.
Michael Dequina
A maddening masterful experience 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Lou Lumenick
For those willing to hang on for dear life Lynch makes it worth their while 
3
Mulholland Dr.
Erik Childress
This film is like watching Memento through the eyes of Hunter Thompson dipping into a stash of Lynch s that would kill a normal human being
2.5
Mulholland Dr.
Harvey S. Karten
Diane Selwyn ends her Hollywood career with raves but not the kind she wanted 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Ed Gonzalez
A haunting selfish difficult masterpiece that literalizes the theory of surrealism as perpetual dream state 
4
Mulholland Dr.
Steve Rhodes
A baffling but always intriguing failure the movie gets more confusing not less as the story unfolds 
2.5
Mulholland Dr.
Bill Chambers
I love this movie and can t wait to have epiphanies about it 
3.5
Bruce's Deadly Fingers
Matt Brunson
A must see for Bruceploitation aficionados but a hard pass for most other viewers 
2
Proof
Kathleen Maher
The hook is charming and better yet the movie follows through 
3.5
Proof
Roger Ebert
If there is a kind of movie I like better than any other it is this kind the close observation of particular lives perhaps because it exploits so completely the cinema s potential for voyeurism 
3.5
Proof
Chris Hicks
Proof is a complex relationship film with perceptive views on faith and with trust played out in equal parts of irreverent comedy and touching poignancy 
3
Torpedo Run
David Nusair
a sporadically compelling yet mostly underwhelming war picture 
2
Morning Light
Peter Canavese
A vanity project but also a sincere love letter to sailing as seen through the eyes of a handful of very lucky youngsters Blu ray 
2.5
Morning Light
David Frese
Morning Light fails as film or TV It s essentially a vanity project for sailing enthusiast Roy E Disney 
1
Morning Light
David N. Butterworth
This flat uninspired sailing documentary from the Walt Disney studios has surprisingly little to say 
1.5
Morning Light
Claudia Puig
The documentary is enjoyable though it could have been edited more tightly 
2.5
Morning Light
Linda Barnard
For those who love sailing Morning Light will confirm their passion and please them right down to their Top Sider encased toes For the rest of us this sailors tale just smacks of naval gazing 
1.5
Morning Light
Tom Keogh
If you don t speak the jargon of sailing and racing most of the conversations between teammates mean very little Impenetrable editing reduces the action to a meaningless blur 
1.5
Morning Light
Kyle Smith
The aristo brats are required to jump into a swimming pool and tread water for five minutes with their shoes on Horrible Still one of them nearly drowns proving that he shouldn t be allowed near a body of water larger than a bottle of Poland Spring 
1
Morning Light
Glenn Whipp
A beautifully photographed documentary about a group of freshly scrubbed youngsters coming together for a grueling sailing competition 
3
Morning Light
Wesley Morris
We get little explanation in the way of tactics or technique and the filmmakers have compressed time into a bunch of cuts and platitudes about how the race will change the competitors lives 
2.5
Morning Light
Peter Hartlaub
Morning Light has populist ambitions which may frustrate fans of art house documentaries 
2
Morning Light
Steven Rea
An OK sports doc that owes as much to reality TV competitions as it does to the genre of nautical cinema 
2.5
Morning Light
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It fails to let us live vicariously through these sailors and actually join them on their trip And it fails because it s a reality show 
2
Morning Light
Jay Antani
For those of us attuned to the punched up presentation of The Amazing Race and Survivor built week by week to maximize human drama and suspense Morning Light is just reality lite 
2
Blockade
Jack Mathews
The film makes you squirm as well as empathize 
2.5
Blockade
V.A. Musetto
The surreal images lack narration and talking heads which is no problem In fact the device makes the shocking footage more compelling 
3
Blockade
Kam Williams
Documentary offers a bird s eye view of man s inhumanity to man at the Battle of Leningrad the epitome of a Pyrrhic victory 
4
95 Miles to Go
Kam Williams
Hey everybody loves the real Ray Romano too 
4
95 Miles to Go
Maitland McDonagh
Romano and Caltabiano mostly watch TV and squabble about whose fault it is they re running a few minutes late 
2
95 Miles to Go
Timothy Knight
Nothing of real import transpires in 95 Miles to Go which at times comes close to resembling a glorified home movie 
2.5
95 Miles to Go
Elizabeth Weitzman
If you ve had a hole in your heart since Everybody Loves Raymond ended Tom Caltabiano s low key documentary about star Ray Romano ought to fill the gap nicely 
3
95 Miles to Go
Kyle Smith
You ve seen him be funny on TV for nothing but you ll have to shell out 10 75 to see Ray Romano unwrap a Subway sandwich 
2
95 Miles to Go
Jan Stuart
95 Miles to Go comes across as a second banana s unwitting bid for sympathy and attention 
2
95 Miles to Go
Ed Gonzalez
A grim reminder that not everybody loves Raymond 
1.5
The Mother
Paul Doro
Complex characters constrained emotions an intelligent screenplay and a candid audacious examination of the burgeoning sexuality of a woman in her 60s 
3
The Mother
Jeff Vice
This British drama gets increasingly lurid as it goes And its handling of risque material is sensationalistic even exploitative 
2
The Mother
Sean P. Means
Director Roger Michell shoots in stately poses that are artful to the point of distraction 
2.5
The Mother
Robert W. Butler
It s a superb character study with veteran actress Anne Reid delivering a heartbreaking and curiously liberating performance 
3
The Mother
Marta Barber
The Mother never fails to engage 
3.5
The Mother
John Beifuss
Michell s sometimes oddly cropped compositions suggest that May is seeing the world through new eyes and finding its edges and corners for perhaps the first time 
3
The Mother
Bill Chambers
The movie s look though attractive in and of itself is a syntax error
2
The Mother
Jennie Punter
The complications of its story are found in the deep complexities of emotions and family relationships 
3
The Mother
Joe Baltake
What sets The Mother apart from your typical daytime serial is the caliber of both the writing and the acting 
3
The Mother
Marty Mapes
Not as convincing as Fear Eats the Soul but well crafted and interesting
3
The Mother
Roger Ebert
It shows how people play a role and grow comfortable with it and how that role is confused with the real person inside And then it shows the person inside frightened and pitiful and fighting for survival 
3.5
The Mother
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Does a remarkable job of fleshing out a middle aged woman as its main character something that few movies ever manage to do 
3
The Mother
Chris Hewitt
An intriguing if chilly film 
3
The Mother
Michael Wilmington
A soap opera with guts a movie that takes a familiar situation and turns it into something rawer and more sexy 
3
The Mother
David Elliott
Played by Anne Reid in one of the great senior but not just senior performances 
3
The Mother
Jeanne Aufmuth
An evocative conflicted and incomparable drama 
4
The Mother
Steve Rhodes
There isn t a single moment that doesn t ring true even if some prove upsetting 
3
The Mother
James Verniere
While Reid is excellent and utterly uncompromising The Mother is Mommy Drearest 
2.5
The Mother
Ruthe Stein
Michell shows what can be accomplished on a small budget with a brilliant script and a cast that rarely makes a false move 
4
The Mother
Jeff Shannon
A well intentioned but flawed British drama that presents a sexual relationship between a sixtysome thing widow and a much younger man then sidesteps nearly all the issues it s pretending to address 
2.5
The Mother
Ty Burr
It s an awkward discomfiting film at times floridly melodramatic at others downright gamy and yet it gets at truths of human behavior that few movies think to touch 
3
The Mother
Glenn Lovell
Reid like the Katharine Hepburn of Summertime and Brigitte Mira of Fassbinder s Fear Eats the Soul transforms herself before our very eyes 
3
The Mother
Pam Grady
A drama that offers a provocative look at human relations and glories in the fleshiness of real bodies 
3.5
The Mother
Gene Seymour
This raw stuff of contemporary kitchen sink melodrama never gets too gritty or too greasy 
3
The Mother
Megan Lehmann
A promising film that is dragged down by the weight of its gray morbidity 
2
The Mother
Jami Bernard
A thoughtful beautifully acted story about feeling alive before it s too late to feel anything 
3
The Mother
Bob Strauss
Rarely have behavioral subtlety and straight ahead personal perversity been so seamlessly interwoven into a complete filmic statement about one woman s life 
3.5
The Mother
David Nusair
It doesn t hurt that director Roger Michell has peppered the cast with above average actors that seemingly inhabit their roles with ease 
2.5
The Mother
Ed Gonzalez
Michell s aesthetic is cold impersonal and self conscious in the same way that Kureishi s script is raw honest and unpretentious 
2.5
Nothing Bad Can Happen
Brian Tallerico
The film has a lyrical visual palette almost like a bad memory and Gebbe draws very strong performances from her cast 
2.5
Nothing Bad Can Happen
Dustin Putman
One of the most enraging films to come around in some time a picture of very real uncompromisingly savage horrors 
3
Nothing Bad Can Happen
Clayton Dillard
A film so comprehensively miscalculated in its desire to be a batshit think piece that it potentially creates a new category of offense 
0
Bad Genres
David Nusair
it s instantly forgettable which is an impressive feat given how endless the film feels 
.5
Bad Genres
David Sterritt
Dull despite its suspense driven story 
1
Devil's Peak
Rex Reed
With terrific Appalachian ambience and moments of carefully constructed action Devil s Peak is not a terrible movie but in the bigger picture it s not a particularly memorable one either 
2
Devil's Peak
Brian Tallerico
Ben Young 8217 s atrocious 8220 Devil 8217 s Peak 8221 is a case study of excellent performers being given so little to work with from a script 46 
1
Devil's Peak
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he mechanics of an unconvincing thriller gradually overshadow the attempted purpose of this tale 46 
2
Devil's Peak
Christian Toto
Thornton apos s frightening villain offset by lead performer apos s lethargic turn 46 10 
2.5
Devil's Peak
Roger Moore
They had the makings of a solid 44 gritty and distinctly Southern B picture 46 But their young lead 46 46 46 has an arresting look and yet little screen presence or acting craft 40 no acting school for him 41 to compensate for that 46 
2
Generation Ax
Dustin Putman
Has a lot going for it and is most certainly worth seeing for enthusiasts of Faircloth horror movies and high school set stories 
2.5
2 Million Stupid Women
Steve Rhodes
Forgettable but fun it is unabashedly stupid but it does manage to entertain fairly consistently 
2.5
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Rene Sanchez
A simple yet effective and beautifully shot film about the importance of education and the preservation of tradition and nature Full Review in Spanish
3
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Bhutan has to be one of the most beautiful countries on Earth Complementing this grandeur the film defies our expectations of how it will end delivering a bittersweet conclusion befitting the melancholy majesty of the terrain 
3.5
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Isaac Feldberg
Lunana proceeds with a slow steady flow that complements the modest charms of its familiar fish out of water narrative 
3
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Roger Moore
Sweet understated and wistfully beautiful
3.5
Dive
Pablo O. Scholz
The Dive has a very neat and pleasing aesthetic that s most welcome considering the story being told 
4
Tina
Sarah Knight Adamson
Tina Turner wants to put her sad heart breaking past behind her and savor the good memories of her rise to fame as a solo artist This is an outstanding film for all Tina Turner fans 
4
Tina
Linda Cook
Tina is an iconic look at a strong one of a kind superstar 
3.5
Tina
Tom Meek
Tina plays the arc well and navigates the highs and lows with adroit emotional impact 
2.5
Tina
Randy Myers
From electrifying concert performances to intimate footage with her family a composite of the real Tina Turner starts to form 
3
Tina
Nina Metz
The film doesn t seem particularly interested in who Turner is as an artist or her creative inclinations and musical instincts 
2.5
Tina
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What a ride and what a movie 
4
Tina
Richard Roeper
The uplifting movie blends the singer s dramatic life story of abuse and struggle and triumphant comeback with knockout performance clips 
3.5
Tina
Sheila O'Malley
Rock and roll is not just a young person s game Tina understands this deeply 
4
Tina
Steven Prokopy
The wisest thing the documentary does is allow the music to do the lion s share of the talking 
3
Tina
Jake Coyle
But marveling at Turner sing Ann Peebles I Can t Stand the Rain you also realize despite the filmmakers best efforts how unknowable she is 
3
Tina
Mick LaSalle
Tina doesn t just tell you all about Tina Turner It makes you feel like you know her personally and it gives you some sense of what it was like to live her life 
4
Starting Out in the Evening
Wesley Lovell
A bravura performance from Frank Langella blended into a lackluster story 
2.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Phil Villarreal
Wagner has turned the page on a promising career and it will be exciting to see what the next chapter brings 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Connie Ogle
Langella s nuanced performance saves the film the actor has an understated but powerful role and he takes full advantage 
2.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Philip Marchand
What to do with this light while it lasts Director Wagner s problem is to find an answer to that question and also to offer some resolution to the conflicts of honesty and compromise the movie portrays 
2.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Liam Lacey
A strong cast and a literate script make for a refreshingly subtle film 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Lawrence Toppman
Frank Langella is a god of sorts to those who ve followed his career for 30 years with an appreciation for subtle forceful acting and he s at the top of his game in Starting Out in the Evening 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Matt Brunson
A film so quiet that just the crunch of buttered popcorn might drown out some of its subtleties 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Jay Antani
one of the year s most pleasing films intelligently written and directed and featuring a veteran actor giving the performance of his career
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Joe Leydon
It s an intimate drama a chamber piece really that deals intelligently with intriguing themes and provocative ideas regarding the ambiguous motives and borrowed from life material that fuel the creative process 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Robert W. Butler
It s a thinking person s movie in the best sense of the phrase 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Rob Thomas
In the end Langella lays his character bare before us but leaves his dignity intact 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Frank Ochieng
Wagner s penetrating narrative is poetically stimulating in its smart approach to its dialogue driven excellence and standout performances 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Jenny Peters
A subtle quiet vision of Brian Morton s award winning novel of the same name 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Moira MacDonald
A touching portrait of a man in the twilight of his life 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Chris Hewitt
Intimate and beautifully acted it feels more like a satisfying play than a movie that s not a criticism by the way 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Mick LaSalle
Starting Out in the Evening has the feeling of a film in which the actors left to direct themselves played into their own self indulgent instincts and the only one who resisted was the old pro who knew better 
2
Starting Out in the Evening
Wesley Morris
Starting Out in the Evening is a gentle collection of scenes that work and scenes that don t 
2.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Much of the film s novelty derives from its characters the sort one almost never finds in commercial films both flawed and sympathetic and it keeps them vivid ambiguous and three dimensional throughout 
4
Starting Out in the Evening
Roger Ebert
It honors values that seem obsolete in our trashy popular culture obsessed with the sex lives of vacuumheads 
4
Starting Out in the Evening
Jessica Reaves
While the film shares the novel s stealth appeal on the whole it s better sharper leaner and less sentimental 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Josh Larsen
another example of a writer engaging in fictional wish fulfillment 
1.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film begins a little too much like a Woody Allen film talky and overwritten but it soon finds its groove 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Steven Rea
Starting Out in the Evening is a small movie But in its keenly observed examination of strangers who become intimates and of family members who remain in part strangers it has big things to say 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Marshall Fine
This thoughtful character study is like watching a well written short story unfold 
4
Starting Out in the Evening
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Frank Langella s performance is a compliment to an already brilliant film 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Joe Lozito
Frank Langella is superb in this modest awkwardly titled indie about an aging writer and the grad student researching him 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Stephen Whitty
Every time we leave his world full of mortality and artistry and that seductive student to re enter his daughter s the film falters a little And bit by bit the tension fades like a manuscript left in the sun 
2.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Claudia Puig
A simple but unpredictable story of a man facing his mortality it is simultaneously unsettling and deeply moving 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Jan Stuart
Has the patina of authenticity but Wagner s characters speak in banalities that describe their all too familiar plights from the outside without getting inside their skins as if they are trapped in the expositional stages of an old Broadway play 
2
Starting Out in the Evening
Jack Mathews
Unusual and absolutely riveting 
3.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Dustin Putman
A wise low key drama where the characters humane accurately written interactions take precedence over all else 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Lou Lumenick
It really doesn t get much better than Frank Langella s career capping per formance 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
James Berardinelli
A gentle unhurried drama about how people can connect with each other through conversation nonverbal gestures and writing 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
Glenn Kenny
Langella s sometimes halting but always beautifully articulated line deliveries impeccably convey a man for whom words are literally everything including a last line of defense 
2.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Jason Clark
Self contained and silly 
1.5
Starting Out in the Evening
Peter Travers
Remarkable film indelibly marked by Langella s deeply felt portrait of a lion in winter 
3
Starting Out in the Evening
David Nusair
it s impossible to overstate the effectiveness of Langella s work here 
2.5
Duck Butter
Katie Walsh
An instant classic a truly fresh and modern relationship movie a portrait of two women who collide spectacularly for a moment in time 
4
Duck Butter
Nick Allen
Just like what Naima and Sergio are doing the movie is itself an impulsive fleeting relationship experiment with mixed results 
2.5
Duck Butter
James Berardinelli
As appealing as Shawkat and Laia Costa are the material isn t strong enough to captivate for the full 90 minutes the way it does during the first 30 
2.5
Duck Butter
Greg Cwik
The setup of a 24 hour relationship that bypasses the getting to know you phase speaks to the nature of expedited modern dating culture but despite its attempts at intimacy Duck Butter is difficult to fall in love with 
2.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Sonny Bunch
Metallica Through the Never three quarters concert film one quarter disaster epic is the most fun I ve had at the movies this year 
3.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Wesley Lovell
Two films wrangling for dominance and neither finding the purchase necessary to succeed 
2.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Bob Bloom
Metallica Through the Never is an experience best seen and heard in IMAX It will blow you away 
3
Metallica: Through the Never
Sheila O'Malley
A gigantic spectacle a virtual reality experience that is both ridiculous and sublime sometimes in the same moment 
3.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Chris Knight
The result is what every concert movie strives for the sense of being there but with a far better view than you could ever actually afford And the roadie s tale while not the most meaningful plot makes an excellent counterpoint to the music 
3
Metallica: Through the Never
John Serba
A rolling tank of a concert film all audio visual artillery an exercise in bombast designed to tickle the denim clad cockles of the hesher faithful 
3
Metallica: Through the Never
Stephen Whitty
In the real world concerts build to a climax then return for two or three more on the screen alas Metallica Through the Never just kind of peters out 
1.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Tom Russo
An old school music video stretched to feature length 
2
Metallica: Through the Never
Bruce DeMara
Through the Never succeeds as a concert film by serving up enough dazzling visual wizardry and good ol thrash metal rock to make it a passably engaging experience 
2.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Chris Hewitt
Metallica s music is not my thing but the camerawork is so fluid and the musicianship on display is so impressive that they triumph over the dopey Pink Floyd knock off death and destruction stagecraft that threatens to overwhelm the songs 
2.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Kyle Smith
This movie is basically Spinal Tap minus the jokes 
1.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Peter Travers
If you re looking for an orgasmic trip to heavy metal heaven this is it 
3
Metallica: Through the Never
Roger Moore
Decent if deafening concert film the extraneous roadie s fantasy doesn t work
2.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Tony Hicks
It s a damn fine concert movie and a musical thrill ride Period 
2.5
Metallica: Through the Never
Chris Cabin
The songs still sound great here but the instruments aren t amplified nearly as much as the nostalgia and vanity of the men who wield them 
1.5
Four Friends
Roger Ebert
This movie brings the almost unbelievable contradictions of the 1960s into sharp relief not as nostalgia or as a re creation of times past but as a reliving of all of the agony and freedom of the weirdest ten years any of us is likely to witness 
4
Firestorm
Mike Clark
Hokey smoky That just about sums up Firestorm a not so towering inferno of action nonsense and overheated mayhem 
2
Firestorm
David Nusair
boasts an old fashioned sensibility that benefits from several surprisingly thrilling set pieces 
2.5
Firestorm
Liam Lacey
In movies as in life you take your warmth where you can find it but this particular wienie roast is bound to leave you cold 
1
Firestorm
Steve Rhodes
When the film isn t using some stock footage of actual forest fires the simulated ones look hokey 
0.5
Firestorm
Elias Savada
This film isn t apt to light your fire and it s doubtful it will ignite much action at the box office 
1
Set It Off
David Nusair
46 46 46 slightly erratic yet mostly engrossing 46 46 46 
3
Set It Off
Roger Ebert
The movie surprised and moved me I expected a routine action picture and was amazed how much I started to care about the characters 
3.5
Garbage
Roger Moore
Tedious and tawdry parable about the gender wars in India
1.5
The Female Brain
Christopher James
The film isn t quite the sum of its really great parts This doesn t keep it from being a fun ride throughout though 
3
The Female Brain
Rex Reed
The Female Brain is without evidence of critical thinking from anyone involved 
1
The Female Brain
Christy Lemire
Cummings meanders between all of these couples and their troubles without much pacing momentum or insight 
2
The Female Brain
Keith Watson
The Female Brain never seems quite sure whether it wants to probe the depths of its title subject or just make us laugh 
1.5
The Female Brain
Roger Moore
A dry and entirely too clinical and gimmicky romantic comedy about the chemical and neurological differences between the sexes 
1.5
Winstanley
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The framing lighting and editing of both films show how much Brownlow absorbed from silent cinema though this influence is much more pronounced in Winstanley 
3
The Ghost and the Darkness
Wesley Lovell
The Ghost in the Darkness tries to give the audience a connection between the desire to finish what one has started with the notion of fatherhood but some of that salience is lost by the films exciting finale 
3.5
The Ghost and the Darkness
Michael Dequina
Effectively wipes out the lion s cuddly image from The Lion King and reinstates its rep as the fearsome king of the jungle 
3
The Ghost and the Darkness
Jeffrey Westhoff
An exciting man vs nature adventure that falls short of terrifying because William Goldman s script is too reminiscent of Jaws 
3
The Ghost and the Darkness
Mick LaSalle
The picture is too lightweight too posturing and too self important to go in an introspective direction 
1
The Ghost and the Darkness
Liam Lacey
Ranges in quality from adolescent boys adventure stories to Heart of Darkness 
2
The Ghost and the Darkness
Joe Baltake
Rousing entertainment 
3
The Ghost and the Darkness
James Berardinelli
The camerawork is frenetic and confusing and the big confrontations are as likely to provoke unintentional laughter as edge of the seat excitement 
2
The Ghost and the Darkness
Jeff Vice
What Jaws did for sharks The Ghost and the Darkness may do for lions 
3
The Ghost and the Darkness
Steve Rhodes
A taut thriller 
3
The Ghost and the Darkness
Madeleine Williams
A partially thrilling adventure tale that needed to go through the rewrite machine at least one more time 
2
The Ghost and the Darkness
Barbara Shulgasser
The main failure of the script is a complete lack of tension 
1
The Ghost and the Darkness
Roger Ebert
It lacks even the usual charm of being so bad it s funny It s just bad 
0.5
The Ghost and the Darkness
Rob Blackwelder
The Ghost and the Darkness isn t bad as a matinee distraction but goodness knows it isn t good either 
2
Speed
Steven Rea
De Bont has assembled it with masterly precision And Speed looks terrific There are breathtaking aerial shots mind boggling stunts and camera positioning that you just don t expect It s a rocketing eyeful 
3
Speed
Stephen Hunter
Speed kills it kills wit character charm and empathy But it does go fast Since that is its sole reason for existence one must say it achieves its narrow goal brilliantly 
2.5
Speed
Dennis King
It s more than a mere knockoff It s a clever carefully constructed action machine that generates lots of high octane thrills and spills What it lacks in originality it more than makes up for in full throttle pacing 
3
Speed
Jeff Shannon
A riotously enjoyable locomotive of action Speed is driven by a premise of such crystalline purity that its ridiculousness becomes part of the fun 
3
Speed
Gene Siskel
Just when you think Speed is over it takes you on a new high 
4
Speed
Michael Wilmington
The story is a starting gun a reason to roll out the high tech action movie chase and demolition experts It s gaudy action shtick and it s fitting that the last stop is at Hollywood Boulevard 
3
Speed
Betsy Bozdech
One of the 90s best popcorn flicks Jan de Bont s bomb on a bus thrill ride has enough tense fiery mayhem to please even the most jaded action fan 
3
Speed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sandra Bullock steals the movie You can actually see her working her charms on Keanu during certain scenes he cracks a smile from time to time 
3.5
Speed
Michael Dequina
An exhilarating thrill machine that goes from 0 to 50 in the opening minutes and never lets up 
4
Speed
Shellie Iliff
Hopper and Reeves make for a great match up and the tension never stops 
2.5
Speed
Robert Roten
There is no letup in this slick action adventure There is also no character development and the story isn t really believable but who cares This movie is fun 
3.5
Speed
Bill Chambers
In each sequence is packed the sum thrills of a Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal starrer combined 
3
Speed
Chris Hicks
Succeeds primarily because of De Bont s attention to detail and specifically the way his camera moves through the inner workings of Hopper s bombs and the various modes of transportation they theaten 
3
Speed
Roger Ebert
We ve seen this done before but seldom so well or at such a high pitch of energy 
4
Speed
Steve Rhodes
Reeves finally proves that not only can he act he can be do some great stuff if he is cast and directed right 
3.5
Speed
Gary Thompson
The best action picture Hollywood has made in years 
3.5
Speed
James Berardinelli
The most breath stoppingly thrilling motion picture to open since the original Die Hard 
3.5
The Goodbye Girl
David Nusair
a sitcom friendly premise thats employed to entertaining yet decidedly erratic effect 
2.5
The Goodbye Girl
Roger Ebert
It s strange We leave the movie having enjoyed its conclusion so much that we almost forgot our earlier reservations But they were there and they were real 
3
Possessed
Josh Larsen
a portrait of a woman for whom logic and reason has washed away lost in a spreading ocean of mental illness 
3.5
Possessed
Dan Callahan
Possessed does have a few very good insights into the self abasing aggressiveness of unrequited love 
3
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
James Kendrick
still strikes directly at the crucial crossroads between capital T Truth and the narratives spun by the press
3
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Matt Brunson
This powerful picture retains its sickening relevance 
3.5
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Roger Ebert
An intelligent if finally unconvincing film 
2.5
The Rover
Brian Eggert
Refreshingly shot on film by cinematographer Natasha Braier 44 The Rover apos s presentation looks gorgeous and trance like in its long 44 measured shots of dilapidated towns 44 purple hued skies at dusk 44 and barren countryside 46 
4
The Rover
Dustin Putman
A scabrous tightly drawn chase drama 151 even if ultimately the narrative doesn t lead anywhere particularly new 
2.5
The Rover
Eric Melin
It s not a pleasant movie but The Rover twists genre tenets to expose the need for connective tissue that lies somewhere beneath the dark depths of men s souls 
3.5
The Rover
Matt Brunson
The existential angst feels tapped out 
2
The Rover
David Nusair
David Michôd does a superb job of immediately luring the viewer into the spare narrative 
3
The Rover
Michael Smith
It has such a nihilistic nature and lack of resolution that rather than high stakes there s nothing at stake 
2
The Rover
John Beifuss
As much a modern existential Western as a science fiction drama in the manner of Mad Max 
3
The Rover
Josh Larsen
There are 102 minutes here and not a single one lacks tension 
3.5
The Rover
Jason Buchanan
Whatever Michod s screenplay lacks in terms of explicit dialogue or narrative complexity however it makes up for in subtle reflective details and sun scorched tension 
3
The Rover
Rene Rodriguez
The Rover is so intentionally vague and shapeless it doesn t leave much of an imprint other than Pattinson s odd melancholy performance 
2
The Rover
Kiva Reardon
The destination doesn t feel worth the journey 
2.5
The Rover
Tirdad Derakhshani
An evocative moody road movie through the Australian Outback that s as sparse and dry as the desolate landscape it traverses its deliberate rhythm punctuated by short periods of shocking bloody violence 
3.5
The Rover
Mark Dujsik
T he only note Michôd is interested in playing is the nonstop reminders of how terrible this world is but there s at least a sort of subtle vibrato to the note 
3
The Rover
Mary Houlihan
The Rover does have a central nervous system that crackles and pops with suspense but in the end it s not enough to jump start the lack of narrative 
2
The Rover
Moira MacDonald
While it s never less than compelling the characters here are ciphers particularly a deeply troubled young man played by a grunting Robert Pattinson and the violence feels wearingly familiar 
3
The Rover
Jon Niccum
The violent nihilistic and tedious revenge drama emerges as this year s standard for meaningless 
1
The Rover
Claudia Puig
It s not just the lack of dialogue but a thin story that keeps this nihilistic tale from conveying a convincing sense of suspense Too many details are withheld to keep the audience captivated 
2
The Rover
Ann Hornaday
What makes The Rover more watchable than the average self conscious genre exercise is Pearce who exudes such weary authority and palpable vulnerability that he s sympathetic even in the film s most brutalizing moments 
2.5
The Rover
Ty Burr
There s a thin line between the iconic and the generic and The Rover a grim post apocalyptic drama from down under wanders back and forth across it in an adrenaline daze 
2
The Rover
Brad Keefe
For much of its first half The Rover cruises on grit and atmosphere Ultimately however I struggled with the mysteries of what was motivating these central characters 
2.5
The Rover
Dann Gire
Michod s minimalist approach to The Rover is both its chief asset and biggest shortcoming It s a respectable essay on survival loneliness trust and loss But also one that ponders to the point of ponderousness 
2.5
The Rover
Mick LaSalle
The movie s overall cast of gloom no one here has cracked a smile in years contributes to a leaden aura 
2
The Rover
Joe Williams
A sterling example of the new Australian noir 
3.5
The Rover
Matt Pais
A tense piece of narrative restraint that makes its bullets and death as scary as they should be 
3
The Rover
Randy Myers
The scarcity of expository background took me a few minutes to adjust to But part of The Rover s mission is to keep us off kilter making us question and seek out answers about what s happened before 
3
The Rover
Stephen Whitty
While some of the film s ambiguity is welcome we re never told why society has fallen apart it s just a sadly acceptable given that it has a good deal of it is disappointing 
2.5
The Rover
Steve Macfarlane
Robert Pattinson s stare is almost thousand yard enough to make the film s sense of tragedy feel downright Greek 
3
The Rover
Brian Tallerico
What separates his film from the numerous what if examinations of the genre known as post apocalyptic is a focus on the human condition instead of setting 
3
The Rover
Rex Reed
It has all of the excitement of being trapped in the desert without a map watching a cow skull turn to dust 
2
The Rover
Peter Travers
In revealing two men trying to get in touch with the shreds of their shared humanity director Michôd offers a startling vision You ll be hooked 
3
The Rover
Kyle Smith
Despite the dense dust caked atmosphere and a spiky unnerving score by Antony Partos Michôd s film adds up to little more than existentialist moaning punctuated by the occasional gunfight 
2
The Rover
Roger Moore
One of the great Guy Pearce performances mean minimalist and without a trace of vanity
3
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Matt Brunson
It apos s a mess 46 
1.5
Wishmaster
David Nusair
a seemingly foolproof setup that s employed to distressingly erratic effect by Kurtzman 
2
Wishmaster
Madeleine Williams
There s not a single interesting character in the whole film 
0.5
Wishmaster
Peter Stack
An extravaganza of bad special effects and worse acting
1
Wishmaster
James Berardinelli
My best advice to anyone reading this review even someone who considers himself or herself a fan of horror movies is to stay away 
0.5
Celsius 41.11
Linda Cook
A bland documentary if ever there was one 
2
Celsius 41.11
Tom Keogh
It s not that Moore s film doesn t deserve an argument But it does deserve a more thoughtful one 
1.5
Celsius 41.11
Lou Lumenick
There is little new in this mostly dry and humorless defense of President Bush which adds a little heat but not a whole lot of light to the political debate 
2
Celsius 41.11
Duane Dudek
It s about as emotional as a PowerPoint presentation 
2
Somewhere Tonight
Adam Nayman
Bad dialogue in a film that is basically just wall to wall talking is a major problem but it s not the only one on display 
1.5
Brothers by Blood
Steven Prokopy
Less a nuanced examination of small time underworld behavior in the city of Brotherly Love and more a collection of lame tough guy behaviors and dialogue 
1.5
Brothers by Blood
Nick Allen
A waiting game in which both the audience and the movie lose 
1.5
Brothers by Blood
Mark Dujsik
What sets this particular story apart is Guez s focus on these characters the piece s mood and a shadowy claustrophobic sense of inevitable doom 
3
Brothers by Blood
Randy Myers
Everyone s miserable in Brothers and this joyless exercise from stylish director Jérémie Guez has nothing new to say 
2
Brothers by Blood
Roger Moore
I like everybody on the screen here just not in this movie not in this cut of it anyway 
1.5
Brothers by Blood
Bob Strauss
The movie plays authentically enough but is drearily almost perversely opposed to the fundamental cinematic rule of show don t tell 
1
A Thousand Clouds of Peace
Allison Benedikt
Succeeds in alienating us 
1
A Thousand Clouds of Peace
Lou Lumenick
A murky and morbid dirge of a gay romance set in Mexico City 
1.5
A Thousand Clouds of Peace
Elizabeth Weitzman
Self indulgent in the extreme Julian Hernandez s laconic ode to heartbreak feels like the work of a lovelorn teenager 
1.5
A Thousand Clouds of Peace
Ed Gonzalez
Love in the Time of Cholera this ain t 
2
A Thousand Clouds of Peace
G. Allen Johnson
A thuddingly slow often wordless portrait of emotional pain 
1
Funkytown
Marsha Lederman
There s a lot of ground to cover in this ensemble piece and the threads are uneven not just in terms of depth but quality 
2
Funkytown
Linda Barnard
Some tales are more successfully told than others but they can t elevate a cumbersome and distracted script from Steve Galluccio 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Margaret A. McGurk
An affectionate sun bathed memoir 
3
The Mystic Masseur
Duane Dudek
A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self discovery and a picaresque view of a little remembered world 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Phil Villarreal
Much of the humor is at the expense of these transplanted Indians and would be considered exploitative had it not been made by people whom it s mocking 
3
The Mystic Masseur
Jeff Vice
A fairly dull adaptation of some highly regarded material 
2
The Mystic Masseur
Chris Hewitt
A bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points 
1.5
The Mystic Masseur
David Elliott
The pacing is deadly the narration helps little and Naipaul a juicy writer is negated 
1.5
The Mystic Masseur
Joe Baltake
A bittersweet film simple in form but rich with human events 
3
The Mystic Masseur
Mick LaSalle
Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way there s nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention 
2
The Mystic Masseur
John Hartl
A puzzling experience 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Liam Lacey
A mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Michael Dequina
If only Merchant paid more attention the story 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Carrie Rickey
Though Merchant elicits lovely performances that have the calypso music of the local patois the narrative rhythms of his movie are choppy abrupt 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Merchant Ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema only now it s begun to split up so that it can do even more damage 
1.5
The Mystic Masseur
Roger Ebert
A wry affectionate delight 
3
The Mystic Masseur
Tom Sander
It plays out as a plodding pointless and uninvolving series of incidents that never quite gel 
1.5
The Mystic Masseur
Marta Barber
It provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Susan Stark
Where it might have been urbane witty ironic and politically charged The Mystic Masseur is merely scenic melodious and occasionally amusing 
2
The Mystic Masseur
John Monaghan
The Mystic Masseur is billed as a comedy but it s not very funny It s a social satire but it s not all that insightful 
2
The Mystic Masseur
Jonathan Perry
It starts slowly has few dramatic peaks and sketchy character development and meanders without momentum 
2
The Mystic Masseur
Steve Rhodes
Full of cartoonish characters and clichd dialog it s long and lame 
2
The Mystic Masseur
Rod Armstrong
Those who savor well drawn characters and exotic locales will find the touch of The Mystic Masseur to be most pleasurable indeed 
3
The Mystic Masseur
Jan Stuart
It s a charmed and frequently charming journey but like Naipaul s flawed hero the film suffers from unchecked ambition 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Jonathan Foreman
A charming vibrant if under edited adaptation of V S Naipaul s genially cynical novel 
2.5
The Mystic Masseur
Ed Gonzalez
The colorful Masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh s rise up the social ladder 
2
Marooned
Roger Ebert
Marooned isn t very interesting from a stylistic point of view and the actors tend to get buried beneath the technology but it does tell an exciting story 
3
A Handful of Dust
Roger Ebert
This is a peculiar movie but a provocative one The performances imply more than the dialogue explains 
3
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Kathy Fennessy
Jerry Schatzberg s film is hardly a potboiler and villains are in short supply just flawed characters on a collision course Recommended for classic film collections with a focus on political issues 
3
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Matt Brunson
Alda s dialogue often sparkles and grade A performances dominate the film 
3
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
David Nusair
An ill advised and mostly dull drama 
1.5
Cloudburst
Rick Groen
It s a delight to see Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker superb talents and Oscar winners both share almost every frame of Cloudburst 
2.5
Cloudburst
Linda Barnard
An affectionate twist on a classic tale of lovers on the lam sprinkled with renegade hints of Thelma Louise Cloudburst is a life and heart affirming journey 
3
Cloudburst
John Beifuss
The feisty actresses clearly relish their vivid roles 
2.5
Suburban Mayhem
David Nusair
an unpleasant utterly pointless crime movie 
1.5
Center Stage
Kathy Fennessy
If Center Stage represents the more difficult proposition it confirms Maggie Cheung s status as one of Hong Kong s brightest and most beautiful stars 
3.5
Center Stage
Roger Moore
Kwan s approach is so quiet intimate and slow that the whole affair feels like a lacquered over still life 
2
Center Stage
Matt Brunson
Always interesting if not always involving 
3
Center Stage
Sheila O'Malley
A biopic like no other 
4
Center Stage
Emanuel Levy
The luminous Maggie Cheung who deservedly won the Berlin Festival Acting Award offers a sensitive portrait of the popular actress Ruan Ling Yu she was compared to Garbo who committed suicide over a scandal in her personal life 
3
On Body and Soul
Mattie Lucas
It is occasionally alienating even off putting but what these two souls find beyond their own bodies is something deeply beautiful indeed 
3
On Body and Soul
Robert Daniels
On Body and Soul is the power of dreams manifested mixed with crushing reality of languid love an emotion with as many mixed signals as the fantasies they re meant to evoke 
4
On Body and Soul
Roger Moore
Touching and cryptic souls connecting romantic drama that gives you a lot to chew on just not over burgers or steaks 
3
On Body and Soul
Chuck Bowen
On Body and Soul s fusion of romance comedy ultraviolence and political commentary has the logic of a lucid dream 
3
On Body and Soul
Shane Slater
On Body and Soul is arguably too cerebral to fully resonate as a romance But there s something enchanting in its inexplicable love affair 
3
Hostel
David Keyes
Whereas most modern slasher films cut straight to the flesh ripping for no purpose of art or psychological stimulation Hostel marries them with skillful execution and somehow a relevant subtext 
3
Hostel
Lucius Gore
Roth is able to change the focus from frolicking raunchiness to extreme chilliness in a way that s quite sobering 
3.75
Hostel
Michael A. Smith
no one is going to mistake Hostel for a travelogue unless they are looking for a journey full of terror 
3
Hostel
Wesley Lovell
A thoroughly intriguing twist on the horror genre 
2.5
Hostel
Kurt Loder
Hostel is more artfully horrific than the usual gore flick and more truly scary It s a small classic of its awful kind 
3
Hostel
Steven Snyder
Eli Roth s sly shrewd and disquieting Hostel excels at twisting a morbid story around to ask a rather essential philosophical question Is violence always a bad thing 
3
Hostel
John Beifuss
Intimations of Abu Ghraib and allusions to The Wicker Man suggest Roth s intentions are honorable The film isn t escapist like Straw Dogs it demands that viewers respond to its violence 
2.5
Hostel
David N. Butterworth
Viewers check in and just as quickly check out 
1.5
Hostel
Linda Cook
Audiences either will embrace Hostel or they ll feel well hostile toward it 
3.5
Hostel
Jack Mathews
All this in a 94 minute movie that takes 45 minutes getting started 
1.5
Hostel
Jan Stuart
Although I spent much of the second half staring into my lap while listening to a cacophony of screams and shop tools I processed enough of the first to appreciate Roth s sinister evocation of a Slovakian provincial town 
2.5
Hostel
Sara Michelle Fetters
If last year was the beginning of the end for horror films Roth shows there is still life life in death in the old girl yet 
2.5
Hostel
Mark Dujsik
Pure exploitation ineptly made and completely repulsive 
0
Hostel
Peter Hartlaub
The tone is too schizophrenic for the movie to be great but writer director Eli Roth is showing serious potential 
2.5
Hostel
Mark Collette
A steady grueling suspenseful march to a raucous finish that is likely to give it a devoted cult following 
3.5
Hostel
Dustin Putman
A disturbing uncompromising descent into the blackest corners of human nature 
3.5
Hostel
James Verniere
Hostel has style and it has its moments but overall it s a mixed barf bag 
3
Hostel
Dan Fienberg
Occasionally the film even cuts beneath the skin thematically but don t expect enough political subtext to distract genre fans or to convince the uninitiated of its merits
2.5
Hostel
James Berardinelli
Let s hope 2006 s first horror film isn t an indication of where the genre is going this year 
2
Hostel
Aaron Hillis
A thrilling high water mark for an inherently dumb sub genre and that s only back handed praise to those who wouldn t have even considered buying a ticket 
3
Hostel
Maitland McDonagh
It s a nasty piece of work and work it does 
3
Hostel
Tony Wong
Roth doesn t know when to leave well enough alone Piling the gore on without benefit of artful tension the film ends up approaching parody 
2.5
Hostel
Timothy Knight
Even though Hostel is certainly better than last year s Saw II it s ultimately not very frightening just plain gross 
2
Hostel
Lisa Rose
It s a clip reel of sicko tableaus The torture scenes are inventively disgusting but the narrative linking one murder to the next is sketchy 
2
Hostel
Kyle Smith
Hostel is a screaming good time marred only by a lazy ending 
3
Hostel
Bob Strauss
It all adds up to superior sick entertainment 
3
Hostel
Rick Groen
The thing is just a clunky and tasteless and dumb scare picture isn t it Clunky yes Tasteless for sure But not so dumb I fear 
2.5
Hostel
Lisa Kennedy
The film willfully takes us someplace cruel and deeply unfunny Just because that s Roth s intention doesn t mean his movie is any good 
1
Hostel
Wesley Morris
Even after an outré punch line is revealed the film is neither shocking nor adequately terrifying 
2
Hostel
Matt Pais
Hostel disturbingly explores the gray area behind people s perverted lust for power through both sex and violence 
3.5
Hostel
Walter Chaw
It s posed itself as a piece owing a debt to the Japanese shock cinema of Takashi Miike when it really owes more to the gore schlock cinema of Herschel Gordon Lewis 
2
Hostel
Jeremiah Kipp
When extreme body crunching violence is inflicted on these pigs the playing field gets leveled 
3
Hostel
David Nusair
while there are few enjoyably over the top moments of gore the movie is on the whole pretty tame 
2.5
Gym Teacher: The Movie
David Nusair
46 46 46 generally remains a cut above its adolescent oriented brethren thanks primarily to star Christopher Meloni apos s unapologetically goofy 44 flat out hilarious performance 46 
2.5
Mac and Me
Matt Brunson
A movie that continues to live in infamy 
1
Mac and Me
Ben Yagoda
Possibly aware that they have something less than a classic on their hands the makers of MAC and Me have cut their losses by making the film into a kind of cinematic billboard all space is for sale 
1
Mac and Me
Steven Rea
Everything about MAC and Me not least the fact that it s fairly well made and involving smacks of crass calculation The filmmakers even have the gall in the movie s parting shot to announce a sequel 
2
Mac and Me
Dave Kehr
Mac and Me is a 99 minute commercial occasionally interrupted by a not so good children s movie 
1
Mac and Me
Walter Chaw
Watching it s made me a little stupider buying it would have also dropped me a few social classes 
0
Mac and Me
David Nusair
Then there s Mac himself a puppet which couldn t possibly look more like a puppet a bad shoddy puppet at that 
2
Mac and Me
Chris Hicks
I m not sure I ve ever seen a movie that is as crass a 90 minute commercial as Mac and Me 
1.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Betsy Bozdech
If the original Hot Shots was the mother of all movies its sequel might well be considered the aunt of all movies or at least the first cousin of Rambo 
2.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux
James Berardinelli
There are many instances when the film is too obvious in its attempts at humor 
2
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Roger Ebert
One of the pleasures of watching a spoof like this is to spot the references it s like a quiz on pop art 
3
Dark Night
Roger Moore
Drama without dramatics a destination in search of the movie that takes us there 
1.5
Dark Night
Robert Horton
There s something unpleasant maybe more so than the filmmaker intended about how we re not sure which of the men might turn out to be the eventual mass murderer 
2
Dark Night
Lisa Kennedy
Dark Night is an atmospheric anxiety tweaking outing But cinematic elegance is not enough when the stakes are so very high 
2.5
Dark Night
Matt Zoller Seitz
At its prettiest and most self indulgent it plays like a cinematographer s reel with a massacre at the end 
1.5
Dark Night
Carson Lund
Tim Sutton s film often surprises on the micro level but its broader execution gives reason for pause 
2
Dark Night
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 A story told primarily through visuals and mood Dark Night is a stripped down stunner 
3.5
Afterlife of the Party
Christy Lemire
It s full of awkward smiles and jumpy pacing as if everyone is in a hurry to wrap up and go home 
1.5
Afterlife of the Party
Roger Moore
Justice carries off this tear jerker mainly because she has to Almost everybody else cast in it is adequate and not much more 
1.5
Summer of Goliath
Chris Cabin
There s very little of a concise plot to be found here but the overall result is invigorating and even haunting especially in its final moments 
2.5
On Deadly Ground
Rene Rodriguez
On Deadly Ground has all the thrills and suspense of a rerun of Barney and Friends 
1
On Deadly Ground
Matthew Rozsa
It s a very interesting movie Not good mind you But genuinely interesting 
2
On Deadly Ground
Carrie Rickey
What a Renaissance Man that Steven Seagal He lumbers he sermonizes he directs 
1.5
On Deadly Ground
John Hartl
Unfortunately Seagal who also makes his directing debut with this script is no match for Caine His on screen personality is petulant and humorless his voice so grating you want to reach for a mute button 
1.5
On Deadly Ground
Stephen Hunter
They may have to write a new book of Ecclesiastes to account for this one the old Vanity of Vanities All is Vanity just doesn t go far enough 
0
On Deadly Ground
Michael Dequina
A vanity project in the strongest sense of the term this film has it all bad acting bad writing bad direction bad action sequences 
0
On Deadly Ground
James Berardinelli
The less said about Joan Chen the better To say that her talents are wasted is to understate the matter 
2
On Deadly Ground
Ted Prigge
I mean if you do rent it and I don t reccomend you do make sure you just skip the last 10 minutes 
1
Always in Season
Mark Dujsik
The power of Always in Season which examines three cases of lynching is that it isn t a history lesson 
3
Always in Season
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is no good season for murder but there is always time for repentance Let Jacqueline Olive show you how 
4
Always in Season
Roger Moore
Gripping and damning 
3
Always in Season
Odie Henderson
An unflinching look at how the racial sins of the past flow through the arteries of the present day 
3.5
The Illustrated Man
Matt Brunson
The wraparound sequences are sturdier than the three vignettes 
2.5
The Illustrated Man
David Nusair
sporadically interesting but mostly dull 
2
The Illustrated Man
Roger Ebert
It has its weaknesses of acting of character but they are not fatal What finally brings the movie down is its inadequate attention to the expectations of the audience 
2
Dr. Akagi
Roger Ebert
Imamura allows himself poetic touches sparingly 
3
Dr. Akagi
Joe Baltake
A daring mix of humor and sadness 
3.5
Life Itself
Jason Fraley
Fogelman s movie is too sadistic to feel wholesome and too tidy to feel poetic I appreciate Fogelman swinging for the fences but sometimes ya gotta admit when it doesn t quite work 
2
Life Itself
Matt Brunson
The sort of sprawling saga meant to make audiences laugh cry and nod approvingly at moments they might recognize from their own roller coaster lives Unfortunately a deep sigh and a dismissive shrug will be all that many folks might be able to muster 
2
Life Itself
Matthew Passantino
Life Itself is one of those movies that thinks it s saying something much more philosophical than it actually is at any point In fact the movie is barely saying anything at all 
.5
Life Itself
Pamela Powell
The film actually feels much better suited to a television series which would have allowed it time to delve more deeply into the subsequent lives and characters This superficial grazing makes it feel more like a soap opera sped up 
2
Life Itself
Linda Cook
Insufferable 
1
Life Itself
Dann Gire
Dan Fogelman assuredly had Tarantino in mind when he constructed Life Itself as five intertwined overlapping chapters each brandishing a Hallmark card message of hope and light 
2
Life Itself
David Nusair
feels like an entire television season s worth of story crammed into an awkward and ungainly two hour picture 
2
Life Itself
David Lewis
Even in failure it s clear that Fogelman has talent and can work with actors it s just that his story is so unwieldy that it doesn t allow us to relate to his characters 
1
Life Itself
Sara Michelle Fetters
Relentlessly cruel unbelievably cloying unabashedly sentimental and frustratingly facile 
1.5
Life Itself
Roger Moore
Aimless incoherent treacle 
1
Life Itself
Katie Walsh
The worst thing about Life Itself is not that it is emotionally sadistic It s just how much it wants to be emotionally sadistic while missing the mark by a mile 
1.5
Life Itself
Sean P. Means
One almost has to admire how perfectly awful Life Itself is 
1
Life Itself
Mark Dujsik
It s all so overwhelming not emotionally mind you but more in the vein of an irritating itch that you just can t reach 
1
Life Itself
Andrea Gronvall
I ve seen Life Itself twice already and I may even watch it a third time someday not because it s perfect it isn t but because just as with my own life I like to revisit the high points 
2
Life Itself
Richard Roeper
Life Itself comes across as a ghoulish five alarm fire of a movie 
1
Life Itself
Peter Howell
The whole film is rather consumed with itself 
1.5
Life Itself
Derek Smith
Despite its title Life Itself doesn t revel so much in the joys and travails of life as it does in the shameless emotional manipulation stemming from the ham fisted tendencies of its own maker 
0
Life Itself
Michael Phillips
Too many stray touches here belong to a Fidelity Investments ad or a pushy yet empathetic marketing campaign for a pain reliever 
1
Life Itself
Kristen Page-Kirby
Movies should invite viewers in taking them on a journey together with the characters on screen Unfortunately Life Itself is less journey than lecture 
2
Life Itself
Brian Truitt
A stuffed turkey that wastes most of its noteworthy ingredients 
1.5
Life Itself
Monica Castillo
Life Itself plays like a soap opera squeezed into two hours 
1.5
The Japanese Dog
Kenji Fujishima
Jurgiu s film may be described as a Yasujiro Ozu drama done in the Romanian style If only there was more to distinguish it beyond such extra textual concerns 
2
Gridiron Gang
Kam Williams
It s unfortunate that what was undoubtedly an inspirational story could end up onscreen as such a been there done that hack job 
1
Gridiron Gang
David Nusair
the film s various problems are exacerbated by a ridiculously overlong running time it s 125 minutes 
1.5
Gridiron Gang
Forrest Hartman
Gridiron Gang is enjoyable enough but it is also manipulative melodramatic and pretty much interchangeable with the recent basketball film Coach Carter 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Bartley Morrisroe
But can The Rock pull off a dramatic role Surprisingly for the most part the answer is yes and the film is a success for it 
3
Gridiron Gang
Nick Rogers
The movie constantly teeters on becoming a filmed version of a Successories calendar But The Rock s charismatic performance and Phil Joanou s sturdy direction yank hard against heart tugging dialogue to pull the movie back with gravity and grit 
3
Gridiron Gang
Mark Collette
The film misses the chance to showcase these actors with a deeper exploration of their changing relationship 
2
Gridiron Gang
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s as pat as it sounds and if you ve watched Remember the Titans Hoosiers or even the The Mighty Ducks than you ve already watched this one too 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Claudia Puig
Gridiron entertains and makes a powerful point about the faults inherent in the penal system particularly for youths with hopes of rehabilitation 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Maitland McDonagh
it s like a super sized Afterschool Special with PG 13 rated bad language 
2
Gridiron Gang
Geoff Pevere
While grittier on the surface Phil Joanou s allegedly true story inspired Gridiron Gang is as soft and safe in its centre as any of the two dozen or so inspirational pigskin operas that have been released in the past two years 
1.5
Gridiron Gang
Ted Fry
Many of the young actors are also quite good in a large ensemble that doesn t become the jumbled mess it could have 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Peter Hartlaub
nearly as bleak as it is uplifting 
3
Gridiron Gang
David Elliott
the former footballer and pro wrestler Dwayne The Rock Johnson is just the rock on which to securely build a football inspiration movie like Gridiron Gang 
3
Gridiron Gang
Timothy Knight
The film s few scattered moments of honest grit and pathos are nearly drowned out by composer Trevor Rabin s incessantly syrupy score which sounds calculated for maximum emotional uplift just like almost everything else about Gridiron Gang 
2
Gridiron Gang
Carrie Rickey
Great message so so movie 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Stephen Whitty
nearly every time it has the chance to make a play it fumbles 
2
Gridiron Gang
Kyle Smith
Some movies present their whole story in a two minute trailer but Gridiron Gang says it all in its poster 
2
Gridiron Gang
Elizabeth Weitzman
The Rock commits himself admirably to this trite tale but by the end even his enormous shoulders buckle under the weight of so many cliches 
2
Gridiron Gang
Connie Ogle
you wouldn t say Gridiron Gang is a touchdown but it s not a fumble either 
2
Gridiron Gang
Bob Strauss
Screenwriter Jeff Maguire reduces practically every scene to an oversimplified emoticon 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Loey Lockerby
Gridiron Gang is effective thanks to Phil Joanou s confident direction and the mountain of charisma that is Dwayne the Rock Johnson 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Amy Biancolli
This lazy and episodic tacking pep talk game pep talk game aggravated me because it sabotages the film s social relevance and honest to goodness cinematic uplift 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Rick Groen
If you like your sports movies especially your football movies larded with more clichés than a politician s stump speech Gridiron Gang begs to be seen 
2
Gridiron Gang
Terry Lawson
Had Gridiron Gang dared to challenge its audience with a larger dose of reality it might have broken the field and become something memorable and meaningful 
2
Gridiron Gang
Jeff Vice
this inspirational material is appealing 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Michael Wilmington
As sports movies go Gridiron Gang isn t bad just not top line material 
2
Gridiron Gang
Bill Zwecker
Though it doesn t really teach us anything new Gridiron Gang mainly due to the powerful screen presence of Dwayne The Rock Johnson is mildly entertaining and at times somewhat compelling 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Wesley Morris
despite the shameless cutting and pasting it s hard to argue with the movie s intentions 
3
Gridiron Gang
Sean P. Means
Jeff Maguire s script turns out to be simultaneously riddled with clichés and as the documentary footage over the closing credits shows generally faithful to events 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Tyler Hanley
The Rock no longer exists Dwayne Johnson has finally shed the identity that turned him into a wrestling legend and earned the right to go by his real name 
3
Gridiron Gang
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Joanou rushes through the material attempting to do justice to too many characters and juggle too many subplots to really explore any of them 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Erik Childress
Proof that good storytelling can change perception and make us appreciate a group of youngsters we d just as soon throw away more than a blue collar guy who gets his shot with the Philadelphia Eagles 
3.5
Gridiron Gang
Willie Waffle
it s the Bill Paxton of movies good enough to be respected and liked but not great enough to make you think everyone involved deserves an Oscar
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Josh Larsen
The Rock performs so many corny inspirational speeches that his mouth might as well transform into a triumphant horn 
2
Gridiron Gang
Mack Bates
if there was ever a role that The Rock was born to play he s found it here
3
Gridiron Gang
Dustin Putman
More honest and substantive than the average mainstream sports flick Not necessarily more original but certainly more worth the viewer s while 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Chris Hewitt
Paint by numbers storytelling aside Gridiron Gang is a fine movie 
3
Gridiron Gang
Laura Kelly
amid the dead on straightforward presentation and the gaggingly earnest emotions Gridiron Gang is worth cheering for sometimes 
2
Gridiron Gang
Matt Pais
The film has nowhere near as many well developed characters as it has street prison yard and on field brawls 
2
Gridiron Gang
Peter Canavese
Johnson gives the part his authoritative all but he doesn t have the depth of ability to elevate a sappy script that regularly calls for up choking 
2
Gridiron Gang
Phil Villarreal
Gridiron Gang is all formula but it s tough to blame the film for sticking with a game plan that works 
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Sean McBride
turns out to be quite enjoyable even if it s not all that good
2.5
Gridiron Gang
Nick Schager
Were it not already taken Angels with Dirty Faces might have been an apt alternative title for this TRUE STORY 
2
Gridiron Gang
Steve Rhodes
Cue the violins Gridiron Gang an unabashedly sentimental but endearing true story turns out to be a real winner 
3
Love
Maitland McDonagh
Serbian cinematographer Vladimir Subotic s photography transforms New York s outlying neighborhoods and anonymous streets into a weather beaten dreamscape suffused with mystery danger and the hope of heaven 
3
Love
V.A. Musetto
The story unfolds in nonlinear fashion with the same events being shown several times from different perspectives The concept works especially well with the murder spree that sets up the movie 
3
Bar Girls
Roger Ebert
Bar Girls is the kind of movie that likes itself just for well being so darn nice 
1.5
The Age of Shadows
Curtis Cook
The Age of Shadows combines Korean historical fiction thriller action sequences and noir sensibilities balancing calculated emotional drama with excitement and suspense 
3
The Age of Shadows
Shane Slater
A cat and mouse game propelled by Jee woon Kim s dynamite direction 
3
The Age of Shadows
Chris Knight
This spy picture is top notch with masterful editing and inspired musical cues that include Louis Armstrong s When You re Smiling as a backing track to one of several rather intense torture scenes 
3
The Age of Shadows
Brian Tallerico
Kim sometimes loses the rhythm of his spy thriller but he s such a confident filmmaker and his leading man such a magnetic presence that he quickly gets its back 
3
The Age of Shadows
Mark Jenkins
Patriotism and self interest clash powerfully in The Age of Shadows a stylish and morally complex thriller set largely in Japanese occupied 1920s Seoul 
3.5
Bachelorette
Matt Brunson
It would be a major mistake to think that Bachelorette is simply a rip off of Bridesmaids with a healthy dose of Mean Girls stirred into the mix This comedy clearly marches to its own beat 
3
Bachelorette
David Nusair
the filmmaker devotes much of the movie s first half to endless sequences that are by and large utterly devoid of laughs 
2
Bachelorette
John Beifuss
The actresses are thoroughly committed to the memorable roles they boldly inhabit but the performers as well as the characters deserve a less compromised vehicle 
2
Bachelorette
Sean P. Means
Dunst seems liberated in playing this shrill tightly wound woman who comes unhinged when her dreams of a perfectly staged wedding even if it s not her own start slipping away 
3
Bachelorette
Eric Melin
It s consistently funny but it s also shame that Bachelorette lets most of its characters off the hook too easily especially after being such a tough minded film at the opening 
2.5
Bachelorette
Stephen Whitty
Its actresses particularly Dunst are terrific Headland has a nice feel for music too and takes some editing risks 
2.5
Bachelorette
Alison Gang
An unexpected and bitterly funny take on the misery of the modern maladjusted woman 
3
Bachelorette
Sara Stewart
As smart and popreferential as Headland s writing is it s a little underwhelming when it comes to delivering on laughs 
2.5
Bachelorette
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a sour only fitfully funny affair wasting the abilities of its otherwise talented cast which includes Kirsten Dunst James Marsden Adam Scott and Isla Fisher 
1
Bachelorette
Claudia Puig
Talented actors are wasted in a film that induces more cringes than chuckles as women old enough to know better act like sailors on leave absorb mass quantities of alcohol and drugs and generally behave horribly 
1.5
Bachelorette
Amy Biancolli
Headland works hard to reconcile the wild and the tame if she never quite gets the balance right ya gotta admire her bold juxtaposition of overdose resuscitation gags with lessons on self loathing and bulimia 
2
Bachelorette
Wesley Morris
For women who find the film grim I imagine that s because part of it feels true and rare in an American movie 
3
Bachelorette
Kristin Tillotson
Bachelorette commits only one crime but it s a make or break offense it s just not quite funny enough 
2
Bachelorette
Peter Travers
Dunst Caplan and Fisher make a delicious trio as they stir up a bitches brew of revenge against poor Becky Wilson Headland can write zingers that would make the cruelest bridezilla blush 
2.5
Bachelorette
Roger Moore
What writer director Leslye Headland has given us is a romp that never quite romps a teary eyed string of taking stock moments without tears and a serious squandering of major league movie talent 
2
Bachelorette
Connie Ogle
Bachelorette will no doubt be divisive possibly along generational lines If you have to ask Do women really talk this way it s not for you 
3
Bachelorette
Matt Pais
Funnier than Bridesmaids 
3.5
Bachelorette
Peter Keough
Quickly subverts expectations with its mordant honesty and its hilarious balancing of sensitivity and scatalogy 
3.5
Bachelorette
James Berardinelli
Sometimes a movie is so bad it makes me want to go into seclusion and never see another film Bachelorette is one of those 
0
Bachelorette
Dustin Putman
As black as comedy can get while still ending up a crowd pleaser Straddling a very fine line but never toppling over the film s future cult status and high rewatchability factor are all but guaranteed 
3
True Confessions
Joseph Gelmis
True Confessions is brilliantly cast and acted 
3
True Confessions
Larry Vitacco
Robert DeNiro and Robert Duvall give masterful performances 
3.5
True Confessions
Roger Ebert
True Confessions contains scenes that are just about as good as scenes can be Then why does the movie leave us disoriented and disappointed and why does the ending fail dismally 
3
The Trip
James Kendrick
when strung out over more than an hour watching someone else s chemically induced psychotropic experience starts to feel redundant tiresome monotonous even
2
The Trip
Matt Brunson
Thematically the film is as shallow as a puddle but visually it s a stimulating experience 
2.5
Innocence
Tirdad Derakhshani
Takes a machine gun approach to filmmaking spraying the audience with as many genres storylines themes and cliches as possible hoping one will stick 
2
Innocence
Thomas Lee
When you consider the source material the film s flaws become too great to ignore 
2
Innocence
Tom Keogh
A messy if sporadically entertaining horror thriller based on a well received novel by Jane Mendelsohn 
2.5
Innocence
Michael O'Sullivan
If this nonsense is the stuff of nightmares for most modern teenage girls who seem genetically predisposed to roll their eyes at anything a parent or teacher does I d be very surprised 
1.5
Innocence
Roger Moore
Pretty and dull More promising as a romance than as anything horrific 
1.5
Raaz: The Mystery Continues
Michael Dequina
At its best pre interval when director Mohit Suri stages some creepy sequences free of the burden of exposition 
2.5
What Time Is It There?
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s Tsai s own way of thinking globally of finding hope in the midst of despair of seeing a profound connectedness in the midst of alienation and it carries a lift that could enlighten us all 
4
What Time Is It There?
Derek Smith
The film s understated humor and relatable character s steer us towards feelings of compassion and understanding rather than pity 
3
What Time Is It There?
Chris Hewitt
The careful compositions in the Taiwanese What Time Is It There give us plenty of time to search for meaning and to wonder what the movie is trying to say 
3
What Time Is It There?
Carrie Rickey
While its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer s appetite the film s final scene is soaringly transparently moving 
3.5
What Time Is It There?
Susan Stark
Tsai s confidence in the deep power of silence drives home the film s inner convictions Its surface works coolly intriguingly and happily feebly in opposition to the heart of the matter 
3
What Time Is It There?
Jeremy Heilman
Tsai convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here 
4
What Time Is It There?
Frank Ochieng
Inherently caustic and oddly whimsical the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss 
4
What Time Is It There?
Roger Ebert
What Time Is It There is not easy It haunts you you can t forget it you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it 
3.5
What Time Is It There?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tsai Ming liang has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point 
3.5
What Time Is It There?
Rob Blackwelder
Often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging which gradually turns What Time Is It There into How Long Is This Movie 
2.5
What Time Is It There?
Steve Rhodes
Most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement 
1
What Time Is It There?
Lou Lumenick
Tsai has a well deserved reputation as one of the cinema world s great visual stylists and in this film every shot enhances the excellent performances 
3
What Time Is It There?
Ed Gonzalez
Tsai Ming liang s ghosts are painfully aware of their not being 
4
Mechanic: Resurrection
Frank Ochieng
Woefully repetitive aimless strained and riddled with formulaic sharp shooting shenanigans Mechanic Resurrection is yet another bombastic Bond knock off that synthetically strut its stuff in stunt driven oblivion 
1.5
Mechanic: Resurrection
David Nusair
A fairly decent followup to 2011 s The Mechanic 
2.5
Mechanic: Resurrection
Roger Moore
Statham is wasting his last good years as an action star in Z movies like this 
1.5
Mechanic: Resurrection
Glenn Kenny
Mechanic Resurrection suffers from a script that strains credulity and insults intelligence even by the low bar set by the majority of contemporary action movies 
1.5
Mechanic: Resurrection
Willie Waffle
No one buys a ticket to a Jason Statham movie for the love story 
1
Sea of Dreams
Bruce Westbrook
Sea of Dreams purports to be a film of magic realism but it s neither magical nor realistic 
1.5
Car Wash
Matt Brunson
A raucous comedy that birthed a smash soundtrack 
3
Car Wash
Josh Larsen
a clown show and far smarter than you might think about being one 
3.5
Car Wash
Roger Ebert
The screenplay and the direction juggle the characters so adroitly this is almost a wash and wax M A S H 
3.5
Coast to Coast
Roger Ebert
The narrative strategy of Coast to Coast is to repeat the same scenes over and over again in the hope that if they ve worked once who knows Maybe they ll work again 
2
Village of the Damned
Anderson Jones
There s nothing worse than an un scary scary movie Damned is too long on drama too short on horror and what is most annoying too insulting to our intelligence 
1
Village of the Damned
Peter Stack
A trip to a village of the darned tedious 
1
Village of the Damned
James Berardinelli
An enjoyable if obviously flawed amalgamation of horror and science fiction 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Jeff Simon
In American movies the Coens are the reigning eccentric poets of the loser class Who else could get away with quoting Theodore Herzl in a bowling alley 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Carrie Rickey
It is a funny picture in both the ha ha and peculiar senses And if it is not as fully fledged as Raising Arizona and Fargo this is because the Coen Brothers set such high standards for their edgy comedies 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Robert W. Butler
The Big Lebowski is shallow and empty and horrendously profane and about as much fun as you can have legally 
3
The Big Lebowski
Dann Gire
With The Big Lebowski the Coens return to their Hudsucker Proxy ways and despite Jeff Bridges ability to humanize the cast this anxiously awaited Fargo follow up falls victim to the dreaded style over substance virus 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Terry Lawson
Bridges completely gets the Coens and what they are going for or in this case what they are avoiding They may be the only filmmakers in the world who would consider hearing The Big Lebowski described as a waste of time as a compliment 
3
The Big Lebowski
Dave Kehr
It s a tired idea and it produces an episodic unstrung film 
2
The Big Lebowski
Bruce R. Miller
It s a fun film but like the White Russians Bridges downs it provides a buzz without offering any nutrition 
3
The Big Lebowski
Nanciann Cherry
The Big Lebowski may be the most original comedy to come down the pike in many a year or the Coen brothers may be playing an Emperor s New Clothes type of game to see how long they can snooker the audience 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Michael Wilmington
It takes a largely undocumented chunk of reality and twists it into a surreal comic film noir wonderland full of delightfully bent characters and darkly hilarious set pieces gasser performances great lines and right on portraiture 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Ann Hornaday
Presumably the brothers just wanted to have a little fun after the grandeur and gravitas of Fargo But The Big Lebowski winds up crushing the audience under the constant pressure of its own vapidity invective and volume level 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Alison Macor
The Big Lebowski s story pales in comparison to its characters Rather than watching the film in anticipation of its next entertaining setup we look to the characters for some relief from the story s gutter balls 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Malcolm Johnson
Unfortunately though Bridges does not do much for The Dude unlike William Hurt as a somewhat similar type in The Big Chill He is all hair and very little else as he pilots his rust mobile about L A 
2
The Big Lebowski
Bob Ross
The Coens have always mixed a mean verbal visual cocktail and Lebowski reminds us that choice moments need not make perfect sense 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Dan Webster
It would be hard to think of another leading man Nick Nolte comes to mind who would be so willing to dumb down so good at it and yet so capable of making his character someone whom we might actually care about 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Todd Lothery
It s nearly impossible to convey the unadulterated fun to be had watching this movie Its pleasures may be evanescent but sometimes those are the best kind 
3
The Big Lebowski
Jack Mathews
There are hilarious bits strewn throughout and a deft set of performances But there also are more comic misfires more uninspired gags and meaningless camera tricks than the Coens have accounted for in all their previous films combined 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Dennis King
After the sharpness and coherence of Fargo this film seems less a focused narrative than a freewheeling goof on movie conventions However even when they re not fully on their game the Coens seem incapable of being boring 
3
The Big Lebowski
Sean P. Means
Every Coen Brothers movie has its share of goofball touches but The Big Lebowski is all touches and no coherence It may roll a few strikes but the story is a big gutter ball 
2
The Big Lebowski
Robert Denerstein
The mix of dated attitudes weird locations and dopey humor is elevated by the usual Coen brothers inventiveness Still not up to Fargo standards 
3
The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey Westhoff
What makes The Big Lebowski great is the sheer insanity of its drive The disconnected parts come together as a hilarious whole cemented by Bridges loopy stuck in the 70s performance 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Hap Erstein
The entire cast jumps headfirst into this strained frivolity acting as willing accomplices to this intermittently amusing but ultimately pointless diversion The problem is with the Coens jointly written script which gets lost in its own tangents 
2
The Big Lebowski
Rene Rodriguez
One big goofy self indulgent joke The Coens sense of humor has always contained a healthy streak of disdain and this time that disdain is aimed squarely at the audience They re not out to entertain the viewer they re out to entertain themselves 
2
The Big Lebowski
Marshall Fine
Raymond Chandler meets Cheech and Chong in the Coen brothers The Big Lebowski the funniest spin on the detective film in years 
4
The Big Lebowski
Gene Siskel
A major disappointment from Fargo writer directors Joel and Ethan Coen The film is being billed as comedy with bowling scenes but it doesn t hold a candle to 1996 s bowling comedy Kingpin 
2
The Big Lebowski
Josh Larsen
at once the most fun and the least fun of the Coen brothers films 
3
The Big Lebowski
Joe Holleman
I ll just say this The Big Lebowksi is an excellent movie and damn funny 
4
The Big Lebowski
Mike Clark
The Big Lebowski is a noir send up so call it L A Inconsequential 
3
The Big Lebowski
David Nusair
yet another in a long line of promising yet disappointing comedies from Joel and Ethan Coen 
2
The Big Lebowski
Walter Chaw
It s essential 
4
The Big Lebowski
Peter Canavese
It s the whole proud embarrassing sociopolitical cultural heap of American history and the American Century in particular in two fleet funny hours Blu ray 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Wesley Lovell
I m not a fan of the Coen Brothers but this is an entertaining enough diversion 
3
The Big Lebowski
Ken Fox
If it s all supposed to be in fun why does it feel so much like an insult 
1.5
The Big Lebowski
Phil Villarreal
In many ways The Big Lebowski has surpassed Fargo as the Coens high water mark 
4
The Big Lebowski
Judith Egerton
Like meeting the Three Stooges after they ve blasted their brains with mind altering drugs time traveled into the 1990s and landed in a vintage bowling alley 
4
The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a terrific movie 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
James Sanford
Much of Lebowski is amusing some of it is downright hilarious and all of it is stylish with plenty of the Coens usual inventive shot composition and tricky camerawork 
3
The Big Lebowski
Susan Tavernetti
The Coen Brothers throw this film into the gutter never developing what could have been a Strictly Ballroom like spoof of the bowling world 
2.5
The Big Lebowski
Rick Groen
A typical Coen brothers film is like no film you ve ever seen 
3
The Big Lebowski
Margaret A. McGurk
Loopy unfathomable profane and very funny 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Jeremy Heilman
One of the best comedies of the nineties and the best film thus far from the Coen Brothers 
4
The Big Lebowski
James Kendrick
Like a good Caucasian Joel and Ethan Coen s L A based crime caper comedy is an acquired taste but potentially addictive once you take to its perfectly offbeat blend of seemingly disparate elements 
4
The Big Lebowski
Roger Ebert
It s weirdly engaging like its hero 
3
The Big Lebowski
Jeff Vice
This uneven screwball comedy a disjointed and half hearted attempt by the Coen brothers to return to the Raising Arizona style is bound to underwhelm even their most fervent admirers 
2
The Big Lebowski
Marty Mapes
Outstanding acting writing direction and photography all combine to make this a great comic success 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
James Berardinelli
The Big Lebowski is a mess But what a glorious wonderfully entertaining mess it is 
3
The Big Lebowski
David Sterritt
Viewers with a taste for bizarre even surreal humor will have a ball 
3
The Big Lebowski
Rob Blackwelder
Inside the minds of Joel and Ethan Coen is a wonderfully weird place 
3
The Big Lebowski
Steve Rhodes
The movie is more fascinating than funny one you re more likely to discuss afterwards that laugh at while it is playing 
3
The Big Lebowski
Michael Dequina
Leave it to the Coen brothers to use a man urinating on a rug as the catalyst for an entire film s events 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Jonathan Rosenbaum
To be sure The Big Lebowski is packed with show offy filmmaking and as a result is pretty entertaining But insofar as it represents a moral position it s an elitist one 
2
The Big Lebowski
Ted Prigge
Outrageously fun 
3.5
The Big Lebowski
Madeleine Williams
This time they have all the parts together but someone forgot the glue 
2
The Big Lebowski
Barbara Shulgasser
There are bits of brilliance here as in all Coen Brothers movies Just not enough of them 
2.5
Vampires Suck
Dennis King
With the level of humor here running to flatulence jokes groin kicks and high school smart aleck cracks their movie does indeed surely no other critic in the world will be this clever SUCK 
0.5
Vampires Suck
Sean P. Means
The jokes are hit or miss though the batting average is slightly better than usual 
2
Vampires Suck
Simon Abrams
A characteristic work of monumentally lazy spoof comedy by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer Vampires Suck confirms Idiocracy s prediction of modern man s devolution from humdrum mediocrity to sub caveman levels of intelligence 
0
Vampires Suck
John Beifuss
The latest nitwit spoof from the opportunistic Friedberg and Seltzer team is a cut above its scattershot predecessors due to the specificity of its target and to Jenn Proske s spot on impersonation of twitchy angsty Kristen Stewart 
2.5
Vampires Suck
Linda Cook
Boy talk about truth in advertising 
.5
Vampires Suck
Peter Travers
This movie sucks more 
0
Vampires Suck
Zak Jason
Will it top Rotten Tomatoes worst of the worst at year s end If anyone still remembers it by then it ll be the leading candidate 
0.5
Vampires Suck
Matt Brunson
While I ve seen worse movies than Vampires Suck this year I doubt I ll see another as lazily constructed even a homemade YouTube video capturing a dog chasing its own tail displays more effort and imagination than what passes for entertainment here 
1
Vampires Suck
Natalie Southwick
With Vampires Suck the film is just as guilty as the vampires 
1
Vampires Suck
Jen Chaney
Perhaps the filmmakers deserve credit for their one show of restraint No jokes in this movie have been made at the expense of Justin Bieber 
0.5
Vampires Suck
Bruce DeMara
Parodies can be hilarious This one sucks 
1
Vampires Suck
Peter Hartlaub
The running time is a merciful 80 minutes That s the one reliably great thing about reviewing bad movies Almost all of the biggest losers are less than an hour and a half long 
1
Vampires Suck
Roger Moore
It s the sort of movie where finger food is offered at a party And it s fingers Haw 
1
Vampires Suck
Dustin Putman
It is the latter word in the title that most accurately describes the film suck 
0.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Josh Larsen
has half the racing scenes twice the plot and none of the Vin Diesel 
1
2 Fast 2 Furious
David Nusair
ultimately doesn t fare as well as its mediocre predecessor 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Lori Hoffman
it provides enough sexy rides blacktop fury screeching hairpin turns and crashes to keep the celluloid humming 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Ian Mantgani
The movie is not going to bring many new fans to the following but hey it gots colour speed and sparks 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Sara Michelle Fetters
Happily those fears turned out 2 be unfounded as 2 Fast 2 Furious is far more entertaining then it has any right 2 be It s 2 silly 2 dumb and yet undeniably 2 entertaining 2 really care 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Nick Rogers
2 Fast 2 Furious does a better job of revving up its B movie engines than its predecessor 46 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Mark Dujsik
Not a good movie or a consistently solid action flick but it is a big step up I guess that s not much of a compliment considering what it is an improvement over but take it for what it s worth 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Jonathan R. Perry
The quintessence of the mainstream summer sequel loud slick preposterous and thoroughly disposable where any potentially damaging sugar of invention is quickly safely flushed out of its engine so the machinery of manipulation and the Law of Dimin
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
John Beifuss
A feature length demolition derby custom made for members of MADD Moviegoers with Attention Deficit Disorder 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Linda Cook
It s 2 silly 2 take seriously but 2 fun 2 be bad 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Dustin Putman
A summer movie that offers sporadic thrills and spills with nothing but dead air surrounding them 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Frank Ochieng
Still 2F2F s rambunctious road rage schtick is one hot rod high wire act that is in need of some serious dramatic alignment This is one plucky yet pointless speed demon dud that s definitely 2 B 4 gotten 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Bob Bloom
2 Fast 2 Furious is big fast loud cars and scantily clad beautiful women It s every adolescent s fantasy pasted onto the screen 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Mike Clark
Just another retread 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Chris Hewitt
The movie delivers on its title s promise some of the time but there s too much dead air so it amounts to 90 minutes of squealing tires occasionally interrupted by yammering that might better be titled 2 Dopey 2 Believe 
1.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Todd Anthony
Superficial You betcha But eye candy attitude and humor abound in what amounts to a glorified Miami Vice episode complete with an undercover lawman who lives aboard a boat 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Ted Fry
For all its technical prowess pretty boy looks and fetishistic appeal 2 Fast is often laid low by a leaden script and a couple of glaring casting blunders 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
C.W. Nevius
Nothing says summer film fun like explosions guns and cartwheeling cars and that s all here 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
David Elliott
The speed party 2 Fast 2 Furious is 2 silly 2 believe and 2 cliched 2 be very entertaining 2 bad 
1.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Carrie Rickey
The pic is closer to the PlayStation experience of Gran Turismo than to a movie This is not to say that it isn t fun only to say that it is more about sensation than sense 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Jami Bernard
Without Diesel there s not much gas at least not from the nonvehicular elements 
1.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Katrina Onstad
A film for people who like really loud car sounds who get breathless when tires squeal and clutches pop who dream of a special button near the steering wheel that takes your lemon yellow Skyline from super fast to super super fast 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Mack Bates
Still as high octane the second time around even if it s firing on a few different cylinders 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Rene Rodriguez
Too much of 2 Fast 2 Furious plays like a colorful but inert timekiller that you might tolerate while dozing off in front of the TV but only because you are too sleepy to reach for the remote control 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Loey Lockerby
Singleton has a great visual sense but he seems to be overthinking the action and the result is an almost studious approach that tames the wildness of his stunts 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
James Berardinelli
A contender for the worst movie of 2003 
.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Liam Lacey
The movie 2 Fast 2 Furious is not 2 good but as a mental junk food diversion it s an occasionally stimulating jolt 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Jeff Vice
This sequel to the brain dead 2001 hot rodding hit is even more brain dead 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Lisa Kennedy
Even more of a joy ride than the original 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Roger Ebert
It doesn t have a brain in its head but it s made with skill and style and boy is it fast and furious 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Glenn Kenny
pretty enjoyable if you look at it as the B movie it really ought to be rather than the E ticket major studio release it actually is 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Wesley Morris
This is better though less culturally interesting than the movie that inspired it 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s far too lazy to explore any new levels of stupidity It s happy to simply loll around on the surface recapturing already charted levels of stupidity 
.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Jeffrey Westhoff
You would think the producers would have hired a director who could put together an exciting action sequence and not the guy who made a hash of Shaft 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Sean P. Means
Maybe it s the gas fumes talking but 2 Fast 2 Furious is a real joy ride 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Terry Lawson
For the DVD special edition they might consider removing everything but the races and chases including its Smokey and the Bandit scramble fast forwarding may be just too much effort 
1
2 Fast 2 Furious
Glenn Whipp
The movie delivers what it should cheap thrills and serves them up with skill and economy 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Lou Lumenick
A lark for anyone who s willing to check their brains at the concession stand for 100 minutes 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Jon Niccum
It s as much of a guilty pleasure as the loud adrenaline fueled original maybe more so because it yields even lower expectations 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Guylaine Cadorette
Charged with exhilarating car racing sequences this movie nails the car culture scene and packages it into an entertaining summer movie 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Rob Thomas
2 Fast 2 Furious is such an improvement over its predecessor that it s easy to overlook the fact that it s not actually a good movie 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Erik Childress
When you long for the fantasy of what Hal Needham could have brought to the material you get the picture 
1
2 Fast 2 Furious
Phil Villarreal
Can a film be both 2 fast and 2 furious 2 B enjoyable This age old question is answered with several affirmative engine roars 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Bruce Newman
2 Fast 2 Furious is frequently 2 fast 4 its own good and only about 1 2 as furious as the last one You do the math 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
David Sterritt
The film has enough wild driving to satisfy any French Connection fan or Bullitt buff but there s precious little for anyone else to enjoy 
1
2 Fast 2 Furious
Tor Thorsen
For PG 13 popcorn munching it ain t half bad 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
John Anderson
2Fast 2Furious has everything you want especially if what you want is 2Fast 2Furious 
2.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
Mark Caro
The Fast and the Furious was no classic but it got you where it was going 2 Fast 2 Furious shows some speed as well but it s traveling down the road already taken 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Steve Rhodes
A satisfying adrenaline rush it is a mindless bit of escapism that speaks to the inner teenage rebel in us all 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Rob Blackwelder
If Singleton had stuck with the aura of his opening scene and let 2 Fast play out like low budget trash from the 1970s 2 Fast might have earned some guilty pleasure points 
2
2 Fast 2 Furious
Michael Dequina
When the ride looks and feels as smooth as this it s practically irrelevant to complain about any lack of so called substance 
3
2 Fast 2 Furious
Walter Chaw
An example of what can happen when the lowest common denominator meets a director in sulky decline 
0
2 Fast 2 Furious
Ross Anthony
Sometimes you ll laugh with the film sometimes at it and sometimes you ll be fumbling for the seatbelt 
2
Lion's Den
Tim Robey
Real inmates are extras real cells provide the scenery it has the desperate vitality of something barely made up 
4
Lion's Den
Mick LaSalle
The results are mixed a handful of moments of genuine undeniable power interspersed with a fair number of listless scenes 
3
Lion's Den
V.A. Musetto
The dimly lit exquisitely composed cinematography by Guillermo Nieto adds to the draw of this highly recommended movie 
3
Lion's Den
Andrew Schenker
The film s only value may be to make foreign viewers aware at the very simplest level of the unique practices of the Argentinean penal system 
1.5
Lion's Den
Liam Lacey
At its most interesting when it shows the lives of women and children prisoners the film has the feel of a movie of the week clich when it returns to Julia s improbable crime 
2.5
Take Me to the River
Peter Keough
Sobel evokes more terror from a shot of a field of sunflowers or a weathered barn than can be found in the last dozen found footage films combined 
3
Take Me to the River
David Lewis
Sobel is clearly trying to hit on something more original than a family secrets drama but in doing so he pulls most of his punches 
2
Take Me to the River
Molly Eichel
The movie pivots from what I expected it to be a family drama about an outsider as the opening conversation suggests Instead it becomes an eerie mood piece about secrets buried deep in a family s fabric 
3
Take Me to the River
Stephanie Merry
The menace never becomes palpable whether because of illogical plot lines or questionable casting The stakes are so high but the suspense never rises to the occasion 
2.5
Take Me to the River
John Hartl
Wonderfully confident and strange Take Me to the River marks an auspicious directing debut for Matt Sobel There s not a stale moment in it 
3.5
Take Me to the River
Randy Myers
At a time when many films can be viewed and summarily forgotten River unsettles and lingers long afterwards just like the ghosts that haunt this family 
3
Take Me to the River
Godfrey Cheshire
The film exemplifies a very distinctive vision that marks it as one of the year s most promising debuts 
3
Take Me to the River
Diego Semerene
It s difficult to believe in Ryder s gullibility if not willingness to be caught in his uncle s strange web of provocations 
1.5
Take Me to the River
Roger Moore
Illogical but disturbing as hell 
2.5
The Praying Mantis
Matt Brunson
In the annals of big bug movies this one falls somewhere in the middle 
2.5
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Carrie Rickey
A keenly observed portrait of a parent and child estranged by geography language ideology and generation In other words a universal story of family in the age of globalization 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Austin Kennedy
This is a nice quietly heartwarming film The tone really got through to me I never laughed out loud but always had a steady grin Charming 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Chris Hewitt
It s a short story of a movie delicate modest beautifully observed 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Ty Burr
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers feels like a fragile wafer of a movie but it fills you like a three course meal 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Roger Ebert
An intensely observed small scale family drama involving disagreement between generations 
3.5
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Glenn Whipp
It s a mildly poignant generation gap story 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Reyhan Harmanci
This modest and lovely film is a welcome reprieve after the explosion filled slate of summer movies 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A refreshingly small delicate picture 
3.5
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
V.A. Musetto
Wang s direction is nuanced and while A Thousand Years of Good Prayers isn t his best work it is light years ahead of his Hollywood output 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Sara Michelle Fetters
A wonderful film Wang has regained his footing as a filmmaker and produced a story worthy of discovery 
3
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Nick Schager
Modest in the least engaging sense of the term 
2
Maya
Edward Guthmann
The photography is gorgeous though and with Singh s precise discreet direction Maya has a devastating impact 
3
Maya
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Contains such a pile driver gut punch that it makes Ray s work look like wistful little poems 
3
Maya
Liam Lacey
Striving too hard to make his didactic point the director arouses skepticism rather than empathy 
2
Maya
Travis Hoover
A surprisingly natural movie that could have easily degenerated into histrionics 
3
Snow Falling on Cedars
Matt Brunson
One big chill The only thing that moves with any purpose in this picture is the weather 
1.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Burl Burlingame
Shot either in extreme eye swelling close ups or in excessively composed arty landscapes I now know more about the blood vessels in these actors noses than I care to 
1.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
David Nusair
the movie is for the most part just unreasonably dull 
1.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Dustin Putman
A sumptuous meticulously poetic motion picture that refreshingly tells much of its story through strikingly beautiful visual images rather than a lot of dialogue 
3.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
James Berardinelli
Snow Falling on Cedars is a motion picture of great thematic and visual richness 
3.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Edward Guthmann
Plodding and self serious 
2
Snow Falling on Cedars
Cornell & Petricelli
On an emotional level Snow Falling on Cedars struck us deeply 
4
Snow Falling on Cedars
David N. Butterworth
A film that exploits its cinematic strengths exquisite photography manipulative music and a fractured narrative style at the expense of honest storytelling 
2.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Michael Dequina
A lushly evocative mood piece that has everything to do with sense and emotion as it doesn t with traditional plot driven satisfactions 
3.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ross Anthony
Scrupulously meticulously caringly exposed on the negative this picture is one of the richest cinematographic efforts of the year 
2.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Susan Stark
Snow Falling on Cedars makes its most powerful impression in totally silent stretches 
3
Snow Falling on Cedars
Rob Blackwelder
A truly transporting layered period drama 
3
Snow Falling on Cedars
Roger Ebert
Snow Falling on Cedars reveals itself with the complexity of a novel holding its themes up to the light so that first one and then another aspect can be seen The style is crucial to the subject 
3.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ted Murphy
While there is undoubtedly a fine movie to be made from Snow Falling on Cedars this version despite some of the acting and the photography is not it 
0
Snow Falling on Cedars
Steve Rhodes
A real treat for the eyes and the ears Your mind however will not be equally engaged 
2.5
Snow Falling on Cedars
Jay Carr
It s second to none in its ability to specify a world and immerse us in it 
3.5
Off World
Stephen Cole
It would be interesting to see what Guez a director who clearly knows his way around a camera might be able to do with a few charismatic actors 
2
Off World
Greg Quill
Off World is marred by compromises in quality that probably come down to economic constraints and lock first time director Mateo Guez into decisions that give his film the odour of desperation 
2
The Iron Horse
Fernando F. Croce
It s a large canvas and one that the filmmaker then 29 often has trouble filling 
2.5
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
Christy Lemire
Husson captures the restless rhythms of adolescence the push pull of angst and boredom of self consciousness and the yearning to lose oneself completely 
2.5
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
David Fear
Husson s movie is as much a hormonal mess as its characters but at least it favors heart over hard ons 
3
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
Kyle Smith
A quietly chilling look at the sex lives of a group of bored high school students 
3
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
Timothy E. Raw
Eva Husson s controversy courting debut is neither as lewdly subversive or as raucously debauched as its provocative title 
1
Generation Wealth
Christopher James
By being both sprawling and personal Greenfield forces us to look at how we are all complicit in this culture that prizes wealth 
3.5
Generation Wealth
Joe Friar
The film is not so much a documentary about how greed and money are destroying society as it is an autobiographical look at Greenfield s obsession with the lifestyles of the rich and the famous 
2.5
Generation Wealth
Robert Daniels
Greenfield s film is all over the place and is more stream of consciousness than informative or even entertaining 
1.5
Generation Wealth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfortunately as personal as she gets here she fails to tie everything together into a cohesive thesis
2.5
Generation Wealth
Rob Thomas
While the pieces don t always fit together they re often interesting on their own especially as subjects now older and wiser reflect on their hedonistic days 
3
Generation Wealth
Robert Horton
Greenfield s argument widens so far she loses focus 
2.5
Generation Wealth
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s simple answers don t justify its exhausting study of excess 
2.5
Generation Wealth
Gary Thompson
Some of the testimony is laughably unreliable 
2
Generation Wealth
Walter V. Addiego
Generation Wealth feels like it s all over the place and that if most of its subjects are lacking in depth the movie itself is open to the same criticism 
2
Generation Wealth
Michael O'Sullivan
If Generation Wealth has a message that empty acquisitiveness is bad it delivers it like the rest of her work by showing not telling 
3
Generation Wealth
Glenn Kenny
Greenfield wraps up this compulsively watchable movie with observations of family love and some of its characters striving for redemption and or an honest living 
3
Generation Wealth
Paul O'Callaghan
Into a broad strokes picture of a culture in crisis Lauren Greenfield attempts to incorporate autobiographical elements which results in some awkward narrative pivots and jarringly clunky voiceover 
2.5
On the Beach at Night Alone
Mattie Lucas
A singular and poignant act of self examination and personal catharsis that takes private pain and turns it into an anguished public atonement 
3.5
On the Beach at Night Alone
Rob Thomas
Whether as an act of explanation of self flagellation or something much murkier On the Beach at Night Alone refuses to play by the conventional rules of movies or of scandals 
3
On the Beach at Night Alone
Robert Horton
This is movie making as a kind of extended confessional from a filmmaker to an actress and it s compelling on that score 
3.5
On the Beach at Night Alone
G. Allen Johnson
Hong Sang soo s work can frustrate but his observant cinema can also be revelatory a reason he has such a strong international following 
3
On the Beach at Night Alone
Simon Abrams
On the Beach at Night Alone exemplifies all of the worst tendencies of Hong s films without many of his better qualities 
2
On the Beach at Night Alone
Chuck Bowen
In the film Hong Sang soo simultaneously positions filmmaking as the ultimate act of atonement and evasion 
3
Run the Tide
Roger Moore
Both the film and its star Taylor Lautner ore more scenic than dramatic 
1.5
Killer Tongue
Michael Dequina
Sometimes you can know a stinker from its title and indeed something by the name of Killer Tongue has crap written all over it 
0
The Empty Man
Brian Tallerico
A truly surreal and strange piece of work anchored by some top notch craft elements but weakened a bit by a bloated running time and a conclusion that likely left the few people who saw it in theaters more annoyed than thrilled 
2.5
The Empty Man
Linda Cook
The Empty Man will fill you with dread 
3.5
The Empty Man
Barry Hertz
Producers couldn t have picked a better title though After I left my Friday afternoon screening attended by a whopping two other people I felt far from satisfied Empty you might say 
2
3 Faces
Ben Sachs
This is another example of how Panahi under the guise of looking inward is really using cinema to celebrate his connection to others 
3
3 Faces
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a calm patient deeply poetic film often spent waiting and thinking 
4
3 Faces
Tomris Laffly
With 3 Faces writer director Panahi solidifies his artistic handle on his unjust situation by inventing new ways to work around it and remains more than ever an effortless blender of documentary and fiction through mystifying methods 
3.5
3 Faces
Shane Slater
3 Faces poignantly examines the tensions within a society where art and culture don t always make a perfect match 
3
3 Faces
Johnny Oleksinski
Panahi who defied a filmmaking ban from the Iranian government to make this is a director always worth supporting 
3
3 Faces
Peter Howell
Metaphors speak louder than words in this stealthy new drama by state harassed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi 
3
3 Faces
Roger Moore
Droll subversive and biting And laugh out loud funny at times 
3
3 Faces
Kate Taylor
It s a film full of delicate metaphors and gentle humour 
4
The Descent: Part 2
Federico Furzan
Unnecessary sequel to one good movie Painfully irrelevant Full review in Spanish 
1
The Descent: Part 2
Scott Nash
Doesn t come close to the original but still manages to entertain 
2.5
The Descent: Part 2
Christian Toto
No one expected Part 2 to rival the original but it delivers a fair number of scares while replicating the eerie tension from the first film 
3
Nothing To Do
Roger Moore
A little gem of a hospice rom com
2.5
Mr. Klein
Barry Paris
Dark forces shaped the life and brilliant career of director Joseph Losey Even darker forces shape the life of Mr Klein the title character of his last great film 
3.5
All the Old Knives
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Metz keeps the tone hushed and soft with delicately drifting light playing through the restaurant 
3
All the Old Knives
Robert Levin
Shimmering visuals cannot change the reality that there s not much happening here other than people sitting in rooms and talking 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Kevin Carr
It wants to be a tense espionage thriller it could be condensed into a 40 minute TV episode but they stretch it out for an hour and half 
1
All the Old Knives
Tom Meek
A steamy spy thriller that gets by on the chemistry of leads and a very capable supporting cast 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Dann Gire
Pine and Newton are strong actors yet their conflicted morally compromised characters exude all the chemistry of two assembly line workers struggling to get through their shifts 
1.5
All the Old Knives
Richard Roeper
Pine and Newton are extremely photogenic stars and they look fantastic in that beautifully lit restaurant but they re also doing fine work playing two people who were once in love and probably still are in love 
3
All the Old Knives
Walter Chaw
All the Old Knives is scored like an antidepressant ad shot like a wine commercial and ultimately as flashy lightweight and empty as a Christmas ornament 
1
All the Old Knives
Andrew Murray
If anything All The Old Knives should be seen as a demonstration of Pine and Newtons talents more than an engaging thriller 
2
All the Old Knives
Peter Canavese
Dry and all talk low key whodunnit thriller heavy on plot but light on characterization and theme with a satisfying pay off 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Steven Prokopy
The film is easy to watch doesnt overstay its welcome and has a fairly satisfying conclusion 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Ty Burr
It aims for the mature emotions and moral complexities of a John Le Carré novel and comes close enough for dis comfort 
3
All the Old Knives
Peter Sobczynski
All the Old Knives is never much more than a film whose narrative curlicues cannot quite disguise just how familiar it all is 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Nina Metz
All the Old Knives settles for all the old tropes 
1.5
All the Old Knives
Sonny Bunch
The other joy simply is watching great actors go to work Director Janus Metz made the most of COVID era shooting restrictions theres a reason that for so much of this film only two or three people are onscreen at any given time 
3
All the Old Knives
Leo Brady
All the Old Knives is a bland mystery and its a shame too because Pine and Newton have a chemistry that is razor sharp 
2
All the Old Knives
Roger Moore
For those who like memory games mental traps and trip ups moles red herrings and genuine suspects its a rare treat 
3
All the Old Knives
Mike McGranaghan
The film is 101 minutes long After the first 65 I ceased caring about any of it 
1.5
All the Old Knives
Josh Bell
There s a vast world of espionage surrounding them but All the Old Knives keeps Henry and Celia s story appealingly intimate 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Mark Dujsik
There s more beneath the surface of that unraveling plot 
3
All the Old Knives
Randy Myers
All the Old Knives is decent but should have been better 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Michael O'Sullivan
There s an air of a tennis match to the proceedings of All the Old Knives with its two protagonists playing a mental game of volley and return as it were 
2.5
All the Old Knives
Mark Feeney
Slickness can be appealing It can also be phony The two aren t necessarily mutually exclusive Here it s mostly appealing but less so as the plot further twistifies and the phoniness quotient rises 
2.5
All the Old Knives
James Berardinelli
Keeping in mind the limitations imposed on the production by the running time All the Old Knives offers a compelling if ultimately unremarkable spy movie that tilts more toward a drama than a conventional action thriller 
3
All the Old Knives
Nick Rogers
Not unlike a John le Carré novel with Fabio on its cover All the Old Knives can flirt with corniness But it s still engaging thanks to a capable cast sturdy tension and emotional wrinkles that establish a center to all that torrid sex on display 
3
All the Old Knives
Mick LaSalle
The story is intricate in the moment but later when you put it all together it s simple The best of both worlds 
3
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Joey Magidson
What sets Disappearance at Clifton Hill apart is how quietly menacing it all feels 
3
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Nick Allen
Pulpy Canadian whodunit Disappearance at Clifton Hill is never as fun as it should be 
2
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Mark Dujsik
Shin and co screenwriter James Schultz have given us a most unique detective 
3
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Chuck Bowen
What distinguishes the film from much of its ilk is Albert Shin s ongoing taste for peculiar and unsettling details 
2.5
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Roger Moore
A muddled mystery thriller that s something of a wash one that director turned actor David Cronenberg all but steals with his podcasting conspiracy buff performance 
2
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Barry Hertz
Clifton Hill becomes just as thrilling and disturbing as its titular strip of haunted houses and fading fast motels 
3.5
The Greater Good
Nick Schager
The documentary makes slightly more than token gestures toward presenting both sides of an issue 
2
Starting Over
David Nusair
benefits from its assortment of first class performances 
2.5
Starting Over
Roger Ebert
Starting Over actually feels sort of embarrassed at times maybe because characters are placed in silly sitcom situations and then forced to say lines that are supposed to be revealing and real 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Tom Meek
A quick light feel good romance 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
David Nusair
46 46 46 the film ultimately earns a place for itself within the pantheon of effectively stirring romantic tearjerkers 46 
3.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Mike McGranaghan
Nights in Rodanthe is the cinematic equivalent of a Harlequin novel with a pack of tissues shoved into the back cover 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Matt Brunson
Diane Lane and the Tuscan countryside prove to be a more dynamic duo than Diane Lane and the Outer Banks 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Walter Chaw
I will say this about Nights in Rodanthe spoken Nicholas Sparks is preferable to written Nicholas Sparks 
0.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Linda Cook
You know s ometimes a movie is worth it just because of its texture 
3
Nights in Rodanthe
Michael Phillips
The comparative savvy that Wolfe showed in HBO s stage to TV transfer of Lackawanna Blues has gone missing 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Austin Kennedy
This is one of those unapologetic tear jerking romances There s nothing really wrong with that but it occasionally lays things on a little thick when it should have been holding back 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Charles Koplinski
Though the leads are attractive the plot collapses under the weight of its ridiculous circumstances 
2.0
Nights in Rodanthe
Ross Anthony
A tad clunky and sappy and yes even hokey But the picture still works I was always engaged I was always interested in what happened next and I was always entertained 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Camerin Courtney
Typical Sparks formula difficult circumstances unlikely love delirious joy gut wrenching tragedy and redemptive moral Unfortunately this film doesn t deliver the goods 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Larry Ratliff
Richard Gere and Diane Lane are swathed in so much cheese in Nights in Rodanthe this weepy story should unfold in Wisconsin instead of a tiny strip of land off the coast of North Carolina 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Kam Williams
Another sappy soap opera for Nicholas Sparks fans satisfied by panoramic seascapes offset intermittently by lingering interludes of dysfunctional strangers locking lips and loins 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Gary Brown
Despite stretches of credulity in the plot the on screen chemistry between Gere and Lane carries the movie 
3
Nights in Rodanthe
Frank Ochieng
A moping melodramatic malaise Ridiculously artificial in its Cupid driven cornucopia of sketchy endearment Rodanthe has the forceful flair of an unlit wax candle 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Sean P. Means
When the script veers into Sparks slap in the face melodrama including two natural disasters the movie drowns in corn syrup 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Sara Michelle Fetters
This film doesn t just fall apart it collapses into teeny tine pieces so miniscule you couldn t put them back together with a pair of magnetic tweezers and an electron microscope 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Lawrence Toppman
This is one of the increasingly rare Hollywood films that treat people in middle age as though their feelings were just as intense and their needs just as valid as those of people half their age 
3
Nights in Rodanthe
Claudia Puig
Though the stars are likable and attractive the movie is a melodramatic and soppy affair 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Maitland McDonagh
Painfully maudlin and cliched 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Susan Walker
No character in this turbulent sea of love crashing on the shores of misfortune is any more developed than they are in Sparks potboiler 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Chris Hewitt
Nights in Rodanthe is a soap opera for sure but it s a beautifully acted one and director George C Wolfe revels in the story s swoony lushness 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Tom Keogh
Cinematically unexciting but a welcome glimpse at the complications of life after age 40 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Reyhan Harmanci
The film tastefully yet unenergetically chugs along 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Carla Meyer
Even though their clinches aren t sexy Gere and Lane still make an extremely attractive pair They seem to fit together whether dancing or just talking 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
James Berardinelli
I can kind of sort of see how this story might work as a novel Bad dialogue doesn t sound as howlingly awful when not spoken aloud Idiotic plot contrivances don t seem as painful and obvious 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
John Anderson
Rodanthe is the Death Valley of erotic illusion 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Lou Lumenick
Nights in Rodanthe aims straight for the tear ducts as well but this weepie is a dry well 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Robert W. Butler
Some of us could happily watch Diane Lane reading the Congressional Record But there are limits to that devotion Like Nights in Rodanthe 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Wesley Morris
About those Nights in Rodanthe They re about as steamy as a cup of tea 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Michael Sragow
It s very neat and I don t mean that as a compliment 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Daniel M. Kimmel
a cinematic engine design to elicit cheap emotional responses instead of earning them through deep characterization and well thought out plotting 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Me I found a few things to like and much to loathe 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Jennie Punter
There are not enough actual scenes to keep us sufficiently engaged to care about the third act event that changes their destiny 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Sean McBride
This is a grown up love story for those of us who have been singed by love but still want to believe in Cupid s magical powers 
3
Nights in Rodanthe
Sue Pierman
Nights in Rodanthe the latest screen adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks story is a picture smothered in syrupy excess 
1
Nights in Rodanthe
Carrie Rickey
Rodanthe is a reliably steamy stormy sultry story about Inner Change at the Outer Banks where strangers become intimates 
3
Nights in Rodanthe
Dustin Putman
One of this year s most stirring romances adroitly manipulative yes but never condescending 
3
Nights in Rodanthe
Roger Ebert
The movie attempts to jerk tears with one clunky device after another in a plot that is a perfect storm of cliche and contrivance 
1.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Phil Villarreal
Whiffs on both sentiment and misery It may be that there s no spark here because there s too much Sparks here 
2
Nights in Rodanthe
Joe Lozito
Director George C Wolfe s overly crafted adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel is a bit much But the two leads are so charismatic that they manage to sell the material far more than it deserves 
2.5
Nights in Rodanthe
Nick Schager
There s little room for genuine emotion in this turgid romantic fantasy adapted from a novel by slop meister Nicholas Sparks 
1
Freedom (Freiheit)
Roger Moore
Speckenbach makes this broken couples shared mysteries painful and fascinating deftly dropping in Germany s baggage to older Czechs and reputation for racism in pointedly leaving any lightness out 
3
The White Crow
Bob Bloom
The White Crow is about divided loyalties Can an artist serve his motherland and remain true to himself 
3
The White Crow
Lisa Jensen
As inherently powerful as the story is the storytelling is sometimes a little flabby Still the movie effectively presents the struggle of artistic integrity against political control 
3
The White Crow
Sean P. Means
Ivenko gives a rugged performance as the mercurial Nureyev whose emotions are never so direct as when he s expressing them through his dancing 
3
The White Crow
Roger Moore
Stately and stolid but Fiennes still manages to deliver an electrifying finale 
3
The White Crow
Chris Hewitt
Ultimately The White Crow seems tailored to appeal to moviegoers who are already fans of Nureyev s idiosyncratic dancing and want to know more about how it got that way 
2.5
The White Crow
Martha Schabas
The film may go to lengths to tell us that Nureyev was sensational to watch but we don t experience much of this power or magnetism as viewers 
2.5
The White Crow
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie full of small pleasures such as the Polaroid ish softness of the cinematography Fiennes quietly noble performance as Nureyev s mentor Pushkin and the glimpses of the ballet studios 
3
The White Crow
Joe Friar
Oleg Ivenko is superb as Rudolf Nureyev in the well crafted film by director Ralph Fiennes who also plays legendary ballet teacher Alexander Pushkin 
3.5
The White Crow
Mick LaSalle
Unless you have a special interest in Nureyev Russian ballet or the Cold War s impact on the arts at mid century The White Crow might be something better heard about than experienced 
2.5
The White Crow
Mark Dujsik
Fiennes seems to recognize the main character s flaws but The White Crow never finds a way to elicit sympathy for him 
2
The White Crow
Alan Zilberman
While the details of Nureyev s 1961 defection in Paris are thrilling the film falls into the trap of many historical dramas rendering the story as surprisingly clunky especially considering the nimbleness of its subjects 
2
The White Crow
Pat Brown
Ralph Fiennes s film too conspicuously avoids an overt political perspective 
2
The White Crow
Katie Walsh
Ivenko who bears a strong resemblance to Nureyev is transfixing as well as Fiennes and Khamatova The performances and the beautifully captured moments of dance are strong enough to outshine any weak story elements 
3
A World Apart
Roger Ebert
It is strong angry and troubling 
4
I Melt With You
Mick LaSalle
It really is good albeit in ways that are different from other movies 
3
I Melt With You
Kyle Smith
The movie captures as well as any other the feeling of partying into oblivion minus the next morning internal pitchfork stabs Think of a wild friend you wouldn t want to emulate but can t let go of 
3.5
I Melt With You
Joe Lozito
Wildly overwrought portrait of four college buddies reunited for a weekend of drug fueled debauchery and soul searching Like a drunken evening there are some good moments but it s not worth it in the end 
2
I Melt With You
Rex Reed
They should have called it I Vomit With You 
0
I Melt With You
Nick Schager
It s an aesthetic assault notable not just for its belligerence but also for its tedious excess 
.5
I Melt With You
Dustin Putman
When so many movies can t even exact one strong emotion from viewers here is a motion picture that frustrates haunts and fascinates in equal measure 
3
Prisoners
Brian Eggert
An absorbing 44 skillfully made drama 46 
3
Prisoners
Mattie Lucas
A slow burning powder keg of mystery and emotion that winds up the audience and never lets it go 
3.5
Prisoners
Sonny Bunch
Not for the weak of stomach Prisoners is a sure signifier that summer is over more serious fare has arrived in theaters and the Oscar race has begun 
3
Prisoners
Josh Larsen
wants to show how one heinous act creates not only victims but more monsters 
3
Prisoners
David Nusair
palpably ominous and unsettling 
3
Prisoners
James Kendrick
a tense morality play wrapped in the bristling genre trappings of a police procedural is exhausting in all the best ways emotionally intellectually philosophically
3.5
Prisoners
Lori Hoffman
The brutality and torture displayed by the hero of this piece makes for several uncomfortable moments 
2.5
Prisoners
Linda Cook
Prisoners is a dark thought provoking thriller for the grown up audience that made Silence of the Lambs a hit 
4
Prisoners
Brett McCracken
Rife with biblical allusions and ostensibly grounded in an old fashioned exploration of good vs evil Prisoners is more than just your standard kidnapping thriller 
3.5
Prisoners
Christy Lemire
It s got lofty aspirations but it also wants to wallow in the muck to thrill you and sicken you in equal measure while also being About Something 
2
Prisoners
Matt Brunson
The film is like a lean cut of meat with all the fat trimmed off and the rest providing the necessary protein to keep functioning 
3.5
Prisoners
Mike McGranaghan
One of the strengths of Prisoners is that it forces you to confront the part of yourself that really would do literally anything for your child It doesn t frighten you so much as it makes you frighten yourself 
3.5
Prisoners
Willie Waffle
Just when you think it is over IT GETS BETTER 
4
Prisoners
Bob Bloom
The film s art house sensibility separates it from your run of the mill studio melodrama as does the care Vileneuve takes to create multidimensional and complex characters whose flaws are at times reprehensible despite their altruistic motives 
3.5
Prisoners
Lisa Kennedy
Prisoners is unforgettably relentless in asking moviegoers if Keller has gone too far And by extension asking us how far we would go 
3.5
Prisoners
Jason Buchanan
An emotionally taxing morally complex mystery driven by powerful performances that explore the transformative effects of suffering with an intensity that will leave many especially those with children deeply shaken 
3
Prisoners
Michael Smith
The lasting legacy of an exceptional thriller is to not only be surprised on the first viewing but also to realize the picture offers qualities to be enjoyed on repeat screenings 
3.5
Prisoners
Eric Melin
Swims in the murky waters of moral complexity content to skim the surface without engaging fully with the questions it raises delivers a disappointingly convoluted mystery plot in an attempt to give the audience what it thinks it wants 
2
Prisoners
John Serba
It s about good people dismantled by a quest to explain the inexplicable But it s not a hopeless trek to the Gulag 
3.5
Prisoners
Austin Kennedy
This movie is a well crafted dramatic thriller that will keep you guessing until the film s conclusion Even with Melissa Leo s phony performance it s one the year s most gripping films 
3.5
Prisoners
Sheila O'Malley
Aspects of Prisoners are effective but for the most part it s rather ridiculous despite the fact that it clearly wants to be taken super seriously and there s an overwrought quality to much of the acting 
2.5
Prisoners
Liam Lacey
The film you begin watching when the lights dim is not the same one you carry home from the theatre 
3
Prisoners
Rene Rodriguez
After two hours of relentless tension Prisoners starts revealing its secrets to progressively hokier effect 
2.5
Prisoners
Mark Dujsik
Guzikowski teases with some potentially intriguing ideas in between the point A to point B plotting but the screenplay does not follow through on them 
2
Prisoners
Sean P. Means
Villeneuve sets a dark foreboding tone aided by evocative cinematography by the great Roger A Deakins which holds the movie together even when the plot goes a bit loopy in the finale 
3
Prisoners
Dustin Putman
Thematically dense and intelligently crafted the darkly enthralling Prisoners will not easily be forgotten 
3.5
Prisoners
Chris Knight
Before you discount the movie as a metaphysical mediation on violence know that it is also a superbly tense thriller and one of the most nail bitingly effective entertainments this year 
4
Prisoners
Claudia Puig
The plot raises complicated moral questions about how far an anguished person will go for the love of a child At the same time it sets up an intricate horrifying mystery with breathtaking skill 
3.5
Prisoners
Moira MacDonald
Prisoners is a dark deeply serious examination of how loss can unhinge us it grabs onto you and you may have trouble shaking it away 
3.5
Prisoners
James Berardinelli
The screenplay is smart the execution is impeccable and the holes are few and far between 
3.5
Prisoners
Ty Burr
As gripping as it is grueling with performances that swing for the fences and a knotty central mystery 
3
Prisoners
Mara Reinstein
A frustrating puzzle in which the pieces don t quite fit together
2
Prisoners
Peter Hartlaub
Even when audiences start to question the logical leaps the performances and visuals remain first rate The movie doesn t feel bloated And the final scenes are anything but a cop out 
3
Prisoners
David Hiltbrand
A devastating psychological thriller Prisoners pulls us deep into our worst fear the Amber Alert Then it holds us under 
3
Prisoners
Ann Hornaday
A grade A genre exercise but it s a genre predicated on specious reasoning and promiscuous pseudo sacrificial suffering 
2
Prisoners
Peter Travers
Director Denis Villeneuve s work with the exemplary actors results in a film of startling impact packed with twists you don t see coming You can t shake it 
3.5
Prisoners
Michael Phillips
Throughout this beautifully made slightly specious exercise in Old Testament revenge the character study aspects of Prisoners coexist intriguingly with the grisly inhumanity components 
3
Prisoners
Rafer Guzman
Though it s nothing you haven t seen before it s so artfully made and skillfully executed that you won t care a bit 
3
Prisoners
Jon Niccum
The final third has more in common with three card monte street hustle than nuanced character drama 
2.5
Prisoners
Joe Williams
It s preposterous schlock masquerading as art 
1.5
Prisoners
Paul Doro
Spectacular performances and a series of frighteningly tense sequences elevate it above your typical Hollywood mystery 
3
Prisoners
Dann Gire
Every actor in Prisoners blossoms with realistic restraint under Villeneuve s refined direction 
4
Prisoners
Peter Howell
Prisoners uncoils with a serpent s stealth and strikes just as suddenly 
3.5
Prisoners
Chris Hewitt
Prisoners has the momentum of a thriller but it s carefully constructed so that it is also a movie that asks pointed questions about morality 
3.5
Prisoners
Charlie McCollum
This is a powerful engrossing film that transcends the normal constraints of its genre and is worth your investment of both time and attention 
3.5
Prisoners
Rex Reed
Prepare to be electrified When it comes to thrillers Prisoners is the must see sensation of the year 
4
Prisoners
Kam Williams
A compelling character study of the emotional toll exacted by a kidnapping on the psyche of the victims loved ones 
4
Prisoners
Roger Moore
A smart thriller that runs so long it almost outsmarts itself 
3
Prisoners
Ed Gonzalez
Possibly year s most immaculate looking drivel a prismatically shot whodunit abundant in red herrings but lacking in moral contemplation 
2.5
It's Better to Jump
Farran Smith Nehme
The directors have chosen eloquent interviewees and the passionate attachment they feel for their city gives the film heart 
2.5
Golda's Balcony
Ken Fox
Fortunately no amount of optical wizardry and quick change trickery can disguise the fundamental power of Harper s performance a revelatory turn that s transformative in every sense of the term 
3
Golda's Balcony
Gary Goldstein
Though for today s movie going audience Golda s Balcony may have limited appeal it s a moving and vital story with many satisfying moments 
3
Golda's Balcony
V.A. Musetto
Golda s Balcony makes one yearn for Ingrid Bergman s portrayal of Meir in the 1982 TV biopic A Woman Called Golda 
1.5
Golda's Balcony
Elizabeth Weitzman
We chart the growth of a woman and a country at the same time a tough assignment that Harper tackles with humor and passion even if her Kissinger impersonation could use a little work 
2.5
Golda's Balcony
John Anderson
The big question is whether Harper s one woman film creates a memorable character out of a woman with whom many audiences will be very familiar The answer has to be no 
1.5
Golda's Balcony
Rob Humanick
One of many recent works that represent the ripples cast outward from the dialogue begun in Steven Spielberg s masterful Munich 
2.5
First Sunday
Austin Kennedy
This movie fails as a comedy a drama a morality play and as a coherent motion picture Awful stuff 
.5
First Sunday
Linda Cook
With its unlikely but sweet natured story First Sunday is a cut above most of the January junk that floods the theaters this time of year 
2.5
First Sunday
Jeffrey Westhoff
Getting religion in the end is no excuse for a parade of bad taste 
1
First Sunday
Marc Savlov
Ice Cube is now Public Enemy Number Fun although First Sunday is only fun if you re in dire need of a modernist urban take on the strain of comedy Abbott and Costello used to practice which let s be honest wasn t that funny to begin with 
1
First Sunday
Larry Ratliff
First Sunday a self described funny and heartwarming comedy stumbles in the comedy department but fills the heart s collection plate with a strong inspirational finish 
2.5
First Sunday
Kam Williams
A cringe inducing cinematic tribute to the Golden Age of Minstrelsy 
0
First Sunday
Jessica Reaves
The movie s total lack of focus and its unimpressive script should render it totally unwatchable Weirdly that doesn t quite happen 
2
First Sunday
Liam Lacey
While we can t presume to know the Lord s mind somewhere in the footnotes to the Ten Commandments there must be a rule about not using insipid piety to excuse incompetent comedy 
1.5
First Sunday
Jason Heck
It tries far too hard and achieves far too little The laughs it causes are guilty ones but not that guilty because there aren t that many 
1.5
First Sunday
Mack Bates
Even as the film s most stereotypical figure stand up comic Katt Williams manages to be the only consistently funny character in this uninspired inspirational comedy 
2
First Sunday
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though Ice Cube and Morgan should make an ideal team neither seems particularly comfortable grappling with Talbert s amateurish script 
2
First Sunday
Kyle Smith
Ice Cube goes cold in First Sunday a heist comedy in which the audience gets robbed 
1.5
First Sunday
Peter Hartlaub
Ice Cube has been taking a lot of heat in recent years for abandoning his tough guy image in exchange for Hollywood stardom and First Sunday appears to be a compromise 
1
First Sunday
Ted Fry
Who wants reality and a hollow inspirational message after a setup promising madcap laughs 
1.5
First Sunday
Claudia Puig
With plot holes the size of boulders it s a bad effort at wacky humor and schmaltzy redemption that plods and preaches gratingly 
1.5
First Sunday
Wesley Morris
A sorry excuse for a ghetto SOS 
1.5
First Sunday
Greg Maki
Its heart is in the right place and it tries hard maybe too hard to earn its sentimental ending 
2
First Sunday
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still if you re a fan of Ice Cube you shouldn t be too disappointed More if you re a fan of Morgan you ll probably be downright pleased Me I m neither here nor there about the darn thing 
2
First Sunday
Daniel M. Kimmel
about as funny as a bad sermon 
1
First Sunday
Willie Waffle
attempts to go for a Tyler Perry esque mishmash of silly comedy melodrama and everyone learning a lesson that will make them better people Ick 
.5
First Sunday
Maitland McDonagh
A slack combination of faith based inspiration and broad hood comedy 
1.5
First Sunday
Steven Rea
This anemic vehicle for Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan to mug and jive through is just weak weak stuff 
1.5
First Sunday
Dustin Putman
Comedies don t have to be high in class as long as they are funny entertaining and do not treat their audience like imbeciles First Sunday fails all three of these qualifications 
1
First Sunday
Jan Stuart
Katt Williams blithely walks off with the second half of First Sunday which more or less walks in place until he arrives 
2
First Sunday
James Berardinelli
While not all of the jokes work in fact some of them misfire badly there are enough low key chuckles to retain a light tone 
2.5
First Sunday
Joe Lozito
David E Talbert s frenetically unfunny comedy about two losers who attempt to rob a church Doesn t have a prayer 
1
First Sunday
Josh Larsen
isn t really funny until it turns sentimental at the end 
1.5
First Sunday
Nick Schager
On the basis of First Sunday it would seem writer director David E Talbert has been keeping close tabs on the creative recipe for success concocted by Tyler Perry 
.5
The Evening Star
Betsy Bozdech
The Evening Star s main shortcoming is that it lacks Terms firm center there s no one mainstay relationship at the heart of the sequel and it suffers 
2.5
The Evening Star
Roger Ebert
Sequels are a chancy business at best but The Evening Star is thin and contrived 
1.5
The Evening Star
Steve Rhodes
The script is by the director Robert Harding and all his jokes fall like stones 
1
Brief Encounter
Mattie Lucas
Lean solidified his mastery of emotional intimacy even without the epic scope and crafted what many consider to be one of his finest achievements 
4
Brief Encounter
Josh Larsen
captures roiling emotions with elegant panache 
4
Brief Encounter
Eric Melin
Brief Encounter makes an illicit love affair more than that giving the doomed romance more of a soul than a thousand tragic romances since then 
4
Brief Encounter
Matt Brunson
Haunting in its evocative mood one enhanced by Robert Krasker s cinematography and Lean s meticulous muted direction Brief Encounter primarily hinges on the extraordinary performance by Celia Johnson 
4
Brief Encounter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How extraordinary that such a simple unassuming little film could work such powerful magic over so many people for so many generations 
4
Brief Encounter
Jeremy Heilman
David Lean s Brief Encounter towers over the majority of romantic films precisely because it calls the bluff of the genre s wish fulfillment 
4
Brief Encounter
James Kendrick
Tender without being melodramatic intense without being tawdry 
4
Safe Passage
Roger Ebert
Most of the time I found myself watching the plot like an elaborate wind up mechanical device I was not often convinced this story was really happening or to real people It was more like an exercise in dramatic construction 
2
The To Do List
Brandy McDonnell
Much like its main character the raunchy romp The To Do List tries too hard to find too much enjoyment for too long 
2
The To Do List
Phil Villarreal
Painfully awkward encounters ensue with Plaza handling it all with her deadpan elegance 
3
The To Do List
David Nusair
The To Do List peters out to a lamentable degree in its padded out final half hour 
2
The To Do List
Willie Waffle
Plaza proves she can handle heading up a movie and doing something different than playing the smoky punk alt girl fantasy
2.5
The To Do List
Michael Smith
Raunchy for the sake of being raunchy Poignancy a key element in making any sex comedy something more important is lacking 
2.5
The To Do List
Susan Wloszczyna
The To Do List settles for surface and cartoony rather than deep and heartfelt 
2.5
The To Do List
Sara Stewart
The To Do List doesn t reinvent the wheel we all know the summer that changed everything trope But it s startling when you realize how rare it is to see a girl chasing sexual experience so doggedly and with such a lighthearted tone 
3.5
The To Do List
Linda Barnard
Don t go to The To Do List expecting a comedy genre buster along the lines of Bridesmaids Rather it s more of a one joke repeater set in the hot Boise Idaho summer of 1993 
2
The To Do List
Stephen Whitty
Even when the film connects I can t help feel that it s mostly because it s set the target too low 
2.5
The To Do List
Mark Dujsik
As subversive as the The To Do List is it s still ultimately familiar and insubstantial fare 
2.5
The To Do List
Austin Kennedy
When I first wrote the headline for this review I accidentally wrote THE DO DO LIST I have never been so right 
1.5
The To Do List
Chris Hewitt
Plaza seems profoundly uncomfortable as Brandy maybe because she s a dozen years too old to play her Or because the sexually frank movie calls for nudity she refused to do That translates into a confusing character 
1
The To Do List
Mick LaSalle
The To Do List is a romantic comedy with no romance and little comedy but with an ugliness of spirit that s surprising and unrelenting 
1
The To Do List
Peter Travers
Does Carey go too far Duh But why gripe when you can t stop laughing 
3
The To Do List
Jason Buchanan
The To Do List feels tailor made for Aubrey Plaza s deadpan delivery but never quite manages to hit its stride despite an impressive supporting cast and an inspired central concept 
2
The To Do List
Stephanie Merry
Boys don t need to be the only ones having fun in an ultra crass comedy 
2.5
The To Do List
Moira MacDonald
Those with a high tolerance for good natured teen raunch could do worse 
2.5
The To Do List
Claudia Puig
Like the fumbling around of first time sex The To Do List has its enjoyable moments but doesn t exactly feel like a peak experience 
2.5
The To Do List
Paul Doro
An absurdly profane comedy that spends its entire time serving up filthy jokes and then trying to top them 
2
The To Do List
Rafer Guzman
So determined to one up the boys that it goes overboard misses its mark and accidentally makes an entirely different kind of statement 
1
The To Do List
Chris Knight
Sweet tempered even while telling the story of a teenage girl s quest to lose her virginity its heart is definitely in the right place 
3
The To Do List
James Berardinelli
The film feels a little like what might happen if the producers of films like Bridesmaids found a lost John Hughes script and adapted it for 2013 audiences 
3
The To Do List
Joe Williams
A middling showcase for rising star Aubrey Plaza 
2.5
The To Do List
Connie Ogle
The To Do List is cheerfully unconcerned with realism the cast is so obviously over high school age it almost becomes part of the joke 
3
The To Do List
Michael Phillips
This is a welcome female centric variation on a familiar theme not the first to deal with a teenage girl s de virginization project but certainly a minority report in a field crowded with boys trying to Get Some 
2.5
The To Do List
Matt Pais
Is this a sex comedy or an episode of I Love the 90s 
2
The To Do List
Dustin Putman
Loose and limber proudly R rated and wickedly amusing 
2.5
The To Do List
Ty Burr
In its exuberantly smutty way The To Do List is revolutionary A teen sex comedy where the girls get to play nasty and the boys stand around looking terrified 
3
The To Do List
Roger Moore
Plaza of TV s Parks and Recreation fearlessly puts it all out there as a teen put out that she hasn t put out 
3
The To Do List
Andrew Schenker
Essentially the film aims to trade in the awkwardness of teen sexuality but too often settles for the gross out gag instead 
2
Windfall
James Kendrick
while Windfall is opportunistic in a good way 44 it still isn 8217 t quite good enough to overcome its intended limitations
2.5
Windfall
Brian Eggert
If the trio of well known actors distracts with low key entertainment value for the film s brief 92 minute runtime none of it manages to hold much weight 
2
Windfall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s so slight that the actors have to do their best to convince us that this ludicrous situation is actually happening but fortunately Jason Segel Lily Collins Jesse Plemons as well as a fourth actor Omar Leyva are good enough to do just that 
2.5
Windfall
Josh Larsen
Can a film be unpredictable and yet somehow unsurprising 
2.5
Windfall
Brian Tallerico
Theres at least one great performance in here and the whole venture clocks in at a blissfully brief 90 minutes or so 
2.5
Windfall
Roger Moore
It isnt bad Its just predictable and dully inconsequential 
2
Windfall
Chris Barsanti
Windfall has a difficult time landing on the right tone or getting a bead on its characters 
2
Windfall
Mark Dujsik
There s tension in the situation but it s also within ourselves since we have no idea how we should be feeling about this 
3
Windfall
Richard Roeper
Sometimes tense often comically absurd and always engrossing 
3
Windfall
Mick LaSalle
In the end about the only thing that could have saved Windfall was a really good ending But what we get is something gimmicky that makes no psychological sense and that the actors cannot make work 
1
Tau
Federico Furzan
Tau had so much potential and delivers so little that the final product feels like an incomplete version of the movie Full review in Spanish 
2
Tau
David Nusair
An erratic yet watchable sci fi effort 
3
Tau
Roger Moore
Dull sci fi abduction thriller that goes down the rabbit hole of ridiculous and never comes back out 
1.5
Tau
Nick Allen
A wannabe thriller about artificial intelligence with little wit of its own 
1.5
Expecting Mercy
David Nusair
Al Pacino himself would be hard pressed to elevate this material 
1
Poolhall Junkies
Chris Hewitt
When Christopher Walken saunters into Poolhall Junkies he kicks it from so so to worthwhile 
2
Poolhall Junkies
David Nusair
Though there s not much in Poolhall Junkies we haven t seen many times before the film manages to remain mostly entertaining due mostly to some surprisingly effective performances and a brisk pace 
2.5
Poolhall Junkies
Jason Anderson
As a director Callahan wants the verve that Martin Scorsese brought to The Color of Money but his visual approach is careless relying too much on clichéd slo mo and hasty edits 
1.5
Poolhall Junkies
Walter Chaw
A poster of The Color of Money in one poolhall is less homage than ironic 
1
Poolhall Junkies
Jan Stuart
90 minutes of slow leaking macho stomach gas in which everyone talks like they were on brawny pills and every tawdry song on the soundtrack makes you feel as if you were trapped in a lap dance club 
1
Poolhall Junkies
Lou Lumenick
This film coulda been a contender if Callahan hadn t worn so many hats but it has moments that make it worth waiting for on video 
2
Poolhall Junkies
Bob Strauss
It s good for a little engaging diversion provided you find casual self destructiveness foul language and the occasional brutal beating diverting 
2.5
Poolhall Junkies
Jeff Vice
The cinematic equivalent of a train wreck 
1
Poolhall Junkies
Sean P. Means
Not even Walken can deliver Callahan s pseudo Raymond Chandler dialogue without prompting unintentional giggles 
2
Poolhall Junkies
Josh Larsen
It s easy to like Mars Callahan the writer director star of Poolhall Junkies but the problem is he seems to like himself even more 
2
Poolhall Junkies
Roger Ebert
Is this a great movie Not at all Is it more or less consistently entertaining Yes 
3
Poolhall Junkies
Robert K. Elder
If it s hard to make a Western without John Wayne it s even tougher to film a pool hall flick without Paul Newman as Poolhall Junkies proves 
2
Manito
Marta Barber
The film shows a capsule of American urban life where few outside the community venture in Eason hands out an invitation to do so Accept it willingly 
3
Manito
Alex Kranz
The movie barrels painfully through increasing misfortunes leaving filmgoers to walk out with the rawest of reactions 
3
Manito
Edward Guthmann
A low budget wonder 
3
Manito
Elizabeth Weitzman
A remarkably assured feature debut Eric Eason s raw intimate movie deftly captures the kinetic energy of its Washington Heights setting 
3
Manito
Janice Page
What Manito delivers that its cable TV cousins rarely seem interested in exploring are the tiniest details of the real urban hood where its stories take place 
3
Manito
Roger Ebert
Where do the actors come from who can walk into their first picture and act with such effortless effect 
3.5
Manito
Megan Lehmann
Eason has crafted a small independent film that has an outsized impact 
3
Manito
John Anderson
Eason has made a film about family tragedy that sings along on an electrical pulse of energetic editing convincing naturalism and a confident sense of turf 
3
Manito
Bruce Newman
Flaunts all of its potential liabilities microscopic budget first time director unknown cast downbeat story and one by one transforms them into soaring triumphs 
3.5
Manito
Patrick Z. McGavin
Captures in unadorned style the energy and emotions binding a Dominican family in Manhattan s Washington Heights section 
3.5
Manito
Harvey S. Karten
A gritty look at one of Manhattan s more vibrant neighborhoods 
3
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Leo Brady
Although the word Adventure is in the title there s little to enjoy in this mundane and easily forgettable trip back to the Ice Age 
1
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Mark Meszoros
During a recent afternoon viewing thoughts of making coffee were followed by thoughts of making MORE coffee 
2
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Kevin Carr
It s nice to see these other annoying characters get their own movie 
2.5
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I know I m not the target audience I still shouldn t have loathed every second I spent watching The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild 
1
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Mark Kennedy
Visually and storytelling wise it s not a cut above much of what kids can watch on TV these days This is a franchise that looks like it s slowly going the way of the dinos while we drool 
2
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Mike McGranaghan
I d call The Ice Age Advenures of Buck Wild a bottom of the barrel family film but the last few Ice Age sequels were bottom of the barrel This one is the sludge underneath the barrel 
1
Dirty Harry
Matt Brunson
Director Don Siegel s classic sci fi flick Invasion of the Body Snatchers was alternately read as both right wing anti Commie and left wing anti McCarthyism and he found his controversial police thriller experiencing the same sort of dichotomy 
3.5
Dirty Harry
David Nusair
essentially the template for play by his own rules cop pictures 
3.5
Dirty Harry
Josh Larsen
a straw man movie 
1.5
Dirty Harry
Scott Nash
An iconic performance by Clint Eastwood creates a cinematic immortal 
4
Dirty Harry
Roger Ebert
If there aren t mentalities like Dirty Harry s at loose in the land then the movie is irrelevant If there are we should not blame the bearer of the bad news 
3
Dirty Harry
Steve Rhodes
Do you feel lucky Well you will be if you get the DIRTY HARRY collection being re released to some sharp looking DVDs 
3.5
Honeyland
John Beifuss
This eye opener about a honey harvesting elderly woman in rural Macedonia is yes sweet but yes again it stings 
4
Honeyland
Robert Horton
Amazing in the way it brings to life a human dilemma between people who have developed a way of getting along with the world that makes life sustainable and people who will cash in for short term profit and exterminate the source of their own income 
3.5
Honeyland
Alan French
The camerawork feels greater than one would expect from a documentary 46 Like Free Solo 44 the audience leaves with a grander appreciation for the natural world 46 
3.5
Honeyland
Mattie Lucas
Stefanov and Kotevska deftly probe the delicate balance between humans and nature and the somewhat tenuous connection that allows both to thrive 
3.5
Honeyland
Rene Sanchez
A simple yet touching environmental fable with a powerful and hopeful message Full Review in Spanish 
4
Honeyland
James Kendrick
As Honeyland makes clear in a gentle subtle way the relationship between humanity and the world in which we live must be handled with care 
3.5
Honeyland
Cate Marquis
Honeyland is a documentary that is beautifully filmed has a moving human story and unforgettable people as well as something important to say about the value of traditional sustainable practices 
4
Honeyland
Ty Burr
Grave and wise Honeyland is ultimately an act of faith and the filmmakers extend the idea of balance all the way to the film s implicit moral 
4
Honeyland
Josh Larsen
depicts a balance between humanity and the natural world that feels all but lost in this modern age 
3.5
Honeyland
Roger Moore
An elegiac and visually striking tragedy about bees being a good steward of the land and the rednecks who threaten to ruin it all 
3.5
Honeyland
Josh Terry
The film is a memorable portrait of a region and its people and a vivid lesson about the nature of craft and hard work 
3.5
Honeyland
Gary Thompson
Like many a good documentary Honeyland takes us to a faraway land and culture in a way that reveals what is distinctive and what is universal about people 
3.5
Honeyland
Robert Daniels
Honeyland is as much about the gooey sticky nectar as it is a story of perseverance 
3.5
Honeyland
Michael O'Sullivan
Honeyland sneaks up on you in a quiet yet powerful way 
3
Honeyland
Mike McGranaghan
This is a beautiful meditation on the desire to maintain simplicity in an increasingly complicated world 
3.5
Honeyland
Peter Howell
This amazing doc a multiple prize winner at Sundance 2019 makes for the most primal of environmental allegories 
3.5
Honeyland
Joe Friar
Vivid storytelling and visually stunning The delicate balance between nature and humanity is on display in this award winning Sundance documentary 
4
Honeyland
Monica Castillo
Honeyland is both an immersive experience and an undeniably gorgeous reflection on our relationship to nature 
3.5
Honeyland
Mark Dujsik
A simple but involving documentary Honeyland is a reminder that there are fascinating stories to be found everywhere 
3
Honeyland
Keith Watson
It reminds us that there s indeed a better way to interact with our planet mdash one rooted in patience tradition and a true respect for our surroundings 
3.5
Nana
Rob Humanick
The film is most impressive as that rarest of creatures a crowd pleaser with a genuinely artistic touch 
3
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Roger Ebert
There s a certain flabbiness in its philosophy And yet I reacted very favorably to some scenes in the film and I think Hoffman s two long scenes with Barbara Harris are among the best cinema I ve seen in some time 
3
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Peter Canavese
Over a decade after the premiere of Batman The Animated Series the extended Batman animation family hasn t quite worn out its welcome 
2.5
Death to Prom
Kristin Tillotson
Tries so hard and gets so much right that you can t help but root for it even though the casts line delivery never lets you forget they re acting 
2.5
Death to Prom
Chris Hewitt
It s fun to see the Twin Cities used so well in such a good looking movie but there are script and acting issues 
2
Iron Man
Scott Nash
A boxing movie that won t exactly knock you out 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Namrata Joshi
The plot is predictable the characters are never fleshed out 
1
Eight Legged Freaks
Michael Dequina
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3
Eight Legged Freaks
Greg Maki
There s something distasteful about a supposed B movie made with the financial backing of a major Hollywood studio and production company 
1
Eight Legged Freaks
Tyler Hanley
Fans of the Kevin Bacon action comedy Tremors 1989 will feel right at home 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
David Nusair
Eight Legged Freaks clearly wants to be a Gremlins for the 21st century but never quite makes it due to lackluster character development and shaky pacing 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Ian Mantgani
The enormo spiders have exactly the right presence but the movie fails in its hour of introduction its townspeople are not funny they re boring 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Jon Niccum
The pure malevolence of the movie has to be appreciated on some level not even one of the family pets lives to see daylight 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Dan Lybarger
Eight Legged Freaks is a rare creature feature that actually suffers when the filmmakers try to make the human characters more like the genuine articles 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Matt Brunson
As befits its title this PG 13 rated piffle is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Linda Cook
Eight Legged Freaks No big hairy deal 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Cory Cheney
if you re just in the mood for a fun but bad movie you might want to catch Freaks as a matinee 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Mike McGranaghan
A parody of 50 s sci fi horror movies that still takes itself seriously enough to be good creepy fun 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Mark Dujsik
I liked the movie but I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further I m left slightly disappointed that it didn t 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
David N. Butterworth
Squishy buggin fun 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
James Kendrick
an amusing retro ride for those who can find humor in the marauding antics of arachnids with gigantism
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Jonathan R. Perry
The B movie is back in business and it s here to stay 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Collin Souter
A good old fashioned drive in B movie that makes no pretense about being anything else It doesn t take itself too seriously It s just goofy 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Joe Leydon
More often than not the mutated spiders serve as punchlines for grisly sight gags A little bit of this is genuinely amusing A lot of it which is what Elkayem provides is merely repetitive 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
David Elliott
Too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining 
1.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Reilly Capps
As green guts monster movies go it s a beaut 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Emily Blunt
Cheesy horror flick done with velteeta smoothness Hahahahaha
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Lawrence Toppman
The cheesier it got the more I liked it 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Michael Wilmington
However many screaming teenagers it produces at the multiplexes Eight Legged Freaks isn t good or funny enough to reinvigorate the style It can t even maintain its own initial zing 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Tony Toscano
A fun scream filled campy and popcorn munching way to spend an afternoon in a movie house 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Josh Larsen
Eight Legged Freaks just wants to be one big joke Good thinking now if only it were funny 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Forrest Hartman
In the end the trouble with Eight Legged Freaks is you ll find a lot more laughs in the pictures that inspired it 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Dustin Putman
Not nearly as savvy a send up of the genre as it thinks it is 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Mike Clark
Neither as scary funny as Tremors nor demented funny as Starship Troopers the movie isn t tough to take as long as you ve paid a matinee price 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Chris Hewitt
The laugh laugh scare laugh laugh scare formula is so predictable there s something comforting about it maybe because it connects us to a favorite old movie genre we haven t seen in a while and that we re glad to have back 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Moira MacDonald
Not scary enough to work as a straight up horror flick and nowhere near funny enough to be a passable spoof 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Loey Lockerby
Eight Legged Freaks is a decent homage to the classics but never quite understands what made its predecessors so appealing in the first place 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Connie Ogle
Eight Legged Freaks limps along spinning not a silken web but an extremely derivative tattered one not likely to snare anybody s interest 
1
Eight Legged Freaks
Glenn Lovell
Good for a quick adrenaline surge until the next horror fix comes along 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Jonathan Curiel
Because Eight Legged Freaks is partly an homage to Them Tarantula and other low budget B movie thrillers of the 1950s and 60s the movie is a silly but not sophomoric romp through horror and hellish conditions 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Mary Kalin-Casey
It s too bad that the drive in is virtually extinct Eight Legged Freaks would be perfect on a hot summer night with all of this silliness offering no end of popcorn munching fun 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Steven Rea
The movie s combination of unabashedly fun carnage cool special effects and tongue in cheek dialogue keeps the ball rolling 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Marty Mapes
The only entertainment value is what you yourself bring to it
1.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Jonathan Foreman
A real pleasure in its laid back way 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Mack Bates
As any creature feature fan knows when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures you get a lot of running around screaming and death On that score the film certainly doesn t disappoint 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
Ray Conlogue
Eight Legged Freaks falls flat as a spoof 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Jeff Vice
A healthy dose of scares or laughs might have saved this dud from its own worst instincts Then again so would a cast of characters the audience cares about at least to the degree that we care whether they live or die 
1.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Glenn Whipp
A repetitive exercise in cheesy terror 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Roger Ebert
Eight Legged Freaks is clever and funny is amused by its special effects and leaves you feeling like you ve seen a movie instead of an endless trailer 
3
Eight Legged Freaks
James Berardinelli
If all of Eight Legged Freaks was as entertaining as the final hour I would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Phil Villarreal
The film makes a joke then nudges you in the ribs saying Hey that was funny right Right Um no 
1
Eight Legged Freaks
Walter Chaw
Somewhere short of Tremors on the modern B scene neither as funny nor as clever though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Steven Snyder
Hey it s not Shakespeare but it doesn t need to be 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Ed Gonzalez
Arquette makes for a thoroughly boorish hero his delirious They re here They re here outcry suggestive of the film s failed potential 
2
Eight Legged Freaks
Rob Blackwelder
It s not a great monster movie But if you ve paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn there s guilty fun to be had here Chomp chomp 
2.5
Eight Legged Freaks
Steve Rhodes
A silly and fun B movie that s best when it s the most ridiculous 
3
The Business of Disease
Kam Williams
Low production values aside this iconoclastic expose has a wealth of information to offer the very open minded 
4
The Green Knight
David Gonzalez
The Green Knight is not for the faint of heart 46 Its methodical pacing will challenge viewers 44 but its execution will warrant cinephiles accepting that challenge 46 As a result 44 it 8217 s one of Lowery 8217 s best films and one of the best films of 2021 46 
4
The Green Knight
Brian Eggert
The Green Knight plays like conceptual art stretched over a narrative faade Its themes feel grossly underserviced by a production too concerned with appearances which is a shame given the potential of both the sights and ideas behind them 
2.5
The Green Knight
John Beifuss
Another haunting and profound enchantment from David Lowery 
3.5
The Green Knight
Diandra Reviews
The Green Knight becomes a distinct virtuous warning in a world of wannabe influencers to not kill yourself to become a story others tell 
3.7
The Green Knight
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A romantic fantasy so overwhelming it leaves you shivering in awe of cinema s possibilities 
4
The Green Knight
Walter Chaw
A glorious spiritual adaptation of the idea at the centre of the text 
4
The Green Knight
Mattie Lucas
An ethereal spectacle part Tarkovsky part Herzog a surreal morality play that feels at once ancient and contemporary a myth spun out of time 
3.5
The Green Knight
Joe Friar
Not since John Boorman s Excalibur has there been such a visually stunning and enchanting tale based on King Arthur mythology David Lowery s monumental achievement 
4
The Green Knight
Rene Sanchez
An impeccable medieval epic that leads us through an introspective journey about man s desire to transcend and achieve greatness Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Green Knight
Erik Childress
David Lowery s film is the kind that makes one reconnect with their love of the movies an artform of grandeur spectacle that can transport us into our own being to examine who we want to see in the mirror and on screen Extraordinary filmmaking 
4
The Green Knight
Mark Feeney
Pacing velocity and flow don t interest Lowery He knows the effects he wants and skilled as he is knows how to get them But are they worth getting 
2
The Green Knight
Tom Meek
The whole dreamy rendering is rooted but simultaneously airy a lofty lore freakishly forged by visionary filmmaking 
4
The Green Knight
Colleen Morrissey
Those looking for a film that does full justice to the original tale may be disappointed by The Green Knight s lapse into a familiar story of a womanizing ne er do well taught the true value of honor through his trials 
2
The Green Knight
Kevin A. Ranson
For those who delight in the manipulations of court politics and the scourge of societal roles pushed upon those with no understanding of them this is the deep cut spooky Arthurian art house film they only dreamed might one day exist 
4
The Green Knight
James Berardinelli
The Green Knight has its share of flaws but there s a freshness to Lowery s approach that demands to be noticed 
3
The Green Knight
Jeff Mitchell
With all the gushing cinematic pomp and circumstance Lowery s film is a simple game of truth AND dare Well I d rather not play but I ll watch 
3
The Green Knight
Roger Moore
More conventional than you expect
3
The Green Knight
Kevin Carr
It s a gorgeous movie and it has some really nice elements to it But it s not for everyone and it can be challenging at times 
3
The Green Knight
Sean P. Means
Patel provides the humanity that anchors the dreamlike sometimes surreal images that Lowery produces a dose of old soul wisdom that makes The Green Knight a story for the ages 
3.5
The Green Knight
Richard Roeper
A dazzling dizzying fever dream 
3
The Green Knight
Cate Marquis
The Green Knight transforms a 14th Medieval poem into a gorgeous piece of cinema art 
4
The Green Knight
Johnny Oleksinski
The film seizes Lowery s best skills as a director his eye for innocence and nature and how he uses slowness to deepen a story 
3
The Green Knight
Josh Larsen
about the very idea of legends how they grow what they reveal what they conceal 
3.5
The Green Knight
Sonny Bunch
The Green Knight is undoubtedly beautiful It is equally undoubtedly weird 
2.5
The Green Knight
Sara Michelle Fetters
In virtually every scene Patel is simply marvelous 
3.5
The Green Knight
Jake Coyle
The chapters don t cohere in a sustained rhythm but in richly evocative imagery The Green Knight makes its own vivid film language and pacing 
3
The Green Knight
Lisa Trifone
In writer director Lowery s hands this well worn story that s been around for literal centuries becomes something extraordinarily original 
4
The Green Knight
Mark Dujsik
The Green Knight feels like an anachronistic oddity a film from and of another time and another world 
3.5
The Green Knight
Michael O'Sullivan
The Green Knight casts a magical and sometimes mist bound spell 
3.5
The Green Knight
Mick LaSalle
The freedom that Lowery assumes for himself is staggering and encouraging The Green Knight is artistically from Jupiter except that its real source resides deep in the human soul 
3
The Green Knight
Keith Watson
A methodical if largely allegorical exploration of its main character s psyche the film smooths out the enduring mysteries opaque psychology and narrative idiosyncrasies of its source material 
2.5
The Green Knight
Leo Brady
The Green Knight is a piece of art a pristine wonder of storytelling being brought to life and leaving us to think about what it all meant 
4
The Green Knight
Joey Magidson
The Green Knight is going to delight a lot of cinephiles especially those who have been looking forward to it for a year It s also going to frustrate mainstream moviegoers 
3
The Green Knight
Brandon Katz
Those expecting an Arthurian sword and sandals battle epic will be sorely disappointed Instead Lowery has delivered a dense sensual almost dream like tale of chivalry magic temptation and transformation 
3
The Green Knight
Michael Phillips
The movie s more ruminative than exuberant It s also fully invested in making its own kind of magic on its own time 
3.5
The Green Knight
Brian Tallerico
A mesmerizing journey guided by Lowery s incredibly poetic eye career best work from Dev Patel and an artistic sensibility that transports audiences to another world 
4
The Green Knight
Brian Truitt
Several heads roll though it s your mind that ll get truly blown by The Green Knight a visually dazzling and thoughtful trip back to Camelot 
3.5
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Kam Williams
Comprehensive bio pic of the Beat Generation poet best remembered for Howl the epic poem which opens with the immortal line I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness Cool Daddy O 
4
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Chris Hewitt
Exactly what its sardonic trail blazing brilliant subject was not square 
2
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
David Sterritt
His readings of his own work are especially thoughtful moving and provocative in the best possible ways 
4
Closeness
Roger Moore
It s a very rough and rough hewn film But the violence gratuitous as it seems serves a purpose 
2.5
Wet Asphalt
Walter Chaw
Relentlessly ridiculous 
0
The Shipment
Walter Chaw
That the cover art features a cow looking over its shoulder while the title of the picture guides the eye to the animal s rectum should be warning enough for any reasonable person 
0
Voodoo Macbeth
Matt Brunson
Ambitious if occasionally awkward 46 
2.5
Voodoo Macbeth
Roger Moore
Ten student directors and eight student screenwriters and a cast of mostly little known players take their best shot at this touchstone event in 1930s theater and in the career of Welles 46 They fall well short of the mark 46 
1.5
The M Word
David Wiegand
This is a sloppy poorly paced effort that wastes a decent cast The M might as well have stood for mess 
1
The M Word
Chuck Bowen
Like a number of cult directors to emerge in the 1970s Henry Jaglom values a party atmosphere at the expense of narrative cohesion 
3
The M Word
Kam Williams
The legendary Henry Jaglom proves as masterful as ever at creating fascinating characters designed to make you both laugh and reflect 
4
Killing Ends (Matando Cabos)
Marta Barber
The Alejandro Lozano film may lack the writing finesse shown by the Coen brothers or Quentin Tarantino but the Latin touch makes up for the rough spots 
2.5
Killing Ends (Matando Cabos)
Bob Strauss
First time feature director and co writer Alejandro Lozano can t maintain his plot s cleverness nor the split second comic timing a film with this many crazy coincidences needs to succeed 
2
Killing Ends (Matando Cabos)
Bruce Newman
What makes this movie funny and different from all the pictures it may remind you of is the relentlessness of its characters amorality 
3
Killing Ends (Matando Cabos)
Jorge Avila Andrade
Estupendo ejercicio de cine realizado sin pretensiones mayores que la de entretener un buen rato al espectador lo cual logra con creces 
3
The Terminator
Andrew Sarris
This action flick has more than a few moments of intimacy lyricism and tenderness as it confronts the bleak prospects for mankind from a matriarchal point of view 
3
The Terminator
Josh Larsen
Those nightmares we ve all had about being chased by some relentless unstoppable monster This is the movie adaptation 
3
The Terminator
Matt Brunson
Still a toss up between The Terminator and Aliens as to which James Cameron picture ranks as his best this propulsively exciting yarn about a murderous cyborg has long staked its claim as a classic science fiction or otherwise for the ages 
4
The Terminator
Rob Humanick
Remains a surprisingly meditative work its concentrated visceral bursts not unlike punctuation marks among something more brooding even prayerful 
4
The Terminator
Jordan Hiller
Throughout his extraordinary legend in his own time career James Cameron has done very little that cannot be legitimately considered well ahead of its time 
4
The Terminator
Peter Canavese
A cyberpunk picture that flirts with emotional resonance but mostly focuses on the gut testosterone fueled estrogen boosted action melodrama 
3.5
The Terminator
David Nusair
James Cameron s fast paced downright propulsive directorial sensibilities ensure that there are few lulls within the narrative 
3
The Terminator
Ian Mantgani
At the end of both movies I find myself overcome by an extraordinary swell of emotion 
4
The Terminator
Bill Chambers
The Terminator was James Cameron s second film and remains his most crisply written in every respect 
3.5
The Terminator
James Kendrick
seamlessly melds the best narrative mind tricks of science fiction literature with the visceral violence of the best action movies
3.5
The Terminator
James O'Ehley
To my mind better than its successor for pure freshness this film shows a keen understanding and love of the sci fi genre 
4
The Terminator
James Berardinelli
The movie s strength is that like The Matrix it combines action with ideas 
3.5
An Angel at My Table
Josh Larsen
dramatizes the life of Janet Frame in a way only Jane Campion could 
3.5
An Angel at My Table
Matt Brunson
A celebration of the creative process and its ability to hone heal and save 
3
An Angel at My Table
Eric Henderson
Campion s knack for solitary yet paradoxically epic scope nibbles off Laura Jones s bite sized scene sketches of loneliness and makes entire meals of them 
2.5
An Angel at My Table
Roger Ebert
Jane Campion s An Angel at My Table tells Janet Frame s story in a way that I found strangely engrossing from beginning to end This is not a hyped up biopic or a soap opera but simply the record of a life as lived 
4
Heaven Can Wait
Matt Brunson
What begins as a sprightly comedy eventually turns into an affecting look at loneliness ageism and mortality 
3.5
Monrovia, Indiana
Mattie Lucas
Wiseman is a peerless filmmaker and Monrovia Indiana is a testament to his talent as a quiet observer 
3.5
Monrovia, Indiana
Ann Hornaday
Like all of Wiseman s films Monrovia Indiana possesses almost meditative power 
3.5
Monrovia, Indiana
David Lewis
As usual Wiseman s scenes extend for long stretches which can be an acquired taste for some viewers Yet this time around he ends his film with one of the most shattering sequences of his career 
3
Monrovia, Indiana
Mark Feeney
Given enough time Wiseman would conceivably want to make documentaries about everything That s amazing What s even more amazing If anyone could actually do it it s Wiseman
2.5
Monrovia, Indiana
Bob Bloom
Watching Monrovia Indiana is like driving or walking around the town and the surrounding area stopping at various points to sit in and listen to the residents and observe their daily lives 
3.5
Monrovia, Indiana
Robert Daniels
There s a natural drama in life an organic meditation in the preparation of ground beef or the cutting of pork chops the sharpening of a knife They re the tiny bits of life that Wiseman s film clings to 
4
Monrovia, Indiana
Ben Sachs
These are lovely images but they leave a disturbing aftertaste The final take away from Monrovia Indiana is that the town is a great place to be an inanimate object 
3
Monrovia, Indiana
Glenn Kenny
Wiseman s portrait reveals emptiness that s subtle and unforced but becomes devastating 
4
Monrovia, Indiana
Roger Moore
An old man s overlong elegy to a duller than dull small town full of old men 
2
Monrovia, Indiana
Angelo Muredda
One of the nonfiction master s fleetest funniest and most conspicuously structured films in some time 
3.5
Monrovia, Indiana
Chuck Bowen
As always with Frederick Wiseman it s the quotidian gestures that haunt one in Monrovia Indiana 
4
Earthquake Bird
Roger Moore
A middling whodunit it s still a fine vehicle for Vikander an actress of quiet reserve and inner fury 
2.5
Earthquake Bird
Brian Tallerico
There s a decent movie buried somewhere deep in the willfully dull Earthquake Bird 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sarah Knight Adamson
Eclipse is a film for a target audience and this one hits the bullseye 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Mattie Lucas
Eclipse may be the best of the three Twilight films but that s almost like saying that being knee deep in bird excrement is better than being knee deep in rat excrement 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Jeff Beck
For Eclipse it was easy to go through the list of old complaints and check them off one by one as the film progressed including a story that leads absolutely nowhere 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Michael Dequina
Like Bella non fans have a choice and making a choice to stay away may save one some bewilderment 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
John Beifuss
Well I am hotter than you This supposed reference to body temperature uttered by werehunk Jacob to sparkly vampire Edward is not just the funniest line in the film but a nice distillation of the tension that now drives the series 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
James Kendrick
brings a smoother more confident style and tone that balances the romance and the violence in a way that gives the film more weight 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Simon Abrams
Everything that could and should be elaborated at length to make for a convincing or even just passably trashy love story is glossed over here just as much as in the last two Twilight movies 
.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Lori Hoffman
It s a nice mix of comedy and action especially with the running gag of Jacob appearing shirtless early and often so Jacob fanatics can howl about his hot abs 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
David Nusair
one of the most satisfying big budget extravaganzas to come around in quite some time 
3.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kam Williams
A compelling enough sequel certain to enthrall the target demographic apt to agree that it s a big improvement over Twilight 2 though not nearly as enchanting as the original 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Scott Nash
Still bad but just maybe mildly less bad than the previous two 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Matt Brunson
The Twilight Saga Eclipse isn t the best of three but neither is it the worst Obviously we re not talking about quality to match the Toy Story trilogy but neither are we plumbing the Police Academy or Friday the 13th depths 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Mike McGranaghan
I enjoyed Eclipse about as much as someone outside the target audience can but that still isn t enough to merit an outright recommendation 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
John Wirt
More than ever u2014 and all for the love of sullen high school senior Bella Swan u2014 it s teen wolf vs teen vampire 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Robert Levin
There s a narrative of sorts but it stands squarely behind the flat conversing and posturing of the washboard abs blessed Jacob moody Edward and humorless Bella 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Eric Melin
The third in the teenage girl vampire werewolf love trilogy series is full of story parallels that make the central decision by Bella a very strong core for the film despite some more corny dialogue 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kit Bowen
For the Twihard fans Eclipse should thrill and excite to no end for the rest of the world it stands as the best of the three in the saga 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Jeffrey Westhoff
Not as deathly dull as Twilight or as screamingly dull as New Moon Eclipse is merely dull 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Alison Gang
My inner adolescent craves a role model who s got more going for her than a melodramatic crush 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rossiter Drake
By punctuating Bella s hand wringing histrionics with moments of comic relief Slade strikes a pleasing balance that future Twilight directors might well find instructive 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Peter Canavese
Increasingly picturesque photography amped up action borrowed poetry and age old romance have The Twilight Saga on its surest footing yet that is until the youngsters grow up and realize True Blood tells the same story so much better 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Lisa Kennedy
While the new Eclipse remains foremost a flick for devotees it has sturdier pleasures and takes on its emotional ambitions with renewed dedication 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
James Berardinelli
Kristin Stewart an actress who shows amazing range and ability when not playing Bella continues to do her best imitation of a cardboard cutout here 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Noah Berlatsky
This is definitely the worst installment of the franchise to date 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Mike Scott
Eclipse the third in the Twilight series is more than just corny Eclipse is boring It s exceedingly boring 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Stephen Whitty
Although Eclipse isn t a great film on its own it s pretty much the Twilight movie fans have been waiting for 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Duane Dudek
The Twilight Saga Eclipse is like two lovers looking in each other s eyes and murmuring things meaningful to only them Anyone not in the embrace is unlikely to understand or care what is being said 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kyle Smith
The Twilight Saga Eclipse dispenses with much of the caramel gooeyness of the first two episodes in favor of decent action some heartfelt tender moments and even a splash of wit This time they re actually Twi ing 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Bob Bloom
Eclipse is a vast improvement over the first two movies The pacing is quicker and more movement is evident 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Christian Toto
Poor acting lousy special effects and theatrics better suited for an Afterschool Special Yup Twilight is back 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Willie Waffle
Everybody wakes up from a brooding induced slumber to liven it up I think Edward even smiled 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Dustin Putman
Darker grittier and a tad more thought provoking than the previous installments Eclipse is certainly tops among the first three even as storywise the characters are more or less in the same place by the end that they were in the beginning 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Keith Cohen
Much like the Harry Potter series the gap widens considerably between the readers and non readers with a noticeable effect on the enjoyment factor and entertainment value The faithful fans familiar with the characters have a 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sara Michelle Fetters
The last half hour or so has actual weight and meaning the violent tendencies of these supernatural creatures in full ferocious display for the very first time in any of the three adventures 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Peter Keough
There s no excuse for Stephenie Meyer s terrible writing And now her mind numbing logorrhea has overwhelmed whatever salvage operation the big screen can offer 
1
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Jeff Vice
It s still has the angst filled melodrama that made the others so insufferable and its attempts to be funny come off as cutesy and forced Worse still it s boring for long stretches 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Ann Hornaday
If Slade doesn t necessarily advance the medium with this installment he nonetheless advances the franchise with enough lucidity and skill that he s persuaded at least one erstwhile agnostic to take a stand 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Chris Hewitt
Slade has encouraged the actors to see the humor in the film s goofy love triangle 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Moira MacDonald
Anyone walking into Eclipse without seeing the previous two movies would be genuinely perplexed behavior that barely makes sense when you know the story becomes truly nutty without context 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Amy Biancolli
Melissa Rosenberg s screenplay like her scripts for the first two installments is faithful enough to Meyer s soap operatic inclinations but I kind of wish she weren t I kind of wish Bella weren t such an indecisive wuss about her feelings 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sean P. Means
Slade can t completely overcome the mistakes from the first two films such as the fake looking werewolf computer graphics or the bland miscasting of Dakota Fanning as the head Volturi 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Peter Travers
The Twilight Saga Eclipse is just one more walk on the mild sides for tweens who dream of being penetrated by cold flesh that will keep them young and cute forever 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Walter Chaw
If this were an interesting film the struggle would be between the pull of religious fundamentalism and gasp miscegenation 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kent Turner
No question this is the most successful entry so far and that s high praise considering the first two films were comatose in comparison 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Matt Soergel
Probably the best in the series and a definite rebound from the bland second one It will make its intended audience swoon 
3.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sharon Hoffmann
The film s arsenal of action and emotion makes Eclipse the best Twilight movie yet 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kevin C. Johnson
Why the bloodsucker and the wolf boy treat Bella as if she s the cat s meow is still a mystery 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Peter Howell
Eclipse suffers from an excess of characters and dialogue and a shortage of real plot changes even with Hard Candy s sharp eyed David Slade at the helm 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Wesley Morris
These movies are more about the experience of hearing girls and women who should know better holler at the screen They could just as well be at a concert 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Steven Rea
Easily the least compelling least fun entry in the saga thus far 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Liam Lacey
This is the first Twilight film that feels like a real movie in its own right not just a spin off from a mass literary cult 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rene Rodriguez
Eclipse like its two predecessors is ham fisted and obvious a mass market entertainment with a frustrating lack of imagination anemic plotting how were those novels so fat and no aspirations toward anything greater than box office ka ching 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Michael Phillips
More happens in Eclipse than in the previous Twilight zone New Moon and yet it s duller 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Roger Moore
The Twilight Saga comes close to that sweet spot between swooning silliness and special effects slaughter with Eclipse the third film in the series 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Claudia Puig
This third go round won t make Twihard converts of the rest of us 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Roger Ebert
For most of its languorous running time it listens to conversations between Bella and Edward Bella and Jacob Edward and Jacob and Edward and Bella and Jacob This would play better if any of them were clever conversationalists 
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Thelma Adams
Eclipse s balance of PG 13 romance and bone crunching action will satisfy Twi Hards and appeal to supernatural romantics who haven t completely converted to TV s True Blood 
3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sean O'Connell
The best film in the series though that s the equivalent of declaring Moe to be the sharpest Stooge 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Linda Cook
Eclipse has a little more uh meat than the previous offerings in the Twilight series 
3.5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Josh Larsen
Forget romantic thriller this is an abstinence thriller 
2
Fateless
Ty Burr
Fateless looks man s inhumanity to man square in the eye and pronounces it standard operating procedure and that may be the greater horror 
3.5
Fateless
John Beifuss
When Gyorgy speaks like a junkie remembering his addiction of the happiness of the camps the moment is far scarier than the images of pale corpses and hangman s nooses 
3.5
Fateless
Bruce Westbrook
Epic in scope and imagery the film is a haunting look at mankind s capacity for inhumanity as well as survival 
3.5
Fateless
Michael Wilmington
The film is on a level just slightly below Schindler s List and The Pianist and only because Koltai is a less powerful practiced director than either Steven Spielberg or Roman Polanski 
3.5
Fateless
John Monaghan
With its first person approach Fateless joins other classic films about the Holocaust Shoah Schindler s List by vividly portraying an event that can seem remote as the number of eyewitnesses shrinks each year 
4
Fateless
Ruthe Stein
Fateless accomplishes the near impossible bringing a fresh perspective to a horrific subject about which a multitude of films already have been made 
3
Fateless
Geoff Pevere
Koltai a veteran cinematographer whose credits include more than a dozen movies by István Szabó Mephisto Sunshine has managed something near miraculous with this hypnotically paced lyrically downbeat weirdly dreamlike 140 minute movie 
3.5
Fateless
Rick Groen
Not only do the scenes set during the war develop a cumulative emotional power but those in the war s immediate aftermath give us a glimpse into a truth seldom explored a truth that only a survivor can possess 
3
Fateless
Timothy Knight
One of the most deeply affecting movies ever made about the Holocaust 
3.5
Fateless
Marta Barber
In looking at Gyuri you see an indomitable spirit that rises above the horrors of his past 
3
Fateless
Bob Strauss
It s an astonishingly controlled performance by one so young and Nagy s wraithlike but dogged appearance will be difficult to shake from any viewer s memory 
3
Fateless
Peter Travers
This unique and devastating look at the Holocaust is drawn from the autobiographical novel of 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz 
3.5
Fateless
Ken Fox
This exceptional film features some of the most beautiful cinematography ever seen on film in service of some of the most horrible images imaginable 
4
Fateless
Stephen Whitty
There s a great movie in Fateless but it s the second half of a double feature And the first feature is one we ve seen before 
2.5
Fateless
Kyle Smith
Profound and majestic 
4
Fateless
Gene Seymour
As you d expect from a cinematographer s movie it s visually striking But as its ambiguous postwar scenes of its embittered bewildered hero display it is also probing beyond its subject s customary parameters for fresh perspective 
3.5
Fateless
Ed Gonzalez
Fateless suggests a new kind of emotionless Holocaust drama a cannibalistic one 
2.5
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Laurie Horn
This is primarily a genre film for those fascinated with Sicilian blood But something about it gives it tentacles 
3
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Gene Siskel
Pope is one of the best buddy films made in recent years 
3.5
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Terry Hiller
This is an actor s movie In fact Mickey Rourke is outstanding and Eric Roberts who is incapable of winning audience sympathy turns in a super realistic performance 
3
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Robert W. Butler
We re diverted and occasionally delighted but Pope lacks those final few inches 
2.5
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Kathleen Carroll
The Pope of Greenwich Village is a rollicking high voltage New York movie that in its best moments produces tears of laughter 
3
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Roger Ebert
This movie is not really about anything except behavior and the only human drama in it is the story of the safecracker and his family That doesn t mean it s not worth seeing The behavior is well observed 
3
The GoodTimesKid
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director Azazel Jacob s bittersweet wistfully minimalist comedy charts a day and a half in the lives of two restless unhappy men both named Rodolfo Cano and the woman who finds herself trapped in the mesh of their discontents 
2.5
The Professor
Richard Roeper
Poof No doubt this movie will disappear quickly before our very eyes 
1.5
The Professor
James Berardinelli
The movie frequently makes no sense from a purely human perspective and it becomes increasingly annoying as the story rolls on 
2
The Professor
Nick Allen
The Professor is more subservient to feel good cliches than its too cool for school veneer indicates 
2
The Professor
Mark Dujsik
The biggest problem with The Professor is one of casting 
1.5
The Professor
Sara Stewart
This may be the most well suited role yet for the Depp of today Perma sloshed on a tear to insult everyone around him and particularly enraged by anything he suspects of having a whiff of emasculation 
2
The Professor
Roger Moore
I can t ever recall truly hating a Depp leading man performance But this comes close 
1.5
The Professor
Joey Magidson
This dramedy wastes its entire female cast while waiting too long to try to find any meaning in Richard s situation A little bit of Depp behaving badly goes a long way 
2
The Professor
Chuck Bowen
The film goes down easy because it saves the self improvement clichés for the homestretch 
2.5
Inside Out
Brian Eggert
Inside Out beautifully transforms emotional conflict into an adventure 44 a surreal look at the internal machinations that encompass why we feel the way we do 46 
4
Inside Out
Mattie Lucas
Display s a keen understanding of childhood and its most precious joys and deepest fears synthesizing them into something that is instantly relatable to children and adults alike 
4
Inside Out
Matt Brunson
Inside Out s brainy script is matched both by its visual splendor often invoking the spirit of Miyazaki and its humanist reach which extends to both family and imaginary friend alike 
4
Inside Out
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It made me want to be a kid again Full review in Spanish 
4
Inside Out
Sonny Bunch
Niagara Falls Frankie Angel 
3.5
Inside Out
Max Weiss
Inside Out which is co directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen may be Pixar s most inventive film yet 
4
Inside Out
John Beifuss
Who are Joy Sadness and the rest but the studio s animators writers and other artists excavating memories implanting ideas and otherwise getting inside the moviegoer s head to work the control board of the viewer s emotions with uncanny efficiency 
4
Inside Out
Eric Melin
A brilliantly visualized concept anchors Inside Out in a way that ensures it will resonate for years to come Kudos to Pixar for again reminding us that animated entertainment can appeal to all ages and speak to universal truths 
3.5
Inside Out
Neil Rosen
Overall Inside Out is well worth seeing offering up lots of food for thought 
3.5
Inside Out
Richard Roeper
Inside Out is a bold gorgeous sweet funny sometimes heartbreakingly sad candy colored adventure that deserves an Academy Award nomination for best picture 
4
Inside Out
David Nusair
Pixar s distressing run of watchable yet far from exceptional pictures continues with Inside Out 
2.5
Inside Out
Linda Cook
Inside Out upside down or sideways the latest from Pixar is great fun 
3.5
Inside Out
Wesley Lovell
The Pixar magic is back with a glorious look into the mind of a young girl Gorgeous imagery colorful situations and an emotional roller coaster reward any interested viewer 
4
Inside Out
James Kendrick
Just as the film itself balances humor and pathos it suggests that true happiness is not a state of unblemished perpetual joy but rather a balance of all those emotions that make us human and therefore capable of love and affection and tenderness 
3.5
Inside Out
Sean P. Means
What s most brilliant about the luminously beautiful Inside Out Pixar s best movie in a decade is how director Pete Docter not only connects beautifully to those emotions but turns them into his characters 
4
Inside Out
Mike McGranaghan
A beautiful meaningful deeply touching film Pixar s best work to date 
4
Inside Out
Jeff Beck
Pixar has truly outdone themselves delivering their most intelligent ambitious and flat out best film yet 
4
Inside Out
John Wirt
In this especially poignant entry in the Pixar catalog humor while not entirely absent takes a backseat to a escalating crisis 
3
Inside Out
Christy Lemire
This is a movie that dares to explore existential crises in the middle of the summer in an animated movie that s aimed at the whole family
3.5
Inside Out
John Serba
It s a complete experience sophisticated on all fronts most prominently the visual and emotional ones 
4
Inside Out
Scott Nash
One of Pixar s very best 
4
Inside Out
David Keyes
It isn t just a wonderful family entertainment but a warm and creative embrace of the quirks that make us who we are day after day 
4
Inside Out
Scott Renshaw
As terrific a technical achievement as Inside Out might be it s an even better piece of writing 
4
Inside Out
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a truly great film a work of beauty and profundity whose computer generated pixels come closer to human truth that most other live action movies do It s the best thing Pixar has ever produced 
4
Inside Out
James Berardinelli
Inside Out is the best American produced animated film we have seen in many summers and deserves to be recognized as such 
3.5
Inside Out
Steven Rea
Inside Out is the first psychological thriller that s fun for the whole family Really psychological And really fun 
4
Inside Out
Rob Thomas
In a summer full of superheroes and dinosaurs Inside Out shows that living an ordinary life is the greatest adventure of all 
4
Inside Out
Willie Waffle
You will even forgive Disney for Tomorrowland after seeing this one 
4
Inside Out
Liam Lacey
Inside Out is imaginative and ambitious even if it sometimes feels a bit manically overstuffed And it s definitely a big step up from some recent Pixar films such as Cars 2 and Monsters University 
3
Inside Out
Kenneth R. Morefield
I both enjoyed and esteemed the latest Pixar installment But I m not ready to give away the farm quiet yet 
3
Inside Out
Stephen Rebello
It s this last half of the movie when Riley learns that Fear and Sadness are all part of growing up especially when they work alongside Joy that really connects 
3
Inside Out
Dustin Putman
Inside Out is a lovingly animated entertainment destined to work in different ways for different age groups but it is that rare family feature that should inspire just about everyone to think 
3
Inside Out
Anders Wright
Inventive imaginative and utterly original it s a wonderful punch to the emotional solar plexus that will have you smiling through your tears weeping with joy and embracing your sadness 
4
Inside Out
Bob Strauss
I don t think there s ever been a movie this wise and open minded about what we choose to call negative emotions There certainly hasn t been one so open hearted 
4
Inside Out
Lisa Kennedy
Not since Up has the studio taken on the gnarliness of being human and made it so visually delightful and emotionally resonant 
3.5
Inside Out
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Pete Docter s computer animated film suggests greatness at the start and follows through on that promise 
4
Inside Out
Brian Truitt
It s good to get your emotions in check before watching the exquisite Inside Out You re bound to feel the whole bunch watching a child s mind come alive in the most imaginative ways 
3.5
Inside Out
Gail Pennington
The best animated movies are made as much for the grown ups who will accompany the children as for the kids themselves That s certainly true of Inside Out 
3
Inside Out
Ben Sachs
Inside Out the latest Disney Pixar coproduction feels like a clever educational short stretched to feature length 
2
Inside Out
Brad Keefe
It s actually a pretty heady concept but it s pulled off in a way that s simultaneously kid friendly and deep enough to spark discussion among grown ups 
4
Inside Out
Rene Rodriguez
Kids will be engaged but it s the older viewers people who have lived and felt a little longer than 11 year olds who will most appreciate this marvelous ingenious work of art 
3
Inside Out
Chris Knight
It will certainly make you laugh cry seethe recoil and freeze in all the best ways of course 
4
Inside Out
Rick Bentley
Pixar s latest successful blend of fun elements for kids and smarts for adults 
3.5
Inside Out
Josh Spiegel
From top to bottom Inside Out is Pixar s best film since Ratatouille 
4
Inside Out
Peter Howell
The magnificent head trip that is Inside Out does more than take us inside a young girl s mind It also restores Pixar s lost magic 
4
Inside Out
Michael Smith
The Pixar craftsmanship is as brilliant as always and the emotions that it will bring out in adults if not the children are as powerful and as surprising as ever from an animated film 
3
Inside Out
Dann Gire
A crackling smart hallucinogenic adventure in which abstract thoughts ingeniously translate into characters plotting their way through a winding Alice in Wonderlandish landscape of the mind 
3.5
Inside Out
Ann Hornaday
Uncle Walt knew what he was talking about with For every smile a tear With Inside Out the brilliant keepers of his legacy prove that it s not only good for business but also essential for the soul 
4
Inside Out
Bob Bloom
Inside Out is original and inventive it may not be a mind blowing experience but it is one of the best efforts from Pixar in several years 
3.5
Inside Out
Matt Pais
The little details play like amusing stand up at an all ages cognitive comedy club 
2.5
Inside Out
Stephen Whitty
Inside Out is about the passing of childhood ritual its most bittersweet moments the ones glimpsed in a rear view mirror as it reminds the unfaithful Remember when you loved that When you lived for this Until you didn t anymore 
3.5
Inside Out
Chris Hewitt
It works for adults and children and in fact its most receptive audience could well be parents who are trying to figure out their kids 
3.5
Inside Out
Moira MacDonald
Inside Out movingly but casually plays with our emotions like a baby walking her fingers across a parent s face it leaves you changed entertained nostalgic dazzled 
4
Inside Out
Matt Zoller Seitz
The kind of classic that lingers in the mind after you ve seen it sparking personal associations And if it s as successful as I suspect it will be it could shake American studio animation out of the doldrums it s been mired in for years 
4
Inside Out
Rafer Guzman
Only Pixar could turn a metaphor into a heart tugging story about preteen growing pains Absolutely brilliant 
4
Inside Out
Kam Williams
A touching tale illustrating how a dramatic life change might temporarily at least exact a terrible toll on a frail human psyche 
4
Inside Out
Peter Travers
Pixar s tour of an 11 year old girl s head is a flat out masterpiece that proves live action doesn t have dibs on cinematic art Oh did I say it was funny It is uproariously so when you re not brushing away a tear 
4
Inside Out
Josh Larsen
If growing up partly means learning to live with sadness Inside Out depicts this truth with all the ingenuity and wit of Pixar s best efforts 
3.5
Inside Out
Mick LaSalle
In the course of the whole year there will probably be no American movie so concerned with looking inside and so interested in the components of a meaningful life as Inside Out 
3
Inside Out
Michael Phillips
Perhaps Pixar will never again reach the heights of its remarkable string of masterworks Wall E Ratatouille and Up The best of Inside Out comes close 
3.5
Inside Out
Ty Burr
It is a joy for audiences seeking entertainment an ingenious work of craft for those paying close attention and a wallop of feeling that s still too rare coming from a cartoon 
3.5
Inside Out
Roger Moore
A welcome return to form for Pixar which gets back to making movies with smarts and heart 
3.5
Inside Out
Lou Lumenick
It s a totally satisfying adventure with lot of surprising twists and one of the best emotional payoffs in the Pixar canon 
4
Inside Out
Clayton Davis
With no shortage of tears for the adults and big laughs for the kids Inside Out fits firmly in the top tier of Pixar s most vibrant pictures An echo of love and vulnerability the feature is gorgeously inventive and passionately executed 
3.5
Inside Out
Tony Hicks
A great blend of thoughtfulness and understanding went into Inside Out and the outcome will likely again raise the bar for other studios trying to keep up 
3
Inside Out
Christopher Gray
Both wonderfully complex and weirdly reductive at the same time a formula though that seems as sound an embodiment of the human brain as any other 
3
Inside Out
Peter Canavese
Like a cross between Wreck It Ralph and Mr Rogers Neighborhood Inside Out dazzles while taking care to send positive messages about the roles of feelings and the value of recognizing and embracing them 
3.5
Happy Together
Josh Larsen
contains perhaps the most heartbreaking moment in all of Wong s heartbreak cinema 
3.5
Happy Together
Matt Brunson
Tony Leung delivers a great performance 
3
Happy Together
Jay Antani
all around fabulous work
3.5
Happy Together
Michael Dequina
When they are together they are miserable and constantly bicker when they are apart they mope around wallowing in their lonely sadness 
2.5
Happy Together
Jeremy Heilman
Through its stunning imagery it creates an intimate visual essay about the mood swings of a love affair 
3.5
Happy Together
Edward Guthmann
Were Kerouac William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg alive today and able to see what Wong has done here they d be thrilled and invigorated 
4
Happy Together
Steve Rhodes
Never is the narrative interesting and rarely are the characters the least bit compelling 
1.5
Andrei Rublev
Tom Meek
The film clocks in at more than three hours but feels only half as long with themes of self religion art and freedom perforating each episode 
4
Andrei Rublev
Mattie Lucas
The stark black and white imagery accompanied by the hushed sound design with its wordless vocals and tolling bells immerses us in a dream that feels at once sacred and profane 
4
Andrei Rublev
James Kendrick
a film of intense yearning that uses the medieval painter as a launching point for artistic and philosophical inquiry which necessarily makes the film narratively disjointed and sometimes challenging to follow
3.5
Andrei Rublev
Jay Antani
A strange and most challenging film
3.5
After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United
Ethan Alter
Browne has effectively distilled the events of Sahknin s 2005 season into a lively and entertaining 80 minute feature 
3
After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United
Lauren Wissot
Centuries old rivalries die hard and the very thing that unites can also divide 
2
Nina
Wilson Morales
While Saldana gives her very best in trying to embody the essence of Miss Simone with equal support from co star David Oyelowo both are confined to a weak script and for Saldana probably the worst makeup job she s had on the big screen 
1
Nina
Miriam Di Nunzio
Saldana does a fine job of delivering the lyrics a daunting task for any actress required to step into those vocals but fans of Simone will be aching for the real deal 
2
Nina
Peter Travers
The word on this Nina Simone biopic has been so toxic for so long it was filmed in 2012 but only released now I was really hoping to find something good in it No luck 
1
Nina
Dan DeLuca
A listless oddly constructed tale that does a poor job of capturing Simone s star quality or indomitable racial pride 
2
Nina
Odie Henderson
You ll see some durable makeup in Nina What you won t see is any justification why this film should exist 
0
Nina
Sara Stewart
Writer director Cynthia Mort seems entirely in over her head while attempting to flesh out this legendary complicated volatile artist 
1
Nina
Michael O'Sullivan
Nina filters the singer s voice and her life through tinny sounding speakers and an out of focus lens 
2
Nina
Ed Gonzalez
The film is committed to the sort of broad strokes that reduce a great artist s life to a spectacle of self pity 
1
Nina
Kam Williams
Ignore all the politically correct blackface haters Singing aside Zoe Saldana delivers a decent enough Nina Simone impersonation here to make you wonder what all the brouhaha was ever about 
3
Cemetery Man
David Nusair
peppered with one incomprehensible sequence after another 
1
Cemetery Man
Steve Rhodes
Monstrosity 
0.5
Twilight's Kiss
David Reddish
Quiet sensuous and featuring two terrific lead performances we suggest giving a watch both for its sociological insight and for its portrait of senior romance 
3
Twilight's Kiss
Randy Myers
There s a terrible lack of dramas about late blooming romance Here s a standout one 
3
Twilight's Kiss
G. Allen Johnson
Twilight s Kiss is a fragile film of quiet moments and tender feelings and although it runs out of gas near the end it takes us on an engaging journey 
3
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
John Beifuss
It s this British movie s status as an ersatz American gangster picture that makes it particularly distinctive there s a not quite rightness about the production that gives it a dream like Bronte via Black Mask atmosphere 
3
Slingshot Hip Hop
Ed Gonzalez
Like Young Rebels before it Slingshot Hip Hop illustrates how hip hop appeals to the world s oppressed 
2.5
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Eric Mink
The tears won t just be welling in your eyes they ll be running down your cheeks 
4
Sundown
Bill Chambers
I can t say I d describe it as a hopeful film then although it is a curiously palliative one 
3
Sundown
Roger Moore
Like the master big screen poker player than he is Tim Roth never ever shows his cards 
3.5
Sundown
Sean P. Means
Sundown is quite fascinating and a little bit frustrating a character study of one man apparently deciding to chuck it all 
3
Sundown
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Sundown flirts with brilliance when it scrutinizes the most universal of all vacation fantasies what if I never went back but it would be nothing without Roth s portrayal of the most pathetic Jimmy Buffett character you ll ever see on film 
3
Sundown
Lisa Trifone
Sun drenched and surprisingly intense Sundown is a well crafted script driven by Roths impressive lead performance 
3
Sundown
Gisela Savdie
Contrary to New Order where class differences and violence are the main focus Sundown addresses the existential and psychological part of the character taking unexpected turns that only until the end reveal his true condition Full review in Spanish
3
Sundown
Kevin Carr
Tim Roth s character is not engaging He s aggressively not engaging which makes it a fascinating journey to watch I weirdly identify with him 
3
Sundown
Joe Friar
Rewarding is not a term I would use to describe the feeling we receive after Franco unveils the mystery but it is the term I would use to describe the reaction to the performances by the superb cast especially Tim Roth
4
Sundown
James Berardinelli
Tim Roth is perfectly cast as Neil Throughout his acting career Roth has excelled at portraying opaque characters whose true motivations are hidden 
3
Sundown
Michael O'Sullivan
Sundown is at its most engrossing as an individual portrait even if its inscrutable subject is a person to whom virtually no sane viewer will relate 
2.5
Sundown
Mick LaSalle
Whatever it s saying and it s not clear that it s saying anything specific it connects It s not just another good movie Somehow it all adds up as something more important 
4
Sundown
Matt Zoller Seitz
Even as the movie takes a slight turn into surrealism in its final third and becomes more overtly political as it steams towards its ending the sum is slight and obscure 
2.5
Sundown
Lindsey Bahr
What s extraordinary about Sundown is just how little it tells you how little you get to know the characters how little actually happens and yet how wholly captivating it is 
3.5
Sundown
Mark Dujsik
Sundown is an intriguing experiment in perception As a narrative though it s as ultimately shallow as it is initially misleading 
2
Sundown
Mike McGranaghan
Well crafted magnificently acted and ultimately philosophical 
3
Sundown
Joey Magidson
Sundown will test you in more ways than one At the same time the performance by Tim Roth ropes you in 
3
Sundown
Chris Barsanti
The film leaves the viewer with the impression of a man trying to beat the entropic decay that surrounds him to the punch 
3
Sundown
Rene Sanchez
Acapulco Tim Roth and Michel Franco collide in this elusive drama that barely scratches the surface of its profound themes Full Review in Spanish 
2
Sundown
Dwight Brown
Franco s look at rich foreign interlopers on Mexico s famous beach is intriguing though not as scathing as it could be 
2.5
Once in the Life
Jeffrey Westhoff
It reeks of staged theater three men in one room talking endlessly 
2
Once in the Life
Roger Ebert
Billy s meltdown provides a real time reality check but for most of the time we re waiting for the payoff and when it comes I m afraid it s not very satisfying 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Brian Eggert
Although the film itself is undecided about whether it wants to be a comedy a romance or a wartime satire Fey remains charming as ever and washes over the material s inconsistent approach 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Pamela Powell
The film not only entertains us but stimulates questions about journalistic integrity in foreign countries about politics and about women s perceptions and rights 
3.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Sean P. Means
It gives a clear eyed view of the human costs of war the physical sacrifices of the military men and women fighting it the emotional costs to the journalists who cover it and the psychic toll on the civilians in the middle 
3.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Jeff Simon
Intelligence is Tina Fey s trademark You could always see it right in the frames she wears for her eyeglasses 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Sara Michelle Fetters
If Whiskey Tango Foxtrot isn t as incisive or as penetrating as it potentially could have been for a major studio satirical look at the war in Afghanistan there s still plenty of food for thought here 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Margaux Henquinet
This is unquestionably a case of a true story being adapted as a Tina Fey vehicle rather than a true story being adapted as itself and Tina Fey rising to meet that truth 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
John Serba
A classic case of a star s charisma overcoming a screenplay s shortcomings 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Linda Cook
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot proves that Tina Fey has serious acting chops 
3.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
John Hanlon
As a comedy the feature isn t laugh out loud funny but the filmmakers seem to be aiming for a greater goal here relevance 
3.0
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Matt Brunson
The occasional Steve Carell aside comedians aren t often given the opportunity to flex their dramatic muscles so it s nice to see the hilarious Tina Fey playing it straight 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Peter Canavese
This feminist war dramedy is a vanity project done right 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Bob Bloom
The movie seems to lack a solid point of view it basically offers a series of vignettes without any unifying theme or common thread except that these adrenaline junkies in a foreign land drink and screw around a lot 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Stephen Rebello
In the end Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is too watered down and formulaic to be what the source material suggests it could have been a pitch black surreal comedy on the order of Robert Altman s M A S H 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Linda Barnard
Writer and actress tilt between insecurity and bravado employing dry observational humour tinged with occasional sentimental flashes only outwardly out of character 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
James Berardinelli
Tina Fey is the biggest asset but even she s not sufficient to make it worth more than a marginal recommendation and a suggestion to wait until it shows up on home video 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Scott Renshaw
John Requa and Glenn Ficarra strike a nice balance between war is hell and absurdist comedy
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Anita Katz
Overall the movie skims the surface of a potentially sharp satire or a compelling self discovery journey with an underserved Tina Fey It s not enough 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Dustin Putman
A shrewdly observed character piece accentuated by Tina Fey s likely career best performance 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Christian Toto
Expecting Tina Fey to bash the War on Terror and a certain president in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Think again 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Mark Dujsik
T his feels like a thematic juggling act 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Phil Villarreal
As dry as an opened pack of military rations left to bake under the Kabul sun 
1.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Simon Houpt
A war set comedy drama as messy and ineffective as an Afghan suicide donkey 
1.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Stephen Whitty
Fey has her moments and so does Whiskey Tango Foxtrot But for a performer who still deserves some big screen respect her war movie comedy still feels a little small screen a little timid a little safe 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Richard Roeper
If this role isn t remembered as THE signature moment when we came to think of Tina Fey as an award level dramatic actor as well as an iconic comic force it s a substantial step in that direction 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Rafer Guzman
A scattered comedy drama with few laughs and even fewer insights 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Ty Burr
The movie plays like a global political farce made by people who ve never left the Upper West Side 
1.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Kyle Smith
There aren t enough movies in which Tina Fey fires an AK 47 while grinning maniacally 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Jon Niccum
It s a movie where the subtler small scenes resonate more than the clunkier big ones 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Dann Gire
Co directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa botch the juxtaposition of comic and dramatic elements in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Calvin Wilson
There s a sharp comedy to be made about America s misadventures in Afghanistan This isn t it 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Rex Reed
I found it flawed but fascinating and a no fail showcase for Tina Fey s real talents as a serious actress Best of all this movie is never boring for a single minute 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Elise Nakhnikian
Its feminist perspective checkmates the frat boy misogyny and machismo that too often mar films set in combat zones 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Ann Hornaday
True to its title as well as its flawed but sympathetic protagonist Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is more confused than cynical or opportunistic Its bewilderment is contagious and ultimately endearing 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Connie Ogle
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is entertaining sometimes but if you re looking for any real insight you re looking in the wrong place 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Michael Phillips
The film itself feels uncertain compromised and tentative Those are very different qualities than brash or bracing or provocative 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Mick LaSalle
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is by far Tina Fey s best movie It makes use of her comic sense but also of her watchful wariness and underlying wistfulness 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Chris Hewitt
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a pretty funny movie Then it s a not bad drama Then it s a wacky comedy Then it s a tedious romance Then I m not exactly sure what it s trying to do 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Peter Travers
That Tina Fey is funny is a given That she gets inside the tangled mind of a complex woman on a perpetual hot seat is something new 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Susan Wloszczyna
The narrative often feels more like a raunchy sex comedy than a bird s eye view of the on the job hazards that Barker routinely faced 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Brian Truitt
It wobbles in terms of an authentic feel yet there s no doubt Fey succeeds in her most serious big screen outing yet 
3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Soren Andersen
Strange movie And despite the presence of Tina Fey playing its lead character a cable TV reporter named Kim Baker it s not a funny one 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Rick Bentley
It s like a dud hand grenade in that at first glance it looks like it could blast but soon it s clear there s no pop 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Mara Reinstein
In her most impressive role to date Tina Fey plays a journalist in the throes of an identity crisis Alas her movie has one too 
2.5
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Thelma Adams
Fey s female driven comedy written and directed by men follows the tradition perfected by Evelyn Waugh in his 1938 novel Scoop While his fish outta water story is hysterically funny and enduring the forgettable WTF only delivers an occasional chuckle 
2
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Roger Moore
Tina Fey s funniest most pointed big screen outing 
3
On the Line
Erik Childress
Mel Gibson commits to the Phone Booth like intensity the film believes it apos s delivering 44 but when it shifts into find the killer in the big building and a whole WTF climax that should have any viewer asking why they bothered with this full length exercise 46 
1.5
On the Line
Mark Dujsik
The stakes build and build 44 until they are nonsensical and absurd 46 
1
On the Line
Roger Moore
It apos s bad radio 44 and that makes for a very bad movie 46 
1
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Matt Brunson
The dynamics at play are genuine even if the movie does take at least one melodramatic turn too many 
2.5
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Glenn Kenny
This is pretty standard stuff and it s not always rendered too convincingly 
2
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Keith Watson
The unvaried register of the filmmaking leads the narrative to feel aimless and dramatically inert 
1.5
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Roger Moore
Jennifer Garner taps into something deep in playing a manic depressive wife wronged by a cheating husband
2.5
Frances Ha
Brian Eggert
Much of Baumbach s sense of joy throughout Frances Ha resides in Gerwig s infectious charisma and her character s spiritual awakening of sorts her self discovery 
4
Frances Ha
Chris Knight
It s the mark of a good film when it s so simple you can sum it up in a sentence and so deep you re still digging into it hours even days after the credits roll That s Frances Ha 
3.5
Frances Ha
Mary Houlihan
As Frances literally dances her way through the streets of New York you can t help smiling and knowing she will be OK She will figure out how to be the adult she was meant to be 
3.5
Frances Ha
Barry Paris
Overall Frances Ha is a rom com without much rom alternating between short blackout sketch scenes and long semi improvised conversations 
2.5
Frances Ha
Chris Hewitt
As she zips from one oddball experience to another the movie seems to be assuring us that this is what a young person is supposed to do and that Frances will find her thing Whatever it is 
3.5
Frances Ha
Peter Howell
Few films top Woody Allen s Manhattan for capturing New York City s blend of rapture and apprehension Noah Baumbach s Frances Ha comes close 
3.5
Frances Ha
Ann Hornaday
Writing with Gerwig Baumbach has created a fey sneakily charming generational touchstone on a par with Annie Hall and his own Gen Y col grad comedy Kicking and Screaming 
4
Frances Ha
Rick Groen
It s a tribute to Gerwig s performance somehow both clumsy and elegant that she wins us over despite ourselves that we come to appreciate her aimlessness in a goal oriented society 
3.5
Frances Ha
John Beifuss
I can t account for my own bruises Frances says as if she were a clumsy kid with an adult s vocabulary Does the remark refer to more than the abrasions on her skin 
4
Frances Ha
Carla Meyer
A celebration of cinema New York City and the distinctive charms of actress Greta Gerwig Frances Ha was co written by Gerwig and its director Noah Baumbach and it s the best film either has made 
3.5
Frances Ha
Mick LaSalle
Baumbach usually builds his films around difficult protagonists but Frances is entirely endearing at once silly and deep hopeless and promising 
3
Frances Ha
John Serba
There s a thin line between comedy and tragedy and Greta Gerwig walks it remarkably well 
3.5
Frances Ha
John Wirt
There s depth and realism in the way Frances Ha shows aspiration versus reality 
3
Frances Ha
Rob Thomas
It s a film that bears all of the zingy dialogue and sharp characterizations of Baumbach s other films The Squid and the Whale Greenberg but with more of a generosity of spirit towards its characters 
4
Frances Ha
Josh Larsen
caters to the Gerwig persona while also sanding off the edges of Baumbach s usual bitterness 
3
Frances Ha
Steven Rea
A black and white salute to the French New Wave the score is borrowed from Georges Delerue composer of many a Truffaut and Godard film that manages to be very much of this moment 
4
Frances Ha
Ty Burr
The movie s a love letter to an actress and her character but by the end you may feel like an intervention is more in order 
2
Frances Ha
Mark Dujsik
If Frances has a chance there s hope for us all 
3.5
Frances Ha
Dustin Putman
The near incomparable Greta Gerwig gives Frances a fire an exuberance and a three dimensional uniqueness that ensures the viewer never sways from her side 
3
Frances Ha
Moira MacDonald
Baumbach makes the film a celebration of Gerwig s coltish goofball appeal 
3
Frances Ha
Rafer Guzman
Late blooming 20 somethings have never been so perfectly captured and Gerwig has never been more appealing than in this funny tender life affirming movie 
3.5
Frances Ha
Rene Rodriguez
A modern fairy tale about a girl whose golden heart refuses to tarnish 
3
Frances Ha
Joe Williams
The conversations sparkle with both intended and unintended wit and in a certain cockeyed light Frances blithe denial of reality is a charming affirmation of life 
3
Frances Ha
Chris Foran
Frances Ha could have taken a very different much darker direction but not with Gerwig in it 
3.5
Frances Ha
Peter Canavese
Brims with funny ideas both verbal and visual that are finely tuned by Baumbach and his cast and sharply edited 
3.5
Frances Ha
Matt Pais
Passive aggressive and expertly generational Frances Ha is either hilarious or devastating and probably both 
3.5
Frances Ha
Michael Phillips
The film may be small but it s really good 
3.5
Frances Ha
Godfrey Cheshire
Occasionally inspired frequently charming and always watchable 
2.5
Frances Ha
Perry Seibert
Frances Ha is the work of an artist in love and in Baumbach s case it s not clear that love is his most constructive muse 
3
Frances Ha
Stephen Whitty
While Gerwig s gentleness gives Baumbach s work a new warmth his touch gives her a new maturity 
3.5
Frances Ha
Robert Levin
A great film that gets the spirit of New York exactly right 
4
Frances Ha
Claudia Puig
A witty and emotionally resonant portrait of growing up while retaining the exuberance of youth 
3.5
Frances Ha
Kyle Smith
This is Girls minus the dark stuff 
3
Frances Ha
Peter Travers
It s impossible not to fall hard for Greta Gerwig who wrote the script with Baumbach and plays Frances with such smart rumpled radiance that you bask in her glow 
3.5
Frances Ha
Christy Lemire
Nothing really happens in Frances Ha and yet the film takes us on an emotional journey 
3.5
Frances Ha
John Semley
Noah Baumbach s film feels like too perfect a portrait of quarter life malady down to the rushed redemptive endnotes and Greta Gerwig s idealized heroine 
3
Frances Ha
Roger Moore
Greta Gerwig makes hapless a happening and hip way to be 
3
Frances Ha
David Nusair
an agreeably easygoing piece of work that benefits greatly from Gerwig s consistently engaging performance 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Roger Moore
An electrifying opening a bit of a slog afterwards 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Rob Thomas
In the end Coco Igor doesn t really go anywhere and it never quite equals the chaotic energy of that opening theater scene But it s gorgeous to look at as Kounen melds the heady visuals with Stravinsky s sweeping score 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Dan Kois
Beautiful but indulgent 
2
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Michael Smith
This thin slice of so called history is both so narrow in focus and out of focus that even the most devoted fans are likely to be disappointed 
1.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Mike Scott
It s beautifully shot and acted but as with Coco Before Chanel last year the one thing audiences will most want to know goes unanswered again What makes this remarkable woman tick 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Jeff Vice
The film quickly turns into a dull slog 
2
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
John Beifuss
The ampersand in the title symbolizes erotic as well as grammatical conjunction but 52 dull minutes pass before the two geniuses make sweet music together and then they literally make sweet music together Igor gives Coco a piano lesson 
2
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Robert W. Butler
Perhaps Chanel and Stravinsky were too consumed by their art and egos to be truly vulnerable and giving Certainly they re not portrayed as likable 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Chris Hewitt
Two of the most influential artists of the 20th century become simpering dolts in Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky 
1
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Moira MacDonald
There s fascinating material here but instead Kounen and screenwriter Chris Greenhalgh too often settle for giving us a conventional and even dull love triangle self absorbed career woman ailing wife passive man torn between the two of them 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Duane Dudek
Like chocolate and peanut butter 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Sara Michelle Fetters
The story of two iconoclasts clearly ahead of their time this glimpse into their passionate sometimes volatile friendship is every bit as wild and as unpredictable as the two artists themselves 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Roger Ebert
The performances are well modulated to project exactly what the director Jan Kounen wants to say about these two people 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Rick Groen
Seldom have the forces of change seemed so static 
2
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Peter Howell
We are given little idea of what made these two icy sourpusses artists let alone lovers Both come across as shallow and unlikable people 
2
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Steven Rea
Coco Chanel Igor Stravinsky offers two hours of luxury and loveliness music and art and a bit of sexually charged madness too 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Betsy Sherman
Mads Mikkelsen gets mired in brooding as Igor and Anna Mouglalis is merely photogenic as Coco Yelena Morozova gives a moving performance as the wronged spouse But what lingers is the fab décor 
2
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Wesley Morris
The movie Kounen and his co writers Carlo de Bounty and Chris Greenhalgh have made of Greenhalgh s novel is based on the rumor of an affair As such it s faintly soapy But Kounen heightens the speculative circumstances by treating them like a dream 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Mick LaSalle
For at least a half hour Coco Chanel Igor Stravinsky is a brilliant and exciting film and seems almost sure to be one of the best of 2010 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Peter Canavese
Ultimately Kounen takes two hours to say not very much one imagines him constantly barking More smoldering but there s a captivating fully realized recreation of the premiere of The Rite of Spring 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Kyle Smith
Stares may smolder but the movie never catches fire 
1.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Few films begin with the argumentative lucidity and utilitarian lyricism of Coco Chanel Igor Stravinsky 
3
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Peter Galvin
As the basis for a movie it makes for a moving love story but it doesn t really make much sense of two messy complicated true lives 
2.5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Leigh Paatsch
Both the performances and the dialogue in this film are incredibly stilted further compounding the sheer boredom that takes hold in the second half 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Mattie Lucas
This joyless adaptation of a beloved story comes up short in almost every way 
2
Alice in Wonderland
David Keyes
The movie is seeped in distinctive visuals lavish photography and set design that recalls the wondrous texture of Harry Potter What then held them back on taking further creative opportunities with the story 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Jeff Beck
This latest rendition of Alice in Wonderland is a journey worth taking mainly to see Tim Burton s imagination at play The story is so well known but you haven t seen it done quite in this way before 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Michael Dequina
That Johnny Depp s take on the Mad Hatter is comparatively one of the more subdued performances tells you just how out there Tim Burton s film is 
3
Alice in Wonderland
David Nusair
an endeavor that s big on spectacle yet small on plot 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Wesley Lovell
Could have been called Alice in Blunderland Burton s latest is inferior to the childish Disney feature in nearly every way 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Rob Humanick
For all its noise and distractions and CG decal this Wonderland is a zone void of imagination it proves how relatively mind blowing Avatar s Pandora actually was 
1.5
Alice in Wonderland
Janos Gereben
Anne Hathaway is ridiculously miscast as a deliberately weird White Queen although the character is supposed to represent Good against the Red Queen s evil 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Linda Cook
Kids will enjoy the characters and the 3D But grownups Well not this grownup who is a Tim Burton Johnny Depp fan and who expected more 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Michael Smith
A head trip into blunderland 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Jeffrey Westhoff
Burton s personal stamp is missing On Alice he is a director for hire helping the Disney empire repurpose one of its animated properties and reinforce its 3 D bulkhead 
1.5
Alice in Wonderland
Lori Hoffman
Alice in Wonderland is normally not my cup of tea but I was happy I joined the tea party this time 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Alison Gang
Alice in Wonderland lands in a comfortable zone that should accommodate both kids and adults 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Gina Carbone
Tim Burton is the kind of director who probably does come up with six impossible things before breakfast So it was a surprise to see him produce a film so lacking in joy innovation and curiosity 
2.25
Alice in Wonderland
James Kendrick
Burton manages to put his unique visual spin on the familiar elements of the story although he never quite reaches the heights of Jefferson Airplane s immortal anthem White Rabbit 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Sean P. Means
Carroll s whimsical fantasy is transformed into a bombastic action movie with traces of J R R Tolkien 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m not sure what I would have wanted instead of this All I do know is that this version of Alice and Wonderland for all its razzle and its dazzle left me feeling decidedly unmoved 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s something like a post modern tale of self discovery although it works better as a nutty fantasy than as anything with a point 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Michael A. Smith
Burton is the perfect person to put in charge of translating the magical world that Carroll created to the big screen 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Kam Williams
21st Century Alice matures and enters The Matrix 
4
Alice in Wonderland
Eric Melin
The visual splendor is more than enough to feast your eyes on so it s too bad that the dialogue in the film couldn t live up to its look 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Kit Bowen
The off kiltered Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland might frightened younger children confuse older ones and bore the adults 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Christian Toto
This Alice is more Ripley or Lara Croft than timeless story heroine 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Keith Cohen
The movie s strengths are the costumes the makeup the production design the special effects the vocal work and a terrific musical score by Danny Elfman that has a quality of magic and wonderment missing from the screenplay 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Mike McGranaghan
Alice is a really good time as well as a great example of how 3 D can be effectively used as a tool to immerse us in imaginary worlds 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Matt Brunson
A visually stimulating rendition that nevertheless comes off as lamentably timid 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
John DeVore
There is very little to praise in what amounts to Burton s most mercenary movie 
1
Alice in Wonderland
Robert W. Butler
He director Tim Burton beat the odds and made this Alice a real wonder 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Mark Dujsik
It s become a common argument against Burton this lack of dramatic drive but it s true in this instance 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Amy Biancolli
Its single biggest failing an affront to Lewis Carroll and the charms of nonsense literature is the fact that it makes sense 
1.5
Alice in Wonderland
Rick Groen
The true three dimensionality here is the old fashioned kind Wasikowska s fully rounded performance Throughout the technical razzle dazzle we keep returning to the pallor of that face the gravity in those eyes 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Bob Bloom
Despite its sluggish start Alice is an enchanting witty and funny adventure filled with marvelous sights and set pieces 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Claire Martin
Burton and Disney have found a glorious way to interpret fairy tales and fantasies 
4
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Keough
It jumbles together a half dozen or so other overproduced fantasies and wraps them up with typical tiresome Disney bromides and just enough snippets from the originals to remind you of what you re missing 
1.5
Alice in Wonderland
John Wirt
Burton brings his distinctive touch and Johnny Depp Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter do their stuff but a hodgepodge of Hollywood conventionality lessens the wonder 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Thelma Adams
The trippy tale may divide audiences Burton s version remains a children s story though some may find it too over the top and idiosyncratic but to Us it s a visual feast
3.5
Alice in Wonderland
Willie Waffle
a decent movie but not the amazing mindblowing set the world on fire change your life and curl your toes film people expect and want 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Frederica Mathewes-Green
This Alice is a dud If you want to experience a strange unworldly story u2014something like Tim Burton films used to provide u2014stay home and read the book 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Steven Snyder
Such a delightfully giddy silly delirious movie Tim Burton isn t being Tim Burton but is just having fun again scrambling up the expected pieces
3
Alice in Wonderland
John Beifuss
Rated PG according to the MPAA for fantasy violence and a smoking caterpillar The Jefferson Airplane would be proud Lewis Carroll devotees however may be less than enthusiastic 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Matt Soergel
Impressive eye candy elaborate and gorgeously detailed in wall to wall CGI the 3 D seems rather half hearted though this is one that won t suffer much in regular old 2 D 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Mike Scott
A sumptuous bar raising cinematic portmanteau that both honors and complements the source material 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Chris Hewitt
It is time for Tim Burton to get his nose out of his own sketchbook 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Howell
IBurton and Woolverton pursue a message of self fulfilment not as vigorously as they might chase a rabbit but to the same delightful end 
3.5
Alice in Wonderland
James Berardinelli
It s a workmanlike effort that will enchant all but the youngest children while holding the interest of parents That by definition makes for a worthwhile family outing 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Dustin Putman
A regretful dud a fantasy without magic and very little heart and soul 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Walter Chaw
this parable of how Alice must find the balls to chart her own path through the patriarchy of her Victorian wood to become a real bona fide 1960s era bra burner 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Lou Lumenick
Burton one of the great visual artists in Hollywood history is incapable of making an uninteresting movie Still I m not looking forward to the sequel promised in the last scene 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Travers
Even Disney and a PG rating can t bury Burton s subversive wit Like Carroll he s a master at dressing up psychic wounds in fantasy 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Duane Dudek
A my name is Alice and my movie is amazing 
4
Alice in Wonderland
Moira MacDonald
Though it has a few moments where you can see Burton s imagination giving way to Disney convention along with a bit of trademark Burton darkness the pleasures of Alice are virtually always unexpected 
3.5
Alice in Wonderland
Carrie Rickey
Carroll purists are likely to dismiss this Alice as spuriouser and spuriouser But who expects a faithful adaptation of a literary classic from Timothy Beetlejuice 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Stephen Whitty
The sweetly surreal feeling of those original books has been lost What always felt like an English garden party gone slightly off has been replaced by the grotesque and the Gothic and the overdone 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Jeff Vice
In many respects this is the most crowd pleasing Burton film in many years 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Ty Burr
In its big budget extraordinariness Alice is awfully ordinary 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Lawrence Toppman
The film is always fun but as Carroll might have observed it s not much of a muchness 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Joe Lozito
The most wondrous thing about director Tim Burton s take on the Lewis Carroll classic is how lacking in wonder it all is 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Christopher Rosen
It might be time for Johnny Depp and Tim Burton to start thinking about seeing other people 
1
Alice in Wonderland
Joe Williams
Here s a riddle What s Alice in Wonderland without wonder It s a beloved character landing in the rubble of wrong headed revisionism 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Josh Larsen
Did no one bother to mention to Burton that Lewis Carroll s 1865 story was not a Lord of the Rings primer but in fact a comedy 
2
Alice in Wonderland
Rene Rodriguez
Alice in Wonderland isn t quite the natural fit of director and material that it seemed to be on paper but most of Burton s recent movies have been far more disappointing 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Michael Phillips
Its best and strangest interludes assert Burton s skills as a fantasist as well as Depp s as a squirrely inventive character actor 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Roger Ebert
Alice plays better as an adult hallucination which is how Burton rather brilliantly interprets it until a pointless third act flies off the rails 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Phil Villarreal
Tweedlee and Tweedledum could have come up with a more compelling pseudo sequel concept and crafted a more cohesive narrative 
2.5
Alice in Wonderland
Roger Moore
Purists will squeal but it s a workable and watchable liberty to take with an oft filmed yet impossible to film novel 
3
Alice in Wonderland
Ed Gonzalez
Tim Burton s version of Alice in Wonderland is a succession of fantastically gothic pranks noisy exhausting and under realized but also frequently dazzling and frightening 
2.5
Canadian Bacon
Matt Brunson
It takes a promising idea and mostly surrounds it with dull characters and insipid scenarios 46 
2
Canadian Bacon
Mike Clark
The best thing you can say about this scattershot political satire is that the late John Candy s next to last picture is relatively funnier and less depressing than his valedictory Wagons East 
2
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Roger Ebert
The Prince of Pennsylvania represents a kind of film that has become lamentably popular in recent years It forces realistic characters into an absurd plot and expects us to accept the plot because we believe in the characters 
1.5
Funny Thing About Love
Phil Villarreal
As harmless holiday fluff it s serviceable but as Samantha should realize there are better options out there 
1.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Brian Eggert
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a bright lively CG animated ride that doesn t skimp on the product placement or humor for adults 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Steven Prokopy
This is one of the best animated works of the year and certainly one of the smartest and most visually inventive in recent memory 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Mattie Lucas
It not only manages to expand the world of the original but deepen its emotional resonance as well the mark of a truly successful sequel 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Wesley Lovell
The script is incredibly funny without being intellectually insulting digging into the core essence of the internet and conveying it with sizzling specificity and cunning slyness 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Federico Furzan
An insane explosion of information and pop culture this sequel manages to cleverly entertain every moviegoer Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
David Nusair
A progressively underwhelming sequel 
2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Matt Brunson
While the film doesn t quite reach the bar set by its predecessor it s propulsive enough to build up enough goodwill long before it reaches its rocky third act 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Brandy McDonnell
Friendship is a timeworn theme of family friendly films but Ralph Breaks the Internet handles it with nuance and insight that feels vital in these divisive times when differences of opinion and personality too often lead to broken bonds 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
When it works it works well when it doesn t it s not long before it does again 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Linda Cook
Ralph Breaks the Internet and the box office 
4
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Katie Walsh
It s pretty incredible to see how the filmmakers easily and boldly slip concepts right from the therapist s office into the wild rumpus through the internet 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This sequel is quite a bit weirder and possibly even disturbing in parts but some clever ideas and the strong friendship between Vanellope and Ralph and our love for them carry things through 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Kevin A. Ranson
In spite of a near desperate need to entertain viewers no matter what corner or crevice they peer into Disney s savvy enough to apply the Pixar formula to ensure tugging a heart string or two 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Matthew Rozsa
I am happy to say that the misogynists worst fears were realized This is very much a movie whose female characters are equal to their male counterparts 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Alan French
The exploration of the internet falls short of the joys that made the first film so compelling At the same time it will be a fun romp that should bring joy to the family 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Brian Tallerico
Ralph Breaks the Internet works because it doesn t pander and it doesn t simplify 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Rick Bentley
There are enough good moments in Ralph Breaks the Internet that you should not delete any ideas of seeing it Just be ready to hit escape when things turn to the dark web 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Josh Terry
A creative family friendly adventure that s a clear step above most of the other animated options currently vying for families attention 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Clayton Davis
Impressively crafted Ralph Breaks the Internet is full of riches monetizing the experiences of our fateful duo and their persistent fascination with the world 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Michael Phillips
Ralph Breaks the Internet concerns a long established friendship on the verge of inevitable painful change and Reilly and Silverman work every part of that dynamic successfully 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Tom Russo
Reilly does nice work playing his big lug s insecurity and struggle to let his friend go but Silverman delivers a performance that s downright moving in its expression of yearning on a couple of different levels interpretation depending 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Josh Bell
Rather than breaking or wrecking the internet this movie just sort of indifferently pokes at it 
2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Joey Magidson
This film is a blast full of pointed commentary and satire though never sacrificing the fun factor 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Mark Dujsik
Ralph Breaks the Internet provides a prime example of how to properly craft a sequel 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Bob Bloom
The movie is basically a sweet confection that like this year s Ready Player One relies heavily on nostalgia and pop culture references to propel it 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a melancholic grace and an emotive understanding to the ways in which friendships change and evolve over time the continuous inventiveness of the film in that regard catching me by surprise 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Peter Howell
The internet had it coming and this movie delivers serious silicon schadenfreude Come for the breaking stay for the hacking 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Soren Andersen
The best animated movies are those that feel timeless Ralph with its right now storyline seems already dated a product of thinking that s five minutes ago 
2.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Kristen Page-Kirby
Ralph Breaks the Internet looks great But it s the script that gives it its heart 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Peter Canavese
Productively acknowledge real life dangers with stellar animation and designs shoring up the storytelling of Johnston and Pamela Ribon s witty script a useful all ages fable for our time 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Johnny Oleksinski
Technology can be tough to toss into kids movies The way The Emoji Movie did it was cynical and cold The web of Ralph however has smarts and soul 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Richard Roeper
For such a sweet natured candy colored family friendly animated adventure Ralph Breaks the Internet serves up quite the mega helping of meta material 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
James Berardinelli
It s breezy and fun and like its predecessor relies more for its appeal on nostalgia and familiarity than a strong narrative thrust 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Peter Hartlaub
Ralph Breaks the Internet is almost always inspired in the moment The story team has a good idea that worked in the first film and gives us more of that in a much bigger playing field 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Roger Moore
The giddy fun of the Disney Princesses scene stands out because nothing else does 
2.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Robert Daniels
Ralph Breaks the Internet A film that mixes every property within the Disney universe and some that aren t while finding roots in existentialism 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Oliver Jones
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a candy coated hard shined brick of postmodernism a Vitamix smoothie of gags nostalgia product placement and Fruity Pebbles 
2.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sean P. Means
Ralph Breaks the Internet is giddily of its moment a colorfully wacky satire of web culture that doesn t care whether it s still relevant in five years or five days 
3.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Brian Truitt
You ll LOL you ll cry emoji you ll never look at a pop up ad the same way again And while the new Ralph falls short of the original s brilliance any adventure with the big oaf and his glitchy BFF is winning 
3
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Henry Stewart
When Ralph Breaks the Internet ignores the glittering marvels of the internet and focuses on the rapport between its two leads it s deeply moving 
3
Beauty Remains
V.A. Musetto
So beautifully filmed it is especially sad that the script doesn t measure up 
1.5
Beauty Remains
Elizabeth Weitzman
Overwritten dialogue is matched by melodramatic performances 
2
Beauty Remains
Ken Fox
Beautifully art directed costumed and shot by Scott Kevan who brought the same to exotic haze to the interiors of Secretary the whole thing feels like a living breathing tableaux vivant from a China that is about to abruptly disappear 
3
Beauty Remains
Ed Gonzalez
Life is a stage in the film u2014a feeling confirmed by the final shot in which the characters arrange furniture and pose for the audience waiting for a standing ovation that will never come 
2
Snowmen
Roger Moore
The kids are charming and the supporting cast lift this comedy from above its direct to video ambitions 
2.5
Snowmen
Mike Scott
A sweet but wholly artificial bit of family entertainment 
2
Snowmen
Russ Breimeier
Funny engaging thought provoking meaningful and one of the best family movies I ve seen in a long time 
3.5
Snowmen
John Beifuss
A pleasant surprise a sometimes offbeat if ultimately reassuring kids film that compares favorably to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid adaptations 
2.5
The Hidden Half
Marty Mapes
Iranian director Tamineh Milani was arrested and faced execution for making The Hidden Half
3.5
Halloween
David Keyes
Most filmmakers would simply amp up the visual assault for the sake of stirring the minds of desensitized viewers Zombie is brave enough to depart from the source and take insightful back roads that consider the psychology of the subject 
3
Halloween
Brett Michel
When it comes to Rob Zombie s remake of John Carpenter s Halloween they don t get any more unnecessary 
1
Halloween
Wesley Lovell
Modernizing the classic slasher staple Rob Zombie s film is surprisingly adept 
3
Halloween
Lucius Gore
Rob Zombie s Halloween is an artistic failure One can only say that because Zombie showed himself to be nearly a horror film genius with The Devil s Rejects 
1.5
Halloween
Rossiter Drake
Zombie s Halloween may prove too verbose and literal minded to satisfy fans of Carpenter s original but it is a harsh disquieting experience 
3
Halloween
David Nusair
those druids are looking pretty darn good right about now 
.5
Halloween
Kyle Smith
The Batman Begins of slasher movies and one of the more frightening stabathons of recent years 
3
Halloween
Michael A. Smith
Zombie is still learning and I m sure in time will deliver a true horror classic of his own Until then enjoy his latest effort 
3
Halloween
John Beifuss
Zombie s morally dubious earlier films showcased fun loving homicidal anti heroes but there s nothing jokey or campy about his approach to Myers whose long hair and mask obsession suggest he may be a worst case scenario incarnation of Zombie himself 
3
Halloween
Frank Ochieng
blood spilling banality the sensationalism behind Zombie s directorial demeanor is merely a follow the dots frightfest with an exaggerated twitching disorder 
2
Halloween
Mike McGranaghan
I won t make the case that Halloween is anything other than a well crafted slasher film That s all it wants to be and that s what it achieves But I will say that the movie does the horror genre a big favor by reclaiming a legendary character 
3
Halloween
Sara Michelle Fetters
Part prequel part remake this new look at the cinematic serial killer icon Michael Meyers just isn t very scary 
2
Halloween
Bruce DeMara
Trick or treat Rob Zombie s re imagining of John Carpenter s 1978 horror classic Halloween must sadly be consigned to the former category and it s not even a very interesting suspenseful trick at that 
1
Halloween
Lisa Rose
Revamping the influential 1978 shocker Halloween for a new generation of viewers director Rob Zombie offers a film with more sex more violence no humor and zero scares 
1
Halloween
Jack Mathews
Rob Zombie s lousy remake of John Carpenter s 1978 slasher classic Halloween adds to the argument that horror movies are losing their box office appeal because filmmakers no longer know how or have any desire to create genuine suspense 
1.5
Halloween
Jason Anderson
The most depressing thing of all is that Michael will likely survive even this dire endeavour 
1.5
Halloween
Tom Russo
As a sensory experience the redo is flat Even if giving audiences a start were Zombie s strength fans already know when the scares are coming 
1
Halloween
Linda Cook
Abhorrent 
0
Halloween
Walter Chaw
If Rob Zombie ever decides to direct a horror movie watch out 
2.5
Halloween
Peter Hartlaub
Even if you consider a Halloween remake sacrilege you ve got to like a truck stop bathroom that s even gnarlier than the one in Trainspotting 
2
Halloween
Vince Koehler
What an insult to John Carpenter s classic This Halloween movie will have you screaming but not from the screenplay but rather at it 
1
Halloween
Nick Schager
Rob Zombie s gut understanding of what makes 70s horror so great is unfortunately glimpsed in only short sporadic bursts in Halloween 
2.5
Halloween
Sean P. Means
Zombie seems to want to explain Myers evil But any explanation would be unsatisfactory and dull the terror of Myers screen presence 
2
Halloween
Jeff Vice
By making the film more graphic Zombie has also made it considerably less scary and effective than Carpenter s version 
1.5
Halloween
Ken Fox
It will come as a welcome relief to fans who ve diligently sat through seven Halloween sequels in hopes of one day recapturing some of the terrifying magic of the original 
3.5
Halloween
Chris Hewitt
I was hoping for greatness from Rob Zombie s Halloween but got pretty goodness instead 
2.5
Halloween
Jim Hemphill
Rob Zombie s remake of John Carpenter s Halloween is neither the blasphemous affront hardcore fans have feared nor the flat out masterpiece one might have hoped for from one of modern horror s most distinctive talents 
2
Halloween
John Monaghan
With Halloween out of his system maybe Zombie will get back to what he does best fashioning semi original ideas that borrow from earlier movies while avoiding outright remakes 
2
Halloween
Phil Villarreal
Finally we know why homicidal maniac Michael Myers wears a mask Straight up embarrassment 
2
Halloween
Matt Pais
Zombie humanizes the killer only to turn him into the same slow moving monster adding nothing to the legend but grimier personal hygiene and improved stabbing technique 
1.5
Halloween
Dustin Putman
This so called reinvention doesn t cut it by a long shot It is a foul mouthed soulless low rent slasher flick that mistakes graphic violence for genuine thrills and sex scenes for character development 
1.5
Halloween
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How disappointing to see a film as callous noisy and stupid as any of the other horror remakes that have been cluttering up multiplexes as of late 
1
Halloween
Mark Dujsik
So bad it aspires to the height of utter pointlessness that was Gus Van Sant s remake of Psycho 
0
Halloween
Josh Larsen
The often awkward original is worth about a tenth of its considerable reputation yet when compared to Zombie s version it actually looks good 
1
Halloween
James Berardinelli
Although it s not saying much this is director Rob Zombie s most impressive outing behind the camera 
2
Tracey
Mattie Lucas
Centering of genitalia in trans identity remains problematic and highlights a need for more trans perspectives in modern cinema
2
Finian's Rainbow
Roger Ebert
A marvelous evening right up to its last shot of Astaire walking away down a country road 
4
Insidious
Ken Fox
There are eight million stories in the naked city and first time feature filmmaker Jerry Schram tries to cram half of them into this dark ensemble drama about the price of success 
1.5
Insidious
Nick Schager
Insidious baffles from the get go but the truly impressive feat pulled off by Jerry Schram s directorial debut is that it manages to become exponentially more incomprehensible as it progresses 
0
Mr. Nice
Chris Hewitt
I d recommend the similar Blow first and I didn t even like that movie much 
1.5
Mr. Nice
Mark Jenkins
The writer director tells the story with verve and small budget ingenuity 
2.5
Mr. Nice
Wesley Morris
Ifans looks 20 years too old for the part and the problem with the movie is it seems so desperate to be made that it barely cares that he spends half of his time miscast 
2
Mr. Nice
Betsy Sherman
Ultimately Mr Nice doesn t transcend its genre but the title character is a bright addition to the cinematic rogues gallery of charmers for whom the real high isn t the drugs or the cash but the con 
3
Mr. Nice
Joe Williams
Ifans captures the character s charisma and cool and it s fun to ride shotgun with him But the script isn t pointed enough to drill beneath the surface 
2.5
Mr. Nice
Mick LaSalle
Effortlessly captures the looks attitudes and the various mentalities of the period from the late 1960s and early 1970s through the transition from the hippie era into the Studio 54 days followed by the Just Say No retrenchment of the 1980s 
3
Mr. Nice
Chuck Bowen
Mr Nice lacks the unifying thematic rage or drive that might have tied the good moments into a coherent satisfying whole 
2
Mr. Nice
V.A. Musetto
Interesting well played characters come and go 
3
Lemmy
Ted Fry
This 65 year old gentleman with the distinctive facial hair and penchant for Nazi memorabilia is not only a certifiable rock god he s also one of the most thoughtful fellas you ll ever find grinding our mega decibels on a bass guitar 
3
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Anne Brodie
Sure 44 Mickey 58 The Story of a Mouse is a commercial but it apos s interesting to watch the artists and voice actors work to marry tradition and modernity as they put together a new short 46 10 
4
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Phil Villarreal
It apos s enough of a peek behind the curtain to intrigue 44 if not satisfy 44 your curiosity about the mouse apos s winding path 46 
3
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Roger Moore
A joke about what future archeologists might make of our worship of the mouse 44 an entire civilization 8217 s 8220 shrine to the Great God Mickey 44 8221 rings a lot truer that you 8217 d think 46 
3
Spielberg
Federico Furzan
An honest documentary about the master of entertainment It s more personal than I thought it could be Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Spielberg
Diane Werts
Lacy has mined everything it seems except perhaps too little naysaying 
3.5
Spielberg
Richard Roeper
This is a fitting and thorough tribute to a director whose work has left an enormous footprint on the popular culture 
4
Spielberg
Brian Tallerico
Spielberg will make movie lovers happy or more accurately just remind them how happy its subject made them in the past 
2.5
Murder Mystery 2
David Nusair
46 46 46 a sporadically watchable yet predominantly forgettable comedy that is 44 for the most part 44 foiled by its exhaustingly slick and generic sensibilities 46 46 46 
2
Murder Mystery 2
Richard Roeper
Pyrotechnics are plentiful but laughs are not 
2
Murder Mystery 2
Nina Metz
Ding dongs solving mysteries is a decent premise But the house style of the movies is more celebrities delivering lines rather than its two leads committing to the camp of it all 
1.5
Murder Mystery 2
Roger Moore
I think I chucked twice 44 once when Mark Strong lets fly a quot Huzzah 33 quot 
1.5
Murder Mystery 2
Jake Coyle
Like its predecessor Murder Mystery 2 is built on old fashioned star power and the interplay between Sandler and Aniston They re good company to be in and sometimes that s enough 
2
Murder Mystery 2
Leo Brady
It boils down to Sandler and Jennifer Anitston having a blast 46 This is a quick and often hilarious slice of crime solving hijinx 46 
3
Murder Mystery 2
Pablo O. Scholz
The film is designed for and tailored to fit them Sandler and Aniston Full review in Spanish 
3
Murder Mystery 2
Brian Tallerico
Aniston and Sandler do a lot by merely relying on their familiarity with one another as performers 46 
2.5
Murder Mystery 2
Jeff York
Low hanging fruit is fine 44 but Sandler is eminently capable of pushing his comedic work to something edgier or more sophisticated 46 46 46 I know he 8217 s got it in him to do a genuinely killer comedy 46 
2.5
Murder Mystery 2
Johnny Oleksinski
The real mystery is why they made a second one 
1
RoboCop
Sara Michelle Fetters
Peter Weller 8217 s work as slain police officer Alex Murphy 44 and then as unstoppable law enforcement titan RoboCop 44 is a thing of peerless beauty 46 
4
RoboCop
Henry Sheehan
Murphy at least in Verhoeven s hands seems to be asking for his fate with his gum chewing gun toting bravado 
3
RoboCop
Brian Eggert
Verhoeven s view of America caricatures extreme evolutions in capitalism media influence desensitization to violence gentrification and our perception of heroes each in service of a greater conversation about identity and culture 
4
RoboCop
Matt Brunson
Excessively violent yet also refreshingly satirical Robocop endures as a modern classic of sci fi cinema 
3.5
RoboCop
Dave Kehr
RoboCop relies for most of its impact and more disturbingly for much of its comedy on an absurd exaggeration of physical force 
2
RoboCop
Juan Carlos Coto
Robocop may sound like another bubble gum science fiction techno blaster but it s more than that Don t let the title fool you 
3
RoboCop
Carrie Rickey
When the law enforcing RoboCop cleans up corrupt Motown his victory is satisfying because he s got machinery and morals on his side RoboCop is where high tech meets High Noon 
3
RoboCop
Josh Larsen
As the years pass RoboCop seems more prescient than ever 
3
RoboCop
James Berardinelli
A sci fi action film with a silly title that turned out to be a biting satire of big business practices 
3.5
RoboCop
Walter Chaw
deals with Reagan s mad vision of a bellicose secretive consumer wonderland as the City on the Hill 
3.5
RoboCop
Eric Henderson
RoboCop set the tone for much of Dutch auteur import Paul Verhoeven s career in America 
3.5
RoboCop
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the smartest funniest and most exciting satires of the year And the ravages of time have barely touched it 
3.5
RoboCop
David Nusair
a surprisingly smart and funny satire that just gets sharper as the years go by 
4
RoboCop
Jeremy Heilman
Somehow the more violence that the director shows the less real it becomes 
3.5
RoboCop
James Kendrick
an extremely well made 44 often humorous comic book revenge fantasy with an underlying subtext of constant satirical jabs at American corporate domination
4
RoboCop
Roger Ebert
Most thriller and special effects movies come right off the assembly line RoboCop is a thriller with a difference 
3
RoboCop
James O'Ehley
Manic fast paced and outrageous Robocop is a classic of its genre Don t miss it even if you can t really stomach violence it is a glorious comic book come to life 
4
Apex
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its bad Lets just leave it at that and call it a day 
1
Apex
Tom Meek
Apex should have been called Nadir 
1
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Cyrus Durgin
This was Snoopy s round from start to finish in another enjoyable fable that didn t even hang together very well but nevertheless kept the chuckles flowing with its endearing mixture of childish antics and grownup talk 
3
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
James Kendrick
at its best plays as a powerful deeply human reminder of how desperate we can be for connection however compromised it may be
3
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Roger Ebert
I think Sunday Bloody Sunday is a masterpiece but I don t think it s about what everybody else seems to think it s about This is not a movie about the loss of love but about its absence 
4
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
David Nusair
the film s 70s excess prevents it from ever becoming anything more than a time capsule curiosity 
2
The Lodger (Sublokator)
Roger Ebert
So help me this is a genuinely funny movie 
3
Roadie
Roger Ebert
The movie s so genial disorganized and episodic that we never really care about the characters and yet whenever someone starts to sing the performance is interrupted for more meaningless plot development 
1.5
Maiden
Matt Brunson
It s interesting to watch Tracy Edwards maturation as a person she goes from claiming that she hates the word feminist to wholeheartedly embracing it 
3
Maiden
Brandy McDonnell
Like a rising tide thrilling archival footage and still timely female empowerment themes lift the compelling documentary Maiden beyond the timeworn tropes of the underdog sports drama 
3.5
Maiden
Bob Bloom
Maiden is most compelling when it takes us out to sea The battle between sailors and the ocean is a full time life and death struggle Storms and waves can wreck a yacht or claim a life by washing a person overboard 
3.5
Maiden
Mattie Lucas
It s an inspiring tale to be sure But without its strong emotional core it would likely be just another sports documentary 
3
Maiden
Josh Terry
Overall the documentary is a fantastic piece of inspiration that should connect with most anyone female or not who sets their heart on achieving a dream 
3
Maiden
Joe Friar
Alex Homes wonderful documentary features remarkable footage and new interviews with Tracy Edwards and the all female crew as they recount their inspiring story that took place thirty years ago 
3.5
Maiden
Moira MacDonald
A taut gripping documentary about one young woman s dream 
3.5
Maiden
Brad Wheeler
Using archival footage and fresh recollections director Alex Holmes offers an illuminating look into the weird world of jibs and rigging in a film that transcends the action of the sport 
3.5
Maiden
Lisa Trifone
It s surely a good sign if when a film ends your first thought as the credits roll is that you wish there were more 
4
Maiden
Peter Howell
Maiden puts us all in the ship right there with them 
3.5
Maiden
Kerry Lengel
Maiden s a flat out good yarn 
3
Maiden
Mark Dujsik
Maiden is a stirring and suspenseful documentary 
3.5
Maiden
Peter Canavese
This Maiden voyage s degrees of heroism and ugly behavior of victory and defeat illuminate a gripping and inspiring story that demands to be remembered 
3
Maiden
Sarah Knight Adamson
Empowering with themes of courage and strength a must see for all 
4
Maiden
Jeff Mitchell
Maiden is a must see voyage 
3.5
Maiden
Tom Russo
Writer director Alex Holmes Stop at Nothing The Lance Armstrong Story absorbingly recounts the story of Edwards and her team in an unfussy linear style that effectively recaptures the tension of their gutsy undertaking 
3
Maiden
Katie Walsh
With stunning archival footage and interviews with the amazing Maiden crew Holmes captures that high in this stirring documentary that recounts not just the feminist achievement but triumph of the human spirit 
4
Maiden
Ann Hornaday
But even at its most visceral and exciting it s the emotion at the story s core and the higher principles at work that make it transcendent 
3.5
Maiden
Odie Henderson
Maiden excels as a suspenseful sports tale and a record of a historic first but its biggest strength is in its warts and all character study of the Maiden crew 
3.5
Maiden
Mike McGranaghan
You ll be cheating yourself if you miss this enthralling film 
3.5
Maiden
Roger Moore
A rich man s sport it may be but these plucky women s story is still inspiring 
3
Maiden
Wes Greene
Director Alex Holmes ultimately takes a frustratingly simplistic approach to his thematically rich material 
2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
John Hartl
Instead of sending up the current glut of serial killer movies the filmmakers trot out the old slasher tactics 
1.5
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
John Wooley
Every convention of the old slasher film is here including some incredibly stupid motivation hastily sketched characters and incomprehensible plot twists 
1.5
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
David Nusair
Much maligned yet quite underrated 
2.5
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dustin Putman
Bogged down by ridiculous plotting involving warlocks druids and Thorn that have no place in a movie about a villain who is supposed to be purely and simply evil 
2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
James Berardinelli
Needless to say the gore level is high and the scare level low although not as low as the intelligence level 
0
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Mick LaSalle
This sixth installment by far the worst in the series is bland and deadening 
0
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Chris Hicks
The film s conclusion is naturally open ended to allow for Halloween 7 which will probably be subtitled Michael Myers Does a Pepsi Commercial 
0
A Radiant Girl
Nell Minow
quot A Radiant Girl quot rewards careful attention 46 
3.5
The Makioka Sisters
Josh Larsen
attuned to the ways women bound by tradition negotiate a world ostensibly run by men 
3.5
The Makioka Sisters
Peter Canavese
Well acted by a strong ensemble The Makioka Sisters quietly steadily and almost imperceptibly as it happens endears us to these women investing us in their varied fates Blu ray 
3.5
Minor Premise
Bob Strauss
The premises within The Premise yield stories crafted with care and played out with sincere commitment even when it s all in the service of snide irony 
3
Minor Premise
Tom Meek
It s a lot of smoke and mist sometime moody and sometime overly manipulative 
2
Minor Premise
Walter Chaw
Minor Premise works through its tangle with a deft touch one moment a romance the next a horror movie 
3
Minor Premise
Blake Howard
Minor Premise is a significant formal achievement featuring a phenomenally engaging Sathya Sridharan performance 
3
Minor Premise
Randy Myers
Unlike Nolan s emotionally deficient behemoths Schultz s scrappy gem fires up the heart as well as the brain 
3
Minor Premise
Mike McGranaghan
Stylishly made and intellectually engaging Minor Premise is a treat for fans of brainy sci fi 
3
Minor Premise
Nick Allen
Instead of inspiring curiosity about something it s so knowledgeable in Minor Premise affirms its intellect but keeps the viewer at a distance 
2.5
Chlorine
Farran Smith Nehme
It s not a good movie and yet there are persistent good bits 
1.5
Chlorine
Rex Reed
Unfortunately better movies have already been made about the subject from the underrated film The Joneses to the current Wolf of Wall Street 
2
Chlorine
Mike McGranaghan
Chlorine is lacking in just about everything wit dramatic momentum cohesion etc A wildly underdeveloped film 
1
My Son
Roger Moore
It s not Taken but that s one of the chief appeals in McAvoy s character and his performance of him He ensures we don t necessarily know what s coming because he s damned good at making us think he doesn t know either 
2.5
Maxima
Bill Chambers
Maxima might be said to not so much elevate Maxima Acuña to a martyr as reduce her to one Wanting for its subject s passion it s filmmaking as dry as those desiccated mines 
2.5
The In Crowd
Jami Bernard
Late night cable here it comes 
1.5
The In Crowd
Katherine Dillin
Dark and twisted with sexually suggestive undercurrents this one s as safe to miss as a sunburn by the club poolside 
1
The In Crowd
Vicky Edwards
The press release makes a special request to not reveal the ending They didn t need to worry Anyone over PG 13 age is going to know exactly where this movie is going long before it gets there 
1
The In Crowd
David Nusair
if you re a fan of cat fights you ll have it made in the shade 
2
The In Crowd
Jim Shelby
Somebody wrote this directed this and wrote out checks for the actors They all have family somewhere proudly boasting that their child makes movies in Hollywood 
1
The In Crowd
Richard Horgan
Nothing but a big fat tease 
1.5
The In Crowd
James Sanford
full of attractive listless actors who apparently couldn t get jobs on any of the WB s teen soap operas striking poses and mouthing dusty dialogue 
.5
The In Crowd
Ray Conlogue
It s so bad that even the kids who let s face it aren t a very discriminating audience were hooting at it during an opening day screening 
1
The In Crowd
Edward Guthmann
A glossy piece of trash 
1
The In Crowd
James Berardinelli
The In Crowd is one of those obscure features that a distributor sneaks into the summer marketplace when no one is looking 
1
Inside
Steve Rhodes
Pedantic and preachy Penn s film tries to be an almost unwatchably horrific picture and succeeds 
2
Englewood: The Growing Pains in Chicago
Michael Dequina
To simply dismiss the film as derivative is to discount the distinctive perspective and personality of Cochran s work 
3
How Green Was My Valley
Josh Larsen
There is no logical reason why you should feel as warm and nostalgic as you do at the end of How Green Was My Valley 
4
How Green Was My Valley
Derek Smith
Its moralizing is dishonest and at times offensive No matter how effectively a story is told it s hard to buy into one that so often deceives its audience 
1.5
How Green Was My Valley
Wesley Lovell
Life in the working class generally determines where your life will lead A young boy with the chance to break out realizes where his future is supposed to be 
3.5
How Green Was My Valley
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The tough but highly sentimental John Ford was one of the few great cinema artists who was appreciated in his time 
4
How Green Was My Valley
Michael Szymanski
A bit sad often tragic it seems like a downer of a film to win a Best Picture and many think it doesn t hold up to Citizen Kane but that s not true It s a classic 
3
How Green Was My Valley
Marty Mapes
The philosophy behind the movie may sound harsh and fatalistic but its sentiment and joie de vivre are genuine and heartfelt 
3.5
How Green Was My Valley
James Berardinelli
If not for the inevitable comparisons to Citizen Kane How Green Was My Valley might have aged better 
3
World Trade Center
Mattie Lucas
A simple hauntingly devastating yet finally optimistic experience 
3.5
World Trade Center
Michael Dequina
For all its noble intent the film brings to celluloid life makes just about every fear anyone had about a Hollywood treatment of the 9 11 tragedy 
2
World Trade Center
Joe Lozito
A loving respectful much deserved tribute 
3
World Trade Center
Michael A. Smith
What did Oliver Stone make me think about In a nutshell he made me remember that this country was built on the hearts and resolve of it s citizens 
4
World Trade Center
Michael Szymanski
This felt like an overwrought TV movie I don t care if that s unpatriotic hey I defended Alexander 
1.5
World Trade Center
David N. Butterworth
Strip away its 9 11 backdrop and Oliver Stone s World Trade Center is little more than a primetime domestic potboiler about a couple of NYC cops buried under rubble 
2.5
World Trade Center
Jeremy Heilman
Perhaps the least likely candidate among American auteurs to make this particular 9 11 movie Oliver Stone delivers a satisfying portrait of Americans ability to weather the storm 
3.5
World Trade Center
Peter T. Chattaway
Whatever hints Stone might be dropping he has at least done a superb job of capturing on film what that awful day was like There are missteps along the way but for the most part it works 
3
World Trade Center
Frank Ochieng
Well World Trade Center delivers the piercing pathos and reminds us once again that Stone can make the transitional move and be both inventive and viably affecting 
3
World Trade Center
Greg Maki
It s an unabashed feel good Hollywood movie but sometimes that s just what we need 
4
World Trade Center
Scott Nash
The whole movie has a Lifetime Movie of the Week feel 
2
World Trade Center
David Nusair
emotionally resonant and thoroughly compelling 
3
World Trade Center
Jonathan W. Hickman
The fact that we all know what s about to happen does not diminish the effectiveness 
3
World Trade Center
Collin Souter
I look at the screen and I don t see John McLaughlin I see Nicolas Cage with a moustache and an awkward New York accent 
2.5
World Trade Center
Lori Hoffman
our perspective is filtered through the anger and pain that comes when we are asked to remember that life wasn t always like this 
2.5
World Trade Center
Matt Brunson
Replace the real life characters with two fictional guys trapped in a collapsed building and what you re left with is a 1970s style TV movie of the week the sort that invariably starred the likes of Christopher George and Lee Majors 
2
World Trade Center
Keith Uhlich
Stone s talents and his occasional profundity lie in juxtaposition and bombast in a breathless ragged montage 
2
World Trade Center
Thomas Delapa
Collapses under its own weight of jerrybuilt melodramatics In Stone and Berloff s emphasis on uplifting survival the momentous 9 11 attacks are reduced to an innocuous event complete with a happy ending 
2
World Trade Center
Marty Mapes
Packs an emotional wallop Thankfully it s all earned and justified 
3
World Trade Center
Gary Goldstein
World Trade Center is a well crafted beautifully acted piece that s better judged on its own terms than as say the definitive recounting of 9 11 That film has yet to be made 
3
World Trade Center
Tyler Hanley
Stone paints a grim and claustrophobic picture of the men s nightmarish confines but beautifully captures their bond and passion to survive 
3.5
World Trade Center
Dan Fienberg
Stone doesn t shy from bawling wives gauzy sentimental flashbacks or rousing musical cues but there s little doubt that he could have gone more overboard 
3
World Trade Center
Jonathan R. Perry
Truth is stranger than fiction even in Oliver Stone s hands World Trade Center is an honorable film 
3.5
World Trade Center
Richard Roeper
T here s much discussion about whether audiences are ready to see a mainstream movie about the events of 9 11 That s your choice but you ll be missing one of the best films of the year 
4
World Trade Center
Sean McBride
a nearly pitch perfect film that celebrates the ordinary heroes of 9 11
3.5
World Trade Center
Aaron Hillis
Underscored by the fragility of a plinking piano and well timed flourishes to uplift this heroic heartstring tugger is unexpectedly affecting so much that it s able to hide its true face as a glorified movie of the week 
2.5
World Trade Center
Linda Cook
I had the shapes of eight little crescents embedded in my palms after I saw World Trade Center Because I was so riveted so moved that I actually dug my nails into my own hands 
4
World Trade Center
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The story of what they experienced is gripping and inspiring but however true it is to their lives the way it s told restricts what the movie can say about the larger tragedy 
2
World Trade Center
John Beifuss
Polls since JFK show a rise in the number of people who attribute Kennedy s assassination to conspiracy will polls in the wake of WTC show a bump in the percentage of Americans who connect Iraq with 9 11 even though the film doesn t make the link 
2.5
World Trade Center
Larry Ratliff
In an amazing turnabout Stone fills the screen with a film from the heart instead of his conspiracy filled mind 
4
World Trade Center
Bob Bloom
World Trade Center is a movie packed with emotion Guaranteed no one will leave the theater dry eyed 
4
World Trade Center
Eric Melin
When it sticks to the first person account of its survivors it is at its most riveting 
3
World Trade Center
Maitland McDonagh
Beautifully acted and thoroughly myopic the film manages to strip 9 11 of its context and scope boiling it down to an intimate story of decent ordinary people dealt a staggeringly bad hand and dealing with it each according to his or her nature 
2.5
World Trade Center
Geoff Pevere
If duty is the operative attitude here inevitability is the inescapable result and World Trade Center ultimately finds itself as pinned down as McLoughlin and Jimeno are 
2.5
World Trade Center
Mark Rahner
Noble intent and adherence to real events don t necessarily add up to success onscreen it s also often tedious and schmaltzy 
2
World Trade Center
Mick LaSalle
Stone does everything he can to do justice to the real life people he s depicting and yet nothing he does can cover up the film s single but overarching weakness The personal story he uses to portray the larger event is limited in scope and impact 
2
World Trade Center
Carla Meyer
Grueling but ultimately uplifting World Trade Center tells the true stories of Port Authority police officers John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno who went into the World Trade Center to save people and ended up needing to be saved themselves 
3
World Trade Center
Lou Lumenick
An expertly crafted respectful piece of inspirational filmmaking 
3
World Trade Center
Duane Dudek
Rather than manufacturing suspense WTC creates consensus and catharsis and is deeply moving in ways that recall the unity and decency we witnessed that day 
3.5
World Trade Center
Bob Strauss
WTC is very Hollywood in the best ways straightforward storytelling artful performances fantastic production values and camera work that serve the events being depicted above all rather than the director s often loony aesthetic whims 
3.5
World Trade Center
Robert W. Butler
World Trade Center isn t about foreign policy or hatred or even patriotism It s about the bravery and resilience lying dormant in all of us 
3.5
World Trade Center
Amy Biancolli
It displays optimism patriotism emotional frankness and faith Detractors might call it sentimental Most of all it exhibits no political slant whatsoever injecting only heartfelt empathy for the day s many victims and heroes 
4
World Trade Center
Rick Groen
Obviously living through 9 11 even at a televised remove we felt overwhelmed Now sitting through the re creation we feel something altogether different and yet faintly familiar underwhelmed 
2.5
World Trade Center
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A highly effective old fashioned bigger than life American melodrama full of heartbreak and heroism tragedy and triumph 
3
World Trade Center
Terry Lawson
World Trade Center is beautifully acted down to the smallest role and exquisitely crafted it is all but impossible to tell the difference between the computer generated imagery and live action sequences shot in Manhattan 
3
World Trade Center
Jeff Vice
If you didn t know better you d swear that World Trade Center came from another more straight forward filmmaker such as Steven Spielberg or Ron Howard instead of Oliver Stone 
3
World Trade Center
Lisa Kennedy
World Trade Center approaches drama s potent promise finding in the story of two individuals and their families uncommon valor and common ground at ground zero 
3.5
World Trade Center
Mary F. Pols
The storytelling is admirable the focus is just right for anyone who prefers if they have to revisit that day after all that despair to see something good come out of the whole mess 
2.5
World Trade Center
Jim Emerson
In ten years or even next week I don t know that this will be seen as anything more than an average TV movie about a not so recent disaster 
2.5
World Trade Center
Rob Thomas
Stone is unapologetic in his tribute to these people and to his credit generally doesn t allow any of his usual directorial ambition or stylistic excess to distract from it 
3
World Trade Center
Ty Burr
Oliver Stone has made an honorable film in other words and almost the best thing I can say about it is that it doesn t feel like an Oliver Stone movie 
3
World Trade Center
Jeffrey Westhoff
Stone taps into great reserves of undiscovered subtlety 
3.5
World Trade Center
Josh Larsen
elicits our sympathy our sorrow and even our tears Yet the movie offers very little in return Which raises the question Is there value in suffering by proxy 
2
World Trade Center
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s 9 11 as soap opera and while some will undoubtedly find that to be okay I for one was more than a tad disappointed 
2.5
World Trade Center
Daniel M. Kimmel
There were all too many stories that day that didn t end happily This isn t one of them 
3.5
World Trade Center
Phil Villarreal
More for the ages than the times in which it was made 
3
World Trade Center
Erik Childress
A failure at the most basic levels of cinema and its inability to make me feel ANYthing when any single still image of that day can induce the fear of God is inexcusable 
1.5
World Trade Center
Willie Waffle
Stone has delivered a beautiful heartfelt and touching movie that celebrates the heroes of September 11th and will leave everyone in the audience with a lump in their throats and a few tears in their eyes 
4
World Trade Center
Nick Schager
Stone slyly sneaks virtuoso moments into his story bringing a modest elegance to a script that frequently feels creakily old fashioned 
3
World Trade Center
Claudia Puig
Stone takes one of the most tragic events of this century and focuses on the hope humanity and determination that also held sway amid the darkness 
3
World Trade Center
Carrie Rickey
A humanist movie of enormous empathy 
3.5
World Trade Center
Lawrence Toppman
Stone and Berloff give us time to meditate on this disaster finding optimism in its aftermath No filmmakers will put together the whole puzzle surrounding that dreadful day but they ve handed us a crucial piece 
3.5
World Trade Center
Mike McGranaghan
I think they ought to just give Maggie Gyllenhaal the Oscar right now She s that good 
3.5
World Trade Center
Peter Canavese
Despite what you may have heard World Trade Center isn t entirely apolitical just understated in its commentary 
3
World Trade Center
Rene Rodriguez
World Trade Center feels like the respectful and tender beginning of a dialogue between filmmakers and audiences about a subject most would rather not revisit via their entertainment 
3
World Trade Center
David Elliott
Stone and his superb team make us feel the scale and body heat of the event the storm wave of panic the enshrouding sense of a world gone lunatic They have made an amazing visual and visceral homage to ground zero 
3.5
World Trade Center
Bruce Newman
World Trade Center delivers to its audience a calculated dose of uplift and gooses us along to feel suspense here compassion there and hope at the end 
3
World Trade Center
Phoebe Flowers
World Trade Center is a commemoration of everyone who lost his or her life in the wreckage of 9 11 but also something more It s a celebration of living against all odds 
3.5
World Trade Center
Chris Hewitt
A modest powerful film 
3.5
World Trade Center
Dustin Putman
World Trade Center comes close to being the self serving Hollywood production many had feared 
2
World Trade Center
Gene Seymour
The movie s gradual build up from the mundane to the unimaginable contains some of Stone s most evocative and searing filmmaking 
3
World Trade Center
Michael Phillips
World Trade Center is the second major studio picture to weigh in on the events of Sept 11 2001 It is a more limited achievement a comfortably unsettling drama 
2.5
World Trade Center
Matt Pais
It is not too soon for films about 9 11 but it is never the right time to diminish the weight of tragedy in order to make it easier to swallow 
1
World Trade Center
Walter Chaw
A READER S DIGEST Drama in Real Life composite picture its epiphanies minor and its execution pure movie of the week 
2
World Trade Center
Steve Rhodes
Mr Conspiracy Theory himself brings us a conspiracy free story that is absence of any villains and full of politically correct anger 
2
World Trade Center
Sean P. Means
With a combination of painstaking detail and tactful emotion Stone and Berloff keep Hollywood sentimentality at bay to depict an event that is overwhelming on its own 
3.5
World Trade Center
James Berardinelli
World Trade Center is Stone s most potent motion picture since Platoon and may be the most accessible across the board since Wall Street 
3.5
World Trade Center
Jeanne Aufmuth
Oliver Stone s take on one of history s most notorious and devastating days is white washed with the sentimental veneer of the Lifetime Channel 
2
World Trade Center
Nick Rogers
A different and more focal jumping off point for the sort of spiritualism Stone has tackled in past films It s occasionally voyeuristic and ineloquent at its conclusion but it s an honest story of human connection with great performances 
3.5
World Trade Center
Ross Anthony
Will John A fantastic story beautiful hope filled one that should be told but the set up of the film and title itself subtract from the power of the storytelling here 
2
World Trade Center
Peter Travers
The script by newcomer Andrea Berloff who worked with both couples to get the details right has the sting of reality to work against any sugarcoating 
3
World Trade Center
Jack Mathews
This as uncomplicated a movie as Stone Born on the 4th of July JFK has made and one of his most powerful 
3.5
Crazy as Hell
Jan Stuart
This dramatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old Hollywood saw Evil is interesting and good is boring 
2
Crazy as Hell
Glenn Whipp
A fairly engaging if overly simplistic comic thriller 
2.5
Crazy as Hell
Megan Turner
A morality tale whose thought provoking potential is hampered by a made for TV look rigid performances and an asinine twist that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense 
1
Crazy as Hell
Harvey S. Karten
Perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions 
3.5
The Legend of the Underground
Robert Daniels
A resilient kaleidoscope of heels dance and strength 
3.5
Aquamarine
Todd Hertz
The movie scores a major victory in reaching its audience with the all too important message that they are fine just the way they are 
3
Aquamarine
Matt Pais
JoJo can t act act and the same goes for everyone else in Aquamarine who isn t a dolphin 
2
Aquamarine
Thomas Delapa
Cross the Gidget flicks with a sudsy fish out of water tale and poof you ll get this tween fantasy which only lands with a small splash 
1.5
Aquamarine
Linda Cook
As silly and girly as an adolescent crush and every bit as fun Aquamarine is the perfect film for girls age 10 and older u2026and their older sisters And their moms And some of us who used to be adolescent girls 
3
Aquamarine
Ruthe Stein
The movie has a sweetness and innocence that makes it near perfect entertainment for its target audience 
2.5
Aquamarine
Moira MacDonald
Aquamarine isn t good enough to be a teen classic but its audience will leave the theater happy 
2.5
Aquamarine
Ken Fox
Aside from an inspired bit involving a pair of sycophantic starfish it s amazing how unimaginative a movie about a mermaid can be and it s sad how thoroughly its girl power stylings devolve into a muddle of mixed messages 
2
Aquamarine
Carla Meyer
Heartfelt but clunky the mermaid out of water story Aquamarine offers enough female positive messages to make it worthwhile viewing for tween girls 
2.5
Aquamarine
Timothy Knight
Aquamarine touches on tried and true coming of age themes developing self esteem and overcoming fears but does so with a winning light heartedness 
2.5
Aquamarine
Carrie Rickey
Like its title character Allen s choppy and inconsistent film has two speeds ditsy or sentimental and never gathers momentum 
1.5
Aquamarine
Stephen Whitty
Girls deserve a fun time at the movies but they also deserve movies with a better message than Fib Flirt and Shop 
1.5
Aquamarine
Kyle Smith
This movie s no Little Mermaid and it doesn t make much of a Splash But it s high spirited innocent fun 
2.5
Aquamarine
Jami Bernard
Bouncy and sweet Aquamarine has a mild feminist bent that s played for laughs but it s definitely a movie for the shallow end of the pool 
2.5
Aquamarine
Kit Bowen
A little bit Splash a little bit Nickelodeon Aquamarine is just as sweet as gummy worm bait and is guaranteed to reel in the middle school set who are itching to do something at the mall 
2.5
Aquamarine
Glenn Whipp
Aquamarine demands little of its audience but it doesn t demean it either which in this day and age is something worth noting 
2.5
Aquamarine
John Monaghan
If there was more content in the Alice Hoffman book on which it is based the screenwriters keep it effectively submerged 
2
Aquamarine
Jeff Vice
Aquamarine film is not a completely noxious or painful experience though it s rather juvenile and has a cornball sense of humor that is squarely aimed at its obvious target demographic 
2
Aquamarine
Lawrence Toppman
If the target audience deserves a chance to hear the messages Aquamarine wants to share does it not also deserve a movie that isn t merely a TV show at double the usual length 
2
Aquamarine
Michael Wilmington
Like its title heroine it s sparkly pretty and flirty but often all wet 
2
Aquamarine
Matt Caracappa
Core plot aside Aquamarine adapted from Alice s Hoffman s novel is more the story of two very typical tweens teaching their sometimes befuddled new friend what it means to be a girl 
3
Aquamarine
Wesley Morris
Girls will know Aquamarine is unique because it s the rare movie that fiercely respects the altruistic loyalty that bonds girls to one another 
2.5
Aquamarine
James Sanford
much easier to sit through than your average Hilary Duff vehicle and for its target audience it s sure to be a spring break must see 
2.5
Aquamarine
Sean P. Means
Only on DVD will the movie achieve its true destiny as the perfect slumber party rental for 12 year old girls 
2.5
Aquamarine
Liam Lacey
Both Roberts and Levesque are better known for their recording careers than their acting and while they have regular girl presence their believability wavers greatly from scene to scene 
2
Aquamarine
Peter Howell
Aquamarine s modest charms make it an agreeable diversion for its intended demographic 
2.5
Aquamarine
Daniel M. Kimmel
For girls of a certain age this is an ideal movie Older viewers able to check their worldly cynicism at the door should have a good time too 
3
Aquamarine
Willie Waffle
She s a blonde haired blue eyed mermaid who loves Ben and Jerry s Ice Cream HELLO SARA PAXTON I AM IN LOVE 
2.5
Aquamarine
Cathy Jakicic
It s a harmless diversion that should keep kids amused and parents relaxed 
2.5
Aquamarine
Roger Ebert
The plot is predictable the emotions are obvious and the mermaid reminds me of my friend McHugh explaining why lobsters make ideal pets They don t bark and they know the secrets of the deep 
2
Aquamarine
Kathy Cano-Murillo
Think of Aquamarine as an eventful day at the marine park with plenty of bubble gum to go around 
3.5
Aquamarine
Laura Kelly
OMG this mermaid out of water story is totally for tween and teen girls and their best friends and nobody else 
2
Aquamarine
Gene Seymour
You can t begrudge its earnestness or even its corny puns None of it keeps Aquamarine from being as sweet and disposable as the gummy snakes its eponymous heroine loves so much 
2
Aquamarine
Jeff Strickler
The tweener romantic fantasy Aquamarine is likely to strike a chord with junior high girls but other demographics are apt to find this fish out of water story a bit dry 
2
Aquamarine
James Berardinelli
It s a solid recommendation for young girls and those unfortunate parents trapped into chaperone duty For everyone else especially those possessing a Y chromosome there s not much of interest But then you weren t planning to see it anyway were you 
2.5
Aquamarine
Josh Larsen
a sparkly endorsement of what can best be described as Barbie culture 
1
Aquamarine
Dustin Putman
Gentle hearted and surprisingly sweet 
2.5
Aquamarine
Ed Gonzalez
Because it doesn t take itself too seriously Aquamarine actually demands your attention 
2.5
Aquamarine
Sean McBride
an utterly disposable yet thoroughly charming piece of bubblegum pop aimed squarely at pre teen girls
3
Aquamarine
Steve Rhodes
Clearly intended for 11 12 year old girls Aquamarine is actually DOA for all ages 
1
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Brian Tallerico
An exhaustive and sometimes exhausting documentary a film that can sometimes feel like it s so packed with information and detail that Stone has lost the path through this dense forest of conspiracy theories 
2.5
The Bride Comes Home
Kathy Fennessy
Here Comes the Bride goes down as easy as an egg cream at the drugstore lunch counter 
3
Wild Is the Wind
Roger Moore
This tame 8220 Wind 8221 meanders towards whatever inevitable conclusion among the three we can see coming long before the finale 44 all we 8217 re left with is what might have been 46 
2
Unknown
Walter Chaw
If you stay with it you do so by pretending you don t know how it ends and moreover that you care 
0.5
Desiree
Peter Canavese
This story framed as a historical account of the only woman to stand up to Napoleon doesn t quite conquer our interest though it is itself an intriguing piece of Hollywood history due to the presence of Brando in an iconic role Blu ray 
2.5
Samoan Wedding
Burl Burlingame
Actor Oscar Kightley bears a remarkable resemblance to teenage actor Daniel Harry Potter Radcliffe if Radcliffe were in his mid 30s bald and Samoan Uncanny 
3
Samoan Wedding
Mick LaSalle
The audience is left standing on the outside almost as though watching a home movie Clearly this meant something to the people who made it but it s hard to say what or why 
2
Secret Santa
Walter Chaw
There s a line between homage and rip off and I think you cross it when you quote lines in their entirety without a lot of irony from better movies 
1
Io
Federico Furzan
Why settle for this when you can make much more IO doesn t try too hard to achieve something with its lukewarm and simple characters Full review in Spanish 
2
Io
Nick Allen
IO isn t science fiction storytelling distilled so much as it is vaporized 
2
Don Juan DeMarco
Mal Vincent
Before you start clutching this newspaper and panting be aware that I am writing here about a comedy a very rare comedy that dares to play itself seriously and to take unusual risks 
4
Don Juan DeMarco
Roger Ebert
Brando doesn t so much walk through this movie as coast in a gassy self indulgent performance no one else could have gotten away with 
2
Don Juan DeMarco
Emanuel Levy
Iconoclastic acting by Marlon Brando Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway elevate this likable comedy about love illusion and delusion way above its inconsequential text 
3
Don Juan DeMarco
Steve Rhodes
A light hearted fairy tale of a romance there is not much in it but what there is is a delight and will reaffirm your belief in life and especially in romance 
2.5
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Matt Brunson
Merely one of the greatest Westerns ever made 46 
4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A masterpiece Full review in Spanish 
4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Roger Ebert
There is a purity to the John Ford style His composition is classical He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing 
4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Phil Villarreal
In their final Western together Wayne and Ford gave the past a resounding send off 
4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
James Berardinelli
Along with The Searchers it represents John Ford at his most accomplished And it is one of the best Westerns Hollywood has ever produced 
4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
James Kendrick
a complex work that is both a nostalgic look back to a simpler time and a deep examination of the role of myths and legends in the painful struggle of a young nation as it moved from the wilderness into modernity
3.5
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ford s greatest film 
4
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
Joshua Tanzer
An intelligent personal drama 
2.5
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
David Sterritt
One of the most engaging American indies so far this year 
2
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
Lou Lumenick
It s canned theater 
1.5
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
Harvey S. Karten
Obviously the work of a playwright this is not at all cinematic 
2
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
Roger Moore
Nothing to see here 
1
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
Mike McGranaghan
The film feels like a fairy tale as re imagined by the staff of your local Hot Topic 
2
Target
Robert W. Butler
Mr Hackman seems to have been born for this role Mr Dillon seems to be putting the obnoxious punks of his early roles behind him for a somewhat more complex and satisfying characterization 
3
Target
Michael Sragow
Where oh where was the script doctor It s basically a straight line thriller with a few quasi artistic curlicues 
1.5
Target
Bill Cosford
The action sequences of Target which make up most of the picture are certainly adequate But they are just as certainly overblown verging on the Bond ian when the tone of the film wants something closer to Le Carre 
2
Target
Michael H. Price
Save the movie that s what Hackman and Dillon do best Their confident team acting as an estranged father and son forced into a collaborative heroic effort overcomes one hackneyed script element after another 
2.5
Target
Kathleen Carroll
Hackman and Dillon convey the growing mutual admiration of this extremely likable father and son duo but they re up against an increasingly silly script 
3
Target
Gene Siskel
The saddest element of Target is its overall tone of desperation Penn is desperate for a hit and so is Hackman 
1
Target
Walter Chaw
Laughing at this stuff isn t good for the soul 
0.5
Target
David Nusair
an engaging and intriguing little thriller 
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Peter T. Chattaway
A sweet film laced with magic realism and it tackles some rather dark themes in a way that is perfectly appropriate for young children 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bill Chambers
Just the latest quasi magic realist two birds with one stone shrine to non traditional families and the power of myth
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Willie Waffle
not heavy on plot but it is a series of charming adventures with common heart warming themes about finding friendship and dealing with hardship
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Linda Cook
I left the theater with joy in my heart And it s all because of Winn Dixie 
3.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Peter Debruge
Plenty entertaining and chock full of valuable lessons about friendship and respect 
3.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Mark Collette
It s heavy on metaphor and voiceover and weak on passion 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kit Bowen
Like a big glass of milk and a slice of apple pie Because of Winn Dixie is just as wholesome as it gets if you don t mind overdosing on the sugar once in awhile 
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Vince Koehler
Director Damien O Donnell crafts this well acted funny moving story that speaks to people s loneliness and the need to connect This film is great for kids and adults alike 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Frank Ochieng
An innocuous and sleepy eyed kiddie fable that resonates occasionally in its tenderness Intermittently dour and drab in some instances but also very charming and observant
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Liam Lacey
An unhomogenized combination of formulaic family entertainment and cornpone Southern fable 
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Scott Nash
So darn wholesome and good that it goes down like a cold glass of milk and is just about as exciting 
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Claudia Puig
A whimsical family film about longing and belonging told with gentle humanity 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Peter Howell
This is a so so story that s told incorrectly 
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Laura Kelly
Because of Winn Dixie meets cute but in the end it grates on the nerves 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Jeff Shannon
The movie manages to eradicate any meaningful subtleties that are present in Kate DiCamillo s 2001 Newberry Award winning children s book 
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Peter Hartlaub
Winn Dixie has a way of growing on you 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Timothy Knight
A refreshingly old fashioned family movie that doesn t rely on smart alecky humor or pop culture references to keep kids in their seats 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Lou Lumenick
Mildly diverting and way too long for a movie aimed at kids 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Jami Bernard
Has some wan jokes incongruous slapstick and the occasional embarrassment which may keep it from being as popular as the Newberry Award winning novel by Kate DiCamillo 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Mack Bates
The best of this year s family friendly film explosion so far 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Glenn Whipp
Won t disappoint any elementary school kid or the moms and dads who treasure their dog eared copies of Kate DiCamillo s Newbery honored children s novel 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
John Monaghan
Parents who claim they crave thoughtful entertainment for their kids finally have a movie they can get behind 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Roger Ebert
Because of Winn Dixie doesn t have a mean bone in its body but it s dead in the water 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Jeff Vice
Manages to overcome the sense of its being overly familiar 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Lisa Kennedy
It makes a fine argument for what kid friendly Christian compassionate entertainment can be 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Lawrence Toppman
It s so much more honest than the average Hollywood blather that I think you ll end up in my camp 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ty Burr
In pace sensibility and big beating heart this is a child s first indie film and it s the better for it 
3
Because of Winn-Dixie
Peter Canavese
Because of Winn Dixie based on the beloved novel by Kate DiCamillo turns out to be a modest success for the family crowd 
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Greg Maki
I wanted to like Winn Dixie I just didn t believe it 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Erik Childress
Such a misfire that even the title can think of nothing else but to blame the poor dog 
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Dustin Putman
The sum of its parts could have added up to much more than it does Then again let s be thankful for small victories It could have been Are We There Yet 
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Chris Hewitt
Cozy and homespun Because of Winn Dixie is the movie equivalent of a grilled cheese sandwich or Patsy Cline s voice 
3.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Jan Stuart
A lopsided but fitfully pleasant daydream for young girls looking to discover their inner hostess a dog slobbered Martha Stewart The Early Years 
2.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
David Sterritt
Bland amiable innocuous 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Robert K. Elder
Wayne Wang s Because of Winn Dixie tries hard to be sweet but plays like Pollyanna with fleas 
1.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Josh Larsen
Wang is aiming for quirkiness here but he never gets beyond cloying 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Steve Rhodes
A sometimes sweet film it produces a high fidget factor due to its excessive length and thin plot 
2
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ed Gonzalez
It s like one half of a Willa Cather novel The moral backbone is there but its social spine has been ripped out 
2.5
Freeheld
Matt Brunson
Worth catching 
3
Freeheld
Dustin Putman
Enjoyable to watch if somewhat undemanding and lacking in complexity Freeheld tells an important story with a comfort food vibe 
2.5
Freeheld
Simon Houpt
Page and Julianne Moore who plays Hester have an easy if not electric chemistry but they seem hamstrung by the movie of the week tropes and Peter Sollett s plodding direction 
2
Freeheld
Scott Renshaw
It s so hard for a film to fight through the reality that it s build around people giving speeches especially when those speeches are meant for an audience that already agrees 
2.5
Freeheld
Chris Knight
There aren t a lot of surprises in Freeheld But that doesn t diminish the emotional punch of the story or the calibre of the performances 
3
Freeheld
Calvin Wilson
Freeheld is a snapshot of a notable American moment 
3
Freeheld
Bruce DeMara
It hits the right sentimental moments but doesn t truly touch hearts as it settles into courtroom drama mode 
2.5
Freeheld
Peter Canavese
No movie can fully suppress the talents of Moore Page and Shannon but in Ron Nyswaner s script every theme gets put in a character s mouth and every plot point gets telegraphed mailed emailed and texted ahead of its arrival 
2
Freeheld
Anita Katz
Overall it s a superficial didactic big screen movie of the week with situations that even if true come off as artificial 
2
Freeheld
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of those movies that tries hard to stay true to the material forsaking anything personal in the process as if the filmmakers were simply empty vessels whose only job is to bring this important story to the masses 
2
Freeheld
Mark Dujsik
Freeheld is a time capsule of tactful half hearted advocacy 
2
Freeheld
Anders Wright
Good intentions aren t enough to make a quality movie 
2
Freeheld
Moira MacDonald
In the end credits we see photos of the real Laurel and Stacie in happier days and you can see love glowing around them Too bad that the movie well intentioned as it is never quite catches that spark 
2.5
Freeheld
Ty Burr
Freeheld is a disappointingly flat affair plodding in its pacing and predictable in its story beats 
2
Freeheld
Richard Roeper
It s just a shame Freeheld couldn t state its case without STATING ITS CASE so often 
2.5
Freeheld
Ann Hornaday
The drama that Freeheld unsuccessfully strives for ultimately can t compete with the far more compelling facts that inspired it 
1.5
Freeheld
Mick LaSalle
Freeheld is formulaic but some formulas are good if you do them right and it helps knowing that it all really happened or most of it 
3
Freeheld
Dann Gire
Freeheld punches all the right buttons as a populist feeling good about feeling bad underdog story 
2.5
Freeheld
Matt Pais
Deprived of the tension and struggle that come from an uphill battle against injustice 
1
Freeheld
Stephen Whitty
In spite of itself Freeheld still delivers emotionally 
3
Freeheld
Roger Moore
Well intentioned to a fault with Steve Carell only the most visible risible stereotype But it works 
2.5
Freeheld
Peter Travers
This film about a headline making LGBT rights case simplifies when it most needs to stay knotty but keep your eyes on Julianne Moore and Ellen Page and you ll know your seeing the truth 
2.5
Freeheld
Odie Henderson
The film s heart is in the right place but its focus is not 
2
Freeheld
Rex Reed
It s a poignant relevant and beautifully made film that must not be missed by anyone with a heart and a social conscience 
4
Freeheld
Bill Chambers
Deliriously entertaining and almost with some relief a comedy as it finds joy in the friction between opposites 
2.5
Freeheld
Lou Lumenick
Well meaning but fairly predictable tear jerker 
2.5
Freeheld
Clayton Davis
It lays dormant in a small courtroom where anger and inspiration are supposed to fly but lies lifeless among the picket signs and Josh Charles snarls 
2
Freeheld
Ed Gonzalez
Your tears may for how this glorified PSA embraces the smugness that Moore and Page s performances pointedly shun throughout 
2
Ted 2
Brian Eggert
Some may find the material serviceable 44 but Ted 2 further proves that sequels rarely ever stand up to their originals 46 
2
Ted 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
thanks to its simple yet relevant plot and a great amount of jokes that do work Ted 2 works it makes you laugh Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Ted 2
Bruce Andriatch
Ted 2 will make you laugh out loud and hate yourself a little for doing so 
2.5
Ted 2
Neil Rosen
If you liked the first Ted you re going to really enjoy Ted 2 
3
Ted 2
Linda Cook
Ted 2 is exactly half as funny as its predecessor 
2
Ted 2
Peter Travers
If you re ready to go with the hit and miss flow you ll laugh your ass off 
2.5
Ted 2
Scott Nash
Any humor was bound to be a case of diminishing returns since the more you see of this bear the less shocking it becomes 
2
Ted 2
Christy Lemire
If you liked the original Ted Seth MacFarlane s 2012 surprise smash about a pot smoking potty mouthed teddy bear then you will probably like Ted 2 It is essentially the exact same movie and more and less 
2.5
Ted 2
Matt Brunson
Ted 2 may not match its predecessor but does contain enough of a comic kick to make it a worthwhile diversion 
3
Ted 2
Scott Renshaw
Seth MacFarlane often seems determined to make people laugh in ways that they re not proud of so mission accomplished I guess 
3
Ted 2
John Semley
In a way it s pitiable more than anything 
1
Ted 2
James Berardinelli
The film fumbles its lame narrative and although some of MacFarlane s jokes are hilarious they re just blips on the radar 
2
Ted 2
Andy Crump
It s a marvel Seth MacFarlane hasn t torn a rotator cuff from patting himself on the back so much 
2
Ted 2
Bob Bloom
Ted 2 is filled with many of the same kind of tired jokes centering on marijuana and sex that we heard in the original 
1.5
Ted 2
Stephen Rebello
It s clear the stuffing was already pulled out of Ted in the first Ted so here s hoping Seth MacFarlane grabs a clue and says goodbye to his little friend 
1.5
Ted 2
Willie Waffle
Funny but simultaneously trying to do too much and too little 
2
Ted 2
David Nusair
MacFarlane is doomed to keep making mediocre comedies until he enlists the services of a competent editor 
2
Ted 2
Dustin Putman
Ultimately just an over the top patently silly lark and on those terms it is diverting and even a little sweet on occasion The line between what is smart and funny and what is cheap and unamusing is one the filmmaker hasn t yet quite mastered 
2
Ted 2
Anders Wright
MacFarlane is a joke machine They come fast and furious and often they re insanely funny The bad news His stories tend to suffer for it 
2
Ted 2
Kyle Smith
I laughed a lot if infrequently Is a ballplayer who whiffs four balls but knocks the fifth one 500 feet worth watching I say yes 
2.5
Ted 2
Gary Thompson
While I suppose it doesn t pay to delve too deeply into MacFarlane s talking teddy bear mythology I do wonder why Ted can smoke pot does he have lungs but not father a child 
2.5
Ted 2
Mark Feeney
When Ted sits on his couch watching a clip from Roots and compares his situation to that of Kunta Kinte getting whipped you may want to sink into your seat 
2
Ted 2
Brian Truitt
MacFarlane and co writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild have a gift for referential riffs but the plot is the thinnest of narratives just to connect all the comedy bits 
2
Ted 2
Peter Howell
If you didn t see and laugh at the first Ted and maybe also at MacFarlane s button pushing TV series Family Guy then another movie deserves your entertainment dollars 
2
Ted 2
Mark Dujsik
The movie finds itself in a strange place in tying Ted s legal fight to similar real world ones 
2
Ted 2
Chris Knight
Ted 2 feels slapdash delivering sporadic quirky often hilarious bits of fun but failing to come together as a whole 
2
Ted 2
Jon Niccum
MacFarlane s fundamental misfire is tied more to the plot than the jokes He makes a movie about determining the nature of a soul when the individual in question exhibits only behavior that is soulless 
2
Ted 2
Ann Hornaday
Less a spirited defense of tolerance and equality than a facile only fitfully funny burlesque 
1
Ted 2
Joe Williams
Because one man s mirth is another man s poison this critic can only consult his belly as the barometer On a gut level Ted 2 is a funny film 
3
Ted 2
John Serba
MacFarlane s ambition is to make us laugh not make us wonder why we re conscious beings pondering our float through the void He succeeds for the most part 
3
Ted 2
Dann Gire
The result A hit and miss and miss comedy infused with humor that s more than sketch It s sketchy 
2
Ted 2
Glenn Kenny
While the first film offered by my casual recollection almost two dozen belly laughs this one barely registers four 
1.5
Ted 2
Mick LaSalle
MacFarlane is cynical but he s not a cynic and there are moments in Ted 2 where you can sense a longing for the gentler and more upbeat entertainment of an earlier generation 
3
Ted 2
Soren Andersen
In the midst of comedy seriousness The combination feels forced A more disciplined and smarter director might have been able to successfully blend the two elements but crude dude MacFarlane hasn t the skill to bring it off 
2
Ted 2
Rick Bentley
The sequel is so haphazardly put together that it lacks the juvenile charm weird wit and creative comedy that made the original movie work What s left is a comedy that s thin on laughs and wobbly in construction 
1.5
Ted 2
Stephen Whitty
Sure MacFarlane can write simple jokes as long as the f key on his laptop holds out Some of them are even funny But a lot of them don t pay off and most trod the same well worn territory potheads practical jokes politically incorrect cliches 
1.5
Ted 2
Michael Phillips
I ve seen worse comedies this year and I ll see better 
2
Ted 2
Tony Hicks
I didn t want to laugh I swear But I did laugh at Ted 2 A lot 
2.5
Ted 2
Roger Moore
Longer The laughs are stoner random and few and far between 
1.5
Ted 2
Matt Pais
Constantly bounces between rotten and fresh resulting in a tomato that s always resetting its own five second rule on a dirty floor 
2.5
Ted 2
Chris Cabin
The film is a redundant showcase for Seth MacFarlane s racy centric sense of humor 
1.5
The Late Show
Kathleen Carroll
Writer director Benton has fashioned two richly human characters and the talents of Art Carney and Lily Tomlin take them from there making both roles not only believable but irresistible as well 
3
The Late Show
Gene Siskel
It s an old style film full of character a genuine throwback to Hollywood s best efforts 
4
The Late Show
David Nusair
an intriguing promising setup that s employed to progressively underwhelming effect 
2
The Late Show
Roger Ebert
It s hard enough for a movie to sustain one tone let alone half a dozen but that s just what Robert Benton s The Late Show does 
4
Uncertain Terms
Linda Barnard
It s a letdown that the final act turns to a melodramatic showdown 
2
Uncertain Terms
Manori Ravindran
Partnered with a naturalistic style that takes every advantage of its verdant backdrop Uncertain Terms is a near perfect ode to summer and its ephemeral pleasures 
3
Uncertain Terms
Chuck Bowen
Appropriately the images in the film the most fluidly beautiful and resonant of Nathan Silver s career thus far suggest flashes of memory relived from the vantage point of the future 
3.5
Uncertain Terms
Nick Allen
Uncertain Terms finds some substance within its ideology of evaporated ambitions though there s plenty of empty space in which the film is still able to limit itself 
2.5
Locke
David N. Butterworth
Together Knight and Hardy take us on an extraordinary journey 
4
Locke
Sonny Bunch
It s an audacious picture perhaps a bit gimmicky but undeniably quite good and possibly even great 
3.5
Locke
Nathan Southern
The fact that Locke delivers then is splendid news especially for fans of onscreen minimalism and alternative approaches to familiar stories 
4
Locke
Anita Katz
You don t want this movie to end 
3.5
Locke
Brett McCracken
One of the strengths of Locke is the way it explores masculinity both in its classic and contemporary forms 
3.5
Locke
Jesse Tigges
Locke surely won t be for everyone but those looking to challenge their perceptions about what filmmaking can be should surely check it out You ll be appreciative 
3.5
Locke
Michael Smith
Locke is different but it s an art film experiment that works 
3
Locke
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Knight s structural experiment its willingness to embrace chaos and its ultimate emotional impact make it one of the most outstanding movies of the year so far 
3.5
Locke
Rob Thomas
Knight s clever tight screenplay and Hardy s tour de force performance collaborate to create a constantly captivating and even suspenseful film 
3.5
Locke
John Serba
Simple in concept but complex in its detail engrossing and suspenseful 
3.5
Master Gardener
Joey Magidson
Master Gardener is a navel gazing pile of manure 46 I loathed it 44 and it gives me no pleasure to say that 46 
1.5
Master Gardener
Chuck Bowen
For Paul Schrader 44 even a film called Master Gardener ultimately pivots on a man having to take out the macho trash 46 
2.5
Beauty and the Beast
Mattie Lucas
Cocteau s enduring fable remains just as enchanting and charming as it ever was 
3.5
Beauty and the Beast
Max Cavitch
It s precisely the questions and challenges of visibility of what s obvious and to whom and why that the film so masterfully explores 
4
Beauty and the Beast
David Sterritt
The timeless fairy tale about a young woman who agrees to dwell with a mysterious monster as interpreted in 1946 by one of cinema s most brilliant visual stylists and mythmakers 
4
Beauty and the Beast
Sean P. Means
Cocteau didn t just interpret a fairy tale with this black and white wonder but re created a fairy tale world 
4
Beauty and the Beast
Matt Brunson
This version of the familiar fairy tale has long been revered for its dreamlike state which continues to mesmerize even in this age of 100 million computer generated effects 
3.5
Beauty and the Beast
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cocteau filters the story through the strangeness of dreams you can t quite get a firm handle on anything 
4
Beauty and the Beast
Michael Wilmington
It s a magical passage to a more impassioned and bewitching era 
4
Beauty and the Beast
Harvey S. Karten
A work of magic that makes the Broadway adaptation look like overproduced swill 
3.5
Beauty and the Beast
Wesley Morris
Endures as an improbable dreamscape that marries the apex of cinema to a classic fable 
4
Beauty and the Beast
Roger Ebert
One of the most magical of all films 
4
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)
Diego Semerene
What the film embodies unfortunately is the listlessness of its slacker characters 
1
Taxi
Garth Franklin
Take the bus instead 
1
Taxi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While Taxi is certainly full of faults that would be hard for most good actors to overcome Fallon provides the fatal blow himself by being the least interesting part of a pretty paltry movie 
1.5
Taxi
Wilson Morales
While the film has the look of a cliché buddy movie Latifah and Fallon bring in their own flair of comedic skills to make a difference 
3
Taxi
Sara Michelle Fetters
Films that are such an abhorrent waste of time and talent you wish a truck would come by and smash you to little itty bits and pieces for at least in death the pain would finally be over 
1
Taxi
Paul Sherman
Somewhere along the way Story apparently forgot he was making a comedy But then again the script doesn t exactly provide an arsenal of creativity 
1
Taxi
Vince Koehler
It was a fun spin that should satisfy the crowd who likes action and comedy 
2.5
Taxi
Sean McBride
Queen Latifah has charisma to burn but not even she can rescue this silly little movie with its absurd plot and one note characters
1.5
Taxi
David Nusair
Jimmy Fallon left Saturday Night Live for this 
.5
Taxi
Sean P. Means
It may be the ultimate compliment of Latifah s acting that she can hide the undeniable fact that Taxi is utterly beneath her 
1
Taxi
Christian Toto
Listen to Taxi carefully and you can hear Jimmy Fallon s film career stalling 
1.5
Taxi
Jackie Loohauis
The meter s running but the fare is flat rate 
1.5
Taxi
Rene Rodriguez
Fallon doesn t so much act as show up and his utter lack of personality generates a vacuum that the movie cannot overcome 
1
Taxi
Josh Larsen
Fallon and Latifah have far more chemistry in the blooper reel over the end credits than they do throughout the movie 
2
Taxi
Chris Hewitt
Taxi stalls when it pretends to have an interesting story to tell but flies when it simply lets stars Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon loose 
2.5
Taxi
Jan Stuart
Taxi runs out of fuel after the opening credits 
2
Taxi
James Sanford
It was raining hard in Frisco Jimmy Fallon needed one more fare to make his night Queen Latifah up ahead waved to flag him down Alas that s not what Taxi is 
1.5
Taxi
Frank Ochieng
Bottom line folks save your cab fare because the frightfully foolish and formulaic Taxi is one extremely banal and bumpy ride 
2
Taxi
Guylaine Cadorette
might as well have been sponsored by NASCAR s Drive for Diversity program 
.5
Taxi
Willie Waffle
someone thought Taxi could be funny and stuffed it full of idiocy instead of hilarity 
1
Taxi
Linda Cook
Queen Latifah deserves a better vehicle than Taxi 
.5
Taxi
Nick Schager
The film s labored attempts at titillating sexiness is reminiscent of a mediocre Maxim magazine celebrity skin spread 
1
Taxi
Claudia Puig
A surprisingly funny female driven romp as long as you don t question too many plot particulars 
2.5
Taxi
Mick LaSalle
A formula picture with enough laughs to get by 
2
Taxi
Carrie Rickey
Director Tim Story s film has two speeds pedal to metal and screeching halt The former is guaranteed to make the audience carsick the latter to give it whiplash 
2
Taxi
Megan Lehmann
The most embarrassing SNL vehicle since Pootie Tang 
.5
Taxi
Jack Mathews
We often hear about movie scenes and characters being left on the cutting room floor In the case of the would be comedy Taxi that s apparently where all the laughs were left 
1
Taxi
Terry Lawson
An example of the sort of fun you can have when you re not taking yourself or the job too seriously 
3
Taxi
Michael Booth
Taxi isn t quite a bad movie but its slack comic timing may have you wishing they gave the Crown Vic a speaking part 
2.5
Taxi
Robert K. Elder
Despite some gratuitous lingering shots of Bundchen with her scantily clad cohorts and some equally heated rubber burning car chases through Manhattan Taxi never really gets out of second gear 
2
Taxi
Roger Ebert
A film that is wall to wall idiocy 
1
Taxi
Sarah Chauncey
Ladies and gentlemen we have a loser Taxi is officially from this viewpoint at least the worst movie of 2004 
0
Taxi
Wesley Morris
A dollar bin action sitcom 
2
Taxi
Jeffrey Westhoff
Cripes it s bad enough these Saturday Night Live guys recycle the same dumb ideas now they re starting to look alike 
1.5
Taxi
Rob Blackwelder
Jimmy Fallon s big screen career may be over before it even gets started if his complete lack of screen presence in Taxi is any indication 
1.5
Taxi
Dustin Putman
A spiffy looking ride on a road to nowhere 
2
Target
David Nusair
there s a reason the film s gone straight to video 
1.5
Canary
Kam Williams
The Orient s relatively eloquent answer to Eminem s 8 Mile and 50 Cent s Get Rich or Die Tryin replete with gangsta rap on the soundtrack 
2.5
BloodRayne 3
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s an acceptable film if all you want is to see something simple ridiculous corny and full of blood and nudity Full Review in Spanish 
2
Texas: The Big Picture
Ross Anthony
Bold and cocky in narration the film opens with equally punchy and loud quick cuts grab attention by the horns but as the ride contiunes this big commercial can t keep it s butt on the bull 
.5
Que baje Dios y lo vea
Roger Moore
A rude Spanish priests play soccer comedy with almost enough low hanging laughs to get by 
2
Black Hawk Down
Nick Rogers
No film from the Zeroes hell maybe ever more forcefully imparted the horrors of war as thoroughly coherently and hauntingly Even justified wars run rampant with monstrosities and this showed just how critical camaraderie can be in conquering them 
4
Black Hawk Down
Joe Lozito
Action masters Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer prove that it is possible to extend the opening twenty minutes of Saving Private Ryan to two full hours Now all they have to do is spend some of that time creating characters to care about 
3
Black Hawk Down
Judith Egerton
War is inevitable and often gruesome but it also turns brave soldiers into heroes 
3
Black Hawk Down
Emily Blunt
One helluva war film 
3
Black Hawk Down
Greg Maki
A film that needed to be made and needs to be seen 
4
Black Hawk Down
Margaret A. McGurk
The tools for making high end action movies have never been put to better use than in Black Hawk Down 
4
Black Hawk Down
Jon Niccum
Neither a jingoistic exercise in military muscle a la Top Gun nor an existential parable about the futility of war as in The Thin Red Line 
3.5
Black Hawk Down
Gina Carbone
This film made me sick I mean that as the highest compliment 
3
Black Hawk Down
Jorge Avila Andrade
Deja mucho que desear y muestra como su director ha optado conforme avanza en edad en cambiar la calidad de la historia por un exceso de violencia injustificada 
2.5
Black Hawk Down
Collin Souter
Black Hawk Down merely tries to convey the feeling of inadvertent heroism and in that area it succeeds beautifully 
3
Black Hawk Down
David Sterritt
Scott s approach is so mired in convention that half of his images could have been lifted from war story comic books of the 1950s 
1.5
Black Hawk Down
Jeremy Heilman
I imagine most people will find something to like in Black Hawk Down but I don t know why they d want to be bothered with a picture that puts the audience through so much to give so little 
2.5
Black Hawk Down
Mark Dujsik
The scenes of combat make Black Hawk Down an experience that you won t be able to shake too easily 
3
Black Hawk Down
Mike McGranaghan
Director Ridley Scott and his team have recreated combat as realistically as any film ever 
4
Black Hawk Down
James Kendrick
a raw war movie with little aim other than its obsessive urge to put you in the moment
3.5
Black Hawk Down
Robert Roten
Judging the film on what it is rather than what it is not I d have to say this is one of the best films of 2001 and the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan 
4
Black Hawk Down
Shirley Klass
I am proud of those men and I am grateful to the filmmakers for bringing this story to my attention 
4
Black Hawk Down
Jules Brenner
Whatever level of sympathy is evoked is not enough to counter balance the sheer resentment some of us might feel at this attempt to make commercial hay out of a huge military tragedy of our time 
1
Black Hawk Down
James Berardinelli
One hell of a ride For better or for worse it will leave you stunned and reeling 
3.5
Black Hawk Down
Dustin Putman
A stark gritty motion picture that is more interested in the details of the story than character developing 
2.5
Black Hawk Down
Bob Graham
I can think of no other instance when a country at war has presented on its movie theater screens such an excruciating account of battle or such a sobering one 
4
Black Hawk Down
Rick Groen
Black Hawk Down is all dazzling craft and no redeeming art it s simultaneously a superb piece of filmmaking and a highly suspect film 
3
Black Hawk Down
Susan Stark
Black Hawk Down sends you away impressed properly horrified and then thoughtful about the lessons ignored from the battle it exhaustively describes 
2
Black Hawk Down
Roger Ebert
Films like this are more useful than gung ho capers like Behind Enemy Lines They help audiences understand and sympathize with the actual experiences of combat troops instead of trivializing them into entertainments 
4
Murder Mystery
David Nusair
a decent premise that s employed to passable if entirely forgettable effect 
2.5
Murder Mystery
Rene Sanchez
The only mystery left to solve is how a comedy boasting an all star cast can be so dull and lifeless Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
Murder Mystery
Roger Moore
Not Adam Sandler awful just a charmless non starter 
1.5
Murder Mystery
Barry Hertz
Adam Sandler is a genius sure But I d love it if he were to smarten up too 
1
Murder Mystery
Brian Tallerico
Just entertaining enough to make you wish it was actually good 
2
Children of Invention
Mike Scott
It s a promising start for director Tze Chun but despite the film s charms the story doesn t get interesting enough early enough 
2
Children of Invention
Rick Groen
An independent film that s all about forced independence 
3
Children of Invention
V.A. Musetto
Performances are realistic and unpretentious and the backbone of this observant movie by a director writer with a promising future 
3
Children of Invention
Ed Gonzalez
Children of Invention s derives its beauty from its casually obsessed dwelling on the minutia of dreaming when you re down and out 
3
Children of Invention
Wesley Morris
Children of Invention is appealing as a modest appreciation of certain strengths of innocence 
3
Belzebuth
Federico Furzan
Starts pretty well but it eventually falls apart for trying too hard to be a possession movie Full review in Spanish 
2
Caddyshack II
Steven Rea
It is a sight not to behold 
2
Caddyshack II
Marianne Costantinou
The outfits are a scream The movie is not 
1
Caddyshack II
Dave Kehr
It s shoddy lazy and numbingly stupid 
1
Cast No Shadow
Liam Lacey
Painterly cinematography around the Newfoundland coast and a soulful lead performance from young star Percy Hynes White aren t enough to overcome an awkward script 
2
Cast No Shadow
Linda Barnard
Sparkes shows a confident hand as director ensuring Hynes White s Jude swings naturally between cockiness and tender childlike moments that evoke sympathy hinting at a lurking sweetness inside him 
3
Across the Line
Peter Howell
Toronto s Director X hot video maker for Drake Hotline Bling Rihanna Work and many others makes an auspicious feature directing debut 
3
Across the Line
Chris Knight
Across the Line not only showcases some fine black actors it delves into a topic that Hollywood is continuing to struggle with It s a pity we struggle with these same issues in Canada but also a point of pride that this film was made here 
2.5
Across the Line
Barry Hertz
X s strong visual storytelling skills carry the film home and herald a promising big screen career 
3
Forever Strong
Sean P. Means
Director Ryan Little and cinematographer T C Christensen make you feel the heat in every scrum 
3.5
Forever Strong
Maitland McDonagh
There s something disheartening about seeing real life stories and their inevitable complexities put through the Hollywood sausage machine and transformed into bland parables 
2.5
Forever Strong
V.A. Musetto
As directed by Ryan Little and written by David Pliler Forever Strong dredges up every sports movie clich and stereotype ever invented Cue the slow mo in the rain 
0.5
Forever Strong
Jeff Vice
While it does boast some of the expected tropes and formulas of cinematic sports dramas it s a competent entertaining and involving movie that features a decent message about self discipline and redemption 
3
Forever Strong
Andrew Schenker
Adhering to the belief that action scenes are more thrilling when you can t tell what the hell is going on the director gives us just the highlights 
.5
Men Cry Bullets
Joe Bob Briggs
I would love to see the test audience response cards on this one The top score would be Yes I must put on a party dress and hang myself in the closet now 
1
Men Cry Bullets
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not so much a John Waters meets Russ Meyer trash fest as it is a very good look at destructive relationships albeit with a few weird twists 
3
Men Cry Bullets
Dustin Putman
A flawed motion picture and yet it works despite its many problems 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
David Nusair
an agreeable piece of work 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Sonny Bunch
The humor comes not from the picture s setup but the absurd behavior of its characters Mr Piven does an able variation on Ari Gold the caustic agent from Entourage
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Shaula Clark
It might be a bottomless barrel of idiotic yuks But it s not a total lemon 
2
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Eric Melin
Piven is saddled with a lame backstory about a former partner s tragic death something about a lost son a thoroughly forced romantic subplot and a series of awful and increasingly desperate stabs at raunchy humor 
1
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Austin Kennedy
I think it s worth it just to witness the comic genius of Kathryn Hahn 
3
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Linda Cook
Raunchy crass and simply loopy this is a movie you re either going to love or hate 
3.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Mike McGranaghan
With a comedy like this you want to be laughing constantly not every 15 or 20 minutes 
2
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Matt Brunson
Like a Frankenstein monster that can never quite find the strength to climb off the table The Goods is a lumbering creation stitched together from body parts of past comedies operating in a similarly sophomoric vein 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Michael Phillips
I laughed more than I thought I would though of course hope springs eternal at the movies and if I ran the Hollywood zoo I d give these particular screenwriters another assignment 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Lou Lumenick
The Goods which shows signs of considerable tinkering in the editing room is understandably not getting a hard sell at all by its studio 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Robert W. Butler
Nothing wrong with potty talk But if that s all a movie has to offer the humor quickly evaporates 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Christian Toto
The Goods gets saved from the scrap heap by the winning comic players behind star Jeremy Piven 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Steven Rea
The Goods is not without its share of laughs But the laughs come with contempt and condescension not empathy 
2
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Jennie Punter
This film is like a piano falling on a car it may sound funny but not when it happens to you 
1
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Sean P. Means
Like Don s sales technique the movie pushes its humor aggressively but closes the deal 
3
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Mick LaSalle
Something about The Goods Live Hard Sell Hard feels forgettable even though in the moment it s often very funny 
2
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Chris Hewitt
Piven s aggressive energy doesn t wear well over the course of the movie but the supporting cast is stocked with choice comedy talent 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Linda Barnard
The flick has the right cast to be a funny ride but instead suffers from a panicky sense of desperation to cram it all in while offending as many people as possible with lowball yuks 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Willie Waffle
A movie so vulgar even babies and angels from heaven appearing in the film are cursing 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Sean O'Connell
a raucous comedy that adheres to the one joke pony structure except the talent Brennan attracts is stronger and the jokes his screenwriters attempt are more obscure 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Erik Childress
Struggling to fill out its 80 minutes before the final codas The Goods has the definitive feel of a film that has been chopped up and left for dead Of course you have to wonder how bad the cut footage is if this is all we re seeing 
1
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Sara Michelle Fetters
I am not about to say that the new comedy The Goods Live Hard Sell Hard is a good movie What I am going to say is that it is funny sometimes very very funny 
2.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Graham Killeen
If cash for clunkers applied to films The Goods Live Hard Sell Hard would be eligible Its rusty comedy comes factory installed with faulty gags badly in need of a tune up 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Jeff Vice
As film starts taking itself more and more seriously it becomes less fun and more formulaic and tiresome 
2
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Rene Rodriguez
Most of The Goods just sits there a lumpen load of dullness 
1
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Dustin Putman
The Goods Live Hard Sell Hard could have been more agonizing to sit through As is it is merely a disposable failure The film just wanders along complacent and insincere as it heads down a dead end street 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Adam Keleman
A mean spirited nightmare of throwaway gags 
1.5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Wesley Morris
The Goods has its exuberant moments But the people behind the camera don t appear to know what they re doing as well as those in front of it 
2
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
Roger Ebert
The Goods is a cheerfully energetically and very vulgar comedy If you re okay with that you may be okay with this film which contains a lot of laughs and has studied Political Correctness only enough to make a list of groups to offend 
3
The Guru
Betsy Bozdech
Has the kind of edge and creativity not to mention nudity that mainstream rom coms almost uniformly lack 
2
The Guru
Michael Dequina
Not only a tepid Bollywood imitation but a tepid film period 
2
The Guru
David Keyes
a clunky idiotic laughless and amateurish collection of scenes targeted to people who have the intellect of mattress springs 
0.5
The Guru
Joe Baltake
It s good fun almost a musical 
3
The Guru
James Berardinelli
Devoid of life intelligence humor and anything else that could entertain even the most undemanding viewer this film is a perfect example of something that should have been shipped to landfills not multiplexes 
1
The Guru
Chris Hewitt
A screwball farce not a musical but it s entertainingly ridiculous in some of the same ways Moulin Rouge was 
3
The Guru
Ted Fry
With a reach that frequently falls short higher wit and sexual sophistication crumble into plain old silliness 
2.5
The Guru
David Elliott
It achieves flotation of benign idiocy because the stars are likable 
2
The Guru
Wesley Morris
The movie offers up too many airy spiritual lessons in the hope of crossing from farce to sentiment 
2.5
The Guru
John Monaghan
A mixed up masala saved only partly by a charismatic cast 
2
The Guru
Steve Rhodes
Although the story may sound promising it keeps falling as flat as Ramu s well let s not go there 
1.5
The Guru
Carla Meyer
Mistry and co star Heather Graham lend a fetching naivete to their characters 
2
The Guru
Jan Stuart
As a satire of charismatic cult movements Tracey Jackson s screenplay merely toys with the possibilities 
2
The Guru
Phil Villarreal
The actors do all they can to make up for the limp script 
2
The Guru
David Sterritt
What are talented actresses like Marisa Tomei and Heather Graham doing in a wafer thin fizzle like this 
1
The Guru
Ray Conlogue
There is hardly a funny line in the whole script and director Mayer has no idea of what comic timing and delivery are all about 
1
The Guru
Jonathan Foreman
If the film is true to the high spirits and vulgarity of Bollywood and reasonably authentic in its depiction of Indian speech it s also true to the crude plotting and characterization all too common in Bollywood 
2
The Guru
Peter Travers
It s better than it sounds 
2
The Guru
Michael Szymanski
It s My Big Fat Greek Wedding with balls 
3.5
The Guru
Tor Thorsen
It may not be orthodox Bollywood but The Guru offers enough entertainment to earn the genre new fans much like the hybrid Rush Hour turned the mainstream onto Hong Kong action 
2.5
The Guru
Howard Cohen
Charmless and trite 
1.5
The Guru
Robert K. Elder
As an experiment The Guru bubbles over a bit but still coaxes laughter from an audience while challenging its boundaries 
2.5
The Guru
Rob Blackwelder
Making fun of its own light comedy clichs could have added an extra layer of laughs if it wasn t entirely dependent on those same clichs to drive its plot 
2.5
The Guru
Harvey S. Karten
A sweetness lies just beneath this Preston Sturges like send up of America s terminal case of optimism 
3
The Guru
Ian Mantgani
A core of feel good humour within the rhythm of a con comedy delivering crowd pleasing warmth at the same time as some genuinely sharp laughs 
3
Whaledreamers
Maitland McDonagh
Whaledreamers is clearly a labor of love and a call to action but it s undermined by the sheer volume of topics it tackles in addition to the main subject 
2.5
Whaledreamers
Jim Schembri
The September 11 segment is one of the clumsiest works of montage you re likely to see 
1.5
Sign Painters
Mark Feeney
A movie with a title like that about a subject like that must be pretty drab right Not hardly 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Brian Eggert
Wilson and Farmiga hold the otherwise typical proceedings together making the usual mechanics of a filmic haunting feel dialed up on emotional terms 
3
The Conjuring 2
Matt Brunson
Superior to the first film 
3
The Conjuring 2
Linda Cook
It s not exactly the truth 
2
The Conjuring 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wan knows what he is doing and more often than not this sequel offers up enough in the way of thrills and chills to satisfy 
3
The Conjuring 2
David Keyes
A film that is equally as good as the original a tightly wound precise and frightening excursion into the shadowy odyssey of paranormal dangers 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
John Beifuss
Elvis Jesus and returning husband and wife ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are among the sources of evil exorcising uplift in this effective shocker 
3
The Conjuring 2
James Kendrick
isn t quite as good as the first film but it works well enough on multiple levels that it s hard to begrudge Wan for taking the characters on another paranormal go round
3
The Conjuring 2
David Nusair
a passable yet hopelessly bloated big budget sequel ie Wan is clearly not a big believer in the less is more concept 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Mike McGranaghan
James Wan s ability to take standard chiller conventions and find unexpected ways to execute them ensures that despite a few weaknesses The Conjuring 2 holds you in its grasp 
3
The Conjuring 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of the most intense and nerve wrecking films I ve seen Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Roger Moore
Entirely too long but Farmiga and Wilson play the hell out of this ghost busting couple They re committed both to the work and to each other 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Peter Keough
There are only so many times a slamming door will get an audience to jump 
2
The Conjuring 2
Christian Toto
It s a gentle life affirming love story interrupted by some nasty demons 
3
The Conjuring 2
Phil Villarreal
Haunted only by lost opportunities 
2
The Conjuring 2
Willie Waffle
A master at the slow burning eeriness
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Brad Wheeler
A supernatural winner bound to make some noise at the box office and worthy of loud applause 
3
The Conjuring 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
Much longer more elaborate more dramatic and more packed with chilling moments and hair raising visuals than one could anticipate even from Wan 
3
The Conjuring 2
Eric D. Snider
Covers a lot of the same ground but it wets a lot of the same pants too if you know what I mean 
3
The Conjuring 2
Rick Bentley
Once again the movie s strength is in the way Wan plays out the scary moments He takes safe and special items like a child s toys and uses them as instruments of terror This works so well because an audience can relate to the simple items 
3
The Conjuring 2
James Berardinelli
The Conjuring 2 proves that with a sufficient investment of time and energy sequels don t have to be unsatisfying cash grabs 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Sean P. Means
What makes The Conjuring 2 work is the chemistry of Farmiga and Wilson who give great reactions to the scariness around them and come off as a genuinely caring married couple 
3
The Conjuring 2
Jeff Simon
Why does the most evil spirit in the house look like Marilyn Manson in a nun s costume 
2
The Conjuring 2
Matt Bobkin
Overall it makes for an unsatisfying uneven and rarely scary romp 
1.5
The Conjuring 2
Mark Dujsik
The fact that the sequel is as effective as the original is greatly due to Wan s formal command of the material 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Loey Lockerby
Its otherworldly threats are as gruesome and scary as they should be 
3
The Conjuring 2
Rafer Guzman
Another year another mix of The Amityville Horror and The Exorcist Solid acting and an emotional back story set this one slightly apart 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Lou Lumenick
A mostly satisfying follow up that brings back the excellent Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren the real life paranormal experts most famous for investigating The Amityville Horror house 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Sergio López Aguirre
As good as the first one when it comes to horror and scares and also great performances by Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Stephen Rebello
The Conjuring 2 is a great showcase for Farmiga and a pretty good excuse for an early summer scare or two 
3
The Conjuring 2
Michael Smith
If you re looking for a single original groundbreaking moment of terror don t look to The Conjuring 2 for your fright 
2
The Conjuring 2
Lawrence Toppman
Wan knows how to sustain tension through terror though he could have abbreviated the flabby middle of the movie 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Michael O'Sullivan
The Conjuring 2 satisfies more than it disappoints 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Richard Roeper
It s just a shame the end of the movie wasn t lurking around the corner far sooner than when it finally turned up by which time a considerable amount of my emotional investment in the film had been exhausted 
2.5
The Conjuring 2
Dann Gire
The Conjuring 2 demands to be seen within the communal confines of a real theater where patrons scream shriek shudder and shake in unison bolstering the fear factor for everyone else 
3
The Conjuring 2
Jeff Beck
Basically the sequel takes almost everything that was wrong with the first film and vastly improves upon it leading to a horror experience that ranks as one of the better offerings of the last few years 
3
The Conjuring 2
Peter Travers
The sequel overstays its welcome at a punishing 133 minutes but the power of director James Wan compels you to scream your bloody head off 
3
The Conjuring 2
Brian Truitt
A freakier follow up featuring creepy kids villains who ll keep you up at night and camerawork that puts moviegoers in a state of impending dread 
3
The Conjuring 2
Michael Phillips
Despite all the children in all that peril Wan is a humane sort of sadist His latest offers little that s new but the movie s finesse is something even non horror fans can appreciate 
3
The Conjuring 2
Peter Hartlaub
This isn t just a good horror film It s a good film which just happens to fall in the horror genre 
3
The Conjuring 2
Soren Andersen
Hey It s Great Moments in Haunted House Movies collected in a double album set called The Conjuring 2 
1.5
The Conjuring 2
Katie Walsh
Perfectly executed retro haunting flick that dives deep below the surface to explore themes of vision belief and faith in what lies beyond the human realm 
3.5
The Conjuring 2
Stephen Whitty
The Conjuring 2 it seems is itself possessed by the ghosts of other better movies 
2
The Conjuring 2
Christopher Gray
The Conjuring 2 attempts to fold in a few broad thematic concepts but most of them are undercut by the film s haphazard structure 
2
The Conjuring 2
Dustin Putman
Has the goods to give a case of the jitters to just about anyone including the not easily rattled If The Conjuring 2 works effectively in exactly the way it intends it additionally excels in its atmospheric restraint and attention to detail 
3
The Conjuring 2
Peter Canavese
When there s somefin strange in your neighbor ood oo you gonna call 
1.5
The Conjuring 2
Brian Tallerico
Enjoyable even if it doesn t have the visceral confident impact of the original 
3
It Happened to Jane
David Nusair
A likeable cast just can t salvage this utterly inconsequential romantic comedy 
2
Used Cars
Matt Brunson
Everything one would expect from an R rated comedy from the early 80s is present and accounted for gratuitous T A profanity that flies like poetry then timely potshots at famous figures and plenty of impressive vehicular stuntwork 
3
Used Cars
Roger Ebert
Used Cars was written directed and produced by the team of Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale two young filmmakers who seem to be higher on kinetic energy than on structure and comedic instinct 
2
Used Cars
Jeremy Heilman
The romantic subplot like nearly everything else here is a total lemon 
1.5
Used Cars
Bill Chambers
Makes us wish that Robert Zemeckis had directed every T A comedy of the 1980s 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Brian Eggert
Better than its immediate predecessor but not quite topping the original 44 this third entry in the franchise proves to be one of the best from Marvel yet 46 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Mattie Lucas
This is biggest boldest Iron Man yet 
3
Iron Man 3
Kelly Jane Torrance
What it doesn t offer is much in the way of originality or lucidity 
2
Iron Man 3
Frank Ochieng
For the most part Iron Man 3 is effectively realized courtesy of the eccentric glibness of Downey s colorful turn as the confrontational planet saving chrome plated cad 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Tom Meek
IM3 is sure to sate its fan base but it won t endear a new crowd 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Mick LaSalle
Iron Man 3 has good things in it enough to please the series fans and yet too many drawbacks to win many converts 
2
Iron Man 3
Mara Reinstein
The film s true strength is a snappy whip smart wit
3
Iron Man 3
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Iron Man Three in its early stages fares a whole lot better than one might ve anticipated 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Wesley Lovell
A generous step up from its predecessor the various twists aren t exactly as expected but you ll still have fun getting there 
3.5
Iron Man 3
John Serba
This may be the lightest most entertaining cinematic exploration of post traumatic stress disorder yet 
3
Iron Man 3
Sean P. Means
The way Black surrenders the movie s edginess to the generic onslaught of flashy visuals is a mild disappointment 
3
Iron Man 3
John Beifuss
Terrorist and anxiety attacks prove equally dismaying to Marvel s man in a can in this witty satisfying sequel 
3
Iron Man 3
Glenn Lovell
best Iron Man yet thanks to Shane Black who pushes characterization clever plot twists not computer effects Downey for a change drops his guard shows the heart beneath the armor
3
Iron Man 3
Michael Smith
We can trust in Tony Stark even when he s falling apart and can t trust himself 
3
Iron Man 3
James Kendrick
what it does it does quite well providing a satisfying sense of escapism while reminding us that such pleasures don t have to be saturated with overkill and completely devoid of relevance
3
Iron Man 3
Eric Melin
In the midst of various plot threads with varying degrees of contemporary relevance Black pulls off a crazy plot twist a little more than halfway through the film that s truly inspired and solidifies it as a comedy 
3
Iron Man 3
Kam Williams
A worthy addition to the vaunted Marvel franchise 
4
Iron Man 3
Mike McGranaghan
Iron Man 3 is a spectacularly fun ride A superhero movie that is indeed super 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Michael Dequina
Like the suits Tony Stark pilots by remote throughout the film it feels like an empty shell all sleek and shiny and looking the part on the surface but hollow at the core 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Tyler Hanley
Despite a somewhat slow start and occasional plot missteps Iron Man 3 ultimately soars thanks to its charismatic leading man and director Shane Black s man on wire balancing act of humor and action 
3
Iron Man 3
Matt Brunson
Like Iron Man 2 the movie is generally engaging occasionally dull frequently cluttered and recommended with only the greatest of reservations 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Scott Nash
Thanks mainly to Robert Downey Jr s performance this series remains as entertaining as ever 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Willie Waffle
Iron Man is starting to run out of juice Walk away and leave while on top 
3
Iron Man 3
Lori Hoffman
Iron Man 3 packs all the clever one liners and tons of fun we expect while contrasting that fun with an authentic sense of menace 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Lisa Kennedy
Iron Man 3 feels like an exploitative mulching of present day anxieties The script is ambitious but not wise enough to be rightfully cathartic It s more Cuisinart than art 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bit like Tony Stark himself Iron Man 3 crackles with personality and humanity not caring what people may think 
3
Iron Man 3
John Wirt
The movie flies by in an entertaining flash 
3
Iron Man 3
Christian Toto
Iron Man 3 is a primer on how not to handle a superhero sequel but Paltrow s abs look great 
2
Iron Man 3
Joe Lozito
The third time s a charmer for this Marvel franchise thanks to a clever script and of course its inimitable star 
3
Iron Man 3
Liam Lacey
After a while the steady diet of tongue in cheek starts to taste monotonous as day old gum 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Rene Rodriguez
Just like he does with those crummy Sherlock Holmes movies Downey elevates this rather flimsy material with his sheer presence 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Linda Cook
It s right there in the credits We ll be seeing more of Tony Stark 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Dann Gire
The most memorable moments in Iron Man 3 involve Stark s brief and hilarious yet touching relationship with a young boy Ty Simpkins whose own father deserted him at 6 years old 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Chris Knight
The biggest problem is a common one TMVS or Too Many Villains Syndrome 
2
Iron Man 3
Alison Gang
It gives Black and his co writer Drew Pearce ample opportunity to showcase the natural ease with which Downey creates America s snarkiest of flawed heroes 
3
Iron Man 3
Ann Hornaday
From its anxious protagonist and the battered metal sheaths he dons to save the world to the clattering fiery mayhem that ensues with metronomic predictability Iron Man 3 is less a movie than a final war whoop let loose before utter exhaustion sets in 
2
Iron Man 3
Carla Meyer
Often entertaining yet exhausting 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Bob Bloom
If it were not for Robert Downey Jr Iron Man 3 would be a total disaster undermined by a haphazard disjointed and sloppy plot 
2
Iron Man 3
Duane Dudek
Iron Man 3 suffers an identity crisis resembling that of the title superhero s alter ego billionaire Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jr 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Steven Rea
The action plays like a video game because well it may as well be 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Peter Howell
Downey is in fine comic form especially when he s sparring with young Simpkins who thankfully throttles back on the precociousness 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Austin Kennedy
If you keep your expectations realistic IRON MAN 3 will not disappoint It s a great popcorn movie and a perfect way to start off the summer movie season 
3
Iron Man 3
Peter Travers
But for all the clanking armies of iron knights on display to dazzle the eager kid in each of us this summer epic rings hollow There s no one home inside the suit 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Jeff Beck
The first film might have been able to get by on charm alone but the mechanical feeling of this entry will more than likely leave you cold and indifferent 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Jason Buchanan
The longest film in the series by a handful of minutes Iron Man 3 certainly doesn t feel like it thanks to its briskly paced screenplay and the wise decision to place some of Iron Man s most heroic moments toward the end of the movie 
3
Iron Man 3
Chris Hewitt
Black restores a light touch to the series at least until the bloated finale and puts the focus back on what has always separated this franchise from every other superhero movie the wit and intelligence of Robert Downey Jr 
3
Iron Man 3
Joe Williams
It s lightweight but slow padded with cheap jokes to disguise how hollow it is 
2
Iron Man 3
Claudia Puig
The rambunctious Iron Man 3 is a briskly paced thrill ride until about 90 minutes in when the excitement wanes A few late breaking surprises re invigorate the tale however 
3
Iron Man 3
Moira MacDonald
Iron Man 3 is definitely a big perk up from the almost but not quite listless Iron Man 2 maybe hanging out with the Avengers was a tonic for him 
3
Iron Man 3
James Berardinelli
The level of acting at one time viewed as negligible in a superhero movie is top notch and no one seems to be mailing it in 
3
Iron Man 3
Matt Zoller Seitz
The new film s not great but it s consistently involving because the tonal shifts are so abrupt 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Matt Pais
A clanging approximation of fun 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Dustin Putman
Iron Man 3 might not be a total bust but it does result in one big meh 
2
Iron Man 3
Mark Dujsik
This Tony Stark is an anonymous shadow of his former self promoting self 
2
Iron Man 3
Josh Larsen
A shrug of a film that has the diminutive stature of a DVD extra 
2
Iron Man 3
Daniel M. Kimmel
Downey s performance is impeccable He gets that he s not simply playing a comic book character for the fourth time but a character who is evolving 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Michael Phillips
It s not without its payoffs I enjoyed a lot of it But overall last year s Avengers delivered the bombastic goods more efficiently than this year s Marvel 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Jeffrey Westhoff
Iron Man 3 has a different feel from its predecessors and that makes it as surprising as it is exuberant 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Ty Burr
The best scenes are when Stark just cuts impatiently through the claptrap 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Charlie McCollum
It s decent popcorn entertainment just fine for the summertime but nothing more than that 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Rafer Guzman
The usual winks and snarks from Tony Stark but this edition feels fresher and funnier thanks to writer director Shane Black 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Phil Villarreal
Iron Man loses his clothes more often than a Kardsashian 
2
Iron Man 3
Jake Coyle
The heavy metal action could never sink the irrepressible Downey but it weighs down the otherwise light joy of Iron Man 3 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Kyle Smith
There s so much dumb stuff in Iron Man 3 that I expected the credits to say Written and directed by Thor 
1.5
Iron Man 3
Chris Cabin
Shane Black here replaces his once acidic spite for government and bureaucracy with a call for corporate responsibility 
3.5
Iron Man 3
Roger Moore
Jokier bloodier and a bit winded 
2.5
Iron Man 3
Stephen Whitty
Far too much of this movie like Tony s new toys is running on remote control 
2.5
Jandek on Corwood
Jennie Punter
Ostensibly a documentary about a reclusive enigmatic outsider recording artist Jandek on Corwood is actually a revealing portrait of outsider music nerds 
2.5
Jandek on Corwood
Ty Burr
The film s a puckish if overlong essay on the hipness of enigma 
3
Jandek on Corwood
Paul Sherman
Not the year s best documentary but it s the one most likely to stick in your mind for days 
3.5
How to Deal
Mark Collette
Fails to acknowledge the real problems teenagers face 
0
How to Deal
Peter Travers
The pop diva goes down with the bubbles in this hopelessly shallow soap opera 
2
How to Deal
Mark Dujsik
How to Deal is about dealing I guess I mean that s what the title says after all 
2.5
How to Deal
Paul Povse
In its non hysterical depiction of the fog of personal relationship wars the movie gently makes the point that yeah it really is a wild world out there 
2.5
How to Deal
Alexis Mersel
The handful of comic moments will serve up a few good laughs 
2.5
How to Deal
Steve Rhodes
Lacking both energy and pacing it drifts like a driverless boat on a placid lake 
1
How to Deal
Collin Souter
Imagine Sixteen Candles as re written by Britney Spears or Ghost World as re written by Lizzie McGuire 
1.5
How to Deal
Linda Cook
Death Accidents Drug abuse by the elderly Divorce And that s all within the first 45 minutes 
1
How to Deal
Dustin Putman
Attempting to cram two books worth of plot material into a 100 minute movie is not a very good idea but How to Deal squeaks by with astute writing and effectively well rounded performances from its ensemble 
2.5
How to Deal
Chris Hewitt
How to Deal holds few surprises but it is beautifully acted by Moore and especially Janney and the script never takes the easy way out 
3
How to Deal
Ted Fry
Sounds like a bad episode of Dawson s Creek but even the show s worst saga would have more emotional value than the tepid and amateurishly presented goings on here 
1
How to Deal
Carla Meyer
A picture that s all over the map 
2
How to Deal
Joe Baltake
This is a pretty ghastly movie except for the fact that every once in a while a glimmer of genuine humanity is allowed to peek through all of the artificial teen angst 
2
How to Deal
Carrie Rickey
The film based on Sarah Dessen s young adult novels Someone Like You and That Summer isn t that good But Moore is 
2.5
How to Deal
Jack Mathews
May serve as training wheels for the next generation of romance novel fans 
1.5
How to Deal
Connie Ogle
How to Deal can t make up its mind what it is which makes for a confusing experience 
2
How to Deal
Bob Strauss
It means well 
2.5
How to Deal
James Adams
There s a kind of timeless weirdly chaste nowhereness to the whole enterprise its dilemmas and behaviours as applicable to 1973 as 2003 
1.5
How to Deal
John Monaghan
How to Deal might be a serviceable drama for kids For anyone with a driver s license though Moore s sophomore vehicle hits too many wrong notes 
2
How to Deal
Jeff Vice
This is one of the most poorly thought out studio films in recent memory 
1.5
How to Deal
Roger Ebert
It s too heavy on issues and too light on just observing the characters and enjoying their freshness 
2
How to Deal
Wesley Morris
This movie is the worst episode of Gilmore Girls ever 
2
How to Deal
Guylaine Cadorette
Screenwriter Neena Beber injected the script with scenes that didn t necessarily fit but were added because they re expected in angst y teen pics 
2
How to Deal
Sean P. Means
The script is so cloyingly pitched to its teen girl demographic that you would bet the thing was written on pink paper and every i was dotted with a heart 
1.5
How to Deal
Claudia Puig
Moore and Ford rise above the hackneyed story infusing the proceedings with their own chemistry and appeal If only the adults responsible for this film could learn how to deal 
1.5
How to Deal
Jonathan Foreman
Teen soap opera 
2
How to Deal
Sue Pierman
There are some charming moments Moore and Ford generate heat together and charisma separately but director Clare Kilner desperately needed to pare down and tighten the material 
1.5
How to Deal
David Sterritt
There s not much insight into what really makes teens tick and that s what keeps How to Deal from being the supportive compassionate yarn it tries so hard to be 
2
How to Deal
John Anderson
A movie which you will find almost unbearable unless you are 1 already a huge Mandy Moore fan 2 12 years old and 3 clinically dead 
.5
How to Deal
Ellen Fox
A more thoughtful than average film 
3
How to Deal
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sets a high level of integrity for adolescent melodramas 
3
How to Deal
Josh Larsen
handles swooning material with something that can almost be called tact 
3
How to Deal
Peter Sobczynski
After a summer filled with robots explosions car crashes fart jokes and lazy eyed skanks battling Demi Moore here is a simple unassuming film that actually dares to include the human element into the mix 
3
How to Deal
Jeanne Aufmuth
The plot pulls off a few unexpectedly dramatic kinks adding unforeseen edge and a welcome surprise factor to the sentimental proceedings 
3
How to Deal
Rob Blackwelder
Moore s appealing unaffected authenticity buttresses weaker passages but How to Deal can t seem to stay faithful to its aspirations of coloring outside the lines of clich 
2.5
How to Deal
Ed Gonzalez
Essentially The Virgin Suicides lite How to Deal unravels like pages from a self flagellating tween girl s diary 
2
How to Deal
Walter Chaw
Not only badly plotted performed and thought out it s an example of what can happen when filmmakers don t have the first idea about the language of film 
0
Severe Clear
Elizabeth Weitzman
Most fictional films simply can t capture the immediacy of the experience the way a raw chronicle like this one from director Kristian Fraga and 1st Lt Mike Scotti does 
3
Severe Clear
Kyle Smith
Much of this footage might have been illuminating even fascinating in 2003 But seven years on it s ancient history lacking insight hindsight or a fresh take 
1.5
Severe Clear
Andrew Schenker
The battles we see resemble less Coppola s clear eyed surrealism and more the incoherence skirting camera jostles of contemporary action directing 
2.5
The City Without Jews
Mattie Lucas
Its touches of German Expressionist inspiration and topical boldness make it a must watch for silent film enthusiasts 
3
The Way I See It
Sean P. Means
It s not often a political documentary is designed to make the viewer smile righteous calls to action are the norm but Dawn Porter s The Way I See It elicits grins and laughs because of the good natured happy fella that she profiles 
3.5
The Way I See It
Brandy McDonnell
A picture is worth a thousand words and thousands of pictures make a compelling case for the continued importance of photojournalism in the age of video in The Way I See It 
2.5
The Way I See It
Shane Slater
The film stands as a testament to the power of the still image 
3
The Way I See It
Dwight Brown
Prepared to be moved and awed in ways you wouldn t expect It s a trip down memory lane that should excite citizens about the possibilities for tomorrow 
3.5
The Way I See It
Mark Feeney
But what s best about the documentary is all that Obama sun It s hard to come by these days even in retrospect 
2.5
The Way I See It
Steven Prokopy
The film gives us views of more than 400 of his photographs from all phases of his work and they say as much about him as an artist and human being as they do about their subjects 
3.5
The Way I See It
Rene Sanchez
A timely and emotional documentary that reminds us the qualities that every presidential candidate must possess Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Way I See It
Erik Childress
Often we re able to find one of Trump s contradictory statements and comment that there s always a tweet The Way I See It shows us to no surprise that there is always a photo to remind us of a President who naturally reflected leadership and humanity 
3.5
The Way I See It
Richard Roeper
At times it comes close to sounding like a Democratic Party promotional video especially in the late stretches but Porter is a talented director who knows every picture tells a story and boy does Pete Souza have a story to tell 
3
The Way I See It
Mark Dujsik
Is it a political maneuver Of course it is Is it an effective one It is also that 
3
The Way I See It
G. Allen Johnson
The film is anchored in a public lecture given by Souza in which he shows his photos and tells their stories Interspersed with these vignettes are scenes of Souza and Obama behind the scenes 
3
The Way I See It
Michael Phillips
Souza comes off as a genuine and genuinely humble talent 
3
The Way I See It
Mike McGranaghan
A massively entertaining documentary about a guy whose job gave him a front row seat to history 
3.5
The Way I See It
Joey Magidson
Whether he s throwing shade at Donald Trump or reminiscing about the Obama years Pete Souza is a quietly compelling figure 
3.5
The Way I See It
Chris Barsanti
The final product feels like it would have been most appropriate as a video presentation for the Democratic National Convention 
1.5
The Way I See It
David Nusair
Filmmaker Porter delivers a blisteringly paced documentary that is virtually from start to finish nothing short of fascinating 
3.5
The Way I See It
Barry Hertz
There is certainly much to celebrate and remember about the former U S president s tenure but Souza and Porter don t seem much interested in anything approaching nuance 
2
The Way I See It
Tomris Laffly
A time stopping nostalgia inducing big hearted documentary 
3.5
Otto; or Up With Dead People
Peter Hartlaub
Moviegoers with a LaBruce fetish will appreciate another imaginative offering from the filmmaker Mainstream audiences should stay far far away 
1
Otto; or Up With Dead People
Bob Strauss
LaBruce s film is such a riot of conflicting information and signifying styles that inner logic never really gets a grip 
2
Otto; or Up With Dead People
V.A. Musetto
LaBruce devotees will be tickled pink others will be perplexed and or disgusted 
2
Otto; or Up With Dead People
Eric Henderson
For a movie with this many ideological loose ends Otto comes up with a convincingly sweet resolution 
2.5
Lola
David Nusair
Demy s decidedly meandering approach to his own screenplay paves the way for a hit and miss midsection 
2
Lola
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a springy musical quality to it 
3.5
Autumn Road
Roger Moore
Too slow not particularly well acted or scripted But there s a little something to it so no quick write off here 
1.5
Sanctum
Jeff Beck
The film s lack of a decent story character development and performances as well as its emotional hollowness make it not worth the time in any format 
1.5
Sanctum
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet utterly misguided underwater thriller 
2
Sanctum
Glenn Lovell
Too bad this film executive produced by Cameron is rated R for profanity and gruesome makeup effects I m betting it s every 13 year old s dream escape 
3
Sanctum
James Kendrick
Despite its three dimensional imagery the film remains resolutely two dimensional 
2
Sanctum
Linda Cook
Sanctum is a soggy mess of a movie 
2
Sanctum
Peter Keough
Suffocatingly bad 
0.5
Sanctum
John Beifuss
A brawny adventure disaster film notable for its reliance on dangerous practical effects and stuntwork rather than CGI 
3
Sanctum
Lori Hoffman
Despite the lapses in dialogue what never flagged was the magnificence of the photography and in the end it is those breathtaking images the left the deepest impression 
2.5
Sanctum
Ethan Alter
A film of modest ambition that mostly lives up to the low bar it sets for itself 
3
Sanctum
Robert Levin
The characters are one dimensional the acting is bad and the dialogue is composed of ham fisted one liners spoken VERY VERY LOUDLY 
2
Sanctum
Peter Travers
Sometimes the sets look like well Styrofoam So do the actors 
1
Sanctum
Mark Dujsik
We tick off the seconds until another hazardous situation arrives with utter dependability 
2
Sanctum
Rick Groen
Stick that camera down an aquatic cave wrap a paper thin plot around it slap the whole thing up on an IMAX screen and call it a movie More truth in advertising Call it a lame movie 
2
Sanctum
Stephen Whitty
There s just water water everywhere and no one stops to think 
1.5
Sanctum
Christian Toto
Silly soggy but certainly suspenseful Sanctum is a B movie pick me up 
2.5
Sanctum
Mike Scott
Aside from the cast of archetypes and the dash of confusion generated by some less than smooth editing during the film s crisis scenes Sanctum is fairly entertaining 
2.5
Sanctum
Willie Waffle
They say Sanctum was inspired by true events I can only hope the people in the true event died so they avoid the torture of seeing their story portrayed this way on screen 
.5
Sanctum
Chris Hewitt
Two underwater experts wrote the script for the adventure film Sanctum and as screenwriters they make excellent divers 
1
Sanctum
Mick LaSalle
Sanctum is a movie that tries to make you feel that there s this cool thing going on that everybody knows about except you 
1
Sanctum
Kyle Smith
Sanctum turns out to be as gripping as plankton 
1.5
Sanctum
Dustin Putman
Can a motion picture overcome a lousy script if it is an otherwise effective technically proficient piece of filmmaking Sanctum sure footedly answers this question in the affirmative 
2.5
Sanctum
Mark Jenkins
Forget 127 Hours Sanctum makes sawing off your own arm look like a minor penalty for the crime of spelunking while clueless 
2
Sanctum
Sara Michelle Fetters
While certain sequences can t help but bristle with tension overall director Alister Grierson stages everything in as straightforward and as perfunctory a manner as possible draining the suspense out of scenes that should be overflowing with it 
2
Sanctum
Peter Howell
For much of the film and despite groan worthy dialogue that often takes you right out of the picture you ll likely be holding your breath in genuine suspense 
2.5
Sanctum
Steven Rea
With ace underwater photography and scuba diving stunt doubles Sanctum doesn t stint on action 
2.5
Sanctum
Ty Burr
What we get are three dimensional caves and two dimensional characters 
2
Sanctum
Connie Ogle
The action scenes are sometimes horrifying enough to make you gasp aloud If only the rest of the film were similarly breathtaking 
2
Sanctum
Moira MacDonald
There s no real story here just a series of gruesome yet weirdly casual deaths taking place in what looks like the inside of a very big stomach 
1.5
Sanctum
James Berardinelli
There s something about an effective man versus nature film that gets the blood pumping 
3
Sanctum
Michael Phillips
Here and there an image of spectral beauty assisted by the 3 D technology floats into view and captures our imagination But the script which really should ve been called Sanctimonium has a serious case of the bends 
2
Sanctum
Roger Ebert
Sanctum tells the story of a terrifying adventure in an incompetent way 
1.5
Sanctum
Ed Gonzalez
Given the wafer thin characterizations and half hearted performances Sanctum barely musters even a blip of existential dread 
2
Sanctum
Roger Moore
Predictable But the chills and thrills work and it is gorgeous to look at 
2.5
Hit & Run
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s almost as much fun to watch Hit Run as it must have been to make it 
3.5
Hit & Run
Christian Toto
Hit Run may stall early and often but the Bell Shepard screen chemistry serves as a nitrous boost 
2.5
Hit & Run
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s Smokey and the Bandit as conceived by a Quentin Tarantino wannabe 
2
Hit & Run
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A very good tightly structured breezily fun crime film in the Tarantino mode 
3
Hit & Run
Rick Groen
Hit Run is awfully hit miss 
2.5
Hit & Run
Lou Lumenick
Shepard and Palmer just don t do anything terribly exciting with the film s vehicles drawn mostly from Shepard s personal collection 
2
Hit & Run
Stephanie Merry
It feels like writer co director and star Dax Shepard has unleashed some kind of freakish Franken film on movie goers 
1.5
Hit & Run
Willie Waffle
Shepard s dialogue oozes with the sense that whoever wrote this stuff thinks it is a billion times smarter more original and funnier than it really is which makes it all that more annoying 
.5
Hit & Run
Peter Canavese
Yee haw and so forth 
2
Hit & Run
Jason Buchanan
Hit Run may be a bit of a letdown but if you re in the mood for a romantic comedy with a little extra horsepower chances are you ll enjoy letting Shepard and company take the wheel while you strap in and switch off your brain 
2
Hit & Run
Peter Travers
The trouble with Hit Run is that it can t sustain its trippy effervescence Despite a few scrappy twists and turns it s ultimately a dead end 
2
Hit & Run
Rene Rodriguez
Hit and Run isn t very memorable and it isn t all that exciting but it s occasionally funny and sweet and more engaging than any action comedy Jennifer Aniston has made in her entire career 
2.5
Hit & Run
Bruce DeMara
Like the classic 1967 Cadillac that transports our protagonists for much of the journey Hit Run is a road worthy romance comedy 
3
Hit & Run
Mark Feeney
When Shepard s on though he s really on There s hardly anything rote or predictable about Hit Run other than its title 
2.5
Hit & Run
Alexandra Cavallo
An entertaining if scattered romp 
2.5
Hit & Run
Chris Hewitt
Operates on the principle that if a scene runs into a dead end all you need to do is cram the characters in some cars and gun it 
2.5
Hit & Run
Roger Ebert
It s a lot more fun than the title suggests How many chase comedies have you seen where the hero s sexy girlfriend has a doctorate in nonviolent conflict resolution 
3.5
Hit & Run
Michael Phillips
Hit Run is merely the latest picture more modestly scaled than most to give the catch all notion of the B movie a bad name deserving of a new category the D movie 
1.5
Hit & Run
David Hiltbrand
The problem is that Hit Run can t really settle on a tone It s a goofy caper that turns savage 
1.5
Hit & Run
Robert Levin
The action has an appealing old fashioned feel relying on genuine stunt driving instead of the usual recipe of CGI and incessant cutting 
3
Hit & Run
Gary Thompson
A B movie throwback meant to be seen at a drive in where you can make out during the dull parts or honk your horn as Arnold runs his poor minivan into a tree for the fifth time 
2.5
Hit & Run
Rafer Guzman
They re all clearly having fun though that s not the same as making a movie 
2
Hit & Run
Mark Dujsik
Manages to make us dislike just about all of its major characters within a minute of meeting them 
1
Hit & Run
Dustin Putman
It is the genuine central relationship between Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell that turns this off the wall free for all into more than just a throwaway romp 
2.5
Hit & Run
Claudia Puig
Like the muscle cars it lovingly features Hit and Run idles effectively revs and takes off with frisky energy and knows just when to cruise 
3
Hit & Run
Peter Hartlaub
Pretty much everything shot by Shepard and co director David Palmer looks as if it was done in one take 
2
Hit & Run
Joe Williams
Hit and Run isn t a catastrophe but it leaves loose ends and a more adventurous map by the side of the winding road 
2.5
Hit & Run
James Berardinelli
It s like Mozart being interpreted by someone who s tone deaf 
1.5
Hit & Run
David Germain
The good time clearly had by the filmmakers rubs off on the audience 
2.5
Hit & Run
Soren Andersen
Earplugs please And wake me when it s over 
1
Hit & Run
Matt Pais
Possesses such a sheepish hey man I m trying here charm that deriding it feels a little like poking a puppy 
2
Hit & Run
Zachary Wigon
Far more frustrating than the film s banally conventional plot structure is its characters lack of depth 
1
Hit & Run
Jon Niccum
It s the negative zone of comedy like humor trying to escape from the mouths of actors perched in front of a black hole 
1.5
Hit & Run
Ricardo Baca
The rom com car chase back and forth doesn t always work but a fun story and affable cast keep things moving fluidly 
3
Buck and the Preacher
James Kendrick
goes against the grain 44 rewriting one of Hollywood 8217 s most storied genres 8212 the Western 8212 through the lens of neglected black history
3.5
Buck and the Preacher
Matt Brunson
Far from a simplistic 8220 black vs 46 white 8221 actioner 46 
3
Buck and the Preacher
Peter Canavese
A solid western in its own right and an important film in African American cinema 44 with a healthy blend of western action 44 comedy and social commentary drama 46 91 Criterion Blu ray 93 
3.5
Buck and the Preacher
Wanda Hale
Poitier has done a good job in two positions director and co star with Harry Belafonte playing the title roles Buck and the Preacher a pair as different as apple pie and ice cream but a combination that mixes well 
3
Tesla
Randy Myers
Almereyda s wildly creative Nikola Tesla biopic defies conventions 
3.5
Tesla
Brian Eggert
A work of Brechtian filmmaking that feels less like Tesla s dramatized life story than an essay about how visionaries must contend with the demands of capitalism Tesla presents a dazzlingly unconventional biopic 
3.5
Tesla
Matt Brunson
I ll stick with David Bowie in The Prestige thanks 
2
Tesla
Rene Sanchez
Despite Hawke s mesmerizing performance this anachronic and unconventional biopic doesn t live up to the legacy of its main character Full Review in Spanish 
2
Tesla
James Kendrick
Tesla s mystery is deepened by the film s outré aesthetic and narrative devices and it all feels of a piece not one that will appeal to everyone especially those looking for a conventional biopic but one that stays true to its own unique integrity 
3
Tesla
Brandy McDonnell
The resulting film while sometimes strikingly flashy isn t as invigorating as audiences would hope 
2.5
Tesla
Sonny Bunch
History is written by the victors But it s rewritten occasionally poorly and in a way that offers us little insight into the subject being rehabilitated by the filmmakers 
2
Tesla
Jason Fraley
In a somewhat lazy imitation of the Citizen Kane newsreel Eve Hewson narrates overwrought relentless montages which bog down the story in exposition as the film languishes in limbo between narrative and documentary 
2
Tesla
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Certainly the movie might have been more streamlined or gone further but I really like its strange interior touches its experimental dreamlike quality and its lack of rules 
3.5
Tesla
Steven Prokopy
There are times when Tesla feels more like a painting than a film and it s easy to get pulled in by the experimental and captivating visuals 
3
Tesla
Mark Feeney
Almereyda structures the movie as a series of slow moving scenes almost tableaux Even when he uses a mobile camera things still feel static but in a good way 
2.5
Tesla
Robert Daniels
Often surreal and ambitious Almereyda s Tesla relegates its subject as a mystery telling us little beyond the history books yet as a biopic that rebels against expectations and the need for acceptance is pitched perfectly to the man 
3
Tesla
James Berardinelli
Those who prefer their bio pics to unspool like history books chapters may at times be unimpressed by Tesla which is more interested in applying non standard cinematic tactics to enliven the facts rather than being enslaved by them 
3
Tesla
Joey Magidson
Imagination runs wild here helping the movie be more than just a garden variety biopic 
3
Tesla
Sean P. Means
Almereyda uses the neat visual trick of establishing settings through rear projection The irony of telling Tesla s story using one of Edison s best known inventions isn t lost on Hawke or anyone else onscreen 
3
Tesla
Richard Roeper
Jolts of creative whimsy electrify a delightfully oddball biopic Amid the anachronisms and fourth wall breaking there s a great performance by Ethan Hawke as the futuristic visionary 
3.5
Tesla
Jeff York
The filmmaker s take on the man Tesla is not wholly successful but you have to hand it to Almereyda his movie has its own weird energy 
2.5
Tesla
Rosalie Kicks
Knowing Tesla had a unique personality I can only imagine he would be pleased with his life being depicted in such a far out way 
2.75
Tesla
Matt Zoller Seitz
A film about electricity and light that never fully illuminates its main character 
2
Tesla
Robert Horton
A postmodern jamboree a spiky collection of biographical tidbits and fourth wall busting asides an essay masquerading as a biopic 
3.5
Tesla
Allyson Johnson
Tesla is simply too messy There s plenty to say about human nature and about capitalism s claws and the correlation between past and present but there s too much getting in the way of the story It s pretty but frustratingly hollow 
1.5
Tesla
Mark Dujsik
Tesla tells us a lot about its subject but doesn t make us feel too much about him 
2.5
Tesla
Bob Bloom
The crucial flaw with Tesla is that it ironically lacks spark Almereyda s depiction of Tesla may be accurate but cinematically it filters the spotlight that this nearly forgotten forward thinker deserves 
2
Tesla
G. Allen Johnson
Almereyda never quite gets us into the world of Tesla much less his mind 
2
Tesla
Josh Larsen
a cheeky postmodern take on the standard biopic 
2.5
Tesla
Rafer Guzman
A frustrating movie of half measures that hovers between orthodox historical drama and wild experimentalism 
2
Tesla
Jake Coyle
While its ideas are often intriguing the movie feels like high concept scaffolding that only thinly conceals it hollowness It s a Tesla without electricity 
2
Tesla
Mike McGranaghan
If ever so slightly obtuse at times the movie nevertheless deserves credit for taking chances with its style 
3
Tesla
Chuck Bowen
A profound sense of restlessness and loneliness haunts Michael Almereyda s film which reinvigorates the biopic genre 
3
Tesla
Roger Moore
Makes Tesla an also ran Again 
2
The Night We Never Met
Steve Rhodes
Even if the movie frequently approximates a television sitcom it never ceases to charm 
3
The Sand Pebbles
Peter Canavese
A fine old school picture elevated further by its progressive themes Blu Ray 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Mattie Lucas
A haunting and intelligently drawn love story that lingers in the memory like a wisp of smoke caught in a sunbeam 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Kelly Jane Torrance
This elegant beautiful sad film explores an old story in an emotionally violently new way 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Mark Dujsik
The heart wants what it wants and all that it s anybody s guess why that might be 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Rob Humanick
As rumbling and tremendous a meditation on self and suicide as there s ever been onscreen Director Terence Davies has now made masterpieces across four decades 
4
The Deep Blue Sea
Rob Thomas
Though Deep Blue Sea is a quiet and stately film on the surface it s powerful and raw underneath 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Josh Larsen
so ravishing as pure cinema it would likely work just as well if not better if the dialogue was turned down and the Barber played on 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
John Beifuss
The design is stunning and cunning In one shot a breath of cigarette smoke comes to brilliant cumulous life as Hester blows it into an otherwise invisible but purposefully placed shaft of light 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Duane Dudek
There is more to the dense deliberate and emotionally turbulent The Deep Blue Sea than its painterly style and anguished subject matter 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Rich Heldenfels
Intense presentation of the limitations of passion and the depth of real love 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Moira MacDonald
A story of passion and its aftermath of what happens when an unhappy woman goes chasing after something shiny only to find how quickly it fades 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Joe Williams
Davies doesn t provide stylish counterweights to the heavy drama Any story that starts with a woman writing a suicide note is cheating us of an honest investment in the outcome 
2.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Rick Groen
It s difficult to judge when you re caught between the devil and the deep blue sea So it is 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Steven Rea
Weisz gives a heartbreaking performance her Hester spirals into doom hungry for the physical pleasures she has found 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Linda Barnard
Hiddleston is good as the fickle playboy but Weisz who smoulders as Hester is better 
2.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Chris Hewitt
It s about getting your heart broken and what can be learned from that 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Michael Phillips
This is an extremely deft job of adaptation 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Peter Canavese
This exquisite realization is as vital as can be in depicting the timeless tortures of the romantically damned 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Michael O'Sullivan
Maddeningly oblique and incomplete despite paying what at times feels like excruciating attention to the minutiae of a dying love affair s final hours 
1.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Mick LaSalle
Rachel Weisz in what has to be the performance of her career and there have been lots of good ones plays an intelligent woman in the grip of a lust that s too big to handle or suppress She can either ride the tiger or be devoured 
4
The Deep Blue Sea
Wesley Morris
It feels current That s to do with the timelessness of Davies s idea of how lush a film can feel It s also to do with the modernity of his star 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Roger Ebert
The film feels pity for the exhausted city of London The vast metropolis was the scene of greatness during World War II but a few years later it is drab hungry and without optimism 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Michael Atkinson
Rattigan s drama is a small room to maneuver in and in the end Hester s despair is hers alone 
2
The Deep Blue Sea
J. R. Jones
In scene after scene painful pauses in conversation seem to amplify the incessant ticking of the clock in the room a subtle reminder that time rolls onward and our brief lives are not to be frittered away 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Roger Moore
It s a clumsy dated and stodgy production ugly to look at unromantic in the extreme 
1.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Robert Levin
A collection of beautiful visual compositions deliberate long takes and all around distinguished dramatics that remains perilously detached from start to finish 
2.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Connie Ogle
That s the difficulty in warming up to The Deep Blue Sea The first thing we see Hester do is foolish and inconceivable which makes it hard to get invested in her future 
2.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though Davies is paying more attention to plot here this is still a personal and monumentally artistic achievement 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Stephen Whitty
Try to stay on board Whenever it does briefly slip away it carries you along on a wave 
2.5
The Deep Blue Sea
John Anderson
Certainly stage bound and dusty but it s a perfect vehicle for Davies the aesthete social critic 
3.5
The Deep Blue Sea
Lou Lumenick
Weisz does a fine understated job within the parameters of Davies stripped down adaptation 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Peter Travers
In the face of Weisz s magnificence it s impossible to dismiss The Deep Blue Sea as dated and creaky Weisz makes it timeless 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Rex Reed
The Deep Blue Sea is uneven and somewhat tentative in its evocation of a certain kind of fading moss rose among English womanhood but it s mature sophisticated filmmaking that is so welcome I recommend it highly 
3
The Deep Blue Sea
Bill Weber
Its director s romantic sensibilities wed to Terrence Rattigan s 60 year old play this period drama is buoyed by Rachel Weisz s poignant embodiment of a bourgeois wife seeking erotic autonomy 
3
Innerspace
Gene Siskel
Innerspace is a classic example of a film that would achieve more if it tried less But it still is an ambitious comedy made funny by Short s sweet performance 
3
Innerspace
Mike McGranaghan
Innerspace is a movie that sucks you in from the get go then keeps you hooked with the way it effortlessly moves from sci fi to comedy to action then back again 
3.5
Innerspace
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the film plays like a mix of exhilarating adventure and smart comedy it s deepened by the notion that little Quaid is floating around inside Short s body sinking hooks into things ripping open veins triggering stomach acid and the like 
3.5
Innerspace
David Nusair
one of the most enjoyable and spellbinding comedy adventure films to emerge from the 1980s 
4
Innerspace
Bill Chambers
The picture s haphazardness lends itself to being appreciated 
2.5
Innerspace
Roger Ebert
Here is an absurd unwieldy overplotted movie that nevertheless is entertaining and some of the fun comes from the way the plot keeps laying it on 
3
Innerspace
James O'Ehley
Fun is to be had but not too memorable in retrospect 
3
Bandslam
Mattie Lucas
The surprise of the summer and one of the year s overlooked gems 
3
Bandslam
Jeff Vice
While it s pretty effervescent for the first hour things really take a dire turn toward the end The whole thing nearly becomes undone at that point 
2
Bandslam
Austin Kennedy
My 6 year old enjoyed it I guess I would just like a little more effort from the filmmakers Maybe worth a DVD rental though 
2.5
Bandslam
Linda Cook
Dear Todd Graff Thanks man 
3.5
Bandslam
Stephen Whitty
Bandslam is hardly the definition of a great movie but it is pleasant and bright and doesn t insult its audience s intelligence And that s as rare and welcome as a well crafted three minute pop song 
3
Bandslam
Loey Lockerby
You have to respect any movie that name checks the Velvet Underground and assumes its tweenage viewers will get the reference or ask their parents later 
2.5
Bandslam
Sean P. Means
Graff mines some spunky humor and heartfelt characters all while coloring safely within the lines of the underdogs reaching the top storyline 
3
Bandslam
Chris Hewitt
For the most part BandSlam is a decent knockoff The script is quippy and smart Connell and Hudgens are both appealing 
2.5
Bandslam
Amy Biancolli
The movie has a few good tunes and some charming comic dash at least at first 
2.5
Bandslam
Jason Anderson
Bandslam consistently exceeds current teen flick standards thanks to its snarky humour its strong musical sequences and its ability to convey the excitement the characters feel both about performing and forming new friendships 
3
Bandslam
Tom Keogh
An utterly charming work of pure pop exuberance Bandslam is full of unexpected pleasures set to a surprisingly retro soundtrack 
3
Bandslam
John Anderson
Simultaneously shiny and retro calibrated and uncalculated familiar and unpredictable 
3.5
Bandslam
Michael Phillips
The bonus in this modest charmer Not a single major female character including Will s single mother played by Lisa Kudrow is subjected to the usual Hollywood rom com demonization 
3
Bandslam
Carrie Rickey
In a goofily endearing performance reminiscent of the young John Cusack Connell is charming and relatable Likewise Kudrow as the overprotective mother who both fears and wants more independence for her son 
3
Bandslam
Lou Lumenick
Director Todd Graff does have a keen understanding of kids in the world of performing arts as he shows here and in his earlier and better film Camp 
2.5
Bandslam
Jennie Punter
It feels like a missed opportunity but perhaps is a blessing since Bandslam s dialogue is much more pat than Hughes s quotable writing 
2
Bandslam
Shaula Clark
It seems acutely unaware of how casually sick some of its themes are 
1.5
Bandslam
Willie Waffle
Surprise This ain t no Disney fied cotton candy movie It has more bite angst and soul than that 
3
Bandslam
Kara Nesvig
Instead of the vapid drivel you d expect from their Disneyfied crowd Bandslam turns out to be a charming and well soundtracked Hello Wilco little parable for the tween set about first crushes friendship and like duh the power of music 
3
Bandslam
Mack Bates
The outcome isn t exactly in doubt but the ride is pleasant enough along the way Connell in particular gives a strong central performance and a couple of the musical numbers are infectious 
2.5
Bandslam
Rene Rodriguez
The performances in Bandslam are uniformly strong good enough to make you wish this bunch of charismatic talented kids had been given better material 
2
Bandslam
Dustin Putman
Exceptionally entertaining but also keenly knowledgeable about music and the history and reverence behind it Bandslam is more unadulterated fun than it has any right to be 
3
Bandslam
Ty Burr
Within the context of modern family comedies and the vast enabling wasteland of tweener TV these people feel almost three dimensional 
3
Bandslam
Joe Williams
Bandslam had potential but it succumbed to peer pressure 
2.5
Bandslam
Roger Ebert
This isn t a breakthrough movie but for what it is it s charming and not any more innocuous than it has to be 
3
Bandslam
Ryan Stewart
I Can t Go On I ll Go On is the name of the bubblegum rock group at the center of Bandslam as well as a useful mantra for any moviegoer struggling to make it all the way through this depressingly phony approximation of a teen tragicomedy 
1
Radio Cape Cod
Frank Ochieng
Enriching methodical and visually arresting Radio Cape Cod is an unconventional narrative in that it correlates its amorous themes with the nuances of nature and scientific curiosities 
3
The Stray
Roger Moore
Cut rate faith based tale of a dog that just HAS to be a family s guardian angel makes for grim going 
1.5
The Stray
Josh Terry
It s a dramatic start for a film that means well but can t quite make its pieces fit the story it wants to tell 
2
The Stray
Sean P. Means
A family s love for their pet pooch is reciprocated mightily in writer director Mitch Davis The Stray a movie with a gentle spirit and tone shifts that go all over the place 
2.5
The Stray
Mike McGranaghan
The desire to tug at your heartstrings starts to feel desperate after a while The Stray doesn t just want to make you cry it wants to reach right into your eye sockets and squeeze your tear ducts until there s not an ounce of moisture left 
1.5
Black Widow
David Nusair
Salacious enough to ensure that boredom never entirely sets in 
2
Drop Dead Fred
Gene Siskel
This is easily one of the worst films I ve ever seen 
0
Drop Dead Fred
Steven Rea
The episodic flashbacks are cast in an unfunny Freudian light domineering mother helpless hubby the tragically withdrawn child What a laugh riot 
1.5
Drop Dead Fred
John Hartl
It tries too hard to mimic Beetlejuice especially in British comic Rik Mayall s frantic performance as the title character Mayall is no Michael Keaton but it has a whimsical comic energy 
2
Drop Dead Fred
Johanna Steinmetz
Drop Dead Fred is a movie for people who like the sound of fingernails on blackboards and the feel of a drill bearing into a bicuspid 
1
Drop Dead Fred
Gary Thompson
It s rare that a movie so cleverly conceived is so poorly executed 
1.5
Drop Dead Fred
Dan Webster
Just a strident celebration of booger jokes 
1
Self-Medicated
Michael Dequina
A more seasoned writer would steer clear of false assembly line contrivances 
2.5
Self-Medicated
Ken Fox
There are nice touches particularly in Venora s performance and Timothy Kendall s editing but the film s maudlin edge illustrates the dangers of directing your own material 
2.5
Self-Medicated
Ted Fry
It s just a little too simplistic and not a very compelling story 
2
Self-Medicated
G. Allen Johnson
Though the script and storytelling could have used more polish Lapica s honesty provides the lasting impression 
3
Self-Medicated
Jim Hemphill
Monty Lapica s Self Medicated is a powerful personal piece of independent filmmaking
3.5
Self-Medicated
Jan Stuart
Lapica s lack of distance from his story is both the film s strength and its weakness 
2.5
Self-Medicated
Elizabeth Weitzman
Note to fledgling directors when making a movie you don t have to do everything yourself In fact you probably shouldn t 
2
Self-Medicated
Bob Strauss
Heartfelt it clearly is Disciplined and focused on what s truly intriguing about the story not so much 
2
Self-Medicated
Roger Ebert
On the basis of this film Monty Lapica at 24 has a career ahead of him as a director an actor or both He also has a life ahead of him which the film does a great deal to make clear 
3
Self-Medicated
Janice Page
Lapica s debut impresses with its strong clear voice and desire to tell a very personal story not just of substance abuse but of that abuse s painful root cause 
2.5
Self-Medicated
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a complicated three dimensional woman full of pain heartbreak confusion and most of all love Venora painting this portrait of motherly devotion as if she were Picasso reincarnated 
3
Self-Medicated
Kam Williams
Suffers from one serious flaw the otherwise talented director s choice of himself to star in the picture Now 24 he s simply a little long in the tooth to try to pass for a teenager 
2
Self-Medicated
Michael Phillips
Lapica isn t yet enough of a writer or director or an actor to make the dramatic arc unpredictable in any way It may be effective for some as therapy It is far less so as cinematic storytelling 
1.5
Self-Medicated
Matt Pais
So earnest that it drools its messages all over the place like an intoxicated teenager slurring his words without the presence of mind to think about what he s saying or how 
1
Self-Medicated
Ed Gonzalez
Self Medicated has won more accolades than Brokeback Mountain not a single one for its side splitting dialogue 
1.5
Self-Medicated
Ken Hanke
A daunting and impressive debut 
3.5
Bully
Brandy McDonnell
Filmmaker Lee Hirsch puts a face on the agony and loss caused by the scourge of school bullies with his powerful documentary Bully 
3.5
Bully
David Nusair
Bully ultimately comes off as a passable documentary that could ve used a much sharper focus 
2.5
Bully
John Beifuss
Bully is a heartbreaking documentary about the cruelty some children inflict on those they perceive to be weak More crucially it also reveals the almost criminal ineptitude of an adult establishment that insists on defining peer torment as horseplay 
3
Bully
James Kendrick
The film has its powerful moments and its heart is certainly in the right place but as a whole it feels too narrow in its focus sacrificing the larger context for a sense of intimacy whose state the obvious dividends run out fairly early 
2.5
Bully
Marty Mapes
Sure to start some conversations
3
Bully
Sara Michelle Fetters
It doesn t pull punches or try to paint a more palatable picture director Lee Hirsch delivering his saga of kid on kid brutality with a didactic verisimilitude that s decidedly chilling 
3.5
Bully
Lisa Kennedy
Bully is smart and compassionate about the pain of its wounded subjects and the frustration felt by their parents seemingly abandoned by the system What the powerful film lacks is insight into bullying 
3.5
Bully
Rich Heldenfels
Harrowing portrait of ordinary kids being assaulted verbally and physically and a social system that does not protect them 
3.5
Bully
Rob Thomas
The personal approach still makes Bully worth seeing letting other bullied kids know they re not alone and showing adults how dismissing bullying as kids will be kids doesn t cut it 
3
Bully
Alison Gang
By ignoring the perpetrators Hirsch keeps the finger pointed only at the victims and the underfunded overworked school administrators In a way it feels like the bullies were yet again let off the hook 
2.5
Bully
Connie Ogle
For a film that understandably only scratches the surface of its topic Bully carries a devastating emotional punch 
3
Bully
Willie Waffle
Don t let that circus about the Bully s rating obscure the quality of the movie 
3
Bully
Joe Williams
Bully is a good start to a necessary conversation but its loving voice is likely to be drowned out by haters who hide their own wounded hearts behind Internet pseudonyms and broadcast microphones 
2.5
Bully
Mark Dujsik
There s room for debate and Bully a well intentioned but ultimately shallow exploration of an age old dilemma doesn t seem to want to engage in it 
2.5
Bully
Moira MacDonald
Bully presents so many devastating moments that it s hard to pick the most powerful one 
3
Bully
Wesley Morris
Bully doesn t need research or great filmmaking or narrative focus per se It needs only the shaming power of its relentlessness and a young audience open to sharing in that shame 
2.5
Bully
Gary Thompson
What gives Bully its substance and power are the rich detailed portraits of life at home for the victims 
3
Bully
Rafer Guzman
A deeply moving but highly selective look at the effects of bullying on children and teenagers 
2.5
Bully
Duane Dudek
Surely a little objective statistical analysis would not have intruded upon the film s emotionally wrenching fly on the wall perspective 
3
Bully
Michael Phillips
The best Hirsch s film can do in the end is remind us that bullying means more than we admit and its effects aren t always immediately clear even to loved ones 
3
Bully
Chris Hewitt
There s nothing surprising or provocative in the film which seems to want to reassure us when it should want to tick us off 
2
Bully
Matt Pais
Increased awareness is only the beginning 
2.5
Bully
Roger Ebert
We feel sympathy for the victims and their parents or friends but the film helplessly seems to treat bullying as a problem without a solution 
3
Bully
Randy Myers
It presents a dramatic case for creating supportive communities that will stand up to those being bullied in the world Now the onus is on all of us to play our part in making it happen 
3.5
Bully
Michael Dequina
Leaves one appropriately heartbroken and infuriated 
3.5
Bully
Rick Groen
Tackles this headline heavy topic by mixing moments of raw emotional power with intervals of somewhat suspect manipulation 
3
Bully
Peter Howell
Hirsch s documentary truly shocks by the two sets of outrageous bureaucrats it exposes one cowers on screen and the other hides in the offices of the MPAA America s movie censor 
3
Bully
Peter Travers
The best social documents on film do more than show you what s wrong in the world they make it personal Bully does that with a passion 
3.5
Bully
Stephen Whitty
The access varies widely there s far too much music telling us what to feel and at the end its focus begins to drift If it at least gets people talking though that s a good thing 
2.5
Bully
Lou Lumenick
A powerful piece of work that might make a difference if enough people see it 
3
Bully
Claudia Puig
An insightful and moving documentary 
3.5
Bully
James Berardinelli
Bully is sufficiently powerful to impact a viewer regardless of age but this should be mandatory viewing for kids between 10 and 17 
3.5
Bully
Roger Moore
A moving but somewhat myopic take on America s newly anointed favorite childhood problem schoolyard bullying 
2.5
Bully
Rex Reed
Lee Hirsch is certainly one who is making a difference I endorse him and his brave powerful movie and urge you to see it for yourself You might leave Bully with rage but you will not leave Bully with indifference 
3.5
Bully
Christy Lemire
Bully is essential to see whether you re a parent or a kid whether you ve been on the giving or receiving end of such increasingly pervasive cruelty 
2.5
Bully
Kalvin Henely
Leaves us moved by poignant scenes of victims shattered lives but for reasons unclear keeps the bullies themselves largely out of our reach 
2
Bully
Kent Turner
A call for empathy and action
3
Koiya Koi Nasuna Koi
David Nusair
a meaningless utterly inscrutable piece of work 
1
The Valachi Papers
Matt Brunson
A satisfying slice of Mafia mayhem 
3
The Valachi Papers
Roger Ebert
We re not involved enough to really care that much about Joe Valachi and the movie becomes a series of high points on the road to a labored conclusion 
2.5
The 33
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the elements that do not work frustrate the stuff revolving around those who truly deserve to be labeled as heroes thankfully never does 
2.5
The 33
Robbie-Ann McPherson
The 33 reminds us that all those faraway global news stories we click by every day are actually about real people fathers mothers sisters brothers sons daughters families Loved ones Humanity I can t think of a better reason to go to the movies
3.5
The 33
Max Weiss
Corny as it was I cried when the men were rescued 
2.5
The 33
Linda Cook
Oh how I joined the rest of the world to watch and hope when the miners were trapped 
2.5
The 33
Andy Crump
The 33 is too wrapped up in its theatricality to maintain a sense of authenticity 
1.5
The 33
John Hanlon
Its emotional center is hard to forget but considering the powerful subject material it s hard not to leave the theater without a sense of disappointment 
3.0
The 33
Matt Brunson
A well executed dramatization that never quite punches across the lightning in the bottle Its strongest selling point is Antonio Banderas who s excellent as the trapped team s designated leader 
2.5
The 33
Burl Burlingame
One of the great things about The 33 is the too rare portrayal of South Americans as decent hard working people with loving families 
3.5
The 33
Scott Renshaw
There s nothing wrong with a survival against all odds story that aims for the heart instead of the head but this one keeps blasting indiscriminately away at the heart destroying all the other vital organs along the way 
1.5
The 33
James Berardinelli
In trying to breathe life into too many characters the screenplay transforms them all into thinly drawn caricatures In focusing on its feel good inspirational ending it fails to make nearly 2 hours of hardship a worthwhile experience 
2
The 33
Stephen Whitty
It s hard to think of another movie this year that has a stronger message about hope or a gentler one about forgiveness 
2.5
The 33
Peter Travers
You forgive the movie its faults or most of them because its heart is firmly in the right place 
2.5
The 33
Bob Bloom
This story of courage and fortitude the miners were trapped underground for 69 days also cannot avoid the pitfall of clichs both below and above the ground 
2.5
The 33
Kenneth R. Morefield
As the crew drives into the mouth of the mine we are filled with a visceral sense of dread The detail of having the men driven down into the earth reinforces how deep they are going and how unnatural the whole experience seems 
3
The 33
Glenn Kenny
This unabashedly crowd pleasing movie gets to its uplifting but also somewhat disquieting conclusion and coda which as is the custom these days introduces the audience to the real life miners with its integrity intact 
3
The 33
Mark Dujsik
The 33 offers a story we already know and misses a lot of opportunities in the telling 
2
The 33
Eva Salinas
The strength of those miners and the unlikely hope of their families was utterly captivating Their survival moved me deeply then and with The 33 it still does now 
3
The 33
Sara Stewart
It s never a good sign when the real people behind a movie s story appear in the end credits and you re stumped as to who s who 
2
The 33
Rafer Guzman
A compelling but too tidy dramatization of a remarkable rescue event 
2
The 33
Rick Bentley
Despite a valiant effort by the actors The 33 had the major mountain of familiarity to overcome Everyone tries but they just can t do enough to get viewers to the emotional peak 
2.5
The 33
Soren Andersen
The outcome of the episode is known all were rescued after 69 days underground while a rapt world watched on TV but director Patricia Riggen keeps the tension high with those omnipresent sonic cues 
3
The 33
Peter Keough
The 33 is a grind Literally lots of drilling that is as exciting as a root canal That plus sentimentality and platitudes even Banderas has a hard time with lines like That s the heart of the mountain She finally broke 
2
The 33
Robert W. Butler
The 33 does a pretty decent job of laying out a complicated yarn and seasoning it with dramatic moments as it twists and turns toward an uplifting conclusion 
2.5
The 33
Gary Thompson
Almost fatally conventional 
0.5
The 33
David Lewis
This material is probably more suited for a TV miniseries There is a lot of ground to cover here 33 miners lots of family members a host of government officials and the media sensation disaster itself 
2
The 33
Chris Knight
The 33 is less than a disaster movie the actual disaster happening pretty quickly and more a test of patience among its cast and for the audience who will know how it all ends unless they too have been living under a rock 
2.5
The 33
Peter Howell
A tangled and pedestrian narrative gets in the way of the thrills which are still considerable 
2
The 33
Michael Smith
The movie ultimately becomes a soap opera with characters exaggerated to the point that authentic sentences of words in the film are rare There is yelling accusing bickering and other exclamations but rarely a conversation worth talking about 
2
The 33
Calvin Wilson
Disappointingly formulaic 
2.5
The 33
Mark Jenkins
The inspirational docudrama nicely evokes the havoc of the initial cave in but spends too much time above ground to convey the existential horror of the almost buried men 
2.5
The 33
Michael Phillips
What these men endured is remarkable and the logistics of the rescue are remarkable as well The 33 settles for an unremarkable chronicle of that endurance test 
2
The 33
Matt Pais
This story includes several nightmarish scenarios yet the storytelling is its own kind of fraudulent nightmare 
1
The 33
Peter Canavese
There s too much stilted acting here and too little psychological insight to render an interesting or even credibly true story of humanity in crisis 
2
The 33
Elise Nakhnikian
The film doles out a shock or hits a usually hollow emotional note every few minutes with mechanical precision 
1.5
The 33
Roger Moore
Cutesy Patronizing Overlong But it still works 
2.5
Holy Lola
Joshua Tanzer
Aha The bad guys are the Americans with their big bucks and heartless capitalism ruining the world for the humble French 
1.5
The Thieves
Steve Macfarlane
A dazzling heist film that can t help but come off as duly influenced by Steven Soderbergh s Ocean s trilogy South Korea s number one box office champ of all time is never less than clever 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Mattie Lucas
A crackerjack popcorn munching thriller an enjoyably wacky piece of summer fluff entertainment that holds on for two hours but lets go in the home stretch and fails to leave a strong impression 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
David Nusair
The fourth and least effective collaboration between Denzel Washington and Tony Scott 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Michael Dequina
If the trademark Scott gloss serves as a superficial hook his also adept manner of building tension and suspense then keeps one interested 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Sonny Bunch
Solid performances can t lift this picture above its own mediocrity however The plot is formulaic and the ending obvious 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Rossiter Drake
Unlike Sargent who trusted his story to provide the fireworks Scott resorts to gimmicks choppy editing speeded up footage that segues inexplicably into slo mo and pointless explosions of noise Sometimes less really is more 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Mike Scott
Director Tony Scott pushes all the right buttons crafting a worthy and in many ways a superior update 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
James Kendrick
Because of Scott s reliably indiscriminant overdirection the film only works in fits and starts
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Alissa Wilkinson
Ultimately the film reminds us that human life is precious and worth preserving u2014and all in a smart summer blockbuster 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Sean P. Means
There s a serviceable thriller somewhere in this remake of the 1974 drama 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Linda Cook
Dark humor great interaction between the characters and cinematic comments on racism gender bias and a changing world it s a great crime picture I m talking of course about the 1974 version 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Sean O'Connell
Stout performances and Helgeland s screenplay keep Pelham grounded 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Nick Rogers
The interminable final act of Tony Scott s heretofore modestly entertaining thriller turns the modulated cool of a Michael Mann film into a brash loud Viagra ad This is the great disappointment of the summer so far 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Bob Bloom
Director Tony Scott uses the camera like a little boy shouting Look at me look at me instead of simply telling the story 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Kam Williams
Washington and Travolta are both still at the top of their games in this high octane attention deficit adventure as riveting as it is ridiculous 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Robert Levin
The actors bring such dramatic heft to their archetypal parts that they keep things riveting even as the movie progresses through very familiar territory 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Matt Brunson
Even the city of New York the true principal player in this tale fails to come to life meaning this film might as well have been set in Chicago or London or any other metropolis with a sprawling subway system 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Ross Anthony
I m probably not the first to say it s a train wreck Starts out good enough shows ability to the 1 2way mark but the last 30 mins are just a scripting mess 
0.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Mike McGranaghan
It s not the most exciting movie I ve ever seen but it is a solid thriller with good performances and a workman like construction from Tony Scott 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Willie Waffle
Director Tony Scott is smart enough to focus most of the movie where it should be on Travolta and Washington 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Jason Buchanan
Surprisingly in a summer full of action packed blockbusters this cracking remake may be the movie to beat for sheer popcorn chomping thrills 
3.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Lou Lumenick
The new Pelham although no classic is a lot of fun if you re in the right mood 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Stephen Whitty
We ve been waiting too long for a sharp little urban thriller with a couple of tense scenes and one fine bold performance Given the time we ll grab this express train happily 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Carla Meyer
Pelham 1 2 3 ultimately plays as too old school and low tech to compete with the summer s other big action films 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Robert W. Butler
You don t go to a movie by Tony Scott looking for subtlety and subtext But give him a good story and Scott delivers 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Liam Lacey
Most disappointing is the new film s reluctance to even attempt to match the ingenuity of the original movie s celebrated one two punch ending 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Mick LaSalle
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 has all the usual virtues of a good action suspense drama 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
John Wirt
The film s leading men exceed the action genre s usual requirements if only briefly 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Moira MacDonald
It ticks along as efficiently as a new clock The performances are smooth the car crash effects remarkable the pace never flagging 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Erik Childress
Is this some statement on what happens to white collar criminals in prison They come out and interject sodomy jokes when they re trying to be taken seriously Is this how we should expect Gordon Gekko to be in the Wall Street sequel 
1.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Lisa Kennedy
Kinetic director Tony Scott balances his need for speed and flash with fleshed out drama making Pelham the best of his recent outings 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Sara Michelle Fetters
Neither are masterpieces but both are entertaining Scott s upping the ante if only just minutely and having a gravitas the Walter Matthau Robert Shaw flick never was able to manufacture 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Chris Hewitt
It feels like Pelham is close to something interesting but never gets there because Scott doesn t give a rip 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Peter Howell
Against all odds and better advice director Tony Scott screenwriter Brian Helgeland and main protagonists Denzel Washington and John Travolta take a much loved genre classic and arguably make it better 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Christian Toto
Star chemistry not director Tony Scott s overheated style saves The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 from being yet another tired remake 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Michael Sragow
The new players can t generate the grimy elan of the old film 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Peter Canavese
A remake and a hostage picture Can both the good guys and the bad guys use Sony laptops Yes they can 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m giving it a mild recommendation for its good stretches and appealing characters 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
John Beifuss
The laughable climax is punctuated with a military style salute from a police hostage negotiater that is so silly it causes one to wonder whether Pelham is supposed to be a dry as sand comedy a Beat the Devil for the Transformers era 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Kit Bowen
Hire Denzel Washington He is bound to make any mediocre film better than it should which is precisely what he does in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Michael A. Smith
a film that keeps you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Dustin Putman
A complete bastardization of everything that was so taut substantive and memorable in the classic 1974 original 
1
The Taking of Pelham 123
Claudia Puig
The new Pelham takes the chilling original premise and modifies it for an era steeped in technology making for an energetic and engrossing adaptation 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Jeff Vice
This version of the hijacking thriller tale is pretty messy and has all over the map performances and a too showy directorial style 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Walter Chaw
the worst kind of dreck
0
The Taking of Pelham 123
Steven Rea
As Ryder s motives begin to reveal themselves The Taking of Pelham 123 loses its aura of post 9 11 dread replaced by a muddled commentary on Wall Street greed in these days of raging financial crises 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Rene Rodriguez
Hiring Tony Scott to direct The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is like hiring Michael Bay to direct My Dinner With Andre A colossal mismatch of director and material 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
James Berardinelli
It is remarkable how with all of the advances in technology over the years a story like this can remain largely unchanged despite a 35 year gap between tellings By allowing the movie to unfold in real time Scott enhances the level of suspense 
3
The Taking of Pelham 123
Peter Travers
This movie hits you like 600 volts from a sparking third rail Damn straight it s electrifying 
3.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Ty Burr
The new Pelham is a solid suspenseful tale all over again so long as it stays in the subway tunnels and airless offices of the transit department 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Rafer Guzman
Director Tony Scott may not suffer from attention deficit disorder but he is convinced you do 
2
The Taking of Pelham 123
Roger Ebert
There s not much wrong with Tony Scott s The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 except that there s not much really right about it 
2.5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Josh Larsen
Travolta barks and giggles and screams as if creating a memorable nemesis was simply a matter of calling more attention to yourself than anyone else 
1
The Taking of Pelham 123
Nick Schager
Are Tony Scott s films actually directed by Google Earth 
1.5
A Patch of Fog
Christian Toto
Just try rooting for the author being blackmailed in A Patch of Fog We dare you 
3
A Patch of Fog
Roger Moore
Hitchcockian and clever
3
American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince
Matt Brunson
The real life inspiration for the adrenaline shot in the heart scene in Pulp Fiction 
2.5
American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince
David Nusair
American Boy is ultimately unable to overcome the biggest obstacle to its ongoing success which is Prince himself 
2
American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince
Elliott Stein
Prince seems to be one unexceptional rapaciously beady eyed hanger on 
1
Trouble the Water
Mattie Lucas
Invites us to step into the shoes of people who the government forgot and demands that we refuse to do the same 
3
Trouble the Water
Mike Scott
An utterly magnificent film one that is as hard to forget as it is to ignore As such it is destined to live a long life in peoples minds and on scholars shelves 
4
Trouble the Water
Peter Howell
God s gonna trouble the water goes the chorus from the African American spiritual that gives Trouble the Water its title but no deity is to blame for the tide of bureaucratic bungling and inhumanity the movie reveals 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Rick Groen
The person at the centre emerges as a force of nature unto herself Meet and prepare to be inspired by Kimberly Rivers Roberts 
3
Trouble the Water
Michael Smith
The film is a lasting document on the subjects of Hurricane Katrina tragedy and bureaucratic incompetence 
3
Trouble the Water
Walter Chaw
a diary of missed opportunities
2.5
Trouble the Water
Joe Leydon
You can t help wanting and maybe needing to read into her indomitable spiritedness something like a reason for hope For her for other Katrina survivors for all of us 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Michael Sragow
Trouble the Water doesn t merely bring its characters to the edge of the abyss It watches them fall in and then amazingly climb out 
4
Trouble the Water
Jeff Vice
Trouble the Water is probably the best of the films made on the subject That s because the film concentrates on a few specific stories rather than trying to provide a comprehensive examination of its subject matter 
3.5
Trouble the Water
John Hartl
More than most documentaries this mosaiclike movie is made up of many pieces and it s considerably more than the sum of those parts 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Joe Williams
Trouble the Water is a crucial film one of the best of the decade 
4
Trouble the Water
Robert W. Butler
Kimberly Roberts is the reason Trouble the Water is one of the year s best documentaries 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Lisa Kennedy
A tale of natural and civic catastrophe Trouble the Water is also a frank yet inspired saga about poverty survival and what lies beyond 
3.5
Trouble the Water
David Hiltbrand
Trouble the Water is choppy overly long and at times almost indecipherable but it s indelible 
2.5
Trouble the Water
John Beifuss
The movie is certainly political but it s also existential It chronicles a struggle to survive that transcends bureaucratic incompetence and speaks to the very nature of living in a hostile or at least indifferent and unknowable natural world 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Chris Hewitt
Trouble the Water is so hopeful and full of life that it would be a shame if it were dismissed as just another Hurricane Katrina documentary 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Roger Ebert
Roberts needs more practice at holding the camera steady and framing shots It doesn t matter We feel her footage at the base of our spines 
4
Trouble the Water
Ruthe Stein
Is there more to be said about this national catastrophe Yes definitely as the engrossing documentary Trouble the Water shows in just about every frame 
3
Trouble the Water
Bob Strauss
Trouble the Water s greatest of its many values is its incisive record of how a massive catastrophe is really a story of multiple individuals families blocks and neighborhoods 
4
Trouble the Water
Lou Lumenick
I thought Spike Lee s When the Levees Broke was pretty much the last word on the national tragedy and disgrace that followed Hurricane Katrina s assault on New Orleans Maybe not 
3.5
Trouble the Water
Peter Travers
A spellbinder you do not want to miss 
3.5
Trouble the Water
John Anderson
Brilliant melding of first person footage heart and directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal s documentary expertise 
4
Trouble the Water
Kam Williams
Raw unfiltered and expletive laced but a brutally honest flick guaranteed to give you an unsanitized picture of what life was like for the least fortunate folks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina 
4
Trouble the Water
Nick Schager
No unnecessary authorial pushing and prodding is required on behalf of Kim and Scott s amazing story 
3
Wyatt Earp
Rob Lowing
Costner still exhibits that old spark in places but somehow he never breathes much life into his traditional interpretation And this western is so traditional it s practically corseted 
2
Wyatt Earp
Jeff Simon
There are very great things in Wyatt Earp If you love American movies especially westerns you owe it to yourself to see it 
3.5
Wyatt Earp
David Armstrong
As carefully as Kasdan has rooted this story in the 19th century setting his lack of control in shaping the expansive material makes the viewer think the movie may be depicting the entire 19th century 
2
Wyatt Earp
Joe Baltake
The movie is pointless near plotless and meandering and its attempts to recreate the dark amber tinged look of The Godfather only give it a creepy funereal quality 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Sean P. Means
This 3 hour plus depiction of the Wild West lawman life is detailed to the point of tedium 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Marylynn Uricchio
If you loved Tombstone you re going to hate Wyatt Earp It s Tombstone without the fun the color the excitement and the larger than life performances 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Gary Thompson
The sight of golden boy Costner turned bloodthirsty killer is meant to charge Earp with dark energy It doesn t happen in part because Costner doesn t sell the audience on Earp s inner torment 
2
Wyatt Earp
Carrie Rickey
Here there is action or there is plot but the two are never simultaneous as in most great Westerns In between the buffalo stampedes and scenic panoramas Wyaft Earp trades in contradictions instead of character 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Jay Stone
Wyatt Earp is epic in its disaster It is probably the worst retelling of the Earp legend since Hugh O Brien strapped on the six guns to vanquish bad guys every week on TV 
2
Wyatt Earp
Dave Kehr
With a half formed hero at its center the movie never comes together Uncertainly paced it meanders for most of its length spelling out its themes instead of absorbing them into strong characters and expressive imagery 
2
Wyatt Earp
Jack Mathews
In their attempt to create a full psychological portrait of the legendary frontier lawman Wyatt Earp writer director producer Lawrence Kasdan and star producer Kevin Costner have managed something I would have thought impossible They ve made him boring 
2
Wyatt Earp
Robbie Roberts
Kasdan and Costner have repainted it darkly and well not without imperfections but certainly with admirable aspirations But their timing is atrocious and the result is an epic curiosity 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Rene Rodriguez
It s quite possibly the best looking western ever made But at its center Wyatt Earp draws a blank 
2
Wyatt Earp
Robert W. Butler
It does an all too effective job of demythologizing Wyatt Earp The result is a movie about a man we simply don t care about 
2
Wyatt Earp
Malcolm Johnson
Kasdan cannot pull all of his huge cast into a cogent dramatic whole and Wyatt Earp finally becomes so exhausted that the last title 17 Years Later Alaska actually gets laughs from a weary audience 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Frank Bruni
It s refreshing to have a filmmaker treat you with this kind of intelligence It would be nice if he did a better job of entertaining you in the process 
2
Wyatt Earp
Gene Siskel
Kevin Costner s earnest act grows tiresome and the first half of this three hour epic is dreary as filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan tries his hand at updating a Western legend 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Michael Wilmington
Wyatt Earp is a fascinating ride to a West where darkness and heroism mingle a triumph for Kasdan Costner Quaid and the company 
3.5
Wyatt Earp
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Kasdan grapples with all the significant western themes That he succeeds most of the time is a tribute to his craftsmanship 
3
Wyatt Earp
Michael MacCambridge
For every Schindler s List there have been quite a few Heaven s Gates For every Reds there s a couple of Revolutions And now for every Dances With Wolves there s a Wyatt Earp 
1.5
Wyatt Earp
Chuck O'Leary
A great Western that was unfairly disparaged back in 1994 The authentic Wyatt Earp is actually a much better film than the pulpier more popular Tombstone 
4
Wyatt Earp
Walter Chaw
Costner s still shouting but it s hard to hear him from all the way back there in 1940 
2.5
Wyatt Earp
Roger Ebert
Wyatt Earp plays as if they took Tombstone and pumped it full of hot air It involves many of the same characters and much of the same story but little of the tension and drama
2
Leap Year
Mattie Lucas
Rowe s debut film is a powerful and wrenching experience distinguished by an uncomfortable emotional veracity that is nearly impossible to turn away from 
3
Leap Year
Rene Rodriguez
Nothing about Leap Year plays out exactly like you expect and Rowe prefers to send you home with enigmatic questions instead of clear cut answers 
3
Leap Year
V.A. Musetto
To Rowe s credit this isn t just a movie about sex It s a compassionate study of human loneliness 
3
Leap Year
Kent Turner
It s not because of the amount of sex and nudity that the word daring comes to mind in describing Mnica del Carmen s performance a combination of subtle vulnerability and abandonment 
3
Leap Year
Ed Gonzalez
Something wicked this way comes in Michael Rowe s Leap Year a character study of outstanding subtlety and fierce aesthetic exactitude 
3
Quitting
Joshua Tanzer
Bogs down badly as we absorb Jia s moody bad boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one note performance 
1
Quitting
John Hartl
It helps that the central performers are experienced actors and that they know their roles so well 
3
Quitting
Duane Dudek
Presents a side of contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation 
3.5
Quitting
Rick Groen
Intriguing in concept and just as compelling in execution 
3
Quitting
Roger Ebert
A brave experiment 
2.5
Quitting
Patrick Z. McGavin
Daring and beautifully made 
3.5
Quitting
John Monaghan
Less than fresh 
2
Quitting
David Elliott
That dogged good will of the parents and vain Jia s defoliation of ego make the film touching despite some doldrums 
3
Quitting
Edward Guthmann
Jia s performance is so unsparing and intense and the film so compassionate and chaste in its approach to a life lost and recovered that Quitting ultimately satisfies 
3
Quitting
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Quitting delivers a sucker punch and its impact is all the greater beause director Zhang s last film the cuddly Shower was a non threatening multi character piece centered around a public bath house 
3
Quitting
Jeanne Aufmuth
The fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier 
2
Quitting
V.A. Musetto
Zhang has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast 
3
Quitting
Jan Stuart
If you re not totally weirded out by the notion of cinema as community therapy spectacle Quitting hits home with disorienting force 
3
Quitting
Steve Rhodes
The best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding Quitting however manages just to be depressing as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance 
1.5
InAPPropriate Comedy
Lou Lumenick
An inept brutally unfunny collection of sketches 
0
InAPPropriate Comedy
Roger Moore
Surely there are phone apps that could write a funnier film than this 
1
Syncopation
Eric Melin
The plot is pretty standard if a little herky jerky but what stands out above everything is the respect and passion all the characters have for the music To his credit Dieterle doesn t really play up the soap opera elements of the story either 
2.5
Final Destination
Michael Dequina
Becomes little more than a typical if highly atmospheric slasher film complete with the cheesy dialogue and gimmicky conclusion 
2
Final Destination
David Nusair
an innovative and unexpectedly influential exercise in horror 
3
Final Destination
Dustin Putman
Has the ability to both surprise and frighten 151 two things that are rarely found in today s horror films It s safe to say you will never ever look at flying in airplanes the same way again 
3
Final Destination
Lou Lumenick
A silly slasher movie minus the slasher 
2
Final Destination
Mick LaSalle
Playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing 
3
Final Destination
Roger Ebert
Smarter and more original than most Dead Teenager Movies 
3
Final Destination
Steve Rhodes
If you feel in the need for a generic teen horror film there is no reason to choose this one over any of the others 
1.5
Final Destination
Rob Blackwelder
Typical tiresome forgettable crap 
2
Final Destination
Susan Wloszczyna
Stupid silly and gory 
2
Final Destination
Tom Long
Pure garbage 
1
Now, Voyager
Josh Larsen
a part that s perfect for Davis which makes it odd that Now Voyager feels the need to do so much of the work for her 
2.5
Now, Voyager
James Kendrick
the emotional resonance of Charlotte and Tina s surrogate mother daughter connection is so strong that the film s plot contrivances are easy to forgive
3
Now, Voyager
Matt Brunson
Now Voyager contains one classic image and one classic line of dialogue As for the rest It s soap opera par excellence 
3.5
Now, Voyager
Walter Chaw
If you can resist Bette Davis in fat suit hideous dress and monobrow you re not as gay as you think you are I guess I kind of liked it 
2.5
Now, Voyager
Jeremiah Kipp
Now Voyager remains a highly narcotic swoon inducing romance in the Bette Davis canon 
3
Davi's Way
Roger Moore
A comical warts and all documentary about a fragile showbiz ego run amuk starring Robert Davi as himself 
3
Mapplethorpe, The Director's Cut
David Reddish
Mapplethorpe The Directors Cut elevates the material from a mediocre biopic to a compelling and challenging vision of a man driven to near madness by his own contradictionsnot to mention everyone else around him
3.5
Mapplethorpe, The Director's Cut
Matt Zoller Seitz
The thing that makes the film stand out is the way it shows artists relating to each other and to their work 
2.5
Mapplethorpe, The Director's Cut
Roger Moore
I m glad Timoner got another crack at this Basquiat ish life But this director s cut doesn t appear to have done the film or its subject any favors 
2
The Time of Their Lives
Zosia Bielski
Thelma and Louise they ain t dead weight chemistry between the actresses makes this the road trip from hell 
2
King of Kings
Matt Brunson
Because the makers of this film took a chance by casting heartthrob Jeffrey Hunter as Christ this was labeled I Was a Teenage Jesus a play of course on the era s I Was a Teenage Werewolf But the movie is far better than that tag would suggest 
3
Taxidermia
V.A. Musetto
And now a word of advice from your friendly film critic If you go to see the Hungarian black comedy Taxidermia don t plan to eat afterward 
2
Taxidermia
Bill Weber
Taxidermia is merely slimy biological vaudeville 
2
Taxidermia
Dustin Putman
Nothing if not an intriguing failure One does not care about what happens so much as one grows increasingly alarmed at where director Gyorgy Palfi will take his film next 
2
Taxidermia
Steven Rea
Visually dazzling and outlandishly obscene 
4
Path to War
Jonathan Curiel
Johnson s brash way of talking rarely revealed itself in public speeches of his day but in Path to War Frankenheimer and actor Michael Gambon give us the real Johnson 
4
Love N' Dancing
Jeff Vice
If you cut the extraneous parts of Love n Dancing you know all the ones except for the dancing scenes it might not be a half bad movie 
1.5
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot
Doug Knoop
In the opening section of the film we get to know them through interviews game footage and scenes of family life It s here where the film shines giving us a glimpse into what it s like for young athletes being groomed for the NBA 
2.5
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot
Kyle Smith
The film is well shot and edited backed with a bouncy hip hop soundtrack and full of pep 
2.5
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot
Glenn Whipp
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch shoots and scores with this documentary that follows eight elite high school basketball players showcasing their skills along with 16 other prospects in an all star game at Harlem s in famous Rucker Park court 
3
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot
Dan DeLuca
As sports movies go Gunnin never feels the slightest bit hokey and serves up SportsCenter worthy clips in high style along with the unmistakable feel of real life 
3
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot
Ed Gonzalez
Hip hop and basketball have never been so uninspiringly brought together as they are in Beastie Boy Adam Yauch s kinetic but shallow chronicle of the buildup to the first annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic 
2
Vampires vs. The Bronx
Brian Eggert
The whole thing races by with a few laughs and a few scares and a worthy gentrification theme making it easy to recommend for genre fans 
3
Vampires vs. The Bronx
Nick Allen
When a horror comedy is as agile charming and funny as this everybody wins 
3
Snatch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a twisting witty and wise crime boxing story about the hunt for a huge diamond and a prizefighter who can t take a fall 
3
Snatch
David Nusair
an ideal follow up to writer director Guy Ritchie s debut effort Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 
3
Snatch
Jeffrey Westhoff
Fortunately the drop in entertainment value from one Ritchie film to the next isn t as steep as the drop in originality 
3
Snatch
Margaret A. McGurk
Writer director Guy Ritchie might as well have added subtitles saying Take that Quentin Tarantino 
3
Snatch
Jon Niccum
Ritchie s command of the visual medium is so skillful his criminals so memorable and his writing so undeniably entertaining that it s a wasted criticism to try and intellectually dissect his movies 
3.5
Snatch
Liam Lacey
Bouncing around in a world of bare knuckle boxing gypsy swindlers pretend Jewish diamond merchants indestructible Russian assassins and a thug who disposes of bodies by feeding them to hungry pigs Snatch has enough plots for a fair sized cemetery 
3
Snatch
Mark Dujsik
Ritchie knows exactly what he s doing and it s a treat to be hit by all the surprises he has in store for us 
3
Snatch
Andrew Howe
Snatch jettisons everything which was admirable about Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 
2
Snatch
Mike McGranaghan
Like a cinder block tossed into a swimming pool Snatch sinks from the get go 
1
Snatch
James Kendrick
The problem with Snatch is that it feels too much like an empty exercise in style 
2.5
Snatch
Emily Blunt
Is genius too strong an adjective to describe Snatch I don t think so 
4
Snatch
Erik Childress
Simply put Snatch stinks 
1
Snatch
Susan Stark
A pointless exercise in cool by a film maker who needs to grow up As in Oh grow up 
1
Snatch
Tor Thorsen
As exhilarating as it is complex 
3.5
Snatch
Mick LaSalle
Loaded down with too many characters and locations 
2
Snatch
Roger Ebert
The movie is not boring but it doesn t build and it doesn t arrive anywhere 
2
Snatch
Rob Blackwelder
Ritchie puts the pedal to the metal in this consistently entertaining felony farce for the hip at heart 
3
Snatch
James Berardinelli
Raucous and crude but never boring or predictable 
3
Snatch
Robert Roten
A complex caper type story about a bunch of none too bright crooks chasing after a walnut sized diamond 
2.5
Snatch
Ian Mantgani
Snatch gives us a few distinctive and stylish moments then recycles them and somehow expects that to be good enough 
2
Snatch
Bob Bloom
Snatch is no Sunday picnic It is at times bloody and brutal Yet it also has an innate childish charm almost a tongue in cheek quality in which Ritchie seems to be saying that none of what you are watching should be taken seriously 
3
Snatch
Michael Dequina
While Ritchie essentially covers the same ground he did in that last film here he does it with more confidence and panache 
3
The Good Doctor
Glenn Lovell
a tale of quiet obsession one of those queasy little thrillers like One Hour Photo that ll have you talking back to the screen shouting No he wouldn t possibly do THAT And then he does 
2.5
The Good Doctor
Robert Levin
A compelling character driven film about a particularly antiseptic form of madness 
3
The Good Doctor
Stephen Whitty
Its meaning is unclear Its vital signs are shaky And before long the whole frail thing s on life support just begging for somebody to pull the plug 
1.5
The Good Doctor
Sara Stewart
Whether you take it as a comment on our rote acceptance of authority figures or just a deliciously creepy character study you ll come away from The Good Doctor wanting to keep religiously eating that apple a day 
3
The Good Doctor
Mike McGranaghan
The film is an observant examination of cognitive dissonance the torment felt by a person who is simultaneously holding two completely opposite values 
3
The Good Doctor
Simon Abrams
The Good Doctor isn t a ponderous bore because Blake isn t a strictly good or bad character It sucks because he isn t even a compelling character 
1.5
Bobby
Mattie Lucas
A relevant story done in by self important speechifying and unfocused tangents 
2
Bobby
Michael Dequina
One wishes that Sirhan Sirhan didn t aim for Kennedy and instead set his sights on wiping out the entire lot of time wasting characters 
1.5
Bobby
Johnny Vaughan
The film plays more like an episode of The Love Boat than hard hitting cinema 
2.5
Bobby
David N. Butterworth
That other Bobby Altman would be very proud 
3.5
Bobby
Kam Williams
RFK assassination revisited as Crash style roundelay 
1
Bobby
David Nusair
suffers from a distinctly uneven vibe 
2.5
Bobby
Michael A. Smith
Robert Kennedy won the California Primary that night History will show that he was shot moments after claiming victory gunned down while walking through the kitchen of the Ambassador However with Bobby his message continues almost 40 years later 
4
Bobby
Lori Hoffman
Estevez s plan to honor RFK feels more like exploitation of the footage to give his movie energy and an emotional context it doesn t otherwise have 
2
Bobby
Linda Cook
Not because of its overly ambitious screenplay but because of its heart its performers and its shots of real life subject matter Bobby is better than average 
3
Bobby
Jeffrey Westhoff
As we experience Kennedy s compassion and eloquence in newsreel footage and hear the campaign speech he delivered that night we comprehend the film s overwhelming sense of loss 
3.5
Bobby
Mike McGranaghan
What I resent most about Bobby is that it s so obvious that it has no ability to be meaningful It s like making a movie about how the ocean is wet Who doesn t know that 
1.5
Bobby
Frank Ochieng
a notoriously uneven political melodrama In short Bobby deserved more than what it got from its sprawling yet cluttered scope of transparent convictions 
2
Bobby
Thomas Delapa
To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen Estevez is no Robert Altman 
1.5
Bobby
John Beifuss
One awful dramatic scene follows another until we become almost awed wait until you hear Fishburne s chef deliver a metaphorical speech about blueberry cobbler 
0.5
Bobby
Ty Burr
Ham handed and TV movie flat it states the obvious then states it again and again and again 
2
Bobby
Peter Howell
It s this disconnect between historical reality and dramatic indulgence that keeps an otherwise worthy film from being completely satisfying There are moments though where even the most hardened cynic may have to wipe away tears of regret and loss 
2.5
Bobby
Chris Hewitt
None of the characters is interesting on his own what makes them interesting is that at the end of the day they witness a murder And Estevez hasn t even made that compelling 
1
Bobby
Duane Dudek
Whatever Bobby lacks in nuance texture and depth it makes up for in idealism passion and nostalgia for the era 
3
Bobby
Liam Lacey
A lot of quick character defining cameos which makes the movie play out like a pilot for a sprawling prime time television show 
2
Bobby
Jeff Vice
There s not much subtlety to be found in this fictionalized historical drama Worse there s not much interesting going on either 
2
Bobby
Lisa Kennedy
A compelling film of tender moral decency that boasts a number of moments not to be shrugged off 
3
Bobby
Jonathan Rosenbaum
So keenly felt and so deeply imagined I couldn t help but be moved even grateful for its bleeding heart nostalgia which winds up feeling rather up to date 
3
Bobby
James Sanford
Estevez s true kindred spirit is novelist Arthur Hailey the political themes in Estevez s film are frequently submerged in soap suds Despite all its noble ideas Bobby is less like JFK than it is Days of Our Lives 
2
Bobby
Mick LaSalle
With one film Estevez has transformed himself from a middle aged joke into a youthful auteur who has made something beautiful something he can be proud of one of the best films of 2006 
4
Bobby
Phil Villarreal
As long as you don t let Bobby lose you and just sit back and adapt to its chaotic ways you may find that it reaches past your confusion into your heart 
3
Bobby
Bruce Westbrook
With so much brandishing of name actors in small roles Bobby feels like a 70s disaster flick with the disaster in the final minutes While waiting viewers must content themselves with playing spot the star 
2
Bobby
Peter Canavese
Every isolated moment or trapping that might be excused in a better film leaps up like a cowlick that just won t behave Demi Moore drawling through Louie Louie comes to mind 
1.5
Bobby
Peter T. Chattaway
Bobby may not make the case for its messiah as much as it would like to but on its own terms it is a reasonably moving portrayal of a society in need of salvation 
3
Bobby
Willie Waffle
It s a bland pointless movie that happens to have a brilliantly emotional ending
1
Bobby
Matt Brunson
If Robert Altman had been dropped on his head as a toddler Bobby is the sort of movie he might have ended up making 
2
Bobby
Carla Meyer
Macy two timing Stone with Graham It really was a different time 
2
Bobby
Steven Rea
An earnest and altogether silly piece of conjectural melodrama 
2
Bobby
Terry Lawson
If Bobby causes us to stop and compare what might have been to the leadership we currently have one suspects Estevez would not mind at all 
3
Bobby
Mary F. Pols
Estevez doesn t seem to have anything to offer beyond a sweet unquestioning admiration of RFK and the history homework he obviously did about the trappings of the time 
1
Bobby
Jessica Reaves
A daring messy and strangely rewarding patchwork that s straining at the seams 
2.5
Bobby
Matt Pais
For the last four decades of racism sexism and any other ism we apparently have only an assassin to blame 
2
Bobby
Sean P. Means
Bobby shows how some people s problems become small and insignificant in the face of momentous events But in so doing the movie reveals itself to be small and insignificant too 
2
Bobby
Erik Childress
In the film s most prophetic bit of unintentional hilarity Estevez literally walks off his own movie and passes the torch directly to Sirhan Sirhan for mop up duty 
1
Bobby
Phoebe Flowers
Estevez has crafted an indelible portrait of a great man who to many of us is never thought of as anything but the brother of another dead Kennedy 
2.5
Bobby
Jeff Strickler
There are important movies and engrossing movies but it s not often that both terms apply to the same movie Bobby which opens Thursday is a fictionalized account of the day Robert F Kennedy was assassinated and it s one of the exceptions 
3.5
Bobby
Bob Strauss
Estevez wants to imply that Kennedy had something to give every American Republicans perhaps excepted but too few of the people in this movie are brought fully enough to life for that to ring much more resonantly than a campaign slogan 
2.5
Bobby
Peter Travers
Estevez means well But having your heart in the right place is no excuse for insipid ineptitude 
1
Bobby
Scott Warren
Estevez has pulled together the best political drama fiction or otherwise in recent memory Avoiding Oliver Stone like conspiracy theories he draws from Robert Altman s playbook 
3
Bobby
Dustin Putman
Bobby doesn t get everything right but when Estevez allows his images and the reality of his characters do the talking the film works with indelible cogency 
2.5
Bobby
Claudia Puig
Despite its flaws its intriguing premise leaves us haunted by thoughts of What if 
2.5
Bobby
Maitland McDonagh
Emilio Estevez s lament for the lost ideals of the 60s draws heavily from the Robert Altman playbook 
2
Bobby
Pam Grady
The best anyone can say about Bobby is that writer director Emilio Estevez s heart is in the right place 
2
Bobby
Stephen Whitty
It is a cross section of America and of the Screen Actor s Guild 
2
Bobby
Lou Lumenick
Bobby which reportedly is going to receive a huge push for the Oscars is one of the year s worst movies 
1
Bobby
Elizabeth Weitzman
For all its flaws Bobby is a heartfelt and undeniably relevant project 
2.5
Bobby
Sara Michelle Fetters
Heck for those like my parents and other Baby Boomers who came of age during this particular era Estevez s wide eyed opus will probably resonate like a tap on the shoulder from a beloved long lost friend 
2.5
Bobby
Walter Chaw
A Crash like roundelay of desperately manufactured bathos that covers the entire spectrum of miserable plotting and characterization 
0.5
Bobby
Jan Stuart
An exercise in historical revisionism for folks who would rather be informed of breaking national crises through news feeds on All My Children 
1.5
Bobby
James Berardinelli
In the movie business there s no such thing as truth in titling If there was Bobby would be called A Bunch of Boring No Name Cookie Cutter Characters 
2
Bobby
Janos Gereben
Bobby has a spectacular cast and Estevez has another twist there well known famous actors play unexpected roles try something different 
4
Bobby
Jason Clark
The movie has no real story to speak of just a series of barely connected vignettes over the 24 hour period before RFK s demise only some of which have anything to do with the ever changing political climate of the early 1960s 
1
The Yakuza
David Nusair
Mitchum armed with a shotgun and a pistol is particularly bad here 
2.5
The Yakuza
Roger Ebert
A superior action movie but all the same it s for audiences that have grown accustomed over the last few years to buckets of blood disembowelments and severed hands flying through the air 
2.5
Expecting
David Nusair
the Canadian equivalent of a Christopher Guest film 
2
Expecting
Steve Rhodes
Reminds viewers of how beautiful and sexy a pregnant woman can be 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Phil Villarreal
When Kaye tries to be funny he s odd when he tries to be sad he s boring and when he tries to be happy he s just weird 
2
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Walter Chaw
A killer soundtrack and a performance all of volatile physicality by Kaye 
2.5
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Peter Howell
There s nothing like watching a guy hit rock bottom and then try to crawl back up again Or as that heartless record industry weasel puts it People love a good tragedy Especially one set to a good beat 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Rick Groen
You may find the picture as undisciplined as Frankie s wild coif I see the chaos like the coif to be tangled but pointed an endearingly calculated mess 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Marty Mapes
Doesn t live up to its billing but is an enjoyable movie that rings in your ears
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Robert K. Elder
The formula doesn t entirely stick but Dowse s visual veracity towers over any narrative shortcomings Tong presents 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Lisa Kennedy
This is biopic as raving rumination But it is also a surprisingly compassionate redemption story 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Roger Ebert
The movie works because of its heedless comic intensity Kaye and his writer director Michael Dowse chronicle the rise and fall of Frankie Wilde as other directors have dealt with emperors and kings 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Chris Hewitt
Frankie is a fascinating deeply flawed character one whose enthusiasm and curiosity help make up for his self centered self hating self destructiveness 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Jonathan W. Hickman
The magic of It s All Gone Pete Tong is that it becomes seriously engaging even though it is filled with off the wall zany moments 
3.5
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Peter Debruge
It s strange to think that anyone might fall for the ruse considering that a giant badger makes occasional guest appearances whenever Wilde s drug use gets out of hand 
2
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Bruce Westbrook
Less a faux documentary than a perversely amusing stab at the music world s harsh realities 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Janice Page
Even at its very best it s just all right 
1.5
It's All Gone Pete Tong
John Monaghan
While most mockumentaries translate as lazy storytelling this one is elevated by an astounding Oscar worthy performance by Kaye 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Sean Piccoli
It s All Gone Pete Tong practically yanks the viewer along the wild arc of Frankie s life But there s no other way to travel through the rock star world he inhabits 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Peter Hartlaub
The mockumentary style delivery of a serious subject proves to be an unworkable mash up 
1
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Rob Blackwelder
A charismatically raucous and appropriately rhythmic fictional biopic both darkly hilarious and surprisingly emotive 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Jeanne Aufmuth
In the nick of time the rave vibe finds its own rhythm and humor 
2.5
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Glenn Kenny
24 Hour Party People fans willing to go along with a joke will rightfully lap it up 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Gene Seymour
Writer director Michael Dowse s film whizzes all over the place like a gaudy kite 
2.5
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Russell Scott Smith
Has the same propulsive punk rock vibe as Trainspotting and 24 Hour Party People 
3
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Jami Bernard
The faux documentary format does nothing for the material but Kaye turns in a chaotic and ultimately moving performance 
2
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Peter Canavese
It s the risks that pay off most handsomely in It s All Gone Pete Tong a curious mash up of dance culture mockumentary and searing biopic 
2.5
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Ed Gonzalez
If you manage to stick around for joy it s probably because like me you dig the original score by Graham Massey 
2
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Peter Canavese
Comprehensive and emotional documentary on the Canadian sketch comedy troupe 46 
3.5
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Kate Taylor
A more or less successful thriller that can rely for tension on the shadowy setting of a society trying to hide from itself 
2.5
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Mark Sommer
Add this to the ever growing list of films that bring a moral reckoning to the horrors of World War II a period of which we re often reminded we must never forget 
3
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Sean P. Means
The movie belongs to Klaussner who gives Bauer a bulldog stubbornness and a hint of eccentricity that makes the character indelible 
3
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Peter Keough
Klaussner s powerful performance as Bauer snaps the picture back into focus 
2.5
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Lawrence Toppman
The movie belongs to Burghart Klaussner who plays the resolutely unheroic Bauer with gruff dignity a short fuse sad cynicism and a refusal to quiet his conscience 
3.5
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Mark Dujsik
The political situation presented here is complex and it s reassuring to have a guide as clear eyed as Bauer taking us through it 
3
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Tom Keogh
Kraume brings muted colors and a claustrophobic urgent energy to the procedural part of this story while reminding us that not every moral hero looks like Captain America in fact like Bauer they can be a rumpled misanthropic mess 
3
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Leba Hertz
Klaussner s fine performance keeps us on edge through most of the film even though we know the result 
3
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Katie Walsh
What The People vs Fritz Bauer does so well is distill large complicated political issues into an intimate personal story about one man s desire to bring not only justice but catharsis to post war Germany mired in a fog of complacency 
3.5
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Godfrey Cheshire
Director Lars Kraume s mounting of this tale while capable enough is also rather staid and conventional 
3
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Clayton Dillard
Lars Kraume s tinkering with the historical record would be more welcome were he also shifting away from the standard biopic template 
1.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Peter Canavese
The most ambitious of all the Star Trek films 8212 philosophical and metaphysical on a grand scale 46 
3
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Kevin Carr
Still missing the whimsy that made the series so fun 44 this 2001 version of Star Trek is still fascinating to watch with a scope worthy of the theatrical experience 46 
3
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Matt Brunson
Science fiction is about ideas as much as about action which is why this talky drama is a worthy entry 
3
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Kathleen Carroll
Not so much a movie as it is a sort of giant display case 
2.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Scott Nash
Star Trek s freshman big screen effort was crippled by a plodding pace and a somber tone 
2.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Josh Larsen
If the endless interstellar vistas of 2001 A Space Odyssey tested your patience Star Trek The Motion Picture will make you cry like a little star child 
2
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The long majestic scene in which Scotty James Doohan takes Kirk in a shuttle toward the refurbished Enterprise is still breathtaking 
3.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
James Kendrick
An inventive and thoughtful science fiction movie 44 even if it is not entirely in keeping with either the television show that preceded it or the movies that would follow it 46 
3
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
James Berardinelli
Star Trek The Motion Picture Director s Edition is no 2001 its obvious inspiration a fact that is more evident here than ever before but it represents thought provoking well constructed science fiction 
2.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
John Dorschner
The calculated money grubbing motives are so obvious it overwhelms the delightful turtles 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gene Siskel
The cynicism of the motion picture industry will be apparent to any child who is exposed to the many product plugs for a nationwide pizza delivery company 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Carrie Rickey
Ninja Turtles is cluttered and flashy In terms of plot there s not much flesh on its bones 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Dave Kehr
The results are lively and funny enough to keep adults enthralled as well as kids 
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
David Nusair
an uneven needlessly episodic adaptation that simply isn t able to justify its feature length running time 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Roger Ebert
This movie is nowhere near as bad as it might have been and probably is the best possible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie 
2.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Chris Hicks
The Heroes in a Half Shell as they are known have a built in following so movies like this are notoriously lazy None of the budget seems to go to screenwriters with talent It is instead spent on er creature comforts 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Mike Scott
It s got its irreverent laughs but it s also slightly embarrassing the sort of lazily written exercise in self worship only a fan could truly love 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Federico Furzan
Suited for fans and made for them this is the sequel and hopefully a last chapter only a nostalgic Smith could have made Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Matt Brunson
A major Marvel Avengers star turns up in the scenes set at Chronic Con although it s the end credits cameo that might lead to eyes tearing up nuff said 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Joey Magidson
Filmmaker Kevin Smith is delighted to be playing with his old toys again and it shows in the funny heartfelt and meta Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Simon Abrams
The most uninspired and unfocused load of fan service that Smith has yet unleashed on his remaining hardcore audience 
1.5
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
David Nusair
Smith offers up a preponderance of ineffective sequences that for the most part are hopelessly flat and suffer from an almost total lack of laughs 
1.5
Beyond Our Ken
Jim Schembri
Strongly recommended 
4
My Perestroika
Mattie Lucas
It s an engaging look at a world still foreign to most Westerners that may not quite be as foreign as we expected 
3
My Perestroika
Liam Lacey
My Perestroika has the quality of a candid conversation with long lost cousins from another country 
3
My Perestroika
Linda Barnard
Like all of us they are looking back on the best and most brilliant times of youth It s a universal longing that knows no politics 
3
My Perestroika
Mark Jenkins
My Perestroika is specific to Russia of course but the juvenile certainty and conformity it chronicles seem universal 
3
My Perestroika
David Lewis
It not only evocatively captures the Russian spirit and the yearnings of a generation but it also masterfully chronicles the historic collapse of the Soviet Union and its complex aftermath 
4
My Perestroika
Loren King
My Perestroika offers a surprising and revealing look at Russia s past and present 
4
My Perestroika
V.A. Musetto
There is little discussion of the Putin regime but it will be interesting to see what today s kids will say about it 25 years from now 
3
My Perestroika
Lauren Wissot
A Glasnost worthy openness shines through every face in Robin Hessman s doc 
3
Lift
Dwight Brown
Keep a hanky close Tears will swell in your eyes not from grief but from inspiration 
3
Food Chains
David Lewis
At the end of the day Rawal is trying to make a point more than telling a story It s hard to blame him because we ve avoided this shameful problem for too long and for a change someone s actually offering a reasonable solution 
3
Food Chains
Matt Pais
An educational and upsetting 81 minutes 
3.5
Food Chains
Wes Greene
Perhaps Sanjay Rawal s most fascinating excursion into agriculture s dark side is the vineyards of Napa Valley where the practically Eden like scenery masks a dreary labor model 
3
Back in the Day
David Nusair
the movie remains surprisingly watchable virtually from beginning to end 
3
Back in the Day
Lou Lumenick
A stale schmaltzy and testosterone drenched comedy 
1
Back in the Day
Sheila O'Malley
Nostalgia needs to be grounded in something real something true in order for it to have any resonance Otherwise you re just left with a formula that was tired 20 years ago 
1
The Tiger of Santa Julia
Marta Barber
Cinematography spoils El Tigre s fun 
2
The Tiger of Santa Julia
Jorge Avila Andrade
No es una cinta que vaya a romper con algn esquema pero se agradece que rompa con la estereotipada y deprimente frmula que se ha venido aplicando desde hace algn tiempo en el cine mexicano 
3
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Roger Ebert
It s sort of insidious the way a formula can take over and smother a good idea for a movie 
2
The Tunnel
James Berardinelli
There are times when a less is more approach results in gripping entertainment and The Tunnel is one such example 
3
The Tunnel
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
All in all then it s far from a masterpiece but it holds our interest 
2.5
The Tunnel
Mark Hanson
The film lacks for the methodically escalating stakes that makes the best examples of the genre so entertaining 
1.5
The Tunnel
Lisa Trifone
There s something halfway decent hidden in all the smoke and sentimentality 
2.5
The Tunnel
Mark Dujsik
The film is one of constantly mounting obstacles and dangers with just enough of a human story to make us care 
3
Candyman
David Nusair
A well intentioned yet overlong documentary 
2
Just Like Us
Brett Michel
Of course Arabs aren t a bunch of terrorists but this movie bombs more often than not 
2
Just Like Us
Matt Pais
Good intentions don t equal useful information Perhaps Ahmed would learn more if he talked to more people who weren t his friends or family 
2
Just Like Us
Chris Hewitt
It s a fresh look at the Middle East 
3
Just Like Us
Mick LaSalle
Though it s only 72 minutes by the time it s over you ll be ready for it to end 
2
Just Like Us
Stephanie Merry
It s an interesting travelogue even if it doesn t quite warrant the documentary s feel good title 
2.5
Just Like Us
Kyle Smith
The Arab world gave us the number system and this is how we repay them 
1
Just Like Us
Nick Schager
Most depressing is the overriding desire to confront the complexity of Arab Western relations through feel good platitudes 
1
Witness of Another World
Federico Furzan
As hard to believe as it may be for some Stivelman s approach to the subject feels like an honest execution of benefit of the doubt VERY well made film Full review in Spanish 
3
Greek Woman
Steve Rhodes
It s tricky and dangerous for filmmakers if they are too close to their subjects which is the trap that Angeliki Giannakopoulos falls into 
1.5
Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai
Roger Moore
A perfectly watchable and engrossing peek into a culture its classes and its politics governmental and sexual 
2.5
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Namrata Joshi
The best thing about Jhoom is Delhi thespian Piyush Mishra as Abhishek s sidekick He effortlessly chews up everything and everyone when on screen If you want to go for Jhoom watch it only for him 
2
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Michael Dequina
The deliriously exhilarating twenty minute dance climax plays like an open dare to the audience to not jhoom barabar jhoom and only the most severe of grumps won t succumb to the spell of the siren song 
3
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Maitland McDonagh
Now that s entertainment 
3
The Project
Clayton Davis
The Project is a visionary tale that will have you talking for days 
3.5
Gator
Roger Ebert
It never quite connects even though a summary of its key scenes is like a laundry list of action n romance cliches 
1.5
Irreconcilable Differences
Matt Brunson
Writer director Charles Shyer and writer Nancy Meyers fill their movie with fresh dialogue and Hollywood insider tidbits and the roles couldn t be more aptly cast 
3
Irreconcilable Differences
Kyle Smith
There is a marvelous balance in that we have an equal rooting interest in each of the main characters It isn t a mere satire 
4
Irreconcilable Differences
Roger Ebert
Irreconcilable Differences is sometimes cute and is about mean parents but it also is one of the funnier and more intelligent movies of 1984 and if viewers can work their way past the ungainly title they re likely to have a surprisingly good time 
3.5
Ya ne vernus
David Nusair
An almost unreasonably subdued drama 
2
Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story
Roger Moore
Sober and inspiring look at a faded New York Yankees star The Pride of Taiwan struggling through a years long comeback 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Mattie Lucas
May not break any new ground in the documentary department but it s a mildly successful middle of the road effort
2.5
Over the Hills and Far Away
Mike Scott
A sensitive and compelling portrait of the lengths one family is willing to go specifically to the wilds of Mongolia to reach their autistic child 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Robert W. Butler
The story it tells is little short of incredible 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Joe Williams
It s because the premise is so intriguing and the drama is so compelling that the result is so confounding 
2.5
Over the Hills and Far Away
Jennie Punter
The film s particular story serves as a powerful reminder to all parents that a child s unique strengths and personality may suggest the best path toward healing 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Jason Anderson
The Horse Boy succeeds both as a provocative inquiry into the mysteries of autism and as a true life adventure tale 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Sara Michelle Fetters
It moved me right at my core and made me continually think of the world around us and how we treat it Rowan s saga hits home soaring to heights so many narrative features can only dream of achieving 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Gerald Peary
The Horse Boy is a nicely photographed real life adventure and with some wisdom about autism for everyone along the pathway 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Roger Ebert
In the footage taken after the healing we never see Rowan except when he is happily playing with his new friends or smiling with his parents Is that the whole story You decide 
3
Over the Hills and Far Away
Andrew Schenker
Some people s stories are so interesting that a book or a movie adaptation alone simply won t suffice Sometimes both are needed Apparently Rupert Isaacson s is one of them 
.5
Over the Hills and Far Away
Lana Berkowitz
The healing odyssey directed by Michel Orion Scott provides a powerful look at the complex condition of autism and family dedication 
2.5
Firstborn
Roger Ebert
The movie creates such an urgent situation and fills it with such interesting characters that when everything goes wrong at the end I felt more than disappointed I felt cheated 
2
The Loneliest Boy in the World
Sheila O'Malley
The film relies too heavily on cliche and hopes the audience won apos t notice 46 
1.5
The Loneliest Boy in the World
Roger Moore
A charming enough mostly British cast riffing on 8217 80s TV 8220 families 8221 adds nothing to the genre and hardly seems worth the effort to get everyone so beautifully made up 46 
1.5
The Loneliest Boy in the World
Mark Dujsik
This allegedly is a comedy 44 although there apos s little humor to be found in either the setup or the execution 46 46 46 
0.5
Sensitive Parts
Barry Hertz
Yonge s performance is as unnerving as it is captivating and Prost never lets it slip into easy melodrama 
3
Love at Stake
David Nusair
a hopelessly frivolous waste of time 
1.5
Last Man Running
Erik Childress
It s a portrait of the male bravado an anthem for struggling actors everywhere an underdog tale that outperforms your average sports movie It s also very funny seamlessly told and a great piece of entertainment for anyone open to new experiences 
3.5
Uncle Nick
David Nusair
could only have worked as a short 
1.5
Uncle Nick
Glenn Kenny
The unifying twist is the sort of thing meant to impress a screenwriting workshop instructor while the action leading up to it toggles between gross physical humor and imagery and in your face personal dysfunction 
1
Psycho Beach Party
David Reddish
Psycho Beach Party is a relic of a time when major studios would never green light or bankroll a film about queer characters that werent tragic or that would feature good natured gay sex Fortunately fringe cinema had other priorities 
3
Psycho Beach Party
David Nusair
It s all enjoyable enough but it s played so broadly that it loses whatever impact it might have had 
2
Psycho Beach Party
Rod Armstrong
It s best to just relax and enjoy the Party 
2.5
Cut Throat City
Randy Myers
Musician turned filmmaker RZA and screenwriter Paul Cuschieri team up for a blistering takedown on post Katrina FEMA relief work in New Orleans 
3.5
Cut Throat City
Matt Zoller Seitz
A film in nonstop conversation with movie history American history and itself 
3.5
Cut Throat City
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s not a total loss by any means but is a mild disappointment 
2
Cut Throat City
Mark Dujsik
At a certain point in Cut Throat City P G Cuschieri s screenplay seems to forget what story it s trying to tell 
2
Cut Throat City
Michael O'Sullivan
An entertaining if familiar ride 
2.5
Cut Throat City
Roger Moore
It s static an action picture that becomes a still life right before our eyes 
2
Cut Throat City
Richard Roeper
Cut Throat City ends on a note that s too clever by half but that doesn t undercut all the vibrant rough edged impressive storytelling that led to that moment 
3
Cut Throat City
Chuck Bowen
Cut Throat City is still an ambitious and volatile film an atmospheric survey of the thankless world of the rich and the damned 
3
Michael Kohlhaas
Chuck Bowen
Greatly cognizant of the revenge genre s penchant for hypocritical demagoguery director Arnaud des Pallires unsettles the audience s usual feelings of vicarious blood lust 
2.5
Christmas in Connecticut
Walter Chaw
The sort of unqualified failure that finds something like thirty dozen ways to redefine fatuous 
0
Head Over Heels
Betsy Bozdech
Head Over Heels problems start with its title It might as well have been called Generic Romantic Comedy 47 it s that bland 
1
Head Over Heels
Jim Shelby
It just gets dumber and dumber 
1.5
Head Over Heels
David Nusair
Head Over Heels isn t exactly terrible it s just completely uninspired 
2
Head Over Heels
Rick Groen
Head Over Heels may bear some superficial resemblance to a movie but don t be fooled it s really just a marketing strategy a loose assemblage of components each pitched to a particular demographic 
1.5
Head Over Heels
Michael Dequina
When anyone s not delivering the groaners that pass for zingers someone bumps into something and has a hilarious pratfall 
0.5
Head Over Heels
Jorge Avila Andrade
Lo ms recomendable es que la tomen como una de las ltimas opciones o que de plano vayan y renten algn buen video 
2
Head Over Heels
Dan Lybarger
Just like an unholy creature put together from the dead Head Over Heels threatens to fall apart in motion and lives up to its pledge 
1
Head Over Heels
Mick LaSalle
Light stuff the cinematic equivalent of the airy wax paper that separates cold cuts on a delicatessen scale 
1
Head Over Heels
Tor Thorsen
Grows on you like a warm fuzzy fungus overcoming your better judgment with a lively pace and a surprising number of laughs 
2.5
Head Over Heels
Roger Ebert
It s as if the production was a fight to the death between bright people with a sense of humor and cretins who think the audience is as stupid as they are 
1.5
Head Over Heels
Rob Blackwelder
Cinematic poppycock 
1
Head Over Heels
James Berardinelli
Can easily boast one of the worst written screenplays of the year 
1
Head Over Heels
Bob Bloom
This is a movie that is totally forgettable As a matter of fact I ve forgotten about it already 
0.5
Alive and Kicking
Moira MacDonald
Though it adheres to documentary convention by picking out a few competitive swing dancers and following them throughout the film Alive and Kicking keeps dancing off into other areas and we just hold its hand and follow 
3.5
Alive and Kicking
Christopher Kompanek
Glatzer captures the visceral charge of moving wildly in tandem with another person often in improvised bouts that forge strong bonds between partners if only for a few minutes 
3
Anaconda
Peter Canavese
In its natural habitat Anaconda can be appreciated for its campy pleasures not the least of which is Jon Voight in a delirious balls out performance as creepy Paraguayan snake poacher Paul Serone Blu ray 
2.5
Anaconda
David Nusair
never quite lives up to the promise of its admittedly irresistible set up 
2
Anaconda
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Luis Llosa s Anaconda is great B movie trash complete with bad special effects and cheesy monsters 
3
Anaconda
Walter Chaw
Voight s performance alone is absurd enough to merit the film a look 
2.5
Anaconda
Mick LaSalle
Anaconda is about a snake that eats everybody That about says it all 
1
Anaconda
Marty Mapes
I was disappointed 
2
Anaconda
Steve Rhodes
One thing that can be said for the film it does have a high energy level and lots of action even if it is all preposterous 
1.5
Anaconda
James Berardinelli
Anaconda is trying to be a Jaws for the 90s but like last year s The Ghost and the Darkness it falls short in several key areas 
2
Anaconda
Michael Dequina
can best be summed up by a line delivered midway by Lopez without the slightest bit of irony This film was supposed to be my big break and now it s turned into a disaster 
0
Anaconda
Mike Clark
It isn t art but it ll crush your bones 
3
Anaconda
Rob Blackwelder
To be honest this is a one star movie but I m granting it an extra star because it made my face hurt from laughing 
2
Anaconda
Madeleine Williams
Anaconda is an uninspired monster movie about you guessed it a giant anaconda 
1.5
Anaconda
Ted Prigge
An intelligently stupid creature flick not to mention one hell of an enjoyable one 
3
Anaconda
Roger Ebert
It s a slick scary funny Creature Feature beautifully photographed and splendidly acted in high adventure style 
3.5
Curse of Chucky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I know it s hard to believe but this sixth movie in the Child s Play Chucky slasher series is actually surprisingly well made 
3
Curse of Chucky
David Nusair
It s clear immediately that Curse of Chucky marks an effort to return to the more horrific than comedic atmosphere of the series first installment 
3
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Brian Eggert
Overall 44 Beasts of the Southern Wild contains undeniable vision and ambition 44 even if the emotional clarity feels perhaps too certain for a child in the abstract world on display 46 
2.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Kelly Jane Torrance
Beasts of the Southern Wild brings a way of life into focus albeit through the repeated use of the shaky cam 
2.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dwight Brown
It s an amazing vision A work of art 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
David Keyes
In a time when the cynicism of the real world often mandates the tone of our films here is one that acknowledges it all with unwavering joy 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Clayton Davis
As Wink Hushpuppy s father Dwight Henry is one of the greatest finds in Hollywood in years Henry shows a depth and range that made actors like Denzel Washington so great 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Wesley Lovell
A cute but meandering story of growing up alone and having to fend for oneself even when there s help to be received 
3
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Perry Seibert
In his willingness to ignore convention Zeitlin does reveal a confidence that few first time directors display He s made a film that s the antithesis of Hollywood s summer mind set 
3
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jordan Hiller
For all its curiosities and loose ends Beasts of the Southern Wild casts a formidable spell 
3
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roger Moore
A startling debut feature this year s Winter s Bone but a film all the more magical because we sense that even Zeitlin as sharp as his eye undoubtably is will never be able to duplicate it 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lori Hoffman
A lot of interesting ideas that were never successfully brought together in a cohesive whole 8233 
2
Beasts of the Southern Wild
John Beifuss
The distinction between the sacred and the humble is irrelevant Fried alligator functions as a sort of Eucharistic sacrament and a boat contrived from the back end of a pickup truck becomes a Viking funeral barge 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Matt Brunson
The film might be a bit too harsh for small children That s a shame since like Whale Rider it offers some valuable life lessons for kids ones far more heady than the usual Be yourself mantra repeated ad nauseam in countless animated features 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rene Rodriguez
A beautiful strange tone poem about childhood and innocence 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
John Wirt
Magic and realism meet in this transporting immersive tale set in the wilds of south Louisiana 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Calvin Wilson
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film to get lost in 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Duane Dudek
A daring lyrical and challenging piece of folk art that defies easy explanation 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ann Lewinson
As neo realism dissolves into magic Beasts becomes a work very much of our time a cry for the handmade in our chilly digital era 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lawrence Toppman
Quvenzhané Wallis gives a terrific performance She s not merely natural like many good child actors she inhabits this indomitable girl who s innocent and philosophic and primal by turns 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lisa Kennedy
Beasts is film as natural mystery museum 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Alison Gang
Zeitlin s grainy hypnotic feature film debut offers a child s fantastical perception of life at nature s edge 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Liam Lacey
Beasts of the Southern Wild marks one of the most auspicious American directorial debuts in years 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Austin Kennedy
The acting is brilliant and the story is truly original though I think some of the fantasy elements don t quite gel in the end but the shaky cam technique needs to be put out of its misery 
2.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Moira MacDonald
Beasts of the Southern Wild stays with you long after you ve watched it like a vaguely troubling but beautiful dream 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Steven Rea
Beasts of the Southern Wild is like outsider art patched together with found materials conjured up by untrained artists the actors and evocative of a truly American attitude of eccentricity boldness transcendence 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Chris Hewitt
Wallis gives one of the all time great child performances 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Peter Howell
It s as if you re looking out at new land you ve never seen before or an old one you haven t really paid attention to 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Only the movie s last stretch manages to get to the place the movie seems to want to go a weird balance between imagination and reality 
2.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ann Hornaday
A film that plays less like a grounded human scaled story than a dilettantish piece of cultural tourism 
2
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mark Dujsik
Here is a unique place filled with characters whose infinite sadness is matched only by their resolve to endure by any means necessary 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Amy Biancolli
Its fertility and its terror stem from the same truth To the young mind there is no sealed barrier cleaving reality from fantasy Not yet The wall hasn t been built 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ty Burr
Here is why some of us love the movies They let you see with brand new eyes 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jake Mulligan
One of the most assured debuts in years a portrait of the wonder and heartbreak that comes with being too young to understand what you experience 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Matt Pais
A strange marvel that offers an unusual blend of stark realism and carefully framed cinematic poetry 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Michael Phillips
The filmmaker comes from a perspective of great empathy and considerable skill But he s a pile driver as a dramatist 
2
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roger Ebert
This film is a remarkable creation imagining a self reliant community without the safety nets of the industrialized world 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Charlie McCollum
In filmmaking as in Hushpuppy s world everything must fit together just right And in Beasts of the Southern Wild everything does 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dustin Putman
Yet another poster child for how much can be achieved with shoestring funds and how the beauty of a good screenplay is more important than anything money can buy 
3
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lou Lumenick
Movies that mix magic and gritty realism almost never work but Zeitlin who is making an auspicious feature directing debut pulls it off with awesome results 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Peter Travers
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a game changer that gets you excited about movies again Star Quvenzhané Wallis is a flat out amazement 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Josh Larsen
a post Katrina fairy tale made from real mud 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rex Reed
Don t miss this one A brave and inspired antidote to time wasting mainstream movies it is unlike anything you ve seen before or will likely ever see again In short it is unforgettable 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Stephen Whitty
The film doesn t self righteously revile these characters which is fine But perhaps worse it loftily treats them like something out of Rousseau 
2
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Claudia Puig
It is a beautifully acted gorgeously shot work of potent emotional resonance with a superbly evocative musical score 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
James Berardinelli
The movie comes across as a collection of competing themes and ideas that collide more often than complement one another and never fully gel 
2.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Kam Williams
A visually enchanting fantasy shot from the perspective of a naïve waif miraculously untainted by the 21st Century 
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ed Gonzalez
Benh Zeitlin s lived in almost abstract sense of social realism is partly what makes the film so refreshing and uniquely affecting 
3.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Robert Levin
A love letter to the people of the Bayou State who have persevered in the face of apocalyptic tragedy 
3.5
The Truce
Rick Groen
It fails to find a way of capturing the fine moral discriminations inherent to Levi s prose 
2.5
The Truce
Joe Baltake
This is the kind of flawed yet magnificent work that only a great filmmaker can conjure up 
3
The Truce
James Berardinelli
While The Truce tells a story that is occasionally compelling and disturbing the film feels like it has been sanitized 
2.5
Shank
Robbie Collin
There are a fair few good ideas in Shank a nicely staged market scene featuring Colin Salmon and an animated fight scene being two but they don t come together into anything that even looks halfway like a movie 
2
Shank
Dan Stewart
With its jarring slang reckless narrative and offbeat imagery it s as close to being A Clockwork Orange for the Broken Britain generation as we have It s up to you to decide whether that s a good thing or not 
2
Shank
Matt Glasby
That the entire narrative can be easily compressed into a 90 second dream sequence says much more than the garbled anti violence messages 
2
Bus 174
Joe Lozito
Relentlessly gripping 
4
Bus 174
Matt Brunson
As thoroughly researched as any documentary in recent memory 
3.5
Bus 174
Rene Rodriguez
This smart absorbing movie which has been sharply edited by Felipe Lacerda never feels like it s spreading itself too thin 
3.5
Bus 174
Mary Brennan
An extraordinary portrait of a life lived always in the shadow of despair 
3.5
Bus 174
Jeff Vice
There s no denying the subject matter is compelling and the heightened sense of tension goes a long way toward redeeming the film 
2.5
Bus 174
Sean P. Means
A searing and fascinating example of a ripped from the headlines story expanded to uncover some uncomfortable truths about how a nation handles its social problems 
3.5
Bus 174
Rob Thomas
A shattering piece of filmmaking that successfully ties the suspense of a real time crime with the tragedy of a larger social ill It will make you feel something 
3.5
Bus 174
Chris Hewitt
There s more to this hostage situation than meets the eye including a shocking Law Order twist and it provides a startling demonstration of the Heisenberg principle that observing something automatically changes it 
3.5
Bus 174
Duane Dudek
A piece of investigative reportage that is as compassionate as it is riveting 
4
Bus 174
James Verniere
An amazing sociological artifact if not a great film 
3
Bus 174
Lisa Kennedy
A fluid and forceful indictment of a culture of neglect 
3.5
Bus 174
Carrie Rickey
It shows us the spectacle of what happened while explaining the many factors why It is extraordinary in the way it balances the sensational with the sensible 
3.5
Bus 174
David N. Butterworth
With its near perfect blend of live news footage and expository interviews Bus 174 grabs you by the throat and threatens never to let you go 
3.5
Bus 174
Wesley Morris
This is patient filmmaking trading sensationalism for the rewards of investigation 
3
Bus 174
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A haunting achievement 
3.5
Bus 174
Ruthe Stein
Padilha does much more than just present a hostage situation He hunts down people who knew Nascimento and reconstructs his tortured life 
3
Bus 174
Jennie Punter
It is Padilha s sensitivity thoroughness persistence and artful assembly of all the angles on this story that gets us heart wrenchingly close to understanding the why 
3
Bus 174
Roger Ebert
If you have seen the masterful 2002 Brazilian film City of God or the 1981 film Pixote both about the culture of Rio s street people then Bus 174 plays like a sad and angry real life sequel 
3.5
Bus 174
Glenn Whipp
A compelling heartbreaking story of a human being one of many who was simply tired of being a nowhere man 
3.5
Bus 174
Michael Wilmington
Here is a model example of how TV footage and documentary interviews can both reconstruct an event and help us understand it 
3
Bus 174
Ed Gonzalez
Padilha sheds light on numerous social catastrophes and hypocrisies plaguing Rio de Janeiro and the incestuous complex relationship between real life and reality television 
3.5
Bus 174
David Sterritt
A fascinating account if less urgently compelling than it might have been 
3
Bus 174
John Anderson
Padilha is onto so many issues sparked by one relatively simple act of crime 
4
Bus 174
Elizabeth Weitzman
Uncovers a complex multilayered tragedy with a surprisingly wide range of victims and perpetrators 
3.5
Bus 174
V.A. Musetto
The drivel they call reality TV pales in comparison 
3
Bus 174
Bill Chambers
At once an overview of the crime poverty cycle a discomforting police procedural and a re sensitization to action movie tropes Bus 174 is one of the most thoughtful films of 2003
4
Bus 174
Joshua Tanzer
Think of it as the best episode of Cops ever made You can t take your eyes off this movie and you ll leave with a very heavy heart when it s over 
4
Pop Star on Ice
Diego Semerene
Weir is indeed the epitome of the pop star embodying a bubble gum histrionics too addicted to any kind of adulation to ever actually take sides 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Farran Smith Nehme
GoodFellas is just one of the movies that did this all much better before 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Drew Hunt
As far as derivative crime sagas go Paul Borghese s film might represent the new gold standard of shameless barrel scraping 
1
Elizabeth Harvest
David Nusair
an intriguing premise that s slowly but surely drained of its positive attributes by Gutierrez 
1.5
Elizabeth Harvest
Sheila O'Malley
It s not clear where Gutierrez s interest lies why this story matters to him what he s trying to say 
2
Elizabeth Harvest
Chuck Bowen
Sebastian Gutierrez s film creates an incestuous atmosphere that s reminiscent of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe 
3
Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up
Verne Gay
Amusing fast inoffensive for the most part 
2.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Wesley Lovell
Arcand gives us a wonderful portrait of real people forced to reconcile their pasts against a certain future and rejoicing in what once was and can continue to be 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Kevin A. Ranson
Life liberty and the pursuit of loose women it s wonderful to be dying in Montreal 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Phil Villarreal
The spirited talks are the heart of the movie 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Rob Thomas
Scathingly funny and movingly elegaic 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
John Beifuss
Covers familiar movie of the week territory but the acting and writing are sharp enough to transcend such limitations 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Susan Tavernetti
Like an alchemist Arcand has transformed a film of ideas into an emotional experience 
4
The Barbarian Invasions
Duane Dudek
Arcand finds the heart of the matter in every scene and in each monologue 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Sean P. Means
Even if you never saw Decline of the American Empire you can feel the Big Chill vibe running through these fascinating characters 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Jeff Vice
One of those rare movie sequels that s actually better than its predecessor 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
David N. Butterworth
Taking themes and ideas from Kurosawa s Ikuru and Kasdan s The Big Chill to name a few director Denys Arcand still manages to make this film his own 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Arcand s fluid camera weaves through the hallways and casually surveys the characters faces remaining unobtrusive but visually alive 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
David Elliott
Arcand dearly likes his characters but here s another movie cancer death nearly devoid of mess and stress with available heroin and a lovably comforting sunset 
2
The Barbarian Invasions
Carrie Rickey
If you haven t seen the original which if memory serves was billed as The Big Chill with a doctorate no worries Arcand s follow up stands alone as a universal story of generational reconciliation 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Chris Hewitt
Basically it s The Big Chill but more full of itself and not as entertaining 
1
The Barbarian Invasions
James Verniere
Smart if surprisingly sentimental 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Bruce Newman
As fondly remembered as The Bill Chill and The Decline of the American Empire are Arcand s Barbarian Invasions surpasses them both 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Mick LaSalle
The treatment of the subject isn t maudlin thanks to a witty script and an enormously likable lead character 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Joe Baltake
It s quite depressing to find that these self absorbed people haven t really changed that they still pontificate about their left leaning politics still offer unsolicited advice still brag about their sex lives and still have a superior edge 
2
The Barbarian Invasions
Terry Lawson
While it would seem like an unlikely candidate for a sequel The Barbarian Invasions at least revives its talky debates over the things that matter politics literature love friendship and of course sex 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Michael Booth
Fun to watch 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Roger Ebert
The Barbarian Invasions is manipulative without apology and we want it to be 
4
The Barbarian Invasions
Ty Burr
The Barbarian Invasions flirts with shallow pieties and glib wisdom but in the end it dives into the deepest part of the pool 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Marty Mapes
In spite of their differences father and son finally become close
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Michael Wilmington
A film that effortlessly makes you laugh with delight cringe with pain and weep for life s inevitable end 
4
The Barbarian Invasions
Timothy Knight
A poignant and thoughtful depiction of the need for forgiveness and reconciliation 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
David Nusair
Arcand does a fantastic job of establishing these folks to the point where we really feel like we know them 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Michael Szymanski
The film is enchantingly photographed but emotionally devoid which is odd considering the subject matter 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Jami Bernard
A deeply felt celebration of the life force 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Liam Lacey
A lament for lost ideals a fantasy of the good death a rant against the evils of the modern besieged age Quebec director Denys Arcand s latest film can be seen as all these things at once 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
V.A. Musetto
Schmaltzy and contrived 
1.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Glenn Whipp
Death has no sting here 
2
The Barbarian Invasions
David Sterritt
A bit too neat and calculated to make the emotions ring really true 
2
The Barbarian Invasions
Gene Seymour
The banter is thick enough to rake and often way too thick to swallow even for those who might not mind spending a couple hours with a bunch of baby boomers wasting their time by sorting through wasted time in the past 
2.5
The Barbarian Invasions
James Berardinelli
In the end our tears are because we identify with these characters not because the script has inelegantly manipulated our emotions 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Rene Rodriguez
The characters endless conversations which range from health care to Mao to heroin are never less than engaging and Arcand s obvious affection for all his characters deserving or not proves contagious 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Peter Travers
Moves you to laughter and tears without cheating to do it 
3.5
The Barbarian Invasions
Jason Anderson
It s hard not to be won over by The Barbarian Invasions enormous generosity of spirit and the sense that one of the country s best filmmakers is again firing on most if not all cylinders 
3
The Barbarian Invasions
Ed Gonzalez
Privileged audiences that swooned for Decline of the American Empire should expect more of the same oh so witty jibber jabber and specious political noise exchanged between Arcand s motley intellectuals 
1
The Barbarian Invasions
Bill Chambers
Stilted yet emotionally successful
2.5
We Could Be King
Bill Chambers
The assertive bittersweetness of this coda is refreshing in itself even if it leaves the movie tonally askew 
2.5
American Reunion
David Nusair
consistently entertaining and surprisingly moving 
3
American Reunion
Rob Thomas
American Reunion transcends its technical limitations with the help of some fine performances and a nicely turned screenplay 
3
Law Abiding Citizen
Rossiter Drake
Putting aside the ideological posturing this hyper violent fantasy about a seemingly unstoppable killer who continues his murder spree behind bars delivers on its promise of an intriguing mystery however far fetched 
3
Law Abiding Citizen
Kam Williams
A high octane high body count thriller posing the question how do you stop a psycho vigilante on a killing spree Apparently by any means necessary 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Josh Hurst
Shamelessly crass and blatantly stupid There oughta be laws against films like this 
0
Law Abiding Citizen
Nick Rogers
F Gary Gray draws up some nifty car explosions but he delivered a more exciting thoughtful and better acted system challenging movie 11 years ago with The Negotiator This is immeasurably dumb sludge masquerading as rage against the machine 
.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Sean P. Means
It s a toss up what s dumber the forehead slapping contrivances director F Gary Gray sets up for each killing or the Neanderthal political message 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
Linda Cook
Sadistic and silly Law Abiding Citizen takes the revenge movie to ridiculous extremes 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
David Nusair
Pervasively absurd yet generally entertaining 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Matt Brunson
A gruesome melodrama that too afraid to tackle the issues it brings up instead elects to transform into a ridiculous thriller about a psychopath terrorizing a city 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Wilson Morales
The film is filled with plenty of action but also laced with absurdities that make folks who work in law enforcement cry for justice 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Christian Toto
Law Abiding Citizen doesn t follow the laws of logic let alone competent storytelling 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Ryan Stewart
An illogical campy joke of a movie that suffers hugely in comparison to F Gary Gray s earlier the injustice system thriller The Negotiator 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
Peter Canavese
It s going to get Biblical sets new standards of lunatic plotting as it goes about its smiting 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a nasty and morally bankrupt piece of work true but it is also incredibly entertaining and as far guilty pleasures go I think this might be at the top of my 2009 list 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Mike McGranaghan
The mixture of gruesome revenge picture and self satisfied message movie is deeply off putting 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
Keith Cohen
The crystal clear cinematography and superb lighting make effective use of aerial views of the City of Brotherly Love The movie proceeds at a rivetingly brisk pace and never lets up on the accelerator 
3
Law Abiding Citizen
Sean O'Connell
The ultimate explanation behind Shelton s methods deflates some of the picture s fun but by then you ve enjoyed most of Gray s gritty ride 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Rick Groen
This strikes me as narrative cheating but you may play the critical game by more relaxed rules 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Robert Levin
The film suffers from one unfortunate affliction It makes absolutely no sense 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This dull film carries just a few hints that the screenplay may once have been a bit darker 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Willie Waffle
Absurd is not an original nor powerful enough word to describe Law Abiding Citizen 
.5
Law Abiding Citizen
John Beifuss
It s gonna be biblical promises the self righteous Butler about his vengeance although moviegoers familiar with the Good Book may wonder how they missed the chapter in which the Philistines were smote with a booby trapped cell phone 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Kyle Smith
At last the missing link between Phantom of the Opera and Saw Welcome to the gonzo revenge saga Law Abiding Citizen 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
Sonny Bunch
Not so much a whodunit as a howdhedoit that will frustrate any intelligent viewer
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
James Berardinelli
The more Kurt Wimmer s screenplay reveals about the lead character s scheme the more difficult it is to believe that Law Abiding Citizen is intended to be taken seriously 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Steve Rhodes
Its preposterous plot usually requires a generous suspension of disbelief But for all of the promises of the narrative which is filled with many genuine twists and shocks the overall result is surprising flat 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Mark Dujsik
A frustrating example of an intriguing premise and skillful execution gone formula 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Erik Childress
Anyone who enjoys this film and feels that the point had been made must sit in their own padded cell with nothing but a copy of the documentary Dear Zachary to see what a true miscarriage of justice looks like 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Claudia Puig
The exploration of right and wrong and its complicated lack of clarity gets trammeled amid the bevy of explosions volley of bullets and mounting body count 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Amy Biancolli
Vigilante movies hold a firm place in cinematic history but for them to work the vigilante needs to be a sympathetic anti hero 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Robert W. Butler
Director F Gary Gray keeps the thrills coming at a relentless pace that leaves little time to ponder the Mack truck sized holes in the logic 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Peter Travers
An exercise in illogic and Death Wish cribbing that lets a bunch of good actors collect big paychecks for playing way less than their A game 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Graham Killeen
A particularly cynical brand of celluloid nihilism in which über wealthy movie producers finance their Hollywood mansions by marketing films to an audience feeling disenfranchised by the status quo 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Wesley Morris
Like a lot of action movie directors Gray lacks the imagination to view the art of cat and mouse as more than a chance to play with state of the art war technology 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
Dustin Putman
When does a highly watchable movie stop being a beacon of enjoyment and turn into a morally reprehensible insult For one when its name happens to be Law Abiding Citizen 
2
Law Abiding Citizen
Steven Rea
That the film directed in swift strokes by F Gary Gray from a screenplay credited to Kurt Wimmer doesn t really work unrelentingly grim unintentionally funny is almost beside the point It s a wild concept 
2.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Roger Ebert
The explanation of Clyde s methods is preposterous but it comes late enough that F Gary Gray the director is first able to generate considerable suspense and a sense of dread 
3
Law Abiding Citizen
Joe Williams
The big problem with the movie isn t the violence or the message about coddling criminals or the two lead actors although they ve never been worse It s the utter implausibility 
1
Law Abiding Citizen
John Anderson
Not only is it a hapless crime drama about outrage and revenge it provides the sad spectacle of a movie far less intelligent than the one its filmmakers thought they were making 
1.5
Law Abiding Citizen
Shaula Clark
Cinematic headcheese assembled from umami laden scraps of Se7en Saw The Dark Knight and The Silence of the Lambs with fun twists and superb explosions Just don t dwell on what it s made of 
2.5
Sir
Ishita Sengupta
With Is Love Enough 63 Sir 44 Rohena Gera desists viewing togetherness as love 8217 s end goal 44 gently uncovering the gifts of being in it instead 46 10 
3
Sir
Brad Wheeler
The film from Indian screenwriter and documentary director Rohena Gera is well paced and properly sentimental 
3
Breaking the Waves
Matt Brunson
Issues of faith devotion sexuality and divine intervention are at the center of this daring and provocative piece that placed writer director Lars von Trier on the international map 
3.5
Breaking the Waves
Michael Dequina
The synopsis doesn t begin to do justice to the psychological and emotional complexities of the tale 
3.5
Breaking the Waves
Judith Egerton
Will introduce the experimental director to a wider American audience 
4
Breaking the Waves
Margaret A. McGurk
Daring disturbing frightening hypnotic romantic haunting take your pick Each one is an equally valid description of Breaking the Waves 
4
Breaking the Waves
Jeremy Heilman
If you haven t seen this film yet stop reading and seek it out 
4
Breaking the Waves
James Kendrick
von Trier s notion of depraved sexuality as salvation is illogical and ineffective contradictory in a way that is irritating rather than thought provoking a trait that has defined the majority of his output ever since
2
Breaking the Waves
Roger Ebert
Breaking the Waves is emotionally and spiritually challenging hammering at conventional morality with the belief that God not only sees all but understands a great deal more than we give Him credit for 
4
Breaking the Waves
Rob Blackwelder
Quite simply the most emotionally devastating film I have ever seen There is no better example of why film is such a powerful medium 
4
Breaking the Waves
Peter Stack
Watson s Bess is an unforgettable character simple profound heartbreaking tragic and yet triumphant 
4
Murder Capital of the World
Alison Gang
Despite the lack of solutions Murder Capital of the World accomplishes what seems to be Minn s goal make his American audience feel compassion and a righteous sense of injustice for the people of Juarez 
3
Murder Capital of the World
Jeff Shannon
As Mexican drug cartels continue their deadly campaigns of narco terrorism it quickly becomes clear why Charlie Minn s film is titled Murder Capital of the World 
3
The Best and the Brightest
David Nusair
it s finally impossible to label The Best and the Brightest as anything more than a sporadically amusing misfire 
2
The Best and the Brightest
Lou Lumenick
Josh Shelov s smug and smutty farce employs an estimable cast in an only sporadically funny story 
1.5
The Best and the Brightest
Connie Ogle
The Best and the Brightest is amusing at times but never more than a modest diversion lacking the cleverness and imagination required to turn it into more than a one joke movie 
2
The Best and the Brightest
Eric Henderson
Dimly plays out like a waking daymare Alexander Payne thought up while sitting disinterestedly through last fall s disinteresting Waiting for Superman 
1.5
The Best and the Brightest
Rex Reed
The Best and the Brightest should be called The Worst and the Dumbest 
0
The Best and the Brightest
Erik Childress
It may dawn on you that the film really only has one big joke up its sleeve but like The Aristocrats it finds so many great ways to tell it that the punchline rarely matters 
3
Barbershop
Michael Dequina
A funny warm immensely likable and all ages appealing film centering around the importance of heritage and family 
3
Barbershop
Joe Lozito
Rapper turned actor Ice Cube ably provides the emotional core in this story of a neighborhood barbershop and its assortment of colorful inhabitants which is a cut above standard hip hop cinematic fare 
3
Barbershop
David Nusair
Ice Cube proves that he can be incredibly charismatic performer when he s not glowering at people 
2.5
Barbershop
Jeffrey Westhoff
Beneath the jokes is a story about community what it means to belong to a community and one s responsibility to that community 
3
Barbershop
Tyler Hanley
Clip off a little rehashed material here trim a few unneeded characters there and what you have left is sheer entertainment 
2.5
Barbershop
Mark Dujsik
Focuses too much on the tried and tired plot developments for the characters to completely grow on us 
2.5
Barbershop
Jonathan R. Perry
A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy needn t always make us laugh Tim Story s not there yet but Barbershop shows he s on his way 
3
Barbershop
Mike McGranaghan
When the theater lights came up I only knew that I wanted to go back to the shop tomorrow 
3.5
Barbershop
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yes Barbershop has its touchy feely moments but the schmaltz is kept at bay by a genuine sweetness and just a touch of grit 
2.5
Barbershop
Frank Ochieng
Although Barbershop boasts some of today s hottest and hippest acts from the world of television music and stand up comedy this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless 70s blaxploitation shuck and jive sitcom 
1.5
Barbershop
Dustin Putman
Offers 102 minutes of breezy occasionally very funny entertainment 
2.5
Barbershop
Linda Cook
A feel good movie that will brush away your cares 
3
Barbershop
Sean Piccoli
A genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience in a heartwarming nonjudgmental kind of way to consider what we value in our daily lives 
3
Barbershop
Tom Keogh
Very funny and remarkably mature retro 1970s ensemble comedy 
4
Barbershop
Mick LaSalle
A sloppy but likable movie 
3
Barbershop
Jerry McCormick
Story does a fine job of giving the audience the you are there feel of being a patron in an African American barbershop 
3
Barbershop
Joe Baltake
A nice way to spend a couple of hours You ll feel like a longtime customer 
3
Barbershop
Jan Stuart
Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community one would be hard pressed to find a movie with a bigger fatter heart than Barbershop 
2.5
Barbershop
Susan Stark
Entertains by providing good lively company 
2
Barbershop
John Monaghan
This feature debut from Tim Story would have been much better had it proceeded on a much smaller scale with fewer barbers and more time to develop the relationships between them 
2
Barbershop
Jeff Vice
Attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy handed that they instead pummel the audience 
2
Barbershop
Ty Burr
A broad very funny unexpectedly graceful comedy of character and community 
3
Barbershop
Tor Thorsen
The banter between Calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group and never fails to entertain 
2.5
Barbershop
Lou Lumenick
Combines big laughs a big heart and thoroughly winning characters 
3.5
Barbershop
Ray Conlogue
The characters are engaging and the story has a bustling richness 
3
Barbershop
Guylaine Cadorette
Director Tim Story brings a great script that takes a surprisingly sweet and comical look at a barbershop on the south side of Chicago to life through a very funny and talented ensemble cast 
3
Barbershop
Roger Ebert
If nothing significant gets settled in the rambling barbershop conversations at least many issues are aired and by the end in classic sitcom fashion all problems have been solved 
3
Barbershop
Phil Villarreal
Once folks started hanging out at the barbershop they never wanted to leave Chances are you won t either 
3
Barbershop
Nick Carter
Manages to offer a heartening lesson about communal triumph over personal gain while shearing away all the gloss dreck and dry ends that normally comes with so blunt a message 
3
Barbershop
Steven Rea
A stage y but likable ensemble piece 
2.5
Barbershop
Chris Hewitt
Why can t we all get along Barbershop says respectfully that we can 
3.5
Barbershop
Connie Ogle
Ice Cube as usual is an appealing presence but the rest of the cast shines as well 
2.5
Barbershop
Bruce Newman
One of the most refreshing things about this movie is the way it gives free reign to the sort of freewheeling debate that actually rages in some barbershops over what are accepted orthodoxies right outside the door 
3
Barbershop
Mary F. Pols
Boisterous heartfelt comedy 
3
Barbershop
Michael Wilmington
An entertaining surprisingly well written and often rowdily amusing picture 
3
Barbershop
Erik Childress
Despite its flaws yhe lengthy sequences we spend in the barbershop give the film a comical thoughtful weight that would seem most comfortable performed in a single setting play 
3
Barbershop
Josh Larsen
brings to mind the witty insight of Spike Lee s 1989 classic Do the Right Thing 
3.5
Barbershop
Rob Blackwelder
Watching Cedric go on a politically incorrect jag about Rodney King O J and Rosa Parks is a can t believe your ears laugh almost worth the price of admission by itself 
3
Barbershop
Steve Rhodes
I didn t laugh I didn t smile I survived 
1
Barbershop
Peter Travers
Final verdict You ve seen it all before 
0
Barbershop
Ed Gonzalez
Barbershop is ennobled by its simplicity but it offers nothing daring or refreshing on the topic of race or civic relations 
2.5
Barbershop
Harvey S. Karten
A comedy whose sweetness is marred by an oversupply of mindless physical humor 
3
Barbershop
Ross Anthony
Well paced but rarely charged 
1.5
Story of a Girl
Christopher James
It s not easy making a successful teenage coming of age film Yet Story of a Girl goes through as many ups and downs as an actual teenager 
2
Ocean Waves
Brian Tallerico
A delicate well told drama that may lack the depth of something like Only Yesterday but proves that Miyazaki and Takahata s students were listening to their teachers 
3
David Holzman's Diary
David Nusair
littered with a lamentable assortment of painfully padded out sequences that are virtually impossible to justify 
2
David Holzman's Diary
Jaime N. Christley
What makes it so effective as a puzzle film is the way it provokes us to piece together mentally the life that David must have had before we met him 
4
The Unseen
Marty Mapes
Recent films capture the soul and pace of the South this one seems only to capture the stereotypes
1
Two Distant Strangers
Tom Meek
The two leads are fantastic and the film moves in smart varying ways 
3
Ruby Gentry
Matt Brunson
There s catharsis to be found in the manner in which Ruby lays waste to her tormentors But most of the characters lack any real depth 
2.5
Permanent Record
Walter Chaw
Somehow balances the silliness of being seventeen with the beauty and the horror of it 
3
Permanent Record
Roger Ebert
To describe the opening scenes makes them seem routine and yet they captured my attention with an intensity that I still do not understand 
4
Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film
Kathy Fennessy
In the end 44 Apocalypse belongs to the impressionistic 44 About a Son school of filmmaking 44 which is both its biggest strength and its biggest weakness 46 
3
Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film
Jeff Shannon
There s some boldly unconventional creativity happening here but it s coming from the subject not the filmmaker 
2.5
One Shot
Roger Moore
Not all that one shot long takes and clever combat choreography notwithstanding 
1.5
Bessie
John Beifuss
Presents the powerhouse vocalist as a blues belter in more ways than one a pugnacious scrapper with a fierce streak of racial pride a sexual appetite that crossed gender lines and a hair trigger temper that sometimes served her well 
3
Bessie
Robert Bianco
Latifah doesn t just make us believe in Bessie Smith s claim to fame She makes us feel for every gifted African American singer and actor from Smith to Latifah herself who hasn t been given the roles and nurturing his or her talents deserve 
3.5
Bessie
Brian Tallerico
A flawed drama that nonetheless warrants a look simply because of the bright spotlight it gives the underrated talents of star Queen Latifah who does quite easily the best work of her career here 
3
Bessie
Chuck Bowen
Bessie is remarkably poignant even if that resonance is somewhat disreputable 
2.5
Brother, Can You Spare a Dollar?
Kam Williams
Brother can you spare me the aggravating agit propaganda 
1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dollar?
Kyle Smith
A shoddy slapdash look at issues raised by the Great Depression that neither gives an adequate overview nor manages to argue a coherent thesis 
0
Take This Job and Shove It
Matt Brunson
The film is ultimately undone by too many sops to the redneck crowd 
2
Take This Job and Shove It
David Nusair
an uneven piece of work 
2
Robin and Marian
Betsy Bozdech
Despite the battles and feats of derring do that follow Robin and Marian never really develops the sense of urgency that cinematic swashbucklers require 
2.5
Robin and Marian
Roger Ebert
Connery and Hepburn seem to have arrived at a tacit understanding between themselves about their characters They glow They really do seem in love And they project as marvelously complex fond tender people 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Mattie Lucas
A solid retelling of the musical giving Webber s wonderful music a chance to shine for a wider audience than they ever have before 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The whole production feels cut and pasted and it doesn t translate well to the big screen 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Russ Breimeier
Most fans are bound to be disappointed to some degree and non aficionados of musical theater will find it tedious and silly Do yourself a favor and see this on stage
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Wesley Lovell
Fans of the musical The Phantom of the Opera however will find plenty to like in this filmic adaptation but its faults could have easily sunk the entire production 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pésele a quien le pese es una de las mejores películas del 2004 Injustamente ignorada en Estados Unidos pero que el tiempo seguramente la convertirá en un clásico 
4
The Phantom of the Opera
Jonathan R. Perry
An awkward overstuffed and occasionally painful delusion of grandeur 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Nick Rogers
What could have been a campy calamity boasts some surprising elegance But there is zero romantic heat and a vocally and emotionally flat performance from Gerard Butler 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Sean McBride
The main problem is that the actors cast in the film can t really sing
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
James Kendrick
no amount of stylistic playfulness could stop the film from bogging down into tedium by the last reel as the romantic pathos begins to wear thin
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Vince Koehler
This is a lavish production best enjoyed at your favorite theater where the full effect of the music and ambiance can be enjoyed It is also one to be enjoyed more than once 
3.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Josh Larsen
a particularly unconvincing perfume ad 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plagued by Andrew Lloyd Weber s hideous and already dated musical score parts of it sound like 1980s hair metal 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
John Beifuss
The Phantom calls himself a loathsome gargoyle but unmasked he looks more like a guy with a bad sunburn or maybe a seafood allergy 
1
The Phantom of the Opera
Peter Debruge
Schumacher seems far more concerned with orchestrating his beautiful cast sumptuous costumes and lavish sets to give audiences who might not afford the Broadway show a taste of the experience rather than defining it once and for all 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Sara Michelle Fetters
As you might expect this is a loud garishly colorful visually frenetic interpretation and as these things sometimes go isn t actually all that bad 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Collin Souter
I didn t see a single fat lady in the entire thing That must be why it never ended 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Sean P. Means
Rossum s inner fire shines through Lloyd Webber s oppressive melodrama and Schumacher s overwhelming set design giving this Phantom what life it possesses 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Bob Bloom
The transfer from stage to screen is a disappointment a musical elephant stomping around bellowing and trumpeting instead of making sublime music of the night 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
James Sanford
portions of the movie have the feel of a photographed stage production The crucial atmosphere of menace isn t there suddenly we re watching The Batman of the Opera 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Mark Dujsik
Welcome to the world of Andrew Lloyd Webber where an entire libretto is derived from variations on five songs 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Carrie Rickey
Joel Schumacher s film adaptation of Lloyd Webber s The Phantom of the Opera combines fingernails on blackboard audio agony with bamboo under fingernails physical torture 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
James Auer
Phantom is more than a photographed stage play It is an exercise in cinema abetted by several new songs and first rate orchestral backing 
3.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Michael A. Smith
an incredible star making performance by Emmy Rossum 
4
The Phantom of the Opera
Claudia Puig
For those whose primary experience with musicals is on the screen this melodramatic tale with the familiar soundtrack should hold substantial appeal 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Moira MacDonald
It s a shamelessly over the top wallow in romantic obsession and a thoroughly enjoyable one 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Ruthe Stein
The movie misfires as often as it connects 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Joe Baltake
Given the overall weakness of the material director Joel Schumacher works beyond the call of duty to pull us into his musical fable 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Stephen Whitty
If you want something more from musicals than a single syrupy hit though and have fond memories of the Phantom as our most romantic of monsters then seek out the old Lon Chaney silent instead and put on your own darn music 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Lou Lumenick
The falling chandelier the signature moment of Phantom has been moved from the end of the first act to the climax of the movie by which point non devotees may need to be roused from their sleep by their companions 
1
The Phantom of the Opera
Sid Smith
Andrew Lloyd Webber s kitschy theatrical spectacle is now a kitschy theatrical movie a mix of melodrama horror romance mystery and melody heaped together into a cinematic smorgasbord one heavy in starch 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Matt Brunson
A pleasant diversion but it still runs behind Lon Chaney s The Phantom of the Opera and Claude Rains The Phantom of the Opera 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Jack Mathews
Where s Homeland Security when you need it 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Roger Ebert
Schumacher has bravely taken aboard this dreck and made of it a movie I am pleased to have seen 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Robert W. Butler
What impresses in live theater is ho hum on celluloid The film s sets are big and lavish John Mathieson s cinematography is lush the orchestrations thundering But it s just not special as it was in the theater 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Leah McLaren
Christine is a dipstick a trait that the vapid but pretty voiced Emmy Rossum brings across with effortless blank eyed aplomb in this similarly idiotic film 
1
The Phantom of the Opera
Terry Lawson
The Phantom is the furthest thing from a monster and the movie holds no threat whatsoever unless you have a morbid fear of gilded staircases seductive lighting brocade costumes and overwrought over orchestrated pop balladry 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Lisa Kennedy
Director Schumacher understands what he has in Rossum and often frames her with the sort of close up that evokes a Golden Age movie star in her budding glory 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Jeff Vice
It s clear that this kind of cornball overly melodramatic material is best kept to the stage 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Lawrence Toppman
If you know nothing about the Phantom currently the longest running show on Broadway this unusually faithful recreation will show what the fuss is about 
3.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Wesley Morris
Schumacher s film is at times unintentionally entertaining as its tone shifts from ridiculous to overwrought 
1
The Phantom of the Opera
Larry Ratliff
This spectacle of a musical is constantly visually stunning and more often than not musically enriched 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Jeffrey Westhoff
Now I know why besides Lon Chaney the best screen version of The Phantom of the Opera is the silent one No one sings in it 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Phil Villarreal
You walk away from the film in a vaguely contented daze glad that you saw it but even gladder that it s over 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Walter Chaw
Batman meets Liberace 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik Childress
One of the worst filmed musicals I ve ever seen and that includes Cop Rock
0.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Willie Waffle
While The Phantom of the Opera is not the greatest movie I have seen this year it certainly deserves a chance It s a decent sometimes breathtaking film 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
James Berardinelli
It s questionable whether fans of the musical will be enamored with this adaptation The energy that characterizes a live performance is absent resulting in a production that often feels sluggish and slow moving 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Bob Strauss
Though admirably anti MTV Schumacher s film is often so baroque it comes off like some joke 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Chris Hewitt
The movie has no sense of its own ridiculousness 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Jack Zink
It s an inviting playground for repressed desire of an enduring favorite in pulp fiction to explode anew 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Jan Stuart
For some of us the phenomenal popularity of Phantom remains the greatest mystery of all one left unsolved by this interminable screen spectacle 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Bruce Westbrook
Its close ups of belted numbers command attention without truly commanding our hearts 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Eric Melin
Lloyd Webber s dated songs are like goth lite for the Michael Bolton set 
1
The Phantom of the Opera
Rob Blackwelder
Just remember this picture is made with hell bent gusto by the guy who put nipples on Batman s superhero costume So consider yourself warned 
1
The Phantom of the Opera
Michael Dequina
Conjures up this unexplainable spell that leaves audiences sad sentimental swooning smiling in some way transported and moved 
3.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Scott Nash
The word adequate should never be the main adjective used to describe someone playing the lead in The Phantom of the Opera 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Steve Rhodes
Just listen to the music and avoid eye contact with the miscast stars and you ll have a great time 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Jeanne Aufmuth
Joel Schumacher crafts a musical hiccup with this feebly cast rendition of the infamous stage opera 
2
The Phantom of the Opera
Peter Travers
A rapturous spectacle 
3
The Phantom of the Opera
Ed Gonzalez
Like overpriced costume jewelry this tasteless soulless contraption is sure to appeal to anyone who owns Celine Dion and Meatloaf albums 
0
The Phantom of the Opera
Dustin Putman
One of the most entertaining motion pictures of the year The Phantom of the Opera is a cinematic gift for the ages that finds profundity in its thematic innocence 
3.5
Old Yeller
Steve Rhodes
Director Robert Stevenson understands how lightweight the first part is and never tries to make it seem more important that it is His saves the energy and emphasis for the last act 
3
Body Snatchers
David Nusair
a fine adaptation of an iconic novel 
3
Body Snatchers
Roger Ebert
As sheer moviemaking it is skilled and knowing and deserves the highest praise you can give a horror film It works 
4
Better Off Dead
James Kendrick
Savage Steve Holland s slightly irreverent take on everything infuses it with an energy and sense of oddity that is unique and charming
3
Cocaine Cowboys
Terry Lawson
The Jan Hammer music on the soundtrack works overtime to assure us that Cocaine Cowboys is the real nastier version of Miami Vice
2
Cocaine Cowboys
G. Allen Johnson
This is an ugly film but with an undeniable allure 
2
Cocaine Cowboys
David Elliott
It s watchable but like gorging on every rotten issue of the old Confidential magazine 
2
Cocaine Cowboys
Bruce Westbrook
Forget Scarface and Miami Vice Cocaine Cowboys is the real deal a down and dirty look at the high living and illegal drugs that dominated south Florida in the 1980s 
3.5
Cocaine Cowboys
Bill Stamets
This documentary on Miami s lethal 80s cocaine scene is cut fast 
2
Cocaine Cowboys
Jessica Reaves
After beginning at a healthy clip the film becomes mired in endless remembrances of debaucheries past and Miami s descent into lawlessness 
2
Cocaine Cowboys
Bob Strauss
It s a remarkable immersion in a world turned morally inside out 
3
Cocaine Cowboys
Sara Brady
Aiming for encyclopedic coverage of the drug epidemic and its effect on the city Corben packs much too much into one movie 
2
Cocaine Cowboys
Stephen Whitty
The only thing more boring than listening to someone on drugs may be listening to someone brag about how many drugs he used to sell 
2
Cocaine Cowboys
Maitland McDonagh
Cocaine cash financed Miami s renaissance but the film never downplays the human cost at which that urban renewal was purchased 
3
Cocaine Cowboys
Timothy Knight
While it s a bit haphazardly organized and offers only a cursory analysis of the drug war s impact on the city Billy Corben s second documentary is ultimately as compelling as any pulp yarn 
3
Cocaine Cowboys
Kyle Smith
Parts of Cocaine Cowboys manage the impossible making cocaine boring But the film doesn t shy away from presenting horrific images We see blood streaked walls bullet perforated bodies and Katie Couric s haircut circa 1981 
1
Cocaine Cowboys
Jack Mathews
If The Godfather movies were based on real gangsters and some of them were still around to talk about the good old days they might be as fascinating as the characters in Billy Corben s documentary about the cocaine import business in 1970s Miami 
3.5
Cocaine Cowboys
Rene Rodriguez
An exercise in blood soaked nostalgia a look back at an era the late 1970s and early 1980s when Miami was a bad and dangerous place to live 
3
Cocaine Cowboys
Dan Hudak
An exhilarating documentary that details the chaos glamour and greed of the drug industry in Miami during the 1970s and 80s 
3.5
Cocaine Cowboys
Nick Schager
Cocaine Cowboys in the moment kicks are after the lights come up apt to leave one with something of an ashamed and remorseful hangover 
3
The Beast of the City
Scott Nash
Harlow plays the quintessential gangster s moll 
3
American Psycho II: All American Girl
David Nusair
William Shatner as a pompous professor is the sole bright spot 
.5
American Psycho II: All American Girl
Walter Chaw
The first mistake I suspect is casting Shatner as a legendary professor and Kunis as a brilliant college student where s Pauly Shore as the rocket scientist 
1
Coachella
Collin Souter
A well made if insignificant film about a well managed significant music festival 
3
Coachella
Patrick MacDonald
Captures the fun beauty and excitement of the annual summertime rock festival of the same name 
3
Coachella
Chris Macias
Captures some musical moments that are worth the price of admission and a box of popcorn such as the Mars Volta going buck wild or the Pixies triumphant showing in 2004 
2.5
Coachella
Rob Thomas
Coachella is an eminently worthy snapshot for contemporary music fans not just of the festival but of the best in modern music
3
Coachella
Peter Canavese
Though the acts don t have the heft required for concert film greatness they do comprise a sort of screen capture of the decade s musical movement 
2.5
Coachella
Aidin Vaziri
Unlike D A Pennebaker s great concert documentaries such as Monterey Pop and Don t Look Back Coachella doesn t quite capture the stretches of tedium and fits of excitement that come with actually being at an event like this 
2
Kill by Inches
V.A. Musetto
Light on dialogue and heavy on creepy atmosphere 
2.5
Takeshis'
Walter Chaw
An entirely useless artifact for anyone not already familiar with Kitano s previous eleven pictures 
2
An Angel for Satan
Matt Brunson
The majority of the film delivers the atmospheric goods 
2.5
Zootopia
Brian Eggert
With equal measures of animated beauty and socially responsible intelligence Zootopia stands among Disney s very best 
3.5
Zootopia
Sarah Knight Adamson
Zootopia is one of Disney s best films to date and my favorite film of the year so far It s family friendly and teaches kids so many great life lessons 
4
Zootopia
Sean P. Means
A smart four footed spin on the buddy cop genre 
3
Zootopia
Melissa Starker
A colorful nicely crafted perfectly voice cast animated feature 
3
Zootopia
Christopher Schobert
In its attempt to please both children and adults equally Zootopia is a failure 
2.5
Zootopia
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a total hoot 
3
Zootopia
Wesley Lovell
A perfect embodiment of the kind of fable Aesop used to tell 
4
Zootopia
James Kendrick
a fast and funny fable about the need for tolerance and understanding in a world in which fear and prejudice are more convenient
3
Zootopia
John Beifuss
Believe it Disney s latest digitally animated feature is a contra Trumpian race conscious political conspiracy neo noir in the guise of a funny talking animal cartoon 
3.5
Zootopia
John Serba
Zootopia is a vibrant and smart movie at times though it feels more like commercial compromise than the distinctive art of superior animated works 
2.5
Zootopia
Linda Cook
Zootopia is a brilliant funny story about bias empowerment and understanding And oh how it entertains while it tells the tale
4
Zootopia
Josh Larsen
Done with creativity and wit but still has the stridency of a lesson plan 
3
Zootopia
David Keyes
How refreshing it is to see an animated movie that takes the initiative to climb above the restrictions of its formula 
3
Zootopia
Walter Chaw
The illness in our society comes from the artificial stratification and defensive denial of original difference 
3
Zootopia
Michael Smith
Wildly entertaining 
3.5
Zootopia
Lou Lumenick
Zootopia excels on so many levels that it stands with the finest of the Disney classics 
4
Zootopia
John Hanlon
Reminiscent of Toy Story in its ability to create a wonderfully colorful world of its own Zootopia is a fun film with undeniably important themes about diversity inclusion and self worth 
3.5
Zootopia
James Berardinelli
There s a lot here for kids to like and nearly as much to keep parents from fidgeting 
3
Zootopia
Mike McGranaghan
Zootopia is to 2016 what Inside Out was to 2015 a next level animated feature that gives kids something of substance while simultaneously showing them a really good time 
4
Zootopia
Robert Horton
The comic high point is a scene at the DMV where sloths work behind the counter and talk Very Very Very Slowly If the movie is overlong because of that one hilarious scene it was worth it 
3
Zootopia
Josh Terry
A rich blend of story message and entertainment 
3.5
Zootopia
Scott Renshaw
It s confusing when it starts to feel that Zootopia is working against its own message to get easy laughs 
2.5
Zootopia
Matt Zoller Seitz
A funny beautifully designed kids film with a message that it restates at every turn 
3
Zootopia
Katie Walsh
Somehow Disney has managed to pull off a hard boiled police procedural thriller about political corruption starring an adorable large eyed bunny As strange as this combination might seem it works Who knew bunnies could make such intrepid rookie cops 
3
Zootopia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The computer generated creatures have smooth and cheerful lines like old style stretch and squash animation The movie is wonderfully fluid and graceful 
3
Zootopia
Mark Dujsik
I t s dealing head on in that subversively indirect way that these animal based tales do with issues that aren t so easily defined and are far more difficult to resolve 
3.5
Zootopia
Rob Thomas
It s a candy coated film that doesn t sugar coat the complexities of race relations 
3.5
Zootopia
Christian Toto
Lions and tigers and preconceived notions about others based on their outward appearances oh my 
3.5
Zootopia
Stephen Whitty
Zootopia does have some important things to say about not judging people by what they look like or what part of the world they come from Kids will probably nod and embrace that as sensible advice Now if we could only get some adults to listen too 
3
Zootopia
Kate Taylor
Leaving aside amusing jokes about the wolves trying desperately to contain a group howl or sloths working as bureaucrats animal behaviour is a troubling metaphor for cultural diversity 
2
Zootopia
David Nusair
a decidedly middle of the road Disney effort 
2.5
Zootopia
Tom Russo
An agreeable hodgepodge at least one that aims to be not just a breezy mystery but also a race and ethnicity fable 
2.5
Zootopia
Steven Rea
Apart from its anthropomorphic allegorical angle Zootopia is also a tale of female empowerment and a classic noir too 
3
Zootopia
Loey Lockerby
Disney s latest is clever and endearing but it s the animated equivalent of a pro diversity pep rally 
2.5
Zootopia
Peter Howell
Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman lead an aces voice cast playing good cop bunny Judy Hopps and con artist fox Nick Wilde who must find common turf to solve a crime wave in the title metropolis Call it fur noir 
3.5
Zootopia
Chris Knight
An indication of what good animation can do in the service of a decent story 
3.5
Zootopia
Sarah Bryan Miller
It s smart entertainment that deals effectively with issues of diversity and sexism while staying light and never preachy 
3.5
Zootopia
Jen Chaney
The best animated film of the year as well as one that conveys a message rarely heard in movies for children Getting exactly what you hoped for isn t the end of the journey 
3.5
Zootopia
Peter Travers
This animated crime caper comes ready to party hard but also takes a deep dive when necessary especially when certain species are treated as threats and cause public panic Listen up Mr Trump 
3.5
Zootopia
Soren Andersen
Combining a surprisingly sophisticated conspiracy subplot with unexpected plot twists insightful character studies energetic pacing and even a very funny riff on The Godfather Zootopia has plenty to appeal to both kids and adults 
4
Zootopia
Dann Gire
This wild and comic political twist on Animal Farm works for both kids and adults as a reaffirmation of equal justice and opportunity while rejecting racial and gender stereotyping 
4
Zootopia
Rick Bentley
When the new animated movie focuses on the critters it s a funny trip through the animal kingdom What slows the ark oops make that arc of the film is a crime story that s in need of a few more monkeyshines 
3
Zootopia
Richard Roeper
Zootopia is one of my favorite animated movies Not one of my favorite animated movies of the last year or two or of the last decade or in recent memory It s one of my favorite animated movies period 
4
Zootopia
Mick LaSalle
Each bustling frame is packed with so much repeated viewings rewarded imagery that the screen must be sampled rather than taken in as a whole 
3
Zootopia
Rafer Guzman
Entertaining and thought provoking 
3
Zootopia
Kenji Fujishima
The film goes deeper in its allegorizing tapping into the volatile nature of identity politics 
3
Zootopia
Dustin Putman
Vividly mounted with a breadth of vision worth celebrating Disney has hit a home run with Zootopia a grand entertainment with an ingeniously developed socially conscious message 
3.5
Zootopia
Brian Truitt
Its earnest You can be anything message is heavy handedly clear though Zootopia works best as a funny romp that ingeniously imagines a landscape where hamsters can be businessmen and polar bears are the coolest bodyguards around 
3
Zootopia
Tony Hicks
Zootopia dishes its messages the best way possible colorfully cleverly warmly and with humor all packaged in a strong storyline It s not among the animated greats but close enough to certainly be worth a couple hours of a parent s time 
3
Zootopia
Peter Canavese
If Zootopia only reluctantly comes around to its crime solving story that s understandable the good stuff resides in the characterizations and the morality play around them decrying fear of the other 
3
Zootopia
Roger Moore
Smart but better at delivering a message of tolerance than laughs 
3
La Misma Sangre
Roger Moore
Riveting
3
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Michael Dequina
As hard as the cast works in turning in solid performances they fight a losing battle against the largely uninspired story 
2
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Roger Moore
In bad melodrama the instant a woman says You are such a good man David to her husband you know that he isn t 
1
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Wesley Morris
This overplotted underwritten powerfully dumb soap thriller has more professionalism than it deserves 
1
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
V.A. Musetto
A contrived and preachy melodrama produced by big time televangelist T D Jakes 
1
Percy Vs Goliath
Sarah Knight Adamson
Christopher Walken delivers an excellent performance as Percy Schmeiser the real life Saskatchewan canola farmer who was sued in 1998 for using patented Monsanto seeds without a license 
4
Percy Vs Goliath
Leo Brady
This is a nice story just not the kind you turn into a movie 
2
Percy Vs Goliath
Richard Roeper
An involving and inspirational tale highlighted by a Christopher Walken performance that is remarkably free of any showy tics or mannerisms and is a reminder Walken is a great actor first 
3
Percy Vs Goliath
Matt Zoller Seitz
The outstanding cast handsome visuals and unimpeachable little guy against the system dramatics carry the film 
2.5
Percy Vs Goliath
Mark Dujsik
The characters have their go to lines and arguments in pocket ready to be stated at every possible opportunity and never missing one 
1.5
Percy Vs Goliath
Roger Moore
Dramatically flat predictable in its pluck at times But Walken is magnificent and the other casting on the nose as it is works 
2.5
Percy Vs Goliath
Brad Wheeler
Moralizing and a populist bent are at work but not out of control Well not until the credits roll to the sounds of Woody Guthrie s This Land is Your Land anyway 
3
Percy Vs Goliath
Garnet Fraser
Director Clark Johnson has a cast that s up for the challenge but other aspects are wobbly 
2
Gardens of the Night
Lou Lumenick
Writer director Jared Harris and actor and son of the late Richard Harris claims to have spent 10 years researching this sordid milieu yet for all the detail it ends up playing like an especially lurid 80s TV movie 
1.5
Gardens of the Night
Kam Williams
A haunting tale which very convincingly conveys the overwhelming sense of helplessness and dread which undoubtedly afflicts impressionable souls unfortunate enough to be sexually exploited while still in the bloom of youth 
4
Gardens of the Night
Andrew Schenker
Gardens of the Night leaves me wondering if it is finally possible to make a non exploitative portrait of sexual abuse 
2
Hustle
Chase Hutchinson
There are moments that feel rather bold 44 drawing out darker aspects to the story the more we learn about Stanley 46 In such scenes Sandler excels 44 bringing to life a character who has a good heart though is not beyond making mistakes 46 
3
Hustle
James Kendrick
manages its emotions and its message with such genuineness and lack of guile that it works 44 turning it into its its own against the odds success story
3
Hustle
Josh Larsen
Just enough insider detail to tantalize a hardcore basketball fan 44 but too much inspirational sports hooey to hook one 46 46 46 
2.5
Hustle
Peter Canavese
Plenty entertaining pop cinema 46 
3
Hustle
Dwight Brown
Sandler doesn t overdo the basketball scout character of Stanley Sugarmen He lives it 
3
Hustle
Erik Childress
Adam Sandler 8217 s heart is deep within this project that may be cobbled from great sports movies but knows the language and rhythm of basketball further personified by Jeremiah Zagar 8217 s direction 46 
3
Hustle
Michael Medved
Unexpectedly engaging with two actual NBA players who deliver shockingly accomplished performances 46 
3
Hustle
Robert Levin
Hustle is worth seeing even if you don t like basketball That says it all 
3.5
Hustle
Richard Roeper
Hustle savvily offers realistic team politics and crisp play on the court 
3
Hustle
Jake Coyle
It s one of the most textured and affectionate films about basketball that s come along in a long time 
3
Hustle
Mark Feeney
The presence of so many familiar names and faces is part of the appeal of Hustle It serves a further purpose adding to a sense of verisimilitude That s important with any sports movie 
2.5
Hustle
Leo Brady
It 8217 s an underdog story 44 mixed with some of today 8217 s rising stars in basketball 44 in a movie that has heart 46 Hustle is hard work paying off for Adam Sandler and it 8217 s another slam dunk 46 
3
Hustle
Randy Myers
Hustle might follow a familiar crowd rousing path but it fills in all the details so well and creates flawed characters who are striving to do better within themselves as well for those around them 
3
Hustle
Steven Prokopy
Sandler takes the game seriously in the real world 44 and that enthusiasm translates in spades to this genuinely entertaining work 46 
3
Hustle
Rob Thomas
It feels like a movie made by people who love basketball and 44 more importantly 44 know basketball 46 Watching it might lessen the sting of the Bucks being out of the finals 46 A little 46 
3
Hustle
Glenn Kenny
If Hustle passes around a lot of sports movie cliches 44 it does so with a light touch 46 
3
Hustle
Roger Moore
Sandler 8217 s in a role tailor made for him 44 and he still lets us see the wheels turning and the effort it takes to make this guy feel real 46 
2
Hustle
Keith Watson
Hustle doesn 8217 t really seem to know who its characters are 44 much less how they fit into the complicated web of sports 44 media 44 and finance that defines the NBA 46 
1.5
Hustle
Mark Dujsik
Hustle dances with despair and defeat more than we might expect from such a story 46 
3
Hustle
Nina Metz
There aren t really any characters it s kind of remarkable It s a film that doesn t even rely on archetypes it simply populates the screen with people some of whom occasionally say things 
2
Hustle
Joey Magidson
Hustle is about as good as a film like this gets 46 With a performance from Adam Sandler worthy of Oscar attention 44 this crowdpleaser hits on the comedy 44 the drama 44 and the sports of it all 46 It apos s a full cinematic meal 46 What more could you ask for 63 
3.5
Hustle
Chris Vognar
Hustle is the rare sports movie that translates its love of the game to the screen It s a little corny and too conveniently plotted But how many basketball movies aren t 
3
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Lou Lumenick
The best evidence of this troubled man s genius is provided by ample samples of his music much of which will be familiar to fans of Warner Bros cartoons from the 30s and 40s 
3.5
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Kalvin Henely
The documentary is a work of careful consideration moral weighing and deliberateness of craft 
3
Malevolence
Dustin Putman
A low budget underseen genre gem that makes up for occasionally stilted dialogue and unpolished acting with a remarkable visual sense and skillful command of building tension 
3
Malevolence
David Nusair
certain sections of Malevolence are far more engaging than others with most of the second act a complete write off 
2
Malevolence
David Hiltbrand
If ever a movie deserved to go directly to DVD it s this dreary horror treatment 
1
Malevolence
John Monaghan
Diehard horror fans may want to weigh in The rest can see it soon at the video store 
2
Malevolence
Robert Dominguez
The acting and dialogue is as silly as the potato sack the killer wears on his head 
1.5
Ride the Pink Horse
Eric Melin
It shows Montgomery still taking chances retaining some seriously robust cinematic flair courtesy director of photography Russell Metty There are lots of long fluid takes and a very heavy atmosphere throughout 
3
Ride the Pink Horse
Matt Brunson
The plot isn t the attraction here instead it s the intriguing relationships between the characters the black and white camerawork by the great Russell Metty Touch of Evil Spartacus and the scintillating performances by all concerned 
3.5
Just a Gigolo
Matt Brunson
Lackluster writing and directing leave it operating only at a level of awkward embarrassment 
2
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Steven Prokopy
Not the strongest grouping we ve seen in recent years but a nice representation of the variety of animation styles out there and the emotional range they can achieve 
3
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Wesley Lovell
A strong bunch of incredibly depressing short films 
3.5
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Gary Thompson
They represent the best in class from around the world and are selected on the basis of merit but there are some uncannily unifying themes in evidence 
3
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
G. Allen Johnson
The future may look grim in these four shorts but at least the next generation will have some great actors All of the children in these shorts are excellent 
3
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Ty Burr
Great animation not only shows us what could never be it visualizes what already is but hidden out of sight 
2.5
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Tom Keogh
Academy members need a collective hug How else to explain the weird abundance of films about children in severe distress and aging adults ruminating on loss and mortality 
3
White Noise
Namrata Joshi
Koel Purie has a nice blithe presence Unfortunately White Noise does not prove to be an adequate stage for her 
1
White Noise
Peter T. Chattaway
Some of its filmic devices seem a little hokey for a movie that is apparently trying to persuade us that EVP is a real phenomenon 
2
White Noise
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mejor hay que esperar hasta que salga en DVD Por lo menos los extras deben traer algo más interesante 
1.5
White Noise
Vince Koehler
It was great to see Michael Keaton back in a major role and this movie is scary I had to shut my eyes a couple of times when it got intense It makes for a good thriller 
2.5
White Noise
Michael Dequina
Pleases just about no one neither the viewers looking for a thoughtful supernatural enterprise nor those out for a good scare 
1
White Noise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yet another horror film that takes a potentially interesting idea and crams it into an old formula structure with absolutely nothing in the way of surprise fright or entertainment 
2
White Noise
Peter Travers
Thrill free thriller 
1
White Noise
James Kendrick
If you want to see TV static used to better effect in a horror film go to the video store and rent Poltergeist
1.5
White Noise
James Verniere
What moron came up with this concept 
1
White Noise
Tom Meek
Like the phenomenon of the title the film suggests possible revelations but in the end is just a blur 
1.5
White Noise
James Berardinelli
There s no horror to speak of 
1
White Noise
Jonathan R. Perry
The rare jolt of adrenaline is meager compensation for the dopey pastiche of every successful supernatural thriller of the last decade 
2
White Noise
Matt Brunson
Keaton s being stalked by three shadowy figures that look exactly like the Penn Robbins Bacon silhouettes that graced the poster for Mystic River 
1.5
White Noise
Linda Cook
Forget that noise 
1
White Noise
Mike McGranaghan
How pathetic is it that the coming attractions trailer is about a hundred times more eerie than the movie itself 
1
White Noise
Tyler Hanley
Does bad reception on the TV set send shivers down your spine Me neither 
1
White Noise
Forrest Hartman
Unfolds with precision and excellent pacing It s been a long while since I ve been so unnerved in a theater 
3.5
White Noise
Frank Ochieng
a hollow horrorfest immersed in its own conjured up clumsiness Sax s thin laced thriller is about as suspenseful as an overdue library book waiting to be returned 
1.5
Mouse Hunt
Mike Clark
Mouse Hunt mostly squeaks by thanks to the considerable mugging prowess of its leads players Lee Evans and Nathan Lane 
2.5
Mouse Hunt
Michael Dequina
A slapstick comedy that will please the tykes but will leave the rest of the family less than satisfied 
2.5
Mouse Hunt
Roger Ebert
Mouse Hunt is not very funny and maybe couldn t have been very funny no matter what because the pieces for comedy are not in place 
2
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Roger Ebert
I ve seen lousy movies before but never one that seemed ashamed of itself At times the actors seem to be in pain and the movie itself is down at the mouth and desperately boring 
1.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
James Kendrick
Bad Grandpa s biggest most eyebrow rising surprise may very well be the fact that we actually grow to care about him and Billy by the final reel
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
David Nusair
ultimately just another misguided effort from Knoxville and his band of pranksters 
2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Linda Cook
Bad Grandpa made me laugh more than it didn t but I still missed the antics by the rest of the Jackass gang in this R rated road trip 
2.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
David Keyes
I laughed cackled and often felt completely embarrassed by doing so 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Mike McGranaghan
Thank goodness comedy still has the power to make us confront the stuff decorum tells us to avoid 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
David Berry
There s a reason candid camera stuff has been with us since we figured out how to hide cameras and Knoxville s grinning rambunctiousness is enough to keep it far away from Just for Laughs Gags territory 
2.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Dave McGinn
It s been 11 years since Jackass The Movie and three since Jackass 3D although it feels a lot longer than that 
1
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Linda Barnard
Like the lime green bingo dabber contents Irving drinks down to the horror of his seatmates it s an acquired taste 
1.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Peter Travers
It s not really a movie It s Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass crew faking out real people into believing he s 86 year old Irving Zisman an old fart bag traveling cross country 
2.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Stephen Whitty
Sometimes joy buzzers and pratfalls and funny costumes are really all you need for a laugh or two Or even a three star comedy 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Willie Waffle
It s all too good to be true so the joke is not on the people in the movie It s on the people who bought the tickets 
1
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Odie Henderson
Knoxville immerses himself in the role radiating affection and concern for his charge He s completely convincing even during the most bizarre moments in Bad Grandpa 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Mark Dujsik
What s the joke here 
1.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Dustin Putman
Total cinematic junk food but that doesn t mean it isn t sinfully tasty while it lasts 
2.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Daniel M. Kimmel
Apparently there s always an audience for a joke involving explosive flatulence 
1.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
R. Kurt Osenlund
A choppy feature length progression of crude predictable gags the film plays like a variety show and yet its main attraction is barely funny enough to warrant his own brief sketch 
.5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Jason Buchanan
The real butt of the joke isn t the good natured folks who signed release forms to appear in the film it s you for expecting something a bit more from the contemporary torchbearers of physical comedy 
2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Kyle Smith
This whole movie is pretty much a mental colon blow 
1
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Scott Bowles
Not only stands as the best installment by bounds of Johnny Knoxville s hidden camera franchise it s one of the sharpest comedies of the year 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Peter Keough
Though at times it grows predictable and more inane than outrageous Bad Grandpa gets more than its share of cheap laughs 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Chris Hewitt
It s quite different from Borat which was funnier but which was also more mean spirited 
3
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Peter Hartlaub
Some of the pranks are masterfully executed the beauty pageant and a disastrous funeral near the beginning stand out But on the whole Bad Grandpa can t locate a consistent groove 
2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Michael O'Sullivan
Although we re allowed the perverse pleasure of watching Irving commit one inappropriate act after another our sense of horror delight dissipates after each one 
2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Graham Killeen
Prop gags that Saturday Night Live might stretch to fill an entire sketch fizzle almost immediately while director Jeff Tremaine s low def hidden camera footage often looks like it was shot on Skype 
2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Matt Pais
If it s wrong to feel for people whose wedding day becomes the victim of a pointless stunt I don t want to be right 
1
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Roger Moore
Borat without the danger Jackass without the injuries But the kid is funny 
2
Body Heat
David Nusair
an atmospheric drama that benefits substantially from its moody steamy ambiance and proliferation of top notch performances 
3
Body Heat
James Kendrick
Every aspect of Body Heat is dead on including the two central performances by Hurt and Turner 
4
Body Heat
Roger Ebert
Body Heat is good enough to make film noir play like we hadn t seen it before 
4
My 5 Wives
David Nusair
unlikely the film will win over non Dangerfield fans 
1
Gangs of Wasseypur
Danny Bowes
One of the most ambitious gangster films ever made and quite possibly one of the best 
4
Gangs of Wasseypur
Glenn Heath Jr.
This insane masterpiece shows the self destructive properties of myth making and how they overlap with the downfall of a community damned from the beginning of time 
4
Gangs of Wasseypur
Jim Brunzell III
Kashyap s direction is ferocious and mesmerizing deftly balancing hundreds of characters story lines and bloodshed that never apologizes or slows down 
4
Cut
Chris Cabin
Amir Nedari s Cut is a punishing work of movie love equal parts powerful and calamitous 
2
It Happened at the World's Fair
Matt Brunson
Agreeable if unexceptional 
2.5
It Happened at the World's Fair
Bill Chambers
It s probably expecting too much to call It Happened at the World s Fair uninspired 
1.5
The Year Between
Roger Moore
By giving us a solid if snarky take on the what living with ADHD in its ugliest forms is like 44 both for the sufferer and those who suffer with her 44 our first time writer director has made a movie that can 8217 t help but be a public service 46 
3
The Year Between
Nick Allen
Writer 47 director Alex Heller pulls off a dazzling tonal high wire act for her directorial debut 46 
3.5
Father's Day
Mike McGranaghan
It s gory sick depraved funny self knowingly silly and entertaining if you re in the right frame of mind 
3
Father's Day
Kyle Smith
One of the schlock studio s intentionally bad movies that succeeds a little too well 
1
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Mattie Lucas
An unrelenting knee to the gut piece of filmmaking that features the year s best ensemble cast doing some of the very best work of their careers 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Mike Scott
Lumet proves he s still a master storyteller and Philip Seymour Hoffman is fantastic 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Peter Keough
No matter how irredeemable and pathetic the behavior of their characters might be Hoffman and Hawke evoke a squirming recognition and empathy 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
James Kendrick
Sometimes it feels like too much but then again Before the Devil Knows You re Dead is an exercise in piling it on with each plot twist all but guaranteeing the absolute damnation of its struggling characters 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Scott Nash
My biggest problem with this movie is that underneath all the style and film tricks I really didn t like or care what happened to any of these characters 
2.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Jeff Vice
This is one of the most gut wrenching thrillers in recent memory and it features a real sucker punch ending 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Peter Canavese
This would be a vigorous film for a man of any age but it s a special treat from our favorite octogenarian 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Kam Williams
This masterfully crafted multi layered murder mystery proves that the legendary Sidney Lumet hasn t lost his edge despite being well into his eighties 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sandra Hall
The film s director Sidney Lumet is 83 but he hasn t lost his feel for bleak New York stories programmed to end in tears 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Wesley Lovell
Marked by hammy performances and outlandish revelations Sidney Lumet s film can barely hold a candle to his greatest work 
2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Jordan Hiller
Before the Devil Knows Your Dead is an insightful incisive lesson in potential Every frame oozes desperation and there is always a plan being concocted 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Gina Carbone
I want Albert Finney s Lincoln Town Car 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Michael A. Smith
Lumet s Network earned an incredible five acting nominations come Oscar time three wins and I wouldn t be surprised to see Before the Devil Knows You re Dead earn a solid four 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean O'Connell
Lumet moves Devil with a purpose all the while maintaining a firm grip on his live wire cocktail of guilt and paranoia 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Rob Thomas
One of the pleasures of Devil is watching what a classic old school director Lumet is focusing intensely on character and staging rather than relying on fast edits or visual trickery 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Matt Brunson
While Masterson s script might come up a hair short Lumet remains firmly in control Even at 83 there s nothing arthritic about his ability to engage our emotions or our intellect 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Phil Villarreal
Hawke in particular puts on a blistering show of flustered regret 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean P. Means
Lumet navigates the shifting narrative nimbly and effortlessly handles the plot twists and emotional beats with equal precision 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Duane Dudek
One of the most electrifying genre films of the year 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Geoff Pevere
At a time when family movies are usurped by fantasies of sentimental feelgood Lumet s latest the mangled heist melodrama Before the Devil Knows You re Dead delivers a swift kick straight to the jewels 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Chris Hewitt
Last month there were a couple of movies Michael Clayton We Own the Night that recalled the 70s heyday of director Sidney Lumet This month we get the real deal 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Carla Meyer
Sidney Lumet s Before the Devil Knows You re Dead starts with a bad idea a plan by two brothers to rob their parents jewelry store and whips itself into a beautifully acted nervous making frenzy of a melodrama 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
John Beifuss
Lumet s rejection of despair and cynicism despite the grimness of the events he depicts Fail Safe ends with the obliteration of New York and his refusal to disrespect the intelligence of his audience seem more valuable every day 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Rick Groen
The problem is not that the director is working but that his latest film is working too hard Way too hard â this thing is melodrama running a marathon 
2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Kit Bowen
Proving why he s still an American classic 83 year old director Sidney Lumet turns in another brilliantly executed crime thriller
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Terry Lawson
If God is in the obvious details Devil is in the ones you might tragically overlook 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Ty Burr
There s no larger message other than that greed gives us something to hold on to even as it kills us 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Jack Mathews
Lumet proves that at 83 he s still the master of the game 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Jeff Shannon
Watching this impeccably crafted melodrama you feel grateful for a veteran filmmaker who serves a gripping story with a confident efficiency that s lean mean and focused like a laser 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Mick LaSalle
An invigorating refreshing and unusual thing to see one done so expertly 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Glenn Whipp
Sidney Lumet makes his best movie in ages a crackerjack crime thriller that goes for the jugular 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Roger Ebert
Sidney Lumet s Before the Devil Knows You re Dead is such a superb crime melodrama that I almost want to leave it at that To just stop writing right now and advise you to go out and see it as soon as you can 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Josh Larsen
like being trapped in a closet with your greatest regrets 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Steven Rea
Lumet s film is a stunner 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Claudia Puig
A sharply acted and highly entertaining morality play 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Michael Phillips
Lumet directs the script with the actor centered efficiency that has served him well over a surprising array of projects 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
David Nusair
nothing more than a perfunctory thriller 
2.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie evokes the ghosts of Fritz Lang Billy Wilder Robert Siodmak and Don Siegel the grit and grime so thick a person almost feels covered in its ghoulishly seductive sheen as they walk out of the movie theater 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Ken Fox
The true star of this nerve racking family crime drama shot with a minimum of fuss by Ron Fortunato is playwright and first time screenwriter Kelly Masterson s deft script 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Lou Lumenick
This flick is fast and ferocious Lumet s sharpest and best since Prince of the City and surely one of the year s finest 
4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Stephen Whitty
As deliberately provocative and in your face ugly as this film is it still plays as second rate Tarantino instead of first rate Lumet 
2.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lumet s movie is about people rather than jewels or guns And at 83 he knows a thing or two about people 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Erik Childress
You get all the weight of dishonorable people and the choices they make and the added pounds of a more modern style that probably keeps a very good film from ranking with Lumet s classics 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Jan Stuart
Family and the core ideals that hold them in place are blown to smithereens by the robbery at the ravaged heart of Sidney Lumet s scalding new thriller 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
James Berardinelli
This is not classic Sidney Lumet but it s ample evidence that after more than 40 years working in this business the director is still capable of crafting an entertaining and thought provoking motion picture 
3
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Peter Travers
Working with the startlingly talented new screenwriter Kelly Masterson Lumet fuses dark wit suspense and tragedy into a time shifting movie that vibrates with energy 
3.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Akiva Gottlieb
Most of Before the Devil Knows You re Dead works so well as a fatalistic post Tarantino neo noir that the last third s attempt to frame the drama as King Lear level tragedy plays as an unnecessary reach 
3
The Fabelmans
James Kendrick
a probing family drama that is also suffused with a genuine love of the art of cinema and all its potentials
3.5
The Fabelmans
Matt Brunson
An origin story that 8217 s both sweet and bittersweet 46 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Ross Anthony
As the viewer 44 you apos ll feel that intimacy 44 careful attention to detail 44 and loving direction 46 Each character comes to screen with rich unique stories behind them 46 
4
The Fabelmans
David Walsh
Important art does not emerge from being cut off 8212 or holding oneself apart 8212 from broader realities 44 even if the source of that separation lies outside one 8217 s immediate control 44 in definite historical and ideological difficulties 46 
2
The Fabelmans
Pablo O. Scholz
Hollywood loving on Hollywood Full review in Spanish 
3
The Fabelmans
Kevin A. Ranson
Framing a fictional family and their aspiring son through a filmmaker 8217 s lens 46 46 46 an affecting demonstration of the power of film 46 46 46 40 to 41 inspire the next great filmmaker wrestling with self doubt to pick up their camera one more time 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Wesley Lovell
In spite of its handful of faults 44 the film never fails to endear itself to the viewer and while there are some moments that ring just a shade false 44 there 8217 s no question that Spielberg is still working at the top of his game all these 50 years later 46 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Rene Sanchez
Spielberg apos s semi autobiographical drama celebrates the magic of the moviemaking while reflecting on the important balance between art and family 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
The Fabelmans
Kevin Carr
A very intimate film from a premiere director 44 the story falls into the tired and expected tropes of a biopic 44 but it 8217 s well done on its journey 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Bruce R. Miller
While 8220 The Fabelmans 8221 isn 8217 t one of Spielberg 8217 s best films 40 8220 Lincoln 44 8221 8220 E 46 T 46 44 8221 8220 Raiders 8221 and 8220 Schindler 8217 s List 8221 are secure 41 44 it 8217 s one of the year 8217 s best 8211 a stunning look at a family and how its quirks shape a child 8217 s future 46 10 
4
The Fabelmans
Erik Childress
Steven Spielberg has been delighting and inspiring all of us for years with his storytelling 46 If there is one story he has earned the right to tell it is his 44 another that shows us how the movies can bring us healing and understanding of others 46 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Sean P. Means
After a half century of rewiring the world to watch movies differently 44 Spielberg knows he can trust us to follow his breadcrumbs to the movie 8217 s emotional core 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Tom Meek
It s an odyssey of self definition and embracing one s inner passion that moves poetically in chapterlike strokes and gives insight into one of the most creative cinematic minds of our generation 
3
The Fabelmans
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Weave 40 s 41 a tapestry 44 or rather a ballet 44 where memory 44 cinema 44 and life dance gracefully around one another 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Jeff York
As much as the story attempts to explain how he 40 Spielberg 41 developed as a filmmaker in his youth 44 the movie 8217 s truest accomplishment lies in showcasing how his fraught family life propelled him towards such a need for escapism 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Walter Chaw
Fabelmans is what it looks like when Spielberg is out of control I don t think I ve ever seen that before I don t think I ever want to see it again 
0.5
The Fabelmans
Sonny Bunch
Perhaps 44 a little self indulgent 46 46 46 46 But it 8217 s still of interest because it is the singular American artist 8217 s effort 44 using the medium he has mastered 44 to help us understand what makes him tick 46 
2.5
The Fabelmans
Max Weiss
The Fabelmans is beautiful involving often spellbinding Spielberg has now demonstrated that he can look inward as well as outward and still command every frame 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Mike McGranaghan
The film is a phenomenal family drama 44 coming of age tale 44 and celebration of cinema all at once 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 might be Spielberg 8217 s funniest film 46 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Anne Brodie
The Spielberg magic positively beams forth 44 in its sense of wonder 44 that emotion lite escapism 44 and his overall gentleness 46 No wonder he apos s enchanted viewers for forty years 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Robert Horton
I have rarely seen an actor convey with such astonishing accuracy the tone and affect of an era she did not live through herself 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Odie Henderson
This is Spielberg s most personal film and it s intriguing to watch him pay homage to the directors who made up his group of friends in the early 1970s 
4
The Fabelmans
Steven Prokopy
Maybe it will take a filmmaker with some distance from Spielberg 8217 s life to really see where he came from 44 but this works for now 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Mattie Lucas
Spielberg IS the movies 44 and The Fabelmans is his heartfelt ode to the movies 44 and the people 44 who made him 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Matt Zoller Seitz
The experience 91 is 93 quintessential Spielberg 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Mark Meszoros
It is entertaining 44 a journey through the American upbringing of a Jewish male with a passionate drive to make movies that is at times heartwarming and at others heartbreaking 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Chase Hutchinson
46 46 46 46 46 the film takes rose colored recollections and injects them with a sorrow 44 looking back frankly at the unhappiness that can be at the core of childhood 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Michael Medved
The cast is consistently superb 46 46 46 and the film never lags for a moment 44 with its heartfelt and unforgettable characterizations 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Michael Phillips
This filmmaker has earned the right to make a movie about why he makes movies the way he does And with Williams and Dano especially he gets performances that can match the technique 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Chris Hewitt
Still operating at the top of his game Spielberg s Fabelmans all but guarantees there s more great work to come from him 
3
The Fabelmans
Michael Nordine
It apos s nice to finally receive a love letter to cinema that I didn 8217 t want to return to sender 46 
3
The Fabelmans
James Berardinelli
I welcomed its general sense of optimism at a time when each news story is worse than the next and non blockbuster movies seemingly seek to be as hard hitting and depressing as possible 
3
The Fabelmans
Mark Dujsik
When it comes to an artist as famous and prolific and iconic as Spielberg is 46 46 46 it apos s easy to forgive a bit of self indulgence 8212 just this once 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Spielberg and his co writer 44 Tony Kushner 8230 have fashioned a seemingly rambling 44 yet ever astute meditation on art and filmmaking 44 turning time and again to the glorious power of the moving image to inspire 44 astound 44 and transform 46 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Richard Roeper
uplifting and yet deeply melancholy and really funny Typical Spielberg Pulling on multiple heartstrings at the same time to great effect 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Moira MacDonald
The Fabelmans is a movie about being seen and about learning to see 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Mick LaSalle
The Fabelmans is entertaining enough but perhaps what s best about it is that Spielberg got it out of his system After this he won t ever need to make a film about himself or his parents again 
3
The Fabelmans
Randy Myers
Spielberg s story reflects the treachery and trickery that awaits in our own journey from innocence to adulthood and reveals how movies like families can shape our future selves 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Roger Moore
A magical movie memoir of the making of a movie maker 44 with Spielbergian sparks of delight and inspiration 44 and heaping helpings of Spielberg sentiment 46 
3
The Fabelmans
Brian Truitt
It may not be his best but Spielberg still rouses like no other with a funny heartfelt and personal story and a meta final shot that ll leave moviegoers with a big grin 
3
The Fabelmans
Ann Hornaday
The Fabelmans does it all with an expansive spirit and that quintessential Spielbergian combination of honesty and sentiment 
3
The Fabelmans
Brian Eggert
The Fabelmans may be Spielberg 8217 s most heartfelt and personal film to date 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Sarah Knight Adamson
quot The Fabelmans quot is one of the best films I apos ve seen this year 44 as all performances are fantastic 8212 I apos m rooting for it to win the Best Picture Award at this year apos s Academy Awards 46 10 
4
The Fabelmans
David Gonzalez
Steven Spielberg crafts a vulnerable and moving self reflective study in The Fabelmans 46 An earnest timepiece of family dynamics 44 marriage and the ultimate power of cinema and art 46 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Katie Walsh
What could have been some kind of auto hagiography is a playful 44 honest and ultimately gracious childhood memoir that derives its universal lessons from its specificity 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Rafer Guzman
A love letter from director Steven Spielberg to the people and the art form that made him who he is 
3.5
The Fabelmans
Rex Reed
Mr Spielberg s life story is always slickly directed professionally written and admirably acted by an appealing cast but only intermittently interesting and less than what I d call mesmerizing 
3
The Fabelmans
Kent Turner
Amicable 44 eminently entertaining
3
The Fabelmans
Mark Kennedy
The focus sometimes gets a bit blurry to be honest and the whole thing often doesn t add up to much 
2
The Fabelmans
Peter Howell
It s sure to resonate with movie lovers and awards bestowers everywhere 
4
The Fabelmans
Ty Burr
As always with Spielberg The Fabelmans is an easy pleasurable watch the master of classical movie narrative spinning his tales with a verve that s the cinematic equivalent of comfort food That smoothness blunts the movie s sharper edges though 
3
The Fabelmans
Kenji Fujishima
The Fabelmans is a provocative investigation of the cinematic medium from one of its great masters 46 
3
The Fabelmans
David Nusair
Steven Spielberg 8217 s best 44 most entertaining movie in ages 46 46 46 
4
The Fabelmans
Johnny Oleksinski
The best movie of the year so far is Steven Spielberg s extraordinary The Fabelmans 
4
The Fabelmans
Joey Magidson
The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg laid bare on the screen 46 The joys 44 the pain 44 and the love of telling a story through the lens of a movie camera shines through 46 I was brought to tears 46 
4
Millennium Actress
Matt Brunson
A haunting love story 
3
Millennium Actress
Walter Chaw
Like Perfect Blue Millennium Actress is about living with ghosts but where the one is all shadow Millennium Actress is all alight 
3.5
Millennium Actress
Jeff Shannon
Given its complex array of fact fiction location character and atmosphere Millennium Actress is almost unimaginable in any other medium 
3
Millennium Actress
Elizabeth Weitzman
This somewhat surreal anim import is unlikely to earn the same mainstream recognition as last year s Spirited Away but it s certainly worth a look 
3
Millennium Actress
G. Allen Johnson
It is a lovely Valentine to the golden age of Japanese filmmaking and an era of gentler deeper feelings 
3
Millennium Actress
Megan Lehmann
The animation in Millennium Actress and Chiyoko s wistful suffering is made achingly real 
3
Millennium Actress
Bob Strauss
A triumphant statement on how fantasies can inform a life and give it meaning 
3
Millennium Actress
Stephen Cole
Frequently a stone bore 
2.5
Millennium Actress
Wesley Morris
The movie s narrative can be taxingly ornate but there s something beautiful about its metaphorical conflation of politics and glamour the real and the fictional 
3
Millennium Actress
Josh Larsen
in its own way as structurally inventive as the recent American Splendor 
3.5
Millennium Actress
Jan Stuart
A complex narrative strategy is muddied by emotionally stunted characters in this ambitious and visually sophisticated Japanese anime 
3
Millennium Actress
Kevin M. Williams
It s animated but it s human and will touch the soul of anyone who has loved deeply 
4
Millennium Actress
Ross Anthony
An endearingly surreal story romancing romance poking fun at the clich while squarely falling in love with it at the same time 
3
Millennium Actress
Ed Gonzalez
Behold Millennium Actress Satoshi Kon s anime answer to Mulholland Drive 
4
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Frank Ochieng
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 struggles mightily in trying to plant a guilty pleasure grin on one s face Sadly there are plenty that will be receptive to this lazy and raucous time traveling tripe with the transparent titillation 
1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Linda Cook
It s raunchy foul mouthed and occasionally funny 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
John Wirt
Returning director Steve Pink and screenwriter Josh Heald re create the goofball quick tempo chaos of their original film It s a silly gross out frolic that s often irritating but somehow turns tolerable 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Matt Brunson
The 1980s are nowhere to be found in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 a bummer for those who still want their MTV 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Mike McGranaghan
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 plays like a film in outline form where the bullet points are all on the page but no one has connected them together yet 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Odie Henderson
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 commits the two biggest sins of the dudebro comedy genre legitimized by the success of The Hangover series The first is that this sequel exists at all 
1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems as if no one knew what they were doing here or what they wanted to say and so it s up to the cast to kill time riffing on each other 
2.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Peter Sobczynski
Pretty much a total waste of time and energy 
1.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Mark Dujsik
I t s pretty clear that Hot Tub Machine 2 is running on creative fumes 
1.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Rob Thomas
I loved the first film but if I could I would travel back in time and tell my 2010 self to dial that review down a couple of notches Just in case it somehow encouraged the making of this sequel 
1.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Willie Waffle
One of the most aggressively grotesquely off putting movies I have ever seen
0
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Brad Wheeler
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is the proverbial turd in the Jacuzzi you can t pin down who s responsible but it s a floater that ruins the party 
1.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Steven Rea
In the future in the past at all points along the space time continuum the Theory of the Teenage Male Mind throws everything out of whack 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Dustin Putman
Any way one spins it this is a bad movie It s cheap looking It s asinine It s dull It s thoroughly unsatisfying And at 93 minutes the proceedings earn a whopping two laughs tucked inside a tidal wave of misery 
0.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Chris Knight
It s terribly easy to screw up a moderately good thing by making an inferior sequel 
1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Peter Howell
An early candidate for worst sequel of 2015 and also worst movie 
0.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Tom Russo
Compared with last time the returning team of director Steve Pink and writer Josh Heald practically doodle the gang s motivations and worse their surroundings 
1.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Michael O'Sullivan
If you have to ask yourself whether this film is for you it isn t 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Claudia Puig
For those who liked the first movie and find a plethora of penis jokes hilarious this is a fitting sequel But others should stay away 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Mick LaSalle
It s just bad It s boring folks 
1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Matt Pais
A douchebaggery bedazzled sack of misery 
0.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Chris Cabin
Josh Heald s script takes the easy way out ending the film with a torrent of slapdash sentimentality 
1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Rafer Guzman
Returning director Steve Pink often simply shows his actors a prop a piece of furniture say and asks them to make jokes about it 
2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Kyle Smith
The smart plotting of the first film is completely gone this time the script barely bothers with the central mystery preferring to lurch from one unfunny set piece to another 
1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Stephen Whitty
The first movie was raunchy but this one is just rude with plenty of bodily fluids being flung around and far too many jokes about genitals 
1.5
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Roger Moore
Cusack didn t miss much 
1.5
Fix
Nick Schager
Ruspoli s scenic cross section L A travelogue conveys a strong sense of milieu even as his wannabe Strung aesthetics reveal the project s underlying style over substance concerns 
1
Something from Tiffany's
Pamela Powell
8220 Something From Tiffany 8217 s 8221 is exactly what we need and want this time of year 8230 a little bit of a mess resulting in something beautifully magical 46 
3
Something from Tiffany's
Charles Koplinski
Chemistry between the two leads is vital and Deutch and Sampson display a sense of camaraderie that 8217 s wholly convincing 44 the energy they bring to their scenes serve to buoy the story even when we find ourselves three steps ahead of it 46 
3
Something from Tiffany's
Marya E. Gates
Overlong at a mere 87 minutes 44 there apos s nothing timeless or elegant about this flop entirely composed of elements derived from much better films 46 
1
Something from Tiffany's
Anne Brodie
A life changing romantic mixup set against a backdrop of baked goods 44 twinkling holiday lights 44 and Christmas sounds of Dean Martin plus Karen Dalton 8217 s beautiful song Something on Your Mind
2
Something from Tiffany's
Carla Meyer
Something From Tiffany s rides the line between Hallmark cheese and the Hollywood gloss of big screen rom coms once headlined by its producer Reese Witherspoon 
2.5
Convento
Chuck Bowen
Convento captures the casually reassuring pleasure as well as the potentially disconcerting oddness of seeing something commonplace anew 
3
Hellmington
Roger Moore
Some good acting and quirky touches highlight this occult thriller but it never achieves more than mildly creepy 
1.5
Detective
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though it takes some effort watching Godard s twisted ricocheting batch of ideas is usually fascinating or at least pleasantly puzzling 
3.5
Detective
Mattie Lucas
Godard films are never anything less than fascinating and the singular vision of societal rot in a building meant to represent the ultimate in glamour is not lost in the film s shifting perspectives 
2.5
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Roger Ebert
There is a majesty to whales that the second Willy movie trivialized Part three returns to some of the human elements that made the first movie so good 
3
Björk: Biophilia Live
Eric Henderson
You can t help but be impressed by how much it represents a natural even defensive evolutionary step on its creator s part 
3
MLK/FBI
Brian Eggert
This film offers another example of how past administrations and agencies have worked against voices of equality and how these conversations remain necessary even to this day 
3.5
MLK/FBI
Tom Meek
The film doesn t so much champion King as it does examine the challenges he had to overcome to ignite a movement 
2.5
MLK/FBI
Leo Brady
MLK FBI peels back the curtain about the U S government pressing all their weight on the great civil rights leader 
3
MLK/FBI
Peter Canavese
Tells the story well for what we know now 
3
MLK/FBI
Randy Myers
Pollard doesn t just rely on talking heads instead he shrewdly overlays the words on damning evidence of a campaign to destroy a Black activist 
4
MLK/FBI
Odie Henderson
Myth and legend are pushed aside creating a human portrait of a great leader warts and all 
3.5
MLK/FBI
Mark Dujsik
Pollard valiantly tries to cover as many bases as possible 
3
MLK/FBI
Ross Anthony
This is a valuable look into a powerful moment of painful growth for our nation And a reminder though imperfect we all still have the power to do good in the world 
3.5
MLK/FBI
Ann Hornaday
The result is a film that does more than impart facts or even tell a story It builds a world and once we re in it takes us on a potent and unforgettable emotional journey 
4
MLK/FBI
Katie Walsh
It s an argument for the humanity of our revolutionaries flaws and all a humanity that has been either systematically denied or weaponized against them 
4
MLK/FBI
Roger Moore
Sturdy PBS friendly documentary that summarizes the conflict without scandalizing the historical icon Hoover so fervently wanted to take down 
3
MLK/FBI
Mark Kennedy
MLK FBI has a different feel than traditional documentaries eschewing the usual pattern of old footage punctuated by talking heads in favor of just footage and soaring songs 
3
MLK/FBI
Mick LaSalle
The movie takes us back to a period in American history in which anything progressive or challenging not to mention anyone with a new idea stood a decent chance of being labeled a communist 
3
MLK/FBI
Mike Scott
Like any good history documentary it adds a fascinating new layer of context and a sobering new complexion to a chapter of history most of us only thought we knew 
3.5
MLK/FBI
Dwight Brown
Films that divulge the reckless behavior of the FBI and or government should be seen so the country doesn t repeat that kind of malfeasance that leads to civil rights leaders being maligned and murdered 
3
MLK/FBI
Kent Turner
The film is less interested in taking down celebrated figures or easy targets than putting them in a more rounded complicated perspective 
3
MLK/FBI
Joey Magidson
Not only does MLK FBI provide insight into what was going on with Dr King at the time it also probes the FBI as well 
3.5
MLK/FBI
Angelo Muredda
Pollard s nonfiction essay is an infuriating and timely document undermined at times by its glossy cinema of quality treatment 
3
MLK/FBI
Erik Childress
Overall this is still a fine retrospective of this unfortunate chapter in American history and the hope is that if there are Americans that can still be surprised by what s within that it will do so with an eye that it should never happen again 
3
MLK/FBI
Chris Barsanti
The film refrains from any dubious moral calculations by giving King s personal deceptions the same weight as his public morality 
3
Mansion by the Lake
Ed Gonzalez
The film s awful sound design is trumped only by a shrill Chaturani s sadistic desire to add vocal contractions to her line deliveries 
1.5
Empire of Dirt
Chris Knight
Empire of Dirt is a simple family drama but well crafted to fit the story it wants to tell 
3
Empire of Dirt
Linda Barnard
Empire of Dirt tells a traditional mothers and daughters story in a new way by making their Cree heritage and the role it has in their lives and relationships the true heart of the drama 
2.5
Empire of Dirt
David Nusair
ultimately most successful as a showcase for Gee s thoroughly impressive turn as the central character 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Brian Eggert
I want to see a great film about Batman fighting Superman and I want to see a great film about the Justice League Regrettably this scattered ambitious effort sets out to achieve too much and doesn t accomplish enough 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Leo Brady
It would be nice if there was a moment of dialogue that allowed us to care about the heroes we look up to on the big screen 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Frank Ochieng
Snyder s big budgeted connect the dots comic book caper feel so incoherently stiff and aimless Humorless and hackneyed Batman v Superman Dawn Of Justice will probably satisfy indiscriminate devoted fans that will buy into the proposed heralded rivalry
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Pamela Powell
The result of its prolonged and ridiculous premise over use of CGI and explosions and lack of any interesting characters Boredom 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Matthew Rozsa
It is without question an important film today and a quintessential product of the America we inhabit 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jeff Simon
The movie is too long Too much story contains too little humanity or drama Too many things happen far too often for the really big things to register with an audience when they re filing out of the theater 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not the worst superhero comic book adventure ever to grace the multiplex it s likely the most frustratingly disappointing 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sonny Bunch
Wildly overstuffed and oddly slapdash filled with characters and sequences that serve little purpose other than to set up a cinematic universe 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Max Weiss
I wish I could tell you more but honestly it s all just a blur of pretentious speeches about what lurks in the hearts of men and noisy fight scenes and nonsensical dream sequences 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Eric Melin
All of the uber muscled color drained visual and aural bombast in the world can t hide the ugly truth about Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice It s dumb as bricks 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
John Serba
All this gloom and doom is just the pits 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Wesley Lovell
You take the good You take the bad You take them both and there you have a Zack Snyder film It s par for the course for anyone who s followed his films A little pleasantry and a little frustration mixed together 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
David Keyes
The most expensive prank ever committed to film 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The film is not the mess some have led us to believe but it s also not as good as it could ve been Full review in Spanish 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
James Kendrick
not nearly as bad as some critics have made it out to be but it nevertheless fails to achieve the kind of pop mythic grandeur for which it was destined
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
John Hanlon
There s a modicum of depth in the new superhero drama Unfortunately it s buried underneath a grim façade and an unrepentant reliance on loud fight sequences 
2.0
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Scott Nash
There s a good movie inside this one somewhere but it would take a talented and ruthless editor to find it 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
David Nusair
just another incompetent endeavor from an almost shockingly untalented filmmaker 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Matt Brunson
I wouldn t quite call it a good movie nor would I be able to quite recommend it to anyone but the true believers To be sure it s a mess but it s often a fascinating mess It s also the most nihilistic superhero picture I ve ever seen 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Kam Williams
Let s face it Christian Bale s Batman was going to be a hard act for any actor to follow 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
John Beifuss
Conjures a post 9 11 pre apocalypse in which dreams visions memories pop culture and history overlap 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Linda Cook
Bam CGI defeats Batman v Superman 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Mike McGranaghan
One of the worst superhero movies ever made It is worse than Batman Robin It is worse than Catwoman It is worse than last summer s Fantastic Four A lugubrious experience that squanders every ounce of promise 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Robert Horton
Impressive as it is in scale Batman v Superman is exhausting Snyder wants you to feel the pain when the two heroes are clobbering each other and you will If that s what you crave from movies have at it 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Everything is shrouded in a kind of black sludge and frankly it s depressing Even the would be iconic meeting of Superman Batman and Wonder Woman looks like it was ground out from an old Xerox copier 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Phil Villarreal
The sandbox they are given to romp around in is stupid stupid stupid 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Neil Rosen
The movie does have a few brief bright spots and the actual 20 minute battle between Batman and Superman offers some enjoyment But overall this film should have been way more satisfying 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Josh Terry
The bottom line on Batman v Superman then is that it is an entertaining but flawed step up from Man of Steel and is a dark action packed setup for future Justice League films 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Christian Toto
Batman v Superman is just good enough to keep the DC Comics movie plans on track Barely 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Willie Waffle
A super slog through empty scenes boring performances nonexistent storytelling and constant questions about motivations 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tom Meek
At the end of the dawn there s no real justice per se just smug contrived posturing of what s to come something Snyder Co are banking on 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sean P. Means
While it s one thing to take superheroes seriously it s another to drain all the fun out of them 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Peter Howell
If only the film actually had depth along with a little levity to lighten the bulk in the script the visual murk and the sonic overkill 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Mark Dujsik
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice is so occupied with trying to do about a dozen different things that it forgets to provide a reason for doing any of them 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Chris Knight
It s not terrible but it is terribly long terribly convoluted and terribly bombastic with a score that would make Richard Wagner ask if they could please turn it down 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Barry Hertz
The film might be pretty to look at but narratively speaking it is a disaster 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Barbara Vancheri
Batman v Superman looks rich explores some interesting notions about justice vengeance and deterrence and works wonderfully until a CGI creature emerges as an adversary 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Radheyan Simonpillai
Since the movie is opening in the midst of the Syrian refugee crisis and just days after the Brussels attacks the hostility conjured between these superheroes feels incredibly and uncomfortably pertinent 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Michael Smith
While the film s final act battle delivers better bang than some Marvel movies Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice too often forgets why we re here in the first place 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Calvin Wilson
Snyder delivers a superhero epic that s a significant improvement on his work on its predecessor Man of Steel 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jeff Beck
It s a terrible shame that what we ended up with was a meandering mishmash of garbled storylines and action sequences 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Brad Keefe
Spoiler alert It s not very good 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Josh Larsen
For the life of me after two and a half hours I couldn t tell you why Batman and Superman were fighting 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
James Berardinelli
Although viewers may be riveted at times the net experience isn t much fun 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Chris Hewitt
I m inclined to think that large and loud Batman v Superman is what happens when no limits are placed on a project 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Katie Walsh
Did you ever think you d long for the horrible puns and scenery chewing of the campy 90s Batman movies 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ty Burr
Eventually the script s illogic and the relentless pounding of the action scenes wear you down 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
David Frese
That rare movie that makes you anxious to see the next installment only because it surely has to be better than what you just watched 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Walter Chaw
It ll make you feel like s 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Rick Bentley
At its heart the promised battled between the DC titans has some punch The blow is just softened considerably by worthless plot points that take the super out of superhero 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Dustin Putman
At once lumbering and enthralling overstuffed and auspicious 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Christopher Gray
A sequel that functions as origin story apologia and harbinger of a second expanded universe of overpopulated action bonanzas 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tony Hicks
DC and Snyder jammed a lot into Batman v Superman to get back into the game And it often works 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ann Hornaday
Rather than escapism and sensory exhilaration viewers get down in the mire with protagonists who grimace scowl and wince their way through heroics with the joyless determination of shift workers making the doughnuts 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Soren Andersen
A joyless slog 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Dann Gire
With its high grade visuals quick pacing and constant motion Batman v Superman never bores But it seems less like an actual movie for us than a two hour 31 minute sales pitch for the rumored DC Comics sequels yet to come 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Mick LaSalle
Snyder sets his story within our modern world and attempts to fashion a kind of commentary on the media and the current geopolitical situation What he has crafted instead is a grotesque expression of modern emptiness 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Bob Bloom
From its superfluous opening to its clichéd final scene BvS fails to ignite an emotional response except perhaps dissatisfaction It is unrelentingly grim and oppressive sucking all the air out of the theater 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Steven Rea
There s a gravitas here that even the staleist of comic book tropes can t diminish Snyder who directed Man of Steel and the failed comic book adaptation Watchmen is nothing less than respectful The effects aren t bad either 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Matt Pais
All so vapidly grand and so serious and so so dull 
1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lawrence Toppman
The story like the testicles of a weightlifter on steroids dwindles away to nothing 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Mara Reinstein
A popcorn film and this is a popcorn film should never feel like Sunday night homework 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Clayton Davis
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice will have its admirers others will relinquish in the fact that yet again the superhero genre is not challenging itself to be better than what is expected of them 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Peter Canavese
SPOILER FREE REVIEW This is not a drill comic book geeks 
3.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Richard Roeper
When it sings Dawn of Justice is a wonder When it drags it still looks good and offers hints of a better scene just around the corner 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Michael Phillips
A near total drag Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice plays like a loose unofficial quarter billion dollar remake of The Odd Couple in which Oscar and Felix are literally trying to kill each other 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Stephen Whitty
Plays less like a prequel for the JLA then a greatest hits medley of every superhero movie ever made a little Dark Knight Rises here a bit of Batman Begins there all spiced up with some X Men topicality The thing is none of it convinces 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Matt Zoller Seitz
There s enough mythic raw material sunk deep in every scene that you can piece together a classic in your mind if you re feeling charitable but if you aren t Batman v Superman will seem like a missed opportunity 
2.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Peter Travers
Snyder juiced up by Hans Zimmer s caffeinated score throws everything at the screen until resistance is futile 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Rafer Guzman
Overlong underdeveloped and almost entirely humorless Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice may please die hard fans by pitting two DC icons against each other Everyone else may want to wait for the next Marvel movie 
1.5
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lou Lumenick
Constantly threatening to collapse from self seriousness this epic has way too much of everything including CGI and Oscar winners up the wazoo 
2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Brian Truitt
BvS will please those either waiting for the two main players to lock horns on a movie screen or those who ve just been pining for Wonder Woman forever 
3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Rene Rodriguez
In Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel duke it out and the audience loses 
2
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Sonny Bunch
There s something oddly dissonant about listening to a gaggle of Harvard graduates talk about being scrappy blue collar underdogs 
2.5
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Peter Canavese
If the film meanders at times reaching for significance in the wrong places football fans will nevertheless find it charming Blu ray 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Joe Holleman
The best part of this film is the affection with which both sides recall the contest not as a loss or a win but as a commitment to their teammates and respect for the game 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Lisa Kennedy
Rafferty uses interviews with the former players most now in their 60s and nearly all of them touchingly philosophical to reveal the cultural issues buffeting their campuses but not necessarily their locker rooms 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Sean P. Means
Rafferty s static interviews seem better suited for the radio show This American Life than for a movie documentary but the riveting game footage recaptures the game s drama 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Tom Keogh
Harvard Beats Yale 29 29 a mosaic of storytelling told by former college level gridiron athletes pieces together the remarkable story of a fateful 1968 match between the titular Ivy League teams 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Leba Hertz
What makes the movie so effective is that Rafferty uses game footage instead of interspersing the movie with cliched scenes of Vietnam protests campus mayhem etc The effective use of this footage builds suspense even though we know the result 
4
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Rossiter Drake
The memories the game evokes in its stars now well into middle age but clearly moved when recalling that November s consummation of one of America s oldest sports rivalries weave a narrative that transcends football 
3.5
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Michael Phillips
Simply by letting the onetime gridiron stars talk about the game they played and the era it was played in the capsule cracks open and you re sucked inside and you cannot believe even if you know the details how that game turned out the way it did 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Steven Rea
Not just a great sports movie Harvard Beats Yale 29 29 captures a pivotal moment in recent history 
3.5
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Michael Sragow
Uproarious moving and thrilling 
4
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Bill Weber
An accomplished generational anecdote the subject still feels mostly like just a football game 
2.5
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Mark Feeney
A sense of mortality shadows the documentary On or off the gridiron time is the only opponent who always wins Even at Harvard even at Yale 
3
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Kyle Smith
The movie which absurdly tries to paint the Harvard players as a group of working stiffs you won t be surprised to learn it was directed by a Harvard grad also fails to capture the tenor of one of the most tumultuous years of the century 
2
The Last Hot Lick
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The Last Hot Lick may have been the first and last film that Leopold acted in but it s a swan song with the weight and beauty of an entire career 
4
Meeting Venus
Roger Ebert
There are dozens of major and minor characters in the film and Szabo juggles them artfully telling some of their stories and transient flirtations in asides and background action 
3
The Parent Trap
Maitland McDonagh
The technology for twinning a single young actress is considerably more seamless than it was in 1961 and Lohan is a perky charmer 
3
The Parent Trap
David Nusair
exactly the sort of easy going endlessly engaging family film that seems to have become an unusually rare breed in this day and age 
3.5
The Parent Trap
Margaret A. McGurk
The Parent Trap is a nice old fashioned movie 
2.5
The Parent Trap
Robert Roten
Lindsay Lohan shines in the dual role of twin sisters Hallie Parker and Annie James separated at birth they find each other at summer camp 
3.5
The Parent Trap
Rob Blackwelder
A fairly fun family picture with lively performances from the whole cast 
2.5
The Parent Trap
Bob Bloom
The Parent Trap is entertaining filled with laughs and sentimentality It s simplistic in its outlook which will make it even more appealing for the younger audience members 
2.5
The Parent Trap
Jorge Avila Andrade
Seal del estancamiento en el que ha cado Disney desde hace ya por lo menos un lustro as como de refritos innecesarios
2.5
The Parent Trap
Steve Rhodes
The spunky Lindsay Lohan the lead in Disney s remake of The Parent Trap is one of the best new actresses in years 
3.5
The Parent Trap
David Sterritt
It is similar to the original but juiced up with new gags and gimmicks that should compete nicely with the action oriented fare now reigning in multiplexes 
3
The Parent Trap
James Berardinelli
It never fails to amaze me that something as essentially light and pointless as Disney s remake of The Parent Trap can clock in at over two hours in length 
2
The Parent Trap
Ruthe Stein
Richardson and Quaid who is beginning to resemble Harrison Ford in his rumpled mode have great chemistry It s a shame it takes so long for the movie to bring them together to demonstrate it 
3
The Parent Trap
Roger Ebert
Movies like this remember how much fun escapism can be 
3
The Parent Trap
Madeleine Williams
Saccharine yet satisfying The Parent Trap is entertaining enough for both kids and adults 
3
Wild Grass
Mattie Lucas
A feast for the senses at once intoxicating and just uncomfortable enough to offer a bracing twist 
3.5
Wild Grass
Sean P. Means
Director Alain Resnais roundabout romance about missed connections and misplaced intentions is gorgeous to watch but difficult to track 
3
Wild Grass
John Beifuss
Required viewing only for anybody writing a doctoral thesis on Resnais 
2.5
Wild Grass
Joe Williams
At age 88 Resnais hasn t lost his capacity to confound 
3.5
Wild Grass
Michael O'Sullivan
Wild Grass might be the strangest film I ve seen all year Maybe all millennium Is it any good Quite frankly I have no idea 
1
Wild Grass
Sara Michelle Fetters
Every image is an artistic gem and like a great expressionistic painter Resnais leaves nothing on the table as his vivid imagination runs gloriously wild 
2.5
Wild Grass
Tom Keogh
Along with such fantasy elements as rich primary colors and an ending that suggests we ve jumped to some other cinematic dimension Wild Grass like compulsive filmmaking embraces the intensity of subjective experience 
3
Wild Grass
Chris Hewitt
Wild Grass wants to give us a lot of options and force us to figure things out for ourselves 
3
Wild Grass
Ty Burr
At 88 the legendary French director Alain Resnais has earned the right to make whatever movie he wants even a smug deconstructionist parlor game like Wild Grass Thankfully this doesn t require you to watch it 
2
Wild Grass
Roger Ebert
Wild Grass is carefree and anarchic takes bold risks spins in unexpected directions 
3
Wild Grass
Jennie Punter
Revered French director Alain Resnais now nearing 90 proves he still has spring in his step with the irrationally provocative romantic comedy Wild Grass 
3
Wild Grass
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a fascinating and baffling movie 
3.5
Wild Grass
Mick LaSalle
It exhausts its welcome after 10 minutes and keeps exhausting it for 90 more 
1
Wild Grass
Peter Howell
After the cinema nothing surprises us the narrator intones and this is perhaps the only idea that Resnais wishes to gently leave with us 
3
Wild Grass
Carrie Rickey
At first it isn t clear whether the film that unfolds is a thriller romance or mystery As it happens it is all of the above 
3
Wild Grass
V.A. Musetto
Wild Grass is a French movie for people afraid of French movies 
3.5
Wild Grass
Stephen Whitty
A work of playful vigor and youthful wit 
2.5
Wild Grass
Kent Turner
If the film centers on the desire for desire as Resnais has described it Wild Grass is also a mash note to filmmaking 
3
Wild Grass
Tim Robey
Veteran French director Alain Resnais now 88 certainly keeps us guessing Who knew he had this fiercely odd yarn of competing obsessions still in him 
3
Wild Grass
Andrew Schenker
Wild Grass is cute stuff maybe too cute 
2
Wild Grass
David Nusair
From legendary French filmmaker Alain Resnais comes this oddball increasingly unwatchable effort 
1
RRR
Matt Brunson
One of 2022 apos s 20 best films 46 
3.5
RRR
Randy Myers
The bonanza with a cast of what looks to be thousands and a storyline about getting back at colonizers is a blast throughout its 3 hour plus running time 
4
RRR
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There are many twists as this beast punches its way through three long hours 44 but it moves so beautifully and is so frequently astonishing that it apos s well worth a look 46 
3.5
RRR
James Berardinelli
It taps into many of the basic emotional centers that have always made movies of this sort popular and in the process offers hope that there may still be room for non IP epics to exist side by side with Hollywood s overbranded franchises 
3
RRR
Kevin Carr
This adventure sizzles with energy and fun 44 offering grand spectacle an drama 46 
3
RRR
Mark Dujsik
RRR is a bold and brave exercise in excess 46 
3.5
RRR
Tom Meek
RRR is astonishingly energetic from start to finish tongue in cheek craziness that sometimes strains but never breaks the wild turning and dropping ride 
2.5
RRR
Josh Larsen
Rao Jr 46 and Teja are like burly trapeze artists 46 46 46 
3
RRR
Roger Moore
The fourth 8220 R 8221 in this title might have been 8220 repetitive 44 8221 as this popcorn or its Indian equivalent action picture runs out of gas an hour before it runs out of movie 46 
2
RRR
Ty Burr
The energy and broad strokes excitement of RRR the sheer craft that has gone into its excess make it the kind of addictive live action cartoon Hollywood strives so hard to manufacture and so often fails at 
3.5
RRR
Simon Abrams
A fine showcase for Rajamouli 8217 s characteristic focus on maximalist action choreography 44 overwhelming stuntwork and pyrotechnics 44 and sophisticated computer graphics 46 
3.5
RRR
Mike McGranaghan
RRR works overtime to entertain and delivers a 3 hour jolt of euphoria 46 
4
Penguin Highway
Alan French
The use of CG to augment the hand drawn animation continues to push the boundaries of how to integrate the new technology into traditional Japanese animation 
3
Penguin Highway
G. Allen Johnson
The joy of discovery is at the heart of Penguin Highway a delightful new anime that is about the mysteries of life both scientific and personal Oh and it s about penguins too 
3
Dead Like Me: Life After Death
David Nusair
A fitting send off for the cult Showtime program 
3
A White, White Day
Matt Brunson
Some intriguing moments are buried in a sea of ennui 
2
A White, White Day
Rene Sanchez
A slow burning and intimate thriller about grief commanded by Ingvar Sigurdsson s marvelous performance Full Review in Spanish 
3
A White, White Day
Brian Tallerico
It sometimes feels like Palmason is being a bit self indulgent with his slow pace but Ingvar Sigurdsson keeps the film grounded and ends it with such a devastating powerful final shot that it alone erases most criticisms 
3
A White, White Day
Mark Dujsik
This is first and foremost a character piece about a man who refuses to give in to accept or even acknowledge his emotions until they inevitably boil over 
3
A White, White Day
Carson Lund
There s a moving study within the film of a man in emotional paralysis learning to redirect his love from the past to the present but it s too often obscured by a muted revenge yarn that s no less banal because it s tastefully directed 
2
A White, White Day
Roger Moore
Dreamy sad and slow 
2
A White, White Day
David Nusair
A seriously strange movie 
2.5
A Man Called Ove
Barry Hertz
A Man Called Ove hits all of the genre s sweet spots without ever tipping into the saccharine 
3
A Man Called Ove
Peter Howell
Shamelessly but also quite movingly hits all the required notes of the most pandering of feel good Tinseltown sagas with its story of a grouchy guy who turns out to have a heart of gold and a past worth sighing over 
3
A Man Called Ove
Shane Slater
The film captivates with its inspired triumphs sweet romance and utterly heartbreaking tragedy 
3
A Man Called Ove
Chris Knight
The film is as sweet as a sugar cookie and about as surprising 
2.5
A Man Called Ove
John Beifuss
Trite in concept and hurt by some cornball contrivances an investigative journalist functions as the deus ex machina for an utterly unnecessary subplot the movie nonetheless is hard to resist 
3
A Man Called Ove
Barry Paris
Director writer Hannes Holm stacks the emotional deck in a melodramatic screenplay based on Fredrik Backman s best selling novel But Mr Lassgard in the title role and Ida Engvoll as late wife Sonja pull it off 
3
A Man Called Ove
Sean P. Means
The mix of humor and heartbreak jars at times and falls into some of the crotchety old guy clichs but Holm s handling of the material and Lassgrd s tough minded performance earn the audience s inevitable tears 
3
A Man Called Ove
Mark Sommer
Its ambition may be limited but A Man Called Ove is Swedish comfort food that s surprisingly tasty and easily digestible 
3
A Man Called Ove
Stephanie Merry
The moving twists and turns of the love story and the bright comedy elevate an otherwise familiar story line The mix of genres works too 
3
A Man Called Ove
Peter Canavese
Though Holm s film can be plenty sentimental and emotionally manipulative it also manages to be about sentiment and emotional manipulations and how those aren t necessarily bad things 
3
A Man Called Ove
Roger Moore
A Swedish comedy that reminds us that the embittered have their reasons 
3
A Man Called Ove
Rob Thomas
Ove is a human Volvo You wouldn t think such an ordinary man could carry his own movie but the Swedish comedy drama A Man Called Ove is a delight balancing flinty Scandinavian wit with dry your eyes sentimentality 
3
A Man Called Ove
Peter Keough
Lassgrd won t let you off easy A scene in which Ove weeps hopelessly before the magnitude of his loneliness will bring tears to the eyes of anyone who has suffered a loss 
2.5
A Man Called Ove
G. Allen Johnson
Though our put upon hero s gradual realization that he has much to live for is obvious from the get go it still is a pleasant journey from pawn to king spiritually speaking of course 
3
A Man Called Ove
Tirdad Derakhshani
A Man Called Ove won me over if for no other reason than Lassgrd s formidable talent for playing such an utterly pitiless nihilistic jerk 
3
A Man Called Ove
Robert Horton
The whole thing comes across like a Swedish Gran Torino but without the guns and gangs 
3
A Man Called Ove
Odie Henderson
Holm tweaks expectations with the way he presents the material and his grip on the film s tricky tragicomic tone is masterful 
3.5
A Man Called Ove
Michael Phillips
Lassgard isn t the whole show but he s most of it and he s rock steady without being predictable or falling into easy caricature even when the movie veers that way 
3
A Man Called Ove
John Hartl
A Man Called Ove has some tear jerking moments but the film is so carefully designed with long circular takes that seem to surround the main characters at crucial fateful points that technique often triumphs over sentimentality 
3
A Man Called Ove
Keith Watson
It s emotionally manipulative but its two leads find a core of humanity even in the most calculating plot machinations 
2.5
Eichmann
Chuck Bowen
Eichmann could be just another bland program you flip through on the way to the History Channel as you crack open your third beer 
1.5
Endgame
Dustin Putman
There isn t a single surprising development or unforeseen story turn in Endgame and yet as a study in formulaic Screenwriting 101 filmmaking it s really rather pleasant and sometimes surprisingly moving 
2.5
Endgame
Dann Gire
A staid but well intentioned after school special game movie that s been checkmated by clichs 
2
Val
Sonny Bunch
The most poignant moment in the documentary Val is also the most relatable 
3
Val
Robert Levin
It presents an actor reckoning not only with the imprint left upon him by his roles but with how to reconstitute one of his most difficult moments into a period of freedom 
3
Val
Rene Sanchez
Intimate and life affirming A labor of love that finds its strength through Kilmer s personal video archive Full Review in Spanish 
3
Val
Roger Moore
A vanity project that washes away the vanity
3
Val
Erik Childress
A genuinely moving portrait of an actor that neither the industry nor audiences appreciated enough when they had the chance 
3.5
Val
Steven Prokopy
A captivating documentary about this deeply misunderstood figure who s never stopped learning and challenging himself as an actor 
3.5
Val
Matt Zoller Seitz
It often plays like an exercise in image management treading lightly on explosive autobiographical terrain from his adult life but going deep on family trauma particularly the childhood death of his brother Wesley and tales out of school 
2.5
Val
Richard Roeper
The likable actor offers his own revealing home video 
3.5
Val
Tom Meek
It may be hard to see in that once handsome mug now wisened and winnowed but you can always find the puckish twinkle of hope humor and optimism in the corner of his eyes 
3.5
Val
Rob Thomas
Kilmer says in the film that he tried to put a little of himself in every role so it s fitting that in what may be his final most courageous on screen performance he plays himself 
3.5
Val
Stephen Garrett
Val is the portrait of a striving artist endlessly searching 
3
Val
Mark Dujsik
Val offers a clear headed portrait of a person searching for and sincerely finding meaning in a life on and behind camera 
3
Val
Bob Bloom
This obsession with chronicling his life is what makes Val so very interesting It captures Kilmer s personality whether arguing with a professor at the drama school or having fun in movie trailers or on sets with various fellow actors 
3.5
Val
Joey Magidson
Val is a moving experience that s also a deeply unique one 
3
Val
Mark Kennedy
Kilmer enigmatic to the rest of us is portrayed as a quirky soul He is much funnier than we expect and forces us to question why we thought him difficult at all 
3.5
Val
G. Allen Johnson
What really puts Val over the top was Kilmer s habit since he was a teenager of constantly filming There is so much Kilmer filmed footage that he gets sole cinematography credit 
3
The Masque of the Red Death
Matt Brunson
Perhaps the best of the Poe Corman Price pics with Vincent delivering a potent performance as Prince Prospero 
3.5
The World Before Your Feet
Walter V. Addiego
It s hard to see Green in action and not think of traditional pilgrims on holy journeys and perhaps hermits or monks or others who have withdrawn from regular life 
3
The World Before Your Feet
Sean P. Means
Workman takes some stabs at getting to that essential truth but Green s elusive handling of the question leaves the viewer wanting more from this confounding tour guide 
2.5
The World Before Your Feet
Odie Henderson
This well made and intriguing documentary isn t about New York so much as it is about an unusual idea seen to fruition 
3
The World Before Your Feet
Rex Reed
New York New York it s a wonderful town This movie proves it like none other 
3
The World Before Your Feet
Roger Moore
Utterly charming
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Robert Levin
it is elevated time and again by the stars who are so open and expressive ably conveying the complexities of the characters deep and fractured bond 
3
The Skeleton Twins
David Nusair
a well acted yet only sporadically engaging little comedy drama 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
John Beifuss
Yet another wan indie comedy drama that plays like an adaptation of something plucked from the slush pile of short story submissions in the fiction editor s office at The New Yorker 
2
The Skeleton Twins
Mal Vincent
Are high hopes better than the ordinariness of the herd even if the herd provides safety It s a meaningful topic for debate 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
Matt Brunson
Acceptance of these sad sacks is accentuated even further by the presence of Hader and Wiig who tease out the weighty melancholy that dogs their characters every move 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Lisa Kennedy
The Skeleton Twins is a lovingly calibrated mix of heartbreak and hopefulness guilt and the will to do better 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Liam Lacey
Johnson s unfussy direction serves as a fine showcase for the two SNL veterans to demonstrate how their comic shorthand plays equally well in a slightly darker register 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Peter Howell
The Skeleton Twins is all the better for keeping us guessing as to its intentions because that makes it more true to life Sometimes you have to smile through the tears and vice versa 
3
The Skeleton Twins
John Serba
Lively and insightful when Wiig and Hader share scenes and there are many 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Steven Rea
If a movie with suicide as a central theme can be deemed funny then writer director Craig Johnson has pulled it off mixing heartache and humor and giving Wiig especially the opportunity to shine 
3
The Skeleton Twins
John Anderson
Even with performers as likable as Hader and Wiig and characters as likable as Milo and Maggie sympathy should be earned Like an cocksure banker Johnson takes our investment for granted 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
Jon Niccum
A profoundly moving study of two damaged characters 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Brad Keefe
You might be expecting a comedy You won t get what you expect You get something better 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Joe Williams
In a poignant and potentially depressing film it s redeeming to see that when they are with their kindred spirits even the saddest skeletons can dance 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Duane Dudek
Fails to find or strike many original notes 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
Peter Canavese
Wiig and Hader s shared history beautifully informs their entirely credible screen relationship which can be as testy as it is loving as distressingly haunted as it is funny 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Kristin Tillotson
The Skeleton Twins is quietly smart sweet but never syrupy It should erase any doubt that its two stars who rose to success as cut ups also have dramatic chops 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Anders Wright
The story s secrets are those of the characters and as they re revealed often informally it provides new insight into these people and manages to avoid the pitfalls of clichs 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Moira MacDonald
If sad comedy is a genre Craig Johnson s thoughtful touching film fits right in 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Scott Nash
Hader and Wiig deliver in this Indie drama with laughs 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Matt Pais
Hader nails it never once seeming like a comedian stretching himself He comes across as a talented dramatic actor who s also sharp and hilarious 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
Thomas Lee
Hader and Wiig give rich nuanced performances that reflect the chemistry the two actors honed together from their years on Saturday Night Live 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Christy Lemire
As we enter this season of big important awards contenders that matter The Skeleton Twins is a small intimate gem that might truly matter 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Mark Dujsik
It seems unlikely that The Skeleton Twins is aiming for something so simplistic considering how much suffering it packs into the story but simplistic is what it is 
2
The Skeleton Twins
Michael O'Sullivan
The actors have an obvious rapport It s deep enough to evoke the ties entanglements and bloodletting of a real kinship But Wiig and Hader s instincts as entertainers are keen enough to know when to stop cutting 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Peter Travers
Hader and Wiig dig deepest and strike the truest chords when the twins defenses are down when their jokes don t work when they re faced with the truth of their own blasted lives 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Josh Larsen
When a film piles on this many problems for its characters it s often because it doesn t really believe in any of them 
1
The Skeleton Twins
Michael Phillips
Some weeks at the movies are like this You settle for wonderful actors doing some wonderful acting with scripts that support those efforts even as they limit them 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
Sara Stewart
Finally a post Bridesmaids film that lets Kristen Wiig shine and brilliantly taps into co star Bill Hader s vulnerable side too 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is one of the year s best movies and a movie that deserves Oscar consideration even though this is exactly the kind of movie that s ignored by the Oscars 
3.5
The Skeleton Twins
Dustin Putman
An observant double character study The Skeleton Twins revolves around two protagonists who are worthy of the viewer s time sympathy The film gets beautiful mileage out of the sterling work of the indomitable Kristen Wiig a revelatory Bill Hader 
3
The Skeleton Twins
Roger Moore
Suicidal depression given a comical skin deep treatment and on the nose casting 
2.5
The Skeleton Twins
David Lee Dallas
Craig Johnson s film is ultimately most interested in what its jokes are implying or obscuring about the jokesters themselves 
3
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The third in the great trilogy of year end Charlie Brown half hour holiday specials this one is just as inspired with its makeshift dinner of toast popcorn pretzels and jelly beans 
4
Two Step
Rex Reed
There s a lot to admire in the slow burning build of Texas ambiance and dialogue 
2.5
Two Step
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Alex R Johnson s film is the rare thriller that resounds with an authentic ring of chaos 
3
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
James Kendrick
uncommonly intelligent in its treatment of a truly horrific doomsday scenario
3.5
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Matt Brunson
End of the world sagas are a dime a dozen but here s one that s worth at least a few bills 
3.5
Blush
Roger Ebert
There is such a tactile pleasure in the visuals of the new Chinese movie Blush that only after I thought back carefully through the story did I realize how much better it could have been 
2.5
Buster
Roger Ebert
Buster is played with surprising effectiveness by rock star Phil Collins who looks and sounds like a gentler Bob Hoskins 
3
In His Shadow
Roger Moore
8220 Simplistic 8221 comes in via the movie 8217 s contrivances and plot conveniences 44 with the weapons of revenge dropped into our hero 8217 s lap 44 along with a remedy for his 8220 weakness 46 8221 10 10 The action beats are pro forma 44 as are the way stations of this plot 46 10 10 
1.5
That Click
Roger Moore
His many endorsements from celebrities and peers aside That Click isn t a deep film barely hinting at the absentee fatherhood his personal life or his photojournalist bonafides 
2.5
Anna Lucasta
Kathy Fennessy
Everything works from Philip Yordan s neo feminist story to Lucien Ballard s neorealist cinematography but this is Eartha Kitt s show all the way 
3.5
The Caveman's Valentine
Emanuel Levy
A sophomore jinx for Lemmons an overstuffed drama that fails to satisfy as a murder mystery or as a spiritual redemption saga of a homeless man disappointingly played by Samuel Jackson who was misdirected 
1
The Caveman's Valentine
Jeffrey Westhoff
Remember David Helfgott the concert pianist who goes mad in Shine Imagine him in dreadlocks and as the star of a detective thriller and you have a better understanding of The Caveman s Valentine than the people who made it 
2
The Caveman's Valentine
Ray Conlogue
This is a commercial film with limited ambitions 
2
The Caveman's Valentine
Mark Dujsik
It s unfortunate that all this talent is misplaced on what is essentially a contrived mystery 
2.5
The Caveman's Valentine
Jeff Vice
It s a less than compelling drama and a much less than compelling murder mystery and it squanders a first rate cast 
2
The Caveman's Valentine
Michael Dequina
The mystery is never as intriguing as the atmosphere 
2
The Caveman's Valentine
Steve Rhodes
It keeps your eyes glued to the screen from beginning to end 
3
The Caveman's Valentine
Marty Mapes
The artful and interesting depiction of the characters is out of place with the formulaic detective fiction and the result is disappointing 
2
The Caveman's Valentine
Rob Blackwelder
Strong acting and metrical filmmaking buy the picture several short reprieves from collapsing under the continued strain of gross implausibility 
2.5
The Caveman's Valentine
Edward Guthmann
The plot lines that follow are so convoluted and ludicrous that one just gives up piecing it all together 
1
The Caveman's Valentine
Susan Stark
The new film confirms that Lemmons and Jackson are a movie team made in heaven 
3
The Caveman's Valentine
Rod Armstrong
An unsatisfactory melange of social issues drama and mystery hurt further by unbelievable characters and uneven performances 
2
The Caveman's Valentine
Roger Ebert
It s remarkable the way Jackson begins with the kind of character we d avert our eyes from and makes him fascinating and even likable 
3
The Caveman's Valentine
James Berardinelli
This thriller is more likely to lull viewers to sleep than to keep them on the edges of their seats 
2
Grandma's Boy
David Nusair
one puerile thoroughly unfunny joke after another 
1
Grandma's Boy
Linda Cook
Grandma s Boy is a pot and potty mouthed relative of an Adam Sandler movie 
2
Grandma's Boy
Chris Wangler
The only worthwhile character is bad guy J P Joel David Moore a gaming prodigy with a Gollum like multiple personality disorder J P suggests a subtle unconscious awareness of how stupid the whole movie is 
1
Grandma's Boy
Peter Hartlaub
Grandma s Boy is an Adam Sandler comedy without Adam Sandler which is kind of like getting a root canal without the dentist 
1
Grandma's Boy
Liam Lacey
An Adam Sandler movie without Adam Sandler it turns out is not necessarily an improvement 
1.5
Grandma's Boy
Jami Bernard
Even silly fun needs serious talent behind it 
1
Grandma's Boy
Gene Seymour
The kind of laid back goofball comedy custom designed to chase away any self respecting respectable person and play to the good natured slackers out there in the dark If you re among the latter you ve found a home If you re not you have been warned 
2
Grandma's Boy
Lisa Rose
While 06 is still young chances are 12 months from now Grandma s Boy will rank as one of the year s worst comedies Munich offers more laughs 
1
Grandma's Boy
Gary Goldstein
It s a one line pitch in search of an actual script And given how difficult it is to sell a screenplay to a studio much less get it made it s really sad to see something this lazy and meager actually work its way through the system 
1
Grandma's Boy
Ty Burr
No one here has the slightest idea what being elderly actually means or that old folks may once have been and may still be far hipper than the young men and women looking at them with fond incomprehension 
1.5
Grandma's Boy
Lou Lumenick
Nicholaus Goossen another Sandler protégé makes an inauspicious directing debut with this limp collection of clichés larded with product plugs 
1
Grandma's Boy
Paul Schrodt
Goossen misuses recognizable names for dubious cameos and pushes eccentric side characters to uncomfortable parody 
1.5
Grandma's Boy
James Berardinelli
This is one of those movies where you stay rooted in your seat just to see how bad it can really get And every time you think it has hit the bottom the filmmakers find a passage taking them lower 
0.5
Grandma's Boy
Dustin Putman
Earns a few very big laughs along the way but it is all in the service of an overall empty package 
2
Grandma's Boy
Dan Fienberg
Just as a few bong hits would probably make the movie a tiny bit funnier they would also probably make all memories of the film blissfully vanish 
1.5
Grandma's Boy
Chuck O'Leary
The nicest thing that can be said about this stoner comedy is that it s not the worst of its lowbrow kind 
1.5
Grandma's Boy
Peter Howell
I may require therapy after seeing this 
1
Grandma's Boy
John Monaghan
Grandma s Boy is a brain dead stoner comedy from Happy Madison Productions that was coproduced by Adam Sandler Rarely has so little been done with so little 
1
Grandma's Boy
James Sanford
less a movie than it is a string of mediocre Saturday Night Live skits and it doesn t even attempt to develop anything resembling a plot until well after the one hour mark 
1.5
We Can't Go Home Again
John Hartl
It s the kind of would be groundbreaker that continues to stir interest long after its failure as a theatrical release 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Matt Brunson
One scene features a pair of bickering Transformers voiced by John Goodman and Steve Buscemi With John Turturro also appearing in the film it s safe to say THIS is the reunion movie that The Big Lebowski devotees were eagerly awaiting 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Sarah Knight Adamson
No one has the energy or desire to care after suffering through two and half hours of a film that is nothing short of a chaotic mess 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Mattie Lucas
Nobody involved seems to know where this is going or have put any real thought into its increasingly unintelligible mythology 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
noisy incoherent and stupid as a bag of rocks Full review in Spanish 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Kevin A. Ranson
An exhaustive sensory assault held together by sugarless gum Let it be known Transformers The Last Straw is this summer s Independence Day Resurgence 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
John Serba
More like TRASHformers 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
David N. Butterworth
Nope 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
David Nusair
it s impossible not to wish that this time Bay sticks to his usual promise to never ever make another Transformers movie 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Josh Terry
t s hard to sit back and embrace the chaos of The Last Knight when you can think about similar big budget action tentpoles and reflect on how even in all their craziness they just made a lot more sense 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Matt Hanson
This is the strange appeal of Bay s work It s terrible but it is undeniably his terrible the hyper realization of a 13 year old boy s fever dream given life through an enormous budget and a grown man s enterprise 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Mike McGranaghan
The studio and filmmakers have vomited up a loud unfocused utterly nonsensical Transformers mess 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m not sure they re even trying anymore 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
Robert Horton
Bay has now made five of these things Even at their best Part 3 was wild fun they are ludicrous and insane 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Phil Villarreal
We need some interventions here 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Sonny Bunch
Transformers The Last Knight is kind of entertaining In the way I assume riding a roller coaster while on meth is probably kind of entertaining 
4
Transformers: The Last Knight
Michael Smith
After having seen five of these films which equates to close to a day of my life that I ll never get back I can say that Transformers 5 is on a level with Transformers 1 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Sean P. Means
It s clear Bay doesn t give a thought to the story and sees it merely as a clothesline on which to hang his massively ridiculous action sequences 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Michael O'Sullivan
A movie that s cut like the world s longest and most tedious trailer pinballing from scene to scene and rarely spending more than a few seconds on any single shot 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
George M. Thomas
For those looking for something enjoyable other than special effects to take away from The Last Knight Tucci s turn as a neurotic Merlin provides that in the first 10 minutes Do with that information what you will it s your money 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Stephen Rebello
Transformers The Last Knight clocks in at 149 minutes most of them every bit as painful childish roid raged and pointlessly bombastic as the last four movies would lead you to expect 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Oliver Jones
I am not going to try to explain the story after watching this movie I may never try to explain another story ever again 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
James Berardinelli
Distilled to its essence The Last Knight is an orgy of incoherence a sensory assault that suffocates the viewer in a cavalcade of special effects incontinence 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Peter Travers
Every time Michael Bay directs another Transformers abomination this is the fifth the movies die a little This one makes the summer s other blockbuster misfires look like masterpieces 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
Christian Toto
Avoid At All Costs 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Dustin Putman
Irredeemable garbage that gives summertime blockbuster fare a bad name Transformers The Last Knight is an endurance testing assault on the art of cinema one physical altercation away from becoming criminal 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
Roger Moore
Worst movie of the summer
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Gary Thompson
Can this be done in a way that is not stupefyingly generic 
2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Johnny Oleksinski
Watching an actor of Hopkins caliber swear at his robo butler and attempt to wring out laughs by uttering the word dude is painful even for a Transformers movie 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Dann Gire
Even with the low bar set by Michael Bay s previous Transformers movies The Last Knight stands apart as an incoherent disjointed work of visual anarchy fanboy fantasy mirthless mayhem and emo starved characters 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Brian Tallerico
So much incoherent noise that you ll want to bang your head on the seat in front of you just to get some rest 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Peter Howell
Every few years Michael Bay and his giant digital robots sally forth from their gilded dungeon to inflict damage on the world s brain cells Transformers The Last Knight is their most concerted assault yet making me fear for the sanity of the planet 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
Brian Truitt
The final act is a non stop special effects bludgeoning of the senses that is zero fun 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Soren Andersen
Punishingly overwrought in every aspect Last Knight is a KLANK KLANK KLUNKER 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Barry Hertz
There is no redemption to be found here only suffering 
0
Transformers: The Last Knight
Mick LaSalle
The grim suspicion grows that the intention here was to make a 2 1 2 hour movie at any cost even with only 90 minutes worth of material 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Stephen Whitty
Make it stop Make it stop Make it stop Make it stop 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Mark Dujsik
At the end Transformers The Last Knight promises yet another sequel At least it ll take a lot of effort for the follow up to be worse than this 
0.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Rafer Guzman
The movie redlines its engines throughout but none of it works and at 149 minutes it feels nearly a full hour too long 
0.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Jake Cole
The sensory overload of Michael Bay s hyperkinetic cinema is such that it eradicates any actual sense of place 
.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Ty Burr
The rock em sock em finale of Last Knight finally comes after over two hours and it features once again the threat of Earth s complete destruction If it means they ll stop making Transformer movies I m starting to think that s not such a bad deal 
1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Michael Phillips
Of course it s not good 
1.5
Transformers: The Last Knight
Peter Canavese
Military Industrial Uncomplicated Despite the theme that Magic does exist It was found long ago Inside a crashed alien ship The Last Knight is all mirthless jokes and thrill less mayhem 
.5
The First Step
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If nothing else we gain a firm understanding of what Jones thinks makes Jones tick 
3
The First Step
Dwight Brown
This is 50 investigative doc 50 self serving promo reel 
1.5
The Statue
Roger Ebert
I suppose a funny movie might have been made of this material No on second thought I suppose not 
0
Nashville
Brian Eggert
A myriad of warm cruel and multilayered moments exist in Nashville insomuch that Robert Altman s film appears to be about nothing But it s about everything 
4
Nashville
Matt Brunson
Some characters are odious while others are sympathetic but every last one manages to provide contrast and depth to Altman s view of an America in which the boundaries between politics and entertainment are all but nonexistent 
4
Nashville
Michael Wilmington
Altman s great kaleidoscopic ensemble comedy drama about a frenzied few days in country music s capital with an unlikely quirky explosive crowd of musicians hangers on and politicos all converging on a fateful concert crossroads 
4
Nashville
David Nusair
Altman never really spends enough time with any one character to make you care about them 
2
Nashville
James Berardinelli
The acting is entirely unaffected Every performance rings true whether from an experienced actor or a neophyte 
4
Nashville
Andrew Howe
See it think about it then see it again It s the voice of America and the passage of time has done nothing to dull its clarity 
3.5
Nashville
James Kendrick
Part comedy part drama part social commentary and part musical it is a film that truly defies categorization or simplistic descriptions 
4
Nashville
Roger Ebert
Watching Nashville is as easy as breathing and as hard to stop Altman is the best natural filmmaker since Fellini 
4
Nashville
Dustin Putman
This film is like no other I have ever seen for one major reason it plays exactly and I mean exactly like real life 
4
The Year of Spectacular Men
Joey Magidson
Breezy is the best way to describe this movie 
3
The Year of Spectacular Men
Alice Stoehr
Thompson directs deftly in her feature debut and her daughters rapport is tangible especially when they re serenading her in that bathroom 
2.5
The Year of Spectacular Men
Tomris Laffly
A good looking yet slim and meandering hybrid of a romantic comedy family drama and coming of age story 
2
The Year of Spectacular Men
Mark Dujsik
Deutch s screenplay seems uncertain of its purpose 
2
The Year of Spectacular Men
Niles Schwartz
It collapses on the crutch of hackneyed narration and music cues that undermine the ripe banter between Madelyn Deutch and her male co stars 
2
Summer Stock
Matt Brunson
The classic number belongs squarely to Judy as she s nothing less than sensational as she belts out Get Happy 
3
Summer Stock
Josh Larsen
has a certain looseness compared to other MGM musicals 
3.5
The Strong Ones
Randy Myers
Gonzalez and Altamirano convey something intimate and special 
3.5
The Winter Guest
Jeremy Heilman
The film s modest goals are met and the austere technical aspects of the production further preserve the film s reserve 
3.5
The Winter Guest
Roger Ebert
Rickman has great command here of look and tone and I felt I knew what it would be like to wander the streets of that village in Scotland But the film left me feeling strangely hollow 
2.5
Baby Assassins
Roger Moore
Yes 44 this is the uncertain 44 insecure and sexist work world young women are wading into these days 46 Might as well pack a piece and get paid for not taking any Shiitake 44 ladies 46 
3
Steve Jobs
Brian Eggert
Although highly theatrical in Sorkin apos s application of his dramaturgy 44 Steve Jobs also happens to be some of the best cinema offered in 2015 46 
4
Steve Jobs
Wesley Lovell
If not for the performances this attempt to at most humanize at worst explain tech pioneer Steve Jobs would struggle to find its own footing and whatever your opinion of the man going in it will be the same opinion you have of him coming out 
3
Steve Jobs
Mattie Lucas
Exists in a realm of great filmmaking that exists in that rare sweet spot where great writing great directing and great acting collide 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Max Weiss
The Jobs here will always be Aaron Sorkin s Jobs who people say was nerdier and more youthfully exuberant than the fully in control maestro depicted in the film But Fassbender does a great job with what he s given 
3
Steve Jobs
Eric Melin
I m not comparing Sorkin s prose with the Bard s but using a widely known and culturally important figure as a way into telling stories with universal themes is well universal 
3
Steve Jobs
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Steve Jobs manages to be a surprisingly entertaining and intelligent film Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Kam Williams
An iconoclastic biopic exposing the late Apple CEO s ugly underbelly 
3.5
Steve Jobs
David Nusair
the inside baseball approach to the material prevents one from embracing the characters and ensuring that certain sequences come off as dry and incomprehensible
2
Steve Jobs
James Kendrick
The narrative is so overtly structured that the structure itself starts to intrude on the drama as we become overly aware of the narrative circularity and repetitions of dramatic confrontation 
2.5
Steve Jobs
John Serba
You may love your iPhone but it will never love you back Same goes for its creator or at least the dramatic fiction version of him in Steve Jobs 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Linda Cook
It s talky it has no action scenes and the central character isn t easy to like But darned if Steve Jobs isn t one of the year s best films
4
Steve Jobs
Matt Brunson
With a 360 minute run time on the small screen it would have been breathlessly hyped as a Television Event at 122 minutes on the big screen it s still a noteworthy achievement even if it only partly gets Jobs done 
3
Steve Jobs
Rob Thomas
Instead of the traditional and then this happened biopic Steve Jobs is a bold funny and poignant film five bars fully charged filmmaking 
3.5
Steve Jobs
John Wirt
A daring unconventional biopic that succeeds through the power of words and vastly talented group of actor and filmmakers 
4
Steve Jobs
Bob Bloom
The film is an uncompromising picture of an arrogant and compulsive man who saw things others didn t and drove them relentlessly and mercilessly to catch up with his vision 
3
Steve Jobs
Michael Smith
One of Sorkin s best accomplishments is in detailing the technology behind these computer products in such a punchy interesting way that it s absorbing theater as well It s the human element that s less interesting 
3
Steve Jobs
Calvin Wilson
As original and risk taking as its subject Steve Jobs will make you think differently about an American icon 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Roger Moore
Sorkin once again upends the director writer equation in this brilliant and brilliantly chatty and revealing portrait 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Robert Levin
It s an intense motion picture befitting its single minded main character that evokes something elemental about the loneliness of life in the spotlight 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Barry Hertz
Thanks to Fassbender s revelatory performance Jobs comes across as a captivating monster a dictator in a black turtleneck who is impossible to ignore 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Christian Toto
Ever Oscar bait element lines up for our approval So why isn t Steve Jobs better 
2.5
Steve Jobs
Peter Howell
It entertains and enlightens and it s bang on in showing how great ideas are born not through compromise but through vision and determination 
3
Steve Jobs
Allyson Johnson
It s an immensely successful film and a story worthy of its subject 
3
Steve Jobs
Anita Katz
Fassbender is amusing sad and spellbinding He even in his turtleneck phase looks like Jobs 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Steven Rea
The acting is unarguably uniformly strong 
3
Steve Jobs
Anders Wright
Boyle is and always has been an exciting inventive director and Sorkin is as interesting as they come churning out a sense of dialogue that s entirely unique 
3
Steve Jobs
James Berardinelli
The dialogue crackles with wit anger and passion By matching Sorkin s words with Boyle s style and Fassbender s talent Steve Jobs has hit the trifecta 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Soren Andersen
What raises Steve Jobs way above the level of most biopics is the totality of Fassbender s immersion into the character 
4
Steve Jobs
Chris Knight
Fassbender s performance transcends appearance to embody the code of Jobs 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Mark Dujsik
Steve Jobs is effective as an exercise in classical form highlighted by Sorkin s biting brand of hyper aware dialogue 
3
Steve Jobs
Ty Burr
It rings emotionally and dramatically false too at variance with the actual outsized talents and flaws of this man as they ve been obsessively catalogued elsewhere 
2.5
Steve Jobs
Jon Niccum
Chaos always surrounds the hero in Sorkin s scenarios where life changing decisions collide with minutiae 
3
Steve Jobs
Dann Gire
Steve Jobs offers a stirringly sterling performance by Michael Fassbender as the titular visionary loaded for bear with Aaron Sorkin s Oscar calibrated dialogue fired off with machine gun precision under Boyle s assured direction 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Ann Hornaday
With such a tetchy self absorbed control freak at its center it s difficult to explain just why Steve Jobs is as entertaining even pleasurable as it is 
4
Steve Jobs
Michael Phillips
The movie a formidable technical and design achievement has everything going for it except a sense of Jobs inner life 
2.5
Steve Jobs
Josh Larsen
A screenplay in a movie s clothing 
1.5
Steve Jobs
Matt Pais
It s about time a movie about a real person dared to process its influential subject s vision and take a chance 
3
Steve Jobs
Richard Roeper
Michael Fassbender will be in every best actor conversation from now until Oscar night and deservedly so for his mesmerizing turn as the legendary and legendarily difficult visionary Jobs 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Mick LaSalle
Boyle films the proceedings on a slightly grainy stock that gives the movie just the hint of a documentary There s propulsion and energy He takes Sorkin s script and pumps it with amphetamines 
3
Steve Jobs
Stephen Rebello
Boyle has serviced Sorkin s material well enough and he s got an ace in the hole with the shark eyed Fassbender who is miraculous all hustle energy and scary grace 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Tony Hicks
Is Steve Jobs the final say on Steve Jobs That s hard to say But like its subject it should remain relevant for years to come 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Peter Canavese
In attempting to pull back the curtain on a man reveals behind its own theatrical curtain nothing much worth paying attention to 
2
Steve Jobs
Dustin Putman
If the film isn t entirely insightful on the many complex facets of the late Steve Jobs personality it remains technically skillful and thematically resonant vignettes from a time period as recent as it is startlingly obsolete 
2.5
Steve Jobs
Scott Nash
A fascinating character study 
4
Steve Jobs
Alissa Wilkinson
As a technical achievement it s interesting if not perfect But for a story of our time I can t imagine anything better 
3
Steve Jobs
Neil Rosen
It is an interesting film for people who have seen many of the other movies and TV specials about Jobs This one is a different take and a very worthwhile and interesting one at that 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Brian Truitt
Steve Jobs is a fascinating study of a man explaining who he was but never making a judgment about who he is The movie lets audiences compute that for themselves 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Rafer Guzman
A whirlwind tour through the computer age with a flawed human at its center 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Joe Lozito
An ingenious structure and Aaron Sorkin s typically sharp dialogue elevate this exploration of the Apple icon beyond the standard biopic 
3
Steve Jobs
Rex Reed
Steve Jobs and all of the characters around him fail to come to life in any absorbing fashion They re not real people they re all hashtags 
1
Steve Jobs
Stephen Whitty
Can you be a nice guy and a great man Steve Jobs is the case in point and Steve Jobs says no 
3
Steve Jobs
Christy Lemire
The energy is relentless and the actors all more than meet the challenge of not only keeping up with Sorkin s trademark rat a tat patter but also making it sing 
3.5
Steve Jobs
Peter Travers
Written directed and acted to perfection and so fresh and startling in conception and execution that it leaves you awed Fassbender rips through the role of the volcanic Jobs Is he really that good Hell yeah 
4
Steve Jobs
Kyle Smith
It s a cliché to say that Apple changed the world but how and why did that happen Steve Jobs is robust and entertaining but the answer it provides is incomplete 
3
Steve Jobs
Odie Henderson
This self proclaimed Apple hater wasn t buying But I admit the product still looks great 
3
Steve Jobs
Clayton Davis
From a performance standpoint the film stands near the top of ensembles and individualized works seen in 2015 Fassbender approaches Jobs with a familiarity He finds sarcasm to be a second language and repugnancy to be a way of life 
3
Steve Jobs
Steve Macfarlane
Danny Boyle s film can t help but land in the same hagiographizing place as nearly every single other Great Man biopic churned out by the studio powers that be 
2
Steve Jobs
Lou Lumenick
I came away with the feeling that the filmmakers were practically implying that his early death at 56 was some kind of karmic payback 
3
Steve Jobs
Walter Chaw
features an Oscar winning in a year without a slavery or Holocaust picture just mail it to him performance by Michael Fassbender
3
Mr. Rice's Secret
Judith Egerton
The characters are stereotypes Owen s world includes a loving mother a stern but well meaning father a fat bully and a skinny weakling 
2
Mr. Rice's Secret
Robert Roten
This is a well constructed film with real substance 
3
Mr. Rice's Secret
James Kendrick
The film benefits from several strong performances especially by the young largely unknown cast 
2.5
The Tenth Victim
James Kendrick
The problem for modern audiences is that the film is so fundamentally mired in the swinging silliness of mid 60s Euro culture that the message gets lost amid all the gaudy colors insipid pop music and generally deranged production design
2.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Matt Brunson
This is the best of the boys efforts allowing them to go for the nyuks yet never diminishing the standing of the classic Universal Studios monsters that figure in its plot 
3.5
Happy Accidents
Rob Blackwelder
Happy Accidents has a sense of humor and a good natured warmth stemming mostly from the appealingly peculiar performances that make its shortcomings easier to forgive 
2.5
Happy Accidents
Walter Chaw
Sam is the twitching Romeo to Ruby s tear stained Juliet and their fair Verona is the fourth dimension 
2
Happy Accidents
Michael Dequina
The film s unconventional quality also what makes it so well worth seeking out 
3
Happy Accidents
Ross Anthony
Both leads act passionately well it s ironic that very little passion in the form of chemistry ignites Still a very strong intriguing fresh script 
2.5
Happy Accidents
Steve Rhodes
The movie s fatal flaw is that chemistry between Tomei and D Onofrio is never quite credible although individually they both deliver interesting performances 
2.5
Happy Accidents
Roger Ebert
The actors make it fun to watch 
3
Happy Accidents
James Berardinelli
Happy Accidents is about as unconventional a romantic comedy as you re likely to find the only problem is that the lackluster science fiction elements keep getting in the way 
2.5
Happy Accidents
Pam Grady
Anderson employs a delicate touch in his direction milking the comedy for all its worth but never losing sight of his story s romance 
3
Happy Accidents
Lou Lumenick
Anderson resorts to all sorts of directorial tricks to sustain this shaky premise 
2
Happy Accidents
Harvey S. Karten
Miscast performers do not help a story which is repetitive enough to outlast its 110 minutes time 
2.5
Paranoia 1.0
Erik Childress
There s a lot of atmosphere to engulf an audience but it becomes tiresome only to get really interesting again in the final scenes 
2.5
Murder by Death
Jeremy Heilman
Far from great 
2
Letters to Satan Claus
David Reddish
The mix of humor and horror is an acquired taste to be sure though viewers underwhelmed by the other litany of LGBTQ centric holiday films this season should enjoy the anarchy of it all just as much as we did 
3
Grizzly
Matt Brunson
Grizzly offers the bare necessities needed for a B level thriller but not much beyond that 
2
Dracula's Dog
Matt Brunson
Originally making the rounds under the title Dracula s Dog Zoltan Hound of Dracula turns out to be a real bow wow 
1.5
Dracula's Dog
David Nusair
a thoroughly pointless little flick 
1.5
The Secret Garden
Jeff Shannon
While drawing superb performances from her young leads Holland has masterfully contrasted the garden a place where melodic robins seem almost conversant with the dread of Misselthwaite 
3.5
The Secret Garden
Carrie Rickey
This enchanted tale vividly shows how love heals and nurtures barren souls makes them flourish like abundant Edens 
3.5
The Secret Garden
Johanna Steinmetz
The film is gorgeous to look at from its period accouterments to its wanderings in explored space the house is full of secret passageways to its use of color 
3.5
The Secret Garden
Steve McKerrow
The movie enchants with a visual texture that clearly bears the mark of executive producer Francis Ford Coppola and confirms the arrival of Oscar nominated Polish director Agnieszka Holland 
3.5
The Secret Garden
James Berardinelli
The Secret Garden has at least two things going for it remarkable acting and mesmerizing cinematography by Roger Deakins 
3
The Secret Garden
Roger Ebert
It is a work of beauty poetry and deep mystery and watching it is like entering for a time into a closed world where one s destiny may be discovered 
4
Finding Graceland
Michael Dequina
Every bit as cornball as it sounds 
2.5
Polina
James Berardinelli
Polina is mesmerizing 
3
Polina
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is something about Polina that captures my imagination entirely a poignantly fragile beauty to it that belies a sturdy heart and a will made out of iron 
4
Polina
Claudia Bauer
Along comes Polina to show how a feature film can depict a dancer s a human s journey toward authenticity with sophistication artistry and love for the art form 
3
Polina
Michael O'Sullivan
As Polina Shevstova delivers a performance that feels wonderfully unforced if that s the right word in a role that can only be called driven 
3
Polina
Sheila O'Malley
When Polina stays focused on dance it soars When it strays into the personal life of its lead it moves almost compulsively into cliche 
3
Polina
Daniel Goldberg
Even its sensitive and gorgeous choreographies can t fully offer respite from the hollow narrative 
2
Polina
Shane Slater
With a compelling human interest story at the heart of its narrative Polina hits familiar beats 
3
Saathiya
Michael Dequina
What drives this love story are impressive performances by Rani Mukerji and Vivek Oberoi 
3
Something, Anything
Micha&#322; Oleszczyk
The kind of movie you feel protective of even as you are watching it Its rhythms and inflections are so subtle it almost comes as a surprise just how compelling they ultimately become 
3.5
Something, Anything
Jaime N. Christley
The film turns what at first seemingly appears as Kodak moments into a study of a soul in transition 
3.5
Vibes
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Vibes is at its best in its fun easygoing opening half hour 
2
Vibes
Desmond Ryan
Vibes is a harmless painless romp but it s an instance of a sincere attempt at screwball comedy that simply got screwed up 
2
Vibes
Ben Yagoda
If there were an Academy Award for Most Instantly Forgettable Film the odds on early favorite would be Vibes 
1
Vibes
Dave Kehr
The romantic suspense soon takes a back seat to some singularly unimpressive special effects 
2
Vibes
Roger Ebert
Movies like Vibes appear and disappear like fireflies in the dog days of summer Nobody seems to have made them nobody sees them nobody remembers them 
1
Austenland
Michael Dequina
The hook consistently gives the whole film a most welcome dose of knowingly cheeky and absurdist humor lending a most distinctive personality to the more conventional genre formula 
3
Austenland
John Beifuss
Surely any real aficionado of Jane Austen would reject the film s notion that the author s literary masterworks are essentially wish fulfillment fantasies for women too timid for the red blooded bodice rippers of the Harlequin line 
2
Austenland
Liam Lacey
The acting throughout falls into two registers pantomime mugging for most of the cast while the romantic leads Russell and Feild look so ill at ease that you pity them 
1
Austenland
Nathalie Atkinson
It would behoove those who produced this lamentable drama to re read Austen s major works if indeed they had ever read them at all 
1
Austenland
Linda Barnard
Austenland is modest fun but needs to show it has a brain under its sun bonnet 
2.5
Austenland
Matt Brunson
Aside from tossing around the name Mr Darcy the movie s appreciation and understanding of Austen s works seem tenuous Given its broad strokes the film and resort might as well have been named Alcottland or Shakespeareland or even Sparksland 
2
Austenland
Rob Thomas
Diehard Jane Austen fans might see Austenland as something of an abomination Lighten up Darcy 
3
Austenland
John Wirt
A romantic comedy disaster in costume 
1.5
Austenland
Rafer Guzman
Austenland understands Austen s enduring romantic appeal but has no use for her deeper themes of class wealth and gender inequality 
1.5
Austenland
Carla Meyer
Austenland needs lessons on how a proper spoof should behave 
1.5
Austenland
Jon Niccum
The contemporary cult that s developed around English novelist Jane Austen is plundered for cheap laughs in Austenland Unlikely that this phony and often phoned in romantic comedy will enjoy any cult status of its own 
2
Austenland
Gail Pennington
A mildly surprising and completely heartwarming ending casts a glow over the previous 96 minutes of Austenland but can t wipe out all regrets for what might have been 
2
Austenland
Duane Dudek
Jane Austen would spin in her nearly 200 year old grave at the crude and broad movie made in her name 
1.5
Austenland
Roger Moore
Miscast lumbering and ugly to look at 
1.5
Austenland
Steven Rea
Austenland begs a couple of questions One is why Keri Russell why The other Where is Christopher Guest when you need him 
2
Austenland
Ty Burr
Hess has made a classic rookie mistake Any spoof has to be at least as smart as the thing it s spoofing and this one s twice as dumb 
1
Austenland
Moira MacDonald
A wan comedy aimed squarely at whoever it is who buys all those Austen inspired books cluttering up the publishing world 
2
Austenland
Connie Ogle
There are a few flashes of wit in the romantic comedy Austenland but for the most part the humor lands not with Dear Jane s grace and style but with all the subtlety of a cholera outbreak 
2
Austenland
Chris Hewitt
I daresay you should skip it 
1
Austenland
Sean P. Means
Hess making her directing debut and co writing with Utah author Shannon Hale to adapt Hale s comic novel manages to hit a sweet spot between Miss Austen s wry observations and Napoleon Dynamite s blissful wackiness 
3.5
Austenland
Robert Levin
This is a pretty promising high concept idea and the movie derived from it is filled with charm 
3
Austenland
Stephanie Merry
No matter how bleak things seem Austen s characters always manage to find a euphoric and contagious happiness And that kind of feeling needs to be earned It can t be replicated with a checklist of plot points 
1.5
Austenland
Matt Pais
More prejudice than pride 
2
Austenland
Peter Canavese
As a tart analogy for our escapism into literature and romantic comedies Austenland is itself enaging if not particularly sharp 
2.5
Austenland
Susan Wloszczyna
While the cast is gung ho as well as tally ho the results are only intermittently amusing and feel half finished the way that Saturday Night Live skits often do but at least those are blessedly only minutes long 
2.5
Austenland
Sara Stewart
Unfortunately this scattershot comedy only occasionally hits the mark 
2
Austenland
Stephen Whitty
A tribute to Miss Austen needs both sense and sensibility sparkling wit and a variety of attractive suitors 
2
Austenland
Claudia Puig
A humorous chick flick for well read audiences Austenland is a novel concept 
2.5
Hotel Poseidon
Walter Chaw
Hotel Poseidon is a film that deserves a monograph I hope it s the herald of a long and productive career 
4
Thanks for Sharing
Craig D. Lindsey
As much as it wants to show how keeping it in your pants can be downright debilitating for some Thanks for Sharing ultimately proves to be an unsatisfying relentlessly depriving experience 
1
Thanks for Sharing
Liam Lacey
Thanks for Sharing might best be described as being like Steve McQueen s sex addiction drama Shame if it were rewritten by Neil Simon at his most schmaltzy 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Peter Howell
It s frankly exhausting to keep up with these neurotic over sharers who are neither serious enough to care about nor humorous enough to laugh at 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The good news is that this cast including Pink aka Alecia Moore in her first serious movie part bring pulsating organic life to their every moment 
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Richard Roeper
First time director Blumberg does a fine job and makes some brave choices 
3
Thanks for Sharing
Rob Thomas
Blomberg balances the light and dark well and if the film goes into the familiar places we expect from addiction dramas it does so with realism and empathy 
3
Thanks for Sharing
Dan Callahan
You can admire the skill that has gone into the shaping of these scenes while also rejecting their ultimate aim 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Sean P. Means
Rookie director Stuart Blumberg overloads on movie references as he walks these characters predictably through their relationship problems and you can set your watch to the inevitable relapse 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Rafer Guzman
Thanks for Sharing has several nice moments and understated insights but it never quite gets to the heart of its subject 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Walter V. Addiego
A well meaning sporadically entertaining and ultimately formulaic look at the struggles of a group of recovering sex addicts 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Matt Pais
These are problems you feel in your heart instead of your head saying Pff lame 
3
Thanks for Sharing
Moira MacDonald
Wait wasn t this supposed to be a comedy Or if it s a drama shouldn t these characters be more developed Doesn t Ruffalo deserve a better movie Don t we So many questions so little to see 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Claudia Puig
Though the film is tonally inconsistent the overall empathy with which characters are presented and some topnotch performances help blunt the story s stumbling moments 
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Ty Burr
Thanks for Sharing is what Variety would call a twelve stepper an engagingly didactic drama about addiction and recovery 
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Steven Rea
Thanks for Sharing is an odd film The sex addict business is treated with an uncommon level of detail and honesty 
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Michael O'Sullivan
It s surprisingly wise funny and affecting thanks in part to a sensitive script and in part to a strong ensemble cast 
3.5
Thanks for Sharing
Peter Travers
Thanks for Sharing is all over the place trying to find a tone but it knows where its heart is 
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Joe Williams
Thanks for Sharing is redeemed by a reasonably honest script and strong performances 
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Dann Gire
A soap operatic symphony of sincere drama and tension releasing humor 
3
Thanks for Sharing
Randy Myers
A movie about disease and addiction should be messy and unruly And while it happens so quickly and piles on a lot of drama it s essential for audiences to venture right into that horrible center 
3
Thanks for Sharing
Chris Hewitt
Thanks to the intelligence of both actors it starts out OK with initial dates that have a teasing flirty quality But they soon become insufferably cloying 
1.5
Thanks for Sharing
Rex Reed
It means well but finally it s a lighthearted film that is ultimately weakened by too much star wattage Thanks For Sharing would have been better as a documentary 
2
Thanks for Sharing
Roger Moore
Well acted sometimes moving but it lurches between weepy tragic moments and laugh out loud ridicule
2.5
Thanks for Sharing
Andrew Schenker
Is an exploration of sex addiction in all its different manifestations the new flavor of the week in contemporary American cinema 
2
Thanks for Sharing
David Nusair
Thanks for Sharing is ultimately felled by a lamentable emphasis on almost eye rollingly conventional and hackneyed elements 
2
Everything's Cool
Kyle Smith
No one who has read more than a couple of articles about global warming will learn anything from this movie but there is some amusement value 
1
Everything's Cool
Ed Gonzalez
Everything s Cool understands that a pretty face like Jake Gyllenhaal s in The Day After Tomorrow is sometimes necessary to sell an important story 
2.5
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Mattie Lucas
A buoyant satire about an American businessman who comes to Russia with his trigger happy cowboy bodyguard in tow 
3
Valentino
Brian Eggert
We can at least appreciate the ornamented period details the elaborate production values the ostentatious performances and Russell s energy as a filmmaker 
3.5
Alone With Her
Gary Goldstein
Alone With Her is a tense well shot little thriller in the vein of fatal attraction youth flicks like Fear The Crush and Swimfan 
3
Alone With Her
Maitland McDonagh
Through Hanks and Talancon s subtle naturalistic performance writer director Eric Nicholas cultivates a human dimension often missing from thrillers 
2.5
Alone With Her
Jack Mathews
Alone With Her has the kind of high ick factor that leaves you squirming not because Doug is so diabolical a creation but because what he does to satisfy his pathology is so practical 
3
Alone With Her
Jan Stuart
A B picture waiting to cut loose in its final 15 minutes when it devolves into generic stalker thriller theatrics of the Julia Roberts in distress kind 
2.5
Alone With Her
Lou Lumenick
Far superior to the generic thrillers churned out by the big studios 
3
Alone With Her
Kam Williams
A relentlessly disturbing cautionary tale about how easy it might be for a deranged maniac to worm his way into your good graces 
2.5
Revanche
Mattie Lucas
A slow burning thriller both lovely and haunting hammering home the point that sometimes man s greatest enemy is himself 
3.5
Revanche
Philip Kemp
Revanche French for revenge is that rarest of things a thoughtful thriller 
4
Revanche
Tim Robey
The film exerts a steady grip without charging head first into thriller territory there s a cool cosmic irony to the way fate wheels around 
4
Revanche
James Kendrick
feels like the product of a master craftsman
3.5
Revanche
Peter Canavese
A potent mood piece lifted by gorgeous cinematography resonant performances and above all Spielmann s sensitive filmmaking Blu ray 
3.5
Revanche
Jason Anderson
The plot might have yielded a generic erotic thriller if Revanche were made by rougher hands Instead it becomes something more sophisticated thanks to the efforts of writer director Götz Spielmann and a superb cast 
3.5
Revanche
Keith Cohen
The precise camera placement in every scene brings the audience an up close and personal vantage point The sights and sounds of nature play an integral part in the story 
3
Revanche
Robert W. Butler
Spielmann sets a tone of weary desperation and rarely strays from it Not a happy film but a gripping one 
3
Revanche
Steven Rea
There s real biblical tragedy and redemption in Spielmann s fine sad suspenseful film 
3.5
Revanche
Steve Ramos
Artful suspenseful and utterly engaging Revanche is also challenging and arguably one of the most mature dramas to hit art houses this year 
3
Revanche
Michael Phillips
A film of carefully strained pulp and rigorously controlled intrigue the Austrian revenge drama Revanche which is really about the dividing line between vengeance and forgiveness belongs to a neo noir universe where all the classical genre laws apply 
3.5
Revanche
Roger Ebert
Revanche involves a rare coming together of a male s criminal nature and a female s deep needs entwined with a first rate thriller 
3.5
Revanche
Joe Williams
The title Revanche means retribution and this Oscar nominee for best foreign language film is a European extract of neo noir like a Bavarian Body Heat or a Teutonic 21 Grams 
3.5
Revanche
Jeff Vice
It s undeniably effective and pretty engrossing And there s something to be said for the unconventional way it sucks viewers in 
3
Revanche
Lisa Kennedy
The performers do terrifically understated work Even in a scene of angry anguished coupling silence and stillness persist 
3
Revanche
Mick LaSalle
Revanche is an extraordinary film mythic in feeling about an ex con who falls in love with a prostitute and how their lives intertwine fatefully with that of a policeman and his wife 
4
Revanche
Chris Hewitt
Revenge is a dish best served Austrian in Revanche 
3
Revanche
Kam Williams
A mesmerizing masterpiece which eloquently meshes the raw super realism found in Eastern Promises with the manipulative mental chess moves of David Mamet s House of Games 
4
Revanche
V.A. Musetto
The coincidences might be too much for some but viewers who can get past them will be treated to a suspenseful well acted crisply photographed character study 
3
Revanche
Peter Keough
As it unfolds it constructs a parable of crime and punishment redemption and revenge 
3
Revanche
Wesley Morris
There s a moral beauty in the movie s consideration of violence and vengeance 
3.5
Revanche
Bill Weber
Revanche is almost fatally reluctant to get its hands dirty its milieu shifting on a violent twist from a grimy Vienna brothel to the rural exurbs for buckets of guilt angst and frequently clumsy metaphors 
2.5
Marvin's Room
Austin Kennedy
Great work from Dicaprio De Niro and especially Streep certainly make the film watchable but it still can t save it from feeling like a TV movie of the week If you re a fan of melodrama and over 60 then you ll find much to like 
2.5
Marvin's Room
Margaret A. McGurk
Its strength comes from vibrant close to the bone acting particularly by Diane Keaton in her Oscar nominated role 
3.5
Marvin's Room
Edward Guthmann
Any movie with Meryl Streep is an occasion but when you add Diane Keaton Robert De Niro Leonardo DiCaprio Hume Cronyn and Gwen Verdon you ve got an embarrassment of riches 
3
Marvin's Room
James Kendrick
The main strength of this film is not its message but rather its rich characterizations 
3
Marvin's Room
Roger Ebert
Streep and Keaton in their different styles find ways to make Lee and Bessie into much more than the expression of their problems 
3.5
Marvin's Room
James Berardinelli
What begins as an apparently simple tale of sibling interaction reveals a complex web of pain guilt and uncertainty 
3.5
Marvin's Room
Madeleine Williams
Well acted but not often believable dysfunctional family drama 
3
Marvin's Room
Steve Rhodes
Without the humor the film would have been unwatchably morose 
2.5
Marvin's Room
Chris Hicks
In many ways it looks an awful lot like one of those generic made for TV disease of week movies 
2
Marvin's Room
Barbara Shulgasser
DiCaprio is maturing into a fine actor who looks like a slender young Bill Clinton 
3
Donbass
Simon Abrams
Some moviegoers seeking insights on Russias ongoing assault on Ukraine might enjoy this sort of thing while waiting for real life emotional catharsis Good luck to them 
2
Donbass
Carson Lund
The collisions between the grave and the comic are crucial to the films vision of a society cracking under the weight of its inconsistencies 
3
Donbass
Roger Moore
Writer director Sergey Loznitsas skewerering Slacker style send up of the farcical Russian backed separatists civil war of Eastern Ukraine
3
Donbass
Shane Slater
Like it or not you won t see another war film like it this year 
2.5
Werewolf Ninja Philosopher
Michael Phillips
More than its modestly amusing jokes the film s chief asset is its intriguing black and white footage of New York at night 
2.5
Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury
David Nusair
an eye opening and periodically spellbinding documentary 
3
Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury
Tom Meek
The band s ride and trajectory are just off center enough to carry the narrative and the performance footage and interviews are a rockin joyful delight 
2.5
Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury
Roger Moore
Tuneful but not particularly revealing portrait of a band that didn t make it and the priests several members became after they split up 
2.5
Almost Peaceful
Sean P. Means
There isn t much of a narrative arc in director Michel Deville s drama just many touching little stories 
3
Almost Peaceful
Jeff Vice
The plotting in this 2002 French drama really isn t any more deep than your typical soap opera 
2
Almost Peaceful
Michael Wilmington
Generosity and love of life are the film s hallmarks Like the work of an expert tailor it s done with unobtrusive skill essential warmth and seamless grace 
3
Almost Peaceful
Roger Ebert
Unlike any other film I have seen about the Holocaust 
3
Almost Peaceful
Megan Lehmann
Handsomely shot but almost bewilderingly bland 
1
Almost Peaceful
Jan Stuart
Michel Deville s heartfelt and sexy film feels stagy at moments but the characters are so affectionately drawn and the cast is so watchable it couldn t matter less 
3.5
Almost Peaceful
Jack Mathews
It may appear to be the ultimate non action movie but in the context of these lives it is the highest kind of drama 
3
Almost Peaceful
David Sterritt
The gently told comedy drama is more colorful than you d expect using wry humor and lively music to keep sentimentality at bay 
3
Almost Peaceful
Wesley Morris
Without even realizing it director Michel Deville s Almost Peaceful doesn t just capture the mundane climb back to the familiar it emphasizes it 
2.5
Almost Peaceful
Marta Barber
An intimate tale of how a group of strangers scarred by the past and with heavy personal burdens attempts to break the years of mistrust and suspicions built up during the war years 
2.5
The Selfish Giant
Mattie Lucas
An assured and disciplined work raw like a festering wound and devastatingly blunt establishing Barnard as one of the strongest voices in British independent cinema 
3
The Selfish Giant
John Beifuss
It is especially notable for its compassion It doesn t pass judgment on even its most thoughtless and conniving characters 
4
The Selfish Giant
Peter Howell
Clio Barnard s The Selfish Giant isn t the Oscar Wilde children s story but more an inspired take on it in the kitchen sink style of a Ken Loach drama 
3.5
The Selfish Giant
Chris Knight
It s a powerful story about an underclass that might otherwise be all but invisible 
3
The Selfish Giant
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately it s a sad tough sit but worth seeing for its gritty honesty and strong cast 
3
The Selfish Giant
Matt Pais
A quietly upsetting coming of age story about the many people and places that can be considered a bad influence 
3
The Selfish Giant
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Selfish Giant is easy to admire but difficult to recommend because the truths it tells about friendship poverty and desperation are presented without flinching 
3.5
The Selfish Giant
Sara Stewart
It is admirably unsparing and gloomily atmospheric And I looked at my watch a bunch of times 
2
The Selfish Giant
Oscar Moralde
The ear for language is paired with an eye for the landscape and the film finds beauty even in such a seemingly dreary economically depressed community 
3
The Selfish Giant
Kent Turner
And apparently there s life after Downton Abbey In a 180 degree departure from that show s scheming Miss O Brien actress Siobhan Finneran plays Swifty s abused soft spoken mum She and the boys are wonderful 
2.5
The Distinguished Citizen
Ernesto Diezmartinez
We are facing another irritating comedy of manners in which perhaps Cohn and Duprat distilled too much misanthropy 
2.5
The Distinguished Citizen
Curtis Cook
The Distinguished Citizen is a purposefully paced comedy every scene developing the film s absurdity while drawing the viewer further into the madness of Daniel s visit home 
2
A Bug's Life
Matt Brunson
The same year s Antz is the better film at least for adults though there s plenty to enjoy in what over the long term has been revealed as a relatively minor Pixar project 
3
A Bug's Life
James Kendrick
pure joy whimsical funny and downright entertaining
4
A Bug's Life
Peter Canavese
A Bug s Life is sure to endure as a superb children s entertainment Blu ray 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Judith Egerton
Features some enchanting little insects and a very hummable Randy Newman song The Time of Your Life 
3
A Bug's Life
Walter Chaw
Of all of Pixar s films it s the first and thus far only one whose pleasures are almost completely reserved for the diaper set 
2
A Bug's Life
Jeanne Aufmuth
I see major box office returns and millions more grinning fans in Pixar s future 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Margaret A. McGurk
A hoot Every bit as engaging and twice as clever as Toy Story A Bug s Life is a pure computer generated delight 
4
A Bug's Life
Jeffrey Westhoff
Forget Antz A Bug s Life is the computer animated insect movie that really buzzes 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Peter Stack
One of the great movies a triumph of storytelling and character development and a whole new ballgame for computer animation 
4
A Bug's Life
Andrew Howe
A feel good movie I ll be revisiting on many a rainy Saturday morning 
3
A Bug's Life
Jorge Avila Andrade
Bichos pasar a la historia de la animacin como una muestra ms de que la magia de Disney no se la llev del todo el seor Katzenberg
3.5
A Bug's Life
Emily Blunt
A masterpiece Too bold a statement you say No way Jose You ll never pick up a can of Raid again 
4
A Bug's Life
David Nusair
A Bug s Life is worth seeing simply for the breathtaking animation but if you re expecting a story and characters of the same calibre as Toy Story you ll be left disappointed 
3
A Bug's Life
David Keyes
It s hard to consider that anything could break new ground off of Toy Story but in this case an exception is made 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Rob Blackwelder
I was positively floored by the artwork in A Bug s Life in which computerized images are often so realistic you forget the entire thing is a cartoon 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Jeff Vice
A deft comedy with depth of characterization and of animation that makes the work in Antz look like sketchbook doodles by comparison 
4
A Bug's Life
Mike McGranaghan
Computer animation is an artform that will have a long impact A Bug s Life is on the ground floor of a cinematic revolution History is being made 
4
A Bug's Life
Bob Bloom
Witty warm and charming perfect holiday fare for the entire family Just because you ve seen Antz don t pass up A Bug s Life After seeing it you may decide insects aren t so ikky after all 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Steve Rhodes
Surpasses both Toy Story and Antz 
3.5
A Bug's Life
James Berardinelli
A Bug s Life like Toy Story develops protagonists we can root for and places them in the midst of a fast moving energetic adventure 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the use of animation to visualize a world that could not be seen in live action and could not be created with special effects 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Marty Mapes
It is not just clever it is imaginative There are some genuinely inventive scenes that only an ant could have dreamt up The people at Pixar must have worked hard at having so much fun 
4
A Bug's Life
Madeleine Williams
It lacks some of the Antz s sophisticated humor but more than makes up for it with its rich animation and endearing characters 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Michael Dequina
Witty dialogue funny situations and entertaining characters 
3.5
A Bug's Life
Jeffrey Huston
Pure unadulterated fun that is also spectacular filmmaking 
4
A Bug's Life
Dustin Putman
The film itself unfortunately is a lifeless unamusing contraption without any of the flair or excitement of Toy Story 
1.5
A Bug's Life
David N. Butterworth
A wry irreverent and often times hilarious script by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton caters to grown ups as much as it does children 
4
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
Roger Ebert
A most unexpected documentary about the rise of a club that often sold out three houses a night for 10 years 
3
Saloum
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s best viewed as a glint of first act promise and a glimpse of what Herbulot could make with a few more million dollars and a VFX assist 
2
Saloum
Roger Moore
It 8217 s crackling good long before it turns supernatural 46 
3
Saloum
Glenn Kenny
Herbulot 8217 s direction has not just energy to spare but a truly advanced and accomplished perspective 46 
3.5
Saloum
Mark Dujsik
Saloum 46 46 46 91 is 93 an efficient but ultimately shallow movie that apos s divided into two 44 mostly effective parts that never form a satisfactory whole 46 
2.5
Saloum
Jake Cole
With expert visual precision 44 the film flows into each new 44 wild narrative wrinkle as if it were the most logical thing in the world 46 
3
Slithis
Roger Ebert
Incredibly the movie talks itself to death 
0.5
The Grudge 3
Matthew Rozsa
Watched on its own The Grudge 3 is a disappointment viewed after a better horror film such as Saw VI also released in 2009 and it teaches valuable lessons 
1.25
Miss Virginia
Roger Moore
Abuda is a talented actress but her limited range and dull acting choices turn Miss Virginia the movie and the character into a shrinking violet 
1.5
Miss Virginia
Nell Minow
The movie s effort to separate a feel good story from its political foundation does not earn it a passing grade 
2
Antarctica
Reyhan Harmanci
It s fun to see attractive people get together and fall apart 
3
Antarctica
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The good news is that despite delivering the expected frosty alienation of its namesake Antarctica features enough sweat laden sex scenes to thaw three meandering romantic dramedies 
2.5
The Treatment
Bruce Dancis
A small film about a high school teacher in an elite Manhattan prep school but it s filled with large doses of wit and insight 
3
The Treatment
Moira MacDonald
The Treatment finds its agreeable pace We ve heard this particular story before but it holds up to a skilled retelling 
3
The Treatment
Bill Stamets
A smart tender love story 
3
The Treatment
Michael Phillips
Janssen is an intense screen presence Too often she s stuck playing humorless towering antagonists Here happily she s allowed to be a real person 
3
The Treatment
Wesley Morris
The Treatment feels too much like an indulgence 
2
The Treatment
Kyle Smith
The Treatment a wan effort at Annie Hall style comedy has about as much Manhattan sophistication as a gas station in Chippewa Falls Wis 
1
The Treatment
Jonathan W. Hickman
Funny and biting The Treatment works at least as a drama with clever romantic comedy elements 
3
The Treatment
Ken Fox
A pleasant breeze that refreshes mostly because it s a rare thoughtful comedy clearly intended for grown ups 
3
The Treatment
Jim Hemphill
An accessible piece of entertainment that you don t need to shut your brain off to enjoy 
3
The Treatment
John Anderson
An odd funny film 
3
The Treatment
Nick Schager
While it has an understated poise the film s portrait of inner male turmoil isn t particularly unique or profound 
2.5
Hope Springs
Mattie Lucas
There hasn t been a romantic comedy this grown up and this heartfelt to come to the multiplexes in quite some time 
3
Hope Springs
Kelly Jane Torrance
They say Meryl Streep can do anything as an actress Hope Springs proves it 
3
Hope Springs
Craig D. Lindsey
I won t reveal if these two adult learners rekindle the flame they thought was out long ago But I will tell you this I never thought seeing Meryl Streep pull an Alanis Morissette would be one of the highlights of my summer 
3
Hope Springs
David Nusair
a refreshingly adult endeavor that benefits from its honest sensibilities and from the stellar performances of its leads 
3
Hope Springs
Rafer Guzman
It s tough to come up with new superlatives for Meryl Streep but the 63 year old actress delivers her most frankly sexual performance yet in Hope Springs 
3
Hope Springs
Eric Melin
Sure there s some big general things about common couples problems that ring true but Hope Springs is all posturing with very little believable character building 
2
Hope Springs
Jeff Beck
When you have actors this good playing a married couple how could anything go wrong 
3
Hope Springs
Sean P. Means
Hope Springs works best in its minimalist moments when there s only three or fewer actors onscreen and they re all catching fire at the same time 
3.5
Hope Springs
Lori Hoffman
This would be a Lifetime movie with a lesser cast and even with this amazing trio it drags along with only the occasional moments of honest insight
2
Hope Springs
Linda Cook
Wow Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep in an Ingmar Bergman film 
3.5
Hope Springs
John Beifuss
Scenes from a Marriage with a case of the cutes 
2.5
Hope Springs
Matt Brunson
It should have been this summer s Julie Julia or The Devil Wears Prada a delightful Meryl Streep vehicle geared toward mature moviegoers seeking a respite from blockbusters aimed at younger audiences Yet the picture is a letdown 
2
Hope Springs
Perry Seibert
By refusing to delve deeper the characters come off as two dimensional symbols whom we can relate to only because we might have experienced the same dissatisfactions rather than three dimensional people 
2.5
Hope Springs
Lisa Kennedy
It s all a little depressing 
2.5
Hope Springs
Ann Hornaday
Hope Springs is a minor miracle of a movie 
3
Hope Springs
Peter Keough
Frankel downplays the sentiment and allows his stars to explore the more tragic nuances of their stereotypical roles 
2.5
Hope Springs
Rick Groen
Yes this is the fascinating stuff a rare in pop culture look at the complex nature of the love sex equation when it s too direct when it s too vague when it breaks down completely 
3
Hope Springs
Peter Canavese
There rsquo s a weirdly riveting intensity mdash and a palpable sense of privilege mdash to the way the movie takes us into squirmy private moments 
3
Hope Springs
Willie Waffle
Wow Just WOW is the best way to react to what Tommy Lee Jones is doing on screen 
2.5
Hope Springs
Rene Rodriguez
Like a Hannah Montana movie Hope Springs argues there are no romantic ills that a walk on the beach and a few pop songs on the soundtrack can t cure 
2
Hope Springs
Austin Kennedy
This film is a terrific and welcome break from the loud and noisy films of the typical summer blockbuster 
3
Hope Springs
Leonard Maltin
First the good news here is a Hollywood movie for adults that deals fairly honestly with a relatable real life situation 
2.3
Hope Springs
Chris Hewitt
Hope Springs succeeds in making us think about what a good marriage is and that s not nothing But it makes us do too much of the work 
2.5
Hope Springs
Rex Reed
For mature audiences who have forgotten how to smile it takes up where The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel left off 
3.5
Hope Springs
James Berardinelli
Hope Springs has the unusual distinction of providing a sample of what an Ingmar Bergman movie might be like if made for mass American consumption 
3
Hope Springs
Gary Thompson
Although you couldn t find two better actors they seem to have more movie star chemistry than chemistry as a couple 
1.5
Hope Springs
Stephen Whitty
Both performers are enormous fun to watch it s not often that either of them gets a co star so well matched to them or that Jones is willing to do more than coast on a wince and a grumble 
2.5
Hope Springs
Dustin Putman
There aren t nearly enough movies made these days about and catering to the AARP aged population and even fewer still with the intelligence and insight said audience members deserve For this Hope Springs is something rather rare and special 
3
Hope Springs
Michael Phillips
It s gratifying to see a movie that doesn t have anything to do with superheroics or the end of the world merely ordinary heroics of the human heart 
3
Hope Springs
Mark Feeney
Hope Springs panders with the clumsiness of grown ups trying to do Step Up dance moves 
2
Hope Springs
Roger Ebert
The reason to see it is for Jones 
3
Hope Springs
Lou Lumenick
Hope Springs could have been unbearably schmaltzy or crude Instead in the hands of these expert actors and filmmakers it s a warm and wryly affecting mid summer treat 
3
Hope Springs
Duane Dudek
It turns out that crude behavior and broad stereotypes can be made warmly human and believable when actors of the caliber of Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones are the ones getting busy 
3
Hope Springs
Claudia Puig
It s about as uncomfortable as sitting through an interminable counseling session involving two people you hardly know and don t much care about 
2
Hope Springs
Moira MacDonald
It s refreshing to see a film that treats intimacy among an older couple as something real and meaningful usually it s a punch line and Streep and Jones bring honesty and warmth to their roles 
3
Hope Springs
Charlie McCollum
It s going for the truth in people s lives and for the most part it finds it 
3
Hope Springs
Joe Williams
Only an audience as constipated as these characters could mistake this lukewarm stream of pablum for a hard nugget of truth 
2
Hope Springs
Christy Lemire
It will make you want to go home and have sex with your spouse afterward Or at least share a longer hug or a more passionate kiss 
3
Hope Springs
Matt Pais
Becomes what Arnold fears ordering at the upscale diner in Great Hope Springs Maine comfort food whose flavor doesn t justify the price 
2
Hope Springs
Roger Moore
Seeing the best in the business act out the no eye contact body language the embarrassment of talking about life s most intimate details and alternately grump or whimper about it gives this fluffy comedy a tiny dose of gravitas 
2.5
Hope Springs
Phil Villarreal
It s frighteningly easy to look at the characters and see your grandparents Or your parents Or yourself 
3.5
Hope Springs
R. Kurt Osenlund
A decidedly adult drama about love and sex wherein the comedy is largely incidental 
2.5
River
Roger Moore
Drown this one in the bathtub 
1
The Art of Travel
Frank Ochieng
Travel is an ambitious involving and extensive travelogue that challenges the imagination A feasible fable that allows one to remain contemplative and connected
2.5
The Art of Travel
Steve Rhodes
It s too bad that there isn t a documentary about the making of The Art of Travel since that would undoubtedly make for an interesting movie 
2
Marilyn's Eyes
Roger Moore
A mental health comedy that manages almost nothing that s funny and a dramedy nobody would believe in or out of Italy 
1.5
In Bed
Ed Gonzalez
Suggests a mash up of Before Sunrise and Tape run through Altavista s unreliable Babel Fish Translation service 
2
It's a Free World
Mattie Lucas
It lays bare the problems with the issue for our consideration and leaves us wondering how it could possibly be fixed 
3
It's a Free World
Peter Howell
Newcomer Wareing delivers an award worthy performance as the steely Angie who is impossible to hate even as she descends deeper into the moral abyss 
3
It's a Free World
Kamal Al-Solaylee
The film s bleak but powerful ending is a wake up call to Britain and a measure of the pessimism of Loach one of its most trenchant critics I fear things must be really bad over there 
3
Violeta at Last
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Hidalgo has directed a simple woman s film that avoids falling into sentimental blackmail well supported by the veteran theatrical actress Tica Chaverri 
1.5
25 to Life
Kam Williams
Out of the closet documentary chronicles clandestine life of young black man who hid his HIV status from dozens of college coed classmates he seduced 
4
Love Hurts
David Nusair
an utterly misbegotten piece of work 
1.5
The Velvet Elvis
Kam Williams
Serving up as much mirth as mayhem per minute don t expect to pause to take a breath on this non stop rollicking roller coaster ride until Velvis has left the theater 
4
All-Star Superman
Mike McGranaghan
A very good idea gets overwhelmed by an apparent need to throw in everything but the kitchen sink 
2.5
The People Next Door
Roger Ebert
It s the best movie so far about parents kids and drugs and probably the best we re likely to get 
3.5
Surrogate Valentine
Andrew Schenker
Despite some winning moments of lo fi humor and some inspired set pieces there s simply not enough here to carry a feature film even one that tops out at 75 minutes 
2
Samaritan Girl
Ed Gonzalez
An under thought formula linking sex youth and violence 
2
The Horror of Party Beach
Matt Brunson
Like Robot Monster Eegah and other grade Z atrocities it s the sort of mindboggling film that triggers amusement rather than anger at its absolute ineptitude 
1
High Heat
Randy Myers
Lean tidy and efficient comedic spy thriller 
3
High Heat
Roger Moore
It 8217 s a straight up B movie 44 and like a lot of them it tries too hard to be jokey 46 But all involved have a little fun with it 44 which pays dividends in the damnedest places 46 
2
Ratatouille
Matt Brunson
A love letter to Paris a valentine to the fine art of cooking and a gift to film fans of all ages 
3.5
Ratatouille
Mattie Lucas
A delectable treat that represents the finest qualities in animation and American cinema 
4
Ratatouille
Mike Scott
And there s Remy himself voiced by irreverent comic Patton Oswalt Yes he s a rat and a pantless one at that but he s a charming rat 
3
Ratatouille
Kim Brown
Like the snooty restaurant critic Anton Ego voiced by Peter O Toole we enter Ratatouille thinking we ve tasted it all and we leave hoping for seconds 
3.5
Ratatouille
Leah Rozen
Ratatouille is a delicious delight brimming with colorful characters lush animation and as Remy rises at a chic Parisian restaurant useful culinary advice 
3.5
Ratatouille
David Keyes
Ratatouille follows the pattern of dazzling entertainment set long before by the first Toy Story picture but elevates it to something more resounding than just a routine cartoon adventure with colorful characters or sight gags 
3.5
Ratatouille
Nick Rogers
As classically as Babe Ratatouille turns animal kingdom expectations on their ear for a unique generous and gleeful gastronomic masterpiece that knows it s not much fun to look out or cook only for yourself 
3.5
Ratatouille
Brett Michel
To borrow a line from the film which includes an insightful look at the art of criticism my compliments to the chef 
3.5
Ratatouille
Kam Williams
Not only funny engaging and entertaining from beginning to end but a picture which delivers an abundance of heartwarming messages 
4
Ratatouille
Sandra Hall
It s always been Pixar s boast that it keeps its computers in their place at the service of the story and with Ratatouille it has proved it yet again 
4
Ratatouille
Roger Ebert
A lot of animated movies have inspired sequels notably Shrek but Brad Bird s Ratatouille is the first one that made me positively desire one 
4
Ratatouille
Kyle Smith
I would have loved to have been present during the pitch meeting for Ratatouille It s um a little bit Willard a little bit Like Water for Chocolate The greatest rat movie and the greatest food movie ever made 
4
Ratatouille
Lori Hoffman
while Bird s great wit and impressively wide ranging imagination are again on tap in Ratatouille I found it hard to suspend my disbelief 
2.5
Ratatouille
Sean McBride
It s getting a bit anticlimactic to announce that Pixar Films has another animated winner in theaters 
3.5
Ratatouille
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene la magia de las viejas películas clásicas de Disney con todo y su mensaje de luchar por los sueños y así lograr lo imposible Una verdadera delicia 
3.5
Ratatouille
Wesley Lovell
A tantalizing smorgasbord that will delight the palettes of audiences of all ages with its simple moral tale about pushing beyond your social boundaries to achieve success 
3.5
Ratatouille
Susan Tavernetti
In food critic speak Ratatouille is highly seasoned and layered with complex flavors and has considerable sweetness on the finish 
3
Ratatouille
Gina Carbone
Ratatouille is fast moving and fun and makes me wish I gave more thought to my meals But if I laughed out loud it wasn t more than once and the most emotional moment came from Anton Ego the snobby British critic 
2.75
Ratatouille
Bob Bloom
In a sense Ratatouille is a story about fulfilling one s dreams about going beyond preconceived boundaries and following your heart 
4
Ratatouille
Forrest Hartman
Rarely do Pixar films fall short of excellence and Ratatouille is no exception 
4
Ratatouille
Mike McGranaghan
Ratatouille represents another step forward for Pixar not just on a technical level but on an artistic one as well Every location and character is vividly conceived and realized 
3.5
Ratatouille
Jeffrey Westhoff
While others in the computer animation field are obsessed with making backgrounds appear real Pixar knows it is more vital to make the characters real 
4
Ratatouille
Ross Anthony
Not quite the comedic animated masterpiece rather a cute quaint film that drags a bit at the second act but offers up an unexpectedly warm plate of climax in the wind up 
2.5
Ratatouille
Robert W. Butler
Ratatouille is a delight with explosions of delicious humor and a gorgeous look that will have you rethinking what animation can accomplish 
3.5
Ratatouille
Sean P. Means
Kids will giggle at Remy s antics while the grown ups will find in Ratatouille a feast of inventive animation with a generous portion of culinary inspiration 
3.5
Ratatouille
Larry Ratliff
By spitting out 30 minutes of unnecessary middle Ratatouille could have come out of the oven a magnificent feast instead of a pedestrian meal for the masses 
3
Ratatouille
Ken Fox
A clever ingeniously animated film filled with many shining moments 
3.5
Ratatouille
Peter Howell
Had Bird gone the safe route he would have robbed us of a great new cartoon figure in Remy who like the rest of the film is rendered with animation that is at once fanciful and life like It s also my pick for Pixar s best 
4
Ratatouille
Moira MacDonald
How good and how much fun is Ratatouille So good that when it was over all I wanted to do was watch it again 
4
Ratatouille
Bruce Newman
This is an animated movie that s been made for adults although kids probably will enjoy it too 
4
Ratatouille
Peter Hartlaub
Ratatouille never overwhelms even though it s stocked with action romance historical content family drama and serious statements about the creation of art 
4
Ratatouille
David Elliott
If a bit long for a cartoon feature probably a sign that its makers fell in love with it Ratatouille is the eighth and one of the best Pixar features 
3
Ratatouille
Carla Meyer
Ratatouille might be that rare G rated film that adults enjoy even more than children In other words some scenes cater to folks who prefer truffles over goldfish crackers 
3.5
Ratatouille
Pam Grady
A scrumptious and savory entrée delivered with wit and aplomb It is the most delicious offering yet from those wizards at Pixar 
4
Ratatouille
Stephen Whitty
Fresh family fun Although there are those slightly noxious images of rodents scampering around a kitchen the movie doesn t stoop to kid pandering jokes based on back talk and bodily gases 
3
Ratatouille
Lou Lumenick
Arguably the finest toon in the Pixar canon 
4
Ratatouille
Jack Mathews
The Pixar magic continues with Brad Bird s Ratatouille a gorgeous wonderfully inventive computer animated comedy 
4
Ratatouille
Rene Rodriguez
Ratatouille is the most straightforward and formulaic picture to date from Pixar Animation Studios but it is also among the most enchanting and touching 
3
Ratatouille
John Wirt
The script which doesn t play cheap or obvious to children or adults and the film s fluid animation and luxurious palette make Ratatouille one of this summer s high water marks for viewers of any age 
4
Ratatouille
Liam Lacey
No sketchy backgrounds here Ratatouille s scenes feels like deep focus camera shots The textures from the gleam of copper pans to the cobblestone streets are almost palpable 
3.5
Ratatouille
Terry Lawson
Ratatouille has its heart and its head in this effort to serve up something unique and satisfying 
3
Ratatouille
Michael Booth
Writer and director Brad Bird keeps Ratatouille moving without resorting to the cute animal jokes or pop culture wisecracking that ruined so many other recent animated films 
3.5
Ratatouille
Mary F. Pols
Ranks up there with the best of Pixar s best joining Nemo Monsters Inc and Toy Story 1 and 2 in the ranks of instant classics It s a reminder of how good kids entertainment can be 
4
Ratatouille
Miriam Di Nunzio
Ratatouille will make you wonder why animation needs to hide behind the mantle of it s for children but grownups will like it too This one s for Mom and Dad and yep the kids will like it too 
3.5
Ratatouille
Lawrence Toppman
Pixar has a habit of finding voice talent in unexpected places and she s just part of the shrewd casting Oswalt and Romano make an ideal team assertive and nervous while the almost unrecognizable Holm spits out disgust with glee 
4
Ratatouille
Wesley Morris
The movie doesn t have to strain for liftoff the way Pixar s Cars did that movie had a Volvo s boxiness Ratatouille keeps inventing surprises 
3.5
Ratatouille
John Beifuss
Brad Bird makes cartoons yet I don t think there s a filmmaker anywhere with more respect for his audience 
4
Ratatouille
Rob Thomas
Ratatouille is so fresh and fun and original and wonderful that the very least I could do is get through this review without any lame cooking metaphors 
4
Ratatouille
Kit Bowen
Ratatouille is a Pixar tour de force 
4
Ratatouille
David Nusair
ultimately one of the most uneven and least compelling efforts from Disney s Pixar Animation Studios to date 
2.5
Ratatouille
James Sanford
Bewitching Bird s movies don t have the same rush rush rhythms or the lowbrow humor that have become the hallmark of too many animated films Instead he puts the emphasis on characters and cleverness 
3.5
Ratatouille
Daniel M. Kimmel
The best way to put it about Pixar s triumphant new animated film Ratatouille is this all is forgiven for Cars 
4
Ratatouille
Bob Strauss
A breathlessly scampering slapstick delight 
3.5
Ratatouille
Jonathan W. Hickman
Delicious family entertainment 
3
Ratatouille
Barry Paris
Too bad Julia Child isn t here to see it but I ve channeled a message from her She ratifies Ratatouille from beyond 
4
Ratatouille
Sara Michelle Fetters
The man behind The Iron Giant and The Incredibles Bird has crafted another wondrously original and emotionally magnificent cinematic adventure the likes of which simply must be seen to be believed 
4
Ratatouille
Erik Childress
There s enough to enjoy in the artistry and its final hope for new discoveries to applaud the outcome even if its just a polite applause until the flame goes out 
3
Ratatouille
Willie Waffle
Takes the most vile hated disease ridden vermin in the history of the world then makes them cuddly and lovable It s madness Complete ingenious madness 
4
Ratatouille
Jeff Vice
It s a character driven story that lets the humor flow naturally from the story s details Also the handsome colorful backgrounds here have a mind blowing photorealistic quality 
3.5
Ratatouille
Claudia Puig
Ratatouille is delicious fun sure to be savored by audiences of all ages for its sumptuous visuals clever wit and irresistibly inspiring tale 
3.5
Ratatouille
Duane Dudek
One of the most beautiful and complex digital films yet layered with detail and atmosphere and dimensionally rich and fluid 
3
Ratatouille
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Peter O Toole s performance as the critic Anton Ego is worthy of another Oscar nomination 
3
Ratatouille
Chris Hewitt
The Ratatouille concept could be off putting a rat who dreams of using his bubonic paws to cook for humans at a ritzy Parisian restaurant but it s so funny and lovable that the ick factor vanishes almost immediately 
3.5
Ratatouille
Steven Rea
With Ratatouille Bird once again delivers not just a great witty story but dazzling visuals as well 
3.5
Ratatouille
Dustin Putman
Pixar s weakest film in almost a decade 
2
Ratatouille
Rafer Guzman
So many computer animated movies are brash loud and popping with pop culture comedy but Ratatouille has the warm glow of a favorite book The characters are more than the sum of their gigabyte consuming parts they feel handcrafted 
3
Ratatouille
Michael Phillips
The film may be animated and largely taken up with rats but its pulse is gratifyingly human And you have never seen a computer animated feature with this sort of visual panache and detail 
4
Ratatouille
Matt Pais
Even more fun to watch than it is to say 
4
Ratatouille
Nick Schager
A boisterous ode to culinary delights artistic inspiration egalitarianism camaraderie family and Paris 
3.5
Ratatouille
Josh Larsen
Oswalt babbles away with the mania of a true obsessive He s like Julia Child after too much wine 
4
Ratatouille
Walter Chaw
At first glance this is Bird s lightest film upon further reflection it deepens into perhaps his most substantive 
4
Ratatouille
Phil Villarreal
The wild devoted praise afforded Bird s solid yet tepid films puzzles me It s as though society is playing a joke that everyone but me and a few others are in on I smell a Ratatouille 
2.5
Ratatouille
Steven Snyder
This is a summer animated film aimed at your 15 year old youngster not your toddler While younger fans will enjoy the sight of these furry heroes in a man s world they will easily lose track of the intricate story smart dialogue and complex themes 
4
Ratatouille
Mark Dujsik
A visually astounding comedy that s missing the emotional significance and thematic complexity of the computer animation studio s best work 
3
Ratatouille
James Berardinelli
For parents looking to spend time in a theater with their kids or adults who want something lighter and less testosterone oriented than the usual summer fare Ratatouille offers a savory main course 
3
Ratatouille
Peter Travers
What makes Ratatouille such a hilarious and heartfelt wonder is the way Bird contrives to let it sneak up on you And get a load of that score from Michael Giacchino a perfect compliment to a delicious meal 
3.5
Ratatouille
Steve Rhodes
Easily the best Pixar film since A Bug s Life Ratatouille is deliciously delightful wonderfully sweet and drop dead gorgeous 
3.5
Ratatouille
Peter Canavese
To watch Ratatouille is to recognize we re living in another golden age of American animation 
3.5
Ratatouille
Gary Brown
Ratatouille is a delightful treat As the French would say C est magnifique 
4
Ratatouille
Linda Cook
Delectable Ratatouille should be savored by every age of movie goer 
4
Basic
Greg Maki
Basic is one of those rare movies without even a single redeeming quality 
0
Basic
Ian Mantgani
The final parts of this movie are the kind that you d swear were slapped on by the studio until you realise the whole story must have been built around them 
1
Basic
Sara Michelle Fetters
Granted it s not Rollerball and that in itself could be considered a small blessing Unfortunately it s only a small one but I guess I shouldn t be too picky 
2
Basic
Marty Mapes
I had to take on faith that the plot could theoretically be made sense of
2
Basic
Michael Szymanski
Nope nothing subtle here The whole movie isn t subtle From the perpetual rain to the high anxiety shouting that every character seems to have at some point to the constant reminder that nothing is as it seems the movie is continuously doubling back
2
Basic
Jack Mathews
You can fall asleep in the first reel wake up at the end and know as much as anyone else 
1.5
Basic
Leigh Johnson
With its catchy one word title and colorful cast of characters Basic is just begging for a sequel Basic 2 Explaining the Unresolved Plot Points of the First Movie 
1.5
Basic
Matt Brunson
Any hope of a modern day Rashomon is soon dashed as the movie gets bogged down in a haphazard series of twists turns backslides and pirouettes very few of which make sense after the whole story is revealed 
2
Basic
Peter Travers
Made up of remnants from other better films 
2
Basic
David Sterritt
Vanderbilt s screenplay ought to be court martialed 
1
Basic
Mike McGranaghan
It really doesn t matter what you think you know about Basic because the movie doesn t provide any answers to the most important question Why 
1.5
Basic
Jonathan R. Perry
Once we sift past the labyrinth of manipulation dramatic trickery and enough Rashomon red herrings to put us off seafood forever it s the Seinfeld of thrillers unapologetic about leading us down the garden path then proud and self effacing in bei
2.5
Basic
John Beifuss
A more accurate title would be Convoluted Incoherent or Dishonest 
1.5
Basic
Tony Toscano
Add to the mix some very unlikable and poorly written characters constant rain at least 10 surprise endings and an overly loud soundtrack and Basic becomes an effort to watch 
1.5
Basic
Frank Ochieng
McTiernan s washout military drama Basic is aptly titled If any excessive and repetitive spotty military drama is in need of an instant court martial proceeding then this lumbering and clumsy account needs to be taking into serious consideration 
1.5
Basic
David Nusair
The interesting thing about Basic is that it contains one of Travolta s best performances since Pulp Fiction but the film itself isn t anywhere close to his level 
2
Basic
Harvey S. Karten
Has no point other than to pull our chain 
2.5
Basic
Dustin Putman
The film seemingly exists for only one solid reason to cruelly play with and jerk the chain of every audience member foolish enough to be swindled into a theater showing this pompous joke 
.5
Basic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Travolta gets good mileage out of playing a swaggering hero with degenerate bravado tendencies Can any other major movie star get away with such low behavior 
2.5
Basic
Todd Anthony
The more you think about the far fetched sequence of events that leads to the Big Surprise the less sense it makes 
2.5
Basic
Erik Lundegaard
There are so many shifts so many Gotcha moments so many characters who are not what they appear to be that by the final twist you ve stopped caring 
1.5
Basic
Mick LaSalle
The plot twists reversals false accounts unreliable narrators and conflicting testimonies that make up the story of Basic are just not worth revisiting unless one wants to tie one s brain into a knot for no discernible reward 
2
Basic
David Elliott
If this humid hullabaloo made sense it still wouldn t matter You can feel your shrug building irritably 
1.5
Basic
Joe Baltake
You know the drill You ve seen it before sometimes set in a police precinct house and you ll no doubt see it again 
2.5
Basic
Jan Stuart
Artificial manufactured and devoid of credibility 
2
Basic
Duane Dudek
The truth is Travolta deserves better but Basic can t handle the truth 
2
Basic
Bob Strauss
I didn t buy a second of it But I did enjoy how strenuously this picture worked to pull its fast ones 
3
Basic
Robert W. Butler
So plot driven that the people in it become interchangeable cogs shorn of real personalities 
1.5
Basic
Jeff Vice
This is the umpteenth variation on the same wisecracking character that Travolta s been playing for years while Jackson gets to talk tough and do little else 
2
Basic
Janice Page
It s neither deep and interesting enough to be a brainteaser nor sufficiently thrilling to count as a mindless diversion 
1.5
Basic
Josh Larsen
may set a record for plot twists and the movie seems to think that s a good thing 
1.5
Basic
Sean P. Means
If a film s makers do not care how their movie turns out why should we 
1.5
Basic
Rick Groen
This is one of those plot heavy flicks that topples under its own engorged bulk leaving logic to suffocate and common sense to go begging 
2
Basic
Roger Ebert
By the end I wanted to do cruel and vicious things to the screenplay 
1
Basic
Megan Lehmann
Chases its tail for so long it morphs from a whodunit into a who cares 
2
Basic
Pam Grady
A coherent plot might ve helped or an investment in the characters but Basic lacks those particular basics 
2
Basic
Mike Clark
The tepid result is like Courage Under Fire without the compelling Meg Ryan angle or Travolta s 1999 The General s Daughter without the sexual squalor 
2
Basic
Glenn Lovell
Both clumsily manipulative and implausible 
2
Basic
Lawrence Toppman
The story soon degenerates into nonsense and ends in the kind of conspiracy that lazy writers believe to be shocking and surprising 
1.5
Basic
John Monaghan
A military mystery that figures the more complex it gets the more intrigued we ll be It figures wrong 
2
Basic
Rene Rodriguez
Things are not what they seem because we re kind of making this up as we go along without any semblance of logic or reason in order to make you feel stupid 
1.5
Basic
Carrie Rickey
If we can t trust the narrators of the flashbacks whom can we trust Certainly not a director and screenwriter James Vanderbilt whose narrative approach is to repeatedly lay down a rug and pull it from under us 
2
Basic
Michael Wilmington
When you get to the last Basic twist I doubt you ll feel the movie played very fair with you or that the situation makes much sense 
2.5
Basic
Jeffrey Westhoff
Nearly explodes from plot twist overload 
2.5
Basic
Bob Bloom
The convoluted script provides so many twists and turns that it practically loses its audience By the finale you don t remember who was supposed to be dead or alive nor separate the good guys from the bad guys 
2
Basic
Rob Blackwelder
so full of cheap red herrings that watching it feels like gorging on a Long John Silver s all you can eat buffet 
2
Basic
Steve Rhodes
The studio should have screamed Rewrite before they greenlit the movie 
2
Basic
Walter Chaw
The good news is that at 95 minutes it s really short 
1.5
Basic
Jeanne Aufmuth
A clumsy military thriller that will undoubtedly benefit from its perfectly timed release date 
2
Basic
James Berardinelli
The movie is so superficial that once the mystery has been unraveled all we do is shrug and walk out of the theater slightly irritated at the waste of time and money 
2
Saraband
Terry Lawson
While bringing an abundance of inspiration to this world Bergman unapologetically refused to ignore the pain and darkness that infects mankind There will never be another filmmaker like him 
3
Saraband
Jeff Vice
Like the best of Ingmar Bergman s films Saraband has a hypnotic quality that draws in audiences who are patient 
3
Saraband
Sean P. Means
A haunting series of heartbreaking duets between people for whom love is distant and death is uncomfortably close 
3.5
Saraband
Phil Villarreal
Bergman is still at the top of his game every bit as much in control of his faculties for deciphering human misery 
4
Saraband
Marta Barber
For those inclined to search for psychological twists the film offers plenty of Freudian situations capable of provoking lengthy discussions For the film buff the discussions will turn to a Bergman still at the peak of his craft 
3.5
Saraband
Piet Levy
A good note to end on for a filmmaker renowned for his greatness 
3
Saraband
Josh Larsen
a chronicle of how bitterness only hardens over time 
3
Saraband
Walter Chaw
The message is the medium 
2.5
Saraband
Peter Canavese
Partly an internalized memory play and partly a strident drama in the vein of Strindberg or Ibsen Ingmar Bergman s latest swan song to cinema bears the mark of a master 
4
Saraband
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The performances are perfectly distilled but the traits I dislike in Bergman are all here self pity brutality spiritual constipation and an unwillingness to try to overcome these difficulties 
2
Saraband
Michael Wilmington
What remain intact are the filmmaker s unbreakable heart lyrical soul and sublime art So why should we say goodbye Instead Bravo Encore 
4
Saraband
Steven Rea
Saraband flat and static both visually and thematically doesn t begin to approximate the austere beauty of the director s art house classics 
2.5
Saraband
Roger Ebert
Powerfully painfully honest 
4
Saraband
Jeff Strickler
Ullmann in her mid 60s and Josephson in his early 80s still know how to build fascinating characters 
3
Saraband
Chris Hewitt
Like the Bach piece that gives it its title Saraband is a stately mournful movie 
3
Saraband
Geoff Pevere
The compositions are stark the tone wintry and the conversations bleak Yet there s a flicker of something affirmative in this darkness 
4
Saraband
Jeff Shannon
Performed in a series of devastating duets it s so mature and authentic that it feels like an alien presence in the current i e shallow movie landscape 
2.5
Saraband
Mick LaSalle
If Saraband is not one of the best Bergman films it s a very good one and a valuable statement from a great artist in old age 
3
Saraband
Liam Lacey
Reminds us again that Bergman in his camera choices and blocking of characters remains unrivalled in revealing the sea of emotions between two people face to face 
4
Saraband
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Saraband is a great masterpiece and a true and fitting culmination to a major career 
4
Saraband
James Verniere
It is a luminous sensuous examination of human relationships 
3.5
Saraband
Ty Burr
Think of Saraband as an after dinner mint a film that looks in on the same characters three decades later and finds their rage both cooled and passed down to the next generation 
3.5
Saraband
Timothy Knight
Vintage Bergman an intense psychodrama of anguished revelations and lacerating confrontations that unfolds with a stately rhythm in ten chapters 
3
Saraband
Bob Strauss
Watching old hands Ullmann and Josephson hit every nuance of feeling with consummate grace brings an odd giddiness to an otherwise sad tale 
4
Saraband
Kyle Smith
Like watching four people take turns trying to swim with one of the others clinging to an ankle It s grim and gripping 
3
Saraband
Jack Mathews
This is as bitter and despairing an exploration of the human spirit as any of Bergman s films and it is just as vibrantly written and directed 
3
Saraband
David Sterritt
Its leisurely deliberative style is a perfect complement to the emotions it deals with emotions so penetrating that I warn you at the outset how jarringly intense you may find Bergman s most brilliant drama in decades 
4
Saraband
John Anderson
The performances are no surprise subtly spectacular 
3.5
Saraband
Keith Uhlich
Bergman consistently evokes the ghost of history in Saraband 
4
The Man in the Orange Jacket
David N. Butterworth
This Latvian slasher is an ambiguous starkly photographed puzzle that reminds us never to judge a film by the color of its jacket 
2.5
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Joe Williams
Directors Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas work wonders with the old photos animating and enhancing them to simulate Hicks excellent adventure 
2.5
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Mike McGranaghan
If you have any sort of interest in stand up comedy this is as fine a documentary as you will see on the subject 
3.5
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Rick Groen
In the stand up world to be a cerebral comic in America is to invite anonymity In his short life Bill Hicks extended that invitation and more or less it was accepted 
3
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Greg Quill
The movie s appeal extends to the manner of its construction it s an almost hypnotic kind of hybrid animation in which hundreds of photographs of Hicks in various poses and at various stages in his life are grafted onto two dimensional backgrounds 
3
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Bill Weber
The vitriolic comedian s career gets a photo animated documentary treatment which drowns out his voice with a chorus of friends and family 
2
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Rossiter Drake
It is more a celebration than a lament and the emotions it evokes are as potent as the force behind Hicks most inspired comedy 
4
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Neil Smith
An intimate tribute that pays as much attention to Bill the man as it does to Bill the stand up 
4
Kamataki
Jason Anderson
Kamataki is remarkable for its quiet intelligence 
3
The Haunted Airman
David Nusair
a hopelessly uninvolving piece of work that is unlikely to appeal to even the most ardent Pattinson fan 
1
The Tic Code
Bob Graham
If it seems to have the ingredients of an after school special the performances take it to another level Gut level 
3
The Tic Code
Pam Grady
This is a film of marvelous performances 
3
Good Neighbours
Mike Scott
A sneakily absorbing indie thriller 
3
Good Neighbours
V.A. Musetto
Working from a 1982 novel set in Quebec City director writer Jacob Tierney provides enough thrills and surprises even a little satire to keep viewers attention 
3
Good Neighbours
Paul Schrodt
The tone of the film is off key from the beginning a fact that s not helped by the presence of Speedman onetime Felicity heartthrob 
1.5
Good Neighbours
Rex Reed
Good Neighbors is a hotbed of twisted ideas with a straightforward yet novel approach to the Gothic horror in the hearts of mistakenly everyday people 
3
Good Neighbours
Linda Barnard
There s clear evidence that Tierney is maturing as a filmmaker but he s not there yet despite having the talents of Baruchel and Hampshire on his side 
2.5
Good Neighbours
David Nusair
A seriously oddball little movie 
2.5
Good Neighbours
Stephen Cole
A wickedly funny noir 
3
June Again
Pamela Powell
June Again finds all the right notes to tell a story of love in unexpected ways 
3.5
June Again
Roger Moore
Winlove is content to keep his story simple and leave the film in the hands of an actress who makes June not just pitiful and sympathetic but a real piece of work
2.5
Chooch
Lou Lumenick
The sort of vanity project that gives amateurs a bad name 
0
Chooch
Jack Mathews
It s an earnest affair that looks like a neighborhood project on film 16 mm in fact blown up to 35 for someone s anniversary or birthday party 
1
Babette's Feast
Gene Siskel
It s a strangely moving film about talents and passions used and not used 
3
Babette's Feast
James Kendrick
a simple film of great feeling and generosity
3.5
Babette's Feast
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The acting is impeccable and the ambience suffused with delicate charm but overall this doesn t aim at anything higher than Masterpiece Theatre or a Merchant Ivory film 
2
Wire Room
Mark Dujsik
Our incompetent protagonist is in good company behind the camera 44 too 46 
1
Zebraman
Sid Smith
Its odd clash of shifting sensibilities is just as often wearisome as engaging 
2
Zebraman
V.A. Musetto
Frequent readers may have noticed my fondness for films by Japanese cult director Takashi Miike So it pains me to report that his Zebraman is a disappointment 
2
Zebraman
Maitland McDonagh
Will probably play best to fanboys who love Power Rangers and Ultraman 
2
Zebraman
Kam Williams
Though featuring cheapo special effects phony looking fight scenes and cornball dialogue this throwback is readily recommended for anyone who might enjoy a campy cross of Mothra and The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 
3
Zebraman
Ed Gonzalez
Like the faux gays from Japan s defense agency Miike refuses to get real but his gonzo punch drunk surrealism has never felt so arbitrary 
2
Noelle
Roger Moore
Kendrick twinkles Noelle doesn t 
2
Noelle
Richard Roeper
Over all Noelle is subpar but it s silly harmless fun It s so forgettable it ll be virtually erased from your memory five minutes after the end credits roll 
2
Noelle
David Nusair
an appealing premise that s employed to passable yet rarely enthralling effect by Lawrence 
2.5
Noelle
Nick Allen
Noelle has plenty of charm the kind that makes a Christmas story not just simply amiable but worth a look 
3
The Mountain
Ben Sachs
One can easily watch the film the way Andy takes part in Wallace s odyssey but you ll probably be disappointed if you expect the various ideas to add up to more than the sum of their parts 
2
The Mountain
Mark Dujsik
The established mood continues through the whole of the movie but that third act desperately tries to frame a tone poem of despair as something more significant 
2.5
The Mountain
Joe Friar
Sheridan and Goldblum are a ghastly duo in the spellbinding film that falls somewhere between David Lynch and Yorgos Lanthimos 
3.5
The Mountain
Mick LaSalle
There s a chill about The Mountain that s conveyed in visual terms And then it all slowly and then completely falls apart 
1
The Mountain
Sara Stewart
This is the kind of movie that gives art house movies a bad name 
1.5
The Mountain
Sheila O'Malley
The Mountain with its long stretches of quiet bleak subject matter and Alverson s staunch refusal to let us in or fill in the blanks creates a genuinely unnerving mood 
3
The Mountain
Carson Lund
For all its emotional restraint Rick Alverson s film builds to a point of remarkable pathos 
3.5
The Mountain
Roger Moore
I ll watch Jeff Goldblum in anything 
2.5
The Mountain
Michael O'Sullivan
The Mountain is what it is and any attempt to recapitulate its meaning in some other form is a fool s errand 
2.5
The Mountain
Max Weiss
By the time Lavant goes on a semi nonsensical monologue in French about hermaphrodites another persistent if mystifying recurring image in the film I had pretty much checked out 
2.5
The Magic of Flight
Margaret A. McGurk
Revisits the wild blue yonder and is at its very best in mid air 
3
College Boys Live
Rene Rodriguez
College Boys Live breaks your heart even as it horrifies and leaves you feeling aghast that Adams continues to operate his website with a new group of residents moving in every six months The damage being done could well be irreparable 
3
Moving the Mountain
Roger Ebert
The larger story of Tiananmen Square has been told many times symbolized by a remarkable live shot of a single student facing down the approach of a tank What this film documents are some of the smaller stories that went into it 
3
Vanity Fair
Camerin Courtney
To our utter delight these stories and messages are told with superb acting amazing costumes that burst with color and texture and dazzling locales 
3
Vanity Fair
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una slida adaptacin de la novela de Thackeray por la que bien vale la pena pagar el boleto 
3
Vanity Fair
Mark Collette
The director s vision seems as obstructed by affectation as the vision of the classist characters in her film 
2
Vanity Fair
David N. Butterworth
Reese s piece certainly looks good it s just not terribly engaging 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Steve Rhodes
Told against a lush and vast canvas Mira Nair s Vanity Fair is one of the very best movies of the year 
4
Vanity Fair
Vince Koehler
The film gives a panoramic view of life in the 19th century and provides an enjoyable movie going experience 
3
Vanity Fair
James Kendrick
robs the story of some of its sharper edges turning Thackery s greedy avarice ridden social climber into an updated rags to riches romantic fantasy
2.5
Vanity Fair
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still with a cast this good and production value so inspiring Vanity Fair is a hard movie to let go of Nair gets this era of British history spot on showcasing a collision of cultures brought about by English imperialism 
2.5
Vanity Fair
James Verniere
In the center of Nair s dizzying polychromatic social swirl stands Witherspoon s irrepressible Becky and the film rises and falls on her well shaped shoulders 
3
Vanity Fair
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps Oscar voters will find something to love here perhaps some intriguing costume designs but for the rest of us Vanity Fair is a snooze 
2.5
Vanity Fair
James Berardinelli
A charming movie that falls short of greatness but is still worth a solid recommendation 
3
Vanity Fair
Josh Larsen
Sweet Home England this is not 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Kit Bowen
Even though it s a valiant effort Vanity Fair just lacks the necessary talent and oomph to propel it to the level of an elegant entertaining English period piece 
1.5
Vanity Fair
Larry Ratliff
Witherspoon dishes out disarming charm and surprisingly effective vulnerability It s a performance worthy of Academy Award consideration 
3
Vanity Fair
Terry Lawson
Even with a running time of more than 2 hours this kind of condensation means we race through the story s second half in a time warp not aided by Nair s garish out of nowhere and out of place Indian interludes 
2
Vanity Fair
David Sterritt
What s missing from this Vanity Fair is the sense of plucky anything goes adventurousness that abounds in Thackeray s novel 
2
Vanity Fair
Nick Rogers
The movie isn t Cliffs Notes so much as it is a fast food drive thru for a classic novel Beautifully filmed and its costumes are seamless though the story s not 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Dustin Putman
What might work powerfully on the page comes off on the screen as not terribly interesting 
2
Vanity Fair
Jeanne Aufmuth
Mira Nair s keen eye and artistic flair are abundantly evident in this lush screen adaptation 
3
Vanity Fair
Claudia Puig
By film s end audiences are bound to be left dissatisfied with the choppy and confusing storytelling style and unhappy about the missed opportunity 
2
Vanity Fair
Chris Hewitt
Nair who also directed Monsoon Wedding has trouble juggling all the characters here but she brings to Vanity Fair some of her previous film s zest for life 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Chauncey Mabe
Nair has achieved a near miracle of literary transmutation taking a supremely rich complicated and clear eyed 19th century novel and turning it into a coherent and highly entertaining movie 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Moira MacDonald
A pared down but wonderfully cluttered rendition of Thackeray s work beautifully acted by a dream troupe of performers 
3
Vanity Fair
Bruce Newman
The satire is sharply observed and the performances acutely felt most of all Witherspoon s 
3
Vanity Fair
Mick LaSalle
A lot of things happen all of it fairly absorbing some of it rendered vividly 
3
Vanity Fair
David Elliott
A feel good gift to moderns yet why not feel so good Thackeray and his Becky would have relished it 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Joe Baltake
Few other young actresses can jut out their jaw in ambitious determination as charmingly as Witherspoon and remain sympathetic 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Peter Travers
It s one thing to understand Becky do we have to love her too 
2
Vanity Fair
Timothy Knight
Much like its conniving heroine witty frequently charming but not quite up to snuff 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Carrie Rickey
The movie has the look and feel of an ornate runaway carriage that cuts its own path through town and country With Nair at the reins and Witherspoon as the passenger we are in good hands and spirited company 
3.5
Vanity Fair
John Anderson
As a film Vanity Fair has a lot going for it including acting and energy 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Megan Lehmann
Shoehorning all these characters and plot threads into one film is perhaps overly ambitious but Nair makes Vanity Fair an elegant showcase for an unforgettable heroine 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Jack Mathews
Crams in so many of the events and characters of Thackeray s 900 page novel that the story often seems to be moving on fast forward 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Jeff Strickler
On the whole Nair has mounted a handsome and intelligent production that holds nothing back 
3
Vanity Fair
Duane Dudek
In the end Nair is no match for Thackeray whose thesis that Becky was a victim of circumstances to which she added bad judgment like insult to injury remains persuasive despite attempts to improve on it 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Connie Ogle
No longer a biting satirical jab at 19th century English society but a somewhat soppy soap opera about social climbing and romance 
2
Vanity Fair
Bob Strauss
Plays only marginally livelier than your average Masterpiece Theatre epic 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Robert W. Butler
Thackeray s lumbering episodic narrative rarely comes to life Even Witherspoon s trademark perkiness seems muted and dulled 
2
Vanity Fair
Bruce Westbrook
Nair navigates narrative waters littered by a shipwreck s worth of detritus too many characters bob and sink 
2
Vanity Fair
Liam Lacey
This might be tolerable if Nair hadn t missed the central point that Becky Sharp isn t sharp like spice she s sharp like a razor 
2
Vanity Fair
Jeff Vice
It s executed poorly with a lack of energy and spark 
2
Vanity Fair
Lisa Kennedy
The company in particular Witherspoon James Purefoy and Eileen Atkins is better than pleasant even when it is behaving badly 
3
Vanity Fair
Roger Ebert
The peculiar quality of Vanity Fair which sets it aside from the Austen adaptations such as Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice is that it s not about very nice people That makes them much more interesting 
4
Vanity Fair
Ty Burr
A Vanity Fair with a lovable Becky Sharp has no reason to exist It s as if Shakespeare had put Hamlet on Prozac What s the point 
1.5
Vanity Fair
Lawrence Toppman
Sounds and looks as handsome as any Masterpiece Theatre miniseries 
3
Vanity Fair
Michael Wilmington
Graced with Nair s loving direction Witherspoon s radiance and that great cast it is a treat if somewhat less so than the novel 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Jeffrey Westhoff
Mira Nair and writer Julian Fellowes reestablish Thackery s sense of melodrama but cannot fully recapture the novel s social criticism 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Sean P. Means
The shuffle of historical events and supporting characters gets a bit exhausting and you notice a few performers left with little to do 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Matt Brunson
Although the episodic nature sometimes gets in the way of narrative propulsion the lively characters and the hypocrisies they inadvertently champion remain watchable 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Phil Villarreal
Starts with energetic glee but by the end it s mocking itself more than skewering society 
2.5
Vanity Fair
Rob Blackwelder
Unfortunately Witherspoon fails to inspire much sympathy for the novel s cunning charmingly conniving social climbing heroine 
2.5
Vanity Fair
John Beifuss
Nair s least persuasive film in part because Becky has been reimagined as such a modern proto feminist heroine that she sometimes seems advanced beyond her environment 
2
Vanity Fair
Willie Waffle
Vanity Fair is a timeless story about life lived and a skewering of upper class society Am I less of a man for falling in love with this female friendly movie 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Peter Canavese
Taking a cue from Thackeray s spry witty self referential narration Indian director Nair emphasizes the allusions to her native country as a land of exotic escape 
3.5
Vanity Fair
Andrea Chase
a lush sprawling sensual film that totters unevenly under the weight of its own ambition an apt metaphor considering that its heroine has the same Achilles Heel 
3
Vanity Fair
Scott Nash
Lush costumes and gorgeous sets highlight this tale of 19th century social climber Becky Sharp 
3
Vanity Fair
Nick Schager
Mira Nair mistakenly makes the conniving Becky a symbol of modern feminist pluckiness 
2
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas
Roger Moore
Thin on interviews outside the band but a fun biographical portrait of the quintessential Classic Rock band 
2.5
The Black Cat
Matt Brunson
Basil Rathbone and a young Alan Ladd play two of the in laws Bela Lugosi is the nosy groundskeeper and Hugh Herbert and Broderick Crawford offer heavy handed comic relief 
2.5
Hair
Roy Peter Clark
In its best moments Forman s film has a surrealistic dreamlike quality that seems the perfect format for some splendid dance numbers and Ragni and Rado s best songs 
3
Hair
Stanley Eichelbaum
No matter how you look at it Hair is dated and the efforts by Forman to turn it into a 60s fable a fondly remembered period piece is only moderately effective 
3
Hair
Dean Johnson
The movie is a delight It s fluffy impossibly contrived and it couldn t have made much sense to the actors while they were making it but it s fun 
3
Hair
Joseph Gelmis
Hair is worth seeing for its razzle dazzle choreography by Twyla Tharp and the visual pyrotechnics of cameraman Miroslav Ondrícek It s a big brassy musical What the film lacks most is depth of character 
3
Hair
Gene Siskel
You either are free or you are not That also was the theme of Forman s One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest But Hair I think is a better film It immediately joins the ranks of the greatest musicals on film 
4
Hair
James Kendrick
has enough vigor and raucousness to carry it past its various pitfalls while celebrating an age that far from dawning had already passed
3
Hair
Matt Brunson
It gets my vote as the all time best rock film and second only to 1935 s Top Hat as the all time best musical 
4
Hair
Roger Ebert
Maybe it s just as well that this version had to wait a decade to be filmed so Forman could be hired to do it He brings life to the musical form in the same way that West Side Story did the last time everyone was saying the movie musical was dead 
4
Hair
Kathleen Carroll
Milos Forman s movie version of Hair is every bit as exhilarating and exciting as the original play What s more Forman has managed to recreate with amazing accuracy the rebellious mood and irreverent spirit of those confusing times 
3.5
Hair
Peter Canavese
Hair benefited from the creative freedom of 70s cinema at its best when it s most creatively subversive Blu ray 
3.5
The Case Against 8
Liam Lacey
A slickly told tale that begs for movie of the week treatment 
3
The Case Against 8
Linda Barnard
Directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White are dedicated to getting it all in which occasionally impedes the flow of the story 
2.5
The Case Against 8
David Wiegand
Even knowing the outcome watching 8 is like watching a well scripted legal thriller 
4
The Case Against 8
Michael O'Sullivan
A sprawling yet engrossing documentary about the five year court battle to overturn California s ban on gay marriage known as Proposition 8 
3.5
The Way I Killed My Father
Ty Burr
Hushed but scalpel sharp drama a movie that ll probably send men in the audience home much quieter than they arrived 
3.5
The Way I Killed My Father
Rob Thomas
Brilliantly and pitilessly dissects a father son relationship that has deteriorated beyond dysfunction 
3
The Way I Killed My Father
Duane Dudek
Whether writer director Anne Fontaine s film is a ghost story an account of a nervous breakdown a trip down memory lane all three or none of the above it is as seductive as it is haunting 
3.5
The Way I Killed My Father
Marta Barber
Watching these two actors play against each other so intensely but with restraint is a treat 
3
The Way I Killed My Father
Joe Baltake
This is a fascinating film because there is no clear cut hero and no all out villain 
4
The Way I Killed My Father
Jeff Vice
How I Killed My Father would be a rarity in Hollywood It s an actor s showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects but rather by emphasizing the characters including the supporting ones 
3
The Way I Killed My Father
Roger Ebert
This is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are and how to push them 
3.5
The Way I Killed My Father
Patrick Z. McGavin
Cold nervy and memorable 
3
The Way I Killed My Father
David Elliott
Exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling 
3.5
The Way I Killed My Father
Jonathan Curiel
Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly 
4
The Way I Killed My Father
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How I Killed My Father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you re watching an iceberg melt only it never melts 
2
The Way I Killed My Father
Rod Armstrong
What makes How I Killed My Father compelling besides its terrific performances is Fontaine s willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent child relationships without flinching 
3
The Way I Killed My Father
Frank Ochieng
In the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama How I Killed My Father French director Anne Fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition
3
The Way I Killed My Father
Jan Stuart
The simmering strengths of How I Killed My Father owe much to its two male leads 
3.5
The Way I Killed My Father
V.A. Musetto
A top notch study of family angst 
3
The Way I Killed My Father
Harvey S. Karten
A complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son s home after decades away 
3
I Am Wrath
David Nusair
It s ultimately rather astonishing the degree to which I Am Wrath slowly but surely alienates the viewer over an often interminable running time 
1
America's Forgotten
Christian Toto
Harrowing documentary details border atrocities the media refuses to share 
3
Dog Park
Michael Dequina
Much too gentle to inspire any dramatic reaction on either end of the opinion spectrum 
2
Dog Park
Steve Rhodes
A sleep inducing film Dog Park simply has nothing to recommend it 
1
The Phenom
Dustin Putman
There is a stronger deeper fuller motion picture to be made from this material Earnest though it is this one is decidedly far from phenomenal 
2
The Phenom
Kam Williams
1 pitching prospect consults shrink over inexplicable control issues in compelling character driven drama 
3
The Phenom
Glenn Lovell
a minor triumph compact impeccably performed Ethan Hawke s Great Santini like father deserves a close look by Oscar the gutsy ending left us gasping 
3
The Phenom
Nick Allen
A welcome surprise for sports cinema The Phenom handles itself like Robert Redford s Ordinary People when exploring the psychology of a Lebron James or Johnny Manziel like sports sensation 
3
The Phenom
Kyle Smith
Don t let its restraint fool you As unshowy as it is The Phenom has an impressive collection of tools 
3
The Phenom
Chuck Bowen
Noah Buschel shows that formula can be repurposed to serve empathetic ends without losing its self actualizing appeal 
3
The Phenom
Roger Moore
A serene and sensitive character study set to Mozart Not your typical baseball movie 
3
Alex Strangelove
Christopher James
We ve finally started to see high school movies center around LGBTQ characters However is it considered progress to now have our own lackluster teen comedies 
1.5
Alex Strangelove
Roger Moore
Sensitive positive messages but deathly dull An R rated After School Special 
2
Alex Strangelove
Nick Allen
As a modern coming of age movie one that s especially meant to keep the progressive values of teen Netflix on the home page for another week or so it does have a fair amount of charm 
2.5
Lion
Matt Brunson
A picture that comes by its emotions honestly 
3
Lion
Brian Eggert
When it s not obviously vying for Oscar gold or propagandizing for the Google machine Lion happens to be tender in its consideration of home and family as concepts 
3
Lion
Mattie Lucas
A well made tear jerker that manages to transcend the typical Oscar bait material even if its Google Earth sequences come off as a bit contrived 
3
Lion
Pamela Powell
Extraordinary performances particularly from young Pawar Patel and Kidman create a memorable and emotional story of family identity and the need we all have to not only be loved but to belong 
4
Lion
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Whatever issues I may have with the mise en scène I was still deeply affected by the drama and I expect others to be as well 
3
Lion
Lisa Jensen
Lion stirs emotions but the storytelling is straightforward not cloying 
3
Lion
James Kendrick
works as an emotionally stirring portrait of sheer determination driven by the need to know where one comes from
3
Lion
John Serba
The film sometimes has no strict thematic focus but that s fine Neither does life 
3
Lion
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An emotional and well acted film which ends up giving a valuable message about child abuse in India showing us real images of Saroo and his family Full review in Spanish 
3
Lion
Josh Larsen
delicate handling of material that easily could have been turned into feel good slop 
3
Lion
John Beifuss
The movie s first half is filled with tumult menace and a vivid sense of place the second half which emphasizes the idea that the comfortable and well educated Saroo is a lost soul literally is tedious 
2.5
Lion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Middlebrow mediocrity served up by the Weinsteins on a silver platter for awards season 
2
Lion
Kam Williams
A bittersweet variation on the I was lost but now I m found theme of the parable of the Prodigal Son 
4
Lion
David Nusair
an interesting story told relatively well 
2.5
Lion
Michael Smith
This is awards season bait aimed straight at your sentimental side that loves a good tearjerker and one which earns most of the tears that it jerks 
3
Lion
Josh Terry
Lion is not an easy journey but it is a thoughtful worthwhile and ultimately inspiring experience 
3.5
Lion
Sean P. Means
Where Lion gets its power though is in the first half and the stunning performance by Pawar 
3
Lion
James Berardinelli
Lion represents a commitment from those involved and flaws aside it s an amazing tale of resilience and determination 
3
Lion
Richard Roeper
Lion is a beautifully told uplifting story of courage and determination 
3.5
Lion
Barry Paris
This is a lovely saga of roots and identity 
3
Lion
Bob Bloom
A sincere celebration of determination and the human spirit this film will have you applauding and weeping simultaneously 
3
Lion
Mark Dujsik
The emotional impact of Lion is sneaky 
3
Lion
Stephanie Merry
Lion is a complex movie with its profound themes of home and identity and its tonally disparate halves A smartly understated approach to Brierley s story holds it all together 
3
Lion
Moira MacDonald
Lion has one of those plot lines that feels like a Hollywood screenplay except it actually happened 
3.5
Lion
Jeff Simon
The story you re watching here stretches credibility the singular way that true stories can It s the fruition of a search that couldn t possibly have succeeded the way it did but did so anyway 
4
Lion
Rafer Guzman
A heart wrenching true story with what could be one of the great child actor performances of all time 
3
Lion
Ty Burr
Lion is shameless and heartfelt and you ll probably have a good happy cry at the end 
2.5
Lion
Calvin Wilson
Lion is a family film in the best sense 
3
Lion
Tirdad Derakhshani
Lion celebrates the human will and the human need to find meaning and connection in life If the final scenes don t have you blubbering your humanity may need some fine tuning 
3.5
Lion
Kent Turner
As the protagonist in the first and stronger half pint sized powerhouse Sunny Pawar wins the hearts and tears ducts of the audience He s a tough act to follow 
3
Lion
Chris Knight
It could roar if it wanted to but settles for an expressive almost infrasonic growl 
3.5
Lion
Brad Wheeler
Davis offers sweeping cinematic shots with a soundtrack that is pleasingly epic but the second act is a bit skimpy script wise 
3
Lion
Peter Howell
Rarely does a film plotting the Internet amount to much more than a series of glowing screens Lion a fact based story and auspicious feature debut by Garth Davis makes for a captivating exception 
3
Lion
David Wiegand
Because of Patel s electrifying and deeply nuanced performance Lion ultimately delivers the emotional punch it has promised all along 
3
Lion
Mike McGranaghan
Lion tells one of those amazing true stories that only a pure cynic could fail to be captivated by 
3.5
Lion
Neil Rosen
Director Garth Davis has taken this incredible real life tale and made an emotionally involving film that pulls on your heartstrings every step of the way 
3.5
Lion
Katie Walsh
Patel easily grows to fill the needs of this complex and conflicted character a man caught between two worlds two cultures and two families 
3.5
Lion
Roger Moore
An inspiring story of cruel fate cruel people the kindness of strangers and childhood traumas that we never forget
3.5
Lion
Rex Reed
See it and I promise your own heart will skip a beat with happiness and joy 
4
Lion
Stephen Whitty
The trite tropes are thick but Saroo s drama remains undramatized and we remain mostly unmoved 
2
Lion
Peter Travers
Kudos to Kidman whose unglam unguarded take on the role is emotionally powerful and true her scenes with Patel provide just the right blend of grit and grace Lion is one from the heart 
3
Lion
Brian Truitt
The finale is manipulative in every way squeezing out the emotions of the audience But Lion s well plotted narrative and thoughtful characters suck you in so much that the journey there is totally worth it 
3.5
Lion
Susan Wloszczyna
Let s just say if you are human there is no way that Lion won t move you 
3.5
Lion
Matt Brennan
Lion s faults of structure and pacing might limit its power but in stretches it still roars 
2.5
Lion
Kyle Smith
This is a true story and at times a gut wrenching one even if it necessarily sugarcoats some aspects of the plight of lost children 
3
Lion
Dustin Putman
The trajectory Lion takes isn t surprising 151 it is quite inevitable actually 151 but the film s centerpiece true account is respectful and ultimately heartening 
2.5
Lion
Clayton Davis
In his feature film debut director Garth Davis creates a formally riveting and emotionally shattering look into the complexities of family and the ache of separation 
3.5
Lion
Shane Slater
Lion is a triumphant celebration of the beauty of the human spirit 
3
Mithya
Namrata Joshi
It s one of those rare Hindi films where eating is an integral part any character s doings Truly inspired edginess 
3
The Aryan Couple
Michael Hardy
Mainly notable for its inappropriate blithe sentimentality In another film this would be the usual Hollywood hokum In a film about the most serious subject imaginable it amounts to moral idiocy 
1.5
The Aryan Couple
Dan Hudak
The Aryan Couple gets great mileage out of its tension and suspense and its commitment to developing its characters as real people in an unthinkable dilemma 
3.5
The Aryan Couple
Steven Rea
A handsome Holocaust melodrama hobbled by a transparent and cartoonish script 
2
The Aryan Couple
Lou Lumenick
A hokey soap opera set against the backdrop of the Holocaust 
1
The Aryan Couple
Elizabeth Weitzman
A few genuinely tense scenes are not enough to overcome a thin script weak direction and an unceasingly high strung score 
2
The Aryan Couple
Jan Stuart
Daly ladles on the overwrought music and the moist close ups throwing in everything but Climb Every Mountain in a bid for our emotions 
2
Bye Bye Monkey
David Nusair
A hopelessly irrelevant downright interminable piece of work 
0
Stranger Than Paradise
Matt Brunson
One of the most important indie achievements of 84 
3.5
Stranger Than Paradise
David Nusair
a love it or hate it sort of endeavor 
3
A Late Quartet
Mattie Lucas
A little more of that kind of restrained elegance and musical beauty may have freed the film from its somewhat stifling atmosphere 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Rubén Rosario
Surrounded by the unraveling lives of his longtime musical partners the understated gravity that Walken gives this fading arts patriarch is a gratifying reminder that it s the quieter notes that are often the most resonant onstage and off 
3
A Late Quartet
Craig D. Lindsey
The unconvincing histrionic script makes all of this seem more contrived than controlled 
2
A Late Quartet
Eric Melin
There may be some overly melodramatic notes hit along the way but the sober and thoughtful performances from its four lead actors keep A Late Quartet from getting too out of hand 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Liam Lacey
The screenplay by Seth Grossman and Israeli American director Yaron Zilberman is old fashioned and melodramatic but stirring in its portrait of people struggling with individual egos to produce something nobler than themselves 
3
A Late Quartet
Bruce DeMara
It may not sound like a scintillatingly good time at the movies but actually it is 
3.5
A Late Quartet
John Beifuss
The passion of Beethoven s final major compositions fails to heat up this tepid soap opera 
2
A Late Quartet
Sean P. Means
The melodrama among the main characters is more soap opera than grand opera even with a quartet of actors as fine as this 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Claudia Puig
The outstanding ensemble cast keeps the story and its accompanying emotional heft from becoming overly baroque 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Jeff Beck
A Late Quartet has the start of an interesting idea However this film has two major factors that prevent it from achieving its goal an overdose of melodrama and storylines that don t mesh or even feel like they should be in the same movie 
2
A Late Quartet
James Berardinelli
Yes A Late Quartet is disappointing But it s also pretty bad 
2
A Late Quartet
Connie Ogle
For a film that relies so heavily on the lasting power of a classical master A Late Quartet never really converts any viewers to his church 
2
A Late Quartet
Moira MacDonald
Walken and Zilberman shows us how music can utterly transport us to another place 
3
A Late Quartet
John Anderson
Engaging intelligent but direction doesn t quite live up to a first rate cast 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Chris Hewitt
A fine idea poorly executed it would have been called Ode to Sorrow if Beethoven had written it 
1
A Late Quartet
Robert Levin
However inconsequential the struggles of pretentious artists might be A Late Quartet depicts the passage of time the specter of death and the promise of rebirth in time honored dramatic form 
3
A Late Quartet
Roger Moore
Its intensity too often wafts away like notes decaying at the end of a concert That makes this a quartet whose music and impact are too muted to matter 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Stephen Whitty
Unless you re channeling the forgiving spirit of Casals I m afraid this one hits too many off notes to recommend 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Lou Lumenick
Yaron Zilberman a documentarian making his feature debut treads a fine line between farce and drama 
3.5
A Late Quartet
Ann Hornaday
A half glass of a movie full of superlative performances and sublime music but empty when it comes to a story rife with melodrama and trite plot conventions 
2
A Late Quartet
Mark Dujsik
The performances from the leads are strong all around but they are restricted by the limitations of the multiple transparent conflicts 
2
A Late Quartet
Mick LaSalle
For those willing to enter this world and pay attention A Late Quartet provides distinct and uncommon satisfactions 
3
A Late Quartet
Peter Travers
Grace notes abound in A Late Quartet a small shining gem of a movie that works its way into your heart with insinuating potency of music Walken s performance is heartbreaking and a master class in the craft of acting 
3
A Late Quartet
Ty Burr
You don t have to be a classical fan to appreciate the film s air of inside baseball the ease with which it navigates a hermetic world of people who understand music better than they understand themselves 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Roger Ebert
A Late Quartet does one of the most interesting things any film can do It shows how skilled professionals work 
3.5
A Late Quartet
Rex Reed
The movie sometimes gets stuck in its own awkward groove like a needle on a warped phonograph but it has its moments 
2.5
A Late Quartet
Nick McCarthy
Yaron Zilberman s soap opera jettisons character plausibility in favor of pop psychology and leaden instrument analogies 
2
A Late Quartet
David Nusair
ultimately far from the arm s length and somber piece of work one might ve anticipated 
3.5
Carrie Pilby
Roger Moore
A cloying Manhattan rom com that never rises to hateful but never rises above mediocre either 
1.5
Carrie Pilby
Rex Reed
What is the target audience for this particular brand of cotton candy Teenage girls dreaming of first love while sipping cherry pop 
2
Carrie Pilby
Christy Lemire
As the title character Bel Powley is so enormously compelling that she breathes life into Carrie s quirks and the story s contrivances 
3
Carrie Pilby
Diego Semerene
The film is essentially an exercise in forcing a female genius back into her proper place of dependence on both the father figure and the Prince Charming 
0
Carrie Pilby
Bill Chambers
Carrie Pilby is as synthetically directed as it is written and the performers struggle 
1
Straight Into a Storm: A New Rock Film About Deer Tick
Roger Moore
Affable amble through the music the history the boozy shows and the sleepy eyed vibe of Rhode Island s own Deer Tick
2.5
The Punisher
Joe Lozito
Standard styleless revenge fantasy 
0.5
The Punisher
Eric Melin
We are treated to John Travolta in yet another gloriously unconvincing evil guy role as a cross between Hugh Hefner and his own Tony Manero from Saturday Night Fever 
1.5
The Punisher
Rob Blackwelder
Listless lifeless uninterestingly bleak and quite often ridiculous 
2
The Punisher
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Punisher opens itself up to ridicule in so many different ways I get giddy pondering all of them 
1
The Punisher
James Kendrick
Immediately forgettable 
1.5
The Punisher
Vanessa Sibbald
True to its name The Punisher is indeed a punishing experience 
2
The Punisher
Matt Brunson
Tolerable junk if viewed in the right frame of mind 
2
The Punisher
Tyler Hanley
Although the character s methods may not be admirable Jane s execution is perfect 
3
The Punisher
Jonathan R. Perry
Whoever first had the big idea of revisiting this material should be hung up by his Buster Browns and forced to watch the result then he ll know what punishment means 
0
The Punisher
Tony Toscano
The Punisher is a film so bad it actually becomes fun to watch 
2
The Punisher
Walter Chaw
While The Punisher may not be a particularly good film it is a particularly important one 
3
The Punisher
Linda Cook
The Punisher doesn t know what it wants to be 
2
The Punisher
Vince Koehler
Good first try hopefully the sequel will be a little less violent 
2.5
The Punisher
Dustin Putman
By the time The Punisher reaches its depressing conclusion one is more likely to feel unclean about the whole experience than to walk away with an adrenaline rush 
1.5
The Punisher
Mike McGranaghan
Although the concept is old The Punisher puts some clever variations on the vigilante theme 
3
The Punisher
Mark Rahner
This is an improvement over the unspeakable 1989 Punisher with Dolph Lundgren but too often just seems like an unintentional parody 
2
The Punisher
Carla Meyer
An entertaining if silly film adaptation of the Marvel comic 
2
The Punisher
Joe Baltake
While Hensleigh s film is faithful to its source quoting it freely it feels more like a flesh and blood Peckinpah movie than another filmed comic 
3.5
The Punisher
Timothy Knight
There are a couple of decently staged fight scenes but there s no visceral charge to this visually undistinguished and monotonously formulaic action film 
1.5
The Punisher
Jami Bernard
Tom Jane is a great looking Punisher darkly handsome and chiseled even if the movie goes nowhere with the character 
1.5
The Punisher
Robert W. Butler
If the recent Hellboy suggested how good comic book inspired movies can be The Punisher illustrates how dreary they usually are 
1.5
The Punisher
Jeff Vice
A brainless revenge thriller that thinks it is smarter and more clever than it actually is 
1.5
The Punisher
Michael Booth
Hensleigh co writer with Michael France makes the paint by numbers of organized crime movies look fresh by tapping good actors and sleek camera work 
3
The Punisher
Roger Ebert
The Punisher is so grim and cheerless you wonder if even its hero gets any satisfaction from his accomplishments 
2
The Punisher
Wesley Morris
Thrill less garbage that aspires to franchisehood 
1
The Punisher
Phil Villarreal
Oh it s a punisher all right 
2
The Punisher
Glenn Whipp
An OK example of the genre 
2.5
The Punisher
Terry Lawson
A movie as one dimensional as its antihero 
2
The Punisher
James Verniere
A wildly uneven adaptation of the crudely appealing ultra violent Marvel comic 
2
The Punisher
Rene Rodriguez
Thomas Jane is just wooden and buff enough to pull off the role 
2.5
The Punisher
Stephen Cole
An overemphatic revenge fantasy devoid of even a trace of excitement or wit 
1.5
The Punisher
Aaron Hillis
Failure that s definitely the word But from an audience perspective the title s fairly apt as well 
1.5
The Punisher
Sean P. Means
If this is going to become a franchise somebody better send Jane to charm school and pronto 
2
The Punisher
Guylaine Cadorette
just the right mix of comic book poeticism violence and comedy 
3
The Punisher
Marty Mapes
The comic book tone is quickly supplanted by cruel scenes of torture and horrible revenge
1.5
The Punisher
David Nusair
Thomas Jane delivers a gritty performance that s entirely believable 
2.5
The Punisher
Christian Toto
The Punisher shouldn t be this silly even for a comic book film brought to life 
1.5
The Punisher
David Keyes
To say that the film redeems this genre from recent semi lapses like Hellboy is an understatement 
3.5
The Punisher
Jonathan Foreman
Travolta is terrific as a bad guy making Saint almost sympathetic His co stars however flounder in a sea of bad lines with poor Romijn Stamos getting stuck with the worst 
2
The Punisher
Mike Clark
Trashy and disturbingly violent yet fairly zippy and amusingly cast 
3
The Punisher
Paul Doro
Not long into the movie you ll be checking your watch wondering when your punishment will end 
1.5
The Punisher
Ross Anthony
This is not a very good movie but it s fun intentionally and not Rather consistently uneven 
2.4
The Punisher
David Sterritt
The most entertaining scenes focus on the lovable louts and losers who share the boardinghouse where the protagonist based on a comic book character billed as a superhero without superpowers prepares his grisly exploits The rest is mayhem 
2
The Punisher
Willie Waffle
He s The Punisher he fights bad guys and he blows stuff up That s my kind of movie 
2.5
The Punisher
Jeffrey Westhoff
As the violence takes over we are left with a protagonist whose genius for sadism makes the villains look like schoolboys pulling the wings off flies 
2
The Punisher
Chris Hewitt
Acted and directed with conviction 
3
The Punisher
Peter Bernard
As an action film The Punisher thrills with scenes of spectacular violence and death 
2.5
The Punisher
Glenn Lovell
No The Punisher isn t pretty But like its low rent superhero it gets the job done and then some 
2.5
The Punisher
David Hiltbrand
For such a formulaic vigilante film The Punisher has a far better cast than it deserves 
2
The Punisher
Gene Seymour
Hensleigh s trying to pack in too much and the density clogs the narrative machinery 
2.5
The Punisher
Robert K. Elder
In a case study of how to screw up a simple powerful revenge story director Jonathan Hensleigh punishes audiences with an unbearably sluggish action movie that requires the word action to be placed in quotes 
1
The Punisher
James Berardinelli
Think of what might happen if someone grafted parts of Batman and Robin onto The Crow and you ll have an idea of how unpalatable The Punisher is 
1.5
The Punisher
Nick Schager
The film s attempts at noir nastiness are sabotaged by Jane s goofy furrowed brow performance and solemn voice over narration 
1
The Punisher
Emily Blunt
In The Punisher you ll find a kind of Gotham styled urban hued Deathwish y story welded to a rich chromium frame of comic book anti heroes and logic 
3
The Punisher
Steve Rhodes
After enduring this long ode to cruelty you ll feel punished 
1.5
The Punisher
Rob Blackwelder
can t begin to measure up to the popcorn vengeance of Mel Gibson s Payback or the moody provocative primal reprisal of Steven Soderbergh s The Limey 
2
The Punisher
Peter Travers
Laudably exposes the dark core of the human heart 
3
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Mike McGranaghan
If you can watch it without falling asleep 44 playing with your cell phone 44 or running for the exits 44 you have accomplished something impressive 46 
1
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Roger Moore
Whatever pleasures the best selling novel 46 46 46 offered readers are wrung out of it in its enervated adaptation to the big screen 46 
1.5
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Michael O'Sullivan
A tale with way too much story and not nearly enough life 
2
On the Line
Frank Ochieng
This movie is so loopy and simplistic you question the inspiration behind such a sappy farce 
1.5
On the Line
Jon Niccum
For his character being such a die hard Cubs fan Lance Bass throws a baseball like an 8 year old girl 
1.5
On the Line
Jeffrey Westhoff
Plays like a Freddie Prinze Jr movie without Freddie Prinze Jr And wouldn t you know that turns out to be a good thing 
2.5
On the Line
Liam Lacey
An innocuous romantic comedy about missed connections like Serendipity for people who can t vote yet 
1.5
On the Line
Steve Rhodes
With wide eyed innocence and without a visible smidgen of acting talent Bass smiles his way through the movie 
1.5
On the Line
Tony Toscano
Lance Bass in his debut performance overdoses the audience with too much wide eyed innocence and enthusiasm 
2
On the Line
Rob Blackwelder
Apparently director Eric Bross didn t care about lifelessness cliches or Bass s Hallmark card thin talents because this movie is on autopilot 
1.5
On the Line
Dustin Putman
A slight cute charmer that as far as pop singers turned actors goes is infinitely superior to the hideous Glitter and the even more wretched Spice World 
2.5
On the Line
Mick LaSalle
The movie has some clumsy dialogue and awkward turns but the picture is brisk and likable 
2
On the Line
Tor Thorsen
Today s boy bands may be a cultural blight not seen since Lawrence Welk revved up his bubble machine but the only danger Line s sugary games of kissy kissy present is the possibility of giving viewers cavities 
2
On the Line
Lou Lumenick
More it stinks than NSYNC 
0
On the Line
Roger Ebert
An agonizingly creaky movie that laboriously plods through a plot so contrived that the only thing real about it is its length 
1
On the Line
Carrie Rickey
Bass has a charming quiet anxiety that draws you toward him 
2
On the Line
James Berardinelli
Like all trifles that use unbearable amounts of saccharine to cover up poor quality this one leaves a bad aftertaste 
1.5
On the Line
Michael Dequina
Bass and Fatone s work ultimately proves why they are the two fifths of NSYNC that generally skulks in the background 
1.5
Gone Fishin'
Nick Charles
The plot and dialogue are third rate and no one not even Mel Gibson Glover and Pesci s Lethal Weapon partner could save this clunker 
1
Gone Fishin'
John Hartl
This is one of the summer s sorrier excuses for a major studio release 
1
Gone Fishin'
John Petrakis
It is testimony to the superior acting skills of Joe Pesci and Danny Glover that Gone Fishin registers more than a blip on the summer movie radar screen 
2
Gone Fishin'
Madeleine Williams
An unfunny meandering film attempting to be a comedy 
0.5
Gone Fishin'
Steve Rhodes
Joe Pesci and Danny Glover mumble so many of their lines that a large portion of the film is incomprehensible 
1
Gone Fishin'
James Berardinelli
The saddest thing about this unfunny misguided motion picture is watching two performers I admire Joe Pesci and Danny Glover stumble their way through such obviously inferior material 
1.5
Town Creek
John Beifuss
It s hard to be too rough on a movie in which a zombie horse yes horse pulls a victim through a window with its big horsey teeth 
2.5
The Keeping Hours
Christopher James
The film is a moving and emotional journey and even manages a jump scare or two for healthy measure 
4
The Keeping Hours
Roger Moore
Conventional sentimental ghost story rescued by beautiful performances and a couple of honestly earned jolts 
2.5
Perceval
Elliott Stein
A conservative director s entry into new territory is a priori fascinating observing him gradually painting himself into a corner of that territory is less so 
1
The Mortal Storm
Mattie Lucas
A harrowing and clear eyed depiction of the Nazi threat featuring strong turns by Sullavan Stewart and especially Frank Morgan 
3.5
The Mortal Storm
Matt Brunson
A powerful WWII drama 
3.5
The Mortal Storm
Jaime N. Christley
Romance becomes the irritant and effectively Borzage positions his romanticism as a contribution to Hollywood s anti fascist crusade 
4
Klepto
Erik Childress
The opening chase is urgent and energetic and the crime plot is kept suspenseful even through its distractions and potential gaps in logic 
3
Entertainment
Roger Moore
It s difficult to give Alverson and his star too much credit for depth insight or having a point Because I m not certain they have one 
1.5
Entertainment
Kam Williams
A weird road flick about a weirdo stand up comic with a weird repertoire 
.5
Entertainment
Luke Goodsell
Conjures an elegant portrait of a nation lost in a surrealist slipstream drawing on the iconography of its past and the shell of its present It s one of the best American movies of the year 
4
Entertainment
Tom Keogh
It is not fun but its confrontational style yields dividends 
2.5
Entertainment
J. R. Jones
A daring and mainly successful black comedy about a dour and depressive comedian on a dead end tour of California 
3
Entertainment
Tasha Robinson
The Comedian is an ugly man with an ugly soul and an ugly sense of comedy that at one point literally includes making fart noises for 90 full seconds as he pretends to gun down his silent audience with a soccer trophy 
1.5
Entertainment
John Semley
Like Hamburger s meta hacky comedy routine the film confronts and challenges in order to produce something increasingly rare in American cinema an active engaged experience 
3.5
Entertainment
Kyle Smith
Weirdly compelling if student y and unfocused 
2.5
Entertainment
Mike McGranaghan
Entertainment offers some genuine insight into its subject matter Coupled with an astonishing central performance it is a work that continually fascinates 
3
Entertainment
Peter Howell
It s a downward spiral that s painful to watch more pathetic than funny 
2
Entertainment
Chris Cabin
It conjures a menacing perspective on how the titular occupation hulls out empathy and cultivates a particularly unsettling strain of cynicism 
3.5
A Summer Story
Molly Haskell
This story of a tragic betrayal of a loving heart rolls with the inexorable force of a runaway railway train as it unfurls one unforgettable image after another of unrequited commitment 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Mattie Lucas
A wonderful film it is a vibrant shimmering love letter to Paris that warms the heart in ways that few films can 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
James Sanford
Generally the comic pieces are sturdier than the abbreviated dramas As might be expected a couple of the chapters are misfires Happily Paris saves some of its prime material for the last half hour 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Joe Lozito
Finally the city that has inspired so much love gets a love letter all its own 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Josh Larsen
a charming ode to the title city less because of how it celebrates Paris romantic reputation than for the way it lovingly tweaks that image 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
Sean O'Connell
Offers a smorgasbord of distinct styles as it compiles an unprecedented movie mix tape of poetic interludes 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Each short film runs an average of eight minutes so even if you get stuck with a clunker it s not long before the next one starts 
3
Paris, je t'aime
David N. Butterworth
If you love films and Paris then this omnibus edition is strongly recommended 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
Steven Snyder
There s something romantic about the big city because with so many people in such a small space something unexpected and joyful is bound to cross your path one day And this is the precise mentality that makes this movie such a breath of fresh air 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
Carla Meyer
Its 18 vignettes show Paris as a big city like any other with the attendant street crime and disparity between haves and have nots It s just that the architecture clothes and people are more handsome than in most cities 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Bruce Westbrook
Even the least tales here flit by quickly enough to leave little bad aftertaste and the best are savored like the last small bites of exquisite soufflés 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Sean P. Means
The cream of this crop took the assignment to heart to show not just being in love in Paris but being in love with Paris 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Jeff Vice
There is just enough good stuff to outweigh the bad 
3
Paris, je t'aime
John Hartl
The best is saved for last Payne s 14th arrondissement takes its time to create a Parisian epiphany that both pokes fun at an American tourist Margo Martindale and finds grace in her acceptance of a fragile moment of transcendence 
3
Paris, je t'aime
David Elliott
Many districts of the city open to as many directors each finding vignettes of love or loss 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
V.A. Musetto
On paper the film looks like a slam dunk but that isn t the way it plays out Perhaps it s the time limit constraints or maybe they just don t care but most of the directors aren t working at full speed 
2
Paris, je t'aime
Rene Rodriguez
In all their variations with many of them graced by the presence of big name actors these 18 movies coalesce into an incandescent portrait of a city rife with possibilities for romance 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Mark Dujsik
Fascinating but shaky experiment 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
Matt Pais
The team effort is justified because love means something different to everyone and the film presents its many faces as if filtered through an iPod shuffle 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
Duane Dudek
Anthologies can be uneven and that is the case here Some of these films do feel insubstantial But others are rooted in the sorts of common experiences that will seem authentic to you no matter where you live 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Claudia Puig
It s hard not to love Paris Je t Aime A valentine to the planet s most romantic city this delightful anthology of 18 short films will make you long to bid adieu to your humdrum existence and board the next plane to the City of Lights 
3
Paris, je t'aime
John Monaghan
Split evenly between the inspired segments and those that fall flat this ambitious omnibus is still worth watching 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Wesley Morris
As an ad for the city s charms Paris couldn t have asked for a more sweetly jaundiced love letter 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
Peter Canavese
In the generally deft new anthology film Paris je t aime short films are like streetcars 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
Steven Rea
It is possible to bring substance as well as poetry to the vignette form but more often Paris Je T Aime is merely mundane 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
Michael Wilmington
You couldn t call it perfect the episodes are uneven but it has something that sometimes is better than perfection real love for its subject and themes 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
Chris Hewitt
Eighteen short films each done by a different director with a different cast and set in a different neighborhood of Paris Je T aime is a remarkable achievement 
3.5
Paris, je t'aime
Jeanne Aufmuth
A scattered pastiche of petite vignettes that displays a frenetic charm 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Pam Grady
The results are uneven but with each segment focused on a different arrondissement and only about five minutes in length one does not have to linger in any neighborhood good or bad for very long before its time to move on 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Bob Strauss
Suspended rather delightfully between art film and touristy bonbon Paris Je T aime is unsurprisingly a tribute to a city that everybody loves 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Rick Groen
Wildly frustratingly uneven 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
Christy Lemire
It s not sexy or stylish or glamorous or any of the things you might assume Paris would be before going there But of all the segments that comprise the film it comes the closest to depicting honestly what it feels like to fall in love 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Kam Williams
A novel experiment which one hopes will be tried again soon 
4
Paris, je t'aime
Maitland McDonagh
You never know what you ll get but it will always look ravishing 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Stephen Whitty
Some shorts work Others don t It is fascinating though to see which ones do and why 
2.5
Paris, je t'aime
Jack Mathews
Bittersweet funny sad and invariably romantic the anthology film Paris Je T aime strings together 20 five minute vignettes to create a pulsating mosaic of the neighborhoods of the City of Light 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Gene Seymour
It manages to leave you feeling buoyed and grinning sort of like what an easygoing week s vacation in Paris might induce along with occasional torpor frenzy melancholy and surprises 
3
Paris, je t'aime
Nick Schager
Typical of such compilations results tend to vary wildly 
2
The Book of Eli
Dwight Brown
Post apocalypse films are a dime a dozen so what makes The Book of Eli so different Not much except an evangelical subplot that is not strong enough to be this film s savior 
1.5
The Book of Eli
Jeff Beck
The Book of Eli falls prey to several of the problems that The Road had and while it wasn t as big a failure as that film it s still a lot of apocalyptic wasteland to get through 
2
The Book of Eli
David Nusair
a watchable endeavor that should please fans of the genre 
3
The Book of Eli
Wesley Lovell
It s not a great film but has moments of brilliance Jennifer Beals is outstanding and the lack of heavy handed religious grandstanding is a welcome touch 
3
The Book of Eli
Michael Dequina
Its unusual ambition and thoughtfulness make it resonate a bit more than most slick studio action fare 
3
The Book of Eli
Jim Schembri
Directors Allen and Albert Hughes stage some impressive set pieces including intricately choreographed fights and a stunning shoot out covered by a single rotating camera 
3
The Book of Eli
Leigh Paatsch
Though The Book of Eli devolves into a very basic series of pitched battles between the good and evil adversaries the film does exert a tight grip on the viewer 
3
The Book of Eli
Sean P. Means
Bursts of action in which Eli turns a dozen thugs into a circle of bodies and an interesting punchline make the moody end of the world visuals bearable 
3
The Book of Eli
Russ Breimeier
Hollywood has released a mainstream action movie about the Bible If Eli sparks discussion about faith and the vitality of God s Word that s cause for acclaim 
3
The Book of Eli
Linda Cook
Yes it s another post apocalyptic movie But it stands on its own as a gripping entertaining story with a couple of nifty twists 
3
The Book of Eli
Lori Hoffman
a wait for the DVD movie for everybody but Denzel devotees 
2
The Book of Eli
John Beifuss
Butt kicking prophet of God Denzel Washington wanders an ashy wasteland in this Mad to the Max post apocalyptic Western 
3
The Book of Eli
James Kendrick
a curious twist on the postapocalyptic genre that keeps all the desolate visual trappings but uses them in the service of an overtly religious narrative that hinges on the transcendence of belief
3
The Book of Eli
Robert Levin
The movie entwines itself in a pedestrian chase oriented narrative that drags along before descending into irredeemably inexplicable silliness 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Kam Williams
Despite Denzel Washington turning in a trademark charismatic performance underscored by appropriately monochromatic cinematography the film is still surprisingly unengaging 
1
The Book of Eli
Kit Bowen
This adrenaline fueled cross between The Road Warrior and The Ten Commandments gets a tad heavy handed at times 
2
The Book of Eli
Christian Toto
The Book of Eli gives us some of that old time religion along with a heaping helping of violence 
3
The Book of Eli
Mike McGranaghan
The Book of Eli has something extremely thoughtful to say and it was designed to make you think about what it is saying This film grew on me in a big way 
3
The Book of Eli
Matt Brunson
The surprise ending almost matches the denouement of The Sixth Sense as an audience grabber 
3
The Book of Eli
Matt Soergel
This vivid world created by The Book of Eli quickly collapses like a pile of dry sand And as the film settles into increasingly unlikely action sequences and a standard issue chase the second half proves to be nowhere near as thrilling as the first 
2
The Book of Eli
Robert W. Butler
Not even an actor with Washington s gravitas can keep eyes from rolling at the silliness dished here 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Sean O'Connell
The searing white washed landscape is gritty enough with the Hughes brothers spectacular production teaming going to great lengths to construct a believable foreboding future 
3
The Book of Eli
Rick Groen
Really it s just another prophet in the wilderness tale not nearly as bad as those trailers would suggest yet neither will your soul run any risk of enlightenment 
2
The Book of Eli
Lisa Kennedy
A stylish gritty fantasy feature that wrestles with the agonies joys and eternal wrinkles of faith and evil and the dangerous minuet they do 
3.5
The Book of Eli
Willie Waffle
Denzel wants to kick some boo tay I just wish they worked a bit harder on the script 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Sonny Bunch
think of this as The Road if re imagined by the Wachowski Brothers The landscape is all grays and browns punctuated only by the occasional flash of a muzzle 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Phil Villarreal
He is Eli He carries a Bible with him that no one is allowed to touch He s got a burning rage on his face that says Team Conan 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Erik Childress
These are two guys who know how to make a movie They may not be perfect ones but one can t deny it is not for a lack of effort 
3
The Book of Eli
Chris Hewitt
Even though it s at least the fourth movie in the past six months to show us life after the apocalypse Eli s vision is bracingly original It s the end of the world as we know it and I feel like some popcorn 
4
The Book of Eli
Peter Howell
A movie weighed down by a numbskull screenplay by rookie Gary Whitta and a careless lack of attention to details 
2
The Book of Eli
Rene Rodriguez
You d expect The Book of Eli to offer something special enough to have lured the brothers from retirement but the Hugheses settle for serving up all the usual clichés 
1
The Book of Eli
Lou Lumenick
The filmmakers have an unusually persuasive star in Washington who can sell lines like We had more than we needed and I walk by faith not by sight 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Michael O'Sullivan
A hyper violent post apocalyptic Western in the mold of Mad Max that can t make up its mind whether it wants to be corny or misanthropic 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is very little in the way of meat on this picture s bones and while I appreciated its points of view I didn t particularly enjoy being beaten over the head by them 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Dustin Putman
The Book of Eli has its attributes not the least being its ability to present religious themes into the mix without getting preachy or spelling out a specific moral stance What is lacking then is its humanity 
2
The Book of Eli
Mark Dujsik
Suffers mainly from simplicity 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Claudia Puig
Poetic psalms uttered amid stylized violence are disconcerting Religion and bloodshed though linked through much of history make queasy entertainment partners 
2
The Book of Eli
Mick LaSalle
A dynamic story sprinkled with some interesting ideas about the preciousness of culture and how societies might rebuild themselves 
3
The Book of Eli
Peter Travers
The Book of Eli isn t as exciting or funny or inspiring as it wants and needs to be and its preachy ending is an ordeal But Washington a movie star who can act is one cool dude who is worth following anywhere 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Graham Killeen
A gorgeously illustrated picture book of landscapes made barren by politicized religion where faith is salvation s last frontier 
3
The Book of Eli
John Hartl
The fixation on the Bible and biblical scale cloud formations gets awfully pompous at times especially when it s used to justify gory dismemberments 
2
The Book of Eli
Jeff Vice
It feels a bit confused And an unconvincing contrived final third or so of the movie proves to be its ultimate undoing 
2
The Book of Eli
Ty Burr
The Book of Eli is The Road with twice the plot four times the ammunition and half the brains it ll probably make 10 times the money 
2
The Book of Eli
Nick Schager
Eli is nothing less than a prophet superman on a divine mission and while he naturally saves the word of God and thus humanity at large he s powerless to salvage the film from its derivativeness 
1.5
The Book of Eli
Carrie Rickey
Washington ever potent brings to the role the full force of his thousand mile stare and regenerative smile 
3
The Book of Eli
Calvin Wilson
The Book of Eli doesn t quite achieve the greatness to which it so clearly aspires But how many sci fi flicks have Al Green on the soundtrack 
3
The Book of Eli
Joe Lozito
Another lone traveler wanders another post apocalyptic landscape This time he carries a book Who is this man and what s with the book If that question is enough to keep you interested for two hours you re all set 
2
The Book of Eli
Michael Phillips
Shot on nimble lightweight Red digital cameras the film may traffic in familiar landscapes and archetypes but it allows its cast the space and time to make the characters breathe 
3
The Book of Eli
Roger Ebert
I m at a loss for words so let me say these right away The Book of Eli is very watchable You won t be sorry you went 
3
The Book of Eli
James Berardinelli
The problem with The Book of Eli is that the narrative isn t a match for its sentiments The script feels like it s an iteration or two short of a final draft 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Peter Keough
All of it is held together by a creepy combination of Christian fundamentalism and Old Testament fire and brimstone 
2.5
The Book of Eli
Roger Moore
It s obvious what the book is and the resolution to this quest tale is silly beyond belief Denzel just plays it quiet tough and cool as if that alone will carry the film 
2
Cold Mountain
Kam Williams
A love story likely to leave you cold 
1.5
Cold Mountain
Jay Antani
A movie of gorgeous moments alternating with many more that feel literate to the point of inducing boredom
3
Cold Mountain
David Nusair
deeply unsatisfying in so many ways 
2
Cold Mountain
Forrest Hartman
One of those rare pictures that makes you believe a viewing two decades from now will be just as grand as a viewing today 
4
Cold Mountain
Judith Egerton
Like Dr Zhivago of 1965 Cold Mountain is a tragic romance set amid a cataclysmic civil war 
4
Cold Mountain
Wesley Lovell
It s a depressing violent and simplistic film that encourages the romantic to dream while causing others to doze 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Ian Mantgani
Whether we re watching the domestic struggles of Kidman or Law doing moody wandering scenes run on randomly and don t build into a structure with arc or emphasis 
2
Cold Mountain
Jorge Avila Andrade
A pesar de la falta de conexin emocional que existe por momentos entre los dos protagonistas es un buen ejemplo de entretenimiento flmico de alta calidad 
3
Cold Mountain
Lori Hoffman
Despite an epic tableau set against the backdrop of the Civil War this odyssey of a man 8217 s journey back to the woman he loves is surprisingly dispassionate 
2
Cold Mountain
David N. Butterworth
Lovely to look at engagingly acted but empty and well cold pretty much sums it up 
2.5
Cold Mountain
David Keyes
a film that works more or less simply for being about real characters and how they cope with situations 
3
Cold Mountain
Tony Toscano
Although there were some good moments in the film mostly due to Philip Seymour Hoffman Cold Mountain never rises above the average 
2
Cold Mountain
Mark Dujsik
A one note affair about the ravages of war in which beautiful people are dirtied up and walk around idyllic landscapes while bad things happen all around them 
2.5
Cold Mountain
James Kendrick
holds itself up with a sometimes labored studiousness that threatens but never quite undermines the inherent power of the story
3
Cold Mountain
Bob Bloom
Cold Mountain is like a painting hanging in a museum It ignites your admiration but fails to sufficiently seize your emotions 
3
Cold Mountain
Jonathan R. Perry
a good epic that tries too hard to be great 
3
Cold Mountain
Mike McGranaghan
Not many movies have characters you can warm up to the way Cold Mountain does That makes it a real treasure 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Kevin A. Ranson
In spite of an entire film s worth of good intentions you ll either love it or hate it based on the ending alone 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Paul Povse
It s a dichotomy of appearance the forging of nature s splendor defiled by base human behavior That said I wish it had stayed truer to the fatalistic mood it works up 
3
Cold Mountain
Michael Szymanski
Over the top performances by Hoffman and Zellweger drew me out of the picture 
3
Cold Mountain
John Beifuss
A film of pretty pictures and clumsy exposition in which a Southern carpenter wailing away with a hammer comments I call this nail Northern agression 
2
Cold Mountain
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s difficult to tell whether Minghella chronically miscasts these epics or if his mediocre direction stifles the cast he ends up with 
2
Cold Mountain
Frank Ochieng
Convincingly elegant and unsparing Cold Mountain is a sweeping and enriching narrative that captures the fancy and flashiness of old fashioned poetic storytelling 
3
Cold Mountain
James Verniere
Never boring and achieves moments of lyrical beauty 
3
Cold Mountain
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is too much going on and the Oscar winning director has trouble bringing it all together in a cohesive whole That said there is power to found in Cold Mountain most of it emanating from Law s controlled and internally dynamic performance 
3
Cold Mountain
Mick LaSalle
At 154 minutes Cold Mountain is long and seems long at times inspired at times merely dutiful But in most of the important ways it succeeds 
3
Cold Mountain
David Elliott
A page turning dutiful slog 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Steven Rea
Cold Mountain is the equivalent of comfort food old fashioned earthy satisfying 
3
Cold Mountain
Sean P. Means
Minghella treats the epic romance between Ada and Inman so seriously that he comes dangerously close to letting the lovers suck the life out of the movie 
3
Cold Mountain
Jon Niccum
The ratio of small efficient moments outweighs the icy grandiose ones Minghella and his cast have no trouble scaling the little hills 
3
Cold Mountain
Mike Clark
Watching this movie it seems to be the next level down from great maybe too episodic But it burns in the memory weeks after you see it 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Chris Hewitt
Minghella s detail rich film is like a beautiful piece of fabric lovingly crafted by hand And Zellweger is like a big ol stain right in the middle of it 
2
Cold Mountain
Phoebe Flowers
A work of palpable passion fueled by tremendous performances and it s among the best movies of the year 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Moira MacDonald
Law s performance sustains us throughout the movie just as love sustains Inman during his long separation from Ada 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Bruce Newman
It is a promontory of undeniable beauty and occasional power but Cold Mountain remains so dark and distant on the screen shivering in a wintry gloom that it hardly casts an emotional shadow 
3
Cold Mountain
Joe Baltake
Here is a privileged example of a talented filmmaker at the top of his game abetted by a dream cast that s every bit as committed and passionate as he is 
4
Cold Mountain
Timothy Knight
Minghella has to a considerable degree succeeded at bringing Frazier s Civil War era version of Homer s The Odyssey to the screen with remarkable fidelity 
3
Cold Mountain
Lou Lumenick
An exquisitely crafted Civil War epic that combines the epic romantic sweep of Gone With the Wind with a more intimate voice that speaks eloquently to the war weary nation of today 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Jack Mathews
There is something distancing about the film and I don t refer to the Romanian mountains standing for North Carolina s Blue Ridge 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Duane Dudek
Any trappings of today yield to the terrible poetry of that time and place 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Robert W. Butler
Sometimes impressive often exciting but never delivers the home run we re expecting 
3
Cold Mountain
Michael Booth
A sublime story of brute living and ethereal yearning 
4
Cold Mountain
Lawrence Toppman
Minghella eliminates or glosses over the complications and contradictions that made the book uniquely compelling 
2
Cold Mountain
Ty Burr
Three quarters of Cold Mountain consist of some of the most masterful and absorbing filmmaking of the year 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Bob Strauss
Rises and falls on the strength of its individual sections and just as crucially on the judgment of the actors who populate each 
3
Cold Mountain
Rick Groen
The dazzle doesn t add up to the sustained act of brilliance I d been expecting For all its many strengths the picture ultimately feels like a mild and I emphasize mild disappointment 
3
Cold Mountain
Terry Lawson
Like Frazier Minghella has artfully wrangled what is essentially a series of allegorical episodes into an emotional experience of cumulative impact 
3
Cold Mountain
Jeff Vice
A Civil War melodrama that never really has the emotional heft the oomph if you will that audiences will expect 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Roger Ebert
It evokes a backwater of the Civil War with rare beauty and lights up with an assortment of colorful supporting characters 
3
Cold Mountain
Erik Childress
Minghella in his long winded tales of love has the storytelling prowess of a narcoleptic Ulysses teacher
1.5
Cold Mountain
James Sanford
the statuesque Kidman and the diminutive Zellweger make a wonderful team
3.5
Cold Mountain
Leigh Johnson
A gorgeous epic film whose characters story and production are just about perfect in every way 
4
Cold Mountain
Phil Villarreal
Handsome and fast moving if a little hollow 
3
Cold Mountain
Jeffrey Westhoff
Law s performance and Seale s camerawork redeem the excesses of Cold Mountain even though Minghella makes the journey steeper than he ought 
3
Cold Mountain
Linda Cook
Cold Mountain is a well wrought drama about love loyalty and the ravages of war 
3.5
Cold Mountain
Matt Brunson
Zellweger keeps this Mountain from deteriorating into a molehill of unrelenting melancholy 
3
Cold Mountain
Jeff Strickler
Nicole Kidman and Jude Law get top billing but it s Rene Zellweger who steals the show 
3
Cold Mountain
Peter Travers
One stunner of a movie 
3.5
Cold Mountain
James Berardinelli
A successful adaptation 
3
Cold Mountain
John Anderson
That the film Cold Mountain is so much better than the best selling Charles Frazier novel makes it quite the rare thing only The Godfather comes immediately to mind as an example of a major movie that so surpasses its source material 
4
Cold Mountain
Mark Caro
In terms of pedigree and sheer lush filmmaking the movie has class written all over it And that s part of the problem 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Dustin Putman
Cold Mountain is a technical triumph to be sure but it is just as lacking in pure soul 
2
Cold Mountain
Gabe Leibowitz
The opening 45 minutes are among the worst of the year They epitomize everything wrong with Hollywood today melodramatic clichd cheesy overblown and repetitive 
2
Cold Mountain
Rob Blackwelder
When all of your supporting characters are more compelling and charismatic than your leads your movie is in trouble 
2.5
Cold Mountain
Walter Chaw
Rather than challenge with its ideas Cold Mountain favours epic romance and movie star postures making it a failure for its success 
1.5
Cold Mountain
Scott Nash
One of the best of 2003
4
Cold Mountain
Steve Rhodes
With zero on screen chemistry Jude Law and Nicole Kidman star in a snoozer that is long literary and lifeless 
2
Cold Mountain
Jeanne Aufmuth
Anthony Minghella has crafted a lush film resounding with blue ribbon production values 
3
Cold Mountain
Ed Gonzalez
Is Nicole Kidman contractually obligated to interact with birds in all her films 
1.5
Conversations With Other Women
David Nusair
although infused with a number of truthful moments and an awfully romantic atmosphere director Hans Canosa s use of split screen remains a distraction throughout the film s admittedly brisk running time 
2.5
Conversations With Other Women
Kam Williams
An intriguing deconstruction of a failed relationship long past its point of no return 
4
Conversations With Other Women
Michele Kenner
You spend more time watching the technique than the interplay between Carter and Eckhart 
2
Conversations With Other Women
Ty Burr
The charm of Conversations With Other Women a gimmicky but oddly moving two character drama that flies in from who knows where is its intelligent knowingness 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Jim Emerson
The observations about love and sex and time and memory are uncommonly sharp and true 
3.5
Conversations With Other Women
Michael Phillips
The gimmick has its poetic moments but the actors can t do much to make screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin s strategems for characters seem like real people 
2.5
Conversations With Other Women
Matt Pais
There s a reason Before Sunrise and Before Sunset were done as two movies not one 
2
Conversations With Other Women
Moira MacDonald
It can be tricky to watch both screens at once Conversations With Other Women rewards multiple viewings but it s invigorating to see a filmmaker exploring technique as metaphor 
3.5
Conversations With Other Women
Rick Groen
The posturing twosome in the movie are themselves a compendium of stylish ticks in need of substantive redemption for once the gimmick is a perfect reflection of the characters 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Ken Fox
Director Hans Canosa s bittersweet chronicle of an encounter between two unnamed guests at a New York City wedding reception is a daring feature length experiment in dual frame or split screen filmmaking 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Mick LaSalle
This is entertainment by and for adults 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Glenn Whipp
Conversations is all about the push and pull of opposing forces with nary a winner in sight 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Lisa Rose
The technique heightens the drama illustrating how each character is in his or her own lonely little world 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Stephen Williams
By fade out the movie has run out of air the quick clever dialogue flattens out and it becomes contrived 
1.5
Conversations With Other Women
Kyle Smith
Having been locked up in Burton s toy chest for so long Bonham Carter is all the more dazzling in this wistful two character infidelity drama 
3.5
Conversations With Other Women
Mary F. Pols
This is a mature and very smart movie one that evokes the secret histories of loves lost and longings that never fade completely 
3.5
Conversations With Other Women
Geoff Pevere
Mostly it works because this is about two people desperately trying to do the impossible to reconcile the past with the present reality with fantasy and desire with responsibility 
2.5
Conversations With Other Women
Jack Mathews
Theirs is an affair not worth remembering 
2
Conversations With Other Women
Pam Grady
Conversations with Other Women is a small drama but with the attention to character and emotionality it plays on screen as something larger 
3
Conversations With Other Women
Peter Canavese
Brian DePalma s Before Sunset 
2.5
Conversations With Other Women
Jason Clark
It s hard to think of a recent movie that nails the circular games of adults trying to get laid and then talking their way out of it 
3
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Matt Brunson
A wryly humorous leisurely paced and often overlooked Western 
3
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Roger Ebert
A fine movie a wonderfully comic tale we didn t quite expect from a director who seems more at home with violence than with humor 
3.5
The Algerian
Amir Soltani
It is hard to encounter a film that lacks even a single redeeming quality that The Algerian achieves that is probably its biggest accomplishment 
0
Cherry
Matt Pais
Generates a sensual world existing on top of the real one where many people work non ideal jobs simply to pay the bills 
2.5
Cherry
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that suggests prostitution is something that just sort of happens to you like Lyme disease 
1.5
Cherry
Kyle Smith
This is just a slow moving skin flick broken up by lots of boring discussions about Cherry s future 
1
Cherry
Kam Williams
Pollyanna does Frisco 
3
Cherry
James Berardinelli
Never boring but never as engaging as it could or should be 
2.5
The Furies
Federico Furzan
Creative but dull Maybe it breaks a few rules but The Furies is downright boring and repetitive Full review in Spanish 
2
Obscene
Ted Fry
The focus of Obscene remains steadfastly on the man thanks to a rich variety of archival and interview clips that span his entire career and a slew of colleagues fiends and enemies 
3
Obscene
V.A. Musetto
A compelling documentary about Barney Rosset directed by neophytes Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O Connor 
3
Obscene
Maitland McDonagh
Daniel O Connor and Neil Ortenberg s engrossing documentary about the life and times of publisher Barney Rosset who spent much of his career advancing the cause of free expression is a flawless match of style and subject 
3
Obscene
Aaron Cutler
Obscene is a brief pleasant time killer that genially preaches to the choir yet while it s always enjoyable this review s readers should seek Grove books out first 
2.5
Obscene
Tamara Straus
Obscene a tribute to New York publisher Barney Rosset is an entertaining reminder of the ferocity of the culture wars of the 1950s and 60s 
3
My Policeman
Hanna Flint
It 8217 s Styles over substance 46 
2
My Policeman
Pablo O. Scholz
Authentic at times but incredible at others Full review in Spanish 
3
My Policeman
Leo Brady
The back and forth pacing pulls us in and out of two opposite movie tones 44 leaving us wanting one over the other 44 till both don 8217 t work at all 46 
1.5
My Policeman
Rafer Guzman
If anyone is still wondering whether the pop star Harry Styles can act My Policeman should put all doubts to rest 
3.5
My Policeman
Erik Childress
The waves crashing on rocks do all the heavy lifting in a film that struggles to find real drama 44 any passion or an ounce of charisma from Harry Styles 46 
1.5
My Policeman
Rex Reed
My advice if you read something negative about My Policeman ignore it and see this exemplary film for yourself You ll be glad you did 
4
My Policeman
Jocelyn Noveck
A deliberately paced melancholy period piece about love loss pain prejudice and the danger of living inauthentically 
2.5
My Policeman
Rob Thomas
While Styles is overshadowed by much better performances around him 44 he acquits himself as an actor just fine 46 
3
My Policeman
Mike McGranaghan
Harry Styles may be a great pop singer 44 but he is not a particularly good actor 46 
1.5
My Policeman
Richard Roeper
There are times when the actors playing the main characters in the 1990s scenes seem so far removed from the actors playing those same characters in the 1950s it s as if we re watching two separate movies 
2
My Policeman
Mark Dujsik
There apos s subdued 44 and then 44 there apos s the sleepy way these characters seem to walk through a story that should probably hit them and us a lot harder 46 
2
My Policeman
Thomas Floyd
Styles s flat performance delivers the fatal blow to the film s uninspired depiction of mid century homophobia forbidden love and long simmering resentment 
1.5
My Policeman
Roger Moore
Never less than watchable 44 a frustrating romance from an era when same sex love affairs were 44 by law 44 bound to frustrate 44 curse and wound the lovers 46 
2.5
My Policeman
G. Allen Johnson
After two films as a leading man it s clear that Styles is more than a handsome face He is a real talent and has that inexplicable X factor that makes it difficult to take your eyes off him 
3
My Policeman
Jeff York
A noble effort 44 albeit one that isn 8217 t nearly as candid 44 profound 44 or revelatory as it thinks it is 46 
2
My Policeman
Dwight Brown
Director Michael Grandage fulfills all the intricacies social commentaries romantic liaisons and reflections set forth in Ron Nyswaner s tender fated screenplay 
3
My Policeman
Rene Sanchez
A touching and seductive drama about love stories that flourish and endure despite the hardships around them 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
My Policeman
Kent Turner
Despite the overall unevenness 44 the script retains the bones of a compelling story of betrayal 46 
2.5
My Policeman
Pamela Powell
8220 My Policeman 8221 is gorgeously set 44 but it 8217 s the story and evocative yet subdued performances that capture and break your heart 46 
3.5
My Policeman
Johnny Oleksinski
So much talent for such a nonevent movie 
1.5
My Policeman
Robert Daniels
My Policeman is surface level queer representation lacking in visual imagination and begging for better performances 46 
1.5
My Policeman
David Nusair
46 46 46 the movie 8217 s three stars 44 Styles 44 Corrin 44 and Dawson 44 step into the shoes of their respective characters to a degree that remains hypnotic from start to finish 46 46 46 
3.5
Nakom
Roger Moore
A novel and richly rewarding film experience 
3
Nakom
Curtis Cook
Cast largely with non actors Jacob Ayanaba carries this film masterfully with Ghana s natural beauty standing out in every scene 
3
Nakom
Wes Greene
Nakom depicts a culture rarely ever shown on screen and yet Iddrisu s struggle to move forward without betraying his upbringing reflects feelings that are unmistakably universal 
3
The Wraith
David Nusair
a sluggish thriller that suffers from a lack of cohesiveness in its half baked narrative 
2
The Wraith
David Keyes
It does not achieve the same absurdist grandeur of say Sky Bandits or Mannequin which are essentially live action cartoons But it means well 
2.5
Accordion Tribe
Steve Rhodes
A migraine inducing movie for hard core accordion music lovers only 
1.5
Box of Rain
Roger Moore
If Deadheads arent an American Experience waiting to be remembered on PBS I dont know what is 
2.5
Little Accidents
Glenn Kenny
As much as my conscience wanted to empathize with the characters my taste only wanted to be rid of them 
1.5
Little Accidents
Tirdad Derakhshani
Little Accidents paints a vivid portrait of a community facing an imminent existential crisis 
3
Little Accidents
Stephanie Merry
Little Accidents is a serious movie but to its credit it s never entirely bleak Revealing the truth always remains an option just waiting to set the characters free 
3
Little Accidents
Andrew Johnson
the result is an intriguing web of secrets even if she doesn t quite stick the landing 
3
Little Accidents
Rex Reed
A promising feature film debut by writer director Sara Colangelo that never quite rises above its dreary blue collar ambience but reluctantly holds interest throughout like a foghorn searching through mist to find a ray of light 
2
Little Accidents
Roger Moore
A solid story and setting and some good performances all wasted in an emotionally barren mine country melodrama
2
Little Accidents
Nick Prigge
A movingly authentic exploration of a working class milieu and the psychological and economic trauma that ripples through a town in the wake of a tragic accident 
3
Inside Iraq The Untold Stories
Kam Williams
Amounts to the most convincing cinematic case yet that unconditional peace ought to be an urgent imperative 
4
Inside Iraq The Untold Stories
Jeff Vice
One of the more balanced portraits of the war if for no other reason than it shows what everyday life is like for Muslims and Iraqis since the U S invasion began 
3
Inside Iraq The Untold Stories
Sean P. Means
Shiley feels the need to add commentary to moments that speak perfectly well for themselves 
2.5
Inside Iraq The Untold Stories
Jonathan Curiel
Shiley who dedicates his film to all those killed and injured in the war is a fallible narrator 
2
Eight Men Out
Roger Moore
Still stands out as one of the best baseball movies ever
3
Eight Men Out
Desmond Ryan
The tone of Eight Men Out is reminiscent of the droll irony of John Huston s considerations of the vanity of human wishes and the corrupting power of money 
4
Eight Men Out
Gene Siskel
The ensemble performances are of such a uniformly high caliber that our interest in the story never wavers 
3
Eight Men Out
Dave Kehr
Eight Men Out never gathers much authority the old themes have been hung on a rickety structure that constantly threatens to collapse 
2
Eight Men Out
Walter Chaw
Men Out plays like an American Gothic sowing the seeds of wrath 
3
Eight Men Out
Chris Hicks
A fascinating survey of the events leading up to the scandal and the sad results that followed 
3.5
Eight Men Out
Roger Ebert
It s an insider s movie a baseball expert s film that is hard for the untutored to follow 
2
Wild Child
Roger Moore
Holding up well cute peak Emma Roberts 
2.5
Wild Child
David Nusair
Mildly entertaining and utterly innocuous 
2.5
Wild Child
Jake Wilson
The screenplay by Lucy Dahl daughter of Roald dwells unpleasantly on cruelty and humiliation and finally Poppy does little more than exchange one form of snobbery for another 
2
Les Miserables
Chuck O'Leary
A beautiful testament to the strength of the human spirit This version of Les Miserables is a triumph for everyone involved 
3.5
Les Miserables
Margaret A. McGurk
Victor Hugo s great novel Les Miserables has been translated to screen at least five times before Leave it to Liam Neeson to make a sixth seem indispensable 
3
Les Miserables
James Kendrick
August never manages to build any real momentum or urgency to pull the story along it s more like he wades through it moving from one set piece to the next with deliberate care 
2.5
Les Miserables
Steve Rhodes
A disappointing film that can be strangely cold and antiseptic its wonderful story and its production save the day in the end But if you don t want to see this version you can rent one of the others or wait a few years for the next one 
3
Les Miserables
Madeleine Williams
Does a superb job of translating the characters story and heart of the novel to the screen 
3.5
Les Miserables
Rob Blackwelder
Handsome and broad with luminous performances from a pedigree cast it s a bit surprising Columbia Pictures didn t hold on to it until a more Oscar friendly time of year 
3
Les Miserables
Janet Maslin
With a first rate cast and a venerable storytelling style it fluently condenses Victor Hugo s epic novel and retrieves some of its suspenseful momentum 
4
Les Miserables
James Berardinelli
Towering over the entire film is Liam Neeson the Irish actor who seems at home in any kind of picture whether it transpires in contemporary America World War II Germany or centuries ago Scotland 
3
Les Miserables
Mick LaSalle
It never sinks but it never really soars either though here and there it hits a powerful moment 
2
Les Miserables
Jeff Vice
A surprisingly low key if that word can be applied to a period costume drama but rather faithful version of Victor Hugo s classic novel 
3
Les Miserables
Roger Ebert
It contains the moments of high drama clearly outlines all the motivations is easy to follow and lacks only passion A story filled with outrage and idealism becomes somehow merely picturesque 
2.5
Les Miserables
Michael Dequina
Handsome production values strong performances by a top notch cast a literate screenplay 
3
Les Miserables
Bob Bloom
The newest screen version of Les Miserables is like its hero Jean Valjean strong and solid 
3
2 Hearts
Leo Brady
2 Hearts is quite contrived and that s what makes it quite heartless 
2
2 Hearts
Sean P. Means
There s a heartfelt inspirational story buried somewhere within the based on a true story 2 Hearts if only director Lance Hool knew how to tell it with any clarity or authenticity 
2
2 Hearts
Sarah Knight Adamson
2 Hearts is an inspirational movie that plays like a Hallmark movie which is fine with me as the intended messages are brought to the forefront with believable and charming characters Bring your Kleenex you may shed a tear or two 
3
2 Hearts
Jeff Mitchell
2 Hearts has good intentions but it flutters with clichés 
1.5
2 Hearts
Mark Dujsik
Two sappy love stories eventually collide in 2 Hearts which has an important message and not too much else 
1.5
2 Hearts
Anne T. Donahue
Frankly 2 Hearts is the drama this year deserves One that starts with promise before descending into madness 
2
2 Hearts
Michael O'Sullivan
It s wholesome but starchy fare a story of sacrifice and good fortune that feels less like a movie than a marketing vehicle for the power of divine providence 
1.5
The Confidant
Michael Dequina
Ultimately doesn t work with the audience rooting interest so clearly skewed against its purported hero 
2.5
Bulgarian Lovers
Joe Brown
Well acted and its Faustian dynamic of mutual exploitation would be absorbing enough but as Kyril draws Daniel into ever shadier situations the film loses its tone and devolves into absurd political farce 
2
Bulgarian Lovers
David Nusair
hackneyed and dull 
1
Bulgarian Lovers
John Monaghan
Slightly better than some recent skin deep gay and lesbian themed movies 
2
Bulgarian Lovers
Megan Lehmann
As Daniel is drawn deeper into Kyril s web of shady business dealings the film completely loses its way 
1
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
Jonathan Curiel
Deserves attention 
3
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
Jack Mathews
Showing the movie would be a great way to open a debate I would love to hear its charges answered as clearly as they re stated 
3
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
Russell Scott Smith
Often the movie feels like sitting through a college lecture class 
2
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
John Anderson
While their methods are a bit pedantic the narration is monotone the structure of the film resembles a lesson plan they provide a wealth of evidence that the media game is rigged against Arabs 
2.5
My Wife Is a Gangster 2
Jeremy Heilman
There are scenes in it that would technically make it a gross out comedy but they re delivered with enough panache so that somewhat seedy label doesn t seem applicable 
3.5
Blood on Her Name
Mike McGranaghan
Gripping stuff thanks to compassionate writing and a stunning lead performance 
3
Blood on Her Name
Walter Chaw
Blood On Her Name is alive and invested in its characters so much that it allows them to go where they would for reasons that make sense to them 
3.5
Blood on Her Name
Odie Henderson
Allowing the viewer to piece things together on their own is always welcome but the film s desire to surprise and outwit makes it contrived 
2
Blood on Her Name
Mark Dujsik
First and foremost it s a film about a character a study of guilt and remorse and fear and the lengths to which someone will go to justify what he or she has done 
3
Blood on Her Name
Roger Moore
Southern Gothic that lives up to its name 
3
Waiting for the Moon
Kurt Jacobsen
Stein and Toklas this ain t And whoever the players are they aren t very engaging 
1
Jaws the Revenge
Jeffrey Lyons
In the considerable wake of the superb original Jaws adventure one dreadful concoction after another has come our way Jaws The Revenge actually Jaws IV is about as inane as they get 
1
Jaws the Revenge
David Nusair
an entirely misbegotten capper to a seriously erratic series 
2
Jaws the Revenge
Dave Kehr
Jaws is looking a bit long in the tooth these days 
1
Jaws the Revenge
Desmond Ryan
Everything in Jaws the Revenge is utterly expectable which isn t a bright idea for a film relying on suspense and tension 
2
Jaws the Revenge
Roger Ebert
The shark models have so little movement that at times they seem to be supporting themselves on boats instead of attacking them Up until the ludicrous final sequence of the movie the scariest creature in the film is an eel 
0
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Roger Ebert
This movie is maddening It conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought 
2
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One thing is for sure This movie does not tell you a whole lot about Lily Chou Chou 
2.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Jonathan Curiel
Once you get into its rhythm the movie becomes a heady experience 
3
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Ian Mantgani
Confusion is one of my least favourite emotions especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it 
2
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Wesley Morris
A hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture 
3.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Moira MacDonald
While the story s undeniably hard to follow Iwai s gorgeous visuals seduce 
3
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Jeremy Heilman
Perhaps no greater example yet exists of the beauty achievable when one is a master of the digital aesthetic 
3
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Pam Grady
A film that perfectly distills the relationship between pop music and teens searching for identity 
2.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Gene Seymour
Poignant Japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak 
3.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
V.A. Musetto
A nearly 21 2 hours the film is way too indulgent 
2.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Ed Gonzalez
She s all powerful a voice for a pop cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness 
3
The Brotherhood of Satan
Matt Brunson
Satanic panic was all the rage during the early to middle 1970s 
2.5
The Happening
Roger Ebert
The film as a whole is well made if a trifle slowly paced and one or two of the comedy sequences are inspired 
2.5
The Naked Prey
Matt Brunson
Brutal in its depictions of both tribal savagery and English arrogance the film nevertheless avoids lazy stereotyping 
3
The Naked Prey
Fernando F. Croce
offers a vision of survival at its starkest boiled down to physical endurance reflexes and the desperate need to keep ahead of the foe snapping at your heels 
3
The Candy Tangerine Man
Roger Ebert
A singularly unpleasant movie that somehow manages to squeeze a few humorous scenes in with the gore the mutilations and the mass executions 
1
Road Games
Matt Brunson
The first hour of Road Games is so expertly assembled that it s downright tragic when the picture spins out of control during the second half 
2.5
Heart Parade
Roger Moore
A pokey Polish rom com about finding love amongst the wiener dogs of Krakow 46 46 46 There 8217 s not enough here that 8217 s funny 44 and what is here passes by like 44 well 44 a dachshund parade 46 
1.5
Elvis
David Nusair
46 46 46 a disappointing misfire that squanders its host of appealing attributes 46 
1.5
Elvis
Chase Hutchinson
It is at its best when Luhrmann apos s cinematic eccentricities are let loose and he leans into the raucous performances 46 Regrettably 44 the experience overall becomes far less than the sum of its parts 46 
1.5
Elvis
Matt Brunson
There 8217 s no shortage of entertaining scenes 44 but it 8217 s a sure sign of creative failure when the character Tom Hanks most resembles isn 8217 t Colonel Tom Parker but rather the gluttonous Mr 46 Creosote from Monty Python 8217 s The Meaning of Life 46 
2.5
Elvis
Pablo O. Scholz
Elvis doesn t start with Elvis but with Colonel Parker Full review in Spanish 
3
Elvis
Peter Canavese
Gaudy 44 glitzy 44 histrionic 44 relentlessly ADHD and dumb as dirt 44 but as a musical biopic thrill ride it apos s kind of okay 46 40 It almost feels like it was directed by an alternate universe Michael Bay who apos s queer 41 46 
2
Elvis
Sean P. Means
It 8217 s big and bold and brassy 46 It 8217 s not perfect 44 and at 2 hours and 39 minutes still doesn 8217 t deliver everything you 8217 d expect in a telling of Elvis 8217 s life story 46 But it 8217 s always holding your attention 46 
3.5
Elvis
Erik Childress
Baz Luhrmann IS Col 46 Tom Parker 46 An exploitive carnival barker endlessly shouting at you but saying nothing 46 Completely wrapped up in his own voice that none other can get through 44 snatching your money and giving you nothing to take with you in return 46 
0.5
Elvis
Sarah Knight Adamson
Austin Butler has more in common with Elvis besides his gorgeous looks 59 both were the same tender age 40 23 41 when their mothers apos died 59 thus giving Butler a deeper connection due to their shared profound loss 44 which 44 in turn garnered a heartfelt performance 46 
3.5
Elvis
Ty Burr
Baz Luhrmann turns the life of Elvis Aaron Presley into a three ring circus with more sensation than sense in Elvis But it s got a good beat and you can dance to it 
2.5
Elvis
Mattie Lucas
Elvis is a dazzling journey into Elvis the man and Elvis the phenomenon 44 dusting off his now dated brand of Rock and Roll and making it feel fresh and vital 46 
3
Elvis
Sonny Bunch
A musical biopic as filtered through the lens of a superhero epic 46 
3
Elvis
Tom Meek
By the end you genuinely feel the artist never really got to achieve his vision of connecting with gospel and soul more deeply and touring the world because of Parker s gaslighting and control 
3
Elvis
Dwight Brown
Baz Luhrmann photobombs this Elvis portrait with over extravagant filmmaking that dwarfs the iconic rock and roller And that ain t easy 
2.5
Elvis
Wade Major
Elvis may well be Luhrmann 8217 s best and most commercial film to date 46 
4
Elvis
Mike McGranaghan
A handsomely mounted production that apos s entertaining 44 if not exactly revelatory 46 
3
Elvis
Leo Brady
There 8217 s undoubtedly a story to be told about the life of Elvis 44 but this version will leave you wishing for a softer touch 44 in a movie that is all shook up 46 
2
Elvis
Rex Reed
It s an epic collage of images and sensations but it is not a movie Yet despite a surfeit of annoying flaws I must add that it is also an occasional whale of an extravaganza 
2
Elvis
James Berardinelli
Luhrmann s movie achieves its goals of highlighting Elvis music while providing a capable if imperfect abstract of his life For fans of the icon and his music it hits enough sweet spots to be worthy of a theatrical viewing 
3
Elvis
Mark Meszoros
It can feel like an example of style over substance 46 However 44 the film finds its storytelling legs as it proceeds and presents a relatively interesting portrayal of a man who changed music 46 
3
Elvis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Using his signature flash and high style 44 Luhrmann focuses on a few angles that make the King feel fresh again 44 so much so that even newcomers may be awakened to his music 46 
3
Elvis
Jeff Mitchell
Butler will leave you All Shook Up 44 but 8217 Elvis 8217 could have used A Little Less Conversation 46 Maybe a lot less 46 
2.5
Elvis
Rene Sanchez
Austin Butler delivers a marvelous performance in this sparkling and extravagant spectacle about the life and career of the beloved King of Rock and Roll 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Elvis
Bob Bloom
I enjoyed the performance of Austin Butler as Presley but could not fully wrap my head around Hanks 8217 portrayal of Parker 46 46 46 46 Hanks 46 46 cannot go as dark as he should in his presentation 46 He still exudes hints of the Hanks likability and charm 46 46 46 
3
Elvis
Kevin Carr
Visually stunning and flamboyant with a fantastic performance by Austin Butler 44 it suffers from a bloated running time and some character misdirections 46 
2.5
Elvis
Walter Chaw
It s a biography of who we could be vs who we are We could be heroes if only we weren t sloppy addicted venal and sedated it says We could be heroes 
3.5
Elvis
Richard Roeper
Baz Luhrmann brilliantly floods our senses with arresting sights and sounds 
3.5
Elvis
Robert Horton
A showbizzy Passion Play stuffed with sequins 46 
2
Elvis
Sara Michelle Fetters
It 8217 s clear Luhrmann is more interested in mythmaking 44 era hopping 44 and genre melding than he is in trying to dig all that deeply into the complex cultural 44 racial 44 and political realities of Presley 8217 s life 46 
3
Elvis
Doug Walker
A perfect marriage of artistry and kitsch 46 A movie about Elvis told like it apos s an Elvis movie 46 
3.5 
Elvis
Michael Phillips
Instead of dramatizing this subject s life it dramatizes the extravagance of moviemaking 
1.5
Elvis
Chris Hewitt
Say this for Elvis It is never boring But it also tells us virtually nothing about Presley 
2
Elvis
Johnny Oleksinski
You can t help falling in love with Austin Butler 
3.5
Elvis
Lisa Trifone
In the end 44 Elvis is not a perfect film 46 But it apos s certainly not a bad one either 46 Far from it 46 Luhrmann asks for our investment of time and energy 44 of which you apos ll need plenty of both to keep up with everything he throws at us with this one 46 
3
Elvis
Joey Magidson
This isn 8217 t a bad movie by any stretch 44 but it 8217 s too long and should have been way better 44 given the opportunity presented 46 Alas 46 
2.5
Elvis
Mark Dujsik
Despite 46 46 46 some unformed or clunky notions about the icon apos s cultural impact 44 Elvis is a big 44 bold 44 and just unconventional enough piece of biography 46 
3
Elvis
Rafer Guzman
Visually dazzling biopic of Elvis Presley but its subject remains maddeningly out of focus 
2
Elvis
Ann Hornaday
The result is a dizzying almost hallucinatory experience akin to being thrown into a washing machine and mercilessly churned for 2 1 2 hours 
1.5
Elvis
Mark Feeney
Elvis worships its subject but beneath that worship is a condescension presumably unconscious that borders on contempt Or perhaps the contempt is for itself 
2.5
Elvis
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The film s preference for speed over soul is exhausting and irritating but it s not without its pleasures 
2
Elvis
Jeff York
Butler apos s got the voice and swagger down and even does most of his singing throughout the film 46 More importantly 44 the 30 year old actor captures Elvis 8217 tender effect 44 his sly carnality 44 and painfully gullible naivete 46 
2.5
Elvis
Cate Marquis
Luhrmann apos s ELVIS is less a straight forward admiring biopic than a magical fairy tale built around the complicated relationship between the singer and his shady manager 46 
3.5
Elvis
Robert Daniels
It 8217 s overstuffed 44 bloated 44 and succumbs to trite biopic decisions 46 
1.5
Elvis
Katie Walsh
8220 Elvis 8221 isn 8217 t just a reinvigoration of the Elvis myth 44 it 8217 s a resurrection of the King himself 46 Left the building 63 Not if Baz Luhrmann has anything to say about it 46 10 10 
3.5
Elvis
Scott Greenstone
Elvis is like watching a good Elvis impersonator not really like watching the King himself 
3
Elvis
Mick LaSalle
It s extraordinary how Luhrmann is able to tell this story honestly while still making it palatable It s equally extraordinary that he can take this short and tragically misdirected life and make it feel like a triumph 
4
Elvis
Brian Truitt
An overlong narrative mess as excessive as one of the King s fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches However with Butler s stellar portrayal it s never dull and more enjoyable than not 
2.5
Elvis
Brian Eggert
What disappoints the most is that Luhrmann 8217 s wild visuals and use of Parker 8217 s subjectivity 40 a colossally misguided Hanks performance 41 don 8217 t distract from Elvis 8217 formulaic biopic structure 46 It 8217 s the same old story 44 except bedazzled into an eyesore 46 
2
Elvis
David Gonzalez
Baz Luhrmann 8217 s Elvis is a bombastic journey about one of music 8217 s greatest artist 46 Running on 1 46 21 gigawatts 44 it 8217 s a vibrant and electric film that could only come from Luhrmann 46 
3
Elvis
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 zooms through the King of Rock and Roll 8217 s life as if it were running through a funhouse 46 
2.5
Elvis
Roger Moore
An immersive 8220 Elvis 8221 worth embracing 8212 art and artful and Luhrmann unconventional 44 a 8220 Bourne 8221 thriller blur of impressions and jogged memories hanging on two titanic performances 
3.5
Elvis
Max Weiss
Elvis is too long too melodramatic too everything But it s also often wildly entertaining 
3.5
Elvis
Jake Cole
The protracted rubbernecking at Elvis 8217 s inexorable decline epitomizes a film that regularly backs away from its keenest observations about the icon to merely 44 and superficially 44 bask in his star power 46 
2
Elvis
Peter Howell
Baz Luhrmann s Elvis is more than all right mama It blasts the screen with the Aussie director s trademark glitter and bravado but also hits the right historical and musical notes for a biopic worthy of a legendary performer 
3.5
Examined Life
Mike Scott
Although a sporadically stimulating and thoroughly challenging exercise Examined Life too often feels like a forum for brainy big thinkers annoying penchant for being as inscrutable as possible 
2
Examined Life
Jeff Shannon
To director Astra Taylor s credit it s as inviting and accessible as a smart conversation with fascinating friends 
3
Examined Life
Peter Keough
She gives eight thinkers 10 minutes each to unload on tough topics like the meaning of life and right and wrong and comes up mostly with a lot of platitudes about treating other people nice 
2
Examined Life
Rob Thomas
Watching Examined Life is sort of like sitting on a plane next to a total stranger who insists on making conversation Except this is that one time out of 100 when the stranger turns out to be a completely fascinating person 
3
Examined Life
Lisa Kennedy
Illuminating even moving 
3
Examined Life
Kam Williams
Endlessly thought provoking at every turn this iconoclastic documentary offers the opportunity for a transcendental experience amounting to this critic s most satisfying cinematic experience of 2009 thus far 
4
Examined Life
Andrew Schenker
In bringing philosophy to the street the director unwittingly points up the disconnect between the academic inclination to think critically and the apparent indifference of the masses 
2.5
Examined Life
Kamal Al-Solaylee
A hugely successful and provocative attempt at elevating the tone of public discussion and inviting some great minds along to help smooth the bumpy ride ahead of us all in 2009 
3
Examined Life
Greg Quill
A mere taste of these big and radical notions all of them life changing at full dosage levels seems like a bit of a tease 
2
The Guardian
Matt Brunson
As far as flying nannies go Jenny Seagrove s isn t half as intimidating as Julie Andrews Mary Poppins 
2
The Guardian
Roger Ebert
Of the many threats to modern man documented in horror films the slashers the haunters the body snatchers the most innocent would seem to be the druids 
1
Black August
Kam Williams
Adapted from George Jackson s own prison letters and other writings this bio pic is to be commended for shedding surprisingly sophisticated light on such a controversial cult figure 
3
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Kathy Fennessy
The sitcom star turned director maintains an admirably light tone that never turns sticky sweet even after the long awaited catharsis finally arrives 
3
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Allyson Johnson
Despite lacking in visual urgency the film is saved by the heartfelt relationship at its center 
2.5
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Tomris Laffly
It s often too ironically close to being the kind of bore its central character Daniel s accidental summer in the English suburbs threatens to be 
1.5
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Randy Myers
This is one Summer to remember 
3.5
A Wounded Fawn
Steven Prokopy
Having no idea where things were going next went a long way toward holding my interest 44 so I applaud that and eagerly await to see where Stevens takes us next 46 
2.5
A Wounded Fawn
Erik Childress
While I could not pass a test on the second half of the film 44 Travis Stevens and Josh Ruben have just the right touch in drawing us in even while we 8217 re scratching our heads right up to the funniest closing credits sequence in some time 46 
3
A Wounded Fawn
Katie Rife
91 A Wounded Fawn 93 is forged in fire and blood 44 taking 91 Stevens apos 93 eye for striking visuals and elevating it to psychedelic new heights 46 
3
A Wounded Fawn
Roger Moore
If you like your horror movies slasher graphic and Ancient Greece demonic 44 has Shudder got a thriller for you 46 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
Mark Meszoros
Its examination of what makes a work of art worthy of everlasting praise and who gets to decide that it is proves to be tasty food for thought 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
Steven Prokopy
The Last Vermeer is part art history lesson part post war mystery part family drama and it all comes together in a fascinating way 
3
The Last Vermeer
Sean P. Means
Friedkin and his screenwriting team have trouble deciding whose movie this really is Friedkin can t seem to choose leaving a muddled mess between them 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
Ty Burr
By far the most enjoyable aspect of the film is Pearce s overripe performances as van Meegeren with an assist from Olivia Grant acidly sensual as the painter s model mistress 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
James Berardinelli
An entertaining if uneven mixture of post World War II fact and fiction 
3
The Last Vermeer
Anita Katz
A riveting drama or perhaps dark comedy exists somewhere in this movie but despite Pearce s contributions the film shapes up largely as a lightly entertaining missed opportunity 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
Nell Minow
The film takes some significant unnecessary and distracting dramatic license 
3
The Last Vermeer
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Told professionally enough the film nevertheless descends by the end into a variety of genre clichés that detract from the originality of its premise 
2
The Last Vermeer
Mark Dujsik
The Last Vermeer only sees this real life scenario as the foundation for a mystery and court drama with a few twists and a lot of unfulfilled promise 
2
The Last Vermeer
Kenneth R. Morefield
In many ways the film is a structural copy of Barbet Schroeder s Reversal of Fortune 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
Barry Hertz
R est soundly knowing that The Last Vermeer is a pale impersonation of a movie 
1.5
The Last Vermeer
Michael O'Sullivan
Vermeer chews on some decent food for thought most notably the idea of moral ambiguity and the compromises one sometimes makes in wartime to survive 
2.5
The Last Vermeer
Katie Walsh
Dreadfully milquetoast
2
The Last Vermeer
Roger Moore
A rare tour de force for Guy Pearce who is always good especially when he has a role that requires an understated flamboyance 
2.5
Nightcrawler
Brian Eggert
Beneath Nightcrawler 8217 s outward critique of the media 8217 s desperate need to see and record human atrocity for mass ratings 44 there 8217 s a more disturbing character study about Gyllenhaal 8217 s fascinating and fantastically played psychopath 46 
4
Nightcrawler
Matt Brunson
In a knockout performance Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom the type of guy who would not only sell his own mother but would chop her up into tiny pieces to facilitate the transaction 
3
Nightcrawler
Sonny Bunch
What s fascinating about this movie is the way in which writer director Dan Gilroy treats Bloom He s framed as a regular cinematic hero rather than a devious anti hero 
3
Nightcrawler
Joe Williams
Like an alternate version of Network in which Faye Dunaway cannibalizes the conscientious William Holden character Nightcrawler cleverly dispenses with any debate about the tyranny of ratings and the erosion of privacy 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Timothy Wainwright
Gyllenhaal s character might be the post recession cousin of Christian Bale in American Psycho It s as if Humphrey Bogart had a baby face lost all his marbles and gotten a subscription to the Harvard Business Review 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Michael Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis and he delivers a devil of a performance in one of the best movies of 2014 
4
Nightcrawler
Stephen Rebello
Creepy nasty often hilarious stuff Nightcrawler shows Gyllenhaal exactly where he seems to want to be and having the time of his life while he s at it 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Eric Melin
Gyllenhaal s character isn t actually obsessed with real life tragedy and carnage Instead his predatory creep has something else on his mind success Lou is a product of his generation a DIY careerist unburdened by a conscience 
3.5
Nightcrawler
John Beifuss
Working the space between the De Niros of Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy Gyllenhaal is memorably creepy and almost cadaverous 
3.5
Nightcrawler
David Nusair
a passable effort that boasts a seriously above average central performance 
3
Nightcrawler
Robert Levin
The film embodies the dark night of the main character s soul as well as our own 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Glenn Lovell
the best Martin Scorsese movie not directed by Scorsese It s that good that assured that unshakable Scores as both urban thriller and Network like comment on the media 
4
Nightcrawler
Mike McGranaghan
A thoroughly captivating film you can t easily shake off 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Christy Lemire
Crashes and crime scenes are his bread and butter He is driven He is innovative He is happy He is also a monster a fiend who preys on people at their weakest and worst moments 
3
Nightcrawler
Sam Fragoso
A hypnotic confluence of action comedy and hysteria that is at once unnerving exhilarating and unlike anything I ve ever seen 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Christian Toto
Nightcrawler sends its media criticism out in ALL CAPS bludgeoning Jake Gyllenhaal s excellent performance 
2.5
Nightcrawler
Josh Larsen
Jake Gyllenhaal haunts Nightcrawler like a ghost who s seen a ghost 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Scott Nash
Gyllenhaal impresses as a sociopathic news hound 
3
Nightcrawler
Kam Williams
A sobering cautionary tale suggesting that you reflect upon all the motivations of a news source before swallowing the veracity of a story hook line and sinker 
4
Nightcrawler
Barbara Vancheri
It grows more and more preposterous but it never loosens its grip thanks to a riveting Mr Gyllenhaal 
3
Nightcrawler
Lisa Kennedy
It s hard not to be fascinated by the dark places Gyllenhaal goes here But Nightcrawler falls short as social commentary or even psychological yarn Like Louis it talks a good game that crumbles as you ponder it 
2.5
Nightcrawler
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a classic film not just because every scene and line is casually beautiful and devoid of extraneous touches but because its tone is mercilessly exact 
4
Nightcrawler
Willie Waffle
Lou might as well be a 21st Century Travis Bickle and Gyllenhaal seems to be having fun channeling his inner Robert De Niro 
3.5
Nightcrawler
John Serba
Jake Gyllenhaal is focused intense and terrifying 
4
Nightcrawler
Liam Lacey
A movie for the pleasure of movie audiences pretending to be shocked by a story of ghoulish media 
3
Nightcrawler
Tirdad Derakhshani
Nightcrawler savages the news media s ratings driven ethic a most unethical ethic with such force it brings to mind Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet s Network 
3
Nightcrawler
James Berardinelli
This isn t fun escapist entertainment but when it works it s fascinating and compelling and makes us take a hard look at what TV news is selling and where it s getting the product 
3
Nightcrawler
Anders Wright
Gyllenhaal may well earn himself at least an Oscar nomination for the role but credit must go to veteran screenwriter and first time director Dan Gilroy who has created a wholly unique and absolutely disturbing vision 
4
Nightcrawler
Ty Burr
It s a solid first time out in any event entertainingly obvious at some points obvious obvious at others and jazzed to have a rich subject and a star willing to run with it 
3
Nightcrawler
Mark Dujsik
It would be comforting to be able to see Nightcrawler as satire That would be very comforting indeed 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Peter Howell
For his directing debut Gilroy is out for the contact high of that Mean Streets vibe and Gyllenhaal and Russo deliver it to him in spades 
3
Nightcrawler
Jon Niccum
An indictment of the American workplace and a piercing character study 
3
Nightcrawler
Ann Hornaday
True to its title creeps under the viewer s skin much like the predatory title character who restlessly cruises through this modern day media allegory like Travis Bickle s long lost hyper wired West Coast cousin 
3
Nightcrawler
Kristin Tillotson
One of the year s most satisfying and original thrillers 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Peter Travers
Nightcrawler curves and hisses its way into your head with demonic skill This is a deliciously twisted piece of work And Gyllenhaal coiled and ready to spring is scarily brilliant 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Dann Gire
That Gyllenhaal totally commits to Lou can t be questioned The actor seamlessly embodies this strange and scary man finding ways to turn his fidgety tics and baleful glances into reams of telling information 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Mick LaSalle
There are moments that are too macabre and outlandish but Gilroy steers the movie just this side of farce just this side of Chayefsky and keeps it all within a realistic framework 
3
Nightcrawler
Rafer Guzman
Nightcrawler is the kind of movie that rarely hits multiplexes anymore an edgy pulpy thriller with a social conscience and a vicious satirical streak 
3
Nightcrawler
Chris Hewitt
It s great wicked fun 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Duane Dudek
Both main performances are hand in glove terrific with Russo id to Gyllenhaal s ego 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Jocelyn Noveck
A compelling and altogether impressive directorial debut for screenwriter Dan Gilroy
3.5
Nightcrawler
Stephen Whitty
Gilroy is directing for the first time here but he clearly has not only an understanding of actors but an appreciation for image 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Matt Pais
If you re ever trying to think of an actor who s carved out an interesting career for himself and doesn t get due credit here s your answer 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Michael Phillips
Despite the familiarity of its themes Gilroy s clever skeezy little noir is worth a prowl 
3
Nightcrawler
Claudia Puig
Thirty pounds lighter all cheekbones and bulging eyes Gyllenhaal plays one of the year s most memorable characters in this dark provocative drama 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Moira MacDonald
The drama feels heightened and overwrought and yet it works you can see Nina s cold eyed desperation and Lou s creepy rapture as he realizes that he can get a shot that nobody else has 
3
Nightcrawler
Brad Keefe
You see some influence of other iconic characters Norman Bates Verbal Kint Gordon Gekko but Gyllenhaal s Lou Bloom becomes his own icon 
4
Nightcrawler
Rex Reed
It ultimately proves questionable and unconvincing but in this case failure to launch is noble It keeps you creeped out and fascinated 
3
Nightcrawler
Roger Moore
Gyllenhaal s most transformative performance reptilian 
3
Nightcrawler
Chris Cabin
Dan Gilroy s directorial debut only offers a familiar vision of today s newsman and producers as misery peddlers and callow ratings slaves bordering on the monstrous 
2.5
Nightcrawler
Clayton Davis
From the distance it can look like the mutated cousin of something like Broadcast News or Network When you come in closer you ll see something semi fresh but ultimately quite defective 
2.5
Nightcrawler
Thelma Adams
In director Dan Gilroy s sleek crime thriller Jake Gyllenhaal has found a role in which he can act against his good looks and buff bod He throws himself out there and falls until something darker and deeper kicks in 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Mara Reinstein
The wildly evocative film proves there s a Lou Bloom lurking inside most of us He s just the one willing to cross the yellow police tape 
3.5
Nightcrawler
Lou Lumenick
If Billy Wilder s Ace in the Hole and Network had a mutant baby it would probably look like Dan Gilroy s Nightcrawler 
3
Johnny Mnemonic
Michael Dequina
Reeves showcases his considerable thesping skills in a climactic monologue about room service 
0
Johnny Mnemonic
Andrew Howe
I say this without qualification Johnny Mnemonic is a bad movie 
1.5
Johnny Mnemonic
Mike Clark
You can have a better time title scanning Johnny pics in an alphabetical video guide than you can enduring the latest Blade Runner knockoff Johnny Mnemonic 
1.5
Johnny Mnemonic
Roger Ebert
Johnny Mnemonic is one of the great goofy gestures of recent cinema a movie that doesn t deserve one nanosecond of serious analysis but has a kind of idiotic grandeur that makes you almost forgive it 
2
Islam and the Future of Tolerance
Roger Moore
A talkative film in which the very act of talking about this subject is a first tiny victory 
3
Porky's
John Stark
A vulgar sexist racist sadistic juvenile scatological gross movie 
1
Porky's
Bill Cosford
Clark seems to have done his research at the junior high level if you re much older than that yourself Porky s is going to seem pretty dumb 
1
Porky's
Diane Haithman
Though it may only be by mistake Porky s and its cast of personable characters manages to spark several genuinely funny moments of course it manages to spark still more that genuinely aren t 
2
Porky's
Joseph Gelmis
The cast is adequate and the filmmaking is competent Porky s is a soft core sexploitation movie that knows exactly what it is doing 
2.5
Porky's
Roger Ebert
Since the movie doesn t like women its sex scenes all create fear and hostility which prevents them from being funny 
1.5
Porky's
James Kendrick
a trend setting comedy that introduced new lows or highs depending on your point of view in tasteless jokes and frank sexuality to the teen genre
2.5
Porky's
Dustin Putman
Manages to fail on almost every possible level 
1
Rumor Has It ...
David Nusair
fares best in its briskly paced and thoroughly entertaining first half 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Nick Rogers
A romantic comedy with all the excitement of an AARP magazine cover story and negligible chemistry between Aniston and Costner Given talk of infertility let it be said Rumor is a series of rocky places in which comedy s seed can find no purchase 
.5
Rumor Has It ...
Ross Anthony
Lacks depth 
1.5
Rumor Has It ...
Todd Hertz
The movie shines when allowing the characters to just exist in their world together without the forced and tired romantic comedy plot weighing on them 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Forrest Hartman
A lightweight Jennifer Aniston vehicle that s been rumored to pass for a feature film 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Matt Pais
As glazed and cooked as a Christmas ham 
1.5
Rumor Has It ...
Larry Ratliff
Rarely does a movie come with a homework assignment Take it from me though Rumor Has It is a lot more fun if you ve seen The Graduate 
3
Rumor Has It ...
Frank Ochieng
Profoundly half baked and needlessly manipulative feels as annoyingly fluffy as an oversized marshmallow drowning in a cup of hot chocolate 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Linda Cook
If I have interpreted the message of Rumor Has It correctly then its message is that it s OK to run off and fool around as long as you return to a very understanding partner 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Mike McGranaghan
Rumor Has It is a completely charming movie with terrific performances 
3
Rumor Has It ...
Thomas Delapa
The truth is Rob Reiner has come up with another clinker romantic comedy 
1
Rumor Has It ...
Randy Myers
Sad to say Reiner continues to be in a slump showing only glimmers of the man who made When Harry Met Sally 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Susan Walker
A scantily clad premise that would at best have been a light hearted farce goes in search of a heart tugging denouement and doesn t find it 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Chris Hewitt
The result is a wayward movie sort of like a trip to Florida from New York via Cairo Ill there s not much to do in Cairo but there are several worthy stops Indianapolis Memphis along the way 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Ken Fox
Not much to laugh about 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Moira MacDonald
A funny idea alas doesn t necessarily make for a funny movie 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Mick LaSalle
It fails artistically but also philosophically in that it rebuts the spirit of the earlier film while offering nothing attractive in its place 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Kit Bowen
Here s a rumor for ya this is pretty bland stuff despite all the clever people involved and good intentions to pull off a hip dramedy Ultimately Rumor Has It doesn t know what it wants to be 
1.5
Rumor Has It ...
Pam Grady
If Aniston really wants to break away from her TV roots she needs to start picking better material 
1
Rumor Has It ...
Carrie Rickey
Becalmed in this ghastly would be comedy Aniston can do little to mitigate its ickiness 
1.5
Rumor Has It ...
Kyle Smith
Seeing Reiner work now is like watching Willie Mays hobble around in a Mets uniform during that pathetic final year when he hit 211 
1
Rumor Has It ...
Connie Ogle
Incest is not the sturdiest foundation on which to build a romantic comedy 
1
Rumor Has It ...
Bob Strauss
A slight movie in joke in search of a feature length reason to exist It s never found 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Paul Doro
Rumor Has It never ends up finding the right direction in the process wasting an excellent cast particularly Costner and Ruffalo and a great premise 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Jack Mathews
Without a plausible story Rumor Has It has only its performances to get it by and a very familiar performance from Shirley MacLaine as Beau s still bawdy one time seductress is the best we get 
1.5
Rumor Has It ...
Lisa Kennedy
Nichols satirically pungent ambitions are reduced to an epiphany about love and marriage and an unconvincing one at that 
2
Rumor Has It ...
John Monaghan
Hand much of the credit to director Rob Reiner who consistently hits the right comic notes 
3
Rumor Has It ...
Liam Lacey
The real weak point is Reiner s listless direction with too few scenes that almost gel and too many that fall flat 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Jeff Vice
It serves as a sad reminder about just how much Reiner s filmmaking skills have eroded in the past decade or so 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Allison Benedikt
An easygoing but surprisingly likable comedy 
3
Rumor Has It ...
Wesley Morris
An embarrassing romantic comedy 
1
Rumor Has It ...
Phil Villarreal
Watching and laughing at the film you d never know it was such a troubled production Here s to you Mr Reiner 
3
Rumor Has It ...
Willie Waffle
an entertaining film that could use a few tweaks
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Peter Canavese
For a movie purportedly about the truth behind a movie the mushy Rumor Has It feels astoundingly false 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Daniel M. Kimmel
lightweight and easily disposable fare 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Sara Michelle Fetters
Instead she walks through the whole thing with a weepy hangdog look of morose longing that s enough to gag a Mountain Lion with its schmaltzy ferocity 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Jeffrey Westhoff
Reiner is guilty of either mishandling his material on a grand scale or of not recognizing that the script starts with a dynamite idea but runs dry on page two 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Steve Rhodes
Tepid comedy that almost screams just wait for video 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Dustin Putman
A bland sitcom posing as a star studded feature film 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lacks the sparkle that we once came to expect from Reiner 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Claudia Puig
Jesus may love Mrs Robinson more than she will know but some filmmakers don t seem to based on their insistence on reviving her for the pallid and plodding Rumor Has It 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Arthur Salm
Complications ensue but little else does 
1.5
Rumor Has It ...
Roger Ebert
This is not a great movie but it s very watchable and has some good laughs 
3
Rumor Has It ...
Jeff Strickler
The comedy Rumor Has It whispers at being something more than just a diversion but it never delivers on that potential 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Chuck O'Leary
A bland lackluster piece of instantly forgettable comic fluff 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Phoebe Flowers
Rumor Has It is glossy pretty and utterly forgettable just like except for that last part evidently Aniston s fabulous hair 
1
Rumor Has It ...
Bruce Newman
Rumor Has It doesn t seem to realize who its most interesting character is and spend some time with her Coo coo ca choo Mrs Robinson Here s to you 
2
Rumor Has It ...
John Anderson
Who comes up with this stuff 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Matt Brunson
A sloppy comedy that ultimately goes nowhere 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Nick Schager
A rhythm less laugh less mess that mixes the big screen Bewitched s post modern nonsense with shades of Spanking the Monkey s interfamily attractions 
1
Rumor Has It ...
James Berardinelli
The film s few high points are outweighed and outnumbered by sequences that don t work and cast choices that should have been re thought 
2
Rumor Has It ...
Jeanne Aufmuth
An easy comedy that will please some audiences but disappoint those who seek the cinematic road less traveled 
2.5
Rumor Has It ...
Scott Nash
Rumor Has It is a lightweight comedy that only works thanks to a fantastic cast 
2.5
Safe House
Brian Eggert
Although occasionally exciting 44 there 8217 s a pointed lack of gamesmanship in the events for a yarn involving spies 44 coupled with a lackluster quality that fails to leave an impression 46 
2.5
Safe House
Matt Brunson
Why do scripters even try to hide the identity of the villain until the end Given the obviousness in these films they might as well include a character named Professor Plum usually found brandishing a lead pipe in the conservatory and be done with it 
2
Safe House
Mattie Lucas
Plays it safe at every turn and the result is a film that just can t compete with its own clear influences 
2
Safe House
Kelly Jane Torrance
This is a film filled with lines like Everyone betrays everyone But the banality of those words almost disappears when Denzel Washington utters them 
2
Safe House
Kenneth R. Morefield
Everybody fights and everybody lies in a thriller that tries to glamorize spies while demonizing their profession 
2
Safe House
Jeff Beck
Safe House becomes a prime example of why no matter how many chases and other action sequences they may throw into the mix they can t even begin to make up for the more important elements 
2
Safe House
Roger Moore
The photography and editing are state of the Bourne art exciting breathless chases brutal blurry fights and unnerving shootouts 
3
Safe House
Linda Cook
A solid thriller Safe House isn t extraordinary But it s a safe bet for those who enjoy Bourne type espionage movies 
3
Safe House
James Kendrick
has energy and vigor to spare but it still feels too off the shelf prepackaged action and all too familiar riffs on the ugliness of behind the scenes international conflict
2.5
Safe House
John Wirt
A brutal bloody action picture that follows a familiar corruption in high places theme 
2
Safe House
Mike McGranaghan
Despite a familiar plot the solid acting and first rate action scenes combine to make a movie that while perhaps not terribly original is certainly involving and entertaining 
3
Safe House
Peter Keough
Reynolds shows range as the tyro out of his depth and Washington s mere presence grants credibility to implausible scenes 
2.5
Safe House
Rex Reed
This is a naive director with so little insight you wonder what comic books he s been reading 
1
Safe House
Lori Hoffman
Thanks to the excellence of Washington and Reynolds Safe House provides the type of enjoyable performances that allow us to forgive the by the book nature of the story 
2.5
Safe House
Michael Dequina
The presence of someone like Denzel Washington at the center keeps the film consistently compelling between the action beats 
3
Safe House
John Beifuss
It is as technically sophisticated as it is thematically tired and narratively challenged 
2
Safe House
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately Safe House never does quite live up to either the performances of its stars or its most interesting sequences 
2.5
Safe House
Scott Nash
I enjoy a good espionage thriller as much as anyone and probably more than most This despite a nice turn by the always reliable Denzel and some decent action scenes just isn t that good 
2.5
Safe House
Eric Melin
The characters are woefully underdeveloped have way less interesting philosophical discussions and it doesn t work as a thriller either You can see the multitude of double crosses coming a mile away 
2
Safe House
Kam Williams
Likable unlikely buddies enmeshed in a pyrotechnics driven political potboiler with more twists than a Chubby Checker concert make for a cinematic experience that s more than worth the price of admission 
4
Safe House
Rafer Guzman
Safe House has just enough bone density to emit some satisfying cracks and pops whenever the action gets going 
2.5
Safe House
Stephen Whitty
Whatever its flaws the film gives you no chance to get bored 
3
Safe House
Bob Bloom
Safe House is an uber testosterone feature with enough fire power mano to mano combat and car crashes to keep you satisfied and awake 
2.5
Safe House
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult to recall a mainstream Hollywood movie saddled with as obnoxious and rage inducing visuals as Safe House 
1
Safe House
Matt Soergel
A neck snapping bullet thumping yarn with Denzel Washington cruising in his super cool unflappable bad to the bone mode we ve seen it before but hey why mess with what s working 
2.5
Safe House
Mike Scott
Despite the occasional predictability it ends up being a satisfyingly taut thrill ride Or maybe Tobin Forst made me say that 
3
Safe House
Willie Waffle
You re going to love seeing Reynolds and Washington teamed together I just wish the script gave them more to do 
2.5
Safe House
Joe Williams
While other stars of his generation stoop to self parody Washington stands tall We cannot tell a lie Yes he makes us nervous but in a good way 
3.5
Safe House
John DeFore
As fun as the movie occasionally is it can t make its own drama convincing much less give Reynolds the nudge he needs toward Matt Damon ville 
2
Safe House
Kyle Smith
Safe House may strike you as a brilliant movie provided you ve seen fewer than say 10 spy thrillers I ve seen more than 10 spy thrillers 
2
Safe House
Liam Lacey
A movie with a double crossing intelligence plot that s so generic it s an irritating intrusion in a lively chase through the streets and shantytowns of Cape Town South Africa 
2
Safe House
Robert Levin
Denzel Washington is one of those rare actors blessed with enough natural charisma that he can repeat things and still entertain us 
3
Safe House
Mark Dujsik
We concentrate on its holes of logic and the unnecessary redundancies of its storytelling because without them the movie is habitually commonplace 
2
Safe House
Dustin Putman
Performing as if he s been perpetually hooked up to a Thorazine drip Denzel Washington looks like he needs a bed not a camera thrown in his face 
1.5
Safe House
Mick LaSalle
Safe House is an idea for a movie 
1
Safe House
Cathy Jakicic
Safe House boasts not one but two highly engaging stars in Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds Unfortunately their chemistry is disappointingly underused in favor of gunbattles and car chases 
2.5
Safe House
Peter Howell
Washington s Tobin is a pedantic cipher and Reynolds Weston a dull Dudley Do Right and the resulting mix apart from a few good chases is bland enough to bottle for Gerber s 
2
Safe House
Claudia Puig
Safe House is a bracing action thriller made all the more watchable because of its two lead performances 
2.5
Safe House
Steven Rea
If Denzel Washington isn t the coolest dude out there I don t know who is 
3
Safe House
Wesley Morris
The ethical breaches and double agent stuff have no sting So many people are risking and giving their lives and we barely care 
2
Safe House
Chris Hewitt
Most of the time it feels like Safe House is using the shaky camera and the exploding everything to distract us from what s missing which is any interest in the central conflict between Reynolds and Washington 
2
Safe House
Jon Niccum
Despite all the hand to hand fighting and gunplay these men seem grounded in reality They are not immune to injury or fear or dopey decisions 
3
Safe House
Gary Thompson
What kills the movie is the script That s strange because it was known for years as one of the industry s best unproduced screenplays 
2.5
Safe House
Glenn Heath Jr.
Even when it veers into familiar narrative territory the instinct and durability of its characters propels Safe House toward an unspoken sense of resolve 
2.5
Safe House
Lawrence Toppman
Crash Kick Stab Punch Talk briefly Smash Chase Screech Shoot Mumble That s the wearying pattern of Safe House 
2
Safe House
Matt Pais
Anyone who says Safe House will keep you guessing is either a liar or just a really bad guesser 
2
Safe House
Michael Phillips
Even at its most frantic and mechanical the movie relies on Washington to provide a visual anchor some sociopathic calm amid the storm 
2.5
Safe House
Soren Andersen
In the midst of Safe House s predictable mayhem and unoriginal plotting Washington is fun to watch as he outsmarts everyone again and again 
2.5
Safe House
Christy Lemire
Ultimately Safe House reveals itself to be more interested in bombastic bloody thrills than provocative analytical thought 
1.5
Safe House
James Berardinelli
It s plain most of the well known players are on hand for purposes of refreshing their bank accounts 
2
Safe House
Phil Villarreal
Safe House plays out just like a romantic comedy only with slightly more explosions car chases hand cuffings ear yankings and stabbings with glass shards 
3
Donovan's Reef
Matt Brunson
A raucous and ridiculous comedy 
2
Cut Bank
Bob Strauss
Once blood starts spurting and the old pros take control of the show Patino s clever plotting wins viewers over 
3
Cut Bank
Geoff Pevere
Quite apart from the equally apparent lack of the Coens s extraordinary visual acuity Cut Bank comes up short because it simply presumes that guilt and evil already live in town just waiting for us to arrive and see the show 
2
Cut Bank
David Berry
This is one script that no doubt read a lot better than it was ever going to look or sound 
1.5
Cut Bank
Peter Howell
Deficient in charisma Hemsworth lacks both the grit and grin that his complicated role demands 
1.5
Cut Bank
G. Allen Johnson
Like many of its brethren the movie seems to love itself while hating its characters 
1
Cut Bank
Brian Tallerico
While there s some undeniably inherent joy in just seeing some of these great actors play off each other the sum here is a shockingly dull affair almost made more disappointing by the talent it wastes 
1.5
Cut Bank
Roger Moore
Violent and on the edge of funny Fargo Lite right up to the end where the wheels come off 
2
Cut Bank
Carson Lund
If the film is meant only as a pulpy genre exercise Matt Shakman s competence in various modes actually works to strip it of any sense of coherent vision 
2
Cut Bank
David Nusair
Generic yet entertaining 
2.5
Smiley
Matthew Rozsa
My personal hell would involve watching this movie on repeat It is wretched squandering a potentially iconic character with incompetent execution 
0
Smiley
Christian Toto
It s amazing what a killer mask and a smarter than expected ending can do to a mediocrity like Smiley
2.5
Smiley
Glenn Lovell
YouTube transplant Gallagher s freshman effort is doggedly formulaic his blood smeared Smiley is a sock puppet boogeyman a low rent knockoff of Candyman and Ghostface 
1.5
Smiley
Dustin Putman
The chances of seeing a bunch of people dressed as Smiley this October 31st is giving too much credit to a project that will be forgotten before it has any chance of becoming more than a minor pop cultural footnote 
1.5
Tomorrow's Children
Mattie Lucas
As a melodrama it s actually one of the most engaging exploitation films of the period The performances are universally strong and the film feels less like an amateur production and more like an actual film 
2.5
Landfall
Roger Moore
An impressive impressionistic and intimate overview of the unhappy Island of Enchantment as it stands today years after Hurricane Maria hit 
3
Fight for Your Life
Bill Chambers
A Jeff Foxworthy record from Hell
1.5
Twelve
Marjorie Baumgarten
Twelve is so much less than zero 
2
Twelve
Stephen Whitty
It all comes off as faintly absurd 
1.5
Twelve
Kyle Smith
It feels as shopworn as a dusty VHS tape of Less Than Zero 
1.5
Twelve
Peter Travers
Joel Schumacher s Twelve from a much better 2002 novel by Nick McDonell is a drag ass slog 
1
Twelve
Andrew Schenker
Fifteen years after Larry Clark s controversial feature the Kids still aren t all right 
0
A Simple Favor
Tom Meek
It s on the edge of gonzo and highly watchable 
2.5
A Simple Favor
Federico Furzan
A weird exposition of americana mixed with a complex plot Weirdly it works Full review in Spanish 
3
A Simple Favor
Josh Larsen
noir as costume party 
1.5
A Simple Favor
Matt Brunson
Outstanding for about an hour thanks to its unexpectedly dark themes its mordant humor and a knockout performance by Lively 
3
A Simple Favor
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The start of the film is the best that Feig has directed in his career Full review in Spanish 
2
A Simple Favor
David Nusair
an almost passable misfire that should ve topped out at about 90 minutes 
2
A Simple Favor
Matthew Passantino
Even when it falters a bit in its final act Feig and his actors keep things lively and spirited throughout with snappy chemistry and biting delivery 
2.5
A Simple Favor
Linda Cook
It s no mystery whether this will entertain It will 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Oliver Jones
With its saucy French pop music and pastel Saul Bass inspired credits this film is so hungry to seem like a classic thriller that you come away charmed by its pure hearted ambition 
2
A Simple Favor
Karen M. Peterson
Paul Feig is one of the few men who know how to direct women The trio of Anna Kendrick Blake Lively and Henry Golding is a great one Each is entertaining on their own but putting any combination of the three in a scene together is electric 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Sarah Knight Adamson
Despite the ambiguous genre of this excellent diabolical modern suburbia film for sure it s one of the best times I ve had at the movies in a long time 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most surprising and satisfying movies of the year It s a ride that invites you to partake in its craziness 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Brandy McDonnell
Overstressed women weary of being good girls can find an escape that s a little darker and more thrilling than the usual girl s night fare with A Simple Favor 
3
A Simple Favor
Sara Michelle Fetters
Paul Fieg brings an elegant old Hollywood gravitas to the proceedings while never undercutting the more playfully juvenile elements that make the film so much fun 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Sheila O'Malley
What a relief to watch a film unafraid of letting its hair down 
3
A Simple Favor
Max Weiss
For Lively this is her Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct moment She stomps through the film like a femme fatale warrior so gorgeous and mysterious and alluring it was like she was constructed in a lab to the play this part 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Barry Hertz
Its mystery elements are infused with a uniquely Feig ian sensibility equal parts broad comedy and ironic winks 
3
A Simple Favor
Phil Villarreal
Do yourself the simple favor of seeing this sooner rather than later 
3
A Simple Favor
Katie Walsh
As bright and bracing as an ice cold gin martini with a lemon twist and just as satisfying 
3
A Simple Favor
Mark Dujsik
As the pieces of the puzzle come together the more successful and subversive elements of the story come apart 
2.5
A Simple Favor
Sean P. Means
A Simple Favor is like one of Emily s martinis A strong kick that makes you giggle ice cold delivery and a twist that gives it plenty of bite 
3.5
A Simple Favor
James Berardinelli
Feig seems to be having a lot fun with material it s debatable whether his enjoyment translates to the audience 
2.5
A Simple Favor
Sonia Rao
Ice cold and finished off with a dramatic twist A Simple Favor has a lot in common with the gin martinis that its lead characters drink throughout the film 
2.5
A Simple Favor
Tom Russo
Kendrick s interplay with Lively crackles whether they re going for laughs or something darker Both are big selling points as is their director even if it s not as advertised 
3
A Simple Favor
Moira MacDonald
Feig better known for straight up comedy draws out the movie s early acts deliciously letting the actors play with their roles and creating a near Hitchcockian tone of slinky ominousness cut with the driest of wit 
3
A Simple Favor
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a lot of fun until it becomes a mystery thriller so convoluted and tonally wacky Angela Lansbury would have quit in a huff 
2
A Simple Favor
Carla Meyer
Favor is packed with jokes most very funny The ones that are not as funny usually land anyway thanks to Kendrick s sly delivery and Lively s blithe way with a putdown 
3
A Simple Favor
Gary Thompson
In the sharp elbowed arena of competitive mommying no one is safe an idea that A Simple Favor examines over arched eyebrows and mixed drinks with mostly amusing results 
3
A Simple Favor
Derek Smith
A Simple Favor haphazardly vacillates between suburban satire goofy comedy and dark twisted psychological thriller 
2
A Simple Favor
Richard Roeper
At times we can only laugh at how ridiculous A Simple Favor becomes but that s OK because the film has beat us to the punch and is inviting us to have fun with it Invitation accepted 
3.5
A Simple Favor
Roger Moore
Clever witty and precise ticks like a Timex
3
A Simple Favor
Dustin Putman
A slick visually dynamic true crime treat A Simple Favor isn t so simple at all and that s the key to its mischievously layered pleasures 
3
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Steve Rhodes
The video game level plot can be summarized as Fight Shoot Kill 
1
Insignificance
James Kendrick
an intriguing but ultimately slight what if fantasy
2.5
Insignificance
Peter Canavese
Reflects Roeg s views of the absurdity of American history and our compulsion to destroy beauty Blu ray 
3.5
Insignificance
Roger Ebert
It s more of an acting and writing tour de force than a statement on sports politics sex symbols or relativity 
3
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Namrata Joshi
It is certainly bad news for cinema when a video game gets turned into a full length feature film 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
If the first movie was stupid Apocalypse is ten times dumber Full review in Spanish 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Joe Lozito
Another underwhelming entry to another underwhelming franchise 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Kam Williams
A riveting well acted above average example of the horror genre 
3
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Peter T. Chattaway
Just because a film is about the undead that doesn t mean the film itself has to feel like it was made by the undead or for the undead 
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nothing short of pathetic 
0.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Walter Chaw
An awful sequel to an awful film 
0.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
David N. Butterworth
Makes Tomb Raider look like an epic 
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Greg Maki
I haven t seen action scenes shot and edited this badly since the 2002 remake of Rollerball 
0.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Frank Ochieng
An elaborate gory gaming gimmick The feisty energy and revolving recklessness cannot overcome the absurdity and superficial aspect of this unfocused hedonistic horror show
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Jonathan R. Perry
Nemesis looks like what would happen if The Toxic Avenger ate The Terminator He fires a rocket launcher Stuff splodes people die Get back to your Cheetos 
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Sara Michelle Fetters
How quickly things change Resident Evil Apocalypse is terrible free of any of the guileless charm or B movie cheekiness that made the original such a repulsive joy 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Cliff Doerksen
Is it utopian to expect better of the next first person shooter that comes to the screen 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
James Kendrick
continues the story with increasingly diminishing results
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Vince Koehler
Lovers of Zombie films and action flicks should like this fast paced sequel 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Phil Villarreal
When a movie gets us to start rooting for zombies to take down humans and the effect is intentional that s a sign of skilled directorial manipulation
3
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Linda Cook
Sometimes I don t think I get this whole sequel thing 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Christian Toto
Resident Evil Apocalypse is for those who found 28 Days Later too brainy 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Nick Schager
Alexander Witt s campy Resident Evil Apocalypse may be brain dead but it s nonetheless also heartily feverishly alive 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Mike McGranaghan
Marginally better than the original but viewers who are not acquainted with the video game will probably feel unimpressed 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Claudia Puig
Monstrous zombies rampage through a peaceful metropolis Carnage is everywhere Still one can t help but yawn one s way through Resident Evil Apocalypse 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Paul Sherman
Might not be quite as loud and dumb as its predecessor but it s darn close 
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Kit Bowen
you imagine yourself as Alice blowing away zombies and biochemical mutants all while dexterously maneuvering your thumbs on your PlayStation controller 
3
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Jeff Shannon
It s junk but it s fun junk and its target audience won t be disappointed 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Peter Hartlaub
Almost nothing in the movie seems original 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Carrie Rickey
Even for one interested in bio horror RE A is pretty generic stuff 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Lou Lumenick
There is nothing startlingly new in Resident Evil Apocalpyse but it is delivered with some panache and humor 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Robert Dominguez
Should please the target audience 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Glenn Whipp
Apocalypse is cheap incoherent and remarkably free of the kind of gore you d expect to find in this kind of movie 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Robert W. Butler
A movie geared exclusively to the atavistic fantasies of a 15 year old male gamer 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Stephen Cole
There is no acting or character development here just shouting shooting and calisthenics 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
John Monaghan
Resident Evil Apocalypse may offer a few cheap thrills but the question remains Why let some hack filmmaker control the action when you can stay home and play the video game yourself 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Roger Ebert
A film without interest wit imagination or even entertaining violence and special effects 
.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Wesley Morris
Like so many movies with a keypad for a brain Resident Evil Apocalypse is another exercise in making us feel the irritation associated with having to stand behind some game hack for our turn to play 
.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Josh Larsen
The zombies have been replaced as a threat by a hulking mutant who looks like the love child of the feuding monsters in Alien vs Predator 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
John Beifuss
Okay it ain t Shakespeare not to mention Romero but did we really need a scene in which a cop BUNGEE JUMPS from a helicopter both guns blazing 
2
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Jon Niccum
Most of the zombie footage looks like outtakes from Michael Jackson s Thriller video minus the rhythm
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Dustin Putman
Creatively bankrupt trash made by a committee of hacks who don t know the first thing about generating suspense frights or cohesive storytelling 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Rob Blackwelder
In an era of resurgent zombie flick creativity 28 Days Later Dawn of the Dead this leaden mindlessness is nothing short of pathetic 
0.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Steve Rhodes
Loud and stupid movie about the undead should appeal only to the brain dead 
1
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Peter Canavese
With apologies to Joe Bob Countless dead bodies Six breasts Beer swilling cowboy zombie sniper Demon dogs Gratuitous accents Graveyard Fu 
1.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Willie Waffle
Resident Evil Apocalypse is the kind of movie that causes you to drink tequila until every brain cell in your head responsible for remembering the film is dead 
0
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Chris Hewitt
Shines in comparison to other entries in the lamest current genre of film videogame based movies 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
John Anderson
No one looking for nonstop violence galloping gore end of days style hysteria or dogs slathered in barbecue sauce will come away disappointed 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Scott Nash
Lightweight action entertainment 
2.5
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Robert K. Elder
As video game movies go this one contains less plot and character development than Pac Man 
1.5
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
By the time the movie reaches its metaphysical end you will feel you ve seen something profound perhaps even life changing 
4
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Sean P. Means
Hertzfeldt s simple drawings evocative imagery and melancholy narration come together most beautifully in the finale which suggests that the end of life isn t as bad as an unending one 
3
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Joseph Jon Lanthier
By favoring the repetition of gestures over plot or graphics Don Hertzfeldt argues that animation is at its essence a kinetic rather than simply visual form of expression 
3
Mists
Diego Semerene
A lovely essay film documentary about the ruthlessness of time and the soothing power of remembrance 
3
Big Fur
Roger Moore
This quirky film is played deadpan straight just a man his art his competitive streak his understanding family and his obsession Big Foot 
3
Big Fur
Rosalie Kicks
An enjoyable documentary that features two intriguing characters one of them is Big Foot 
2.75
Happy Hunting
Roger Moore
Passable politically potent yet gory and downbeat spin on The Most Dangerous Game Netflixable
2.5
Happy Hunting
Christian Toto
Young filmmakers Louie Gibson and Joe Dietsch pull off a minor miracle in the Age of Trump They restrain their political messages for the story s benefit 
2.5
Private Life
David Nusair
the movie s atmosphere of palpable authenticity certainly heightened by the impressive lived in work from both Hahn and Giamatti 
2.5
Private Life
Ben Sachs
Private Life is such an affecting and ultimately devastating work 
4
Private Life
Josh Larsen
looks at life s challenges with an unblinking eye that occasionally sneaks in a wink 
3.5
Private Life
Dwight Brown
Everything works about this film except for a dubious ending that makes the couple look less sympathetic A crowd pleaser 
3
Private Life
Clayton Davis
In the midst of a cleverly executed tale is a career best turn from the brilliant Kathryn Hahn 
3.5
Private Life
James Berardinelli
Jenkins has produced a small gem an unassuming and surprisingly profound motion picture that touches on primal motivations and instincts 
3.5
Private Life
David N. Butterworth
Tamara Jenkins needs to make more movies Every time she does something special happens 
3.5
Private Life
Oliver Jones
The film gets a lot of mileage out of the quotidian parts of New York City life from the Wild Nova at Russ and Daughters to opposite side of the street parking 
3.5
Private Life
Mark Dujsik
There are a few ways that this story could proceed To Jenkins credit she takes the most straightforward approach 
3
Private Life
Johnny Oleksinski
Private Life gives us an intrusive and often funny look into a couple s struggle to conceive If only director Tamara Jenkins dramedy stayed as grounded as its relatable premise 
2.5
Private Life
Matt Zoller Seitz
This film is a reminder that the smallness of life can feel huge when we re in the middle of it 
4
Private Life
Robert Daniels
Private Life will stand as one of the high points of Giamatti and Hahn s respective careers 
3
Private Life
Gary Thompson
Jenkins manages to find a bleak sort of humor in all of this but the heartache of the situation is achingly close to the surface 
2.5
Private Life
Michael O'Sullivan
Private Life earns its laughs to be sure But more important it earns the tears of recognition that fall gently and warmly between the yuks 
4
Private Life
Mick LaSalle
Private Life shows considerable skill on the part of Jenkins who creates the illusion that we re only incidentally watching a movie that we re really just hanging out with some nice people and seeing how their lives work out 
3
Private Life
Ty Burr
Jenkins has a delicate wry touch with the dialogue and her cast volleys it back and forth beautifully 
3
Private Life
Sam C. Mac
Instead of offering a probing nuanced view of the burgeoning technologies and sciences involved in this relatively new outgrowth of the OBGYN industry though Tamara Jenkins uses her setting as fodder for lame and discomfiting physical comedy 
1.5
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Maitland McDonagh
Rios is the glue that holds Johannesson s neither fish nor fowl film together 
2.5
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Ed Gonzalez
As fabulous scraggly tough minded star eyed and conflicted as the queen it documents 
2.5
The Hart of London
Fred Camper
The Hart of London reveals a heightened awareness of human vulnerability in the face of nature 
4
The Confession
Roger Ebert
The structure becomes complex but never confusing and Costa Gavras always seems to be urgently on the move wanting to tell us more than can be told 
4
The Confession
James Kendrick
Costa Gavras dramatizes Grard s ordeal and makes us feel his pain his exhaustion but most of all the terrible loss of his sense of self 
4
My Best Enemy
Farran Smith Nehme
The film plays mostly as an uneasily satirical thriller 
1.5
My Best Enemy
Andrew Schenker
This twist heavy World War II drama would play as an absurdist comedy if the director wasn t so dead set on excluding just about any trace of humor from his self serious project 
2
Amazing Grace
Moira MacDonald
A good and important story not always well told 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Susan Walker
It is to be hoped that Amazing Grace is not the only or the last cinematic celebration of 200th anniversary of abolition for there are more stories to tell more imaginatively 
2
Amazing Grace
Rick Groen
So much to admire and so little to amaze 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Linda Cook
Amazing indeed 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Matt Brunson
Perhaps more Masterpiece Theatre than motion picture Amazing Grace nevertheless tells a story that s compelling enough to compensate for the occasional stuffiness 
3
Amazing Grace
Vince Koehler
Don t miss this film 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Thomas Delapa
Chimes in for freedom but rarely hits the high notes 
2
Amazing Grace
Frank Ochieng
ponderous and relentlessly padded in its moral morass Grace manages to work effectively as a crusading costume drama drenched in consciousness and conviction 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Jeanne Aufmuth
Climax is a groundswell of tear inducing virtue that ultimately leaves Grace on a high if not amazing note 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Betsy Bozdech
Blending period drama with message driven political wrangling Amazing Grace is as earnest and well intentioned as it is unsurprising 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Sean P. Means
Gruffudd and Apted are pleasantly earnest in their efforts to spread Wilberforce s message of peace and justice 
3
Amazing Grace
Maitland McDonagh
The screenwriter does an admirable job of streamlining a story that unfolds over the course of 20 years Meanwhile Apted allows his fine cast the breathing room to make historical figures feel like living breathing people rather than waxworks 
3
Amazing Grace
Mick LaSalle
A detailed affecting biography of one of the great souls who moved humanity forward 
3.5
Amazing Grace
David Elliott
Often vulnerable more often inspiring Gruffudd s Wilberforce not only stirs curiosity but also quickens your conscience As Fox notes eloquently he was a great man One does not have to be religious to believe he had amazing grace 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Jim Hemphill
Characters are so imprisoned by the movie s need to drive home its antislavery message that they become utterly lifeless Pretty pictures abound in Amazing Grace but they don t serve to illustrate any ideas or emotions worth wrestling with 
2
Amazing Grace
Kyle Smith
Amazing Grace isn t quite an accurate title for this entertaining history lesson but no one will ever write a song titled Amazing 20 Year Period of Parliamentary Maneuvering to End Britain s Role in the Slave Trade 
3
Amazing Grace
Jack Mathews
Michael Apted s compelling and highly informative Amazing Grace is an apt celebration of America s Black History Month even though its story takes place in England 
3
Amazing Grace
Meg Jones
The film ultimately tells a powerful and little known historical tale 
3
Amazing Grace
Bob Strauss
Director Michael Apted and screenwriter Steven Knight can t help letting a little sanctification take hold while also sadly making a charged historical subject seem tedious 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Bruce Westbrook
Director Michael Apted tells the story with dry devotion to parliamentary procedurals and a worshipful approach to Wilberforce But actor Gruffudd lacks the intensity and charisma to pull it off 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Terry Lawson
Director Michael Apted has turned out a movie that might be best described as faithful both in its attention to accuracy and in its acknowledgement of the role faith played in righting one of the great social wrongs 
3
Amazing Grace
Michael Booth
I m sure director Apted meant well but Amazing Grace comes across as a surprisingly graceless biopic narrowed down to one white man s uncomfortable burden 
1.5
Amazing Grace
Teresa Budasi
The film is inspiring When Wilberforce finally achieves victory Lord Fox makes a speech in which the opening words sadly still ring true today When people think of great men rarely do they think of peaceful men 
3
Amazing Grace
Lawrence Toppman
The movie is the usual kind of film biography of a respected figure from the distant past honorable oversimplified handsome 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Ty Burr
It s a doughty movie stuck halfway between Masterpiece Theatre and Classics Illustrated 
2
Amazing Grace
Rob Thomas
Although the film does skirt the edge of preachiness at times you certainly can t argue with the basic human decency that it s preaching 
3
Amazing Grace
John Beifuss
The rhetoric in the film is clearly intended to be relevant to the situation in the United States today Our fear of an unknown enemy must not be allowed to erode our long cherished liberties says a Wilberforce ally 
3
Amazing Grace
Russ Breimeier
A well told cinematic example of a man who used his faith and God given opportunities to change the world for good 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Peter Canavese
A creditable historical drama about those who choose to be in the world not merely of it 
3
Amazing Grace
Bruce Newman
Like Steven Spielberg s glossy Amistad before it Amazing Grace shies away from the texture and complexity of color scurrying instead for the safer platitudes of black and white good and evil 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Jeff Vice
It s clear that the filmmakers believe a movie about political debate has to have a lot of speechifying Consequently it s so talky that it gradually loses our interest which is a real shame 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Ethan Alter
Earnest respectful and thoroughly dull Michael Apted s Amazing Grace follows all of the worst traditions of British historical dramas 
2
Amazing Grace
Chris Hewitt
How could Michael Apted who directed those towering pillars of truth the 7 Up documentaries make a movie as bogus as Amazing Grace 
2
Amazing Grace
Laura Kelly
Well made by Michael Apted and well acted all around 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Jan Stuart
That rare bird a tear jerker about the House of Commons and the antislavery movement in England Michael Apted s idolatrous portrait of abolitionist William Wilberforce is wall to wall with intriguing characters and deeply felt performances 
3
Amazing Grace
Michael Phillips
The rhythms director Michael Apted and editor Rick Shaine establish are jumpy and unsteady afraid of allowing a scene to breathe and flow naturally If the script were more alive these matters of visual technique would matter less But not much less 
2
Amazing Grace
Josh Larsen
How do you make the slavery debates of 18th century British parliament feel cinematic By casting some of the best brogues around 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Phil Villarreal
Coming soon to a social studies class near you 
3
Amazing Grace
James Berardinelli
Apted is without a doubt one of the foremost documentarians working today His Up Series represents a cinematic hallmark His feature credits are less certain 
2.5
Amazing Grace
Kam Williams
This compelling bio pic is an overdue tribute to William Wilberforce 1759 1833 the British abolitionist who for 20 years tirelessly lobbied Parliament to end England s participation in the slave trade 
3.5
Amazing Grace
Ed Gonzalez
Fernando Meirelles and Edward Zwick take note Amazing Grace is proof that liberal filmmakers can make movies that aren t desperate manifestations of their political guilt 
2.5
Where Hope Grows
Michael O'Sullivan
Where Hope Grows wears its heart on its sleeve hawking its message of salvation through faith to anyone who s in the market for cheesy uplift and saccharine sentiment 
1.5
Where Hope Grows
Roger Moore
Well intentioned but corny and illogically old fashioned faith based melodrama about a bitter ex ballplayer and his new pal a boy with Down Syndrome 
1.5
Leones
Steve Macfarlane
Jazmn Lpez s Leones is a classically mundane scenario executed beautifully in 35mm 
1.5
The Pit and the Pendulum
Matt Brunson
Proves to be the equal of 1960 s The Fall of the House of Usher 
3
Malevolent
David Nusair
as ineffective and monotonous a horror effort as one can easily recall 
1
Malevolent
Brian Tallerico
It s not going to be anyone s favorite new horror film this holiday season but it s a solid enough start to the month when temperatures drop and it becomes cooler to tell ghost stories 
2.5
Callas Forever
John Beifuss
Zeffirelli s Carmen looks more PBS than MGM and this relative poverty helps explain why this sincere but bloodless film has taken three years to limp into theaters 
2
Callas Forever
Larry Ratliff
It s an odd little film with tremendous appeal It s almost as if Zeffirelli has dug up a late 70s time capsule to share with the world 
3.5
Callas Forever
Sean P. Means
Zeffirelli is in his element celebrating Callas glory and lushly staging Carmen Alas the rest of the movie falls flat 
2
Callas Forever
Jeff Vice
Little of it works and frankly the film alternates between being dull and being almost campy fun 
2
Callas Forever
Eric Harrison
The film s portrait of the singer is indelible The story as a whole however doesn t hold together primarily because the imaginary characters and situations that surround her are so inadequately sketched 
3
Callas Forever
David Elliott
Achieves some briskly intimate entertainment on its odd terms 
2.5
Callas Forever
Terry Lawson
For all the devotion Zeffirelli professes to Callas legacy the script reduces her to a cartoon 
2
Callas Forever
Chris Hewitt
The movie s fantasy plot doesn t tell us anything about the woman And her appearance and voice were so distinctive that it s distracting to see her voice matched up with the wrong face 
1
Callas Forever
Moira MacDonald
A tribute to an artist that never approaches art 
1.5
Callas Forever
Ty Burr
On about five different levels Callas Forever constitutes grave robbery 
2
Callas Forever
Roger Ebert
Most of the budget seems to have gone to the moments of Carmen that we see they look sumptuous and robust and the surrounding film looks well like a low budget art movie 
2.5
Callas Forever
John von Rhein
By aspiring no higher than campy adulation it ill serves the memory of the most storied opera diva of the last century 
2
Callas Forever
Mick LaSalle
Though campy at times Callas Forever is a generous offering full of flamboyant characters and grand performances 
3
Callas Forever
Peter Canavese
The Carmen sequences though consistent with Callas Forever s washed out 70s look have a beauty and immediacy which the rest of the film lacks 
2
Callas Forever
Steve Rhodes
The worst picture of the year If there had been rotten tomatoes in our theater I am certain the screen would have been blood red by the end 
.5
Callas Forever
Jeanne Aufmuth
Badly crafted filmmaking with a curiously convivial side 
2
Callas Forever
Enrique Fernandez
Melodramatic realism is the wrong genre to tell the tale of a figure whose life was already over the top melodramatic 
2
Callas Forever
Lawrence A. Johnson
What makes Callas Forever worth watching is the performance of Fanny Ardant as the tragic diva 
2.5
Callas Forever
V.A. Musetto
Campy and clichéd 
2
Callas Forever
Jami Bernard
This fictional what if scenario is a bit campy and stagey like a session of Opera 101 
2
Callas Forever
Ed Gonzalez
Zeffirelli hides behind the closet door of the film s gaudy Carmen scenes 
1.5
Indie Game: The Movie
John Beifuss
Compelling from start to finish the movie is a real eye opener for the uninitiated as it cogently makes the argument that video games deserve to be taken as seriously as movies novels paintings and more esteemed artistic disciplines 
3.5
Indie Game: The Movie
John Wenzel
Like punk rock or alternative comedy it s a DIY pursuit that pits go it alone types against an industry machine often breeding exciting but intensely idiosyncratic art in the process 
3
Indie Game: The Movie
Vince Horiuchi
With just a Canon DSLR and help from Kickstarter com for funding Swirsky and Pajot have created a beautiful and fascinating look into the creative process in a never been told medium 
3
Indie Game: The Movie
Guy Dixon
This is about developers communicating with the world in the most creative productive way they know how It s about the artistic process 
3.5
Indie Game: The Movie
Linda Barnard
You may have never picked up a game console in your life but there s universal access thanks to compelling stories in Indie Game The Movie 
3.5
Indie Game: The Movie
Nick Schager
makes a compelling case for games as not only clever hand eye coordination exercises but also as manifestations of their creators emotional and philosophical viewpoints 
2.5
Indie Game: The Movie
David Nusair
The most engrossing and flat out entertaining documentary to come around since Murderball 
4
Indie Game: The Movie
Soren Andersen
They re works of art They re windows onto the psychology of their creators They re video games 
3
Pinocchio
Lindsey Bahr
It has the makings of a stealth classic 
3
Pinocchio
Michael O'Sullivan
Fairy tales have always held the threat of darkness as punishment for misbehavior and this Pinocchio is no exception 
2.5
Pinocchio
Sean P. Means
The visuals are inventive though not as spectacularly scary as Disney s depiction of the fish as Monstro the whale 
3
Pinocchio
Dan Rubins
Matteo Garrone s adaptation of Carlo Collodi s story trembles with corporeal strangeness and unpredictability 
3
All the Little Animals
Maitland McDonagh
Based on a 1969 novel by the late Walker Hamilton this moody film is ravishingly beautiful to look at and refreshingly unlike the glib movie centric crime thrillers so popular with younger first time directors 
2.5
All the Little Animals
Roger Ebert
It refuses to reduce its story to simple terms and the visible story seems like a manifestation of dark and secret undercurrents Even the ending which some will no doubt consider routine revenge has a certain subterranean irony 
3
Legacy
David Nusair
will surely test the patience of even the film s target demographic of indiscriminating 12 year olds 
1
Beyond the Gates of Splendor
Stan Guthrie
Here s hoping this fine documentary will spark even a fraction of the interest the actual events generated 50 years ago 
3.5
Beyond the Gates of Splendor
Joey Guerra
Hanon doesn t sensationalize his potentially fantastic subject matter instead he lets the real words and pictures tell the story 
3
Score
Eric Henderson
Almost unquestionably the most transgressive of the director s soft core films 
3.5
Shelter
Austin Kennedy
It feels like it s written by a film school freshman that s trying to be innovative but everything feels forced and flat 
1.5
Shelter
Chris Hewitt
An awkward phony melodrama you don t need to be homophobic to hate 
0
Shelter
Jim Emerson
A coming out coming of age movie that is mediocre and very well intentioned 
2
Shelter
Sid Smith
Shelter may only be shoreline deep and its ending fanciful but the film captures the beauty thrill and ache of young love and extracts a casual joy out of the process 
2.5
Shelter
Wesley Morris
Shelter is a gay movie like other American gay movies Boy meets boy Boy comes out Boys fight opposition Opposition caves If there s life beyond the closet too few movies know it exists 
2.5
Shelter
David Wiegand
Shelter rises very high indeed thanks to a superb performance by Trevor Wright in the lead role a strong supporting cast very good cinematography and most of all emotional authenticity 
3
Shelter
Fernando F. Croce
The first project of the here gay television network s new movie initiative Shelter regrettably plays closer to Lifetime fodder 
1.5
Shelter
John Hartl
What could have been a standard issue coming out coming of age movie develops a remarkable intimacy 
3.5
Bogowie
Cynthia Dickison
In the early 1980s Dr Zbigniew Religa grew weary of Westerners asking whether Eastern Bloc surgeons only operated on dogs and cadavers 
3.5
You and Me
Nick Schager
Too reserved to be funny and too trivial to be moving 
2
Bite the Bullet
Roger Ebert
A finely crafted epic Western about a cross country horseback endurance race 
3.5
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Rafer Guzman
A solid rock doc that turns up the volume on a little noticed influence in American pop music 
2.5
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
James Kendrick
opens our eyes to something we probably didn t know and helps us see something very familiar in an entirely new light
3
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Josh Terry
Rumble presents a wealth of information couched in a parade of long celebrated rock n roll songs that should keep any diehard music fan happy and will probably send them digging through their collections soon after the final credits roll 
3
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Michael O'Sullivan
Rumble asks us to be still for a moment and to listen to the heartbeat at once familiar and newly strange that pumps the lifeblood that flows through the songs this country is known for 
3
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Brad Wheeler
In the end the story is one not only of rock and pop culture history but of human persistence and indigenous contributions that have been historically and often intentionally overlooked 
3
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Peter Howell
Rumble is truth you can rock to Play it loud 
3.5
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Chuck Bowen
This is history that Americans should know and Bainbridge and Maiorana approach their film as an introductory survey course which undercuts Rumble s aesthetic intensity F
2.5
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Glenn Kenny
The stories that the movie tells after Wray s are mostly well done and frequently moving mini movies 
3
Fists of Legend
Rob Humanick
The film is so generous in its characterizations that it s easy to overlook the fact that its hot topic drama bullying economic marginalization etc amounts to little more than padded lip service 
2
The Benchwarmers
David Nusair
ultimately nothing more than a silly egregiously sentimental comedy 
2
The Benchwarmers
Ross Anthony
100 silly stupid I laughed so hard I cried If you don t like fart jokes don t go see it But as films in this genre go it s packed high with funny and warmly w heart 
3.5
The Benchwarmers
Larry Ratliff
If The Benchwarmers were a real ball game the mercy rule would end the punishment in the first 15 minutes 
.5
The Benchwarmers
Mike McGranaghan
The Benchwarmers doesn t know what it wants to be so it ends up a mostly unsatisfying mixture of sweet and sour 
2
The Benchwarmers
Linda Cook
Could it be that this Adam Sandler movie is so atrocious that Sandler himself didn t want to be seen in it 
0
The Benchwarmers
Peter Hartlaub
It s a movie packed with so many idiot characters that Rob Schneider is cast as the cool guy and sort of pulls it off 
1
The Benchwarmers
Pam Grady
To watch this idiocy is to feel your brain cells die 
1
The Benchwarmers
Lou Lumenick
Sandler s latest ode to projectile vomiting passing gas gay jokes and physical insults to the groin is basically a feeble cross between The Revenge of the Nerds and The Bad News Bears 
0.5
The Benchwarmers
Elizabeth Weitzman
If Sandler had avoided the lowest common denominator humor recast the adult ballplayers as kids and found a decent director he might have had a worthwhile movie Oh wait it s already been made And it s called Bad News Bears 
0.5
The Benchwarmers
James Parker
It gives me a perverse pleasure to announce that The Benchwarmers is not terrible not terrible at all 
3
The Benchwarmers
Sean McBride
an unapologetically dumb comedy and I won t criticize the filmmakers for delivering this mindless but crowd pleasing comedy 
2
The Benchwarmers
Frank Ochieng
The Benchwarmers is basically another dreadful and repetitive sophomoric session of misplaced potty humor that has all the devilish ingenuity of a corked baseball bat 
1
The Benchwarmers
Mark Collette
This film has no idea who it wants to reach you just kind of shake your head and hope the PG 13 rating will be strictly enforced 
1
The Benchwarmers
Sean P. Means
By human standards it is bad By Rob Schneider standards and how often are those words used together it s bad but not in the same league as Deuce Bigalow 
1
The Benchwarmers
Gene Seymour
Let the vomit and gas jokes begin 
1
The Benchwarmers
Willie Waffle
The Benchwarmers is full of potty humor and worse but this make work program for The Friends of Adam Sandler is not a dreadful movie it s just an inconsequential one
1.5
The Benchwarmers
Maitland McDonagh
The film contains a couple of funny bits like Jackson teaching fast reflexes through doorbell ringing pranks but you have to slog through a lot of done to death bodily function jokes to get to them 
1.5
The Benchwarmers
Nick Schager
The Benchwarmers features a talking robot butler If you re wondering what a talking robot butler has to do with Rob Schneider David Spade and Jon Heder playing baseball against children the answer is absolutely nothing 
1
The Benchwarmers
Dustin Putman
Manages to never be boring even when it is a complete waste of talent film stock and the audience s time and money 
1.5
The Benchwarmers
Dan Fienberg
With the writers of Grandma s Boy the director of Big Daddy and Schneider Spade and Heder Benchwarmers can t be accused of a stealth campaign of suck 
1
The Benchwarmers
Phil Villarreal
Substituting Sandler with Schneider in the lead role is like filling your gas tank with urine instead of unleaded 
2.5
Nina Takes a Lover
Roger Ebert
When the movie was over I felt vaguely empty and cheated I liked the acting I admired a lot of the dialogue and the movie looks good Maybe I liked it enough to think these characters deserved more 
2
The Rookie
Jack Mathews
At two plus hours The Rookie is a good 20 minutes too long but for father son teams waiting eagerly for the umpire s Play ball it s an uplifting season opener 
2.5
The Rookie
David N. Butterworth
Slow moving even pedestrian at times yet this Dennis Quaid vehicle strikes a lot of genuinely heartwarming moments along the way 
3
The Rookie
Nick Rogers
In one of his greatest performances Dennis Quaid puts nasty velocity and wicked movement on his delivery A patient emotionally honest sports film about resurrecting a dream and investing all you never knew you had 
3.5
The Rookie
Joe Lozito
I would almost rather have seen an A E biography than a concocted Hollywood parable of unrealized dreams 
2.5
The Rookie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
My all time favorite baseball movie 
3.5
The Rookie
Jonathan W. Hickman
Baseball season is here folks and The Rookie is a good opening day experience 
3
The Rookie
David Nusair
Quaid proves that this is the sort of role he was born to play 
3
The Rookie
Sara Michelle Fetters
But The Rookie belongs to Quaid Here is an actor born to be in a baseball film He is never anything less than believable as the stalwart Morris More than that though Quaid just seems to get better and better as the years go by 
3.5
The Rookie
Ian Mantgani
I left the cinema feeling pleased but also kinda hollow The film lets us bask and reflect rather than involving us in the meat of a story 
2.5
The Rookie
Mark Caro
You can see why the filmmakers optioned the story from a Sports Illustrated article It just works 
3
The Rookie
Mike McGranaghan
The emphasis on the human element makes this a real feel good movie 
3
The Rookie
Mark Dujsik
Maybe it s asking too much but if a movie is truly going to inspire me I want a little more than this 
2.5
The Rookie
Steve Rhodes
Even though you know where the story is headed it is nearly impossible not to shed a few tears when it gets there 
3
The Rookie
Dan Lybarger
Quaid s performance proves to be a solid anchor 
3
The Rookie
Blake French
A surprisingly effective film for all ages 
3.5
The Rookie
Emily Blunt
You get to enjoy the sport and this talented Quaid fellow who is seen way too infrequently for my tastes 
3
The Rookie
Marty Mapes
The Rookie is heartfelt and uplifting and not condescending or sappy
3.5
The Rookie
Michael Dequina
A film that plays things so nice n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen 
2
The Rookie
Gary Brown
I take back all of the nasty things I ve said recently about the struggling Disney Corporation 
4
The Rookie
Robert Roten
The story also has some toughness to it some edginess It is not too gooey and sweet 
3
The Rookie
Bob Bloom
A testament to the athletic spirit 
3
The Rookie
Frank Ochieng
Director John Lee Hancock concocts a suitable cozy baseball drama that emphasizes certain kinds of relationships pertaining to the game and even beyond the game sprinkled with doses of perseverance and inspiration
3
The Rookie
Phil Villarreal
Doesn t quite rise to the level of the Ruth Gherig and Aaron of baseball dramas The Pride of the Yankees The Natural and Field of Dreams but it comes mighty close 
3
The Rookie
Mike Clark
Even when there are lulls the emotions seem authentic and the picture is so lovely toward the end you almost don t notice the 129 minute running time 
3
The Rookie
Peter Howell
It s one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic the wife is patient the kids are as cute as all get out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate but short enough to make a dream seem possible 
2
The Rookie
Tom Sander
A powerful soulful and touching evocation of family values the American spirit believing in yourself not surrendering to age and living your dream 
3
The Rookie
Melanie McFarland
It soars with palpable sentiment and spirit 
3.5
The Rookie
Mick LaSalle
It s an observant and worthwhile film that for most of its running time is a persuasive anatomy of middle aged disappointment 
3
The Rookie
David Elliott
The story is very keen to coddle its emotions and wrap the sports action in old songs 
2.5
The Rookie
Joe Baltake
It s Quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his so perfect for a ballplayer 
3.5
The Rookie
Pam Grady
Manages a hit right down the middle 
2.5
The Rookie
Jan Stuart
Such a class act on so many levels that it feels as fresh and stirring as your first ever baseball flick 
3
The Rookie
Lou Lumenick
Perfect family entertainment 
3
The Rookie
Duane Dudek
If the film s vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying its through line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start 
2.5
The Rookie
James Berardinelli
As inspirational stories go this one is top notch 
3
The Rookie
Rick Groen
The embodiment of the very message it so modestly conveys it s the accomplished little guy we fervently root for 
3
The Rookie
Jeff Vice
Every once in awhile a movie demonstrates that filmmakers can come close to recapturing the Golden Age of cinema if they really really try 
3.5
The Rookie
Steven Rosen
It is lucky to have Dennis Quaid who is a fit 47 give an extraordinarily honest and restrained performance as Morris 
3
The Rookie
Glenn Whipp
Morris story is exciting on its own terms but the filmmakers seem unable to comprehend how to tell it originally and authentically 
2.5
The Rookie
Jonathan Taylor
Most will be drawn in by Quaid s determined strength Aussie Rachel Griffiths feisty Texas gal and director John Lee Hancock s confident handling of an unapologetically touching story 
3
The Rookie
Roger Ebert
The movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue just because it seems obligatory 
2
The Rookie
Jay Carr
A welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story 
3
The Rookie
Sean P. Means
This warm charming family friendly movie is a surprising winner 
4
The Rookie
Shirley Klass
It isn t the saccharine sweet rags to riches type story and it isn t dumbed down 
2.75
The Rookie
Ross Anthony
Could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film 
2.5
The Rookie
Walter Chaw
The Rookie feels like baseball itself sort of boring sort of stately yet possessed of an ineffable poetry that speaks to the young heart of old men and their sons 
3
The Rookie
Mary F. Pols
It s got a quiet gentle grace that unexpectedly catches and carries you along on a hopeful little cloud 
3.5
The Rookie
Chris Hewitt
Like The Rookie Quaid simply steps up to the plate sets himself and knocks it out of the park 
3.5
The Rookie
Steven Rea
It s hard not to get caught up in this improbable but true follow your dream tale 
3
The Rookie
Lawrence Toppman
The film reminds us of the gentler era of the late 1950s and early 60s when Hollywood offered role models for kids 
3
The Rookie
Terry Lawson
It s a family movie rated G no less that is actually about family and one that treats families in a realistic recognizable way 
3
The Rookie
Connie Ogle
Shamelessly manipulative but it s harder than you might imagine to steel your heart against its sentimental leanings 
2.5
The Rookie
Tony Toscano
The film has an innocent richness about it that is in a word infectious 
3
The Rookie
Glenn Lovell
The film goes beyond being just another sappy come from behind baseball yarn to score as an easygoing ode to modest forestalled dreams 
3
The Rookie
Rob Blackwelder
The fact that The Rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience and a wonderful all ages triumph besides is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays 
4
The Rookie
Jeanne Aufmuth
High drama Disney style a wing and a prayer and a hunky has been pursuing his castle in the sky 
2
The Rookie
Erik Childress
The best film about baseball to hit theaters since Field of Dreams 
4
The Rookie
Ed Gonzalez
The Rookie rated G for gooey godly wholesomeness May cause drowsiness 
2.5
The Rookie
Dustin Putman
Features a handful of memorable scenes but doesn t garner the type of impact it should 
2
Johnny Belinda
Matt Brunson
Wyman delivers an impressive Oscar winning performance relying solely on her expressions 
3
In for a Murder
Roger Moore
A slow moving thriller that tries to hit a fast moving target finding laughs in a murder mystery
1.5
The Last Dance
Burl Burlingame
That old story again Boy pretends to be mythological figure girl digs mythological figure girl sort of digs boy because of his mythological role playing expertise 
2
Dumbo
Matt Brunson
The imagination that went into conceptualizing each segment is astounding with the drunken pink elephants sequence a particular highlight 
4
Dumbo
Josh Larsen
most interested in capturing the shadings and sounds of sadness 
3
Dumbo
Rob Humanick
Perfection thy name is Dumbo 
4
Dumbo
Eric Henderson
In its scant 64 minute running time the big top melodrama of Dumbo reduces me to a blubbering mucus drizzling wreck at least once with every viewing 
3.5
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Matt Brunson
Initially breezy without ever sacrificing any of its points 44 the picture eventually resorts to a series of static speeches 46 Luckily 44 the actors carry the day 44 particularly Sidney Poitier 44 Cecil Kellaway and 44 taking MVP honors 44 Spencer Tracy 46 
3
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Tom Meek
The film may feel somewhat dated but the performances and the emotional and socially biting material remain spot on maybe even more so now 
3.5
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
David Nusair
46 46 46 an appealing premise that apos s employed to watchable 40 if entirely uneven 41 effect by filmmaker Stanley Kramer 46 46 46 
2.5
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Roger Ebert
It would be easy to tear the plot to shreds and catch Kramer in the act of copping out But why On its own terms this film is a joy to see an evening of superb entertainment 
4
Xiao Wu
Jeremy Heilman
Set in the Fengyang province Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke s first feature Xiao Wu features young characters that suffer as they bear witness to a foundling capitalist system 
3
War Made Easy
V.A. Musetto
Conventional and one sided 
2
War Made Easy
Ken Fox
At only 73 minutes the documentary is nowhere as detailed as Solomon s invaluable book but see it anyway and don t get fooled again 
3
War Made Easy
Kam Williams
Killing for peace cleverly compared to fornicating for virginity 
4
War Made Easy
Steven Rea
Makes a strong case that when it comes to military action the American public has been deceived by presidents from Lyndon Johnson on down the line to the current occupant of the White House 
3
The Cured
Rex Reed
Debut director David Freyne has obviously seen entirely too many George Romero movies for his own good 
2
The Cured
Sara Michelle Fetters
As debuts go The Cured is a strong one and I m curious to see what Freyne has up his sleeve next But while I do feel like those intrigued by the scenario will be satisfied for my part I still couldn t help but want more 
2.5
The Cured
Walter V. Addiego
It s not that writer director David Freyne is incapable of finesse The Cured has long and affecting passages marked more by sadness and melancholy than horror but he seems to have misjudged the overtone here 
2
The Cured
Gary Thompson
The movie is swimming with ideas but it values concept over character to a problematic degree 
2
The Cured
Glenn Kenny
The Cured is going to be a genre film to beat in 2018 
3
The Cured
Mark Dujsik
Writer director David Freyne s The Cured is a different kind of zombie film 
3
The Cured
James Berardinelli
The Cured is flawed but it s easier to forgive the problems associated with an ambitious vision than something interested only in providing an evening s distraction 
3
The Cured
David Fear
It s a moody horror movie that favors metaphor over mayhem until its violent chaotic final third at which point the screaming starts in earnest 
3
The Cured
Roger Moore
Thought provoking and sometimes wrenching twist on the zombie genre 
3
The Cured
David Nusair
Rarely as interesting as its premise 
2
Corruption
John Beifuss
The concept of face as a noun as a verb as the mask that hides and exposes our emotions as the anchor to our definition of self is so essential to human identity that horror films that hinge on the disfigurement of the face have a special power 
2.5
The Decline of the American Empire
Jay Antani
instead of being wickedly funny it s repellent before becoming a total snore
1
The Decline of the American Empire
David Nusair
There s very little plot in Decline of the American Empire but when the dialogue is this good and the characters this compelling that s not necessarily a bad thing 
3
The Decline of the American Empire
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie where everybody talks about nothing but sex and the real subject is wit 
3
Dinner and a Movie
Steve Rhodes
The brightly written script got lots of laughs from our audience 
3
We're All in This Together
Randy Myers
It s a raw powerhouse that s as bold as it is original It s a must 
3.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Sarah Knight Adamson
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a wonderful family film that will generate meaningful discussions between parents and kids 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
David Nusair
a bottom of the barrel children s movie 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Peter Canavese
Stylish sitcomedic plays it pretty safe Blu ray 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
John Beifuss
The cartoon line drawings of Jeff Kinney s popular book series are fleshed out with lively results 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Janos Gereben
For anyone who has struggled to fit in Diary of a Wimpy Kid is full of nostalgic and painful reminders of the horrors of middle school from gym class to school plays It s full of genuine laughs one of the rare films that can by enjoyed by kids and adu
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Linda Cook
A clever movie with a smart message Diary of a Wimpy Kid far surpasses its dopey looking ad campaign 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Sara Michelle Fetters
Quite frankly this was not the movie for me and while I m not familiar with the source material I have trouble believing the legions of pint sized fans that adore it are going to be happy with how their favorite tomes have been adapted 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Alicia Potter
Middle school antihero Greg Heffley may depict himself as a comic illustration in Jeff Kinney s bestselling kids books but director Thor Freudenthal turns him into an outright caricature 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Mike Scott
The true measure of Freudenthal s film is that it s the rare kid s flick that their parents won t have to merely tolerate Rather they will enjoy it too 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kent Turner
The one aspect of preteen life that the film gets spot on is the intense bonds of friendship right before the hormones kick in 
2.75
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Stephen Cole
Too soon though maybe 30 minutes in audience laughs turn to chuckles fading to worn smiles 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Willie Waffle
Not much will shock kids especially those who have read the books but I have to think there are better choices out there 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Linda Barnard
The friendship message that comes wrapped in the world of Wimpy Kid gives the movie its centre and its heart along with a reminder that there is no greater act of devotion than a kid who will submit himself to the cheese touch for a pal 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Lou Lumenick
An above average and sometimes surprising kid movie based on the first of a popular series of cartoon books by Jeff Kinney 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dan Kois
Kids who realize they re fully ordinary that is pretty much all of them will be pleased to see a world they recognize on the big screen 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Chris Hewitt
It s also a heartfelt film with nice messages about friendship and responsibility 
3.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Stephen Whitty
Why spend money to go see this When you could just stay home and watch reruns of Ned s Declassified for free 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Mark Dujsik
Of course he learns a Lesson about the error of his ways and learns something resembling humility but by that point after all he s done it s too late He s just insufferable 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dustin Putman
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is no Welcome to the Dollhouse but as a PG rated family film navigating the frequent pitfalls and rare triumphs of a sixth grade nothing it s got a certain charm and wisdom about it 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Claudia Puig
There s something silly sweet about this movie It avoids talking down to kids or being didactic while still projecting an overall wholesomeness 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Peter Hartlaub
The writing is funny during individual moments but the cumulative result is a bit depressing with a surprising amount of negativity If anything the pervasive doomed feeling of junior high is too accurate Who wants to pay money to relive that 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Tom Keogh
There s a monotony to Gordon s performance that is not really his fault though he s surrounded by an able cast of young performers who keep the movie s energy up 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Carrie Rickey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid based on the popular illustrated tween books by Jeff Kinney deserves a B for effort and a C for execution 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Robert W. Butler
It will seem awfully familiar territory 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Ty Burr
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a movie that needs to go back to the drawing board literally 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Rene Rodriguez
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an adequate adaptation of Kinney s novel but no replacement for the real thing 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Joe Williams
This group project produces no voice of its own just faintly entertaining echoes of better movies and television shows 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Michael Phillips
The casting s pretty fair and if they had better material Steve Zahn and Rachael Harris would have been real assets But the story lurches from indignity to ill starred wrestling match to gross out gag without any momentum or surprise 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Roger Ebert
It s nimble bright and funny It doesn t dumb down It doesn t patronize It knows something about human nature It isn t as good as A Christmas Story as few movies are but it deserves a place in the same sentence 
3.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Nick Schager
A litany of humiliations befalls the protagonist fitting given that this adaptation of Jeff Kinney s popular kids lit series is itself a minor embarrassing misfire 
2
Crimes of Passion
George Williams
Russell deals in extremes and this film goes further than any American film I know of in its exploration of eroticism and sexual relationships It s a don t miss movie 
4
Crimes of Passion
Bill Cosford
Turner s performance is intriguing now we know that she can play not only a sexpot Body Heat but a sexpot hiding in a career woman s suit and tie and posing as a fleshpot This is pretty interesting 
2.5
Crimes of Passion
Peter Stack
Well acted a little ingenuine but dramatically effective 
2.5
Crimes of Passion
Mike Ritchey
Turner s choice of parts and the depth of her submersion into them indicates that she means business and is willing to do what she thinks it will take to fill the bill for whatever role 
2.5
Crimes of Passion
Kathleen Carroll
Crimes of Passion was obviously trimmed to avoid an X rating Too bad the entire movie wasn t left on the cutting room floor 
1
Crimes of Passion
Roger Ebert
Good performances and an interesting idea are metamorphosed into one of the silliest movies in a long time 
1.5
Men in Black
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s difficult to be enthusiastic about a product that ends with a dated Dennis Rodman joke and seems to exist only to reinforce Smith 8217 s former status as an icon 46 
2.5
Men in Black
Dennis King
Men in Black running a breezy 98 minutes is a showpiece of laconic economy It s quick eccentric and deadly funny and for many young movie goers it s likely to be a close encounter they ll want to see a second and third time 
3
Men in Black
John Hartl
Men in Black is moderately amusing well constructed and mercifully short but it fails to deliver on the zaniness of its first half 
2.5
Men in Black
David Sterritt
A hilarious comedy directed with boisterous wit by Barry Sonnenfeld 
3
Men in Black
Gene Siskel
A smart funny and hip adventure film in a summer of car wrecks and explosions 
3.5
Men in Black
Dustin Putman
Offensively bad No But it s never been anything more than a promising wasted opportunity 
2
Men in Black
David Nusair
an affable yet somewhat forgettable bit of escapist entertainment 
2.5
Men in Black
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Will Smith the only spark of life in Independence Day now is allowed to shine in brighter smarter material 
3.5
Men in Black
Susan Tavernetti
Fortunately the cast s one dimensional performances and deadpan delivery of funny dialogue actually enhance the humor 
3
Men in Black
Margaret A. McGurk
Though the story is pure cartoon the movie is exceptionally smart and exceptionally well paced 
4
Men in Black
Matt Soergel
It s no big deal It s more fun anyway to just kick back and watch the casual comic work of the MiB stars particularly Jones 
2.5
Men in Black
Mick LaSalle
At times it may succeed at manipulating you but you won t like it 
2
Men in Black
Rick Groen
The result is a rich picture with a winning personality as modest in theme as it is in style 
3.5
Men in Black
James Kendrick
One of the most enjoyable films of the summer 
3.5
Men in Black
James Berardinelli
Those accepting Men in Black for what it is will likely agree that this is one of 1997 s more satisfying big budget offerings 
3
Men in Black
Joe Baltake
Like the Fiorentino character you may not remember much But you ll remember having fun 
3.5
Men in Black
Rob Blackwelder
Moments that should be hilarious muster only a chuckle and action scenes that should tingle like the final showdown with the unmasked giant roach are just not that exciting 
2.5
Men in Black
Michael Dequina
Smith s natural infectious ebullience plays off well against the stoic Jones who s at his deadpan best engaging in some ridiculous situations with the straightest of faces 
3.5
Men in Black
Roger Ebert
Men in Black continues this summer s tradition already established by Con Air and Batman and Robin of big budget action pictures that at least have the wit to know how silly they are 
3
Men in Black
Jeff Vice
Helping obviously is a great cast led by Jones who actually gets some of the biggest laughs with his deadpan delivery 
3
Men in Black
Madeleine Williams
The film never takes itself that seriously but manages to deliver consistent but never huge laughs 
3
Men in Black
Barbara Shulgasser
The script by Ed Solomon is tight well paced and lighthearted 
3.25
Men in Black
Steve Rhodes
Ed Solomon s script has a stream of gags most of which work thanks to Barry Sonnenfeld s direction 
3
Men in Black
Marty Mapes
It is a light and refreshing diversion a perfect way to spend a few hours of your summer 
3
Men in Black
Susan Wloszczyna
Independence Day for smart people 
4
Men in Black
James O'Ehley
A reasonably intelligent and fun comedy 
3
Fred Claus
Rossiter Drake
Rather than creating imaginative situations for Vaughn to explore director David Dobkin merely asks that Vaughn be himself as if his personality were big enough to wring humor out of a comic vacuum 
2
Fred Claus
Christian Toto
Fred Claus won t make us forget Rudolph Frosty or even The Santa Clause 
2
Fred Claus
Mark Dujsik
There are no laughs from the material which wants to be edgy but can t go for broke because it s too busy being a trifling piece of holiday cheer but without the cheer 
1
Fred Claus
Matt Brunson
There are plenty of cringe worthy moments in this overlong seasonal tale but Fogelman and Dobkin do manage to find the right mix of sweet and sour 
2.5
Fred Claus
Jonathan W. Hickman
A neat idea badly executed Early in the film there are some funny bits but by the end the narrative completely loses its way Without the weight of the personalities involved the film would be quickly forgotten 
2
Fred Claus
John Wirt
Vaughn is a funny guy in the right vehicle This isn t it 
1.5
Fred Claus
Mike McGranaghan
While the movie is often undeniably amusing it s rarely funny 
2.5
Fred Claus
Linda Cook
Ho ho ho hum here s the annual average holiday family film 
2
Fred Claus
Vince Koehler
A true Christmas classic to take the whole family to and enjoy Put up your tree in anticipation of this film and get in the spirit because this film will definitely cause you too 
3
Fred Claus
Kam Williams
Don t make the mistake of misreading this mean spirited production as a kid friendly Christmas flick 
0
Fred Claus
Kit Bowen
Fred Claus is pure Vince Vaughn hijinks but the PG family friendly mode may not be his most advantageous venue 
2.5
Fred Claus
Loey Lockerby
The cast boasts three Oscar winners and two nominees Normally such a pedigree would guarantee great performances at the very least 
1.5
Fred Claus
Claudia Puig
As derivative and predictable as any of the holiday comedies of the past few years providing audiences with at best a handful of laughs Most of it is uninspired 
2
Fred Claus
Maitland McDonagh
The story vacillates between broad kid friendly gags and a series of oddly sour riffs on the theme of adult sibling rivalry 
1.5
Fred Claus
Peter Howell
It senselessly dims an idea that should shine as brightly as Rudolph s nose 
1.5
Fred Claus
Chris Hewitt
The film is a disaster with an ending that is exactly the kind of schmaltz Vaughn usually makes fun of 
1
Fred Claus
Tom Keogh
Vaughn gets plenty of mileage exploring both the painful and fun sides of Fred 
2.5
Fred Claus
Mick LaSalle
A complete bust derivative and uninspired boring and dull not funny not moving and about a half hour too long 
1
Fred Claus
Kyle Smith
There is more plot in the average Geico commercial so the movie pads itself with detours into sketch ideas that don t develop past the basic concept 
0.5
Fred Claus
Jack Mathews
About as funny as a sack of coal 
2
Fred Claus
Jeff Strickler
A pleasant little seasonal gift 
2.5
Fred Claus
Glenn Whipp
Ignore this piece of humbug 
2
Fred Claus
Amy Biancolli
The movie s constantly shifting timbre takes some getting used to and it s hard to escape the feeling that a whole lot of actors Rachel Weisz Kathy Bates Miranda Richardson are wasted in a whole lot of roles 
2
Fred Claus
John Monaghan
The eggnog quickly turns sour as the movie alternates between moments both heartwarming and bizarre 
2
Fred Claus
Lisa Kennedy
There s no more fleet talker flapping his lips with free associative aplomb than Vaughn and he uses his edgy powers for good here 
3
Fred Claus
Wesley Morris
Vaughn s naughtiness has never seemed so approachably nice 
3
Fred Claus
Sean P. Means
The idea that Santa Claus is getting the life lessons and not giving them is the surest indicator of how crass this movie is 
1.5
Fred Claus
John Beifuss
Paul Giamatti s oddly soulful turn as Santa stands out like a Christmas cookie atop a septic tank in this randomly plotted and intermittently amusing formula comedy 
2
Fred Claus
Russ Breimeier
A generally fun movie as long as your expectations are low enough But considering the talent of the cast and filmmakers Fred Claus should be better and funnier than this 
2
Fred Claus
David Nusair
far from the light hearted family friendly comedy its promotional materials have been promising 
2
Fred Claus
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the time it was over I d already shrugged my shoulders closed up my notebook and managed to inch a few seats closer to the door 
2
Fred Claus
Frank Ochieng
The anemically kooky coal in the stocking comedy feebly employs the same tactics The toothless slapstick Fred Claus is merely ho ho ho and a bottle of dumb 
2
Fred Claus
Carrie Rickey
Freely mixing reality therapy fairy tale and satire Dobkin s film does not maintain a consistent tone 
2
Fred Claus
Roger Ebert
Fred Claus has apparently studied Elf and figured out everything that could have gone wrong with its fish out of water Christmas fable 
2
Fred Claus
Stephen Cole
Fred Claus ends up closer in spirit to Eugene O Neill than it is to Dr Seuss 
2
Fred Claus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
David Dobkin directs with some sparkle but without the sustained energy he brought to Shanghai Knights 2003 or Wedding Crashers 2005 
2.5
Fred Claus
Erik Childress
Boasting one of the least imaginative idea to execution screenplays to come along in memory all the film has is some ad libbing from Vince Vaughn to keep the film afloat from the ill inspired direction of David Dobkin 
1.5
Fred Claus
Willie Waffle
It s not offensive It s not stupid It will not cause you to go running out of the theater screaming while holding your hands over your ears and eyes It s just blah 
1
Fred Claus
Sue Pierman
Fred Claus doesn t know if it wants to be naughty or nice 
2
Fred Claus
Jeff Vice
Fred Claus wants to be both naughty and nice and still get some sort of present 
2
Fred Claus
Gene Seymour
This movie takes a good thing and runs it deep into the ground leaving behind a frothy trail of sentimentality 
2.5
Fred Claus
Dustin Putman
Joins the unsavory ranks of holiday entertainment that isn t entertaining and has little holiday cheer This is a sinful missed opportunity for all involved 
1.5
Fred Claus
Sid Smith
Fred Claus seems a clever installment not a seasonal classic a buffet whose many nibbles you sample move on and quickly forget 
2.5
Fred Claus
Phil Villarreal
Vince Vaughn is Superman 
3
Fred Claus
Josh Larsen
John Michael Higgins is disturbingly shrunken a la Lord of the Rings How does the Actors Union of Little People if there is such a thing feel about this 
1.5
Fred Claus
James Berardinelli
The film s multitude of flaws might be more easily forgiven if the movie didn t overstay its welcome by at least a half hour 
2
Fred Claus
Sean McBride
the film does score points for being big and shiny featuring some very funny moments and a warm and fuzzy ending that will appeal to all but the biggest Scrooges out there 
3
Fred Claus
Nick Schager
A holiday fable far too safe and toothless to take advantage of Vince Vaughn s ribald strengths 
1.5
Fred Claus
Ross Anthony
Not only surpassed the lame promises of its advertisements it proved to be one of the best films I ve seen all year Has that rare wonderful mix of warmth depth and funny 
3.5
Robin's Wish
Richard Roeper
The man who gave so much joy to so many millions spent his last years burdened by unbearable and inexplicable sorrow What a world 
3
Robin's Wish
David Lewis
Robin s Wish of course can t lessen the tragedy of Williams death but it helps us better reconcile the suicide of such a joyous irrepressible soul 
3
Robin's Wish
Matt Zoller Seitz
Although Robin s Wish is ultimately unwilling or unable to really grapple with the emotions of the people left behind after suicide it is a compassionate film that will bring information about Williams condition to a wide audience 
2.5
Robin's Wish
Mike McGranaghan
Absolutely something that needs to be seen by Robin Williams fans 
3
Robin's Wish
Joey Magidson
There s a profound sadness that layers the film from start to finish but thankfully there are moments of joy peppered in 
3
Robin's Wish
Christian Toto
The final tragic days of Robin Williams get a heartfelt if incomplete closeup 
3
Robin's Wish
Roger Moore
A solid medically sound and emotional final chapter in a life that touched many one that deserves to be remembered for how he really lived and what truly caused his death 
3
Finding Agnes
Roger Moore
This is the dullest film Netflix has ever made in the Philippines 
1
Night Warning
David Nusair
a misbegotten and terminally dated bit of schlock filmmaking 
1.5
Crossover Dreams
Roger Ebert
The story isn t new but it sure does wear well Maybe that s because Blades is such an engaging performer playing a character who is earnest and sincere when he needs to be but who always maintains a veil over his deepest secrets 
3
Bubble
Kam Williams
Not quite Hitchcock but a satisfying flick and proof positive that you don t need a big budget or A list talent to make a decent whodunit 
3
Bubble
Betsy Bozdech
Versatile director Steven Soderbergh leaves the bright lights of Las Vegas far behind for this quiet stark tale of friendship and murder in a small Midwestern town 
3
Bubble
Matt Pais
Soderbergh simply displays ordinary people as they are and challenges us to determine why smiles become rare blips on the blue collar radar 
3
Bubble
Greg Maki
A great film by any standard 
3.5
Bubble
James Berardinelli
There s an honesty in what Soderbergh s camera has captured that while not real in the strictest sense of the term is nevertheless true to life 
3
Bubble
Kurt Loder
Bubble is an art movie in that it values a certain kind of content and execution that may not be of great interest to a mass audience I t s a character study in the form of a noir type murder mystery 
2.5
Bubble
Thomas Delapa
A drab Southern drama about lives of quiet desperation and the people who lead them 
1.5
Bubble
Steven Snyder
While Bubble lacks a third act never quite reaching an ultimate destination in the film s 70 short minutes what it does evoke with remarkable success is the claustrophobia of a world without a way out 
3
Bubble
Mike McGranaghan
As a portrait of low class desperation Bubble is nothing short of haunting 
4
Bubble
Maitland McDonagh
Ultimately Bubble is less important as a film than as an experiment in simultaneous cross platform film distribution 
2.5
Bubble
Moira MacDonald
The result is haunting and often creepy in its realism 
3
Bubble
Ruthe Stein
Proves that in the hands of a director with an artist s eye for telling details a wholly original story revealing the complexity and yes bizarreness of human nature trumps star power every time 
3
Bubble
Carla Meyer
A film of uncommon naturalism that offers a rare cinematic glimpse at least outside of documentaries into the lives of the working poor 
3
Bubble
Timothy Knight
It s a slight film to be sure but this understated and plaintive depiction of a romantic triangle gone fatally awry in rural Ohio is much more involving and less annoying than the idiosyncratic filmmaker s past experiments 
2.5
Bubble
Stephen Whitty
The plot isn t really more than a situation with a few vaguely condescended to characters who shuffle about wide eyed and open mouthed 
1.5
Bubble
Lou Lumenick
A deadpan commentary on the emptiness of middle American life and Soderbergh manages to pull this off without condescending to the characters 
2.5
Bubble
Rene Rodriguez
Generates a surreal somewhat unnerving power a dread that there is something lurking beneath the story s ordinary surface 
3
Bubble
Bob Strauss
As an unblinking look at lower working class lives Bubble feels completely credible 
3
Bubble
Bruce Westbrook
A simple yet oddly profound tale of banal blue collar lives shattered by an impulsive crime 
2.5
Bubble
Terry Lawson
It s an exceedingly simple drama that if you give yourself over to it can have a hypnotic effect 
3
Bubble
Michael Booth
Tests the idea that the mundane becomes ominous if studied in enough detail 
2.5
Bubble
Ty Burr
Soderbergh has made an experiment worth seeing but how much do you want to bet his actors have richer lives than the characters they re playing even if those lives look just as ordinary 
2.5
Bubble
Josh Larsen
there s an unmistakable touch of condescension in the film 
3
Bubble
Willie Waffle
who wants annoying Oscar caliber talent when you can have a lady who holds the secrets to the Colonel s 11 herbs and spices 
2
Bubble
Claudia Puig
A haunting film made all the more intriguing by the use of ordinary people not actors in all the roles 
3
Bubble
Duane Dudek
Soderbergh frames each scene with the static realism of an Edward Hopper painting and the result is a portrait of anesthetized lives silently screaming from inside a bubble 
3
Bubble
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Soderbergh s best most instinctive filmmaking in years 
3
Bubble
Peter Canavese
Sincere performances under the director s sympathetic eye allow humanity to overshadow the machinery of plot 
2.5
Bubble
Michael Phillips
An odd little movie and a good one worthy for what it is and potentially groundbreaking for how it s being made available 
3
Bubble
Roger Ebert
The characters are so closely observed and played with such exacting accuracy and conviction that Bubble becomes quietly inexorably hypnotic 
4
Bubble
Chris Hewitt
Only 73 minutes long Bubble is a short sharp shock a movie in which every scene means something 
3.5
Bubble
Gene Seymour
Ultimately it s Bubble s flatness that lingers and leaves your sympathies frozen 
2.5
Bubble
Peter Travers
a potent and provocative look at life unhinged 
3.5
Bubble
Joshua Tanzer
With an almost reality style much like but far down the socioeconomic scale from K Street it might have an impact on the arthouse audience and on American filmmaking 
3
Bubble
Keith Uhlich
Oozes an anonymous contempt sadly appropriate to director Steven Soderbergh s post Limey artistic downward spiral 
1.5
Bubble
David Nusair
an absolutely mesmerizing piece of work 
3
Cairo 678
Kent Turner
A full fledged two hander 678 at times verges on turning into a boo hiss melodrama but it s the rare film that will elicit cheers within the usually sedate MoMA 
2
Cairo 678
Andrew Schenker
The film devolves into a rousing cheer inducing finale that threatens to efface all the carefully considered complexities Diab had taken such pains to articulate 
2.5
Reset
Martha Schabas
Midway through the film this level of unstructured naturalism crosses a threshold from boring to subtly compelling 
2.5
Late Night
Brian Eggert
It s best to think of it less as a straightforward comedy and more of a social dramedy for our times 
3
Late Night
Josh Larsen
The material just isn t there 
2
Late Night
Rene Sanchez
A hilarious comedy with a timely and important message about diversity in the workplace Emma Thompson is simply phenomenal Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Late Night
Pamela Powell
We re seeing more and more stories where women are the focal point which allows for new perspectives and ideas to be shared Late Night is a film for everyone to see the world through a different and very entertaining lens 
4
Late Night
Matt Brunson
Choice viewing no matter what time of day 
3
Late Night
David Nusair
a sitcom like endeavor that s rife with inauthentic hopelessly melodramatic elements 
2
Late Night
Mike McGranaghan
Late Night is consistently funny and engagingly smart A complete delight 
4
Late Night
Roger Moore
More woke than funny 
2
Late Night
Richard Roeper
Humor can be a great equalizer and Thompson and Kaling are terrific as two women who are funny as hell and should never be underestimated 
3
Late Night
Rob Thomas
Kaling s eager to please demeanor barely conceals her undeniable will and her movie operates in much the same way an engaging workplace comedy that aims some shivs at corporate sexism 
3
Late Night
Brandy McDonnell
It s a thrill to see a movie that not only boasts multiple dynamic complex lifelike female characters and but also allows all the characters to evolve in a realistic satisfying way 
3
Late Night
Lisa Trifone
Kaling isn t shy about flexing her storytelling muscles in ways that add layers rather than filler 
3.5
Late Night
Pamela Powell
All rings true of society today and its issues at hand yet the film somehow still makes us constantly laugh until tears stream down our cheeks 
4
Late Night
Michael Smith
Late Night is very formulaic but at least it s very funny much of the time 
2.5
Late Night
Robert Horton
This movie s sincere do gooder attitude takes the edge off its better jokes 
2.5
Late Night
Christian Toto
It s not as painful as watching actual late night programming but at times it s close 
2
Late Night
Anita Katz
It is Thompson who achieves comic and occasionally poignant gold Whether Katherine is being a venerable diva a tyrannical boss or a vulnerable human being she s a terrific heroine whose transformation is a treat to watch 
3
Late Night
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Late Night missteps and all makes you laugh sometimes out loud and think and that s no small achievement 
3
Late Night
Chris Hewitt
What does work a lot is Thompson who conveys wit intelligence and capability better than just about anyone in the movies today 
3
Late Night
Peter Howell
Thompson and Kaling don t even need to be acting here Like all women they ve long had to navigate real world misogyny But they also know how to find the humour in it 
3
Late Night
Barry Hertz
But for much of its running time Late Night feels like two punchlines struggling for equal airtime 
2.5
Late Night
Tom Meek
For a wispy light sitcom ish comedy with some dark edges Late Night covers a lot while getting guffaws and even some well earned teary eyed moments 
3
Late Night
Gary Thompson
The movie mainly rides on the chemistry and charm of its two leads and writer Kaling has given Thompson a substantial character to play 
2.5
Late Night
Sean P. Means
Thompson gives the best performance she s had in years furthering the message that all a talented woman needs to succeed in entertainment is the room to run 
3.5
Late Night
Rafer Guzman
Kaling s screenwriting debut addresses modern sore spots with gentle humor and a big heart 
3
Late Night
Max Weiss
Late Night is at its best when it focuses on the inner workings of late night TV 
3
Late Night
Ty Burr
You ll have a good time nevertheless But don t be surprised if you come out wishing that there actually were a late night comedy show starring Emma Thompson instead of just a movie about one 
3
Late Night
Moira MacDonald
If only real workplaces were like this but in the company of Thompson and Kaling it s a lot of fun to think so 
3.5
Late Night
Ann Hornaday
Like all comedians worth their salt Kaling sets out to kill but with kindness 
3.5
Late Night
Mick LaSalle
Late Night is a fairly agreeable experience and every time Thompson is on screen there s a reason to keep watching 
2.5
Late Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thompson gives another superlative performance one that is far more than a few withering glares cutting remarks and pithy comebacks 
3
Late Night
Joey Magidson
Emma Thompson especially shines in Late Night displaying blistering comedic chops The best scenes in the movie feature her harsh humor 
3
Late Night
Michael Medved
As a mildly diverting pastime you probably will manage to stay awake for LATE NIGHT 
2.5
Late Night
Sheila O'Malley
An earnest and funny comedy with very sharp teeth 
3.5
Late Night
Mark Dujsik
W hile Kaling avoids the pitfalls of a simple plot for a while the third act shifts drastically 
2.5
Late Night
Jake Cole
The film lacks for the more lacerating freely parodic energy of The Larry Sanders Show and 30 Rock 
1.5
Late Night
Jake Coyle
It s an admirably fun and light movie about more serious issues of representation and equality 
2.5
Late Night
Brian Truitt
Late Night doesn t go for cheap laughs but instead wields incisive barbs to successfully make its point 
3
Late Night
Katie Walsh
Despite its sharp script impeccable casting and a powerhouse performance by star Emma Thompson Late Night feels less like a knife to the heart of the good old boys club and more like a playful punch to the arm 
2.5
Late Night
Josh Terry
Kaling s charm holds the ship together but beneath the bright smile Late Night has a few leaks 
2.5
Late Night
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a charming intelligent movie with a lot of heart and naturally some killer jokes 
3
Aleksandra
Mattie Lucas
A rich and rewarding film a deeply humanist work of art that is as tender as it is bracing 
3.5
Quickening
Aparita Bhandari
To use the parlance of young people these days Quickening is a mood 
2.5
The Pez Outlaw
Sarah Knight Adamson
In the end 44 8220 The Pez Outlaw 8217 s 8221 best feature is Steve Glew 59 his sincerity is believable 44 as is his love of the hunt 8212 especially when he speaks candidly about his loving wife 44 regrets 44 depression 44 and his immense happiness during those times 46 
4
Trauma Is a Time Machine
Roger Moore
Thoughtful self consciously arty but numbing portrait of a rape victim s solitary suffering through the after effects of her attack 
2
You've Got This
Roger Moore
Repellent Mexican comedy titled which should have been called Two Selfish Jerks and a Baby 
1
Dark August
Matt Brunson
All momentum is eventually killed due to an endless seance sequence and an infuriating finale 
2.5
Party Camp
Dustin Putman
A mindnumbingly brainless comedy 
0.5
The Cove
Tom Meek
Disturbing beyond its graphic nature namely because of the widespread complicity in the town and unwavering cruelty 
3.5
The Cove
Nick Rogers
One of the most suspenseful documentaries ever made The Cove marries ecological espionage to a frightening domino effect of imperialism political corruption and a socio environmental disregard 
4
The Cove
Marty Mapes
A team adventure needs a fifth column
3
The Cove
Gina Carbone
I don t think I can go to marine parks anymore 
3
The Cove
Mike Scott
A gripping powerful and heart wrenching expose activist filmmaking at its best 
4
The Cove
Meg Jones
It turns out that wasn t a smile on Flipper s face 
3.5
The Cove
Robert W. Butler
Part thriller part natural history lesson 
3.5
The Cove
Keith Cohen
This is the definite frontrunner to win the Oscar for best documentary The movie makes a persuasive argument that dolphins are intelligent beings that do not belong in captivity 
3.5
The Cove
Sonny Bunch
Despite The Cove s special pleading it s unclear why these admittedly beautiful and interesting creatures should be treated any differently from cows 
2
The Cove
Matt Brunson
The scenes centering on the slaughter and the aftermath are horrifying Michael Vick would doubtless get excited watching them but most normal people will be properly repulsed 
3
The Cove
Sean O'Connell
Visceral enough to inspire action no matter your politics 
3
The Cove
Austin Kennedy
It s extremely disturbing and will upset many viewers but it gets the message across This could have been the year s best Documentary if it wasn t for the meandering middle section 
3
The Cove
Sean P. Means
An activist thriller part caper flick part environmental cry to the world that will set your heart racing while breaking your heart at the same time 
4
The Cove
David Nusair
46 46 46 an absolutely essential piece of work that deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible 46 
4
The Cove
Michael Posner
There are five minutes in this documentary that ought to be mandatory viewing The entire 90 minutes is utterly compelling but the five alone are worth the price of admission 
3
The Cove
Connie Ogle
The film is paced like a thriller written as an expose and intended as a call to arms for ecologists animal lovers and moviegoers around the world 
3
The Cove
Amy Biancolli
Psihoyos and his team got the footage they were after thanks to meticulous planning lots of furtive sneaking around and the judicious placement of underwater microphones and cameras disguised as rocks 
3
The Cove
Chris Hewitt
It s horrifying and eye opening but I m not sure it tells quite the story its makers think it does 
2.5
The Cove
Jeff Vice
It s a true life horror story as frightening as anything seen on the big screen all year 
3.5
The Cove
Lisa Kennedy
The Cove is one of the best in a growing class of nonfiction films
3.5
The Cove
Peter Howell
The Cove plays like the James Bond version of an environmental doc It could also be viewed as a horror movie for the carnage it depicts Yet it s quite simply one of the year s best movies 
4
The Cove
Chris Faraone
It s not often that documentaries pack as much suspense as action flicks and even rarer that one does so without re enactments but The Cove is a mighty exception 
4
The Cove
Peter Canavese
Informative exciting and surprisingly emotional its goal is to alert the world to the abuse and consumption of dolphins 
3.5
The Cove
John Hartl
For a generation that grew up with Flipper and The Day of the Dolphin the tense powerful new documentary The Cove is a horror movie 
3
The Cove
Wesley Morris
The Cove is a thriller in a classical sense It s the first of these movies to tell a story with more than stock footage and on camera interviews It also smartly refracts a major ethical ecological problem through the prism of guerrilla events 
3
The Cove
Carrie Rickey
A gripping thriller about dolphin trafficking The Cove is an eco mentary that s as passionate and persuasive an argument for change as An Inconvenient Truth 
3.5
The Cove
Roger Ebert
There are many documentaries angry about the human destruction of the planetary peace This is one of the very best a certain Oscar nominee 
4
The Cove
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final act of this doc both broke my heart and sickened me to my core This is not footage for the squeamish but it is footage I nonetheless hope one heck of a lot of people see 
3.5
The Cove
Kyle Smith
Two fins up for The Cove a documentary that whales on evil Japanese fishermen who kill dolphins for lunch meat 
2.5
The Cove
Stephen Whitty
This film is less a work of journalism than a call to activism movies like The Cove to a certain extent preach to the converted 
3
The Cove
Robert Levin
The film works as a morality tale a thriller and more 
3.5
The Cove
Peter Travers
It has the breathless pace of a Bourne movie but none of the comfort of fiction This is documentary filmmaking at its most exciting and purposeful 
3
The Cove
Ed Gonzalez
Staggeringly exposes the high to low complicity of many hands in the international captivity trade though mostly it stands as a testament to one man s activist spirit and a reminder of how all social progress comes from the passion of the individual 
3
Dead Man's Curve
Dustin Putman
So concerned about its plot that it doesn t pay much attention at all to its characters and therefore the film only comes off feeling even more empty headed 
1.5
Impetigore
Peter Sobczynski
An uncommonly effective film that is smart and provocative in addition to being all kinds of creepy 
3.5
Impetigore
Mark Dujsik
From its opening scene the film displays Anwar s skill at creating and then sustaining tension even and especially when he lets us see what s coming 
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Gene Siskel
I don t think my negative reaction is a case of a parent forgetting the sort of mindless entertainment that he himself enjoyed as a child rather the turtle fights are more depressing than joyful 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Stephen Hunter
The plot as primitive as it is still isn t very clear it never acquires the spontaneity or the force of a true story but seems to exist mainly as a pretext for the familiar Ninja banter so beloved of the cult as in Cowabunga dudes and such forth
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Dave Kehr
One finds in them the same unabashed enjoyment of color and movement of spectacular athletics and outrageous stunts that animates the Hong Kong action cinema as a whole and makes it so superbly entertaining 
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Desmond Ryan
The plot of Turtles II hinges on toxic waste and that turns out to be a pretty accurate description of the film 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
David Nusair
The Turtles return in this underwhelming sequel that generally fares about as well as its predecessor 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Roger Ebert
Today s kids are learning from the Turtles that the world is a sinkhole of radioactive waste that it s more reassuring to huddle together in sewers than take your chances competing at street level and that individuality is dangerous Cowabunga 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Chris Hicks
If you re a kid you re going to see it If you re a parent you may have no choice 
2
Part 2, Walking Tall
Walter Chaw
As with most attempts to be socially relevant however this sequel merely manages to seem awkward and bloated with exposition 
1
The Reaping
David Nusair
a relatively decent premise that s employed to progressively unwatchable effect by Hopkins 
1
The Reaping
Rossiter Drake
At no time does director Stephen Hopkins give us reason to care 
1.5
The Reaping
Jeffrey Westhoff
The most positive thing about The Reaping is that it isn t as big a waste of time as last year s Omen remake it s 14 minutes shorter 
1.5
The Reaping
Lori Hoffman
goes from barely tolerable to insufferable in the time it takes to unveil a stupid twist ending 
1
The Reaping
Linda Cook
Even the finest of talents goes south now and then That s what Hilary Swank does in The Reaping u2026south to a mediocre movie set in Louisiana in fact 
2
The Reaping
David N. Butterworth
Swank maintains one s rapt attention but Stephen Hopkins s plague a thon is one grim reaper reminiscent of the recent Skeleton Key with neither skeletons nor keys 
2
The Reaping
Matt Brunson
Stephen Hopkins who directs every film as if it were a NASCAR vehicle gunning for the finish line doesn t have much faith in the screenplay since he orchestrates much of the picture with all the delicacy of a lumberjack in ballerina slippers 
1.5
The Reaping
Mike McGranaghan
The Reaping is a bad movie but it also achieves a level of preposterousness that is somewhat entertaining for all the wrong reasons 
2
The Reaping
Scott Nash
Forget Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don t Cry keeping a straight face here could be the greatest achievement of Swank s career
1
The Reaping
Ruthe Stein
What could Swank really have done with such a cliche ridden screenplay except turn it down 
1
The Reaping
Bruce Newman
The Reaping isn t quite bad enough or even New Testament enough to qualify as a sign of the impending apocalypse But by the time it s over you know you re getting close 
2
The Reaping
Sean McBride
a derivative and wooden religious horror flick timed somewhat distastefully to take advantage of the Easter holiday
1
The Reaping
Moira MacDonald
What I shudder to think were the projects Hilary Swank turned down in favor of this one 
1
The Reaping
John Beifuss
The film may be ridiculous but give me a river of blood a rain of frogs a plague of flies and a storm of locusts and I m a relatively content moviegoer 
2.5
The Reaping
Evan Henerson
Amidst such mayhem there isn t much for a two time Oscar winner like Swank to do with herself except reach out soulfully to the girl who may be the Antichrist 
1.5
The Reaping
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film s most aggravating trait is its scare technique which is more like listening to a noisy neighbor than being scared 
1.5
The Reaping
Vince Koehler
The Reaping was entertaining and thrilling but fell slightly short on plot development 
2.5
The Reaping
Jeffrey Overstreet
When Ben exclaims There s still three plagues to go We gotta get outta here most viewers will have already come to that same conclusion 
0.5
The Reaping
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately for me the answer to that particular question isn t a very good one The film falls apart in the final twenty minutes the filmmakers unleashing a cacophony of idiotic stupidity and banal familiarities the whole thing collapses in laughable
2
The Reaping
Larry Ratliff
God sends down a river of blood swarming locusts and two time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank Guess which one s slumming in a supernatural thriller 
3
The Reaping
Claudia Puig
Note to respected actors If the movie involves dodging swarms of sparrow sized locusts tromping about in a creepy blood red river or facing down a scary little girl believed to be possessed by Satan run don t walk out of the studio meeting 
1
The Reaping
Ken Fox
Director Hopkins relies far too heavily on sudden loud soundtrack noises to inject some scares into what is essentially a pretty dull affair and the plague effects are sub par even by the standards of Cecil B DeMille 
2
The Reaping
Carla Meyer
Quality battles schlock throughout The Reaping That is until the picture s final act when schlock swarms quality like oh let s not spoil the surprise 
2
The Reaping
Jim Hemphill
The creators of The Reaping don t believe in their own pro spirituality message which they re willing to betray in the film s final minutes for the sake of one cheap totally gimmicky scare 
1
The Reaping
Stephen Whitty
The movie s pacing feels off and when the explanations do start to come they feel far fetched even for a horror film 
1.5
The Reaping
Kyle Smith
The film succumbs to the plague of clichés things suddenly leaping into the frame screeching sound effects and a gag that must have been old by the time Moses hit puberty Look at this freaky stuff Oh it s only a dream 
2
The Reaping
Stanley A. Miller II
The film uses every contrived scary movie trick to jar the audience doors suddenly blow open a hand reaches out in the middle of the woods and characters fumble around in the dark 
2
The Reaping
James Sanford
A piece of jittery junk If it didn t star Hilary Swank this fiasco would almost certainly have gone directly to DVD 
1
The Reaping
Loey Lockerby
Most of the actors are adequate but hardly interesting enough to make anyone care about their characters fates The exception is Swank who brings a near heroic intensity to even the silliest lines 
1.5
The Reaping
Amy Biancolli
Director Stephen Hopkins must have decided that horror needn t be technically horrifying just flashy and programmatic and full of woo woo choral bits that loudly command our spines to tingle Stubborn little thing mine didn t And neither will yours 
1.5
The Reaping
Liam Lacey
Notable for its enthusiastic abandonment of any semblance of narrative coherence Lately lonely women in Hollywood movies are particularly vulnerable to attacks by multiple montages and random sound effects 
2
The Reaping
Jeff Vice
The film uses cheap scare devices galore in an attempt to generate some suspense but which instead just shows how desperate the filmmakers were 
1.5
The Reaping
Lisa Kennedy
Directed by Stephen Hopkins the film begins gracefully judiciously Sadly in its final 20 minutes it throws its admirable caution to the wind 
2.5
The Reaping
Paige Wiser
Why were they Did she Couldn t he have just Since I have no intention of watching the movie two more times to sort it all out I m left disgruntled It s almost enough to make you lose faith in horror movies 
2.5
The Reaping
Wesley Morris
Stephen Hopkins directs The Reaping according to the Satanic horror manual right down to the choral chanting on the soundtrack The lighting is often too dark to see what s happening and the editing makes a mess of even the most tolerable scenes 
.5
The Reaping
Josh Larsen
If Moses was in the theater he d stand up and demand Let these people go 
2
The Reaping
Dustin Putman
Ungodly awful 
0.5
The Reaping
Frank Ochieng
Let s face it folks The Reaping is one eerie cinematic Easter ham that will be tough to swallow 
1.5
The Reaping
Willie Waffle
The only way The Reaping could be worse would be if Swank put on a bear suit and ran through the woods 
0
The Reaping
Erik Childress
Takes us down a brimstone path of idiocy and outright boredom punctuated by a soundtrack which goes to eleven every time a character sees more than one object in their field of vision 
1
The Reaping
Walter Chaw
Has consummate dedicated emptiness as its only lingering aftertaste 
1
The Reaping
Mark Dujsik
A mess of theological ponderings cheap twists and turns and cheesy stylistic choices 
1.5
The Reaping
Steven Rea
An effectively unsettling mix of Southern gothic and Old Testament hugger mugger 
3
The Reaping
Laine Ewen
The Reaping isn t completely terrible It just majorly overreaches 
1.5
The Reaping
Phil Villarreal
At least the sordid screenplay provides this fantastic line uttered by Ben Forget about it Let s just get out of here before the final two plagues Amen to that 
1.5
The Reaping
James Berardinelli
Upon reflection it s not difficult to understand why The Reaping languished for so long on the shelves of Warner Brothers before being dumped into distribution The film despite attempts at edit room reparation is virtually unreleasable 
1.5
The Reaping
Michael Phillips
The Reaping proves that you reap what you sow and what these particular screenwriters have sown is just another word for manure 
1.5
The Reaping
Matt Pais
A bad movie is a bad movie even if Hilary Swank is in it 
1.5
The Reaping
Ed Gonzalez
Disguises its utter lack of significance beneath incoherent backtracking old school religion brouhaha and a soundtrack of traditional soul music 
1.5
Waterworld
Mal Vincent
There are hints that the editing ran amok in an all out effort to reduce the running time to the present two hours 
2.5
Waterworld
David Nusair
kicks off with an exciting action sequence set aboard a man made atoll that s certainly a breathtaking marvel of production design 
2.5
Waterworld
Roger Moore
Prophetic cautionary and agenda driven It s also epic and a damned entertaining ride all two hours and 15 minutes of it 
3
Waterworld
Walter Chaw
actually pretty good
3
Waterworld
Christian Toto
Waterworld drowned in bad buzz during its theatrical release It deserves a better fate 
2.5
Waterworld
Michael Dequina
Nearly 200 million down the drain and you get this astonishingly mediocre action wannabe epic 
2
Waterworld
Mick LaSalle
It s a genuine vault at greatness that misses the mark but survives 
2
Waterworld
Andrew Howe
It s not 200 million of entertainment but a dead loss is one thing it definitely ain t 
3
Waterworld
Joe Baltake
Waterworld is the movie that didn t happen Which is a roundabout way of saying that the infamous Universal film is very good damn good not great mind you but rousing and continually entertaining 
3.5
Waterworld
Madeleine Williams
Costner and Hopper give good characterizations The entire movie unfortunately doesn t quite deliver the punch it ought to 
2.5
Waterworld
Steve Rhodes
Although the show grew on me it is too ridiculous for me to recommend it 
2
Waterworld
Mike Clark
Has the makings of a cult movie 
3
Waterworld
James Berardinelli
In the tradition of the old Westerns and Mel Gibson s Road Warrior flicks this film provides good escapist fun 
3
Waterworld
Barbara Shulgasser
Waterworld is ugly loud stupefyingly absurd 
2
Waterworld
Chris Hicks
There is the nagging feeling that much of the film s story dialogue and character development were left on the cutting room floor 
2.5
Waterworld
Roger Ebert
It s one of those marginal pictures you re not unhappy to have seen but can t quite recommend 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Wesley Lovell
It isn 8217 t that you don 8217 t believe the people in the film 44 but that the situations are so outlandish 44 they could have only originated on the comic page and that alone should be worth the price of admission 46 
3
The Suicide Squad
David Gonzalez
Nothing would prepare me for the high octane 44 love letter to the genre that would be James Gunns The Suicide Squad 46 A film that is more than a blockbuster 44 its cinema at its grandest and most pleasing 46 
4
The Suicide Squad
Brian Eggert
With The Suicide Squad James Gunn blends his earlier sensibilities into a pitch perfect summation of his work to this point 
3
The Suicide Squad
John Beifuss
Gunn s smart aleck supervillain team adventure is a labor of twisted love bursting with genuinely funny sick jokes and sicker characters Polka Dot Man shoots out lethal polka dots 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Matt Brunson
It feels like the cinematic equivalent of the modern Internet experience 
2
The Suicide Squad
Steven Prokopy
Even when it doesn t work the fact that it exists is a triumph 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
While the film depicts the murder of a main character as a tragedy it plays a boomerang slicing an anonymous soldier s head in half as a joke suggesting that Gunn thinks violence is funny as long as it happens to other people 
2
The Suicide Squad
Mattie Lucas
Certainly an improvement over David Ayer s 2016 original although that s a fairly low bar to clear 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Robert Horton
It can t stop nudging the audience about how ridiculous all of this is the opening reel is essentially a series of eye rolls about the film s own preposterousness with the audience flattered at being in on the joke 
1.5
The Suicide Squad
Mark Meszoros
Imagine if Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool had some horribly beautiful baby 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
David Nusair
fares much much better than David Ayer s misbegotten take on the DC Comics creation 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Dann Gire
The Suicide Squad explodes with loopy mix of horror and sick humor 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Mark Feeney
If there was even an iota of human emotion evident the movie would be unbearable as well as increasingly vile But there isn t so instead it s just kind of exhausting 
1.5
The Suicide Squad
Walter Chaw
I didn t think I d have fun with a movie like this again a huge budget Mystery Men aiming for and nailing its hard R More please 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
James Berardinelli
With The Suicide Squad Gunn shows that there are ways to keep things edgy while at the same time offering enough humor and action to maintain the crowd pleasing elements 
3
The Suicide Squad
Rene Sanchez
A fun gory and action packed adventure that gives every one of its antiheroes a moment to shine Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Suicide Squad
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Yes this DCU movie is a bit more bearable than Marvel s most recent film Black Widow but saying that is not much different than saying that some stinky shit is better than other stinky shit The truth is that the two movies are still shit 
1
The Suicide Squad
Sean P. Means
Gunn has finally made a Troma movie on a big Hollywood budget 
3
The Suicide Squad
Matthew Passantino
Through all the mayhem The Suicide Squad feels like it s trying too hard to prove that it s better than the previous film which grows tiresome after a while 
2
The Suicide Squad
Linda Cook
Fast paced violent fun 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Bob Bloom
Despite the blood and gore The Suicide Squad is comedic in tone eschewing the oppressive seriousness of its DC cinematic colleagues 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Kevin Carr
When it is violent and extreme this is when it s fun I had a blast watching this 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Jeff Mitchell
James Gunn s film kills Oh and you thought a talking tree was weird 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Mike McGranaghan
The energy in this picture is non stop A joke or a skillfully executed action scene is never far off 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Siddhant Adlakha
Gunn is much better suited to the material though while the end result is gorier funnier and occasionally more heartfelt than its predecessor it doesn t quite coalesce into something totally fun or totally meaningful 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Sonny Bunch
I don t hate The Suicide Squad but I do feel somewhat bludgeoned by it as if I m being a stick in the mud for failing to fall in line and revel in the absurdity 
2
The Suicide Squad
Phil Villarreal
Gunn is now undisputed king of both sides of the comic book movie fence 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Leo Brady
The Suicide Squad can t be accused for being standard or timid It s easily one of the most outrageous movies of 2021 following its own path and being led by the wild mind of James Gunn 
3
The Suicide Squad
Mark Dujsik
The constant assault of gags combined with the routine plotting creates its own deflating sense of repetition 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Jeff York
Gunn lays everything on way too thick in the third act and the romp becomes exhausting The movie is far too long and too grotesque for its own good 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Doug Walker
James Gunn at his meanest bloodiest and funniest This is what the first Suicide Squad should have been 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Randy Myers
Gunn was clearly the ideal skipper to navigate the Squad s subversive irreverent hard R rated waters 
3
The Suicide Squad
Josh Larsen
I don t know if I ll ever be a connoisseur of kill shot comedy 
2
The Suicide Squad
Tom Meek
The movie s supposed to be Elba s and while his Bloodsport s sword waving with Peacemaker is puckishly good second tier fun the shine here is Quinn No Quinn no movie 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Chris Hewitt
The Suicide Squad stands on its own in a way superhero movies often don t I feel confident audiences will be satisfied about where it ends even if it does leave us hoping to see more of this team 
3
The Suicide Squad
Soren Andersen
Gunn masterfully mixes humor and bloodshed and manages to give a surprising number of characters room to develop their personas And when it comes to staging set pieces he s at his best 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Johnny Oleksinski
The Squad is dead Long live The Squad 
3
The Suicide Squad
Peter Howell
Prepare to be splattered but also satisfied in a summer blockbuster kind of way 
3
The Suicide Squad
Pat Padua
The Suicide Squad however pessimistic scratches a thrilling midnight movie itch 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Richard Roeper
A second crack at Suicide Squad surpasses the original Harley Quinn and Rick Flag are back in a delirious mashup full of humor and head splitting 
3
The Suicide Squad
Daniel Neman
Some movies leave you wanting more The Suicide Squad is a blast for a while but it leaves you wanting less 
3
The Suicide Squad
Michael Phillips
Reader I enjoyed it 
3
The Suicide Squad
Mick LaSalle
In The Suicide Squad writer director James Gunn has done the seemingly impossible He has found the fun in the Suicide Squad
3
The Suicide Squad
Katie Walsh
It s not often a comic book flick will have you critiquing Reagan era politics while also enjoying the lizard brain pleasures of a creature feature smash em up but that s just the special sauce that James Gunn brings 
3
The Suicide Squad
Christian Toto
James Gunn nails the antihero saga brings Harley Quinn back from the woke ledge 
3
The Suicide Squad
Joey Magidson
The Suicide Squad is the best film of the year so far and not just an instant genre classic but a classic on the whole 
4
The Suicide Squad
Roger Moore
Just fun enough perfectly serviceable but I can t say I d ever care to sit through it again 
2.5
The Suicide Squad
Jake Cole
Throughout James Gunn renders the half grim half absurdist nature of the Suicide Squad with delightfully bloody abandon 
3
The Suicide Squad
Brian Tallerico
Only the man who wrote Tromeo and Juliet could deliver something this gleefully grotesque vicious and unapologetic and the DC Universe is all the better for it 
3
The Suicide Squad
Erik Childress
Though there appears to be a ceiling to Gunn s familiar template this is still a very enjoyable entry that ranks amongst the better examples of the DC Universe and miles ahead of most of them 
3
The Suicide Squad
Brian Truitt
Embraces a superhero vibe even chock full of morally questionable rogues hoping the government doesn t blow their heads off and adds elements of workplace comedy gritty war movie dysfunctional family drama and kaiju disaster flick 
3.5
The Suicide Squad
Jake Coyle
Within The Suicide Squad is not only a negotiation with American power and its depiction in comic book movies but a heartfelt if extreme gallery of damaged souls It s a kind of genuinely tender freak show 
3
102 Not Out
Simon Abrams
This chintzy portion of screenwriter Saumya Joshi s consistently sentimental narrative is mostly bearable thanks to Kapoor s comic timing and Bachchan s seemingly boundless energy 
2.5
Limitless
Mattie Lucas
Strictly a no thinking zone 
2.5
Limitless
Roger Moore
Relationships are shortchanged and this brisk fantastical tale fails to find any emotional traction 
2.5
Limitless
Jeff Beck
While it does have some entertaining moments and other moments where possibilities rear their heads it never quite lives up to the premise 
2.5
Limitless
Eric Melin
Despite some snazzy camera angles and showoff y technique Limitless dashes any hopes of originality when it ends up being nothing more than a cautionary tale about drug addiction
1.5
Limitless
Michael Dequina
Bradley Cooper is his usual innocuous but personality free walking wallpaper self and hence not up to the challenge 
2.5
Limitless
Peter Canavese
Burger plunges into the material at such a headlong pace and with sufficient adrenalized style as to propel this essentially trashy thriller and distract from the abundant loose ends Blu ray 
2.5
Limitless
John Beifuss
Begins like an update of Roger Corman s X The Man with the X Ray Eyes but abandons its probe of the soul sucking price of power addiction to pander to the idea that audiences demand slick fantasy role model heroes and happy endings 
2.5
Limitless
Glenn Lovell
a humdinger of a science fiction thriller that scoots easily from shaggy dog fable to noir mystery to conspiracy thriller and winds up on the dark side of Twilight Zone 
3.5
Limitless
Mike McGranaghan
A movie that gets a lot of mileage out of good old fashioned wish fulfillment Consistently entertaining 
3
Limitless
David Nusair
a watchable yet far from engrossing high finance thriller 
2.5
Limitless
Linda Cook
It s a little like the question posed by the classic Flowers for Algernon What would happen to a person who suddenly became brilliant 
3
Limitless
Sara Michelle Fetters
Better part of me kind of thinks the film is maybe extolling the virtues of addiction saying the pluses outweigh the minuses as long as you have enough self control to understand your limits and not overdue it 
1.5
Limitless
Brett Michel
Too bad Leslie Dixon tapped less than 20 percent of hers while penning her underdeveloped script 
2.5
Limitless
Lori Hoffman
Eventually there are huge gaps in logic that make the movie seem really stupid 
2
Limitless
Matt Brunson
The philosophical ramifications of becoming the most intelligent man on Earth are either too complex or hold too little appeal with the peeks into Eddie s beautiful mind conveyed through saturated color schemes and letters tumbling down from the rafters 
2.5
Limitless
James Kendrick
one wishes that the film had been more daring in its exploration of what such a situation might entail questioning rather than reveling in the flashy surfaces of wealth and power
2.5
Limitless
Keith Cohen
The hallucinatory movie gets credit for bringing up the issue of untapped human potential The movie s what if wish fulfillment fantasy theme ultimately falters runs out of steam and breaks down with an ending that is well beyond belief 
2.5
Limitless
Rick Groen
Add it all up including the nifty twist at the end and what we have here is a fun Hollywood flick with a good head on its shoulders 
3.5
Limitless
Wilson Morales
Limitless is a fast moving fantasy fun ride and full of thrills Cooper with a winning charisma makes the film interesting to watch 
3
Limitless
Stephen Whitty
If you want a movie with a sermon well look somewhere else But if you want an adrenaline shot to the heart look here 
3.5
Limitless
Peter Travers
Limitless hits you like an adrenaline rush that will have you saying I ll have what he s having 
3
Limitless
Erik Childress
it is just one big drug itself that when taken emboldens you with the power to see that Bradley Cooper should not be headlining a film Leslie Dixon should not be writing it and Neil Burger must never be allowed to helm a major motion picture again 
1
Limitless
Michael O'Sullivan
Limitless is a heck of a ride On the way to its unpredictable if less than wholly satisfying conclusion it is entertaining a little silly and visually dazzling 
2.5
Limitless
Kyle Smith
Limitless may please a few looking for a shallow fantasy thriller but won t fire up the synapses of the intellectually demanding 
2
Limitless
Willie Waffle
Burger and Dixon provide the dangerous downward spiral that consumes Eddie but it wouldn t work without Cooper 
2.5
Limitless
Mike Scott
Burger s stylishly directed film makes up for any narrative hiccups with a mix of wry humor and comic book inspired visual flourishes 
2.5
Limitless
Chris Hewitt
It s a movie that knows its limits and works pretty well within them 
3
Limitless
Joe Williams
If there were a pill that made people smarter I d donate an extra supply to the creators of Limitless 
2
Limitless
Roger Ebert
Limitless only uses 15 maybe 20 percent of its brain Still that s more than a lot of movies do 
2.5
Limitless
Mark Dujsik
What s the fun in worrying about losing your soul when you can gain the world 
2
Limitless
Dustin Putman
There are certain actors who you can just look at and instantly fall in love with Tom Hanks is one Drew Barrymore is another Bradley Cooper is not 
1.5
Limitless
Robert Levin
A strangely arid experience without the gleeful drugged out weirdness of a truly offbeat endeavor 
2
Limitless
Claudia Puig
Better living through chemistry is a debatable notion satirically explored in this briskly paced suspenseful thriller 
3
Limitless
Amy Biancolli
The visuals are giddy illustrating Eddie s high with fun house lenses over exposed colors supersonic edits and when side effects kick in dizzying flights through the streets of New York 
2.5
Limitless
Robert W. Butler
Despite the presence of De Niro and Cornish Limitless is pretty much a one man show Happily Cooper is up to it Limitless may not be a slam dunk but this guy s got it 
2.5
Limitless
Tom Keogh
Certainly there are a few times Limitless teeters on interesting possibilities but it has a weird way of pulling back on its most stimulating ideas 
2
Limitless
Steven Rea
Limitless rocks 
3.5
Limitless
Wesley Morris
The movie is too chaotic to be very good But it s fun and not stupid which is something 
2.5
Limitless
James Berardinelli
For a plot about super intelligent people the screenplay is surprisingly dumb 
2.5
Limitless
Peter Howell
Overall it s smart entertainment that even manages to make Robert De Niro Cooper s co star sound fully engaged 
2.5
Limitless
Graham Killeen
The problem with Limitless other than its lack of Muppets is a charismatic but unappealing protagonist 
2
Limitless
Joe Lozito
Frenetic thriller about a drug that unleashes your brain s full potential doesn t quite achieve its own but star Bradley Cooper and director Neil Burger make the most of it 
3
Limitless
Matt Pais
If this guy were really in command of all his previous experiences he d know better than to take out a loan from a generic Russian goon Does that ever turn out well 
2
Limitless
Rene Rodriguez
For all its peripatetic energy Limitless still winds up with the same old blazing guns and wanton destruction of property No matter how smart you may be Hollywood will figure out a way to dumb you down 
2
Limitless
Bill Weber
Even Bradley Cooper lapping thirstily at a pool of blood can t save a dumbass sci fi fable on the perils of increased mental capacity 
1
Limitless
Rex Reed
Directed with a pulsating fervor by Neil Burger Limitless is absurd but entertaining action adventure escapism 
2
The Client
David Nusair
kicks off with an impressively riveting opening 
3
The Client
Steve Rhodes
Almost every word Jones utters is terrific The script is good but his delivery is what makes it 
3
The Client
James Berardinelli
This isn t a masterpiece of suspense but it has its moments and is capable of providing some light summer entertainment 
2.5
The Client
Roger Ebert
Not as satisfying as it should be 
2.5
The Client
Chris Hicks
All in all it s a mixed bag but enjoyable enough to please Grisham fans 
2.5
Aloha
Brian Eggert
Many of the actors remain so charming that watching them 44 even in a film as slapdash as this 44 makes the entire experience better than it really is 46 But that doesn 8217 t mean Aloha should be considered passable 46 
1.5
Aloha
Mattie Lucas
Crowe paints with a broad and often heavy handed brush leaving us with a film that seems strangely unsure of itself and what it wants to be 
2
Aloha
Pamela Powell
I ll take this romantic movie over a Nicholas Sparks film any day 
3
Aloha
Max Weiss
Half the time while watching Aloha I had no clue what was going on Not so much the plot although I was admittedly a bit muddled on that too but why anyone acted the way they did 
1.5
Aloha
Neil Rosen
Crowe a former journalist for Rolling Stone does know music and the soundtrack is good The on location Hawaiian settings are also nice to look at However there is little else here worth recommending 
1.5
Aloha
David Nusair
Cameron Crowe hits rock bottom with this dull and mostly incoherent romance 
1.5
Aloha
Marty Mapes
If Crowe hadn t tried to do so much it might have been more enjoyable
2
Aloha
Linda Cook
Aloha is as bland as a movie can be and that s a sad statement considering it s written and directed by Cameron Crowe 
2
Aloha
Stephen Rebello
Aloha feels thin tonally weird false and undernourishing 
2
Aloha
Josh Larsen
fatally unaware of its own incoherence both in terms of narrative and character 
1
Aloha
Matt Brunson
When I m good I m very good but when I m bad I m better Mae West famously purred Aloha mishandles that decree When it s good it s very good but when it s bad it s better left unseen 
2.5
Aloha
Mike McGranaghan
Aloha is the new Gigli It s got a great cast comes from a respected filmmaker and was clearly subjected to so much reediting that you can scarcely even tell what the point was supposed to be anymore 
1.5
Aloha
Burl Burlingame
I ve lost count of how many times Alec Baldwin enters a movie just at the point it desperately needs a comic lift 
2
Aloha
Peter Travers
Filmmaker Cameron Crowe can t catch a break with Aloha a Hawaii set romcom that is a handful of stories struggling for a unifying tone but is nowhere near as toxic as its advance buzz 
2
Aloha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At heart it s just a romantic comedy slightly above average in this stagnant genre 
3
Aloha
Josh Terry
Life is a mess Aloha is a moving film about a man who is trying to decide whether to clean his life up 
3.5
Aloha
Richard Roeper
Aloha is a great looking movie with just enough bright spots to get us past the cloudy moments 
3
Aloha
Anita Katz
As the story progresses predictability and sappiness increase and everything adds up to a formulaic Hollywood romcom elevated by good actors and a few inspired scenes created by Crowe 
2.5
Aloha
Lisa Kennedy
This is a romantic comedy that has more than hearts on its mind In addition to teasing the uneasy and complicated partnership of the military and the private sector Crowe takes on issues integral to Hawaii 
3
Aloha
Christy Lemire
Aloha feels like several films at once crammed together and sped up with results that are emotionally hollow and narratively confusing 
1.5
Aloha
Stephen Whitty
At least this feels like a Cameron Crowe movie 
2.5
Aloha
Willie Waffle
Writer director Cameron Crowe is trying so very very hard to make a Cameron Crowe movie However he forgot the Cameron Crowe magic 
.5
Aloha
Dustin Putman
Anchored by the knockout pairing of Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone the film 151 and its characters and the world they inhabit 151 is difficult to say good bye to because it s just so effortlessly endearing 
3.5
Aloha
Mick LaSalle
Crowe introduces a serious topic without really examining it and even the romance feels off with a pair of lovers who seem mismatched To complete the picture Crowe tags on an ending that s convenient but not convincing 
2
Aloha
James Berardinelli
It s hard to find a level on which Aloha works It s a murky muddled mess 
2
Aloha
Nathan Rabin
Aloha is a marshmallow of a film soft on the inside soft on the outside and wholly devoid of substance 
1.5
Aloha
Rene Rodriguez
This is the kind of film that is easier to mock than to grapple with on its own terms It s littered with flaws but sometimes those movies can be the most interesting ones The Aloha cult fan club is officially open I ll take one ticket please 
2.5
Aloha
Radheyan Simonpillai
The curious thing about the whitewashing accusations against Aloha is that it completely ignores the movie s most genuine theme white guilt 
2.5
Aloha
Ty Burr
Aloha is as generic as its title The islands exist solely as an exotic backdrop for the pretty Hollywood haoles to play in Business as usual and I never thought I d say that about a Cameron Crowe movie 
1.5
Aloha
Erik Childress
There are quintessential bits of Crowe in a film that just cannot commit to the payload it wants to deliver 
2.5
Aloha
Chris Knight
The head scratcher of a plot makes even the best performances hard to appreciate 
1
Aloha
Sara Stewart
There are grand romantic speeches that will endure forever from Crowe s earlier work Jerry Maguire Say Anything 8201 8201 but you can t build an entire movie on them Nobody wants two hours of You had me at hello 
1.5
Aloha
Anders Wright
Despite its big stars and some initially interesting ideas Aloha is a muddled movie sporting thin supporting characters and so many subplots that none of them are satisfyingly fleshed out 
1.5
Aloha
Mark Dujsik
T here are times when it feels as if writer director Cameron Crowe simply started filming with the basic outline of a screenplay that had yet to be written 
1
Aloha
Roger Moore
From the dewy eyed closeups pushing a romance that doesn t click to the insipid Hawaiian pop meant to tie this mess together but doesn t this makes you wonder if Cameron Crowe has lost it Or was just full of it all along 
1.5
Aloha
Moira MacDonald
The result is a movie that s well meaning but nearly unwatchable Stay home and watch a better Crowe movie instead and ponder what went wrong 
1.5
Aloha
Robert W. Butler
These performers are just good enough to wrest a few memorable moments from the general chaos of an eccentric romantic comedy that isn t particularly romantic or funny 
2
Aloha
Chris Cabin
After a while the film s sing a song for the world vibe so buoyantly optimistic at first becomes grating and smug 
2
Aloha
Matt Pais
Operates on cuteness overload attempting to manufacture Crowe s trademark sentimentality only through cloying artificial sweetener 
1.5
Aloha
Peter Howell
A delayed and dismal attempt to marry screwball comedy with socially aware drama 
1.5
Aloha
Michael Phillips
The first encounter among Cooper McAdams and Stone is so awkward and unsettled that it becomes the movie s own albatross There are some moments most of them thanks to McAdams 
2
Aloha
Ann Hornaday
Aloha is such an inchoate mess such a forced insular self pleasing misfire that plotting it out can be a challenge 
1
Toll Booth
Glenn Heath Jr.
Both as a character study and modern day parable Toll Booth sneaks up on you with its subtle use of repeating motifs and audible cues 
3
Summer Pasture
John Hartl
The filmmakers may not explain everything that passes before their cameras why is caterpillar fungus such a hot commodity but that s part of the intrigue in this vanishing way of life 
3
Summer Pasture
Stephanie Merry
The success of a documentary so often hinges on the choice of subjects as much as the topic and directors Lynn True and Nelson Walker hit the jackpot with Yama Locho and their unnamed infant daughter 
3
Summer Pasture
Joseph Jon Lanthier
With its devastating title card statistics and peacefully elegiac third act the doc establishes the ritarding cadence of its gasping culture of a subject 
3
88
David Berry
88 is so bafflingly convinced it has a breakneck pace and a rat s maze of twisting plots that it can t make it five minutes without flashing back to something that happened just moments ago 
0
I Am Evidence
Nick Allen
I Am Evidence will be undoubtedly eye opening 
3
The Monster
Mike McGranaghan
An exceptional lead performance from Zoe Kazan makes the film stand out from the crowd 
3
The Monster
Christian Toto
Strong acting ambitious themes and a limp final act make for one frustrating horror film experience 
2.5
The Monster
Rob Thomas
We re coming up to the end of a year full of great horror movies The Monster may have more modest goals than some of the others but it deserves a place on that list 
3
The Monster
Mark Dujsik
The central relationship almost turns The Monster into something more thoughtful about the ways we can put differences aside for a greater threat to our safety 
2.5
The Monster
Brian Tallerico
A film like Bryan Bertino s The Monster featuring a fantastic and fearless performance from Zoe Kazan feels oddly timely 
3
The Monster
Chuck Bowen
The film has an eerily WTF arbitrariness that should be the domain of more films in the genre 
3
The Monster
Roger Moore
A creature feature in which the melodramatic mother daughter flashbacks are the only bits with bite 
1.5
The Monster
Stephen Whitty
As in his first shocker the sadistic home invasion film The Strangers director Bryan Bertino shows he knows all the usual tricks without proving he knows how to push beyond them Yet there s something else at work here 
3
Killing Jesus
David Wiegand
Killing Jesus is for the most part a missed opportunity and despite its few good points you re likely to conclude that once again the book was better 
2
Madame Bovary
Matt Brunson
Emma Bovary is no longer the impassioned romantic of the novel but rather an inscrutable ice queen wait one more year and the character could have been reincarnated as Sharon Stone s Catherine Tramell in 1992 s Basic Instinct 
2
Madame Bovary
Roger Ebert
Isabelle Huppert has played many other more extroverted even cheerful roles but Chabrol was quite right to find Emma Bovary within her 
3
Devi
Edward Guthmann
It s a film that bears all the hallmarks of Ray s best work gracefulness exquisite pacing and composition love for his characters and a deep regard for the power of silence to tell a story 
3
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Rafer Guzman
The Last Five Years will be a must for even casual Bowie fans who are most likely still reeling from their idol s absence It captures the ever changing artist in his most surprising incarnation yet a mortal man 
3
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Scout Tafoya
Despite testimony from many of his closest friends and collaborators The Last Five Years doesn t so much draw a picture of David Bowie as trace his outline 
1.5
The Crow: Salvation
David Nusair
While Salvation certainly isn t as bad as that first sequel it still doesn t come near the sheer coolness of the first one 
2
The Crow: Salvation
Steve Rhodes
Although I wouldn t quite go so far as to recommend it the movie does have a terrific look and some intriguing albeit overly dramatic acting 
2.5
The Middle Man
Peter Howell
The theme is grief not normally a subject for mirth But just watch Norwegian actor Pal Sverre Hagen go as Frank the absurd middle man tasked with being the bearer of bad news 
3
Shrek
Peter Canavese
Classic fairy tale fantasy In some ways this 20th Anniversary Special Edition 4K HD blu ray release sharpens the relatively early 2001 CGI animation highlighting the processes flaws 
3.5
Shrek
Matt Brunson
The first Oscar for Best Animated Feature went to Shrek an absurd choice to those of us who believe that Pixar s Monsters Inc was that year s best toon flick Still this is nevertheless a snappy comedy that manages to stick it to the entire genre 
3
Shrek
Matt Soergel
The story s simple the quest not that complicated But the joy of Shrek is in the telling in the details along the way 
3.5
Shrek
Michael Sragow
A a computer animated burlesque fairy tale that generates more belly laughs than any live action comedy since Best in Show 
3.5
Shrek
Jami Bernard
The brilliance of the voice work script direction and animation all serve to make Shrek an adorable infectious work of true sophistication 
4
Shrek
David Sterritt
The story has rollicking moments and the visuals are amazingly realistic 
3
Shrek
Nick Rogers
Though imperfect Shrek offers enough diversions from animation s go go go that it s been sad after lackluster third and fourth installments to see the lovable green guy turn the way of impersonal franchise cash grabbing 
4
Shrek
Jordan Hiller
Shrek is amusing and charming and it stands on it s own but it does not rival Disney s best and I m not saying it needs to but that simply is the bar 
3
Shrek
Betsy Bozdech
A well cast well made movie in which the spectacular animation while impressive definitely plays second fiddle to the strong story and engaging characters 
4
Shrek
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I seem to be the only one in the world unimpressed by this so so animated feature 
2.5
Shrek
Scott Nash
What saves this movie are the performances by the actors particularly Murphy and Myers 
3
Shrek
Wesley Lovell
A fresh twist on the fairytale humor genre 46 
3.5
Shrek
Margaret A. McGurk
Big hearted silly wicked and loaded with laughs 
3.5
Shrek
Collin Souter
A contemporary yet sophisticated concoction that throws almost every cliché yet casts a spell over us with its charm and inventiveness 
3.5
Shrek
Robert Sims
Forget Pinocchio or Snow White children will want their parents to read them the adventures of Shrek when it s time to pick a bedtime story 
3.5
Shrek
Mark Dujsik
Has a diabolical sense of humor and a really big heart 
3.5
Shrek
Ian Mantgani
It delivers what the founders of DreamWorks Pictures originally promised alternative yet accessible entertainment 
3.5
Shrek
David Keyes
one of the most delightful charming imaginative and superlative endeavors that computer animation has offered since the original Toy Story 
4
Shrek
Jorge Avila Andrade
La más jocosa mágica y deslumbrante experiencia fílmica del año
3.5
Shrek
Robert Roten
Shrek is more than just a dazzling technical achievement in digital animation it is a witty clever charming romantic comedy about heroism love and friendship 
3.5
Shrek
James Kendrick
A delightfully irreverent fairy tale 
3.5
Shrek
Mike McGranaghan
The new technology is opening up entire worlds for moviegoers Shrek is a prime example of this new movie magic 
4
Shrek
Emily Blunt
The characters are so three dimensional you forget you re watching painted digital creatures thought up by animation wizards 
4
Shrek
Elias Savada
The millennium s first great animated classic has been born Long live Shrek 
4
Shrek
Mick LaSalle
This is beautiful work 
3
Shrek
Susan Wloszczyna
An exuberant Eddie Murphy gives the comic performance of his career 
4
Shrek
Roger Ebert
Jolly and wicked filled with sly in jokes and yet somehow possessing a heart 
4
Shrek
John Zebrowski
The movie is helped immensely by its cast who carry it through some of the early sluggish scenes But this is Murphy s movie Donkey gets most of the good lines and Murphy hits every one 
3
Shrek
Mary Kalin-Casey
Not just a good kids film but a genuinely funny comedy 
3.5
Shrek
Lou Lumenick
A fat green ogre with a grouchy disposition and worse manners Shrek is the sort of unlikely hero that nobody could love except just about everyone who sees this hip and hilarious animated delight 
4
Shrek
Rene Rodriguez
A gleefully fractured fairy tale that never becomes cynical or crass 
3
Shrek
Susan Stark
Swift sweet irreverent rangy and as spirited in the writing and voice work as it is splendid in design 
4
Shrek
Bruce Newman
It has the big green earmarks of a classic 
4
Shrek
Rick Groen
Much of it seems a little sad a deconstructivist overlay of jaded irony 
2.5
Shrek
Joe Lozito
Not quite as clever as the Toy Story films but still features some first rate vocal performances by Mike Myers Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow 
3.5
Shrek
Frank Lovece
Fast irreverent and magnificently animated and acted 
4
Shrek
Desmond Ryan
A picture that truly is a perfect family film 
4
Shrek
Mark Caro
Toy Story 2 had a higher in jokes laughs ratio without straining to demonstrate its hipness or to evoke heartfelt emotions 
2.5
Shrek
Rob Blackwelder
A drolly satirical but genuinely enchanting animated adventure 
3
Shrek
Steve Rhodes
Even though Shrek never enters Pixar s rarified league it is an imaginative and side splitting movie that is a treat for young and old 
3.5
Shrek
Erik Childress
This isn t just a fractured fairy tale it s a storybook vision in a mushroom cloud of imagination and fun 
4
Shrek
Harvey S. Karten
Big hit with kids AND adults but didn t gratify me 
2.5
Shrek
Jeanne Aufmuth
This isn t your grandmother s animated movie 
3.5
Shrek
Ross Anthony
A fresh fruitatious smorgasbord of laughter that has but one disappointing blemish 
3
Shrek
James Berardinelli
Shrek is not a guilty pleasure for sophisticated movie goers it is purely and simply a pleasure 
3.5
Shrek
Peter Travers
A world class charmer 
3.5
Shrek
Ed Gonzalez
This postmodern Dreamworks cartoon takes brilliant albeit infrequenet jabs at Disney s totalitarian control of the fairy tale genre 
2.5
Shrek
Michael Dequina
The same low tech requirements hold in the high tech world of digital cinema it all starts with the script 
4
Shrek
Dustin Putman
A new animated classic has been born 
3.5
The Mercy
Rob Thomas
This is really a one man show for Firth as we spend long stretches with him on the boat watching his stiff upper lip British façade splinter and crumble in the face of harsh weather mounting mechanical problems and punishing loneliness 
3
The Mercy
Rex Reed
It all seems doomed from the start and never in the same throat gripping class with such fateful horrors at sea epics as Adrift or Robert Redford s All is Lost 
2
The Mercy
Peter Sobczynski
The film has been made with plenty of sincerity and no small amount of effort but with no idea of what it wants to say 
2
The Mercy
Joey Magidson
Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz very nearly drag this one over the finish line 
2.5
The Mercy
Roger Moore
Subtle acting a growing sense of tragedy with a hint of magnificence about it 
3.5
The Mercy
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This is apointless adventure as well as the same film focused on this pathetic adventure Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
0
Happy New Year
Namrata Joshi
The film plods at the start with long intros to each of the characters and big doses of slapstick action complete with the cake routine 
2
Happy New Year
Danny Bowes
If Happy New Year inspires anyone to check out Main Hoon Na or Om Shanti Om it will count as a success on that ground alone 
2.5
Twisted: A Balloonamentary
Joe Neumaier
Doesn t stretch too far but has a nice handle on people whose chosen art form is flexing liquid latex 
2
Twisted: A Balloonamentary
Erik Childress
A whole lot of fun about real people trying to make a living and an unexpectedly moving tribute to their journey 
3
Dream Home
Peter Keough
The carnage is excruciating and sometimes funny and the quiet rage of Ho s heroine is almost comprehensible But the flashback format is clumsy and confusing and the violence veers toward the misogynistic 
2.5
Dream Home
Glenn Lovell
We re billboarding this bloodbath because it s stylish jaw droppingly funny and features a knockout performance by Ho who brings to mind the young Deneuve of Repulsion 
3
Dream Home
Dustin Putman
Horror fans will be elated with what could be the bravest slasher effort of the last couple years 
3
Dream Home
Erik Childress
20 minutes of creative over the top mayhem is not enough to overcome the everyday drama and overstuffed structure particularly when the punchline to the whole scheme is low rent Lex Luthor or high rent Police Academy 6 
2
Dream Home
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a surprisingly hilarious and deeply sickening midnight freak out and for a director known more for character driven melodramas and comedies it s a delectably disgusting change of pace worth crowing about 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Kam Williams
Vintage Nicholson and Keaton like fine wines improve with age 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Lori Hoffman
Keaton has been handed the role of a lifetime a Ferrari among Edsels and she floors that baby from start to finish 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tierna romántica encantadora y con un elenco de alto calibre es una de esas cintas que nos recuerdan que el amor no tiene edad Una verdadera delicia 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Mick LaSalle
The moments between the characters are absolutely full It s a pleasure to watch such consummate professionals 
4
Something's Gotta Give
James Kendrick
a lively romantic comedy that is sometimes clever often hilarious but overlong
3
Something's Gotta Give
Jeffrey Westhoff
This superficial romantic comedy wastes Keaton s blossoming performance which Nicholson often steps on anyway 
2
Something's Gotta Give
Tony Toscano
God bless her for reminding Hollywood a woman over 50 is still beautiful 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Linda Cook
It s The Jack Who Came to Dinner 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
David Nusair
46 46 46 a languidly paced romance that fares best in its engaging and lighthearted first half 46 46 46 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
James Verniere
Keaton and Nicholson are a throwback to the great romantic comedy couples of Hollywood s golden past as well as an example for the younger generation 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Jonathan R. Perry
Jack gets away with playing Jack because who else does it better But it s Keaton who keeps their chemistry firing on all cylinders 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For the film s first hour Meyers dialogue sparkles 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Matt Brunson
A resplendent love story soiled by an ending that hangs from the rest of the picture as awkwardly as a Florida chad 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Sara Brady
Wallows in self referential smugness deliriously amused with its own cleverness 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Walter Chaw
That old familiar stink is just what Dr Keanu ordered 
1
Something's Gotta Give
David N. Butterworth
Any hints at sophistication and there are many are constantly undermined by smarminess and cornball predictability 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
John Beifuss
The film works because at its simple core it is a heartfelt valentine to Diane Keaton 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Mike McGranaghan
I went from thinking This movie is great to thinking This movie sucks 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Dustin Putman
Something s Gotta Give is witty smart and charismatically electric three vital elements rare to find in most of today s romantic comedies 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Frank Ochieng
Something s Gotta Give is trite and overly cloying for its own good to the point that the pretentiousness factor is as jumpy as Nicholson s devilish facial expressions
2
Something's Gotta Give
Sara Michelle Fetters
But despite the obviousness of the casting this bubble gum layered romantic comedy for adults is a surprisingly pleasant affair 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Steve Rhodes
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton what an inspired pairing 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Moira MacDonald
As a valentine to Keaton and a rare romantic comedy in which both leads need glasses to see what time it is it provides some long overdue pleasures 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Leigh Johnson
Something s Gotta Give may not be as good as it gets but it s an intelligent funny look at relationships with a great performance by Diane Keaton 
3
Something's Gotta Give
David Elliott
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton show how romantic chemistry can make champagne 
4
Something's Gotta Give
Joe Baltake
While there s a lot to be said for a serious deep think piece and a raw independent film can be invigorating nothing quite matches a slick gleaming Hollywood production when it s done right and when it s smart And this one twinkles with smarts 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Peter Travers
Keaton nails every laugh and nuance in this tart terrific romantic comedy 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Kim Morgan
There s just not enough substance here to make for anything other than a dippy feel good comedy that pokes fun at what often happens in real life people around the same age can fall in love 
2
Something's Gotta Give
Jami Bernard
It s about time the mature woman got the romantic upper hand making Something s Gotta Give a long time coming 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Katrina Onstad
A movie that lets an ageing actress dominate the screen and what a pleasure it is to watch a star reborn at any age 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Bob Strauss
There is so much here that you ve just gotta love that when it gets around to the stuff that you just can t you ve gotta give it slack anyway 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Robert W. Butler
True it may be viewed as a fantasy for older single women Yet it s not cheap and superficial It makes us laugh and think and feel 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Jeff Vice
Keaton really is terrific and her elegant Erica is one of the most endearingly sweet screen characters to come along in quite some time 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Lisa Kennedy
As dazzlingly enjoyable as it is deeply intelligent 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Roger Ebert
Keaton and Nicholson bring so much experience knowledge and humor to their characters that the film works in ways the screenplay might not have even hoped for 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Wesley Morris
Doesn t America s 50 and fabulous set deserve better than a movie this superficial and pandering 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Bob Bloom
Something s Gotta Give works because of the magnetism of its two stars and the chemistry they generate 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Sean P. Means
Short of a full tilt doctoral dissertation you may never get a better deconstruction of the mystique of Jack Nicholson 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Rick Groen
A romance comedy of the type favoured by writer director Nancy Meyers who from her script for Private Benjamin to her remakes of Father of the Bride has never met a laugh she couldn t reduce to a formula 
2
Something's Gotta Give
Megan Lehmann
Unchallenging fluff 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Duane Dudek
Jack will always be a force of nature with a Cheshire cat grin But this time he is eclipsed by the incredible lightness of Keaton 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Erik Childress
Meyers couldn t resist living up to her predisposed reputation with an ending so false that it s almost indescribable 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
James Berardinelli
The problems lie not in the movie s ideas or casting but in the sitcom like screenplay employed by writer director Nancy Meyers and in the inability of the filmmakers to cut the movie down to a reasonable length 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Phoebe Flowers
To paraphrase a key line of Nicholson s Something s Gotta Give is a movie to love 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Phil Villarreal
At times hilarious and definitely the best date movie in theaters but that s not saying all that much 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Chris Hewitt
When Nicholson tells Keaton You re not like anybody her fans in the audience can t help but smile and say You ve got that right bub 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Bruce Newman
Both stars clock in considerably north of 50 and their romantic fumblings are consequently more fun to watch than anything that has ever happened to Brittany Murphy 
3
Something's Gotta Give
David Sterritt
Worth seeing for its offbeat story its tantalizing settings and most of all its spot on acting especially by Keaton and Nicholson whose amazing chemistry doesn t quit for a second 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Rene Rodriguez
A textbook example of how star power alone can sometimes shore up a rickety vehicle 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Terry Lawson
Keaton overcomes the convenience and contrivances of Meyers script to bring out the best in the predictable scenario not to mention in Nicholson 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Lawrence Toppman
Meyers takes a quantum leap forward from such feeble fluff as Father of the Bride and I Love Trouble 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Mary F. Pols
Nicholson smirks his way through one of the limpest phoned in performances he s given in years 
2
Something's Gotta Give
Steven Rea
With the likes of Nicholson Keaton Reeves and Peet and a fleeting funny few minutes with McDormand Something s Gotta Give is never less than entertaining 
3
Something's Gotta Give
John Anderson
All the romantic comedy cues are firmly in place buttressed by none of the substance 
1.5
Something's Gotta Give
Erich Scholz
With a surprisingly resonant emotional undercurrent this adult relationship comedy comes off as extremely likable if not lovable 
3.5
Something's Gotta Give
Michael Wilmington
Nicholson with his swagger and cunning and Keaton with her nerves and off kilter timing show us why the old style romantic comedies worked and why they can work just as well in an age of sexual candor 
3
Something's Gotta Give
Ross Anthony
Always surfing the edge of trite but nonetheless essentially entertaining the picture weakens due to an elongated resolution and predicted bow tied ending 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Paul Povse
Nancy Meyers is like some grandma who keeps hugging you harder than you want to be hugged 
2
Something's Gotta Give
Rob Blackwelder
Nicholson and Keaton aren t done justice by the picture s extraneous elongated twists and turns of the heart on its way to the pat ending you always knew would come 
2.5
Something's Gotta Give
Jeremiah Kipp
Sending up Jack Nicholson s real life penchant for dating younger women Something s Gotta Give benefits greatly from his rascally screen presence 
2
The Magnificent Seven
Matt Brunson
Akira Kurosawa 8217 s 1954 classic The Seven Samurai was remade in 1960 as a classic of another sort 46 
3.5
The Magnificent Seven
James Kendrick
a rousing adventure story that not only includes a brilliant cast but explores some of the deeper contradictions of the mythic noble outlaw
3.5
The Magnificent Seven
Scott Nash
The theme music is perfect It s a rousing score that will stick in your head 
4
Father of the Bride
Matt Brunson
What makes the movie and particularly Spencer Tracy s performance arguably his finest so exceptional is the manner in which it gently brings up the unavoidable heartbreak in this most enduring and celebrated of traditions 
4
Le Dernier Combat
David Nusair
Technically impressive yet entirely uninvolving 
1
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Felix Vasquez Jr.
When you re done oohing and aahing at the animation it s still as tedious empty and boring as the first film 
2
My Mom's New Boyfriend
David Nusair
an unmitigated disaster 
1.5
José
Godfrey Cheshire
The satisfactions of José as a whole offers are considerable and they begin with the human element 
3.5
José
Diego Semerene
Li Cheng gets much closer to capturing his characters predicaments when he trusts the images alone 
2.5
José
Roger Moore
A near perfectly observed character study with a vivid and novel sense of place 
3
Afternoon
Tina Hassannia
Some have called Afternoon more a DVD extra than a real film but I disagree like other Tsai films it establishes its own slow representation of time and the way human interactions and performances play out 
2.5
Some Velvet Morning
David Nusair
a massive disappointment 
2
Some Velvet Morning
Mary Houlihan
With Some Velvet Morning LaBute returns to the provocative style that made his name 
3
Some Velvet Morning
Matt Pais
You ll want to watch the film again immediately and it will rattle around in your head for hours If not longer 
3.5
Some Velvet Morning
Rex Reed
A sad example of what sometimes happens when a writer of gripping stage plays controls his own independent movie to his own selfish labored self satisfaction 
2
Some Velvet Morning
Robert Levin
Stanley Tucci and Alice Eve ably trade verbal volleys but the movie feels like an acting and writing workshop more than anything else 
2
Some Velvet Morning
Christy Lemire
It represents a return to the kind of writing and filmmaking with which Neil LaBute made his name 
3
Some Velvet Morning
Sara Stewart
An hour and a half of emotional manipulation seasoned with a dash of straight up violence 
1
Some Velvet Morning
Chuck Bowen
To watch teh film is to wonder once again why Neil LaBute was ever taken seriously as a so called dramatist of the gulf between the sexes 
.5
Dennis and Lois
Kent Turner
This is an unusually sincere and wholesome rock n roll documentary with scant anecdotes about bad or substance fueled behavior 
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Brian Eggert
Has none of the awe or spectacle that its predecessor had perfected 44 nor any of the thoughtful moral and scientific analysis that made Jurassic Park unique for an escapist adventure 46 
1.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Gene Siskel
I was disappointed as much as I was thrilled because The Lost World lacks a staple of Steven Spielberg s adventure films exciting characters 
2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
David Nusair
It s clear right from the word go that The Lost World Jurassic Park marks a considerable step down from its sublime predecessor 
2.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Josh Larsen
Narratively inept unconvincingly edited and nearly deficient of suspense 
1
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Maitland McDonagh
This summer s blockbuster to beat is beach reading for the big screen and why should it be otherwise 
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Jeanne Aufmuth
Been there done that Now there s just more of it 
2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Mick LaSalle
The Lost World has the vibe of obligatory sequel just what director Steven Spielberg probably wanted to avoid 
1
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Rick Groen
Special effects demand dino closeups but the technical miracles seem sadly mundane 
2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Andrew Howe
A cheerless heartless monstrosity 
1.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
James Kendrick
The Lost World is a tremendously enjoyable action adventure 
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Rob Blackwelder
The fact that the movie is literally dull comes as a surprise especially with the usually reliable Spielberg at the helm 
2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Chris Hicks
Steven Spielberg is no stranger to sequels But The Lost World grinds along as his most mechanical effort 
2.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Marty Mapes
Lost World Jurassic Park is the epitome of American mainstream action movies
3.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Mike Clark
Offers less screen rapture for your raptor than its predecessor did unless your sole priority is dino mighty effects 
2.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
James Berardinelli
Repetitiveness notwithstanding The Lost World boasts several edge of the seat moments 
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Roger Ebert
Where is the awe Where is the sense that if dinosaurs really walked the earth a film about them would be more than a monster movie Where are the ooohs and ahhhs 
2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Michael Dequina
Despite all of the basic improvements going into the production the perfectly entertaining finished product still somehow manages to fall short of the original film 
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Madeleine Williams
Although the film has more of nearly everything than its predecessor somehow the result is less 
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Steve Rhodes
Whereas Steven Spielberg s original Jurassic Park filled viewers with awe over the grandeur of nature his sequel The Lost World Jurassic Park achieves 134 minutes of tedium 
2
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Bill Stamets
Spielberg s dinos manipulated by a small army of puppeteers are watchable enough But these artificial critters have little reason to be resurrected in our era let alone on 3 300 screens over Memorial Day weekend 
1
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Ted Prigge
This was made to make money and entertain And I think it achieved both of those although not in any kind of spades 
2.5
Proud American
Emma Rose Johnson
It seems more like an hour and a half long infomercial for America than a narrative film or documentary Like something you might hallucinate on Flag Day 
0.5
Proud American
Linda Cook
Unashamedly sentimental with nary a big star to its name Proud American is an uplifting documentary about hard work and choosing the right path 
3
Proud American
Robert W. Butler
You can be all for religious tolerance up by the bootstraps enterprise and love of country and still be turned off by Proud American 
1.5
Proud American
Ken Fox
This weird tribute to the American spirit throws together a handful of real life Reader s Digest style stories to celebrate qualities we like to think of as quintessentially American 
1
New York Doll
Terry Lawson
The Doll in the title of the fine touching documentary New York Doll is far from a supermodel 
3
New York Doll
Duane Dudek
In the end it is hard to not feel that God does work in mysterious ways if the life of Arthur Killer Kane is any example 
3
New York Doll
Kurt Loder
A stirring film that turns Arthur Kane s largely heartbreaking rock and roll life into a small monument to the power of friendship and the wonders of the spirit 
3
New York Doll
Chris Hewitt
A nimble handsome film that also happens to be about a noteworthy guy the late Arthur Killer Kane 
3.5
New York Doll
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whiteley delicately balances both Kane s newfound devotion and his more glamorous rock n roll past and pays respect to both 
3.5
New York Doll
Ty Burr
The late Johnny Thunders didn t write You Can t Put Your Arms Around a Memory until after the Dolls had broken up but this lovely little heartbreaker of a movie takes the sentiment as its own 
3.5
New York Doll
Tom Keogh
Becomes a lovely portrait of a man coming back to himself without forgetting what else he s become 
4
New York Doll
Bob Strauss
It s hard to imagine much of an audience for this film outside of the limited ranks of Dolls fans or those who swoon over any whiff of celebrity ruin and retrieval regardless of how conventional 
2.5
New York Doll
Jeff Vice
One of those stories so incredible that even the most creative Hollywood screenwriters couldn t have come up with it 
3.5
New York Doll
Sean P. Means
Rocking warm funny touching and even heartbreaking Just like Arthur 
3.5
New York Doll
Ken Fox
This might be the only documentary that will appeal to punks and Mormons alike 
3.5
New York Doll
Lou Lumenick
New York Doll has a killer surprise ending that may leave even hard core punkers reaching for the Kleenex 
3
New York Doll
Jami Bernard
The film paints an affectionate portrait of a wry somewhat addled man whose hard partying past was in stark contrast with his later life a fluffy cat nestles in his guitar case while he explains his nickname 
2.5
New York Doll
John Anderson
A funny exhilarating and ultimately bittersweet paean to an era and a man 
3
New York Doll
Nick Schager
Poves that Mormonism and makeup adorned punk rock aren t oil and water entities 
2
The Last King of Scotland
David Nusair
Whitaker s superb work remains the highlight of an otherwise routine effort 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Wesley Lovell
Two terrific performances cap this interesting historical perspective on ruthless dictator Idi Amin 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Jeff Vice
Whitaker s riveting and deserved Oscar nominated performance pretty much dominates almost to the point of overpowering this fictionalized drama based on Giles Foden s novel 
3
The Last King of Scotland
John Beifuss
Compositions are dense with beautiful and brutal images and when the camera wobbles and the cuts become frequent the freneticism is justified by the increased fracturing of Amin s sanity and Garrigan s security 
4
The Last King of Scotland
Robert W. Butler
Though the film is mostly fiction Idi Amin was the real deal and Whitaker revels in the role 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Forrest Hartman
Forest Whitaker s intense studied performance shows Amin not only as a madman responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of his countrymen but as a charismatic figure capable of winning hearts and minds
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Nick Rogers
Forest Whitaker s performance isn t worth the greatest of all time hyperbole but the actor is so evil afraid and human in the role that he turns even a fart joke into nuance His unpredictable unstoppable force prevents the film from failing 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Daniel M. Kimmel
Whitaker shows him as a man who sees his own actions as perfectly rational He is not a cartoon villain but a dangerous madman 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Phil Villarreal
Whitaker shifts from jovial teddy bear to maniacal bull in an instant at once displaying the intimidation and charisma of an evil but undeniably colorful figure 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Jordan Hiller
As Idi Amin Whitaker embodies the spirit of a smiling deranged murderous fool Amin is a child with power and guns and a devastating to watch paranoia and inferiority complex 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Kam Williams
Recommended for the work of Forest Whitaker alone even if the gifted actor was restricted by a screenplay which squandered a golden opportunity to imbue his character with a complex range of motivations and emotions 
2
The Last King of Scotland
Mike McGranaghan
Last King powerfully explores the duality between congeniality and brutality 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Scott Nash
I would never sit through it again but for those of you who want to see every movie nominated for an Academy Award you d might as well go ahead and see this one now 
2
The Last King of Scotland
Jeffrey Westhoff
Amin s story is so thick with drama terror and bloodshed why create a fictional character to serve as a vantage point 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Susan Tavernetti
Whitaker s acting resurrects the dictator and his deeds with stunning immediacy 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Sara Michelle Fetters
Better thanks to Whitaker and his galvanizing portrait the film is never less than mesmerizing which makes realizing that it could have been so much more all the greater a disappointment 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Carla Meyer
The Last King of Scotland and especially Whitaker s performance provide insight into the troubled psyche of one of history s most terrifying leaders 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Amy Biancolli
See the movie for Whitaker alone He s possessed by evil and possesses it wholly rendering the film and everyone in it his plaything 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Terry Lawson
A good movie elevated by Whitaker s pitch perfect performance 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Peter Canavese
Graham Greene it s not Whitaker s striking work aside The Last King of Scotland is insipid obvious movieland history 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Sean O'Connell
A dominant Whitaker lords over this flawed mixture of history and intrigue 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Phoebe Flowers
A terrifically engaging biopic of 1970s Ugandan dictator Idi Amin who is played with the sort of extraordinary yet restrained force that only great actors like Forest Whitaker can manage 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Rene Rodriguez
Through its very specific story the movie illustrates how absolute power can corrupt those who wield it resulting in a man who once ensconced as a nation s leader uses all his available resources to ensure his own survival 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Duane Dudek
Watching Garrigan squirm in his gilded cage has its charms But Whitaker is the one to keep your eyes on and his work is the stuff of Oscar gold 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Matt Brunson
The sheer force of Whitaker s performance guarantees that he remains the central focus even when he s not in front of the camera Paradoxically you can t take your eyes off him even when he s not there 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Thomas Delapa
Whitaker dynamically gets his teeth into Amin capturing the schizoid conscience of a would be king Given Whitaker s dominating presence it s practically a coup that Macdonald would keep him waiting in the wings for half the film 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Garth Franklin
A solid dramatic thriller in its own right is lifted into higher territory by superb performances intriguing subject matter and impressive direction
3
The Last King of Scotland
Geoff Pevere
As Amin the actor holds every scene he s in with a kind of explosive gravity 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Moira MacDonald
Macdonald has delivered a masterful tragedy told in his characters wary eyes 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Ruthe Stein
At its heart of darkness the film is about the lure of power It s a condemnation of all the dictators men over all time 
4
The Last King of Scotland
David Elliott
The key achievement in this vividly shot and superbly cast drama is to make us fear for the slightly contemptible Garrigan but feel mostly for Ugandans even a little for Amin 
4
The Last King of Scotland
Jennie Punter
A compelling though somewhat problematic story set deep inside Idi Amin s brutal dictatorship in Uganda 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Michael Booth
By the end of this remarkable uneven film we believe that through Whitaker we have come to understand the very nature of power and corruption 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Bill Zwecker
This is director Kevin MacDonald s first feature film yet along with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle he has produced a motion picture that will become an instant political classic 
4
The Last King of Scotland
J. R. Jones
Forest Whitaker gives a titanic performance as the general and as he seduces the naive young man into his murderous regime director Kevin Macdonald unpacks the ignorance and arrogance that still characterize the West s attitude toward Africa 
4
The Last King of Scotland
Peter T. Chattaway
The performances are universally strong though the documentary like realism is hampered by the fact that the story revolves around a fictitious character like Garrigan 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a curious piece of work part biopic part history lesson and part Hitchcockian thriller Unfortunately Macdonald is not skilled enough to meld the three 
2.5
The Last King of Scotland
Willie Waffle
Whitaker puts in one of the most amazing acting performances of the year making Amin appear to be equally likable and detestable all at the same time
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Carrie Rickey
Great as Whitaker is in this juicy slab of Oscar bait Macdonald s movie doesn t have much to offer beyond a pair of stunning performances propulsive editing fantastic scenery and the heartbeat rhythms of African music 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Chris Hewitt
Although Last King is faithful to the novel it is superior in almost every way 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Peter Travers
Whitaker is on fire and as long as he s onscreen King keeps you riveted 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Michael Phillips
Whitaker doesn t so much play the Ugandan president and charismatic monster deposed in 1979 and responsible for an estimated 300 000 deaths as he lights a slow fuse on a highly complex bomb 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Matt Pais
Whitaker is a commanding force as he navigates the line between charmer and monster 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Josh Larsen
His sleepy eyes hinting at buried malevolence Whitaker s Amin will make you flinch in your seat each time he appears 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Janos Gereben
Last King is a wonderful compendium of facts and greater truths Also a hell of a good movie 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Jack Mathews
Whitaker s performance is absolutely spellbinding and should land him his first Oscar nomination 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Erik Childress
This isn t a history lesson it s Playing God co starring Idi Amin with Scully instead of Mulder 
1.5
The Last King of Scotland
Jan Stuart
The colonialist spirit is alive and well in The Last King of Scotland a return to the pandering celluloid depictions of African turmoil that insist on putting a white face on black suffering 
2
The Last King of Scotland
Steve Rhodes
In a remarkably restrained piece of acting Whitaker gives us a likable totalitarian madman whose bluster appears more amusing than terrifying 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Maitland McDonagh
Forest Whitaker s mesmerizing performance as Idi Amin drives Kevin Macdonald s adaptation of Giles Foden s 1998 novel about the dictator s reign of terror which left Uganda s once thriving economy in ruins and at least 300 000 of his countrymen dead 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Claudia Puig
Whitaker is formidably compelling as a man whose quixotic temperament and larger than life persona both fascinate and repel 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Timothy Knight
Featuring vivid supporting performances from Simon McBurney and Gillian Anderson The Last King of Scotland is one of 2006 s best films to date 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Stephen Whitty
The movie s real power and true greatness comes from Whitaker Whether or not it s forgotten at awards season it s guaranteed to be remembered for a long time to come 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Kyle Smith
The Last King of Scotland is a parable shocking in its truth jolting in its lack of sentimentality Shakespearean in its vision of the doctor s catastrophic flaw 
3.5
The Last King of Scotland
Bob Strauss
It would all be for naught without Whitaker who makes Amin fun funny vulnerable and poignant while never letting us forget his murderous monomania 
3
The Last King of Scotland
James Berardinelli
The Last King of Scotland isn t for everyone but for those who can stomach its brutality it offers a compelling look into how such a popular leader became known as one of Africa s most vicious dictators of the 1970s 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Glenn Kenny
Forest Whitaker shines in this high voltage portrayal of the maniacal and maniacally charming Ugandan dictator Idi Amin 
3
The Last King of Scotland
Jeremiah Kipp
Provides a vivid snapshot of Uganda and a tour de force portrayal of a creature who is all the more horrifying because his evil is so recognizable and so chillingly embracing and warm 
3
Malmkrog
Ben Flanagan
It all has the makings of a game of Clue but the mysteries here are linguistic 
3
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...
Kent Turner
Spry and light on its feet with madcap slapstick humor that will appeal to kids and adults 
3
No Reservations
Mike McGranaghan
There s nothing in this story that you haven t seen before and you ll know everything that s going to happen long before it does yet it s all done with such charm and style that you won t care 
3
No Reservations
Michael Dequina
If there s a surprise to be had here it s how the predictable stream of events flow without the slightest bit of tension manufactured or otherwise 
2
No Reservations
Lori Hoffman
despite a lack of heat outside the kitchen Catherine Zeta Jones and Aaron Eckhart are engaging enough as performers to keep us rooting for them 
2.5
No Reservations
Susan Tavernetti
Although all the performances are good Kate s character often rings false 
2.5
No Reservations
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hicks directs with polite seriousness using too many montages and too much bland dialogue 
1.5
No Reservations
Matt Brunson
Whereas Ratatouille is the filmic equivalent of an entree think of this pleasant time filler as a particularly palatable side dish 
3
No Reservations
Camerin Courtney
If you want a romantic comedy that s mostly charming and doesn t insult your intelligence or morals I suggest this light heartwarming summer fare with just a few reservations 
2.5
No Reservations
Gary Brown
While European films have a certain subtlety about them American versions lose a little something in the translation like taking a vintage Dom Perignon and distilling it into Pabst Blue Ribbon 
2
No Reservations
Linda Cook
No Reservations is a bland movie about food The show is middling fare that could have used more spice 
2
No Reservations
Claudia Puig
No Reservations is worth penciling in to your schedule though it s more guilty diversion than memorable feast 
3
No Reservations
Ken Fox
Such undercooking accounts for a lot of the film s forgettable flavor and is the main reason you ll feel hungry again an hour after leaving the theater 
2.5
No Reservations
Geoff Pevere
A shamelessly microwaved American rewarming of the 2002 German romantic comedy Mostly Martha 
1.5
No Reservations
Moira MacDonald
The cast makes the film a warm and agreeable experience 
3
No Reservations
Bruce Newman
You don t need to have been a fan of the terrific German film Mostly Martha that inspired this remake or even to have seen the original to recognize that her American cousin has a tendency to overcook things 
1.5
No Reservations
Mick LaSalle
To see No Reservations is to see what s wrong with a lot of American movies A remake Mostly Martha it takes a winning recipe and adds some distinctly Hollywood flavors It takes adult characters and has them behave like children 
1
No Reservations
David Elliott
From Mostly Martha to Mainly Comfort Food by way of the Hollywood microwave 
2
No Reservations
Carla Meyer
When aunt and niece eventually bond the moment is truly affecting But the length of time it takes to get there underscores how thin this story is 
2.5
No Reservations
Gary Goldstein
It s predictable and safe but taken on its own terms No Reservations is also a likeable film 
3
No Reservations
Stephen Whitty
The surface is as fine and brittle as a souffl but the inside is just as full of air Touch it once and it deflates 
2
No Reservations
Lou Lumenick
A souffl of a romantic and family comedy that stubbornly refuses to rise 
2
No Reservations
Elizabeth Weitzman
The first lesson we learn in Scott Hicks contrived romance No Reservations is that there s no greater sin than to overcook a quail The second is that a blandly seasoned comedy is nearly as unappetizing 
2
No Reservations
Connie Ogle
No Resevations adds nothing new to the rom com recipe but its sweetness lingers 
2.5
No Reservations
Bob Strauss
Nice as all this good food looks we can t smell it taste it or feel its textures in a movie which usually leaves me hungry for something more substantial to sink my teeth into 
2.5
No Reservations
Loey Lockerby
It doesn t have the freshness and inspiration of a gourmet meal but it makes for a pretty decent reheated leftover 
2.5
No Reservations
Amy Biancolli
It has the smooth caramelized sheen of a confection that goes down easy but won t be too hard to forget 
2.5
No Reservations
Liam Lacey
Though it loses something in the American homogenization No Reservations is still a passable romantic dish 
2.5
No Reservations
Terry Lawson
In the same way that leftover food sometimes tastes better warmed over No Reservations is a more enjoyable film than the 2001 German film on which it is based Mostly Martha 
3
No Reservations
Lisa Kennedy
No Reservations may not be grand eats but it is tasty 
3
No Reservations
Roger Ebert
The movie is a remake of Mostly Martha 2001 a German film very much liked by many No Reservations doesn t seem to reinvent it so much as recycle it 
2
No Reservations
Ty Burr
No Reservations starring Catherine Zeta Jones as a persnickety New York chef makes a corned beef hash out of Mostly Martha the much loved 2001 German film from which it has been Hollywoodized 
2.5
No Reservations
John Wirt
Another zesty foreign flick ground into American hamburger 
2
No Reservations
Sean P. Means
It s hard to tell who s more out of element in No Reservations the icily beautiful Catherine Zeta Jones playing the lead in a romantic comedy or Scott Hicks trying to direct one 
2
No Reservations
David Nusair
an amiable piece of work 
2.5
No Reservations
Sara Michelle Fetters
So color me pleasantly surprised because Hicks version written by freshman scribe Carol Fuchs is easily the director s best since his Oscar winning 1996 opus Shine 
3
No Reservations
Mark Dujsik
Warm genuine and a pleasant surprise 
3
No Reservations
Willie Waffle
No Reservations has no surprises but it is lighthearted and loving enough to make up for it It s one of those movies that is entirely predictable yet you don t care 
2.5
No Reservations
Glenn Kenny
All involved in fact hit their marks on the way to the picture s warm fuzzy complacent denouement 
2
No Reservations
Carrie Rickey
Alas not even Eckhart and Breslin can get Zeta Jones to simmer 
2.5
No Reservations
Jeff Vice
One of the few movies out there that doesn t stoop to low brow humor and bad taste elements The film s humor and drama is sweeter and comes from believable character and story development 
3
No Reservations
Lawrence Toppman
The movie gives a modest level of pleasure mainly because of Stuart Dryburgh s handsome varied cinematography and the performances of the leads 
2.5
No Reservations
Steve Rhodes
Like bland cooking No Reservations may look appetizing but it s missing some key ingredients it s lovely but relatively tasteless 
2.5
No Reservations
Ross Anthony
There are moments that work but on the whole this production just doesn t flow well doesn t drive doesn t build to climax One other hindrance the heavy handed score 
1
No Reservations
Mack Bates
What the film lacks in substance it more than makes up for in style 
2.5
No Reservations
Michael Phillips
The salacious close ups of saucepans and gnocchi and quail guarantee it After seeing No Reservations you ll be hungry for a really top flight meal And to go with it a better film 
2
No Reservations
Dustin Putman
Might have been worth recommending had the film cut to end credits during a key sequence set to Liz Phair s Count on My Love Unfortunately director Scott Hicks trudges forward with plotting that gets dumber by the minute 
2
No Reservations
Kit Bowen
No delicacies here No Reservations is just as bland and predictable as a frozen TV dinner 
1.5
No Reservations
Matt Pais
Breslin that little thief steals another average movie from her elders 
2.5
No Reservations
Chris Hewitt
No Reservations I have some reservations 
2
No Reservations
John Anderson
Based on the popular German comedy Mostly Martha it doesn t leave a bad taste It doesn t leave much taste at all save perhaps for the cloying echoes of Velveeta cheese 
2
No Reservations
Sean McBride
just right for fans looking for a little romance at the movies this weekend 
3.5
No Reservations
Joe Lozito
The ingredients of a delicious romantic comedy are left slightly undercooked in this remake of 2001 s Mostly Martha 
2.5
No Reservations
Josh Larsen
Blaring opera in the kitchen and talking to the fish Eckhart is the Patch Adams of the culinary world 
2
No Reservations
Peter Canavese
A great big cheeseburger of a movie For those who have been waiting for Philip Glass to score a pillow fight your wait is over 
2.5
No Reservations
Phil Villarreal
A remake not only of Mostly Martha but of every romantic comedy featuring an uptight woman who learns to cut loose and enjoy life with a freewheeling new beau 
2
No Reservations
James Berardinelli
It s not exactly revolutionary territory but it is effectively presented and it will be hard to find viewers who aren t at least a little moved by what director Scott Hicks has placed on the screen 
3
No Reservations
Nick Schager
A cinematic culinary treat for those without a discerning palate 
1.5
Madame
Brad Wheeler
As for the onscreen compatibility of the two talented actors I ve seen better chemistry at a middle school science fair 
2
Madame
James Berardinelli
Madame aspires to more than it delivers but the film s failure to highlight its only worthwhile character makes it feel cluttered with irrelevant and at times annoying material 
2.5
Madame
Bruce DeMara
Sthers demonstrates a sure hand throughout in casting and plotting delivering a compelling tale of love and betrayal 
3.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Brian Eggert
Made with autobiographical flourishes the film acknowledges through wild visual and narrative symbolism the monumentality of Gilliam s filmmaking travails how he has been all but crushed by those in power 
4
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sean P. Means
Fate s cruel trick taking Heath Ledger from us midway through filming has inspired Gilliam to make one of his most inventive and strange films 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Rob Humanick
Walks a thin line between the convenient and the absurd 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
James Kendrick
although there are resplendent moments they are mired in the kind of general narrative mishmash that makes you wish Gilliam would get outside his own head a little more and try harder to get inside of ours
2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
John Wirt
More for Terry Gilliam completists and Heath Ledger s more devoted fans than a general audience 
2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Peter Canavese
Endearingly packed to the rafters with ornate anachronistic artistry Gilliam s Imaginarium is a great place to window shop and get lost for a spell 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Mike Scott
There s a fine line that separates fantastical from nonsensical Too often Gilliam s film comes down on the wrong side 
2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Matt Brunson
One wishes the end result was a better tribute to a remarkable talent taken before his time 
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Robert W. Butler
Imaginarium might have worked as a short film but at two hours it becomes a soul sucking void 
1.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Lisa Kennedy
It teases with magnificently tantalizing moments that don t quite add up to one grand insight Which come to think of it is an epiphany of its own peculiar sort 
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
John Beifuss
Parnassus may be an unprecedented distillation of Gilliam s ideas about art and life but as presented here those ideas are less than compelling 
2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sean O'Connell
Those who find Gilliam visually stimulating should be willing to ride along 
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Rob Thomas
Seriously if you could make money designing other people s acid trips Gilliam would be a zillionaire 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sonny Bunch
Mr Gilliam hasn t made a masterpiece here but it s a fascinating tale with luscious visuals
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Ann Hornaday
Shot through with a bold extravagant generosity of spirit this journey behind the literal and figurative looking glass marks a gratifying return to form for Gilliam whose recent films haven t quite lived up to his capacities 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Chris Hewitt
Gilliam is a more disciplined storyteller here than he has often been and the result is his most involving movie in years 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Mick LaSalle
It plays like a salvage job with all the attendant compromises Though the film is laden with backstory and exposition not much actually happens onscreen 
1
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Steve Ramos
Parnassus is an eye popping fairy tale a timeless tale of good battling evil and Gilliam s first film in a long while that wholly captures his vaudevillian spirit 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Michael A. Smith
I found this film to be a fitting and lasting tribute to the man it is lovingly dedicated to 
4
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Carrie Rickey
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is vintage Terry Gilliam a pour not to all tastes but one certain to please lovers of Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Jeff Vice
Gilliam is more sure footed and confident in his storytelling than he s been in years 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Ty Burr
Your mileage may vary especially if you feel that the gifted celebrity dead should be mourned with taste and decorum In which case why are you even at a Terry Gilliam movie 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Rene Rodriguez
Parnassus is a step up from Gilliam s two previous pictures the ineffectual The Brothers Grimm and the torturous Tideland but it still feels like a cobbled collection of ideas and conceits rather than a stand alone story 
2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Peter Keough
Just when Gilliam s art is on the point of imitating life and all life s incidental meaninglessness it convulses into an image of stunning weirdness and clarity and for a moment you can believe that movies really do hold the key to immortality 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Roger Ebert
I attended the Cannes screening of Doctor Parnassus to be baffled which I was and then the Chicago press screening where I had an idea what was coming and tried to reopen my mind 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Roger Moore
The cinema s greatest fantasist serves up towering cliffs and blinding blizzards Satan conjuring up clouds he can walk on a road of rose petals winding into a desert an imagination that has no peer 
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all razzle without the dazzle and no matter how great it all looked I still spent the majority of the film silently wishing for more 
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Walter Chaw
diary of an artist who keeps trying to amaze when no one s paying attention anymore
0.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Peter Howell
Parnassus continues Gilliam s decade old habit of sabotaging his work by piling on wild images without regard to character development or storytelling 
1
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Lou Lumenick
Not up to the very best work of either Gilliam or Ledger but it s a surprisingly satisfying coda to the latter s all too brief career 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Claudia Puig
Though rambling and at times self indulgent its wit and pageantry boosted by Heath Ledger s final performance render it irresistible 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Fernando F. Croce
Crammed with shifting CGI canvases and frenetic revues right out of Monty Python Imaginarium is a galumphing bacchanal of illusionist clutter that s frequently unwieldy but rarely less than deeply felt 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
James Berardinelli
If I was a teacher and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was a student s paper I would give it an incomplete 
2.5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Peter Travers
Despite a shaky framework the magic works It s a chance to see Ledger one last time in the act of doing what he loved Take it 
3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Vicky Roach
For a film that lost one of its key players Heath Ledger mid way through production The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus is remarkably cohesive Marks a return to form for Gilliam 
3.5
Blackwoods
Lou Lumenick
Director Uwe Boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude 70s throwback 
1
The Driftless Area
Roger Moore
It s watchable but more a movie that you like and appreciate than respect or feel challenged by 
2
Korengal
Tom Keogh
Most fascinating is the seemingly unanimous feeling that while deployment in Korengal was hard and heartbreaking these veterans would do it all again just to stay together to remain brothers who mutually understand something no on else will ever know 
3
Korengal
Tirdad Derakhshani
In a series of expertly edited interviews conducted with infantrymen on their way home after a year in the Korengal Valley Junger exposes us to the war s psychological toll 
3
Korengal
Michael O'Sullivan
Restrepo felt like the story of how boys become men Korengal feels like the story of how strangers become family 
2.5
Korengal
Walter V. Addiego
The film is a tribute to the courage tenacity and sorrow of the men with their boots on the ground in a place very far away 
3
Korengal
Matt Pais
Highly relevant leftovers 
3
Korengal
Ty Burr
The first film was for us This one s for them 
3
Korengal
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is passionate but not exactly revelatory 
2.5
Korengal
Ed Gonzalez
The result is an alternately gripping and dully meandering patchwork of these soldiers stay in the Korengal that pointedly shuns big picture philosophizing 
2
Grand départ
Kam Williams
A bittersweet tale of sibling rivalry about a couple of polar opposites endeavoring to bury the hatchet for the sake of their rapidly expiring dad 
3
Sumo East and West
Walter Chaw
The collision of cultures hinted at but skirted 
2
Sumo East and West
Steve Rhodes
Using operatic music SUMO East and West gives sumo an almost a surreal significance 
3
Still the Water
Matt Zoller Seitz
A gentle 44 quiet 44 intimate but big seeming film 46 
3
Erēmīta (Anthologies)
Matt Fagerholm
What s most rewarding about curator Sam Abbas short film collection is how it magnifies the ways in which all of us regardless of where we live have become intrinsically connected by the challenges of this unprecedented era 
3
Twins
David Nusair
46 46 46 a seemingly foolproof premise that 8217 s employed to mildly watchable yet predominantly disappointing effect 46 46 46 
2
Twins
Dave Kehr
For all of its geniality and gushing good will Ivan Reitman s Twins remains an advertising campaign in search of a movie 
2
Twins
Gene Siskel
Schwarzenegger is amusing as a fish out of water in a land full of sharks 
3
Twins
Jack Garner
There s a diamond at the core of this film but you have to press down on a whole lot of coal to get to it 
2.5
Twins
Roger Ebert
It is an engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness 
3
Red Pomegranate
Matt Brunson
As a visual exercise it s a dazzling achievement filmed in a manner that s almost impossible to describe 
3.5
Red Pomegranate
Jeremy Heilman
As much as I can recognize the obvious effort and specific intent that went into the film I am at a complete loss to comprehend what exactly it s trying to say to me 
1.5
Last Ounce of Courage
Sean P. Means
Politics aside the hamfisted melodrama amateurish acting a tasteless finale and a cameo by either God or a ZZ Top cover band refugee make Last Ounce of Courage laughably awful 
0
Last Ounce of Courage
Michael O'Sullivan
The sheer volume of what I like to call eyebrow acting in which thespian intensity is directly proportional to the angle and depth of one s forehead furrows is staggering 
1
Last Ounce of Courage
Mark Feeney
The problem with this numbskull travesty isn t that it s fatuous and smug which it is It s that it s slack and dull 
0.5
Last Ounce of Courage
Chris Foran
A good reminder that storytelling clichs and inattention to narrative detail can detract from a movie s message 
2
Last Ounce of Courage
Mike McGranaghan
Filled with flawed ideas subtle bigotry and amateurish technique Last Ounce of Courage tested my last ounce of patience 
0.5
Desert Flower
John Hartl
Written and directed by German filmmaker Sherry Hormann it works as well as it does because of the performances she s drawn from a solid cast 
3
Desert Flower
Roger Ebert
It has a compelling message and surrounds it with biopic scenes that appear to be brought in from a different kind of movie The effect is rather unsettling 
2.5
Desert Flower
Diego Semerene
The film s unabashed willingness to go from bleak topical piece on genital mutilation to guilty pleasure glamour can be disconcerting 
2
Desert Flower
V.A. Musetto
Good idea mediocre presentation 
2
Net Games
David Nusair
Howell seems uncomfortable and somewhat embarrassed to be in the movie 
1
Proper Eyes
Rene Rodriguez
Proper Eyes disappoints in terms of its story which turns out to be too slight 
2.5
The Gong Show Movie
Matt Brunson
Following Chuck Barris around as he deals with folks clamoring to be on the show it s less A Hard Day s Night and more a hard day s watch 
1
The Sculptress
David N. Butterworth
Laughable and ludicrous 
0
Microbe and Gasoline
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Michel Gondry s coming of age road movie Microbe and Gasoline is surprisingly his best film since Be Kind Rewind or even Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 
3.5
Microbe and Gasoline
Sean P. Means
Gondry keeps his usual offbeat style in check though the design of the boys house car is pretty whimsical Mostly he finds the joy in the boys small triumphs of growing up contemplating girls and becoming fast friends 
3
Microbe and Gasoline
Richard Roeper
We appreciate the unique personalities of these two kids and we re glad they found each other 
3
Microbe and Gasoline
Robert Horton
Overall it feels as tiny as the boys house on wheels a nice idea for a short film that doesn t really sustain its 105 minute running time 
2
Microbe and Gasoline
John Hartl
The laughs are sometimes bigger than expected and so are the emotions stirred by the bittersweet finale 
3
Microbe and Gasoline
Josh Larsen
Gondry refrains from indulging his imagination in favor of building a realistic emotional richness 
3.5
Microbe and Gasoline
Ty Burr
Charming melancholy and in the end not terribly memorable Microbe Gasoline shows the gifted filmmaking eccentric Michel Gondry pulling back to more personal territory 
2.5
Microbe and Gasoline
Tirdad Derakhshani
A cross between François Truffaut s sometimes harrowing dramas about childhood and a Steven Spielberg fantasy Gondry s film abounds with sentiment without falling prey to sentimentality 
3
Microbe and Gasoline
Michael O'Sullivan
Microbe and Gasoline doesn t reinvent the wheel but it just might ride four of them into your heart 
3
Microbe and Gasoline
Mick LaSalle
In the end it all has about the same impact as looking at wallpaper assuming the wallpaper is tasteful and inoffensive 
2
Microbe and Gasoline
Nick Allen
While Gondry calms his creative instincts to toy with the ordinary he indirectly errs on making Microbe and Gasoline his first forgettable film 
2.5
Microbe and Gasoline
Mike McGranaghan
An appealingly offbeat and intelligent teen comedy 
3
Microbe and Gasoline
Ed Gonzalez
Microbe and Gasoline is too an allegorical depiction of the awkwardness of the teenage experience 
3
Springsteen & I
Dan DeLuca
The movie is essentially made by Springsteen fans so naturally it s pretty much made for Springsteen fans Haters need not apply 
3
Springsteen & I
Stephen Whitty
Springsteen I can be entertaining But it never rises above the level of the sort of bonus DVD you sometimes get free with a new album 
2.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Scott Nash
In 1999 was there a more suave man on the planet than Pierce Brosnan 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie is basically a no brainer but has some intrigue and a healthy dose of seduction 
2.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Margaret A. McGurk
A fully adult movie almost a throwback to the days when the big screen was full of good grown up fun 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jeffrey Westhoff
The best thing about The Thomas Crown Affair is that it doesn t give a hang if the 14 year olds show up 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
James Kendrick
an exercise in sexual chemistry and fashion
2.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Rod Dreher
Renee Russo is an absolute knockout 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
Susan Stark
Sleek and slick in equal measure The Thomas Crown Affair confirms that it s well worth hearing a good story twice 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
David N. Butterworth
If you re gonna remake a classic then this is the way to do it 
3.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Michael Dequina
Russo has finally found a role that enables her to blend her popular brand of vulnerable machisma with a strong dose of natural feminine wiles 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
Susan Wloszczyna
Russo is a hot stuff revelation here It s enough to make Nicole Kidman put her clothes back on 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
Roger Ebert
It might be fun to see on an airplane or rent on video 
2.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
David Sterritt
A flighty affair but it s colorfully acted and tautly directed 
3
The Thomas Crown Affair
James Berardinelli
Thomas Crown Affair comes across as a pale shadow of the 1968 original 
2
The Thomas Crown Affair
Steve Rhodes
Full of inventiveness and audience pleasing twists the story ends on an especially satisfying high note 
2.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Madeleine Williams
Those expecting a caper flick will be bored to tears by the film s sluggish pace and will be chilled by the icy chemistry between the stars 
1.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Dustin Putman
When a film s story stops dead in its tracks simply to show somebody nude for no apparent reason you basically can sense that you re in for the long haul 
1.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
Elias Savada
a moderately aggressive commercial remake of a 30 year old classic bloating the style over content original into a p c model rooted in near Millennium sexuality 
2
The Thomas Crown Affair
Eugene Novikov
Ridiculous performances 
2.5
The Big Combo
David Nusair
a compelling promising setup that s employed to mostly watchable yet undeniably erratic effect 
2.5
The Bread, My Sweet
Forrest Hartman
Like a Lifetime movie that s a step ahead of its peers The Bread My Sweet is as gooey and tearful as the title suggests 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
V.A. Musetto
Alas good intentions do not always a good movie make 
2
The Bread, My Sweet
Gene Seymour
Despite good performances and a warm ambience this squishy story needed more time in the oven 
2
The Bread, My Sweet
David Sterritt
Although this Moonstruck knockoff is diverting to watch it s basically a low budget loaf of Italian American movie cliches 
2
The Bread, My Sweet
Glenn Lovell
Rises to the occasion and warms the heart while whetting the appetite 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Jeff Vice
If not for some odd R rated tendencies such as strong profanity this sappy inconsequential character piece would seem more like something that should have shown up on the Lifetime cable channel 
2
The Bread, My Sweet
Vic Vogler
After sampling the crostini and extended family love baked by the Brothers Pyzola you might make the Biscotti Co a second home 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Sean P. Means
You can guess what happens next though you may forgive the movie for it because everyone is so earnest 
2.5
The Bread, My Sweet
John Monaghan
The movie is a study in cheap audience manipulation 
2
The Bread, My Sweet
Ty Burr
Comfort food pure and simple and it s performed with conviction by a cast that finds the honest decency beneath the stereotypes 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears 
1.5
The Bread, My Sweet
Jonathan Curiel
A touching sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an Italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Jeanne Aufmuth
It may scream low budget but this charmer has a spirit that cannot be denied 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Steve Rhodes
Bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer 
1
The Bread, My Sweet
Nick Carter
The movie s relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast 
2.5
The Bread, My Sweet
Jon Niccum
Despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed 
2.5
The Bread, My Sweet
Robert W. Butler
Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Chris Hewitt
Awkward but sincere and ultimately it wins you over 
2.5
The Bread, My Sweet
Marta Barber
Bread My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it It may even fall into the category of Films You Love to Hate I admit it I hate to like it 
2.5
The Bread, My Sweet
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie special is its utter sincerity 
3
The Bread, My Sweet
Michael Wilmington
Deep intelligence and a warm enveloping affection breathe out of every frame 
3
The Uninvited
David Nusair
A mild improvement over its nigh unwatchable predecessor 46 46 46 
2
The Uninvited
Lucius Gore
The performances are pretty good but some of the characters aren t quite fleshed out 
2.5
The Uninvited
John Beifuss
Preteen girls looking for slumber party DVD rentals probably represent the film s ideal audience 
2
The Uninvited
Linda Cook
What a nice surprise A mind bending intelligent PG 13 a remake of an Asian movie yet thriller that s well worth seeing The Uninvited has great atmosphere fine performances and nice twist ending 
3.5
The Uninvited
Michael Dequina
The more clever turns retained from the first film end up playing as gimmicky 
2.5
The Uninvited
John Wirt
Elizabeth Banks does commendable work as the movie s boogie woman 
1.5
The Uninvited
Michael Smith
A watered down remake but David Straithairn is an unintentional riot looking more lost than most fathers of teen girls 
2
The Uninvited
Graham Killeen
The Uninvited rattles doorknobs and creaks floorboards but can t quite drown out the louder rattling of its shaky script 
2.5
The Uninvited
Christian Toto
Twist endings are supposed to make an iota of sense Tell that to the folks responsible for The Uninvited
1
The Uninvited
Wesley Morris
The Uninvited is a mess of styles and stolen ideas including a plot twist that would make M Night Shyamalan roll his eyes and dialogue straight from a CW scene generator 
1
The Uninvited
Zachary Woodruff
The Uninvited story may not pay back a viewer s attention but the visuals are their own reward 
2.5
The Uninvited
Kara Nesvig
Cheap thrills and a gimmicky twist at the climax keep The Uninvited in the realm of the subpar horror movie 
1.5
The Uninvited
Sara Michelle Fetters
More than that it engages in a bit of silly Shyamalan like slight of hand that s totally idiotic the final ten minutes making the previous 70 about as pointless as eating five dozen caramel apples with a mouth full of rotting teeth 
2
The Uninvited
Kyle Smith
The story line is more crafted than it at first appears but a big finish doesn t always make up for everything that came before Until then The Uninvited is basically 80 minutes of things jumping out and making loud noises 
2
The Uninvited
Stephen Whitty
Although the movie s best moments are pilfered at least the Guards know whom to steal from I d bet The Shining is still in their DVD player True there s nothing new here for veteran horror fans 
2.5
The Uninvited
Steven Rea
A teenager s resistance to her father s new girlfriend provides the emotional underpinnings for The Uninvited a spooky if narcotic psychological thriller adapted from a 2003 K horror suspenser 
2.5
The Uninvited
Peter Hartlaub
The Uninvited won t make anyone forget The Shining but it s a nice throwback to the days when scary movies featured pretty good actors a plot that holds together and a couple of creepy looking ghost kids 
3
The Uninvited
Chris Hewitt
The excellent South Korean A Tale of Two Sisters becomes a less complex but not bad thriller in The Uninvited 
2.5
The Uninvited
Susan Walker
The premise is seaworthy but the execution flounders 
2
The Uninvited
Rene Rodriguez
That climax is not enough to make the formulaic nature of what s preceded any easier to sit through Unless you happen to be 12 in which case The Uninvited may well seem like the scariest movie ever made 
2
The Uninvited
Claudia Puig
Though not in the top tier of psychological horror flicks The Uninvited is well paced and offers enough jolts and twists to keep an audience sufficiently on the edge of their seats to offset the price of admission 
2.5
The Uninvited
Daniel M. Kimmel
a less than exciting Hollywood debut for co directors The Guard Brothers The Coens and the Wachowskis do not have to start worrying yet 
2
The Uninvited
Michael Phillips
There s a substantial twist in The Uninvited a pretty fair and reasonably scary remake of South Korean director Kim Jee Woon s thriller A Tale of Two Sisters 
2.5
The Uninvited
Erik Childress
Once the pieces became clear that directors Charles Thomas Guard were content on being M Night Shyamalan instead of Ji Woon Kim it s enough to make any purist feeling tainted 
2
The Uninvited
Willie Waffle
The material and execution are weak but it is trying very hard 
.5
The Uninvited
Josh Larsen
Should a horror film be able to redeem its own idiocy with a switcheroo ending 
2
The Uninvited
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Taken on its own The Uninvited has a good deal to recommend it 
3
The Uninvited
Moira MacDonald
The Uninvited goes through its motions efficiently if soullessly 
1.5
The Uninvited
Nick Schager
Arriving at least two years after the Asian horror remake craze subsided The Uninvited delivers a spooky stepmom saga free of invention 
1
The Uninvited
Jeff Vice
This mysterious supernatural thriller also has a lame plot twist at the end a contrivance that s pretty easy to figure out if you re paying attention 
1.5
The Uninvited
Jason Heck
It offers plenty of mood a few good scares and enough twists to keep not just horror fans but mainstream audiences hooked 
2.5
The Uninvited
Dustin Putman
The film does not always make alterations for the better 151 A Tale of Two Sisters left more to ponder and chew on 151 but it does form a cohesive narrative that seems as if actual care was paid to designing it 
2.5
The Uninvited
Peter Canavese
Unlike the rest of the Class of 09 thus far The Uninvited marches to an off beat and thank goodness for small favors 
2.5
The Uninvited
James Berardinelli
The Uninvited is a flawed production but gratifying in the way it delivers 
3
The Uninvited
Roger Ebert
When a movie like this is done well it s uncommon The Uninvited is done well 
3
Perfect Friday
Roger Ebert
A movie made of froth and sweep second hands and Ursula Andress It is of absolutely no consequence or importance at all but it s nice while you re watching it 
3
I Hate Kids
Rex Reed
I endured this modest sometimes vulgar and often insulting family flick for one reason only an unusual chance to watch the charming likable and woefully underrated Tom Hanks clone Tom Everett Scott in a rare leading role Big mistake 
1
I Hate Kids
Roger Moore
Not NEARLY as funny as its title notwithstanding the efforts of Tituss Burgess
1.5
La commune (Paris, 1871)
Eric Henderson
Peter Watkins s La Commune Paris 1871 is a marginalized disjointed whirling dervish of utopian ideas and devil may care indulgence as was its subject matter 
3.5
Sisters with Transistors
Charlie Brigden
Sisters with Transistors feels less like a film and more like a manifesto 
4
Sisters with Transistors
Rob Thomas
Lisa Rovner s engaging documentary Sisters with Transistors documents a group of women who fought the establishment on two fronts that electronic music is really music and that women are capable of making it 
3
Sisters with Transistors
Wes Greene
Much of the film s power comes from a series of deft often wry juxtapositions between video and audio 
3
The Man Without a Face
Roger Ebert
The movie is Gibson s debut as a director and shows him not only with a good visual sense but with what is even rarer the confidence to know what needs to be told and what can be left unsaid 
3
Supervized
James Berardinelli
To an extent and for a while the film gets by primarily on the strength of its tepid and uneven humor However when it s forced to draw on comic book tropes it loses steam 
2
Article 99
Roger Ebert
Article 99 which wants to be the MASH of veteran s hospitals filled me with a great unease as I was watching it 
1.5
A Day Without a Mexican
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene la honestidad de ser una divertida y por momentos compleja denuncia de los maltratos y desprecio a los que son sometidos nuestros compatriotas en el extranjero 
3
A Day Without a Mexican
Marta Barber
As many times you consider A Day Without a Mexican a crude and underdeveloped parody there are moments that it vindicates itself with on the money situations 
2.5
A Day Without a Mexican
Achy Obejas
The movie in its extended version is frequently muddled emotionally messy a little heavy handed and misses the real opportunity presented by the new format 
2
A Day Without a Mexican
Michael Booth
Charming if amateurish farce of a movie 
2.5
A Day Without a Mexican
Steve Rhodes
A cheap looking one joke movie that can t get any laughs even in its first telling 
1
A Day Without a Mexican
John McMurtrie
The tone is often that of a preachy after school special down to the instructional messages that regularly flash across the screen 
1
A Day Without a Mexican
Bruce Newman
Arau has expanded his satirical short from 1998 into one joke that he solemnly beats to death for 100 minutes 
2
A Day Without a Mexican
Bob Strauss
While it might have been better we re definitely better off for having A Day Without a Mexican around 
2.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Phil Villarreal
Yeah yeah Cue the violin music But also grab a tissue because the film levels far more of an impact than you might expect 
3.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Jeff Vice
The scenery is spectacular and the movie does boast fine performances by both the stone faced Takakura and scene stealing newcomer Yang Zhenbo 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Sean P. Means
The movie s message is a little too Hallmark Hall of Fame but Zhang s observant eye neatly captures the idiosyncrasies of Chinese life and the heartbreak in Gouichi s journey 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Chris Hewitt
Fathers and sons can t understand each other in Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles a simple theme in a movie that is simply breathtaking 
3.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
John Monaghan
A father takes a spiritual journey from Japan to China to help mend a decades long rift between himself and his dying son The lessons learned en route are as profound as they are simple 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Marta Barber
Cynics may not fall for its melodrama but Riding Alone is good for everyone else including children 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Laura Kelly
It s a slow if solid film that draws on the strength of Takata s awakening to the world around him 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Michele Kenner
It s a story of emotional and physical distance one expertly rendered by Chinese director Zhang Yimou 
3.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Peter Howell
A story of parental devotion and reconciliation that is a treat to the eyes and also an enticement to tears of empathy 
4
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
David Elliott
The often stunningly raw landscapes and scenes of village life cannot entirely make the film more than exotically accessible although themes are spelled out as if by translation 
2.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Bruce Westbrook
Though lovely and scenic it drones for thousands of miles 
2
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Rick Groen
A film about human disconnectedness fails to connect or more precisely the eventual connections seem a bit forced and a tad maudlin 
2.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Jeff Shannon
As a sad yet joyful celebration of cultural exchange Riding Alone plays like a small miracle unfolding in a world as it ought to be 
3.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Bill Stamets
In Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles his characters use digital communication appliances to send beautiful sentiments Using old school celluloid so does Zhang 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Sara Michelle Fetters
Veteran Takakura is outstanding holding things together with an unwavering portrayal that s as hypnotic as it is subtle 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Michael Wilmington
One of the most beautiful and touching road movies in recent years 
4
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
G. Allen Johnson
There is a great late career role for Ken Takakura a Japanese actor now in his 70s who started out in gangster films and has been seen in Hollywood films 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Ty Burr
The film is simple bordering on sentimental bordering on sloppy yet it s kept in artistic check by the vast backdrops of China s remote Yunnan province and by Takakura s nearly wordless performance 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A sentimental yet surprisingly effective drama 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Mary F. Pols
We re touched when we aren t expecting it 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Jeanne Aufmuth
Shaded intimacy and old fashioned wisdom suffers from a ponderous pace and hackneyed undertone 
2.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Ken Fox
Takakura gives a fine touching performance the kid is adorable and the supporting characters particularly Gou ichi s imperfect interpreter Lingo Qiu Lin add just the right amount of comic relief 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Timothy Knight
It s a shame that Yimou didn t spend more time honing and refining his awkward narrative into a film that s ultimately greater than the sum of its many emotionally engaging parts 
2.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Stephen Whitty
There are many languages spoken in this world but the one most prone to misinterpretation may be the one shared by fathers and sons 
2.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
V.A. Musetto
The mushy script co written by Zhang never rises above that of a TV soap opera 
2
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Bob Strauss
It s an intimately focused tale about the most personal relationships and interactions from which wider meanings about the human condition touchingly arise 
3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Steve Rhodes
Yimou sets a small story against a vast and magnificent landscape but it is the heartfelt and genuine performances and not the breathtaking scenery that capture our hearts 
3.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
John Anderson
The film deals with a number of subjects age parenthood estrangement generosity all guaranteed to have you reaching for your hankie So bring three 
3.5
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Jeremiah Kipp
This one s a long slow ride down an all too familiar road 
2.5
Far From the Tree
Josh Terry
A valuable and fascinating voice for issues that get at the heart of the relationship between parents and children and how powers beyond our control can strain even the strongest bonds of affection 
3
Far From the Tree
Sean P. Means
thoughtful but somewhat disjointed documentary 
3
Far From the Tree
Mark Dujsik
It s a complex idea presented with simplicity 
3
Far From the Tree
G. Allen Johnson
There is much to think about in Far From the Tree a worthy and at times tender film 
3
Far From the Tree
Ty Burr
At its most radical and empathetic Far From the Tree urges us to start thinking of disability in terms of identity not as a locus of struggle but a place of being 
3
Far From the Tree
Ann Hornaday
Fair warning By the end of Far From the Tree tears will be shed and for all the best reasons 
3
Far From the Tree
Glenn Kenny
People can find ways to be happy now because they have more choices more resources In a world that seems in many respects to be headed to hell in a handbasket that s a fact worth celebrating and this movie does so in an appropriately humane manner 
3
Far From the Tree
Roger Moore
Upbeat challenging documentary that focuses on parents who accept their children as different no matter how far outside social norms that difference may be 
3
Winning
Roger Ebert
Well of course he wins the race and gets the girl 
2.5
Twelve Thirty
Roger Ebert
It doesn t work but I doubt you ll regret seeing it 
2.5
Twelve Thirty
Steven Rea
Reiners and Gummer have respective moments where their talents shine but there s not enough here to keep any but the most masochistic even moderately interested 
1.5
Twelve Thirty
Stephanie Merry
For all the promising fodder the talky acrid Twelve Thirty feels soulless an emotion free zone that deals its darkness in a shockingly flip manner 
1.5
Twelve Thirty
Lou Lumenick
It wears out its welcome well before the two hour mark 
1.5
Terror Train
Matt Brunson
The train setting is inspired but the identity of the killer is painfully obvious 
2.5
Terror Train
Roger Ebert
The classic horror films of the 1930s appealed to the intelligence of its audiences to their sense of humor and irony Movies like Terror Train just don t care They re a series of sensations strung together on a plot 
1
Mindwarp
Matt Brunson
Not bad B flick that was produced by Fangoria magazine s short lived film division arm 
2.5
The Uncondemned
Sean P. Means
The legal angle is interesting if a bit dry until the filmmakers play their ace the testimony of three women Their stories which they retell with unadorned dignity turn this otherwise ordinary documentary into something inspiring 
3
The Uncondemned
Stephanie Merry
The movie is a worthy legacy revealing an important bit of history that could easily have been forgotten 
3
Here and There
Ed Gonzalez
It s a confident vision but its aversion to sentiment has the intended but unfortunate effect of making the characters disconnects our own 
2.5
Siam Sunset
Burl Burlingame
Many of the jokes are big production numbers that appear out of nowhere and some are appallingly cruel in a brawny slap your back kind of way 
3
Siam Sunset
Ray Conlogue
This isn t a terrible film just an uneven one 
2.5
Socrates
Godfrey Cheshire
A work whose accomplishments signal a director of great promise 
4
Socrates
Mark Dujsik
It s authentic for sure but as a story about a character juggling grief and poverty and uncertainty the movie feels as if it s just scratching the surface of its possibilities 
2.5
Saudi Runaway
Diego Semerene
Camera character and cameraperson are one throughout and the effect is exquisitely suffocating 
3.5
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Roger Ebert
There is nothing really the matter with An American Tail Fievel Goes West except that it is not inspired with an extra spark of imagination in addition to its competent entertainment qualities 
2.5
Sex, Shame and Tears
Jorge Avila Andrade
Fresca divertida e inteligente visin de las relaciones personales en las grandes urbes
3.5
Heavenly Creatures
David Nusair
a profoundly misguided endeavor that squanders a seemingly foolproof premise 
2
Heavenly Creatures
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This incredible film may be director Peter Jackson s masterpiece 
3.5
Heavenly Creatures
Michael Dequina
Peter Jackson creates a rich haunting atmosphere deftly juggling the eerily giddy fantasy world of the girls and their harsh violent reality 
4
Heavenly Creatures
Monica Hayde
An odd but mostly effective mix of melodrama fantasy and voice over 
3.5
Heavenly Creatures
Steve Rhodes
the writer and director Peter Jackson could not decide what kind of movie he wanted to make 
2
Heavenly Creatures
Ted Prigge
Heavenly Creatures is definitely one of the most engrossing and best films of the 90s 
4
Heavenly Creatures
Chris Hicks
A movie that begins with high tension gradually fizzles out 
2
Heavenly Creatures
James Berardinelli
Revealed in unforgettable fashion by a capable director the events that unfold in this film are not easily forgotten 
3.5
Heavenly Creatures
Roger Ebert
What makes Jackson s film enthralling and frightening is the way it shows these two unhappy girls creating an alternative world so safe and attractive they thought it was worth killing for 
3.5
Heavenly Creatures
Edward Guthmann
An unforgettable experience 
4
Spark: A Burning Man Story
Federico Furzan
An illuminating and intimate exploration of something that s not only a festival It s a gathering of humanity like none other 
3
Spark: A Burning Man Story
David Nusair
compelling subject matter that s employed to erratic yet mostly rewarding effect by Brown and Deeter 
3
Spark: A Burning Man Story
Bob Bloom
The best parts of the movie are at the festival itself 
3
Spark: A Burning Man Story
David Lewis
Perhaps most surprising even the festival footage is ho hum We feel a distance instead of being flies on the wall Or should we say on the desert floor 
2
Spark: A Burning Man Story
Steve Morse
Has some lively moments but falls short of expectations 
2
Spark: A Burning Man Story
Kam Williams
Why Occupy Wall Street when you can occupy the desert 
4
Spark: A Burning Man Story
Nick Usen
The doc doesn t take the time to examine why Burning Man inspires such a level of fanaticism overshadowing human interest with a gluttony of B roll 
1.5
The Taste of Money
Andrew Schenker
For all the revelations about the way the rich operate there s little juicy pleasure to be had in the proceedings 
2
The Last American Virgin
Matt Brunson
For the majority of its running time 44 this plays like a typical teen sex comedy of the period plenty of nudity in the service of plenty of ribald situations but it unexpectedly turns serious during the second half 46 
3
First Name: Carmen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Jean Luc Godard s more coherent efforts of his later years 
3.5
Mexico City
Steve Rhodes
The director s commentary track on the DVD is filled with completely candid thoughts that are fascinating insightful funny and sometimes even a bit frightening Listening to it alone is well worth the price of the DVD 
3
Possession
Judith Egerton
Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart lead the cast but their performances as modern characters rank second to Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle 
2.5
Possession
Greg Maki
LaBute shows he doesn t have to be mean spirited to be an effective filmmaker 
3
Possession
Nick Rogers
A sumptuous century spanning romantic epic in other words the last thing you d expect from Neil LaBute
3.5
Possession
Margaret A. McGurk
Certainly qualifies as an old fashioned romance but it offers enough laughs and twists to qualify as a shiny new treat 
3
Possession
James Kendrick
a film in which poetry and romanticism are celebrated and cherished
3.5
Possession
Gary Brown
A poignant love story of two couples interwoven between the present and 1859 England 
3.5
Possession
Mark Dujsik
There s no denying the film s intelligence and heady appeal 
3
Possession
Mike McGranaghan
LaBute effortlessly glides back and forth between the period part of the story and the modern day part connecting them instead of making them seem distant 
3
Possession
Frank Ochieng
If you let Possession grow on you it s a winsome yet flawed endeavor even the talented and courageous camera lens of LaBute couldn t hold a candle to Byatt s prize winning creative pages 
2.5
Possession
Jack Zink
The journey to the secret s eventual discovery is a separate adventure and thrill enough 
3
Possession
Joe Baltake
A film that could pass as either an After School Special for adults or a Love Story for the new millennium or a closeted comedy 
2
Possession
Gemma Tarlach
For a movie about the power of poetry and passion there is precious little of either 
2.5
Possession
Connie Ogle
While the film probably won t leave you swooning it is at least an earnest love letter to its transcendent source 
2.5
Possession
Robert W. Butler
Taken as a quirky sort of detective story Possession is generally satisfying 
2.5
Possession
Jeff Vice
As a film director LaBute continues to improve 
3
Possession
Jon Niccum
When hasn t a repressed Brit met a candid American and not ended up in bed together by the second act 
2
Possession
Phil Villarreal
LaBute s careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering 
3
Possession
David Keyes
had the characterizations even came close to matching the film s fabulous narrative structure then we could have been dealing with a real winner here 
3
Possession
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So unabashedly romantic and passionately goofy that it not only confirms LaBute as one of America s great talents but also clocks in as one of the year s best American films 
4
Possession
Vanessa Sibbald
Possession based on the book by A S Byatt demands that LaBute deal with the subject of love head on trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit
3
Possession
David Sterritt
There s no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt s plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance 
1
Possession
Dustin Putman
A literate delicately woven romantic drama that plays itself out more as a book would than a movie 
2.5
Possession
Rob Blackwelder
Neil LaBute has taken another large and confident step into an unexpected genre with gratifying results 
3
Possession
Moira MacDonald
LaBute s trademark bite is absent here his movie feels trivial next to the book that inspired it 
2
Possession
Mick LaSalle
It s potentially exciting material but what we see onscreen is somewhat less than that 
2
Possession
David Elliott
A gorgeously romantic film of A S Byatt s much esteemed novel 
3.5
Possession
John Anderson
One of those movies adapted from a beloved novel whose fans can t believe it s been brought to the screen They turn out to be right 
2
Possession
Lou Lumenick
A lush genteel romance of the Merchant Ivory school that qualifies as a guilty pleasure 
3
Possession
James Berardinelli
Compelling material especially for those who believe that the lives and loves of the dead can impact the trajectory of the existences of the living 
3
Possession
Rick Groen
Some books just aren t meant to be movies and Possession is surely one of them 
2.5
Possession
Susan Stark
Catch your breath kindred spirits Possession is the most romantic movie to come our way since The English Patient 
4
Possession
Glenn Whipp
A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable 
3
Possession
Roger Ebert
It s sexy to observe two couples who think and debate their connections who quote poetry to each other who consciously try to enhance their relationships by seeking metaphors and symbols they can attach to 
3.5
Possession
Chris Hewitt
It s refreshing to see a movie with faith that we ll sit still for a conversation about something other than skateboarding 
2.5
Possession
Steven Rea
A bad French Lieutenant s Woman like romance 
2
Possession
Mary F. Pols
It s a tossup as to which love story is more compelling since all four romantic leads are excellent 
3.5
Possession
Terry Lawson
Possession may be LaBute s attempt to do something new but it s our opportunity to enjoy something tried and true 
3
Possession
Rod Armstrong
If Byatt s novel is a savory read for litterateurs LaBute s film is an equivalent gift to summer moviegoers starved for elegant entertainment 
3.5
Possession
Michael Wilmington
A gorgeous somnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising 
2.5
Possession
Josh Larsen
like hearing a disinterested high schooler read a Shakespearean sonnet as part of a class assignment The words are there but the passion is missing 
2
Possession
Jeanne Aufmuth
The tang of jealousy and obsession overshadows small shallow plot contrivances 
3
Possession
Steve Rhodes
A sweet little mystery covered in romance 
3
Possession
Ed Gonzalez
Its otherwise potent historical discourse is rendered mute by the slightness of LaBute s romantic breath 
2.5
Possession
Harvey S. Karten
To the film s credit the Victorian era is seen as sexier than our own 
3.5
Possession
Michael Dequina
In adapting A S Byatt s romance novel Neil LaBute is definitely making a stretch and sadly the strain shows 
2.5
The Auschwitz Report
Roger Moore
The film s narrow focus is both a strength and a shortcoming
2.5
The Auschwitz Report
Mark Dujsik
T he film tells its story well as well as with reverence and relative restraint 
3
Rendezvous in Paris
Mick LaSalle
Somehow Rohmer keeps it fresh if only because after more than 30 years of making the same movie there can be no doubt he s sincere 
3
Rendezvous in Paris
Steve Rhodes
The actors are mainly a bunch of unknowns but all deliver strong performances Their screen presence is incredible and the camera is love with them 
3
Rendezvous in Paris
Mike D'Angelo
When it comes to making movies about the travails of young people in love or hoping to be in love there is nobody on the planet who can touch Eric Rohmer even as he approaches octogenarian status 
3.5
Rendezvous in Paris
Jeff Vice
Besides the wonderful scripting there are quite a few winning performances especially from Bellar who s utterly charming in both her vulnerability and optimism and Rauscher an acting newcomer 
3.5
Rendezvous in Paris
Roger Ebert
One of the best of his works 
3.5
Rendezvous in Paris
James Berardinelli
As with many of his other films Rohmer proves that social intercourse can be as delightful as the sexual variety 
3.5
Rendezvous in Paris
Barbara Shulgasser
What a wonderful world Sure people cheat on each other But they also act honorably and speak honestly and admit the darkest secrets about themselves This sort of movie might bore you to tears but it also might be just what you ve longed for 
3
The Flower of My Secret
Roger Ebert
Likely to be disappointing to Almodovar s admirers and inexplicable to anyone else 
1.5
The Flower of My Secret
Joe Baltake
A ripe entertaining soap opera 
3.5
The Flower of My Secret
James Berardinelli
It s bland as often as it is affecting and presents little that s new or original 
2.5
The Flower of My Secret
Edward Guthmann
It s a witty intelligent scramble and it s beautifully mounted 
3
The Flower of My Secret
Mike Clark
Secret isn t the usual romp but it s Almodovar s most committed work in years 
3
The Flower of My Secret
Mike D'Angelo
Almodvar sets out this time not to provoke but to probe and the result is surprisingly tender 
3
The Warriors
Matt Brunson
A rousing piece of pulp entertainment 
3
The Warriors
Roger Ebert
No matter what impression the ads give this isn t even remotely intended as an action film It s a set piece It s a ballet of stylized male violence 
2
The Warriors
Ernest Leogrande
It s both surrealistic pop art and sentimentalized pandering to the attitude of us against them the have nots against the haves 
2
The Warriors
Walter Chaw
Yeah it s really good 
3.5
The Warriors
Thomas Delapa
OK it s not Greek tragedy but it is based loosely on Xenophon so there 
3
The Warriors
Eric Henderson
Just what is the fanboys beef with the new DVD Director s Cut of The Warriors anyway 
3.5
The Warriors
James Kendrick
a shameless but entertaining ode to the appeal of criminality and gangland camaraderie
2.5
She-Devil
Roger Ebert
Barr demonstrates that there is a core of reality inside her TV persona a core of identifiable human feelings like jealousy and pride and they provide a sound foundation for her comic acting 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Forrest Hartman
While one can t accuse Innocence of being dim it is certainly long winded and clich 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
James O'Ehley
Pure wordless cinema existing in a realm too deliciously mysterious to pull down 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Liam Lacey
The effect of so much pretension and so many lovely images eventually becomes soporific 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Rob Spencer
The images are never ostentatious instead they evoke both the terror and wonder of things that lie beyond the grasp of human understanding 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Phil Villarreal
Innocence entertains but it doesn t resonate 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Sean P. Means
The Blade Runner esque worldscape is gorgeously realized but the script s philosophical ramblings about existence are real head scratchers 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jeff Vice
All the philosophical chattering here starts to become wearying But the action scenes help and there s no denying how dazzling the animation is 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
John Beifuss
Victims shudder from the terror of being reduced to simple mechanisms and matter but Oshii clearly wants us to ask What s the difference 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jon Niccum
Innocence reveals a perfect marriage of digital and hand drawn styles 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jeanne Aufmuth
All the elements of a drop dead animated classic combined with the tiresome violence of ubiquitous arcade entertainment 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Marty Mapes
At its best a puzzling art film deserving multiple viewings and interpretations
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jeff Shannon
Its intentions aren t as clear as they should be but it s clearly the work of a deep thinking artist with a fearful concern for a future in which the nature of humanity is entirely uncertain 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Peter Hartlaub
Doesn t match the weight of its predecessor or really add anything necessary to the saga but it doesn t hurt the body of work either 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
David Elliott
Extraordinarily rich visually with a density of detail that would have impressed Breughel or Veronese 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Bruce Westbrook
Portentous and pretentious Shell 2 crawls along like a machine on low batteries 
1
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Wesley Morris
More vital than most police procedurals fusing the metaphysical and the scientific into a pulp yarn with a gentle but bruising philosophical kick 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Terry Lawson
I was not only able to comprehend Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence but connect with it emotionally And that s all the more impressive considering the characters are something less than human 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
James Verniere
A spellbinding original evoking such otherworldly classics as Alice in Wonderland and Beetlejuice 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Lou Lumenick
Don t even bother trying to figure out what s going on in Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence just sit back and enjoy the lush trippy visuals 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Bob Strauss
While often strikingly designed it suffers from the tedious exposition and static image flow that is frustratingly typical of much Japanese animation 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jeffrey Westhoff
If I ever wrap my mind around Ghost in the Shell 2 I expect someone to hand me a post graduate degree in existential philosophy 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Rob Thomas
Anyone who wants to see animation pushed to its limits should go 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Mike Antonucci
This is a meaning of everything flick with a superficial plot about murderous androids yet its main characters are interesting because of their connection to each other rather than the metaphysical 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Carrie Rickey
A stunning work of animation artistry and a compelling metaphysical inquiry into what constitutes humanity and machine 
3.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
David Sterritt
Ingeniously crafted with flashes of intelligence if not very memorable 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jeff Strickler
The plot is difficult to follow but the imagery needs no translation 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Chris Hewitt
Baits us with an involving film noir murder mystery then switches to all that man machine consciousness mumbo jumbo then splatters blood all over the place 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Robert K. Elder
Those able to pick through the hiss tangled web of circuitry and wiring will find Ghost in the Shell 2 an electrically charged philosophical action movie 
3
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Walter Chaw
It is a conceit that offers the insight not surprising perhaps that humans are indistinguishable from machines 
4
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ross Anthony
Most strikingly some of these visuals are absolutely hands down chillingly gorgeous But loses momentum as it confuses among other problems Still striking 
2.5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ed Gonzalez
One could say that Innocence thinks so much that it ultimately has very little to say 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Steve Rhodes
Consisting mainly of noisy gunfights it s like your typical one person shooter video game 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Peter Canavese
Roughly equivalent to the Matrix sequels drama starved dazzle and irresolute interrogation 
2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Jeremy Heilman
It s regrettable but perhaps a bit predictable that a film that is this forward looking in its graphic construction is saddled with a commonplace plotline 
3
Embers
Bill Stamets
This sci fi indie imagines a near future dystopia where retrograde and anterograde amnesia afflict humanity Director Claire Carre and co writer producer Charles Spano artfully design five story lines for a tragic take on the loss of self knowledge 
3
The Fallen Ones
David Nusair
nothing can quite prepare us for a sequence late in the film that finds Robert Wagner engaged in a fist fight with a mummy 
1
The Fallen Ones
Walter Chaw
A different kind of bad the kind that s not terribly painful to watch 
2
Possum
Federico Furzan
A dark and artistic venture into the world of abuse and its effects Full review in Spanish 
3
Possum
David N. Butterworth
Chilling genre fare that crawls its way beneath your skin like dirt under badly bitten fingernails 
3
Possum
Christian Toto
It s almost too creepy and unnerving for its own good 
3
Possum
Pat Brown
In the end there s little payoff for all the repetitive series of evocative visions and mute stares 
2.5
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a movie that seems to have given up on the very idea of genuine human connection 44 even as it aches for exactly that 46 
3
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fassbinder made this one on the cheap between bigger projects and scored with a beautifully observed and even oddly gentle tale 
4
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
James Kendrick
A simple and powerful film of great and quiet beauty 
4
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ed Gonzalez
Ali s terse speaking matter is ripe with aphorisms but it s also another way for Fassbinder to evoke the suspended animation of his character s lives 
4
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Roger Ebert
Ali Fear Eats the Soul might sound like improbable contrived soap opera It doesn t play that way 
4
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
Namrata Joshi
Sholay set new benchmarks in entertainment Aag is content at remaining just another bad film 
1
Live Nude Girls, Unite!
Roger Ebert
It s not slick it has some lapses it sometimes looks like a home movie but it s never boring 
3
Mad City
Gary Brown
Mad City is a waste of your time and money 
1.5
Mad City
Michael Dequina
The media are vultures is the prevailing point here and it is not expressed in the most original or interesting of ways 
2.5
Mad City
Mike Clark
A wanna be event movie that merely reinvents the wheel 
1
Mad City
Roger Ebert
Mad City arrives with the last thing a movie about journalism needs last year s news 
2
Grown Ups 2
Michael Smith
Transgender jokes fat jokes always James happy to look stupid homeliness jokes mama s boy jokes the picture was made by people who like to put down people and it was made for people who like to tease others or watch others be insulted 
2
Grown Ups 2
David Nusair
As disposable and forgettable as its 2010 predecessor 
2
Grown Ups 2
John Beifuss
This Happy Madison remedial school version of This Is 40 is as insane and dumbfounding and worthy of WTF mock cult status as The Room or Manos Hands of Fate even if it did earn 42 million its first weekend 
2
Grown Ups 2
Austin Kennedy
It s plotless pointless soulless but worse than all of those things it s just NOT FUNNY 
.5
Grown Ups 2
Linda Cook
Full of coarse excuses for humor and cruelty Grown Ups 2 literally spews bile at its audience 
0
Grown Ups 2
Kenneth R. Morefield
Clearly this is the film to see if you have a long standing grievance about the way deer have been mistreated by humans and long to see them take their revenge 
0.5
Grown Ups 2
Sean P. Means
Sandler and his writing partners jump from one crude gag to the next without a trace of a plot or narrative sense This would be OK if any of the jokes were remotely funny but they re mostly retreads of the bad jokes from the first movie 
0
Grown Ups 2
Willie Waffle
It s Rob Schneider who had something better to do I have to refer to him forever from this day forward as The Smart One 
0
Grown Ups 2
Marsha McCreadie
If nothing else the movie s themes are announced domesticity ogling excrement 
1
Grown Ups 2
John Serba
The best thing I can say about Grown Ups 2 is that Rob Schneider is not in it 
1.5
Grown Ups 2
Mark Dujsik
Is there any good that could come of raging against the emerging of the burp sneeze fart 
1
Grown Ups 2
Stephanie Merry
The fact that some moments are genuinely laugh out loud funny almost makes the whole endeavor sadder 
1.5
Grown Ups 2
Sara Stewart
The movie lurches from one gross out scene to another flipping the bird at continuity and logic It honestly seems as if Sandler and his team descended on a random suburb halfheartedly improvising and moving on when they got bored 
0.5
Grown Ups 2
Claudia Puig
The lazy scattershot and anything but mature sequel to the leaden Grown Ups 
1
Grown Ups 2
Peter Keough
Apparently the world demanded another family friendly version of The Hangover one that combined scatological comedy with smarmy sentimentality 
1.5
Grown Ups 2
Connie Ogle
Nobody escapes untainted by the foul stench of Grown Ups 2 
1
Grown Ups 2
Rafer Guzman
For all its warm and fuzzy notions of family and community Grown Ups 2 directed by longtime Sandler cohort Dennis Dugan has a desperate reliance on nasty jokes about pee poo and with surprising frequency gay panic 
1
Grown Ups 2
Perry Seibert
Sure there is a chuckle or two along the way but this is a deeply lazy movie so much so that it s set over the course of a single day for no reason other than the whole production saves money on costuming that way 
2
Grown Ups 2
Gary Thompson
As a way to arrange a movie it s a disaster but on some level you have to respect a guy who keeps his pals working especially in this economy 
2
Grown Ups 2
Linda Barnard
Adam Sandler scrapes the bottom of the barrel and then he pukes into it with Grown Ups 2 
0
Grown Ups 2
Mick LaSalle
The temptation arises to say something nice about Grown Ups 2 just because it doesn t cause injury But no it s a bad movie just old school bad the kind that s merely lousy and not an occasion for migraines or night sweats 
1
Grown Ups 2
Chris Cabin
The hard work that obviously went into this out of touch sequel is partly what makes it so irritating 
.5
Grown Ups 2
Paul Doro
To be fair the ambition behind Grown Ups 2 is nothing more than to give people a few laughs on a summer afternoon or evening but still lazy does not even begin to describe even that half effort 
1.5
Grown Ups 2
Adam Nayman
None of the stars are trying very hard and so the most memorable presences are the cameos If nothing else Grown Ups 2 will go down as the only film in history to find room for Steve Buscemi alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin 
2
Grown Ups 2
Chris Hewitt
Grown Ups 2 isn t offensive unless you re offended by being asked to pay for tickets to a movie in which actors don t try very hard but it s not very amusing either 
2
Grown Ups 2
Matt Pais
sandler noun A person so indifferent toward your moviegoing experience that he seems to go out of his selfish way to decrease your enjoyment 
0
Grown Ups 2
Dustin Putman
Almost aggressively more of the same If you hated the last one you ll be in misery all over again If you took to the predecessor you ll find this one a fitting continuation 
2
Grown Ups 2
Roger Moore
Another lowbrow make work project for Sandler s jock cronies SNL has been hangers on and Dan Patrick 
1.5
The Transformers: The Movie
Matt Brunson
The nostalgists and fanboys are welcome to this one 
1
Sector 7
Burl Burlingame
Eventually the creature is vanquished by the last person standing If this sounds like every monster movie cliche ever invented Sector 7 manages to drag in them all 
2
Popular
Joe Williams
It s neatly formatted but if there s a message in the margins of this manuscript Populaire doesn t spell it out 
2.5
Popular
Matt Pais
After all those words pounded onto the typewriter this throwback finds a way to capture the big L in any language 
2.5
Popular
Moira MacDonald
As romantic comedy it s uneven but as an ode to something long gone Populaire hits the right notes 
2.5
Popular
Steven Rea
Even when there s tragedy around the turn it doesn t matter Populaire plays like a musical you expect anyone at any time to break into song 
3
Popular
Roger Moore
Never less than cute
3
Popular
Bruce Ingram
Populaire does run through the expected paces with admirable style with a glossy Technicolor production design that sometimes makes it seem it might have been made in the 50s not just set there 
3
Popular
Michael O'Sullivan
Roinsard who wrote his feature debut with Daniel Presley and Romain Compingt is unabashedly in love with cheesy cornball sentiment which he dusts off and polishes to a fair thee well 
3
Popular
Walter V. Addiego
Is this remake really necessary Maybe not but to worry about that is to risk missing out on a lot of fun 
3
Popular
Peter Keough
Roinsard labors mightily to eke laughs and excitement out of 50s secretaries in Technicolor dresses towering heels and awkward hairdos hammering away at keyboards with limited success 
2
Popular
Godfrey Cheshire
Deft execution by Roinsard and his appealing cast make the film a solid genially retro entertainment 
2.5
Popular
Nick McCarthy
Candy colored to a potentially cavity causing degree the film is a bubbly regurgitation of retrograde romantic comedy tropes and reactionary sexual politics 
2
Unbroken Glass
Nick Allen
A special documentary that gives you a great sense of the personal questions that its filmmaker and his family will be wrestling with for many kitchen table conversations to come 
3
Goodbye, 20th Century!
Dustin Putman
An ambitious film on many different levels and I can appreciate that but it rarely succeeds on any of them 
1
The American Meme
Matt Brunson
The American Meme is both entertaining and infuriating or to be more specific it s an entertaining movie about several infuriating people 
3
The American Meme
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We can t hashtag our way out of this fame is the name of the game 
3
The American Meme
Roger Moore
A cleverly executed history of web fame how we went from Paris Hilton to Hailey Baldwin Bieber in a heartbeat 
3
Flowers in the Attic
Bob Bloom
All four films in this series based on the V C Andrews novels are among the dozens of offerings featured in the 2015 holiday gift guide at ReelBob com 
2.5
Flowers in the Attic
Gail Pennington
The only way to review Flowers in the Attic is to consider how well it does what it sets out to do that is adapt the book faithfully and still make an entertaining film For that it gets a B 
2.5
Flowers in the Attic
Lori Rackl
This tale of a twisted family s misguided quest for love and money is still creepy and atmospheric enough to make for pulpy television fun 
2.5
Hevn: Revenge
Barry Hertz
Little more than a genre exercise that rehashes a wealth of revenge movie themes and tropes 
2.5
Hevn: Revenge
Chris Knight
Hevn remains a watchable time waster Jrgensen is particularly good 
2.5
300
Mattie Lucas
By no means great art but it most certainly is fantastic trash 
3
300
James Vance
If you re in the mood for dumb rousing visceral excitement you re not going to find anything on the big screen right now to rival it 
2.5
300
Hannah Brown
There is an intelligent movie to be made about Spartan warrior culture but 300 is not it It is a fun ride though as long as you don t see it on a full stomach 
3
300
David Keyes
Our instinctual desire to sneer at the implausibility of the story is stalled by a sense of ambition that seems unmatched even by the standards of the Hollywood assembly line 
3
300
Tom Meek
Snyder twists the brawn and battle into a cartoonish FX extravaganza with severed body parts and globules of blood flying across the screen 
2
300
Roger Ebert
300 has one dimensional caricatures who talk like professional wrestlers plugging their next feud 
2
300
Joe Lozito
While the film is stunning to look at the added scenes and scenery devouring acting fall flat 
2
300
Jorge Avila Andrade
Estupendamente fotografiada actuada en su justa dimensión y visualmente atractiva 300 representa un buen ejercicio fílmico que no pasará a la historia pero que se puede disfrutar preferentemente en una pantalla de cine 
3
300
Jeffrey M. Anderson
its hackneyed dialogue and ridiculous bluster rank it a little lower than any of a handful of old gladiator movies made for a fraction of the price 
2
300
Wesley Lovell
An overabundance of style accenting a substance deprived story 
2
300
Linda Cook
Hey if Frank Miller s Sin City was too tame for you aybe 300 will give you enough bloodshed 
3.5
300
Greg Maki
300 is an impressive spectacle but after so much fighting and self important speechifying I just wanted them to get it over with and die 
2
300
Gina Carbone
Ancient history may be Greek to me but 300 packages it like a Happy Meal bloated with empty calories and too much cheese but still very tasty Boy toys included 
2.75
300
David Nusair
As silly as it is stylish 
2
300
Jonathan W. Hickman
Snyder s take isn t a transcendent epic rather an entertaining comic book one 
3
300
Lori Hoffman
a movie that wishes it were a rated M for mature video game 
1
300
Thomas Delapa
By Zeus where do I sign up for the Crusades 
2.5
300
Matt Brunson
Depersonalizes the major players to such a degree that one ends up feeling more sympathy for the shields that end up receiving the brunt of the sword blows and arrow piercings 
2.5
300
Steven Snyder
While the film is an inspired bit of production design ingeniously conceived and skillfully crafted what it ultimately lacks in its final sweeping gestures is any sense of gravity 
3
300
Mike McGranaghan
Every few years a film comes along that epitomizes what it means to be cool The Matrix earned that honor in 1999 300 earns it now 
4
300
James Rocchi
Whatever your reason for going into 300 I can t imagine leaving it very excited by what you get I can imagine being excited by the prospect of leaving for me the end credits of 300 rolled up on the screen with the comforting shock of a parole notice
0
300
Walter Chaw
Until the wheels come off 300 has about it a certain lean alien quality 
1
300
Kam Williams
A monochromatic testosterone sodden cross of Gladiator and Sin City strictly for the bloodlust demographic 
2
300
Gary Brown
This is not your father s sword and sandals epic it s more like your teenage brother s video game 
3
300
Rick Groen
If the movie s neocon message is as thin as a politician s excuse that s to be expected But what s surprising here is that the sights are just as meagre 
1.5
300
Peter Canavese
Primally 300 has a grunting gut impact Primarily it s constructed of fudged history and creative slaughtering making it a somewhat disturbing American busman s holiday 
2.5
300
Nick Rogers
To hell with historical accuracy What s required but lacking is the invocation of a butt kicking right to continuously top itself Artful decapitations but a too serious head on its shoulders 
2
300
Carla Meyer
Once the Spartans start cracking jokes while finishing off opponents with spears 300 starts to wobble 
2.5
300
Stephen Whitty
History is inconveniently complex And so we get Frank Miller s version in which everything is simplified to the point of porridge 
2
300
Timothy Knight
One of the casualties of all this digital effects wizardry is a sense of emotional immediacy There s a conspicuously remote quality to much of the movie that drains the film of the visceral energy it so desperately needs to make an impact 
2
300
Kyle Smith
Keeping in mind Slate s Mickey Kaus Hitler Rule never compare anything to Hitler it isn t a stretch to imagine Adolf s boys at a 300 screening heil fiving each other throughout and then lining up to see it again 
2
300
Mick LaSalle
Watching 300 there s the arresting sense of eavesdropping on another time 
3
300
Jack Mathews
It s impossible not to be moved by its nearly nonstop visual assault 
3
300
Peter Howell
It s most definitely a Spartan movie yet it s really all about wretched excess 
3
300
Glenn Whipp
The stylized action set to crunching guitar riffs feels suffocating in its artificiality Dialogue taken mostly verbatim from Miller comes cribbed from T shirt slogans real men wear crimson and Bruce Springsteen songs no retreat no surrender 
2
300
Maitland McDonagh
It may not be by the book history a relative term in any event when discussing the ancients whose worldview embraced men gods and monsters but what a spectacle 
3
300
Amy Biancolli
Does the film stay faithful to the Miller and Varley s vision Indeed it does to a kunch 
3
300
Terry Lawson
For once the Larry King quote machines who supply the advance blurbs to the studio for their marketing campaigns will be correct 
4
300
Sean P. Means
The fascinating fetishized battle scenes of 300 leave as many questions on the ground as drops of blood 
3
300
Sara Michelle Fetters
300 is a bruising battering visually resplendent caterwaul of an action adventure and I imagine the fighting men and women it celebrates probably wouldn t have had their story told any other way 
3
300
Lisa Kennedy
Gerard Butler s character charisma is elusive He vigorously enunciates like a summer stock player doing Shakespeare But the writing s overblown And locating the requisite sorrow in this tale of heroism is an afterthought for Snyder and co 
2
300
Richard Roeper
It is excessively cheerfully violent and it is gorgeous to behold It looks like the world s most sophisticated and expensive video game and I mean that in a good way 
4
300
Tyler Hanley
Zack Snyder adapts Frank Miller s sparse graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae with the same devoted verve that Robert Rodriguez brought to Sin City 
3.5
300
John Beifuss
Coming soon to a football camp police academy military base neocon assembly and jihadist cell near you 300 a motivational celebration of the no retreat no surrender ancient Spartans that disdains cut and run senators 
3
300
Russ Breimeier
With filmmaking both epic and imaginative 300 is the stuff that legends are made of 
3.5
300
Daniel M. Kimmel
the movie suggests not only Frank Miller s graphic novel but the equally compelling fantasy art of Frank Frazetta 
3
300
Bob Bloom
Ironically the computer effects make it so clean so ballet like so unrealistic Battles should be chaotic and messy not choreographed like an MGM musical 
2.5
300
Frank Ochieng
Artistically triumphant in its arresting visual spectacle Undoubtedly the hyperactive male psyche for violent induced petulance is proudly on display in the extravagant 300
3
300
Erik Childress
Every piercing slashing and beheading is front and center forming the kind of orgiastic tango of bloodletting that would have Peckinpah offering Zack Snyder a cigar 
3.5
300
Willie Waffle
If you re the type who applauds decapitation your hands are going to be raw from cheering while watching 300 This movie is about the decapitations severed limbs and blood splattering all over the screen Yet it works 
2.5
300
James Sanford
both outrageously gory and gorgeous at the same time the sort of movie in which one man solemnly tells another I have filled my heart with hate and his friend immediately replies Good 
3
300
Jeff Vice
The film is also quite action heavy which turns out to be its saving grace The lengthy and rousing battle scenes are enough to outweigh most of the clunkier aspects sometimes just barely 
2.5
300
Robert W. Butler
300 may be the Guy Movie to end all Guy Movies 
3.5
300
Steven Rea
300 is one breathtaking digi tableau after another But the dialogue is a joke the performances have more to do with bodybuilding than character and the lesson that the film imparts isn t anything to do with courage and military skill 
2
300
Mark Dujsik
An assured visual stunner full of sumptuous and grisly visions of an era past yet that still never existed 
3.5
300
Dustin Putman
A big screen adaptation of Men s Health and Fitness magazine 300 is about as involving as sitting in front of a video game demo at Best Buy 
1.5
300
Duane Dudek
Neither history nor cinema is especially well served by 300 which is nonetheless a remarkable intersection of technology and imagination 
3
300
Lawrence Toppman
You couldn t say the script by Snyder Kurt Johnstad and Michael Gordon is profound or historically true but it provides a sturdy skeleton for the archetypal story and extraordinary special effects 
3
300
Wesley Morris
There s a stale synthetic airlessness about the movie Imagine a large cast trapped in a series of spectacular screensavers It could be ancient Greece It could be somebody s hard drive 
2
300
Chris Hewitt
In the end 300 s visual splendors don t give moviegoers anything to hang onto other than a batch of snappy images of extreme carnage 
2.5
300
David Elliott
It is too dumb as drama even as war spectacle to be transporting frightening or sickening Just numbing 
1
300
Michael Phillips
The movie should ve been called Ode to a Grecian Ab 
2.5
300
Rene Rodriguez
300 is at its best when it settles for purely visceral thrills 
2.5
300
Matt Pais
This long winded macho man athon becomes less of an epic tale of heroism than a contest for who can make his pecs the shiniest 
1.5
300
Phoebe Flowers
The hilariously bombastic story about the ancient Battle of Thermopylae is very much like spending two hours watching someone play a video game 
1.5
300
Gene Seymour
Put bluntly the movie s just too darned silly to withstand any ideological theorizing And silly is invoked here more or less with affection 
2.5
300
Eric Melin
There is so much slow motion that if they had run the entire film at normal speed it would have been half as long 
2
300
Jeffrey Westhoff
Months before its release 300 already was revered by those who consider it a magnificent achievement for a live action film to look exactly like a video game Forgive me but I don t see that as a reason to celebrate 
1.5
300
Josh Larsen
If anyone wanted to persuade vulnerable young minds to enter the maw of battle 300 would make a heck of a recruitment video 
2
300
Michael A. Smith
Nonstop action from beginning to end 300 is a film that starts off in high gear and doesn t slow down 
3.5
300
Sean McBride
I can t imagine another film coming out this year that will beat these 300 in the art department 
3
300
Peter Travers
300 is a movie blood drunk on its own artful excess Guys of all ages and sexes won t be able to resist it 
3
300
Mark Rahner
Despite the fantastic visuals action and sometimes rousing story the needle flickers between grandiose and laughable in part because the film takes itself sooo relentlessly slow motion music swellin see you in hell seriously 
2.5
300
Claudia Puig
The battle sequences are filled with grotesque spectacle They start off entertainingly ferocious then grow numbing with stylized spraying blood and severed heads 
2.5
300
Ross Anthony
A primeval elegant music video Plot dialogue are unstable wavering from occasionally powerful to just as often weak and cliché Leads perform admirably 
2
300
Phil Villarreal
300 is rated R for RAAAAAR and is about as inspirational as Field of Dreams multiplied by Mr Smith Goes to Washington plus infinity 
4
300
James Berardinelli
300 may not offer masterful storytelling in a conventional sense but it s hard to beat as a spectacle and that makes it worthwhile viewing for all but the most squeamish of potential audience members 
3
300
Nick Schager
It s like Fight Club without the tongue in cheek satire cribbing from Gladiator Braveheart and every videogame that ever concluded a level with a giant boss battle 
1.5
Blonde
John Carman
The resulting portrait is as plain and familiar as bark Monroe had a horrendous childhood and spent her life in search of the father she never knew 
1
Danny Deckchair
Paul Doro
Too predictable to sustain interest 
2
Danny Deckchair
Connie Ogle
The easygoing humor and uplifting messages that it s never too late to turn your life around are welcome especially in the September movie doldrums 
2.5
Danny Deckchair
Vince Koehler
This is a good one to catch and moves to a feel good ending 
3
Danny Deckchair
Jeff Vice
Takes a good premise one that s based on real life events and turns it into a tired and overly familiar sitcom 
2
Danny Deckchair
Sean P. Means
Delivers the uncomfortably condescending message that these eccentric salt of the earth folks need this Sydney slacker to tell them how good hearted they are 
2
Danny Deckchair
David Elliott
Nicely shot quaintly romantic it is tuned to the Australian taste in matey malarkey 
2
Danny Deckchair
Chris Hewitt
A thin premise 
2
Danny Deckchair
Jeff Strickler
An entertaining flight of fancy 
3
Danny Deckchair
Peter Hartlaub
You ll probably forget Danny Deckchair a few minutes after leaving the theater but it passes the time well enough while you re there 
2
Danny Deckchair
Robert W. Butler
All of this is pleasant enough and utterly unbelievable 
2
Danny Deckchair
Terry Lawson
What finally prevents Danny Deckchair from floating away completely is Balsmeyer s seemingly sincere admiration for those Trudy dismisses as the little people rendered here with as much respect as eccentricity 
3
Danny Deckchair
Lisa Kennedy
Like its hero the film has nary a mean spirited bone Only like Danny it s a rather slight body 
2
Danny Deckchair
Roger Ebert
A splendid movie while its hero is preparing for his flight and actually experiencing it but it s not nearly as interesting once he descends to earth 
2
Danny Deckchair
Ty Burr
What you might call conditional whimsy predicated on the audience overlooking so many plot implausibilities that it might get tuckered out from all the charity 
2
Danny Deckchair
Paul Sherman
This has a lighter touch than most Hollywood feel good movies and a tad more heart 
3
Danny Deckchair
Christian Toto
Can a movie be lighter than helium Danny Deckchair proves that conclusively
2
Danny Deckchair
Amy Biancolli
Despite the soaring novelty of Danny s getaway and despite the unfailing scruffy sweetness Ifans brings to every scene writer director Jeff Balsmeyer borrows too heavily from other films 
2
Danny Deckchair
Michael Wilmington
Danny s a nice enough guy and it s a nice enough movie if your standards aren t too strict and your tastes not too elitist and you don t get overly miffed about huge gaping plot holes all over a movie 
2.5
Danny Deckchair
Steve Rhodes
A real sweetheart of an adult fairy tale 
3
Danny Deckchair
Willie Waffle
Danny Deckchair is a wonderful mix of sweetness and wackiness
3
Danny Deckchair
Emily Blunt
Unapologetic romance spun by some major talents make this little film unforgettable 
3
Danny Deckchair
Ross Anthony
Oh I like this film Formulaic but good direction great pace strong dialogue strong acting big giant helium filled warm heart 
3.5
Danny Deckchair
Peter Debruge
In Balsmeyer s hands Danny s story comes to seem every bit as awkward as the character himself and the movie like the balloon ride that inspired it ultimately falls flat 
1.5
Danny Deckchair
Timothy Knight
There s absolutely no energy to this clich ridden mix of familiar media satire and feeble romantic comedy 
0.5
Danny Deckchair
Mike Clark
A soothing antidote to some of the summer s high priced Hollywood clunkers 
3
Danny Deckchair
Gene Seymour
What starts off as a spin on The Wizard of Oz turns into one of those Frank Capra esque excursions into candy land populism with its windy homilies about nobodies like Danny finding their inner somebodies 
2
Danny Deckchair
Jack Mathews
Move over Hugh Grant There s competition in the Handsome British Charmer Department from of all people Rhys Ifans 
3
Danny Deckchair
Bob Strauss
Not as whimsical as it initially threatens to be Danny Deckchair never exactly comes down to Earth either 
2.5
Danny Deckchair
James Berardinelli
The limp movie seems to be an attempt by an Australian to mimic a bad American romantic comedy and unfortunately he succeeds admirably 
2
Danny Deckchair
Ed Gonzalez
Unevenly pitched somewhere between a straight faced Mr Smith Goes to Washington and a magical realist Big Fish 
1.5
Danny Deckchair
Bill Chambers
It s a shame that Danny s awakening to happiness is weaved into a fabric of deception since it means we ll have to suffer the trite dismantling of his newfound life
2
Inferno
Matt Brunson
The setting may be the great outdoors and the visuals might be punched across in splashy Technicolor but the three central characters are ripped from the film noir primer 
3
Inferno
Mattie Lucas
A tautly directed thriller featuring well drawn characters and a compelling plot 
3
The Silence
David Nusair
an egregiously slow paced piece of work that works neither as a character study nor as a police procedural 
2
The 6th Day
Robert Cashill
The studios should enact their own 6th Day Law prohibiting the carbon copy duplication of elements from scenario to scenario 
2
The 6th Day
Michael Dequina
In paying attention to potentially thought provoking issues the writers neglect basic storytelling 
2.5
The 6th Day
David Nusair
46 46 46 contains few elements designed to capture and sustain the viewer 8217 s interest 46 46 46 
1.5
The 6th Day
Jeffrey Westhoff
Schwarzenegger keeps the violence to a PG 13 level though his idea of pacifism is to fire a million laser bolts instead of a million bullets 
2
The 6th Day
Collin Souter
How come these bad guys have such bad aim Does everybody in real life say something funny after they kill a person Haven t I seen you somewhere before 
2.5
The 6th Day
Bill Chambers
As a Schwarzenegger vehicle it s sub par 
2.5
The 6th Day
Andrew Howe
Packed with enervating action sequences and inexplicable scripting decisions 
2
The 6th Day
James Kendrick
a science fiction action extravaganza with some interesting ideas
3
The 6th Day
David Keyes
coherent action exciting chases clever twists and intriguing payoffs 
3
The 6th Day
Jorge Avila Andrade
No es nada del otro mundo la historia es medio sosa pero entretiene
2.5
The 6th Day
Elias Savada
you end up playing match the sequence from one of Ahnold s previous pictures or picking out the product placements for cars beer and other sundry items 
2
The 6th Day
Ross Anthony
It s just not a terribly exciting movie 
1.5
The 6th Day
Roger Ebert
A well crafted entertainment containing enough ideas to qualify it as science fiction and not just as a futurist thriller 
3
The 6th Day
Rob Blackwelder
The few glints of promise in The 6th Day are lost in the blinding flash of Hollywood overproduction 
2
The 6th Day
Bob Graham
This movie knows how to entertain 
3
The 6th Day
Susan Stark
Experience says that the weaker the story effects or both in these contemporary sci fi effects action spectaculars the more they juice up the sound Happily The 6th Day stands as a modest exception to the rule 
2
The 6th Day
Tor Thorsen
An enjoyable if not stellar entry into his action pantheon 
2.5
Ladybugs
David Nusair
Ladybugs which generally unfolds exactly as one might ve anticipated doesn t contain much in the way of compelling attributes aside from Dangerfield s mere presence 
2
Don't Kill Me
Roger Moore
You can hire an Italian Robert Pattinson look alike as your recruiter groomer for undead fresh blood in your Romeo Juliet rise from the grave romantic thriller Doesnt mean you have to lay on the fairy dust glitter and what not 
1.5
Fun Girls
Roger Ebert
Towing isn t exactly the greatest movie ever made but it s not boring It goes to such lengths not to bore us indeed that it throws everything at us except the kitchen clock unless which is quite possible I missed the kitchen clock 
1
Carandiru
Rob Thomas
Carandiru ultimately falls prey to the cliches that pervade so many mediocre prison movies 
2
Carandiru
Jeff Vice
Though Carandiru seems a bit slow it s actually a tease of sorts leading up to a riveting and pretty horrifying final 45 minutes 
3
Carandiru
Phil Villarreal
Turns out to be more of a jumbled and overlong prison set soap opera 
2
Carandiru
Jeff Shannon
Has moments of raw unflinching power 
3
Carandiru
Forrest Hartman
The finest prison drama in recent memory 
3.5
Carandiru
John Beifuss
More successful as an overslick prison genre exploitation movie than as a vehicle of social protest 
3
Carandiru
James Verniere
This is passionate urgent filmmaking in the social reform tradition and about as far as you can get from the cruise packaged Girl from Ipanema image of Brazil 
3
Carandiru
Wesley Morris
Babenco brings the place and the prisoners alive 
3
Carandiru
Liam Lacey
The two part structure feels inescapably manipulative 
2.5
Carandiru
Marty Mapes
City of God renders Carandiru naive and irrelevant
2.5
Carandiru
Lisa Kennedy
Babenco s side trips into the prisoners lives give the movie a complicated integrity 
3.5
Carandiru
Chris Hewitt
A surface skimming movie that wants to indict an injust system but comes off like introductory remarks to that indictment instead 
2
Carandiru
Phoebe Flowers
Intense and absorbing 
3
Carandiru
Carrie Rickey
Searing and hypnotic 
3
Carandiru
David Elliott
This absorber falls below Babenco s Pixote and Fernando Meirelles churning City of God as a biopsy of Brazilian despair so carnal in its desperation yet is well above being a stew of sensations 
3
Carandiru
Roger Ebert
It shows 8 000 men jammed into space meant for 4 000 and enforcing their own laws in a place their society has abandoned 
3
Carandiru
J. R. Jones
Babenco weaves the stories of a dozen inmates into a densely textured fabric capturing the feel of a closed society whose members have lost their freedom yet still maintain a tenuous grip on their humanity 
3
Carandiru
Walter Chaw
A prosaic slog 
1
Carandiru
Michael Wilmington
After watching Carandiru one recalls the movie s inmates with sadness the doctor with affection the prison with fear and loathing and the movie with that sure strong recognition you feel after seeing for the first time a classic 
4
Carandiru
Mick LaSalle
One might expect a dreary depressing film and to an extent it is but there are many flashes of lightness not of humor so much as of simple human vividness which keeps challenging us to see the prisoners as individuals 
3
Carandiru
Glenn Lovell
There are numerous standout performances 
3
Carandiru
Jeanne Aufmuth
Moody provocative and overtly compassionate 
3
Carandiru
Timothy Knight
At times shocking in its brutality Carandiru is also a humane and profoundly moving film about men struggling to hold onto their humanity in hellish conditions 
3.5
Carandiru
Lou Lumenick
Marks a terrific comeback for Babenco it s the roughest picture of life behind bars since Midnight Express 
3.5
Carandiru
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the film is based on fact most of its characters exist only in movies 
2.5
Carandiru
Bob Strauss
Babenco delves more convincingly than ever into the everyday life of the institution and the lives of its prisoners 
3
Carandiru
Aaron Hillis
Stylistically Carandiru is definitely less monochromatic than an Oz rerun 
2.5
Carandiru
Steve Rhodes
Although intriguing the film is way too long and is narratively all over the map varying from a fictionalized documentary to an almost surreal soap opera 
2.5
Carandiru
Mike Clark
The Kiss of the Spider Woman director s first film in seven years staves off viewer monotony and claustrophobia in portraying the fate of 7 800 inmates packed into a prison built for half as many 
3
Carandiru
David Sterritt
Harrowing realistic humanistic 
3
Carandiru
Ed Gonzalez
Carindiru is slim pickings compared to HBO s prison drama Oz 
2
Carandiru
Rene Rodriguez
A soft simplistic look at a tough complicated subject 
2
Carandiru
David Nusair
an Important Movie with slow motion accompanied by sweeping music 
1.5
A Wake
Jennie Punter
I would have liked to see a few more claws come out in the catfights but at least A Wake is not too hammy and that s saying a lot when you ve got actors playing actors 
2
Escaflowne
Joe Baltake
The idea of an ordinary slacker kid being a savior for another world may not be anything new but Escaflowne literally gives it a new paint job 
2.5
Escaflowne
Melanie McFarland
Romantic riveting and handsomely animated 
3
Escaflowne
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fairly run of the mill 
2.5
All Is Lost
Brian Eggert
All is Lost is a commendable and engaging motion picture 44 but also a rare achievement in spare filmmaking 46 
3
All Is Lost
Frank Ochieng
All Is Lost can be tedious to watch at times but its metaphoric overtones about crisis driven alienation and determination will certainly float one s boat 
2.5
All Is Lost
Craig D. Lindsey
As grim and hopeless as things could possibly get in a movie called All Is Lost the movie is essentially about perseverance playing it smart staying safe and not giving up until well see the title 
4
All Is Lost
Clayton Davis
Frank G DeMarco and Peter Zuccarini dual cinematographers gather gorgeous imagery especially those captured from beneath the ocean s surface 
3.5
All Is Lost
Wesley Lovell
A commanding performance by Robert Redford with nary a word spoken It makes up for the somewhat tedious running time 
3
All Is Lost
Linda Cook
Captain Phillips wasn t the only see worthy vessel of 2013 
4
All Is Lost
Kam Williams
The Old Man IN the Sea 
3
All Is Lost
Michael Dequina
So threadbare that there s nothing to grasp onto to care about 
2
All Is Lost
Jordan Hiller
As the film goes on we see Redford in a new light A light dimmer and paler and murkier Once a golden god on screen there now remains a hobbled everyman 
3.5
All Is Lost
Jay Antani
the Cliffs Notes version of the deeper more profound character study that never transpires on screen
2
All Is Lost
Michael Smith
All is Lost is superior craftsmanship on the part of the filmmaker and his star making a late in life coming of age story that transitions into a man s twilight and burns bright 
4
All Is Lost
Mick LaSalle
Even Redford bailing water for 106 minutes can be a bit much 
2
All Is Lost
Nathan Southern
The movie has the feel of a beautifully conceived and elegantly composed short story with a remarkable and consistently surprising degree of emotional resonance 
4
All Is Lost
James Kendrick
if the film maintains our attention it is simply because we connect with the base desire to survive which embodied by someone like Robert Redford becomes all the more gripping
3
All Is Lost
Eric Melin
The key ingredient to the film s success is Redford s vulnerability He s trying so desperately to stay alive that he has few moments for reflection but they register and all without the aid of dialogue 
3
All Is Lost
John Beifuss
The movie pares its man vs the elements man vs himself theme to the barest bones yet it s timely as well as timeless as Chandor acknowledges the coldness of the corporate as well as natural environment 
3.5
All Is Lost
Lori Hoffman
Redford s now leathery exterior is in such contrast to his once striking youthful good looks yet there is still beauty in that well worn face 8233 
3
All Is Lost
Matt Brunson
The vacuum sealed status of this man admittedly places some distance between him and viewers although the presence of Redford in the role goes a long way toward closing the gap 
2.5
All Is Lost
John Serba
A gripping exercise in visual storytelling 
4
All Is Lost
Duane Dudek
J C Chandor wrote and directed All Is Lost but Robert Redford owns it 
3.5
All Is Lost
Rob Thomas
All is Lost is disciplined elemental filmmaking built around a disciplined elemental performance and it s one of the best films of the year 
4
All Is Lost
Joe Williams
We get the predictable plot points storms sharks close calls with passing ships but it feels like a uniquely handmade artifact 
3
All Is Lost
Rene Rodriguez
All is Lost is a testament to a great actor an experimental piece of cinema and a bit of a bore 
2
All Is Lost
Marty Mapes
Redford sails alone but no man is an island
3
All Is Lost
Scott Nash
A gripping one man show
4
All Is Lost
Glenn Lovell
a bracing nautical adventure Think Old Man and the Sea by way of The Perfect Storm Redford in a revelatory performance maybe his best ever 
4
All Is Lost
David Nusair
An impressively audacious effort 
3
All Is Lost
Lisa Kennedy
All Is Lost is very much Redford s triumph His turn isn t pure disappearance so much as a brilliantly human example of cresting and plummeting cresting and plummeting 
3.5
All Is Lost
Chris Knight
The acting is note perfect a career performance from a man who has been in the business for more than 50 years 
4
All Is Lost
Liam Lacey
The movie is rigorous serious and well crafted with Redford holding the screen using only his economical emotional reactions and physical presence 
3
All Is Lost
Peter Howell
For all its formal austerity All Is Lost also offers itself as a widescreen multiplex attraction keeping all eyes glued on Our Man s dilemma and every mind wondering if he ll manage to cheat death 
3.5
All Is Lost
Dustin Putman
Jostling around on the same flat level spurts of interest coming but few and far between All Is Lost should send one away with a dropped unsettled stomach Instead it doesn t elicit much more than a shrug 
2
All Is Lost
James Berardinelli
All is Lost is about how human nature rebels against death even when all hope is vanquished by adverse circumstances 
3
All Is Lost
Moira MacDonald
Chandor and Redford make every moment matter in this fascinating film despite an ending that will divide audiences 
3.5
All Is Lost
Rafer Guzman
Even at the age of 77 Redford can command a screen and he s the main reason to watch this man against nature story 
3
All Is Lost
Chris Hewitt
Both a thrilling adventure and a subtle character portrait All Is Lost is the best Redford movie since his brilliant All the President s Men 37 years ago 
3.5
All Is Lost
Ann Hornaday
Redford brings the watchfulness that has served him so well to every moment of All Is Lost infusing what is already a perfectly entertaining adventure with rich veins of symbolism and meta meaning 
4
All Is Lost
Michael Phillips
Redford isn t precisely stretching his range as an actor here or revealing a new side to us Rather he s finding the cleanest clearest way to express a quiet man s wiles and resources 
3
All Is Lost
Dann Gire
All is Lost does not move at a brisk clip or a tedious drag Chandor knows exactly the proper speed of each scene and carries it out with Pete Beaudreau s editing in appropriate sync 
3.5
All Is Lost
Ty Burr
A nearly perfect thing Economic elegant and elemental it s a cleanly observed tale of one man trying choice by choice to keep the odds going in his favor 
4
All Is Lost
Matt Pais
An ocean of metaphor 
3
All Is Lost
Peter Canavese
As a man vs wild adventure in the Jack London mode All is Lost has plenty of fearsome moments but the deeper fears are existential man in mortal contention with an indifferent universe 
3.5
All Is Lost
Randy Myers
In lesser hands his character s ordeal might have been portrayed with big punctuation marks and dramatic flourishes Redford s reactions are honest in tune with a man of the sea 
3.5
All Is Lost
Kent Turner
This steadily absorbing man adrift on a damaged sailboat saga has possibly the three most suspenseful sequences of the year 
3.5
All Is Lost
Robert Levin
Redford s voice might be largely silent but the soul is there and the magnitude of all that is lost hits home 
3
All Is Lost
Ali Arikan
Here is a formidable opus whose real spiritual relative is Tennyson s Ulysses Yes All is Lost is that good 
4
All Is Lost
Kyle Smith
A gripping experience with its circling sharks its sun dappled beauty and its agonies of shattered hope 
3
All Is Lost
Stephen Whitty
A fascinating voyage across a vast ocean and into the great uncharted waters of our selves 
3.5
All Is Lost
Claudia Puig
Chandor proves that the elements combined with the varied and subtle talents of a veteran actor are all that is needed to make a captivating nail biting thriller 
3.5
All Is Lost
Steven Rea
There is incredible tension in this ordeal this effort to survive to find rescue and Redford an icon of the American film experience for more than half a century now makes that tension deeply palpable 
4
All Is Lost
Peter Travers
Redford who can play intelligence wit and nuance to a camera like nobody s business holds us in his grip It s a master class in acting 
3.5
All Is Lost
Rex Reed
Goodness knows what this movie would be like without the brute force of Mr Redford s intelligence focus and self confidence 
4
All Is Lost
Roger Moore
Redford s finest hour 
3.5
All Is Lost
Nick Schager
J C Chandor creates an austere snapshot of human struggle ingenuity and perseverance one that s predicated on Robert Redford s fantastic performance 
2.5
Feedback
Mark Dujsik
T he absence of any kind of sympathetic figure here becomes an issue 
2
Feedback
Roger Moore
Eddie Marsan makes this radio thriller worth staying tuned into his face giving away terror rage cunning and panic often in the same scene 
2.5
Step Up: All In
Linda Cook
You know what s fun about old school dance movies They re happy Even when someone is sad you know that dancing somehow will make things right again 
2.5
Step Up: All In
Rafer Guzman
All In is a lesser effort in this franchise but not without its charms 
2
Step Up: All In
Christy Lemire
Even by the standards of this franchise and this genre in general Step Up All In is pretty laughable 
2
Step Up: All In
Roger Moore
As the old man says with life sheep poop and Step Up movies sometimes you just have to shovel through it 
1.5
Step Up: All In
Dustin Putman
Step Up All In is so divorced from anything resembling reality that it is astonishing to behold The best advice though would be to avoid beholding it 
1.5
Be Kind Rewind
Christian Toto
Be Kind Rewind should gather dust on both DVD and VHS shelves 
1
Be Kind Rewind
Austin Kennedy
Once the movie starts finding its focus it becomes a very unique experience
3
Be Kind Rewind
Willie Waffle
Tackles the hackneyed with the tender hand and heart of writer director Michel Gondry 
3.5
Be Kind Rewind
Rossiter Drake
Be Kind Rewind is a whimsical adventure with genuine affection for its characters but Gondry s story is essentially weightless a fanciful flight in search of a raison d etre 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Matt Brunson
The premise of Be Kind Rewind is pure Michel Gondry The end result is anything but 
2
Be Kind Rewind
Sean O'Connell
corny cool and beautiful
3
Be Kind Rewind
Larry Ratliff
Let s not go to the videotape 
.5
Be Kind Rewind
Eric Melin
It falls short in the character development category relying on a whimsical vibe the charm of its actors and ceaselessly inventive movie re creations to get by 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Linda Cook
One of the most bizarre concepts to hit the big screen unspools erratically in Be Kind Rewind an outrageous comedy that offers some clever scenes and more than a few laughs 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Kam Williams
Nothing can save this overambitious enterprise embarked upon by a couple of idiots full of sound and fury but ultimately signifying nothing 
1
Be Kind Rewind
Sean P. Means
It truly inhabits the do it yourself spirit of independent filmmakers coloring outside the lines drawn by Hollywood 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Sara Michelle Fetters
But as weird as it all this gets the central melodrama is actually quite basic and for anyone who has ever watched a Frank Capra comedy this follows his standard template almost to the letter 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Claudia Puig
Takes a clever concept and cobbles a weak story around it 
2
Be Kind Rewind
Ken Fox
Communal commitment to a DIY aesthetic is Gondry s undoing particularly when he allows an irritatingly manic Jack Black to run wild and virtually hijack the movie 
2
Be Kind Rewind
Peter Howell
Long before the movie ends it slips right off the sprockets 
2
Be Kind Rewind
Chris Hewitt
It s hard to tell which is the work of art the audience or the movie Because they are both so beautiful 
4
Be Kind Rewind
Moira MacDonald
Give Be Kind Rewind a little time and an open mind and it just might grow on you Its premise is absurd but adorably so 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Mick LaSalle
Thick stew of awful 
1.5
Be Kind Rewind
Steven Rea
A celebration of the DIY aesthetic and of the universal appeal of movies Be Kind Rewind is a charmingly off the wall little tale 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Stephen Whitty
Michel Gondry doesn t understand or perhaps even care about the normal niceties of plausible plotting thematic structure or satisfying character development But he does understand joy 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Lou Lumenick
A surprisingly sweet comedy showcasing a manic Jack Black 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Michele Kenner
Loopy goofy and endearing 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Bob Strauss
Whimsy overwhelms this sweetly innocuous tribute to DIY video which is hobbled enough by its core premise of guys shooting their own versions of popular movies on VHS 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Rick Groen
It s a joyless ode to joy it s a leaden salute to the silver screen it s a painful testament to filmic pleasures Be kind and don t even begin to rewind 
1
Be Kind Rewind
Jeff Vice
It s not nearly as funny as its premise would suggest and the movie even becomes a little dull when it tries to make a few points about the differences between commercialism and art 
2
Be Kind Rewind
Roger Ebert
I felt positive and genial while watching it but I didn t break out in paroxysms of laughter It s the kind of amusing film you can wait to see on DVD I wonder if it will come out on VHS 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Wesley Morris
Rousingly bad moviemaking brings out some of Gondry s most blissful 
3.5
Be Kind Rewind
Steven D. Greydanus
Gondry seems almost to relish his house of cards approach so much so that the uncharmed critic might reasonably feel it a waste of breath to blow it down I would agree 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of those rare experiences that remind us not exactly why we love movies but how we love them 
3.5
Be Kind Rewind
David Nusair
the lack of subtlety with which Gondry has imbued the latter half of the proceedings ensures that the film is ultimately an extraordinarily tough slog indeed 
1
Be Kind Rewind
Dustin Putman
Cute but a little empty Be Kind Remind boasts an original premise without the clarity of writing and character dimension to back it up 
2
Be Kind Rewind
Peter Canavese
A kid s movie for adults a charming notion for a time of postmodern ennui 
3
Be Kind Rewind
Michael Phillips
Be Kind Rewind may exist in a hazy dreamy time warp but its artistic impulses are strictly YouTube 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Gene Seymour
Even though its thin conceit strains and stumbles into being Gondry s movie somehow ingratiates itself to the dauntless dreamer that lives within each of us 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Peter Travers
Gondry as writer and director can t stop the creative helium from leaking out of his cinematic balloon 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Lawrence Toppman
A genuinely original independent film though one that requires patience and tolerance of the writer director s style 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Josh Larsen
makes you nostalgic for the early days of backyard moviemaking before digital video cameras and desktop editing software turned everyone into mini Spielbergs 
3.5
Be Kind Rewind
James Berardinelli
Arguably the biggest problem with Be Kind Rewind is that Gondry never stops experimenting even when the experimentation works against the movie s best interests 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Glenn Kenny
A would be heart tugging inspiring paean to the do it yourself ethic aesthetic and its concomitant community building powers the latest film from visual lo fi innovator Michel Gondry is slight and finally unconvincing alas 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Jeanne Aufmuth
Only crazy rubber faced Jack Black could pull off such a spoofy overly eager slapdash of a project 
2.5
Be Kind Rewind
Nick Schager
In Michel Gondry s estimation we re defined by our dreams our art and our histories a conviction he once again expresses with whimsical lyrical inventiveness 
3.5
Cherzoso The Silent Film
Matt Brunson
Armed with only a handful of minutes Cherzoso manages to capture the runaway train nature of emotions 
2.5
Aniara
Ty Burr
Aniara may be the coolest costliest most dystopian shaggy dog story ever filmed 
2.5
Aniara
Garnet Fraser
The spaceship is an existential trap like in a J G Ballard novel and the ending might not be entirely satisfying but it s not a cheat 
3
Aniara
G. Allen Johnson
Aniara has an intriguing premise and it s even fascinating at times but despite an excellent production design it never gets off the ground even as it speeds through the cosmos 
2
Aniara
Chuck Bowen
The filmmakers are interested in world building only as a pretext for maintaining a tone of non contemplative ennui 
2
Aniara
Roger Moore
Smart but as bleak as only the Swedes could make it 
3
Aniara
Bill Chambers
Aniara is astonishingly ambitious an unlikely emotional rollercoaster anchored by a beautifully realized protagonist who manages to maintain hope and optimism without being a Pollyanna 
4
Aniara
David Nusair
It s an intriguing premise that s employed to sporadically compelling yet predominantely underwhelming effect 
2
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
Roger Ebert
Bingo Long is fun it s pleasant to watch but it cakewalks too much on its way to the box office 
2.5
The Most Dangerous Year
Kathy Fennessy
An instructive and heartfelt account of the challenges trans individuals face and the ways that they and their allies can fight back this is recommended 
3
The Most Dangerous Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
Vlada Knowlton s feature couldn t be more timely or essential 
3.5
The Most Dangerous Year
Roger Moore
Better at personalizing the experiences and concerns of transgender kids and parents than at documenting the political fight over the bathroom bill craze 
2.5
My Life as a Terrorist
David Nusair
will hold more appeal for history buffs than casual viewers 
2
Rambo
Matt Brunson
Probably seemed like a good idea at the time 
1.5
Rambo
Austin Kennedy
It s not the perfect Rambo film I was hoping for but it was a pretty entertaining one 
3
Rambo
Rossiter Drake
Rambo is pure adrenaline a frenzied rush into the heart of a jungle where the prevailing darkness is far more horrific than anything Kurtz could have imagined 
3.5
Rambo
Linda Cook
Well John Rambo s at it again and here s Sylvester Stallone again But Rambo isn t nearly as rewarding as Stallone s recent Rocky romp 
2
Rambo
Steve Davis
Stallone is in desperate need of reinvention but he seems myopically focused on rehashing the past rather than exploring the future 
1.5
Rambo
John Beifuss
Like America it s both excited by and ashamed of its bloodlust 
3
Rambo
John Wirt
A sloppy ugly splatter flick 
1
Rambo
Michael A. Smith
To quote Joseph Bologna in My Favorite Year what a stinkburger 
1.5
Rambo
Greg Maki
Creates only the facade of a social conscience because the series ran out of relevant things to say after First Blood 
1.5
Rambo
Christian Toto
Rambo shows Stallone ran out of ideas after penning 2006 s Rocky Balboa 
2
Rambo
Sean McBride
I wonder if he ll remake Rhinestone or Stop Or my Mom Will Shoot next 
2
Rambo
Gina Carbone
This is the Schindler s List of B list butchery 
2.25
Rambo
Kam Williams
Geriatric Rambo AARP poster boy still saves the day 
3
Rambo
Nick Schager
Crass exploitation of a serious issue yes and also the type of comic book cartoonishness that the series has always peddled regardless of the grim aesthetic and tone employed throughout this installment 
2
Rambo
Larry Ratliff
Stallone smarter than he looks and possessing fierce determination pours as much heart into this one man army saga as he does movie blood 
2.5
Rambo
Phil Villarreal
If I had a penny for every screaming explosion in Rambo I d be dead 
3.5
Rambo
Philip Marchand
So they send in the devil to do God s work says a hulking Australian mercenary part of the rescue attempt It s ironic isn t it Highly ironic The implications of that irony are not explored in the movie 
2
Rambo
Mark Rahner
A grim hyperviolent send off that could give you post traumatic stress disorder 
2
Rambo
Mick LaSalle
This violence contains a movie but only intermittently 
2.5
Rambo
Jack Mathews
The enemies so comically monstrous and their deaths so gory that you may just throw your head back and roar with laughter 
2
Rambo
Glenn Whipp
The man hasn t turned into Hostel director Eli Roth but for all the rape torture and blood letting on display in Rambo it wouldn t be far off the mark to call Stallone Roth s spiritual godfather 
2
Rambo
Mark Feeney
None of this is beyond what you d expect or fear from a Rambo movie What is inexcusable is the moral self congratulation the movie trades on attaching itself to the plight of the Burmese people 
1.5
Rambo
Stephen Cole
Never not even in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor has Hollywood depicted Asians with more prejudice To what end 
1
Rambo
Claudia Puig
The mouthiest mercenary a surly Brit is given the best line to snarl at our hero You can drop that thousand yard stare I ve seen it all before and I m not impressed We couldn t have said it better ourselves 
1
Rambo
Kyle Smith
This time it s impersonal 
1.5
Rambo
Maitland McDonagh
A brutal insanely excessive successor to grindhouse pictures of yore 
2.5
Rambo
Russ Breimeier
Talk about mixed movie messages I fear the more important part of the movie gets buried in the bloodshed You could say that Rambo shoots himself in the foot 
2
Rambo
Daniel M. Kimmel
For those who loved all those idiot action films of the 80s or want to know what they were like Rambo is the real deal 
2
Rambo
Sara Michelle Fetters
If there has ever been a film that showcases the hypocrisy of the Motion Picture Association of America more than Sylvester Stallone s Rambo I m pretty positive I ve never seen it 
2
Rambo
Mark Dujsik
Has the gritty realism of the first film and a sadder mood for our hero but still continues Rambo as a soldier for hire involved in a standard plot 
2.5
Rambo
Willie Waffle
One of the most grotesque gruesome and gory movies you will ever see I started having Nam flashbacks and I wasn t even born then I need to rent Cinderella so I can feel clean again 
0
Rambo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stallone s previous film Rocky Balboa 2006 was a highly personal and surprisingly touching film But Rambo shows no such justification for its existence 
2
Rambo
David Nusair
fans of the action genre flat out owe it to themselves to check out the movie theatrically if only to encourage the studios to quit making watered down garbage like Hitman and Live Free or Die Hard 
3
Rambo
Carrie Rickey
It s not a movie It s an adrenaline pump and purveyor of raw carnage 
0
Rambo
Joe Lozito
For a brief moment in this alarmingly grisly fourth Rambo movie it seems as though Sylvester Stallone might be literally and figuratively trying to say something Turns out not 
2
Rambo
Dustin Putman
Hollow hopeless horridly written and wholly unpleasant One would be hard pressed to imagine a conventional narrative being any thinner than the one in Rambo 
1.5
Rambo
Gene Seymour
The battle sequences are so muddled in execution that we can t tell who s killing whom Which may have been the point but knowing Stallone and Rambo one doubts that very much 
2
Rambo
James Berardinelli
It s a middling movie both in terms of the franchise and in terms of action movies in general 
2.5
Together
Jay Antani
effortlessly poetic
4
Together
Andrew Howe
The film s supposed status as a feel good flick originates from its ability to remind us that we re never alone in our failings 
3
Together
Rick Groen
Quite bright in its fashion and often singularly comic 
3
Together
Michael Dequina
A gentle satire of the counterculture movement 
3
Together
Rene Rodriguez
A big hearted generous movie that never patronizes the audience 
2.5
Together
Jay Carr
The best thing about Together is the way it snatches idealism back from the brink of life smothering orthodoxy 
3
Together
James Berardinelli
Moodysson has shown himself to be a master of character development and simple but not simplistic storytelling 
3
Together
David N. Butterworth
Moodysson manages to make much of it charming eliciting warm and vulnerable performances from his homegrown cast 
3
Together
Roger Ebert
It may be that Together only wants to remember a time That it does with gentle observant humor 
3
Together
Rob Blackwelder
Makes you feel like part of the family 
3
Together
Steve Rhodes
The director s flat presentation never involves us much in the lives of these remarkably uninteresting characters 
2
Together
James Kendrick
an extremely likable dramedy whose main point is that any lifestyle taken to rigid extremes becomes oppressive
3.5
Together
Rod Armstrong
Demonstrates with skill insight and compassion that though living and loving with others is often grueling the joys it offers are incommensurable 
3.5
Together
Lou Lumenick
Has universal appeal giving the leftist movement a good natured punch in the ribs even as it waxes nostalgic about an idealism that soon became unfashionable 
3
Together
Ed Gonzalez
Lukas Moodysson s hysterical timeless piece of hippie lore looks for that happy gray area between capitalism and Marxism 
4
Together
Harvey S. Karten
A frequently hilarious movie that shows Americans from the Woodstock generation that the same daffy lifestyles existed in Sweden as well 
3
Happy as Lazzaro
Kent Turner
A one of a kind experience where the country s past and present commingle 
3.5
Happy as Lazzaro
Josh Larsen
as if a mid century work of Italian neorealism took a nap in a field and had a dream 
3
Happy as Lazzaro
Tomris Laffly
Easily among this year s finest films and laced with an unapologetic social message Happy As Lazzaro dares one to imagine a reality where each individual would task themselves to be as selfless and morally whole as its main protagonist 
4
Happy as Lazzaro
Joey Magidson
Alice Rohrwacher really goes for it here Happy as Lazarro does not play it safe at all opting for neorealism and long takes over simple storytelling 
3
Happy as Lazzaro
Erik Anderson
With Lazzaro Felice Rohrwacher has raised her own bar to create her best work to date and one of the fest s very best films 
4
Happy as Lazzaro
Jake Cole
Happy as Lazzaro is one of the sharper and funnier recent films to reckon with the injustices of class disparities 
3
Stuart Bliss
Steve Rhodes
A little variety in the acting some real emotion and a few laughs would have helped enormously 
1.5
Chaos Walking
Brian Eggert
It contains bland dialogue superficial characterizations unremarkable visuals and overly familiar plotting 
2
Chaos Walking
Steven Prokopy
There s certainly a metaphor to be explored about the relationship between the humans and the indigenous population but Chaos Walking doesn t seem the least bit interested in exploring it 
2.5
Chaos Walking
Matthew Passantino
Most of Chaos Walking plays like a game of YA dystopian Bingo 
2
Chaos Walking
Oliver Jones
In our current age of preprocessed film spectacle there is something strangely pleasing exciting even about how profoundly unkempt this all feels especially for a film on this scale 
2.5
Chaos Walking
Randy Myers
There s something worth exploring here but the story is stuck in the gestating process 
1
Chaos Walking
Dann Gire
As expected Liman keeps the action moving at a serviceable momentum but his characters run low on solid emotional connections between each other and us 
1.5
Chaos Walking
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s hard to imagine a more forgettable piece of sci fi hooey than Chaos Walking 
1.5
Chaos Walking
Kevin Carr
needlessly convoluted
2
Chaos Walking
Jeff Mitchell
There s a whole lot of story here and it s better suited for a 10 part series rather than a dialed down feature film 
2
Chaos Walking
Matt Zoller Seitz
But once you re immersed it s a powerful experience that lingers in the mind long after the film s many disappointments have started to fade 
2.5
Chaos Walking
Tom Meek
Throughout the film we hardly ever see any of the wall patch named menace 
2
Chaos Walking
Mark Dujsik
The central gimmick is so strange that we can t stop considering how odd everything surrounding it is too 
1.5
Chaos Walking
Roger Moore
Perfectly watchable if doomed to be forgettable 
2.5
Chaos Walking
Mark Meszoros
Unfortunately Chaos Walking serves as a reminder that what works on the page may not translate well to the screen 
2
Chaos Walking
Mick LaSalle
Aside from being annoying depressing and repulsive Chaos Walking has a lot going for it 
1
Chaos Walking
William Repass
Beneath its perfectly entertaining surface the film is a mess of contradictions that fails to live up to its own potential 
2
Chaos Walking
Richard Roeper
Sunk by the nearly unwatchable and unlistenable execution of the main premise 
1.5
Poltergay
David Nusair
one consequently can t help but wonder if something s gotten lost in the translation 
2
The Hitcher
Chuck O'Leary
Rutger Hauer is so menacing as the title fiend that you ll never pick up a hitchhiker An absolutely relentless horror thriller 
3.5
The Hitcher
David Nusair
essentially entertaining throughout 
2
The Hitcher
Roger Ebert
I would have admired it more if it had found the courage to acknowledge the real relationship it was portraying between Howell and Rutger but no It prefers to disguise itself as a violent thriller and on that level it is reprehensible 
0
Meeting People Is Easy
Collin Souter
Meeting People Is Easy feels like a hangover with a great soundtrack It s not for all tastes but for those who crave experimental filmmaking it s a must 
4
Ash Wednesday
David Nusair
unlike Scorsese s Mean Streets Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot 
2
Ash Wednesday
Mike McGranaghan
Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns best film but it is a good and ambitious film And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer directors working today 
3
Ash Wednesday
Lou Lumenick
An ambitious guilt suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting 
2
Car 54, Where Are You?
Jeff Shannon
If you have any inexplicable desire to see Car 54 take this advice wait for its imminent release on video and then consider renting something else instead 
1
Car 54, Where Are You?
John Petrakis
Some movies are so bad they warrant special attention Car 54 Where Are You is one of them 
0
Born to Be Wild
Mike McGranaghan
Incredibly moving Even if you don t have a three story screen in your home the film still works marvelously 
3.5
Born to Be Wild
Michael Dequina
Does a remarkable job of putting the viewer right with elephants in the Kenyan savannah and orangutans in the lush jungles of Borneo 
3
Born to Be Wild
Mike Scott
It s just 40 minutes long but in that short time it produces more awwww moments than any feature length film to hit theaters this year 
3
Born to Be Wild
Robert Levin
Trades on an indisputable fact Ecologically friendly movies about cute animals are just about impossible to resist 
3
Born to Be Wild
Linda Cook
Born to Be Wild is one of the finest films of the year Anyone who ever has loved an animal in a wild environment or for that matter shared a home with one must see this extraordinary movie about animal rescue 
4
Born to Be Wild
Glenn Heath Jr.
There are three certainties in life death taxes and Morgan Freeman s voice 
3
Born to Be Wild
Mack Bates
What it lacks in length the 45 minute movie makes up in entertainment value 
3
Born to Be Wild
Jennie Punter
The hip soundtrack adds momentum and the reassuring narration of Morgan Freeman lets us know these lucky orphans will have a fighting chance for survival after taking their first steps or swings back into the wild 
3
Born to Be Wild
John Wirt
A cute and touching look at animals in peril and the dedicated humans who care for them 
3
Born to Be Wild
Stephanie Merry
While there s an important story here how these two women take in endangered animals with the intention of later releasing them back into the wild the main attraction is the general adorableness 
2.5
Born to Be Wild
Lou Lumenick
It s sort of poetic justice that the wretched Sucker Punch is getting kicked off four Manhattan IMAX screens after just two weeks by this charming nature documentary 
3
Born to Be Wild
Joe Williams
Born to be Wild is a good nature film and a great technical achievement 
3
Born to Be Wild
Chris Hewitt
Narrated by Morgan Freeman of course Wild shifts gracefully between the two locations without ever feeling like it s imposing a story arc on them 
3.5
Born to Be Wild
Peter Hartlaub
Wholesome and educational teaches right from wrong and brings up some important environmental issues 
3
Born to Be Wild
Janice Page
An honest marketer might have just gone ahead and titled the film Awwwww 
2.5
Born to Be Wild
Linda Barnard
Born to be Wild is both grand spectacle and intimate tale 
3.5
Born to Be Wild
Nell Minow
Everything a family movie should be touching funny and inspiring 
3
Born to Be Wild
Roger Moore
Cute but never insufferably so Born to Be Wild 3D is best taken as the perfect film to transition your kids from animation to live action fare short sweet and educational 
3
Our Man Flint
Peter Canavese
To the extent that Our Man Flint works it does so due to its tossed off wit and the sheer oddity of Coburn nbsp the toothy gangly character actor who nevertheless charms his way into stardom here with laid back cool Blu ray 
3
Let It Be Morning
Steven Prokopy
Anchored by Bakri 8217 s complex performance 44 Let It Be Morning finds way to be both amusing and quietly devastating 46 
3
Let It Be Morning
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Morning 8217 carries valuable 44 universal messages 44 but the film 8217 s listless tone and lingering pace can create struggles for moviegoers 46 
2
Let It Be Morning
Mark Jenkins
The gentle yet occasionally turbulent comedy by Eran Kolirin explores personal social and political conflicts 
3
Let It Be Morning
Randy Myers
Eran Kolirin s satirical drama is a wily one filled with layers and deeper context within its relatively simple framework as it relates the complexities of Palestinian Israeli relations 
3.5
Let It Be Morning
Matt Zoller Seitz
A humanistic work that 8217 s warmer and more mature in its approach than many more direct 8220 statement 8221 movies in this mode 46 
3.5
Absentia
Gary Collinson
Those seeking a slow burning intelligent and thought provoking character driven chiller should find plenty to enjoy 
3
Absentia
David Nusair
A rare 40 and total 41 misfire from Mike Flanagan 46 46 46 
2
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Matt Brunson
Enormously entertaining enormously educational and enormously moving this is one of the 10 best films of 2017 
3.5
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a sheerly enjoyable film that shed a little more light on how the movie biz works as well as how the human heart works 
3.5
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Anita Katz
A joy ride for movie lovers 
3
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Mick LaSalle
This is a likable documentary that casts light on two respected but relatively unknown people who made major contributions to film and managed to have a normal life and in Hollywood of all places 
3
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Stephanie Merry
The story it tells is conventional chronological and straightforward And that s enough With a story this charming who needs bells and whistles 
3
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Nick Allen
The special kind of history project that can expand your film knowledge as much as it might warm your heart 
3
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Nathalie Atkinson
The couple are the movie s saving grace especially Lillian now 87 who regales in every story but especially the one about how she doggedly researched accurate drug lord lifestyles for Scarface 
2.5
Rabbit Hole
Mattie Lucas
An emotionally cathartic experience that finds humor and positivity even in the darkest situations 
3
Rabbit Hole
Jeff Beck
John Cameron Mitchell s Rabbit Hole is a heart breaking somewhat depressing film that deals with one of the worst tragedies a couple can face It is also one of the best films of the year 
4
Rabbit Hole
Wesley Lovell
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart give marvelous shaded performances of grief stricken parents attempting to move on without forgetting their pain 
4
Rabbit Hole
James Kendrick
a raw and complex character study that challenges our identification and sympathies at every turn
3
Rabbit Hole
Linda Cook
This is a film that may haunt you It s painful to watch because the characters are in such pain in this show that can be classified only as a tragedy 
4
Rabbit Hole
Josh Larsen
avoids exploitation at all costs 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Matt Brunson
One of the best films of 2010 Rabbit Hole features a devastating performance by Nicole Kidman that would deserve every Best Actress prize on tap were it not for the presence of Black Swan s Natalie Portman on the awards scene 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
John Beifuss
The movie is stingy with information and surprisingly generous with humor which provides realism and relief from the sadness 
3
Rabbit Hole
Lisa Kennedy
Rabbit Hole directed with grace and surprising humor by John Cameron Mitchell is a delicate tale that shares a great deal of the hurt of Robert Redford s Ordinary People 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Lawrence Toppman
Mitchell keeps the direction simple and well behaved usually just pointing the camera at the speaker but you can see why this topic appealed to him All three of his films are about people in pain reaching or lashing out in different ways 
3
Rabbit Hole
Calvin Wilson
A tough raw drama about wounds that heal only gradually if at all 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Duane Dudek
The performances are pitch perfect Eckhart swallowing words he knows will only lead to an argument and averting his eyes as if she will be able to see them there Kidman guarded and still wearing her vulnerability like armor 
3
Rabbit Hole
Robert W. Butler
The lesson at the film s heart is that when tossed down the rabbit hole of bereavement there is no right response It s unmapped territory that each of us must learn to negotiate 
3
Rabbit Hole
Rene Rodriguez
Absorbing and hugely compelling a thoughtful portrayal of the myriad ways in which we learn to deal with the unthinkable 
3
Rabbit Hole
Kam Williams
A plausible portrait of what transpires when bad things happen to good people without faith in God or a lucky rabbit s foot 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Walter Chaw
Tidy bland Rabbit Hole is the kind of movie that really doesn t want to offend in its tale of child death and making friends with Sandra Oh
1
Rabbit Hole
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mitchell delivers this grim material with a certain amount of grace and the best I can say for it is that he makes it watchable and even at times compelling 
3
Rabbit Hole
Jesse Cataldo
Like Crash without the clunky characterization Rabbit Hole is film as medicine a big pretty pill to be uncomfortably swallowed 
2.5
Rabbit Hole
Roger Moore
The film sets us up to judge and then upends those judgments 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Ty Burr
Eckhart works close to the top of his range here Howie is a guy s guy ill equipped to fight something he can t see but Kidman simply goes above and beyond 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Chris Hewitt
The movie is filled with little moments of kindness brave stabs at connection and attempts to accept the shortcomings of others 
3
Rabbit Hole
Ann Hornaday
What on the surface seems to possess all the melodrama and photogenic suffering of a banal prime time weepie instead becomes a lucid tough deeply sensitive examination of emotional fortitude 
3
Rabbit Hole
Peter Canavese
The film rsquo s impeccable emotional truth and delicate touches of black humor owe in equal part to screenwriter director and stars 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Bob Bloom
At times this intimate family drama makes you want to turn away as if you were eavesdropping or prying into the lives of two people whose loss is so palatable that you feel helpless in your inability to reach through the screen to comfort them 
4
Rabbit Hole
Willie Waffle
A movie about grief pain longing and disaster Happy Holidays and Feliz Navidad 
2.5
Rabbit Hole
Mark Dujsik
Director John Cameron Mitchell allows the actors to rip into Lindsay Abaire s scenario and words 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Dustin Putman
Relies on the sympathetic nature of its characters and the raw truthfulness of its story to carry it through the land of overfamiliarity 
3
Rabbit Hole
Mick LaSalle
As a viewing experience the film is by turns heartrending and stultifying but mostly stultifying 
2
Rabbit Hole
Michael Phillips
Conventionally made but extremely well acted It does what most stage to screen adaptations do not It works 
3
Rabbit Hole
Roger Ebert
The film is in a better state of mind than its characters Its humor comes as the best humor does from an acute observation of human nature We have known people something like this We smile in recognition 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
James Berardinelli
Those who venture into Rabbit Hole with their expectations properly aligned will leave fulfilled and perhaps with a slightly different perspective on a few things 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Peter Keough
Rabbit Hole takes its title from a graphic novel about alternate realities written by one of the film s characters The novel is pretty good too bad director John Cameron Mitchell didn t adapt it instead of David Lindsay Abaire s lugubrious play 
2
Rabbit Hole
Mike McGranaghan
Rabbit Hole is beautifully made and acted with a life affirming point of view that makes it an intensely rewarding experience 
4
Rabbit Hole
Sara Michelle Fetters
The genius here is that Lindsay Abaire and Mitchell know how to stand back and watch understand that even in great tragedy great moments of warmth light and humor can also be found 
3
Rabbit Hole
Robert Levin
His restrained personal approach captured in fluid close ups illuminated by clear bright skies lays bare the burdens of souls stuck as life goes on around them 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Peter Travers
Kidman doing her best work in years just comes at you Her final scene with the splendid Wiest who builds her character with uncommon feeling is devastating So is the movie It takes a piece out of you 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Stephen Whitty
You never regret that Nicole Kidman ended up being the actress who got this made 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Rick Groen
Don t go down this Rabbit Hole unless you wish to see a superb film that treats a sad topic with unflinching honesty 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Steven D. Greydanus
Kidman and Eckhart give stellar performances in a quiet tale of grief and perhaps healing 
3
Rabbit Hole
David Nusair
an unexpectedly powerful piece of work 
3.5
Rabbit Hole
Peter Howell
A perceptive and sympathetic film by John Cameron Mitchell that looks at grief by way of selfish reasonableness 
3.5
Thirst
David Nusair
an uneven yet passable horror effort 
2.5
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Bruce DeMara
The portrait that emerges of Newman is of a decent cool and low key guy who preferred racing over acting In his own words the only grace I ever found was in an automobile 
3
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Chris Knight
This trim 83 minute documentary will convince viewers that on the track Newman was no dilettante 
2.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Matt Brunson
Even the gang from Mystery Science Theater 3000 would have trouble finding much to riff off in this turkey which is unremittingly dull more than anything else 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Jonathan Curiel
Formulaic films are released every week but it s rare that one has a 100 million budget big stars whose roles are embarrassing to watch and unusual special effects that only serve to mask a predictable plot and cliche ridden scenes 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
M. K. Terrell
With colossal sets a remarkable cast and hundreds of extras this sci fi comedy adventure spoof of 30s movies should be funny and adventuresome but it falls flat 
1.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
David Hiltbrand
A paralyzingly dopey mess Pluto sat on the shelf for more than a year while Warner Bros tried to inject some life into it You might as well try to revive a stuffed moose 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Jack Mathews
Forensics experts will be digging through the rubble of this fiasco for a long time trying to reconstruct the accident How did so many lines fall flat Why were the action scenes so corny and unconvincing Who put the stink on this 
1.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Nick Rogers
The movie is set in 2087 or approximately 100 years after scribe Neil Cuthbert last bothered to touch up his script 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
David Nusair
Though my expectations for the film were exceptionally low it turns out that The Adventures of Pluto Nash is just diverting enough to recommend it 
2.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Joe Leydon
May be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since Town and Country 
2.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Forrest Hartman
It s not only dull because we ve seen Eddie Murphy do the genial rogue shtick to death but because the plot is equally hackneyed 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Robert K. Elder
It might be the first sci fi comedy that could benefit from a Three s Company style laugh track 
1.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Mike McGranaghan
Despite the long shelf time and the staggering amount of money lost this is not one of the all time cinematic disasters 
2
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Linda Cook
Movie fans get ready to take off the other direction 
0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Jerry McCormick
Despite the premise of a good story it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles 
0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Jan Stuart
A listless sci fi comedy in which Eddie Murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect 
1.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Jonathan R. Perry
A scandalous waste of cinematic resources a comedy with no laughs a sci fi epic without wonder an action thriller with no thrills 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Frank Ochieng
The Adventures of Pluto Nash is an inane tacky and stultifying experience for anyone to endure Gee talking about a meteoric miscalculation What did you ever do to deserve this idiotic rocket sized ruse 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Kevin Courrier
A limp Eddie Murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Lou Lumenick
So unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines 
0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Tor Thorsen
There s certainly no intelligent life down here 
1.5
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Gary Brown
While the film misfires at every level the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what s supposed to be a comedy 
0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Steve Rhodes
Where are laugh tracks when you need them 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Michael Szymanski
It s not funny it s not romantic it s not exciting it s not for children it s not remotely interesting 
1
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Dustin Putman
If there really was a merciful God the film negatives would have been burnt to a crisp in a freak accident No such luck 
0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Ken Fox
Rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment 
1.5
Mark, Mary & Some Other People
Dwight Brown
It s like being invited to a feeble Bob Carol Ted Alice themed party that fizzles 
2.5
Mark, Mary & Some Other People
Joey Magidson
Mark Mary Some Other People will utterly delight you Hannah Marks is an indie treasure and this is just one more example 
3.5
Mark, Mary & Some Other People
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A cautionary tale that often throws caution to the wind it offers salacious and thoughtful delights aplenty 
3
Eastern Promises
Brian Eggert
Beyond the film s eroticized violence and secretive world among the brutal Russian gangsters Cronenberg also tells an immigrant story about people who want a better life only to find their desire exploited 
4
Eastern Promises
Matt Brunson
Full of whispery menace marked by probing studies of masculinity at its extreme boundaries punctuated with bursts of sexual and violent excess and coping with an abrupt ending 
3
Eastern Promises
Mattie Lucas
An intricate and mesmerizing thriller featuring stellar performances especially by Mortensen who gives the bravest performance of his career and an excellent script by Steven Knight
3.5
Eastern Promises
Nick Rogers
David Cronenberg s spin on The Departed in which lawmen and the lawless were similarly tested within an ethnic mafia s ranks But where that became an overwrought bloodbath Promises maintained a vicious focus on mob malevolence and personal peril 
4
Eastern Promises
Mike Scott
Even if the frequently low key plot suffers from the occasional sleepy stretch Mortensen turns in a magnificent performance 
2.5
Eastern Promises
Jeff Vice
Mortensen is very convincing as Nikolai and his Russian accent is impeccable 
3
Eastern Promises
Wesley Lovell
David Cronenberg proves he doesn t have to use violence to tell a good story 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Surprising and rather suspenseful crime drama and the perfect follow up from the director who composes a pleasing violent moral duality tale 
3
Eastern Promises
Jordan Hiller
There seems to be no point to it all other than to craft an unsettling motion picture with some grisly close ups of throats being slit 
2
Eastern Promises
Michael A. Smith
With Oscar season almost upon us Eastern Promises fires the first shot in the race for the golden boy 
4
Eastern Promises
Sean O'Connell
A gritty shocking and darkly entertaining crime thriller that coats its action with a layer of barrel bottom sleaze 
3
Eastern Promises
Michael Dequina
David Cronenberg tells a story of the Russian mob in London as only he can indeed with ample doses of brutal bloody extreme violence 
3
Eastern Promises
Lori Hoffman
this movie slows down to a crawl to examine the grim reality of people who live without hope controlled by monsters who pretend to be human 
2.5
Eastern Promises
Scott Nash
If you enjoy a good mob movie and who doesn t then you ll enjoy Eastern Promises which delivers a great one 
4
Eastern Promises
Gina Carbone
For all his three dimensional humanism it s clear Cronenberg likes his men to get their hands dirty and enjoys watching small boned women dish out sass In short everyone in a Cronenberg film has to have the same kind of balls he does or they won t make
3.25
Eastern Promises
Rob Thomas
Promises is a solid involving crime thriller elevated by some quintessentially Cronenbergian touches but it s not a truly disturbing Cronenberg experience like A History of Violence or Spider 
3
Eastern Promises
Linda Cook
Ah September is here And with it arrive the serious movies 
4
Eastern Promises
Walter Chaw
London as a murky wood filthy with wolves 
4
Eastern Promises
Eric Melin
It is not the histrionics that keep us hooked What lingers long after the movie has ended are the characters 
3
Eastern Promises
Kam Williams
Exploring an array of themes ranging from love and betrayal to morality and mortality Eastern Promises is a mesmerizing thriller designed for folks with a penchant for lingering depictions of utter depravity Sheer brutality as cinematic beauty 
3
Eastern Promises
Daniel M. Kimmel
a powerful well done film that will not be to every taste 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Larry Ratliff
A note to Oscar You haven t noticed yet but there s this guy up in Canada named Cronenberg 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Janos Gereben
Eastern Promises will take your breath away churn your stomach and then leave you with memories of unforgettable characters as well as perplexing thoughts about good and evil 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Rene Rodriguez
Here is an excellent crime thriller made with grown ups in mind 
3
Eastern Promises
Sean P. Means
Mortensen lean and muscular and moving like a prowling tiger gives a subtle portrayal of a man struggling with his conscience 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Mike McGranaghan
Eastern Promises is not just one of this year s best films it is also my pick for the best David Cronenberg movie to date 
4
Eastern Promises
Chris Hewitt
It s exciting it s smart and it has something to say 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Carla Meyer
Even though Eastern Promises inhabits a creepy world Cronenberg fans still might be reluctant to leave it 
3
Eastern Promises
Robert W. Butler
Mortensen s work is so good that you ll want to go back and see Eastern Promises a second time just to appreciate the way he plays us 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Terry Lawson
Eastern Promises is a straightforward straight up Russian gangster movie whose primary achievement is making the Russian gangster underworld feel exotic and menacing 
3
Eastern Promises
Lisa Kennedy
Eastern Promises is as honorable an entertainment as it is a humbling work of art 
4
Eastern Promises
John Beifuss
As exactingly wrought as an anatomical diagram or one of Mortensen s symbolic tattoos Eastern Promises celebrates the wonder power and fragility of the human body from infancy to death 
3.5
Eastern Promises
James Sanford
extremely violent and richly atmospheric culminates in an electrifying scene that s destined to be discussed by movie fans for years 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Willie Waffle
It is the violence that stands out in a good way 
3
Eastern Promises
Duane Dudek
In Cronenberg it appears Mortensen has found a like minded mentor while in Mortensen Cronenberg has found something approaching a muse 
3
Eastern Promises
Maitland McDonagh
An icily seductive parable about family power unconventional justice and the perils of answered prayers 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Bruce Newman
Eastern Promises is a subtle and precisely calibrated work of astonishing cumulative power 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Joe Lozito
Like it or not the Russians have their very own Godfather with David Cronenberg s dark brutal thriller about the inner workings of London s Russian mafia featuring another powerful performance by Viggo Mortensen 
4
Eastern Promises
Jeanne Aufmuth
Viggo Mortensen chews it up and spits it out as the corrupt centerpiece of maverick director David Cronenberg s searing mob thriller 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Mark Dujsik
A mediocre crime thriller nothing more nothing less That it s directed by David Cronenberg is disappointing 
2
Eastern Promises
Lou Lumenick
Viggo Mortensen lends a moral complexity to Eastern Promises that makes it much more than just a very accomplished action thriller 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Mick LaSalle
This is Mortensen and Cronenberg s second collaboration the first was A History of Violence and it s turning into a beautiful friendship 
3
Eastern Promises
Claudia Puig
If you don t mind bloodshed and are drawn to taut thrillers with fascinating characters portrayed skillfully Eastern Promises is just the ticket 
3
Eastern Promises
Moira MacDonald
A chilly masterful thriller 
3.5
Eastern Promises
David Elliott
As steeped in Russian flavors as a hot samovar this fast compelling story is also oddly Dickensian in its shadowy corners and twists 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Timothy Knight
This intermittently riveting and atmospheric film nevertheless ends on such a bewilderingly abrupt and unsatisfying note you wonder if there s a missing reel 
2.5
Eastern Promises
Stephen Whitty
Cronenberg s most straightforward and accessible movie since The Fly 
3
Eastern Promises
Jack Mathews
Eastern Promises is the first must see adult film of the young fall 
3
Eastern Promises
Glenn Whipp
While the film falls short of Cronenberg s best it still boasts Mortensen s authoritative acting and extraordinary commitment to the material 
3
Eastern Promises
Bruce Westbrook
What it s really about more than sensitivity for displaced people or social analyses is violence hideous gruesome over the top violence 
1
Eastern Promises
Roger Ebert
A film that takes us beyond crime and London and the Russian mafia and into the mystifying realms of human nature 
4
Eastern Promises
Ty Burr
In Eastern Promises David Cronenberg s hellacious new Russian mob movie Viggo Mortensen finally comes of age as an actor and a movie star 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Sara Michelle Fetters
An arresting marvel of storytelling and substance 44 this pitch black parable of history 44 tradition 44 family 44 and vengeance is a hard core thriller ranking amongst this director 8217 s finest achievements 46 It is also one of the year 8217 s best motion pictures 46 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Peter Canavese
Eastern Promises unusually ambiguous character study makes for a different kind of crime drama a striking if not entirely satisfying one 
3
Eastern Promises
Josh Larsen
doesn t have the mythical pull of A History of Violence yet Cronenberg is too accomplished and clever of a filmmaker to let this gangster tale seem rote 
3
Eastern Promises
Carrie Rickey
Mortensen delivers yet another startling performance stunning in its intensity and cunning in its ambiguity 
3
Eastern Promises
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What makes it great is that it s a David Cronenberg movie he tells a compelling story filled with his own particular obsessions It s personal unpretentious and unassuming 
4
Eastern Promises
Dustin Putman
An ultimately satisfying venture with a few spot on acting turns but it is a tad too ordinary for a director who thrives when he is anything but 
2.5
Eastern Promises
Michael Phillips
While Eastern Promises works overall on more of a low insinuating simmer it s one of Cronenberg s most satisfying pictures 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Jan Stuart
Whether in cloaked repose or naked defense Mortensen dares you to take your eyes off of him 
4
Eastern Promises
Matt Pais
Significant tension keeps a minimal plot on ice with changes that are small but precise like a blade that grazes your throat moments after it appears 
3.5
Eastern Promises
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the director set the bar so high with A History of Violence that there was no way he could equal it with Eastern Promises but for him to fall so far short is nothing less than criminal 
2
Eastern Promises
Ed Gonzalez
Eastern Promises is a straighter version of Inland Empire which is not to say that it isn t totally queer 
3
Eastern Promises
David Nusair
absolutely compelling 
3
Eastern Promises
Geoff Pevere
Menacingly brilliant 
3.5
Eastern Promises
Peter Travers
How like David Cronenberg the master of body horror as a path to the soul to begin his mesmerizing power punch of a thriller with a hemorrhage 
3.5
Life on the Line
Glenn Kenny
This is one of those based on true events movies that give you the distinct feeling that the true events deserved better 
1.5
Life on the Line
Keith Watson
For a film about such a singular profession Life on the Line offers surprisingly little insight into linemen s day to day labor 
1
On Chesil Beach
Matt Brunson
It s a movie that stumbles out of the gate But after a fumbling first act the story deepens alongside the narrative conflicts 
2.5
On Chesil Beach
Joe Friar
If these two actors were appearing together in a modern romance their characters Facebook relationship status would read It s complicated 
3.5
On Chesil Beach
Karen M. Peterson
On Chesil Beach is both a lovely story and a heartbreaking one Ronan and Howle bring such strength and depth to their performances that you can t help rooting for them 
3
On Chesil Beach
Robert Daniels
Unfortunately by the final act of the film we ve lost any empathy for these two And there s little rationale as to why they should matter to anyone else 
2
On Chesil Beach
Roger Moore
The gloriously intimate and repressed movie before it is rather undone by the coda that ends it 
2.5
On Chesil Beach
Lisa Jensen
Sloppy inconsistent storytelling keeps us from getting caught up in the tale s emotional core and the audience too leaves unsatisfied 
2
On Chesil Beach
David Nusair
On Chesil Beach improves substantially once Cooke embraces a more palpably linear feel 
2.5
On Chesil Beach
Robert Horton
A mixed bag movie 
2
On Chesil Beach
Bob Bloom
On Chesil Beach is an unhappy movie because of the loss and aching of its protagonists 
3
On Chesil Beach
Sara Michelle Fetters
On Chesil Beach just didn t cut it my cold indifference once it came to an end a maddening turn of events to say the least 
2
On Chesil Beach
Richard Roeper
What a prestigious understated classy inducement to take a nap 
2
On Chesil Beach
Mark Dujsik
As a romance it s quite lovely and that is both the point of and the subversion within McEwan s tale 
3
On Chesil Beach
Michael Phillips
What worked on the page more or less struggles on screen 
2
On Chesil Beach
Calvin Wilson
If you think this is just another exercise in arthouse cinema you re in for a surprise 
3.5
On Chesil Beach
Tom Russo
The filmmakers and their charmingly sympathetic leads leave us with a picture of connubial needs and desires which while maybe improbable conjures up all the absorbing wistfulness of a classic weepie 
3
On Chesil Beach
Michael O'Sullivan
In its own delicate way like a piece of tear soaked tissue paper it holds the memory of heartbreak 
3
On Chesil Beach
Mick LaSalle
I half expect that On Chesil Beach may in fact be the driest subtlest British comedy ever made and that if you were to see this in London the audience would be falling into the aisles laughing Or maybe not It s impossible to say 
2
On Chesil Beach
Rex Reed
You watch the movie like you read a book which leads to eventual tedium You can t put a bookmark in a movie come back later and pick up where you left off 
3
On Chesil Beach
Sheila O'Malley
The movie is fairly faithful to the book except for a couple of awful invented scenes at the end and yet so much is lost in the transfer 
1.5
On Chesil Beach
Peter Travers
Even Saoirse Ronan in all her shining glory can t save this stuffy adaptation of Ian McEwan s novel of carnally cursed newlyweds There is a soulful core in this tale of love lost You ll find it in the book but not in this shallow film 
2.5
On Chesil Beach
Moira MacDonald
The great Saoirse Ronan whose delicate voice here contains a universe of pain turns in another heartbreaker of a performance in Dominic Cooke s quiet British drama set in 1962 and based on Ian McEwan s novel 
3.5
On Chesil Beach
Chuck Bowen
The film s imaginative daring springs from its willingness to render repression sexy even if it will prove to be the seed of a young couple s dissolution 
3
On Chesil Beach
Kent Turner
But in fleshing out the characters and expanding his storyline McEwan raises more than a few questions that contradict his own source material 
2
On Chesil Beach
Shane Slater
There isn t enough of that exciting kitchen sink messiness in this otherwise conventional prestige drama 
3
On Chesil Beach
Mark Medley
The lead actors are both marvellous Yet the film s most impressive performance might come from director Dominic Cooke who has delivered an assured wistful debut 
3.5
The Social Network
Tom Meek
It s a gripping adaptation of Ben Mezrich s book which paints Zuckerberg as both arrogant opportunist and naive underdog 
4
The Social Network
Sarah Knight Adamson
The Social Network is a very smart film about very smart people and more importantly the relationships of those people 
3
The Social Network
Mattie Lucas
Sorkin s intoxicating rapid fire dialogue couple s with Fincher s striking imagery to create a wholly immersive viewing experience 
3.5
The Social Network
Roger Moore
The movie that shows you just what being the smartest guy in the room will get you 
4
The Social Network
Jeff Beck
Fincher s keen eye for direction and Sorkin s sharp script make this worth seeing for fans and non fans of Facebook alike 
3
The Social Network
Wesley Lovell
It s hard work making a character you don t like into a character you don t like but can still respect 
4
The Social Network
Jordan Hiller
The merits of Facebook can be debated the merits of The Social Network are undeniable 
4
The Social Network
Linda Cook
I m really not making this up My best friend Emily called me half an hour before I left to see The Social Network And guess what she wanted to know This woman who went to high school with us wants to friend me she said Do you remember her 
3.5
The Social Network
David Nusair
an incredibly solid drama that has plenty to offer both computer buffs and neophytes alike 
4
The Social Network
Michael A. Smith
It s still a little early to start making Oscar noise but I can see The Social Network nabbing several come early next year including nods for Eisenberg and Timberlake 
4
The Social Network
Steve Rhodes
Polish up the Oscar and get ready to give it to Eisenberg an actor whom most people have never seen before 
4
The Social Network
Scott Nash
You can pencil Aaron Sorkin in for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar right now 
4
The Social Network
Linda Cook
I m really not making this up 
3.5
The Social Network
Sean P. Means
A sympathetic examination of how this prickly character Zuckerberg and his desperate need for connection led to an invention that allows millions to connect with each other 
4
The Social Network
Eric Melin
Watching a movie with a snappy pace whip smart dialogue and so many interesting things to say about where we are as a country right now is such a pleasure 
4
The Social Network
Lori Hoffman
Manipulation is the heart of this film both in the story being told and by the filmmakers who molded the true story to fit their agenda 
2
The Social Network
James Kendrick
a virtuoso modern parable about greed innovation and betrayal as well as a compelling portrait of how technology is changing the landscape of both business enterprise and interpersonal relationships
3.5
The Social Network
Alissa Wilkinson
The film s real achievement stretches beyond the story When we ve all forgotten Facebook The Social Network will remind us what it was to be part of the generation of Millenials 
3.5
The Social Network
Kam Williams
The scariest screen villain in a half century since Psycho s Norman Bates given that this inscrutable creep actually exists in real life 
4
The Social Network
John Beifuss
Citizen Kane for the impatient digital era with that masterpiece s decades spanning morality tale of loss hubris loneliness and revenge compressed into a few years and with an ex girlfriend named Erica instead of a sled named Rosebud 
4
The Social Network
Gina Carbone
Cool fast smart and sleek It s also a surprisingly deep and almost painful reminder of the importance of a real social network as opposed to say Facebook 
3.5
The Social Network
Mike McGranaghan
Even if you ve never logged on to Facebook you can still get caught up in the way The Social Network looks at issues of friendship rivalry inspiration and the cutthroat nature of business 
4
The Social Network
Matt Brunson
Like the screwball comedies and film noir staples of yore The Social Network exhibits an extraordinary gift for gab 
3.5
The Social Network
Christian Toto
The Social Network boasts enough great dialogue to fuel a half dozen Oscar bait movies 
3.5
The Social Network
Keith Cohen
The movie may serve to bridge the huge Grand Canyon like chasm between baby boomers on one side and Gen X and Y ers on the other stimulating meaningful discussions about values viewpoints and ideas 
3
The Social Network
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fincher crafts a document that analyzes who we are now and where we re at in a way no other motion picture up to now has and for that reason alone that probable makes the film a masterpiece 
4
The Social Network
Tyler Hanley
There s a lot to Like about The Social Network 
3.5
The Social Network
Charlie McCollum
You will know The Social Network is something very special from its first scene 
4
The Social Network
Lisa Kennedy
The Social Network shares creative DNA with a handful of classic zeitgeist savvy films like Network and All the President s Men as well as more recent fare such as The Insider and Michael Clayton 
4
The Social Network
Robert W. Butler
The brilliance of Eisenberg s performance is that even when you want to slap his Zuckerberg silly you can t help but admire his creativity his ambition and his almost religious dedication to the Internet s potential 
3.5
The Social Network
James Berardinelli
This is the 2010 Oscar season s first drama to live up to the hype and expectations associated with it 
3.5
The Social Network
Rick Groen
It has the staccato wit of a drawing room comedy the fatal flaw of a tragic romance and the buzzy immediacy of a front page headline all powered by a kinetic engine typically found in an action flick 
3.5
The Social Network
Wilson Morales
David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin have put together a well acted intelligent and compelling film that merits accolades as one of the best films of 2010 
3.5
The Social Network
Lawrence Toppman
Eisenberg gives us a speeded up rendition of his previous performances but it fits There s also fine cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth and softly pulsating music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 
4
The Social Network
Mike Scott
David Fincher s smartly written expertly told chronicling of the dawn of the Facebook era is just that compelling that engrossing that hard to resist Kind of like a certain website I know 
4
The Social Network
Erik Childress
Sorkin has stripped down the Facebook experience and presents the overlying and often unspoken commitment to its usage How do others view us 
4
The Social Network
Willie Waffle
If you want to see an enthralling movie about business in the 21st century forget about that stinker Wall Street Money Never Sleeps 
4
The Social Network
Chris Hewitt
Everyone in The Social Network is smart Everyone in The Social Network is sarcastic And that is big fun to watch 
3.5
The Social Network
Ann Hornaday
What looks on paper like a static series of dead end conversations comes to life as a vital engaging even urgent parable for our age 
4
The Social Network
Phil Villarreal
The best aspect of the movie is just how delightfully trashy it is There are more oh no he di in t moments than in an episode of Jersey Shore 
4
The Social Network
Bob Bloom
The Social Network is sharp incisive insightful and witty It also touches upon our need some may say our addiction for human contact even if it is through a computer 
4
The Social Network
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All of these misshapen odds and ends click together for one of the year s most satisfying films so far 
3.5
The Social Network
Dustin Putman
Aiming for greatness and not quite making it The Social Network will have to settle for solidly consistent Most major studio releases should be so lucky 
3
The Social Network
Alison Gang
Even with his constantly affectless expression Eisenberg gives Zuckerberg just enough vulnerability to make you not entirely hate him 
3
The Social Network
Mick LaSalle
The writing is strong and the drama the drama of betrayal is ever present 
4
The Social Network
Walter Chaw
It s Fight Club without Marla 
4
The Social Network
Duane Dudek
It s a smart bomb of a film that illustrates how technology and innovation influence human behavior 
3.5
The Social Network
Moira MacDonald
One of the many remarkable things about David Fincher s movie The Social Network is the constant realization as you watch that this movie should by all rights have been exceedingly dull 
3.5
The Social Network
Carrie Rickey
It s astonishing that a movie mostly set in front of computer screens and in deposition rooms a movie where the end is already known has the hold of a suspense film 
4
The Social Network
Rossiter Drake
In some ways Fincher who has portrayed serial killers both fictional Seven and real Zodiac has never presented a character as remorselessly vicious as the implacable cyberpunk 
3.5
The Social Network
Calvin Wilson
Fincher has made quite a few terrific films from Se7en to the underrated Zodiac But this time he s outdone himself The Social Network is riveting from start to finish and a master class in directing 
4
The Social Network
J. R. Jones
Watching The Social Network the real Zuckerberg may feel as if someone has hacked into his Facebook account and changed his profile picture 
4
The Social Network
Sean O'Connell
Has a rhythm or a pulse You almost interact with the production as you would a stage play as if the players can feed off your energy and vice versa 
3.5
The Social Network
Peter Howell
It may be the year s best movie 
4
The Social Network
Thelma Adams
The movie zips along at a quick pace with caffeinated dialogue Still things get dull in the third act during the inevitable crash 
3
The Social Network
Claudia Puig
Brilliantly directed by David Fincher this provocative film probes the impetus for invention the changing face of social interaction and the limits of friendship the old fashioned kind and the version linking 500 million Facebook users 
4
The Social Network
Roger Ebert
David Fincher s film has the rare quality of being not only as smart as its brilliant hero but in the same way It is cocksure impatient cold exciting and instinctively perceptive 
4
The Social Network
Rene Rodriguez
Despite the ceaseless yammering The Social Network delivers the heady rib tickling rush of an action picture and it gradually builds to an emotional wallop that blindsides you 
4
The Social Network
Matt Soergel
So good it can make thrilling even the sight of people typing at computer keyboards 
4
The Social Network
Ty Burr
On the level of craft the movie s just absurdly enjoyable 
4
The Social Network
Rex Reed
The Social Network combines a multitude of impressions and conflicting first person accounts in a trajectory that is refreshingly coherent 
3
The Social Network
Josh Larsen
Because it tackles a big topic and has been made by an important director critics have been working overtime to position it as some sort of defining film It s not 
3
The Social Network
Peter Keough
Through deft shooting and a brilliant orchestration of flashforwards and flashbacks Fincher and Sorkin turn these potentially deadly scenes of legal sparring into a zesty narrative framework 
3.5
The Social Network
Michael Phillips
An unlikely marriage of directorial and writerly sensibilities has produced one of the most stimulating films of the year 
3.5
The Social Network
Peter Travers
The Social Network is the movie of the year But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness they define the dark irony of the past decade 
4
The Social Network
Stephen Whitty
The Social Network is one of those movies that cares more about whether something feels real than whether it is 
4
The Social Network
Nick Schager
Fincher segments and layers his material at a pace befitting the meteoric ascendancy of Facebook itself and without the grandstanding that s sometimes marked his work 
3.5
Astronaut
James Berardinelli
It s meant to be consumed quickly and easily and the resulting taste is bland 
2.5
Astronaut
Rick Bentley
Writer director Shelagh McLeod never gets too far away from the constant pull of sentimental gravity with her feature film Astronaut but that isn t necessarily a bad thing 
3
Astronaut
Mark Dujsik
Astronaut becomes less of a character piece as the movie loses its heart for a series of obstacles and external conflicts 
2
Astronaut
Brad Wheeler
It s not entirely believable but where there s a metaphor there s a way Old asses put out to pasture Angus appreciates the symbolism I bet Dreyfuss does too 
3
Astronaut
Roger Moore
Every now and again Dreyfuss makes his presence felt and the picture like the gimmick at its heart achieves something like liftoff Almost 
2
Astronaut
Walter Chaw
In a film about shooting for the stars there s a certain irony about the kind of film Astronaut is content to be 
1.5
Astronaut
Joey Magidson
Pleasant yet paper thin Astronaut winds up being worth the investment due to Richard Dreyfuss and his sympathetic performance 
3
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Jason Fraley
A solid if unnecessary epilogue showing fans what happened to Pinkman after we last saw him drive away to freedom after being saved by Walt s blaze of glory 
3
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Chuck Bowen
The film mixes a self help message with moments of hard cruel detail 
2.5
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Rob Thomas
Is El Camino essential viewing Not at all But for those who loved the show it puts a satisfying exclamation point on the end of the series 
3
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Stephen Rodrick
Sometimes the past is the past and it really is dead 
2.5
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
David Nusair
a welcome addition to the Breaking Bad canon and a fine coda to the entire series 
3.5
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Roger Moore
For fans only The slowest most random get away tale in screen history 
2
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Richard Roeper
Thanks to Gilligan s masterful writing and directing and the bold and powerful and layered performance from Aaron Paul it s an extended epilogue quite worthy of the Breaking Bad brand 
3.5
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Verne Gay
Massively enjoyable wrap to the Jesse Pinkman story and better still the right one 
4
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Brian Tallerico
A well crafted epilogue for a beloved character who vividly understands the concept of consequences 
3.5
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Mark Dujsik
Anyone who hasn t watched the show will miss most of why Gilligan s feature length epilogue is a success 
3
How to Cheat
John Beifuss
Essentially a commercial film in mumblecore drag with Kent Osborne giving a great funny performance as a hapless unhappily married man 
3
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Linda Cook
Sometimes less is less 
2
Prom Night
Larry Vitacco
Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis perform well In fact Curtis an alumna of Halloween and The Fog and soon to be seen in Terror Train is very good it would be great to watch her perform in a riproaring comedy or a searing drama 
2.5
Prom Night
David Keyes
As I came to the movie for the first time in a very recent marathon of classic horror pictures I was baffled aghast and left overcome with insurmountable eye rolls But I was never bored 
2.5
Prom Night
David Nusair
Unusually incompetent from start to finish 
1
Prom Night
Roger Ebert
Why do people go to these movies 
0.5
Death at a Funeral
Peter Canavese
Proves you can spell funeral without fun Blu ray 
2
Death at a Funeral
Nick Rogers
When turned loose on accessible not altogether insincere dark comedy scenarios Frank Oz understands humor at a molecular level of structure volume and timing An impossible last shot stinger aside Death at a Funeral is farce at its most flawless 
3.5
Death at a Funeral
David Nusair
an ingratiating bit of energetic silliness that ll surely delight fans of British comedy 
3
Death at a Funeral
Mike Scott
Death be not proud but it sure be funny in this deliciously dark comedy 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Christian Toto
This Funeral won t leave audiences in a mournful state 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Susan Walker
Death at a Funeral might have been made in the 1960s not to be released until well past its stale date 
1.5
Death at a Funeral
Rick Groen
Weighing in at a brisk 90 minutes the picture does have the advantage of brevity and on screen no less than off there s much to be said for a quick send off 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Brett McCracken
Very funny and entertaining a sometimes dark comedy somewhere between Four Weddings and a Funeral and Meet the Parents 
3
Death at a Funeral
Claudia Puig
Death at a Funeral may be the funniest movie ever set in such a deadly serious setting 
3.5
Death at a Funeral
Sue Pierman
Writer Dean Craig creates a beautifully intricate farce and it s how the interlocking pieces snap together that provide much of the mirth rather than the sometimes stale gags along the way 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Jonathan W. Hickman
The result is the best British comedy in years 
3
Death at a Funeral
Susan Tavernetti
The comedy doesn t have much to say but its humor is killer 
4
Death at a Funeral
Kyle Smith
If like me you ever thought the supply of British comic talent was unlimited here s surprisingly convincing evidence to the contrary 
2
Death at a Funeral
Sid Smith
It s sillier but funnier than Knocked Up the summer s other notable comedy 
3
Death at a Funeral
Ken Fox
While trying so hard to have such a good time the movie simply forgets to be funny and begins to grate before the body even cools 
2
Death at a Funeral
Chris Hewitt
A heartless film in which dozens of selfish people don t care at all about the dead guy which allows us to laugh instead of you know grieving 
3.5
Death at a Funeral
Ruthe Stein
Screenwriter Dean Craign exhibits a real feel for the way that a crisis brings out age old hostilities Craig uses humor as a cover up to say something about the way families pull apart as well as together at difficult times 
4
Death at a Funeral
Gary Goldstein
As dumb and redundant as its wink wink title Devoid of the charm and wit that s become the hallmark of so many British ensemble comedies it feels more like some frantic door slamming stage farce than an actual movie 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Jack Mathews
It takes a while for Frank Oz s ensemble black comedy Death at a Funeral to hit its deliriously nutty stride But when it does the laughs don t stop until the movie like the subject of its family get together has taken its last breath 
3
Death at a Funeral
John Monaghan
Struggles valiantly to be funny but is mostly dead on arrival 
2
Death at a Funeral
Ty Burr
Death builds slowly and inexorably to a comic explosion that s just too good too insanely impossibly mortifying to spoil here 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Sara Michelle Fetters
It reminded me of A Fish Called Wanda and while I can t say it reaches the perfection of that 1988 classic it comes just close enough I can t wait to see it again 
3
Death at a Funeral
Roger Ebert
Death at a Funeral finds its comedy in the peculiar human trait of being most tempted to laugh when we re absolutely not supposed to 
3
Death at a Funeral
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Set among the perpetually polite and embarrassed British the film is at least tolerable 
2
Death at a Funeral
Mark Dujsik
A fine example of how much tone and execution affect low humor 
3
Death at a Funeral
Steven Rea
A well crafted British farce albeit one with an American director Frank Oz working the controls this throwback to the haughty high jinks of vintage Ealing comedies begins with an obvious but effective gag 
3
Death at a Funeral
Glenn Whipp
Dinklage makes the most of a thankless role The remaining actors are all OK all immediately forgettable like the movie itself 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Jeff Vice
Director Frank Oz has pulled off this kind of material before most notably in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels But Death at a Funeral is too crude and a bit too mean in particular the blackmailing subplot featuring Peter Dinklage 
2
Death at a Funeral
Eric Melin
In a successful comedy of manners the screenwriter and director are supposed to build the carefully lain plot to a frenzied fever pitch Between Craig s lackluster script and Oz s tepid direction its gait never gets beyond that of an elderly mallwalker 
2
Death at a Funeral
Matt Pais
To call this rubbish would be an insult to rubbish 
0
Death at a Funeral
Robert W. Butler
Describing the plot and characters doesn t begin to convey the out of control energy the film radiates You have to be there 
3
Death at a Funeral
John Anderson
Like Altman s Gosford Park Oz s film is an organism comprising intersecting oddballs 
3
Death at a Funeral
Josh Larsen
spins and whirls and sputters and wheezes but never at exactly the right moments 
1.5
Death at a Funeral
Glenn Kenny
Oz keeps all these balls in the air pretty deftly and the cast tears into it What gums things up is Craig s script 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
James Berardinelli
Death at a Funeral is flawed but I m willing to forgive a lot of flaws when a movie makes me laugh as much as this one 
3
Death at a Funeral
Nick Schager
A strained farce in which lots of one dimensional Brits converge at the memorial service for their family s patriarch and proceed to act like buffoons 
1.5
Up for Grabs
Michael Wilmington
Even if you didn t follow the story then Wranovics tells it so wryly your interest never flags and there s more suspense for newcomers since the mystery and court verdict remain in doubt until the end 
3
Up for Grabs
Susan Tavernetti
Up for Grabs isn t just about a ball It s about America 
3
Up for Grabs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A crackerjack documentary 
3.5
Up for Grabs
Nina MacLaughlin
Wranovics reveals the absurdity of it all without being preachy he even makes it hard to decide who the bigger weasel is 
3
Up for Grabs
Wesley Morris
This smartly assembled comedy articulates irritation with and bewilderment at its subject the legal battle for possession of a baseball 
3
Up for Grabs
Sean P. Means
A wry and humorous documentary with fascinating if not entirely likable characters and a subtle moral about what happens when money makes grown ups act like children 
3.5
Up for Grabs
Phil Villarreal
Michael Wranovics wove a thrilling story out of the matchup with deft research glowing humanity and inert humor 
4
Up for Grabs
Michael Booth
It would be hard to find a more succinct and entertaining indictment of American popular culture and obsessive sports fans 
3
Up for Grabs
Chris Hewitt
Hilarious inventive documentary 
3.5
Up for Grabs
Carla Meyer
Rather enjoyable 
2.5
Up for Grabs
Glenn Whipp
Even if you vaguely remember the outcome of this absurd episode there are enough surprises and revelations to keep you on the edge of your seat 
3
Up for Grabs
Jack Mathews
Michael Wranovics documentary replays this sorry chapter in all American greed in glorious detail 
3
Up for Grabs
Lou Lumenick
Michael Wranovics highly enertaining documentary Up for Grabs is a wry Rashomon like tale 
3
Up for Grabs
Stephen Whitty
The longer the case drags on the more you may begin to wish that somehow both sides lose 
2
Up for Grabs
John Anderson
Director Michael Wranovics does a deft job of keeping things moving eccentric and nutty After all where else and under what other circumstances could someone say he caught it about Popov in a singles bar and have women flock around him 
3.5
Up for Grabs
Ed Gonzalez
Popov himself emerges as the story s villain a schmuck with the personality of a TV anchorman and the common sense of Troy Duffy 
2.5
Up for Grabs
Peter Hartlaub
With complex lead characters an endless supporting cast and focus on an inanimate object that draws out the weakness in men the movie has more in common with the Lord of the Rings trilogies than anything from the camera of Ken Burns 
3
Up for Grabs
Erik Childress
Michael Wranovics has crafted an addictively engrossing documentary about the lengths some members of society will go to claim their piece of the pie 
4
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Roger Moore
Lightweight fitfully amusing and predictable goof on Southern white manhood hunting and fathers and sons 
2.5
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Brian Tallerico
It s salvaged by a truly genuine sometimes great performance from Josh Brolin but he s the only reason to take a look 
2
The Magic Christmas Tree
Patrick McDonald
Truly has to be seen to be believed 44 although you apos ll want the time back afterward 46 Only in the 1960s era could they make this stinker amp throw it into the quot kiddie matinee quot land and make some bread 46 Even the Magic Xmas Tree has no magic 44 he apos s rather surly 46 
1.5
Close
David Nusair
Filmmaker Vicky Jewson admittedly does a superb job of immediately drawing the viewer into the proceedings 
2.5
Close
Alice Stoehr
Forget bodyguards forget about love Close is about little more than the crunch of a snapping rib the glimmer of sunlight on water and Noomi Rapace smoking a cigarette in another forgettable movie 
2
Close
James Berardinelli
Close feels like many of the numerous direct to DVD titles that were prevalent during the 2000s 
2
Close
Matt Zoller Seitz
Close is strong on all counts until it seems to lose its nerve and decides to explain a character who was more compelling when the film let her be a lethal question mark 
3
Close
Rob Thomas
It s not perfect But it gives Rapace the kind of showcase she deserves and it s a rare action film led by women both in front of and behind the camera 
3
Close
Roger Moore
Action badass Noomi Rapace delivers in this bowstring tight kidnapping thriller 
3
The Rising Place
Jan Stuart
It is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by Southern blacks as distilled through a Caucasian perspective 
1
The Rising Place
Lou Lumenick
Looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a Mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter s imagination 
2
The Rising Place
Glenn Whipp
Rice never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them 
2
The Rising Place
Ed Gonzalez
The overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of 7th Heaven 
2
School Life
Roger Moore
Derivative uneven clumsy and absurdly sexist 
1.5
Besieged
Sandra Contreras
Maddening on many fronts and strangely wordless Bernardo Bertolucci s purported love story breaks no new ground 
2
Besieged
Michael Dequina
Despite a vividly expressive performance by Newton the lack of urgency equates to a lack of intimacy 
2.5
Besieged
Susan Tavernetti
An aesthetic treat for art film lovers Everyone else should stay away 
2.5
Besieged
Margaret A. McGurk
A film full of hope full of heart and full of simple rewards for the audience lucky enough to find it 
3.5
Besieged
Rick Groen
What an unexpected gift 
4
Besieged
Eugene Novikov
An involving artful love story and a meditative look at lives lost and lives gained as one moves to a higher social existence 
3
Besieged
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I look forward to seeing it again much as I would return to a favorite piece of music 
4
Besieged
Roger Ebert
How can a director of such sophistication in a film of such stylistic grace tell such a shallow and evasive story 
1
Besieged
Rob Blackwelder
Bernardo Bertolucci s lavish visual ballet of awkward body language that features little dialogue and intense emotion 
3
Besieged
James Berardinelli
The film is a moderately involving oddly lighthearted look at the connection between love obsession and sacrifice that is somewhat marred by instances of overwrought acting and bad dialogue 
2.5
Besieged
Steve Rhodes
A peaceful and beautiful picture 
3
Besieged
Marty Mapes
Elegantly structured and concisely told 
4
Besieged
Tor Thorsen
A gem 
3.5
Besieged
Bob Graham
Completely satisfying 
4
Shoot to Marry
Christian Toto
Indie doc shows the pitfalls of modern romance in fine Woody Allen esque fashion 
3
Forever Mine
David Nusair
surprisingly engaging 
3
Grace of My Heart
Mal Vincent
Most interesting is the mix of original songs by songwriting teams from both the past and present including Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Other writing contributors include Carole Bayer Sager Los Lobos and Joni Mitchell 
2.5
Grace of My Heart
Matt Brunson
The film s greatest asset is its killer soundtrack 
3
Grace of My Heart
Michael Dequina
An intelligent engaging comedy drama that will have audiences tapping their toes and running off to buy the soundtrack 
3.5
Grace of My Heart
Roger Ebert
It s a big role and Douglas is equal to it but is the movie I would have preferred a more limited story that went deeper instead of a docudrama that covers so much ground so relentlessly that we grow weary 
2.5
A Kid Like Jake
Federico Furzan
I actually never thought a movie promoting tolerance could be as offensive and dull like this one turned out to be Full review in Spanish 
1
A Kid Like Jake
Joey Magidson
It s well acted but you never fully feel the narrative weight of the story 
2.5
A Kid Like Jake
Robert Daniels
It s a demonstration of a parent s most innate instinct to protect their child while also intimating that love and understanding is the ultimate protection 
3
A Kid Like Jake
J.R. Kinnard
It s a daring premise which makes Howard s fluffy approach to the material all the more frustrating 
2.5
A Kid Like Jake
Mark Dujsik
A Kid Like Jake dances around its central subject 
2
A Kid Like Jake
Carla Meyer
Some of this material is too sensitive granted to have a very young actor play it But Jake goes too far the other way giving us only glimpses of the boy who emerges as more of a symbol than a real child 
2
A Kid Like Jake
Ann Hornaday
It s like the Alex and Greg of woke era problem pictures bright earnest and compassionate if maybe just a little too much in its own head 
2.5
A Kid Like Jake
Christy Lemire
A Kid Like Jake tackles the tricky topic of gender dysphoria with sensitivity and grace 
2.5
A Kid Like Jake
Johnny Oleksinski
This film is a cynical but spot on take on the world we live in today where even Lego loving tykes become wrapped up in movements 
3
A Kid Like Jake
Lindsey Bahr
A Kid Like Jake might not be especially cinematic but it is profound in its simplicity and truthfulness about what real fights sound like and what real lives look like 
3
A Kid Like Jake
Pat Brown
Silas Howard s film feels like a scenario from a textbook about handling a child s gender nonconformity 
2
The Last Time
Nick Schager
Seemingly developed at the David Mamet Institute for Twist Laden Salesmen Dramas 
1.5
The Last Time
Maitland McDonagh
A little bit nutty and pretty entertaining in a thoroughly unconvincing way And watch out for that 11th hour twist it s a head snapper 
2.5
The Last Time
Jim Hemphill
It alternates between bleak cynicism and a genuinely romantic sensibility and this unusual combination makes the movie a great vehicle for Keaton and Valletta and a compelling drama for the audience 
3
The Last Time
Lou Lumenick
Writer director Caleo isn t able to sell The Last Time not the affair and especially not the ludicrous twist ending 
1
The Last Time
Jack Mathews
Feels like a script that was written backwards as if the twist ending occurred to writer director Caleo first and he then filled out a story to get to it Fair enough except getting there in this case is just no fun 
2
The Last Time
John Anderson
While his cast is first rate director writer Michael Caleo doesn t know quite what his movie is about 
2.5
Celtic Soul
Brad Wheeler
Unpolished and often sophomoric 
2
Celtic Soul
Bruce DeMara
As road movies goes it is well intentioned but rather a snore kind of like watching for non fans an actual football sorry soccer match 
2
American Hero
Nick Allen
A Dorff sideshow first and foremost American Hero is far too casual with Melvin s character arc and the appeal of superhuman abilities 
1
American Hero
Christian Toto
We don t need another hero right American Hero begs to differ 
3
Fantastic Voyage
Matt Brunson
With such titles as 2001 A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes the 1960s proved to be a particularly rich decade for science fiction cinema and Fantastic Voyage stands as one of the period s most imaginative efforts 
3.5
Fantastic Voyage
James O'Ehley
The once revolutionary special effects not merely pales in comparison to many of today s offerings but looks downright silly 
2
Curdled
Roger Ebert
Curdled extends its thin idea to 94 minutes and tries to flesh it out with a story and characters who never seem convincing 
2
Curdled
Michael Dequina
For a black comedy a little too heavy on the black and too light on the comedy 
2
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Roger Ebert
What s best about the film is a kind of fresh air exuberance an innocence 
3
The Prize
John Beifuss
In this context even innocent school lessons become forms of control and indoctrination 
3.5
Underground
Dave Kehr
Delirious in its excess but never less than ferociously intelligent and operatically emotional Underground represents one of those rare exhilarating moments when an outsize artistic vision is fueled by an apparently unlimited budget Not to be missed 
3.5
Underground
John Hartl
A rich vibrant visually spectacular survey of the changes the place has gone through during the past 50 years 
3
Underground
Michael Wilmington
Kusturica takes us from wacky farce to harrowing grief to lyrical fantasy to bloody horror To ignore any side of Underground is to do it injustice 
4
Underground
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an admirable interesting wartime satire but it has a vaguely distasteful feel that makes its 167 minutes a difficult slog 
3
Underground
Ed Gonzalez
Emir Kusturica s tragic farce Underground may be the most important film of the last 25 years 
4
Underground
Ken Fox
The past may all be just a pack of lies the film suggests but after everything s gone to pieces it s hard not to feel nostalgic for something 
4
Underground
Joe Baltake
For anyone who s an aficionado of film this is pure unadulterated bliss 
4
Underground
Jeff Vice
So passionate so exciting and so very odd at times that most of its obvious faults can be forgiven 
3
Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin
Roger Moore
Hagiography more propaganda than history 
1.5
Another Year
Roger Moore
It s not the most focused Leigh movie but plot has never been his strong suit 
3
Another Year
Rob Thomas
The movie is full of small revealing moments when a character reaches out to another or pushes away another and the aftereffects of the gestures are moving because they are so understated 
4
Another Year
David Nusair
benefits substantially from its uniformly impressive performances 
3
Another Year
Rafer Guzman
See it at your own risk but don t miss it 
3.5
Another Year
Peter Canavese
In achieving a credible realism Leigh and his actors refreshingly avoid the tidy and obvious 
3.5
Another Year
Matt Brunson
To state that the film has no real plot is to miss the point completely The characters ARE the plot weaving enough personal detail through the narrative to provide us with plenty of back story present circumstance and even future incident 
3.5
Another Year
Joe Williams
This humane movie is an ode to joy albeit of the mature sort 
3.5
Another Year
John Beifuss
Non fans might describe Mary as a victim of Leigh s cruelty but she s also a beneficiary of the filmmaker s generosity She s as fully realized a character as you are likely to see in any movie this year 
4
Another Year
Mike Scott
Leigh s Oscar nominated script isn t so much plot driven as it is character driven Given that there s little arc to any of these characters it is less than rewarding 
2
Another Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
The word is showcases might be in London might be filled with British mores and mannerisms but what it is talking about in regards to friendship family and life is beyond universal 
3.5
Another Year
Peter Travers
Mike Leigh s films are one of a kind 
3.5
Another Year
Duane Dudek
Mike Leigh s perceptive and humbly profound cycle of life portrait of aging friendship and extreme loneliness as a form of mental illness 
3.5
Another Year
Carrie Rickey
It all comes down to affirmation vs denial Leigh chooses affirmation And the result is life affirming 
3.5
Another Year
Robert W. Butler
In the hands of British Oscar nominee Mike Leigh and a spectacularly good cast it makes for riveting ruthless movie watching 
3
Another Year
Connie Ogle
Leigh may well have made his happiest and best movie 
3.5
Another Year
Lisa Kennedy
What a challenge it must be to mine our ordinary lives in ways that reveal and revel in the quietly meaningful It is a challenge British writer director Mike Leigh meets in Another Year 
3.5
Another Year
Chris Hewitt
Like all of Leigh s movies Another Year is character based He s interested in the triumphs and disappointments of regular people and his film contains quite a few of those revealing moments 
3.5
Another Year
Ann Hornaday
Only Leigh could find so much pathos in ripe rounded happiness 
3
Another Year
Wesley Morris
Leigh has found yet another way to express certain incompatibilities of class by framing them as emotional conflicts 
3.5
Another Year
Dustin Putman
To not give Mary even the smallest of catharses is creatively pretentious cruel to her and unfair to the audience 
2
Another Year
A.S. Hamrah
The film is heavy even when the characters are gardening but great one of Leigh s best and one of the best of the year 
4
Another Year
Liam Lacey
Extracting big drama out of small events is Mike Leigh s forte and with his latest little masterpiece Another Year the English director pushes himself to the extreme 
4
Another Year
Mark Dujsik
In these linked vignettes Another Year paints an empathetic portrait of working class contentment and anxiety 
3
Another Year
Mick LaSalle
Another Year is a gutsy movie in that Leigh says something about life that nobody really wants to believe and he says it forcefully There is such a thing as too late 
3
Another Year
Peter Howell
Another Year a terrific new Mike Leigh movie assesses that moment in every thinking person s life when the question what now exceeds physical survival 
3.5
Another Year
Roger Ebert
Not quite every year brings a new Mike Leigh film but the years that do are blessed with his sympathy penetrating observation and instinct for human comedy 
3
Another Year
Kent Turner
While Leigh painfully and redundantly spells out Mary s problems he leaves the supposedly happy couple either as an enigma or anemically underwritten 
2
Another Year
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a very accomplished movie 
3.5
Another Year
Claudia Puig
Initially it doesn t seem as if much is going on but the casual details nuanced performances and clever dialogue are hard to shake from memory 
3.5
Another Year
Kyle Smith
It illuminates profoundly in matters of class age family friendship economics and even nationality 
4
Another Year
Ethan Alter
A film that s not easy to shake 
4
Another Year
Ed Gonzalez
Leigh a lover of misfits and strange ducks with funny faces and even funnier voices wants us to understand that a house of forgiveness is one without condescension 
2.5
The Amazing Mr. X
Matt Brunson
It may not quite be amazing but darn if it isn t quite good 
3
This Is Not What I Expected
Mark Jenkins
From the sizzling griddle that opens the story to a hallucinogenic trip triggered by blowfish toxin this engagingly goofy romantic comedy speaks the international language of food 
2.5
The Straight Story
Michael Dequina
Mainstream accessible yet completely maintains Lynch s uniquely off kilter artistic identity 
3.5
The Straight Story
Jeffrey Westhoff
Farnsworth proves the greatest special effect is the human face 
4
The Straight Story
Robert Roten
The story seems to reveal itself naturally like a flower bud opening up 
3
The Straight Story
Ross Anthony
The roaring pace that s loving sarcasm of America s rural states namely Iowa add a carefully harvested flavor to this simple robust tale 
3
The Straight Story
Rob Blackwelder
The Straight Story is a wonderfully simple impossible to dislike slice of warm eccentric Americana 
3.5
The Straight Story
Lou Lumenick
Lyrical sweet and brimming with optimism about the human condition 
3.5
The Straight Story
Mike Clark
The Straight Story is going to be revered for giving Richard Farnsworth the role of his career 
4
The Straight Story
Marty Mapes
Lynch has a unique talent for making the ordinary seem strange 
3.5
The Straight Story
Madeleine Williams
Nice and wholesome 
4
The Straight Story
Michael Wilmington
At the center of this film s luminous vision is its perfectly cast star 
4
The Straight Story
Edward Guthmann
A beautiful and surprisingly gentle film 
3
The Straight Story
David N. Butterworth
A crusty curmudgeon crosses the country on a John Deere riding mower in this G rated David Lynch movie an oxymoron if ever there was one 
3
The Straight Story
Roger Ebert
The screenplay by John Roach and Mary Sweeney finds poetry and truth in the exact choice of the right everyday words Richard Farnsworth who was 79 when he made the film speaks the lines with perfect repose and conviction 
4
The Straight Story
James Berardinelli
Lynch paces the film beautifully 
3.5
The Straight Story
Steve Rhodes
By the end you feel like you ve taken an almost spiritual journey with Alvin and have gotten to witness some superlative acting in the process 
3.5
The Straight Story
Tor Thorsen
The Straight Story is Lynch s weirdest creation because it isn t weird at all 
3.5
The Straight Story
Greg Dean Schmitz
Less is more and boy does David Lynch know that 
4
The Straight Story
Susan Stark
Go with high expectations and be sure to take the children 
4
Road to Roma
Roger Moore
A short refresher on why the indulgent Roma is an Oscar winner I have little desire to ever see again 
2
High School Record
Erik Childress
None of the actors are strong enough to adapt to the improvisation clearly on display and that leaves us wondering if they are behaving naturally or are just bad actors 
1.5
The Forsaken
Liam Lacey
An unoriginal but occasionally pungent little horror flick 
2
The Forsaken
Jorge Avila Andrade
Se puede ver solamente si se es fantico del gnero o si se asiste al cine con ganas de dejar las neuronas en la entrada por un par de horas 
2
The Forsaken
Robert Roten
Vampire movies are almost by definition cheesy but The Forsaken is a lot cheesier than most 
1
The Forsaken
Michael Dequina
Not enough to convince the target audience of easy to please teenybopper mallrats that this isn t a tired piece of work 
1.5
The Forsaken
Wesley Morris
A wearying desert bound mess of exposed flesh horrendous editing retrograde effects and a grade Z story 
0
The Forsaken
Steve Rhodes
Watching it isn t so much disgusting as it is just a colossal waste of time 
1
The Forsaken
Rob Blackwelder
Puked up blood inexplicable explosions and naked breasts are pretty much all The Forsaken has to offer 
1.5
The Forsaken
Rod Armstrong
Unoriginal but not terrible 
2
Stony Island
Roger Ebert
Stony Island is an easy going cheerful city movie about a bunch of kids who start a rock band and since the city is Chicago there s a familiar feel 
3
Bride of Re-Animator
Matt Brunson
A formless regurgitation that s nowhere near as clever or caustic as its predecessor 
2
Bride of Re-Animator
Walter Chaw
If it lacks the intimate cohesion of the first film despite its desire to resurrect a feeling of doomed love it at least isn t coy about ladling out the goodies 
2.5
Grace
David Nusair
a love it or hate it proposition 
2
Grace
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a true original and unlike all those remakes and retreads this is one movie that truly knows what scares you 
3.5
Grace
Simon Abrams
There s a pervasive and unintentional Raimian sensibility to Grace writer director Paul Solet s feature debut that thoroughly undermines its Polanskian underpinnings 
1
Bringing Out the Dead
Joe Lozito
Martin Scorsese is a wonderful filmmaker And he loves New York He is at his best though when he has an interesting story to tell 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Jeffrey Westhoff
However muddled the story gets Scorsese guarantees Bringing Out the Dead remains a pulsating trip 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Judith Egerton
Everyone looks dead and they speak as if they live in a nightmarish dreamworld Well they do 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Martin Scorsese s new movie is both amazing and darkly hilarious 
4
Bringing Out the Dead
Ross Anthony
a small dose of adrenaline in a film that could have used a bit more resuscitation 
2
Bringing Out the Dead
Andrew Howe
A powerful emotionally draining slice of life 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Jorge Avila Andrade
Vidas al Lmite es ms que nada un buen ejercicio para Scorsese ya que si bien no es de su mejores cintas s contiene varias secuencias que son dignas de llamar la atencin
3
Bringing Out the Dead
James Kendrick
A harrowing darkly comic tale 
3.5
Bringing Out the Dead
David Keyes
This isn t a movie about uncompromising psychological plights but one about a man seeking hope sense and renewal It is a tale that has much to say and one that speaks with a clear and distinctive voice 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Shay Casey
It may not be up to Scorsese s usual high standards but would certainly be an impressive accomplishment for an artist of lower standing 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Dustin Putman
Scorsese s most impressive dramatically sound piece of celluloid in at least the last seven years 
3.5
Bringing Out the Dead
Jonathan Foreman
Bringing Out the Dead is as technically brilliant as you would expect from a film directed by Martin Scorsese 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Michael Dequina
Its whole amounts to less than the sum of its often exceptional parts 
2.5
Bringing Out the Dead
Bob Graham
Surprisingly funny 
4
Bringing Out the Dead
Cornell & Petricelli
Ultimately the movie weaves many themes which are handled well enough by the master director Martin Scorsese 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Madeleine Williams
It is intriguing enough in the end to merit a look 
2.5
Bringing Out the Dead
Emily Blunt
This is the real poop behind the medical emergency scenes Scorsese and team don t hold back 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Roger Ebert
Scorsese is never on autopilot never panders never sells out always goes for broke to watch his films is to see a man risking his talent not simply exercising it 
4
Bringing Out the Dead
Tom Long
Bringing Out the Dead is a screaming siren of a film 
4
Bringing Out the Dead
Tor Thorsen
Scorsese knows that there are only two things you can do when you stare into the abyss cry or laugh While most filmmakers would take the easy route and go for the tears it s nice to know one is brave enough to try something else 
3
Bringing Out the Dead
Steve Rhodes
An awkward blend of gritty New York City realism and over the top black comedy 
1.5
Bringing Out the Dead
Bob Bloom
It lacks substance and weight Scorsese has given us a flashy picture show nothing more 
1.5
Bringing Out the Dead
James Berardinelli
Despite the lack of energy and the lethargic pace there s something darkly compelling about Bringing Out the Dead 
3
Mutiny on the Bounty
Leo Townsend
Of the cast Charles Laughton s Captain Bligh is villainously superb and the portrayals of Clark Gable and Franchot Tone are first rate Tone being especially good in an impassioned plea at the trial for the mutineers Here is really and epic of the sea 
4
Mutiny on the Bounty
Courant Staff
This film is not for the squeamish or the tender hearted It is stark and cruel and terrifying And at the same time pulsating challenging entertainment 
4
Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Wilmington
The story is spellbinding the acting lusty and the spectacle everything you could expect from a Golden Age MGM production though sometimes it s a bit too much on the monumental side 
3.5
Mutiny on the Bounty
Wesley Lovell
Its theme of rebellion against that which binds us resonates today Mutiny on the Bounty is well acted and well scripted 
3.5
Mutiny on the Bounty
Matt Brunson
An exciting perfectly executed production that features Gable at his most magnetic and Laughton at his most commanding 
4
Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Szymanski
Charles Laughton s Captain Bligh is one of the best evil characters in early movie history and the bloated slobbery actor is perfect for the part Clark Gable is handsome and seductive once one of his best performances 
3
Mutiny on the Bounty
Scott Nash
The production is very well done especially for the time 
3
Mutiny on the Bounty
James Berardinelli
A rousing adventure film set on the high seas 
3.5
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
Rob Humanick
The Bad Boys II of ty propaganda films morally and aesthetically corrupt yet compulsively watchable in the broad strokes Somewhere in heaven Eisenstein is laughing Hard 
0.5
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
A disaster as a film Atlas also is laughable in its presentation of Rand s ideology 
1
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
Roger Moore
A stupid person s idea of what a smart movie sounds like 
1
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
Kyle Smith
Atlas Shrugged Part II is political economy written with crayon 
1
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2
Mark Jenkins
Rather than refresh the cast with new actors the producers would have done better to just digitally reanimate Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper the stars of the 1949 adaptation of Rand s The Fountainhead 
1.5
Circumstance
Kelly Jane Torrance
Luckily Circumstance is stunning one worth watching purely for the drama 
3.5
Circumstance
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final scenes dominated to a large extent by the stunning open book grace of Boosheri took my breath away and by the time the film was over I was somewhat awestruck by just how deeply the story being told affected me 
3
Circumstance
Rob Thomas
It s a Breathless for Tehran rather than Paris 
3
Circumstance
Rene Rodriguez
Keshavarz who was born in New York City and grew up in the U S and Iran shows us how young people in Tehran get around the constrictive system 
3
Circumstance
Peter Howell
We never doubt the sincerity of the emotions on display or of the foretaste Circumstance provides of a society on the brink of radical change 
3
Circumstance
Rick Groen
About a sexy frank and politically contentious Iranian film two things can be known for a certainty a It sure wasn t made in Iran and b It won t be shown there either 
3
Circumstance
Lisa Kennedy
The film is too much a wounded love story to slide into polemic 
3
Circumstance
Chris Hewitt
It begins well but goes nowhere 
2
Circumstance
Calvin Wilson
Offers an inside look at Iran in all its cultural complexity 
3
Circumstance
Ann Hornaday
Keshavarz has cast mostly newcomers with surprisingly effective results especially the gorgeous Kazemy whose somber beauty and quiet focus give her character the gravitas she deserves 
3
Circumstance
G. Allen Johnson
Maryam Keshavarz has announced herself as a bold voice albeit from exile in the new Iranian cinema 
4
Circumstance
Steven Rea
More interesting for its cultural views than for its insights into love sex family angst and rebellious youth 
2.5
Circumstance
Ty Burr
Circumstance is a rhapsodic erotic romance that takes place in a cultural prison and it pulses with a defiance that would be mischievous if it weren t so rip roaringly angry 
3
Circumstance
Matt Pais
When passion nearly boils over and when the degradation of women is at its most sickening Circumstance trembles with the kind of honest rage that dangerous people prefer to silence 
2.5
Circumstance
Michael Phillips
The film wages an internal battle between its ripely sensual atmosphere and its often stilted pacing and plotting 
2.5
Circumstance
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately it strays into unlikely melodrama and distracting eroticism 
2.5
Circumstance
Ann Lewinson
Seen after the Mideast youthquake Circumstance reveals what the girls might have been up to while the boys were in the streets a revolution that will only be televised on closed circuit 
3
Circumstance
V.A. Musetto
Iran s religious fundamentalists can t be pleased with Circumstance a bold denunciation of their country s intolerance especially toward women 
3.5
Circumstance
Nick Schager
A weighty topic receives lush but eventually contrived treatment in Circumstance 
2
Gaudi Afternoon
Jordan Hiller
Gaudi Afternoon is mostly dream part nightmare and part morality play surrounding the concept of mothering a young girl 
2.5
Gaudi Afternoon
Lou Lumenick
A mildly entertaining gender bender comedy set in Barcelona never quite lives up to its excellent cast or the onetime promise of director Susan Seidelman 
2
Gaudi Afternoon
Jan Stuart
Even the crackpot architectural genius of Antonio Gaudi cannot elevate this silly little farce of sexual confusion from director Susan Seidelman and writer James Myhre 
1.5
Lupe Under the Sun
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A laconic and minimalist narrative tone that betrays its belonging to the slow cinema which at least from this trench is already exhausted 
0
Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect
John Hartl
Busy Captivating 
3
Miss Sloane
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jessica Chastain plays a fascinating role an unapologetically powerful woman capable of ugly behavior as well as kindness and refreshingly unexplained 
3
Miss Sloane
Linda Cook
A realistic look at what really goes on behind the doors in Washington 
3
Miss Sloane
Robert Horton
Believability is overrated and it s much more satisfying to let go of our plausibility needs and sit back to enjoy Miss Sloane s near supernatural powers of strategic anticipation 
3
Miss Sloane
Roger Moore
Too melodramatic but Chastain is fierce from first scene to last 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Jeff Simon
There s a lot to admire here 
3
Miss Sloane
Chris Knight
Miss Sloane is too good in the early going to be completely undone by a wonky finale 
3
Miss Sloane
Mike McGranaghan
What begins as an intelligent probe into the world of lobbying ends up a generic thriller that s more about the surprise twists than about the actual subject matter 
2
Miss Sloane
Sara Michelle Fetters
Miss Sloane tells a story that feels like it was ripped right out of yesterday s headlines and that coupled with Chastain s magnificence helping make the film a gripping spellbinder worth seeking out 
3
Miss Sloane
Anita Katz
Compromised by too many plot twists Miss Sloane is not a searing condemnation of Capitol Hill politics nor a penetrating character portrait of an adrenaline addicted power player But it is a terrifically acted electric thriller 
3
Miss Sloane
Lauren Chval
An engrossing and beautifully acted meditation on how broken our political system is Miss Sloane forgoes intelligence for intrigue 
3
Miss Sloane
Max Weiss
The creators of Miss Sloane probably never imagined that their cynical film would seem downright quaint Life comes at you fast 
2
Miss Sloane
Tom Meek
The overall plot arc and not super well laid plot twists fill the space but it s Chastain who fills the role that lifts the film above the cesspool it seeks to eviscerate 
3
Miss Sloane
Rob Thomas
Miss Sloane is basically the I m the motherf er who found this place scene from ZD30 stretched to two hours That is not a bad thing Sloane is in love with the game and her mastery of it and there s a ferocious joy to Chastain s performance 
3
Miss Sloane
David Nusair
46 46 46 a perfectly competent endeavor that never quite rises above the level of barely passable mediocrity 46 
2
Miss Sloane
Kate Taylor
Miss Sloane is a powerfully conceived thriller with something dead at its centre there is no reason a female protagonist must be good or well behaved but she must at least be interesting 
2
Miss Sloane
James Berardinelli
As a dramatic thriller it does what it needs to do to keep the audience involved and interested even if some of its most theatrical tricks and twists are more the products of a writer s invention than actual Washington D C activities 
3
Miss Sloane
Richard Roeper
While Miss Sloane is by no means even a minor classic of the genre it s fantastic wall to wall entertainment brimming with movie movie lines 
3.5
Miss Sloane
Sean P. Means
Miss Sloane serves up plenty that s worth seeing from Jessica Chastain s take no prisoners performance to the sly ways director John Madden and rookie screenwriter Jonathan Perera condemn the lobbying industry 
3
Miss Sloane
Dann Gire
Chastain performs the most precarious balancing act of her career so far infusing a rigid unlikable self absorbed lobbyist with just enough humanity to keep us on her side 
3
Miss Sloane
Tony Hicks
Chastain s performance is brilliant Had the movie around her lived up to that she might very well be walking off with a gold statue in a couple of months 
3
Miss Sloane
Mark Dujsik
Miss Sloane works when it dissects the gamesmanship of this world but it falters when it tries to play its own games 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Michael Smith
Miss Sloane is the kind of movie that sees itself as unpredictable but which is predictable in almost every way 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Peter Howell
This is Chastain s movie as the title implies She s never less than riveting 
3
Miss Sloane
Katie Walsh
Chastain s showstopping performance elevates Miss Sloane above typical genre fare though it lands a one two punch in managing to be both salacious and smart 
3
Miss Sloane
Peter Keough
Chastain puts on the persona like it s a superhero costume It is an awkward fit Madden s stagy direction doesn t help nor does first time writer Jonathan Perera s pseudo Sorkinesque exposition laden quippy dialogue 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Pat Padua
With the help of deft editing and a sometimes frantic electronic score director John Madden Shakespeare in Love turns this story of backroom machinations into a moderately entertaining thriller 
3
Miss Sloane
Chris Hewitt
Miss Sloane isn t the smart and provocative drama it probably thinks it is but it does improbably work 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Calvin Wilson
If you ve been wondering how Washington really works this film is required viewing 
3
Miss Sloane
Bill Goodykoontz
Chastain gets to play pushy angry smart hurt almost sympathetic and more This role is a real showcase for her formidable talents 
3
Miss Sloane
Moira MacDonald
Chastain whose brittle Elizabeth never seems to exhale let alone relax reveals almost nothing of her character s heart and yet keeps us fascinated by her 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Mick LaSalle
Chastain takes this role by the throat smashes it against the wall about ten times and then devours it while it s still quivering 
3
Miss Sloane
Tirdad Derakhshani
Madden s film offers up a banal truism money has a corrupting influence on politics as if it were some great dramatic discovery and trots out a fairy tale ending that both repudiates the political process and undermines the movie 
2
Miss Sloane
Kyle Smith
Heavy handed message movies don t come more harrumphing than Miss Sloane a clunky dramatization of the gun control argument liberals still don t understand is being conducted solely among themselves 
1
Miss Sloane
Lawrence Toppman
The portrait of Elizabeth Sloane grabs your interest partly due to the presence of Jessica Chastain in the title role 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Peter Canavese
Not a truly thoughtful and credible treatment of the unpleasant realities of Washington lobbying but a hothouse melodrama that teases an ice queen s meltdown while actually doing the hustle 
2
Miss Sloane
Sheila O'Malley
The film is not so much tone deaf as old fashioned emerging from a more innocent time say three weeks ago when politics as usual actually had some meaning 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Peter Travers
Chastain draws us in making us see what her lobbyist character keeps inside by the sheer force of her fireball performance 
3
Miss Sloane
Brian Truitt
Chastain is scary chilly yet extremely likable as the hard charging insider In meetings and on the job she has no filter though as the movie progresses the actress shows necessary cracks in her character s cold exterior 
3
Miss Sloane
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing feels a little like a season of Scandal cut down to two hours but with all the double dealing and triple crosses left intact 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Kenji Fujishima
The screenplay s enigmatic nature holds one s interest throughout even as the film veers into pat moralism 
2.5
Miss Sloane
Clayton Davis
Nimble in movements but nearly paralyzing in line delivery the Oscar nominated actress is unparalleled in her sheer excellence and commitment to the craft 
3.5
The Barefoot Emperor
David Nusair
Barefoot Emperor progresses into an increasingly meandering midsection devoid of concrete elements worth embracing or connecting with 
1.5
Billy Elliot
Nick Rogers
The film about atypical artistic pursuits in a blue collar community that The Full Monty sought to be Peter Darling s choreography dexterously captures the defiance in the dancing rage against economical and emotional repression in a motherless home 
3.5
Billy Elliot
Michael Dequina
When sticking with Billy and his inspirational story director Stephen Daldry hits all the right steps 
3
Billy Elliot
Jeffrey Westhoff
Daldry coaches an astonishing performance from Bell 
3.5
Billy Elliot
Collin Souter
Billy Elliot earns every one of its sentiments and emotions without getting overly manipulative or preachy
4
Billy Elliot
David N. Butterworth
A feel good movie that should have felt even better 
3
Billy Elliot
Marty Mapes
Billy Elliot is charming and entertaining It s a bit of British fluff enjoyable and lightweight 
2.5
Billy Elliot
Wesley Lovell
For every boy who played with dolls or performed an activity once thought apos girly 59 apos for every girl who played sports or was considered a apos Tom boy 46 46 46 apos 
3
Billy Elliot
Jorge Avila Andrade
Billy Elliot es una oda al espritu humano as como un recordatorio divertido y sincero de la importancia de luchar por los sueos
3
Billy Elliot
James Kendrick
maintains a delicate balancing act between the comical tale of a boy s desire to be a ballet dancer and the backdrop of hard edged violent realism against which it is set
3
Billy Elliot
David Keyes
basically just sits there for a good long hour before it picks up any sensible speed Is it all worth it though In ways 
2.5
Billy Elliot
Susan Stark
A model of purposefulness a movie rich but not lost in background detail and fair minded in its account of Thatcherite woes to the working class 
3
Billy Elliot
James Berardinelli
Neither revolutionary in its approach or subject matter nor seamless in its storytelling Billy Elliot nevertheless manages to sketch the lives of characters we come to care about 
3
Billy Elliot
James Verniere
This season s sure fire sleeper hit 
3.5
Billy Elliot
Rob Blackwelder
Features such strong performances and original circumstances that even the most stalwart cynic will likely succumb to its charismatic charm 
3
Billy Elliot
Susan Wloszczyna
You ll be there rooting for the lad with a smile and a tear or two 
3.5
Billy Elliot
Bob Graham
People who see it may feel like dancing out of the theater afterward Go for it 
4
Billy Elliot
Roger Ebert
Julie Walters is spirited and colorful as the ballet teacher and Gary Lewis is somehow convincing as the dad even when the screenplay requires him to make big offscreen swings of position 
3
Billy Elliot
Cornell & Petricelli
Billy Elliot delivers us to the core of our secret yearnings 
4
Ciao, Professore!
Roger Ebert
Ciao Professore is a sweet movie with some lovable characters in it but there was a time when Wertmuller would have snorted in scorn at the simplicity of this material and gone to work to make it her own 
2.5
The Players Club
Roger Ebert
Rich with colorful dialogue and characters it s sometimes ungainly but never boring and there s a core of truth in its portrait of exotic dancers 
3
The Players Club
Michael Dequina
A bit uneven but works a lot better as a serious drama than its individual ingredients would make it appear to be 
2.5
The Loved One
Matt Brunson
Time has worn much of the edge off the outrageous antics though the scenes involving Mr Joyboy s mother still have the power to pick your poison amuse offend anger irritate upset 
3
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
Mick LaSalle
The story itself is arresting and if that s all Bang offered that would be enough But Bang does more 
4
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
Roger Moore
A thorough warts and all remembrance of a nearly forgotten giant of 60s pop rock and soul 
3
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
John Beifuss
Hamaguchi manifests his ideas with images that are as uncluttered and direct as his stories are rich and his characters complex 
4
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Leo Brady
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is an emotionally resonant and beautifully therapeutic piece of cinema 
4
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Matt Brunson
An anthology film examining the connections we make and the ones we miss 
3
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The concluding narrative is so perfect that it leaves us profoundly satisfied largely making up for the movie s previous flaws 
3
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Roger Moore
There s a naturalism to the performances the parameters of conversation and real time in these films that is both unique and a tad maddening 
2.5
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hamaguchi s patient observant style works wonders with these short tales each of which unfolds in only a couple of crucial scenes but are allowed to linger 
3.5
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Walter Chaw
Ryusuke Hamaguchi s movies are a form of communion that is to say a connection that touches on profundity 
4
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Steven Prokopy
Each story in this triptych is intelligently and warmly written even when things get heated at times with no weak links among the three 
3.5
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Robert Horton
This is a glorious movie one of the year s best 
4
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Randy Myers
This is a film you surrender to appreciating every move as it reminds you of past loves and regrets 
4
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Odie Henderson
As with any anthology series some parts work better than others But even when the quality dips slightly we remain consistently intrigued 
3.5
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Chuck Bowen
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi s film is an alternately scathing erotic terrifying and affirming fable of the primordial power of storytelling 
3.5
Dealin' With Idiots
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie was largely improvised which lends itself more to scenes than a feature length film 
2
Dealin' With Idiots
Nick McCarthy
The film is reduced to a series of unfunny mockery laid out so Garlin can display his trademark deadpan reaction 
1.5
Dealin' With Idiots
Hank Sartin
It s really an excuse to give a bunch of terrific actors a chance to riff in scenes that feel improvised Unfortunately the results feel shaggy and unstructured 
2
Dealin' With Idiots
Matt Pais
There s not much point in making a film about how different and dumb people are without giving the judgmental one man Greek chorus his own legitimate comeuppance 
1.5
Dealin' With Idiots
Roger Moore
Laid back and a funny veteran cast makes it feel improvised even if it isn t
2.5
Targets
Tom Meek
The ingenious twist is the inclusion of Boris Karloff as an incarnation of himself
3.5
Targets
David Nusair
a low key character study of two very different men 
3
Targets
Mike McGranaghan
Maximum suspense Should be required viewing for any serious movie buff 
4
Targets
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Brilliant film 
4
Targets
Roger Ebert
Targets isn t a very good film but it is an interesting one 
2.5
Targets
Bill Chambers
A beautiful disturbing masterful fiction filmmaking debut for Bogdanovich
4
Targets
James Kendrick
frightening in a way few horror movies are because it taps so directly into real fears
3.5
Life or Something Like It
David Nusair
mostly just dull and forgettable 
2
Life or Something Like It
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching the bleach blonde actress prance around the steep hills of Seattle in skintight pastel skirt suits wobbling atop sky high stilettos is almost more than one should have to bare 
1
Life or Something Like It
Michael Wilmington
Life though funny and sometimes charming doesn t give Lanie a believable context in which to stop and smell the roses 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Andrew Howe
While the finished product is not without merit it s difficult to erase the bitter taste of squandered opportunities 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Michael Dequina
The only type of lives this glossy comedy drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Vanessa Sibbald
If you can get past all the over bearing Live your life for the moment message the movie can make your two hours pass by with a fair amount of enjoyment 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Mark Dujsik
Contains the humor characterization poignancy and intelligence of a bad sitcom 
1
Life or Something Like It
Mike McGranaghan
One thing s for sure if you had only a week to live you wouldn t want to waste 100 minutes on this 
2
Life or Something Like It
Joe Leydon
It s nothing like life and not likable enough to get away with it 
2
Life or Something Like It
Kevin A. Ranson
there isn t enough comedy or drama here to satisfy anyone s tastes in particular and even Rene Zellweger dressed as a tart couldn t have made it any more watchable 
1
Life or Something Like It
Phil Villarreal
After taking in this brainless by the book romantic comedy you ll need a breath mint just to get the taste out of your mouth 
2
Life or Something Like It
Robert Roten
Many of the characters seemed more like sketches of characters rather than real people 
2
Life or Something Like It
Dustin Putman
This is Angelina Jolie s movie all the way and she does not disappoint 
3
Life or Something Like It
Mike Clark
Life is a crock or something like it 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Todd Anthony
The disjointed mess flows as naturally as Jolie s hideous yellow do 
2
Life or Something Like It
Moira MacDonald
The whole exercise feels predictable and programmed 
2
Life or Something Like It
Mick LaSalle
A worthy woman s film and Jolie s best showcase to date 
3
Life or Something Like It
David Elliott
Jolie s performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips 
0
Life or Something Like It
Joe Baltake
It appears as if even the filmmakers didn t know what kind of movie they were making 
2
Life or Something Like It
John Anderson
What we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless vapid and devoid of substance in a movie that is definitely meaningless vapid and devoid of substance 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Sue Pierman
The whole film echoes Jolie s character stylish on the surface with no depth or substance 
.5
Life or Something Like It
Charles Savage
The quirky potential of Herek s background and Jolie s charismatic persona ought to have been shaped into something more interesting than such pseudo profound fluff 
2
Life or Something Like It
Susan Stark
A misshapen generally misguided unnervingly simplistic romantic comedy with a spiritual element that means to give viewers pause but seems far more likely to give them giggling fits 
2
Life or Something Like It
Jeff Vice
A potentially decent little fantasy comedy which unfortunately settles for cheap sentiment and oddly out of place humor when it could be should be aiming much higher 
2
Life or Something Like It
Steven Rosen
Its disparate elements never add up to approximating real life 
2
Life or Something Like It
Glenn Whipp
A fluffy date movie that settles for platitudes every time it comes across an interesting idea 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Dan Fazio
Too clumsy in key moments to make a big splash 
2
Life or Something Like It
Roger Ebert
This is an ungainly movie ill fitting with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be 
1
Life or Something Like It
Renee Graham
You may be galled that you ve wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Sean P. Means
Only in a movie like this could live TV drunkenness become a career advancing move 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Jonathan Foreman
Partly a schmaltzy by the numbers romantic comedy partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success and entirely soulless 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Liam Lacey
The script lurches from banal formula to vacuous cringe worthy contrivance 
2
Life or Something Like It
Betsy Bozdech
Suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Terry Lawson
Shepherd s script after going gooey goes goofy 
2
Life or Something Like It
Chris Hewitt
The movie has no suspense no sense of how Jolie s destiny affects her and absolutely no connection to life or anything like it 
1
Life or Something Like It
Carrie Rickey
The script by John Scott Shepherd and Dana Stevens weds every cliche of the careerist cautionary tale with the predictable beats of the romantic comedy 
1
Life or Something Like It
Walter Chaw
An unwise amalgam of Broadcast News and Vibes 
1.5
Life or Something Like It
Tony Toscano
Jolie displays a here to fore untapped comic ability 
3
Life or Something Like It
Lawrence Toppman
It has the fizzy good spirits of a flavored bottle of seltzer water if not champagne 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Mary F. Pols
There s little potential for surprise or much creativity within this old formula 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Steve Rhodes
Neither Jolie nor Burns bring much to their roles and their chemistry together is nearly non existent 
2
Life or Something Like It
Rob Blackwelder
But even with the two wrongs make a right chemistry between Jolie and Burns this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to Screenwriting For Dummies conformity 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
James Berardinelli
Life or Something Like It has its share of high points but it misses too many opportunities 
2.5
Life or Something Like It
Ross Anthony
Sincere energy gives this soul searcher something magic to find if even along the beaten path 
2.5
Pin Cushion
Joe Friar
British writer director Deborah Haywood makes her feature film debut with a heartbreaking story that features devastating performances by Joanna Scanlan and Lily Newmark 
3
Pin Cushion
Roger Moore
Unblinking relentless in the cruelty it depicts 
3
The United States of Insanity
Linda Cook
The Insane Clown Posse vs the FBI What better topic for a documentary 
3.5
The United States of Insanity
Christian Toto
Insane Clown Posse defends free speech Juggalos against Big Government 
3.5
Ouija
Brian Eggert
Ouija commits the crime of taking itself too seriously while also being an incredible bore 46 
0
Ouija
Kevin A. Ranson
While the atmosphere works and the ending pulls something clever out from under a clich horror plot the end effect suggest something better could have been done with the source material 
2
Ouija
Josh Terry
The culprits are all there stiff acting badly written overly expository dialogue loud music and jump scares used to cover the lack of real tension and a cast of characters who just keep on doing dumb things 
1.5
Ouija
Alyse Wax
Ouija never goes beyond what it obviously is a quick cheap Halloween throwaway that hopes to sell as many board games as it does tickets Do not fall for it 
1
Ouija
John Beifuss
More interesting than the movie is its motivation Does Hasbro really consider it smart marketing to make a film that suggests that playing with their Ouija game is likely to kill you and all your friends 
2
Ouija
David Nusair
A fairly generic teen horror flick 
2
Ouija
Michael O'Sullivan
Ouija is hampered by the fact that watching a bunch of people sitting around a table is not inherently cinematic 
2
Ouija
Mick LaSalle
Ouija has something wrong with it from the first five minutes 
1
Ouija
Odie Henderson
In the current economy Monopoly makes a more appropriate board game upon which to base a horror movie but for what it is Ouija is better than expected 
3
Ouija
Eric Henderson
The film consistently settles for the cheapest shock devices and the most shopworn totems of our current neo gothic moment in the genre 
.5
Ouija
Willie Waffle
You are likely to see some 5 year olds trick or treating on Halloween who are scarier than the ghosts and spirits on display in Ouija 
1.5
Ouija
Brad Wheeler
It is harmless frighty fun for teenage audiences but adults will leave theatres with their bejeebers intact 
1.5
Ouija
Linda Barnard
Scares are more of the Saturday morning cartoon variety clichd or telegraphed well in advance 
1.5
Ouija
Mark Dujsik
This kind of repetitive transparent deceit is either lazy or cynical or maybe it s a combination of both 
1
Ouija
Dustin Putman
Wading into cheese corn and sap by the grand finale Ouija is a spineless chiller in desperate need of a sturdier more confident brand of chills 
1.5
Ouija
Roger Moore
Puts the bored back in board game movies
1
Ouija
Claudia Puig
A deadly dull and overly familiar movie about summoning ghosts that draws upon nearly every horror movie clich 
1
Ouija
Chris Knight
The thinking must be that this one has a better shot at profitability and or franchise potential than the planned Monopoly or Candy Land movies Though for sheer scare value my money s on Hungry Hungry Hippos 
1.5
Ouija
Kevin C. Johnson
Bland safe horror for those those who like their scares non existent 
1.5
Ouija
Farran Smith Nehme
Depending on how jaded you are a lot of these old tricks still work 
2.5
Ouija
Matt Pais
Combines the excitement of annoying horror clichs with the fun of watching other people play board games 
1
Through Black Spruce
David Nusair
an entirely misbegotten endeavor 
.5
Through Black Spruce
Peter Howell
The movie stands on its own merits as a simmering whodunit where plot basics are secondary to personalities thanks to a superb cast 
2.5
Through Black Spruce
Barry Hertz
At the very least McKellar provides ample space for Brandon Oakes and Tanaya Beatty to deliver career making performances 
2.5
Modern Persuasion
Kenneth R. Morefield
One senses at least I did that Lisecki and follow screenwriter Barbara Radecki get Austen s novel Consequently there is an attempt to be true to its themes and not just its plot points 
2.5
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Roger Ebert
The Ballad of Ramblin Jack hovers intriguingly between homage and revenge 
3
Love Exposure
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The more you can let this amazing unbelievable film overwhelm you the better 
3.5
Love Exposure
David Lewis
As the old cliche goes you will not have another moviegoing experience quite like this one all year 
4
Love Exposure
Simon Abrams
Love Exposure is in a sense Shion Sono s equivalent of the Great Russian novel 
3.5
Now, Forager
Roger Ebert
Now Forager is a uncompromising film about two people who don t deserve each other but maybe nobody deserves either one of them 
3.5
Major Grom: Plague Doctor
Roger Moore
The script is nonsense in motion The set pieces are noisy messy deployments of Bugs Bunny Physics that aren t the most exciting or visually coherent chases fights I ve ever seen 
1.5
The Leading Man
Maitland McDonagh
While buff blandly handsome and a pleasant enough screen presence Jon Bon Jovi can t suggest the bottomless reserves of guile intelligence and resolve his role demands 
2
The Leading Man
Roger Ebert
Begins as a backstage story about the London theater world and then a little Hitchcockian intrigue edges into the frame 
3
The Hi-Lo Country
Michael Dequina
For a film about grand passions there is no fire to this film 
1.5
The Hi-Lo Country
Roger Ebert
The Hi Lo Country is reserved and even elegiac It s about itself rather than about its story 
2
Michael
Mattie Lucas
An unfocused mess that despite a few highlights is one of Ephron s weakest films 
2
Michael
Matt Brunson
Cinema as artificial sweetener 
2
Michael
Michael Dequina
Not much in the way of laughs or anything else 
1.5
Michael
Roger Ebert
Michael doesn t set up big drama or punch up big moments It ambles Travolta using the same offhand ease that worked in Phenomenon works his magic on the humans without even seeming to have his mind much on his job 
3
People, Places, Things
David Nusair
Strouse s ongoing emphasis on overly off kilter instances of comedy and character development sometimes prevents the viewer from entirely embracing the material 
2.5
People, Places, Things
Neil Rosen
It s a witty heartfelt and engaging film that s elevated by the performances 
3
People, Places, Things
John Serba
Consistently funny smart and poignant 
3
People, Places, Things
Sean P. Means
Clement is funny and touching as the heartbroken artist and he and Hall have a sparkling chemistry 
3.5
People, Places, Things
Robert Levin
Jemaine Clement is terrific and there s a lot to admire but the picture is subsumed by an inescapable aura of insubstantiality 
2.5
People, Places, Things
Mallory Andrews
Who cares 
1.5
People, Places, Things
Robert Horton
People is an easy watch if you re a fan of Clement who not only maintains his droll delivery but seems to have real chemistry with the actresses who play his daughters Aundrea and Gia Gadsby 
2.5
People, Places, Things
Odie Henderson
Perhaps the wimpy ending is exactly what wishy washy Will Henry deserved I on the other hand deserved better 
2.5
People, Places, Things
Mark Dujsik
People Places Things is an unexpected pleasure 
3
People, Places, Things
Moira MacDonald
As the movie progresses Will learns in his low key way that life is full of unexpected twists that love is hard to put away and that people who share children can never fully leave each other 
3
People, Places, Things
Roger Moore
Slight but sweet 
2.5
People, Places, Things
David Lewis
Strouse s film is about the changes that occur in all relationships and about letting go when it s time It will probably not change your worldview about any people places or things but it s a pleasant way to spend a couple hours 
3
People, Places, Things
Chuck Bowen
The film introduces a promising romantic pentagon only to let it float away unfulfilled into studiously benign coming of age clouds 
2
People, Places, Things
Kyle Smith
A mild low impact relationship dramedy with a droll script and considerable feeling 
3
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Roger Ebert
What s the lesson That you should never allow yourself to be born into deprivation Thanks a lot but say you are Scola doesn t seem to have a clue what you should do then 
2.5
Tough Enough
Roger Ebert
Tough Enough never quite breaks out of its prizefight cliches but it s fun anyway and there are moments when it really works 
3
Fatman
Leo Brady
Fatman is the kind of Christmas movie concept that brings fans of the genre plenty of cinematic cheer 
3
Fatman
Steven Prokopy
Fatman is a tough story to penetrate and feel anything for any of the characters 
2
Fatman
Mike Scott
A satisfyingly twisted yuletide revenge thriller laced with equal parts Christmas cheer and bloody violence that giddily turns any number of holiday tropes on their head 
2.5
Fatman
Jason Fraley
Fatman is definitely not a Christmas movie for the family In fact we re not really sure of the target audience for this one 
2.5
Fatman
Barry Hertz
Fatman s vision of Father Christmas is of the rough and tumble variety 
1.5
Fatman
David Nusair
an admittedly absurd premise that s employed to mostly and incongruously muted effect 
2.5
Fatman
Tom Meek
It s not quite as gonzo as the premise sounds but embodying the spirit of Jolly Nick with a dash of his Lethal Weapon nutjob Gibson does an admirable job of holding it all together 
3
Fatman
Dann Gire
Heavy on the realism Light on the magical Virtually nonexistent on the fun 
1
Fatman
Richard Roeper
Like reindeer on an icy roof this experiment in blending fantasy and felonies never finds its footing 
2.5
Fatman
Sonny Bunch
Yes the premise is inherently kind of goofy even if Gibson Goggins and Jean Baptiste sell the hell out of it But it s also elegiac in its own way 
3
Fatman
Mark Dujsik
For all of the work that the Nelms brothers put into figuring out the logistics of a real world Santa it s more than a bit disappointing that it s all in service of something fundamentally routine 
2
Fatman
Bob Strauss
Hate Mel Gibson all you want for his vile outbursts but if you have a liking for sick Bad Santa style Christmas movie satires you still might want to give Fatman a try 
3
Fatman
Mike McGranaghan
Fatman is about six different types of crazy and I kind of like that about the movie 
3
Fatman
James Berardinelli
The Nelms had some ideas a few good a few bad about making a different sort of Christmas movie but when it came time to forge them into a movie they stumbled badly 
1.5
Fatman
Christian Toto
Mel Gibson s gritty Santa is no match for a witless mean spirited screenplay 
1
Fatman
Joey Magidson
Fatman wastes an opportunity to have fun and really be out there with its bizarreness 
2
Fatman
Johnny Oleksinski
Gibson s got another strong performance in him I think but this Christmas crapola sure ain t it 
1
Fatman
Chuck Bowen
If it weren t so airless it d be easier to appreciate the film as a character study of Santa s midlife woes 
1.5
Fatman
Roger Moore
One of the epic miscalculations of any cinematic holiday season 
0
My Left Foot
Roger Moore
Daniel Day Lewis 44 Hugh O 8217 Conor and director Jim Sheridan made damned sure that whatever Hollywood thought re 58 a quot stunt performance 46 46 46 8221 their combined efforts would be never less than a wholly realized human being 46 
4
My Left Foot
Bill Cosford
Daniel Day Lewis s performance is extraordinary for its subtleties over the obvious physical manifestations The direction by Jim Sheridan is tough edged 
3
My Left Foot
Wesley Lovell
A fairly generic biopic with an amazing turn by Daniel Day Lewis 
3
My Left Foot
Ed Gonzalez
It s easy to imagine what My Left Foot might have looked like in the hands of a lesser director like say Ron Howard 
3.5
My Left Foot
Peter Canavese
Inspiration is inherent in Brown s story but Sheridan co screenwriter Shane Connaughton and Lewis refuse to sanctify him 
3.5
My Left Foot
Roger Ebert
My Left Foot is a great film for many reasons but the most important is that it gives us such a complete picture of this man s life 
4
My Left Foot
Chris Hicks
My Left Foot is remarkable filmmaking by Sheridan and stupendous acting by Day Lewis 
4
Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
Ken Fox
It s challenging mind bending stuff but Zizek is a gripping speaker who makes the material as comprehensible as it s ever likely to get 
3
Fat Girls
Lou Lumenick
Big hearted and often quite funny if crudely made Fat Girls cleverly subverts the clichs of high school comedies to serve an autobiographical story 
3
Fat Girls
Maitland McDonagh
To call Christian s film unpolished is an understatement since Rodney isn t a particularly engaging protagonist and Christian badly overuses his sulky voiceover 
2
Fat Girls
Elizabeth Weitzman
A modestly impressive debut especially considering that writer director Ash Christian was 21 when he made it this poignant comedy will appeal to anyone who vividly remembers what it s like to be a high school outcast 
2.5
Fat Girls
Glenn Whipp
Proof that straights have no monopoly on crass lazy coming of age stories 
1
Fat Girls
Nick Schager
Fat Girls portrait of its small town high school milieu feels immediate and authentic even when the story s perfunctory machinations don t 
2
Raising Arizona
Peter Keough
Coens have not achieved the maturity needed to appreciate the vision of a Capra or Sturges and their gifts are too rich and deep for the likes of Heckle and Jeckle 
2
Raising Arizona
Brian Eggert
Though Raising Arizona is one of their funniest and most accessible films it is also among their most introspective 
4
Raising Arizona
Josh Larsen
ultimately one of the Coens kinder if not gentler efforts 
3.5
Raising Arizona
David Nusair
the movie s tremendously affable atmosphere is heightened by the efforts of a perfectly cast roster of performers 
3
Raising Arizona
Roger Ebert
What we have here is a film shot down by its own forced and mannered style 
1.5
Raising Arizona
Ted Prigge
One of the most original and clever little comedies I ve really ever seen and it s all due to the greatness that is the Coen Brothers 
3.5
Group
Erin Meister
The nine women are a touching reminder that we all have our own very different problems but by relating to each other we can come to terms with just about anything 
2.5
Group
Jeremy Heilman
The surprising skill and compassion that Group s makers exhibit turns what could have been an uninvolving actor s exercise into a compelling and complicated emotional stew 
3.5
Filmfarsi
Rob Thomas
While most cinephiles would think of acclaimed arthouse directors like Abbas Kiarostami or Jafar Panahi when they think of Iranian cinema Filmfarsi is an engaging time capsule of a campy but important earlier era in movies 
3
Acts of Desperation
Roger Moore
Slow haphazard dark comedy that loses the thread more often than not 
1.5
Monsters in the Closet
Bob Bloom
It s the comedic underpinnings that bind these four short stories 
2
Blood Trails
David Nusair
an entirely misguided endeavor that could only have worked as a five minute short maybe 
1
Imperium
Brian Eggert
The film fails to engage because of its miscast leading man and its unsuccessful attempts to elevate itself above a standard undercover cop yarn 
2
Imperium
Chris Knight
A highly effective thriller 
3
Imperium
Peter Howell
It seems unnervingly accurate for anxious times 
3
Imperium
Kate Taylor
As the baddies get nicer or at least quieter the plot slackens and Ragussis plods his way through a transparent three act structure towards a less than thrilling denouement 
2
Imperium
Tim Robey
With all the political dangers America is genuinely facing at the moment this plot ought to be a real powder keg But while the fuse gets lit there s barely a pinch of explosive inside 
2.5
Imperium
Oliver Jones
More entertaining than it ought to be 
2.5
Imperium
Peter Sobczynski
A depressingly familiar when it isn t just depressing thriller 
2
Imperium
Richard Roeper
Imperium is a well spun tight thriller thanks in no small part to Radcliffe s excellent sharply focused performance 
3.5
Imperium
Stephen Whitty
The movie is very well acted and often uncomfortably gripping Depressingly relevant too in this increasingly extreme and divided nation 
3
Imperium
Oleg Ivanov
It demonstrates both the fatal proximity and deceptive distance that can exist between the words and deeds of extremists 
2.5
Staten Island Summer
Elise Nakhnikian
Breaking the laws of human nature is an ancient comic convention but it only works when it leads to a laugh 
.5
Staten Island Summer
Brian Tallerico
Staten Island Summer is one of those films in which virtually every time a supporting character leaves you wish you could go with him or her 
1
Staten Island Summer
Mark Dujsik
Have I mentioned that none of this is funny or even slightly amusing 
1
Staten Island Summer
Kyle Smith
A movie that won t knock you out with originality but may charm you with its wit 
2.5
Salt
Liam Lacey
A blend of youthful uncertainty and experimental panache 
2.5
Lola Igna
Roger Moore
A charming almost serene Filipino tale that starts off in Waking Ned Devine territory and wanders into something almost profound and certainly disquieting 
3.5
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
Elizabeth Weitzman
A fascinating capsule of an era long past 
3
Free Skate
Roger Moore
A gimmicky 44 obscurant and clumsy style of storytelling spoils what could have been a gripping story about a young Russian figure skater who quot jumps quot across the border to Finland 
1.5
Vacancy
Christian Toto
Vacancy is a no nonsense no ambition thriller but sometimes that s more than enough to please 
2.5
Vacancy
Johnny Vaughan
Terrific turns by all make this a tense if slightly predictable treat for terror fans 
2.5
Vacancy
Linda Cook
Check in to Vacancy if you want to see the acting chops on the other Wilson 
3
Vacancy
John Beifuss
Replicates the horror movie experience by placing its leads in a dark boxlike room where they are menaced by loud surprise noises and scary images on a screen 
2.5
Vacancy
Vince Koehler
My expectations were met early on but fell flat in the end 
1.5
Vacancy
Eric Lurio
A paint by numbers affair that is not only tired but looks as if it was written by a computer program 
1.5
Vacancy
Mark Dujsik
That the thrills are genuine and executed with a sure hand is what makes the film work that the characters are sympathetic makes it work better than it should 
3
Vacancy
Frank Ochieng
Suffice to say there s not much genuine debauchery behind the check in desk in Vacancy 
1.5
Vacancy
Scott Nash
B Movie goodness
3
Vacancy
Dustin Putman
Just the ticket for genre fans starved for a movie that actually thrills 
3
Vacancy
Michael A. Smith
a good old fashioned scary film 
3
Vacancy
Steven Rea
Vacancy in the end simply offers a particularly aggressive brand of couples counseling 
2
Vacancy
Scott Bowles
It s welcome to see another movie that relies more on apprehension and suspense than torture chambers Vacancy might not get Mr Hitchcock smiling from above But he won t be spinning in his grave either 
2.5
Vacancy
Larry Ratliff
The rats are huddled in a neat little herd obviously awaiting the next signal from a Hollywood rat wrangler That s horrifying on a whole different level 
2.5
Vacancy
Lou Lumenick
Packs a lot of old fashioned shocks into its taut 80 minute running time 
3
Vacancy
Ken Fox
For a thriller about torture killing for fun and profit there s actually very little blood compared to say the plasma drenched Hostel although it s plenty scary and the videotapes are appropriately nasty 
3
Vacancy
Peter Howell
The point of Vacancy is the terror not the torture Horror is vastly more effective when left to the mind s eye and it is what we can t see in Vacancy that truly frightens 
3
Vacancy
Jim Hemphill
It wants to be Hostel for nice respectable folks an objective that ultimately seems to be rather pointless in spite of the obvious talent behind and in front of the camera 
2
Vacancy
Elizabeth Weitzman
Short sharp and to the point Vacancy has a single goal and that is to scare the hell out of you It s not as gleefully sadistic as say Hostel but it will give you one very rough night s sleep Naturally I mean that as a compliment 
2.5
Vacancy
Rene Rodriguez
Lean mean and without a single frame of self conscious aren t we cool humor in its 81 minutes Vacancy is exactly the movie the bloated Grindhouse should have been 
3
Vacancy
Bob Strauss
Not too disgusting but not very imaginative or suspenseful either 
2
Vacancy
Jeff Vice
An insufferable poor taste thriller devoid of substance and almost completely free of scares not to mention original ideas 
1
Vacancy
Michael Booth
A quick and dirty job a mean little movie ripping off the atmosphere and decorations of Psycho and a half dozen other horror thriller classics 
2
Vacancy
Teresa Budasi
You start to think you re going to get a first rate psychological thriller and instead you get third rate schlock with some legitimate scary moments but no insight into the motivation behind Frank Whaley s character s psychosis 
2
Vacancy
Ty Burr
There s no agenda in Vacancy other than to keep you in a state of nervous collapse for 85 minutes but director Antal fulfills it honorably for the most part 
2.5
Vacancy
Sean P. Means
Antal is a little too gleeful in showing the dank motel and the seedy snuff films suggesting the movie s biggest vacancy is in its makers souls 
1
Vacancy
Sara Michelle Fetters
At a fast and furious 80 or so minutes director Nimrod Antal drops viewers into a feverishly pulsating meat grinder and then refuses to let them go 
3
Vacancy
David Nusair
the film achieves exactly the sort of fun fast paced vibe that both Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino were undoubtedly going for in Grindhouse 
3
Vacancy
Erik Childress
It s a problematic in and out kind of thriller that is more fascinating as a missed opportunity to be a true commentary on the genre even as it occasionally backs into it almost by accident 
2.5
Vacancy
Willie Waffle
Director Nimrod Antal has made a movie that is OK enough with never being horrible and never being great 
2.5
Vacancy
Chris Hewitt
What drives Vacancy is its ingenious premise from which director Nimrod Antal wrings every ounce of tension 
3.5
Vacancy
Gene Seymour
An all night cat and mouse game conducted with antic drive by director Nimrod Antal and carried along with conviction by the cast 
2.5
Vacancy
Michael Wilmington
The kind of sleazily effective horror genre movie Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino were trying for in Grindhouse Vacancy catches you by the throat and puts you through the wringer 
3
Vacancy
Josh Larsen
A quick and dirty grind house movie of its own 
3
Vacancy
James Berardinelli
A nicely compact tense thriller that loses a little of its punch as a result of a rushed generic ending 
3
Vacancy
Nick Schager
Antal s array of sleek cinematographic arrangements succinctly link his villains to his viewers as likeminded voyeurs turned on by scenes of torture and mayhem 
2.5
Welcome to Happiness
Matt Fagerholm
The irony is that as Gallner s performance gets stronger the film around him grows weaker 
2
Expecting Mary
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Despite the calculated setup and quirky characters the film like Juno and Bella brings another pro birth story to the big screen May there be many more 
2
Expecting Mary
Loey Lockerby
Rulin gives a warm down to earth performance which counters writer director Dan Gordon s tendency to blow out the Quirk O Meter 
2
Suckers
Steve Rhodes
One thing is certain the energetic movie tries hard to be the best that it can be which is a lot of fun 
3
The Cave
Robert Horton
The brief glimpses above ground are haunting such as the sight of a man a restaurant worker An average citizen running through the streets to bring a vat of soup to the hospital He might as well be carrying a solitary torch of humanity 
3
The Cave
Sean P. Means
A stark reminder that leaders wage war but people on the ground pay the price 
3.5
The Cave
Brad Wheeler
It s no surprise the film won the People s Choice Documentary Award at this year s Toronto International Film Festival 
3
The Cave
Peter Howell
The Cave is a stark reminder of the toll of war but also of the tenacity of the human spirit God may not be watching but we all should 
3.5
The Cave
G. Allen Johnson
Fayyad is a humanitarian and his approach in The Cave demonstrates that 
3
The Cave
Ann Hornaday
This extraordinary film allows viewers to bear witness to courage and dedication in their finest forms and it offers a grim reminder that justice mercy and healing have been driven underground for centuries 
4
The Cave
Kent Turner
Briskly paced and with many incredibly intense moments 
3
The Cave
Monica Castillo
A beautifully shot documentary that s as stunning as the images are harrowing 
3.5
The Cave
Pat Brown
Its depiction of the perpetual terror of living in a war zone will stick with viewers long after The Cave s doctors have left Ghouta 
3
The Cave
Roger Moore
Not the best organized doc but an honest fly on the wall cinema verite portrait of a war zone hospital and the people working in it 
3
The Cave
Shane Slater
The Cave is one of the most accomplished pieces of non fiction filmmaking of the year 
3
Never Say Never Again
Matt Brunson
This is basically Thunderball under a new moniker It bests its predecessor in most regards 
3
Never Say Never Again
Austin Kennedy
I know Bond fans were furious about this movie cause it wasn t an Eon production and I think they re wrong They should be furious at it because it s a horrendous film 
1
Never Say Never Again
Peter Canavese
Connery proved plenty fit for one more outing a likeable but somewhat mediocre adventure handsomely mounted in the traditional Bond style Blu ray 
2.5
Never Say Never Again
Roger Ebert
Ah yes James it is good to have you back again 
3.5
Never Say Never Again
James Berardinelli
It s a major disappointment that having lured back the original 007 the film makers couldn t offer him something better than this drawn out hackneyed story 
2
Never Say Never Again
Scott Nash
Although this movie isn t perfect it is good enough that you truly wish Connery had never said never again 
3
Hear and Now
Bonnie Fazio
Irene Taylor Brodsky s documentary about her parents late in life decision to undergo cochlear implant surgery is a moving tribute to her folks and their accomplishments and an engrossing emotional roller coaster for filmgoers 
3.5
Hear and Now
Jonathan W. Hickman
The film is an extremely personal one that carefully shares with us many tender moments 
3.5
Action of the Tiger
Matt Brunson
Van Johnson whose film roles generally required him to be as tough as a newborn puppy lowers his voice and tries to pass as a gruff mercenary in this perfunctory action yarn 
2
Flypaper
Brian Eggert
Any potential for mindless entertainment value is hampered by clich 233 characters driving a derivative scenario 44 which plays out to predictable 44 unconvincing ends that seem all too familiar and far less diverting than they should be 46 
1.5
Flypaper
David Nusair
There reaches a point however at which the rather limited nature of the movie s premise starts to become a problem 
2
Flypaper
Una LaMarche
You know there s something wrong with a comedy when you d rather see the main characters killed off than live happily ever after 
0
Flypaper
Sara Stewart
In the end there s just a roomful of decent character actors in search of a point For them the titular Flypaper may have simply been a paycheck 
1.5
Telling You
Michael Dequina
Too often the film gets stuck in marginally amusing scenes of friends sitting around and talking 
2.5
Telling You
Dustin Putman
Capsule Review 
2
Strike Commando 2
Matt Brunson
A rip off of Raiders of the Lost Ark 
1.5
The Amazing Transparent Man
Matt Brunson
There s a reason this was savaged on Mystery Science Theater 3000 
1.5
69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez
Nick Allen
The comprehensive treatise we ve needed about such an enigmatic problematic figure especially when it comes to understanding the full extent of his artifice 
3
The Station
David Keyes
This is one of those endeavors that will no doubt endure the test of time on viewing lists of very ambitious bad movies 
1.5
The Station
Simon Abrams
Blood Glacier is too sleepy to do anything with its guano stirring premise 
1.5
The Station
Kyle Smith
As if climate change weren t worrying enough studies show it s leading to an uptick in the production of cheesy German language monster flicks 
2
The Station
Ed Gonzalez
The film straddles a very awkward line between creature feature conspiracy thriller and domestic drama all without novelty or suspense 
1.5
The Station
David Nusair
A strong if familiar premise is squandered in this underwhelming horror effort 
2
Expo: Magic of the White City
Ross Anthony
The vastness of this magnificent event is well represented here However if viewed all at once could be a bit wearisome toward the end Get the DVD then watch it in halves 
2.5
Dreams on Fire
Walter Chaw
A fun dance movie that is also disarmingly wise about what it takes to succeed 
3
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Mitchell Beaupre
My Heart Can 8217 t Beat Unless You Tell It To offers no easy answers to the questions that come with taking care of a loved one when they are in a state of chronic illness 44 and that 8217 s appropriate for a situation that in the real world has no clear solution 46 
3.5
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Matt Brunson
It s just the ticket for those who don t always need their horror hardcore 
3
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Randy Myers
Cuartas is an astonishing talent for horror connoisseurs who like their films classy and textured 
3
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Peter Sobczynski
A grimly fascinating low fi debut from writer director Jonathan Cuartas 
3
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Walter Chaw
My Heart is beautiful and horrible in exactly the way decrepitude and illness can be 
4
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Mark Dujsik
T he screenplay is bluntly honest about the dynamics of this family and the toll of this illness on them 
3
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
William Repass
Jonathan Cuartas s film vividly diagnose a sickness of insularity endemic to middle class America 
2.5
Miss Wonton
John Anderson
Suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle but let s just say the ingredients don t quite add up to a meal 
2
Miss Wonton
Lou Lumenick
A baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard to swallow premise 
1
Plenty
James Sanford
The role of Susan is custom made for Streep and she turns in yet another tour de force Susan is genuinely a puzzlement You may not like her but you will not forget her 
4
Plenty
Roger Ebert
The movie stars Meryl Streep as Susan and it is a performance of great subtlety it is hard to play an unbalanced neurotic self destructive woman and do it with such gentleness and charm 
3.5
Gospel
Roger Ebert
It just wants to be a concert film and contains no offstage or biographical material about its performers But seen simply as music and performance it s a great experience 
3
Madame Curie
Mattie Lucas
First and foremost a love story between Marie and her husband Pierre but LeRoy wisely blends their burgeoning and deepening love into the wonder of scientific discovery 
3
Madame Curie
David Nusair
undone by its emphasis on scientific matters and unmistakable Oscar bait sort of vibe 
2
Into the Sun
David Nusair
all one really expects out of a Seagal movie is a lot of arm breaking and twirling kicks 
1.5
Bound to Vengeance
David Nusair
Though it begins with a certain amount of promise Bound to Vengeance ultimately becomes as tedious and interminable a horror endeavor as one can easily recall 
1
Bound to Vengeance
Dustin Putman
Bound to Vengeance holds one s attention but not one s faith telling a story that simply has too many holes to buy into it 
2
Bound to Vengeance
Ed Gonzalez
It trivializes victim trauma by treating its main character s best laid plans as punchline fodder 
.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
Lisa Jensen
The movie never establishes its own viewpoint It remains a random collection of clips many fascinating in their own right that are never quite shaped into a larger picture or more cohesive theme 
2.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
Simon Houpt
Belkin floats the notion that Wallace s sharp tongued style paved the way for the lying loudmouths who now populate our fractured media landscape but it feels like a half hearted bid for contemporary relevance At least his prickishness had purpose 
2
Mike Wallace Is Here
Richard Roeper
This is a time capsule an expertly crafted time capsule of an astonishing career 
3.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
Anita Katz
The documentary is weak as a character study but insightful when considering Wallace s impact on broadcast journalism It s also an enjoyable 20th century history ride 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Lisa Trifone
Perhaps for the first time much is revealed about a man who spent his life uncovering everyone else s stories 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Mark Dujsik
Mike Wallace Is Here doesn t come to praise or condemn its subject The film simply but intensely does what the man did to so many others It questions him 
3.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Mike Wallace was brash querulous brilliant and insightful and is sorely missed Then again thanks in part to this terrific homage he is very much still with us 
4
Mike Wallace Is Here
Mark Feeney
Watching Belkin s documentary one realizes how much better Wallace was at playing Mike Wallace than any actor could be 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
G. Allen Johnson
In the end Mike Wallace Is Here isn t just about one journalist but a different cultural landscape before a mass of cable network screamers and talking heads checkbook journalism social media and viral videos 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Michael O'Sullivan
A watchable if by the book retrospective of the career of the newsman most famous for his hard hitting interviews and exposés on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes 
2.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
Glenn Kenny
By keeping all the footage in a past in which Wallace was still working it confronts both his legacy and I suppose his ghost 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Oliver Jones
Belkin uses entirely existing footage to tell a story not just of a man s life but also the evolution of broadcast journalism It s both a novel choice and a largely effective one 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Katie Walsh
One is left with the impression of Wallace as a defining and singular voice who brought something to his dogged questioning that so many copycats are missing these days elegance gentlemanliness and a sense of staunch morality 
4
Mike Wallace Is Here
Christopher Gray
Much like its subject Avi Belkin s documentary knows how to start an argument 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Roger Moore
Entertaining film profile that is more a celebration of the interviewer in his own words than a dissection of his style strengths and failings 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Max Weiss
What emerges is a compelling portrait of a game changing journalist 
3
Mike Wallace Is Here
Josh Terry
Regardless of your own sentiments Mike Wallace is Here maintains a thoughtful tone that never feels overbearing or biased whether you re interested in a history of the man or the field he pioneered Belkin s film should be required viewing 
4
Mike Wallace Is Here
Sean P. Means
T he result is like a Mike Wallace interview in reverse 
3.5
A Good Marriage
Brian Tallerico
It s arguably the dullest King film yet despite solid work by LaPaglia to save it and a decent set up that goes absolutely nowhere 
1.5
A Good Marriage
Christian Toto
Stephen King s voice can be heard in the third act of A Good Marriage but by then you won t care enough to listen 
2.5
A Good Marriage
Mike McGranaghan
A dull lifeless chiller that botches a rather brilliant premise Where is Frank Darabont when King needs him 
1.5
A Good Marriage
Dustin Putman
A Lifetime melodrama posing as a big screen thriller A Good Marriage starts with the germ of a provocative premise then proceeds to take it in a direction that betrays the audience s intelligence 
1.5
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Rodney Chester
Girls who are just starting to feel a little old for Hannah Montana will flock to this film which will no doubt have a long life on the slumber party circuit 
3
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Christopher Tookey
Beneath its girlie trappings this is a movie with many traditional virtues 
3
The Other Tom
Roger Moore
Even as the film wanders about and the emotional bond between mother and child is seriously lacking 46 46 46 there 8217 s something engrossing about this mother 8217 s journey through deciding which version of her child would be the happiest 44 with or without pills 46 
2.5
The Other Tom
Rene Sanchez
An absorbing and genuine story about the uncaring and broken systems supposed to protect the well being of children Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Other Tom
Aparita Bhandari
The Other Tom raises important questions about ways in which children s behaviour is judged without considering personal and social contexts 
2.5
The Other Tom
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A compelling drama about a single mother and her hiperactive son Great acting incisive screenplay 
2
Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space
Peter Canavese
In many ways Spearhead from Space is terribly clunky but it remains an historically important adventure and one with recognizable influences on stories to come Blu ray 
3
Mission Stories
Sean P. Means
Viewers who don t adhere to the Latter day Saint faith or have been members of the church but left with no intention to return can find their entertainment somewhere else 
2.5
The Truth About Lies
Roger Moore
Unintentionally timely thanks to its fibbing hero s similarities to America s most famous liar Just not very funny 
1.5
Inside Deep Throat
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A polemic on America and its incapability to be accepting of sexuality by demonizing and stigmatizing the act 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Kurt Loder
Funny and saddening 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Steven Snyder
Hardly a revelation 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately just when the film really starts to explore an idea it moves on to the next one And the bit about how the adult film industry has changed since the 1970s was done more effectively in the fictional Boogie Nights 
2
Inside Deep Throat
John Beifuss
Hugely entertaining but as its smarmy male centric title implies Inside Deep Throat swallows whole the idea that the film was some kind of milestone of free expression 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Phoebe Flowers
A wildly relentlessly entertaining documentary 
3.5
Inside Deep Throat
Rene Rodriguez
Bailey and Barbato aren t as interested in the picture itself as they are in the people who made it a collection of hustlers crackpots cranks and stooges colorful enough to inspire Elmore Leonard 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Eric Harrison
Above all the film is a lively music filled social history 
3
Inside Deep Throat
James Kendrick
a showy entertaining and informative documentary
3
Inside Deep Throat
Peter Canavese
The disconcerting examples of Damiano Reems and Lovelace each in his or her way regretful are the hardest pills to um swallow 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Rob Thomas
One thing Inside Deep Throat proves is that Americans can get nostalgic over just about anything 
3
Inside Deep Throat
James Berardinelli
Although the film starts out with a clear thesis by the time its 90 minute running length has expired it is grasping at themes and topics that are beyond the limited scope of what a superficial documentary can achieve 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Ross Anthony
Historically interesting surprisingly humorous and at times sad 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Chris Hewitt
A good movie about what appears to be a very bad one 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Steve Rhodes
fascinating and funny film
3
Inside Deep Throat
Glenn Kenny
While brisk informative and entertaining feels frustratingly sketchy 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Rick Groen
This feeble documentary ends up perpetuating the very hypocrisy it means to probe 
2
Inside Deep Throat
Jan Stuart
Bailey and Barbetto have mined this all American circus for all its mindbending absurdity and legitimized it with a who s who of cultural critics 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Pam Grady
The contemporary interviews for the most part are notable for their wit but it s the historical record that makes Inside Deep Throat so fascinating 
4
Inside Deep Throat
James Verniere
An accomplished if often slow piece of work and a serious examination of American culture and censorship 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Mike Clark
This trip down memory lane seems to have no agenda and treats principals on both sides of the conflict with respect 
3.5
Inside Deep Throat
Wesley Morris
The documentary has no great overriding argument it wants to make neither about the politicians turned censors who thought the world was coming to an end nor about those who saw Deep Throat as the apotheosis of American liberty 
2
Inside Deep Throat
Lou Lumenick
A thorough but highly entertaining documentary 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Jack Mathews
What s lacking here is a clear point of view 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Mick LaSalle
Balanced enough to serve as a cautionary tale that cuts in several directions at once 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Moira MacDonald
Eager to tell one story Inside Deep Throat neglects the more compelling story within it 
2
Inside Deep Throat
Glenn Whipp
Colorfully entertaining sexually explicit and occasionally insightful 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Geoff Pevere
Inside Deep Throat may boogie across this scorched terrain to an assortment of period pop songs but it never lets you forget that that there were a lot of people who got burned 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Terry Lawson
An entertaining and moderately informative documentary by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Bruce Newman
If their new film never quite makes the case that one dirty movie set off the culture war that rages across America today it is a highly entertaining and informative look back 
3
Inside Deep Throat
David Sterritt
The doc is longer on historical interest than original insights or analysis 
3
Inside Deep Throat
Allison Benedikt
A fast and loose documentary that grabs you in the moment but leaves a distinct emptiness the morning after 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Nick Schager
The filmmakers attempts to link Deep Throat s lasting impact to every sexually charged facet of contemporary American life reaches too far 
2.5
Inside Deep Throat
Peter Travers
Besides fresh and funny insights from the likes of Norman Mailer and John Waters it shows how little censorship politics have changed from Nixon to Bush 
3
Fugitive Mind
Robert Pardi
Even if the script defies logic once too often the personable Dudikoff enlists our sympathy for the hero s waking nightmare 
2
Don
Roger Moore
I didn 8217 t hate every minute of it 44 but those tolerable stretches were few and far between 46 
1
The Commissioner
Steve Rhodes
As cold and flat as a Brussels winter where the film is set 
2
16 Years of Alcohol
Ruthe Stein
Eventually the movie drowns in words 
2
16 Years of Alcohol
David Sterritt
The frequent narration is a nonstop string of clichs platitudes and truisms that should have been flung out the cutting room window 
2
16 Years of Alcohol
Lou Lumenick
Despite reams of maudlin narration McKidd s powerful performance as a conflicted man makes this beautifully shot low budget feature worth checking out 
2
16 Years of Alcohol
Jack Mathews
The film has a poetic pulse its ups and downs accompanied by some smartly chosen pop songs a seductive original score and McKidd s husky voice over narration 
3
Defendor
James Adams
Defendor is more a refreshment of a genre than a transcendence of it But thanks to Harrelson you ll be a believer 
3
Defendor
Linda Barnard
Stebbings fills Defendor with humorous bits comic treats dropped in quickly and without fanfare It gives the movie a proper pace well punctuated with laughs at the right time and outrage and sympathy at others 
3.5
The Answer Man
David Nusair
Breezy and entertaining 
3
The Answer Man
Moira MacDonald
While The Answer Man has a meandering pace and ultimately goes precisely where you think it will first timer Hindman makes the journey pleasant among these literate and interesting folk 
3
The Answer Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thanks to a stupendously inept finale it ends up going nowhere and by the time it fades to black the only question I had was what could have potentially been changed to salvage it 
2
The Answer Man
Rossiter Drake
Watchable and occasionally endearing but it s frustrating when our good will is tested by greeting card sentiment and assembly line clichs 
2
The Answer Man
Roger Ebert
How much more interesting is a film like 500 Days of Summer which is about the complexities of life in comparison with this one which cheerfully cycles through the cliches 
2
The Answer Man
Mick LaSalle
The Answer Man is a perfect example of an Intelligent Bad Movie easy to take promising along the way And then things start to go wrong 
2
The Answer Man
David Wildman
First time director screenwriter John Hindman seems aware of how predictable his premise could be and despite a plot hole or two he s put together a smart script with likable characters and lively dialogue that subverts the obvious clichs 
3
The Answer Man
Mike McGranaghan
The Answer Man is like a great big breath of fresh air on the first nice day of spring It is a story with characters who feel real as they try to find real answers to real problems 
3.5
The Answer Man
Kyle Smith
I could see the sparks flying but they were being generated by my back teeth 
1
The Answer Man
Robert Levin
While the film periodically threatens to veer into extreme cutesy indie territory Daniels and Graham keep it grounded 
3
The Answer Man
Claudia Puig
The implausible Answer Man offers little clarity but plenty of far fetched scenarios and credibility defying coincidences 
2
The Answer Man
James Berardinelli
The Answer Man is one of those modestly diverting motion pictures that s as sweet as cotton candy and as insubstantial 
2.5
The Answer Man
Nick Schager
A dreary tale spun out of bland cliches and so many coincidences that one begins to believe its titular guru perhaps does have a direct line to the Almighty 
1.5
The Answer Man
Carrie Rickey
Though his film is a tad choppy and a lot chatty Hindman elicits sympathetic performances from leads who demonstrate a deep understanding of movie physics 
3
I Am Sam
Nick Rogers
Sean Penn gives the most professionally shameful cruelly wrongheaded performance ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar while Jessie Nelson Kristine Johnson s script lives down to Penn s ugly ineptitude with idiotic catchphrases and product placement 
0
I Am Sam
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sean Penn may be the most gifted actor of his generation 
3.5
I Am Sam
Jeff Strickler
Penn repeatedly hits the ball out of the park but the rest of the team never gets past first base 
2.5
I Am Sam
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie asks for a leap of faith that it can t make itself 
2.5
I Am Sam
Michael Wilmington
It s a sensational performance and Penn illumines a movie that sometimes seems in danger of descending into modish Hollywood political correctness 
2.5
I Am Sam
Ian Mantgani
This is not a movie that earns tears it takes a plunger and sucks them from our eyelids 
2
I Am Sam
Jorge Avila Andrade
Agradable sincera y divertida es una muestra ms de que a pesar de todo como lo dice su frase publicitaria todo lo que se necesita es amor 
3
I Am Sam
Frank Ochieng
The mawkish script and intrusive direction practically cripples the effective efforts put forth by Penn s sensitive acting I Am Sam quite frankly is simplistic and needlessly sugar coated 
2
I Am Sam
Robert Roten
The story is burdened by a thousand clich eacute s 
2
I Am Sam
Mark Dujsik
So much of the movie exists for the sole purpose of driving its plot and culling some sort of emotion from the audience that ultimately you can feel just how empty it is 
2
I Am Sam
James Kendrick
In a case of attention deficit disorder style filmmaking Nelson consistently undermines every moment of honest drama by drawing undue attention to the camera 
2
I Am Sam
David N. Butterworth
Penn is brilliant and the refreshingly unprecocious Dakota Fanning shows oodles of promise 
3
I Am Sam
Dustin Putman
Thoughtful and emotionally rewarding I Am Sam works more successfully than it has any right to 
3
I Am Sam
Mick LaSalle
Deserves to be remembered for Sean Penn s remarkable performance as a mentally challenged man 
3
I Am Sam
Susan Stark
Attaches a vastly overqualified company to a soggy flamboyantly manipulative script 
1
I Am Sam
Jay Carr
Penn and Pfeiffer carry I Am Sam further into plausibility than it has any right to expect 
2.5
I Am Sam
Shirley Klass
If you need a good cry can t miss the latest Beatles tribute or just want to see a humanistic drama sprinkled with funny scenes go see I Am Sam 
2
I Am Sam
Rick Groen
It shows us that intellect and love are indeed related inversely 
2.5
I Am Sam
Roger Ebert
Every device of the movie s art is designed to convince us Lucy must stay with Sam but common sense makes it impossible to go the distance with the premise 
2
I Am Sam
Carrie Rickey
As maudlin mawkish and shameless a heartwringer as ever contrived 
1.5
I Am Sam
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sam gives good melodrama but pushes too many TV disease of the week hot buttons 
2.5
I Am Sam
Michael Dequina
There are sadder things to behold than watching great actors give their all to material undeserving of their efforts but while watching this it s hard to think of any 
1
I Am Sam
Tony Toscano
A powerful film with powerful performances 
3.5
I Am Sam
Rod Armstrong
More simple minded than the grade school primers Penn s character obsessively reads more manipulative than Fox News wartime coverage offers more product placement than Cast Away and feels twice as long as Reds 
1
I Am Sam
Lou Lumenick
It works magic because of Penn who disappears into the character so thoroughly that even Dustin Hoffman would be jealous 
3
I Am Sam
Jonathan Taylor
Aims for feel good uplift but ends up cloying contrived and condescending 
1
I Am Sam
Rob Blackwelder
an insufferably mawkish mentally challenged melodrama of self aggrandizing proportions 
1
I Am Sam
Steve Rhodes
Wait for video and borrow your neighbor s tape If after five minutes you ve already reached sugar overload you won t have wasted anything 
2
I Am Sam
Harvey S. Karten
A soap redeemed by an astonishing performance by Sean Penn as a mentally challenged adult seeking custody of his 7 year old daughter 
3
I Am Sam
Walter Chaw
If a seven year old is really competent to make responsible life choices then Lucy s requests should just be honoured 
0.5
I Am Sam
James Berardinelli
It glosses over reality on so many occasions that it s hard to take seriously 
2
I Am Sam
Ross Anthony
A sweet endearing tearjerker with Beatle s tribute soundtrack I loved it 
3.5
I Am Sam
Ed Gonzalez
I Am Sam is the green eggs and ham rendition of the custody battle melodrama
2
The Salon
Michael Dequina
Vivica A Fox proves to be a warm and appealing anchor for sometimes sitcom level silliness 
2
The Salon
John Beifuss
The movie was shot more than three years before its release and it shows as when the salon s resident golddigger says Anna Nicole Smith I aspire to be just like her 
1.5
The Salon
Maitland McDonagh
The film s feisty cast and generally sunny outlook make for warm and reassuring comfort viewing the equivalent of a straight from the box dish of mac and cheese 
2.5
The Salon
Ruthe Stein
After scripting both Barbershops writer director Mark Brown appears to have exhausted his ability to create new and interesting characters to inhabit The Salon 
1
The Salon
Steven Rea
Despite all the stock characters and scenarios Fox and company manage to bring things to life And cut some hair 
2.5
The Salon
Lisa Rose
The best scenes in Barbershop featured incisive discussions of current events Here the closest brush with topicality is a reference to Eddie Griffin 
1
The Salon
Kyle Smith
A feeble dramedy about a Baltimore beauty shop where someone should come in to sweep up the clichs 
0
The Salon
Elizabeth Weitzman
Given that Brown wrote the significantly superior Barbershop he should know that when you make a socially conscious comedy you ve got to weave in plenty of wit alongside the wisdom 
2
The Salon
Bruce Westbrook
Like a perm that won t grow away it s stuck in the race comedy mold of Barbershop Barbershop 2 and Beauty Shop Been there done that hair 
2
The Salon
Kam Williams
Bottoms out with this bit of dialogue If you re going to be a ho be an ambitious ho Work uptown What unfortunate timing given the whole Don Imus controversy Life s simply too short for slur ploitation with such lamentably low standards 
0
The Salon
Paige Wiser
Everything about it is whompingly whoopingly obvious from the hit you over the head narration to the tidy ending 
1
The Salon
Terry Lawson
The Salon had any genuine sass clipped out of it to fit a PG 13 rating 
1
The Salon
Josh Larsen
What felt like joyful camaraderie in Barbershop comes across here as nasty bickering 
1.5
The Salon
Sid Smith
The main problem with the movie is the by now shopworn nature of its setting 
2
The Salon
Jan Stuart
Good natured but curiously flat a bottle of root beer that s lost its fizz 
2
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Khari J. Sampson
In the end Smurfs The Lost Village while not a great movie isn t nearly as mediocre as it could easily have been 
2.5
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Linda Cook
It s more suited to a rental than a big screen viewing 
2
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Remember this moviegoers You deserve better than the Smurfs 
1
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Mike McGranaghan
The decision to do Smurfs The Lost Village without any live action sequences was a smart one Solely utilizing computer animation feels like a much better fit for the material 
3
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Josh Terry
It still features a talented cast and professional production but a half baked theme and low conflict plot leave the movie feeling bland and forgettable as hard to distinguish as its primary characters 
2.5
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Sara Michelle Fetters
Smurfs The Lost Village is easy to sit through and I know I m repeating myself here but once again young children are likely going to be delighted with the film in ways they never were with either of its live action ancestors 
2.5
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Rob Thomas
Last year s Trolls was dissed as a cheap Smurfs knockoff but honestly the trolls had rich inner lives compared to these little blue guys And the Trolls come in different colors too 
1
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Peter Sobczynski
The acknowledgment that it is aiming solely for the kiddie audience this time around at least makes it slightly more palatable than its predecessors 
2
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Andrew Parker
There are plenty of ambitious set pieces boasting visual ingenuity and the witty perceptive script includes well constructed subtext and lessons about breaking free from patriarchal norms and the benefits of learning about different cultures 
3
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Sean P. Means
A star studded voice cast can t do much to improve the sluggish Smurfs The Lost Village another tale that will leave fans of the globally loved forest folk feeling a little blue 
1.5
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Chris Knight
The film doesn t even feature the Smurfs la laaaa la la la la theme song which is one more reason to like it 
3
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Rick Bentley
The film s not Smurfless but it s not as Smurftastic as it should have been 
2
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Linda Barnard
Asbury sticks to the basics with obvious Saturday morning style fare based on groaners and pratfalls about the earnest little creatures with self defining names like Nosey Grouchy and Jokey 
2
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Calvin Wilson
Young children will be entertained but for the rest of the audience pretty colors just aren t enough 
1.5
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Pat Padua
Most people would be better off sticking with Teletubbies 
1.5
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Rafer Guzman
It never digs very deep into its characters or its themes Still it s always encouraging to see a children s movie that actually tries to say something to its viewers 
3
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Tom Russo
Setting a quick montage to Eiffel 65 s dance hit Blue Da Ba Dee might be the most inspired touch of all 
2
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Kam Williams
Here s a two fisted shero prepared to prove in convincing fashion that a girl can grow up to be anything she wants to be A priceless primer for impressionable tykes 
4
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Peter Hartlaub
At best it s an adequate cinematic babysitter That said few parents will have any residual anger for spending the money 
1
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Roger Moore
Another trip into the Belgian blue hell
1
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Keith Watson
Smurfs The Lost Village is content to be the sort of film parents can throw on an iPad to ensure 90 minutes worth of relative peace and quiet away from their antic children 
1.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Nick Rogers
At least Larry the Cable Guy s brief movie career kept Hollywood s fart sound proprietors in business What you thought an opening shot of his bared plumber s crack was an arbitrary artistic decision That there s foreshadowin right there 
.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Tom Meek
Poor Joe Pantoliano Kid Rock and Joanna Cassidy get mixed up in the flatulence 
1.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Linda Cook
OK are you eating anything Potato chips breakfast cereal anything at all Please stop if you plan on reading any further in this review of Larry the Cable Guy Health Inspector because this movie is so revolting 
.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
John Monaghan
Movies like Larry the Cable Guy Health Inspector may be critic proof but even die hard fans of country crude will have to admit that a little Larry goes a long way 
1
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Ruthe Stein
When lists of the 10 worst movies of 2006 start coming out you ll know it s been a truly abominable year if Larry the Cable Guy Health Inspector doesn t rate a slot near the top 
0
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Lou Lumenick
Virtually unwatchable and laugh free 
0
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Jack Mathews
The job involves an upcoming cooking contest a sleazy mayor a corrupt restaurateur and a supporting cast of characters so ugly stupid and hygienically revolting that they make Larry seem almost tolerable 
1.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Ty Burr
If the movie s witless it s also pretty harmless 
1
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Sean McBride
I d pay to see Ron White Health Inspector and his stupid sidekick Larry but Larry alone just cain t Get er done 
1
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
James Sanford
an 85 minute tribute to flatulence vomiting and the ample rump of its star Wake up and smell the catbox Larry declares Buy a ticket to Health Inspector and you ll know exactly what he means 
1
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Paul Schrodt
Shoddy screenwriting devices simply pass the time for Whitney to sling hillbilly isms at admirers of his stand up comedy 
2
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Mark Collette
Whenever Larry isn t pensively biting on his chaw he s barking out obscene one liners in a guttural noxious stream of little nasty explosions He s a greasy oil burning joke jalopy 
0.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Ken Fox
It was only a matter of time before Larry got his own critic proof movie 
1.5
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
John Anderson
Larry isn t an evil movie but it is a symptom of the problems inherent in gross out humor 
1.5
Letter From an Unknown Woman
Josh Larsen
a women s picture that nonetheless turns on male chauvinism 
3
Hangover Square
Matt Brunson
Laird Cregar so memorable as a dapper Satan in Heaven Can Wait and as Jack the Ripper in The Lodger delivers another mesmerizing performance in Hangover Square 
3
Imperial Dreams
Sam Fragoso
Like the cyclical cycle of violence and poverty Imperial Dreams mercilessly envelops you in its narrative and refuses to let you go until you ve been moved 
3.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Peter T. Chattaway
The film is directed in typically dull overblown idiotic fashion by Raja Gosnell the man responsible for Big Momma s House and both of the Scooby Doo movies 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Walter Chaw
Eighteen adorable reasons to open our wrists and tie our tubes 
0.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
David Nusair
While it seems obvious that small children will delight to the relentlessly broad hijinks the film is essentially a dead zone of comedic set pieces and contrived situations 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Steven Snyder
Just because cookie cutter movie formulas are profitable doesn t mean they re defensible Sooner or later audiences will eventually demand something better 
0.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yours Mine Ours just might be mine yours and everyone else s most brutally obnoxious nightmare come to cinematic life 
.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
James Verniere
The kids are undeniably cute and you d be a fool to underestimate the value of seasoned pros Quaid and Russo 
3
Yours, Mine & Ours
Brooke Holgerson
Only the youngest will find this mess amusing 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Hanh Nguyen
Just because it s wholesome doesn t mean it s good 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Linda Cook
Let s get this out of the way Kids probably will love this movie That doesn t mean it s a good movie because it isn t 
0
Yours, Mine & Ours
Sean McBride
Yours Mine and Ours isn t funny even by lowered kiddie standards 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Matt Brunson
A descent into the pits of hell disguised as a motion picture 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Peter Howell
it loses a good deal of humour along with its social relevance 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Carla Meyer
He s got eight kids she s got 10 and Yours Mine Ours is completely by the numbers 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Liam Lacey
Watching Dennis Quaid falling face down into vats of goop getting kissed by a pig and talking baby talk in Yours Mine and Ours is one of those experiences that causes you to question your faith in Hollywood s motives 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Jeff Vice
The remake of the 1968 hit comedy Yours Mine Ours is pretty much the same movie as the 2003 remake of Cheaper by the Dozen with Dennis Quaid taking Steve Martin s place as the family patriarch and butt of several painfully unfunny slapstick gags 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Greg Maki
It drips with such sickening sweetness that exhibitors should pass out complimentary mouthwash 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Frank Ochieng
We needed the oversized and relentlessly insipid family comedy Yours Mine Ours much like a terrorist needs tips on how to scare finicky preschoolers 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Phil Villarreal
Eighteen kids Two parents One sassy nanny and a potbellied pig And not a single laugh among them 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Randy Myers
An uninspired unoriginal and unnecessary movie with less intelligence and laughs than the very worst Full House episode 
0
Yours, Mine & Ours
Maitland McDonagh
Utterly formulaic and pointless 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Tracy Allerton
Those scenes of everyday chaos that were so charming in the original are few here alas 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Moira MacDonald
Bland and witless 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Ruthe Stein
Everything in the film is totally predictable 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
David Elliott
An irrefutable thesis against remaking old films 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Kim Morgan
I just think there are far superior holiday films the family can enjoy 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Steven Rea
Flimsily scripted 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Stephen Whitty
The movie slowly progresses in predictable fashion with every misunderstanding and final rapprochement carefully choreographed 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Lou Lumenick
Largely laugh free 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Jami Bernard
There are just so many jokes you can make about who gets to use the bathroom when 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Jeff Strickler
The frenzy peters out leaving youngsters as bored as their parents 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Valerie Kuklenski
It s unlikely that anyone from that real family would see himself in the remake starring Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid It s a story told in extremes as if there weren t enough comedy potential in 18 kids under one roof 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
John Monaghan
Even those viewers attracted to the mayhem promised by Yours Mine and Ours will have to admit what a mess has been made of this kids in a shoe family comedy 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Roger Ebert
There s not a moment in this story arc that is not predictable 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Ty Burr
Yours Mine Ours is the movie equivalent of a box of generic macaroni and cheese bland easily digested comforting forgettable 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Thomas Delapa
Where s Planned Parenthood when you need it 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Jeffrey Westhoff
Lame brained remake 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It throws in a few cute animals such as a burping pig just in case the kids don t measure up 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Daniel M. Kimmel
Let s be fair As a family comedy for kids this is pretty harmless 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Peter Canavese
Plays like a giant warning to get out of town before Cheaper by the Dozen 2 opens 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Eric Henderson
Stocked with enough Nickelodeon owned kid stars to qualify as the public result of an intensive mandatory summer acting camp 
.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Willie Waffle
Yours Mine and Ours is so bad you might not legally be allowed to call it a movie 
0
Yours, Mine & Ours
Sue Pierman
Although this remake is fairly true to the hokey 1968 blended family comedy which starred Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball it s not worth the effort 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Sean P. Means
Director Raja Gosnell was editor of Home Alone and the same forced slapstick comes into play here often ending with poor Quaid landing face first in a puddle of goo 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Gene Seymour
I guess my Mommy thinks if we see movies like Yours Mine Ours we won t run around so much when we get home 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Chris Hewitt
Within the movie s daffy unreality this family of 20 manages to supply some moments that feel recognizably human 
2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Dustin Putman
A pro abortion propaganda film No one in their right mind would breed with the foreknowledge that they would grow up into these brats 
1
Yours, Mine & Ours
Robert K. Elder
Yours Mine Ours isn t so much a movie as it is scene after scene of Dennis Quaid getting pelted with paint food and other associated goo But even as slapstick it s a major snoozefest 
1.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Steve Rhodes
Gag 
1
Revolution
Michael Posner
It should be essential viewing particularly in high schools and universities whence the next generation of policy makers will one day emerge hopefully more enlightened than we have been 
3
Revolution
Linda Barnard
A well meaning yet disjointed effort that often seems more like a crusader s travelogue than documentary 
2
Everybody's Fine
Chuck Bowen
It joins its American cousin in the scrapheap of family dramedies that no one watches unless by default out of boredom on TBS or TNT 
1.5
Iron Man
Mike Scott
His well honed acting chops aside a big reason the casting of Downey as Stark works so darn well is that incorrigible streak which he somehow always has been able to balance with an irrepressible likability and which he uses to full effect here 
3
Iron Man
John Serba
Downey s performance is larger and more animated than the action and special effects he s the heart beneath Iron Man s titanium plating and the best reason to see the film 
3.5
Iron Man
Dann Gire
It s Downey who anchors the movie s mayhem and special effects with a caustic wit and an intense centered humanity 
3.5
Iron Man
Jim Emerson
Not only is it a good comic book movie smart and stupid stirring and silly intimate and spectacular it s winning enough to engage even those who ve never cared much for comic books or the movies they spawn Like me 
3
Iron Man
Wesley Lovell
One of the strongest entries into the superhero movie canon of recent years While featuring a few flaws this is one of the most entertaining comic book adaptations in last few years 
3.5
Iron Man
Michael Drakulich
The visual effects are bound to give you goosebumps and maybe you ll find yourself uttering an audible whoa 
3
Iron Man
Kyle Smith
Visual sizzle top actors and a witty script yet it could have been so much better if only it didn t try to cobble together a pacifist warrior 
3
Iron Man
Roger Ebert
At the end of the day it s Robert Downey Jr who powers the lift off separating this from most other superhero movies 
4
Iron Man
Lori Hoffman
Hoping to blend comic book superhero thrills with the relevance of the real war torn world Iron Man directed by Jon Favreau fails at both endeavors 
2
Iron Man
Austin Kennedy
It s easily the best Marvel film and quite possibly the best superhero film I have ever seen 
4
Iron Man
Willie Waffle
Get your popcorn ready Iron Man is the perfect start to the summer movie season 
4
Iron Man
Michael A. Smith
An adventure that you ll want to go on over and over 
3.5
Iron Man
Jolene Mendez
Iron Man is a thrilling ride full of excitement and laughs Finally this year we have a great family film that everyone will enjoy 
4
Iron Man
Nick Rogers
Director Jon Favreau displays the same wonderment and control over visual effects as he did in 2005 s underrated Zathura Excepting a clunky prologue and escape sequence it s a flawlessly paced origin story with humor smarts and soul 
3.5
Iron Man
John Beifuss
Exciting but the message is mixed Stark s creation of Iron Man affirms rather than repudiates his arms race exploiting past it proves once again that the one with the best weapons wins 
3.5
Iron Man
David Nusair
suffers from an uneven and increasingly oppressive structure that ultimately negates the film s few positive attributes 
2
Iron Man
Wilson Morales
Iron Man is not only action packed as expected but it is also laced with a story that has substance and with some wit and romance added to please all ages 
3.5
Iron Man
Walter Chaw
Garden variety pop heroism wish fulfillment marinated in Robert Downey Jr s effortless insouciant sauce 
2
Iron Man
Matt Brunson
Just as Stark needs a device to keep his heart pumping Iron Man requires Downey s presence to keep the heart of this franchise alive 
3
Iron Man
Eric Melin
Robert Downey Jr is an unusually good leading man and has great comic timing in this movie 
3.5
Iron Man
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Even for a starting point Favreau gives us what we came to see and this is a true accomplishment for general movie goers and most importantly We comic book geeks 
3.5
Iron Man
Kam Williams
A Marvel ously cerebral superhero with a functioning conscience 
4
Iron Man
Greg Maki
This might be the most relevant superhero tale we have yet seen 
3.5
Iron Man
Gary Brown
Robert Downey Jr delivers a knockout performance that alone is worth the price of admission to watch 
3.5
Iron Man
Pete Hammond
a thrilling innovative and enormously entertaining movie that just may be the coolest AND smartest superhero adventure of them all 
3.5
Iron Man
Larry Ratliff
Iron Man is really a four act play in a three act movie 
2.5
Iron Man
Sean P. Means
In the second half when the red and gold suit does the heavy lifting sometimes literally Iron Man stops being a great blockbuster and settles for being merely a good one 
3
Iron Man
Mike McGranaghan
The film nevertheless makes the crucial decision to set its story in the real world to have its characters face real moral decisions with real consequences And then when Iron Man does show up for battle this flick just soars 
3.5
Iron Man
Mick LaSalle
Iron Man is an action sci fi blockbuster extravaganza that provides cartoon thrills for thinking people It s the best movie of its kind since the second Spider Man movie four years ago 
3.5
Iron Man
Carla Meyer
Action scenes in comic book films Overrated That s the lesson of Iron Man which goes light on CGI fireworks but heavy enough on its most electrifying element Robert Downey Jr to compensate 
3
Iron Man
Lisa Kennedy
Directed with joyful verve and a nice pinch of cultural nerve by Jon Favreau Iron Man reinvigorates hope in the joys of the summer movie It is simple and not so simple fun 
3.5
Iron Man
Wesley Morris
Downey could have taken a tragic tack But he has fun just figuring out how to make the armor suit work His sarcasm and almost drunken Tony Curtis body language transform the scenes of Iron Man 
2.5
Iron Man
Tyler Hanley
Doubters with their tales of suspense about whether or not Iron Man will fly as a franchise can finally calm down and Batman and Spider Man fans can start to get edgy about sharing the cinematic spotlight 
3.5
Iron Man
Rossiter Drake
While Iron Man has never ranked among the most iconic of American superheroes Downey s brilliantly nuanced performance as a hedonist in the grip of a midlife crisis might change that 
4
Iron Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
I liked the movie Sometimes I liked it a lot I just never fell in love with this superhero origin story in a way that had any lasting impact 
3
Iron Man
Christian Toto
Iron Man forges a new trail subsequent superhero films would be wise to follow 
3
Iron Man
Daniel M. Kimmel
a slam bang kickoff to the blockbuster movie season 
3
Iron Man
Bob Bloom
What sets the movie apart is that it is not bogged down with the with great power comes great responsibility mantra that weighs upon other costumed crusaders 
3
Iron Man
Gina Carbone
Dangerously dependant on Robert Downey Jr for entertainment He throws a one man party during every scene But when he s off screen the film wilts Yes even with Jeff Bridges anti Dude Re cast it would only be a shade better than Daredevil 
3
Iron Man
Peter Canavese
Favreau fully respects the material and brings to the table a highly developed sense of humor and praise the heavens taste Blu ray 
3
Iron Man
Steve Rhodes
Its thin script suggests that the movie is more interested in setting up a franchise than entertaining us which it does do sporadically 
2.5
Iron Man
Jeff Vice
This exciting enthralling action thriller is certainly the best comic book based movie since the second Spider Man film 
3.5
Iron Man
Amy Biancolli
After 2003 s Elf and 2005 s Zathura Favreau has now made three smart family friendly high concept popcorn movies 
3
Iron Man
John Wirt
Iron Man gives the summer movie season a smashing start 
3.5
Iron Man
Maitland McDonagh
Robert Downey Jr s effortlessly nuanced performance as Tony Stark is a dark delight that combines pop culture wit and genuine emotional depth 
3
Iron Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Favreau trumps last year s clunky Transformers with his smooth almost musical footage of Iron Man s armor and its thousands of pieces clicking into place 
3
Iron Man
Robert W. Butler
A largely satisfying summer entertainment blending brains and geekiness in equal measure 
3
Iron Man
Chris Hewitt
Jon Favreau has directed Iron Man with a wit and intelligence to match Downey s 
3.5
Iron Man
Mark Rahner
The payoff of casting Downey is as big as the risk He s not in the movie he owns it in a way that makes it hard to imagine without him 
3
Iron Man
Duane Dudek
A witty and dapper speeding bullet of a film able to appeal to nerds and civilians alike 
3
Iron Man
Rene Rodriguez
It s an absolute blast to watch a consummate piece of popcorn entertainment made with wit and class and it leaves you so pumped for a sequel that it is practically guaranteed to become a huge hit The bar for the summer movie season has been set 
3
Iron Man
Stephen Whitty
Iron Man is fresh and fast enough to remind you of why you liked comics to begin with 
3
Iron Man
Lou Lumenick
One of the hippest best written and best directed superhero movies ever a splendid way to kick off the summer movie season 
3.5
Iron Man
Lawrence Toppman
It breaks no new ground but it plows the old ground vigorously 
3
Iron Man
Claudia Puig
Hollywood has unearthed an unlikely weapon of mass destruction Robert Downey Jr 
3
Iron Man
Liam Lacey
Downey s richly human performance as a reformed rake who relies on his intelligence feels both personal and genuinely fresh 
3
Iron Man
Peter Howell
There s no rust on the first blockbuster of summer 08 Iron Man is an ironclad cinch to be a hit 
3.5
Iron Man
Bill Zwecker
Iron Man is simply great escapism It deserves to be the first blockbuster of the summer 
4
Iron Man
Phil Villarreal
Easily the best superhero film since Batman Begins which for my money is the best in the genre 
3.5
Iron Man
Russ Breimeier
Downey absolutely owns this role He s pitch perfect as Stark infusing the character with more personality and comedic one liners than there ever were in the comics 
3.5
Iron Man
Erik Childress
Like every path to success there is an origin story and Iron Man ranks as one of the most instantaneously satisfying of all of them 
3.5
Iron Man
Josh Larsen
should make anyone who went gaga over Transformers finally understand why those metal emperors wore no clothes 
3.5
Iron Man
Sean McBride
Fan boys looking for an action and special effects filled popcorn spectacle will be thrilled by Iron Man s pyrotechnic treats Discriminating audiences hoping for a film that features more acting than action will also be thrilled by the casting of Rober
3.5
Iron Man
Nick Schager
The film is at its best when reveling in Downey s gift for letting bon mots dryly roll off his tongue as well as his effortless blend of hedonistic insouciance and resolute intensity 
2.5
Iron Man
Dustin Putman
Not quite memorable enough to live up to the top superhero films but proficient enough to be satisfying Iron Man suggests with a clever ending that better things are yet to come 
2.5
Iron Man
Peter Travers
Iron Man kicks off summer on a blazing high note and practically dares the competition to measure up 
3.5
Iron Man
Carrie Rickey
Fast funny and deliriously entertaining 
3.5
Iron Man
Frank Lovece
Despite several adrenaline pumping moments Favreau and Downey stay focused on the real story about a man learning to take responsibility for his actions For all its firepower and CGI slickness that s what really makes Iron Man fly 
3
Iron Man
Michael Phillips
Mainly it has Robert Downey Jr The newly insurable actor who has had his run ins with various chemicals in the past plays this louche playboy with a knowing glint in his eye 
3.5
Iron Man
Glenn Kenny
Seeing Downey and Bridges duel is one of the film s primary delights 
3
Iron Man
James Berardinelli
Over the years there have been only a handful of exceptional superhero movies and Iron Man is among them 
3.5
Iron Man
Joe Lozito
Saddled with a fairly typical superhero origin story director Jon Favreau compensates with some inspired choices keeping the pace as fast as possible and casting Robert Downey Jr as the man behind the mask 
3
Iron Man
Scott Nash
So long as Downey stays in the lead I hope we ll see a few more sequels to this one 
3.5
Candyman 3
David Nusair
a bottom of the barrel followup that makes the mediocre original film look like a masterpiece by comparison 
.5
Candyman 3
Kevin Carr
This is where sequels go to die 
1
Prancer
Carrie Rickey
A hodgepodge of Heidi and Meet Me in St Louis 
2
Prancer
Roger Hurlburt
While charming in conception and beautifully photographed in the dead of a Midwestern winter Prancer is marred by a principal role 
2.5
Prancer
Dennis King
In the end Prancer is a simple pleasure as the story of one special child s faith in the spirit of Christmas a faith that changes her family and her community for the better 
3
Prancer
Dave Kehr
Prancer remains a real curiosity a movie that s far from being successful on its own terms yet better than those terms would suggest 
2
Prancer
David Nusair
worth a look around the holidays 
2.5
Prancer
Roger Ebert
Smaller kids will identify with Jessica s fierce resolve to get Prancer back into action and older viewers will appreciate the fact that the movie takes place in an approximation of the real world 
3
Prancer
Chris Hicks
For the most part this is an utterly enchanting film that deserves a place in the canon of holiday features that make their way to theaters video and TV each year at this time 
3
Prancer
Steve Rhodes
The predictable ending could have been improved if it had been less explicit Then again a subtle show this ersatz tearjerker is not 
1.5
Jack and the Beanstalk
Walter Chaw
There s a great deal of opportunity in this film for scholarly approaches the choices that the picture makes are that worthy of note 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Steven Prokopy
Ash Is Purest White is a soul flooding marvel that will make you feel so many things all at once which is just one of many reasons it s so remarkable 
3.5
Ash Is Purest White
Josh Larsen
a mesmerizing mood piece about personal alienation and national dislocation 
3.5
Ash Is Purest White
Sean P. Means
Love and determination are a dynamic combination and no more so than in Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang ke s slow burn gangster drama Ash Is Purest White 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Lisa Jensen
It s stylish and admirable often surprising in interesting ways but rarely engaging Tao Zhao s performance however is totemic 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Joe Friar
Jia Zhang Ke s mobster love story is one of the best films you ll see this year Zhao Tao delivers one of her best performances whileEric Gautier s cinematography is absolutely stunning 
4
Ash Is Purest White
Roger Moore
Sweeping but melodramatic more interesting for the modern China it shows than the story it tells 
2.5
Ash Is Purest White
Michael Phillips
This is one of Zhangke s peak achievements pure cinema and a story of the underworld unlike anything you ve seen before 
4
Ash Is Purest White
Mark Dujsik
It s a simple story but within that simplicity Jia examines layers 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Pat Padua
But despite the volcanic metaphor of the film s title it s a tale characterized not by violent release but by a steady and ultimately compassionate spirit of resolve 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Peter Howell
The narrative occasionally wavers but not Zhao s performance her best yet 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Peter Keough
A network of recurring motifs unifies these episodes such as the gun the trains vast unfinished construction projects and a volcano which inspires the film s title 
3.5
Ash Is Purest White
Joey Magidson
There s gorgeous cinematography a terrific lead performance and some genuinely moving moments There s also very odd choices and a bloated running time dragging it down 
2.5
Ash Is Purest White
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a testament to personal filmmaking that Jia has been able to look back over his work and create a kind of culmination of everything he has done so far That he has been able to make it work as a totally aesthetically satisfying movie is admirable 
4
Ash Is Purest White
Glenn Kenny
The movie represents both the director and his lead actress at the peak of their powers 
4
Ash Is Purest White
Walter V. Addiego
An exceptionally fine movie that plays out on a large and leisurely scale It combines a report on the state of things in today s China not good and a heartbreaking depiction of the personal damage that results 
3.5
Ash Is Purest White
Clayton Davis
Zhao s performance echoes every last ounce of her abilities as an actress We have a better world because of it 
3.5
Ash Is Purest White
Barry Hertz
Entire passages stretch along at a too leisurely pace allowing whatever anger Jia is surely carrying to too frequently cool off Still by the film s New Year s Eve set finale there s little doubt Jia can create masterful cinematic moments 
3
Ash Is Purest White
Kent Turner
The best performance seen in eight days at Cannes was by Zhao Tao in Jia Zhang ke s Ash Is Purest White a too rare subgenre of the crime drama the life of a gangster moll 
3.5
Ash Is Purest White
Sam C. Mac
It s a quixotic and profound statement on the spatial and temporal dissonances that inform life in 21st century China 
3.5
Bartok the Magnificent
Michael Dequina
This uninspired but mercifully short adventure will hold some amusement for little kids but bore everyone else 
1.5
Finding Kendrick Johnson
Linda Cook
It s one of the best documentaries you never heard of 
3.5
So I Married an Axe Murderer
David Nusair
46 46 46 a somewhat erratic yet mostly affable comedy 46 46 46 
3
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Gene Siskel
The relationship between Travis and Myers is boring too bad the whole film wasn t about the Scottish family They deserve their own picture 
2
So I Married an Axe Murderer
David N. Butterworth
Not only is the film funny sometimes side splittingly so but it s also very well made with unexpected moments of real tension and tenderness in and amongst the comedy 
3
So I Married an Axe Murderer
James Berardinelli
One of the most lame comedy whodunnits ever to make it to the screen 
2
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Roger Ebert
A mediocre movie with a good one trapped inside 
2.5
House in the Alley
Mark Jenkins
This story begins and ends with bloodbaths 
1.5
Passion in the Desert
Roger Ebert
Passion in the Desert is a brave folly of a film easy to laugh at but deserving a certain respect if only because it involves such a foolish and difficult story 
2
Apt Pupil
Jorge Avila Andrade
No hace mas que dejarnos la sensacin de que o bien el director fue una llamarada de petate o el escritor vio pasar sus mejores momentos hace ya varios aos
2
Apt Pupil
David Keyes
Apt Pupil is about as great as a modern Stephen King horror flick could get 
3
Apt Pupil
Dustin Putman
Renfro and McKellen are nothing short of spectacular but with all things considered Apt Pupil just isn t a very well thought out picture 
2
Apt Pupil
Susan Stark
Major junk 
1
Apt Pupil
James Berardinelli
The most disappointing thing about Apt Pupil is the lack of sustained tension generated by director Bryan Singer 
2
Apt Pupil
Roger Ebert
When bodies are buried in cellars and cats are thrown into lighted ovens the film reveals itself as unworthy of its subject matter 
2
Apt Pupil
Mick LaSalle
Brought off with such skill and commitment that there isn t any time to snicker at its obviousness 
3
Apt Pupil
Michael Dequina
The film s subtle brand of cerebral terror cuts sharper and deeper than anything found in a more conventional horror movie 
3.5
Kaante
Michael Dequina
As seamless and effective a mix of Bombay and Hollywood genre conventions as they come 
3
Elsa & Fred
John Hartl
In the end only the veteran actors playing Elsa and Fred make the movie watchable 
2
Elsa & Fred
Ruthe Stein
Elsa Fred is worth seeing just to admire how Argentine writer director Marcos Carnevale avoids so much as a whiff of condescension 
3
Elsa & Fred
Roger Ebert
A sweet but inconsequential romantic comedy 
2.5
Elsa & Fred
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Elsa is obsessed with the Fontana di Trevi sequence from La Dolce Vita but that s only a reminder that the aging Fellini once accomplished far more effective films about old age and second chances 
2.5
Elsa & Fred
Lou Lumenick
Credit director Marcos Carnevale with beautifully pulling off this schmaltzy premise as well as restaging the famous scene at Rome s Trevi Fountain from La Dolce Vita with his elderly lovers in place of Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg 
3
Elsa & Fred
Kam Williams
It s hard in good conscience to recommend a sappy flick with a heroine this shallow her spunkiness in the face of a dire prognosis notwithstanding 
1.5
Elsa & Fred
Nick Schager
Sweet November for the nursing home set Elsa and Fred is sentimental mush cooked up with extra syrup 
1.5
Planet of the Apes
David Nusair
one of the most entertaining check your brain at the door flicks in recent years 
3
Planet of the Apes
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like Burton s Sleepy Hollow another grim triumph of set design over story 
2
Planet of the Apes
Wesley Lovell
It doesn apos t hold a candle to the original 46 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Margaret A. McGurk
Yes the apes are very very cool The costumes the sets the makeup the stunts the music and the special effects cool cool cool 
3
Planet of the Apes
Collin Souter
Sometimes it doesn t help to write a review a few minutes after seeing a movie Completely forgettable 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Mark Dujsik
Neither superior nor inferior to the original but it does serve as a nice companion piece 
3
Planet of the Apes
Walter Chaw
In a film at least tangentially about evolution it strikes me as poignant that in 31 years this Planet of the Apes is actually a good deal dumber than the original 
1
Planet of the Apes
David Keyes
will forever be remembered as one of the most unforgivable remakes I ve ever seen 
1.5
Planet of the Apes
Michael Dequina
The technical wizardry redeems a largely uninspired script that resorts to a forced nonsensical twist to fuel post movie discussion 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Jorge Avila Andrade
Burton es mucho mejor cineasta de lo que El Planeta de los Simios deja ver
2.5
Planet of the Apes
David Sterritt
Its dialogue action and effects are as mired in formulas clichs and stereotypes as the simian world our hero finds himself imprisoned on 
2
Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
it s hard to justify the remake er revisit beyond the improvements in make up special effects and computer generated imagery
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Andrew Howe
The kind of two finger salute you expect from the creators of Tomb Raider not Broyles Jr and Burton 
2
Planet of the Apes
James Berardinelli
One more disappointment in a summer of lackluster event pictures 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Mike McGranaghan
In the tradition of Independence Day Twister and the original Jurassic Park this is a great Summer Movie 
3.5
Planet of the Apes
Dustin Putman
The most uneven motion picture Tim Burton has ever made 
2
Planet of the Apes
Robert Roten
It is a potent action film with some philosophical meat on its bones
3
Planet of the Apes
Bob Graham
The summer blockbuster we ve been waiting for 
4
Planet of the Apes
Susan Wloszczyna
There s one reason to see Tim Burton s flawed somewhat declawed but often amusing do over of Planet of the Apes The apes 
3
Planet of the Apes
Jonathan Foreman
Easily the best of this summer s generally rotten serving of popcorn movies Planet keeps you on the edge of your seat for nearly two hours 
3
Planet of the Apes
Susan Stark
Mission accomplished and in high style 
3
Planet of the Apes
Roger Ebert
Ten years from now it will be the 1968 version that people are still renting 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Rick Groen
The picture just feels listless at the centre 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Steve Rhodes
Dreary and overwrought 
2
Planet of the Apes
Bruce Newman
This movie may be descended from the original Apes but it exceeds it at almost every turn 
3.5
Planet of the Apes
Harvey S. Karten
Unimaginative fare generic and humorless hero banal villain 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Tor Thorsen
Very much a child of today s Hollywood it s a triumph of production design over storytelling of clichs over creativity 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Rob Blackwelder
Without the faintest hint of director Tim Burton s uniquely uncanny style Planet of the Apes version 2 0 feels like nothing more than a generic albeit overblown sci fi summer movie and a forgettably mediocre one at that 
2
Planet of the Apes
Carrie Rickey
Burton and his screenwriters are not clear about whether they want to send up the original itself a campy cautionary tale or whether they want to rethink it 
2.5
Planet of the Apes
Michael Wilmington
This century s Planet of the Apes is a rouser a screaming banshee fun house 
3.5
Planet of the Apes
Jeanne Aufmuth
Perhaps most disappointing is the lack of psychological subtleties 
2
Planet of the Apes
Ross Anthony
Monkeying Around 
1
Home Teachers
Jeff Vice
It s as if in trying to tell an actual story the filmmakers have taken a large step backward 
1.5
Home Teachers
Sean P. Means
An uneven buddy movie 
2
Cleo From 5 to 7
Roger Ebert
The passage of time has been kinder to Varda s films than some of theirs and Cléo from 5 to 7 plays today as startlingly modern Released in 1962 it seems as innovative and influential as any New Wave film 
4
Cleo From 5 to 7
Kate Cameron
At present the French and other foreign film producers seem too enamored of the camera using it for unusual or artistic shots at the expense of the characters and action of the story 
2.5
Cleo From 5 to 7
Matt Brunson
A pensive piece 
3
Cleo From 5 to 7
Josh Larsen
stands apart from the French New Wave in that it is very much the story of a woman not about a woman 
4
Cleo From 5 to 7
Tim Robey
Race to see Agnes Varda s exquisite 1962 New Wave masterpiece about an hour and a half in the life of a gorgeous possibly dying chanteuse 
4
Cleo From 5 to 7
Jared Mobarak
There s levity drama and most importantly the resonate beauty of being alive 
3.5
Cleo From 5 to 7
Phil Villarreal
Varda could have stopped after Cleo From 5 to 7 with the assurance that she d contributed more to cinema than most directors 
4
Cleo From 5 to 7
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Varda uses her documentary skills to take an objective approach to the material rather than a sentimental one It s amazing how much can happen in two hours 
4
Cleo From 5 to 7
Eric Henderson
By most accounts photographer turned director Agns Varda is considered the archetypal girl who crashed the big boys clubhouse and Clo from 5 to 7 was the film that paid her membership fee 
4
The Sleeping Dictionary
Robert Pardi
If your taste runs to palm fronds and moonlit rendezvous you might enjoy this impeccably produced bit of kitsch 
2.5
Down With Love
Nick Rogers
Director Peyton Reed keeps this fizzy comedy in an alluringly goofy tizzy from start to finish This is undoubtedly the skillful battle of the sexes laugher Rock Hudson and Doris Day would have made were they able to naughtily quip about bitches and hose 
3.5
Down With Love
Michael Dequina
While the movie definitely has tongue lodged firmly in its postmodern cheek every detail looks and feels authentic 
3.5
Down With Love
Betsy Bozdech
By mixing the 60s aesthetic with a 21st century attitude Reed has created something much more fun than your average Sandra Bullock or Julia Roberts vehicle 
3
Down With Love
Jorge Avila Andrade
Divertida encantadora nostlgica y deslumbrante Una verdadera delicia que no se pueden perder 
3.5
Down With Love
Sara Michelle Fetters
If only the script was better this would be one of the great pleasures of the summer Unfortunately as it is onscreen it s only a great missed opportunity What a shame 
2.5
Down With Love
Mike McGranaghan
Down With Love s recreation of an older movie genre is little more than a stunt However it s a stunt filled with fun and a seemingly endless supply of wit 
3
Down With Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The same kind of artless airless studio product as the Hudson Day films and will no doubt age just as badly 
2.5
Down With Love
Michael Szymanski
And this one should be the sleeper hit of the year the My Big Fat Greek Wedding of this summer the Sleepless in Seattle romantic comedy with an edge
3
Down With Love
Sean P. Means
Director Peyton Reed delights in the candy colored possibilities of the soundstage sets and outlandish fashions 
3.5
Down With Love
Mark Dujsik
Amazingly simple and breezy stuff but how completely and unexpectedly refreshing it is 
3
Down With Love
Tony Toscano
Both Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger do better than expected but nothing will ever make us forget Doris Day 
2.5
Down With Love
Linda Cook
Whaddaya know here s a Doris Day movie starring Rene Zellweger 
3.5
Down With Love
David Nusair
bubbly and cute but instantly forgettable 
2.5
Down With Love
Frank Ochieng
Down with Love doesn t even possess the dippy level of misunderstood sexual mischievousness so pronounced in a predictably heavy handed 70s double entendre Three s Company rerun 
2
Down With Love
Dustin Putman
Luscious inventive and always dreamy 
3
Down With Love
Claudia Puig
It s a cute premise and several co stars help keep the fun going for a while 
2.5
Down With Love
Todd Anthony
The flick s jaunty outlook splashy set design period perfect costumes and cutting wordplay carry the day 
3
Down With Love
Moira MacDonald
Like a champagne bottle left uncorked it s not as fizzy as it should be 
2.5
Down With Love
Mick LaSalle
A very smart very shrewd movie and the smartest shrewdest thing about it is the way it masquerades as just a fluffy comedy a diversion a trifle 
4
Down With Love
David Elliott
What s so tiring about Down With Love beyond the excess of giddy contrivance is that it feels pointless 
2
Down With Love
Joe Baltake
Reminded me of a handsome expensively dressed person with bad manners and no real sense of style 
2.5
Down With Love
Sarah Chauncey
The dialogue isn t as witty as it is fast but the speed with which the stars exchange lines covers up the enormous loopholes in the plot 
3
Down With Love
Gene Seymour
Both leads bounce and bubble But they seem too often to be playing at being 1960s archetypes instead of rendering characters 
1.5
Down With Love
Phil Villarreal
A light as helium storyline and oodles of cutesy dialogue 
3
Down With Love
Paul Doro
Features more innuendo and corny dialogue than any film since the 60s That s the point but that doesn t make it entertaining 
2
Down With Love
Gary Brown
There were some laughs along the way but not enough to wholeheartedly recommend Down With Love 
2.5
Down With Love
Loey Lockerby
A bright fizzy candy shell the cinematic equivalent of Pop Rocks And who wants to snack on that for two hours 
2
Down With Love
Kit Bowen
If you want to experience nostalgia rent Pillow Talk it does a much better job 
1.5
Down With Love
Jeff Vice
Sweet smart stylish and most of all sexy 
3
Down With Love
Michael Booth
While you were hypnotized by the bossa nova and Renee Zellweger s form fitting pink Givenchy and the rat a tat dialogue of the gender wars the writers and the director tricked you into caring about the plot 
3.5
Down With Love
Roger Ebert
No better or worse than the movies that inspired it but that is a compliment I think 
3
Down With Love
Ty Burr
I m unembarrassed to say I enjoyed myself a lot even if this giddily retro Renee Zellweger Ewan McGregor vehicle shifts tone the way a bicycle skips gears 
3
Down With Love
Ed Gonzalez
Down With Love doesn t have a serious bone in its artificial body it doesn t penetrate wink wink any myths as much as it wallows in them 
2
Down With Love
Jeffrey Westhoff
As the ultimate New Frontier swinger McGregor is the smoothest coolest cat to hit the screen since the Pink Panther 
3.5
Down With Love
Bob Strauss
Expertly mimics a disreputable midcentury movie subgenre then imbues it with the kind of upfront sexual knowingness that could never speak its name back in the just starting to swing 1960s 
4
Down With Love
Ray Conlogue
The inventiveness doesn t work It s dragged down by Zellweger and McGregor s self consciousness as they mug and overact their way through a film whose style relies on lightness of touch 
2.5
Down With Love
Erik Childress
One of the most vivid funny and slyly penetrative romantic comedies in years so get down with it before it goes down sucks out the balls of creative Hollywood executives everywhere and leaves nothing more than a spurt on the cinematic radar 
4
Down With Love
Shirley Klass
The nostalgic stuff is funny but the movie turns into one note at parodying the stuff 
3
Down With Love
Ross Anthony
Not bad but could have been something smashing 
2.5
Down With Love
Terry Lawson
Reed never quite decides if his film is an homage to the pre ratings code ingenuity and fabulous 50s design of those films or a parody of their dated silliness 
2
Down With Love
Carrie Rickey
It s pure pleasure to watch Zellweger and McGregor bound across a set with the swinger confidence of Frank Sinatra taking the stage of the Sands Hotel 
3.5
Down With Love
David Sterritt
Beneath its color drenched images and vintage wide screen cinematography lurks a flatly written script directed with a lack of gracefulness and imagination 
1
Down With Love
Chris Hewitt
It s so faithful that it s mummified and because the movie has nothing to add to what 60s films already gave us we begin to wonder what the point is 
2
Down With Love
Connie Ogle
Explicitly invites us to mock its artificiality and giggly cluelessness but beyond its attractive shell the film rings hollow 
1.5
Down With Love
Lawrence Toppman
Its thudding sex jokes make Benny Hill look like The Importance of Being Earnest 
1
Down With Love
Mary F. Pols
This goof of a movie is more winning than you d imagine 
3
Down With Love
Bruce Newman
Feels less antic than frantic semi glossing over a 40 year old cultural dust bunny to create soggy ersatz fluff 
2
Down With Love
Jeff Strickler
Hammy campy and gloriously cheesy 
3
Down With Love
Michael Wilmington
An irritation more fizzle than sizzle 
2
Down With Love
Josh Larsen
There s more wit in the decor than in all of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 
3
Down With Love
Rob Blackwelder
Director Peyton Reed packs Love with ribald innuendo and zealously embellishes every aspect of 60s cinematic ambiance 
3
Down With Love
Peter Travers
What starts as freshly spun cotton candy ends as something pink sticky and indigestible 
2
Down With Love
Jeanne Aufmuth
Airbrushed to innocent perfection this kitschy tale speaks volumes of a bygone era when role reversal was a fresh and illuminating concept 
3
Down With Love
Walter Chaw
An orphan of both mod and the post mod with nothing at all to say for itself 
1
Down With Love
Steve Rhodes
A scrumptious piece of cinematic fluff 
3.5
Down With Love
James Berardinelli
Those familiar with the era to which Reed aspires will sit through Down with Love enveloped by a feeling of fondness and affection 
3
Down With Love
Howard Karren
Despite the movie s CinemaScope playfulness and cranked up pace most of the jokes fall utterly flat 
2
Down With Love
Jack Mathews
In the spirit of the film s buoyant campiness may I say up with Down With Love 
3
Down With Love
Megan Lehmann
Good for a laugh and even better for mining fashion tips 
2.5
Night Teeth
Roger Moore
One of those vampire movies more concerned with rules and exposition and explaining how this world operates than most of the elements that make such genre pictures work 
1.5
Night Teeth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Night Teeth is Collateral with fangs by way of Stephenie Meyer and surprisingly enough I don t mean any of that as a negative 
3
Night Teeth
Nick Allen
Vampires are treated like one of many cliches in this underwhelming horror action comedy that has little charisma of its own 
2
Night Teeth
Randy Myers
While this Netflix Halloween entry from director Adam Randall has its campy moments it s just too long for its own good and would have been sharper if it shed 15 minutes or so 
2.5
Night Teeth
Mark Dujsik
Night Teeth gives us an overly generic world of blood sucking fiends and a plot to match it 
1.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Matt Brunson
The most surprising element of this picture isn 8217 t its outrageousness but rather its occasionally wistful 44 even poignant 44 approach 46 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Kevin Carr
For as insane as the premise is 44 this off kilter horror flick spotlights some great performances and a shockingly insightful story 46 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Peter Travers
This absurdly clever caper is elevated by Bruce Campbell s pensive Elvis into a moving meditation on the diminutions of age and the vagaries of fame 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Linda Cook
Hey Bruce Campbell thank you Thank you very much 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
James Verniere
It s no less implausible than half the mainstream films and it s funny enough to pass muster even if it fails to be sufficiently frightening 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Joe Baltake
It gets by on a kind of demented charm 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Jeff Vice
It s a blast thank you very much 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Sean P. Means
Coscarelli s pacing pokes along like Elvis in his walker and the horror finale is slow and pointless 
2
Bubba Ho-Tep
Phil Villarreal
Hail to the King baby 
3.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Robert W. Butler
Bubba has a couple of terrific performances and some major laughs but it s so badly paced that at only 92 minutes it seems overlong 
2
Bubba Ho-Tep
Tim Hansen
There s an astonishing amount of good solid acting 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Chris Hewitt
Campbell captures the essence of a once proud man and for that he deserves a thankyouverramuch from the real Elvis Wherever he is 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Vic Vogler
Bubba Ho Tep succeeds as goofy yet tender wish fulfillment offering an Elvis who tries to redeem his self indulgent persona and become a hero It fails as the sort of Campbell vehicle that wears out VCRs and haunts midnight movie houses 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Walter Chaw
A short time spent in love with an amiable whimsy 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
John Beifuss
Doesn t really get good until Elvis uses his bedpan to crush an Egyptian scarab beetle that s the size of a peanut butter and banana sandwich 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Wesley Morris
Coscarelli who brought us four volumes of Phantasm is a surefooted B movie journeyman and for Bubba Ho Tep he s in a generously lunatic mood 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
John Monaghan
Campbell gives another notable acrobatic performance which is saying something for an actor who has spent the best part of his career getting knocked around by ghosts and ghouls 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Roger Ebert
It has the damnedest ingratiating way of making us sit there and grin at its harebrained audacity laugh at its outhouse humor and be somewhat moved not deeply but somewhat at the poignancy of these two old men and their situation 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Kevin M. Williams
Coscarelli can t quite conjure a complete movie out the concept and stretches the material until its humorous conceits repeat ad nauseum 
2
Bubba Ho-Tep
Peter Hartlaub
Surprisingly good as a quirky triumph of human spirit 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Beloved cult star Bruce Campbell has rarely been as good as he is here 
3.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Glenn Lovell
A low budget comedy chiller that makes up in dog eared charm what it lacks in fright 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Michael Szymanski
It s fun just to watch Bruce Campbell be a curmudgeonly Elvis
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Jeanne Aufmuth
Kitschy lowbrow and aggressively low budget a one of a kind film experience 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
David Elliott
Coscarelli has a loamy gift for drive in satisfaction 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Timothy Knight
A one joke horror comedy that rarely capitalizes on its wacky premise 
2
Bubba Ho-Tep
Bob Strauss
If you can swing with the central idea and accept the production limitations as a kind of offbeat virtue you ll likely find this smartly silly horror comedy to be of all things rewarding 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Steve Rhodes
The best comedy ever made about Elvis JFK a soul sucking ancient Egyptian and giant cockroaches but the film can t sustain the humor 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Gene Seymour
The movie deserves its advance cult status because of its antic humor and of course Campbell s Elvis 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Megan Lehmann
It s a credit to the actors particularly the superb Campbell that completely preposterous material can be made strangely touching 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Jack Mathews
Done on the cheap but with great flair 
2.5
Bubba Ho-Tep
Aaron Hillis
Coscarelli s direction is appropriately subtle and poignant for such a knowingly eclectic premise but somehow there doesn t seem to be a genuine climax 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
James Berardinelli
One of the most cool and tantalizingly bizarre flicks of 2003 this movie isn t afraid to try anything 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Mark Rahner
This independent production is so preposterously creative and fun that it makes Hollywood s sausagelike output seem even staler in contrast 
3
Bubba Ho-Tep
Emily Blunt
Bubba Ho tep is an instant cult classic and why shouldn t it be It s got all the elements one looks for 
4
Bubba Ho-Tep
Erik Childress
Bubba Ho Tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that doesn t deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it 
4
Universal Soldier: The Return
Ron Givens
You dear moviegoer must not buy a ticket to this badly programed sequel You must save the world from Universal Soldier III How Bad Can It Get 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
Barbara Shulgasser
If Universal Soldier The Return isn t the dullest most derivative unimaginative noisy repetitive mind numbing and generally imbecilic movie of the year it s not because director Mic Rodgers wasn t trying hard enough 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
Liam Lacey
Van Damme s acting skills remains undetectable 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
Betsy Sherman
This sequel is devoid of personality and has an annoying gratuitous sentimental streak 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
Madeleine Williams
Once again Van Damme has made a truly horrendous movie that s not even worth watching for the mindless action 
0
Universal Soldier: The Return
Michael Dequina
One generic set piece comes after another ultimately blurring into one unmemorable whole by the end of the film 
0
Universal Soldier: The Return
Ross Anthony
quickly made film with uninspired direction no unique purpose populated with safe stunts and lots of shooting 
.5
Universal Soldier: The Return
James Berardinelli
Despite all the pyrotechnics I almost dozed off twice 
1.5
Universal Soldier: The Return
Mick LaSalle
Universal Soldier is nothing for anyone to be proud of on either side of the screen 
2
Universal Soldier: The Return
Ken Fox
Plenty of bone crunching brawn but not a brain cell in sight 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
Rod Dreher
The Muscles from Brussels mouths dialogue that wouldn t challenge a bivalve and in an accent that makes Stallone sound like a master of elocution 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
John Hartl
The Return has the cramped shoddy look of a straight to video knock off 
1
Universal Soldier: The Return
James O'Ehley
There s really no hint of tension or excitement whatsoever 
1.5
Universal Soldier: The Return
Steve Rhodes
The video game level plot can be summarized as Fight Shoot Kill The compassionless violence has humans being slaughtered three at a clip 
1
Saviors in the Night
Andrew Schenker
It s all fairly by the numbers but in Boeken s presentation the film isn t without its moments of narrative power 
2
Saviors in the Night
Ty Burr
Saviors is lifted up and made special by the complexities and social crosscurrents of the people it depicts 
3
Saviors in the Night
Tom Meek
Suspenseful heartbreaking and uplifting Saviors is a worthy entry in the Holocaust genre 
3
David Byrne's American Utopia
Brian Eggert
American Utopia acknowledges that comfort zones sometimes need to be breached to make progress as a whole that we all need to get better at dealing with our social anxieties presumptions and empathizing with others 
4
David Byrne's American Utopia
Matt Brunson
It s the best party around 
3.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
Blake Howard
David Byrne s American Utopia is a soul enriching experience closing the impossible distance between the filmed stage and the viewer 
4
David Byrne's American Utopia
Jocelyn Noveck
A crucial element of the show s success is its enormously talented multicultural supporting cast of 11 musicians and dancers who hail from Brooklyn to Brazil 
4
David Byrne's American Utopia
Asher Luberto
Here Lee is the same as he ever was 
4
David Byrne's American Utopia
Joe Friar
Spike Lee captures Byrne s electrifying Broadway show a revelation of song dance with a sociopolitical theme It dares you to try and remain seated 
4
David Byrne's American Utopia
Anita Katz
You don t have to be a David Byrne fan to enjoy this movie although it might turn you into one 
3
David Byrne's American Utopia
Ann Hornaday
American Utopia is just the kind of healing inspiring balm that the audience needs right now It arrives like an unexpected answer to an unspoken prayer 
4
David Byrne's American Utopia
Dwight Brown
A high spirited charmer Will make your soul jump as it reflects the past and mirrors the times we live in with equal verve 
3
David Byrne's American Utopia
Josh Larsen
thrums equally with Dada despair and do the right thing agitprop 
3.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
Sarah Knight Adamson
The choreography is mesmerizing the music is extraordinary and the feeling of joy creates a tone of hope 
3.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
Peter Howell
Barefoot and brainy this infectious percussive and joyous meditation on life by ex Talking Head frontman Byrne lets the cerebral become the physical 
3
David Byrne's American Utopia
Bill Chambers
For all of Byrne s liberal messaging throughout the concert its producers went so far as to register voters in the lobby it s this montage that speaks loudest and cements the integrity of the project 
3
David Byrne's American Utopia
Barry Hertz
These are two different visions for two different Byrnes at two different eras Both burn down the house in their own way 
3.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
Jake Cole
American Utopia feels as much like a balm as it is a surprisingly direct call to political action and social betterment 
3.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
David Nusair
An above average concert film 
3.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
Brian Tallerico
A joyous expression of art empathy and compassion 
4
Hello Destroyer
Brent McKnight
Director Kevan Funk presents an occasionally powerful if slow moving and overlong meditation on violence and toxic masculinity 
2.5
Hello Destroyer
Peter Howell
The tragic clich of the heroic hockey enforcer is explored with art and impact in this powerful feature debut by Vancouver writer director Kevan Funk 
3.5
Hello Destroyer
Brad Wheeler
This isn t a traditional hockey film In a sense it s not a hockey film at all Hello Destroyer shoots for more A story of alienation and of youth rudely interrupted and lost in the machine 
3
Genius on Hold
Nick Schager
Though overstuffed his film eschews pop doc conventions by opting for in depth analysis over superficiality 
3
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Jesse Cataldo
As good as it is at times The Other Woman never nears greatness it lacks the mettle and focus to push beyond well groomed melodrama 
2.5
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Robert Levin
Espouses smart and meaningful insights into the challenges of falling in love with the wrong man and joining a family in which one might not be the most natural fit 
3
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Stephen Whitty
While Natalie Portman and Lisa Kudrow do some terrific work it s hard to care about these awful characters 
2
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Lou Lumenick
Thanks to Portman s superb work we feel her pain acutely 
2.5
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Ethan Alter
The Other Woman firmly plants its feet and slaps you across the face until it wrests that precious precious salt water from your eyes 
2
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Scott Nash
Not completely without redeeming features but there s no compelling reason not to just wait until it s out on DVD 
2.5
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
David Nusair
a shamelessly manipulative and melodramatic drama that s nevertheless often quite moving 
3.5
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
James Berardinelli
It s not good enough to warrant a theatrical showing but not bad enough to deserve universal derision 
2.5
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Dustin Putman
In lesser more obvious hands it could have become a drippy manipulative Lifetime movie Even if there are times when it does threaten to seem like such writer director Don Roos and his adroit cast never let it cross over 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Walter Chaw
In this cinematic universe the threat isn t only from within 
1
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Chase Hutchinson
The most solidly crafted and engagingly told 44 it is hard to see any Conjuring film getting better than The Conjuring 58 The Devil Made Me Do It 46 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Brian Eggert
If The Conjuring were a television series The Devil Made Me Do It would be a mediocre episode an obligatory watch that gets you to the next one 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Matt Brunson
I wish I could say that this film was as imaginative and unsettling as those Hell paintings by Hieronymus Bosch but that would be a load of bosh 
1.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Tom Meek
Did you know there was such a thing as the Conjuring Universe a horror franchise yearning to be something like the Marvel Universe 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Christian Toto
Third film in the saga starts strong but an incoherent third act haunts this sequel 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Peter Canavese
The third mothership movie in the franchise Pretty boilerplate rote and basic exorcism theatrics and not much more 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Dann Gire
The Devil Made Me Do It is haunted by a stiff script and a lack of suspense 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
James Berardinelli
It s an adequate horror movie with the requisite atmospherics and jump scares and it provides Conjuring fans with their fix However as the latest chapter of what is now a trilogy it s a disappointment 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Rene Sanchez
Despite its attempt to update the horror formula of the saga the latest entry into the Conjuringverse is milder than its intense and spine chilling predecessors Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It feels more like a late series episode of The X Files still OK but just a little tired 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Keith Watson
The film apes the style that James Wan established with the original Conjuring without establishing any real identity of its own 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Joe Friar
Director Michael Chaves knows how to build tension delivering real frights in this worthy 3rd installment of the franchise 
3.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Mike McGranaghan
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It wisely goes in a new direction shifting into full on occult horror mode Nothing about this franchise is likely to ever match the original This is a satisfying scare show nonetheless 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
David Nusair
kicks off with an almost astonishingly gripping and visceral exorcism sequence that rivals anything within the series in terms of entertainment and excitement 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Jeff Mitchell
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It doesn t impose enough scares 
1.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Sara Michelle Fetters
This third trip into the horrifying unknown with Ed and Lorraine Warren is a tedious bit of supernatural déjà vu 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Richard Roeper
The franchise descends deeper into the bowels of silliness 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Mark Kennedy
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It is a fine installment but in an increasingly creaky franchise appropriate for films that adore the sound of rotting wood floors 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Kevin Carr
It s not just a paint by numbers movie They really make a point to at least tell something different than what they have done in the past 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Doug Walker
Nothing that new but a decent enough date film to cozy up with a loved one during 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Chris Hewitt
What s compelling about Devil is how the Warrens remain united in faith and love 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Johnny Oleksinski
The devil made me watch it 
1.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Mark Dujsik
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It doesn t live up to its predecessors or more importantly its own potential 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Jeff York
The amount of ludicrous jump scares that even the casual horror fan can see coming a mile away is a testament to the frivolity that s now crept wholly into the franchise 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Joey Magidson
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It will please less fussy horror fans Anyone else Well that remains to be seen Even fans of the franchise may be split 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Leo Brady
Wilson and Farmiga are back as their charming selves but The Devil Made Me Do It is lacking in focus and scares 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Randy Myers
Before it loses its damn mind halfway through the latest in the Conjuring Universe franchise holds up decently enough with its atmosphere and gotcha scares Ultimately however it doesn t cast a convincing spell 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Michael O'Sullivan
Farmiga confers credibility on whatever her character does however far fetched 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Rafer Guzman
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It adds a little twist just to keep things fresh telling a supernatural tale with the methodical approach of a police procedural 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Roger Moore
The best of these movies have moved me to tears in their coda This one was a big fat meh 
1.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Tomris Laffly
Our goodwill and sense of nostalgia for the Warrens goes only so far in this third film 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Steven Prokopy
The film is artfully made in the same way an expert art forgery is 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Katie Walsh
For the many reasons that this franchise works Farmiga and Wilson are chief among them as they take what could otherwise be hokey 1970s ghost hunter characters and infuse them with a deep sense of faith humanity and above all love 
3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Mark Meszoros
It accomplishes the requisite horror flick goals making you scared squirm and maybe even screech On the other hand and your mileage may vary here some of it s too silly to get all that worked up about 
2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Brian Truitt
The Devil takes the series out of the haunted house and into a supernatural detective thriller offering less chills in general but just enough unnerving bits in a welcome showcase for Farmiga 
2.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Mick LaSalle
What puts the movie a notch above is the performance of Farmiga as Lorraine Warren 
3
Song of Lahore
Rob Thomas
Like a Pakistani Buena Vista Social Club Song of Lahore pays tribute to some great unsung musicians and their perseverance in tough times 
3
Song of Lahore
Clayton Dillard
The final note of optimism is consistent with the documentary s overall tone and interest in perseverance 
3
Song of Lahore
Linda Barnard
The musicians have fascinating stories to tell combining to give Song of Lahore its rich narrative Their joy at exploring Times Square is a highlight 
3
Song of Lahore
Chris Knight
A somewhat shaggy structure finds its footing in the film s second half And the moment when we hear a sitar move seamlessly from an Eastern melody into the opening notes of Dave Brubeck s Take Five is one of pure symphonic bliss 
3
The Almond and the Seahorse
Steven Prokopy
It believes it 8217 s deep and meaningful when it needs to be more in tune with the needs of the people in the story 46 As a result 44 it serves neither its characters nor the audience 46 
1.5
The Almond and the Seahorse
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he screenplay never determines how to dramatize the effects of this condition without resorting to melodrama 46 
2
The Shuttered Room
Lucius Gore
Artfully directed gorgeously photographed and well acted The Shuttered Room finishes with a pretty predictable ending But the journey there is quite enjoyable 
3
Three Comrades
Roger Moore
Oh to be young male misogynistic xenophobic homophobic Islamophobic and alcoholic in modern day St Petersburg 
3
Martian Child
David Nusair
Manipulative to an almost absurd degree 
2.5
Martian Child
Peter Canavese
Though it panders shamelessly it s not entirely unwelcome in a time when the PG movie is an endangered species DVD review included 
2
Martian Child
Matt Brunson
The credits state that Martian Child stars John Cusack Amanda Peet and Joan Cusack but really it stars Lucky Charms M M s and Amazon com 
2
Martian Child
Elizabeth Weitzman
The entire cast is fully committed to this squishily sentimental tale which is especially impressive given that it s the kind of generic dramedy you ll swear you ve seen a thousand times before 
2
Martian Child
Linda Cook
Sometimes The Martian Child works as a weeper Other times you ll just hate yourself for getting wrapped in what essentially is manipulation It s good hearted enough but it plays more with your emotions than it does with delivering an intelligent sto
3
Martian Child
Steve Rhodes
features a mesmerizing kid actor But as good as his acting is it s just a one note performance that starts off as intriguing but ends up becoming tiresomely repetitive 
2
Martian Child
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately for Martian Child this has more maple sap pouring out of it than a neglected Vermont tree looking for a good tapping 
2
Martian Child
Kit Bowen
In this abandoned kid who thinks he s an alien mush fest Martian Child doesn t offer much beyond its small screen sensibilities 
1.5
Martian Child
James Berardinelli
Martian Child wants to make us cry It nearly made me gag This is an exercise in shameless and inept emotional manipulation 
2
Martian Child
Kyle Smith
Has enough wit and unpredictability to hold your attention 
2.5
Martian Child
Bob Bloom
No one in the movie speaks like a real person Even the youngest cast member talks as if footlights and a proscenium hemmed him in 
1
Martian Child
Ken Fox
Poorly adapted from David Gerrold s acclaimed autobiographical novel this sappy comedy drama about a widower who adopts a special needs child makes a number of key changes and consequently misses the point of Gerrold s heart tugging tale 
2
Martian Child
Geoff Pevere
If all this is supposed to be so life affirming how come I envied the dead dog 
1.5
Martian Child
Mick LaSalle
It s off in many directions false in its details false in its relationships false in its emotions but probably the first and worst thing that needs to be said about it is that it s also overlong and dull 
1
Martian Child
Gene Seymour
Cusack and Coleman make this whimsical trip worthwhile 
2.5
Martian Child
Connie Ogle
What if Lloyd Dobler grew up gave up kickboxing for writing books about space battles and adopted a kid I don t know about you but I wouldn t miss it for the world 
3
Martian Child
Evan Henerson
You might expect a serious minded movie about a troubled kid who really thinks he s from Mars to confront the fact that this kid really is troubled Not so much here 
2.5
Martian Child
Robert W. Butler
Heavy handed sentimentality 
2.5
Martian Child
John Monaghan
The movie can also be accused of its own sugar overdose as director Menno Meyjes piles on every clichéd situation 
2
Martian Child
Roger Ebert
So bland and safe that it might appeal more directly to children than adults 
2
Martian Child
Lawrence Toppman
Child resolves in a way that s touching however schmaltzy 
3
Martian Child
Ty Burr
One soggy slab of sentimental uplift 
2.5
Martian Child
Aaron Hillis
It s a bit creepy since Dennis s quirks are an unaddressed cry for help in this generic tonal mess that switches to light rom com mode whenever any of its complicated fatherhood drama starts to get too realistically sobering 
1
Martian Child
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie the whole family will not only enjoy but probably downright love the boisterous applause from the preview audience I saw it with ample proof of that 
2.5
Martian Child
Peter T. Chattaway
The film feels lazily conventional There are truths to be had here but much of the film still rings false 
2
Martian Child
Liam Lacey
If you re allergic to schmaltz bring a bottle of Benadryl along to Martian Child 
2
Martian Child
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the film s laziness and mawkishness however Martian Child has some lovely sections 
2.5
Martian Child
Willie Waffle
Everything you expect it to be then it goes on for another 20 minutes 
2
Martian Child
Claudia Puig
An occasionally schmaltzy but likable story of healing and redemption 
3
Martian Child
Mary-Liz Shaw
John Cusack Coleman and the rest of the talented crew on screen reach moments of authenticity that are thrilling 
2.5
Martian Child
Chris Hewitt
The quirky allure of Joan Cusack can offset a lot of sentiment in a movie but even she drowns in the goop of Martian Child 
1
Martian Child
Walter Chaw
Heartfelt pap 
0.5
Martian Child
Tasha Robinson
In December Cusack will be back on screen in Grace Is Gone another portrait of a grieving widower struggling to raise children Viewers may want to hold out to see him in a film that maintains its sensitivity all the way through 
2.5
Martian Child
Dustin Putman
Heartfelt but uninspired the film follows a plodding predictable path that does not deviate for a second from what the viewer expects 
2
Martian Child
Phil Villarreal
The whole Ha ha Dennis is a young Norman Bates thing gets quite creepy 
2.5
Martian Child
Jeanne Aufmuth
John Cusack is the only bright spot in an otherwise sentimentally sloppy drama that telegraphs its plot points with a blinding laser beam 
2
Martian Child
Josh Larsen
Coleman seems to have been cast not for his chemistry with Cusack but for his adorable lack of key baby teeth 
2
Martian Child
Nick Schager
The primary obstacle to enjoying any moment of Martian Child is Dennis a little creature whose habits never feel like anything other than groan worthy screenwriter contrivances aimed at cheaply eliciting audience waterworks 
1
Exotica
James Kendrick
a master class in complex narrative design in the service of dramatizing the depths of human emotion
4
Exotica
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Egoyan apos s soft 44 quiet tones 44 lived in spaces 44 and characters that hide more than they reveal 44 are still bracing 46 
4
Exotica
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A central part of the movie s dreamlike ambience derives from the fact that the camera is in motion in practically every shot 
3
Exotica
Mal Vincent
Passionless 
2.5
Exotica
Bryant Frazer
One of the most despairing movies and yet there is in the precision of its craft and the depth of its empathy something fundamentally uplifting 
4
Exotica
Roger Ebert
Exotica is a movie labyrinth winding seductively into the darkest secrets of a group of people who should have no connection with one another but do 
4
Exotica
Steve Rhodes
The director writer Atom Egoyan manages to take a lot of risks in his writing but his directing was too cautious 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Brian Eggert
A bloated mess of a blockbuster 
1
The Fate of the Furious
Matt Brunson
The Fate of the Furious wallows in inanities with about the same frequency as it delivers excitement and like the other two films that followed the series best Fast Five it largely succeeds as a breezy and engaging lark 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Sarah Knight Adamson
The quality of these films has enhanced over the years you know what you re in for when you buy a ticket which is typically an enjoyable ride 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Christopher James
How many franchises in their eighth entry up the ante not just in explosions and cars but also in how it defines its core thesis and the makeup of the audience it services 
3.5
The Fate of the Furious
Pamela Powell
We ve seen it all before and this newest Furious just blends into the other seven films 
1
The Fate of the Furious
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Isn t that the point of these movies Fast and furious More like boring and irritating 
1
The Fate of the Furious
John Hanlon
A satisfying entry that benefits greatly from the interplay between its characters 
3.0
The Fate of the Furious
George M. Thomas
The result a film that concentrates on the action which includes several spectacular scenes filmed in downtown Cleveland and the easy interplay between the characters 
3
The Fate of the Furious
John Beifuss
The steroidal bonhomie is less anabolic than exhausted and even the signature reckless driving lunacy seems more labored than inspired 
2
The Fate of the Furious
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over the nigh unwatchable seventh installment 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Eric Melin
The Fate of the Furious tops its predecessors not in its action scenes but by applying that familiar reality confounding aesthetic to its characters The result tests the patience like nothing short of a Diesel crying scene 
3
The Fate of the Furious
John Serba
Maybe the dumbest one yet 
1.5
The Fate of the Furious
Jeffrey M. Anderson
F Gary Gray of Friday The Italian Job and Straight Outta Compton takes the wheel and he manages to hang on He doesn t improve on anything but he doesn t stall out either 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Stephen Rebello
Transcendently stupid flat out nuts and pretty damned irresistible The Fate of the Furious is the eighth in the series of vroom vroomers that started off as modest B movie drag race stuff ideal for triple bills at old time drive in theaters 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Jay Horton
Human scale and recognizable emotions are a poor match for the ever escalating spectacles of a franchise veering cosmically deranged one mile at a time 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Roger Moore
Colossally stupid cartoon car chase picture even by this series standards 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Josh Larsen
For most of its running time this is a desperate search for a new spark plug 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Michael Smith
While it s not hitting on all cylinders the way the past three megahit films have it s hardly going to disappoint most of the fans who love these all you can enjoy buffets of macho men muscle cars and mad action 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I d honestly love to see a spin off adventure featuring Johnson and Statham and no one else I just as genuinely am not so certain I m up for two more of these films 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Mike McGranaghan
This series jumped the shark a long time ago The Fate of the Furious jumps several sharks 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Phil Villarreal
Shows there is not only plenty of gas left in the tank but the nitrous oxide turbo boosters are also blasting at full throttle 
3.5
The Fate of the Furious
Christian Toto
Uncle uncle This franchise has that effect on film critics 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Robert Horton
Other characters return not only from the past but also from the dead as is the custom in this series This thing is like a daytime soap opera with car chases 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Sonny Bunch
The only time I truly felt engaged by The Fate of the Furious was when Jason Statham was onscreen especially when he and Dwayne Johnson squared off 
1.5
The Fate of the Furious
Willie Waffle
It s about moments like the opening sequence where Dom is racing a car backwards and while on fire and umm plenty of women in bikinis are watching 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Dustin Putman
One wishes The Fate of the Furious could have kept the well wishes and momentum going but instead it has sunk back into mediocrity 
2
The Fate of the Furious
James Berardinelli
You know what you re getting before you go and you get it 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Barry Hertz
If the fate of the Furious series is to grow somehow both wearier and dumber with age then the eighth film is proof of a mission firmly accomplished And there s no shame Vin in hanging it all up after a job well done 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Sara Stewart
The Fate of the Furious begins and ends with adrenaline spiking scenes a drag race through Havana an airplane brawl that remind you why this gear head franchise is still purring along As for the two hours in between 8201 8201 not so much 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Chris Knight
Certainly there s no need to spend so much time with Theron s character as she yells at her subordinates to do something or whispers throatily to Dom that he has no choice but to follow her orders or else 
1.5
The Fate of the Furious
Richard Roeper
One of these decades Dom and company will be saving the world in turbo powered wheelchairs 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Oliver Jones
If anyone here is having more fun than either Theron or Statham it s their Italian Job director F Gary Gray 
3.5
The Fate of the Furious
Jon Niccum
It hardly matters anymore that nothing of actual substance can be found under the hood of The Fate of the Furious Despite themes of brotherhood and redemption this souped up vehicle is built for speed not comfort 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Mark Dujsik
This isn t the worst of these movies but it might be the most generic of the bunch 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Max Weiss
The action sequences are not among the series best Fast Five remains the gold standard across the board but there are a few gems 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Peter Howell
I predict they ll be eventually leaving skid marks on the moon as long as their varooms are answered by box office ka chings 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Stephanie Merry
Fate gives fans of the franchise exactly what they want provided they can ditch logic as easily as the movie does 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Calvin Wilson
Diesel and Johnson are at their testosterone charged best Theron who seems to be auditioning to become the next Bond villain is ruthlessness personified 
3.5
The Fate of the Furious
Rafer Guzman
Another spectacular entry in a dependably entertaining franchise 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Tom Russo
Even amid the nonsense the movie capably sells its all about family theme narratively and otherwise 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Michael Phillips
It ll make its billion That s what it was designed to do 
2
The Fate of the Furious
Dann Gire
At 136 minutes The Fate of the Furious suffers from a more is more approach that effectively dilutes the power of the movie had it been trimmed down to fighting weight by minimizing its slow motion shots 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Mick LaSalle
Nothing makes sense here Nothing 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Moira MacDonald
As I drove home in a car that seemed sadly non badass I wondered how long this unlikely yet irresistible franchise might last Probably as long as it wants to 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Gary Thompson
The fate of the Furious franchise is to follow the money and there is apparently no reason to stop now 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Brian Tallerico
The Fate of the Furious distinctly drops the level of quality in this series for the first time this decade 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Mara Reinstein
Buckle up knowing that this once gritty franchise has officially reached the point of no return 
2.5
The Fate of the Furious
Brian Truitt
Your mileage may vary when it comes to the over the top carnage and in your face machismo but it s impressive just how bonkers Fate is like a litter of kittens hopped up on grade A catnip 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Jake Cole
The film finally tips the franchise over from modestly thoughtful stupidity into tedious loud inanity 
1.5
The Fate of the Furious
Peter Travers
Not as fast or fine as Furious 7 but still party time for action junkies and auto erotics The Rock and Statham steal the show from Diesel which is a good thing 
3
The Fate of the Furious
Kam Williams
It may only be April but here it is the year s first bona fide summer blockbuster 
4
The Fate of the Furious
Stephen Whitty
What once was billed as fast and furious has become increasingly loud and senseless 
2.5
Kids Are Dying
Kam Williams
Eye opening expos illustrating the mainstreaming of the heroin epidemic headed soon to a suburban town near you if it s not there already 
4
Sky Blossom
Jeff York
An unvanquishable spirit is coursing through it one that should inspire us all to care more and love more 
4
Final Girl
Andy Crump
Shields has made a cheeseburger with the cheese sadly left on the side 
1
Final Girl
Dustin Putman
Final Girl isn t interested in its title character beyond that of a pawn Abigail Breslin does everything a really strong actor possibly could with this slimly conceived role but she deserves better 
2
Final Girl
Chuck Bowen
The filmmakers never really answer inevitable questions What s the point of these fussy allusions 
2.5
The Big Uneasy
Moira MacDonald
By the end of The Big Uneasy the viewer is convinced that we weren t told the whole story back in 2005 and appalled by the retaliation faced by some who spoke out 
3
The Big Uneasy
Roger Ebert
The Big Uneasy lacks the dramatic impact and artistic imagination of many recent docs about environmental issues 
2
The Big Uneasy
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film confirms that the real scandal behind Katrina is too deep too knotty and too technical to permeate our cultural understanding of the event and incite the rage it deserves 
2.5
The Big Uneasy
Lou Lumenick
The Big Uneasy is scary stuff indeed 
3
The Big Uneasy
Amy Biancolli
The Big Uneasy a damning new look at the onset and effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is agitating by design 
3
Swan Song
Chase Hutchinson
It is a fleeting experience 44 one that is primarily bolstered by a committed central performance from Kier and not much else to remember 46 
1.5
Swan Song
David Reddish
Swan Song finds Stephens moving into more mature territory and with delightful results this is his best movie to date That owes a great deal to Udo Kiers performance in the lead who brings a peculiar mix of camp and pathos to his role 
3
Swan Song
Sean P. Means
None of the logistical or philosophical questions about cloning are particularly fresh What makes Swan Song worth a look is the way Cleary and Ali tackle those ideas with quiet emotion and genuine curiosity 
3
Swan Song
Lisa Trifone
Swan Song may be the end of Stephen s trilogy looking back at life in Sandusky but Pat is such an intriguing character it could just as easily be the beginning of another that explores this fascinating man s life 
3
Swan Song
Joe Friar
Touching funny relevant and authentic in so many ways Kier is enchanting in the performance of a lifetime 
3.5
Swan Song
Roger Moore
Udo Kier takes a tragi comic victory lap in his storied career
3
Swan Song
Odie Henderson
Swan Song is an instance where I absolutely loved the character but disliked how his story was ultimately told Your mileage may vary 
2.5
Swan Song
Mark Dujsik
For all of its ruminations on legacy and death this is actually a rather encouraging film bittersweet for sure but lovely nonetheless 
3
Swan Song
Mark Hanson
The disconnect between the struggles of different generations of gay men is one of Swan Song s most joyful through lines 
3
Swan Song
Mick LaSalle
How do you make a movie without having a single scene turn out well by accident In this way Swan Song may be worthy of future study 
1
Swan Song
Kent Turner
The ideal time to watch Todd Stephens s Swan Song is late at night with whiskey on the rocks or a highball to go along with its great soundtrack of songs of regret 
3
Swan Song
Mattie Lucas
A gloriously unashamedly queer film a hilarious and bittersweet ode to gay pioneers who came before and the modern queer landscape they helped create 
3.5
Swan Song
Joey Magidson
Swan Song may well make you re evaluate how you feel about Udo Kier He s just that good 
3
Swan Song
Mike McGranaghan
Udo Kier gives the best performance of his long distinguished career 
3
Lilies of the Field
Matt Brunson
There s not much dramatic urgency to the story but that s perfectly fine This is the sort of picture that gives wholesomeness a good name and its life lessons are imparted in a leisurely and unforced manner 
3.5
Lilies of the Field
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully understated work built on the dignity of Poitier s warm gravitas and told with a gentle and disarmingly moving confidence 
3.5
Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce
Caroline Madden
It is a brisk and useful narrative with a heartening spirit that demonstrates how your dollar can be used to make our beautiful world a better place 
3.5
Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce
Tom Meek
Richard Yelland s handsome documentary ponders whether a company can do social good in the world while making a buck The answer according to a battery of young woke start uppers with endless pep is a resounding yes 
2.5
Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce
Bob Bloom
The documentary is compelling and optimistic It offers a hint of doom and gloom but for the most part it is an upbeat examination of businesspeople who believe ethics and respect for our planet and its people are just as important as profits 
2.5
Azumi
Michael Dequina
The raw visceral pleasures are enough to carry the film past some clunky melodrama that bloats the film to a two hour plus run time 
3
Azumi
Michael Wilmington
It s a zippy time passer 
2.5
Azumi
G. Allen Johnson
Ryuhei Kitamura is 37 but he makes films like a 15 year old fanboy That is he has no sense of story his visual style is basically point and shoot the boys are cool and rebellious and the girls are cute 
2
Azumi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Azumi is slick violently beautiful and appeals directly to the lower sensations But just because it thrills doesn t necessarily mean it s artless 
3
Azumi
John Anderson
Overdone and overlong but its lunatic flavor check out Joe Odagiri s Tiny Tim as ninja sadist saves the day 
3.5
Azumi
V.A. Musetto
Azumi based on a 25 part manga series has eye popping battle sequences but the story is superficial at best 
1.5
Azumi
Elizabeth Weitzman
Plot and character development are quickly sacrificed to over the top action but with a miniskirted menace in the lead it s safe to say that fans at least will love it 
2
Azumi
Ken Fox
Remains faithful to its highly regarded source with an intelligent script clever if often cruel visual flourishes and thrillingly staged fight sequences 
3.5
Azumi
Nick Schager
Compared with his geekily gonzo comic book samurai zombie splatterfest Versus Ryuhei Kitamura s Azumi itself an adaptation of a popular manga is surprisingly tame and lucid 
2
The Deaths of Ian Stone
Matthew Rozsa
The Deaths of Ian Stone shows a level of ambition seldom seen in modern filmmaking and the final result is certainly worth a watch 
3
The Deaths of Ian Stone
David Nusair
one s ability to genuinely enjoy The Deaths of Ian Stone depends considerably on one s tolerance for David Lynchian headtrips 
2
The Deaths of Ian Stone
Dustin Putman
A mind bending supernatural horror film with more promise than it delivers 
2
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Brad Wheeler
Director Mary Wharton s notion is to portray the aw shucks politician s embrace of rock music as a sign that Carter was open to fresh ideas younger generations and strange new aromas 
3
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Joey Magidson
Jimmy Carter Rock Roll President is not just a tribute to Carter s love of music but an ode to back when the U S used soft power to lead the world 
3.5
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Sean P. Means
Alas the documentary plays out much like Carter s one term in office Carrying lots of promise in the beginning but becoming muddled and unfocused as it goes 
2.5
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Steven Prokopy
The film shows how politically effective it was to not just be a part of popular culture but to use it to shape people s perception of a candidate as a man of the people 
3
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Mark Feeney
Even more than the music itself or Carter s passion for it this alertness to sharedness is what ultimately makes the film moving as well as so pleasurable 
3
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Robert Daniels
A fun soulful documentary that s rarely ever invasive depicting the type of statesman we re sorely missing today 
3
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Mark Dujsik
D irector Mary Wharton certainly convinces us that there s something deeper beneath Carter s embrace of music and musicians 
3
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Joe Friar
Wharton s documentary focuses on the vital role music played in Carter s presidency and life It s also a reminder of the possibility to unite the country with empathy compassion and truth Rock on 
4
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Mike McGranaghan
Jimmy Carter Rock Roll President is two good documentaries at once It s a good political doc and it s a good music doc 
3
The Violence Action
Roger Moore
Insipid 44 childish and nonsensical 
1.5
K-911
Michael Dequina
Sitcom all the way 
1.5
Nosey Parker
Ty Burr
A poignant overly gentle tribute to a man and the upcountry ways he represented 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
J. R. Jones
Andie is a male screenwriter s idea of a perfect woman 
1
Deliver Us From Eva
Michael Dequina
Smith and Union overcome the sometimes strained mechanics of the plot 
3
Deliver Us From Eva
Rick Groen
Any romantic comedy that gives you time to think probably isn t doing its job 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Susannah Gora
LL Cool J delivers an immensely pleasing touching performance 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Matt Brunson
Only LL Cool J s considerable charisma keeps this from completely sinking 
1.5
Deliver Us From Eva
James Berardinelli
Deliver us from screenplays that force likable protagonists to twist and bend their personalities to serve the contortions of a ridiculous and formulaic plot 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Linda Cook
A lot more fun than its title implies 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Dustin Putman
Runs smoothly and likably until a maddeningly dumbed down and cloying finale that sinks the entire film 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Ted Fry
What is surprising is the engaging nature of the game as this fairly predictable routine plays out 
3
Deliver Us From Eva
Edward Guthmann
Hardwick directs with energy and rhythm 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Joe Baltake
It s too bad that Union and Cool s scenes couldn t have been separated from the rest of the movie which is predictable flat and badly acted by the supporting cast 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Gene Seymour
Hardwick takes firm command of a script originally written with white people in mind and makes it hum with hip aggressiveness and glisten with boutique style 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Megan Lehmann
Noisy sitcom ish take on The Taming of the Shrew 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Bob Strauss
Problem is there are no real reasons why the intelligent accomplished and in many ways very warm and decent Eva should possess a streak as nasty as she does 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Robert W. Butler
A by the numbers romantic comedy that were it not for the fact that it s populated with African Americans would be completely generic 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Frank Ochieng
Deliver Us From Eva is surprisingly a bland and fading clash of the sexes comedy that has all the urgency of a giddy Cosmopolitan article this film forgot to deliver the desired goods along with the convincing complexity that once consumed Eva
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Jeff Vice
This urban oriented romantic comedy is still a better classier movie than any of us could have realistically expected it to be 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Ty Burr
Dawdles amiably and can t quite decide what it wants to be 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Guylaine Cadorette
Despite some really funny moments and good performances from LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union Deliver Us From Eva ultimately fails to tip the scale from so so to good 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Phil Villarreal
After the first hour the joke frequency trails off 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
John Monaghan
Gets you so close to these people that you truly wish them well 
3
Deliver Us From Eva
Tor Thorsen
Hardwick seems to lose focus once Ray and Eva start falling in love rampantly pilfering from other films 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Roger Ebert
It proceeds so deliberately from one plot point to the next that we want to stand next to the camera holding up cards upon which we have lettered clues and suggestions 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Mack Bates
Works in large part because you actually care about what happens to the characters 
3
Deliver Us From Eva
Lawrence Toppman
The movie delivers a few broad laughs along with insidious messages about the roles black women ought to play in society 
1.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Connie Ogle
Deliver Us from Eva isn t The Taming of the Shrew it s not even a reasonable facsimile 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Chris Hewitt
The vibrancy of actors Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J overrules the nastiness of the people they re playing 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Steven Rea
Despite director Gary Hardwick s stock sitcom scenarios LL Cool J the rapper turned actor does a great job as a leading man Lothario 
2.5
Deliver Us From Eva
Loren King
A welcome respite from verbal nastiness and sexual cynicism 
3
Deliver Us From Eva
Tony Toscano
The story seems to have enough momentum to carry itself through to the end but by the movie s final scene the wind has left its sails 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Rob Blackwelder
Features the same tiresome misogynistic so called happy ending in which women forgive men for acting unforgivably stupid and take them back Awww ain t that romantic 
2
Deliver Us From Eva
Steve Rhodes
A sweet piece of romantic comedy fluff that has its moments but you ve seen it all before 
2.5
Bride of the Wind
Rick Groen
An often silly and oddly tepid biopic from director Bruce Beresford 
2
Bride of the Wind
Jules Brenner
As in most film biographies we suffer from lack of understanding of the motivating forces behind the events of the person s life 
2
Bride of the Wind
Joshua Kosman
Levy s bloodless screenplay runs dutifully through Alma s life as though ticking off the points against a checklist 
1
Bride of the Wind
Susan Stark
The script provides a barrage of consistently ludicrously banal and pretentious verbiage 
1
Bride of the Wind
Roger Ebert
One of the worst biopics I have ever seen a leaden march through a chronology of Alma s affairs 
0.5
Bride of the Wind
Ross Anthony
Very pretty visuals faint soapy story telling 
1.5
Bride of the Wind
Rob Blackwelder
Holds one s interest thanks largely to the captivating beauty and brains of Wynter 
2.5
Bride of the Wind
Jeanne Aufmuth
stumbles under the burden of two hours of focused exaggerated emotion 
2
Bride of the Wind
Lou Lumenick
Seems to have been inspired instead by a Jackie Collins novel 
2
Bride of the Wind
Steve Rhodes
Saved by Mahler s sublime and ever present music and by first time screenwriter Marilyn Levy s sporadic flourishes of brilliance 
3
Bride of the Wind
Harvey S. Karten
Alma Mahler charmed virtually all the creative men of Vienna at the turn of the 20th Century but from Bruce Beresford s staid direction you d scarcely see why 
2.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Brian Eggert
Since Fred Hampton isn t a name found in the average American history book Judas and the Black Messiah shines a light on a story that demands attention today and it s told with care and substance 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
John Beifuss
A vivid reimagining of history 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Matt Brunson
A stirring and important work with issues and attitudes that even today stubbornly refuse to exit the country 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
David Nusair
a fairly conventional yet mostly compelling drama 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Pamela Powell
The film hammers home the disturbing elements of racial injustices as we witness the atrocities unfold 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Rene Sanchez
Led by two phenomenal performances from Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield Judas and the Black Messiah delivers a potent and timely message Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Steven Prokopy
The full impact of the complete work is quite astonishing inspiring and infuriating 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Sonny Bunch
Splitting the film almost evenly between Hampton and O Neal takes the focus off of the tragic figure at the story s heart 
2.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Tom Meek
The film helps to keep those chapters in our minds educate revise the record and spark historical and social interest Judas does all that and cements Kaluuya as an A lister 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Peter Canavese
Well directed with fantastic performances and a sharp script which makes you feel as though you re fully on this journey of the important story being told 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Jake Coyle
It s a balance reflective of King s film overall Judas and the Black Messiah resurrecting a painful saga of police racial injustice is a self evidently timely film without stating its contemporary resonance literally 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mike Scott
Shaka King s film boasts an undeniably provocative title messiah after all is a word with weight but it s also a provocative film and in a good way 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Bob Bloom
Though the events of the film happened nearly a half century ago the issues they include judicial inequities racism poverty and oppression remain real struggles Black citizens continue to deal with today 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Jason Fraley
We know it s going to end tragically but the journey there is intensely directed by Shaka King capturing the suspicions paranoia and stolen potential of a movement 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Joe Friar
Daniel Kaluuya delivers an Oscar worthy performance as does LaKeith Stanfield Electrifying performances and a narrative that reflects modern times Highly recommended 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Kevin Carr
If this movie bothers you and the content of it bothers you good You should be challenging yourself 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mattie Lucas
Kaluuya is as incredible as you ve likely heard but Stanfield is quietly heartbreaking as a man who has sold his soul and gained nothing 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Kent Turner
The movie offers a more complex examination of the players involved than is unusual for biopics 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Arionne Nettles
With knockout performances comes an examination of the need for revolutionaries when pushing for real change 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Jeffrey M. Anderson
King has a sure handle on his characters and performances but the flow of Judas and the Black Messiah is like a riot a simmering pot of tension that sears our emotions and rarely offers a breather 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Walter Chaw
What I really want to say is that Judas and the Black Messiah nails the feeling of not only that era but this one as well 
2.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Craig D. Lindsey
Here we go again with another fact based movie about the Black Panthers that thinks people won t be that interested unless it s told in a pulpy melodramatic manner 
2.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Michael Medved
As a work of cinema it s undeniably effective thanks to an utterly brilliant performance by Daniel Kaluuya and fiercely fascinating 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Rob Thomas
O Neal s ultimate fate isn t revealed until the film s onscreen epilogue the last in a series of gut punches that this harrowing powerful film delivers 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mark Meszoros
It should be seen by a wide range of folks not just for its chronicling of an important event in our nation s history but for its relevancy to what is going on in this country to this day 
2.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
James Berardinelli
Although King s film may not accomplish everything it sets out to do it represents an important perspective of a time period whose essential injustices have gained renewed attention some 50 years later 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mark Dujsik
All of these threads come together with the mournful inevitability of a classical tragedy 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Johnny Oleksinski
What an exciting talent King is 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Chris Hewitt
The star of the movie is Stanfield an actor playing a character who s essentially an actor 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Oliver Jones
Letting his talented cast lead the way King has made a film centered on roiled emotions and relationships that are at once fractured and loving 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ty Burr
The movie mourns what might have been and nags with what we ll never know 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
John Wirt
Splendid principal cast members make the most of their roles earning their audience Even so they can t fix a scattershot simultaneously overreaching and underachieving screenplay 
2.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ann Hornaday
Stanfield and Kaluuya are outstanding in their respective roles with Kaluuya doing an especially adroit job of capturing Hampton s innate charisma and soaring speeches 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Phil Villarreal
A hauntingly intense drama that deserves to be seen discussed and remembered 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Randy Myers
King in his feature debut serves up an ugly if little known chapter of American history as well as a lesson how unrepetant racism and out of control authority make for a tragic combination 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Joey Magidson
Judas and the Black Messiah is a riveting and expertly crafted examination of personal political and social injustice 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mick LaSalle
Judas and the Black Messiah quietly announces its modern relevance by presenting as sophisticated a depiction of systemic racism as you could hope to see in a movie 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Katie Walsh
King s dual focus and stylish cinematic approach makes for a biopic that is at once rousing maddening and desperately tragic 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mike McGranaghan
Director Shaka King envelops us in period details making the era as well as all the Chicago locations come alive Daniel Kaluuya is electrifying 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Leo Brady
Judas and the Black Messiah is using cinema to make a great impact with phenomenal performances from Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in a riveting portrayal of the stunning and heartbreaking betrayal of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Richard Roeper
Shaka King and the production team have done a stellar job of plunging us into the tinderbox that was late 1960s Chicago when the city was in the national spotlight far too often for the wrong reasons 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Dwight Brown
Courage deceit and rage are displayed in powerful performances by Stansfield Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback as Hampton s wife 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Josh Larsen
never feels like a staid capsule from a time long ago 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Peter Howell
Get Out alums Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield magnetically reteam for Shaka King s potent true story 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Sean P. Means
King packs a lot into his movie history allegory romance suspense and does so with an adrenaline pumping pace cinematographer Sean Bobbitt s strong visuals and a production and costume design that bring the swinging 60s to life 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Roger Moore
The English born Kaluuya scorches the screen with an undiluted blast of star power a thrilling moving portrayal of human dimensions in a larger than life scale 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
This is ancient history so we know how it all played out but seeing its dramatization makes for powerful cinema 
3.5
Judas and the Black Messiah
Jeff York
The film not only chronicles a horrid chapter in USA history but it throws the book at the systemic racism that is still permeating our nation today 
4
Judas and the Black Messiah
Odie Henderson
Daniel Kaluuya gives an electrifying performance that raises the hairs on the back of your neck 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Chris Barsanti
Shaka King s film anchored by two sterling lead performances complicates the expected narrative of martyrdom 
3
Judas and the Black Messiah
Brian Truitt
What makes Judas stand out is an emphasis on the personal aspects of a true revolutionary who tried to empower others for the greater good while unknowingly facing subterfuge from within 
3
Where God Left His Shoes
Christian Toto
Where God Left His Shoes is a holiday miracle a gritty tale about homelessness that s neither sappy nor sentimental
3.5
Where God Left His Shoes
Matt Noller
If you could cut all the music from Where God Left His Shoes you might actually have a solid family drama 
2
Get Away If You Can
Leo Brady
As for the final product Get Away If You Can is not a massive failure 44 but just missing the marks in many ways 44 needing the ego removed from the story 46 
2
Get Away If You Can
Erik Childress
Ed Harris remains such an instantly magnetic presence that even when he is playing such a stone cold 44 steak in one bite eating racist misogynist we would still rather follow him than the poorly acted protagonists trying to avoid one another 46 
2
Get Away If You Can
Glenn Kenny
The movie has an aura of indie navel gazing that kept me at arm 8217 s length 46 
2
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Lauren Terry
Director Yoji Yamada spends a long time on memory lane spelling out the mourning process for a solid two hours 
2
The Plot Against the President
Christian Toto
Director Amanda Milius escapes father s shadow in mesmerizing doc debut 
3.5
Aftermath
Roger Moore
An untidy unfocused and unsatisfying thriller that won t gild anybody s resume 
1.5
Contempt
David Nusair
Predictably underwhelming 
1.5
Contempt
Tom Meek
Classic Godard and a major cornerstone of the French New Wave 
3.5
Contempt
Michael Wilmington
Contempt transports us back to another era an early 60s world in which the classicism of the past is juxtaposed with the emptiness and ennui of modern culture 
4
Contempt
Chuck Bowen
A rich and heady cocktail of the various things swimming around in Jean Luc Godard s mind at the time of its production 
4
Contempt
Ty Burr
What s the price of selling out Contempt asks the question of its characters its audience and its own director 
4
Contempt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An expensive international production but still one of Godard s most personal and most perverse films 
4
Contempt
James Kendrick
While Contempt is seen by many as Godard s most commercial or mainstream film it is also one of his most emotionally stirring and deeply felt 
3.5
Contempt
Rob Blackwelder
Another great argument in favor of the current restoration and rerelease trend Contempt is a cinematic masterwork that superbly satires the filmmaking community with subtle yet biting aplomb 
3.5
Contempt
Edward Guthmann
It takes its artistic agenda seriously but also luxuriates in the sensuality and plasticity of film images 
3
Contempt
Roger Ebert
Contempt was Jean Luc Godard s 1963 attempt at a big budget big star production and more or less satisfied his curiosity 
3
Contempt
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I would argue that Godard s eclecticism must be acknowledged and understood before one can genuinely appreciate the film 
4
Contempt
Jeff Vice
Godard fascinatingly wraps the two stories around each other and plays the dark humor very subtly one of his best comedic touches is having the crassly commercial producer character spout Communistic philosophy 
3.5
Contempt
David N. Butterworth
A fine film about the pressures of filmmaking And it s an even finer film about the tragedy of marital dissolution 
3
Contempt
Steve Rhodes
Godard has a great sense for the visual and his films are feasts for the eyes 
3.5
The Fits
Max Weiss
Slow paced and methodical filled with arresting long shots 
3
The Fits
Brad Keefe
It s definitely challenging and I want to give it a second viewing So let s go ahead and call that really good 
3.5
The Fits
Shane Slater
The film envelopes you in its spellbinding narrative 
3
The Fits
Sara Michelle Fetters
Holmer directs with supreme confidence allowing the film to build to a boil at its own measured pace but not in a way that ever feels slow or drawn out 
3.5
The Fits
Josh Larsen
captures approaching adolescence for what it really is an out of body experience 
4
The Fits
Ty Burr
The movie is a nearly perfect thing made with such assurance that every shot holds weight and widens your heart 
4
The Fits
Robert Horton
I like a lot of things about The Fits and the first thing that got me was the way it sounds 
3.5
The Fits
Moira MacDonald
It s a curious world that Toni is entering and Hightower s quiet watchfulness takes it all in 
3.5
The Fits
Molly Eichel
Like its lead Royalty Hightower whose performance is just as spectacular as her name The Fits is impossible to look away from It s gorgeous poetic and opaque and I ve never seen any other movie like it 
4
The Fits
Ann Hornaday
The Fits and its electrifying young star give getting in formation renewed meaning with inspiring self assured verve 
4
The Fits
Anita Katz
The trials of adolescence come to life in fresh and mesmerizing ways in The Fits a low budget mood rich tale about a tomboy an all girl dance team the need to belong and a baffling sickness 
3
The Fits
David Lewis
Though the narrative is threadbare the concept of the story girls at the rec center are inexplicably suffering from strange seizures keeps us engaged 
3
The Fits
Peter Travers
Watching the girls defy gravity as they whirl into scary seductive hallucinatory patterns you realize The Fits is more than a transporting film experience It s cinema poetry in motion 
3.5
The Fits
Kam Williams
A mellow meditation on a beautiful little black girl beginning to bloom 
2
The Fits
Sheila O'Malley
The Fits is the kind of film that asks more questions than it answers The questions have echoing resonance 
3.5
The Fits
Kenji Fujishima
This singular mix of character study and mysterious mood piece might not have come off quite so successfully if not for Royalty Hightower s internal performance 
3
The Fits
Scott Renshaw
The complex mix of fight choreography and dance choreography provides a wonderfully unique framework for the narrative 
3.5
Hands of Stone
Linda Cook
It s no Raging Bull 
2
Hands of Stone
John Serba
A dutiful but emotionally hollow biopic 
2
Hands of Stone
Rob Thomas
In trying to encompass so much of Duran s life without taking us deep into what made him tick yet expecting us to empathize with him Hands of Stone ends up having feet of clay 
2.5
Hands of Stone
James Berardinelli
Traditional and uninspired it does an adequate job of relating Duran s story but falls short of providing an engaging cinematic experience 
2.5
Hands of Stone
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately Jakubowicz just doesn t seem to have the first clue as to how to give any of this the sort of emotional zip Durn s story calls for 
2
Hands of Stone
Neil Rosen
Despite some clichd moments it is enjoyable and I would recommend it for the acting and the historical significance 
3
Hands of Stone
Christian Toto
Hands of Stone is a knockout when it focuses on Duran s trainer and most famous foe maybe the next biopic will tell us more about Mr Manos de Pierda himself 
2.5
Hands of Stone
Christy Lemire
In trying to encompass way too much Hands of Stone ends up feeling superficial and unsatisfying 
2
Hands of Stone
Anders Wright
Make no mistake this is no Raging Bull But it s a perfectly serviceable biopic and boxing movie whose cast says something about the social changes afoot in this nation 
2.5
Hands of Stone
Bob Bloom
Hands of Stone works best when Ramirez and De Niro share a scene Their bickering back and forth gives the movie its needed tension and spark 
2.5
Hands of Stone
Richard Roeper
Hands of Stone is a rousing well filmed and solid if at times overly generous to Duran biopic with a bounty of charismatic performances two of the sexier scenes of the year some welcome laughs and a few above average fight sequences 
3.5
Hands of Stone
Tirdad Derakhshani
If ever there were a film that shoulda coulda woulda been great it s Hands of Stone an ambitious but disappointing biopic about Panamanian fighter Roberto Durn 
2
Hands of Stone
Kyle Smith
Durn is about as admirable as algae from the moment we meet him The best you can say about him is he managed to get rich being pond scum 
1
Bad Moms
Matt Brunson
MILF Movie I d Like to Forget 
2
Bad Moms
Wesley Lovell
While a structurally mediocre film the comedy is fun and bawdy in all the best ways 
2.5
Bad Moms
Pamela Powell
Round up your girlfriends and have a night on the town And you dads out there just might learn a thing or two 
3
Bad Moms
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
If you wanna have a good time watching a movie full of original gags starring great actresses I highly recommend Bad Moms Full review in Spanish 
3
Bad Moms
Linda Cook
Bad Moms deliver feisty fun 
3
Bad Moms
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kunis is stranded with a character who is so poorly written 
1.5
Bad Moms
David Nusair
An almost shockingly bottom of the barrel comedy 
.5
Bad Moms
Mike McGranaghan
There are more than enough big laughs to satisfy And underneath it all is a pretty sincere message about how it s okay for parents to make mistakes sometimes 
3
Bad Moms
Jeff Simon
It s not a good idea to pay too close attention to Bad Moms It s funnier if you don t 
2.5
Bad Moms
Julia Cooper
Although all these actors prove the shrewd casting choices of Bad Moms it is Hahn who makes this unassuming summer blockbuster something close to stellar 
3
Bad Moms
Peter Travers
The movie cops out by going soft in the end but it s still hardcore hilarity for stressed moms looking for a girls night out 
2.5
Bad Moms
Chris Knight
As frothy and funny as it is forgettable Bad Moms is also the latest proof that the humour gene is not exclusive to the Y chromosome 
3
Bad Moms
Robert Horton
The thing that really sticks in the craw about this film is that it gets sanctimonious during its pageant of bad behavior 
1
Bad Moms
Mark Dujsik
The film has a big heart to go along with its gutter oriented mind 
3
Bad Moms
Steven Rea
Mildly amusing moderately raunchy mostly schematic 
2.5
Bad Moms
Phil Villarreal
It s so good at being bad 
3
Bad Moms
Sean P. Means
Aiming to be offensive but just missing Bad Moms enforces an unfair double standard for raunchy R rated comedies in which women have to justify antics that guys can perpetrate without an uplifting finale 
2
Bad Moms
Max Weiss
On its own terms Bad Moms is also pretty good But its view of motherhood feels downright retro 
2.5
Bad Moms
Kyle Smith
A good natured girl power comedy that balances a bland sitcom structure with some weird and hilarious moments 
2.5
Bad Moms
Mick LaSalle
The women are game at least Kunis Hahn and Kristen Bell form the movie s trio and pry two or three laughs out of the script but that amounts only to one each They deserve better and so do you 
1
Bad Moms
Lauren Chval
Bad Moms isn t interested in the darker trials of motherhood It would rather give moms what they want like a spa day in movie form 
2.5
Bad Moms
Rafer Guzman
The Hangover for working mothers only funnier smarter and sweeter 
3.5
Bad Moms
Sonia Rao
Living up to to the low expectations set by its title Bad Moms does little to surpass them 
1.5
Bad Moms
Richard Roeper
Something tells me a lot of good moms will find some real truths contained within the bawdy antics of Bad Moms 
3
Bad Moms
Kara Nesvig
Bad Moms was written and directed by men and you can totally tell that they tried really hard to write a movie that women would enjoy and identify with Emphasis on tried 
1.5
Bad Moms
Katie Walsh
Bad Moms makes a compelling argument for embracing imperfection and vulnerability but we shouldn t have to accept that kind of messiness in our movies 
2
Bad Moms
Jody Mitori
For a summer escape skip the book club this month and take your friends to the movies instead 
3
Bad Moms
Stephanie Merry
For a movie that traffics in the messiness of life Bad Moms wraps up a little too tidily Then again maybe a happy ending is just what an audience full of exhausted moms deserves 
2.5
Bad Moms
Michael Phillips
Bad Moms keeps settling for less than it should given the talent on screen 
2
Bad Moms
Stephen Whitty
If only these Bad Moms were a little worse their movie would be a hell of a lot better 
2.5
Bad Moms
Christy Lemire
Even when things soften and turn sweet toward the end including an unexpectedly emotional segment during the closing credits that I will not spoil for you Bad Moms retains an appealing wrongness 
3
Bad Moms
Kenji Fujishima
The end credits sequence shows up the rest of the film as the broad and incoherent live action cartoon that it is 
2
Bad Moms
Moira MacDonald
Despite its name this is a fluffy cupcake of a movie and sometimes a cupcake is just what you want 
3
Bad Moms
Dustin Putman
One of the comedic bright spots so far in 2016 Bad Moms is insightful affecting and enormously funny 
3
Bad Moms
Roger Moore
Occasionally raucous riff on moms gone wild that s a no holds barred date that ends by 11 a party nobody calls the cops to break up 
2
Red Riding: 1983
Mattie Lucas
Beautifully filmed and is more satisfying in its connection to the first film providing much needed closure to a series marked by its stubborn refusal to offer any such comforting affectations 
3
Red Riding: 1983
Peter Canavese
1983 shifts to an unlikely hero a slovenly solicitor and soul man Blu ray 
3.5
Red Riding: 1983
Mike Scott
Like the overall trilogy it s as haunting as it is riveting the kind of movie that will keep your attention while it s playing and stick with you after the closing credits 
3
Red Riding: 1983
Kimberley Jones
There s still a great deal of satisfaction to be had in both the resolution of the plot s many mysteries and the thematic throughlines of the three films 
4
Plague Town
Lucius Gore
this movie grabs you by the throat and never lets go 
3
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Nick Rogers
If positive thinking results in computer animated body cells farting or singing Robert Palmer our chi mojo or whatever has miles to go toward self actualization 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Rene Rodriguez
Shot and acted with all the skill of a late night infomercial 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Steven Rea
As an entryway into new ways of thinking about the self the universe and the vast infinite whatnot of whatever you know what we mean oh wise one this little movie is big 
3
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Rick Groen
A pretty good documentary 
3
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
John Beifuss
It s a cult film all right but not like Eraserhead It s more like a cult film created for inductees into some New Age self actualization movement 
1.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Jon Niccum
like being stuck at a science fair with a 5 year old on one side asking questions and his hippie parents on the other fumbling to answer them 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Rob Thomas
What The Bleep Do We Know passes itself off as a film that s going to teach us something and turns out to be a film that s trying to sell us something 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Nick Carter
Matlin s dramatizations are intentionally heavy handed Meanwhile many of the dozen plus panelists grossly over ponder the many scientific observations made 
2.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
John Monaghan
Sometimes What the Do We Know has the corny ham handed feel of an old 16mm educational movie but I m not sure how intentional this is 
2
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ultimately it s limited by its compulsion to knock our socks off at every turn and to compare itself with Alice in Wonderland 
2
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Paul Sherman
Marries its documentary footage to a touchy feely tale of spiritual empowerment that has the clumsiness and dramatic heft of an airline safety video 
2
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Lou Lumenick
Two hours of New Age hooey 
0
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Jack Mathews
Quantum Bull Bleep would be a more apt title for the conclusions that the movie draws 
1.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Wesley Morris
A terribly self satisfied lecture about the ubiquity of quantum physics in spiritual life 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Roger Ebert
An impenetrable human parable and a hallucinogenic animated cartoon 
2.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Nick Schager
Despite my general ignorance about quantum physics it isn t difficult to sense the hot air emanating from the film 
1.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Phil Hall
A complete waste of time energy and film 
0
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
David Sterritt
There are many tantalizing bits but the overall result is a simplistic story wrapped in barely explained quantum physics and new age sound bites 
2
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Chris Hewitt
There s probably an audience for a movie in which Marlee Matlin discovers spiritual wellness by covering her body with Magic Marker but I ain t it 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Jeff Strickler
If you re looking for an entertaining exploration of some mind stretching issues this film is a good place to start 
3
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Sid Smith
Both modern science for dummies and a feisty extension of our ongoing religious debate 
2.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Joshua Tanzer
The Bleep in What the Bleep Do We Know stands for only one of the three words the film dares not say The other two are Transcendental and Meditation 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
David Elliott
The wise ones including biologist Candace Pert Dr Joe Dispenza physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami New Age seer Ramtha born name J Z Knight and others do speak some wisdom And when they sound like a bubble machine you can still smile 
2.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Joe Baltake
Weirdly entertaining 
2.5
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Ruthe Stein
A ponderous documentary 
1
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Rob Blackwelder
So thick with provocative often profound food for thought that the film feels like an intellectual all you can eat buffet 
3
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Marty Mapes
A colorful brochure a Watchtower for new age mysticism
0
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Ross Anthony
So if you like a picture that makes you think or you need a picture that makes you think or you are an easily irritated unhappy person go see this film 
3
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Erik Lundegaard
Here s the mystery for me How did questions that started out so vast and existential swirl down into something so small and loopy and pathetic 
0.5
Laylou
T'Cha Dunlevy
Like much of this film it s not about what happens but about life real life at this moment when you re 17 and you re alive 
3.5
Darkness
Matt Brunson
Nothing even remotely interesting occurs 
1.5
Darkness
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as nothing less than a total disaster 
.5
Darkness
Ken Fox
All of this of course would be forgivable if it added up to a scary movie or made even a lick of sense chunks appear to have been cut out of a longer cut of the film but Balaguero manages to disappoint on every possible front 
2
Darkness
Michael Dequina
Too many plot and character lapses for comfort even in the traditionally logic flouting horror genre 
2
Darkness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A good case of style over substance 
2.5
Darkness
Paul Sherman
Has direct to video written all over it 
1
Darkness
Kevin Allison
Unless you re having this review read to you by your mother tucking you in for the night you ve already seen this one 
1
Darkness
Steven Snyder
Yet another unremarkable tour through the rules and expectations of the modern horror genre another film that s not quite scary not quite interesting but a mindless diversion that plays its expected part in a cinematic transaction 
1.5
Darkness
Pam Grady
This is one movie that s definitely dead on arrival 
1
Darkness
Scott Nash
Dull pointless and clich ridden
1
Darkness
Peter Hartlaub
It s unoriginal frequently incomprehensible and cheaply made and moviegoers should avoid theaters that show this film just to eliminate the chance of walking in accidentally 
0
Darkness
Linda Cook
It s a bad sign when a horror movie is released on Christmas Day 
1
Darkness
Lisa Rose
Every aspect of the film is slipshod and second hand 
0.5
Darkness
Dustin Putman
So dimly lit and its plot so threadbare that the viewing experience is not much more gratifying than sitting in a pitch black room for 95 minutes 
1
Darkness
Ed Gonzalez
One can only imagine how much scarier some of Balaguer s images would be without the abrasive soundtrack 
1.5
The Highwayman
Michael Dequina
Seems like another snicker worthy straight to tape crime yarn after all it co stars Jason Priestley as a badass armed robber named Breakfast 
2.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
David Gonzalez
Joel Coens film is brilliant 46 Its minimalistic approach balanced with powerhouse performances 44 infectious production design 44 and enchanting cinematography leads to one of Shakespeares finest adaptations 46 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Sean P. Means
Director Joel Coen screws his courage to the sticking place and delivers without the aid of his brother Ethan for the first time in his career a movie that is as starkly ambitious and brutally effective as the title character himself 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Brian Eggert
With digitization being the modern stage Coen s film embraces the format But this critic felt consumed by many of the visual choices and distanced by the storytelling which is a shame given the film s monumental performances 
2.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
John Beifuss
The film arguably does little that Welles didn t do in 1948 under the parsimonious oversight of Republic Pictures but why argue with a new opportunity to experience the unbeatable combination of cinematic expressionism and Shakespearean expression 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Moira MacDonald
It s not exactly cheerful holiday viewing but this Macbeth is nonetheless a gift 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joshua Axelrod
Stands out from other Shakespeare adaptations with two towering central performances a singularly foreboding vibe and incredible production design that is sure to garner Academy Award consideration 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Linda Cook
Coen has created a cinematic masterpiece from a Shakespeare masterpiece 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Sonny Bunch
To call The Tragedy of Macbeth fun feels wrong but it is undoubtedly imbued with a darkly comic sensibility 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Michael Medved
One of the best Shakespearian adaptations in a generation 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Rob Thomas
This is Shakespeare done impolitely and unforgettably 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Brian Truitt
With Tragedy of Macbeth something wicked this way comes something familiar to anyone who remembers high school English classes but also at times a darkly enchanting delight 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kevin A. Ranson
Something old and something new in glorious black and white the filmed stage play strips visuals down to bare elements shrouding irrelevance in billowing mists and pools of darkness because somewhere Tim Burton is surely smiling 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
At once dignified and deranged Denzel Washington s Macbeth is just one of countless pleasures to be found in The Tragedy of Macbeth director Joel Coen s gorgeously austere adaptation of Shakespeare s spooky saga about power and madness 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Mattie Lucas
Coen s keen eye and Bruno Delbonnel s jaw dropping cinematography help transport us into a world that at once feels alien and timeless bound to its theatrical roots and yet boldly cinematic 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
James Berardinelli
Coen has cut and condensed the play to a tight 105 minutes shedding anything remotely extraneous and focusing exclusively on the main storyline and most prominent characters 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Walter Chaw
A haunted interpretation of Shakespeare that underscores my belief that the Coen Brothers in this case just Joel are is among our finest literary critics 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Tom Meek
It s a grand reimagining and well acted with a solid supporting cast most notably Kathryn Hunter as the witches As opulent and beguiling as it is to look at there s something with the tempo and arc that feels a bit off 
2.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Peter Canavese
A very impressive Shakespeare adaptation and one of the best of MACBETH Coen sort of outdoes Orson Welles at his own game here 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kent Turner
Contorting her body as though she has turned into a raven or changing her voice since she s possessed by multiple spirits Kathryn Hunter becomes an enigmatic imp and the film s best special effect 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Steven Prokopy
This is that rare film where the atmosphere always seems to match the tone of those in the scene and it s that level of detail and aesthetic choices that make The Tragedy of Macbeth one of Coen s most harrowing works 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jeff York
All told this version of Macbeth may very well be the finest film adaptation of the Bard since Kenneth Branagh s auspicious debut with HENRY V in 1989 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Stunning to behold as it may be Joel Coen s The Tragedy of Macbeth threatens to unravel into farce in its manic dash to the finish 
2.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Mark Dujsik
The Tragedy of Macbeth strikes a skillful balance between its striking visual presentation and its presentation of the play 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Odie Henderson
This Macbeth is as much about mood as it is about verse The visuals acknowledge this pulling us into the action as if we were seeing it on stage 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Richard Roeper
It s one of the most visually striking and leanest versions of the Scottish play ever put on film with blockbuster performances from Oscar winners Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington as Lady and Lord Macbeth and a brilliant supporting cast 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Michael Phillips
Coen plays riddles with the viewer just as witches play guessing games with Macbeth 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kevin Carr
It s very uniquely done 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jocelyn Noveck
No matter how cursed or unlucky the so called Scottish play is in theater lore the stars seem to be aligned here 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Leo Brady
What is served is a full meal delicious from the first frame to last with a helpful side of thespian performances 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Mick LaSalle
At every moment there s something to look at and appreciate and these visuals are always in the service of reinforcing an overall mood or feeling 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the pricking of my thumbs something wickedly entertaining this way comes 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Roger Moore
Not just a robust rendition that renews The Scottish Play in our memory but a terrific thriller a bold unblinking plunge into murder and madness set against nearly unlimited power 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Mark Feeney
It s Washington who dominates of course and not just because Macbeth dominates the play His presence is that commanding 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Ann Hornaday
The pursuit of power by any means necessary and the moral injury that ensues feels both ancient and urgently new especially when it s animated by the artistry and acute intelligence on display here 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Josh Larsen
There s an overall sense of men trying to keep out a spectral presence they don t understand 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Randy Myers
The leads are terrific but Coen s vision stands apart because of its unsettling atmosphere which is spellbinding and seductive 
3.5
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Katie Walsh
Though reverent to its references it is an entirely singular and overwhelmingly expressive piece of art 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dwight Brown
There comes a point in every year when audiences see a film they believe is this year s masterpiece This is that time that film 
4
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joey Magidson
Joel Coen s The Tragedy of Macbeth is austere in its presentation yet is brimming with intensity The stark black and white cinematography is something to behold 
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Keith Uhlich
The film s visuals like the text are a marvel and hearken back to any number of German Expressionist classics 
2.5
The Outskirts (Okraina)
V.A. Musetto
We strongly recommend you see this but please keep the kids away from hot stoves 
3
Free Zone
Jordan Hiller
While Portman does outshine everyone and everything on screen and though she certainly gets credit for making the rsum sacrifice in the spirit of embracing her heritage Free Zone does nothing for her in return
1
Free Zone
Walter Chaw
Without much effort you can imagine the corkboard littered with index cards mapping out the political clashes this cast is asked to act out in their robotic interactions 
1
Free Zone
Jeff Shannon
A rambling road movie with noble intentions and an excess of speechifying 
2
Free Zone
Michael Dequina
Portman and the audience are stranded in the middle on the outside looking in with nothing to do and patience increasingly wearing thin 
2
Free Zone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An exceptional new film 
3.5
Free Zone
Wesley Morris
A minor movie on a major subject a drama with an almost unbearable lightness 
2.5
Free Zone
Geoff Pevere
Without fail Gitai s determination to churn everything into metaphoric mud prevails 
1.5
Free Zone
Liam Lacey
Too slight as a metaphor for the larger catastrophe of the Mideast too preachy to work as an emotionally compelling drama 
2
Free Zone
Ethan Alter
Rebecca Natalie Portman is the quiet American who stands on the sidelines while the Israeli and the Palestinian bicker and argue in this intriguing Middle Eastern travelogue 
2.5
Free Zone
Ken Fox
Unfortunately the characters feel more like symbols than people despite strong performances including what might be Portman s finest work to date 
2.5
Free Zone
Timothy Knight
Despite a handful of quietly affecting scenes the film mostly fails to delve beneath the surface of either its gritty narrative or the three protagonists who mainly come across as cultural archetypes rather than multi faceted characters 
2
Free Zone
Jan Stuart
Free Zone suffers from too much information syndrome stalling out now and again from its tangled narrative wiring and an overload of emotional freight 
2.5
Free Zone
Jack Mathews
It s a nice crying jag by Natalie Portman but there s not much else here to recommend 
2
Free Zone
V.A. Musetto
The film is diluted by the use of flashbacks superimposed over present time scenes The result is visual chaos 
2
Free Zone
Ed Gonzalez
Addressing conflict by conflicting itself Free Zone s effect is almost avant garde 
3
Free Zone
David Nusair
an unquestionably awful awful film 
0
Radiograph of a Family
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By focusing her story so intently on the personal cost of generational upheaval cultural as well as political she helps make today s Iran a place that anyone can understand 
4
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Bill Chambers
A good natured romp that showcases Tarzan s selfless dedication to his family
2.5
Helen
Nick Schager
A PSA masquerading as an actual drama 
1.5
Helen
Stephen Cole
The film is agonizingly slow 
2
The Road Movie
David N. Butterworth
A spectacular dash cam compilation of head ons side swipes t bones fishtails jackknives roll overs and other moving violations unfolding daily heaven forbid on Russian roads 
2.5
The Road Movie
Vikram Murthi
A tapestry of the absurd 
3
The Road Movie
Alice Stoehr
At its most exploitative The Road Movie aspires to the sensationalism of mondo filmmaking The dashcam framing however both inhibits and enhances the film Because the camera s static it s more objective than handheld It s incapable of gawking 
2.5
The Road Movie
John Semley
Here is a film of considerable action and excitement that is undoubtedly real 
3
The Road Movie
Kristen Page-Kirby
The few bursts of excitement and humor found along the way just aren t enough to make The Road Movie worth the trip 
1.5
The Road Movie
Walter V. Addiego
If you choose to believe the Russian people have a fatalistic streak The Road Movie suggests why 
3
The Road Movie
Mike McGranaghan
I watched the entirety of The Road Movie with my mouth agape I m not entirely sure how this film exists but it does and it s kind of awesome 
3
The Road Movie
Ed Gonzalez
The film is a doodle but in its offhanded way it effectively attests to the resolute nature of the Russian character 
2.5
The Road Movie
Roger Moore
A quixotic portrait of the Russian national character as revealed by those gonzo crash crazy dash cam videos from the nation s anarchic highways 
2.5
Kung Fu Yoga
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The pace is snappy the sets and colors are always eye popping and the whole thing has a good fun spirit 
3
Kung Fu Yoga
Simon Abrams
So miscalculated that it briefly made me forget why I love Jackie Chan films 
1
Kung Fu Yoga
Tom Russo
The globetrotting adventure yarn extensively and energetically riffs on Indiana Jones s signature moments You ll wish that its storytelling polish matched its enthusiasm 
2
Zombieland: Double Tap
Brian Eggert
It may not have the novelty of the original but it s a pleasure being back in the company of this likable cast and most of the new additions 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Jason Fraley
A horror comedy sequel that may not live up to the original but still provides plenty of brain munching laughs 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Federico Furzan
It s just what we could expect from a sequel Same jokes same characters Not that there s anything wrong with that Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Linda Cook
So so sequel is full of blood but not much character development 
2
Zombieland: Double Tap
David Nusair
A passable sequel to a passable film 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Kevin A. Ranson
While Double Tap doubles down on farce it feels like meeting up with an old friend you ve lost touch with as if no time has passed but equally like there s no urgency to schedule a visit 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Matt Brunson
Double Tap shows that there s still life left in this undead franchise 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Steven Prokopy
While a great deal of Double Tap may feel familiar director Fleischer has improved as a director of action sequences since the original 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Josh Terry
After 10 years Zombieland Double Tap doesn t really bring any new brains to the dinner table But it s still a clever fun and funny place to visit 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Matthew Rozsa
Fortunately for fans of the first one Fleischer and company knew what they were doing when they brought us back to their crazy blood splattered world 
3.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Richard Roeper
When the movie ends you ll definitely want to stay in your seat through the credits I ll say no more 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Mike McGranaghan
Zombieland Double Tap nuts up The movie has crazier action more outlandish comedy and a mid credits scene that will go down in the history books 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Jeff York
While it doesn t do much that the first one didn t this follow up is a rollicking riff with enough laughs and character to stand as a hearty albeit tardy sequel 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
James Berardinelli
If you liked Zombieland you ll probably like Zombieland Double Tap just not as much 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Michael O'Sullivan
Mostly it s just mindless fun in the exact same way the first film was even recycling Bill Murray whose fatal cameo as himself 10 years ago was a highlight of the 2009 film 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Christian Toto
The gang s all here for a delayed reunion that packs laughter shocks and some idiotic plot twists 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Christy Lemire
But while individual moments and action sequences might be amusing the endeavor as a whole feels like a tepid retread 
2
Zombieland: Double Tap
Matthew Passantino
The movie goes through the motions as most perfunctory sequels do and the cast s energy and commitment to the material help to keep things as lively as possible 
2
Zombieland: Double Tap
Rob Thomas
While this franchise isn t creatively dead yet it s not looking so hot 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Mark Dujsik
What kind of jokes do you make when you re out of ideas Why you go for the easy ones of course 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Phil Villarreal
There s still plenty of life in these old crusty bones 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Roger Moore
Tapped out 
1.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Robert Horton
Just as jokey and just as violent as the first film a demonstration of having it both ways 
2
Zombieland: Double Tap
Sarah Hagi
Acting as much more of a fan service product the postcredits scene is maybe the best in ages than an actually necessary sequel Zombieland Double Tap won t leave diehard fans of the first film too disappointed 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Johnny Oleksinski
Though the cast is a decade older Zombieland Double Tap is no less funny Thanks to some new additions it s even more riotous 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Peter Howell
Double Tap ultimately staggers to the finish line through a combination of personal chemistry and audience good will this was a sequel most fans of the original actually wanted but there are so many instances where it could have been better 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Joey Magidson
There s a surprisingly high amount of charm on display in between the blood and guts We genuinely enjoy all of the characters old and new so the humor consistently hits 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film effortlessly operates in the same groove as the original but that s less a compliment than a measure of a failure to evolve 
1.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Mick LaSalle
Zombieland Double Tap is pure fun and worth seeing if you want to laugh 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Soren Andersen
It s a sequel without equal in the annals of zom com cinema 
3
Zombieland: Double Tap
Rafer Guzman
The movie s humor is never mean spirited or partisan and most people will leave the theater reasonably entertained and unoffended Unless they re zombies 
2.5
Zombieland: Double Tap
Michael Phillips
Everyone on screen is good enough to do this sort of thing in their sleep which isn t to say Harrelson Eisenberg Stone Breslin and Deutch laze through the assignment 
2.5
Snow Buddies
David Nusair
probably no better or worse than any of its predecessors 
2
Jake's Corner
Phil Villarreal
We sure could use you at Arizona Stadium Johnny Dunn 
3
Tartuffe
Mattie Lucas
Murnau is of course an incredible visual stylist and the golden tinted hues of Karl Freund s cinematography are often breathtaking But Tartuffe is ultimately one of Murnau s minor works 
2.5
Tartuffe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the first post modern films in which characters watch and are aware of films 
4
Creator
Roger Ebert
Creator is ambitious and tries to do a lot of things and does most of them well but it s a close miss 
2.5
Mujeres arriba
Roger Moore
A tepid little Sex in the Chilean City that has the odd amusing moment thanks to a game cast that s better than the lame script 
1.5
Summertree
Matt Brunson
A dreary melodrama 
2
Bella
Susan Walker
This is not a weepy but a story about healing forgiveness and redemption 
3
Bella
Rick Groen
From the quiet performances to the sensitive direction everything about this movie is convincing except the very story that drives it 
2
Bella
John Beifuss
Its anti abortion argument is loaded How many pregnant waitresses discover they ve been working alongside a kind sensitive and handsome former millionaire soccer star with no girlfriend who s happy to become an adoptive father 
2
Bella
Sean P. Means
Through the bog of clichés in director co writer Alejandro G Monteverde s melodrama the flinty reality of Blanchard s performance shines 
2.5
Bella
Jeff Vice
Bella turns out to be a clumsy message movie one that leaves a lingering bad taste whatever your beliefs regarding its highly divisive subject abortion 
2
Bella
Linda Cook
Tender and intelligent Bella simply shines as one of the finest movies of 2007 
4
Bella
Mack Bates
This is first and foremost an actors showcase and the entire ensemble delivers 
3
Bella
Erin Meister
It wants to answer the questions it s clearly too timid to ask but the questions are always so much more interesting 
1.5
Bella
Chris Hewitt
Bella expends so much effort hiding its agenda that it doesn t have time to give us a story until the very end 
1.5
Bella
Daniel M. Kimmel
it s a movie that touches the heart even if it has its narrative problems 
2.5
Bella
Ken Fox
The film never takes direct issue with a woman s right to choose 
2
Bella
Ruthe Stein
A tearjerker that earns its sobs with heartfelt emotions 
3.5
Bella
Lou Lumenick
Cynics need not apply but I found Bella a real heart tugger 
3
Bella
Connie Ogle
Bella insubstantial and trite is as forgettable as a movie can be 
1.5
Bella
Glenn Whipp
Crudely made tear jerker 
1.5
Bella
Loey Lockerby
A little too safe and tentative 
2.5
Bella
Amy Biancolli
Writer director Alejandro Gómez Monteverde brings to his feature debut a warmth and charity that offsets some of the script s more obvious devices 
3
Bella
John Monaghan
Confessional moments and life lessons pop up around every corner as the movie swaps reality for old fashioned melodrama The movie defies logic 
2
Bella
Josh Larsen
Eduardo Verastegui sports the most distracting facial hair since that guy in Knocked Up who bet his roommates he wouldn t shave for a year 
1.5
Bella
Steven Rea
What are you going to do when your lead actress offers a performance that s as unlikable as the woman she s portraying 
2
Bella
Roger Ebert
A heart tugger with the confidence not to tug too hard 
3
Bella
Tasha Robinson
In his feature directorial debut Alejandro Monteverde hits the mark as often as he misses it but the film s problems linger longer than its successes 
2
Bella
John Anderson
It s better when the earthy Nina and the dreamy Christlike Jose are more or less floating through the city 
2.5
Bella
Ed Gonzalez
Scored to a relentless mix of Spanish and English pop anthems cut like a Grudge freak out and performed with all the gusto of a Chespirito skit 
1.5
Bella
David Nusair
Blanchard delivers a searing unexpectedly powerful performance that certainly eliminates any doubt as to her abilities 
2.5
Animal
David Nusair
ultimately devolves into just another forgettable straight to video horror flick that predominantly features characters hiding and running within all too dark environs 
2
Animal
Dustin Putman
One wishes there was more creativity put into exploring the animal of the title and the lore behind this species existence but there is no denying the crafty skill and above average production values with which Animal has been made 
2.5
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Just the title sounds intriguing And the movie the directorial debut of San Franciscan Owsley Brown lives up to that promise 
4
Running With Arnold
Walter V. Addiego
No one says filmmakers have to be objective but there s a point where you can alienate even those who agree with you This picture eventually goes off the rails and it s likely to please only the most virulent of Schwarzenegger haters 
2
Running With Arnold
Bob Strauss
This is a would be hatchet job that s too petty to cut past the Governator s protective beefcake 
2.5
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
David Nusair
a perfect example of a needless sequel 
1.5
Deep Crimson
David Sterritt
Mexican director Arturo Ripstein applies his usual degree of cinematic imagination to the sordid tale 
2
Deep Crimson
Roger Ebert
There were walk outs when I saw the film those who stay will not easily forget it 
3.5
The Wild
Peter T. Chattaway
The Wild is pretty tame and in the increasingly crowded competitive survival of the fittest world of computer animation it meows but does not roar
2
The Wild
Forrest Hartman
Seems like a dull Madagascar ripoff 
1.5
The Wild
John Beifuss
The diverse animals are beautifully rendered but this cliche riddled Disney failure represents one too many trips to the CGI non inkwell 
1.5
The Wild
Tim Cogshell
For the adult who may very well have to experience this film and who may have experienced Madagascar The Wild is better 
3
The Wild
David Nusair
has little to offer viewers over a certain age 
2
The Wild
Scott Nash
The Wild for example looks pretty good but the script is just plain bad and the jokes are just plain awful 
1.5
The Wild
Sean P. Means
On the surface The Wild too closely resembles Madagascar Scratch the surface and The Wild too closely resembles Finding Nemo 
2
The Wild
Matt Pais
Simply Madagascar through the Disney blender 
2
The Wild
Thomas Delapa
Once again Disney returns to its familiar button pushing theme of child abandonment For the studio crowned by The Lion King the roars have turned to yawns 
1.5
The Wild
Matt Brunson
Nigel the koala Eddie Izzard rates a special mention emerging as the most loathsome animated character since Martin Short s insufferable robot B E N in Treasure Planet 
1
The Wild
Linda Cook
When it comes to animated movies it s a jungle out there 
2.5
The Wild
Dustin Putman
Pleasant enough for the little ones but unrewarding for the rest of the prospective audience 
2
The Wild
Mark Collette
A hit and occasionally miss journey 
2.5
The Wild
Pam Grady
The movie could have been a delicious bonbon instead it is a can of corn 
2.5
The Wild
David Elliott
Spaz Williams no spaz has the current prevailing formula nailed Which is Keep it moving constantly heaps of bold color and diagonally extreme action snappy quips and snarks for everyone traumas immediately pacified by cute and or musical moments 
2.5
The Wild
Peter Hartlaub
As a movie that kids will enjoy with a few adult oriented gags to keep parents from going completely insane with boredom The Wild accomplishes its unambitious mission 
1
The Wild
Tom Keogh
A bulky uneven script with too many narrative cul de sacs including a pointlessly lengthy curling match at the zoo makes it hard to stay interested in The Wild 
2
The Wild
Geoff Pevere
Technically The Wild is impressive Until you realize that the lifelike animated fur is the product of more professional care than the script 
1.5
The Wild
Maitland McDonagh
Gags consistently trump character And if you don t care about the characters then everything s just a big dumb joke 
2.5
The Wild
Claudia Puig
The Wild may just be the most wildly derivative animated movie in ages 
2
The Wild
Carrie Rickey
Kids under 6 will dig it though the alligators and wildebeests might scare them Certainly they scared this groan up 
2
The Wild
Lisa Rose
With blah CG animation and scattershot punchlines the movie fails to beat mediocrity 
2
The Wild
Kyle Smith
These films take years to produce so The Wild isn t exactly a ripoff but it isn t exactly fun either 
1.5
The Wild
Jack Mathews
The Wild isn t stuffed with pop references for bored parents as Madagascar was but its juvenile spirit is truly infectious 
3
The Wild
Peter Debruge
Storywise The Wild is the most disappointing studio level entry so far 
1
The Wild
Evan Henerson
The Wild is not a sequel to last year s delightful Madagascar Rather it s a half baked zoo animal quest story buoyed by a father and son learn a valuable lesson reconciliation 
2
The Wild
Loey Lockerby
What s saddest is that Disney the greatest producer of animated classics in Hollywood history has now resorted to ripping off its own movies 
2
The Wild
Bruce Westbrook
The Wild pops out of the pack with its animation Its visuals are fluid and detailed and its backgrounds are better than those of recent rivals 
2.5
The Wild
Liam Lacey
As far as story is concerned the whole thing feels like a rerun of a raucous Saturday morning television show aimed at hell raising five year olds 
2
The Wild
Terry Lawson
With Pixar now effectively partnered with Disney one can hope that family entertainment as bland as The Wild will be taken off the menu 
2
The Wild
Jeff Vice
The jokes too often miss their targets and there s more of a reliance on innuendo and bathroom humor than there should be 
1.5
The Wild
Lisa Kennedy
Younger children will enjoy The Wild For them this is a three star outing or better 
2.5
The Wild
Roger Ebert
The movie has a lot more action than Ice Age The Meltdown which was essentially one long trek 
3
The Wild
Lawrence Toppman
I ve never seen a less interesting animated film from that studio in 45 years stretching all the way back to my first viewing of Dumbo in 1961 
1
The Wild
Ty Burr
This is a movie to make you cherish Pixar all the more where every pixel and plot turn in Finding Nemo snaps organically into place The Wild strains just to get to the end of a scene 
1.5
The Wild
Bill Muller
As animated features go it s strictly paint by numbers 
2.5
The Wild
Daniel M. Kimmel
O ne of the dullest and most unfunny cartoons ever to lurch out under the Disney banner 
1
The Wild
James Sanford
fails to live up to its title in every way The animation is slickly executed and the hyperactivity level is off the charts yet the film is rarely exciting or funny it s just tiresome 
1.5
The Wild
Willie Waffle
a passable movie because of its star and because talking animals are funny
2.5
The Wild
Christy Lemire
The Wild comes off as a toothless retread even though it supposedly has been in the works for nine years 
2
The Wild
Duane Dudek
The digitally animated The Wild is an undemanding and unremarkable effort like Madagascar which beat it to the screen with a similar theme 
2.5
The Wild
Chris Hewitt
Great animated films heck great films in any medium have a theme that carries all the way through But The Wild is a random assortment of vignettes connected by butt jokes and the half idea of a lion cub rebelling against his dad 
2
The Wild
Laura Kelly
While the creativity behind the animation is worth checking out in some scenes the animals look real the story is as tired as the aged wildebeest who plays the film s evildoer 
1.5
The Wild
Gene Seymour
The filmmakers seem to think that noisy tumbling and colliding compensate for invention and wit 
2
The Wild
Michael Wilmington
There are a lot of wisecracks in The Wild but the script is less vital than the visual virtuosity 
3
The Wild
Josh Larsen
plenty of Disney style family angst but not a lot of fun 
2
The Wild
Nick Schager
There s something foul about this latest animated adventure s blatant plush toy ready construction 
1.5
Billy Was a Deaf Kid
Steve Rhodes
I didn t like the movie or the script but I would love to see the 2 leads in a different movie They clearly have talent even if this film masked it 
2
Actor Martinez
Kam Williams
A headscratcher apt to keep you guessing whether what you re watching is real or simply staged Overall mildly amusing but nothing to write home about 
2
Actor Martinez
Chuck Bowen
Mike Ott and Nathan Silver s Actor Martinez has a ghostly tremulous quality that s bound to get under the skin 
3.5
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned
Roger Moore
Leave this corpse buried 46 
1
The Place of No Words
Glenn Kenny
The movie s imaginative energy is undeniable and Bodhi himself is a winning screen presence 
3
The Place of No Words
Roger Moore
A somber reflective and magically set fantasy in the vein of Where the Wild Things Are 
2.5
The Invasion
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The aliens make it so plainly obvious to their intentions that it d be ridiculous not to notice what was happening with their landing on Earth 
2
The Invasion
David Nusair
The incredibly erratic structure undoubtedly a result of the notorious reshoots ultimately dulls the impact of the movie s overtly effective attributes 
2.5
The Invasion
Christian Toto
The Invasion saps all the spirit out of what once was a classic alien saga 
2
The Invasion
Janos Gereben
The film as a whole is a failure but additionally it s also a mess of unedited or badly edited scenes 
1
The Invasion
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Invasion is filled with lapses in logic Most sense probably was cut during the many re edits but there is evidence Dave Kajganich s script had little sense to begin with 
1.5
The Invasion
Linda Cook
This body snatching premise is not its usual self 
2.5
The Invasion
Matt Brunson
I suppose every generation deserves its own sociopolitical take on Jack Finney s novel The Body Snatchers though The Invasion does neither the audience nor the source material any favors 
2
The Invasion
Lori Hoffman
Unfortunately the movie is as bland and emotionless as the humans whose DNA has been transformed 
1.5
The Invasion
John Beifuss
With her line free mask of a face and unflappable demeanor Nicole Kidman is an odd standard bearer for the messy imperfection of the human race even so this fourth movie incarnation of Jack Finney s novel is hardly a disaster 
2.5
The Invasion
Sean McBride
a disjointed mess part art house melodrama part Hollywood action flick 
2
The Invasion
Nick Rogers
There are no pods to be found here other than the one off screen into which the better judgments of most involved here must have been stuffed If Nicole Kidman doesn t watch out she ll awake to find her career replaced by Meg Ryan s 
1.5
The Invasion
David N. Butterworth
Wall to wall stiffness runs rampant in this latest take on Jack Finney s oft filmed Body Snatchers yarn 
2
The Invasion
Vince Koehler
This film had a promising storyline but as the invasion takes over the community it slowly looses ground 
2
The Invasion
Mark Dujsik
There are a lot of challenging elements in The Invasion but ultimately the movie is a bit too easy on them itself and the audience 
2.5
The Invasion
Gina Carbone
The 1978 version was funny Donald Sutherland s jokes Jeff Goldblum s Jeff Goldblum ness spooky and unpredictable with likable characters This one is just as clinical as a pod person 
2.25
The Invasion
Kam Williams
Can someone explain to me exactly how a horror flick about a scourge that s making humanity more civilized is supposed to be scary Not exactly edge of your seat excitement 
2
The Invasion
Michael Dequina
In trying to graft on the traditional popcorn thrills in something apparently conceived as a more cerebral look at the concept s societal ramifications the film winds up not doing either concern much justice 
2.5
The Invasion
Peter T. Chattaway
The bigger problem with this film is that it simply isn t very scary 
2
The Invasion
Kit Bowen
To its credit The Invasion surprisingly feels cohesive despite all the different influences 
2.5
The Invasion
Mike McGranaghan
While it doesn t completely succeed at anything it tries to do it succeeds sufficiently at most of them to be enjoyable 
3
The Invasion
Lou Lumenick
Nicole Kidman s character struggles to stay awake as will the audience 
1
The Invasion
Scott Bowles
Next time the aliens come invading they may want to pass the brains hold the lecture 
2
The Invasion
Maitland McDonagh
A frantic mess that opens with a scene plucked from the film s third act that smacks of having been moved up to pacify audiences too restless for a slow build 
2
The Invasion
Peter Howell
We ll have to wait until the inevitable director s cut DVD to find out what Hirschbiegel really wanted to say It would have to be a whole lot more interesting than this accidental agit prop which equates pacifism with mindlessness 
1.5
The Invasion
Mick LaSalle
The Invasion connects on a gut level in two ways political and existential 
3
The Invasion
Stephen Whitty
The Invasion has a few things to offer both summer movie audiences and more thoughtful film buffs 
3
The Invasion
Jack Mathews
There is nothing here to be taken seriously let alone fear 
1.5
The Invasion
Rene Rodriguez
The elegant presence of Kidman and Craig helps ease the inanities of the script 
2
The Invasion
Bruce Westbrook
Resistance is futile unless your screenplay can offer pat absurd plot turns 
2
The Invasion
Terry Lawson
There have been two official remakes of Invasion and both tapped into the original s fear and dread of a society subverted by the others This one taps only into that part of the brain that shuts down when confronted with witless tedium 
1
The Invasion
Lisa Kennedy
If you re familiar with the earlier films The Invasion is even less satisfying 
2
The Invasion
Ty Burr
In the way that certain baseball games become pitchers duels some movies are cutting room battles 
2
The Invasion
Tyler Hanley
The latest cinematic space invaders tale is more of a commentary on modern America than a sci fi screamer 
2.5
The Invasion
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s like there were two different films fighting for supremacy the louder and more obnoxious of the pair finally winning out in a mighty Neanderthal yell of supremacy 
2
The Invasion
Larry Ratliff
Lots of text messaging under pressure and swapping slimy alien infected spittle I m thinking all the scientists really need to control the latest wave of mind bogglers from outer space are some strategically placed spittoons 
2.5
The Invasion
James Sanford
neither as awful as the advance buzz suggested nor as gripping as it could have been at least it has a few authentic shocks and some bright ideas rattling around in the chaos 
2.5
The Invasion
Timothy Knight
Aside from a handful of scenes the fourth version of Finney s pulp novel may induce drowsiness rather than goose bumps 
2
The Invasion
Rick Groen
A movie that is ultimately a soulless clone of a vibrant original and thus a splendidly dull example of the very forces it warns us against the forces of grey and passion sapping conformity 
2
The Invasion
Roger Ebert
If the first three movies served as parables for their times this one keeps shooting off parable rockets that fizzle out How many references in the same movie can you have to the war in Iraq and not say anything about it 
2
The Invasion
Daniel M. Kimmel
For much of its running time The Invasion is a much better film than had been expected Too bad the pod people are still running the executive suites 
2.5
The Invasion
Peter Canavese
Kidman s psychiatrist is the biggest dolt err bolt in a machine that turns out nothing but phoniness 
2
The Invasion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Essentially The Invasion has already joined the pod people collective 
2
The Invasion
Erik Childress
It s not as uneasy a mix as it seems on paper but you can t help feel like its guts are still lying in the editing room looking for someone to host a definitive cut 
2.5
The Invasion
Willie Waffle
Nicole Kidman stars as a very stunning gorgeous beautiful angelic looking Washington DC psychiatrist thrust into the middle of a very average horror movie
2
The Invasion
Walter Chaw
Will please millions of moviegoers who care about movies the way johns care about hookers 
0.5
The Invasion
Steven Rea
The Invasion is mostly about delivering thrills and chills and this it does with moderate success and a bunch of fast no nonsense edits 
2.5
The Invasion
Glenn Whipp
Ironic then that The Invasion the fourth film to be made from the material keels over dead killed by Hollywood conventionality and bland uniformity 
2
The Invasion
Steve Rhodes
Whether viewing it as a thriller a horror picture a sci fi film or any other possible genre the conclusion has to be that it is terminally lame 
2
The Invasion
Mark Rahner
It s such a laughable scareless train wreck that you don t need to know the disastrous insider baseball behind its production to hate it 
1
The Invasion
Rob Humanick
The Invasion s lack of thematic coherence points not only to a simplistic view of the world but to the fragmentation one risks when undergoing artistic collaboration within the film industry 
2
The Invasion
Glenn Kenny
The fourth film based on Jack Finney s novel The Body Snatchers and the worst of them all 
1.5
The Invasion
Dustin Putman
Cooks up a preposterously tacked on and ill advised ending that ruins the integrity of what has come before 
2
The Invasion
Michael Phillips
It s far from the worst thriller of the year but it s wholly lacking in reasons for being 
2
The Invasion
Matt Pais
A mildly juicy sci fi flick without any pulp 
2
The Invasion
Robert W. Butler
Someone not so overexposed may find this a satisfyingly provocative creepfest 
2.5
The Invasion
Gene Seymour
Given its shiny surfaces nouveau chic grittiness and button pushing sentimentality this version feels as if it were made by the kind of beings the first three Body Snatchers movies warned us against 
2.5
The Invasion
Kyle Smith
When I heard the movie involved frozen facial expressions Nicole Kidman and barfing I assumed it was a documentary about Kidman s Oscar week routine 
1.5
The Invasion
Josh Larsen
The movie s mishaps the jarring transitions the awkward edits the fact that we never know who Daniel Craig is supposed to be only heighten the sense of dislocation 
3
The Invasion
James Berardinelli
The mismatched blending of Hirschbiegel s low key horror and the Wachowski Brothers anything but low key action sequences results in a cinematic dud 
2
Samsara
Jennie Punter
A singularly engaging spiritual love story 
3
Speed of Life
Roger Moore
There just isn t enough to this script to make the Bowie premise of the picture a promise the movie can keep 
1.5
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Zach Campbell
Rich and complex 
4
Dear Evan Hansen
David Reddish
Platt has a chance to showcase his soaring vocal range but has no chemistry with his fellow performers 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Sara Michelle Fetters
Conner is a faceless mannequin even at the end when lessons are supposedly learned and life continues on and I found that inexcusable 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Rene Sanchez
A musical adaptation that fails to fully translate the power and emotion of its timely themes from stage to screen Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Mark Meszoros
Makers of movie musicals have the unenviable task of figuring out how to make it feel natural when their characters break into song and much to their credit some do it quite well Chbosky struggles greatly 
2.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Matthew Passantino
At the end of the day if the story of Evan Hansen has helped in any way no negative review can or should take that away The movie tries to sway us in favor of Evan but it s hard to be on his side when he leads a grieving family down a deceptive path 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Don Aucoin
We re more conscious of how facile its story is because the musical numbers the ballad heavy score is by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul don t land the way they did onstage their wistfulness now registering as listless 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Richard Roeper
The truth is this musical is manipulative and strange Upbeat tunes and a heavy storyline about teen suicide make a cringey combo 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Rob Thomas
This movie seemed almost embarrassed to be a musical 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
An adaptation with the shape of Dear Evan Hansen but not enough of its sad strange and beautiful soul 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Randy Myers
Evan Hansen is not a disaster but the pieces don t quite all come together 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Rex Reed
Let s face it Evan Hansen is actually a hateful self serving character who becomes a phony symbol of peace tolerance and compassion by using others for his own gain 
1
Dear Evan Hansen
James Berardinelli
The numbers are mostly dreary ballads and every time someone starts singing the movie is the poorer for it 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Sean P. Means
One gets the feeling that if Chbosky Co could have replaced the parents dialogue with a muted trombone Charlie Brown style they would have 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Kevin Carr
The story is unnerving There s stuff in here that s deeper and darker than the movie is even aware it is 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Jeff Mitchell
Perhaps Dear Evan Hansen would work better as a straight up drama like The Spectacular Now I don t know For now these beautiful ballads crash into an ugly narrative 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Michael Medved
Universally well acted and thought provoking about the woes of contemporary adolescence 
3
Dear Evan Hansen
Kevin A. Ranson
employing a suicide victim as a catalyst while providing the least possible mentioning of him until that too becomes another plot device is everything you need to know and no amount of upbeat tunes can bury that particular corpse 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Phil Villarreal
feels like a high school film project from a C student 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Linda Cook
Despite some flaws it s a touching story about anxiety and how lies can escalate 
3
Dear Evan Hansen
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Will fans of the original like this I have no idea Is it terrible Not at all But it is very middling indeed 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Dwight Brown
The direction and the script open up the stage musical so much that unknowing audiences may not detect that the source material was a theater piece Pity there s a meanness to the Evan character that is hard to shake 
2.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Joe Friar
The songs are great but in the context of the film they also feel uneven It s not good when you re watching a musical secretly hoping they won t break out into another song 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Mark Dujsik
Dear Evan Hansen is a misguided phony affair 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Rafer Guzman
Its story will speak to anyone who has struggled with depression alienation or loneliness A dubious bit of casting and less than riveting musical numbers however detract from the movie s power 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Chris Hewitt
Chbosky seems almost embarrassed by the music which is a weird attitude for a guy making a musical 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Thomas Floyd
Amid Levenson s overhaul and director Stephen Chbosky s grounded aesthetic both of which fluctuate between fascinating and flummoxing Dear Evan Hansen s foundation thankfully survives the stage to screen remodeling 
3
Dear Evan Hansen
Mick LaSalle
Adolescence can be difficult but never so difficult as actually sitting through all 137 minutes of Dear Evan Hansen an insufferably twee film adaptation of the Broadway musical 
1
Dear Evan Hansen
Jeff York
Director Stephen Chbosky has miscalculated choosing to shoot his adaptation as if it were Ordinary People with a few solo songs dropped in now and then There s precious little about this adaptation that feels musical 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Leo Brady
If Dear Evan Hansen were taking it s narrative truly serious it would be more comparable to Brian De Palma s adaptation of Stephen King s Carrie but only this time with less pig s blood 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Mike McGranaghan
I m absolutely flabbergasted after seeing Dear Evan Hansen How is this movie real Did anyone realize how utterly misguided almost every single creative choice was 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Bob Bloom
Dear Evan Hansen at 137 minutes almost wears out its welcome What the movie does is offer a glimpse of how brutal high school can be and how social media can almost instantly turn peoples perceptions from praise to scorn 
3
Dear Evan Hansen
Walter Chaw
The only reason I m joining the pile on of unusual vitriol is because Dear Evan Hansen isn t just bad and it s very bad it s the kind of easily consumable artifact with the potential to do real harm 
0
Dear Evan Hansen
Michael Phillips
Dear Evan Hansen preserves many of the selling points of its stage incarnation But preserves isn t the same as activates 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Roger Moore
The emotions reached for are as generic and blandly predictable as the music 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Brian Truitt
Even though it introduces a new crop of fans to its hummable soundtrack Dear Evan Hansen is the perfect example of why every hit Broadway musical shouldn t be made into a movie 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Katie Walsh
The leap to the movie realistic world on screen removes the veneer of artifice afforded by a theatrical setting and the film simply cannot sustain that level of cognitive dissonance 
1.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Dan Rubins
The film works harder to fix the problems with its source material than to establish itself as an independent piece of art 
2
Dear Evan Hansen
Peter Canavese
Awkwardly plotted but an improvement upon the play Ben Platt s performance and singing are the reasons to see it 
2.5
Dear Evan Hansen
Johanna Schneller
You will be moved 
3
Dear Evan Hansen
Robert Daniels
An emotionally manipulative overlong dirge composed of cloying songs lackluster vocal performances and even worse writing 
1
Dear Evan Hansen
Joey Magidson
Dear Evan Hansen obviously has its heart in the right place Despite noble intentions however this a film that is almost at war with itself 
2.5
Patema Inverted
Brian Tallerico
Patema Inverted mines a lot of entertainment value and social allegory from a pretty great concept despite being held back from greatness by a clunky narrative 
2.5
Patema Inverted
Kyle Smith
The film by Yasuhiro Yoshiura suffers from many of the same flaws as other anime features a plodding pace broad humor a bland heroine and snarly one dimensional villains 
1.5
Come Drink With Me
Matt Brunson
As expected the fight sequences are top notch 
3
Come Drink With Me
Walter Chaw
A seminal film in a genre experiencing an unprecedented western diffusion and visibility a bit of the old magic for a suddenly receptive audience 
3.5
The Sparring Partner
Simon Abrams
A pulpy and engrossing courtroom thriller 46 
3.5
Soy Cubana
Peter Keough
Ungar and Getov wisely let the group perform songs in their entirety and their intricate and soaring harmonies prove that music is one of most powerful means of resolving differences between nations 
3.5
Soy Cubana
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Music is a powerful tool of diplomacy 
3
Aftermath
Brian Eggert
If the drama evokes any emotion at all it s frustration that aside from McNairy s turn the experience remains incapable of evoking any genuine emotion 
1
Aftermath
Tom Meek
The film s driven by mood not character and you can t force grief on someone 
1.5
Aftermath
Simon Abrams
Unfortunately the film s commendably atypical focus on characters mood and psychological realism does not make Schwarzenegger s latest necessarily good 
2
Aftermath
Mark Dujsik
Strangely reality gets in the way of a hardened difficult story about loss and guilt in Aftermath 
2.5
Aftermath
Ed Gonzalez
The film evokes nothing more strongly than a live action adaptation of a Crate and Barrel catalog 
1
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
David Nusair
effective but thoroughly depressing 
2.5
Brigadoon
Austin Kennedy
It definitely has a dreamlike quality to it that is simply endearing The story is charming and the dancing is entrancing Apart from Johnson s heartless character this is a very enjoyable movie 
3
Brigadoon
Betsy Bozdech
Has an earnest quaint charm that perfectly suits the story of a magical Scottish village that only appears once every 100 years 
3
Brigadoon
Jeremiah Kipp
Indulges in drawn out hokum 
2
Cactus
David Nusair
Cactus feels like a short that s been awkwardly expanded to feature length 
1.5
Cactus
Jennie Punter
Cactus thrives on sparse dialogue and scant backstory so the flood of information in the final act waters down what is otherwise a dark outback thriller 
2
Ghost Rider
Roger Moore
Best lines Is this thing ever gonna end Not even close I shore wish this thang coulda turned out different 
1
Ghost Rider
Tom Meek
If Nicolas Cage weren t a goofball with a hunky physique and droll wit this Marvel comic to big screen adaptation would have no torque at all 
2
Ghost Rider
Joe Lozito
Easily joins the ranks of throw away superhero movies made for a quick buck 
1
Ghost Rider
Wesley Lovell
An abysmal excuse of a film featuring Nicolas Cage s worst performance yet and only marginally improving on the Spawn formula 
1
Ghost Rider
Linda Cook
Sometimes it sizzles Sometimes it s a pale shadow of the comic book 
2
Ghost Rider
Sean McBride
There s nothing here that you haven t seen previously in much better comic book movies 
2
Ghost Rider
James Christopher
The plot is as corny as a country and western song 
2
Ghost Rider
John Beifuss
The self conscious quirkiness is painful Nicolas Cage plays Johnny Blaze as a homespun dunce who drinks jelly beans from a martini glass listens exclusively to The Carpenters and busts a gut laughing at chimpanzee slapstick on TV 
2
Ghost Rider
Matt Brunson
Yet another comic book adaptation that goes up in flames before our very eyes 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Mark Dujsik
What campy fun this could have been 
2
Ghost Rider
Jack Mathews
Rarely in Hollywood have so many labored so hard with so much time and such financial resources to fill a movie screen with as vast an array of spiritual gibberish literary poppycock and pure flummery as Mark Steven Johnson s Ghost Rider 
2
Ghost Rider
Lisa Rose
It s not quite a thrill ride but it isn t a total embarrassment for Cage It s certainly no worse than Wicker Man which depicted the actor chasing hippie chicks in a bear suit 
2
Ghost Rider
Jan Stuart
Surprised as I am to concede it Ghost Rider smokes 
3
Ghost Rider
Vince Koehler
Ghost Rider had some excellent one liners comedic breaks and enough excitement to keep me wondering when and where the next battle might ensue 
2.5
Ghost Rider
Mike McGranaghan
Only when the flaming skeleton strides his fiery bike does the film hit high gear which admittedly is often enough to make this a passably diverting two hours 
2.5
Ghost Rider
Jonathan W. Hickman
A by the numbers hammy superhero caper that reaches new levels of blandness 
2
Ghost Rider
Sean P. Means
The movie crashes and burns in a perfect arc from so bad it s good to so bad it s still bad 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Peter Travers
The real evil in this flick isn t Blackheart Wes Bentley the devil s son it s the soul sucking devil of modern cinema Hollywood formula 
1
Ghost Rider
Jeff Vice
This supernatural action thriller can t decide whether it wants to go for laughs or chills and some of the supposedly chilling moments are the silliest and most laughable ones 
1.5
Ghost Rider
James Berardinelli
An unholy mess 
2
Ghost Rider
Mark Rahner
Every supporting character phones it in 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Nick Schager
Marvel s Ghost Rider has always been a thoroughly transparent inorganic creation 
1
Ghost Rider
Maitland McDonagh
Good pulp fiction is driven by the truths beneath the conventions Prefab junk runs on contempt for fans with a layer of goodies and gimmicks on top 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the film may feel effortless by the same token it also feels as if it s not trying at all 
2
Ghost Rider
Chris Hewitt
What should be scuzzy goofy fun becomes morose off key dreck in the hands of writer director Mark Steven Johnson 
1
Ghost Rider
Steven D. Greydanus
Is this the best they could do with a fiery chopper riding skeleton that punishes the wicked put him in chase scenes and have him duke it out with other supernatural beings What a wasted opportunity 
2
Ghost Rider
Pam Grady
This is one beguiling ride 
3
Ghost Rider
James Sanford
Although Ghost Rider wouldn t necessarily qualify as a good movie it does have a few wonderfully goofy moments squeezed in between a lot of unspectacular visual effects and ho hum plot points 
2.5
Ghost Rider
Ty Burr
Ghost Rider is the kind of movie that s great stupid fun as long as someone else is buying the tickets 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Bob Strauss
You know if you re into this stuff and if you are Ghost Rider is fine 
2.5
Ghost Rider
Kyle Smith
The movie could have been saved though if it had cut the puns of the kind that made us all flee Batman and Robin 
1
Ghost Rider
Eric Melin
For a movie that places so much emphasis on the soul Ghost Rider is conspicuously devoid of one 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Peter Howell
damned if this one shouldn t make your so bad it s good list 
2.5
Ghost Rider
Phil Villarreal
For years scientists have theorized that one day Nicolas Cage would overact so badly that his head would burst into flames Now with Ghost Rider the phenomenon has finally come to pass 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Sara Michelle Fetters
Once more Johnson s done a bang up job of delivering a stink bomb so rancid audiences will be smelling it for the rest of the year 
1
Ghost Rider
Peter Canavese
Call this the Legend of the 500 Mile Pothole 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Matt Pais
If Cage made a deal with the devil to never make a good movie ever again Ghost Rider completes his transition from A list star to industry punchline 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Frank Ochieng
The misguided rag tag ramblings of Ghost Rider will simply wipe away from one s memory bank faster than a chintzy ink stained tattoo on a sweaty forearm 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Dustin Putman
When Ghost Rider ended infectious widespread laughter and comments of ridicule broke out in the theater That is probably not the reaction director Mark Steven Johnson was aiming for but it was well warranted 
1
Ghost Rider
Willie Waffle
I kept hoping the Scooby Doo gang would come out rip the mask off of Cage and reveal Ghost Rider really is crazy old man Ben Affleck That would explain so much 
1.5
Ghost Rider
Josh Larsen
often looks like the cheesiest biker tattoo to ever grace bulging leather accented biceps 
1.5
Ghost Rider
David Nusair
undoubtedly one of the worst comic book adaptations to hit theaters since the genre s recent resurgence 
1
The Secret World of Arrietty
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s the kind of film that makes you slow down and consider its vast details long after the running time 44 whereas most Hollywood animated features feel like they were made to keep up with sugar sniffing and technology obsessed children 46 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Matt Brunson
An oasis of calm in the normally hyperactive world of toon entertainment 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Vince Horiuchi
The Secret World of Arrietty is a magical and heartwarming story for older kids and adults It s a secret world you will fall in love with 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Todd Hertz
The Secret World of Arrietty is a celebration of the vibrant life surging all around us a declaration of the countless stories being told all at once 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Chris Knight
A beautiful and plangent piece of work that never loses sight of its tiny characters 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Jason Buchanan
With The Secret World of Arrietty Yonebayashi proves himself to be not just a worthy successor to Miyazaki but an accomplished visionary in his own right 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Linda Cook
There s a gentle movie from Japan that s going to seem familiar to a lot of fans of the series of books about The Borrowers 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Roger Moore
As pretty as it is this Secret World is too Earthbound by far 
2.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Sara Michelle Fetters
This divine hand drawn animated adventure took my breath away on more than one occasion and by the time it came to an end all I wanted to do was run up to the projection booth and make the theatre start it over from the beginning 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most will be caught up in its beautiful spell immersed in great storytelling at its finest 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Josh Larsen
The soft focus animation has an impressionistic quality as if a gentle breeze had wafted across a Monet canvas 
4
The Secret World of Arrietty
John Beifuss
Another Studio Ghibli wonder as heartbreaking for its devotion to craft artistry and intelligent storytelling for viewers of all ages as for its themes of inevitable exile and impossible love 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Matt Brunson
An oasis of calm in the normally hyperactive world of toon entertainment 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Peter Canavese
That relaxed pace allows the story to breathe mdash forget the franticness of most American animation mdash and along with the gorgeously detailed art lush color and swoony music the film is all but guaranteed to entrance children 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Rafer Guzman
It s an enjoyable and attractive looking film but a little of that Speed Racer energy wouldn t have been such a bad thing 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Stephen Whitty
The visual details are inventive and the animation particularly the colors is lovely 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Jody Mitori
The Secret World of Arrietty proves that imagination still matters amid all the clamor 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Lou Lumenick
The Secret World of Arrietty is a feast for the eyes that will engage the entire family 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Liam Lacey
The Secret World of Arrietty is sweet fun an astute match of exquisite style and small content 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Amy Joyce
This gorgeous little movie is sure to be beloved by your little people who may discover what it means to find a magical beauty in the things we can t altogether see 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Mark Dujsik
Charmingly straightforward 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Dustin Putman
Even a lesser Ghibli feature is one that obviously has come from the heart 
2.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Claudia Puig
With its lush colors imaginative view of ordinary objects and meticulously crafted miniature civilization it transports viewers to an enchanting alternate storybook reality 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Amy Biancolli
What unfolds is part adventure part fairy tale part star crossed romance she fits in his palm can it get more doomed And the overall sum is enchantment 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Carrie Rickey
When Shawn a sickly boy sent to live in the house before he has heart surgery sees Arrietty does he squash her like a bug Dear reader he is enchanted As are we 
4
The Secret World of Arrietty
Jon Niccum
In its own way this charming Japanese import is as visually lush as its Western competitors but a refreshingly leisurely pace and simple structure set it apart 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Ty Burr
The film flatters young moviegoers awareness of deeper matters while delivering just enough enchantment to beguile both them and their parents 
2.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Chris Hewitt
The adventure plot is not very adventurous the wistful Jewel esque song that recurs throughout is superannoying and the film s somber tone and one track storyline make it feel longer than its 94 minutes 
2
The Secret World of Arrietty
Steven Snyder
Unlike most Ghibli escapes that liberate us from reality Arrietty brings the same magic to the mundane elevating the ordinary confines of daily life into sumptuous surprises
4
The Secret World of Arrietty
Matt Pais
Offers no magic only slow paced seriousness in exploring a world that s exactly the same as ours just smaller 
2
The Secret World of Arrietty
Michael Phillips
It s lovely both in spirit and in its simple supple hand drawn visual allure 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Tom Keogh
Yonebayashi is faithful to the studio s signature look and feel but the jewel like colors and painterly splendor of his environments are distinctively personal and presented with disarming modesty 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Linda Barnard
Arrietty offers an opportunity to be carried away by a whimsical adventure set to a lovely score by French musician Cécile Corbel 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
Peter Keough
Combining lush color with minute detail Arrietty transforms the mundane into magic 
3.5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Jesse Cataldo
Plunging below the grass line to capture a miniature world in precise detail The Secret World of Arrietty offers exactly what its title promises unveiling this secret milieu through thoroughly meticulous animation 
3
The Secret World of Arrietty
David Germain
A marvel of image and color its old fashioned pen and ink frames vividly bringing to life the world of children s author Mary Norton s The Borrowers 
3
Negocios Sucios
Andrew Howe
Writer director David Caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well made pizza 
3
Dolphins
Ross Anthony
Overall pleasant and fun it ll keep a smile plastered on your face for the first five minutes before it dips a bit into documentary pace 
2.5
The Mission
Sean P. Means
What makes The Mission so compelling is that Anderson doesn t take sides this is neither a screed against religious neo colonialism as the church s detractors may put it or a church produced film about how wonderful missionary work is 
3.5
Nicky's Family
Adam Nayman
Nicholas Winton is a figure who deserves a worthy documentary in his name unfortunately Matej Minac s Nicky s Family only gets about halfway there 
1
Nicky's Family
Farran Smith Nehme
The unfathomable tragedy of the Holocaust is beyond the scope of Nicky s Family and even as the credits roll Winton s simple decency is as mysterious as ever 
2
Nicky's Family
John Anderson
What s nettlesome about director Matej Minac s clunkily constructed documentary is what it says about our perverse but understandable need to spin some kind of happy ending onto the Holocaust 
2
Nicky's Family
Rob Humanick
This is a powerful chapter in our human history but it s made melodramatic and dull through Matej Minac s indulgence of hokey reenactments and sound augmented archival footage 
1.5
Nicky's Family
Loren King
A good if not great introduction 
2.5
London Fields
Joey Magidson
This isn t finally coming out into theaters it s escaping into them after a battle to rightly hide it 
1
London Fields
Peter Sobczynski
A boring and garish mess that even fans of the book will find nearly impossible to follow 
.5
London Fields
Mark Dujsik
All of the side stories and characters are what make this tale impenetrable 
1
With Friends Like These...
Lou Lumenick
Only sporadically amusing 
2
Vivo
Matt Brunson
A sizable disappointment given the participation of Lin Manuel Miranda 46 
2
Vivo
Peter Canavese
It apos s fine 46 46 46 the plot is kinda clunky 44 but it apos s well cast 46 91 Blu ray 93 
2.5
Vivo
Rene Sanchez
A fun and colorful adventure about friendship family and the power of music to change our lives that shines thanks to Lin Manuel Miranda s ingenuity Full Review in Spanish 
3
Vivo
Steven Prokopy
Miranda accentuates the Cuban beats and rhythms quite nicely and a couple of his songs feature his signature rapping singing combination that tends to elevate the proceedings when necessary 
2.5
Vivo
Mark Meszoros
By no means a classic Vivo hits enough of the right notes literally and figuratively to put it on your family time calendar 
2.5
Vivo
Mark Feeney
Last year s biggest animated feature was Pixar s Soul The best thing about it was a rare feeling for music an ability to express jazz visually and rhythmically At times Vivo does the same even better for Latin music 
2.5
Vivo
Erik Childress
While it may be caught in the wave of Pixar plots like Coco and Soul Vivo is still a pretty delightful tale with another collection of solid songs by Lin Manuel Miranda 
3
Vivo
Sean P. Means
Miranda sings most of the songs sometimes duetting with young Simo and his expressive voice works on the material though Estefan in the lovely final act steals the show with her beautiful voice 
3.5
Vivo
Kevin Carr
It s a fun vibrant musically exciting movie It s something you can watch with the family 
3
Vivo
Johnny Oleksinski
Mindbogglingly most of Miranda s endless string of projects are good to great not vanilla corporate garbage and the sweet new animated movie Vivo is no exception 
3
Vivo
Christy Lemire
Vivo becomes far less interesting the farther it gets from the strength of its heartwarming musical origins 
2
Vivo
Roger Moore
For my money Lin Manuel Miranda s best musical outing of the summer 
3
Vivo
Randy Myers
Catchy genre hopping tunes from Lin Manuel Miranda fuel this tender animated hug to Cuba old flames music and cultural traditions 
3.5
Vivo
James Berardinelli
This is one of the best if not the best animated films to have gone directly to Netflix 
3
Vivo
Richard Roeper
How can anybody possibly resist Lin Manuel Miranda as a kinkajou with a tiny hat 
3
Vivo
Mark Dujsik
Vivo has a big heart 
3
Vivo
Leo Brady
Kids may be more enamored with Vivo than I was but when Lin Manuel Miranda is involved you expect great things Vivo left me singing a different tune 
2
Vivo
G. Allen Johnson
Not every movie has to turn into an action film and if the idea is you have to keep the kiddies entertained hey maybe trust them a little more 
2
Vivo
Joey Magidson
Vivo is fairly simple but it s rather well executed and that makes all the difference 
3
Dante's Peak
David Nusair
a perfectly serviceable disaster flick 
2.5
Dante's Peak
Gene Siskel
Can I recommend half of a movie 
2.5
Dante's Peak
Roger Ebert
Dante s Peak is constructed about as skillfully as a disaster movie can be and there were times when I found it working for me sort of But hasn t this genre pretty much been played out to the point of exhaustion 
2.5
Dante's Peak
Mike Clark
A 100 million piece of piffle 
2.5
Dante's Peak
Steve Rhodes
Why are disaster movies so frequently disasters Probably because they are disasters first and movies second 
1.5
The Nameless
David Nusair
sporadically intriguing but mostly dull 
2
The Nameless
Michael Dequina
Just how wildly the film flies off of the rails is enough to set eyeballs spinning that is if viewers eyes are even open by that point 
1.5
Illegal
Ethan Alter
Although made in Belgium Olivier Masset Depasse s drama depicts a scenario that should resonate on these shores as well 
3
Illegal
V.A. Musetto
Illegal will give people on both sides of the immigrant debate something to think about 
3
Easy Does It
Mark Dujsik
T he movie about a pair of friends who travel and commit armed robbery across the Southern United States is a messy and awkward affair 
1
Easy Does It
Johnny Oleksinski
Most of the film is a series of gas station robberies fumbled by doofuses and as a result it runs on fumes 
1
Easy Does It
Roger Moore
All due respect to filmgoers at the Rockport Illinois Film Festival who named Easy Does It best narrative feature but you all need to get out more 
1
The Weak Ones (Los Debiles)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An episodic adventure set in the south of Sinaloa in Mazatlan and its surroundings 
1.5
Criminal
Brian Eggert
A dull yet star studded production that feels like a 1990s action movie throwback complete with over the top villains ruthless violence and an absurd premise 
1.5
Criminal
Leo Brady
The only thing that is Criminal about this movie is that they have gotten away with making it 
1
Criminal
Sara Michelle Fetters
As a movie there s plenty here to respect As entertainment however this is tough one to enjoy all of which makes Criminal a vexing spectacle that s hard to watch all the way through to its end 
2
Criminal
Matt Brunson
For a movie that hinges on a soulless man developing feelings Criminal is noticeably lacking any of its own 
1.5
Criminal
Sonny Bunch
Criminal is kind of a mess alternately dumb and dull 
1.5
Criminal
James Kendrick
allows us to experience with giddy vicariousness a brutal psychopath wreaking havoc on bad guys for all the right reasons
3
Criminal
John Hanlon
An all star cast and an intriguing premise are wasted in a flawed thriller that offers one unbelievable plot twist after another 
1.5
Criminal
David Nusair
Boasting as legitimately bananas a premise as one can easily recall Criminal manages to overcome a few minor deficiencies to become a seriously engaging little action flick 
3
Criminal
Glenn Lovell
formulaic blend of espionage thriller and cut rate sci fi The usually sympathetic Costner s image makeover is about as believable as his ratty toupees At once noisy and soporific 
1.5
Criminal
James Berardinelli
Criminal is an action thriller with a science fiction twist To the extent that its purpose is to energize and involve an audience it succeeds 
3
Criminal
Barry Paris
As if Criminal s basic plot weren t enough of a stretch writers Douglas Cook and David Weisberg compound it with a boggling array of subplots 
2
Criminal
Scott D. Pierce
What definitely doesn t redeem Criminal is when antisocial killer Jericho becomes the protector of Billy s widow Gal Gadot and daughter Lara Decaro which leads to a sappy ending that is predictable and ridiculous 
1
Criminal
Mike McGranaghan
Criminal is intermittently entertaining but when you squander a cast like this and a cool sci fi premise intermittent entertainment equals overall disappointment 
2
Criminal
Kam Williams
A novel enough spin on the brain switch theme to recommend provided you re very willing to suspend disbelief and you ve got a strong stomach for senseless gore 
2
Criminal
Thelma Adams
Orange is the new black for Kevin Costner in Ariel Vroman s crazy sci fi espionage actioner a star vehicle that fast and furiously leaps from action set piece to action set piece in an obvious effort to avoid the giant plot holes imperiling the story 
2.5
Criminal
Kate Taylor
Neither scriptwriters Douglas Cook and David Weisberg nor Vromen in the director s chair are subtle enough to figure out how to do both action and character 
2
Criminal
Steven Rea
Egregiously silly generic 
1.5
Criminal
Peter Howell
So much wasted talent Downright Criminal it is 
1.5
Criminal
Michael Smith
One surefire way to ruin a bad movie is to make it an overly complicated bad movie 
1.5
Criminal
Rick Bentley
Every beat of Kevin Costner s performance works It s just a shame that nothing else about this movie is as original or interesting 
1.5
Criminal
Burl Burlingame
Seems part of his brain is missing waiting to be filled They might as well named his character Tabula Rasa 
2
Criminal
Chris Knight
Perhaps the least believable aspect of Criminal and there are many contenders is that Bill s widow finds herself falling for Costner s character the way this film chooses to include it is hey now I know why they picked that title 
1.5
Criminal
Peter Keough
Kevin why don t they just let you be bad as you want to be 
2.5
Criminal
Richard Roeper
Given the lurid stupid loony and unintentionally laughable nature of this espionage thriller I found some measure of entertainment studying the vastly different approaches taken by Costner Jones and Oldman 
1
Criminal
Dann Gire
A cornball thriller that squanders a cast of Oscar caliber filmmakers and sets back the science of stem cell research a whole millennium 
1
Criminal
Sara Stewart
Guns gore and good actors shoehorned into one note parts 
1.5
Criminal
Michael O'Sullivan
Like its brain damaged protagonist Criminal just shouts and shoots its way into not out of an oblivion of illogic plot holes and emotionally unengaging scenery chewing 
1
Criminal
Mick LaSalle
Criminal depicts a compelling situation made rich and entertaining through its extreme characters 
3
Criminal
Soren Andersen
Criminal is as by the numbers as thrillers come But a payday is a payday I guess Bank those bucks people and go on to something better 
1.5
Criminal
Peter Sobczynski
Criminal is the kind of dunderheaded enterprise that leaves viewers reeling from the idiocies they have just endured wondering how something like that could possibly get made in the first place 
1
Criminal
Rafer Guzman
So so pulp elevated by Costner as a feral felon 
2.5
Criminal
Ed Gonzalez
Criminal s absence of style the lack of relish the filmmakers take in the material s inherent ludicrousness is a failure of conviction 
1
Criminal
Roger Moore
Ryan Reynolds is on his knees right this very moment thanking Marvel and Deadpool for saving him from dogs like this 
1.5
The Vampire Bat
Matt Brunson
Poverty Row studio Majestic Pictures had quite the all horror star lineup when it debuted this moderately entertaining yarn 
2.5
Norbit
Brooke Holgerson
If there s no limit to your love of fat jokes this is the movie for you 
1
Norbit
Sean McBride
the humor is mean spirited and the jokes rather puerile 
2
Norbit
Mark Dujsik
Norbit is so bad it has redefined my concept of Hell 
0
Norbit
Nick Rogers
A sweatier hell than the fat suit in which Murphy spends much of the movie It s official our children will die never knowing the sensation of laughing at Eddie Murphy 
.5
Norbit
Matt Brunson
First Martin Lawrence as Big Momma then Tyler Perry as Madea and now this Enough already 
2
Norbit
Kam Williams
Eddie portrays three of the leads including a sassy oversexed super sized sister in an unmitigated disaster which makes characters with darker skin the butt of virtually every joke 
.5
Norbit
Mike McGranaghan
If nothing else the movie proves that years of PG rated kiddie stuff hasn t dulled Murphy s edge He s just rusty that s all 
2.5
Norbit
Rob Humanick
A film like Anchorman turns everyday scenarios upside down and then runs for a touchdown here the jokes stop short at basic perversion 
2
Norbit
James Berardinelli
Norbit takes the idea behind The Nutty Professor 2 that Eddie Murphy can play just about every character in the movie and strips it of all charm and humor 
1
Norbit
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is just sad So sad in fact I can almost guarantee that when word of mouth on this one starts to get around Murphy will end up losing the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award to either Alan Arkin or Djimon Hounsou 
.5
Norbit
Ken Fox
Perhaps worried that he might be taken seriously following his knockout performance in Dreamgirls Eddie Murphy churned out yet another script deficient comedy along the lines of Dr Doolittle and The Nutty Professor 
1
Norbit
Peter Howell
Think Big Momma s House blended with a particularly loathsome Jerry Lewis movie and you ve got the picture Grimacing yet 
1
Norbit
Moira MacDonald
Norbit is as fleeting as a belch and even less funny 
1
Norbit
Mick LaSalle
Norbit is a tour de force in which Murphy plays three distinct characters two of them to the hilt In fact the only thing that makes Norbit good rather than great is that the title character is a bit bland 
3
Norbit
David Elliott
Norbit is not a thriller action film or suspense story Still it achieves the assassination of comedy 
0
Norbit
Carla Meyer
Perhaps a release at this time is meant to capitalize on Murphy s artistic comeback Instead Norbit serves as a feature length reminder of why he needed a comeback 
1
Norbit
Jim Hemphill
Norbit is a return to form for Murphy while it s not on a par with his best work it s very funny and just risky enough to eradicate the memory of Daddy Day Care 
3
Norbit
Carrie Rickey
The question is not whether Murphy can do anything He can The question is why he would want to make a movie as squirmingly unfunny as Norbit 
2
Norbit
Lisa Rose
Watching Norbit is like watching a train wreck with eye clamps on 
1.5
Norbit
Lou Lumenick
Norbit is another crude sloppy paycheck job for an actor who doesn t need the money and who proved in Dreamgirls that he is capable of far better 
1
Norbit
Elizabeth Weitzman
A quick paycheck may sound like a good idea when you re a creatively tapped comedian making trash like Daddy Day Care But when you re a suddenly serious comeback kid aiming for an Oscar 
1
Norbit
Nathaniel Bell
The Nutty Professor was a comic tour de force Norbit smells faintly of desperation 
1.5
Norbit
Robert W. Butler
I could deal better with mean spiritedness if the film were better written and directed But the picture s humor is hit and miss with long unfunny passages and characters who really don t change much 
2
Norbit
Amy Biancolli
Murphy looks like he s in pain and he probably is latex cellulite can t be fun to wear but his anguish is as much existential as physical trapped inside a lumbering vehicle that offers a morbidly obese harpy as the main comic attraction 
1
Norbit
Liam Lacey
Norbit is pretty much a bad taste sinkhole with Murphy competing against himself to see which of his three characters he can make more grating 
1.5
Norbit
John Monaghan
After taking in double helpings of Tyler Perry and Martin Lawrence doing the same shtick in the Madea movies and Big Momma s House isn t it time for us to just say no to Norbit 
2
Norbit
Lisa Kennedy
This borderline PG 13 comedy demands the sort of sociological scrutiny that often has the moviegoer looking for a fun night out rolling her eyes And granting Norbit consideration feels like swinging a sledgehammer at a microbe 
.5
Norbit
Mary F. Pols
Norbit briefly thrives on the power of Murphy s genius and then becomes mean spirited and depressing 
1
Norbit
Michael Wilmington
The movie seems a weird nightmare of rampaging femininity and gross gags 
2
Norbit
Teresa Budasi
There is potential all over this film but every scene is overwrought with unfunny caricatures and tired jokes We ve seen every gimmick and sight gag before in better funnier films 
2
Norbit
Wesley Morris
Dumb and coarse and sometimes boring and a little bit sad 
1.5
Norbit
Kit Bowen
Eddie Murphy in another fat suit What could possibly go wrong with that Oh plenty let me tell you 
1
Norbit
Tyler Hanley
Eddie Murphy s finest example of multi role playing is still his first 1988 s Coming to America Compared to that comedic gem Norbit is little more than excess weight 
2
Norbit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Murphy may bring down the house in Dreamgirls but despite its crudities and obvious failures Freud would find Norbit significantly more interesting 
2
Norbit
John Beifuss
From start to finish Norbit is dismally unfunny inspiring this Sign of the Apocalypse observation Big Momma s House 2 was better 
0.5
Norbit
James Sanford
one long fat joke a vanity showcase that exists for no reason except to put as much of its star as possible on the screen 
1.5
Norbit
Daniel M. Kimmel
Rasputia is violent vulgar selfish and lacking the subtlety of even a fairy tale orge or evil stepmother The character undercuts the entire film 
1.5
Norbit
Janos Gereben
Norbit sets a new standard for the worst Hollywood can conceivably produce 
0
Norbit
Matt Pais
If you survive the maddening Norbit without hurting yourself or those around you consider it a triumph of self restraint 
0.5
Norbit
Willie Waffle
Maybe Eddie Murphy should have waited for the Oscar voting and counting to be complete before unleashing this one on the world 
2
Norbit
Jeffrey Westhoff
Murphy has made plenty of bad films but nothing as flat footedly awful as Norbit 
1
Norbit
Frank Ochieng
Regrettably Norbit is too cowardly sophomoric and woefully tacky it s lazy and disarming in its myopic presentation of a modern day minstrel show 
1.5
Norbit
Dustin Putman
Murphy may be at the top of his game but Norbit is stuck on autopilot 
2
Norbit
Meg Jones
An uneven comedy about a milquetoast named Norbit who marries Rasputia a woman so large she d start a fire if she wore corduroy pants 
2.5
Norbit
Jeff Vice
How this relentlessly crude film got a PG 13 rating instead of a deserved R is anyone s guess Worse it s also racially offensive and sexist 
1
Norbit
Gene Seymour
What seemed an inventive and engaging stretch of Murphy s comedic resources 11 years ago has congealed into predictable processed fare The prefabricated naughtiness of Norbit is guaranteed to drag the laughs out of you whether you like it or not 
2
Norbit
Chris Hewitt
Murphy s work in Norbit makes his fine performance in Dreamgirls look like he was acting with a couple of hands tied behind his back 
2.5
Norbit
Walter Chaw
It s a thoughtless cancerous viral irresponsible pollution whose existence speaks ill of the society that produced it and of any society that would endorse or defend it 
0
Norbit
Michael A. Smith
And while some of the laughs are certainly hilarious they aren t as plentiful as necessary to make Norbit a consistently funny film 
2.5
Supernatural
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The entire thing running only 65 minutes is berserk and makes very little sense but it s brisk and jaw dropping enough to be worth seeing 
3.5
EMPz 4 Life
David Nusair
the majority of these teens remain unsympathetic and flat out disagreeable 
2
Black Panther
Matt Brunson
A heady mix of William Shakespeare and Walt Disney and with a few James Bond gadgets added to sweeten the deal it ventures far beyond wham bam thank you Stan territory 46 
3.5
Black Panther
Brian Eggert
The film has an unabashed and defiant political viewpoint supplementing its superhero genre mechanics with a relevant commentary on history racism and human injustice
3.5
Black Panther
Cory Woodroof
It s also a breath of fresh air for the cinematic universe its set in one that has developed a few bad habits over the years one that also needed a fresh perspective and a divergence from the grander threads a play in the narrative 
4
Black Panther
Jason Fraley
Believe the hype This is a superhero flick unlike any we ve ever seen crafted by the unstoppable Ryan Coogler 
4
Black Panther
Sarah Knight Adamson
It is epic in so many ways and important for all of us to experience start discussions about and champion 
4
Black Panther
Mattie Lucas
The most vibrant exuberant and purely exhilarating Marvel film yet 
3.5
Black Panther
Federico Furzan
The best thing about Black Panther is that it tries to tear away itself from the monstruous franchise by having a very cool spirit of its own Full review in Spanish 
3
Black Panther
John Beifuss
An international box office blockbuster that ignited like a blast of cultural vibranium in the ugly face of resurgent global racism At this point Wakanda forever feels like not just a boast but a prophecy 
4
Black Panther
John Hanlon
An exciting and refreshing superhero movie that stands out as one of the year s best films 
4.0
Black Panther
Khal Davenport
This is without a doubt one of the best Marvel Studios releases and low key feels like the beginning of something different for the company 
3.5
Black Panther
Alan French
Coogler is a director that may make better films than this one but it will be hard to ever envision a world where he creates something so meaningful to so many people 
3.5
Black Panther
Robert Daniels
But Black Panther was a moment not just for Marvel fans and Disney stans but it was the rare instance of a film purporting itself to be a cultural movement and succeeding 
4
Black Panther
Khari J. Sampson
Black Panther absolutely meets muster Royally so It s one of the very best of the genre 
4
Black Panther
Wesley Lovell
Even without the franchise best production design costumes cinematography and effects Black Panther has a compelling story at its heart that makes both heroes and villains relatable 
3.5
Black Panther
James Kendrick
There is a lot that is fairly generic in the film especially in the action sequences but you can always sense Coogler s investment in the characters and what they stand for 
3
Black Panther
John Serba
It s truly elevating to watch Black Panther reveal itself as Marvel s most ambitious movie to date 
3.5
Black Panther
David Nusair
Ryan Coogler s first misfire 
2
Black Panther
Linda Cook
Black Panther is a Marvel ous masterpiece 
4
Black Panther
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Emotional occasionally funny and narratively unpredictable I doubt any other blockbuster will manage to surpass Black Panther this year Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Black Panther
Lauren Terry
Black Panther is a larger than fiction experience that challenges audiences to see the difference between diversity as a numbers game and the splendor of a piece of art that was created for everyone by everyone 
4
Black Panther
Kam Williams
Simply Marvel ous 
4
Black Panther
Jeff Beck
Black Panther was certainly an intriguing idea but with its fundamental defects it just isn t able to achieve the heights it desperately tries to reach 
2.5
Black Panther
Kevin A. Ranson
Black Panther feels like the right movie we need right now 
4
Black Panther
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The problem is that this laudable political discourse ends up drowning a film that has its best moments not around the noble T Challa but around the great villain of the film Michael B Jordan Full review in Spanish 
1
Black Panther
Matthew Rozsa
When it comes to creative visuals engaging action and likable characters Black Panther stands confidently next to the best fare offered up by the Marvel Cinematic Universe 
4
Black Panther
Mike McGranaghan
Director co writer Ryan Coogler has delivered a picture that earns its spot as one of Marvel s best yet 
3.5
Black Panther
Max Weiss
I loved spending a couple of hours in the Black Panther s magical transformative world Mark me down as someone who wants Wakanda to stay isolated 
3.5
Black Panther
Josh Terry
As a formal showcase for the Black Panther Coogler s film should keep diehard Marvel fans happy 
3
Black Panther
Tom Meek
In short it s a game go with some nicely layered in barbs about the state of race relations and there s a mound of Oscar gold to be found among the impressive mostly African American cast 
3
Black Panther
Christian Toto
The MCU goes woke in grand style with the dazzling Black Panther 
3
Black Panther
Phil Villarreal
Has more in common with the second tier Marvel tales on Netflix 
2.5
Black Panther
Sonny Bunch
Black Panther is a solid MCU movie entertaining if somewhat disposable If you like the rest of these movies you ll probably like this one too 
3.5
Black Panther
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Most of the time Black Panther delivers a masterful new take on the superhero origin story fresh in its perspective and energetic in its plotting I highly recommend 
3.5
Black Panther
John Wenzel
It s uniquely satisfying popcorn entertainment a triumphant trifecta of subject matter talent and timing 
4
Black Panther
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an excellent proud movie and it has a lot to be proud of 
4
Black Panther
Tony Norman
The continent that gave birth to humanity won t look the same on the big screen ever again thanks to the introduction of Wakanda the fictional home of the most technologically advanced people on the planet 
3.5
Black Panther
Mark Dujsik
You can feel the sameness of Black Panther Watching the film though is to see something completely different in the realm of these stories 
3
Black Panther
Odie Henderson
One of the year s best films and one that transcends the superhero genre to emerge as an epic of operatic proportions 
4
Black Panther
Calvin Wilson
Believe the hype Black Panther transcends its comic book origins achieving a mythic grandeur that s nothing short of exhilarating 
4
Black Panther
Dustin Putman
Destined to be celebrated and for good reason this may not be the first film featuring a black superhero but it is groundbreaking all the same for being the first of this scale 
2.5
Black Panther
Maren Longbella
Black Panther is so worth the hype 
4
Black Panther
Karen D'Souza
The richness of the visual palette here is dazzling 
4
Black Panther
Robert Horton
This is serious superhero business That gravity is the movie s strength and weakness 
3
Black Panther
Sara Michelle Fetters
while Nyong o and Wright get the most playfully lively opportunities to charm it is the fiercely dedicated passion Gurira brings to her portrayal of the warrior Okoye that impressed me the most 
3.5
Black Panther
Gary Thompson
All of these conflicts are eventually resolved in the conventional framework of a Marvel action movie More unconventional are Coogler s ideas 
3.5
Black Panther
James Berardinelli
This is 2018 s first great motion picture a title that will surely be remembered when end of the year bests are discussed 
3.5
Black Panther
Sean P. Means
That s some complex stuff for a superhero movie and Coogler and co screenwriter Joe Robert Cole give it the emotional weight it deserves 
4
Black Panther
Richard Roeper
Black Panther is one of the best superhero movies of the century 
4
Black Panther
George M. Thomas
Ryan Coogler s overall ambition in crafting a sociologically complex story and presenting it as standard comic book movie fare succeeds There is nothing common about Black Panther 
3.5
Black Panther
Barry Hertz
To the infinite credit of Coogler and his team Black Panther fights constantly and bitterly against the familiar constraints of Disney s superhero industrial complex 
3
Black Panther
Ty Burr
It s very very good in its best scenes exhilarating 
3.5
Black Panther
Josh Larsen
a cinematically holistic work of diversity in which cultural identity has been carefully woven into every element of the movie 
3
Black Panther
Dann Gire
These are no small ideas This cogent screenplay serves up the obligatory superhero trappings but it addresses real world issues of global propriety and responsibility with an underlying sense of gravity 
3.5
Black Panther
Peter Canavese
Boilerplate Marvel with a sleek colorful look cheeky humor and familiar action beats But Coogler brings enough to the table for a fresh vision broadly appealing as well as inspirational in its representation for black audiences and women 
3.5
Black Panther
Michael Phillips
May Marvel learn its lesson from Black Panther When a movie like this ends up feeling both personal and vital you ve done something right 
3.5
Black Panther
Mick LaSalle
Chadwick Boseman commands every moment of this film radiating probity and purpose and it s only later on that you realize that with another actor this wouldn t have been a sure thing 
3
Black Panther
Moira MacDonald
Coogler is a young filmmaker this is just his third feature following Fruitvale Station and Creed two fine and very different films but he marshals this world with confidence and flair 
3.5
Black Panther
Sara Stewart
Like all the best comics movies this one s got a villain Michael B Jordan so compelling he nearly steals the show from the hero Chadwick Boseman 
3.5
Black Panther
Roger Moore
Noble and worthwhile but slow and frankly generic save for the terrific African touches 
2.5
Black Panther
Katie Walsh
Coogler builds a thrilling exciting world and threads throughout it a story filled with pathos and real world gravitas 
4
Black Panther
Ann Hornaday
a film that fulfills the most rote demands of superhero spectacle yet does so with style and subtexts that feel bracingly joyfully groundbreaking 
4
Black Panther
Mara Reinstein
Ryan Coogler has eschewed the familiar Marvel glut of smug in jokes and mind numbing CGI explosions to create a visually dazzling work of art 
3
Black Panther
Stephen Rebello
Looking sounding and feeling the way it does wearing its anti corporate anti fascist anti racist heart on its sleeve it s a movie that for sure knows what s up 
4
Black Panther
Keith Uhlich
Michel B Jordan plays Erik Killmonger with such moving occasionally gut wrenching commitment that it nearly mitigates the goofiness of his moniker and the superficiality of the film in toto 
3
Black Panther
Peter Howell
Rarely has a superhero origin story been as satisfying as Black Panther which in many ways doesn t feel like a typical Marvel movie and more power to that 
4
Black Panther
Frank Lovece
While ultimately an action adventure Black Panther also serves as an intelligent if broad debate between revolutionary rhetoric and the responsibilities of leadership 
3.5
Black Panther
Liz Braun
Black Panther is every bit as good as you were hoping Actually it s better A terrific screenplay from Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole elevates this thing way beyond the usual boundaries of the Marvel Universe 
4
Black Panther
Brian Truitt
While the themes are deep Black Panther is at the same time a visual joy to behold with confident quirkiness insane action sequences and special effects and the glorious reveal of Wakanda 
4
Black Panther
Peter Travers
Say this about Black Panther which raises movie escapism very near the level of art You ve never seen anything like it in your life 
4
Go West
Walter Chaw
The conflict of comedic styles results in a discordant experience at best but the bits that are pure Marx Bros are gold 
2.5
The Year of Living Dangerously
Roger Ebert
This is a wonderfully absorbing film 
4
The Year of Living Dangerously
Wesley Lovell
A young Mel Gibson anchors a fascinating look at the life of a journalist looking for the great war era news story 
3.5
The Year of Living Dangerously
Lori Hoffman
With director Peter Weir applying the lighter fluid Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver ignite with a chemistry that goes into the realm of star quality
4
The Year of Living Dangerously
David Nusair
a reasonably entertaining time filler 
2.5
The Year of Living Dangerously
Jeremy Heilman
A rousing and sharp look at a land that s far from our own in more ways than one 
3
Drawing Restraint 9
Robert W. Butler
Conventional storytelling may not be Barney s thing but he has a superb cinematic eye an incredible imagination and the wherewithal to make his visions happen 
3
Drawing Restraint 9
John Monaghan
Drawing Restraint 9 belongs to an endangered species of experimental film that walks the line between challenging and alienating its audience 
3
Drawing Restraint 9
Thomas Delapa
Offers no restraint on the writer director s penchant for weird esoterica 
1.5
Drawing Restraint 9
Marty Mapes
A refreshing break from mind numbing Hollywood movies but it may fail to win you over
2.5
Drawing Restraint 9
Duane Dudek
It is a series of lyrical ambiguities filtered through the prism of Japanese religious and whaling cultures that defy literal interpretation even as they are sculpted into physical significance 
2.5
Drawing Restraint 9
Wesley Morris
Like John Lennon and Yoko Ono s Double Fantasy a surreal vaguely plausible explanation of why two people are crazy about each other 
2.5
Drawing Restraint 9
David N. Butterworth
Barney and Björk certainly deserve each other theirs is a match made purgatorial 
2
Drawing Restraint 9
Chris Hewitt
You could think of admission to Drawing Restraint 9 as an 8 25 nap 
1
Drawing Restraint 9
Walter Chaw
Drawing Restraint 9 is a lovely thought but it s not a surprising one going out on that proverbial limb it all might be much ado about nothing 
2.5
Drawing Restraint 9
Kenneth Baker
Allegedly all these incidents connect symbolically in Barney s mind but in the viewer s they thud inert and separate as stones 
1
Drawing Restraint 9
Kim Morgan
Barney writes in the press kit that the heart of the piece is the relationship between self imposed resistance and creativity Okay fine But do we care Not this reviewer 
2.5
Drawing Restraint 9
Bob Strauss
It s full of arcane symbolism and alarming imagery and lots of smart goofy sounding Bjork music 
3
Drawing Restraint 9
Allison Benedikt
As visually stunning as it is DR9 is also more than two hours and contains at best 10 lines of dialogue an ear piercing Bjork score and no discernible plot 
2
Drawing Restraint 9
Aaron Hillis
Surprisingly linear and entrancing like a comfy drug haze but how does one emotionally or intellectually engage with cinema that spends all its energy just being unique 
2.5
Drawing Restraint 9
V.A. Musetto
As magical as DR9 may be it isn t for everyone Devotees of Bjork and Barney will think they re in heaven while Mr and Ms Cineplex will be reminded of a much warmer place 
3
Drawing Restraint 9
Ken Fox
A gorgeous feature that s both passing strange and undeniably beautiful 
3.5
Drawing Restraint 9
Ed Gonzalez
Like Björk s Medulla u2014a heady not entirely terrible piece of experimental pop music just short of unlistenable u2014Drawing Restraint 9 is beautiful maddeningly indigestible and impossible to resist 
2.5
Auggie Rose
Jonathan Foreman
Strong supporting actors give performances that serve to make their co stars or the material look worse 
2
Auggie Rose
Ed Gonzalez
Auggie Rose has the makings of a TV movie though director Matthew Tabak engages noir idiom to quaint effect 
2.5
Auggie Rose
Mick LaSalle
The acting surprise in this odd and interesting film is Anne Heche who suppresses her sexy acerbic essence and completely slips into the skin of Auggie s pen pal 
3
Powaqqatsi
Gene Siskel
This film is not in the same league with its fine predecessor Koyaanisqatsi 
1.5
Powaqqatsi
Derek Smith
shows the consequences of what we have done in the past and the danger of where we are heading 
4
Powaqqatsi
Roger Ebert
There are images of astonishing beauty in Godfrey Reggio s Powaqqatsi sequences when we marvel at the sights of the Earth and yet when the film is over there is the feeling that we are still waiting for it to begin 
2
Powaqqatsi
David N. Butterworth
An exquisite combination of sound and vision 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
Endlessly entertaining and ceaselessly innovative
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Brian Eggert
Regardless of the various other films that Edge of Tomorrow could be compared to 44 the end result feels strangely unique 44 and not for a moment during its two hour runtime does it lose the audience to thoughts of its influences 46 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Edge of Tomorrow is a rousing adventure filled with pulse pounding thrills and surprising dashes of character driven humor 44 the film a breathless two hours of fun worth celebrating 46 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Rosalie Kicks
When the world is crashing to an end I d like Emily Blunt by my side 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Josh Terry
It s nice to see a film where outstanding visual effects are in place to support the story and not the other way around 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Sonny Bunch
A better video game movie than any movie based on a video game 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Scott Renshaw
Edge of Tomorrow s simple smart pleasures include a look at how many screw ups it can take to learn there may be things and people beyond yourself that are worth fighting for 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Robert Horton
The script adapted by Christopher McQuarrie and the sibling team of Jez and John Henry Butterworth is actually ingenious in doling out its herky jerky storytelling 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Scott Nash
It s a fairly lightweight but high quality summer movie The kind you can just sit back and enjoy while you munch your popcorn 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Sean P. Means
It used to be that there was cool and there was Tom Cruise Now there s Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow which is cool on top of cool 
4
Edge of Tomorrow
Kenneth R. Morefield
It s harder to bear how the film fuses its sci fi premise with an action movie s sensibility one in which the characters become living breathing video game avatars rather than human beings 
2
Edge of Tomorrow
J. R. Jones
Edge of Tomorrow is a decent time waster but if you re the sort of person who watches a movie every day you should probably look for something better 
2
Edge of Tomorrow
Jordan Hiller
A bold concept which could have easily resulted in tedium but not in Liman s hands
4
Edge of Tomorrow
Wesley Lovell
A deftly calibrated sci fi spectacle 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
David Keyes
This is not a run of the mill genre yarn in the vein of countless modern sci fi blockbusters but a fascinating and enjoyable vehicle that creates an ambitious illusion 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
John Beifuss
Keeps the pace and dialogue snappy enough for a classic screwball comedy at least until the inevitable overkill of the boom bastic finale centered on an alien infested Louvre 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
David Nusair
thrilling and unexpectedly comedic 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Widgett Walls
Tom Cruise in regards to Oblivion All is forgiven 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Michael Smith
It features all the best qualities of memorable summer movie thrillers it s clever cool and quirky to the point of almost being a bit silly and when you leave you may consider re living the experience all over again 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Jon Niccum
This is a movie that is constantly ahead of the audience where smart characters do smart things to thwart a seemingly smarter menace 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Josh Larsen
represents the deconstruction and then the hurried harried reconstruction of Tom Cruise 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Linda Cook
If Groundhog Day and District 9 had an offspring it would be Edge of Tomorrow an action packed science fiction romp The story which is based on All You Need is Kill a Japanese graphic novel is whip smart 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Mara Reinstein
The 51 year old Cruise clearly relishes playing the flawed hero one who gets to be smarmy duplicitous exasperated intimidated bad ass and wise 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a summer season filled with its own time loops i e sequels reboots etc Edge of Tomorrow beats the clock 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Mike McGranaghan
Edge of Tomorrow is the best kind of sci fi smart engaging witty exciting and an entertaining joyride from start to finish 
4
Edge of Tomorrow
Rene Rodriguez
Why do invading extra terrestrials always bring with them the single thing that can wipe them out Couldn t they have hid it on Jupiter or something 
2
Edge of Tomorrow
Lori Hoffman
Blunt makes us believe utterly in her fierce warrior mindset and her physical skills and Cruise has a blast transforming his helpless coward into a mean fighting machine 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Robert Levin
Tom Cruise is the most committed movie star around and he s a major reason this original big budget picture works as well as it does 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
John Serba
Light on its feet and crisply edited an endearing dalliance with the art of storytelling 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Kam Williams
Just when everybody was ready to count Tom Cruise s career out for the count not only is he back but back again and back again and back again ad infinitum 
4
Edge of Tomorrow
Geoff Pevere
All in all a perfectly superior example of industrially fortified Hollywood fun and as good a guarantee as Doug Liman can offer that we haven t seen the last of him yet 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Rob Thomas
If you like Tom Cruise then you will like Edge of Tomorrow and if you don t like Tom Cruise then you will like it even more 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Willie Waffle
Tom Cruise might be the only great action movie hero left in this business 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Steven Rea
The whole thing begins to feel like a giant screen videogame with the gamer getting a little further a little deeper with each new push of the Start button 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Bob Bloom
Edge of Tomorrow is laced with action and humor the action coming during the various sequences on the beach the humor with Cage reliving every day and confounding his fellow soldiers 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Mark Dujsik
P lows through any questions we might have about its premise with an almost unstoppable sense of narrative propulsion and a particularly nasty comic hook 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Jason Buchanan
Like many compulsively watchable films the wealth of details in the writing direction and characterization all but ensure that Edge of Tomorrow holds many treasures to be discovered on repeat viewings 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Chris Knight
If you gave Groundhog Day a shot of adrenaline and a trip to the armoury it might end up looking a little like Edge of Tomorrow 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Peter Howell
A sharp sci fi thriller that s going to be hard to beat as the summer s best blockbuster 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Rafer Guzman
It s fun for a while but Edge of Tomorrow is what the GIs used to call a blivet 10 pounds of movie in a five pound bag 
2
Edge of Tomorrow
Peter Travers
It shouldn t work A human versus aliens epic that keeps repeating the same scene over and over again as if the comic tilt of Groundhog Day had turned suddenly dangerous But Edge of Tomorrow will keep you on edge 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Brad Keefe
Takes its Starship Troopers meets Groundhog Day premise and turns it into a rare summer movie that s both smart and a crowd pleaser
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Lisa Kennedy
Edge of Tomorrow is not as inventive as Rian Johnson s time bending noir Looper Nor is it as surprisingly spiritual as Groundhog Day But it whirls with energy 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Joe Williams
Edge of Tomorrow has neither an edge nor a vision of tomorrow that matters today 
2
Edge of Tomorrow
Mick LaSalle
Cruise is a delight exactly what he needs to be fluid enough for comedy physical enough for action always going with the flow and yet finding ways to make moments memorable 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Ann Hornaday
Cruise delivers a one man master class in his own fascinatingly protean screen presence 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
James Berardinelli
Edge of Tomorrow is clever enough that the viewer doesn t have to feel embarrassed sitting in the audience but not so clever that there s no fun to be had 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Duane Dudek
I liked it well enough but felt like I had seen it before again and again 
2.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Matt Zoller Seitz
The rest of the cast has less to do because this is Tom Cruise s movie through and through but they re all given moments of humor terror or simple eccentricity 
3.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Matt Pais
An entertaining version of a video store clerk making a love connection between the boxes for Groundhog Day and Starship Troopers 
2.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Michael Phillips
I m not sure Edge of Tomorrow holds much repeat viewing potential among teenage movie consumers since the movie s a self repeating entity to begin with But once is fun 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Moira MacDonald
The whole thing should go down quite nicely with popcorn It won t change the course of Cruise s career but at least it mixes up the formula 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Peter Canavese
A fairly eye popping futuristic war story with a clever to a point structure 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Dustin Putman
Technically handsome but approximately as deep and lasting as a small parking lot puddle 
1.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Mal Vincent
Think Groundhog Day but more serious and with a sci fi motif and you ll get the idea of Edge of Tomorrow 
2.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Claudia Puig
The pulse pounding action scenes are briskly directed by Doug Liman 
2.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Lou Lumenick
A Tom Cruise action flick with a strong female heroine and a sense of humor Edge of Tomorrow has both of those plus a Groundhog Day style gimmick that pays big dividends Over and over 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Eric Henderson
Tom Cruise apos s participation transmutes 44 as it always does 44 everything around him 44 turning the movie apos s series of false starts 44 dead ends 44 and hard lessons into a working metaphor for his own career 46 
2.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Daniel M. Kimmel
a thoughtful action packed and occasionally amusing take on the time loop premise melded into the alien invasion story For summer entertainment it will more than do 
3
Edge of Tomorrow
Roger Moore
Groundhog D Day A Million Ways to Die in the Future 
2.5
Edge of Tomorrow
Stephen Whitty
A big bright loud and occasionally smart entertainment and well worth seeing once although not perhaps every day for the rest of your life 
3.5
7 Days in Hell
Melinda Houston
This is a truly wonderful romp 
3
7 Days in Hell
Robert Levin
This sort of sports documentary format with its ridiculous elevation of athletic competition to a place of heightened significance is ripe for this takedown 
3
7 Days in Hell
Gail Pennington
If it were more straight faced 7 Days in Hell could work better 
2
7 Days in Hell
David Wiegand
It s outrageous the way Spinal Tap is outrageous oddly believable because 7 Days mimics and mocks aspects of real and dead serious sports documentaries 
4
The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Lou Lumenick
Draws on a treasure trove of archival footage to show the evolution of New Orleans gay community over half a century 
2.5
The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Diego Semerene
The film stays mostly on the rather safe and familiar surfaces of LGBT history as it attempts to highlight a perhaps not so well known facet of drag ball culture 
1
Trespass
Jim Hemphill
Hill is one of the most proficient directors in Hollywood when it comes to using editing as an expressive tool 
4
Trespass
Matt Brunson
In his best action films director Walter Hill employs an economic fast paced style that obscures whatever faults might be found in the script He works that magic again with Trespass 
3
Trespass
David Nusair
A disappointing misfire 
2
Trespass
Chuck O'Leary
An intense and unique action thriller with that distinct Walter Hill touch 
3.5
Trespass
Vincent Canby
Everything in the screenplay seems arbitrary including the firefighting jobs assigned to the two would be treasure seekers They could as easily be magazine salesmen or amateur songwriters 
1
Trespass
Chris Hicks
Claustrophobic taut and efficient like a streamlined car designed to simply get you there Trespass wastes no time in setting up its premise and then just barrels along with an in your face attitude and plenty of tightly wound tension 
2.5
Trespass
Roger Ebert
Does Trespass have any lasting significance No Does it do anything particularly well No only skillfully 
2.5
Interior. Leather Bar.
David Lewis
Interior Leather Bar is a Rubik s Cube of a movie an intriguing layered puzzle that isn t easily solved 
3
Interior. Leather Bar.
Lou Lumenick
It largely consists of Franco musing about depictions of homosexual activity on film 
1
Interior. Leather Bar.
Eric Henderson
With Travis Mathews s help James Franco s persona forms a kind of symmetry 1980 s dubious homophobia against 2013 s risible homophilia 
2.5
Interior. Leather Bar.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Interior Leather Bar is ultimately more an idea for movie than a movie the rap sessions ramble and it feels half baked by the time it gets to its climactic twist which isn t as clever as it thinks 
2.5
Pokémon Heroes
Elizabeth Weitzman
We ve seen it all before and too many times 
2
Pokémon Heroes
Jeff Vice
It s a pointless exercise in animated tedium 
1.5
Pokémon Heroes
Sean P. Means
An easily avoided waste of time 
1.5
Pokémon Heroes
Sue Pierman
At worst you re paying to see something you can basically see on television 
1.5
Pokémon Heroes
Sarah Chauncey
The new characters voices are even more grating and annoying than in previous installments and some of the animation seems downright archaic 
2
Pokémon Heroes
Peter Sobczynski
All that a piece of product like Pokemon Heroes will inspire is the urge to nap 
1
Pokémon Heroes
Chris Hewitt
You d have to classify Pokemon Heroes as an action movie but with the static long shots and inert faces it s more like an inaction movie 
2
Pokémon Heroes
Doug Knoop
If you still have Pokmon fans at your house I suppose there s no harm in taking them to see this movie but with Pixar s Finding Nemo set to open in a couple of weeks surely you can find something better to do this weekend 
1.5
Pokémon Heroes
C.W. Nevius
The story is also less violent and combative 
2
Pokémon Heroes
Louise Kennedy
The same old grab for the wallet 
1
Pokémon Heroes
John Monaghan
Parents only you can prevent another Pokemon 
1
Pokémon Heroes
Lou Lumenick
Surely a form of child abuse 
0
Pokémon Heroes
Gene Seymour
Grown ups may have to scrub the sugar from their frontal lobes But it s not about them is it Never was Never will be 
2
Pokémon Heroes
Peter Debruge
The film s traditional cel animation seems to have reverted back to the lackluster standard of television quality cartoons 
1.5
Pokémon Heroes
Patrick Z. McGavin
It looks cheap and feels slapped together 
2
Pokémon Heroes
Josh Larsen
Subjecting kids to such shoddy junk when they could be watching Spirited Away or Finding Nemo should count as cinematic child abuse 
1
Welcome
V.A. Musetto
It has its share of clichs and contrivances Fortunately compensation is provided by strong performances by veteran actor Vincent Lindon as the coach and newcomer Firat Ayverdi as the refugee 
3
Welcome
Bill Weber
A Gallic counterpart to American indiedom s immigration melodrama The Visitor 
2
Welcome
Kent Turner
As long as the focus is on the taciturn underdog Bilal the film s involving and not sappy 
2.5
All Around Us
David Nusair
46 46 46 egregiously bloated 46 46 46 
1.5
Fort Tilden
Nathalie Atkinson
Tucked in among the longueurs are moments of savage satirical virtuosity that pinion the zeitgeist 
2.5
Fort Tilden
Chris Knight
There s just enough sympathetic vibration in these two to keep us hooked on their bizarre rambling quest 
3
Fort Tilden
Bruce DeMara
A story with a distinctive New York sensibility filled with all kinds of strange urban creatures who are variously self involved superficial rude and or downright nasty 
3
Fort Tilden
Christy Lemire
With Fort Tilden writer directors Sarah Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers have created two women who are drawn so vividly and so viciously they re hard to dismiss 
3
Fort Tilden
Molly Eichel
It s a solid first effort but it will be even more interesting to see what these two can do next 
3
Fort Tilden
Roger Moore
It s a simple set up fraught with promise but each funny bit points to bigger blown opportunities 
2
Fort Tilden
Chuck Bowen
It elegantly evolves from an absurdist comedy into a remarkably wounded and uprooted story of friends who re beginning to tire of their shared social cocoons 
3.5
Price of Gold
Wes Greene
While the real time aesthetic approach sporadically enthralls it also reveals the narrow worldview that burdens the film 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Josh Larsen
a combination of kinetic filmmaking and hulking charisma that can only be called bro bliss 
3
Fast & Furious
Nick Rogers
One of the film s biggest laughs is showing title credits Clearly after a prologue in which thieves play chicken with a burning tumbling oil tanker the possibility exists this is a Steven Soderbergh experimental gamble Dumb fun entertaining 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Michael Dequina
Lin makes the few set pieces sandwiched between the many flat talky scenes count as much as they can 
2
Fast & Furious
Matt Soergel
Fast Furious The stars of this sequel are more like Sluggish Vaguely Grumpy though it s nothing a little bit of fiber in their diets couldn t cure 
1
Fast & Furious
Sonny Bunch
Neat to watch summarizes the film quite nicely The revenge subplot that drives Fast and Furious is uninteresting since we haven t seen these characters in eight years 
2
Fast & Furious
Sean McBride
works as a mindless collection of racing sequences and cool cars made all the better because of Diesel s extremely likable bad boy persona and a director who knows how to keep his foot on the gas action wise
2.5
Fast & Furious
Sean P. Means
With his sleepy eyed gaze and biceps that no shirt can contain Diesel quietly commands the movie 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Lori Hoffman
With Diesel anchoring the storyline and director Lin dazzling us with his car crashing extravaganzas Fast Furious will likely unleash another series of sequels 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Linda Cook
What is this the fourth Fast and Furious movie 
2
Fast & Furious
Peter Canavese
Furious entertainment for a moment of populist rage But it s hard to escape the feeling that Fast Furious is more than a little mechanical 
2
Fast & Furious
Sara Michelle Fetters
Heck I d go so far as to say he s actually made the best film in the gosh darn franchise this fourth chapter arguably the most entertaining start to finish of them all 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Mike McGranaghan
Fast Furious represents a drastic drop in quality for the series The reason is simple it abandons the central premise of the franchise which seems a betrayal of the very thing that made the other entries so enjoyable 
1.5
Fast & Furious
Charles Koplinski
Running on empty 
2.0
Fast & Furious
Matt Brunson
Walker s acting is so somnambular that even his car s steering wheel stands a better chance at grabbing an Oscar nomination 
2
Fast & Furious
Joe Lozito
Following in the skid marks of its predecessors this fourth installment of auto erotica reunites the original cast for one more go around the track 
2
Fast & Furious
Michael Smith
There was a time when car movies used to be about the cars The star of this picture is a computer creating CGI car crashes The picture is a phony 
1
Fast & Furious
Gina Carbone
Everyone on screen gets to do the adrenaline pumping id heavy stuff people who park neatly in their little suburban shopping mall parking spaces people like us never get to do 
2.75
Fast & Furious
Christian Toto
Insert your own car related gag here for the uninspired Fast Furious 
2
Fast & Furious
Michael A. Smith
A film that is neither too fast or furious more like slow and cranky 
1.5
Fast & Furious
Keith Cohen
This popcorn flick satisfies the vicarious need for speed and pushes the pedal to the metal 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Robert W. Butler
A tryptophan yawn 
2
Fast & Furious
Patrick Parker
Wild car chases and ridiculous humor don t make a film good but they sure can make it fun to watch 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Jeremy Wheeler
No matter what it s safe to say that this entirely acceptable retooling of the franchise makes for a satisfying experience for those who enjoy four wheeled chases hot bodies hot cars and a tall dose of tough guy machismo 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Lou Lumenick
The stars look bored out of their minds when the fourth episode of the franchise stalls between racing sequences which is all too often in a flick where 106 minutes speed by in what feels like at least four hours 
1
Fast & Furious
Stephen Whitty
People who want nothing more out of a movie than an extended rap video there s lots of hip hop close ups of cars and women in shiny tiny shorts may be satisfied But this movie isn t much more than a re do of the first film in the series 
2
Fast & Furious
James Berardinelli
The end result while it provides moments of kinetic entertainment is too repetitive and uneven to be satisfying 
2
Fast & Furious
Carla Meyer
As superfluous sequels go Fast Furious makes Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo seem vital 
1.5
Fast & Furious
Mick LaSalle
Aside from the opening sequence there s nothing imaginative about it and the actual filming is routine shaky quick cut stuff 
2
Fast & Furious
Chris Hewitt
It delivers on the title s promise 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Peter Howell
It s time for these car fiends to slam the heap into park Diesel should use his ESP powers to find a better gig with a franchise that still has some gas such as maybe The Pacifier 2 
2
Fast & Furious
Michael Sragow
The director Justin Lin brings the same pinpoint reflexes to the action as he did in Tokyo Drift 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Russ Breimeier
It s fast and furious but it s also noisy and dumb u2014and inferior to the original in every way Remember to use your turn signal when moving into the pass lane 
1
Fast & Furious
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you ve enjoyed this ride before you ll enjoy it again If you think the actors don t have quite the emotional range of the vehicles they re driving you probably won t 
2
Fast & Furious
Erik Childress
It seems deftly appropriate that they would decide to remove the two the s from the title the most replaceable word in the English language and compensate their absence with two of the most transparent ciphers to ever get above title billing 
1
Fast & Furious
Willie Waffle
I d rather see Diesel re teamed with the co star who was his true soulmate the special co star who brought out the best in him The Duck from The Pacifier
2
Fast & Furious
Stephen Cole
Like Brian and Dom Fast Furious would benefit from more female company And Vin Diesel s mumbling sulk gets to be a drag after a while 
2
Fast & Furious
Connie Ogle
The stars are back in the fourth installment of this fast cars hot chicks series which tells you a little something about the rocky roads their careers have traveled since 2001 s original film 
1.5
Fast & Furious
Claudia Puig
Feels about as fresh and lively as a piece of burnt rubber 
1.5
Fast & Furious
Peter Travers
Director Justin Lin still hasn t learned film geography Even the kinetic tunnel races meant to nitrocharge the movie fall flat from spatial incoherence You barely know what s happening and to whom 
2
Fast & Furious
Frank Ochieng
pretty much contains the same high octane hollow hedonism that has run through this routinely noisy frenetic film franchise this speeding wheel spectacle has all the charm and intrigue of a shopping mall speed bump 
2
Fast & Furious
Ted Fry
Even the most mundane lives occasionally sparkle with moments of exhilaration and so does Moscow Belgium 
3
Fast & Furious
Wesley Morris
By the fourth installment of the franchise Fast Furious has shed two articles from its title regained the four original lead actors and turned shamelessly into a monotonous unofficial edition of the Grand Theft Auto gaming series 
2
Fast & Furious
David Hiltbrand
Fast Furious succeeds because the action is supercharged in a style that recalls Mel Gibson s apocalyptic classic The Road Warrior The characters are more than cartoonish and the plot grips the road 
2.5
Fast & Furious
Dustin Putman
As brashly dumb as all the earlier pictures in the series but this time there is also a more rampant mean spirited streak running through it 
2
Fast & Furious
Calvin Wilson
Diesel is still charismatic thug Dominic Toretto Walker is still determined cop Brian O Conner and the story is still dumb 
2
Fast & Furious
Rafer Guzman
This means many loud racing sequences ably directed by Justin Lin that look like the very video games inspired by these movies candy colored automobiles digital dashboards and automated female voices 
2
Fast & Furious
Roger Ebert
Fast Furious is exactly and precisely what you d expect Nothing more unfortunately 
1.5
Fast & Furious
Nick Schager
Removing the the from its predecessors title not once but twice Fast Furious s abbreviated moniker harkens back to the series s 2001 original while simultaneously expressing a tough curtness that marks it as its own model 
1
Fast & Furious
Robert Levin
Enough with the brooding and the emoting What Fast Furious needs more than anything is some hint that the people involved know how ridiculous it is 
2
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Lori Rackl
This time around Stuart has a vulnerability that makes him a lot more enjoyable to watch even if the steps he makes toward maturity and genuine love feel a bit rushed in this home stretch 
3.5
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Marsha Lederman
In addition to an overreliance on Skype and silly effects such as laugh tracks the film s examination feels shallow 
2
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Kam Williams
A thought provoking examination of the media s effect on Boobus Americana 
3
The Veil
Roger Moore
Uninterrupted tedium in a sword and sorcery package 
1
The Notebook
Mattie Lucas
It certainly paints a grim picture but if war is hell so is this film 
2
The Notebook
Peter Canavese
Are you a nihilist Trouble finding a way to bring satisfaction to a Friday night in the void of meaningless suffering that is your universe Well do I have the movie for you 
2
The Notebook
Bob Bloom
The movie makes an obvious statement about the cruelties of war but that does not diminish the ferocity of its story and how two pampered boys are transformed into soulless and callous youths 
3
The Notebook
Chris Foran
Don t let its Nicholas Sparks like title fool you 
3
The Notebook
Kate Taylor
In adapting the novel Szasz and screenwriters Tom Abrams and Andras Szeker tread carefully leaving a lot to the imagination 
3
The Notebook
Tirdad Derakhshani
A bleak despairing testament to the cruelty of war and how it mangles and defaces everyone it touches 
3
The Notebook
Michael O'Sullivan
If only I could figure out what all this was meant to stand for 
2
The Notebook
Roger Moore
Grimly compelling parable of war and childhood
2.5
The Notebook
Kristin Tillotson
Not a movie for those who insist on happy resolutions The Notebook is instead a study in how the nihilistic worldview that clouds the collective Eastern Europe sensibility came to be 
2.5
The Notebook
Walter V. Addiego
By the end you may feel exhausted by the parade of horrors But veteran Hungarian director Jnos Szsz has the courage of his convictions refusing to provide breathing room or false optimism 
3
The Notebook
Godfrey Cheshire
If one went into it knowing nothing of its origins the film s lack of dramatic structure might suggest a singularly inept screenwriting exercise that somehow made it into production 
1.5
The Notebook
Claudia Puig
Though it features no battle scenes The Notebook shines a powerful unflinching light on the horrors of World War II 
3
The Notebook
Clayton Dillard
Jnos Szsz s film is a thoroughly provocative WWII screed that almost deliberately goes out of its way to avoid sentimentality or bathos of any sort 
3
Adam Had Four Sons
David Nusair
the high sleaze quotient ensures that Adam Had Four Sons remains engrossing enough to warrant a recommendation 
3
4 Little Girls
Maitland McDonagh
Time and tragedy may have flattened the four girls into remote paragons of youthful virtue but the viciousness of anti integrationist rhetoric is palpable and should never be forgotten 
3
4 Little Girls
David Armstrong
The movie is strongest when Lee keeps his eye on the prize the experiences of ordinary people in an extraordinary time 
3
4 Little Girls
James Berardinelli
It is Lee s job as a film maker to imbue these images with life and that s a task he easily accomplishes 
3.5
4 Little Girls
Roger Ebert
There is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls but there is anger in the depths as there should be 
4
4 Little Girls
Steve Rhodes
Lee s powerful film works best in the stock footage from the past for no words can adequately describe what happened then 
3.5
4 Little Girls
Edward Guthmann
4 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss 
4
Finding Hillywood
John Beifuss
Described on its website as a feature documentary about the beginning of Rwanda s film industry this is a paean to the therapeutic ppower of fim most of the featured movies relate directly to the effects of genocide in Rwanda 
3
Nocturna
Josh Larsen
A poor job of world building undermines this French Spanish animated effort 
1.5
American Underdog
Matt Brunson
This is the Erwin Brothers most polished effort yet 
3
American Underdog
Sean P. Means
Levi Shazam captures Warners on the field strengths and his old fashioned charm and hes well matched with Paquins Brenda a single mom who has learned to guard her heart after having it broken before 
3
American Underdog
Linda Cook
American Underdog is a true story that brims with hope and faith 
3
American Underdog
Mark Meszoros
While perhaps more akin to a long field goal than a bomb for a touchdown American Underdog nonetheless puts points on the board 
2.5
American Underdog
Matt Zoller Seitz
American Underdog doesn t ever really connect the modest virtuousness of Kurt and Brenda to Kurt s ascension as a quarterback 
2.5
American Underdog
Mark Dujsik
T his film despite its familiarity and on account of its attention to this central relationship works 
3
American Underdog
Daniel Neman
Each scene has its obvious purpose you can almost see the scaffolding of the script behind the words And yet 
3
American Underdog
Richard Roeper
As the QB and his tenacious wife Zachary Levi and Anna Paquin do a fine job of selling the sometimes hokey material 
3
American Underdog
Leo Brady
American Underdog is a contrived family drama and an even worse sports movie 
2
American Underdog
John Hanlon
This inspiring drama about Kurt Warner delivers an insightful look into a man who never gave up on his dreams and showed the world what true decency looks like 
3.0
American Underdog
Randy Myers
In this well made crowd pleaser of a biopic the story of former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Kurt Warner is told with all the emotion and the abiding respect for the power of faith that it deserves 
3
American Underdog
Pamela Powell
The true life story of this MVP Hall of Fame winning quarterback is uplifting and inspiring even with its rather contrived musical score 
3
American Underdog
Thomas Floyd
This down the middle crowd pleaser ultimately makes for a rousing enough portrayal of against the odds fortitude pad crunching gridiron action and good old fashioned Midwestern decency 
2.5
American Underdog
Roger Moore
Plucky
2.5
American Underdog
Joey Magidson
American Underdog takes Kurt Warner s story and make this an effective hybrid between a romantic drama dramedy and a sports movie 
3
American Underdog
Christian Toto
The team behind I Can Only Imagine uncorks a mainstream ode to family faith 
3.5
American Underdog
Mike McGranaghan
A rousing drama about sports and family that sends you away feeling cheerful 
3
Flashpoint
Laurie Horn
Suffice it to note that the movie leaves you feeling vaguely unsatisfied as though the teller had switched the story of his fireside yarn before the Showdown at the OK Corral 
2
Flashpoint
Steven Rea
Flashpoint is the first feature film by William Tannen veteran TV commercial director and his inexperience working with actors and plot shows 
2
Flashpoint
Roger Ebert
Flashpoint is such a good thriller for so much of its length that it s kind of a betrayal when the ending falls apart 
3
Flashpoint
Hank Gallo
There isn t even one riveting minute of film here 
1.5
Flashpoint
Perry Stewart
The acting is never less than decent at times superior The story is thought provoking 
3
Hold Your Fire
Erik Childress
One of the best documentaries you will see this year that makes a great coupling with Stanley Nelson 8217 s Attica 46 The fact that most of the players on both side of this story are alive to tell the story feels like a miracle 46 
3.5
Hold Your Fire
Mark Feeney
Forbes does something daring with the interviews He will juxtapose comments that are contradictory not necessarily in fact but in interpretation or emphasis This creates a kind of stereo effect that enlarges the film 
3
Hold Your Fire
Leo Brady
Hold Your Fire is an answer 44 a groundbreaking documentary with a true example of showing every side 46 This allows the audience to walk in the shoes of everyone involved in that fateful moment in Brooklyn 44 New York 46 10 
4
Hold Your Fire
Odie Henderson
The excellent and infuriating Hold Your Fire has all the twists and turns of the best hostage movie thrillers 46 
3.5
Hold Your Fire
Mike McGranaghan
Hold Your Fire goes into sufficient detail to play like a well crafted Hollywood thriller 46 If you don apos t already know what happened 44 you apos re likely to be on the edge of your seat 46 
3.5
Hold Your Fire
Mark Dujsik
Forbes often cuts from one account to another 44 as if the film itself is serving as a conversation 44 not only with the truth 44 but also through the lies that somehow persist 46 46 46 
3
Hold Your Fire
Jake Coyle
Given that peaceful resolution in police encounters remains such a contemporary issue too Hold Your Fire has the feeling a key battle revisited in a tragically long ongoing conflict 
3.5
Hold Your Fire
Chris Barsanti
The film 8217 s aesthetic approach is purposeful 44 echoing the us or them sentiment held by both groups aiming guns at the other 46 
2.5
Hold Your Fire
Dwight Brown
This is a wonky fact based film that is fascinating on many levels but more fitting for a criminology class than a theater or TV It s sobering to think that defusing a deadly situation through negotiation was once a revolutionary idea 
2.5
Utama
Mattie Lucas
Grisi has an incredible eye the way he captures the barren landscapes almost recalls Carlos Reygadas 40 or to reach back further John Ford 41 44 but it also leaves us wondering what a filmmaker like Reygadas could have done with this material 46 
3
Utama
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Though thematically weighty the story is almost wishfully simple in execution It s proud and hushed performed with rough hewn starkness by nonprofessional actors José Calina Virginio and Luisa Quispe Sisa 
3
Utama
Glenn Kenny
A film of dazzling visual power and genuine poignancy 46 
3.5
Utama
Clayton Dillard
Stock story beats of generational dispute run throughout Utama 44 existing mainly to show off the widescreen possibilities of the Scope frame 46 
2.5
Utama
Roger Moore
A stark 44 elegiac memento of a vanishing culture 44 a way of life dying as our planet 8217 s dry places dry up completely 
3
Distant
Jeff Shannon
Deeply compassionate and frequently amusing qualifying as a minor miracle of humanely observant filmmaking 
3
Distant
Phil Villarreal
Films that insist on long periods of nothingness need to earn those periods 
2
Distant
Rob Thomas
The cumulative force of so many quiet unforced little moments add up and it wasn t until a good hour after I d seen the film that it really took hold of me 
3
Distant
Michael Booth
There is no simple sense of uplift in Distant But there is an exhilaration to revealing the human condition and Ceylan is ever on the lookout 
3
Distant
Chris Hewitt
There are mysteries to be explored in Ceylan s compositions Why are so many people so far from the camera Why is that floor creaking Where did that bright red basket suddenly lowered onto a dingy street come from 
3.5
Distant
Jonathan Curiel
Unwanted guests have a benefit They can remind us of our own dislikes and vulnerabilities and help us come to terms or not with them 
3
Distant
Roger Ebert
The film takes place in Turkey but its dynamic could be transplanted anywhere maybe to our own families 
3
Distant
Michael Wilmington
A Chekhovian tale of major artistic power 
4
Distant
Liam Lacey
A doleful Turkish masterpiece 
3.5
Distant
V.A. Musetto
Has much to say about solitude and friendship and just plain coping with life 
3.5
Distant
David Sterritt
Unassuming acutely observant drama 
4
Distant
Ed Gonzalez
The entire film is stitched together from a collection of long shots that stress the expansive emotional distance between the film s characters 
3
Happy, Texas
Michael Dequina
Every bit as cheery as the title implies but good will can only go so far 
2.5
Happy, Texas
James Sanford
first time filmmaker Illsley displays a surprisingly firm yet gentle hand with both his script and his enormously appealing cast 
3
Happy, Texas
Susan Stark
Northam provides low key comic counterpoint to Zahn s hilariously manic turn Macy s deadpan earnest sheriff is the one to watch though 
3
Happy, Texas
Jeff Vice
As sweet natured and likable as it is Happy Texas still falls short in the one department that really counts for a movie comedy real honest to goodness belly laughs 
2.5
Happy, Texas
Bob Graham
Anybody with a soft spot for fakers who either identifies with them or just admires their chutzpah is going to get a kick out of Happy Texas 
3
Happy, Texas
Joe Baltake
Happy Texas is a good winning combination of imitation and inventiveness 
3
Happy, Texas
Roger Ebert
This is one of those comedies that doesn t pound us on the head with the obvious but simply lets us share vast amusement 
3
Happy, Texas
James Berardinelli
a wellspring of sweet effervescent humor that reminds us that comedies don t have to be all about fart jokes and bathroom humor 
3
Happy, Texas
Steve Rhodes
For those of us that could use a little mirth in our lives the good spirited Happy Texas with its silly script and adorable antics is just what we need 
3
Happy, Texas
Walter V. Addiego
Happy Texas leaves an undeniable warm glow but not much else 
2
Tin Can
Mark Dujsik
Smith apos s futuristic tale is an exercise in thick atmosphere and mounting dread 46 
3
Cold Heaven
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I doubt that I could give an accurate plot summary of Cold Heaven even if I wanted to That s the film s charm for much of its running time it unveils itself by other means 
3
The Church on Dauphine Street: One Katrina Story
Jeff Shannon
Thompson s well chosen images of mind boggling destruction lend valuable perspective to the glorious reconstruction that follows a tribute to the openhearted generosity of those who achieved what our government could not 
3.5
Love, Kennedy
Frank Ochieng
As a movie the psychological heft limps a bit but this should not discount the dignity or remembrance of a remarkable young girl gone too soon before her time 
2.5
Love, Kennedy
Sean P. Means
A series of episodes from Kennedy s life though don t add up to an engrossing movie There s no dramatic arc or tension between characters just a slow inevitable slide as Kennedy s condition worsens 
2
Trouble Man
TV Guide Staff
Despite some excellent use of Los Angeles locations Trouble Man is a classic example of what white writers and producers perceive as the black lifestyle 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Mattie Lucas
Overlong it clocks in at 168 minutes just shy of three hours long and too frightfully busy to retain the nimble qualities of the original 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Mike Scott
But even spectacles have their limits Eventually there has to be substance to go with all that style and that s where At World s End falls short 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Namrata Joshi
What began as a thrilling and engrossing entertainer ends up as a terribly tedious franchisee the convoluted plot leaves you more confused than involved 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Peter Keough
Verbinski borrows from a half dozen mythologies to construct a fitting punishment for the culture of narcissism compulsive consumption and greed that makes movies like this one necessary 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Janos Gereben
For a long time although definitely not all the way to the interminable finale of this whale of a nautical exercise you re likely to enjoy what you ll see
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Kyle Smith
Yo ho ho and a bottle of regulations has the soul of a three hour U N committee meeting Gods bodkins me hearties this movie blows like a whale from the vasty deep 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Joe Lozito
The best in the series 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
David Keyes
At World s End is a sweepingly ambitious movie that alas takes too long making its point and far less effort in doing something meaty with the opportunities given to it 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
James Kendrick
while it maintains some vestiges of daring I fear that the filmmakers may have bought too deeply into their own delusions of grandeur
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sean O'Connell
A lazy rehash spun together to satisfy booty hungry studio heads it s as explosive as a firearm loaded with wet gunpowder
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
John Beifuss
Here death has little sadness and no permanence it s as if the characters being part of a mostly CGI world are destined to exist forever in digital limbo like deleted e mails 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
David Nusair
it hardly seems likely that anybody will have the stones to sit through this mess more than once 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Matt Brunson
It s a fine summertime distraction but woe to the viewer who elects to revisit it somewhere down the line 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Wesley Lovell
Better than the trilogy s second chapter but not by a lot Pirates 3 runs overlong and plays more to its weaknesses at times than it does its strengths 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Forrest Hartman
It s yo ho ho and a bottle of dumb 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Lori Hoffman
I ll bet most Pirates fans will defend this final chapter yet realize it has reached the end of its usefulness 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Gary Brown
Trying to follow this mess left me at wit s end with At World s End 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Gina Carbone
Elizabeth Swann is officially one of the best female characters in Hollywood history 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Kam Williams
Who cares that this blockbuster is an incoherent overplotted mess when it comes stocked with a charismatic protagonist plus enough swashbuckling action and spooky special f x to make you forget the fact that the story is impossible to keep straight 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Mark Dujsik
Gone are the clever innovative action sequences and practically gone is the tongue in cheek handling of the material 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Mike McGranaghan
It is debatable whether a movie can be blockbustered to death but I advance this one as Exhibit A Almost every frame of it feels manufactured to fit a preconceived and inaccurate notion of what a bigger better sequel should be 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Emily Blunt
Dear readers Bruckheimer pulled a Bruckheimer I am a huge fan of his action packed plot lite escape t the movies But in Pirates 3 the mega producer took a diamond of a franchise and shattered it into sand 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ross Anthony
Despite its length and failure to sell a love story I mostly enjoyed this buoyant surreal adventure 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Timothy Knight
Alternately exciting and exhausting Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End may occasionally sail off course but it never runs completely aground 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
John Wirt
The film is slow in delivering its goods but At World s End finally finds the mad fun and rousing action that fans expect 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Robert W. Butler
Unfortunately once in front of the camera Depp isn t given anything interesting or funny to do So this fine actor is left to drag out the same shtick that once seemed refreshing three films and an Oscar nomination ago 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Rick Groen
Depp descends into the shallows of self parody and the plot keen to tie up every narrative loose end manages to be simultaneously expansive and incomprehensible 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jeff Vice
The film runs nearly three hours long and feels like it 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Richard Roeper
Worth seeing for the jaw dropping action the doses of irreverent humor and of course the star power of Depp Knightley Rush Orlando Bloom Bill Nighy Chow Yun Fat and a host of other talented actors who utter their lines with Shakespearean gusto 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Nick Rogers
Sprawling and as in need of Venn diagrams for every sextuple cross as it is At World s End has subtleties amid its cattywampus craziness It s also 2007 s first blockbuster worth the constantly turned crank of big budget moviemaking 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Eric Melin
If number two was a scorned middle child fighting for attention then Pirates 3 is a perpetual motion machine not just because it is on autopilot but also because it seems like it will never end 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
David N. Butterworth
Three s supposed to be a charm but you won t find much of that in Gore Verbinski s continuation of his silly spectacular swashbuckling saga
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Daniel M. Kimmel
it s hard to remember a recent film with a cast this strong that utterly wasted them 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Walter Chaw
And so it goes 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jeffrey M. Anderson
By the end I was not annoyed and I did not feel gypped 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Linda Cook
Loaded with more blubber than laughs Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End is a vastly too long 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sean P. Means
By the final chaotic battle the overwhelming feeling the movie generates is relief that the whole enterprise is over 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Chris Hewitt
World s End lacks the lugubrious quality of many big budget blockbusters because director Gore Verbinski gives it a lightness of spirit and because the actors time their sly jokes so expertly 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Rene Rodriguez
The longest and talkiest installment in the blockbuster Pirates trilogy At World s End doesn t even have the decency to provide a good action sequence until more than two hours in 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Larry Ratliff
Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp saving the best for a stupendous effects enhanced final don t count on it battle really dock this franchise with a flourish 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sean McBride
this cinematic ship is so over stuffed with characters and intricate plotlines that it s starting to take on a bit of water 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Claudia Puig
One longs for more scenes featuring Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End and less of everything else in this bloated overwrought and convoluted three hour misfire 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Maitland McDonagh
Minute per dollar you get your money s worth but an hour after you leave you d be hard put to summarize the plot in any coherent way If that s entertainment then step right up 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Rob Salem
Relentlessly dense and unfathomable Depp the heart and soul of the series doesn t even show up till several reels in 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Moira MacDonald
This film is less comedic and more sweeping than the first two and Depp often seems to be strolling the borders of the film commenting on it 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Bruce Newman
Erupts into a grand and glorious adventure at the final hour After lying dead in the water during much of its three part odyssey Pirates of the Caribbean has saved the best for last The third time is the charmer 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Mick LaSalle
In terms of pure adventure there s less of it here than in Pirates 2 the action doesn t really start until about two hours in and even then it s hard to understand the shifting allegiances or make sense of why the different sides are fighting 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
David Elliott
The third film is a startling cascade of climaxes too long but to complain about excess in such an exuberant bonanza is like complaining that Gibraltar has too much rock 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Carrie Rickey
Ultimately the voyage is so choppy and long that into the third hour I found myself yawning Yo ho hum and a very sore bum 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Duane Dudek
A vastly accomplished bit of commercial filmmaking with all the payoffs and pitfalls that such faint praise implies 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Amy Biancolli
The third Pirates has tender moments and smashing ones and if you fix on Depp you ll manage fine 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Terry Lawson
I like my action movies complicated but At World s End is less a complexity than it is a high seas bazaar with everyone and everything vying for attention You end up going home with nothing to show for your adventure 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Lisa Kennedy
The overloaded sequel exhausts without ever satisfying Cluttered and clattering busy with jokes that never bob to the surface of funny it puts the oy in ships ahoy 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Mary F. Pols
Special effects pale in comparison to Depp himself He is as ever the heart and soul of the franchise 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Lou Lumenick
Abandon hope all ye seeking a coherent much less satisfying narrative 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ty Burr
If the previous installment Dead Man s Chest was a classic No 2 antic and insultingly unresolved World s End tips the ship too far in the opposite direction The first two hours of this 168 minute leviathan are bafflingly action free 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Lawrence Toppman
It s more entertaining than the muddled middle of the trilogy It rounds off the narrative in a satisfying way that eluded Shrek and Spider Man 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Willie Waffle
If you loved the first two movies you re going to love this one and for good reason Verbinski wonderfully mixes comedy action and drama and gives each character something special to do 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Kit Bowen
Is this third installment an overblown drawn out spectacle with more plot twists than a pretzel factory Perhaps Does it still deliver a visually stunning wham bam conclusion to a rousing pirate trilogy Absolutely 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Josh Larsen
any movie that involves something called the nine pieces of eight doesn t really care if you can follow it 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Erik Childress
The promise for a hopeful tomorrow that spectacles like the Pirates of the Caribbean are more than just a dying cinematic breed destined to be just another theme park attraction 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
James Sanford
the most brutal the wackiest and certainly the trippiest of the Pirates pictures If it s overloaded and a bit overly complicated that s not exactly unusual for these movies 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sara Michelle Fetters
The big problem here is director Gore Verbinski It is almost as if his massive success on the first two has given him personal license to indulge in every single whim and idiosyncrasy the filmmaker could ever imagine 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Dustin Putman
Bloated beyond comprehension overplotted to the point of aggravation and about as soulless as a ship captain specter the film is a total mess 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jeffrey Westhoff
Director Gore Verbinski continues to deliver the big budget goods 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Michael A. Smith
An epic spectacle in every sense of the word Pirates 3 is a non stop journey to all corners of the earth 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Nick Schager
Given its origins as a theme park ride it s apt that Disney s Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy has experienced a trajectory not unlike that of a rollercoaster an initial high followed by repeated plummets to nauseating lows 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Peter Canavese
Rum should be mandatory for every man woman and child misguidedly attempting to make sense of the frantic Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Gene Seymour
It won t matter whether you ve seen the first two Pirates movies or not You ll still be confused 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Michael Wilmington
The most visually spectacular action packed and surreal of the adventures of Capt Jack Sparrow 
3.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jack Mathews
After the film s final act at Shipwreck Cove one does feel a sense of satisfaction with the Pirates series the glow of a rum punch and an ocean sunset 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Peter Travers
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer does deserve a shoutout It takes a kind of genius to sucker audiences into repeatedly buying the same party tricks 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
James Berardinelli
The thrilling final hour is almost enough to make one forget how much of a labor it is to trudge through the first two thirds almost but not quite 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Phil Villarreal
Roger wouldn t be so jolly if he had to sit through Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End a tiresome disorienting walk down a 165 minute long plank 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Matt Pais
Left to do most of the movie s heavy lifting Knightley and Bloom are still so flavorless that they make Rice Cakes seem like a feast for the senses 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Michael Dequina
What s been missing from the series since the first film is a strong memorable adversary 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
David Keyes
rushes from the screen with ambition and color excitement and thrill and a relentless sense of optimism that catapults the story and its visuals to striking heights 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Jeff Beck
While Dawn Treader still had the look it didn t feel like a Narnia film because of its meandering storyline 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Wesley Lovell
The only thing more emblematic of this franchise would have been had the ship sank at the end 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
David Nusair
The shortest of the Narnia movies and also the worst 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Eric Melin
With no real sense of danger or urgency the adventure of the Dawn Treader remains as by the books and generic as ever 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Simon Abrams
The faux Odyssean trials the characters face are also paradoxically so strained that they often look more arbitrary than thoughtful 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Matt Brunson
Forget the Titanic The Dawn Treader is the real sinking ship 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lisa Kennedy
Not quite a must see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is nonetheless a sturdy outing with many of the charms that have become franchise trademarks 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
John Beifuss
At least the sea serpent part cobra part eel is fierce and welcome 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Linda Cook
What a lovely finale and final I think installment of the fantasy Christian allegory created by C S Lewis 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Kit Bowen
No need to tread lightly The third installment to the Chronicles of Narnia definitely fairs better than the last one Prince Caspian but it still can t hold a candle to the first Narnia movie
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a fun film that runs under two hours and more or less gets the job done and while it is far from perfect as family entertainments go this one is of a much finer pedigree than I anticipated beforehand 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Christian Toto
Dawn Treader delivers some epic sized adventure but it simply isn t good enough to extend the franchise 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Robert Levin
If The Voyage of the Dawn Treader never commits the offense of being spectacularly bad it s guilty of what might be a far more sinister crime profound mediocrity 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Rick Groen
Could be an optical illusion but it seems that a flat dull movie shot in 3 D just looks flatter and duller 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Robert W. Butler
The film feels impersonal and obligatory Not even a last reel appearance by the lion Aslan possibly the greatest computer generated animal character of all time can make this one a keeper 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Amy Biancolli
The visual splendor is still there in moderate amounts 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Joe Williams
An utter shipwreck a would be adventure with meager rations of magic and a listless crew 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Chris Hewitt
Apted is one of the most confoundingly inconsistent big name directors responsible for both the astonishing 7 Up documentaries and the insipid Nell but he somehow keeps Dawn Treader on course 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Willie Waffle
This is a fitting end to the story so let s hope it is The End 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Connie Ogle
Only two characters are worth much notice neither is a prince and one is a really big mouse which tells you something sad about Narnia s royal family 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Kyle Smith
Apted brings back a sense of the old fashioned fun of the low tech 1960s myths and monsters matinees when no roiling sea ever failed to harbor a giant serpent and men stood in the bows of ships facing peril with chins of iron 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Michael O'Sullivan
It s great to be back in Narnia 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Mark Dujsik
Lewis allegorical lectures on living rightly are here but their weight is missing 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Dustin Putman
This third trip to Narnia is the opposite of a charm 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Bruce DeMara
Discerning young people aren t likely to find Dawn Treader very challenging or engaging and the accompanying adults are certain to find it pretty bland fare 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Claudia Puig
It s serviceable but certainly not much fun 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Carrie Rickey
Unfortunately between its ripsnorting beginning and moving finale Apted s film sails into the doldrums 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Russ Breimeier
The film is merely okay and that s disappointing With such strong source material and the future of the franchise uncertain this Voyage should have been better 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Tom Keogh
Except for a few familiar faces the uninspired desperate looking The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage of the Dawn Treader doesn t bear much resemblance to its predecessors 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Thelma Adams
Though the 3 D effects sometimes feel like overkill the adventure is as stirring as the previous movies 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Roger Ebert
This is a rip snorting adventure fantasy for families especially the younger members who are not insistent on continuity 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Josh Larsen
panders to the Christian market while simultaneously tiptoeing around it 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
James Berardinelli
The quest element a common fantasy staple is uninspired and perfunctory and there s a growing sense throughout the movie that there s no real point to any of what is occurring 
2
Love at First Kiss
Roger Moore
It never was a romantic comedy 44 despite having a situation or two and a character or two ripe for it 46 And the film rarely crosses the line into 8220 sweetly sad 46 8221 10 But it 8217 s a dispiriting 96 minutes in any event
1.5
Max Cloud
Randy Myers
Why isn t martial arts star Scott Adkins a bigger deal 
3
The Shooter
Michael Dequina
An unexciting bore 
1
National Lampoon's Class Reunion
Roger Ebert
National Lampoon s Class Reunion has its funny moments but they re rare enough that we re acutely aware of them 
2
National Lampoon's Class Reunion
David Nusair
a cheap amateurish attempt to cash in on the National Lampoon name 
1
Brothers Hypnotic
Trish Crawford
The music throughout is wonderful and you wish there was more of it including concert footage 
2.5
Brothers Hypnotic
Nick Prigge
There are grudges held amid all the good will an intention of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble to do things on their terms and those terms stem directly from their upbringing 
2.5
The Edge
Peter Canavese
Mamet has always been concerned with primal masculinity The test of these men is twofold can they survive the wilderness and can they survive each other Blu ray 
3
The Edge
Chuck O'Leary
A riveting story of survival and the most rousing and gripping outdoor adventure since the original Jaws One of 1997 s very best films 
4
The Edge
James Kendrick
succeeds at being simultaneously cerebral and primal
3
The Edge
Michael Dequina
Bart the Bear delivers the film s most memorable performance 
2
The Edge
Steve Rhodes
A mediocre tale of wilderness survival 
2
The Edge
Roger Ebert
It s subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre 
3
The Edge
Mick LaSalle
The Edge is not only half baked warmed over Hemingway 
2
The Edge
Jeff Vice
Mamet s somewhat original script almost succeeds in breathing new life into the genre before making a fatal miscalculation in plotting toward the end 
2.5
The Edge
Joe Baltake
even less intelligent than your average action flick 
1
The Edge
Susan Stark
Anthony Hopkins first action movie casts him as a gentle brainy tycoon stuck in the Alaskan wilderness with only voracious bears and just as threatening Alec Baldwin for company 
3
The Edge
Barbara Shulgasser
It takes more than a few lines of clever dialogue a hero who reads books and an actor with British training and lots of dignity to keep a movie from going pretty much by the book 
2
The Edge
James Berardinelli
I laughed frequently but the problem is that I m not sure the director intended there to be as much humor in his film as I uncovered 
2
Cube 2: Hypercube
David Nusair
Sporadically compelling yet ultimately disappointing 
2
Slice
Brian Eggert
Slice is the kind of first try that makes this critic interested in seeing what Vesely will do next as it s evident he has a lot of imagination and comedic chops even though he didn t quite achieve anything memorable here 
2.5
Slice
Alan French
Slice will not be the best horror film of the year but audiences are likely to embrace it the actors and actresses involved really elevate the material here 
2.5
Slice
Josh Larsen
at the very least it entertains as a curiosity 
2
Slice
Richard Roeper
The insanely zany storyline and the energetic performances and yes Chance eventually transforming into a werewolf all of it kept me entertained throughout and bless this movie s black little heart for that 
3
Slice
Nick Allen
While Bennett might bring in viewers this is a charismatic however cluttered proclamation of another exciting film presence his Angels and Sunday Candy music video director Austin Vesely 
2.5
Scorched Earth
Peter Sobczynski
Watching Carano is fun for a little bit but seeing her talents thoroughly wasted becomes more depressing than anything else 
1.5
Scorched Earth
Mark Dujsik
T here s so much more the screenplay by Kevin Leeson and Bobby Mort could be doing with this world 
1.5
Scorched Earth
Roger Moore
Hell for Gina Carano would be a film future of no budget D grade sci fi like this
1
The Hustler
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 features one of Paul Newman 8217 s most tarnished 44 self destructive golden boys 46 
3.5
The Hustler
Roger Moore
Not just a memory it s a memory of a dream a seedy and sinister movie of smoke booze lies and the consequences of the con a relic of a less frazzled pre first person shooter age 
3.5
The Hustler
David Nusair
fares best as a showcase for stellar performances and first class cinematography 
2.5
The Hustler
Eric Melin
So much more than the ups and downs of one pool player It s shot in a very realistic way and deals with inner conflict and what it means to be a man 
3.5
The Hustler
Wesley Lovell
A raft of excellent performances buoy a fervent tale of weakness and success 
3.5
The Hustler
Walter Chaw
Eddie s true modern progeny is There Will Be Blood s Daniel Plainview drinking bitter milkshakes since 1961 
4
The Hustler
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
This is the purest examination of an athlete s internal struggle ever mounted for the screen 
4
The Hustler
James Berardinelli
One of the most compelling character based films to emerge from the decade of the 1960s 
4
The Hustler
Roger Ebert
The Hustler is one of those films where scenes have such psychic weight that they grow in our memories 
4
Snow in Paradise
Kent Turner
Much of the exposition is so redundant that a viewer might think it s accidental that the film subtly implies that a xenophobic white Londoner would find direction and peace in Islam 
2
Devil's Knot
John Beifuss
Lacks tension focus and most damaging seems entirely unnecessary and redundant in the wake of the four documentary features that not only exhaustively examined the case but altered the lives of everyone involved in it 
2
Devil's Knot
James Kendrick
doesn t have enough of a unique take on the overly familiar material to elevate it from the documentaries that covered the story so much better
2
Devil's Knot
Glenn Lovell
You ll have little patience with this fact based indie especially if you re a fan of HBO s True Detective series which also deals with ritualistic slayings The difference A little something called edge 
2
Devil's Knot
Roger Moore
Straightforward and emotionally flat not the treatment this tragic and outrageous story deserves
2
Devil's Knot
Matt Zoller Seitz
There are too many major characters and too many points of emphasis As elegantly directed as it sometimes is it feels disjointed scattered 
2.5
Devil's Knot
Stephen Whitty
A rather dull docudrama that doesn t have a strong reason to exist outside of perhaps a financial one 
2
Devil's Knot
Tirdad Derakhshani
An exhaustively researched and quite frankly very exhausting adaptation of journalist Mara Leveritt s book 
2
Devil's Knot
Dustin Putman
The finished product plays as if it was thrown together by people whose research consisted of skimming over the West Memphis Three s Wikipedia entry 
1.5
Devil's Knot
Claudia Puig
A nimble filmmaker Egoyan wisely underplays the exploitative aspects of the story and never loses sight of the tragic deaths 
2.5
Devil's Knot
Farran Smith Nehme
It s as preachy as The Crucible with the score permanently set on mournful 
1.5
Devil's Knot
Rene Rodriguez
A wan gloss on a horrific nightmare 
1
Devil's Knot
Matt Pais
Coming soon to Lifetime 
1
Devil's Knot
Mike McGranaghan
A worthy if more general recounting of the West Memphis Three case Excellent performances from Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon 
3
Devil's Knot
Rex Reed
Mr Egoyan s fascination and research don t really shed any new light on the case Don t let that deter you 
3
Devil's Knot
Chuck Bowen
Atom Egoyan is a much better director when he drops the art film fanciness and wrestles directly with his inner voyeuristic weirdo 
1.5
Devil's Knot
Liam Lacey
While Devil s Knot is restrained and respectful it also feels earnest and cautious and too much like a movie of the week to capture the sprawling complexity of the real events 
2.5
Devil's Knot
David Berry
If you don t know anything about the case Devil s Knot is too shallow to do it much justice if you do know about the case Devil s Knot is too aimless to offer any new perspective 
1.5
Devil's Knot
Peter Howell
Atom Egoyan s cool gaze fails to fully serve the boiling narrative of Devil s Knot a story that seems destined to forever elude a satisfactory resolution 
2
Devil's Knot
David Nusair
one can t help but walk into the film knowing most of the major details of this now notorious case 
2.5
Girls Trip
Matt Brunson
Moviegoers who endured a rough night watching the recent Rough Night will fare significantly better with Girls Trip 
3
Girls Trip
Federico Furzan
Fast fun and raunchy I had a blast in this well thought trip to friendship Full review in Spanish 
3
Girls Trip
David N. Butterworth
It s just too bad that a film purporting to espouse female empowerment has to resort to simulated fellatio public urination and full frontal male nudity in order to get its biggest laughs 
1.5
Girls Trip
Frank Ochieng
Well the latest free wheeling feminine induced frenzy is presented in the form of filmmaker Malcolm D Lee s infectiously bouncy and boisterous soulful sisterhood romp Girls Trip 
3
Girls Trip
Christopher James
Despite a generic title and a somewhat formulaic plot Girls Trip emerges as the best raunchy comedy since Bridesmaids 
4
Girls Trip
Pamela Powell
While predictable the film makes up for it in all the right ways this comedy rivals any of its bromance predecessors 
3.5
Girls Trip
Max Weiss
The movie is about a group of old college friends who take off for a long overdue girls weekend in New Orleans but thanks to the smart script and Lee s slick direction we re emotionally invested in each of their journeys 
3
Girls Trip
Michael Smith
Girls Trip is the funniest movie this summer and Tiffany Haddish is the breakout here inducing a riot of laughs in this ensemble comedy 
3
Girls Trip
Peter Travers
In all the ways Rough Night went wrong Girl Trip goes hilariously right Regina Hall Jada Pinkett Smith Queen Latifah and yowza Tiffany Haddish let laughs bubble out of character instead of blunt force farce It makes all the difference 
3
Girls Trip
Julia Cooper
There is no raunchier more raucous filthy and truly crass movie out this summer than Girls Trip and I loved every minute of it 
4
Girls Trip
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately the jokes stop being funny about 30 minutes before the end credits roll and the character based elements are never better than overly familiar 
2
Girls Trip
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hall Latifah Haddish and Smith a comedic dream team I hope get the opportunity to reunite soon 
3
Girls Trip
Richard Roeper
Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah are as reliable as ever onscreen And Regina Hall gives one of her best performances as Ryan who keeps on telling everyone you can have it all even as her own marriage tells a different story 
3
Girls Trip
Susan Wloszczyna
The ladies on the loose comedy that everyone needs right now even if they don t know it yet 
3
Girls Trip
Eric Henderson
Malcolm D Lee s film at least it goes down easy Easy like a Sunday morning hangover 
2.5
Girls Trip
John Wirt
Girls Trip is about friendship and loyalty But that warm foundation is also fertile ground for ladies on the loose in the Big Easy Director Malcolm D Lee and his quartet of ready to play actresses hit the streets running 
3
Girls Trip
Stephanie Merry
Girls Trip accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do shock and amuse Along the way it reminds us how important old friends can be 
2.5
Girls Trip
Mark Dujsik
One thing is for certain Girls Trip should make a star of Tiffany Haddish 
2.5
Girls Trip
Mick LaSalle
For the most part Girls Trip balances sincere sentiment and boisterous comedy with honesty and skill and for people who like their comedy a little nasty this one s a blast 
3
Girls Trip
Sara Stewart
Now this is how you do a female raunch comedy 
3
Girls Trip
Bethany Ao
Girls Trip is a hilarious reminder that we all need a Flossy Posse to make us laugh until our sides ache and give it to us straight when no one else will 
3
Girls Trip
Bruce DeMara
The film is audacious and unabashed in its determination to draw laughs from material that takes vulgarity to the extreme Some of it works while a lot of it is just head shakingly awful 
2
Girls Trip
Gary Thompson
Haddish is a wild card actress that Lee keeps playing in Girls Trip and he draws an inside straight nearly every time 
3
Girls Trip
Moira MacDonald
A raunchy good hearted celebration of friendship as funny as it needs to be and possibly funnier 
3
Girls Trip
Katie Walsh
The girls of Girls Trip prove that women can be many things powerful naughty gross hilarious and sexy while still lifting each other up 
3
Girls Trip
Roger Moore
See it to witness motor mouthed potty mouthed Tiffany Haddish have her Chris Tucker breakout moment in the movies 
3
Girls Trip
Wilson Morales
This not so original but well executed and hilarious comedy is sparked by breakout actress Tiffany Haddish This is the funniest and raunchiest film featuring a group of actors to come out since Bridesmaids 
3
Girls Trip
Kam Williams
I saw the film in a theater full of sisters who laughed so loudly that I must have missed half the picture s punchlines 
4
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Matt Brunson
A frantic pace is no match for a scarcity of laughs 
2
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Mattie Lucas
Not really a gangster film not really a romantic comedy just a mishmash of lame set pieces and never seem to jell into anything coherent 
1.5
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Roger Ebert
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag takes a lot of chances and if they d all worked it might have been a great comedy But it doesn t scale those heights It stops at the foothills and only Pesci continues climbing on alone 
2
The Innkeepers
Tom Meek
The cast especially Paxton is excellent but the film doesn t quite know how to transition from character study to creepshow 
2
The Innkeepers
Jeff Beck
Sometimes all it takes to make a decent little horror film is some good atmosphere and realistic characters 
3
The Innkeepers
Roger Moore
Writer director Ti West goes where many especially Stephen King have gone before 
1
The Innkeepers
Matt Brunson
West not only bypasses the gore galore but also largely avoids those cheap gotcha scares that directors employ when they re unable to generate genuine suspense 
3
The Innkeepers
Sara Michelle Fetters
But the real star here is the Yankee Peddler the New England landmark showing itself off to perfection 
2.5
The Innkeepers
Liz Braun
Fans of the horror genre can expect to get all nostalgic about the 1970s feel to the action which most certainly includes people going down the basement all alone in the dark and that sort of thing 
3
The Innkeepers
Josh Larsen
oddly unremarkable less surely controlled than House of the Devil less interesting in terms of form and perhaps worst of all not scary in the least 
2
The Innkeepers
Moira MacDonald
This film has some of the usual scary cues and tense moments but the setting the old Yankee Pedlar inn emerges as a more interesting character than any of the people 
3
The Innkeepers
Stephen Whitty
The Innkeepers may have some of the retro charm of a boardwalk spookshow But the ride is too long and too few of the attractions seem to be up and running 
2.5
The Innkeepers
David Nusair
West attempts to pad out the film s running time by offering up one lackluster sequence after another 
2
The Innkeepers
James Adams
It s just too bad innit that The Innkeepers isn t much of a keeper 
1.5
The Innkeepers
Sara Stewart
The Innkeepers is no masterpiece but you may well leave with your nerves expertly jangled 
2.5
The Innkeepers
John DeFore
Up until near the end you could mistake it for a low key haunted house comedy 
2
The Innkeepers
Mark Dujsik
I t s unclear whether West intended to make a comedy and wound up making a horror movie or that he set out to make a horror movie and wound up with a comedy 
2.5
The Innkeepers
Walter Chaw
what begins as something of a lark succeeds in generating what feels like real stakes
3.5
The Innkeepers
Wesley Morris
For too long this movie asks us to be interested in something that rarely in the history of the service industry has been sustainably entertaining how dull certain jobs can be 
1.5
The Innkeepers
Steven Rea
There s a lot to be said for horror that doesn t hit you over the head with shock and gore and special effects But if you re going to go that route you need to have more than The Innkeepers delivers 
2.5
The Innkeepers
Christy Lemire
The trappings may look familiar but The Innkeepers is a new twist on the good old fashioned ghost story It s the bored slacker horror movie 
3
The Innkeepers
James Berardinelli
Sometimes with horror movies it s all about tone 
3
The Innkeepers
Matt Pais
Few horror movies deliver a triple threat of strong characters chilly mood and clean storytelling The Innkeepers is one of those few 
3
The Innkeepers
Michael Phillips
Each visit to the root cellar is an exercise in nerve tightening the first time we hear the overloud telephone at the front desk it s both alarming and funny 
3
The Innkeepers
Bruce DeMara
To his credit West eschews the gore and mayhem of most modern horror movies in favour of slow building atmospheric menace 
2.5
The Innkeepers
Roger Ebert
Ti West knows how to build suspense with quiet and timing 
3
The Innkeepers
Rex Reed
I ask myself how can any movie that calls itself a horror film also be boring at the same time You will find the answer in The Innkeepers 
2
The Innkeepers
Peg Aloi
West only manages to wrangle a tepid horror film out of a fine opportunity to explore the territory of paranormal belief in a down to earth way 
2
The Innkeepers
Jesse Cataldo
Winding up the tension to an almost stubborn degree Ti West forestalls the inevitable disappointment of its release a blow that s further softened by how immaculately the whole movie is shot 
3.5
The Innkeepers
Lucius Gore
The Innkeepers makes up for its low budget and even lower body count with an excellent cast 
3
The Innkeepers
Dustin Putman
A beguiling entertainment as it deals out its grab bag of soul searching good willed humor and particularly serious gasps 
3
The Last Full Measure
Mark Meszoros
Ultimately The Last Full Measure doesn t reach the level of an exceptional drama but its heart is in the right place and it offers a well told story one likely to resonate strongly with those affected one way or another by war 
3
The Last Full Measure
David Stratton
One of the strengths of Todd Robinson s film lies in the casting of a gallery of fine actors in almost every role 
3.5
The Last Full Measure
Roger Moore
Acting grace notes almost rescue a generally graceless and lumbering combat post combat drama 
2
The Last Full Measure
Rex Reed
The meticulous script and sensitive direction signal in Todd Robinson the virtues of a major filmmaker at work 
3.5
The Last Full Measure
Jeff Mitchell
Talk of honor and sacrifice flood the screen and our tear ducts 
3
The Last Full Measure
Rob Thomas
If you re going to put Samuel L Jackson Ed Harris William Hurt Christopher Plummer and Peter Fonda in one movie together you re really going to have to mess up to get me to not recommend it 
3
The Last Full Measure
Richard Roeper
A moving and powerful and unforgettable story about the Vietnam War and its aftershocks in the tradition of The Deer Hunter and Coming Home 
4
The Last Full Measure
Odie Henderson
Writer director Todd Robinson spins this tale of heroism with a lot of purple sentiment but surprisingly little of the jingoism expected from a film like this 
3
The Last Full Measure
Robert Horton
A workmanlike but ultimately effective film 
2.5
The Last Full Measure
Aparita Bhandari
In giving U S Air Force pararescueman William H Pitsenbarger his due The Last Full Measure occasionally meanders into the maudlin reined in by a cast that lends some gravity to the melodrama 
2.5
The Last Full Measure
Mark Dujsik
The heart of the film is in these stories communicated by physically and psychologically wounded men and why the telling of those stories is vital 
3
The Last Full Measure
Katie Walsh
Although the script and aesthetic are rather melodramatic and oftentimes overly sentimental the star studded cast elevates the material with nuanced performances 
2.5
The Last Full Measure
Mick LaSalle
A so so movie with a lot of good parts 
2.5
The Last Full Measure
Joey Magidson
It s hardly spectacular but The Last Full Measure is better than the January release date suggests that s for sure 
3
The Last Full Measure
Rafer Guzman
A fact based drama hampered by unconvincing fictions 
2
The Last Full Measure
Johnny Oleksinski
Writer director Todd Robinson is the victim of his own noble intentions turning each and every moment into an ice bucket of sentiment 
2
The Last Full Measure
Mark Kennedy
Despite its flaws this movie reminds us all of the sacrifices made by soldiers and to be mindful of how we treat them when they come home 
3
The Last Full Measure
Michael O'Sullivan
The Last Full Measure has its poignant moments and boasts a wonderful if at times histrionic company of actors but their message is drowned out in a telling that shouts to be heard when an indoor voice would suffice 
2
The Last Full Measure
Derek Smith
The film largely evades any perspectives that might question the institutions that put our soldiers in harm s way 
1.5
Tango & Cash
David Nusair
an ineffective misfire that surely looked a whole lot better on paper 
2
Tango & Cash
Gene Siskel
The jokes seem lame and the rivalry fraudulent as the two boys play with their big guns 
1.5
Tango & Cash
Dave Kehr
The film looks like the sort of queasy fever dream that might be produced by sitting through an entire Orson Welles film festival while eating pepperoni pizzas 
2
Tango & Cash
Gary Thompson
Tango and Cash is a loud violent badly written rather boring cookie cutter cop picture 
1.5
Tango & Cash
Desmond Ryan
Both men think that the best way to deliver the right to remain silent to the usual suspects is via a right hook 
1.5
Tango & Cash
Roger Hurlburt
This form of self conscious action filmmaking is smeared over both Stallone and Russell They mug mercilessly none too well and of course they rely on plenty of bang and firepower to disguise a sour and often nasty script 
1.5
Tango & Cash
Henry Sheehan
The ostensible humor here is of the macho one liner variety and much of it falls flat 
2
Tango & Cash
Peter Canavese
A bizarrely appealing movie Tango Cash is the essence of camp it s bad and knows it s bad so therefore it s good Blu ray 
2.5
Tango & Cash
Chris Hicks
Movies like this are annoying because they seem to be saying that the audience is made up of morons 
1
Left Bank
David Nusair
an interminable disastrously overlong waste of time 
1
I Believe in Unicorns
Brian Tallerico
If it falls victim to a bit too many college film student clichs it s easy to forgive Meyerhoff due to the great performance she draws from her talented young star and what this film means for her bright future 
3
I Believe in Unicorns
John Beifuss
Leah Meyerhoff s earnest debut is more notable for the integrity of its female point of view and the consistency of its raw yet dreamy visual scheme which includes stop motion fantasy interludes than for its familiar coming of age scenario 
2.5
The Last International Playboy
John Hartl
They re deeply uninteresting people thanks to a trite and far fetched script There s very little the actors can do to make them credible 
1
Penguins
Steven Prokopy
The storytelling device used in most Disneynature films is tired and feels like pandering to younger audiences but the footage is indispensable captured by a team that is clearly fearless and remarkably careful 
3
Penguins
Jeff Mitchell
A light bouncy beautifully shot family film that avoids talk of global warming and plastic pollution It probably should but hey it s a great escape 
3.5
Penguins
Linda Cook
It s a charming way to learn about these lovable birds 
3
Penguins
Frank Ochieng
So yes birds of a feather certainly flock together in this nature oriented gem Thoroughly enjoyable and heart warming Disneynature Penguins has embracing animal magnetism for all the right kind of festive reasons 
3
Penguins
Rubén Rosario
The edges might have been sanded off but this is one guided wildlife tour worth taking 
3
Penguins
Mike McGranaghan
Penguins may cover some familiar ground but it s still exquisite to look at 
3
Penguins
Sara Michelle Fetters
Penguins is arguably the cutesiest most kid friendly and relatively informationally thin of all of the films Disneynature has produced up to this point 
2.5
Penguins
Brad Wheeler
A sweet playful coming of age documentary
3
Penguins
Christy Lemire
Just you try to resist the impossible adorableness offered up in the latest Disneynature documentary Penguins 
3
Penguins
Sean P. Means
A perfectly packaged nature documentary for human chicks to digest 
3
Penguins
Soren Andersen
Cute is king here Which figures 
2.5
Penguins
Roger Moore
Walks the fine line between cute and cutesie and at times the photography is nothing short of magnificent
3
Haunter
Brian Eggert
Never challenging or innovative 44 and consistent only in its fuzzy supernatural logic 44 the film is an empty exercise in atmosphere 46 
1
Haunter
Linda Barnard
Inspiration seems to come from Groundhog Day Beetlejuice and even The Shining 
2
Haunter
David Nusair
Natali s weakest film since 2003 s Nothing 
1.5
Haunter
Rex Reed
A dull confusing movie for which nobody bothered to provide a script 
1
Haunter
Dustin Putman
Never completely loses the viewer s interest but the edgy enigmatic would be momentum goes slack in the second half as the slim plot extends to 97 minutes when 80 would have made for a tauter experience 
2
Haunter
Simon Abrams
Haunter has a solid setup but the further Natali and King coax you into their labyrinth the harder it becomes to appreciate what initially made their film so promising 
2.5
Haunter
Sara Stewart
The plot spirals into increasing fuzziness 
2
Haunter
Walter Chaw
anchored by a game performance by young Breslin who deserves much much better than this 
1
Haunter
Chuck Bowen
Vincenzo Natali emphasizes technically impressive shots in the service of predictable boring expository beats at the expense of elaborating on his main character s growing feelings of isolation and torment 
2
Trog
Matt Brunson
Joan Crawford s unfortunate swan song in this turkey puts her in the same company as Errol Flynn Cuban Rebel Girls Bette Davis Wicked Stepmother Veronica Lake Flesh Feast and other film legends who ended glorious careers in desultory fashion 
1
Trog
Roger Ebert
The worst horror movies are those that don t understand their own absurdity Trog on the other hand understands it all too well 
1.5
Trog
John Beifuss
I admit it I have a soft spot in my heart and my head for the stupefying inexplicable Trog 
2.5
Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below
Matt Brunson
An ambitious undertaking 46 
3
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Kathleen Carroll
It s light easy on the eye and almost guaranteed to leave everyone in an ebullient mood 
3
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Joseph Gelmis
Varda has failed to find a satisfying emotional narrative to communicate her personal conviction 
2.5
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Matt Brunson
With this nation s right wing monsters doing everything in their power to steer women toward a Handmaid s Tale type of future this picture s themes couldn t possibly be more relevant 
3.5
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Roger Ebert
Goes on to become one of the most appealing films by a French director whose best work has always found a balance between the heart and the mind 
4
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Josh Larsen
one of Agnes Varda s more feminist works yet its approach is hardly polemical 
3.5
View From the Top
Betsy Bozdech
Too sweet to be truly funny and too over the top to be truly charming 
2
View From the Top
Nick Rogers
It aggressively browbeats you into enjoying it while it s on even if it s the sort of movie that evaporates from memory once the lights come up 
2
View From the Top
Leigh Johnson
The experience of watching this movie is a lot like commercial air travel the flight attendants try to make your experience as pleasant as possible but it s still a long dull ride in a small seat 
1.5
View From the Top
Steve Rhodes
This sweet little comedy is a coming of age small town girl makes good saga Rooting for an underdog that you expect will win is always satisfying even if the result is never really in doubt 
3
View From the Top
Mark Dujsik
Even Paltrow seems out of place in View from the Top and that s saying a lot 
1.5
View From the Top
Collin Souter
The movie aspires to be nothing more than there It filled me with inertia The best thing I can say about it is that it has nice credits both at the beginning and at the end the actors hit their marks and never make challenging decisions regard
2
View From the Top
Marjorie Baumgarten
Dull as dirt 
0
View From the Top
Matt Brunson
There s much to cherish in this so bad it s good movie the sort that would have been right at home on Mystery Science Theater 3000 
1.5
View From the Top
Jonathan R. Perry
It s understandable why it sat on the shelf for almost two years What I can t comprehend is why it didn t stay there 
1
View From the Top
Laine Ewen
Though it does not exactly have wings View from the Top might be worth a viewing particularly when it s next to Sweet Home Alabama on the video rack 
2
View From the Top
Linda Cook
A sweet little piece of fluff 
2.5
View From the Top
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Such a godawful mess that you honestly can t tell if it was meant to be a comedy or not 
.5
View From the Top
Mike McGranaghan
View From the Top is one of those misguided movies that mistakes wackiness for depth 
1.5
View From the Top
Frank Ochieng
as tasty as two day old stale airline cuisine and just as imaginative this fuel injected ruse leaves its inherent frothy perkiness on the runway this particular plane trip is missing its creative turbulence 
2
View From the Top
Pam Grady
The cast s talents alone can t save the film from its awkward tonal shift and a story that feels out of sync with the modern era that it s set in 
2
View From the Top
Todd Anthony
It takes a special talent to make Mike Myers unfunny and Barreto has it in abundance 
1.5
View From the Top
Moira MacDonald
Just sits there barely bubbling substituting Day Glo costumes for wit 
1.5
View From the Top
Mick LaSalle
This is a comedy with only one genuinely funny scene 
1
View From the Top
David Elliott
The heart of it is Paltrow She plays a regular gal with the witty panache of a star 
3
View From the Top
Peter Travers
What might fly as a skit on SNL never leaves the runway on the screen as Brazilian director Bruno Barreto and first time screenwriter Eric Wald set the cast on a desperate search for laughs 
1
View From the Top
Lou Lumenick
A dire stewardess comedy that s the movie equivalent of airline food 
1
View From the Top
Bob Strauss
Wald never figured out whether he wanted to make a snarky send up an elementary romantic conflict career or love what a clever dilemma or a you go girl empowerment fantasy In the end he failed at all three 
1.5
View From the Top
James Berardinelli
A mediocre diversion a movie better watched at home where the remote control can be used if necessary to fast forward to the film s best part the obligatory end credit outtakes 
2
View From the Top
Rick Groen
Comedies don t come much flatter 
1
View From the Top
Jeff Vice
This alleged comedy is almost completely laugh free 
1.5
View From the Top
Roger Ebert
Paltrow is lovable in the right roles and here she s joined by two others who are sunny on the screen Candice Bergen as the best selling flight attendant who becomes her mentor and Mark Ruffalo 
3
View From the Top
Ty Burr
Who on earth is this embarrassment easily the worst film of the year to date aimed at 
.5
View From the Top
Michael Szymanski
Even though there are funny people like Mike Myers making cameos payback for Paltrow s brilliant cameo in Goldmember this comedy about a budding stewardess just doesn t take off 
1.5
View From the Top
Sean P. Means
View From the Top feels like a salvage job as if Weinstein or somebody at Miramax knew they had a dog so they recut it and added scenes of Myers wacky behavior 
0
View From the Top
Ross Anthony
Though it starts out with a quirky sense of promise this film about an ambitious stewardess never gets off the ground 
1.5
View From the Top
Rob Blackwelder
The one scene of interviews with aspiring stewardesses in last year s Catch Me If You Can is exponentially funnier than every little laugh in this entire movie all put together 
1.5
View From the Top
Mack Bates
It s undone by narrative and continuity turbulence 
2
View From the Top
Jan Stuart
You might need to recycle your popcorn cup as a flight sickness bag as View From the Top swoops and nose dives between Myers mugging and Bergen s high comedy professionalism 
1.5
View From the Top
Mary F. Pols
It presents a girlie fantasy woefully outdated that only those who cherish the legendary plastic clotheshorse Barbie could possibly appreciate or understand 
.5
View From the Top
John Monaghan
A sputtering prop plane with a Concorde cast 
2
View From the Top
Mike Clark
One of those misfires that seems like a comedy but never convinces you for sure 
2
View From the Top
Erik Childress
Another comedy that is instantly forgotten about on arrival Something seen time after time that isn t close to a near miss will land on video soon enough and is barely worthy of a pick up 
2
View From the Top
Tony Toscano
View From the Top is a lightweight low calorie after dinner comedy eliciting smiles rather than belly laughs 
2.5
View From the Top
Chris Hewitt
A mild genial comedy that nobody will love and nobody will hate 
2
View From the Top
Steven Rea
A piddling exercise in which our heroine must decide between her literally lofty ambitions and her hunky sweetheart 
1.5
View From the Top
Rene Rodriguez
Trades primarily on gags about towering hairdos and the sight of Paltrow squeezed into a procession of Hooters tight uniforms 
1
View From the Top
Lawrence Toppman
I think this camp classic is an accident along the lines of Showgirls howlingly funny filled with gratingly earnest performances riddled with dialogue that will be quoted at parties 
1
View From the Top
Mark Caro
View From the Top is an apt title for this sorta comedy which always seems to be looking down on its characters 
2
View From the Top
Ed Gonzalez
This blas hodgepodge can t decide whether it wants to be a romantic comedy or an absurd send up of believe in yourself inspirational dramas 
1.5
View From the Top
Harvey S. Karten
Predictable pablum 
2
View From the Top
David Nusair
There are no surprises here and some aspects of the movie are laughably predictable 
2
Home Alone 3
Mike Clark
Twice the bad guys half the laughs 
1
Home Alone 3
Roger Ebert
To my astonishment I liked the third Home Alone movie better than the first two I m even going so far as to recommend it although not to grownups unless they are having a very silly day 
3
Spellbound
Joshua Tanzer
What we see are real uncensored personalities These kids are bright beyond their years but still have a lot of kid in them 
3
Spellbound
Travis Hoover
The film needs to be a Hoop Dreams epic but settles too easily for a 97 minute Kids Spell the Darndest Things 
2.5
Spellbound
James Sanford
builds a surprising amount of suspense It s sometimes agonizing to see these young faces fall as they confront such enemies as obsimath cephalagia and the dreaded kookaburra 
4
Spellbound
Linda Cook
It s absolutely f a s c i n a t i n g 
4
Spellbound
Mark Dujsik
Director Jeffrey Blitz has made a surprisingly suspenseful film that sharply observes the awkwardness of living as an intelligent adolescent in a society dedicated to the lowest common denominator 
4
Spellbound
Nick Rogers
Suspense doesn t get much better than it does in Spellbound in the chasm of silence between the last letters uttered by a teen age speller and their pained facial anticipation of the dinged bell signifying their error 
3.5
Spellbound
Joe Baltake
Witty poignant and suspenseful 
4
Spellbound
Jeff Vice
After seeing Spellbound you ll understand why the finals of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee is broadcast on ESPN every year 
3.5
Spellbound
Moira MacDonald
Spellbound finds its thrills with nary a chase scene nor a quick cut it s a simple and utterly gripping story about kids words and a microphone 
3.5
Spellbound
Duane Dudek
It is the sleeper of the summer and appropriate for all ages 
4
Spellbound
Rob Thomas
Strap in for 90 minutes of spelling bee excitement
3
Spellbound
Jon Niccum
First time director Jeffrey Blitz makes the picture more than just a nerve wracking competitive spectacle He also turns the proceedings into a microcosm of America and in many respects an essay on the American Dream 
3.5
Spellbound
Phil Villarreal
We watch the film as though it s one of those tear inducing Olympics featurettes about the Argentine swimmer who promised his dying mother he d bring home the gold 
3.5
Spellbound
Steven Snyder
At one point I sat back in my chair and celebrated the fact that I knew the film was only half over 
4
Spellbound
John Beifuss
It s hard to imagine a moviegoer who won t identify with these sometimes awkward sometimes charming young spellers or with their equally not ready for their closeup parents 
3.5
Spellbound
Marty Mapes
The movie s great achievement is that it captures a broad cross section of America
3.5
Spellbound
Michael Booth
When a child stands at the microphone and frantically writes invisible letters on her hand we can t help but love each and every one of these people 
3.5
Spellbound
David Elliott
These kids are all champs 
4
Spellbound
Ty Burr
An unpretentious classic of the form 
4
Spellbound
Rene Rodriguez
One of the many pleasures in Spellbound is watching the reactions of these young brainiacs 
3
Spellbound
Evan Henerson
The competition section of Spellbound during which we hear some of the longest and most obscure words in existence plays like a riveting thriller 
3.5
Spellbound
Emily Blunt
Who d have thought a film about recreational spelling would be so completely entertaining 
3.5
Spellbound
Elias Savada
It s hard to believe that a film about spelling can be such grand entertainment S P E L L B O U N D is spellbinding 
3
Spellbound
Laura Kelly
The fascinating thing about this documentary which follows eight spellers to the nationals is that the competition is as nerve wracking as watching an athlete perform their toughest maneuver 
3
Spellbound
Terry Lawson
All of the kids and their stories are remarkably compelling 
4
Spellbound
Chris Hewitt
It is hard to imagine a more suspenseful engaging or emotionally satisfying movie 
4
Spellbound
Carrie Rickey
I love this movie and I love the pride spirit and sportsmanship of the kids who represent the best of American pluck and luck 
3.5
Spellbound
James Berardinelli
It s a commendable attempt to bring an overlooked and fascinating subject to the screen but the approach is surface oriented and perfunctory and I didn t really find myself moved edified or enlightened by the experience 
2.5
Spellbound
David Nusair
the Spelling Bee portion of the film is surprisingly suspenseful because we ve come to care about each of the eight children 
3.5
Spellbound
Carla Meyer
Director Jeff Blitz s riveting inspiring documentary Spellbound resembles a Christopher Guest movie in that it follows obsessed socially awkward folks on a seminal journey in their lives 
4
Spellbound
Chris Knight
Like language itself Spellbound takes 26 letters arranges them just so and touches our souls 
3.5
Spellbound
Rick Groen
What makes the picture engaging is the extended preamble where director Jeff Blitz zeroes in on eight contestants and serves up a mini profile of each 
3
Spellbound
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A nailbiter in the finest tradition 
3.5
Spellbound
Mary F. Pols
Watching it you find yourself falling hard for eight very distinct and somewhat peculiar children as well as experiencing an undeniably moving affirmation of the dual concepts of the melting pot and the American dream 
4
Spellbound
Claudia Puig
Who would have thought that following eight kids as they prepare for and compete in a national spelling bee could be so riveting 
3.5
Spellbound
Jeanne Aufmuth
If the concept of a spelling bee leaves you yearning for an evening of watching paint dry think again This compelling documentary is one of the most suspenseful films of the year 
3.5
Spellbound
Roger Ebert
We cheer for all of these kids because it is so easy to remember the pain of getting something wrong in front of the whole class 
3
Spellbound
Mark Caro
These determined sometimes obsessed kids stick with you presenting a portrait of America as a melting pot unified in determination and a hefty serving of alphabet soup 
3.5
Spellbound
Peter Travers
Whether from a Texas ranch a Missouri trailer park or a Washington D C housing project these spellers define something unique about the American character 
3.5
Spellbound
Brooke Hauser
Like all great documentaries Blitz s is full of discovery but it s also packed with nail biting suspense 
4
Spellbound
Lou Lumenick
A very slick yet entertaining documentary 
2
Spellbound
Harvey S. Karten
If you can spell logorrhea this doc will make you wish you were 14 again 
3
Spellbound
Steve Rhodes
Skims the surface rather than goes for depth about the participants What we get is both fascinating and frustrating 
3
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes
Nick Schager
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes trades in irony with a capital I 
1.5
Herb & Dorothy 50x50
Tom Keogh
As with the 2008 film a nice bonus of Herb Dorothy 50x50 is a chance to see a lot of the once avant garde art that so captivated the Vogels in their prime 
3
Herb & Dorothy 50x50
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a compelling even stirring tale 
3
Herb & Dorothy 50x50
Kenneth Baker
The film s hymn of praise quickly grows cloying thanks partly to a relentless musical soundtrack 
1
Herb & Dorothy 50x50
Steve Macfarlane
Dorothy Vogel is less the soft spoken housewife from the first film than a businesswoman both shrewd and mousy and her trajectory affords the film its closest semblance to a story 
2.5
Herb & Dorothy 50x50
Peter Sobczynski
As the saying goes I may not know art but I know what I like I like this movie 
3
White Building
Derek Smith
The films depiction of life impacted by urban transformation conjures a palpable aura of entrapment and helplessness 
3
The Filth and the Fury
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Loaded with great music and classic Sex Pistols moments 
3
The Filth and the Fury
Jon Niccum
Unlike most rock documentaries that rely on abundant concert imagery and studio outtakes Filth is less concerned with the music than the setting that produced it 
3
The Filth and the Fury
David N. Butterworth
Never mind the bollocks this Pistols doc is the real deal 
3
The Filth and the Fury
Roger Ebert
To see this film s footage from the 70s is to see the beginning of much of pop and fashion iconography for the next two decades 
3.5
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Matt Brunson
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt turned out to be a disappointing way for Lang to end his stateside career 
2
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
David Nusair
It s a fairly ludicrous premise that is for the most part employed to watchable if decidedly erratic effect by Lang 
2.5
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
John Beifuss
Says a prosecutor during the trial Beneath his intellectual and cultured exterior he was moved by brutal impulses Is this also Lang s self indictment Or an indictment of any artist who trucks in sexual titillation and murder as entertainment 
3
All the King's Men
Gina Carbone
We have a series of beautiful threads weaved together in such haphazard fashion that despite their potential form a surprisingly ugly quilt 
2
All the King's Men
Jonathan R. Perry
What s worse a bad remake of a classic film or just a bad literary adaptation with delusions of grandeur 
2
All the King's Men
Sean McBride
a powerful story in real life but it just doesn t come across on film 
2
All the King's Men
Linda Cook
Even the brightest stars lose their shine in a dull sky 
2
All the King's Men
Matt Brunson
An unmitigated disaster choked by miscast actors suffocated by illogical editing and drowned by a choppy script that offers no real sense of period and no clear delineation of its central themes 
1
All the King's Men
Nick Rogers
The actors don t spar but jab and feint into the stale air that comes with such stuffy fossilized movies as this Put together again more for new Oscars than new audiences it s a handsomely shot disaster 
1.5
All the King's Men
Walter Chaw
Gather round and marvel at how little Horner and Zaillian think of their leading man 
0
All the King's Men
John Beifuss
Zaillian indulges his actors and himself wasting time on showboating interludes and pretty pictures that halt rather than drive the narrative 
2
All the King's Men
Jim Lane
Zaillian s movie is bloated literary and highfalutin looking and sounding like it s been reverently adapted from the kind of novel Willie Stark s hicks would never read into the kind of movie they wouldn t be caught dead going to see 
1
All the King's Men
Thomas Delapa
With his Oscar as scepter there s no stopping Penn who plays Stark like a pint sized Humpty Dumpty in suspenders 
1
All the King's Men
Frank Ochieng
Zallian s examination of corruption and wayward idealism of political plight is nothing but a meager melodrama searching for its scandalous sentiments 
2
All the King's Men
Dustin Putman
The disastrously hollow All the King s Men forgoes entertainment in favor of trying to cause death by way of crushing boredom 
0
All the King's Men
Ken Fox
Some will undoubtedly find Penn s ham boned spittle lashing performance a bit much but it s a pretty close to Warren s original conception 
2.5
All the King's Men
Geoff Pevere
All the King s Men was suspended in editing limbo for nearly a year and the final result only makes the mind reel at what it could have been carved from 
1.5
All the King's Men
Moira MacDonald
All the King s Men is full of bits that work unfortunately they never quite add up to a whole 
2.5
All the King's Men
Ruthe Stein
It has a labored feel The editing is choppy allowing little of the film to flow naturally 
1
All the King's Men
David Elliott
Lavish meandering provides more density than depth for the one magnet of interest is Willie Stark 
2.5
All the King's Men
Kit Bowen
Basically this remake of All the King s Men is a nice way to take a two hour nap despite Sean Penn s fervent attempts to wake you up 
1.5
All the King's Men
Carla Meyer
All the King s Men doesn t reveal anything new about the ins and outs of politics even as it insists via showy visuals and James Horner s sledgehammer score that it is revelatory 
2
All the King's Men
Pam Grady
All the King s Men looks good It s beautifully designed and well shot by cinematographer Pawel Edelman But make no mistake it s a bad movie 
2
All the King's Men
Stephen Whitty
Crawford showed us a man who sold his soul to do good and then soulless found himself incapable of resisting evil Penn gives us a smart actor tearing into an awards baiting role 
1.5
All the King's Men
Lou Lumenick
It isn t going to win any awards for Law a frantically hamming Penn or anyone else involved 
1.5
All the King's Men
Jack Mathews
Failures on the scale of writer director Steven Zaillian s All the King s Men are as rare as falling sequoias and they make a noise even if no one s in the woods to hear them 
2
All the King's Men
Duane Dudek
Not even Sean Penn can put All the King s Men back together again 
2.5
All the King's Men
Rene Rodriguez
It s the kind of picture that is so eager to celebrate its self importance and social significance it suffocates under its own seriousness 
1
All the King's Men
Bob Strauss
There s not enough to look at here and even less to get emotionally or intellectually invested in 
2
All the King's Men
Robert W. Butler
It s well acted by Sean Penn and Jude Law The only problem is I didn t care 
2.5
All the King's Men
Amy Biancolli
It s too full of itself it s too convinced of its own value to be much of any to audiences 
2
All the King's Men
Rick Groen
Sean Penn s work here is so mesmerizing so intense so guaranteed to put him front and centre when Oscar reads out the nominees as to almost obscure the multiple failings of the misguided movie around it 
2.5
All the King's Men
Terry Lawson
All the King s Men is obviously a movie that has been so rejiggered and downsized in length and intelligence that its guiding principles have been sacrificed to the marketplace a fate not unlike that of its blustery antihero 
2
All the King's Men
Jeff Vice
All the King s Men is as wasteful as filmmaking gets 
2
All the King's Men
Lisa Kennedy
No use getting sore that one art form trumps another It s not the first time an outstanding book became a ponderous film 
2.5
All the King's Men
Mary F. Pols
All the King s Men has to settle for being something good that makes you want more like a six hour HBO movie That s not to say it isn t filled with fine performances clever writing and insights into politics that feel absolutely relevant today 
3
All the King's Men
Richard Roeper
All the King s Men is miscast The soundtrack is awful The storyline is confusing The cinematography is too slick and pretty when we should be bathed in a sultry sweaty sticky gritty atmosphere 
2
All the King's Men
Ty Burr
All the King s Men is a big important awards season special with one glaring problem It doesn t have anything urgent or even interesting to say 
2
All the King's Men
James Rocchi
The problem with All the King s Men is that it s a political movie where we never really get a sense of politics 
2
All the King's Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
But then maybe it was too much to ask for Zaillian to pull this one off 
2
All the King's Men
Bob Bloom
Zaillian does not make things easy for the audience You admire Stark for wanting to help the people while at the same time you despise him for his underhanded methods 
3.5
All the King's Men
Sean P. Means
An old fashioned filibuster a talky exercise designed to wear down any dissenters who might try to point out that the emperor has no clothes 
2
All the King's Men
Rob Thomas
The fact that it falls short of the greatness it so obviously strives for doesn t mean it isn t a good film 
3
All the King's Men
Peter T. Chattaway
Unanswered questions leave you wondering if entire subplots ended up on the cutting room floor and by the end of the film you wonder who or what it was supposed to be about 
1.5
All the King's Men
Daniel M. Kimmel
eminently watchable but when it s over it turns out not to have been very satisfying 
2
All the King's Men
James Sanford
tedious confusing and like so many campaign promises thoroughly hollow Wait until you get an earful of the torturous Leezyuhna accents of Law James Gandolfini and particularly Sean Penn 
1.5
All the King's Men
Peter Canavese
Zaillian sells short the faceoff of shrewd old guard and scrappy proletariat by looking away just when the twain meet 
2.5
All the King's Men
Erik Childress
The film arrives much like its anti hero Willie Stark with a lot of passionate arm flailing and a populace destined to be disappointed in what he ultimately delivers 
2
All the King's Men
Willie Waffle
How can you mess up a movie with Sean Penn Anthony Hopkins Patricia Clarkson and Tony Soprano Watch All The King s Men to find out and watch their Oscar hopes flicker out as the movie limps towards its finale 
1.5
All the King's Men
Jeremiah Kipp
This is the stuff of soap operas not serious cinema and certainly not great literature 
1.5
All the King's Men
Claudia Puig
All the King s Men aspires to be a profound commentary on political corruption but it s more of a vehicle for scenery chewing by Sean Penn 
2
All the King's Men
Bruce Newman
These characters and their effect upon each other are so poorly developed that it seems as if large chunks of the plot are missing 
2
All the King's Men
Peter Travers
Overthought overwrought and thuddingly underwhelming 
1.5
All the King's Men
Steven Rea
In essence a wild soap opera disguised as a political allegory it s a movie with its over the map performances that is worth catching only for the inadvertent laugh or two 
2
All the King's Men
Michael Phillips
Watching scene after scene linger and expire in this haplessly faithful version of the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel it s impossible to tell what compelled adapter director Steven Zaillian to address the material in the first place 
1
All the King's Men
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like Polonius in Hamlet All the King s Men takes on airs as it pretends to explain the mysteries of life although it really says nothing of significance 
2
All the King's Men
Matt Pais
Jude Law must be tired His accent logs thousands of frequent flier miles going back and forth between Law s native Britain and his character s native South 
1.5
All the King's Men
Lawrence Toppman
It s possible for a movie to go wrong from the opening frame and All the King s Men shows how 
1.5
All the King's Men
Phoebe Flowers
Despite all its exhausting striving All the King s Men is simply not a great or even good movie 
1.5
All the King's Men
Jan Stuart
In its best moments All the King s Men exhorts us to sit back and reflect on the dark choices we are all capable of making in the name of power 
3
All the King's Men
Josh Larsen
Penn is playing the part of Great Actor more than the part of Willie Stark 
2
All the King's Men
Phil Villarreal
Stark will start a speech in front of a few people then throngs scamper in after he finishes his first sentence By the end of his speeches he gets the crowd to chant catch phrases Willie Stark totally could have hosted TRL 
2
All the King's Men
James Berardinelli
Those familiar with the novel will undoubtedly agree that reading it is a more satisfying experience than watching this disappointing film One expects more much more in fact with cast of this caliber 
2
All the King's Men
Jeanne Aufmuth
Flailing arms and empty sentiments lay waste to a shaky narrative 
1.5
Good Times
Matt Brunson
As for Sonny Bono s acting talents let s just say he makes Ringo Starr look like Daniel Day Lewis by comparison 
2
Good Times
David Nusair
The movie s incredibly thin storyline seems to exist for the sole purpose of allowing Sonny and Cher to sing a lot of silly pop songs and appear in cheesy sketches 
1
Good Times
Roger Ebert
Good Times is no classic but in ambition and achievement it s better than most movies of its type 
2.5
Santa Buddies
David Nusair
immediately establishes itself as a pointless and downright interminable family comedy that s almost entirely lacking in elements designed to appeal to older viewers 
.5
Take
Jeff Vice
This sullen dramatic thriller is introspective to the point of being navel gazing And its up to interpretation form of conclusion is fairly pretentious 
2
Take
Bob Strauss
Charles Oliver s directing debut Take unfolds in sun baked Southwestern locations but it s a dreary affair all the same 
2
Take
Maitland McDonagh
A frantic mother and a desperate criminal cross paths with devastating results in first time writer and director Charles Oliver s emotionally charged drama 
3
Take
John Anderson
Dramatically however Take consistently works and with such a story that s an amazing thing 
3
Take
Kyle Smith
A woefully earnest indie about a crime and its aftermath 
1.5
Take
Nick Schager
Oliver s climactic twist merely nullifies any engagement with the characters prior plights 
2
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film that depends more on its imagination than on its special effects and more on wide clear action scenes than the choppy shaky brand making it entirely unique in this summer s crop of entertainment 
3.5
Master of the Flying Guillotine
V.A. Musetto
For old fashioned raw energy it s tough to beat 
2.5
Centerfold Girls
Lucius Gore
A highly entertaining grindhouse slasher 
3
Dormant Beauty
Farran Smith Nehme
Swift and often compelling it s also blessedly unbiased 
3
Dormant Beauty
Jesse Cataldo
The film puts too many elements into play which means it ends up darting hopelessly between a series of underdeveloped storylines 
2.5
Enys Men
Sheila O'Malley
I was riveted by every moment of this haunting weird film 46 quot Enys Men quot made me legitimately uneasy 46 
3.5
Enys Men
Mark Dujsik
91 O 93 n a narrative level 44 it feels a bit too much like a puzzle in which a few key pieces are either obscured or outright missing 46 
2
Enys Men
Randy Myers
Surrender to it and you re in for a unique puzzle that touches on madness feminism isolationism the natural world and probably so much more than I caught in the first viewing 
3.5
Enys Men
Mike McGranaghan
I fully appreciate what writer 47 director Mark Jenkin attempts to do 46 It just didn 8217 t hit my fear button 46 
2.5
Enys Men
Josh Wise
Enys Men might have been called A Blueprint for Revival 58 an attempt to restore to horror something that Jenkin feels has been lost 46 If only it didn 8217 t lack the power to truly frighten us 44 it may have flourished 46 
2.5
A Wake in Providence
Maitland McDonagh
A witless farce 
1
A Wake in Providence
Rob Thomas
It s somewhat ironic that writer actors Vincent and Mike Pagano intend Providence to be a film about getting past ethnic stereotypes since they apparently couldn t 
1
A Wake in Providence
Carla Meyer
A pretty decent comedy of manners 
2.5
A Wake in Providence
G. Allen Johnson
Hilarious and filled with wonderful characters and situations 
3.5
This Is England
Peter Howell
How sad and predictable is the fate of those who counsel violence as a means to an end And yet how poignant it all seems when viewed through Shane Meadows thoughtful lens 
3
This Is England
Jennie Punter
You wouldn t think a film about a group of British skinheads during the early 1980s could be a sweet nostalgic coming of age period piece but that s the surprise of the authentic fresh and utterly relevant This Is England 
3.5
This Is England
Michele Kenner
This Is England grabs you by the scruff of the neck and yanks you into the Thatcher 1980s with brute force 
3.5
This Is England
Sean P. Means
Meadows captures the palpable anger of impoverished youth without money or jobs or hope seeking to blame somebody else for their troubles 
3.5
This Is England
Jeff Vice
Shane Meadows fictionalized version of these events is at least as vivid and at times as hard to watch as some of Ken Loach s more stark dramas 
3
This Is England
John Hartl
It may be the best work to date from the talented 34 year old writer director of Twenty Four Seven 1997 
3.5
This Is England
Bruce Westbrook
A drama that s so potent and persuasive yet also natural and intimate that it almost has the heft of a documentary 
3
This Is England
Chris Hewitt
He Director Shane Meadows He has a gift for getting under the skin of his working class characters who are invariably from the British Midlands and are invariably struggling to hold onto honor and innocence in a violent dangerous world 
3
This Is England
Terry Lawson
A hard fisted punch of reality based on the filmmaker s experiences growing up in England s Midlands in 1983 
3
This Is England
Carrie Rickey
Until the final scene of Meadows edgy uneasy film the suspense is killing 
3.5
This Is England
James Berardinelli
This Is England may be set in 1983 but it s as relevant today as it was then 
3
This Is England
David Wiegand
Don t expect a history lesson Shaun s story is more than enough to grab and hold your attention 
4
This Is England
Ty Burr
There s a gutter pride taken in how aggressively Shaun confronts the world but there s also a blunt no nonsense analysis of where the kid goes wrong 
4
This Is England
Peter Canavese
Meadows recollections of his own youth lend a terrible immediacy to an unusually potent coming of age story 
3
This Is England
Roger Ebert
The movie is taut tense relentless It shows why Shaun feels he needs to belong to a gang what he gets out of it and how it goes wrong Without saying so it also explains why skinheads are skinheads 
3.5
This Is England
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It doesn t seem the slightest bit like real life even though writer director Shane Meadows reportedly based it on his own 
1.5
This Is England
Pam Grady
Director Meadows does such a find job creating the tiny universe that it seem hermetically sealed from the rest of England 
3
This Is England
Jack Mathews
Turgoose in his first film role is entirely convincing 
3
This Is England
Stephen Whitty
A gripping bit of British drama 
3.5
This Is England
V.A. Musetto
The lensing by Daniel Cohen captures the day in day out dreariness of dead end lives and the musical soundtrack is infectious 
3
This Is England
Kam Williams
An edgy engaging and easily believable coming of age portrait whose intimacy and plausibility probably derive from the fact that it was in part based on the real life experiences of its writer director 
4
This Is England
Jan Stuart
Meadows electric drama takes the audience with it from the percolating opening moments through its hopeful if ever so contrived denouement filling the landscape with memorably engaging characters and potent ensemble performances 
4
This Is England
Ken Fox
Shaun s dark journey into an English heartland where ultra right National Front thugs successfully tap into the growing alienation of working class youth is a frighteningly accurate depiction of the seductive power of hate 
3
This Is England
Nick Schager
The director s affectionate warts and all portrait of his milieu and subculture is blistering cogently capturing how England s early 80s skinhead movement was driven less by blind racial intolerance than by intense socio economic tensions 
2.5
Against All Odds
Roger Ebert
There is a lot of plot in this movie probably too much The best thing to do is to accept the plot and then disregard it and pay attention to the scenes of passion They really work 
3
Kid Cannabis
Jordan Osterer
The film works best when it shows Jonathan Daniel Brown s drug kingpin at his most inept and incapable rather than elevating him to a pothead martyr 
2.5
Jihad Rehab
Sean P. Means
Smaker s interview subjects both the former Gitmo detainees and the center s staff set some sort of personal record for most would you look at the time Interview walkouts in a single movie 
3
At Ellen's Age
Kent Turner
Hand held realism alternates with an otherworldly alternative world of airport hotels filled with the lonely and rock star level of debauchery and later nude street theater 
3.5
At Ellen's Age
Chris Cabin
The sometimes hard to distinguish variances between being caged and allowed to roam free inform the trials and tribulations of the middle aged woman at the center of Pia Marais s second feature At Ellen s Age 
2.5
These Birds Walk
Kam Williams
Slumdog documentary Pakistani style 
3
These Birds Walk
Omer Mozaffar
Gosh I love this film Its every moment touches my heart 
4
These Birds Walk
Kenji Fujishima
The filmmakers use a wide range of cinematic techniques to convey the tenuous environment in which their subjects find themselves 
3.5
Wùlu
Clayton Dillard
Aside from the late arrival of a hard hitting ambient techno score by Éric Neveux Wùlu ultimately lacks enough distinctive formal touches to break free from its superior predecessors 
2
One Second
Mitchell Beaupre
Nothing else could have captured this rallying cry for the importance of film preservation the way that One Second 8217 s conclusion does 46 
3.5
One Second
Jake Cole
One Second is as much a tribute to the struggles of a man whose life has stolen from him as it is to a bygone way of looking at movies 
3
One Second
Kate Taylor
Billed by the director as his tribute to cinema One Second is affectionate and sweet 
3.5
Trial and Error
Michael Dequina
Something is surely amiss when the trial antics are the least interesting aspect of a courtroom comedy 
2
Trial and Error
Mike Clark
There are chuckles to be had but get your own continuance by waiting for the video 
2.5
Trial and Error
Roger Ebert
The movie reminded me a little of some of Billy Wilder s work in the way he took the characters seriously or at least as seriously as the material allowed and got a lot of the laughs by playing scenes straight 
3
Trial and Error
David N. Butterworth
A nicely balanced blend of zany comedy and touching romance 
2.5
Boy
John Barber
Even the inevitable flaws of the low budget production are winning showcasing as they do the narrative artistry that makes Boy so distinctive amid current factory written studio productions 
3
Boy
Linda Barnard
A simple story of coming of age and the bitter failings of hero worship that succeeds thanks to the impressive skills of its young star 
2.5
Boy
Roger Ebert
A film like this would have little chance without the right casting and James Rolleston is so right as Boy it s difficult to imagine anyone else 
3.5
Boy
Steven Rea
Boy is a charmer a funny and affecting coming of age story rendered with heart and with nuttiness 
3
Boy
Michael O'Sullivan
It s serious stuff but with a veneer of cheeky comedy 
3
Boy
Dustin Putman
Homegrown though it often feels the film is hurt by a distinct lack of budget how else to explain why Thriller or any song at all by Michael Jackson never appears 
2
Boy
Peter Keough
Funny and touching at times but a little bit of Dad goes a long way 
2.5
Boy
Ty Burr
Boy rollicks along with bright sunny style and for the most part balances its sadness with invention 
3
Boy
Michael Dequina
The storytelling is far from standard from the endearingly eccentric characterizations and performances to match to the whimsical sometimes surreal tone 
3
Boy
John Hartl
Boy from New Zealand has its charms most of them to do with Boy an 11 year old pop culture enthusiast who s obsessed with Michael Jackson and moonwalking 
2.5
Boy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The children here are both remarkable not relying on cuteness but allowed to remain children with the pain that brings alongside the pleasure 
3
Boy
Kam Williams
Think Whale Rider meets Superfly except mama s dead instead of Freddy 
3
Boy
Andrew Schenker
The use of flipbook animation and exaggerated fantasy sequences entails a certain logic but these devices run aground on a fairly limited sense of imagination which fails to make up for the story s essential slightness 
2
Boy
Kyle Smith
Somehow manages both to drag on and feel too short at the same time 
3
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
Lisa Trifone
Crock of Gold makes warm enjoyable work of getting to know MacGowan a bit better 
3
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
Roger Moore
Temple s made a fascinating film that sets the record straight in a lot of slurred words about MacGowan while he s still able to do it Because let s be blunt he s in pretty rough shape 
3
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
Peter Canavese
A fascinating in depth look at Shane MacGowan his childhood in rural Ireland his musical roots and his personal motivation as the preserver of Irish music Directed by Julien Temple who is exactly the guy you want for this movie 
3.5
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
He s an irascible interviewee Temple lovingly combines his footage with archival material and plenty of music to make a cautionary tale feel like a celebration 
3.5
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
Bob Strauss
Crock is undoubtedly something of a crock itself MacGowan burnishing his own legend while he still can He remains a genius at it 
3
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
Chris Barsanti
The film is affectingly poignant in its frequently uncomfortable presentation of Shane MacGowan s physical ruination 
3
Sundowners
Godfrey Cheshire
It s for folks who fetishize indie style ineptitude and amateurishness 
1
Sundowners
Roger Moore
Scruffy Canadian comedy whose laughs land more often than they miss 
2.5
Sundowners
Barry Hertz
Deliberately awkward and bravely subversive 
3
Sundowners
Peter Howell
Moondi and his actors let Alex and Justin sketch their own stories which are written in their faces and in the bad choices they habitually make 
2.5
Foolish
Maitland McDonagh
Eddie Griffin buffs have the best reason to check out this amateurish effort Griffin s profane sometimes sharply observed stand up routines take up a big chunk of the movie s total running time 
1.5
Foolish
Michael Dequina
Simpleminded melodrama about two brothers conflicting struggles to better their lives Oops not only did I describe the story I just gave the entire story away Sorry 
0
Foolish
Eugene Novikov
What would inspire someone who cannot write or act to pen and star in a movie 
1.5
American Meat
Steve Macfarlane
Despite the intensity of its scope and research American Meat is a decidedly soft hitting display of an overweening good faith that frankly just can t jibe with the times 
1.5
Gunda
Tom Meek
Viktor Kosakovskiy might be one of the most engrossing filmmakers you ve never heard of 
4
Gunda
Lisa Trifone
A remarkable deeply emotional journey through the lives of a mama pig her litter and their farm animal friends 
4
Gunda
Michael O'Sullivan
Completely aside from its backstory and dietary moral it is a piece of wondrously immersive filmmaking that invites us to slow down and consider life at its most elemental and though this may sound corny in reference to a farm animal humane 
3.5
Gunda
Siddhant Adlakha
Gunda may not technically be a silent film but its expression through movement functions much the same way with our minds filling in experiential gaps to create something that feels narratively whole 
3
Gunda
Bob Strauss
You ll feel like you re making new best friends when you watch Gunda It s as pure a farmyard experience as a movie can conceivably be 
3
Gunda
Anita Katz
Few if any films have more effectively documented an animal s capacity for deep and complicated feeling Kossakovsky merits applause for bringing this amazing appreciation of farm animals into being 
3.5
Gunda
Jake Coyle
Gunda ultimately falls somewhere between banal and profound Maybe it s both Kossokovsky has grounded the nature film in a new movie terrain that for all its restraint oozes empathy 
3
Gunda
Carlos Aguilar
A cinematic triumph of porcine poetry 
4
Gunda
Rene Sanchez
It captures both simple instants of absolute beauty as well as heartbreaking moments of the horrors of captivity Full Review in Spanish 
3
Gunda
Mark Dujsik
Gunda is resolutely objective and as a result somewhat impenetrable 
2.5
Gunda
Josh Larsen
Charlotte s Web meets slow cinema 
3.5
Gunda
Keith Watson
By the time the credits roll on the film we realize we ve been watching not so much a sketch of the lives of farm animals as a threnody for their deaths 
2.5
The Meaning of Hitler
Roxana Hadadi
The Meaning of Hitler never quite reconciles its central concern of whether continuing to talk about Hitler is an inherently compromised pursuit 
2.5
The Meaning of Hitler
Mark Dujsik
It s constantly engaging with and questioning itself 
3
The Meaning of Hitler
Diego Semerene
Though uneven the film is clever about avoiding age old conundrums regarding the disavowal of the language of horror 
2.5
The Meaning of Hitler
Roger Moore
If you see just one Hitler film this year make it this one 
3.5
Please Baby Please
Allyson Johnson
Amanda Kramer s Please Baby Please nearly buries itself in eccentricities It stays afloat due to the commitment of its performers a clear eyed vision and a playful atmosphere that imbues the screen with rich colors and dizzying vibrancy 
3
Please Baby Please
Rosalie Kicks
Amanda Kramer 8217 s PLEASE BABY PLEASE is thought provoking and visually engaging 46 
3
Please Baby Please
Rob Thomas
For a film about taking a walk on the wild side 44 the movie feels surprisingly restrained 44 committed to hitting the same note over and over 46 
2
Please Baby Please
Christy Lemire
The heightened artifice of the setting 44 which is so amusing at first 44 soon reveals itself as a superficial concept 46 
2
Please Baby Please
William Repass
The film 8217 s unapologetic level of artifice is at once the source of its pleasures and limitations 46 
2.5
Please Baby Please
Roger Moore
It isn 8217 t exactly satire 44 never quite nails parody and Kramer seems to fumble around groping for one or the other 46 
2
The Bow
Walter Chaw
A minor work from a major talent 
3
Hollywood Shuffle
Matt Brunson
The best bit is a hilarious Siskel and Ebert parody called Sneakin 8217 in the Movies 46 
3
Hollywood Shuffle
David Nusair
would ve fared much much better had its myriad of punishingly lame comedic vignettes been excised completely 
1.5
Hollywood Shuffle
Josh Larsen
presaged a revolution that never came 
3.5
Hollywood Shuffle
Roger Ebert
Under the circumstances Hollywood Shuffle is an artistic compromise but a logistical triumph announcing the arrival of a new talent whose next movie should really be something 
3
Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough
David Nusair
delivers exactly what it promises nudity rampant sleaziness and a plethora of twists and turns 
2.5
The King and I
Wesley Lovell
A beautiful film with a score I didn t much care for 
3
The King and I
Walter Chaw
A chronicle of colonialism that poses itself as an easy to dismiss artifact yet reveals itself to be an enduring statement about why people can t get along 
4
The Matador
V.A. Musetto
Mostly The Matador romanticizes a brutal tradition that has no place in the 21st century 
1
The Matador
Ed Gonzalez
Issues of class don t matter to the filmmakers who pride above all else Fandila s justifications for what he does romanticizing the possibility of his dying while giving the bulls he dances with the shaft 
2
Blindness
Namrata Joshi
The film manages to communicate the sense of deep rooted paranoia and anxiety to its audience the moments of claustrophobia on screen reach out and smother viewers 
3
Blindness
Sonny Bunch
Like the film s thematic elements the camera trickery comes off as unnecessarily pretentious the sort of thing film students applaud while mainstream audiences yawn 
1
Blindness
Mike Scott
It s hard to explain all the vitriol aimed at Meirelles film which is a beautifully shot picture that is as haunting and profound as it is thought provoking 
3.5
Blindness
Matt Brunson
Despite strong performances and a few compelling scenarios it s plain to see that Blindness doesn t quite measure up to expectations 
2.5
Blindness
Walter Chaw
The problem with Blindness is Meirelles bad habit of making a terrible hash of something already done with more eloquence
1
Blindness
Wesley Lovell
A stark uncompromising look at a dark part of human existence exposed when the most basic sense is taken away 
4
Blindness
Linda Cook
I m not sure whether Blindness is the most hopeful movie I ve ever seen or the most depressing 
3.5
Blindness
Nick Rogers
Fernando Meirelles replaces his usually heated human emotion with cold clinical and repetitive case study detachment At least it s courageously uncompromising and Meirelles gets perhaps the best work ever out of the overrated Julianne Moore 
2.5
Blindness
Bob Bloom
This is one of those films in which no characters have names a device used to emphasize the point that those locked up could be you or me 
2
Blindness
Austin Kennedy
Even though it has some problems I ended up enjoying this atmospheric tale about the evil inside of man due to Meirelles fantastic visual style 
3
Blindness
Eric Melin
It could conceivably be shown in a Western Civ course Like that required 100 level history course though the movie itself sometimes feels like swallowing your medicine 
2.5
Blindness
Carolyn Arends
No doubt every reviewer who sees Blindness will dig deep for his or her own special vision related play on words Here is mine Blindness is a film I wish I hadn t seen 
1
Blindness
John Beifuss
Pretentious yes but scary and gripping 
3
Blindness
Claudia Puig
The film is an often thought provoking metaphor But as a thriller it becomes dreary 
2
Blindness
Susan Walker
This film rests uneasily between art and thriller putting a huge burden on the actors especially Julianne Moore to convey the larger meaning of the story 
2.5
Blindness
Daniel M. Kimmel
an interesting idea that may work better on the page than on the screen The resulting film alas is less than meets the eye 
2
Blindness
Chris Hewitt
I wouldn t blame moviegoers for wondering why anyone would want to see a movie so full of sadness But there are plenty of reasons to go to this brilliant film including a knockout performance by Moore 
3.5
Blindness
Moira MacDonald
Fernando Meirelles Blindness is film as punishment a literate and thoughtful work that s nonetheless so relentless in its bleached out misery that you want to look away 
2
Blindness
Mick LaSalle
Too many scenes strike the same note and at times Blindness seems like a premise in search of a story and an allegory in search of a meaning But in its methodical and uncompromising way it gets where it needs to go 
3
Blindness
Stephen Whitty
Dully written ponderously paced and full of one note characters acting exactly as we d expect 
2
Blindness
Kyle Smith
I kept hoping the meaning would click into place but it never quite did The story seems designed to apply to whatever fear is nibbling around your subconscious 
2.5
Blindness
Duane Dudek
Meirelles has crafted a lurid even hysterically visual but dramatically trite and obvious approximation of whatever was intended by Saramago 
2.5
Blindness
Connie Ogle
For all its pretension and artiness Blindness is more like M Night Shyamalan s The Happening which at least had the decency to be fast paced and short right down to its upbeat and inane conclusion 
2
Blindness
Robert W. Butler
Blindness is pretty grim stuff but it s not all that involving 
2.5
Blindness
Amy Biancolli
Fernando Meirelles awkward repulsive yet richly imagined film uses sightlessness as a trigger for the breakdown of society 
3
Blindness
Lisa Kennedy
Blindness leaves indelible images and unnerving feelings about physical and social disintegration It is not easy to stomach 
3.5
Blindness
Wesley Morris
A perversely enjoyable occasionally harrowing adaptation of José Saramago s 1995 disaster allegory 
3
Blindness
Chris Kaltenbach
A belabored allegory that fails to even set up any rules much less abide by them 
2
Blindness
Michael Phillips
The figures in Blindness have no names that s how deep into the Valley of Allegory we are 
2
Blindness
Sara Michelle Fetters
But whatever power author José Saramago s original novel possessed has been lost in translation this movie a frustratingly disgusting journey into degradation and despair seemingly without both point or end 
1.5
Blindness
Willie Waffle
I get it I just don t find it all that interesting 
1.5
Blindness
Steven Rea
Murky and grainy and showing human beings at their grimmest thievery rape betrayal murder Blindness is no barrel of laughs But it is a barrel of pretentious metaphorical musings 
2
Blindness
Liam Lacey
If you ve read Lord of the Flies or Animal Farm you ll know how things progress 
2.5
Blindness
Dustin Putman
An unnerving disorienting fable of the darkest order 
3
Blindness
Jeanne Aufmuth
Fernando Meirelles tackles José Saramago s searing stream of consciousness novel with intriguing but mixed results 
3
Blindness
Rafer Guzman
Blindness is a face first dive into the horror of human nature call it Lord of the Blind Flies with several memorably harrowing scenes and a compelling cast 
3
Blindness
Roger Ebert
It is an allegory about a group of people who survive under great stress but frankly I would rather have seen them perish than sit through the final three quarters of the film 
1.5
Blindness
Phil Villarreal
Cinematographer César Charlone is inventive his shots ranging from oversaturated with whiteness to distorted silhouettes and double exposures 
3.5
Blindness
Fernando F. Croce
It s too easy a joke to say that Blindness lacks vision more accurate to say that it lacks control lucidity and humanity the last being a particularly calamitous absence in a film about civilization in crisis 
1
Blindness
James Berardinelli
An absorbing if admittedly flawed thought piece It engaged me throughout and I found the ending to be surprisingly hopeful 
3
Blindness
David Nusair
46 46 46 an utterly misguided disaster that apos s a sure candidate for the worst of the year 46 
1
Kids of Today
Diego Semerene
All the Skyping Facebooking and Googling are ultimately tools for animated philosophical conversations about dissemination theory intellectual affectation and post punk identity 
3
Ran
Michael Wilmington
Ran is one of the cinema s greatest works a film of true tragic vision 
4
Ran
Gene Siskel
Ultimately it is this mixture of the grand gesture and the fine touch the big world and the small people who occupy it that lingers with us long after Ran is over 
4
Ran
Michael O'Sullivan
By the time Kurosawa s camera comes to rest on the film s final poignant image a painting of the Buddha that one character had promised another would protect him from harm the movie seemingly has accomplished the impossible one upping Shakespeare 
4
Ran
Mark Feeney
What could be more exciting than the prospect of one of the giants of world cinema his career resuscitated adapting Shakespeare s most modern play 
3.5
Ran
Margaret A. McGurk
Qualifies as required viewing for for any devoted lover of film 
4
Ran
Roger Ebert
Nobody can film an epic battle scene like Kurosawa 
4
Ran
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a clean pure 160 minutes of film and a masterpiece 
4
Ran
Bob Graham
List any element from concept through cinematography battle action editing acting sound music costumes or whatever right down to makeup and Kurosawa s commitment is total 
4
Ran
Ted Prigge
Watching Ran it s easy to see why Kurosawa is so heavily received commercially and critically
4
Telstar
Roger Moore
An overlong but fascinating look at the life of a forgotten innovator of early rock n roll
2.5
Crush
Forrest Hartman
Where we might have had a cynical yet funny meditation on men women and relationships we re left with a string of interesting moments that don t work as a whole 
2.5
Crush
Loren King
Mixes slapstick poignancy tragedy and sophisticated wit 
3
Crush
Jeff Vice
Charmless and sometimes downright ludicrous and at least a little insulting to women 
1.5
Crush
Jay Carr
There are as many misses as hits but ultimately it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior and it s a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises 
3
Crush
Joe Baltake
You come away thinking not only that Kate isn t very bright but that she hasn t been worth caring about and that maybe she Janine and Molly an all woman dysfunctional family deserve one another 
2.5
Crush
Joe Leydon
As Crush progresses much of the wit charm and playfulness evidenced in the early scenes is gradually squeezed out of the movie 
2.5
Crush
Steve Rhodes
How fake is this story At one point Molly looks over at Kate and says I can smell man on you Tell me women Would you ever say that to another woman 
2
Crush
Laura Kelly
Enjoy Crush for what it is a good popcorn flick for those gals who feel the approach of 40 or 50 breathing down their neck like a bad blind date 
2.5
Crush
Moira MacDonald
It should have been delicious instead it s like lukewarm tea neither hot nor cold and definitely unappealing 
1.5
Crush
Mick LaSalle
Ostensibly celebrates middle aged girl power even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic dysfunctional and destructive 
2
Crush
Robert W. Butler
An unpredictable blend of gal pal smart talk romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writer director John McKay can swallow 
2
Crush
Duane Dudek
McKay shows crushingly little curiosity about or is ill equipped to examine the interior lives of the characters in his film much less incorporate them into his narrative 
2.5
Crush
Glenn Lovell
Even when Crush departs from the 4W formula it feels like a glossy rehash 
2
Crush
Steven Rea
Despite some jaunty performances and its pretty Cotswolds locale the film in the end is hardly a pleasure at all 
2
Crush
Chris Hewitt
Limitations aside the radiant MacDowell is well cast 
2.5
Crush
Mary F. Pols
A bewilderingly conflicted film 
2
Crush
Jeanne Aufmuth
Prurient playthings aside there s little to love about this English trifle 
2
Crush
Walter Chaw
An atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding 
1
Crush
David Elliott
Go girls right down the reality drain 
2
Crush
Roger Ebert
The movie does its best to work us over with second helpings of love romance tragedy false dawns real dawns comic relief two separate crises during marriage ceremonies and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds 
3
Crush
Pam Grady
A backhanded ode to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship 
1.5
Crush
Ellen Fagg
The characters are based on stock clichs and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility 
2
Crush
Lou Lumenick
Written and directed by newcomer John McKay with heavy emphasis on clich and stereotype 
2
Crush
Harvey S. Karten
This absorbing pic should be seen by all men who want to know what women say about them in their bull sessions 
3
Crush
Ed Gonzalez
Crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean spirited second half 
2.5
Shine Your Eyes
Shane Slater
While it succeeds in its macro level ethnography and a palpable sense of place Shine Your Eyes falters in telling its central story 
2.5
Shine Your Eyes
Roger Moore
A lyrical Sao Paulo mystery travelogue that takes us through math music and into madness 
3
God's Not Dead 2
Frank Ochieng
Nevertheless God s Not Dead 2 cannot overcome its unintentional cheesiness manufactured compassion and one sided ideology that fails to allow any formidable counter punch to its theoretical and theological insights 
2
God's Not Dead 2
Dustin Putman
Under the guise of well meaning moralizing God s Not Dead 2 little by little reveals an ugly and distasteful hidden agenda one that self righteously goes against the movie s alleged messages of acceptance and religious freedom 
1
God's Not Dead 2
Josh Terry
Courtroom dramas are notorious for long winded speeches and preachy content but God s Not Dead 2 has an especially nasty habit of using lengthy speeches for tedious exposition It often feels like you re watching someone read an op ed piece to you 
1.5
God's Not Dead 2
Roger Moore
Still not dead to the faithful who are almost as angry at nonbelievers as they were in the first film 
1.5
God's Not Dead 2
Mike McGranaghan
This is a movie custom made for people who became outraged when Starbucks made their Christmas coffee cups red 
1.5
God's Not Dead 2
Phil Villarreal
God may not be dead but it s not for this movie s lack of trying 
1
God's Not Dead 2
Sheila O'Malley
God s Not Dead 2 is filled with a sense of paranoiac persecution and seething resentment towards secular public schools the ACLU government interference and those who don t care for Duck Dynasty 
1.5
God's Not Dead 2
Willie Waffle
Don t hate God s Not Dead 2 because of its themes and faith Hate it for being a stupid horribly made movie 
.5
God's Not Dead 2
Bill Zwecker
The agenda here is front and center from start to finish and while the actors do a yeoman s job in presenting their characters with aplomb the entire film simply comes off as a two hour jazzed up movie version of a sermon 
2.5
God's Not Dead 2
John Hanlon
A commendable drama that despite some flaws raises serious questions about religious prosecution and political correctness 
3.0
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Brian Eggert
It s a film that acknowledges the limits of reality even as Sciamma finds overriding freedom in her characters yearnings making as one character observes not the lover s choice but the poet s in telling this story 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Mick LaSalle
There are many great acting moments in this film but you should especially savor the final shot the long close up of Haenel in profile Put simply it s why we go to the movies 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
John Beifuss
Recognizes the hope and futility that accompany the attempt to capture another person s essence in love or in art 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
James Kendrick
a beautifully mounted drama about forbidden love that has every reason to be an intense emotional experience but somehow never quite shakes free from its carefully designed and modulated aesthetic
2.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Mattie Lucas
Sciamma seems to be inventing love anew giving us something at once familiar like the lingering memory of lovers long past and vibrantly thrillingly new 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rob Thomas
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is about the audacity of creation whether of a new work of art or a new love affair With precise confident brushstrokes Sciamma creates a tender and complex love story of passionate intensity 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Lisa Trifone
Portrait of a Lady On Fire is a film that demands repeat viewings in order to truly unravel the mastery with which Sciamma builds her world her characters her exploration of women 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Bob Bloom
Beneath its gloss Portrait of a Lady on Fire is about how women considered property that can be used as barter in a patriarchal world cope with the constraints life allows them 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It burns but in the best possible way 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Joe Friar
Merlant and Haenel sizzle in the intoxicating 18th century love story The period drama soars to new heights only to deliver a downpour of unbridled passion 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Robert Horton
Brightly colored but also cool and crisp you can feel the brisk sea air in its scenes of women striding along the coast 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Offers much quiet elegance with more than a handful of beautiful scenes 
2.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Chris Hewitt
It s a masterpiece 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Moira MacDonald
You ve never seen another movie quite like this In its quiet gaze love becomes art 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Michael Phillips
The sheer beauty of the storytelling would be remarkable even if the performances which are both period apt and urgently contemporary weren t just as remarkable 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Roger Moore
A lovely character study in a lovely setting even if the romance rarely achieves the urgency or heat to truly animate this portrait 
3
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sciamma has crafted a divine heartbreaker that only grows in prestige and power the more I keep pondering its many interior convolutions 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Asher Luberto
Using light framing and texture the same way a Rococo painter would in 1770 Sciamma has crafted a world that demands to be seen and felt 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Ann Hornaday
True to its title Portrait of a Lady on Fire generates more than its share of heat even if it never truly becomes an engulfing flame 
3
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Ty Burr
I don t know that I ve ever seen a film that works so well on both the emotional and intellectual levels 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Tom Meek
It s an emotional journey of two bound by society but whose love knows no bounds The final scene is a masterclass in acting and direction no words are spoken and it says everything 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Matt Brunson
The most affecting love story of 2019 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jeff York
What makes it so special is not just their affair but the way art plays such a part in it The two women share a bond that is physical certainly but their connection over the aesthetics of artistic expression becomes the truer core of their bond 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Alan French
Each frame feels like it belongs in The Louvre hanging alongside the great artists Few cinematographers capture so much emotion and artistic merit within a single shot 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jocelyn Noveck
Heloise and Marianne and the way their ardor is allowed to slowly unfold onscreen is both heartwarming and given the dismal prospects for a future together heartbreaking 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Josh Larsen
Should a painting capture its subject or liberate her 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Céline Sciamma takes her time with Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the results are mysterious romantic and quietly devastating 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Katie Walsh
This is not just a film about love between women but a rumination on the sacredness of a feminine space and the nature of art created by and for women 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Oliver Jones
Like a rocky shore at dusk or the bloom of first love it s something that needs to be experienced rather than described 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Tomris Laffly
Sciamma s gift to 2019 sets a highest standard for any romance that will come after it 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Kent Turner
After a visually dazzling and nimble first half the momentum deflates in the second hour as the film becomes more conventional 
2.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Robert Daniels
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is an immaculately executed simmering Queer love story gorgeous in image and rendered in fine detail to the female gaze 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Peter Howell
The film could be considered Exhibit A for essays on the female gaze 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Walter Chaw
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is as smart as it as emotionally trenchant 
3.5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Barry Hertz
It is so very easy to label a film incendiary but Portrait of a Lady on Fire deserves the scalding honour It will ignite every flame you might have 
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
J. Don Birnam
French director Celine Sciamma gives us a beautiful allegory of love as portrait painting in this emotionally compelling lyrical story of two women who fall in love by gazing into each other s eyes
4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Christopher Gray
What s most stirring about Céline Sciamma s film is the lack of artifice in Héloïse and Marianne s feelings for one another 
2.5
Honey
Michael O'Sullivan
Trinca delivers a marvelously unfussy performance rendering her complex character gradually along with the effects of the opposing forces that tear at her 
3
Honey
Diego Semerene
Driven by a no nonsense ethos the film avoids sentimentality the same way its main character avoids sentiment 
3
Villain
Roger Moore
Over familiar gangland lullaby worth a sit thru if not worth one s undivided attention 
2
Villain
Simon Abrams
Nobody in this movie has a complex inner emotional life so it s not surprising that the movie s ending is ridiculous 
2
Villain
Mark Dujsik
Fairbrass performance hardened but vulnerable is as effectively frill less as the film itself 
3
Entwined
Tom Meek
Minos Nikolakakis tale of lore and mythos in a Greek village is pat and staid 
2
Entwined
Roger Moore
Nikolakakis gives us a vivid sense of place parks us in an enchanted wood but leaves out the menace his hero must feel and face to escape it 
2
Reef Hunters
Burl Burlingame
Instead of an unfolding classic tragedy that reeks of cruel fate out of our hands the film has the bedeviling but slight inevitability of an overdue homework assignment 
1.5
Lord of War
Nick Rogers
A carefully choreographed devil s dance in which Nicolas Cage finds fleet footed rejuvenation as a man aware evil can t exist without good but that evil often wins This uniquely unsympathetic world weary film earns the right to fling that truth 
3.5
Lord of War
Joe Lozito
I m beginning to get discouraged about Andrew Niccol 
2.5
Lord of War
Kam Williams
This film fails so miserably don t be surprised to find yourself often rooting against the supposed good guy 
0
Lord of War
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Lord of War has a surreal edge despite being enmeshed in world events with absurdity and dark humor laced throughout 
3
Lord of War
David Nusair
Niccol seems to have bitten off more than he can chew here substituting feverishness for character development 
2.5
Lord of War
Forrest Hartman
The high point is Niccol s script which turns weighty subject matter into dark comedy 
3
Lord of War
Larry Ratliff
Nicolas Cage might just dip a toe into early Oscar consideration with this outing He s that good 
3.5
Lord of War
Linda Cook
Here s an interesting dramatic film that s looking for a demographic 
3.5
Lord of War
Jeffrey Westhoff
Few works are as unbearable as a tirade that thinks it s a satire 
1.5
Lord of War
Peter Keough
What turns Niccol on is remaking De Palma s Scarface with guns replacing cocaine Lord of War isn t as much fun though or as morally instructive 
2
Lord of War
Sara Michelle Fetters
Niccol takes no prisoners pulls no punches no one inside its snake like coils coming away smelling of anything other than mud 
3
Lord of War
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A caustic satire masquerading as an action adventure 
3
Lord of War
Erik Childress
The approach to Yuri s tale is an interesting one as Cage and Niccol never break their poker faces in trying to make him any more or any less than what he actually is 
3
Lord of War
Chuck O'Leary
An interesting study of an unrepentant louse 
3
Lord of War
Mike McGranaghan
Moral ambiguity has rarely been so well done on screen 
3.5
Lord of War
Sean McBride
Cage blunts the film s message by his over acting turning it into a film that s not quite serious drama not quite comedy and not quite good 
2.5
Lord of War
Sean P. Means
This issue deserves a serious airing which it doesn t get in a movie this slick and morally bankrupt 
0
Lord of War
Jonathan R. Perry
Niccol and Cage make the downward spiral an entertaining journey so fiercely entertaining that it takes an eternity to realize how just how hard we ve been sucker punched 
4
Lord of War
Scott Nash
Might have worked as a documentary but isn t nearly entertaining enough as a work of fiction 
2
Lord of War
Dustin Putman
Educational as well as entertaining but its free floating plot as it drifts from event to event makes it a series of favorable memories rather than a fully formed picture 
2.5
Lord of War
Carla Meyer
With these evildoers exuding such charisma it s no wonder that the film s message about the immorality of gun running gets diluted 
2
Lord of War
Mick LaSalle
There are the makings here of a really good feature or an even better documentary but as it stands Lord of War is not quite either 
2.5
Lord of War
Tom Keogh
Nicolas Cage is enormously paradoxically likable as a genuine monster 
3
Lord of War
Chris Hewitt
Plays like a smarty pants Esquire essay by David Foster Wallace Even if you agree with it the movie is so endlessly pleased with itself that you wish you didn t 
1
Lord of War
Peter Howell
Lord of War tosses grenades and then fearfully runs from them 
1.5
Lord of War
Maitland McDonagh
Bleakly funny and bitterly cynical 
3.5
Lord of War
Peter Travers
The poison arrows of satire that writer director Andrew Niccol aims at international arms dealing and the great powers who let it happen for their own gain the U S dangles prominently on Niccol s hook are frustratingly scattershot 
2.5
Lord of War
David Elliott
We should feel both sickened and engrossed 
3
Lord of War
Timothy Knight
This fast paced and undeniably intelligent film still qualifies as a disappointment 
2.5
Lord of War
Lisa Rose
It s a confrontational piece of filmmaking that examines political subject matter without the safety net of genre artifice 
3
Lord of War
Kyle Smith
It s worth overlooking Lord of War s flaws 
3
Lord of War
Glenn Whipp
Instructive but rarely interesting and plot free but not in a way that favors good characterization 
2
Lord of War
Loey Lockerby
Lord of War mixes gallows humor with moral outrage over the way people like Yuri are allowed to make a living 
3
Lord of War
Jami Bernard
Movies usually show bullets as if they re generic anonymous masses of metal coming off a conveyor belt while Lord of War wants us to see that each bullet is inscribed with somebody s name 
2.5
Lord of War
Amy Biancolli
Its best moments burn with irony 
3
Lord of War
Terry Lawson
Cage keeps us entertained on the path to Armageddon which is more consideration than any of the real masters of war have shown 
3
Lord of War
Rick Groen
It s just a well intended essay a movie when necessary but not necessarily a movie 
2
Lord of War
Jeff Vice
The real pity is that the film could have made its points without being so insufferably preachy and ponderous 
2
Lord of War
Lisa Kennedy
There should be a phrase for the errors Lord of War makes Call them substance abuse 
2
Lord of War
Tyler Hanley
This is a political thinking person s film not the action comedy previews might suggest 
3.5
Lord of War
Ty Burr
Lord of War is advocacy entertainment an act of mainstream provocation and for the most part it works unusually well 
3
Lord of War
Jon Niccum
Charming and amoral intense and indifferent Cage continues to deliver the kind of dominating performance that elevated quirky efforts such as Adaptation 
3
Lord of War
Willie Waffle
Lord of War is an extremely compelling tale with fantastic acting performances great dialogue and dark humor that still makes you laugh in the middle of gripping drama
4
Lord of War
Emily Blunt
Tween the multi million dollars films Cage often brings us the real stuff 
4
Lord of War
Mike Clark
Intelligent but not particularly involving 
2.5
Lord of War
Piet Levy
Gripping and unforgettable 
3
Lord of War
Jan Stuart
For all its intelligence the film gradually sinks under the weight of its own sense of mission 
2
Lord of War
Steven Rea
Lord of War would have worked better if its message had been more muted muffled Niccol could have used a silencer on his gun 
2.5
Lord of War
Michael Phillips
The film is morally unsettling on its surface and then you realize the surface is all you re going to get 
2.5
Lord of War
Roger Ebert
A bleak comedy funny in a Catch 22 sort of way and at the same time an angry outcry against the gun traffic that turns 12 year olds into killers and cheapens human life to the point where might makes not only right but everything else 
3.5
Lord of War
Phil Villarreal
Niccol layers in smart comedy with ample action and falters only when attempting to hammer home moments of poignancy 
3
Lord of War
Walter Chaw
A trippy high budget public service announcement shot like a luxury car commercial 
2
Lord of War
Steve Rhodes
A long and didactic history lesson the repetitive Lord of War is like a Michael Moore message movie 
2
Lord of War
Dan Fienberg
Thanks to all of the voice over Lord of War feels like a two hour trailer for a better movie 
2
Lord of War
Nick Schager
Unlike Cage s reliable merchandise in the film Niccol s supposedly explosive expos misfires with every other shot 
1.5
Heal the Living
Michael Upchurch
Visually extraordinary when it needs to be and with a laser sharp focus on its characters quirks ethical dilemmas and emotional complications this French film tells the story of a heart transplant 
4
Heal the Living
Sheila O'Malley
This is deeply human filmmaking 
4
Heal the Living
Shane Slater
The ensemble gets to deliver emotionally resonant performances and Alexandre Desplat s score is suitably heart stirring 
2.5
Heal the Living
Derek Smith
The film allows the sorrows of losing a life and the joys of saving it to remain congruent 
3
Heal the Living
Kent Turner
With this film Emmanuelle Seigner has become one of France s finest and underrated actors 
3
Heal the Living
David Nusair
an all too uneven piece of work that never quite lives up to the promise of its stellar first act 
2.5
Nollywood Babylon
Lauren Wissot
Nollywood Babylon seamlessly interweaves actual clips from Nollywood flicks with scenes from the bustling chaotic markets of Lagos 
3
Kick-Ass 2
Brian Eggert
Fleetingly enjoyable scenes suffer for the overall lack of cohesion 46 The film would have benefitted from some focus 46 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Sonny Bunch
In trading a modestly subversive critique for a modestly successful romp Kick Ass 2 falls short of the expectations set by its predecessor 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Brad Keefe
Taylor Johnson and Moretz were outstanding as relative newcomers but that magic has also thinned They coast on talent but both were better in the first film 
2.5
Kick-Ass 2
Mal Vincent
Subversive naughty and often outright clever Kick Ass 2 is a satirical and often on target look at comic book mentality 
3
Kick-Ass 2
David Nusair
A disappointingly half baked sequel 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Linda Cook
Funny raunchy and action packed Kick Ass 2 doesn t quite live up the creativity of its superlative predecessor This is R rated material that is not suitable for children or for those accustomed to PG 13 rated superhero fare 
3
Kick-Ass 2
John Beifuss
Offers a convenient punching bag for critics who want to equate the youth violence in movies with its manifestations offscreen even if teenagers probably represent the ideal audience to both enjoy and see through this contradictory nuance free cartoon 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Jeff Beck
These filmmakers have ended up with a sequel that lacks the freshness of the original film It brings nothing new to the table satisfied with simply throwing these characters together again and hoping that everything will turn out for the best 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Scott Nash
Isn t it time Hit Girl got a movie of her own She s still the best thing about this franchise 
2.5
Kick-Ass 2
Kam Williams
A relentlessly gruesome bloodfest of no redeeming value that at least Jim Carrey had the decency to fess up about 
1
Kick-Ass 2
Stephen Whitty
If it works at all fitfully it s because of the precociously talented and in control Moretz who basically carries the entire film on her own small shoulders 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Bob Bloom
Like its predecessor Kick Ass 2 subjects its audience to some over the top bloody and gross violence But it is performed in such a pleasing comic book manner that you can t be repulsed nor offended 
3
Kick-Ass 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Three years ago Matthew Vaughn s crazy wild Kick Ass was shocking It s a quality that is not duplicated in the new Kick Ass 2 which feels arbitrary and unnecessary 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Mike McGranaghan
Rote and bland A safe follow up to a movie that rejected the very notion of safety 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Sean P. Means
Even more than its predecessor the movie can t bridge the inconsistencies between its depiction of cartoonish ultra violence and its characters talking about the deadly consequences of such violence 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Phil Villarreal
The sequel just brings back the survivors and has them look around with palms raised going now what 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Adam Nayman
The year s most unpleasant movie 
0.5
Kick-Ass 2
Mark Dujsik
Even more so than its predecessor Kick Ass 2 presents a nihilistic view of the real world 
1
Kick-Ass 2
Ann Hornaday
Kick Ass 2 can t decide what it wants to be when it grows up a vessel for unhinged vengeance and destruction or a meta critique of those same impulses 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Mick LaSalle
Writer director Jeff Wadlow establishes a premise and follows it without compromise but the trail leads to a very ugly place In the end the journey wasn t really worth it 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Claudia Puig
It revels in carnage while lacking the visual style and gleeful humor of the original 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Chris Hewitt
It apparently endorses vigilantism and its attitude toward violence seems to be that it s mostly hilarious but sometimes it s supposed to make us feel sad about what an awful waste it is 
1
Kick-Ass 2
Soren Andersen
I miss Nicolas Cage 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Steven Rea
Cartoonishly violent with blood spray vomit spew severed limbs impaled torsos and more Kick Ass 2 has none of the punky flair of the Matthew Vaughn directed original 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Rafer Guzman
It s a smart edgy unpredictable action comedy the tonal opposite of overwrought sculptures like Man of Steel 
3
Kick-Ass 2
Peter Howell
It no longer seems very smart the YouTube and texting references are so 2010 and it s also not much fun anymore 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Rene Rodriguez
What seemed edgy and brash in the original film is now routine and old hat 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Kyle Smith
A joke isn t as funny the second time around and maybe especially not if you shout it 
2.5
Kick-Ass 2
Peter Canavese
Give this to Kick Ass 2 it s never boring Even so Kick Ass has lost most of its transgressive charge along with its element of surprise and its heroes disturbingly unwavering conviction 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Graham Killeen
Kick Ass 2 literally stabs good taste in the eye featuring dismemberments aplenty and so many raunchy one liners Hit Girl s alter ego might actually be Joan Rivers 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Jon Niccum
Despite its genre busting origin this is simply good guys vs bad guys material And credit to Kick Ass 2 you desperately root for the good guys to win 
2.5
Kick-Ass 2
Joe Williams
To stand out in a crowded marketplace a sequel can t just kick ass it has to blow minds 
2
Kick-Ass 2
James Berardinelli
While there are some solid gold moments the story as a whole has an unfocused meandering quality and there are elements that simply don t work 
2.5
Kick-Ass 2
Chris Knight
The overall effect is sporadically funny but also wildly uneven and ultimately something of a letdown from the first Kick Ass 
2.5
Kick-Ass 2
Michael Phillips
Honestly this movie is rank 
1.5
Kick-Ass 2
Matt Pais
Crass and affected preferring to snicker instead of recognize that kids wielding guns is a troubling thing and amateurs hunting down bad guys has moral and physical consequences 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Dustin Putman
This superior sequel cranks the bloody beatings gorings and 151 most important 151 heart up to eleven while building upon a sort of mythology ambitiously operatic enough to hang with the big boy crime fighters 
3
Kick-Ass 2
Tony Hicks
The whole movie could be considered a questionable attempt at appealing to 14 year old boys as the delightful irony of the first Kick Ass was apparently exhausted before the sequel was made 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Roger Moore
Coming at the end of a comic book saturated summer it would be too much of a good thing even if it was a good thing 
2
Kick-Ass 2
Chris Cabin
The film doubles down on the love hate relationship with ultra violence that typified its predecessor but A History of Violence this is not 
1
Kick-Ass 2
Christy Lemire
The unloaded gun is also unfortunately a rather apt metaphor for the movie itself Kick Ass 2 may look powerful but doesn t have much real pop 
2
Rosewood
Stephen Hunter
Undoubtedly a great movie could have been made of this still unhealed scab on the body politic But Rosewood John Singleton s film of these events isn t it 
2.5
Rosewood
Mark Caro
Singleton s main goal is the vivid re creation of mob violence and he achieves it expertly 
2.5
Rosewood
Maitland McDonagh
The intentions are unassailable to dramatize a forgotten injustice and sear it into contemporary memory so it s never allowed to happen again But the movie is long and didactic undermined by the faintly pious air of an educational slide show 
2.5
Rosewood
Judith Egerton
A charged wrenching drama about one of the most shameful events in American history 
3.5
Rosewood
Janet Maslin
Neither the film s smug white bigots nor its uniformly noble blacks are well served by such oversimplification 
2.5
Rosewood
Chris Hicks
Rosewood carries the audience along despite a couple of uneven performances and a script from first timer Gregory Poirier that is padded out with soap opera machinations 
2.5
Rosewood
Ted Prigge
The film is totally engrossing from start to finish which is a good thing for a two and a half hour long film In a lesser more preachy film I would have been looking at my non existent watch every couple minutes but the time flew 
3.5
Rosewood
Madeleine Williams
The subject matter is moving but it calls for a less cliched and more honest approach 
3
Rosewood
Susan Wloszczyna
It s doubtful a viewer of any race will be unshaken by this horrifying look back during Black History Month 
3
Rosewood
Marty Mapes
Racial melodrama set in Florida in the early 1900s
2.5
Rosewood
James Berardinelli
An epic that stands alone in the latter weeks of a dismal movie winter 
3.5
Rosewood
Michael Dequina
Feels authentic because it simply doesn t try too hard 
4
Rosewood
Roger Ebert
If the movie were simply the story of this event it would be no more than a sad record What makes it more is the way it shows how racism breeds and feeds and is taught by father to son 
3.5
Blizzard of Souls
Roger Moore
Doctor Zhivago this isn t something that is never clearer than in the under developed love story 
2.5
Blizzard of Souls
Carlos Aguilar
A movie with plenty of small portions that communicate thought provoking ideas and gripping melees but without a substantial human anchor 
2.5
Blizzard of Souls
Mark Dujsik
It s a grim mostly unheroic story about the Great War told from a perspective that is mostly ignored by history 
3
Blizzard of Souls
Mark Jenkins
The filmmakers are unafraid of the picturesque lighting scenes so they resemble old master canvases 
3
The Subject Was Roses
Roger Ebert
There s nothing obviously wrong but when you walk out you don t feel as if you ve been there Something was missing 
3
Floating Clouds
Keith Uhlich
A colleague astutely described Floating Clouds s ever deepening sense of detachment as a precursor to Fassbinder 
4
The Wise Kids
Diego Semerene
Hovering over the narrative is the fear of the domino effect that change can enact the dread that one person s queerness may perhaps expose everyone else s 
3
The Wise Kids
John Beifuss
A smart generous and believable coming of age feature even the comedy is the comedy of recognition rather than belittlement 
3.5
The Wise Kids
Roger Ebert
Honest observant and subtle 
3
H
Joshua Tanzer
H sets up its enigmatic premise with a gruesome style and intensity and finally ties up the mystery with well nothing a little suspension of disbelief can t fix 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Peter Canavese
Densely constructed 44 visually busy 44 fast paced 44 never boring 44 good and fun 44 always clever and an unusually sophisticated TV reunion movie 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Sarah Knight Adamson
The cleverness of the script keeps the audience entertained 44 the mixing of live action and animation is brilliant 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Erik Childress
A consistent chuckle fest that smartly takes the Roger Rabbit 47 Muppets approach instead of just elongating a standard episode for a larger adventure 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Sonny Bunch
Little guys 40 chipmunks 41 fighting for the littler guy 40 Disney 41 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Robert Levin
This movie is clever and fun a perfect venue for parents who grew up on these characters to introduce them to their kids 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Leo Brady
Chip 8216 N 8217 Dale 58 Rescue Rangers is a delightful mixture of family fun 44 animated adventure 44 and gut busting comedy 46 It made me feel like a kid again 46 
3.5
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Doug Walker
It apos s less apos Rescue Rangers apos and more apos Disney Afternoons Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 44 apos but it has enough laughs and heart 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Kevin Carr
The have these little Easter eggs and jokes 44 but it apos s also a little detective story 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Nick Allen
Take away the cameos in the recording booth 44 and animated on screen and you get something that apos s a little too close to the same old junk 46 
2.5
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he film apos s sense of appreciation goes deeper than a single cartoon from the late 1980s 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Rob Thomas
If you 8217 re going to reboot old characters for new generations of viewers 44 this is the way to do it 44 with irreverence and verve 46 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Randy Myers
It sticks the landing with almost every line and situation 
3
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Lindsey Bahr
A pleasant surprise stuffed to the brim with pop culture references that children of the Chip n Dale era may enjoy 
2.5
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Roger Moore
Failing to give John Mulvaney a single line that might merit so much as a grin is the epitome of missing the point 46 
2
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Mike McGranaghan
A thoroughly entertaining family film and a smart commentary on the 8220 more of the same 8221 mentality that increasingly drives the movie 47 TV landscape 46 
3
Draupadi Unleashed
Roger Moore
A romantic soap opera entirely too restrained for its own good 
1.5
Adventures of Power
Sean P. Means
Gold attempts to show Power as a Napoleon Dynamite like charmer but Gold s spastic performance induces more cringes than smiles 
1
Adventures of Power
Lou Lumenick
So would be hip it hurts Adventures of Power is barely watchable despite the presence of such pros as Michael McKean and Jane Lynch 
1
Adventures of Power
Andrew Schenker
Gold s screenplay is a tad too ambitious for its thin comic premise 
2
Come and Find Me
Simon Abrams
There s nothing to Come and Find Me beyond a superficial investment in its central characters romantic relationship 
2
Come and Find Me
Wes Greene
Aaron Paul possesses an innate everyman quality that lends itself well to writer director Zack Whedon s film 
2.5
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Brian Eggert
Despite its impressive roster of voice performers and the appealing weightier treatment of Rudyard Kipling s original characters Serkis film is a mass of aesthetic contradictions 
2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Alan French
Some may find pleasure in Serkis meditation on the world of the jungle Yet there are no many new paths taken by the story 
1.5
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Barry Hertz
Too terrifying for children too boring for adults and arriving far too soon after a nearly identical project Andy Serkis s Mowgli Legend of the Jungle is a frustrating fascinating mess 
2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mark Dujsik
Mowgli mistakes action for meaning and visual effects as the primary reason to tell a story 
2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Robert Daniels
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could they didn t stop to think if they should Ian Malcolm s words have never rung so true as with Mowgli Legend of the Jungle
2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Bob Bloom
Mowgli is a solid feature mostly because of its technical acumen Otherwise it really adds nothing worthwhile to a story that has been filmed many times before 
2.5
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Soren Andersen
Mowgli Legend of the Jungle is a bloody good version of The Jungle Book And I do mean bloody 
3.5
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Michael O'Sullivan
Moreso even than the film s violence and suspense what sets Mowgli apart from other versions of this animal fable is its moral contradictions 
3
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Rick Bentley
Was the world clamoring for another take on Kipling s stories Has there been a movement to get more animals into films Hasn t anyone got any original ideas using children the jungle and a bunch of wild animals 
2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Matt Zoller Seitz
Mowgli Legend of the Jungle gets lost in the woods early and never emerges 
2
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Peter Hartlaub
Mowgli confirms that hard work and cunning not good songwriting skills are the best assets for survival in an increasingly cruel world 
3
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Derek Smith
While the film s perception of the politics of the jungle is often profound the same cannot be said of its take on the human world 
2.5
Justice
Brian Eggert
The whole movie might 8217 ve been more entertaining had Cage imbued Will with his usual whacked out eccentricities 44 but his performance is decidedly low impact 44 much like the movie itself 46 
2
Justice
David Nusair
a hopelessly uneven thriller that just isn t able to live up to its seemingly can t miss premise 
2
Justice
Roger Moore
Not much better than the dreck Nic Cage has been shoveling at us in recent years a tad smarter perhaps But as in life he keeps getting up off the mat and coming back for more even if much of his audience isn t returning the favor 
2
Justice
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s pretty easy to figure out what is going on and where it is all headed even the red herrings designed to put the viewer off the scent pretty rudimentary and overly familiar when all is said and done 
2
Justice
Robert Levin
Nicolas Cage plays the regular man protagonist with surprising ease dialing down the nutty affectations and keeping you engaged 
3
Justice
John Anderson
It s a perfectly palatable and even engaging thriller albeit one requiring several leaps of faith and or disengagement with reality 
2.5
Justice
Lou Lumenick
Cage shouldn t do any more movies in which his character signals his acceptance of a Faustian bargain by buying two candy bars 
1
Justice
Mark Dujsik
What s more fascinating about this widespread entanglement is how it relates to the movie s at best questionable but more likely nonexistent moral core 
2.5
Justice
James Berardinelli
It s one of those productions that is neither good enough nor bad enough to be enjoyable 
2
Justice
Chris Hewitt
What holds Seeking Justice together is the skill with which director Roger Donaldson ramps up the tension as Cage gets into deeper and deeper trouble 
3
Justice
Matt Pais
A mystery low on secrets and an ethical dilemma with no consideration of morality whatsoever 
2
Justice
Roger Ebert
I continue to consider Cage a gifted if uneven actor but a movie like Seeking Justice challenges my faith 
1.5
Justice
Rene Rodriguez
Seeking Justice is memorable only because it contains what may be my favorite new Cage line reading of all time 
2
Justice
Rex Reed
Seeking Justice is an intense thriller so full of shocks it keeps you wired from start to finish 
3
Justice
Nick Schager
The film s tossed off look and clunky editorial construction are still secondary to the sheer silliness of its story 
1
Justice
Stephen Whitty
What is it Nic What happened What do they do send you the angry guy action movies that Liam Neeson turns down 
2
Vincent Wants to Sea
Joe Williams
Vincent Wants to Sea never deviates from the predictable bonding through misadventure script and it has little to teach us about the nature and treatment of the traveler s respective maladies 
2
Vincent Wants to Sea
Chris Hewitt
Vincent takes us to an interesting place but getting there is a slog 
2
Vincent Wants to Sea
Wesley Morris
This is a bright broad silly harmless movie whose sweetness is a means to an end Escape From Sesame Street 
2.5
Vincent Wants to Sea
Betsy Sherman
Huettner makes it a romantic as well as romantic comedy by positioning the characters against an awe inspiring landscape 
2.5
Vincent Wants to Sea
Michael O'Sullivan
Predictability gives way to touching drama 
2
Vincent Wants to Sea
John Hartl
Like a lot of recent foreign and independent films Vincent Wants to Sea tends to thrash around while its creators try to locate a finale that s neither obvious nor unrealistic 
2.5
Vincent Wants to Sea
Kalvin Henely
Its optimistic straightforwardness takes us cleanly through all of its characters messy and detoured lives 
2.5
Life in a Day
Michael Dequina
All too well summed up by its closing bit where a young woman bemoans how she hoped for an eventful day but ended up with another rather mundane one 
2.5
Life in a Day
Rob Thomas
The many windows into different lives capturing moments humorous and sad ordinary and momentous build into quite a moving film 
3.5
Life in a Day
Chris Hewitt
The clips add up to a poignant reminder of how much beauty there is in our world and its people 
3
Life in a Day
John Beifuss
Resides somewhere between the head trip of Koyaanisqatsi and the it s a small world after all reassurance of a Kodak commercial 
2
Life in a Day
Robert Levin
Testifies to the remarkable democratizing nature of cinema and the power of images seen and voices heard for the first time 
3
Life in a Day
Tom Russo
Give Macdonald and crew credit for picking out good clear telling contrasts and not sweating potential heavy handedness 
2.5
Life in a Day
Peter Keough
A slick mishmash of exotica minutia and airbrushed platitudes a lot of babies are born but how can that be if no one has sex that tries to sum up the lives of everybody 
2.5
Life in a Day
Rick Groen
It strives awfully hard for depth but more often than not comes off too shallow 
2.5
Life in a Day
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite having no conventional narrative other than the sleeping waking rising bathing eating and living cycles of ordinary people across the globe Life in a Day is without exaggeration a profound achievement 
3.5
Life in a Day
Peter Howell
Some of the material is banal especially upon a second viewing Some of it undoubtedly represents great acting by canny contributors But the vast majority of the film feels undeniably real and incredibly inspiring 
3
Life in a Day
V.A. Musetto
Judging by the National Geographic doc Life in a Day a lot of nothing happened on July 24 2010 
2
Life in a Day
G. Allen Johnson
Life in a Day is at once ambitious in its global reach and modest in its simplicity 
3
Life in a Day
John Hartl
What could have been a gimmick turns out to be philosophical and heartfelt 
3.5
Life in a Day
Christy Lemire
Life in a Day is so intimate and ultimately optimistic it ll leave you with the inescapable feeling that you ve just made hundreds of new friends you ve never actually met 
3
Life in a Day
Andrew Schenker
In Kevin Macdonald s project what ultimately unites mankind is its banality 
.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
Wesley Lovell
8220 Insurrection 8221 is an extremely enjoyable film that looks as good as it is written
2.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
David Nusair
the movie is overflowing with appealingly small scale interludes and subplots 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
Scott Nash
Feels like an overly long slightly dull episode from the series 
2
Star Trek: Insurrection
Josh Larsen
It s back to boring basics for the Gene Roddenberry franchise 
1.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
John Walsh
It s an interesting story more accessible to non Trekkers than previous entries 
3.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most of the television episodes have been smarter 
2
Star Trek: Insurrection
Leonard Schwarz
There are some nice moments early on 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
Peter Stack
Fun for most folks heaven for Trekkers 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
Liam Lacey
More of the the same old same old 
2.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
Dustin Putman
They probably should have completely thrown the script out That way they could have come up with a story that at least had a sign of intelligence and freshness 
1.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
Rob Blackwelder
When Star Trek starts to resemble Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5 something is amiss 
2
Star Trek: Insurrection
Jeff Vice
Insurrection isn t nearly as good as First Contact But is a far cry from the first of the Next Generation movie adventure Generations 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
James Berardinelli
In two outings as director Jonathan Frakes has proven that he understands what makes Star Trek work on the big screen 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
Roger Ebert
Inert and unconvincing 
2
Star Trek: Insurrection
Steve Rhodes
Taken as a whole the movie is fun even if it does contain several long dull passages 
2.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
Marty Mapes
A mediocre entry into the series 
2.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
James O'Ehley
The plot just leaves too many questions unanswered in the end 
2
Star Trek: Insurrection
Bob Bloom
An enjoyable movie employing the basics that should endear it to most Trekkers 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
Madeleine Williams
Star Trek Insurrection isn t painful to sit through but it adds nothing to the Star Trek mythos and overall is a complete waste of time 
1.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
George Powell
What starts out as a stroll through an idyllic Whole Earth Catalog style communal existence resolves into a tightly knit sci fi action adventure packed with the verities that generations of Trekkies admire and expect 
3
Star Trek: Insurrection
David Keyes
You can only play a piano so many times before it finally goes out of tune 
2
Star Trek: Insurrection
Michael Dequina
Trekkers will eat that stuff up others will be looking elsewhere for something engaging which cannot be found in the by the numbers story or the incredibly boring villain 
2
El Bonaerense
V.A. Musetto
Director Trapero drives home his message the thin line between crooks and cops without hitting viewers over the head or seeming to point fingers 
3
El Bonaerense
John Anderson
Wry acerbic satiric and moving 
3
Tight Spot
Eric Melin
Rogers mannerisms can sometimes be a little actorly but Tight Spot is a solid drama and the chemistry between Ginger Rogers and Brian Keith is palpable 
2.5
Rebellion
Jeff Shannon
The film s escalation of tension is almost unbearable and Mifune erupts with a ferocity that s as righteous as it is ultimately tragic for Kobayashi refuses to soften the film s devastating imbalance of power 
3.5
Rebellion
Roger Ebert
As extreme a samurai film as I ve seen in both senses the ethics and the violence and one of the best 
3
Baby Frankenstein
Tom Meek
Trite cheesy stuff that s more of an ET puppy dog wag than a lurching monster horror fest 
2
Wallander: The Revenge
Nick Schager
The film treats its headline ready topics as merely window dressing for a whodunit that s without intrigue or surprise 
1.5
Wallander: The Revenge
Roger Ebert
Here is one of the year s best and most provocative thrillers and maybe it says something that it s a 91 minute installment of a Swedish TV series 
3.5
Bazodee
Denise Balkissoon
The film never weaves together its various strands as tightly as the soundtrack does and it s unlikely that those unfamiliar with the cultures of the Caribbean will understand where everyone is coming from 
1
Can't Stop the Music
Matt Brunson
Pretty poor but the enjoyable level of kitsch places it above the other musical turkeys of the era all of which are far more painful to endure Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Xanadu The Apple 
1.5
Moffie
David Reddish
Moffie begs the sickening question in a system fraught with racism and homophobia just who is the real enemy anyway 
3
Moffie
Steven Prokopy
combining the two perspectives under the backdrop of Apartheid makes it feel like something new and worth exploring 
3
Moffie
Peter Canavese
A compelling story about the savagery against what s misunderstood feared a movie which respects the intelligence of its audience a film which can be favorably compared alongside movies like Beau travail Moonlight Brokeback Mountain 
3.5
Moffie
Tom Meek
The cinematography composition and score are majestic yet sadly feel wasted on the two note material 
2.5
Moffie
Jake Coyle
It s an usual perspective for an apartheid film something the director who is gay and mixed race has acknowledged initially recoiling from But that point of view only makes Hermanus mission all the more laudable 
3.5
Moffie
Odie Henderson
I was more interested in asking the director about his choices than watching them play out reminding me of Gene Siskel s question about whether a documentary about the film would be more interesting than the film itself 
1
Moffie
Randy Myers
This is a gentle beauty of a film with impressive work from a young cast 
3.5
Moffie
Kent Turner
The film s centerpiece is a bravura piece of filmmaking 
3.5
Moffie
Mark Dujsik
In the film s depiction of indoctrination it gives us a frightening sense of how deep the sin of apartheid and the ideology behind it actually were 
3
Moffie
Leo Brady
Moffie is another cinematic expression on how war is hell and about one man revealing true resilience in the face of internal and external adversity 
3.5
Moffie
Katie Walsh
Hermanus brings poetry to this depiction of a harsh indoctrination into hate and terror an astonishingly sharp argument for demilitarization 
3.5
Moffie
William Repass
Oliver Hermanus s film is a rumination on the consequences of apartheid on those who benefit from it most 
2
Moffie
Roger Moore
Takes the classic structure of the boot camp drama in all its brutality and blends in Vietnam like unpopular war racism and the dangers of being a closeted homosexual in that era into the mix 
3
Free Lunch Express
Christian Toto
The sporadically spot on satire shreds socialist superstar Bernie Sanders 
2.5
Torn
Mick LaSalle
It s a portrait of grief and devastation and also of the ways in which the police and media can jump to conclusions and feed off of the public s anger and confusion 
3
Torn
Tony Hicks
It does something a lot of better financed Hollywood movies don t It makes you think 
2.5
Torn
Roger Moore
An emotionally lukewarm take on grieving and guilt in the aftermath of an act of mass murder but not without its melodramatic merits 
2
Death Rides a Horse
Roger Ebert
It s hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie 
1
Wake
Steve Rhodes
Everyone on the set clearly had a good time and their fun easily transfers to the audience 
3
The Roost
Maitland McDonagh
Ti West s affectionate homage to no frills fright flicks keeps it simple and succeeds on its own stripped down terms 
2.5
The Roost
Bruce Westbrook
The Roost s pacing is so leaden that you long for a pregnant pause instead of interminable nothingness 
1.5
The Roost
Janice Page
West gets an enthusiastic round of applause for trusting his eye for stripped down horror Now he needs to complete the picture with writing that shows the same conviction 
2
Hank and Asha
John Beifuss
The post millennium indie film equivalent of an epistolary short story the movie is not just a video letter conversation but a calling card for its debuting co directors who demostrate a knack for crowd pleasing instincts even on a micro budget 
2.5
Hank and Asha
Brian Tallerico
As easy as it is to like Hank and Asha it s impossible to look past the many screenwriting and filmmaking flaws of the film about them 
2.5
Hank and Asha
Wes Greene
As the film is focused solely through the lens of the titular characters cameras this limits the exploration of the story s worldview outside of Hank and Asha s perspective 
1.5
Hank and Asha
Matt Brunson
A rueful look at how new world technology can only go so far in facilitating meaningful connections between like minded souls 
3
Aquarela
Mike Scott
A display of singular cinematography with long entrancing shots that lend it a mesmerizing quality and help make it one of the most beautifully shot films of the year 
4
Aquarela
Sean P. Means
The footage often surprises enough to make viewers jump upright in their seats At other times though it s like an oversized screensaver calming and hypnotic 
3
Aquarela
Bob Bloom
Aquarela isn t exactly a canary in the coal mine documentary but it comes close enough that you may pause and rethink your views 
2.5
Aquarela
Roger Moore
Gorgeous majestic footage in a generally shapeless film about our Waterworld 
2
Aquarela
Mark Dujsik
Aquarela is unassuming in structure and looks mostly like a technical exercise but there s a vital and frightening message here too 
3
Aquarela
Tom Meek
The real power in Aquarela is Victor Kossakovsky s patiently observant cinematography which captures some moments that even seem implausible yet there they are 
3.5
Aquarela
Michael Phillips
It s a pretty interesting nature documentary as far as it goes But given its globe trotting scope and the risky location work involved for the filmmakers it s a tiny bit strange Aquarela goes only so far 
2.5
Aquarela
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A frequently beautiful meditation on water in all its forms Aquarela achieves its most spectacular narrative effects when placing people at its center 
2.5
Aquarela
Brad Wheeler
Without any narration or talking heads Kossakovsky s cinematic globe trotting documentary dazzles us with doom 
3
Aquarela
G. Allen Johnson
Even at 89 minutes the film seems too long Kossakovsky just seems to want us to admire his footage and that s about it It becomes monotonous 
2
Aquarela
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite these occasional moments of tedium however the film is at once chilling and likely to make your blood boil 
2.5
Aquarela
Glenn Kenny
A purely sensationalistic cinematic experience that paradoxically encourages reflection and contemplation 
3
Aquarela
Keith Watson
At heart Aquarela is a war film a cacophonous survey of the global battle between man and water 
3
Arthur Newman
Rob Thomas
Obviously the theme of Arthur Newman is the American dream of starting over but Johnston s screenplay hits it so obviously that it loses its resonance 
2
Arthur Newman
Christian Toto
Firth and Blunt give life and flawless American accents to this restrained and occasionally bland road trip flick 
2.5
Arthur Newman
Robert Levin
This is a decidedly minor effort directed by Dante Ariola with a bland generic eye missing the pathos of interesting drama and the charm of quality romantic cinema 
2.5
Arthur Newman
Kyle Smith
One of those many indies that exist to give actors a chance to go slumming 
1
Arthur Newman
Jen Chaney
Well acted but ultimately unmemorable 
2
Arthur Newman
Mark Dujsik
If anything Arthur Newman is a reminder that some lonely people are lonely for a good reason 
2
Arthur Newman
Moira MacDonald
How can two performers as charming as Colin Firth and Emily Blunt make a movie with so little charm 
2
Arthur Newman
Claudia Puig
It s almost its own genre in indie films Boring middle aged man tired of his existence meets up with free spirited but troubled younger woman Romance and newfound meaning ensue 
2
Arthur Newman
Chris Hewitt
Rent Something Wild instead It tells a similar story with style humor and pathos 
2
Arthur Newman
Peter Keough
He was kind of boring Kevin says to Mina about his dad I mean the lectures And boring he remains 
2
Arthur Newman
Phil Villarreal
OK so hear me out This movie is about Colin Firth having hot dress up sex with this drifter named Mike 
3
Arthur Newman
Michael Phillips
The script of Arthur Newman written two decades ago by Becky Johnston cries out for deadpan anonymity not the charismatic likes of these two 
2
Arthur Newman
Matt Pais
Has two excellent actors on board and not a singular character who feels real as written 
2
Arthur Newman
Tomas Hachard
Throughout Dante Ariola s film the expressions of the false identity theme are multitudinous and about as subtle as Wallace s choice for a new last name 
2.5
Arthur Newman
Rex Reed
The resolution for both characters in a finale that turns disappointingly conventional is so sad that it left me depressed beyond hope 
2
Arthur Newman
Roger Moore
A wistful well acted run away to find yourself dramedy
3
Arthur Newman
David Nusair
The generic feel that s been hard wired into virtually everything that transpires within Arthur Newman grows more and more disheartening as time progresses 
2
Timbuktu
Mattie Lucas
This isn t a grand political statement it s a whispered condemnation that carries with it a great and noble weight 
3.5
Timbuktu
John Beifuss
Timbuktu startles by acknowledging the humanity of jihadists even as it tacitly condemns their dogmas and especially their violence 
4
Timbuktu
Sean P. Means
Abderrahmane Sissako perhaps the most influential African filmmaker working today delivers in his Oscar nominated Timbuktu a message the world needs to hear right this minute Most Muslims don t like jihadists either 
3.5
Timbuktu
Tony Norman
The first thing a viewer notices about Malian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako s Timbuktu is how beautiful it is given its grim subject matter the occupation of the ancient West African region on the edge of the Sahara by jihadis 
3.5
Timbuktu
Josh Larsen
For Westerners living with the specter of ISIS this presents a very different far more immediate experience of terror 
3
Timbuktu
Joe Williams
Director Abderrahmane Sissako a Muslim from neighboring Mauritania has made a movie that is worthy of comparisons on several levels to Terrence Malick s wheat field tragedy Days of Heaven 
4
Timbuktu
Lisa Kennedy
The performances are hushed and memorable Cinematographer Sofian El Fanicaptures the beauty of this desert land Amine Bouhafa s score is its own act of gorgeous grace and defiance 
3.5
Timbuktu
Tirdad Derakhshani
A transcendent political poem as intellectually rigorous as it is beautiful 
4
Timbuktu
Peter Keough
Sissako achieves the daunting task of humanizing the villains by playing on audience expectations and preconceptions 
3.5
Timbuktu
Anita Katz
An emerging star in African and world cinema Sissako is a talent every film lover should note 
3.5
Timbuktu
Peter Howell
A masterful and heartbreaking account of religion trumping humanity 
3.5
Timbuktu
Liam Lacey
A film that deliberately expresses its outrage with religious oppression offering moments of humour and at times startling beauty 
4
Timbuktu
Mark Dujsik
The film s approach is meticulous and unwavering 
3
Timbuktu
John Anderson
Elegantly artful maddeningly truthful 
4
Timbuktu
Ann Hornaday
In providing audiences a chance to bear witness to unspeakable suffering as well as dazzling defiance and human dignity Sissako has created a film that s a privilege to watch 
4
Timbuktu
Robert Levin
A movie about real people sinking into an abyss as unrelenting as the sand surrounding them It offers no easy answers or hopeful pleas but it demands to be seen 
3.5
Timbuktu
Farran Smith Nehme
Timbuktu deserves every accolade it gets 
4
Timbuktu
Jake Coyle
Avoiding stereotypes the movie shrinks larger political and religious battles down to the people of a desert town city dwellers and nomadic Tuareg people out in the dunes being forced to change by a handful of halfhearted oppressors 
3.5
Timbuktu
Glenn Kenny
It manages to ravish the heart while dazzling the eye simultaneously neither at the expense of the other It s a work of art that seems realized in an entirely organic way 
4
Timbuktu
Amir Soltani
Through the filmmaker s poetic vision and rich grasp of the milieu Timbuktu becomes politically perceptive and emotionally authentic depicting visceral trauma without hysterics and eye opening truths without didacticism 
4
Timbuktu
Roger Moore
Thoughtful nightmarish unblinking and a most worthy Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee 
3
Timbuktu
Chris Cabin
The film s criticism isn t primarily rooted in satire but rather in fury and condemnation for those who seek to be gods while shamefully feigning to follow and praise one god 
4
Kill the Irishman
Roger Moore
A synthesis of stuff we ve seen in every gangster movie since the 70s
1.5
Kill the Irishman
James Kendrick
Hensleigh wields the techniques with a sure hand and uses them to construct a compelling engaging narrative but at the same time seasoned viewers will constantly feel a nagging sense of familiarity 
3
Kill the Irishman
Rich Heldenfels
It s not just that the movie appears to find Greene far more charming than he was in Porrello s book It s that Kill the Irishman never brings either freshness or energy to its tale In the end even the many explosions seem tired 
2
Kill the Irishman
Chris Hewitt
Hey Kill the Irishman The Sopranos called It wants its actors back Along with everything else you borrowed 
2
Kill the Irishman
Robert W. Butler
Stevenson is crazily charismatic here a blend of brash cockiness and sensitivity and he makes a satisfying film even better 
3
Kill the Irishman
Mick LaSalle
What makes this film special and memorable is the character of Danny Green who is not the usual neighborhood hoodlum you see in movies the kind who gets in deep and gradually loses his soul 
3
Kill the Irishman
Steven Rea
Stevenson is big and swarthy and not altogether without credibility but he s got as much charisma as a potato 
2
Kill the Irishman
Stephen Cole
At the same time overemphatic and insecure 
2
Kill the Irishman
Stephen Whitty
It s full of familiar old faces a wee bit of color and occasionally a literally explosive charge of drama 
2.5
Kill the Irishman
Mark Feeney
As a kind of St Patrick s Day hangover Kill the Irishman gets the job done 
2.5
Kill the Irishman
Linda Barnard
The setting lacks the gritty feel of the mean streets of New York Jersey or even Boston mob movies It is after all Cleveland The story which gets bogged down in detail often feels predictable and lacks spark 
2
Kill the Irishman
Peter Keough
As Danny s old lady neighbor puts it there s a bit of good in every Irishman and the same goes for this movie what with the performances from Stevenson Vincent D Onofrio and Christopher Walken 
2
Kill the Irishman
Robert Levin
The film stands apart from its countless predecessors in its evocation of the existential essence of a life spent perpetually looking over one s shoulder 
3
Kill the Irishman
Kyle Smith
In the lead role the snarling Ray Stevenson suffers from a charisma deficit 
2
Kill the Irishman
Nick Schager
A mind numbingly familiar saga of thuggish tough guys dapper mafioso and urban warfare that despite a based on real life pedigree proves indistinguishable from its imitative brethren 
1
Lustre
David Sterritt
This modest drama is a touching tribute to the late Argo a character actor you ll instantly recognize 
3
Lustre
V.A. Musetto
More than the story of a disillusioned old man Lustre is a loving tribute to New York 
3
The Legend of Billie Jean
David Nusair
an agreeable drama that ultimately fares best in its briskly paced first act 
2.5
3022
Roger Moore
Generic quick and dirty 
1
Kitty Mammas
Matt Brunson
Where the movie unexpectedly delivers is in its dealing with the conflicts that arise between the participants and their family members 
2.5
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Mal Vincent
In an age in which the castrato voice no longer exists the moviemakers recreated an intriguing facsimile 
3
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Matt Brunson
While visually vibrant and generally well acted Farinelli is strangely not very compelling 
2.5
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Edward Guthmann
Glossy and histrionic salacious and empty Farinelli reduces a fascinating story to a series of hissy fits and leering glances 
1
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Roger Ebert
Farinelli one of the 1995 Oscar nominees in the foreign film category is onto an interesting story all right but it leaves us feeling like some of Farinelli s lovers that something is missing 
2
Farinelli: Il Castrato
James Berardinelli
A fascinating if occasionally overly melodramatic recreation of a period when Baroque music ruled Europe 
3
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Steve Rhodes
The good parts are brilliant but poor ones will put you to sleep The story is so unique and fascinating and the technical aspects of the film so well done that I could not think about missing seeing this show 
2.5
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Barbara Shulgasser
The kind of high camp low cohesiveness movie that inspires snippy reviews and sarcasm about the fact that it earned a best foreign film Oscar nomination 
1
Fling
Robert W. Butler
An impressive first feature 
3
The Voyeurs
Tom Meek
The twists that ensue social media playing a part as you might expect are fairly neat as is the staging and cinematography the bigger issue here is this that these four comely beasts have no soul 
2
The Voyeurs
Matthew Passantino
Many have bemoaned modern day filmmaking for not embracing how ridiculous movies once were but there are moments where The Voyeurs succeeds in capturing that sensation 
2.5
The Voyeurs
Johnny Oleksinski
Gussied up smut 
1
The Voyeurs
Nick Allen
Even with its gaps of intrigue and overly superficial touches its storytelling just wants a reaction constantly It often gets one The Voyeurs is not a passive experience 
3
The Voyeurs
Mark Dujsik
There s a fine line between trashy and garbage and when it comes to the drama here this movie is more the latter 
2
The Voyeurs
Richard Roeper
A salacious and wildly implausible story that holds our interest for a while before flying off the cliff and into an abyss of creepy ludicrous and ultimately ridiculous twists and turns 
2
The Voyeurs
G. Allen Johnson
A slow moving dud until a slam bang finale that contains a couple of delicious twists If only the whole movie had been like that 
2
The Voyeurs
Joey Magidson
The Voyeurs has one twist too many to work as a pure erotic thriller but it s not a wholly unsuccessful attempt 
2.5
The Voyeurs
Phil Villarreal
A haunting film well worth watching and discussing It beckons with the irresistible invitation of an open window 
3
The Honey Pot
Roger Ebert
Mankiewicz develops his story with loving care explaining each turn and twist to make everything perfectly clear 
3
Breaking and Entering
Maitland McDonagh
Though intricately plotted and well acted Minghella s characters feel more like symbols than flesh and blood characters and their travails seem designed to illustrate a lecture about privilege injustice cultural stereotypes and bourgeois complacency 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Lou Lumenick
Though Binoche does very solid work she can t sell the idea of her and Law as a couple the chemistry isn t there Not much else rings true in Minghella s screenplay which is full of coincidences and speeches about race and class 
2
Breaking and Entering
Matt Brunson
A messy yet occasionally affecting drama 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
John Beifuss
When Vera Farmiga shows up as a ridiculous Romanian prostitute we want to give her money just so she ll remain onscreen and continue to flash her chest and her phony accent and offer at least the promise of titillation 
1.5
Breaking and Entering
Phil Villarreal
A story of thievery and a torrid love affair it takes a capable filmmaker and a skilled cast and locks them up in a holding cell of pretense 
2
Breaking and Entering
Phoebe Flowers
Deserves to be celebrated as a work that comes closer than any other to achieving what the filmmaker does best Reminding us that no matter what is happening on a larger scale we are defined by our interpersonal relationships 
3.5
Breaking and Entering
Duane Dudek
The events that unfold never feel completely authentic And its optimistic message of forgiveness feels too pat as one character jokes in another context to be contagious 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Daniel M. Kimmel
There isn t an honest human moment in the whole movie 
1.5
Breaking and Entering
Michael Booth
Despite its arty construction and clever dialogue Breaking and Entering leaves us too chilly to care 
2
Breaking and Entering
Jeff Vice
Minghella s screenplay may be a little too ambitious it s overstuffed with plot and characters 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Sean P. Means
Minghella obviously has affection for his ever changing London but the city is a more intriguing character than any of the people inhabiting it 
2
Breaking and Entering
Peter Howell
Maybe Jude Law should take some time off from acting Maybe Juliette Binoche should get a new dialect coach Maybe Anthony Minghella should try writing a movie ending that doesn t make everybody groan 
2
Breaking and Entering
Amy Biancolli
For all its Bergmanesque agonizing the film never digs too far under the surface It fails to break and enter 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Terry Lawson
Breaking and Entering not unlike a pair of other English dramas of recent vintage Notes on a Scandal and The Queen provides further proof that so called serious filmmaking can be equally entertaining and provocative 
3
Breaking and Entering
Moira MacDonald
Anthony Minghella s Breaking and Entering shimmers with good intentions and competency Its blue gray palette is elegant and unobtrusive its cast is uniformly fine with occasional startling moments of brilliance 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Mick LaSalle
Everything flows from the film s fundamental lethargy a hero without a spine a romance without joy and a crime with neither moral rebuke nor consequences No surprise that the story like the protagonist floats along in a noodly sort of way 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
David Elliott
An A list soaper on moral pins and needles the film is urbanely textured full of Brit glibness and plush layering Minghella makes broodingly adult coffee table movies and sometimes we wish he d just serve up the coffee 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Mary F. Pols
No one is allowed to explode with emotion in this picture because if they did it might interrupt our admiration of Minghella s carefully constructed story with all its profound connections 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Wesley Morris
Breaking and Entering is about a kind of white privileged guilt and the apologies that come with it Minghella gingerly backs away from provocation from realism 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Josh Larsen
Its waywardness may not make for the tightest of narratives but it certainly gives the movie the pulse of real random life
3
Breaking and Entering
Roger Ebert
What are the meaningful connections between these people s lives Are they real and significant or are they just plot contrivances the manipulation of pawns in an onscreen board game 
2
Breaking and Entering
Jeffrey Westhoff
Writer director Anthony Minghella tries to base his story on the messy unpredictable nature of human emotional response What he gets is mostly a mess 
2
Breaking and Entering
Dustin Putman
Plays by its own rules and hopes prospective audiences are patient enough to follow characters whose lives are more rewarding to watch than the ho hum plot surrounding them 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Chris Hewitt
The film gives us hope about our ability to become better people when we re faced with difficult situations but it s not sentimental 
3
Breaking and Entering
Michael Wilmington
A smart well mannered film that could use a little more juice and fire 
3
Breaking and Entering
Matt Pais
A case of grade A professionalism totally oblivious to the inanity of the work being put forth 
1.5
Breaking and Entering
Elizabeth Weitzman
Go see Anthony Minghella s jagged new drama Breaking and Entering and you ll feel as if you re getting two movies for the price of a single ticket The bad news Only one of these stories is actually worth your money 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Peter Travers
despite Minghella s admirable attempt to tackle major themes on an intimate scale the film goes down like weak tea 
2.5
Breaking and Entering
Bob Strauss
It s an unsettling pleasure but pleasurable nonetheless to listen to adults talk about intimate issues in an engaged intelligent manner for the better part of two hours 
3
Breaking and Entering
Gary Goldstein
Minghella is aided immeasurably by his excellent cast especially Jude Law who seems to get better with every film and a radiant Juliette Binoche in one of her best performances 
3.5
Breaking and Entering
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Minghella gives the impression that underneath all the sludge he has something very important to say but this never makes itself clear 
2
Breaking and Entering
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the kindest way to describe Anthony Minghella s Breaking and Entering is to say it s evident as being broken fairly early during the proceedings 
2
Breaking and Entering
Nick Schager
From its class warfare premise to the presence of Juliette Binoche Breaking and Entering plays out like a softer more cuddly version of Michael Haneke s Caché 
1.5
Breaking and Entering
Walter Chaw
A betrayal of a dedicated cast and a middlebrow demographic that deserves better than this handsome pedagogical tongue bath whether it asks for it or not 
1.5
Breaking and Entering
Marty Mapes
Minghella is a master at texture and depth which makes up for some frustration with the characters
3
Breaking and Entering
Rick Groen
An odd mix of the sophisticated and the sentimental 
2.5
The Ultimate Attraction
Joe Bob Briggs
There are some things you just never get tired of drooling over Taylor St Claire as a bio engineered mutant caused by a clicker malfunction is one of them 
3
The Bodyguard From Beijing
Robert Pardi
Li exudes enough magnetism to make the sexual banter with his fair damsel credible and enough athletic prowess to simultaneously power this and several other vehicles 
2.5
The Ranger
Walter Chaw
The Ranger would have benefited from a decision to either offend or to champion representation and a young woman s triumph over abuse Alas it decides not to make any decisions at all 
2.5
The Ranger
Mark Dujsik
I t never finds a personality to match or complement its crazy villain 
2.5
The Ranger
Mike McGranaghan
The Ranger doesn t reinvent the wheel but it absolutely uses that wheel with effectiveness and skill 
3
Jockey
David Gonzalez
Clint Bentleys Jockey not only gallops into the winners circle but is the biggest surprise of the festival thus far 46 
3
Jockey
Peter Canavese
A very solid drama with great casting a good screenplay and a refusal to settle for the obvious pay off Sony Pictures Classics blu ray review 
3
Jockey
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
While one last ride is obviously one of sports movies most popular premises Jockey keeps a firm deft grip on its drama while leaning into rarely explored track subculture 
4
Jockey
Josh Bell
For Jackson what looks like a shot at the big time turns out to be his swan song but for Collins this overdue showcase deserves to be the start of a new beginning as a leading man 
2.5
Jockey
Tom Meek
Collins is on point the material directed by Clint Bentley however is far too often predicable 
2.5
Jockey
Chris Hewitt
If Oscar voters remembered Clifton Collins Jr s work in Jockey or even saw it he d be winning best actor this year 
3
Jockey
Kyle Turner
A gorgeous film but in a bizarrely empty way 
2
Jockey
Roger Moore
Elegiac
3.5
Jockey
Randy Myers
While there are a few plotting slip ups here and there Collins electrifying performance carries this over the finish line 
3
Jockey
Ann Hornaday
Filmmaker Clint Bentley makes a tender visually poetic feature directorial debut with Jockey a closely observed portrait of a man embarking on the downslope of his career 
3
Jockey
G. Allen Johnson
Collins dominates the film often in close up in a rich performance and is ably assisted by Molly Parker as the trainer Ruth and Moises Arias as his possible son Gabriel 
2.5
Jockey
Richard Roeper
Everything feels real in the drama starring Clifton Collins Jr just right as a veteran rider taking a risk by getting back in the saddle 
3.5
Jockey
Jeff Mitchell
This film casts spells at times because this 21st century story sometimes feels like a 19th century western as Clifton Collins Jr takes Jockey on an absorbing ride 
3
Jockey
Leo Brady
Led by a career defining performance by Clifton Collins Jr Jockey may be a mere minor story on the surface but underneath is the heart and soul of what it takes to succeed in horse racing It s the human on the horse that makes Jockey an emotional ride 
3
Jockey
Kevin Carr
If you like those character studies of aging athletes and you want a look at one you don t think about much you can check out Jockey but for me it left me cold 
2
Jockey
Lindsey Bahr
The framework as predictable as it is works because of the sincerity behind the endeavor and the depth of Collins performance He is the heart and soul of Jockey and no one who gives it a chance will be forgetting his name anytime soon 
2.5
Jockey
Mark Dujsik
The main through lines of this tale feel more like sketches of potential narratives than fully developed ones 
2
Jockey
Matt Zoller Seitz
Collins is convincing from frame one 
3.5
Jockey
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The result is a tense finely acted study of human stubbornness and perseverance 
3
Jockey
Dwight Brown
This revealing look at an enigmatic sports profession gives Collins a chance to shine and he is brilliant 
2.5
Jockey
Sean P. Means
Collins embodies the bone weary struggles of an aging athlete when there s more track behind him than in front in a performance that is spare and graceful 
4
Jockey
Mike McGranaghan
Clifton Collins Jr embodies this defiant determined sorrowful man with such grace that the picture draws you in 
3
Jockey
Joey Magidson
Jockey has a great performance from Clifton Collins Jr at its core He gives the film its heart and its soul 
3
Suffragette
Brian Eggert
When an issue such as women s right to vote caused such fervor it s a shame to see a film so devoid of passion about the subject that it fails to provoke inspire or challenge its viewers 
2
Suffragette
Wesley Lovell
A fascinating look into the history of women s suffrage with a potent array of our generation s greatest actors doing what they do best 
3.5
Suffragette
Pamela Powell
With outstanding performances from Mulligan and Gleeson it s an emotional and historically significant film that pulls you into the era 
4
Suffragette
Barbara Sullivan
Suffragette might not be everyone s cup of tea But it is a bracing elixir for anyone who thinks human rights are inalienable 
3.5
Suffragette
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The problem is that it is simply a politically correct film and could be much more Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Suffragette
David Nusair
An astonishingly tedious drama 
1.5
Suffragette
David N. Butterworth
Feels oddly perfunctory despite valiant turns from Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter 
2.5
Suffragette
Linda Cook
Suffragette has the distinction of bringing me full circle from Mary Poppins 
3
Suffragette
John Serba
Carey Mulligan is always inspired even when faced with basic material like this 
3
Suffragette
Rick Bentley
Mulligan turns in a strong performance going from a woman who has quietly resigned herself to a certain life to a woman who is willing to speak out for others It s a transition that comes slowly and it feels real 
2.5
Suffragette
Michael Smith
Maud s character is a work of fiction mixed in with historical figures but her story could be that of many of the British women whose fight brought the vote to some women in 1918 and to all women in 1928 
3
Suffragette
Matt Brunson
With Suffragette screenwriter Abi Morgan has managed to pen a movie about Britain s working class women that s a far sight better than the dud she scripted about Britain s upper class harridan 
3
Suffragette
Scott Renshaw
It works for a while on that visceral level of watching other people suffer for rights that are now taken for granted but that s really all it can manage 
2
Suffragette
Josh Terry
Mulligan does an excellent job as Maud She s perfect for this kind of role and her transformation is convincing It will be a surprise if she doesn t see some kind of nomination in the coming months 
3.5
Suffragette
Rafer Guzman
An intriguing premise dampened by thin characters and a formulaic story 
2
Suffragette
Kristin Tillotson
Mulligan in particular delivers bringing believability to a role that s quite a stretch given the transformation her character has to go through from workaday mum to first wave feminist superhero 
3
Suffragette
Sarah Bryan Miller
Morgan s writing is occasionally pedestrian but the sweep of the story the performances and Gavron s vision make up for it 
3.5
Suffragette
Moira MacDonald
It s always compelling you feel grateful watching that this story is being told at all 
3
Suffragette
Connie Ogle
Suffragette occasionally turns hard truths into platitudes But the story is inspiring buoyed by a fine cast a pointed important examination of the price paid for a shot at equality 
3
Suffragette
Chris Knight
Suffragette s greatest achievement is that it gives a full blooded picture of a struggle not so far removed in time and still going forth in some corners of the world today 
3
Suffragette
Peter Canavese
Revives history we could all stand to know better and proves most useful in clarifying both what was at stake and the rules of the game 
3
Suffragette
Kam Williams
A poignant reminder of just how far women have come over the past century 
4
Suffragette
Roger Moore
The best picture of 2015 Certainly the most important 
3.5
Suffragette
Allyson Johnson
The film isn t timid about showing the violence facing these women and there are moments in which Gavron shoots Suffragette as if it were a war film in some ways it is 
3.5
Suffragette
Mark Dujsik
This simply isn t the right narrative for the story Suffragette wants to tell 
2
Suffragette
Julia Cooper
Mulligan s performance coupled with a solid script by Abi Morgan shows us just how much is at stake when a woman decides to wage war 
3
Suffragette
Steven Rea
If we now take a woman s right to vote and to hold public office for granted Suffragette reminds us that it wasn t that long ago when things were different 
3
Suffragette
Ty Burr
It riles you up and at times may move you to tears of rage 
3
Suffragette
Matt Pais
Based on the fictional Maud s role in this saga and this saga s place in the bigger fight it s questionable why this is the story being told 
2
Suffragette
Dann Gire
This movie embraces conventionality at the expense of the urgency the passion and the power that its subject matter demands 
2
Suffragette
Ann Hornaday
Suffragette is an absorbing ultimately moving portrait of thwarted ideals that rings all too true today 
3
Suffragette
Peter Howell
Suffragette has the power to shock even those familiar with the early days of the feminist movement it dramatizes 
3
Suffragette
James Berardinelli
From a historical perspective Suffragette is riddled with inaccuracies but that s less of a problem than its questionable dramatic arc 
2.5
Suffragette
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie that s easier to respect than love but it is something to respect 
3
Suffragette
Karen D'Souza
Suffragette urges us to look at the dynamics of gender class and power then and now with fresh eyes 
3.5
Suffragette
Scott Nash
Veers into kitchen sink melodrama occasionally but still tells a story that needs to be remembered 
3
Suffragette
Robert Levin
Mulligan brings a name and a face to this milieu Maud in her hands becomes less of a figurehead representing generations of women and more of an individual with hopes and dreams of her own 
3
Suffragette
Leonard Maltin
With superb performances from Mulligan and crew Suffragette should be a heartfelt winner instead 
2.3
Suffragette
Stephen Rebello
The fancy period costumes and bleak lived in settings may be strictly Britain in 1912 but the rage and passion feel strictly contemporary in the history based Suffragette 
3
Suffragette
Sheila O'Malley
Suffragette feels like a documentary in its visuals but at the same time drowns in subjectivity 
2
Suffragette
Stephen Whitty
In minimizing the usual scenes that fill this sort of film terribly awkward breakfasts at the country house men wagging their chinwhiskers at each other Gavron finds room for others 
3
Suffragette
Peter Travers
In a sea of Hollywood escapism Suffragette flaws and all is a movie that matters 
3
Suffragette
Elise Nakhnikian
The film s episodes and attitudes register with searing immediacy while feeling true to their time period 
3
Suffragette
Sara Stewart
Despite Mulligan bringing her A game the film falls short of its potential 
2
Suffragette
Rex Reed
As a period piece Suffragette captures and preserves the pulse and passion of a past era yet strengthens the vibrant urgency of a cause that continues to inform the future 
3
Suffragette
Walter Chaw
But Suffragette isn t about difficult questions it s about creating a character to have enacted on her all the odious offenses of the early twentieth century
0.5
Bride Flight
Mattie Lucas
It s a stubbornly pedestrian art house beach read a yuppie book club selection of a film that entertains in the moment but is forgotten just as quickly 
2.5
Bride Flight
Keith Cohen
Director Ben Sombogaart doles out surprise revelations steeped in irony with a multi layered approach The movie is sad hopeful and uplifting Strengths include the gorgeous cinematography meticulous art direction capturing the look of the 
3
Bride Flight
Roger Ebert
The events in the plot are the stuff of soap opera but the movie treats it seriously and the acting is convincing enough that we forgive the story and begin to care about the characters 
3
Bride Flight
Stephanie Merry
Lovely scenery and historical context elevate the sentimental story lines above the soap opera domain 
2.5
Bride Flight
Joe Williams
A tearjerking romance that belongs to another era when female moviegoers wanted to be transported not grounded in grim realities 
2.5
Bride Flight
Jeff Shannon
For anyone who shrugs at today s movies and thinks they don t make em like they used to here s a classy good looking chick flick in the old school tradition 
2.5
Bride Flight
Chris Hewitt
I find it hard to believe there will be a worse movie performance this year than the one Elise Schaap inflicts on us in the Dutch Bride Flight 
0
Bride Flight
Mark Feeney
Bride Flight is the sort of old fashioned women s picture they stopped making around the time Christina Crawford had to put away the wire hangers 
2
Bride Flight
Carrie Rickey
One should never discount the appeal of pretty people in pretty places 
2.5
Bride Flight
Stephen Whitty
What s truly moving here are the characters who all feel real enough to make you want to shout an occasional warning like a fan in a horror movie Except this time it s not Don t go in the basement but Don t marry him 
3.5
Bride Flight
Lou Lumenick
The kind of lush epic romantic weepie that Hollywood used to deliver on a regular basis for packed matinees at Radio City Music Hall 
3
Bride Flight
Mick LaSalle
Bride Flight gives a panoramic sweep of lives as they re lived as there is a lot of beauty in it 
4
Bride Flight
Rex Reed
Bride Flight is the most lavishly entertaining Dutch film since Paul Verhoeven s fabulous The Black Book 
3
Bride Flight
Andrew Schenker
While each of the three women are given their particular dilemmas none are sufficiently fleshed out beyond the demands of the story s limited situations 
2
City Girl
John Monaghan
A solid emotionally charged picture that bridges a gap between German expressionism and poetic realism 
3
We Have a Ghost
Steven Prokopy
Not especially funny or insightful about web culture or ghost believers 46 And at slightly more than two hours long 44 it also has the gall of being way too long 46 We Have a Ghost is a deathly dud for the ages that will haunt me for weeks 46 
1.5
We Have a Ghost
Erik Childress
The setup is fun and David Harbour does well as the mostly silent apparation but when the film quickly turns into a chase picture and road trip 44 the film loses its touch and stretches itself really thin over two hours 46 
2.5
We Have a Ghost
Mark Meszoros
Given some of the creative ideas found in Freaky and the Death Day affair 44 you keep waiting for something fresh 44 something unexpected 46 
1.5
We Have a Ghost
Kevin A. Ranson
Even with entire scenes echoing other films 46 46 46 40 it has 41 an underlying charm and sweetness that swells to the surface 46 46 46 manages to hit more of the feels because of Harbour 8217 s silent treatment 46 46 46 worth a look and happily better than promised 46 
3
We Have a Ghost
Richard Roeper
There are times when We Have a Ghost is too corny for its own good and the reveal about what happened to Ernest is kind of out of left field Still the cast is wonderful the laughs are frequent and the ending is truly touching 
3
We Have a Ghost
Brian Tallerico
Harbour is effective in a performance that could have been all exaggerated mugging to compensate for zero dialogue 44 and Winston still feels like a future star 8212 he apos s so confident and natural at a young age 46 
2.5
We Have a Ghost
Mike Scott
Had Landon taken time to whip his script into shape 8212 starting with whittling it down by a quarter 8212 it could have been fun 46 46 46 46 Instead 44 he made different decisions 44 and his film is haunted by it 46 
2
We Have a Ghost
Mark Dujsik
It apos s fun and clever and surprisingly touching 46 46 46 
3
We Have a Ghost
Roger Moore
Dishonors pretty much every hit film it steals from 46 
1.5
We Have a Ghost
Odie Henderson
I have a problem with We Have a Ghost Netflix s latest straight to streaming feature It is so derivative of 1980s films and tropes that its homages become a distraction 
1.5
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Marty Mapes
Glass fans will like 8 11 of Hicks 12 parts
2.5
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Moira MacDonald
Hicks structures Glass in 12 vignettes each highlighting a different aspect of Glass life and some are more compelling than others 
2.5
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems like a huge waste of time to have this much access to Glass but come up with little more than a fan page 
2.5
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Kam Williams
Career of modern classical composer revisited by generally reverential retrospective 
2.5
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Bill Weber
Glass s status as one of America s most venerated and mocked highbrows matches gracefully with his peripatetic cultural and spiritual life 
3
My Cousin Vinny
David Nusair
The undercurrent of fish out of water silliness goes a long way towards perpetuating the affable atmosphere 
3
My Cousin Vinny
Dave Kehr
With such canny scene stealers as Gwynne Smith Pendleton McGill and Chaykin filling out the cast it is very hard for My Cousin Vinny to go wrong and indeed for the purpose of pleasant Saturday night entertainment it does not 
3
My Cousin Vinny
Desmond Ryan
The movie sags as Vinny sets out to demolish the patently shaky case and dubious witnesses for the prosecution Pesci does his best but a lawyer s suit on him becomes a straitjacket 
2.5
My Cousin Vinny
Michael Upchurch
The pacing is brisk and the energy of the performances is so palpable that even at its silliest and most contrived the film is enjoyable 
3
My Cousin Vinny
Gary Thompson
For all of its grossly stereotypical characterizations and cheap laughs My Cousin Vinny does benefit from Pesci s characteristically energetic performance And co star Tomei looks very nice in a clinging blue dress with gold lame applique 
2.5
My Cousin Vinny
Stephen Hunter
I don t want to oversell My Cousin Vinny It s hardly brilliant But it s easygoing and occasionally quite funny and ultimately satisfying 
2.5
My Cousin Vinny
Scott Nash
Apart from Pesci being too old for the part as written My Cousin Vinny holds up pretty well 
3
My Cousin Vinny
Peter Canavese
The minor miracle of My Cousin Vinny is that though the picture never scores any guffaws the villains remain off screen and the conclusion is never in doubt the movie s full two hour running time passes so breezily Blu ray 
2.5
My Cousin Vinny
Ross Anthony
Excellent performances by Pesci Tomei Essentially a court room dramedy My Cousin Vinny makes some good points about pointing fingers But mostly it ll make you laugh
3.5
My Cousin Vinny
Chris Hicks
This is a film that gets better as it goes along but not enough better to make much of a difference 
2
My Cousin Vinny
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie home video was invented for Not worth the trip to the theater but slam it into the VCR and you get your rental s worth 
2.5
The Grocer's Son
Michael Sragow
It s not a great movie but it is a beguiling one a Gallic version of American films such as Doc Hollywood or Cars in which a city dweller opens up to life when he succumbs to the languid pace and the intense one on one relationships of the country 
2.5
The Grocer's Son
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s sublime work the whole picture having a firmly enthralling lived in consistency that s cant help but feel utterly genuine 
3.5
The Grocer's Son
Monica Eng
For all of its sleepy charms and pretty shots of the countryside the film doesn t serve up a lot of fresh insights unless you count finding out what senior citizens buy from grocery vans in these little hamlets 
2
The Grocer's Son
Chris Hewitt
If more Americans were OK with subtitles The Grocer s Son would be the perfect Sunday night TV movie 
3
The Grocer's Son
Moira MacDonald
Eric Guirado s lovely French drama The Grocer s Son is about that moment in a young person s life when he realizes that he is despite all efforts to the contrary a grown up 
3.5
The Grocer's Son
Steven Rea
The Grocer s Son offers a nicely observed portrait of a man in search of himself finding his purpose and finding that in fact it is possible to go home again 
3
The Grocer's Son
Steven Winn
The quiet patient soulfulness of the film which Guirado co wrote with Florence Vignon lingers 
3
The Grocer's Son
Wesley Morris
A movie begging this hard to be loved is unattractive 
2.5
The Grocer's Son
Roger Ebert
You can probably guess the trajectory of the story But it s not really the destination that makes this a charmer it s the journey there mostly by grocery van 
3
The Grocer's Son
James Berardinelli
Director Eric Guirado has woven an endearing modern day fable that offers a pleasant 90 minute respite from the worries to be found outside the theater doors 
3
The Grocer's Son
Ed Gonzalez
A sweet tale of a man learning to care about others The Grocer s Son is still simpleminded on a very fundamental level 
2
The Princess Diaries
Maitland McDonagh
This Cinderella fantasy transforms a geek into a princess and teaches a few life lessons along the way 
3
The Princess Diaries
Betsy Bozdech
An uneven but charming Disney comedy most parents won t mind watching with their kids 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
David Nusair
doesn t hold much appeal for those outside its target audience 
2
The Princess Diaries
Jeffrey Westhoff
Garry Marshall directs with the same fairy tale charm he gave Pretty Woman but without the disturbing prostitution angle 
3
The Princess Diaries
Mark Dujsik
Slugs through its almost two hour running time 
1.5
The Princess Diaries
Ian Mantgani
I m sick of these movies 
2
The Princess Diaries
Mike McGranaghan
As far out of the intended demographic as I am I have to admit there were certain pleasures to the movie 
3
The Princess Diaries
Ross Anthony
Those in the target audience will love it 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
Robert Roten
It is a charming bit of fluff aimed at younger audiences but there is not much cleverness to it and it is sloppily constructed 
2
The Princess Diaries
James Kendrick
its very unhipness is part of its charm
2.5
The Princess Diaries
David N. Butterworth
A non animated G rated movie is a rarity these days but the rating here reflects the fact that all the guts all the good stuff has been exorcised from the finished product 
0
The Princess Diaries
Dustin Putman
Entertaining light hearted and maybe even a little wise 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This old time story works one more time due to newcomer Hathaway 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
Mick LaSalle
A sweet movie from a sweet director 
3
The Princess Diaries
Lou Lumenick
Occasionally funny but more often hackneyed schmaltzy predictable and overdone 
2
The Princess Diaries
Susan Stark
Pretty and pretty amusing but wholly fake 
2
The Princess Diaries
Liam Lacey
Surprisingly little time is spent mining the comic potential of Mia s education with the comedy rationed in favour of a tiresome amount of attention lavished on her ongoing school problems 
2
The Princess Diaries
David Sterritt
A likable throwback to an old tradition of pictures from the Disney studio 
2
The Princess Diaries
Roger Ebert
The Princess Diaries is a march through the swamp of recycled ugly duckling stories with occasional pauses in the marsh of sitcom cliches and the bog of Idiot Plots 
1.5
The Princess Diaries
Pam Grady
Is breathtaking in its mediocrity and wrong headedness 
1.5
The Princess Diaries
Carrie Rickey
One cannot dismiss a movie in which Andrews that rare woman in the Hollywood garden of girls reminds us that bell like enunciation unfailing politeness and proud posture are markers of self respect accessible to all whether commoners or royalty 
2
The Princess Diaries
Bob Bloom
It s not grand cinema but it is an enjoyable confection that will give some families an excuse to spend some time together 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
James Berardinelli
To be effective many movies require the viewer to engage in a willing suspension of disbelief For The Princess Diaries to work the viewer will have to engage in a willing suspension of higher brain activity 
1.5
The Princess Diaries
Jeanne Aufmuth
It s easy to suspend or at least relax critical capacties in the name of good wholesome fun 
3
The Princess Diaries
Rob Blackwelder
A refreshingly but not aggressively reformist fairy tale that doesn t talk down to its audience 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
Harvey S. Karten
The classy Julie Andrews almost saves this picture from mediocrity 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
Ed Gonzalez
The Princess Diaries is a sweet and absurd little fairy tale that should play better to its demographic than Marshall s reprehensible Pretty Woman 
2.5
The Princess Diaries
Steve Rhodes
You can take your 5 year old and her great grandmother and they ll both enjoy the picture just as much as you do 
3
Bird on a Wire
Matt Brunson
Boy is this one bird brained movie 
1.5
Bird on a Wire
Roger Ebert
We don t believe the characters and so the elaborate chases and escapes and stunts and special effects are all affectations 
2.5
King's Faith
Kam Williams
Carefully crafted with Evangelicals in mind this modern parable will certainly resonate with the faith based demographic as well as secular individuals interested in an entertaining wholesome family flick with a sobering message 
3
Unseen
Roger Moore
Engaging leads aside 44 this never quite 8220 gets there 46 8221 But at least the story doesn 8217 t waste a lot of anybody 8217 s time in the attempt 46 
2
Unseen
Niani Scott
The futuristic aspect of a video call saving both characters is the movie apos s hook and insight 44 but it disguises a relatively generic 44 inconsistent plot with scattershot hot button issues used instead of characters 46 
1
Alien on Stage
Sarah Knight Adamson
Celebrating dreamers and working together to create something extraordinary is the icing on the cake for the group It s the ultimate fan tribute as well 
3
Alien on Stage
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We should all be so lucky to live such a dream 
3.5
Alien on Stage
Joey Magidson
Alien on Stage is pretty thin movie wise but watching an unusual stage show come together with a motley crew of performers has a charm to it 
3
Conception
Mike McGranaghan
Funny and charming 
3
Juoksuhaudantie
Steve Rhodes
Touching drama and black comedy works marvelously 
3
Convergence
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is an ambitious little film one that relies on character and plot to do the hard work for it trading less in spectacle and more in human nature and that s all to the well and good 
2.5
Slugs
David Nusair
offers little in the way of entertainment 
1.5
Slugs
James Kendrick
Wooden is a polite word to describe the acting that goes on in Slugs 
1.5
The Last Christeros
Bill Weber
The film forsakes most of the underdog sentimentality found in traditional genre treatments of noble sacrifice 
2.5
Brewmance
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s a well written and researched look at home brewing with just the right amount of humor anchored by serious moments I enjoyed the music of the band Real Big Fish throughout the film 
3.5
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Scott Renshaw
A colorful character can carry a documentary a long way but when that colorful character exists primarily in the past tense it isn t carried quite so far 
2.5
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Steven Rea
Richly informative and fascinating 
3.5
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Michael O'Sullivan
As this film s engrossing character study makes clear this woman of extraordinary tastes and appetites was ahead of her time in more ways than one 
3
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Nathalie Atkinson
By her own legendary admission Guggenheim had thousands of lovers and pursued art and sex in equal measure this documentary goes a way to rebalancing that the addiction of the title actually took precedence 
3
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
John Hartl
This ambitious film touches on so many lives and controversies that it gradually becomes a minihistory of 20th century art 
3
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
David Berry
It s safe to say there s never been many like Peggy Guggenheim 
3
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Mark Feeney
If the documentary isn t especially deep maybe that s because its subject wasn t 
2.5
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Linda Barnard
The paintings sculpture and those marvellous Edward Melcarth batwing sunglasses on display will thrill art lovers even if the documentary occasionally veers toward the plodding in execution 
2.5
A Touch of Zen
Brian Eggert
91 King Hu 93 expands upon wuxia 8217 s typical gender roles for women and posits an alternative marked by Zen Buddhism 44 genre variation 44 and a scale unseen in wuxia cinema upon the film 8217 s release in 1971 46 
4
A Touch of Zen
Elliott Stein
With the first shots of Zen we are plunged into a nature marked by eerie majesty 
3
A Touch of Zen
James Kendrick
a true game changer in the way it infused the wuxia martial arts genre with both epic scale and spiritual intensity
3.5
Where Eagles Dare
Scott Nash
That I was able to enjoy this movie as much as I did despite the plethora of plot holes says something for it 
2.5
Where Eagles Dare
Peter Canavese
A straight ahead old school action movie for war espionage junkies Blu ray 
3
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Richard Roeper
An insightful poignant journalistically sound profile that gives McCain his due but steers clear of hagiography 
3.5
Turn It Up
Rob Blackwelder
The film is little more than an unambitious well packaged passel of urban black clichs 
2
Turn It Up
Michael Dequina
This is perhaps the worst film of its kind to see a theatrical release 
0
Turn It Up
Edward Guthmann
Pras and Rule look good and handle their guns smoothly in the movie s elaborate shootouts but there s nothing in their eyes no spark or passion 
1
Turn It Up
Roger Ebert
What s pathetic is that Turn It Up halfway wants its hero to serve as a role model but neither the hero nor the movie is prepared to walk the walk 
1.5
Turn It Up
Marc Fortier
It s hard to say if even devoted Fugees refugees will be able to stomach the mediocrity plaguing this loose autobiography of the Ghetto Superstar himself ex Fugee Prakazrel Pras Michel 
1.5
Invincible
Thomas Delapa
By the time Papale does make it the big game it s as if the air goes out of the movie and all Core can do is punt 
2
Invincible
Walter Chaw
Edifies Herzog s preoccupation with blurring the distinction between performance and naturalism fiction and documentary 
3
Invincible
Ed Gonzalez
the naivete of his performance has a humbling effect on a film that while entirely too long and short on sizzling imagery is meant to be taken simply as folkloric 
2.5
Invincible
David Elliott
One of Herzog s least inspired works 
2
Invincible
Marty Mapes
The true story of a Jewish strongman who became a symbol of Aryan power and glory
3.5
Invincible
John Monaghan
Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog s works Invincible shows he s back in form with an astoundingly rich film 
3
Invincible
Wesley Morris
Feels less like a change in Herzog s personal policy than a half hearted fluke 
2.5
Invincible
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness 
2.5
Invincible
Edward Guthmann
A strange but oddly memorable film 
2
Invincible
Liam Lacey
More of a career curio than a major work 
2.5
Invincible
Roger Ebert
The movie has the power of a great silent film unafraid of grand gestures and moral absolutes 
4
Invincible
Michael Wilmington
It s an unusual thoughtful bio drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes 
2.5
Invincible
Harvey S. Karten
A compelling allegory about the last days of Germany s democratic Weimar Republic 
3.5
Invincible
John Anderson
Herzog s intentions are clearly noble but unless you care to wait for the moments when Roth picks up the film and carries it on his back back off 
2
Invincible
V.A. Musetto
It s depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen 
1
Long Live the Spirit
Kam Williams
Given the escalation of the host of woes afflicting the black community over the intervening years that makes this memento of more optimistic times all the more priceless 
3.5
My Uncle Rafael
Zachary Wigon
It s all too simplistic but there s something about watching this inept callow bourgeois family getting slapped scolded and generally schooled by their new platitude spewing Armenian uncle that s perversely entertaining 
2
The Playroom
Clayton Davis
Leaving too many questions unanswered and an ending that s less than satisfying The Playroom intrigues and latches on to the viewer s conscience enough to stick through the tale 
2.5
The Playroom
John Beifuss
Molly Parker is Oscar worthy in the juicy role of John Hawkes alcoholic stylish sexy pathetic wife 
2.5
The Playroom
Chris Hewitt
The stuff with the adults is drab and stale but the kids scenes are excellent 
2.5
The Playroom
Stephen Whitty
A detailed and depressing portrait of grim forced independence Lightened only by the sense that if these kids are learning anything it is how to survive 
3
The Playroom
Kyle Smith
This imitation Ice Storm is as refreshing as a step into a puddle of slush 
1.5
Wonder Boys
Brian Eggert
Wonder Boys reminds us that life is about putting one sentence after another knowing when to start the next chapter and realizing when it s time to discard your progress altogether and start something new 
4
Wonder Boys
Nick Rogers
Like a favorite novel Wonder Boys gets more comfortably broken in with each return and Michael Douglas wears Grady Tripp s scruffiness as sharply as he does Gordon Gekko s natty clothes addressing jealousy panic and terror in creative complacency 
4
Wonder Boys
Michael Dequina
One of those films where the term character study is used to excuse the fact that there s nothing of real interest in the story 
2
Wonder Boys
Steven Snyder
I ve never quite seen a movie like Wonder Boys It is sometimes self deprecating often nostalgic and optimistic but always slightly mysterious 
4
Wonder Boys
Susan Tavernetti
There s a story there but it s probably not very interesting 
2.5
Wonder Boys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s very refreshing to see a movie that celebrates writing and intelligence without stooping to become a filmed record of a novel 
3.5
Wonder Boys
Margaret A. McGurk
A mid winter delight wry surprising bittersweet and not to be missed 
3.5
Wonder Boys
Jeffrey Westhoff
A literate screwball comedy 
3.5
Wonder Boys
Ross Anthony
Douglas is certainly captivating and bathrobe comfortable in his role as the grovelly pot toking intellectual 
2.5
Wonder Boys
Ed Gonzalez
The overall effect is like opening a present on Christmas morning 
3.5
Wonder Boys
James Kendrick
a somewhat static randomly funny movie that leaves little impact
2
Wonder Boys
Rob Blackwelder
Wonder Boys is an effortlessly off kilter comedy with an impeccable cinema pedigree that serves its quirky story well 
3
Wonder Boys
Steve Rhodes
The movie spends the whole time setting up the plot When the ending credits roll you realize that it was never able to get in gear 
2
Wonder Boys
Marty Mapes
As interesting or well told or charming as it may be it s safe and pat and unchallenging 
2.5
Wonder Boys
David Keyes
Wonder Boys is like a diamond in a tray of rhinestones a gem of filmmaking so overshadowed by the recent mainstream crap that many will likely forget its very existence 
3.5
Wonder Boys
Dustin Putman
An assured well made piece of work that shows just how smart a studio picture can be 
3
Wonder Boys
Mary Kalin-Casey
Tempering bad boy gusto with vulnerability humor and a dash of wisdom Downey again displays his substantial charisma and skill gifts all too often wasted in a jail cell 
3
Wonder Boys
James Berardinelli
With vivid characters an ironic voice over narrative and a solidly written screenplay Wonder Boys provides its share of small pleasures 
3
Wonder Boys
Cornell & Petricelli
Wonder Boys is a wonder through and through not necessarily because it makes a grandiose statement but because it makes a universal statement about that place in life s journey when we find ourselves at an emotional and spiritual crossroads 
4
Wonder Boys
Bob Bloom
It is Douglas best performance in years 
2.5
Wonder Boys
David N. Butterworth
A scattershot affair that bobbles along episodically but doesn t quite gel 
2.5
Wonder Boys
Roger Ebert
Funny and touching 
4
Wonder Boys
Mick LaSalle
An emotionally dishonest movie about emotionally dishonest people 
2
Wonder Boys
Madeleine Williams
Purely delightful 
3.5
Wonder Boys
Susan Stark
World weary has never been funnier or more fascinating than in Kloves hands 
4
Wonder Boys
Jonathan Foreman
McDormand is as much a delight to watch as she s ever been 
3
Lambada
David Keyes
Some bad movies are simply bad because of incompetence or miscalculation here is one that begins with the distinction of confusion and follows through with it until the last befuddling frame 
2
Perfect Blue
Brian Eggert
Its remarks about entertainment culture celebrity worship virtual environments and toxic fandom supply an incisive prophecy about how these factors continue to invade every aspect of our lives 
3.5
Perfect Blue
Matt Brunson
A brutal and haunting meditation on identity femininity and fame 
3
Perfect Blue
Rob Thomas
For all its over the top violence Perfect Blue is a surprisingly sophisticated film about the ways in which a celebrity s public persona can consume the real person within 
3.5
Perfect Blue
Derek Smith
An nime thriller that often plays as an examination of identity and celebrity but ultimately gets so lost in its own complex structure that it doesn t end up saying much at all 
2
Perfect Blue
Michael Dequina
With the freedom of animation comes a more effective blurring of fantasy and reality 
3
Perfect Blue
Rob Blackwelder
This absurd import takes weak passes at Hitchcockian mind bending but winds up pitching gibberish 
1.5
Perfect Blue
Dustin Putman
A wildly inventive creation that is just about as adult as an animated film can get and at times I even started to forget that it was in fact animated 
3
Perfect Blue
Bob Graham
Perfect Blue manages through animation to take the thriller media fascination psychological insight and pop culture and stand them all on their heads 
3
Sex With Sue
Anne Brodie
Grandmotherly Toronto nurse 47 birth control activist Sue Johanson brought nitty gritty sex realities right into our homes in 1996 59 never judged 46 46 46 shared re bodies 44 sex toys 44 fetishism 46 Her message is urgent given the growing conservativism 46 
4
Black or White
Stephen Rebello
It isn t enough that the movie s heart and soul are in the right place It needed edge and art to throw a punch 
2
Black or White
Peter Canavese
Sorting through prejudices and nuances of racial perception occasionally takes Black or White into intriguing territory more often a rather mushily obvious TV movie style courtroom drama built on straw man arguments 
2.5
Black or White
John Wirt
Kevin Costner s and Octavia Spencer s confrontational scenes are Black or White s strong suits 
2.5
Black or White
Steven Rea
Oh the bathos The loony wrongheadedness of the screenplay 
2.5
Black or White
Matt Pais
A discussion is better than none but the conversation can be improved 
2
Black or White
Christian Toto
Black or White is far from perfect but it s an ideal way to kick off a healthy discussion on race in America 
3
Black or White
Eric Henderson
Kevin Costner scowls and darts around the dubious thin line between racism and un sugarcoated truthfulness that only anti P C wingnuts actually believe exists 
1.5
Black or White
Peter Keough
Despite the best of intentions a career best performance from Kevin Costner and outstanding work by Octavia Spencer and child actor Jillian Estell Black or White succumbs to some of the same stereotypes it tries to dispel 
2.5
Black or White
Willie Waffle
Black Or White is a good movie constantly fluctuating back and forth from clunky to complex 
3
Black or White
Lisa Kennedy
It may be helpful or vexing to think of Black or White as the great grandchild of Guess Who s Coming to Dinner 
3
Black or White
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s often painful and not in a good way it s painful because of the roads it doesn t explore the shortcuts it takes and the special pleading it can t stop itself from indulging in 
2.5
Black or White
Mark Dujsik
No one seems to want to talk about race so Binder finds ways to force them to Every time those methods feel forced and unearned 
2
Black or White
James Berardinelli
The film is by no means perfect and its goals are undermined by a sloppy climax and conclusion but it avoids preaching while providing fodder for thought 
2.5
Black or White
Peter Travers
Kevin Costner gives everything he s got to the role but writer director Mike Binder who worked beautifully with Costner on 2005 s The Upside of Anger finds himself on the downside of juggling stereotypes 
2
Black or White
Stephanie Merry
The title suggests there are no easy answers So why does everything feel so tidy 
2
Black or White
Mick LaSalle
The movie is appealing enough to make you want to believe it even when you don t 
2
Black or White
Joe Williams
A well intentioned white perspective drama like Black or White isn t going to change the world but it might change the terms of an overdue conversation 
3
Black or White
Claudia Puig
If only Black or White spent more time in the gray zone 
2
Black or White
Rafer Guzman
A solid cast but the racial issue is so poorly presented that the film feels unintentionally offensive 
2
Black or White
Stephen Whitty
Costner deserves credit for continuing to make or at least trying to make grown up movies But he s undercut at almost every point here by director Mike Binder 
2
Black or White
Rex Reed
Good acting and plenty to think about but a better director than Mike Binder would have made a better film 
3
Black or White
Lou Lumenick
Despite excellent performances by Kevin Costner Octavia Spencer and other cast members Mike Binder s racially tinged custody battle drama Black or White never achieves much in the way of dramatic credibility 
2
Black or White
Roger Moore
Definitely tilts toward the white guy POV but still a smart quotable and well acted drama that turns stereotypes on their ears 
3
Black or White
Kam Williams
Worth the investment for veteran Costner s vintage performance and for the way in which the timely script dares to tackle some tough social questions in refreshingly realistic if perhaps politically incorrect fashion 
3
The Hunter
Kelly Jane Torrance
This might not be the typical hitman movie there s a dose of environmental politics thrown in but its tropes are stock What sets it apart of course is Dafoe 
3
The Hunter
Jeff Beck
The Hunter is mostly well done but where I would normally say it never comes together I actually have to say it comes together too late 
2.5
The Hunter
Peter Keough
Predictable a pastiche of conventions but strange nonetheless and not always in a good way 
2.5
The Hunter
Ty Burr
A movie with more plot than it can comfortably handle 
2
The Hunter
Austin Kennedy
I know what they were going for This was more about the spiritual journey than the actual action plot but it just doesn t gel 
2.5
The Hunter
Chris Hewitt
It has intriguing parts but they do not come together 
2
The Hunter
Joe Williams
With a rucksack of gadgets Dafoe makes a believably cunning tracker and when he finally confronts his prey the mutual respect feeds a poignant parable 
3.5
The Hunter
Soren Andersen
Not much happens in The Hunter And what little does happen happens very slowly And then is repeated 
2
The Hunter
James Berardinelli
The character arc is strong on paper but not well realized on film and therein lies The Hunter s greatest failing 
2.5
The Hunter
Adam Nayman
By the time The Hunter jettisons its narrative ballast altogether and embraces its elemental appeal it s too late 
2.5
The Hunter
Linda Barnard
Nettheim films long stretches without dialogue and lets the landscape take centre stage relying on Robert Humphreys superb camerawork to tell the story 
3
The Hunter
Robert Levin
Willem Dafoe is the perfect actor to carry a film like The Hunter which is guided by the internal journey experienced by his unusual character 
3
The Hunter
Stephen Whitty
Mostly this is just too mild too quiet too distant It tracks its target But it never quite manages to get it in its sites 
2.5
The Hunter
Kyle Smith
Dafoe proves to have the right blend of ruggedness and sensitivity for this conflicted hero 
3
The Hunter
Michael O'Sullivan
The Hunter is engrossing and thoughtful entertainment It s a mystery with a message 
2.5
The Hunter
Jake Coyle
The Hunter doesn t particularly test him but Dafoe who s in every scene of the film easily dominates it 
2.5
The Hunter
Ryan Lattanzio
A thriller brooding with disquiet and dread 
4
The Hunter
Jesse Cataldo
The film refuses to focus on its core story hedging its bets with forays into family drama environmental thriller and corporate intrigue 
2
The Hunter
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable piece of work 
2.5
There's Always Woodstock
Rex Reed
Another week another benign rock and roll romance 
2
There's Always Woodstock
Roger Moore
Katey Sagal as a reclusive folk rock star and the still magical setting aren t enough to recommend this thinner than thin musical romance 
1.5
There's Always Woodstock
Clayton Dillard
The filmmakers play Catherine s disgustingly narcissistic sense of entitlement as endemic to the supposedly girl next door charms befitting the film s thoroughly normative gender politics 
0
Return to Space
Steven Prokopy
iReturn to Spacei looks great and is brutally honest about failures and setbacks 
3.5
Return to Space
Matt Fagerholm
Chin and Vasarhelyi make a solid case for why space exploration should continue and the benefits we could reap from it 
3
Return to Space
Randy Myers
As with all Vasarhelyi Chin documentaries this one grips you from start to finish 
4
Return to Space
Bob Strauss
Return to Space has the right stuff to inspire fans of both interplanetary exploration and ultra entrepreneurship 
2.5
Strangers Online
Sara Michelle Fetters
Lots of movies have been made for practically nothing but few are as poorly shot edited and scored as this one is 
0.5
Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae
Liam Lacey
What a delight it is to watch Jamaican musicians of the late sixties reunite for the film Rocksteady The Roots of Reggae 
3
Monte Carlo
Carolyn Arends
A winsome cast a great location and keeping the target audience in view bring an entertaining story that manages to have both a conscience and a heart 
3
Monte Carlo
David Nusair
rarely as much fun or as entertaining as its premise might ve led one to expect 
2
Monte Carlo
Sara Michelle Fetters
I probably shouldn t admit this but I was just fine with the mistaken identity tween girl fantasy coming of age drama Monte Carlo 
2.5
Monte Carlo
Betsy Sherman
Features Selena Gomez in two roles which is awkward because she only has one and a half expressions 
1.5
Monte Carlo
Greg Quill
The movie sputs out like fizzled fireworks in the Monte Carlo night 
2
Monte Carlo
Stephen Whitty
The scenery is pretty the actresses work hard and it all goes by fairly quickly if unmemorably 
2
Monte Carlo
Jennie Punter
Despite its soul searching pretensions the movie hinges on what is essentially a con one bereft of tension and so sanitized for young female viewers that little room is left for temptation or humour or good old fashioned summer shenanigans 
1
Monte Carlo
Chris Hewitt
Monte Carlo gambles that setting a bland screenplay in one of the world s most glamorous places will jazz up the movie It loses that bet 
2
Monte Carlo
Stephanie Merry
The movie could have benefitted from shaving about 20 minutes off There s no need to prolong the inevitable 
2
Monte Carlo
Sara Stewart
For a movie called Monte Carlo this one keeps the stakes pretty low 
2
Monte Carlo
Mark Dujsik
Happiness in Monte Carlo is just a scream a whistle or a dimmer switch away 
2
Monte Carlo
Dustin Putman
Don t mess with Texas Emma snarls at the captive Cordelia the girl tied to a chair with an apple lodged in her mouth Yes it s as unclean and creepily disconcerting as it sounds 
.5
Monte Carlo
Claudia Puig
Monte Carlo is all about dj vu cobbling together elements from so many other sources it feels like movie stew 
2
Monte Carlo
Mick LaSalle
It s unpleasant where it should be pleasant convoluted where it should be streamlined anxiety provoking where it should be easy and long long long at least 20 minutes longer than it has a right to be 
1
Monte Carlo
Michael Phillips
Disguises deceptions you could call the narrative of Monte Carlo Shakespearean but I prefer to consider Shakespeare s romantic comedies as Selena Gomez esque 
2.5
Monte Carlo
Moira MacDonald
None of this makes much sense except for the clear message that Europe is more fun if you re rich but it doesn t really need to 
2.5
Monte Carlo
Carrie Rickey
For girls of a certain age and their mothers Monte Carlo hits the sweet spot 
2.5
Monte Carlo
Wesley Morris
Were I a certain 12 year old girl Monte Carlo would be a giant frosted pastry even if that pastry tastes suspiciously like Gomez s 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie Princess Protection Program 
2.5
Monte Carlo
Matt Pais
Shenanigans masquerading as fun 
2
Monte Carlo
Jake Coyle
Meester and Cassidy provide solid sidekicks though that perhaps sells them short They ultimately carry the movie All of their storylines lead to self discovery and sappiness 
2
Monte Carlo
Nick Schager
Selena Gomez may have shot to stardom as a bratty wiseass on Wizards of Waverly Place but it s her featureless dramatic chops that best benefit Monte Carlo 
2
Monte Carlo
Roger Moore
You take movies like this for what they are and for whom they re intended But this script this leaden direction ensures that even as the teen wish fulfillment fantasy complete with young women playing dress up Monte Carlo fails 
1.5
Monte Carlo
Roger Ebert
It s chirpy it s bright there are pretty locations and lots happens This is the kind of movie that can briefly hold the attention of a cat 
2
The Kids Grow Up
Chris Hewitt
Assembled with clarity and taste The Kids Grow Up is a beautiful film in which every single minute feels alive and true 
3.5
The Kids Grow Up
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Regardless of the cause the prevalence of empty nest anxiety among baby boomers isn t terribly flattering to their conception of domestic relationships 
2
The Kids Grow Up
V.A. Musetto
Maybe being able to look back in time is comforting for Block and company but what makes him think complete strangers give a damn about his not especially interesting family 
1
Hail to the Deadites
Alan French
Villeneuve and his team keep upbeat energy throughout the film but make time for emotional and heartfelt detours when needed 46 The love is real 46 
2.5
Drought
Andrew Schenker
Everado Gonzlez isn t above capturing some striking landscape shots seemingly for the shear desolate prettiness of it but they always double as a reminder of the very real plight facing the subjects 
3
The Pirates
Soren Andersen
Pirates is fun though with a running time of more than two hours it s overlong And too many of its battle scenes are too dimly lit 
2.5
Rango
Michael Dequina
Delivers the western genre goods along with generous laughs and some impressive animation and some brazenly warped sensibilities 
3.5
Rango
Roger Moore
Amusing in small doses marketed to kids and not really FOR kids An undeserving Oscar winner 
2
Rango
Jeff Beck
If the writers had dared to step a little outside the borders of the western formula or if they d even just shaken up the old formula a bit this really could have been something special but sadly it just ends up being pretty standard 
2.5
Rango
Wesley Lovell
Depp isn t as annoying in this as he has been elsewhere 
3.5
Rango
Jason Buchanan
At long last a spaghetti Western for the kiddie set and one that doesn t sell older viewers short 
3
Rango
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Unfocused and absolutely scattered 
2
Rango
Glenn Lovell
OK kids who s ready for an animated version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 
3
Rango
Linda Cook
Rango is one of the best works of literature I ve enjoyed for many years Rango is one of the best family films I ve seen in years Rango is one of the best Westerns I ve ever seen 
4
Rango
Rafer Guzman
Just when you thought you d seen everything here comes Chinatown the animated version 
3.5
Rango
John Beifuss
Sergio Leone meets The Shakiest Gun in the West in this odd movie about a chameleon who credit the filmmakers for their cleverness doesn t blend in 
3.5
Rango
Lori Hoffman
It is not a coincidence that the mayor Ned Beatty sounds like the evil John Huston character from Chinatown as the film makes an obvious nod toward that film classic 
3
Rango
James Kendrick
what it loses in coherence and dexterity it gains in pure sensationalism whether it be visual verbal or narrative
3.5
Rango
Brett Michel
Roger Deakins True Grit may have just lost the Academy Award for a criminal ninth time but his talent as a cinematographer is one of the secret weapons in the first CG movie from live action director Gore Verbinski 
3.5
Rango
Mike McGranaghan
Rango is like Chinatown meets A Fistful of Dollars meets a Geico commercial And it s totally awesome 
4
Rango
Bob Bloom
The movie basically adheres to the conventions of the genre as well as the Western spoofs made popular by comedians such as Bob Hope Abbott and Costello and Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles 
3.5
Rango
James Berardinelli
The first animated film from ILM is also the first memorable motion picture of 2011 
3.5
Rango
Matt Brunson
A work that in its finest moments comes across as a Coen Brothers film with anthropomorphic animals instead of flesh and blood humans 
3.5
Rango
Joe Lozito
Admirably ambitious animated ode to Spaghetti Westerns featuring a Johnny Depp voiced lizard as the unlikely hero 
3
Rango
Stephen Whitty
Adults and slightly older children should have a great time 
3
Rango
Liam Lacey
With his first animated feature Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski shows ambitions considerably beyond producing the usual standard of most children s fare To put it plainly Rango is one weird movie 
3
Rango
Lisa Kennedy
Yes there are enough nods to other sources to make Rango a bobblehead But the movie and much of John Logan s writing is still pretty durn clever 
3
Rango
Matt Soergel
He is sinking deeper into the guacamole of his own deception says the owl who leads a Mexican mariachi band that serves as the story s Greek chorus a description that shows you just how willfully weird are the goings on 
3
Rango
Walter Chaw
beautiful yet hollow the first real missed opportunity of 2011 
3
Rango
Russ Breimeier
Some good bits about the nature of heroism but not enough to elevate Rango to the ranks of Pixar Still when viewed as a silly comedy adventure it s enjoyable 
3
Rango
Christian Toto
Parents will be nudging aside their children to check out the thoroughly mature western known as Rango
3.5
Rango
Peter Canavese
I suspect the young uns will take a shine to the hero of Rango a chameleon that s part Kermit the Frog part street corner kook and all Johnny Depp who supplies the often hilarious voice 
3
Rango
Robert Levin
A damn fine western an entertaining throwback to classic B pictures that pays clever tribute to its predecessors 
3.5
Rango
Erik Childress
It is only the first week of March and we are still getting over last year s award season But the race for 2011 s Best Animated Feature may have just begun And may have just ended 
4
Rango
Lou Lumenick
An ultra quirky animated Western with a vocal tour de force by Johnny Depp that s quite unlike anything I ve ever seen 
3
Rango
Ann Hornaday
A sun baked symphony of rust and dust Rango has a spiky unsentimental appeal sending out slightly risque jokes to parents while staying safely out of the danger zone for kids 
3
Rango
Peter Howell
The whole enterprise is redolent of past movies and drug trips yet it somehow whiffs fresh 
3
Rango
Chris Hewitt
Nothing about this witty inventive film obeys the rules 
3.5
Rango
Joe Williams
Without double crossing the kiddie contingent Rango is iconic like a spaghetti Western smart like a 70s conspiracy thriller and lively like a Coen brothers comedy 
3.5
Rango
Mark Dujsik
Frantically and refreshingly fun 
3
Rango
Ethan Alter
One of my favorites of this young year and among the most unique features I ve seen from an American animation house in recent memory 
3.5
Rango
Dustin Putman
Wry genial and not at all interested in jumping on the bandwagon of flash in the pan pop cultural hipness Rango holds an eclectic eye for finding beauty in the unusual 
3
Rango
Amy Biancolli
The film itself is a magically strange hybrid a spoofy computer animated Western acted out by anthropomorphic desert creatures 
3.5
Rango
Peter Travers
Say what you will about Rango the computer animated Western riding hard on Johnny Depp doing the voice of a lizard just don t call it business as usual 
2.5
Rango
Cathy Jakicic
It s Verbinski s trust in the audience to get his jokes and pop culture references that makes Rango such an engaging ride 
3
Rango
Robert W. Butler
The film features some of the most astounding computer animation ever and thanks to a slew of terrific voice actors who are obviously having a great time the film is wildly weirdly amusing 
3
Rango
Tom Keogh
What makes this unhinged wildly self conscious comedy adventure more than a two hour gimmick is an inspired vocal performance by Verbinski s Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp 
2.5
Rango
Carrie Rickey
You know those animated films that have bits that the parents will enjoy Rango is mostly those bits 
2.5
Rango
Ty Burr
Rango is a highly watchable but somewhat frustrating mix of sloppy plotting rascally attitude and Big Action 
2.5
Rango
Christopher Lloyd
A neon colored sun baked fantasia that s part Western spoof and part surrealist jag through the desert with Johnny Depp as our theatrically unhinged reptilian tour guide Rango is anything but your standard kiddie animated flick 
3.5
Rango
Matt Pais
Well visually Rango looks excellent Then characters start talking 
2
Rango
Roger Ebert
Rango is some kind of a miracle An animated comedy for smart moviegoers wonderfully made great to look at wickedly satirical and gasp filmed in glorious 2 D 
4
Rango
Thelma Adams
While Depp turns his bug eyed reptile into a charismatic character the plot gets lost in a maze of tangents and the story has too many tasteless jokes like a prostate gag that are not kid friendly 
2.5
Dark Passage
Matt Brunson
Just because Dark Passage is considered the runt of the Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall litter doesn t mean it lacks its own measure of shaggy dog charm 
3
Dark Passage
Josh Larsen
all about Humphrey Bogart s face 
3.5
Dark Passage
James Berardinelli
The story is involving the atmosphere is as starkly noir as anything Bogart participated in and the dynamic between the leads is as conspicuous as ever 
3
Annie
Erik Anderson
Does the film veer into schmaltz and sentimentality Sure but considering the original material it s hard not to and Gluck is careful about when and how he decides to let that happen 
3
Annie
Michael Smith
Few will leave the theater exclaiming Leapin Lizards but you can bet your bottom dollar that there s a good time to be had here 
2.5
Annie
Brandy McDonnell
It probably won t win over Broadway devotees or fans of the 1982 film but parents will face much harder knocks than this taking their kids to the movies 
2.5
Annie
Perry Seibert
The filmmakers only thought about how to make it current and not about how to make it better 
1.5
Annie
Mary Houlihan
Even Sandy the dog looks like he s had enough 
2
Annie
John Wirt
This latest Annie could have been told more efficiently and with more depth but with Wallis and Foxx leading the cast it s an engaging enough if not memorable remake 
2.5
Annie
Linda Cook
Leapin lizards was this a bad idea 
.5
Annie
Kam Williams
A 21st Century variation on the age old theme where an insufferable 1 er finally gets in touch with his sensitive side with the help of an irresistible ragamuffin representing the downtrodden rest of humanity 
2
Annie
Christian Toto
This Annie wouldn t survive on American Idol or Dancing with the Stars She s a charmer all the same 
2.5
Annie
Matt Brunson
The film is frequently awkward suffers from some pedestrian choreography and wears its heart perhaps a bit too openly on its sleeve But it s also charming well acted and most surprisingly quite funny 
3
Annie
Scott Renshaw
It s ultimately hard to resist a family friendly film that s this confident and energetic and genuinely funny without ever pandering 
3.5
Annie
Matt Zoller Seitz
Annie is very very light on its feet very frothy and always unselfconsciously at times provocatively kind hearted determined to melt grumpy hearts like marshmallows 
3
Annie
John Serba
So crassly calculated to be contextually and culturally relevant to today s youth it seems as if it was written by an algorithm 
1.5
Annie
Willie Waffle
It s not the worst musical of the year 
1.5
Annie
Courtney Shea
Engaging characters infectious melodies suspense drama and dance extravaganzas appeal to children of all eras If only the powers that be behind the new Annie movie had kept this basic truth in mind 
1
Annie
Steven Rea
Quvenzhané Wallis the Oscar nominated star of the trippy bayou indie Beasts of the Southern Wild simply has to skip into a room and into the frame to light things up 
2.5
Annie
Dustin Putman
A splendid entertainment full of heart and toe tapping bliss without becoming goopy and cloying The soul of who Annie is and what Annie has always been is still very much in abundance 
3
Annie
Lou Lumenick
Leapin lizards The evergreen Broadway musical Annie strays far from its Depression era roots with truly dismaying results in this crass charmless tineared and lead footed update 
0.5
Annie
Nina Garin
A jumbled mess 
1
Annie
Mark Dujsik
Most of its successes and shortcomings are primarily the result of the movie s own design and there s something admirable about that 
2
Annie
Linda Barnard
A movie that coasts on a disturbing greed is good vibe And one that looks strangely cheap doing it 
1.5
Annie
Ty Burr
By the end the movie resembles just another formulaic family friendly piece of product one the kids will enjoy and you ll endure as it goes in the DVD player for the 40th time 
2
Annie
Claudia Puig
Banal shallow and markedly cynical 
2
Annie
James Berardinelli
Most remakes are unnecessary but Annie is a bigger offender than many 
2
Annie
John Beifuss
One song is performed by Annie and Stacks while they are strapped into seats in a helicopter not a promising scenario for those who remember when even the most routine movie musicals were vehicles for choreography athleticism and physical expression 
2.5
Annie
Christine Dolen
The new Annie is jam packed with Glee style choreography and greed is good luxury Like its predecessors it s a fantasy But unlike them it s not so much heartwarming as warmed over 
2
Annie
Neal Justin
There s still a good film to be made of Annie but it ll take Broadway veterans not box office stars to pull it off 
2.5
Annie
Calvin Wilson
Annie is not a great movie musical but it s a fun time at the movies 
3
Annie
Matt Pais
If any awards show adds a category for Most C C Music Factory Jokes Annie has it in the bag 
2
Annie
Peter Travers
It falls ignominiously on its fat one The Sony hackers the so called Guardians of Peace have leaked the new Annie online so everyone can have free access It s their cruelest trick to date 
0
Annie
Rafer Guzman
Wallis is adorable but there s little magic in the new music or the barely there choreography A missed opportunity 
2
Annie
Michael Ordoña
Annie is a shiny little pebble with nothing close to a surprise in it set in a New York that would cause Martin Scorsese to burst into flame if he walked into it And young kids just might like it 
1
Annie
Stephanie Merry
Ultimately Annie is so fixated on being current that it will never be more than a passing fancy 
2
Annie
Moira MacDonald
Musical purists should stay away but little girls should have fun here and the movie s full of goofball touches that help pass the time for the grown ups bringing them 
2.5
Annie
Michael Phillips
The overall vibe of this folly is curdled and utterly blase it s a 118 minute foregone conclusion finesse free and perilously low on the simple performance pleasures we look for in any musical of any period 
1.5
Annie
Mara Reinstein
Co producers Will Smith and Jay Z shook up the classic 1982 movie musical and turned it into a slick out of tune miss that s desperately aching to be hip 
2
Annie
Lindsey Bahr
This Annie was supposed to be for a new generation In the harsh light of 2014 it s never looked so dated 
1.5
Annie
Roger Moore
Considering what an annoying cliche the original musical has become this updating works OK 
2.5
Annie
Eric Henderson
2014 Annie s America makes director John Huston s elephantine synthetically charismatic 1982 adaptation look like a Minnelliesque model of focus and concision 
.5
Annie
Stephen Whitty
Think you ve got a hard knock life Try sitting through the new Annie 
1.5
Cadence
Janet Maslin
There is no indication that Mr Sheen ever yelled Cut when he had a chance to send one of his actors over the top 
1.5
Cadence
Chris Hicks
Cadence is a more modest film that never seems to reach very high settling for superficial characterizations and an overly familiar series of circumstances 
2
The Armstrong Lie
Sarah Knight Adamson
Whether or not you are a sports enthusiast you will find that this film is one of the best documentaries to be seen in years Gibney has captured incredible footage of Armstrong s life by having carte blanche access to him 
3.5
The Armstrong Lie
Marty Mapes
The lie is the least of it in Gibney s personal documentary
3
The Armstrong Lie
Matt Brunson
While never dull The Armstrong Lie is too long at 122 minutes with much of the material feeling repetitive and far from illuminating 
2.5
The Armstrong Lie
Carla Meyer
Lie emerges as less an indictment of our celebrity obsessed culture Armstrong s case is too specific than a portrait of an incredibly demanding sport 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Duane Dudek
Even those who believe they couldn t think less of the disgraced Tour de France winning cyclist will regard The Armstrong Lie as the final nail in the coffin he built himself 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Joe Williams
While the movie includes enough details about the physiology strategy and marketing of bike racing to satisfy some of our curiosity other questions remain unanswered 
3
The Armstrong Lie
John Beifuss
Suggests not as forcefully as it should that the real addicts here are not the cyclists but the sports industry professionals sponsors fans and other look the other way enablers 
3
The Armstrong Lie
David Berry
Gibney does a good job of relating the viciousness to Armstrong s powerful will to win or at least his will to beat people 
3.5
The Armstrong Lie
Chris Hewitt
Even if you re not a big fan of bicycling or of Armstrong it s riveting 
3.5
The Armstrong Lie
Steven Rea
The Armstrong Lie is eye opening and myth shattering and more than a little depressing 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Peter Howell
Gibney gives the truth as full an airing as seems humanly possible given that the subject is a world class liar 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Kent Turner
Only when it gets personal does The Armstrong Lie pick up speed 
2
The Armstrong Lie
John Anderson
Gibney took a film that was supposed to be about the resurrection of a sports star and turned it into an epic indictment of one man and an entire culture The lesson is obvious Never throw anything out 
3.5
The Armstrong Lie
Ty Burr
The movie captures a very modern approach to public scandal Confession without remorse 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Michael O'Sullivan
There s a palpable sense of sadness more than outrage or betrayal to the film 
2.5
The Armstrong Lie
Robert Levin
Works best in its simplest form when Lance Armstrong directly addresses the camera both in 2009 and in 2013 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Peter Canavese
Gibney frames his film as being somewhat catch as catch can and it is educates about the details of doping the moral relativism so pervasive in the age of juiced athletics and the willful ignorance that attends it 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Bruce Ingram
You d have to start looking into ancient Greek tragedy to top it as a showcase for pure unadulterated hubris That s one of the things that makes The Armstrong Lie which has more on its mind than the mere debunking of a tarnished hero so worthwhile 
3.5
The Armstrong Lie
Peter Hartlaub
None of the athlete s words really answer Gibney s central question Perhaps we re just supposed to see it in his eyes 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Michael Phillips
To mixed success The Armstrong Lie allows Gibney generous time and space to explain what sort of movie he started out to make and what kind of confessional he ended up making 
2.5
The Armstrong Lie
Matt Pais
In some ways the most powerful lies are the ones we tell ourselves 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Ali Arikan
Gibney s film paints a picture of an overly ambitious man whose supreme almost clinical self confidence severed his connection to reality and truth 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Sara Stewart
Overall Gibney does a fine job documenting the timeless nature of Armstrong s fall from grace 
2.5
The Armstrong Lie
Claudia Puig
Lance Armstrong s next career could be sleazy politician or used car salesman He lies with such conviction it s terrifying 
3.5
The Armstrong Lie
Peter Travers
The movie rambles at two plus hours but the provocation never stops 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Roger Moore
As thoroughly damning as it is this deserved beat down feels a bit late to the Lance Armstrong lynching 
3
The Armstrong Lie
Kenji Fujishima
The film can t entirely avoid the feeling of a less productive score settling hit piece as if Alex Gibney was making this film merely to stick it to the subject that screwed him big time 
2.5
The Armstrong Lie
Sandy Cohen
An unforgiving unflattering portrait of a fallen athlete and inspiration 
3
Lust for a Vampire
Matt Brunson
Hammer had by this point entered its decidedly more robust blood and boobs phase 
2.5
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Eric Melin
On one level it is an engrossing character study about changing power dynamics in relationships On another it s simply a marvel of fluid focused filmmaking where everything in the frame is loaded with meaning 
3
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Michael Scheinfeld
A brilliantly directed and performed psychodrama 
3.5
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Derek Smith
A brilliant depiction of the manipulation inherent in every relationship and the lengths to which people will go to stay with the ones they love 
4
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Ed Gonzalez
Not exactly the most comfortable film of Rainer Werner Fassbinder s career 
3
The Menu
James Kendrick
stylish and engrossing and sadistically enjoyable
3
The Menu
Matt Brunson
The art of the meal and the consumer 8217 s craving for more more s 8217 more are just two of the topics explored in a far tastier 8220 eat the rich 8221 offering than the overcooked Triangle of Sadness 46 
3.5
The Menu
Mattie Lucas
Mylod has some fun with it 44 and Fiennes does some delicious work 46 But its eat the rich allegories are half baked at best 46 
2
The Menu
Kevin A. Ranson
The very definition of a slow burn thriller 46 46 46 40 like 41 the soft ticking of a kitchen timer teasing the cooking meal to come 44 waiting as the air fills with an aroma thick enough to already taste 46 
4
The Menu
Rene Sanchez
Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor Joy are sensational in this punctual satire that surprises us dish after dish 44 down to the last bite 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
The Menu
Kevin Carr
Clever and creepy 44 this satire skewers the elite and plays well into other similar films 46 
3
The Menu
Bruce R. Miller
While 8220 The Menu 8221 isn 8217 t as clever as 8220 Knives Out 44 8221 it does manage to deflate pretense and show just how equal everyone is in a tense situation 46 It 8217 s funny 44 but it 8217 s deadly serious 46 Don 8217 t go with a full stomach and be sure to try the popcorn 46 
3
The Menu
Sean P. Means
The comedy elements run toward heavy handed absurdity 44 and the thrills are telegraphed too early and often 46 
2
The Menu
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slow burn endeavor that admittedly 40 and effectively 41 captures the viewer 8217 s interest right from the get go 46 46 46 
3
The Menu
Erik Childress
In a continuing series of 2022 films destroying the rich this clever 44 cheeky horror comedy is a real delight 46 The only thing difficult in recommending it is trying to avoid the cliched food adjectives to describe it 46 All of which apply 46 
3
The Menu
Max Weiss
Foodie culture is slayed literally in this expert black comedy 
3.5
The Menu
Jeff Mitchell
apos The Menu apos is a smorgasbord of surprises 33 Chances are you apos ll gladly pick up this cinematic check and add a generous tip to boot 46 
3.5
The Menu
Sara Michelle Fetters
The line between serf and nobleman slowly disappears with the delivery of each course to a guest 8217 s table 44 which only augments how dazzlingly unhinged this madness proves to be 46 
3.5
The Menu
Joe Friar
Mark Mylod 8217 s dark comedy serves up Tales from the Crypt vibes as the spotlight shifts from the food to the guests leaving the audience appreciating the value of ordering delivery 46 Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes make great antagonists 46 
3.5
The Menu
Dann Gire
Black comedy conformity and death blend in a sumptuous cinematic stew 
4
The Menu
Mike McGranaghan
From the first scene to the final cut to black 44 I was enthralled by the unique 44 unpredictable story 46 
4
The Menu
Leo Brady
The Menu is a full meal 44 covering every inch of the plate with fierce commentary 44 and taking sharp bites about the society we all live in 46 
4
The Menu
Anne Brodie
Savagely satirical of wealthy 44 submissive diners who respond to cruelty like frightened birds 46 It apos s tight 44 well written and loaded with excellent performances like the subtle depth charge of wordless Judith Light 46 10 
3
The Menu
Mark Meszoros
Despite a mildly disappointing course or two 44 The Menu is a movie well worth tasting and savoring 44 if not considering all that seriously 46 
3
The Menu
Charles Koplinski
Deliciously wicked 44 Mark Mylod 8217 s 8220 The Menu 8221 gleefully skewers elitism in all its forms 44 laying waste to the pretentious and privileged with abandon 46 46 46 one thing 8217 s for sure 8211 after watching it 44 you 8217 ll never look at S 8217 mores in the same way again 46 
4
The Menu
Sonny Bunch
A pitch black meditation on the confluence of power 44 wealth 44 and taste 46 
3
The Menu
Michael Phillips
Part Seven part haute cuisine Saw part reality cooking show director Mylod s film finally isn t sure of how far to push the effrontery It helps however to have Fiennes in the kitchen and a Nordic smokehouse out back 
2.5
The Menu
Joy Ashford
The Menu might make you crave a hamburger or think twice before boarding a ferry to a private island with no cell service But once the loose ends are tied up and the credits roll it leaves you less than satisfied 
3
The Menu
Rex Reed
Bizarre original and loaded with revelatory surprises with every turn of the page The Menu uses the culture of haute cuisine as a metaphor for the spit roasted values of high society with results that are vicious delicious and horrifying 
3
The Menu
Katie Walsh
a tightly wound 44 sharply rendered skewering of the dichotomy between the takers and the givers 44 or in this case 44 the eaters and the cooks 46 10 10 
3
The Menu
Tom Meek
The casting and framing of The Menu is rich flavorful and brilliant The plot however is gruel thin 
2.5
The Menu
Richard Roeper
Leading a well cast ensemble Ralph Fiennes plays a mad genius 
3
The Menu
Bethany Jean Clement
Satire of the darkest possible hilarious kind best served with plenty of popcorn 
3
The Menu
Pablo O. Scholz
The Menu is most convincing in its first hour when secrets are still being cooked The last act whatever was been brewing in that chic seaside restaurant with bullet proof windows loses steam Full review in Spanish 
4
The Menu
Jake Coyle
The Menu may be aimed at somewhat low hanging fruit and may ultimately not have all that much to chew on But directed Mark Mylod brings an icy stylish flare in another kind of cleverly staged eat the rich comedy that is still a very tasty snack 
3
The Menu
Mark Dujsik
An admirably wicked and angry comedy 44 The Menu offers little mercy in its twisted game of culture war and class struggle 46 
3
The Menu
Ann Hornaday
Eat the rich might be a popular theme this movie season but The Menu takes the idea to extremes that finally overpower the palate 
2.5
The Menu
Roger Moore
Entertaining enough 46 But the meal is like the horror movie logic of it all perfunctory 44 if magnificently presented 46 
2.5
The Menu
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the thing that makes The Menu so delicious is the taste that accompanies watching the ultra rich get trussed up and stuffed like Thanksgiving turkeys 
3
The Menu
Randy Myers
The Menu not only has all the right ingredients from the cast to the ominous cinematography and a wicked screenplay but manages to deliver even more than what is promised 
3.5
The Menu
Cesar Hernandez
The satire is actually what I liked most about the movie There s plenty of truth to the various avatars who represent a diner The tech bros or VC types are almost as cartoonishly ridiculous as the movie depicts 
3
The Menu
Mick LaSalle
It s maybe not one of the best movies of 2022 but it was certainly one of my favorites 
3
The Menu
Wes Greene
For as potent as the film 8217 s shocks can be in the moment 44 it 8217 s difficult to shake off that the screenplay lacks for the breadth of variety that 8217 s necessary to make more than just a restaurant 8217 s tasting menu take flight 46 
2
The Menu
Joey Magidson
The Menu has tasty treats but leaves you a bit hungry for more 46 
2.5
Elles
Chris Hewitt
It s not great but it could lead to interesting discussion 
2
Elles
Matt Pais
Sexy enough to arouse and honest enough to provide reasons to be turned off 
2.5
Elles
Roger Ebert
Elles has a surprisingly deep performance in a disappointingly shallow movie 
2.5
Elles
Mick LaSalle
Binoche is the disappointment More than half the problem is that the script co written by the director gives her little to do but fret and mope 
2
Elles
Gerald Peary
How did the Polish filmmaker Malgoska Szumowska dupe the classy Juliette Binoche to participate in such a dubious exploitative film 
2
Elles
Ty Burr
Both provocative and muddled the film s a moody passive aggressive tract that s buoyed by superior performances and sunk by its own uncertainties 
2
Elles
Michael Dequina
Binoche as usual gives her all communicating a character complexity and believable anguish that the rather thin and routine material never quite deserve 
2
Elles
John Anderson
This is not an entirely new idea Nor does Elles offer any new insights into either domestic slavery or sex work But it does offer a lot of sex which for some will be just fine 
1.5
Elles
Joe Williams
Elles is provocative company but it leaves us feeling hustled 
2.5
Elles
V.A. Musetto
Szumowska provides lurid scenes of perverted sex but she offers no new insight into the sordid world of prostitution and the dangers sex workers face 
2
Elles
Michael O'Sullivan
The acting by Binoche and her two young co stars is more nuanced than the film deserves 
1.5
Elles
Jesse Cataldo
Like that opening sex scene presented just muddily enough to seem both slightly lurid and tastefully grave Elles comes off as equally simplistic and indistinct 
2
Outbreak
Mal Vincent
As an action outing Outbreak is painless fun designed to provide a quick rush rather than set off any kind of alarm 
2.5
Outbreak
David Nusair
A solid 90s thriller 
3
Outbreak
Michael Dequina
Wolfgang Petersen keeps things at a brisk pace 
3
Outbreak
Madeleine Williams
A good movie but one that should have been great given its timely topic and cast 
3
Outbreak
Mick LaSalle
This is a picture good enough to make you want to go to the movies and frightening enough to make you wonder if you should avoid the crowds 
4
Outbreak
Steve Rhodes
Go to the bathroom before entering you don t want to miss any of the details It is complex and yet quite easy to follow 
3
Outbreak
Roger Ebert
One of the great scare stories of our time 
3.5
Outbreak
James Berardinelli
No one likes to be teased but that s exactly what this movie does to us with predictably frustrating results 
2.5
Kaena: The Prophecy
Walter Chaw
An animated film without a hint of anima 
1
Kaena: The Prophecy
John McMurtrie
The monsters are derivative the attempts at humor are mostly feeble and the story in the end lacks a certain je ne sais quoi 
1
Kaena: The Prophecy
Janice Page
Derivative and aimless filmmaking by directors and writers who know only how to craft eye candy 
1
Kaena: The Prophecy
Jonathan Foreman
The film s plot themes and dialogue are markedly less inspired and original than its imagery 
2.5
Kaena: The Prophecy
Elizabeth Weitzman
Feeling for all the world like an extended video game made by teenage boys with no girlfriends and a lot of free time this sci fi fantasy doesn t exactly make sense but it sure looks cool 
2.5
Kaena: The Prophecy
Jan Stuart
The folks who go in for this sort of Asimov ian blather will probably contort themselves reading allegorical meaning into it all The folks who don t will drift off to sleep 
1.5
Kaena: The Prophecy
David Sterritt
It s a standard science fantasy fable but the visual effects are mighty impressive 
2
Kaena: The Prophecy
Ed Gonzalez
However startling Delaporte s images are not only do they lack emotion but a theoretical and philosophical foundation as well 
1.5
Georgia O'Keeffe
David Nusair
a rather insignificant piece of work 
1
Sheikh Jackson
Dwight Brown
Ahmad Alfishawy s expressive eyes the winsome premise and dialogue by writer director Amr Salama are strong 
2.5
Sheikh Jackson
Shane Slater
What could have been just a quirky tale of a boy s pop star obsession ultimately becomes an amazingly profound tale of self love above all else 
3
Invasion From Inner Earth
Matt Brunson
Deadly dull 
1
Killers Anonymous
Simon Abrams
The more attention it demands from viewers the less it deserves 
1.5
D.O.A.
Roger Ebert
The plot is irresistible from the first frame onward 
3
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
Roger Moore
More interesting for its milieu than its mystery but fun
2.5
Stuck in Love
Stephen Whitty
The story while unsurprising is also quietly satisfying Everyone comes to accept some hard truths about themselves 
2.5
Stuck in Love
Lou Lumenick
Worthwhile for its fine performances including the best work that Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly have done in quite a while 
2.5
Stuck in Love
Robert Levin
Set in a world of resplendent beach homes and scrubbed clean towns populated by genetically blessed people who wouldn t know a real concern if it smacked them in the face 
2
Stuck in Love
Roger Moore
Nicely acted but a bit all over the place
2.5
A Wednesday!
Namrata Joshi
In a way the film moves a step forward from where Rang De Basanti left In a similar vein it articulates the frustration and violence that has become deep seated in the urban middle class psyche 
3
Lancaster
Roger Moore
Briskly covers a lot of ground 44 making it a most watchable overview of a subject that whole documentary series and a library apos s worth of books have been devoted to 46 
3
The Protector
Phil Villarreal
Tony Jaa s surname is actually shortened from JAAAAAA which is the sound opponents make when he snaps their tendons cracks their skulls and pops out their eyeballs in a whirlwind of Muay Thai mayhem 
2.5
Jekyll Plus Hyde
David Nusair
there s simply no denying that Jekyll Hyde is above all else just flat out dull 
1
The Colossus of Rhodes
Maxine Dowling
In spite of beautiful settings the picture has little excitement and the romance is unromantic 
2
The Colossus of Rhodes
Matt Brunson
A costume epic well served by Leone s previous experience with the genre 
3
Harry & Snowman
Mark Sommer
Director Ron Davis uses entertaining home movies newsreels and old clippings to bring Harry and Snowman s story to life 
3.5
Harry & Snowman
Josh Terry
This darker side of the man who became known as the Galloping Grandfather in the 1970s lends a bitter taste to the sweetness of director Ron Davis documentary but it also gives it a more honest and human feel 
3
Harry & Snowman
Sean P. Means
There are mentions of De Leyer s less savory qualities such as being a taskmaster with his children but these faults are forgiven in the movie s overly nostalgic glow 
2.5
Harry & Snowman
Rafer Guzman
A modest but touching documentary about two underdogs who took each other to the big time 
2.5
Renaissance
Maitland McDonagh
The script s fusion of B movie crime cliches and dystopian futurism if not exactly original is nonetheless vigorously engaging and the English language voice cast is good enough to make the existential noodling seem like real dialogue 
3
Renaissance
Peter Keough
The visuals of Christian Volckman s film blow away just about everything else on the screen this year 
2.5
Renaissance
David Nusair
suffers from an unpleasant and relentlessly distracting animation style that ultimately renders its few positive attributes moot 
0
Renaissance
Bill Stamets
For its retro futurist look alone this outdated thriller set in 2054 Paris is worth seeing 
2
Renaissance
Erik Childress
If someone rips a page out of Sin City Blade Runner V for Vendetta and every other futuristic degradation of politics and corporations and no one is around to hear it what is there to listen to 
2.5
Renaissance
Mack Bates
If you have the time and densely plotted potboilers are your thing it s worth the trip 
2.5
Renaissance
Moira MacDonald
An empty experience lots of shadow and noise adding up to very little 
2
Renaissance
David Elliott
Even more soulless than Tron or The Black Cauldron Renaissance seems less a vanguard advance than the rococo degeneration of an art movement for trippy nerds 
2
Renaissance
Terry Lawson
It s unfortunate that it s all in the service of a story as dull as it is complicated though if you can make it to the end without drifting off there is a small reward 
2
Renaissance
Chris Hewitt
Less interesting for its story than for its look with a camera that does things live action movies can t 
3
Renaissance
Ruthe Stein
Undone by a plot that is ridiculously hard to follow and hackneyed 
2
Renaissance
Ty Burr
A comic book mint condition double bagged that leaves you impressed only with its pristine hollowness 
2.5
Renaissance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While the filmmakers were playing around on their computers someone must have scrounged a couple of rotting old stories out of the rubbish and turned them into the film s screenplay 
1.5
Renaissance
Willie Waffle
style instead of story and even the style ultimately fails and starts to hurt your eyes 
.5
Renaissance
Steven Rea
Renaissance is more than mere eye candy It sneaks into deeper darker places a dream world of shadowy menace 
3
Renaissance
Timothy Knight
There are a couple of bravura action scenes that crackle with ingenuity and excitement but all too often Renaissance plods when it should sprint 
2.5
Renaissance
Lisa Rose
The audience has layers of plot twists to sift through with no great reward at the end for the investment 
2.5
Renaissance
Elizabeth Weitzman
With its halfhearted script stiff performances and overlong running time this is the kind of movie that s simultaneously dazzling to look at and increasingly tough to sit through 
2
Renaissance
Bob Strauss
Artistic as it undeniably is the two tone effect grows tedious fast And since it s coupled with a mystery story that s humdrum from the start boredom multiplies 
2
Renaissance
Gene Seymour
Director Volckman s vision however unrelentingly monochromatic does just enough with motion capture to persuade you that it could tell substantive even provocative grown up stories 
2.5
Renaissance
James Berardinelli
It might be hyperbole to call Renaissance unique but it is very different from most films that open in theaters and it s worth going a few extra miles to seek out especially if this is a genre that holds appeal 
3.5
Renaissance
Nick Schager
The superfluous story is so muddled that it becomes a pesky distraction from the proceedings graphical virtuosity 
2
Kinetta
Roger Moore
A 95 minute exercise in minimalism behavior studies and psychology and boredom 
1.5
The Last Shaman
Roger Moore
You don t actually have to sample Ayahuasca the worst thing I ve ever tasted to smell the BS in this indulgent unscientific quest for the latest fad cure
1.5
The Last Shaman
Shane Slater
The Last Shaman falls victim to its own ambition providing merely a brief introduction to the complex topics wrapped up in its subject s intriguing quest 
2.5
Rich in Love
Roger Moore
At the end of any rom com you like to think she belongs with him he belongs with her and here that just isn t true 
1.5
Results
Kam Williams
Realistic romance drama revolving around the incestuous gyrations among gym rats in love in like and in lust 
4
Results
Tom Meek
Thankfully Results does not become a straight ahead tug of war It s a much more subtle and affecting odyssey of the soul moving in pleasantly unpredictable turns that while they don t always make logical sense are palpably driven by the heart 
3
Results
Richard Roeper
Bujalski s script is smarter and much weirder in a good way than the standard romantic comedy 
3
Results
Anders Wright
Both Pearce and Smulders are given so much more to do than they would in say a Marvel film Each of them has a strong interesting through line though the big winner here might be Corrigan 
3
Results
Scott Renshaw
While he takes a somewhat circuitous route to get there Bujalski winds up with a fairly charming portrait of people stuck in ruts of isolation without the people skills to get out of them 
3
Results
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Andrew Bujalski trusts these characters more than they trust themselves 
3
Results
Matt Pais
What begins as a study of potentially hopeless self improvement becomes a funny appealing look at loneliness and the motivations behind life s little fixes 
3
Results
Stephen Rebello
Results wants to seduce and charm by roughing up the rom com formula but way too often it drags and annoys 
2
Results
Robert Levin
Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders are exceptionally likable actors given a great opportunity here They re so good you wish there d be more of them That s the problem 
2.5
Results
Gary Thompson
Results seems interested in one day becoming a comedy and in a few scenes manages to muster enough energy to be described as droll 
2
Results
Moira MacDonald
Not a whole lot happens but you get to know an interesting trio and leave them feeling satisfied that it was time well spent 
3
Results
Ty Burr
What happens when a rigorously non mainstream filmmaker tries to reverse engineer a mainstream romantic comedy The result in all its charming perversity is Results 
2.5
Results
Stephanie Merry
Results is a smooth transition for Bujalski from the fringes to more commercial work It s heartening that he didn t give up his calling card observational humor to do it 
3
Results
Mick LaSalle
There s an absurdist edge but with nothing of the smart aleck about it Rather than use wit as a way of bypassing thought and emotion Bujalski s concerns are serious and his attitude toward his characters is warm without being indulgent 
3
Results
Sheila O'Malley
Results is not entirely successful the two main plots don t quite fit together but it does have a charm and a style that works 
3
Results
Linda Barnard
Bujalski crafts a quirky romance with fitness industry comedy Results shaping flawed characters into people you might just admire 
3
Results
Rex Reed
A week in the outback without a cellphone would be better than Results 
1
Results
Jake Cole
Bujalski takes exaggerated types and by focusing on their quirks to the point that they become banal and relatable turns his characters into recognizable humans 
3
Results
Roger Moore
Random contrived and generally pointless
1.5
Results
Chuck Bowen
Andrew Bujalski seizes upon physical training as a resonant metaphor for the work and risk that are inherent in cultivating significant interpersonal connections 
3.5
Results
Jim Brunzell III
Writer director Andrew Bujalski has enough laughs and stamina in his narrative although at times the flabby story seems to drift endlessly without much focus other than on ripped biceps and toned abs 
2.5
Backbeat
Nicole Arthur
The truth often undercuts the film s simplistic notions about true love and about friendship 
2
Backbeat
Mike McGranaghan
Why would anyone would want to see a movie about the pre fame Beatles when the post fame Beatles had enough drama and excitement to fill several movies 
1.5
Backbeat
Matt Brunson
Despite some meandering moments this remains a unique experience 
3
Backbeat
Steve Rhodes
If anybody ever makes a good film about the early days of the Beatles I would love to see it My recommendation is to pass this one by and look for one of the many Beatles documentaries if you want to know more 
1
Backbeat
James Berardinelli
Since director Iain Softley seems more interested in establishing tone and atmosphere than in creating vital personalities he is unable to harness the full power of his story 
2
Backbeat
Roger Ebert
At the end I felt cheated 
2
Backbeat
Rob Blackwelder
Writer director Iain Softley went out and bought the Paint By Numbers kit for making a rock n roll movie 
1
Foxfire
Adam Nayman
A handsomely mounted but strangely prosaic period piece 
2.5
Foxfire
Linda Barnard
There s a sense that the drama based on Joyce Carol Oates 1950 set novel is being explored by young women actually living the experiences of pushing back against a world they feel is determined to hold them down 
3
Big Fat Liar
David Nusair
for a so called comedy there are few laughs to be had 
1.5
Big Fat Liar
Tyler Hanley
Billed as a family film only very young children will be able to dive into the story without banging their heads 
1
Big Fat Liar
Margaret A. McGurk
The makers of Big Fat Liar understand kids That alone earns it a place in the list of genuinely funny comedies for kids 
3
Big Fat Liar
Forrest Hartman
Even adults will appreciate the comedy and making a film that gets the whole family chuckling is tougher than it sounds 
3
Big Fat Liar
Ian Mantgani
It s crafty energetic and smart the kid is sort of like a fourteen year old Ferris Bueller 
3
Big Fat Liar
Frank Ochieng
Big Fat Liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities 
2
Big Fat Liar
Michael Dequina
Another so called family film that will only have appeal to a certain segment of the household unit 
2
Big Fat Liar
Robert Roten
This is one of the rarest kinds of films a family oriented non Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt 
2.5
Big Fat Liar
Joe Leydon
Written directed and acted in a style that recalls the worst live action Saturday morning TV comedies of the 1970s 
1
Big Fat Liar
Dustin Putman
No earth shattering accomplishment but an unusually smart movie that the whole family can go to without a single person getting bored or talked down to 
2.5
Big Fat Liar
Mick LaSalle
A children s movie that s almost worth seeing even when not accompanied by a child 
3
Big Fat Liar
Mary Kalin-Casey
Acceptable but forgettable entertainment stunted by its paint by numbers plotting and minimal production values 
2
Big Fat Liar
Liam Lacey
Becomes a progression of increasingly elaborate slapstick stunts in the brutal noisy Home Alone vein in which the complexity of the pranks rarely yields a commensurate comic reward 
2
Big Fat Liar
Susan Stark
In gleefully thumpingly hyperbolic terms it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz 
2
Big Fat Liar
Shirley Klass
The characters are so smug that nothing they do seems appealing 
1
Big Fat Liar
Lou Lumenick
The sort of movie that hands critics a dagger and invites them to plunge right in 
0
Big Fat Liar
Roger Ebert
The movie s charm is that it has confidence in this goofy story and doesn t push it too hard 
3
Big Fat Liar
James Berardinelli
A lame collection of dumber than dumb gags the quality of Big Fat Liar is on par with that of the worst television sit com gorged to four times its normal size 
1
Big Fat Liar
Mike McGranaghan
It sends a very clear message to young viewers it s okay to get revenge against someone you don t like 
1.5
Big Fat Liar
Walter Chaw
Any film that can survive cameos from Urkel Screech and Lee Majors answering to Grandpa and Father Time relatively intact deserves credit 
2.5
Big Fat Liar
Tony Toscano
Exactly what it claims to be a simple diversion for the kids 
2
Big Fat Liar
Rob Blackwelder
kept afloat by the screwball performance of noisy nebbish Paul Giamatti who is hilarious as the ego mad ugly plaid thinks he s bad movie magnate 
2.5
Big Fat Liar
Steve Rhodes
It s no lie Big Fat Liar is a real charmer 
3
Bread and Roses
Jeremy Heilman
It doesn t really succeed in illustrating the workers plights in a way that is ultimately sympathetic 
2
Bread and Roses
Ian Mantgani
It might make emotional sense but it doesn t make legal sense and the plot rests heavily on legal issues 
2.5
Bread and Roses
Susan Stark
Loach treats the story as a late breaking sidebar to a narrative that essentially amounts to a tract on the glories of unskilled trade unionism 
1
Bread and Roses
Edward Guthmann
Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty draw everything in simplistic overstated terms 
1
Bread and Roses
Roger Ebert
Will this movie change anything or this review make you want to see it No probably not But when you come in tomorrow morning someone will have emptied your wastebasket 
3.5
Bread and Roses
Rob Blackwelder
Give me a heroine who isn t so egocentric and utterly worthless 
2
Bread and Roses
Michael Wilmington
It often feels inauthentic sometimes preachy 
2.5
Bread and Roses
Steve Rhodes
Brody gives the movie a comedic side that is jarringly out of place with the rest of the drama 
2.5
Bread and Roses
Harvey S. Karten
A touching realistic heartwarming drama based on a struggle to unionize janitors in L A 
3
Bread and Roses
Ross Anthony
Reality is achieved in the acting not through some annoying shaky video camera work 
2.5
Bread and Roses
Rod Armstrong
Bread and Roses is not just a well acted and moving drama about the plight of a group of Latino janitors it s also a wake up call to get our collective head out of the sand 
2
Bread and Roses
James Berardinelli
We become so engrossed in the lives and relationships of the characters that the presentation of the message seems like a natural extension of the story not something grafted heavy handedly onto the plot 
3
Bread and Roses
Michael Dequina
An involving story is lost under preachiness 
2.5
That's What She Said
Farran Smith Nehme
Problems ensue all tedious save Bebe s all day struggle with a yeast infection which is gross 
1.5
That's What She Said
Nick McCarthy
An embarrassing girls behaving badly indie romp you d expect a group of friends to write after an all you can drink brunch 
.5
Claire in Motion
Nick Allen
With their second success Howell Robinson continue to treat mainstream log lines with unique emotional and intellectual tenderness offering a fresh take on our inherent need for closure 
3
Claire in Motion
Christopher Gray
Throughout writer directors Lisa Robinson and Annie J Howell s film buckles under the weight of its symbolism 
1.5
Fulltime Killer
Ian Mantgani
The movie should be building to a stunning conclusion but somehow it loses momentum 
2.5
Fulltime Killer
Ty Burr
So what is the point Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland basically 
2.5
Fulltime Killer
Bob Strauss
No it s not nearly as good as any of its influences 
2
Fulltime Killer
Pam Grady
Together Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant darkly funny dance of death In the process they demonstrate that there s still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema 
3.5
Fulltime Killer
David Sterritt
Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai are sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action adventure buffs but the film s interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers 
2
Fulltime Killer
V.A. Musetto
As in most Hong Kong thrillers it s the visuals love those boldly choreographed shootouts and moments of absurdity that count 
3
Fulltime Killer
Harvey S. Karten
A solid psychological action film from Hong Kong 
3
NiNoKuni
Roger Moore
All anime is not created equal and this derivative cosplay oriented eye candy is a meh of a movie 
1.5
Viva la libertà
Bill Stamets
Servillo charms in his dual turn then takes it up a notch when one brother shows off his childhood knack for impersonating his look alike 
3
Viva la libertà
Anita Katz
In all this film fares so so Sometimes it s a mildly amusing diversion sometimes it s cold spaghetti 
2.5
Viva la libertà
Tom Keogh
An ingenious blend of high drama and surprising whimsy 
3
Viva la libertà
Kent Turner
For a story that is rooted in the here and now it breaks free of the insular becoming a light footed fellow traveler with Ivan Reitman s optimistic Dave 1993 without a heavy or the shtick 
3
Viva la libertà
Oleg Ivanov
It ultimately lacks the vision and conviction to honestly and meaningfully dissect a contemporary political movement s deep seated structural malaise 
1
A Girl Cut in Two
Kelly Jane Torrance
Leave it to master Claude Chabrol though to make a film about the varieties of corruption and depravity without so much as a glimpse of nudity 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
Rob Thomas
A Girl Cut in Two is fatally self serious and plodding a rare misfire from a filmmaker as usually reliable about this stuff as Chabrol 
2
A Girl Cut in Two
Jeff Vice
There are some good performances And it s definitely nothing like what we ve come to expect from Claude Chabrol a filmmaker who s been called the French Alfred Hitchcock 
2.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Michael Sragow
The result is a film too cold for melodrama and too restrained for tragedy 
2.5
A Girl Cut in Two
David Nusair
hopelessly stale 
1.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Michael Phillips
Spectacularly assured A Girl Cut in Two keeps you off balance as it establishes a world where every conversation is a flirtation and trouble and heartbreak sneak in on little cat feet when no one s looking 
3.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Robert W. Butler
At age 78 director Claude Chabrol is more than capable of giving us a completely realized world 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
John Hartl
More than a century later this is still a juicy story and the actors don t back away from its more hysterical flourishes 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
Chris Hewitt
The film s pleasures come from the wit with which Chabrol assembles it as each scene glides sedately into the next one 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
Steven Rea
A cool study of erotic longing misguided love and class warfare in the civilized spheres of French society Claude Chabrol s A Girl Cut in Two despite its high melodrama and wicked humor delivers a real emotional wallop 
3.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Mick LaSalle
Along the way a powerful spectacle unfolds with serious class and feminist implications 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
Roger Ebert
Notice how nimbly Chabrol glides through his establishing scenes and how adroitly he introduces other characters 
3.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Wesley Morris
Chabrol has always been more interested in sensibility than sense in discourse on fashion and form than in the narrative possibilities of function and on the rich hypocrisies of the wealthy 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
Rafer Guzman
Sex murder insanity perversity A Girl Cut in Two has it all yet it stands as a singularly classy and sophisticated drama 
3.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Maitland McDonagh
Veteran filmmaker Claude Chabrol s icy tale of love lust and self delusion is an elegant exercise in corrosive psychological suspense 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
V.A. Musetto
Chabrol is approaching the big 8 0 yet he continues to do quality work as shown by A Girl Cut in Two 
3
A Girl Cut in Two
Kam Williams
An ill fated love triangle with a surprising twist and a chilling message for shameless gold diggers and suave Casanovas alike 
3.5
A Girl Cut in Two
Ed Gonzalez
One of those Chabrol productions perched awkwardly between thriller and comedy 
2
A Girl Cut in Two
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Claude Chabrol s newest foray into darkness and bad behavior emerges as less of a murder or suspense story and more of a black comedy 
3.5
Betty Blue
Marty Mapes
There can be beauty in tragedy particularly when the key ingredient is the same in both
3
Betty Blue
Chris Hewitt
Rarely seen in this country in the intervening 23 years Dalle gives one of the all time great performances as Betty 
3.5
Betty Blue
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Expanded to its intended length the movie feels not like a failed narrative hastily washed in luridness but a purposefully meandering allegory of artistic frustration 
3
Betty Blue
Roger Ebert
Love is not the same thing as nudity This may seem obvious but I feel it ought to be explained to director Jean Jacques Beineix 
1.5
Buddymoon
Chris Knight
Perfect chemistry and Flula s Germanic malapropisms make this a fun walk in the woods 
3
Buddymoon
Tom Keogh
Everyone should have a friend like Flula Flula Borg a ridiculously optimistic German musician hiking with his American friend David David Giuntoli through the wilds of Oregon in the frequently funny Buddymoon 
3
Waterwalk
Chris Hewitt
From the beginning you ll know exactly where Waterwalk is headed but the journey is not without its pleasures 
2
Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns
Leo Brady
Where Demons had an ending that reminded me of George Romero s Dawn of the Dead Demons II seems unsure of where to take the characters 
2.5
Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns
Matt Brunson
More of the same albeit with more narrative sloppiness and a change in venue 
2.5
Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns
David Nusair
an even less interesting piece of work than its mediocre predecessor 
1.5
Tikkun
David Lewis
It s a testament to Traitel s performance that he makes such a vivid impression because the script offers the actors little in the way of character development 
2
Tikkun
Alissa Wilkinson
Transgressive button pushing cinema works best when it s in service of the whole and Tikkun juxtaposes shock with long stillness a long day s circuitous journey into eternal night 
3
The Christmas Chronicles
Derek Smith
In the end the film succumbs to the tropes and emotional contrivances of the family melodrama at its core ending up as a serviceable yet mostly forgettable addition to the already overstuffed genre of holiday themed films 
2
The Christmas Chronicles
Federico Furzan
A modern take on a classic tale that serves as an enjoyable saturday morning flick A lovely movie Full review in Spanish 
3
The Christmas Chronicles
Christopher James
The Christmas Chronicles fares better than one might expect It hits every Christmas trope under the tree but does so with great glee and charm 
3
The Christmas Chronicles
Nell Minow
If this movie comes your way you d better watch out 
1.5
The Christmas Chronicles
Christian Toto
Snake Plissken as ol St Nick It works far better than you imagine 
3
The Cokeville Miracle
Scott Renshaw
Christensen weaves a few genuinely tense moments into his portrayal of the conditions inside the school but the narrative faces a huge structural barrier in that the end of the crisis isn t the end of the movie 
2
The Cokeville Miracle
Sean P. Means
Writer director T C Christensen 17 Miracles paces the tension of the first half sharply and handles the spiritual message thoughtfully as the lawman wrestles with his faith through his investigation 
3
My American Cousin
Dustin Putman
The film works a gentle spell around its viewer and ends up leaving an unexpected lasting impression 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Matt Brunson
It s impossible to watch this movie without being forced to cope with bouts of sadness and helplessness it s honest and uncompromising although moments of humor do manage to break loose 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Roger Moore
A touching story and a deflating one 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
David N. Butterworth
Worthy of its Palme D Or win at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Michael Upchurch
Whichever side you come down on Johns and Squires low key performances are impressive and the technological red tape hurdles their characters face feel stingingly accurate 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Christopher Schobert
It s one of the year s essential releases maybe its most essential 
4
I, Daniel Blake
Josh Terry
If you choose to see this one and it is well worth a look you might want to make plans to get some ice cream or something after to cheer you up 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s another example of Loach s brand of keenly observed social realism with moments that are genuinely touching 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Anita Katz
Loach has created a modest but moving film that triumphs as a social drama a friendship tale and a trip through the world of job centers and food banks 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Ann Hornaday
Brims with spirit sympathy and candor as it tackles the catastrophic displacement brought on by economic and technological change 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Mick LaSalle
It s enough to make you want to scream except you don t have to scream Ken Loach does the screaming for you 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Kate Taylor
Utimately this political film s sentimentality and transparency detract from its power 
2.5
I, Daniel Blake
Chris Knight
It will touch all but the most hard hearted in fact I dare you to remain unmoved by its emotional finale 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Peter Howell
A film of empathy grace and wit that goes a long way to explaining the populist anger so emblematic of these times 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Barry Paris
Often funny and sweet it s a nonetheless damning indictment of the Tory government s punitive belt tightening austerity measures and a rallying cry for its victims told in a fiercely unapologetic way 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Peter Travers
This new Ken Loach landmark sums up everything that has kept his muckraking motor running for decades An old school social realist the 80 year old filmmaker again speaks up for the exploited lower classes 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Sara Michelle Fetters
I Daniel Blake is an important story perfect for today s world Loach once again proving that even at 80 years of age he s not done telling it as it is and that s a wondrous thing indeed 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Christy Lemire
I Daniel Blake is an extremely Ken Loach y Ken Loach film for better and for worse 
2.5
I, Daniel Blake
Robert Levin
Some nightmares play out in ornate and stylized fashion while others are categorized by a slow drip of disasters and frustrations I Daniel Blake the new movie from Ken Loach locates itself squarely within the latter category 
3
I, Daniel Blake
Stephen Whitty
I Daniel Blake speaks to anyone who s ever had to deal with our horrible modern world made up of equal parts Kafka and Orwell 
3.5
I, Daniel Blake
Sam C. Mac
It s pock marked by the conservative dramatic conventions and overt political gestures that have marred much of Ken Loach s recent output 
2
I, Daniel Blake
Kent Turner
Defiantly old school it had heart and was undeniably moving leaving the audience teary eyed 
3
Gidget
Matt Brunson
Aimed squarely at the teenagers of the day Gidget still registers as an agreeable diversion marked by a suitably vivacious performance from Sandra Dee 
2.5
Gidget
Walter Chaw
the clueless parents provide that Golden Age anchor to the piece that rings disquieting in the face of all the real wolves their Gidget is facing alone in the pathless wood 
3
A Field in England
Liam Lacey
It s the English Civil War on magic mushrooms 
3
A Field in England
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a deeply at times exclusively visceral movie It aims to wring out mind eff and visually beat up its viewers and perhaps cast a malevolent spell in the process 
3
A Field in England
Soren Andersen
Prepare to be mesmerized by A Field in England a movie of singular originality 
4
A Field in England
Dustin Putman
Frustrating in parts but uncontrollably hypnotic the film bizarre as it can be works better as a study in offbeat new wave form than as an experience that frightens or emotionally engages 
2.5
A Field in England
Roger Moore
So ambitious cerebral witty and thought provoking that you forget it s a horror film 
3
A Field in England
David Lee Dallas
Ben Wheatley s film is a reckless combination of period piece war drama broad comedy psychedelic fever dream and occult horror scape 
3
Creation Stories
Steven Prokopy
The actors Scottish accents might feel impenetrable at times but aside from that the film handles and indulges every corner of Alan McGees very crowded life 
3
Creation Stories
Roger Moore
Bremner even when we cant understand every word coming out of that haggis and whisky sotted mouth wholly inhabits this self destructive yet idealistic tyro who so shaped his era that he himself almost became bigger than U 2 
2.5
The Errand of Angels
Sean P. Means
Vuissa s attempts to take Johnson s mission reminiscences and shape them into a full fledged narrative never take hold 
2.5
The Errand of Angels
Jeff Vice
This locally produced LDS themed drama is one of the more earnest and well intentioned movies in recent memory 
2.5
Penny Serenade
David Nusair
entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
Dil Hai Tumhaara
Michael Dequina
The silliness of the first half makes way for some moving emotionally authentic work from Zinta and Rekha 
2.5
Sun Children
Wes Greene
The film tends toward the dramatically monotonous but its unwavering sense of purpose ensures that it s also compellingly human 
2.5
Sun Children
Randy Myers
Majidi s latest is another chapter in his plaintive chronicles about the plight of the mostly young and unhoused people from his homeland Again he shows us a world viewed through their eyes and what results is unforgettably sad 
3.5
Coach Carter
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough inspirational sports drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Coach Carter
Barbara Sullivan
No one should have to sit in a movie theater desperately waiting for the half time buzzer 
2.5
Coach Carter
Mark Moring
Its main flaws are an overabundance of sports movie clichs and hackneyed phrases but at least the final game doesn t have a predictable ending I ll give it that much 
3
Coach Carter
Vince Koehler
Put this movie on your must see list and enjoy a truly uplifting sports story 
3
Coach Carter
Forrest Hartman
The cast does its job but the overly familiar screenplay is a problem 
3
Coach Carter
Michael Dequina
There s no small pleasure in seeing a well worn tale told with class and style 
3
Coach Carter
Peter Travers
Carter gives every sports drama cliche a chance to play No bad idea is benched 
1.5
Coach Carter
Ross Anthony
Inspirational laden with tough love and on occasion a tad hokey Stand and Deliver on the basketball court 
2.5
Coach Carter
James Kendrick
Whenever the film leaves the court it stumbles
2.5
Coach Carter
Mark Dujsik
Either real life is becoming more like a movie or sports movies inspired by a true story exist in their own form of reality 
2
Coach Carter
Matt Brunson
Carter s selfless actions against a failed education system register even when the movie surrounding him turns on itself 
2.5
Coach Carter
Steven Snyder
The fake Disney like sentimentality melts away into a movie of refreshing idealism and occasional doses of sobering honesty 
3
Coach Carter
Frank Ochieng
familiar in its feel good delivery a solid student athlete melodrama that creeps up on you more convincingly than a three point shot at the buzzer
2.5
Coach Carter
Sara Brady
A sports flick that s a worthy addition to the genre 
3
Coach Carter
Mark Collette
He s the Good Coach he knows these young men will lead good lives as long as he doesn t relent Odd then that the end doesn t seem like the result of a lot of hard work 
2
Coach Carter
Scott Nash
It s message might be delivered in the form of a sermon but the message is such a good one that errors can be forgiven 
2.5
Coach Carter
Sean McBride
a solid genre story and Jackson makes all that much better by his mere presence 
3
Coach Carter
Sara Michelle Fetters
Much of it is far too shallow of course and Carter films it like a music video unfortunately diluting some of the power inherent in both the performances and the message 
2.5
Coach Carter
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jackson s presence alone raises Coach Carter above the formula it clings to 
3
Coach Carter
Rick Groen
The appeal lies in the genre s mixed marriage of liberal sensibilities to conservative values a happy American union that simultaneously acknowledges the fact of social injustice while insisting on the need for individual responsibility 
2.5
Coach Carter
Erik Lundegaard
Must decency be dull 
2
Coach Carter
Carla Meyer
Features bursts of humor and electrifying energy offset by speechifying and a dud of a subplot 
2.5
Coach Carter
Dixie Reid
Nobody gives a more powerful locker room speech than Samuel L Jackson while decked out in spiffy suits and flashy neckties 
3
Coach Carter
Sean P. Means
Like an Afterschool Special on steroids 
2
Coach Carter
Timothy Knight
An earnest inspirational drama that mostly transcends its formulaic trappings 
3
Coach Carter
Lisa Rose
The movie may consist of formulaic elements but it excels on the strength of its cast and the sincerity of its message 
3
Coach Carter
Debra Birnbaum
The inspirational tale becomes just another by the numbers clich ridden sports film 
2
Coach Carter
Elizabeth Weitzman
By the time you leave Jackson will have you believing that his Coach Carter is a true original 
3
Coach Carter
Roger Ebert
It s not only a sports movie with the usual big games and important shots but also a coach movie with inspiring locker room speeches and difficult moral decisions 
3
Coach Carter
Bob Strauss
God love Coach Carter and what he s done to improve real kids educations But movies shouldn t feel like school even when their subject is learning 
2.5
Coach Carter
Eric Melin
If not for the commanding presence of Samuel L Jackson in the title role this paint by numbers sports movie wouldn t have anything going for it 
2
Coach Carter
Amy Biancolli
The kind of boot strap pulling tear duct tickling I am Spartacus crowing movie on a mission that might rankle more cynical movie goers but sets hearts aflutter for most everyone else 
3
Coach Carter
Terry Lawson
In this film basketball is not a metaphor it s a hard played game that requires skill conditioning intelligence and effective teamwork 
3
Coach Carter
Jeff Vice
The film comes to what seems like a logical stopping point and then continues for another 30 minutes to a conclusion that only muddles its messages In the end what could have been a decent little sports drama is bloated and overlong 
2
Coach Carter
Michael Booth
Clearly there was a publicity hound somewhere inside the coach when he made his lockout a TV spectacle but the movie avoids any such interesting shadows 
2.5
Coach Carter
Mary F. Pols
Fairly standard sports movie fare but well acted suitably gritty lightly comic in the right places and sweet without being saccharine 
3
Coach Carter
Wesley Morris
How do you put this message across without it seeming medicinal Sure MTV is among the movie s producers but what 11th grader wants to spend a Friday night being hit with such a blunt instrument 
2.5
Coach Carter
Tyler Hanley
A cinematic slam dunk 
3
Coach Carter
Larry Ratliff
With the possible exception of Tommy Lee Jones no one is better suited to dish out stone faced my way or the highway discipline than Jackson 
3
Coach Carter
Walter Chaw
The clear irony of this genre is that it seeks to tell the story of a rebel in as conventional a way as possible 
2
Coach Carter
Carrie Rickey
In the title role Jackson holds himself like an exclamation point 
3
Coach Carter
Mike Clark
Nothing but the coach s gutsy move and the fact that it really happened distinguishes this movie from a litany of past basketball dramas 
2
Coach Carter
Paul Doro
The man himself and what he accomplishes take a back seat to unnecessary subplots that drag down the movie 
2
Coach Carter
James Berardinelli
The main problem with Coach Carter can be summed up simply too much sermonizing 
2
Coach Carter
David Sterritt
The movie s moral messages are all on target Too bad the movie is much much too long and Jackson gives one of his dullest performances ever 
2
Coach Carter
Jeff Strickler
With his steely don t mess with me aura Jackson is ideally cast as Carter When he blows his whistle and demands that everyone do wind sprints you might think he means you too 
3
Coach Carter
John Anderson
For all Coach Carter s moralizing it is an eminently palatable drama and Samuel L Jackson who has certainly been known to take nobility to the nth degree is first rate as Carter 
3
Coach Carter
Tracy Allerton
Samuel L Jackson who has pretty much been swaggering through recent roles straightens up and brings a steely dignified strength to the title role 
3
Coach Carter
Sid Smith
The film nicely balances the stories allowing some of the teammates to emerge as believably streetwise characters 
3
Coach Carter
Rob Thomas
Aside from maybe Friday Night Lights I can t think of another recent sports movie that dared to suggest athletic achievement isn t a worthy goal in and of itself 
3
Coach Carter
Peter Canavese
A rather exceptionally counter cultural teen movie raises authentic youth concerns and answers them with convincing integrity 
3
Coach Carter
Phil Villarreal
Each of the side stories is played out in excruciating detail and seems to exist in entirely different movies all of which will be tied up into bows by the end 
2
Coach Carter
Josh Larsen
Jackson s fire and brimstone delivery adds a much needed edge to the inspirational cliches 
3
Coach Carter
Chris Barsanti
As the film grinds on without any actual actors to work against Jackson starts to look marooned and eventually seems to give up trying 
1.5
Coach Carter
Steve Rhodes
An entertaining mix of Stand and Deliver and Remember the Titans with a charismatic performance by Samuel L Jackson 
3
Coach Carter
Willie Waffle
very good film with the kind of message people need to hear more often especially teens and spoiled athletes maybe Randy Moss and Shaun Alexander could see the movie 
3.5
Coach Carter
Dustin Putman
Takes the everything but the kitchen sink approach Leaves no sports cliche unturned and no chance for inspirational feel good moments unvisited 
2
Bad Blood
Kalvin Henely
The easiest way to find entry into the film is to accede to its reveries even if they only temporarily make sense and to welcome and possibly celebrate its shifting tones and techniques 
3.5
Bad Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Another outstanding work by Carax 
3.5
Raging Dove
Russell Scott Smith
A moving documentary 
3
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
Marty Mapes
Why does he wear red shoes Documentary forgets to ask 
2.5
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
Walter V. Addiego
An amiable portrait of this somewhat enigmatic radio performer 
3
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
Peter Schilling
The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes is an utterly pedantic TV documentary inexplicably given life on the big screen 
1.5
Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Matt Zoller Seitz
It seems to be a completely uncompromised movie 44 with all the qualities that phrase suggests 46 
3
Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Roger Moore
A mildly transgressive 47 still triggering blast from the past that has lost some of its glow 44 if none of its mystery 46 
2.5
The Night
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Although the story is quite derivative and surely the fault of the woman will raise the eyebrows of any feminist in the audience the truth is that the director Ahari delivers a very effective horror film 
2
The Night
James Kendrick
a film that doesn t just make us tense up and jump but rather feel for the protagonists as they must face down all the demons they have tried to hide within
3
The Night
Steven Prokopy
The Night is more about sustained creepiness than actual big scares
2.5
The Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The first US produced film to receive distribution in Iran in four decades Kourosh Ahari s The Night is also one of the very best horror movies I ve seen in recent years rich in atmosphere and clever storytelling 
3.5
The Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spooky and unsettling director Kourosh Ahari s eerie suspense yarn The Night got under my skin 
3
The Night
Anita Katz
Ahari provides the requisite jump scares while simple light and shadow create striking visual imagery Angsty sound effects convey the mounting unease 
3
The Night
Matt Zoller Seitz
A knockout debut feature so assured that it stands on its own as a filmmaking achievement apart from its historical significance which is considerable 
3.5
The Night
Mark Dujsik
In using so much trickery without establishing any kind of solid foundation the movie s core is kept at a distinct confounding distance from us 
2
The Night
Richard Roeper
The Night has an aura of almost beautiful stillness interspersed with moments of shock 
3
The Night
Leo Brady
The Night forgets how to scare the audience entirely with each passing moment 
1.5
The Night
Mike McGranaghan
The Night still succeeds in providing intelligent chills 
3
The Night
Roger Moore
As cryptic as this tale can be we need a little something to grab hold of to unravel it Unfortunately Ahari withholds that for too long and then over explains everything once he lets go of the mystery 
2
The Eagle Has Landed
Matt Brunson
Crafted with meticulous precision and infinite patience the film unfolds like a good novel with compelling exposition eventually giving way to thrilling action 
3.5
The Eagle Has Landed
Scott Nash
A big name cast makes up for a few flaws 
3
Patient Zero
David Nusair
Patient Zero s watchable vibe takes a rather palpable hit as it enters its padded out spinning its wheels midsection 
2
The Idolmaker
Roger Ebert
At the core of The Idolmaker making it a better film than it might otherwise have been is the hungry lonely ego of the movie s hero Vince Vacarri 
3
He's All That
Sophie-Marie Prime
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1
He's All That
Randy Myers
He s All That is uninspired inconsistent and uninteresting and owes what little wattage it manages to flicker to Buchanan and Cook 
1.5
He's All That
Sara Michelle Fetters
Rae and Buchanan have chemistry and even if his character s conversion into a hottie is as identically silly as Cook s was in the original I did find myself wanting to see the couple end up together 
2.5
He's All That
James Berardinelli
Undemanding movie goers on the lookout for a movie featuring pretty people in a vapid rom com that might find this movie to their liking For everyone else this is decidedly not all that 
1.5
He's All That
Roger Moore
The leads don t really click the situations are ordained by formula and the extreme wealth grates in ways only a Kardashian fan can ignore 
1.5
He's All That
Kevin Carr
I guess it s okay if you like garbage 
1
He's All That
Nell Minow
A sweet little end of summer sorbet with appealing young performers and a script that refreshes the original without overdoing it 
3
He's All That
Phil Villarreal
The film s tone is as hollow and inconsequential as an Instagram story 
2
He's All That
Richard Roeper
This movie is pure cotton candy sweet and brightly colored and a bit of a guilty pleasure but it s not intended to be something you can sink your teeth into and five minutes after consuming it it s like it never happened 
2
He's All That
Lily Janiak
Cast members seem to operate on the belief that they can best deal with the plot s improbabilities by grimacing their way through and not giving anyone time to react to them 
2
Dreams of a Life
Andrew Schenker
Dreams of a Life succeeds in making its point about the unkowability of the people in our lives but there isn t quite enough substance here to fully sustain the film 
2.5
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
Matt Brunson
Plays out in yawn inducing ways 
1.5
The Best of Enemies
Matt Brunson
At a horrific point in U S history The Best of Enemies is accomplished enough to allow its humanist message to shine through without any interference 
3
The Best of Enemies
Mattie Lucas
Takes a micro rather than a macro look at racism in America but avoids many of the pitfalls that Green Book fell into 
2.5
The Best of Enemies
Barry Hertz
But like Peter Farrelly s road trip dramedy Bissell s film stretches and flattens history in ways big and small 
2
The Best of Enemies
Sonny Bunch
A trip into a past not a distant past less than 50 years but one that is increasingly unrecognizable and an artful reminder of the possibilities of change 
2.5
The Best of Enemies
Frank Ochieng
An affecting but flatly received desegregation drama The Best of Enemies feels unevenly pat and plays it rather safe without exploring the racially charged obstacles with a more pronounced grittiness 
2
The Best of Enemies
Richard Roeper
The film travels such an obvious path and falls into such a predictable rhythm it doesn t quite carry the emotional resonance such a powerful true life story should convey 
2.5
The Best of Enemies
Christian Toto
An amazing true story gets the big screen closeup it deserves 
3
The Best of Enemies
James Berardinelli
While The Best of Enemies may be met by stinging criticism from the far left and far right for different reasons those with centrist leanings will appreciate it for what it is as opposed to for what it isn t 
3
The Best of Enemies
Kenneth R. Morefield
Telson says that the film shows how one Christian woman s acts of love had ripples that went down generations 
3
The Best of Enemies
Josh Terry
A film that may not quite rank with the best of the civil rights era films but one that does an excellent job of digging into human frailties that when breached can help us resolve our differences 
3
The Best of Enemies
Odie Henderson
This movie isn t just tone deaf it s ass backwards Did the filmmakers read the room before dropping this insulting malarkey into theaters 
.5
The Best of Enemies
Sara Stewart
The Best of Enemies may have the best of intentions but a 2002 documentary An Unlikely Friendship offers a more illuminating look at this surprising chapter in history 
2
The Best of Enemies
Mark Dujsik
These two characters are intertwined and without one story the other one loses most of its impact 
2
The Best of Enemies
Derek Smith
Robin Bissel s film may be based on a true story but it more accurately resembles an all too familiar Hollywood tall tale 
1
The Best of Enemies
Mick LaSalle
The Best of Enemies is a pleasure to watch thanks not only to Henson and Rockwell but also to the meticulous recreation of the era 
3
The Best of Enemies
Michael Phillips
I like this movie especially now because it puts a premium on finding compromise and resolution the hard way by getting to know your ideological adversary and then doing something about what needs doing 
3
The Best of Enemies
Sean P. Means
Aside from Henson s performance the only thing to look forward to about this movie is what reaction Spike Lee will have to it 
1.5
The Best of Enemies
Mark Jenkins
The mostly short scenes are often overpowered by pop songs including incongruous choices from Donovan and David Bowie s back catalogues and Henson s performance is so broad it verges on farcical 
2.5
The Best of Enemies
Roger Moore
A bit on the nose but entertaining inspiring and important 
3.5
American Pie
Garth Franklin
A surprisingly large amount of screen time devoted to the sickly sweet morality tales of the movie which would be fine on TV series but are way too frothy and take up too much time here 
2.5
American Pie
Kate Manning
An affectionate rendering of adolescence in all its questionable glory 
3
American Pie
David Nusair
A fairly interminable teen comedy 
1.5
American Pie
Jeffrey Westhoff
The tone is always upbeat and the characters are likable so it s difficult to take offense at even the grossest jokes 
2.5
American Pie
Mick LaSalle
It casts actors who look plausible and treats sex with honesty and no apologies 
3
American Pie
Liam Lacey
Adam Herz s script is wildly uneven but occasionally quite funny 
2
American Pie
James Kendrick
writer Adam Herz and director Paul Weitz push every conceivable boundary of taste and humor while also delivering a movie with a surprising amount of heart 
3
American Pie
Madeleine Williams
Even though it makes you feel queasy at times American Pie will leave you smiling 
3
American Pie
Jonathan Foreman
Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end 
3.5
American Pie
Cornell & Petricelli
Wise and yet fresh 
3.5
American Pie
David N. Butterworth
Does for deep dish baked goods what There s Something About Mary did for styling gel 
2.5
American Pie
James Berardinelli
American Pie is consistently funny and sporadically hilarious 
3
American Pie
Joe Baltake
Arch and pretty dull with a certain sour undertone And it just isn t very funny 
1
American Pie
Roger Ebert
Cheerful and hard working and sometimes funny 
3
American Pie
Jeff Vice
There s a certain degree of sweetness and charm to American Pie 
2.5
American Pie
Ross Anthony
you ll want the ending delayed because you ll be enjoying the movie that much 
3
American Pie
Susan Stark
Beyond nauseating and all too familiar 
1
American Pie
Mike Clark
Pie is more like the C student who later makes a bundle then comes back to endow the school 
2.5
American Pie
Steve Rhodes
While never fully satisfactory at either it is a comedy with some nice laughs and a romance with some sweet moments 
2.5
American Pie
Dustin Putman
The biggest laugh I ve had at the movies all year 
3
American Pie
Bob Bloom
The entire cast deserves high marks 
3
American Pie
Mike Gregory
Alternately outrageous and sweet it may not be quite as filling as a nice piece of pie but it s certainly as tasty 
3
American Pie
Michael Dequina
The whole point of the exercise is having a good time and audiences are certain to have a blast 
3
American Pie
Robert Roten
It s got nudity crotch jokes semen jokes foul language but more than that there s true romance and sweetness in it as well 
3
American Pie
Greg Dean Schmitz
One of the better written teen movies 
3
Kayak to Klemtu
Brad Wheeler
It is a journey from A to B storytelling 101 a soulful gesture free of artifice and grandiosity That it comes with activism attached is not a bonus but its very point 
3
Kayak to Klemtu
Peter Howell
Makes grand use of its beautiful setting 
2.5
Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter
David Nusair
surely the most uneven of the teenaged sleuth s four Warner Bros adventures 
2.5
Deep Blues
Roger Moore
An invaluable artifact of an authentic American music form and well worth tracking down for aficionados 
3
The Letter
Kristin Tillotson
By allowing a range of residents opinions to drive the narrative forward and ending on a positive note Hamzeh made a film that won a standing ovation at its Lewiston premiere in January 
3
The Letter
David Sterritt
Revealing and harrowing 
4
The Letter
Russell Scott Smith
In the last 20 minutes the film moves as breathlessly as a Hollywood thriller only it s much more frightening because it s true 
3
Paris Countdown
Christy Lemire
That s a lot of stuff going on at once all of which feels rather familiar but none of which the film ever truly gets right 
1.5
Paris Countdown
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a mildly interesting thriller Paris through the eyes of a director who doesn t know how to make its beauty menacing 
2
Paris Countdown
Mike McGranaghan
Despite possessing some definite strengths the film ultimately feels as though it s hewing to a well honed formula 
2.5
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Catherine Springer
Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice is wholly a tribute to a performer an artist and a pioneer whose story is as textured and interesting as the songs she sings 
4
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Steven Prokopy
I m not only recommending you go see Sound of My Voice I think it s important to see it in a theater featuring the best possible sound system you can find 
3.5
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Mike McGranaghan
An appealing celebration of a musical artist who can literally sing anything and knock your socks off 
3
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Brandy McDonnell
Listening to one of the most successful pop stars of the 1970s blast through many of her hits with the warmth and might of a sunbeam for 95 minutes proves a beguiling pleasure worth soaking in 
3
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Peter Canavese
A deeply moving story of a remarkable woman its only real fault an arguable virtue adhering to the old showbiz adage of leaving the audience wanting more 
3.5
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Sean P. Means
The focus is on her music her versatility and her devotion both to her two families her biological one and the musicians who she knew performed with and influenced 
3.5
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Mark Dujsik
Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice contains no shortage of praise It does however possess a significant shortage of insight 
2
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Bob Bloom
Overall Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice is a treasure a tune filled tribute to a magnificent talent who loved to sing and passed on that joy to millions who breathed in her exquisite gift 
3.5
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Michael O'Sullivan
There s no need for her to apologize as The Sound of My Voice makes resoundingly clear 
3
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Joe Friar
The significant contribution Linda Ronstadt made to the music industry can t be measured in a 95 minute documentary She is the true definition of a superstar and an artist who refused to be labeled A fitting tribute to a multicultural icon 
4
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Nell Minow
If this film inspires people to rediscover her music it is worth seeing 
3
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Joel Selvin
None of the procession of associates and other commentators make the case for her greatness better than Ronstadt herself captured in vintage clip after vintage clip singing the hell out of everything she does 
4
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Roger Moore
A terrific if not terribly deep appreciation of a once in a lifetime pop voice 
3.5
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Wes Greene
It isn t long into the film when the hagiographic soundbites from famous interviewees become the dominant mode 
2
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Dwight Brown
A visual and audio retrospective that sticks with you 
3.5
The Three Faces of Eve
Matt Brunson
In only her third silver screen appearance Joanne Woodward found gold Oscar gold via her Academy Award winning performance in this psychological drama 
3
The Three Faces of Eve
Eric Melin
Woodward is solid and the entire film turns on her performance which gets deeper and more convincing as the story opens up a bit 
2.5
The Three Faces of Eve
Josh Larsen
turns a psychological condition into a parlor trick 
1.5
The Three Faces of Eve
Betsy Bozdech
Woodward s acting is amazing not only does she behave differently depending on which Eve she s playing but somehow she manages to look different too 
3
ECCO
Roger Moore
Catch it while you can It might be the worst movie of 2019
0
ECCO
Soren Andersen
Confusion thy name is ECCO 
2
The Projectionist
Robert Daniels
Nicolaou and Ferrara arrive in The Projectionist to recount the New York the cinematic experiences and the movies of their childhoods And we re all better off for it 
3
The Projectionist
Sam C. Mac
The documentary excels as kind of cultural microcosm rich in its broader implications 
3
Felicity
Matt Brunson
Felicity is indistinguishable from numerous other mediocrities in this vein but it s sure to please those who have been missing those late night Skinemax features something fierce 
2
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Robert Levin
The conceit still works well enough to mostly distract from the tired adventure movie plot 
3
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Doug Walker
Starts off sloppy but brings a fair amount of comedy imagery and creative animation as it continues on 
3
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Peter Canavese
Entirely conventional runs on slapstick and action with all the humor of an old Scooby Doo episode 
2
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Kevin A. Ranson
like a made for television afterthought The once fun spooky adventure has been purged leaving a continuous series of so so silliness and the unfulfilled characters appear just as disappointed by it 
1
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Kevin Carr
It s a great horror movie primer for kids 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Nell Minow
My Yelp review for this hotel is would do business again 
3.5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Roger Moore
After four films and a TV series maybe it s time to mothball this Hotel for a bit 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Randy Myers
All of it is amiable and chuckle worthy but nothing more 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Lindsey Bahr
The well of ideas on this particular property has apparently run dry and they have made the wise decision to show themselves the door Though not wise enough to end on a particularly high note 
1
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Josh Bell
Although the series has been an unlikely box office juggernaut at this point it seems better suited for streaming where parents can turn it on for their antsy kids and then safely ignore it 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Mike Scott
The result isn t just unfunny It s worse It s boring 
1
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Mike McGranaghan
Transformania maintains the qualities that have made the series popular but shakes them up just enough to prevent them from feeling stale 
3
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Leo Brady
Transformania won t change the way you think about the Hotel Transylvania movies but it s good enough for a brief escape 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Mike McGranaghan
Transformania maintains the qualities that have made the series popular but shakes them up just enough to prevent them from feeling stale 
3
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Phil Villarreal
It seems Sandler got out at the right time 
2
Meet Monica Velour
Rick Groen
Pretty good performance awfully lame movie 
2
Meet Monica Velour
Lou Lumenick
Cattrall who gained weight for a role in which she looks every one of her 50 something years makes Meet Monica Velour more involving than it sounds 
2.5
Meet Monica Velour
Rex Reed
Harmless coming of age stuff but you ve seen it all a million times 
2
Meet Monica Velour
Andrew Schenker
Meet Monica Velour is a cruel movie It s also cruelly unfunny 
.5
Hit So Hard
Gene Stout
The torturous tale of a remarkable survivor of the grunge era the troubled but talented drummer for Courtney Love s band Hole 
3
Hit So Hard
David Malitz
Ebersole pieces things together in a workmanlike way but the tacky supertitles and camera effects often create a bit of an amateur feel 
2
Hit So Hard
Lisa Kennedy
Patty Schemel lived through this Once you witness what that this was feel free to follow that up with a wow 
3
Hit So Hard
David Lewis
An absorbing educational sad humorous and ultimately uplifting film that is easily accessible and entertaining even for those not familiar with the grunge rock scene or with the considerable role that Schemel played in that milieu 
3
Hit So Hard
Sara Stewart
Ebersole has amassed some great footage that never quite hangs together 
2
Hit So Hard
Nick Schager
Hit So Hard never coheres into anything other than a collection of rock star clichs 
1.5
Feel the Beat
Roger Moore
An inoffensive mostly movie for the whole family especially ones with little girls A pretty rare thing 
1.5
Gerrymandering
Mark Feeney
The film s basic premise why can t politics be a reasonable logical enterprise like say making an indie documentary is at odds with the realities not just of the American political process but also human nature 
2
Gerrymandering
Michael O'Sullivan
It jumps around from California to Texas to Iowa to Louisiana and back quite literally all over the map with lots of numbingly repetitive cartographic visuals 
2
Gerrymandering
Willie Waffle
Reichert has to come up with some way to draw us in and does so for the most part with some very entertaining shocking and dastardly tales of gerrymandering to the extreme
3
Gerrymandering
Stephen Holden
An illustrated civics lesson that strains to make its complicated shadowy subject electoral redistricting a political hot topic 
2
Gerrymandering
Ed Gonzalez
In trying to make the subject of gerrymandering interesting to the unwashed Reichert has made it an ear and eyesore for everyone else 
2
The Waldheim Waltz
Pat Brown
The Waldman Waltz gradually builds outrage at the subterranean persistence of fascism in postwar politics 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Mattie Lucas
If the colorful characters of the previous Spider Man films were painted with a master s brush then Spider Man 3 was scrawled in by a 3 year old with a crayon 
2
Spider-Man 3
Jeff Simon
The other quite remarkable thing about Spider Man 3 is the amount of dramatic ambiguity that was shot through the whole movie Everyone in it has a rival of some sort and almost everyone takes a turn at being a jerk or a villain or worse 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Peter Keough
Sam Raimi and company should have made a movie and not an f x tapas plate 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Rossiter Drake
An everything plus the kitchen sink production that thrives on its boundless energy and the sheer audacity of its vision 
3
Spider-Man 3
Roger Ebert
Too many villains too many pale plot strands too many romantic misunderstandings too many conversations too many street crowds looking high into the air and shouting oooh this way then swiveling and shouting aaah that way 
2
Spider-Man 3
Joe Lozito
There are one too many teary redemptions one too many airborne rescues and finally one too many climaxes But we ll forgive Mr Raimi his excesses 
3
Spider-Man 3
Steven Snyder
A successful bit of thoughtful escapism that balances the sensory thrills of the number one with the more serious thoughts of number two 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Greg Maki
While many other franchises have infamously fizzled out on their third installment Spider Man 3 is a creative and technical triumph 
3
Spider-Man 3
Lori Hoffman
Spider Man 3 is an enjoyable if inconsistent entry in the superhero genre 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
James Kendrick
despite narrative bloat it maintains much of the giddy enthralling energy and emotional pathos that made its predecessors the very definition of great popcorn moviegoing
3
Spider-Man 3
Forrest Hartman
Spectacular Sensational Amazing All adjectives used to describe Spider Man in the Marvel comic books All appropriate for Spider Man 3 
4
Spider-Man 3
Wesley Lovell
The utterly simplistic theme of revenge weaves through this jumbled hodge podge of depthless character stories 
2
Spider-Man 3
Gina Carbone
Pick two storylines maybe with one main villain I vote for Sandman since the daughter angle is heart tugging and complicates Spidey s moral code 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
David Nusair
It seems likely that few viewers will walk away from the movie flat out disappointed 
3
Spider-Man 3
Michael A. Smith
The performances are top notch and the film which gets off to a bang and ever lets up is a great tribute to a great subject told by a master storyteller 
4
Spider-Man 3
Kam Williams
Like Woody Allen in a mask and stretchy pants he s your friendly neurotic Spider Man 
3
Spider-Man 3
Mike McGranaghan
The Spidey vs himself theme feels fresh to me and the movie subsequently avoids that three peat burnout that affects many film series 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Steve Rhodes
As a wildly expensive popcorn movie it delivers the goods nicely enough Best of all it s quite funny Maguire is never better than when he s finally allowed to be mean 
3
Spider-Man 3
Ross Anthony
Magnificent 1st act but flounders substantially for almost an entire hour Loose ends begin to meet before a rather formulaic tie up Does not outperform the first two films 
2
Spider-Man 3
Walter Chaw
What saves the enterprise is its moral centre there are consequences in this universe every action has a reaction and every chain of events has a serious fallout 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
James Rocchi
Watching Spider Man 3 as my hopes took on the taste of ashes in my mouth I felt the sad gloomy pall that falls across any piece of entertainment when passionate innovation is replaced by profitable repetition 
1
Spider-Man 3
John Beifuss
After spinning two wonderful superhero yarns Raimi and his collaborators appear to be running low on the webbing of inspiration 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Maitland McDonagh
Spider Man 3 is crammed with goodies 
3
Spider-Man 3
James Berardinelli
One has to consider that the film s problems and they are numerous may be the product of the franchise s runaway popularity 
2
Spider-Man 3
Pam Grady
This is the stuff of Douglas Sirk not comic books and while that is bound to strike some fans as just plain wrong it is a refreshing new take on an old story 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Robert W. Butler
I liked that last Spider Man so much that I walked into 3 will a full head of residual good will But after 2 1 2 hours of empty summer movie my supply was pretty much exhausted 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Michael Booth
All in all the fun has simply gone out of it 
1.5
Spider-Man 3
Emily Blunt
There s oodles of sub stories and drama galore 
3
Spider-Man 3
Nick Rogers
A browbeating domino effect of more more more with special effects that make things easier to see but harder to care about With great filmmaking power has come great filmmaking laziness that turned a good franchise into candy colored crud 
1.5
Spider-Man 3
Barbara Vancheri
Spider Man 3 gives Maguire a new color and emotion to play along with fearsome villains and an examination of the fine art of forgiveness but it doesn t soar in the same way as its predecessors 
3
Spider-Man 3
Sean McBride
a bit of a let down after the popcorn high that was Spider Man 2 
3
Spider-Man 3
Willie Waffle
a perfect way to start the summer movie season and excite the 8 year old boy or girl inside all of us 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Linda Cook
His entanglements are more contrived this time around but Spidey still spins a good yarn 
3
Spider-Man 3
Sean P. Means
More turns out to be less in this hectic overstuffed and underwhelming film that still delivers the goods though without the electricity and charm of Raimi s first two chapters 
3
Spider-Man 3
Jeff Vice
The action scenes are a blast and there are some welcome comedic elements including yet another scene stealing bit by J K Simmons as sleazy newspaper publisher J Jonah Jameson 
3
Spider-Man 3
David Elliott
It s a dynamic Spider Man movie Most of the familiars are back the additions work well enough the movie often looks terrific and excess length about 15 minutes is just the pad built into these piled up projects 
3
Spider-Man 3
Larry Ratliff
Sam Raimi otherwise near perfect in transitioning his once spider bitten hero from Marvel Comic book to movie screen has given in to overkill and over thrill 
3
Spider-Man 3
Chris Hewitt
What s left is about as thrilling as walking into a cobweb 
1
Spider-Man 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Contains some of the most joyously nutty sequences ever to grace a summer blockbuster 
3
Spider-Man 3
Mick LaSalle
At 140 minutes it s not a difficult movie to sit through It s just difficult to enjoy 
1
Spider-Man 3
Carla Meyer
It seems like the product of a filmmaking team with more money than ideas 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Moira MacDonald
Maguire has made Peter Spidey all his own the supporting characters are marvelous but it s his brave soulful work that pulls it all together 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Peter Travers
My guess is that when the summer blockbuster season finishes pummeling us with formula Spider Man 3 is going to look like one of the few that was touched by human hands 
3
Spider-Man 3
Daniel M. Kimmel
It moves at such a fast and entertaining pace that you can t help but enjoy the ride 
3
Spider-Man 3
Phoebe Flowers
The best installment of the saga yet in large part because its villains are so much more compelling than those past 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Duane Dudek
A top heavy slow moving and even carelessly assembled collection of often inexplicable tangents 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Rene Rodriguez
This is a wonderfully imagined heartfelt piece of pop entertainment that soars not only for its spectacular eye candy but also during the moments when its protagonists simply stand still and talk to each other 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Peter Howell
What s with all the crying Both heroes and villains shed tears so readily you almost want to stand up mid screening and ask director Sam Raimi to stop the projector so everybody can have a group hug 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Amy Biancolli
The script is busy with so many supporting characters and plot detours that the series charming idiosyncrasy is sometimes lost in the noise Fortunately it s entertaining noise 
3
Spider-Man 3
Rick Groen
The result Predictably by the time of the big swinging through the concrete canyons climax we ve pretty much lost interest 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Terry Lawson
As last year s Bond reboot Casino Royale made obvious less is the new more Spider Man stop your engines 
2
Spider-Man 3
Lawrence Toppman
With great power comes great responsibility said Uncle Ben in Spider Man That s a message I wish the people behind this series would take to heart 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Eric Melin
Although Spider Man 3 bites off a bit more than it can chew in the plotting department it doesn t skip on character development which is a hallmark of this series and the thing that sets it apart from its superhero kin 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Dustin Putman
As is a rule with most sequels Spider Man 3 is bigger and vaster in scope than its predecessors Where it bucks the trend is in its decided superiority over them 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Bob Grimm
It s as if director Raimi ingested a ton of Spidey comics chased them with some crappy romance novels and barfed the whole discordant mess onto the screen 
2
Spider-Man 3
Erik Childress
Raimi and his collaborators have fallen into the same traps that have ensnared both the Batman and X Men franchises Too much often resulting in not enough 
2
Spider-Man 3
Phil Villarreal
Mean Spider Man wrecks city streets for no reason makes sarcastic remarks interpretive dances and is actually pretty funny You d want to hang out with Mean Spider Man and talk over beers about what a tool Nice Spider Man is 
1.5
Spider-Man 3
Steven Rea
Spider Man 3 kicks off this Summer of Sequels in big loud occasionally clever but more often meandering ways It s not dull exactly but neither is it much fun 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Parts of this are just ludicrous There are two full blown musical numbers a segment that looks like it was lifted from Dancing with Stars and a bizarrely idiotic sequence feeling like a surreal homage to of all things Saturday Night Fever 
2
Spider-Man 3
Jeffrey Westhoff
Raimi still tells an entertaining coherent and poignant story despite the bloated production 
3
Spider-Man 3
Bruce Newman
There are so many super villains buzzing around like flies in Spider Man 3 that the web of plots subplots flashbacks and unnecessary character amplifications makes it feel more like Spider Man 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Matt Brunson
The film doesn t lead me to bouts of depression and thoughts of suicide as it apparently does other fans but it s clearly no match for the first two titles 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Peter Canavese
Go for broke pop entertainment more action more humor and more nastiness than either previous installment often in loopy combinations 
3
Spider-Man 3
Wesley Morris
The movie has the curious effect of leaving you over fulfilled When it s done any appetite for another event picture even one half as well made as this is temporarily curbed 
3
Spider-Man 3
Richard Roeper
It s as if director Sam Raimi felt he had to give us more of everything and in the process lost sight of what made the first two films so enjoyable 
2
Spider-Man 3
Jeanne Aufmuth
Despite an overwhelming sensation of been there done that Tobey Maguire and company inject enough fresh material into Spider Man s third outing to keep both fans and converts happy Or happy enough 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Jeffrey Overstreet
With a sequence that threatens to turn the movie into Spider Day Night Fever Raimi proves himself to be the gutsiest superhero director working today 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Mark Dujsik
If the first sequel was superhero movie as soap opera this is it approaching opera 
4
Spider-Man 3
Jack Mathews
I ll take a wild guess and say that Spidey fans come for the action and on that count they will not be disappointed 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Claudia Puig
The third adventure of the guy with arachnid superpowers tries gamely is solidly entertaining and possesses dazzling special effects but it falls short of the near perfection of the Spidey sequel 
3
Spider-Man 3
Michael Phillips
Three films in how is New York s premier webmaster holding up Not badly not spectacularly 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Josh Larsen
Peter Parker may be past growing pains he s a full fledged adult in Spider Man 3 but his film franchise is beginning to suffer them 
3
Spider-Man 3
Matt Pais
Spider Man 3 is like a boomerang in a basement It bounces all over the place occasionally hits something solid and never settles in 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Ed Gonzalez
Is this Sam Raimi s Spider Man 3 or Aaron Spelling s 
2
Spider-Man 3
Glenn Kenny
This is a movie that s content to be pretty good within its genre with the main distinction of being much bigger than any of its competition 
2.5
Spider-Man 3
Scott Nash
There s probably even a kitchen sink in here somewhere if you look closely enough
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Stephen Whitty
It s that willingness to give you more than you expect to refuse to settle in and just coast that s made the Spider Man series the great fun it is 
3
Spider-Man 3
Vince Koehler
It was great to see a much needed aggressive Spider Man to contrast the normal nice boy character of Peter Parker that was getting old 
3.5
Spider-Man 3
Lou Lumenick
Despite director Sam Raimi s near desperate determination to top the earlier films and tie up loose ends he does deliver a handsome product with some spectacular special effects sequences 
3
Venus & Mars
Lou Lumenick
A mild cross between The Big Chill and Sex and the City this English language German oddity is a romantic comedy passing through on its way to video 
1.5
Venus & Mars
John Anderson
Venus and Mars has nothing to do with the ubiquitous John Gray book And is essentially about the inevitable redeeming power of love Which unfortunately is not what one is feeling when the credits finally roll 
1.5
True Lies
David Nusair
46 46 46 a palpably overlong yet mostly compelling endeavor 46 46 46 
3
True Lies
Michael Dequina
A thrilling adventure with many laughs along the way 
4
True Lies
Roger Ebert
On the basis of stunts special effects and pure action it delivers sensationally 
3
True Lies
James Berardinelli
An old fashioned high tech fun time at the movies 
3.5
True Lies
Steve Rhodes
An incredible show 
3.5
True Lies
Chris Hicks
Despite some frustrating flaws the thrills spills and laughs are there 
3.5
The Night Heaven Fell
James Kendrick
Although shot in gorgeous Technicolor and widescreen CinemaScope the film is dark and psychologically dense 
3
Cold Water
Michael Phillips
Not everything works in Cold Water but there s a searching quality to its best passages 
3.5
Cold Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Assayas has managed to create a palpable restless yearning under his aloof characters and their little flickers of feeling and doubt and joy are genuinely touching 
3.5
We Can Be Heroes
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s great family fun viewing for all with dazzling special effects and non stop action the back and forth banter between the superhero kids feels on the nose as we are privy to their inner thoughts 
3
We Can Be Heroes
Randy Myers
A sort of sequel to The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl this film gives kids exactly what they want Adults Not so much 
2.5
We Can Be Heroes
Tom Meek
Totally hokey with a 1970s Saturday morning vibe a serviceable entertainment for the wee crowd but likely a one off watch 
2
We Can Be Heroes
Roger Moore
Mostly just a lot of effects and action thrown at a half finished pitch a script that needed a lot more work before cameras ever rolled 
1.5
We Can Be Heroes
Richard Roeper
Though aimed at a young audience this is one of those superhero adventures that will keep the adults entertained as well 
3
We Can Be Heroes
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By the end I was in need of a dentist but the syrup should make many happy especially the young It s their show let them enjoy 
2.5
We Can Be Heroes
Mike McGranaghan
Charming and entertaining I d have lost my mind over this movie when I was ten 
3
We Can Be Heroes
Carlos Aguilar
Rodriguez pokes fun at trite tropes and delivers on the action often also lacing the fights with humor but always with an earnest message on how adults set in their stubborn ways don t always know best 
3
Gray's Anatomy
Mattie Lucas
Becomes a kind of strange examination of human existence frail idiosyncratic and ultimately a kind of cosmic joke 
3.5
Gray's Anatomy
Walter Chaw
It is haunting though How could it not be when the last lines of the monolog are Ecstasy despair ecstasy despair and some mention of a big fish 
2.5
Gray's Anatomy
Rick Groen
At best Gray is a tragicomic Everyman who strikes an empathic chord in his admiring audience at worst he s a middle aged self absorbed hopelessly provincial New Yorker an urban hick who won t shut up 
2.5
Gray's Anatomy
Barbara Shulgasser
The movie version of Gray s material seems arch contrived and starchy not the spontaneous eruption that his theater work manages to resemble 
2
Gray's Anatomy
Mick LaSalle
There s something intrinsically insincere about the whole quest Gray is on a search less for a cure than for material 
2
Gray's Anatomy
Steve Rhodes
If you cannot see Spalding Gray live then do see his monologue films Gray s Anatomy can be infuriating but Spalding makes it worthwhile 
2.5
Gray's Anatomy
Mike D'Angelo
If you ve seen and enjoyed either or both of the two previous movies adapted from Spalding Gray s monologues Swimming to Cambodia and Monster in a Box then you re more or less guaranteed to enjoy Gray s Anatomy 
3
Gray's Anatomy
Jeff Vice
The film manages to come off like a dinnertime conversation with a friend albeit a one sided and long but very good and very funny one 
3
Breaking Bread
Steven Prokopy
The journey Hawk takes us on through food heritage as well as the history of the regionand how cuisine has blended to the point where its not always possible to assign a nationality to different dishesis remarkable 
3.5
Breaking Bread
Peter Sobczynski
Whatever Breaking Bread lacks in artistic ambition it makes up for with its good heart sincere intentions and most importantly all of those luscious images of food 
3
Breaking Bread
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Breaking Bread essentially spends 80 minutes claiming that food is the universal language Ironically it s missing a diversity of flavor 
2
Breaking Bread
Jeff Mitchell
Leave your politics at home but bring your appetite to this warm sincere documentary 
2.5
Breaking Bread
Thomas Floyd
Breaking Bread delivers comfort food in every sense of the expression from the mouthwatering Middle Eastern delicacies on view to the soul nourishing displays of peacemaking compassion 
2.5
Breaking Bread
Cate Marquis
Breaking Bread is a wonderful film filled with surprising insights on the cultures of the region packed with delightful interesting people determined to bridge the divide between them and mouth watering dishes that seem to waft off the screen 
4
Inch'Allah Sunday
Marta Barber
There s a warmth to Inch Allah Dimanche that transcends its many character development flaws 
2.5
The Dark Hours
Linda Barnard
By the time The Dark Hours starts to get good it s more than midway into the movie 
2.5
The Dark Hours
Stephen Cole
The Dark Hours is a remarkably assured homage to psychological horror films from the sixties and seventies 
3.5
The Dark Hours
Erik Childress
Paul Fox takes the cake and falls flat into it with one of the limpest stalker terrors to ever frustrate an audience 
1
Argentinian Lesson
Bill Weber
This pair of hour long docs depicts a community of agrarian or hard laboring citizens without condescension and with a touch of populist poetry 
3
The Sky Turns
John Hartl
Without relying on melodrama or nostalgia Alvarez embraces the inescapable nature of impermanence 
3
The Sky Turns
Ty Burr
Instead of expressing sorrow for a vanishing way of life The Sky Turns exudes a clear and weightless joy 
3
The Sky Turns
Robert Tumas
Alverez s film is nearly brimming with chuckle inducing existential aporia and wise old quips that are powerful enough to make men smile in the face of death 
3.5
The Sky Turns
V.A. Musetto
In the beautifully com posed documentary The Sky Turns filmmaker Mercedes Alvarez returns after 35 years to Aldealsenor the remote Spanish village where she was born 
3
Monster Hunt
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is a mixed bag but one filled with imagination and ingenuity and as such as nuts as Monster Hunt proves to be it s also just enjoyable enough to make dealing with its wildly perverse lapses into pandemonium worth enduring 
2.5
Monster Hunt
Kam Williams
Kid friendly fare amusing enough to entertain adults too provided their brains are on pause 
2.5
Monster Hunt
Simon Abrams
This film is pleasantly cheesy and probably more interesting than anything that s currently being marketed to your not so picky kids Try it they ll like it 
2.5
Monster Hunt
Soren Andersen
Director Raman Hui mixes martial arts fights and slapstick comedy lots of mugging by Jing into a whimsical fast paced monster mash 
2.5
Monster Hunt
Peter Keough
Hui does not achieve the surreal grandeur of Hayao Miyazaki s animated films but he has enough imagination and talent to engage his audience on its own level 
3
Monster Hunt
Stephanie Merry
Monster Hunt has visual appeal to spare but the allure ends there 
1.5
Monster Hunt
Sara Stewart
If you re willing to overlook some monstrously big plot holes and logic gaps this half animated Chinese blockbuster is an agreeably bonkers occasionally disturbing cinematic ride 
3
Monster Hunt
Roger Moore
A Chinese made martial arts and monsters comedy for kids about to outgrow Kung Fu Panda Keep your expectations low Very low 
2
Lights in the Dusk
Wesley Morris
It s a deceptively satisfying almost magical achievement like being stranded in a desert yet never going thirsty 
3.5
Lights in the Dusk
Tom Keogh
Kaurismäki is self consciously tapping into the raw pathos of an earlier time in cinema the pain and loss that often accompanied Charles Chaplin s Little Tramp for example The idea works though it is finally wearing 
2.5
Lights in the Dusk
Bill Stamets
The director s existential sarcasm is muted here 
2
Lights in the Dusk
Bob Strauss
So dry it s parched this study of a passive loser whose life just keeps getting worse is basically a series of noir cliches clothed in arthouse anomie 
2
Lights in the Dusk
Pam Grady
Stripped of much of the director s trademark deadpan humor and saddled with such an extremely passive protagonist getting through the drama becomes an exercise in patience 
2.5
Lights in the Dusk
Ken Fox
It s a handsome production and a pleasure to watch 
3
Lights in the Dusk
V.A. Musetto
If you re new to Kaurismaki the film will make you a fan If you ve seen everything else he s ever done the comedy will confirm your commitment 
3
Lights in the Dusk
Ed Gonzalez
Lights in the Dusk suggests what it might be like to stare at Bill Murray in a coma for 75 minutes 
2
Apna Asmaan
Namrata Joshi
Apna Asmaan has its heart in the right place yet it fails to move It s to do with the film s odd mix of reality metaphor and medical mumbo jumbo 
2
Uppercase Print
William Repass
The film metatextually insists that we not be taken in by new more sophisticated methods of obfuscation 
3
Sund@y Seoul
Steve Rhodes
Only in a few briefly erotic scenes does the movie ever break through its monotony 
2
Tunes of Glory
Matt Brunson
Alec Guinness and John Mills prove to be able adversaries in this drama with sizable dollops of humor set amidst the officers of a Scottish peacetime battalion 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
James Sanford
Refreshingly Mol doesn t play Page as a dumb bunny but as someone who discovered that narrow middle ground between sweetness and sexiness 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Steve Ramos
Turns out to be a movie with little to remember despite the precise craft and efforts of its creators It s as if they worked hard for nothing 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Eric Melin
reminds us that there was a time when a smiling woman in a jungle striped bikini frolicking with tigers was more threatening to some folks than an imminent communist threat 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
John Beifuss
Shots of the later in life Bettie dressing for a day of street evangelizing remind us that standard woman s fashions can be as binding as Irving Klaw s getups 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Phoebe Flowers
It s sort of baffling that The Notorious Bettie Page turns out to be almost boring especially when you consider the talent involved 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Forrest Hartman
A cardboard portrayal that acknowledges Page s reputed braininess yet argues that she didn t understand the implications of her sultry photographs 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jonathan Rosenbaum
We can t always be sure what s archival and what s simulated because sometimes the filmmakers are trying to fool us But their preoccupation with the manufacture of images keeps this exercise in exposure and concealment interesting 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Lou Lumenick
Disappointingly skin deep and almost shockingly wholesome 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Sean P. Means
Mol s guile free performance captures what seems to be the essence of Bettie Page that of a woman who could turn dirty pictures into good clean fun 
3.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Terry Lawson
About a time when taking off one s clothes for a camera was notorious We can t go back there but this is an enjoyable uncritical visit 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jeff Vice
The film is a superficial biographical drama that reveals next to nothing new about its subject 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Phil Villarreal
Harron should have stuck with black and white and filled in her story with more shades of gray 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a bit of a folly but The Notorious Bettie Page has a kind of sweetness and a refreshing lack of haughty nobility that makes it of interest 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Carla Meyer
The character s lack of dimension rarely hampers the frisky retro fun 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Bruce Westbrook
This listless biopic of the famed 1950s model is as timid and tame as her photos seem today 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To attempt to re create this is a bit of a folly but The Notorious Bettie Page has a kind of sweetness and a refreshing lack of haughty nobility that makes it of interest 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Thomas Delapa
Less an exposé than a wide angle exposure of Gretchen Mol who would measure up as a calendar girl in any decade 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
John Hartl
Feels like a rough draft in which one element Mol s performance stands out as the real thing 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
David Elliott
Mol and Harron neither put her down nor hoist her up Rather than breaking Bettie Page into voyeuristic parts they leave her mysteriously complete 
3.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Carrie Rickey
Mol is a delight as the saucy brunette a God fearing innocent seemingly oblivious to the use of those lascivious pinup photographs for which she so cheerfully posed 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Lisa Kennedy
Astute even frisky as it is Notorious Bettie Page never shakes being enamored of the mystery of Page 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Ty Burr
It s a handsome often funny piece of work with a nearly fatal inability to settle on a tone 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Willie Waffle
Doesn t give us any more insight into her life than the voiceless glossy photos we have seen time and time again 
1
The Notorious Bettie Page
Allison Benedikt
It does a bang up job of illuminating why many a contemporary pop icon and online a whole new generation of men have taken to Bettie 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Chris Hewitt
A lively film that is disappointing because it so clearly has the raw materials to be much much better 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Dan Fienberg
Although Page is described as the model who shocked the nation The Notorious Bettie Page is notable only for how very unshocking it is 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Claudia Puig
Bettie Page more closely resembles a TV movie than a probing feature 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Maitland McDonagh
Harron and Turner toy with an underdeveloped theme involving Page s efforts to reconcile shame based religious teachings and her belief that God made the nude body and invested it with an inherent spark of the divine 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Geoff Pevere
Because its interest is in Page as an inadvertent erotic icon Harron s movie plays more like a gentle conceptual satire on all American 1950s hypocrisy than an attempt to probe the person herself 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Mick LaSalle
The Notorious Bettie Page is about the mundane but living humanity behind the pictures the regular person behind a decade s fantasies 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jan Stuart
Harron and her co screenwriter Guinevere Turner chart Page s ascension as reigning diva of decadence with the sort of historic expansiveness usually reserved for dead presidents and Nobel winners 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Stephen Whitty
The movie never seems to make up its mind but far worse it never quite gets inside Betty s 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jack Mathews
Page is played as if on a mission by Gretchen Mol 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Randy Myers
Except for its wonderfully nostalgic look which painstakingly evokes memories of 50s movies and Mol s sunny disposition Bettie Page doesn t amount to much 
2
The Notorious Bettie Page
Peter Canavese
More clever than insightful but Harron makes the most of that humorously earnest style ripped from the pin up pages 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
James Berardinelli
A delightful movie 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Mary Harron chooses the path of least resistance while keeping it playful and provocative 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Jeremiah Kipp
Resisting the conventions of the traditional biopic at every turn The Notorious Bettie Page never finds its footing as a story 
2.5
The Notorious Bettie Page
Emily Blunt
Style wise the film s a winner 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Peter Travers
Mol delivers the first performance by an actress this year that deserves serious Oscar consideration 
3
The Notorious Bettie Page
Rene Rodriguez
The movie s exploration of its supposedly sleazy milieu from a distinctively female point of view is invigorating and the recreations of the period are a retro kick 
2.5
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
John Beifuss
Josephine Decker s dreamlike quasi thriller of primitive psychology and goatish sexuality offers a setup that suggests The Postman Always Rings Twice as filtered through Terrence Malick but then proceeds at its own off step pace 
3.5
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
Chuck Bowen
A confident work that smashingly updates the Southern gothic for contemporary generations 
3
Maliglutit
Kate Taylor
The combination of icy landscapes practical details about dog teams igloo building and raw meat and a simple tale built around love of family is compelling 
3
Maliglutit
Chris Knight
Kunuk has created another timeless fable of the Far North a simple struggle played out on a vast canvas 
3
Maliglutit
Peter Howell
Intensely involving 
3.5
Hamilton
V.A. Musetto
Plot Who needs a plot 
3
Hamilton
Paul Schrodt
Porterfield finds the rhythms of everyday life well enough but he rarely grasps the key moments that make them art 
2.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An awful remake 
0
Private Fears in Public Places
Mattie Lucas
It is a beautifully crafted work with lovely cinematography by Eric Gautier and a sharp screenplay by Jean Michel Ribes that finds hope in a world where life doesn t always work out the way it was planned 
3
Private Fears in Public Places
Glenn Kenny
What makes Private Fears so extraordinary is not just how it completely upends the expectations that have come to seem inherent in such a structure but how Resnais constantly pushes the boundaries of his well let s call it visual depiction 
4
Private Fears in Public Places
Kam Williams
At least they ll always have Paris And snow And 100 days of solitude 
2
Private Fears in Public Places
Ruthe Stein
Private Fears suffers from director Alain Resnais inability to open it up and give it the look and pulse of a film 
2
Private Fears in Public Places
Peter Canavese
Believe in forgiveness comes dropping slow on the characters in the form of a snowfall that s possibly redemptive but also cold 
3
Private Fears in Public Places
Bill Stamets
Resnais shapes affecting performances from a polished cast He creates a warm comic melancholy 
3.5
Private Fears in Public Places
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Resnais has always been an expressionist using his settings and compositions to evoke the inner states of his characters Here tying expressionism to social critique he becomes an improbable but unmistakable blood brother of Carl Dreyer 
4
Private Fears in Public Places
Michael Wilmington
A film about love and blunders done from the perspective of age crafted by writer Alan Ayckbourn 68 and director Alain Resnais 85 Our younger directors and screenwriters should show this much brilliance and feeling 
4
Private Fears in Public Places
Ty Burr
Few filmmakers portray emotional detachment so achingly well 
2.5
Private Fears in Public Places
Jeff Vice
The cast is good particularly Azema Arditi and Morante who deserves more screen time than she gets 
2.5
Private Fears in Public Places
Bob Strauss
Private Public is both simple and sophisticated lightly comic and deeply melancholy stagey yet totally cinematic 
3.5
Private Fears in Public Places
Jeffrey M. Anderson
They don t call him a master for nothing 
4
Private Fears in Public Places
Lisa Rose
French art films aren t generally known for their feel good endings but a total lack of resolution can be just as cloying as happily ever after 
2
Private Fears in Public Places
Maitland McDonagh
Arditi and Azema stand out in this powerhouse ensemble and share one of its loveliest and saddest moments gently holding hands in the snow 
3
Private Fears in Public Places
V.A. Musetto
At an age when most people are reduced to waiting for the Grim Reaper Resnais is challenging life as if he were half a century younger 
3
Private Fears in Public Places
Jack Mathews
The film is beautifully shot and edited but these emotional snapshots won t stay long in the memory 
2.5
Private Fears in Public Places
John Anderson
Alain Resnais turns this multi character tale of misspent love into pure cinema transforming the physical world into a symbolic statement about divisions distances and separation anxiety 
3
Private Fears in Public Places
Bonnie Fazio
Whether or not uneven character identification was part of Renais intention we leave the theater under the film s delicate spell anxious to discuss the possibilities with other viewers 
3
Private Fears in Public Places
Keith Uhlich
A masterful trifle 
3
Home, James
Michael Smith
This vibrant romantic drama is directed by a former Tulsan whose film seems to indicate that his hometown is still his first love 
3
Eden
Jeff Shannon
Cruelty bloodletting and death are evident throughout frequently occurring just outside the frame and Griffith s laudable discretion actually intensifies their impact 
3
Eden
Farran Smith Nehme
Nearly every second is taken up with the horrors inflicted upon the heroine by the sorriest bunch of good ol boy sadists since Deliverance 
1
Eden
Chuck Bowen
The male gaze that often despicably and hypocritically surfaces in these kinds of films is pointedly absent throughout 
2.5
Bob, Verushka & The Pursuit of Happiness
David Sterritt
Tries to be a new Something Wild ends up being tamer than tame 
2
Bob, Verushka & The Pursuit of Happiness
V.A. Musetto
An endearing screwball comedy that brings to mind Jonathan Demme s Something Wild 
3
The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided
Phil Villarreal
In less than a decade Mormon cinema has evolved from an easily dismissed curiosity to respectable art and much of the credit belongs to The Work and the Glory series 
3
The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided
Sean P. Means
Some TV miniseries spend double what executive producer Larry H Miller invested to make this trilogy without getting the rich historical flavor this saga has provided 
3
The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided
Jeff Vice
The film does boast surprisingly good production values considering its limited budget 
2
Dog Pound
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The plot willfully denies our satisfaction often at the risk of compromising its own structural integrity 
2.5
The Journey of Natty Gann
Gene Siskel
Of course we all know what Natty Gann is leading up to but it s a testament to the landscape and to the freshness of Salenger that getting there is such a joy 
3
The Greatest
Alison Gang
Although Feste delivers a well acted competently directed film with The Greatest it ultimately lacks the originality that could lift it out of the fog 
2
The Greatest
David Nusair
a passable debut from a relatively promising director 
2.5
The Greatest
Michael O'Sullivan
A meditation on loss by a writer director whose honesty sensitivity and intelligence more than mitigate the film s histrionic qualities 
2.5
The Greatest
Dustin Putman
Perhaps the best compliment to give it is that it never comes off as a weepy Lifetime movie The acting and writing are too good to let that happen 
2.5
The Greatest
Chris Hewitt
The Greatest isn t even the best recent movie that stars Susan Sarandon as a woman trying to deal with the death of a child while forced into an awkward relationship with the main squeeze of the dead kid 
1
The Greatest
Mick LaSalle
Sarandon and Brosnan are very good indeed Brosnan surprisingly so In fact Brosnan has never been so opened up so emotional and yet so precise in his work It s a lovely performance in a film that only sometimes deserves him 
2
The Greatest
Claudia Puig
Though it sometimes feels more like a collection of scenes than a complete story some moments are so raw and insightful that they feel like a punch to the heart 
3
The Greatest
Moira MacDonald
What makes The Greatest work so well is that Feste clearly remembers what it s like to be 18 and to believe your one chance at joy has passed you by 
3.5
The Greatest
Carrie Rickey
Do not mistake The Greatest for a movie about Muhammad Ali And do not think its ambitious title indicates its overall quality 
2
The Greatest
Stephen Whitty
There s some good acting and a few nice moments But far from being The Greatest the movie itself is merely middling 
2
The Greatest
Ty Burr
It s earnest and grueling and gently contrived and it lets several good performers play at repressing their feelings before letting them rip in jagged arias of Acting I wanted to like the movie more than I did your mileage may vary 
2
The Greatest
Roger Ebert
The Greatest includes a great performance and a very good one at the center of vagueness and confusion 
2
The Greatest
Gerald Peary
Overwritten and indifferently directed by first timer Shana Feste this bloated TV movie of the week is more grate than great 
1.5
The Greatest
Robert Levin
The film treads familiar thematic ground but does so with urgency and genuine emotion 
3
The Greatest
Kyle Smith
The movie suffocates as scene after shouty scene delivers nothing except yet another variant of the notion that it s a bummer to lose a loved one 
1
The Greatest
James Berardinelli
What a waste of a talented cast 
2
The Greatest
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a potentially treacle filled and melodramatic waste of time that thankfully is anything but the film instead an emotionally charming winner that moved me to honestly earned tears I was beyond happy to be having the pleasure of shedding 
3
The Greatest
Peter Travers
The Greatest takes a piece out of you 
2.5
The Greatest
Andrew Schenker
For a film devoted to investigating the complex repercussions of a sudden family death The Greatest may be far too transparent in its bids for audience emotion 
2
The Greatest
Steve Rhodes
It s quite a good film and is extremely well acted but its emotional assaults were so powerful that I found myself almost unable to endure them 
3
IRL
Tom Meek
Ricardo Perez Selsky s dark indie rom com written by and starring Chase Hinton tells the saga of a struggling L A artist trying to find love online 
2.5
IRL
Federico Furzan
A humble and basic yet interesting entry into the mysterious world of virtual dating and its random consequences 
3
Kill Me Later
David Nusair
about an hour after it s over you ll barely remember what it was about 
2.5
Kill Me Later
Harvey S. Karten
Film school editing only makes matters worse in a film that looks made to fit into WOR TV s 5 p m midweek schedule 
1.5
Evil
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fun and very creepy zombie comedy that works because it s so damn ridiculous 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Bob Ross
Is there an audience for the Charlie Chaplin style in 1990 Is an updated Little Tramp comedy viable in today s high tech movie market Lane s film answers with a gentle affirmative 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Marshall Fine
Sidewalk Stories is the find of the season a small rough diamond of great heart and humor in a season usually reserved for large projects of too calculated social importance 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Christine Arnold Dolan
Shot in black and white in a bitter cold New York City Sidewalk Stories is buoyed by Chaplinesque physical comedy even as it takes an unflinching look at what it means to be without a home in a violent uncaring society 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Candice Russell
Few other first time filmmakers would launch their careers with a feature devoid of dialogue for 95 of its 97 minutes That Lane succeeds is a tribute to his understanding of the medium in its purest sense 
2.5
Sidewalk Stories
Robert Trussell
Nice try but no cigar 
2
Sidewalk Stories
Lawrence Toppman
Sandye Wilson is appealing as the young woman and Nicole Alysia is a cherubic infant Otherwise the acting is broad 
1.5
Sidewalk Stories
Carrie Rickey
There are several sprightly comic nightmare passages all animated by Marc Marder s imaginative musical score 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Stephen Hunter
The film s ardent sentimentality as magnified by the schlurpy music is straight Chaplin but not as good 
2
Sidewalk Stories
Dave Kehr
Sidewalk Stories is finally too sympathetic to really dislike but too benign to leave an impression 
2
Sidewalk Stories
Hal Lipper
Sidewalk Stories is a comedy of forgotten pleasures It harkens back to the purest form of cinema to silently record what passes for society today 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Kathleen Carroll
Sidewalk Stories has its flaws but Lane is clearly a film maker with a fresh vision as well as a social conscience 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Terry Lawson
These days everyone can use a dose of hope and humanity which are about the only things the characters in Sidewalk Stories have in abundance 
3
Sidewalk Stories
Terry Kelleher
Sidewalk Stories creates its own world and at the same time opens our eyes to the world as it exists 
3.5
Sidewalk Stories
Jack Garner
Charles Lane s Sidewalk Stories is a brilliantly conceived funny and affecting silent film that speaks volumes And what it says is that the homeless people of this land need our attention and our understanding 
4
Sidewalk Stories
David Armstrong
On balance this is a worthy if uneven picture It entertains most of the time anyway as it instructs putting human faces on the statistics of lost souls 
2.5
Sidewalk Stories
Steve Macfarlane
Charles Lane s follies are enmeshed within bigger pictures of reality reestablishing the film s thesis of comedy as a mode of survival 
3.5
Sidewalk Stories
Roger Ebert
Lane is endlessly inventive in the ways he finds to create humorous situations and tell his story through images and the soundtrack music by Marc Marder reinforces everything that happens 
3.5
Live at Mister Kelly's
Leo Brady
It s important for people to never forget the history including myself and although the Chicago of the past is long gone it s nice to relive it in the documentary Live at Mister Kelly s 
3
Live at Mister Kelly's
Peter Sobczynski
Even though the film is ultimately not much more than an exercise in nostalgia that s hardly a bad thing when you re delving into a past as rich as the one on display here 
3.5
Live at Mister Kelly's
Richard Roeper
This insightful documentary looks back at the Rush Street hotspot that hosted Barbra Streisand Richard Pryor Bette Midler and countless other rising stars 
3
Peeples
David Berry
The arch and resolution are some indication of how utterly lifeless Peeples is both in the sense of lacking vitality and having no real connection to how people think feel and react to situations 
1
Peeples
Michael Smith
No one looks more lost in the movie than Washington its biggest right this moment star 
2
Peeples
Linda Cook
A Tyler Perry in producer name only Peeples is an uneven comedy with a few laughs and no surprises 
1.5
Peeples
Mike McGranaghan
Craig Robinson deserves better So do Kerry Washington David Alan Grier and everyone else who stands before the camera in this clunker 
1.5
Peeples
John Beifuss
Surely it would have been easier to shoot in Perry s home base of Atlanta but the significant New England location places the movie at the geographical heart of America s origin story 
2.5
Peeples
Jason Buchanan
Passably endearing despite its sometimes pronounced shortcomings 
2
Peeples
Connie Ogle
A meet the parents and their rigid disapproval comedy with a bit of fish out of water humor tossed in 
2.5
Peeples
Linda Barnard
Even the bouncy score sounds like it was lifted from an old Three s Company episode that is when they re not all belting out a song about where it s not cool to pee 
2
Peeples
Ann Hornaday
A bland quickly disposable romantic comedy 
1.5
Peeples
Kyle Smith
Robinson deserves a movie that s polished where this one is haphazard but he needs to be able to cut loose instead of being reduced to the confusion and blanching he is often called upon to do in this one 
2
Peeples
Dave McGinn
Chism doesn t know when to step on the gas and just go for belly laughs 
2
Peeples
Mark Dujsik
Even a solid cast has its limits 
2
Peeples
Steven Rea
Tina Gordon Chism s debut feature does point out the hypocrisy grown ups are capable of hiding secrets hiding their feelings even hiding valuable property from one another 
2.5
Peeples
Peter Keough
Peeples gets off to a hobbling start wraps up with the usual bromides and is pretty much anodyne throughout 
2.5
Peeples
Claudia Puig
A predictable domestic comedy with some inspired comic touches 
2.5
Peeples
Rafer Guzman
Peeples is a just this side of legal knockoff of Meet the Parents altered only by minor script details and an African American cast 
2
Peeples
Joe Williams
Comedies about privileged princesses and unsuitable suitors come in all colors but Peeples is only palatable on a double bill with pink antacid 
1.5
Peeples
Roger Moore
Formulaic Yes But funny people playing funny characters and delivering funny lines That adds up to wait for it Funny 
2.5
Peeples
Matt Pais
Incorporates not one but two unintentional drug trips which I think is a button on screenwriting software that automatically writes generic dude I m freaking out scenes for you 
2
Peeples
Odie Henderson
Chism s cast is game for her shenanigans and the biggest pleasure of Peeples is watching them cut loose under her direction 
3
Peeples
David Germain
These all are amiable people decent people sometimes funny people But unfortunately the peeps of Peeples just aren t very memorable people 
2
Peeples
Chris Cabin
Tina Gordon Chism s film collapses into a series of clumsy improvisatory sketches tied up in cheap risibly sentimental catharsis 
1.5
Peeples
Kam Williams
An amusing if not exactly original African American variation on Meet the Parents 
2
Blood Work
Peter Canavese
This vehicle mdash the cinematic equivalent of a supermarket paperback mdash plays like the best ever episode of Matlock rather than a truly distinguished feature film Blu ray 
2
Blood Work
Michael Dequina
The movie could have used a heart transplant of its own for its ultimate undoing is its minuscule phoned in energy level 
2
Blood Work
Greg Maki
It s still fun to watch Eastwood chase the bad guys and he still has that indescribable aura about him 
3
Blood Work
Margaret A. McGurk
One of the most appealing aspects of Blood Work is that both as director and star Eastwood uses his age to impressive even poignant effect in a straightforward thriller with more than average depth 
3
Blood Work
David Nusair
Blood Work is an effective and clearly old school type thriller that should appeal to older audiences and those who are tired of super fast paced summer flicks 
3
Blood Work
Jon Niccum
Eastwood seems to relish the opportunity to play a man his own age 
2.5
Blood Work
Adam Nayman
The key to a good thriller is a sense of urgency something that is sorely lacking on both sides of the camera in Blood Work a characteristically muted late period offering from Clint Eastwood 
2
Blood Work
James Kendrick
largely anemic mystery thriller that moves slowly and methodically through a by the numbers plot en route to a ludicrous climax
2
Blood Work
Mark Dujsik
The performances along with Eastwood s intent focus on characterization make Blood Work a commendable drama even when the detective story flounders 
3
Blood Work
Joe Leydon
It s one of the better cops and killers melodramas to hit theaters this year 
3
Blood Work
Michael Szymanski
The film is moody oozing chilling and heart warming all at once a twisting unpredictable cat and mouse thriller 
4
Blood Work
Linda Cook
Not exactly Dirty Harry more like Dusty Harry 
3
Blood Work
Frank Ochieng
As a showcase for Clint Eastwood to take himself down a few notches and play a redemptive patched up soul tackling his demons it s a fun observation to witness But as an overall effective thriller this BLOOD should be much thicker than water 
2.5
Blood Work
Wesley Morris
Even as it ends in a flurry of absurd plot twists Blood Work holds you in a vise 
3
Blood Work
Gary Brown
72 year old Eastwood delivers the goods albeit at a more deliberate pace adding a touch of vulnerability to his trademark tough guy persona 
3
Blood Work
Tony Toscano
A painfully slow cliche ridden film filled with more holes than Clyde Barrow s car 
1
Blood Work
Mike Clark
There are certain old friends who are fun to have around but Blood Work does its best to reduce Clint Eastwood to something like the houseguest you struggle to tolerate after he overstays his welcome 
1.5
Blood Work
Tom Keogh
Set to the steady unassuming rhythm of a procedural mystery this thriller never loses its taut discipline even during the story s more chimerical developments 
3
Blood Work
Glenn Lovell
This is the Eastwood of old and the fact that he can still pull off such heroics tells us how far he had to stretch to play nervous and frail 
3
Blood Work
Mick LaSalle
Far fetched and trite 
2
Blood Work
Joe Baltake
Clint shows that he can still get the job done 
3
Blood Work
Jan Stuart
Blood Work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood s Dirty Harry period 
1.5
Blood Work
Rene Rodriguez
If it s not entirely memorable the movie is certainly easy to watch 
2
Blood Work
Dustin Putman
There is nothing particularly clever or original to set it apart from the very basics of the genre 
2
Blood Work
Susan Stark
For all its plot twists and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down Blood Work is a strong character oriented piece 
3
Blood Work
Terry Lawson
For a movie about a heart this is all saggy flesh and bare bones 
2
Blood Work
Jeff Vice
As a director Eastwood is off his game there s no real sense of suspense and none of the plot surprises are really surprising 
2
Blood Work
Steven Rosen
A vital exciting work 
3
Blood Work
Glenn Whipp
A tightly directed highly professional film that s old fashioned in all the best possible ways 
3
Blood Work
Rick Groen
Blood Work needs a transfusion 
2
Blood Work
David Sterritt
Terry is a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry which will please Eastwood s loyal fans and suits the story wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man 
3
Blood Work
Roger Ebert
The strength of the picture directed by Eastwood is that it has three intersecting story arcs The investigation the health issues and the relationship that builds step by step 
3.5
Blood Work
Lou Lumenick
An intriguing setup filled with colorful characters lots of humor and well developed scenes 
2.5
Blood Work
Phil Villarreal
Eastwood winces clutches his chest and gasps for breath It s a spectacular performance ahem we hope it s only acting 
2
Blood Work
Marty Mapes
Between Connelly s imagination and what Eastwood committed to celluloid mistakes were made
2
Blood Work
Jonathan R. Perry
A cleverly constructed and surprisingly soul searching suspense thriller from a screen icon who s begun to contemplate his own mortality 
3
Blood Work
Chris Hewitt
Eastwood s skill with actors and with the tone of Blood Work which is weary bemused and suspenseful bode well for his career as a director whenever he decides to stop baring his torso to actresses who weren t even born when he joined AARP 
2.5
Blood Work
Tom Sander
Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking one of the best actors directors and producers around responsible for some excellent work But even a hero can stumble sometimes 
1
Blood Work
Tor Thorsen
Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled When the twist endings were actually surprising When the violence actually shocked When the heroes were actually under 40 Sadly as Blood Work proves that was a long long time ago 
2
Blood Work
Steven Rea
A sturdy suspenseful throwback 
3
Blood Work
Duane Dudek
A methodical police procedural that never is as engaging or as enjoyable as the twitching hoarse voiced effortlessly charismatic Eastwood is to watch 
2.5
Blood Work
James Berardinelli
Blood Work is one of those crime thrillers where the filmmakers can t see the forest for the trees 
2
Blood Work
Josh Larsen
another one of Clint Eastwood s essays on the aging process disguised as a genre film 
3
Blood Work
Walter Chaw
The professionalism of the direction does little to mask the banality of the product 
2
Blood Work
Michael Wilmington
Has a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best 
3.5
Blood Work
Bob Bloom
This is a murder mystery in which fitting together the pieces of the puzzle takes precedence over the solution 
2.5
Blood Work
Rob Blackwelder
Eastwood judiciously tempers the picture s more hackneyed elements But so many scenes invite easy second guessing of the hero that the movie s strengths are often obscured 
2.5
Blood Work
Steve Rhodes
A satisfying and engaging thriller even if it does take you down the memory lane of previous serial killer scripts 
3
Blood Work
Jeanne Aufmuth
Thriller elements are present and accounted for albeit blandly whitewashed for mainstream audiences 
2.5
Blood Work
Harvey S. Karten
Has heart but is not particularly compelling or fresh 
2.5
Blood Work
Ross Anthony
Starsky and Putz
1.5
Running for Grace
Roger Moore
Gorgeous to look at with a story so slow it s more Walking in Place than Running with Grace 
1.5
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Kevin Carr
Sweet and touching 44 this piece of Japanese animation takes real emotions and weaves them into a fantastical story 46 
2.5
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Mark Dujsik
The House of the Lost on the Cape is a fine story without the fantasy elements 44 but with them 44 it apos s a completely different and less successful one 46 
2.5
Street Scene
Roger Moore
As dated as it obviously is there s a timeless quality to the work that makes it a cultural touchstone
3
The Great Escape
Brian Eggert
Somehow The Great Escape manages to mourn the dead and uphold a unified sense of defiance in the same movement 
4
The Great Escape
Matt Brunson
McQueen s thrilling motorcycle ride has long been the stuff of cinematic legend but the movie is packed with countless memorable episodes of this caliber 
4
The Great Escape
Eric Melin
Each group of characters get their own riveting planning sequences all skillfully told This is one heist film where knowing the details of how the escape is supposed to go down before it happens only strengthens the suspense further 
3
The Great Escape
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With its luxurious three hours the film deliberately details all the ins and outs the successes and pitfalls of the plan 
3
The Great Escape
David Nusair
The Great Escape is one of those rare movies that warrants a recommendation despite being tremendously overlong 
3
The Great Escape
Marty Mapes
A tense action packed and fun movie 
4
The Great Escape
Scott Nash
While the whole movie is great it is definitely the theme music that sticks with you the longest 
4
Anna and the King
Judith Egerton
The third major screen version of the story has much to recommend it 
3.5
Anna and the King
Wesley Lovell
A deliberate retelling of The King and I without the musical interludes Anna and the King is a slow but ultimately rewarding period drama 
3
Anna and the King
Andrew Howe
Forget what you ve heard this is something special
3.5
Anna and the King
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es la historia de un amor que rompe las barreras del tiempo y el espacio y que nos recuerda que lo ms importante que puede tener una persona son sus emociones
3.5
Anna and the King
James Kendrick
visually beautiful richly detailed terribly long and oddly unaffecting
2
Anna and the King
Andy Seiler
It is pleasant occasionally amusing and often dull 
2
Anna and the King
Steve Rhodes
Anna and the King needs something to make it compelling and a few songs certainly wouldn t hurt 
2
Anna and the King
Lou Lumenick
Lush beautifully shot but quite draggy 
2.5
Anna and the King
David Keyes
So unbelievably bloated that staring at Don King s hair is likely to have a more plausible payoff 
2
Anna and the King
Roger Ebert
Foster I believe sees right through this material and out the other side and doesn t believe in a bit of it At times we aren t looking at a 19th century schoolmarm but a modern woman biting her tongue 
2
Anna and the King
Tor Thorsen
Andy Tennant s period drama may only sport a so so plot but it shimmers with rich scenery and colorful costumes and has the most charming tour guide imaginable Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun Fat 
3
Anna and the King
Michael Dequina
Beautiful pageantry smart political intrigue and a convincing rapport between leads 
3
Anna and the King
Bob Graham
Close but no cigar 
2
Anna and the King
James Berardinelli
Like too many movies this one cannot bear to end quietly and gracefully 
2.5
Anna and the King
Susan Stark
A richly satisfying mix of history drama and romance 
3
Anna and the King
Mark Caro
The new movie offers old fashioned kinds of pleasures 
3
Anna and the King
Ross Anthony
Pictorially splendid it s largely large epic and expansive It s long pack a lunch 
3
Turistas
Jonathan R. Perry
Don t stay home out of fear of imagined atrocities in another country Stay home from this movie instead 
2
Turistas
John Beifuss
As conflicted as the U S psyche The movie locates the ghastly fates of its victims in the history of American arrogance yet tells us to never trust a foreigner even when she s in a bikini 
2
Turistas
Gina Carbone
Don t bother to buy popcorn the sight of Josh Duhamel s abs and Melissa George s breasts should tide you over until Beau Garrett s pancreas and kidneys show up 
2
Turistas
Gary Brown
In any language the dark Turistas is not too bright 
2
Turistas
Bill Stamets
Director Stockwell delivers too little of the dread and titillation this genre prescribes 
2
Turistas
Ken Fox
This disappointing worst case scenario thriller tips its hand entirely too early before heading further south than Rio 
2
Turistas
Peter Howell
Turistas is a passport to a different kind of vacation hell 
2.5
Turistas
Mark Rahner
While comparisons to Hostel are inevitable Turistas rarely achieves its level of sustained menace and discomfort 
2
Turistas
Mick LaSalle
It s fitting that in a season in which Hollywood offers up its prestige pictures the ones it hopes will garner critics prizes and Academy Awards Turistas should come along to offer a bit of contrast 
1
Turistas
Arthur Salm
What s infuriating about Turistas is that it s slick gorgeously shot and riddled with brilliantly crafted set pieces 
1
Turistas
Pam Grady
Ultimately the best approach to Turistas is to do what these tourists should have done just stay home 
1
Turistas
Steven Rea
It gallops along with a suspenseful dead on sense of dread 
2.5
Turistas
Stephen Whitty
Turistas doesn t have much going for it beyond its xenophobic subtext about trusting young Americans and crude and crafty foreigners The action scenes are so dark as to be unfathomable The characters are so alike as to be indistinguishable 
1
Turistas
Kyle Smith
Turistas has mastered the international language stupidity 
1.5
Turistas
Jack Mathews
Folks might find a bit of post Iraq angst insinuated into the script but any hint of social initiative in a movie this formulaic would be strictly coincidental 
2.5
Turistas
Connie Ogle
More dull than a gory scary film ought to be 
1
Turistas
Bob Strauss
Although quite pleasing to look at for a while lush jungles gorgeous water features bare young flesh all over the place the film is spiritually misshapen from the get go 
2
Turistas
Loey Lockerby
With the success of Hostel and the Saw movies another wave of cinematic nausea is upon us Turistas tries to ride that wave all the way to the bank but it s too timid and perfunctory to get very far 
1.5
Turistas
Bruce Westbrook
Consider it a modern spin on Deliverance with no squealing like a pig just squeals of frightful excitement 
2.5
Turistas
Liam Lacey
Unpleasant but never really suspenseful the new teen torture thriller Turistas causes only a dull predictable pain 
1
Turistas
Terry Lawson
The cinema of sadism smartens up in Turistas a violent drama that has all the don t go there nastiness of B movies like Hostel and Wolf Creek with a whole lot less of that guilty aftertaste 
3
Turistas
Jeff Vice
All the blood and nudity mark Turistas as an exploitation film of the horror thriller variety but who knew exploitation could be so boring 
1
Turistas
Wesley Morris
With Turistas director John Stockwell is stuck with a silly plot and characters that make you sometimes wish the movie were a cheap slasher picture after all 
2.5
Turistas
Sara Michelle Fetters
This thing is paint by numbers all the way through and as much fun as much of it is I d be lying if I said the movie was worth all that much more than an economy priced mid afternoon matinee 
3
Turistas
David Nusair
one can t help but marvel at the decision to release this turd theatrically 
0
Turistas
Daniel M. Kimmel
horror fans who expect more at the movies than viscera will continue to be disappointed 
1
Turistas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stockwell has no head for the horror that engulfs the second half 
2
Turistas
Erik Childress
Duhamel should know that you can just stay in Vegas and get your kidney removed while getting robbed in a club populated by ladies in bikinis 
2
Turistas
Willie Waffle
If I learned one thing while watching Turistas it is that I will never travel outside of the United States EVER not even Canada 
1.5
Turistas
Meg Jones
Turistas has better production values than most Hollywood pretty people in peril movies But even beautiful scenery can t gussy up this flat film 
1
Turistas
Dustin Putman
One long setup that ends up being much ado about nothing 
2
Turistas
Michael Phillips
Wow I m scared I ll never open another desk drawer as long as I live 
1.5
Turistas
Matt Pais
Nothing more than impressive bodies waiting to be sliced and diced 
1.5
Turistas
Gene Seymour
Turistas doesn t want to save the world but gross you out and give you nightmares 
2
Turistas
James Berardinelli
Turistas starts out as an effective little horror movie before devolving into an incoherent mess during its final 30 minutes 
2
Turistas
Phoebe Flowers
It would be one thing if Turistas were simply bad the real sin is that it s unimaginatively bad 
1.5
Turistas
Chris Hewitt
Tall and tan and young and lovely the girl from Ipanema is probably planning to rip your face off 
3
Turistas
Josh Larsen
A feature length defense of the ugly American abroad 
1.5
Turistas
Nick Schager
With Turistas director John Stockwell cements his status as contemporary Hollywood s most accomplished exhibitor of the female behind 
1.5
Real Time
Linda Barnard
Watching Baruchel and Quaid is the payoff in Real Time But the repetitive occasionally banal script lets them down 
2
Real Time
Liam Lacey
The actors are good but the dialogue only mediocre leaning toward a kind of exasperated kookiness 
2
Real Time
David Nusair
46 46 46 the movie apos s final half hour 91 is 93 affecting and involving in ways that one might not have initially anticipated 46 
2.5
The Lost Lotteries
Roger Moore
It 8217 s not all that original 44 but it 8217 s as screwy as can be 44 and has a nice Around the World with Netflix taste of Thai life 46 
2
You Instead
Eric Melin
Filled with colorful characters that seem real and a surprising sense of spontaneity spurred in part by its backdrop Director David MacKenzie has pulled off a movie with the kind of easy charm that most romcoms struggle with 
2.5
You Instead
Amy Biancolli
The script is as bland as they come 
1
You Instead
Austin Kennedy
It took a bit for me to get into it but the characters eventually won me over 
3
You Instead
Chris Hewitt
The dialogue is terrible Most of the time I was watching Tonight You re Mine I was wishing that whatever band was onstage would drown out these annoying drips 
1
You Instead
Robert Levin
If you re after an interesting cinematic experience about convincing characters facing some sort of meaningful human dilemma it d be best to keep on looking 
1.5
You Instead
Sara Michelle Fetters
Shot on the quick during Scotland s famous T in the Park music festival and featuring a supporting cast of around 85 000 or so the movie is filled with glorious bits of music and delectable touches of quiet romance that I found entrancing 
3
You Instead
Michael Dequina
The lack of structure makes the already thin material feel even more so 
1.5
You Instead
Sara Stewart
It s a nice mud free way to spend a bit of time rocking out in the rain with the Scots 
2.5
You Instead
Jay Antani
A prime example of a movie whose setting must compensate for an absence of any actual merit 
1
You Instead
Chris Cabin
The film s narrative conceit is so rigidly formulaic and lethargically spun that even the looseness and spontaneity that the setting affords feels dull and constricting 
1
Kissing a Fool
Mike Clark
In the amusing Kissing a Fool David Schwimmer of TV s Friends plays a character 180 degrees from the vulnerable sensitive Ross of Friends 
3
Kissing a Fool
Roger Ebert
Kissing a Fool They got that right 
1
Broken English
Larry Ratliff
You might be a little surprised or at least amused when the caustic tired joyous frantic roller coaster stops 
3
Broken English
Peter Debruge
Filmmaking is a family affair for the Cassavetes and Zoe inherits the unpretentious performance driven style from her father John while delivering a love story that s accessible enough for mainstream audiences a trick learned from her brother Nick 
3.5
Broken English
Bruce Westbrook
Cassavetes supplies no easy answers or easy laughs forgoing romantic comedy beats in respect for Nora s desperation Call this confection a romantic dramedy with humor on wry 
2.5
Broken English
Jeff Vice
It s pretty clear where this is going from the first frame though Posey s performance does keep you interested 
2.5
Broken English
Roger Ebert
Broken English establishes a sympathetic character gets Parker Posey to make her real and then grinds her in the gears of a plot we cannot believe 
2.5
Broken English
Sara Michelle Fetters
Her Nora is a complicated mess you can t help but fall in love with even as she manages to tear herself apart and watching Posey slowly bring this frazzled female to love s doorstep is absolutely joyous 
3
Broken English
Michael Phillips
A promising first film with moments exceeding that promise 
2.5
Broken English
Matt Pais
Dares to not wear its heart on its sleeve but expose it crouching in the corner trying to learn the difference between searching for love and hunting for it 
3
Broken English
Moira MacDonald
Posey s comedic performances have always had a nervous vulnerability to them here she strips away just enough of the comedy to break our hearts 
3
Broken English
John Monaghan
there are reasons to catch Broken English chief among them Posey s winning performance as a woman unsure whether to trust her romantic instincts 
3
Broken English
Chris Hewitt
Posey does what she can her distinctive style is always worth watching even when her character has a trust fund and whines a lot but she has too big of a mountain to climb writer director Zoe Cassavetes listless script and tedious direction 
1
Broken English
Carrie Rickey
As a director Cassavetes is a keen observer of character and social interaction 
3
Broken English
Ty Burr
Broken English is a conventional New York lonely hearts story made watchable by one element and one element only Parker Posey 
2.5
Broken English
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ultimately the film is proof that there was only one John Cassavetes and that it s not as easy to escape clichés as he once made it look 
2.5
Broken English
Jonathan W. Hickman
The Parker Posey film is alive and well 
3
Broken English
Maitland McDonagh
While the plot is overly familiar Cassavetes gives her excellent cast plenty of breathing room They repay her with remarkably subtle nuanced performances none more than Posey 
2.5
Broken English
Lou Lumenick
Posey is a delight throughout and Zoe Cassavetes is clearly a filmmaker to watch 
2.5
Broken English
Elizabeth Weitzman
The director doesn t have the confidence to veer too far from the norm Her touchingly quirky screenplay eventually turns into a disappointingly conventional fairy tale 
2.5
Broken English
Glenn Whipp
Single Manhattan career gal finds self not shoes in this bittersweet romantic comedy that s a showcase for Posey 
3
Broken English
John Anderson
Director Cassavetes shows genuine even original talent in the way she creates emotional connections between camera and character via fluid movement and unhinged perspective But the advantage of having Posey as her lead shouldn t be underestimated 
3.5
Broken English
James Berardinelli
Casavetes tells her tale but it s one we ve already seen and she doesn t bring much that s new or fresh to the narrative 
2.5
Broken English
Pam Grady
It is that rare romantic comedy in which women can actually see themselves 
3.5
Broken English
Jason Clark
Basically a hipster s pastiche of every chick flick you ve ever seen except with expert breeding but it doesn t completely erase the feeling of déjà vu 
2.5
Alexander the Last
David Nusair
a pretentious mess 
1.5
Alexander the Last
John Beifuss
With its self conscious references to the artistic process and to art itself in a scene that wouldn t be out of place in a Godard project a character reads Poe s The Bells almost in its entirety this is Swanberg s most moving and impressive film 
3.5
Alexander the Last
Adam Keleman
Part of that restless productive team of mumblecore savants Swanberg allows his actors to do what they do best act 
2.5
Furioza
Roger Moore
The dawdling pace meandering story and drifting point of view blunt this hooligan tales impact and pull its punches Its a Clockwork Orange without a social message a hooliganism expose without much of a point 
2
The Oath
David Nusair
a better than average thriller that benefits from its strong performances and Kormkur s solid direction 
3
The Oath
Brent McKnight
While the endgame remains blurry Kormakur s grim desolate thriller is a gripping dive into the shadows and more emotionally twisted than most sawed off shotgun toting revenge films 
3
The Pardon
Kam Williams
Jaime King lights up the screen as an empathetic femme fatale in a compelling costume drama painstakingly recreating events surrounding a real life murder trial unfolding in Louisiana back in 1940 
3
Ballerina
Linda Barnard
There s plenty of visual whimsy in the late 19th century setting the animators render a gorgeous Paris while enthusiastic dance sequences and comic beats balance out melodrama 
2.5
Ballerina
Chris Knight
Perfectly animated leaps and bounds can only provide so much distraction 
1.5
Ballerina
Alison Broverman
At one point Flicie s ballet teacher tells her that she has the energy of a bullet but no technique or focus the same is true of Ballerina itself 
1.5
Midway
Roger Ebert
War movies used to have dash and color and a certain corny sentimentality Midway hardly even makes us care 
2.5
Narcotic
Mattie Lucas
Of all of Dwain Esper s moralistic exploitation films of the 1930s Narcotic is perhaps the best although I use that term loosely because you know going in basically what you re going to get here 
2
Curiosa
Roger Moore
Frankly for all the posh settings and lovely costumes all the lovely nudes and copulation Curiosa is a chilly unemotional drag 
2
Familia
Geoff Pevere
Open ended inconclusive heartfelt unsentimental and curious it s a movie that respects something too few popular entertainments do these days our right to stumble our way from one day to the next 
3
Familia
Liam Lacey
A smart well modulated drama from first time Quebec director Louise Archambault that packs a powerful after effect 
3
Fanaa
Namrata Joshi
The chemistry between Aamir and Kajol is palpable and unmistakable 
3
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
Peter Howell
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts recalls the oaters of Sergio Leone and his brethren all right but it upends the usual male concerns for some serious and satisfying feminist payback 
3.5
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
Godfrey Cheshire
It s one of those features from a distant part of the globe that seems like it may have been created primarily for Western art houses and festivals where its exemplary direction and feminist theme are indeed likely to win Surya new fans 
3
Attention Attention
Roger Moore
The occasional arresting image aside the videos are seriously run of the mill The Movie Probably for fans only 
2
Time
Roger Moore
A martial arts comedy that has ties to Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer and enough promising ideas passing in front of the lens that you keep waiting for a big finale that never comes 
1.5
A Million Little Pieces
Richard Roeper
As a stand alone work of cinema fiction A Million Little Pieces is an effective blunt instrument of a film a rough edged unvarnished painfully accurate portrayal of addiction and rehabilitation 
3
A Million Little Pieces
Matt Zoller Seitz
A petulant boastful and not very noteworthy variation of a story that plenty of films documentary and fiction have told before but with more insight or panache 
1.5
A Million Little Pieces
Johnny Oleksinski
James inner life and his experience is made up of a million little pieces but in this flat film we get just one 
2
A Million Little Pieces
Roger Moore
A million little melodrama rehab cliches 
1.5
Thelma
Federico Furzan
A beautiful and grim portrayal of growth and maturity under the shadow of horror Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Thelma
Rania Richardson
THELMA is an odd and disturbing film visceral but ultimately unsatisfying 
1.5
Thelma
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A shrewd mix of horror movie provocative feminist feminist liberation film and in the end the story of the origin of a new super heroine or a super villain Review complete in newspaper Reforma in spanish 
3
Thelma
Tom Meek
Joachim Trier weaves a weird tapestry that ensnares its heroine and the audience alike 
3
Thelma
Peter Keough
The scary moments are there but they take patience And then they take you by surprise 
3.5
Thelma
Sean P. Means
Trier finds as many scares in soft moments as in loud ones 
3.5
Thelma
Rob Thomas
There s a few effective scares and an overall eerie subdued tone but what distinguishes Thelma is that Trier brings the same depth of characterization and rich imagery that he brought to indie dramas like Louder than Bombs and Oslo August 31st 
3
Thelma
Robert Horton
Cold and calculated but some of its scenes are potent 
3
Thelma
James Kendrick
Trier s evocative and often beautiful film maintains a subtle tension
3
Thelma
Ann Hornaday
As a hushed haunting portrait of a young woman reconciling daughterly duty and her own incipient power Thelma feels like a stylish timely allegory for the present moment 
3
Thelma
Moira MacDonald
It s chilly in Oslo and in this movie the better to sneak up on you quietly like an unexpected shiver 
3
Thelma
Mick LaSalle
Trier has found a new way to depict and talk about these emotions and experiences that most human beings know and can never really get over His way is cold deadpan extreme and very Scandinavian and it s effective 
3
Thelma
Mark Dujsik
A funny thing happens once the truth about Thelma is revealed The film becomes even more uncertain more enigmatic and more troubling 
3
Thelma
Durga Chew-Bose
While the film doesn t entirely deliver on its start the overall mood remains pricked by a similar sense of doom and shivering unease 
3
Thelma
Bruce DeMara
The ending is a little shy of perfection but Thelma remains a tantalizing gem 
3.5
Thelma
Sheila O'Malley
The dread in Thelma is not so easy to pin down coming as it does almost totally through Trier s choice of visuals 
3
Thelma
David Fear
There s too much undeniably impressive filmmaking to dismiss Thelma there s too much uncertain storytelling to actually recommend it 
2.5
Thelma
Sara Stewart
With its gray skies moody ambience and ominous orchestral score Thelma fits the cliché about Scandinavian entertainment being dark as hell in the best way It s also gorgeous 
3
Thelma
Jake Cole
Thelma s transition into a paranormal thriller doesn t complicate its initially potent character study 
2
Last Action Hero
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s nothing new that the makers of Last Action Hero don t have a clear notion of what separates movies from life but the makers of the other summer blockbusters aren t any better versed in reality 
2
Last Action Hero
David Nusair
Entertaining yet thoroughly uneven 
2.5
Last Action Hero
Peter Canavese
Considered a dunderheaded big budget flop in its day Last Action Hero looks considerably better now in its creative self parody Blu ray 
3
Last Action Hero
Michael Dequina
Austin O Brien the child actor equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard 
1
Last Action Hero
Andrew Howe
A hugely enjoyable amusing and inventive comic book action flick 
3.5
Last Action Hero
James Berardinelli
The pulse pounding sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent 
2
Last Action Hero
Roger Ebert
There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero but the underlying story never ever quite works 
2.5
Last Action Hero
David N. Butterworth
A poorly executed in joke where everyone in the audience Arnold Schwarzenegger fans included feels left out 
0
Last Action Hero
Chris Hicks
Too slow too long and far too pleased with itself 
2
Land Without Bread
Ed Gonzalez
Today Las Hurdes is remembered less for its politicized images than it is for Buuel parodic manipulation of documentary style 
4
The Bad Guys
Peter Canavese
Like a kiddie apos Ocean apos s Eleven apos 40 the villains are the protagonists 41 it apos s frantic but for the most part it apos s also unfunny so it winds up being a starter heist movie for grade schoolers 46 
2
The Bad Guys
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a breezy if overblown adaptation of the Aaron Blabey children 8217 s book series 46 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Sarah Knight Adamson
I 8217 m in 59 the cleverness of the script keeps the audience entertained 46 
3
The Bad Guys
Kevin Carr
With unique animation and a punchy story 44 this is a fun family adventure 46 
3
The Bad Guys
Sean P. Means
Among the voice actors 44 the revelation is Maron 44 who 8217 s note perfect as Snake 44 the most cynical member of the gang 8212 a gruff 44 cantankerous voice that keeps 8220 The Bad Guys 8221 from slipping into phony melodramatics 46 
3.5
The Bad Guys
Linda Cook
The Bad Guys is really good 
3
The Bad Guys
Randy Myers
DreamWorks Animation might well benefit from putting a moratorium on all flatulence jokes and toning down the hyperactivity They have something good here without needing any of those things 
3
The Bad Guys
Morgan Shaunette
The Bad Guys isn t terrible or offensive but it s far below the standards DreamWorks has set for itself 
2
The Bad Guys
Oliver Jones
The movie plays its target audience like a fiddle That is music no matter how familiar that even the most cynical among us can enjoy 
2
The Bad Guys
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Bad Guys is an awful lot of fun 
3
The Bad Guys
Mark Feeney
Overall the movie has a nicely sophisticated tone A lot of that has to do with the breeziness of Rockwell s line readings and the endearing sourness of Maron s Beetz s have real zip too 
3
The Bad Guys
Mark Meszoros
While this falls short of an animated classic we certainly wouldnt mind Hollywood looting Blabeys treasure chest to craft another adventure of these rather good Bad Guys 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Doug Walker
A good enough kids film for those who would love Tarantino Soderbergh crime films but aren t old enough to watch them yet 
3
The Bad Guys
Steven Prokopy
In the end the movie ended and I felt nothing even with the hammered in messages about helping others and doing good Let s face it being bad is much more cinematic 
2
The Bad Guys
Christy Lemire
A furry scaly version of Quentin Tarantino or Elmore Leonard or at least thats what it aspires to be 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Dann Gire
Don t assume that the pernicious green flatulence emitted by a bank robber named Piranha is just some cheap device pandering to the kiddie crowd 
2.5
The Bad Guys
James Berardinelli
The Bad Guys is most notable for the way it wastes a premise and ends up feeling like a second rate Zootopia wannabe 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Derek Smith
The Bad Guys is a heist film that steals all of its moves 
2
The Bad Guys
Richard Roeper
This is a great looking film with terrific performances some lovely messaging and a steady parade of solid laughs some the kids will enjoy and just as many targeted squarely at the grown up kids in the audience 
3.5
The Bad Guys
Leo Brady
The Bad Guys is one of the more fresh and consistently cool animated movies of late This is the kind of group that will steal your heart away 
3
The Bad Guys
Phil Villarreal
Flows with overpworing positivity 
3
The Bad Guys
Joey Magidson
The Bad Guys is for kids Technically its for families but adults may well struggle with this one 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Mark Dujsik
The main gag of The Bad Guys is solid The little gags of director Pierre Perifel s animated comedy are even better 
3
The Bad Guys
Soren Andersen
Kids will love The Bad Guys and there s plenty of substance for adults as well 
3.5
The Bad Guys
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Theres more to like than not and the breezy pace makes the story mostly fly by These bad guys have panache and thats all for the good 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Charles Koplinski
Director Pierre Perifel opts for far too many manic action sequences all of them done in such a hyperactive manner that theyre likely to cause seizures 
2
The Bad Guys
Zaki Hasan
The fun character dynamics laid out in the first two acts make it all the more disappointing when the final third tips over into noisy excess But on balance this ends up being a small complaint 
2.5
The Bad Guys
Mike McGranaghan
Awesome entertainment for the whole family The thing that separates The Bad Guys from other animated family films is that it has genuine attitude 
3.5
The Bad Guys
Kristen Page-Kirby
It knows precisely what it is and what it sets out to do it does well It s a heist film with heart and humor and where s the crime in that 
3
The Bad Guys
Roger Moore
The plot isnt all that but The Bad Guys sparkles to life when its at its most antic frantic chases capers going wrong or just heated and animated debates within the gang 
2.5
Dude, Where's My Car?
Michael Dequina
A jaw dropping intergalactic caper comedy where no less than the fate of the entire universe is at stake 
0
Dude, Where's My Car?
Peter Canavese
Tone deaf only slightly better than the worst sitcom you ve ever seen 
.5
Dude, Where's My Car?
David Nusair
Dude Where s My Car runs a short 83 minutes and yet still feels long 
2.5
Dude, Where's My Car?
Robert Roten
The movie consists of a series of really stupid hit and miss jokes pratfalls and sight gags Surprisingly there are more hits than misses 
2.5
Dude, Where's My Car?
Mike McGranaghan
To paraphrase Bart Simpson it achieves the impossible by both sucking and blowing at the same time 
1
Dude, Where's My Car?
Wesley Morris
Operates in a limbo between the relentlessly moronic and the legitimately entertaining while almost solving the vehicular existentialism suggested by its title 
2
Dude, Where's My Car?
Rob Blackwelder
Instead of sticking to its nugget of potentially inspired idiot satire Dude flies off on a tangent and gets way lost dude 
2
Dude, Where's My Car?
James Berardinelli
A one joke motion picture and that one joke rapidly grows tiresome 
1.5
Dude, Where's My Car?
Dustin Putman
One s tolerance for strictly juvenile humor will decide what other age frame might enjoy such fodder 
2
Phantoms
David Nusair
a fairly decent setup that s immediately employed to underwhelming and almost shockingly tedious effect by Joe Chappelle 
1
Phantoms
Mike Clark
Until it coughs up a ridiculously convoluted explanation of why an isolated town in Colorado suddenly goes deader than a weekday matinee of The Postman Phantoms delivers the shivers 
2
Phantoms
Michael Dequina
Quickly degenerates from X Files to Baywatch Nights once the culprit is ultimately revealed 
0
Phantoms
Roger Ebert
The movie quickly degenerates into another one of those Gotcha thillers in which loathsome slimy creatures leap out of drain pipes and sewers and ingest supporting actors while the stars pump bullets into them 
1
Phantoms
Elias Savada
Phooey 
0
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Mattie Lucas
Since Shub didn t originate any of the footage editing was the only tool in her directorial arsenal and she uses it to her ideological advantage 
3
Hurry Sundown
Roger Ebert
Otto Preminger s Hurry Sundown is a frustrating case not good but not particularly bad with a smokescreen of controversy surrounding it and obscuring its real faults 
2
Staying Alive
Roger Ebert
A slick commercial cinematic jukebox a series of self contained song and dance sequences that could be cut apart and played forever on MTV which is probably what will happen 
1
High Noon
Kate Cameron
Not since My Darling Clementine have we seen a more exciting gun battle on the screen than that in High Noon 
3.5
High Noon
Matt Brunson
It s the film s brevity that prevents it from soaring since the stripped down narrative generally allows only the widest of brush strokes when it comes to painting the characters and their situations Cooper s performance is masterful however 
3
High Noon
David N. Butterworth
Deserving of its classic western status although for a movie predicated on its titular twelve o clock showdown the gunfight itself is oddly anticlimactic 
3
High Noon
James Berardinelli
The Western may be one of the few truly American art forms and High Noon shows exactly how much potential it can embrace 
4
Ali G Indahouse
David Nusair
a cliched and somewhat tedious comedy 
1.5
Ali G Indahouse
Ian Mantgani
It s all about taking the joke too far and it s fun
3
Are We Done Yet?
Linda Cook
Well it s not as mean spirited as its predecessor 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Kam Williams
Yeah we re done 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Peter Canavese
Ostensibly the message is the difference between an expensive house and a priceless home but since the message is taught by a greedy psychopath it rings a bit hollow 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Daniel M. Kimmel
In answer to the cinematic question Are We Done Yet one can only answer Let s hope so 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite his trademark scowl Cube can t keep himself from looking sheepish That s where the title comes in 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Larry Ratliff
We were done in the first five minutes 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
David Elliott
Puerile prop gags slapped in without development an inane score dud reactions Steve Carr s dismal direction a Magic Johnson phone in cameo it adds up to the question that keeps arising which is yep the title 
1
Are We Done Yet?
James Sanford
the most mechanical kind of moviemaking Every time you think Done has gone as low as it can go it manages to sink a little bit further into the septic tank 
.5
Are We Done Yet?
Frank Ochieng
So are we done yet with his snarl for self deprecating giggles Sadly this is one bad rap session that shouldn t be featured on a future Ice Cube inspired CD 
2
Are We Done Yet?
John Monaghan
The new movie is good natured and sometimes funny It also doesn t make a lick of sense 
2
Are We Done Yet?
Ken Fox
The film desperately needs a stronger script one with a few funny jokes would be nice Instead what we get is an incessant score that punctuates every pratfall and clues the audience in to what s meant to be funny 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Sean P. Means
Let me a UW alumnus assure you that no one would have Husky purple and Cougar crimson in the same closet The fact that Nick wears both shows how top to bottom brainless this movie is 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Peter Hartlaub
The actors are all likable the film moves at a brisk pace and there are even one or two jokes that appear to be original 
2.5
Are We Done Yet?
Lou Lumenick
If you ve seen the brilliantly edited trailer you ve seen just about every single laugh in the movie 
2
Are We Done Yet?
Claudia Puig
If only someone had thought to fix the script 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Geoff Pevere
Are We Done Yet may be remarkable only for the fact that its star was ever once actually considered a threat to civic stability If movies came any safer than this they d be given honourary police citations for keeping the peace 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Chris Hewitt
There is something almost revolutionary about the way it and a couple of other recent movies including this week s Firehouse Dog are attempting to bring back the sort of live action family films that Disney used to churn out in the 70s 
2.5
Are We Done Yet?
Laura Kelly
Ice Cube here s a message for you Henceforth until you make a better movie than Are We Done Yet we re resorting to calling you Lukewarm Cube 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Jeff Shannon
It s enjoyable for what it is but without McGinley it would ve needed major remodeling 
2
Are We Done Yet?
Carla Meyer
In most films a bathroom related joke would represent the lowest form of humor In this one it s a highlight 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Timothy Knight
There s not a whiff of freshness in all of Are We Done Yet which goes for the very lowest common denominator in terms of laughs and still misses that broad mark 99 3 4 percent of its seemingly interminable running time 
0.5
Are We Done Yet?
Stephen Whitty
For all his scowling bluster Ice Cube long ago turned into a bit of a teddy bear Is this really the guy who rapped on N W A s Straight Outta Compton 
2.5
Are We Done Yet?
Elizabeth Weitzman
Carr tries to put one over on us by tacking on a sentimental ending But as any homeowner could have told him you can t disguise a weak foundation with a cheap finish 
2
Are We Done Yet?
Bob Strauss
No cleverness was exerted on this one 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Amy Biancolli
Are We Done Yet isn t much more than a middling middle class fantasy but it has a few sweet admonitions nestled amid the tomfoolery 
2.5
Are We Done Yet?
Stephen Cole
Careers are funny unpredictable things and Ice Cube wouldn t be the first charismatic threatening entertainer to don a chastity belt for a safe ride in Hollywood Think Elvis Presley or Eddie Murphy 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Teresa Budasi
I can fix that Nick says each time a new problem arises in the house How are we supposed to believe that when the filmmakers couldn t fix this poorly constructed sequel from its prefab origins 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Wesley Morris
The problem with the new film is that Ice Cube is too cool for the plot s nonsense The faulty house and McGinley s behavior never inspire him to blow his top 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Phil Villarreal
Call it habitat for stupidity 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Willie Waffle
An animated Ice Cube greets the audience in the opening credit sequence but that s the last time you will see an energetic and engaging Ice Cube for the rest of the movie
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Mack Bates
Like its predecessor Are We Done Yet is amiable enough but not enough to make it compelling 
2
Are We Done Yet?
Jeff Vice
It s alternately mean spirited and dumb and it features few if any laughs 
1
Are We Done Yet?
Michael Phillips
Calling a sequel Are We Done Yet is like calling it Enough Already 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Dustin Putman
Grammatically incorrect though it is Are We Done Yet is precisely what audiences will be pleading by the ten minute mark 
.5
Are We Done Yet?
Steve Rhodes
The script could be generated with a few dozen lines of Java code 
1.5
Are We Done Yet?
Nick Schager
What makes Are We Done Yet so shoddy isn t its likeable star s now familiar cuddly bear persona but the fact that the film could easily pass for another entry in the Cheaper by the Dozen franchise 
1.5
Boyz N the Hood
Shane Slater
All of these supporting characters proved indispensable to the film s lasting power 
4
Boyz N the Hood
Gene Siskel
It s always risky to proclaim a new force in film based upon just one film but Boyz N the Hood is good enough to suggest that John Singleton is going to be a major player for a long time 
4
Boyz N the Hood
Dennis King
This is a film that people should see 
4
Boyz N the Hood
Gary Thompson
What s fresh about Boyz N The Hood is the contemporary L A setting presented with care and energy by young writer director Singleton 
3
Boyz N the Hood
Stephen Hunter
It s a terrific movie 
3
Boyz N the Hood
Desmond Ryan
Singleton sometimes displays his youthful inexperience in melodramatic emphasis and rhetorical flourishes but he has created a deeply troubling film about responsibility 
3.5
Boyz N the Hood
Scott Nash
This is an impressive debut for Singleton 
3.5
Boyz N the Hood
Bill Chambers
The Singleton of Boyz is a youth incited political firebrand and the film has lost none of its power to affect us with the sight of a neighbourhood ravaged by national inattention and corrupted by male pride
3
Boyz N the Hood
Dave Kehr
Boys N the Hood wants to be The Learning Tree and Super Fly at once an ambition that doesn t seem quite honest 
2
Boyz N the Hood
Michael Dequina
An uncommonly accomplished and mature filmmaking debut one that has and will continue to stand the test of time 
4
Boyz N the Hood
Chris Hicks
Though Boyz N the Hood does falter here and there overall it is very affecting with many powerful moments and understated performances 
3
Boyz N the Hood
Roger Ebert
Boyz N the Hood has maturity and emotional depth There are no cheap shots nothing is thrown in for effect realism is placed ahead of easy dramatic payoffs and the audience grows deeply involved 
4
Light Sleeper
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratic yet predominantly satisfying effort from Schrader 46 
3.5
Light Sleeper
Jeff Simon
It s good Schrader a quiet and gentle portrait of moral squalor among very fashion conscious people who wear silk scarves and green suede jackets and lunch at Cote Basque 
3
Light Sleeper
Stephen Hunter
The movie is smart and sassy and alluring It s like a gifted impressionist updating his material with wit and brio and respect 
2.5
Light Sleeper
Gene Siskel
Light Sleeper is emblematic of an era and is recommended on that basis and on the excellent quality of it acting 
3
Light Sleeper
Steven Rea
With his deliberate speech patterns and haunted reptilian good looks Dafoe is an almost nobly sad presence at the center of the film There s something wonderfully calm about his performance and it holds Light Sleeper together 
3
Light Sleeper
Jeff Shannon
Dafoe completely inhabits the character appearing in virtually every scene and developing a fascinating psychological profile 
3
Light Sleeper
Dave Kehr
For all of Schrader s capacity for spectacular self laceration and spiritual agony Light Sleeper finds him able for the first time to express a certain peacefulness and the effect is delicate and discreet 
3
Light Sleeper
Gary Thompson
Too often however the movie is undone by mood spoiling flaws among them a gratingly bad rock song that keeps popping up 
2
Light Sleeper
Roger Ebert
In film after film for year after year Paul Schrader has been telling this story in one way or another but never with more humanity than this time 
4
Operation Finale
John Hanlon
There are some stumbles in the feature s first half more editing could ve helped but the latter half makes up for those weaknesses 
3.0
Operation Finale
Joey Magidson
Director Chris Weitz is trying something new here and kudos to him for that Unfortunately the script by Matthew Orton is slightly lacking 
2.5
Operation Finale
Pamela Powell
While there are some issues with pacing and editing as well as Isaac s performance Operation Finale is an important part of history that should not be forgotten 
3.5
Operation Finale
Peter Canavese
A functional spy thriller and more importantly an intriguing character study of two men shaped by hatred 
3
Operation Finale
Josh Terry
An effective addition to a catalogue of Holocaust inspired films that covers a little known chapter of the story 
3
Operation Finale
Linda Cook
The performances all are commendable and the score by Alexandre Desplat is a fine one 
3
Operation Finale
Kevin A. Ranson
In spite of the exemplary casting of Kingsley as Eichmann the end result has all the impact of falling onto a feather bed and that feels very wrong 
2
Operation Finale
Mike McGranaghan
Operation Finale falls into the curious category of films based on riveting true stories that somehow manage to render them dull and dramatically limp 
2
Operation Finale
Bob Bloom
Operation Finale is too low key and slow It features too much talk and too little action It fails to ignite your anger and disgust because like its Israeli protagonists the film holds its emotions in check 
2.5
Operation Finale
Christian Toto
It takes a special kind of movie magic to rob this amazing true story of its sizzle 
2
Operation Finale
Rafer Guzman
A compelling if somewhat low key historical thriller elevated by fine performances from Kingsley and Isaac 
2.5
Operation Finale
James Berardinelli
Overall Operation Finale tells its story without grossly distorting history and does so in a manner that engages an audience for its two hour running time 
3
Operation Finale
Sara Michelle Fetters
Director Chris Weitz delivers a dialogue driven think piece that makes up in intelligent nuance what it lacks in unrelenting thrills or suffocating suspense 
3
Operation Finale
Rob Thomas
Finale is a suspenseful and even unexpectedly witty movie but it never lets its mission to entertain come at the expense of the moral weight of its story 
3
Operation Finale
Glenn Kenny
Operation Finale despite its other elaborations on the historical record is engrossing and a little moving 
3
Operation Finale
Richard Roeper
Operation Finale is gripping and involving but more often the story slows to a crawl and actually becomes less involving just when we should be holding our breath 
2
Operation Finale
Dann Gire
By its second half Operation Finale becomes a cluttered collection of unconvincing complications designed to ratchet up the suspense 
2.5
Operation Finale
Michael O'Sullivan
It s neither great nor terrible neither stylish nor unsexy but exists in some serviceable compromise between both extremes 
2
Operation Finale
Mark Dujsik
Operation Finale might be too fascinated by its depiction of Eichmann It s certainly less interested in the people who brought him to justice 
2.5
Operation Finale
Tom Russo
A respectful chronicle of retribution one that s suspenseful while resisting sensationalism 
3
Operation Finale
Robert Daniels
The Kingsley and Isaac sequences aren t enough to make Operation Finale into what it desperately wants to be a film that means something 
2
Operation Finale
Gary Thompson
Kingsley s version of Eichmann has the darting eyes of an animal alert to danger and projects a malevolent intelligence that suggests a cornered and dangerous predator 
2.5
Operation Finale
Walter V. Addiego
Fails to measure up to the deep historical impact of the events it depicts 
2
Operation Finale
Soren Andersen
A well made spy thriller replete with scenes of secret surveillance faked passports and hairbreadth escapes 
3
Operation Finale
Roger Moore
More Argo than Munich a little flippant but the gravitas is still there and the performances are top rate 
3
Operation Finale
Marshall Shaffer
The film never manages to reconcile the enormity of the Holocaust with how ordinary a bureaucrat Eichmann was 
2
Bless Their Little Hearts
Desmond Ryan
Bless Their Little Hearts is a remarkably subtle and insightful look at what poverty does to family life The strength of Woodberry s film lies in its perceptive study of how this hopeless predicament corrodes a man s self esteem 
3
Bless Their Little Hearts
Mattie Lucas
Woodberry is an unheralded virtuoso and Bless Their Little Hearts is a revelation that can at long last be given its due 
4
Happily N'Ever After
Sean McBride
lives up to the promise of it s title
1
Happily N'Ever After
John Beifuss
The only real laughs are supplied by the Seven Dwarfs who are portrayed as hillbilly garden gnomes 
1
Happily N'Ever After
Linda Cook
Tolerable but far from magical Happily N Ever After is just another one of what is becoming a genre Lackluster CGI_animated films 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Janos Gereben
It is Shrek Lite 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Maitland McDonagh
In all it s a peculiar mishmash simultaneously bland and suggestive 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Tom Keogh
Essentially a brash comedy taking one idea as far as it can go Happily N Ever After is spare on emotional development but generous with smart aleck shtick 
2.5
Happily N'Ever After
Susan Walker
As Grimm as it gets says the promotional tag for Happily N Ever After Make that grim 
1.5
Happily N'Ever After
Ruthe Stein
The movie s animators have been quoted saying they sought to give it a classic look Cheesy would be more accurate 
1
Happily N'Ever After
Timothy Knight
Painfully devoid of charm wit and ingenuity this interminable tongue in cheek slough through Fairy Tale Land is so jaw droppingly awful the executors of the Brothers Grimm literary estate should consider taking legal action 
0.5
Happily N'Ever After
Stephen Whitty
An unfunny trying to be hip fairytale with ugly CGI animation a few bad songs and Andy Dick and Patrick Warburton doing some of voices 
1.5
Happily N'Ever After
Lou Lumenick
I hate to tell you but it gets worse one character promises midway through Happily N Ever After No kidding 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Elizabeth Weitzman
While new times deserve new tales this ground has already been trodden twice by a more memorable ogre than any you ll find in Ella s enchanted forest 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Sue Pierman
Originally conceived as a 2 D picture Happily was retooled into a 3 D computer animated film during production Still it still somehow feels a bit flat 
2.5
Happily N'Ever After
Bob Strauss
It may satisfy the under 6 crowd with its bright colors and talking animals But it s not much fun for the rest of the family 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Liam Lacey
Scriptwriter Rob Moreland keeps the one liners flowing though at best they register no better than a tepid smirk on the humour thermometer 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Terry Lawson
It s unhappily unsuccessful as either low budget time filling kiddie fare or satire aimed at adults Its lack of imagination extends to the computer generated animation which is as lacking in detail and style as the dialogue is in amusement 
1
Happily N'Ever After
Misha Davenport
As an animated film it may share the bright palette of a Disney feature but its computer animation lacks the polish and detail of a Pixar film 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Ty Burr
The film aims for sassy but lands in soggy the victim of lazy scripting and pacing 
1
Happily N'Ever After
Sean P. Means
Though there are one or two funny gags like the Seven Dwarves as commandos the typographical flourish in the title is the most clever thing about Happily N Ever After 
1.5
Happily N'Ever After
Kit Bowen
From the producers of the Shrek series comes this annoying Shrek ripoff a wannabe fairytale spoof with no imagination 
1.5
Happily N'Ever After
Willie Waffle
A movie that clearly is the B level of animated fare including B level animation B level stars providing voices B level stories and B level dialogue 
.5
Happily N'Ever After
Claudia Puig
There is the requisite bathroom humor though it s mild and a wan effort to be a bit edgy by updating the looks of Cinderella But it takes more than a spiffy short haircut to make a character memorable 
1.5
Happily N'Ever After
Dustin Putman
Dangerously close to scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to theatrically released animated movies 
1
Happily N'Ever After
Carrie Rickey
Two words of advice N Ever mind 
1
Happily N'Ever After
Gene Seymour
It s at the point where if they can t find any fresh means of deconstructing or parodying fairy tales they shouldn t bother at all 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Michael Wilmington
Happily N Ever After with its pseudo Shrekkeries tries to be too many things and in too many styles and dimensions at the same time 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Matt Pais
In terms of lasting satisfying flavor Happily N Ever After falls somewhere between cardboard and tofu 
1
Happily N'Ever After
James Berardinelli
This movie is the worst kind of offender it thinks its funny and clever but it is neither The filmmakers have mistaken banality for wit and silliness for humor and that doesn t begin to address how visually clunky this motion picture is 
2
Happily N'Ever After
Ed Gonzalez
Happily N Ever After exists to reward anyone who s delighted in the destruction the Shrek franchise has waged against our fairy tale memories 
1.5
The Forbidden Room
Mattie Lucas
Evokes a forgotten aesthetic that feels as if we have unearthed a buried treasure 
3.5
The Forbidden Room
David Lewis
Enjoying this film will depend on your state of mind Indeed The Forbidden Room is a state of mind unto itself 
2
The Forbidden Room
John Anderson
Maddin s singular brand of cinematic reinvention goes a little over the top 
2.5
The Forbidden Room
Chris Knight
The resulting reverie will not be to all tastes but if Maddin s previous films have put you to sleep or kept you awake rest assured this one will do the same 
3
The Forbidden Room
James Adams
A narcotized fever dream 
3
The Forbidden Room
Peter Howell
Guy Maddin s latest act of cinematic mayhem isn t easy to parse but narrative coddling has never been his intent 
2.5
The Forbidden Room
Peter Sobczynski
Those who demand that their films offer up some kind of conventional narrative structure will no doubt throw up their hands and leave early on in the proceedings Those that stick it out however will be rewarded with one delight after another 
3.5
The Forbidden Room
Jake Cole
The surrealist result plays to Maddin s strengths as a master of densely aestheticized short films as he crafts a lucid expression of his own feverish perspective on the movies that shaped his art 
4
The Forbidden Room
Carson Lund
Its utter indulgence in esoterica paradoxically leaves it most vulnerable to the beating heart of this great artist of self therapy 
4
The Forbidden Room
Rob Thomas
I m not saying we should ever stop making movies but if we do The Forbidden Room should be the last movie There s like nothing left to do 
3.5
Forks Over Knives
Rob Thomas
I m guessing that after every screening of Forks Over Knives the theater is littered with half empty popcorn boxes and unfinished containers of soda 
2
Forks Over Knives
Chris Foran
Forks Over Knives works really hard to bring you around to its way of thinking but it s really preaching to the faithful 
2
Forks Over Knives
Rick Groen
Forks Over Knives is a middling documentary but a magnificent indictment 
3
Forks Over Knives
Chris Hewitt
Forks Over Knives feels like an important balancing piece of nutrition information 
2.5
Forks Over Knives
Carrie Rickey
Movies are like food There are popcorn pictures that entertain you and the spinach movies that are good for you In more ways than one Forks Over Knives is a spinach flick 
3
Forks Over Knives
Sean O'Connell
As it stands Forks is an interesting and informative health lecture that s sandwiched into a dry repetitive documentary 
2
Forks Over Knives
David Lewis
A must see movie that could have used a sharper edge 
3
Forks Over Knives
John Hartl
Fulkerson methodically makes the case that we ve been brainwashed by repetition and clever advertising campaigns 
3
Forks Over Knives
Tom Meek
Although Fulkerson might have balanced his polemics with some other opinions Forks over Knives still serves up plenty of food for thought 
3
Forks Over Knives
Roger Ebert
The bottom line I am convinced this message is true A plant based whole foods diet is healthy 
3
Forks Over Knives
Kam Williams
An incendiary expose illustrating how agribusiness has successfully exploited our biological urges for generations often with the help of government sponsored propaganda
4
Forks Over Knives
Rex Reed
Instead of preaching why don t the nutrition Nazis figure out a way to make plant based foods taste better You are never going to force an entire population to live on spinach 
2
Forks Over Knives
Roger Moore
It lacks the authority simple displays of hard numbers contrary voices and the like that we need from a documentary this provocative 
2.5
Forks Over Knives
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Essentially a tepid digest of the most persuasive nutritional arguments against the ingestion of flesh and dairy 
2
Forks Over Knives
V.A. Musetto
Sound advice perhaps but it s presented in deadly dull fashion talking heads and academic charts reminiscent of an infomercial 
1.5
Uranium Drive-In
Marty Mapes
Colorado fight between commerce and environmentalism resonates across America
3.5
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Roger Moore
Off the cuff 44 unrehearsed 44 underproduced 44 raw and real 46 46 46 exactly the sort of send off beloved comics deserve and have earned from us 46 
3
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Richard Roeper
Time and again we re reminded of how funny and how loved Saget was 
3.5
Steak (R)evolution
Molly Eichel
Until Steak R evolution gets repetitive it s fascinating to see how everything from culture to politics affects what we eat and how we eat it 
3
Steak (R)evolution
Steve Rubenstein
The only remotely engaging thing about Steak R evolution are the plaintive eyes of the cows 
1
Steak (R)evolution
Maura Judkis
Overlong and occasionally repetitive 
2
A Little Something for Your Birthday
David N. Butterworth
In Susan Walters sudsy screenplay Sharon Stone is subjected to stock romantic situations time and time again dragged along by Walters insipid and uninspired direction 
2
A Little Something for Your Birthday
Mark Dujsik
T he point of drama is that an audience can witness people and events in the process of change Walter denies that to us with this story 
1.5
A Little Something for Your Birthday
Derek Smith
Writer director Susan Walter s film seems almost determined to disprove the causality of social phenomena 
1.5
The Phantom Lover
Michael Dequina
Yu s sumptuous blend of the impassioned performances the lush photography and the haunting melodies of the score and songs resonates with beautifully wrenching romantic longing 
3.5
Stuck
Mattie Lucas
A lean nasty piece of work that deserves a wider audience than it is ever likely to receive 
2.5
Stuck
Bruce DeMara
Stuck gives a boost to the dramatic elements of the story while preserving the stern lesson about a society crumbling under the weight of self interest and moral decay 
3
Stuck
Liam Lacey
You might hope for fiction to bring insight to senseless cruelty rather than augment the ignominy of the original crime 
2
Stuck
Rob Thomas
Stuck does what any good B movie should working its way under your skin with a mix of gory jolts and outrageous humor while cutting uncomfortably close to the bone in its look at how people really behave under pressure 
3
Stuck
David N. Butterworth
Stuart Re Animator Gordon s murky misuse of Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea makes John Carpenter movies look like Art 
1.5
Stuck
Chris Hewitt
The movie s tone shifts all over the place until it s such a blur you re not sure which parts are working and which aren t 
2
Stuck
Mark Rahner
Even though it may seem a long haul at just 85 minutes it pays off by the time things finally start spiraling into hell 
2.5
Stuck
Walter V. Addiego
Stuck is a shot at making a cult film that doesn t quite come off which is too bad because Gordon is an intriguing filmmaker whose work is worth a look 
2
Stuck
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is one of those movies were you laugh nervously twitching wildly in your seat in uncomfortable queasiness yet still unable to take your eyes off of the things appallingly playing themselves out up on the screen 
3
Stuck
Peter Canavese
Veteran director Stuart Gordon guts us with dark satire and twists the knife this horror fable is enough to make weary gorehounds sit up at attention 
3
Stuck
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gordon gets the balance of gratuitous gore suspense and humor just right 
3
Stuck
Steven Rea
A quick and nasty social satire that comes with the inspired by a true story avowal Stuck melds horror and humor as it offers a literally lacerating portrait of humankind at its worst 
3
Stuck
Jeff Vice
Stuck finds director Stuart Gordon reaching new heights or depths of offense with some very graphic gore and other particularly exploitative material 
1.5
Stuck
James Berardinelli
Whether it s worth the price of a ticket is a matter of individual taste and whether there s sufficient interest in the premise to excuse the hit and miss execution 
2.5
Stuck
Bob Strauss
It s well acted suspenseful and has funny sex and drugs stuff too Gordon who co wrote with fellow Chicagoan John Strysik based Stuck on a true incident which makes it even more enjoyable in a sick kind of way 
3
Stuck
Lou Lumenick
Stuart Gordon s gorily amusing Stuck is essentially a B movie with a single joke albeit a pretty good if admittedly sick one 
2.5
Stuck
Ken Fox
Odd as it may sound given the subject matter it s also surprisingly funny 
3
Stuck
Claudia Puig
The over the top tale becomes a tense and unsettling duel This is not enjoyable entertainment but it is brutally watchable Writer director Stuart Gordon seeks to expose our uncaring self absorbed society and also the unflagging will to live 
2.5
Stuck
Robert Cashill
Gordon s black comedy has a gratifyingly grindhouse finish 
3
Stuck
John Anderson
Stuck is genuinely suspenseful and grotesque It may make you wonder why anyone thought it had to be made but it is absorbingly macabre 
2.5
Stuck
Kam Williams
A sickening grisly tale you don t want to watch on an empty stomach 
4
Stuck
Nick Schager
Gordon shoots his material s descent into grotesqueness of both a physical and ethical sort with jagged briskness that amplifies his scenario s mordant humor 
2.5
Stuck
David Nusair
46 46 46 a brutal 44 thoroughly engaging horror effort 46 46 46 
3.5
La Tropical
Maitland McDonagh
Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist David Turnley s first feature photographed in shimmering black and white is a portrait of the Havana dance hall La Tropical but is first and foremost a celebration of Cuban dance and music 
3
La Tropical
V.A. Musetto
Shot in black and white La Tropical serves as an atmospheric portrait of Cuba in the twilight of Castro s rule 
3
La Tropical
Ed Gonzalez
La Tropical may be the first documentary about Cuba to seriously address the island republic s complex lingering racial problems 
2.5
Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailors Story
Brian Tallerico
There s something so compassionate and warm about Jacob Hamilton s Jump Shot a film that is on one level about the history of basketball but is really more about legacy and impact 
3
Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailors Story
Robert Daniels
Jumpshot The Kenny Sailors Story uncovers two facts that s long been apparent Kenny Sailors invented the modern jumpshot and he was a singular and amazing man 
3.5
The Robber
Roger Moore
Bleak and yet exciting a fascinating character study built around a pretty unpleasant hero If Hollywood could find a star willing to get in spectacular cardio vascular shape a lean mean running machine I could certainly see a remake 
3
The Robber
Roger Ebert
Here is a well made movie with insufficient interest in its hero 
2.5
The Robber
Calvin Wilson
The Robber is artfully done but emotionally remote 
2.5
The Robber
Chris Hewitt
Even if you think you don t like foreign language films I bet you ll like this one 
3.5
The Robber
Steven Rea
The Robber is powerful stuff 
3.5
The Robber
Michael O'Sullivan
The Robber is one of the most abstemious thrillers in recent memory 
1.5
The Robber
Janice Page
Armed with a screenplay adapted from a Martin Prinz novel based on a true story writer director Benjamin Heisenberg has crafted something as serious quietly determined and surprisingly compelling as his criminal protagonist 
3.5
The Robber
Peter Keough
With his taut rhythms poetic imagery and assaultive action Heisenberg transforms the thrills of the genre into an existential fable worthy of Camus 
3.5
The Robber
Aaron Cutler
The Robber s race to mediocrity ends with a dying phone call which among other things is the death of inspiration 
2
The Robber
Ted Fry
This story of real life Austrian criminal Johann Kastenberger is both tranquil and gripping 
3
The Robber
V.A. Musetto
Benjamin Heisenberg s thriller ends with a chase across highways and through woods that will give viewers adrenaline highs of their own 
3
The Robber
Kent Turner
The tense and terse film is almost a purely physical experience With its long hand held tracking shots you wonder what did we do before the Steadicam 
3
They're Just My Friends
Stephen Whitty
A film to stand alongside the best of Ed Wood 
0
They're Just My Friends
Ken Fox
This ludicrously overstuffed and overlong drama throws together bits and pieces from boxing pictures biker flicks mob thrillers and interracial romances stitching them together like Frankenstein s monster 
1
They're Just My Friends
Nick Schager
So incompetent it should be used by film schools as a manual on how not to make a movie 
0
I Am the Blues
Brad Wheeler
Doesn t romanticize or overcomprehend choosing instead to concentrate on life s non choices 
3
I Am the Blues
Chris Knight
When the music takes flight it s a thing of beauty Heartache never sounded so good 
2.5
Mr. Gaga
Mark Dujsik
Director Tomer Heymann smartly lets the art speak for itself and for Ohad Naharin 
3
Mr. Gaga
Chris Knight
Gaga has an emphasis on personal interpretation of the music rather than formal technique Director Tomer Heymann shows some startling examples of the results I just wish we could see more of them and in greater length 
2.5
Mr. Gaga
Martha Schabas
The portrait of the artist might be a bit uncritically rosy still this is a compelling dance film that captures the drive and passion of a key figure in contemporary choreography 
3
Mr. Gaga
Rebecca J. Ritzel
Watching Mr Gaga develop as a dancemaker is as entrancing as watching Batsheva perform live 
3.5
Mr. Gaga
Peter Keough
A fascinating if frustratingly discursive documentary 
3
Mr. Gaga
Claudia Bauer
In performance and rehearsal clips Heymann s saturated cinematography captures the raw physicality and emotion of Naharin s work and the way he cajoles demeans and seduces his dancers 
3
Mr. Gaga
Jane Horwitz
Gaga looks like fun but the soul revealing Mr Gaga makes clear the sacrifice Naharin s dedication has exacted from family and dancers alike 
3.5
Mr. Gaga
Sheila O'Malley
A superb dance documentary in its almost single minded focus on process 
3.5
A Chance Encounter
Roger Moore
Never more than a senseless waste of seldom filmed Sicilian locations whose view is blocked by the two blandest leads this side of 8220 milque 8221 and 8220 toast 46 8221 
1.5
Kimjongilia
Jesse Singal
Lately outsiders are more likely to laugh at North Korea s despotic head than to think about those who suffer under him and Kimjongilia is a welcome and necessary antidote to that impulse 
3
Kimjongilia
Gerald Peary
Watching these painful reports by escapees of starvation concentration camps torture and killings is more frustrating than enlightening 
2.5
Kimjongilia
Ethan Alter
A distractingly superficial depiction of North Korea that boils down the country s complex history to a handful of bullet points 
2
Kimjongilia
Andrew Schenker
A classic case of a documentary filmmaker not trusting her material 
2
True Believer
David Nusair
46 46 46 a fairly standard legal procedural that 8217 s elevated by its raft of agreeable 44 engaging attributes 46 46 46 
3
True Believer
Roger Ebert
When I see Woods on the screen in the first shot of a movie I sort of smile to myself because I know that something strange and offbeat and maybe even inspired is about to happen 
3
Molly's Game
Brian Eggert
Aaron Sorkin s current mode of zeroing in on a complex highly intelligent contemporary biographical subject and then dissecting that individual with his sharp dialogue and narrative structure continues in Molly s Game 
3
Molly's Game
Matt Brunson
Chastain delivers a typically brainy and impassioned performance 
3
Molly's Game
Mattie Lucas
Chastain and Elba are both at the top of their respective games and Sorkin s dialogue is as sharp as ever But he never really gives us as a reason to care about anyone involved 
2
Molly's Game
Federico Furzan
A smart movie that lacks humanity But Aaron Sorking directs with such force that the movie feels compelling Full review in Spanish 
3
Molly's Game
Linda Cook
Molly s Game is a good deal 
3
Molly's Game
David Nusair
Filmmaker Sorkin who also wrote the screenplay does an admittedly stunning job of immediately drawing the viewer into the proceedings 
2.5
Molly's Game
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Fast intense and impeccably acted the movie is everything one would expect from a story written by Sorkin Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Molly's Game
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This story demanded someone like Scorsese and of course Sorkin is not him Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Molly's Game
Katie Walsh
While the script crackles and excites the film itself is profoundly uncinematic 
2.5
Molly's Game
Kam Williams
Even for a former world class athlete crime does not pay 
2.5
Molly's Game
James Kendrick
At its best Molly s Game takes us deep into an intriguing hidden world that few if any of us will ever get to see 
3
Molly's Game
John Serba
Chastain is one of the day s heavyweight screen presences capable of counterbalancing Sorkin s bulldozer storytelling methods with her charisma 
3
Molly's Game
Mike McGranaghan
Jessica Chastain has what may be the very best part of her career with Molly s Game Given her impressive filmography so far that s saying a lot She s on fire in this role 
3.5
Molly's Game
Calvin Wilson
This is a Game that couldn t be more fun to watch 
3.5
Molly's Game
Bob Bloom
The combination of Sorkin s writing and Chastain s acting creates a perfect mesh of dialogue that sizzles and impresses 
3
Molly's Game
Michael Smith
Molly s Game has a little bit of everything high stakes gambling a killer Jessica Chastain performance true story celebrity naughtiness and a smart witty script by Aaron Sorkin 
3
Molly's Game
Peter Canavese
Sorkin s flair for whip crack dialogue structural shenanigans and character chemistry remains a winningly shameless three ring circus for the screen and his thoroughly excellent ensemble help to distract from his infamous artifice 
3
Molly's Game
Brandy McDonnell
Champion performances from Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba ensure that Molly s Game is able to win a few pots before clumsily folding 
3
Molly's Game
Robert Horton
One of the ways this film is refreshing is that it s about process not romance Sorkin is concerned with how systems operate so we learn the intricacies of a floating poker game but we don t waste any of the film s 140 minutes on Bloom in love 
3
Molly's Game
Sara Michelle Fetters
If Molly s Game doesn t quite have what would typically be considered a winning hand it bluffs just well enough to still take the pot 
3
Molly's Game
Josh Terry
As a story Molly s Game is absorbing and well told even when Sorkin gets into the complex minutiae of poker strategy 
3.5
Molly's Game
Ty Burr
It s tempting to think of Molly s Game in poker terms Sorkin s holding a queen a king and at least a couple of aces but the tell is that he talks too much and in the end you realize he s bluffing 
2.5
Molly's Game
Michael Phillips
It s a good brash biopic For the first hour it s very nearly terrific 
3
Molly's Game
Mick LaSalle
At a certain point everyone watching Molly s Game will form the question Why should I care about any of this It s a question Sorkin should have anticipated He has no good answer 
2
Molly's Game
Richard Roeper
Few actors on the planet can shift gears as effortlessly as Chastain who perfectly captures Molly s chameleon like ability to adapt to situations and to rationalize her worst behavior 
4
Molly's Game
Jocelyn Noveck
It s fun enough to watch Chastain s Bloom find her way making things up she goes along 
2.5
Molly's Game
Anita Katz
Sorkin s trademark pervasive intelligence and Jessica Chastain s sharp lead performance make this movie which profiles poker maven Molly Bloom an enjoyable wild ride 
3
Molly's Game
Phil Villarreal
The chemistry Chastain and Elba generate ignites Sorkin s spectacular words honing the scenes to a razor s edge 
3.5
Molly's Game
James Berardinelli
It s all good stuff delivered by a director who knows how to get the most out of performers speaking his words 
3.5
Molly's Game
Peter Travers
Aaron Sorkin s directorial debut gives poker queen Molly Bloom the royal treatment she deserves Star Jessica Chastain proves as eloquent in silence as she does in speech and deals audiences a winning hand 
3
Molly's Game
Christy Lemire
Nothing and no one seems to be holding Sorkin back for better and for worse 
3
Molly's Game
Mark Dujsik
Molly s Game is a slight biography a rambling exposé of an underground poker game and a shallow psychological study of its main character 
2
Molly's Game
Brian Truitt
Words and cards are dealt in equal hand with Aaron Sorkin s poker drama Molly s Game featuring Jessica Chastain at the center of a compelling film about fame power and empathy 
3
Molly's Game
Roger Moore
Un cinematic and bloody maddening in that chatterbox Aaron Sorkin style
2
Molly's Game
Rafer Guzman
Chastain who s in nearly every frame of the film delivers an impressively intense hammered down performance 
3
Molly's Game
Johnny Oleksinski
Molly s Game the new high stakes poker movie is a pretty safe bet 
3
Molly's Game
Peter Howell
The movie version of a card player who doesn t know how to quit when she s ahead 
2.5
Molly's Game
Ann Hornaday
Molly s Game is worth the ante It pays off both as slick adult oriented entertainment and morality tale 
3
Molly's Game
Moira MacDonald
Molly s Game could have been a terrific movie if Sorkin could have edited out 20 30 minutes as it is it s a good movie overstuffed 
3
Molly's Game
Angelo Muredda
You can thank anyone who came out of Steve Jobs yearning for Aaron Sorkin s take on a sociopathic female protagonist with quixotic interests for Molly s Game the loquacious screenwriter producer playwright s rancid directorial debut 
1.5
Molly's Game
Dwight Brown
Aaron Sorkin s script which is based on the real life Molly s memoir has way too much dialogue and too many voice overs for the genre Stick with it It builds to a worthy climax regardless 
3
Molly's Game
Barry Hertz
The dialogue is paced at about the intensity of a jackhammer and every other sentence uttered ends on a twist of the one that came before it 
3
Molly's Game
Jake Cole
Aaron Sorkin deep dives into self parody from the opening moments of his directorial debut Molly s Game 
1.5
Lilting
Peter Keough
A more fitting title for the film would be Limping 
2
Lilting
Stephanie Merry
It is as the title suggests sweet but also slight 
2.5
Lilting
Thomas Lee
Guilt hangs over Lilting a suffocating haze so thick that it permeates every unspoken non understood word between characters trying to traverse a frustrating gulf of language and grief 
3
Lilting
Tirdad Derakhshani
Hong who makes his feature debut here has a masterful command of rhythm beautifully weaving each strand of the narrative around that momentous opening scene 
3.5
Lilting
Dan Callahan
Whishaw is the most gifted and poetic actor in his age range by a very wide margin and everything he does here is fresh and unexpected 
2.5
Lilting
Sara Stewart
Cultures and generations clash and mesh in the aftermath of a young man s death in Lilting a quietly unique meditation on love and loss from Cambodian director Hong Khaou 
3
Lilting
Chuck Bowen
Lilting doesn t have any momentum or any sense of ambiguity once the setup has been established 
2
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
Peter Canavese
This bad movie is only for rubberneckers or people with a fascination about show business and its exploitation of a fading star 46 
0
Honest Thief
David Nusair
a thriller that is by and large almost entirely devoid of thrills 
2
Honest Thief
Mark Meszoros
It doesn t hurt for the movie to have Neeson snarling as only he can through another one of these flicks even if his work is decidedly of the guilty pleasure variety 
2
Honest Thief
Linda Cook
If ever there were such a thing as your average Liam Neeson movie this is it 
2
Honest Thief
Leo Brady
Honest Thief is a new style of action movie for Neeson and he almost pulls this movie heist off 
2.5
Honest Thief
Matt Brunson
That dopey title suggests not so much a Liam Neeson actioner as much as a parody of a Liam Neeson actioner perhaps to be followed by Kindly Assassin or Benevolent Torturer But it s actually the genuine article 
2.5
Honest Thief
Sean P. Means
The not so thrilling action thriller Honest Thief seems to answer the question nobody asked What would it look like if you inserted 20 minutes of a Hallmark movie into a Liam Neeson vehicle 
2
Honest Thief
Steven Prokopy
Any movie that features Neeson beating people up and otherwise action ing is automatically a moderate winner in my book 
2.5
Honest Thief
Roger Moore
The problem with a film like this is you ve got to forget the Taken movies and every variation of those Neeson s made in the past 15 years for any of this to feel fresh 
1.5
Honest Thief
Matthew Passantino
Honest Thief feels like just another outing for a Neeson on a mission movie and its bland routineness is its biggest downfall 
2
Honest Thief
Tom Meek
Honest Thief feels like a B minus version of a Taken entry 
1.5
Honest Thief
James Berardinelli
A tedious overlong embarrassment that not even Liam Neeson s craggy countenance can save 
1.5
Honest Thief
Kevin A. Ranson
What should have been a simple throwaway matinee combines a chick flick a buddy flick and a revenge flick into a slick little waste of time easy to swallow yet tastier than it ought to be 
3
Honest Thief
Richard Roeper
The romance is sweet but the action is nowhere near plausible 
2
Honest Thief
Christy Lemire
A no frills low thrills version of the kind of gritty action picture that has marked the veteran actor s late stage career 
2
Honest Thief
Mark Dujsik
Honest Thief leaves the characters and any kind of non plot related conflict on the sidelines and the result is conventionally rote 
2
Honest Thief
Ty Burr
It s perfectly generic on demand product that will eat up an hour and a half of your life and be immediately forgotten 
2
Honest Thief
Michael O'Sullivan
There s something about Neeson that makes you want to forgive him whether it s for bank robbery or for making yet another one of these movies 
2.5
Honest Thief
Mike McGranaghan
Suspension of disbelief is a common requirement when watching many movies What makes it different here is this if you take out all the elements that are far fetched you re still left with a routine innocent man clearing his name thriller 
2
Honest Thief
Mick LaSalle
If you love this kind of movie you will at least like The Honest Thief 
2.5
Honest Thief
Pat Brown
The repetitious plot is more ritual than text as we watch yet another Liam Neeson avenger defy the will of younger unscrupulous men 
1
Honest Thief
Mark Kennedy
This is a film that has blown up in everyone s face 
0
Honest Thief
Michael Phillips
I like watching Neeson in just about anything I like him especially in some of the non franchise off center action vehicles he s made in the last dozen years from The Grey to Unknown This one s a middling addition to the list 
2
Clean
Kevin Carr
When they finally get to the butt kicking it becomes an action film you get to it but it takes some time to get there You go through a lot to get to a little 
2.5
Clean
Christy Lemire
Merely watching Brody engaging in such painstaking work is interesting the generic bloodbath that ensues less so 
1.5
Clean
Katie Walsh
Clean is so lean it s as if the story itself was sacrificed for atmosphere narratively it s a mess 
2
Clean
Mark Dujsik
When it does arrive the action of Clean is staged in such a haphazard way that at least it matches the rest of the narrative 
1.5
Clean
Mark Hanson
While its plot is strictly by the numbers Clean is elevated by its stylistic flair and propulsive pace 
2.5
Clean
Roger Moore
A good bad movie with every scripted shortcoming every too obvious take out the trash analogy every vain I m not some coddled movie star I m a badass pose just as much an asset as it is a failing 
2.5
Clean
Dwight Brown
Credit the atmospheric cinematography Zoran Popovic perceptive editing Arndt Wulf Peemöller low key costumes Michael Bevins and realistic production design Timothy Whidbee for adding more to the film than was on the page 
2.5
Shootout at Wadala
Michael Dequina
As with Sanjay Gupta s other work so galvanizing and alive is his high style that it becomes the film s substance 
3
Anarchists
Steve Rhodes
With strong melancholic music lush cinematography beautiful costumes handsome period sets and good acting all around the movie is stunning as well as touching 
3
Night Shift
Matt Brunson
Instantly and infinitely quotable Michael Keaton delivers one of the all time great comedic performances 
3.5
Night Shift
David Nusair
Ron Howard s first bona fide hit 
2.5
Suntan
Christian Toto
The film s final scene will haunt you for some time 
3.4
Suntan
Nick Allen
While Suntan is more than just a tale about an older man becoming involved with a younger woman it s unfortunately not as profound when it later claims to be a statement on the movie you think you re watching 
2
Suntan
Christopher Gray
Argyris Papadimitropoulos struggles to lift his material out of a downbeat mode of cringe comedy 
2
Suntan
Lauren Terry
It s clich down to the montages of dreamy Vespa rides but director Helmer Argyris Papadimitropoulos tale of sun kissed midlife crisis gets a lot darker than tan lines 
2
The Surrogate
Peter Canavese
Chooses an uncomfortable subject and forces its characters to reckon with it heart and soul 
3.5
The Surrogate
Nell Minow
Hersh has a good ear for the way people talk about sensitive and difficult issues 
3.5
The Surrogate
Mark Dujsik
A skillful and probing drama The Surrogate is always much more than it seems 
3.5
The Surrogate
Anita Katz
Because the movie doesn t judge its characters or favor one viewpoint over other all three protagonists can be taken seriously and their dilemma and the debate it prompts is stirring 
3
The Surrogate
Christian Toto
This taut absorbing drama offers two haunting narratives in one 
3.5
The Surrogate
Roger Moore
An indie drama that is almost all talk and all of it good 
3
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
Rob Thomas
For golfers and golf enthusiasts it s the chance to view their beloved sport from a slightly different perspective standing a few feet behind the player faithfully holding the bag 
2.5
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
Richard Roeper
Murray plays it straight as the narrator demonstrating true respect for the honorable vocation of caddying 
3
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
Sean P. Means
Loopers will appeal to those who love chasing that dimpled little ball around but may leave the rest of us in the rough 
2.5
Diego Maradona
Jocelyn Noveck
Most documentaries cut frequently to talking heads Kapadi doesn t do that preferring to keep the viewer firmly planted in the narrative he s crafted from hundreds of hours of never seen archival footage The approach is hugely effective 
3
Diego Maradona
Nell Minow
Director Asif Kapadia who also made the Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse documentaries lets the familiar story of a gifted kid who follows early success with fame and then tragedy unfold But he asks us to think about ourselves as well 
3
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Roger Moore
Breathtakingly thorough but in being this long and broad in scope Woodlands can t help but feel repetitive exhaustingly so 
2.5
Some Days Are Better Than Others
Kathy Fennessy
Throughout 44 the filmmaker displays a refined eye 46 There apos s a studied symmetry to most scenes 44 which may strike some as cute or quirky 44 but I appreciated the attention to detail 46 
3
Some Days Are Better Than Others
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie throws in a healthy dose of quirky shots and montages as if they were required 
2.5
Some Days Are Better Than Others
David Lewis
Although this always interesting film doesn t quite come together at the end it couldn t decide exactly what it wanted to say McCormick has done a lot of things right 
3
Some Days Are Better Than Others
Paul de Barros
If you want to draw the line between a quiet touching little movie and a wooden deadly boring dud you might want to see Portland director Matt McCormick s Some Days Are Better Than Others but I wouldn t recommend it 
1.5
Some Days Are Better Than Others
Simon Abrams
The kind of American independent quirkfest that needs to be quarantined and examined not valorized 
1
She's Having a Baby
Bill Chambers
I assumed the film s subject matter was too adult for 13 year old me and it was but I ve decided that when it comes to She s Having a Baby it s not me it s you suffices 
1.5
She's Having a Baby
Matt Brunson
The daft fantasy sequences are a waste of time and get in the way of an otherwise pleasant movie 
2.5
She's Having a Baby
Bob Thomas
Hughes has supplied some bright even brilliant touches in dealing with the traditional cliches 
3
She's Having a Baby
Carrie Rickey
The film assumes that boys will be boys but that the mystical act of fatherhood will make a man of you Trouble with She s Having a Baby is Hughes believes this without feeling obliged to develop it dramatically 
2
She's Having a Baby
Dave Kehr
She s Having a Baby wants to be everyone s story but its hollowness makes it no one s 
2
She's Having a Baby
Gene Siskel
Bacon s character is such a chronic complainer than we wonder why McGovern doesn t dump him 
1
She's Having a Baby
David Nusair
A rare failure from filmmaker John Hughes 
2
She's Having a Baby
Ian Mantgani
It should have been the movie where Hughes got Oscar nominations the Academy weren t going to award his comedies but here is where he showed he could branch out and grow up 
4
She's Having a Baby
Roger Ebert
She s Having a Baby begins with the simplest and most moving of stories and interrupts it with an amazing assortment of gimmicks 
2
Justifiable Homicide
V.A. Musetto
A thoughtful look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 
3
Justifiable Homicide
Walter Chaw
Presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency 
2
White Bird in a Blizzard
Federico Furzan
A film that could have been so much more considering its interesting resources and stayed behind the shadow of its main star s performance Full review in Spanish 
2
White Bird in a Blizzard
Dustin Putman
White Bird in a Blizzard lingers in the mind long past its conclusion a coming of age mystery with a dynamic lead heroine and an oddness that never loses sight of its resonance 
3
White Bird in a Blizzard
Tirdad Derakhshani
An enjoyable if uneven adaptation of Laura Kasischke s coming of age novel about a teenage girl whose mother vanishes into thin air 
2.5
White Bird in a Blizzard
Anders Wright
It s not a perfect film by any means it moves slowly and meanders at times but White Bird looks terrific and for the most part features acting that s smart and subtle 
2.5
White Bird in a Blizzard
Ty Burr
White Bird in a Blizzard develops engine trouble early on right around the time it asks us to accept Eva Green as a desperate suburban housewife 
2
White Bird in a Blizzard
Mick LaSalle
White Bird in a Blizzard is an odd little concoction a coming of age story that only in passing is also a mystery 
2
White Bird in a Blizzard
Jocelyn Noveck
There s a fine line between stylized and campy and Araki defiantly crosses it in any number of cringe in your seat can you believe this dialogue my gosh that feels fake moments 
2
White Bird in a Blizzard
Brian Tallerico
I m not suggesting that all films need a grand purpose but White Bird in a Blizzard doesn t work as mystery or character study 
2
White Bird in a Blizzard
Stephen Whitty
White Bird in a Blizzard is a film that doesn t quite know what it wants to be 
2.5
White Bird in a Blizzard
Moira MacDonald
Woodley s depiction of Kat is low key natural and utterly unaffected as she has in every role she makes the character her own with her scratchy little voice and level gaze 
3.5
White Bird in a Blizzard
Lou Lumenick
A clunky ugly and dull mash up of a mystery about a missing housewife and her daughter s sexual coming of age 
1
White Bird in a Blizzard
Roger Moore
Shailene Woodley she who can do no wrong finally makes a misstep in this embarrassing erotic coming of age mystery thriller
1.5
White Bird in a Blizzard
Chuck Bowen
Gregg Araki s film suggests a hothouse melodrama that s been drained of the hothouse the melodrama and any other discernably dramatic stakes 
2
Bed and Board
Roger Ebert
Bed and Board is one of the most decent and loving films I can remember 
4
Bed and Board
James Kendrick
There is a sense of community in this film that was somewhat lacking in the previous Doinel films as Truffaut emphasizes reoccurring characters and their relations to each other in the small neighborhood where Antoine and Christine live 
4
Miss Jessica Is Pregnant
Mattie Lucas
The resurrection of an important piece of American independent cinema a jagged piercing look at small town life and the ruinous effects of economic depression that feels more relevant than ever 
3.5
Miss Jessica Is Pregnant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Spring Night Summer Night is unlike most ordinary movies a snapshot of what the American Dream really looks like 
3.5
Lovely Molly
Moira MacDonald
If the people in it behaved in a logical way then there wouldn t be a movie 
2
Lovely Molly
Adam Litovitz
Some of the shock effects in Lovely Molly are successfully disorienting but too many of its ideas are reductive and histrionic such as those concerning the male victimization of women vengeance and mental illness 
2
Lovely Molly
Bruce DeMara
Sanchez ratchets up the tension incrementally things heard and not quite seen creating a mood of unease that graduates in stages into full blown horror 
3
Lovely Molly
Stephen Whitty
Sanchez is not making his debut here and after more than a decade he should be willing to do something besides jerking the camera around and making noises offscreen 
1.5
Lovely Molly
Farran Smith Nehme
Sanchez demonstrates that a well timed door slam and a cleverly framed shot of an ordinary household object are as creepy as ever 
3
Lovely Molly
Ed Gonzalez
The film s inconsistent largely bankrupt style is second to how hard and tackily it leans on the horror of child abuse to goose audiences 
1.5
Reel Redemption
Christian Toto
Hollywood s complicated faith journey gets the documentary treatment it deserves 
3.5
Kati Kati
Jack Rushall
The film s overall mythology is unique with enough blind spots that focusing on chewing a piece of popcorn feels disruptive 
4
Yonkers Joe
Phil Villarreal
The typecast actor breaks out of his comfort zone 
3.5
Yonkers Joe
Lisa Kennedy
As Janice Christine Lahti is the pivot between father and son The scenes between Janice and Joe Jr are sweet harrowing movie altering 
2.5
Yonkers Joe
Reyhan Harmanci
Yonkers Joe is incoherent succeeding neither as an exciting gambling ride nor a touching family story 
1
Yonkers Joe
Lou Lumenick
An extremely awkward cross between Ocean s Eleven and Rain Man 
2
Yonkers Joe
Stephen Whitty
A nicely photographed mostly satisfying look at a gang of East Coast sharps and how they part marks from their money 
3
Yonkers Joe
Nick Schager
Yonkers Joe confirms that writer director Robert Celestin knows his way around a local cash stakes game of craps It also proves unfortunately that his scripting skills need substantial honing 
2
Fair Game
Mike McGranaghan
Action movies have become big and complicated 44 making it nice to revisit those apos 80s style 44 just get it done thrills 46 
3
Fair Game
Roger Moore
What 8217 s maddening about the movie is the way the script has somebody hard enough to live in the Outback respond or FAIL to respond to a clear and present and REPEATED danger 46 
1.5
Romance Doll
Roger Moore
An intriguing peek inside a culture and the Japanese psyche one of the more interesting journeys one can take on a journey Around the world with Netflix 
2.5
Some Freaks
Roger Moore
Brittle and beautifully acted and cleverly written find your tribe high school romance 
3
This Is My Body
David Phelps
Eat stupidly elides Fleischer s rationalist approach to the most fervently unreasonable impulses 
2
Switchback
Mal Vincent
One wishes Quaid could loosen up enough to smile at least once 
2
Switchback
Mike Clark
Quaid is a one note sadsack here and no natural action hero 
2
Switchback
Roger Ebert
Time and again the movie fascinates us with digressions only to jerk back to the helpless main story line 
2
Thirteen Frightened Girls
Matt Brunson
Perhaps the worst film William Castle ever made 
1
Justice Society: World War II
Peter Canavese
A wild all over the place Nazi punching adventure story that s great fun 4K HD Blu ray review 
3
Addicted to Fresno
Andy Crump
Movies rarely need to be made shorter Addicted to Fresno effortlessly proves that most of them could stand to be longer 
1.5
Addicted to Fresno
Brian Tallerico
Addicted to Fresno is such a mean spirited dull and silly movie that it buries its talented cast under the weight of a horrendous script that they can t possibly redeem 
1
Addicted to Fresno
Alan Zilberman
Strong lead performances and an energetic supporting cast elevate the uneven material 
2.5
Addicted to Fresno
Nick Prigge
According to the film killing a guy is all it takes to save one s soul 
1.5
Addicted to Fresno
Rick Bentley
If Addicted to Fresno was a narcotic it would be a baby aspirin 
1.5
Bonjour Tristesse
David Nusair
palpably overlong 
1.5
Bonjour Tristesse
Eric Henderson
Among favorite cinephile pet auteurs no one s reputation has had a rougher ride than that of Otto Preminger s 
4
Knucklehead
Chris Hewitt
Wight is appealing but let s hope he gets better opportunities than this 
1.5
Knucklehead
Kyle Smith
Knucklehead s candy corn heart and shameless predictability are almost touching in their obliviousness to anything that s happened in movies in recent decades Cute orphans Really 
1
Knucklehead
Roger Moore
Those multi media moguls at World Wrestling Entertainment haven t quite got the hang of this family friendly turn they ve taken with their motion picture division 
1.5
Knucklehead
Nick Schager
If a WWE produced film can t get squared circle action right what can be expected of it 
.5
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
Justin Berton
It s tempting to slight the effort as My Big Fat Gay Wedding since the screenwriters follow a familiar template 
2
How He Fell in Love
Roger Moore
A low key account of an illicit love affair whose actors make it feel real and lived in 
2.5
How He Fell in Love
David Nusair
A well intentioned yet thoroughly tedious misfire 
1
How He Fell in Love
Alexander Huls
Moments in the script a first kiss or flowering of guilt occur so abruptly it s as if emotional context was never considered 
1
How He Fell in Love
Barry Hertz
Meyers must have been truly in love with his story to carry it all the way to development But for anyone else who watches the film it will be hard to remember it as anything more than a brief middling affair 
2
How He Fell in Love
Linda Barnard
More sort of character study than passionate exploration of an affair How He Fell in Love is a rather one sided relationship 
2
How He Fell in Love
Angelica Jade Bastién
Despite how much these characters go on and on about their lives and loves the film itself has nothing to say 
2
Baby Mama
Mattie Lucas
While the proceedings may be predictable and pockmarked with clichés the compulsive watchability of the film s stars makes it a minor success 
3
Baby Mama
Mike Scott
Fey and Pohler are an appealing pair with Fey s wry deadpan delivery a perfect complement to Poehler s fearlessly juvenile brand of humor 
2.5
Baby Mama
Scott Nash
The reason this movie works so well though is similar to why a good romantic comedy works The chemistry between the two leads Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is fantastic 
3
Baby Mama
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Baby Mama quickly and lazily adopts all the annoying attributes of the usual fare 
2.5
Baby Mama
Des Partridge
It s very much the women s show and they prove enjoyable company but there s more sugar than vinegar in the script which is stretched to find laughs 
3
Baby Mama
Sandra Hall
The film is not exactly original but it is a lot of fun thanks to the skill with which Fey and Poehler play to one another s strengths 
3.5
Baby Mama
Philippa Hawker
An under achieving lightweight movie that settles for a few competent gags and doesn t bother to take risks 
2
Baby Mama
Christopher Tookey
A lightweight romantic comedy that s to be welcomed if only for the fact it offers juicy roles to talented writer actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler 
3
Baby Mama
Austin Kennedy
It s no different than watching a third rate sitcom on a Tuesday night 
2
Baby Mama
John Beifuss
The Saturday Night Live veterans make a great team 
3
Baby Mama
Charles Koplinski
It s probably too early to dub Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as the Martin and Lewis of the 21st century However comparisons to them and other classic comedy teams are likely to follow if this duo continues to make feature films together Hopefully any fut
3.0
Baby Mama
Sean P. Means
The best moments come when Fey and Poehler just cut loose and riff hilariously on everything from birthing classes to karaoke video games 
3
Baby Mama
David Nusair
an exceedingly familiar premise that s used to almost extraordinarily innocuous effect 
1.5
Baby Mama
Sean O'Connell
The year s first film that kept me laughing from end to end with intelligent and perceptive punch lines that don t aim for the broad side of a fraternity house 
3
Baby Mama
Matt Brunson
Steve Martin emerges as Baby Mama s mack daddy 
3
Baby Mama
Mike McGranaghan
The comedy teams longtime Saturday Night Live vets Tina Fey and Amy Poehler two of the funniest individuals on the planet in my opinion for a comedy that distinctly exploits their synergistic comic sensibilities 
3
Baby Mama
Jolene Mendez
SNL brings some must needed comedy relief to the big screen and it finally pays off 
4
Baby Mama
Tyler Hanley
SNL alumni Tina Fey Steve Martin and current mainstay Amy Poehler all shine in this infectious chuckler 
3
Baby Mama
Gary Brown
definitely funnier than Rosemary s Baby a notch or two better than Nine Months but falling far short in the laughs department when compared to the maternity comedy winner and still champion Knocked Up 
3
Baby Mama
Sean McBride
a mild charmer with a genial nature and a game cast 
2.5
Baby Mama
Kam Williams
The picture s only weakness is that the pair s antics pale in comparison to those exhibited by the low class trash you can find making fools of themselves any day of the week on the average episode of the Jerry Springer Show 
2.5
Baby Mama
Larry Ratliff
It s fun to see a couple of talented funny women head a comedy for a change 
3
Baby Mama
Pete Hammond
A warm and engaging comedy that delivers the laughs non stop These baby mamas are red hot 
3
Baby Mama
Nick Rogers
Michael McCullers is a pedestrian director but a potent screenwriter wittily playing to the strengths of his stars and who s who supporting players This comedy isn t without complications but it s affable breezy and buoyant 
3
Baby Mama
Claudia Puig
Yes the film doesn t offer many surprises and grows soft and predictable by its conclusion But it does avoid the sappy sentimentality of the genre The movie and its lead actresses charms us more than we might expect 
3
Baby Mama
Chris Hewitt
The fun of the movie is watching Fey s Type A character who s fairly similar to the one Fey plays on 30 Rock bounce off Poehler s dopey slacker who blurts out every thought that drifts into her head 
3
Baby Mama
Moira MacDonald
Baby Mama ultimately gives in to sweetness but it has some deliciously tart moments along the way 
3
Baby Mama
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie that deals in emotion and attempts to pass counterfeit goods There s nothing there And yet by the deprived standards of the modern romantic comedy one would have to say well it s not bad 
2
Baby Mama
Jane Clifford
In the end well things are lot tidier than a toddler s room but it s a lot like childbirth too You forget the bad parts and feel really good 
2.5
Baby Mama
Carla Meyer
This story of a corporate vice president and the surrogate mother she hires is so committed to convention that it runs into cliché 
2.5
Baby Mama
Stephen Whitty
In the end despite some complications it successfully gives birth to a very happy event The arrival of Tina Fey movie star 
3
Baby Mama
Duane Dudek
Baby Mama is an endearing but exasperating exercise in fertility a sort of Sisterhood of the Traveling Uterus that strikes too many false notes to seem anything but too familiar 
2.5
Baby Mama
Connie Ogle
Baby Mama is just amusing enough to provoke a few chuckles and just short enough to keep you from glancing at your watch 
2
Baby Mama
Amy Biancolli
The funny felicitous Baby Mama exploits every stage of pregnancy except the first No hanky panky to bump this plot in motion 
3
Baby Mama
Sara Michelle Fetters
While nothing stands out as being truly odious or unforgivable that really isn t saying much 
2.5
Baby Mama
Peter Howell
Baby Mama offers ample evidence that Fey and Poehler are more than ready for prime time screen gigs Let s hope they team again for a comedy that delivers all that it promises 
2.5
Baby Mama
Lisa Kennedy
The appealing Fey and nutty Poehler make sure Baby Mama dramas comes leavened with laughs 
2.5
Baby Mama
Josh Larsen
The picture is about a surrogate mother and in a sense Fey is asked to be the movie s surrogate 
3
Baby Mama
Bill Zwecker
One of the funniest movies to be released so far this year 
3.5
Baby Mama
Wesley Morris
The movie was written and directed by a man Michael McCullers But it cuts out the obligatory middleman and lets two women make us laugh often very hard 
3
Baby Mama
Christian Toto
Baby Mama lets Amy Poehler shine on the big screen The only question is why did Hollywood wait so long to give her a starring role 
3
Baby Mama
Peter Canavese
Likeable enough if you re in an undemanding mood But its toothless underachievement leaves one thinking this bun should ve spent longer in the oven 
2.5
Baby Mama
Frederica Mathewes-Green
I ve sat through enough laugh less comedies to be grateful when a movie entertains me even temporarily u2014but no one s going to call this film a classic 
2
Baby Mama
Liam Lacey
This new comedy is what you could call a surrogate comedy with familiar Saturday Night Live jokes implanted in a generic Baby Boom script 
2
Baby Mama
Willie Waffle
Fey and Poehler deliver more laughs than the last two Will Ferrell movies combined
4
Baby Mama
Jeff Vice
The only reason it works as well as it does or that it even works at all is because of its star former SNL head writer Tina Fey who s really turning into an endearing comic performer 
3
Baby Mama
Michael Phillips
Every moment of this project feels beat driven focus grouped and designed to package Fey as a viable movie star with great pins as one character takes pains to note to go with the breasts ditto This isn t writing it s advertising 
2
Baby Mama
Ken Fox
Writer director McCullers came up with a perfect scenario for Fey and Poehler a true comedy team who honed their chemistry over multiple seasons worth of Weekend Updates 
3
Baby Mama
Robert W. Butler
Most of the time Baby Mama relies on the string pulling of sitcom television 
2
Baby Mama
Carrie Rickey
Writer director McCullers takes all the loose plot strands and ties them in a neat knot and cuts it as an obstetrician might a newborn s umbilicus Still I left with a smile 
3
Baby Mama
Dustin Putman
There are a handful of solid laughs but there are more than a few duds in the mix One suspects that had Tina Fey penned the film herself it wouldn t have been half as conventional and plodding 
2
Baby Mama
Lawrence Toppman
The material stays conventional and superficial and writer director Michael McCullers has a flair for cutting scenes before they plunge toward too easy laughs Yet it s the chemistry between the stars that makes the film stand out in a drab spring 
3
Baby Mama
Joe Lozito
Paper thin comedy in which Tina Fey s OCD career woman hires Amy Poehler s ADD surrogate mother is worth seeing only for its seriously talented comedic leads 
2.5
Baby Mama
John Anderson
What may be the first real outsourcing comedy Baby Mama is like a pacifier floppy nourishment free and may even keep your teeth from growing in straight 
2
Baby Mama
James Berardinelli
There s nothing terribly wrong with Baby Mama but it s probably better suited for viewing on television where many of the participants cut their teeth This is small screen stuff masquerading as something bigger 
2.5
Baby Mama
Phil Villarreal
Fey and Poehler prove to be a movie force to be reckoned with reminiscent of David Spade and Chris Farley in Tommy Boy 
3
Baby Mama
Lou Lumenick
With virtually nothing in the way of visual or physical comedy there are more chuckles here than belly laughs and most of them are delivered by the supporting cast 
2.5
Baby Mama
Nick Schager
That the film also features SNL s Amy Poehler makes the proceedings crushing mediocrity that much more frustrating 
1.5
Die Hard
Brian Eggert
The gold standard for action filmmaking what action movie tropes Die Hard doesn t follow it reinvents or altogether originates and all of them have yet to be bettered 
4
Die Hard
Matt Brunson
Still the prototype of the modern action yarn its status was secured so rapidly that subsequent action romps were invariably described as Die Hard on a train plane bus zeppelin tricycle what have you 
3.5
Die Hard
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Exciting tense expertly edited and directed full of well constructed characters and lots of action Full review in Spanish 
4
Die Hard
Chris Chase
There are good performances from everyone in this long often funny very violent but exciting melodrama 
3
Die Hard
Dave Kehr
McTiernan who directed last summer s Predator composes the action cleanly and logically making good use of Jackson DeGovia s elaborate post modernist set the building becomes something of a character in itself 
3
Die Hard
David Nusair
remains one of the most entertaining and flat out thrilling examples of the action genre 
4
Die Hard
Scott Nash
Every so often a movie comes along whose concept sparks a flood of imitators Die Hard is such a movie 
4
Die Hard
Derek Smith
A landmark film that breathed life and originality into an area of cinema where only formulas were proven reliable 
4
Die Hard
Ted Prigge
an intelligent game of cat and mouse complete with some proposterous situations a lot of carnage some male bonding one strong woman lots and lots of one liners and it even has a villain coming back from the dead for one last kiss goodnight 
4
Die Hard
James Berardinelli
For what it is this is the top model flash bang and witty one liners all included 
4
Die Hard
Roger Ebert
Inappropriate and wrongheaded interruptions reveal the fragile nature of the plot and prevent it from working 
2
Driven
Nell Minow
Jason Sudeikis specializes in characters hiding canniness with slightly sleazy charm and so he is ideally cast as Hoffman 
2.5
Driven
Mark Dujsik
Driven tells the wrong side of the story but it s not too enlightening about that other side either 
2
Driven
Joey Magidson
This is actually quite a fair amount of fun due in no small part to the charms of Jason Sudeikis 
3
Driven
Johnny Oleksinski
Driven is a lot like a DeLorean Looks great but moves slow if it even moves at all 
2
Driven
Rosalie Kicks
If someone put their mind to it and wrote a killer script John DeLorean s story would make for one heck of a flick Unfortunately Driven isn t it 
2
Driven
David Nusair
The film s final stretch detailing a suspenseful sting operation ensures that Driven ends on a fairly compelling note 
2.5
Lost Boys: The Thirst
Federico Furzan
Shame on whoever thought of this Full review in Spanish 
0
Into the Woods
Brian Eggert
The film version doesn 8217 t feel as playful or revisionist as the stage musical 46 
2.5
Into the Woods
Michael Smith
Although the comedy works its detriments take away any heart that the film hoped to achieve leading to an ending that finds the characters uniting out of exasperation rather than any purpose 
2.5
Into the Woods
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I recommend it to some fans of the musicals but no one else Full review in Spanish 
3
Into the Woods
Josh Terry
More than anything else Into the Woods feels like a clever fairy tale for adults and yet another example of Disney s curious effort to subvert its own past 
3
Into the Woods
Lisa Jensen
Into the Woods is a savvy piece of moviemaking that delivers Sondheim s witty lyrics and intricate harmonies with style and clarity while considering timeless fairy tale themes in all their glamorous sinister glory 
3.5
Into the Woods
Wesley Lovell
It s the best Sondheim adaptation but that s not saying much 
3
Into the Woods
James Kendrick
some of the violence and in particular more explicitly sexualized aspects of the original production have been eliminated or softened although the overall tone remains decidedly dark and complicated
3
Into the Woods
Stephen Rebello
The movie may not deliver every Sondheim fanatic s hopes for a perfect cinematic Into the Woods but it makes for at least a respectable if not remarkable night at the movies 
3
Into the Woods
Mara Reinstein
A disclaimer Despite a dizzying and delightful first half the film ultimately devolves into a very grim fairy tale 
3
Into the Woods
John Beifuss
Walt Disney and Stephen Sondheim make unusual bedfellows despite a shared interest in folklore and fairy tales and other bedtime stories 
2.5
Into the Woods
David Keyes
Into the Woods sulks under a deadening series of moments in which characters sit around contemplating their fates with morose undertones often boring the audience to tears 
2.5
Into the Woods
Walter Chaw
Marshall would be a better fit for an Andrew Lloyd Webber adaptation I can t think of anything meaner than that to say about anyone 
0
Into the Woods
Sean P. Means
Sondheim and his collaborator James Lapine have to sacrifice a thing or two within the House of Mouse But their vision of children s stories reimagined for thinking adults remains gloriously intact 
3.5
Into the Woods
John Wirt
Blunt s Baker s Wife Streep s effects aided badness and underlying vulnerability as The Witch as well as a fleeting encounter with Depp s Wolf are the primary reasons to go into the woods 
2.5
Into the Woods
Chris Hewitt
I m a big fan of Stephen Sondheim so I suspect I m an unusually tough audience for Into the Woods but I liked it a lot 
3.5
Into the Woods
Thelma Adams
Stephen Sondheim s Into the Woods as directed by Rob Marshall from James Lapine s screenplay is movie musical bliss better than Marshall s Oscar winning Chicago and so much better than his miscast misbegotten Nine 
4
Into the Woods
Matt Brunson
The production looks handsome but Marshall s direction renders it all a bit stiff with no real passion behind the proceedings and the deficiencies in the original source material are present and actually amplified here 
2.5
Into the Woods
Ty Burr
Marshall s film captures enough of the emotions that course through this sneaky fairy tale about childish things like love sex grief insecurity abandonment and forbearance 
3
Into the Woods
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The emphasis is on sheer overwhelming size color and spectacle The music and dancing blasts from the screen like an assault The plot and acting are frantic and oversized 
2
Into the Woods
Steven Rea
A jolly mash up of symbol laden signature once upon a time tales about lust envy greed and misguided pursuits of happiness 
3
Into the Woods
Linda Cook
It doesn t pack nearly as much of a wallop as Chicago or Les Miserables 
2
Into the Woods
Scott Nash
Entertaining but ultimately unsatisfying adaptation of the Sondheim musical 
2.5
Into the Woods
Anders Wright
The film is in some ways more accessible than the stage version which will make it easier for parents to bring their kids even if some of the darkness of Sondheim s original work is brightened in translation 
3
Into the Woods
Joe Williams
Into the Woods could have taken a well worn path toward stagey sentiments but those who worried that Hollywood might drain the enchantment from the Enchanted Forest can live happily after 
3
Into the Woods
Stephen Whitty
Rob Marshall who previously shepherded a glossy if slightly diluted version of Chicago to the screen does a decent job transferring the material 
3
Into the Woods
Jon Niccum
Sondheim s angular interval hopping material feels like one continuous song interrupted by dialogue The cast often seems to be talking over a musical score rather than singing 
2
Into the Woods
Peter Canavese
Mutlilayered Though any film adaptation of a classic musical is bound to be a mixed bag Sondheim fans have dodged another bullet here with this impressive transplant one that retains the play s complicated moral character along with most of its music 
3.5
Into the Woods
Mark Dujsik
The central problem of the movie is one of redundancy 
2
Into the Woods
Susan Wloszczyna
If nothing else Into the Woods will provide edifying sustenance for holiday crowds desperate to find a fitting movie to share with their family after the gift opening and feasting is over 
3.5
Into the Woods
Linda Barnard
A mixed bag of clever twists on familiar storybook myths engaging performances and forgettable songs 
2.5
Into the Woods
Perry Seibert
Into the Woods is a grandly satisfying experience one rooted in old fashioned storytelling peerless songcraft and a genuine respect for the viewer s intelligence 
4
Into the Woods
Lou Lumenick
Into the Woods thankfully retains most of its wit and bite and showcases two of the year s very best female performances from Streep and Blunt 
3.5
Into the Woods
Willie Waffle
An amazing fun fantastic hilarious movie for the first two thirds of the film 
2.5
Into the Woods
Moira MacDonald
Does it work as a movie Thanks to a few cast members the answer is yes and for the most part quite nicely 
3
Into the Woods
Christine Dolen
For anyone who can appreciate the darker side of fairy tales told in a musical with depth and nuance Into the Woods is a journey worth taking 
3.5
Into the Woods
Rafer Guzman
A capable cast and some very fine songs but parents should take note of the dark themes This Disney movie ain t kid stuff 
3
Into the Woods
Dann Gire
Marshall aided by James Lapine adapting from his Broadway book reinvents Into the Woods as a zesty cinematic experience 
3
Into the Woods
Brad Wheeler
What is celebrated is the art of storytelling and the bedazzling attraction of a killer cast uninhibited acting giddy escapism attractive visuals and an extroverted score 
3
Into the Woods
Stephanie Merry
Some of the musical s superfans will feel shortchanged by the movie no matter what but you have to give credit where it s due The adaptation is pretty faithful to the original for better and worse 
2.5
Into the Woods
Robert Levin
It s a filmmaker and by extension an entire studio smartly and vividly understanding that genius need only be translated to a different medium not tampered with 
3
Into the Woods
Mick LaSalle
With archness and irony Into the Woods goes deeper into the fairy stories allowing us to see familiar archetypes in new and not so flattering ways 
3
Into the Woods
Peter Travers
Yes the sets and costumes elicit swoons but it s the peerless Sondheim score however truncated that makes this Woods a prime destination 
2.5
Into the Woods
John Serba
Once upon a time I yawned 
2.5
Into the Woods
Jeff Beck
Fans are sure to be pleased by what Marshall and screenwriter James Lapine have done here If anything my similar reaction to the musical and the film just goes to show how great a job they ve done in bringing it from the stage to the screen 
3
Into the Woods
James Berardinelli
Into the Woods left me out in the cold 
2.5
Into the Woods
Lindsey Bahr
It s hard not to get swept up in the grand production of it all 
2.5
Into the Woods
Josh Larsen
musical numbers that veer toward the operatic then turgid 
2
Into the Woods
Claudia Puig
With its ominous gnarled trees and enchanted look Into the Woods is a place worth exploring 
2.5
Into the Woods
Michael Phillips
For years composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim s 1987 fairy tale mashup written with librettist James Lapine has hacked its way through the thicket of Hollywood development And the movie now before us Here s a relief It s good 
3
Into the Woods
Matt Pais
Falls off the stage 
1.5
Into the Woods
Dustin Putman
Dark and heavenly sardonic and touching the film melodically navigates its every narrative turn and tonal shift with the same grace afforded to its gloriously shrewd music and lyrics 
3.5
Into the Woods
Roger Moore
Gorgeously mounted well cast and beautifully sung but cutting it down has robbed the musical of much of its heart
2.5
Into the Woods
Kent Turner
Emily Blunt s the heartbeat of the film providing it with its most winning and empathetic performance She s the film s most valuable player 
3
Into the Woods
R. Kurt Osenlund
This PG rated romp is refreshingly less notable for its happily ever afters than its oh no they didn ts 
2.5
Into the Woods
Clayton Davis
The first hour of James Lapine s adaptation is so wholesomely fulfilling When the story takes a sudden yet awkward shift into serious and more adult territory this Disney produced spectacle struggles to find its footing 
3
Into the Woods
Karen D'Souza
This movie always seems to distance itself from that existential truth that was at the core of Sondheim s original 
2.5
Into the Woods
Mike McGranaghan
Entertaining and far funnier than I expected although when Johnny Depp is the most subtle thing in your movie you know you ve gone a little too far over the top 
3
Grace of Monaco
Brian Eggert
Dahan 8217 s showy direction that overstates every scene 59 he tries to compensate for an emotionally inert drama with style and instead underscores how affectless the whole thing manages to be 46 
2
West
Nick Prigge
Christian Schwochow s film is a tense psychological slow burn putting us in the muddled headspace of its protagonist as she gradually comes unglued 
3
Under the Riccione Sun
Roger Moore
It s not bad enough to hate and the worst you can say about Riccione is that it s just a big tease 
1.5
Brothers at War
Sonny Bunch
Combining footage from the home front and the front lines Brothers at War is the first comprehensive examination of life in Iraq through the eyes of a soldier and his loved ones 
3
Brothers at War
Kyle Smith
Brothers at War would be interesting enough if it merely observed soldiers in their element as they chill behind friendly lines but this documentary which begins at a low key gradually becomes intense and psychologically complicated 
3
Brothers at War
Roger Ebert
Brothers at War is an honest on the ground documentary about the lives of Americans fighting there 
3
Born for Hell
Matt Brunson
Competently filmed but one note 
1.5
Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Glenn Whipp
Any film that doesn t even in passing mention political prisoners poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss 
2
Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Liam Lacey
Has the kitsch appeal of a farm implement on a restaurant wall or an Andy Warhol Mao poster Interesting but not for its original purpose 
2.5
Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Janice Page
Audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the Castro regime in less than saintly tones 
2
Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Jan Stuart
Ninety minutes of Viva Castro can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms anti Castro rhetoric which are included
2.5
Outcast
Glenn Kenny
The status of actor Nicolas Cage s career has now definitively shifted from its entertainingly eccentric phase into its genuinely befuddling and perhaps sad phase 
1
Outcast
Brad Wheeler
A China set 12th century action drama that cuts with the blatancy of a broadsword 
2
Outcast
Chris Knight
If there s any fun to be found in this dark tale it s the rare scenes of Cage and Christensen trying to out ham each other 
1.5
Outcast
Peter Howell
Stunt man Nicholas Powell helms his directing debut showing little regard for characters or story 
1.5
Outcast
Roger Moore
What happens when stunt coordinators direct
1.5
Roads in February
Stephen Rodrick
Roads in February will occasionally make you want more an extra line of dialogue maybe one broken plate But in the end when Magda and Sarita reach an emotional communion over their shared loss you will be glad that Jerkovic left the spaces open 
3.5
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Eric Melin
By its nature this latest Pee wee film retreads some of the same material though in the most respectful way That said it does the best possible job rekindling the spirit that made Pee wee s Big Adventure a timeless delight 
3
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
John Serba
I laughed long and hard at Pee wee s corny puns and throwback sensibilities a satirical reflection of times when innuendo wasn t always intentional but was all the funnier for it 
3
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Josh Larsen
Manages to get the most important thing right Pee Wee s childishly anarchic delight in all things silly and stupid
3.5
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Stephen Whitty
It s like one of the so so Muppets movies where you re happy to see the characters back on screen again yet slightly impatient that they ve forgotten to bring enough jokes 
2.5
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Roger Moore
Not much to it but if you want to love it you will 
2
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Richard Roeper
Pee wee is still a startling and original and strangely endearing creation He just deserved a funnier more intriguing holiday 
2
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
David Wiegand
After all these years his and ours Pee wee Herman is still a Peter Pan who can lead us back to innocence with a corny joke or a childish jape 
3
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Nick Allen
Aside from being as funny as it is elementary it will remind you of how this masterpiece character transcends age and instill hope that he ll have more adventures before he can no longer leave his playhouse 
3
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Brian Truitt
Pee wee Herman may still look good in his ill fitting suit but more than 30 years after first hitting the big screen his antics haven t aged well 
2
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Dann Gire
Lee and Pee wee hit enough comic notes and tread so lightly on the innocently sexless relationships that we want to do the Big Shoe Dance one more time 
3
The Last Mountain
Mattie Lucas
It s a refreshing approach to documentary filmmaking whose even tempered presentation might actually create real change 
3
The Last Mountain
Jay Antani
trenchant impassioned
3.5
The Last Mountain
Rob Thomas
You can t look at those manmade scars and not feel your blood boil and that anger flows throughout Bill Haney s fiery documentary The Last Mountain 
3
The Last Mountain
Jennie Punter
A thoughtful and elegantly made documentary 
3
The Last Mountain
Bruce DeMara
The picture is as grim as the wasteland that remains after the mountain top removal process undertaken by coal companies to reveal the rich seams of coals that lie underneath 
3
The Last Mountain
Chris Hewitt
Haney glides past the drama in the stories of those people 
2
The Last Mountain
Paul de Barros
The film presents a devastatingly airtight dramatic argument 
4
The Last Mountain
Wesley Morris
The coal industry s tactics are appalling But to a lesser extent so is this 
2.5
The Last Mountain
Roger Ebert
A film like The Last Mountain fills me with restless anger 
3
The Last Mountain
Peter Keough
As Bill Haney s infuriating straightforward documentary argues the coal industry is not only poisoning our air and water but our democracy as well 
3
The Last Mountain
Steven Rea
The Last Mountain will make you very very angry 
3.5
The Last Mountain
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not so much even handed as open minded this forceful and impacting documentary is as much an indictment of how energy is produced in the Unite States as Inside Job was in how it eviscerated Wall Street 
3
The Last Mountain
Robert Levin
It s an impassioned cry of disgust a fervent plea to wake us up to a grand injustice 
3
The Last Mountain
Kyle Smith
When the film suggests that wind farms atop the mountains are the answer while backing higher taxes on such energy which is more expensive than coal in the first place it demonstrates its lack of interest in market reality 
1.5
The Last Mountain
Stephanie Merry
The film does a good job of breaking down the complex interplay among politics coal and environmentalists including how and why the Clean Water Act has become more lax in recent years 
2.5
The Last Mountain
Andrew Schenker
Outlining its case and looking toward the future The Last Mountain fulfills its mandate even if it indulges in a bit too much RFK Jr veneration along the way 
2.5
Patang
Mike McGranaghan
Despite an occasional lack of narrative clarity Patang has enough visual elegance and observant family dynamics to make it worth seeing 
3
Patang
Mick LaSalle
The story falls flat and the impressionistic style snippets of conversation extreme close ups jittery handheld camera work loses appeal after the first half hour 
2
Patang
Guy Dixon
Using a documentary like style the film is India as if captured by Instagram 
3.5
Patang
Josh Larsen
The characters remain faces on a brochure 
2
Patang
Roger Ebert
This film is joyous but more than that It s lovely in its construction 
4
Patang
Andrew Schenker
Far more concerned with indulging a slightly less glossy Slumdog Millionaire like aesthetic than dealing with the frayed relationships of its characters 
1.5
Shadow Company
Maureen M. Hart
Shadow Company provides a pretty thorough examination of the unknown soldiers doing a lot of the heavy lifting there outside the conventional rules of warfare 
3.5
Shadow Company
Bill Stamets
Drawing a line between official and unofficial forces is irrelevant since both are paid with our taxes Shadow Company throws light on that bottom line in the war on terror 
3
Shadow Company
Mick LaSalle
The movie presents a balanced view showing both the moral challenges and tactical advantages of using professional soldiers 
3.5
Hungry Hearts
Chris Knight
Driver whose roles have tended toward the comedic is a revelation here consistently underplaying his role as beleaguered husband and father while the movie slowly pulls him and us toward its shocking conclusion 
3.5
Hungry Hearts
Glenn Kenny
A better name for this movie would maybe be The Ghastly Ones 
1
Hungry Hearts
Manori Ravindran
A robust thriller with a questionable although intriguing commentary on motherhood and mental illness 
3
Hungry Hearts
Linda Barnard
It takes Jude far too long to finally admit what Mina is doing to their child as Hungry Hearts heads toward a contrived conclusion 
2.5
Hungry Hearts
Luke Goodsell
the resulting film is unfocused but sometimes unnerving an uneasy fusion of realism and intimations of the supernatural that never fully takes hold 
2.5
Hungry Hearts
Kyle Smith
Beginning as an adorable romcom Hungry Hearts morphs into a disturbing but not particularly illuminating story of mental illness 
2
Hungry Hearts
Rex Reed
Whatever else you think you ll have to admit you have never before seen anything quite like this one 
3
Hungry Hearts
Chuck Bowen
Adam Driver s characteristically exceptional though Saverio Costanzo admittedly serves the film to him on a platter as he s the only element in the film to which one can positively respond 
1.5
Hungry Hearts
David Nusair
a sporadically potent examination of a volatile relationship 
3
Hungry Hearts
Kent Turner
This is not a passive viewing experience viewers might be exasperated by Mina s behavior but they ll never be bored 
2.5
Wiener-Dog
Federico Furzan
Uncomfortable but endearing Solondz does his best at trying to be normal Full review in Spanish 
3
Wiener-Dog
Christopher James
Todd Solondz classified the film as a comedy about despair No one could have summed up the film in such an apt manner 
3
Wiener-Dog
Brad Keefe
If you are into Solondz the hits outweigh the misses stay for the year s greatest intermission Just know that there s dark and there s Solondz dark particular warning if you are a dog lover and think this looks cute 
3
Wiener-Dog
Rob Thomas
The dog almost looks like he could be a Solondz character waddling along on ridiculous little legs with a strangely dignified expression on his face 
2.5
Wiener-Dog
Matt Pais
Solondz remains a ruthless cynical necessary analyst of follies that maybe only seem obvious when we see other people doing them 
3
Wiener-Dog
David Nusair
yet another misfire from a filmmaker who prizes shock value over authenticity and genuine emotion 
1.5
Wiener-Dog
Mike Doherty
The seemingly odious characters have redeeming qualities etched out by nuanced acting 
3.5
Wiener-Dog
Barry Hertz
It s heavy material but Solondz shapes it all into an epic joke about the folly of living a good life 
3
Wiener-Dog
Mark Sommer
The most unsung and in some ways disappointing character is the dachshund 
1
Wiener-Dog
Peter Howell
Sic transit gloria mundi for the beleaguered title pooch of Todd Solondz s latest societal eyeballing which leashes a dog s life to human absurdity 
2.5
Wiener-Dog
Calvin Wilson
At a time when even niche films are virtually scrubbed clean of any traces of eccentricity Solondz s downbeat vision of humanity is downright refreshing 
3.5
Wiener-Dog
Robert Horton
For all his grimace worthy view of humankind Solondz is an eagle eyed observer and I think this is his best movie in years Without him the art of the feel bad movie wouldn t be the same 
3
Wiener-Dog
Tirdad Derakhshani
Viewers wary of the director s reputation as a savage satirist will be pleasantly surprised by the deeply felt humanism in Weiner Dog 
3.5
Wiener-Dog
Tom Meek
The actors echo the effort with great heart and the result is both touching and acrid 
3
Wiener-Dog
Stephanie Merry
You wouldn t exactly call the movie a thrill but it s curiously engrossing all the same 
2.5
Wiener-Dog
Peter Keough
As he gets older Todd Solondz outgrows the cheap shocks and easy nihilism and stumbles toward a mellow misanthropy 
3
Wiener-Dog
John Hartl
The casting was spot on in Dollhouse here it seems haphazard 
2
Wiener-Dog
Rafer Guzman
The bitter humor of director Todd Solondz has never been for all tastes and this may be his bitterest yet Painfully lethally funny 
3
Wiener-Dog
David Lewis
At the end of the day Wiener Dog seems to be saying that life is mundane then you die It s not the stuff of Hallmark cards but Solondz has a way of making it palatable 
3
Wiener-Dog
Sheila O'Malley
One of Solondz s sharpest visions of futility 
3.5
Wiener-Dog
Stephen Whitty
Frankly I started the film with a feeling of dread I left it feeling drained just wanting to go home draw the blinds and hug my own pet 
3
Wiener-Dog
Peter Travers
This Todd Solondz tale of a dachsund and the humans who neglect him is the same meal of misery the filmmaker has been dishing out for years Only a few glints remain of Solondz s satiric grit and grace 
2
Wiener-Dog
Rex Reed
I guess Solondz wants to show the pain and detritus of human experience but with satirical pokes at American life in particular The results are more unnerving than humorous 
2
Wiener-Dog
Clayton Dillard
The film s back half nearly goes completely astray with two segments featuring unimaginative characterizations and tepid mean spirited scenarios 
2
Wiener-Dog
Scott Renshaw
Delivers just enough pitch black humor to sweeten the despair 
3
Wiener-Dog
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 An alternately tender blunt and acridly satiric meditation on the process of life and death in all its natural bitter forms 
3
Santa's Slay
David Nusair
Goldberg delivers an appropriately tongue in cheek performance imbuing his Santa Claus with a nice balance of malevolence and sleaziness 
2.5
Space Jam
David Gonzalez
On November 15 44 1996 44 not much could top Space Jam in my eyes 46 20 years later 44 on November 15 44 2016 44 Space Jam has become nothing more than a nostalgic guilty pleasure and thats not always a bad thing 46 
2
Space Jam
Matt Brunson
This disappointment amounts to the most expensive piece of fan mail ever produced 
1.5
Space Jam
Peter Canavese
Based on a sneaker commercial it s aliens vs earthlings on the basketball court Bill Murray makes it watchable 4K HD Warner Home Video blu ray review 
2
Space Jam
Dennis King
The animation is eye popping And the co mingling of toons and people is dazzling 
3
Space Jam
Chris Kridler
Jam gets two stars for amiability and sporadic humor with the proviso that it s worth at least three stars for 5 year olds who will love it 
2
Space Jam
Michael Wilmington
Its timing is blessed Its audience is guaranteed Its technique is spectacular And it has two co superstars almost universally admired and liked 
3
Space Jam
Gene Siskel
Space Jam is at times a hoot especially when it has fun with Michael s less than stellar baseball career 
3.5
Space Jam
Jami Bernard
It s about time Warner Bros revived Bugs He was the most irreverent intelligent sophisticated and appealing cartoon character ever to defy gravity 
3
Space Jam
David Nusair
A silly forgettable comedy 
2
Space Jam
Peter Canavese
If you weren t a kid when you first saw Space Jam you re a lot less likely to find it palatable Blu ray 
2
Space Jam
Judith Egerton
Space Jam isn t exactly a slam dunk It s more of a graceful tip in by Michael Jordan with a snazzy assist by Bugs Bunny 
3
Space Jam
Robert Roten
It s a good effort but not up to the level of the best Disney cartoon feature 
2
Space Jam
Margaret A. McGurk
Technical spectacle amounts do nothing without a good story 
2.5
Space Jam
Marty Mapes
This movie has all the wit of the original Warner Brothers Cartoons and a few updated jabs at modern society 
2.5
Space Jam
Peter Stack
It s the first time either Jordan or Bugs has had a starring role on the big screen It s gimmicky Saturday morning cartoon wackiness in your face funny but brain deadening 
2
Space Jam
James Kendrick
The negatives in this film far outweigh any of the positives 
1.5
Space Jam
Joe Baltake
A weirdly entertaining little curiosity 
3
Space Jam
Roger Ebert
It s an inspired way to use and kid Jordan s image while at the same time updating Bugs Bunny Company to doing battle in the multizillion dollar animation sweepstakes 
3.5
Space Jam
Gregory Lewis
What delights is the interaction between Jordan and our favorite cartoon characters Appearances by Larry Bird and Bill Murray add nice touches too 
3
Space Jam
James Berardinelli
This movie which could just as easily be called The Michael Jordan Worship Show plays like a 90 minute homage to His Airness selling his every virtue 
2.5
Space Jam
Susan Stark
A delightfully silly film about a high stakes game of hoops against alien bugs 
3
Space Jam
Mike Clark
The movie s undermining flaw is its lack of screen magic and first rate cartoon gags that Who Framed Roger Rabbit had throughout 
2.5
Space Jam
Chris Hicks
Why do we have to have jokes about spitting and flatulence and other vulgarisms in a movie aimed at children 
2.5
Space Jam
Steve Rhodes
I think the show is good fun and I believe your family will too 
3
Butterfly
Michael Dequina
Elegant and astonishing in its powerful simplicity 
3.5
Butterfly
Roger Ebert
Because the film marches so inexorably toward its conclusion it would be unfair to hint at what happens except to say that it provides a heartbreaking insight into the way that fear creates cowards 
3
Butterfly
David N. Butterworth
Jos Luis Cuerda s film is filled with easy metaphors as subtle and delicate as a butterfly s wing 
3
We Go Way Back
Chuck Bowen
We Go Way Back is another tale of a twentysomething struggling to get a grip on their life 
2
We Go Way Back
John Hartl
Depression is the subject of the locally produced We Go Way Back yet the movie works best as a backstage comedy in the tradition of Waiting for Guffman 
2.5
A World Without
Roger Moore
An Indonesian social satire that almost comes off 
2
Glitch in the Grid
Glenn Heath Jr.
An inadvertent and off putting picture of modern day slackerdom that says more about the filmmakers than the world at large 
0
Pretty Poison
Bill Weber
Showing its social jaundice between grotty bursts of violence this acidly comic late 60s noir lets Tuesday Weld s teen queen with a taste for mayhem out psycho Anthony Perkins 
3
Rust and Bone
Brian Eggert
Audiard seeks to invest his audience on a physical and emotional level not through narrative realism but through a sensuous drama that mines the intimacy of its characters 
4
Rust and Bone
Kelly Jane Torrance
Though Rust and Bone hovers on the edge of melodrama it eventually navigates the dangers to become a touching authentic film 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Eric Melin
Rust and Bone is a tough emotionally raw movie but its not a difficult watch and its a very skillfully rendered piece of neo realism 
3
Rust and Bone
Kam Williams
A Salt of the Earth saga plumbing the depths of the human soul 
4
Rust and Bone
John Beifuss
In Rust and Bone Marion Cotillard loses both legs but retains her hotness This might seem like an inappropriate observation but it s very much to the point of this very physical French romance of redemptive suffering from director Jacques Audiard 
2.5
Rust and Bone
Bob Bloom
The strength of director Jacques Audiard s film is that he refuses to elicit pity from the audience for his protagonists 
3
Rust and Bone
Matt Brunson
Like a carnival barker or presidential candidate Rust and Bone promises far more than it delivers 
2
Rust and Bone
Duane Dudek
Audiard juxtaposes Schoenaerts physicality with Cotillard s disability and explores their mutual vulnerability in haunting and suggestive fashion 
3
Rust and Bone
Peter Canavese
Has significant blemishes that don t quite come out in the wash but the picture persists on the strength of its committed performances 
3
Rust and Bone
Connie Ogle
The movie wanders off course in the final act as if none of its three screenwriters could quite figure out how to end it 
2.5
Rust and Bone
Calvin Wilson
Rust and Bone has heart and soul 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Moira MacDonald
Rust and Bone seems to wander unexpectedly into its heart it feels organic in its casual unfolding like life itself 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Rafer Guzman
You couldn t ask for a more random relationship but Rust and Bone slowly almost magically gives it meaning symbolism even a kind of symmetry 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Roger Moore
Interesting but emotionally and dramatically flat
2.5
Rust and Bone
James Berardinelli
When Rust and Bone tells a story of a woman s recovery from a devastating injury it hits all the right notes traveling a path that is poignant without being mawkish and triumphant without being saccharine 
3
Rust and Bone
Lisa Kennedy
For all its willful melodrama Rust and Bone takes its characters and us someplace touching and hard fought 
3
Rust and Bone
Rick Groen
By turns brutal and tender Rust and Bone is a bullet train of heightened melodrama that refuses to derail 
3
Rust and Bone
Ann Hornaday
A movie that defies categorization slips convenient genre boundaries and leaves viewers feeling haunted and inspired in equal measure 
4
Rust and Bone
Mark Dujsik
Rust and Bone concerns the relationship between a wholly unsympathetic man and a woman whose strange attachment to him does not garner much sympathy for her either 
2
Rust and Bone
Dustin Putman
Positions the wrong person as the lead protagonist The film lays its heart on the line but its focal point is off 
2
Rust and Bone
Mick LaSalle
Rust and Bone is a tough movie about tough people for a tough audience So prepare to get roughed up a little 
3
Rust and Bone
Ty Burr
The leads save it particularly Cotillard who once again subverts her own glamour with ferocious lack of ego 
3
Rust and Bone
Chris Hewitt
Getting to know Alain and Stephanie feels a lot like getting to know anyone We re constantly being surprised by their behavior and yet somehow all of it fits 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Steven Rea
Audiard who made the uncompromising prison saga A Prophet is like a gritty realist Douglas Sirk throwing his characters into whirlwind scenarios that are filled with big emotions and fateful turns of events 
4
Rust and Bone
Matt Pais
Reminds that a movie can be gripping and still not quite work 
2.5
Rust and Bone
Linda Barnard
An unusual and unsettling love story Rust and Bone shows once again that Oscar winning French actress Marion Cotillard is as close to perfect as any female has ever been onscreen 
4
Rust and Bone
Peter Keough
Cotillard s performance is a match for the histrionics but Rust and Bone still could cut a lot of fat 
2.5
Rust and Bone
Claudia Puig
The story grows inert hindered by Schoenaerts expressionless performance 
2.5
Rust and Bone
Stephen Whitty
Rethinking what we thought we knew about love about sex about disability is what Rust and Bone is about Be careful the film warns us we may know less about those things than we think 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Kyle Smith
If you hired Albert Camus to write Rocky it might come out something like Rust and Bone a quintessentially French effort to combine pugilism and sentimentality 
2
Rust and Bone
Robert Levin
What sounds like a movie of the week formula plays much more convincingly thanks to assured direction and powerful performances 
3.5
Rust and Bone
Christy Lemire
These are people who never would have connected under ordinary circumstances they end up needing each other desperately Only in the movies 
3
Rust and Bone
Erik Childress
If the name Nicholas Sparks was within fifty feet of it it would be laughed out of the theater sight nearly unseen 
1.5
Rust and Bone
Jesse Cataldo
It runs a complicated bait and switch on its audience passing ostensible exploitation fodder through a high toned prestige filter 
2.5
Rust and Bone
David Nusair
a solid little drama that falls just short of greatness 
3
Rust and Bone
Sean O'Connell
By the end Rust cast a spell over me but man did it take nearly the entire length of the film for me to figure out what it was trying to do 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Mattie Lucas
Frightening disheartening rousing inspiring and scattershot in equal measure 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Khari J. Sampson
It has become cliche to call Trumpism a new brand of fascism Still Fahrenheit 11 9 is a potentially instructive piece of filmmaking And because he s good at his craft Moore s argument is persuasive 
2.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Joey Magidson
It s a downer but also an apt look at where we are in 2018 
3.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
James Kendrick
a bit shaggy at times although it is certainly Moore s best work in years
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Lisa Jensen
This is a scorching portrait of a nation on the brink of utter chaos that challenges even Moore s patented brand of raging absurdist humor That Moore manages to identify thin rays of hope is sort of miraculous 
3.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Peter Canavese
A dire accounting of the corruption of the Republican Party the sell out centrism of the Democratic Party and the victimization of working class Americans and an urgent call to action 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Rex Reed
It might not be Michael Moore s most cogent film but Fahrenheit 11 9 is the inspired work of a true American purist a cautionary warning about how to end a dictatorship and return America to the dream of patriotism 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
David Nusair
An exceedingly hit and miss effort 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
James Berardinelli
While there are a few moments in the movie that can be said to be Moore at his best the production as a whole may be Moore at his worst 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
Kent Turner
Nowadays Moore has a lot of competition The best time to see this film is before the news cycle changes which could be any minute now 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
Robert Levin
The Flint scenes are the movie s best and most affecting Moore frames his hometown as a representation of America as a whole exploited stricken by chaos and despair and on the brink of collapse but filled with people who simply won t stop trying 
3.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Walter V. Addiego
Less partisan viewers may find the film quite long and not a lot more than a rehash of Moore s political obsessions If you know his earlier work you ll find no surprises here 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone expecting Fahrenheit 11 9 to be a two hour Trump bash a thon will be surprised Moore is just as hard if not harder on the entire Democratic party This is one of the most important and politically astute films of our time 
4
Fahrenheit 11/9
Christian Toto
Fake News on steroids
.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Roger Moore
Worth catching if only for Moore s blunt rejection of Obama nostalgia 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Mark Dujsik
The unfocused Fahrenheit 11 9 mostly tells us that things are bad and could get worse which seems unnecessary at this point 
2.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Richard Roeper
Moore hasn t lost his fire or his touch for poking us in our collective consciousness and consciences to say WAKE UP 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Peter Howell
A movie that begins as a lament about Trump ends with hope for the future but only Moore persuasively insists if citizens everywhere pay attention and get involved 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Messy and rambling as certain parts remain Fahrenheit 11 9emerges by the end as a searing warning cry to be heeded at all costs 
3.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Sean P. Means
Moore still has confidence that the American people will pull the country from the brink and Fahrenheit 11 9 is his rallying cry for them to take action at the ballot box this November 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Michael O'Sullivan
Fahrenheit 11 9 painstakingly pivots from a movie that seems to be working overtime to depress us to a movie that means to inspire us 
2.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Rafer Guzman
A short review of Moore s film could consist of three words We knew that 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
Mark Feeney
The movie s a dynamic mess and the dynamism makes the messiness feel that much messier 
1.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Josh Bell
Anybody following Moore online over the last couple of years could probably have compiled most of this movie themselves 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
Gary Thompson
One theme emerges strongly the rank and file have a drive sometimes missing from cautious party and labor leadership 
2.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Dwight Brown
Moore our canary in the coalmine is turning into a curmudgeon laureate The most poignant and shocking part of his doc is the light he shines on Flint and its tragic circumstance Informative sobering and enlightening 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Walter Chaw
Fahrenheit 11 9 is gold when it s shaming the Left I wish he d spent more time doing that 
2
Fahrenheit 11/9
Jake Cole
Fahrenheit 11 9 represents a sincerely bold attempt to capture the overwhelming civic decay that led to our current political crisis but Michel Moore s circus showman duplicity is as crass and abhorrently self promoting as that of Donald Trump 
1.5
Fahrenheit 11/9
Simon Houpt
It doesn t all hang together but its furious ramshackle energy does the job and maybe that s all that matters 
3
Fahrenheit 11/9
Brian Tallerico
Fahrenheit 11 9 is ultimately Moore s best film in years because its message is really simple and nonpartisan get mad about something and do something about it 
3
Out of Iraq
Christopher James
Nayyef and Btoo s story is engrossing both as they are falling in love and when they are struggling to be reunited 
3
Fire Down Below
David Nusair
a mostly watchable thriller that s elevated considerably by Seagal s engaging and surprisingly charismatic turn 
2.5
Fire Down Below
Judith Egerton
Fire Down Below is an action film that s deadly slow and stupid like most of the mountain people portrayed in the film 
1
Fire Down Below
Madeleine Williams
Seagal s action scenes are so one sided that nobody in the film ever lays a finger on him It gets boring 
1
Fire Down Below
James Berardinelli
By the book stuff but that s what s expected whenever the name Steven Seagal tops the marquee 
1.5
Fire Down Below
Mick LaSalle
There are movies that you know can t be any good so they d better be great Fire Down Below achieves that grand level of absurdity 
2
Shattered Image
Michael Dequina
Fails to keep the storylines from following some all too predictable paces 
2.5
Shattered Image
David N. Butterworth
The biggest piece of hooey since the thrill less Stallone Stone thriller The Specialist 
0
Significant Other
Randy Myers
Never overstays its welcome and builds up to its shocks by having us get to know Harry and Ruth before it turns the tables on the audience 
3
Significant Other
David Nusair
46 46 46 a stirring piece of work 46 46 46 
3.5
Significant Other
Kevin Carr
The less you know 44 the better 46 This is a clever spin on isolated horror 46 
3.5
Significant Other
Mike McGranaghan
Significant Other might just be the craziest movie of the year 46 
3
Significant Other
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t apos s 46 46 46 important to note how capable Berk and Olsen are in keeping those surprises coming 46 46 46 and finding different ways to approach the results 46 
3
Significant Other
Roger Moore
8220 Nothing scary about it 8221 about covers it 46 
1.5
Werckmeister Harmonies
Josh Larsen
Fantasztikus 
3.5
Werckmeister Harmonies
David Sterritt
This is as challenging as movies come alluding to everything from philosopher Thomas Hobbes to the history of Western music But compared with Tarr s legendary Stantngo it s almost a quickie 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Roger Ebert
Bela Tarr s style seems to be an attempt to regard his characters with great intensity and respect to observe them without jostling them to follow unobtrusively as they move through their worlds which look so ordinary and are so awesome like ours 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Marty Mapes
Limited appeal a slow pace a demanding film but as interesting a work of art as the best of films
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Jeremy Heilman
A more accessible less successful if less rambling work than Tarr s Satantango 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I haven t seen any other Tarr films but Werckmeister Harmonies alone convinces me that he s one of today s great film artists 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Michael Wilmington
An unabashed art film of real daring and power 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
V.A. Musetto
Rudolph is superb as the film s taciturn protagonist 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Ed Gonzalez
Tarr s precise yet effortless command for the long take is so transcendent it suggests the presence of God 
4
Werckmeister Harmonies
Ken Fox
Presents a terrifying vision of a world set adrift from any sense of order and all sense of security 
4
Late Night Shopping
Ian Mantgani
Sad and forced delivered in embarrassingly stiff and phoney tones 
1
Water for Elephants
Mattie Lucas
It s a grand naturally cinematic story but despite a sumptuous production it just doesn t live up to its full potential 
2
Water for Elephants
Roger Moore
Whatever romance Gruen summoned forth from this rough and tumble world of show people living by their own laws in a traveling self contained world of poverty and cruelty director Francis Lawrence has hacked and ground it off 
2
Water for Elephants
Jeff Beck
Water for Elephants is a surprisingly good film that once again shows that first impressions aren t everything 
3
Water for Elephants
Michael Dequina
Effectively hits the right emotional beats with crucially the right amount of restraint 
3
Water for Elephants
Eric Melin
It plays like a book with half of its pages ripped out It moves quickly enough but it s never convincing and the actors never get much to chew on The end result isn t really a whirlwind romance it s more like a tumbleweed 
2
Water for Elephants
Wesley Lovell
It s a gorgeous film to look at but far too cliched and limitedly acted to be much better than average 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Glenn Heath Jr.
Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and Water for Elephants finds immense pleasure in juxtaposing extreme dimensionality with budding emotion 
2
Water for Elephants
Glenn Lovell
sometimes feels like a big top Titanic Standing in for those treacherous icebergs Unhappy roustabouts a couple of toothless lions and a temperamental pachyderm named Rosie 
2
Water for Elephants
John Beifuss
An engrossing old fashioned romantic triangle motion picture with appeal for both men and women in other words the type of movie that used to be a Hollywood staple 
3
Water for Elephants
Sara Michelle Fetters
But as things trudge along the movie becomes sadly less and less interesting Lawrence more apt to be engrossed in creating beautiful picture postcard images then he is in trying to ground the core dramatics into anything real 
2
Water for Elephants
Lori Hoffman
It is the elephant that provides that special spark and helps keep Water For Elephants afloat when the romance is doing an awkward belly flop 
2
Water for Elephants
Tom Meek
Lawrence brings some authenticity to the mini epic but succumbs to its sentimentality 
2.5
Water for Elephants
James Kendrick
leaves no room for irony or cynicism or thematic depth and instead resolves itself to warm hues of sentimentality romance and comfortably wrought eccentricity
2.5
Water for Elephants
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Water for Elephants reminds us that there is something deeply true about the world under the Big Top We all want the crowd to love us And I think the crowd will love this movie 
3
Water for Elephants
Scott Nash
Needed a much tighter edit but I surprised myself by not actually hating it 
2.5
Water for Elephants
James Berardinelli
The great intangible of chemistry isn t present making Water for Elephants seem longer and slower than one might hope 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Matt Brunson
It s an adaptation that manages to be tasteful mature and even on occasion insightful But that can only take a movie so far when there s no one around to constantly fan those flames of literary respect into something inherently vibrantly cinematic 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Keith Cohen
The movie gives the viewer a taste of the nomadic existence for those lucky enough to be part of a traveling circus It also touches upon the vernacular unique to circus folk 
2.5
Water for Elephants
David Nusair
a fairly misbegotten adaptation 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Christian Toto
No passion no problem Water for Elephants creates a wonderfully dark circus atmosphere to keep our interest when the film s love triangle falters 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Jim Slotek
The trouble with Water for Elephants is not its eventfulness it s a perfectly entertaining melodrama with a memorable if hammy villain It s the hard to swallow spark free love story 
3
Water for Elephants
Rick Groen
Does the sheer Hollywood hoopla add up to a perversely enjoyable brand of something that can be loosely called entertainment I think it does 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Lisa Kennedy
Water For Elephants is not to borrow the Benzini Bros Circus motto the most spectacular show on Earth But it is a class act 
3
Water for Elephants
Sean O'Connell
The main attraction a doomed love triangle propping up the Big Top pales in comparison to the sideshows and secondary acts coloring the fringe 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Stephen Whitty
Water for Elephants is one ring short of a three ring hit 
2
Water for Elephants
Chris Hewitt
This sort of lush period romance doesn t come around much anymore 
3
Water for Elephants
Michael O'Sullivan
You know where the thing is headed Still it s fun to watch 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Lou Lumenick
Usually you have to wait for the end of the year awards season to see an elaborate period piece that fails as spectacularly as Water for Elephants 
1.5
Water for Elephants
Joe Williams
As usual Pattinson s acting consists of shaking his head and whimpering 
2
Water for Elephants
Willie Waffle
One of the best movies of the year so far that has you rooting for a dying circus true love and one guy who just needs a second chance 
4
Water for Elephants
Erik Childress
If loyalists of Gruen s text has their idea of romance and passion defined faithfully by the distant chemistry of the two underwritten protagonists here then it goes without saying that such fans are already easily pleased 
2
Water for Elephants
Dustin Putman
The film always seems to be on the cusp of locating some bigger truth about one s life and destiny but this cinematic treatment loses its way by focusing almost solely on a sudsy perfunctory love triangle 
2
Water for Elephants
Mark Dujsik
Undermined by a stoic portrayal of its central romance 
2
Water for Elephants
Claudia Puig
The script by Richard LaGravenese who is well versed in adapting popular fiction such as Bridges of Madison County lacks the sparkle of his best work 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Mick LaSalle
Water for Elephants is a circus tale full of drunks tossed off circus wisdom and forlorn animals including a beautiful elephant 
3
Water for Elephants
Peter Travers
Even nonreaders of the book can figure out what happens next It s all in the telling Sara Gruen provided grit and pungent detail The movie settles for gloss 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Moira MacDonald
Well it isn t the elephant s fault 
2
Water for Elephants
Connie Ogle
Water for Elephants deftly captures the romantic idea of running away to join the circus and the uglier details of what that life entailed in 1931 
3
Water for Elephants
Roger Ebert
In an age of prefabricated special effects and obviously phony spectacle it s sort of old fashioned and a pleasure to see a movie made of real people and plausible sets 
3
Water for Elephants
Carrie Rickey
What with its big lush close ups of the principals Rodrigo Prieto s moody humidor brown cinematography and the life is a circus emotionalism Water provides the basic movie movie pleasure of beautiful people struggling their way out of ugly situations 
3
Water for Elephants
Wesley Morris
The movie strips away both the grand weirdness of the circus and the dire desolation of the Depression Diane Arbus and Dorothea Lange are exchanged for Vanity Fair 
2
Water for Elephants
Robert W. Butler
The strong suit of this melodrama from music video director turned feature filmmaker Francis Lawrence is its sense of time and place namely America in 1931 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Randy Myers
Elephants might not perform any new genre tricks but that s OK After all a good story is a good story be it on the page or up on the screen 
3
Water for Elephants
Michael Phillips
Like The Notebook but with an elephant the unexpectedly good film version of Water for Elephants elevates pure corn to a completely satisfying realm of romantic melodrama 
2.5
Water for Elephants
Matt Pais
Even lions yawn sometimes 
2
Water for Elephants
Peter Howell
Witherspoon and Pattinson are game but the pulse between them approaches Dracula s resting heart rate 
2
Frida
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A little better than the run of the mill artist picture probably because the colorful lives of these figures have an interest that for many people exceeds the interest of their work or at least enhances it 
2
Frida
Mattie Lucas
One can imagine Taymor s glorious vision as a triumph of which Frida herself would approve 
3.5
Frida
Michael Dequina
Taymor conveys in imaginative cinematic fashion how for Frida creating art and living were one and the same 
3
Frida
Judith Egerton
While Hayek s portrayal is appealing and sincere it s a shade too adoring She doesn t convey the excruciating pain that besieged Kahlo 
3
Frida
David Nusair
it s the performances that elevate Frida to more than just movie of the week fodder 
3
Frida
Nick Rogers
A maddeningly vague biography 44 Frida is all the worse for starting off with such narrative promise and visual pizzazz before degenerating into boring 44 episodic misery 46 
1.5
Frida
Sara Michelle Fetters
It would be nice to report that the subsequent film with all of the talent and perseverance that has gone into seeing it to fruition was worth the heartfelt efforts of all involved 
2.5
Frida
Ian Mantgani
Not bad not great fine I suppose 
2.5
Frida
Robert Roten
Should be a fascinating story but oddly enough it is not compelling 
2.5
Frida
Jorge Avila Andrade
La de Salma es una versin de Frida superficial preciosista y sin ningn contenido 
2
Frida
Jeffrey Westhoff
Frida would not exist without Hayek and the sad irony is it would be so much better without her 
2
Frida
Ross Anthony
Nicely acted and painted with an energetic pace Frida is mostly a love story with a backdrop of art and politics 
2.5
Frida
Forrest Hartman
The art direction and special effects are remarkable throughout and in a number of scenes paintings and real life blend seamlessly Frida may not be the ultimate artist biography but it is art in its own right 
3
Frida
Joe Leydon
A rigorously competent but rarely compelling film that distills the flamboyantly unconventional life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo 1907 54 into a respectfully conventional Hollywood style biographical drama 
2.5
Frida
David Elliott
Visually engrossing seldom hammy honorably Mexican and burns its Kahlories with conviction 
3
Frida
Chris Hewitt
Why do the movies always turn the lives of fascinating complex artists into the same old boring story 
2
Frida
Laura Kelly
Great job Salma You have brought Frida Kahlo to the masses And you have presented her in primer form as honestly reverently and boldly as you could 
3.5
Frida
Rene Rodriguez
If Frida doesn t tell us anything that we don t already know it does dramatize Kahlo s life with a fiery soulful beauty 
3
Frida
Susan Stark
Passionate provocative hilarious tragic and just dizzyingly beautiful to behold 
4
Frida
Jeff Vice
While the character development here is sketchy at best Hayek is both convincing and magnetic as Kahlo and makes the film watchable 
2.5
Frida
Steven Rosen
The screenplay s flatness ultimately defeats a film that s always a treat to look at 
2.5
Frida
Terry Lawson
No matter what happens to Hayek from this point on she leaves us Frida 
3
Frida
Phil Villarreal
It s a film to watch and love And no one will love this one more than Hayek who can start shopping for her awards night gown 
3
Frida
Duane Dudek
Its essence seems to be genuinely suggestive of an artist whose canvas was her life and vice versa 
3
Frida
Josh Larsen
your standard safe biographical checklist right down to Salma Hayek s committed and reverent performance in the title role 
3
Frida
Edward Guthmann
A domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches 
2
Frida
Moira MacDonald
It s enough to make you scurry off to find a book about Frida Kahlo which is perhaps the ultimate compliment for a film biography 
3
Dead Snow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a movie that doesn t mind standing on the shoulders of giants so long as it can take a chainsaw to the giant s neck 
3
Dead Snow
Stephen Cole
Every new zombie movie however has to be a little bit different than the one that came before it Otherwise it wouldn t be horrifying or much fun 
2
Dead Snow
Jason Anderson
It s almost endearing how little Wirkola disguises his thefts from the gore fests of Raimi Peter Jackson and George A Romero 
2.5
Dead Snow
David Nusair
gorehounds will undoubtedly be willing to overlook the movie s various flaws once the admittedly stellar third act rolls around 
2.5
Dead Snow
Michael Phillips
The Norwegian Nazi zombie movie Dead Snow is quite the jolly mountain holiday pitting a group of medical students against a battalion of undead unpleasant and unstoppable German soldiers hellbent on ruining a perfectly good Easter vacation 
3
Dead Snow
Walter V. Addiego
This splatter film is set in Norway but rest assured it sticks with the formula 
2
Dead Snow
Roger Ebert
If Mystery Science Theater 3000 had never existed Dead Snow would have had to invent it 
2.5
Dead Snow
V.A. Musetto
Director Wirkola keeps the narrative taut wasting not a frame and he throws in funny moments one involving a Nazi s icky intestine Matt Weston s cinematography adds to the twisted charm 
3
Dead Snow
Stephen Whitty
If you re in the mood for splatter well any film in which someone avoids a nasty fall by grabbing not a rope but a slowly unwinding intestine is certainly in the mood to deliver it 
2.5
Dead Snow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still this is a movie about mutant Nazi zombies for gosh sakes and the fact I m even spending all this time talking about it is kind of ridiculous in and of itself 
2.5
Dead Snow
Kam Williams
Hitler of the Dead 
3
Dead Snow
Peter Travers
If you tamp down your expectations there is a storm of scary fun to be had in this Scandinavian splatterfest 
2.5
Dead Snow
Dustin Putman
Norwegian zombie film is pretty standard by the numbers fare so generic it might as well have been shot by a soulless Hollywood studio 
2
Dead Snow
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Hematophagous audiences dissatisfied with Drag Me to Hell could do worse for a double feature than Dead Snow a Norwegian love letter to American camp horror 
3
Dead Snow
Christian Toto
Dead Snow features a great premise Nazi zombies and literally nothing else for horror hounds to chew on 
1.5
The Kindred
Kevin Carr
It s not terribly original but at lest once you get past the bad cinematography it is effectively done 
2.5
The Kindred
Mark Dujsik
Given how the setup is also about trauma and grief we re not quite prepared for how dumb and routine the resulting circumstances end up being 
1.5
The Kindred
Randy Myers
Director Jamie Pearson creates a Rosemary s Baby like vibe while the screenplay by Christian J Hearn takes us to some very gnarly and despairing psychological places 
2.5
Dark of the Sun
Matt Brunson
A startlingly brutal movie 
3
Dark of the Sun
John Beifuss
A brief shot finds Rod Taylor at a river on his knees his eyes as wild as those of a creature slaking its thirst at a water hole It s a brilliant evocation of the idea that man is the world s most scared yet dangerous and deadly animal 
3.5
Junked
Mick LaSalle
Almost unwatchable 
0
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Matt Brunson
The breezy first half gives way to a more cumbersome second part but the film never loses altitude in either its open minded approach or in its pointed criticism of conservative prudery and anti intellectualism 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Mark Matousek
This is a film about eroticism and passion that is neither erotic nor passionate 
2
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Rex Reed
It s quite a story and a cinematic task writer director Angela Robinson is not always up to But I wasn t bored and in this anemic year that s saying a mouthful 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Bob Bloom
Robinson s feature is one of those films that will make you view Wonder Woman differently and muse how she would be presented today if Marston s vision had been fully realized 
3.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Barry Paris
The defects are largely offset by fine production values and director Angela Robinson s choice of subtle vs graphic sexuality treating the three way lovemaking respectfully as natural not salaciously as aberrant 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Christy Lemire
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women aims to shake you up make you think and maybe even squirm a little 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Christian Toto
A timely reminder how artists bend cultural norms then and now 
2.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Anne T. Donahue
With so much covered in under two hours it might have been more effective to concentrate on a specific era or aspect of each character s story 
2.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Mark Dujsik
T he real William Moulton Marston probably would be grateful that his presence is almost completely overshadowed by the two most significant women in his life 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Katie Walsh
In Professor Marston and the Wonder Women you ll discover the surprising psychology behind Wonder Woman and perhaps a newfound appreciation for her powers to crumble social norms with sensuality Truly it is a wonder of a movie 
4
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Sean P. Means
Evans gives a dynamic performance as the crusading Marston and Heathcote is endearing as the smart but slightly naive student drawn into this unusual romance But the linchpin is Hall s flinty full blooded performance as Elizabeth 
3.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Jeff Simon
I prefer when it s witty and funny to when it s being melodramatic 
3.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Rafer Guzman
A stranger than fiction story told with respect sympathy and a touch of humor 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
James Berardinelli
Rebecca Hall gives a standout performance something so good that it s worth remembering when end of the year citations are issued 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Dann Gire
This amazingly tasteful movie written directed by Chicago native Angela Robinson explores this real life superhero origin story with sharp intelligence arresting technical grace and affectionate empathy for the character s nonconformist creator 
3.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Peter Travers
The story of the polyamorous trio who created D C s iconic Amazonian hero doesn t skimp on the kinky sex or the sense of female empowerment You ll never look at Wonder Woman in the same way again 
3.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Gary Thompson
Marston was a man of confounding contradictions and the job of presenting them eventually proves too big a job for the movie 
2.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Michael Phillips
It s a lively and absorbing picture intelligently sexy tastefully salacious but serious enough to stick 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Roger Moore
The Wonder Woman movie James Cameron needs to see 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Moira MacDonald
Robinson tells this very unusual love story with nostalgic charm never hitting any of her notes too hard 
3.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Ty Burr
In the playing Professor Marston is both a breakthrough and fairly stodgy 
2.5
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Mick LaSalle
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a story of courage and sacrifice as well as a moving love story that s really three love stories in one 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Stephen Whitty
In the end it s a nice tribute not only to one of the comics greatest characters and this year s favorite movie hero but the sort of truly unhindered uncensored imagination that makes all fiction possible and all love real 
3
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Kam Williams
Thanks to these more enlightened LBGTQ embracing times William Moulton Marston can finally be fully appreciated polygynous relationship and all 
4
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Dwight Brown
Director writer Angela Robinson with a very accomplished technical crew takes viewers into the world of academia comic books and bondage in the most nonchalant and romantic way 
3
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Matt Brunson
One of the more overlooked achievements from the director of The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia 
3
Bobby Deerfield
Roger Ebert
Bobby Deerfield is a big slick melodrama that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and does so with great craft 
3
Bobby Deerfield
Matt Brunson
Those who feel that Al Pacino did no wrong during the 1970s obviously never saw Bobby Deerfield 
2
Bobby Deerfield
Peter Canavese
A resonant Pacino though ultimately a misfire suggests that there are worse things to call a movie than a curiosity DVD review 
2.5
Bobby Deerfield
Dan Callahan
Pacino is at his best precise internal magnetically cute and expert at capturing the fear in this man s turtle like existence and his longing for change 
2.5
The Young and the Damned
Michael Wilmington
A savage beautifully wrought portrayal of Mexican juvenile delinquency and a harsh indictment of the society that fosters it 
4
The Young and the Damned
David Nusair
a far from classic drama that s lost whatever cache it may have once possessed 
1
The Young and the Damned
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a heartbreaking compulsively watchable work and more truthful even than the Italian Neorealist work of the same period 
4
The Young and the Damned
G. Allen Johnson
The film that Buuel said reinvigorated his career and indeed its love of his young characters and his energetic grassroots direction imbues it with a seemingly youthful vigor even though Buuel was 50 when he made it 
4
The Young and the Damned
Jeff Shannon
Every viewing of Los Olvidados offers further proof of its perfection 
4
The Young and the Damned
David Sterritt
This masterpiece of 1950 is a brutally candid tale of Mexican street life laced with Bunuel s surrealistic touches 
4
The Young and the Damned
Ed Gonzalez
Less controversial for the brutality of its images than for the objectivity of Buuel s gaze Los Olvidados purposefully lacks optimism 
4
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Mark Feeney
Pruitt Igoe was the first and most famous example of the failure of that sort of public housing 
2
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Chris Faraone
Myth convinces that St Louis failed Pruitt Igoe and not the other way around 
3.5
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Stephanie Merry
Using archival footage and interviews with former residents Freidrichs adds human dimension and historical context to what is often viewed in simple terms as a misguided blip 
3
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Kam Williams
A thought provoking cinematic picking of the bones of the scattered exoskeleton of a once promising poor man s penthouse 
4
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Sara Stewart
The Pruitt Igoe Myth doesn t offer easy conclusions 
3
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film ends on a note of courage and a call to action that we remember naturally but we can t completely buy it What Freidrichs has accomplished is a portrait of unknowability 
3
Elza
Zeba Blay
Capitalizes on a vibrant tropical location and a cast of capable but the narrative makes disconcerting leaps from the poignant to the distractingly soap operatic 
2
Beer Wars
Joe Williams
For those who are keeping the American dream alive this spirited documentary raises a toast 
3.5
Beer Wars
Christian Toto
Beer Wars is Michael Moore lite less filling and not as tasty as Moore s best documentaries 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Bill Stamets
Endless auditions get the annoying Francois nowhere closer to grasping what turns women on 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not smart enough to actually pull off what it purports to do and it s not free enough to simply enjoy itself 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Michael Wilmington
The content may be dubious but the execution is hypnotic 
2.5
The Exterminating Angels
Matt Pais
Little more than Lesbians Lesbians Lesbians 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Michael Booth
Gorgeous French silliness yes featuring stunning women having languorous artful sex with each other What was I saying Oh yes the silliness Artful gorgeous sexy sure but ridiculous nonetheless 
1.5
The Exterminating Angels
Ty Burr
Has heat but little light it speaks of pleasure while treating it as a dirty word The cast huffs and puffs but the exercise sadly remains academic 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Kam Williams
Masturbation as method acting 
4
The Exterminating Angels
Jack Mathews
This is the stuff of male fantasy 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Gene Seymour
Beneath its rueful humor surrealistic conceits and alluring interludes Exterminating Angels emerges as a cautionary examination of erotica s pleasures and perils 
3
The Exterminating Angels
Maitland McDonagh
The film is ultimately infuriating subtle self indulgent astute and disingenuous which makes for great if divisive conversation 
3
The Exterminating Angels
V.A. Musetto
Exterminating Angels is beautifully lensed and acted but it lacks substance 
2
The Exterminating Angels
Ed Gonzalez
Exterminating Angels is Jean Claude Brisseau s Sex is Comedy though it could just as easily have been called Anatomy of Hell 
3
The Lawnmower Man
Matt Brunson
It s harder than ever to take Jeff Fahey s performance seriously since it s as broad as Ben Stiller s Tugg Speedman character playing Simple Jack in Tropic Thunder 
2
The Lawnmower Man
David Nusair
It s an intriguing premise that s employed to perpetually erratic effect by director Brett Leonard 
2.5
The Lawnmower Man
Steven Rea
The Lawnmower Man echoes Frankenstein and a zillion other noble scientist whose experiment goes awry movies 
2
The Lawnmower Man
Stephen Hunter
As a visual adventure The Lawnmower Man is great fun 
2.5
Fright Night
Brian Eggert
With a concept that revolves around what happens when a horror loving teenage boy suspects his new neighbor to be a vampire 44 the result fondly remembers a simpler time for the genre 44 and predates Scream 8217 s self referential style by more than a decade 46 
3.5
Fright Night
Matt Brunson
The picture firmly belongs to Roddy McDowall an absolute delight as a TV horror show host who s unwillingly dragged into the whole frightful affair 
3
Fright Night
Sid Smith
Fright Night dances on a tightwire between satire and terror glittered by special effects and a with it nonchalance 
3
Fright Night
Chuck O'Leary
Tom Holland s directorial debut is a wildly entertaining concoction that perfectly blends horror and comedy Roddy McDowall steals the show as TV horror host Peter Vincent 
3.5
Fright Night
Blake French
Scar eeee 
3.5
Fright Night
Roger Ebert
Fright Night is not a distinguished movie but it has a lot of fun being undistinguished 
3
The Avenger
Matt Brunson
So so 
2.5
An Affair of the Heart
Kathy Fennessy
I found 91 Rick Springfield apos s 93 relationships with his fans genuinely touching 46 
3
An Affair of the Heart
Eric Melin
Although it veers dangerously into whitewash territory several times the movie wears its heart on its sleeve which is appropriate for a film full of Springfield s poppy hard rock music and the unbridled enthusiasm of his loyal fans 
2.5
Bronson
Josh Larsen
an anthropological study in human viciousness like a nature film done by Stanley Kubrick 
3.5
Bronson
Ty Burr
Itâ TM s a meditation on the art of rage an action painting passing itself off as an action movie 
3
Bronson
Shaula Clark
Done differently the cat and mouse brawling could get tiresome but Tom Hardy as Bronson with his shaved head handlebar moustache and glittering eyes is mesmerizing 
3
Bronson
Rossiter Drake
Hardy s range is impressive and he makes Refn s latest an arresting spectacle if not a particularly enlightening one 
3
Bronson
Michael Phillips
Nuffin wonky about my upbringing Bronson says early on Nothing wonky about Hardy s performance either 
3
Bronson
Rick Groen
Bronson is one of those based on a true story dramatizations where the theatrically staged drama only gets in the way of the more interesting truth 
2
Bronson
Peter Howell
It s impossible to deny Hardy s astounding performance which partially redeems the picture Looking like a mad circus strongman his moustache seeming to twirl all by itself he s so fully immersed in his character you fear for his sanity 
2
Bronson
Walter V. Addiego
He s spent 34 years behind bars mostly in solitary When the movie ends you ll feel you ve done hard time yourself 
1
Bronson
Roger Ebert
The movie takes on a fearsome purity refusing to find reasons indifferent to motives not even finding causes and effects It is 92 minutes of rage acted by Tom Hardy 
3
Bronson
James Berardinelli
The film does a good job of presenting in bloody detail the misdeeds of a misanthrope while italicizing his underdeveloped artistic abilities but it is obtuse when it comes to character development 
2.5
Bronson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Refn directs as a series of episodes each set up for maximum weirdness and black humor always emphasizing large blocky spaces and fluid motion 
3
Bronson
David Hiltbrand
The tone is surreal at once visceral and clinical making Bronson an unsettling experience savage disturbing and yet somehow fascinating 
3
Bronson
V.A. Musetto
Refn films much of the violence in slow motion accompanied by classical music which adds impact to the brutality 
3
Bronson
Peter Travers
Tom Hardy is pure dynamite in the role beefing up 35 pounds to play Britain s most notorious prisoner 
3
Bronson
Stephen Whitty
Refn tells his story in a gripping genre breaking way introducing broad theatricality and surreal animation In some scenes Peterson delivers monologues in a clown s whiteface in others we re in an asylum as mad as its patients 
3
Bronson
Nick Schager
Bronson is a fast ferocious wickedly funny portrait of one man s acceptance of his bone deep animalism 
3.5
Major Movie Star
David Nusair
As eye rollingly silly and predictable as one might ve anticipated 
2
The Apology
Chris Knight
Hsiung clearly wanted to focus on several specific individuals whose good humour and perseverance shine through in The Apology It is one thing to talk about thousands of victims quite another to look into the eyes of just three 
3
The Apology
Kate Taylor
As women age they become invisible to society what is heartrendingly inspiring about The Apology is the grandmothers steadfast refusal to disappear 
4
A Novel Romance
Kyle Smith
A Novel Romance supplies a response to the question Is Steve Guttenberg still working but leaves unanswered the natural follow up Why 
0
A Novel Romance
Stephen Whitty
The film looks good at least But look past that and there s not much there 
2
Running With Scissors
Betsy Bozdech
Heavy handed soundtrack cues vintage costumes and rooms overflowing with props can t disguise the fact that the characters for all their bizarre quirks don t have much depth 
2
Running With Scissors
Matt Brunson
Running With Scissors is alternately grating and boring as deadly a combo as one could imagine sitting through for two unendurable hours 
1
Running With Scissors
Jeffrey Westhoff
Running With Scissors loses its edge because we want to see more of Baldwin and less of everyone else 
2
Running With Scissors
Thomas Delapa
To cut to the chase Burroughs movie memoir runs out of inspiration before he takes a stab at adulthood 
1.5
Running With Scissors
James Sanford
when all is said and done the reaction of most viewers to Scissors is more likely to be huh than it is ha ha The longer the movie goes on the weaker its grasp on the emotions becomes 
2
Running With Scissors
James Berardinelli
As dysfunctional family movies go this is one skip It doesn t just run with the scissors it falls on them 
2
Running With Scissors
Jeanne Aufmuth
I ve often wondered how Burroughs scathing ruminations would translate to the big screen and now I know not that well 
2
Running With Scissors
Gary Brown
Running With Scissors fails to make the cut 
2
Running With Scissors
Larry Ratliff
Bening who took a break from acting for a few years to raise her children is absolutely perfect as a Valium slowed walking time bomb 
3.5
Running With Scissors
Moira MacDonald
Running with Scissors looks great and works fine when Bening is on screen otherwise it s off balance teetering where it should hold steady 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Lee Grant
Based on the nimbly written hilarious moving and terrifying best selling Augusten Burroughs memoir it s a tale that incorporates drug addiction pedophilia mental illness the ordeal of surviving a nightmare childhood 
3
Running With Scissors
Carla Meyer
Uneven Haphazard Spirit deflating 
1.5
Running With Scissors
Steven Rea
If the book was deadpan the movie is more or less dead 
2
Running With Scissors
Duane Dudek
What worked on the page for countless readers feels fey and slight in a film that is as dominated by Bening s performance as this young boy apparently was by his mother 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Connie Ogle
Anyone who has watched 10 minutes of Nip Tuck knows director Murphy is adept at cramming all sorts of weirdness into a couple of hours but in Running With Scissors he turns out to be inexplicably squeamish 
2
Running With Scissors
Robert W. Butler
This film promises black comedy outrageous effrontery and sizzling satire And for about 20 minutes it delivers 
2
Running With Scissors
Bruce Westbrook
It s one of the most clear headed and twistedly entertaining views of drug dependency and insanity I ve ever seen 
3
Running With Scissors
Terry Lawson
Running with Scissors feels like nothing more than one of the many current TV series that appeal to viewers looking for edgy entertainment 
2
Running With Scissors
Jeff Vice
Running With Scissors is mostly quirks This adaptation of Augusten Burroughs questionable memoir tries hard to be edgy and different but it tries too hard 
2
Running With Scissors
Lisa Kennedy
A mood swinging often amusing version of Augusten Burroughs tart best selling memoir 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Ty Burr
The book has had its darkest least forgiving details sanded off for the multiplex 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Erik Childress
The worst kind of cinematic parable a self aware mixture of quirk and depression populated by some of the most oppressively infuriating characters imaginable 
0.5
Running With Scissors
Willie Waffle
Running With Scissors has one of the most talented casts in any movie you will see this year led by sure thing Oscar nominee Annette Benning 
4
Running With Scissors
Chris Hewitt
The movie gets the pain of the author s story but it misses the humor that got him through the craziness around him 
2
Running With Scissors
Phoebe Flowers
Taken as a whole Running With Scissors is dysfunction rendered lovingly and gracefully 
3
Running With Scissors
John Thomason
The most important quality of the memoir the ability to compose scenes that are at once hilarious and disturbing exhilarating and depressing is here in spades 
3.5
Running With Scissors
David Nusair
strikes all the wrong notes virtually from the get go 
1
Running With Scissors
Phil Villarreal
The film makes you laugh and feel bad for laughing only to blindside you with another sick joke 
3
Running With Scissors
Michael Phillips
Every beat of the picture has the ring of pushy inauthenticity and despite all the outre eccentricities a plodding lack of uniqueness 
1
Running With Scissors
Matt Pais
There can be good movies about family dysfunction but let s quit the moaning about wanting to be normal 
2
Running With Scissors
Josh Larsen
a fascinating movie just one that never quite taps into the sadness and terror that lurked behind Burroughs witty prose 
3
Running With Scissors
Sean P. Means
Bening is the star of the show because her performance and her character s megalomania demand it 
3
Running With Scissors
Eric Melin
It is essentially a tale of the me decade run amok with the open attitudes of the hippie generation exploding in a fractured mess all over the nuclear family unit 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Dustin Putman
Perceptive sad and witty 
3
Running With Scissors
Peter Travers
Despite actors who give their all it lies there waiting for an animating force that never comes 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Pam Grady
The characters are caricatures and the cast responds with mostly cartoonish performances with Brian Cox and Gwyneth Paltrow as the shrink s spooky older daughter delivering particularly awful performances 
2
Running With Scissors
Lou Lumenick
Less than ideally focused but with terrific performances especially by the Oscar baiting Annette Bening as a monster mom this is a compulsively watchable movie best enjoyed by forgetting that it s supposedly based on actual events 
3
Running With Scissors
Jack Mathews
Running With Scissors is a reasonable facsimile of a perversely funny book whose odd characters are given life by a terrific cast 
3
Running With Scissors
Bob Strauss
When Annette Bening s not on screen what we see is usually too superficial or unadventurously heartfelt to do the material justice 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Peter Howell
The perception gap between an author s words on the printed page and how they translate to the screen has never yawned so widely as it does for Running With Scissors a black comedy more likely to provoke upchucks than yuks 
1.5
Running With Scissors
Ken Fox
Ryan Murphy s film amplifies the book s weaknesses it s a string of bite sized anecdotal scenes strung together by FM radio hits of the 1970s while also muffling its power 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Kate Taylor
This comedy adapted by writer and director Ryan Murphy from the real Augusten Burroughs apparently truthful memoir of the same title wears a deep and sophisticated shade of black and is also very very sad 
3
Running With Scissors
Ruthe Stein
The cast works hard to keep up the momentum of Running With Scissors Its flaws are director Ryan Murphy s fault He flails around seeking the right tone and never quite finds it 
2
Running With Scissors
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final emotional toll is a rollercoaster of elation and fatigue a highbrow descent into a tastelessly depraved human sewer of sorrow and degradation that almost seems to revel in its own depravity 
2.5
Running With Scissors
Peter Canavese
With its compulsive theatricality Running With Scissors enacts what may be the most unpleasant brand of insanity in a film full of them 
2
Running With Scissors
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer director Ryan Murphy makes every conceivable mistake in bringing the book to the big screen 
1.5
Running With Scissors
Claudia Puig
What is lost in the translation from book to movie is emotional subtlety and pathos which to be fair were in short supply to start 
2
Running With Scissors
Jan Stuart
It s an oddly drab and disconnected experience neither as raucously funny nor as moving as it wants us to think it is 
2
Running With Scissors
Steve Rhodes
One of the worst movies of the year it is not just merely bad it is painfully bad and absolutely and utterly ridiculous 
.5
Running With Scissors
Glenn Kenny
The results of the filmmakers labors will inevitably prove most entertaining and emotionally resonant for those who like Burroughs don t see much point in forming a worldview that extends far beyond the end of one s nose 
1.5
Running With Scissors
Ed Gonzalez
This is among the most loathsome films of the year something of a Hollywood facsimile of Tideland only Terry Gilliam s gothic upchuck was not so dense as to make any pretense to reality 
1
Buccaneer's Girl
Dudley Early
Philip Friend the buccaneer of the piece is a newcomer He makes a dashing pirate who leads a double life but he deserved a more advantageous introduction 
1
The System
Kathy Fennessy
The System is a very British film that compares favorably to the work of Tony Richardson and John Schlesinger 
3.5
Excellent Cadavers
Kam Williams
Though not a feelgood flick by any means this encyclopedic recounting bittersweet biopic does pay tribute to two dudes crazy enough not only to take on the mob but to win for a while 
3.5
Excellent Cadavers
David Nusair
if you ever wondered what might happen if you literally stapled your mouth shut this is definitely the flick for you 
1.5
Homeroom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Uncovers the unending well of resilience and strength that today s teens actually have 
3.5
Homeroom
Matt Zoller Seitz
Homeroom is most valuable not in its exploration of individual personalities but in the way that it captures subtle but culture wide changes in the way that a poet photographer or painter might 
3.5
Homeroom
Mark Dujsik
The documentary itself becomes a thing of untapped potential and lost opportunity 
2.5
Homeroom
Mark Hanson
Despite the film s narrow scope it s hard to not be impressed by the political and civic engagement of its teen subjects 
2.5
Homeroom
Mick LaSalle
Anyone who sees it will derive something from the experience 
2.5
Homeroom
Mike McGranaghan
Even as I enjoyed the look at teens trying to make their world a better place I wished that Homeroom would let me get to know them more than it does 
2.5
Homeroom
Sean P. Means
Director Peter Nicks lets his subjects do the talking and provides enough room for their stories to play out naturally and eloquently 
3.5
On Native Soil
Mick LaSalle
The survivor stories are riveting 
3
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Bill Cosford
Make no mistake Henry will give you the creeps 
3
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
David Keyes
It resonates with nightmarish energies as if possessed by a malevolent quality that keeps its subject matter piercing in this era of violent saturation 
3.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
John Hartl
In a world in which eight nearly identical Friday the 13th movies offer the adventures of Jason the ax murderer as entertainment for teen agers maybe we do need this sobering alternative 
3.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
John Wooley
A powerful original look at the hopeless urban underclass in the American city where lost people nibble at the garbage of our culture in a kind of perverse application of the trickle down theory hating themselves and us all the while 
3
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Gary Thompson
This movie is not really about a killer but about killing the way killing is depicted in the movies and the way movie audiences have been conditioned to react to such violence 
3
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Desmond Ryan
The difference between John McNaughton s incredibly chilling film and the usual serving of screen carnage is the difference between the mind of a murderer and the cynical and manipulative depiction of mindless murder 
4
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Dave Kehr
McNaughton s direction combines a strict social realism with a cool Fritz Langian sense of pre determination while his work with actors has the improvisational freshness of a John Cassavetes 
3
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Certainly not for everyone but if slasher movies are your cup of tea this is a lot better than most and the use of Chicago locations is especially effective 
2
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Jeremiah Kipp
The film doesn t so much bring us closer to the serial murderer as it reminds us of our culpability as spectators 
3.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
James Kendrick
Part of the time it s art house cinema the rest of the time its horror schlock 
2.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Chris Hicks
I have some admiration for this film But I also have no desire ever to see it again 
2.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Ted Prigge
MacNaughton s direction is extremely bland although I don t mean that negatively he portrays Henry in a very realistic manner not adding any wild directing techniques to what he does and because of this digs deeper into the character 
3.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Roger Ebert
A low budget tour de force that provides an unforgettable portrait of the pathology of a man for whom killing is not a crime but simply a way of passing time and relieving boredom 
3.5
Eating Buccaneers
Liam Lacey
Feels less like a satire than a rudimentary sitcom in search of a laugh track 
1
Everlasting Moments
Brandy McDonnell
Excellent performances canny cinematography and Troell s steady direction make Everlasting Moments worth experiencing 
3.5
Everlasting Moments
James Kendrick
takes the art of photography with the utmost seriousness and each shot in the film is testament to the powers of composition and lighting
3.5
Everlasting Moments
Stephen Cole
What makes the photographer s story so compelling is that her life s work actually does come alive onscreen 
3
Everlasting Moments
Greg Quill
Veteran Swedish director Jan Troell loads the chronicle of a poor family in troubled times 1907 through the late 1920s with a powerful subtext about class faith artistic fulfillment and the mysteries of love 
3.5
Everlasting Moments
Michael Sragow
Everlasting Moments is a masterpiece with a texture and feeling unlike any other movie The film imbues its harried haunted characters with a down home majesty 
4
Everlasting Moments
Peter Keough
With its showy performances period look and platitudes posing as profundities this schmaltzy hokum should have been an Oscar shoo in 
2
Everlasting Moments
Keith Cohen
This emotionally tender story of hope leaves an indelible impression It is not only a biography but also a loving celluloid tribute to the art of photography 
3
Everlasting Moments
Robert W. Butler
Heiskanen is a revelation capturing and illuminating every flicker of Maria s growing self awareness 
3.5
Everlasting Moments
Jeff Vice
Arguably the pacing of this Swedish import is agonizingly slow and self indulgent It s safe to say that if you find the films of Ingmar Bergman and other Scandinavian directors a bit dull and stuffy you ll feel likewise about this one 
2
Everlasting Moments
Carrie Rickey
A movie like Everlasting Moments comes along maybe once in a decade 
4
Everlasting Moments
Christian Toto
Everlasting Moments skillfully showcases the power of artistic expression 
3
Everlasting Moments
Ty Burr
Director Troell lovingly re creates a time when socialism and Charlie Chaplin movies represented the ways forward and he anchors his social panorama in the meek stubborn stare of an unnoticed woman possessed with looking at everything 
3.5
Everlasting Moments
Joe Williams
The three principal actors are powerfully effective particularly Heiskanen 
3
Everlasting Moments
Chris Hewitt
There are some quiet keenly observed scenes of family life in Everlasting Moments but they don t go anywhere and ironically the movie diagnoses the reason why 
2
Everlasting Moments
Walter V. Addiego
This is artful filmmaking of the old school 
3
Everlasting Moments
Bob Strauss
Places its bets on illuminating the imperfect ways in which love economics and artistry rule lives back then and probably not much differently now 
3
Everlasting Moments
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The second time I was better able to appreciate the detail and poetry that went into each sequence especially some of the photographic ones 
3.5
Everlasting Moments
Sara Michelle Fetters
The director taps right into the very essence of his characters all of them becoming fully formed flesh and blood creations right before my eyes 
4
Everlasting Moments
Moira MacDonald
Everlasting Moments unfolds over the decades showing us a life not entirely transformed by photography but profoundly touched by it 
3.5
Everlasting Moments
Roger Ebert
Rarely is there a film that evokes our sympathy more deeply than Everlasting Moments 
4
Everlasting Moments
Lou Lumenick
Heiskanen is a revelation as the put upon wife and the cinematography some by Troell effortlessly transports us back 100 years 
3
Everlasting Moments
James Berardinelli
Period pieces like this were once more popular than they are today It is refreshing to see a solid one like this from time to time 
3
Everlasting Moments
Bill Weber
Troell s lens doesn t consistently uncover the beauty and character we re asked to believe his heroine finds with hers 
2
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Peter Canavese
Could be fairly branded exploitation pictures in their quantity of sex and violence and nudity and gore but they also qualify as comic book movies and perhaps the first in the modernistic style Criterion Collection Blu ray 
3
The Babadook
Brian Eggert
It walks the fine line between reality and nightmares with skilled footing 46 
4
The Babadook
David Reddish
Watch the film as an ironic coming out story or as an atmospheric creeper playing with themes of depression and mental illness Either way we have a feeling well be seeing The Babadook at Halloween partiesand pride celebrationsfor years to come 
4
The Babadook
Tom Meek
Jennifer Kent is maestro of moody ambiance and emotional turmoil 
3
The Babadook
Sara Michelle Fetters
Davis gives one of the best performances you will see this or in any other year 
3
The Babadook
Jeff Simon
The Babadook and his escalating presence in this exacerbated single parent family are very scary indeed however metaphorical they may be 
3
The Babadook
Barry Paris
It s an intriguing and welcome change from the hellish Hollywood formulas Where was this Down Under boogeyman a month ago when we needed him for Halloween 
3
The Babadook
David Keyes
A stirring little piece of psychological drama in which all the optimism and joyful human interactions have been stripped away leaving behind only the negative extremes 
3.5
The Babadook
Matt Brunson
Making a significant feature film debut as both director and writer Jennifer Kent has fashioned a psychological drama that s ultimately more about real world terrors than about the types of monsters that reside in the closet or under the bed 
3.5
The Babadook
John Semley
The line between terrifying reality and terrifying fantasy isn t so much blurred as altogether obliterated 
3
The Babadook
Peter Howell
This simple yet shiver inducing tale the auspicious feature debut of Australian writer director Jennifer Kent makes for one of the better horror movies of recent times 
3.5
The Babadook
Chris Knight
If you go to see The Babadook be sure to have your wits about you This movie will scare you out of them 
3.5
The Babadook
Thomas Lee
At its heart The Babadook is a story of mother and son whose relationship ultimately determines whether they survive the demon or die trying 
3
The Babadook
Richard Roeper
As someone who has developed a pretty thick Critic s Shield from years of watching standard haunted house possessed human mythological creature fare I have to say I was genuinely freaked out by some of the passages in The Badabook 
3.5
The Babadook
Nathan Southern
Tthrowback horror picture that grips us with pounding in the night startling effects such as the appearance of roaches and pools of black blood and lightning flash manifestations of the supernatural 
3
The Babadook
Drew Hunt
The Babadook makes a convincing argument for classy psychological horror cinema even as it fails to meet its own lofty standard 
2
The Babadook
Brad Keefe
About halfway through I grabbed my notes and moved to the back row of the theater because the empty seats behind me were creeping me out By the end of the movie I was wishing I could turn the lights on 
3.5
The Babadook
John Wirt
The Babadook a small but inventive and seriously chilling horror story is a monsterpiece 
4
The Babadook
Glenn Lovell
a minor masterpiece of the macabre Be afraid be very afraid the Babadook is more than a Down Under Freddy Krueger Reminds us that the real monsters under the bed are Mommy and Daddy 
3.5
The Babadook
Anders Wright
Smart emotional intelligent and above all terrifying it s the sort of film that keeps you wondering the sort that will delight horror fans and might even convert a fencesitter to the genre 
3.5
The Babadook
Rene Rodriguez
This is a dark and shivery story about motherhood a common subject for horror movies but one that s rarely treated with such intelligence or seriousness of intent 
3
The Babadook
Matt Pais
This movie is the glass in the soup the big bad wolf under the bed 
3
The Babadook
Michael Phillips
Kent has taste an eye and a knack for brisk accelerated pacing In the case of The Babadook familiarity breeds an eerily gratifying contentment 
3.5
The Babadook
John Beifuss
Suggests the pressures faced by working women can be more harrowing than any horror movie 
3.5
The Babadook
Rafer Guzman
Jennifer Kent s startling debut is an artful horror chiller that gets under your skin and into your psyche 
3
The Babadook
James Kendrick
as dramatically compelling as it is scary and it is indeed very scary 
3.5
The Babadook
Michael O'Sullivan
With its mixture of frights both literal and literary The Babadook will I suspect satisfy horror s devotees as much as the genre s doubters 
3.5
The Babadook
Josh Larsen
about the dark side that any bone weary parent can sometimes feel creeping up within 
3.5
The Babadook
Steven Rea
No matter how successful The Babadook turns out to be and Jennifer Kent s horror story deserves all the success it gets the prospects of a best selling kid lit tie in don t look good 
3
The Babadook
Ty Burr
A potent journey through the fears anxieties and repressed rages of motherhood 
3.5
The Babadook
Moira MacDonald
Shot in chilly shades of blue The Babadook will haunt anyone who s ever heard a cry in the night or wondered what was under the bed in the dark 
3
The Babadook
Mike McGranaghan
The Babadook burrows under your skin continually prodding you with increasingly disturbing ideas You don t just walk away from this movie it follows you 
3.5
The Babadook
Robert Levin
An expressionist masterpiece that engages with personal concerns in a fashion that is terrifying and emotional It will one day be ranked in the pantheon of horror classics
4
The Babadook
Glenn Kenny
The finest and most genuinely provocative horror movie to emerge in this still very new century 
3.5
The Babadook
Stephen Whitty
Although the supernatural seems the likeliest answer it s not the only one and audiences can read the film either way 
3.5
The Babadook
Mark Dujsik
The film s scares rely on the unknown and Kent shows a great deal of restraint in avoiding the typical tactics of the genre 
3
The Babadook
Sara Stewart
I like to imagine watching this chilling Australian horror film with late great authors Shel Silverstein Roald Dahl and Edward Gorey all of whom would have relished its twisted children s storybook at the center of things 
3.5
The Babadook
Roger Moore
Simple elemental horror pretty well executed 
2.5
The Babadook
Stephen Rebello
Somehow Kent takes these tried and true tropes whacks them on the nose and conjures something surprisingly eerie Freudian and jittery 
3
The Babadook
David Nusair
A solid if derivative little thriller 
2.5
The Babadook
Dustin Putman
An instant classic Urgent yet compassionate unyielding as well as frostily whimsical the film transforms again and again as it cackles in the face of expectations 
3.5
The Babadook
Walter Chaw
I never believed that it would be a fable that ended in a moral hard won rather than a fairytale with a happily ever after 
3
The Babadook
Abhimanyu Das
Its horrors go beyond any single raggedy phantom reaching back to the primordial fear of death and loss of a child of a loved one of one s own sense of self 
3.5
The Babadook
Erik Childress
Throw in a few fresh images great performances and enough creepy audio to have you fearing those dark corners again and you have one entertaining and frightening experience in store 
3
We Are What We Are
Sean P. Means
The horror thriller We Are What We Are earns its chills gradually turning the knob on our nerves so imperceptibly that you may not notice until by the bloody conclusion you re prying your fingernails from the armrests 
3.5
We Are What We Are
Bill Stamets
A family implodes with a biting commentary on patriarchy 
3
We Are What We Are
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s really a movie about family and obligation and that s what makes it scary 
3
Ali & Nino
Godfrey Cheshire
While Bakri and Valverde are nice looking performers too much of their time on screen consists of gazing at each other with silly smitten smiles 
2.5
I Saw the Light
Erik Anderson
For all of the great performances Abraham chooses to focus on the fussin and fightin between Hank and Audrey like a walking talking country song instead of the grit and determination that got Williams to the Grand Ole Opry 
2
I Saw the Light
Lisa Jensen
It s like watching somebody else s home movies interesting for awhile but not personally involving 
2.5
I Saw the Light
Jeff Miers
Despite Hiddleston s bravura performance I Saw the Light fails to shed any light on the life of the enigmatic Williams 
2
I Saw the Light
Brad Wheeler
Hiddleston is compelling as Williams the king of hillbilly music noting that when he finds a note he s fond of I like to hang on to it One might say the same about director Abraham 
2.5
I Saw the Light
Peter Howell
Hiddleston s uncanny musical performances all filmed live help redeem a movie that exhibits the flawed brilliance of its subject 
2.5
I Saw the Light
David Berry
I Saw The Light meanders aimlessly from then on not even really grasping at things to say about Williams so much as ignorant of the fact it might need to 
1.5
I Saw the Light
Linda Cook
Hiddleston s performance outshines the script in I Saw the Light 
3
I Saw the Light
Robert Horton
This biopic of country legend Hank Williams avoids some of the formula of the music bio but doesn t create anything new of its own 
2
I Saw the Light
Peter Canavese
It s all so dully realized that we grow starving for idiosyncratic detail desperately latching on to Williams love of ketchup or his drunkenly being tickled pink by his new garage door opener 
1.5
I Saw the Light
Sean P. Means
The movie s only saving grace is Hiddleston as the English actor neatly embodies Williams aw shucks stage demeanor and performs a passable imitation of his singing voice 
2
I Saw the Light
John Beifuss
Hiddleston s work ethic is admirable but the effect is akin to allowing an actor in a Picasso biopic paint his own copy of Guernica It just ain t the same 
2
I Saw the Light
Scott Mervis
The bigger issues with I Saw the Light are the lack of narrative drive and the question of why someone would want to make such a joyless movie about such a beloved musical icon 
2
I Saw the Light
Peter Keough
Tom Hiddleston puts in a performance as Williams that ranks with that of Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in I Walk the Line And Hiddleston gets to do it in a better movie 
3.5
I Saw the Light
Mark Dujsik
This is the stuff of an encyclopedia entry 
1.5
I Saw the Light
Rob Thomas
It s a movie as sincere as an all star tribute concert and with about as much narrative coherence 
2
I Saw the Light
Steven Rea
The feeblest kind of costume drama where the costumes have more impact than the drama and where the period details serve only as distraction reminding audiences that things looked different back then and not much else 
2
I Saw the Light
Michael Smith
The cinematic equivalent of a Wikipedia entry 
1
I Saw the Light
Connie Ogle
The movie falls victim to the usual biopic malaise It doesn t have anything interesting to say about a life that was far from ordinary 
2
I Saw the Light
Richard Roeper
Even when I Saw the Light is giving us standard issue concert scenes or simple interior sequences such as young Hank and his band playing live on the radio the saturated colors and the subtle camera moves make every scene pop 
3
I Saw the Light
Dann Gire
Hiddleston obviously invested a lot of time and study into preparing for this role only to have it be swallowed up by a tired generic Hollywood retelling of the tragic tale of the tortured artist whose bright flame was extinguished all too soon 
2
I Saw the Light
Robert W. Butler
I Saw the Light gets the music right though there s not near as much of it as there could have been But as drama this one is dead in the water 
1.5
I Saw the Light
Michael O'Sullivan
I Saw the Light isn t just incohesive but ultimately and far more frustratingly incoherent 
1.5
I Saw the Light
Calvin Wilson
If you re interested in Williams and his music this film is better than nothing but not by much 
2
I Saw the Light
Mick LaSalle
In the end I Saw the Light is an uneven experience but the subject comes close to redeeming it What is it like to be one of those people whose talent does everyone good except themselves 
2
I Saw the Light
Michael Phillips
There s something off with the filmmaking from the beginning of I Saw the Light For many Hiddleston will be enough for two hours though he and his co stars struggle inside the cautious clip cloppy rhythm and uncertain style 
2
I Saw the Light
Rex Reed
This is a movie that is easy on the ears and even easier to like 
3
I Saw the Light
Katie Walsh
The storytelling choices actively work against the telling of Williams remarkable life story and the resulting biopic doesn t come close to the legend itself 
2
I Saw the Light
Glenn Kenny
In the end I Saw The Light doesn t illuminate enough to show us an entirely compelling Williams 
2
I Saw the Light
Peter Travers
Hiddleston gives the role his considerable all including singing Hank Williams hits in a voice that persuasively suggests the real thing Hiddleston is not what s wrong with this movie But damn near everything else is 
1
I Saw the Light
Kyle Smith
Hiddleston who like Olsen is best known for his Avengers alter ego does his own singing but can t quite duplicate Williams high pitched twang any more than the movie can re create the excitement of his career 
1.5
I Saw the Light
Roger Moore
Hiddleston is game but the slow footed movie around him lets him and Hank Williams down 
2
I Saw the Light
Stephen Whitty
Despite Huddleston s game performance and Williams great songs tunes which both sounded like nothing else you d heard before and things you d known all your life the film just bogs down in period details and endless questions 
2
I Saw the Light
Carson Lund
A flaccidly directed film that basks for two hours in a carefully art designed simulation of the past 
1.5
Opposite Day
Joly Herman
Kids rule the world but learn to be responsible too 
3
Elena
Robert Everett-Green
Elena is at once a portrait an autobiography and a history of family trauma 
3
Elena
Christy Lemire
What began in beautiful intriguing fashion ends up feeling surprisingly dull 
2.5
Elena
Diego Semerene
This is a film about the invisible things passed down from generation to generation that nasty inheritance that cages us into patterns and puzzles we try to solve in someone else s name 
3
Napoleon and Me
Mark Feeney
Napoleon and Me is always lively and often charming 
2.5
Ditched
Sara Michelle Fetters
I wish I liked Ditched more because there are some strong aspects to Donaldson s debut worth celebrating 
1.5
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Sean P. Means
Merata Mita is a pioneer in film that most people outside New Zealand don t know and Merata How Mum Decolonised the Screen goes a long way of correcting that blind spot and furthering her mission to bring different voices to movies 
3
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
Roger Moore
impressive effects feeble laughs incoherent story
1
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
Scout Tafoya
A madcap success on its own bizarre terms and an informative distillation of each auteur s sensibility 
3
Firecracker
Roger Ebert
The movie has one of the most immediately gripping opening scenes I can remember 
3.5
Rising High
Roger Moore
It starts well finishes with a flourish and finds enough Isn t this rip off cute moments to be worth your while 
2.5
Fireflies in the Garden
Lou Lumenick
A dispiriting rehash of dysfunctional family clichés that seems to last longer than Thanksgiving Day dinner 
1
Fireflies in the Garden
Stephen Whitty
The actors are all good and a few scenes an opening family argument a crucial battle when Michael finally fights back are painfully moving 
2.5
Fireflies in the Garden
Mick LaSalle
The relationships are lived in and complex with the same hopelessness that we find in real life People don t change 
3
Fireflies in the Garden
Matt Pais
Has all the personality and forward momentum of a cardboard box 
1.5
Fireflies in the Garden
Roger Ebert
A fraught family drama that shows us the same family in past and present 22 years apart It might have been more effective if it had followed a chronological order 
2
Fever Dream
Tom Meek
The nonlinear structure works to the film s advantage but at times the dank heavy moodiness becomes postured and distractingly overwrought 
2
Fever Dream
Randy Myers
Horror connoisseurs might be disappointed about the deliberate pace and reliance on erotic and psychological tension to supply the thrills but this sneaky and surreal genre film isn t interested in textbook horror tactics 
3
Fever Dream
Roger Moore
Never rises above vaguely unsettling 
2
Fever Dream
Mark Dujsik
Too much of Llosa s approach and the central narrative end up working against the actual point that s being made here 
2
The Stranger
Jay Antani
a beautiful valediction by a great filmmaker anticipating his own departure whose message is as profound as any in a majestic career
3.5
The Stranger
Leah Garchik
A fitting ending to Ray s 30 film career 
3
Last Rites
Roger Ebert
This is it located at last and with only six weeks to spare the worst film of 1988 
0
The Trip to Bountiful
David Nusair
Carrie 8217 s exploits slowly but surely possess a far more engrossing and emotional bent than one might 8217 ve initially anticipated 46 
3
The Trip to Bountiful
Mattie Lucas
Page s performance is so strong that it grounds the film when it threatens to disappear into its own nostalgic haze 
3
The Trip to Bountiful
Roger Ebert
The movie surprises us It s not really about conflict between the generations but about the impossibility of really understanding that you are even a member of an older generation that decades have gone by 
3.5
Hangmen Also Die
Eric Melin
An effective cat and mouse thriller and a paean to resistance designed to give strength to those under Nazi rule For a propaganda movie it s surprisingly dark and not afraid to show the human cost of resistance 
3
Sing
Matt Brunson
It possesses a cheery disposition that apos s downright infectious 46 
3
Sing
Kevin A. Ranson
With a singing voice cast like this a sure thing before the animation even started a few stereotypes and too much pig skin that s not a football reference 
4
Sing
James Kendrick
the film has a tonal imbalance that makes you feel like you re constantly see sawing with one moment pandering to tykes and the next pandering to their parents
2
Sing
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a fun movie More it is also one that has its heart stuck effortlessly in the right place 
3
Sing
Mal Vincent
The film has lots of movement lots of noise and just to be sure a big scene in which the theater is destroyed by floodwaters Who could ask for more Sing is great fun 
2.5
Sing
Roger Moore
Buy the kids the soundtrack skip the cynical movie
1.5
Sing
Linda Cook
You ll want to Sing while you re leaving the theater 
3
Sing
Christian Toto
Every time Sing threatens to blaze an original trail we re confronted by another demo pleasing cover song 
3
Sing
Kate Taylor
Kids will like the animals and the mayhem and won t mind the predictable plot Adults should appreciate the entertaining musical pairings 
3
Sing
Lawrence Toppman
Like many musicals from time immemorial Sing slouches along when characters speak and shoots heavenward when they burst into a tune 
3
Sing
Peter Travers
Sing doesn t have the grit or the grace notes of Zootopia No potent metaphors here about predators and victims the film slides by simply by shaking its sillies out You could do worse 
2.5
Sing
Christopher Schobert
More enjoyable than Finding Dory more clever than the overrated Zootopia and more memorable than Moana Sing is a real holiday treat 
3.5
Sing
Peter Canavese
Sing is pleasant enough but scrutinize it and you ll find that it s neither very musically accomplished nor very funny The tone is bright and colorful but still evinces a kind of joyless duty 3D Blu ray 
2.5
Sing
Josh Terry
Where the best animated features blend story craft and wit in a way that appeals to the parents and the kids Sing lags a step or two behind 
2.5
Sing
Sean P. Means
The animated movie Sing runs the entertainment spectrum from A to Z in that it melds the worst elements of American Idol and Zootopia into a lifeless jukebox musical 
1.5
Sing
Chris Knight
Writer director Garth Jennings and co director Christophe Lourdelet bring warmth and humour to the mix and know well enough that when the big numbers kick in the best thing to do is just let the music take over 
3
Sing
Michael Smith
Sing isn t about much and there are zero surprises outside of just how many songs can be sandwiched into one movie 
2
Sing
Mark Dujsik
The loose plot doesn t matter except that the resulting conflicts feel more like a burden than a benefit 
2
Sing
Phil Villarreal
As hollow as Justin Timberlake lyrics 
2.5
Sing
Rafer Guzman
A genuine crowd pleaser with sparkling characters feel good tunes and a big hearted spirit 
3.5
Sing
Michael O'Sullivan
If only real life could so easily be realigned by a singing pig 
2.5
Sing
Tom Russo
Entertainment whose pace and sound while dizzyingly brisk at points still accommodates characters and a setting that are terrifically rich 
3
Sing
Peter Hartlaub
The rousing and touching moments line up in orderly fashion like planes on the runway during the holiday rush 
2
Sing
Jody Mitori
Sing is like a medley of pop hits You get a bunch of quick samples but long for the full song 
2.5
Sing
Dann Gire
in a year in which major animated features impart themes far more sophisticated than the tired follow your dreams bromide Sing constitutes a mere pretty ditty executed at presto tempo 
2.5
Sing
James Berardinelli
Most of Sing s creative energy was invested in the musical numbers and fortunately that s where it shines But the film really can t go toe to toe with heavyweights Zootopia Moana Dory or even the little seen but superior Kubo 
3
Sing
Jon Niccum
The plucky and hummable flick finds its own voice so to speak 
2.5
Sing
Kyle Smith
Who doesn t love a flamboyant spandex wearing swine with a Swedish accent who adores Lady Gaga And there s a black sheep who is literally a black sheep 
3
Sing
Brian Truitt
In a year full of talking animal hits Sing isn t quite as strong a number It s a tale that might not be particularly thought provoking but sure is toe tapping 
2.5
Sing
Susan Wloszczyna
Its makers know all too well how to fully exploit the power of a catchy pop song 
3
Sing
Katie Walsh
an old school backstage musical that celebrates the magic of putting on a show 
3
Sing
Kenji Fujishima
In Sing musical theater is simply an excuse for the filmmakers to deliver an animated version of American Idol 
1.5
Sing
Dustin Putman
For a lover of musical theater Sing ought be a toe tapping home run Something feels oddly missing though It s not as fun as it should be The singing may be in key but the screenplay is out of tune 
2
Chanel Solitaire
Scott Sublett
A graceful character study The dignified cinematic pace and muted passions mirror the relaxed elegance that was Chanel 
3
Push
Nick Rogers
Light fixtures are the true stars in Push constantly reflecting twinkling and popping Its best moments are when guns levitate and fire themselves When you don t even need actors to hold pistols it s the ultimate in autopilot filmmaking 
1
Push
Wesley Lovell
A pleasant time waster with non abysmal performances and a few interesting concepts 
2
Push
David Nusair
46 46 46 suffers from an uneven sensibility that essentially holds the viewer at arm apos s length virtually from start to finish 46 
2
Push
Michael Dequina
Falls into the clumsy trap of being the presumptive first installment of a franchise 
2
Push
Matt Brunson
Makes viewers feel as if they re watching a movie from inside a spinning clothes dryer 
2
Push
Walter Chaw
A kick ass soundtrack sexy imagery and the ghost of a narrative to string it all together 
2
Push
Charles Koplinski
Great ideas rotten execution 
2.0
Push
Lori Hoffman
a rather bland and hard to follow knock off of the trendy Heroes X Men template 
2
Push
Michael Smith
Oh to have my brain wiped of Push The smell of desperation on the part of filmmakers to create their own superhero franchise is rancid 
1.5
Push
Linda Cook
Except for the cast Push reminds me a little bit of last year s Jumper 
2.5
Push
Christian Toto
Push is this year s Jumper Nuff said 
1.5
Push
Roger Ebert
Push has vibrant cinematography and decent acting but I m blasted if I know what it s about 
1.5
Push
Mick LaSalle
There are many problems with Push and most are the usual boring things unnecessary plot loops long dumb musical interludes a charmless script and ostentatious action sequences in which the only person excited is the cameraman 
1
Push
Chris Hewitt
When Push comes to shove don t expect to care about any of it 
2
Push
Claudia Puig
A silly movie that is partially engrossing and plenty convoluted 
2
Push
Kyle Smith
A grubby cut price sci fi thriller 
1.5
Push
Robert W. Butler
A bargain basement melding of clichés from the X Men franchise and TV s Heroes 
1
Push
Liam Lacey
Suggestive of X Men The Matrix and the television show Heroes Push is one of those time mangling thrillers that manages to seem both complicated and superficial 
2
Push
Jeff Vice
It s like watching an X Men movie that doesn t feature the leather costumes and which doesn t have enough in the way of requisite thrills or action to keep anyone interested in it for very long 
1
Push
Sara Michelle Fetters
It goes nowhere new and offers nothing we haven t seen before and while it s nice the filmmakers put so much stock in building their characters three dimensionally the fact they give them all nothing of interest or merit to do kind of defeats the purpose
2
Push
Dustin Putman
As a whole Push feels unfinished its ultimate destination accounting for nothing more than a shrug There is a fair amount to like here and just as much to resent for how much better it could have been 
2
Push
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What really struck me more than the plot itself was McGuigan s amazing use of location and space it feels as if this movie and these characters are really living in Hong Kong 
3
Push
Tom Keogh
Movies don t get more headache inducing than Push 
1
Push
Steven Rea
A trippy nonstop action fest with the feel of a really good episode of Heroes 
3
Push
Graham Killeen
Eventually buckling beneath the girth of its own mythology Push ends with less a cliffhanger than really just a cliff 
2
Push
Wesley Morris
Not much of it makes sense The rest isn t terribly interesting 
1.5
Push
Rene Rodriguez
Imagine if the X Men had spent most of their time sitting around talking about how they were going to fight Magneto instead of ever actually doing anything and you ll have a good sense of what is wrong with Push 
1
Push
James Berardinelli
The film is blessed with a frenetic pace that simultaneously accomplishes two things it keeps the energy level high while obfuscating some of the most obvious logical flaws in the plot s structure 
3
Push
Nick Schager
A clutter of worn genre elements stitched together with superficial stylistics 
1.5
Push
Kam Williams
A harrowing mindbender which successfully blends elements of X Men The Matrix and Memento while adding some of its own unique sci fi flava 
3.5
United We Fan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sparaga maintains a positive vibe throughout and takes enough time to really get to know some of these folks their sweet little quirks their regrets etc 
3.5
United We Fan
Raju Mudhar
A fun look at many fan campaigns that fought to keep their favourite TV shows on the air 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Jeff Vice
When the material is funny it s extremely funny 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Sean P. Means
She can be funny even when she gets on her soapbox 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Phil Villarreal
Cho s bisexuality supplies her with double ammo when making sex jokes which are her specialty 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
David N. Butterworth
Less structured and as a result funnier than Margaret s first 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Frank Ochieng
Cho is one amusing caustic storyteller Sharply hilarious and brimming with heart rendering frankness Cho exposes herself through the raw observations of the engagingly cheeky comedy concert film Notorious C H O a fearless showcase that s smart
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Connie Ogle
Has enough laughs to make it worthwhile for Cho s most devoted fans 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Gemma Tarlach
As hilarious as it is raunchy 
3.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Elias Savada
There s never a dull moment here Notorious C H O is a Genuine R I O T 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Robert K. Elder
Cho offers some of her best material to date jokes and stories that will no doubt embarrass and haunt her later in life a sign of truly raw personal comedy 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Moira MacDonald
An hour and a half of joyful solo performance 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Chris Hewitt
The difference between Cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Jerry McCormick
Audiences who appreciate extremely raunchy humor will find the giggles flowing but remember to bring the tissue because you ll laugh until you cry 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Joe Baltake
She s as rude and profane as ever always hilarious and most of the time absolutely right in her stinging social observations 
3.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Wesley Morris
Cho s face is an amazing slapstick instrument creating a scrapbook of living mug shots 
3.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Stephen Cole
Where last time jokes flowed out of Cho s life story which provided an engrossing dramatic through line here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Steve Rhodes
In her first picture she was as shrill as fingers across a blackboard Much less shrill and repetitive this time her act is more inviting to non fans Even so I found it more cute than funny I never laughed 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Notorious C H O Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor Carlin and Murphy 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Mick LaSalle
A hit and miss affair consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped 
2
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Megan Turner
Essentially a formulaic showcase for the provocative Korean American s singular comedic styling 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Rod Armstrong
Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled others will find their humor seeking dollars best spent elsewhere 
2
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Bob Strauss
Part of the fun for viewers who don t view Cho as a lifestyle model is the hilariously natural way she has of guiding us through the pitfalls of inadvisable relationships and erotic variations 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Michael Szymanski
This movie s a scream If you ve never seen or heard of Margaret Cho and you want to take a chance at something that you can relate to and then not relate to and still laugh anyway then scope out this film and get to it 
3.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Harvey S. Karten
If you re part of her targeted audience you ll cheer Otherwise maybe 
2.5
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Ross Anthony
Accenting her already outrageous sense of humor intellect frankness and timing are her classic frozen moment poses 
3
Margaret Cho - Notorious C.H.O.
Ed Gonzalez
Gloriously straight from the vagina 
3
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
An extremely conventional tribute to a Hollywood legend a career survey that easily could ve aired on Turner Classic Movies 30 years ago without a single change save Guillermo del Toro s many compliments 
2
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Matt Brunson
This excellent documentary packs an impressive amount of information in its 99 minute running time 
3.5
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Rex Reed
This movie honors both requirements of any documentary you can call memorable It educates and entertains at the same time 
4
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Cate Marquis
This enjoyable documentary is an fine introduction to Boris Karloff and particularly his career which reaches beyond his most familiar roles and deepens appreciation of his work 
3
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Karloff may not have earned an Oscar nomination during his career and not even a lifetime achievement award but it s clear that his filmography contains more great or beloved films than many bigger stars who did 
3.5
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Roger Moore
An adoring appreciation of a screen icon one of the founding figures in the birth of The Horror Movie a cultured man who made his good name scaring generations half to death 
3
Fear and Desire
Mattie Lucas
While it may not be an essential piece of the Kubrick canon it is certainly an essential piece of film history 
2.5
Fear and Desire
David Nusair
an exceedingly thin premise that s employed to sometimes striking yet often underwhelming effect by Kubrick 
2
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Joe Friar
Medak opens old wounds to discuss the film that almost ruined his career 47 years ago and his wonderful relationship with Peter Sellers Fascinating 
3.5
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone with an interest in crazy outrageous making of stories will lap this film up 
3
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Mark Feeney
The Ghost of Peter Sellers seems to have worked well as therapy Fifteen or 20 minutes shorter it would have worked equally well as documentary filmmaking 
2
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Tom Meek
The dissection of the production the filmmaking process and the shenanigans of Sellers and Spike Milligan provide for jaw drops 
3
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Peter Canavese
A highly unusual personal essay about a film production disaster and a friendship colored by insanity 
3
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
G. Allen Johnson
A nuanced portrait of a troubled often self destructive talent 
4
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Roger Moore
This cinematic therapy session turns out to be one of the more fascinating dissections of a film that failed
3
Nobody Someday
Ian Mantgani
A superficial stolid completely unselfconscious attempt to look deep and probing 
1
NASCAR
Michael Dequina
A rather rote and superficial look at the NASCAR circuit 
2
NASCAR
Ross Anthony
I wanted more time on the track more passing more actual racing NASCAR Stock car racing implies adrenaline rush and I missed that in this otherwise solid documentary 
2
NASCAR
Sean P. Means
The film is about as illuminating as the race cars stickered on headlights 
2
NASCAR
Jeff Vice
This one does manage to put audiences in the action And its brief examinations of the science of auto racing are pretty educational 
2.5
NASCAR
Linda Cook
Gentlemen and ladies Don your goggles 
3.5
NASCAR
Marty Mapes
In spite of flaws for sheer size and bravado it still deserves a look
2.5
NASCAR
Janice Page
NASCAR 3D will delight fans of auto racing 
3
NASCAR
Erik Lundegaard
Its rampant corporate sponsorship is messy and distracting and the athleticism necessary to triumph is still less intriguing perhaps because it s less visible than the athleticism necessary to triumph in say baseball 
2.5
NASCAR
Peter Hartlaub
Doesn t quite overcome its shameless self promotion but the film will satisfy the Lynyrd Skynyrd set while providing a decent explanation to those who are baffled by the sport s popularity 
3
NASCAR
Bob Ehlert
An uneven combination of documentary and demolition drama 
2
NASCAR
Lou Lumenick
A 45 minute glorified infomercial 
1
NASCAR
Jack Mathews
This 40 minute film shows off the combined IMAX 3D experience at its best 
3.5
NASCAR
Evan Henerson
As IMAX fare goes NASCAR 3D is an action packed ride 
3
NASCAR
Rick Groen
Race day comes and the experience is mildly disappointing better at the speed game than a conventional camera to be sure yet still far from the real deal and well below the standard set by our own God given peepers 
2
NASCAR
Josh Larsen
Another one of those lightweight corporate sponsored Imax documentaries that resembles a promotional video more than a movie 
2
NASCAR
Mike Clark
IMAX and NASCAR have to be one of the most harmonious match ups since Elvis and a guitar 
3.5
NASCAR
Chris Hewitt
Sponsored by NASCAR this is not a critical look at the sport nor is it particularly illuminating 
2
NASCAR
David Hiltbrand
If the words Gentlemen start your engines set your heart pounding this is the Imax experience for you 
2.5
NASCAR
Gene Seymour
Brisk high density advertisement for stock car racing sports a glossy corporate sheen but may be just congenial enough to convert a few skeptics 
3
NASCAR
Jeff Strickler
NASCAR 3D The Imax Experience provides an insider s look at what goes on at stock car races both on and off the track 
3.5
NASCAR
Ellen Fox
True fans i e the people who are most likely to buy tickets probably know a lot of this stuff already and they might be disappointed by the lack of drama and the brevity of 3 D racing action 
2
Forgotten Silver
Mike D'Angelo
Slight but agreeable and at just slightly over an hour it doesn t remotely wear out its welcome 
3
Vegas Vacation
Mal Vincent
You d be wise not to gamble on this 
2
Vegas Vacation
Austin Kennedy
Despite Chevy Chase s decent effort trying to revive the Griswold franchise VEGAS VACATION is just a big disappointment This one could have just premiered on TV as it resembles that sort of mediocrity 
1.5
Vegas Vacation
James Berardinelli
Full of jokes that fall flat 
1.5
Vegas Vacation
Madeleine Williams
Somewhere along the way the filmmakers lost sight of what made the original Vacation funny It wasn t the actual goal but the journey 
0.5
Vegas Vacation
Pat Kramer
So far from funny it s actually painful to sit through 
1.5
Vegas Vacation
Mike McGranaghan
The central idea of the series even normal families aren t normal apparently isn t completely exhausted yet I m surprised at how much I liked this film 
3
Vegas Vacation
Susan Stark
Retracing overly traveled roads 
2
Vegas Vacation
Mick LaSalle
Why if Chevy Chase is such a funny guy does he make such unfunny movies 
1
Decision to Leave
James Kendrick
By the time it works its way to its tragic conclusion 44 Decision to Leave has spun a fully immersive web of romantic intrigue that demonstrates without doubt that Park is just as good in a restrained mode as he is when he lets it all fly 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Rene Sanchez
Visually masterful 44 Decision to Leave is an enigmatic and seductive thriller about that inexplicable feeling called love 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Decision to Leave
David Nusair
46 46 46 a frustrating and completely lackluster mystery that feels so much longer than its endless 139 minutes 46 
0
Decision to Leave
Mattie Lucas
Come for the mystery 44 but stay for Park apos s dazzlingly delirious web of obsession and lies that paints a haunting portrait of a policeman apos s singular 44 self destructive focus on something unsolvable ultimately has nothing to do with the crime 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Josh Bell
If Decision to Leave isn apos t as viscerally powerful as some of Park apos s other work 44 its meticulous 44 stately compositions are still stunning works of art 44 and its characters are likely to stick with viewers even as certain plot details fade 46 
3
Decision to Leave
Brian Eggert
Park 8217 s treatment of these genres and character tropes revives them in a tricky way that keeps the viewer at an intentional distance 44 trying to see clearly through the unspoken language of desire between Hae joon and Seo rae 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Steven Prokopy
Some may get lost in the intricacies of the plot machinations 44 but the knockout performances and crisp writing by Park and Seo kyeong Jeong make this film one of the finest of the year 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Michael Phillips
Park s willingness to court a lot of momentary confusion about who s who and what s what will be a little much for some I feel this way When the filmmaking and the acting s on this level Park can zag around all he wants 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Anne Brodie
As we stagger around looking for hard facts 44 we fall under the spell of 40 their 41 strange relationship 46 Park Chan Wook 8217 s elaborate 44 masterful story tricks us and stays just out of our grip 44 teasing us into helpless submission
4
Decision to Leave
Rob Thomas
Park puts his own distinctive spin on the story 44 with dense 44 fragmented storytelling and distinct visual flourishes 46 And lurking under those reflective surfaces may be the most sincere love story he 8217 s ever told 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Tom Meek
The film feels a bit like a true crime noir and would make a perfect double bill with countryman Bong Jin Ho s Memories of Murder 
3
Decision to Leave
Roger Moore
A delicious femme fatale thriller with mystery 44 tragedy and more than a few deadpan laughs 46 
3
Decision to Leave
Kathy Fennessy
Park Chan wook apos s 11th film is his most inscrutable 44 his most romantic and his best 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Murder meets investigation meets love meets emotional drama 46 That may not sound like an innovative formula 44 but in Park 8217 s capable hands it proves more than satisfying 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Rest assured there are jaw dropping foot chases and skirmishes but Decision to Leave is mostly Park Chan wook at deconstructive play 
4
Decision to Leave
Mark Feeney
Park s ability at the movie s end to balance closure for one character and indeterminacy for another may be the most striking thing in a quietly striking film 
3
Decision to Leave
Michael O'Sullivan
Another movie in which style overwhelms substance 
2
Decision to Leave
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 has a musical sense of misdirection 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Jeffrey M. Anderson
apos Decision to Leave apos is complex and twisty 44 and it certainly lost me a few times 44 but it comes together so expertly 44 with every move planned so intricately 44 that it apos s as deeply satisfying as a Hitchcock thriller 46 
3.5
Decision to Leave
Mark Dujsik
The mystery of 91 the 93 relationship clearly appeals to 91 the filmmakers 93 more than the particulars of its two pronged plot 46 The film is better for that attention 46 
3
Decision to Leave
Lindsey Bahr
It lulls the viewer along with the protagonist into a misty dreamlike delirium until you re not even certain of what s right in front of your face 
3
Decision to Leave
Randy Myers
There s much more afoot than steamy encounters and a cliched story There s even laughter too You ll be thinking about the ending for days 
3.5
Decision to Leave
David Gonzalez
With its clever script and engaging performances and twists 44 Decision to Leave cements its place as an international feature contender at next year 8217 s Academy Awards and one of the most engaging films to come out of this year 8217 s New York Film Festival 46 
3
Decision to Leave
Chuck Bowen
Throughout 44 one often feels the plot machinations working against Park Chan wook 8217 s poetry 44 though in a few cases poetry wins out 46 
2.5
Decision to Leave
Brian Tallerico
A pretty nifty piece of genre work 44 a thriller that 8217 s expertly made even if it doesn 8217 t quite hum like the best Park films 46 
3
Decision to Leave
Kent Turner
quot Decision to Leave quot was certainly the most entertaining and slick genre film at Cannes 44 and among the few in this year 8217 s competition where a woman really held all the cards 46 
3
Decision to Leave
Peter Howell
Every frame is like a painting with hints to character motivation and plot twists 
4
Morning Guy
Steve Rhodes
You ll be laughing as fast as you can It s the best six minutes I ve had in a long time 
3.5
Chicken With Plums
Mattie Lucas
It s undeniably beautiful but it also feels awfully familiar with the lighthearted mix of comedy and melancholy veering closer to Jeunet s territory than Satrapri s singular wit 
2
Chicken With Plums
Kelly Jane Torrance
Satrapi is one of the best known expatriates thanks to her graphic novels But she s given us the least insight into a country that remains in the headlines and will likely continue to do so 
2
Chicken With Plums
Nathan Southern
On a scene by scene basis much of Chicken With Plums delivers satisfactorily but it adds up to much less than the sum of its many parts 
2.5
Chicken With Plums
Eric Melin
an admirable trip down the rabbit hole of a lonely man s mind and inspiration but it loses its way about halfway through the movie and feels like a series of inspired lovely short films held together by the barest of threads 
2
Chicken With Plums
Joe Williams
Resurrects the spirit of Middle Eastern fables albeit with a French twist 
3.5
Chicken With Plums
Sean P. Means
Amalric anchors Satrapi and Paronnaud s magical visual range and an emotional journey that zips from ecstasy to tragedy and back again 
3.5
Chicken With Plums
Lawrence Toppman
Satrapi and Parronnaud give us clues but no solution The fun for those of us who like fairy tales is in guessing 
3
Chicken With Plums
Bob Bloom
Directors Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi use various cinematic tricks to examine their protagonist and his life Voice over narration animation and music are a few of the options with which they compose their narration 
3
Chicken With Plums
John Hartl
This dreamy visually inventive Iranian drama functions on so many levels of reality and obsession that it almost ceases to entertain 
2.5
Chicken With Plums
Carrie Rickey
Chicken is a movie that begins with a crescendo and doesn t sustain its lyricism 
2.5
Chicken With Plums
Mark Feeney
Predictability is not in Satrapi and Paronnaud s vocabulary and that is no small thing in this or any other movie era But the whole those parts form never exceeds their sum 
3
Chicken With Plums
Ann Hornaday
Chicken With Plums is a whimsical sad diverting and altogether delightful exploration of how cinema can benefit not only from glancing back at its own past but by staying open to parallel forms of presentation and play 
3
Chicken With Plums
John Anderson
This highly stylized often beautiful rumination on life and art and the choices we make just sort of lies there waiting to expire 
2
Chicken With Plums
Tom Horgen
For the most part it s a savory treat much like the titular dish 
3
Chicken With Plums
Chris Hewitt
It s one of the year s unique and most entertaining movies 
3.5
Chicken With Plums
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chicken with Plums is as charmingly romantic as Persepolis was fiercely political it s as magical and as deeply felt as anything else I ve seen this year 
3.5
Chicken With Plums
Mick LaSalle
It is the story of a man who disappointed by life and love decides to go to bed and die And the movie does the same only it dies a full hour before the finish 
2
Chicken With Plums
Claudia Puig
Chicken With Plums is not a thoroughly delectable concoction but its exotic flavor is worth sampling 
2.5
Chicken With Plums
Kent Turner
The visual equivalent of an intoxicant One beautiful setting or image hazily dissolves into another producing an enthralling kaleidoscope 
3.5
Chicken With Plums
Matt Pais
Awkwardly tries to blend tones both moody and playful but winds up only with tiresome goofy darkness 
1.5
Chicken With Plums
Roger Ebert
It is all melancholy and loss and delightfully comedic with enough but not too much magic realism 
4
Chicken With Plums
Farran Smith Nehme
The many surreal flourishes like the film s giant breasts and petals floating through a pink tinged sky are supposed to be absolved of cringing obviousness because they re you know poetic and exotic 
2
Chicken With Plums
Elise Nakhnikian
A fable about the damage done when a young couple is forced to part Chicken with Plums is deeply melancholic yet so full of humor and humanity that it pulses with life even while tracing the trajectory of a slow suicide 
3
Eat Sleep Die
David Nusair
a fairly typical kitchen sink European drama 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jay Antani
he visuals are phenomenal rendered with so much love and passion that each frame is a marvel just to behold 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Joe Lozito
It s obvious even from the character names that Mr Conran has a good grasp on his source material The problem is he doesn t do anything with it 
2.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Todd Hertz
Director Kerry Conran hasn t just mimicked his favorite serials and comic books He s written a love letter to the full scope of 1930s and 40s films by basically making one 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Michael Szymanski
This isn t a film that one would expect depth and the cliches are fun and anticipated 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Peter Debruge
Pirates the best elements from classic adventure serials and combines them into an entirely new enormously satisfying cinema experience 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lori Hoffman
so mechanical the actors might as well been figments of the computer s imagination as well 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
David N. Butterworth
An enjoyable and visually dashing computer generated exercise 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jonathan R. Perry
What we should expect of a night at the movies Bold clever inventive exhilarating and often enough magical 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
James Kendrick
an imminently likable action adventure throwback that reflects the saucy give and take of old movies as much as it does their visual schemes
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Frank Ochieng
dashing and daring visually rich in its presentation cleverly combines the elements of surrealistic cinema that pads the excitement of this polished fanboy flick
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Larry Ratliff
Kerry Conran a rare rookie director given free reign over his digital domain takes his place as a gifted innovator of robust retro 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
James O'Ehley
Though this movie will pave the way technologically hopefully the next movie that uses CGI this extensively will also have a gripping story to go along with it 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Bob Bloom
The World of Tomorrow is an enjoyable look back at a make believe cinematic world that existed in the late 1930s and early 1940s 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sean McBride
The film is beautiful to look at and fascinating to talk about but the story is a bit stuck too much in the 1930s to really engage a modern audience 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sean P. Means
The most whizbang combination of new cinema technology and old fashioned Saturday matinee storytelling since George Lucas original Star Wars 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
James Berardinelli
Generally speaking I m not a big fan of style over substance movies but this one is so gorgeous that it s possible to become literally lost in the richness of the images 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Mike McGranaghan
Style alone isn t enough to make a movie good but it can add an atmosphere of fun and imagination that sweeps you into the story For me that s exactly what happens here 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sure a new bar in computer animation is set but if this is what the movies of tomorrow are going to be like I ll stick with yesterday 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Scott Nash
The most entertaining movie of 2004 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Peter Canavese
Though the exercise is ultimately empty Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow must be seen to be disbelieved so off you go 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
John Beifuss
The recent film it closely evokes is no sci fi blockbuster but The Saddest Music in the World by Guy Maddin another filmmaker obsessed with silent and Expressionist cinema 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Claudia Puig
A clever parlor trick but a dull movie 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Moira MacDonald
Marvelous fun to watch 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Carla Hall
Sky Captain never exceeds the level of a clever exercise 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
David Elliott
The film is a love party of noirs and flyboy pictures King Kong and Things to Come Metropolis and Lost Horizon Radio Days and The Lost World etc in excelsis 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Joe Baltake
Style over substance but what style 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jack Mathews
Missing beneath its fabulous surface however is anything like a beating heart 
2.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Amy Biancolli
Half of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film of breathtaking vision and craftsmanship a work of art that both summarizes the early history of cinema and takes it brilliantly shimmeringly forward The other half is not 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Rick Groen
What begins as childlike and filled with wonder ends as childish and fraught with tedium 
2.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Terry Lawson
Sky Captain is so breathlessly paced so consistently entertaining and so visually dazzling that nitpicking at its inspirations is near impossible to do while you re enjoying the ride 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jeff Vice
Spy Captain may be an acquired taste But for those who have an appreciation for old pulp serials and classic sci fi it s a real treat 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Glenn Whipp
Visually arresting but also chilly and off putting 
2.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Rene Rodriguez
A static uninvolving experience 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lou Lumenick
A breathtakingly beautiful sci fi adventure 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lisa Kennedy
This pulp fantasy spectacle is a fond tribute to beloved Movies with a capital M 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Roger Ebert
It s like a film that escaped from the imagination directly onto the screen without having to pass through reality along the way 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lawrence Toppman
A unique gem that needs neither sequels nor imitations 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Ty Burr
The only thing keeping it from greatness is a good story 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jeffrey Westhoff
Rolls fantastic tales from the early 20th century into a rock em sock em action story as groundbreaking and nearly as entertaining as Star Wars was in 1977 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sarah Chauncey
The film s biggest flaw is that it has no emotional center whatsoever 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Josh Larsen
Ideally it should be shown in a tree house 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Re invents the idea of cinema as we know it taking it into a brave new future while remaining refreshingly steeped in the past 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jon Niccum
The production design is so adept at looking both retroactive AND futuristic that the film always has a newness about it even when its plot is conventional 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Bruce Newman
A glossy piece of humbug cooked up by well intentioned amateurs as a science experiment 
1.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Duane Dudek
While Sky Captain is interesting and imaginative it is not all that involving and some may resist its charms entirely 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
David Sterritt
Crass and soulless 
1
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jeff Strickler
As the novelty wears off it becomes increasingly apparent that what s going on in the background is more interesting than what s happening in the foreground 
2.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Emily Blunt
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a visual masterpiece 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Chris Hewitt
I was impressed by Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow but I didn t like it much 
1.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Peter Travers
It s a gimmick it s not a movie 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Gene Seymour
You re more taken with its cleverness than swept up in wonder Still Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow s goofy ephemeral pleasures are difficult to resist 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Allison Benedikt
Drawing from a well of pulp fiction film noir and comic book imagery not to mention influences from The Wizard of Oz to Fritz Lang s Metropolis Conran and crew evoke a highly stylized 1939 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Austin O'Connor
A mazing to look at but not as much fun as it should be to watch 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Steve Rhodes
Your initial wows will quickly turn into yawns 
2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Willie Waffle
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a fun exciting visually stunning film that falls just short of brilliant 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Walter Chaw
It s disconcerting to consider that the aims of the villain jibe with the aims of the film itself 
2.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Phil Villarreal
I want a Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow lunchbox 
4
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Ross Anthony
Though initially intriguing intermittently appealing the film never develops and hides its most interesting character till the end when it s too late Overall bland 
1.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
Conran s influences often make Sky Captain seem like the fever dream of a hopeless film buff it may be derivative but it s never dull 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Rob Blackwelder
So perfectly captures the sci fi wonder of 30s serials that watching it doesn t arouse a modern reaction of wow or cool it garners a genuine awe struck golly 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Dustin Putman
An utterly mesmerizing boundlessly imaginative achievement perhaps and I do not use such terms lightly the most visually astounding motion picture ever made 
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jeanne Aufmuth
A chimeric big screen extravaganza that s refreshingly unique 
3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Chris Barsanti
An Art Deco fantasia imagined by a gadget obsessed 12 year old Sky Captain scarcely bothers with plot instead streaking straight into the atmosphere 
3
Christmas in July
Mattie Lucas
A breeze to watch and Sturges packs the brief running time with plenty of his trademark wit skewering corporate vanity and overconfident male bluster in equal measure 
3
Christmas in July
Matt Brunson
A delightful effort worth watching on Christmas Day Independence Day and even Arbor Day 
3.5
Christmas in July
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a small gem almost too short to mention 67 minutes but glitteringly perfect nonetheless 
4
Christmas in July
Michael Scheinfeld
A wonderful present that s perfect for anytime of the year 
4
Red Dawn
Brian Eggert
Filled with corny speeches and uncharismatic performances 44 there 8217 s not one iota of dynamism to this dull action fodder 46 
1
Red Dawn
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s a fun piece of escapism thanks mainly to the talents of Hemsworth 
2.5
Red Dawn
Frank Ochieng
Notably this wretched remake sat on the shelves for about a couple of years before the movie studio salvaged it in hopes of capitalizing on the ham fisted hedonism of John Milius s 80s hit actioner no need to rise at Dawn for this rancid reboot 
1
Red Dawn
Sonny Bunch
More like Red Yawn 
1.5
Red Dawn
John Beifuss
As idiotic as its inspiration but it lacks the live free or die integrity that Zen anarchist John Milius brought to the original production 
1.5
Red Dawn
Lori Hoffman
Unfortunately post 9 11 an invasion seems more plausible than it did in 1984 
2
Red Dawn
Jeremy Wheeler
The Red Dawn remake is as needless a reboot as Hollywood can offer 
1.5
Red Dawn
David Nusair
just another redundant contemporary remake 
2
Red Dawn
Ann Lewinson
In trading Milius s jingoist conviction for brotherly friction the remake has little reason for being 
0.5
Red Dawn
James Berardinelli
Red Dawn suffers from a number of serious problems The first and most obvious is that this is mini series material compressed into a 95 minute movie 
2
Red Dawn
Peter Canavese
John Milius 1984 original may not have been a paragon of clear headed foreign policy but Dan Bradley s remake predictably sidesteps and in one case mocks its source material s most interesting moments 
1.5
Red Dawn
Sean P. Means
If one can swallow the plot holes and hackneyed characters one still must deal with the confused staging and nausea inducing handheld camerawork of first time director Dan Bradley 
2
Red Dawn
Bob Bloom
The new Red Dawn is a simplified dumbed down version of the 1984 original Gone are the few political nuances Milius peppered through his script 
2
Red Dawn
Liam Lacey
Preposterously insincere 
1.5
Red Dawn
Steven Rea
Hobbled by a laughably bad script and a uniformly uncharismatic cast 
1.5
Red Dawn
Bruce DeMara
Just really really lame right down to the Communist symbols that adorn the revised Stars and Stripes 
0.5
Red Dawn
Tom Russo
An even odder war story than the bluntly provocative Reagan era original 
2
Red Dawn
Willie Waffle
Even though it is a remake and everyone involved has tried to modernize the film and story Red Dawn feels like an old fashioned out of touch movie 
1.5
Red Dawn
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite the more realistic battle scenes nothing in it feels more fateful than a football game 
2
Red Dawn
Kyle Smith
It s Kim Jong un versus Some Young Dumb Uns 
1.5
Red Dawn
Roger Ebert
I think I m beginning to understand why the Chinese were not reckoned to be a prime market for this film 
1.5
Red Dawn
Mark Dujsik
A valiant effort to update and improve upon a problematic movie that winds up matching the original in terms of success or better the lack thereof 
2
Red Dawn
Dustin Putman
Viewers willing to check their brains at the door and go along for the ride will find it a suitably exciting if not exactly tougher or smarter version of subject matter that is timely in an entirely different way than it was nearly thirty years ago 
2.5
Red Dawn
Soren Andersen
Was anybody out there clamoring for a remake of Red Dawn Show of hands Anybody 
1.5
Red Dawn
Claudia Puig
Scenes are rather murkily shot and characters are like cardboard cutouts 
2
Red Dawn
Mick LaSalle
Unfortunately the characters are so programmatic the premise so ridiculous and the situations so far fetched even if you accept that premise that no energy can be built and the little that s there can t be sustained 
1
Red Dawn
Michael Phillips
It s not a disaster It s just drab 
1
Red Dawn
Rafer Guzman
Feels like a movie without a cause 
2
Red Dawn
Jake Coyle
Today s terrorism paranoia apparently is too complex and too faceless for some No we need a clear cut enemy Do you have something in red 
1
Red Dawn
Joe Williams
This world is divided between the makers and the takers and after just a few minutes of Red Dawn you ll realize there s not much more you can take 
1.5
Red Dawn
Jon Niccum
The flick emphatically caters to the militia groups and secessionists who ve installed really cool home theater systems in their bunkers 
2
Red Dawn
Graham Killeen
If you need a Red Dawn fix just rent the original 
2
Red Dawn
Stephen Whitty
There s no edge to anything either dramatically or politically 
1.5
Red Dawn
Chris Hewitt
The point of Red Dawn seems to be to give teenagers who ve mastered Call of Duty a chance to put their slaughtering skills to use in the real world 
2
Red Dawn
Charlie McCollum
Remaking an old film is rarely a good idea but sometimes the idea is so spectacularly bad that the reasoning behind it defies all comprehension 
1
Red Dawn
Matt Pais
It s not saying much that the new Red Dawn is better but it is By quite a bit 
3
Red Dawn
Roger Moore
Red Dawn is a lot funnier than you remember 
2
Red Dawn
Phil Villarreal
The movie works as a silly parade of ridiculous but fascinating action sequences but flops as political fiction or coherent melodrama 
2
Red Dawn
Elise Nakhnikian
It feeds the warrior fantasies of adolescent boys with a testosterone heavy tale of a war free of moral complications 
.5
Step
Matt Brunson
It s not unreasonable to assume that the title doesn t refer to this chosen form of dancing as much as it refers to the steps each girl must take if she wants to break free from her surroundings and escape into the world at large 
3
Step
John Serba
An empathetic sincere and compassionate film a chronicle of achievement crucial for a time in which many are desperate for an inspiring story 
4
Step
Lisa Jensen
The subject is serious but the mood of the film is affirmative and joyful 
3
Step
Roger Moore
Formulaic predictable but inspiring in some unexpected ways
3
Step
Kathleen Rizzo Young
So who should see this documentary Fans of dance Girls Teachers Parents Kids In short anyone who wants to be inspired and touched 
3.5
Step
Sara Michelle Fetters
No movie has lifted up my soul this year as much as this one has No movie has had me crying tears of pure joy in quite the volume this one has 
4
Step
Gayle MacDonald
Step is a story about relationships And how even the most challenging family ties shape us into the people we are destined to become 
3
Step
Kent Turner
You may come to the film for the teens story but you ll stay for the grown ups 
2
Step
Ryan Porter
What the film lacks in actual music and performance only a snippet of Beyonc s Formation it makes up for in intimate interviews with the Lethal Ladies and their mothers who are doing their best to give their daughters a better life 
3.5
Step
Jim Brunzell III
Lipitz s irresistible crowd pleaser deftly balances the kids juggling act of heartaches at home and in school their dedication on the dance floor and their determination to achieve success 
3
Step
Peter Keough
A taut intimate passionate and celebratory documentary 
3.5
Step
Max Weiss
The sneaky genius of Amanda Lipitz s documentary Step is how it manages to tell an important story in the form of a triumphant Big Game narrative 
3.5
Step
Dann Gire
If there ever were another documentary whose scope and substance were worthy of being placed in the same rarefied class as Steve James Chicago shot classic Hoop Dreams this really would be it 
4
Step
Walter V. Addiego
You might wish for a little more depth Then again the brisk pace is part of what makes the movie a crowd pleaser that and knowing that the real prize the girls are working for is much bigger than a step dancing trophy 
3
Step
Keith Watson
By fitting Cori Tayla and Blessin s lives into a predetermined narrative arc Step reduces the girls to plucky up by the bootstraps archetypes 
2
Step
Ann Hornaday
This movie fires on every cylinder investing viewers in personal stories that couldn t have higher stakes and inviting them on a journey that pays off in ways expected and utterly surprising 
4
Step
Susan Wloszczyna
Part Hoop Dreams part The Fits and part Bring It On Step is one of the year s more meaningful and enjoyable docs 
3.5
Step
Bill Zwecker
The emotional impact of this important documentary will add to the understanding of the divisions we all face in this diverse nation especially at this time of great division 
4
Step
Josh Terry
Lipitz gives us an intimate view of the girls day to day lives and reminds us that even though her subjects have noble intentions they are still kids and flawed human beings 
3
Step
Sean P. Means
Lipitz also conveys the passion and heart these girls have for performing and for making their lives better 
3.5
Explorers
Brian Eggert
It s a movie whose concept sounds better on paper than the experience of watching it a prospect best reserved for cult nostalgists 
2.5
Explorers
Matt Brunson
The final third is a chore to endure 
1.5
Explorers
Josh Larsen
The birth of fanboy culture 
3
Explorers
Betsy Bozdech
Explorers true journey is the one Ben takes in his own heart and mind as he learns to look for happiness on the ground as well as in the stars 
2.5
House of Hummingbird
Kathy Fennessy
Kim Bora avoids melodrama as Eun hee faces one challenge after another 44 sometimes with grace 44 sometimes the opposite 46 If she isn apos t a hero 44 she isn apos t a victim either 46 
3.5
House of Hummingbird
James Kendrick
Although firmly set without the culture of South Korea it is universal in its depiction of adolescent angst and confusion and the wonderful terrible experience of growing into a much larger world 
3.5
House of Hummingbird
Joe Friar
An exciting debut by Bora Kim whose life at age 14 provided the experience needed to write and direct such a poignant film The craftsmanship on display usually comes with a more seasoned filmmaker A promising start for Kim and actress Ji hu Park 
4
House of Hummingbird
Diana Cheng
These three Tribeca awards speak to the assets of Kim s debut work adroit directing insightful cinematography Guk hyun Kang and the mature and nuanced performance of a young actor Ji hu Park who plays Eun hee with a quiet and natural appeal 
3
House of Hummingbird
Lisa Trifone
Combined with Park s beautifully thoughtful performance it all creates a profoundly deep exploration of feminine youth 
3.5
House of Hummingbird
Peter Sobczynski
A thoughtful and engrossing take on a familiar theme that is boosted immeasurably by the contributions of writer director Bora Kim and young lead actress Ji hu Park 
4
House of Hummingbird
Mark Dujsik
For all of the everyday misery here House of Hummingbird does find some difficult bittersweet hope 
3
House of Hummingbird
Anita Katz
A female coming of age story that addresses patriarchal attitudes and historical events the South Korean drama is a subtle and sensitive winner 
3
House of Hummingbird
Jake Cole
The film is never more intense than when it s finding parallels between its main character s anomie and Korea s dehumanizing expansion 
3
House of Hummingbird
Roger Moore
A sweet and forlorn Korean teen s coming of age year in the life drama 
3
Thunder Road
Brian Eggert
There 8217 s a magnetic performance at the center of Thunder Road that begins like Jim Carrey and ends like John Cassavetes 46 
3.5
Thunder Road
Josh Bell
Witnessing Jim s struggle is difficult but rewarding 
3
Thunder Road
Josh Larsen
A jarring lead performance anchors Thunder Road 
3
Thunder Road
Mark Dujsik
Thunder Road provides a fine showcase for Cummings as a filmmaker of some sensitivity and as an actor who shows the full range of this tragic clown 
3
Thunder Road
John Hanlon
It s a testament to the filmmakers here that they manage to maintain a superb balance of comedy and tragedy in this original tale 
3.5
Thunder Road
Brian Tallerico
When Cummings finds the right balance of dramatic license and believable characterization Thunder Road is exhilarating to watch 
3
Fyre
Federico Furzan
Impressive document on the biggest scam of the decade This is how a documentary should be written Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Fyre
Josh Larsen
The subject matter is gold 
2
Fyre
Christopher James
Fyre succeeds at being both insatiably entertaining while also conscious of the larger impact of the festival 
3.5
Fyre
Rene Sanchez
Reality surpasses fiction in this captivating and equally terrifying documentary about a brutal epic fail and its consequences Full Review in Spanish 
3
Fyre
Alan French
Smith uses Fyre to tell a story about wealth arrogance and privilege in the world and it sticks the landing wonderfully 
3
Fyre
Joey Magidson
If you were fascinated at all by the whole Fyre situation prepare to be blown away by the real life insanity of what occurred 
3
Fyre
Brian Tallerico
Fyre is a story of shallow excess how we re in an era in which how something looks is more important than what it actually is but it s also a reminder that everything still has a cost 
3
Fyre
Robert Daniels
If the Hulu produced Fyre Fraud didn t exist Netflix s FYRE would be a fully worthwhile presentation But Hulu s Fire Fraud does exist and it is decidedly better 
2
Fyre
Richard Roeper
As Fyre makes painfully clear just about everyone involved with the project had to have known they were tumbling down a mountain at rapid speed and headed for almost guaranteed scandal and disaster
3
Fyre
Oliver Jones
Smith ends up exposing the journalistic economy as so utterly dependent on hype and marketing that it has lost sight of its reason to exist to tell the truth and provide service to its consumers 
3
Fyre
Chris Barsanti
Chris Smith s documentary about the 2017 Fyre Festival implosion resists the urge to revel in cheap social media schadenfreude 
3.5
Made in America
David Nusair
46 46 46 a predominantly affable comedy that benefits from the thoroughly compelling and charming efforts of its stars 46 46 46 
3
Made in America
Chris Hicks
This first time screenplay by Holly Goldberg Sloan feels more like an outline and director Richard Benjamin doesn t seem to know quite what to do with it 
1.5
Made in America
Roger Ebert
This isn t a great movie but it sure is a nice one 
3
The King of Comedy
Matt Brunson
This jet black comedy is a symphony of unease 
3.5
The King of Comedy
Luke Parker
With laughs that feel more self inflicted than involuntary The King of Comedy is an incredibly eerie film to experience August 28 2018 
4
The King of Comedy
Josh Larsen
cringe comedy of the highest order 
4
The King of Comedy
David Nusair
remains a high water mark in terms of De Niro s onscreen work 
3
The King of Comedy
Roger Ebert
It is frustrating to watch unpleasant to remember and in its own way quite effective 
3
The King of Comedy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This bizarre work is one of Martin Scorsese s greatest and most underrated films 
4
The King of Comedy
Bill Chambers
Scorsese s magnum opus til Kundun came along 
4
The King of Comedy
Ted Prigge
It s still a great film just not as absolutely amazing as it could have been 
3
Brightest Star
Mike McGranaghan
Notable for its effective performances and for the sincerity with which it tries to capture the confusion of young adulthood but it often chooses simplicity over depth 
2.5
Brightest Star
Glenn Kenny
This is a movie that so privileges the perspective of the good looking foofy haired white male that it makes you understand the absolutely pejorative aspect of the term heteronormative 
1.5
Brightest Star
Kyle Smith
Straining to meld a love triangle with an astronomy lesson the rom com The Brightest Star disappears into a black hole of clich 
1
Minari
Brian Eggert
Minari is the kind of film that sends the viewer into their own childhood memories 
3.5
Minari
David Nusair
a deliberate yet mostly compelling drama 
3.5
Minari
Matt Brunson
Unfussy and unassuming 
3.5
Minari
Rene Sanchez
A tender and powerful story that portrays the struggles of a hard working immigrant family in search of the so called American dream Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Minari
Kevin Carr
Tells a very American story but tells it from the Asian immigrant standpoint 
3
Minari
Jason Fraley
One of the most powerful films ever made about the American Dream 
4
Minari
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Fully deserving of its nearly full year of acclaim since Sundance 2020 Minari is the rare immigrant story to seek meaning almost entirely beyond immigration itself 
4
Minari
John Beifuss
A film of journalistic precision and radical empathy 
4
Minari
Moira MacDonald
In creating a filmic love letter to his own family Chung has crafted one for us all 
3.5
Minari
Josh Larsen
A tender fictionalized memoir anchored by two stellar performances 
3.5
Minari
Tom Meek
It s a quiet tale of American idealism 
3.5
Minari
Lindsey Bahr
One of the great triumphs of Minari is its presentation of authentic childhood These kids are not saints or stand ins or mouthpieces They are their own persons 
4
Minari
Mattie Lucas
Buoyed by Emile Mosseri s delicate score Minari sometimes feels like the hazy recollections of a dream made up of memories of childhood floating back in a kind of nostalgic reverie 
3.5
Minari
Richard Roeper
Writer director Chung and the production team have delivered a sepia toned memory piece that never sugarcoats the culture clashes in and out of the Yi household and yet remains hopeful in tone throughout 
3.5
Minari
Jeff Mitchell
Minari An absorbing authentic American immigrant story 
3.5
Minari
Sadaf Ahsan
Minari is a gentle burn of a film The loudest thing about it in fact is just how much of an American story it is 
4
Minari
Robert Horton
Its approach seems literary more than cinematic which may be why I m resisting its charms a little bit 
3
Minari
Jeff York
The enduring pluck of this family is wholly endearing and relatable so much so that you might even forget that you re reading subtitles throughout 
4
Minari
Ty Burr
Minari is as American as apple pie and kimchi which is to say it s what America is all about 
4
Minari
Nina Metz
It s a wonderful cast all around and it s especially thrilling to see how Yeun s career has progressed over the years 
3.5
Minari
Chris Hewitt
Chung based the story on his own Arkansas childhood and it feels attuned to both the possibility of a better life and the hazards of trying to build something from scratch 
4
Minari
Ann Hornaday
The funny sad inspiring and ultimately universal story of how one family experiences displacement and belonging in ways that never quite line up with conventional expectations 
3
Minari
Brian Truitt
Minari works because it feels so personal as you root for a fragmented family weathering resentment and heartbreak in an uplifting and very universal tale 
3.5
Minari
Randy Myers
This is a film to treasure 
4
Minari
James Berardinelli
It s a rewarding but not overpowering experience 
3
Minari
G. Allen Johnson
It is not just about the American Dream it is a search for America s soul 
4
Minari
Roger Moore
A tale both familiar and alien a breakout film of brittle tenderness heart and hope
3
Minari
Walter Chaw
Minari gets everything right Exactly right Excruciatingly right 
4
Minari
Dwight Brown
This small but touching family drama perfectly evokes the times and rural setting The couple s struggle is as distressing as it is inspiring 
3
Minari
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s evenly softly paced and the drama is never ramped up to soap opera levels It s a gorgeous pleasant film that will make plenty of people happy 
3.5
Minari
Matt Zoller Seitz
A lovely unique film 
3.5
Minari
Mark Dujsik
Everything about the foundation of the story of Minari is simple but Chung builds and builds upon it 
3.5
Minari
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
With great specificity of time and place Minari slowly builds its narrative from the ground up and by the end presents a lush garden for our enjoyment 
3
Minari
Oliver Jones
One of the most profound and honest cinematic depictions of what it means to be American not just this year but in recent memory 
4
Minari
Pat Brown
The film s orderliness of plot somewhat undermines the sense that the family at its center is steeped in a truly messy situation 
2.5
Minari
Joey Magidson
Even if I m not quite shouting from the rooftops about it this is still a hearty thumbs up to a very good movie that does almost nothing wrong 
3
Minari
Sean P. Means
Chung s script runs the Yi family through hardships both financial and marital while also displaying David s child s eye view of life in the South Chung s direction captures the details of life in Reagan s America 
3.5
Minari
Karen M. Peterson
A quiet steady journey lovingly crafted 
4
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Laine Ewen
Stengade in her first leading role is at once vulnerable and frighteningly manic 
2.5
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Lou Lumenick
Stengarde gives an arresting performance as a mentally unstable woman 
2.5
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Marta Barber
In Stine Stengade s intensely engaging performance Kira is always one step away from the abyss although without apparent effort she manages to hang on 
2.5
Fatso
David Nusair
an intriguing setup thats employed to periodically engaging yet mostly middling effect 
2
Fatso
Matt Brunson
A crushing disappointment 
1.5
Fatso
Roger Ebert
Not particularly funny material to begin with But Bancroft s approach to it is so ambiguous we re thoroughly confused 
1
How to Be Single
Brian Eggert
Feels more like a failed television pilot than a feature film 
1.5
How to Be Single
Sarah Knight Adamson
How to Be Single is a fluffy comedy at times that does have some depth to its script 
3
How to Be Single
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately How to be Single is annoyingly jittery and woefully generic The characterizations all feel synthetic and the contrived dilemmas for how these young women cope with men of uncertainty reluctance and absurdity fall flat
1.5
How to Be Single
Brad Keefe
Might I suggest an alternate title for How to Be Single Typecasting The Movie 
1.5
How to Be Single
Mick LaSalle
How to Be Single is over a half hour before it s over 
2
How to Be Single
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wilson generates a number of heartfelt laughs Johnson is a magnetically compelling lead and Mann is just plain spectacular stealing every scene she s in with an effortlessness that s just plain super 
2.5
How to Be Single
Robbie-Ann McPherson
Those who truly appreciate a great chick flick may find it enjoyable but somewhat disappointing 
2
How to Be Single
Max Weiss
If only How to Be Single had the smarts to not just deliver twists on clichs but avoid them altogether 
2
How to Be Single
Mike McGranaghan
How to Be Single shows that rom coms can be artfully made and intelligent rather than dumb and pandering 
3
How to Be Single
David Nusair
a fairly run of the mill romantic comedy that s elevated by an appreciatively energetic approach 
2.5
How to Be Single
John Hanlon
How to be Single doesn t know how to be funny and lacks the self awareness and wit that would ve made this film truly work 
0.5
How to Be Single
Matt Brunson
With some tightening up of both characterizations and scenarios How to Be Single could have been a worthy entry in the rom com genre As it stands though it looks to remain always a bridesmaid never a Bridesmaids 
2
How to Be Single
James Berardinelli
A horrifically bad romantic comedy that serves as a celebration of entitlement consumerism and shallow behavior 
1
How to Be Single
Peter Travers
It s chickbait for Valentine s weekend a fluffball that plays like warmed over subplots from Sex and the City 
1.5
How to Be Single
David Berry
Most of the moments of either comedy or romance feel a bit too manufactured to really land although certainly if you re a fan of these things being manufactured has never been much of an issue 
2
How to Be Single
Christy Lemire
Think of How to Be Single as a cinematic Whitman s Sampler There are enough pieces that work to offset the pieces that don t 
2.5
How to Be Single
Mark Dujsik
The stories never fully gel 
2
How to Be Single
Julian Carrington
The blandness of the film s execution tempers the praise it s owed for the relative boldness of its themes 
2
How to Be Single
Linda Barnard
Unsure what kind of movie it wants to be How To Be Single is a messy mix of everything burying the final genuinely felt 20 minutes that could have saved this intermittently amusing sloppily made rom com 
1.5
How to Be Single
Kam Williams
An utterly unfiltered salute to the Age of Indiscretion 
4
How to Be Single
Eric Henderson
If the accepted wisdom is that chronically single people don t know what they want the film will stay alone for life 
2
How to Be Single
Katie Walsh
This singles baiting rom com is so much better than it s been advertised a legitimately great and funny dedication to self love with its heart squarely in the right place 
3
How to Be Single
Peter Keough
Being single is a mess So is the film and it s almost messy enough to seem authentic 
2
How to Be Single
Richard Roeper
Lovely stuff all around 
3.5
How to Be Single
Sara Stewart
Why do we always tell our stories through relationships the film asks then proceeds to tell all of their stories through relationships except Wilson s which doesn t merit a main plotline 
1
How to Be Single
Ann Hornaday
How to Be Single claims the mantle of feminism at least in its hastily cobbled together final act but it s a burlesque on female selfhood and solidarity 
1
How to Be Single
Michael Phillips
Roughly half the scenes are terrible nervously edited and predictable The other half transcend the innate shrugginess of the script 
2.5
How to Be Single
Matt Pais
If you gather a bunch of friends and drink every time your opinion changes about what you re watching plan to have someone carry you out of the theater 
2.5
How to Be Single
Roger Moore
Rebel Wilson owns it Leslie Mann steals it and Dakota Johnson takes another shot at being Everyone s favorite easy Valentine s Day date 
2.5
How to Be Single
Nicole Einbinder
An entertaining movie that while lacking real substance or stellar acting hints at themes to which we can definitely all relate 
2
How to Be Single
Rick Bentley
How To Be Single is a wonderful surprise It takes a high road in both comedy and story that makes it work on multiple levels More comedies that focus on one gender should pay attention to this movie The cast and crew deliver from start to finish 
3
How to Be Single
Dustin Putman
The throughline 151 that would be Dakota Johnson s Alice 151 is worthy of a better movie just as the lovely final moments deserve a preceding 95 minutes to match it 
2
Here Come the Videofreex
David Berry
Some subcultures stay buried for a reason although it can be fun to trace their ruins 
2
Here Come the Videofreex
David Lewis
It s like we re seeing a home movie except this home movie is taking us on a whirlwind tour through the late 1960s and early 1970s 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Federico Furzan
This take on teenage drama feels vague when pointing to the real issue and solving it in a short third act This could have been so much better Full review in Spanish 
2
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Matt Brunson
Like Boy Erased The Miseducation of Cameron Post notes that the sin doesn t reside in the natural instincts of these kids but rather in the corrupt hearts of the adults who surround them 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Joey Magidson
Moretz is phenomenal She gives a performance that s among the best of her young career 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Joel Mayward
Cliche ridden and strangely aloof Miseducation elicited little in the way of an emotional response from me beyond frustration 
2
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Joe Friar
Apart from Moretz who is dynamic in the lead actor John Gallagher Jr delivers one of the film s strongest performances Parents support your kids and see this film especially if you have a teenager at home 
3.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Rob Thomas
It s in the drama especially the little moments of connection between Cameron and the other kids that shows Cameron Post at its best 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Kent Turner
It might be the highest compliment to say that the film version does not at all feel compromised in the transfer to screen it tones nothing down 
3.3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Richard Roeper
Post is anchored by a strong performance by Chloe Grace Moretz 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Mark Dujsik
Akhavan has given us a film about a dire situation that finds hope 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Max Weiss
The Miseducation of Cameron Post has flashes of greatness And I love its empathic exploration of queer youth especially from a female perspective 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Sean P. Means
Moretz takes this fragile confused girl and transforms her into a determined young woman fighting for her self identity It s a performance as graceful and surprising as the film that carries it 
3.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a marvelous depth an underlying layer of benevolence that permeates this story right to its core Akhavan bringing everything to life with an effortless grace that never feels heavy handed or didactic 
4
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Robert Horton
Akhavan has executed a quietly complete takedown of an ignorant practice 
3.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Johanna Schneller
Akhavan keeps the camera locked on Moretz s face every time you think she can t possibly go closer she does But it s the definition of a female gaze 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Ty Burr
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a scrapbook made by the people who were there 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Bruce DeMara
It s loaded with terrific performances all around and under the skilful stewardship of director Desiree Akhavan it s a well crafted story steeped in poignancy melancholy and simple truths 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Anita Katz
Writer director Desiree Akhavan gets her message across resonantly with subtlety compassion and understated humor 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
David Lewis
This is essentially a movie about teenagers stuck in an overly strict summer camp and watching youths quietly whiling away the hours in a detention center is not exactly scintillating conflict 
2
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Miseducation more often opts for nuance than burlesque and that is its strength 
2.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
J.R. Kinnard
Moretz wry smile and weary eyes convey volumes of emotional turmoil She is the soulful courageous heart of a film that exalts the strength of human dignity 
4
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Robert Levin
Akhavan takes a restrained approach to chronicling Cameron s journey and Moretz is never up to the task of conveying any sense of inner struggle The character is too static and feels too sure of herself for the movie to deliver the gut punch it should 
2.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Diego Semerene
The film s refusal to produce a campy critique feels more like the product of lack of imagination than a purposeful repudiation 
1
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Johnny Oleksinski
A sweet indie film in the tradition of John Hughes Calmly directed by Desiree Akhavan the movie doesn t get tangled in the weeds of politics but instead focuses intensely on its lovely characters 
3.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Clayton Davis
The film s rewards are many but not more than the unforgettable performance of Chloë Grace Moretz 
3.5
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Roger Moore
A quaint but bracing period piece that takes us from It gets easier to See how much easier it got in a heartbeat 
3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Tomris Laffly
A clear eyed examination of a self assured female gay character from the past both ahead of her teenage years and the era through which she lived them 
3.5
The Wrong Missy
Jason Fraley
It s the broadest possible comedy for the lowest common denominator laughs as Lapkus falls off a cliff and bounces off jagged rocks and tree limbs Sure that s the Happy Madison brand but the O Doyles actually died when their car plunged off a cliff 
2
The Wrong Missy
Peter Canavese
Strictly for fans of the stars or anyone craving some cinematic junk food 
2
The Wrong Missy
Christian Toto
David Spade Lauren Lapkus can t salvage this strained affair 
2
The Wrong Missy
David Nusair
A typically lazy Happy Madison comedy 
2
The Wrong Missy
Barry Hertz
Overriding everything is a profound sense of laziness Jokes do not land here so much as they ooze forth slow and noxious 
1
The Wrong Missy
Brian Tallerico
It s almost a shame that the film overall isn t better and that David Spade doesn t give half the effort of his co star Lapkus is just good enough to show how this movie could have worked 
2
The Wrong Missy
Roger Moore
Spade practically cringes through this thing 
1
The Go Master
Walter Chaw
One of the few pictures deserving of the description visual poem 
4
The Go Master
V.A. Musetto
Under Tian Zhuangzhuang one of China s leading directors The Go Master unfolds as meditatively as a game of go 
3
The Go Master
Keith Uhlich
More an example of fifth gen pageantry than anything by Zhang or Chen 
2
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Glenn Heath Jr.
The director manages to instill every moment on the road with a sense of shrill conventionality 
1
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Lou Lumenick
You d be better off renting Eddie and the Cruisers 1983 than slogging through this latest far more dire recycling of the same rock clichs 
1
Ocean Men: Extreme Dive
Liam Lacey
This is the anti adrenaline movie about tuning the metabolism down to a bare survival state 
3
Ocean Men: Extreme Dive
Keith Cassidy
A beautifully shot film that offers a compelling look at two fascinating athletes and their quest to challenge the ocean s depths 
3
Ocean Men: Extreme Dive
Ross Anthony
Truly inspirational the most pure elements of the human spirit reflect light from the waves above 
3
Afghan Star
Mattie Lucas
So much more than a reality show it is a microcosm of the birth of a new democracy of a free people facing the dawn of a new day 
3
Afghan Star
Jeff Vice
The filmmaking itself is pretty much by the numbers But there s some genuine tension as the competition field narrows 
3
Afghan Star
Michael Sragow
The film s essential fascination and integrity swamp any qualms about its pacing or all around moviemaking 
3
Afghan Star
Joe Williams
Of all the films to come out of the conflict Afghan Star is the most provocative because its message that people are essentially the same is a dubious double edge sword 
3
Afghan Star
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s hard not to look at the effect this program is having on the country and not come away thinking military might isn t the solution a lot of those in power would like us to believe it is 
3
Afghan Star
Jonathan Curiel
Like The Kite Runner novel and movie the documentary Afghan Star succeeds at dramatizing the lives of Afghans but those we see on screen are real flesh and blood characters people who let their true feelings emerge 
4
Afghan Star
Michael Upchurch
An informative documentary revealing how decades of war and years of Taliban repression have fallen to the wayside however briefly as Kabul s answer to American Idol seduces a violence weary Afghanistan 
3
Afghan Star
Ty Burr
One of the most hopeful and heart rending movies I ve seen this year 
4
Afghan Star
Lance Gould
Director Havana Marking s work is quite moving particularly when it follows two of the three women who compete with nearly 2000 male applicants for the title 
3
Afghan Star
Steven Rea
Havana Marking s excellent illuminating film follows four Afghan Star finalists over the frenetic final months leading to the Moment of Truth 
3.5
Afghan Star
Mike Scott
A pleasantly uplifting film one built upon hope and the strength of the human spirit 
3
Afghan Star
Rene Rodriguez
Afghan Star reveals that the Afghan people strongly crave to make up for years lost to Taliban repression and catch up with the 21st century 
3
Afghan Star
V.A. Musetto
British filmmaker Havana Marking s entertaining first feature documentary 
3
Afghan Star
Kam Williams
Simon Cowell does Kabul 
4
Afghan Star
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Afghan Star sets out with a delectably postmodern agenda 
2.5
Mr. Destiny
Roger Ebert
The movie is a slow march through foregone conclusions and its curious passivity is underscored if that is the word by the quietest soundtrack I can remember 
2
Monkey Trouble
Roger Ebert
A quirky bright PG rated adventure that s as entertaining as Free Willy Better maybe since monkeys are a lot more charismatic than whales This is a splendid family film 
3
Robbing Mussolini
Roger Moore
It 8217 s all strictly formula 44 with a dash of wit here and a fun classic car chase there 46 
2
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Matthew Rozsa
If Jason Goes To Hell had been a standalone film it might have worked as a Friday the 13th movie it sucks 
2.5
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Federico Furzan
Jason goes where he should always have stayed in An inconceivable premise Full review in Spanish 
1
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
David Nusair
A return to the near unwatchableness of certain earlier installments 
1.5
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
James Kendrick
That the end result is convoluted lacking in logical coherence and sometimes downright silly is not ideal but you can sense the genuine desire to take the story in a new direction
2
The Sweeney
Stephen Whitty
Winstone is as always perfectly believable as a tough guy and after a slow start due somewhat to American ears adjusting to those problematic accents the film hits a groove 
3
The Sweeney
Kyle Smith
The movie blithely repeats most of the clichés of the American badass cop flick only in impenetrable Cockney 
2
The Sweeney
Mick LaSalle
This might just be a British thing that we don t understand literally 
2
The Sweeney
Soren Andersen
Winstone radiates such a threatening vibe that he doesn t have to say a word to make your hair stand on end And his grim glowering work in The Sweeney ranks up there with his best 
2.5
The Sweeney
Jake Mulligan
The Sweeney was originally a 1970s TV show but with the archetypal characters the rote plot and the nondescript gunfights it feels more like an adaptation of a video game 
2
The Sweeney
Omer Mozaffar
Somewhere in the laundry list of clichés there is a movie here that we have already seen and forgotten 
2
The Sweeney
Matt Pais
After countless identical Jason Statham movies the rugged ground level toughness of British actioner The Sweeney comes as a breath of fresh brutal air 
2.5
The Sweeney
Chris Cabin
Clichés abound even in the look of the film which toggles between post Ritchie crime violence burlesque and sleek Nolanesque faux grandeur 
1
The Sweeney
Roger Moore
A solid Ray Winstone action cops vehicle properly gritty with just enough surprises 
3
It's So Easy and Other Lies
Brian Tallerico
Duff McKagan is talented smart and nice His story deserves a better movie 
1.5
The Dark
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The clichs and plot devices are all so old hat and the concept is so confusing and nonsensical 
2
The Dark
David Nusair
a creepy and often genuinely frightening piece of work 
3
Nightmare at Shadow Woods
David Nusair
a fun premise that s employed to mostly lackluster effect by John Grissmer 
2
The Rocker
Michael Dequina
Just because one is a scene stealer on TV does not mean he or she is big screen material period much less a movie star 
0
The Rocker
David Nusair
an agreeable sporadically hilarious comedy that benefits substantially from the almost uniformly strong performances 
2.5
The Rocker
Jeff Vice
This rock music comedy does has a few chuckles and belly laughs And unlike a few other smug self satisfied comedies that have come along recently this one at least seems to have a heart at its center 
2.5
The Rocker
John Wirt
The Rocker neither rocks nor rolls 
1.5
The Rocker
Charles Koplinski
Predictable but fun 
3.0
The Rocker
Mike McGranaghan
I had a really good time watching The Rocker I laughed I tapped my foot to the music and I reveled in the extraordinary Rainn Wilson 
3
The Rocker
Rossiter Drake
Wilson s amiably wild eyed performance hits all the scripted notes in a comedy that is mostly tone deaf 
2.5
The Rocker
Kyle Smith
Memo to Rainn Wilson A shot of a paunchy middle aged man in jockey shorts is not automatically funny Okay it kind of is But The Rocker is as formulaic as a Whitesnake song without the virtue of a four minute running time 
1
The Rocker
Liam Lacey
The melody of The Rocker feels predictable but the beat is refreshingly off kilter 
2.5
The Rocker
Linda Cook
The Rocker is a likeable but sometimes awkward comedy about a likeable awkward musician 
3
The Rocker
Jonathan W. Hickman
I felt nothing for the characters and worse I didn t care if Fish confronted his old band members and got even 
2.5
The Rocker
Ken Fox
Breezily directed by The Full Monty s Peter Cattaneo this amiable comedy features a solid supporting cast and the original songs written by Chad Fischer of Superman fame are surprisingly good in a hooky power pop sort of way 
3
The Rocker
Darel Jevens
The film equivalent of an inoffensive throwaway track what we used to call a B side back in the days of Vesuvius 
2
The Rocker
Wesley Morris
A grubby little redemption comedy that in every way feels like a consignment shop Jack Black vehicle 
2.5
The Rocker
Philip Marchand
The Rocker is an amiable comedy so efficiently constructed that you can practically see the computer software on how to write comedy screenplays at work Nonetheless it is an enjoyable construction 
2.5
The Rocker
Chris Hewitt
It s too bad the unambitious Rocker didn t give those fine performers more to do As it is it s only half a screenplay and theirs is the half that s missing 
1
The Rocker
Ted Fry
An innocuous late summer entry that barely rises above the level of sitcom alternative to Olympic coverage overload 
1.5
The Rocker
Stephen Whitty
If this isn t the laugh riot of the year it s still a pleasant surprise particularly for teen audiences And in comedy seasons like this one that s sometimes more than enough 
3
The Rocker
Rafer Guzman
The Rocker qualifies as a B side but it still makes for a passable summer single 
2.5
The Rocker
Lou Lumenick
Manages to be a notably funnier than average summer comedy despite being a fairly shameless rip off of School of Rock 
3
The Rocker
Sue Pierman
The cinematic equivalent of elevator music bland occasionally entertaining and once it s over utterly forgettable 
1.5
The Rocker
David Wiegand
You want to like almost everyone in this film but they re all undone by a weak script that really wasn t worth more than a Gilmore Girls subplot after all 
2
The Rocker
Josh Larsen
It can be hard to explain what makes a star but it s fairly easy to identify a performer who doesn t have that mysterious star stuff 
2
The Rocker
Erik Childress
Despite its breezy quality and occasional big laugh The Rocker just never completely clicks as A side material 
2.5
The Rocker
Greg Maki
No matter how much a movie tries to convince us emo will never rock 
2
The Rocker
Peter Canavese
Utterly predictable formulaic but not entirely unamusing 
2
The Rocker
Michael Phillips
I don t want to oversell The Rocker but in a summer of erratic assaultive comedies all up and down the budget scale this Rainn Wilson vehicle a kind of Home School of Rock stakes out its own corner of the market 
3
The Rocker
Michael A. Smith
A comedy in the vein of School of Rock The Rocker is a fine first starring vehicle for The Office star Wilson 
3
The Rocker
Willie Waffle
Feels like another one of those movies Will Ferrell turned down so the producers had to find the next best thing and Jack Black was already under contract to do something else 
2.5
The Rocker
Dustin Putman
Makes up for a lack of gut busting moments simply by being genial and smartly written The Rocker is a minor feel good entertainment It s not rocket science but its heart is in the right place 
2.5
The Rocker
Steven Rea
Jack Black s fearless foolish ferocity is missing 
2.5
The Rocker
Claudia Puig
Audiences would be better served staying home and playing Rock Band than wasting their time on something as leaden and unfunny as The Rocker 
1.5
The Rocker
Nick Schager
A wealth of creative talent can t alter the fact that Rocker is merely a passable goof off and one less challenging or fun than a night spent playing Rock Band 
2.5
The Rocker
Austin Kennedy
I guess if you like Rainn Wilson alot you might enjoy it But I find his humor flat and tedious I can t believe this is from the Oscar nominated director who made THE FULL MONTY 
1.5
The Rocker
James Berardinelli
This is pre packaged entertainment a product designed to give bored teenagers something to watch on a Friday or Saturday night when steamy summer nights are getting longer and Labor Day is just around the corner 
2
Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost
Kevin A. Ranson
LaMarche does a fair job with Vincent Price s cadence and penchant for making all things into ghoulish puns a possible fascination with this incarnation of Daphne a fun return to yesteryear by pretending it was only yesterday 
3
The Final Sacrifice: Director's Cut
Matt Brunson
It does a fine job of capturing the inanity and insanity of war 
2.5
The Final Sacrifice: Director's Cut
M. Faust
At its best The Final Sacrifice is reminiscent of the war dramas of Sam Fuller who was always more interested in individual soldiers than the causes for which they fought 
2.5
Paradise Road
Mal Vincent
Paradise Road is a unique look back in both style and content but its subject matter deserved more engrossing treatment 
2.5
Paradise Road
Susan Wloszczyna
Even with its grueling pageant of torture and abuse at the hands of monstrously inhuman Japanese officers Road never reaches the heart 
1.5
Paradise Road
Roger Ebert
The movie is an anecdote not a story 
2
Come What May
Mark Sommer
Come What May has its share of suspenseful and touching moments while reminding viewers of the hardships faced by refugees of war then and now 
2.5
Come What May
Odie Henderson
If you ever wanted to see a wartime movie that feels directed by a kinder gentler Michael Bay Come What May is right up your alley 
2
Come What May
Rex Reed
A beautiful poignant and illuminating French film that manages to make a familiar history lesson seem freshly observed 
3
Come What May
Clayton Dillard
Christian Carion s film shamelessly wrings excitement from the recreation of violent ideological conflict 
1
A Taste of Honey
Matt Brunson
The actors are all exceptional in a film that s as quietly humorous as it is gently moving 
3
A Taste of Honey
Peter Canavese
Pushed the culture shock of kitchen sink drama further with its female protagonist and depictions and discussions of interracial coupling teen pregnancy the possibility of abortion and homosexuality Criterion Blu ray 
3.5
The Dry
Mitchell Beaupre
Emotions are often laced just underneath the surface 44 plain to see yet withheld just enough to where you can feel the characters piling that weight on themselves internally until they eventually break 46 
3
The Dry
Tom Meek
Bana carries the film with stoic resolved etched across his face and the film intrigues as it builds but the pieces don t all click and you can feel the filmmaker Robert Connolly pulling the strings more than you d like 
2.5
The Dry
Peter Canavese
Reasonably compelling and interesting enough and does about as good a job as it can given this particular story with its multitude of plot threads and characters 
2.5
The Dry
Sheila O'Malley
Part of the joy of The Dry is watching this excellent cast in action 
3
The Dry
Leo Brady
Director Robert Connolly has molded a fascinating procedural film and he straps his vehicle to Eric Bana and has him carry it the entire way 
3.5
The Dry
Steven Prokopy
Bana s sturdy central performance kept me locked into the ins and outs of this hollowed out community
3
The Dry
Mike McGranaghan
A mystery that will fully absorb and haunt you 
3.5
The Dry
Mark Dujsik
The Dry concerns itself primarily with its air of mourning and despair 
3
The Dry
Lindsey Bahr
It s actually a bit of a wonder that it wasn t stretched out into a television series itself but Connolly has a command on the pacing and The Dry never feels rushed or undercooked This is an import that s worth seeking out 
3
The Dry
Moira MacDonald
You watch waiting for rain and hoping it doesn t come so you can stay in The Dry a little bit longer 
3.5
The Dry
Randy Myers
The Dry is a thinking person s thriller laden with effective symbolism and reflective of the unforgiving terrain on which it is based 
3.5
The Dry
Katie Walsh
The Dry captures the presence of this dusty remote location the smallness of the town against the enormity of the land and the outsize human dramas that play out upon it 
3
The Dry
Roger Moore
The film s resolution leaves something to be desired but Bana pulls us in even and gets us past even the moments when The Dry threatens to leave us high and dry 
3
The Dry
Mick LaSalle
Bana is rock solid throughout able to convey sensitivity and moral probity through a not quite impassive façade never overdoing it never underdoing it and yet fulfilling his duties as the movie s locus of feeling and meaning 
3
The Dry
Chris Barsanti
The particulars of the central mystery are mundane to the point where the film itself doesn t spend too much time digging into them 
2
Together Together
David Reddish
The movie finds Helms Harrison delivering some of the best work of their careers in a story touching hilarious and delightfully original story 
3
Together Together
Rene Sanchez
An endearing and clever anti romantic comedy about the meaning of family and the chance encounters that change lives forever Full Review in Spanish 
3
Together Together
Lisa Jensen
Writer director Nicole Beckwith chooses to bring her thoughtful comedy to a much more interesting place than we expect 
3
Together Together
Nina Metz
Harrison is tremendous 
3.5
Together Together
Lindsey Bahr
Beckwith s script does have a few moments of grace and humor Helms gets a particularly beautiful monologue about why he wants a child But there are far more clichés contrivances and threads left unnecessarily dangling 
2
Together Together
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s a unique look at fatherhood from a single male s point of view themes of friendship are explored while boundaries need to be set I liked this quirky little film it has a well written script 
3
Together Together
Richard Roeper
Opposite Ed Helms the likable Patti Harrison is funny and endearing as a surrogate mom in a comedy that s a joy to experience 
3.5
Together Together
Anita Katz
Unfortunately the ideas are superior to the presentation of them in this film whose most important ingredient the Matt Anna relationship too often plays out blandly and flatly 
2.5
Together Together
Rob Thomas
Writer director s Nikole Beckwith s film is not a rom com at all but a witty and empathetic movie about two loners finding a strictly platonic friendship that blooms in the unlikeliest of circumstances 
3.5
Together Together
Matt Zoller Seitz
Together Together is not just smart it s sneaky smart 
3
Together Together
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The joys here are in the quiet interactions emphasizing the simple necessary pleasures of human connection 
3
Together Together
Peter Canavese
An interesting enough hang out movie with good dialogue great work by the lead actors and a likable script 
3
Together Together
Mark Dujsik
By the end there s a solid real understanding of both of these characters and why such a genuine meaningful bond would form between them 
3
Together Together
Katie Walsh
Beckwith s film never condemns going it alone Rather it finds the hopefulness in what society might deem hopeless reminding us to go after what we want while savoring togetherness in any form it takes along the way 
3
Together Together
Brian Truitt
Together Together is a big warm hug of a movie a pregnancy dramedy that upends expectations and pulls on your heart strings with a tale of two very different best friends 
3
Together Together
Ty Burr
Harrison gives the character more life than the screenplay does yet both she and Beckwith seem to collaborate on the film s final image which like much of this odd daring and surprisingly resonant film lands with a light touch upon hard matters 
2.5
Together Together
Josh Larsen
explores something singular and complicated as far as intimacy is concerned 
3
Together Together
James Berardinelli
Together Together could have traversed a number of obvious and unappealing melodramatic routes but this isn t that kind of movie 
3
Together Together
Randy Myers
A delightfully undemanding film that will put a huge smile on your face 
3
Together Together
Sean P. Means
Beckwith creates some quietly funny scenes between Helms and Harrison as they navigate Matt s involvement in the pregnancy and how close Anna allows herself to get to Matt 
3.5
Together Together
Leo Brady
Together Together takes a minute to come around but the final result is a charming bundle of joy 
3
Together Together
Michael O'Sullivan
This is a small simple story free from emotional pyrotechnics and mostly false notes 
3.5
Together Together
David Lewis
The high points and there are several make the film worthwhile viewing especially a breathtaking finale that will linger in the minds of those who watch 
3
Together Together
Derek Smith
Ed Helms and Patti Harrison s wonderful rapport helps to keep the film grounded in the recognizably real 
2.5
Together Together
Dwight Brown
Adult viewers should expect to be under the spell of this fetching dramedy for 80 of its 90 minutes 
3
Together Together
Mike McGranaghan
Warm smart and funny Ed Helms does some of the best work of his career and Patti Harrison is a revelation 
3
Together Together
Joey Magidson
Together Together doesn t reinvent the wheel that s for sure Instead it finds all the honesty it can in its premise and presents a lovely comedy with charm to spare 
3
One Hundred Nails
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One Hundred Nails which Olmi has announced will be his last film goes out on an especially minor key 
2.5
Slaves of New York
Roger Ebert
The first thing I feel is a genuine dislike for the people in this film I dislike them because they are stupid and they have occupied my time with boring conversation It is more than that They are not simply stupid They value stupidity 
0.5
The Park
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Park is an unexpected gem 46 
3.5
Vers Mathilde
Mattie Lucas
A visceral often mesmerizing experience that showcases Denis talents as a visual filmmaker fully in command of her art 
3.5
The Great Santini
Larry Vitacco
By all means see The Great Santini one of the most rewarding film experiences this or any other year 
4
The Great Santini
Matt Brunson
This is one of those special films that moves effortlessly between tension tears and laughs Robert Duvall s performance runs neck and neck with his Lonesome Dove turn as his career best 
3.5
The Great Santini
Roger Ebert
The Great Santini is a movie to seek out and to treasure 
4
Indivisible
Josh Terry
Frankly Indivisible is just too weird to recommend to a wide audience but De Angelis would probably consider his film a failure if that weren t the case 
2.5
Magical Mystery Tour
Peter Canavese
Entirely larky for Beatlefans what s not to like Blu ray 
3
Magical Mystery Tour
Collin Souter
I would recommend a new generation of Beatle fans to put MMT The Movie near the bottom of their to do list but never to scratch it off entirely It remains a necessary curiosity item and slightly ahead of its time 
2.5
The Rossellinis
Shane Slater
The Rossellinis is definitely worth seeing for its engaging attempt at personal and familial reconciliation 
3
The Rossellinis
Kent Turner
The Rossellini family is a gift to filmmakers 
3
Hell Baby
Frank Ochieng
In short all that remains is a diaper rash of an awkward horror comedy that has pooped on its own meager pranks 
2
Hell Baby
Craig D. Lindsey
While not a lot of Hell Baby works the movie does seem destined to be the sort of acquired taste howler that will most likely attract people who recognize how ridiculous horror movies can be and of course stoners 
2
Hell Baby
Robert Levin
This is just about the one billionth movie to lampoon the horror genre but so what It s hilarious 
3
Hell Baby
Sean P. Means
The jaw drops at the drought of laughs in the horror spoof Hell Baby especially considering the massive amount of comic talent in front of and behind the cameras 
1
Hell Baby
Simon Abrams
It soon becomes apparent that the filmmakers many of whom worked together on The State and Reno 911 aren t committed to their film s main conceit 
2
Hell Baby
Scott Bowles
A film that s less than half as funny as its predecessor and a sliver as clever as the original 
1.5
Hell Baby
Peter Keough
This offensive crass pastiche makes Grown Ups 2 look like a paragon of wit and good taste 
0.5
Hell Baby
Jeff Beck
Garant and Lennon s attempts at humor are absolutely terrible It s as though they have no idea what comedy is or how it works This results in a series of gags that they must think are hilarious but are actually extremely sad and cringe worthy 
1
Hell Baby
Chuck Bowen
The filmmakers satirize the often obscenely meaningless ways in which people of a certain socioeconomic strata attempt to launder their white guilt 
2.5
Hell Baby
Erik Childress
Marlon Wayans A Haunted House no longer can own the title of the worst horror spoof of 2013 
0.5
Blind Shaft
Sean P. Means
A disturbing morality tale that questions how far one will go to survive under such conditions 
3
Blind Shaft
Jeff Vice
This crafty little character piece keeps you guessing If that wasn t enough it also gets in some social commentary 
3
Blind Shaft
Phil Villarreal
The staccato noirish film is proof however that China has no shortage of filmmaking talent 
3.5
Blind Shaft
John Hartl
Fresh stark and consistently uncompromising Li Yang s Blind Shaft is an exceptional Chinese film noir 
3.5
Blind Shaft
Chris Hewitt
If Martin Scorsese had been born in China Blind Shaft is the sort of movie he might have made 
3
Blind Shaft
Ellen Fox
Engrossing because of its amazingly well documented milieu which German trained writer director Li Yang filmed on location in the northern provinces 
3
Blind Shaft
Glenn Whipp
The end result is somewhat unsatisfying largely because its twists aren t all that surprising and its outcome seems foreordained 
2.5
Blind Shaft
Carla Meyer
The murder plot angle is never completely plausible but filmmaker Li Yang overcomes it with a searing depiction of economic desperation and moral alienation 
3
Blind Shaft
Ty Burr
Less striking for its storyline than for the world it presents a rural moonscape of coal dust casual environmental disaster and atavistic behavior 
3
Blind Shaft
Lou Lumenick
A stunning indictment of China s economic miracle and announces the arrival of a director to watch 
3
Blind Shaft
Joshua Tanzer
A savage swipe at China as the filmmaker finds it The new China is a place where everyone is for sale and the lives of the once exalted working class are the cheapest 
4
Love and Other Disasters
David Nusair
an unabashedly cliched and lighthearted romantic comedy that seems to thrive on the conventions of the genre 
2.5
The Price of Desire
Matt Fagerholm
I came to McGuckian s film knowing nothing about Gray and left feeling frustrated that I hadn t learned more about her apart from the boorish chauvinists in her life 
1.5
The Price of Desire
Roger Moore
Insufferable 
1.5
The Day the Sun Turned Cold
Jonathan Rosenbaum
We may choose to regard Day the Sun Turned Cold as an art movie or a genre exercise truthfully it can easily be seen as either one but certainly a film this entertaining even mesmerizing surpasses the standards of most current Hollywood story telling 
3
Iron Crows
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Park Bong Nam s lack of social incisiveness is least apparent in scenarios that need only be witnessed with a modicum of poetry 
1.5
Fighting for Life
Larry Ratliff
The no frills yet deeply gripping manner this film uses to document this brave soldier s struggle for survival then in rehab should draw a salute from military personnel and civilians as well 
3
Fighting for Life
Kyle Smith
Since there s no through narrative no characters being followed it s TV newsmagazine material 
2.5
Fighting for Life
Elizabeth Weitzman
There is no question that direcotr Terry Sanders has discovered a worthy subject He just hasn t found the right way to approach it 
2.5
Fighting for Life
Paul Schrodt
Though it superficially deals with how military doctors work during a long and unpopular war Terry Sanders s film more closely disentangles a specialized establishment in its own right 
2.5
Rocket Science
Christian Toto
Rocket Science brings the squirm inducing comedy genre to new heights
3
Rocket Science
David Nusair
eventually comes off as an engaging and surprisingly affecting little drama 
2.5
Rocket Science
Bruce Westbrook
Borrowing from too many movies to count Rocket Science botches that brew in an unwieldy slew of adolescent angst clichés 
1.5
Rocket Science
Terry Lawson
Rocket Science is not a revelation on the lines of Thompson s Spellbound one of the great convergences of luck and the ability to make the most of it But it does suggest that Blitz and Thompson have futures worth investing in 
3
Rocket Science
Jeff Vice
Blitz s dialogue is often clever and the young cast members impress particularly relative newcomers Thompson and Kendrick 
2.5
Rocket Science
Lisa Kennedy
Buoyed by a script rife with poetry a handful of dynamic performances and Eef Barzelay s near perfect score Rocket Science mildly shames the potty mouthed Superbad And I liked Superbad 
3
Rocket Science
Kyle Smith
A frightening memorandum from a dismal and mysterious dungeon high school 
3.5
Rocket Science
Eric Melin
It is not always a deal killer to step outside the trappings of realism but the bland visuals don t match the precious absurdity and profound rapid fire dialogue of the high school kids so the film rings false and tries too hard 
2
Rocket Science
Duane Dudek
Learning that in such a world everyone even debate champions is equal can be as therapeutic as finally ordering a slice of pizza 
3.5
Rocket Science
Sean P. Means
Thompson is an engaging young actor who keeps things grounded when Blitz gets a little too precious with his ironic premise and self consciously offbeat characters 
2.5
Rocket Science
Peter Howell
Director Blitz has succumbed to that most pernicious of Sundance afflictions pandemic quirkiness 
2
Rocket Science
Jennie Punter
A smart funny unpredictable film a more accurate reflection of high school life than is usually portrayed 
3.5
Rocket Science
Ty Burr
Honest and surprisingly lucid at its core 
3
Rocket Science
Roger Ebert
It may gross as little as Welcome to the Dollhouse or as much as Clueless but whichever it does it s in the same league 
3.5
Rocket Science
Peter Canavese
Comes tantalizingly close to the genius of Hal Ashby s unforced sympathetic humanism 
2.5
Rocket Science
Michael Phillips
Jeffrey Blitz s Rocket Science doesn t quite work but is worth seeing anyway 
2.5
Rocket Science
Matt Pais
Destined to be severely overrated 
2
Rocket Science
Ken Fox
Teenage angst and adolescent agony are the stuff of sharp observant comedy this quirky wonderfully dry first fiction feature from documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Blitz 
3.5
Rocket Science
Peter Hartlaub
Rocket Science has the makings of either a tragedy or a crowd pleasing underdog story but writer director Jeffrey Blitz instead takes the movie on a different and ultimately more rewarding direction 
3
Rocket Science
Claudia Puig
Smart witty and blessedly unpredictable 
3
Rocket Science
Gary Goldstein
A special little picture that resonates long after it s over 
3.5
Rocket Science
Lisa Rose
The thing the film lacks besides originality is a character arc that keeps the audience interested 
2
Rocket Science
Jack Mathews
A quirky comedy drama that gets the bulk of its humor from the well placed non sequitur It never seems to be going where you think it is and that includes its oddly endearing dialogue 
3
Rocket Science
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was fascinated by both the story being told and with the characters inhabiting it the movie so universal and emotionally complex I was almost overwhelmed by its colorfully dexterous power 
3.5
Rocket Science
Lou Lumenick
This summer s designated Sundance crowd pleaser Rocket Science is a quirkily disarming high school comedy that calculatingly follows in the footsteps of Napoleon Dynamite Election and Rushmore 
3
Rocket Science
Jan Stuart
Blitz s one man revenge of the nerds continues with this narrative feature debut a smartypants comedy about a kid with a lot going on inside and a sadly undependable mouthpiece with which to let it out 
3
Rocket Science
Nick Schager
Quirky quirky quirky goes Rocket Science Round round round roll my eyes 
2
Rocket Science
James Berardinelli
The problem with Rocket Science is that the character at the center of the drama isn t very energetic or truth be told interesting This makes it difficult at times to remain engaged in the unfolding tale 
2.5
Rocket Science
Steven Rea
Blitz captures the melancholy the rage the wackiness and drama of adolescence and he gets winning performances out of his young stars 
3
Entrance
Dustin Putman
Proving that small of means does not equate to slight of impact Entrance is a shrewdly distressing knockout 
3.5
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood
David Nusair
The film s not good exactly but it s certainly miles beyond the last two episodes 
2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
John Beifuss
French speaking Canada s attempt to manufacture a whimsical international crowd pleaser in the manner of such feature length Britcoms as The Full Monty 
2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
David Nusair
all but the most cynical of viewers will find something here to enjoy 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Duane Dudek
While it begins with a whimsical promising and slightly bawdy bit of magical realism it turns into a familiar conventional and sentimental underdog tale that just won t hunt 
2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Terry Lawson
The best thing about Seducing Dr Lewis is that like the villagers director Pouliot and writer Ken Scott seem to grow the story and our affection for these characters organically 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Chris Hewitt
Buoyed by nostalgia for a vanishing way of life but it s not sentimental about it 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Marta Barber
Heart warming fun it is and heck after getting to know its quirky people it might not be that bad moving to Ste Marie la Mauderne 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
John Dolen
A film that you ll swear you ve seen before in a different language and a different place 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Robert W. Butler
Often laugh out loud funny 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Moira MacDonald
You ll enjoy spending a little time with these people as the film performs a low key but irresistible seduction of its own 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Jeff Vice
It s so full of life and character that you can t help but enjoy it 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Sean P. Means
Thankfully director Jean Franois Pouliot isn t afraid to reveal a hint of maliciousness in the small town charm 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Ruthe Stein
Seducing Dr Lewis has its warm moments but it suffers from fuzzy thinking and that s no way to seduce anyone 
2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Robert K. Elder
Sails by on charm and confident character acting even if it s navigating well charted waters 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Wesley Morris
Has a quick thinking screwball exuberance that doesn t strain itself 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
David Sterritt
The story isn t as funny as it tries to be but it grows increasingly winning as it goes along 
3
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Jami Bernard
The makers of Seducing Doctor Lewis have a cute idea but they milk it for all they can sometimes to the point of embarrassment 
2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
V.A. Musetto
No more than a TV sitcom stretched to feature length All that s missing is the laugh track 
2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Rick Groen
Pouliot s direction remains as taut as it began he s not above broad farce but never dips too far into the maudlin well Neither does the cast 
3
Baywatch
Matt Brunson
A movie based on a show about brain baked lifeguards isn t going to stir memories of say A Man for All Seasons or The King s Speech or even Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 but within its own parameters Baywatch knows the territory 
2.5
Baywatch
Mattie Lucas
Achieves a level of incompetence rarely seen in modern cinema 
0
Baywatch
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The key is to not think too much Remember that 
2
Baywatch
George M. Thomas
There are more than a few instances of jokes falling with a thud or succumbing to pervasive predictability over the course of its nearly two hours on the screen leaving Baywatch awash in a sea of mediocrity 
1.5
Baywatch
David Nusair
An awful interminable TV remake 
1.5
Baywatch
Jay Horton
Dwayne Johnson forever miscast in vehicles built to human dimensions finally has room to stretch 
3
Baywatch
Sonny Bunch
The best joke in the movie is one that comes at the expense of fans 
2
Baywatch
Mike McGranaghan
This misguided comedy has zero perspective on the low grade titillation that made the series weirdly popular 
1.5
Baywatch
Peter Travers
The Rock is fun to watch for a while at least The rest is one big fat wallow in instant stupid 
2
Baywatch
Jeff Simon
If you can actually stand to watch all of Baywatch the end credit outtakes aren t too bad it will eventually remind you of exactly how godawful the 90s TV series was 
1.5
Baywatch
Robert Horton
The raunchiness includes male nudity involving a corpse which is really a phrase that sums up a certain kind of Hollywood comedy in recent years 
1
Baywatch
James Berardinelli
An example of lazy writing and direction with the vague hope that perhaps the involvement of Dwayne The Rock Johnson will attract viewers 
1
Baywatch
Michael Smith
Go into Baywatch with an open mind you might even consider leaving your brain in the car and you can enjoy watching Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Zac The Abs Efron get wet and be silly 
2.5
Baywatch
Kate Taylor
Mainly this ridiculous thing lurches from genre to genre without director Seth Gordon ever establishing a credible threat 
1.5
Baywatch
Bruce DeMara
Ever sat in a wet bathing suit for a prolonged period It s uncomfortable Sitting through Baywatch feels like that 
1
Baywatch
Calum Marsh
Baywatch in its big blockbuster iteration is a flippant juvenile comedy only nominally indebted to its source material and desperate to prove itself above it 
1
Baywatch
Richard Roeper
When you make films from junk TV more often than not you re going to wind up with a junk movie 
1.5
Baywatch
Chris Hewitt
There are funny moments in Baywatch most of them courtesy of Johnson who has become a sharp comic performer But there aren t enough of them 
2
Baywatch
Jody Mitori
Even a couple of explosive action scenes and key cameos can t do much to keep the film afloat 
2
Baywatch
Max Weiss
Most of the jokes such as they were have a mean spirited edge and virtually none of them made me laugh 
1
Baywatch
Dustin Putman
When is a comedy not terribly funny yet still recommendable When said film does not live or die based on its jokes and everything surrounding them remains easy breezy and perpetually beguiling 
2.5
Baywatch
Stephanie Merry
Johnson being Johnson he s still a delight to watch But there s only so much a charismatic giant can do when he s up against a blend of lazy gross out humor and inane male wish fulfillment weighed down by terrible editing and lame action 
1
Baywatch
Soren Andersen
It s all just a day at the beach harmlessly fun and instantly forgettable 
1.5
Baywatch
Sara Michelle Fetters
A harmless bad movie is still nothing more than a harmless bad movie thus forgetting about it afterwards is a remarkably easy thing to do 
1.5
Baywatch
Mark Dujsik
Baywatch doesn t know whether it wants to be satirical or sincere 
1
Baywatch
Tom Russo
Which is it Baywatch team winkingly sly or flat out silly 
2
Baywatch
Rafer Guzman
A raunchy but good natured adaptation of the preposterous 1990s television show 
3
Baywatch
Mick LaSalle
Something either went wrong or didn t go right enough With all those nice looking people in bathing suits and everyone on screen and in the audience ready to have a good time Baywatch should have been a lot more fun 
2
Baywatch
Glenn Kenny
A full feature with a storyline that an enterprising six year old might have thought was a little too rudimentary 
1.5
Baywatch
Reed Tucker
It washes up on the beach like a dead whale 
2
Baywatch
Jon Niccum
Too bad Johnson s formidable powers don t extend to resuscitating the rest of Baywatch a film soon revealed to be dead on arrival 
1.5
Baywatch
Michael Phillips
The movie is all preening and very few laughs though Daddario and Efron have a few moments and Johnson remains a supremely likable slab of movie star 
1.5
Baywatch
Katie Walsh
This bombastic reboot directed incompetently by Seth Gordon is held together with nothing more than hopes dreams and neoprene and inevitably all of those systems fail 
1.5
Baywatch
Stephen Whitty
Even as it adds R rated language and nudity Baywatch remains as out of touch as an old Playboy party joke 
2
Baywatch
Roger Moore
Glug glug glug jugs jugs jugs Ugh 
1.5
Baywatch
Brian Truitt
Has its share of hilarious moments but never fully commits to the absurd and even the cleverest jokes get so many callbacks they re beating a dead seahorse 
2
Endangered
Randy Myers
Engaging thriller filled with unexpected twists and turns 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Peter Canavese
The race baiting thriller Lakeview Terrace is exactly what you would expect from a screenplay by a Hollywood hack and an established playwright some sharp dialogue grafted onto a credibility stretching and familiar plot Blu ray 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
David Nusair
should satisfy fans of fill in the blank from hell thrillers 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Walter Chaw
LaBute s message has consistently been that no matter the privileges society affords we re all just bad monkeys in the end 
3
Lakeview Terrace
John Beifuss
A polished self conscious heir to such unapologetic grindhouse race baiters as 1977 s Fight for Your Life 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Michael Phillips
The actors make it watchable but with these incendiary themes watchable isn t exactly a wildfire 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Jonathan W. Hickman
Neil LaBute hasn t made a really good film in 8 years 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Austin Kennedy
This is a b grade thriller but with A list directing and acting Jackson turns this routine thriller into something worth going to the theater for 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Bob Bloom
Like the fires creeping toward the Lakeview Terrace neighborhood the film soon gets out of control and flies off the deep end 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Linda Cook
Your annoying neighbor stories don t hold a candle to this tale of suspense in Lakeview Terrace a thriller from Neil LaBute 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Michael A. Smith
I don t know how much the LAPD pays it s officers but I don t think it s enough to by a beautiful house in the hills 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Sean P. Means
LaBute makes it work hitting hot button issues in the confines of a rattling thriller 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Christian Toto
Surprise surprise Lakeview Terrace is smarter than its B movie plot suggests 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Brett McCracken
Slick dramatic and occasionally convincing but at the end of the day it feels less like reality and more like Hollywood does a race fable 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Kam Williams
A molasses paced flick which rings false from beginning to end from its patently absurd premise clear through to its unintentionally funny resolution 
0
Lakeview Terrace
Charles Koplinski
A good beginning implodes under the wieght of the script s ridiculous and convaluted third act 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Mike McGranaghan
Aside from the weak final act this is a movie about black and white that refreshingly focuses on the gray 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Maitland McDonagh
This tediously predictable thriller about Los Angeles yuppies terrorized by their blue collar neighbor is undone by its pretensions to seriousness 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Peter Howell
Jackson hasn t had a role this good or this complex in many a moon even if the rote ending betrays the complexity of the set up 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Chris Hewitt
Subtlety is not the strong suit of Lakeview Terrace In fact it s a suit Lakeview Terrace hasn t even heard of 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Mark Rahner
A racial thriller that may be the feel bad movie of the summer 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Mick LaSalle
In its overall shape and message Lakeview Terrace is a conventional suspense thriller but the details kick it up a notch 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Carla Meyer
A would be thriller lacking in suspense Lakeview Terrace nonetheless commands attention throughout 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Stephen Whitty
Lakeview Terrace is an unsettling address for everyone black white or blue 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Kyle Smith
Lakeview Terrace holds your interest though the bad faith on all sides makes it something of an endurance test 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is purportedly a thriller a la Unlawful Entry or Pacific Heights but the whole thing is so listless and mechanical watching it is a curiously dispiriting experience 
1
Lakeview Terrace
Robert W. Butler
Lakeview Terrace may smack of cheap exploitation but it s pretty great exploitation 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Wilson Morales
A house of cards only stands still if carefully placed but with Lakeview Terrace too many false and quick moves doomed it 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Lisa Kennedy
Lakeview Terrace s resistance to being one thing suggests the time has come when a movie featuring an interracial couple can no longer be merely about race and racism 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Wesley Morris
The movie might have something to say about black racism but the conversations go nowhere and the cliches of the genre take over 
1
Lakeview Terrace
Michael Sragow
The film quickly exhausts its prickly humor and blows everything it has to say about class and generation gaps and race 
1.5
Lakeview Terrace
Sara Michelle Fetters
Essentially what they do is sabotage their own production and what could have been a solid film about regret loss race and marriage instead transforms into a liturgy of idiocies and clichés that totally boggle the mind 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Liam Lacey
In its second half Lakeview Terrace runs out of steam culminating in a flatly directed climax complete with halos of police lights whirling helicopters and declamatory dialogue 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Roger Ebert
I find movies like this alive and provoking and I m exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every step of the way 
4
Lakeview Terrace
Frank Ochieng
conventional but compellingly caustic LaBute s excitable exposition is passable enough to sustain the manufactured intrigue and tension
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Willie Waffle
I don t care how over the top melodramatic and contrived this movie is it is entertaining 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Erik Childress
Lakeview Terrace waves bye bye much earlier on than it should and that s a shame because it would have been so nice to see such lofty reflections getting along in a thriller for mass consumption 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very much another gleaming surface Hollywood entertainment but LaBute has once again managed to find something squirming and icky and horrifyingly truthful inside 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Peter Travers
Lakeview Terrace is obvious when you most want it to be stealth 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Mack Bates
A tense and mostly satisfying take on race relations and the deep seeded hatred some try to suppress Lakeview Terrace realistically depicts such a heated scenario by giving equal voice to both sides 
3
Lakeview Terrace
Jeff Vice
When Lakeview Terrace concentrates on its characters it s somewhat watchable Unfortunately this dramatic thriller is more determined to make a point repeatedly and pretty stridently rather than doing that 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Claudia Puig
As social commentary it doesn t go deeply enough and as a psychological thriller it peters out in silliness 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Steven Rea
By the time the film s frantic far fetched climax comes along Lakeview Terrace s pretense at exploring racial intolerance has been exposed for what it really is a B movie copout 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Dustin Putman
What begins as a button pushing think piece concludes by pushing all the wrong buttons and losing sight of the bigger picture 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Rafer Guzman
A slightly poky thriller punctuated by some effectively tense scenes 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
James Berardinelli
It s too bad the movie s moderately intriguing qualities are buried under the final half hour s avalanche of predictability 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Josh Larsen
Samuel L Jackson is one of our best actors an effortlessly mesmerizing presence yet all filmmakers and audiences seem to want to watch him do is blow his top 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Phil Villarreal
As a huge fan of LaBute s usual work I d like to believe he intended Lakeview Terrace as a mockery of dopey conventions and that his heightened sense of irony just floated over my head 
2
Lakeview Terrace
Rossiter Drake
Lakeview Terrace begins as a tense compelling tale of ideological opposites headed for an ugly clash and ends in contrived melodrama as Abel completes his transformation from badge waving bully to bogeyman 
2.5
Lakeview Terrace
Jeanne Aufmuth
Simmering acceleration from the grey area of implication to the black and white reality of acute humiliation 
3.5
Lakeview Terrace
Nick Schager
Are we really supposed to stomach a thriller in which the root of all evil is intelligent black men in power who can t stomach to the point of going full on psychotic the sight of a white man married to a black woman 
1.5
Standoff
Rex Reed
It keeps you tensed and anxious and never sure of how anything will turn out You get your money s worth 
3
Standoff
Glenn Kenny
To give credit where it s due this lukewarm mess of a movie delivers what its title promises 
1
Standoff
Roger Moore
Tasty trash talk and one liners solid cast dull thriller 
1.5
Standoff
Chuck Bowen
Standoff isn t quite inspired but it coasts on unexpected modesty of professionalism 
2
Then Came You
Roger Moore
I dare say Gifford and Ferguson could have brainstormed something just as scenic flirtier and funnier over a long lunch Maybe with an actual screenwriter invited along to offer tips 
1.5
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Michael Dequina
Definitely one made for the smaller set 
2.5
Scarborough
Angelo Muredda
That Scarborough s politics are on the side of good doesn t make these moments any less clunky That it s still relatively engaging and tender in spite of these structural hiccups is mostly thanks to its unpretentious and guileless child performers 
2.5
Scarborough
Aparita Bhandari
Offers an insight into the complexities of the low income and culturally diverse community that makes up a large part of this east Toronto neighbourhood 
2.5
Latcho Drom
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chiefly the movie celebrates ecstatically the Gypsy experience 
3
Latcho Drom
Fernando Gonzalez
Many of the images are stunning 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Michael Dequina
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3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Steve Rhodes
Lawrence should stick to his day job He s a better actor than a standup comedian 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Frank Ochieng
And if you appreciate the one sided theme to Lawrence s over indulgent tirade then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest If you are willing to do this then you so crazy 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Linda Cook
It s filthy It s sexist And it s hilarious for adult audiences who appreciate Lawrence s raunchy approach and perfect timing 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Joe Leydon
Ranges from laugh out loud hilarious to wonder what time it is tedious 
2.5
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Ted Fry
Those prone to indignation need not apply those susceptible to blue hilarity step right up 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Jonathan Curiel
A movie that is not only achingly funny but also full of serious and philosophical truisms 
4
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Gene Seymour
The real reason to see Runteldat is to watch Lawrence deploy his deep and wide powers of empathy to depict such diverse experiences as childbirth breast feeding and recovering from illness 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Megan Turner
It wouldn t matter so much that this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe s routine is offensive puerile and unimaginatively foul mouthed if it was at least funny 
1
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Susan Stark
Lawrence preaches strictly to the converted 
1
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Wesley Morris
A wildly inconsistent emotional experience 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Roger Ebert
It is funny because Lawrence is a gifted performer with superb timing and an ability to mimic many characters and suggest attitudes and postures with lightning quick invention 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Vanessa Vance
Compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen RunTelDat is something of a triumph 
2.5
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Jennie Punter
It gets bogged down by hit and miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Dan Lybarger
As David Letterman and The Onion have proven the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor but Lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Walter Chaw
The Spalding Gray equivalent of a teen gross out comedy 
0.5
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Mack Bates
Instead of letting the laughs come as they may Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny er comedy like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank take your pick 
1.5
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Josh Larsen
Martin Lawrence Live is so self pitying I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show 
1
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Carrie Rickey
Lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Terry Lawson
The difference between Pryor and Lawrence aside from the obvious fact that Pryor was a comic genius is that Pryor never put the blame for his bad publicity on the media 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Chris Hewitt
Bluer than the Atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy the movie is also frequently hilarious 
3
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Robert K. Elder
Lawrence carves himself into a media battered idol and lays on his newly found Tony Robbins like philosophy as thick as tar 
2
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Rob Blackwelder
You might want to wait for video so you can fast forward through several patches of disingenuous mea culpa sermonization 
2.5
Strange Culture
Fernando F. Croce
As disjointed and affected as Hershman Leeson s other work the film nevertheless efficiently illustrates how internal paranoia is employed to silence art and dissent 
2.5
Strange Culture
Sean P. Means
The experimental touches such as dramatic re creations with Thomas Ryan Adams and Tilda Swinton playing Steve and Hope distract from the issues at hand 
2
Strange Culture
John Hartl
Echoing the 2006 Oscar winning German film The Lives of Others Leeson s film is a scary testament to the power of fear 
3
Strange Culture
J. R. Jones
The real life events chronicled in Strange Culture support the argument that the federal government is more inclined to create fear than contain it 
3
Strange Culture
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hershman Leeson crosses fiction and non fiction for her astonishing exasperating third feature 
3
The War Wagon
Roger Ebert
The War Wagon is that comparative rarity a Western filmed with quiet good humor It is also a point of departure for John Wayne who plays a bad guy for just about the first time in his career 
3
Alias Jesse James
Matt Brunson
This latter day Hope offering doesn t include as many laughs as his earlier hits although it s far better than the dismal duds he would headline throughout the 1960s 
2.5
Paula
John Semley
Paula offers a fine feminist portrait of a young woman making her way in the world but fails to fully put across the range and uniqueness of its subject s gifts 
2.5
Bandit Queen
Margaret A. McGurk
The film does not really show how she rose to icon status but offers a passionate condemnation of the oppression of women and peasants under India s caste system 
3
Bandit Queen
Robert Roten
Although the Bandit Queen is a film loaded with violence and hatred it is also an affirmation of the durability of the human spirit 
3
Bandit Queen
James Berardinelli
An excellent examination of caste discrimination human suffering and the role of women in India s changing culture 
3.5
Bandit Queen
Scott Rosenberg
Seema Biswas who plays the protagonist conveys a remarkable range of suffering bleeding at its extremes into a kind of pure white hot hate that makes the anger of Thelma and Louise look like playground stuff 
3
Bandit Queen
Edward Guthmann
Devi is played by Seema Biswas as a fireball of unrelenting white hot fury a slap in the face to her country and its barbaric outdated treatment of women 
3
Bandit Queen
Roger Ebert
Seema Biswas is convincing in the role small fierce dark eyed and indomitable 
3
Ghost Story
Sumner Rand
Ghost Story is just what its title says it is a ghost story and a humdinger of a ghost story at that 
4
Ghost Story
Nancy Scott
I advise you to skip it no matter how much you love those four grand actors What a waste Even the credits are a disaster 
1
Ghost Story
Diane Haithman
A noble attempt It just didn t happen to work very well 
2
Ghost Story
Bill Cosford
Irvin s rhythm is as monotonous as Chopsticks his approach to a scare scene so static that the film s most gory special effects have virtually no impact 
2
Ghost Story
Elston Brooks
There s somewhere in horror surprise movies where a reviewer has to stop telling and just start recommending and I think it s about right here for Ghost Story 
3
Ghost Story
Larry Vitacco
Director John Irvin opts for cheap thrills instead of sustaining the suspense of the story 
2
Ghost Story
Walter Chaw
The Shining is about decay Ghost Story talks about decay 
1
Ghost Story
Matt Brunson
An OK film adaptation whose primary point of interest is its collection of superlative seniors in the leading roles 
2.5
Ghost Story
Roger Ebert
The movie is told with style It goes without saying that style is the most important single element in every ghost story since without it even the most ominous events disintegrate into silliness 
3
Passengers
David Nusair
the least effective entry within Rodrigo Garcia s otherwise impeccable filmography 
2.5
Passengers
Nick Schager
Solely predicated on its twist ending 
1
Passengers
Dustin Putman
With a storytelling sensibility more common in foreign films than mainstream ones Passengers is a compact thought provoking tale that challenges the viewer while shedding light on one s own life and how he or she has chosen to lead it 
3
Violent Cop
Michael Wilmington
Takeshi Kitano is scary hilarious and in a strange way touching 
3.5
Heart Condition
Juan Carlos Coto
The movie seems over a good half hour before it ends and is forgotten even more quickly 
2
Heart Condition
Roger Ebert
The movie is all over the map trying whatever seems to work at the moment 
2
Heart Condition
Chris Hicks
A schizophrenic film that is never funny never insightful and often annoying 
1.5
Tales From Earthsea
Kyle Smith
The Miyazaki legacy is in good hands 
3
Tales From Earthsea
Peter Hartlaub
The themes and memorable imagery in Earthsea will be familiar to fans of Studio Ghibli but the storytelling and animation are a step behind 
2
Tales From Earthsea
Tom Keogh
Abstruse and confusing Tales from Earthsea s story grows increasingly blurry the closer it gets to what should be a deeply satisfying conclusion 
2
Tales From Earthsea
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching the film was at times like watching paint dry beautiful meticulously realized paint to be sure but still nothing more then drying paint all the same 
2
Girls Will Be Girls
Ed Gonzalez
Girls Will Be Girls is every bit as dull and offensive as it is frequently hysterical 
2.5
Girls Will Be Girls
Chris Hewitt
The laughs in Girls Will Be Girls are cheap laughs but when you assemble this many of them in one place they re worth a lot 
3
Girls Will Be Girls
John Monaghan
An often hilarious always surprising 79 minute burlesque 
3
Girls Will Be Girls
Robert K. Elder
While Day doesn t succeed in making us empathize with anyone on screen he makes his characters definitely watchable and his dialogue crackles 
2.5
Girls Will Be Girls
Wesley Morris
An unprecedented exercise in derangement 
3
Girls Will Be Girls
John Hartl
There are more belly laughs here than belly flops 
3
Girls Will Be Girls
Laura Kelly
There is a level of glee in the film s silliness that dependably entertains 
3
Girls Will Be Girls
Laine Ewen
Even the acerbic wit slowly eats away at the story line until at the end of the 82 minutes there is little left but an acid washed Lifetime movie 
1.5
Girls Will Be Girls
Mick LaSalle
In just observing and accurately reproducing women s facial expressions and physical gestures the men create a wonderfully absurd spectacle 
3
Girls Will Be Girls
Jan Stuart
To appreciate Girls Will Be Girls to the max it probably helps to have taken at least one semester of Screen Camp 101 
1.5
Girls Will Be Girls
Lou Lumenick
A badly written attempt at a John Waters style celebration of vulgar humor starring three drag queens 
1.5
Girls Will Be Girls
Elizabeth Weitzman
What starts out amusing eventually becomes something of a drag 
2
The Animatrix
Bill Chambers
Beyond is the highlight of The Animatrix and A Detective Story is its nadir 
3
The Animatrix
Walter Chaw
Final Flight of the Osiris
3.5
New Order
Brian Eggert
When so much of today s cinema comes with a shrug of familiarity New Order feels like something you cannot ignore 
3
New Order
Lisa Trifone
A needlessly brutal disappointingly flat commentary on social order class and inequality 
1.5
New Order
Tom Meek
The neo realistic style and use of visual themes green paint and a green color palette deepen the effect even if the sense of harrow and dread seems to go around too many times before exiting for the door 
3
New Order
Randy Myers
It is divisive take no prisoners filmmaking that reflects how both sides are failing everyone Take away from it what you will 
3
New Order
Tomris Laffly
The problem with New Order isn t so much its decisive sense of objectivity or amorality but rather its stubbornness to pursue the perspective of the oppressor while carelessly implying there are good and bad people on both sides 
1.5
New Order
Mark Dujsik
I n the process of getting to the point Franco s biases and tactics inherently damage his case 
1.5
New Order
Ty Burr
The film remains impossible to shake so rare are the stories we re told that refuse to cushion the blow and so close do this story s blows come to where we live now 
3
New Order
Ann Hornaday
Writer director Michel Franco wields the story like a scalpel in New Order his diabolically imaginative dystopian fever dream of modern day inequality and corruption 
3.5
New Order
Mike McGranaghan
Brutal and political A stark warning of what could happen if economic injustice continues to grow at its current rate The movie will scare all the right people and leave everyone else unnerved 
3.5
New Order
Chuck Bowen
The film utilizes a trendy issue as window dressing for a tedious and delusional exploitation film slash museum piece 
1.5
New Order
Dwight Brown
Excellent acting cinematography and editing will keep you on the edge of your seat On view is the bourgeoise s worst nightmare The astonishing and disturbing class warfare is more alarming compelling and macabre than that seen in Parasite 
3.5
New Order
Bill Chambers
Yet the clever and horrifying what if scenario that is New Order s raison d être doesn t stand up to scrutiny not only because of the risibly compressed timetable but also because there just aren t enough players involved in the game 
1.5
New Order
Peter Howell
Paying riveting testament to the madness of modern times it dares us not to look away 
3.5
New Order
David Nusair
New Order progresses into an increasingly tiresome midsection that contains exceedingly little in the way of context or plausibility 
1
New Order
Barry Hertz
I both cannot wait to watch it again and dread the opportunity to revisit Franco s many nausea inducing tableaux which so dangerously straddle the line between incendiary and exploitative For now I m going to call this a masterpiece 
4
Santa Fe Trail
Mattie Lucas
Disregarding the film s egregious reframing of history Santa Fe Trail is one of Curtiz s blandest and most pedestrian films competently structured but otherwise unremarkable considering the high points of his career 
1.5
Santa Fe Trail
Matt Brunson
What really sinks this one is its standing as a racist document only slightly less offensive than D W Griffith s The Birth of a Nation 
2
The Idea of a Lake (La Idea de un Lago)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The film has good moments the best the use of a certain song by Neil Diamond but the theme is not particularly original and its execution is not very remarkable 
1
Pepper's Pow Wow
Roger Ebert
The plot is not the point What Powwow Highway does best is to create two unforgettable characters and give them some time together 
3
Sleeping Sickness
Kent Turner
Shot in Cameroon the multi prism film is thoroughly European in its perspective of Africa the real star while calling into question Western attitudes toward developing nations 
3
Woman on the Run
Mattie Lucas
The roller coaster finale is especially thrilling releasing 70 minutes worth of tension that makes for a tightly crafted joyride of a film 
3
Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am?
Dan DeLuca
It portrays Clemons as a seeker attempting to get a grip on himself and his place in the world By the end he believes he s found it in the music 
2.5
Student
John Beifuss
Crime and Punishment transplanted to post Soviet Kazakhstan where a ruthless new capitalism is creating millionaires and gangsters the film suggests there isn t much difference between the two 
3
Student
Caroline McKenzie
Kazakh cinema s stalwart auteur Darzhan Omirbaev adapts Crime and Punishment to modern day Almaty but with little to say beyond the obvious 
2
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
David Nusair
mostly captivating 
3
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
Jeremiah Kipp
The prison scenes are blatantly manipulative and effective but Fugitive really takes off during an intense escape sequence 
3
Secretariat
Sarah Knight Adamson
By the time the race occurs the incredible back story has unfolded and you may just have to contain yourself from wanting to stand up and begin cheering 
3
Secretariat
Roger Moore
It teeters between pleasantly generic film biography and rank manipulation 
2
Secretariat
Linda Cook
Yes it s a good solid movie about a horse that no one expected to win 
3
Secretariat
Mike Scott
Penny Chenery s story is good stuff It s just that watching it one can t escape the nagging feeling that it s not the most compelling part of the Secretariat story 
2.5
Secretariat
Camerin Courtney
If you like sweet safe tales of triumph Secretariat is a sure bet But if you like films with a bit more tension and complexity this romp doesn t completely satisfy 
2.5
Secretariat
Lori Hoffman
Despite the Disney fied sentimental side of the story Secretariat hits the finish line as an effective tale about an amazing equine athlete
2.5
Secretariat
Simon Abrams
Watching Secretariat is an experience as antithetical to watching an actual horse race as it gets 
1
Secretariat
Matt Brunson
Until the Sports Illustrated subscription runs out at the Walt Disney Studios offices I expect audiences will continue to be privy to cookie cutter yarns centered around notable achievements in the sports world 
2.5
Secretariat
Sean P. Means
Director Randall Wallace and writer Mike Rich steep the story in sappy sentimentality and some hamfisted nods to the era s turbulent politics 
2.5
Secretariat
Amy Biancolli
Just how much you enjoy Secretariat Disney s glossy coated biopic of the celebrated racehorse depends in large part on how much you know of his career If you know zilch you ll be thrilled 
2.5
Secretariat
Lisa Kennedy
Secretariat earns its best accolades for asking even larger questions as it highlights the story not just of a terrific horse but of his greatest champion owner Penny Chenery portrayed with grace edge and a growing sense of self by Diane Lane 
3.5
Secretariat
Chris Hewitt
Chenery is the main character and as hard as Lane works and as lovely as she looks in her 70s separates Chenery just isn t a very interesting person 
2
Secretariat
John Wirt
Neither winner nor loser Secretariat settles for a polished mediocrity 
2
Secretariat
John Beifuss
A solid old fashioned movie at least until the overkill reprise of Oh Happy Day I don t think the Edwin Hawkins Singers proclaiming that Jesus has washed their sins away has much to do with one horse beating the hooves off several others 
3
Secretariat
Peter Canavese
To the tune of Mister Ed We ve had us a film about a horse Seabiscuit got Oscar nods of course So another race horse on us they ll force Secretariat 
2.5
Secretariat
Rick Groen
When the movie climactically reproduces that exhilarating Belmont the fiction is just a pale shadow of the fact and the realized myth that lives in our memory dies on the screen 
2
Secretariat
Erik Childress
If ever a film recreated the experience of visiting an OTB where you watch races on TV from far away people are dressed poorly and it s quite stinky then Secretariat is a resounding success 
1
Secretariat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Randall Wallace manages to bring in enough winning moments to make it worth an afternoon s viewing 
2.5
Secretariat
Manohla Dargis
It s a pleasurable seductive fantasy partly because as we have known from the start of cinema the sight of a running horse is a beautiful thing 
3
Secretariat
Willie Waffle
You ll cry like a baby even though you know how it ends 
3.5
Secretariat
Lou Lumenick
Secretariat ultimately delivers where it matters in the home stretch 
2.5
Secretariat
Ann Hornaday
Director Randall Wallace has achieved the next to impossible injecting genuine tension and suspense into a narrative we all know the ending to 
3
Secretariat
Bob Bloom
Even though the outcomes of the races run by Secretariat are history you still will cheer this magnificent animal and his extraordinary owner 
3.5
Secretariat
Sara Michelle Fetters
It shorts its audience on the rich and vibrant experience it continually hints at and for a horse that is rightly regarded as one of the greatest pure athletes who ever lived this is one race Secretariat doesn t win 
2
Secretariat
Peter Travers
Don t fret when the film gets stuck in stodgy mud Just bask in the glory that was Secretariat and watch that horse ride 
2.5
Secretariat
Dustin Putman
Proves all the more insane that it equates Secretariat to a Jesus Christ like messiah 
2
Secretariat
Moira MacDonald
This one s all about the horse and he s a winner 
2.5
Secretariat
Sean O'Connell
Too often bludgeons us over the head with its inspirational quotables burying the story s organic goodwill under a pile of Hollywood horse manure 
2
Secretariat
Cathy Jakicic
The Disney feel that makes it safe for the whole family also probably robs it of some of the more complex shading But considering how rare intelligent family friendly movies are it s a worthy sacrifice 
2.5
Secretariat
Rob Thomas
It s like trying to make a football movie set in the 1970s about this plucky little underdog team called the Dallas Cowboys 
2
Secretariat
Wesley Morris
The achievement of both the movie and what Lane does with the part is that it s all bait to write her off as a sufferer a role that Lane due to bad movies and the bad men in them knows too well Not this time 
3.5
Secretariat
Carrie Rickey
Wallace is a director of moments not of cohesive wholes His movie is a parade of confrontations punctuated by a thrilling race 
3
Secretariat
Robert W. Butler
Aside from the inherent thrill of the races themselves the new equine biopic Secretariat is dull stuff 
2
Secretariat
Michael Phillips
Secretariat isn t bad but it s precisely what you d expect 
2
Secretariat
James Berardinelli
The racing sequences are effectively done and Secretariat s quest for horse racing s Triple Crown concludes with one of those stand up and cheer moments but the story as a whole seems stale and overly familiar 
2.5
Secretariat
Roger Ebert
It is a great film about greatness the story of the horse and the no less brave woman who had faith in him 
4
Secretariat
Jeffrey Gantz
Secretariat isn t as gritty as it should have been but it sure is happy 
2.5
Secretariat
Rex Reed
I m a sucker for this kind of stuff and there is plenty of it in Secretariat This is one terrific movie about one terrific horse 
3
Native Son
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Native Son makes a number of changes to its source material many of which dilute the story s power 
2.5
Native Son
Richard Roeper
Thanks in great part to the staying power of the source material and the blistering work by Ashton Sanders and KiKi Layne Native Son leaves a lasting imprint 
3
Native Son
Monica Castillo
The movie is at once struggling with what it wants to say what it needs to say and what history has said before it and its message becomes muddled in the process 
2
Native Son
Verne Gay
An especially thoughtful film that s already a given but an unexpectedly inert one 
2.5
Native Son
Sean P. Means
But where Wright depicted Bigger as a victim of his circumstances Parks and Johnson seem to want to give Bigger some agency which ultimately runs counter to the intended message 
2.5
The Butterfly Effect 2
David Nusair
An abominable pointless sequel 
.5
Six Degrees of Separation
Steve Rhodes
The script by John Guare deserves an award witty and very bright 
3.5
Six Degrees of Separation
Marty Mapes
All three leads give great performances 
3
Six Degrees of Separation
James Berardinelli
Ultimately Six Degrees of Separation will succeed or fail for the individual viewer based on their expectations and preferences 
3
Writing with Fire
G. Allen Johnson
It s well worth seeking out 
4
Writing with Fire
Lisa Trifone
Meera Suneeta Shyamkali and their colleagues are nothing short of inspirational 
3.5
Writing with Fire
Sheila O'Malley
An urgent reminder of journalism s importance 
3
Writing with Fire
Roger Moore
Citizen journalism at its most elemental and vital 
3
ClownTown
Roger Moore
Deathly dull but could this no budget horror film be behind all the scary clown sightings popping up all over the country 
1
The Debut
Lou Lumenick
An earnest and predictable little indie 
2
The Debut
Harvey S. Karten
Predictable but heartfelt and valuable in that it is one of the first Filipino American productions 
3
The Debut
Moira MacDonald
Celebrates community and family and does so in such a warm hearted way that its formulaic nature is easily forgiven 
2.5
The Debut
Roger Ebert
Familiar in its story arc but fresh in its energy and lucky in its choice of actors 
3
The Debut
Kevin M. Williams
A delightful coming of age film that becomes universal by way of its subject matter 
3
The Debut
Steve Rhodes
A heartfelt crowd pleaser of a story 
3
The Debut
Rob Blackwelder
Has at its heart a strong cast of actors giving their all to earn a resounding ring of truth with the movie s target audience 
2.5
The Debut
Tor Thorsen
As well meaning as an after school special and only slightly more inspired 
2
Serial Mom
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Nevertheless there s an undeniable pleasure in finding a comic imagination based so exclusively on personal quirks and predilections even when it s less than wholly adept in telling a story 
2
Serial Mom
Matt Brunson
The first hour of Serial Mom is a hoot but then the film goes astray 
2.5
Serial Mom
David Nusair
an agreeable enough endeavor that never entirely wears out its welcome 
3
Serial Mom
Eric Henderson
A loose remake of Female Trouble with Polyester s subversively accessible polish Serial Mom is the strongest film of the post midnight movie chapter of John Waters s career 
3.5
Serial Mom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kathleen Turner should win an Oscar for her demented Mom role 
3.5
Serial Mom
Neil Martin
Neither satirically relevant nor shocking enough 
2
Serial Mom
James Berardinelli
While the idea sounds fertile the execution is uneven and the comedy sporadic at best 
2
Serial Mom
Chris Hicks
The film goes off in so many directions and Waters is so self satisfied with shock and gross out elements that it wears out its welcome before we even get to the courtroom 
2
Serial Mom
Steve Rhodes
I never laughed out loud but I kept a constant grin on my face from ear to ear 
2.5
Serial Mom
Roger Ebert
I am not sure why this isn t very funny but it s not 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Brian Eggert
Exclusively suited for those with a particular interest in this intellectual property especially given the low rent quality of the story and production 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Matt Brunson
It s a shame Popstar arrived in theaters first because a better title for the dreary Jack Reacher Never Go Back would have been Jack Reacher Never Stop Never Stopping 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If you can forget the story and focus on the action and the leads however you may still have a good time Good luck 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
George M. Thomas
For a weekend night away however don t overthink it 
2.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
David N. Butterworth
Do we really need another franchise with a tall ish 42 year old vigilante drifter cracking heads Probably not 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
James Kendrick
an old school red blooded action vehicle with a little bit of sentimentality mixed in for good measure
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
John Serba
It meets expectations where its predecessor significantly exceeded them 
2.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
David Nusair
an underwhelming followup that could and should have been so much better 
2.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Michael Smith
Jack Reacher Never Go Back isn t the worst movie of the year But it might be the most unnecessary for multiple reasons 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Willie Waffle
Content to play it by the numbers and rely on Cruise and his well known intensity to carry the movie through the obvious 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Chris Knight
Where the first Reacher was a plodding mess even Werner Herzog as the villain couldn t save it this new one feels fresher and moves faster 
3.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film stalls out in moments of emotionally blas treacle that feels inelegantly forced into the proceedings 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
John Wirt
Never Go Back never met a clich it didn t like 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Gary Rotstein
This sign of a heart may serve as a distraction more than benefit for action fans looking to focus on Reacher s more remarkable abilities 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Josh Terry
It may not have the shoulders to carry the expectations of a summer blockbuster but it s a solid action option as a break from the Halloween frights and based on a true story dramas that will be filling screens until the holiday season kicks in 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Christian Toto
Jack Reacher serves up action movie feminism without the pearl clutching asides 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Rob Thomas
Never Go Back feels like a sequel done on the cheap clumsily adapted and indifferently executed 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
David Frese
The Jack Reacher novels are eminently entertaining If literary snobbery has kept you from picking one up stop it already The books joyous mayhem transcends guilty pleasure 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Barry Hertz
It would be a refreshing departure from the more bombastic set pieces of modern Hollywood if it weren t all so lazily executed 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Sonny Bunch
A far inferior sequel one saddled with bland villains and a meandering plot that tries and fails to get us to care about Reacher s personal life 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Stephen Rebello
Look a Jack Reacher movie doesn t have to be great but it does have to be better than other vigilante flicks like say John Wick or Blood Father This one isn t 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
James Berardinelli
Jack Reacher Never Go Back is a jumble of overhyped action scenes trite dialogue painfully bad character development and awful writing 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Mark Dujsik
Jack Reacher Never Go Back attempts to find new layers to this character but maybe they re simply not there 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Richard Roeper
The first one was a dud This one s worse 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Peter Howell
Sure he s eventually going to punch out and or kill whoever dares cross him But does he have to be so darned grumpy about it 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Rafer Guzman
Cruise gives his all to a cardboard cutout action figure making this sequel an enjoyable popcorn flick 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jeff Simon
It s not the best action thriller you ll see all year but I like these Cruise Reacher movies a whole lot more than the much gaudier and stunt filled Mission Impossible things If you must know 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Stephanie Merry
Action movies don t have to be believable or poignant They just have to get your adrenaline pumping But the movie lacks inspiration in that department too 
1
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Mick LaSalle
The pairing of Cruise and Smulders is a good one In a way that s both satisfying and compelling they seem evenly matched 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Tirdad Derakhshani
As crime thrillers go it s an inferior product with a predictable plot It succeeds because of its memorable characters and their shifting relationships There s some nice action and offbeat humor 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Bob Bloom
Every aspect of this 118 minute movie is predictable It feels like the script was written by a computer that had been fed a dozen other action film scenarios and it resulted in a film made of cobbled bits and pieces from each 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Peter Travers
Critics were snotty in 2012 when Cruise first played Reacher because the 5 7 actor is not the six five 250 pound bruiser of Lee Child s novels Get over it The admirably defiant star brings his own agility and quick wit to the role 
3
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Roger Moore
Violent vigorous and cute 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Tom Russo
Competent but routine suspense 
2.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Lawrence Toppman
Even the casting consists entirely of clichs the chief conspirator with the sneeringly smug grin a belly thrusting small town sheriff who smells of corruption the lean and wolflike gunman known as The Hunter 
1.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Michael Phillips
Some franchises are born some are made others thrust themselves upon the public 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Matt Zoller Seitz
There is nothing terrible about this film yet it fails everyone involved with it That s the kind of magic trick that you don t want to see 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Soren Andersen
It almost seems as if Cruise is slumming in this one 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Katie Walsh
The character is an ideal vessel for Cruise s gifts as a movie star Even if he doesn t quite fit the physical description Child imagined in writing Cruise takes Reacher and shapes him into one of his iconic characters 
2.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Brian Truitt
A major step backward with an A list actor in a C grade military thriller 
2
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jake Cole
The visual blandness of Edward Zwick s style and the simplistic easily solved case is better suited for television 
1.5
I've Loved You So Long
Mattie Lucas
A remarkable film marked by remarkable performances that stand strong among the year s finest 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Kelly Jane Torrance
While Jonathan Demme s Rachel Getting Married was a self indulgent melodrama French writer director Philippe Claudel s I ve Loved You So Long is an elegant and moving family drama 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Keith Cohen
The well drawn intriguing characters and vividly realistic situations make for an interesting story that holds your attention The conversations are natural and succinct 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Josh Larsen
The last act revelation leaves the audience off the hook in a way that s more common for a soothing Hollywood picture than this sort of challenging French import 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Daniel M. Kimmel
In the hands of Kristin Scott Thomas it becomes the story of one woman s struggle with the events of her life 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Matt Brunson
Don t let the Harlequin Romance title fool you 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Carla Meyer
Claudel has made a very special kind of star vehicle the kind that s also a very good movie overall 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Lawrence Toppman
The movie s fascinating when it tracks Juliette s tentative almost unwilling progress back into society 
3
I've Loved You So Long
John Beifuss
The ending is a cop out It lets the audience off the hook while congratulating it for its empathy 
2.5
I've Loved You So Long
Michael Smith
Thomas and Zylberstein are exceptional beyond the film itself which demands deliberation and made me wish that it delivered a more memorable payoff for that patience 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Rob Thomas
This isn t a movie about big emotional breakthroughs but about the slow thaw taking place in Juliette s heart and writer director Philippe Claudel and the actors do an excellent job in charting a series of small telling steps forward 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Robert W. Butler
A good movie with a great performance I ve Loved You So Long is about one rewrite away from perfection 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Rafer Guzman
In a few moments the British actress playing a haunted woman named Juliette will begin speaking French but in these moments her face reveals more than any dialogue 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Duane Dudek
This is a drama about the role of forgiveness in daily life made compelling by an actress with a flair for the ordinary 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Phil Villarreal
Makes the most out of dead air and empty spaces 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Sean P. Means
Scott Thomas spare movements and flinty expression reflect Juliette s will to hold in her emotions like a dam about to burst and when it finally does the results are heartbreaking 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Jeff Vice
The cast bails the film out when it gets itself into some particular tricky spots 
2.5
I've Loved You So Long
Michael Sragow
This film teaches the rewards of patience for directors for actors and for audiences too 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I ve Loved You So Long is very thin and artificial characters behave erratically and illogically for no other reason than to serve the forward thrust of the plot 
2
I've Loved You So Long
Austin Kennedy
Kristen Scott Thomas performance is the backbone to an emotionally moving story about a woman searching for redemption within herself Seek this out 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Chris Hewitt
Claudel s Juliette is one of the year s great movie characters and she has earned the right to keep some things just for herself 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Rene Rodriguez
Utterly absorbing 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Amy Biancolli
Thomas gives it her all uncorking every ounce of emotion she d held in check with Herculean restraint over the better part of two hours 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Steven Rea
Kristin Scott Thomas gives a performance that is so chilling so braced in pain that it s almost impossible to bear Almost impossible because in fact it s impossible not to behold this riveting piece of role immersion 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Steve Rhodes
It s certainly a good film but its merits seem relatively inconsequential next to the knockout performance by its lead Scott Thomas who uses minimal expressions to convey so much 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Rick Groen
Without Kristin Scott Thomas I ve Loved You So Long would be a watchable but hardly a memorable movie 
3
I've Loved You So Long
John Hartl
An uneven new French film that plays like a companion piece to the recent British drama Boy A 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Linda Barnard
Like a good book I ve Loved You So Long unfolds in chapters And when it ends you close the cover with emotion and reluctance 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
David Nusair
Anchored by Kristin Scott Thomas searing downright engrossing performance 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Sara Michelle Fetters
What s more she does it with brutally direct simplicity belying the usual overly emotional histrionics and quirky tricks actors tend to employ when taking on a character with this much melodramatic baggage 
4
I've Loved You So Long
Jeanne Aufmuth
A haunting and redemptive film experience 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Mick LaSalle
Kristin Scott Thomas performance in I ve Loved You So Long is one of a small handful of highlights by which people will remember this year in movies 
4
I've Loved You So Long
Ty Burr
Thomas packs infinite amounts of nuance and agony into such moments and after a while she outraces the movie itself 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Michael Phillips
Kristin Scott Thomas keeps a tight rein on her melodramatic instincts throughout Then at precisely the right moment the character s delayed release becomes the audience s gratification 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Roger Ebert
This is one of Kristin Scott Thomas most inspired performances 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Claudia Puig
Writer director Philippe Claudel knows just how to structure a character study of this sort so that key elements and important secrets are revealed over time piquing our interest 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Lou Lumenick
You d have to be made of stone not to weep at the confession that caps I ve Loved You So Long 
3
I've Loved You So Long
Glenn Whipp
The heart of the movie is the wary dance of reconnection between the sisters and again the beauty is in the details 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Peter Travers
Want a master class in film acting Check out Kristin Scott Thomas as Juliette a doctor just out of prison in this spellbinder from writer director Philippe Claudel 
3.5
I've Loved You So Long
Aaron Cutler
Much will be written about Kristin Scott Thomas s performance most of it justified 
3
I've Loved You So Long
James Berardinelli
I ve Loved You So Long is the kind of film that will bore to tears those who do not enjoy simple unforced character dramas 
3
The Origin of Evil
Clayton Dillard
The Origin of Evil recalls Ruben 214 stlund 8217 s Triangle of Sadness for how its prolonged 44 soft peddled skewering of the wealthy seems convinced of its Bu 241 uelian irreverence 46 
1.5
The Origin of Evil
Kent Turner
91 Director 93 Marnier channels the spirit of Claude Chabrol 8217 s withering knock downs of the bourgeoisie 44 layered with the plot curves of a Hitchcockian riddle 46 
3.5
Synonymes
Joe Friar
Nadav Lapid s unpredictable third feature recalls the Portland Trilogy by Gus Van Sant as the film thrives on isolated characters unscrupulous situations and the temerity of youth 
3.5
Synonymes
Hau Chu
What makes Synonyms so compelling is how it explores the theme of identity through a lens of searing self reflection 
3.5
Synonymes
Allyson Johnson
It s a beautiful commanding character study by a director who keeps getting better with each new challenging film 
3
Synonymes
Ty Burr
The movie is antic poetic funny and alarming in equal measure a real ride although where the ride is taking both its hero and the audience is always in question 
3.5
Synonymes
Simon Houpt
Synonyms is relentless brutal disorienting 
3.5
Synonymes
Rene Sanchez
A daring and unconventional reflection on national identity that feels intimate and familiar to those who ve left their homeland behind Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Synonymes
Glenn Kenny
The movie is for all its accomplishments sketchy tentative 
2.5
Synonymes
Joey Magidson
When a storyteller opts to ignore all presumed conventions about their movie it s a very compelling thing to witness 
3
Synonymes
David Nusair
An often excruciatingly obnoxious piece of work 
0
Cameraperson
Matt Brunson
A collection of 100 minutes of various footage Kirsten Johnson shot for other pictures a 8220 Greatest Hits 8221 compilation 44 as it were 46 
3.5
Cameraperson
James Kendrick
testament to the richness of Johnson s extensive work and the importance of the documentary form and in that regard it is a moving important film in its own right even though I constantly felt like I was being spun out of it by my desire to see more
3
Cameraperson
Peter Canavese
Smart enough to make implications but let us draw our own conclusions about what these images individually and collectively and the art form to which they belong mean to their photographer to us and to human society Criterion Blu ray 
3.5
Cameraperson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gives viewers a chance to sit back and ponder questions and thoughts about the nature of being human and our relationship with the world 
3.5
Cameraperson
John Semley
Cameraperson is not merely a grab bag of images It pulls double duty as a theoretical essay on the cinematic apparatus itself 
4
Cameraperson
Peter Howell
Cameraperson summons us to really think about a world that is more connected than we may realize 
3.5
Cameraperson
Josh Larsen
An intensely moving and provocatively personal consideration of what it means to carry a camera 
3.5
Cameraperson
Mark Dujsik
It is defiantly director Kirsten Johnson s film her testament and her way of looking at the world 
3.5
Cameraperson
Sean P. Means
In Cameraperson Johnson beautifully captures her odd life finding in these disparate stories of other people a through line to her own life as an observer who never forgets her own humanity 
3.5
Cameraperson
Ann Hornaday
Cameraperson testifies to a world in which it would be clear to see that we re all connected if only we took the time to look at one another with reverence and simply listen 
4
Cameraperson
Rob Thomas
This is autobiography in its truest form a visual document of choices made and chances taken and missed It s wonderful 
4
Cameraperson
Anita Katz
Small and experimental but engrossing and enlightening it s truly a one of a kind documentary 
3
Cameraperson
Mick LaSalle
Cameraperson is a documentary unlike any other 
3
Cameraperson
Mark Feeney
Throughout there is an awareness of a distinct sensibility behind the camera humane engaged unfailingly curious 
2.5
Cameraperson
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of the most original challenging and sometimes infuriating documentaries of recent times 
4
Cameraperson
David Fear
The movie is an extraordinary self portrait and an existential statement I shoot therefore I am 
3.5
Cameraperson
Sam C. Mac
One gets the sense that power and meaning have been accumulated at a pace appropriately representative of Kirsten Johnson s own experiences 
3
Bodies, Rest & Motion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The secret to the movie s flow is that it has no flow It just drifts The hazy Arizona afternoon atmosphere and the chirpy chanty score by Michael Convertino definitely help things along 
2.5
Bodies, Rest & Motion
James Berardinelli
In an era when many motion pictures are going for big it s nice to see well known actors in a small film like this 
3
Bodies, Rest & Motion
Roger Ebert
Bodies Rest and Motion is one of those movies that not only comes accompanied by supporting materials but seems fairly pointless unless you brief yourself 
2
Master P - I Got The Hook Up! Comedy Jam
David Keyes
A travesty in every sense of the word 
0
Shui shuo wo bu zai hu (The marriage certificate)
Walter Chaw
A disaster in terms of satire and the basic precepts of mature entertainment 
1
Thank You for Coming
Christopher James
Overall the documentary doesn t amount to much more than a slightly involving personal story 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Brian Eggert
It s hard to imagine a more confused or flawed execution of a well meaning message except maybe Shallow Hal 2001 
1.5
I Feel Pretty
Jason Fraley
Like any high concept comedy there are always minor things to nitpick Such logic holes might turn off some more serious minded critics but if the goal of a comedy is to make us laugh this one hits the mark 
3
I Feel Pretty
Matt Brunson
Of course Renee learns her lesson by the end but the film s muddled messages do little to similarly educate viewers 
2
I Feel Pretty
Josh Larsen
It takes guts to lob something like this into our vigilantly woke popular culture 
3
I Feel Pretty
John Hanlon
The cast and the writers do enough with the premise to earn a few laughs while also delivering an uplifting message 
3.0
I Feel Pretty
Joe Friar
You ve got to be able to drop your guard to fully enjoy the comedy filled with fat shaming jokes and that may prove to be difficult in this ultrasensitive era There s a reason clips of the Tom Hanks comedy Big are included in the film 
3
I Feel Pretty
Joey Magidson
The film won t win any awards but it s a dependable vehicle for Schumer and an amusing way to spent 100 minutes in a theater 
3
I Feel Pretty
Linda Cook
I Feel Pretty isn t exactly beautiful 
2
I Feel Pretty
David Nusair
the narrative adopts a decidedly repetitious and meandering feel in its midsection 
2
I Feel Pretty
R Mitchell Miller
Most of the movie is just different versions of the same joke 
2
I Feel Pretty
Leah Pickett
The most damning aspect of this movie more damning even than its pandering or blatant commercialism is how deeply unfunny it is 
1
I Feel Pretty
Michael Smith
I Feel Pretty at its core feels like the kind of movie that Schumer would have previously mocked as something she would never make
2
I Feel Pretty
Josh Terry
The bigger issue is that Schumer s performance feels uneven and not all that different between her before injury and after injury characters 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Max Weiss
Despite its mixed message the Amy Schumer vehicle has some laughs and charm The truth is there is something refreshing about a rom com that stars a woman who feels relatable 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not without its merits and its laudable aspects this socially conscious comedy is a strange unfocused misfire I almost wish I could somehow forget 
2
I Feel Pretty
Peter Travers
Amy Schumer is always fun company But who the hell thought that making plus size jokes then simply tacking on a moralizing ending was hilarious Or acceptable 
2
I Feel Pretty
Phil Villarreal
The sentiment shifts from GET IT GIRL to JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY GIRL 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Christian Toto
Don t let those Social Justice Warrior scolds stop you from enjoying the film s modest pleasures 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Kate Taylor
Schumer s actual chutzpah so boldly showcased in her stand up and sketch comedy is not enough to carry this offensive conceit 
1
I Feel Pretty
Mark Dujsik
One mostly wants to credit I Feel Pretty for what it doesn t do wrong 
3
I Feel Pretty
Richard Roeper
In the case of I Feel Pretty as corny and contrived as the final scenes are you might actually applaud the message If not at least you ll have the proper and fair ammunition to back up your argument 
3
I Feel Pretty
James Berardinelli
The way in which I Feel Pretty presents its message is one of the film s biggest problems If there s something less subtle than a sledgehammer it applies here 
1.5
I Feel Pretty
Jocelyn Noveck
On the minus side it muddles its message with an overstuffed script choppy editing and some unnecessarily over the top moments 
2
I Feel Pretty
Dann Gire
This movie belongs to the effervescent sincere Schumer who excels at portraying the wisecracking loose floozy traditionally consigned to being the leading lady s comical sidekick 
3
I Feel Pretty
Peter Howell
Schumer redeems I Feel Pretty by completely and fearlessly buying into the premise and delivering a few good lines that slice into the shallow idiocy of valuing beauty over brains and celebrities over common folk 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Calvin Wilson
This film is unlikely to impress the Academy but it ll probably make you feel better about yourself 
3
I Feel Pretty
Christy Lemire
It s an unbridled display of enthusiasm We re laughing with her not at her If only the rest of the film had such complete confidence 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Sara Stewart
I Feel Pretty takes a talented comic and casts her in the worst possible light and I don t mean that literally She looks fine 
1.5
I Feel Pretty
Maren Longbella
I Feel Pretty s heart is in the right place but it kind of forgot the funny along the way 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Katie Walsh
The film wants to encourage us to find our beauty within while turning a blind eye to those external industrial forces that profit from our insecurity 
2
I Feel Pretty
Roger Moore
Shockingly sweet 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Moira MacDonald
As sweet as I Feel Pretty often is it s also at times depressing 
2
I Feel Pretty
David Wiegand
Schumer is the movie shamelessly comic but also willing to take us straight into the character s pain I Feel Pretty may go down as her signature picture 
3
I Feel Pretty
Ty Burr
Ersatz and predictable I Feel Pretty just wanders in circles of amiable confusion and the star never finds a groove that connects the two halves of Renee into one believable woman 
2
I Feel Pretty
Mara Reinstein
The comedy rarely addresses 2018 image issues in an intelligent or self knowing way Instead it sticks to the basics such as the revelation that beautiful women have boyfriend problems too 
2
I Feel Pretty
Michael O'Sullivan
I Feel Pretty wants to eat its cake and have it too inviting us to laugh at women because of how they look while scolding us for doing so 
1
I Feel Pretty
Gary Thompson
It would be pretty nice at this point to report that I Feel Pretty is pretty funny but alas it is not 
2
I Feel Pretty
Dustin Putman
With the irrepressible Amy Schumer leading the way I Feel Pretty excels at being both fiercely entertaining and perceptibly wise 
3
I Feel Pretty
Brian Truitt
There s a definite satisfaction watching supermodel types squirm when they can t derail Renee s cheery blind confidence and her courtship with Ethan is a riot of mixed messages and bikini contests 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Rafer Guzman
A good natured comedy with a sweet and saucy performance from Schumer 
2.5
I Feel Pretty
Michael Phillips
It s just not funny or fresh enough and that has everything to do with the material and how it s handled visually and nothing to do with the people on the screen 
2
I Feel Pretty
Chuck Bowen
Rather than pointing the finger at society for inducing insecurity in women I Feel Pretty suggests the onus is on women to change their attitudes 
2
Female Trouble
Matt Brunson
This delectable trash from John Waters may not be quite as flagrantly tasteless as Pink Flamingos or Multiple Maniacs but it s still best to lock up your kids and hide your heterosexuals 
3
Female Trouble
James Kendrick
best seen as an early stab at satirizing the media and the overwhelming hype that is lavished on high profile criminals
3
Female Trouble
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Normal people should probably stay away but twisted people and young filmmakers will find laughter inspiration and joy here 
3
Maigret Sets a Trap
David Wiegand
Just knowing the identity of the killer turns out to be only part of the story 
3
Searching Eva
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Such is the marvel of this spectacular film that we barely realize it is as much about us as about Eva until the end if even then The search continues 
4
Alone at Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Made in the self aware 44 meta style of the apos Scream apos movies 44 this slasher 47 whodunit has some wit and vigor 44 but in the end it apos s all flash 44 not dissimilar from the vapid reality show it purports to parody 46 
2
The Neon Bible
Jeremy Heilman
What it lacks in dramatic thrust is made up for in the momentary and sometimes sustained glimpses of brilliance 
3
Saw II
Wesley Lovell
The film doesn t take the direction most sequels do and manages to adequately follow up the original 
2.5
Saw II
Kurt Loder
The slaughter in Saw II is pretty much non stop but you always see it coming The movie s not really that scary just gross in what by now is a fairly routine way 
2
Saw II
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In a fun house like this the elaborate tortures seem to leave behind the real world of pain and suffering for the realm of slapstick they re the kind of horrors that make you scream and laugh at the same time 
0
Saw II
Jonathan R. Perry
It s not slick it s not empowering and it s not pretty But what it does efficiently exploiting our primal fears it does pretty well 
2
Saw II
Frank Ochieng
The raucous results Saw II is a shameless spectacle of squirming and squealing without maintaining much solid suspense in its warped blood clotting heart
1.5
Saw II
Linda Cook
If you saw the first Saw you ll want to see Saw II too 
3
Saw II
Josh Larsen
is supposed to jar you but here s the funny thing about 90 minutes of bludgeoning and bloodletting It usually just leaves me numb 
1.5
Saw II
Dustin Putman
The rare sequel that improves upon its predecessor Saw II is an exploitation flick with style and skill to go along with its stream of red stuff 
2.5
Saw II
Nick Schager
Unable to deliver the single novel concept or unexpected surprise that might justify its existence 
1.5
Saw II
Ken Fox
By referencing horror masters Dario Argento and Wes Craven the film invites comparison to much better movies with none of Argento s style or Craven s savagely sardonic of sense of humor 
2
Saw II
Susan Walker
Quite possibly Saw II sheds enough blood to satisfy horror aficionados 
2.5
Saw II
Chris Hewitt
The second Saw isn t as accomplished or precise as the first but it s well worth watching because in an era when most movies are forgotten before the popcorn is digested it makes you feel something 
3
Saw II
Peter Hartlaub
As it was in the first Saw audiences are faced with insane leaps in logic that sabotage the last part of the film 
2
Saw II
Timothy Knight
The film s one note dialogue insufferable characters and lack of scares make Saw II just a tedious exercise in explicit violence 
1.5
Saw II
John Anderson
Saw II better acted than its predecessor which isn t saying much is so gratuitously sadistically violent and to such little end that it finally falls over dead on the far side of obscene 
0
Saw II
Kyle Smith
Saw II has teeth and this house of horrors franchise has legs though they re manacled to the radiator 
3
Saw II
Elizabeth Weitzman
At the very least with Saw II you get what you pay for 
2
Saw II
Brian McTavish
A greater number of humans in peril doesn t mean better terror in Saw II It just means more hammy acting smashing yelling begging burning cutting and stabbing 
2
Saw II
Bruce Westbrook
Even hard core horror can go too far Saw II is as punishing as it gets It s effective all right but to what end Certainly not entertainment 
1.5
Saw II
Rick Groen
I saw Saw I saw Saw II and I have lived to tell about it Aren t you glad 
1
Saw II
John Monaghan
The makers of Saw II have taken great pains to hide the twist ending to the film I d love to reveal it out of spite only because it hints that I ll be sitting through another Saw sequel next year 
1
Saw II
Jeff Vice
If anything this blood spattered stomach churning sequel to last year s serial killer thriller is even more moronic more overplotted and more convoluted 
1
Saw II
Randy Myers
For the tough as Leatherface horror crowd who want to be bruised and battered by their entertainment Saw II represents a cut above in the genre 
2.5
Saw II
Michael Phillips
No point in labeling this a horror film This is a sadism film and while all good and great horror films know what sadism tastes like a sadism film settles for nothing of lasting imaginative horror 
1
Saw II
Wesley Morris
Saw II is not for the faint of heart It s for the foolish of wallet 
.5
Saw II
Sean P. Means
Director Darren Lynn Bousman creates wincing images of bloodshed cut rapidly to the point of nausea to cover how idiotic this luridly thrill free thriller really is 
1
Saw II
Dan Fienberg
Coupled with the distancing cop killer face off the erratic pace may cause viewers to tune out long before a twisty ending that manages to be satisfying if not surprising 
2
Saw II
Willie Waffle
Saw II almost was a total loss until the end which almost saves the movie 
2
Saw II
David Nusair
In spite of the film s few flaws Saw II remains a worthy sequel if only for Bell s wonderfully entertaining performance and the jaw dropping finale 
3
Saw II
Jackie Loohauis
Think gore gore and more gore That s all the filmmakers can deliver from a concept that s already broken its teeth 
1.5
Saw II
Mike Clark
Essentially this is one more movie that regardless of its setting or even planet exists to knock off its cast members one by one 
1.5
Saw II
David Hiltbrand
This is entertainment 
1
Saw II
Jeff Shannon
You ll be hard pressed to find a shred of the perverse ingenuity that made Saw so effectively unnerving 
1.5
Saw II
Chuck O'Leary
Generates a decent amount of suspense before totally self destructing with a preposterous ending that s also a shameless setup for the inevitable Saw III 
2
Saw II
Nick Rogers
In the interest of the film s themes of absolution here s a free pass to the half hearted original for giving way to this subversive brain jiggler with perfect plot creases 
3
Trash Fire
Brian Tallerico
It s kind of like Meet the Parents crossed with Psycho and it s a dark nasty piece of work in most of the ways it should be 
2.5
It's My Turn
Roger Ebert
It s My Turn is one of those movies where you can almost keep a mental list of the Important Topics as they re ticked off in the dialogue 
2
A Letter to Elia
Ethan Alter
Scorsese offers a stirring analysis of Kazan s artistry while also describing in heartfelt terms how these stories affected him as a nascent movie lover 
4
I'm Going Home
Susan Stark
Elliptical as it is perceptive 
3
I'm Going Home
John Hartl
Stylistically adventurous 
3
I'm Going Home
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The kind of quiet masterpiece that fully registers only after you ve seen it 
4
I'm Going Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest films I ve ever seen 
4
I'm Going Home
Carla Meyer
Subtly powerful 
3
I'm Going Home
Marta Barber
A different movie sometimes tedious by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know 
2.5
I'm Going Home
Roger Ebert
Few films seem so wise and knowing about the fact of age and the approach of the end 
3
I'm Going Home
Michael Wilmington
A work of devastating simplicity and poetic tact and grace 
4
I'm Going Home
Damon Smith
De Oliveira gives us a witty moving yet unsentimental study of mortality that ranks among the best work of his career 
3.5
I'm Going Home
Carrie Rickey
What a role this is for Piccoli who plays the hubristic king the bereaved husband the grand artist in tones that range from thunder to whisper 
3.5
I'm Going Home
Duane Dudek
De Oliveira creates an emotionally rich poetically plump and visually fulsome but never showy film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli 
3.5
I'm Going Home
Bob Strauss
A film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities 
3
I'm Going Home
V.A. Musetto
Piccoli is superb as an aging actor named Gilbert Valence 
3
I'm Going Home
Geoff Pevere
If that old bromide about the universal power of simple storytelling seems to bear repeating it s because every powerful story simply told seems new in the telling 
4
I'm Going Home
Liam Lacey
At the film s centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid seventies Michel Piccoli 
3
I'm Going Home
Jeremy Heilman
It reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death 
3.5
I'm Going Home
Harvey S. Karten
Michel Piccoli s moving performance is this films reason for being 
3
I'm Going Home
Ed Gonzalez
Oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition 
3.5
The Wrong Man
David Keyes
A sullen drama from the first scene until the last anchored by rather sincere performances and conveyed in the sorts of shadows and silence that were the staples of mainstream film noir 
3.5
The Wrong Man
Matt Brunson
Devoid of any Hitchcockian touches the movie disappoints only in that it could have been made by any filmmaker experimenting in the faux documentary style during this period Jules Dassin comes to mind otherwise it s gripping material 
3
The Wrong Man
Josh Larsen
even the straightest of citizens will be looking over their shoulder 
2.5
The Wrong Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps the most underrated and least known of Hitchcock s great films 
4
The Wrong Man
Eric Henderson
Hitchcock s shadowy mise en scne is given a greater sense of veracity through his use of actual NYC locations 
4
Adoration
Mike Scott
Steeped in relentless and often clumsy symbolism and hamstrung by a frustratingly disjointed narrative it s puzzling for all the wrong reasons 
1
Adoration
Rob Thomas
Cinephiles who thought Atom Egoyan went off the rails with the tawdry cheese of Where The Truth Lies will be happy to see Adoration which shows the Canadian filmmaker once again in fine austere form 
3
Adoration
Michael Sragow
The movie s fractured structure and contrived subplots obscure a potentially affecting story and do nothing to advance the debate on any of its incendiary issues 
2
Adoration
Jeff Vice
It will likely test the limits of some viewers though those with patience may find a few things to like There s definitely no shortage of ideas that s for sure 
2.5
Adoration
John Beifuss
As thoughtful calculated somber and cold as a heavily footnoted term paper 
2.5
Adoration
Steve Ramos
Adoration is rich with political themes about ethnicity a complex story about family history a thoughtful young protagonist and a fascinating look at the way we communicate through the latest social networking tools 
3
Adoration
Rene Rodriguez
After a promising start this ambitious but ultimately clunky and unwieldy movie dissolves into a pile of ideas in dire need of dramatization 
2
Adoration
Matt Brunson
Adoration may be driven by Egoyan s usual weighty concerns but too often it operates on cruise control 
2.5
Adoration
Sean O'Connell
A pretentious naval gazing pity party thrown for condescending affected blowhards 
1.5
Adoration
Calvin Wilson
Bostick turns in a quietly mesmerizing performance capturing Simon s sense of loss without slipping into pathos 
3.5
Adoration
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film offers up a tidal wave of ebbs and flows things deftly moving between past and present truth and fiction with magnetic ease 
2.5
Adoration
Robert W. Butler
It never adds up to a satisfying whole 
2.5
Adoration
Tom Keogh
In Atom Egoyan s disconcerting and unpredictable Adoration a young man s attempt to make sense of himself and his family s history turns strange when his re imagined version of that history becomes a combustible topic for online chatter 
3
Adoration
Chris Hewitt
When all is revealed at the end it becomes obvious Egoyan has cheated audiences with a batch of fake clues and false paths 
1.5
Adoration
Carrie Rickey
Egoyan s most affecting film since The Sweet Hereafter 
3
Adoration
Roger Ebert
Why does Egoyan weave a tangled web Because his characters are caught in it 
3
Adoration
Robert Levin
Takes a powerful simple subject and mucks up its exploration with elaborate stylistic complications and moments of pure over direction 
2
Adoration
Mick LaSalle
Whatever mystery is here is not a function of the story but of how Egoyan chooses to tell the story Once all is revealed the reaction is So what 
2
Adoration
Steve Rhodes
Writer and director Atom Egoyan is a cinematic master at creating incredibly sad and affecting tone poems to life s morose moments 
3
Adoration
Ty Burr
Watching Adoration is like juggling three tennis balls a porcupine and a graduate thesis but eventually it finds a unifying theme that of tolerance melting away racial and intergenerational hatreds 
2.5
Adoration
Lou Lumenick
Adoration which hinges on a number of coincidences contains some really fine performances including a surprising one from Canadian utility player Scott Speedman as the student s rough hewn uncle and guardian 
2.5
Adoration
Stephen Whitty
Although the intent is clearly to keep us off balance as to what s real it also unbalances the movie hampering its ability to build suspense or involve us in its characters 
2
Adoration
Kate Taylor
Once again Egoyan has created a film that descends from ideas rather than experience driven by theme rather than character and he does both very well 
3
Adoration
Bruce DeMara
Egoyan draws strong performances from the entire cast including a solid performance from Scott Speedman sporting a heavy beard as the uncle raising the orphaned Simon a sort of everyman embodying Western liberalism who is flawed by his own insularity 
3
Adoration
Claudia Puig
Moody provocative and intellectually ambitious Adoration is primed to elicit impassioned discussion among audiences 
3.5
Adoration
Andrew Schenker
Egoyan is so concerned with packing as much narrative and thematic material into his film that he doesn t quite know what to do with it 
2.5
Adoration
Pam Grady
Egoyan s finest in years 
4
Adoration
Liam Lacey
Though the plot borders on the abstruse it s also the director s best film in a decade 
3
Adoration
David Nusair
46 46 46 ultimately overcomes an almost disastrously plodding opening half hour to become a slight yet somewhat engaging piece of work 46 
2.5
Autism: The Musical
Janice Page
As flip and gaudy as that title might sound this spare little movie is actually one of the most candid down to earth organically inspirational documentaries you ll ever see 
3.5
Autism: The Musical
Jeff Shannon
It s an eyes wide open account of tenacity and triumph for parents and children alike Considering the dramatic rise in the number of children born with autism it s a film that everyone should see and appreciate 
3.5
Black Dog
Matt Brunson
You also get Meat Loaf as a Bible thumping rube prone to yelling things like 44 8220 Witness the resurrection 44 brothers and sisters 33 8221 as he tries to run Swayze off the road 46 
1.5
Black Dog
David Nusair
46 46 46 a simple yet promising setup that 8217 s employed to mostly engaging 40 albeit awfully hit and miss 41 effect by Hooks 46 46 46 
2.5
Black Dog
Elias Savada
Hey you like 18 wheelers Have you driven a big Ford lately country and western music and an All American meal as in meat loaf then here s a film for you 
0.5
Black Dog
Michael Dequina
Forget the Mortal Kombat movies this trucksploitation flick is the closest the movies has come to video games 
1
Born in East L.A.
David Nusair
There s ultimately not a whole lot within Born in East L A that s worth wholeheartedly embracing 
2
Born in East L.A.
Matt Brunson
This soft film lacks any sort of a satiric edge but Marin s charismatic turn provides it with some lift 
2.5
Skinwalker Ranch
Calum Marsh
Whether sprinting by the camera spectrally or blinding us with a garish burst of light you have to wonder whether aliens have anything better to do 
2
Skinwalker Ranch
Dan Callahan
The somewhat charming thing about Skinwalker Ranch is that it takes itself seriously 
2.5
Passing Strange The Movie
Lou Lumenick
Spike Lee s Passing Strange The Movie is basically canned musical theater but this is one Tony winning Broadway show that s well worth preserving and seeing 
3
Passing Strange The Movie
Peter Travers
The invigorating result zestily edited by Lee s own inside iron man Barry Brown is in every way a knockout 
3.5
Passing Strange The Movie
Roger Ebert
I can t single out a performance This is a superb ensemble conveying that joy actors feel when hey know they re good in good material 
4
Passing Strange The Movie
Jeremiah Kipp
A worthy public record of a show most people nationwide didn t get the chance to see 
3
Nobody's Watching
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An absorbing film about a self exiled Argentine actor in New York Full review in Spanish 
2
Nobody's Watching
Peter Goldberg
Julia Solomonoff s film ripples with a palpable sense of the sheer distance between the down and out actor at its center and his goals 
2.5
Handsome Harry
David Nusair
works best as an actor s showcase 
2.5
Handsome Harry
Kate Taylor
Handsome Harry is a small film with more to say than its creaky exposition and formulaic plot would suggest Frustration is perhaps the more appropriate critical response 
2
Handsome Harry
John Beifuss
I don t think Clint Eastwood would cast himself as a gay man but it s easy to imagine an alternate movie universe in which Eastwood not only plays the title role but is the director of this earnest yet unstrident drama 
3
Handsome Harry
Rene Rodriguez
Like any low budget production Handsome Harry has some shakily staged scenes and erratic acting but it also has wonderful moments 
3
Handsome Harry
Kyle Smith
The story quietly builds to a rueful and fraught climax in which Campbell Scott does his usual exceptional work while Harry absorbs some hard lessons 
3
Handsome Harry
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Gordon and Proferes detail their protagonist with authentically complex fleshtones but splash on each new revealing coat with a jarring lack of finesse 
2.5
Foreign Sister
Jordan Hiller
The development of a relationship between Nomi and Negist is the soul of the movie and in some ways it is its greatest drawback 
2
Foreign Sister
V.A. Musetto
Wolman gets his point across but he does so in such a predictable contrived and sappy manner that viewers aren t likely to care 
2
Little Witches
David Nusair
one ups The Craft by containing a lot of nudity but fails in every other respect 
0
Scarred Hearts
Clayton Dillard
Despite the film s bleak premise writer director Radu Jude finds dark humor within the certainty of death 
3.5
Hotel by the River
Mattie Lucas
Within its modestly composed black and white frames lies a profoundly open ended exploration of the very faults foibles dreams and contradictions that make us human 
3.5
Hotel by the River
Glenn Kenny
Hong s free style isn t showy there s a stillness holding the film together at all times 
3
Hotel by the River
Chuck Bowen
A story of a poet Hotel by the River comes to resemble a poetry collection itself abounding in emotional currents and grace notes that are bracingly allowed to hang free of reductive explication 
3.5
Reality Bites
David Nusair
a fairly by the numbers setup that s employed to impressively compelling and relatable effect by first time filmmaker Stiller 
3
Reality Bites
Jeff Shannon
Ryder and Hawke bring crucial authenticity to their roles with effortless appeal You ll find yourself wanting more of these characters than the movie gives you 
2.5
Reality Bites
Mark de la Viña
The smart script by 23 year old newcomer Helen Childress doesn t lose sight of the characters and the issues that affect them and other young adults 
3.5
Reality Bites
Carrie Rickey
However conventional Reality Bites resolves to be it is always engaging Best of all Ryder has her greatest role since Heathers once again proving herself a seriously funny young actress 
3
Reality Bites
Stephen Hunter
The best the brilliant bits of Reality Bites etch in epigram anecdote and brittle dazzling dialogue the inner life of young people who want desperately to believe but haven t decided in what 
3
Reality Bites
Michael Wilmington
It s a good example of an anti establishment comedy crippled by a seeming desire to infatuate the establishment itself What Reality Bites needs most is a good bite From reality 
2.5
Reality Bites
Peter Travers
Although it never became the definitive document of Generation X Reality Bites is a touchstone for anyone just out of college and stuck with more ideals than job prospects not to mention a head full of bad TV trivia 
3
Reality Bites
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gen Xers looking for a good time probably found themselves cheated at having been pigeonholed like this and watching the film s fun ironic beginning give way to goopy pathos 
2.5
Reality Bites
Bill Chambers
Intensely likeable
3
Reality Bites
Marc Vincenti
The film trumpets idealism over selling out This though is perhaps its ultimate phoniness because the subliminal message is Buy In an orgy of product placement 
1
Reality Bites
Chris Hicks
It is Garofalo who steals the show demonstrating an enormously ingratiating likability on the screen 
3
Reality Bites
Roger Ebert
What unwritten law prevented the makers of Reality Bites from observing that their heroine can t shoot video worth a damn that their hero is a jerk and that their villain is the most interesting person in the movie 
2
Reality Bites
James Berardinelli
Beneath a thin veneer of style lie buried all the old cliches and formulas of typical romantic comedies 
2
Body at Brighton Rock
Mike McGranaghan
A thriller with a strong female voice is always a cause for celebration 
3
Body at Brighton Rock
Mark Dujsik
I t becomes increasingly difficult to find a reason to relate to or sympathize with her gradually perilous plight 
1.5
Body at Brighton Rock
Katie Walsh
Benjamin nails that cheapo retro aesthetic with a story that s thematically richer and much more interesting than one might expect for the genre 
2.5
Body at Brighton Rock
Chuck Bowen
Appearing to recognize the flimsiness of her material Roxanne Benjamin overcompensates with insistent direction 
1.5
Body at Brighton Rock
Roger Moore
Reliably spooky
2.5
Body at Brighton Rock
Brian Tallerico
Benjamin never quite replicates that creepy feeling of being alone in a dangerous place resulting in a film that that needs some dirt under its nails and to get under our skin to be effective It simply never is 
1.5
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keith Uhlich
The final close up featuring Keiko smiling in lieu of tears might be frozen framed and subtitled Lady Sings the Blues 
4
Adaptation
Brian Eggert
This ceaselessly clever brilliantly mind bending film taps into the intangible spirit of Orlean s book by involving the viewer in Kaufman s painstaking translation to the screen 
4
Adaptation
Matt Brunson
A dense picture operating on more than one level Adaptation benefits from its warped comic sensibilities and one make that two of Cage s final great performances before his career free fall 
3
Adaptation
Nick Rogers
At all times Adaptation carries the thrillingly unpredictable charge of a film writing itself before your eyes Spike Jonze matches Charlie Kaufman s tumble through time neuroticism fact and fiction with depictions of creation at a cellular level 
4
Adaptation
Joe Lozito
It s almost mind numbing to think how Mr Kaufman could possibly follow up this gem I m just glad I don t have to write it but I d be happy to watch what he goes through to create it 
4
Adaptation
Judith Egerton
If you liked the surreal Being John Malkovich then you won t want to miss this collaboration 
3.5
Adaptation
Michael Dequina
Thanks a lot Charlie Kaufman Thanks to you I and millions of others can no longer use writer s block as a valid excuse for the sh ttiness of our writing 
4
Adaptation
Greg Maki
Blurring fact and fiction more than any film in recent memory Adaptation is a brilliantly bizarre and completely unique experience 
3.5
Adaptation
David Nusair
trying way too hard to be unique 
2
Adaptation
Sara Michelle Fetters
Just go see it Immediately Today There are far too few films that make one giddy and excited about the art of making movies Adaptation is one of them and it is for the ages 
4
Adaptation
Tyler Hanley
Chock full of true to life dialogue and inspirational insight Adaptation is an ode to the frustrated artist in all of us 
3.5
Adaptation
Jorge Avila Andrade
Compleja e intelectualmente retadora El Ladrn de Orqudeas es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad 
3
Adaptation
Ian Mantgani
Gets thoughts and sentences rushing down the hallways of the mind screaming at each other to get past 
4
Adaptation
Matt Brunson
This loopy comedy certainly scores points for originality or at least until it writes itself into a corner during the final half hour 
3
Adaptation
Wesley Lovell
The author of Being John Malkovich takes us on a manic journey through the hazards of being true to yourself while being successful Streep Cage and Cooper are terrific 
3.5
Adaptation
Mike McGranaghan
I have a feeling that as I see this picture a few more times which I absolutely will it is going to take its place among my favorite films of all time 
4
Adaptation
James Kendrick
an absurdist black comedy and brilliantly sustained meta joke on the modern entertainment industry
4
Adaptation
Mark Dujsik
Part of me wants to acknowledge that Kaufman s script is inherently lazy but then I think it s more or less the work of a genius 
3
Adaptation
Kit Bowen
One thing has been made very clear Being John Malkovich wasn t a fluke 
4
Adaptation
Joe Baltake
There s a flash of excitement to this clever film and its performances 
4
Adaptation
Sean P. Means
The conceit of Charlie writing himself into his own screenplay and by doing so changing the characters and his own destiny is thought provoking funny and sweetly humanizing 
3.5
Adaptation
Robert W. Butler
A brain twister less a movie movie than a funny and weird meditation on Hollywood success artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy 
3
Adaptation
Jeff Vice
Bizarre but refreshing dark comedy 
3.5
Adaptation
Lawrence Toppman
This emperor knows he s naked and shouts that fact to the world 
2
Adaptation
Forrest Hartman
The most bizarrely original film to hit theaters since Being John Malkovich which not coincidentally was also directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman 
3.5
Adaptation
Steven Snyder
It is hilarious because it takes the clichs of normal films exposes them criticizes them and then has the gall to reiterate them Adaptation and the real Charlie Kaufman have toyed with our heads and leave us laughing at ourselves as much as the Kauf
3.5
Adaptation
Margaret A. McGurk
A movie that proves all movies like flowers can evolve in exotic and delightful and utterly unpredictable ways into something worthy of passion beyond words 
4
Adaptation
Phil Villarreal
Scarcely a scene comes down the pike that doesn t knock you on your backside leaving you in an amused daze 
4
Adaptation
David Keyes
a fabulous daring intelligent and wild experience electric down to the finest details and polished by its own shrewd sense of comic intensity 
3.5
Adaptation
Duane Dudek
If the ending is somewhat deflating the convoluted mind game that precedes it is crazy genius 
3
Adaptation
Bob Bloom
The pain loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self deprecating biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald and directed by Spike Jonze 
3.5
Adaptation
Ross Anthony
The film is complex intricate interesting and almost hypnotizing till Charlie gets stuck the screenplay he s writing is the one you re watching Glad he had the gonads to do what he did then but it subtracts from the overall entertainment value 
2.5
Adaptation
Linda Cook
If you loved Being John Malkovich you re going to love Adaptation 
3.5
Adaptation
James Sanford
perplexing exhilarating and often uproariously funny its jolting wrap up is certain to leave you with whiplash of the brain 
4
Adaptation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nervy and sensitive it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood 
4
Adaptation
Dustin Putman
Endlessly enlightening always fascinating and nothing short of miraculous to see Adaptation is to live see breathe and feel in an entirely different way than any other motion picture released this year has offered 
4
Adaptation
Marty Mapes
Self reference is one of the movie s strong suits it s also a distraction
3
Adaptation
David N. Butterworth
An imaginative funny and highly original journey 
3
Adaptation
Shirley Klass
The team of Kaufman and Jonze has made another quality film for the cerebral set I can t imagine what they will come up with next 
3.5
Adaptation
Jules Brenner
Cage is very impressive as Charlie and Donald His choices for delineating the two unique personalities are contained and so precisely on the mark that there s never confusion about which brother is which 
3
Adaptation
Chris Hewitt
Watching Adaptation is exhilarating because it affects how you think about movies 
3.5
Adaptation
Todd Anthony
Kaufman and Jonze seamlessly blend reality and fantasy into an outrageously original offbeat comedy 
3.5
Adaptation
Moira MacDonald
Probably the most creative and noncommercial screenplay to be embraced by a Hollywood studio in years 
3.5
Adaptation
Mick LaSalle
Gradually the movie s one joke plays out and Charlie s doubts about inserting himself into his own screenplay prove to be well founded 
2
Adaptation
David Elliott
Beyond the doubled Cage compulsion good acting even better tech work the film has rich filler 
3.5
Adaptation
Rene Rodriguez
With Adaptation Kaufman has found an entirely new way of telling a story belying the old credo that there s nothing left that s new for the movies to show us 
4
Adaptation
Susan Stark
It will surprise you It will delight you It will give you something truly chewy to take home from the theater 
4
Adaptation
Terry Lawson
It s the most original exhilarating and hilarious movie of the year 
4
Adaptation
Steven Rosen
Kaufman s carefully constructed screenplay emphasizes so many layers of duality it s beyond gimmick It s a world view 
3
Adaptation
Roger Ebert
What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is 
4
Adaptation
Wesley Morris
This is epic funny tragic demanding strange original boldly sincere filmmaking 
4
Adaptation
Jeffrey Westhoff
Leave it to Charlie Kaufman author of Being John Malkovich to turn writer s block into cockeyed art 
3
Adaptation
Carrie Rickey
Reverberates on so many levels comic and cosmic that it is as trippy fun to think about as it is to watch 
3.5
Adaptation
Bruce Newman
The most lacerating Hollywood comedy since The Player a decade ago perfectly capturing the self absorption of the industry for which it was made 
3.5
Adaptation
Mary F. Pols
It is a happy heady jumble of thought and storytelling an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film 
4
Adaptation
Michael Wilmington
Almost all of it is funny and provocative in ways many other Hollywood movies especially the adaptations can t touch 
3.5
Adaptation
Josh Larsen
Very clever about being very clever 
3
Adaptation
Collin Souter
The Nicholas Cage we once knew and loved is back and I couldn t be happier All those years of acting school has brought Streep to mimicking a dial tone Hilarious 
4
Adaptation
Jeremy Heilman
Its failure becomes most obvious in retrospect when the realization dawns that the most affecting inventive and honest moments of the film were those that hewed most closely to the original text 
2
Adaptation
Steve Rhodes
A deft and hilarious blend of fiction and reality 
3.5
Adaptation
Emily Blunt
Adaptation is one of the smartest films I have ever seen It s intelligent clever witty warm and I ll spare you the thesaurus it s a masterpiece 
4
Adaptation
Erik Childress
Any writer whether novelist screenwriter or short essayist worth their salt will kneel at the sharp edges of the script both the paper itself and what s printed on it 
4
Adaptation
Tony Toscano
If your tastes run to the slightly bizarre and weird then Adaptation is for you 
4
Adaptation
Rob Blackwelder
The unique niche of self critical behind the scenes navel gazing Kaufman has carved from Orleans story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality 
4
Adaptation
Frank Ochieng
The collaboration of Jonze s unorthodox direction and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman s script hasn t been this delightfully solid since their surrealistic joyride in 1999 s wonderfully erratic comedy Being John Malkovich 
3.5
Adaptation
John Anderson
A movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman might object to 
2.5
Adaptation
Glenn Whipp
Movies this ingenious are to be treasured and spending a couple of hours inside Charlie Kaufman s brain will reward anyone who has the faintest passion for film 
3
Adaptation
Jonathan Foreman
Features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer s block ever 
3.5
Adaptation
Rick Groen
A comic gem with some serious sparkles 
3.5
Adaptation
David Sterritt
Cage in particular does his best work in ages giving each of the Kaufman twins a personality and style all his own 
3
Adaptation
Mike Clark
Too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot 
2.5
Adaptation
Rod Armstrong
Even though the film doesn t manage to hit all of its marks it s still entertaining to watch the target practice 
3
Adaptation
James Berardinelli
I can t imagine Adaptation having much mainstream appeal but for those who look for something genuinely off the wall in a motion picture this will unquestionably strike a nerve 
3
Adaptation
Ed Gonzalez
Watching Adaptation evolve into something profound if not entirely complete is certainly beautiful to behold 
3.5
Adaptation
Walter Chaw
Provides a porthole into that noble trembling incoherence that defines us all 
4
Adaptation
Peter Travers
Few scripts toss more challenging balls in the air and Jonze juggles them all with artful light stepping ease It s magic 
4
Adaptation
Harvey S. Karten
This year s most imaginative film is a surreal exploration of two characters search for passion 
3.5
Sweetheart
Brian Eggert
The filmmakers overlook that a stranded on an island concept sinks or swims on the strength of its main character who never entirely comes to life in a compelling way here 
1.5
Sweetheart
Federico Furzan
Some movies serve the sole purpose of being fun Sweetheart does this with a confident sense of self awareness Full review in Spanish 
3
Sweetheart
Roger Moore
Director Dillard Co had a promising minimalist horror pitch but blew it in execution 
2
Rock Paper Scissors: A Geek Tragedy
Steve Rhodes
Uniformly hilarious and entertaining 
3
Thunderbird 6
David Nusair
there just isn t enough happening here to keep the viewer engaged for 89 minutes 
1.5
Death of a Nation
Dustin Putman
Intellectually dishonest morally hypocritical swill 
0
Death of a Nation
Roger Moore
A laugh out loud lie almost from start to finish 
1
Death of a Nation
Peter Sobczynski
If ever there was a movie that looked as if it had been slapped together in a couple of weeks as part of a quid pro quo agreement involving a dubious seeming criminal pardon Death of a Nation is that film 
0
One Chance
Chris Knight
It s not a terrible film a crowd pleaser a toe tapper with appealing sympathetic leads it s no worse than anything else Frankel s made of late 
2.5
One Chance
Linda Barnard
The ho hum story is hardly what you d call grand opera 
2
One Chance
R. Kurt Osenlund
David Frankel crams his story with predictable developments yet he matches his subject in spirit pushing something into the spotlight that however unlikely elicits irresistible glee 
2.5
One Chance
Christy Lemire
The goose bumps are undeniable You may as well just give in 
3
One Chance
Steven Rea
Feel good stories feel good for a reason and this one is practically operatic 
3
One Chance
Michael O'Sullivan
There s never really terribly much at stake here except the success of one chubby nerd with dreams of nailing Puccini s Nessun dorma But maybe that dream is enough 
3
One Chance
Sara Stewart
The film is indeed a bit pat Sweet and funny largely thanks to James Corden in the lead role it s never particularly surprising 
2
One Chance
Kam Williams
A touching true tale chronicling a talented troubadour s televised triumphs 
4
One Chance
Michael Dequina
Driving the entire film with supreme confidence and effortless presence is a parallel star is born story the performance by James Corden 
3
One Chance
David Nusair
a disappointingly half baked true life tale 
2
Sleep With Me
Roger Ebert
The result is not an especially good movie but it has a surprising number of good parts to it moments that have a life of their own 
2.5
Queen of Glory
Pat Padua
As happens time and again in this quietly effective film 44 delving beneath the surface of things can sometimes reveal a little slice of heaven on Earth 46 
2.5
Queen of Glory
Michael Dequina
Mensah s charisma dry wit and flawed but warm heart make for an appealing and relatable screen heroine 
3
Queen of Glory
Mark Dujsik
First time director Nana Mensah apos s Queen of Glory is a small but efficient film 46 
3
Queen of Glory
Roger Moore
Not every actor should take that advice 44 8220 If you 8217 re not getting the sort of roles you want 44 write a role you want to play and get it filmed 46 8221 Mensah should and did and let 8217 s hope she does it again 46 And soon 46 
3
Queen of Glory
Dwight Brown
If the script had chosen to either be a viable drama or complete farcical comedy instead of merging both it would have been far more compelling 
2.5
The Thing Called Love
Fernando F. Croce
The Thing Called Love charms and touches 
3
The Thing Called Love
Roger Ebert
Perhaps no one could have saved Phoenix who was not lucky enough to find a higher bottom than death But this performance in this movie should have been seen by someone as a cry for help 
1
The Thing Called Love
Jeff Vice
Aside from its blatantly commercial aspirations and predictable storyline there is an appealing cast enjoyable songs and some funny bits of business 
2.5
Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
David Keyes
If it s laughs you are after however unintentional this movie provides all the precious morsels Starting with the idea that anyone felt the need to make it 
1
The Naked Kiss
James Kendrick
uses it tabloid sensational subject matter to probe at the country s darkest recesses
3.5
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
James Kendrick
You can feel the character beginning to gel as the careful balance between his superhero like physical and mental prowess and the emotional tragedies he faces come more into focus
3
Rhinestone
David Nusair
a disastrous mess 
0
Rhinestone
Roger Ebert
The center part of the film the country training sessions could have been fun if they d been written with a satiric edge Unfortunately they seem to have been written with a blunt instrument 
1
The President
Godfrey Cheshire
Though the film s conclusion is viscerally harrowing and very well staged like most of the movie its attempt to say something about how cycles of violence need to be ended in order for democracy to succeed tyranny seems vague and pat 
2.5
Pirates
Tony Mastroianni
Pirates is long and dull Even the background music is tepid And there s nothing Matthau can do to save the movie 
1
Pirates
Roger Ebert
Pirates proves if nothing else that Matthau is not an action star and that Polanski is not an action director We kind of knew that already 
1
1984
Jeffrey Lyons
Orwell dealt in ironies in frightening possibilities which have turned out to be not so far fetched But not much of that is conveyed in 1984 Just atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere 
2
1984
James Kendrick
Radford s visualization of Orwell s vision in 1984 is all the more powerful and disconcerting today for how frighteningly prescient it was
3.5
1984
Matt Brunson
The visuals capture the oppressive atmosphere of the novel even if the script can t quite convey the sheer horror and chilling wordplay whipped up by Orwell 
3
1984
Roger Ebert
Michael Radford s brilliant film of Orwell s vision does a good job of finding that line between the future world of 1984 and the grim postwar world in which Orwell wrote 
3.5
Exit Elena
Nick Usen
Nathan Silver s film is a quiet and affecting micro budgeted drama its condensed frame evoking the claustrophobic feeling of the household it examines 
3
Microwave Massacre
David Nusair
the movie s extreme incompetence ensures that even the most open minded of viewers will find nothing worth embracing here 
.5
One Million B.C.
Matt Brunson
A box office smash in its day this prehistoric picture remained highly influential after its release and its visual effects footage proved so potent that it was employed in countless other movies over the course of the next three decades 
3
Kalamity
Mark Jenkins
More skillfully directed than written Kalamity is competent yet never startling either artistically or viscerally 
1.5
Kalamity
Glenn Heath Jr.
The brooding main characters in James M Hausler s Kalamity take indulgent suffering to another level 
1.5
Kalamity
Kyle Smith
There isn t enough plot in this amateurish mope athon to fill up a half hour TV show 
0
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Tom Meek
Cumberbatch occupies the role admirably but the narrative tenor feels unnecessarily subdued and muted 
2.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Steven Prokopy
The real reason to see The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is to marvel at Cumberbatch s range in 2021 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m annoyed and inspired in almost equal measure and whether that s a positive or a negative I honestly have no idea 
2.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Ty Burr
The use of contrasting tones works exceptionally well with director co writer Will Sharpe keeping things fizzy and fast paced on the surface while making sure we re privy to the private anguish of a man who slowly left the real world behind 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Roger Moore
This won t be the eccentric character that wins Cumberbatch an Oscar But fans of his of lovely recreations of Victorian Britain and cat lovers will find much to embrace and enjoy here Especially the cat lovers 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
With manic charm and moving grace The Electrical Life of Louis Wain welcomes us into the psychedelic world of Wain a real life English artist who brought whimsy and wonderment to the Victorian era with his feline filled drawings and paintings 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Mark Feeney
Very uneven 
2
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Mark Meszoros
It won t be every cat s meow but The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is an interesting look at the life of an at times fascinatingly feline forward artist 
2.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Sean P. Means
Casting Cumberbatch in the title role is the central problem of this biographical drama but not the only one 
2
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Leo Brady
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is how biopics of brilliant artists can serve a purpose not just for telling the story of a man but for highlighting how far the world can go when the mind is appreciated 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Walter Chaw
It s for people who would like to think they re learning history and it s for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy who will definitely see both of them dressed nattily in period attire and acting entertainingly as is their vocation 
2.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Kevin Carr
It s a tragic story It s an interesting story But it s also very beautiful in its own right 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Richard Roeper
it remains a loving and respectful portrait of a man who created irresistibly adorable kitschy cats more a century before their spiritual descendants were racking up the views on YouTube 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Nell Minow
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain has the same problem as its real life subject in that it goes off in too many directions at once 
2.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Cate Marquis
Besides the surprisingly good direction and the fine performances that ground the film it is also filled with wonderfully beautiful touching visual touches with several scenes that slowly transform into what feel like paintings 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Mark Dujsik
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain doesn t quite know what to make of or say about its subject 
2
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
James Berardinelli
There s nothing here to elevate The Electrical Life of Louis Wain out of the generic bio pic basket 
2.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Ann Hornaday
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain tells its story with sympathy but too many quirks and try hard flourishes 
1.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is made enjoyable by its human and feline actors despite the sadness of the material and it left me wanting to know more about its subject which I suppose is the point 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Rene Sanchez
A heartwarming tale about the electrifying power of love anchored by the fantastic performances of Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Jake Cole
The film charts Louis Wain s slow long mental breakdown in ways that tackily oscillate between the pitying and the whimsical 
1.5
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Kate Taylor
Cumberbatch excels once again at breathing life into a sorrowful genius 
3
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Robert Horton
Dirtbag goes a long way to confirm his legacy It also paints a compelling picture of mania and its contradictions 
3
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Evan Bush
To watch the octogenarian clamber up slabby exposed cliffs seems to be a testament to grit but also a view of a stubborn old man s refusal to reckon with reality 
3
I Am Heath Ledger
Bruce DeMara
A bit of a letdown 
2.5
The Sea Hawk
Jeremiah Kipp
When The Sea Hawk is purely cinematic it s at the top of its class 
3.5
White Noise 2: The Light
David Nusair
Fillion s stellar work ensures that one can generally overlook the film s various inadequacies 
2.5
Maysville
Matt Brunson
A self assured calling card 
2.5
Christmas Eve
Susan Wloszczyna
It fails to provide the sorts of human inter connections and deep revelations for which director Mitch Davis seems to be striving 
1
Christmas Eve
Scott Renshaw
If it s trying in some way to promote focusing on What Really Matters this holiday season it certainly taught me that I d rather not waste time on vapid homilies 
1.5
Christmas Eve
Josh Terry
Davis deserves credit for putting a unique spin on a well trod formula But aside from a handful of high points Christmas Eve only proves that like Christmas itself a lot of something doesn t always add up to a good something 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
David Gonzalez
While Wonder Woman 1984 has its flaws 44 it does not take away from how entertaining it was 46 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Brian Eggert
Wonder Woman 1984 takes too long to come together and doesn t feel satisfying when it finally does 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Wesley Lovell
This is the case for Wonder Woman 1984 a film that has clearly lofty aims but which cannot get out of the way of its own excess 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Kevin Carr
It s a fun movie and it s got a lot of fun action in it If you can get past the goofiness it works 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Mark Meszoros
There are plenty of good times to be had as we pick back up with Gal Gadot s Wonder Woman Diana Prince six plus decades after the World War I set first tale 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Matt Brunson
Given the standing of 2017 s Wonder Woman as one of the best superhero movies ever made Top 15 for sure there s no getting around the fact that the highly anticipated Wonder Woman 1984 registers as a massive disappointment 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Leo Brady
When I reached the end of Wonder Woman 1984 I was trying to think of other superhero movies it reminded me of and I sadly kept going back to Iron Man 2 The Amazing Spider Man 2 and X Men Apocalypse That s not a memorable collection 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Pete Vonder Haar
Lord is a pale imitation of someone like Lex Luthor One could almost call him Trumpian except Lord has the rudiments of a conscience and actually cares about his child 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Rene Sanchez
While it lacks some of the thrills from its predecessor its hopeful message of fighting for truth is just what we need right now Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Linda Cook
WW84 flies into theaters phones tablets 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Romantic idealistic and ebullient Patty Jenkins Wonder Woman is one of the most beautiful superhero films ever made It should have been a springboard for a brilliant series but that hope dims in Wonder Woman 1984 
1
Wonder Woman 1984
Sarah Knight Adamson
Wonder Woman 1984 is exactly the film we need to teach young girls throughout to world that they can be superheroes by doing their best in helping others 
3.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Rafer Guzman
A serviceable sequel elevated by its radiant leading lady and an over the top villain 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Peter Canavese
It s a mess of a plot not very entertaining a lot of the action is rote and it feels like a movie made by Committee 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Tom Meek
Patty Jenkins highly anticipated and massively delayed thanks Covid follow up to her 2017 Wonder Woman origin story is something of a letdown less lithe less focused and somewhat gummy 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Doug Walker
I liked it just enough but it clearly should ve been two movies 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Rosalie Kicks
Wonder Woman 1984 found me devoid of all emotion except pining for the flick to end 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Pamela Powell
W hile the story suffers from becoming the same as almost every other super hero movie the performances humor and ultimately the love story keep you engaged 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Sean P. Means
Pascal s Lord is a petty villain who feels unworthy of Wonder Woman s attention even when the fate of the world hangs in the balance 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Johnny Oleksinski
Like so many movies and TV shows before it Wonder Woman has discovered the secret recipe for fun Just set it in the 80s 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Kevin A. Ranson
Clocking in with a two and half hour runtime WW84 feels as bloated as it is with senseless combat sequences random occurrences and a new McGuffin for every act There shouldn t be four Fantastic Four movies better than this 
1
Wonder Woman 1984
Mark Dujsik
W here s the Wonder Woman engaging and empowered and empowering whom we came to admire in that first film 
1.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Jeff Mitchell
The truth is Wonder Woman 1984 is a messy superhero movie 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a year largely without superheroes it s wonderfully fitting that Patty Jenkins Wonder Woman 1984 emerges at the very end helping rescue us from this period of misery and despair 
3.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Bob Bloom
The main problem with WW84 is that the storyline seems so trivial almost childish In Wonder Woman Diana defeated Ares the god of war to end World War I This follow up is more a tale about unbridled greed and ambition 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What wonder there was has vanished 
1
Wonder Woman 1984
Mattie Lucas
A muddled and ponderous blockbuster that is somehow both overstuffed and undercooked 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Josh Larsen
There might not be 84 minutes of Wonder Woman in the two and a half hour Wonder Woman 1984 
1.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Randy Myers
There s enough creative juice like that firing up Wonder Woman 1984 that in the end it reminds us that a cinematic superpower can transport us away from the doldrums of reality and save the day along with buttered popcorn 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Phil Villarreal
Once the leg warmers and shoulder pads get out of the way the movie finally begins to take flight 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Walter Chaw
The overall message is that you should be careful what you wish for I liked the first Wonder Woman pretty well and wished for a sequel that would expand on this character I m sorry everybody 
1.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Yolanda Machado
Is Wonder Woman 1984 entertaining Sure it s fun hits all the right superhero marks and visually the 1980 something world is a technicolor throwback to behold 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Michael Medved
2017 s WONDER WOMAN was thrilling and touching but WW84 turns the franchise into BlunderWoman It s not the worst movie of the year but it may be the most disappointing 
1.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Mike McGranaghan
The original Wonder Woman was terrific Because of its gutsy go for broke approach I like this one even more 
3.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Joey Magidson
Wonder Woman 1984 isn t bad it just falls well below the heights reached by the prior installment losing some of its heart along the way in service oof a very silly story 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Katie Walsh
1984 doesn t have the same jaw dropping impact of Wonder Woman how could it but Jenkins maintains a steady hand on the character and her story 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wonder Woman 1984 is worthwhile mainly because its sense of hopeful uplift is genuine 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Jeff York
Gadot s even better this go round in the action scenes and when called upon to stretch dramatically she does her best screen work to date but it s not quite enough to make the picture work 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Ty Burr
The larger problem is that the filmmakers put in everything they could find without locating the one quality they need No wonder this Wonder Woman falls flat there s no wonder 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Moira MacDonald
You watch thinking of the original three years ago and wishing this one were better 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
James Berardinelli
The film falls short of its predecessor on a number of levels and suffers from many of the problems that plague superhero sequels including an inability to achieve the same level of freshness 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Christian Toto
Even the glorious Gal Gadot can t save this shameful superhero sequel 
1
Wonder Woman 1984
Christy Lemire
Gadot remains a winning and winsome figure in Wonder Woman 1984 and she retains her authentic connection with the audience but the machinery around her has grown larger and unwieldy 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Mick LaSalle
It establishes an entirely new standard for the franchise such that it s not worth ever making another one 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Joe Friar
Patty Jenkins evokes the spirit of Christopher Reeve s Superman films for the sequel that resembles a sentimental comedy at the beginning transforming into the film you re expecting in the final act 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Ann Hornaday
The same elements that made Wonder Woman such a pleasure to watch are present in WW84 including the supremely self possessed Gadot who plays the title character with the same grace and understatement she brought to the initial installment 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Roger Moore
A great big loooong movie that feels small 
2
Wonder Woman 1984
Jake Coyle
The ambitions of Wonder Woman 1984 may be just outside its grasp but it seldom feels predestined or predictable a preciously rare commodity in the genre 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Michael Phillips
It s a moderately diverting sequel 
2.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Peter Howell
There may be a lot of padding in Wonder Woman 1984 but there s also a lot to enjoy 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Brian Truitt
Returns Gal Gadot as the Amazon princess with the bulletproof bracelets introduces a couple worthy foes and is a pretty fun time even if the extremely busy 1984 almost wears out its welcome at a hefty two and a half hours 
3
Wonder Woman 1984
Richard Roeper
This is a throwback piece of pure pop entertainment 
3.5
Wonder Woman 1984
Barry Hertz
As candy coloured and bright as the first film was all muddy dark blues Wonder Woman 1984 has an enlivening sense of bubbly pop to it 
3
Broken Blossoms
Ed Gonzalez
The love story at the center of Broken Blossoms is deliberately overstuffed but unmistakably colored with infinite shades of biting irony and social critique 
4
Broken Blossoms
Jeremy Heilman
Tremendously downbeat but beautifully stylized 
3.5
Broken Blossoms
Roger Ebert
Films like this naive as they seem today helped nudge a xenophobic nation toward racial tolerance 
4
Home on the Range
Peter Canavese
This bouncy Western musical comedy adventure is long enough on charm but wisely short and sweet at 76 minutes It s also totally bereft of innovation Blu ray 
2.5
Home on the Range
David Nusair
only very small children will be able to label it anything more than a pleasant diversion 
2.5
Home on the Range
Mary Lasse
Adults will enjoy saddling up and going for the ride possibly even enjoying this moo vie more than your kids It s udderly hilarious 
3
Home on the Range
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The screenplay however smacks of desperate studio executives who are out of touch with today s audience 
2.5
Home on the Range
Wesley Lovell
It feels like a film slapped together by Walt Disney s board of directors and never put through the long production schedules and hard wrought renderings of its past 
2
Home on the Range
Forrest Hartman
Disney has succeeded in creating an enjoyable little romp that does for bovines what A Bug 8217 s Life did for ants and grasshoppers 
3
Home on the Range
Vince Koehler
This Disney tale about three brave cows that set out to save the farm is fun for kids and adults alike 
2.5
Home on the Range
Ed Gonzalez
The recognizance mission staged by the movie s perpetually preening protagonists only inspires fond memories of another animated trio 
2
Home on the Range
Josh Larsen
relies heavily on the eternal charm of farm animals 
3
Home on the Range
Tony Toscano
Most enjoyable is the music performed by k d lang Tim McGraw and Bonnie Raitt 
2.5
Home on the Range
Linda Cook
It s worth a rental But I d bet the farm this doesn t stay in theaters very long 
2.5
Home on the Range
Josh Gilchrist
The animation looks second rate laughable even when compared to the studios direct to video releases 
2
Home on the Range
John Beifuss
The visual equivalent of the type of jokey cowpokey retro Western Swing song that k d lang might record for a children s album And I mean that in a good way 
3
Home on the Range
Tyler Hanley
Put a fork in Disney s 2 D animation empire it s officially overcooked 
2
Home on the Range
Sara Brady
Just about everything that can be wrong with an animated movie is wrong with Home on the Range 
.5
Home on the Range
Sara Michelle Fetters
Most of all it s funny and full of life hitting so many right notes it just can t help but keep an audience filled with young and old blissfully entertained 
3
Home on the Range
James Sanford
disappointingly drab variation on the age old save the farm from foreclosure plot No wonder Hollywood is sounding the death knell for traditional animation 
2
Home on the Range
Claudia Puig
The cheerful plucky characters have heart and loyalty and that s enough to make this a worthy family friendly animated fest 
2.5
Home on the Range
Moira MacDonald
A pleasant enough diversion rarely rising above cuteness but nonetheless enjoyable for its young audience 
2.5
Home on the Range
Walter V. Addiego
This 76 minute Western tall tale isn t out and out bad but strictly formulaic and an underachievement from the studio that made the dazzling Snow White 
2
Home on the Range
Joe Baltake
It is not out to win awards or break artistic records but rather to make us feel warm and cozy as it spins a small story that could only be called a fable 
3.5
Home on the Range
Timothy Knight
An extremely routine entry in the Disney animated canon 
2
Home on the Range
James Verniere
A desperate sense of cuteness pervades Home on the Range from the repeated burping jokes to such groan worthy lines as You go cowgirl 
2.5
Home on the Range
Lou Lumenick
Remember that Disney has done much better cartoons than this one 
2
Home on the Range
Glenn Whipp
There is a great yodeling villain and an old coot jackrabbit sidekick that would make Gabby Hayes proud Good enough 
3
Home on the Range
Jeff Vice
There is considerable charm and heart here 
3
Home on the Range
Roger Ebert
It s only 76 minutes long but although kids will like it their parents will be sneaking looks at their watches 
2.5
Home on the Range
Ty Burr
Even older kids will understand that Pixar does it so much better not because of their computers but because of an intelligent attention to script and character and craft 
2
Home on the Range
Sean P. Means
It s a relief to see that Disney s animation department relocated its collective funny bone 
3
Home on the Range
Jeffrey Westhoff
I laughed so hard I almost passed out 
3.5
Home on the Range
Liam Lacey
Short 76 minute and formulaic 
2.5
Home on the Range
Kit Bowen
More than a few discouraging words could be said about its dull animation The once great Mouse House needs to keep up with the Joneses 
2
Home on the Range
Willie Waffle
interesting if simple story that kids will be able to understand and enjoy while parents won t feel bored out of their minds 
2.5
Home on the Range
Jack Mathews
The writing of co directors Will Finn and John Sanford and their characterizations are embarrassingly bad for a straight to theater Disney movie 
2
Home on the Range
Carrie Rickey
A cow a bungle a bovine bore an udder waste of time 
2
Home on the Range
Christine Dolen
For Mom and Dad the good news is that the movie doesn t run much longer than an episode of Dallas 
2
Home on the Range
Terry Lawson
The animation is perfunctory the story is as uninvolving as it isdesperate and the gags are flat and occasionally flatulent 
1
Home on the Range
Walter Chaw
Insufferable 
1
Home on the Range
Chris Hewitt
It s fine while it lasts but it doesn t stick with you and there s no deeper meaning than what is instantly apparent 
2.5
Home on the Range
Mary-Liz Shaw
Watch your young un stay glued to the screen for the length of the picture and you ll need no further proof of the value of a well paced plot written in language children understand 
3
Home on the Range
David Sterritt
Old style animation slows down after a snappy start but it s lively enough to keep kids from fidgeting too much 
3
Home on the Range
Gene Seymour
Directors Will Finn and John Sanford season their script with sight gags that go off like corn popping and wisecracks crisp enough for family consumption if just light enough on the salt 
2.5
Home on the Range
Jeff Strickler
It sounds silly And it is But much of the movie s charm comes from its embracing the silliness 
3
Home on the Range
Michael Wilmington
Keeps milking the same gags and throwing the same bull and after a while you feel cowed watching it 
2
Home on the Range
Steve Rhodes
Another traditionally animated misfire from Disney 
2
Home on the Range
Scott Nash
Doesn t rise above anything you re likely to see on an average Saturday morning 
2.5
Home on the Range
Joe McGovern
There is a noticeable stench in the air when the movie makes a reference to Billy Bob Thornton s performance in Sling Blade It s stale ink 
2
Graceland
Adam Nayman
Graceland has a ruthlessness rarely attempted by its North American counterparts 
3
Graceland
Mark Dujsik
Graceland is more concerned with the moral compromises of individuals than the greater failures of society 
3
Graceland
Farran Smith Nehme
A nerve shredding Philippines set thriller made with such skill that its low budget barely registers 
3.5
Graceland
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Ron Morales conjures an atmosphere of unpredictable live wire dread throughout which is an impressive accomplishment in these media savvy days in which everyone has seemingly seen everything 
3.5
Wicked
David Nusair
a seriously tedious suburban thriller that wastes the talents of its admittedly impressive cast 
1.5
Wicked
Betsy Bozdech
A schizophrenic flick that should be strait jacketed and locked away in solitary where it can t do anyone any harm 
1.5
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Lynnette Nicholas
The Art of Racing In The Rain is definitely a family movie that provides plenty of opportunities to talk with kids and teenagers about life death raising children and changes in family dynamics 
4
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Jay Horton
Of all potential careers this one seems particularly ill suited to canine ambitions and a smarter film might have allowed Enzo to question why his owner insists on taking laps in the hardest costliest loudest manner imaginable 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
David Nusair
Filmmaker Simon Curtis has infused The Art of Racing in the Rain with an unapologetically manipulative sensibility 
3
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Matt Brunson
Even dog lovers raising my hand here and specifically Golden Retriever owners ditto might balk at the clumsy nature of this adaptation of Garth Stein s novel 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Sara Michelle Fetters
For all of the talent of its cast and crew this adaptation of Stein s best seller stalls out on the track long before it has the chance to reach the finish line 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Josh Terry
Unfortunately The Art of Racing in the Rain feels more like scraps than a juicy steak 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Richard Roeper
I wanted a refund on every lump in the throat and teary eyed moment I had experienced 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Robert Horton
I kept wishing a talking cat would saunter in to poke fun at all this sentimental gush 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Mark Dujsik
Enzo the narrating dog becomes more of a relatable believable and sympathetic character than any of the humans here 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Joey Magidson
The more focus is put on Enzo the better things are here When Curtis and Bomback concentrate on Denny Eve and company the film suffers 
2.5
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Lindsey Bahr
You re not experiencing the big moments yourself you re just experiencing Enzo experiencing them leaving you to wonder if the story and performances alone are anything special without the dog s metaphors and poeticisms 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Moira MacDonald
The Art of Racing in the Rain mostly feels like a sentimental slog punctuated by admittedly adorable very long close ups of Enzo s handsome doggy face while Costner all raspy and folksy intones lines like I was meant to be his dog 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Sean P. Means
Nothing will deny the four hankie waterworks Stein s story sets out for us but Costner s gruff no nonsense narration comes close to cutting through the manipulations 
2.5
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Ty Burr
It s a PG movie with pleasantly canned life lessons and it s safe for kids and adults alike although anyone with a shred of cynicism may not want to be seen caving in to the script s emotional inevitabilities 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Brad Wheeler
The dog drops banal pearls of wisdom as if he were pooping on a rug or peeing on the floor which he does often and to the same effect 
0
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Katie Walsh
One would hope that perhaps a film filled with such melodrama and pathos would unearth an observation about the existential nature of life and death beyond racing cars is fun But after all that philosophizing that s all Enzo leaves us with 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Oliver Jones
Ultimately The Art of Racing in the Rain has a dog s pure heartedness that manages to beat strongly despite generic direction milquetoast performances and twelve cubic tons of Costner voiceover 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Nell Minow
Only the most sentimental pet lovers will be able to get past the self indulgent pretentiousness of the narration and even they may find it troubling to be told a dog s highest purpose is to become human 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
G. Allen Johnson
Who can resist cute dog stories even if it is the centerpiece of a sappy film and the dog has Kevin Costner s voice 
2.5
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Derek Smith
The film peddles in the simplistic anthropomorphization that s become a hackneyed trope in numerous Hollywood dog centric movies 
1.5
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Pat Padua
While Ventimiglia and Seyfried are appealing actors the story s human element just isn t that interesting 
2
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Roger Moore
Never quite cute not remotely deep yet affecting and emotional 
2.5
Revenge of the Electric Car
Kelly Jane Torrance
But Americans despite lecturing from documentaries such as this just haven t shown a great interest in the unattractive but efficient electric vehicles that have been produced so far 
2
Revenge of the Electric Car
Calvin Wilson
Revenge of the Electric Car lacks the urgency of Who Killed the Electric Car But Paine s thorough knowledge of his subject and engaging way with an interview make the follow up film a fun ride 
3
Revenge of the Electric Car
Steven Rea
As filmmaking goes Paine s follow up is a dud 
2
Revenge of the Electric Car
Chris Hewitt
I doubt Revenge of the Electric Car will change any minds but I could see it shifting them slightly and that s not nothing 
2.5
Revenge of the Electric Car
Roger Ebert
The first film was charged with drama Revenge is somewhat anticlimactically charged with a wall plug 
3
Revenge of the Electric Car
Mick LaSalle
The movie is interesting now and given its subject should even be more interesting in about a hundred years Stick around 
3
Revenge of the Electric Car
Ty Burr
More hopeful but also more complex and lacking the focused urgency of the original 
2.5
Revenge of the Electric Car
Chuck Bowen
This is still the kind of film that s probably most necessary if movies hope to play any kind of part in our cultural rehab 
3
Revenge of the Electric Car
Kyle Smith
Saying electric cars are zero emission is about as truthful as saying you don t have to kill a cow when you buy a hamburger 
1
Revenge of the Electric Car
Jennie Punter
Given Paine s penchant for B movie sounding titles let s hope he gets to make it a trilogy that concludes with The Electric Car Lives 
3
Revenge of the Electric Car
Greg Quill
Too many important questions are never addressed or even asked presumably to protect corporate secrets 
2
Nick and Jane
Roger Ebert
These elements could be assembled into quite another movie for all I know they were disassembled from quite another movie But they don t build into anything 
0.5
Can We Take a Joke?
David Nusair
A sporadically interesting yet terminally unfocused documentary 
2
Can We Take a Joke?
Kam Williams
A cautionary tale bemoaning the chilling effect of political correctness on free speech 
3.5
Can We Take a Joke?
Matt Zoller Seitz
Plays as if you ve been invited to read half of a courtroom transcript the defense s half while skipping past redacted text that might have complicated or undermined the argument 
1.5
Can We Take a Joke?
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone who thinks political correctness has run amok needs to see this film Anyone who thinks it hasn t needs to see it even more 
3
Can We Take a Joke?
Christian Toto
At the rate western culture is declining Can We Take a Joke may soon be dismissed as hate speech 
3.5
Can We Take a Joke?
Roger Moore
Smart pointed but cursory assault on The New Censorship college campuses and the Internet s war on stand up comedy with edge 
2.5
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Peter Howell
At a long two hours the film gets as repetitive as the tide 
2.5
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Dave McGinn
The film may not shed any new light on Hamilton but the footage of him riding 100 foot high waves is nothing short of awesome 
2.5
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Mark Dujsik
The line between dedication and addiction is a thin one and that line is even thinner for the surfer who s the subject of this involving documentary 
3
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Kristen Page-Kirby
The film s last shot is a gasp inducing long look at Hamilton triumphantly skimming across a wave for what seems like minutes In the end that ride isn t worth the work it takes to get there 
2
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
David Lewis
Take Every Wave The Life of Laird Hamilton doesn t exactly wade deep into the psyche of the legendary surfer but his spectacularly filmed exploits on the water are awfully fun to watch even for those not immersed in the sport 
2
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Glenn Kenny
A character study more than anything else 
3
Shadow of the Thin Man
Brian Eggert
Shadow of the Thin Man reminds us that 44 despite six films in the Thin Man series 44 it 8217 s the consistency and enduring quality of these elements that kept contemporary audiences coming back for more 46 
3.5
Shadow of the Thin Man
Mattie Lucas
It s more focused on the mystery than its predecessor which keeps the action more engaging and the comedy is sharper although at this point they re basically repeating all the same jokes 
2.5
Shadow of the Thin Man
Matt Brunson
The best element of the entire series remains the love between Nick and Nora Charles the actors chemistry is intoxicating and their flirtatious banter never fails to delight 
3.5
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Roger Ebert
The movie was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant from a screenplay by their longtime collaborator the novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala This is one of their best films 
3.5
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Dustin Putman
Especially heartfelt and truthful 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
David Reddish
For our part we found it thoroughly entertaining and while it may have one too many throwbacks to the original Afterlife avoids the mistakes of Halloween 2018 and The Force Awakens by concocting a new story rather than retreading the original movie 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
David Gonzalez
Ghostbusters 58 Afterlife was the film Jason Reitman was destined to write and direct 46 Its a cinematic love letter to not just fans of the franchise but cinephiles 46 
4
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Brian Eggert
As someone who has watched the original regularly since I was a young boy I wanted something new not a repeat of the movie I have revisited countless times I wanted nostalgia not deja vu 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Matt Brunson
The eccentricity and innovation of the classic original is replaced with a toothless and warmed over family drama geared toward young audiences 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sarah Knight Adamson
The family centered film is a love letter to Harold Ramis I enjoyed seeing Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver reunite in a fantastic scene 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sarah Knight Adamson
The family centered film is a love letter to Harold Ramis I enjoyed seeing Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver reunite in a fantastic scene 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Mattie Lucas
Rather than delivering a new and exciting chapter in the saga Afterlife feels like a mausoleum an immaculate hall of memories that seems wholly stifled by its own deference to its source 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Steven Prokopy
This new film achieves the right balance of new and familiar in a way I wish more cinematic revisits would try more often 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Walter Chaw
The picture is ultimately too awkward and formula bound to be great but damned if it isn t breezy and heartfelt 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
David Nusair
fun and nostalgic 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Dann Gire
An abject lack of mystery magic and awe haunts the production especially when Phoebe remains perfectly placid when chess pieces move by themselves as she nonchalantly plays a game with an unseen entity as if it were nothing unusual 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Mark Feeney
It has its moments but they don t make up for a general flat footedness and tendency to wobble 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Erik Childress
Has the vibe of a Joe Dante film from the 80s and serves as both a loving tribute to a new generation but also an outstanding platform for Mckenna Grace who carries this film away from the simplistic calls of nostalgia baiting 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Kevin A. Ranson
Nostalgia is nice but closure is king a relatable family centric story respect for the source material and a nod to the DIY solutions of the animated series the heart of the film belongs to McKenna Grace 
4
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sean P. Means
The 2016 version those fans declared ruined their childhoods but Ghostbusters Afterlife does something worse It traps those fans within their arrested childhoods giving them everything they want and nothing they don t expect 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Richard Roeper
A good story is key and this sequel doesn t have it 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Kevin Carr
It s the David S Pumpkins of Ghostbusters movies It does its own thing 
3.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Michael Medved
There s no real plot and like the prior attempts to produce a GHOSTBUSTERS sequel this one falls flat 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Mark Meszoros
It plays more like an extended episode of Netflix s Stranger Things than a Ghostbusters movie at least for a while That s why Ghostbusters Afterlife feels like such a smart idea even if it s not the smartest of flicks 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Mike McGranaghan
An entertaining and meaningful modern day take on the beloved franchise 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Oliver Jones
Reitman s film is guided by a barely hidden contempt for the intelligence of the fans it so desperately courts 
1
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Christy Lemire
This Ghostbusters takes the series mythology way too seriously approaching what should be a light silly comedy as if it were serious science fiction The result is an awkward and unwarranted feeling of reverence 
1
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Rosalie Kicks
Overall this picture is fine This rendition has more nods to the original and attempts to create a cohesive trilogy but it is truly the new generation that makes this thing worth a watch 
2.75
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sonny Bunch
At the end of the day I m a simple man with simple tastes and simple pleasures And Ghostbusters Afterlife fulfilled my desire to be pleased simply 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Roger Moore
Who would have guessed that Jason Reitman would turn into this sort of mediocrity 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Leo Brady
It s not a win for originality and it may lead to more risk free cinema but if you re looking for something that presses all of the feel good buttons Ghostbusters Afterlife is the movie to see 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Mark Dujsik
T he movie doesn t really establish its own identity 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Soren Andersen
The humor such as it is seems like it s being doled out in a dropper A drip here a splat there 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Zaki Hasan
The original Ghostbusters was a singular experience that will never be replicated But Afterlife does take us back into a beloved world and offers the opportunity to hang out with old friends we thought we d never see again 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
James Berardinelli
Afterlife exists not only to provide a path forward for future installments but to check an item off fans wish lists 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sara Michelle Fetters
Grace is a revelation and the emotions at the heart of this tale are touchingly genuine 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Michael O'Sullivan
Shamelessly catering to fans of the original film while giving them nothing new its story and humor are also inexplicably calibrated for a much younger demographic than those old enough to have seen the first film when it came out 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Mark Kennedy
This is not a movie that can stand alone It is more like half a movie standing in the shadow of its parent It is a film made to sell us more lunchboxes 
1
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Doug Walker
Though certainly a smaller film this is a funny and even emotional follow up to the original 
3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Christian Toto
Sony learned its lesson following 2016 reboot but we could use a few more laughs 
2.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Brian Truitt
The movie veers from playing with past mythology to full on aping it apparently having learned all the worst fan service lessons from Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker 
2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Katie Walsh
In trying to please everyone Ghostbusters Afterlife should ultimately please no one except the most hardcore of fans whose idea of a fun time at the movies is pointing at things they ve seen before 
1.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jake Cole
Though flattering through and through the film film is ironically removed from the charms of the worshipped original 
1
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Johnny Oleksinski
Well it s taken 36 years and six presidencies but with Ghostbusters Afterlife fans finally have an unembarrassing sequel to love 
3.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Joey Magidson
Ghostbusters Afterlife is everything you want it to be Several moments legitimately gave me chills Jason Reitman honors what came before while blazing a new trail forward 
3.5
African Violet
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
May the violet bloom forever 
4
Pistol Whipped
David Nusair
undeniably does continue the upward trend of Steven Seagal s career trajectory as of late 
2
Of Mice and Men
Peter Canavese
Classic literature adaptation demureness but it s impeccably cast and mostly quite faithful Blu ray 
3
Of Mice and Men
Matt Brunson
The 1939 interpretation starring Lon Chaney Jr and Burgess Meredith remains the definitive version but this 1992 take is a gem in its own right 
3.5
Of Mice and Men
Vincent Canby
Of Mice and Men is a mournful distantly heard lament for the loss of American innocence 
4
Of Mice and Men
Chris Hicks
Sinise the director manages to keep the various elements under control as if he already has a dozen films under his belt In fact this is only his second 
3.5
Of Mice and Men
Roger Ebert
I would not have thought I could believe the line about the rabbits one more time but this movie made me do it as Lennie asks about the farm they ll own one day and George says yes it will be just as they ve imagined it 
3.5
Félicité
Rania Richardson
FELICITE is an enlightening tale that details life in central Africa set in a milieu of a cabaret singer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
3.5
Félicité
Wade Major
Gomis needs only enough plot to afford his actors the space and the opportunity to wrestle with the kinds of emotions that most people work scrupulously to avoid 
3
Félicité
Shane Slater
Félicité expresses the moods of life with a magnetic potent grace 
3
Félicité
Vikram Murthi
Félicité has a lyrical spirit that worms its way to the surface even at its most directionless 
3
Félicité
Dwight Brown
Paints a dim picture of Kinshasa but does it well 
3
Félicité
Clayton Dillard
Alain Gomis never reconciles throughout how the film s disparate parts are meant to fit together 
2
After Fall, Winter
V.A. Musetto
A mixed up movie about mixed up people 
1.5
After Fall, Winter
Diego Semerene
Wants to be some sort of non puritan queer version of Lost in Translation but its screenplay is too wordy to be able to feign inspired originality 
1
Kansas City
Matt Brunson
Altman stated that Kansas City was constructed like a jazz session and that proves to be both its greatest strength and its major weakness 
2.5
Kansas City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robert Altman brings us an effective if minor crime film filled with the jazz sounds of Count Basie and Lester Young 
3
Kansas City
Roger Ebert
All of the characters act as if somebody might come along someday and make a movie about them And Altman who made the movie gets his chance to sit in at last on one of those cutting sessions 
3
Kansas City
Edward Guthmann
Would someone throw a net over Jennifer Jason Leigh She s at it again 
2
Kansas City
James Berardinelli
A sadly ordinary motion picture and in less sure hands it might have been something of an unfortunate mess Even with Altman at the helm however it manages to be singularly unremarkable 
2.5
Kansas City
Mike Clark
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Miranda Richardson are synergetic perfection as social opposites thrown together for 24 hours in a 1934 hot town 
3.5
Kansas City
Chris Hicks
Music fans can bask in the tunes that continue to play out when the action gets sluggish 
2.5
Kansas City
Mike D'Angelo
Kansas City is unique among Altman s recent films neither superb nor mesmerizingly awful it is simply boring 
2
Kansas City
Steve Rhodes
Robert Altman is perhaps the most unreliable of the great directors 
0.5
Kansas City
Madeleine Williams
Yet another mixed bag o tricks from director Robert Altman 
2
The Garden
David Nusair
ultimately undone by its excruciatingly slow pace and overly talky vibe 
1
The People vs. George Lucas
Christian Toto
The visionary behind Star Wars could learn a thing or two from the smart and richly comic documentary The People vs George Lucas
3
The People vs. George Lucas
Lisa Kennedy
Eentertaining if mildly worrisome 
3
The People vs. George Lucas
Mike Scott
The nerd rage on display when discussing Lucas ceaseless tinkering with his films to say nothing of the midi chlorians debate is plenty entertaining 
3
The People vs. George Lucas
Kyle Smith
The People vs George Lucas is an open and shut case but that doesn t mean it can t also be an entertaining one 
3
Pacifico
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A slow motion exercise not devoid of interest thanks to non professional actors who embody versions of themselves but flooded with conceptual deficiencies Full review in Spanish 
0
Wallflower
Roger Moore
An immersive fever dream of raves Molly and guiltless surivor s guilt covering the last hours of an infamous mass murderer 
3
The Outwaters
Steven Prokopy
By the time we get to the truly grotesque portions of the final act 40 which are crystal clear 41 44 I 8217 d mostly tuned out 46 This is not to say the ending isn 8217 t impactful 8212 quite the contrary 8212 but the film as a whole was taxing for my eyes and my spirit 46 
2
The Outwaters
Brian Tallerico
A film designed to pummel you with confusing terror 44 and it has some incredibly effective passages 46 
3
The Outwaters
Mark Dujsik
91 The mystery 93 ultimately overtakes everything else 44 making the experience nearly inscrutable 46 
2
The Outwaters
Brian Eggert
If Banfitch doesn 8217 t evacuate our minds to the same extent that he evacuates our stomachs 44 he at least inscribes his name on a list of directors to watch 46 
3
The Outwaters
Mike McGranaghan
The Outwaters is a little too long and a little too nebulous to make the sort of impact it wants to 46 
2.5
The Outwaters
Chuck Bowen
With The Outwaters 44 the found footage horror film has unexpectedly found its trippy 44 unmooring 44 ultraviolent answer to the cosmic horror of H 46 P 46 Lovecraft and the free associative barbarity of A Page of Madness 46 
3.5
Diane
Cassidy Olsen
The clear cut narrative of the film s first half blooms into something much more oblique at times even surreal diving into its lead s psyche and exploring the boundaries between who we are who we were and who we will become 
4
Diane
Lisa Trifone
With a thoughtful touch Kent Jones and his ensemble cast offer a highly relatable slice of life character study 
3
Diane
Peter Howell
Diane is a sublime puzzle of a movie resolving itself without completely yielding its secrets 
3
Diane
Barry Hertz
The reason Diane the film exists is not to propose and then solve a mystery but to engage with Diane the person 
3
Diane
Josh Larsen
documents the personal burden of care on the caregiver 
3.5
Diane
Mark Dujsik
W e understand the inner workings of the eponymous character about as well as we can hope to understand a character in a film 
3.5
Diane
Michael Phillips
Diane affords Martin Parsons and company the chance to do honest low keyed work with material worth the effort 
3.5
Diane
Sean P. Means
Diane is Place s movie and she pours everything into it creating a wistful humorous and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of thwarted dreams and fading realities 
3.5
Diane
Sara Michelle Fetters
Place manages to twist herself physically and emotively into such pretzel like knots I was astonished by the emotional magnitude of what it was she was doing 
3.5
Diane
Gary Thompson
Pulling us through all of it is Place who imbues her character with a touching persistence and gives striking depth and dimension to this regular woman who used to be a regular 
3.5
Diane
Tom Meek
It s impossible to sit through Diane and not get pulled by the strong emotional current or bold performances 
3
Diane
Anita Katz
A beautifully made and exceptionally acted portrait of a woman at the point on her path where she starts seriously considering how her life has turned out 
3.5
Diane
Ann Hornaday
A naturalistic portrait of service and self sacrifice by way of a quietly astonishing title performance by Mary Kay Place 
3
Diane
Mick LaSalle
With Diane as in life it feels like nothing s going on but everything s going on 
3.5
Diane
Frank Ochieng
Diane is thoroughly engaging in its spotlighted numbness Meticulously intimate and bracing Diane is an embodiment of ailing womanhood hinging on unclear fears regrets loss and empathy 
3.5
Diane
Nell Minow
Kent has assembled a superb group of character actors here who tell lived in stories with extraordinary sensitivity and grace 
3.5
Diane
Matthew Passantino
Diane gives Mary Kay Place an opportunity to inhabit the eponymous character and breathe life into the role 
3
Diane
Rex Reed
It s Place s subtle moment to moment performance that provides the balance to save Diane from ho hum tedium 
3
Diane
Joey Magidson
Without question Mary Kay Place is why Diane is worth your time The film is a showcase for her in a way she s never before received 
3
Diane
Dwight Brown
Excellent direction dialogue and ensemble acting make what s on view a totally captivating look at the passage of time and last chapter of life 
3.5
Diane
Chuck Bowen
Kent Jones conditions us to expect that Diane will follow its protagonist to her death with little overt plot to speak off in a quiet refutation of the three act contrivances of most cinema 
3.5
Born Yesterday
David Nusair
uniformly compelling captivating performances 
3
Born Yesterday
Scott Nash
Perhaps as a whole Born Yesterday isn t the equal of All About Eve or Sunset Boulevard but I would put Holliday right up there with Davis and Swanson for her performance here 
3.5
Born Yesterday
Phil Villarreal
Speaking in a ditsy shrill lilt that hints at concealed wisdom Holliday slyly turns the dumb blonde stereotype inside out 
4
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Bruce DeMara
Bad Turn Worse is a taut noir tale bolstered by a trio of excellent lead performances and a well plotted script 
3
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Anita Katz
The Hawkins brothers make the action compelling nicely capture small town dead endedness and provide emotional voltage throughout Peformances too are impressive with Pellegrino a standout as the baddie 
3
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Brian Tallerico
It s a confident engaging film undone by some narrative sag in the middle but worth seeing for its opening and closing acts 
3
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Chuck Bowen
A reminder that crime movies pointedly inspired by other better genre films can still be enjoyable if they wear their influences lightly and cleverly connect them to something tangibly human 
3
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
David Nusair
The degree to which We Gotta Get Out of This Place eventually peters out is to put it mildly rather disappointing 
2
Showing Up
Sheila O'Malley
There apos s something a little too neat about the structure of quot Showing Up quot 46 46 46 but the piercing specificity of Reichardt apos s vision 44 and her insights into the dynamics of an art scene like the one in Portland 44 are spot on 46 
3
Showing Up
Leo Brady
Showing Up is not just a character study but a human study 46 It 8217 s a focus on surrounding oneself with like minded people and others who all want to make an impact with their work 46 
3
Showing Up
Roger Moore
Amiable 44 pointilistically observed minutia in which the minutia apos s the point 46 
2
Showing Up
Brian Eggert
Some might call the story slow 44 except those who can relate to Lizzy 8217 s fixation on her artwork might find the proceedings urgent and comically nerve racking 8212 Reichardt 8217 s equivalent to the tortured anxiety seen in Joel and Ethan Coen 8217 s A Serious Man 40 2009 41 46 
4
Showing Up
Mark Dujsik
In little and quiet ways 44 Showing Up gives us a detailed and knowing sense of its main character 46 
3
Showing Up
Mark Kennedy
Director Kelly Reichardt who also penned the film with her regular screenwriter Jonathan Raymond has created a tiresome bubble inside a bubble focusing their lens to pointless effect on a group of low level artists in Portland Oregon 
1
Showing Up
Josh Larsen
8230 an argument for valuing the artistic process over the art 46 
3
Showing Up
Rania Richardson
Michelle Williams gives an emotionally rich performance in her 4th collaboration with director Kelly Reichardt 44 in a comedy drama set at the Oregon College of Art and Craft 46 Students 44 faculty 44 and alumni mark their days in a creative milieu in SHOWING UP 46 
3.5
Showing Up
Joey Magidson
Showing Up is a rare misfire from Kelly Reichardt 46 
2.5
Showing Up
Patrick Preziosi
The art is both the focus of Kelly Reichardt 8217 s personal new film but also adjacent to the larger exigencies of life 46 
3
Sadako vs. Kayako
Bill Chambers
Not a particularly clever or imaginative film that much is clear from its pathetic rendering of the Sadako video and most of the titular battle is deferred to a sequel 
2
Sadako vs. Kayako
David Nusair
Hardly the fun mashup one might ve expected and hoped for 
2
Black Sabbath
Matt Brunson
Boris Karloff serves as the cheerful host for this anthology flick which progresses in story terms from good to better to best 
3
Black Sabbath
David Nusair
a trilogy of sporadically chilling yet ultimately ineffective horror tales 
2
The Butcher
Roger Ebert
Le Boucher has us always thinking 
4
Hatari!
Matt Brunson
A thrilling adventure tale 
3.5
Hatari!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It sets a pace keeps it up for the whole time and gives us a sense of danger and excitement plus a taste of life that special effects can t give us 
4
Anon
Brian Eggert
Neat ideas aside the antiseptic quality of Anon including predictable plot machinations leaves the experience emotionally vacant 
2
Anon
David Nusair
Filmmaker Andrew Niccol working from his own screenplay does an absolutely astonishing job of initially establishing the futuristic landscape wherein the plot transpires 
2.5
Anon
James Berardinelli
Anon s storyline is forgettable and the movie ends with an unsatisfying mixture of confusion and predictability 
2.5
Anon
Nick Allen
The script s heady intent proves to be exhausting reducing a third act twist to a shoulder shrug and a seemingly profound final line about life off the grid into a blank expression 
2.5
Anon
Richard Roeper
Now we can add Seyfried s confident and subtle work as a character known only as the Girl in Anon a slick and satisfying mind trip of a sci fi murder mystery 
3
Anon
Roger Moore
Not the Andrew Niccol comeback one might have hoped for Stylish striking but empty 
2
Bachelorettes (Solteras)
Roger Moore
Stale and outdated How to land a husband rom com frm South of the Border 
1.5
Freethinker
Jeremiah Kipp
Even if it s good for you it feels like you re taking medicine 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Lawrence Toppman
It s not the dark comedy it wants to be that would be M A S H with a more modern setting and more gruesome consequences but it s worth a look 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
James Verniere
It s a refreshingly scornful and scathing depiction of one soldier s pursuit of the American Dream 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Matt Brunson
Imagine if Robert Altman s M A S H had been stifled back in 1970 and you can see the absurdity of the current climate 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Joe Baltake
A scathing and very funny indictment of the U S military 
3.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Jeff Vice
While Buffalo Soldiers has its moments it stumbles along the way and fumbles the ending 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Sean P. Means
Director Gregor Jordan s attempts to crib the military minded satire of Catch 22 or Robert Altman s M A S H feel pointless and dishonest 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
Chris Hewitt
Clever without being funny Buffalo Soldiers would like to be cynical and nasty but its satire is blunted by a soft chewy center 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
Jeff Strickler
It s a well done satire that only the thinnest of skins would find insulting 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Lisa Kennedy
Like its bored soldiers this movie seems to play with volatile substances with not nearly enough respect for their meaning 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Terry Lawson
If you can get past the idea that Buffalo Soldiers has any real relevance you are likely to enjoy its sitcom snap and the performance of Phoenix 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Joshua Tanzer
Buffalo Soldiers is the wrong movie for today s America That s what s so perfect 
3.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Ian Mantgani
There s a high energy look powering a tone of sorta satirical deadpan comedy but problems arise when the director tries to mix his hip cynicism with a fully rounded story 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Steve Rhodes
It s ridiculous diatribes are impeccably acted just try not to think of the film s heavy handed messages which will probably infuriate you 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Josh Larsen
If only it were unpatriotic that would have been infinitely more interesting than the wishy washy morally skittish movie we have 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Falling far short of a brilliant satire like Three Kings but too satirical to be a goofy Army comedy like Stripes Buffalo Soldiers still manages enough of both to command attention 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Peter Bernard
A darkly funny but critical view of military renegades and the system that coddled them 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
John Hartl
See Buffalo Soldiers for its anarchic black comedy touches the quirky chemistry between Phoenix and Paquin but try holding your nose when the plot goes into action movie overdrive 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Edward Guthmann
Ultimately it s a cold caustic film that doesn t take a strong point of view but seems to offer up its numerous set pieces for sheer goony pleasure 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
James Berardinelli
It s an enjoyable and occasionally thought provoking motion picture whose viewership should not be diminished by the unfortunate and inaccurate anti American label 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Liam Lacey
It s a refreshing change from the recent string of celluloid recruiting poster movies 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Roger Ebert
At a time when the idea of patriotism is sometimes used to stifle dissent it is important to remember that gripes and disgruntlement and anti authoritarian gestures are part of our national heritage 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Janice Page
The film hits so many dissonant notes and random targets that its dark dry wit is hard to locate in the buckshot 
1.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Katrina Onstad
As satire Buffalo Soldiers is potent even risky 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Rob Blackwelder
the movie s derision lacks the focus and conviction a good socio political military lampooning needs to make its point clear 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
Mark Caro
It pits a compelling central character against a formidable adversary in an intriguing setting while keeping you riveted to the cat and mouse strategizing surprise turns and a few moments of actual warmth 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Guylaine Cadorette
Buffalo Soldiers is a haunting look at a Cold War era military that is not at war with the Soviet Union but with itself 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Rene Rodriguez
It s the performances that hold Buffalo Soldiers together 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Bruce Newman
If it sometimes feels as if this is re MASHing some of the same terrain as Robert Altman s classic from 1970 the fun is in watching Elwood s dream come true 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Steven Rea
Boasts a noirish script and a top drawer cast 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Buffalo Soldiers takes place only 14 years ago but its world seems more ancient than From Here to Eternity 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
Timothy Knight
A caustically funny alternative to the overblown epics now playing the multiplexes 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Sara Michelle Fetters
And even if the movie isn t exactly completely worth the wait it s still one of the more gutsy and risk taking motion pictures to be released by an American studio this year 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Mike Clark
This long delayed release may one day be regarded as a minor find thanks to some occasionally gruesome laughs tight story construction and terrific supporting performances 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Maitland McDonagh
This chronicle of SNAFUs foretold doesn t have much new to say but says it with biting precision and Phoenix s sharp sneakily sympathetic performance is a pleasure to watch 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Megan Lehmann
Solid entertainment with an enjoyably rough and tumble vibe 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Glenn Whipp
Feels truer than any military movie since Three Kings 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
David Sterritt
At its best it s as refreshing as it is daring 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Jack Mathews
In the end it s not the darkness of the film s politics that bothers me it s the exploitation of violence as entertainment and oh the smugness of it all 
2
Buffalo Soldiers
John Anderson
Film has satirical sting 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Glenn Kenny
A tart funny moderately over the top hijinks and snafus yarn 
2.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Peter Travers
Adapting Robert O Connor s novel director Gregor Jordan slaps us with keen wit and purpose 
3
Buffalo Soldiers
Nick Schager
Buffalo Soldiers should have been left out on the range 
1.5
Buffalo Soldiers
Harvey S. Karten
An artfully constructed satire in the spirit of Mike Nichols Catch 22 
3.5
The Houses October Built 2
Federico Furzan
A confused sequel ignited by no logic at all that barely works because of its valuable premise and sordid factor taken to a maximum Full review in Spanish 
2
Detector
Steve Rhodes
The movie which back loads most of its emotional power never quite makes it out of low gear 
2.5
Devour
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It has a nice little array of second tier actors an interesting story and a convincing performance by Jensen Ackles who keeps the movie afloat with enough competence to render him likable even if it s genre confused as all hell 
2.5
Devour
David Nusair
it s hard to imagine anyone walking away from the film satisfied this includes the folks responsible for making the movie 
.5
Mostly Martha
Josh Larsen
Another foreign import founded on the belief that a good meal can solve anything 
3
Mostly Martha
Margaret A. McGurk
While it does nothing to re invent the ever popular foodie metaphor it does its work with appealing unpolished grace and honest feeling 
3
Mostly Martha
Peter Travers
Nettelbeck serves the tastiest film about food and sex since Big Night 
1
Mostly Martha
Jeff Vice
It s well acted its humor is well placed and even its more sentimental scenes aren t as sickeningly goopy as they surely would have been if the film had come from a major studio 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Sean P. Means
Mostly Martha glides so effortlessly from comedy to drama that you may be surprised how often you are laughing and crying at the same time 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Joe Baltake
An irresistible concoction 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Walter Chaw
Kitchen scenes playing as obvious and light hearted metaphors for states of mind and relationships Mostly Martha leaves a few elements hanging that it probably should have tidied 
2.5
Mostly Martha
Laura Kelly
A satisfying niblet 
3
Mostly Martha
Mack Bates
A comedy that not only serves up the laughs but also great looking entrees and a dash of romance 
3
Mostly Martha
Chris Hewitt
Even when foreign directors borrow stuff from Hollywood they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting 
3
Mostly Martha
Terry Lawson
Handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy 
3
Mostly Martha
David Elliott
The music makes a nice album the food is enticing and Italy beckons us all 
2.5
Mostly Martha
Marta Barber
It has the elegance associated with haute cuisine so it rises a level above your typical Hollywood chick flick 
2.5
Mostly Martha
James Berardinelli
As much as any other motion picture that employs the preparation and consumption of food as a key element Mostly Martha provides the perfect blend of cinematic nourishment and gratification 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Joe Leydon
Hardly anything that happens in the movie qualifies as surprising But even the familiar plot twists are maneuvered with spry wit and keen intelligence 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Moira MacDonald
Nettelbeck throws together a child who isn t cute and a woman who isn t lovable and the result is one of the year s more heartwarming movies 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Mick LaSalle
The wonder of Mostly Martha is the performance of Gedeck who makes Martha enormously endearing 
3
Mostly Martha
Glenn Whipp
This crowd pleasing character study might feel more like a confection than a satisfying meal but there s no denying its lighthearted pleasures 
3
Mostly Martha
Wesley Morris
None of this if you ll excuse the pun is palatable drama 
2
Mostly Martha
Liam Lacey
Nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions one part romance novel one part recipe book 
3
Mostly Martha
Steven Rea
Gedeck is simply terrific in the title role 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Michael Wilmington
A very bright very affecting romantic comedy drama with a wonderful central character 
3.5
Mostly Martha
Jeanne Aufmuth
The beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing 
2.5
Mostly Martha
Steve Rhodes
Although its food photography is uniformly delicious the movie s other ingredients are a bit stale 
2
Mostly Martha
Jan Stuart
The film is thick with decadent food preparation scenes that will send you bolting for a four star restaurant before the closing credits roll 
2.5
Mostly Martha
Megan Turner
A satisfying dish 
2.5
Mostly Martha
Rod Armstrong
Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice but it s a pleasurable trifle The only pain you ll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub 
3
Mostly Martha
Harvey S. Karten
Puts to rest any thought that the German film industry cannot make a delightful comedy centering on food 
3.5
Affliction
Judith Egerton
One wonders why Dafoe is even in the movie But Nolte is and that s what enriches Schrader s bleak drama 
3
Affliction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A terrifying movie that faces the truth of cruelty and its everlasting results 
3.5
Affliction
David Nusair
Despite some great performances Affliction never really takes off 
2
Affliction
Jeffrey Westhoff
The heart of Affliction is Nick Nolte s searing performance 
3
Affliction
Ed Gonzalez
Overwrought metaphors abound in Paul Schrader s ham fisted Affliction 
2.5
Affliction
James Kendrick
a powerful bleak family drama about a son s tragic inability to not become his father
3.5
Affliction
David N. Butterworth
af flic tion a flik shen n 1 the state of being afflicted 2 a the cause of persistent pain or distress b great suffering
3
Affliction
Michael Dequina
The powerful performances by Nolte and Coburn make the film well worth a look even if they are part of a less than developed whole 
3
Affliction
Dustin Putman
Such an angry and bitter motion picture that you can almost physically feel the emotional coldness that is brewing under the surface 
4
Affliction
Elias Savada
If you want a personal compelling tale with a touch of intrigue let Affliction haunt you for a couple of hours 
3.5
Affliction
Steve Rhodes
Better bring an extra wrap with you to Affliction as the snowy New Hampshire landscapes and the chilling story will likely send some shivers up your spine 
3.5
Affliction
Roger Ebert
Nick Nolte is a big shambling confident male presence in the movies and it is startling to see his cocksure presence change into fear in Paul Schrader s Affliction 
4
Sweet Dreams
Walter V. Addiego
An uplifting tale from Rwanda It s a startling idea but here it is in the form of Sweet Dreams a documentary about a group of Rwandan women trying to put the nation s horrific recent past behind them 
3
Sweet Dreams
Kam Williams
A female empowerment flick featuring a blend of ice cream and drumming as a viable path to rehabilitation and reconciliation 
3
The Adventuress
Marty Mapes
The film isn t a masterpiece it is merely a lot of fun
3
Nightbreed
Federico Furzan
A complete mess of a movie This should feel like perfectly mixed fantasy and horror But it s only laughable Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Nightbreed
Walter Chaw
Clive Barker is the Douglas Sirk of splatter 
2
Nightbreed
Matt Brunson
The Director s Cut is vastly superior to the theatrical version expanding on the secretive realm of Midian and the monsters who reside in this underground lair 
3
Inner Senses
David Nusair
There seems to be some kind of unwritten rule that says all Asian horror movies must sport an interminably slow pace 
1.5
I'm Not Rappaport
Michael Dequina
A stable of solid performances led by leads Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis are all there is to recommend 
2
I'm Not Rappaport
Steve Rhodes
The beauty of the language does come through but the net effect of the movie is to make the viewers wish they had gone to the play instead 
2.5
I'm Not Rappaport
Roger Ebert
Two old guys sitting on a bench talking for two hours That s my rewrite 
2.5
I'm Not Rappaport
Andy Seiler
This is good stuff Unfortunately director Herb Gardner is a little too fond of writer Herb Gardner s script which just keeps going and going and going until even two old pros such as Walter and Ossie have worn out their welcome 
2.5
WolfCop
Dustin Putman
Aims for laughs but mostly earns raised eyebrows and knowing smirks instead 
1.5
WolfCop
Bruce DeMara
Dean has set himself a very difficult task blending the genres of horror and comedy in a satisfying way One can admire the fellow s ambition while deploring the actual result 
1.5
WolfCop
Chris Knight
A supremely silly oddly enjoyable concoction from Regina writer director Lowell Dean 
3
The Parallax View
David Nusair
deliberately paced yet mostly compelling 
3
The Parallax View
James Kendrick
the quintessential paranoid conspiracy thriller of the Watergate era
3.5
The Parallax View
Matt Brunson
Forget The Exorcist Alien and even Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Parallax View might well be the scariest movie of the 1970s 
4
The Parallax View
Roger Ebert
The movie s director Alan J Pakula works on location to get a nice feel of outdoor menace a lot of the time 
3
Nobody
Dustin Putman
Moving at a brisk pace and highly entertaining for the genre Nobody ultimately falls apart in its last five seconds 
2.5
The Woods
David Nusair
a well made yet thoroughly impenetrable horror flick 
1.5
Catfish
Sarah Knight Adamson
Intriguing film about trust privacy redemption life choices and circumstances Do not I repeat do not let anyone tell you what this film is about past the guys trekking their way to Michigan 
3
Catfish
Roger Moore
Fascinating if far fetched film of a real life game of online Liar s Poker exposing the perils of Internet romance 
2.5
Catfish
James Kendrick
frequently uneven in its narrative strategies but still effective in drawing you into the story and conveying a real sense of human need desire and compassion
3
Catfish
David Nusair
an unusual uneven documentary 
2.5
Catfish
Sean P. Means
Not only a wrenching human drama but also a precise encapsulation of the promise and the dangers of a web connected world 
4
Catfish
Rob Thomas
It s satisfying to see the arrogant filmmakers somewhat humbled by what they find on their journey That s a feeling much of the audience will share in this unusual and haunting film 
3.5
Catfish
Chris Hewitt
It s a good reminder that it s wise to be careful when your friends are really strangers 
3
Catfish
Tom Horgen
And you thought MySpace was scary 
3
Catfish
Graham Killeen
Want to know the truth about Catfish Either way it s one of the most resonant haunting provocative movies I ve seen this year 
3.5
Catfish
Peter Keough
Next to the Internet s capacity for deception alienation and personal reinvention Michelangelo Antonioni s existential quandaries seem quaint 
3.5
Catfish
Keith Cohen
The wow factor of this movie evokes strong reactions and should get people talking 
3
Catfish
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What they find when they visit Michigan is best left to viewers but it s definitely fascinating and worthy of many post movie discussions 
3
Catfish
Calvin Wilson
There s no denying its strong narrative or its emotional pull And the film s computer influenced visual style is very much of the moment 
4
Catfish
Eric Melin
The film has a firm grasp on what makes compelling drama and it wraps up with a poignancy that I wasn t prepared for 
3
Catfish
Mark Dujsik
An engrossing timely tale and one that surveys the humanity of its subjects while picking away the dishonesty 
3.5
Catfish
Dustin Putman
Staggering and miraculous Watching it has the power to simultaneously chill the bones and break one s heart 
3.5
Catfish
Moira MacDonald
Though it s out of fashion in these days of Facebook and cellphone cameras some stories might be better left unshared 
2
Catfish
Steven Rea
Catfish raises all sorts of questions about the imaginary realms that open when you click on your computer screen about cyber stalking but also about journalistic ethics 
3
Catfish
Ty Burr
Catfish demands to be seen if only for the excellent arguments you ll have about it on the drive home 
2.5
Catfish
Michael Phillips
Catfish is fascinating At the same time it emits a condescending pitying odor Yet any documentary able to provoke such mixed feelings on a single viewing is doing something right even if you re not sure in the end what that thing is 
3
Catfish
James Berardinelli
In the end it s just a tale of passable interest and questionable authenticity 
2.5
Catfish
Roger Ebert
The facts in the film are slippery but the revelation of a human personality is surprisingly moving 
3
Catfish
Rene Rodriguez
Whatever your reaction to the moral and ethical decisions made by the filmmakers you ll find Catfish fascinating on a broader level as a snapshot of a rapidly changing era 
3
Catfish
Josh Larsen
an enthralling documentary about loneliness deception and that place where the two often meet Facebook 
3.5
Catfish
Sara Michelle Fetters
I enjoyed it pretty much all the way through and the increasingly weirder it got the more I wanted to keep going down the rabbit hole the directors were descending 
3
Catfish
Kyle Smith
The Schulmans and Joost don t fully do justice to the truths they stumble upon but they capture a glimpse into another America far from downtown Manhattan s creative class that will stay with you and possibly touch you 
2.5
Catfish
Claudia Puig
To avoid revealing too much and spoiling a fresh and intriguing experience let s just say this Catch Catfish 
3.5
Catfish
G. Allen Johnson
Much of this film appears very contrived as if once the filmmakers stumbled onto their story they went back and filmed re creations of the initial Facebook scenes 
1
Catfish
Peter Travers
There s more killer suspense and shocking intimacy in this one of a kind documentary than you ll find in a dozen thrillers You ll laugh hard and cry too 
3.5
Catfish
Ethan Alter
Catfish is an example of documentary filmmakers shaping reality to suit their own storytelling needs 
2.5
Catfish
Andrew Schenker
Catfish is hampered by its inability to move beyond the obvious 
1.5
Black and Blue
Linda Cook
Black and Blue is timely law enforcement actioner 
3
Black and Blue
Matt Brunson
It pulls off its conventional material in interesting ways 
3
Black and Blue
Sara Michelle Fetters
I wish I liked Black and Blue more 
2
Black and Blue
John Wirt
A tense action thriller featuring the Oscar nominated Naomie Harris 
3
Black and Blue
Richard Roeper
Strong performances by Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson aren t enough to save this predictable and sometimes maddeningly stupid shoot em up 
2
Black and Blue
Christy Lemire
Black and Blue may seem familiar but it s a solid version of a story you ve heard before 
2.5
Black and Blue
Robert Horton
Its tendency toward overstatement gets more flagrant as it goes along 
2.5
Black and Blue
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Peter A Dowling doesn t quite know what to do with his corker of a premise for Black and Blue 
2.5
Black and Blue
Michael O'Sullivan
Much of what makes Black and Blue watchable is Harris s compassionate and passionate performance and the rapport her character develops with the more stoic Mouse 
2
Black and Blue
Rafer Guzman
A topical thriller that doesn t live up to its potential 
2
Black and Blue
Katie Walsh
Peter A Dowling s script overreaches trying to connect the corruption to disasters like Hurricane Katrina and federal neglect They don t quite pull that one off but damn if the rest of this lean mean thriller isn t exceptionally effective 
2.5
Black and Blue
G. Allen Johnson
This is the director s third suspense film released in the last 18 months after Traffik and The Intruder and he s getting pretty good at it 
3
Black and Blue
Roger Moore
Pulse pounding 
2.5
Black and Blue
Pat Brown
The film s command of action defuses concerns about whether it offers a thorough social critique 
2.5
Black and Blue
Wilson Morales
An action packed thriller that while cliched in its storytelling still brings in solid performances from its cast to make it a pleasurable treat for its genre fans 
3
Hidden Agenda
Chris Hicks
The film is a bit slow and at times slightly strained and there are moments when you ll be hard pressed to understand all the dialogue but on the whole it is effective and chilling 
3
Hidden Agenda
Roger Ebert
Its own terms and for much of the way this is a superior thriller 
3
Feels Good Man
Jocelyn Noveck
Seeing what happened to Furie and his chill stoner frog dude will likely make your blood run cold It sure makes for a chillingly effective internet era cautionary tale 
3
Feels Good Man
Josh Larsen
A documentary reclamation project 
3
Feels Good Man
Erik Childress
As someone says in Arthur Jones film If you want to escape hell you can t ignore it You almost have to go to the center of it Feels Good Man feels like the center and that makes it all the more vital no matter how discomforting it all is 
3.5
Feels Good Man
Matt Zoller Seitz
Not content to string together talking head interviews the movie uses art and animation to find a cinematic equivalent for Pepe s evolution from a quirky cartoon animal into a weapon 
3.5
Feels Good Man
Steven Prokopy
The investigative work done by Jones and his team is impressive 
3
Feels Good Man
Joseph Bien-Kahn
Jones uses Furie s story and some gorgeous animation as a wonderfully succinct window into the way social media has changed the country 
3
Feels Good Man
Joey Magidson
An unusual topic for a documentary it winds up being a reasonably thorough dive into both the danger and power of internet culture 
3
Feels Good Man
Derek Smith
That the democratization of the internet has opened a doorway for fascist ideologies to openly quash democratic ones is an irony that isn t lost on the film 
3.5
Feels Good Man
Alan French
To understand Pepe as both symbol and creation 44 Feels Good Man explores his evolution from cartoon to icon 46 Director Arthur Jones creates an empathetic portrait of Furie 46 
3.5
Feels Good Man
Walter Chaw
Feels Good Man won t set the world on fire but there are revealing insights here such as a few incels defiantly proclaiming that their state of non existence is in fact an elevated state 
2
Feels Good Man
Mike McGranaghan
An explosive look at the culture war taking place in our country right now a war where nothing is sacred 
3.5
Feels Good Man
Sean P. Means
A revealing profile of Furie a family man and artist trying to make sense of the firestorm he didn t even know he was lighting 
3.5
It Snows All the Time
Roger Moore
Brett Cullen and Lesley Ann Warren give this dementia drama a gravitas and poignance that transcends the trite formula 8220 It Snows all the Time 8221 never strays from 46 
2
Do Your Worst
Roger Moore
Of course we can see where this is heading 46 The trouble is 44 not enough that apos s amusing happens along the way 46 
2
V/H/S/2
Brian Eggert
Admirable but uneven 44 as is often the case with such anthologies 46 
2.5
V/H/S/2
David Nusair
Gregg Hale and Eduardo Sánchez s A Ride in the Park puts a thoroughly innovative spin on the zombie genre and immediately establishes itself as a highlight within the entire series 
2.5
V/H/S/2
Dann Gire
This sequel includes five storylines each one vying for the most ridiculous excuse for people to be recording on a video camera 
2
V/H/S/2
Sean O'Connell
After a lackluster start V H S 2 shifts into a higher gear and vastly improves over its 2012 predecessor 
3
V/H/S/2
Rene Rodriguez
V H S 2 is raw and rough edged and rude It is also for the hardcore horror fan a total blast 
3
V/H/S/2
Tirdad Derakhshani
V H S 2 is likely to be as popular with fans as its predecessor It certainly earns that right 
2.5
V/H/S/2
Steven Boone
The horror movie equivalent of a wimp who relies on steroids to lend him a fearsome appearance while his eyes still tell the truth 
1.5
V/H/S/2
Sara Stewart
Found footage is all well and good but if it s unwatchable it might as well have stayed lost 
1.5
V/H/S/2
Rex Reed
A diabolically psychotic sub mental and completely unwatchable disaster 
0
V/H/S/2
Dustin Putman
Consistently surprising with stylistic ingenuity and storytelling elegance Never afraid to journey into the blackest of hearts the filmmakers involved in V H S 2 have given the project their best shot and it shows 
3
V/H/S/2
Jeff Beck
If three of the stories had been decent I probably could have let it slide and indeed about halfway through the film I was surprised to find myself enjoying it Then the second half hits and the film slides into mediocrity 
2.5
V/H/S/2
Roger Moore
A couple of these shorts are good enough to become features 
2.5
V/H/S/2
Erik Childress
The wraparound hour may not be very good but those middle 40 minutes are a lot of fun 
3
V/H/S/2
Abhimanyu Das
A welcome contrast to the first film s snuff y atmosphere and general mean spiritedness featuring more humor fewer hateful characters and occasional twinges of relatable human emotion 
3
Dark Matter
Roger Moore
It s pretty to look at Is it a movie No It is not 
2
Love, Honour and Obey
David Nusair
suffers from just the sort of overindulgence that is sometimes associated with people who direct their own material 
1.5
Love, Honour and Obey
Andrew Howe
The scriptwriters walk the fine line between comedy and drama with varying degrees of success 
2.5
Love, Honour and Obey
Ian Mantgani
Embarrassingly jumpy shifts from humour to menace one of the most incompetently made films of all time
0.5
The Delta
John Beifuss
The film now seems more infuential and prescient than ever a signature work that heralded a revived interest in Queer cinema while pointing the way toward an ever more influential documentarian and micro budgeted American independent film scene 
3
The Delta
Emanuel Levy
This intimate gay drama about the complex relationship between a white adolescent and a Vietnamese immigrant displays a fresh voice but suffers from structural flaws and ultra modest production values 
2
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Robert Levin
This is a compelling documentary that takes what might have been a dry subject and jolts it to life 
3
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Nick Allen
While it is insightful on the murky history of the business it s missing more emphasis on the human experience specific to how demagogue Adam Neumann inspired thousands of people to believe in him 
2.5
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Bob Strauss
Rothstein wisely crafts his narrative so that a viewer recognizes That could have been me rather than clucking Those fools 
3
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What happened That indeed is the question and the movie 
3
The Rat Pack
Elias Savada
I don t have to waste my time this weekend or a blank VHS tape This is not one I care to place in my video library 
1.5
Never Too Late
Mark Dujsik
Never Too Late undermines reality so often that the attempts at conveying authentic pain longing and sorrow start to feel schmaltzy 
2
Never Too Late
Roger Moore
Never transcends the undemanding old fashioned lighter than light entertainment for seniors that it s meant to be 
2
Witch Hunt
Steve Rhodes
It s the sort of documentary that can reduce a grown man to tears I know because it certainly had that effect on me 
4
The Bombardment
Roger Moore
Wrenching 
3
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Mattie Lucas
A work of great and terrible beauty with a keen sense of time and place and timeless sense of justice 
4
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Josh Larsen
intimately attuned to something beyond the veil 
3.5
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Randy Myers
It s a gorgeous and quiet cry of protest for ensuing generations to heed before it s too late 
4
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Carlos Aguilar
A radical international breakthrough for Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese a filmmaker who uses potential philosophical expressions to ask tough questions about the ravaged history of Africa 
4
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Shane Slater
While cinephiles would surely salivate over the film s gorgeous aesthetics the engaging storyline will also captivate even the most casual movie fans 
3.5
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Walter Chaw
Still there s more than enough genuine beauty in This Is Not a Burial It s a Resurrection to merit it a look and Mosese some serious credibility 
3
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Robert Daniels
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese s This is Not a Burial It s a Resurrection urgently intertwines magical realism in a parable of grief and resilience 
3.5
The Witness
Josh Larsen
potent journalism but also leaves the faint whiff of reality television 
3
The Witness
Clayton Dillard
The film presents Kitty Genovese s identity as an afterthought turning her living days and nights into incidental details 
2.5
The Witness
Anita Katz
As Bill starts focusing on Kitty s life rather than death the film becomes even better it s one of the most satisfying documentaries released this year 
3.5
The Witness
Pat Padua
The Witness makes an encouraging case for the argument that society is not as apathetic as we fear But it also reveals a troubling phenomenon our willingness to accept all that we are told as truth 
3
The Witness
Johanna Schneller
The story deftly switches focus from Bill s quest to Bill himself We learn how and why the witness apathy story has haunted him for 50 years his family s reaction to his admitted obsession over it and how it shaped his life 
3
The Witness
Peter Howell
This well rounded doc rigorously probes shames and wonder of wonder inspires 
3.5
The Witness
Chris Knight
Director James D Solomon lets the story build slowly What seems at first like a crusade for justice how could 38 people have done nothing soon evolves into a morass of secondary and tertiary questions Why did no one call out the Times story 
3.5
The Witness
Neil Rosen
It s a fascinating documentary that debunks the myth as it tries to separate fact from fiction and in the process offers up an eye opening history lesson 
3
The Witness
Robert Levin
It offers for the first time a tangible picture of who Kitty was and who she hoped she might become while keeping her shrouded in mystery while powerfully conveying a truth about how grief and trauma ripples out from a tragedy like this 
4
The Witness
Rob Thomas
The film ends with two of the most extraordinary scenes I expect to see in a documentary this year 
3.5
The Witness
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a powerful film but perhaps its greatest triumph is that for a brief time it resurrects Kitty Genovese and lets us see her as a person 
3.5
The Witness
Farran Smith Nehme
Solomon s documentary goes deep into what we know about the killing and what thanks to flawed original reporting in the New York Times we only think we know 
3.5
Hank and Mike
Jennie Punter
This bunny is a lame duck 
1
Untraceable
Michael Dequina
For all the would be with it cyber techno speak strip that all away and Gregory Hoblit s film is completely stale and cliched thriller nonsense 
1.5
Untraceable
Wesley Lovell
Cookie cutter police procedural with a Hostel tinge 
1.5
Untraceable
David Nusair
a generic garden variety thriller that s almost entirely lacking in genuine thrills or surprises 
2.5
Untraceable
Jeffrey Westhoff
Exploits the very trend it condemns 
1
Untraceable
Linda Cook
Here s an interesting concept that could have been so much more And its de volution isn t Untraceable u2013 you can watch it dissolve after the solid setup 
2
Untraceable
Sean McBride
Untraceable certainly isn t unwatchable but it is a bit unbelievable rather predictable and more than a little bit gruesome able 
2
Untraceable
Jeff Vice
Untraceable Unappetizing is more like it or perhaps unrealistic unconvincing and or unexciting 
1.5
Untraceable
Bob Bloom
Untraceable is a movie whose potential was tossed aside for the conventional trappings of the serial killer genre 
1.5
Untraceable
Mike McGranaghan
While Untraceable is an amiable enough way to kill two hours it never gels into the kind of movie that would make me run out and start endorsing it to others 
2.5
Untraceable
Gary Brown
What amounts to being a solid thriller collapses into an absurd potboiler as though the scriptwriters ran out of ideas 
2
Untraceable
Larry Ratliff
Untraceable may not rank as one of the best serial killer thrillers of all time but it packs enough punch to hold your attention way past the whodunit point 
3
Untraceable
Claudia Puig
Untraceable feels sleazy and gratuitous 
1.5
Untraceable
Ken Fox
In case you didn t catch it the moral is that each time we indulge our inner voyeur by visiting macabre websites or tuning into salacious tabloid news we re implicated in the larger cultural crime 
2
Untraceable
Philip Marchand
Untraceable demonstrates once again how unnecessary it is for audiences actually to understand technical jargon 
2
Untraceable
Mick LaSalle
As plain awful as Untraceable is possibly the worst thing about it is that it pretends to mean something 
0
Untraceable
Chris Hewitt
It can t have been easy for hundreds of actors technicians and stunt people to show up for work every day to make a movie whose message is essentially Don t go see this movie 
1
Untraceable
Moira MacDonald
Untraceable isn t unwatchable but it s a pretty miserable experience from a director who knows better 
1
Untraceable
Bruce Newman
Untraceable often seems to go out of its way to tip off what s coming so that it s hard to tell whether the film s writers are lazy clumsy or just painfully obvious 
2.5
Untraceable
Arthur Salm
Hateful brutalizing inexcusable 
1
Untraceable
Carla Meyer
Technology is the film s only hook Otherwise it s a standard B movie thriller featuring basement torture chambers and an FBI agent single mom who tracks a killer before becoming a target herself 
1.5
Untraceable
Kyle Smith
The movie chides us for being a sick voyeuristic society hungry for the sight of violence The purity of this moral stance is somewhat clouded by the movie s habit of staging sick violent acts 
1
Untraceable
Jack Mathews
Untraceable essentially forces its audience to identify with those who would be willing accomplices to torture and murder 
2.5
Untraceable
Bob Strauss
The agony of Untraceable is as predictable as a computer program and about as inhuman 
2
Untraceable
Kit Bowen
Untraceable mostly delivers the chills despite its conventionalities 
2.5
Untraceable
Robert W. Butler
A competent but unremarkable crime thriller 
2.5
Untraceable
Lisa Kennedy
The film teases and unnerves for 100 minutes with scenes of cold brutality Then in a rush to the end it tries to make it all better or at least make it more complicated 
2
Untraceable
Janice Page
Hoblit and veteran cinematographer Anastas Michos try to darken the proceedings by giving us nocturnal characters and Portland at its grayest But it s window dressing just like the layers of computer geek speak that can t disguise an analog age plot 
1.5
Untraceable
Carrie Rickey
An abhorrent cyberthriller starring a compelling Diane Lane the film exploits the inhumanity of torture as it cynically condemns Internet rubberneckers and by extension moviegoers for watching it online 
1.5
Untraceable
Roger Ebert
Untraceable is a horrifying thriller smart and tightly told and merciless 
3
Untraceable
Kamal Al-Solaylee
The makers of Untraceable don t have that high an opinion of you 
2
Untraceable
Sara Michelle Fetters
Seriously I don t have time for this In point of fact neither should audiences This movie is a piece of recycled garbage and is a waste Lane s and pretty much everyone else s in the cast talents 
1
Untraceable
Mark Dujsik
More concerned about coming up with graphic death scenes than anything else 
2
Untraceable
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A great idea for a horror movie Untraceable taps directly into the consciousness of America today yet its execution is rushed 
2.5
Untraceable
Willie Waffle
Just as you are starting to think Hey this isn t so bad Untraceable takes a dive off the cliff even the Russian judge will give a perfect score to
1.5
Untraceable
Peter Canavese
Sets the tone with an opening suite of scenes that put a kitty in danger 
1.5
Untraceable
Sue Pierman
Too bad the movie is put together by the numbers instead of being character driven 
1.5
Untraceable
Dustin Putman
A run of the mill thriller that lacks the substance to be anything more than forgettable 
2
Untraceable
Michael Phillips
In addition to being dull Untraceable is a monster hypocrite wagging its finger at the mass audience s appetite for strictly regimented creative torture scenarios This film is not really in a position to point a finger 
1.5
Untraceable
Jan Stuart
Untraceable wants us to deplore the amoral voyeurism of the cyberspace mobs yet feeds off it at the same time 
2
Untraceable
Jeanne Aufmuth
Life is too short for long term exposure to relentless agony and distress even in the guise of entertainment 
2
Untraceable
Phil Villarreal
Wow can that Diane Lane work a wireless mouse And she typed that Control ALT Delete with such authority Oh my what was that she minimized a window and activated a program with a hot key 
2
Untraceable
Josh Larsen
When Lane isn t preaching about the heinous violence she s babbling on in tech speak It s like having a Dell rep describe the plot of Saw 
0
Untraceable
Peter Travers
Talk about your pious frauds I ve got a better way to show your disgust for Internet scum Don t see Untraceable 
0
Untraceable
James Berardinelli
Untraceable engenders a reaction that is one part fascination one part disappointment and two parts frustration 
2
Untraceable
Nick Schager
The villain may be Untraceable but it s easy to pin down the influences of Gregory Hoblit s serial killer snoozer 
1
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Peter Keough
Despite some gratuitous allusions to Gitmo the third rate effects and the two bit characters make this a summer wipeout 
1
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Joe Lozito
As the Surfer rises so too does this franchise 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
David N. Butterworth
While not entirely fantastic this Four is fun fast paced and family friendly 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Johnny Vaughan
With the wedding ruined and the future of the world at stake it s showtime Suddenly Tim Story goes CGI crazy delivering scene after scene of edge of your seat action that will make your eyeballs bleed 
4
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Steven Snyder
The makers of the franchise better find something more interesting for their four heroes to do and quick 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Wesley Lovell
Slightly improved over the original Rise of the Silver Surfer provides some better than average visual effects but an inconsequential plot 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Walter Chaw
Anything more would be cheating the great wide swaths of gibbering no brow bia the baseball cap askew nation text messaging their way through the dead spots 
0.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Matt Brunson
If ever a film franchise needed to come equipped with a Reboot button it s this one 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Mike McGranaghan
Rise of the Silver Surfer isn t a huge improvement and it doesn t even try to reinvent the wheel but its minor upgrades here and there make a cumulative difference 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Sean McBride
Once again the action feels pedestrian the special effects simply aren t that special and the acting is nearly nonexistent 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Daniel M. Kimmel
the movie has all the depth of a video game These aren t people They re not even interesting characters They re game pieces 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Kam Williams
The worst comic book adaptation since well since Fantastic Four 1 An unimaginative disaster that takes forever to end as if the celluloid is being stretched by Mr Fantastic to make the movie last ten times longer than ninety minutes 
0
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Linda Cook
It s still not fantastic But I wouldn t be surprised if eventually there weren t four of these 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jeffrey Westhoff
Maintains the tongue in cheek quality of the first film without falling into camp 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Tyler Hanley
Rise is exactly what a superhero movie should be an entertaining family friendly popcorn flick with even doses of humor heroism and heart 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Nick Schager
As far as minor triumphs go at least Story s disposable film is shrewd enough to understand embrace and then stay true to its iconic comic book source material s lighthearted spirit 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Phil Villarreal
Fantastic Maybe that s a bit of an exaggeration Thrilling engaging and totally adequate are more fitting adjectives to the latest superhero special effects bonanza 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Mark Dujsik
The series needs to find its place or just give up 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Rob Salem
Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer is a vast and significant improvement if not quite fantastic then the next best thing It does not suck 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
David Elliott
If not entirely a downer this is no topper 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Carla Meyer
Like its predecessor Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer seems intentionally B grade a happy gap filler between more prestigious comic book films 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
James Berardinelli
For non comic book fans over the age of 13 Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer is a tedious incoherent bore For comic book fans of any age it is an atrocity 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Pam Grady
This is one of those superhero movies in which the superheroes are not nearly as charismatic as the villain Luckily for this sequel the Silver Surfer is on the scene 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Rene Rodriguez
Director Tim Story does the same sort of efficient impersonal job he did on the first movie keeping things at such a basic almost childish level that it seems the movie is aimed squarely if not exclusively at the 12 and under set 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Bob Strauss
While it s a little bit better than the first FF movie this one trivializes the epic sci fi stature of the story with the same bad acting witless witty dialogue and drama leeching tone 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Brian McTavish
Clocking in at a mere yet mighty 92 minutes this superior sequel to 2005 s Fantastic Four skillfully crams loads of action humor and even gasp character development into its short but sweet flight of comic book inspired fantasy 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Amy Biancolli
In Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer our heroes get what they deserve a decent action flick with a jolt of visual wow 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Rick Groen
Unlike the recent spate of blackened threequels those bottom of the bag Spideys and Shreks and Pirates and Oceans this kernel does pop 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Terry Lawson
You don t walk out of Rise of the Silver Surfer feeling as if you ve gone three rounds with the Thing This is a case where getting less than you bargained for feels like a victory 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Lisa Kennedy
Better than its juvenile predecessor 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Mary F. Pols
As superhero experiences go Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer is mundane It s not funny enough to be a spoof but it s also not deep enough to hold any intrigue 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Misha Davenport
At times silly and then serious this Fantastic Four is the cinematic equivalent of multiple personality disorder 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Wesley Morris
The Marvel comic book this movie is based on was never as sitcom ish as the two films it s inspired 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Larry Ratliff
Rise of the Silver Surfer is impressively mounted and bursting with playful spectacular special effects 
3.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film hinges entirely on these gigantic yet straightforward simple conflicts resulting in little or no emotional involvement in the characters 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Dustin Putman
Superficial unimaginative and inert The so called heroes are pompous one note caricatures who have the depth of gnats and are just as irritating 
1
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Sara Michelle Fetters
But like I said I never hated sitting in the theater Heck moments including the highly imaginative way the malevolent menace intent on destroying the Earth is visually depicted here and there are actually pretty darn wonderful 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Peter Canavese
A reading from the Books of Marvel And the Surfer passed through buildings and buses with a squish And Twentieth Century Fox said that it was good 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Willie Waffle
While contemporary superhero movies have evolved to dive deeper into the darker motivations feeling and actions of the subjects The Fantastic Four are content to be the hackneyed vaudeville act with old stale jokes
1
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Duane Dudek
The film spends too much time on peripheral distractions and shallow personal problems and not enough establishing the scope scale and sense of awe its cosmic events merit 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
David Nusair
the film essentially offers up more of the same more bad jokes more predictable plot twists and more ill conceived action sequences 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Scott Bowles
Once you accept that Fantastic Four is not trying to be anything deeper than popcorn fare the ride can be fun with an ending more satisfying than Spider Man 3 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Maitland McDonagh
This follow up to the much reviled Fantastic Four is cheerfully stupid shallow and frankly more than a little tedious 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Matt Pais
Someone should tell Fantastic Four that it s live action and not a cartoon 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Steven Rea
Although FF ROTSS comes from the same place as Spider Man New York and Marvel editor Stan Lee s noggin this sequel to the 2005 Fantastic Four debut is lackluster even by comparison to the lackluster Spider Man 3 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jeff Vice
The movie plays out like a particularly unfunny dysfunctional family sitcom and features even less action than its predecessor 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many recent superhero movies Silver Surfer doesn t have a heavy overblown quality For the most part it s light and playful and short clocking in at a brisk 90 minutes 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Mick LaSalle
Rise of the Silver Surfer doesn t aspire to much It just happens to have the three things it needs velocity artistry and a pretty good story 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Peter Travers
It s not egregiously awful like the first film Just plain awful in that formula way that kills your spirit and all hope for summer movies 
1
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jan Stuart
Of all the Marvel spawned screen franchises the Fantastic Four is the most puerile reducing as it does this smartly quirky comic book quartet to a fourth grade primer in dysfunctional family psychology 
1.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Kyle Smith
These B list demigods are so proudly intergalactically mediocre that both the 2005 original and the follow up tend to disable my super snark beam 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jack Mathews
Much better than the original 
3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Michael Phillips
It is passable comic book stuff dumb and loud Loud LOUD 
2
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Lawrence Toppman
When will the people who adapt comic books into films realize that less can be so much more 
2.5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Josh Larsen
This humdrum collection of comic book characters makes you long for the thrilling adventures of someone called say The Accountant 
2
Arizona Dream
Roger Ebert
You can t stop watching because nobody in the audience and possibly nobody on the screen has any idea what s going to happen next 
3
Gravesend
Jeffrey Westhoff
Not a great film but it is impressively chilling 
3
Gravesend
Roger Ebert
The lives of these four friends are lived at a monotonous level they lack the words and perhaps the concepts for pastimes more challenging than drinking smoking dope holding aimless arguments and getting into meaningless fights 
2
8 1/2
Brian Eggert
With every screening you discover more layers and further understand the film s purpose and its filmmaker 
4
8 1/2
Joseph Jon Lanthier
There s no clean way to boil the characters of 8 1 2 down to their psychoanalytical essence 
3
8 1/2
Phil Villarreal
Fellini was so incredibly creative that when he was mentally blocked he turned his inner struggle into a phenomenal masterpiece of introspection 
4
8 1/2
James Kendrick
a wonderfully self indulgent meditation on creative blocks and personal crises
4
8 1/2
Roger Ebert
8 1 2 is the best film ever made about filmmaking 
4
The Loft
Linda Cook
The characters in The Loft are so despicable you won t care about what happens to any of them 
.5
The Loft
Tom Russo
There s no redeeming this softcore nonsense which plays like a script that Storage Wars stumbled across in Joe Eszterhas s old locker 
1
The Loft
Rafer Guzman
Whodunit Even the filmmakers don t seem quite sure A waste of a perfectly good premise 
1
The Loft
Mark Dujsik
The Loft is a prime example of a movie that does not trust the rather elegant simplicity of its premise 
1.5
The Loft
Peter Sobczynski
A shabby bore that promises viewers any number of kinky thrills and then proceeds to deflate those expectations 
1
The Loft
Willie Waffle
Blah 
0
The Loft
Dustin Putman
Dissipating with every turn of the screw and ending in an undeservedly too nice too neat denouement The Loft is akin to a hollow shell 151 attractive on the outside and empty where it counts 
2
The Loft
Roger Moore
Hitchcockian Hitchcopying Stylishly inferior 
2
Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm
Steve Rhodes
I rate this a MUST SEE for anyone with kids anywhere near or at college age 
3
Garbage Warrior
Philip Marchand
Garbage Warrior is in the end a fitting tribute to a free spirit and a valuable citizen 
2.5
Garbage Warrior
Liam Lacey
The green movement is eager for such heroes but Garbage Warrior falls into the trap of so many documentaries that are more from the heart than the head It s a timely subject devoid of the rigour that might make it actually important 
2
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Roger Ebert
For people who love London and yet are thoughtful about it this film is indispensable 
3.5
Inconceivable
Roger Moore
A thriller that s too obvious to come off too melodramatic to surprise and too slow to hold our interest 
1.5
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
Chris Hicks
A very soft sex farce that is neither as raunchy as many R rated comedies nor as funny as it would like to be 
1.5
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
Roger Ebert
The whole movie is a series of missed possibilities and superficial characters 
1
Free Samples
R. Kurt Osenlund
An angry indie that favors hollow ridicule over credibility 
1
Resist!: To Be With the Living
Walter Chaw
A refutation that everything is lost to apathy in a modern age 
4
DNA
Roger Moore
Maïwenn takes us places the story doesn t comfortably need to go and loses herself in her character s journey to the detriment of what has been a darkly funny touchingly human family story right up to the epilogue 
2.5
Papirosen
Diego Semerene
Gastón Solnicki s mapping out of his family s narrative from within never feels exploitative or self absorbed 
3
Stray Dogs
Matt Zoller Seitz
A mysterious and deliberately prolonged series of tableaus about the fragility of flesh and the smallness of humanity among other things 
3.5
Stray Dogs
Andrew Schenker
Tsai isn t making a social problem film here and his critique of patriarchal control is secondary to his portrait of unbearable psychic conditions 
4
Eat Drink Man Woman
Matt Brunson
A wise and touching piece that matches movies like Babette s Feast and Like Water for Chocolate in its depiction of food as a source of spiritual nourishment 
3.5
Eat Drink Man Woman
Steven Rea
Lee s Eat Drink Man Woman is tender without being mushy sweet without being syrupy and surprising in ways that can only make you smile 
3
Eat Drink Man Woman
Stephen Hunter
This film is stunningly involving and it just races along from revelation to revelation 
3.5
Eat Drink Man Woman
Michael Wilmington
Eat Drink Man Woman may not just amuse and entertain you It s likely to make you very hungry too perhaps for more than food 
3.5
Eat Drink Man Woman
Betsy Bozdech
Remade with a Latino twist as Tortilla Soup Eat Drink Man Woman ultimately is a stronger film because it portrays its characters authentically 
3.5
Eat Drink Man Woman
D. S.
Unlike the food the movie s central drama takes a while to heat up but offers lovely rewards at the end 
2.5
Eat Drink Man Woman
Steve Rhodes
The colors and textures are totally indescribable Keep watching the show resist the urge to leave and go to the closest Chinese restaurant 
3
Eat Drink Man Woman
Edward Guthmann
A spicy well written comedy about family food and independence 
3
Eat Drink Man Woman
James Berardinelli
Who said foreign films can t be fun 
3.5
Field of Dreams
David Nusair
a deliberately paced yet progressively absorbing drama 
3.5
Field of Dreams
Gary Thompson
Field of Dreams isn t a home run It s more like a suicide squeeze if it hadn t been perfectly executed it wouldn t have worked But as they say in baseball a run is a run 
2.5
Field of Dreams
Dave Kehr
The sentimentality of which there is plenty is nicely balanced by a humor of ironic pragmatism as when Ray having built his baseball field as a monument to human dreams decides to charge tourists 20 a head to visit it 
3
Field of Dreams
Peter Canavese
Widely regarded as a modern populist classic the film is both a fabulist fable and a celebratory baseball movie that acknowledges scandal within the sport but also the game s transcendent ability to rise above attempts to damage its integrity Blu ray 
3.5
Field of Dreams
Phil Villarreal
A movie for a thorough tear duct cleansing the only film that makes tears stream down the cheeks of this hardened critic and it gets me at least twice every time 
4
Field of Dreams
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anyone who loves their father or baseball or both will find it difficult no impossible to resist this hokey wonderful film 
3
Field of Dreams
Chris Hicks
A magical often funny utterly delightful movie one that will stay with you for some time to come 
4
Field of Dreams
Roger Ebert
Field of Dreams will not appeal to grinches and grouches and realists It is a delicate movie a fragile construction of one goofy fantasy after another But it has the courage to be about exactly what it promises 
4
Blithe Spirit
Roger Moore
You can t improve on Coward and there s no re animating this corpse 
1.5
Blithe Spirit
Leo Brady
Blithe Spirit has the right spirit at heart but fails to conjure up any laughs from beginning to end 
2
Blithe Spirit
Steven Prokopy
While the story in this latest adaptation plays out largely the same as the original it feels problematically dated and not especially funny 
2
Blithe Spirit
Sean P. Means
Coward s storyline feels painfully dated and the efforts by the new writers to goose things up with references to the pre war equivalent of Viagra seem to go in the wrong direction entirely 
2
Blithe Spirit
Sheila O'Malley
Unfortunately Coward is nowhere in sight in this new adaptation 
1
Blithe Spirit
Rosalie Kicks
BLITHE SPIRIT is a fun colorful remake to escape in Check it out it may even lift your spirits 
3
Blithe Spirit
Mark Dujsik
It s too broad too bland and almost completely blank in terms of insight or inspiration 
1.5
Blithe Spirit
Johnny Oleksinski
Try the 1945 film version starring Rex Harrison That movie which holds up splendidly explains everything that s wrong with this one directed by Edward Hall 
1
Blithe Spirit
Mick LaSalle
Stevens Fisher Mann and Dench are all fine All have good moments The problem is the script the script the script 
1
Blithe Spirit
Katie Walsh
But any trenchant observations to be found in this Blithe Spirit only pop and fizz into thin air like champagne bubbles Although effervescent it s a bit too ethereal for its own good 
2
Slapface
Randy Myers
Director writer Jeremiah Kipp s feature hums with a Shirley Jackson vibe as monsters in the mind and from the past clash 
2.5
Kiss of Death
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Both versions qualify as high toned hackwork fitfully redeemed by a good story and some incidental pleasures involving the casting and camera work 
2
Kiss of Death
Mal Vincent
Most effective are the authentic New York settings 
3.5
Kiss of Death
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Kiss of Death fares best in its opening stretch 
2.5
Kiss of Death
Michael Dequina
Atmospheric yet ultimately hollow exercise in tedium 
1.5
Kiss of Death
Robert Roten
The real problem with this film is a so so screenplay the dialogue is lame and many scenes lack any real suspense 
2
Kiss of Death
Mike Clark
If you savor movies about sleazy plea bargains and other lawyer hardballing Death has its moments Otherwise the latest from director Barbet Schroeder is only a movie of moments 
2.5
Kiss of Death
Chris Hicks
Every time Caruso has a scene with Jackson or Cage he seems to be out of his depth 
2.5
Kiss of Death
James Berardinelli
The picture is watchable but nothing about it will linger except perhaps the feeling that with a more polished script it might have been significantly better 
2
Kiss of Death
Roger Ebert
It shouldn t be disjointed and uncompelling but it is 
2
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Matt Brunson
The imagination that went into the visual effects the set design and the alien gadgetry makes it easy to overlook any minor deficiencies in other departments 
3
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Walter Chaw
Boy you know I really like the Chiodo Brothers Killer Klowns from Outer Space I can t help it 
3
Masquerade
David Nusair
decidedly familiar territory that s employed to mostly compelling effect by Swaim 
3
Masquerade
Roger Ebert
That s what happens all right but what really happens is a lot more complicated Because Masquerade depends upon its many surprises I won t reveal any more of the plot 
3
Masquerade
Dustin Putman
Tries to desperately cloak itself so its viewers don t realize how very little worthwhile material is actually present 
2
My Scientology Movie
Brian Eggert
The doc boasts no greater analysis into the churchs operations though its irreverent comic stuntwork entertains 
2.5
My Scientology Movie
John Serba
Theroux doesn t really get anywhere in his attempts to discuss and understand Scientology but his exploration is nonetheless entertaining 
3
My Scientology Movie
Godfrey Cheshire
While My Scientology Movie provides a very entertaining tour of some of the questions that swirl around Scientology viewers who ve followed the story through the years will find little that s new or unexpected 
3
My Scientology Movie
Roger Moore
Doesn t cover much new ground but still finds new ways to mock the religion that made Tom Cruise so good at staring 
3
My Scientology Movie
Jake Cole
The only element that significantly differentiates this documentary from its peers is Louis Theroux s good natured cheekiness 
2
My Scientology Movie
John Semley
What the film lacks in the way of harrowing jaw dropping revelations it makes up for with Theroux s charm and breezy charisma 
2.5
Someone's Watching Me!
Matt Brunson
Like Michael Mann with The Jericho Mile it ably demonstrated that Carpenter was someone too skilled to only be confined to boob tube fodder 
3
Someone's Watching Me!
David Nusair
Someone s Watching Me proves to be such a tough slog for much of its brief running time that periodic highlights like that are essentially and ultimately rendered moot 
2
The Mentor
Federico Furzan
A complex misstep of meta cinema that tries too hard at sending a message and never engages the viewer 
2
Blade Runner
Brian Eggert
Philip K Dicks frequent exploration of perceived realities that begin to breakdown upon inspection and thus define the fragile shattered nature of existence and humanity is brought to awe inspiring life through Blade Runner 
4
Blade Runner
Peter Stack
A disjointed implausible sci film so trapped in photographic maneuvers that it s lifeless 
2
Blade Runner
Tom Meek
The score by Vangelis amplifies the emotion of every scene seamlessly and enough can t be said about the production design by Lawrence G Paull and visual effects by Douglas Trumbull 
4
Blade Runner
Josh Larsen
The definitive sci noir 
3.5
Blade Runner
David Nusair
a hopelessly overrated piece of work 
2
Blade Runner
John Mark Eberhart
The new version helped me see the soul because ironically this rendering is so much brighter Noir or not a film you can t see properly is a film you can t fully appreciate 
3.5
Blade Runner
Chris Hewitt
Blade Runner which does not look one bit dated envelops us so completely in its off kilter near future world 
3.5
Blade Runner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The changes are minor but the overall effect is a much cleaner more logical and more organically flowing movie 
4
Blade Runner
Peter Hartlaub
This definitive print should be the last little push that Blade Runner needs to complete its 25 year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full blown classic 
3.5
Blade Runner
Terry Lawson
Blade Runner The Final Cut plays better now than ever 
4
Blade Runner
Ty Burr
Open the champagne Blade Runner is finally just the way Ridley Scott wanted it And it only took 25 years 
3.5
Blade Runner
Peter Howell
There are no plot altering additions or subtractions But the digitally spruced print is gorgeous to look at and listen to 
4
Blade Runner
Roger Ebert
This is a seminal film building on older classics like Metropolis or Things to Come but establishing a pervasive view of the future that has influenced science fiction films ever since 
4
Blade Runner
Michael Phillips
Ridley Scott created a triumph of retro futuristic design over narrative or character richness 
3.5
Blade Runner
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its melding of Raymond Chandler gumshoe noir with Dick s trademark dour cybernetic musings is borderline magnificent the themes of alienation and identity so inherent in the novel nearly popping right off the screen 
4
Blade Runner
Sean P. Means
Blade Runner s ability to keep us enthralled and keep us talking 25 years later is the sure sign of a classic 
4
Blade Runner
Jack Mathews
The opportunity to see one of the milestone visual achievements in a big hall with a giant screen is not to be missed And even if you saw Blade Runner in a theater in 1982 this will be an entirely new experience 
4
Blade Runner
Nick Schager
The style over substance Scott s only substantive text 
3
Blade Runner
James Berardinelli
These days it s almost impossible to find a gritty science fiction motion picture that doesn t owe at least a small debt to Blade Runner s visual style 
3.5
Blade Runner
Ted Prigge
It s an excellent film although a tad flawed 
3.5
Breath
Michael Dequina
The simple story strains to maintain a run time that is already far shorter than the Indian film norm 
2.5
Breath
V.A. Musetto
An old fashioned soaper that will please or not depending on a viewer s tolerance for schmaltz 
2
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie
Richard Roeper
Don McLean shares his American Pie recipe in this thorough documentary 
3
Donnie Darko
Erik Anderson
It s a dense complicated and amazing amalgam of genres and influences that really defies any constraints 
4
Donnie Darko
Nick Rogers
Maybe Richard Kelly s fate is to be the cult film circuit s Michael Cimino He has yet to match the mood or magnitude of his debut a collision of time travel sci fi commentary on 80s malaise and teen angst that s simultaneously witty and poignant 
4
Donnie Darko
Ian Mantgani
A deceptive combination of all sorts of tones that seems like a stylistic jumble while keeping up a restrained front and never resorting to easy hyperactivity 
3.5
Donnie Darko
James O'Ehley
This movie disappeared without a trace at the American box office in October last year which is a shame 
4
Donnie Darko
Mark Dujsik
An honest humorous bittersweet disturbing look at the confusion of adolescence 
3.5
Donnie Darko
Collin Souter
The movie is made up of odd parts that somehow go together perfectly One of the most important films about teenagers ever 
4
Donnie Darko
James Kendrick
an existentialist parable wrapped up in a darkly humorous teen fantasy and suburban satire
3
Donnie Darko
Chris Hewitt
A movie overflowing with love and concern for young people depicting them in all their infuriating vulnerable complexity 
3.5
Donnie Darko
Jeremy Heilman
Clearly Richard Kelly is a director to watch 
3
Donnie Darko
Michael Dequina
Creepy funny poignant and stunningly imaginative and original 
3.5
Donnie Darko
Emily Blunt
Brilliant 
4
Donnie Darko
Ross Anthony
reels the viewer in like a black hole like a quicksand hourglass 
3
Donnie Darko
Harvey S. Karten
A stunning blend of sci fi psychological thriller and dark comedy 
3
Donnie Darko
Bill Chambers
Puts the comparable American Beauty to shame 
3.5
Donnie Darko
Dustin Putman
As fascinatingly complex and brazenly original as any movie released this year a breakthrough masterpiece 
4
Donnie Darko
Rob Blackwelder
Plays like a comic book rendition of a David Lynch film 
3.5
Donnie Darko
Bob Graham
If this movie ever figured out what it wanted to be when it grows up it would be a terrific one 
2
Donnie Darko
Rod Armstrong
There is just too much going on in Donnie Darko 
2.5
Donnie Darko
Lou Lumenick
An engaging time tripping Holden Caulfield 
3
Donnie Darko
Roger Ebert
This set up and development is fascinating the payoff less so 
2.5
Donnie Darko
Michael Wilmington
Just another self absorbed teen chronicle with the added twist of a little time travel and a surprise ending 
1.5
Donnie Darko
Ed Gonzalez
An apocalyptic sweat chamber nervously situated between complacency and heartbreaking could have been hopefulness 
4
Donnie Darko
James Berardinelli
Despite its flaws this is a compelling motion picture and offers the kind of fresh experience extended by the likes of Pi and The Sticky Fingers of Time 
3
Donnie Darko
Steve Rhodes
a coming of age romantic black comedy about time traveling has an undeniable charm that s hard to properly describe 
3
Donnie Darko
Robert Roten
It is fascinating lyrical filmmaking and it demands multiple viewings to wring the most out of it 
3
The Brady Bunch Movie
Gene Siskel
The only attempt at stretching the wooden characters involves middle daughter Jan being teed off at perfect older sister Marcia and throwing a few fits We smile the first time 
1
The Brady Bunch Movie
David Nusair
often as forgettable as it is entertaining 
2.5
The Brady Bunch Movie
Betsy Bozdech
Despite a distinct lack of plot director Betty Thomas s film is a surprisingly fresh funny comedy 
3
The Brady Bunch Movie
Bill Chambers
Apparently someone else besides yours truly was watching the eighties sitcom Day by Day 
3
The Brady Bunch Movie
Madeleine Williams
Grueling sendup of the 70 s comedy that goes on way too long 
1
The Brady Bunch Movie
James Berardinelli
The problem with The Brady Bunch is that satirical or serious ninety minutes is too much 
2
The Brady Bunch Movie
Rob Blackwelder
There are a surprizing number of good laughs but in the end it s an NBC movie of the week filmed in 35mm 
2
The Brady Bunch Movie
Roger Ebert
The film establishes a bland reassuring comforting Brady reality a certain muted tone that works just fine but needs I think a bleaker contrast from outside to fully exploit the humor 
2
The Beachcomber
Roger Moore
Dated sexist racially patronizing and downright cringe worthy at times But where else can you find a future Bond villain and Halloween hero in blackface 
2
Videocracy
Wesley Morris
Videocracy makes spooky comedy of a nation s addiction to fame 
3
Videocracy
Jeffrey Gantz
Italian born director Erik Gandini s damning mess of a documentary purports to reveal that Italy is TV and celebrity besotted which is true but not new 
2
Videocracy
Kam Williams
A chilling cautionary expose of Orwellian dimensions 
4
Videocracy
Nick Schager
A stylized scattershot inquiry into Italy s TV dominated culture Videocracy is a portrait of 21st century media fascism 
2.5
George Balanchine's the Nutcracker
Matt Brunson
Macaulay Culkin cast purely for marquee value is particularly ill at ease as the Nutcracker Prince doubtless distracted by visions of Nintendo games dancing in his head 
1.5
George Balanchine's the Nutcracker
Roger Ebert
The camera plants itself for a frontal view of the stage and then there are closeups and reaction shots all done by the numbers generating no magic 
2
Eating Out: All You Can Eat
Diego Semerene
Not that nuance must be a comedy s forte but most of All You Can Eat unravels as a series of self conscious fragments and bitchy one liners 
1.5
High Society
David Nusair
a typically French drama that wears out its welcome almost immediately 
2
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Bruce Westbrook
Zarhin has a fine ear for dialogue with refreshing directness and loud rings of truth but he also knows when to let looks speak volumes 
3
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Lisa Kennedy
Like its protagonist Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi is slow to reveal its charms 
2.5
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Ty Burr
Where writer director Zarhin excels is in offhanded human comedy in the craziness that comes with being a teenager in a house full of lunatics to whom you re related 
3
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Ruthe Stein
An Israeli Good Will Hunting a feel good movie about an unassuming teen and the machinations necessary to reveal his hidden genius 
3
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Chris Hewitt
What it s really about is a subject anyone who has ever been an adolescent can relate to the period when you start to take responsibility for what kind of person you are and what kind of life you re going to have 
2.5
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Carrie Rickey
Zarhin s episodic unpredictable film is life affirming 
3
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Marta Barber
Nothing in it plot dialogue or character development reaches today s standards of filmmaking 
1
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
John Hartl
So much goodness becomes a little wearying over the course of 94 minutes You wait for Shlomi to take charge of his life and of course he eventually does but he almost has to be hit over the head to get there 
2.5
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
V.A. Musetto
Credit the disarming cast especially Oshri Cohen as the boy and Arie Ellias as his eccentric grandfather They help turn what could be a standard comedy into a life affirming enjoyable one 
3
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the film deals with some heavy issues director Shemi Zarhin uses a generally light touch rightly believing that a family drama does not have to be loud to make an impact 
3
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Gene Seymour
The movie s ragged charms work on you even if you re steeped in coming of age storylines 
2.5
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Ed Gonzalez
This unbearably sweet dramedy about an Israeli teen who spends his time fixing his family s troubles looks to get by on the good looks of its male cast 
2
Memoirs of a Black Girl
Roger Moore
Unpolished performances incessant and inane voice over narration and obvious plot twists
2
The Getaway
David Nusair
a mostly engrossing thriller 
3
The Getaway
Roger Ebert
The Getaway is a particularly nasty and mean spirited action picture with the dramatic depth of an arcade game 
1
All's Well Ends Well 2012
Burl Burlingame
Nothing subtle about the production which operates as a Cantonese Three Stooges on a neon colored bender Which means you often laugh out loud and then wonder why you did 
2
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Chris Hewitt
Even if you care it ll be out on video soon 
2
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Wesley Morris
There are no closets and no shame here even if some blinds would be welcome 
2
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Misha Davenport
Here is a film as bad as the recently released Disaster Movie In a way I guess this is progress even gay filmmakers are now able to make very very bad movies 
1
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Eric Henderson
Another Gay Sequel Gays Gone Wild aims for a self knowingness that could conceivably be mislabeled as camp by any one of its brained lead characters 
1.5
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Ken Fox
A queer spin on Not Another Teen Movie that s even less entertaining and far grosser that the original 
1
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Lou Lumenick
Another Gay Movie was actually funny with some heart but Another Gay Sequel Gays Gone Wild is merely a crude series of sketches loosely revolving around an ersatz game show presided over by drag queens RuPaul and Lady Bunny 
1
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Dustin Putman
A more slapdash affair than its predecessor but writer director Todd Stephens has retained enough sunshine sweetness and bravely go for broke showmanship to keep things moving at an amiable pace 
2.5
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Tirdad Derakhshani
Includes clever references to the straight raunchfests Porky s and American Pie But his film feels more like a collection of skits than a cohesive story His characters aren t even half dimensional and except for Nico are boorish bores 
1.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Brian Eggert
With its mouthful title and stunt casting Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile begins with the inventive notion of telling Bundy s story from Liz s point of view but it gives up on that conceit within minutes 
2
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Alan French
While Efron takes charge the rest of the film feels as if it s struggling to catch up 
1.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
James Kendrick
Efron uses his flinty blue eyes primarily to turn on the charm but there are a few moments especially near the end when they go dark and glowering indicating not the monster inside but the utter emptiness the void into which his victims fell prey 
3
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Joey Magidson
There s a missed opportunity here Zac Efron is often brilliant as Ted Bundy but the film doesn t quite know what to do with him 
2.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Sheila O'Malley
The film itself gaslights us and this is where Berlinger and Zac Efron an inspired choice are powerful co creators 
3.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Rosalie Kicks
Even Zac seemed to be outwitted by the power of Ted A courtroom drama filled with charm and great acting but something is missing in the story 
2.75
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Mara Reinstein
The film is not so much an insightful examination about how a college educated man turns into a psychopath as much as it s a peculiar relationship tale between a skilled liar and his too trusting single mom girlfriend 
2.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Jocelyn Noveck
All these events are fascinating but they re public record Suddenly our narrative film seems to lose its original focus and turn into a documentary polished and absorbing but telling us nothing new 
2
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Chuck Bowen
The film essentially indulges in the same act of willful distractedness as Ted Bundy s admirers 
1.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Joe Friar
The film is based on the memoir by Bundy s former girlfriend Liz Kloepfer played by a superb Lily Collins with Zac Efron delivering a chilling portrayal that gives audiences a glimpse of the spell Bundy put on his victims 
3
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Oliver Jones
Add to the long winded title of this film and completely unnecessary 
1
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Sean P. Means
With Efron providing the shark s smile Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile becomes a cutting commentary on the slippery nature of evil 
3.5
Luna
Roger Ebert
Did a little bird try to warn Bertolucci that this material was to put it kindly two bricks short of a load 
2
Martha: A Picture Story
Anita Katz
Upbeat zippy and thoroughly enjoyable 
3
Martha: A Picture Story
Nell Minow
You re going to fall in love with Martha Cooper one of the most ebullient subjects ever to be captured in a documentary 
3.5
Martha: A Picture Story
Nick Allen
Directed with infectious zeal it s a photographer bio doc that always feels to be in motion especially given its excellent editing fascinating subject and narrative ambition 
3
The Father of My Children
Stephen Cole
The film is achieved with a rare tenderness and grace by 29 year old French actress filmmaker Mia Hanson Love 
3.5
The Father of My Children
Amy Biancolli
A subtle work on an exceedingly difficult subject 
3
The Father of My Children
James Berardinelli
The Father of My Children is exceptional drama Compelling and unforced it shows sensitivity and evenhandedness in approaching a difficult subject 
3.5
The Father of My Children
Chris Hewitt
Father is a very intimate film and writer director Mia Hanson Love has a Robert Altman like gift for making us believe the relationships continue outside the bounds of the screen 
3.5
The Father of My Children
Steven Rea
It is a film about children and their parents and not knowing where fate or life can take you 
3.5
The Father of My Children
Adam Gold
When a film is made there should be a reason for doing so 
2
The Father of My Children
V.A. Musetto
There is much opportunity to turn the film into a soaper but Hansen Love resists 
3
The Father of My Children
Roger Ebert
The film s second half is the most touching because it shows that our lives are not merely our own but also belong to the events we set in motion 
3.5
The Father of My Children
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a grim family drama that I can t quite put my finger on and as well as it is made and acted I can t imagine I ll be watching it again anytime soon 
2.5
Two on a Guillotine
Matt Brunson
Inspired title uninspired movie 
2
Survival Skills
Randy Myers
A head trip that shoots off into unexpected and topical directions 
3.5
Survival Skills
Mark Hanson
Survival Skills feels like something you d stumble upon on Adult Swim circa 2014 sandwiched between Too Many Cooks and reruns of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job 
2.5
Paradise Cove
Roger Moore
Logic goes out the window at one or two early points and especially in the slow stomp toward a climax 
2
Deliver Us From Evil
Jennie Punter
The action takes a dark turn at the town festival that evening and soon Johannes s home is surrounded and the movie revs up 
3
The Incredibles
Brian Eggert
The Incredibles has a thoughtful consideration of adult relationships a romanticism about the need for superheroes and a caution against the decline of Self 
4
The Incredibles
Sarah Knight Adamson
The action scenes and overall story make this a winner with all ages A classic in its own right The Incredibles will be around for years to come 
4
The Incredibles
Matt Brunson
For all its kid friendly sops this feels as mature as any live action drama 
3.5
The Incredibles
Mattie Lucas
As Edna Mode might say The Incredibles is mahvelous dahling 
3.5
The Incredibles
David Nusair
far from engrossing 
2.5
The Incredibles
Joe Lozito
In a word Incredible 
4
The Incredibles
Betsy Bozdech
Funny poignant fast paced eye popping adventure about a family of superheroes in hiding who must reclaim their innate talents in order to naturally save the world 
4
The Incredibles
Wesley Lovell
Luckily the genre has not submerged completely and with the help of films like The Incredibles hope for a solid future is within the audience s grasp 
3.5
The Incredibles
Jorge Avila Andrade
Divertida honesta y extremadamente inteligente es un claro ejemplo del nivel de arte que puede llegar a alcanzar el cine Sencillamente inolvidable 
4
The Incredibles
Mark Dujsik
One of these days Pixar is going to take a misstep but now is not the time 
3.5
The Incredibles
David N. Butterworth
A masterfully crafted entertainment that devolves into an overlong overly loud and disappointingly stock shoot em up 
2.5
The Incredibles
Lori Hoffman
a terrific smart and thoroughly engaging family film 
3
The Incredibles
Stella Papamichael
Flies high above the crowd for its worldly wit and compassion for humankind 
4
The Incredibles
James Kendrick
Brad Bird has crafted a sleek and original homage to the derring do of our most cherished superheroes 
4
The Incredibles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film so miraculous and so far above its competitors that the Academy Award for Animated Feature Film is no longer a contest 
3.5
The Incredibles
James O'Ehley
This remarkably entertaining and meaty motion picture is all eye candy and goofy entertainment for children but underneath lies a biting denunciation on a number of contemporary topics 
4
The Incredibles
Linda Cook
It s a great and memorable romp that will leave your family feeling super 
3.5
The Incredibles
Jonathan R. Perry
Wild wondrous and utterly disarming sweet but never saccharine freed from the shackles of postmodern irony and cleverness for its own sake 
4
The Incredibles
Steve Rhodes
The Incredibles isn t It s a good movie but it isn t the incredible type of picture we ve come to expect from Pixar 
3
The Incredibles
Vince Koehler
The show itself runs a little long for an animated feature but finishes in a flurry of special effects that left me dumbfounded Don t miss it folks 
3
The Incredibles
Mike McGranaghan
As one who s ingested a lot of superhero comics books and movies over the years I can attest that this works as a genuine superhero movie not just as a family film 
3.5
The Incredibles
Frank Ochieng
Outrageously funny and imaginative the latest thumping thrill ride in the animation genre A snappy and smart superhero saga that s intriguingly charming in its chaotic mode
3.5
The Incredibles
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film explodes across the screen in a panoply of colors sights and sounds 
4
The Incredibles
James Berardinelli
Exemplary mixture of top notch storytelling visual razzle dazzle accessible humor and involving action 
3.5
The Incredibles
Jeffrey Overstreet
The dream team of Brad Bird and John Lasseter looks poised to defend family entertainment against mediocrity through what we can only hope will be a long running franchise 
4
The Incredibles
Dustin Putman
Boundlessly enjoyable extravagant to look at and a frequent adrenaline rush 
3
The Incredibles
David Keyes
By far the best of the CGI animated films in the Disney canon a wondrous and exciting spectacle that is just as enticing narratively as it is visually 
4
The Incredibles
Aaron Hillis
Even escapist entertainment this clinically zip bam wow should soothe your political burnout 
3.5
The Incredibles
Sean Chavel
Deliriously funny and exciting 
4
The Incredibles
Calvin Wilson
A brilliant satire on modern American life 
3.5
The Incredibles
James Verniere
The best 3 D animated extravaganza since Monsters Inc 
4
The Incredibles
Carla Meyer
The Incredibles the latest animated wonder from Emeryville s Pixar Animation Studios will intrigue adults as well as 7 year olds In fact the adults might be more intrigued 
3
The Incredibles
David Elliott
A real banshee of zip and zoom and often terrific design The Incredibles takes off excitingly whenever it moves fast 
3
The Incredibles
Joe Baltake
An exceptional film in many ways 
3.5
The Incredibles
Pam Grady
A genuine laugh riot 
3.5
The Incredibles
Rene Rodriguez
A visually thrilling experience 
4
The Incredibles
Bob Strauss
An astonishingly smart satire of superheroes James Bond movies and just for fun socially engineered mediocrity 
3.5
The Incredibles
Bruce Westbrook
The Incredibles is so jammed with entertainment that at two hours it s almost too much 
3
The Incredibles
Leah McLaren
Not only is this a rollicking cartoon joy ride for all the little Olivias and Spencers in your life it s a solid film in its own right 
3
The Incredibles
Josh Larsen
Pixar s movies may be completely digital but each one beats with a human heart 
3.5
The Incredibles
Terry Lawson
Another hip but wholesome animated family comedy from Hollywood superhero Pixar 
3
The Incredibles
Jeff Vice
In addition to being riotously funny The Incredibles is also extremely exciting 
4
The Incredibles
Lisa Kennedy
The Incredibles is a zippy visually powerful riff on what happens when a hero feels like a zero 
3
The Incredibles
Lawrence Toppman
Bird has made a traditional action movie full of chases crashes and stunt work 
3.5
The Incredibles
Ty Burr
An emotionally resonant inventively hilarious movie that oddly may be its most family friendly yet 
3.5
The Incredibles
Lou Lumenick
One of the year s most visually dazzling and emotionally satisfying adventures 
4
The Incredibles
Roger Ebert
Here s another example of Pixar s mastery of popular animation 
3.5
The Incredibles
Sean P. Means
A departure for Pixar longer and a bit grittier and created by someone outside the Pixar family But the movie s central elements are pure Pixar 
4
The Incredibles
Jon Niccum
Like Elastigirl Pixar shows it can be pulled in many directions and snap back into shape invariably vanquishing any challenger that stands in the way 
4
The Incredibles
John Beifuss
The film proves there are auteurs even within the army of collaborators medium that is big budget animation 
3.5
The Incredibles
Larry Ratliff
I can t shake the notion that The Incredibles may not be all it might have been It stomps all the expected bases instead of streaking by with daring innovation 
3
The Incredibles
Bob Bloom
Brace yourself for something more sophisticated and adult The Incredibles is not cut from the same touchy feely mold as Toy Story Monsters Inc or Finding Nemo 
3.5
The Incredibles
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Incredibles is the coolest movie ever made It rolls Marvel Comics James Bond and Jonny Quest into the ultimate Saturday morning cartoon sugar buzz 
4
The Incredibles
Erik Childress
I sincerely hope that there s an Incredibles 2 somewhere down the road These characters are too endearing and way too much fun to be left hanging at the end 
4
The Incredibles
Michael A. Smith
Simply put The Incredibles is 
4
The Incredibles
Bruce Newman
Pixar has delivered its first pure action picture while still managing not to lose sight of its preoccupation with family 
3
The Incredibles
Carrie Rickey
A movie with the sweet soul of Toy Story and the boisterous spirit of Spy Kids 
4
The Incredibles
John Anderson
A fun filled foray into animated action fantasy and adventure 
3
The Incredibles
Jeff Strickler
A computer generated animated adventure about retired superheroes blends action humor and even a touch of earnest emotion into a dazzling visual package 
3.5
The Incredibles
David Sterritt
Sharper and smarter than any animation since Shrek 2 
3
The Incredibles
Kit Bowen
The Incredibles eventually captures all the right emotional beats thumping superhero action and poignant moments to make the film well almost incredible 
3.5
The Incredibles
Hanh Nguyen
Incredibles has the hip style and flash of 60s action entertainment complete with a jazzy score 
3.5
The Incredibles
Chris Hewitt
It s not as catchy a title but The Incredibles is more like The Really Goods 
3
The Incredibles
Phoebe Flowers
The expressions on the characters faces are so nuanced and complex you feel like you re watching actual people 
3.5
The Incredibles
Moira MacDonald
Filled with the kind of funny detail that has become a Pixar trademark 
3.5
The Incredibles
Jami Bernard
Everything works in this movie 
3.5
The Incredibles
Duane Dudek
It is not merely amazing it reflects an imagination just as elaborate as the technology it employs 
3.5
The Incredibles
Robert K. Elder
A vivid sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre 
3.5
The Incredibles
Nick Rogers
There is more unexpectedly moving palpable identifiable jeopardy and danger for these animated characters than in much of the recent low rate live action superhero junk 
4
The Incredibles
Willie Waffle
The Incredibles is awesome so get ready for a good time Even the geeks are going to like it 
4
The Incredibles
Peter Travers
While delivering the goods as a rip roaring action adventure and in the process rocketing the art of animation to new heights of imagination humor and wonder director writer Brad Bird has crafted a film that breaks fresh ground and defies fogy rules 
3.5
The Incredibles
Phil Villarreal
The animation is as lush and colorful as usual and a lock for an Oscar nomination for best animated film is as much of a lock as a scorching Arizona summer 
3
The Incredibles
Sean McBride
it s difficult to imagine anyone who won t be thoroughly entertained by this terrific family adventure 
3.5
The Incredibles
Rob Blackwelder
Pixar s first feature to lack the winsome pizzaz that makes for mandatory repeat viewing but will still entertain enough to justify the price of a movie ticket 
2.5
The Incredibles
Walter Chaw
Every great movement begins with one glorious bound over tall buildings or otherwise 
4
The Incredibles
Jeanne Aufmuth
From first frame to last the effects are flawlessly detailed and the design fabulously executed 
3
The Incredibles
Ross Anthony
Strong story and animation excellent dialogue interesting pace dynamics action love and some pretty potent thought nuggets this is entertainment 
4
The Incredibles
Peter Canavese
An epic battle between conformity and exceptionality in The Incredibles which will be catnip for superhero buffs and a great time at the movies for everyone else 
3.5
The Incredibles
Ed Gonzalez
The Incredibles may fight to save the world but they teach us to know thyself 
3
In My Skin
David Nusair
without a single glimpse into what makes Esther tick it s impossible to feel a single thing towards her except apathy 
1.5
In My Skin
John Hartl
Like most stories about addiction it turns into a bit of a bore 
2.5
In My Skin
Robert K. Elder
A spellbinding forceful film that refuses to be ignored 
3
In My Skin
James Verniere
Unwatchable but not uninteresting 
2.5
In My Skin
David Elliott
This gripping or nauseating film has power beyond its ideas 
3.5
In My Skin
Ty Burr
As disquieting a portrait of psychosis as has ever spilled across the screen 
3
In My Skin
C.W. Nevius
A bloody mess 
1
In My Skin
V.A. Musetto
Needless to say In My Skin isn t for everybody It s recommended to viewers who like Esther want to feel something no matter how distasteful 
3
In My Skin
Jami Bernard
If you can get beyond the ick factor there awaits an accomplished movie in the tradition of David Cronenberg in which the body s festering serves as a departure point for an exploration of what makes humans tick 
2.5
In My Skin
Bob Strauss
As her own object of self desire the appropriately toothsome de Van charts Esther s obsessive compulsion with well controlled conviction 
2.5
In My Skin
John Anderson
Not easy but it is thoroughly cinematic and gripping 
3
In My Skin
David Sterritt
Unsparingly perverse and oddly spellbinding 
3
In My Skin
Walter Chaw
Perverse and revelatory it cuts into the underbelly of human behaviour with a mortician s precision 
3.5
In My Skin
Ed Gonzalez
How numb do you have to be in order not to know that you ve seriously injured yourself 
2
Mindhorn
Roger Moore
The second funniest comedy ever filmed on The Isle of Man 46 
3
Dingo
Roger Moore
This mild mannered fantasy makes a sweet spirited love letter to Outback life Paris and the enduring cool of jazz as Miles Davis played it 
2.5
In the Name Of
Farran Smith Nehme
The whole movie suffers from a lack of narrative momentum and a surfeit of wordless shots of men exchanging deep meaningful glances 
2
In the Name Of
Bill Weber
This Polish gay priest tempted drama is almost as confused about the moral quandaries of its characters as they are 
2
You Resemble Me
Joe Friar
Dina Amer s gripping portrait of innocence lost is an amazing and unforgettable film 
4
You Resemble Me
David Nusair
46 46 46 riveting and unexpectedly devastating 46 46 46 
3
You Resemble Me
Ann Hornaday
An extraordinary directorial debut based on actual events in which form and content fuse to discover a new cinematic language 
3.5
You Resemble Me
Christy Lemire
You Resemble Me is at its strongest when it tries to humanize its misunderstood central figure in simple 44 intimate way 46 
2.5
You Resemble Me
Roger Moore
A vivid portrait of the French underclass and one of the best movies to ever make us walk a mile in the shoes of someone we might not be able to identify with 8212 someone radicalized
3.5
The Apartment
Matt Brunson
A screen gem that attained classic status in about as much time as it takes to comb one s hair 
4
The Apartment
David Nusair
a stylish comedy that only grows more and more captivating as time progresses 
4
The Apartment
Wanda Hale
Production and direction wise Wilder sustains his usual excellence But his story is controversial and I am not one of those who can quite see The Apartment as the great comedy drama he evidently intended it to be 
3.5
The Apartment
Scott Nash
Despite some entertaining moments and a terrific performance by its lead it s not a perfect film and does have some problems 
3
The Apartment
James Berardinelli
With tremendous performances by the two leads Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine this is yet another must see title to be found on Wilder s resume 
4
The Apartment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Billy Wilder somehow took a story about infidelity and suicide and made it into a comedy 
3.5
The Apartment
Wesley Lovell
Billy Wilder further enhances his filmic resume with this tender portrayal of a lonely man who may soon get what he deserves Jack Lemmon is terrific 
3.5
The Apartment
Phil Villarreal
Humanism and cleverness age like fine wine even if served with spaghetti strained with a tennis racket 
4
The Apartment
Michael Szymanski
Among the funniest films ever to win a Best Picture this was also risque for its time and perhaps it is today to some 
4
The Apartment
Roger Ebert
There is a melancholy gulf over the holidays between those who have someplace to go and those who do not The Apartment is so affecting partly because of that buried reason 
4
Like a Dirty French Novel
Roger Moore
Unwatchable twaddle 
0
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Verne Gay
Irony wins and Ellen rules Fury has had nothing to do with DeGeneres triumph or enduring appeal 
3
Dying Laughing
Glenn Kenny
Once the movie hits its true stride it s really fascinating 
3
Dying Laughing
J. R. Jones
The movie kicks off poorly with a battery of familiar conceits from big stars 
2
Dying Laughing
Richard Roeper
It s great and it s valuable and it s wonderful because we love seeing and hearing these all time greats talk about what they do with such passion and candor 
3.5
Unarmed Verses
Brad Wheeler
A poignant blossoming 86 minute experience about the power of art among other things 
3
The Wolfman
Mattie Lucas
There are elements here that seem to have been on the right track the visual design and Danny Elfman s score are all excellent but it is all completely mishandled on nearly every conceivable level 
1.5
The Wolfman
Michael Dequina
Like most of director Joe Johnston s work solidly gets the job done as a brisk bloody entertainment 
3
The Wolfman
Jeffrey Westhoff
This moody and violent remake has several terrific moments 
2.5
The Wolfman
David Nusair
suffers from an egregiously deliberate pace that slowly but surely renders its overtly positive attributes moot 
2
The Wolfman
Emily Blunt
What fun Lighten up and enjoy The Universal monster film is back 
3
The Wolfman
James Kendrick
works hard to honor the B movie legacy on whose shoulders it stands while also elaborating and expanding the mythology
3
The Wolfman
John Beifuss
Journeyman director Joe Johnston has crafted a generally effective if inconsequential monster movie highlighted by Rick Baker s beautifully rendered makeup effects and designs 
3
The Wolfman
Maddy Myers
Horror fans won t be impressed by The Wolfman s crude editing romance fans will feel unfulfilled 
2
The Wolfman
Walter Chaw
Gloriously exuberantly awful 
3
The Wolfman
Michael Smith
The 2010 version is a creature of its time unfortunately It has little idea how to create tension a liability that director Joe Johnston conceals with a high gross out factor 
2
The Wolfman
Mike Scott
I ll give it a star and a half but only because I m too professional to give it a full moon 
1.5
The Wolfman
Christian Toto
There s never a silver bullet around when you need to put a lame monster reboot out of its misery 
2
The Wolfman
Matt Brunson
As for Hopkins he s clearly indifferent to the whole project and one suspects his eyes kept darting back and forth between the dopey script in one hand and the hefty paycheck in the other as he mulled over whether to accept the part 
1.5
The Wolfman
Mike McGranaghan
The fundamental problem with the film is that it doesn t know whether it wants to be old fashioned or cutting edge 
2.5
The Wolfman
Robert W. Butler
Features Oscar winners Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins at their most take the money and run uninspired That the film is set in the 1890s didn t prevent these two from phoning in their performances 
2
The Wolfman
John DeVore
Unfortunately there is too much man and not enough wolf 
2.5
The Wolfman
Amy Biancolli
Actors fulminate and masticate spit scowl and sob what a gas it is to watch them overact with joy and conviction 
2.5
The Wolfman
James Adams
An ill considered utterly unnecessary remake 
2
The Wolfman
Lisa Kennedy
Anthony Hopkins portrays Sir John Talbot Benicio Del Toro is prodigal son Lawrence That s a great deal of acting sinew for an oddly anemic outing 
2.5
The Wolfman
John Wirt
An embarrassment to Universal s horror legacy 
1.5
The Wolfman
Steven D. Greydanus
What does it say about The Wolfman that its token cleric is vastly less interesting than his broadly comic counterpart in Wallace Gromit Curse of the Were Rabbit 
2
The Wolfman
Sonny Bunch
The Wolfman more closely resembles a slasher flick with an A list cast than the Universal horror cycle that it derives from 
2
The Wolfman
Dustin Putman
Glacial in tone sluggish in pace and lifeless in performance the film is a dreary uninteresting dullard 
1.5
The Wolfman
Rick Warner
While it s sleeker and more sophisticated than the Chaney version this new Wolfman isn t any scarier 
1.5
The Wolfman
Kyle Smith
Like buffalo meat The Wolfman is a little too lean for its own good 
2.5
The Wolfman
James Berardinelli
The root problem with The Wolfman is that it s a hybrid It tries to fuse the gothic storytelling of the original with the violence and gore associated with modern horror 
2
The Wolfman
Bruce DeMara
This Wolfman is a howler but not in a good way 
2
The Wolfman
Chris Hewitt
It makes for a weird mishmash of macabre comedy goopy romance grisly violence psychodrama and a movie in which individual scenes work even if they do not work together 
2
The Wolfman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even when things became so silly I should have laughed the director had my so firmly ensconced within his hairy paw I was willing to go just about anywhere he wanted to take me 
3.5
The Wolfman
Kit Bowen
While this Wolfman redo certainly doesn t live up to its 1941 predecessor it serves its purpose That is if you like a somewhat dull Gothic story that only gets exciting once the guy grows hair and big teeth 
2
The Wolfman
Mark Dujsik
Might have been more crudely entertaining if so many people involved didn t try so hard to make it about more than werewolves running free 
2.5
The Wolfman
Michael A. Smith
The Wolfman is not only a roller coaster ride of horror but a fitting and worthy tribute to the original 
4
The Wolfman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfortunately the gore is now the most exciting part the other stuff somehow just lies there without ever inviting us in 
2.5
The Wolfman
Peter Travers
The Wolfman bites but not I think in the way the filmmakers intended 
1.5
The Wolfman
Cathy Jakicic
Hopkins is in his element and as usual incredibly fun to watch He s a bit heftier than Hannibal Lecter but the dangerous twinkle is still there 
3
The Wolfman
Stephen Whitty
The Wolfman is hardly O Neill but it always had subtexts of alpha male dominance sexual repression compulsive behavior and father son feuds Johnston runs so fast away from all of it you d think it was wolfsbane 
2.5
The Wolfman
Jeff Vice
Del Toro s Lawrence isn t that interesting or that sympathetic and the estranged father son dynamic that s introduced doesn t work 
2
The Wolfman
Ty Burr
A misty moody Saturday matinee monster chiller horror special that hits the same sweet spot for moviegoers of a certain age cough as those snap together Frankenstein model kits from the late 1960s 
2.5
The Wolfman
Joe Holleman
Neither scary enough to be exciting nor campy enough to be amusing 
2
The Wolfman
Joe Lozito
This been there mauled that monster movie gets points for being loud and rather bloody but it still hasn t found a way to make werewolves interesting 
2
The Wolfman
Michael Phillips
The Wolfman constitutes a pleasant surprise if pleasant can be used to describe a brooding 100 million plus diversion with this many beheadings and eviscerations 
3
The Wolfman
Roger Ebert
In any event The Wolfman makes a satisfactory date movie for Valentine s Day which is more than can be said for Valentine s Day 
2.5
The Wolfman
Josh Larsen
I never would have guessed that I would say this but The Wolfman could have benefited from less Del Toro and more CGI 
2
The Wolfman
Steven Snyder
You know a horror film s in trouble when the morning after scene is more satisfying than the night before 
1.5
The Wolfman
Ed Gonzalez
Would that Joe Johnston s The Wolfman were spectacularly awful then it would have been at least a fun time at the movies 
.5
The Wolfman
Roger Moore
Del Toro gives his least mumbly performance in years Blunt provides the film with a little heart and Hopkins delivers the laughs 
2.5
The Debt
Brian Eggert
Given the cast 44 setting 44 and heavy themes involved 44 one could hardly be blamed for expecting more 46 
2.5
The Debt
Matt Brunson
Not just anybody can convincingly play the great Helen Mirren as a young woman but Jessica Chastain pulls it off without breaking stride 
3
The Debt
Kelly Jane Torrance
A film like this must rely not just on pacing but on performances which is where The Debt really shines 
3.5
The Debt
Roger Moore
What really dazzles here are the action beats the getaway gone wrong the shocking moments of violence 
3
The Debt
Jeff Beck
If you were looking for a thrilling and immersing story of bravery based on the synopsis of the film sadly you won t find it here 
2.5
The Debt
Michael Dequina
Deftly balances genre demands with character driven drama 
3
The Debt
Linda Cook
Spy stories can pack a powerful punch if the motive is right And that is exactly the case in this well wrought thriller based on Ha Hov which opened the 2010 Jewish Film Series in the Quad Cities The American version is nearly as compelling 
3
The Debt
Walter Chaw
Palliative Care The Movie Now that s entertainment 
0.5
The Debt
Mike Scott
It s marked by fine performances from a great cast but it s hard to escape the fact that The Debt takes itself very very seriously to its own detriment 
2.5
The Debt
Jordan Hiller
The Debt for all its heart stopping power and subject matter gravitas is not without its fair share of cliché 
2
The Debt
Eric Melin
The final reveal is unintentionally hilarious and ruins everything the film had worked towards The acting is good across the board but only half of The Debt works like it s supposed to 
2
The Debt
Robert Levin
A painstakingly old fashioned drama that s far more interested in the nuances of human behavior than exploitation or pyrotechnics 
3.5
The Debt
Keith Cohen
Christensen s performance rises to the level of the Academy Award winning Besides the splendid acting and the riveting story the movie s other strengths include the fight choreography and an original musical score by composer Thomas Newman 
3
The Debt
John Beifuss
The problem I have with this movie is that it suggests a sort of moral equivalency between the sins of the Mossad cover up and the sins of the Nazi Vogel This is not just specious but offensive 
2
The Debt
Scott Nash
Jessica Chastain is officially at the top of my new actresses to watch list 
3.5
The Debt
Alissa Wilkinson
Based on an acclaimed Israeli film from 2007 this mostly retains the feeling of a foreign thriller without succumbing to aggressive Hollywoodization 
3
The Debt
Matt Soergel
It gets great use out of its mid 60s East Berlin setting with its paranoia and cold streets and dinky little cars That s always great stuff 
3
The Debt
Rick Groen
The direction and performances remain as solid as ever but they re both growing obscured by the top heavy plot 
2.5
The Debt
Lawrence Toppman
A small gem stuck on the shelf for more than a year pops out in the days of summer usually associated with dogs 
3
The Debt
John DeFore
The Debt roots itself in reality more plausibly than most contemporary spy films without sacrificing the genre s tense thrills 
3
The Debt
Christian Toto
Smart thrilling and morally complex not much more you can ask of The Debt
3.5
The Debt
Moira MacDonald
Helen Mirren pulls off the impressive trick of dominating the movie even while she s absent for huge chunks of its running time 
3
The Debt
Kyle Smith
Awkwardly marrying Munich style moral conundrums with cheesy Robert Ludlum stylings the slow paced thriller The Debt never pays off 
1.5
The Debt
Glenn Lovell
two riveting thrillers for the price of one as well orchestrated in spots as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Black Sunday easily Madden s best film since Shakespeare in Love 
4
The Debt
Willie Waffle
Jessica Chastain is captivating in all of the right ways 
3
The Debt
Peter Canavese
Boils down to the importance of facing up to what one can and can t live with and taking action to set matters right audiences will be able to recognize the secret agency in their own lives and the folly of living lies 
3
The Debt
Jon Niccum
The Debt is particularly memorable for an original jaw dropping plot twist 
3
The Debt
Peter Travers
A Nazi hunting thriller deepens into a meditation on conscience in The Debt a movie that holds you in its grip 
2.5
The Debt
Michael Phillips
The cast does what it can in the service of this assignment But some jobs simply resist satisfying completion 
2
The Debt
Chris Hewitt
A smart gripping melodrama 
3
The Debt
Stephen Whitty
An excellent international spy thriller wrapped up in an only fair mystery 
3
The Debt
Peg Aloi
The story itself sometimes feels implausible and overwrought but the film s taut pacing and artful editing make for a chilling and satisfying spy drama 
2.5
The Debt
Claudia Puig
The film analyzes the implications of heroism and its burdensome weight It also explores the haunting toll that comes with burying the truth 
3
The Debt
Mick LaSalle
It is an exciting movie full of crises and dramatic turns despite an aura of sadness that seems to pervade it 
3
The Debt
Roger Ebert
The architecture of The Debt has an unfortunate flaw The younger versions of the characters have scenes that are intrinsically more exciting but the actors playing the older versions are more interesting 
2.5
The Debt
Mark Dujsik
Serves as a fine enough outline of its events but lacks any genuine depth of ideas or characterization 
2
The Debt
Dustin Putman
A lukewarm thriller without the depth impact or meaning one expects from an Oscar contender 
2
The Debt
Graham Killeen
Matthew Vaughn whose X Men First Class was similarly groovy co wrote and produced The Debt and director John Madden takes a shot at Vaughn s action a go go look 
3
The Debt
Calvin Wilson
The Debt eventually settles into a predictable groove that slightly undercuts its impact Still it s a film of ambition and substance 
3
The Debt
Linda Barnard
Relentlessly paced and artfully lensed and constructed it s a first rate thriller that explores loyalty duty to country and self and the price of deception with skill and razor sharp precision 
3.5
The Debt
Steven Rea
What the three pairs of actors lack in semblance or resemblance they make up for to a great extent in their performances 
3
The Debt
James Berardinelli
The Debt functions both as an edge of the seat thriller and an effective drama about the sometimes passionate sometimes contentious relationships among the three main characters 
3
The Debt
Christy Lemire
As it jumps back and forth in time The Debt explores the conflict between expectations and reality intellect and emotions truth and regret 
3
The Debt
Ty Burr
The film s a potboiler but a gripping one and it leaves you chewing on both its nuances and implausibilities 
3
The Debt
Matt Pais
A far fetched ending confuses the need to tell the truth for others sake with the act of covering your own ass and clearing your conscience 
2.5
The Debt
Nick Schager
In terms of suspense The Debt is an efficiently gritty saga as workmanlike in its mood and pacing as its aesthetics are suitably gray and grim 
2.5
The Debt
Christopher Lloyd
No The Debt is not worthy of any Oscar talk and the last third or so wades into a tar pit of melodrama which bogs down the narrative But the film never failed to engage me and I am the better for having seen it 
3
The Debt
David Nusair
a solid little thriller 
2.5
Roadracers
Michael Dequina
A trifle but a fun and engaging one at that 
3
Shalako
Roger Ebert
Edward Dmytryk s Shalako is a disappointment from this veteran action director whose recent Anzio was a cut above most war epics 
2
Thank You Come Again
Paul Whitington
Well sort of nothing much happens in this film which was made for half nothing and is full of giddily overwritten scenes involving eccentric customers and a confession box sequence that feels like bad Dave Allen 
2
Precious Cargo
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult to recall a more inept and uninvolving actioner than Precious Cargo 
1
Precious Cargo
Brad Wheeler
Precious Cargo is a rip off and a rerun 
1
Precious Cargo
Peter Howell
This lazily directed and sloppily written heist non thriller unspools like one of those amusement park distractions where tourists play at being in a movie 
1
Precious Cargo
Chris Knight
Suggests a team trying desperately to crack the formula to create a good movie So far they ve got the movie part down pat 
1
Precious Cargo
Peter Sobczynski
You will be hard pressed to remember anything about it even only a few minutes after watching it which should come as a relief to everyone involved with its production 
1
Frankie and Johnny
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sometimes Elvis Presley s movies are campy fun but sometimes as with Frankie and Johnny they are lazy and dire barely even able to muster anything ridiculous let alone anything good 
1
Second Act
Steven Prokopy
In a true Christmas miracle everything about Second Act the new Jennifer Lopez film manages to scream that it s both trying too hard and not trying hard enough 
1.5
Second Act
David Nusair
perpetually affable if awfully conventional 
3
Second Act
Matt Brunson
For a movie that imagines itself as a smart seriocomedy Second Act can be awfully dumb 
2
Second Act
Michael Phillips
Here s the quickie review Good cast nearly hopeless script 
2
Second Act
Linda Cook
Give romantic comedies a second chance with Second Act 
3
Second Act
Frank Ochieng
Didn t fluffy minded workplace rom coms lose their luster in the late 1980 s Another Jennifer Lopez marshmallow vehicle Contrived patchy and meandering Second Act cannot solve the lingering mystery behind J Lo s penchant for queasy comedy romances
1.5
Second Act
Toni Gonzales
Perhaps the brightest and best bit is the chemistry between Lopez and Remini 
2.5
Second Act
Roger Moore
I didn t care for it and you might not either But your mom will
1.5
Second Act
Chandler Levack
The film feels as finely tailored to J Lo as the booty enhancing pencil skirts she wears throughout the movie Second Act s Maya from Queens is our Jenny from the Block 
3
Second Act
Richard Roeper
So much of the humor and so many of the situations in Second Act feel like warmed over Second Helpings of a dinner from long ago A dinner that wasn t all that memorable in the first place 
2
Second Act
Nell Minow
Even the boundless charms of Jennifer Lopez cannot overcome a mess of a script in Second Act 
2
Second Act
Max Weiss
In Second Act Jennifer Lopez is mostly let down by her script I still think she can be a bankable romcom star but she needs to find a film that allows her and her audience to finally grow up 
2
Second Act
Robert Horton
An excellent commercial for J Lo s upcoming beauty care line 
2.5
Second Act
Rob Thomas
Peter Sagal s film itself takes a second try about halfway through It almost entirely forgets about its own workplace comic premise and tries to reinvent itself with a plot twist that is truly bizarre as a weepy melodrama 
2
Second Act
Derek Smith
A blatantly telegraphed mid film twist helps turn Second Act into one of the strangest and most misguided rom coms of any year 
2
Second Act
Mark Dujsik
The title might as well serve as a warning for when this movie goes off the rails 
1.5
Second Act
Moira MacDonald
It s a pleasant enough diversion helped along immensely by Lopez s warm screen presence and by a first rate Sassy Best Friend performance by Leah Remini 
2.5
Second Act
Rex Reed
Second Act has nothing to recommend it even as a temporary refuge from traffic gridlock 
0
Second Act
Rafer Guzman
Lopez still has her magic touch but this semiromantic comedy doesn t do her justice 
2
Second Act
Robert Daniels
Second Act should invite a script burning party 
0
Second Act
Mick LaSalle
To accept Second Act in the spirit in which it s given is to admit that as a conveyor belt for delivering Jennifer Lopez it s not bad 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Brian Eggert
Whimsical disgusting beautiful disturbing and evocative Perfume The Story of a Murderer conjures all manner of responses 
4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
David Keyes
I despise this movie more or less for the promises it squanders 
1
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
James Sanford
Tykwer squeezes every possible drop of melodramatic beauty out of this material But the gorgeous visuals aren t enough to keep the drama from occasionally degenerating into beautifully produced hokum 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Marty Mapes
We want to root for him but he is more of a villain The dichotomy is savory 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Carrie Rickey
Tykwer loses his cinematic grip when he tries to blend murder and piety In his hands the two don t emulsify 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Matt Brunson
Unpleasant yet intriguing Perfume isn t exactly a breath of fresh air it s more like having smelling salts applied to one s cinematic experience 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perfume has great moments of beauty and of audacity 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Rene Rodriguez
Perfume The Story of a Murderer never tries to make Jean Baptiste sympathetic but he s not rendered monstrous either He just is a victim of a passion larger and more powerful than any one man can handle 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Peter Howell
The filmmakers render a portrait of Paris that both delights and overwhelms the senses This is a movie where eyes turn into noses which may run at the many ghastly sights presented 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Moira MacDonald
Tykwer best known for the ultramodern chase movie Run Lola Run would seem an unusual choice for a period film but he infuses the sometimes stately story with vigor though well past two and a half hours it never feels long 
3.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Bruce Newman
The movie talks suggestively about smells but can t quite find a way to bring them to life so director Tom Tykwer uses images to rub our noses in as many disgusting things as he can 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Mick LaSalle
The movie is lost Whishaw succeeds in making the repulsive protagonist thoroughly repulsive which is probably a testimony to his acting ability But it doesn t make it anything worth watching 
1
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Paul Doro
Perfume is not gratuitously violent nor does it focus on the act of murder itself There are numerous suspenseful and creepy scenes showing Jean Baptiste at work but primarily the movie is the study of a troubled human being 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Amy Biancolli
Lush visuals and lusty rhapsodic language bring Perfume as close as cinematically possible to capturing an elusive sense 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jennie Punter
Perfume a fast paced allegorical tale about the pursuit of perfection may fill the senses for its duration but without a discernible psychological essence it does not linger for long 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Terry Lawson
Director Tom Tykwer can be commended for capturing so much of the book s mélange of pleasure pain and longing for the impossible in Perfume which is at least the most elegant movie yet made about the exploits of a serial killer 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Lisa Kennedy
So rich is the book s language about our scented world it was difficult to imagine a movie capturing the texture of its remarkable and elusive character Yet Tykwer and his crew make pungent work of Grenouille s world 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Lawrence Toppman
Most horror movies try to show us the man inside the monster Perfume The Story of a Murderer shows us a man who is all monster whose colossal amorality makes him a potential Messiah or menace to humanity 
3.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Ty Burr
The director stays true to the source novel even when it lifts into a magical realism that works only on the page and his faithfulness betrays him Perfume is a thriller that Hobbes might have envied 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Peter Canavese
By the time the mad finale rolls around the viewer will feel had for Perfume grasps for significance where there is none to be found 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Sean P. Means
There s something radiating out from Whishaw s cipher of a performance smelly at the core of Perfume that no amount of artifice can cover up 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Tyler Hanley
Director Tom Tykwer s creative style of storytelling makes Perfume a compelling view but a depraved protagonist and distasteful plot give the film an overall foul odor 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jeffrey Westhoff
It is refreshing to see Rickman in a heroic role but everything else about this overripe travesty reeks to high heaven 
1.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
John Beifuss
An extremely ambitious and spectacularly produced thriller indebted to the 1960s tradition of the giallo 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Roger Ebert
It ventures so fearlessly down one limited terrifying seductive dead end and finds there a solution both sublime and horrifying It took imagination to tell it courage to film it thought to act it and from the audience it requires a brave curiosity 
4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Willie Waffle
Starts off on the wrong foot with the wrong tone then keeps stumbling and bumbling its way to a climax half the people who buy tickets will never see because they will walk out in frustration or disbelief 
0
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jeff Vice
Cinematically the novel s concept comes off as laughably ludicrous And the unconvincing period trappings and performances in this adaptation certainly don t help 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Chris Hewitt
No movie has ever engaged me quite the way Perfume did casting a spell during that first half hour that lasted until I left the theater 
3.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Michael Phillips
A film can reek equally of fine craftsmanship and piping hot dung and the proof s in Perfume The Story of a Murderer 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Phoebe Flowers
It s rare to encounter a movie as aggressive in its ridiculousness as Perfume The Story of a Murderer So credit where credit is due This is an extremely ambitious terrible film 
.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Thomas Delapa
Call him Jack the Sniffer 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Dustin Putman
Difficult to resist even when its allure is only surface deep 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
James Berardinelli
Perfume is a challenging motion picture and one whose impressions are not easily shaken 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jim Hemphill
The emotional void at the film s center grows larger and larger until in the movie s penultimate scene even a depiction of graphic mass sexuality fails to be particularly exciting or interesting 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Wade Major
There is Oscar caliber work at almost all levels here beginning with the exceptional adaptation by Tykwer 
4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is no easy way to summarize what goes on in this picture The only thing to really say is that it is indeed magnificent a luridly carnal exercise in obsession and love that s as fascinating as the day is long 
3.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Claudia Puig
Stunningly rendered disturbing to watch perverse and ultimately emotionally hollow 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Maitland McDonagh
The film though admirably ambitious is resolutely earthbound mired in ick and slime and never more wooden than in the delirious climax 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jack Mathews
The movie does tease and torment the olfactory nerve in ways Estée Lauder never dreamed of 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Lou Lumenick
This unusual film holds interest for 2 1 2 hours and is so visually vivid you can practically smell many of the scenes 
3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jan Stuart
Perfume may be one of the most sumptuous serial killer movies of all time Between those tumultuous opening passages and a stunner of a climax however it s also a bit of a drag 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Erik Childress
You could be stuffing quantities of chocolate oysters and arugula while watching the playmate of the month down carrots and bananas and you re still unlikely to be fooled by the supposed power of this Perfume 
2.5
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Ed Gonzalez
Tom Tykwer s Perfume stinks 
2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Mark Dujsik
The movie version feels forced even though it doesn t seem to know what it means 
2
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Michael Dequina
A rather run of the mill costume drama 
2
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Greg Dean Schmitz
Most of the performances seem a bit thin and miscast inspiring me to wonder what this film might ve been like with different actors 
2
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Jonathan Foreman
Beautifully shot and often moving 
3
Trespassers
Sara Michelle Fetters
It passes the time and not much more than that 
2
Trespassers
Joey Magidson
Deshon and Oblowitz spend enough time giving you an idea about all four of our main characters so when the body count starts you actually care a bit 
3
Trespassers
Simon Abrams
It s got some machete and gun related violence a couple of leering masked killers and a little rough sex but that s about it 
1
Trespassers
Mark Dujsik
T he second act of Trespassers suggests the potential of a genre challenging parable only for the movie to embrace the obvious and the cruel 
1.5
Trespassers
Walter Chaw
The kills when they come are inventive and disgusting but the afterimage is the movie s absolute empathy with its women protagonists 
3
The Fringe Dwellers
Roger Ebert
A gentle and powerful new movie by Bruce Beresford 
3.5
Alien Trespass
Wesley Lovell
Not nearly as awful as it could have been it at least knows that it s cheesy which makes it more fun 
2.5
Alien Trespass
Sara Michelle Fetters
The simple fact is that this movie kind of drove me nuts and the only emotion it consistently brought out of me was an almost overwhelming desire for the darn thing to come to an end 
2
Alien Trespass
Frank Ochieng
gently wacky Although breezy and sketchy on the easy laughs at times Alien Trespass does promise to entertain for the sole purpose of its campy off kilter makeup 
2.5
Alien Trespass
Steve Rhodes
While it never rises to the level of Galaxy Quest my gold standard for funny sci fi films Alien Trespass consistently delights and amuses 
3
Alien Trespass
Stephen Whitty
It s a satire without laughs a parody without punch lines a careful copy that replicates everything except the original s life 
1.5
Alien Trespass
Peter Hartlaub
How much you enjoy this strange picture depends on two things Your appreciation of the genre that is being feted here and the enthusiasm of the audience that you view it with 
3
Alien Trespass
Chris Hewitt
Alien Trespass is an intriguing experiment and I admire its craftsmanship 
2.5
Alien Trespass
Claudia Puig
Alien Trespass which opens Friday on the heels of the witty Monsters vs Aliens feels like an also ran 
2
Alien Trespass
John Hartl
Bewildered You won t be alone 
2
Alien Trespass
Jackie Loohauis
To see how Alien Trespass might have been done rent The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra with its puppet monster on visible strings its dime store sets and its dreadful artificial dialogue 
2
Alien Trespass
Ty Burr
Alien Trespass could be the latest bulletin from Mystery Science Theatre 3000 except that we re the silhouetted heads and the filmmakers are sitting right there next to us 
3
Alien Trespass
Steven Rea
At a certain point you find yourself thinking why not watch the real It Came From Outer Space instead of this mildly amusing replica 
2.5
Alien Trespass
Joe Williams
Alien Trespass earns some style points but the substance is Dullsville 
2.5
Alien Trespass
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie more suited to ComicCon or the World Science Fiction Convention than to your neighborhood multiplex 
2
Alien Trespass
Robert Levin
The movie is a curiosity to be sure but one fostered by an enjoyably nostalgic spirit 
3
Alien Trespass
Andrew Schenker
A pastiche of 50s sci fi cheapies whose ambitions seem limited to providing some light entertainment for genre geeks 
1.5
Closing Escrow
Maitland McDonagh
While far from the cream of the mockumentary crop it s still a pleasant diversion 
2.5
Closing Escrow
David Wiegand
The film would have worked better if it had stuck more closely to real estate as both the source and target of the satire 
2
Closing Escrow
Jack Mathews
If you can watch it without weeping over your own predicament you ll see some serious talent bursting out 
3
Sister's Keeper
Michael Dequina
While made on a modest budget this slick satisfying action drama more than stands up to a number of similar big studio efforts 
3.5
U-571
Peter Canavese
Both a rousing action thriller and near parody of the rah rah American military adventures that filled screens in the 40s and 50s Blu Ray 
2.5
U-571
Joe Lozito
The film needs something more to make it interesting and different 
2
U-571
Margaret A. McGurk
A well crafted old fashioned war movie 
3.5
U-571
Marty Mapes
When it s good U 571 is tense and action packed But it s not good often enough or for long enough to distract you from its problems 
2
U-571
Mick LaSalle
If watching a two hour submarine movie is this nerve shattering imagine what the real thing must have been like 
4
U-571
James Kendrick
an engaging action story
3
U-571
James Berardinelli
Despite its weaknesses this movie offers two hours of solid kinetic entertainment 
3
U-571
Mike Clark
Script characterizations so shallow that even a lead actor as dull as Matthew McConaughey can t be blamed very much 
2
U-571
Bob Bloom
In its own corny way it is a fun outing 
2
U-571
Jorge Avila Andrade
A pesar de sus debilidades nos presenta dos horas de entretenimiento al ms alto nivel
3
U-571
Jonathan Foreman
An old fashioned blockbuster 
3
U-571
Shay Casey
I didn t gain any great insights from U 571 but I had a blast watching it 
3
U-571
Steve Rhodes
After the movie finds its sea legs you won t have time to catch your breath 
1.5
U-571
Rob Blackwelder
It s the adventure that counts here and this movie has it in spades 
2.5
U-571
Roger Ebert
You can enjoy U 571 as a big dumb war movie without a brain in its head But that doesn t stop it from looking cheesy 
2
U-571
David Sterritt
A sturdy specimen of its waterlogged breed 
3
U-571
Susan Stark
Plays like a third rate disaster movie and an assaultively noisy one at that 
1
U-571
Madeleine Williams
This is one sub that deserves to sink 
1.5
U-571
Emily Blunt
High drama and intensity through out 
3
U-571
Tor Thorsen
A thrill ride of the first rank 
3
The World of Henry Orient
Matt Brunson
A memorable picture in which youthful exuberance believably gives way to the bracing pain of parental betrayal and dashed expectations 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Moira MacDonald
A great big Bollywood musical complete with song and dance and doomed love triangles and elegantly photographed men playing cricket And it s terrific fun in a way that only great big musical fantasies can be 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Phil Villarreal
So fascinating you may not notice how much time has passed when the credits finally roll 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Jeff Vice
There s no denying that when this film is good it s very good 
2.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Monica Eng
After having seen this Cinemascope extravaganza in a theater on DVD and video I still think the big screen experience is worth it 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Joe Baltake
The most deliriously entertaining movie of the summer 
4
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Walter Chaw
Two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres more s the pity 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
David Elliott
There is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew 
2
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Roger Ebert
An enormously entertaining movie like nothing we ve ever seen before and yet completely familiar 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Crackerjack entertainment nonstop romance music suspense and action 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Edward Guthmann
A rippingly good old fashioned movie epic that takes the best of Bollywood cinema and elevates it for an international audience 
4
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Susan Stark
A one stop shopping experience in the cinema of the subcontinent 
2
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
John Monaghan
An old fashioned crowd pleaser that charms you into forgiving any of its shortcomings 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Rob Blackwelder
I have a new favorite musical and I m not even a fan of the genre
4
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Glenn Lovell
If you haven t sampled India s indigenous cinema this is a great place to begin 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Mary F. Pols
It s not so much a movie as an experience an exhilarating dip into different cultural waters to a place where lovers actually call each other beloved and no one laughs 
4
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Michael Dequina
About as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Aseem Chhabra
Manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Glenn Whipp
Provides an entertainingly accessible introduction into the world of the Bollywood musical 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ken Fox
Unbeatable entertainment from India and proof that the often derided Bollywood film industry is entirely capable of beating Hollywood at its own game 
4
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
John Anderson
In some ways Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood Except it s much much better 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Jonathan Foreman
If you can swallow its absurdities and crudities Lagaan really is enormously good fun 
2.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ed Gonzalez
There s back stabbing inter racial desire and most importantly singing and dancing 
2.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Harvey S. Karten
A gorgeous high spirited musical from India that exquisitely blends music dance song and high drama 
3.5
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Jeremy Heilman
Typifies the pros and cons of the films that India churns out 
3
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Robert Roten
It will teach you more than you ever wanted to know about cricket and there s something of spirit of India in it as well 
3
Fourplay
Matt Pais
Don t look don t touch don t anything 
1
Queens Logic
Roger Ebert
How true is Queens Logic to Queens reality I suspect the movie owes more to the tradition of the coming of middle age film than it does to specific Queens details 
2.5
Newsies
Christy Lemire
It s extremely earnest and more than a little corny but there s an innocence about it that makes it kinda irresistible 
2.5
Newsies
Josh Larsen
manages some acrobatic dance numbers but they seem oddly confined by the camera s frame 
1
Newsies
John Hartl
Bale and Menken are literally what make the movie sing 
3.5
Newsies
Carrie Rickey
Despite Newsies many flaws it s bracing to see Disney attempt a PG movie about something as meaty as labor relations Would that every strike be resolved with so little bloodshed and so many songs 
2.5
Newsies
Stephen Hunter
Newsies is a live action musical but it s only barely alive Call it Snoozies 
2
Newsies
Gene Siskel
An old fashioned musical that is better when its characters sing and dance than when they talk 
3
Newsies
Dave Kehr
Though the cast is large no interesting or even moderately well rounded personalities emerge from it and no compelling relationships emerge between the characters 
2
Newsies
Matt Brunson
As a drama it features potent material But by presenting this as a musical all hope is lost thanks to imminently forgettable tunes and the casting of actors who can t sing 
2
Newsies
James Berardinelli
It s a bit of a throwback and a solid family film and at the time represented a well intentioned leap of faith of the sort that studios rarely take 
3
Newsies
Walter Chaw
If the crick in my neck is any indication I watched Kenny Ortega s Newsies like a dog hears a new sound Most probably my eyebrow was also arched 
1.5
Newsies
Roger Ebert
Although the material does indeed involve young protagonists no effort is made to show their lives in a way today s kids can identify with This movie must seem as odd to them as a foreign film 
1.5
Newsies
Chris Hicks
If there were 10 other musicals in the past few years for comparison I m not sure where Newsies would place But as it is this is the only game in town and it s quite entertaining most of the way 
3
The Lucky Ones
Austin Kennedy
It feels like the writers were trying for dialogue that sounded natural and improvisational Instead it feels scripted and rehearsed It s all phony balony 
1.5
The Lucky Ones
John Beifuss
The direction is functional workmanlike Burger never steals the spotlight from his characters 
3
The Lucky Ones
David Nusair
benefits substantially from the strength and charisma of its three leads 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Sean P. Means
Based on the evidence here director co writer Neil Burger may be the last American who s ambivalent about the Iraq War and his movie suffers for it 
2
The Lucky Ones
Rob Thomas
While their circumstances may be forced the three characters feel like real complex likable people That s a real rarity in a film about veterans no matter what the ideology is 
3
The Lucky Ones
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are so many little touches so many delicate nuances that constantly amaze and inspire that by the time it was over I almost didn t want their story to come to an end 
3.5
The Lucky Ones
Claudia Puig
This is not the worst of the Iraq themed movies of the past few years and it s possibly the best acted of any of them But you wish the bonding of these three people wasn t diluted by the trite scenarios and artificial circumstances of their saga 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Ken Fox
The dialogue is often sharp and funny and the performances nicely pitched 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Linda Barnard
As they hit the road the scenes play out like TV sitcom vignettes with little holding the centre together We find out details about the characters lives but never feel we know them 
2
The Lucky Ones
Chris Hewitt
Each secret is more implausible than the last 
1
The Lucky Ones
John Hartl
McAdams and Pea are affectingly vulnerable while Robbins convinces as a family man with strong paternal instincts 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Peter Hartlaub
The Lucky Ones has plenty of heart and courage If it only had a brain 
2
The Lucky Ones
Stephen Whitty
It gets so preoccupied with all the local color and colorful locals that it forgets about the people on this journey or their ultimate destination 
2
The Lucky Ones
Kyle Smith
Cheap ignorant tone deaf and condescending 
1
The Lucky Ones
Christy DeSmith
Its lack of emotional thrust doesn t inspire the viewer to feel one way or another 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Rick Groen
It s all merely unbelievable 
2
The Lucky Ones
Lisa Kennedy
The chemistry between the three soldiers is strong but their journey rings hollow 
2
The Lucky Ones
Michael Sragow
What gives these episodes cumulative impact is the group portrait that emerges of a well meaning country in a state of drift 
3
The Lucky Ones
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Of its genre it s uncommonly good and it s also the cheeriest movie about Iraq war vets I ve yet seen 
3
The Lucky Ones
Steven D. Greydanus
After running through some pretty contrived paces for much of its running time The Lucky Ones has some surprises in the last act that ultimately make it more satisfying than it might have been 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Erik Childress
With one head gnawing plot contrivance after another it may think it s the wacky Iraq version of Easy Rider but is more like this year s Around the Bend or Diamonds 
0
The Lucky Ones
Josh Larsen
Moments of real trauma are interrupted with sitcom wackiness all of it connected by a terribly hokey musical score 
2
The Lucky Ones
Duane Dudek
In the same way much conventional wisdom about the war is half baked The Lucky Ones is awash in stereotypes and generalities 
2
The Lucky Ones
Steven Rea
If a couple of the plot devices seem contrived The Lucky Ones makes up for them with sharp heartfelt performances and a deceptively easygoing narrative style 
3
The Lucky Ones
Rafer Guzman
A thoughtful study on the way foreign wars can reverberate here at home 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Roger Ebert
This formula is fraught with pitfalls but the characters and the actors redeem it with a surprising emotional impact 
3
The Lucky Ones
James Berardinelli
It isn t unpleasant to spend two hours with these three soldiers although it might have been more enjoyable to spend the time getting to know them rather than force feeding them artificial road bumps 
2.5
The Lucky Ones
Nick Schager
Sometimes however empty contrived fantasies are just empty contrived fantasies as is certainly the case with this embarrassingly phony cross between Grace Is Gone Home of the Brave and believe it or not Twister 
1
A Fall From Grace
James Kendrick
starts out as an effective domestic thriller but soon devolves into illogic and canned suspense
2
The Elementary School
Roger Ebert
The Elementary School a warm hearted movie and it has its moments of comic inspiration but it s too rambling and unwound 
2
Shade
Rene Rodriguez
A failure on every conceivable level from its trite pedestrian dialogue to its static torturous pacing 
1
Shade
Erik Childress
Audiences are or should be too keen on the con genre for filmmakers to keep expecting wide eyed reactions on twist after twist but this is a pretty decent one and outside of Mamet it s not often something you should expect 
2.5
The Expendables 3
Brian Eggert
Sadly 44 none of these actors have much to do 44 and the mere presence of Indiana Jones 44 Rambo 44 Kindergarten Cop 44 El Mariachi 44 Mad Max 44 Blade 44 and Dr 46 Frasier Crane isn 8217 t enough 46 
2
The Expendables 3
Sonny Bunch
Is The Expendables 3 any good In its own way I suppose It s occasionally quite fun though the final action sequence is oppressively long and a bit monotonous 
2
The Expendables 3
John Beifuss
A particularly flavorless serving of flaccid beef jerky and brine cured ham 
0.5
The Expendables 3
David Nusair
an almost hopelessly erratic entry in this seemingly unstoppable franchise 
2.5
The Expendables 3
Sean P. Means
The wild card is Gibson who reminds us that he s always magnetic onscreen no matter what you might think of him as a human being 
2.5
The Expendables 3
Matt Brunson
Aren t there any more Planet Hollywoods for these guys to run into the ground 
2
The Expendables 3
Scott Nash
Despite the inclusion of some new faces this series is running out of gas 
2
The Expendables 3
James Berardinelli
For a variety of reasons most having to do with a weak screenplay and poor pacing The Expendables 3 is the least successful entry in the series 
2
The Expendables 3
Perry Seibert
Comic book protagonists have taken over the role of action hero for modern moviegoers as a result there s a core audience who want these odes to the tough guys of the recent past no matter how uninspired they are 
2
The Expendables 3
David Berry
Thanks to some of the shoddiest henchmannery this side of Super Mario Brothers Sly is able to escape and round up the old figuratively and literally team plus a few new recruits 
2
The Expendables 3
Peter Travers
The Expendables 3 trading on our affection for action stars of the past has officially worn out its already shaky welcome 
1
The Expendables 3
John Serba
I wish I could write the script for an Expendables movie so I could have characters with stupid names shout lines such as YOU VE GOT A TANK PROBLEM PAL over the din of explosions 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Derrik J. Lang
The film s sporadic set pieces simply aren t captivating enough to forgive all the movie s other faults 
1
The Expendables 3
Rob Thomas
It s a comic shift some hardcore action fans may not like but honestly you probably shouldn t have been taking this stuff so seriously in the first place 
2.5
The Expendables 3
Odie Henderson
As dopey and bloodless as the action sequences are they keep the film moving at a brisker pace than its 2 hour plus running time indicates 
3
The Expendables 3
Mark Dujsik
The third movie is more of the same although it makes some wrongheaded alterations 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Willie Waffle
Just blow stuff up 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Liam Lacey
Proof that sometimes even your low expectations can be far too high 
1
The Expendables 3
David Hiltbrand
This Sylvester Stallone franchise has devolved into the clown car of action movies a casting gimmick to see how many AARP actors you can cram into one vehicle 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Glenn Lovell
bigger slicker and better directed than the earlier installments the opening rescue mission obviously inspired by Runaway Train brings out the mad demolition expert in us 
2
The Expendables 3
Tom Russo
The Expendables 3 gets the franchise back on track 
2.5
The Expendables 3
Kristin Tillotson
So much star power packed together in one place hasn t produced such a cheesy result since the recording of We Are the World 
1
The Expendables 3
Rafer Guzman
A slightly breezier and dependably brainless installment of Stallone s action franchise 
2
The Expendables 3
Matt Pais
Why aren t the Expendables movies being released directly to gyms 
2
The Expendables 3
Peter Howell
This is what an earthbound Guardians of the Galaxy would be like if every character was Groot the tree guy 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Mick LaSalle
Why should we care whether Sly or Mel wins There s no good guy There s no bad guy There s just Mel and Sly and they just disagree 
1
The Expendables 3
Soren Andersen
If you ve seen the first two Expendables you know exactly what you ll be getting with the third a testosterone burger heavy on the ketchup with a hefty helping of hot lead on the side 
2
The Expendables 3
Peter Canavese
It s a bit like watching old friends drunkenly mud wrestle it s good to see them but not like this 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Dustin Putman
Bloated at 126 minutes its long windedness a letdown for a franchise that has yet to capture a confident clip tone and rhythm The further it goes the more it falls victim to this lugubriousness 
1.5
The Expendables 3
Michael Phillips
The latest in the continuing saga of Sylvester Stallone s mission to provide a work week or two to as many of his old pals as possible 
2
The Expendables 3
Claudia Puig
The Expendables 3 is as boneheaded and disposable as it sounds 
1
The Expendables 3
Roger Moore
Banderas steals it But at this stage that only amounts to petty theft 
2
The Expendables 3
Chris Cabin
For all the brawn on display the film never slows down to take in the thrill and talent of hand to hand combat 
1
The Incident
Matt Brunson
The sort of raw drama that sad to say never loses its topicality 
3.5
The Incident
Roger Ebert
The photography is fuzzy the characters are gold plated stereotypes the plot is obvious and advances automatically But the movie works it delivers the goods It creates the suspense and fear it tries for 
3
Dollman
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Say what you want about this movie but at least it excels in being creative original and gutsy 
3
Step Up Revolution
Alaina O'Connor
Many of the old tropes and gimmicks from the previous films are recycled into an all too familiar plotline An edgy streetwise guy falls for a classy upper crust sweetie and together they dance their way past obstacle after obstacle 
2
Step Up Revolution
Willie Waffle
You almost have to see Step Up Revolution to know how idiotic it truly is 
.5
Step Up Revolution
Sean O'Connell
Step Up You ve Seen All This Before would be more accurate but Summit Entertainment s marketing department knows that wouldn t help sell tickets 
2
Step Up Revolution
Jennie Punter
Delivers plenty of spectacular fancy footwork in what is otherwise a flat footed fantasy 
1.5
Step Up Revolution
Frank Lovece
While dance purists won t be impressed by the energetic and athletic choreography the dancers have clearly learned routines but not necessarily technique date movie audiences will likely want to go out dancing afterward themselves and that s fun 
2.5
Step Up Revolution
Sara Stewart
The choreography is solid throughout but director Scott Speer gets in his own way every time relentlessly shifting camera angles to close ups and reaction shots when he should be letting us witness the spectacle 
2
Step Up Revolution
Dustin Putman
Easily the best entry in the surprisingly financially successful dance franchise 
2.5
Step Up Revolution
Scott Bowles
There isn t a franchise around that matches the kids moves in the Step Up series We just need a better reason to dance along 
1.5
Step Up Revolution
Mick LaSalle
It seems only fair to start with the one thing that s right with it It s not dead It should be but it s not 
1
Step Up Revolution
Molly Eichel
Step Up Revolution is the series Live Free or Die Hard There are more explosions and the stakes are laughably higher 
2
Step Up Revolution
Connie Ogle
Contrary to its message it will not change the world But the dancing will make you sit up and take notice 
2.5
Step Up Revolution
Patrick Z. McGavin
At its best it embodies emotion through movement 
2.5
Step Up Revolution
Stephanie Steinberg
Not as cringe worthy as you would expect from the fourth Step Up installment 
2
Step Up Revolution
Hillary Rea
Sadly somewhere between a split and a fist pump Revolution fell flat and I found myself wishing for Magic Mike in 3 D 
2.5
Step Up Revolution
Mack Bates
It has a threadbare plot and marginal acting from its stars But unlike the third movie all the razzmatazz makes up for it this time 
3
Step Up Revolution
Chris Hewitt
The movie sprints nimbly from production number to production number and most of the time the actors keep their mouths shut 
3
Step Up Revolution
Linda Barnard
Guzman and McCormick zero acting experience and it shows Same goes for the first time movie director Scott Speer who can t coax even a passable performance from his amateurish cast 
1.5
Step Up Revolution
Roger Moore
The sunniest and most entertaining of these silly kids gotta dance musicals 
2.5
Step Up Revolution
Roger Ebert
Step Up Revolution is the fourth of the Step Up movies a series of unconnected stories that serve as showcases for the kinds of young stars who sincerely hope they ll soon be in better movies 
2
Step Up Revolution
Ed Gonzalez
The film busts a fierce move but never relishes the unique cultural essence that its gentrifying baddie threatens to snuff out 
2.5
Limbo
Walter Chaw
Proximate politics replaced by archetype and what Wordsworth would have called the story of place 
3
Limbo
Ross Anthony
It delivers its name s sake If limbo is your idea of fun you ll have a riot 
1.5
Limbo
Michael Dequina
A gimmick that is less clever than it is fatally distracting 
2.5
Limbo
Roger Ebert
Sayles has started with a domestic comedy and led us unswervingly into the heart of darkness 
3.5
Vincent and Theo
Roger Ebert
A film that generates the feeling that we are in the presence of a man in the act of creation 
3.5
Vincent and Theo
Chris Hicks
There is something about the life of van Gogh that has inspired Altman to do his best work in some years 
3.5
Disgraced
Kenneth R. Morefield
Director Pat Kondelis miraculously got both Rouse and Bliss to sit for interviews and the contrast in demeanor and credibility between the two is impossible to overstate 
4
A Room for Romeo Brass
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Hard to believe a film can be both touching dark and disturbing all at the same time 
3.5
A Room for Romeo Brass
Roger Ebert
A Room for Romeo Brass effortless in the way it insinuates itself into these families touching in the way it shows how fiercely Romeo and Knocks are despite everything their own little men 
3
A Room for Romeo Brass
Elias Savada
In a year of generally lost expectations American moviegoers should rejoice in the simple pleasures of A Room for Romeo Brass 
3
A Room for Romeo Brass
Ross Anthony
Overall an excellent top notch production compromised by an ambiguous theme 
2.5
Black Out
Drew Hunt
The film s references to other stylistic touchstones while thematically apt rarely carry any sort of critical inquiry as if Toonen was more interested in homage for the sake of homage than as a means of contextualizing his worldview 
2
Citadel
David Nusair
Citadel slowly but surely squanders a promising opening to become a rather interminable thriller that feels endless even at 84 minutes 
1.5
Citadel
Roger Ebert
This is a basic story simply and directly told by Irish writer director Ciaran Foy 
3
Citadel
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Ciaran Foy knows his job even if he s never done it before this is his feature debut and he handles it well 
3
Citadel
Rick Groen
It s all rather nausea inducing and a bit frightening not the film I can only wish but its subtextual message 
2
Citadel
Bruce DeMara
While Foy s efforts to create his own distinct modern urban mythos are ambitious the result isn t entirely satisfying 
1.5
Citadel
Nick Schager
Citadel is stripped down and no nonsense fixating on Tommy s emotional and psychological struggles with an intensity that s harrowing 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Jay Antani
A self indulgent lark if ever there was one Lucky for us Steven Soderbergh is at the helm 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Modern anti heroes Criminals with heart And these guys are stinkin funny 
3.5
Ocean's Twelve
Chuck O'Leary
Infuratingly lazy and insultingly smug My choice for the worst film of 2004 
1
Ocean's Twelve
Sara Michelle Fetters
Just think if Clooney Pitt Roberts Soderbergh et al can make something as agreeable as this without even generating a sweat imagine what they could have done had they REALLY worked at it 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Greg Maki
I applaud Soderbergh the producers and Warner Bros for realizing that if I want to see Ocean s Eleven again I ll pop it in my DVD player 
3.5
Ocean's Twelve
Lori Hoffman
The final half hour of the film is a tasty treat clarifying the mess that comes before 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Jon Niccum
All these camera tricks cameos and in jokes momentarily distract the viewer but one is left with nagging questions once the theater lights go up 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ocean s Twelve keeps its characters at a distance they entertain us and each other with their witty talk but that s as far as it goes 
3
Ocean's Twelve
James Kendrick
designed to constantly evoke sparks and tension particularly in its dry comedy but nothing ever never quite catches
2
Ocean's Twelve
David Nusair
the banter feels authentic 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Matt Brunson
Ocean s Twelve isn t much better than its predecessor but at least there s a more focused attempt to create something tangible 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Glenn Kenny
Much of the pleasure of this wily cinematic exercise is watching Soderbergh and his crew bury the complex plot line s points under what appear to be a willfully perverse series of in jokes and such 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Mark Collette
It defies a minimum critical standard providing a framework for the jokes that at least makes sense 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Bob Bloom
The movie is nothing more than an escapist diversion taking you to sunny climes displaying pretty people having a blast doing what they do best 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Ross Anthony
A bit of a mess But a fun mess Surfacey fluff chockfull of twists and clever banter An expansive cast lacking a single character with weight 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Mark Dujsik
Meanders for a considerable time looking for a plot and by the time the movie hits its stride it s a bit too late 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Vince Koehler
The film is fun to watch has a great soundtrack but falls a little short on the story Still it should prove a fun movie experience for most 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Jeff Strickler
Some of the bits are hysterical but others fall flat 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Mike McGranaghan
Ocean s Twelve is clearly the work of filmmakers and stars who have come to play It s not art and it s not substantive but it sure is a blast 
3.5
Ocean's Twelve
James Verniere
One of those movies that looks like it might have been more fun to make than to watch 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
James Sanford
Like casual day at the office Ocean s Twelve is not exactly cause for celebration but it s a pleasant break from the norm 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Moira MacDonald
Much of the movie feels improvised with laid back actors tossing off one liners that work far more often than they don t 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Rob Blackwelder
The director keeps an adroit and amusing balance between his movie s broad heist flick appeal its pointed in jokes and gasp actual character development 
3
Ocean's Twelve
John Beifuss
The real heist here is Soderbergh s The director has hijacked the caper film that viewers expect and replaced it with what can only be called a Steven Soderbergh movie 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Mick LaSalle
The pleasures are entirely in the digressions which are silly and often delightful 
3
Ocean's Twelve
David Elliott
Pitt and Clooney seem to be on paid vacation goosing their egos like jolly truants the royal theft here is their salaries 
0
Ocean's Twelve
Joe Baltake
Rarely has crime seemed so glamorous what with these mostly well dressed largely attractive immature scamps languishing in posh surroundings 
3.5
Ocean's Twelve
Timothy Knight
The chief appeal of this breezy caper comedy lies in the easygoing camaraderie of the stars who are clearly enjoying themselves onscreen 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Lou Lumenick
This slickly entertaining sequel is all about savoring eye candy 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Jami Bernard
How many movies recapture the blithe spirit of Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack plus a sense of old school star glamour 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Dustin Putman
So full of shameless vanity that each ticket stub should come with a mirror a make up case and a high priced plastic surgeon 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Rene Rodriguez
While the movie s lack of pretentiousness is refreshing there s also a nagging sense of laziness to it 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Bob Strauss
The real pleasure of Ocean s Twelve rests in the way it strips the enamel off of the glamorous celebrity vehicle and makes us think actually seriously think about why we enjoy such air brained entertainments 
3
Ocean's Twelve
David Frese
A shell game without a pea 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Eric Harrison
Ocean s Twelve feels like a lark a dashed off confiture that isn t so much a movie as an excuse for a bunch of old friends to hang out in Europe with somebody else paying the bill 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Rick Groen
Ocean s Twelve lacks the courage of its star driven convictions 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Terry Lawson
Hey these boys and girls just want to have fun This time though it is at our expense 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Jeff Vice
The second time around around none of this is nearly as fresh or lively 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Michael Booth
We love these people like family because they joke and whine and screw up just like our best friends would if our best friends were stealing 200 million 
4
Ocean's Twelve
Mary F. Pols
The movie is fun in the way reading Us Weekly is fun except that it takes longer to get through 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Wesley Morris
It s so well made and undeniably entertaining it should leap from tall buildings and wear a big S on its chest 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Roger Ebert
Soderbergh and his scenarists George Clayton Johnson Jack Golden Russell and George Nolfi are doing a jazz riff This isn t a caper movie at all it s an improvisation on caper themes 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Jeffrey Westhoff
The European scenery is so distracting and the actors are so slick you may not notice the most valuable thing stolen is your time 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Larry Ratliff
It s about as mesmerizing as watching Clooney Pitt Roberts and the gang walk the red carpet at a movie premiere 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Erik Childress
Instead of delivering an even modestly clever riff on the heist genre or worthy follow up they are be boppin and scattin all over themselves and the audience 
1.5
Ocean's Twelve
Claudia Puig
The real life camaraderie of Clooney Pitt Damon and the rest translates to the screen with charm and verve 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Bruce Newman
With Ocean s Twelve Hollywood moves a step closer to the glorious day when it will no longer have to rouse itself to the bothersome task of making movies at all skipping straight ahead to what the studios truly care about the marketing campaign 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Peter Canavese
Like one of those schoolboy projects to build the best vessel to drop an egg without breaking it except here the egg comes courtesy of Faberg 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
David Sterritt
A goofy stylish heist movie that ll steal moviegoers from other pictures as surely as Danny Ocean and his dirty dozen will get their hands on the Faberg egg they ve decided to filch 
3
Ocean's Twelve
John Anderson
Please no questions of logic 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Tracy Allerton
A gorgeous treat 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Steven Rea
Offers a cheap relatively speaking ticket prices aren t what they used to be stress free vicarious vacation 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Duane Dudek
They make the Rat Pack look like a chain gang 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Chris Hewitt
Better than Ocean s Eleven 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Michael Wilmington
This movie often seems like a big swinging party with a can t miss guest list 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Kit Bowen
The film is just too smart and twisty for its own good 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
Josh Larsen
as a celebration of the chemistry and camaraderie among some of Hollywood s brightest stars the movie dazzles 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Phil Villarreal
Twelve is not only the new Eleven it s also the new Ishtar 
1
Ocean's Twelve
Steve Rhodes
Plays like The Italian Job in very slow motion a high gloss bore 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Jeanne Aufmuth
Meets its snappy predecessor head on and wilts in comparison 
2.5
Ocean's Twelve
James Berardinelli
Pleasantness and affability reign supreme in Steven Soderbergh s sequel to the remake of Ocean s Eleven 
3
Ocean's Twelve
Keith Uhlich
There s so much mugging in this film that I kept checking my pockets to see if my wallet was missing 
1
Ocean's Twelve
Willie Waffle
It s the coolest hippest caper movie since Ocean s 11 which makes me very excited 
3.75
Ocean's Twelve
Walter Chaw
A time capsule of the current A list first and a motion picture second it d make a great calendar one idol per month 
2
Ocean's Twelve
Scott Nash
Sure it s style over substance but you have to admire the style 
3
Ride the Eagle
Randy Myers
Eagle might be modest and simple but it s also rewarding a gentle comedy drama about letting go and growing up 
2.5
Ride the Eagle
Richard Roeper
Seldom face to face the characters still connect in the sweet comedy about a man whose inheritance comes with conditions 
3
Ride the Eagle
Steven Prokopy
Ride the Eagle is about small incremental adjustments that accumulate and eventually turn into something more substantial As a result this story is worth exploring 
3
Ride the Eagle
Peter Sobczynski
A film that will only spark curiosity because of the circumstances surrounding its existence rather than anything about the story itself 
2
Ride the Eagle
Roger Moore
Just go with it seems to be the vibe they went for and that s my halfhearted endorsement
2.5
Ride the Eagle
Pamela Powell
Trent O Donnell directs this gem of a feature co written by he and Johnson and while the narrative arc may be a predictable one it s truly a pleasure to watch 
3
Claire's Knee
Matt Brunson
Love sex fetishism and objectification all receive verbal workouts in this witty and wise enterprise 
3.5
Claire's Knee
Roger Ebert
Claire s Knee is a movie for people who still read good novels care about good films and think occasionally 
4
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Roger Moore
Filmmaker Pack is a partisan hack and this is artless political agitprop 
1.5
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Mark Dujsik
Somehow we come away from the movie understanding its subject even less than when it started 
2
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Christian Toto
Justice Thomas shares how he survived a high tech lynching while exploring his complicated past 
3
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Michael O'Sullivan
It s meant as an opportunity for Thomas to have his full say without challenge 
2
Catching Feelings
Christopher James
Catching Feelings manages to work due to its cultural specificity and winds up being an agreeable and entertaining night at the movies 
3
Catching Feelings
Roger Moore
Sexy funny if a bit overlong The South Africa the movies never show us
3
Neon Flesh
Simon Abrams
If Neon Flesh is any indication writer director Paco Cabezas is a deeply confused Guy Ritchie rip off artist 
1
Operation Mincemeat
David Nusair
46 46 46 progresses at an exceedingly deliberate pace that eventually renders its positive attributes moot 46 46 46 
2
Operation Mincemeat
Erik Childress
When the film sticks to the intricacies of the planning and execution of the ruse rather than a half baked romantic triangle that feels more like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels its quite enjoyable as a matinee feature 46 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Leo Brady
The cast is big and typically I eat this espionage stuff up 44 but Operation Mincemeat is a bloated slog that 8217 s tough to swallow 46 
2
Operation Mincemeat
Kevin Carr
It apos s the essence of a spy film 46 46 46 It apos s a real intricate cat and mouse game 46 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Richard Roeper
Firth and Macfadyen hey they ve both played Mr Darcy are terrific together as two men who really don t like each other don t trust each other and have different ways of trying to connect with Jean 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Ty Burr
I have a sweet tooth for this sort of historical re enactment when it s done well and Operation Mincemeat is well done without being overdone 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Mark Meszoros
Although it could use a few more combustible moments 44 the film never drags 44 never loses the viewer 8217 s interest 46 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Michael Phillips
A civilized shell game that accomplishes its mission more or less in the spirit of how things actually got made up and went down 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Mark Feeney
The most preposterous thing about Operation Mincemeat that such remarkable material could make for such a plodding movie 
1.5
Operation Mincemeat
Christy Lemire
The story itself is so absurd and is told with enough surprises and dry humor that it 8217 s constantly engaging 46 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 hese characters and their various entanglements 46 46 46 aren apos t nearly as unique or engaging as the mission they apos re planning 46 
2.5
Operation Mincemeat
Emily Zemler
It s a true story so strange it makes you wonder what other untold chapters of World War remain 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Joey Magidson
Operation Mincemeat takes the standard WWII espionage tale and turns it on its ear a bit 46 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Steven Prokopy
I wish Operation Mincemeat hadn apos t thrown so much of its focus in the various frustrated love lives of its lead characters 44 but it seems almost impossible to cast Firth in anything these days without romance becoming part of the equation 46 
3
Operation Mincemeat
Roger Moore
A grand cast great period detail and a tense generally somber tone help one and all pull it off 
3
Boston Strangler
James Kendrick
The film 8217 s depiction of sexism is blunt 44 but never preachy or didactic 44 and the performances by Knightley and Coon ground their characters 8217 actions in a stark reality of inequality 46 
3
Boston Strangler
Pablo O. Scholz
There was enough material to build a compelling thriller but and there s always a but when things don t entirely round off here the fear isn t palpable It doesn t exist Full review in Spanish 
3
Boston Strangler
Mark Meszoros
Boston Stranger is smart and 44 perhaps to a fault 44 measured and steady 46 
2.5
Boston Strangler
Ty Burr
The movie s Zodiac running on fewer cylinders with many pointed things to say about the difficulties faced by working women in the early 1960s but a lugubrious narrative structure that sprawls and wanders and eventually sputters out 
2
Boston Strangler
Tom Meek
Coon has done a lot of supporting work and it s great to see her stretch out more here She and Cooper are superb as is Ruskin s recreation of 1960s Boston 
2.5
Boston Strangler
Randy Myers
The matchup of Keira Knightly and Carrie Coon punches up this involving period rich but somewhat ordinary thriller that celebrates old school journalism 
3
Boston Strangler
Rob Thomas
Matt Ruskin 8217 s 8220 Boston Strangler 8221 can be seen as an update 44 and something of a rebuke 44 to the 1968 movie 8220 The Boston Strangler 46 8221 10 
3
Boston Strangler
Kevin Carr
While a compelling look at the case and the journalistic process 44 the deliberately dark presentation and murky approach leaves a lot to be desired 46 
2
Boston Strangler
Mike McGranaghan
Not nearly as powerful as other 44 similar films 46 
2.5
Boston Strangler
Nick Allen
Ruskin succeeds in paying tribute to Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole apos s hard work 44 but it apos s less successful in filling in the larger story 46 
2.5
Boston Strangler
Odie Henderson
If Boston Strangler wants us to buy its multiple killer theory it would help if we could trust this movie enough to believe what we re being sold 
2
Boston Strangler
Steven Prokopy
The film has a few flawed moments of trumped up drama where there doesn 8217 t need to be any 44 but beyond that 44 it feels believable and beautifully driven 44 much like its protagonists 46 
3
Boston Strangler
Mark Dujsik
Writer 47 director Matt Ruskin apos s Boston Strangler is far more fascinating for the conclusion it arrives at than for the process it takes to get there 46 
2.5
Boston Strangler
Leo Brady
The final result is a harrowing and powerful film 46 Boston Strangler is filled to the brim with tension and a hard hitting investigation ripped from the headlines 46 10 10 
3
Boston Strangler
Richard Roeper
With cinematographer Ben Kutchins lensing in effectively unsettling saturated and almost sickly tones of green and brown and gray and a soundtrack with period piece tunes we re plunged into the world of Boston in the early 1960s 
3.5
Boston Strangler
Josh Bell
It apos s a reasonably satisfying procedural 44 but it offers a fairly superficial examination of the deeper issues surrounding the investigation 46 
2.5
Boston Strangler
Joey Magidson
Boston Strangler is a competent look at how incompetence assisted a serial killer 46 
3
Boston Strangler
Brian Eggert
Whether viewed as a serial killer yarn or an inspirational story about women overcoming gender biases 44 the film remains close to its antecedents but delivers a solid drama that will appeal to today 8217 s amateur sleuths and true crime enthusiasts 46 
3
Boston Strangler
Ross McIndoe
While the film 8217 s determination to spotlight the women who brought down the Boston Strangler over the killer himself is admirable 44 it leaves a hole in the middle of the film that nothing else really manages to fill 46 
2.5
Alex in Wonderland
Roger Ebert
What makes it so good is the gift Mazursky Tucker and their actors have of fleshing out the small scenes of human contact that give the movie its almost frightening resonance 
4
Terror on the Prairie
Wade Major
46 46 46 below the surface 44 it 8217 s a grueling 8212 and often gruesome 8212 meditation on the lingering self inflicted wounds left by the the American Civil War in far flung locales like frontier Montana and beyond 46 
3
Terror on the Prairie
Christian Toto
Gina Carano 44 Nick Searcy add grit 44 gravitas to relentless indie thriller 46 
3.5
My Mexican Shivah
Eric Henderson
Being neither Mexican nor Jewish I imagine I m the perfect audience for the chaotically cross cultural ethnography farce of My Mexican Shivah 
2
My Mexican Shivah
Kyle Smith
Despite wacky klezmer music on the soundtrack nothing terribly amusing or unpredictable happens 
1.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Brian Eggert
Being at once a self contained story and a continuation of a franchise that betters and grows more intricate than what came before 44 the film meets all the requirements of a great sequel 46 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Federico Furzan
A great sequel for this adventure that manages to surpass its previous entry Full review in Spanish 
4
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Brandy McDonnell
Like Hiccup though the filmmaker is willing to take big risks and deal with the results which are by turns harrowing heartbreaking thrilling and uplifting Everything a fantasy adventure should be in other words 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
David Frese
How to Train Your Dragon 2 rises above its animated peers with more troubling themes outstanding character design and innovative camera movements And it rarely if ever takes the easy way out 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
John Beifuss
It s as beautifully animated as its predecessor but its mixed message is troubling It begins by endorsing nonviolence as Hiccup insists that friendship can be a more powerful motivator than force but ends by bludgeoning the bad guys into submission 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Wesley Lovell
A command of genre creativity blended with human insight 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Lori Hoffman
With writer director Dean DeBlois back at the helm the sequel feels like a solid continuation of the first movie 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Josh Larsen
Here and there it s as if the mythology of Tolkien has been filtered through the imagery of Miyazaki 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Mal Vincent
Dragon 2 does what every sequel should do but few even attempt expand the horizons of its original 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Matt Brunson
The film isn t afraid to occasionally saunter over to the dark side How dark Let s just say there s a late breaking development here that will result in some moviegoers tagging it as this film s Vader flavored I am your father moment 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Linda Cook
Every bit as endearing as the original if not even more stirring How to Train Your Dragon 2 is full of humor loss adventure and romance In other words it has the same themes lovable characters and beautiful look that made the original a hit 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Michael Smith
How refreshing it is to find a summer sequel that s not simply louder or wackier than its predecessor but rather feels like an extension of its first film and all of its best qualities 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
James Berardinelli
Although there are times when bits of the movie feel extraneous the production as a whole comes across more like an organic extension of the original tale than something tacked on purely to score at the box office 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Bill Zwecker
Not only does this second movie match the charm wit animation skill and intelligent storytelling of the original I think it even exceeds it 
4
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Rene Rodriguez
One of the most beautiful animated films ever made 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
John Serba
An adventure for the eyes and one forged with great imagination 
4
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Peter Canavese
While delivering the epic goods the How to Train Your Dragon franchise continues to keep its eye on helping kids become better people and that s a cause worth fighting for 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Willie Waffle
Can we give it a rating of PG 10 or PG 11 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
John Semley
More than just teaching kids what to think about the world they re coming into it s a rare film that encourages them to think for themselves 
4
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stephen Whitty
This was not a sequel that anybody needed outside of the accountants And there s another already planned 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
One of this year s true surprises the superior animated sequel not only is infused with the same independent spirit and off kilter aesthetic that enriched the original it also deepens the first film s major themes 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Tom Russo
Nothing in this likable sequel flies quite so high as those aerial shots 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Moira MacDonald
Young and old fans of the first movie will be lining up for the wit for the inventiveness of the characters for the breathtaking visuals and just the sheer fun of it all 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Cathy Jakicic
How to Train Your Dragon 2 succeeds because it builds on but doesn t try to replicate the magic of the first movie 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Perry Seibert
It s just a bummer that such a pretty package lacks any real substance 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Mark Dujsik
This is far removed from the innocent simplicity of its predecessor How to Train Your Dragon 2 sees this series growing up quickly and for the better 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Chris Knight
Not since Toy Story has an animated movie managed to feel so fresh and vibrant with its second helping 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stephanie Merry
This may be the first and last time anyone says this but if How to Train Your Dragon 2 is this good why stop at 3 and 4 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Claudia Puig
Nearly as exuberant as the original How to Train Your Dragon 2 nimbly avoids sequel itis 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Peter Howell
Taking its cues as much from Star Wars and Game of Thrones as from its own storybook narrative How to Train Your Dragon 2 breathes fire into a franchise sequel 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Michael Phillips
For once we have an animated sequel free of the committee job vibe so common at every animation house no matter the track record 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Rafer Guzman
Gruesome A little Scary You bet But that s exactly what makes the Dragon films so different and so much better than the average children s fare 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jeff Beck
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a sequel that will inevitably be compared with its predecessor and while it doesn t reach the level of that original film it still acts as a decent continuation of the story 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Peter Hartlaub
DeBlois who also wrote the script successfully juggles the multiple story lines shifting allegiances and uncharted lands 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Peter Travers
Dragon 2 like The Empire Strikes Back takes sequels to a new level of imagination and innovation It truly is a high flying depth charging wonder to behold 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jody Mitori
For audiences who want a sweet story they can t beat the first film of a boy finding his best friend For those who are ready for the next stage try this one about a boy becoming a man 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Susan Wloszczyna
The unusual second chapter that hits new heights in almost every way 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dustin Putman
By taking its time in the 4 years since the 1st movie Dreamworks has mounted a superior 2nd installment one that gives heretofore untapped personality to its characters and an extra shot of heart to the touching age old tale of a Viking and his dragon 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Matt Pais
The animation simply rules Elegant and detailed the film soars and whooshes with the craft that all animated movies should have 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Lou Lumenick
Offers some stunningly beautiful sequences and an engaging if at times quite dark story line 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jocelyn Noveck
How to Train Your Dragon 2 doesn t play it safe and that s why it s the rare sequel that doesn t feel somewhat stale 
3
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Roger Moore
OK but the thin charms of the original are a little thinner this time out 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Eric Henderson
It has the core of a genuine crowd pleaser but unfortunately something bigger and more all consuming keeps getting into its head 
2
H Is for Happiness
Tom Meek
A strikingly cute Australian family pic that delves deeper than the pablum platitudes you might assume given the title and cheery production values 
2.5
H Is for Happiness
Roger Moore
Prioritizes feels over coherence weird for weird s sake touches over character development while expecting endless voice over narration to caulk over the cracks It doesn t 
2
The Virgin Witch
Mattie Lucas
It s trash and most of the film exists solely as an excuse to get naked girls on screen and push the boundaries of relaxed British censorship standards but it s actually pretty visually inventive 
2
Beur Blanc Rouge
David Nusair
Distractingly plotless and egregiously lightweight 
.5
The House of the Seven Gables
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages to be a high class movie yet unafraid to wallow in the lower depths of human foibles 
3.5
The Summer of Flying Fish
Peter Keough
Though at times its elliptical impressionism trails into non sequiturs the film s suggestiveness and eerie beauty combine poetry with the politics adding to the impact of each 
3
True Grit
Michael Dequina
A fascinating study in how two films can follow the same source material fairly closely but come up with interpretations so tonally spiritually different but equally valid 
3.5
True Grit
Jeff Beck
It may not rank among the Coen Brothers greatest works but their new adaptation of the Portis novel is intriguing to watch beautifully filmed and well worth taking a look at for the fascinating characters 
3
True Grit
David Nusair
a traditional Western that s been augmented with a number of irresistibly off kilter elements 
3
True Grit
Wesley Lovell
Either I m softening on the Coens or they are softening themselves Not as darkly comic as their prior films this western is easily one of their better films 
3.5
True Grit
Rich Heldenfels
A marvelous film The highlight is the performance of Hailee Steinfeld as the young heroine Mattie Ross but also boasting strong turns by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon 
3.5
True Grit
Josh Hurst
Bridges is a riot and Damon proves himself once again But it s Steinfeld who most amazes more than a child actor she s an actual performer playing a character 
3.5
True Grit
Roger Tennis
The kind of slam bang entertainment that s rare in filmmaking today and is truly the grittiest western of the decade 
4
True Grit
Tyler Hanley
Excellent production values especially costume design couple with standout performances from Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon for a terrific cinematic escape 
3
True Grit
Jay Antani
Joel and Ethan Coen s adaptation of Charles Portis novel has all the trimmings you d expect from a film by these brothers extraordinaire
3
True Grit
Jordan Hiller
True Grit carries on gallantly for much if its ride but when the sun sets in the west it s still missing something 
2.5
True Grit
John Beifuss
Demonstrates that the Coens mastery of filmmaking is so complete they are able to jettison most of their fabled eccentricities and idiosyncrasies and still beat Hollywood s straight shooters at their own game 
3.5
True Grit
Lori Hoffman
True Grit is a western with a Coen twist that also remembers the original with a fond tribute 
3
True Grit
Eric Melin
Even though the Coens make a conscious turn away from sentimentality as often as they can much like their crafty lead character True Grit takes on an unexpected and understated poignancy in its final sequence 
3.5
True Grit
Christian Toto
We didn t really need another True Grit but the Coen brothers delivered a smart funny retelling of the Rooster Cogburn saga all the same 
3
True Grit
Alison Gang
While Wayne stole the show in the original film Steinfeld easily takes the honor this time around with a performance that belies the actress s age and experience 
3
True Grit
Kam Williams
Jeff Bridges must be commended for his fresh interpretation of the roguish Rooster Cogburn 
3
True Grit
Robert Levin
The Coens have made careers out of slyly subverting and expanding the genres they take on Dial that back and you re left with an inherent disappointment 
2.5
True Grit
Matt Brunson
No one will lose out as both pictures are of comparable value Forced to choose I d actually go with the Duke s at bat although Jeff Bridges is certainly more than capable in taking on the iconic role 
3
True Grit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the source novel and the original film this one feels precisely like a pure Coen brothers film they have taken everything that came before and made it their own 
4
True Grit
John Wirt
The Coens triple barreled gamble adapting a classic book that s previously been adapted for a classic film headlined by a famous star succeeds beautifully 
4
True Grit
James Kendrick
consistently engrossing and suspenseful with flashes of dark humor that offset the gradual revelation of genuine sentiment
3.5
True Grit
Keith Cohen
The movie surpasses the original in sound effects cinematography and a Western themed original score Other kudos go to the interior design of the courtroom the scenes of Main Street and the period apparel 
3
True Grit
Bob Bloom
True Grit succeeds because of the interplay among its three main characters It can stand on its own and need not worry about being lost in the shadow of the original 
3.5
True Grit
Walter Chaw
It plays to deeps but like most of the Coens films it plays brilliantly on the surface as well 
4
True Grit
Lisa Kennedy
This True Grit makes the original almost unwatchable except as a curio 
3.5
True Grit
Sara Michelle Fetters
Listening to the characters speak is part of the charm hearing Mattie Rooster LaBoeuf and all the rest converse an operatically charming symphony of language that tickled my eardrums 
3
True Grit
Wilson Morales
The thought of remaking the film that finally garnered an Academy Award for John Wayne seemed inconceivable at first but in the hands of Oscar winners Ethan and Joel Coen True Grit is a splendid delight and a reboot that Wayne would be proud of 
3
True Grit
Liam Lacey
Though handsomely made and well acted the film never completely escapes the sense that it s an exercise in genre excavation 
3
True Grit
Rob Thomas
The twist is that there s no twist at all in True Grit With consummate skill and loving care the Coens created a film that s a beautiful ode to a venerable movie genre 
4
True Grit
Matt Soergel
A rousing adventure that s also sneakily comic with humor that rises from the sharply drawn characters and the dialogue they spout And how wonderfully they spout 
4
True Grit
Mick LaSalle
My only reservation about the movie not a serious one but a nagging one is that watching the film it s hard to see why the Coens wanted to make it 
3
True Grit
Peter Howell
In choosing not to reinvent the wagon wheel with True Grit the Coens ironically seem radical by being conformists There s truth and beauty in their faithfulness though and a reminder never to presume too much about these sibling ciphers 
3
True Grit
Chris Hewitt
In addition to being the Coens most sentimental movie it is probably their simplest 
4
True Grit
Duane Dudek
Writer directors Joel and Ethan Coen preserve the spare tone and stilted formality of language in Charles Portis slim 1968 novel to craft a tale of frontier justice that is equal parts Deadwood and Dickens 
3.5
True Grit
Mike Scott
This is a dirty stinky Western the kind where authenticity is the guiding artistic hand and where a layer of filth and grime have seemingly settled over everything but the popcorn in your lap 
3
True Grit
Claudia Puig
Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off an impressive feat repurposing a classic film with their idiosyncratic blend of dark deadpan humor and palpable suspense while remaining ultra faithful to the novel 
3.5
True Grit
Stephen Whitty
If anyone ever needed a quick lesson in the difference between being a great star and being a great actor a new True Grit arrives to give a master s class 
3
True Grit
Willie Waffle
Jeff Bridges is no John Wayne but he does help make this True Grit one of the best westerns you will ever see 
4
True Grit
Rossiter Drake
A character actor rather than a Hollywood monument Bridges so thoroughly cloaks himself in Cogburn s darkness that he threatens to disappear altogether The same could never be said of Wayne but the point of True Grit is not to invite comparisons 
3.5
True Grit
Michael A. Smith
And while Bridges is not the Duke he IS the Dude and he makes Rooster his own 
3.5
True Grit
Mark Dujsik
True Grit nearly on par with the original film is a reliable if insubstantial genre piece 
3
True Grit
Dustin Putman
So much more than just a study in dusty chestnuts of the Wild West 
3
True Grit
Peter Travers
The Coens have crafted a vastly entertaining Wild West show that is memorable in every particular 
3.5
True Grit
Lawrence Toppman
Those of us who admire Charles Portis novel have waited 40 years for a screen version that s as literal as possible and the Coen brothers just about deliver it 
3.5
True Grit
Steven Rea
True Grit is probably the least ironic picture in the Coen Brothers worthy canon but that doesn t mean it s devoid of their signature oddities that it doesn t take a few dark strange turns 
3.5
True Grit
Wesley Morris
The brothers prove they can play it straight but they re preferred for better and worse at a sharp angle 
2.5
True Grit
Peter Keough
Bumptious though it might be Bridges s performance touches on the same depths and complexities that Wayne did in those masterpieces And the Coen brothers like Ford confront and clarify the paradoxes their film raises 
3.5
True Grit
Roger Ebert
I m surprised the Coens made this film so unlike their other work except in quality 
3.5
True Grit
Michael Phillips
It feels more like an assignment fulfilled than a passion pursued But craft this strong and despite the tonal uncertainty true should not be taken for granted 
3
True Grit
Rene Rodriguez
Once you settle in with the film that s in front of you instead of the one you were expecting True Grit draws you in as fully as the Coens best work 
3
True Grit
Phil Villarreal
What seems like a boilerplate story comes alive through the passionate performances and finely tuned narrative which sinks its hooks into you then drags you on a ride that grows increasingly wild panic ridden and beautiful 
4
True Grit
Kyle Smith
The purity of Steinfeld s ability to convey Mattie s guileless sense of justice gives the film plenty of emotional ballast particularly in the last 20 minutes or so 
3
True Grit
Joe Williams
In overtaking a legend this True Grit earns its spurs 
3.5
True Grit
Robert W. Butler
It s great 
4
True Grit
Moira MacDonald
Bridges that most natural of actors gives an entirely different kind of performance loose and playful not worrying too much about whether we can understand him often we can t but never mind 
3
True Grit
Josh Larsen
not only a clever meticulous deconstruction of a genre s tropes This is a real Western the kind we don t get much anymore 
4
True Grit
Roger Moore
Kind of a victory lap for Jeff Bridges Dark And not as much fun as the original 
3
True Grit
Joe Lozito
This disappointing Coen Brothers foray into the Western genre has little of the Brothers trademark quality and barely improves on the John Wayne original 
2
True Grit
James Berardinelli
True Grit one of the best films of 2010 is a reminder of why remakes are not always bad 
3.5
True Grit
Nick Schager
After three consecutive films fixated on the absurd cruelty and randomness of life Joel and Ethan Coen adopt a slightly more heartening perspective with True Grit 
3
True Grit
Mike McGranaghan
True Grit is done with such inventiveness that I was in moviegoing ecstasy 
4
Days of Wine and Roses
David Nusair
the meandering and sporadically repetitious narrative prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly connecting to the central characters progressively downbeat plight 
2.5
Days of Wine and Roses
Matt Brunson
Lemmon has given a sizable number of terrific performances over his career and this one qualifies as a Top 10 entry As for Remick she s never been better 
3.5
The Ticket
Kam Williams
A thought provoking character study 
3
The Ticket
Miriam Di Nunzio
This is a film that moves quietly along but speaks volumes 
2.5
The Ticket
Christian Toto
It s what you can t see in the disappointing drama The Ticket that s the film s key problem 
2
The Ticket
Brian Tallerico
An Icarus tale without the feeling of flight or the sensation of burning 
2
The Ticket
Dann Gire
Beauty and the Beast star Dan Stevens he plays the Beast supplies Ido Fluk s problematic but courageously experimental morality play The Ticket with one of the year s most authentic detailed screen performances 
2.5
The Ticket
Stephanie Merry
The Ticket is a modern day parable about a kindly blind man who when he gains sight becomes generically awful 
2
The Ticket
Derek Smith
The Ticket abandons the potentially complex web of drama it initially sets up and moves toward a limp shallow critique of superficiality itself 
2
The Tin Star
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Tin Star never feels as if it s unfolding naturally 
2.5
The Crucible
Matt Brunson
The Crucible earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress Allen and Best Adapted Screenplay Miller but it should have received many more including one for Best Picture it s truly one of the great forgotten films of its era 
4
The Crucible
Misha Berson
Too bad though that The Crucible fails to probe deeper into the sexual religious and political conditions that can give false accusations so much power even today 
2.5
The Crucible
Carrie Rickey
I very much admire how Hytner keeps the pace swift and doesn t fetishize the 17th century decors and clothes But I can t help feeling that in more ways than one The Crucible is a period piece 
3.5
The Crucible
Stephen Hunter
The physical production of the film is so authentic and compelling you can t get beyond it not for a second 
2.5
The Crucible
Michael Dequina
Perfectly captures the air of hysteria and paranoia 
4
The Crucible
Michael Wilmington
Nothing in the movie is quite up to Scofield s Danforth But what a mighty performance that is 
3
The Crucible
Judith Egerton
Arthur Miller s story of hysteria persecution and social injustice is classy and powerful with some marvelous acting 
3
The Crucible
Margaret A. McGurk
The Crucible is worthwhile both for the ardor of its intellect and for the chance to savor the excellence of its fabulously talented cast 
3
The Crucible
Edward Guthmann
There s an awful piercing truth in the performances of Daniel Day Lewis Winona Ryder Joan Allen and Paul Scofield as members of a community destroyed by guilt paranoia and betrayal 
4
The Crucible
Steve Rhodes
I remember thinking to myself halfway through that this show was such a hopeless mess that I would be unable to recommend it no matter how sometimes overly earnest were the performances 
2.5
The Crucible
Marty Mapes
In spite of The Crucible being a well executed movie about an interesting subject I do not fully recommend it 
2.5
The Crucible
Madeleine Williams
The Crucible works wonders as a tragic romance a stirring drama and as a cautionary tale 
3.5
The Crucible
Chris Hicks
When you compare this story with more recent historical events in which small American towns have been turned upside down by prejudice and paranoia it doesn t seem so far removed from the late 20th century 
4
The Crucible
Mike Clark
With a head on its shoulders and the rawest emotions in its craw Arthur Miller s stage hit The Crucible has become a cinematic grabber for grown ups without that castor oil taste 
4
The Crucible
Roger Ebert
The first scene in The Crucible strikes the first wrong note 
2
The Crucible
James Berardinelli
This version illuminates the story s numerous strengths resulting in a motion picture of surprising emotional and intellectual impact 
3.5
Cold in July
Marty Mapes
A few too many twists and turns but Johnson and Shepard help save it
2.5
Cold in July
Bruce DeMara
A well paced story that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats as it bucks and rolls in unexpected directions to a bloody and satisfying climax 
3.5
Cold in July
Rob Thomas
If you want to recreate the experience of watching a movie on HBO at 12 50 a m in 1991 Jim Mickle s Cold in July is your movie 
2.5
Cold in July
Ben Sachs
Initially the late 80s setting of Cold in July registers as kitsch but it grows more evocative as the Carpenter impersonation gives way to something weirder and uglier 
3
Cold in July
John Beifuss
From the set up we expect a story we ve seen many times before but Cold in July is smart and supple 
3
Cold in July
Roger Moore
Southern Gothic that is both too ambitious and not nearly ambitious enough in the right ways 
2
Cold in July
Tirdad Derakhshani
Pulp fiction doesn t come much better than Cold in July a gritty grisly and perversely giddy crime yarn directed by Pottstown born indie film provocateur Jim Mickle 
3
Cold in July
Matt Pais
The filmmakers struggle to elevate the piece from 70s drive in pulp to distinct thematically rich art 
2
Cold in July
Calvin Wilson
Cold in July has all the qualifications of a midnight movie in the making 
3
Cold in July
Mick LaSalle
It doesn t cut too deep But that can be a relief sometimes and even a virtue 
3
Cold in July
Randy Myers
These unique characters and performances breathe life into the moody world Mickle creates in this vivid shocking thriller that sticks with you long afterward 
3.5
Cold in July
Robert Levin
It s an immersive old fashioned experience Walter Hill or Sam Peckinpah would approve 
3
Cold in July
Glenn Lovell
easily the squirreliest crime saga since Killing Them Softly edgy suspenseful cathartic Sam Shepard has his juiciest role in far too long 
3
Cold in July
Simon Abrams
Cold in July a pulpy Texas set thriller based on hard boiled horror thriller author Joe Lansdale s novel fails to capture the discomfiting qualities that make it a Joe Lansdale story 
2
Cold in July
Tom Keogh
Movies incorporate plot twists all the time but rarely with the mind blowing relish of Cold In July 
4
Cold in July
Peter Travers
Get ready to squirm Be sure to seek out this twisty and terrific sleeper in theaters or on VOD It s a real find 
3
Cold in July
Ty Burr
Cold in July ultimately tries to do too much and ends up not doing quite enough often entertainingly not always believably 
2.5
Cold in July
Michael O'Sullivan
The first half of Cold is tense and suspenseful albeit in a conventional way the second half is sickeningly compelling 
3
Cold in July
Scott Bowles
Has enough nods to classic capers to make for effective pulp fiction and revive Don Johnson s career 
3
Cold in July
Matthew Kassel
It has a seedy underbelly that will appeal to hard core Mickle fans it s more deranged than it initially seems 
3
Cold in July
Ed Gonzalez
While Jim Mickle s compositions lose much of their verve in the film s later half his regard for the analog does not and at the expense of perspective into his characters emotional torque 
2.5
Buster's Mal Heart
Christopher James
It s a film brimming with ideas and possibilities Yet it isn t reigned in by any of them 
2
Buster's Mal Heart
Michael Phillips
Whatever wavelength the quietly riveting Malek and the equally intriguing Sheil are on they re on it together 
3
Buster's Mal Heart
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The combination of this casual sadism and the movie s hollow aspirations toward Camus territory makes the whole affair unpleasant and insufferable 
1
Buster's Mal Heart
Sean P. Means
What makes it compelling is Malek s solid performance 
3
Buster's Mal Heart
Johanna Schneller
If you appreciate a writer director and actor who swing for the fences and chase after big questions this has a dreamlike beauty that may catch you in its spell 
2.5
Buster's Mal Heart
Bruce DeMara
Smith s idiosyncratic style isn t going to please everyone but she deserves top marks for bold ideas and storytelling 
3
Buster's Mal Heart
Stephen Rebello
As a showcase for Smith s unique talent original vision and deadpan humor let alone as a study of a strange guy with a rich inner life the movie is an art house style fascinator 
3
Buster's Mal Heart
Alan Zilberman
Buster s Mal Heart achieves resonance through repeated imagery 
3
Buster's Mal Heart
Peter Keough
Mostly it founders in the complications of its own excess of themes interconnected story lines and multiple personality disorders sketchily connected by an anti establishment point of view 
2.5
Buster's Mal Heart
Glenn Kenny
Writer director Smith pulls off her difficult vision with exemplary flair this is a very accomplished second feature 
3
Buster's Mal Heart
Kenji Fujishima
Writer director Sarah Adina Smith s film confuses narrative gimmickry for the sensitive evocation of an inner life 
2
Creative Control
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The people in this future are shallow selfish and depressing 
2.5
Creative Control
James Berardinelli
Creative Control looks more interesting than it is 
2.5
Creative Control
Mark Dujsik
The movie s dilemma is intriguing only on a fairly superficial level 
2
Creative Control
Tirdad Derakhshani
While it hits some of the usual sci fi tropes Creative Control s center of gravity isn t tech itself but the relationships of those who use it 
3.5
Creative Control
Dann Gire
In creating a social satire Dickinson doesn t find much comic relief in Creative Control His movie is dead serious stuff approaching a cautionary warning about our growing technology codependence 
3
Creative Control
Ty Burr
Even after establishing David as a panicky wreck addicted to his morning Xanax chewables and evening booze the movie doesn t dramatize his ensuing breakdown so that it makes sense or generates much sympathy 
2
Creative Control
Matt Pais
Beautiful smart exhilarating and risky Creative Control is the most satisfyingly ambitious and excitingly fresh movie I ve seen in a while And I don t say that lightly 
3.5
Creative Control
Michael O'Sullivan
At times I felt like I was out on a date with Creative Control only to find the movie kept checking its hair in the mirror every five minutes 
1.5
Creative Control
David Lewis
Like Antonioni Dickinson is less interested in narrative structure and character development but there s a problem here He has nothing new to say about technology alienation and the lost art of romance 
2
Creative Control
Soren Andersen
Creative Control is a hypnotic voyage into a society where technology addiction comes to rule and ruin those who fall under its seductive spell 
3
Creative Control
Odie Henderson
If nothing else I would have been happier with a film that did something unexpected with its technology Gorgeous cinematography aside this was a tough slog 
1.5
Creative Control
Peter Travers
For a film about technology s growing dehumanization this stylized beauty is a frisky formidable temptation 
3
Creative Control
Clayton Dillard
The film is overrun with characters but it s less interested in their identity than their plasticity 
1
Creative Control
Roger Moore
Smart sexy and provocative sci fi on a slim budget 
3
Rupture
Glenn Kenny
It s not involving it s not scary it s just kind of miserable 
1.5
Rupture
Mark Dujsik
What we get essentially is a plot that exists to prevent itself from actually telling a story 
2
Rupture
Kam Williams
They re coming to take me away ha ha 
1.5
Rupture
Roger Moore
A harrowing hostage thriller whose filmmakers outsmart themselves with their clumsy attempt to meld it to sci fi 
2
U.N. Me
Kenneth R. Morefield
U N Me describes scandal after scandal with a relentless dullness and surprisingly glib attitude 
1.5
U.N. Me
Christian Toto
Where are Michael Moore and his high powered doc peers when you need them The scrappy U N Me shines an unblinking light on a troubled organization 
3
U.N. Me
Robert Levin
The filmmakers present a sharp well argued case that exposes the rampant cronyism and greed eating away at the heart of the United Nations 
3
U.N. Me
Roger Moore
A sometimes humorous often damning but also disingenuous attempt to Michael Moore the United Nations 
2
U.N. Me
Michael O'Sullivan
He scores some good points if at times his tone seems slightly inappropriate to the gravity of the subject 
2.5
U.N. Me
Farran Smith Nehme
What truly makes U N Me repulsive is its crassness 
0
U.N. Me
Kalvin Henely
But U N Me isn t all sneering and it certainly makes its points 
2.5
The Green Prince
Bruce DeMara
It s a harrowing tale of intrigue and betrayal but also one of a friendship that survives despite extraordinary circumstances 
3.5
The Green Prince
Rafer Guzman
A gripping documentary set against the internecine battle between Israel and Palestine 
3
The Green Prince
David Lewis
This a film that leaves many unanswered questions but it s nonetheless satisfying because it resonates emotionally and offers a ray of hope that the human spirit has the ability to trump entrenched political perspectives 
3
The Green Prince
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Green Prince is an extraordinary achievement It has all the suspense of a great espionage yarn but it s also a powerful moral document that calls into question the tactics of terrorism 
3.5
The Green Prince
Odie Henderson
The story plays well regardless of what one s opinion is about the conflict because it primarily operates on the more universal relatable aspects of human nature 
3
The Green Prince
Stephanie Merry
The Green Prince is a timely look at how one man broke the cycle of violence born of blind allegiance by seeking out the facts and coming up with his own solutions 
2.5
The Green Prince
Kyle Smith
Its ironies are redolent of John le Carré Yousef had to be imprisoned so he wouldn t appear to be an informant and the stakes of his deception are such that the film deserves to be remade with actors Hollywood style 
3
The Green Prince
Clayton Dillard
The proceedings have such a rigidly determined structure amplified by chapter titles that the power and conviction in their recountings deteriorate into a placid series of back and forths 
2
The Child Remains
Rex Reed
The Child Remains is typical of the kind of dumpster material we re getting these days at the movies 
0
The Child Remains
Roger Moore
Creepy setting promising premise slow and obvious horror mystery 
1.5
Man on Wire
Mattie Lucas
Reminds us that dreams can come true and men can fly through the heights of the imagination and the triumph of the human spirit this a film for all those who ever dared to dream 
4
Man on Wire
Josh Larsen
captures the mysterious beauty of Petit s obsession without ever being so gauche as to explain it 
3.5
Man on Wire
Nick Rogers
Despite a known outcome James Marsh s documentary offers sublime thrills grafting the tense suspense of a heist film onto an existential dissection of artistic accomplishment and true friendship 
4
Man on Wire
Gerald Peary
Interviewed today Petit is a whale of a storyteller and he recalls with relish the chilling details of that amazing day 
3.5
Man on Wire
Matt Brunson
Present day interviews and modern re enactments provide the piece with its structure but it s the awe inspiring archival footage that makes this a giddy watch 
3
Man on Wire
Amy Biancolli
Though we know how it ends it unfolds with suspense And though it lacks any discussion of the towers destruction it succeeds as a tribute to their birth 
3.5
Man on Wire
Evan Williams
Marsh uses a combination of interviews film of Petit as a young man authentic newsreels and enacted reconstructions to produce an unforgettable experience 
4
Man on Wire
Jake Wilson
It s a hell of a story and Petit is a mesmerising storyteller with an extravagantly poetic turn of phrase and the glittering eye of the Ancient Mariner 
4
Man on Wire
Sandra Hall
Marsh stitches his story together with a seamless melding of interviews stills re enactments and archival footage augmented by a wonderful score by Michael Nyman and the New York composer J Ralph 
4
Man on Wire
Phil Villarreal
As cops waited to arrest him he laughed kneeled laid down on the wire and spoke with a seagull Wonder if its name was Jonathan Livingston 
3
Man on Wire
John Beifuss
A model of documentary storytelling Man on Wire is as gripping and suspenseful as a good heist film 
3.5
Man on Wire
Meg Jones
Petit is such an ebullient guy it s hard not to get sucked into his high wire antics 
3
Man on Wire
Sean P. Means
Marsh finds Petit is as puckish today as he was 34 years ago 
3.5
Man on Wire
Rob Thomas
The film really puts you in the shoes of those New Yorkers who looked up from their daily lives one day and saw something utterly unimaginable 
4
Man on Wire
James Kendrick
It mines recent history in a way that makes it seem new and invigorating reminding us of how wonderfully blissfully deranged human behavior can be
3.5
Man on Wire
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly thrilling and enthralling and it does give you an appreciation for the sort of enthusiasm and craziness that it took for them to have done this in the first place 
3.5
Man on Wire
Eric Melin
James Marsh s remarkable documentary is a reminder that in a rigid world filled with rules and regulations true beauty can come from the most indefinable of acts 
3.5
Man on Wire
Lawrence Toppman
Director James Marsh approaches this subject with a childlike sense of wonder in his documentary delighting in the skulduggery behind the event 
3.5
Man on Wire
Robert W. Butler
If Man on Wire were fiction it would be hailed as a terrific suspense film a fascinating character study and an awesome spectacle But it s true which makes it all the more remarkable 
3.5
Man on Wire
Kevin Craft
Man On Wire is an engrossing film that captures the imagination and never ceases to entertain 
4
Man on Wire
Sara Michelle Fetters
More Marsh manages to capture the imagination and make it soar to heights you usually only associate with powerful Grade A literature not with a documentary feature 
3.5
Man on Wire
Ty Burr
A documentary about a towering act of daring proves a spine tingling memorial to recklessness as art 
4
Man on Wire
Glenn Whipp
A definite candidate for documentary of the year 
3.5
Man on Wire
Reyhan Harmanci
Man on Wire the delightful documentary about French tightrope walker Philippe Petit s incroyable early morning trip between the World Trade Center towers in 1974 is an interesting film to watch from the front row 
4
Man on Wire
Moira MacDonald
Man on Wire should be watched on the biggest screen possible it s an utterly thrilling exploration of one man s mad dream 
4
Man on Wire
Chris Hewitt
Mesmerizing heart stopping and overpoweringly beautiful 
4
Man on Wire
Peter Howell
This film is a celebration of human achievement it soars with the promise that we are shackled to the ground only by lack of imagination and will 
4
Man on Wire
Peter Canavese
Engrossing rich and visually well documented telling of a fascinating story 
3.5
Man on Wire
Rafer Guzman
The film s soaring climax becomes surprisingly emotional thanks to testimony from those lucky enough to have witnessed it 
3
Man on Wire
Roger Ebert
Constructed like a first rate thriller 
4
Man on Wire
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Director Marsh creates a transfixing documentary feature that doubles as a celebration of one man and an elegy to two buildings that are no more 
3.5
Man on Wire
Carrie Rickey
A heart stopping knee buckling and transcendent account 
3.5
Man on Wire
Michael Phillips
Robert Zemeckis is developing a feature film based on Petit s life and high crimes Good luck to all concerned but I can t see how a fictionalized treatment could exceed the achievement of director James Marsh s documentary which unfolds like a dream 
4
Man on Wire
Jeanne Aufmuth
Outrageously entertaining and perfectly profound 
4
Man on Wire
James Berardinelli
A fascinating time capsule a combination of talking head interviews actual footage and re creations that evokes a kinder gentler world and provides insight into one of the most audacious stunts of the 20th century 
3
Man on Wire
Lou Lumenick
An engrossing and exhilarating documentary Man on Wire which uses vintage footage interviews and re creations 
3.5
Man on Wire
Ken Fox
The film runs 95 minutes and you ll be holding your breath for most of them 
3.5
Man on Wire
Kam Williams
An exhilarating film for the ages not to be missed either for its enlightening peek inside the elite mind of an extraordinary individual or for its ethereal tribute to the Twin Towers 
4
Man on Wire
Ed Gonzalez
Man on Wire becomes a thrilling study in contrast succeeding not only at extolling Philippe s superhuman performance but attesting to the achievements of those who similarly defied death to give the man the stage he walked on 
3
Man on Wire
Kyle Smith
A giddy dream a suspenser a harrowing surreal comedy of the possible like Dog Day Afternoon told by Amelie 
4
In Her Skin
Erik Childress
The makers of In Her Skin must be prepared to cut a check to anyone who ever read wrote made or saw The Lovely Bones 
1.5
This Is Our Land
Chuck Bowen
Throughout the film Lucas Belvaux sidelines the emotional textures that might complicate all his sermonizing 
1.5
24 Hours on Craigslist
V.A. Musetto
It plays too much like a paid ad Everybody interviewed had a positive experience But what about those who didn t 
2
24 Hours on Craigslist
John McMurtrie
A fun and free form celebration of the site s communal spirit and only in San Francisco ethos 
2
A Magical Journey
Roger Moore
Rubbish plays as some kind of half arsed trippy flashback to the Bad Old Days of Eastern Bloc children s cinema 
1
The One
David Nusair
the picture slowly but surely wears out its welcome as it progresses into a midsection and second half devoid of wholeheartedly engaging interludes and sequences 
2
The One
Jeffrey Westhoff
You should know you re in trouble when you steal ideas from Highlander 
1
The One
Ian Mantgani
Replicates the experience of viewing an arcade demo for the same length of time 
1
The One
Michael Dequina
Morgan and Wong lose sight of what makes Li such an appealing star in the first place his natural athletic ability 
2
The One
Walter Chaw
The confused step child of Sliders and Highlander 
1
The One
Jeremy Heilman
Li kicks a good amount of ass in the film but he s certainly no Oscar contender 
2
The One
Ross Anthony
I like Jet but this particular Version of the idea deletes nearly all ripe tangents 
1.5
The One
Robert Roten
The One is an expensive looking martial arts science fiction movie that delivers a lot less than you would expect from it 
2
The One
Jonathan Foreman
This sci fi martial arts hybrid has the stale aura of a product assembled out of bits of other action movies 
2
The One
Dustin Putman
The One is one vacuous hole of a movie 
.5
The One
Ed Gonzalez
Li speaks and acts entirely too much here 
2
The One
Bob Graham
Don t worry about Jet Li He can take care of himself His latest American movie however needs triage 
2
The One
Tor Thorsen
As was the case in Romeo Must Die all the CG bells and whistles detract from Li s martial arts skills 
2
The One
Rick Groen
Wong drains the artistry from the martial arts shooting the aerial work without the requisite grace and adding a plebian array of not so special effects 
2.5
The One
Roger Ebert
Offers brainless high tech action without interesting dialogue characters motivation or texture 
1.5
The One
Tony Toscano
The One should have used its brain not its brawn 
1.5
The One
Steve Rhodes
The film s very short running time minimizes the audience s pain A little of this movie goes a long way 
2
The One
Rob Blackwelder
If popcorn picture auteur John Carpenter made martial arts flicks they d be just like The One an unabashedly cheesy B grade sci fi amusement park ride 
3
The One
Carrie Rickey
A dim witted dim watted martial arts actioner 
1
The One
James Berardinelli
Bad action worse drama and excruciating science fiction 
1.5
The One
Loren King
The pace and inventiveness the epilogue is surprisingly touching and the eye popping moves of Jet Li make it easy to hang on and enjoy the ride 
3
The One
Dan Lybarger
Jet Li may be an original but little in The One is 
1.5
The One
Jeanne Aufmuth
Eighty minutes of dreck for seven snappy minutes of Jet Li going mano a mano with himself I want more 
1.5
Class Divide
Godfrey Cheshire
To the filmmakers credit they seem to approach their subjects with no simplistic agenda but a genuine desire to engage and understand everyone they meet 
3.5
Uncle P
Kam Williams
Recommended not for the yucks but just because it relates a touching tale about a brother who doesn t let success go to his head and never forgets where he came from 
2
Watching TV With the Red Chinese
Kam Williams
A cautionary tale of innocence lost delivering a prophetic message with the benefit of 20 20 hindsight that a generation ago America might have already been a culture in decay 
3
Watching TV With the Red Chinese
V.A. Musetto
Dotan takes this iffy story and makes it nearly unwatchable by jumping back and forth in time using screens within screens and bouncing between color and black and white 
0.5
Watching TV With the Red Chinese
Andrew Schenker
The first half of Shimon Dotan s Watching TV with the Red Chinese is a virtual compendium of high culture references topical concerns addressed almost in passing and narrative fracturing devices 
1.5
Jung_E
Brian Tallerico
Way too much of Jung 95 E is content to discuss its themes instead of merely embedding them in an interesting story 46 
2
Jung_E
Roger Moore
A thriller bookended with humans vs 46 robots shootouts 44 and stuffed with boring corporate intrigues in between 46 46 46 There 8217 s little human connection to any of it 44 making for a rare soulless misstep for action auteur Yeon Sang ho 46 
1.5
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Adventures of Prince Achmed deserves to be a landmark And it would be if it were better known 
3.5
Eyes of the Chameleon
David Nusair
The rampant incompetence on display proves that just because one can make a movie doesn t mean that one should 
0
The Strange Ones
Phil Villarreal
French cinema legends Jean Pierre Melville and Jean Cocteau collaborated to cast a hypnotic spell 
4
The Strange Ones
Dan Callahan
Les Enfants Terribles is very much a fantasy an accumulation of suggestive slightly obscure visual details offset somewhat by Cocteau s too literary over explicit narration 
3
Alamo Bay
Matt Brunson
An ornery Ed Harris and a saintly Amy Madigan star in this thudding disappointment 
2
Alamo Bay
Roger Ebert
Director Louis Malle and his screenwriter Alice Arlen are good at the careful observation of working class American life What gets them into trouble this time is the baffling complexity of the issues involving the fishing grounds 
2.5
Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'
John Beifuss
A dynamic pop cultural history of a movement that like Memphis rock and soul music helped unite the races through a shared fascination with larger than life superstars whose proximity to the audience was as tantalizing as it was inspirational 
3.5
Richard Pryor Here and Now
Matt Brunson
There are a couple of amusing bits involving President Ronald Reagan Motherf looked at me like I owed him money 
3
Richard Pryor Here and Now
Roger Ebert
At the end of the movie we have been wrung out with laughter and with a few other things too because Pryor is more than a comedian in this film He s a social commentator and a man talking honestly about himself 
4
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Brian Eggert
Rowling throws her audience into the fray without developing personalities we grow to love As a result Fantastic Beasts feels underwhelming if diverting for the duration 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
David Gonzalez
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is an unexpected return to Rowlings wizarding world but with anything 44 the unexpected surprises are sometimes the best 46 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
David Nusair
a predominantly worthless endeavor that seems to serve no purpose other than to lay the groundwork for future installments 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Matt Brunson
It s tempting to warily eye this film and see nothing more than a blatant cash grab But it eventually hits its stride and the end result proves to be a welcome addition to the fantasy field 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
David N. Butterworth
Fantastic looking fully realized and thoroughly absorbing this extension of J K Rowling s wizarding world surpassed my expectations exponentially 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This new movie while slight is also dazzling diverting and wonderful fun 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Wesley Lovell
What a marvelous foray into the world of J K Rowling Its period setting helps set it as an astute parallel political commentary while the progressive undertones make for a more enjoyable experience 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Brad Keefe
This is the beginning of a series and it offers passable entertainment for fans but let s hope it gets better 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
David Keyes
The plot loses its foothold just as the momentum should be taking over leading us into a barrage of meandering episodes that lack the compelling gravity you would expect out of this ambitious world 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Walter Chaw
I hope Steve Kloves decides he wants to write the next one 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Kevin A. Ranson
Maybe there s more to this story and perhaps the keen observer is meant to understand that things are very wrong but does it have to feel so hopeless 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Funny well acted but mostly full of heart this film is the ultimate proof that there s still much to see from J K Rowling s universe of wizards and witches Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
John Serba
Those of us without the pre existing condition of fandom will likely be left cold by the film it s strangely empty 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Linda Cook
This is a true ensemble piece with Redmayne taking a back seat to the rest of the troupe including sometimes the fantastic beasts 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Josh Larsen
represents the Marvelization of the Harry Potter universe 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Kam Williams
Redmayne s enviable acting range makes Newt Scamander a far more engaging and emotionally accessible character than Harry Potter ever was Heavens to Hogwarts 
4
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Chris Knight
The film is determined to do so much introduce so many and wow with such abundance that viewers may feel more fatigue than wonderment by the time its two plus hours are done Even director David Yates can t quite rein everything in 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them may not offer up the depth and the complexity of Rowling s other wizarding tales but that doesn t make it any less of a good time 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sharon Eberson
This introduction of the planned franchise gets it right by dropping us at the starting line of a great adventure a magical beginning that whets the appetite for the next time Ms Rowling decides to cast a cinematic spell 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Josh Terry
The Potter imagination is also on full display mostly through the introduction of Scamander s myriad beasts which blend familiar physical characteristics with human foibles 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Robert Horton
Lacks the coming of age resonance of the HP series but this first chapter is good fun 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Phil Villarreal
Rowling Yates and company will have to cast a different spell to bring the series up to Potter standards 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Christian Toto
Fantastic Beasts and Where a Can t Miss Franchise Does Just That 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Mark Medley
At least the monsters when compared with their co stars have some personality 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jeff Beck
The resulting film is rather forgettable and ends up feeling like more of a set up for the sequels that we ll be seeing in a few years 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Eric Henderson
The film exists resolutely outside of salience and doggedly within the comfort of escapism 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Christopher Schobert
Comparatively Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ranks as the weakest Potter film and probably one of the least kid friendly But the teenagers who grew up on Rowling s stories will adore it and what comes next should be fascinating 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sean P. Means
Redmayne who often comes off as too mannered in his performances is a nice fit for Scamander eccentric and smart a little naive but also firmly resolute when the chips are down 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Mark Dujsik
The plots may never convincingly join in J K Rowling s screenplay but separately each one is effective in its own way 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Peter Howell
Fantastic Beasts offers a good intro to Potter iffic times ahead some of them suitably creepy note the parental guidance rating as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald threatens to bring his evil doings across the Pond from Europe 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Michael O'Sullivan
The plot thickens along with the emotional tension which was always the best part of the Potter universe and not the dazzling special effects 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Michael Smith
It s enchanting romantic dark and retains that Potter like spirit 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Bob Bloom
This new franchise is supposed to be comprised of five movies Consider Fantastic Beasts an awkward introduction Perhaps when we get to know Newt better we will embrace him more closely 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Calvin Wilson
What might have been a cynical cash grab is a delightful romp through new but equally spellbinding territory 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Ty Burr
Rowling proves to be a good sharp hand with dialogue while still having a ways to go in terms of shaping a movie that said you can feel her enjoyment in exploring the terrain she has created 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Susan Wloszczyna
It is best to simply sit back at some point and enjoy the ride 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Dann Gire
Fantastic Beasts seems less an extension of Harry Potter s universe than a Hollywood attempt to lay the foundation for another standard issue visual effects laden franchise 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Rick Bentley
If you are looking for a fantastic movie and don t know where to find one look no further than Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
4
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Tony Hicks
The next four movies will likely only get better from here and that might be the most fantastic thing of all 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Loey Lockerby
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them does exactly what it needs to do introducing new characters and setting up ongoing plot threads It s certainly more nimble and entertaining than the first couple of Potter movies 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Lauren Chval
It s not Hogwarts but Rowling still has some magic in her 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
James Berardinelli
The best parts of Fantastic Beasts are those that deal with the immediate storyline Those that seek to extend the narrative are less interesting 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Richard Roeper
The result is an effective if not everlasting magical spell 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sara Stewart
There s never been a better time to escape into J K Rowling s world of magic Unfortunately the cast of characters you ll find here is a pale imitation of her Hogwarts heroes 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Dustin Putman
A magic tinged parable on prejudice and oppression the film is so airy and light hearted it verges on inconsequential That is not to suggest it isn t enjoyable though because it is 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Lawrence Toppman
The directing editing team of David Yates and Mark Day did the last four Potter movies and they understand how to evoke the atmosphere of that world without replicating it in a different setting 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Michael Phillips
There are scenes typically the most destructive ones that could be plopped into any old X Men movie But director Yates knows his way around this stuff 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Peter Hartlaub
The movie feels like cramming for an examination from the coolest textbook guided by the most engaging professor at the school 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Roger Moore
The wonders never cease or maybe it just feels that way 
2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Brian Truitt
Whether you re a Potterhead or not Beasts creates a story that s both original and enchanting 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Moira MacDonald
Even if you like me are a bit Pottered out and wish Rowling would devote herself instead to her marvelous Cormoran Strike detective novel series magic comes in many forms it s still a pleasure to revisit the author s world 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Peter Canavese
I have heard the cash cow moo the sort of movie many will feel obliged to like more than they actually want to clamor right back onto the ride 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Katie Walsh
Newt Scamander is indeed the hero who we need right now and Rowling is the storyteller we need now more than ever 
3.5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Tirdad Derakhshani
Yates and Rowling skillfully weave their bleak and very blunt edged message into the fabric of the story It might be wildly out of place in a fantasy aimed at tweens but it s a welcome change from the usual vapid blockbuster 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Stephen Whitty
Harry and Hermione and Ron may have gone on to other things But some of their most powerful magic is back And I don t think we could have waited another minute 
3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Mara Reinstein
Rowling who wrote the screenplay has layered a sophisticated and surprisingly dark origin story that will appeal more to grownups than the younger set 
3
Mysterious Dr. Satan
Bob Bloom
The serial itself contains several outstanding cliffhangers and acrobatic well choreographed fights 
3
Run for the Money
David N. Butterworth
When the opening scene makes you feel as though you ve already missed about an hour of the plot you know you re in trouble 
0
Weirdsville
G. Allen Johnson
One of the most unlikable films of the year 
1
Weirdsville
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was laughing well into the film s third act when most films stop being funny 
3
Weirdsville
Rob Humanick
Like a joint that waits to kick in until after Dumbo s pink elephant dream sequence has already unraveled 
2
Weirdsville
Eric Lurio
Yes parts of it are actually funny and there are plenty of giggles throughout but everything seems like it was done paint by numbers 
2
Weirdsville
Kevin Williamson
A second rate Trainspotting 
2.5
Weirdsville
Peter Howell
You don t have to be stoned to watch Allan Moyle s latest small town escapade but it might help 
2
Weirdsville
Jennie Punter
Dark and devilishly clever director Allan Moyle s Weirdsville is a twisted caper comedy 
3
Weirdsville
Jim Hemphill
Moyle is as deft a craftsman as ever utilizing the widescreen frame to create a number of elegant vibrantly colorful images that give the film a bright bubbly energy in spite of the violence at its core 
2.5
Breaking Habits
Roger Moore
Interesting if cheerleading portrait of a crusading marijuana activist and her pot growing nuns in rural poor Merced California 
2.5
Entropy
Michael Dequina
Becomes the routine tale of a man trying to choose between his work and his love not quite so edgy and hip as the video box says 
2
Boy and the World
Leo Brady
Boy and the World ventures into an animated abyss and what I pleasantly found is a joyous journey worthy of experiencing 
3
Boy and the World
Sean P. Means
The Brazilian fable Boy and the World one of this year s Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature category is a stirring blend of gorgeous animation and a simple heartfelt story 
3
Boy and the World
John Beifuss
A dazzler with enough far out head trip moments to have qualified it for cult status during the era of the midnight movie illegal smile 
3.5
Boy and the World
Tirdad Derakhshani
Abreu s visionary movie is a restless and dynamic creature that is forever reconstituting itself into complex visual and musical landscapes 
3.5
Boy and the World
Peter Canavese
Kaleidoscopic in its opening up of brilliant color and of the troubling interaction between corporate people and flesh and bone people between the environment and civilization 
3.5
Boy and the World
Soren Andersen
Abreu handcrafted his images and the imagination from which those images spring is astonishingly fertile 
3
Boy and the World
Robert Horton
This Brazilian film isn t strong on story but it does have incredible visuals From abstract design to dazzling cityscapes this is like seeing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds for 80 minutes 
2.5
Boy and the World
Miriam Di Nunzio
The little boy here is one of the most distinctive and adorable animated characters you ll ever come across and his introduction to the world out there is a moving revelation indeed 
3.5
Boy and the World
David Berry
If you can stomach a metaphorical climax where a parade of hippies create a colourful phoenix with the power of music but it loses a battle with an evil raven created by the military s black procession you will probably be downright touched 
2.5
Boy and the World
Michael Phillips
Writer director Ale Abreu s use sparing but striking of the blank page aesthetic makes the frequent lavish splashes of kaleidoscopic color all the more interesting 
3.5
Boy and the World
Michael O'Sullivan
The make believe world of Boy and the World is confusing scary and gorgeous But then again so is the real one 
3.5
Boy and the World
Brad Wheeler
The wonder of life s shortest season childhood is explored in Boy and the World a magical and often bleak parable about societal clashes 
3.5
Boy and the World
Dan Schindel
It is alive with music and color fleshing out its basic plot with powerful emotion through both the grandest and smallest events and gestures Don t miss this 
3.5
Boy and the World
Christy Lemire
Boy and the World is dazzlingly colorful and alive often resembling a more elaborate version of the kind of childlike drawings you probably have stuck to your refrigerator door right now 
3
Boy and the World
Sara Stewart
Subtle it s not but this bleak fable does pack an emotional punch 
3
Boy and the World
Carson Lund
One wonders how receptive young audiences should be to a film that puts its storytelling secondary to its message making 
2
Fire on the Plain
David Walsh
But the work seriously goes off the rails 44 descending into nearly grotesque suffering and mayhem 46 The social conditions are clearly not filmmaker Zhang Ji 8217 s primary concern 46 
2
Stop-Loss
Michael Dequina
Peirce s sincerity and smarts cannot quite defuse the overall didactic nature of the piece 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Austin Kennedy
The film gets pretty heavy handed in the last third and is weighed down by an inadequate performance 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Lori Hoffman
Peirce s film looks at the fallout of war in lives lost and lives ruined pain that has a trickle up effect on our nation s image of itself 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Michael A. Smith
A powerful film that doesn t pull punches Stop Loss is the first important film of 2008 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Jeffrey Westhoff
Peirce dramatizes the problems of the Iraqi War vet with more subtlety than we ve seen from other filmmakers 
2.5
Stop-Loss
John Beifuss
A flawed movie made with sympathy and integrity 
3
Stop-Loss
Matt Brunson
Often plays like a softer version of The Deer Hunter 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Walter Chaw
A populist anti war polemic 
1.5
Stop-Loss
Bob Bloom
The movie s ending will not satisfy everyone but it does avoid typical Hollywood conventions Whether it is the correct finale is something you will have to search your own heart to answer 
3
Stop-Loss
Jolene Mendez
Stop Loss is an eye opening experience with a look into the Iraq war and the consequences our troops our paying 
3
Stop-Loss
Kam Williams
Whether designed with a pacifist agenda or simply intended to make the case for a return of the draft this compelling saga compassionately establishes that Iraq War veterans shouldn t have to be wounded physically to be considered damaged goods 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Linda Cook
Whether you consider Stop Loss to be pro or anti war one thing is for sure it s definitely pro soldier 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Gina Carbone
A good movie for people who groan at the idea of watching a war movie It s more entertaining and engrossing than its peers But what s the message Send more troops to Iraq Send all the troops home from Iraq 
2.75
Stop-Loss
Larry Ratliff
Despite having appeared in Clint Eastwood s melodramatic World War II drama Flags of Our Fathers Ryan Phillippe doesn t quite muster the leading man depth to deliver the killer performance this haunting drama requires 
3
Stop-Loss
Sean P. Means
One of the few movies that understands the complexity of choosing military service and doesn t stereotype soldiers as some movies have as violence prone brutes or flag waving chumps 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Claudia Puig
Stop Loss can t quite decide whether to focus on making a powerful statement on a controversial and unfamiliar military policy or on a more predictable drama about the traumatic effect of war on young people s lives 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Ken Fox
It s a richly textured psychologically acute film that takes an unblinking look at the tattered life of the returning soldier and it s boosted by two powerful performances from Phillippe and the increasingly impressive Tatum 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Philip Marchand
The movie is a gripping but very limited view of their lives 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Chris Hewitt
Graceful intelligent and respectful of the complex feelings generated by war 
3
Stop-Loss
Moira MacDonald
Though it s no Boys Don t Cry there s something about Stop Loss that haunts you Peirce has an uncanny way of catching the fierce light in her actors eyes 
3
Stop-Loss
Mick LaSalle
Clearly Peirce s motives are pure She s not using the stop loss issue as a wedge to make the government or the administration look bad She s using it to dramatize an injustice and to advocate on behalf of the soldiers 
3
Stop-Loss
Carrie Rickey
While it would be premature to decorate it as the Best Years of Our Lives or Coming Home of the Surge Stop Loss carries the emotional force and propulsive drama of the quintessential soldier s story 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Stephen Whitty
There are good and confident choices here particularly in the direction and the way it integrates the soldiers own war movies 
3
Stop-Loss
Kyle Smith
After five years of news footage and documentaries coming from the war in Iraq Stop Loss is as phony as a re enactment with finger pup pets 
1
Stop-Loss
Elizabeth Weitzman
Viewers of any age are bound to be moved by director Peirce s primary theme that there is no easy cure for these damaged young veterans whether they return to war or fight their demons at home 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Duane Dudek
While its slick battlefield and barracks footage is YouTube and cell phone video contemporary its dramatization of events feels well worn 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Bob Strauss
This is an OK tale about guys who don t have that much going on in their civilian lives but it s not the movie it ought to be 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Robert W. Butler
Movies have rarely depicted brothers in arms with as much accuracy and compassion as Stop Loss 
3
Stop-Loss
Amy Biancolli
It s more a sweaty assemblage of dramatic high points than a coherent persuasive story of wounded warriors trying to make it 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Rick Groen
Writer director Kimberly Peirce has clearly done her homework What she hasn t done at least not here is develop any strong point of view about the war 
2
Stop-Loss
Lisa Kennedy
Anchored by deft performances from a sturdy ensemble Stop Loss provides proof of Peirce s sensitivity with actors as well as her interest in stories of American folk who don t often get the close ups they should 
3
Stop-Loss
Ty Burr
Director Peirce wants to leave us with something heavy to ponder but I ll be damned if I can figure out what that is 
2
Stop-Loss
Brandon Fibbs
Stop Loss should have been a thought provoking drama instead the crucial subject of PTSD is lost amidst melodrama and mediocrity 
2
Stop-Loss
Joe Lozito
Well meaning attempt to call attention to the wildly unfair practice of sending troops back to war after their tour of duty is over is told with broad obvious brushstrokes Still it s good that it was told at all 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Eric Melin
Told entirely from the point of view of the servicemen it avoids the pitfalls that less subtle sloganeering Iraq war movies like Lions for Lambs fell into last year 
3
Stop-Loss
Peter Canavese
The film teeters on the balance until arriving at its genuinely moving and depressingly honest final act 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Daniel M. Kimmel
If the details of the story are a tad melodramatic the overall circumstances are all too painfully real 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Sara Michelle Fetters
The war isn t the issue here the people are and anyone who has been affected by this conflict can t help but be moved by the gross indignity of this horrific military policy 
3
Stop-Loss
Willie Waffle
Loses sight of its most compelling story and gets weighed down by an anti war theme no matter how much you agree or disagree with that theme and no matter how well the cast performs 
2
Stop-Loss
Erik Childress
Stop Loss inability to find any coherent statement to make about what s happening to our soldiers is only a source of greater frustration 
1.5
Stop-Loss
Jeff Vice
The Iraq war drama has its share of very effective subtle moments but then follows them up with some crushingly heavy handed commentary 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Bill Weber
That Stop Loss wears its generally good intentions on its camo sleeve doesn t keep it from being consigned to the missed opportunity file 
2
Stop-Loss
Dustin Putman
Acted with aplomb and occasionally compelling Stop Loss nevertheless fails to impress 
2
Stop-Loss
Jessica Reaves
Peirce s obvious respect for the returned soldiers should prevent Stop Loss from being dismissed as a Hollywood anti war screed It s more accurately described as an anti war movie with a resolutely pro troop message 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one long angry howl with nary a pause for breath 
1.5
Stop-Loss
Lawrence Toppman
Someone watching Stop Loss with younger eyes might feel the heat of the main soldier s dilemma more than I did but I couldn t help thinking director Kimberly Peirce was presenting us with abstract ideas in the forms of half realized characters 
2.5
Stop-Loss
Jan Stuart
Stop Loss builds a cumulative power and sense of urgency that can t be denied 
3
Stop-Loss
Phil Villarreal
If the war effort is bent on alienating the core of troop morale while frightening potential recruits from joining up mission accomplished 
3.5
Stop-Loss
Josh Larsen
Strangely it has come out at once too soon and for those who have already been stop lossed too late 
2
Stop-Loss
Sean McBride
deserves praise for dealing honestly with a thorny issue where most other filmmakers would simply resort to propaganda 
3
Stop-Loss
Peter Travers
Even when the script slips into sentiment director Peirce sticks with her troubled questing soldiers and through this raw and riveting movie they stick with us 
3.5
The Unicorn
Matt Fagerholm
An endearing symphony of misread cues fumbling advances and accidental epiphanies 
3
The Unicorn
Roger Moore
Some good scenes funny performances and sparkling banter make this worthy of rom com silver if not quite rom com gold 
2.5
The Unicorn
Joey Magidson
A lot of the charm here is in how amusing it makes a particularly tricky situation The dialogue sparkles and it s hard not to be amused by the turns the story takes 
3
Peace Officer
Bob Bloom
One aspect the filmmakers do make clear is that a disconnect has sprouted between police and ordinary citizens who feel threatened by the very people who are sworn to protect and serve them 
2.5
Peace Officer
Rob Thomas
Deftly weaving in Lawrence s crusade against the larger backdrop of recent changes in law enforcement philosophy Peace Officer is as much on the side of cops as it is on the citizens 
3.5
Peace Officer
Peter Keough
Surpasses the best episode of the now defunct CSI series in its suspense and fascinating procedural detail and rivals the intensity ingenuity and broader ramifications of Errol Morris s The Thin Blue Line 
2.5
Peace Officer
Michael O'Sullivan
Lawrence acts as a genial and knowledgable guide to the film s true subject and the source of its titular irony the increasing militarization of law enforcement 
3
Peace Officer
Scott Renshaw
It s difficult to escape the conclusion that many deaths result from turning too many situations into shock and awe campaigns and that Lawrence s quiet firm opposition makes him heroic 
3
Peace Officer
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is one of the year s best films 
3.5
Peace Officer
Kam Williams
The cinematic equivalent of a canary in the coal mine which issues a dire warning to the government to get SWAT teams under control before either the people revolt or the U S turns into a Fascistic police state 
4
My Generation
Peter Howell
The film wisely resists the standard documentary technique of stringing together a series of talking heads no small temptation given the famous people rounded up for reminiscing 
3
Jour de Fete
Josh Larsen
freewheelingly captures a traveling carnival s effects on a small French village 
3.5
Jour de Fete
James Kendrick
a genial ambling comedy that uses the figure of a klutzy postman named François played by Tati himself as the centerpoint for a series of comedic episodes involving a small French village preparing for a big festival
3.5
Witching & Bitching
Matt Brunson
Alex de la Iglesia offers more madness and mayhem with this delirious flick 
3
Witching & Bitching
Christian Toto
Witches sight gags and a treatise on the battle of the sexes Witching Bitching gives you plenty to think about between the carnage 
3
Witching & Bitching
Rene Rodriguez
A swift dark and nasty horror comedy that occasionally dances into territory deemed taboo by American filmmakers 
3
Witching & Bitching
Simon Abrams
Witching and Bitching is accordingly overlong and conceptually thin But like most of de la Iglesia s films it s also freakishly energetic and often hysterical 
3
Witching & Bitching
Roger Moore
Campy Almodovarian fun a genuine guilty pleasure
3
Witching & Bitching
Chuck Bowen
lex de la Iglesia has a real flair for wild action sequences that remain exhilaratingly coherent and sensical 
2.5
Witching & Bitching
Kara Nesvig
Not high art by any means but it is pretty entertaining if you like a good slice of crazy horror movie fun once in awhile 
2.5
Witching & Bitching
David Nusair
contains a terminally meandering midsection that ultimately drains the film of its energy and renders its positive attributes moot 
1.5
Do Not Disturb
David Nusair
Lightweight almost to the point of distraction 
2
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Michael Phillips
In what he claims will be his final film 87 year old Eric Rohmer fashions a serenely daffy coda to a half a lifetime spent behind the camera exploring the vicissitudes of romance 
3
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Roger Ebert
The movie does rather run on although it is charming and sweet and is perhaps too languid 
2.5
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
John Hartl
It s often as fresh and buoyant as Rohmer s modern takes on the battle of the sexes 
3
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Wesley Morris
The movie looks and feels exactly how it probably was to make like a walk in the park 
3
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Mick LaSalle
Rohmer s knack for fable is manifest even in his modern dress films and in Astrea and Celadon a feeling of fable of more to this story than meets the eye is ever present 
3
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bloody awful 
1
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Akiva Gottlieb
To borrow the film s vernacular the words never stab into the soul 
2
The Holy Mountain
James Kendrick
starts off with great promise but quickly descends into a kind of monotonous spiral of escalating pretension and wearisome shock tactics
2
The Holy Mountain
John Beifuss
So loaded with symbols and religious references that the frames of the films flash by as if Jodorowsky were shuffling a deck of his beloved tarot cards 
3.5
The Holy Mountain
Jeff Vice
Jodorowsky s 1973 surreal fantasy is just too much to dig through 
1.5
The Holy Mountain
Geoff Pevere
Neither for the faint of heart or the linear of thinker The Holy Mountain qualifies both as a fascinating period relic and an enduringly transfixing jaw dropper 
3
The Holy Mountain
Ty Burr
Halfway through we re introduced to nine industrialists and politicians they narrate their heinous biographies in Godardian voiceover who embark up the title mountain to become immortal Dude 
3
My Boy Jack
David Wiegand
Here Radcliffe is given a bit more to work with and he simply soars He is the heart of the film even when he s not onscreen 
3
The Lifeguard
Sheila O'Malley
The Lifeguard is hemmed in by vagueness and cliche and nearly ruined by its soundtrack an insistent barrage of thematically obvious alt radio music cues 
2
The Lifeguard
Kyle Smith
The central character simply comes across as whiny and entitled instead of troubled and dark and the central theme of getting your groove back by acting like a kid again has been done many times by much more talented filmmakers 
1
The Lifeguard
Stephen Whitty
The movie really depends on Bell and her story and neither is interesting or compelling enough to engage us 
1.5
The Lifeguard
Ty Burr
The movie s being billed in some quarters as a comedy which is a hell of a stretch given that the plot expands to take in statutory rape and teen suicide 
1.5
The Lifeguard
Jeff Beck
What the film desperately needed was some originality 
2
The Lifeguard
Mike McGranaghan
Rather than feeling as though we re emotionally connected to the lead character during her descent we re all too aware of the machinations of the screenplay struggling to find ways to sink her and then bring her back up 
2
The Lifeguard
Ed Gonzalez
The film heroically stretches out its governing water metaphor to a point that allows it to best Garden State s Guinness World Record for most incessant navel gazing 
1
The Lifeguard
Dustin Putman
Doesn t exactly win points for originality but it is affecting all the same scripted with care and showing that Kristen Bell is fully capable of diversifying the types of film roles she takes on 
2.5
Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream
Farran Smith Nehme
A record of another unique New York institution making way for another glass box 
2.5
Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream
Clayton Dillard
Michael Levine provides a history without a real sense of individuated struggle or even singular personage 
2
Teen Spirit
Cassidy Olsen
Minghella is more interested in revealing a carefully cultivated aesthetic than actually saying something with his debut 
1.5
Teen Spirit
Steven Prokopy
Teen Spirit has enough going for it mostly the music to give it the mildest of recommendations if only for Fanning completists But the rest of the movie feels stale and often depressing 
2.5
Teen Spirit
Adriana Gomez-Weston
Teen Spirit isn t revolutionary but it s a feelgood film that transports you to another realm The singing sequences feel like music videos intertwined together and the music pulses through the surround sound creating a concert like atmosphere 
3
Teen Spirit
Allyson Johnson
Teen Spirit is enjoyable but Minghella s chaotic directorial style and a thin script don t offer much to talk about once the last note has been sung 
2.5
Teen Spirit
Roger Moore
Fanning is better than the slick superficial gloss Minghella has scripted and directed her in 
2
Teen Spirit
Rosalie Kicks
With the neon lights and slick camera movements this flick has a shiny exterior with very little going on inside 
2
Teen Spirit
Sara Michelle Fetters
But while not exactly believable this is still a feisty modern day fairy tale that brought a great big smile to my face 
3
Teen Spirit
Richard Roeper
As we ve learned from Daniel LaRusso and a host of other underdogs in any manner of competitions it s not impossible for heart to triumph over technique 
3
Teen Spirit
Rob Thomas
Max Minghella s earnest Teen Spirit captures that deep almost primal relationship people can have with songs It s a love story Not between two people but between a teenage girl and her music 
3
Teen Spirit
Robert Horton
It s not what you tell but how you tell it And Teen Spirit has a sideways moody take on its tale 
3
Teen Spirit
Mark Dujsik
Everything unfolds almost exactly as one would anticipate although there are some unexpected developments 
2
Teen Spirit
Sean P. Means
It s Fanning s music that gives Teen Spirit its intense fire 
3
Teen Spirit
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite the positives the underlying clichés of the structure prevent Teen Spirit from transcending the ordinary making of it merely a well dressed dullard and nothing more 
2
Teen Spirit
Chelsea Phillips-Carr
With so many missteps you must question why Teen Spirit was even released 
1
Teen Spirit
Ty Burr
Teen Spirit is a stylish doodle But it s from a first time filmmaker who s still learning to draw and who likes to color outside the lines So watch this space 
2
Teen Spirit
Peter Canavese
Serves mostly as a vehicle for star Elle Fanning who provides her own vocals in the film s multiple vocal performance sequences and more importantly provides the film its soul of quietly defiant determination 
2.5
Teen Spirit
Michael O'Sullivan
It s not the slickness that sells Teen Spirit anyway but its strangeness 
3
Teen Spirit
Bob Bloom
Writer director Max Minghella s movie while short on originality is blessed with the star power of Elle Fanning as Violet 
2.5
Teen Spirit
Mick LaSalle
Teen Spirit is not a particularly ambitious film and its impact was always going to be limited But it s consistently intelligent and Minghella assumes that the audience is intelligent too 
3
Teen Spirit
Katie Walsh
it s obvious Minghella deeply loves and respects the emotional clout of a good pop song and the role it plays in life as a symbol an anthem a glimmer of hope He also has impeccable taste in pop 
3
Teen Spirit
Derek Smith
In the end the film is all too ready to transform into just another shiny pop object indistinguishable from so many others before it 
2
Teen Spirit
Brian Tallerico
Sadly the film doesn t live up to the depth of the music that seems to have inspired its existence 
2
Teen Spirit
Bill Chambers
Pity about Teen Spirit since it opens so well 
2
Francis, God's Fool
Jay Antani
one of the cinema s loveliest spiritual explorations
3.5
Francis, God's Fool
Peter Canavese
Though Roberto Rossellini s Francesco giullare di Dio tells stories of a Roman Catholic saint it should not be branded merely as a religious film 
4
Francis, God's Fool
Fernando F. Croce
The theme is less the simplicity of religion than the religiosity of simplicity 
4
All the Freckles in the World
Roger Moore
Lame ñoño sexist retrograde stumbling Mexico City teen romance
1
Jiseul
Chris Cabin
In form O Muel s film is invigorating even striking but it feels ill matched to his attitude if not necessarily his subject matter 
2
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Michael Dequina
Thanks to Grant s bravura performance the film is wickedly enjoyable 
3
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
James Kendrick
acerbic but overstated satire
2
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Roger Ebert
The film would be better if it kept all of its images and performances and threw out a lot of the dialogue which explains at great length things that need no explaining 
2.5
Red Riding: 1974
Mattie Lucas
Beautifully directed by Jarrold 1974 is a haunting and frightening portrait of a man willing to find the answers at all costs that approaches Zodiac in its quality 
3.5
Red Riding: 1974
Peter Canavese
Cigarettes leather jackets bell bottoms and dollops of pop music establish the socially agreed upon distractions of the particular bygone time just a few ways of avoiding ugly truths Blu ray 
3.5
Red Riding: 1974
Mike Scott
With its muted colors but unmuted violence it s similar texturally to David Fincher s superb Zodiac about another 70s serial killer It s also just as disturbing 
3.5
Red Riding: 1974
James Berardinelli
It is effective at setting the stage introducing some of the characters and capturing the attention of those who love gritty uncompromising dramas about police corruption and the dark side of human nature 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Paul Sherman
A gut wrenching expose of the mistreatment of young Irish women at the hands of men the government and the Catholic Church 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
David N. Butterworth
A harrowing indictment of the atrocities performed in the name of organized religion 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Collin Souter
Beautifully directed and acted Mullen s movie seems to be made with the same purpose as last year s Bloody Sunday that of atonement and catharsis 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Mark Dujsik
First and foremost The Magdalene Sisters is an important film a brutal unwavering expos on a deplorable crime against women perpetrated by the Irish Catholic Church that went unchecked and unquestioned until 1996 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
James Kendrick
As compelling as the material is the film never quite grabs you as anything more than a gruesome expos although a particularly timely and important one 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Forrest Hartman
With a little restraint writer director Peter Mullan s The Magdalene Sisters might have been a historical expose with the heft of films like last year s Rabbit Proof Fence or The Pianist 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Joe Baltake
Harsh and angry this Oscar worthy film stages a deliberately paced thoroughly researched indictment of institutionalized cruelty and the kind of ignorance and hypocrisy that validates and encourages it 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
Jeff Vice
As every bit hard to watch as it is to turn away from And that s really saying something 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Sean P. Means
A hard pill to take but worth it for its outpouring of raw rage and defiance on the screen 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Phil Villarreal
The raw power of the material accompanied by breathtaking acting lift the film to fascinating drama 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
John Beifuss
Something like a Masterpiece Theatre retread of an old Roger Corman women in prison flick 
2.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Steven Snyder
Much like last year s Oscar nominated The Pianist Magdalene is a movie that attempts to get at the core of pain anguish and perseverance 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Steve Rhodes
harrowing and mesmerizing
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Duane Dudek
The outrage of actor turned writer director Peter Mullan is palpable and every frame of this shocking and occasionally exploitative film is designed to ensure that this reaction is contagious 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Jonathan W. Hickman
An edgy complex tale 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
Rene Rodriguez
If The Magdalene Sisters occasionally flirts with cartoonishness the movie is tempered by Mullan s considerable filmmaking skills 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
David Elliott
Mullan can direct scenes so that your skin crawls while your blood freezes but his feel for drama is fairly primitive and before the movie ends you may feel bilious from his force fed revelations 
2
The Magdalene Sisters
Terry Lawson
A story like this one could easily succumb to outraged melodrama but not only does Mullan keep the drama human sized he even leavens it with the humor that one can easily believe had to be summoned to endure such misguided and malicious treatment 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Lisa Kennedy
Full of forceful aching performances 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Laura Kelly
A dramatic expose on the mistreatment of girls at the hands of the Catholic Church in 1960s Ireland 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Jeff Strickler
Although it s heavy handed in its emotional button pushing The Magdalene Sisters still manages to produce all the reactions the filmmakers want repulsion indignation anger and outrage 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Jeanne Aufmuth
The film s strength lies not in the harrowing crimes of its namesakes but in the feisty spirit of the maltreated girls whose determination to escape their Dickensian nightmare transcends all 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s been no sex no unwanted children just the allure of the possibility of carnal actions and for that she s been sent to work her life away in an inhuman institution 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Moira MacDonald
The cast is uniformly fine particularly smiley eyed Geraldine McEwan as the avaricious Sister Bridget and the filmmaking haunting 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Carrie Rickey
A film of haunting eloquence and justifiable fury 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Ty Burr
Blistering and brilliant work of true life moral agitprop 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
Josh Larsen
burns with a righteous fury that s at once invigorating and self defeating 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Roger Ebert
A harrowing look at institutional cruelty 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Michael Wilmington
A fierce brilliant film that breaks and then mends your heart 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
Erik Childress
If Writer Director Mullan is true to the facts then I don t need to hear the other side of the story since its likely one with a single purpose in mind not willing to listen to anyone else 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
David Nusair
Writer director Peter Mullan clearly feels very strongly about this subject but his lack of objectivity prevents the film from becoming more than just a one sided tirade 
2
The Magdalene Sisters
Glenn Kenny
The film is beautifully acted by all but Nora Jane Noone as the sloe eyed orphan Bernadette is first among equals here and a genuine find 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Mick LaSalle
A powerful document of cruelty and sadism 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Timothy Knight
Although there are welcome moments of humor and warmth The Magdalene Sisters is frequently painful to watch 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
V.A. Musetto
Mullan triggers all your emotions anger sorrow pity disgust shame And once he gets hold of you he won t let go 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Katrina Onstad
Mullan s anger which sometimes looks like righteous indignation is not misplaced it is laser targeted where it should be toward culpable parties however reluctant they might be to own up to the epic mistakes of the past 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Glenn Whipp
Mullan s movie is undeniably heart wrenching but it s also overwrought sometimes reducing what we re seeing on screen to the level of a very disturbing cartoon 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Liam Lacey
Angry and deliberately provocative The Magdalene Sisters sets out to offend those who deserve it 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the year s most powerful films and an absolute must see 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Jack Mathews
Offers a kind of worst case glimpse into the draconian Magdalene Asylums that were begun in the late 19th century and lasted well into the 1990s 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Mary F. Pols
Mullan has created an emotionally real story one that has moments of agony and desperation but ultimately thankfully enough triumph to make the harrowing experience of watching it endurable 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Walter Chaw
The picture is passionate without question but perhaps passionate to a fault 
2.5
The Magdalene Sisters
Claudia Puig
One of the most gut wrenching and expertly told films of the year 
3.5
The Magdalene Sisters
David Sterritt
Mullan s fictionalized screenplay brings awful realities to vivid life reminding us that piety without compassion is meaningless 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
Jan Stuart
McEwan nails the degenerate blend of humanity and hypocrisy that can coexist when people become slavemasters of moral rectitude 
4
The Magdalene Sisters
Peter Travers
The film gets to you it s a powerhouse 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
James Berardinelli
This is a worthwhile movie because it is well made and encourages viewers to think and feel 
3
The Magdalene Sisters
Jeremy Heilman
We never doubt where Mullan s polemical biases lie but such simplifications rob the movie of much of its dramatic effect 
2
The Magdalene Sisters
Ed Gonzalez
That Magdalene Sisters arrives stateside with the full censure of the Vatican more or less confirms Mullan s job well done 
2.5
I.T.
David Nusair
a flat and flabby would be thriller 
2
I.T.
Mark Dujsik
I T gives us two obvious bogeymen for the price of one pretty dumb movie 
1.5
I.T.
Farran Smith Nehme
Beat by beat it s exactly what you d expect right down to the camera s prurient interest in the dewy flesh of Stefanie Scott as the 17 year old daughter 
2
I.T.
Christian Toto
Is it an inside joke that a movie named I T is so jaw droppingly dumb 
1.5
I.T.
Roger Moore
Engagingly cast but groaningly predictable 
1.5
So Fine
Chuck O'Leary
A very funny underrated comic romp from the early 80s 
3
So, My Grandma's a Lesbian!
Roger Moore
Cute is about as good as it gets Sweet even But funny Almost never 
1.5
A Little Bit of Soul
Dustin Putman
A preposterous asinine horror movie also in more ways than one that is about as subtle as a freight train crashing into your house 
1
Hanging Up
Michael Dequina
A sappy overly familiar enterprise 
2
Hanging Up
Jeffrey Westhoff
The story bungles ahead pointlessly mixing melodrama and self help book affirmations 
1
Hanging Up
Wesley Lovell
8220 Hanging Up 8221 has plenty to say 44 but gets bogged down with clich 233 46 The most important thing to take from the film is that regardless of what success you may find in life 44 you should never forget where you came from
2
Hanging Up
Susan Stark
It doesn t help the cause of the picture that both its tone and thematic emphasis change abruptly in the final stretch 
2
Hanging Up
Elias Savada
Self absorbed one dimensional characters cast adrift in a plain wrapper story about three sisters in search of themselves and each other do not an enjoyable film make 
1
Hanging Up
Jay Carr
Too scattered and insubstantial to be as funny and moving as it could have been 
2
Hanging Up
Ross Anthony
Has an on again off again humorous way but lacks a great story to hold onto 
2
Hanging Up
Steve Rhodes
One of the most irritating movies of the year features non stop phoning 
0.5
Hanging Up
Dustin Putman
Saying it is a waste of time is an understatement of epic proportions 
1
Hanging Up
Mick LaSalle
Too phony to be anything truly heartfelt 
1
Hanging Up
Roger Ebert
It s a facile comedy of manners a story in which the three daughters have somehow been taught by their upbringing to put a consistent face on everything Their incessant telephoning is like a way of staying in tune 
2
Hanging Up
David Sterritt
Keaton doesn t have quite enough filmmaking savvy to balance the story s blend of heartbreaking and smile coaxing moments 
2
Hanging Up
Jorge Avila Andrade
Aunque tiene algunas secuencias y momentos bien logrados el resultado final es muy disparejo
2
Hanging Up
Cornell & Petricelli
This movie enlightens as much as it entertains 
3.5
Hanging Up
Rob Blackwelder
A strongly if predictably acted emotionally sincere and enjoyably capricious comedy drama 
3
Hanging Up
Jonathan Foreman
A depressing trite and mawkishly Hollywood story about the death of a creepy old man and its effect on his spoiled grown up daughters 
2.5
Hanging Up
Susan Wloszczyna
At one point Ryan actually embraces a coffee vending machine as if it were a buoy in the rocky ocean of life Is this a performance or a cry for a new script 
1.5
Phoenix, Oregon
Roger Moore
Has an easygoing charm that puts it over even if we remember the films that inspired it a little too well for its own good 
2.5
Phoenix, Oregon
Luke Parker
The movie never crisps out of its doughy form And watching it try to rise is not too blazing a task 
2.5
Phoenix, Oregon
Matt Zoller Seitz
Phoenix Oregon never quite figures out how to pass its good vibrations to the audience 
2
The Addiction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What we get is a slight but entertaining movie that s dare I say it unintentionally funny at times 
3
The Addiction
Emanuel Levy
Reflecting Ferrara s obsession with guilt and redemption the film acknowledges the capacity for evil urging viewers to take responsibility for their actions or else there won t be a way to arrest evil s diffusion from one generation to the next 
3
The Addiction
Susan Tavernetti
Christopher Walken who always looks like one of the living dead proves that he hasn t exhausted his capacity to make your skin crawl 
2.5
The Addiction
Walter V. Addiego
The film works better as straight horror it s quite gory and the inky black and white photography adds intensely to the mood than as a meditation on morality 
2
The Addiction
Chris Hicks
Eternally heavy handed director Abel Ferrara isn t interested in making anything that even remotely resembles a conventional horror film 
2
Transporter 3
Sonny Bunch
Transporter 3 is the cinematic equivalent of cotton candy a quick sugar rush that melts in your mouth and is forgotten five minutes later 
2
Transporter 3
Charles Koplinski
Silly imaginative fun 
2.5
Transporter 3
Kam Williams
Jason Statham preforms more implausible derring do as a butt stomping daredevil driver for hire 
3
Transporter 3
Austin Kennedy
We get close ups awkward camera movements speed up slow down nonsense and shots with missing frames I had to look away a few times because I thought I was going to have a seizure This was NOT a fun movie to watch 
1
Transporter 3
Christian Toto
Transporter 3 delivers precisely the same thrills as the first two installments Take that as a warning or an invitation 
2.5
Transporter 3
Dustin Putman
A pointless junky lackadaisical product that should hopefully put the kibosh on another sequel 
1.5
Transporter 3
Sean P. Means
I think by now even Jason Statham is getting a little bored with the over the top stunts and martial arts action of producer writer Luc Bessons franchise if only the money werent so good 
2.5
Transporter 3
Christopher Borrelli
It s hard not to smile 
2.5
Transporter 3
Chris Hewitt
The story is both unwieldy and nonsensical spending as it does far too much time on the annoying Ukrainian complicated plot twists and dialogue 
2
Transporter 3
Peter Howell
You know a series is in trouble when it begins mocking its own premise Frank s obsessive rules about who what and how he transports stuff are ruthlessly violated 
1.5
Transporter 3
Jeremy Wheeler
Questionable style aside it does what it sets out to do entertain 
2.5
Transporter 3
Claudia Puig
Somehow Statham comes out of this improbable thriller with his dignity intact With classic action hero qualities and dry wit he seems woefully under employed as a deliveryman 
2
Transporter 3
David Hiltbrand
An action franchise in motion tends to stay in motion long after logic or box office should bring it to a screeching halt 
1.5
Transporter 3
Liam Lacey
If you re going to a no frills action film though at least you want the action to be entertaining which is where Transporter 3 falls down 
2
Transporter 3
Jeff Vice
If anything the third is an improvement on its immediate predecessor 
2.5
Transporter 3
Kyle Smith
If things get much more dismal for the Transporter he ll be running pizzas for Domino s 
1.5
Transporter 3
Peter Hartlaub
The weakest in the series and a rare disappointment from French action movie producer Luc Besson 
1
Transporter 3
Roger Ebert
Although Megaton s CGI fight scenes are as chopped up and incomprehensible as the current norm he mostly avoids the Queasy Cam and uses a stable camera while only the action moves How about that 
2.5
Transporter 3
Wesley Morris
More with these sequels is always less The proportions haven t been right since 2002 
1.5
Transporter 3
Michael Sragow
And if you re addicted to action it will put you in adrenaline freak heaven 
3
Transporter 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Part of me almost can t believe I m saying this but Besson and Kamen working with young French director Olivier Megaton whose last name was just made to helm this type of thing have crafted a film that even surpasses their 2002 original 
2.5
Transporter 3
Daniel M. Kimmel
the Transporter movies work because they re stripped down and focused moving fast and getting the job done just like their on screen hero 
3
Transporter 3
Josh Larsen
I realized I had had my fill of the series right around the time Jason Statham was forced to perform a striptease in order to get the keys to his car 
2
Transporter 3
John Beifuss
Even a usually easy to please sneak preview audience reacted to the film s violations of physics and common sense with glum silence rather than the hoots and hollers that signify approval of the unlikely feats in James Bond and Indiana Jones films 
1
Transporter 3
Willie Waffle
Yes Jason Statham kicks some booty Yes he takes off his shirt many many times Do you really need anything else from this review 
1.5
Transporter 3
David Nusair
Transporter 3 does manage to sporadically capture one s interest with its expectedly thrilling action sequences 
2.5
Transporter 3
Stanley A. Miller II
It falls flat on all fronts with a ridiculous nonsensical story drab lifeless characters and action sequences more worthy of direct to DVD distribution than the silver screen 
1.5
Transporter 3
Mark Rahner
Another enjoyable if not particularly memorable installment 
2
Transporter 3
Robert W. Butler
The Transporter series turned Brit actor Jason Statham into a movie star But maybe it s time to hang up his car keys He s better than this 
2
Transporter 3
James Berardinelli
The most frustrating entry into a series that has never set the bar terribly high 
2
Minions
Brian Eggert
They apos re essentially pantomime characters 44 but unlike 44 say 44 WALL 8226 E 44 the characters of limited speech here don apos t evoke a range of emotions 46 
1.5
Minions
Mattie Lucas
Everything about it is a weak excuse to give the Minions something outlandish to do but there isn t a particularly strong thread running through any of it 
2.5
Minions
Pamela Powell
Parents I would recommend sending the kids with the babysitter to this one It s worth the price to pay for one more to go when that one more isn t you 
2
Minions
Brandy McDonnell
The little yellow different Minions who split sides in two smash Despicable Me movies manage just barely to frolic through enough sight gags pop culture references and sheer lunacy to keep their madcap 91 minute star vehicle rolling 
3
Minions
David Nusair
the relatively short running time results in a general lack of lulls 
3
Minions
John Beifuss
Divorced from the be thankful for family homilies that motivate the Despicable Me movies this first solo outing for the lozenge shaped scene stealers improves on its predecessors It s a Looney loop de loop of nonstop funny noises and sight gags 
3
Minions
Kam Williams
An incessant assault of mindless mirthful mayhem with enough cultural allusions mixed in to hold the attention of adults too 
2.5
Minions
Robert W. Butler
The overall effect is mildly diverting and almost instantly forgettable 
2.5
Minions
Josh Terry
Minions is a fun backstory for a popular group of sidekicks but it really shouldn t extend beyond that It does a good job with what it has but it won t leave you asking for more 
3
Minions
Wesley Lovell
Without the clever plotting of the first the presence of the bumbling brilliance of Gru or a wall to wall array of ludicrous jokes the film almost succumbs to its own ego 
2.5
Minions
David Keyes
An idea is only as good as its execution and after spending three sessions with these characters one is left with the speculation that some ideas perhaps would have been better left as part of a rough draft on the printed page 
2
Minions
James Kendrick
enjoyable in all the right ways is just clever enough to stand apart from its predecessors and doesn t overstay its welcome
3
Minions
Linda Cook
If all you need to be entertained is to watch the Minions run around you ll be satisfied with this spinoff prequel 
2
Minions
Ben Sachs
I got tired of this joke before the movie ended but I appreciate the gusto with which the filmmakers particularly Coffin with his nimble vocalizations carried it out 
2
Minions
Jackson Cuidon
I don t demand that every children s movie be the newest best thing to ever happen to film though neither do I assume a children s movie has to be formulaic and banal Minions though is an almost aggressively hollow project 
1.5
Minions
Mike McGranaghan
Brightly colored inordinately silly kind of charming and yes a bit one note Still you know what you re getting and if that s what you want here it is 
3
Minions
Liam Lacey
With its episodic stream of slapstick gags Minions has moments of piquant absurdity but mostly its shrill but cutesy anarchy works as a visual sugar rush for the preschool set 
2
Minions
Scott Nash
Lightweight entertainment that the under 10s will no doubt love but without the subtext to make it a classic enjoyable by the whole family 
2.5
Minions
Mark Dujsik
The prologue is actually a better idea for a story about these characters than the one the movie ultimately gives us 
2.5
Minions
Christy Lemire
Fittingly because they re pill shaped the Minions work best in small doses 
2
Minions
Sean P. Means
Minions is proof that the sidekicks of the Despicable Me movies are like most tiny yellow pill like things better in measured doses 
2.5
Minions
John Serba
These movies are higgledy piggledy and filled with jibber jabber and trying to sell you snacks and bric a brac but they never really sink to the level of jiggery pokery 
3
Minions
Peter Travers
It s not whether this prequel can mint money that s a given The questions is Can the minions carry a movie all by their mischievous mini selves Fraid not 
2
Minions
John Wirt
Less inventive and entertaining than the Despicable Me movies but still engaging 
2.5
Minions
Michael Smith
The movie is also missing the subversive chuckles this series is known for and sight gags are all that s left There are only so many ways to dress up a Minion to build a movie around 
2
Minions
Willie Waffle
A slapstick triumph 
3
Minions
Rob Thomas
Little Yellow Not that different 
2.5
Minions
James Berardinelli
Inconsistent and undisciplined Minions is more an adjunct to marketing than a legitimate motion picture 
2.5
Minions
Tom Russo
Impressive as it is that the filmmakers get so much comedic mileage out of their characters half intelligible prattling the conventional dialogue is bafflingly flat 
2
Minions
Eric Henderson
The film turns its back on all but the most fleeting brand of comic anarchy 
2
Minions
Anders Wright
It isn t a bad film and it s often engaging but it s also little more than adequate 
2
Minions
Linda Barnard
Few gags hit solidly Minions relies on mayhem too often too loud too much and too pointless 
2.5
Minions
Rafer Guzman
A loud frenetic kid pleaser though parents brains may short circuit 
1.5
Minions
Steven Rea
Minions may just be an excuse to cash in on the phenomenal success of the Despicable Me franchise Part 3 already has a release date June 30 2017 but as crass commercial enterprises go this prequel gives its all 
3
Minions
Chris Knight
Writer Brian Lynch and co directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda throw everything they can against the wall only to find that very little sticks 
1.5
Minions
Brian Truitt
Brian Lynch s screenplay features a series of amusing sight gags and physical comedy that mostly hits watching the Minions play polo while riding Corgis is an exercise in cuteness 
2.5
Minions
Chris Hewitt
Look there s a reason no one eats an entire dinner of cilantro or writes music that features triangle solos They re both meant to play supporting roles and so unfortunately are the Minions 
1.5
Minions
Joe Williams
Minions is product pure and simple Little kids will love it but grown ups will feel like they re being held hostage in a Fisher Price test laboratory 
2
Minions
Peter Canavese
The technical execution is strong but the invention is weak simply feels late to the party by spinning off sidekicks as it trades on 60s style 
2
Minions
Michael O'Sullivan
I too once enjoyed the Minions in the small doses that they came in But the extra strength Minions is for better or for worse too much of a good thing 
2.5
Minions
Mick LaSalle
The bottom line is that the filmmakers are working with nothing here no characters to speak of no interpersonal relationships no story with any suspense or capacity to engage and no script with any humor or wit What can they do 
1
Minions
Charles Bramesco
Even though its protagonists appear to be demons sent from the deepest reaches of Hades to annoy moviegoers into a premature grave Minions is not an entirely evil film 
1.5
Minions
Kimberley Jones
It s a slight bright bopping entertainment 
3
Minions
Dann Gire
Those little Minions made terrific supporting players in their two previous adventures As main stars they re sporadically comical yes but not all that interesting They don t particularly learn anything or evolve as characters 
2.5
Minions
Odie Henderson
Minions is a big slobbery dog who licks your face brings your slippers and humps your leg before turning into an adorable kitten with big eyes and a soulful mew 
3
Minions
Soren Andersen
Two words mild chuckles Two more words needs Gru 
2
Minions
Rick Bentley
The charm and humor they brought in tiny doses in the previous films now comes in a massive blast that wears thin quickly 
2.5
Minions
Kyle Smith
Like trying to form a rock band out of three Ringos 
1.5
Minions
Randy Myers
A fun cheerful time passer that s filled with many random zingers that will leave you snickering afterward 
3
Minions
Roger Moore
OK for tykes but the biggest laugh may be that somebody took a writing credit for this non verbal mish mash 
2.5
Minions
Dustin Putman
A frothy family comedy no more and no less It may not endure the way the best animated films do but as an answer to where these cheerful yellow servants of villainy come from it proves a good deal more winning than most will be expecting 
2.5
Minions
Stephen Whitty
Why shell out money to see this in the theater when you can just buy a DVD next year Or more to the point buy the plush toys that something like this is really all about 
1
Slash/Back
Roger Moore
Never overcomes its scene after scene 44 joke after joke 8220 near miss 8221 status 46 
2
Slash/Back
Nick Allen
It 8217 s sincerely sweet and entertaining 44 and its impact is felt even more as the black alien blood starts to fly 46 
2.5
Slash/Back
Mike McGranaghan
The film has a few rough edges 44 yet is made with such enthusiasm and earnestness that it thoroughly charms you 46 
3
Slash/Back
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Part iDawn of the Deadi part iWar of the Worldsi part iSuper 8i part iThe Babysitters Clubi iSlashBlacki takes its plethora of influences and becomes its own unique thing 
3
Blame
David Nusair
Blame primarily comes off as a stagnant irritatingly talky drama that ultimately feels like an abject exercise in needlessness 
1.5
The Village
Namrata Joshi
Shyamalan s films never send that chill up the bone on a second viewing Worse with Signs and The Village even the first viewing is becoming a bit of a yawn 
2
The Village
Joe Lozito
The would be surprise only makes you rethink the reason you went to see the movie in the first place 
2
The Village
Lisa Ann Cockrel
In a time when Hollywood is more interested in remakes and sequels than in original movies Shyamalan continues to tell new stories And he s really good at it 
3.5
The Village
Wesley Lovell
The film s biggest disservice is Shyamalan s uneven confusing script that concludes with a surprise but a dismal one 
2.5
The Village
Peter Canavese
A well meaning half hour Twilight Zone episode stretched to the outer limits of a two hour feature 
2.5
The Village
Frank Ochieng
doesn t even begin to ignite the protrusive passion that trademark Shyamalan films are known for a solitary thrill maker in search of an imaginative spark
2
The Village
Matt Brunson
Shyamalan s carny act already feels like it s decades old 
2
The Village
Eric Melin
So close to being a feature length Twilight Zone episode that I wouldn t have been surprised if Rod Serling had strolled out Especially since Shyamalan sees dead people 
2.5
The Village
Tony Toscano
the film is saved by its acting most notably Bryce Dallas Howard s outstanding performance 
2.5
The Village
James Kendrick
the big twist at the end doesn t quite sustain the weight of the previous two hours build up
2
The Village
Linda Cook
The Village isn t a place for everyone to visit 
3.5
The Village
Vince Koehler
We are propelled back to the 19th century and meet an interesting cast of characters 
2.5
The Village
Sean McBride
Shyamalan is on the top of his game for the most part it s just the inane ending that drops the film down into mediocrity 
2.5
The Village
Steven Snyder
I must admit that I was always intrigued by this movie and despite the weakness of the film s revelation fascinated by the final destination that Shyamalan had in mind 
3
The Village
Ross Anthony
Overall an average film A clever story is realized in a rather bland way Sort of a Little Red Riding Hood seed planted in the mind of M Knight 
2
The Village
Christian Toto
Shyamalan s Village provides an open window into his gifts and flaws as a top flight director
2.5
The Village
Josh Larsen
Shyamalan should consider a chicken or the egg question of his own making What comes first the plot or the plot twist 
3
The Village
Jonathan R. Perry
Admiring a con man s skill doesn t make me any less enraged when he s ripped me off 
2
The Village
Kit Bowen
While The Village may not ultimately be considered one of Shyamalan s best efforts it still bears his unique mark for understanding the human condition 
3
The Village
David Keyes
A faux thriller so filled with camouflage and manipulation that when the big twists are finally revealed the entire film loses any true sense of value 
1.5
The Village
Bob Bloom
Shyamalan s twofold objective is to tell his story while keeping the audience off balance so they don t know for sure what s around the next corner 
3
The Village
Mick LaSalle
This is bad amateur work given a superficial veneer of professionalism 
1
The Village
David Elliott
Shyamalan is in complete command of his forces more subtle and sustained 
3.5
The Village
Joe Baltake
This movie is as big a hoax as the notorious Sci Fi Channel faux documentary The Buried Secret of M Night Shyamalan 
2
The Village
James Berardinelli
For those who like the director s body of work appreciate The Twilight Zone and have a high suspension of disbelief threshold The Village is likely to satisfy 
3
The Village
Timothy Knight
The Village is a film wherein the whole is sadly less than the sum of its eerie parts 
2.5
The Village
Jan Stuart
High on foreboding atmospherics and low on goosebumps 
3
The Village
Sam Sessa
The Village doesn t quite return Shyamalan to the heights of The Sixth Sense But it s close enough for discomfort 
3
The Village
Wesley Morris
A Grimm brothers fairy tale taken to the Outer Limits 
3
The Village
Sean P. Means
Shyamalan s plotting is spotty especially in the less than satisfying finale but his textural touches are strong 
2.5
The Village
Mike McGranaghan
In his desire to repeat a previously winning formula Shyamalan this time delivers a dud 
2
The Village
Jeffrey Westhoff
What The Village says about human behavior is more chilling than any plot twist 
3
The Village
Lisa Kennedy
While The Village might not blow the door off its hinges in terms of frightening you it does something more significant It leaves the door ajar beckoning us to enter a different realm 
3.5
The Village
James Verniere
Let not the bad movie be seen It encourages them 
1.5
The Village
Terry Lawson
All this craftsmanship and a very fine performance by Howard however is in the service of a story that unlike Shyamalan s previous films contains no underlying themes or ideas 
2
The Village
Duane Dudek
More trick than treat 
2.5
The Village
Roger Ebert
The Village is a colossal miscalculation a movie based on a premise that cannot support it a premise so transparent it would be laughable were the movie not so deadly solemn 
1
The Village
Rene Rodriguez
A frustrating self indulgent exercise in Twilight Zone trickery that leaves the audience holding the bag wondering what happened to the picture they paid money to see 
2
The Village
Scott Nash
The Village is M Night Shyamalan s best work since The Sixth Sense 
3.5
The Village
Liam Lacey
Not only is The Village not credible its shallowness makes it dislikable 
2
The Village
Phil Villarreal
A maddeningly miscalculated hack job 
1
The Village
Dustin Putman
Offers the ultimate conundrum A complex motion picture that demands a second viewing yet doesn t offer enough that s scary or emotionally resounding to be worth the first 
2
The Village
Larry Ratliff
Let s face it Shyamalan knows how to wield the cinematic fear factor Maybe he s just running out of things with which to rattle us 
2.5
The Village
Steve Rhodes
Slow silly and pretentious 
1.5
The Village
Keith Uhlich
A high camp mélange of Brontë s Wuthering Heights and Skinner s Walden Two The Village may be the year s worst film 
0
The Village
Willie Waffle
The Village needs a shot of Viagra needs to be scarier more sinister more shocking and more emotional 
2
The Village
David Nusair
the combination of Shyamalan s natural gift for storytelling and the strongest ensemble cast he s ever featured is impossible to resist 
3.5
The Village
Aaron Hillis
this gothic thriller is regrettably about as terrifying as an episode of PBS s Frontier House 
2
The Village
Moira MacDonald
A film of great elegance and skill that s often delicious to watch but its surprises don t surprise in fact they fall a little flat 
2.5
The Village
David Sterritt
Shyamalan remains a stilted screenwriter but Roger Deakins s cinematography is spooky creepy eerie all the way 
2
The Village
Chris Hewitt
The Village is probably Shyamalan s subtlest movie and his least scarificating 
3
The Village
Carrie Rickey
Shyamalan deftly turns a familiar fairy tale into an eerie scary tale 
3
The Village
Claudia Puig
Though it s not as contrived as 2000 s Unbreakable The Village disappoints 
2.5
The Village
Phoebe Flowers
It s being sold as a massively scary movie but all that s really scary is that a talented cast which also includes Judy Greer Brendan Gleeson and Adrien Brody could be lulled into thinking Shyamalan s script was anything but obvious nonsense 
2
The Village
Bruce Newman
Comes close to matching the intensity and surprise of Shyamalan s biggest hit The Sixth Sense 
3.5
The Village
Rob Blackwelder
Even if The Village is one of his lesser works that like 2002 s Signs doesn t stick to the ribs it still gets the wheels spinning in one s mind 
2.5
The Village
Lou Lumenick
The Village pours on creepy atmosphere but this dud is too intent on delivering its liberal message to actually deliver the kinds of scares it promises in the terrific trailer 
2
The Village
Jack Mathews
The Village is Shyamalan s weakest story 
2
The Village
Glenn Whipp
Shyamalan hasn t lost his eye as a director but the story is a mess boring at first and then becoming progressively sillier until it loses complete credibility 
2
The Village
Michael Wilmington
A sometimes engrossing shocker with a surprise ending that isn t especially shocking or surprising 
2.5
The Village
Walter Chaw
Shyamalan s films have become life support systems for his twists 
0.5
The Village
Jeanne Aufmuth
This period mystery is so fraught with tension and emotion not to mention the year s most astonishing twist that I was shaken to my core 
4
The Village
Peter Travers
In crafting a film about the ways fear can manipulate are there really creatures of mass destruction in the woods Shyamalan gives the film a metaphorical weight that goes deeper than goose bumps 
3
State Like Sleep
Nell Minow
When the story falters the mood takes over making the audience s experience a dreamlike state of sleep itself 
3
State Like Sleep
Sara Stewart
Despite the film s wispiness there is always something compelling about Waterston who is usually the best part of any film she s in 
2
State Like Sleep
Rex Reed
About as thrilling as a power failure in Antarctica 
0
State Like Sleep
Mark Dujsik
There s a feeling of randomness to the way that Katherine s investigation unfolds 
2
State Like Sleep
Roger Moore
A somnambulant heroine makes for a viewing experience too accurately described by the title
2
State Like Sleep
Chuck Bowen
There is a difference between ambiguity and vagueness which State Like Sleep doesn t always discern 
2
State Like Sleep
Joey Magidson
Any scene that features both Shannon and Waterston is a solid one The rest of the film is just too inconsistent to recommend 
2.5
Mary
Rex Reed
It s a watery tale of supernatural nonsense at sea as lost and immobile as a beached mackerel 
1
Mary
Sheila O'Malley
Mary s concept and it s a good one doesn t blossom into the truly spooky the truly eerie even though it s given countless chances to do so 
1.5
Mary
Mark Dujsik
The feeling that the filmmakers are trying to spread their already thin material even thinner is a constant 
1.5
Mary
James Berardinelli
Mary is more mediocre than bad but there s nothing here to catch the attention of anyone serious about their horror 
2
Mary
Chuck Bowen
Mary comes to feel as if lacks a through line collapsing into a series of disconnected horror movie beats 
1.5
One Breath
David Nusair
a searing little drama that benefits substantially from Giannatou s star making turn as the central character 
3
Wild
Brian Eggert
Witherspoon apos s performance is outstanding 46 
3
Wild
Mattie Lucas
Witherspoon is completely magnetic and Laura Dern s all too brief turn as Strayed s mother is a delight 
3
Wild
Frank Ochieng
Reese Witherspoon taps into the raw nerve when headlining her psychological come to terms nature based character study Wild a stark and elegant piece of filmmaking that is as powerfully conceived as it is personally realized 
3
Wild
Lisa Jensen
While the man or in this case woman versus wilderness aspect of the story provides visual engagement it s the backstory more than the stunning landscape that gives the movie its scope and resonance 
3
Wild
Sonny Bunch
Reese Witherspoon makes a strong case for the best actress Oscar 
3
Wild
Tom Meek
For such a simple arc with complex themes Wild taps into the universal human condition 
3
Wild
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Strayed s inner journey for herself doesn t really work as an outer journey for a movie audience 
2.5
Wild
Linda Cook
You ll go Wild for Reese Witherspoon s performance 
3.5
Wild
Josh Larsen
There s something fiercely feminist about Wild 
3
Wild
David Nusair
one of the most boring well made movies to come around in some time 
1.5
Wild
Michael Smith
Wild is a movie that I ll find hard to forget because of its powerful imagery and how it works on the senses 
3.5
Wild
Alissa Wilkinson
Strayed is clear eyed about her responsibility for her life s unraveling and realistic about what the trail can do As Witherspoon plays her she is foul mouthed and tender broken and strong 
3
Wild
Stephen Rebello
Happily Wild is scrappy impressive movie with trippy visuals a respect for the transformative power of nature a powerful strong central performance and a deep well of pain 
3
Wild
Perry Seibert
What makes Wild worthwhile is the way it draws a parallel between the physical and emotional journeys Cheryl forces herself to undertake 
3
Wild
Brad Keefe
The adaptation of Cheryl Strayed s memoir Wild is more than just a two hour Best Actress audition for Reese Witherspoon but it s also definitely that 
3
Wild
Anita Katz
Witherspoon though never quite shedding her movie star quality is charismatic and believable Whether quoting Emily Dickinson climbing breathtaking cliffs swearing at a rock or craving potato chips she inspires us to go the distance with her 
3
Wild
Jordan Hiller
One cannot help but wonder whether Wild a difficult challenging film about a woman struggling to make amends serves its star as both personal and professional penance 
4
Wild
Sean P. Means
Wild stumbles when it becomes too focused on the destination whether that s the Oregon trailhead or the Oscar night red carpet 
2.5
Wild
John Wirt
Beautifully directed and acted the immersive moving Wild is an exceptional redemption movie 
4
Wild
Glenn Lovell
A sloggy New Age y variant on Eat Pray Love Instead of survival tips we get a feature length selfie Belongs in the self help bin at Barnes Noble
2
Wild
Matt Brunson
Wild is far more than just Oscar bait for an A list star Based on Cheryl Strayed s memoir it s a galvanizing human interest story of the highest order centering on a woman who immediately emerges as one of the cinematic year s most complex individuals 
3.5
Wild
Rob Thomas
Wild earns its emotional uplift with every slow plodding step 
3.5
Wild
John Serba
A sturdy feminist character study that should resonate with those willing to overlook its occasional narrative clunkiness 
2.5
Wild
Carla Meyer
Wild captures the quality of real life thinking and walking of the physical rhythm of movement sometimes dislodging random memories 
3.5
Wild
Jon Niccum
From her first hesitant step on that dusty California hillside viewers aren t just watching Strayed s experience they absorb the experience as if it s their own 
3.5
Wild
John Beifuss
The film overall is tough and physical thanks in large part to Witherspoon s convincing work as a woman scuffing calluses from her heart with each step of her blistered and bloody feet 
3.5
Wild
Connie Ogle
Wild may sound like a film about redemption but it s more about learning to live with what you can t control and accepting what you can control which is sometimes just as difficult 
3.5
Wild
Chris Hewitt
You needn t be a fan of Cheryl Strayed s memoir Wild to think the movie version is terrific And I m the proof 
3.5
Wild
Lisa Kennedy
Not since June Carter Cash in Walk the Line has Witherspoon been so present to a character Her Cheryl is funny and messy wounded but not without survival instincts 
3.5
Wild
Robert Levin
Blessed with an inherent desire to take full stock of this person flaws and all that s amplified by the dignity and smarts of Reese Witherspoon s work 
3
Wild
Steven Rea
A moving literally and figuratively experience a road movie where the road is a trail that sometimes disappears into the trees or takes a turn onto a jagged precipice 
3
Wild
Anders Wright
Intense grueling and often moving Wild is quietly inspiring without trying to be reminding us that sometimes we must rise above ourselves and be aware of when we can t see the forest for the trees 
3
Wild
Ty Burr
The movie gets much of the book and has the added benefit of scenery lots of it deserts and mountains and forests spreading out to the far horizons 
3
Wild
Mike McGranaghan
A terrific powerful film about a woman navigating two wildernesses the physical one and the emotional one 
3.5
Wild
Rafer Guzman
A rare on the road movie from a female point of view 
3
Wild
Joe Williams
Maybe the lack of answers is the point How do you save your life by hiking 1 000 miles By putting one foot in front of the other 
3
Wild
Moira MacDonald
Wild for the most part works just fine and should serve as a terrific career boost for Reese Witherspoon who s a producer of the film as well as its star 
3
Wild
Peter Canavese
A satisfying excursion a secular but spiritual journey of self discovery 
3
Wild
Kam Williams
Reese Witherspoon delivers a decent enough performance to singlehandedly elevate an otherwise mediocre adventure to an entertaining one worth recommending 
3
Wild
Scott Nash
Reese Witherspoon delivers a raw and real performance as a woman on a 1 000 mile journey looking to shed some baggage both emotional and physical 
4
Wild
James Berardinelli
Wild attempts to show how getting back to basics can arrest the downward spiral of a life pulled out of orbit by the gravity of pernicious influences 
3
Wild
Willie Waffle
For the first hour of Wild I was wondering why I was watching the movie For the second half of Wild I was glad I didn t give up 
3
Wild
Geoff Pevere
It s a movie in which you can feel the spirit of the material infusing the filmmaker both as an artist and as a human being and what results is that thing that occurs when even the simplest of songs sends sparks to the soul 
3.5
Wild
Mark Dujsik
The physical backdrop of the story is the trail but the far more vital and vibrant one is the repetitive unceasing terrain of Cheryl s memory 
3.5
Wild
Peter Howell
Everybody has to come a distance to understand Strayed not least of which is the lady herself who discovers the simple truth of her marathon march How wild it was to let it be 
3
Wild
Dann Gire
In Wild Jean Marc Vallee s raw and noble tale of a young woman s quest for personal redemption Witherspoon s vulnerability and charisma prove to be essential for this fact based drama to succeed 
3.5
Wild
Ann Hornaday
Wild is an accomplished movie and often a beautiful and moving one but the woman at its center remains warily at arm s length 
2.5
Wild
Michael Phillips
Witherspoon does the least acting of her career and it works Calmly yet restlessly she brings to life Strayed s longings her states of grief and desire and her wary optimism 
3
Wild
Mick LaSalle
This pensive reflective complicated Witherspoon feels more real than the one she left behind and more in keeping with how she started in hard hitting independent movies 20 years ago 
3
Wild
Claudia Puig
Witherspoon is terrific low key and gritty as a woman who s lost her way and seeks to find it alone Her voice over narration is evocative sometimes heartbreaking 
3.5
Wild
Dustin Putman
Honest aching and finally uplifting Wild is a human story worth telling 
3
Wild
Matt Pais
This year s superior movie about a young woman going on a very long walk 
3
Wild
Jake Coyle
Wild is ultimately unique for its twist even if it comes by an unfortunately intrusive narration 
2.5
Wild
Peter Travers
With the help of a scrappy script by Nick Hornby that allows bursts of humor to break through the darkness Witherspoon cuts to the bruised core of Cheryl s heart rattling between desperation and determination 
3
Wild
Rex Reed
Fueled by the centrifugal force of Ms Witherspoon s dynamic award worthy centerpiece performance it s one of the year s most galvanizing cinematic experiences 
4
Wild
Susan Wloszczyna
Even when Wild occasionally stumbles it gets back on track with relative ease 
3
Wild
Kent Turner
At its best though Wild lets you into her interior sometimes spectral world offering a nonlinear roadmap of her life It s as though David Lynch made a narrative film by way of Gloria Steinem 
3
Wild
Roger Moore
It could have been Eat hike love But Reese lifts it above that 
3.5
Wild
Stephen Whitty
It s a fine film made with poetry and intelligence 
3.5
Wild
Chris Cabin
Director Jean Marc Vallée has created a film out of Cheryl Strayed s beloved 2012 memoir that never quite matches the blunt audacity of its simple title 
2.5
Wild
Mara Reinstein
Hiking across the trail Witherspoon cries and swears and scarfs down food with her fingers and licks dew off a tent just to get water It s a stripped down performance on every level 
3
Wild
Marty Mapes
Engrossing story of two parts may be Witherspoon s best role yet
3.5
Wild
Walter Chaw
Witherspoon s Wild is tame enough to maybe actually give her a second act to her career 
2
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The fabulist core of Japanese actor musician Joe Odagiri s directorial debut bolsters and deepens its twilight portrait of a community fixture that many passengers view as an Old World inconvenience soon to be resolved 
3
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Roger Moore
Melodramatic meditative a painterly parable
3
Undercover Grandpa
Roger Moore
Caan Gossett Sorvino and the rest to work everybody puts some effort in But man let s wish for better things for everybody involved save for the screenwriter 
1
Black White & Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Kenneth Baker
Wagstaff s character accounts for some of the frustration the film induces Crumb s documentary style accounts for the rest 
2
Black White & Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Jack Mathews
Wagstaff was a fascinating figure and deserves the detailed tribute provided here 
2.5
Black White & Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Rob Humanick
Draws out the unseen riches that exist within what may otherwise appear typical or commonplace 
3
Black White & Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Kam Williams
Relatively tame retrospective about the relationship of a gay patron of the arts and his famous photographer lover best remembered for graphic homoerotic snapshots featuring shocking sights like that of a bullwhip in a tight place 
3
Accident
Roger Ebert
The subtle controlled performances of the principal actors make this work 
3.5
Accident
Peter Keough
Of Losey s three collaborations with Pinter the other two are 1963 s The Servant and 1970 s The Go Between it is the most challenging and influential 
3.5
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Brian Tallerico
An atmospheric take on the haunted house flick that works more with dread and the looming specter of death than the traditional tropes that often define the genre 
3
Our House
Federico Furzan
Providing a dramatic and honest foundation Our House does not fall under a pure horror categorization and still does its proposed job Full review in Spanish 
3
Our House
Sara Michelle Fetters
Our House is a slick reinvention of filmmaker Matt Osterman s indie shocker that makes up in visceral intensity and emotional nuance what it lacks in originality 
2.5
Our House
Brad Wheeler
Better to leave the past behind is the message director Scott Burns himself ignores Trying to improve on a rough cut original he fails to account for the ghost in the machine 
2
Our House
Mike McGranaghan
Our House continues the 2018 trend started by A Quiet Place and Hereditary of horror movies that are as much about characters emotions and ideas as they are about scares 
3.5
It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Sheila O'Malley
The stakes are not high enough for either character and the two people at a fork in the road story never comes to life a practically fatal flaw 
1.5
It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Terence Johnson
While much of the film is centered around talking it s what these characters don t say until they have to that make the film strong and Greenberg and Chung find the truth in these moments 
3
It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
David Nusair
An agreeable riff on Richard Linklater s Before Sunrise 
2.5
It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Tom Keogh
Already Tomorrow is about ambivalence not gratification and is more interesting for it 
3
It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Christopher Gray
The script labors to give the film a strong sense of place but strange lapses confirm a sense that the city isn t a character here 
1
It Lives Again
Matt Brunson
The weakest of the trilogy if not by a discernible margin 
2
It Lives Again
Joshua Vasquez
The second and third parts of Larry Cohen s It s Alive trilogy are by turns silly and sublime 
3
Hercules
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Isn t one of the Mouse House s absolute best but it is an astutely written entertainment with a keen aesthetic sense and a fun ensemble of characters For Disney collectors picking Hercules up is a no brainer Highly recommended 
2.5
Hercules
Josh Larsen
compiles pop culture references and genre tropes that are not only crudely envisioned but often downright contradictory to the story at hand 
1
Hercules
Maitland McDonagh
Prepare to spend the summer stepping on plastic satyrs and winged horses 
2
Hercules
Judith Egerton
Remind one of My Little Pony mental pictures of all the plastic Hercules toys that soon will be littering floors and crippling barefoot adults 
3
Hercules
Susan Tavernetti
Disney s 35th animated feature may be based on a timeless tale but it s no classic 
2.5
Hercules
Margaret A. McGurk
The animation is kinetic and witty computer effects are integrated to good effect without overwhelming the hand drawn figures 
3.5
Hercules
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hercules fires off mythology in jokes and pop culture references at a speed that would dizzy the Animaniacs 
3.5
Hercules
Peter Stack
What fun 
3
Hercules
Robert Roten
Another wonderful feature length Disney cartoon that s fun for the whole family 
4
Hercules
Marty Mapes
As usual the only character that s not white bread with mayo is the villain 
2.5
Hercules
Rob Blackwelder
An animated summer feature that is gratifying for adults too 
3
Hercules
Michael Dequina
The type of light fun family entertainment the Disney name has become synonymous with over the years 
3
Hercules
David Keyes
Roars to life in nearly every minor detail 
3
Hercules
Steve Rhodes
Since we live in an age of superheroes and action figures what better place to look for material than the gods of Greek mythology 
3
Hercules
Susan Wloszczyna
Furiously fast and fiendishly funny 
3.5
Hercules
James Berardinelli
Hercules has the dubious distinction of being the least enchanting cartoon Disney has fashioned in over a decade 
3
Hercules
Chris Hicks
Exhilarating 
3.5
Hercules
David N. Butterworth
At the end of the day it s Woods and DeVito who give Hercules its strength 
3
Hercules
Roger Ebert
Jumps into the ancient legends feet first cheerfully tossing out what won t fit and combining what s left into a new look and a lighthearted style 
3.5
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Kam Williams
An overdue testament to a one man six million man march in memory of all those who no longer had a voice 
4
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Maureen M. Hart
More objective filmmakers might have delved a little deeper and produced something more real 
2.5
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Jeff Shannon
It s an exercise in hero worship that couldn t be more justified even though Wiesenthal would have been modestly embarrassed by the honor 
3
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Tamara Straus
The film dramatically shows how many of the criminals on Wiesenthal s lists were eventually sent to jail or died from heart attacks or suicide when they were at last located 
3
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Marc Fisher
the story of Wiesenthal is forced to compete with the sappiest of manipulative musical scores a cheesy overemphasis on the Wiesenthal Center and its director and a Hollywood mentality 
2
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Ken Fox
A surprisingly lively biography 
3.5
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Elizabeth Weitzman
Seamlessly blends old footage new interviews and well written narration into a straightforward but gripping chronicle balanced so far on the edges of horror and heroism that you may just briefly have a hard time believing it after all 
3
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Nick Schager
At times one clamors for a slightly more creative probing investigation of the consuming forces that drove Wiesenthal 
2.5
The Bellboy
Eric Henderson
The Bellboy is nearly silent in what could easily be taken as a nod toward French comedy titan Jacques Tati 
4
Circle of Friends
Robert Roten
It s intelligent and moving and it never resorts to cheap melodrama 
4
Circle of Friends
Mick LaSalle
Young Benny has a nice smile and she and Jack seem like pleasant people but in the end and in the beginning and in the middle it s hard to get worked up about them 
2
Circle of Friends
James Berardinelli
A lot of films especially love stories seek a level of comfort through predictability but this one goes too far 
2
Circle of Friends
Madeleine Williams
The big question will they get together is resolved too soon in this film leaving the final half meandering through the Irish countryside 
2.5
Circle of Friends
Steve Rhodes
The writer Andrew Davies took no risks and the result is a completely predictable plot 
2.5
Circle of Friends
Chris Hicks
There is much to enjoy here not least of which is Driver s wonderful performance 
2.5
Circle of Friends
Roger Ebert
Heartwarming and poignant a love story that glows with intelligence and feeling 
3.5
Madre
Lisa Trifone
It s an interesting path that the film takes to explore these themes but one that in its context works well enough 
2.5
Madre
Randy Myers
The result is a head trip in the best way imaginable 
3.5
Madre
Robert Horton
Somewhere in the background is the specter of Jonathan Glazer s Birth with some similarly uncomfortable results 
3
Madre
Anita Katz
It takes the surprising and satisfying form of a psychological drama following the mother s journey through loss 
3
Madre
Mark Dujsik
W e expect some kind of mystery or thriller but instead Sorogoyen and fellow screenwriter Isabel Peña offer a tale of deep melancholy and unfulfillable longing 
3
Madre
William Repass
Rodrigo Sorogoyen s feature length Madre contemplates how memories of loss linger and distort the present 
3
Dear Mandela
Eric Henderson
A devout political documentary that insists that community dignity and solidarity are sustaining but not the baseline by which one should settle 
2.5
Money Buys Happiness
V.A. Musetto
All in all Money Buys Happiness shows that Lachow is a director worth keeping an eye on 
3
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
David Nusair
46 46 46 an inherently compelling premise that 8217 s employed to continually engaging and hilarious effect by Roach 46 46 46 
4
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Maitland McDonagh
The bad news is that it s a one joke picture 
2.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Michael Dequina
Amusing but scattershot 
2.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Scott Nash
Mike Myers has created such an infectious and joyful character you will be forced to say Groovy Baby at least once 
4
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Jeanne Aufmuth
Groovy baby 
3
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Margaret A. McGurk
Director Jay Roach seems helpless to rein in the addled antics of his star or to give the supporting cast much of a grip on what they re supposed to be doing 
2
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Mick LaSalle
Spy movie parodies are common but Myers is observant enough to notice things that others haven t 
3
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Rick Groen
Mike Myers may be a connoisseur of the old spy and sex genre but the result is less a screenplay than a manic quote machine 
2
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
James Kendrick
Myers seems to get better and better with each script he writes and here he managed to make light of a subject that few people gave much thought to 
3
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Marty Mapes
Good parodies are hard to make and while this one doesn t completely succeed it is funny and silly enough to be enjoyable 
2.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Rob Blackwelder
Austin Powers feels more like the unfortunate amalgamation of a drawer full of short skits Myers has been holding on to since Saturday Night Live 
1.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Susan Wloszczyna
Myer s affection for the era and its gaudy bawdy movies inject this bit of fluff with giddy energy 
3
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Roger Ebert
A funny movie that only gets funnier 
3
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
James Berardinelli
Austin Powers is worth a look and will definitely boost Myers career 
2.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Steve Rhodes
As the ending credits went up I realized that I had never laughed A few smiles but that was it 
2
He Died With a Felafel in His Hand
Andrew Howe
Lowenstein s misplaced faith in his own scriptwriting abilities results in an overblown sprawling mess 
2
Furry Vengeance
Michael Dequina
That even the kids in the audience didn t really laugh at all the hyperactive mugging and slapsticky animal nonsense pretty much tells you what an excruciating 91 minute endurance test this is 
0
Furry Vengeance
Graham Young
If you only take your children to see movies like Up they ll think every film is going to be fantastic That s not very good training for the disappointments of life so Furry Vengeance does have one purpose 
1
Furry Vengeance
Jay Antani
an experience in collective embarrassment u2014 embarrassment for yourself your fellow audience and the actors onscreen forced to take part in the movie s wildly inept bottom of the barrel shenanigans 
0
Furry Vengeance
Janos Gereben
Kids will probably enjoy the scenes with the animals getting the best of the humans and they will all absorb the message that nature needs to be protected All the bad acting and boring moments in the script will be overlooked 
1.25
Furry Vengeance
Linda Cook
There is nothing remotely entertaining endearing or enjoyable about Furry Vengeance a ghastly movie that has to be one of the year s worst 
0
Furry Vengeance
Amy Biancolli
Furry Vengeance is billed as a comedy but I doubt it ll make you laugh It might however cause you to weep for Brendan Fraser 
0
Furry Vengeance
Liam Lacey
The paradox here is that the message of respect for animal life is outweighed by the lack of respect for human beings 
1
Furry Vengeance
Jen Chaney
Even the obligatory blooper reel that runs during the closing credits is painful in its desperation to generate laughs 
1
Furry Vengeance
Lou Lumenick
Imagine Alfred Hitchcock s The Birds as a children s comedy and you have a rough idea of the excruciatingly unfunny Furry Vengeance which keeps slamming the audience over the head with a single joke 
1
Furry Vengeance
Linda Barnard
Kids will lose their minds at the sight of Fraser in a skin tight pink tracksuit with the words Yum Yum on his sizeable backside Parents will sigh and eat popcorn 
2
Furry Vengeance
Chris Hewitt
The plot of Furry Vengeance is identical to that of the animated Over the Hedge but what Furry lacks in originality it makes up for in cleverness 
3
Furry Vengeance
Josh Larsen
How embedded has Earth Day become in our culture It now gets its own inane Hollywood movie to mark the occasion 
1.5
Furry Vengeance
Peter Canavese
Brought to you by Participant Media makers of Food Inc and The Cove Next time guys give a hoot and don t pollute the multiplex Save the children Blu ray 
.5
Furry Vengeance
Dustin Putman
So obnoxious so inept so vile so distasteful and so unfunny it should successfully act as repellent for all viewers outside of humanoid sewer dwellers who have never seen a movie before and may be attracted to the sight of moving images 
0
Furry Vengeance
Sue Pierman
It s silly stuff riddled with the predictable bodily function humor and humiliation of adults that kids seem to love 
2
Furry Vengeance
Jeff Vice
Fraser has never been more doofus y than in this moronic humiliation comedy which actually gets dumber as it goes 
1
Furry Vengeance
Ty Burr
In its cretinous fashion Furry Vengeance is almost impressive Here s a pro nature anti development family comedy that appears to be made by and for people who never leave the mall 
0.5
Furry Vengeance
John Beifuss
Even before Brendan Fraser is blasted in the puss with skunk spray Furry Vengeance stinks
1.5
Furry Vengeance
Alicia Potter
Snicker all you want at the unfortunate title of director Roger Kumble s horrible family film for that s the only thing funny about it 
0.5
Furry Vengeance
Roger Moore
Director Roger Kumble began his big screen career with a clever Dangerous Liaisons set in high school Cruel Intentions and worked his way down to College Road Trip and now this 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Betsy Bozdech
Cheaper by the Dozen may not have much of a plot but the film s lack of storyline is more than compensated for by its charm and genuine affection for its subjects 
3
Dave
David Nusair
It s a high concept premise that s employed to watchable yet erratic effect by Ivan Reitman 
3
Dave
Jeff Shannon
It s impossible to say whether Dave will play as wonderfully over the decades as it does right now but this smooth as silk comedy could not be more timely or connect more hopefully with our current national consciousness 
4
Dave
Steven Rea
While it s sloppy and draggy in parts Kevin Kline in the title role delivers an ingratiating comedic performance 
2.5
Dave
Gary Thompson
Dave isn t too careful about filling plot holes It does a pretty fair job however of making jokes at the expense of the D C political scene 
2.5
Dave
Stephen Hunter
Reitman keeps coming up with bouncy new directions to take the somewhat predictable material greatly helped by Kline s bounce 
3
Dave
Gene Siskel
Dave has been directed by Ivan Reitman in a refreshingly restrained fashion there are plenty of quiet passages rare for American movies these days which compliments Kevin Kline s wonderful work as well 
3.5
Dave
Dave Kehr
It s a beautifully proportioned wonderfully complete movie 
3.5
Dave
Robert Roten
Reitman has just the right touch in this film about a presidential impersonator who enjoys an extended stay in the White House and develops an appreciation for politics 
4
Dave
James Berardinelli
A highly enjoyable fresh and energetic motion picture that even the most hard bitten cynic will be hard pressed to condemn 
3
Dave
Roger Ebert
Wonderful lighthearted entertainment 
3.5
Knock at the Cabin
Bruce R. Miller
M 46 Night Shyamalan doesn 8217 t reveal his hand until the very end 46 And then the discussion begins 46 Like so many of his films 44 8220 Knock at the Cabin 8221 prompts many more questions than it answers 46 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Walter Chaw
Shyamalan makes a cameo in Knock at the Cabin as an infomercial huckster peddling a cheap product on the back of performative authority and unctuous charisma It s not humility if it s true 
1
Knock at the Cabin
Sonny Bunch
Knock at the Cabin once again demonstrates Shyamalan is one of our most talented visual storytellers and this is a tense 44 thrilling film 46 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Alex Barr
Plenty of interesting questions are posed throughout Knock at the Cabin the film revolves around a nauseating moral dilemma yet it concludes without providing a compelling or coherent response to any of them 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Dwight Brown
Shyamalan fans will follow him off a cliff into a tsunami or a cabin in the woods Why He takes them there because he can Not because he should 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Mark Meszoros
An engrossing if sometimes mildly frustrating affair based on Paul Tremblay 8217 s bestselling 2018 horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Mattie Lucas
A tentative return to Signs era form for Shyamalan 44 but it stops just short of being great by spelling itself out a little too neatly for its themes to truly resonate 46 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
David Nusair
46 46 46 a fairly standard premise that 8217 s employed as a springboard for an increasingly engrossing and flat out spellbinding thriller 46 46 46 
3.5
Knock at the Cabin
Doug Walker
The acting pulls most of it through 44 but by the end it comes across as a little underwhelming 46 
2.5 
Knock at the Cabin
Dann Gire
Leave it to M Night Shyamalan to turn a simple creepy home invasion thriller into an apocalyptic tale steeped in the biblical Book of Revelations 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Mike McGranaghan
As far as I apos m concerned 44 this is M 46 Night Shyamalan apos s best film since The Sixth Sense 46 
3.5
Knock at the Cabin
Richard Roeper
Knock at the Cabin holds mystery and originality inside its walls 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a slow burn thriller that triggers the what would you do instinct 44 and it shows some development in Shyamalan 8217 s writing but still has some elements that don 8217 t quite fit together 46 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Michael Medved
This idiotic and ill conceived movie is just barely good enough to be offensive and disturbing 46 
1.5
Knock at the Cabin
Dylan Roth
The direction shines and the script is obvious but what else is new 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Nick Allen
M 46 Night Shyamalan should probably just stay away from the apocalypse 46 
2
Knock at the Cabin
James Berardinelli
The film as a whole seems more like a series of missed opportunities than a return to form for director M Night Shyamalan who continues to trade on a name he made two decades ago 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Johnny Oleksinski
M Night is a visionary suffering from an astigmatism 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Katie Walsh
91 The 93 tweaks to this story 44 despite the impeccable cinematic craft and tremendous acting on display 44 hobble the adaptation 8217 s power 46 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Based on Paul Tremblay 8217 s 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World 44 Knock at the Cabin 44 the latest from director M 46 Night Shyamalan 40 Old 41 44 has secrets a aplenty but not much mystery 46 For a while 44 that 8217 s enough 44 but misery is only so much good company 46 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Rene Sanchez
An effective apocalyptic thriller that takes us through unexpected paths while raising complex moral dilemmas 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Sara Michelle Fetters
I 8217 m starting to think Knock at the Cabin was one cinematic rap on the door I should have left unanswered 46 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Steven Prokopy
Without spoiling anything about the ending 44 it 8217 s wholly unsatisfying and forces the film to simply end rather than conclude 46 Even for someone as wildly inconsistent as Shyamalan 44 Knock at the Cabin is a clunker 44 elevated only by great acting 46 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Odie Henderson
Knock at the Cabin unfolds like a good beach novel one you can t put down 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Max Weiss
I can mildly recommend A Knock at the Cabin as a slick shallow crowd pleaser but it feels like a wasted opportunity 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Tom Meek
Knock at the Cabin becomes something of a stage play rooted in one locale nearly running out of gas before the final frame What keeps it going are the performances by Groff Aldrich and the scene grabbing Cui 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Jake Coyle
Gimmicky set up Check Queasy spiritualism You bet But as a self contained handsomely staged thriller Shyamalan s latest finds the filmmaker working in an appealingly straightforward and stripped down fashion 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Pablo O. Scholz
Here once it s revealed why the quartet breaks in the mystery ends expectations diminish and whatever happens or doesn t matters even less Full review in Spanish 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his is a very effective thriller 46 46 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Rafer Guzman
Shyamalan s latest works passably as both horror chiller and allegory for a conspiracy blinkered world 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Brian Eggert
Shyamalan delivers one of the best films of his career and reminds us that it 8217 s worth enduring his many misses for an occasional hit this good 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Bob Bloom
Shyamalan does a first rate job of not tipping his hand too early 46 He keeps you guessing about the motives and sanity of the foursome 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Michael O'Sullivan
Satisfyingly atmospheric and tense 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 every actor is on point 40 while 41 every death is off screen 46 46 46 40 with 41 all the impact of a bully repeating quot stop hitting yourself 46 quot The apocalypse from Wish 46 
2
Knock at the Cabin
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 mostly registers as a meditation on the size and scope of Dave Bautista 8217 s head 46 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Chase Hutchinson
Shyamalan 8217 s latest cinematic confrontation with mortality and meaning 44 8220 Knock at the Cabin 44 8221 is among his best work 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Brian Truitt
A well crafted intimate thriller that plays with your expectations and immerses you in a disconcerting situation 
3
Knock at the Cabin
David Lewis
It s an apocalyptic dilemma that requires a suspension of disbelief a whopping helping of disbelief but the movie is still a taut well acted thriller 
2.5
Knock at the Cabin
Michael Phillips
Knock at the Cabin perpetually seems to be stalling for time taffy pulling its simplest setups and exchanges in order to tease out meaning and subtext 
1.5
Knock at the Cabin
Jake Cole
The film takes its time delving into its characters apos headspaces 44 to the point that it becomes less of a thriller than an unorthodox character study 44 especially as its expertly deployed use of flashback slowly forms the emotional core of the story 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Joey Magidson
Knock at the Cabin sees filmmaker M 46 Night Shyamalan mostly return to form after a rocky several years 46 
3
Knock at the Cabin
Roger Moore
Glib 44 gloomy 44 and in the end 44 kind of pointless 46 
1.5
Bass Ackwards
Christian Toto
Bass Ackwards proves the road trip film is alive well and in very good hands
3
The Young Kieslowski
Clayton Dillard
Another effort to explain how difficult it is to be a young white smart non disfigured upper middle class male 
1.5
True Adolescents
Mike Scott
Once it hits its stride it s oddly compelling stuff 
2.5
True Adolescents
Jesse Cataldo
Yet another movie about a blinkered man child reaching the limits of his extended childhood True Adolescents seems as lazy and mush brained as its central character 
1.5
The Mighty Ducks
Roger Ebert
It must be said that this movie is sweet and innocent and that at a certain level it might appeal to younger kids I doubt if its ambitions reach much beyond that 
2
The Mighty Ducks
Chris Hicks
A poorly directed and utterly predictable yarn aimed at the small fry who will probably be entertained by its simplicity 
2
Flashback Memories
Rob Nelson
The effects of this beautifully unique hybrid of music and cinema are exhilarating and unforgettable 
4
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Andrea Gronvall
director Fox let his subject lead too much of the way and the film s resulting stream of consciousness shapelessness could easily confuse any viewer who knew little or nothing about Frank and his works going in 
2.5
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Chuck Bowen
Beautiful loneliness as the film suggestively reveals is a texture that Frank knows all too well 
3
Diva
Judy Stone
In his first feature length film director Jean Jacques Beineix shows a fanciful tongue in cheek talent for spoofing old mysteries creating incongruously beautiful photographic images and mixing it all up with a touch of Zen Delightfully original 
4
Diva
Matt Brunson
An art house flick that should appeal even to people who don t like art house flicks 
3.5
Diva
Sid Smith
The movie s a maelstrom of possibilities touching ethnic relations high art fashion and modern morality not to mention cinema 
3.5
Diva
Ty Burr
As with so many pop moments a quarter century on what once looked sexy now smells a little sexist 
2.5
Diva
David Elliott
Had Wile E Coyote chased Jean Luc Godard the result might have been Diva 
3
Diva
Steven Rea
A light headed fleet footed French caper Jean Jacques Beineix s ultra stylish Diva stormed the art houses when it was released in 1982 and it s still a lot of fun now though its hip patina feels more quaint these days than cool 
3
Diva
Leba Hertz
I still loved every minute of it 
4
Diva
Kam Williams
An endlessly inventive edge of your seat crime caper blessed with an abundance of amusing twist and turns a stirring soundtrack and unorthodox cinematography which all add up to a sumptuous cinematic classic among the very best movies ever made 
4
Diva
Roger Ebert
Here is a director taking audacious chances doing wild and unpredictable things with his camera and actors just to celebrate moviemaking 
4
Clear Blue Tuesday
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A film that meditates upon post 9 11 psychology without an urgent sense of purpose or even an empathetic voice to guide us through the event s gnarl of grief isn t simply mediocre it s dishonorable 
1
Clear Blue Tuesday
Ethan Alter
The film s tepid songs are emblematic of its tepid characterizations 
2
Shaking the Tree
Roger Ebert
The characters and their problems are both so cliched that it makes you wonder if the filmmakers had ever seen a movie before didn t they realize how stunningly unoriginal how worn out and overused this material was 
0.5
The Boy From Medellín
Rene Sanchez
Although reggaeton superstar J Balvin opens his heart to the audience the exploration of themes such as fame and social responsibility doesn t bring something new to the conversation Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Boy From Medellín
Jeff Mitchell
The J Balvin doc doesn t hit the right notes 
2
The Boy From Medellín
Peter Canavese
A bit of a mixed bag but on balance worth seeing 
2.5
The Boy From Medellín
Carlos Aguilar
Through Balvín s plights Heineman invites us to consider how entertainers have become commodified and disassociated from their humanity in our eyes 
3
The Boy From Medellín
Leo Brady
The rare footage of past performances show Balvin s authentic passion for his craft pushing the music genre that continues to blend into the mainstream and put on an impressive show for his fans 
3
The Boy From Medellín
Randy Myers
A first rate documentary about a complex driven and vulnerable creative force 
3.5
The Boy From Medellín
Roger Moore
J Balvin got to where he is through ambition and talent It s the film about him that doesn t show that 
2
The Boy From Medellín
Dwight Brown
This documentary has heart lively characters and rousing concert footage 
3
The Boy From Medellín
Joey Magidson
The Boy from Medellin will work best on J Balvin fans but that s certainly not a prerequisite here 
3
The Boy From Medellín
David Nusair
a solid portrait of a surprisingly intriguing and thoughtful pop star 
3
The Boy From Medellín
Barry Hertz
J Balvin super fans might be pleased with the behind the scenes shenanigans Everyone else throw on one of the man s reggaeton hits and move along 
2
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Bruce DeMara
Directors Daniele Anastasion and Eric Strauss pose complex questions that defy simple resolution 
3
Cover
Carrie Rickey
Cover is a social problem film without a solution While not of the first rank its inventory of Philadelphia s hot restaurants and cool sights is an occasion for civic pride 
1.5
Cover
Maitland McDonagh
So overwrought that it quickly crosses the line into unintentionally funny and never recovers 
1.5
Cover
Lou Lumenick
Would be a candidate for the year s most unintentionally funny movie so far if it weren t also the most homophobic 
1
Cover
Kam Williams
A cinematic disaster which attempts to address a pressing social issue but only fails miserably in the process 
1
Cover
Ed Gonzalez
Fo shizzle if it doesn t attain the well deserved status of a camp classic only the straight to video aesthetic will be to blame 
2
Clash of the Titans
Brandy McDonnell
To fans looking for action the bracing battles may be worth the pains of the alternately campy and oh so serious journey But it s hard to imagine paying top dollar much less the 3 D premium for such overblown Saturday matinee fare 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Jeff Beck
It comes together surprisingly well for a film that was supposedly rewritten a few times resulting in changing the villain while cutting others dialogue It may not stand up to the original but it s still a fun ride 
3
Clash of the Titans
Alison Gang
Sadly the Kraken is far scarier in our imaginations Just like the 1981 version is far better in our memories 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Rafer Guzman
The computer animation looks uninspired after last year s dazzling Avatar As for the 3 D visuals they re oddly glitchy 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Rossiter Drake
It has no aspirations to be anything more than the popcorn movie it is and for those amiably disposed to the genre that should be enough 
3
Clash of the Titans
Russ Breimeier
The CGI extravaganza can t overcome all the other flaws sloppy exposition terrible dialogue heavy handed acting and not a single likable character in the bunch 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Sean P. Means
If Worthington ever showed some charisma he d be a movie god 
2
Clash of the Titans
Josh Larsen
Agreeable cheese 
3
Clash of the Titans
Janos Gereben
Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes and Danny Huston play the three main Greek gods u2013 Zeus Hades and Poseidon Neeson sort of ambles through his role while Fiennes attacks his like he is playing the lead in Macbeth Huston has little to do and is totally f
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Linda Cook
If you want to fondly remember the 1980s If you want some cheesiness thrown in with some action If you want to enjoy the adventure Go to Hot Tub Time Machine and not Clash of the Titans 
1
Clash of the Titans
Lori Hoffman
In the genre of Saturday afternoon popcorn fantasy films the new Clash isn t half bad 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
David Nusair
A marginal improvement over its 1981 inspiration 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Michael Smith
The kind of remake that I wish Hollywood would make more of Take an old film that had great ideas but wasn t a great film and get it right the second time 
3
Clash of the Titans
John Wirt
The 3 D is underwhelming the movie s not so bad 
2
Clash of the Titans
Robbie Collin
A fun piece of disposable nonsense 
3
Clash of the Titans
Mike McCahill
Cheesier than the fondue at a Roman orgy 
2
Clash of the Titans
Tom Seymour
Thank the Gods Gemma Arterton is very very good looking 
1
Clash of the Titans
Peter Canavese
Leading man Sam Worthington exacerbates the film s downbeat tone as Perseus Worthington remains a credible but basically charisma free actor 
2
Clash of the Titans
Eric Melin
It plays like a videogame only with less character development There s no forward motion or any suspense This movie wasn t directed so much as it was project managed a series of barely related CGI sequences with no urgency 
1
Clash of the Titans
James Kendrick
relies far too heavily on sound and fury at the expense of virtually everything else
2
Clash of the Titans
Keith Cohen
With three screenwriters telling the convoluted story it is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth The Razzie Awards race for the worst movie of the year is now well under way with this early spring candidate 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Matt Brunson
Fans of the 1981 original won t find many improvements here 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Christian Toto
Your enjoyment of Clash of the Titans is aided by remembering the original was one big ol hunk of cheese too 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Jeffrey Westhoff
A spirit of fun and adventure almost breaks through Call it a near myth 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Mike McGranaghan
On an action movie creature feature level it delivers satisfactorily On a plot characterization level it s a complete bore 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Liam Lacey
There s little here to improve upon the stilted quality of the original and it s even more cumbersomely plotted 
2
Clash of the Titans
Robert W. Butler
Even spectacle becomes boring when there s nothing behind it 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
John Beifuss
A few more fake 3D films like this could kill the public s enthusiasm for dimensional pictures as surely as Avatar stoked renewed interest in the process 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Amy Biancolli
There s not a lot of humor in this new Clash not intentional anyway 
2
Clash of the Titans
Lisa Kennedy
It doesn t soar though Pegasus the winged horse is captivating 
2
Clash of the Titans
Lawrence Toppman
The movie seems less like a remake than a mash up of better films 
2
Clash of the Titans
Steven Snyder
The battles look great with computer renderings but outside the Kraken sequence they don t inspire an ounce of awe The gods have never looked more real or mattered less
1
Clash of the Titans
Sean O'Connell
Does a pretty good job That sounds like a halfhearted recommendation but Clash is a halfhearted adventure 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Dan Kois
The latest example of Hollywood s belief that any terrible script can be made palatable if you just throw enough money and British accents at it 
0.5
Clash of the Titans
Kyle Smith
A roaring old school action adventure for kids with as many mythical beasts as a year at Hogwarts and a healthy dose of smiting without the crazed bloodlust of 300 
3
Clash of the Titans
Barbara Vancheri
This Clash is aimed at moviegoers who want their action big mythic and without a lot of pesky detail or in depth dialogue 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Bob Bloom
Clash of the Titans skirts being boring because of its effects but it cannot rise above being mundane and formulaic 
1
Clash of the Titans
Scott Nash
Of all the things I expected when going in to see this boring wasn t one of them 
2
Clash of the Titans
Walter Chaw
Absolutely awful in absolutely the most boring way possible
0.5
Clash of the Titans
Erik Childress
Like watching Karl Pilkington s recollection of the Greek mythology he learned while seeing 1981 s Clash 
1
Clash of the Titans
Sara Michelle Fetters
Leterrier and company come from the school of more is more and while some sequences do pack an admitted wallop I sort of loved the fight against the scorpions the majority didn t do a darn thing for me 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Mark Dujsik
The CG special effects are dated the moment they appear on screen 
2
Clash of the Titans
Stanley A. Miller II
When the action scenes are unleashed they re easily the most captivating component of the movie They look and feel fantastic and they involve abominations with more backstory and personality than any of the humans 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As with the original it s often embarrassing to watch prestigious actors suffering through this material and the younger actors fail to register much at all 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Matt Soergel
A kitschy creature feature that s not as bad as its nonsensical trailer makes it look Seeing it in 2 D will save you a few bucks 
2
Clash of the Titans
Ty Burr
If you must see Clash of the Titans be sure to see it in glorious 2 D 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Rene Rodriguez
Although purists will always prefer the original picture this remake really does justify its existence How often can you say that 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Peter Travers
The film is a sham with good actors going for the paycheck and using beards and heavy makeup to hide their shame 
1
Clash of the Titans
John Hartl
A slick and empty spectacle much of the time this Clash has a particularly tough time establishing bonds between characters who are supposed to mean everything to each other 
2
Clash of the Titans
Chris Hewitt
Can a movie be not so great for 95 minutes and then suddenly become worthwhile in the last 15 I m here to tell you it can 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Peter Howell
It s one supremely silly movie but it s also a Razzies ready hoot 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Claudia Puig
Overall it s a colossal waste of time 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Stephen Whitty
This was an epic made for Sam of Worthington and Ralph of Fiennes and Liam of Pay Me Now And it would be full of tricks made by machine and talk made by fools and pictures of three dimensions that seemed merely like the View Masters of old 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Sukhdev Sandhu
Let s hope that the computer game version of the film has more get up and go than this dull affair 
2
Clash of the Titans
Joe Williams
Somehow a promising popcorn movie got abducted by the God of Boredom 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Willie Waffle
They didn t waste alot of toner on the script 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Joe Lozito
An unnecessary 3D upgrade and choppy script make Louis Leterrier s update of the 1981 camp classic an Olympian missed opportunity 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Roger Ebert
I don t say it s good cinema although I recognize the craftsmanship that went into it I don t say it s good acting when the men have so much facial hair they all look like Liam Neeson I like the energy the imagination the silliness 
3
Clash of the Titans
Michael A. Smith
Neeson and Fiennes are so serious here you would have thought they were auditioning for a Schindler s List sequel 
1
Clash of the Titans
Dustin Putman
About as rousing as a wheelchair race between two half comatose octogenarians 
.5
Clash of the Titans
Steven Rea
Clash of the Titans is ancient Greece at its cheesiest 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
James Berardinelli
Clash of the Titans is a flawed but mildly entertaining regurgitation of Greek mythological elements but it s also an example of how poorly executed 3D can hamstring a would be spectacle 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Peter Keough
It takes a lot of movie magic to reduce some 3000 years of mythology to piffle After watching this farrago produced by state of the art 3 D and CGI I m all for the return of the oral tradition 
1
Clash of the Titans
Roger Moore
There s not much here that will stick with you after the popcorn s gone But as any ancient Greek could tell you that s sort of the point 
2.5
Clash of the Titans
Ed Gonzalez
Though it faithfully follows the original s plotline Leterrier s slick entertainment is anything but a throwback just a concession to the Jerry Bruckheimer school of fast cheap and out of control visual effects 
1.5
Clash of the Titans
Steve Persall
It s as if Medusa herself were behind the camera turning everything on screen into stone 
2
The Island
Wesley Morris
An aggravating combination of piousness arty self pity and knowing silliness meant to speak to higher spiritual truths 
2.5
The Island
Ed Gonzalez
The island is located somewhere in Russia s icy White Sea though it may as well be a hamlet of Mordor a backdrop for a study of spiritual crisis that is as predictable as the film s monochromatic color palette 
2.5
Our Towns
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The most useful takeaway from Our Towns is a psychological prophecy The Fallowses note that although Americans are routinely intransigent when it comes to their national politics they often believe their communities outlooks to be different 
3
Our Towns
Ann Hornaday
As an exercise in sincerity fellowship and earnest inquiry it might be the most subversive movie in circulation right now 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Brian Eggert
Although the novelty of a protagonist whos aware hes in a noir thriller grows tiresome the comic banter between Downey Jr and Kilmer remains priceless for much of the film 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Matt Soergel
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is as deep and as much fun as its title That is not very and quite a lot 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Nick Rogers
Its wink wink eyelids feel heavy from having seen so much in Hollywood and it turns out to be the best accidental detective story since The Big Lebowski Downey Jr and Kilmer make one of the least likely most inspired buddy pairings of the 2000s 
4
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Joe Lozito
A winkingly funny neo noir treat 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Forrest Hartman
A good time for folks who like Raymond Chandler novels and action movies with a quirky side 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Daniel M. Kimmel
A movie for people who love movies featuring tough detectives violent thugs women with secrets and dark mysteries Oh yes it s also a comedy 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Piet Levy
Perhaps a better title for the self referential noir comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang would be Wink Wink Nudge Nudge 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Susan Tavernetti
A postmodern pastiche for those who like the artifice of motion pictures and the sleazy side of America exposed with a smile 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Jon Niccum
The movie is so relentlessly impulsive that it becomes easier if the audience just cries uncle to its stylistic arm twisting 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Greg Maki
It s the kind of movie that s twisted enough to play a severed finger for laughs and smart enough to make jokes about grammar 
4
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Scott Nash
A little twisted and completely hilarious 
4
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Linda Cook
She drives alone The critic drives alone through the pitch black night 
4
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Larry Ratliff
This is about as lowbrow and raunchy as any filmmaker will ever get with an R rating 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Thomas Delapa
It s not Black s material that misses it s his refusal to let anyone especially the audience take a breather between all those bangs and kisses 
2
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Sean O'Connell
Kilmer earns Comeback Actor of the Year honors for his sharp turn 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
David Elliott
Black has finally got the hipness that his Lethal Weapon films pawed like apes thudding with macho humor 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Peter Debruge
The movie s self referential snarkiness borders on too clever for its own good but there s no denying the fresh new edge to this one time Hollywood hotshot s directorial debut 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Robert W. Butler
I was at first entertained but eventually exhausted by all the movie references which become maddeningly self congratulatory 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Bruce Westbrook
Kiss Kiss may not smack of the truth or invite analysis but in a warped way it gets the freaky job done 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Lisa Kennedy
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is crass and crude and loves every minute of it 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Terry Lawson
Kiss Kiss may be impossibly pleased with itself but with good reason 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Sean P. Means
Downey fresh out of rehab is perfect for this part emaciated and hangdog a perfect embodiment of the loser who knows he s running out of chances and had better make the most of this one 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Walter Chaw
Nihilistic misanthropic and it just might hate its audience a little but damn if it doesn t wash out as something exhilarating 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Chuck O'Leary
Annoyingly glib Drowns in its own jokiness 
2
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Steven Rea
While Downey s rumpled insouciance jibes with the movie s jaded narcissistic tone it s a hard tone to take for a hundred minutes or so 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Michael Szymanski
As one of the best noir crime thrillers since L A Confidential Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is also going to make you laugh and laugh 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Willie Waffle
Don t Don t Go Go 
.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Peter Keough
Misogynistic homophobic smug and pointless Black s auteur debut is an exercise in self reflexivity and the image reflected back is ugly 
1
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s an absurd over the top bullet riddled action thriller comedy with its tongue stuck so firmly in cheek anyone taking even a second of it seriously should be immediately sent to a psych ward for observation 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Susan Walker
A movie lover s movie 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Tom Keogh
Black misses the mark here and there but the film never stands still and bad jokes are quickly displaced by good ones 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Mick LaSalle
Black s postmodern take lives up to its title though an added Laugh Laugh might have said it all 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Randy Myers
I haven t had this much fun at the movies in a long time 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Chris Hewitt
It s clever but not as clever as it thinks it is 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Jeff Strickler
Movies don t get much cheesier than this or much more fun 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the kind of dialogue that sparks our three actors into zany life 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Josh Larsen
has the bitter irony of someone who used to love the movies until he started making them 
2
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Stephen Schaefer
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the smartest fastest funnest Hollywood update on 40s film noir from someone who knows the turf well 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Nick Schager
A silly self reflexive lark oozing spitfire sarcasm and nonchalant cool 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Maitland McDonagh
This tribute to old fashioned hard boiled detective fiction is laced with Hollywood satire and the snappy lightning fast dialogue that helped make writer turned director Shane Black s name synonymous with hard edged 90s action comedies 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Pam Grady
This is Black s love letter to the pulps he loved growing up and that inspired his career and his affection can be felt on every frame 
4
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Lou Lumenick
A smart hilarious and affec tionate spoof of detective movies and Hollywood starring the inspired team of Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Bob Strauss
Storytelling performance and visual literacy this brilliant may be out of style but I can t imagine anyone who sees Kiss Kiss Bang Bang not coming out panting for more 
4
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Jack Mathews
Kiss Kiss is so inside Hollywood so anxious to bite the hand that fed Black that it plays like an elaborate prank 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Liam Lacey
Pretty damned funny in its insubstantial gratuitously violent gratuitously everything way 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Ty Burr
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a terrific one night stand but you may wake up as Harry does and wonder exactly who you slept with 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Dan Fienberg
Even if it doesn t necessarily hold together as a coherent narrative and its mystery only makes a little sense Kiss Kiss is a tremendously entertaining trip 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Roger Ebert
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang contains a lot of comedy and invention but doesn t much benefit from its clever style 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Erik Childress
Black winds up sabotaging his own material when another director s perspective could have successfully meshed parody with the hallucinatory underbelly of pulp fiction 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Mike Clark
All three actors give it their all but Monaghan stands out with a sexy yet oddly down to earth variation on the Midwest girl gone wrong thanks partly to a dark dysfunctional family secret 
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Jan Stuart
Hard boiled dialogue and drop dead attitude rarely hit their target as hilariously as they do in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Robert K. Elder
Black s retro noir reminds us why we love movies because they can surprise us even when we re ankle deep in bullet casings bodies and enough twists to tie us in knots 
3.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Steve Rhodes
Lethal Weapon 5
2.5
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
James Berardinelli
An entertaining albeit eclectic and eccentric mlange 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
David Nusair
awfully entertaining 
3
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Peter Travers
I couldn t have liked it more 
3
Yellowbird
Roger Moore
Kind of laugh starved watered down and blase though bits of animation and the animated Euro locations are nice
2
Born Reckless
John Beifuss
Mamie Van Doren plays a saloon singin trick ridin saddle horn strokin really and good looking piece of horse flesh named Jackie As the movie s leering poster promises She s every big time rodeo prize rolled into one tight pair of pants 
2.5
Party Monster
Rob Thomas
Never has the Manhattan club scene ever looked so tedious this film makes a powerful argument for staying home and renting a movie 
1.5
Party Monster
Steven Rea
It s the drunk guy at the party syndrome The only one truly entertained by the clown with the lamp shade on his head is the clown with the lamp shade on his head or folks similarly inebriated 
2
Party Monster
Jeff Vice
Memo to Macaulay Culkin When your latest cinematic comeback attempt is a film like Party Monster maybe remaining in career limbo wasn t such a bad idea 
1.5
Party Monster
Sean P. Means
The look like Culkin s self consciously manic performance is all surface which may be the point of profiling these empty lives but not enough reason to make us watch 
1.5
Party Monster
Moira MacDonald
We begin the film not knowing what brought Michael and James together We end after a too long 98 minutes precisely the same way 
1.5
Party Monster
Lisa Kennedy
In the end for all the vibrancy there s not much there there Maybe that s the point but I doubt it 
2
Party Monster
David Nusair
like the majority of flicks that prominently feature drug use the whole thing begins to sink into darkness and finally just turns into an unpleasant experience 
2
Party Monster
Chris Knight
Culkin and Green are equally fine in their roles which on the surface seem to require nothing more than mincing prancing posing and a bit of Clockwork Orange makeup 
2.5
Party Monster
Liam Lacey
Gracelessly executed it throws out mock documentary fantasy sequences and rapid montages but still drags on woefully and looks like it was soaked in dirty water 
2
Party Monster
Chris Hewitt
An unpleasant redundant drama that features perceptive acting from Green 
2
Party Monster
Paul Doro
Hedonism deserves better representation 
1.5
Party Monster
Joe Baltake
It s a cinematic party one long strung out bash that starts out as a novelty and turns into something resembling forced fun before morphing into a bummer 
2.5
Party Monster
Terry Lawson
There is nothing remotely affecting about Party Monster 
1
Party Monster
Ty Burr
It takes some doing to make a potentially epic cultural moment seem smaller than life but Bailey and Barbato have pulled it off 
1
Party Monster
Peter Travers
This film feels fake forced and indigestible 
1
Party Monster
Timothy Knight
Too shallow to work as either a nasty black comedy or an emotionally compelling drama 
2
Party Monster
Glenn Kenny
Better than I expected but still not entirely convincing 
2
Party Monster
Ed Gonzalez
As Alig Culkin makes a complete embarrassment of himself but the true horror of his performance is felt most whenever he shares screen time with the incredible Seth Green 
2
Party Monster
Lou Lumenick
Culkin may be 24 but he still seems in the throes of the sort of awkward adolescence that dooms so many child stars 
1.5
Party Monster
Josh Larsen
offers a limited authenticity for it never delves behind the copious amounts of makeup its subjects wear 
1.5
Party Monster
Roger Ebert
Alig is played by Macaulay Culkin in his first movie since Richie Rich 1994 and it is a fearless performance as a person so shallow narcissistic and amoral that eventually even his friends simply stare at him in disbelief 
3
Party Monster
Jami Bernard
Culkin s performance in Party Monster is so embarrassing one doesn t know where to look Well perhaps at the exit 
1
Party Monster
Fred Shuster
Another of those films that leaves you with the perennial question Who paid for this garbage 
0.5
Party Monster
John Anderson
Culkin and Green s assortment of vocal tics nervous laughs and over the top nancy ness often are very funny and appropriately giddy 
3
Party Monster
David Sterritt
The plot is sordid and predictable indiscriminate nightclubbing leads to escalating drugs promiscuity and violence 
2
Party Monster
Mark Caro
In the end you don t believe what you re watching and you don t care 
1.5
Party Monster
Peter Hartlaub
The actions of the glammy main characters become boorish and tedious long before the party s over 
2
Party Monster
Steve Rhodes
The worst comedy since Death to Smoochy 
.5
Party Monster
Erik Childress
Culkin acquitting himself all well and good its going to be Seth Green that commands that transition spotlight into the next phase of his career 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Steven Prokopy
The good news is that Happy Death Day 2U is actually quite a bit funnier and more ridiculous than the first film and while it seems to have sacrificed scares for laughs the tradeoff feels worth it as the fun factor is increased to fill the void 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Federico Furzan
The best demonstration of a franchise that does not follow any rules or patterns We definitely want more Full review in Spanish 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Linda Cook
Happy Death Day 2U is just as much fun all over again 
3.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Rene Sanchez
Just like a déjà vu this sequel lacks some of the freshness that made its predecessor a modest hit Jessica Rothe is absolutely charming in this sci fi horror comedy blend Full Review in Spanish 
2
Happy Death Day 2U
Matt Brunson
This is one time when with apologies to Herman s Hermits and that jolly Henry VIII the second verse multi or otherwise is not the same as the first 
2
Happy Death Day 2U
Alan French
While there are some funny sequences the horror really struggles to live up Worst of all this movie drags despite the movie only lasting an hour and forty minutes 
1.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Kevin A. Ranson
Rothe proves her performance as Tree was no fluke elevating a clever concept into not only a better sequel but that rare follow up that improves the original film instead of sinking it 
4
Happy Death Day 2U
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately Happy Death Day 2U does not have the endearing and inspired mockery of its predecessor Nevertheless this horrific hoot still registers with tangy naughty aplomb 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Matthew Rozsa
It is instead that rarity a sequel that is both better than the original and manages to retroactively improve that movie 
3.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Mike McGranaghan
Happy Death Day was like Groundhog Day reimagined as a slasher flick The sequel Happy Death Day 2U is like Back to the Future Part II reimagined the same way 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not only good it also manages to deepen the characters that were so silly and lovable in the first film 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Christian Toto
The only thing scary about this franchise is the spectre of a third installment 
2
Happy Death Day 2U
Josh Terry
The effort is well worth it Happy Death Day 2U is a blast 
3.5
Happy Death Day 2U
James Berardinelli
Put Happy Death Day 2U together with its predecessor Happy Death Day and you could easily call the pair Dumb and Dumber 
2
Happy Death Day 2U
Dustin Putman
Happy Death Day 2U is almost ridiculously fun a snappy thoughtful ride with the ability to have viewers uproariously laughing one minute wiping away tears the next and on the edge of their seats throughout 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Josh Bell
Even when the plotting is shaky Rothe s fantastic performance sells every twist and turn in Tree s journey 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Roger Moore
Joke free and dull take away Jessica Rothe and there is no Death Day 2 
1.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Mark Dujsik
Happy Death Day 2U may amp up and alter the conceit and focus of what came before it but in the process the movie loses too much of what made the original work 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Pat Padua
By the time the climax arrives Happy Death Day 2U has lost its thread in an increasingly busy Scooby Doo style adventure that sadly only points to the possibility of a Happy Death Day 3 peat 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Henry Stewart
Christopher Landon s heady and entertaining sequel is a multiverse murder mystery rooted in experimental physics 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Tomris Laffly
The uninventive Happy Death Day 2U can neither sustain nor recreate the charms of the first film by recycling its ideas 
1.5
Happy Death Day 2U
David Nusair
Filmmaker Christopher Landon does a fantastic job of immediately drawing the viewer into the briskly paced proceedings 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Bob Bloom
An appealing aspect of the film is the comfort and familiarity it affords 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Sean P. Means
As with the first movie Happy Death Day 2U is held together even in its more slapstick moments by Jessica Rothe 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Peter Hartlaub
The Happy Death Day franchise isn t going to revolutionize filmmaking But the uplifting vibes and occasionally absent slasher haven t come close to overstaying their welcome 
2
Happy Death Day 2U
Rafer Guzman
Faulty logic is a major problem but the film earns a pass with its goofy charm 
2.5
Happy Death Day 2U
Barry Hertz
Writer director Christopher Landon s quick turnaround sequel is pure self knowing nonsense a smoothly executed briskly paced mash up of horror tropes time travel paradoxes and silly campus slapstick 
3
Happy Death Day 2U
Bob Chipman
As fixes for reviving the slasher genre apart from make them good again go this is actually a pretty ingenious one 
2.5
Oliver & Company
Beth Dunlop
An instant children s classic along the lines of Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians It s heartwarming and entertaining a thorough pleasure even for very young children 
4
Oliver & Company
Scott Ross
The Disney effort pulses with the beat of its urban setting It moves briskly stops now and again for an atmospheric interlude then roars on with electric syncopation 
3
Oliver & Company
Bob Ross
Oliver Company boasts snappy songs memorable voices and a story line that moves riotously if not smartly 
2.5
Oliver & Company
Russell Stamets
Ho hum animation ordinary characters and a plot that included the kidnapping and the terrorizing of a little girl leave one wondering if Disney can create even the slightest bit of its old magic 
2
Oliver & Company
Gene Siskel
T he first animated feature from the new Disney studio regime which is promising one such picture each year Their first effort measured against the Disney legacy of classics is not up to the highest standard 
2.5
Oliver & Company
Dave Kehr
Oliver Company is impoverished technically and it is also impoverished emotionally 
2
Oliver & Company
David Sterritt
There are some exciting sequences but the picture ranks far below classic animal toons like Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians 
3
Oliver & Company
Matt Brunson
Suffers from a rote storyline and flat animation 
2
Oliver & Company
Eric Henderson
I guess I can cut the Mouse House a little slack when it comes to paint by numbers mediocrities like Oliver Company 
1.5
Oliver & Company
David Nusair
the virtual nadir of the Disney oeuvre 
2
Oliver & Company
Peter Stack
The film offers a fanciful lush urban setting unusual for Disney animated features and a couple of good songs 
3
Oliver & Company
Susan Wloszczyna
Despite three screenwriters and 13 names credited for the story the script quickly sinks into a predictable girl meets pet girl loses pet girl and pet reunite sap trap 
2.5
Oliver & Company
Barry Walters
Seen today Oliver Company comes across as a rather shabby transitional work one that lacks the sophistication of today s toons and doesn t hold up to the Disney classics of yesteryear 
1
Oliver & Company
Steve Rhodes
Why these juvenile delinquents and their even worse masters are considered appropriate material for the 3 8 set that is most likely to see this movie is a conundrum 
1.5
Tank Girl
Matt Brunson
Rachel Talalay s hyper direction and Lori Petty s hyper performance result in migraines you also get an unrecognizable Ice T as the most antagonistic of the Rippers and Iggy Pop in a fleeting cameo as a pervert with a penchant for 10 year old girls 
1.5
Tank Girl
John Beifuss
The counterculture zeitgeist vibe seems rather silly more Sherwood Schwartz than Riot Grrrl and not in a good way 
2
Tank Girl
Scott Rosenberg
She may not be to everyone s taste but she s certainly refreshing 
2
Tank Girl
James Berardinelli
One of those chew the popcorn munch the candy flicks the kind you go into expecting to have a good time but nothing more Given those expectations disappointment is as unlikely as boredom 
2.5
Tank Girl
James O'Ehley
The film tries very hard to recreate the comic book s wild and wacky flair and in the end it is a total assault on the senses with deafening rock music interspersed clips of psychedelic animation 
2.5
Tank Girl
Roger Ebert
Enormous energy went into this movie I could not however care about it for much more than a moment at a time and after awhile its manic energy wore me down 
2
Tank Girl
Madeleine Williams
Simply bad 
0
Missionary Positions
Steve Rhodes
Is it a mockumentary or a documentary One thing is certain This movie could be harmful to your health since you may be laughing so hard you ll injure yourself 
3.5
Framing John DeLorean
Federico Furzan
Every minute that went by I kept on thinking What is the point of this movie This should never happen with documentaries Full review in Spanish 
2
Framing John DeLorean
Robert Daniels
The tremendous and jaw dropping twists Framing John DeLorean takes will never cease to amaze 
3.5
Framing John DeLorean
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There s quite a lot of substance to accompany the flash and one emerges from the film s 109 minutes well informed and highly entertained 
3.5
Framing John DeLorean
Sarah Knight Adamson
An excellent film that leaves no stone uncovered in its pursuit of peeling back the layers of a genius who turned corrupt 
4
Framing John DeLorean
Richard Roeper
why not make a borderline bat bleep crazy docu something of a film chronicling the whole thing 
3
Framing John DeLorean
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers make the weird and distracting decision to transform their non fiction account into a sales pitch for a real movie about the man 
2.5
Framing John DeLorean
David Lewis
Like DeLorean this documentary admirably is not afraid to take risks 
2.5
Framing John DeLorean
Rafer Guzman
An uneven blend of fact and fiction 
2
Framing John DeLorean
Nell Minow
It is true that no movie can tell the full story of a man s life But movies like this one can tell us something important about our own 
3
Framing John DeLorean
Barry Hertz
Framing John DeLorean is a film that delights in stretching the truth so maybe its constant ignorance of Hamm s work is just part of its whole meta narrative shtick 
3
Framing John DeLorean
Roger Moore
A genre bending docu drama that gets past the legend to remember the very flawed man
3
Framing John DeLorean
Oleg Ivanov
John DeLorean has a biography that could have been reverse engineered from a Hollywood epic about the rise and fall of an auto industry mogul 
3.5
Framing John DeLorean
Joey Magidson
Framing John DeLorean presents the life of DeLorean through multiple lenses 
3
The Meeting School
David N. Butterworth
Given the ultimate fate of The Meeting School this documentary short subject remains a sad and telling commentary on the challenges of alternative education 
2.5
Virtually Heroes
Erik Childress
Apart from a late cameo from Mark Hamill 44 this is a film whose best joke is used up after about 10 minutes 46 Which is a shame as it is a fun idea for a joke but probably works best as a short rather than a feature 46 
2
Virtually Heroes
Roger Moore
Setting out to make a 8220 cult 8221 film rarely pays off 46 We can always tell when folks are trying too hard 44 and that 8217 s what 8217 s happening in this attempt to spoof the video game experience 46 
1
The Debt
James Berardinelli
With a tortured structure uneven pacing and the specter of the oft reviled white savior The Debt s narrative never rises to the level of its thesis about economic exploitation 
2
The Debt
Chris Knight
The result is well meaning well shot especially the rural scenes and well acted you can t go wrong with David Strathairn but ultimately a dramatic disappointment 
1.5
The Debt
Brad Wheeler
Well meaning but contrived 
2
The Debt
Linda Barnard
Barney Elliott s The Debt deals in murky ethics and exploitation in this well acted trio of connecting stories set in Peru 
2.5
The Debt
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A movie filled with great ideas Full review in Spanish 
3
Shepard & Dark
Kyle Smith
A disarming but low impact documentary that amounts to an odd dual biopic Shepard Dark can feel a bit like intruding on a conversation between two old friends 
2.5
Shepard & Dark
Nick McCarthy
Treva Wurmfeld s documentary addresses and acutely analyzes the way friendship can bend and occasionally snap over time 
3
Shepard & Dark
Rob Thomas
Treva Wurmfeld has made a lovely and insightful film not just about this friendship but all friendships and how having people in your life who know you so well can be a comfort and a curse 
3.5
Shepard & Dark
Bruce DeMara
It s actually a fascinating journey unfolding just like real life in ways that are honest and unexpected and not always pleasant 
3.5
Togo
Roger Moore
In setting out to get it right Disney s made a kid friendly dog loving epic that harks back to some children s classics of the genre 
3
Togo
Linda Cook
You ll warm up to Togo the true story of a heroic sled dog 
3.5
Togo
Federico Furzan
Disney s live action proposals for movies based on true stories are not this exciting Or at least they hadn t been until now Full review in Spanish 
3
Togo
Christopher James
Togo features some genuinely exciting and tense sequences Director and Cinematographer Ericson Core certainly knows how to stage a journey through the snow 
3
Togo
Nick Allen
A smart affectionately made tale about an underdog and his musher 
3
Ingeborg Holm
Fernando F. Croce
There s little danger of words trumping images 
3
Hello Again
Hal Boedeker
Despite its death defying plot Hello Again is not a miraculous movie 
2
Hello Again
Roger Ebert
There are the makings of a great comedy here but you will not find more than scattered hints of it 
2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Maitland McDonagh
A peculiar and oddly haunting achievement 
2.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Josh Larsen
The fear is comical the loathing almost nonexistent 
2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Eric Melin
It may start off as a lighthearted excess filled party road trip movie but Depp is reigned in a little towards the end as his character a stand in for Thompson poetically bemoans the sad failure of the late 60s ideals and values 
3
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Judith Egerton
Unlike Trainspotting Fear and Loathing doesn t shock or fascinate It simply disgusts and repels 
2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Rob Blackwelder
has an incongruous stream of consciousness tang that requires just the right mood to enjoy 
2.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Margaret A. McGurk
It s not pretty but it s no accident either 
2.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Edward Guthmann
It s really a series of sketches on one theme 
2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
James Berardinelli
Darn funny but those moments of seemingly inspired humor are more than offset by the rest of the movie which is nearly unwatchable 
2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Elias Savada
This big screen adaptation of the 1971 cult classic is a sure candidate for many worst ten film lists 
0.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Mike Clark
If the movie were more amusing it could probably be accused of glorifying drugs but that problem has been averted The movie really isn t pro drugs It s simply unwatchable 
1.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Madeleine Williams
The film doesn t have a strong point but it tells it vividly and with an intense visual flair 
2.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ted Prigge
One of the most faithful film adaptations not only in terms of substance but also style 
3.5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Barbara Shulgasser
This movie inspires no fear in me but loathing Yes Oh yes 
0
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Steve Rhodes
Depp takes what starts as an almost unwatchably bad movie and manages to make it kind of fascinating 
2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
David Keyes
A triumph of direction over plot imagination over treatment and conception over realism 
4
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Roger Ebert
If you encountered characters like this on an elevator you d push a button and get off at the next floor Here the elevator is trapped between floors for 128 minutes 
1
That Evening Sun
Roger Moore
Southern Gothic the real deal not imitation with great roles for Hal Holbrook Mia Wasikowska and Ray McKinnon
3
That Evening Sun
Roger Ebert
Watching Holbrook I was reminded again of how steady and valuable this man has been throughout his career 
3.5
That Evening Sun
Keith Cohen
Audiences are fortunate to finally have the chance to see a fine example of how good an independent film can be 
3
That Evening Sun
Robert W. Butler
A tough borderline unpleasant movie that keeps us on edge and waiting for something awful to happen It may be honest but like its protagonist it isn t likable 
2.5
That Evening Sun
Chris Hewitt
If an older actor were looking for a great valedictory role it would be tough to top Abner Meecham and Holbrook 83 makes the most of it 
3
That Evening Sun
Matt Brunson
Generates nearly all of its goodwill from a smashing central performance by a long established veteran 
3
That Evening Sun
Sara Michelle Fetters
The last scenes evoke a hollow emptiness that smacked me upside the head and even if hope isn t gone it certainly isn t as knocking at the door with energetic excitement 
3
That Evening Sun
Lou Lumenick
Holbrook shines in a rare film starring role as Abner Meechum roughly a Southern version of the character Clint Eastwood played in Gran Torino 
3
That Evening Sun
John Beifuss
Confounds expectations and discomfits the audience by reversing the strategy of Gran Torino with Holbrook s proud cantankerous old timer becoming less worthy of the audience s early investment of loyalty and trust as the story progresses 
3.5
That Evening Sun
Andrew Schenker
That Evening Sun gets at something essential about man s sense of his own dignity and the importance to the American notion of self that comes with the possession of a property of one s own 
3
Army of Darkness
Bob Ross
Bruce Campbell the rugged star survivor of The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 Dead Before Dawn takes his most incendiary trip yet in Army of Darkness a hilariously extravagant sequel to those low budget tongue in cheek fright flicks 
3
Army of Darkness
Steven Rea
Replete with thumping horse hooves the battle cries of lusty men and the banshee screams of the living dead Raimi s movie comes at you with a noisy jokey swagger Its hero even says groovy and gets away with it 
3
Army of Darkness
Gene Siskel
Here s the problem Bruce Campbell s character is a complete stiff and so is everyone else he meets who isn t a special effect The result is that we couldn t care less who wins any battle in the movie no matter how inventively photographed 
1.5
Army of Darkness
Rene Rodriguez
There isn t a dead spot in Army of Darkness which runs a brief 77 minutes and suitably so This is in many ways a live action cartoon It s overdone yes but also irresistible 
3
Army of Darkness
Joe Baltake
With virtually no narrative to connect its wall to wall mindless action sequences Army of Darkness is either a botched attempt at some kind of elaborate allegory or a botched attempt to bring comic strip panels to life 
1
Army of Darkness
John Anderson
A lot gets overdone in Army of Darkness Everything in fact But Campbell who as Ash wears a chainsaw on the stump of his arm hit shotgun on his back and a smirk on his lips ultimately saves the film just as Ash saves the day 
3
Army of Darkness
Ron Weiskind
Raimi loads the film with gross humor and also packs so much action into the film that it seems longer than its 77 minute running time In this case that s a compliment 
2.5
Army of Darkness
Rob Lowing
Raimi s approach which quickly junks any storyline in favor of endless mind boggling special effects does grow tedious after a while 
2
Army of Darkness
Roger Hurlburt
Because of an irreverent and wholly enthusiastic performance Campbell makes the film far more than it should be 
3
Army of Darkness
Gary Thompson
Army of Darkness doesn t have enough story to hold the movie together even by Raimi s slapdash standards This sequel to his Evil Dead movies doesn t have enough of their reckless punk charm It s a sloppy step backward for the Darkman director 
2
Army of Darkness
Dave Kehr
Raimi has created the cinematic equivalent of fast food efficient unassuming and seriously regressive It may not be much good for you in the end but consuming it is loads of fun 
3
Army of Darkness
Michael MacCambridge
One gets a sense of watching a talent show long on inventive costumes and short on talent 
2
Army of Darkness
Stephen Hunter
The best thing about Army of Darkness is its young director s incredible enthusiasm He s like all Three Stooges fighting for the control of one movie camera and he ll do anything for a giggle 
2.5
Army of Darkness
Chuck Waters
Army conquers no new turf but if you know what you re buying in advance you probably won t be disappointed But I d say only Raimi s regulars will find it essential viewing 
2
Army of Darkness
Robert W. Butler
Army of Darkness is a great bad movie It s an extravaganza of B movie sensibilities a kinetic pigout of go bonkers cinematic overkill a non stop orgy of violence and low humor In short it s the movie every nerdy adolescent wanted to make someday 
2.5
Army of Darkness
Judy Gerstel
Campbell s screwy machismo alone is worth the trip 
3
Army of Darkness
John Scalzi
Army of Darkness while spoofing every horror film convention imaginable also takes the time and effort to make broad slaps at popular culture in general They re nice touches to an enjoyably stupid film 
2.5
Army of Darkness
Lawrence Toppman
The wise guy among naive types scenario is funny but the Raimis can t exploit it The contrast of lofty medieval language to Campbell s snarls is funny for a short time but the lines themselves aren t nearly clever enough 
2
Army of Darkness
Malcolm Johnson
There s action aplenty across Army of Darkness and enough camp references to keep obscurantists chuckling But like his Evil Dead bloodbaths Raimi s new goriest seems aimed at a narrow audience 
1
Army of Darkness
David Montgomery
It is camp trash It is Le Bad Cinema though of a high toned sort Pay no attention to any of the critics mock scientific one dimensional linear brain editor driven star system assessments like the one attached to this review 
2
Army of Darkness
Scott Rosenberg
It sounds better in concept than in execution It s not that Raimi has run out of cheerily spectacular effects and giddily dumb jokes The trouble with the movie is that it parades its own lameness without ever finding a way to transcend it 
2
Army of Darkness
Terry Orme
Army of Darkness is intentionally silly even stupid But it is never boring To take it seriously is to miss the point 
3
Army of Darkness
Matt Brunson
Only a primitive screwhead would find zero entertainment value in the third Evil Dead movie 46 
3
Army of Darkness
Brian Eggert
Broad slapstick humor 44 innumerable references to other films 44 and above all 44 Campbell 8217 s presence as a physical comedian and sarcastic jerk single out Army of Darkness as a unique experience from its predecessors 46 
3
Army of Darkness
David Nusair
The climactic battle between the living and the dead that closes the picture is well done yet disappointingly lacking in thrills 
2.5
Army of Darkness
Josh Larsen
Raimi and his camera never slow down which is good because many of the gags don t stand up to scrutiny Still his effects manage some nice nods to the stop motion work of Ray Harryhausen while Campbell keeps the mood consistently light 
2.5
Army of Darkness
Thomas Delapa
A bloody and fairly lifeless witch s brew of medievalism Jonathan Swift and the Three Stooges 
1
Army of Darkness
Phil Villarreal
To watch the movie is to join its chaotic flow of hyperactive energy 
4
Army of Darkness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Army of Darkness is an example of how action movies should be done 
4
Army of Darkness
Roger Ebert
The movie isn t as funny or entertaining as Evil Dead II however maybe because the comic approach seems recycled 
2
Army of Darkness
James Berardinelli
Sam Raimi has never done a completely straight film before but Army of Darkness outdoes his previous efforts for sheer outrageousness 
3
James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge
Kenji Fujishima
Less explored in all the ensuing back patting is the question of whether Cameron is in fact sincerely interested in learning more about the world around him or whether this mission is merely intended to stroke his own ego 
1.5
James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge
Stephen Whitty
In the end the movie seems to be as much about James Cameron as anything else 
2.5
James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge
Michael O'Sullivan
The film pays scant attention to its stated goal relegating the discoveries achieved by Cameron s mission to a brief on screen title at the very end of the film 
2
James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge
Scott Bowles
Film lovers will see how Cameron not only came up with ideas like The Abyss and Titanic but how his drive turns obsession into commercial movies usually very profitable ones 
2.5
James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge
Sara Stewart
On the whole the film would probably be more at home on cable and at a reduced running time 
2
Long Night's Journey Into Day
Lou Lumenick
Refreshingly free of the high mindedness that plagues so many well meaning documentaries 
3.5
I've Always Loved You
Dan Callahan
The film is redeemed finally through the sheer crazy belief in romance that Frank Borzage imbues in the film as it goes on 
2.5
Una
Mark Johnson
I d seek out the film if you are a big fan of Rooney Mara but otherwise it is a tough watch that leaves you questioning the intent of the movie in the first place 
2.5
Una
Peter Travers
Una is a film of seismic shocks built to make an audience squirm Mission accomplished 
2.5
Una
Roger Moore
Disturbing and distinctly pre MetToo in its creepy engagement with the sexual abuse subject matter
3
Una
Mark Dujsik
There s a strange absence of conviction to Una 
2
Una
Bruce DeMara
This is a film that could easily divide opinion along gender lines What everyone will agree on is that it raises troubling but important questions 
3.5
Una
Barry Hertz
These are not easy people to understand nor to watch unravel but they are urgent complicated captivating characters 
3
Una
Brian Tallerico
Great actors Ben Mendelsohn and Rooney Mara do their best to elevate the frustrating Una but their director doesn t seem to understand what he has in these two performers 
2
Una
Henry Stewart
The film gives Una a little more agency but director Benedict Andrews often invalidates such empowerment 
2.5
Una
Walter Chaw
These two have a genuine fission in their interplay that makes it all feel dangerous 
2
Still Bill
Roger Ebert
Still Bill is about a man who topped the charts walked away from it all in 1985 and is pleased that he did 
3.5
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
Simon Abrams
The experience of watching this anti climactic three hour drama is unproductively depressing and upsetting 
2
Annapolis
Lisa Ann Cockrel
It s difficult to find anything to praise about Annapolis 
0
Annapolis
Greg Maki
Everything about Annapolis feels artificial 
1
Annapolis
Jeffrey Westhoff
Annapolis is a good film basically because it s not a bad film 
3
Annapolis
Thomas Delapa
If you re like me you ll get that sinking feeling soon after Annapolis gets underway 
1
Annapolis
Jonathan R. Perry
Annapolis is a neatly pressed mirror shine drone so impeccably mediocre we get the feeling somebody cheated on the entrance exam 
1
Annapolis
Linda Cook
Bland as vanilla pudding and half as tasty Annapolis is Rocky Jr disguised as a rip off of An Officer and a Gentleman 
2
Annapolis
Tyler Hanley
The film comes across like a recruiting commercial with subliminal Join the Navy messages layered throughout 
2
Annapolis
David Nusair
Franco does what he can with the material but is generally left floundering 
2
Annapolis
Mark Dujsik
Less inspired by recruitment videos than it is by Rocky 
2.5
Annapolis
James Berardinelli
This isn t as much a movie as it is a recipe for a cinematic casserole in which the ingredients are clichs and rip offs 
2
Annapolis
Ken Fox
Despite the numbing number of motivational speeches set against the swelling strains of martial music director Lin s film has little to do with military life It is instead a mundane boxing movie 
2
Annapolis
Geoff Pevere
The movie plays out with the same martial drumbeat inevitability of a parade march 
1.5
Annapolis
Ted Fry
An alternate title for this atrocious clutter of morality clichs could be A Plebeian and a Gentleman But that s giving too much credit to just one of the cinematic muses Annapolis desperately wants to follow 
1
Annapolis
Mick LaSalle
While Officer is an almost great movie Annapolis watered down and one degree further from inspiration is merely an almost good movie 
2
Annapolis
Arthur Salm
Bulling ahead through hackneyed scene after hackneyed scene it grinds out an hour and 48 minutes of nonstop cliche never offering so much as a marginally clever line never succumbing to an original thought never veering from the rutted path 
1
Annapolis
Timothy Knight
To describe Annapolis as formulaic would be a gross understatement 
1.5
Annapolis
Lisa Rose
The film is part boxing saga part military recruiting ad and 100 percent clich 
1
Annapolis
Kyle Smith
Pretty much every line in the movie comes from another movie How bad do you want it You re not good enough etc And like virtually all Hollywood films about the military Annapolis is cheerfully phony 
1.5
Annapolis
Jack Mathews
A record number of movie cliches are strung together for the otherwise forgettable boot camp drama Annapolis 
1.5
Annapolis
Rene Rodriguez
If Annapolis is not the worst movie to date of this still young year it is certainly the most hackneyed as well as the most depressing 
1
Annapolis
Rick Groen
The stuff is digestible I suppose but few would argue that it goes down a treat In fact at the risk of insubordination you could do worse than greet this navy chow with a crisp salute and a snappy Sir no sir 
1.5
Annapolis
John Monaghan
Wobbles unsteadily between a military recruitment vehicle and an underdog boxing picture 
2
Annapolis
Michael Booth
Annapolis leaves you vaguely seasick from unearned adrenaline The editing works to make the climaxes sharp but in the end your stomach is too empty to keep it all down 
2.5
Annapolis
Wesley Morris
Annapolis is more entertaining than any Navy recruitment ad ought to be 
2.5
Annapolis
Forrest Hartman
Because the cast is interesting Annapolis is watchable but with so many better things in theaters it seems a waste to spend an hour and a half with such mediocrity 
2.5
Annapolis
Kit Bowen
Annapolis isn t anything but an over boiled corn fed version of An Officer and a Gentleman 
1
Annapolis
Peter Canavese
A corny eighties throwback with thematic mushiness regressive sexual politics and cheesy montages to match 
1.5
Annapolis
James Sanford
take along some Krazy Glue It s the only thing that will keep your eyes from rolling repeatedly at the hoary cliches and trite situations take a nap polis and spare yourself 108 minutes of pure tedium 
1.5
Annapolis
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a formula plot but it s handled with some humor some heart and a sure hand on the camera 
3
Annapolis
Willie Waffle
Huard s flirty interplay with Ali is so pathetic I don t think Brad Pitt could even win over the girl with lines as bad as these 
2
Annapolis
Dan Fienberg
The funniest film of 2006 If only any of the laughs were intentional 
1.5
Annapolis
Paul Doro
Rather than settle for one uninspired story Annapolis gives viewers two 
2
Annapolis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While Lin s camera locks onto every clenching jaw muscle he obliterates the fight footage with blurry close ups and jagged cuts
1.5
Annapolis
Mike Clark
Annapolis moves at a decent clip but it s all cliches 
2
Annapolis
Michael Phillips
There s a good movie to be made about a townie who tests his mettle against the local elites Plenty of films exploiting this time honored premise tend to push the right audience buttons But the Annapolis script is less a script than a checklist 
1.5
Annapolis
Gene Seymour
Annapolis resembles Top Gun and An Officer and a Gentleman only in their infrequent indulgence in cliche contrivance and crowd pleasing flourishes 
2
Annapolis
Jeff Strickler
Apparently the filmmakers are counting on viewers not remembering An Officer and a Gentleman which seems fairly unlikely Then again the plot is so predictable that no prior knowledge is necessary to figure out where it s going 
2
Annapolis
Dustin Putman
Stacked with unoriginal plot elements hot off the assembly line yet still manages to present said story with conviction tough rings of truth and a rooting attentiveness 
2.5
Annapolis
Laura Kelly
This film is strictly plebe material and should be booted out of theaters on its white uniformed rear 
2
Annapolis
Chris Hewitt
Despite the lack of originality in Annapolis it is dandy entertainment 
3
Annapolis
Carrie Rickey
Much as I enjoyed screenwriter Dave Collard s freshman effort Out of Time there s not much to say about his sophomore and sophomoric screenplay which seems to have gleaned its insights from the fortune cookie factory 
2
Annapolis
Matt Pais
It s a bland campaign for discipline that seems to want you to salute before leaving the theater 
1.5
Annapolis
Roger Ebert
an exhausted wheeze of bankrupt cliches and cardboard characters the kind of film that has no visible reason for existing except that everybody got paid 
1.5
Annapolis
Josh Larsen
grimacing is about all Franco manages 
1.5
Annapolis
Nick Schager
Old fashioned in the most dull clunky way possible 
1.5
Hamilton
David Reddish
Perhaps because of the concert format and because so many of the songs arent scenes in the traditional sense the plot also becomes difficult to follow in places 
3
Hamilton
Matt Brunson
Musical theater par excellence 
3.5
Hamilton
Mark Meszoros
This almost goes without saying because it is so unsurprising This cinematic representation of Hamilton is like the work itself absolutely terrific 
4
Hamilton
Peter Howell
The film pulses with energy and life and yes this Revolution is genuinely cinematic even if it is being televised 
4
Hamilton
Lisa Trifone
This filmed version manages to brilliantly capture what is otherwise the once in a lifetime experience of seeing these moments on stage 
4
Hamilton
Dann Gire
Hamilton succeeds as a musical incentive for fans to seek out what truth about their Founding Fathers they can find given the whitewashed U S history taught to generations of public school students 
3.5
Hamilton
Jason Fraley
Miranda just told Hamilton s story to perfection ensuring that the 10 dollar Founding Father will live on forever making history come alive for a new generation 
4
Hamilton
Peter Canavese
Powerfully performed and beautifully structured With its melodic and lyrical motifs it s densely packed witty and emotional imperfect as history but still a phenomenon and a public service 
3.5
Hamilton
James Berardinelli
The end result provides nearly three hours of superior entertainment both for those who consider themselves Hamilton devotees and those without previous viewing experience 
3.5
Hamilton
Luke Parker
Great care went into making this project as cinematic encompassing and true to the theater as possible 
4
Hamilton
Kevin A. Ranson
Compared to over cinematic reinterpretations from 1978 s Grease to 2019 s ill fated Cats how can this not be the preferred template for bringing any post theatrical Broadway experience to the masses 
4
Hamilton
Rene Sanchez
Its powerful message is still effective perhaps even more important and relevant than ever Full Review in Spanish 
4
Hamilton
Linda Cook
What a vivid splash for the Fourth 
4
Hamilton
Chris Hewitt
Seeing it at home is not the same as in a theater but the Disney presentation nicely approximates the live experience 
3.5
Hamilton
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Everything anyone could have hoped for cinematic exuberant and dazzling 
4
Hamilton
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers have completely bypassed the issues of adaptation and just filmed the show The result is splendid 
4
Hamilton
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
This presentation may not be epic cinema but it is certainly epic spectacle Watch and learn 
3.5
Hamilton
Odie Henderson
It s said that live theater is like catching lightning in a bottle in that every night is different and can never be repeated It s nice to have a bit of that lightning at your disposal courtesy of this movie 
4
Hamilton
Joey Magidson
Who lives who dies who tells your story When it comes to the life of Alexander Hamilton Lin Manuel Miranda has proven to be an incredible storyteller with Hamilton 
3.5
Hamilton
Katie Walsh
What more can really be said about Hamilton It s one of the greatest achievements of history telling and history making art of our recent era 
4
Hamilton
Lily Janiak
Of all the new gems the film version unearths in the text the richest might be those that transcend current events those that help color vibrantly envisioned human relationships 
4
Hamilton
Dan Rubins
The show offers testimony to the power of communal storytelling just as mighty on screen as on stage 
3.5
Hamilton
Roger Moore
While filmed plays are always anti cinematic it beautifully preserves a multi cultural musical thrillingly in its moment and of its moment 
2.5
Hamilton
Sarah Knight Adamson
Hamilton is a refreshing intermission of our world at the moment electrifying and ingenious brilliant and exhilarating a joyous celebration of our nation s history seen through a vision of untraditional casting 
4
Hamilton
Sean P. Means
The choice to shoot after the cast had been working together for more than a year off Broadway and then at the Rodgers let the audience see the performers in their stride 
4
Hamilton
Mike McGranaghan
The movie captures the qualities that make Hamilton special while adding a wonderful flavor of its own 
4
Hamilton
Barry Hertz
W atch Hamilton and take comfort in the fact that two towering American institutions have teamed up together for good rather than evil It s a rare thing these days 
3
Hamilton
Ty Burr
As history as a grounding in and reminder of where this whole thing started Hamilton is facile yet irresistible As soul affirming entertainment it is overwhelming 
4
Hamilton
Johnny Oleksinski
You can t help but once again admire the level of accomplishment here only now it comes through best in its solemn moments rather than the flashy showstoppers 
3
Hamilton
Richard Roeper
The brilliance translates beautifully 
4
Hamilton
Chris Jones
Director Thomas Kail s filmed version of the blockbuster musical Hamilton surely is the greatest translation democratization and preservation of any Broadway show ever 
4
Hamilton
Mark Kennedy
Kail s camera captures actors intimate faces during key moments in a way impossible for theater goers and incorporates audience reaction to create an electric filmed version 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Matt Brunson
This version proved to be that rare bird 58 a remake that 44 while not matching its predecessor in any way 44 nevertheless succeeds on its own terms 46 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Brian Eggert
No matter how much the genre has been beaten to death in the years since its release Snyder s remake is enduringly scary thrilling and incurably watchable time after time It remains his best film 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Michael Dequina
Director Zack Snyder and writer James Gunn have simply traded one set of time sensitive issues for more contemporary cliches 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Lucius Gore
The remake of Dawn of the Dead is a fun gory ride that makes up for its lack of depth with all out action 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
Joe Lozito
This oddly effective reimagining loses some of the satire but none of the bite of the 1978 George Romero classic 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Kam Williams
Guaranteed to induce nightmares 
4
Dawn of the Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
After some head scratching it doesn t take too long to have the answer hit you smack dab in the face The answer of course is money and in Hollywood there is no stronger motivator than the almighty dollar 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Lori Hoffman
These zombies move like the Roadrunner on PCP
3
Dawn of the Dead
Kevin A. Ranson
crunchy zombie guilty pleasure goodness 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Willie Waffle
When there s no more room in hell the dead and dumb take over Hollywood and make movies like this
1.5
Dawn of the Dead
James O'Ehley
Dawn of the Dead delivers the goods in spades 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Tony Toscano
missing the naive fun of the original 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Jonathan R. Perry
A remake as soulless as the hordes of undead that attack with maddening persistence 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Mike McGranaghan
Dawn of the Dead is ultra violent excessively bloody and extremely gory all in a good way I left the theater feeling pumped full of adrenaline 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This new film has a definite bite thanks to the superior brand of character actors and the intelligent dialogue 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Tyler Hanley
Dawn rises past 28 Days Later as the new millennium s best flesh eating flick 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Marty Mapes
These movies should be remade every decade
3
Dawn of the Dead
James Verniere
Snyder does an excellent admirably minimalist job of depicting a suburban Spielbergian paradise gone completely insane 
3
Dawn of the Dead
David N. Butterworth
When there re no more original ideas in Hollywood the studios will opt to remake And in first time director Zack Snyder s case poorly 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Linda Cook
The gory adults only Dawn of the Dead can serve as a day brightener in certain situations At least that s how it was for my husband and me 
4
Dawn of the Dead
John Beifuss
A non nutritious junk food snack compared to Romero s feast of gore and metaphor 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Phil Villarreal
Zombies chase heroes shoot brains explode all over the wall Rinse and repeat 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Frank Ochieng
a killer thriller that has an over the top raw presence that stimulates and takes its observers on a tumultuous trip through its perverse playground
3
Dawn of the Dead
James Berardinelli
For those who enjoy tight tense graphic horror this movie offers an ample helping 
3
Dawn of the Dead
David Nusair
The so called zombie baby promised in the film s trailer is emblematic of the film s refusal to take risks 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
James Kendrick
reimagining the zombies as fast proactive attackers makes for some truly scary horror but it also deprives the film of the nuance Romero was able to instill in his zombies
3
Dawn of the Dead
Dustin Putman
Dawn of the Dead is creepy smart classy moviemaking The film takes no prisoners in its sole goal to scare you silly 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Mark Rahner
The new Dawn won t be revered like the old one but if there s a sequel I ll shamble instinctively to the theater 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Mick LaSalle
It s silly witty and good natured not scary so much as icky and not horrifying or horrible but consistently amusing 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Kim Morgan
Funny and dark and massively entertaining 
3
Dawn of the Dead
V.A. Musetto
The remake adds little to the genre and doesn t bother with character development 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Jami Bernard
The joke isn t fresh but it holds up well in this crackling remake of George Romero s 1978 sequel to Night of the Living Dead 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Adam Sternbergh
The remake shows all the guts of the original but there s not a glimpse of its brains or its heart 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Rene Rodriguez
Faster leaner and more compact than the original 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Bob Strauss
This new version of Dawn of the Dead reflects our times about as well as George Romero s 1978 horror classic did its own 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Loey Lockerby
A pretty decent way to cannibalize a classic 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Rick Groen
You know Snyder isn t the guy for the job about five minutes into the proceedings 
2
Dawn of the Dead
John Monaghan
Scarier funnier and more entertaining than it has a right to be 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Jeff Vice
One of the scarier horror films to come along in quite some time 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Roger Ebert
Dawn of the Dead works and it delivers just about what you expect when you buy your ticket 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Lawrence Toppman
The new Dawn of the Dead moves along with speed and slick visual style but it s soulless and anonymous as well a shopping mall 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Wesley Morris
Few of the original movie s political and philosophical preoccupations abortion capitalism patriotism individualism remain Instead the remake feels like the product of the PlayStation era 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Guylaine Cadorette
a masterful horror pic 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Aaron Hillis
Not bad for a movie as disposable as the popcorn it helps spill on theater floors 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Sean P. Means
If you are at all squeamish about screen gore forget about it But if you enjoy plenty of ketchup on your movie popcorn you will have a frightfully good time 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
Jon Niccum
This proves that just because a film is about zombies doesn t mean it has to be brain dead 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
Emily Blunt
Shame on all involved 
1
Dawn of the Dead
Christian Toto
Grim gory Dead proves a capable if not superior remake of the 1978 original 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Bob Bloom
What screenwriter James Gunn and director Zach Snyder have ignored was the subversive satirical touches Romero infused among all the gross carnage 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Mike Clark
A soulless but speedy redo of George A Romero s two hour plus 1979 original about a mall and flesh eating zombies 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Duane Dudek
This remake fails to advance the original in any way shape or form 
1.5
Dawn of the Dead
Rob Blackwelder
Cult horror fans you can relax Universal Pictures has done right by George Romero 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Chris Hewitt
A masterpiece of its genre 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
David Sterritt
Horror buffs will find plenty of split second suspense and in your face carnage while others will scramble for the exit as quickly as the characters race away from their apocalyptic foes 
2
Dawn of the Dead
Phoebe Flowers
In the first eight or so minutes Snyder firmly grips you and rarely lets go 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Glenn Lovell
This demographic predominantly young and male goes to a zombie movie for one thing and one thing only increasingly outrageous gross outs And Dawn they ll be glad to hear doesn t disappoint 
3
Dawn of the Dead
David Hiltbrand
A surprisingly touching parable of community and the human spirit a terribly scary parable with a ridiculously high body count 
3
Dawn of the Dead
John Anderson
Gruesome funny everything a horror film should be 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
Michael Wilmington
Romero s movie was both scary and satiric but this reprise directed by British TV ad wiz Zack Snyder is neither 
1.5
Dawn of the Dead
Josh Larsen
a scarier if simpler version of what many consider to be the defining picture in the genre 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Walter Chaw
Heretical to even suggest it Zack Snyder s remake of George A Romero s Dawn of the Dead surpasses the original in any number of ways 
3
Dawn of the Dead
Steve Rhodes
A cross between a National Rifle Association ad and the infinitely better 28 Days Later 
2.5
Dawn of the Dead
Scott Nash
Bloody good fun 
3.5
Dawn of the Dead
Jeremiah Kipp
Doesn t stop to take its breath and it remains frequently scary in the moment without leaving much to chew on afterwards 
2
Mortal Transfer
Marty Mapes
Black comedy offers a rough and tortured view of the male id
2.5
Mortal Transfer
Walter Chaw
Clever and polished a surplus of style over a piffle of substance that s supremely entertaining for all its inconsequence 
3
Zero Day
David Elliott
A scrapbook of right now tensions and suspense 
3.5
Zero Day
Kyle Counts
Writer director Ben Coccio has made an intensely immediate meticulously detailed bone chiller it haunts you long after you ve wished it would go away 
4
Zero Day
John Monaghan
Murky 
2
Zero Day
Kevin John Bozelka
Zero Day simply proves that feel bad films are no more instructive than feel good films 
2.5
Zero Day
Jeff Vice
The film seems to lose its way about midway through 
2.5
Zero Day
Sean P. Means
The found tapes produce a lurid Blair Witch like intimacy though the depiction of the shooting itself crosses over into exploitation 
2.5
Zero Day
Paul Sherman
Instantly compelling and increasingly chilling 
3.5
Zero Day
Walter V. Addiego
Insidious and haunting 
3
Zero Day
Ty Burr
There are images in Zero Day that linger and gnaw 
3
Zero Day
Glenn Lovell
As a promised wake up call it s disturbingly sleep inducing 
2
Zero Day
Steve Rhodes
A shamelessly exploitive subtly pretentious mockumentary which manages to be the funniest film about a high school gun tragedy since Bowling for Columbine 
3
Zero Day
Jack Mathews
Ben Coccio lets the mostly banal Zero Day videos go on much too long And in having the characters speechify about the futility of postmortems on their motivation he hits the audience over the head with the proverbial hammer 
2.5
Zero Day
Lou Lumenick
It has a power and immediacy that makes it much more worthwhile than Home Room 
3
Zero Day
Walter Chaw
Exactly the kind of broad simple minded exploration of the root causes of violence that its protagonists purport to despise 
0
Mad Max
Brian Eggert
Although unoriginal and hindered by the lower trappings of its basic subject matter 44 Mad Max elevated itself by having something to say 44 and doing it in a way that was fulfilling both technically and dramatically 46 
3.5
Mad Max
Kathy Fennessy
As a filmmaker George Miller keeps cliche at bay through his attention to detail even as he hews to revenge thriller archetype 
3.5
Mad Max
Matt Brunson
If you haven t seen writer director George Miller s Mad Max in quite some time then it s very likely you re not even remembering it right 
3.5
Mad Max
David Keyes
A solid and entertaining spectacle filled with brilliantly staged action scenes and made all the more fascinating for its oracular indication of the age of bold movie science fiction that was to follow 
3
Mad Max
John Beifuss
Manages not to waste a single frame of film even as it wastes countless motorcycles trailers automobiles and other vehicles across the bad roads of rural Australia 
4
Mad Max
Josh Larsen
essentially serves as the setup for the far superior Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior 
1.5
Mad Max
Scott Nash
Mel Gibson rules the road in the original Mad Max 
3
Mad Max
Rob Vaux
Like all of the best exploitation films it transcends its limitations while simultaneously embracing them 
4
Mad Max
James Berardinelli
Overnight Mad Max went from being a U S cult hero to a mainstream figure and Mel Gibson s place in the firmament was secured 
3
Mad Max
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though director George Miller took the post apocalyptic tough guy Max a lot farther in the sequel The Road Warrior Mad Max still packs in Miller s particular brand of black comedy thrills 
3
Mad Max
David Nusair
Gibson s thoroughly charismatic performance along with Miller s treatment of the film s few high octane moments goes a long way towards keeping things interesting for the majority of Mad Max s mercifully brief running time 
2.5
Mad Max
Bill Chambers
Drive in fascism at its most cinematic 
2.5
Mad Max
James Kendrick
generates a rumbling kind of thrill the kind that can only be generated by real stuntmen doing what they do best not camera tricks and postproduction special effects
3
Mad Max
James O'Ehley
Features the best anti hero cinema has given us in the past few decades 
3.5
In the Fade
Matt Brunson
Less a searing examination of sociopolitical issues than a Death Wish reconfigured for leftist viewers 
2.5
In the Fade
Sarah Knight Adamson
As a courtroom thriller In the Fade delivers 
3
In the Fade
Robert Horton
Compelling not because of its somewhat familiar plot but because of the fierceness with which it shows Katja s point of view 
3
In the Fade
Gary Thompson
In the Fade yielded a best actress award for Diane Kruger at the Cannes Film Festival and watching this wrenching movie it s easy to see why 
3
In the Fade
Vanessa H. Larson
It s a deeply unsettling film delivering a message that can t be ignored 
3
In the Fade
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a mostly affecting and harrowing thriller that makes up for lack of subtlety with seriousness of intent 
3
In the Fade
J. R. Jones
Kruger s performance is grueling heart rending 
3
In the Fade
Kate Taylor
It offers no easy solutions or quick uplift yet there s still a movie of the week feel to the proceedings which seem to offer topicality without context 
2.5
In the Fade
Peter Howell
It asks questions about grief and justice that resonate with these perilous times all the more so in light of recent terror atrocities the world over 
3
In the Fade
Ernesto Diezmartinez
I liked In the Fade a lot better when it was called Death Wish Winner 1974 Full review in Spanish 
1
In the Fade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Slow going and never quite sure of itself 
2.5
In the Fade
Carla Meyer
Kruger s performance sustains interest in the movie when director and co writer Fatih Akin Head On after a highly promising start takes it into C grade Liam Neeson territory 
2.5
In the Fade
Mike McGranaghan
In the Fade is a real stunner that lingers in the mind long after it s over Diane Kruger gets the best role of her career so far 
3.5
In the Fade
Jake Coyle
To say that the many parts of In the Fade are held together by Kruger would be an understatement As a cocktail of grief fury and regret Dianne Kruger is a remarkably original protagonist 
3.5
In the Fade
Peter Sobczynski
Contains many of the same inherent flaws as most movies of this type and not even the genuinely good and powerful aspects on display are quite able to overcome the more troublesome elements 
2.5
In the Fade
Mark Dujsik
The third act is troubling not only because it finds the most generic climax but also because it implies irksome comparisons to the act of violence that started the story 
2
In the Fade
James Berardinelli
In the Fade shows how the most devastating damage caused by terrorists sometimes isn t to those who die it s to those who remain alive 
3.5
In the Fade
Stephen Whitty
A solid sober moving story and one that like so many of Akin s pictures mines the same deep vein our deep and apparently inexhaustible reserves of pain and anger loss and regret 
3.5
In the Fade
Chuck Bowen
In the Fade comes to life when it dramatizes the distraction tactics necessary to excusing terrorism 
2
In the Fade
Roger Moore
Routine terrorists on trial thriller but Kruger is riveting in it 
3
In the Fade
Clayton Davis
What works first and foremost is Diane Kruger s career defining performance Her fierce uncompromising turn is remarkably potent as she endures and displays every anguish and mournful beat 
3.5
In the Fade
David Nusair
It s a compelling premise that s employed to watchable yet somewhat underwhelming effect 
3
In the Fade
Shane Slater
Through the efficient storytelling and the skillful editing In The Fade thus transforms seamlessly from gut wrenching tragedy to a lean propulsive revenge thriller 
3.5
In the Fade
Kent Turner
The film moves along at a methodical by the numbers pace It doesn t exactly plod along but nor does it propel forward 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Brian Eggert
Here 8217 s a film that 44 both in story and execution 44 is centered on the idea of finding order among chaos 44 and for viewers more accustomed to a tidy 44 straightforward narrative 44 the results can understandably seem like a helter skelter experience 46 
4
I Heart Huckabees
Scott Nash
Despite an outstanding cast of actors and some funny moments I never cared enough to believe that this movie was anything other than pretentious the kind of movie they might show in Philosophy 101 classes 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
Steven Snyder
What in the world is going on with I Heart Huckabees Please someone e mail me and let me know 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Ross Anthony
I heart this film Do you like quirky comedies Existential philosophy Or at least do you like or need to spend a little time reflecting on meaning in your life 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
David N. Butterworth
David O Russell continues to prove just how wacky a filmmaker he truly is In Huckabees the laughs are mixed but the wackiness couldn t be more inspired 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Sean McBride
I have no idea what writer director David O Russell was trying to accomplish with this messy but not quite a disaster of a movie 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Linda Cook
Weird does not necessarily equal funny 
2
I Heart Huckabees
John Beifuss
Too fey too coy too precious 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Vince Koehler
The film gets crazy and seems unconnected It has some funny moments but mostly left me cold Go see it and judge for yourself 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Derek Smith
The clever light hearted manner that the flurry of philosophical inquiries are tossed our way kept a smile on my face and gave me that warm fuzzy feeling inside
4
I Heart Huckabees
Eric Melin
The movie s irreverence and ability to surprise are precisely what helps it avoid being a big pretentious mess 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Robert W. Butler
At first anyway it s mildly amusing But before too long all this whimsical metaphysical meandering and smarty pants wordplay grows wearisome 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Jeff Vice
The deadpan nature of the film s humor is refreshing and the cast seems to be having a blast 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Lawrence Toppman
I came out of the film sure of only two things It will divide audiences more than any comedy this year and it will reward a second viewing 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Bob Bloom
I Heart Huckabees is an original interesting sometimes frustrating feature a movie that at times you have no idea what you are watching 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Rob Thomas
One brilliant funny and generous film that exists somewhere between Siddhartha and Sid Caesar 
4
I Heart Huckabees
Duane Dudek
Russell flings ideas but only sprinkles plot at the question and most of them stubbornly refuse to stick 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Nick Rogers
For all its what are we all here for frenzy the forced and gimmicky Big Spiritual Revelation boils down to taking the good with the bad And that s not worth the 8 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Marty Mapes
The cast is great in this vibrant energetic movie with a philosophical fight at its core
3
I Heart Huckabees
Phil Villarreal
Shakes your sense of perception and leaves you spinning out of the theater in a transcendental blur 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Steve Rhodes
Painfully unfunny it s a ridiculous mess of a movie 
1
I Heart Huckabees
Matt Brunson
While Russell s movie doesn t quite capture the freewheeling dementia of Charlie Kaufman s output it s still a noteworthy effort 
3
I Heart Huckabees
James Kendrick
the kind of original clever off kilter filmmaking that s easy to appreciate but hard to like
2
I Heart Huckabees
James Verniere
A car wreck at the intersection of Woody Allen and Kaufman 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
David Elliott
It s a spray of dots that never connect like a Pointillist painting that never forms a picture 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
Joe Baltake
Don t think about this loony metaphysical comedy too much Just go with it and chances are you ll get it 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Rene Rodriguez
Russell is obviously working out his considerable angst but in an admirable attempt to opt for a manic stream of consciousness energy he ends up annoying his audience instead 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Eric Harrison
So willfully smugly eccentric that it grows tiresome rather quickly 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Terry Lawson
You have to give everyone involved credit for mounting a joke that if not of Dadaist proportions should prove pretty funny to everyone except the rubes who wander in expecting to see something they can comprehend 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Lisa Kennedy
It s a mad mad mad mad meaningful world indeed 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Phoebe Flowers
Russell is unable to transform his psychologically warped story into a shape that can be enjoyed 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Glenn Lovell
An ambitious but disjointed spoof of New Age quirks and quacks that attempts to simultaneously put down and lift up But despite the A list ensemble it accomplishes neither 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
David Nusair
Russell should probably be applauded for trying something different but I Heart Huckabees often seems weird for weirdness sake 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
Rob Blackwelder
Will likely divide audiences between those who find its deliberately abstruse discombobulation amusing to the point and those who find it just abstruse discombobulated 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Mick LaSalle
There s ambition here as well as a shaggy brilliance and a rare willingness on the part of a director to work out his questions in front of us on film 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Moira MacDonald
I don t quite know what the point of it all was but I do know that I enjoyed watching it 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Rick Groen
It s simultaneously tightly ordered and awfully cluttered 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Roger Ebert
The movie is like an infernal machine that consumes all of the energy it generates saving the last watt of current to turn itself off It functions perfectly within its constraints but it leaves the viewer out of the loop 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Ty Burr
The trick of David O Russell s splattery overstuffed and pretty wonderful Philosophy 101 farce is that it s also one of the sanest movies in ages 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Josh Larsen
something akin to a fatalistic primal scream We suffer therefore we are 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film roars with rapid fire chatter and a great deal of heated arguing It becomes abrasive and oppressive and we yearn for a break 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Frank Houston
Despite Russell s self indulgent streak he earns credit for his ambition for imbuing a stellar cast with his own bizarre spirit and for pulling it off with wit and style 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Carrie Rickey
A head scratcher 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Jeffrey Westhoff
If the worst thing I Heart Huckabees does is ask you to think too much then let all movies be this bad 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Chris Hewitt
It s very talky It s pretentious But I enjoyed it despite all of those things 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
Jeff Strickler
The movie is disjointed and pointless But its biggest shortcoming is that it s not funny 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
Allison Benedikt
It s filled with characters who desperate to feel deep want answers to life s big questions And watching it you also desperate to feel deep will want answers to big questions like What s this all about 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Glenn Kenny
By far the most original comedy of the year 
4
I Heart Huckabees
Jeanne Aufmuth
Transports characters and altered states with the spunk of a deadly game of Go Fish 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
Jami Bernard
The movie purports to be a comic meditation on metaphysics but it has no intellectual resonance and resembles nothing so much as a sendup of psychotherapy 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Glenn Whipp
That you feel sympathy and a kinship to these searchers makes Huckabees something you ll gladly give your heart to 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Timothy Knight
The net effect is comparable to being trapped at a cocktail party with a pretentious drunk waxing philosophically ad nauseum 
1.5
I Heart Huckabees
Jeffrey Overstreet
While it s not Russell s best film that would be Three Kings it s certainly a memorably zany foray into uncharted cinematic territory 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Kit Bowen
while belly laughing and scratching your head at the same time Huckabees will wash over you in the sweetest way leaving you wholly satisfied with the outcome 
4
I Heart Huckabees
Megan Lehmann
Amid the pandemonium there s a sense of truly rigorous soul searching 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Peter Travers
Russell is a true original It s not in his DNA to play it safe He s a rebel Pied Piper and Huckabees is one more reason to follow him anywhere 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Jan Stuart
The trip is a little too academic to reach its own heart 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
David Sterritt
Russell hasn t yet developed enough filmmaking savvy to juggle so many intellectual emotional and narrative elements 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Claudia Puig
If it had the unwavering focus and clear eyed vision of Russell s previous two features I Heart Huckabees might have been brilliant 
2.5
I Heart Huckabees
James Berardinelli
I ll admit that a lot of people are going to describe it as a waste of time yet there s a likeability to the quirky characters that held my interest while tickling my funny bone 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Willie Waffle
a script akin to a late night dorm room debate among college philosophy majors who enjoy the wacky tobacky but it s a delightfully quirky and entertaining story
3
I Heart Huckabees
Emily Blunt
I Heart Huckabees is a multi layered existential mind trip The eclectic ensemble cast is nothing short of radiant as they dance in the words
4
I Heart Huckabees
Keith Uhlich
David O Russell s I Heart Huckabees is content to wallow in obscurantist quirk and flash 
2
I Heart Huckabees
Erik Childress
A dizzying shout out to those who believe there s only one answer for everything whether it be faith political principles or love 
3.5
I Heart Huckabees
Dustin Putman
A one of a kind original Those courageous enough to give it a try will find their efforts rewarded at times in the most unexpected of ways 
3
I Heart Huckabees
Bill Chambers
Only clever in fits and starts
2
Labor Day
Matt Brunson
The movie 8217 s compression of characterizations and storylines makes it seem like it was adapted from one of those trashy beach reads that are digested and forgotten over the course of one sunburnt afternoon 46 
2
Labor Day
Brian Eggert
Predictable 44 obvious 44 and far fetched 46 
2
Labor Day
Brad Keefe
It s a shame particularly that the talent of Winslet is wasted here Her presence should have been the transformative factor but she can t patch the holes in the story 
2
Labor Day
David Keyes
The screenplay spends all of its time borrowing from the source material and nothing from the human brain 
2
Labor Day
James Berardinelli
Labor isn t just a word in the title of Jason Reitman s new film it s a description of what it feels like to sit through the movie 
2
Labor Day
Carla Meyer
Building a plausible love story between an escaped convict and a lonely depressed single mother at whose house he hides would seem to require delicate nuanced storytelling Labor Day hits us with a rolling pin 
1.5
Labor Day
Mara Reinstein
And you thought The Hobbit was a fantasy 
2
Labor Day
Robert Levin
It s hard to take any of this nonsense seriously And if you did you d start wondering about the message 
1.5
Labor Day
Mike McGranaghan
Few things are as exciting as watching a filmmaker move outside of a well established comfort zone and Labor Day serves as proof that Jason Reitman is an ambitious director as well as a true talent 
3.5
Labor Day
Marty Mapes
Tension and sensuality work in otherwise obvious tale
2.5
Labor Day
Peter Travers
Nothing against Kate Winslet Josh Brolin and director Jason Reitman top talents all but my goodwill drowned while trying to swallow this treacly cocktail of romantic swill 
2
Labor Day
Liam Lacey
Mush that comes with an unappetizing side order of condescension and contempt 
2
Labor Day
Connie Ogle
Labor Day is the sort of movie where the characters are all extremely watchful They shoot worried glances at each other but don t demonstrate much good sense 
2
Labor Day
Christy Lemire
It s hard to tell what Reitman who also wrote the script based on the novel by Joyce Maynard intended here 
1.5
Labor Day
Willie Waffle
The escaped convict is a decent guy because he makes a tasty peach pie and looks like Josh Brolin 
1
Labor Day
Steven Rea
It is a yarn But it s so full of passion poetry and humor that it becomes for the time quite real 
3.5
Labor Day
Stephen Whitty
While Labor Day isn t the stuff of blockbusters or Oscar juggernauts it is a simple adult romance made for grownups by grownups about love and second chances 
3
Labor Day
Jeff Beck
With Labor Day Reitman diverges from everything we ve ever known him for and while change can be a good thing for some unfortunately it doesn t help him crawl out of the slump his career has taken 
2.5
Labor Day
David Berry
Labor Day is too often stifling rather than steamy and a lot of that curiously has to do with the way people talk 
2.5
Labor Day
Cathy Jakicic
Both too much and not enough 
2.5
Labor Day
Claudia Puig
Labor Day feels like a belabored sappy slog 
1.5
Labor Day
Ann Hornaday
It s difficult to believe a word of Labor Day but then again you don t have to in order to luxuriate in Winslet and Brolin s bubbling steaming chemistry 
2
Labor Day
Ty Burr
The movie s a very somber affair but if you see it in a disrespectful frame of mind it s the guilty pleasure hoot of the season 
1.5
Labor Day
Peter Howell
You know a movie is in trouble when you spend most of its running time wondering why on Earth the director wanted to make it 
2
Labor Day
Rafer Guzman
The romance develops so suddenly note the three day weekend of the title that we never quite believe it and several murky flashbacks suggest a twist that never satisfactorily arrives 
2
Labor Day
Mick LaSalle
Labor Day is a film of many faults Yet even if we never fully believe in Adele and Frank we end up caring about them and that s some kind of achievement 
2
Labor Day
Jon Niccum
The erratic drama is best enjoyed for its camp value There are some unintentionally funny moments in the nobody puts Baby in a corner league 
2
Labor Day
Dann Gire
Nonetheless Labor Day adapted from Joyce Maynard s novel gets hamstrung by having the wrong character acting as our voice over guide into this world 
2
Labor Day
Joe Williams
This confounding film might be too roughly textured for mass consumption but for audiences who aren t bound by expectations the labor of chewing it over will be rewarded 
3
Labor Day
Michael Phillips
We re left with some first rate actors doing what they can to fill every sensually fraught glance with trace elements of human character 
2
Labor Day
Chris Hewitt
Even if you re a fan of the actors it s a wait for the DVD movie 
2
Labor Day
Matt Pais
Today on Lonely Single Mom Fantasies 
1
Labor Day
Peter Canavese
A laughably precise even parodic archetype of a fantasy male and an offensive stereotype of a female basket case who more than anything needs a strong man preferably a bad boy hunk with an easy touch for her and a slow hand for a Swiffer 
1.5
Labor Day
Rex Reed
A wrenching riveting and richly rewarding experience at the movies 
4
Labor Day
Jocelyn Noveck
It s hard not to feel that this movie could have been so much better than it turned out 
2.5
Labor Day
Tony Hicks
Reitman has made a film that is unapologetic in its aim to rip your heart from your chest And Labor Day does just that Resistance is futile 
3.5
Labor Day
Roger Moore
The Prisons of Madison County or Eat Pray Roll Your Eyes 
2
Labor Day
R. Kurt Osenlund
A better film would have had the gumption to maintain the poetic bleakness rather than steer toward what ultimately feels like safe compromise 
2.5
Labor Day
David Nusair
Labor Day stands as an intriguing and promising first step in an entirely new direction for the Juno and Young Adult filmmaker 
3.5
Wild Card
David Nusair
Wild Card ultimately comes off as more of a slow paced character study than anything else 
2.5
Wild Card
Odie Henderson
This film s tagline should be Come for the stabbing stay for the gabbing 
2.5
Wild Card
Geoff Pevere
There will be abundant laying waste of unworthy opponents and the groans you hear will not be his 
2.5
Wild Card
Bruce DeMara
No stranger to piloting action films West allows the yarn to unwind at a perfectly measured pace 
3
Wild Card
Chris Knight
Statham can t sell it going for wistful he just looks tired 
2
Wild Card
Rex Reed
Las Vegas steals the show even though it s played by New Orleans 
1
Wild Card
Lou Lumenick
This is the height of my career says Jason Statham sarcastically in his latest potboiler 
1.5
Wild Card
Roger Moore
Script by William Marathon Man Misery Goldman ass kicking by Jason Statham It s not all bad 
2
Wild Card
Ed Gonzalez
The action movie pyrotechnics succeed only at reinforcing Simon West s macho bona fides and condescendingly forcing Jason Statham back into his wheelhouse 
1.5
Coriolanus
Matthew Rozsa
This is a manifesto not for fascism but for hating human beings in general 
3
Coriolanus
Mattie Lucas
While setting Shakespeare in modern times is nothing new Fiennes bruising brutal take is both refreshing in its honesty and true to the Bard s spirit I
3.5
Coriolanus
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s a masterful piece of work that would be a real achievement for any director let alone one making his debut 
4
Coriolanus
John Hartl
The other actors do their best to help Fiennes define this curious anti hero Incapable of playing the role of peacetime compromiser his Coriolanus comes across as a warrior who simply can t function without a war 
3
Coriolanus
Perry Seibert
As good as all the men are it s Vanessa Redgrave who steals the movie 
3.5
Coriolanus
Greg Quill
The play s inherent difficulties notwithstanding Coriolanus the movie is a perfectly sound achievement 
3
Coriolanus
Rob Thomas
The elite team of commandos charges through the bombed out cityscape pausing only to hurl grenades or pick off snipers leaning out of windows Now this is what I call Shakespeare 
4
Coriolanus
Wesley Lovell
I wouldn t say there s something rotten in the state of Denmark but this modernistic retelling of one of Shakespeare s lesser known plays just isn t that good 
2
Coriolanus
Roger Moore
The great actors from Welles onward want the popular audience to see what they see in Shakespeare that he still matters that he still moves thrills and teaches With Coriolanus Fiennes brilliantly takes his place in their ranks 
4
Coriolanus
Joe Williams
Coriolanus is a triumph 
4
Coriolanus
Connie Ogle
Slathered in blood covered with scars and glowering with a predator s gaze Ralph Fiennes makes a fierce and impressive Caius Martius Coriolanus 
3.5
Coriolanus
Marty Mapes
The blend of modern and Elizabethan is what works
2.5
Coriolanus
Bob Bloom
In his directorial debut Ralph Fiennes is quite sharp shooting the battle scenes as if the cinematographers were embedded with his troops and using television broadcasts as a way to advance the story 
4
Coriolanus
Duane Dudek
By combining selective fragments of the text with populist cultural references and by using visually bold cinematic and TV news techniques Coriolanus director and star Ralph Fiennes has created a thinking person s action thriller 
3
Coriolanus
Chris Hewitt
Alternating between whispered regrets and outraged howls again seeming to suggest there are two people within him Fiennes provides the film with a magnetic center 
3
Coriolanus
Gary Thompson
Fiennes heads a great cast Crew cut and scarred his Coriolanus blends patrician arrogance with the bloodthirsty intensity of the thug he played in In Bruges 
3.5
Coriolanus
Steven Rea
Even in what is viewed as a minor work the inevitable currents of ambition and violence cruelty and competition rivalry and rage run strong and truthfully 
3.5
Coriolanus
Ty Burr
When Caius Martius heads into battle against the invading Volscians we get 20 odd minutes of brutal street fighting with RPGs and crackling automatic weapons The film was shot in Serbia dial a few decades back and it could have been set there 
3.5
Coriolanus
Peter Keough
Fiennes turns the play into a sly commentary on contemporary populist politicking 
3
Coriolanus
Mick LaSalle
In his first film as a director Fiennes proves that he knows Fiennes the actor inside out with a self knowledge that s rare even admirable 
3
Coriolanus
Matt Pais
The language of Coriolanus is often electric as it should be in a story about a stubborn hero with fierce disdain for empty words 
3
Coriolanus
Michael Phillips
You buy the concept from start to finish because it feels strong and purposeful and in sync with Shakespeare s own vision of a malleable fickle populace and a leader raised by the ultimate stage mother 
3.5
Coriolanus
Roger Ebert
I admired the movie even though I found it neither fish nor fowl 
3.5
Coriolanus
Josh Larsen
And you thought Ralph Fiennes was scary as Voldemort 
3
Coriolanus
Liam Lacey
It s a film of vigorous performances and provocative modern resonances though it sometimes struggles to grapple with a grim politically ambiguous 400 year old play 
3
Coriolanus
Mike McGranaghan
Coriolanus illustrates that the Bard s works are still as relevant as they are open to new interpretations And this is easily one of the best interpretations I ve seen 
3.5
Coriolanus
Peter Travers
Purists may holler that Fiennes and screenwriter John Logan have cut the Bard s second longest play into two tense hours onscreen but the power of the piece is undeniable 
3.5
Coriolanus
James Berardinelli
For Shakespeare neophytes whose primary familiarity with the Bard has been through the cinema watching Coriolanus may seem like unearthing a lost treasure 
3
Coriolanus
James Kendrick
Fiennes holds the screen as both actor and director illustrating once again that the Bard s most powerful works resonate today as they did hundreds of years ago
3.5
Coriolanus
Phil Villarreal
While period Shakespeare adaptations are usually rote and unimaginative modern re imaginings give the work new life and allow it to shine in different ways 
3
Coriolanus
Scott Nash
A superb cast highlights this modern interpretation of one of Shakespeare s lesser known plays 
3
Coriolanus
Stephen Whitty
Finds something to say about the cult of personality the trickery of political campaigns and the potential dangers of populist movements 
3.5
Coriolanus
Kyle Smith
In attempting to update the play to a buzzing CNN world Ralph Fiennes proves that as a director he makes a fine actor 
1
Coriolanus
Robert Levin
Beneath the manly posturing and thrilling handheld camera captured combat scenes is a story bereft of heart a mundane violent enterprise without any emotional appeal 
2.5
Coriolanus
Claudia Puig
Fiennes takes one of the playwright s lesser known works originally set in the 5th century B C updates it to current times and imbues it with a gritty blood spattered fierceness 
2.5
Coriolanus
Jake Coyle
The play has been significantly but artfully trimmed by John Logan s screenplay which preserves Shakespeare s language 
3
Coriolanus
Nick Schager
Though the film s feel is pure Iraq and Afghanistan Fiennes doesn t push those parallels unduly and his central performances prove clear nuanced and incisive 
2.5
Tattoo Bar
Steve Rhodes
There s probably a plot hidden somewhere beneath this tattoo laden tale but you couldn t prove it by me 
1
Becoming Burlesque
Roger Moore
Not subtle but a cute sexy and sometimes witty culture clash comedy about a Muslim woman and the empowerment of exotic dancing 
2.5
Ring of Fire
Gail Pennington
Ring of Fire is a better than average Lifetime movie that will leave viewers hand clapping singing along and maybe sniffling a little 
2.5
Ring of Fire
David Wiegand
If there s a soundtrack buy it and skip the movie altogether Sadly you won t miss much 
1
Employees' Entrance
David Nusair
a slow moving and mostly uneventful drama that nevertheless boasts an assortment of compelling attributes 
2.5
Storm Lake
Roger Moore
We see what might be the last burst of glory for a Pulitzer Prize winning small town Iowa newspaper as it doggedly carries on fighting the good fight
3
Storm Lake
Kenneth R. Morefield
When a film resorts to postscript textual notes to reframe the material that can be a sign that the film proper never quite came together in the editing room 
2
House on Haunted Hill
Matt Brunson
The passage of time hasn t improved this version one iota although at least home viewers don t have to subject themselves to the lobby posters sporting that year s daftest tagline Evil Loves To Party 
1.5
House on Haunted Hill
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s hard to come down too harshly on this remake 
2
House on Haunted Hill
Michael Dequina
Drained of any wild spontaneous spark 
2
House on Haunted Hill
James Sanford
Quarts of shiny blood are splashed around and numerous moans and groans pepper the soundtrack but astonishingly the movie never manages to provoke so much as a shudder 
0
House on Haunted Hill
Liam Lacey
Consistently inert even though the fee for successful housesitting has been raised to a million bucks a night 
1
House on Haunted Hill
Andrew Howe
It won t exercise your grey matter but it may well give your inner child pause for thought
3
House on Haunted Hill
James Berardinelli
Fails to deliver even one good boo moment 
1.5
House on Haunted Hill
Mick LaSalle
House on Haunted Hill is the kind of horror movie that s not a bit scary and quite a bit gross 
2
House on Haunted Hill
Lou Lumenick
Slow moving yawn inducing 
1
House on Haunted Hill
Dustin Putman
Watching House on Haunted Hill is like going to a restaurant where the food looks delectable but tastes awful 
1.5
House on Haunted Hill
Rob Blackwelder
House On Haunted Hill is not only never scary it s never even interesting 
1
House on Haunted Hill
Steve Rhodes
Geoffrey Rush shamelessly overacts with a vengeance in this chillingly awful movie which leaves us with one nagging question Can Oscars be recalled 
0.5
House on Haunted Hill
Pam Grady
It s all utterly predictable yet The House on Haunted Hill manages to whip up enough suspense liberally seasoned with doses of wry humor to keep things moving 
2
Rabin, the Last Day
Matt Fagerholm
Frequently horrifying and never less than absorbing Rabin the Last Day is a meticulously observant portrait of a broken society 
3.5
Rabin, the Last Day
Farran Smith Nehme
At times overemphatic no one will ever accuse Gitai of holding too much back this docu thriller is also agonizingly suspenseful despite the foreordained conclusion 
3
Rabin, the Last Day
Clayton Dillard
Its vantage point too loosely assembles an argument by focusing almost obsessively on reassembling a tangible timeline of events 
2.5
Queen of the Capital
Roger Moore
Warm sweet here and there But this soft approach makes it a fairly joyless enterprise 
2.5
Lie Hard
Roger Moore
Not a second of it is polished or engaging enough to hold one 8217 s interest or make one invest in any of it 44 or any one in it 46 
0
Saving Mr. Banks
Brian Eggert
In traditional Disney fashion 44 something true has been transformed into a heartwarming 44 overly saccharine commercial 46 
2.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Sarah Knight Adamson
With eye popping set design of the 60s featuring sunny Los Angeles and turn of the century Australia with its Wild West essence 8722 the film is a true winner 
4
Saving Mr. Banks
Pamela Powell
Perfectly set up shots longing stares and attempts to tug at your heart strings just a little too hard are all found in Saving Mr Banks That s not to say it s not an enjoyable film 
2.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Clayton Davis
Beautifully ambitious and eagerly constructed the success of Walt Disney Studios homage to its heritage is anchored magnificently by the crowning work of Emma Thompson s career 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Brad Keefe
Emma Thompson s character comes off as the stodgy Fun Police rather than an author trying to protect her work 
2.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Mara Reinstein
Forget super This bighearted and intelligent drama is supercalifragili you get the idea
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Linda Cook
Mary Poppins didn t just float in on the wind to make an appearance on the big screen Hers was a 20 year struggle and that challenge is depicted in Saving Mr Banks the story of Walt Disney and author P L Travers 
4
Saving Mr. Banks
Kam Williams
To paraphrase Mary Poppins Just a spoonful of sugar helps revisionist history go down and in a most delightful way 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
James Kendrick
While it hardly breaks new ground cinematically or truly challenges any prevailing notions about the cultural impact of Walt Disney Saving Mr Banks is nevertheless an entertaining portrait of conflicting artistic temperaments in action
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Jordan Hiller
It does not mind raw emotion as long as it is delivered beneath a shimmery smooth veneer Any and all medicines are accompanied by spoonfuls of sugar 
2.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Josh Larsen
surprisingly digestible 
2.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Burl Burlingame
Corporatist propaganda of the highest order as the Disney juggernaut congratulates itself on the half century anniversary of Mary Poppins 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Matt Brunson
The most entertaining segments find the author contending with all the California dreamin But it s easier to believe Hanks saving Private Ryan than saving Mr Banks 
2.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Jason Buchanan
No one with working eyes will be tricked into believing that Hanks is the spitting image of old Uncle Walt But like the best actors Hanks uses mannerisms and practiced vocal inflections to capture his subject s essence 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
John Wirt
The uplifting turn of the story likely is complete fiction but it s heart tugging joyful fiction lifted to the highest heights by a lovely song or two and Thompson s career capping performance 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Bob Bloom
Saving Mr Banks vividly shows how the spark that ignites artistic expression can be struck from heartache loss or even death 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
John Serba
An oppressively sentimental picture marrying simplistic personality clash comedy to a thin Psych 101 character arc 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Gail Pennington
Pencil Thompson in now for an Oscar nomination and maybe a win and prepare to leave the theater humming the iconic songs 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Steven Rea
Smart delightful 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Austin Kennedy
It s a crowd pleaser of a film that features an iconic performance from Emma Thompson This is a perfect film to see over the holidays Bring the whole family 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
John Beifuss
Travers legitimate concerns are presented as the killjoy grinching of a dried up prig who just needs a good you know what with Uncle Walt or rather Walt Disney Inc as just the one to give it to her metaphorically speaking 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Chris Hewitt
What this movie makes clear is that Mary Poppins wouldn t be the enduring classic it is without both of these people fighting loudly for what they believed in 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
James Berardinelli
The movie avoids commonplace traps it never becomes maudlin and it doesn t transform Travers into a likeable elderly lady whose heart of gold is camouflaged by crotchetiness 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Duane Dudek
Disney is second banana to Thompson s strong willed and defensive Travers 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Jon Niccum
The project is well cast and sharply assembled But like a lot of recent Disney projects it s more professional than inspiring 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Rene Rodriguez
Most people will come away from Saving Mr Banks feeling like they just sat through a feature length ad for the magic of Walt Disney with P L Travers life tacked on as an afterthought 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Peter Canavese
By neatly assembling an uplifting weepie out of a few choice lies it rsquo s almost as pleasant a fantasy as Mary Poppins itself 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Rex Reed
The screenplay by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith seamlessly captures two different eras with overlapping story lines that never intrude or confuse 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Kent Turner
Most likely P L Travers would find this screen version of her life to be obvious and heavy handed 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Mike McGranaghan
Whether or not Saving Mr Banks hews closely to the facts which it only does to a point it certainly provides a satisfying story arc that reinforces the idea that personal works of art resonate most highly with audiences 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Walter Chaw
Oh I get it haha this is some kind of joke right 
0
Saving Mr. Banks
Wesley Lovell
An engaging film that sugarcoats Disney history as only Disney itself can Once you get past the historical fallacies you can enjoy the artisanship on display 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Nathalie Atkinson
The delight here is the performance of Emma Thompson who portrays the a taskmaster on the page with pursed lips in perpetual scowl yes but also on the verge of melting into what passes for her for warmth 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s surprising given the description of this movie negotiations over book rights a script conference etc how involving and emotionally moving it really is 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Robert Levin
A profoundly confused bit of corporate propaganda 
1.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Stephen Whitty
A desperately Oscar hungry contrivance whose only hope lies with the terrific Thompson 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Susan Wloszczyna
An intoxicating kiddie cocktail for young at heart adults 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Willie Waffle
Get ready for a movie about the magic heartbreak and frustration of making a movie along with some of the best acting performances of the year 
4
Saving Mr. Banks
David Nusair
an appealing premise that s employed to erratic yet often engrossing effect by filmmaker Hancock 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Mark Dujsik
There s plenty in the film that is worthy of mistrust but Saving Mr Banks offers a valuable look inside the difficulties of the collaborative creative process 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Jeff Beck
Saving Mr Banks is a positively charming film filled with heart and a few good laughs along the way We all know how this venture eventually turned out but it s fascinating to see just how difficult it was to get there 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Dustin Putman
A respectful glimpse into the complicated but virtuous person P L Travers was as a woman and an artist She may have been hard to please but she likely would have approved of this warmly felt biopic 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Phil Villarreal
It does skew far darker than I ever could have hoped for and in that way ends up becoming something halfway profound 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Moira MacDonald
Nobody plays huffy like Thompson who seems to sniff with her entire body she s wonderfully funny against Hanks effusive Disney 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Claudia Puig
Travers would have despised it For the rest of us it s an entertaining affecting deftly acted saga interspersed with illustrative flashbacks from Travers childhood 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Peter Howell
Saving Mr Banks is hard to beat as holiday entertainment Endure the dull melodrama and give thanks that the sugar in the rest of the film is doled out by the spoonful not the shovelful 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Peter Travers
Thanks to Thompson and Hanks this movie about the making of a movie hits the sweet spot There s magic in it 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Ann Hornaday
Even with Thompson s delectably dyspeptic portrayal of Travers she d be a difficult protagonist to root for were it not for the back story of Mary Poppins that Saving Mr Banks is really about 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Ty Burr
Saving Mr Banks is extremely canny and often great fun primarily in the scenes in which Travers locks horns with the Disney ites 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Rafer Guzman
What makes Saving Mr Banks work is Thompson in a wonderful nuanced performance that walks a fine line between villain and heroine 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Dann Gire
A crowd pleasing comic drama 
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Mick LaSalle
If Saving Mr Banks were 100 percent false and yet felt true that would be fine But this has the self conscious whiff if not of mendacity then of public relations 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Michael Phillips
The sharper edges of the Disney Travers relationship well documented by various sources have been rounded off but the actors suggest what they can where they can 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Matt Pais
Gets a lot of mileage from Thompson s full commitment to Travers testiness 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Tony Hicks
Even if this comes off like an ad for Disney it s convincing and contains some of Disney s patented magic especially with a predictable yet effective emotional ending 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Roger Moore
One of the best pictures of the year
3.5
Saving Mr. Banks
Jake Coyle
Just as Travers is eventually won over by her Hollywood adversaries the strong sentimental pull of Saving Mr Banks overwhelms too 
3
Saving Mr. Banks
Lou Lumenick
Saving Mr Banks is ultimately much less about magic than making the sale in more ways than one 
2
Saving Mr. Banks
Nick McCarthy
A tale of memory and redemption that does little to linger in the mind and even less to decry P L Travers s claim that Disney turns everything it touches into schmaltz 
1.5
Kidnap
David Nusair
the novelty of the movie s Speed but with an abduction feel generally and ultimately compensating for its proliferation of less than accomplished elements 
2.5
Kidnap
John Hanlon
A fast paced and satisfying thriller that works despite its numerous flaws because of Halle Berry s strong lead performance 
3.0
Kidnap
Josh Terry
Kidnap s clumsy clunkiness exposition heavy monologues and inferior story keep it in that late night cable category that seems perfectly entertaining so long as you aren t paying for it 
2
Kidnap
James Berardinelli
The only way Kidnap could possibly work is if the viewer isn t paying attention 
1.5
Kidnap
Rex Reed
Berry knows how to seize the center spot and hold on tight In Kidnap she gets quite an exhausting workout and so does the audience 
3
Kidnap
Mike McGranaghan
Running a scant 75 minutes before the end credits roll it s almost as though the movie knows it s garbage and tries to show the audience some semblance of mercy by getting itself over with as quickly as possible 
0.5
Kidnap
Sara Michelle Fetters
Aggressively stupid Kidnap is a passable B movie exploitation throwback 
2
Kidnap
Glenn Kenny
Kidnap isn t schlock it s garbage 
.5
Kidnap
Robert Horton
Trashy exploitation an overcooked potboiler with many logical problems I hereby confess I kind of enjoyed it 
2.5
Kidnap
John Wirt
As exploitation movies go Kidnap delivers in primal high octane style 
2.5
Kidnap
Mark Dujsik
It s obvious that screenwriter Knate Lee started and ended his thought process for this plot with a gimmick 
1
Kidnap
Katie Walsh
For all of Berry s breathless screechy effort Kidnap doesn t contain any suspense or tension 
1
Kidnap
Dann Gire
Despite considerable narrative glitches Kidnap still operates on a primal level as an effective audience pleasing thriller 
2.5
Kidnap
Richard Roeper
Even clocking in with a running time short of 90 minutes the movie spins its wheels in more ways than one and repeats itself to the point of becoming ridiculous 
2.5
Kidnap
Pat Padua
At a fleet and efficient 81 minutes several minutes shorter than its original running time Kidnap is an action movie with barely a wasted frame 
2.5
Kidnap
Peter Keough
A seemingly endless though only 82 minutes long and listless thriller 
1.5
Kidnap
Michael Phillips
Kidnap probably could ve played into its feverish violent trashy side more aggressively As is something seems to be holding it back from its own monstrously exploitative premise 
2
Kidnap
Moira MacDonald
Kidnap has a tossed together sameness to it like a salad made up only of tired lettuce 
1.5
Kidnap
Kam Williams
It s Halle vs hillbillies in a high octane showdown where there s never a doubt about whether Mommy Driver will prevail 
3
Kidnap
Derek Smith
Kidnap is an efficient vehicle for the delivery of some lean action that s frequently weakened by a scarcely whip smart script 
2
Kidnap
David Lewis
It s a serviceable thriller nothing more nothing less 
2
Kidnap
Roger Moore
Who DOESN T know how lethal Halle Berry can be behind the wheel 
2
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
David Nusair
easily as ineffective as its two predecessors 
1
Dog Run
Marta Barber
Keeps you glued to its images of helplessness acceptance of sub human conditions and the effects of drugs on malleable minds 
3
Dog Run
Lou Lumenick
The acting is nothing to write home about 
1.5
Frontier
David Nusair
It s hard to imagine just how pretentious one has to be to enjoy Frontier 
0
Chingu 2
Chris Knight
Overlong and stuffed with melodrama
2
You Don't Nomi
James Berardinelli
McHale s defense of Showgirls is passionate although he does allow and give voice to the perspective that it s simply a poorly conceived badly made atrocity 
2.5
You Don't Nomi
Matt Brunson
There s enough of interest here to keep film fans engaged 
3
You Don't Nomi
Rene Sanchez
A gratifying and entertaining study of one of the most beloved and misunderstood cult classics of the nineties Full Review in Spanish 
3
You Don't Nomi
Barry Hertz
More than forcing Showgirls into a good bad binary McHale uses the film as a case study in critical perspective a Rosetta Stone on cultural contrarianism 
3
You Don't Nomi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I think You Don t Nomi is a better movie than Showgirls but it also inspired me to maybe one day see Showgirls again 
3
You Don't Nomi
Steven Prokopy
The film doesn t just look at Showgirls in a bubble it examines the times in which it was released 
3
You Don't Nomi
Max Weiss
Finally after all these years in on the joke it feels like a happy ending for Berkley and Showgirls 
3
You Don't Nomi
Eric Henderson
Has the time come to ask if the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction 
2.5
You Don't Nomi
Glenn Kenny
A documentary that wants to appear inventive but too often comes off as affected 
2
You Don't Nomi
Mark Dujsik
There s a breadth of analysis here that might seem surprising given the subject 
3
You Don't Nomi
Mike McGranaghan
You Don t Nomi has me thinking after twenty five years that perhaps I need to give Showgirls a second chance 
3
You Don't Nomi
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I may not have cared to know more about Nomi but confess that now that I do I am richer for it 
3
You Don't Nomi
Joey Magidson
Fans of Showgirls should definitely watch You Don t Nomi but those who hate the cult film should also give this documentary a shot 
3
You Don't Nomi
Jeff York
And while a lot of You Don t Nomi is compelling the documentary didn t convince me that Showgirls is worthy of that much analysis 
2
You Don't Nomi
Peter Canavese
An object lesson in what a Rorschach test any film and certainly one as purely campy as Showgirls can be 
3.5
You Don't Nomi
Roger Moore
You don t have to agree with the thesis with every talking point burnishing Showgirls status to enjoy seeing these obsessives make their case 
3
You Don't Nomi
Kent Turner
This is the most thoughtful deconstruction of a film imaginable as well as an ideal festival choice for those who used to buy DVDs just for the commentaries 
3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Erik Childress
Cinephiles will delight at the deep cuts that Elvis Mitchell examines while the entertaining history lesson of black cinema should open the eyes of casual watchers and have them reaching for a notepad to seek out availability of these titles 46 
3.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Josh Larsen
The doc works best when Mitchell lets his acutely observant critical voice merge with his memories 46 46 46 
3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Michael Phillips
It tells a collective tale of long frustrated and marginalized talent finally getting some breaks 
3.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Steven Prokopy
Though Mitchell could have made this a 10 part series 44 Is That Black Enough for You 63 33 63 is still well worth watching and a worthy jumping off point into this era of cinema
3.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Mark Feeney
Among the many virtues of Black Enough is that even if you don t feel quite so strongly about that time as Mitchell does it makes you share his excitement 
2.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
G. Allen Johnson
As Mitchell puts it Being Black in America is often about remembering that what you think you are isn t what people see and figuring out the distance between those two perceptions 
3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Kent Turner
Loaded with films to add to your watch list or revisit 46 
3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Brian Tallerico
A reclamation of the traditionally white canon of film history that pulses with the passion of its creator and the voices that inspired him 46 
3.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Mark Dujsik
Mitchell apos s approach to this history is both academic 46 46 46 and quite personal 46 
3
Sikandar
Andrew Schenker
Sikandar does the one thing unforgivable for a film concerned with ethical accounting absolve the hero of ultimate responsibility for his actions 
1.5
Spa Night
G. Allen Johnson
Writer director Andrew Ahn has made a confident assured low key debut that s a textbook example of how to make a compelling small budget movie 
3
Spa Night
Sheila O'Malley
Even with its flaws Spa Night is an extremely personal film We need more of those 
3
Spa Night
Matt Brennan
It recombines elements of the emigrant saga and the coming of age story into a searching fresh faced portrait 
3
Mariscos Beach
Kam Williams
Works well so long as it is approached as a tongue in cheek farce as opposed to a plausible melodrama 
4
Mariscos Beach
Jeff Vice
If anything the film is proof that a European sex comedy can be just as boring as your run of the mill comedy if the writing isn t up to snuff 
1.5
Mariscos Beach
Larry Ratliff
Bollywood musical revelry mixes with vaudeville s grand tradition of slamming doors to accent the comedy and emotional chaos 
2.5
Mariscos Beach
Laura Kelly
Co filmmakers Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau are getting in the habit of offering imperfect but highly enjoyable concoctions in human quirkiness this one strictly sudsy and cute as a polka dot bikini 
3
Mariscos Beach
Peter Debruge
As flippant vaudeville style comedies go Cote d Azur is rather weak 
2
Mariscos Beach
Chris Hewitt
A zippy modern variation on those Shakespeare comedies where a bunch of pretty young people head off into the woods to pair off with each other 
3
Mariscos Beach
Moira MacDonald
You might call it a musical without songs mostly or a farce without enough doors to slam or a comedy without enough jokes 
2
Mariscos Beach
John Monaghan
While Cote d Azur should be a vacation it s often more like work just trying to stay engaged 
2
Mariscos Beach
Ty Burr
It s a diversion at best and a strained souffle at worst but it rings enough Gallic changes on the old family summer gone horribly wrong genre to deliver some unexpectedly sharp laughs 
2.5
Mariscos Beach
Michael Phillips
Sunny little nothing of a French comedy 
2
Mariscos Beach
Mick LaSalle
Cote D Azur is an attempt at a witty life affirming sex farce but it has no truth wisdom or honesty and it s barely entertaining 
1.5
Mariscos Beach
Joey Guerra
It s all lots of fun while it lasts but you ll likely forget about it as soon as the credits roll 
2.5
Mariscos Beach
Jami Bernard
This breezy French sex farce offers an alternative to Viagra a Mediterranean seaside village that s so sun dappled and alluring that anyone who vacations there quickly succumbs to pansexual languor 
2.5
Mariscos Beach
V.A. Musetto
It s hard to make a dull movie with copious nudity and all kinds of sex straight bi and gay although French filmmakers Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau manage to do so 
1
Mariscos Beach
John Anderson
What s nice about Cote d Azur besides the musical numbers that are completely insane is that something or someone is always jumping out of the bushes and the film has such a patient understanding of who and what that might be 
3
Mariscos Beach
Nick Schager
It s the filmmakers gentle humanistic affection for their dysfunctional clan that allows the film to moderately rise above its somewhat rote tale of Riviera bed hopping 
2.5
Mariscos Beach
Peter Canavese
If the memory of the film flits away soon after viewing the comic beats are amusing 
2.5
Silent Night
Christian Toto
Santa slasher flick sticks to genre template while Jaime King works overtime to make us care about the person gunning for ol St Nick 
2
Intimate Enemies
V.A. Musetto
Along the way Siri exposes French hypocrisy showing that the Algerian rebels were only doing what the French Resistance did in battling the Nazis who ruled their country in WorldWar II 
3
Intimate Enemies
Nick Schager
Says so much that s familiar if not downright clichd it winds up saying nothing at all 
1.5
Intimate Enemies
David Nusair
Rotman s reliance on speechifying to get his points across essentially drains anything even resembling authenticity from the film 
2
Diary of a Chambermaid
Roger Moore
Still worth hunting down because it 8217 s by one of the masters of cinema and still manages to intrigue 44 entertain and titillate
3
Diary of a Chambermaid
Josh Larsen
just when it seems to settle in as a black comedy the movie turns grisly 
3
Diary of a Chambermaid
Ed Gonzalez
The Diary of a Chambermaid was a crucial turning point in Luis Buuel s career because it would officially usher in the French period of the director s later years 
4
Diary of a Chambermaid
James Kendrick
A fascinatingly bizarre minor work 
3
Diary of a Chambermaid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Seems less and less a product of the great Bunuel and more and more like an imitator 
2.5
Chasing Portraits
Odie Henderson
I felt a strong connection to the director s desire to bond with her ancestors through art 
3
Chasing Portraits
Pat Brown
Its major contribution as one museum curator suggests may be to bring the works of Moshe Rynecki back into prominence 
2.5
Goodbye World
G. Allen Johnson
If there are roving bands of rogue soldiers angry and distrustful neighbors and biker gangs running convenience stores would you be high and naked in the outdoor hot tub Would you really be picking at old jealousies from the college days 
1
Goodbye World
Glenn Kenny
None of these characters really work as either representations of ideologies or human beings and none of their female counterparts despite the fact that the movie was co written by a woman are convincing 
1.5
Goodbye World
Roger Moore
A flatly written and acted parable that s like a forced marriage between Big Chill and Trigger Effect 
2
Goodbye World
Michael Dequina
Its foremost concerns of personality and ideas ring true 
3
Goodbye World
David Lee Dallas
The tetchy band of thirtysomethings interpersonal problems are infinitely less compelling than the mysterious and original global disaster the filmmakers have devised 
2
Bustin' Down the Door
Matt Soergel
Almost all of the surfing footage is beautiful stuff though you ll likely want to see even more 
3
Bustin' Down the Door
Reyhan Harmanci
The film tries to tell us that money hasn t spoiled the fun but I was much more curious about the black shorts than the Quicksilver brand board shorts 
2
Bustin' Down the Door
Rob Humanick
You ll learn more about the pathos of hanging ten from Surf s Up 
2
Bustin' Down the Door
Maitland McDonagh
Jeremy Gosch s documentary about the origins of professional surfing shines a light on four wave riders three Australians and a South African who helped transform a counter culture life style into a billion dollar industry 
3
Bustin' Down the Door
Glenn Whipp
Forget the questions bro and just watch vintage footage of these Aussies and South Africans riding giants off Hawaii s North Shore and showing those big kahunas what s what 
3
The Collini Case
James Kendrick
Director Marco Kreuzpaintner keeps things simple and engaging he eschews flashy aesthetics and instead leans on the inherent intrigue of the narrative and the strength of his cast 
3
The Collini Case
Tomris Laffly
It fails to rise above certain clichés dulled further by stiff performances and a clumsy handle on the movie s interwoven time periods 
2.5
The Collini Case
Mark Dujsik
It s a craftily plotted film beginning as a murder mystery continuing as a legal thriller and culminating as sharp critique of post war legal manipulation 
3
Glass
Brian Eggert
Glass is among Shyamalan apos s worst films 44 and it apos s all the more disappointing because by association it spoils two of his best 46 
1.5
Glass
David Gonzalez
As a matter of fact 44 Glass should be a staple of how not to conclude a trilogy and how a films ending and unnecessary twist can change an entire opinion of not just a film 44 but its predecessors 46 
2
Glass
Cassidy Olsen
What was likely meant to be a meditation on the genre from Shyamalan comes off more like a lecture one that will disappoint most superhero fans and skeptics alike 
1.5
Glass
Jason Fraley
Here s hoping Glass makes enough money for Shyamalan to keep trying out new ideas rather than sidetracking into franchise building My advice is to go back and treat yourself to the ride of Unbreakable and only peep Glass if you enjoyed Split 
2.5
Glass
Steven Prokopy
Glass is something I ve genuinely wanted to see for 19 years So it pains me to see certain elements of the movie work so well the opening third is actually great while others are irredeemable 
2
Glass
Mattie Lucas
A messy sometimes unwieldy film yet one can t help but be enthralled by what Shyamalan is doing here 
3
Glass
Michael Smith
The movie is more entertaining than it is haunting and with Shyamalan I m greedy enough to want both like in his best movies
2.5
Glass
Federico Furzan
A terrible closure for a trilogy that never should have existed Remove McAvoy s performance and Glass is laughable Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Glass
James Kendrick
a largely entertaining action thriller that doesn t go exactly where you expect it go and indulges in quite a bit of meta commentary on the nature of comic book narratives 
3
Glass
Ernesto Diezmartinez
There is a very thin line between conviction and parody and I have the feeling that Shyamalan crosses that line several times in different directions Full review in Spanish 
1
Glass
Linda Cook
Glass is worth a look but not the best of Shyamalan 
2.5
Glass
Josh Larsen
has a refreshing lo fi superhero sensibility 
3
Glass
Walter Chaw
Glass is extraordinarily transparent in its politics and in that honours comic books most of all 
3
Glass
Matt Brunson
Forget about trying to ascertain whether Glass should be viewed as half full or half empty This is such a parched project that viewers will leave with the irritable sensation that there s sand trapped in their shorts or possibly in their heads 
1.5
Glass
Kevin A. Ranson
None of this is a happy accident it s a confident creator s act of will and a worthy conclusion the unironically self aware meta comic book film those who want to believe will be well rewarded 
4
Glass
Alan French
Shyamalan shoots Glass as dully as possible The budget on the film was only 20 million Frankly the movie looks cheaper 
1.5
Glass
Mike McGranaghan
Glass is silly and dull when it should be thoughtful and tense 
1.5
Glass
Barry Hertz
Why was Shyamalan who has directed at least four objective failures over the course of his career allowed yet another chance to prove what a disappointment he can be 
1
Glass
Michael Medved
Though it s intended as a follow up to UNBREAKABLE this one has earned the title Unbearable deserving of the coveted rarely awarded distinction of Zero Stars 
0
Glass
Brandy McDonnell
Although the execution isn t as clean as it could and probably should be Shyamalan s three quel isn t like any other superhero movie you re likely to see this year 
2.5
Glass
Pamela Powell
A fun escapism film that doesn t always hit the right notes but it does accomplish the goal of connecting Split with Unbreakable and setting up another sequel 
2.5
Glass
Sonny Bunch
Sadly Glass isn t quite tight enough to drive home its points In that looseness we find a sin worse than sloppiness or authorial vanity we find boredom 
2
Glass
David Nusair
Filmmaker M Night Shyamalan delivers an exceedingly strong opening half hour that picks right up with Willis memorable Unbreakable character 
2.5
Glass
Josh Terry
One of the most unique superhero movies to hit the big screen and Shyamalan deserves credit for taking a new angle on a well trod subject 
3
Glass
Phil Villarreal
Momentum can be as fragile as glass and the cracks are all too apparent in this trilogy 
2
Glass
Matthew Rozsa
It is a successful movie on its own terms and an ideal closing chapter to M Night Shyamalan s Eastrail 177 trilogy 
4
Glass
Christian Toto
It s better than The Last Airbender is not the praise you wanted to hear about the hotly anticipated Glass 
2
Glass
Chris Hewitt
It is a frequently clever elaboration of the Unbreakable morality tale and to me that feels like enough 
3
Glass
Rene Sanchez
An unconventional superhero story that gets too convoluted and lacks all the thrills of its predecessor Full Review in Spanish 
2
Glass
Robert Horton
I hope Shyamalan drops his grand ambitions to explain the Unified Theory of Everything and gets back to freaking us all out 
2
Glass
Tom Meek
Makes about as much sense as the whispering trees in The Happening 
1.5
Glass
Richard Roeper
Mostly though it s an underwhelming half baked slightly sour and even off putting finale 
2.5
Glass
Mark Dujsik
The filmmaker s latest sets out to further subvert our superhero expectations but it just ends up undermining the great conceit of the first film 
1.5
Glass
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was riveted with the breadth and depth of Shyamalan s continued dissection of comic book mythology and culture 
3
Glass
Eric Melin
The bigger his thematic ambition the more Shyamalan seems to lose control If Sarah Paulson s Dr Staple is looking for a character with delusions of grandeur in this film she might not have to look further than the director himself 
1
Glass
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a medium ado about not much at all masquerading as a big deal pull off that mask as we finally do and it s just Shyamalan hardly worth the effort 
2
Glass
Peter Howell
Shyamalan is so intent on not making a conventional superhero movie he ends up not making much of a movie at all This Glass isn t half empty it s not even one third full 
1
Glass
Brian Tallerico
The kind of depressing misfire that hurts even more given what it could have been 
2
Glass
Bob Bloom
Glass begins to crack after the first 20 plus minutes and shatters before the 129 minute fade out leaving behind shards of unfulfilled plot points a convoluted story and a messy lazy script 
1.5
Glass
Sara Stewart
Its third act is so hopelessly inept I d have preferred the writer director just default to a Monty Python and the Holy Grail ending unceremoniously wrapping the film mid scene 
1.5
Glass
Joe Friar
I m glad I had the chance to jump back into the comic book fueled world of Mr Glass and James McAvoy proves to be the film s MVP but Shyamalan takes too long to get to the film s climax that is ultimately a letdown 
2.5
Glass
Maren Longbella
If there s a superhero to prevent unnecessary sequels now would be a good time to step in 
1.5
Glass
Michael Phillips
Glass ranks as one of the more laborious trilogy cappers in recent years forcibly entwining two narratives that don t really feel like natural fits with each other 
2
Glass
Michael O'Sullivan
Glass is a movie so muddled and so meta that it not only seeks to remind you implicitly and every five minutes how movies work but it includes a character who explicitly comments upon the action 
1
Glass
Ty Burr
Glass isn t a terrible film but neither is it a particularly good one and it certainly doesn t stick the landing the way the filmmaker and his hardy fans have probably hoped 
2
Glass
Soren Andersen
M Night Shyamalan has crafted a very effective creepshow with Glass a shotgun marriage of his 2000 horror hit Unbreakable and 2016 s Split an even bigger blockbuster 
2.5
Glass
Mick LaSalle
Worst movie of 2019 
0
Glass
Robert Daniels
Glass is the most Shyamalan film the director has ever made only in the sense that you wonder what could have been 
1.5
Glass
James Berardinelli
A mix of half formed ideas baked into an uneven casserole Overlong talky filled with meta references and with a strangely low energy tone the movie never fully gels 
2.5
Glass
Roger Moore
A watchable but self serious and pointless dissection of the comic book genre 
2
Glass
Joey Magidson
Shyamalan only half heartedly attempts to build a cinematic universe Partly making it a twist and partly building a world makes for a wholly unsatisfying experience 
2
Glass
Brian Truitt
It s a letdown despite a good amount of emotional richness and occasional glimpses of greatness 
2
Less Than Zero
Walter Chaw
The quality of dislocation in Marek Kanievska s Less Than Zero is startling and sinister 
3
Less Than Zero
Roger Ebert
A movie that knows cocaine inside out and paints a portrait of drug addiction that is all the more harrowing because it takes place in the Beverly Hills fast lane in a world of wealth sex glamour and helpless self destruction 
4
Visitors
Dustin Putman
Entrancing reminding of a thought provoking media art exhibit exemplifying the antithesis of Hollywood moviemaking 
3
Visitors
Bill Stamets
Non narrative films can be opaque in deep ways Visitors slips into pseudo profundity That said I d see it again 
2.5
Visitors
Peter Keough
We get the point and have gotten it since 1982 And aestheticizing it in this way doesn t make the message any more convincing or urgent 
2.5
Visitors
Chris Hewitt
There s no plot or characters but it s one intriguing image after another 
3
Visitors
Walter V. Addiego
Reggio has talked about his movies as attempts to bypass the intellect a visceral form of cinema that s aimed at your solar plexus But you may experience Visitors as more of a sedative than a punch in the guts 
2
Visitors
Ann Hornaday
Visitors restores a sense of monumentality to a medium that has seemed so diminished by recent technological and commercial imperatives 
4
Visitors
Steven Rea
Godfrey Reggio s Visitors is as much a Zen experience as it is a movie although as the latter it can be quite astonishing too cinema that envelops and enthralls 
3
Visitors
Moira MacDonald
We see unadorned faces staring at the camera afternoon shadows moving across a large institutional looking building forlorn images of an abandoned amusement park the misty magical quiet of a swamp 
3
Visitors
Adam Nayman
As it glides along from one pretty picture to the next Visitors starts to feel less like a singular artistic gesture than a compendium of quasi experimental film clichs 
2
Visitors
Steven Boone
Visitors is the first Reggio feature that feels more inert and random than purposeful and propulsive Yet it s refreshing for having mostly avoided the soapbox in order to concentrate on ambiguous imagery 
3
Visitors
Farran Smith Nehme
Many of the children whose faces are shown in the film were shot as they looked at video games their expressions suggest that whatever they were watching was a lot more fascinating than this 
1.5
Visitors
Bill Weber
Godfrey Reggio s symphony of pristine 4K images doesn t add up to one grand epiphany but an intermittent cluster of small ones 
3
Bankrolled
Roger Moore
Ah so this is The Producers with a hint of classic Cheech Chong Nice Dreams and a lot of satirical invention Something like that Just go with it 
2.5
In a New York Minute
Roger Moore
Muddled 46 46 46 frustrating 46 46 46 intriguing and off putting 44 with a couple of seriously unromantic proposals suggesting 8220 arrangements 8221 and 8220 mergers 8221 more than love 46 
2
In a New York Minute
Bob Bloom
The stories all have promise but writer director Ximan Li tells them in such matter of fact manners that none really provide any emotional resonance 
2
A Beautiful Planet
Nick Allen
The overall package is a bit scattered editorially but it does serve a greater purpose to share excitement about the Earth and further stoke any interests in not destroying it 
3.5
A Beautiful Planet
Peter Howell
The biggest kick of all is watching the blue Earth through the Cupola the observation deck offering the best views in the universe 
3
A Beautiful Planet
Soren Andersen
There is fragility in the beauty we see The picture drives home the need to safeguard it It is after all our home 
3
The Scalphunters
David Nusair
a seriously misguided and hopelessly dated endeavor that s best left forgotten 
1
The Scalphunters
Roger Ebert
Some movies are masterpieces and most movies are not and sometimes you get a movie that can best be described as interesting By that I mean it falls short of excellence but nevertheless has something that makes it worth seeing 
3.5
Tar
Roger Moore
Let s just say this is seriously inept and leave it at that 
1
Black Butterfly
Kam Williams
A riveting whodunit spoiled somewhat by a rabbit out of the hat resolution 
3
Black Butterfly
Sara Michelle Fetters
Black Butterfly is a strong if still somewhat vexing thriller I m glad I took the time to watch 
2.5
Black Butterfly
Vikram Murthi
A charmless nonsensical thriller that doubles as a hack screenwriter s wet dream filled to the brim with faux insights that wouldn t impress even the most inattentive college freshmen 
1
Black Butterfly
Richard Roeper
Three stars Well played But wait there s one more scene Look children it s a falling star 
2
Black Butterfly
Mark Dujsik
It doesn t make much sense up until the third act and once we do have an understanding of what was happening suddenly things stop making sense in a different way 
2
Black Butterfly
Derek Smith
Black Butterfly s undercooked and incoherent turn of events attempt to stupefy us into mistaking its deeply flawed internal logic for ingenuity 
.5
Tales from the Crypt
Matt Brunson
The best vignette finds Peter Cushing delivering one of the finest performances of his long career 
3
Tales from the Crypt
John Beifuss
The first killer Claus may be the homicidal maniac in a Santa suit who menaces Christmas Eve murderess Joan Collins in this British anthology horror movie inspired by the EC horror comics of the 1950s 
3
Tales from the Crypt
Lucius Gore
This film cannot be recommended enough 
4
Tales from the Crypt
Eric Henderson
Subtly disconcerting 
3
Tales from the Crypt
Roger Ebert
It s put together something like the comic books with the old Crypt Keeper acting as host and narrator In the movie version he is played with suitable ham by Ralph Richardson 
3
The Presidio
Patrick Taggart
The film does tend to peek from behind its formulaic framework from time to time to offer hints of real personality But on balance director Peter Hyams latest is a paint by number job 
2
The Presidio
Chris Chase
I liked The Presidio 
3
The Presidio
David Armstrong
Sound familiar It should It s the set up for countless TV cop shows and movies during the last 20 years minimum 
2
The Presidio
Hal Boedeker
If movies were ranked like the military The Presidio would be a hapless recruit It just marches off in too many directions 
2
The Presidio
Rob Lowing
Connery alone is worth the price of a ticket 
2.5
The Presidio
Dave Kehr
The Presidio becomes an object lesson in the essential interchangeability of genre conventions 
2
The Presidio
David Nusair
the film benefits substantially from Connery s typically magnetic performance and the sporadic inclusion of unexpectedly engrossing sequences 
3
The Presidio
Roger Ebert
The whole movie has the feeling of a clone of a film assembled out of spare parts from other movies out at the cinematic junkyard 
1.5
Journey to Mecca in the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
Michael O'Sullivan
While there s stunning scenery in the movie it s mostly a backdrop to a narrative that s more about spirit than spectacle In this case the subject of the film is something that can t be captured on any size screen 
2.5
Journey to Mecca in the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
Stephen Cole
Journey to Mecca is sure to gladden the hearts of spiritual seekers Mere popcorn enthusiasts will like it too 
3
Let There Be Light
Peter Canavese
Clearly the breadth of Huston s Army Signal Corps films show a Blakian passage from innocence to experience unquestioning jingoism to a recognition of war horrors Blu ray 
3.5
Disneynature: Dolphin Reef
Linda Cook
Disneynature s Dolphin Reef and Elephant are fantastic 
4
Disneynature: Dolphin Reef
Roger Moore
DisneyNature s best undersea doc ever and a great reason to sign up for Disney all by itself 
3
Disneynature: Dolphin Reef
Tom Meek
It s a captivating watch 
2.5
Disneynature: Dolphin Reef
G. Allen Johnson
The message is clear Their world is our world All of its beauty ugliness fragility and zest for life It s a message that resonates 
3
Rope
David Keyes
Rope isn t merely a terrific movie it is also a benchmark for which the intricate nature of the killer s mind can be simplified into immense clarity 
4
Rope
Fernando F. Croce
A crime for most a privilege for some is how Rupert classifies murder but Hitchcock s eye am a camera technique in Rope is after more than Nazi superman residue still lurking after WWII 
3.5
Rope
Ian Mantgani
A minor masterpiece Hitchcock could turn out brilliance even when he considered himself to be simply playing around 
4
Rope
Scott Nash
It s a curiosity more than anything else worth seeing once by fans of Hitchcock and film buffs in general but not one that might appeal to everyone 
3
Terribly Happy
Mattie Lucas
A film of delicious moral ambiguity and complexity that lures the audience in with its strange and terrible beauty 
3.5
Terribly Happy
Rob Thomas
Terribly Happy is a little light on the plotting going on narrative autopilot for the last third of the film instead of giving us a few extra turns of the screw for good measure 
2.5
Terribly Happy
Alison Gang
The setting is stark and simple a semi deserted two street town amid long flat marshland but Director Henrik Ruben Genz infuses it all with a dark twisted beauty 
3.5
Terribly Happy
Jeff Vice
Obviously the dark nature of the story will turn off some audiences But the film will appeal to those who love the thriller genre 
3.5
Terribly Happy
Joe Williams
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark 
3
Terribly Happy
Chris Hewitt
Terribly Happy is a gripping morality tale one that uses macabre humor and sudden reversals to show how seemingly little mistakes can become life changing disasters 
3.5
Terribly Happy
Wesley Morris
The characters are intended to be slightly stupid but the writing isn t necessarily smarter 
2
Terribly Happy
Peter Keough
Genz s amoral sadistic black comedy recalls the Coen Brothers in Blood Simple mode it s fascinating to watch as the hapless characters are sucked into a morass of diabolical fate and their own vice and folly 
3
Terribly Happy
Roger Ebert
Genz creates a distinctive look and feel in the film The town is drab the people wrung out and the moments of passion are smoothed back down into the tired routine 
3
Terribly Happy
Michael O'Sullivan
Word is that Danish director Henrik Ruben Genz is planning to remake his latest film Terribly Happy in English There s not much room for improvement 
3
Terribly Happy
Walter V. Addiego
It may not sound funny but there s a bleakly comic air about the story and a bit of surrealism suggesting the most caustic side of the Coen brothers 
3
Terribly Happy
Robert Levin
A polished entertaining affair that spins off in unexpected directions 
3
Terribly Happy
V.A. Musetto
Genz seems to delight in keeping viewers off guard Nothing is as it seems at first and nothing ever plays out the way you expect 
3
Terribly Happy
Andrew Schenker
This is one avant garde western and film noir and psychodrama that no one Pig Bodine or otherwise need recommend 
2
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Roger Ebert
I was not a fan of Honey I Shrunk The Kids but that movie shines as a beacon of originality compared to Honey I Blew Up the Kid the sequel 
1.5
King Knight
Tomris Laffly
Aimless immature and frustratingly amateurish Richard Bates King Knight feels like it was made exclusively for those involved in it with no regard for an audiences patience or time 
1
King Knight
Roger Moore
A bit of a sweet spirited grind funny intent delivering funny moments that are so scattered the picture never gets up a comic head of steam 
1.5
King Knight
Leo Brady
King Knight is a humorous look at the leader of a group of outsiders learning to accept his past and being his true self No matter how that may sound King Knight is a unique mix of dark and light comedy 
3
Amnesia
Lou Lumenick
While this twisty thriller sometimes borders on the pretentious it s an auspicious debut by writer director Martin Koolhoven 
2.5
A Place Called Chiapas
Steve Rhodes
As enigmatic as its subject material the documentary makes the place seem like a cross between a new Revolutionland area of Disneyland and a local folk festival 
3
Heiran
Tom Keogh
The point is effective though the story paints itself into a corner with the mawkish particulars of Mahi s misery 
2.5
The House of Tomorrow
Christopher James
The film has its heart in the right place However even at 85 minutes it becomes a slog to get through the myriad of cliches 
1.5
The House of Tomorrow
Joe Friar
The film features a wonderful cast that delivers heartfelt performances Butterfield and Wolff drive the film Offerman is at his best as the humane parent and Burstyn is suburb as the gentle but inflexible eccentric grandmother 
3
The House of Tomorrow
James Berardinelli
It s an emotionally satisfying experience that brings to life a group of appealing characters and allows them to grow and expand in front of the lens 
3
The House of Tomorrow
Walter V. Addiego
Part of what s missing in The House of Tomorrow is the acerbic punk spirit that inspires its two heroes which could have been remedied by a sharper script 
2
The House of Tomorrow
Susan Wloszczyna
Coming of age bromances don t come much more endearing than The House of Tomorrow 
3
The House of Tomorrow
Rob Thomas
Futurism and punk rock share an idealism that the world really can be changed In House of Tomorrow the two movements overlap in a small rather sweet story of two teenage boys who help each other change theirs 
3
The House of Tomorrow
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is transparent in the way it mistakes its various quirks for legitimate personality or depth 
2
Range Runners
Roger Moore
A trail running B movie thriller with moments that defy common sense and villain s lines that make you cringe 
1.5
Highway
Danny Bowes
There s a lot to like in Ali s latest Highway which is a gorgeously assembled ambitious piece of work although it doesn t coalesce into a holistically successful film 
2.5
The Wind in the Willows
Steve Rhodes
For those with an open mind and heart the picture is a treasure worth savoring Don t miss this delicate mixture of tenderness and whimsy 
3
The Five Senses
Joshua Tanzer
You ll probably think in a new way about the sounds and the music the look of places and people how much or little you take note of the scents and sensations of daily life 
3.5
The Five Senses
Roger Ebert
A story like Five Senses sounds like a gimmick but Podeswa has a light touch when dealing with the senses and a sure one when telling his stories 
3
Mi Vida Loca
Mal Vincent
You may feel guilty about laughing but you ll still laugh 
2.5
Mi Vida Loca
Owen McNally
Three cheers for writer director Allison Anders Mi Vida Loca is blessed with a treasure trove of fine young acting talent 
2
Mi Vida Loca
Gene Siskel
Directed by Allison Anders Gas Food Lodging the resulting mosaic is nonetheless powerful and sobering 
3
Mi Vida Loca
Roger Ebert
Perhaps in not forming into a story the movie does a service by not forcing a conclusion where none should exist 
3
Mi Vida Loca
Edward Guthmann
Anders is Anglo American and yet the flavor the rhythm the slang and the visual detail that she captures feel authentic to this viewer anyway as though she were an insider telling her story from experience 
2
Last Exit: Space
Steven Prokopy
Takes a fascinating and honest look at just how realistic the idea of colonizing other worlds actually is 
3
Redoubt
Pat Brown
Matthew Barney re instills nature with some of the mystic aura that modernity with its technologies and techniques of knowledge has robbed it of 
3
In the Company of Men
Maitland McDonagh
A bitterly promising screenwriting directing debut from playwright Neil LaBute 
3
In the Company of Men
Michael Dequina
I don t what finding humor in the most unsavory of situations says about me but in terms of LaBute it means that a first class filmmaker has arrived on the scene 
4
In the Company of Men
Leonard Schwarz
What we also have here in other words is a movie in which next to nothing happens See it only if you are having trouble sleeping 
1.5
In the Company of Men
Rick Groen
Prepare for the conversation to grow heated 
3.5
In the Company of Men
James Kendrick
Despite our feeble attempts to delude ourselves into thinking Chad and Howard could never exist in real life their words and actions still haunt us after the credits roll because deep inside we know they re real 
4
In the Company of Men
Edward Johnson-Ott
A stark nasty little tale of competition power and cruelty 
4
In the Company of Men
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The strength of LaBute s conception every step of the way is in forcing the issue of where we belong in this picture with Chad with Howard or with Christine 
4
In the Company of Men
Steve Rhodes
The acting is superlative and the imaginative script has minimalist cadence la David Mamet The result is at once devastating and compelling 
3.5
In the Company of Men
Chris Hicks
It s a creepy piece of work that gets under your skin ruffles your sensibilities and just won t leave you alone 
3
In the Company of Men
Mike Clark
A provocative dissection of human dynamics Men might just become the gotta see it August choice of adventurous filmgoers 
3
In the Company of Men
G. Allen Johnson
The end is supposed to make us giddy with a plot well spun instead it leaves us flat 
2.5
In the Company of Men
James Berardinelli
One of those rarest of rare breeds a movie that doesn t just ignore Hollywood conventions but openly flouts them 
4
In the Company of Men
Roger Ebert
The kind of bold uncompromising film that insists on being thought about afterward talked about argued about hated if necessary but not ignored 
4
In the Company of Men
Ruthe Stein
The three leads inhabit their roles in the way only unknown actors can They really seem to become the characters they re playing 
3
Mama Weed
Mitchell Beaupre
Mama Weed is a breezy little dark comedy that you keep wishing would give you that little bit extra 44 but Huppert fans will likely find the time plenty worth it as she 8217 s clearly having a ball 46 
2
Mama Weed
Rene Sanchez
Isabelle Huppert is superb However this light comedy explores so many themes without fully committing to any of them Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Mama Weed
Peter Canavese
Think Showtime s Weeds Seems to think it s a lot funnier than it actually is and the racial politics of it are queasy The great Isabelle Huppert carries one through it 
2.5
Mama Weed
Glenn Kenny
Mama Weed has its quaint side especially as marijuana laws worldwide get liberalized happily but it provides a warm buzz nevertheless 
3
Mama Weed
Leo Brady
Mama Weed is not taking things too serious and showing a different side of Isabelle Huppert that is once again delightful 
3
Mama Weed
Roger Moore
Its the laugh out loud brazen chutzpah of it all and Huppert s cocksure casual and lie on the fly amorality in the title role that gives Mama Weed her buzz 
3
Mama Weed
Chuck Bowen
Mama Weed is intended to wash over you leaving good vibes in its wake but it doesn t challenge Isabelle Huppert or the audience 
2.5
Eight on the Lam
Roger Ebert
Bob Hope has given the screen some of its most amusing moments but Eight on the Lam unfortunately contains none of them 
2
They're Watching
Sara Michelle Fetters
Lender and Wright infuse things with a Sam Raimi like absurdity that allows the gory mayhem to have a surrealistic spunk that had me giggling madly at almost all the right moments 
2.5
They're Watching
Glenn Kenny
An hour and fifteen minutes of tedium is too long to wait for two or three minutes of pleasantly cheesy 
1.5
They're Watching
Dann Gire
Here comes one weird cracked out trippy horror tale that kicks into high screams at the 62 minute mark 
3
They're Watching
Soren Andersen
What we have here is a horror movie with all the expected trimmings Rumors of witchcraft An isolated house way out in the middle of spooky woods where no one can hear you well you know how that goes 
1
They're Watching
Christian Toto
Wait you mean you won t be begging for They re Watching s cast to be sliced and diced How refreshing 
3
Renaissance Man
Roger Ebert
Renaissance Man is a labored unconvincing comedy that seems cobbled together out of the half understood remnants of its betters 
1.5
The Jericho Mile
Matt Brunson
Peter Strauss s powerful performance is just one of the many plusses found in this compelling drama 
3.5
Going Under
Maitland McDonagh
Rees performance of the variety customarily called fearless is the only reason to endure this tedious arid glimpse into the S M subculture 
1.5
Going Under
V.A. Musetto
The feature directorial debut of 65 year old Eric Werthman who has been a practicing psychotherapist for a quarter of a century If you re not already seeing a shrink Mr Werthman may we suggest that you start immediately 
2
Going Under
Ed Gonzalez
Going Under is mustier than Secretary 
2
The Alzheimer Affair
Rob Thomas
The unusual Antwerp locations the visual style of the filmmaking and the soulfulness of the performances make it a welcome European addition to the genre 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Larry Ratliff
What if grandpa was a hit man and he was rapidly losing his mind during a killer assignment 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Jeff Vice
The cat and mouse game that Ledda and especially Vincke play is fun to watch 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Sean P. Means
A strong showcase for Declair who plays Ledda as a cagey survivor on a vendetta and juggling cat and mouse games with the cops his future victims and his faltering mind 
3.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Piet Levy
The filmmakers who redo Killer will be hard pressed to find an actor who can make Killer fans forget Decleir s indelible performance 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Carrie Rickey
A jaw dropping premise so smartly executed that if this movie weren t in Flemish I d swear that Michael Mann had directed it 
3.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Marta Barber
The film won t put you at the edge of your seat but will keep your attention 
2.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Tracy Allerton
Without flashy Hollywood style pyrotechnics to get in the way solid human drama provides the suspense 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Chris Hewitt
Consistently involving and intelligent 
2.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Jeff Shannon
Decleir is so commanding in the role that it s easy to dismiss the film s generic trappings 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Michael Wilmington
As slick fast and terrifyingly violent as a top grade American crime thriller but a lot smarter than most 
3.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Roger Ebert
Contains the elements of a typical police procedural transcended and brought to a sad perfection by the performance of a veteran Belgian actor named Jan Decleir 
3.5
The Alzheimer Affair
James Verniere
Van Looy has done a marvelous job bringing Geeraerts detectives and the dying seminoble hit man to life 
3.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Walter V. Addiego
We shouldn t commiserate with an assassin but part of the movie s skill is in making us share Angelo s dread at what s happening to him 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Wesley Morris
An entertaining new crime procedural from Belgium 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Rob Blackwelder
The only thing that prevents The Memory of a Killer from seeming 100 percent Hollywood is the characters speaking in subtitled Dutch 
2
The Alzheimer Affair
Stephen Whitty
In a summer that hasn t seen many good foreign films The Memory of a Killer is one worth seeking out 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Timothy Knight
An exercise in predictability 
2.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Bob Strauss
In the end Memory of a Killer sticks hauntingly with you 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
V.A. Musetto
Writer director Erik Van Looy keeps the action moving briskly 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Jami Bernard
An absorbing operatic Belgian detective thriller 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Peter Canavese
The sympathy toward the obvious evil of a contract killer never flies Still the clever central gimmick and a streak of sly humor lift the film just barely a cut above 
2.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Jan Stuart
Essentially an above par television crime thriller 
.5
The Alzheimer Affair
Steve Rhodes
An engaging crime drama with plenty of payoff for the viewers 
3
The Alzheimer Affair
Nick Schager
There isn t a single original thought recognizable in the dim bulb The Memory of a Killer s empty imitative head 
1.5
The House That Jack Built
Brian Eggert
It s precisely because I see the merits of his form that I find its overly mindful digressions into self indulgence tiresome 
2
The House That Jack Built
Steven Prokopy
I m not saying it works entirely but it is endlessly fascinating and highly indulgent 
2
The House That Jack Built
Anne Elizabeth Moore
Here examined we re given instead raw narcissism humdrum in the end a soul worth glimpsing only for a second before casting aside Nothing to behold 
1
The House That Jack Built
Michael Phillips
It may be the dullest film about serial killing in the history of dull movies about serial killers 
1
The House That Jack Built
David Keyes
In between killings and mutilations are verbal rationalizations that underline the violence with startling clarity 
3
The House That Jack Built
Mark Dujsik
The House That Jack Built may serve as a thesis for Von Trier s filmmaking philosophy but maybe it would have been better if he kept some of this stuff to himself 
2.5
The House That Jack Built
Brian Tallerico
The film finds von Trier wrestling with the claims of misogyny and misanthropy that have followed him his entire career but not in the way you d expect 
2.5
The House That Jack Built
Barry Hertz
If von Trier is instead merely content telling a sick joke and the soundtrack including the repeated use of David Bowie s Fame suggests as much it leads to a punchline we ve all heard before 
1.5
The House That Jack Built
Sam C. Mac
The film becomes an even broader consideration of individual fascinations and follies of ways of responding to art without the boundaries of morality and reason 
4
Going Furthur
Mick LaSalle
It looks futile and comical And the movie is slow stuffed to feature length with musical interludes with every change of location
2
Set Fire to the Stars
Odie Henderson
As tedious as Set Fire to the Stars gets it remains watchable courtesy of the stunning black and white cinematography by Chris Seager 
2
Set Fire to the Stars
Sara Stewart
To me the Great Men Who Wrote Epic Poetry But Were Otherwise Intolerable trope leaves much to be desired 
2
Set Fire to the Stars
Andy Crump
It s a terrifically rounded portrait that captures both Thomas s depressive neuroses and his zest for life 
2.5
Set Fire to the Stars
Rex Reed
A harrowing but tedious chronicle of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas time in America in the 1950s 
2
Set Fire to the Stars
Roger Moore
Pretty good and melancholy But it could ve been great 
3
Set Fire to the Stars
Chuck Bowen
At least it doesn t make the biopic mistake of attempting to check off every moment of a man s life over the course of a few hours worth of running time 
2.5
Set Fire to the Stars
Tom Keogh
A haunting account of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas first tour of America in 1950 Set Fire to the Stars is at once curiously subdued and unnervingly unpredictable 
3
Fish & Men
Roger Moore
Filmmakers Darby Duffin and Adam J Jones dip their toes in decades of fishing practices destructive innovations global economics and often day late and sand dollar short government regulation
2.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mattie Lucas
What it lacks in style it more than makes up for in sheer zaniness throwing the text out the window in favor of a wildly inventive spy caper 
2.5
The Deep End
Erik Anderson
One of the great things about films like this is that it understands the circumstances it puts its unlikely heroine in are outlandish and yet rooted in deep truth and realistic actions by its characters 
3.5
The Deep End
Nick Rogers
Margaret doesn t throw punches just rolls with them Some of her actions can t be objectively condoned But through a maternal prism Tilda Swinton makes sure they re understood with skill sly enough to register strongly in the most ordinary of roles 
4
The Deep End
Wesley Lovell
Having two directors at the helm doesn t help
3
The Deep End
Margaret A. McGurk
An engrossing full of surprises thriller about a woman who gives new meaning to the term supermom 
3.5
The Deep End
Mark Caro
For the most part the filmmakers and performers invest a high level of intelligence and sympathy into The Deep End 
3
The Deep End
Blake French
captures some of this harrowing atmosphere but I wanted even more 
3
The Deep End
Mark Dujsik
I admired the film s overall craft and structure but without capturing my complete sympathies it misses greatness 
3
The Deep End
Robert Roten
It is a gripping suspenseful drama that grabs you by the throat and just won t let go 
3.5
The Deep End
Michael Dequina
The quiet force of Swinton s performance cannot bridge the ever increasing disconnect between the film and the audience 
2.5
The Deep End
Marty Mapes
Real conflict in a serious drama need not involve cash 
2
The Deep End
Mike McGranaghan
Thanks to two superb performances you really believe that a lowlife criminal could be the best friend a troubled woman could ever have 
3.5
The Deep End
Dan Lybarger
Swinton plays scenes of repressed terror with a remarkable amount of subtlety and finesse 
3.5
The Deep End
Tom Long
The Deep End does what too few films even attempt it takes an ordinary life and places it in an extraordinary situation just believable enough to be terrifying 
4
The Deep End
David N. Butterworth
Worshiping at the altar of Tilda never gets old 
3
The Deep End
James Berardinelli
An exceptionally involving and intelligent thriller 
3.5
The Deep End
Steven Rea
Remains rooted in the real world which makes its story all the more satisfying and chilling 
3.5
The Deep End
Roger Ebert
It s intense and involving and it doesn t let us go 
3.5
The Deep End
Kevin Courrier
An intelligently suspenseful and incongruously witty chamber drama 
3.5
The Deep End
Wesley Morris
Its self awareness is never less than jarring trash too high minded to come out and indulge itself 
2
The Deep End
Rob Blackwelder
If it weren t for the recurring common sense loopholes there would be little to distract from the chilling tingle The Deep End emits 
2.5
The Deep End
Jeanne Aufmuth
An unremitting nightmare of comfortable domesticity gone frighteningly awry 
3.5
The Deep End
Steve Rhodes
We stay glued to the screen wanting to shout out suggestions to the characters and feeling like crying about the tragedy in which they have found themselves engulfed 
3.5
The Deep End
Rod Armstrong
Despite a couple of interesting twists and an excellent lead performance their potentially interesting story is eventually undermined by too many holes and inconsistencies 
2.5
The Deep End
Lou Lumenick
An intelligent extremely well acted thriller 
3
The Deep End
Harvey S. Karten
Tilda Swinton makes the movie eminently watchable and believably suspenseful 
3
The Deep End
Ed Gonzalez
The Deep End may be preposterous but it s an engagingly moody experience nonetheless 
2.5
The Delicate Art of the Rifle
Emanuel Levy
Taking as its point of departure the 1966 Charles Whitman shooting incident at the University of Texas Harper s astute political satire deals with the irrational nature of violence in American life 
3
Gekijouban Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Jeff Shannon
All I can tell you is that it s loud chaotic colorful occasionally amusing and aimed at a fanboy target audience 
2.5
The Red Dwarf
Michael Dequina
Jean Yves Thual gives a wonderfully expressive performance but his efforts are negated by writer director Yvan LeMoine s questionable choices 
2
The Trial
Lawrence Toppman
There s nary a big surprise but I defy anyone who sees this film to leave without a warm feeling 
3
Wild at Heart
Brian Eggert
Accepting Wild at Heart as a flame fueled story in a Lynchian technique helps to not only concur with the film s harshest critics but also celebrate the very qualities they condemn 
3.5
Wild at Heart
Matt Brunson
I enjoyed it more back in 1990 though I d be hard pressed to recall exactly why viewing it now it s only a marginally satisfying experience with some potent set pieces diluted by an almost juvenile predilection on Lynch s part 
2.5
Wild at Heart
Roger Ebert
The movie is lurid melodrama soap opera exploitation put on and self satire 
2.5
Wild at Heart
Chris Hicks
Critics nationally are falling all over themselves over David Lynch s latest movie Wild at Heart But for me it was neither revealing nor enlightening and it certainly wasn t entertaining 
2
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
David Nusair
one of the most underwhelming sequels in cinematic history 
2
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Roger Ebert
It decides that Arthur must grow must rise to an occasion must for once take responsibility for his life This is very good for Arthur but not so good for the film 
2
Hot Resort
David Nusair
An exceedingly underwhelming sex comedy 
1
Loveling
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Great Brazilian melodrama One of the best movies of the year 
3.5
Facing Mirrors
John Beifuss
Elevated by a pair of powerful lead performances the first movie from Iran to feature a transgendered lead character offers a revealing and surprising treatment of LGBT themes in a fundamentalist Islamic context 
3.5
Who Am I
David Nusair
Fast paced yet hopelessly generic 
2
The Area
Richard Roeper
Deborah walks the streets in the midst of a blizzard which has the effect of making the area look beautiful and haunting at the same time 
3
The Area
Andrea Gronvall
An eye opening saga of resistance 
4
Team Picture
John Beifuss
An ironic title for a story about an anti social hero Team Picture perfectly captures a young man at a moment of almost pure indecision If Hollywood makes action movies this is an inaction movie a film about deferring rather than engaging with life 
3.5
Rain Without Thunder
Roger Ebert
Rain Without Thunder is the longest 85 minute movie I have ever seen 
1
Tormented
Kaleem Aftab
Tormented makes popular E4 drama Skins look like the work of Godard
1
Tormented
Mike McGranaghan
A gruesome edgy ambitious and sometimes funny horror tale that doesn t shy away from exploring adolescent cruelty 
3
Hard Times
Roger Ebert
A powerful brutal film containing a definitive Charles Bronson performance 
3
The Hurricane Heist
Matt Brunson
The dopiest weather related yarn this side of Geostorm 
1.5
The Hurricane Heist
Bryant Frazer
It s an impressive level of craft brought to bear in the service of nothing more than filling out your lazy Saturday afternoon 
3
The Hurricane Heist
James Kendrick
an exceedingly silly but undeniably entertaining bit of red meat escapist action fare
2.5
The Hurricane Heist
Linda Cook
The Hurricane Heist is so bad it s good 
3
The Hurricane Heist
David Nusair
Rarely as much fun as one might ve hoped 
2
The Hurricane Heist
Mike McGranaghan
The problem with The Hurricane Heist is not that it s stupid The problem is that it isn t stupid enough 
2
The Hurricane Heist
Peter Sobczynski
One of the dumbest variations of the weather based action thriller subgenre that I have ever seen 
1
The Hurricane Heist
Mark Dujsik
Is it too much to ask that a movie called The Hurricane Heist simply embrace the spectacular silliness of its premise 
1.5
The Hurricane Heist
Roger Moore
An utter excrement storm from start to finish With zero laughs intentional or unintentional to boot 
1
Hell
Matt Brunson
Rarely has the ugly specter of jealousy been presented in such a harsh manner 
3
Hell
Jeremy Heilman
Even if it is too much a stripped down genre piece to reach dizzying heights L Enfer does an admirable job of exploring the depths of one disturbed man s psyche 
3.5
Hell
Roger Ebert
The key figure in L Enfer is Nelly the wife Paul is almost a hopeless case even from the first frames sliding beyond jealousy into insanity But what about her Surely she knows how sick her husband is 
3
America: Freedom to Fascism
Kam Williams
A thought provoking clarion call which concludes that America instead of being by the people and for the people is in truth an oppressive exploitative Big Brother where government and corporations reign supreme 
4
America: Freedom to Fascism
Jeff Vice
There is food for thought here But Russo loses his grasp on the material once he expands his focus 
2
America: Freedom to Fascism
Sean P. Means
Russo comes off as a paranoid ranter the movie equivalent of the street corner pamphleteer with tinfoil in his hat to keep out the gamma rays 
1
America: Freedom to Fascism
Phil Villarreal
The catch is the IRS doesn t care and will seize all your property and possibly throw you in jail if you refuse to pay Talk about a buzzkill 
2
America: Freedom to Fascism
Ken Fox
Russo is a clearly a healthy minded skeptic who tries to get both sides of the story 
3
America: Freedom to Fascism
Timothy Knight
Filmmaking lapses aside this is an impassioned and generally persuasive film that rings all too eerily true 
2.5
America: Freedom to Fascism
Robert W. Butler
If America From Freedom to Fascism is right only 10 percent of the time we re in big trouble 
3
America: Freedom to Fascism
Bill Stamets
As if anticipating bad reviews Russo ends his scattershot assault with a preemptive strike against the media It s just the Federal Reserve System trying to save itself If you buy that line then I m the great grandson of a 1913 conspirator 
1.5
America: Freedom to Fascism
Michael Phillips
Aaron Russo s America Freedom to Fascism can t even think straight it s so mad 
1.5
America: Freedom to Fascism
John Anderson
Russo has created such an inflammatory piece of clumsy propaganda it s hard to take his best arguments seriously 
2
America: Freedom to Fascism
Ed Gonzalez
Russo appears to make a good case against the IRS but he does so sneakily belligerently and from a grotesquely unattractive soap box 
1.5
Silver Tongues
Kalvin Henely
The problem with Silver Tongues is that Simon Arthur has nothing to actually show us about the world 
0
July Rhapsody
Steve Rhodes
This touching film is mesmerizing yet when you leave the theater you may find yourself surprised that so little happened Ah but what does is so exquisite 
3
Steam: The Turkish Bath
Roger Ebert
One of the peculiarities of Steam The Turkish Bath is that it s about the sexual passions of two actors who don t seem very passionate 
2
An Unforgettable Summer
Roger Ebert
An Unforgettable Summer is spare and direct in telling its story and is well cast 
3
The Public
Roger Moore
Well acted but preachy sometimes corny civics lesson melodrama that s just touching enough and funny enough to come off 
2.5
The Public
Barry Hertz
Alec Baldwin Jeffrey Wright Christian Slater and Gabrielle Union all look like they d rather be somewhere else 
1.5
The Public
Rob Thomas
Such quibbles feel like notes in the margins of a movie that s sincere and well made directly confronting with empathy and insight issues that many movies and people would prefer not to see 
3
The Public
Rick Bentley
It s not an easy task to direct yourself but Estevez turns in a top notch performance fired by his passion for the subject matter 
3
The Public
Sarah Knight Adamson
Check out The Public at a theater near you offering over due enlightenment on The Public Library system in America and the homeless 
3.5
The Public
Pamela Powell
The film has so many stars many of whom take their smaller supporting roles and make them shine helping to create a meaningful and thoughtful story 
3.5
The Public
Josh Terry
With a little more refinement The Public might have been the kind of memorable movie it clearly aspires to be 
2.5
The Public
Alice Stoehr
Though actor writer and director Emilio Estevez might again be on the wrong side of the law for all the right reasons right reasons alone don t make for good art 
2
The Public
Rex Reed
Its heart is in the right place but because it s mired in too many of Estevez s questions about public duty versus public safety The Public struggles to stay on track and keep the viewer involved 
2
The Public
Nell Minow
Its presentation of real painful issues is too simplistic and its approach too preachy 
2.5
The Public
Mark Dujsik
T he positive things to say about the movie pretty much end with its intentions 
1.5
The Public
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We can t wish away poverty or ignore its consequences our humanity demands a better response The Public is a good place to start 
3
The Public
Sean P. Means
The gentle humor and simple humanity of Estevez s script helps the audience digest the messages within The Public to engender sympathy for our nation s homeless and sing the praises of libraries 
3
The Public
Christian Toto
The Brat Pack alum cares til it hurts but he ignores the golden rule of social justice storytelling 
2
The Public
Mick LaSalle
Estevez directing himself knows what emotions Estevez the actor is trying to put over He s the only one 
2
The Public
Michael O'Sullivan
It s hard to disagree with anything in The Public Estevez is fighting the good fight But it s also hard to swallow an argument however well reasoned and emotionally compelling when it feels like it s being shoved down your throat 
1.5
The Public
Joey Magidson
The Public is the best movie of the year so far and represents a new creative high point for Estevez as a filmmaker 
4
The Public
Keith Watson
The film is a clunky overwritten attempt to pack as many tortured subplots and pre chewed sociological insights as can possibly fit into a two hour runtime 
1
The Public
David Nusair
The Public is rife with heavy handed subtle as a heart attack type elements designed to perpetuate his agenda 
1.5
The Public
Dwight Brown
Humorous impactful and poignant With a little extra tooling it would also make a great Broadway play 
3
Source Code
Peter Howell
Source Code is a sci fi thriller that simply shouldn t work as well as it does 
3
Source Code
Roger Moore
Adorably preposterous
3
Source Code
Jeff Beck
Source Code is a fascinating sci fi action film that works surprisingly well given the scant logic it gets away with 
3
Source Code
Michael Dequina
Duncan Jones continues to build a rep for heady and ambitious sci fi 
3.5
Source Code
Claudia Puig
Holes in logic get swept aside by the brisk pace and stimulating tale 
3
Source Code
Perry Seibert
Jones conception of how the universe works pretty much eliminates the possibility of drama 
2
Source Code
Peter Canavese
Since Source Code is philosophical science fiction and not just sci fi there s something to chew on here about consciousness when it begins and ends and that old chestnut of what constitutes reality Blu ray 
3
Source Code
Erik Childress
A film that moves our brains with even bigger ideas lurking just beneath the surface to give us plenty to think over upon leaving the theater As long as you don t think about it too hard 
3.5
Source Code
Linda Cook
After I saw the thoroughly entertaining Source Code I felt as I did after seeing Inception My mind had been blown numerous times And I wanted to see the movie in a know what I know now mode 
3.5
Source Code
Wesley Lovell
A top notch time bending sci fi thriller that deftly avoids many potential paradoxes 
3.5
Source Code
John Wirt
A taut immersive ride 
3
Source Code
Lori Hoffman
Gyllenhaal has never quite made the quantum leap from dependable actor to superstar leading man but his ability to engender compassion has always been an asset
2.5
Source Code
John Beifuss
Thoughtful and well made but undercut by final act illogic 
2.5
Source Code
Kam Williams
Mixing memorable elements of everything from Memento to Avatar to The Twilight Zone to The Manchurian Candidate this thought provoking mindbender even pays homage to Ronald Where s the rest of me Reagan in King s Row 
3
Source Code
James Kendrick
takes its thriller premise and works it into an existential celebration of human determination and the resolute refusal to accept the status quo
3
Source Code
Keith Cohen
Besides the sure handed directing masterful script and superb acting the movie s other strengths include stupendous visual effects outstanding cinematography the suspense heightening musical score and eye appealing scenery of the 
3.5
Source Code
Robert Levin
Spotlights Duncan Jones cinematic muscle specifically an all too rare aptitude for molding classical technique with experimental touches 
3
Source Code
Matt Brunson
Source Code overall a highly entertaining movie concludes with what will doubtless remain one of the worst endings of the year 
2.5
Source Code
Christian Toto
With Source Code Duncan Jones proves he s sci fi s most promising young director 
3
Source Code
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a ticking clock thriller that s one part Speed and two parts Groundhog Day the final product a rapid fire adventure that s as fun and playful as it is action packed and filled with suspense 
3
Source Code
Mike McGranaghan
You get your money s worth with excitement yet when all is said and done the movie has some actual thematic depth to it 
3.5
Source Code
Lisa Kennedy
Duncan Jones swiftly paced and engaging sci fi thriller is a Groundhog Day for a post 9 11 world 
3
Source Code
Lawrence Toppman
Sitting through Source Code is like watching a chef coax a beautiful soufflé into perfect shape for 80 minutes then drop a bowling ball on it 
3
Source Code
Michael Smith
Duncan Jones twisty sci fi gem knows how to build a mystery how to parcel out clues and how to keep an audience guessing until the end 
3.5
Source Code
Bob Bloom
Source Code is challenging and stimulating a movie that will keep you guessing and will not disappoint 
3
Source Code
Stephen Whitty
The problem with Source Code is the idea of Source Code 
2.5
Source Code
Stephen Cole
Director Jones and screenwriter Ben Ripley also deserve credit for expertly shuffling the plot 
3
Source Code
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you ask me 2011 is really the year of the new sci fi film given this and two other terrific idea based movies The Adjustment Bureau and Limitless And it s only April 
3
Source Code
David Nusair
46 46 46 an unapologetic crowd pleaser 46 46 46 
3
Source Code
Willie Waffle
Think of it as a sci fi Groundhog Day but don t ever think Jake is cooler than Bill Murray 
2.5
Source Code
Chris Hewitt
Jones who worked with somewhat similar material on Moon does a nice job of setting up the story but he races to its conclusion so quickly that he misses opportunities along the way to make the themes hit home 
3
Source Code
Alison Gang
Cool enough to position the movie as the thinking man s blockbuster but Inception it isn t 
2.5
Source Code
Lou Lumenick
A fun ride of a sci fi thriller with terrific romantic chemistry between Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan 
3
Source Code
Ann Hornaday
For the most part Source Code delivers on its promises with precision and care all that s missing is Punxsutawney Phil and a toast to world peace 
3
Source Code
Steven D. Greydanus
Patently bigger faster slicker and more mainstream than Jones s impressive debut film Moon but it s a work of similar intelligence themes and interests 
3
Source Code
Mark Dujsik
Director Duncan Jones sophomore feature is an exhilarating experience 
3.5
Source Code
Dustin Putman
The frequently mind bending plot keeps the viewer engaged but it s the sympathetic attention to its characters and their urgent connections with each other that give the audience a reason to care 
3
Source Code
Mick LaSalle
A thriller that takes a science fiction premise and uses it not for the sake of splashy effects but as a doorway into the human soul 
4
Source Code
Walter Chaw
I kind of love this movie 
4
Source Code
Marty Mapes
A lightweight action thriller with a twist in time
3
Source Code
Moira MacDonald
Source Code is perfectly enjoyable as a swiftly moving thriller and Gyllenhaal is effective as a mystified fellow who eventually engages himself and us in putting the pieces of the puzzle together 
3
Source Code
Ty Burr
I m still not sure what source code means here I suspect the actors the director and the screenwriter haven t a clue either But the thing keeps you watching 
3
Source Code
Peter Travers
Think of Groundhog Day morphing from comedy to thriller and you ll get an idea of the mischief afoot in Source Code 
3
Source Code
Ethan Alter
A well told sci fi yarn 
3.5
Source Code
Roger Ebert
Here s a movie where you forgive the preposterous because it takes you to the perplexing 
3.5
Source Code
Robert W. Butler
Remarkably coherent and weirdly compelling 
3
Source Code
Graham Killeen
This adrenaline drenched thriller stars Jake Gyllenhaal in the performance of his career 
3.5
Source Code
David Hiltbrand
Source Code certainly gives the audience a lot to chew on But very little of it is digestible 
2
Source Code
Sean O'Connell
The irony of the situation is that it s the last eight minutes of Code a movie that hinges on eight minute intervals that falter 
2.5
Source Code
Christopher Lloyd
The rare thriller that engages us with its protagonist and his plight even if the sci fi part of the story never really seems to add up 
3
Source Code
Rene Rodriguez
The script by Ben Ripley doesn t come up with enough obstacles to throw in the hero s path and his budding romance with the doomed Christina feels more like a studio mandate than an organic development 
2.5
Source Code
Michael Phillips
Source Code is a contraption no doubt But it works 
3
Source Code
Calvin Wilson
Source Code isn t as smart or adventurous as it might have been But as popcorn entertainment it s right on schedule 
3
Source Code
Brian Orndorf
Don t be shocked if it encourages a tear or two along the way Jones has crafted a rounded weighty thrill ride and I wouldn t be surprised if it ends up as one of the best pictures of the year 
4
Source Code
Matt Pais
Again Jones makes us wonder What kind of world are we living in and What kind of world do we think is possible 
2.5
Source Code
Josh Larsen
like the sci fi flick Alfred Hitchcock never made 
3.5
Source Code
Thelma Adams
Give credit to the dashing and romantic Gyllenhaal for keeping this effort mostly on track 
3
Source Code
Phil Villarreal
Director Duncan Jones whose last effort was the equally confounding Moon just has a knack for this kind of cinematic mindgame 
3
Source Code
James Berardinelli
Source Code is what might happen if one cross bred Groundhog Day with 24 and The Matrix 
3
Source Code
Nick Schager
Source Code has a velocity that helps alleviate nagging questions about the logic of this time space conundrum 
3
2,000 Maniacs
Mattie Lucas
Nonsensical and illogical 
1
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Jeff Shannon
There s a good film noir to be made from this morass of human foibles but British documentarian Paul Yule has the advantage of nonfictional context 
3
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Bill Stamets
Adultery abuse and astronomical art world prices are packaged with creepy background music and cliched close ups of court records 
2
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Alan G. Artner
An essay on the difficulty of determining truth and the ultimate unknowability of people 
2.5
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Jack Mathews
Yule s insightful new movie details the disintegration of a marriage that was hunky dory when he met the 75 year old Winston and his new 50 year old wife and partner Conchita in 1990 
2.5
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Kyle Smith
Paul Yule s strong documentary is teasingly ambiguous inviting audience members to debate Conchita s guilt and supplying plenty of points for both sides 
3
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Ken Fox
A disturbing but undeniably entertaining film 
3.5
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Paul Schrodt
Tough as nails and with a heavy British accent director Paul Yule sometimes resembles a more famous BBC documentarian Nick Broomfield 
3
Raise the Red Lantern
Ted Shen
Zhang seems to suggest the price for rebellion and transgression is still death or madness 
3
Raise the Red Lantern
Brian Eggert
In Raise the Red Lantern Zhang Yimou s most widely acclaimed film the Chinese director portrays life as a series of performative gestures under the duress of cultural tradition prescribed gender roles and hierarchical power structures 
4
Raise the Red Lantern
Tom Meek
The feminist anthem here is a subtle wisp bolstered by sumptuousness Zhang s masterful composition and Gong 
4
Raise the Red Lantern
Betsy Bozdech
A haunting contemplative study of man s inhumanity to man or in this case woman s inhumanity to woman as well as the restrictions and feudal intricacies of Chinese society 
3.5
Raise the Red Lantern
Chris Hicks
The film is a bit slow in places but it s so involving that the audience probably won t mind 
3.5
Raise the Red Lantern
James Berardinelli
A defining example of Chinese movie making and one of the best films of the 90s 
4
Raise the Red Lantern
Roger Ebert
A Chinese film of voluptuous physical beauty and angry passions 
4
The Devil Never Sleeps
Desmond Ryan
Director Lourdes Portillo deploys an imaginative range of techniques and allusions to illuminate the investigation 
3
Vipers
Dustin Putman
It s a mixed bag to be sure but in the right frame of mind it gets the limited job done 
2
Sonita
Bill Chambers
Because I didn t follow Alizadeh s story as it happened live the final third of Sonita played for me like a heist movie 
3.5
Sneakers
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Part of the pleasure afforded by such a sequence comes from the careful exposition of intricate teamwork combined with an adroit attention to the personalities involved 
3
Sneakers
David Nusair
persistently and increasingly engrossing 
4
Sneakers
Roger Ebert
It s a sometimes entertaining movie but thin 
2.5
Sneakers
James O'Ehley
With its flat look and sometimes slow pacing it curiously feels like a movie made in the Seventies 
2
Sneakers
Chris Hicks
A hilarious tension filled romp that should please any audience 
3.5
Nicholas and Alexandra
Roger Ebert
The problem with Nicholas and Alexandra is that it considers the Russian Revolution from in some ways the least interesting perspective 
2.5
Horror of Dracula
Dorothy Masters
Unlike most of Hollywood s quickies Horror of Dracula has allocated time thought and talent to an enterprise which successfully recaptures the aura and patina of yesteryear s Middle Europe Some of the photography is good enough to frame 
3
Horror of Dracula
Matt Brunson
A mesmerizing achievement from start to finish 
3.5
High Life
Brian Eggert
It may be too lofty to call High Life a microcosm of humanity then again it may not be Denis seems to liken the isolation of a few people trapped on a ship hurtling through space to the entire human experience 
4
High Life
Cassidy Olsen
Combining aspects of horror sci fi and prison drama the film is a challenging puzzle that even the most devout Denis fans may struggle to piece together but that doesn t negate its thrilling terrifying viewing experience 
3
High Life
Federico Furzan
A stylish nightmare that doesn t answer the relevant questions and prefers to exploit the darkest corners of human nature Full review in Spanish 
3
High Life
David Nusair
An ambitious misfire 
1
High Life
Josh Larsen
Sex is a curse in Claire Denis High Life 
3.5
High Life
Adriana Gomez-Weston
The beauty of High Life is that it doesn t try to uncover the mysteries of the universe but it does destigmatize the mysteries surrounding the human body The existence of space is a miracle but human life is something special to behold 
3
High Life
Tom Meek
Overall the unthinkable mix is a jumbled delight 
3
High Life
Roger Moore
Icky and forgettable 
2
High Life
Rene Sanchez
A cryptic seductive and intimate space drama about the physical and emotional prisons we build and the repression of our most basic instincts Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
High Life
Eric Melin
Denis is a confident assured storyteller who specializes in provocative cinema It asks its audience for a constant renegotiation with adult themed material and it rewards with near constant engagement with its themes 
3.5
High Life
Barry Paris
They re all working against the handicap of Denis ponderously philosophical script which has more black holes than the universe 
2.5
High Life
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Deep as it runs thematically High Life isn t note perfect 
3
High Life
Mark Dujsik
What remains from the experience of High Life is the overwhelming sense of isolation that co writer director Claire Denis conveys 
3
High Life
Sean P. Means
What s far more interesting in High Life is Pattinson s quietly intense portrayal of Monte wading through the insanity around him to find an island of peace and redemption as Willow s guardian 
3
High Life
Peter Howell
The vastness of space is such a natural fit for the free floating narratives of Claire Denis it s a wonder she hasn t embraced sci fi before now 
3.5
High Life
Michael Phillips
The production design the shimmering evocative Stuart Staples music everything blends together 
3.5
High Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
High Life is anything but a good time but at least it s not easy to forget and you won t see anything else quite like it 
3.5
High Life
Mick LaSalle
A movie that is always vaguely interesting but that here and there finds ways to be brilliant in a wonderfully twisted way 
2.5
High Life
Robert Horton
So many science fiction films though futuristic in content unfold along familiar lines Shouldn t a sci fi film take a new form the way 2001 A Space Odyssey did 
3
High Life
Chris Hewitt
Many head scratching things occur but Denis calm approach indicates that what interests her is not outer space but how living in it might affect behavior 
2.5
High Life
Gary Thompson
As is often the case the vast emptiness calls attention to the insignificance of human life Denis movie though comes around to emphasizing the miraculousness of that life 
2.5
High Life
Peter Keough
It ends like most lives poised before inevitable death buoyed by love and irrational hope 
3
High Life
Lindsey Bahr
I m still not entirely sure what it all adds up to but it is provocative difficult and bleak and leaves you with a very precise feeling of despair and aloneness just like the best of the space independents do 
3
High Life
Mark Jenkins
The most amazing moments are never amazing enough to jar it out of its static orbit 
2.5
High Life
Frank Ochieng
A probing arthouse SF space adventure High Life is one of the more daring and distinctive SF space dwelling showcases one will view enthusiastically with strange appreciation and curiosity 
3
High Life
Robert Daniels
High Life a bittersweet irony of a title is a perfect combination of Claire Denis art house sensibilities her prodigious skill and her larger flashier eye toward the unknown and indistinguishable 
4
High Life
Matt Zoller Seitz
Another milestone in the career of its director co writer 
4
High Life
Joey Magidson
Often confounding nearly impenetrable and almost impossible to describe It s something you need to see in order to get At the same time though is it worth seeing That s truly something up for debate 
2.5
High Life
Rex Reed
Baffling non linear to the point of near schizophrenia and despite all of the computer technology sadly resistant to any kind of production design you could call innovative 
1
High Life
Dwight Brown
Cheap looking sets and costumes stop this odd erotic space odyssey from reaching its final destination 
2
High Life
Barry Hertz
The ending of High Life arrives almost too suddenly but that s only incentive to seek out a second third and fourth viewing as soon as humanly possible 
4
High Life
Steve Macfarlane
The film asks down and dirty questions about what really resides beneath thousands of years of human progress a savage and haunting antidote to the high minded idealism of movies like Christopher Nolan s Interstellar and Ridley Scott s The Martian 
3.5
Remember Yesterday
Roger Moore
Instantly forgettable 46 
1
The Lords of Discipline
James Kendrick
a fairly effective thriller although it sometimes feels a bit mean spirited and sadistic
2.5
It's a Wonderful Binge
Kevin Carr
God help me 44 I laughed 33 A lot 46 It 8217 s stupid 46 It 8217 s sophomoric 46 And It 8217 s hedonistic 46 But I did have fun 46 I apos m ashamed 46 
3
The Saragossa Manuscript
Jeremy Heilman
Surely one of the most convolutedly plotted films ever to reach the silver screen 
3.5
Mile 22
Brian Eggert
It forces audiences to endure a ridiculous central performance that single handedly derails the entire movie 
1
Mile 22
Jeff Mitchell
A long way from being a satisfying action movie like 22 million miles away 
1
Mile 22
Matt Brunson
Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg have made four movies together but nobody will be equating them with Ford Wayne Kurosawa Mifune or Scorsese De Niro at any point in the near or far future 
1.5
Mile 22
Joey Magidson
We deserved more from all involved here 
2.5
Mile 22
Oliver Jones
A confused film that for all of its macho bluster and propulsive forward motion doesn t really know where it s going 
1.5
Mile 22
Robert Daniels
Characters are more than a bullet point of traits which Mile 22 time after time tries to subterfuge 
1
Mile 22
Josh Terry
A step down for Berg heavy on style but regrettably low on substance If you re looking for a violent action fix Mile 22 will certainly get the job done but it will leave you feeling empty as the final credits roll 
2.5
Mile 22
Rafer Guzman
It delivers plenty of action but not a lot of thrills and its copious bloodshed comes from characters who aren t fully fleshed out 
2
Mile 22
Ty Burr
Berg and Wahlberg deliver a relentlessly paced addictively slick paramilitary thriller actively catering to fans of gonzo brutality and turbocharged machismo 
3
Mile 22
Richard Roeper
gruesome action packed explosion filled and a convoluted mess 
2
Mile 22
James Berardinelli
Mile 22 delivers precisely what s expected from a violent escapist action film and does so with brevity and shock power 
3
Mile 22
David Nusair
A typically erratic Peter Berg film 
2.5
Mile 22
Christian Toto
You ll long for the tranquility of your average John Wick movie after surviving Mile 22 
2
Mile 22
Sonny Bunch
Lauren Cohan has real screen presence and looks capable of making the leap from TV to film rarely an easy chasm to cross 
2.5
Mile 22
Barry Hertz
Exactly the kind of generic late summer garbage any studio could and has released for Augusts immemorial 
1
Mile 22
Bruce DeMara
In all a cracking good action film spy caper with some fine performances makes Mile 22 a rollicking summer escape 
3
Mile 22
Roger Moore
Whose side is this dog on The Chinese financiers The Russians The Russian apologist in Chief 
1
Mile 22
Katie Walsh
A riot of nearly incomprehensible editing a violent melee of intertwining scenes shots characters formats and timelines straining the limits of coherence and cogency 
2
Mile 22
Mark Dujsik
The moral of Mile 22 is that modern warfare is a messy indistinct and depressing game So too is an action movie such as this one 
1.5
Mile 22
Soren Andersen
It s an action picture that s hard core to the core populated entirely by killers with nary a truly sympathetic figure among them But it does deliver 
3
Mile 22
Mick LaSalle
Mile 22 is like a bad dream about a bad movie 
1
Mile 22
Gary Thompson
Wahlberg s frenetic line readings don t sound like some genius rat a tat stream of consciousness They sound hysterical high pitched and silly 
2
Mile 22
Jake Cole
When Mark Wahlberg s Silva isn t wielding run on sentences as military grade weapons he barks out derivative commands and asinine statements that make him sound like a 13 year old playing Call of Duty 
1
Mile 22
Sean P. Means
Mile 22 manages to be even more opportunistically dismissive of its audience than Patriots Day and I didn t think such a thing was possible 
1
Mile 22
Glenn Kenny
There s a more than satisfactory amount of boom boom in the movie s trim running time 
2.5
The Hidden Life of Trees
Nell Minow
Perhaps in tribute to its subject matter it is slow in spots That may just be a way to give us more of a sense of tree time rather than human time 
3
The Hidden Life of Trees
Cate Marquis
The documentary has a good deal of such scientific information but Wohlleben natural storyteller always presents it in an accessible even entertaining way 
4
The Hidden Life of Trees
Roger Moore
A lovely blend of science travelogue and arboreal evangelism 
3
Spring Breakers
Matthew Rozsa
Alien is the only character in Spring Breakers who feels like an actual human being everyone else is just there to be ogled over or used for shocking imagery 
1
Spring Breakers
Tom Meek
Harmony Korine per usual doesn t take the well trod path and the results are more than pleasantly surprising 
3
Spring Breakers
Mattie Lucas
Finds transcendence in trash wallowing in the basest instincts of human nature to create a mesmerizing and frightening portrait of a world gone mad and innocence destroyed 
4
Spring Breakers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Korine s latest hallucinogenic young adult frolic Spring Breakers is the first of the director s works I ve responded to in any sort of moderately positive fashion 
3
Spring Breakers
Sonny Bunch
Spring Breakers is titillating and absurd and vulgar and perhaps most importantly entertaining 
3
Spring Breakers
Mara Reinstein
A trippy florescent whirl of boobs and bongs 
3
Spring Breakers
Carla Meyer
Spring Breakers might engender multiple viewings and a cult status à la Scarface Korine unfortunately jumps the gun by frequently repeating lines of Franco s dialogue in voiceover as if Spring Breakers already is on repeat 
2
Spring Breakers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not exactly an exploitation film and it s not exactly an art film but it s also both at the same time It s the type of experience that blows your mind but convinces you that nobody else on the planet is going to get it 
3.5
Spring Breakers
Erik Childress
Most shocking of all is that while Spring Breakers takes some time to find its bearings this may be the most confident and artistically grounded film of Korine s career 
3
Spring Breakers
Rick Groen
Neon bright and all raw energy Spring Breakers is a pulsating paradox of a movie both a tangerine dream and a cultural reality check a pop artifact that simultaneously exploits and explores the shallowness of pop artifacts 
3
Spring Breakers
Bruce DeMara
Korine s story is a searing indictment of today s hedonistic nihilistic youth and his script is loaded with sharp telling dialogue that exposes the rotten moral cores of its characters 
3
Spring Breakers
James Kendrick
The subject of the film is the perversion of youth and its greatest achievement if one can call it that is how it somehow manages to pander to a youth audience while also cinematically chiding them 
2
Spring Breakers
Josh Larsen
a fantasy version of Steubenville that does nothing to help us understand the sort of aggression that has become such a dominant part of youth culture 
2
Spring Breakers
Matt Brunson
The latest gonzo endeavor from writer director Harmony Korine Spring Breakers manages to be a fever dream a wet dream a daydream and a nightmare all in one sitting 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Jason Buchanan
An audacious sun kissed nightmare that folds the director s familiar flair for the surreal into a narrative framework that results in his most coherent and accessible picture to date 
3
Spring Breakers
Mike McGranaghan
Spring Breakers is a scathing indictment of a generation led to believe that being a bad ass and having a screw it attitude is admirable It s an all around stunner 
4
Spring Breakers
Michael O'Sullivan
Once a year St Petersburg is awash with thoughtless unpleasant people making poor decisions This spring Korine is one of them 
0.5
Spring Breakers
Sean P. Means
Such a perfect object of its cultural moment an age of sexualized youth and stylized violence that it s a shame it s not a better movie 
2
Spring Breakers
Rene Rodriguez
Having fun has rarely felt this dangerous 
3
Spring Breakers
Willie Waffle
Spring Breakers can make you feel the end of Western Civilization is nigh 
0
Spring Breakers
Mark Dujsik
Spring Breakers is satire akin to deconstructing a cardboard box with a chainsaw 
1.5
Spring Breakers
Dustin Putman
As frightening as any conventional horror movie as cautionary as any crime drama and as gritty yet empathetic as any coming of age story in quite some time 
4
Spring Breakers
Ty Burr
Korine likes the poetics of transgression and he trowels on the bad behavior with a heavy but mesmerizing hand 
3.5
Spring Breakers
Peter Hartlaub
What should be infuriating makes sense in the context of the director s twisted cinematic rulebook 
3
Spring Breakers
James Berardinelli
In another movie these girls would be sex objects In Spring Breakers we re all too aware of what lurks under the pretty packaging 
3
Spring Breakers
Joe Williams
It may be irritating but Spring Breakers is like a sunburn we can t help scratching 
3
Spring Breakers
Chris Hewitt
Spring Breakers is a visual feast with at least a dozen scenes that will be ripe for the picking at the end of the year when someone does a supercut of 2013 s most memorable movie moments 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Michael Phillips
Starts out like a salacious rump centric and blithely bare breasted hip hop video and ends up in the realm of scary and inspired trash 
3
Spring Breakers
Richard Roeper
A candy colored fever dream is the most unforgettable movie of the year so far 
3.5
Spring Breakers
Simon Abrams
Korine s latest is a characteristically serious film about inherently ridiculous characters but it s too montonous to be really thoughtful or funny 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Roger Moore
People laughing at this are kind of missing the point 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Lou Lumenick
Basically a Girls Gone Wild short artily padded out to feature length by endlessly repeating the same scenes and lines of dialogue often three or more times 
1.5
Spring Breakers
Robert Levin
With its violence copious drug use threesomes and scenes of the women in tiny bikinis the movie revels in the debauchery without saying much about it 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Stephen Whitty
Spring Breakers is so over the top so overdone so extreme it d turn even a hedonist off sex 
1
Spring Breakers
Claudia Puig
Spring Breakers is an exploitative display of bacchanalian excess casual sex and rampant nudity that s more tedious than titillating 
2
Spring Breakers
Peter Travers
Spring Breakers beach party fluff done as an art film by the reliably bizarre Harmony Korine is a return to form for Franco 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Christy Lemire
We re all screwed Korine seems to be saying It s very sad but also kinda sexy 
2.5
Spring Breakers
Andrew Schenker
One of the effects of Harmony Korine s feverish hypnotic style is that the whole thing feels like a fantasy or rather a nightmare perversion of the American dream 
3
Spring Breakers
David Nusair
An almost indescribably weird little movie 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Brian Eggert
At every turn Kurzel challenges truth and oversimplified ideas about the Australian legend with a bold presentation even as he avoids having a clear point of view 
3
True History of the Kelly Gang
Joe Friar
The film is violent absorbing and a must for any western fan Beautifully shot by cinematographer Ari Wegner The cast is first rate 
3.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Luke Parker
In trading the American frontier for barren branch graveyards and facts largely for fiction this stylized folk tale is patched together by the same needles that weave myths 
3.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Rene Sanchez
A stylish and visceral film that questions the veracity of the myths and legends that are part of every nation s history Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
James Berardinelli
Those who enjoy gritty angry Westerns especially those set in the Australian bush rather than along the American frontier will find much here to their taste none of which is in need of additional seasoning 
3
True History of the Kelly Gang
Tom Meek
The take on Kelly by Justin Kurzel is an alluring muddled meander punctuated with madness mayhem and tedious backstory 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Kathy Fennessy
it does mean you re better off reading Peter Carey s novel a rip roaring work of historical fiction that truly does its namesake proud 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Steven Prokopy
True History of the Kelly Gang is an impressive revolutionary piece of folklore caked in filth and baked under the Australian sun 
3.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An insane far from dull movie 
3
True History of the Kelly Gang
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is myth making splattered in blood scored with an electric guitar and enacted with such brazen bigness that you wouldn t be surprised if the cast assembled for a curtain call at the end 
3.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Robert Horton
Think of this film as a kind of upside down cousin to Sofia Coppola s Marie Antoinette It replaces Coppola s powdered bon bons with gore soaked raunch but both films seek to goose up their historical pageants with modern tudes and styles 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Oliver Jones
Kurzel s film doesn t simply show us the shattered masculinity and class rage that fueled Kelly s infamous late 19th century crime spree it shoots that energy outward like sparks from a forge 
3
True History of the Kelly Gang
Mark Dujsik
I ts style is more of an impediment to the movie s potential depth than a complement to it 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By the end when the inevitable happens it s hard to care much since we know so little But at least we had some fun along the way 
2
True History of the Kelly Gang
Ty Burr
Kurzel wants this true history to be a Rorschach blot of Australia s national psychology but he s made something closer to splatter art instead 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Joey Magidson
True History of the Kelly Gang is an ambitious effort At times the fuels added to the fire is a real boon Other times it s a lot of energy that doesn t add up to a lot 
3
True History of the Kelly Gang
Mike McGranaghan
This may not be the definitive movie about Ned Kelly but it s a skillfully made picture with plenty of thrilling drama 
3
True History of the Kelly Gang
Ed Gonzalez
In more than one sense Justin Kurzel s aggressively strange film queers the myth of the oft lionized Ned Kelly 
2.5
True History of the Kelly Gang
Roger Moore
A grim and uneven slog visual flourishes inspired casting that leads to a few brilliant performances and an exhausting mid section that halts the action and shortchanges the career of the outlaw
2
Desperate Characters
Roger Ebert
The movie s characters are decent people but morally exhausted They have no way or desire to keep going yet they hang on raggedly to a city existence that s taken any sense of balance or sanity 
3
Two Can Play That Game
Michael Dequina
A cute little trifle that delivers on the good time it promises 
3
Two Can Play That Game
Steve Rhodes
Even if the film is rather like a sitcom it is like a really good sitcom Think Friends 
3
Two Can Play That Game
Edward Guthmann
Brown s writing is often insightful and he manages to split the viewpoint between men and women 
3
Two Can Play That Game
Rod Armstrong
A smorgasbord of likable performances a dollop of sassy humor and a helping of useful insights into modern relationships make the movie a palatable if not exceedingly satisfying morsel 
2.5
Two Can Play That Game
Lou Lumenick
We ve seen this all before and better 
1.5
Two Can Play That Game
Kevin Courrier
Brown doesn t create satirical sex comedies so much as etiquette guides out of Dale Carnegie or Anthony Robbins 
2
Two Can Play That Game
Roger Ebert
The movie does have charm and moments of humor but what it doesn t have is romance 
2.5
Two Can Play That Game
Tony Toscano
A great date film with some honest laughs 
2.5
Two Can Play That Game
Carrie Rickey
A snappily fun Mantrap Movie 
3
Two Can Play That Game
Rob Blackwelder
Populated by pathetically shallow players of both sexes and very talented actors trapped by their skin color in a tired genre of self perpetuating stereotypes 
2
Two Can Play That Game
Dan Lybarger
Two Can Play That Game is one look at gender warfare that could use a little more ammunition 
2
The Comebacks
David Nusair
has been infused with an increasingly desperate sensibility that s reflected in the film s almost total lack of genuine laughs 
1
The Comebacks
Scott Nash
Saying the makers of this film did a half ass job is giving them half of an ass more credit than they deserve 
1.5
The Comebacks
Linda Cook
Throwing one sex joke after another does not a funny movie make Just look at The Comebacks which is supposed to be a spoof of inspirational sports movies but instead is a parade of mostly lame sexual humor 
1
The Comebacks
Sandie Angulo Chen
Crude sports spoof too dumbed down to be funny 
1
The Comebacks
John Monaghan
There is no I in team but there are three in idiotic And idiotic more or less describes the appeal of The Comebacks a so stupid it s funny spoof of inspirational sports dramas 
2
The Comebacks
Bruce DeMara
Sports fans including those with old head injuries are likely to cheer The rest of us may just go for the long pass 
1.5
The Comebacks
Jennie Punter
The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker 
.5
The Comebacks
Ken Fox
As painful as it sounds 
1
The Comebacks
Wesley Morris
As dumb spoofs go The Comebacks isn t bad It takes almost every sports movie of the last five years Field of Dreams too and blends them into a single slapdash comedy 
2.5
The Comebacks
Frank Ochieng
Let s face it folks we need another repetitive spoof movie like a piglet needs dirty fingernails never registers beyond aping its lazy connect the dots jocularity 
1.5
The Comebacks
Gene Seymour
Keep your head down your expectations low and maybe good things will happen We repeat Maybe 
0.5
My Little Pony: The Movie
Kevin A. Ranson
fans old and new should be entertained as long as they re old enough to pay attention to what s happening on the screen Seriously how bitter are you if you re hating on this 
3
My Little Pony: The Movie
James Kendrick
has an almost manic sense of visual intensity despite its traditional two dimensional hand drawn characters and it often comes across like a hyper puppy that is both eager to please and also intent on doing whatever it wants 
2
My Little Pony: The Movie
Jay Horton
MLPTM creators are all too aware they now serve two masters However kid friendly the daft plot its dialogue has been sharpened for a much older far more cynical clientele Bronyism hangs heavy over each knowing aside and attempted clever reference 
2
My Little Pony: The Movie
Roger Moore
Insipid 
1
My Little Pony: The Movie
Josh Terry
Parents would do well to skip My Little Pony The Movie The better move would be to put their money into some new My Little Pony toys and let the kids imagine much more convincing adventures of their own 
1.5
My Little Pony: The Movie
Christy Lemire
Imagine eating a giant bag of Skittles then throwing it all up in a fit of sugar induced nausea and you ll have some idea of what it feels like to sit through My Little Pony The Movie 
1.5
My Little Pony: The Movie
Ryan Porter
Most of the film feels like an exercise in creating enough plot to hit the 90 minute mark 
2
My Little Pony: The Movie
Sean P. Means
My Little Pony The Movie is a candy colored chunk of pure escapism that outshines the cynicism one might feel for a franchise run by a toy company 
3
My Little Pony: The Movie
Mark Dujsik
My Little Pony The Movie is as advertised It s a movie and it contains ponies 
1.5
My Little Pony: The Movie
Keith Watson
Visually plain and ploddingly paced My Little Pony The Movie suggests four episodes of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic smushed together with a Sia music video tacked on at the end 
1
My Little Pony: The Movie
Jody Mitori
The animated film has what fans of the TV series expect their favorite ponies on an adventure with occasional songs about friendship and togetherness 
2.5
The Measure of a Man
Mattie Lucas
Presents us with an unassuming but surprisingly sharp moral quandary a nagging question of honor that s hard to shake 
3
The Measure of a Man
Moira MacDonald
Stéphane Brizé s The Measure of a Man feels so real you re almost startled when it s over it seems as if this French drama about a middle aged husband and father facing unemployment should just go on as life tends to do 
3
The Measure of a Man
Mick LaSalle
As 15 minutes turns into a half hour and then an hour and then more viewers will get tired of nodding their heads The movie makes a point but it doesn t build on it 
2
The Measure of a Man
Nathalie Atkinson
On this small scale and rather ordinary canvas the human drama is keenly felt 
3
The Measure of a Man
Peter Sobczynski
The Measure of a Man may be a hard film to watch at times but with Lindon s great performance at its center it is one from which you cannot look away 
4
The Measure of a Man
Peter Howell
Stéphane Brizé s humanist drama tallies the slow drip of dignity in a downsized world 
3.5
The Measure of a Man
Farran Smith Nehme
French director Stéphane Brizé films in lingering takes with Lindon in almost every shot and the actor is wonderful able to convey Thierry s conflict even when his back is to the camera 
3.5
The Measure of a Man
Chuck Bowen
The director s greatest asset though is Lindon s sad weathered haunted face which invests the film with omniscient heartache offering evidence of the sense of self that s lost in the bureaucratic labyrinth that many of us call home 
3.5
The Measure of a Man
Kent Turner
It was no surprise that Vincent Lindon won the best actor prize for The Measure of a Man At its premiere he received a five minute standing ovation 
2.5
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Kam Williams
Advance token to Boardwalk 
3
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Chuck Bowen
Under the Boardwalk is affectionate and inoffensive but unavoidably disposable 
2
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Alison Gang
Feels as wholesome as a Norman Rockwell illustration hitting just the kind of nostalgic chord the game inspires in those who grew up playing it 
3
Hansel & Gretel
Stephen Cole
It is a film that is just good enough to keep you hanging around to the end at which point you leave the theatre feeling vaguely let down 
2
General Della Rovere
Fernando F. Croce
A fascinating crossroads in Rossellini s career 
3.5
Submergence
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Cheesy and boring movie Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
0
Submergence
Gayle MacDonald
The audience is left then submerged in two very different movies where the protagonists are going to sink or swim but unsatisfyingly not together 
2
Submergence
Robert Horton
I did like the Germanic sobriety Wenders applies to the material you never doubt something is at stake even if the storytelling pieces don t always pay off 
2.5
Submergence
Matt Zoller Seitz
The actors and the filmmaking are seductive enough that Submergence isn t a chore to sit through but it s not engrossing either 
2
Submergence
Roger Moore
All mood and somber tone moments of action or the threat of it interrupting the sheer tedium of a romance that never sparks 
2
Submergence
Jake Cole
Submergence s globetrotting only succeeds at exposing the hollowness of the characters at the film s center 
1
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime With Roo
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Lovers of all things Pooh will undoubtedly want to own this Blu ray release while children in the single digit range will now have another go to title to watch every Easter 
2.5
Abducted
David Nusair
incredibly cheesy thriller 
0
The Gronholm Method
Wesley Morris
The movie doesn t trust that an illuminating comedy of pathetic people can be entertaining for long so it sprinkles some hormones on the proceedings 
2.5
The Gronholm Method
Maitland McDonagh
May not shed any new light on corporate avarice or mendacity but it gives a stronger cast the opportunity to play a delicate game of psychological cat and mouse with the viewer 
3
The Gronholm Method
Jan Stuart
The Method is a tartly performed compulsively watchable glass tower And Then There Were None in which the only blood that gets spilt comes from places that hurt the most pride and ego 
3
The Gronholm Method
Kam Williams
Ostensibly inspired by The Apprentice what this reality movie s missing most is a cocky host with a cotton candy colored comb over How do you say You re fired in Spanish 
1.5
The Gronholm Method
Ed Gonzalez
Gripping but insignificant The Method suggests Glengarry Glenn Ross with its teeth knocked out by Tony Soprano and nursed back to health by Mark Burnett 
2
The Gronholm Method
Pam Grady
The film is delightful like a quality Gilligan s Island for these nervous globalized times 
3
The Rain People
Roger Ebert
As for Coppola and his world It s difficult to say whether his film is successful or not That s the beautiful thing about a lot of the new experimental American directors 
4
Rock-A-Doodle
Michael Dequina
One of feature animation s greatest fiascoes 
1
Rock-A-Doodle
Roger Ebert
The movie has some good songs and some lively animation but what bothered me was that most of the interaction between characters was on the level of violence 
2
Swann in Love
Roger Ebert
Swann in Love is a stylish period love story surrounding its central characters with still other pathetic seekers of perfection 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Mattie Lucas
An intriguing if strangely empty glimpse inside a seemingly glamorous world 
2.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Perry Seibert
For those inclined to follow Soderbergh down every nook and cranny of his career it will be a welcome reminder of how restlessly probing he can be about matters of the heart 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Peter Keough
Not that The GirlfriendExperience rises to the level of Godard s Vivre sa vie but it does provoke a host of issues that wisely it makes no attempt to resolve 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
David Nusair
yet another failed cinematic experiment from Soderbergh 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Nick Rogers
Like a sneaky P I seeking weakness Soderbergh places his camera behind everyday barriers In half the time The Girlfriend Experience offers as haunting relentless incisive and fierce a commentary on human interaction as Fight Club 
4
The Girlfriend Experience
Marty Mapes
The nature of men and the business of relationships
4
The Girlfriend Experience
Sonny Bunch
The Girlfriend Experience is a fascinating character study that sheds new light on the tumultuous times in which we live 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Mike Scott
A mostly hollow experiment built upon a thoroughly artificial vibe that never really connects 
1.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Peter Howell
The movie ends so abruptly it runs a scant 77 minutes it s a toss up as to whether Soderbergh was trying to make an auteur statement or simply lost his mojo 
2.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Liam Lacey
This is one of the director s small experimental semi improvised provocations and if it doesn t push too deep it s pointed enough to leave a mark 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Robert W. Butler
Grey is comfortable in front of the camera and this time she gets to keep most of her clothes on but her range is limited 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Rob Thomas
But take away the bedroom settings erotic websites and pillow talk and it s really a fascinating look at anyone who finds their business and personal lives completely fused together 
3.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Carla Meyer
Steven Soderbergh s study of a high priced Manhattan call girl through the prism of the economic crisis is meta enough to intrigue yet too removed to truly engage 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Michael Sragow
The awkward improvised language flat acting self conscious filmmaking and thin characterization sabotage the movie 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Dustin Putman
Sasha Grey s participation deserves to be but a footnote in the context of a compact fascinating meticulously constructed motion picture with far more to offer than one unfamiliar with director Steven Soderbergh might be expecting 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Robert Levin
The Girlfriend Experience functions as a sharp poignant allegory despite its relentless focus and wealth of concise specific detail 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Claudia Puig
The life of an upscale hooker Even in the throes of passion it s beyond bland 
2.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Chris Hewitt
Chris and Chelsea the main characters in The Girlfriend Experience are buff hot busy and boring 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Moira MacDonald
It s a brief 77 minutes of vague pretty blankness a mere sketch of a character and a movie 
1.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Peter Travers
What makes The Girlfriend Experience a fresh provocation is not the new ways available to build a fantasy but the near impossibility of negotiating one you can actually believe in 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Steven Rea
Coldly voyeuristic the film is a piece of cultural anthropology that doesn t even pretend to get into the soul of its characters 
2.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Stephen Whitty
Whatever talents Grey may demonstrate in her other films are completely absent here 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Kyle Smith
Like a stag movie as conceived by the editors of the Financial Times 
1
The Girlfriend Experience
Lisa Kennedy
Like its protagonist the film is pretty to look at but emotionally chilly conceptually rich but narratively unfulfilling 
2
The Girlfriend Experience
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Soderbergh does a remarkable job of blurring sound and images presenting the film as a whole jumble of feelings rather than a series of events 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Ty Burr
What could seem an empty stylistic exercise and was in the director s 2002 Full Frontal serves to bring a fresh urgency to the tale ultimately granting the audience a wisdom and perspective the characters never possess 
3.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Joe Williams
Like an X ray the focused power of sex lies and hi def video cuts to the bone 
3.5
The Girlfriend Experience
Roger Ebert
This film is true about human nature It clearly it sees needs and desires It is not universal but within its particular focus it is unrelenting 
4
The Girlfriend Experience
James Berardinelli
The director s ruthlessly unsentimental depiction of Christine s lifestyle makes for fascinating albeit distanced voyeurism 
3
The Girlfriend Experience
Nick Schager
All the world s a financial transaction just waiting to be negotiated in The Girlfriend Experience a handsome frosty rather one note time capsule from October 2008 
2.5
The Overnighters
John Beifuss
Has been described as a 21st century The Grapes of Wrath but its plot twists are of the type that might have caused Tom Joad to hightail it back to Oklahoma 
3.5
The Overnighters
Nathan Southern
The Overnighters an ambitious documentary about the plight of the working class directed produced and photographed by Jesse Moss is one of the trickiest nonfiction films to emerge in quite some time 
3.5
The Overnighters
Stephanie Merry
The Overnighters is commendable for many reasons not the least of which is the way it allows complex issues to remain complex There is a clear conflict between the pastor and the town but there s no good vs evil 
3.5
The Overnighters
Michael Phillips
So much of The Overnighters tells all sorts of truths and Moss earned the trust of his subjects whatever they might think of the result 
3.5
The Overnighters
Barry Hertz
Moss films this tale of economic anxiety and almost pathological compassion with an uncomfortable intensity His camera captures hushed conversations spilled secrets and moral trespasses with barely a flinch 
3.5
The Overnighters
Peter Howell
A sobering must see The Overnighters speaks to the eternal dilemma of doing the right thing in a community beset by suspicion and fear 
2
The Overnighters
Peter Keough
Through patience skill discretion and trust Jesse Moss has taken a seemingly small town story and turned it into both a microcosm of today s most urgent issues and a portrait of a single suffering soul 
4
The Overnighters
Robert Levin
This is a damning indictment a modern day Grapes of Wrath chronicling nothing short of basic decency s collapse in a depressed environment of mistrust and unease 
3.5
The Overnighters
Sean P. Means
Every moment including a surprise ending will bring tears to your eyes 
4
The Overnighters
David Lewis
Moss was basically a one man production crew which explains how he was able to film such intimate painful conversations His work is haunting one of the best documentaries of the year 
4
The Overnighters
Godfrey Cheshire
While The Overnighters has the feel of an epic given what an expansive slice of America s current economic experience it ponders it s also a very intimate one 
3.5
The Overnighters
Clayton Dillard
Fact and fiction bleed into a sometimes aesthetically questionable but consistently compelling interrogation of the ever diminishing space for social ethics and Christian based morality within state level governmental order 
2.5
Thirteen Women
John Beifuss
A rarely seen undervalued and racially provocative semi horror film that anticipates the body count movies of future decades this is a doozy and a knockout with Myrna Loy at her sexiest and most exotic 
3.5
Hotel Noir
Rex Reed
The film s weakest link is Rufus Sewell s rumpled gumshoe inarticulate and mumbling to the point of madness 
2
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Paul Sherman
The film should be required viewing for all Americans 
3
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Ty Burr
Presents a convincing case that the wrong man took Florida and the country 
3.5
Softness of Bodies
Christopher James
Softness of Bodies works best almost as an elongated short It s a fun character study with some interesting visual quirks and a strange funny lead performance 
2.5
Ladies in Black
Roger Moore
Corny and old fashioned but charming 
2.5
Chapter Two
Roger Ebert
Simon is usually the most quick footed and witted of dialogue writers but this time he gives us more than two hours of discussions arguments debates reconciliations and accusations that quickly become tedious 
2
Cyclo
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Part of Cyclo s voluptuous mystery is that it unravels simultaneously like a documentary and an expressionist or surrealist vision 
4
Cyclo
Eric Henderson
Liquids become the motif d abus of the film water blood vomit sweat oil urine humidity and paint 
2.5
Broken Vessels
Michael Dequina
Makes a quieter but deeper impression than Bringing Out the Dead 
3
Broken Vessels
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie special is the way both lead actors find the right quiet notes for their performances 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Brian Eggert
Waititi s message of anti hate proves resounding and good natured leaving the audience firmly dismissive toward the film s target the hatred inherent to Nazi ideology 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Jason Fraley
Taika Waititi Thor Ragnarok directs this black comedy about a boy in the Hitler Youth who learns his mom Scarlett Johansson is hiding a Jewish girl in their home 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Federico Furzan
An excellent entry in the world of movies that would like to change past history with just the right amount of innocence and comedy Full review in Spanish 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Linda Cook
Jojo Rabbit is an anti hate satire 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
David Nusair
an erratic yet generally rewarding endeavor from a decidedly oddball filmmaker 
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Kevin A. Ranson
using satire to set up a series of gut punches Waititi succeeds in the impossible a positive journey toward understanding and a stark reminder of what s at stake if the world ever forgets 
4
Jojo Rabbit
James Kendrick
not just frequently hilarious but genuinely moving and thoughtful at the same time
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Mattie Lucas
The film certainly has good intentions but it gets woefully lost somewhere on the road to hell 
2
Jojo Rabbit
Matt Brunson
Whereas the comedy of To Be or Not to Be and The Producers was largely rooted in slapstick and dialogue Jojo Rabbit finds Waititi taking a more surreal approach 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Alan French
Jojo rarely gets more than a chuckle out of its audience making it surprisingly dull All the energy and jokes that Waititi layers throughout his other films are non existent
2
Jojo Rabbit
Sarah Knight Adamson
Taika Waititi has created something very new fresh and different Jojo Rabbit Is a reminder that we shouldn t be quick to make judgements and that we should follow our hearts and do what is right The comedic aspects are hysterical 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Joe Friar
It won t connect with everyone But if it does the film by Taika Waititi will take you on a rollercoaster ride filled with emotional ups and downs One of 2019 s best films 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Brandy McDonnell
One of the best films of the year Jojo Rabbit nimbly zips through the full gamut of emotions It s by turns uproarious warm heart rending horrifying silly surreal scary and joyous 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Michael Smith
It s a good joke for a while but after two hours it felt like beating a dead unicorn 
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Josh Larsen
feels like a zany prank being pulled on a dictatorial teacher by the smartest kid in the room 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Sara Michelle Fetters
The acting is universally spectacular both Davis and especially McKenzie making an indelible impression 
3
Jojo Rabbit
James Berardinelli
The ingredients are appetizing but the final mixture curdles 
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Robert Horton
It isn t every day you find yourself saying this about a movie but I ll go there Not enough Hitler 
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Josh Terry
In spite of the film s unconventional and off the wall style it isn t hard to see where the different dynamics of Jojo Rabbit s principal characters are headed But the journey is delightful heartbreaking and truly remarkable 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Sean P. Means
Waititi takes the old line that history doesn t repeat itself but it often rhymes and suggests that sometimes history is a profane limerick 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Max Weiss
It has ended up being one of the funniest slyest and most unexpectedly humane films of the year 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Steven Prokopy
In the end it s as surprisingly moving as it is challenging at times 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Richard Roeper
Jojo Rabbit draws upon the past to make salient points about the state of the world today with Waititi urging us sometimes in not so subtle ways to pay attention to history 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It works beautifully each moment bursting with playfulness and impeccable timing and yet never losing sight of kindness 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Jeff Mitchell
Taika successfully pulls off a tightrope walk from the top of the 368 meter Fernsehturm Berlin to the tallest point of the 331 meter Europaturm 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Tom Meek
Jojo Rabbit delivers a palpable human story that touches as we laugh and the world around explodes 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Walter Chaw
A largely unremarkable movie that trafficks in sentimentality and a Pollyannaish worldview 
1
Jojo Rabbit
Mark Dujsik
Laughing at the Nazis seems to be Waititi s only moral imperative with this movie which becomes a pretty significant problem for it 
2
Jojo Rabbit
Christian Toto
Taika Waititi s Third Reich romp is black comedy at its finest 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Ann Hornaday
A sprightly attractively composed coming of age comedy set in World War II Germany Jojo Rabbit is an audacious high wire act 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Mick LaSalle
As a director Waititi is in command of the movie s disparate elements and harmonizes them into a coherent whole 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Rex Reed
It s a well meaning idea that never quite succeeds on the levels of either comedy or drama Call it a noble failure 
2
Jojo Rabbit
Sara Stewart
Director Taika Waititi s self described anti hate satire blossoms into a big hearted black comedy with the thorniest possible subject at its center 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Brian Truitt
As much as it makes you laugh Waititi s must watch effort is a warm hug of a movie that just so happens to have a lot of important things to say 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Roger Moore
Cute but a serio comic hothouse flower too fragile to pack much of a satiric punch too delicate to deliver the comic sting Waititi aspires to
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Jocelyn Noveck
Waititi injects enough heart and wit into this enterprise to make a case that artists like him should at least be trying to find creative ways to educate new generations about the horrors of the past 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Bob Bloom
Watiti s Jojo Rabbit puts a spotlight directly into the eyes of evil as well as ridiculing hateful ideologies and dialogues contaminating today s world 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Joey Magidson
Taika Waititi mixes some dark moments with subversive comedy in Jojo Rabbit and if it s not on the level of Mel Brooks it still stands out in a majorly compelling way 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Katie Walsh
Waititi s silly irreverent performance takes the pomp and vigor out of the blustering Fuhrer declawing the towering 20th century figure of hate However in doing so he declaws his own satire too 
2
Jojo Rabbit
Shane Slater
Waititi keeps his distinctive voice in tact with Jojo Rabbit a poignant anti war satire that is also his funniest film to date 
3.5
Jojo Rabbit
Peter Howell
Taika Waititi knocks it out of der park with the meaningful lunacy of his anti hate satire which is equal parts Mel Brooks Wes Anderson and Waititi s own whimsical brilliance 
4
Jojo Rabbit
Rafer Guzman
It s a tender hearted film eager to find the saving grace of humor amidst horror That s to be commended even if it only partly succeeds 
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Brian Tallerico
Jojo Rabbit doesn t quite come together the way its opening promises and most shockingly lacks the punch it needs to really work 
2.5
Jojo Rabbit
Barry Hertz
Jojo Rabbit excels with at least a sincerely attempted if not exactly precise balance of humour and horror absurdity and tragedy 
3
Jojo Rabbit
Keith Uhlich
Waititi is incapable of dealing with the twin horrors of oppression and indoctrination beyond cheap seats sentimentality and joke making 
0
X, Y & Zee
Roger Ebert
The movie in this case is no masterpiece but audiences are having fun at it because it unzips along at a nice vulgar clip 
2.5
Allure
Kate Taylor
The drama is memorable but often feels grimly unpleasant rather than moving 
2
Allure
Bruce DeMara
One well crafted and unsettling tale 
3
Allure
James Berardinelli
The screenplay doesn t rise to the level of the behind the camera craftmanship or the acting 
2.5
Allure
Susan Wloszczyna
The utterly humorless script of Allure often makes for uneasy viewing 
2
Allure
Derek Smith
There s no reprieve from the dour tone of Carlos and Jason Sanchez s film 
1.5
Vice Squad
Matt Brunson
Hubley s good and Hauser s great but sleaze factor aside there s little to distinguish this from a standard episode of say Kojak or T J Hooker 
2.5
Vice Squad
Eric Henderson
Squad s vices are its virtue 
3
El Valley Centro
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Though I had a nice time watching this movie overall I m sure I would have enjoyed it more if I d had more of a sense of logical progression or regression from one shot to the next 
2
Parenthood
David Nusair
an engaging and often engrossing picture that benefits substantially from the efforts of a uniformly superb cast 
3.5
Parenthood
Gary Thompson
Parenthood gets a lot of emotional mileage out of kiddie antics but Howard has thankfully given us a little more 
3
Parenthood
Desmond Ryan
The fulcrum of the film is Martin It s an adventurous and successful stroke of casting that takes advantage of what the audience expects from him 
3
Parenthood
Gene Siskel
Parenthood easily could have focused exclusively on yuppie parents and their kids however the script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is more sophisticated than that remembering that every parent is still a child too 
3.5
Parenthood
Dave Kehr
With Parenthood Howard as a director has discovered weight but not gravity For all of its admirable seriousness the film finally floats away 
2
Parenthood
Eric Henderson
Parenthood is a middlebrow masterpiece Not a masterpiece of middlebrow but a middlebrow masterpiece with the latter word being the subject not the modifier 
3.5
Parenthood
Roger Ebert
It s the best kind of comedy where we recognize the truth of what s happening even while we re smiling and where we eventually acknowledge that there is a truth in comedy that serious drama never can quite reach 
4
Parenthood
Mark R. Leeper
A mosaic that views parenthood from many different angles and approaches and at times even comes near to restoring something that has been missing from film some powerful drama 
3
Parenthood
Steve Rhodes
Most films are advised not to include too many featured parts lest none be adequately developed but director Ron Howard is one of the few who can and does bring this off 
3.5
Parenthood
Chris Hicks
The performances are all wonderful each actor having received some sort of acting plum and each giving it his all Director Ron Howard is very good at comedy and his timing is expert throughout the film 
2.5
Office Killer
Edward Guthmann
It can t decide what it wants to be slasher fest social satire or revenge comedy and ends up being an awkward goulash 
1
The Violent Four
Roger Ebert
Never in your life have you seen so many cops and robbers hanging out the windows of speeding automobiles and machine gunning each other 
2
Superman II
Michael Dequina
The spectacular battle scenes the tenderly poignant love story and the still amusing work by Hackman make its broad transgressions quite forgivable 
3.5
Superman II
David Nusair
as uneven and overlong as the first one 
2.5
Superman II
Peter Canavese
By its very nature the resulting film is severely compromised but still rip roaring unpretentious entertainment 
3
Superman II
Roger Ebert
Superman II begins in midstream and never looks back 
4
Superman II
James O'Ehley
Perhaps not as good as the first Superman this one offers more action and laughs a minute 
3
Superman II
James Berardinelli
Both Kidder and Reeve shine 
3.5
Searching
Brian Eggert
Chaganty s unsubtle approach broadcasts every clue relying on a tired formula where every detail onscreen proves significant in a dull way Attentive viewers will see the twists coming 
2
Searching
Mattie Lucas
Feels like an old fashioned whodunit in a thoroughly modern setting charting a bold new cinematic course into the digital world 
3
Searching
Federico Furzan
No fancy shots are required to show the true fear and panic of a desperate father Searching is so effective we cannot imagine it being made under a traditional method 
3.5
Searching
Matt Brunson
An utterly riveting thriller that refuses to merely coast on the back of its potentially gimmicky setup 
3.5
Searching
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A kind of new version of Hardcore in the Breve New World of the internet and social networks Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Searching
Joe Friar
The tense thriller keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat with exceptional performances by John Cho and Debra Messing 
3.5
Searching
Joey Magidson
Before slightly getting too silly at the end it s an enthralling tale that brings out a surprising emotion 
3.5
Searching
Linda Cook
Search no more here s a terrific thriller 
4
Searching
Mike McGranaghan
Searching s mystery is constructed like the interior of a clock Everything adds up with no noticeable plot holes It s impressively designed 
3
Searching
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty does an absolutely fantastic job of instantly drawing the viewer into the proceedings 
3.5
Searching
Josh Terry
There s a thin line between unique and gimmick but Chaganty handles his execution in a way that makes Searching immensely engaging 
3
Searching
James Berardinelli
Searching is a taut effectively paced mystery thriller with a powerful emotional component 
3
Searching
Robert Horton
It s possible this movie might work better streamed on your own laptop as the windows within windows effect gets multiplied 
2
Searching
Roger Moore
Riveting right up to the end which is a cheat 
2.5
Searching
Brad Wheeler
The suspense is satisfactory the pace is well sustained What really clicks though is the message We leave digital bread crumbs everywhere we go and if our secrets are not safe neither are we 
3
Searching
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
W hile there s adequate material here to hold one s interest we long throughout for the promise of the brilliant opening 
2.5
Searching
Mark Dujsik
That there is an intimately personal angle here is a testament to Chaganty s storytelling abilities 
3
Searching
Bruce DeMara
A well crafted mystery with quite a few unexpected twists and turns 
3
Searching
Moira MacDonald
Searching a pleasantly gimmicky movie gets its power from something that isn t a gimmick at all an actor s ability to simply and movingly tell a story 
3.5
Searching
Peter Canavese
Twisty thrills also result in a climactic pileup a resolution that strains credibility with a dynamic leading performance by Cho Chaganty manages an engaging popcorn suspense picture that also speaks to technology enabling and frustrating 
2.5
Searching
Mark Jenkins
A clever but silicon chip thin movie 
2.5
Searching
Robert Daniels
We become lost within the frame We suspend our disbelief not to see a film on a screen but a film framed to a screen 
3.5
Searching
Katie Walsh
The film does take a few too many turns on its journey The end feels rushed outlandish and possibly even reshot
2.5
Searching
Randy Myers
There s a clear understanding of and respect for the essentials of good storytelling fully developed characters a strong narrative and a sense of purpose 
3.5
Searching
Christy Lemire
It aims for and earns genuine emotion rather than cheap thrills 
3
Searching
Dustin Putman
An urgent and unnerving masterclass in creating tension through minimalism dripping with the peril of what has already taken place and what may occur next Searching is sure to remain one of 2018 s best and smartest thrillers 
3.5
Searching
Rick Bentley
Along with producing a taut thriller Chaganty balances the story with very human moments 
3
Searching
Steven Winn
The movie might work better if the psychological puzzle tucked inside it were more engaging or surprising But as the pieces fall into place in a clunky resolution the story turns as flat as the screens that contain it 
2
Searching
Derek Smith
As nimble as Aneesh Chaganty is in presenting his main character s multi faceted interaction with technology in the first hour the film suddenly morphs into a generic and manipulative missing person thriller 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Russ Breimeier
A charming and dramatic tearjerker that s sweet without resorting to syrup 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Wesley Lovell
The film s about knowing where your inner child is and letting it out to explore great worlds of adventure 
4
Finding Neverland
Jorge Avila Andrade
En una poca tan falta de historias agradables que rejuvenezcan el espritu humano y nos transporten a lo mejor de nuestra infancia un filme como este es perfecto 
3
Finding Neverland
Michael A. Smith
The jewel in the cast is 12 year old Highmore Not since Henry Thomas in E T has such a young actor held the screen with such emotion 
4
Finding Neverland
Mike McGranaghan
Finding Neverland was a real discovery for me How many of us knew what a personal emotional and heartfelt tale this was 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Wilson Morales
Finding Neverland is full of wit emotion adventure and mystery that will inspire all ages to come see why and how Peter Pan was born 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Jonathan R. Perry
Man did Johnny Depp pick the wrong year to give the performance of a lifetime 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Eric Melin
The movie is the fairy tale version of the making of a fairy tale 
3
Finding Neverland
Steven Snyder
Although one should always be skeptical about movies that claim to be inspired by actual events Finding Neverland is bursting with such affection heartache and hope that it becomes the kind of story you want to be true even if it seems a bit contrived 
3.5
Finding Neverland
John Beifuss
A movie that celebrates the power of the imagination while also recognizing its limits in a real world of disappointment marital disharmony and death 
3.5
Finding Neverland
James Kendrick
a whimsical film that tries to shine the brightest possible light on its subject matter
3
Finding Neverland
Forrest Hartman
Childishly optimistic which seems appropriate for a movie about the making of Peter Pan 
4
Finding Neverland
Greg Maki
Depp has never been better than he is in Neverland 
4
Finding Neverland
Collin Souter
Manages to win the viewer over in spite of itself while further perpetuating the myth of Peter Pan as an eternal headcase 
3
Finding Neverland
Larry Ratliff
Marc Forster s subtle yet powerful blend of reality and Barrie s flights of mental whimsy combine for the rarest of the rare cinematic excellence 
4
Finding Neverland
Duane Dudek
Offers tantalizing glimpses of the intangible and inexplicable that lurk behind the known world to be seen by the mind s eye of those who look hard enough 
3
Finding Neverland
Marty Mapes
Not so much a biography as a sweet emotional drama
3
Finding Neverland
Jeff Vice
The film will probably wring a few tears from even the most cynical hard hearted moviegoer 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Lawrence Toppman
Depp gives the most controlled least mannered performance of his career staying sweet and rueful while suggesting unseen emotional depths 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Sean P. Means
Captures both an artist s labors and a child s dreams and shows that in certain lucky cases the two are really the same 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Matt Brunson
What ends up on the screen is as much fiction as fact but it s the sort of inspirational saga that will make audiences wish this was the way it really happened 
3
Finding Neverland
Phil Villarreal
Depp throws himself so totally into Barrie s giddy sense of innocent glee it s hardly noticeable that there is little substance to the movie 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Sean McBride
It s simply magical to watch as boys jumping on the bed suddenly take flight in Barrie s mind
3.5
Finding Neverland
James Verniere
You won t find the real J M Barrie in Finding Neverland but in his time Hoffman might have been the first actor to find the Pan in Peter Pan 
3
Finding Neverland
Rene Rodriguez
Watchable and passably engaging 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Mick LaSalle
The movie is one long snooze until the finish leaves half the audience glowing and in tears 
3
Finding Neverland
David Elliott
Marc Forster is lost in Edwardian Neverland The plot is not only cloddishly obvious but thinner than a stage scrim and Barrie s genius is scarcely explored 
1.5
Finding Neverland
Moira MacDonald
Pretty as a Victorian candy box and gentle as a sleeping child s breath Finding Neverland is a small treasure of a film 
4
Finding Neverland
Joe Baltake
Guided by Depp s gentle performance Winslet s wistfulness and Macdonald s intense Pan Finding Neverland will send you out of the theater crying and saying I do believe 
4
Finding Neverland
Bruce Westbrook
Some things are worth causing a lump in your throat Finding Neverland is one of them 
4
Finding Neverland
Rick Groen
It s a mild pleasure to watch 
3
Finding Neverland
Terry Lawson
We can always see the frightened little boy in the man and the importance of the role that make believe plays in a world often too eager to tell us to accept things as they are instead of urging us to remake them by dreaming of how they could be 
3
Finding Neverland
Josh Larsen
joyfully celebrates the intersection of imagination and art 
3
Finding Neverland
Lisa Kennedy
The verities are about the ways imagination is craved and curtailed by loved ones and by society 
3
Finding Neverland
Mary F. Pols
Finding Neverland is as relentlessly fanciful as Peter Pan itself 
3
Finding Neverland
Roger Ebert
For Depp Finding Neverland is the latest in an extraordinary series of performances 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Wesley Morris
Good taste runs amok The movie is careful to offend no one which in a more dramatically told film might not be as irritating 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Jeffrey Westhoff
If Peter Pan were forgotten and Barrie just an obscure failed playwright Finding Neverland still would enchant
3
Finding Neverland
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite its failings the film eventually succeeds thanks to Depp s fearless performance and to a few well placed heartbreakers 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Erik Childress
If you can t get inspired by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet you certainly have no imagination 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Peter Canavese
A missed opportunity recommendable to audiences looking for a warm hearted tearjerking movie but not terribly commendable for cineastes in search of a sophisticated film 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Bruce Newman
It is Depp who makes the magic real enough to believe 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Chris Hewitt
There s a lot happening in Neverland much of it lovely 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Phoebe Flowers
Finding Neverland is Depp at his finest and most accessible 
3
Finding Neverland
Jeff Strickler
Intelligent and inspiring 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Michael Wilmington
Finding Neverland has a radiance that comes primarily from Depp s performance but finally suffuses the whole movie with its marvelous cast and lovingly created images of a British Edwardian past 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Austin O'Connor
There s a simple word to describe Finding Neverland but it s one that too few movies can qualify for these caustic days lovely 
4
Finding Neverland
Jeanne Aufmuth
Impeccable production and a lovely swelling score will make a believer of the most cynical viewer 
3
Finding Neverland
Jonathan W. Hickman
Depp tells more with expression here than with dialogue which is becoming his trademark following his Oscar nomination last year for playing a pirate who often said things that were undecipherable 
4
Finding Neverland
Mark Dujsik
Finding Neverland wants us to believe but instead of desperately forcing itself on our inner child the film takes its time and allows us in of our own accord 
3
Finding Neverland
Emily Blunt
Finding Neverland is as magical as J M Barrie s own timeless Peter Pan tale 
4
Finding Neverland
Pam Grady
The film like Barrie s play is a testament to the imagination and its amazing powers 
3.5
Finding Neverland
John Anderson
In its understated way it is based on a sense of what separates children from adults and how someone like Barrie might have bridged that gap 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Lou Lumenick
Johnny Depp adds yet another indelible Oscar worthy portrait to his gallery of memorable characters
4
Finding Neverland
Jami Bernard
As a study of the creative process Finding Neverland is too literal yet gives a healthy idea of the richness and ingenuity of Barrie s work 
3
Finding Neverland
Bob Strauss
Depp doesn t exactly give a great performance but it is an accomplished one that keeps whimsy in balance with dark fears of failure and loss and yes having to grow up 
3
Finding Neverland
Kit Bowen
Pull out your pirate swords dust off your fairy wings and clap your hands if you believe 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Walter Chaw
Tugs at the heartstrings like a toe fingered harpist 
2
Finding Neverland
Claudia Puig
The story is told gently and simply without excess sentimentality It is a welcome departure from more contrived holiday fare 
3
Finding Neverland
David Sterritt
Forster keeps the picture as a whole in perfect tune with Depp s approach and he gives the story a compellingly dark atmosphere 
3
Finding Neverland
Rob Blackwelder
A colorful but melancholy whimsy burns at the heart of Neverland and it is perfectly personified by Johnny Depp in another irreproachable unconventional performance 
3
Finding Neverland
Linda Cook
Johnny Depp brings more magic to the screen in the gentle Finding Neverland 
3.5
Finding Neverland
James Berardinelli
This is solid but unspectacular entertainment and most who see it will leave theaters satisfied although not overwhelmed 
3
Finding Neverland
Steve Rhodes
The movie is as uninspired and lifeless as Peter Pan is inspired and imaginative 
2
Finding Neverland
Nick Schager
The cumbersome Finding Neverland never gets off the ground 
2
Finding Neverland
Peter Travers
Glorious entertainment 
3.5
Finding Neverland
Glenn Kenny
I don t think there s another actor alive who can convey the intermingling of gentleness and passion with as much precision as Depp 
4
Finding Neverland
Dustin Putman
The frequent steps from reality into fantasy are gorgeous to behold and humanely relevant rather than cloying and cute 
2.5
Finding Neverland
Willie Waffle
Every year one movie comes out and hits me emotionally like no other Finding Neverland is my favorite movie of the year 
4
Finding Neverland
Scott Nash
Funny and moving without being sappy 
3.5
Rocky Road
Kam Williams
Picture a cross between Guess Who s Coming to Dinner and Meet the Parents except with a lot more attitude and edge 
2
Ascension
Sean P. Means
An eye popping mosaic portrait of a nation on the move though unsure of what exactly its moving toward 
3.5
Ascension
Michael O'Sullivan
Covers the filmmaker s intended ground and more 
2.5
Ascension
Carlos Aguilar
A shockingly incisive observational nonfiction feature debut 
3
Ascension
Chris Barsanti
Jessica Kingdon s maintenance of her critical and often ironizing perspective keeps Ascension from tipping into polemic 
3
Ascension
Kent Turner
Purposeful and often mesmerizing 
3.5
The ABCs of Death
Wesley Lovell
Far too many bad chapters to be an effective whole 
2
The ABCs of Death
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In truth this movie is more like a parade of overtly shocking and disturbing images done almost as a one upsmanship contest rather than any actual need to say anything 
2
The ABCs of Death
Peter Keough
Judging from their contributions some of the filmmakers behind this 26 part anthology find death less fearsome than the thought of a cute girl farting 
1.5
The ABCs of Death
V.A. Musetto
Most are exercises in sickening bad taste with an emphasis on human bodily functions 
1
The ABCs of Death
Jeff Shannon
It s a feast for fans of the genre and a guaranteed ordeal for everyone else 
2.5
The ABCs of Death
Jeff Beck
This could have been an interesting opportunity to make short vignettes about the nature of death which would have made for a far more fascinating film but unfortunately many of the filmmakers opted to try and gross out the audience instead 
2
The ABCs of Death
Ethan Gilsdorf
Some shorts are four star material others incomprehensible and disgusting The sum total is a cinematic abecedary that barely gets a passing grade 
2
The ABCs of Death
Chris Hewitt
As neat as the organizing premise sounds it s exhausting to commit to this many points of view in such a small amount of time And several of the films are just awful 
1.5
The ABCs of Death
Roger Moore
Grim and gory gross and goofy wildly uneven in tone and talent 
2
The ABCs of Death
Ed Gonzalez
Tellingly this horror anthology s finest entries convey how real horror comes in more than shades of red and how it lives inside us all 
2.5
The ABCs of Death
Dustin Putman
The end of life really ought not to be treated as such an immature lark 
2
The ABCs of Death
Erik Childress
Overall maybe 13 or 14 of the 26 segments are worth a look In school that would result in a failing grade but for anthology films it s a pretty decent B 
3
The ABCs of Death
David Nusair
F for Fart is as self explanatory and horrible as one might ve surmised 
2
Seven Days to Noon
Matt Brunson
This somber thriller earned an Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story 
3
Public Schooled
Roger Moore
Tries WAY too hard to be the dirtiest teen movie on Netflix 
1.5
Boxing Gym
Joe Williams
Graceful and quietly inspiring 
3
Boxing Gym
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a year filled with angry sociopolitical documentaries it s my favorite 
4
Boxing Gym
Peter Hartlaub
Even with no traditional narrative there are wonderful discoveries to be made in Wiseman s film which is a nice complement to the experienced director s ballet themed last feature La Danse The Paris Opera Ballet 
3
Boxing Gym
Mike Scott
Proves once and for all that documentary heavyweight Frederick Wiseman s mesmerizing fly on the wall filmmaking style in addition to being endlessly compelling is also infinitely adaptable 
3.5
Boxing Gym
Moira MacDonald
For legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman to follow La Danse The Paris Opera Ballet with a film set in a down market Texas boxing gym seems unlikely until you see Boxing Gym and how it and its subjects dance 
3.5
Boxing Gym
Wesley Morris
Frederick Wiseman must drive certain nonfiction filmmakers crazy He makes it look too easy 
3.5
Boxing Gym
Tom Meek
Wiseman records the rituals of repetition speed bag and footwork in poetic long shots that often have two pugilists side by side each unaware of the other The cadence is both primal and hypnotic 
3.5
Boxing Gym
Ethan Alter
Thank goodness we still have Frederick Wiseman around to show us how old school cinema verite is done 
3.5
Boxing Gym
Andrew Schenker
A privileged peek into a little pocket of something close to a functioning democratic system 
3
Kung Fu Jungle
Charles Bramesco
Kung Fu Jungle Killer is a factory made cheeseburger 
2
Kung Fu Jungle
Bruce DeMara
Kung Fu Killer manages to be your better than average chop socky fun for a couple of reasons starting with veteran actor Donnie Yen in the lead as Mo Hahou who can fight and emote with equal proficiency 
3
Kung Fu Jungle
G. Allen Johnson
This isn t a new golden age of martial arts films but with Yen holding down the fort in China and southeast Asian fighters Iko Uwais and Tony Jaa it s a pretty good one 
3
Without a Paddle
Russ Breimeier
Without a Paddle is a sloppy effort yet even a clichd comedy could be fun if it actually delivered on laughs 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una de esas pelculas intrascendentes de las que da lo mismo que existan o no 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Tony Toscano
one of the few surprises this summer 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Jonathan R. Perry
More enjoyable than we have any right to reasonably expect 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Mike McGranaghan
The inconsistency in tone leaves Without a Paddle up a certain unnamed creek 
2
Without a Paddle
Sara Michelle Fetters
But what can you say about any picture where the bear puts in the best performance and is the most talked about entity in the movie s own press kit 
1
Without a Paddle
Austin O'Connor
wholly undignified 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Christian Toto
Cheeky trio keeps Without a Paddle afloat barely
2
Without a Paddle
Jeffrey Westhoff
I m not saying Without a Paddle shouldn t be a comedy but it didn t have to be a stupid comedy 
2
Without a Paddle
Josh Larsen
made me long for the inspired idiocy of Harold Kumar Go to White Castle 
1
Without a Paddle
Vince Koehler
These guys get in way over their heads stuck in the wilderness The characters are developed so the audience cares for the guys 
3
Without a Paddle
Frank Ochieng
a warped and water logged laugher Without a Paddle is a lazy assault on one s tolerance for exaggerated cruel goofiness 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Bob Bloom
Director Steven Brill fails to sustain a steady comedic pace the movie lurches rather than flows from scene to scene 
2
Without a Paddle
Linda Cook
It could have been titled Without a Clue 
1
Without a Paddle
Dustin Putman
A faux sentimental comedy that not only isn t funny but half the time appears to have forgotten to insert the joke 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Claudia Puig
Think Road Trip meets City Slickers Then dial the humor down a few notches and you re left Without a Paddle 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Tom Keogh
Without a Paddle wants to fascinate us with our own repulsion and the wraparound absurdly sentimental story is there to fill space between obvious and appalling sight gags 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Carla Meyer
The first half of the film is enjoyable but hit and miss After that it s just miss 
2
Without a Paddle
David Elliott
Without a Paddle credibly defines the cheap satisfaction you can get from foolish summer distraction 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Joe Baltake
A larky throwaway movie 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Megan Lehmann
Never rises above the level of harmless video fare 
2
Without a Paddle
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are a few gross out laughs but Without a Paddle s gang written script doesn t know what it wants to be 
2
Without a Paddle
Amy Biancolli
A successfully infantile new spin on Deliverance 
3
Without a Paddle
Liam Lacey
Inoffensive to a fault Without a Paddle goes by without a memorable ripple 
2
Without a Paddle
Jeff Vice
So crude that it leaves a bitter aftertaste 
2
Without a Paddle
Ty Burr
Five screenwriters three stars maybe two good jokes 
1
Without a Paddle
Sean P. Means
Overload s on gross out gags and Deliverance references 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Bob Strauss
A pleasant end of summer diversion that won t insult your intelligence Too much anyway 
3
Without a Paddle
John Monaghan
What promises to be a comic take on the 1972 thriller Deliverance is actually closer to Dude Where s My Car as it drifts aimlessly from one dopey situation to another 
1
Without a Paddle
Tyler Hanley
It s like The Goonies on acid 
2.5
Without a Paddle
John Beifuss
Imagine you re watching Dizzy Detectives and after Moe wallops Curly with a two by four he delivers a treacly speech about how much he appreciates his friendship 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Eric Melin
Maybe they should have cast Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox as dueling banjo players squealing like pigs 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Larry Ratliff
Whether one installs the silent up a creek preamble to the title depends on how you feel about serious silliness 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Dan Lybarger
Without a Paddle would have been much more entertaining if Brill had been less focused on what a bear does in the woods 
2
Without a Paddle
Chris Hewitt
Without a Joke would be a better title 
1
Without a Paddle
Peter Canavese
They say that still waters run deep Suffice it to say that the waters of Without a Paddle are raging a soggy embarrassment for all involved 
1
Without a Paddle
Bruce Newman
It s not that good but it could be a whole lot worse 
2
Without a Paddle
James Berardinelli
Without a Paddle is so bad that it will annoy and or bore those who have minimal standards and a high tolerance for sewage 
.5
Without a Paddle
Gene Seymour
It programs its cheap laughs efficiently enough to make you think you re not really wasting your time 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Jeff Strickler
City Slickers remade for Three Stooges fans 
2
Without a Paddle
Sid Smith
A testosterone comedy that might just as well be titled Without a Brain Cell 
1.5
Without a Paddle
Willie Waffle
At least Harold and Kumar were stoned and funny When characters are this stupid in a movie they deserve to be eaten by a bear 
1
Without a Paddle
Walter Chaw
When anything is this inept it starts to feel aggressive 
0
Without a Paddle
Rob Blackwelder
bad almost by default as if everyone involved had a few yuks then bailed out mid stream leaving the movie adrift and appropriately titled 
2
Without a Paddle
Steve Rhodes
A completely silly but surprisingly funny comedy and a real crowd pleaser 
3
Without a Paddle
Ross Anthony
This film has probably got the best action you ll ever see in a stupid comedy Surprisingly refreshing 
2.5
Without a Paddle
Ed Gonzalez
Add Steven Brill s Without a Paddle to that id grinding pig pile that includes Sorority Boys and the American Pie films 
.5
The Humanity Bureau
Simon Abrams
Oh The Humanity Bureau 
1
No One Killed Jessica
Michael Dequina
Even when the two leads finally join forces after the intermission break they still seem like they are inhabiting two different films 
2.5
Night of the Comet
Matt Brunson
There s no question Night of the Comet was made in the 1980s and that s a positive for people who have enjoyed similarly silly sci fi flicks like Return of the Living Dead Night of the Creeps and other delightfully airy efforts from that decade 
3
Night of the Comet
Walter Chaw
crap that is fondly remembered and best left at that 
0.5
Night of the Comet
John Beifuss
When most of the people of the Earth are dehydrated into pink dust will girls still just want to have fun Night of the Comet answers that question in the affirmative with a flourish of candy colors short skirts MTV beats teenage comet zombies 
3
Night of the Comet
Mike McGranaghan
Night of the Comet is that rare movie that s effective as both a science fiction movie and a parody of a science fiction movie 
3
Night of the Comet
Jeremiah Kipp
his endearingly hokey low budget B movie comes with a high nostalgia factor from the Reagan era
3
Sugar
Michael Phillips
can t imagine a baseball fan u2014or a moviegoer u2014who wouldn t respond on some level to the new film Sugar a rich and moving reminder of the way professional sports aspirations can shape someone s destiny in the real world as opposed to the mytho
4
Louisa May Alcott's Little Men
Roger Ebert
Although younger children may enjoy the movie on a simple and direct level there s little depth or texture to make it interesting for viewers over the age of say 10 It s all on one note 
1.5
Get Down and Boogie
Roger Ebert
The movie bites off about two more genres than it can chew and never quite works as anything 
2
Momentum
David Nusair
aside from the out there plot elements virtually everything about Momentum is utterly routine 
2
Straight Time
Matt Brunson
One of the most unflinching movies ever made about the criminal mindset 
3.5
Straight Time
David Nusair
a slow moving yet completely captivating character study 
4
Straight Time
Roger Moore
Hoffman s greatest performance of the 70s 
3.5
The Big Bang
Roger Ebert
The Big Bang may be a sketch when a mural is called for but it is a challenging sketch the kind of movie that you want to see with a friend and then sit down afterward for a good long talk 
3
Tevar
Namrata Joshi
Manoj Bajpayee tries hard to bring life to the proceedings with his villainy adding some shades of humour to the overwhelming menace He may make things a trifle more tolerable but the film still sinks 
2
Rules of Engagement
David Nusair
46 46 46 an often exceedingly deliberate drama that does 44 at a running time of just over two hours 44 feel substantially longer than necessary 46 46 46 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
Michael Dequina
If the makers hadn t stuck so closely to the rules this film would have been far more engaging 
2
Rules of Engagement
Betsy Bozdech
A flag waving military drama that ultimately buys into a militaristic my country right or wrong philosophy 
1.5
Rules of Engagement
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not exactly a triumphant return to form for maverick director William Friedkin but it s not bad either 
3
Rules of Engagement
Jon Niccum
Whereas a TV version of the same material might flounder this slick big budget film works because there is legitimate doubt as to both the level of guilt of the accused and the outcome of the trial 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
Tor Thorsen
A dud that tries to hide a simplistic plot and muddled message with frenzied flag waving and overheated performances 
1.5
Rules of Engagement
Steve Rhodes
Will engross you while you re there but will fall apart in your mind as you begin to think about it later 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
David N. Butterworth
A cross between Platoon Three Kings and A Few Good Men call it A King His Platoon and a Few Really Bad Men 
3
Rules of Engagement
Ross Anthony
Though shrapnel ridden and faulted still stands proud 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
Shay Casey
Rules of Engagement isn t a bad film but it s one that is often too dramatically and intellectually inert to warrant a full recommendation 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
Jonathan Foreman
Entertaining 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
James Berardinelli
Rules of Engagement suffers from a serious split personality disorder 
2.5
Rules of Engagement
Bob Graham
This drama about a massacre in Yemen takes on unexpected interest because the main character a fiery eyed Marine combat hero played by Samuel L Jackson is presented as a believably flawed man 
3
Rules of Engagement
Susan Stark
At their best Jackson and Jones are merely two of the most cunning commanding performers in all of movies 
3
Rules of Engagement
Roger Ebert
At the end we have a film that attacks its central issue from all sides and has a collision in the middle 
2.5
Killer Elite
Brian Eggert
Killer Elite is more involving than your usual Statham drivel and certainly deserves attention outside of his usual fanbase 46 
2.5
Killer Elite
Kelly Jane Torrance
This might be a bit of a lark for Owen and De Niro but the audience enjoys it just as much as we suspect they did 
3
Killer Elite
Jeff Beck
Killer Elite came close to earning a recommendation but because of the problems with the script and a bit of a drawn out storyline it didn t quite get there 
2.5
Killer Elite
Michael Dequina
McKendry doesn t pull off either the action nor the drama to any satisfaction 
2.5
Killer Elite
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie just sort of sits there going through the motions reveling in clich building to a strangely inert climax that is forgone as it is underwhelming 
1.5
Killer Elite
David Nusair
an uncompromising better than average actioner that gets the job done on an impressively consistent basis 
3
Killer Elite
Linda Cook
Even die hard De Niro fans may be disappointed in his choice this time around Killer Elite does indeed present an ensemble of terrific actors trying to kill each other Problem is this adds up to a serviceable actioner but nothing more 
2
Killer Elite
John Beifuss
Gary McKendry s 1980s period piece is admirably hard nosed but hamstrung by its rather routine action sequences and its utterly clichd meaningful dialogue Killing isn t hard Living with it is intones Statham 
2
Killer Elite
Scott Nash
If you re a fan of Statham or Owen you will enjoy the action but what could have been a classic and the start to a franchise is instead just another guys and guns movie 
2.5
Killer Elite
Rob Humanick
Killer Elite is a throwback to an era when action movies still had balls when muscular bravado easily overcame banal screenwriting and corny narrative earnestness 
2.5
Killer Elite
Robert Levin
The picture entertains at times legitimately and at others in a cheesy 80s action sort of way
3
Killer Elite
Stephen Whitty
The movie s not stupid And that makes it more than bearable and often a little fun 
2.5
Killer Elite
James Adams
To be sure first time director Gary McKendry keeps things moving at an adrenalized pace even through thickets of flashbacks But this is precisely Killer Elite s major problem motion at the expense of emotion 
2
Killer Elite
Kyle Smith
It doesn t care if you like it which is why I kind of do 
2.5
Killer Elite
Chris Hewitt
I ll admit that nobody goes to a Statham movie hoping the script will be erudite but could it at least make a little bit of sense 
1
Killer Elite
Michael O'Sullivan
Simultaneously silly and overwrought 
1.5
Killer Elite
Peter Howell
Clumsily directed by Gary McKendry and poorly written by Matt Sherring rookies both the convoluted movie collapses under the weight of its own clichs 
1.5
Killer Elite
Willie Waffle
There is so much testosterone in this movie women walk into the theater looking like Taylor Swift but they walk out looking like Chaz Bono 
2
Killer Elite
Mark Dujsik
A mess from the bottom up 
1
Killer Elite
Dustin Putman
It s not about aesthetics and it s certainly not about people so the film settles on a lot of chaos and whirring bullets Killer Elite is a waste of time and resources 
1
Killer Elite
Steven Rea
If you want some meaning with your mayhem or even a good line of dialogue or two look elsewhere 
2
Killer Elite
Wesley Morris
Gary McKendry hadn t directed a feature before this one and you feel it Any scene that fails to involve the revving of motors or the breaking of bones is dead 
2
Killer Elite
Peter Travers
The fun of Killer Elite such as it is is all in the hardass action But there s nothing elite about this disposable time killer 
2
Killer Elite
Jeff Shannon
It s an analog thriller that benefits from refreshing injections of low tech adrenaline 
2.5
Killer Elite
James Berardinelli
Despite having a perfect cast for a title like Killer Elite Gary McKendry s feature debut comes across as little more than a generic Jason Statham movie with two high profile guest stars 
2.5
Killer Elite
Michael Phillips
The script is a mess 
2
Killer Elite
Rene Rodriguez
Killer Elite is too formulaic to overcome a been there done that feel 
2
Killer Elite
Roger Ebert
This is actually a pretty good thriller based more on character and plot than on action for its own sake 
3
Killer Elite
Matt Pais
The movie opens with text telling us that The world is in chaos which is so helpful all of the gunfire and violent revenge would have suggested that everyone s hunky dory 
1.5
Killer Elite
Peter Keough
Gary McEndry s espionage thriller isn t bad but it isn t Peckinpah all the two films have in common are the title and lots of shooting 
2.5
Killer Elite
Roger Moore
A decent yarn decently told a tough guy film built around veteran screen tough guys 
2.5
Killer Elite
Christy Lemire
When Statham and Owen finally meet in the showdown you ve been waiting for it s rendered in such dizzying adrenalized style that it s hard to tell who s doing what to whom 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Jordan Hiller
It is really a pleasure to watch a masterful actor like Al Pacino wring every nuance out of the multifarious character of Shylock 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Betsy Bozdech
Much credit is due to Radford for creating such a faithful engrossing adaptation but when working with source material like this it s a lot harder to go wrong 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Ron Reed
Pacino shapes the role masterfully He not only rises to the role s extremes of villainous melodrama he fills them rendering them both theatrical and believable
4
The Merchant of Venice
Scott Nash
Manages to be a gripping and intriguing film 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Robert Roten
The screenplay is lean and powerful and the direction deft 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Emily Blunt
Finally a filmatic spectacle worthy of the Scribe 
4
The Merchant of Venice
Forrest Hartman
Merchant of Venice is such a blatantly anti Semitic work that a modernization seems imprudent 
1
The Merchant of Venice
Rob Thomas
Radford s adaptation admirably captures the inherent and troubling contradictions of the play and turns them into great thought provoking drama 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Jeff Vice
As much fun as it is to see Pacino chew some Shakespearean scenery both the role and the movie could have used a more likable actor 
2.5
The Merchant of Venice
Sean P. Means
Pacino s performance doesn t reconcile the contradictions of The Merchant of Venice but it goes far in revealing them 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Phil Villarreal
The experiment mostly succeeds 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Steven Snyder
Radford has managed to find and nurture the story s deeper universally heartbreaking themes 
4
The Merchant of Venice
Terry Lawson
Radford remains fairly reverent toward the text and the intent 
3
The Merchant of Venice
John Beifuss
The opening disclaimer suggests that intolerance of the Jews is something the world has outgrown rather than an attitude that continues to be exploited 
2.5
The Merchant of Venice
Larry Ratliff
Pacino bearded and digging deep within his talent almost shrinks into human nothingness under the weight of hate It may be his finest performance 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Duane Dudek
The film is a work of clarity and urgency and a welcome and overdue addition to the Bard s film canon 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Ryan Devlin
As evidenced by this film in capable hands Shylock is a unique amalgam of flaws still worthy of rendition 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Eric Harrison
Ranks as one of the most powerful recent adaptations of the bard s work 
4
The Merchant of Venice
Lisa Kennedy
Balanced beguiling even funny 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Chris Hewitt
This tragicomic classic isn t effective either as a comedy or a tragedy 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Jeff Strickler
The give and take between the two veterans Pacino and Irons is a delight to witness 
3
The Merchant of Venice
David Elliott
For all the silky Italian pleasures there is an aroma from this strange drama that whiffs to mind the ashen breeze from Auschwitz 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Connie Ogle
Perplexing blend of comedy and tragedy 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pacino s performance elevates the film to a must see level 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Carrie Rickey
In what is unbelievably the first English language film of Merchant since the silent era Collins and Pacino plumb the depths of acting of Shakespeare of the difference between law and justice 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Moira MacDonald
Beauty and ugliness mingle in this play with the beauty of language ultimately triumphing 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Peter Howell
Were it not for the stain of anti Semitism that forever marks Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice there is little doubt that Michael Radford s brave screen adaptation would currently be in serious contention for awards 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Rick Groen
A lean stripped down and unapologetically cinematic take on Shakespeare s work an adaptation designed at each turn to diminish the mechanics of the comedy and to explore the depths of the pathos 
4
The Merchant of Venice
Roger Ebert
Shylock is an intense passionate character in a great play and Radford s film does them justice 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Sid Smith
An important timeless and sometimes troublesome classic has been filmed successfully and at long last 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Rob Blackwelder
Despite several missteps a Shakespeare production this gutsy and distinctive is worth seeing even if it s just to be a part of the debate it will stir 
2.5
The Merchant of Venice
Jonathan W. Hickman
Full beard furrowed brow and rough voice all combine with the diminutive stature of one of the greatest actors ever pumping passion and interest into every Shylock moment 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Mick LaSalle
An exceptional example of Shakespeare on film one that will leave audiences moved but also unsettled in that strange way characteristic of Shakespeare s comedies 
4
The Merchant of Venice
Ty Burr
Pacino takes Shylock perhaps the most insistent and troubling character in all of Shakespeare and roots him powerfully to the ground 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Jeanne Aufmuth
A smart respectful work that s well turned by seasoned veterans 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Peter Travers
The film itself occasionally plods but Pacino tackling a tough trap of a role raises the bar in a mesmerizing acting triumph 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Steve Rhodes
Dry and disappointing 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Claudia Puig
Worth seeing for its lovely Venetian settings and evocative score but most of all for Pacino s spectacular rendering of Shylock 
3
The Merchant of Venice
James Berardinelli
Intriguing but ultimately unfulfilling 
2.5
The Merchant of Venice
Timothy Knight
The best film version of a Shakespearean play since Julie Taymor s Titus 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
John Anderson
Shylock Portia money lending and betrayal get a little too much help from director Michael Radford 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Stephen Whitty
Left us all weary begging for a rest 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Lou Lumenick
An uneasy blend of tragedy comedy and anti Semitism 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Jami Bernard
A queasy comedy in which Pacino burns a hole in the screen while the frivolity around him sputters 
2
The Merchant of Venice
Bob Strauss
This may well be the best of all Merchant of Venice movie versions possible 
3
The Merchant of Venice
Walter Chaw
Tonally dyspeptic and distracting 
1.5
The Merchant of Venice
Peter Canavese
Radford takes a stylish but decidedly low key tack demanding naturalist acting to crawl under the viewer s skin 
3.5
The Merchant of Venice
Jeremiah Kipp
Transforms Shakespeare s most complex works into a morass of paralyzing drudgery 
2
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
James Berardinelli
The overall package despite suffering from some third act narrative problems generally goes down easily and boasts a strong lived in performance by Shannon Purser 
3
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Nick Allen
Dumber and more desperate than any episode of Catfish 
1
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Roger Moore
Yes she is 
1.5
Rec 4: Apocalypse
Matt Brunson
Somewhat gets the series back on track 
2.5
Rec 4: Apocalypse
Dustin Putman
REC 4 is missing out on the deep throated scares of the first two pictures and mostly drops the more supernatural elements previously established but it is difficult to deny its tautly riveting force 
2.5
Rec 4: Apocalypse
Ed Gonzalez
Whatever scant insight the prior films offered into Spain s waning Catholic belief has now been entirely replaced by fascist cartoonish shows of wish fulfillment prevarication 
1.5
Rec 4: Apocalypse
David Nusair
The worst of the REC movies 
1.5
The Armor of Light
Roger Moore
Compelling if somewhat self serving take on a fascinating conversation one preacher is trying to start about Christians and guns 
3
The Armor of Light
Glenn Kenny
This movie pokes its camera eye into about a dozen distinct forms of controversy And yet The Armor of Light is a calm measured and very visually attractive film 
2.5
The Armor of Light
Michael O'Sullivan
The reverend may be girded with the armor or light as he puts it quoting the Bible But his opponents or at least the ones shown in the film have seemingly strapped metaphorical Kevlar around what appear to be permanently closed minds 
2.5
The Armor of Light
Sara Stewart
At what point does calling yourself pro life conflict with being pro gun Evangelical minister Rob Schenck a longtime anti abortion activist wrestles with that question in this bold directorial debut from Abigail Disney 
3
The Armor of Light
Clayton Dillard
It doesn t trust the inherently complex material to speak for itself or care to consider its consequences beyond instances of manufactured gut wrenching immediacy 
1
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Roger Ebert
One of the hazards of movie comedy is that it s almost impossible to be sure that what reads funny will look funny The Gang That Couldn t Shoot Straight an uncertain comedy based on Jimmy Breslin s funny novel supplies plenty of examples 
2
The Insult
Mattie Lucas
Ends up insulting the intelligence of its audience rather than allowing us to draw conclusions on our own 
2
The Insult
Claudia Puig
The Insult provides a valuable fascinating and hard hitting history lesson on Middle East politics particularly the plight of Palestinians It instructs but offers no easy answers Full review in Japanese 
3.5
The Insult
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The insult shows enough sensitivity and intelligence so the cinephile can finish the movie like his stubborn protagonists with a minimum smile of understanding and complicity Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Insult
David Nusair
A well intentioned misfire 
2
The Insult
Barry Paris
Mr Doueiri s film sheds light on Lebanon s wonderfully different court procedures which allow all sorts of cross talk incendiary speeches and interruptive plaintiff defendant involvement 
3
The Insult
Josh Terry
The Insult does a nice job of touching on issues such as hate crimes and free speech without trying to push the audience too hard on one side or another 
3
The Insult
Rob Thomas
The Insult has much to teach Western audiences about life in Lebanon 
3
The Insult
Ty Burr
The Insult is optimistic enough to leave the door open to hope But it s also realistic enough to only leave it ajar 
3.5
The Insult
Robert Horton
Deals very directly at times extremely bluntly with the subject of political discord 
3
The Insult
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If it stumbles a bit from a burden of overly expositional passages it nevertheless packs a powerful enough dramatic punch that resonates long afterwards 
3
The Insult
Mark Dujsik
The Insult reveals that all of its setup is only in the service of a navely idealistic message 
2.5
The Insult
J. R. Jones
We may not be able to export democracy to the Middle East but exporting Law Order has been a piece of cake 
2
The Insult
Stephanie Merry
The Insult doesn t offer a tidy resolution or easy answers just a lot of questions worth pondering 
3
The Insult
Anita Katz
Viewers seeking a solid political or courtroom drama or simply something with depth should give The Insult a look 
3.5
The Insult
Peter Travers
Director Ziad Doueiri s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee from Lebanon is a crackling legal thriller that boils down centuries of Middle Eastern conflict into one reckless insult and lets the sparks fly
3.5
The Insult
Bruce DeMara
Well written thoughtful and revelatory in all the right ways 
3.5
The Insult
Lindsey Bahr
It s quite a riveting and though provoking journey with compelling and nuanced performances all around and although it is quite serious not without moments of levity 
3
The Insult
Katie Walsh
A powerful and impeccably crafted tale arguing for the crucial importance of addressing history and facing down trauma Doueiri weaves a starkly intimate fable of violence that s at once deeply personal and universally globally relevant 
4
The Insult
Mick LaSalle
It s a fascinating job of acting in that Karam seems to be opening up his soul even as he s not giving an inch 
3
The Insult
Godfrey Cheshire
The year is not even two weeks old but it already has one electrifyingly brilliant film to its credit 
4
The Insult
Robert Levin
It s a fascinating sociological document disguised as narrative cinema 
3
The Insult
Shane Slater
The Insult grips the audience from start to finish 
3.5
The Insult
Chuck Bowen
Ziad Doueiri s film is well acted and staged with periodic liveliness but its earnestness grows wearying 
2.5
Lourdes
Mattie Lucas
Hausner directs with a kind of tremulous beauty every frame every nuance has a kind of gossamer perfection luring the audience into a kind of spiritual experience all its own 
4
Lourdes
David Lewis
One of the most observant and enigmatic movies of the year 
3
Lourdes
Jeff Shannon
In a film rich with provocative questions Hausner audaciously examines the ambivalent nature of miracles Are they gifts from a loving God or random occurrences bereft of any moral or meaning 
3
Lourdes
Sukhdev Sandhu
At the heart of the film is Sylvie Testud one of the most beguiling actresses in the world and whom I would happily pay to watch do nothing more than sleep for 24 hours 
4
Lourdes
Philip Kemp
Hausner subtly sketches in the characters involved the pilgrims the carers the bemused but conscientious resident priest and the tensions and jealousies that thrive in Lourdes hothouse atmosphere without ever showing her hand 
4
Lourdes
Robert Levin
So restrained and reliant on its carefully calibrated tableaux that one longs for the tiniest thread of melodrama 
2.5
Lourdes
Kyle Smith
A paralyzed young woman with MS stands up and walks in Lourdes but it ll be a real miracle if anyone manages to stay awake throughout this extravagantly dull film 
1.5
Lourdes
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A deliberately paced examination of Catholic mysticism with sharp sprinkles of magical realism 
3
Funny Money
Jim Hemphill
Perfectly serviceable middle of the road comedy 
2.5
Funny Money
Bob Strauss
The cast is uniformly pretty terrible playing what are already broad situations over the top 
1
London River
Roger Ebert
The film is a matter of Brenda Blethyn s performance vs Sotigui Kouyate s presence 
3
London River
Mike Scott
There isn t a whole lot of nuance in writer director Rachid Bouchareb s unapologetically political story But Blethyn s performance ultimately draws viewers in 
3
London River
V.A. Musetto
London River features on target acting by its two leads but they receive scant support from the wobbly plot 
2
London River
Andrew Schenker
Although the film occasionally cuts away to contextualized clips from news reports it keeps its focus small scale filtering the world historical through the intimately personal 
3
London River
Rick Groen
The emotion feels credible the connections seem real and if only briefly the title truly earns its metaphor the same river does run through us all 
3
Bombay Velvet
Michael Dequina
All the outsize dramatics that end up taking over the film feel less a product of conviction than commercial concession 
2.5
Tuvalu
Patrick Z. McGavin
A fascinating work that never quite coalesces Tuvalu finally becomes oppressively repetitive 
2.5
Tuvalu
Janice Page
Tuvalu is astounding It is also bizarre challenging and at times admirably overreaching 
3.5
Tuvalu
Chris Hewitt
They used to be called moving pictures and the captivating Tuvalu reminds us why 
3
Tuvalu
David Elliott
Charming and a little tiresome 
2.5
Tuvalu
Mary Kalin-Casey
Gorgeous to look at and brimming with humor Tuvalu is dreamy creative and highly romantic 
3
Monday
Mitchell Beaupre
We don 8217 t get enough of the quiet moments in between the major events in order to invest in their relationship and buy them as a couple after too long 46 
2
Monday
Steven Prokopy
The film feels wonderfully intimate at times but that level of closeness exacts a price in return 
2.5
Monday
Peter Canavese
The appeal of this uneventful wheel spinning drama is to watch these actors who keep the film s life like rhythms interesting enough in what is otherwise an essentially forgettable movie 
2
Monday
Ty Burr
Try though the actors may they re unable to make us care about characters who are primarily defined by their lousy decisions and who lack the spark to draw us closer to their flame 
1
Monday
Richard Roeper
Get a room far away form here 
2
Monday
Jocelyn Noveck
Papadimitropoulos doesn t say a whole lot here or offer much of a lesson This may not be a fatal problem but it can feel trying better to watch this film on a Friday when you have no reason to rush through life 
2
Monday
Christy Lemire
As the couple s once thrilling romance quickly wanes so does the movie 
1.5
Monday
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Argyris Papadimitropoulos movie is a slog of a doomed romance 
1
Monday
Randy Myers
You just don t feel that heat 
2.5
Monday
Leo Brady
It s the chemistry between these two lovers a beautiful romance that has us rooting for them and laughing when they throw caution to the wind 
3
Monday
Roger Moore
Even though it overstays its welcome it makes for a compelling portrait of denial because that s one big thing these two have in common 
2.5
Monday
Paddy Mulholland
Ultimately the film is unable to overcome the mundanity of its simple overly familiar scenario 
1.5
365 Days: This Day
Katie Rife
365 Days This Day is barely a movie Its the emotionally bankrupt id of late capitalism a braindead miasma of choreographed sex 
1
Lethal Eviction
David Nusair
the better than expected performances certainly play a key role in the film s mild success 
2.5
Favela Rising
Steven Winn
an uneven spasmodic film 
2
Favela Rising
Sean P. Means
The directors junk up the telling of Sa s story with overworked editing unnecessary graphic clutter and a confounding habit of using dubbed over music on the live concert footage 
2.5
Favela Rising
Ted Fry
Favela Rising can t seem to find its center 
2
Favela Rising
Robert W. Butler
Using a visual style of oversaturated colors that seem to leap off the screen Mochary and Zimbalist offer an unforgettable portrait of the favelas where young men openly polish their machine guns and a bullet riddled body may lie around any corner 
3
Favela Rising
Rob Thomas
You couldn t find a setting that s more hopeless than the crime ridden slums of Rio de Janeiro and yet Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Mochary tell a story that s unabashedly uplifting as well as emotionally raw 
3
Favela Rising
Maitland McDonagh
Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist s documentary traces the history of Grupo Afro Reggae a community based action group that arose in Vigario Geral one of the notorious favelas slums that ring Rio de Janeiro 
3
Dirty Weekend
David Nusair
Neil LaBute follows the disappointing Some Velvet Morning with another misfire starring Alice Eve 
2
Dirty Weekend
Neil Rosen
Well done highly entertaining and funny 
3
Dirty Weekend
Matt Zoller Seitz
Dirty Weekend is a decent idea for a low budget movie that never gets past the idea stage and after a brief while you may start to question whether it should have been a movie at all much less a 90 minute one 
1
Dirty Weekend
Lou Lumenick
Leads to a trip to a gay bar and a resolution that is as unsatisfying as it is unbelievable not to mention pretty tame by LaBute standards 
0.5
Dirty Weekend
Clayton Dillard
Even if the title is meant to be ironic the latest from writer director Neil LaBute is a frustratingly stilted vision of middle aged repression unleashed 
1.5
Dirty Weekend
Roger Moore
LaBute s lost his nerve And his edge too 
1.5
A History of Violence
Tom Meek
The cast is excellent especially Harris steely eyed and snaky with William Hurt and Maria Bello 
3.5
A History of Violence
Mattie Lucas
A fully realized wholly rendered singular work of art 
4
A History of Violence
Jay Antani
While it weakens in its final stretch A History of Violence succeeds enormously thanks to the strength of its direction and performances 
3.5
A History of Violence
Joe Lozito
Mr Mortensen and the sparse intelligent script hold it together 
3
A History of Violence
Kurt Loder
A strange David Cronenberg movie and not in the usual audaciously morbid way A brooding contemplative picture that s tough tight and masterfully controlled 
3
A History of Violence
Ross Anthony
I have mixed feelings Cool engaging well acted William Hurt is brilliant But could have used a bit more shaving in the editing room and a bit messy on point 
2
A History of Violence
Sean McBride
a pretty good little thriller but clocking in at only 95 minutes it doesn t have enough meat to be a truly satisfying drama 
3
A History of Violence
Mike McGranaghan
David Cronenberg no doubt wanted to say something profound about the nature of violence but his approach betrays his intentions 
2
A History of Violence
Larry Ratliff
Some movies are to be consumed and discarded History of Violence a drama of disarming power is not one of those This is one of the most stirring films of the year 
4
A History of Violence
Mark Collette
A tense tight and pithy thriller with such superb restraint that almost every detail matters and therefore shouldn t be spoiled 
4
A History of Violence
Linda Cook
A History of Violence is a fine movie that simply is too intense for many viewers 
3.5
A History of Violence
Eric Melin
Cronenberg knows this territory well drawing parallels between sex violence and companionship in this mature compelling movie 
3.5
A History of Violence
James Kendrick
Violence is a turn on Cronenberg seems to be saying but a turn on that comes with a destructively high price 
4
A History of Violence
Forrest Hartman
It s impossible to recommend a movie that fails at its most basic level in this case as a thriller 
2.5
A History of Violence
Marty Mapes
Small town stereotypes detract from a well made point by director Cronenberg
3
A History of Violence
Frank Ochieng
Robustly gripping in its lingering moodiness A History of Violence is an unsettling meditation that spotlights the subtlety of savagery
3.5
A History of Violence
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Cronenberg isn t engaging in parody or irony Nor is he nihilistically pandering to our worst impulses the filmmaking is too measured and too intelligent He implicitly respects us and our responses even when those responses are silly or disturbing 
4
A History of Violence
Steve Rhodes
An intriguing though provoking and sometimes funny film that is one of the best movies of the fall certainly and perhaps of the year 
3.5
A History of Violence
Carla Meyer
Director David Cronenberg lends a slightly hyperreal quality to his mesmerizing provocative film A History of Violence 
3.5
A History of Violence
Duane Dudek
A History of Violence combines the visceral punch of Sam Peckinpah s Straw Dogs with the oppressive uncertainty of any of Alfred Hitchcock s wrong man scenarios while subverting the conventions and expectations of both 
3.5
A History of Violence
Rene Rodriguez
Right from its first quietly unnerving scene A History of Violence is unmistakably the work of an artist with a purpose 
3.5
A History of Violence
Robert W. Butler
A History of Violence is not only director David Cronenberg s best film it s also his most conventional 
3.5
A History of Violence
Jeff Vice
This is some of Cronenberg s strongest work since his 1983 adaptation of Stephen King s The Dead Zone 
3
A History of Violence
Lisa Kennedy
A vigorously sublime take on guilt and innocence the damned and the redeemed 
3.5
A History of Violence
Sean P. Means
David Cronenberg s searing drama confronts us to ask about the effects of violence on its characters minds and souls 
4
A History of Violence
Jon Niccum
It s the director s most fully realized work and a masterstroke of violent cinema 
4
A History of Violence
Greg Maki
Combination of action and intelligence excitement and contemplation makes A History of Violence one of the year s best films
4
A History of Violence
Daniel M. Kimmel
one of the most important cinematic statements on the subject of violence in America since Taxi Driver 
4
A History of Violence
Chuck O'Leary
Rivals The Dead Zone as Cronenberg s most satisfying and accessible work to date 
3.5
A History of Violence
Jeff Strickler
The first half of the story the one shrouded in doubt is much more effective than the second half which is shrouded in bloodletting 
2.5
A History of Violence
Bruce Newman
In A History of Violence director David Cronenberg s delirious wow of a movie about violence and sex and the American dream cinema regains all its original power to shock and surprise 
4
A History of Violence
Chris Hewitt
Lean and packed with meaning A History of Violence is almost like a biblical parable about honor family and the horrible behavior humans are capable of 
4
A History of Violence
Phoebe Flowers
A film that manages to be gorgeous scary sexy and vicious all at once 
3.5
A History of Violence
Nick Rogers
Stripped of Cronenberg cartoonishness it explosively fires into the heart of his sex and violence favorites as well as reality and perception 
4
A History of Violence
Lori Hoffman
Cronenberg brings his fascination with our dark side into the mainstream helped immeasurably by a remarkably tight ensemble of talented actors 
3
A History of Violence
Phil Villarreal
Cronenberg channels his askew sensibilities into a rapacious drama that jackhammers at its constraints showing you things you aren t ready to see with shiver inducing clarity
4
A History of Violence
Frank Houston
With foreboding and tension in almost every shot Cronenberg s taut thriller doesn t revel in violence but reflects in ambivalence on its grim consequences 
3.5
A History of Violence
Scott Nash
Certainly lives up to its name 
3
A History of Violence
Peter Canavese
Cronenberg investigates his own cinematic propensity for violence and skill at purveying it sex and violence can be random can be animal and certainly can be satisfying Blu ray 
3.5
A History of Violence
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still much of this is far too remarkable to dwell on the negative Cronenberg continues to be a filmmaker willing to push boundaries and ask tough questions others don t just shy away from they sprint in fear 
3
A History of Violence
James Verniere
the dirty little secret explored in A History of Violence is that we all harbor a killer inside us a killer we love with all our bloodthirsty little hearts 
3.5
A History of Violence
Peter Keough
It may evoke more admiration than pleasure 
3
A History of Violence
Mike Clark
Violence is in the spirit of the hardest hitting film noir offerings from the 50s but far more explicit 
4
A History of Violence
Maitland McDonagh
Though the story is predictable Cronenberg s cool touch keeps it from degenerating into tired action movie clichs 
3.5
A History of Violence
Peter Howell
It is an assured potent statement from an auteur who isn t afraid to pack deep thoughts into a movie made for a wide audience 
4
A History of Violence
Moira MacDonald
Despite the blood the film follows Cronenberg s marvelous Spider in finding its true horror in the dark corners of the mind 
3
A History of Violence
Mick LaSalle
Although the movie maintains and benefits from the bare bones of a straight up action story what emerges onscreen is deeper and more interesting 
3
A History of Violence
Peter Travers
Other films this year will have to sweat bullets to match the explosive power and subversive wit of David Cronenberg s A History of Violence 
4
A History of Violence
James Berardinelli
As the title indicates this is not a sedate art film It contains moments of sharp vicious mayhem and there is a body count But the strength of the movie lies in its psychological complexity and depth 
3
A History of Violence
Timothy Knight
A gripping film cogently written and terrifically acted that unfolds with emotional gravity and flashes of gallows humor 
3
A History of Violence
Stephen Whitty
As a history of Cronenberg it s a good introductory lecture detailing his careful composition mastery of unease and complicated thematic interests As a Cronenberg film though it s figuratively bloodless without any real body to it at all 
2.5
A History of Violence
Lou Lumenick
A History of Violence is solid entertainment value for the money but those who think it s saying anything new or profound are kidding themselves 
3
A History of Violence
Jami Bernard
A lot is going on in David Cronenberg s masterful A History of Violence and you ll miss it if you blink 
3
A History of Violence
Glenn Whipp
It s a savage film that questions its savagery every step of the way and asks its audience to consider the costs of Dirty Harry diplomacy writ large It will hit you like a ton of bricks Don t miss it 
4
A History of Violence
Rick Groen
Cronenberg like Count Basie on the piano or Hemingway on the page has mastered the art of economy paring down his work to its thematic essentials without any loss and even some gain in textured complexity 
3.5
A History of Violence
Terry Lawson
I defy anyone who sees the opening sequence of A History of Violence not to be drawn into buying a ticket 
4
A History of Violence
Randy Myers
The American Dream remains but a hair trigger away from the American Nightmare in director David Cronenberg s brilliant and jarring A History of Violence 
3.5
A History of Violence
Wesley Morris
The movie s brilliance resides in its use of cinematic convention to shatter an illusion of social normalcy 
3.5
A History of Violence
Emily Blunt
A History of Violence s pedigree of cast and crew speaks for itself really but I suppose I need to write on 
3
A History of Violence
Josh Larsen
has the fateful air of an accomplished tragedy 
3.5
A History of Violence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yet another masterpiece from this master director 
4
A History of Violence
Rob Blackwelder
David Cronenberg is out of his element in A History of Violence and it shows 
2
A History of Violence
Erik Childress
A story of revenge that keeps Cronenberg on the path of exploration but he eases his audience into it with images of violence we ve come to accept as forms of entertainment 
3.5
A History of Violence
Willie Waffle
A History of Violence is a great movie for an hour 
2.5
A History of Violence
Walter Chaw
The aftershocks aren t that things will never be the same but the infinitely more troubling possibility that things may never have been any different 
4
A History of Violence
Gene Seymour
With confidence and authority that should cement his leading man status Mortensen ably manipulates the tension of a man who s struggling to escape his past as a professional killer and to protect his family from the consequences of his legacy 
3.5
A History of Violence
Dustin Putman
Holds a classy A list sheen and faux attempts at bringing importance to what in essence is actually empty headed and off puttingly manipulative 
1.5
A History of Violence
Steven Rea
Cronenberg s movie is eerily compelling and darkly humorous And chilling to the bone 
3.5
A History of Violence
Allison Benedikt
Cronenberg crafts a remarkably interesting thriller with suspense that is less about what s coming around the corner often we know and more about Tom s slow transformation in the face of terror 
3
A History of Violence
Roger Ebert
This is not a movie about plot but about character It is about how people turn out the way they do and about whether the world sometimes functions like a fool s paradise 
3.5
A History of Violence
Jeremiah Kipp
Based on a graphic novel this material is treated like the one dimensional juvenilia of ham fisted comic books 
2
On Golden Pond
Elston Brooks
Here is the almost perfect motion picture 
4
On Golden Pond
Jack Mathews
If you can check your cynicism at the door here s a two hour tonic guaranteed to lift your spirits 
3
On Golden Pond
Dustin Putman
The truth of its characters and emotions carry the film from start to finish 
3
On Golden Pond
Gene Siskel
There is a natural rhythm to the film that makes its own quiet life affirming statement 
3
On Golden Pond
Roger Ebert
Watching the movie I felt I was witnessing something rare and valuable 
4
The Tales of Hoffmann
Moira MacDonald
Most if not all of these performers have since died here they live on 
4
The Tales of Hoffmann
Michael Phillips
The film will never rank among my favorites in the careers of these filmmakers but filmmaking legends as diverse as Cecil B DeMille Martin Scorsese and George A Romero all adore it 
3
The Tales of Hoffmann
Jeremiah Kipp
Eye candy for aesthetes 46 
3
Man and Boy
Roger Ebert
The movie lacks structure and discipline and we re left hanging too often while plot points are shoveled in 
2.5
A Story of Bones
Dwight Brown
Neel s need to find respect for thousands of the enslaved is a significant journey Along the way she shows that an everyday person who cares can prevail 
2.5
Double Take
David Nusair
rent Midnight Run instead 
1
Double Take
Ray Conlogue
This is a film that s better than it has any right to be 
2.5
Double Take
Mark Dujsik
The plot itself is simple The twists are simply thrown in to make it seem complex 
1
Double Take
Peter Stack
A mess of half baked gags in an uneasy mix of buddy film and on the road adventure 
2
Double Take
Roger Ebert
Double Take is the kind of double triple reverse movie that can drive you nuts because you can t count on anything in the plot 
1
Double Take
Tor Thorsen
Surprisingly ho hum 
2
Double Take
Rob Blackwelder
Writer director George Gallo seems interested only in tiresome gags for lowest common denominator audiences 
1.5
Double Take
Michael Dequina
An action comedy that can be called just about anything but funny 
1
Bernie
Brian Eggert
Linklater 8217 s film is one of the best comedies and most interesting films of the year 46 
3.5
Bernie
Kelly Jane Torrance
Black isn t the only one who surprises us in Bernie Director Richard Linklater has delivered a purely entertaining film 
3.5
Bernie
Perry Seibert
It s absolutely worth seeing for Black s skillful work but if only the filmmaker had added some tension more people would be interested in seeing such a genuinely great performance 
3
Bernie
Matt Brunson
Linklater uses dollops of black humor to provide an edge to this morally ambiguous piece 
3
Bernie
John Beifuss
A wry true crime story from Richard Linklater looking again to his home state for inspiration as in his early triumphs Slacker Dazed and Confused 
3
Bernie
Roger Moore
Jack Black in the greatest performance of his career makes us see what the people of Carthage Texas saw in Bernie Tiede 
3
Bernie
Chris Foran
As Bernie Jack Black is about as reined in as you ll see him Effeminate emotional generous and cuddly he s easy to root for when push comes to shooting 
3
Bernie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bernie is a simple movie clearly funny and entertaining but at the same time astoundingly complex and intriguing 
3.5
Bernie
James Kendrick
an offbeat black comedy that stays true to the story s bizarre tendency to make you both smile and grimace
3
Bernie
Rene Rodriguez
The question of why the law must always be upheld regardless of consequences gives this light amiable movie a surprising heft and weight 
3
Bernie
Josh Larsen
Black delivers a lightly comic performance that becomes an unsettling depiction of repression 
3
Bernie
Rob Thomas
Bernie is most successful at evoking the feel of a small town a place where everybody knows your business good stories live forever and ultimately people take care of their own 
3
Bernie
David Nusair
Bernie ultimately comes off as a watchable endeavor that works mostly as a showcase for three admittedly spectacular performances 
2.5
Bernie
Austin Kennedy
Despite the dark themes this movie introduces throughout it maintains a nice pleasant vibe which makes for a strange but entertaining experience 
3
Bernie
Calvin Wilson
Black is terrific Rather than winking at the audience he plays Bernie as a guy who s thoroughly unaware that there s anything unconventional about his behavior 
3.5
Bernie
Ann Hornaday
Bernie unfolds into many equally rich narrative strands love story southern Gothic slice of life and finally tragedy and legal thriller 
3
Bernie
Michael Phillips
Linklater s a glider not a pile driver he hangs back when other directors prefer to bore in 
3
Bernie
Mick LaSalle
It allows director Richard Linklater to explore his own roots while telling a remarkable real life story something too crazy for anyone to make up 
4
Bernie
Moira MacDonald
It s a darkly funny irresistible film and one with a masterful performance at its center 
3.5
Bernie
Chris Hewitt
It s an entertainingly odd duck 
3
Bernie
Ty Burr
The movie s bright and endearing and surprisingly lacking in a point I wish I liked it better but it s a start 
2.5
Bernie
Steven Rea
A weirdly funny inspiring film 
3.5
Bernie
Matt Pais
An intriguing often hilarious exploration of emotion s ability to triumph over reason And reason s knack for fighting back 
3
Bernie
Ann Lewinson
Richard Linklater writing with Skip Hollandsworth author of a Texas Monthly article on the case has called Bernie his Fargo but his eye is less jaundiced than the Coens his ear more sweetly bemused 
3
Bernie
Bruce DeMara
Bernie isn t a particularly likeable guy and Black s opaque performance never lets us get beneath the surface to find a character we might actually care about 
2
Bernie
John Anderson
Linklater admirably unconcerned about how his film can be categorized has made a comedy a drama and most certainly a character study 
3.5
Bernie
Roger Ebert
I had to forget what I knew about Black He creates this character out of thin air it s like nothing he s done before and it proves that an actor can be a miraculous thing in the right role 
3.5
Bernie
Robert Levin
A dark humorous look at southern oddballs that s also a powerful meditation on human fragility 
3
Bernie
Stephen Whitty
Linklater clearly has no idea why the man did what he did But then Bernie probably didn t either 
3
Bernie
Lou Lumenick
Jack Black gives the performance of his career in the title role of Bernie 
3.5
Bernie
Dustin Putman
For a motion picture about one person losing her life and another losing his freedom Bernie doesn t deserve to be as flippant as it ultimately is 
2
Bernie
Peter Travers
As played by Jack Black in an award caliber performance Bernie is everything you d want in a friend The movie is a one of a kind inspiration 
3
Bernie
Jake Coyle
Throughout there s a tension of real life and fiction and a pervading sense that fiction has little chance of matching the real thing 
3
Bernie
Bill Weber
A surprisingly shapeless true crime farce which never creates a convincing context for the odd relationship between a pious East Texas mortician and his sugar mama 
1.5
Bernie
Rex Reed
I for one eagerly await the sequel to Bernie 
3.5
The Brass Teapot
Frank Ochieng
Given its magical mediocrity The Brass Teapot could have brewed its lukewarm water of wit and whimsy much hotter than it was in surrealist execution 
2
The Brass Teapot
Robert Levin
The screenplay falters introducing ridiculous villains and featuring thorough lapses in logic in a blur of strained drama 
2
The Brass Teapot
Sara Stewart
Temple and Angarano entertaining enough never quite sell the idea that this goodhearted couple would be so easily transformed by greed 
2
The Brass Teapot
Rex Reed
Far from the offbeat satire on the American dream gone sour it aims to be The Brass Teapot is more like a dark flirtation with the American nightmare that backfires 
2
The Brass Teapot
Nick McCarthy
Imbued with a buoyant mysticism the film is more gag friendly than idea based primarily relying on the considerable charm of its leads to ground its supernatural conceit 
2
The Brass Teapot
Roger Moore
Heavy handed but you have to love that message Greed causes physical harm and the ways Juno Temple and Angarano sell it 
2.5
The Brass Teapot
David Nusair
there does reach a point wherein Mosley s efforts at prolonging the running time results in elements of desperate nature 
2
Whiplash
Brian Eggert
Putting everything into your art or sport of choice has been the theme of many a dramatic motion picture 44 but few pour out their passions with such volatile intensity as Whiplash 46 
3.5
Whiplash
David Gonzalez
There is not much to dislike about Whiplash 46 It is simply a pleasure to watch 46 
4
Whiplash
Pamela Powell
Whiplash is a standout film of the year that will remind you what filmmaking is supposed to be 
4
Whiplash
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
If you re anything like me you ll leave the theatre trembling to the rhythm of jazz drums Full review in Spanish 
4
Whiplash
Sonny Bunch
It s about the social utility of sociopathy about the refusal to fret over self esteem or hurt feelings or mental or physical pain in the pursuit of greatness 
3
Whiplash
Linda Cook
Whiplash is whip smart 
4
Whiplash
David Keyes
Utterly brilliant and intense 
4
Whiplash
John Wirt
J K Simmons excels in Whiplash s hand to the throat storytelling 
3
Whiplash
Stephen Rebello
As an ode to jazz to the single minded pursuit of greatness and to the agony and exultation of jamming to one s inner drummer Whiplash hardly misses a beat 
3.5
Whiplash
Michael Smith
The race for the Academy Award for best supporting actor is probably over with J K Simmons nearly guaranteed to take home this year s crown with a performance that is both electric and unforgettable 
4
Whiplash
Anita Katz
Simmons is daunting and extraordinary from the moment Chazelle introduces the black clad monster but it is Teller a former drummer who carries the film 
3.5
Whiplash
T'Cha Dunlevy
The riveting tale of a power tripping music teacher who pushes his star pupil to and beyond the brink 
4
Whiplash
Brett McCracken
Miles Teller and J K Simmons are both phenomenal in their parts playing off each other as brilliantly as one horn to another in a jazz ensemble 
3.5
Whiplash
Richard Roeper
It would be an insult to call Chazelle a promising filmmaker as this movie doesn t indicate mere potential it is evidence of authentic sometimes blazing talent 
3.5
Whiplash
George Varga
While Whiplash easily ranks as one of the most riveting feature films about drumming and jazz in memory an admittedly short list you don t need to know a thing about either to relish this vibrant timeless tale 
3.5
Whiplash
Jim Slotek
Director Damien Chazelle who based the story on his own experience as a student jazz drummer in the thrall of an Alpha task master has created a remarkably economical and claustrophobic piece of storytelling 
4
Whiplash
Jason Buchanan
Make no mistake It s Simmons explosive career defining performance that really brings Whiplash to life 
3
Whiplash
Scott Nash
Riveting
4
Whiplash
Eric Melin
Even though the film is laser focused both Teller and Simmons reveal a remarkable amount of character depth and shading elevating the clever screenplay to a challenging statement about modern culture 
4
Whiplash
Matt Brunson
Teller and Simmons play their parts as if possessed by demons 
3
Whiplash
Dustin Putman
Whiplash is intense brutal and really bloody Oh and it s a music drama An engrossing piercing force with which to be reckoned barreling over reality into operatic theatrics so deliciously over the top they border on the surreal 
3
Whiplash
Mike McGranaghan
Smart funny and electrifying in its storytelling Miles Teller and J K Simmons are nothing short of magical 
4
Whiplash
John Beifuss
The movie struck me as unreal and vaguely ridiculous I found it easy to imagine Will Ferrell in the role of Fletcher a switch that would require no decrease in tantrums and no change in dialogue 
2.5
Whiplash
Mara Reinstein
Movies set in a Juilliard like music school aren t supposed to make your heart race in nervous anticipation Yet that s exactly why this taut drama rates as one of the year s best 
4
Whiplash
John Serba
Its climax is the most exhilarating stretch of film you ll see all year 
4
Whiplash
Kam Williams
A compelling coming of age tale about a lifelong dream turned neverending nightmare all because of a sadistic studio bandleader from Hell 
4
Whiplash
Rafer Guzman
Primarily two actors and a jazz score but the result is a crackling good drama that feels almost like a thriller Smart stylish and intense 
3
Whiplash
Robert Levin
Whiplash smartly shows the sacrifices required to achieve greatness 
3
Whiplash
Michael Dequina
Words fail to adequately describe just how everything down to the most minute detail converge into a climax that is at once exciting scary intense joyous heartbreaking exhilarating and altogether powerfully cathartic 
4
Whiplash
Peter Canavese
An indie Amadeus it s the career best performances by Simmons and Teller that make Whiplash unforgettable 
3.5
Whiplash
Moira MacDonald
The film works often wonderfully as a remarkable visualization of jazz music you feel it and breathe it just like the musicians and as a showcase for the two actors at its center 
3
Whiplash
Calvin Wilson
Ultimately Whiplash isn t just about jazz and it s not necessary to be a fan of the music to enjoy the film but about life 
4
Whiplash
Rene Rodriguez
The film s true subject is innate talent for music writing painting sculpture plumbing whatever and the superhuman lengths we sometimes have to go to in order to wring it out of ourselves 
3.5
Whiplash
Duane Dudek
There is a Raging Bull physicality to Teller s performance along with a touch of Asperger syndrome and Simmons brings a The Great Santini psychological intensity unlike anything in his nice guy insurance commercials 
3.5
Whiplash
James Berardinelli
At times it evidences the qualities of a can t turn away car wreck brutal and horrific yet compelling At other times it has the rhythms of a sports drama with all the ups and downs inherent in that genre 
3.5
Whiplash
David Berry
Horrifyingly hypnotic 
3
Whiplash
Brad Wheeler
An intense unmelodious highly amped and probably unrealistic drama set in the fictionalized Schaefer Conservatory in New York 
3.5
Whiplash
Peter Howell
Quite simply Whiplash is one of the year s best films 
4
Whiplash
Steven Rea
It s as much a horror movie as it is a keenly realized indie about jazz about art about what it takes to claim greatness 
3.5
Whiplash
Ty Burr
Oh yes It s that good 
4
Whiplash
Josh Larsen
a consideration of the potential value and cost of perfection 
3.5
Whiplash
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Frankly I would urge viewers to see this film if for no other reason than for the final scene It s the kind of scene that involuntarily quickens your heart makes your jaw fall open and catches your breath 
3.5
Whiplash
Mark Dujsik
The greatest testament to Chazelle s accomplishment with these characters is that we dread what s still to come for them 
4
Whiplash
Dann Gire
The explosive ingeniously constructed mentor from hell drama Whiplash gives durable character actor J K Simmons the meatiest and mightiest role of his career 
4
Whiplash
Ann Hornaday
At its best Whiplash conveys with pungent detail the striving of young people eager to make their bones in a Manhattan that s as foul and forbidding as it is seductive 
2.5
Whiplash
Mick LaSalle
To watch J K Simmons in Whiplash is always to be wondering what it is you re seeing and what is going on in this man s mind 
3
Whiplash
Matt Pais
In a bracing complex turn that better earn a best supporting actor nomination Simmons makes a terrifying jazz drill sergeant and one of the year s best villains 
3.5
Whiplash
Michael Phillips
Whiplash is true to its title It throws you around with impunity yet Chazelle exerts tight exacting control over his increasingly feverish and often weirdly comic melodrama 
4
Whiplash
Randy Myers
Even with its flaws Whiplash is very much worth seeing With its shotgun acting fierce direction and galvanizing music it nails the most important notes 
3
Whiplash
Christy Lemire
It s one of the most disturbing entertaining movies I ve seen in a long while 
3
Whiplash
Stephen Whitty
If the story is simple Chazelle spins off on it the way jazz players reinterpret old standards His camera comes in close on instruments fingers blisters Shots are cut together in clear but furious flurries 
4
Whiplash
Peter Travers
Damien Chazelle stages S M drum duels with strafing mastery And Miles Teller and J K Simmons will blow you away Beat the drums for a Simmons Oscar and add a cymbal crash for Whiplash It s electrifying 
3.5
Whiplash
Claudia Puig
Music instruction and combat are rarely linked in movies and particularly not in the singularly riveting way they come together in Whiplash 
4
Whiplash
Jocelyn Noveck
Rarely has a movie shown so viscerally the utter pain that can accompany the bliss of creating good music 
3.5
Whiplash
Rex Reed
The two stars are fully committed to the concept that the pursuit of perfection doesn t always triumph and the film pounds in the temples with the feverish tempo of a jazz riff 
3
Whiplash
Roger Moore
Absolutely harrowing one of the best pictures of the year 
4
Whiplash
Sean P. Means
In this intense music themed drama director writer Damien Chazelle constructs a fearsome duet between his lead characters 
3.5
Whiplash
Clayton Davis
Whiplash features some of the best minutes of film seen in 2014 An ending that will bring tears to your eyes dual performances that will have you applaud and an experience that you surely will not forget 
4
Whiplash
Bill Chambers
In the days since my rousing screening of the film I ve grown increasingly mystified by it 
2
Whiplash
Chris Cabin
The thrill of watching Fletcher and Neyman s fray unfold is intensified by Damien Chazelle s attention to the craft and challenge of musicianship 
3.5
Whiplash
David Nusair
Featuring a remarkably hypnotic performance by J K Simmons 
3.5
Whiplash
Thelma Adams
When an ambitious young musician Miles Teller strives to be a Buddy Rich class drummer he nearly dies trying in a charged battle of wills with his thorny professor J K Simmons The buzzy Sundance hit vibrates with life lived at fever pitch 
3.5
Whiplash
Brian Tallerico
A riveting portrait of two people working out the theory that pressure turns coal into a diamond 
4
Tracks
David Nusair
becomes increasingly aimless and flat out weird as it progresses 
1
Brick City
Kam Williams
An eye opening expose about a godforsaken town long past its glory days and now in need of far more than an image makeover if it ever wants to be considered livable again 
4
Places in the Heart
Matt Brunson
Even in a year that included the formidable likes of Amadeus Stop Making Sense and The Terminator this was the best picture of 1984 
4
Places in the Heart
Roger Ebert
Benton s memories provide the material for a wonderful movie and he has made it but unfortunately he hasn t stopped at that He has gone on to include too much 
3
Places in the Heart
Jeremy Heilman
Places definitely feels manipulative and sometimes even shameless but cheap isn t a word that applies here 
3.5
Celebration
Roger Moore
Almost quaint an artifact 
3
Celebration
Pat Brown
Olivier Meyrou s ironically titled documentary weaves a tightly constructed story about success power and mortality 
3
The Horror of Frankenstein
James Kendrick
Sangster s excursion into irony and black comedy under the guise of Gothic horror was a daring step in the right direction even if that step was somewhat awkward and unsure
2.5
Total Eclipse
Anthony Puccinelli
Ironically the film s failure as a work of art about artists may be what helps it succeed as a trashy guilty pleasure 
1
Total Eclipse
Ed Gonzalez
Despite its fascinating subject matter Total Eclipse is both unflattering and loveless 
2
Total Eclipse
Roger Ebert
It lacks any sense of humor and is under the delusion that its subjects are interesting because they are great poets That only makes their poetry interesting 
2.5
Blood and Lace
Matt Brunson
The supporting roster includes some familiar faces Vic Tayback as a lecherous detective Len Lesser as a lecherous handyman and Dennis Christopher as a teenager who is decidedly not lecherous but does raid the fridge a lot 
2
Blood and Lace
Dustin Putman
Blood and Lace is pure trashy silliness but its bonkers story curves do provide a certain oddball allure 
2
Blood and Lace
Lucius Gore
An awesome unjustly unavailable early 70s horror film This film s opening murder must have inspired John Carpenter who filmed the first killing in Halloween in a similar way 
3.5
Yaaba
Dave Kehr
Ouedraogo films all this with great formality and stateliness of pace 
3
Dreamland
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the film heralds the arrival of a promising new director 
3
Dreamland
Mick LaSalle
The filmmakers were clearly not interested in the ending but in exploring the characters and the situation and they do that with sophistication and genuine feeling both for the people and the environment 
3
Dreamland
Ty Burr
As swoony and verbose and serious as an adolescent s journal entry 
2
Dreamland
Liam Lacey
The gossamer spell is undone when the script topples into melodrama and then a too tidy resolution 
2
Dreamland
Erik Childress
After all the put upon jokes about trailer trash finally here is a place where the terminology of community really defines itself 
3
Trees Lounge
Michael Dequina
Not nearly as interesting as Buscemi s body of work in front of the camera 
2.5
Trees Lounge
Roger Ebert
Steve Buscemi who plays Tommy and also wrote and directed the film knows about alcoholism from the inside out and backward and his movie is the most accurate portrait of the daily saloon drinker I have ever seen 
3.5
London, Paris, New York
Michael Dequina
Menon s more contrived plotting elements break any magic woven by the engaging dialogue or the sweet rapport between her likable leads 
2.5
Mon Ennemi Intime
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Herzog s and Kinski s collaboration was one of the strongest in cinema and the movie does justice to that energy 
3
Mon Ennemi Intime
Walter Chaw
It feels a lot more like a cheap shot than a tribute 
2
Mon Ennemi Intime
Jon Niccum
The pairing of the director and actor invariably resulted in extraordinary creative collaborations These men arrogant ambitious sadistic fanatical and in Kinski s case probably insane certainly deserved each other 
2.5
Mon Ennemi Intime
Shlomo Schwartzberg
My Best Fiend is Herzog s contentious remembrance of the late actor but while fascinating it really doesn t add up to much 
2
Mon Ennemi Intime
Roger Ebert
My Best Fiend is about two men who both wanted to be dominant who both had all the answers who were inseparably bound together in love and hate and who created extraordinary work while all the time each resented the other s contribution 
3
Mon Ennemi Intime
Peter Stack
With generous clips from Herzog and Kinski s collaborations My Best Fiend is one of the great portraits of artists fighting even with murderous rage to reach the sublime 
4
Mon Ennemi Intime
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What s the difference between artistry and bravado This isn t a question I generally feel inclined to ask but I m compelled by the work of Werner Herzog who scrambles the two until it s difficult to tell which is which 
1
Mon Ennemi Intime
Rod Armstrong
Fiend is more often a self congratulatory showcase for the films of Werner Herzog than a satisfying exploration of artistic collaboration and personal dysfunction 
3
Kings
Joe Friar
It could use a good edit but even then we would still be left with a chic Halle Berry and a charismatic Daniel Craig who shouldn t be so appealing in such a heavy drama 
2
Kings
Peter Travers
This dud recreation of the 1992 L A riots traps Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and a piece of momentous civil rights history in a crazyquilt of random action absurdist humor bogus romance and questionable purpose 
0.5
Kings
Kam Williams
A harrowing descent into depravity that makes The Florida Project look like Leave It to Beaver 
3
Kings
Odie Henderson
Kings is clueless about its subject matter 
.5
Kings
Bruce DeMara
It seems like a missed opportunity to dramatize the lives of real people caught up in the aftermath of the violence 
1
Kings
Richard Roeper
The English language debut from the brilliant talent behind best foreign film picture nominee Mustang is a terribly uneven borderline absurdist jumble that undercuts its own message again and again 
2
Kings
Roger Moore
Chaotic melodramatic but a vivid impressionist sketch of lives upended or lost in the LA riots 
2.5
My Favorite Season
Roger Ebert
One of those intriguing films that functions without a plot and uses instead an intense curiosity about its characters 
3
The Battle of Chile: Part 1
Fernando F. Croce
A present tense record of nation splitting turmoil Patricio Guzmn s monumental documentary The Battle of Chile remains a landmark of activist cinema 
4
EO
James Kendrick
a deeply moving 44 beautifully wrought 44 and keenly reflective film that finds new avenues of dramatization of 44 and insight into 44 all the good and bad that humanity has to offer
3.5
EO
Matt Brunson
It 8217 s a keeper 46 
3.5
EO
Tom Meek
Director Jerzy Skolimowski has produced a focused narrative that s big in scope and rich in visuals 
3.5
EO
Ty Burr
At 84 the Polish director is doing some of his finest work and EO is a highlight in a long bumpy but rich career 
4
EO
Alistair Harkness
Mostly though this passive protagonist functions as a placid barometer of human civility 
3
EO
Joe Friar
A former circus donkey is briefly liberated in the unforgettable and touching film by Jerzy Skolimowski 46 Stunning cinematography 44 a wonderful score 44 and empathy for our hoofed antagonist make this one of the year apos s best films 46 
4
EO
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We human viewers begin to question our relationships with animals 44 and with EO in particular 44 to whom we become quite attached 46 Do we have a mutual love 44 or a symbiosis 44 or are we using each other for various reasons 63 
3.5
EO
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
You d have to be made from stone not to care though that s precisely the deep uneasiness Skolimowski probes 
3
EO
Brian Eggert
In the same way that I refuse to read grim emails from the ASPCA but will gladly donate to their cause 44 Skolimowski has made an unquestionably heartfelt and challenging film that I never want to watch again 46 
3
EO
Odie Henderson
The majesty of this film comes from how the director and his team use an often surreal mix of music editing sound and image to allow the viewer to experience the world as we assume EO does 
3.5
EO
Kent Turner
Now at age 84 44 91 Skolimowski 93 has uncharacteristically whipped up a fanciful 44 free flowing fable as spry and energetic as any movie in 2022 46 
4
EO
Rene Sanchez
Through the strength of its images and sounds 44 EO embarks us in an epic and harrowing journey to discover the kindness and brutality of today apos s world 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
EO
Mark Jenkins
Nearly everything else in Eo is flawlessly conceived and executed 
3.5
EO
Mattie Lucas
Less journey of the soul and more Theatre of Cruelty 46 
2
EO
Michael Phillips
Clear eyed and full of subtle feeling and empathy without solemnity this is co writer and director Jerzy Skolimowski s first feature in seven years It s also very good 
3.5
EO
Mark Dujsik
In one way 46 46 46 91 the 93 movie is a patient rumination on how humans imbue animals with purpose and value 46 46 46 In another way 44 the whole thing is a sentimental crock 46 
2.5
EO
Roger Moore
If 2022 is the year of cute donkey movies 44 quot The Banshees of Inisherin quot takes the prize for the cutest 46 But as with that film 44 quot cute quot is no guarantee of a happy life 44 a treasured life or a particularly kid friendly film 44 which this most certainly isn apos t 46 
3
EO
Peter Howell
An affecting ode to empathy and nature Inspired in part by Robert Bresson s Au Hasard Balthazar 
3.5
EO
Mike McGranaghan
I can say with full confidence that EO is the best live action movie I apos ve ever seen where the star is a donkey 46 
3
EO
Anne Brodie
EO is a parable a lone wanderer tested at every turn 46 46 tough to watch but also impossible to look away 46 Keep in mind it is a fictional story 44 not a documentary 46 10 
4
EO
Oliver Jones
Like most good art EO is better felt then interpreted or completely understood 
3.5
EO
Matt Zoller Seitz
For the most part 44 you feel as if you apos re in sure hands and can see what the storytellers are trying to do 46 
3
EO
Rania Richardson
Jerzy Skolimowski apos s EO depicts the turbulent life of a spirited equine 46 
3
EO
David Gonzalez
While 160 simplistic in its plot 44 EO is a profound and essential cinematic experience 46 Never heavy handed 44 Jerzy Skolimowski gives a damning indictment of humans while emphasizing the innocence of animals 46 
3.5
EO
Angelo Muredda
Skolimowski entreats us to go where the blissfully silent eponymous beast goes using lightweight digital cameras that capture the strange and often brutal behaviour of the people he comes across 
3.5
EO
Chuck Bowen
EO feels freed of plot 44 free of expectation 44 driven only by the need to honor its own internal 44 poetic drive 46 
3
Sacrifice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here s hoping that these guys can graduate to something bigger and or better soon but until then this is an acceptable time waster 
2.5
Sacrifice
David Nusair
just another bottom of the barrel DTV effort that brings Gooding Jr one step closer to total irrelevance 
.5
The Nut Job
Frank Ochieng
Predictably the tykes will cater to the seemingly colorful antics of Surly Squirrel and his carousing cohorts but this will not be as playful to the grown ups looking for some leftover irreverence and inspired inside satire 
2
The Nut Job
John Beifuss
A tired assembly of the expected celebrity voices Liam Neeson is a despotic raccoon and already dated pop culture references the end credits feature an animated version of Psy leading the cast of animals in a dance along to Gangnam Style 
1.5
The Nut Job
Peter Canavese
Like many rodents the plot runs in circles covering over and over again the same ground Plus Psy who parties like it s 2012 
1.5
The Nut Job
Bill Zwecker
The bottom line Kids may be mildly amused by The Nut Job but adults accompanying them won t find much to capture their interest 
2.5
The Nut Job
Susan Wloszczyna
While the film isn t the worst of its kind it might be one of the dullest of recent vintage 
2
The Nut Job
Adam Nayman
Only a multilevel chase sequence involving Surly and some glowing eyed street rats has any real kinetic excitement and the supporting characters lack visual distinction 
2
The Nut Job
Mark Dujsik
T he movie awkwardly tries to force together two completely dissimilar extremes 
1
The Nut Job
Dustin Putman
Undiscerning little ones in the audience might be okay with it since it s fast paced and visually diverting but there are so many more worthwhile imaginative and teachable films out there for them that watching this one would be disadvantageous 
1.5
The Nut Job
Jon Niccum
The tonal clangs that thwart The Nut Job are exemplified during the screwy end credits Out of nowhere an avatar of international pop star Psy emerges and starts dancing alongside the cast to his so two years ago hit Gangnam Style 
2
The Nut Job
Scott Bowles
When the story gets stale the movie inserts a nuts pun or worse resorts to a gas or burp joke It doesn t work the first time nor the fifth 
1.5
The Nut Job
Chris Knight
Even at 83 minutes The Nut Job feels as long as a winter solstice night 
1
The Nut Job
Cathy Jakicic
Fun but ultimately not really satisfying 
2.5
The Nut Job
Stephanie Merry
That feeling of been there done that is pervasive with many of the jokes sounding like they were ripped off from other movies 
2
The Nut Job
Tom Russo
Spins its wheels like rodents in a Habitrail 
1.5
The Nut Job
Peter Hartlaub
Someone spent a lot of time making the architecture and production design match the era Grandparents getting dragged to The Nut Job will be appreciative 
2
The Nut Job
Rafer Guzman
The overall mood resembles a furry nut based version of Stanley Kubrick s The Killing 
1.5
The Nut Job
Michael Phillips
The Nut Job fights its protagonist s own charmlessness from the first scene Turning a dislikable leading character a little less dislikable by the end credits sets an awfully low bar for this sort of thing 
1
The Nut Job
Joe Williams
The burnished backgrounds are pleasant to look at but finding something to savor in the story is a tough nut to crack 
1.5
The Nut Job
Chris Hewitt
Every movie Judd Apatow ever made already assures immature bros that there s a gorgeous woman out there who is just dying to wait for him to grow the heck up Do we really need to teach that warped lesson to 6 year old animation fans too 
2
The Nut Job
Lou Lumenick
The small town setting of a half century ago is beautifully animated by director Peter Lepenotis and his team and there are some nicely staged old school action sequences 
2.5
The Nut Job
Linda Barnard
If The Nut Job fails to connect through its characters it deserves praise for being a visually inspired effort with clear homage paid to 1950s animation styles especially Warner Bros classics 
2
The Nut Job
Roger Moore
It s not Pixar or Dreamworks or Disney or Blue Sky It s still funnier and better than any animated film released in the doldrums of January has a right to be 
2.55
The Nut Job
Jocelyn Noveck
Let s not get too nutty about this one character says Sorry I went a little nuts says another The movie s slogan No nuts no glory 
2
The Nut Job
Chris Cabin
There s no personality in the design or the script which only renders the cynical aftertaste of this convoluted one squirrel against the world story all the more potent 
1
Yummy
Mike McGranaghan
A wicked little delight 
3
Yummy
Nick Allen
As it struggles to be even mildly significant in the sprawling history of zombie stories it eventually leaves viewers with a movie that s just plainly ugly 
.5
Our Mothers
Rene Sanchez
A promising feature film debut that unearths a nation s harrowing past in search of justice and redemption Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Our Mothers
Rob Thomas
It wants to tell us the truth rather than a story about the truth and that dulls its emotional impact a little 
3
Our Mothers
Mark Dujsik
Through the intimacy of its story and its filmmaking Our Mothers reveals a world and decades of grief pain and trauma 
3.5
Our Mothers
Chris Hewitt
For a brief movie Our Mothers packs a lot in 
3
Our Mothers
Pat Brown
Around his main character writer director César Díaz builds a complex but unpretentious interrogation of national belonging 
3
Seaside
Roger Moore
Drab monotonous murder mystery not enlivened enough by its attractive young cast 
1.5
Mama
Brian Eggert
Following a common trend in supernatural horror 44 Mama begins with a novel premise and compelling characters 44 but then slowly digresses into bankrupt genre clich 233 s 44 rampant exposition 44 and formulaic boo 33 moments 46 
2
Mama
Kelly Jane Torrance
Chastain is certainly the biggest reason to see Mama but The young actresses playing the girls can hold their own 
2.5
Mama
David Keyes
If horror movies can be regarded for their degree of effort then here is one of the hardest working of the recent past 
3
Mama
Vanessa Farquharson
Devotees of this genre should make a point of seeing the film if only because it s a great example of how to be creepy without resorting to cliché But don t expect any true horror to emerge at least in the traditional sense 
2.5
Mama
Adam Nayman
The problem is that the movie barely meets the minimum generic requirements and thus comes off as pretentious for presuming to hover so airily above them 
2
Mama
Bill Chambers
I can t hate a film operating at this level cinematically But I can try 
2
Mama
Linda Cook
Creepy and strangely compelling Mama isn t the junky horror flick you might expect 
3
Mama
David Nusair
The movie s progressively uninvolving vibe is compounded by an increased emphasis on Annabel s Ring style investigation into Mama s origins 
2
Mama
John Beifuss
For about two thirds of its length it promises to be a masterpiece of its type It eventually succumbs to the Hollywood contagions of too much CGI and too much MUCHness the title ghost for example loses its power as it becomes too active and visible 
3
Mama
Alexandra Cavallo
Muschietti makes the scares in Mama too obvious to be effective but the quiet in between times suggest genuine horror 
2.5
Mama
Glenn Lovell
Mama is at its scariest when it plays in the shadows and employs Val Lewton shock cuts to make the girls fairly explode into the frame Sadly by story s end a strong sense of CG laced déjà vu sets in 
2.5
Mama
James Berardinelli
It starts out strongly using evocative visuals and an unsettling backstory to establish a creepy tableau but it proves unable to sustain those strengths all the way to the finish line 
2.5
Mama
Matt Brunson
While the child actresses are quite good only Chastain makes an impression among the grown ups and that s more for our willingness to chart her career trajectory than for anything connected to her underdeveloped role 
2
Mama
Jason Buchanan
Much like the way a neglected child still looks up to the flawed parent who gives it their best many horror fans will still love Mama regardless of her shortcomings 
3
Mama
Eric Melin
The visual effects and sound design are unique and a pleasure to watch even when the suspense isn t really working Producer del Toro should have let more things stay ambiguous and encouraged first time director Muschietti to concentrate on the mood 
2
Mama
Stephen Whitty
It s an interesting effort although sadly in the end effort is really the crucial word 
2.5
Mama
Kyle Smith
Chastain has an excellent time And so did I for most of the movie It s much more suspenseful than violent being careful not to allow us to figure out Mama too quickly 
2.5
Mama
Michael O'Sullivan
There s something dead and rotting at the center of Mama and it isn t the ghost of the woman who lends the horror film its title 
1.5
Mama
Mark Dujsik
T he screenplay runs around in circles 
1.5
Mama
Dustin Putman
A beautifully macabre fairy tale Mama is an early in the year scream and deliciously so 
3
Mama
Kevin C. Johnson
A respectable entry into the horror genre that values chills over kills 
3
Mama
Mick LaSalle
Mama is skillfully made and although Chastain is the best thing in it she s not the only thing in it 
3
Mama
Lawrence Toppman
Spanish director Andrés Muschietti introduces a rewarding emotional element and ends in a way too daring for American counterparts 
3
Mama
Michael Wilmington
Mama is something of a throwback and at times a stunning one 
3
Mama
Rafer Guzman
More effective than you might expect 
2.5
Mama
Moira MacDonald
Though Mama doesn t work it has the ghost of a good idea at its core 
2
Mama
Steven Rea
Like another del Toro stamp of approval Spanish horror entry The Orphanage Muschietti s Mama is full of arty tropes sepia toned flashbacks flickering lights menacing murmurings 
3
Mama
Peter Travers
You know something is up when what looks like a cheapie fright flick is produced by Guillermo Del Toro and boasts an Oscar nominated actress in Jessica Chastain Mama doesn t live up to their potential but the film knows how to creep you out 
2.5
Mama
Kristin Tillotson
Mama is a smartly refreshing departure a truly scary movie exemplifying horror at its purest 
3
Mama
Tom Russo
The frustration is how much the movie leans on made ya jump scares and contrived plot devices when its quieter chills and already fraught setups are so potent 
2
Mama
Loey Lockerby
Can we declare a moratorium on stringy haired ghost women who make freaky noises 
2
Mama
Chris Hewitt
There is a kind of horror movie that bashes you in the head and there is a kind of horror movie that creeps into your imagination Mama is in the latter family 
3
Mama
Linda Barnard
An elegant and edgy thriller Mamais a ghost story laced with fairytale sensibilities benefitting from the nightmarish artful influence of executive producer Guillermo del Toro 
3
Mama
Richard Roeper
Mama succeeds in scaring the wits out of us and leaving some lingering deeply creepy images 
3
Mama
Matt Pais
The dull cliche filled Mama is the kind of movie in which you don t fear the demon in the main character s bed only envy that she gets to lay down 
1.5
Mama
Roger Moore
Creepy and emotional the best ghost story since Insidious 
3
Mama
Ed Gonzalez
The premise isn t even worthy of executive producer Guillermo del Toro who will apparently lend his name to any film as long as it fulfills its quota of moths and vulvic openings 
.5
Coast
Bob Bloom
Yet it is a mostly formulaic examination of characters and situations whom we have met before 46 The film adds nothing new or surprising 44 nor provides any original lessons or observations 46 
2
Darby and the Dead
Sean P. Means
With rare exceptions 44 movie studios usually call it right when they debut a movie on streaming instead of theaters 8212 and that 8217 s the case with 8220 Darby and the Dead 44 8221 a teen comedy that 8217 s not quite as fun as its premise 46 
2.5
Darby and the Dead
Randy Myers
Darby and the Dead is no game changer but it is thoroughly enjoyable and energetic 
3
Darby and the Dead
Kevin Carr
Falls into a lot of teen tropes that wear thin 44 but this story still works even if some of those teen elements are a real stretch 46 
2.5
Darby and the Dead
Mark Dujsik
Add this one to always growing pile of movies with inspired premises that don apos t take advantage of them 46 46 46 
2
Darby and the Dead
Roger Moore
Director Howard displays no quot feel quot for this material 46 At all 46 
1.5
This Is Where We Live
Roger Moore
Bleak with moments of heart and even cuteness What s Eating Gilbert Grape without the laughs 
2.5
Little Man
Kam Williams
A slap happy misadventure featuring Marlon Wayans as a foul mouthed midget masquerading as a baby in order to retrieve a pilfered diamond from a childless couple 
1
Little Man
Walter Chaw
Slathers itself in scatology crotch punching hilarious elder child abuse and a brutal ration of unearned sentiment 
1
Little Man
Peter Canavese
If your taste runs to scatology and you find little people inherently funny Little Man may be the movie for you 
.5
Little Man
Frank Ochieng
The Wayanses collaborate on another forgettable farce drenched in vapid vulgarity a pea brained prank Anyone game for White Chicks II 
1
Little Man
Matt Brunson
I m not saying an R rating would have necessarily made Little Man a better movie but at least it would have made it a more honest one 
1.5
Little Man
Scott Nash
When a movie that you expected so little from delivers even less you know it s bad 
1.5
Little Man
Sean McBride
violent silly and just about as raunchy as it can be while still maintaining its PG 13 rating 
2
Little Man
John Beifuss
This feature length rewrite of a 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon stages its expected comic humiliations ridiculous sight gags and gruesome sex and potty jokes with unfussy efficiency 
3
Little Man
Mark Collette
The film turns to that old reliable standard commedia dell gassy 
1
Little Man
Matt Pais
Little Man is so childish and absurd that there should probably be a law against seeing it The penalty seeing it again 
0
Little Man
Darel Jevens
The Wayanses rely on their usual tired jokes here spittakes white people speaking jive Marlon grimacing in gastrointestinal distress 
1.5
Little Man
Jeff Vice
The use of digital effects to place Wayans face on a child performer s body isn t even remotely amusing It s simply creepy 
1
Little Man
Julie Hinds
The sizable laughs in Little Man make it better than just about anyone expected 
2
Little Man
Jennie Punter
There s nothing like a well placed nod to the classics to help elevate a dumb summer comedy 
2.5
Little Man
Loey Lockerby
I fear for humanity 
1
Little Man
Evan Henerson
Mr Palminteri s primary duties include glowering at henchmen Bruno and Roscoe saying get me that diamond a few times and ultimately taking a toy airplane to the crotch 
0.5
Little Man
Mack Bates
Marlon s no limits performance relying only on his voice and facial expressions proves to be the film s strongest asset 
2.5
Little Man
Elizabeth Weitzman
Well it was bound to happen The Wayans brothers have made a movie that s even more two dimensional than a cartoon 
0.5
Little Man
Lou Lumenick
Shawn s Darryl comes off as terminally stupid enduring many blows to the groin there s even a montage of them while lavishing affection on his dubious son 
1
Little Man
Lisa Rose
Every gross baby joke imaginable is wedged into the story with mishaps involving diapers breast milk castor oil and rectal thermometers It s supposed to be hilarious because the infant is actually a grown man Really it s just creepy 
1.5
Little Man
Pam Grady
Some folks reach for nirvana but the Wayans Brothers writer director Keenen Ivory writer star Marlon and writer star Shawn aim for the nadir and man oh man have they reached it 
0
Little Man
Peter Hartlaub
Most of the jokes fall in one of two creepy categories slapstick having to do with the baby s superhuman strength or slapstick involving the baby s sex drive 
1
Little Man
Moira MacDonald
Buried under all this is a rather sweet story about families but it s hard to see it amongst all the tastelessness 
1.5
Little Man
Geoff Pevere
Unless you re of the temperament that derives boundless pleasure from the serial assault on the genitals of large people by a cut and paste little person Little Man will likely prove about as bearable as diaper rash 
1
Little Man
Ken Fox
It took a century of innovation in the field of cinematic special effects but finally the head of Marlon Wayans could be successfully grafted onto the body of a baby 
1.5
Little Man
Wesley Morris
Everybody looks like they re having fun in Little Man another inane outing from the Wayans brothers And with some ineptly made comedies that s good enough 
2.5
Little Man
Sean P. Means
The only funny part of Little Man is the shoddy computer effects that freakishly and unconvincingly put Marlon Wayans head on a tiny body 
1
Little Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
The simple fact is that rape no matter what the context is not funny and the fact this movie so blithely plays the moment off as another politically incorrect stepping stone isn t just wrong it s downright offensive 
1
Little Man
Larry Ratliff
Little Man featuring an adult little person posing as a toddler to steal a huge diamond spits up a few lowbrow belly laughs But not enough to go goo goo gaga over 
2.5
Little Man
Phil Villarreal
The latest Wayans brothers head scratcher reaches the bar their last film set Take that as a searing insult 
1.5
Little Man
James Sanford
the sort of idiotic project the Wayanses would have taken aim at on In Living Color 15 years ago That they are now peddling this puerile junk instead of ridiculing it is no laughing matter 
1
Little Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This film is awful in too many ways to count 
0
Little Man
Willie Waffle
when I went to see Little Man I laughed then hung my head in shame Are they going to take away my movie critic license Will all of the other critics find out and ridicule me Will they let me play in their movie critic games 
2.5
Little Man
Scott Bowles
Give the Wayans brothers some credit For a movie that could have fallen flat on its infantile face Man scores some points for thinking big 
2.5
Little Man
Lauren Metz
Thumbs aren t the only things sucking in this slight summer comedy with a tortured plot and predictable laughs 
1.5
Little Man
Dustin Putman
Its sheer shameless juvenilia ranges from horribly unfunny to outrageously zany 
1.5
Little Man
David Hiltbrand
At least in spurts Little Man provides some big laughs 
2.5
Little Man
Chris Hewitt
Oscars will not be forthcoming but the Wayanses have hit on a formula gross out humor goofy sight gags a flashy concept that works 
3
Little Man
Michael Wilmington
The Wayans brothers are funny guys But this is the kind of premise that should have stayed in cartoon land 
1.5
Little Man
Nick Schager
An outlandishly crude farce that crossbreeds Chuck Jones s classic Baby Bugs Bunny with In Living Color s absurd The Head Detective to dismally predictable results 
1.5
Ne me quitte pas
Clayton Dillard
The entirety of the film seems increasingly constructed around ill begotten attempts at dark humor 
1.5
A Walk to Beautiful
Maitland McDonagh
Director Mary Olive Smith makes no pretense of keeping a dispassionate distance from her subject Her film is an unabashed call to action that shines a spotlight on a problem whose intimate medical nature relegated it to the shadows 
3
A Walk to Beautiful
Rob Humanick
Fernando Meirelles take note an honest and unvarnished portrayal of your subject no matter the intended audience is the most optimal path toward enlightenment and empathy 
3
The Little Things
Brian Eggert
With The Little Things Hancock seems to be trying to subvert the expectations of 1990s audiences not today s leaving the movie s conceit to feel underdeveloped 
2
The Little Things
Matt Brunson
Despite the participation of three Oscar winners it offers little that s fresh or exciting 
2
The Little Things
Dann Gire
Denzel Washington s deputy is the only arresting part in the problematic Little Things 
2
The Little Things
Rene Sanchez
The strong performances of the cast aren t enough to save this disappointing slow paced and problematic thriller Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Little Things
Mattie Lucas
Malek is all wrong for the character his bouts of rage coming off more like childish hissy fits but he s so over the top at the end that the film loses what little credibility it had left 
1.5
The Little Things
Kevin A. Ranson
doesn t trust the audience to make a firm commitment on any particular conclusion Leto pitted against Washington and Malek still provides a relatable enough scenario to cross the finish line 
3
The Little Things
Mark Meszoros
Ironically the film could use a few more little things to keep you invested but it has a few big ones that prove to be just enough 
2.5
The Little Things
Linda Cook
I love the old school charm of this detective cop buddy film 
3.5
The Little Things
Max Weiss
It s aggressively fine Can we put this kind of film to bed already 
2
The Little Things
Kevin Carr
It has some interesting twists and turns but the biggest problem is for a movie like this is the ending The ending is completely unsatisfying 
1
The Little Things
Sean P. Means
On a scale of one to Se7en The Little Things barely rates a three 
1.5
The Little Things
Bob Bloom
The film lacks an urgency it s as if at times it was screening in slow motion 
2
The Little Things
Walter Chaw
The Little Things is awful and made extra frustrating by how blindingly great Washington is in it 
1
The Little Things
Rob Thomas
While Hancock gets the tone right with some strong performances the story sputters and meanders after a promising start 
2.5
The Little Things
Sonny Bunch
A movie that s going to grow on people over the years as they grapple with its meaning 
2.5
The Little Things
Jeff Mitchell
The Little Things isn t big enough 
2
The Little Things
Jeff York
There are too many little distractions and storytelling mistakes preventing it from being the big success it should be 
2
The Little Things
Jason Fraley
It feels like a script that s collected dust since the 90s recalling crime thrillers of its era such as The Silence of the Lambs It s a shame it wasn t made back then as we ve since seen much better versions in Se7en Zodiac and Prisoners 
2.5
The Little Things
Sara Michelle Fetters
For a film obsessed with nailing every minute detail it s those small missteps that make The Little Things a vexing conundrum 
2.5
The Little Things
Ty Burr
At over two hours the movie stills slogs its way to an unsatisfying conclusion It s hardly a rush hour train wreck but it might have been more fun if it had been 
2.5
The Little Things
Richard Roeper
Malek and Washington are electric together in this atmospheric moody thriller that will keep you guessing and on the edge of the proverbial seat or living room sofa You won t be able to shake this one off for a very long time 
3.5
The Little Things
Mark Dujsik
Hancock is playing the long game here building up clues and doubts and mysteries and in the end we re mainly left wondering if any of them matter 
2
The Little Things
Peter Canavese
Compelling up to a point until Hancock squanders all the goodwill he s built up with these actors and the whole thing devolves into nonsense 
1.5
The Little Things
Leo Brady
Set up as a murder mystery with two cops sifting through clues to catch a serial killer The Little Things is shockingly lacking in any thrills 
2
The Little Things
Catherine Springer
The Little Things is a disappointing example of talent gone awry and a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks making a genre film is easy or that talented actors can t get lost once in a while 
1
The Little Things
Michael Nordine
Though no Zodiac to which it s clearly indebted this is a genuinely compelling procedural with a gloriously bittersweet ending 
3
The Little Things
Chris Hewitt
None of these things will dazzle moviegoers with their originality but they succeed at establishing a tense mood 
3
The Little Things
Randy Myers
While Things is engrossing overall it becomes flat out riveting whenever Leto appears on screen 
3.5
The Little Things
Moira MacDonald
At a time when movie star charisma is in short supply it brings some somber but welcome diversion 
2.5
The Little Things
Joey Magidson
What Jared Leto Rami Malek and especially Denzel Washington saw in this film is beyond me 
2
The Little Things
Mick LaSalle
Though he crafts a story worthy of a thriller Hancock s main concerns here are twofold the type of personality drawn to this kind of police work and the effect this work has on them 
3
The Little Things
Johnny Oleksinski
Less gripping than some anthills 
1.5
The Little Things
James Berardinelli
The movie works when viewed through the narrow lens of one character s personal redemption rather than through a wider portal 
3
The Little Things
Rafer Guzman
The Little Things occasionally delivers the pleasures of a deep dark noir but it s mostly just a shadow of other films 
2
The Little Things
Jake Coyle
The Little Things was always locked in the 90s but it s also already a relic 
2.5
The Little Things
Rosalie Kicks
The Little Things is trying so hard to be something grandiose and instead ended up as a predictable slog 
1.5
The Little Things
Michael O'Sullivan
It boasts a sterling main cast Denzel Washington Rami Malek Jared Leto as well as open endedness that is simultaneously pleasurable and a bit unsettling in both the good and bad senses of that word 
2.5
The Little Things
Katie Walsh
Denzel Washington has an ability to elevate any run of the mill genre piece even one as slick and sophisticated as John Lee Hancock s The Little Things a sharp suspenseful yet uneasy slice of neo noir 
3
The Little Things
Roger Moore
It s the pleasure of this cast s company grounded detailed performances with a flourish here and there that make this otherwise routine thriller pay off 
2.5
The Little Things
Brian Tallerico
By the time it s over it s hard to shake the feeling that it s added up to well nothing 
2
The Little Things
Brian Truitt
The Little Things is like a 1990s crime thriller that s been sitting on a shelf for 20 or so years Honestly it probably should have stayed there 
2
The Little Things
Mike McGranaghan
While possessing little of the gore Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs had The Little Things nevertheless achieves a pervasive sense of dread 
3.5
Saved by the Belles
Ray Conlogue
If you re not a member of this subculture or already interested in it you may have a hard time adjusting to Saved by the Belles 
2
The Outlaw
Mattie Lucas
The leads are all capable but none of them seem to be acting in the same movie as if Hughes couldn t decide what movie he really wanted to make 
2
A Song for Us
Roger Moore
Inane bordering on insipid
1
If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans
Andrew Schenker
Tillmans outlines a fascinating if partial philosophy of his work 
3
Resurrección
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A documentary that provokes anger it seems we can not do otherwise in this country about what we have done with the so called Mexican Niagara 
2.5
Sacred
Joshua Tanzer
An unforgettably emotional film as the love between the lead characters becomes shot through with tension guilt and jealousy 
4
Sacred
David Sterritt
Gitai handles his potentially melodramatic material with unfailing taste and compassion encouraging his audience to think long and hard about the moral dilemmas his film intelligently explores 
4
Sacred
Roger Ebert
The film directed by a longtime Israeli documentarian named Amos Gitai sees the story largely through the eyes of the women 
3
Abandoned
Brian Tallerico
There 8217 s just no meat on this film 8217 s bones 46 Gallagher gets a non character and Roberts is left hanging by being forced to play post partum as a horror trope 46 
1.5
Abandoned
Roger Moore
Horror movie acting is a particular skill 44 an Oh MY GOD buy in that she 8217 s got to accept before we buy in to her in this role and by extension 44 this movie 46 Roberts shows no sign of having that skillset 46 
1
Abandoned
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie messes with our perception and understanding so many times that it apos s difficult to determine what that final point is 46 
1.5
Jeepers Creepers
David Nusair
There apos s little doubt that Salva delivers an almost astonishingly effective opening stretch 46 46 46 
3
Jeepers Creepers
Matt Brunson
An absurd horror yarn in which a cannibalistic winged demon goes on a murderous rampage whenever he hears the title tune Personally Sussudio and Rude are the only songs that would conceivably make me take a hatchet to someone s head but I digress 
1.5
Jeepers Creepers
Lucius Gore
One genuinely gets the sense from the first hour of this film that Salva is exorcising some of his own demons 
3.5
Jeepers Creepers
Jeffrey Westhoff
The story hits a wall with an abrupt dismal ending 
2
Jeepers Creepers
Mark Dujsik
This is definitely not a good movie and it has too many major flaws within the context of the genre to be a good horror movie 
2.5
Jeepers Creepers
Michael Dequina
A mind numbing monster movie 
0
Jeepers Creepers
Mike McGranaghan
Jeepers Creepers is one of those movies that starts promisingly then goes downhill very quickly 
2
Jeepers Creepers
James Kendrick
packs in virtually every horror movie paradigm from the last 30 years into a lean 90 minutes
2.5
Jeepers Creepers
Dustin Putman
The best thing to happen to the horror genre since 1999 s groundbreaking The Blair Witch Project 
3.5
Jeepers Creepers
Steve Rhodes
It is little more than a standard horror flick but at least it doesn t go for camp 
2.5
Jeepers Creepers
Bob Graham
Jeepers Creepers is better setting things up than following through It must resort to psychic mumbo jumbo that has to be played straight and doesn t work 
2
Jeepers Creepers
Kevin Courrier
Jeepers Creepers might have a stylishly sinister look but the goods are rudimentary 
2
Jeepers Creepers
Rob Blackwelder
Using a 1930 s hit parade ditty as a scare tactic is arguably the most asinine gimmick in the history of fright flicks 
1
Jeepers Creepers
Jonathan Foreman
It s a shame that Salva so suddenly and permanently leaves the suggestive territory of the movie s first third 
2
Jeepers Creepers
Glenn Lovell
If you can overlook its lapses in character logic you ll have a ghoulishly good time at this more ambitious than usual shocker 
2.5
Jeepers Creepers
Tor Thorsen
Half the time logic seems to be the last thing on Salva s mind as Jeepers Creepers is by and large incoherent 
2
Jeepers Creepers
Desmond Ryan
A standard issue ineptly executed serving of the genre s staples from skeptical cops to an all knowing psychic on hand to explain everything about the demonic force behind the body count 
1
Jeepers Creepers
James Berardinelli
Salva Powder directing from his own screenplay develops Jeepers Creepers in such a way that it offers plenty of shock scares as well as a gradually building sense of menace 
2.5
Jeepers Creepers
Robert K. Elder
Plays like an amateur debut effort written over a weekend during which its writer wasn t entirely sober 
.5
Jeepers Creepers
Ed Gonzalez
Jeepers Creepers is an old fashioned horror flick tailor made for the Fangoria crowd 
3
Souls for Sale
Ed Gonzalez
Puts to shame anything posing as serious philosophical thought in the Matrix films 
4
The United States of Leland
Phil Villarreal
The drama makes us yearn to discover the reason Leland killed the boy but the point of the movie isn t to grant us a big revealment 
3
The United States of Leland
John Beifuss
A melancholy alt rock soundtrack tells us that wistful regret is the appropriate reaction to almost every scene 
2
The United States of Leland
Jeff Vice
Dull 
2
The United States of Leland
Sean P. Means
Writer director Matthew Ryan Hoge strands his cast in a sea of emotional paralysis and Afterschool Special moralizing 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Walter Chaw
Exactly the sort of facile sociology that drives sensitive intelligent souls like Leland bat 
1
The United States of Leland
David Nusair
the overabundance of periphery characters and their respective subplots winds up hurting the film more than anything else 
3
The United States of Leland
Joe Baltake
The entire film is like that moments of good actors giving halfhearted performances 
2
The United States of Leland
Paul Sherman
You know you re in trouble when the main question a movie raises is Which of these characters do I want to slap most 
2
The United States of Leland
Liam Lacey
It s neither an insightful nor well made film 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Ruthe Stein
Besides being puffed up with its importance it s also inert and totally implausible one of those movies where nobody behaves in a way that seems remotely human 
1
The United States of Leland
Moira MacDonald
It s ponderous and endless and raised only two question in my mind How many times can Kevin Spacey rehash the same performance And is death the ultimate deadpan 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Terry Lawson
It simply mopes along to one of those joyless alt rock soundtracks that have thankfully started to fall out of fashion since the film was produced leaving vague unpleasantness in its wake 
2
The United States of Leland
Lisa Kennedy
Ambitious but flawed 
2
The United States of Leland
Tim Hansen
Dispassionate to the point of resembling a kitchen appliance this meandering dissection of suburban angst answers no questions and offers naught for substance 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Chris Hewitt
Watching it is the equivalent of listening to two hours of whiny pretentious emo 
1
The United States of Leland
Glenn Lovell
Leland is nothing if not well meant and sincere Unfortunately it s also pretentious overwritten derivative 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Phoebe Flowers
Leland is absolutely interesting But it s never genuinely good or even all that memorable 
2
The United States of Leland
Steven Rea
The strengths of Leland come from its performances 
2.5
The United States of Leland
Steve Rhodes
A film whose nuances glimmer with a diamond s brilliance 
3.5
The United States of Leland
Peter Debruge
The characters behave less the way people really would than as the screenplay requires to support its vaguely cynical assumptions about human nature 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Dustin Putman
A shattering glimpse of the way a community reacts when the erratic killing of an innocent suddenly hits close to home Deserverdly stands as one of the best films of 2004 
3.5
The United States of Leland
Kim Morgan
Ponderous un clever and almost aggressively humorless 
1.5
The United States of Leland
Roger Ebert
A moral muddle 
2
The United States of Leland
Bob Strauss
Seems to be the result of too many repeat viewings of American Beauty 
2.5
The United States of Leland
Lou Lumenick
Kevin Spacey has only a supporting role in The United States of Leland but this troubled youth melodrama which he produced is very much of a piece with the phony pretentious and preachy flicks Spacey has starred in of late 
1
The United States of Leland
Jeffrey Westhoff
Unbearably pretentious 
1
The United States of Leland
Jack Mathews
There s a reason filmmaking is considered a craft and Hoge a former teacher in a juvenile prison cannot pull off what would be a tricky proposition for a skilled veteran 
1.5
The United States of Leland
David Sterritt
The screenplay aims high in terms of humanity and complexity but director Hoge drains it of energy with listless meanderings that provide more yawns than insights 
2
The United States of Leland
Robert K. Elder
Among its weaknesses are an overpopulated cast and a disposable victim 
2
The United States of Leland
Jeanne Aufmuth
The narrative merely brushes up against the issues surrounding them with stagy performances and melodramatic results 
2
The United States of Leland
Emily Blunt
Are you ready for a drama that doesn t try to dumb itself down and cookie cut its characters into a nice little ideal of the world s youth 
4
The United States of Leland
Ed Gonzalez
Sundance twaddle of the highest degree 
.5
Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean
Mike Scott
You want underwater scenes of staggering grace and beauty You got it You want scintillating narration Well you might be swimming in the wrong ocean where that s concerned 
2.5
Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean
Michael Esposito
If it makes some people be more careful about recycling and conservation great But filmmakers can t rely on the flash of IMAX 3D for success 
2
Await Further Instructions
Johnny Oleksinski
This British sci fi thriller is like the violent offspring of Black Mirror 
3
Await Further Instructions
Simon Abrams
An important subject doesn t necessarily make for a thrilling satire social critique and Kevorkian and Williams simply aren t outlandish enough to land their half baked ideas about television s dominating influence 
1.5
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Marty Mapes
One last peek behind the curtain at the masterful Studio Ghibli
2.5
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
John Beifuss
Miyazaki dispenses endlessly quotable observations For example Filmmaking only brings suffering How do we know movies are even worthwhile If you really think about it is this not just some grand hobby 
3.5
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Brian Tallerico
If you re not enraptured with the work of Hayao Miyazaki Isao Takahata and the rest of the artists at Ghibli it may not be precisely what you re looking for but Sanada captures something poetic about art and creativity 
3
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Elise Nakhnikian
The documentary is hesitant to show the great work that resulted from Hayao Miyazaki s grand hobby never including clips from the classics referred to throughout 
2.5
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Roger Moore
A long and revealing but not quite revealing enough look inside Studio Ghibli and the animation master who made it Hayao Miyazaki
3
One Lucky Elephant
Mattie Lucas
You ll find no truer or more empathetic documentary on the big screen this year 
3
One Lucky Elephant
Roger Ebert
Simple enough to delight a child and complex enough to baffle a philosopher 
3
One Lucky Elephant
Stephen Whitty
It s really just the story of two friends one with a black top hat and the other with a long gray trunk 
3
One Lucky Elephant
V.A. Musetto
Next time you go to the circus or zoo think of sweet Flora 
3
One Lucky Elephant
Joseph Jon Lanthier
One Lucky Elephant effortlessly shuttles between unlikely love story wildlife documentary and character portraiture 
3
Up Periscope
David Nusair
strangely uninvolving throughout its 111 minutes 
2
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Micah Towery
This particular film surely straddles the line between romp and zany and maybe even deserves that most hallowed of accolades zany romp 
1.5
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Sean P. Means
If you thought the ethnic stereotyping in My Big Fat Greek Wedding was bad this charmless romantic comedy will drive you to despair 
1
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director Jason Todd Ipson s romantic comedy is so awash in tired ethnic clichs that the story drowns 
1
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Steven Rea
Full of clunky humor battle of the sexes musings and spicy accordion music Everybody Wants to Be Italian is relentless but not necessarily relentless fun 
2
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Stephen Whitty
Constructed out of tired jokes vaguely familiar actors and a few forced and predictable situations it s strictly a harmless place filler 
1.5
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Lou Lumenick
The film plays out pretty much exactly as you would expect which won t bother some people one iota 
2
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Jeff Vice
It s pretty obvious Everybody Wants to Be Italian wants to be the next My Big Fat Greek Wedding Unfortunately it doesn t have nearly as much charm as the 2002 sleeper In fact Italian doesn t have much charm to it at all 
1
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Rafer Guzman
Romantic comedies don t always have the strongest concepts but Everybody Wants to Be Italian begins with what barely qualifies as an idea 
1
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Matt Brunson
Because it was made during the 1970s 44 it apos s a family film that includes sexual harassment 44 attempted rape 44 stag films 44 and prostitution to say nothing of scenes in which dogs are involved in some pretty stressful and gruesome situations 46 
2
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Gene Siskel
A scattershot comedy that cant make up its mind whether to be wholesome family entertainment or a smutty film industry in joke It goes both ways 
2
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Jerry Oster
The acting is extravagantly bad as if grimaces and gesticulations would conceal the script s inadequacies 
2
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Mike McGranaghan
Tries to cram in so many old Hollywood ideas that it causes the plot to lose focus 
1.5
Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This scant documentary about the marginalized maverick filmmaker Walerian Boroczyk gets in and out quickly but still manages to make a reasonable case for Boroczyk as a misunderstood genius 
3
Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Roger Moore
Despite the testimonials and many clips I don t think director Mikurda makes the sale that Borowczyk is a forgotten master 
2
Chloe
Mattie Lucas
This is a film that embraces its campy ridiculousness with stylistic restraint and comes away as being a shamelessly entertaining mess 
2.5
Chloe
Michael Dequina
The film goes shockingly flat when the more conventional thriller elements what should be the film s bread and butter kick in 
2.5
Chloe
Alison Gang
Even with all the sexual prerequisites met Chloe feels more like a damp domestic drama than a steamy erotic thriller 
1.5
Chloe
Rob Humanick
Prurience justified 
3
Chloe
Janos Gereben
Chloe a shallow formulaic thriller that feels rushed and somewhat routinely slapped together registers as a surprising disappointment 
2
Chloe
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a movie that while on the surface intriguing left me more than a little bit cold its final images more perplexing than haunting and all I could do when exiting the theatre was shake my head in quiet dissatisfaction 
2
Chloe
Matt Brunson
A tame affair compared to its counterparts over on the Continent but at least it s neither juvenile nor prudish two qualities that taint the majority of homegrown flicks It s a shame then that the film utterly collapses as it rounds third base 
2.5
Chloe
Robert Levin
The movie is entertaining and undeniably sexy filled with an atmosphere charged by lust and desire 
3
Chloe
Keith Cohen
This sleazy and cheap imitation of the original takes a silly and ridiculous turn in the third act It becomes a kinky lesbian imitation of Fatal Attraction The tawdry sexploitation will be titillating for dirty old men 
1.5
Chloe
Rob Thomas
There are certainly moments in the film where you won t want to make eye contact with anybody else in the theater But that may be because your eyes are glued to the screen kept there by a film so seductive and profound 
3
Chloe
Liam Lacey
This is a high toned erotic thriller handled with style and some emotionally raw scenes aiming for an effect that s pleasingly unnerving if not outright arousing 
3
Chloe
Robert W. Butler
Yeah it s kinda kinky But given that Moore and Seyfried are terribly attractive women watching their little dance of desire has its pleasures 
2.5
Chloe
John Beifuss
Evokes Hitchcock during its compelling first two acts before collapsing at the less stealthy feet of Adrian Lyne 
2.5
Chloe
John Wirt
Creepy and sleazy the film gets most of its power from Julianne Moore Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried s overachievement 
2.5
Chloe
Mike Scott
It s neither a good movie nor a bad movie It s just a movie 
2
Chloe
Willie Waffle
Seyfried surprised me with her ability to be innocently intoxicating and erotic all at the same time
2.5
Chloe
Ann Hornaday
Chloe descends into a preposterous third act that by any measure qualifies as a disaster But it s proof of Egoyan s skill that the film works for as long as it does 
2
Chloe
Kyle Smith
Chloe may be otherwise forgettable but it offers one of the steamier sex scenes you re likely to see at the movies this year 
2
Chloe
Sean O'Connell
Back when Brian De Palma was trying his best to emulate Alfred Hitchcock he made movies like Chloe 
2
Chloe
Peter Howell
The film finds real sensual heat whenever Moore and Seyfried are together and Egoyan and cinematographer Paul Sarossy turn up the thermostat by making Toronto locales seem exotic and vaguely sinister 
3.5
Chloe
Chris Hewitt
Director Atom Egoyan uses an elegant gliding camera to trap his characters against enormous windows and mirrors and the effect is disorienting 
3
Chloe
Stephen Whitty
Thanks to its stars it may be a while before you realize how truly artificial its premise is 
2.5
Chloe
Mark Dujsik
A highly evocative psychological drama 
3.5
Chloe
Dustin Putman
Chloe leaves you longing for more yes but that s better than the alternative 151 praying for less 
2.5
Chloe
Mick LaSalle
A remake that s an improvement over the original and an English speaking women s film that for once beats the French at the genre they do best 
3
Chloe
Peter Travers
The best of Egoyan s films The Sweet Hereafter Exotica deserve serious attention Not this time 
2
Chloe
Graham Killeen
Sure it s a bit much But just try tearing your eyes away from the screen 
3.5
Chloe
Tom Keogh
Egoyan keeps you wondering where fantasy starts and ends or if there s a fantasy at all 
3
Chloe
Janice Page
It can t be recommended even to people who mostly just want to see Amanda Seyfried naked 
1.5
Chloe
Carrie Rickey
Moore Seyfried and Neeson each boast sufficient sexuality to power a single movie on his or her own Collectively they are the erotic dream team 
2.5
Chloe
Jeff Vice
Even veteran Moore seems flummoxed by the ending which should tell you something 
2
Chloe
Lawrence Toppman
This is one of the few movies you ll ever see where a title character has no back story at all 
2
Chloe
Calvin Wilson
Egoyan s trademark quirkiness definitely makes its presence felt 
3
Chloe
Thelma Adams
Brittle Toronto gynecologist Julianne Moore suspects her hubby Liam Neeson is cheating So u2013 dee dee dee she hires voluptuous call girl Chloe Amanda Seyfried to test him The erotic flick doesn t work for many reasons but mainly because it s mo
2
Chloe
Roger Ebert
Egoyan never makes a story with one level He never reveals all of the motives especially to his characters He invites us to be voyeurs of surfaces that may not conceal what they seem 
3.5
Chloe
James Berardinelli
His recent slump notwithstanding Egoyan remains an interesting director one whose near misses and outright failures retain a compulsive quality Such is the case with Chloe 
2.5
Chloe
Peter Keough
Although offering plenty of material for Freudian and postmodern delectation Chloe succumbs to its conventions and devolves into a rehash of Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct 
2.5
Chloe
Rene Rodriguez
Taking a cue from its eponymous character Chloe skillfully seduces you then leaves you feeling hollow and a little used 
2
Chloe
Andrew Schenker
A sexy but largely unilluminating narrative that finally devolves into a fairly conventional thriller 
2
Chloe
David Nusair
It s not until Egoyan begins to emphasize elements of an unapologetically salacious nature that Chloe becomes more than just an actors showcase 
3
Departures
Mattie Lucas
A charming winning piece of filmmaking that while in no way deserving of the title of Best Foreign Language film of this or any year is a heartwarming and bittersweet tale that hits all the right notes 
3
Departures
Kelly Jane Torrance
All three actors are skilled in communicating difficult emotions just with their faces and in bringing to life the gentle humor that leavens this very affecting movie about death and letting go 
3.5
Departures
Nick Rogers
Death is normal and so are responsibilities reconciliations and retreats from what we think are our dreams In a resolution about identifying ourselves and loved ones in life and death Departures shows some people must be left just as they went 
4
Departures
Mike Scott
A surprisingly uplifting examination of life and loss 
3.5
Departures
John Beifuss
Redeems a trite redemptive story about family with hushed beautifully staged sequences of encoffinment 
3
Departures
Keith Cohen
One of the best movies released this year it will be included on my year end top 10 list This movie has a personal touch that never wears out its welcome 
4
Departures
Robert W. Butler
Absolutely beautifully tear duct openingly right 
3.5
Departures
Michael Sragow
The ending which involves a rock would wring tears from a stone 
3
Departures
Duane Dudek
A compassionate and wry character study of a man who finding himself at a crossroads is reborn through death 
3
Departures
Joe Williams
Departures is sometimes macabre and sometimes manipulative but the way it speaks to the spirit is miraculous 
3
Departures
Ty Burr
This is the kind of tastefully poignant drama that asks its audience to confront taboos and then pats them on the back for doing so 
2.5
Departures
Jeff Vice
It is the type of film that needs some time to find its story and its characters This thoughtful drama is pretty rewarding though the very deliberate tempo may test the patience of some 
3
Departures
James Adams
It breaks no new ground offers no audacious insights or rude revelations toe follows tac as surely as tac follows tic 
2
Departures
Chris Hewitt
The creepiest aspect of Departures dead people ends up being what s most beautiful about it 
2.5
Departures
Peter Howell
Departures quietly subverts aesthetic and emotional expectations There are moments where the story could turn maudlin or veer into bad taste but the high minded intent is never lost 
3
Departures
Carrie Rickey
Yojiro Takita s movie simultaneously tickles tears of mourning as it wrings laughs about the meaning of life 
3
Departures
John Hartl
Departures is such an elegant beautifully mounted meditation on death funeral customs and parent child relations that you may find yourself sniffling and resisting simultaneously 
3
Departures
V.A. Musetto
Director Takita could easily trim 30 minutes of flab and oceans of tears from Departures It still wouldn t merit an Oscar but it would be a lot more watchable 
2
Departures
Sara Michelle Fetters
The performances are nice the vibe is pretty much spot on but the movie itself almost can t help but under whelm none of it ever rising to the level it needs to in order to fully connect 
2.5
Departures
Walter V. Addiego
The film is far from perfect but has enough going on to compensate for its excessive length and some sentimentality 
3
Departures
Claudia Puig
Though events unravel predictably the film is profoundly affecting thanks to a well written story rich characters and superlative acting 
3.5
Departures
Michael Phillips
It is I m afraid unlikely to reflect much glory on the Oscar nomination process and the voters in general 
2
Departures
Roger Ebert
The plot involves some developments we can see coming but they seem natural inevitable The music is lush and sentimental in a subdued way the cinematography is perfectly framed and evocative and the movie is uncommonly absorbing 
4
Departures
Joseph Jon Lanthier
It feels like a singularly great film when one understands its plot as a daringly paradoxical apologia for Japan s moribund taboo 
3
Departures
Robert Levin
A sumptuous richly composed drama that considers big broad emotional issues with a sweeping cinematic canvas 
3
Alexander the Great
Matt Brunson
The most notable battle on view in this picture isn t any of the skirmishes between Alexander s army and the opposing forces but the effort between Burton s blonde wig and March s shaggy beard to upstage each other in grievous grooming 
2
Alexander the Great
David Nusair
even more ineffectual and dull than Oliver Stone s recent attempt 
1
A Perfect Murder
David Nusair
a briskly paced and handsomely shot endeavor that benefits quite substantially from its uniformly strong performances 
3.5
A Perfect Murder
Liam Lacey
None of the amusement gained in watching the performances unfortunately amounts to much as the script in a desperate attempt to lend action interest to the original static puzzle plot compounds surprise turn after surprise turn 
2.5
A Perfect Murder
Michael Dequina
As is the case with too many remakes the slick new take falls short 
2.5
A Perfect Murder
Barbara Shulgasser
Paltrow too is generally a good actress but there is a paint by numbers quality to her work here 
2
A Perfect Murder
James Berardinelli
A Perfect Murder has inexplicably managed to eliminate almost everything that was worthwhile about Dial M for Murder leaving behind the nearly unwatchable wreckage of a would be 90s thriller 
1.5
A Perfect Murder
Roger Ebert
I think it works like a nasty little machine to keep us involved and disturbed my attention never strayed and one of the elements I liked was the way Paltrow s character isn t sentimentalized 
3
A Perfect Murder
Jeff Vice
This unscary thriller also suffers from dreadful miscasting not the least of which is pairing Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglas as the leads 
1.5
A Perfect Murder
Mick LaSalle
there s nothing about this thriller to prevent it from soon becoming enmeshed in the memory with others in which Michael Douglas wears a starched collar and grits his teeth 
2
A Perfect Murder
Joe Baltake
What Andrew Davis has essentially done is to take one three star movie and turn it into another three star movie 
3
A Perfect Murder
Steve Rhodes
A thriller without much genuine suspense isn t much of a thriller even if the atmospherics are dead on 
2
A Perfect Murder
David N. Butterworth
Andrew The Fugitive Davis film is less than perfect but it s a murderously fun way to spend a couple of hours in a darkened movie theater 
3
A Perfect Murder
Susan Stark
Loaded with dramatic irony in the first half and with tension in the second the film gives Douglas another chance to do his slick sinister best Paltrow a chance to extend her emotional range and Mortensen a chance to play the chameleon 
3
A Perfect Murder
Elias Savada
A streamlined high gloss touch tone remake of the lesser Hitchcock classic Harken ye back to the days of rotary dialing 
2
Live From New York!
Richard Roeper
Nguyen does fine work illustrating how SNL went from the ultimate outsider show to the ultimate institution stopping along the way to touch briefly on controversies 
2.5
Live From New York!
Scott Renshaw
A sloppy wet kiss 
2
Live From New York!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s still enough here to make it worth a watch especially given the high caliber of interview subjects and the still funny clips 
3
Live From New York!
Stephen Whitty
If you simply love the show and want a movie about how it has reflected and rarely helped change attitudes about sex gender and race then Live From New York may fit the bill 
2.5
Live From New York!
Susan Wloszczyna
Live From New York is required viewing only if the network s own 3 1 2 hour marathon salute to four decades of skit hilarity earlier this year was not enough of a retrospective for you 
2
Live From New York!
John Anderson
Self congratulatory doesn t begin to describe it Delusional might 
1.5
Live From New York!
Ty Burr
It was time to destroy TV recalls Chase about the 1975 launch The irony is that SNL ended up reaffirming it instead 
3
Live From New York!
Dann Gire
Nguyen seems enamored with celebrity commentators So he stuffs as many as he can into 90 minutes even disgraced newsman Brian Williams revealing that live TV can be unpredictable Really 
2.5
Live From New York!
Joe Williams
Apparently the focus of the movie was determined by whomever answered Nguyen s invites Well isn t that special 
2
Live From New York!
Michael O'Sullivan
There are enough good times consistently evoked by this film decade after decade to convince even skeptics that Saturday Night Live s highest highs may be yet to come 
3
Live From New York!
Matt Pais
Live From New York like former cast member current Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon s interviewing style is affectionate but thin 
2
Live From New York!
Walter V. Addiego
Live From New York has its merits plenty of entertaining stories from the performers and writers and from the show s guiding genius Lorne Michaels about SNL s amazing four decade run 
3
Live From New York!
Kyle Smith
The movie is fun but it s a cinematic coffee table book 
2.5
Live From New York!
Peter Howell
The doc is more of a sampler of 40 years of SNL than a full serving and everybody gets awfully close to taking themselves too seriously 
2
Live From New York!
Nick Prigge
Formally it relies on a bevy of spectacularly funny clips and a plethora of talking heads most of which fall back on plaudits rather than sage insights 
2
Live From New York!
Stephen Rebello
The movie entertains sure but the real story behind the puff stuff is way more complicated 
2
Live From New York!
Clayton Davis
From the musical guests to the many controversies that almost swallowed the show whole Live from New York is an infectious swell of love humor and adoration 
3.5
The Fabulous Patars
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A predictable but pleasant family melodrama Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
1.5
Notorious
Mattie Lucas
The sequence where Grant and Bergman discover Rains secret in the wine cellar is textbook suspense and it s easy to see why Hitchcock was the master at this kind of filmmaking 
4
Notorious
Matt Brunson
A brilliant motion picture that resonates on any number of levels 
4
Notorious
David Nusair
It would be far too harsh to label Alfred Hitchcock s Notorious an all out bomb but it s equally difficult to refer to the movie as a wholeheartedly effective and affecting success 
2.5
Notorious
Walter Chaw
writing about it is almost as intimidating as pretending that there s anything new to say about it But here goes 
4
Notorious
James Kendrick
the best of Alfred Hitchcock s espionage thrillers and one the strongest works of his extensive cinematic career
4
Notorious
Ted Prigge
If Rear Window was brilliant because of how deep it was and Vertigo was brilliant for how existential it was Notorious is brilliant because of how simple it is 
4
Notorious
Roger Ebert
Alfred Hitchcock s Notorious is the most elegant expression of the master s visual style just as Vertigo is the fullest expression of his obsessions 
4
Mouth to Mouth
Maitland McDonagh
A clear eyed look at the pleasures and price of abandoning conventional mores for experimental lifestyles 
2.5
Mouth to Mouth
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like the homeless kids at its center Alison Murray s feature debut is passionate angry and suffering from a serious lack of discipline 
2
Mouth to Mouth
Nick Schager
An anti cult cautionary tale directed at impressionable kids in jeopardy of joining shirtless hunks on European excursions marked by chanting eating out of dumpsters and psychological warfare 
2
American Reunion
Kelly Jane Torrance
No this isn t as good as the original 1999 film Sequels rarely are But it s a fun trip down memory lane for those of us who came of age along with the gang 
2.5
American Reunion
Bill Chambers
Points for consistency I guess on the part of Harold Kumar creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg 
2
American Reunion
Michael Dequina
As a postscript to the arc of the first three films it s a fittiingly funny and surprisingly sweet coda 
3
American Reunion
Linda Cook
No it s certainly not the only sequel that American Pie has spawned And I have the feeling it may not be the last 
3
American Reunion
Sara Michelle Fetters
Walking out there just didn t seem to be any point to bringing everyone back for this fourth go around American Reunion proof that sometimes going home again isn t as good idea as it s purported to be 
2
American Reunion
David Nusair
an overlong and underdeveloped sequel that could only be loved by hardcore fans of the original film 
2
American Reunion
James Kendrick
leans a little too heavily on the familiar and fails to achieve that delicate balance of the nasty and the sweet that made the first one so memorable
2
American Reunion
Eric Melin
Seeing as how this is essentially a teen comedy about guys in their early 30s some of the laughs are kind of creepy and uncomfortable but the directors have tons of genuine affection for the characters 
1.5
American Reunion
Monica Castillo
A few clever notions on the problem of middle aged dating are handled by pros Eugene Levy and Jennifer Coolidge Otherwise it dips into Meet the Fockers material like Biggs into a baked good 
2
American Reunion
Keith Cohen
Screenwriters Hurwitz and Schlossberg play up the nostalgia as the characters now in their early 30s enter a different phase of life They stick to the formula of mixing sweet heart tugging moments with giddy gross out humor a nice tight bow is 
2.5
American Reunion
John Beifuss
I ve always been more or less indifferent to the American Pie series but seeing the characters again I was filled with admiration for the actors show business chops for their dedication to roles that require them to be routinely humiliated 
3
American Reunion
Kam Williams
An underwhelming last gasp of an expiring franchise strictly for diehards inclined to laugh a final time at a plethora of recycled slapstick potty humor and graphic sight gags 
2
American Reunion
Scott Nash
It s a series that like its characters has reached a comfortable if unexciting middle age 
2.5
American Reunion
Matt Brunson
There s still enough comic invention to say nothing of that likable cast to make it easier to take than the subsequent chapters in many other franchises 
2.5
American Reunion
James Berardinelli
American Reunion tries to use nudity sex and fecal matter to generate laughter but the jokes are tired and predictable 
2
American Reunion
Mike McGranaghan
Overlong and excruciatingly unfunny It ends up telling the same old jokes in the same old ways 
1
American Reunion
Ricardo Baca
Yes American Reunion is a juvenile outing They steal jet skis and defecate in beer coolers They cheat on their girlfriends and lie to their best friends But what did you expect 
2.5
American Reunion
Peter Canavese
Predictability is the fatal flaw of any American sequel and while this one comes closest in tone to the original film that s a decidedly double edged sword 
2
American Reunion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When the first movie came out in the summer of 1999 it was a refreshing irreverent new brand of comedy Nowadays it seems a bit too nice 
2
American Reunion
Stephen Whitty
None of it makes much of an impression although there are a few nice and surprisingly heartfelt moments around the edges 
2
American Reunion
Claudia Puig
A strained relentless quest for gross out humor and outlandish sexual escapades 
2
American Reunion
Stephen Cole
Confirms the perception that only losers attend high school reunions 
2
American Reunion
Rafer Guzman
In the end American Reunion even gets away with its sequel baiting closing line Till next time 
2.5
American Reunion
Michael O'Sullivan
An aggressively crass and not especially funny trip down memory lane an attempt to recapture the sweetly ribald magic of the earlier film 
1.5
American Reunion
Bob Bloom
American Reunion offers plenty of laughs it just doesn t try to move beyond its simplistic premise Like Stifler the filmmakers feel too comfortable being rooted in the past 
2
American Reunion
Willie Waffle
American Reunion is like most reunions You are kind of shocked at who lost their hair who got fat who got divorced and realize you should have skipped it altogether 
1
American Reunion
Mark Dujsik
The sad truth is that there s as much reason for American Reunion as there is for a 13 year high school reunion 
1.5
American Reunion
Dustin Putman
A full out love note to fans of the series Nearly as good as the teen classic original only with the added benefit of nostalgic hindsight 
3
American Reunion
Amy Biancolli
The entire film is a mistake 
1
American Reunion
Peter Howell
American Reunion remarkably might just be the funniest issue yet from the American Pie franchise factory 
2.5
American Reunion
Peter Travers
American Reunion reminds us what we liked about the original the way the movie sweetened its raunch to build a rooting interest in these characters 
2.5
American Reunion
Steven Rea
It s a reunion that finds the old friends grappling with new dilemmas 
2.5
American Reunion
Matt Soergel
Some decent laughs but most of the movie s forced and awkward Tara Reid and Mena Suvari in particular look as if they d rather be anywhere else 
2
American Reunion
Wesley Morris
Just to be clear 13 is how many years have passed since the first film It s also a number that s such bad news that elevators skip it all together 
1.5
American Reunion
Jon Niccum
Even though Jim and his fellow high schoolers have aged into their 30s they re still good for some raunchy adventures in American Reunion 
2.5
American Reunion
Sue Pierman
Those who have grown up with these characters now fixtures in pop culture likely will find it reassuring to know that some things never change 
2.5
American Reunion
Chris Hewitt
It makes a huge mistake when it proceeds as if we care equally about the dozen or so characters from the Pie movies They re all back even the ones played by those bad actors and they all have subplots in Reunion 
2
American Reunion
Joe Lozito
If you ve been wondering what the American Pie gang has been up to for the past nine years this is the movie for you If not why are you still reading 
2.5
American Reunion
Roger Moore
So why why more American Pie It s a lame one just the same one now with much older guys And starlets wearing mileage from all their whiskey and rye Singing Why did my career go bye 
1.5
American Reunion
Rene Rodriguez
The movie never overcomes the feeling that it is above all else an attempt to wring a few more dollars out from a once profitable franchise 
2
American Reunion
Michael Phillips
Every other line it seems refers to back in the day or wasn t this more fun when we were younger or how old they re feeling You d think this was a remake of Cocoon 
2
American Reunion
Joe Williams
The split of hormonal sleaze to cornball sap is still about 50 50 yet like a chance meeting with an old love it doesn t produce the expected magic 
2.5
American Reunion
Matt Pais
In the fourth and best American installment the laughs don t stop 
3.5
American Reunion
Soren Andersen
Be assured you already know exactly what lies within here That s what makes the picture so comforting No surprises 
2.5
American Reunion
Roger Ebert
American Reunion has a sense of deja vu but it still delivers a lot of nice laughs 
3
American Reunion
Christy Lemire
American Reunion relies on clichs about nostalgia forced tension over strained friendships and melodrama about the rekindling of first loves 
1.5
American Reunion
Randy Myers
A mediocre and all too obvious sequel that utterly fails to recapture the youthful spark of its original 
2
American Reunion
Phil Villarreal
American Reunion is funnier than all other movies in the series combined 
4
All I Can Say
Sheila O'Malley
Fans of Hoon will thrill to all of this footage For others it ll be a pretty tough haul 
1.5
All I Can Say
Wes Greene
The film refuses to shy away from the unvarnished honesty of the Blind Melon frontman during his brief moment of fame 
2.5
Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen
David Sterritt
The subject and the film clips are great although the documentary as a whole is a bit gimmicky 
3
In the Electric Mist
David Nusair
46 46 46 a well made 44 well acted misfire 46 46 46 
2
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Carson Lund
Adam Rifkin s documentary convincingly portrays the sense of community fostered by Giuseppe Andrews s crazed passion 
3
Miss Sadie Thompson
Matt Brunson
Crisp dialogue can t completely disguise the abrupt character transformations and the choppy narrative 
2.5
You're Sleeping Nicole
Farran Smith Nehme
Director Stéphane Lafleur shoots in black and white with a sure and delicate eye 
2.5
You're Sleeping Nicole
Clayton Dillard
Stéphane Lafleur denies Nicole the angsty treatments given similar characters in films like The Graduate and Frances Ha by refusing to saturate the film with an undergirding sense of charm 
3
You're Sleeping Nicole
Liam Lacey
The night scenes are particularly resonant mixing humour suspense and textured visuals This is the kind of film dream from which you feel reluctant to wake 
3
You're Sleeping Nicole
Peter Howell
Tu Dors Nicole accurately recreates that feeling of youth when the summer seemed like it would last forever As the French say it s très drôle 
3
Marjorie Prime
Mattie Lucas
A captivating work that unfolds like wisps of memory desperately looking to the past for answers companionship common experience 
3.5
Marjorie Prime
Sean P. Means
Almereyda doesn t stray far from the story s stage roots so the emphasis is on dialogue and performance The discussions are smart sharp and insightful raising important questions 
3.5
Marjorie Prime
Ann Hornaday
As a sly chamber piece it reassures and unsettles in equal exquisitely calibrated measure 
3.5
Marjorie Prime
Mark Dujsik
Almereyda favors a general air of loss and regret 
2
Marjorie Prime
Richard Roeper
The exchanges feel slightly redundant at times The stagey origins of the material surface occasionally Minor bumps though in a unique psychological journey 
3.5
Marjorie Prime
Rex Reed
The virtues in Marjorie Prime are modest but the muted cinematography by Sean Price Williams adds enormously to the blurred vision of reality the characters feel throughout and the cast is first rate 
3
Marjorie Prime
Godfrey Cheshire
A movie that leaves viewers with so much to ponder 
3
Marjorie Prime
G. Allen Johnson
Hamm perfectly plays Walter as a sort of suave GQ version of HAL 9000 and Davis and Robbins have their most satisfying feature film roles in years 
3
Marjorie Prime
Chuck Bowen
Mapping the intersection between history and emotion Michael Almereyda finds himself in Alain Resnais terrain 
3.5
Garden State
Nick Rogers
It s no longer a generational alarm clock but for those who ve seen loved ones stumble through complacent fogs of Paxil Zoloft and the like Garden State still warns that stability doesn t mean a numbness to anything not emotionally even keeled 
4
Garden State
Joe Lozito
It s good to see Natalie Portman acting again 
3
Garden State
Jay Antani
the quintessential product by and for uninspired times
2
Garden State
Scott Nash
Both funny and touching this is a small film that deserves to be seen by a wider audience 
3
Garden State
Forrest Hartman
Too often compelling moments are countered by meandering edits that lead the story to a sweet but hardly profound conclusion 
2
Garden State
Greg Maki
It has much in common with The Graduate and unlike so many other films that have followed the 1967 classic it is worthy of the comparison 
4
Garden State
Sean McBride
an auspicious film debut which features some quirky yet endearing performances a killer soundtrack and a screenplay far deeper than we should expect from a mere sitcom actor
3
Garden State
Linda Cook
This lost souls movie will be compared to The Graduate and Lost in Translation But it stands on its own because of its quirky characters and situations 
3.5
Garden State
Steven Snyder
While I am aware of the film s cliches and formulas there is still something about this film that connected with me in a visercal way 
3.5
Garden State
James Kendrick
an offbeat genuinely moving dramedy
3.5
Garden State
Mike McGranaghan
Zach Braff should promptly quit his TV show and devote himself to making movies full time 
4
Garden State
Vince Koehler
This film is somewhat interesting and a good first effort for Zach Braff in his directorial debut 
2
Garden State
Bob Bloom
Braff has an ear for dialogue The pauses the search for words the right words overflow from Braff s script It deserves an original screenplay Oscar nomination 
4
Garden State
Steve Rhodes
A warm good spirited and captivating original 
3.5
Garden State
Joe Baltake
Sweet fuzzy and quirky in a good way much like the cracked friendships it engagingly depicts 
3.5
Garden State
Robert W. Butler
Likable enough when it isn t trying too hard to be self consciously quirky 
2.5
Garden State
Jeff Vice
So emotionally honest and is so well done that it s hard not to take to it 
3.5
Garden State
Lawrence Toppman
The writer director never stops telling us a tale that s true at its core 
3
Garden State
Sean P. Means
Braff balances the comic with the tragic so perfectly that we may laugh and cry freely and without feeling manipulated during a single scene 
3.5
Garden State
John Beifuss
If you re familiar with the music of The Shins and Nick Drake you have a sense of the melancholic ironic romantic euphoric buzz the movie aspires to instill in viewers 
3
Garden State
Duane Dudek
Humanistic and forgiving streak runs through a film that both looks and feels like a labor of love 
3
Garden State
Matt Brunson
Braff does more than knock it out of the park this one reaches all the way to the county line 
3.5
Garden State
Peter Canavese
This may make me some sort of traitor to my generation but I found Garden State the auteur debut of TV star Zach Braff to be a derivative vanity project 
2.5
Garden State
Marty Mapes
Deadpan melancholy and slightly absurd like Donnie Darko or Igby Goes Down
2.5
Garden State
David N. Butterworth
A sublime and sophisticated debut from writer director star Zack Braff this year s Lost in Translation with Newark NJ standing in for Tokyo 
3.5
Garden State
Ross Anthony
Somewhat of a Harold and Maude updated We could use more films with this kind of spirit 
3
Garden State
Moira MacDonald
His movie is sweet natured and skillful but its biggest problem is perhaps one Braff wasn t prepared to deal with his own performance or more accurately the decision to place a deliberately flat performance at the film s heart 
2.5
Garden State
David Elliott
It s rare for a movie to have so many blooming surprises 
3.5
Garden State
Rene Rodriguez
Garden State may not define an entire generation but it has a sharp eye for the passive aimlessness that can take hold when young adults realize there s no handbook on how to find purpose and meaning in life 
3
Garden State
Eric Harrison
The best parts of this droll quietly witty drama have the ring of truth 
3
Garden State
Lisa Kennedy
Achingly alive beautifully written first feature 
3
Garden State
Terry Lawson
Sincere funny and entertaining in a way that not only charms but disarms 
3
Garden State
Rob Blackwelder
May just be The Graduate for the arrested development generation 
4
Garden State
Walter Chaw
A worn rock skipping along a smooth glassy surface 
1.5
Garden State
Phoebe Flowers
Unlike so many movies about everything from falling in love to blowing up asteroids Garden State actually feels like someone s life unfolding 
3.5
Garden State
Chris Hewitt
Impeccably cast 
2.5
Garden State
Jeff Strickler
It takes the comic drama Garden State awhile to take root but then it quickly grows on you 
3
Garden State
Lori Hoffman
Garden State is blazing a new reputation for New Jersey leaving the Jimmy Hoffa traffic and pollution jokes far behind 
3
Garden State
Jeanne Aufmuth
Zack Braff works wonders with his spare narrative and funky ensemble 
3
Garden State
David Nusair
Garden State is one of those rare films that manages to speak to an entire generation much like The Graduate and Fight Club before it 
4
Garden State
Mick LaSalle
It has an askew sense of humor that s grounded in honest observation 
2
Garden State
Wesley Morris
A standard issue first movie navel gaze whose cobwebs Braff meticulously sweeps away by directing the bejesus out of it 
2.5
Garden State
Bruce Newman
A comedy with so many moments of found insight and irony that it can scarcely contain them all 
3.5
Garden State
Roger Ebert
It s smart and unconventional with a good eye for the perfect detail 
3
Garden State
James Verniere
A quirky at times terrifically sweet and well acted coming of age tale 
3
Garden State
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Almost every scene comes with some sweet surprise something wonderful and memorable even at the funeral of a family hamster 
3.5
Garden State
Liam Lacey
One of the smarter examples of the form 
2.5
Garden State
Carrie Rickey
Garden State Zach Braff s lyrical directorial debut self consciously announces itself as a baby buster generational marker and richly deserves the designation 
3
Garden State
Allison Benedikt
Braff now a proven triple threat is blessed with his own comic chops an eye for the small details of regular life and a simple straightforward directorial style 
3
Garden State
Willie Waffle
Braff keeps us engaged with a visual flair that indicates a bright future 
3
Garden State
Peter Debruge
A seductive genuine and ultimately heartbreaking comedy 
4
Garden State
Joshua Tanzer
What shall we call today s 20 somethings just discovering anomie for the first time Maybe The Medicated Generation fits best Generation Med 
4
Garden State
Glenn Whipp
The situations may be otherworldly even to someone who hails from Jersey but the emotions and longings Braff manages to tap into are deeply universal 
3
Garden State
Timothy Knight
A bittersweet and wryly funny coming of age film of considerable charm and perceptive intelligence 
3
Garden State
David Sterritt
Braff makes a striking directorial debut while leading a superb ensemble cast 
3
Garden State
Claudia Puig
Poignantly portrays a detached man who decides to tackle life with all its pain joys and everything in between with his eyes open and his head clear 
3
Garden State
Jan Stuart
A richly populated if uneven act of comic catharsis 
3
Garden State
Megan Lehmann
Braff proves himself a master of modulation keeping a sure grip as the film s tone shifts like quicksand from humor to pathos and back 
3
Garden State
Jami Bernard
It offers something rare in the bond between Andrew and Sam Their connection follows a believable arc from their first awkward encounter to a specific believable intimacy without which the movie s jokiness could have rung hollow 
3
Garden State
Peter Travers
It s a hilarious and heartfelt ode to twentysomething angst 
3
Garden State
James Berardinelli
It s a forgettable film featuring a throw away story with unmemorable characters and unremarkable performances 
2.5
Garden State
Dustin Putman
Garden State is a beaming unforgettable little masterpiece creatively alive and emotionally intimate at the same time 
4
Garden State
Chris Barsanti
A flawed but funny and heartfelt film that suggests maybe you can go home again even if that means coming back to Jersey 
3
Garden State
Erik Childress
Belongs on the short list of modern films like Beautiful Girls and Lost In Translation which engulf us in an invisible technique known as storytelling excellence 
4
Muse
Federico Furzan
Muse is the perfect example of a plot that sounded good as an idea but was never fully developed in the script Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Two Girls and a Guy
Sandra Contreras
Built around a fearless performance by the protean Robert Downey Jr this deliberately provocative story of deception and sexuality packs a punch that s undermined by the director s indulgence 
2
Two Girls and a Guy
Margaret A. McGurk
For the actors and lovers of fine acting it makes the movie a feast 
3
Two Girls and a Guy
James Kendrick
a thoroughly cynical look at modern romance and the general state of contemporary interaction between human beings
3
Two Girls and a Guy
Steve Rhodes
The movie has the feel of a play in which they recruited three new acting school graduates and filmed their first day of rehearsals 
0.5
Two Girls and a Guy
Elias Savada
An angst ridden one act talkathon between an egregious fool struggling actor and exceedingly qualified cad and his two separate but equal significant others 
2
Two Girls and a Guy
Michael Dequina
Any true insight into the nature of contemporary romantic relations never arrives 
2
Two Girls and a Guy
Jeff Vice
Unless it s a fantasy or a particularly weird science fiction film a movie just won t work without some atmosphere of believability 
1.5
Two Girls and a Guy
Mick LaSalle
Wagner doesn t wink at the audience to let it know she s not as ignorant and naive as the character she plays It s a performance that risks being misunderstood and it probably will be 
3
Two Girls and a Guy
Roger Ebert
Sometimes the story behind a movie can bring an angle to what s on the screen 
3
Two Girls and a Guy
Dustin Putman
I just wanted them to leave me alone 
2
Two Girls and a Guy
Rob Blackwelder
Downey Graham and Wagner are so natural they take the plot where it leads their characters hearts The result is emotional authenticity that is beyond mere performance It s real 
3.5
Apollo 18
Brian Eggert
Strong characters and rewarding narratives are rarely developed in 8220 found footage 8221 movies 44 so when the shocks and gross out moments occur 44 the audience can 8217 t be blamed for feeling uninvolved 46 
2
Apollo 18
Mattie Lucas
Quite possibly the worst film I have seen since I have been reviewing movies professionally 
0
Apollo 18
Roger Moore
The cheap frights don t deliver the performers bring no pathos and the gimmick behind Apollo 18 8243 flat out does not work 
1.5
Apollo 18
Jeff Beck
Apollo 18 is another dud in a genre that should have stopped before it got out of hand 
2
Apollo 18
David Nusair
An astonishingly incompetent and interminable piece of work 
.5
Apollo 18
Linda Cook
Movies with found footage have become quite popular since the advent of The Blair Witch Project The authentic feel adds to the horror element as these movies unfold One great example is The Last Exorcism a sadly under seen movie 
3
Apollo 18
Peter Keough
Dull but diverting if you focus on the images eerie beauty 
2
Apollo 18
Chuck Bowen
Watching people land on the moon isn t all that interesting or photogenic especially when we know it s pretend 
1
Apollo 18
Christian Toto
In space no one can hear you scream but you ll hear plenty of giggling in the final moments of Apollo 18
1.5
Apollo 18
Peter Howell
Boredom sets in long before the last muted shriek And who cares about the astros We never get to know them anyway 
1.5
Apollo 18
Joel Brown
For most horror fans it will be kind of a snooze 
1.5
Apollo 18
Robert Levin
The film is so difficult to watch and it s such a chore to discern a sense of place and perspective that it sits onscreen like a big dead weight 
1
Apollo 18
Glenn Lovell
One giant leap for Big Brother scruffy seat of the pants filmmaking The kind of thing you don t see much any more could do for Lopez Gallego what Dark Star did for John Carpenter 
2.5
Apollo 18
Daniel M. Kimmel
let s have an end to this misbegotten subgenre of found footage movies 
1.5
Apollo 18
Dustin Putman
Less concerned with depth and more about the strict skillfulness of capturing an increasingly queasy tone and mood This is where it works 
2.5
Steal a Pencil for Me
Duane Dudek
Because the sheer scale of the Holocaust is incomprehensible humanizing it in a documentary like Steal a Pencil for Me keeps it vivid 
3
Steal a Pencil for Me
Ken Fox
No first person account of life in a Nazi concentration camp could ever be called romantic but the story of Jack Polak and Ina Soep comes close 
3.5
Steal a Pencil for Me
Elizabeth Weitzman
Not even Hollywood could invent a romance more extraordinary than this one 
3
Steal a Pencil for Me
Glenn Whipp
It s a Holocaust story unlike any other and filmmaker Michele Ohayon treats it with an engaging sensitivity 
3
Steal a Pencil for Me
Rob Humanick
A misguided documentary that mistakes cutesy polished aesthetics for meaningful sentiment 
2
Steal a Pencil for Me
John Anderson
Some may think the Holocaust has nothing new to offer up but Michele Ohayon says otherwise 
3
Steal a Pencil for Me
Leba Hertz
So many documentaries about the Holocaust have been shown before One would think we ve seen enough Steal a Pencil for Me proves we can never learn too much 
4
Straight to Hell
Roger Ebert
Straight to Hell is simply a record of aimless behavior of a crowd of pals asked to dress up like cowboys and mill about on a movie set 
1.5
City Island
James Kendrick
an enjoyably offbeat slice of amusingly dysfunctional family life
3
City Island
Alison Gang
De Felitta chose well by casting 24 year old actor Steven Strait who gives the exasperated convict humor charm and sex appeal something that doesn t go unnoticed by Joyce or many of the women in the audience as well 
3
City Island
Matt Soergel
Consider the unpretentious City Island fine counter programming to the CGI monsters bland romantic comedies randy teens and spandex superheroes that clog the megaplex 
3
City Island
John Beifuss
Resembles a Norman Lear television comedy for better and worse it s realistic but not exactly naturalistic 
3
City Island
Jeff Vice
Strangely this comedy drama works pretty well a great deal of the time The good cast certainly helps in that regard 
3
City Island
Roger Moore
Writer director Raymond De Felitta has cut together a frustrating comedy with the misunderstandings piling up like kindling for a bonfire that his movie never lights 
2.5
City Island
Chris Foran
Just when City Island makes you want to say Enough with the yelling already it does and the characters stories get softer less wacky more nuanced and more interesting 
3
City Island
Keith Cohen
A sparkling example of independent filmmaking at its finest This delightful family oriented movie wears its heart on its sleeve 
4
City Island
Jason Heck
The sentiment feels real and the payoffs feel earned and those things are worth the price of admission 
2.5
City Island
Amy Biancolli
A noisy eccentric bizarrely lovable film 
3.5
City Island
Christian Toto
Andy Garcia comedy cutup City Island gives the intense actor a fine comic showcase 
3
City Island
John Anderson
A very funny film and one that operates at the sea level of humanity Quaint Slightly peculiar 
3.5
City Island
Claudia Puig
All the performances are warmly engaging even though the characters are broad and scenarios occasionally extreme For those tired of clashing titans or weepy teen romances City Island is a breath of fresh air 
3
City Island
Ted Fry
In spite of an overly elaborate series of mix ups that are revealed in a paroxysm of absurdity in the final scene the movie has a genuine heart and a delicate earnestness that is as amusing as it is affectionate 
3
City Island
Amy Biancolli
The cast proves game for anything from Emily Mortimer as Vince s floridly English acting class partner to a beleaguered bewhiskered Strait here displaying a comic prowess and fond knack for exasperation 
4
City Island
Chris Hewitt
City Island is so beautifully cast and so warmly gently amusing that the contrivances go down easy 
3
City Island
Michael Phillips
City Island scrapes by and delivers a smile or two because it does contain a fundamental understanding of the rot that sets in when people hide their true selves from the ones they love 
2.5
City Island
Ty Burr
The movie s comic machinery never stops clanking long enough for us to relax and genuinely enjoy the silliness But the actors are enjoying themselves and that goes a very long way 
2.5
City Island
Roger Ebert
Garcia and Margulies who worked so well together in George Hickenlooper s Man from Elysian Fields show a sure feel for comedy here 
3
City Island
Michael C. Walsh
De Felitta knows how to depict family dysfunction but he lards his film with asinine quips and too many headache inducing dinner table shouting matches and the humor is so contrived Garcia s Bronx accent sounds channeled through Fred Flintstone 
2
City Island
Stephen Cole
Writer director Raymond de Felitta understands that a proper farce like a good campfire needs plenty of friction to get started 
3
City Island
Peter Travers
City Island is a relief for filmgoers dulled by Hollywood formula Despite lapses into overstatement it s nothing but good sweet breezy times 
3
City Island
Steven Rea
City Island runs through its stockpile of impossibly melodramatic scenarios and manages to make them and the respective Rizzos in their throes feel genuine 
3
City Island
Lou Lumenick
De Felitta who directed the wonderful Two Family House 2000 has a great feel for New York City s further reaches and a very sure hand with actors 
3.5
City Island
Stephen Whitty
There are some capable actors here working very hard with very little 
2
City Island
James Berardinelli
An indie of the sort that achieved popularity during the 1990s but which has since fallen out of favor City Island offers jokes worth laughing at and characters who earn their good turns of fortune 
3
City Island
Andrew Schenker
Everybody s got their secrets in City Island something we re reminded of early and often by writer director Raymond De Felitta 
1.5
Drunkboat
Farran Smith Nehme
Drunkboat might have come off via nothing more than acting ability and a good heart if the dialogue didn t amount mostly to aimless chit chat 
2
Drunkboat
John Hartl
This enigmatic coming of age movie often seems destined to sail off the deep end Yet it rights itself just often enough to keep you watching 
2.5
Drunkboat
John Semley
Drunkboat is a small movie that plays like a mawkish Friedberg Seltzer riff on a small movie 
1
Drunkboat
Matt Pais
Horribly written shockingly amateur Contrived and exhausting don t begin to summarize this inert disaster 
0
Drunkboat
Chris Hewitt
In the end Drunkboat is no Glengarry Glen Ross or American Buffalo and even if it were the real Mamet has always worked better onstage than on film 
2
Drunkboat
Peter Keough
Held up from release for years probably because nobody knew what to make of it the film deserves a look and Meyer is a talent worth watching 
3
The Weight of Water
David Nusair
The film might appeal to those who ve already read the book but it s unlikely those who haven t will find much of anything to enjoy here 
2
The Weight of Water
Sara Michelle Fetters
But Bigelow creates such an intoxicating swell it is hard to not get drawn in to the whole convoluted mess these era spanning characters find themselves in 
3
The Weight of Water
Frank Ochieng
Bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable But for the most part The Weight of Water comes off as a two way time switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness 
2
The Weight of Water
Phil Villarreal
The superior plotline isn t quite enough to drag along the dead water weight of the other 
2.5
The Weight of Water
Steven Rea
The Weight of Water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire but this leaky script barely stays afloat 
2
The Weight of Water
Moira MacDonald
Shreve s graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less compelling soap opera 
2
The Weight of Water
Janice Page
Though it never rises to its full potential as a film still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed 
2.5
The Weight of Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bigelow perfectly establishes a feel of place and time for both stories and they re so radically different that you may find yourself shocked when 100 years flash by in a single cut 
3.5
The Weight of Water
Steve Rhodes
Her film is like a beautiful food entre that isn t heated properly so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless 
2
The Weight of Water
Carla Meyer
Involves two mysteries one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters 
2
The Weight of Water
David Elliott
Bigelow provides the standard repressive Victorian melodrama in the old story while the newer one is merely afloat until a storm rolls in as climax 
2
The Weight of Water
Megan Turner
The action switches between past and present but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125 year divide 
2
The Weight of Water
Terry Lawson
A boring pretentious muddle that uses a sensational real life 19th Century crime as a metaphor for well I m not exactly sure what and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop 
1
The Weight of Water
Roger Ebert
The actors are splendid especially Sarah Polley and Sean Penn but we never feel confident that these two plots fit together belong together or work together 
2
The Weight of Water
Rob Blackwelder
Bigelow may produce broad middling big budget fare when working for a studio But left to her own devices she s capable of creating fine layers of intimacy and intensity 
3
The Weight of Water
Jan Stuart
Kathryn Bigelow s attractive film version of Anita Shreve s novel is a gripping plunge but a remote one suffering from the weight of one too many inexpressible thoughts 
2.5
The Weight of Water
Erik Childress
From the diary of Kathryn Bigelow Maybe this whole project was some subconscious effort to take shots at the jackasses in my life 
2.5
The Weight of Water
Loren King
Bigelow directs this screen version of Anita Shreve s complex novel with polish and a flair for the melodramatic 
3
The Weight of Water
James Berardinelli
Bigelow is so intent upon making a non exploitative movie that she de sensationalizes the film to the point where it loses all energy 
2
The Weight of Water
Ed Gonzalez
In the end The Weight of Water comes to resemble the kind of soft core twaddle you d expect to see on Showtime s Red Shoe Diaries 
1.5
The Weight of Water
Harvey S. Karten
A literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 
3
The Weight of Water
Jeremy Heilman
It overcomes its initial wobbliness and turns into an engaging and literate psychodrama 
3
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Roger Ebert
The underlying lesson is clear Our state and federal farm policies do not really allow for family farms anymore 
3
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Peter Stack
Anybody with a feeling for the rural Midwest will find this visually engaging documentary a bittersweet reminder of how family farming once a pillar of American life is slowly vanishing 
3
Strange Days
Brian Eggert
It proved so ahead of its time 44 so involved in its myriad of narrative threads 44 so full of virtuosic formal innovations 44 so rich in its cultural commentary 44 and so sybilline in its portrait of the future that its reappraisal seemed inevitable
4
Strange Days
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What this movie is ultimately saying is don t think at all 
2
Strange Days
Margaret A. McGurk
Strange Days is a careening high decibel vision of the near future that combines science fiction murder mystery and social commentary It is not entirely successful but it s a worthy effort 
3
Strange Days
Juan M. Mendez
Strange Days is not a simple film but a profound sensory experience where the filmmaker is the prophet of a reality just around the corner 
4
Strange Days
Michael Dequina
An ambitious unsettling and effective work 
3.5
Strange Days
Edward Guthmann
Bigelow is so enamored of high tech thrills and so mesmerized by the violence she seeks to condemn that her efforts at 11th hour moralizing seem limp and halfhearted 
2
Strange Days
Madeleine Williams
Futuristic film noir mystery with excellent performances and thrilling cinematography 
4
Strange Days
Joe Baltake
It s a wildly messed up unwieldy 145 minute movie designed specifically for those audiences who the filmmakers believe haven t been brutalized or quite desensitized enough 
2
Strange Days
James Berardinelli
It s big explosive entertainment and although not directed by Cameron is very much in the vein we ve come to expect from him 
3.5
Strange Days
Roger Ebert
It s fascinating the way Bigelow is able to suggest so much of VR s impact and dangers within a movie a form of VR that s a century old 
4
Strange Days
Chris Hicks
After awhile Strange Days becomes merely a predictable parade of senses assaulting indignities with a surprisingly conventional by the numbers story 
1.5
Brand: A Second Coming
Oleg Ivanov
Ondi Timoner s documentary about Russell Brand basically gives the English comedian turned activist a free pass 
1.5
Po
Roger Moore
Generally well acted and well intentioned but sentimental and sloppy as it outstays its welcome 
2
Po
Sheila O'Malley
A Boy Called Po is clearly a personal project for everyone involved many of them have autistic children themselves and it mostly does what it set out to do 
2.5
Po
Mark Dujsik
There s no denying that A Boy Called Po has the best intentions at heart but those only get a movie so far 
1.5
V/H/S
Brian Eggert
For all its tension and shock value 44 the experience is uneven 46 
2
V/H/S
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 icky stuff that doesn 8217 t deserve a pass just because the awful men in it get what 8217 s coming to them 46 
2
V/H/S
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly murky and meandering V H S will have some wanting the urge to push the eject button on their 25 year old VCR player 
1.5
V/H/S
John Beifuss
Much more stylish and novel at this point than the Paranormal sequels and other studio embraced found footage shockers the movie makes a virtue of the distressed yet esthetically pleasing look of old VHS tape as well as Skype and other technologies 
3
V/H/S
Sean P. Means
Six short scary tales heavy on the gore and often light on creativity 
2
V/H/S
Eric Melin
Pretty uneven but it has a fresh spirit and it feels like these filmmakers want the final word on the found footage horror craze After six shorts full of shaky cam and thin plot lines you might be ready to let them put it to rest 
2.5
V/H/S
Mike McGranaghan
If I owned this movie on a real VHS tape I d record over it 
1.5
V/H/S
Sean O'Connell
V H S probably sounded great in the pitch meeting but it loses all luster through some shoddy execution 
1.5
V/H/S
James Berardinelli
Two hours of nausea inducing shaky cam footage that fails to tell a coherent or engrossing central story 
2
V/H/S
Rene Rodriguez
The film also plays to the strengths of the found footage format proving that sometimes the scariest things are the ones you can barely see 
2.5
V/H/S
Kevin C. Johnson
Hardcore horror lovers will soak up the gruesome morsels 
2.5
V/H/S
Sara Stewart
V H S puts the majority of today s mainstream scary movies to shame perhaps the solution is to cut them all down to about 15 minutes and fund them on a shoestring 
3
V/H/S
Doug Knoop
A too long violent horror anthology 
1.5
V/H/S
Tirdad Derakhshani
No one should be expected to endure 115 minutes of this nonsense 
2.5
V/H/S
Ethan Gilsdorf
The Blair Witch Project meets mumblecore 
2
V/H/S
Austin Kennedy
I did like the first segment but the others are the reasons why I normally dislike many entries from the horror genre It s an interesting concept but unfortunately it just falls apart 
1.5
V/H/S
Jeff Beck
On the surface these may indeed sound like they would be interesting stories to put together for a horror collection but sadly V H S suffers from a very poor level of writing 
2
V/H/S
Chris Hewitt
Even the title feels like a suggestion that you re better off waiting to watch it at home 
2
V/H/S
Matt Pais
I would rather let Justin Bieber punch me in the face for a week than spend another two hours watching V H S 
1
V/H/S
Roger Ebert
What s the point None of the segments is particularly compelling Strung together it s way too much of a muchness 
1
V/H/S
Alexandra Cavallo
It lands most firmly and most often on the side of freaky and tense as all hell 
2.5
V/H/S
Ed Gonzalez
An anthology of found footage horror shorts that exudes sometimes extraordinarily a neophyte s sense of courage and cluelessness 
2.5
V/H/S
Dustin Putman
A grab bag of clever diverse frights 
3
V/H/S
David Nusair
A typically uneven horror anthology 
2.5
The Baby Maker
Roger Ebert
I obviously like The Baby Maker more than I suspect a lot of people will But let me say it s a movie you won t find painful to experience even if you don t like it 
3
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Sebastian Smee
She s never not performing says one friend And the documentary Marina Abramovic The Artist Is Present confirms it 
3
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Peter Keough
It demonstrates how cinema can actually make the artist seem present offering an empathetic fellow consciousness that mirrors one s soul 
3.5
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Walter V. Addiego
In place of evenhandedness the film gives us a full sense of a personality and intelligence so riveting that we begin to comprehend why all those hundreds of thousands lined up at the MoMA 
3
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Liam Lacey
The film goes a long way to establish the intellectual seriousness and dedication involved in her ambitious series of art stunts 
3
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Farran Smith Nehme
The second half offers shot after shot of the people who sat opposite Abramovi an unexpectedly enthralling record of reactions that range from stark agony to rather phony amusement 
3.5
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Murray Whyte
So magnetic is she that if Abramovic had chosen to be a baker or a janitor you could still make a film about her and it would be only slightly less bombastic and no less stirring 
4
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Kent Turner
How do you react when you walk through an entryway between a naked man and woman standing less than a foot a part and where do you put your hands 
2.5
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Kenji Fujishima
As entertaining as the doc is it never really measures up to the fascination and sheer force of personality of its subject 
2.5
Return to Seoul
Roger Moore
A deeply considered 44 utterly intriguing character 40 study 41 
3.5
Return to Seoul
Rene Sanchez
A captivating and melancholic journey of self discovery that reflects on identity and the never ending quest for a place of belonging 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Return to Seoul
Lisa Trifone
Chou allows us a glimpse into something we already know 58 even one missing piece means the puzzle will forever remain unfinished 46 10 
3.5
Return to Seoul
Allyson Johnson
An aching open wound Return to Seoul begs the question of where we find our identity how much of it is shaped by where we grow up and with whom and the power of the perception of others 
3.5
Return to Seoul
Ty Burr
Return to Seoul true to its title stays locked into the culture clash surrounding its defiant heroine and inside her and the movie leads up to a moment of reckoning that more than earns its grateful tears 
4
Return to Seoul
Odie Henderson
The question that arises is whether you will want to follow Freddie for 119 minutes on what is ultimately a fruitless journey I did not 
2.5
Return to Seoul
Michael Phillips
Return to Seoul unfolds as one of the rare movies that feels thoughtful and observant every minute without tidy summations of feeling 
3.5
Return to Seoul
G. Allen Johnson
Park acting for the first time has a difficult task and rises to it Long stretches of her performance are wordless yet she brings deep empathy to the role 
3
Return to Seoul
Michael O'Sullivan
A carefully wrought character study of a person who lives life with careless abandon 
2.5
Return to Seoul
Katie Walsh
Chou 8217 s direction is patient yet energetic 44 sometimes elliptical and willing to take a beat 44 reflecting the inner tempo of our protagonist as she traverses 8211 and eventually inhabits 8211 the world of Seoul 44 rendered here with saturated color and texture 46 
4
Return to Seoul
Monica Castillo
The role is a formidable assignment even for experienced performers 44 but this intricate character is wonderfully brought to life by first time actor Park Ji min 46 
4
Return to Seoul
Mark Dujsik
Writer 47 director Davy Chou and star Park Ji min get to the core of feeling alone 44 out of place 44 and groundless in Return to Seoul 46 
3
Return to Seoul
Brian Eggert
Return to Seoul is one of 2022 8217 s best films 46 It flows from one wistful chapter to another in Freddie 8217 s life 44 but the stops along the way feel less significant than the film 8217 s overall portrait of her tender 44 futile quest for identity 46 
4
Return to Seoul
Mike McGranaghan
First time actress Park Ji Min is so assured onscreen that it apos s hard to believe she hasn apos t been doing this forever 46 
3
Return to Seoul
Joey Magidson
Return to Seoul is a journey worth embarking on 46 
3
Return to Seoul
Chris Barsanti
Davy Chou 8217 s Return to Seoul quickly blooms as a study in contrasts 44 sublimely juxtaposing character and culture 46 
3
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic
Richard Whittaker
It may feel like you re auditing a fun lecture course mercifully no test at the end but you ll definitely have a better grasp on the material at the end 
2.5
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic
Richard Roeper
The doc is most interesting when chronicling Baekeland s story laying out how he was able to succeed in creating a useful plastic while so many other esteemed scientists couldn t get the formula quite right 
3
Shadows
Roger Moore
It takes so long to get going that any delay in delivering us to the inevitable conclusion is downright interminable 46 
1.5
Rubberneck
Robert Levin
Alex Karpovsky s performance digs out the character s menacing damaged and sympathetic qualities in equal measure 
3
Rubberneck
Ty Burr
A creepy number half suspense drama and half brooding character study with a strong dash of local flavor and a low budget feel 
2.5
Rubberneck
Sara Stewart
One can only watch so many shots of the daily goings on in a research facility without tuning out a bit 
2
Rubberneck
Jesse Cataldo
The film takes on high concept ideas that it can t sustain and which only make its other problems more obvious 
1.5
American Pie 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
While it delivers a decent number of laughs this second serving of Pie still tastes too much like the first 
2.5
American Pie 2
Margaret A. McGurk
There is a bright side None of us will live long enough to hear a future historian say And that s how a civilization was doomed by a warm apple pie 
1
American Pie 2
David Nusair
even though the majority of the jokes fail completely the movie still manages to be entertaining enough to be considered an inoffensive time waster 
2.5
American Pie 2
Mark Dujsik
The gags are rude and crude but they never bail out in fear of offending and frankly it s funny 
3
American Pie 2
Bill Chambers
The jokes ain t built for repetition nor is the film s malnourished narrative 
2
American Pie 2
Michael Dequina
There s no shortage of overbaked sex gags and laughs in this follow up 
3
American Pie 2
Robert Roten
I went into American Pie 2 with low expectations and was disappointed even at that 
2
American Pie 2
James Kendrick
The crass jokes are a little bit too crassly done and the balance between the girls and the boys is tilted too far in the male direction 
2.5
American Pie 2
Mike McGranaghan
Watching American Pie 2 is like going to a party where only half your friends have shown up 
2.5
American Pie 2
Tony Toscano
The story stays true to the original while the characters are allowed to grow and develop 
3
American Pie 2
Dustin Putman
When it comes to sheer unadulterated laughs one couldn t hope for much better Alyson Hannigan is absolutely charming 
3
American Pie 2
Mick LaSalle
With its mix of lewd jokes sentimentalized characters and fake emotion American Pie 2 has less in common with its predecessor and everything in common with every other bad comedy ever made about randy young men 
1
American Pie 2
Tor Thorsen
A faster moving and funnier confection than its predecessor 
3
American Pie 2
Jonathan Foreman
Very very funny albeit inferior in a number of ways to the original 
2.5
American Pie 2
Jason Anderson
Hollywood may treat us comedy fans like we re idiots but we know a good super glue joke when we see it 
3
American Pie 2
Roger Ebert
I had a good time at American Pie 2 maybe because the characters are broad comic types well played the movie feels some sympathy for their dilemmas and because it s obsessed with sex 
3
American Pie 2
Steven Rea
With the raunch quotient cranked up several notches the sequel is calculated cynical and worse not funny 
1.5
American Pie 2
Susan Wloszczyna
This second slice just isn t as deliciously naughty as the original piece 
2
American Pie 2
James Berardinelli
Exists exclusively because its forerunner made a lot of money and the lack of inspiration behind the movie shows in every frame 
2
American Pie 2
Michael Wilmington
Just another by the numbers money hungry sequel with a lot of recycled shaggy sex jokes and gross out gags 
2
American Pie 2
Ross Anthony
Pie took a solid story and built in great laughs Pie2 takes big laughs and forces in some story 
2.5
American Pie 2
Dan Lybarger
Screenwriter Adam Herz works with bodily discharges and fetishes the way a jazz musician handles melodies and instruments 
3
American Pie 2
Steve Rhodes
Feels like a compendium of the best episodes from an entire season of a raunchy cable sitcom 
3
American Pie 2
Jeanne Aufmuth
A wickedly humorous pastiche emphasizing the angst of teenage maleness 
3
American Pie 2
Rob Blackwelder
the entire cast seems to have phoned in their parts embarrassed to still be tethered to this pubescent rubbish 
1.5
American Pie 2
Harvey S. Karten
Though predictably coarse this picture is so good natured that we wish the characters good luck in finding true love 
3
Scorpio
Jerry Oster
A spy movie that tries to transcend the dutifully ordinary twists of its plot and tell a tale of a squalid world in which nothing not friendship nor love nor life has any value It is so relentless in rendering meanness that it leaves a bitter aftertaste 
2
Scorpio
Matt Brunson
The strain of cynicism and paranoia that marked the majority of 70s political thrillers can be found in the effectively dour Scorpio which feels like a Yankee version of the sort of espionage tales churned out by the late John le Carre over in England 
3
Scorpio
Roger Ebert
The movie dissipates itself by trying to include too much Too many characters too many situations finally too many twists 
2.5
Crossover
Tom Meek
Even though the plot forgoes the formulaic slam dunk hackneyed devices low production values and the stilted direction by Preston A Whitmore II dribble the ball off the shoe and out of bounds 
1.5
Crossover
Bartley Morrisroe
The streetball scenes much like the plot have a few high points but never hit their stride 
1.5
Crossover
Linda Cook
Here s a story that wanders all over the place with an ending that just about anybody could predict 
.5
Crossover
Michael Szymanski
Despite a superb cast Crossover dribbles slowly with not nearly enough time on the basketball court 
2
Crossover
Claudia Puig
Much as they would like it to basketball can t save the youthful inner city players here Nor does the ultra fast paced street version of the sport save this movie from predictability and tedium 
1.5
Crossover
Sara Michelle Fetters
What is most surprising however is just how bad the basketball in the movie is The games bookending the picture are two of the worst cinematic interpretations of the sport ever to grace the silver screen 
2
Crossover
Maitland McDonagh
Detroit born independent filmmaker Preston A Whitmore II s astonishingly inept drama revolves around the high stakes world of streetball and the efforts of two teenagers to resist its flash and cash temptations 
1.5
Crossover
Jeff Shannon
You can t blame Crossover for being comfortable with its own clichs It s so blatantly formulaic that it actually grows on you if you don t dismiss it in the first five minutes 
2
Crossover
Peter Hartlaub
Crossover has one redeeming quality a heart that s in the right place It s a bad movie with a good message but does anyone really want to pay 10 for an ABC After School Special version of He Got Game 
1
Crossover
David Hiltbrand
A lot of Crossover s manifest failings could be forgiven if the on court action was thrilling But Space Jam had better basketball scenes For that matter so did Dr J s The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 
1
Crossover
Timothy Knight
An amateurish hodgepodge of drama clichs and tired music video style techniques Crossover is a baldly contrived narrative 
1
Crossover
Lisa Rose
For a movie centered on a game without rules Crossover is pretty formulaic 
1.5
Crossover
Kyle Smith
I ll believe that Kevin Federline is a Renaissance man Mel Gibson loves matzoh and George Pataki is going to be our next president before I ll believe the premise of this movie 
.5
Crossover
Jack Mathews
An inner city drama promoting themes of friendship loyalty and the value of a good education should be a welcome event but writer director Preston Whitmore s Crossover is so badly conceived and executed its good intentions don t help 
1.5
Crossover
Sue Pierman
Crossover has too much going for it It has a wonderful message about making smart life choices but the story shuffles among too many subjects sports romance friendship to let audiences hear it clearly 
1.5
Crossover
Bob Strauss
Crossover could ve used a little more sports action in place of some overwrought melodrama 
2
Crossover
John Monaghan
Crossover expects moviegoers to ignore the inept script and acting and root for its characters anyway 
1
Crossover
Jeff Vice
The would be street hoopster characters of Crossover have plenty of flashy original moves Sadly the movie itself has none 
1
Crossover
Ty Burr
Earnest and predictable Crossover deserves more than the horselaughs that will probably greet it in theaters but not a lot more 
1.5
Crossover
Phil Villarreal
The only thing that makes the game streetball as is explained by overexpository dialogue is that strict rules aren t really enforced and the players are allowed to travel I know what you re thinking how is this different from the NBA 
2
Crossover
Tyler Hanley
The writing is unimaginative Tech says snap more often than that elf from the cereal commercials 
2
Crossover
Sean P. Means
The talky script by the movie s director Preston A Whitmore II is delivered with all the flair of bad community theater 
1
Crossover
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you re old enough to see how shamelessly manipulative and predictable it is you re too old for it 
2
Crossover
Steve Rhodes
Pure Amateursville 
.5
Crossover
Willie Waffle
Crossover might have its heart in the right place but its brain is somewhere else all together 
0
Crossover
Peter Canavese
A cheap looking quickie feature the wasted talent on display somehow makes it all more painful 
1
Crossover
Chris Hewitt
You could watch Crossover or you could check out the Salvation Army gift shop to see what inspirational bumper stickers they re peddling 
2
Crossover
Gene Seymour
The movie just flails away at a lot of plot points that are either second hand playground hustles straight out of White Man Can t Jump or second rate 
1.5
Crossover
Michael Phillips
Crossover comes with more swooshing zapping whamming sound effects than a year s worth of The O Reilly Factor 
2
Crossover
Matt Pais
There will never be a tamer lamer movie made about streetball 
1.5
Crossover
Nick Schager
Just as streetball is a pale version of college or NBA basketball so too is Crossover a pathetic imitation of an emotionally engaging professionally made movie 
.5
The Limits of Control
Kelly Jane Torrance
The visual and the aural are what make this film such a delight to watch as Mr Jarmusch is a metafilmmaker who delights in subverting film s narrative conventions and genre expectations 
3.5
The Limits of Control
Greg Quill
Distracted by the minutiae of the rituals he has constructed Jarmusch seems unconcerned about making a point or even constructing a coherent story 
1.5
The Limits of Control
Liam Lacey
What a drag it is to descend from coolly blank to boringly meaningful 
2
The Limits of Control
Calvin Wilson
The film may be ahead of its time or it may just be an elaborate put on 
2.5
The Limits of Control
Chris Hewitt
It is an elusive beautifully shot movie and the more I pondered it the more I was fascinated by the questions it left in its puzzling mysterious wake 
3
The Limits of Control
Lisa Kennedy
Let its craft wash over you Go with its flow 
2.5
The Limits of Control
Steven Rea
For the impatient viewer Jarmusch s pulpy poetic exercise will probably feel hopelessly unintentionally parodic prompting disdain and derision Consider yourself warned not everyone s going to go for this business But I did 
3
The Limits of Control
Mick LaSalle
The Limits of Control contains all the wonderful things that only Jim Jarmusch can do but lacks some of the necessary things that Jarmusch either can t or won t do 
1
The Limits of Control
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One character talks about molecules moving around in ecstasy and I think this film has that kind of mystery 
3.5
The Limits of Control
Erik Childress
At 15 minutes it might be deemed an interesting experiment At ONE HUNDRED and 15 minutes you have a film that tests the limits of the audience s control to stay awake and in their seats 
1
The Limits of Control
Moira MacDonald
It will frustrate many viewers and it often frustrated me but there s something about it that keeps your gaze despite the self indulgence of much of the filmmaking 
2
The Limits of Control
Ty Burr
With The Limits of Control Jim Jarmusch has come up with a dud 
1.5
The Limits of Control
Roger Ebert
Jarmusch is making some kind of a point I think the point is that if you strip a story down to its bare essentials you will have very little left I wonder how he pitched this idea to his investors 
.5
The Limits of Control
Peter Keough
Like many of his films Jim Jarmusch s The Limits of Control will test the limits of its audience s patience Patience though is often rewarded and so is attentive listening and watching 
3
The Limits of Control
Janos Gereben
However artsy it may be a movie that jerks the audience along from beginning to end is not a good one 
1
The Limits of Control
V.A. Musetto
This is one of those movies that s too cool to have a plot 
1.5
The Limits of Control
Stephen Whitty
The Limits of Control feels like a dream I had after a slightly off paella and way too much bad wine 
2
The Limits of Control
Peter Travers
With The Limits of Control Jim Jarmsuch gets tangled up in his own deadpan 
2
The Limits of Control
Claudia Puig
For those who expect a coherent narrative that moves at a reasonable pace director Jim Jarmusch s latest movie is likely to confound and annoy 
1.5
The Limits of Control
Robert Levin
Jim Jarmusch disappears so thoroughly into his elliptical style that he s made an impossibly obtuse arid film 
1.5
The Limits of Control
James Berardinelli
For those who prefer substance over style The Limits of Control has little to offer beyond the tedium of a half baked storyline with undeveloped characters 
2
The Limits of Control
Ed Gonzalez
Folly of the most pretentious order The Limits of Control is a meaningless stylistic immersion from the typically on point and perceptive Jim Jarmusch 
1.5
After Office Hours
David Nusair
contains few elements designed to capture and sustain one s interest 
1.5
The Pebble and the Penguin
Mal Vincent
The animation of the blue green ice world of Hubie s home is quite impressive Penguin is more a family movie than just a kiddie movie 
2.5
The Pebble and the Penguin
Roger Ebert
What bothered me most about The Pebble and the Penguin was something that annoys me in a lot of children s animated features color coding 
2
Nossa Chape
G. Allen Johnson
The Zimbalists have made another highly accomplished soccer related documentary they also made the 2016 film Pele Birth of a Legend 
4
Nossa Chape
Roger Moore
A rising from the ashes of tragedy documentary that underlines how well the filmmaking Zimbalist Brothers know South America know Brazil and know futbol 
3
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
Linda Stasi
If you ve ever been a single mom and couldn t see the light at the end of the tunnel this is the perfect movie for you 
3
Gold Star
Roger Moore
Thin on the dramatics but honest and warm and nicely acted essay on youth confronting old age in a parent 
2.5
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Kam Williams
The ghetto goes Godzilla 
0
Pelotero
Kelly Jane Torrance
Ballplayer doesn t just showcase the unlikely dreams of two Dominican game players It shows how entire families across the small poor country have bet their happiness on how well their children swing a piece of wood or throw a ball 
3
Pelotero
Sarah Block
Ballplayer Pelotero shows the contrast between the pure joy of baseball and the hardcore and often problematic business that it has become in the Dominican Republic 
3.5
Pelotero
V.A. Musetto
A documentary narrated by John Leguizamo that provides a seldom seen look inside the training camps run by MLB in that impoverished nation 
3
Pelotero
David Malitz
An efficient and often enthralling documentary that follows the plight of two Dominican hopefuls on their path to the major leagues 
3
Pelotero
Soren Andersen
Full of twists and turns including use of a spy camera charges of exploitation of young players and a wrenching betrayal Ballplayer offers a starkly unromanticized picture of the life and times of these particular boys of summer 
2.5
Pelotero
Peter Hartlaub
A scrappy documentary about teenage ballplayers in the Dominican Republic 
3
Pelotero
Janice Page
A well crafted bravely revealing little film that could be considered essential education for baseball fans 
3.5
Pelotero
Miles Bowe
Ballplayer initially declares that it is about dreams ambition and family struggles but by focusing almost entirely on money and market values it strikes out 
2
A Mighty Wind
Matt Brunson
The performance that sticks is the one by Eugene Levy whose work conveys a tenderness that momentarily slices through the satire 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Nick Rogers
One breathtaking moment of clarity between Eugene Levy s Mitch and Catherine O Hara s Mickey gives way to an anticipated kiss during which you can practically sense the characters hearts thumping and their fictional contemporaries rooting for them 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Betsy Bozdech
The only downside to Guest s system is that by casting so many able actors he makes it difficult for all of them to get the screen time they deserve 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Judith Egerton
A Mighty Wind doesn t blow But as satire it doesn t sting much either 
3
A Mighty Wind
Lori Hoffman
Levy and O 8217 Hara have a wonderful rapport developed from their days on SCTV 
3
A Mighty Wind
Mark Dujsik
Without a familiarity with its characters the movie plays out more like what it is than what it pretends to be 
2
A Mighty Wind
Scott Nash
Guest manages to create a movie that is funny and somehow more touching and heartfelt than his earlier work 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Ross Anthony
Rather bland through the first third the second third picks up only a little bit but that third third is sweet 
2
A Mighty Wind
John Beifuss
The most memorable moment is not a gag but a kiss which surprisingly proves to be as sweet moving and heartbreaking as any smooch seen onscreen in ages 
3
A Mighty Wind
Cory Cheney
If you re going for a textbook good movie this isn t it But I sure laughed a lot And these days that s good enough for me 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Collin Souter
Guest and company can always entertain but they re even better at doing much much more 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Mike McGranaghan
The movie manages to be satiric and affectionate at the same time 
3
A Mighty Wind
Linda Cook
A Mighty Wind is like a breath of fresh air 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Jon Niccum
A Mighty Wind doesn t blow But it fails to conjure the type of comedic hurricane that fans of Guest anticipate 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Todd Anthony
We expect sly acting and clever writing from Guest and company But the big surprise here is the quality of the songwriting and musicianship 
3
A Mighty Wind
Joe Baltake
Most of this film feels as if we ve seen it before and that s because we have But this cast is marvelous to be around as always 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Duane Dudek
In Levy s brief but crucial time on screen and with help from his former SCTV stablemate Catherine O Hara he does what he did best on that cult show create a performance based character rather than a joke driven caricature 
3
A Mighty Wind
Connie Ogle
More of a warm breeze than a great gust but its simple smart pleasures carry the force of a hurricane 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Robert W. Butler
Both the closest Guest has come to true satire and his most emotionally satisfying effort to date 
3
A Mighty Wind
Jeff Vice
While Mighty Wind might not be as outright funny as Waiting for Guffman it s still much funnier than the vast majority of today s movie comedies 
3
A Mighty Wind
Sean P. Means
It s a rare case where the soundtrack album is better and funnier than the movie 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Terry Lawson
A hoot 
3
A Mighty Wind
Phil Villarreal
Expect a few belly laughs regular chuckles and 90 minutes of fluid entertainment 
3
A Mighty Wind
Rob Thomas
While Guest can make merciless fun of his subjects he also embraces them and even admires the odd little niches they ve carved out for themselves in the world 
3
A Mighty Wind
Elias Savada
A Mighty Wind keeps the comedy in tune Even the flat humor comes off witty and sharp 
3
A Mighty Wind
Glenn Kenny
There is plenty of top flight comedy in this brisk picture 
3
A Mighty Wind
Frank Ochieng
Pervasively witty smart weirdly sweet and just plain off the wall A Mighty Wind blows us away with its contagious array of knee slapping bits within this nifty nostalgic narrative 
3
A Mighty Wind
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Levy turns in an outstanding performance as the shell shocked Mitch who barely looks like he can dress himself but still knows how to touch the heart 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Dustin Putman
If Christopher Guest didn t exactly hit the ball out of the park with A Mighty Wind however he has still made a film good enough to make any of his supporters anxiously await his next effort 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
David Elliott
Beguiling yet not so funny as Guest s Best in Show This Is Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Jeff Strickler
With Guest again demonstrating affection for the subjects he teases the humor is never mean spirited and some of the music is kind of fun his fans are likely to be toe tappingly pleased 
3
A Mighty Wind
Jeffrey Westhoff
A comedy s No 1 job is to be funny and A Mighty Wind succeeds at that But many opportunities to become a more accomplished film are left blowing in the wind 
3
A Mighty Wind
David Nusair
a feel good comedy that s breezy and completely entertaining 
3
A Mighty Wind
Sarah Chauncey
There are funny lines and amusing moments but the actors are split into two camps those who tiptoe too lightly around the subject and those who try really really hard to be funny 
2
A Mighty Wind
Jeremiah Kipp
A Mighty Wind is appealing and moment to moment enjoyable but lacks the focus of Guest s earlier films 
3
A Mighty Wind
David Sterritt
It is as accurate as it is funny 
3
A Mighty Wind
Josh Larsen
You can sense a twinge of nostalgia underneath all the gags 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Rob Blackwelder
A passably amusing art house lark but certainly nothing to sing about 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Marty Mapes
In A Mighty Wind Guest has softened his edge and it s his best film yet
4
A Mighty Wind
Mike Clark
Though it s softer than its predecessors this reunion pic lingers in the mind almost as much 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Chris Hewitt
Moreso than in either Guffman or Show you relate to these characters 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Moira MacDonald
It s wonderfully funny but in a quiet way inspiring helpless giggles rather than knee slapping and aisle rolling And for the record it s even better on a second viewing 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Glenn Lovell
This stuff is sporadically amusing but never laugh out loud funny because we never escape the feeling that the gang is coasting until a more worthy target materializes a target they can lambaste with impunity 
2
A Mighty Wind
Mick LaSalle
Arrives as a breath of fresh air for its smart ensemble subtle wit and careful observation of humanity 
4
A Mighty Wind
Carrie Rickey
Blows in funny ha ha but blows out funny strange 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Megan Lehmann
In this hilarious pitch perfect comedy Guest and his longtime collaborator co writer and star Eugene Levy have the quaint golly gee enthusiasm of folkies and their music in the cross hairs 
3
A Mighty Wind
Glenn Whipp
Seeing these superb comic actors again in yet another sharply written satire is enough to make you smile before they even open their mouths 
4
A Mighty Wind
Liam Lacey
The character actors are all superb deftly weaving back and forth over the line between sympathetic human characters and eccentric caricatures so laughter and sympathy are indistinguishable 
3
A Mighty Wind
Vic Vogler
Guest s previous films offer essential windows into the absurd and the lovable and in its own way so does his latest 
3
A Mighty Wind
Roger Ebert
The edge is missing from Guest s usual style 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Wesley Morris
Guest and his troupe have made a perfectly enjoyable movie but held to the high comedic standards of their previous two mockumentary adventures not to mention This Is Spinal Tap A Mighty Wind is a bummer 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Erik Childress
The only way to make this on target is to love it a little and the only way to make it this hilarious and ultimately so surprisingly touching is to take up Orson Welles mantra to give the cast another mention 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Jan Stuart
The sentimentality effectively undercuts the urban condescension that invariably seeps into Guest s spins on middle American provincialism 
3
A Mighty Wind
Mark Caro
The laughs come early and often then dry up like the characters post 60s careers 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Jeanne Aufmuth
Christopher Guest s newest mockumentary is on the subtler side maintaining a delightfully dry wit and well balance restraint 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
James Berardinelli
Despite not being a laugh a minute riot it s nevertheless one of the most consistent comedies to reach theaters thus far this year 
3
A Mighty Wind
Tony Toscano
A Mighty Wind is wildly entertaining and laugh out loud funny 
3.5
A Mighty Wind
Walter Chaw
Funny by comparison to the rest of the drivel out there masquerading as comedy and peculiarly stuffy because it knows it 
2.5
A Mighty Wind
Steve Rhodes
The groups idiotic smiles alone are almost worth the price of admission 
3
A Mighty Wind
Peter Travers
Folk music numbs me But the sheer exuberance of A Mighty Wind directed with mirth and mischief by Christopher Guest who devised the story with Eugene Levy and let the cast improv the rest had me begging for more 
3.5
Jerusalem
Linda Barnard
You can all but feel the heat of blazing candles in the Orthodox pre Easter ritual of the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre the most impressive scene in a dazzling film 
3
Jerusalem
Linda Cook
You don t just go to Jerusalem You experience Jerusalem Those are the words of the director of this phenomenal documentary 
4
Jerusalem
Tom Keogh
Laudable for turning armchair tourism into a breathtaking experience a viewer can truly feel as if he or she has gone inside a number of fantastic ancient places 
3
Jerusalem
Ethan Gilsdorf
This IMAX spectacular largely does what it s supposed to fascinate educate and visually wow the audience in 45 minutes or less 
3
Burn Out
Roger Moore
The motorcycle chases are dull And it takes entirely too long to get to anything truly suspenseful 
1.5
Kauboji
Mark Brenden
Saa s play like Mri 263 s film is not a Western but it s not boring either 
3
Francesco
G. Allen Johnson
Afineevsky doesn t ask the tough questions despite scoring a one on one with Pope Francis bits of which are sprinkled throughout the film 
2
Mis 500 Locos
Shane Slater
A State of Madness is worth commending for its attention to the period details but it s story leaves you wanting 
2.5
Castle on the Hudson
David Nusair
benefits from Garfield s intense magnetic performance 
2.5
Dream With the Fishes
Dave Kehr
Despite the emphasis on Oedipal conflict the film expresses no desire to enter the grownup world happiness here is associated with eternal adolescence following the 70s and now apparently 90s ideal 
2
Dream With the Fishes
John Hartl
A throwback to the independent minded anything goes movies that followed in the wake of Easy Rider in the early 1970s 
3
Dream With the Fishes
Desmond Ryan
Clearly it wishes to be different but anyone who fondly recalls the buddy films of the 70s will find it to be more of the same 
2.5
Dream With the Fishes
Dan Webster
Dream With the Fishes is a personal kind of story told with a sensitivity that while not exactly Oscar worthy does manage to touch on feelings most mainstream films don t even admit exist 
3
Dream With the Fishes
David Sterritt
Parts of the movie focusing on drugs and wanderlust seem like throwbacks to the 60s but most of the story is more self indulgent than sociological 
1
Dream With the Fishes
Ken Fox
Not a great picture not by a long shot but the many and various parts of Finn Taylor s quirky black comedy do add up to something rather appealing 
2.5
Dream With the Fishes
John Petrakis
As the film progresses however it begins to accumulate all sorts of unnecessary characters and subplots that only serve to weigh it down 
2.5
Dream With the Fishes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s well acted and the dialogue didn t insult me But at the same time I felt like I d seen it all before 
2.5
Dream With the Fishes
Susan Tavernetti
Although the movie falters after the first act the acting gets much better 
2.5
Dream With the Fishes
Jeff Strickler
The filmmaker does keep one nifty we might even say quirky little surprise for the end 
3.5
Dream With the Fishes
Barbara Shulgasser
No amount of paying homage to other filmmakers raises this thing up from what it is 
2
Dream With the Fishes
Mick LaSalle
Dream With the Fishes is a film in its own category It s not a drama or a comedy It s neither realistic nor surreal It s a piece of poetry that at times is harsh and ugly The film is both dark and light but somehow always true to itself 
3
Dream With the Fishes
Roger Ebert
How Dream With the Fishes works is that the road movie and buddy movie formulas slowly dissolve from around Nick and Terry who by the end of the movie stand revealed in three dimensions 
3
Dream With the Fishes
Dustin Putman
What is most surprising is how touching much of the film is without ever taking the easy route and going for obviousness or predictable maudlin melodrama 
3
Dream With the Fishes
James Berardinelli
Dream with the Fishes is not a great film Nevertheless it is a good film and it s hard to deny the simple power of the climax 
3
Dream With the Fishes
David N. Butterworth
Gets by less on what might have been and more on its implicit assurances of what s to come 
2.5
The Mad Magician
Matt Brunson
There 8217 s never a dull moment in this kicky horror yarn 46 
3
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Roger Moore
A pulpy gonzo espionage story of mutual mistrust old grudges beatings torture kidnapping and summary executions And those acts are committed by the good guys 
2.5
Ironweed
Roger Ebert
Actors are said to like to play drunks because it gives them an excuse for overacting But there is not much visible acting in this movie the actors are too good for that 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
David Nusair
a woefully uneven installment that feels for the most part as though it should be a good hour shorter 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Mattie Lucas
For the first time the stakes of this battle of good and evil become painfully evident 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Michael Kleinschrodt
Much of the credit goes to Radcliffe and his co stars who have become better actors with each film They have become increasingly adept at conveying great emotion as each film demands more of them 
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Matt Soergel
The acting is stronger than ever in this fourth installment 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Dennis King
By demonstrating to us how Harry and his friends are budding and changing and struggling the film demonstrates the progressive richness of Rowling s storytelling skills and oddly haunting allure of her writing 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Leah Rozen
Goblet again serves up a delicious who s who of British acting with hilarious contributions from newcomers Brendan Gleeson as instructor Alastor Mad Eye Moody and Miranda Richardson as nosy reporter Rita Skeeter 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Roger Moore
Wait a minute Sequels aren t supposed to get better 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Michael Wilmington
Goblet has enough sense of real kids maturing and believably facing problems to cast some genuine spells 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Tim Grierson
A solid but mostly uninspired melding of the adventure and fright that have been the benchmarks of the franchise 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Joe Lozito
Finally we re seeing Harry the character and the series grow up 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Betsy Bozdech
With its dark tones themes of teenage angst scary creatures and moments of true danger and suspense Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is no kid flick 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Peter T. Chattaway
This new story starts off as just another adventure more or less but by the end the situation faced by its protagonists has become much darker and much more dire 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jay Antani
The grim tone feels overwrought but in Mike Newell s hands and in those of his cast and screenwriter s the movie remains dramatically solid
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Kurt Loder
In the book this is a wholly engrossing story an epic tale of good and evil and loss and yearning Transported to the screen however it has sustained a few dinks and dents 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sara Brady
Even though Goblet of Fire clocks in at a robust 157 minutes Newell handles the massive story with seeming ease keeping the pace taut and intensifying the pervasive menace that lurked more subtly in the previous films 
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sara Michelle Fetters
What does work as in the last film is how richly the filmmakers dive into Harry s growing and evolving adolescent personality 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
James Verniere
Once again Grint who has grown up to be a talented comic actor is the scene stealer here If I had a crystal ball I d say he s the actor whose post Potter future seems most certain 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Joyce Millman
The human element is never overshadowed by the flashy stuff 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Forrest Hartman
Wondrous to behold 
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Kit Bowen
The exhilarating Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire takes the best parts of J K Rowling s fourth installment and serves them up in one heck of an action packed albeit darker film Parents be forewarned this isn t kid s stuff anymore 
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Matt Brunson
An overstuffed plot doesn t slow down the proceedings as much as convey that there s much at stake in Harry s increasingly sinister world 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jorge Avila Andrade
Harry Potter ha crecido y para bien lo que abre el apetito para la próxima cinta de la serie Encantadora y mágica es sin duda una de las más gratas sorpresas del año 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Thomas Delapa
My cup runneth over with tedium during this 2 1 2 hour supernatural slog 
2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Linda Cook
Once again the young wizard has audiences enchanted 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Mike McGranaghan
The Harry Potter series just keeps getting better and more interesting 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Mark Dujsik
Kloves has successfully streamlined the 734 page novel into a concise adaptation which focuses on the driving dynamic of the story but still feels coherent 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jonathan R. Perry
Stylistically the most stylistically stunning film of the series ceases to be wondrous once its characters enter the painfully petty years of adolescence 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Dan Fienberg
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is more competent than inspired but that s still not bad 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Frank Ochieng
Overall Goblet is a feistier darker and more suspenseful extension of a cherished film franchise that oddly prospers with cinematic age 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Larry Ratliff
While a must see for rabid fans Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will impress nondevotees only with its seamless special effects and captivating action sequences 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Eric Melin
As a whole it is the least impressive of the four Potter films 
2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Maitland McDonagh
Inventive visuals and funny bits abound but the film s gritty look and unsentimental characterizations Harry Hermione and Ron are far from golden teens ominously foreshadow the truly wicked shape of things to come 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Peter Howell
Screenwriter Kloves deserves a tip of the wizard s hat for cutting Rowling s immense tome 636 pages down to size and for keeping the story moving despite a surfeit of characters and incidents 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Carla Meyer
With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell offers a fine addition to the Harry Potter film franchise without presenting any truly spectacular elements 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Timothy Knight
Swiftly paced and wonderfully atmospheric Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will satisfy both the most ardent Potter philes and newcomers to the Rowling franchise 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Robert W. Butler
Visually exciting and dramatically flaccid Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire seems destined to separate the faithful from the phonies 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Connie Ogle
The real hero of the fourth Harry Potter film isn t the teenage wizard but screenwriter Steve Kloves who has magically transformed J K Rowling s bloated 734 page novel into a more swiftly paced entertaining script 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
John Beifuss
Like Chris Columbus Newell delivers what is essentially an illustrated condensation of Rowling s novel 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Duane Dudek
There is still some subtle and unexpected levity 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Josh Larsen
likely will be enjoyed by those who read the 734 page book and were smart enough to bring it into the theater with them for quick reference 
2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lisa Kennedy
Newell deftly mixes in sweet teenage angst and lighter moments of physical humor 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jeff Vice
It boasts some strong performances Irish character actor Brendan Gleeson steals the show as the appropriately named Alastor Mad Eye Moody and the three young leads show increasing confidence in front of the camera especially Grint 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Tyler Hanley
Newell snags Cuarón s cinematic baton and sprints maintaining the dark tone of Azkaban while sprinkling in healthy doses of humor and humanity 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sean O'Connell
An acceptable but far from challenging adaptation that almost any director could duplicate 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jon Niccum
Although the plot of this installment explores three unforgivable curses the sequel avoids the curse of the fourth film proving there is still a heap of charm left in this young wizard s tale 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Daniel M. Kimmel
The latest entry leaves out subplots and entire characters yet gets it exactly right It doesn t lose what s crucial to the story 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Collin Souter
Cuaron s film still ranks as the best but not by much 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Bob Bloom
Forget battling dragons or dealing with mer people in the dangerous tournament Goblet of Fire is as much about the angst of young love as it is about wizardry 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Erik Childress
As we come to the midpoint of J K Rowling s tales it may have finally turned the page for the better 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Willie Waffle
Director Mike Newell has brought majesty and magic back
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Marty Mapes
Flawed and too long but not bad
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wesley Lovell
Goblet of Fire promises fans of both the film franchise and the book series a wonderful time in the theater 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Peter Canavese
Newell s film unlike its predecessors fails to generate fresh wonder but on balance Rowling s creative opus roiling with hormonal consequences and eye popping effects continues to earn its crowds Blu ray 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
James Sanford
a superb swiftly paced fantasy that cleverly balances its incredible events with plenty of adolescent aches and pains that even Muggles can identify with 
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sean P. Means
For all its small delights and impressive effects there s no big payoff only the promise of more to come in the fifth movie 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Chris Hewitt
Goblet of Fire is the second best of the Potter films 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jeff Strickler
The strongest film of the bunch 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sean McBride
it s still a lot of fun but you can sense all of the missing material which makes this Harry Potter not quite up to par with the other three installments 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
David Elliott
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fourth in the string has a heated darkness 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Ruthe Stein
Goblet offers its own brew of wondrous chimera combined with the wonders of human nature 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Moira MacDonald
Though the special effects in this film are often breathtaking the real drama is here is exactly where it should be in a young man s frightened but resolute eyes 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Claudia Puig
It s scarier than the previous three movies and more poignant 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Glenn Whipp
In Harry s world it turns out that the everyday struggles of adolescence are scarier than anything a dark lord even one raised from the dead can muster But then any teenager could tell you that 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Terry Lawson
A movie that assures us that the journey we are on will be worth the time and emotion that s been invested in it 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Liam Lacey
Easily the most involving of the movies so far 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lawrence Toppman
The best thing about the picture is Harry s new maturity For the first time he dominates a picture named for him 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Ty Burr
There s a darkness on the edge of Hogwarts and its name is adolescence 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Chauncey Mabe
As Harry Ron and Hermione enter the awkward stage the young people portraying them Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson grow ever more confident as professional actors 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Bruce Newman
The visual magic of the story as well as some enormously welcome glimmerings of humor gives it the solid feel of a well tended franchise 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Carrie Rickey
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fourth in the fantasy franchise is the most fun and the most fraught with conflict 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A model of exhilarating economic storytelling 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Matt Pais
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire might be the best time you have at the movies all year 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jami Bernard
Goblet shifts effortlessly from dark to light to dark again 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Roger Ebert
Newell balances delicately between whimsy and the ominous on the uncertain middle ground where Harry lives poised between fun at school teenage romance and the dark abyss 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jeffrey Westhoff
Here finally is a Harry Potter movie that approaches the timelessness of J K Rowling s novels 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lori Hoffman
Harry Potter puts away childish things in Goblet of Fire 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Nick Rogers
The greatest magic of this book and this film is that it doesn t pretend that growing up won t change everything It s the first Potter film where reality and fantasy are equally fascinating 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Phil Villarreal
True to the form of previous Potter films the busy story tends to lose track of characters hyperactively vaulting from one plotline to the next without satisfying resolutions or transitions 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Walter Chaw
The first wholly dispensable installment 
2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Dustin Putman
Marvelously directed and artistically without fault it s the series most complete and satisfying entry to date on all counts 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Ross Anthony
The direction is phenomenal Seldom does even a 90 min production come along with such a vibrant pace this is 150 A strong film overall though the climax is a bit weak 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Gene Seymour
Radcliffe is literally and figuratively growing into his role while Watson shows greater fire and depth And Grint s rubbery charm is intact 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
James Berardinelli
Harry Potter has become a rare cinematic constant something to be anticipated every year or two 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Steve Rhodes
This overly long reading from the Rowling scriptures is a certain recipe for slumber 
2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Scott Nash
Not just the best Harry Potter movie so far It s also one of the most entertaining movies of the year 
4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Kyle Smith
Exactly what fans are looking for offering eye boggling spectacle and lots of well executed action scenes 
3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jeremiah Kipp
Now that puberty has struck the Harry Potter universe the series ought to move away from the insipid kid stuff 
2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Peter Travers
It s hard to resist 
3
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Josh Larsen
When I was a kid this was the movie monster I wanted to be 
3.5
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Steve Macfarlane
What distinguished Jack Arnold s pictures from mutant spinoffs knockoffs is even more imperative to sci fi today than it was in 1954 wonderment 
3
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As directed by Jack Arnold the film suffers from silly stretches of dialogue and wooden acting but the underwater footage is still beautiful and Adams radiates a strong sexy screen presence 
3.5
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
Steve Rhodes
How do you spell clich 
2
Party Girl
Kent Turner
Audiences will know exactly which direction party girl Angelique and the film will stagger toward 
2
Grumpy Old Men
Michael Wilmington
They re two saints of sarcasm And they work their magic here with only the flimsiest sitcom structure to support them 
2.5
Grumpy Old Men
Peter Canavese
Irresistible the prime hams and real life friends share comic timing that can only come from years of experience Blu ray 
2.5
Grumpy Old Men
Chuck O'Leary
A raucous geezer comedy that contains several hilarious moments where you re laughing well into the next scene 
3
Grumpy Old Men
Robert Roten
A lot funnier than it sounds 
2.5
Grumpy Old Men
Chris Hicks
It s a pleasure to report that comic actors with genuine character driven talent are still making movies And their names are Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau 
3.5
Grumpy Old Men
Roger Ebert
The movie is too pat and practiced to really be convincing and the progress of Ariel s relationships with the two grumps seems dictated mostly by the needs of the screenplay 
2
Grumpy Old Men
James Berardinelli
While it won t come close to my top 10 best list for 1993 it will be right up there among the pictures that I had the most fun watching 
3
Aferim!
Peter Keough
The tone is Rabelaisian and earthily comic in the minimalist picturesque squalor of the settings 
3.5
Aferim!
Soren Andersen
Shot in stark black and white the picture s sense of place and time is strong pungently so 
3
Aferim!
Stephanie Merry
Shot in black and white with fade out transitions the movie harks back to classic westerns But it s also distinctly modern 
3
Aferim!
Peter Sobczynski
Jude gets strong performances from his three leads and with the help of cinematographer Marius Panduru has created an uncommonly beautiful film that at times evokes the simple beauties of classic Westerns 
3.5
Aferim!
Mick LaSalle
The laughs come from our disorientation at witnessing a world that is insanely peculiar so different from ours in its understanding of right and wrong that we sit in amazement 
3
Aferim!
Jesse Cataldo
The film s black humor is inextricably tied to serious questions about moral relativism and personal responsibility 
3
Cold Skin
Alan French
While Cold Souls has high ambitions it falls a little flat Whether the screenplay or the performances create the letdown the film undeniably drags 
2
A Prophet
Brian Eggert
An incisive crime saga told within the confines of concrete walls and deprived humanity 
4
A Prophet
Mattie Lucas
A taut solidly crafted drama Audiard s world is both fully realized and compelling even if its consideration of Malik as some sort of modern day prophet seems halfhearted and ultimately beside the point 
3
A Prophet
James Kendrick
the rarest of crime films One that turns us inside out with concern not only for Malik s physical safety but for the safety of his soul
4
A Prophet
Matt Brunson
For the most part this tough minded tale maintains its distinctive edge 
3
A Prophet
Roger Moore
A movie that stands with the best prison thrillers from any country a film that vividly illustrates the connection between prison and the violent radical form of Islam that keeps much of Europe on edge 
3.5
A Prophet
Mike Scott
Think GoodFellas but with Gauloises and accent aigu instead of plates of spaghetti and accent Pesci 
4
A Prophet
Rob Thomas
A Prophet is cold and unsentimental ratcheting up the tension slowly over its 154 minute running time The violence is swift and brutal like that opening murder and a claustrophobic shootout in an SUV that s impressively staged 
4
A Prophet
Keith Cohen
Jacques Audiard offers an accurate depiction of what goes on in the French prison system The omnipresent camera always is in the right place The sound effects and the production design are top drawer 
4
A Prophet
Robert W. Butler
An epic crime saga but a curiously claustrophobic one 
3
A Prophet
John Beifuss
For the antihero Malik the rewards don t stop crime doesn t pay is not the message of this Prophet 
3.5
A Prophet
Steve Ramos
Skillfully blending an ultra modern visual style with classic storytelling elements Audiard has made the first true crime classic of the 21st century 
4
A Prophet
Calvin Wilson
A Prophet is essential viewing for art film buffs and crime flick fans but also for anyone who s looking for a great story terrific acting and masterful filmmaking 
4
A Prophet
Lisa Kennedy
Audiard never overplays the new experiences facing Malik be they violent or touching Yet his tender regard for our complicated hero shines through 
3.5
A Prophet
Rene Rodriguez
The film never succumbs to the pitfalls of the prison movie genre and there s something poetic about how Audiard in the midst of all this violence manages to make a punch to the stomach seem like the most violent act of all 
3.5
A Prophet
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching Malik s evolution from timid and scared teenager into a self assured and confident crime lord is downright fascinating so much of it moving with such a cocksure elegance and grace the spell it casts is borderline hypnotic 
3.5
A Prophet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A well made gangster tale with parallels to Brian De Palma s Scarface 
3
A Prophet
Ann Hornaday
Although these aren t characters with whom filmgoers will have an instinctive rooting interest Rahim and Arestrup imbue them with fascinating nuances and in Rahim s case surprising vulnerability 
3.5
A Prophet
Chris Hewitt
Writer director Jacques Audiard is an intensely focused filmmaker with a gift for getting us inside the heads of ambivalent young men 
3.5
A Prophet
Moira MacDonald
In Jacques Audiard s haunting prison drama A Prophet we watch a young man transformed by life behind bars 
3.5
A Prophet
Steven Rea
Rahim with only a few film and TV roles behind him gives a performance of startling force and subtlety 
4
A Prophet
Mark Dujsik
The film s view of prison is unwavering in the brutality of both the environment and the candor with which it is presented 
3
A Prophet
James Adams
Tremendously watchable cinema 
4
A Prophet
Peter Howell
Amidst the gloom urgently summoning our attention is one of the most impressive performances of recent times by relative newcomer Tahar Rahim 
3.5
A Prophet
Mick LaSalle
If his two previous films suggested a director dipping a few toes in dark waters Un Prophete marks the moment when Audiard took the plunge 
3
A Prophet
Wesley Morris
This is a class of movie that operates on a higher plane than its peers I wrestled with it But on some level it s here to be wrestled with 
3.5
A Prophet
Michael Phillips
A Prophet pushes its protagonist into circumstances he did not choose but in which he watches and learns and kills and eventually becomes all he can be albeit criminally 
3.5
A Prophet
Peter Keough
Unnoticed he takes in everything and like Yojimbo but with more sycophancy than swagger he learns to play contending sides against each other and come out a winner 
4
A Prophet
Roger Ebert
The newcomer Rahim is an enigma What is he thinking I believe that s the quality Audiard wants He s a newly poured man and when the mold sets it happens inside 
4
A Prophet
James Berardinelli
A Prophet is as gripping as any recent film about crime and criminals although its ill focused attempts to incorporate elements of the supernatural prophetic visions and ghostly apparitions are bizarre and ineffective 
3
A Prophet
Steve Rhodes
It s one quarter of a great movie But after its frightening opening act the rest of the movie is remarkably ho hum and way too long Still it s well worth seeing for its devastatingly intense first thirty minutes 
2.5
A Prophet
Claudia Puig
A Prophet is a compelling piece of naturalistic filmmaking claustrophobic and thought provoking 
2.5
A Prophet
Peter Travers
Director Jacques Audiard scores a triumph of the highest order with the defiant poetry of his vision 
4
A Prophet
V.A. Musetto
Stephane Fontaine s hand held lensing complements Audiard s in your face bravado 
3.5
A Prophet
Nick Schager
A Prophet doesn t reimagine the prison movie so much as simply reenergize it through painstaking attention to particulars 
3.5
A Prophet
Robert Levin
Thanks to Audiard s instinct for casting and his willingness to get inside the head of his protagonist the movie maintains a raw power 
3
A Prophet
Liam Lacey
Audiard s sensationally directed set pieces and the quietly compelling performance by Rahim hold interest throughout
3
The Killing Room
Federico Furzan
A claustrophobic thriller that works Very good performances mixed with some others that are not quite good Full review in Spanish 
3
Just a Kiss
Michael Dequina
The cast is appealing but often looks lost stranded between all of the conflicting directions 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Steven Rea
What a mess 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Joe Baltake
A lousy movie that s not merely unwatchable but also unlistenable 
0
Just a Kiss
Jeff Vice
The rather unlikable unsympathetic characters make what is less than 90 minutes seem much much longer 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Roger Ebert
We have poignancy jostling against farce thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one liners and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except maybe that it looks neat 
1
Just a Kiss
Sean P. Means
An imponderably stilted and self consciously arty movie 
1
Just a Kiss
Robert K. Elder
For the most part Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue 
3
Just a Kiss
Steve Rhodes
Just a Kiss is a just a waste 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Can be classified as one of those alternate reality movies except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality 
2.5
Just a Kiss
Laura Kelly
Puts on airs of a Hal Hartley wannabe film without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer director himself 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Carla Meyer
Aggressively unfunny with jokes about suicide attempts and fatal airplane crashes 
1
Just a Kiss
David Elliott
Breen s script is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Rene Rodriguez
None of these characters resembles anyone you ve ever met in real life unless you happen to know annoyingly self involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter 
1
Just a Kiss
Terry Lawson
This one makes Friends look like high art 
1
Just a Kiss
Ty Burr
It s coherent well shot and tartly acted but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Rick Groen
A small independent film suffering from a severe case of Hollywood itis 
1.5
Just a Kiss
Rod Armstrong
Whether Kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question but the risk takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion 
2.5
Just a Kiss
John Anderson
You re too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous 
2
Just a Kiss
Megan Turner
Stevens has a keen sense of the absurd but the whole thing is too forced 
2
Just a Kiss
Ed Gonzalez
Director Fisher Stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors 
1.5
Love & Basketball
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An exceptional feature writing and directing debut by Gina Prince Bythewood 
3.5
Love & Basketball
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Prince Bythewood s right to avoid the raucous high decibel quality of most male driven sports movies She s out to give us character studies and she succeeds wonderfully in her writing and her direction of a skillful emotionally engaging cast 
3.5
Love & Basketball
Jami Bernard
he relationship between Monica and Quincy is a treat making this a great date movie 
3.5
Love & Basketball
Ann Hornaday
Gina Prince Bythewood has taken the conventional coming of age romance genre and invigorated it with such vivid characters and such alertness to the culture she s representing that she makes what might have been derivative into something brand new 
3.5
Love & Basketball
Marshall Fine
Prince Bythewood draws strong performances from an attractive pair of leads in Epps and Lathan both of whom have the acting chops and the athletic ability to be convincing in their roles 
3
Love & Basketball
Ward Triplett III
Epps and Lathan have expressive eyes and faces that sell their basketball and romantic ups and downs about as well as Prince Bythewood s extremely earnest script does 
2.5
Love & Basketball
Betsy Bozdech
While full of great jump shots and on court action this love story in four quarters is first and foremost a romance 
3
Love & Basketball
Matt Brunson
A good basketball movie and a great love story 
3.5
Love & Basketball
David Nusair
a slow moving yet pervasively entertaining drama 
3
Love & Basketball
Tom Meek
The impressive cast includes Dennis Haysbert Debbi Morgan Regina Hall and Alfre Woodard and Prince Bythewood gets deep into the heartaches and triumphs of her main characters as time and events change and shape them
3
Love & Basketball
Betsy Bozdech
With Prince s fresh script and engaging performances Love and Basketball has more than enough appeal to keep audiences interested until the clock runs out 
3
Love & Basketball
Rick Groen
An unusual but engaging mix of the overwrought and the understated a picture that at two hours plus keeps threatening to overstay its welcome and yet always pulls us back into its conversational orbit 
3
Love & Basketball
Margaret A. McGurk
The chemistry between the two stars is exactly right They are entirely believable as friends as rivals and as lovers a tricky combination for any acting pair 
3
Love & Basketball
James Berardinelli
Although not a slam dunk it s a satisfying lay up 
3
Love & Basketball
Roger Ebert
The movie is not as taut as it could have been but I prefer its emotional perception to the pumped up sports cliches I was sort of expecting 
3
Love & Basketball
Michael Dequina
As honest a title as one is likely to find gracing a multiplex marquee 
3.5
Love & Basketball
Phoebe Flowers
Love and Basketball is never really more than an amiable Cinderella story but it leavens its subject with such heart such idealism and such pure eroticism that it s nearly a total success 
3
Love & Basketball
Susan Stark
An engaging sport romance 
3
Love & Basketball
Terry Lawson
Epps and Lathan make terrific teammates 
3
Love & Basketball
John Hayes
Sure it s cliched but it s done exceptionally well and proves that the difference between winning and losing is in how you define the game 
3
Love & Basketball
Andy Seiler
Though writer director Gina Prince Bythewood s direction is smooth and slick especially so considering that this is her first feature her plot is awkwardly structured 
2
Love & Basketball
John Anderson
Uneven a bit stilted but with a solid cast 
2.5
Love & Basketball
Mark Caro
In one scene a coach preaches to his team Offense sells tickets Defense wins games Prince Bythewood subscribes to such a substance over style strategy as she resists flash and cheap dramatics 
3
Love & Basketball
Steve Rhodes
An ambitious and successful film 
3
Love & Basketball
Rob Blackwelder
An impressive first effort 
2.5
Love & Basketball
Jonathan Foreman
Defeated by a labored screenplay in this overlong clunky love story about a boy and a girl brought together then driven apart by their basketball ambitions 
2
Love & Basketball
Bob Graham
Love and basketball if you like either one here is a movie for you 
3
Love & Basketball
Tor Thorsen
A breath of fresh air 
3
Love & Basketball
Ross Anthony
This film takes to the court with all the fervor spark and talent a crowd loves to see in an underdog 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Kam Williams
Zooey Deschanel steals so many scenes as Paula s anti social roommate that she deserves to share top billing alongside McConaughey and Parker 
3.5
Failure to Launch
Michael A. Smith
A romantic comedy in the true sense of the word Failure to Launch is the first certified date film of the year 
3
Failure to Launch
Peter T. Chattaway
The multiple contrivances and the inevitable grinding of the storytelling gears will have you itching to go home whether you happen to live with your parents or not 
2
Failure to Launch
David Nusair
an admittedly unique premise that is by and large employed to hopelessly underwhelming and palpably forgettable effect 
2
Failure to Launch
Allison Williams
What fails to launch is anything remotely convincing or appealing 
2
Failure to Launch
Linda Cook
A failure on so many levels Failure to Launch is among the first of the lame badly written romantic comedies that we re doomed to see this year And every year for that matter 
.5
Failure to Launch
David N. Butterworth
There s nothing here a good dose of Viagra couldn t cure Impotent and dull as dishwater 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Lori Hoffman
a classic example of a movie that isn t as good as the sum of its parts but those individual parts are surprisingly entertaining
2.5
Failure to Launch
Mike McGranaghan
Failure to Launch shoots itself in the foot by refusing to take its premise seriously The very thing that seems most interesting is the same thing that the film goes out of its way to avoid dealing with 
2
Failure to Launch
Steven Snyder
Everyone here is sour and detestable on some level and though the film generates some chuckles and some interest due to its sheer quirkiness we stare on in a freak show kind of way 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Peter Howell
How exactly did an idea with this much star power and comic potential manage to misfire 
2
Failure to Launch
Thomas Delapa
I thought I was watching the Challenger disaster instead of a romantic comedy 
1
Failure to Launch
Greg Maki
The writers have ideas that could be funny but they don t follow through on any of them 
2
Failure to Launch
Matt Brunson
McConaughey and Parker try but they can t save a premise as insipid as this one 
2
Failure to Launch
Scott Nash
A very aptly named movie 
2
Failure to Launch
Emily Blunt
Even scrumtious manlyberry ala mode McConaughey cant save this fiasco Failure to Launch fails to entertain in the least 
1
Failure to Launch
Dustin Putman
When the stars aren t charming the viewer the film is busy shooting itself in the foot 
2
Failure to Launch
Jeff Vice
The film s hit to miss joke ratio isn t as favorable as you might wish 
2
Failure to Launch
David Elliott
Matthew Sexiest Man Alive McConaughey ought to be in Westerns but not many are being made So he plays a walking winky pin up in Failure to Launch which may launch commercially but is a failure 
1
Failure to Launch
Mick LaSalle
This is a showcase for her Parker s sensitive intelligence her watchfulness and her way of thinking and reacting The Family Stone did nothing for Parker but Failure to Launch makes a strong case for life after Sex and the City 
3
Failure to Launch
Moira MacDonald
Failure to Launch is yet another disposable romantic comedy made with little thought or skill 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Maitland McDonagh
The main story whose creepy premise demands major tiptoeing around lest it slip into the realm of outright smarminess thoroughly unsuitable for a PG 13 rated comedy 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Carla Meyer
Failure To Launch a funny but overly busy romantic comedy 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Sean P. Means
There are zero sparks between the leads It seems the only reason these two are together is because they re both on the movie poster 
2
Failure to Launch
Gary Goldstein
It s the lamest idea for a romantic comedy in recent memory as well as one of the sorriest star vehicles in ages 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Steven Rea
Apart from its name easily the front runner for worst of the year Failure to Launch represents a failure in every way of ideas of inspiration of casting 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Kyle Smith
This is a guy comedy being mismarketed as a chick flick complete with a poster that looks like a page from Lucky magazine 
3.5
Failure to Launch
Jack Mathews
The plot synopsis sounds less like sitcom than sick com A womanizer has the tables turned on him when he falls in love with essentially a prostitute whose services are being paid for by parents who don t have the decency to ask him to leave 
2
Failure to Launch
Connie Ogle
Director Tom Dey throws in so much energetic slapstick that the film feels lively and fresher than it probably should especially during several scenes involving animal induced mayhem 
3
Failure to Launch
Matt Pais
Like Tripp Failure to Launch has a good heart but would be better off moving out of familiar territory 
2
Failure to Launch
Bob Strauss
Yes this is the most distasteful romantic comedy idea since How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days which starred come to think of it McConaughey 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Robert W. Butler
Failure to Launch stumbles its way to a happy ending without generating either much romance or comedy 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Amy Biancolli
The comical part the part with the assaulting fauna is eccentric knockabout fun spattered with outlandish setups and amicably offbeat supporting players who reach out and steal the show 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Terry Lawson
Parker does occasionally make us forget that Failure to Launch is so bereft of comic ideas that it ultimately stoops to giving Terry Bradshaw a nude scene to milk a laugh 
2
Failure to Launch
Lisa Kennedy
Like The 40 Year Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers Failure to Launch reminds us that Hollywood is set on making romantic comedy counterparts to the chick flick 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Randy Myers
The two TV writers have taken a premise ripe with potential for laughter and social commentary and turned into a hackneyed sitcom 
2
Failure to Launch
Michael Phillips
Cursed with an honest title Failure to Launch waves a white flag in scene after scene declaring surrender 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Nick Rogers
Failure to Launch s unlikable lowlife leads are perfect for each other considering that if they never met on Earth they might someday cross paths in hell 
1
Failure to Launch
Wesley Morris
The movie is surprisingly nimble and emotionally honest 
3
Failure to Launch
Kathy Cano-Murillo
The film goes a layer deeper than most formulaic chick flicks It dabbles in the sociological aspects of why many present day adults refuse to leave the nest as well as the effect on aging parents 
3.5
Failure to Launch
Sean O'Connell
Tom Dey s erratic cuts disrupt the momentum as he rushes to get to the next easy physical gag 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Kit Bowen
Failure to Launch thankfully doesn t live up to its title Bolstered by some quirky performances it actually takes off in a surprisingly engaging way 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you looked up the word fluff in the dictionary you shouldn t be surprised if it shows a poster for this romantic comedy 
2
Failure to Launch
James Sanford
Whatever the opposite of chemistry may be McConaughey and Parker have plenty of it one of the few romantic comedies in history in which the couple s fights are far more credible than their flirting 
2
Failure to Launch
Peter Canavese
Paula s practiced fraud sounds criminal at worst and grounds for civil suits at best but to Hollywood it s a romantic comedy downright repellent 
.5
Failure to Launch
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything the whole thing reeks of nothing more than a second rate pilot for a bad sitcom 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Erik Childress
Some movies are on auto pilot from the get go Failure To Launch doesn t even have a pilot 
2
Failure to Launch
Willie Waffle
Failure To Launch tries very hard to break out of the romantic comedy formula with some additional wackiness and guy humor but they might have been better sticking to the formula 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Walter Chaw
It s two things and both of them suck 
0
Failure to Launch
Ed Gonzalez
Failure to Launch is a not so distant cousin of those happy go lucky herpes commercials that play on television it s so far out it scans as science fiction 
1
Failure to Launch
Claudia Puig
This would be romantic comedy is neither The premise is misbegotten the chemistry non existent and the dialogue leaden 
1
Failure to Launch
Sean McBride
You know that you re in trouble when audiences leave the theater talking about the supporting cast with nary a mention of the movie stars
2
Failure to Launch
Bruce Newman
Tripp is such a stud that he has to beat women off with a stick Or rather with his parents This isn t just idiotic it s indefensible It s also the picture s premise 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Duane Dudek
It is a sweet and funny sitcom but without an iota of originality 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Roger Ebert
Oh what stupid people these are 
1
Failure to Launch
Jeff Strickler
As with most romantic comedies Failure to Launch takes off thanks to its upbeat tone and the charisma of its stars 
3
Failure to Launch
Chris Hewitt
There are so many diversions in Failure to Launch it s as if the movie is bored by its own story 
2
Failure to Launch
Phoebe Flowers
It s good Not brilliant not a future Oscar contender but a perfectly sturdy sweet pleasingly non formulaic production that should amuse a variety of age groups 
3
Failure to Launch
Jan Stuart
The stars execute their silly romantic comedy dance steps as if to the manner born but it is the funny shuffle and halt tango between Bartha s computer nerd and Deschanel s man proof misanthrope that add some real zest 
2.5
Failure to Launch
Josh Larsen
The movie is so intent on displaying McConaughey s wares that it gives him a shirtless surfing scene and the picture is set in Baltimore 
2
Failure to Launch
James Berardinelli
It fails at romance and comedy It fails to make the lead characters interesting and their love affair believable And it fails to develop a consistent tone that would enable viewers to suspend their disbelief 
2
Failure to Launch
Jeanne Aufmuth
The title is perfectly apt and too easy a target for this romantic comedy that never shifts out of second gear 
1.5
Failure to Launch
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes a movie works because all of the ingredients come together so well Failure to Launch is one of those movies 
3
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis
Randy Myers
It s one of the best documentaries of 2021 
4
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis
Matt Fagerholm
A stirring tribute to the sheer incalculable nature of the sacrifice made by countless caregivers 
3
The Big Sleep
Matt Brunson
I don t like your manners I don t like them myself They re pretty bad I grieve over them on long winter evenings 
4
The Big Sleep
Walter Chaw
Tribes of monkeys doing monkey things albeit things related to the perforation of the flesh murder and blood and sweat and sex 
4
The Big Sleep
Thomas Delapa
It matters not that even the writers including William Faulkner weren t sure who shot whom in Hawks rousing adaptation of the Raymond Chandler detective novel 
3.5
The Big Sleep
James Berardinelli
A movie that every film student should study and every movie lover should watch at least once 
3.5
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
Pablo O. Scholz
The film is bad because it can t simply patch up all its holes There are scenes that stretch senselessly Some deaths cause smiles instead of fear the special effects are flat and the story doesn t hold up Full review in Spanish 
1
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
David Nusair
46 46 46 just another awful entry within a franchise that started out with so much promise 46 
.5
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
Roger Moore
Emphasizes the slaughter 44 not making us identify with the slaughtered 44 fear for their fates or even anticipate with glee their murder 46 
1
Naruto Movie: Road to Ninja
Soren Andersen
All the slam bang aside this is a story with a poignant core 
3
Go West
Matt Brunson
With Go West Buster Keaton attempts to get sweet and sentimental with decidedly mixed results 
2.5
Go West
Mattie Lucas
The film has a certain charm about it but it lacks the sustained energy of Keaton s better work 
2.5
The Boy Next Door
Frank Ochieng
Overall the low budgeted The Boy Next Door simply fills in the cheesy blanks with its amateurish jitters With the baseless Boy added to her film credits it appears that Jenny was never on the block 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Bill Chambers
Lifetime ready have your cake and eat it too crap about a victimized woman turned righteous avenger in the last five minutes
0.5
The Boy Next Door
John Beifuss
A movie of bare chests his and orgasmic moans hers this is part psycho thriller part cautionary sex fantasy part Lifetime level affirmation of the primacy of the traditional family and all testimony to the irresistibility of Jennifer Lopez 
2.5
The Boy Next Door
Linda Cook
If the phrase Lifetime move gone bad is understandable you ll get just how awful this is 
0
The Boy Next Door
David Nusair
comes off as a perfectly watchable throwback that contains all of the elements that one might ve anticipated and hoped for 
3
The Boy Next Door
Matt Brunson
Perhaps the The Boy Next Door should have been written as a sequel to the equally abysmal Jennifer Lopez film Enough that way it could have arrived with the critic friendly title Enough Already 
1
The Boy Next Door
James Berardinelli
It s badly directed poorly edited and features some of the most unconvincing acting this side of a soup commercial 
1
The Boy Next Door
Chris Knight
It s every woman s worst nightmare To be trapped in a Nicholas Sparks adaptation that s gone completely horribly off the rails That s what this movie feels like 
1
The Boy Next Door
Mike McGranaghan
There is only one conceivable explanation for the existence of The Boy Next Door Jennifer Lopez said What can I do to drive the final nail into my film career s coffin 
1
The Boy Next Door
Christian Toto
The Boy Next Door is two scenes short of becoming a camp classic Maybe next time J Lo 
2
The Boy Next Door
Christy Lemire
The cheese is thick and it smothers everything in The Boy Next Door but it s never quite gooey or spicy enough 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Willie Waffle
Isn t this just one big conspiracy by the rich old guys who run Hollywood and the world to scare sexy women like Jennifer Lopez away from chasing after young hot dudes 
2
The Boy Next Door
David Hiltbrand
This isn t a very demanding role for Lopez but she still fails to carry it off In fact nothing about this film is convincing It all feels notably artificial 
1
The Boy Next Door
Geoff Pevere
It isn t just bad and ridiculous it s fulsomely wholeheartedly and right down to its DNA bad and ridiculous 
1
The Boy Next Door
Dustin Putman
Silly diverting and indefensibly dumb The Boy Next Door turns off its brain early and requires that audiences follow suit 
2
The Boy Next Door
Mark Dujsik
A t least the movie becomes more deserving of derision than of scorn 
1
The Boy Next Door
Lou Lumenick
The Boy Next Door wants badly to be a cut rate Fatal Attraction but ends up getting more laughs than many comedies 
1
The Boy Next Door
Peter Keough
The Boy Next Door may end up as one of the worst movies of 2015 but it is also one of the most entertaining 
2
The Boy Next Door
Linda Barnard
Lawyer turned screenwriter Barbara Curry sticks to the basics with her first script failing to flesh out her characters while indulging in leapfrogging logic that leads to a weirdly abrupt finish 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Jon Niccum
A shopworn thriller that succeeds on a rudimentary level Based on the gender swap of its central idea it might as well be titled Attraction Fatal 
2
The Boy Next Door
Kevin C. Johnson
It s unashamedly of the B movie variety a quick and easy time killer 
2
The Boy Next Door
Kristin Tillotson
The Boy Next Door is a string of situations in which the actors Job One is keeping straight faces while uttering lines like A woman like you should be cherished 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Dann Gire
Instead of the criminally realistic full bore suspense thriller we might expect Boy Next Door devolves into inadvertently hilarious Hollywood hokum 
1
The Boy Next Door
Michael Phillips
I wish The Boy Next Door were a different zingier sort of mediocrity but whenever it threatens to go the full Zalman King Two Moon Junction route it pulls back and behaves itself and settles for a grindingly predictable series of escalations 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Claudia Puig
Predictable and foolishly unsuspecting characters react in ways that make you want to shake them But there s an undeniable sense of silly fun in this erotic thriller 
2.5
The Boy Next Door
Thomas Lee
Why Lopez decided to do this inept cliche infested film is anyone s guess 
1
The Boy Next Door
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a movie about a young man with an unhealthy mother fixation but if you go into it expecting something closer to Mommie Dearest than Psycho you ll probably have a much better time 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Rene Rodriguez
Whatever charges you can level at the movie and they are legion boring isn t one of them 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Moira MacDonald
By the end it s not much fun at all but at least it s over 
1
The Boy Next Door
Matt Pais
Mostly commits to the tamely predictable with not nearly enough crazy to become awesome crap Rent Left Behind now 
1.5
The Boy Next Door
Ed Gonzalez
Rob Cohen s The Boy Next Door flips the gender switch on Fatal Attraction and calls it a day 
.5
The Boy Next Door
Roger Moore
Yet another January flop that isn t so much released as written off by Universal 
1.5
Stephanie Daley
Walter V. Addiego
The acting is uniformly on a high level Tamblyn is impressive and Swinton as usual is outstanding 
3
Stephanie Daley
Mary F. Pols
Tamblyn s performance is a delicate balancing act she has to stealthily reveal who Stephanie is to us while still holding back the most vital information until the very end 
3.5
Stephanie Daley
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s remarkable how close the director gets to these two characters and how quietly 
3
Stephanie Daley
Roger Ebert
You are likely to be discussing this film long into the night 
3.5
Stephanie Daley
Michael Wilmington
A movie that can wound you 
3
Stephanie Daley
Janice Page
Tamblyn s surprisingly measured performance commands attention 
3.5
Stephanie Daley
Bob Strauss
Powerfully acted intimate drama 
3.5
Stephanie Daley
Stephen Whitty
Stephanie Daley has a few overly arty moments yet there s a careful and very welcome literary feel to its story and something heartbreakingly real about the characters it contains 
3
Stephanie Daley
Ken Fox
However you feel about her character and what she may or may not have done Tamblyn s portrayal of Stephanie Daley is softly devastating 
3
Stephanie Daley
Timothy Knight
Stephanie Daley ultimately stays with you is chiefly due to Tamblyn late of television s Joan of Arcadia She gives a penetrating stunningly unaffected performance that should be remembered come award season 
3
Stephanie Daley
Kyle Smith
The movie amounts to an extended short story that progresses slowly and fades away with key questions unanswered Ambiguity isn t necessarily interesting 
2
Stephanie Daley
Jack Mathews
A subject that could easily devolve into malaise of the week TV fodder is treated with all the complexity it is due 
3
Stephanie Daley
Gene Seymour
Brougher s film would seem more like the drudge work of a lot of made for TV melodramas if it weren t for its plausibly raw suburban atmosphere and the zone of intimacy established by both co producer Swinton and especially Tamblyn 
3
Stephanie Daley
Kam Williams
A cerebral female empowerment flick which takes its cues from empathy and understanding as opposed to two fisted testosterone 
3
Stephanie Daley
Dustin Putman
Doesn t quite rise above being a common issues movie but it at least handles said issues with intelligence and tough realism 
2.5
Stephanie Daley
Jason Clark
Tells a distinctly sometimes wrenching feminine tale without making it only relative to Oprah watchers and talk show bingers 
3
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Only the 13 and under set will buy into the Confessions vision of teen hood Most actual teens have already noted the lack of opportunities for air guitar montages 
2.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Bill Chambers
Sleep all day party all night never grow old never die it s fun to be a Disney starlet
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
David Nusair
unapologetically geared towards the tween crowd all other audiences be damned 
1.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Robert K. Elder
A star vehicle with three flat tires and sugar in the gas tank 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Linda Cook
Talk about drama oh The horror 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Sara Michelle Fetters
I can t really say anything terrible about this picture The problem is I can t really say anything all that great about it either 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Tony Toscano
film pimps to is core demographic and gives nothing substantial in return 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Jim Shelby
If Disney Pictures is looking to pander to the lowest urges of emerging girlhood they have succeeded in this tacky and boring after school special 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Kim Morgan
Implausabilities aside Confessions is a light lark that s colorful spirited and chock full of clothes 
2.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Jonathan R. Perry
Nothing if not fluffy but oddly egregiously offensive in ways far more insidious and damaging than merely wasting our time 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
James Sanford
A word to the wise If you find the title tantalizing you ll probably love the film 
2.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Dustin Putman
Akin to a feather weightless 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Moira MacDonald
A string of unrelated scenes about the high school musical the band s final concert some random moments in which some standard issue popular girls are mean to Lola and Lola s active fantasy life 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Ruthe Stein
Much of Confessions seems clueless and even worse for moviegoers of any age listless 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
David Elliott
Why is this chiffon doodle essentially offensive Because it is about nothing and it turns the dreams of girls into piffle 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Joe Baltake
Both the actress and the character she s playing are stranded in a vapid film about vapid teens 
2.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Lou Lumenick
A shlocky sloppy and crass adolescent comedy 
1
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Jami Bernard
Sugarman directs this cheerful movie as if it were a bunch of memories pasted haphazardly into a scrapbook 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Bob Strauss
Like a stream of consciousness riff on girl movie notions minus the consciousness part 
1.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Rick Groen
I confess to a deep uncertainty about whether this can be rightly called a movie A bunch of scenes maybe 
1.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Jeff Vice
This bit of fluff is unlikely to appeal to anyone outside of its obvious intended target audience 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Wesley Morris
Hate is not a word I use loosely to describe my feelings about a movie but I hated every second of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 
0.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Sean P. Means
Lohan overcoming her character s occasional obnoxiousness has enough spunky charm to make this one work for the target audience of 11 year old girls 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Austin O'Connor
truly awful 
.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Kit Bowen
Supported by Lindsay Lohan s effervescent performance Drama Queen has a fun flair for the dramatics but ultimately is a piece of fluff targeted to a limited audience 
2.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
John Monaghan
Mixes The Brady Bunch Britney Saved by the Bell Hilary Duff and anything else that Disney thinks kids are still watching today 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Jeff Strickler
More of a concept than a story the plot serves basically as an extended segue between music videos 
2
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Sue Pierman
Lacking the humor and sophistication of Freaky Friday Confessions has some growing up to do 
1.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Chris Hewitt
What Confessions does it does pretty well 
2.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Jan Stuart
What a teenage girl really wants at the movies is what grown ups want and not to be talked down to like her kid sister 
1.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Steve Rhodes
For preteen girls only My feelings Gag me with a spoon 
1.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Ed Gonzalez
I was not prepared for the moment when The Tween Who Cried Wolf became The Lindsay Lohan Movie 
1.5
The Calling
Brian Tallerico
Almost miraculously finds a way to waste the prodigious talents of Susan Sarandon Ellen Burstyn and Donald Sutherland 
1
The Calling
Geoff Pevere
What not even Sutherland can do and which eventually makes you want to lie down on the floor just like Sarandon is make The Calling convincing or compelling 
1.5
The Calling
Stephen Whitty
Basically this is the story of some major talents having to make do once again with a minor film And that s a crime too if not quite a sin 
2.5
The Calling
Linda Barnard
Here s a mystery what the heck is Susan Sarandon doing north of the border in a low budget Canadian thriller called The Calling 
2
The Calling
Mike McGranaghan
It aims high and doesn t quite hit the mark Simply put The Calling needed to go more in depth with its ideas 
2.5
The Calling
Nick Prigge
The premise of faith based assisted suicide as a motivating factor for a madman s killing spree is initially intriguing but quickly revealed as solemn window dressing 
1.5
The Calling
Kam Williams
Bless me father for I have slain 
3
The Calling
Glenn Lovell
More than Fargo meets Se7ven Sarandon s portrayal of the surly embittered small town police chief is so assured and nuanced we d welcome a Hazel Micallef mystery franchise 
3
Almanac of Fall
Marty Mapes
Pair them up and pit them against each other
2.5
Almanac of Fall
Jeremiah Kipp
If we subscribe to the idea that the profiteering of man leads to the death of an absent God s morals the unrest of Almanac of Fall lays down the first stones 
3.5
Almanac of Fall
Jeremy Heilman
Throughout Tarr seems exasperated by the capacity of each to believe that they are justified in their machinations and in his inability to accept their individual actions he seems to be expressing disgust and outrage at all of society 
4
Lolita
David Nusair
the performances hit the right notes 
3
Lolita
Michael Dequina
With its distant earnestness and leisurely pace it might as well have been a Merchant Ivory production 
2.5
Sunset
Matt Brunson
A misfire 
1.5
Sunset
Roger Ebert
Half of the movie wants to be cheerful and the other half seems morbid and disenchanted 
2
Death Warrant
David Nusair
a palpable low point within Van Damme s spotty body of work 
1
The Americanization of Emily
Nick Schager
Though a bit overstuffed with long winded speeches Chayefsky s scabrously funny script brims with snappy crackling dialogue 
2.5
Sin Ti
Steve Rhodes
It s so well intentioned and earnest that it seems politically incorrect not to like it But the story is so thin and predictable that there just isn t a lot to like 
2
Tank 432
Sara Michelle Fetters
The nihilistic lunacy of Tank 432 coupled with its ridiculous implausibility leaving me coldly indifferent to the director s high concept debut 
2
Dutchman
Roger Ebert
A word about Miss Knight s performance which won an award at Cannes It is superb 
3
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn
Rene Rodriguez
You get the feeling there s much more to this relationship than we ve been shown but for fans of Refn s work the documentary makes for a provocative portrait of an artist racked by angst 
3
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn
Brian Tallerico
It feels supplemental more than essential 
2
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn
Roger Moore
The stakes are low nobody died nobody divorced nobody s career ended Why was this made again 
2
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn
Mallory Andrews
Clocking in at just under an hour the substance of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn is fleeting but fascinating 
3
Journey to Le Mans
Rick Groen
With stuff to learn and sights to see there s no disputing the value of the experience which brings us to the final clich Travel is an education in itself Hop aboard mes amis 
2.5
Journey to Le Mans
Susan Walker
Without angst or melodrama director Robert Gudiguian has made a film that gives nationalism a good name 
2.5
Chatham
Matt Brunson
The three vets are a delight to watch even if the movie around them remains soggy 
2.5
Chatham
Lou Lumenick
This musty yarn would have worked better as a 1940s MGM programmer 
2
Chatham
Lawrence Toppman
You don t have to be a geezer to grin at these goings on 
3
Chatham
Connie Ogle
Trying to sit through The Golden Boys is like trudging across the Cape Cod sand in galoshes during a nor easter with a mule on your back 
1
Chatham
Simon Abrams
The Golden Boys writer director Daniel Adams s adaptation of Joseph Lincoln s novel Cap n Eri could just as easily be called Grumpy Old Sea Men or Two Brides for Three Salty Seadogs 
.5
Agatha
Roger Ebert
If Kathleen Tynan and the makers of Agatha had worked in that spirit had given us a droll and macabre black comedy the movie might have worked They do not and so it does not 
2.5
¡Viva Maestro!
Thomas Floyd
With such a mesmerizing star one can forgive Braun s film for being a shade off key 
2.5
I Travel Alone
Kristin Tillotson
Its refreshing conclusion is more suited to ambiguous European sensibilities than the all American desire for happy endings or at least concrete resolutions 
2.5
I Travel Alone
Steven Rea
A frothy romantic comedy tinged with melancholy and yearning 
3
I Travel Alone
David Lewis
This Italian romantic dramedy needs a little room service because the romance comedy and drama are sometimes in short supply 
2
I Travel Alone
Michael O'Sullivan
The final destination of A Five Star Life is well worth the wait but the service is so slow that some viewers may check out early 
2.5
I Travel Alone
Odie Henderson
A Five Star Life shows something not often seen in American cinema at least in films that aren t police procedurals It shows an ordinary citizen doing her job 
3
I Travel Alone
Chuck Bowen
The director diligently keeps her heroine s ego in check and that s awfully principled of her but her audience may feel as if they ve inadvertently booked a trip with no destination 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene el grave defecto de un guin mal estructurado que desaprovecha el talento de los protagonistas con dilogos poco crebles y algunas situaciones forzadas 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Josh Gilchrist
It seems as though the Douglas were desperate to work together so they didn t bother going out to find a quality film 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Sara Michelle Fetters
Trying to figure out what s going to happen day by day and planning for life s twists and turns is the best a person can ask for 
3
It Runs in the Family
Mark Dujsik
To show up to the set everyday must have been a chore in itself but to actually read some of these lines and play some of these scenes with the little to no direction they seem to have received is a sign of true dedication 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
Tyler Hanley
Endearing moments battle with forced melodrama to produce a muddled family portrait both tiresome and tender 
2
It Runs in the Family
Steve Rhodes
Doesn t even rise to the level of a daytime soap opera 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
Matt Brunson
The Douglas clan s answer to the Fondas On Golden Pond might easily have been called On Golden Turkey 
2
It Runs in the Family
Jeffrey M. Anderson
They must have made an intimidating pair because all during production no one had the courage to tell them that It Runs in the Family stinks 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
Frank Ochieng
It s too bad that the talented Douglases had to make this syrupy saga an artistic family affair to remember or in this case one to quickly forget 
2
It Runs in the Family
Dustin Putman
Has a handful of understated moments of truth but most of it is hokey unoriginal and amazingly smug 
2
It Runs in the Family
Claudia Puig
Worthwhile though the story is predictable 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Chris Hewitt
Much better than its sappy ads make it look 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Mary Brennan
A pretty unpalatable blend of syrup and formaldehyde basted turkey 
2
It Runs in the Family
Mick LaSalle
Achingly long and pointless Runs is a movie about family that s dishonest in its presentation of every relationship 
0
It Runs in the Family
David Elliott
A well cooked soup of family cliches another ancestor of TV s The Goldbergs and Neil Simon etc Thankfully it is not another version of The Jazz Singer 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Gene Seymour
Edgier and a lot less sappy than you d expect but there are way too many complications in the mix 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Jami Bernard
Three generations of the Kirk Douglas family strain against mawkish material about a dysfunctional family that ties up all its loose ends in 109 cringe worthy minutes 
1
It Runs in the Family
Katrina Onstad
The grisly thing about a movie starring an 86 year old man is that everyone knows it s probably the last chance to do it right sadly they didn t 
2
It Runs in the Family
Connie Ogle
This sort of message can become unbearably sappy But It Runs in the Family manages to sidestep the potential overload of cheap sentimentality 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Rick Groen
As conveyances go this is no vehicle it s a train Unfortunately the train keeps hopping the tracks 
2
It Runs in the Family
Jeff Vice
Leaden comedy drama 
2
It Runs in the Family
Ty Burr
This one s for your parents your grandparents and the entire state of Florida 
2
It Runs in the Family
Gary Brown
You ll suddenly remember why you always tried to avoid going next door to watch the neighbor s Kodak 8 mm home movies on the Bell and Howell projector 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
David Nusair
Movie fans will probably be delighted to see four Douglas in the same movie but it really is disappointing that after waiting so long to co star with each other this is the best they could come up with 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Evan Henerson
Though surrounded by Douglases our former Spartacus may be this strained bit of sappiness should be no screen legend s swan song 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
Roger Ebert
The movie deals with these touchy subjects and others but in a plot so jammed with events disputes tragedies and revelations that the most serious matters don t seem to receive enough attention 
2
It Runs in the Family
Terry Lawson
A family drama that manages to be affectingly bittersweet without being as satisfying 
2
It Runs in the Family
Megan Lehmann
An exercise in drudgery 
1
It Runs in the Family
Leigh Johnson
The three main characters are so self absorbed that it s not surprising the story of their lives comes off about as interesting as a soup soaked Saltine 
2
It Runs in the Family
Dan Lybarger
When the same surname keeps appearing during the opening credits it s usually a bad sign 
2
It Runs in the Family
Mack Bates
While it may not be off the hinges It Runs in the Family is disarming enough that you won t exit the theater doors feeling like you ve been hoodwinked 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
David Sterritt
The screenplay is too ragged around the edges to build the kind of emotional oomph it aims for 
2
It Runs in the Family
Erik Childress
I never want to see you again ranks amongst the top three lines that perfectly describe Jesse Wigutow s screenplay The other two being Could you possibly be more unappealing and You didn t exactly set the bar all that high 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
Sarah Chauncey
The script is terrible there s no plot to speak of and within the meager what passes for a plot are a ridiculous number of holes 
1.5
It Runs in the Family
Jeff Strickler
Works as a drama but comes up short as a comedy 
2.5
It Runs in the Family
Mark Caro
It Runs in the Family never quite transcends its movie of the week trappings But either you re glad to have spent time with these three generations or you aren t 
3
It Runs in the Family
Josh Larsen
Have you ever been stuck at someone else s family reunion 
2
It Runs in the Family
Walter Chaw
A family freakshow complete with legless crooners extreme flatulence gags and Michael shrugging in a he s so crazy sort of way at Kirk s crusty bon mots 
0
Green
Diego Semerene
The mumblecore dialogue can be annoying but along with the excellent score it actually serves this tense haziness well 
2.5
Trixie
Judith Egerton
Like a week old batch of bivalves It stinks 
1.5
Trixie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Worthwhile only for Emily Watson s strange but amiable performance 
2.5
Trixie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unwatchable 
1
Trixie
David N. Butterworth
A rare Alan Rudolph misfire 
2
Trixie
Tor Thorsen
A wildly uneven mystery that veers between one note comedy dark drama and political commentary before sputtering to an end 
1.5
Trixie
Mike Clark
Maybe a better idea would have been to have Trixie and Frances McDormand s Fargo cop start a detective agency 
1
Trixie
James Berardinelli
In a strange sort of way this is Dumb and Dumber for the art house crowd 
2.5
Trixie
Roger Ebert
It s not a success but it s a closed mist and kind of fun in its own ways and means 
2
Trixie
Steve Rhodes
All of the cast nicely complement Watson as it is her movie and watching her is a real treat 
3
The Android Affair
David Nusair
If you ever wondered what Saul Rubinek would ve looked like had he been a member of Poison wonder no more 
1.5
Song One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer director Kate Barker Froyland doesn t bother to disguise Song One as something it s not 
3
Song One
Dustin Putman
Song One is an enjoyable watch but an even better listen its songs bringing a thoughtful melodic glow to modestly endearing material 
2.5
Song One
Robert Levin
There are only so many scenes of Hathaway tearing up while either a staring at her brother or b watching James strum his guitar that one can take 
2
Song One
Peter Travers
Despite the delicate shadings Hathaway brings to the role Song One moves inexorably from wan to wearying 
1.5
Song One
Andy Crump
This is about people bonding over tragedy the demanding grind of the music industry and the soothing effect of a good earnest melody only good at one of these 
2.5
Song One
Susan Wloszczyna
In her feature debut writer director Kate Barker Froyland tends to tiptoe away from the dramatic high notes that audiences often crave and comes up a stanza or two short from a fulfilling resolution 
2
Song One
Stephen Whitty
The film like the world it s part of remains just a little too precious a little too self involved a little too insular Instead of singing out directly to us it hums its little tune only to itself 
2.5
Song One
Tirdad Derakhshani
Starts off as a singularly strong slice of life drama before dissipating into thin air 
2.5
Song One
John Hartl
It seems thin despite its first rate cast which includes two Academy Award winners 
2.5
Song One
Ty Burr
Take away the Brooklyn chic and the medical emergency and Song One is a pretty good study hall daydream 
2
Song One
Stephanie Merry
Like the music which is easy on the ears though never catchy the movie doesn t stick with you Once it s over it s gone 
2
Song One
David Lewis
Barker Froyland has more than romance on her mind and she crafts a nuanced ending to the story that feels right We just wish we could have gotten to know these folks a little better along the way 
2
Song One
Matt Pais
There s a short film in Song One or maybe a heart wrenching song Sometimes less is more and that s all there is to say 
2
Song One
Sara Stewart
Captures a similar unselfconscious beauty in the way music can make sense of big ungainly emotions as James puts it for three to five whole minutes 
3
Song One
Roger Moore
Sweet watchable and musical though it never amounts to much of anything
2
Song One
Nick Prigge
This snapshot of catharsis follows a familiar trajectory but Kate Barker Froyland refreshingly resists elevating her characters relationship to the level of grandiose 
2.5
Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse
Jeff Albertson
Despite the tragedy of the events the film is inspiring in that it shows that witnesses and the public are willing to speak out in order to hold police and elected officials accountable 
4
The Tale of Despereaux
Brandy McDonnell
With its quaint fairy tale look and multilayered storytelling style The Tale of Despereaux offers a refreshing change of pace from the usual computer animated movies 
3.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Michael Dequina
For animation fans looking for a little more class and a lot less of the commonplace crass this makes for a decent timepass 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Gary Brown
The animation quality is first rate 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the film s heart is certainly in the right place and while certain moments exude honest warmth and refreshingly direct truth on the whole there is nothing about this computer animated epic that remotely sets it apart from the crowd 
2
The Tale of Despereaux
Linda Cook
This creature is stirring And yes he s a mouse 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Sean P. Means
What wins us over is Despereaux himself whose courage and heart are as big as his ears 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Daniel M. Kimmel
The animation is striking precisely because it doesn t look like a cartoon It s a fairy tale world that seems to sprawl beyond the edges of the screen 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Linda Barnard
The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of 
2.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Chris Hewitt
In her book DiCamillo gracefully weaves together several plot strands something the movie with less time and I suspect less storytelling ingenuity can t do 
2
The Tale of Despereaux
Tom Keogh
The directors can t quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole 
2
The Tale of Despereaux
Peter Hartlaub
The Tale of Despereaux may not be a classic but it still has a lot of class 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Steven Rea
Despereaux is a little too desperate to be loved 
2.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Stephen Whitty
Their gentle care and attention help fill out this sweet tale So too do the background artists who have created wonderfully intricate universes for the different rodents to inhabit 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Kyle Smith
Somber slow and elegant instead of frantic and dazzling It works like a beloved fairy tale 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Meg Jones
It s charming with gorgeous painterly animation and a heartfelt story 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Liam Lacey
Like the old adage about too many cooks The Tale of Despereaux is full of ideas but the combination is more perturbing than satisfying 
2
The Tale of Despereaux
Jeff Vice
It definitely has some charms and enough action and intrigue to keep the kids interested â and enough of both to ensure that their parents aren t completely bored 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Wesley Morris
A skillfully managed fairy tale about a mouse a rat and fairy tales in general 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
Chris Kaltenbach
A film that seems less interested in telling a story than in moralizing to its young audience about the value of individuality the danger of prejudging someone the folly of jumping to conclusions the joys of altruism the sorrows of pettiness 
1
The Tale of Despereaux
Michael Phillips
I admired the craft more than I loved the results But The Tales of Despereaux is still better than average animation 
2.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Dustin Putman
A curiously lifeless motion picture its emotional content so stuffy and its tone so understated that it almost becomes a chore to sit through 
2
The Tale of Despereaux
Claudia Puig
While the story does not quite come to magical life the themes of courage hope and decency are sweetly inspiring 
2.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Joe Lozito
Unusual animated fable about a courageous mouse that saves a kingdom suffers from an over abundance of story but has its heart in the right place 
2.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Roger Ebert
The Tale of Despereaux is one of the most beautifully drawn animated films I ve seen rendered in enchanting detail and painterly colors by an art department headed by Oliver Adam 
3
The Tale of Despereaux
James Berardinelli
The Tale of Despereaux looks like it was made about 10 years ago and at a time when even mediocre animated films can generally boast a stunning look this movie s uninspired animation is a source of disappointment 
2.5
The Tale of Despereaux
Nick Schager
In a post Ratatouille world an animated film about rodents and fine cuisine is the exact opposite of original 
1.5
Holy Ghost People
Kam Williams
Snakes in the Pulpit 
3
Red Snow
Roger Moore
I like what they were going for here as obvious as it seems Nice try 
1.5
Love My Life
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Love My Life s few positive attributes are ultimately rendered moot by Hiroko Kanasugi s aggressively uneventful screenplay 
1.5
Sin
Roger Moore
A gritty lived in film that feels like a smelly life is nasty brutish and short for anyone not in the ruling classes depiction of the Renaissance beautiful and painterly even in it s ugliness 
3
Sin
Randy Myers
Konchalovsky presents us with a Rome and Florence unlike the colorful travel brochures we re accustomed to with cameras paying stringent attention to the dirt and grit of the time period 
3
Sin
Mark Dujsik
Konchalovskiy and Kiseleva s story is the study of a faithful man tempted by the ways of the world 
3
Sin
Pat Brown
Andrei Konchalovsky s film is fascinated with the creation of great art in the midst of socio political turmoil 
3
Beijing Love Story
Mark Jenkins
The movie wavers in tone occasionally lurching into supernatural fantasy and withholds information in a manner that s more annoying than tantalizing 
2
Coming Home
John Wirt
The performances appearing as they do in an intimate elegant drama of love separation and loyalty are so affecting and so devoted to the characters in the most unselfish ways 
3.5
Coming Home
Bob Bloom
Coming Home is a bittersweet experience that looks at sacrifice redemption and the timelessness of love 
3.5
Coming Home
Scott Renshaw
It s the performances by Li and Chen that give Coming Home its greatest power 
3.5
Coming Home
Robert Levin
A bold and beautiful work of cinema that externalizes deeply felt emotions onto a canvas defined by the filmmaker s mastery of the melodrama 
3.5
Coming Home
Lawrence Toppman
Increasingly poignant up to a powerful final scene 
3
Coming Home
Kate Taylor
Intriguingly the director has successfully woven a Kafkaesque metaphor into a classically Chinese melodrama 
3
Coming Home
John Hartl
Daoming just manages to keep the material from turning into a sentimental variation on Waiting for Godot 
2.5
Coming Home
Chris Knight
Coming Home stays remarkably grounded anchored by fine performances and unsullied by oversentimentality It may move you to tears but it won t push you there 
3
Coming Home
Peter Keough
Amnesia is one of the more hackneyed of plot devices but it still resounds because memory signifies so much history identity and what remains when time takes everything away 
4
Coming Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A very well made moving soap opera 
3.5
Coming Home
Mark Jenkins
The beautifully composed shots are studies in shadow and sunlight drizzle and grime 
3
Coming Home
G. Allen Johnson
I m not sure if there s room in the new Chinese film world which like American cinemas is now dominated by big budget special effects films for another series of Gong Zhang films But they should forge ahead They ve recaptured the magic 
4
Coming Home
Sara Stewart
Elegantly touching 
3
Coming Home
Rex Reed
It s a cause for rejoicing 
4
Coming Home
Stephen Whitty
For old fans there s much to recognize here an almost Sirkian respect for melodrama a natural empathy for women a refusal to forget the past Some new approaches too 
3.5
Coming Home
Peter Sobczynski
What this film may lack in terms of visual flamboyance it more than makes up for in telling its simple and direct story with a raw emotional power that doesn t need lavish spectacle in order to get its point across 
3.5
Coming Home
Chuck Bowen
Coming Home is a film in which everyone s dreams are irrevocably broken the pieces too small to grasp let alone pick up 
3.5
The Innocent
Matt Brunson
Many have hailed it a masterpiece but it s comparatively minor next to 1963 s powerhouse The Leopard another Visconti dissection of aristocratic angst 
3
The Innocent
Roger Moore
Opulent Dated a stiff 
2
The Innocent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Another of Visconti s elegantly composed portraits of the follies of the aristocracy perhaps not among his very best films but still a fine film from an absolute master 
3.5
The Innocent
Fernando F. Croce
Coming after the dissolute wackiness of Ludwig and the cavorting valedictory of Conversation Piece Luchino Visconti s swan song L Innocente is something of a genteel and stately affair 
3
The Judge
Brian Eggert
The familiarity of the story hurts what is Dobkin apos s otherwise pleasantly sincere and straightforward direction 44 and a number of fine performances 46 
2.5
The Judge
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s not particularly surprising but I admit it was an agreeable and sometimes emotional experience Full review in Spanish 
3
The Judge
Robert W. Butler
The Judge has a few good things going for it What the film doesn t have is faith that the audience can appreciate solid dramatic acting for more than oh three minutes at a stretch 
2.5
The Judge
John Beifuss
When attorney Robert Downey Jr returns to his Indiana hometown early in the film he drives through an utterly phony CG cornfield The unnecessary effect is an indicator of the sham emotions spurious sentiment and yes corn headed the viewer s way 
2
The Judge
Lori Hoffman
A slow moving drama that feels like a made for TV movie that moved up to big screen status thanks solely to the cast 
2
The Judge
Scott Nash
Downey and Duvall deliver fine performances in a story we ve seen many times before 
2.5
The Judge
David Nusair
Given its extreme overlength 141 minutes The Judge ultimately fares a whole lot better than one might ve anticipated 
2.5
The Judge
Robert Levin
This film has about as much in common with reality as a man saving the world while encased in a flying suit of iron 
1.5
The Judge
John Serba
It can be formulaic improbable melodramatic and bloated But it emphasizes its stars strengths which go a long way when your leads are Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall 
2.5
The Judge
Bob Bloom
The film unfortunately is a hodge podge of courtroom dramatics and familial dysfunction neatly wrapped in a conventional package that does whatever it takes to shout IMPORTANT and please remember us at Academy Award time 
2
The Judge
Lisa Kennedy
There are a number of fine reasons to see the courtroom meets family melodrama The Judge As you might suspect two stand out actors Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr 
3
The Judge
Matt Brunson
Devil s Advocate centers on a narcissistic lawyer whose father is Satan himself The Judge centers on a narcissistic lawyer whose father is a judge One is a heavy handed fantasy full of unbelievable plot developments The other stars Keanu Reeves 
2
The Judge
Mal Vincent
The Judge visits small town rural America in such a way that movies hardly ever do anymore 
4
The Judge
Anders Wright
On paper this is a prestige film and a prestige role But in the end it s long and mundane a vehicle designed to highlight Downey whose character is as always the smartest one in the movie 
2
The Judge
Mike McGranaghan
This is a prestige film a dysfunctional family drama a courtroom thriller a comedy and a romance all balled together Quite frankly I m surprised it doesn t try to be a science fiction adventure and a musical too 
2.5
The Judge
Carla Meyer
When the judge finally softens up a bit Duvall generates genuine audience waterworks 
2.5
The Judge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These two guys are among the heavyweights of today and it s a real pleasure to watch them work 
3
The Judge
Peter Canavese
Runs on clichés and ultimately earns more credit for what it doesn t do than for what it does 
2.5
The Judge
Christian Toto
Can a bloated cliched drama still serve as rousing entertainment The Judge answer in the affirmative 
3
The Judge
Willie Waffle
An extremely contrived movie propped up by amazing performances 
3
The Judge
Liam Lacey
A blue chip cast struggles with an unwieldy script in The Judge a hybrid comedy family reconciliation story and legal drama 
2
The Judge
Steven Rea
The Judge is a tale of family dysfunction the sins of the father and all that 
2.5
The Judge
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriters Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque are working under the misapprehension that having things happen to a character is the same as developing that character 
2
The Judge
James Berardinelli
An overlong crowd pleaser that mistakes a hackneyed catharsis for something more meaningful 
2.5
The Judge
Kam Williams
A fanciful thoroughly modern variation on the parable of the Prodigal Son 
3.5
The Judge
Tony Hicks
There were reports that Duvall initially turned down this script only to reconsider because he wanted to work with Downey Good call 
2.5
The Judge
Stephen Whitty
More than two hours of sharp dialogue and great acting if not particularly inventive plotting 
3
The Judge
Rafer Guzman
While it s good to know that character driven dramas still have a place at the movies The Judge might have worked better as a television miniseries 
2.5
The Judge
Kristin Tillotson
Dobson may be a bit clumsy out of the gate with more sensitive material but wisely gives his seasoned cast a lot of rope 
3
The Judge
Joe Williams
Despite playing with a stacked deck The Judge is guilty of exceeding expectations 
3
The Judge
Dann Gire
These all sound like perfect ingredients for a meaty Midwest family drama but under Dobkin s delinquent direction The Judge is never as humorous as it should be seldom as compelling as it needs to be and hardly as memorable as it wants to be 
1.5
The Judge
Michael Phillips
Of the 141 minutes in The Judge roughly 70 work well hold the screen and allow a ripe ensemble cast the chance to do its thing i e act 
2.5
The Judge
Duane Dudek
There are reasons that films like these keep getting made One is that when they work they are broadly entertaining 
2.5
The Judge
Mick LaSalle
The best thing about The Judge is watching Downey and Duvall as actors playing off each other They listen and react and takes lines and moments to places that surprise us and seem to surprise them 
3
The Judge
Susan Wloszczyna
The material showcases the lead actors strengths Downey s is hyper verbal glibness with a black sheep s injured sadness in his eyes Duvall s is grizzled authority undercut by the infirmities of age 
2.5
The Judge
Matt Pais
A good knotty courtroom proceeding can be fun beach reading but The Judge makes you want to put your eyes back on the water 
1.5
The Judge
Moira MacDonald
You wish it were better But The Judge eventually wears its viewer down despite the best efforts of an irresistible cast 
2.5
The Judge
Claudia Puig
It s well acted with some occasional moments of clever dialogue but the story is plodding predictable and tension free 
2
The Judge
Mara Reinstein
Essentially this is Tony Stark in the courtroom But Robert Downey Jr s gift for loquacious gymnastics is so impressive that he makes his staid legal drama come to life 
2.5
The Judge
Rex Reed
Equal parts courtroom drama legal thriller and family saga it s also a synchronized duet for two terrific actors at the top of their craft that left me stunned 
4
The Judge
Chris Cabin
One long trial of moral duty and one that excuses repugnant behavior and psychological warfare in lieu of a repetitive condescending sermon on honoring thy father 
.5
The Judge
Jake Coyle
If The Judge proves anything it s that talented likable actors like Downey Duvall D Onofrio and Farmiga can keep a mediocre movie humming 
2
The Judge
Roger Moore
Like a John Grisham tale written by joke happy hacks 
1.5
The Judge
Chris Knight
It s a regular crowd pleaser with a pair of A list Roberts Downey Jr and Duvall bringing their A game to the story of a smalltown judge accused of murder 
3
The Judge
Lou Lumenick
Just watching snarky Chicago lawyer Robert Downey Jr spar with crotchety father Robert Duvall as he tries to defend the small town Indiana jurist on a murder rap is worth the price of admission 
3
The Judge
Peter Howell
The Judge could have been just another courtroom procedural with extra family pathos but it s got a third person with something to prove director David Dobkin who is better known for comedies such as Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus 
3
Laws of Gravity
Roger Ebert
The point with Laws of Gravity no matter what it cost is that the screenplay and the acting do such an accurate job of achieving the movie s goals 
3
I'll Follow You Down
David Nusair
a disappointingly half baked endeavor that feels for the most part like a padded out episode of The Outer Limits 
1.5
I'll Follow You Down
Sean Tepper
Although it mostly falls flat I ll Follow You Down does deliver an ending that serves as a satisfying payoff 
1
I'll Follow You Down
Chris Knight
I ll Follow You Down is the thinking person s time travel tale a philosophical drama that poses a what if question that carries surprising emotional heft 
3
I'll Follow You Down
Linda Barnard
Ponderous in spots and not as smoothly crafted as it could be I ll Follow You Down is also held back by Osment s performance which never seems comfortable or convincing 
2
I'll Follow You Down
Dustin Putman
Ambitious but clunky I ll Follow You Down is not quite the picture to be Haley Joel Osment s post adolescent breakthrough but it is a step in the right direction 
2
The Wave
Katie Walsh
A punchy and visually arresting calling card that announces the arrival of the filmmaker s bold style 
2.5
The Wave
Joey Magidson
There are missteps here but the combination of Justin Long and the overall vibe wind up saving the day especially when mixed with some of Klabin s visual stylings 
3
The Wave
Brian Tallerico
It s a movie designed to replicate the confusion of its protagonist but ultimately reflects the confusion of everyone who made it 
1.5
The Wave
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay seems to be making up the rules as the movie progresses 
1.5
The Wave
Mike McGranaghan
The Wave is two thirds of a cool movie The final third becomes didactic in a way that s disappointing in its predictability 
2.5
I Accuse My Parents
Matt Brunson
A grade Z production 
1
How to Survive a Plague
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a far more shallow experience than it really should be 
2
How to Survive a Plague
Michael Phillips
From a terrible epidemic comes a beautiful documentary 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Rick Groen
A raw history often cluttered and sometimes repetitive but when strategies fail along with immune systems deeply affecting 
3
How to Survive a Plague
Bruce DeMara
Presents a valuable template for how grassroots activism can temper societal prejudice and challenge governmental indifference in the face of a mysterious and remorseless killer 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Sean P. Means
A riveting look at LGBT protesters during the AIDS crisis and an object lesson that if the revolution is going to be televised it s good to have the revolutionaries holding the cameras 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
John Hartl
A serious moving and sometimes astonishingly well organized documentary about the history of AIDS activism 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Claude Peck
A powerful messy and tremendously moving documentary 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Chris Hewitt
The title doesn t necessarily convey this but How to Survive a Plague is an inspiring and hopeful documentary 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Ann Hornaday
How to Survive a Plague captures a saddening maddening era that seems like far too many lifetimes ago 
2
How to Survive a Plague
Tirdad Derakhshani
It can feel inchoate dropping the viewer in the middle of events without much context and it exacts an emotional toll But its raw quality also makes it compelling viewing 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Gary Thompson
An unflinching look at the activists mistakes and acheivements their regrets their very solemn pride at a victory attained at so high a cost 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Brett Michel
Ultimately the story presented by the former reporter for Boston s defunct Gay Community News is one of hope 
4
How to Survive a Plague
Wesley Morris
France and his crew have sculpted years of old broadcast news stories and home videos into a narrative that is impressionistic in its scope but coherent in its feeling 
4
How to Survive a Plague
Stephen Whitty
Mostly the film toggles between two emotions the high of watching brave people go to war and the low of seeing so many of them fall as entire communities are destroyed 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Sara Stewart
A heart wrenching portrait of one of the saddest most heroic chapters in American history 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
Amy Biancolli
When it s over this documentary lingers as a testament to extraordinary human bravery It stands as one of the most heartbreaking and suspenseful sagas of the year 
4
How to Survive a Plague
Roger Ebert
We grow familiar with the names and faces of many of the leaders in the movement Some look directly into the camera and say they expect to die of the disease Some are correct 
3.5
How to Survive a Plague
R. Kurt Osenlund
How to Survive a Plague presents a cast of characters who must continue fighting for what s at stake is the very real very imminent threat of their own deaths 
3.5
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Randy Myers
A handsomely produced but modest effort that addresses important historical subjects sensitively but truthfully 
3
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Ann Hornaday
Link brings handsome period production values and a lyrical restrained sensibility to a narrative that might not qualify as riveting but exerts its own unmistakable emotional pull 
3
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Derek Smith
The reality of Nazi Germany and its looming atrocities feels as if it exists only beyond the edges of the film s frame 
1.5
Infra-Man
Roger Ebert
The movie s totally almost joyfully absurd It s a classy slick production by the Shaw Brothers the Hong Kong kung fu kings When they stop making movies like Infra Man a little light will go out of the world 
3
In Good Hands
Roger Moore
Maudlin and cliche ridden dying mom movie But there are almost enough variations from formula to make it worth a look Just dont forget your hanky 
2
Surge
David Reddish
Unlike the overrated and overhyped Joker however Surge doesnt try to tie itself to an existing property in the name of financial exploitation It also features more nuanced characters a more credible story and a better leading performance 
3
Surge
Lisa Trifone
Surge is a thrilling first person rush one that takes us head first into the chaotic state of mind of someone who s finally reached their breaking point 
3
Surge
Erik Childress
Ben Whishaw makes for an ideal portrait of a mild mannered bundle of frustration but there is an urgency missing from this story that would have effectively put us within the mindset of someone who has finally lost it 
2
Surge
Roger Moore
A penny plain concept executed with skill and acted with real verve 
3
Surge
Isaac Feldberg
A ferocious showcase for Whishaw who s never been nervier and a promising first feature from a filmmaker with energy to spare 
3
Surge
Mark Dujsik
While there s a tantalizing sense of spontaneity to everything it also feels incredibly shallow 
2
Surge
William Repass
More than effective in visualizing its protagonist s disorientated state of mind the camerawork may leave viewers feeling like they just stepped off of a merry go round 
2.5
Sonatine
Jay Antani
bold and ballsy
3
Sonatine
Roger Ebert
It shows how violent gangster movies need not be filled with stupid dialogue nonstop action and gratuitous gore 
3.5
Sonatine
Michael Dequina
The quirky humor gives what could easily be a tired story an unusual air of freshness and humanity 
3
Sonatine
Mick LaSalle
Eliminates the one virtue American action films can legitimately claim vitality and replaces it with fake existential claptrap wrapped in an inept narrative 
1
The Departed
David Nusair
46 46 46 an overlong yet mostly engrossing thriller 46 46 46 
3.5
The Departed
Mattie Lucas
Like taking a master class in filmmaking and ensemble acting 
4
The Departed
Namrata Joshi
The biggest draw of course are the star acts Caprio Damon and Mark Wahlberg in particular are electric 
4
The Departed
Michael Smith
There s a lot of tough talk from tough men in this testosterone fueled thriller as the thin blue line disintegrates amid gritty give and take in William Monahan s excellent script 
3.5
The Departed
Leah Rozen
The Departed is not for the faint of heart But scaredy cats are going to miss a tremendously satisfying film one that will have you leaving the theater saying Now that was a movie 
4
The Departed
Peter Keough
Scorsese isn t about plots he s about people places and times and until he departs from that this film is a return to genius 
3
The Departed
Joe Lozito
Probably the director s most taut piece of storytelling since Goodfellas 
3.5
The Departed
Roger Ebert
What makes this a Scorsese film and not merely a retread is the director s use of actors locations and energy and its buried theme I am fond of saying that a movie is not about what it s about it s about how it s about it 
4
The Departed
Kam Williams
An over plotted pressure cooked crime caper directed by Martin Scorcese which touches on every classic theme imaginable 
3
The Departed
Wesley Lovell
A return to genre for Martin Scorsese this cops and gangsters film is unqestionably entertaining 
3.5
The Departed
Michael A. Smith
And is there a better director working today that can find just the right song to capture the mood of the story on screen 
4
The Departed
Marty Mapes
Another very good gangster movie from Martin Scorsese and a faithful remake
3
The Departed
Greg Maki
These may not be the streets of Scorsese s past but they are just as mean and just as compelling 
4
The Departed
David N. Butterworth
Scorsese has long since proved to be a master at gangland crime dramas and The Departed is no exception 
3
The Departed
Steven Snyder
This would not be the movie it is without Nicholson s unforgettable over the top deliciously obscene performance 
3.5
The Departed
Mark Dujsik
Like a sucker punch to the gut and I do mean that as a compliment 
4
The Departed
Peter Howell
A glorious mess of a movie 
3.5
The Departed
Jay Antani
An intricate music box of cinematic flair but utterly hollow as a personal statement 
2.5
The Departed
Lori Hoffman
while not glorifying the gun culture of this nation the film exposes it in a sea of blood 
3
The Departed
Jonathan R. Perry
Stacked up against Taxi Driver and Raging Bull sure this is lesser Scorsese And lesser Scorsese is still better than almost anything else around 
4
The Departed
Sean McBride
Scorsese s best in years strong praise considering that his last two movies were both up for the Best Picture Academy Award 
3.5
The Departed
Gina Carbone
The only thing that surprises me more than thinking the former Marky Mark is one of the most talented actors working today is that I think his New Kids on the Block brother Donnie is just as good 
3.25
The Departed
Matt Brunson
Given the powerhouse punch of a scenario it s perhaps not surprising that Scorsese elected to rework someone else s property while also embellishing it with his own distinctive style 
3
The Departed
Scott Nash
Intense and entertaining 
3.5
The Departed
Mike McGranaghan
Only time will tell if it takes its place alongside Scorsese classics Taxi Driver Raging Bull and Goodfellas I have a feeling it just might 
4
The Departed
Frank Ochieng
riveting and fearless in its intriguing scope The Departed beats us upside our heads with a flashy fury that stings more caustically than an avenging queen bee 
3.5
The Departed
Garth Franklin
A great film To some degree Great fun Absolutely One of the year s best films Most certainly
3
The Departed
Linda Cook
Wow look what Martin Scorsese can do with a remake 
4
The Departed
Thomas Delapa
Redolent of four letter words Scorsese s flatulent Boston massacre doesn t amount to a hill of beans It s easily his worst film since Cape Fear How bad is GoodFellas Does Boston So bad that even Nicholson is a deadly bore 
1
The Departed
Jeffrey Westhoff
It may not be vintage Scorsese but it is exciting Scorsese 
2.5
The Departed
Moira MacDonald
That Scorsese can hit this kind of material out of the park isn t surprising and much of The Departed gleams with a certain well honed perfection 
3.5
The Departed
Mick LaSalle
As The Departed wears on it becomes more exciting more grimly funny and more nihilistic and that nihilism has a lasting impact 
3
The Departed
David Elliott
Crime stories have become incredibly generic and though this is not a pit like Miami Vice some bursts of good staging and imagery only serve to remind us that Scorsese is a streak gambler who can get stuck with the wrong hand 
2
The Departed
Nick Rogers
DiCaprio is outstanding as is the film s first hour But Scorsese s tale of rats and the rat race gets its neck snapped in traps set by Nicholson s relapse into Just Jack a flabby finish and a tonally wrong final wink 
2.5
The Departed
Timothy Knight
Despite its jazzy energy and many stunning set pieces Scorsese s latest film is a regrettably uneven addition to the director s canon paling in comparison to such classics as Taxi Driver Raging Bull and Goodfellas 
2.5
The Departed
Steven Rea
Freed from iconic figures and weighty themes Martin Scorsese in The Departed gets to riff and rock And the audience gets a huge bloody profane entertainment in the bargain 
3.5
The Departed
Stephen Whitty
The Departed remains a rousing film 
3
The Departed
Jack Mathews
After a pair of flawed Oscar hunting epics Martin Scorsese has returned to the gritty violent mob drama that has always been his strong suit and the result The Departed is his best film since 1990 s Goodfellas 
4
The Departed
Rene Rodriguez
A great resonant psychologically complex popcorn movie made by a cast and crew of filmmakers at the top of their game Welcome back Marty 
4
The Departed
Glenn Whipp
You can feel Scorsese s exhilaration in every moment of The Departed and the experience is an adrenaline rush pure and simple 
4
The Departed
Robert W. Butler
It s not great Scorsese certainly not in the league of Raging Bull or 2004 s The Aviator But it ll do for now 
2.5
The Departed
Amy Biancolli
For all its bloodletting The Departed is an intoxicating film It s a film that ll have your hands over your face with one eye peeking The violence sickens but the movie seduces 
4
The Departed
Rick Groen
As so often before the body count is high in a Martin Scorsese movie But where once the bodies pulsated with life in all its vainglorious furor here they drop like wooden ducks in an artificial pond 
2.5
The Departed
Sean O'Connell
Scorsese hurries through scenes with an impatience that suggests boredom Spontaneous violence doesn t shock us anymore in Scorsese s environments Even the director s reliable technicians let him down 
2
The Departed
Terry Lawson
It s a thinking fan s thriller a movie involving multiple fully dimensional characters multiple story lines and edge of your seat twists and swerves stylized to just the edge of believability 
4
The Departed
Jeff Vice
Martin Scorsese makes a welcome return to form with his latest The Departed 
3.5
The Departed
Lisa Kennedy
The Departed exhibits a rough hewn deft intelligence Monahan has written some razor sharp lines and Scorsese s latest crew knows how to wield the quips 
3
The Departed
Richard Roeper
It is funny shocking and brutal and it s filled with brilliant performances with some of our best actors sinking their teeth into a great screenplay from William Monahan 
4
The Departed
Lawrence Toppman
This picture feels like an exercise by a Scorsese clone who has tackled the master s themes without his energy and economy of style 
2
The Departed
Rob Thomas
It s not a casual night out at the movies but sends the viewer away shaken and supremely satisfied 
3.5
The Departed
Ty Burr
A relentlessly violent breathtakingly assured piece of mean streets filmmaking the film shows the legendary director dropping the bids for industry respectability that have preoccupied him over the past decade and doing what he does best 
3.5
The Departed
Sean P. Means
Not since GoodFellas has Scorsese hit so hard so precisely and with such restraint of obvious flash 
4
The Departed
John Beifuss
The rats are dead long live the rats 
4
The Departed
Tyler Hanley
With the help of slick writing an A list cast and plenty of twisted surprises Scorsese scores again 
3.5
The Departed
Russ Breimeier
Aside from the offensive material The Departed fires on all cylinders as one of the best crime dramas ever made smart suspenseful and technically well made 
3
The Departed
Daniel M. Kimmel
a violent crime drama that will undoubtedly reward repeated viewings 
4
The Departed
James Sanford
Gripping often cruelly funny and a film that is coming along at the perfect time as millions of Americans grapple with feelings of chronic insecurity suspicion and a powerful desire for change 
3.5
The Departed
Sara Michelle Fetters
This dynamic crime masterpiece finds the filmmaker firing on all of his creative cylinders the film a brilliantly acted tour de force of corruption and circumstance easily ranking as one of the year s very best motion pictures 
3.5
The Departed
Bob Bloom
Martin Scorsese s movies usually have an operatic quality this one reaches the heights of Shakespearean tragedy 
3.5
The Departed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A glorious symphony of motion in the key of violence 
3.5
The Departed
Eric Melin
Scorsese s latest is an anti war movie that is firmly dedicated to the idea that neither side in this war will ever be declared the winner 
3.5
The Departed
Erik Childress
Heaven has come calling for moviegoers to experience the purest toughest and most unabashed Scorsese film since GoodFellas 
4
The Departed
Willie Waffle
The Departed is classic Scorsese complete with a story so dense and exciting you don t want it to end But when it does end HOLY MAMA it s a good ending 
4
The Departed
Claudia Puig
Two and a half hours race by as this twisting turning tale blazes its exciting funny brutal path 
3.5
The Departed
Nick Schager
What begins as a breakneck descent into blunt cruelty and moral turmoil soon morphs into a cat and mouse game encumbered by self consciously overcooked extravagance 
2.5
The Departed
Steve Rhodes
A sprawling crime drama that works when it does work mainly as a comedy Convoluted confusing and full of fat the film cries out for a trimmed down version 
2.5
The Departed
Chris Hewitt
A luridly entertaining gangster movie 
3
The Departed
J. R. Jones
With its welter of double crosses The Departed is completely engrossing a master class in suspense 
3
The Departed
Lou Lumenick
Scorsese s sharpest film in a decade and the most entertaining major studio release this year 
3.5
The Departed
Duane Dudek
It is probably superior to almost anything released this year and is a disappointment only when compared with Scorsese s previous accomplishments 
3
The Departed
Michael Phillips
After the dolled up theatrics of his last few features from Casino 1995 up through The Aviator 2004 it s a kick to find director Martin Scorsese back in prime form at least in the terrific first half of The Departed 
3
The Departed
Dustin Putman
A pulpy operatic rousingly good crime thriller 
3
The Departed
Matt Pais
Takes a really good movie and makes it great 
4
The Departed
Phoebe Flowers
Even if it had come out nine months ago there is little doubt that anything you see this year frankly anything of its genre you ve seen in any recent year could surpass The Departed 
4
The Departed
Bruce Newman
In Martin Scorsese s thrilling throbbing reinterpretation of Infernal Affairs it is the war that rages within all of us between our better and our badder selves that transforms this tale of treachery into one of the year s best movies 
4
The Departed
Gene Seymour
The Departed which situates the Lau Mak storyline in contemporary Boston matches expectations for roughly two thirds of its somewhat distended 2 1 2 hour running time 
2.5
The Departed
Peter Canavese
Kept in balance The Departed s verbal and visual gifts gun toting menace down and dirty existentialism and bristling suspense should please both sides of the movie aisle 
3.5
The Departed
Josh Larsen
Nicholson will undoubtedly be accused of hamming it up but really what choice does he have surrounded by all of the macho posturing on display 
3.5
The Departed
Phil Villarreal
The Departed is Scorsese grabbing New Hollywood by its ear to teach it a lesson the old fashioned way 
4
The Departed
Glenn Kenny
The Departed ends up the most affectingly bleak movie Scorsese s made since Taxi Driver 
4
The Departed
James Berardinelli
The original film was gritty and entertaining the new version is a masterpiece the best effort Scorsese has brought to the screen since Goodfellas 
4
The Departed
Peter Travers
A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese whose talent shines here on its highest beams 
4
RENO 911!: Miami
Troy Patterson
Maddeningly hit or miss Reno 911 plays as if the filmmakers were aiming simply to outclass Police Academy 5 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Mattie Lucas
The jokes are old and worn out and the TV show s quick pace which is so integral to its humor is laboriously drawn out over 84 minutes 
1
RENO 911!: Miami
Betsy Bozdech
As always the most impressive thing about Reno is the cast s stellar improvisational skills All of them are completely committed to their characters 
3
RENO 911!: Miami
Linda Cook
Crass profane and full of nudity Reno 911 Miami is an average attempt to stretch a half hour Comedy Central ensemble comedy into an 80 minute movie I
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Mark Dujsik
I m just not a fan of the show and Reno 911 Miami doesn t help in the least to make me one 
1.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Timothy Knight
Dissipates the series smart blend of satire and slapstick with its threadbare plot excessive running time even at 84 minutes and pedestrian direction 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Rob Humanick
Without the aid of substances Reno 911 Miami is as much in need of laughs as its characters are in need of a collective brain transplant 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Kam Williams
An utterly inane whodunit more in search of a cheap joke than the perpetrators of any crime 
1.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Chris Hewitt
The Reno 911 movie is a lot like the Reno 911 TV show except everybody s naked and it s not as funny 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Dustin Putman
Has its crude little charms but for a movie based upon such a cutting and acerbic series there is no excuse for how forgettable it ultimately is 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Eric Melin
It is marred by a lack of inspiration some flat celebrity cameos and the same gay jokes and identical situations over and over again 
1.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Ken Fox
The film s longer running time means more dead spots and the more elaborate stunts demand tighter scripting and less room to improvise which is a shame since improvisation is the Reno gang s real strength 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Peter Howell
The actors behind this show are far more talented than this movie suggests many of their funniest quirks haven t made the final cut and there s no excuse beyond simple quick buck greed for such a sloppy effort 
1.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Ted Fry
It s a pure delight that the show s genius performance troupe has assembled one of the highest concept lowest brow most uproarious movie debuts since the surprise sensation of last year s cable crossover Borat 
3.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Peter Hartlaub
While the characters are funny in Reno 911 Miami they really could use a straight man or at least someone who isn t totally incompetent There are plenty of Bob Goldthwaits in the cast but no Steve Guttenberg 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Carla Meyer
People unfamiliar with the show might find the movie amusing People unaware of the Keystone Kops might find it hilarious But for fans of the series the movie plays like a stretched out version of one of the less stellar episodes 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Lisa Rose
A formulaic unfunny farce that will leave you nostalgic for Police Academy 
1
RENO 911!: Miami
Kyle Smith
The gags vary a tattooed breast mystery kinda sags but there are lots of laughs 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s a lot easier to pack laughs into a half hour television show than a full length feature film and if you need proof you ll find 84 minutes of it in Reno 911 Miami 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Bob Strauss
The film is just a loosely connected set of skits in which incompetent narcissistic Nevada cops prove just as inept and self absorbed in Florida 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Terry Lawson
Reno 911 Miami starts to wear out its welcome right around the 30 minute mark Had it been made as a two part episode of the series with a week in between for our memories to lapse we might not have noticed this is just more of the same 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Bill Zwecker
For the most part this movie feels like a just missed effort 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Wesley Morris
This low rent nonsense cop business filled me with a nostalgic twinge I didn t know I wanted the Police Academy series resurrected with a lot more hilarity but I m glad somebody did it 
3
RENO 911!: Miami
Phil Villarreal
The humor is arresting and boredom is thrown into lockdown 
3
RENO 911!: Miami
Frank Ochieng
Sadly there s not much of an arresting development from the lovable nitwits from Nevada 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Peter Canavese
While it s intermittently amusing none of this was appointment television to begin with so it s hard to imagine big crowds shelling out for it at the multiplex 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Willie Waffle
Instead of creating a movie the Reno 911 gang has made a dumber version of their TV show while adding curse words and nudity which is what I would expect from 10 year olds 
1.5
RENO 911!: Miami
James Berardinelli
As a TV show Reno 911 is diverting and amusing as a motion picture it s overlong and wears out its welcome The film offers some solid laughs but not enough to justify sitting through 80 minutes of the faux cops antics 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Josh Larsen
moves the group to Florida for a police convention but its emphasis on caught on tape idiocy remains 
3
RENO 911!: Miami
Jeff Vice
Reno 911 Miami is pretty much a feature length movie version of a television show that sometimes has trouble finding enough material for even one 30 minute episode 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Matt Pais
Big laughs are spaced out by a lot of dead air in between 
2.5
RENO 911!: Miami
Phoebe Flowers
By all rights such a slapdash formula shouldn t work And yet this is a movie that gives fans of the show pretty much everything they could want 
3
RENO 911!: Miami
Gene Seymour
While you may laugh here and there if you wait for the DVD you can skip the slow sections for the high points 
2
RENO 911!: Miami
Michael Esposito
Comedy Central s Reno 911 a spoof of the police ride along show Cops takes a shot at stretching the concept into a feature length film Unusual for this misfit crew the shot pretty much hits its intended target 
3
RENO 911!: Miami
Vince Koehler
You are in for some good laughs 
2
Cymbeline
Peter Sobczynski
A conceptually weak and dramatically muddled mess that has acquired a game and good cast and then given them precious little to do 
2
Cymbeline
Tirdad Derakhshani
If too many filmmakers try to amp up the excitement in Shakespeare with movie magic Almereyda goes to the opposite extreme in Cymbeline 
2
Cymbeline
Chuck Bowen
The source material which is convoluted even by Shakespeare s narratively dexterous standards is admittedly a tough nut for a filmmaker to crack 
2
The Dreamed Path
Carson Lund
In the surrealist tradition The Dreamed Path elevates the humdrum minutia of existence to the same plane as the ostensibly life altering 
3
Mouchette
Matt Brunson
Robert Bresson followed 1966 s Au hasard Balthazar with another film equally as unlikely to top anyone s list of feel good movies 
3
Mouchette
Josh Larsen
The exquisite balance of unadorned artistry and emotional intensity that defined Au Hasard Balthazar is less skillfully balanced here 
3
Mouchette
Thomas Delapa
This 81 minute ode is as good an introduction as any to the French director s work In our MTV age Bresson s films stand as a stark reminder of cinema s ascetic aesthetic 
3
Mouchette
Gabe Leibowitz
Fans of Bresson s work will find him at his finest here Mouchette is as pure as any film to come out of the 60s 
4
Doogal
Tom Meek
Too often those behind the slick 3 D animation spectacles aimed at children imbue them with too much adult humor 
2
Doogal
Jason Anderson
The slapdash dialogue and smug vocal talent detract from the visual appeal of the most energetic sequences like a raucous train chase and what s left of Danot s designs 
2
Doogal
Wesley Lovell
A jumble of bad movie cliches strung together into an overly simplistic tale of a pooch who gets in trouble over candy 
1
Doogal
John Beifuss
The characters a snail a cow a rock n roll rabbit a train a wooden soldier and voice actors Whoopi Goldberg Judi Dench Chevy Chase seem chosen at random 
0
Doogal
Pam Grady
Doogal is definitely a dog 
1
Doogal
Kit Bowen
Doogal tries to be part of the hip CGI animated club with all the pop culture references and feel good messages But unfortunately it fails on all levels 
1
Doogal
Peter Hartlaub
It s a movie that scrounges so desperately for laughs it features both a flatulent moose and a flatulent train 
1
Doogal
John Anderson
Doogal has a few moments of wit but they re largely lost thanks to inconsistent direction and an uncertainty about who or what the movie is for 
1.5
Doogal
Stephen Whitty
The titular canine hero has all the appeal of a talking bathmat The animation is ugly and the American re write which in typical Hollywood fashion confuses topicality with humor as if simply namedropping is enough adds nothing 
0
Doogal
Lou Lumenick
Doogal is an exceeding lame animated feature about a bunch of kids trapped on a magical carousel but it s adults forced to sit through this slow moving G rated Lord of the Rings knockoff who will be begging for mercy 
1
Doogal
Jami Bernard
A dreadful animated movie stuffed with bad puns and little internal logic 
1.5
Doogal
Michael Phillips
Eighty five minutes you ll never get back 
1
Doogal
Louise Kennedy
If we keep saying Yeah it s lousy but there s so much worse stuff out there and we keep sighing rolling our eyes and going anyway we ll keep getting slapdash manipulative product like this Kids deserve better So do dogs 
1
Doogal
Sean P. Means
The only positive thing that might come out of Doogal is the litany of self deprecating jokes Jon Stewart will undoubtedly tell when he hosts the Oscars 
1.5
Doogal
John Monaghan
Something tells me that the original dialogue replaced here by references to M C Hammer and The Shining would have added a little to the movie s limited charms 
2
Doogal
Mark Collette
No one expects intense character development from a tale aimed at the youngest of youngsters but parents who take their kids will grow bored with the lack of dimension 
2
Doogal
Ken Fox
A surprisingly successful feature film update 
3
Doogal
Peter Howell
In attempting to turn a tiny Anglo Franco amusement into a full blown Yankee extravaganza The Weinstein Co has managed to choke every last bit of charm out of the characters and their setting no mean feat for a show this enchanting 
1
Doogal
Ed Gonzalez
Amlie by way of Nintendo GameCube 
1.5
The Man Who Will Come (L'uomo che verrà)
Kent Turner
The director handles a Very Important Historical Matter sensitively and tastefully not viscerally 
2
Batman & Bill
Alan French
While the documentary has an extremely interesting subject matter it may only appeal to Batman fans 
2
Batman & Bill
Kenneth R. Morefield
It eventually serves as an archetype for anyone who has tried to contribute to a team only to have someone else claim the credit glory and rewards that follow in the wake of the team s success 
3
Batman & Bill
David Wiegand
The film is beautifully directed by Don Argott and produced by Sheena Joyce The one thing that s missing is commentary from Kane s side of the story 
3
Howard
David Reddish
Hahn sketches Ashman as a complicated if proud individual who didnt hesitate to let his experience as a gay man or elements of queer culture pop up in his work 
4
Howard
Steven Prokopy
an unpolished look at Ashman s life and career that incorporates as vast wealth of never before scene archival footage from every stage of his short but very full life
3.5
Howard
James Berardinelli
There s little here that couldn t be divined from Ashman s Wikipedia article and it seems a shame that someone responsible for four such extraordinary movies should be given such an unremarkable cinematic biography 
2.5
Howard
Nell Minow
Not just a love letter to Ashman s extraordinary talent but those who will not give up until a story has all of their own imagination heart and empathy 
3.5
Howard
Michael Phillips
Anyone who had the wit and the cheek to write the lyric I use antlers in all of my decorating for the muscle bound antagonist in Beauty and the Beast plainly deserves to have his story be told in a documentary 
3.5
Howard
Roger Moore
An over due appreciation of the musical theater genius who lit up Broadway and then announced that the last great place to do Broadway musicals is animation 
3
Sparkle
Nour Habib
All in all Sparkle is a thoroughly entertaining movie Viewers will get some laughs maybe shed a few tears and definitely leave with their fill of good music 
3
Sparkle
Sean P. Means
While most people will focus on Sparks acting debut or on Houston s touching final performance the real fire comes from Ejogo s sultry and tough minded performance as the down but never out Sister 
3
Sparkle
John Wirt
A few exceptional musical performances don t mitigate an otherwise stale melodrama 
2
Sparkle
Monica Castillo
The story takes melodramatic turns that threaten to stray into camp and newcomer Jordin Sparks as the reserved titular character doesn t have the finesse to avoid it 
2.5
Sparkle
Robert Levin
The clichs are expected and could be forgiven if the movie ever departed from the standard template even for a minute 
2.5
Sparkle
James Berardinelli
Sparkle is an assembly of parts and pieces from other better movies an overly familiar jumble of clichs mashed together 
2
Sparkle
Michael Dequina
An ideal example of how a remake should be not necessarily supplanting the original film but nicely complementing it 
3
Sparkle
Kam Williams
A must see between Whitney s sentimental Swan Song and Carmen s coming out party 
3.5
Sparkle
Willie Waffle
A movie that doesn t quite live up to its own ambition
2
Sparkle
Rich Heldenfels
Slicker than the original it is also less satisfying erratic in pace and tone 
2
Sparkle
Roger Ebert
Sparkle isn t blindingly original but it delivers solid entertainment and despite the clichs I was never for a moment bored 
3
Sparkle
Courtney Shea
Anyone who has seen Dream Girls What s Love Got To Do With It or even The Doors will find themselves in familiar if inferior territory here 
1.5
Sparkle
Sara Stewart
Often seems like a flat straightforward Supremes biopic in its adherence to seemingly pointless scenes and exposition 
2
Sparkle
Ann Hornaday
Sparkle trafficks in the same gorgeous Motown style sonic and visual that made the original film and Dreamgirls after it such delectable fun 
2.5
Sparkle
Bob Bloom
The film s musical numbers are too few and too far between which is unfortunate More music and less story would have obscured many of the formulaic script s weaker points 
2
Sparkle
Dustin Putman
A serious drama that works far better as an inadvertent comedy of filmmaking ineptitude 
1.5
Sparkle
Mark Dujsik
Tells a familiar story but does so with a surprising amount of compassion a weary soul and a soundtrack that encapsulates and recreates a musical era with verve 
3
Sparkle
Mick LaSalle
Sparkle was made by smart people who built on their star s strengths accounted for her weaknesses and didn t lean on her to carry the whole picture 
3
Sparkle
Claudia Puig
The melodramatic story is familiar though the talented cast makes the most of rather tired material 
2.5
Sparkle
Linda Barnard
Tika Sumpter is the best actress of the three 
2
Sparkle
Carrie Rickey
Where the original Sparkle was a ghetto melodrama with equal parts mob and music the Akils have refashioned it into a saga of family rupture and reconciliation 
3
Sparkle
Rafer Guzman
It s a fun sudsy tale of show biz ups and downs with an endearing Sparks in the title role as one of three singing siblings in Motown era Detroit 
2.5
Sparkle
Jon Bream
As the insecure innocent ingenue Sparks 22 seems a bit tentative at first But like her character she gains her footing 
2.5
Sparkle
Peter Travers
Whitney Houston deserved better than to go out onscreen with this botch job remake of a 1976 soap opera that never deserved another thought 
1
Sparkle
Moira MacDonald
The performances through Sparkle are strong Sparks has a gentle sweet little sister quality that draws you to her nicely balanced by Ejogo s smoldering fire and the colorful 1960s costumes by Ruth E Carter and elaborate hairstyles are a kick 
2.5
Sparkle
Wesley Morris
It s a better movie than what s inspired it but that fails to explain much It s like preferring the line at the concession stand to the one for the bathroom 
2.5
Sparkle
Cathy Jakicic
The one surprise how ultimately satisfying it actually is 
2.5
Sparkle
Michael Phillips
You know what It works 
3
Sparkle
Chris Hewitt
There s too much going on but the good stuff led by the late Ms I Wanna Dance With Somebody is really good 
2.5
Sparkle
Eric Henderson
Whitney Houston s death is just about the only thing that gives the film real albeit mostly unintentional life 
2
Sparkle
Roger Moore
It s been engineered as a vehicle for pop starlet Jordin Sparks But when the late Whitney Houston isn t upstaging the title character the bombshell Carmen Ejogo The Brave One is 
2
Sparkle
Kevin C. Johnson
Energetic colorful and packed with strong performances and musical numbers good enough to get by Sparkle beams brightly 
3.5
Sparkle
Matt Pais
Better than the original still a little worn 
2.5
Sparkle
Phil Villarreal
There may or may not be an actual movie hidden among all the showstopping musical numbers in Sparkle Not that there needs to be 
3
Follow the Dead
Christian Toto
Irish indie suggests today apos s screen obsessed Millennials can apos t handle an apocalypse 46 
3
Mara
Mark Dujsik
Tonge provides some dark and chilly atmosphere but that s not nearly enough to elevate Mara above its tedious formula 
1.5
Mara
Roger Moore
Smart plot but leaden pacing deflates the frights right out of it 
2
That's Entertainment!
Roger Ebert
The movie s fun from beginning to end It s not camp and it s not nostalgia It s a celebration of a time and place in American movie history when everything came together to make a new art form 
4
That's Entertainment!
Matt Brunson
The cinematic equivalent of a sustained two hour orgasm That s Entertainment is pure pleasure from first frame to last 
4
Battle Royale
Mattie Lucas
Not a face value film it leaves its audience questioning reflecting and debating its hauntingly resonant implications 
3.5
Battle Royale
Sara Stewart
Stylistically it s a beauty with khaki uniformed waifs fighting for their lives to a crashing classical score 
3
Battle Royale
Chuck Bowen
Maybe Battle Royale s ultimate punchline is its inexplicable ability to fool some people into taking it seriously 
1.5
Battle Royale
John Beifuss
Fukasaku s set pieces are dynamic composed and edited with a neatness that is missing from the shaky camera esthetic of the movie s successor The Hunger Games 
4
Battle Royale
Alexandra Cavallo
Battle Royale is The Hunger Games not diluted for young audiences 
3
Battle Royale
Lucius Gore
A disturbing film to say the least and definitely one that could never have been made in the United States 
4
Battle Royale
Jeremy Heilman
Once it dropped a lot of its satirical baggage I was able to stop considering it an important film and start watching it as an entertaining one 
3
Battle Royale
Andrew Howe
Catapults you from the cinema in a state of breathless disbelief 
3
Secrets of Mary Magdalene
David Nusair
there s little doubt that viewers with an active interest in this stuff will find much more here to embrace than neophytes 
2
The Red Tent
Peter Canavese
An unusual and rich blend of epic film and memory play 
3
22 Jump Street
Brian Eggert
As frequent and riotous as the laughs are 44 the film 8217 s recycling of self aware commentary on its own status as a sequel is tiring 46 
2
22 Jump Street
Mattie Lucas
You can almost hear Lord and Miller giggling to the audience can you believe they re actually paying us to do this We can And it s absolutely worth it This is one refreshingly smart comedy 
3
22 Jump Street
Sonny Bunch
The mere fact that the filmmakers are aware that they re playing the role of a wholly unoriginal cog in the corporate machine does not really excuse their unoriginality 
2
22 Jump Street
John Beifuss
Begins with a clip of a professor discussing the meaning of yin and yang and that symbol of apparently opposing but in fact complementary forces becomes a kind of theme 
3
22 Jump Street
Linda Cook
What can you say about a movie that pokes fun at itself except Pass me the popcorn Because 22 Jump Street is great grownup popcorn movie fun 
3
22 Jump Street
Christy Lemire
22 Jump Street is pretty much the exact same movie as 21 Jump Street It knows it you know it and it knows that you know it And that is why it s brilliant 
3.5
22 Jump Street
John Wirt
Wild fast fun and in the service of comedy bromantic 
3
22 Jump Street
Matt Brunson
Let s just say that the prospect of a 23 Jump Street seems more like a favor than a threat 
3
22 Jump Street
Michael Smith
I have a hard time believing the movie had a script that included dialogue The movie has no character development It s an embarrassment 
1.5
22 Jump Street
James Berardinelli
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller s second best film of the year behind The Lego Movie 
2.5
22 Jump Street
Wilson Morales
With a new title some new faces and an insane amount of action the story never runs out of steam which is good enough for an evening s entertainment 
3
22 Jump Street
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tatum can be naturally funny on screen but Hill makes him doubly so emphasizing his slow to awareness takes on one end and his physical prowess on the other 
3
22 Jump Street
Mike McGranaghan
Not only is this sequel every bit as funny as the original it is even more inventive Success apparently allowed everyone to feel comfortable going for bolder crazier ideas this time around and that approach pays off 
3.5
22 Jump Street
Sean Fitz-Gerald
Jump Street knows you know about the predictability and cheapness of sequels and rip offs and in this case to avoid the downfalls of other summer comedy sagas embracing that problem might have been the best move for this absurd unique franchise 
3
22 Jump Street
Bill Zwecker
Though I enjoyed enormously this latest offering in the rebooted Jump franchise it s the effortless unexpected bromance partnership between the two unlikely undercover cops is what makes this franchise work 
3
22 Jump Street
Phil Villarreal
The only problem is the doubts the characters jokingly express turn out to be all too valid 
2
22 Jump Street
Rene Rodriguez
There s something going on at the edges of the frame in practically every scene of 22 Jump Street a testament to the care and attention to detail directors Lord and Miller bring to this potentially silly material 
3
22 Jump Street
John Serba
Consistently funny even though it tallies fewer laughs compared to its predecessor 
2.5
22 Jump Street
David Nusair
a rather worthless followup that makes the lackluster original look polished and captivating by comparison 
1.5
22 Jump Street
Matt Zoller Seitz
It takes the homoerotic energy bubbling under the surface of buddy action pictures and raises it into the sunlight where it can flex its pecs and growl 
3
22 Jump Street
Courtney Shea
That Stoner No 3 from Knocked Up and the tank top from Step Up have become Hollywood s freshest comedy duo is impressive 
3
22 Jump Street
Stephen Whitty
At what point is sarcasm just a cheap substitute for wit Exactly when does joking about how all sequels are just lame repetitive cash grabs start to suggest that maybe yours is too Actually in this case about 40 minutes in 
2.5
22 Jump Street
Steven Rea
Does the meta acknowledgment that everyone s in it for the bucks give a purposefully dopey sequel more cred You bet 
2.5
22 Jump Street
Willie Waffle
Like they say if ain t broke don t fix it 
3
22 Jump Street
Ty Burr
Lord and Miller are on a roll and there may be no better moviemakers at playing to our modern need for irony at giving us the entertainment we crave while acknowledging our distrust of it 
3.5
22 Jump Street
Sue Pierman
22 Jump Street is preposterous in the best possible way 
3
22 Jump Street
Jason Buchanan
Even if 22 Jump Street feels 22 minutes too long chances are youíll be laughing hysterically though 12 of them and fighting to find your breath during the rest 
3
22 Jump Street
Mark Dujsik
22 Jump Street might not be as consistently funny as its predecessor but it is twice as clever 
3
22 Jump Street
Peter Howell
If it seemed Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill couldn t possibly exceed their over the top buddy cop antics of 21 Jump Street you lost that bet 
3
22 Jump Street
Ann Hornaday
Enjoyably light on its feet even when it s self consciously treading old ground 
3
22 Jump Street
Brad Keefe
Channing Tatum again proves to be the funniest person on screen nailing the sweetly dumb act I m the first person in my family to pretend to go to college 
3
22 Jump Street
Dann Gire
22 Jump Street could be the greenest comedy sequel of the new century so far a movie that takes recycling crime caper clichés to absurdist extremes 
2
22 Jump Street
Rafer Guzman
The movie is crammed with jokes about how bad sequels are And guess what Exactly 
2
22 Jump Street
Dustin Putman
The loopy satirical commitment with which the filmmakers have approached this second part gives it a slight edge over its predecessor A likable unapologetically R rated slice of lunacy but a hair s width away from something greater 
2.5
22 Jump Street
Mick LaSalle
22 Jump Street is exactly what comedy is today It s coarse free flowing and playful 
3
22 Jump Street
Joe Williams
A self aware sequel has to hop over hurdles to keep from swallowing its own tail but the sharp writing and tag team antics lift 22 Jump Street to a high level 
3
22 Jump Street
Peter Travers
22 Jump Street is damn funny sometimes outrageously so It laughs at its own dumb logic and invites us in on the fun 
3
22 Jump Street
Michael Phillips
A brazen sequel that s both slightly disappointing and a reliable often riotous laffer in the old Variety trade magazine parlance 
3
22 Jump Street
Matt Pais
Hill and Tatum remain a hilarious unusually winning combination They re two different flavors of nonsense worth ordering twice 
3
22 Jump Street
Peter Canavese
Purposely blurs the lines between the actors and their characters for meta gags but it doesn t change what the movie is just another dumb sequel 
2
22 Jump Street
Jocelyn Noveck
Hill and Tatum have a Laurel and Hardy like implausible chemistry that keeps you laughing pretty much no matter what they re doing 
3
22 Jump Street
Kyle Smith
What s the difference between 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street Same as the difference between getting a 21 and a 22 at blackjack 
2
22 Jump Street
Randy Myers
22 Jump Street realizes its main goal is to be ridiculously fun and that to do so it must be utterly ridiculous as well as in on the joke 
3
22 Jump Street
Claudia Puig
This is the ultimate meta movie The repetition is exactly the point 
3
22 Jump Street
Roger Moore
It may be Exactly the same as the first film But it has the biggest movie laughs of the summer 
3
22 Jump Street
Kam Williams
Tatum and Hill generate chemistry aplenty in a laff a minute bro mantic adventure every bit as funny as the first 
4
22 Jump Street
Jaime N. Christley
As funny and batshit insane as the movie often is the fact that the film knows it s a tiresome sequel doesn t save it from being a tiresome sequel 
2
Moon, 66 Questions
Roger Moore
Self conscious 46 46 46 but truthfully a rather drab affair where the stakes are low and the emotions kept in check for the most part 46 
2
American Anthem
Gene Siskel
The characters are laughable the gymnastics are unattractive There is nothing to recommend this film 
0.5
American Anthem
Carrie Rickey
Unfortunately as far as acting exercises go Gaylord couldn t score a 5 
2
American Anthem
Roger Ebert
A large portion of the movie is given over to gymnastics competitions which are not explained or photographed well enough to be very interesting 
0.5
Navy SEALS
John Hartl
Unfortunately Teague is working from a cliche choked insensitive script 
1.5
Navy SEALS
Candice Russell
Good solid entertainment that s what Navy SEALs provides in a winning package worth the price of admission 
3
Navy SEALS
Dave Kehr
Director Teague does stage the action sequences with logic and clarity though there isn t much he can do with the dramatic passages 
2
Navy SEALS
Desmond Ryan
The movie is full of macho swagger and unabashed hero worship 
2
Navy SEALS
Gary Thompson
Who wrote this Oliver North 
1.5
Navy SEALS
Chris Hicks
A disappointment on every count 
1
Grown Ups
Jeff Beck
The title mainly leaves one wondering when Sandler will chose to finally grow up and stop starring in this ongoing series of terrible comedies 
1.5
Grown Ups
Michael Dequina
Doesn t so much play like a film than random home movies of Sandler and his usual screen cronies on vacation 
1.5
Grown Ups
Rene Rodriguez
Grown Ups is the perfect poster child for this maddening summer of movie mediocrity 
2
Grown Ups
Mike Scott
Grown Ups heralds a sad day for comedy nostalgists of a certain age Call it the day the amusement died 
2
Grown Ups
John Beifuss
The shameless sentiment a cute little girl wants to use the car GPS to locate heaven and Sandler s ego tripping he s married to Salma Hayek and he s a sure shot on the basketball court interfere with the laughs 
2
Grown Ups
David Nusair
a pervasively inconsequential piece of work that seems to exist solely because Adam Sandler wanted to spend some time with his friends 
2
Grown Ups
James Kendrick
even the most die hard of Happy Madison followers will have a hard time managing more than a few chuckles while slogging through this sloppy ode to middle age male dom
1
Grown Ups
Mike McGranaghan
Why try to be clever when you can have someone land face first in a pile of animal feces instead Ah feces an appropriate visual metaphor for Grown Ups 
1.5
Grown Ups
Kam Williams
Blacks serve as brunt of the jokes in insensitive buddy comedy 
0
Grown Ups
Matt Brunson
Director Dennis Dugan is to screen comedy what the atomic bomb was to Nagasaki 
1
Grown Ups
Connie Ogle
It s not so hilarious that you need to rush to see it but not so bad that you will suffer unduly if you take a chance on its more or less family friendly charms 
2
Grown Ups
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Let s hope Adam Sandler his buddies Kevin James Rob Schneider Chris Rock and David Spade and his most frequent director Dennis Dugan had a great time on their movie vacation Grown Ups because the audience isn t really invited 
1
Grown Ups
Robert W. Butler
The latest from Adam Sandler is a big unruly bundle of midlife clichés peppered with the physical sadism and potty humor that are the hallmarks of Sandler s comedy 
2
Grown Ups
Rick Groen
Now after that brief time out for a breath of honesty Adam is back to lining his pockets again 
1
Grown Ups
Lisa Kennedy
It s a crude and decent hearted outing 
2.5
Grown Ups
Ann Hornaday
From each obvious setup to its hoary payoff Grown Ups hews faithfully to its formula 
1
Grown Ups
Kyle Smith
When Grown Ups star and co writer Adam Sandler repeatedly slapped Rob Schneider in the face with a dehydrated banana I was jealous of Schneider who suffered less than I did getting slapped upside the head by this rotting fruit of a comedy 
1
Grown Ups
Chris Hewitt
These are funny people and the movie is loosely structured enough to showcase all of their talents 
2.5
Grown Ups
Moira MacDonald
Harmless but dull 
2
Grown Ups
Stephen Whitty
The script credited to or better blamed on Sandler and collaborator Fred Wolf never builds In fact it mostly consists of the comics cracking each other up And it s not a party we re ever invited to 
1.5
Grown Ups
Matt Soergel
While there s plenty of flatulence the movie s out of gas well before it s over 
1.5
Grown Ups
Willie Waffle
The Friends of Adam Sandler Jobs Creation Program is in full swing in Grown Ups With this movie he might have created more jobs than Bush and Obama combined 
2
Grown Ups
Tom Meek
At least there s the lovely Salma Hayek and Maria Bello to give the cockamamie proceedings some grown up elegance 
2
Grown Ups
Phil Villarreal
It s a good thing the Sand man made that remake of The Longest Yard a few years ago because otherwise Grown Ups would stand out as the comedic mastermind s worst effort by far 
1
Grown Ups
Sara Michelle Fetters
I do find it odd that the guy who started out his career making unwatchable duds like Problem Child and Beverly Hills Ninja has managed to become Sandler s go to guy as far as many of his comedies are concerned 
2
Grown Ups
Mark Dujsik
Offers nothing more than lowest common denominator humor and a chance for Sandler and his buddies to play at comedy 
1
Grown Ups
Dustin Putman
To get to the nice moments there s a lot of crap the viewer must literally and figuratively wade through 
2
Grown Ups
Michael Phillips
It s a tiny bit better than Couples Retreat so that s good 
2
Grown Ups
Peter Howell
What might just be the summer s worst movie no small feat in a season already reeking of foul cinematic emissions 
1
Grown Ups
Duane Dudek
A tepid formulaic and disappointingly random series of sight gags of the kick in the crotch gassy grandma run into trees variety 
2
Grown Ups
Steven Rea
The film drifts along on a stream of humiliation jokes physical emotional sexual hairpiece ial 
2
Grown Ups
Sean O'Connell
The toilet humor chokes away the cleverness and friendly atmosphere of the film s opening act 
2
Grown Ups
Alison Gang
By the time this crazy cast of characters settles into a rental house by the lake the story has nowhere left to go except exactly where you expect it to 
1
Grown Ups
Roger Ebert
Grown Ups is a pleasant genial good hearted sometimes icky comedy that s like spending a weekend with well meaning people you don t want to see again any time real soon 
2
Grown Ups
Joe Lozito
A bunch of funny guys goof their way through the thinnest of plots in a bucolic setting It plays like watching someone else s vacation footage 
1.5
Grown Ups
James Berardinelli
Lo and behold Grown Ups turns out to be the funniest thing in which Sandler has appeared in years 
3
Grown Ups
Roger Moore
These guys set out to make a movie where they could crack each other up At this late date they can t even manage that 
1.5
Grown Ups
Nick Schager
Adam Sandler spends more time laughing at jokes than making them in Grown Ups perhaps the slackest shabbiest comedy in the star s increasingly dreadful oeuvre 
.5
You'll Never Get Rich
Matt Brunson
Astaire s best musicals of which Top Hat is the pinnacle of perfection were never stingy with the comic quota and this one is no exception 
3.5
You'll Never Get Rich
Mattie Lucas
A film that s easy to recommend based on its stars alone and the jazzy Cole Porter score makes for a toe tapping good time 
3
Ticket to Heaven
Roger Ebert
What makes the film so interesting is that it s not just a docudrama not just a sensationalist expose but a fully realized drama that involves us on the human level as well as with its documentary material 
3.5
Margaret's Museum
Roger Ebert
Margaret s Museum is one of those small nearly perfect movies that you know seeing it is absolutely one of a kind 
3.5
The Decline of Western Civilization
Robert W. Butler
Miss Spheeris has captured some harrowing and hilarious images with her camera and she shows a natural film maker s instinct for editing particularly in the way she crosscuts interview footage for humorous effect 
3
The Decline of Western Civilization
Mike Duffy
Though the performances are riveting and some of the music quite powerful the most mesmerizing aspect of The Decline of Western Civilization are the off stage interviews Spheeris gets these punk people to open up 
3
The Decline of Western Civilization
Philip Elwood
It is among the most powerful awesome frightening fascinating astonishing films I have ever seen and ranks as an unsurpassed social and musical documentary 
4
Blue State
David Nusair
Marshall Lewy s political agenda becomes awfully difficult to stomach 
1.5
American Sniper
Brian Eggert
Eastwood and Hall construct a very cinematic 44 romantic tale that leaves little to question 59 though reality 44 as always 44 is far more intricate and certainly not as black and white 46 As the saying goes 44 quot When the legend becomes fact 44 print the legend 46 quot 
2.5
American Sniper
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly 40 and often excessively 41 deliberate drama 46 46 46 
2
American Sniper
Mattie Lucas
It is fitting then that such a quintessentially American director who through his film personas has become something of a symbol of American masculinity should be the one to so thoroughly deconstruct it on screen 
3.5
American Sniper
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I expected much more from Eastwood Cooper and the rest of the cast and crew Full review in Spanish 
2
American Sniper
Brandy McDonnell
Eastwood is no newcomer to the director s chair but his failure to mind the details downgrades American Sniper from a potentially great film to one that isn t quite good enough 
2.5
American Sniper
Robert Horton
Kyle is ably played by a hulked up Bradley Cooper who leaves out neurotic shadings in favor of a straightforward turn that seems fittingly non complex 
3
American Sniper
Tom Meek
There s little doubt as to Chris Kyle s commitment as a protector of his country or as a father but when the film ends the definition of who Chris Kyle was remains a mystery 
2.5
American Sniper
Michael Smith
What elevates American Sniper is that we feel what Chris and his fellow soldiers feel in more ways than simple revenge We feel their pain their confusion and their weariness 
3.5
American Sniper
Sean P. Means
American Sniper may have been served better if Eastwood had let Cooper show more of the complexities of this real life figure 
2.5
American Sniper
Scott Renshaw
It s a fantastic showcase for Bradley Cooper playing the kind of character it s not always easy for an actor to capture 
3
American Sniper
Robert W. Butler
American Sniper does the near impossible celebrating the warrior spirit while refusing to look away from the chaos it generates It will leave you with your pulse racing and your heart aching 
3.5
American Sniper
Richard Roeper
Although Cooper succeeds in resembling and sounding like the real Kyle this isn t some cheap impersonation trick Cooper gives maybe the best performance of his career 
3.5
American Sniper
Eric Melin
Too often in Sniper Eastwood kowtows to our basic need to have clear cut good guys and bad guys And when Kyle makes the impossible shot it feels in the limited context of the film like we ve actually won something We haven t 
2
American Sniper
James Kendrick
It s too bad that it isn t a better movie as its more complex shadings tend to get lost in the narrative rush and overly familiar situations which makes it all the easier to misunderstand it and treat it like a political jackhammer
2.5
American Sniper
Radheyan Simonpillai
Unlike the movie version of Chris Kyle who never makes a mistake Eastwood and his writer are prone to flubs that cost them their fog of war stance 
1.5
American Sniper
John Beifuss
Eastwood presents Kyle as a type of intuitive artist filmmaker Painstaking and passionate about his work he peers through lenses makes adjustments to the focus and framing and creates mini narratives about the characters He calls the shots literally 
3.5
American Sniper
Stephen Rebello
There s no doubting the sincerity and passion of actor Bradley Cooper director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Jason Hall in bringing that saga to the screen So why is it a good movie instead of a great one 
2.5
American Sniper
Mara Reinstein
Director Clint Eastwood deftly shows the mental and physical toll of heroism in a way that will leave you gutted 
3.5
American Sniper
John Wirt
A character driven drama that s among the most incisive military movies of the post 9 11 era 
4
American Sniper
Matt Brunson
The weakest of the eight Best Picture Oscar nominees this nevertheless turns out to be one of the better Clint Eastwood releases of recent vintage even if it s less a heartfelt piece of moviemaking and more a bald lunge to score yet more Academy gold 
2.5
American Sniper
Brad Keefe
Eastwood wants to cast our morally complex modern wars into good vs evil in a movie that places the blame for the toll on a faceless other 
2
American Sniper
Lisa Kennedy
The 84 year old s deep appreciation of the masculine its conflicts its appeal its evolving truths has added texture to our understanding of violence warfare and more At least as it is represented onscreen 
3
American Sniper
Chris Knight
Kyle did a great service to his country and saved many lives But one need not tarnish his reputation to admit that the Iraq War was a complex one nor to point out that the life of a sniper killing from afar is predicated on a certain moral ambiguity 
2.5
American Sniper
John Serba
Despite Cooper s committed acting American Sniper feels redundant 
2.5
American Sniper
Jeff Beck
What we end up with is a rather empty film that doesn t begin to scratch the surface of this incredible individual a shell that gives us the layout of his life but nothing more 
2
American Sniper
Willie Waffle
The movie about heroes in our military that should be made more often 
3.5
American Sniper
Liam Lacey
American Sniper romanticizes Kyle whose bestselling memoir which put him on talk show appearances included boastful stories of dubious authenticity What remains is distilled and dramatized a story of loss the story of the universal soldier 
3
American Sniper
Steven Rea
If American Sniper fails at being a truly great film it is no fault of its star 
3
American Sniper
Anders Wright
It has problems yes and falls back on war movie clichés now and again but American Sniper is a solid movie that is surprisingly haunting 
3
American Sniper
Carla Meyer
Though his past as a punk challenging on screen enforcer suggests a guy who thinks he has the answers Eastwood the director always asks the big questions 
3.5
American Sniper
Mark Dujsik
The film does not say anything revelatory about the subject but it says its piece with a precise clarity of narrative and an appropriate degree of moral uncertainty 
3
American Sniper
Ty Burr
The film is simply a tragedy in which American certainty comes to grief against the rocks of the real world and it views its central figure as a decent man doing indecent things for what he keeps telling himself is a greater good 
3.5
American Sniper
J. R. Jones
A movie that can t find a credible perspective on its subject despite a winning performance from Bradley Cooper in the title role 
2
American Sniper
Dann Gire
American Sniper becomes a problematic work that dilutes its gut gripping conscience blanching opening sequence with an episodic barrage of military confrontations involving dehumanized enemy targets 
2.5
American Sniper
Rene Rodriguez
The melancholy streak coursing throughout the picture speaks to the grand tragedy of war and those who wage it on the ground guns in hand and hearts in throat unaware at the moment of how radically different the rest of their lives will be 
3
American Sniper
Joe Williams
Young volunteers have been at war for 14 futile years and the next Chris Kyle deserves to be understood 
3
American Sniper
Michael O'Sullivan
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Shakespeare wrote But is that true when the coronet is no more than a backward ballcap balancing a pair of wraparound shades 
3
American Sniper
Michael Phillips
There s a difference between a film about a man reluctant to acknowledge the psychological toll of what he endured and a movie that basically doesn t want to talk about it or question it or think about it period 
2
American Sniper
Mick LaSalle
A shrewd and very well made picture 
3
American Sniper
Chris Hewitt
It is set in this hyper macho world and it seems to be all about killing and brutality but you walk away from it feeling like you understand so much more about the humanity of these people 
3.5
American Sniper
Peter Howell
The message of American Sniper There really isn t one apart from Eastwood s career long fascination with taciturn men called upon to do a dirty but necessary job well 
3
American Sniper
Bob Bloom
American Sniper does more than take us on the battlefield It takes us into Kyle s psyche and slowly shows the toll his job takes on his mind and emotions 
3
American Sniper
Matt Pais
The best movie Clint Eastwood has made since 2006 s Letters From Iwo Jima 
3
American Sniper
Soren Andersen
The movie reality created by Eastwood is powerful and intense and American Sniper is arguably his best picture since Unforgiven 
3.5
American Sniper
Josh Larsen
a sturdy study of masculinity from an icon of the topic 
3
American Sniper
Kam Williams
Kudos to Clint Eastwood for fashioning such a moving and well deserved salute to a real American war hero 
4
American Sniper
Peter Canavese
Iraq warrior biopic American Sniper about the late Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle affords Eastwood another opportunity to wrestle with the way of the gun but one that gets mired in military hero worship 
2
American Sniper
Scott Nash
A return to form for Eastwood as a director 
3.5
American Sniper
Mike McGranaghan
Often unbearably tense and always psychologically and emotionally captivating American Sniper isn t interested in patriotism for patriotism s sake it s interested in the cost of patriotism on those most invested in defending the right to have it 
4
American Sniper
Glenn Kenny
One of the more tough minded and effective war pictures of post American Century American cinema 
3.5
American Sniper
Jason Buchanan
American Sniper could have been the movie that brought the toll of the War on Terror home Instead it s simply a harrowing reminder that for many soldiers the struggle still continues long after they ve left the battlefield 
2
American Sniper
Claudia Puig
It s clearly Cooper s show Substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas drawl Cooper embodies Kyle s confidence intensity and vulnerability 
3
American Sniper
Stephen Whitty
Clint Eastwood has directed war movies before but never one that focused on a single warrior And he has an amazing one here 
3
American Sniper
Kyle Smith
After 40 years of Hollywood counterpropaganda telling us war is necessarily corrupting and malign its ablest practitioners thugs loons or victims American Sniper nobly presents the case for the other side 
4
American Sniper
Rafer Guzman
Cooper nails the role of an American killing machine in Clint Eastwood s clear eyed look at the Iraq War 
3
American Sniper
James Berardinelli
American Sniper lifts director Clint Eastwood out of the doldrums that have plagued his last few films 
3.5
American Sniper
Robert Levin
It s not clear why the film needs to exist the story itself isn t compelling enough and the filmmaker remains agnostic as ever when it comes to expressing a point of view 
2.5
American Sniper
Peter Travers
Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and director Eastwood salute Kyle s patriotism best by not denying its toll Their targets are clearly in sight and their aim is true 
3.5
American Sniper
Roger Moore
A nice return to form for Clint
3
American Sniper
Chuck Bowen
Clint Eastwood startlingly grips the audience with his sense of hypnotic silence which carries suggestions of what might be termed politically apolitical pragmatism 
3.5
American Sniper
Clayton Davis
Demonstrating competent war scenes along with an astounding and near unrecognizable performance from two time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper Clint Eastwood s new film American Sniper falters on storytelling and thematic developments 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Jason Fraley
Unlike Chinatown the hero of Motherless Brooklyn is not the strong silent type like Jack Nicholson Instead Lionel grapples withTourette s syndrome 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Federico Furzan
A collection of characters that feel misplaced in a movie whose genre is a mystery Full review in Spanish 
1
Motherless Brooklyn
David Nusair
Norton offers up a mostly impenetrable narrative that s almost entirely lacking in an entry point 
1.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Rosalie Kicks
A beautifully made meandering mess of a film 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Matt Brunson
There s depth in the character and intuitiveness in Norton s interpretation Consequently there s value in Motherless Brooklyn as both an interesting character study and a satisfying mystery 
3.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A rich cinematic cake of melodrama and mystery Motherless Brooklyn proves Edward Norton s directing can be almost as delicious as his acting 
4
Motherless Brooklyn
Johanna Schneller
I m sure that the actor and director Edward Norton is often the smartest person in the room But thinking one is the smartest person in the room can be a bad idea 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Rex Reed
Motherless Brooklyn is so messy confusing and pointless that you don t know what s going on half the time and couldn t care less 
1.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Rene Sanchez
Norton pays homage to film noir in this stylish and timely story about those who live on the margins of society His performance is commendable Full Review in Spanish 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Richard Roeper
an effective mood piece and a worthy entry in the genre 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Robert Daniels
Motherless Brooklyn is a noble failure but a failure nonetheless 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Lisa Trifone
Norton works so infrequently these days it would be a shame to miss him in anything 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Ann Hornaday
Still the milieu and message of Motherless Brooklyn ring startlingly true at a time when raw power rank impunity and ruthless greed are as ascendant as ever 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Mark Feeney
In that sense Motherless Brooklyn might be described as novelistic and in a good way 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Anita Katz
With its unique gumshoe protagonist and relevant historical content Edward Norton s ambitious atmospheric Motherless Brooklyn isn t without spark or substance but its excessive running time and muddy storytelling keep it from triumphing 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Mark Dujsik
Norton s direction doesn t provide that atmosphere and his screenplay misses plenty of chances to flesh out these characters even on a surface level 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Sean P. Means
Edward Norton the director and screenwriter is the best thing about Motherless Brooklyn a strange yet compelling noir drama Now if only he could rein in his over the top star Edward Norton 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Norton as director keeps the pieces moving in a briskly entertaining manner but is almost outshone by his own skills as an actor 
3.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Chris Hewitt
I wish the bones of Chinatown weren t so evident But if you re going to nod to a classic thriller Chinatown is a good one to pick and Motherless Brooklyn has many other things going for it 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Peter Howell
Manages to seem like a paint by numbers detective story even as it ambles through a byzantine narrative 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Jake Coyle
Motherless Brooklyn is done well enough that you wish it had struck out on its own path rather than crib from Robert Towne and Roman Polanski It s hard to forget it but that s Chinatown 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is far from a perfect movie but it s passionate controlled and smart a throwback to another era of American cinema not just American life 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Moira MacDonald
It s easily half an hour longer than it needs to be and it s full of moments that don t go anywhere 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Roger Moore
It s NOT Chinatown Jake 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Rafer Guzman
Motherless Brooklyn is a gorgeous looking beautifully acted film noir with a richly detailed script and sensitive direction from its star 
3.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Katie Walsh
A sturdy wordy politically minded and wholly engaging whodunit 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Mick LaSalle
This film is amazing and not in a good way 
1
Motherless Brooklyn
Pamela Powell
Overall it s a complicated story that unfolds beautifully but it s too bad that this very smart story had to mock an actual disorder to try to make us laugh 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Joey Magidson
There s an admirable quality to the earnestness with which Edward Norton has tackled Motherless Brooklyn A bold move on his part but ultimately a meandering folly 
2
Motherless Brooklyn
Dwight Brown
This very iffy and frustrating experience is nearly saved by the enlightening bits of New York history 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Sara Stewart
At almost two and a half hours Motherless Brooklyn could stand to be tightened up but it s an engaging take on a genre that can fall easily into hacky cliches 
3
Motherless Brooklyn
Jake Cole
Motherless Brooklyn feels altogether too tidy a film that revives many of the touchstones of noir but never that throbbing unease that courses through the classics of the genre 
1.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Clayton Davis
Norton constructs a fascinating and gorgeous crime thriller but there are times it feels as if his own indulgent tendencies are his own hurdles 
2.5
Motherless Brooklyn
Walter Chaw
Motherless Brooklyn has passion about it and like all great acts of passion it has an almost suffocating narcissism about it too 
1
24 Frames
Ty Burr
24 Frames is slow cinema at its slowest and as meaningful as you want to make it Above all it breathes with the sensibility of an artist who saw beauty in people and places where most of us never thought to look 
3
24 Frames
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I saw great beauty and sadness trying to imagine the director s final thoughts of his time on this planet and as a result I think it s a great film and a last masterpiece 
4
24 Frames
Ben Sachs
The chief pleasure of 24 Frames is how it attunes you to appreciate any movement whether it s snow falling waves crashing or birds pecking the earth 
4
24 Frames
Godfrey Cheshire
How fitting that this lovely final film is one that could be enjoyed by fourth graders as easily as the most knowledgeable of Kiarostami s admirers 
4
24 Frames
Carson Lund
Movement and progress are the organizing principles throughout Abbas Kiarostami s final posthumously released film 24 Frames 
3.5
Fire Will Come
Randy Myers
Laxe delivers a surreal breathtaking opener and shines a light on the interior struggles of a troubled loner 
3
Fire Will Come
Tom Meek
This beautifully composed offering from Spanish director Oliver Laxe is a compelling enigmatic watch 
3
Fire Will Come
Simon Abrams
Amador s story is unfortunately never as emotionally arresting or complex as the film s opening scene 
2
Fire Will Come
Mark Dujsik
Fire Will Come offers no answers about the cause of the inferno but it does show the consequences 
3
Fire Will Come
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The flames burn hot but we never quite warm up They re nice to look at though and that is something 
3
Fire Will Come
Kent Turner
The slice of life vignettes introduce intriguing credible characters who stand out in contrast to the imposed ambiguity of the tight lipped ending 
2
Fire Will Come
Diego Semerene
Olivier Laxe s film refreshingly occupies an almost uncategorizable cinematic realm 
3
Clerks II
Kam Williams
Deliberately disgusting scatological profane and vulgar which makes this critic a bit embarrassed to admit that he found himself frequently laughing out loud at such offensive and obscene material 
3.5
Clerks II
Michael A. Smith
While Jay has always introduced Silent Bob as his hetero life mate it is actually Randall that is connected to Dante It s obvious that he will miss his friend and Anderson makes us miss him too 
3
Clerks II
Lori Hoffman
Smith s politically incorrect references are never malicious or fueled by anger 
2.4
Clerks II
Steve Rhodes
The mildest and sweetest of the Jay and Silent Bob canon 
3
Clerks II
Linda Cook
You can t go home again But it sure is nice to visit 
3
Clerks II
Josh Larsen
Randal and Dante were funny 12 years ago now they look and sound like MySpace predators 
2
Clerks II
Melissa Farrar
Wouldn t it have been nice just to wonder whatever happened to Dante and Randal Instead Clerks II gives us answers 
2
Clerks II
Matt Brunson
Even as the lone wolf reviewer who considers Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back a guilty pleasure of the most shameless order it saddens me that I can t offer Kevin Smith s latest Jersey hurl similar props 
2
Clerks II
Jonathan R. Perry
I can t say I ve spent the last dozen years desperate to catch up with these guys But it s nice to have them around again 
3
Clerks II
Steven Snyder
Lewdness for lewdness sake 
2
Clerks II
Sean O'Connell
Smith has nothing original left to say and no original ways left to say it 
1.5
Clerks II
Dan Fienberg
Although it s as funny as any movie this summer Clerks II has to struggle to achieve the level of universality that the original Clerks seemed to hit effortlessly 
2.5
Clerks II
Thomas Delapa
Smith still has nothing to say at least nothing printable either as writer director or as the dumb as opposed to dumber half of Jay and Silent Bob 
0
Clerks II
Mark Dujsik
A more than worthy display of Smith s ear for dialogue pop culture intelligence and ability to push the envelope of decency to the breaking point and yes it is utterly hilarious in an alternately gut busting and wry sort of way 
3.5
Clerks II
John Beifuss
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives says Randal but Clerks II suggests withdrawal rather than momentum 
2
Clerks II
Sean McBride
some very funny stuff but also a lot of crass juvenile humor profanity bad acting and a desire to shock rather than to entertain 
2
Clerks II
Bob Bloom
The movie feels as if Smith the writer director is saying farewell to some old friends that it is time to move on to other adventures and pack away those childish things 
2.5
Clerks II
Dustin Putman
It s hard to believe anyone could actually be offended by the material Still it s not for everyone and the film is better off without those sticks in the mud 
2.5
Clerks II
Nick Schager
The patchy work of a director stuck in an uncomfortable purgatory between his old school comedic crassness and newfound dramatic mushiness 
1.5
Clerks II
Mike McGranaghan
Clerks II is a perfect example of what a sequel should be It takes characters and situations that were created in the original then expands and deepens them 
3.5
Clerks II
Pam Grady
Dante and Randal are still minimum wage slaves working in the service industry where ignoring and abusing the customer is second nature and they are still as profane politically incorrect and vulgar as ever It s a beautiful thing 
3.5
Clerks II
Stephen Whitty
What Smith knows better than anyone out there is how rudely funny and deliriously self deluding those types can be 
3
Clerks II
Kyle Smith
Not that Butch and Sundance or even Harold and Kumar are going to sweat their place in the buddy movie hall of fame 
2.5
Clerks II
Jack Mathews
Though Clerks II is in color the acting is just as amateurish and the directing just as awkward as the black and white original Dawson gives the only competent performance and only Becky and the abused donkey are sympathetic characters 
2.5
Clerks II
Peter Travers
All is well with the Clerks world when these stoners take the screen and prove that guys can grow old and stay immature forever 
2.5
Clerks II
Lee Grant
It s funny and poignant and not for the easily offended 
3
Clerks II
Peter Hartlaub
Whatever your expectations they will almost certainly be exceeded by Smith s hilarious and creative return to low budget cinema 
3
Clerks II
Jeff Shannon
They say you can t go home again but writer director Kevin Smith didn t get the memo 
3
Clerks II
Geoff Pevere
While it s the sadness of the aging geek that resonates most potently throughout Clerks II the movie itself is far too glib to let anything that bleak get close enough to the surface to bubble over and stain the counter 
1
Clerks II
Maitland McDonagh
Frankly there s something more than a little sad about the spectacle of men blowing through their thirties with the same aimless torpor they brought to bear on their twenties The future is catching up to Dante and Randal and it s not a pretty sight 
2.5
Clerks II
Duane Dudek
Although it has hands down the single funniest scene of the summer Clerks II is a roadside bomb in the culture war 
2
Clerks II
Connie Ogle
Though it will be of little interest to anyone who has never seen its predecessor Clerks II should delight Smith s fans 
3
Clerks II
Bob Strauss
Clerks II is as insightful a comedy about reluctantly growing up in modern day America as you re likely to see this year Attend it with your best friend from childhood even if his name s Dupree 
3
Clerks II
Amy Biancolli
Clerks II is neither the best nor the worst installment in Smith s Jersey centric askewniverse but fans will find plenty to feed their obsession 
2.5
Clerks II
Liam Lacey
For casual fans of writer director Kevin Smith his new film Clerks II feels a little like the new Pirates of the Caribbean a similar wet fizzle of a sequel for sequel s sake but what do we know 
2
Clerks II
Terry Lawson
Clerks II is not a return to the roots It s just a cartoonish trip in the way back machine outfitted with a questionable moral 
2
Clerks II
Jeff Vice
Smith may be an acquired taste but Clerks II is his most consistently funny film since the first Clerks a dozen years ago 
3
Clerks II
Michael Booth
Clerks II repeats all the charms and flaws of the original with a far less forgivable outcome since Smith is now in a position to do far better 
2
Clerks II
Mary F. Pols
As long as all easily offended souls stay away from Clerks II everyone ought to be happy 
2.5
Clerks II
Bill Zwecker
OK Kevin Smith All is forgiven Obviously Jersey Girl was just a silly aberration You not only have not lost your comedic touch you ve taken it to new heights 
3.5
Clerks II
Ty Burr
Has Kevin Smith gone soft 
2.5
Clerks II
Sean P. Means
Just as Clerks was Smith s statement of misspent youth Clerks II is his declaration that your 30s is when you have to find your path and start moving 
3
Clerks II
Willie Waffle
has a huge been there done that factor as Smith tries to recreate the magic of the original
2
Clerks II
Daniel M. Kimmel
Twelve years after Kevin Smith arrived on the film scene with the profane and hilarious Clerks he returns with a bookend sequel which shows he s grown up as well 
2.5
Clerks II
Eric Melin
has the most hearty laughs of any film this year and turns out to be a fitting and surprisingly touching ode to thirtysomething underachievers 
3
Clerks II
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Smith manages to navigate these rather traditional plot threads with a kind of irreverent glee splashing into them like a kid into a mud puddle 
3
Clerks II
David Nusair
But Smith s also infused Clerks II with an unexpected amount of heart and sweetness resulting in an emotional payoff that one would never have anticipated from the filmmaker 
3
Clerks II
Erik Childress
Not just an all around growth experience for Kevin Smith and his characters but a film that is in several ways actually better than the original 46 
4
Clerks II
Scott Bowles
Kevin Smith has grown up even if his films haven t That might explain why Clerks II can t quite decide how old it wants to act 
2
Clerks II
Chris Hewitt
Juvenile Yes Silly Yes But it s also often hilarious 
3
Clerks II
Carrie Rickey
Here the storytelling Smith s great strength is 90 percent riff and 10 percent theme Shouldn t the characters be more memorable than the punch lines 
2
Clerks II
Michael Phillips
Clerks II is more sentimental and ruder than its predecessor though its brand of raunch tends to curdle halfway out of the characters mouths 
2.5
Clerks II
Alexa Weibel
The slackers of Clerks have lost their wiseass flannel shirted charm in Kevin Smith s feeble attempt to translate his day in the life of 90s cult film to 2006 
1
Clerks II
Matt Pais
Another raunchily funny mildly sad and brutally candid purging of Smith s demons and dreams 
2.5
Clerks II
Jeffrey Westhoff
With Smith you have to take the crass with the inspired but unlike Quentin Tarantino Smith has something to say Sometimes it s worth sitting through a ton of sick jokes to hear it Clerks II is one of those times 
2.5
Clerks II
Peter Canavese
Makes a surprisingly convincing case for Dante and Randal as characters worthy of a revisit once a decade 
3
Clerks II
Phil Villarreal
Smith s commentary track for the new Road House DVD is riotous it s got more laughs than his past two films combined 
1.5
Clerks II
James Berardinelli
Despite not achieving the level of the original this is the most amusing comedy to arrive in months 
3
Clerks II
Jeanne Aufmuth
Wickedly irreverent and bone tickling funny 
3
The Emperor Jones
James Kendrick
The Emperor Jones bludgeoned through color barriers 
3
Take Your Pills
Roger Moore
Slick and glib but still a useful primer on the state of the amphetamine epidemic with an emphasis on what people think it s doing for them 
2.5
Savannah
Godfrey Cheshire
A movie that s essentially only of local interest 
1
Savannah
Farran Smith Nehme
This is a Southern Downton Abbey minus the loopy plot turns and wisecracks that make that series so addictive 
1
Savannah
Roger Moore
A bit on the bland side but as a plus Jim Caviezel cracks his first on screen smile in over a decade 
2
Savannah
Tina Hassannia
The film is impossible to take seriously as a commemoration of Moultrie s life or Allen s prolific status because of its plethora of contrivances 
.5
Enemies of the State
Kent Turner
For those who have difficulty holding two or more contradictory ideas at the same time how one thing can be true but not another your head is about to explode watching the labyrinthine Enemies of the State 
3
Enemies of the State
Brian Tallerico
What s true and what s not about the case of Matt DeHart gets hazier with each subsequent revelation in this too often cluttered film 
2
Enemies of the State
Mark Dujsik
It forces us to consider how the rules the style and the craft of a documentary can obscure more than it actually reveals 
3
Enemies of the State
Mike McGranaghan
Enemies of the State tells one of those stories with so many twists and turns that you feel like your head is spinning after a while I love documentaries like this and it s a good one 
3.5
Enemies of the State
Chris Barsanti
The film s concession to the fungible nature of presented reality comes across not as indecisive but courageous 
3
Enemies of the State
Erik Childress
There are plenty of weeds to get through with this story but bring along Occam s Razor to cut them down until you get to its final twist and gain an understanding of why it s impossible to trust anything anymore 
3
Enemies of the State
David Nusair
a hit and miss documentary that s more the latter than the former 
2
Enemies of the State
Barry Hertz
There s a late film shot involving Scrabble tiles that is one of the more groan inducing images you ll see all year 
1.5
Ilo Ilo
G. Allen Johnson
Chen builds his case not with sentimentality and obvious plot points but through everyday life showering doing laundry dropping the boy off at school phone calls 
4
Ilo Ilo
Mark Jenkins
The crowded compositions convey a sense of life in the dense Asian city state but also the intimacy of this semi autobiographical story 
3
Ilo Ilo
Burl Burlingame
This quiet little domestic drama from Singapore reminds us films can achieve near impossible heights and depths of intimacy and empathy 
4
Ilo Ilo
John Hartl
Characters who may seem hopeless begin to suggest a vulnerable side and none truly deserve the situations that afflict them 
3
Ilo Ilo
Tim Campbell
Young actor Koh Jia Ler s brave performance recalls The 400 Blows he s that great 
3.5
The Duelist
Godfrey Cheshire
A welcome indication of the current Russian cinema s commercial ambitions and potential 
3
The Duelist
Stephanie Merry
Most fans of costume drama don t head to the movies expecting explosive exit wounds and few action fans are going to be wowed by ostentatious lapels 
1.5
The Duelist
Tirdad Derakhshani
A tiresome but meticulously detailed and visually sumptuous Russian melodrama about romance and intrigue amid the nobility in 19th century St Petersburg 
2.5
The Dilemma
Roger Moore
Unsettling and so off tone that we wonder if we are supposed to be laughing at this at all 
2
The Dilemma
David Nusair
far too sedate and uneven to make a wholeheartedly positive impact on the viewer 
2
The Dilemma
Sara Michelle Fetters
But it s just way too uneven too masochistically sexist and startlingly homophobic for the good to outweigh the bad It is a movie I can appreciate for the attempt but roast over the coals thanks to its execution 
2
The Dilemma
John Wirt
A not so bad bromance 
2.5
The Dilemma
Linda Cook
One would not think that an issue of infidelity a main character struggling with addiction and a flailing business proposition would be the recipe for a laugh riot 
2
The Dilemma
Tom Meek
Such defining efforts as Cocoon and Apollo 13 seem light years away for Ron Howard 
1.5
The Dilemma
Matt Soergel
It waits around for the chatty Vaughn to decide what he s going to do ping ponging between mean humor and bland sentimentality The one bright spot The performance of Channing Tatum 
1
The Dilemma
Mike Scott
There are lackluster movies Vince Vaughn can charm into being better There are mediocre scripts Ron Howard can will some life into The Dilemma just isn t one of them
2
The Dilemma
Erik Childress
A surprisingly honest take on relationships with terrific performances by the four leads A shame it has been mis advertised as a wacky comedy because it is much better than that 
3
The Dilemma
Christian Toto
The only thing missing from this slight comedy of misunderstandings is Mr Furley and a scene set in the Regal Beagle 
2
The Dilemma
John Beifuss
A risky failure a Ron Howard directed so called buddy comedy with Vince Vaughn and Kevin James that evolves into a weird clumsy psychodrama about adultery addiction and dishonesty 
2
The Dilemma
Rick Groen
Bromances being what they are Vince s sharp pang of disappointment might have been worth pursuing but Ron Howard being who he is not a chance 
1
The Dilemma
Robert W. Butler
This excruciating exercise in indecision sometimes feels like a glum comedy sometimes like a silly drama But it never ever achieves anything like a coherent consistent tone 
1.5
The Dilemma
Amy Biancolli
Can we ever truly know someone Can we even answer the question Probably not but The Dilemma gets credit for trying 
2.5
The Dilemma
Peter Travers
The January movie burial ground claims another victim RIP 
2
The Dilemma
Stephen Whitty
There s no Dilemma here at all just a simple disappointment 
2
The Dilemma
Chris Hewitt
As painful as the scenes are in which these four people try to figure out how to move forward there s also plenty of humor because the characters reactions feel like the way real people might behave in embarrassing situations 
2.5
The Dilemma
Kyle Smith
There is much to say about the love that except in comedies dare not speak its name the kind between straight men The Dilemma says enough of it to be interesting 
3
The Dilemma
Stephanie Merry
While Vaughn proves he s still got the fast talking bravado that makes him so bewilderingly watchable neither his quick wit nor his chemistry with Kevin James can transform The Dilemma into the gold standard of buddy comedies 
2
The Dilemma
Willie Waffle
Where s the comedy that has been promised to us for months and months The Dilemma is meaner and more dramatic than I was anticipating and more than it should be 
2
The Dilemma
Dustin Putman
It s clear when a film is being tonally dishonest with itself and this is what overpowers the positive traits that the film has to offer 
2
The Dilemma
Sue Pierman
Ron Howard has made some great films The Dilemma is not one of them 
1
The Dilemma
Wesley Morris
A comedy that seems terrified to acknowledge its darker more sinister self it s like an overmedicated patient or an addict in dread of relapse 
1
The Dilemma
Steven Rea
What distinguishes The Dilemma is its resounding unfunnyness its emotional dishonesty and the general unlikability of its cast of characters 
1.5
The Dilemma
Paul Schrodt
Ron Howard movies inspire that rare kind of allergic reaction They re so unremarkable they re actually frustrating 
1
The Dilemma
Michael Phillips
The jokes when and where they can be found are puerile and continually give Vaughn the movie star catbird seat 
2
The Dilemma
James Berardinelli
Among Howard s infrequent misfires this is one of the most disappointing 
2
What on Earth?
Rob Humanick
This look at the mysterious forces at work in our world might have worked as a short 
1.5
Girls Town
Mick LaSalle
The performances and the film s plausible handling of an unusual movie subject make Girls Town special 
3
Girls Town
James Berardinelli
Does an excellent job of uncovering the angst pressure and doubt associated with the late teenage years 
3
Girls Town
Roger Ebert
I would like to see another movie in three or four years about what has happened to these angry gifted friends 
3
Girls Town
Steve Rhodes
The film wanders around aimlessly like a ship without a rudder or a captain 
0.5
Girls Town
Chris Hicks
The film often seems pointless and labored or overly contrived and it certainly suffers from foul language overload 
2
Girls Town
Mike D'Angelo
It s impossible while watching Girls Town to forget for a moment that Taylor Grace and Harris are pretending to be a lot younger and much less self assured than they actually are 
2
Girls Town
Joe Baltake
The film feels utterly real 
3.5
Checking Out
Ken Fox
Actor turned writer Allen Swift s play comes to the screen with staginess intact and despite attractive cinematography and some nice New York City location footage the material s provenance is never far from the surface 
2
Checking Out
Stephen Whitty
If this is a good example of the sort of long forgotten plays that movie producers are unearthing maybe theater critics need to start digging those graves a little deeper 
1
Checking Out
V.A. Musetto
A lame comedy full of wooden acting schmaltz clichs and racial stereotypes 
1
Adú
Roger Moore
A grim slog for such a mixed bag of a movie but the one story that matters almost makes up for the dullness of those stories that matter less 
2
Brick Mansions
Michael Dequina
Belle s balletic badassery and RZA s amusingly eccentric criminal cooking connoisseur only go so far to enliven an underwhelming whole 
2.5
Brick Mansions
Linda Cook
And here it is The Raid Jr Paul Walker s untimely death doubtless will draw an audience that wants to remember him and see him for one of the last times onscreen 
2
Brick Mansions
Claudia Puig
It s fun to see Walker do a double take at a perilous move of Belle s and then find a less risky alternative The pair seem like they re having a good time in this buddy action movie It seems a fitting curtain call for a likable actor gone too soon 
2.5
Brick Mansions
David Nusair
contains exactly the sort of underwhelming formless style that one now associates with the action genre 
2
Brick Mansions
Sean P. Means
Walker is charismatic as always and this movie just reminds us why we ll miss him 
2
Brick Mansions
Liam Lacey
Brick Mansions is a non starter It chokes on its déjà vu the hyperactive Mixmaster editing is exhausting and the characters banter is so leaden it might violate federal emission standards 
1.5
Brick Mansions
Mark Dujsik
For every sequence involving Lino s parkour skills there are at least two setpieces that are rather nondescript 
2.5
Brick Mansions
Christy Lemire
The action may be serious but Brick Mansions doesn t take itself too seriously It s a ridiculous movie that has the decency to acknowledge that it s ridiculous 
2.5
Brick Mansions
Tirdad Derakhshani
Wait haven t we seen this before 
2
Brick Mansions
Stephen Whitty
See it for Belle See it for the parkour And for the wonderfully magical spectacle of a man flying 
2.5
Brick Mansions
Willie Waffle
Brick Mansions needs to be torn down and rebuilt 
1
Brick Mansions
Eric Henderson
Only the very charitable would characterize this strain of providence as anything other than dumb or at least incredibly forgetful 
1.5
Brick Mansions
Rafer Guzman
High on stuntwork and low on logic 
2
Brick Mansions
James Berardinelli
A D grade action flick with nothing to recommend it beyond a cacophony of mind numbingly generic action sequences 
1.5
Brick Mansions
Kyle Smith
Dystopia s supposed to be worse than what s in the papers fellas Try to keep up 
1
Brick Mansions
Jason Buchanan
It s an incomprehensible mess of a film with the sole saving grace that it never takes itself even remotely seriously 
2
Brick Mansions
Chris Knight
On the face of it Brick Mansions seems a pretty standard mix of guns cars drugs hot guys and pretty girls oh but did I mention there s a nuclear bomb 
3
Brick Mansions
Linda Barnard
Director Camille Delamarre Taken 2 relies heavily on camera trickery speeding up and slowing down as needed to highlight jumps and stunts but in between the action scenes tedium takes over 
2
Brick Mansions
Tom Russo
There s not enough of Belle s artistry here given that part of the remake mandate presumably was to deliver something even bigger and better 
2
Brick Mansions
Jessica Herndon
Brick Mansions packs gunfights car chases acrobatic stunts and humor into one stylized package 
2
Brick Mansions
Graham Killeen
Nothing more than a nearly scene by scene remake of District B13 itself a glorified Nike commercial with French subtitles 
2
Brick Mansions
Mick LaSalle
Things start off silly and end up laughable and ridiculous 
1
Brick Mansions
Dann Gire
Brick Mansions undermines its best asset the athletically impressive parkour sequences with overedited footage that would make a Jason Bourne movie look lethargic 
2
Brick Mansions
Roger Moore
Walker acquits himself nicely but the dumb movie he was stuck in seems too typical of his weak Fast Furious career 
2
Storytelling
James Kendrick
challenging and uncompromised and Solondz makes his point and punches it home
3
Storytelling
Andrew Howe
Solondz is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining 
2.5
Storytelling
Jeff Vice
This painfully arch and incredibly self absorbed film which might best be described as a dark comedy displays nearly all of Solondz s worst and laziest filmmaking tendencies in one compact package 
1.5
Storytelling
David Sterritt
Solondz is a courageous social commentator and a canny provocateur at the same time He ll never get to Hollywood if he stays on this track but cinema will be a lot duller if he ever mends his incendiary ways 
3
Storytelling
Jeremy Heilman
I am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here 
3
Storytelling
Joe Baltake
Each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature but in its current incarnation Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception 
2.5
Storytelling
Chris Hewitt
Storytelling feels slight 
2.5
Storytelling
Rick Groen
In his latest effort Storytelling Solondz has finally made a movie that isn t just offensive it also happens to be good 
3
Storytelling
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior as Happiness was Hence Storytelling is far more appealing 
3
Storytelling
Moira MacDonald
A frustrating experience made more so by the seemingly self referential moments in the film 
2
Storytelling
David Elliott
Made me feel uneasy even queasy because Solondz s cool compassion is on the border of bemused contempt 
2
Storytelling
Rene Rodriguez
The work of someone who has read too much of his own press and in his rush to make a film to address critics forgot to come up with a movie worth seeing 
2
Storytelling
Steven Rosen
I think Solondz as dispassionately as possible is offering a pretty shrewd and insightful look at the nature of exploitation and manipulation in society 
3
Storytelling
Loren King
One of recent memory s most thoughtful films about art ethics and the cost of moral compromise 
3
Storytelling
Roger Ebert
By not averting his eyes Solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable the unacceptable the unmentionable 
3.5
Storytelling
Rob Blackwelder
Shrewd but pointless 
2.5
Storytelling
Walter Chaw
Too much of Storytelling moves away from Solondz s social critique casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur s professional injuries 
2.5
Storytelling
James Berardinelli
An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director s previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength 
2
Storytelling
Michael Dequina
Solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike 
3
Storytelling
Rod Armstrong
Not a cozy or ingratiating work but it s challenging sometimes clever and always interesting and those are reasons enough to see it 
3
Storytelling
Lou Lumenick
Tiresome and dull like watching someone else s 2 year old act out for the 50th time 
1
Storytelling
Steve Rhodes
The writing is sharp but Solondz doesn t have anything new to say about unhappy families 
2.5
Storytelling
Ed Gonzalez
Fear permeates the whole of Stortelling Todd Solondz oftentimes funny yet ultimately cowardly autocritique 
2
Storytelling
Harvey S. Karten
With a confrontational stance Todd Solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families 
3
Rocks
Kate Taylor
With exuberant naturalism from its non professional actors and a standout performance from Kosar Ali as Rocks s best friend the film covers the highs and lows of female adolescence with compelling sensitivity 
4
Iron Island
Wesley Morris
Like the great Iranian filmmakers Rasoulof has no use for the artificiality of heightened drama He opts instead for a more universal humanism which is a better teaching tool 
3
Iron Island
Tom Keogh
A captivating socio political allegory with the air of satire as well as fable Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof s Iron Island has an Orwellian sting 
3
Iron Island
Walter V. Addiego
This is a potent social allegory from Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof told with humor and a feeling of mystery 
3
Iron Island
Michael Wilmington
Dramatically engrossing and visually enthralling 
3.5
Iron Island
Michele Kenner
The graceful film by Mohammad Rasoulof balances the residents humdrum daily lives with magical dreamlike moments that provide hope where hope often has no place 
3
Iron Island
Ken Fox
Mohammad Rasoulof s heartfelt and darkly comic second feature proves beyond any doubt that Iranian film is still alive and well 
3.5
Iron Island
Stephen Whitty
The amorphous meaning of Iron Island doesn t seem to be so much a typical meta fiction dodge demanding that the audience provide the meaning as a genuine interest in possibility 
3.5
Iron Island
V.A. Musetto
Sparse of plot Iron Island is visually rich 
3
Iron Island
Ed Gonzalez
Rasoulof s vision of people in a perpetual state of migration acknowledges the struggle of minorities left to their own devices and their self devouring instinct in times of crisis 
3
The Devil's Rain
Matt Brunson
There s simply no mistaking The Devil s Rain for a good film At the same time if ever a so so flick qualified as a must see movie event it s this one 
2.5
The Devil's Rain
Roger Ebert
All of this would be good silly fun if the movie weren t so painfully dull 
1.5
The Bachelors
James Kendrick
The character Josh Wiggins and Odey Arush play and the relationship they develop are honest and poignant in the best sense which is a good description of the film as a whole 
3
The Bachelors
Roger Moore
Beautifully acted but utterly unsurprising love recovers from grief romance 
2
Tsotsi
Nick Rogers
It s a redemption song that could be stripped down into a Hallmark esque distillation of City of God Instead it retains a minor key with bullets blood and beatings illustrating a descent into dangerous living while a baby s presence suggests hope 
3.5
Tsotsi
Kam Williams
Don t be fooled by the subtitles and the egg head accolades This pretentious mess is just another country s version of 50 Cent style fare 
1
Tsotsi
James Sanford
told with conviction and skill and Chweneyagae s expressive face and eyes reveal all the emotions fears and hopes that Tsotsi cannot articulate 
3
Tsotsi
Matt Pais
A film of extraordinary viciousness and vulnerability about a criminal who has to meet an infant to remember he is still a child himself 
3.5
Tsotsi
Larry Ratliff
Gavin Hood adapting playwright Athol Fugard s 1980 novel sweeps us out of our comfy seats and drops us into the stark realities of an impoverished world ruled by those most bold and ruthless 
4
Tsotsi
John Beifuss
It is Tsotsi s own unresolved infantilism that is the story s true Baby On Board 
3
Tsotsi
Jeff Vice
Like its source material Athol Fugard s novel the film is a moving thought provoking examination of decency and responsibility 
3.5
Tsotsi
Tracy Allerton
Brilliantly acted especially by star Presley Chweneyagae who makes Tsotsi s journey toward redemption a truly mesmerizing and at times nerve racking experience 
3.5
Tsotsi
Thomas Delapa
Achingly simple perhaps simplistic yet Tsotsi s hellish shantytown speaks volumes of the environment that would produce such a brute In Chweneyagae s cold blooded stare director Gavin Hood distills his story down to a chilling iconic power 
2.5
Tsotsi
Duane Dudek
Even though its emotional state is sentimental and its narrative arc predictable Tsotsi is buoyed by fundamental decency that makes such things forgivable 
3
Tsotsi
Phil Villarreal
Manufactures sentiment with disarming grace 
3.5
Tsotsi
David N. Butterworth
Presley Chweneyagae excels in this hard hitting urban drama South Africa s answer to City of God not that anyone asked the question 
2.5
Tsotsi
Robert W. Butler
Hood lets his story tell itself Tsotsi creeps up on us and is all the more devastating because we don t see it coming 
3
Tsotsi
Michael Booth
To feel the full power of the movie s wrenching story you must not rush to judge or embrace young Tsotsi He is an enigma whose journey is the story 
3.5
Tsotsi
David Elliott
Tsotsi which hits obvious marks is not a great film But it is a firmly memorable one with or without an Oscar 
3
Tsotsi
Matt Brunson
The movie s selling point is the subtlety with which it spreads around its empathy 
3
Tsotsi
Steven Snyder
The film succeeds at creating an unforgettable character study of one soul at the brink 
3.5
Tsotsi
Kelly Borgeson
Hood s film with its bold beautiful cinematography and hard thumping kwaito music brings us into a different world and then helps us to understand it 
3
Tsotsi
Moira MacDonald
Director Hood gives the film energy by its unexpected locations a score both jolting and soaring and a carefully constructed screenplay that makes everyone in this film a dimensional complicated character 
3
Tsotsi
Amy Biancolli
It lays a stark narrative that s devoid of sentimentality but stoked with emotional power without getting maudlin it will tear you to shreds 
4
Tsotsi
Terry Lawson
It is to director Gaven Hood s credit that he does not over sentimentalize Tsotsi s story nor does he glamorize thug life like so many American films do 
3
Tsotsi
Chris Hewitt
Oscar was right It s a winner 
3.5
Tsotsi
Jeff Strickler
We re not used to bad guys with redeeming qualities And that makes Tsotsi as disquieting as it is intriguing 
4
Tsotsi
Jeanne Aufmuth
An affecting film about sorrow and triumph that delivers redemption by the shovel full 
2.5
Tsotsi
Ruthe Stein
That director Gavin Hood who wrote the script from a novel by playwright Athol Fugard could get you to care so much is a mark of the heart that went into making the film 
4
Tsotsi
Rene Rodriguez
The movie s heart along with director Hood s refusal to sugarcoat the grim reality wins you over no matter how many times you ve seen this story told 
3
Tsotsi
Michael Phillips
The film is worth seeing for its faces and its evocation not without melodrama yet not without impact of a harsh but not hopeless slum life 
3
Tsotsi
Ty Burr
It s a solid earnest drama of moral redemption that places old cliches in an unfamiliar setting 
3
Tsotsi
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hood was fortunate to find such a marvelous canvas in Chweneyagae s face 
3.5
Tsotsi
Josh Larsen
a thug rehabilitation movie that goes to exaggerated lengths to redeem its criminal antihero 
2
Tsotsi
Willie Waffle
While some of the scenes are a bit melodramatic Director Hood does a terrific job drawing the audience into Tsotsi s world of violence anger and eventually growth and maturation 
3.5
Tsotsi
Roger Ebert
What a simple and yet profound story this is 
4
Tsotsi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If Hood s direction were anything more than blatantly cruel and crushingly obvious or if Chweneyagae were capable of more than one expression the film might have a reason for existing 
2
Tsotsi
Peter Howell
Tsotsi presents a world of terrible beauty where humanity struggles to breathe despite all attempts to snuff it out 
3.5
Tsotsi
Emily Blunt
Director Gavin Hood along with cinematographer Lance Gower bring us another exquisite and meaningful film 
4
Tsotsi
Frank Ochieng
a reflective and raw South African gangland melodrama Deeply poignant frightening and absorbing a wonderment of emotions and redemptive solitude 
3
Tsotsi
Ken Fox
Originally set in the 1950s Tsotsi s story was updated to the postapartheid present to prove a sharp point For many black South Africans little has changed 
4
Tsotsi
Kim Morgan
Yes it s beautifully photographed and at times we truly feel the struggle presented before us but Tsotsi is also problematic and frustrating 
2.5
Tsotsi
Jan Stuart
The protagonist s epiphany seems less the organic product of converging circumstances than the dictate of movie convention 
2.5
Tsotsi
Lisa Rose
Tsotsi gets its message across without pandering to the audience It has a keen sense of subtlety that s often lacking in social awareness cinema 
3
Tsotsi
V.A. Musetto
A cascade of sentimentality straight out of Hollywood Not even Chweneyagae s excellent acting or Lance Gewer s dark photography can save the film 
2
Tsotsi
Jami Bernard
This Oscar nominated film convincingly celebrates the embers of decency that can be found in fires that are all but banked 
3
Tsotsi
Bob Strauss
The details of township life in all their violence and quotidian drudgery and bursts of lost child playfulness ring persuasively true 
3
Tsotsi
Claudia Puig
Tsotsi is a compelling and uplifting tale of humanity and dignity in the starkest of environments 
3
Tsotsi
James Berardinelli
An emotionally honest tale of redemption that never forgets there are consequences for bad acts even when those acts are committed before the arrival of salvation 
3
Tsotsi
Ed Gonzalez
The story s lame condesending objective dictates that bringing up baby histrionics will melt the savage beast 
1.5
Tsotsi
Peter Travers
This remarkable movie means to shake you and boy does it ever 
3
The Covenant
Tom Meek
An unbewitching brew of clichés 
1.5
The Covenant
David Nusair
yet another brainless utterly disposable thriller geared exclusively towards teenagers 
1
The Covenant
Garth Franklin
A truly lacklustre direct to video teen thriller filled with corny effects chiseled jaw stares and a lot of hokum about Salem witchcraft 
1
The Covenant
Jeff Vice
The film is not at all suspenseful or creepy and the cast was apparently chosen for looks rather than acting ability 
1.5
The Covenant
Scott Nash
With just a little more effort The Covenant could have been a classic example of a movie so bad that it s actually good Sadly it doesn t even achieve that 
1.5
The Covenant
Stephen Cole
There is not a scary scene in the whole movie 
2.5
The Covenant
John Beifuss
WB style homoerotic teen escapism 
2
The Covenant
Linda Cook
Here s a sort of The Craft with males at its center 
1
The Covenant
Walter Chaw
Rejoice it s a little like a cross between The Lost Boys and Zapped 
0.5
The Covenant
Stephen Williams
The Covenant is just a copycat 
1.5
The Covenant
Peter Hartlaub
a supernatural teen drama that wouldn t be so bad if you didn t have to pay good money to see it 
1
The Covenant
Sean McBride
nothing more than a bunch of Abercrombie and Fitch models and some special effects 
1.5
The Covenant
David Hiltbrand
The Covenant has excellent special effects spiders and specters oh my but it is strikingly lacking in suspense 
2.5
The Covenant
Lisa Rose
as chilling as a steam shower 
1
The Covenant
Kyle Smith
if this mild teen thriller were a cigarette it would be a Salem light 
1.5
The Covenant
Elizabeth Weitzman
profoundly mediocre 
1.5
The Covenant
Frank Ochieng
This sophomoric supernatural stinker couldn t put a convincing spell on a disabled frog The Covenant has all the intriguing mysticism of a bent magic wand 
1
The Covenant
Rob Humanick
The latest from a generation of filmmakers whose influence stems primarily from WB sitcom aesthetics and PlayStation videogame storylines The Covenant falls into theaters like a fashion magazine adapted to the screen 
1
The Covenant
Mark Collette
Limitless powers and all we get are some spiders some Blobs and some supernatural hair gel 
0.5
The Covenant
Dustin Putman
None of them can act worth a lick but all of them would be perfect for an Abercrombie Fitch catalogue 
1
The Covenant
Maitland McDonagh
It fails utterly as a horror picture although it delivers plenty of PG 13 rated flesh and unintentional laughs 
1
The Covenant
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all furiously supercilious idiotic fluff and maybe I was just in a freakishly forgiving mood when I saw it but for some insane reason I found The Covenant to be gloriously kitschy B movie entertainment 
2.5
The Covenant
Chris Hewitt
a diluted remix of Lost Boys 
1
The Covenant
D. Scott Apel
The Covenant virtually resets the bar for mediocrity in horror thrillers 
2
The Covenant
Phil Villarreal
Moviegoers need to band together for a covenant stop buying tickets to Renny Harlin movies 
1
The Covenant
Peter Canavese
Where do WB pilots go when they die Perhaps they re reincarnated as lousy supernatural thrillers 
.5
Chess of the Wind
Godfrey Cheshire
Aslani s vision is still breathtakingly distinctive an incisively devastating social critique embedded in a complex tale of intrigue greed oppression and murder 
4
The Wool Cap
David Nusair
thoroughly engaging and utterly heartwarming from start to finish 
3
The Trip
Brian Eggert
A showcase for two performers who bring a sense of humor and rumination to the gorgeous scenery on display 44 the outcome proves deceivingly simple and yet one of the funniest films of recent memory 46 
3.5
The Trip
Josh Larsen
a foodie movie and a travelogue that happens to be hosted by two amusing buffoons 
3.5
The Trip
Roger Moore
Droll improvising overlong but awfully funny 
3
The Trip
John Beifuss
I expected The Trip to be funny but I didn t expect it to be one of the year s most beautiful films thanks to cinematographer Ben Smithard s stunning landscape shots it s like the Days of Heaven of Brit impressionist movies
3.5
The Trip
Duane Dudek
A funny and intelligent buddy movie about two men with similar talents but different personalities traipsing across fog shrouded northern England on a wild goose chase 
3
The Trip
Rob Thomas
Just watching them volley impressions at each other for a couple of hours would make for a great time at the movies But Winterbottom and his actors manage to underlay a melancholy note beneath the merriment making The Trip even more satisfying 
3.5
The Trip
Connie Ogle
The Trip is not about food it s about friendship one that will give you plenty to laugh and think about 
3
The Trip
Rick Groen
Much more than an appetizer if not quite a main course it definitely goes down a treat 
3
The Trip
Joe Williams
The pinch of pathos in this tart comedy makes the The Trip a transportive experience 
3.5
The Trip
David Nusair
The Trip boasts a pervasively agreeable atmosphere that proves instrumental in compensating for its flaws 
3
The Trip
Linda Barnard
Think The Odd Couple with sartorial style and more bickering Add hints of truisms about middle age sex family mortality and the limits of friendship and The Trip reveals itself to be more than it initially appears 
3
The Trip
Sara Michelle Fetters
The humor in this film is so strong and so overpowering there were more than a few instances where my gut began to hurt because I was laughing so hard 
3
The Trip
Chris Hewitt
If you re up for a chatty riff this is an entertaining one 
3
The Trip
Lisa Kennedy
It s rife with observations about men of a certain age actors of a certain career and for a bonus restaurants of a certain moment 
3.5
The Trip
Mark Dujsik
A simple conflict that is almost redeemed by the subtly fearless performances of its leads 
2.5
The Trip
Ann Hornaday
Have you ever been trapped in the back seat of a car while the old married couple up front bickers and banters for hours It s either sheer torture or if the couple happens to be Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon wildly entertaining 
3.5
The Trip
Peter Canavese
Reunites the delectable pair of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon real life actor comic friends who play versions of themselves to highly amusing and oddly wistful effect 
3
The Trip
Mick LaSalle
It s two guys traveling eating and talking Doesn t sound like much But it s terrific 
4
The Trip
Moira MacDonald
Coogan and Brydon as they proved earlier in Winterbottom s brilliant Tristram Shandy A Cock and Bull Story are a pair of pretty funny guys to spend time with their riff on We leave at daybreak is almost worth the ticket price 
2.5
The Trip
Ty Burr
Suggests a reality TV fusion of Sideways and a Bob Hope Bing Crosby Road movie or maybe My Dinner With Andre repurposed into a movable feast 
3.5
The Trip
Steven Rea
A rambling but illuminating odyssey that has as much to do with friendship and the competition and conflicts that come with it as it does with celebrating the comedic chops of its two stars 
4
The Trip
Roger Ebert
This is a great deal more entertaining than it sounds in large part because the two actors are gifted mimics Brydon the better one although Coogan doesn t think so 
3
The Trip
Matt Pais
Rarely does a movie so bittersweet induce so much giggling 
3
The Trip
Roger Moore
An easy going trek down a road well traveled by these two 
3
The Trip
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing doesn t add up to a full meal perhaps But it is as one of these chefs might say a quite delightful amuse bouche 
3
The Trip
Kyle Smith
Every so often a film comes along that redefines the boundaries of cinema And every so often there is a movie about two middle age men driving around and having lunch 
3
The Trip
Andrew Schenker
What works in bite sized portions quickly sours as an evening s extended dining 
2
Mujhse Shaadi Karoge
Namrata Joshi
It s left to Akshay to bring the house down with a characteristic mix of crudity crassness and viciousness If that s your idea of mirth 
2
The Death of Dick Long
Federico Furzan
This one we never knew we needed A different kind of noir and paranoia film that lays its elements with absolute confidence Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Death of Dick Long
Steven Prokopy
But boy do things get unexpectedly dark and it may be the nature of those surprises that color your opinion of the film 
3
The Death of Dick Long
Sara Michelle Fetters
For those willing to take the plunge into the animalistically risqué unknown The Death of Dick Long gallops to the finish line with authoritative tenacity 
3
The Death of Dick Long
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Does have some laughs but ultimately poor Richard s death is more than a joke and his strange legacy casts a lengthy shadow worth pondering 
3
The Death of Dick Long
Mark Dujsik
T he real stakes of The Death of Dick Long are in watching Scheinert transform a bad joke into serious drama 
3
The Death of Dick Long
Roger Moore
Cracker gothic tale that never becomes the dark comedy it might have been or the thriller it wants to be 
1.5
The Death of Dick Long
Michael O'Sullivan
There are easy laughs here But the film is also surprisingly willing at times to confront its more troubling themes to a degree that is almost offputtingly uncomfortable That s not what s wrong with it but what s right about it 
2.5
The Death of Dick Long
Joey Magidson
For a solid 40 minutes or so this darkly comedic noir has your attention Alas from then on it s a case of diminishing returns even after one of 2019 s strangest twists 
2.5
The Death of Dick Long
Mick LaSalle
For a half hour the filmmakers really seem on to something and then slowly the life seeps out of it and we re left with a tedious pointless exercise 
2
The Death of Dick Long
Keith Watson
Daniel Scheinert s film finds a very human vulnerability lurking beneath the strange and oafish behaviors of its male characters 
3
Breakout
Matt Brunson
Charles Bronson saves the day in both amusing and exciting fashion 46 
3
Breakout
David Nusair
it s Bronson s performance that keeps things interesting even during some of the more superfluous sequences 
2.5
Breakout
Roger Ebert
I d have liked Breakout more I think if it had been done as a flat out thriller without the added touches 
2
Language Lessons
Roxana Hadadi
Language Lessons is an alternately comforting and challenging watch making plain the winsome appeal of films about platonic love 
3
Language Lessons
Kevin Carr
It was sweet I thought it s heart s in the right place It has enough darkness to it to make it real but not so much that it s punishing 
3
Language Lessons
Cate Marquis
It feels a bit like listening in on two friends in a very lively funny interesting conversation As story darkens and the relationship deepens between them we are completely drawn in and our hearts can t help but be touched by their experiences 
3.5
Language Lessons
Mark Dujsik
When there are characters this rich and performances this effortlessly engaging who needs anything more in terms of story 
3
Language Lessons
Roger Moore
Many have taken a shot at creating a Zoom call comedy or drama or dramedy during COVID But it took Morales and Duplass to stick the landing 
3
Language Lessons
Joey Magidson
Language Lessons has a simple look and feel befitting the simple yet warm story being told 
3
Language Lessons
Michael Frank
It scoops up the pieces of your heart telling you that someone is willing to put everything back together 
3
Language Lessons
Rob Thomas
Language Lessons becomes more balanced a very moving film about two people from different worlds unexpectedly making a meaningful connection 
3.5
Language Lessons
David Robb
Had the film trusted its self imposed minimalism a little more it might have been a lot more successful as a character study 
2
Into the Wild
Matt Brunson
Into the Wild is especially memorable in the manner in which it offers no absolutes 46 
3
Into the Wild
Mattie Lucas
A masterpiece a rapturous quintessential American odyssey that earns its place in the pantheon of the great road films and at the pinnacle of this year s very best 
4
Into the Wild
Nick Rogers
Even in its harrowing final moments it reaches a spiritually transcendent pinnacle the idea of ending one long strange trip and plummeting into an even greater unknown with both fear and elation A stirring American drama of comfort and conflict 
4
Into the Wild
Peter Keough
Although it s been hailed by many I found Sean Penn s film to be the tale of a megalomaniac as told by a narcissist 
1.5
Into the Wild
Peter Canavese
Penn has managed an impressive achievement that qualifies as a great American film Blu ray 
3.5
Into the Wild
Scott Nash
About the only good thing this movie can offer is some nice scenery which I don t need to watch a movie over two hours long to see 
1.5
Into the Wild
Wesley Lovell
Often too concerned with how smart he s being Sean Penn gets the quiet moments right while some of the more dialogue intensive come off poorly 
2.5
Into the Wild
Ross Anthony
Perhaps destined to follow the same emotional arc as the true story it portrays the film starts with great promise passion and inspiration only to quietly wane 
2.5
Into the Wild
Rossiter Drake
A tale of life needlessly lost by a young man who realizes too late that reckless self reliance is not necessarily the path to self awareness That he fails to realize this sooner is tragic that the film celebrates the misunderstanding is bewildering 
2.5
Into the Wild
Kam Williams
Thoroughly entertaining Hollywood fare which holds up a dope as a person deserving of admiration 
4
Into the Wild
Felix Vasquez Jr.
While it does lag in some areas it s truly an entertaining utterly fascinating and fantastic epic 
3
Into the Wild
Linda Cook
No wonder the book on which this is based is a best seller Into the Wild takes a riveting docu drama approach to the life of real life Chris McCandless Emile Hirsch Alpha Dog and his doomed trek away from all the comforts and safety of society 
4
Into the Wild
Steve Rhodes
With consistently drop dead gorgeous cinematography Into the Wild tells a touching and ultimately harrowing tale of personal growth 
3
Into the Wild
Mike McGranaghan
This is a great great film 
4
Into the Wild
Kyle Smith
I was exhilarated and devastated 
4
Into the Wild
John Beifuss
The topography of the canyons rivers deserts wheat fields and forests is no more fascinating than that of the faces McCandless encounters 
3.5
Into the Wild
Sean O'Connell
Poetic resourceful sparse and marginally pretentious 
3.5
Into the Wild
Michael Dequina
Has a profound cumulative effect by the end a testament not only to Penn s control and understanding of the material but the terrific lead turn by Hirsch 
3
Into the Wild
Sean P. Means
Penn and cinematographer Eric Gautier capture with lucid beauty the feel of the road and the vastness of the wilderness 
3.5
Into the Wild
Jeff Vice
This fact based drama pulls off a fairly tricky feat it s touching thoughtful sad funny sweet and ultimately redemptive and all at once 
4
Into the Wild
Greg Maki
The great accomplishment of Into the Wild Sean Penn s film based on Jon Krakauer s fact based book of the same name is that it allows us to sympathize with Chris We may not agree with the choices he makes but we understand 
4
Into the Wild
Phil Villarreal
When Christopher McCandless went camping he didn t mess around 
3
Into the Wild
Walter Chaw
The only Truth is that the quest to reclaim the best of what we were disillusions us before it kills us 
3.5
Into the Wild
Carla Meyer
Director screenwriter Sean Penn s gorgeous compassionate film takes a generous approach to the story of McCandless the real life seeker who gave away his savings and belongings and walked into the Alaskan wilderness 
4
Into the Wild
Rene Rodriguez
The movie tries its hardest to celebrate the impetuousness of its hero and the exhilaration of his accomplishments Mostly though it just reminds you of the severity of his mistakes 
2.5
Into the Wild
Robert W. Butler
Sean Penn s achingly poetic Into the Wild seduces gently creeping up in incremental steps Yet in the end it leaves us drained and devastated 
4
Into the Wild
Amy Biancolli
Without diminishing the deep transcendentalist yearnings of its young hero Into the Wild builds to a climax of profound human connectedness profound human pain 
4
Into the Wild
Terry Lawson
It s a beautiful big sorrowful film that manages to celebrate America while reexamining what it has stood for and what it has become 
4
Into the Wild
Lisa Kennedy
It is we who are made a little more complete for wrestling with and watching Penn s film 
3.5
Into the Wild
Duane Dudek
Into the Wild is a celebratory ode to the road and the people you meet along the way destination be damned 
3
Into the Wild
Geoff Pevere
Super 70s in both style and sensibility Into the Wild does for vagabond New Age souls what Deliverance did for misguided suburban macho 
3
Into the Wild
Moira MacDonald
Beautifully structured and performed 
3
Into the Wild
Bruce Newman
In its expansive spirit of investigation and embrace of life as a creative act Into the Wild comes as close as any picture ever made to capturing the America that Jack Kerouac discovered half a century ago 
3.5
Into the Wild
Mick LaSalle
This is one of those movies I can imagine deciding is a masterpiece in a month s time And by any measure Into the Wild is a big leap forward for Penn as a director and deserves to be one of the most talked about films of the season 
4
Into the Wild
Mary F. Pols
Where Penn shines most is in his level of commitment To show us where McCandless really was he shot in at least 30 locations all over the country 
3
Into the Wild
Roger Ebert
Sean Penn s spellbinding film adaptation of this book stays close to the source 
4
Into the Wild
Ty Burr
Sequences are gorgeously filmed by cinematographer Eric Gautier and they re heady with the joy of discovery they make you want to hit the road into the magnificent landscape we forget is out there 
3
Into the Wild
Rick Groen
A road movie with a lofty message that too frequently gets lost in its own thematic barrens Whereas Krakauer s disturbing book sticks with you Penn s movie wrapped in the balloon of its fanciful rhetoric just floats off 
2.5
Into the Wild
Betsy Bozdech
Sean Penn s gorgeous tragic film is both an advertisement for wanderlust and a sobering cautionary tale 
3.5
Into the Wild
Josh Larsen
a perfect contemporary companion piece to Jack Kerouac s On the Road which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year 
3.5
Into the Wild
Carrie Rickey
As actor and director Penn long has been drawn to the existential and elemental Life and death Remorse and revenge All these themes converge symphonically in Into the Wild his most fully realized work as a director 
3.5
Into the Wild
James Rocchi
As the credits roll at the close of Into the Wild you don t feel like you ve celebrated a life spent on the road less traveled you feel like you ve just witnessed a slow motion suicide 
2
Into the Wild
Michael Phillips
If Into the Wild falls short of giving McCandless an indelible cinematic life the film gets under your skin anyway It doesn t feel improvised exactly but it does feel inhabited 
3
Into the Wild
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Penn in his zeal for the character very simply misses the obvious this is a spoiled brat who has become disillusioned with his parents 
1
Into the Wild
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sean Penn steps behind the camera to craft one of the most powerful films of the year 
4
Into the Wild
Gina Carbone
Hal Holbrook will have been robbed if doesn t get nominated for every award available 
3.25
Into the Wild
Lou Lumenick
This saga was the subject of Into the Wild a short but fascinating book by Jon Krakauer that 11 years later has resulted in a gorgeously photographed and less intermittently fascinating 2 1 2 hour film by Sean Penn 
3
Into the Wild
Pam Grady
Hirsch is excellent as the woefully ill informed and too arrogant for his own good McCandless but Christopher is ultimately such an unsympathetic character that it is hard to feel anything for him That makes it very hard to stick with the film 
2
Into the Wild
Stephen Whitty
It s a smart script that has a nice respect for books ideas and the written word 
3
Into the Wild
Claudia Puig
Captivating and multifaceted Written and directed by Sean Penn the film is a haunting and moving experience highlighted by evocative original music by Eddie Vedder 
3.5
Into the Wild
Jack Mathews
Overly romanticized 
2.5
Into the Wild
Bob Strauss
Hirsch is thoroughly impressive in Penn s best directing effort yet 
3.5
Into the Wild
Sara Michelle Fetters
The entirety of human existence in two short years all of it brought to life in an extraordinary motion picture that s absolutely impossible to forget 
4
Into the Wild
Glenn Kenny
It s got a cast that any Hollywood producer would envy all doing good work as the various people touched by McCandless during his journey 
3
Into the Wild
Dustin Putman
A heartrending slice of Americana both inspiring and foreboding in its view of a world that will exist long after we are all gone 
3.5
Into the Wild
Jan Stuart
Into the Wild is a bittersweet odyssey of opportunities lost and paradise found 
3.5
Into the Wild
Peter Travers
Into the Wild represents Penn s most assured and affecting work yet as director and screenwriter in the wake of The Indian Runner The Crossing Guard and The Pledge 
3.5
Into the Wild
Jordan Hiller
What is evident by the film s conclusion is that our sincere and honest relationships with fellow men and women is what makes us human and great not at all our connection to nature
3
Into the Wild
James Berardinelli
By the end of the movie I don t know that I liked Chris but I understood him and sympathized with him and sometimes that s more important 
3.5
Into the Wild
Nick Schager
Romanticization takes precedence over analysis in Into the Wild Sean Penn s exasperating adaptation of John Krakauer s nonfiction bestseller 
2
Bongwater
Robert Pardi
It s hard to concur with the screenplay s insistence that there s both pathos and humor to be found in the bong inhaling bed hopping lives of these indolent characters 
1.5
Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip, & Trickery
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Macdonald s rhythm can be confusing he interrupts himself without any justification until one realizes that everything is perfectly planned so that the joke settles and we keep laughing while we ruminate on the meaning of its impassive punch lines 
2
The Sheepdogs Have at It
Brad Wheeler
Livened up with studio footage and concert action The Sheepdogs Have at It is a front row look at music biz machinery 
3
Nesting
Kyle Smith
Nesting is a sitcom but a really slow and dull one that barely grinds out 22 minutes worth of plot to fill a 90 minute hole 
1
Nesting
Kalvin Henely
The way Nesting goes out of its way to tell us where it s set is symptomatic of the film in general 
1
Sex With Strangers
Ty Burr
It s a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good 
2
Sex With Strangers
Bob Bloom
Sex With Strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness But what is missing from it all is a moral What is the filmmakers point Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery 
2
Sex With Strangers
Sean P. Means
The Gantzes interviews tend to let the guys off the hook 
2
Sex With Strangers
Terry Lawson
As a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle Sex with Strangers is a success 
3
Sex With Strangers
Erik Lundegaard
Couples titillated by the possibility of swinging will probably leave the theater gripping each other s hands a little more tightly 
3
Sex With Strangers
Phil Villarreal
Swinging the film makes it seem is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit Or intelligent 
2
Sex With Strangers
Roger Ebert
I didn t find much fascination in the swinging What they re doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games of no erotic or sensuous charge But that they are doing it is thought provoking 
2
Sex With Strangers
Robert K. Elder
A film that forces you to bring along and confront your own sexual mores whether you like it or not 
3.5
Sex With Strangers
Joe Baltake
It leers offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject 
2
Sex With Strangers
Jonathan Foreman
Even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture 
1.5
Sex With Strangers
Carrie Rickey
Rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti erotic 
1
Sex With Strangers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary just not this one 
1
Wish I Was Here
Mal Vincent
Zach Braff s follow up to Garden State shines most when it deals with two sons relationship with their dying father 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
Linda Cook
An intensely intimate look at life death and what falls in between Zach Braff s Wish I Was Here is a touching realistic look at a family in crisis 
4
Wish I Was Here
Brad Keefe
There are enough moments to remind me why I fell in love with Braff s first film moments of sweetness moments of silliness 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
Duane Dudek
The screenplay Braff co wrote with his brother is said to be semi autobiographical but rarely feels real Emotions are stitched onto contrived situations piled onto them actually to manipulate a response 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
David Nusair
engrossing heartfelt 
3.5
Wish I Was Here
Scott Nash
Despite feeling bloated at times Wish I was Here still works and makes a nice change of pace from the comic book movies packing cinemas this summer 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
Burl Burlingame
Zach Braff s sophomore feature is either wildly self indulgent or genuine and heartfelt and certainly both and that s okay 
3
Wish I Was Here
Chris Knight
The plot co written with Braff s brother Adam seems to have been set up to hit all the beats required of an uplifting finding your way story 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
G. Allen Johnson
Wish I Was Here is a funny touching movie that features one of Kate Hudson s best performances and a curmudgeonly good one from Mandy Patinkin 
3
Wish I Was Here
Stephen Whitty
Wish I Was Here is a welcome if belated second chapter in a filmmaker s career I just hope we don t have to wait another 10 years to see what he thinks about life as a forty something 
3
Wish I Was Here
Steven Rea
I wish Wish I Was Here made me care more about this guy s woes but there s a patness to the weepy scenarios To the funny ones too 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
Sheila O'Malley
It is good It is sincere funny thoughtful and spiritual often poignant and with a deep strain of existential worry running underneath the whole thing 
3
Wish I Was Here
Mark Dujsik
For brief moments Wish I Was Here gets it only to return to its distancing ways 
2
Wish I Was Here
Moira MacDonald
An uneven sometimes charming sometimes amateurish exploration of a particular time in a still young man s life 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
John Anderson
What s it about Everything and nothing Seriously If wishes were horses one would have walked into the movie and told us what exactly Braff thought was going on 
2
Wish I Was Here
Ty Burr
Sophomore slumps don t come any more irritating than Wish I Was Here the painfully sincere emotionally fraudulent new comedy drama from actor writer director Zach Braff 
1
Wish I Was Here
Scott Bowles
A heartfelt if heavy handed sermon about chasing dreams forgiving sins and honoring Woody Allen 
2
Wish I Was Here
Connie Ogle
If I were one of the generous and optimistic contributors to Zach Braff s Kickstarter campaign to fund Wish I Was Here I d ask for my money back All of it 
1.5
Wish I Was Here
Dann Gire
Wish I Was Here is a state of confusion not a Garden State 
1.5
Wish I Was Here
Michael Phillips
Watery at best whiny at its worst 
2
Wish I Was Here
Joe Williams
For audiences seeking shelter from superhero carnage Wish I Was Here is a lovely place to be 
3
Wish I Was Here
Linda Barnard
Disjointed and uneven seeming at times like the Kickstarter gang got to contribute one idea each in exchange for their donations all of which were greenlit by Braff with the proviso they all be about him 
2
Wish I Was Here
Stephanie Merry
Whether you re among the 46 520 Kickstarter contributors or an avowed member of the anti Braff brigade you may just find yourself trying to stifle a sniffle 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
Peter Canavese
Were you to sit down and write a movie with the instruction that it be funny sad and inspirational you re likely to come up with better ideas than this tepid Generation X version of a James L Brooks film 
1
Wish I Was Here
Kyle Smith
If this movie amounts to an elongated sitcom it s a pretty good sitcom 
3
Wish I Was Here
Rex Reed
Wish I Was Here made me wish I was anywhere else 
1
Wish I Was Here
Roger Moore
Get past your Braff Kickstarter resentment and Kate Hudson phobia and this isn t half bad funny emotionally sharp even if it is all over the place 
2.5
Wish I Was Here
Chris Cabin
It s hard to see the fiscal woes at the center of Zach Braff s second feature as anything more than a fashionable depiction of first world problems 
1
Wish I Was Here
Kam Williams
Expect to be moved to tears by this poignant picture s bittersweet resolution and sobering universal message about the importance of family 
4
Wish I Was Here
Erik Childress
Braff s heart is very much in it as Natalie Portman s Sam would say and while his character fantasizes about science fiction role playing the complete storyteller is looking for the reality in our everyday fictions and how it applies to all of us 
3.5
Wish I Was Here
Matt Pais
Shoots emotional fish in a barrel without contributing to the conversation Desperate manipulative and self indulgent 
1
Pride
David Nusair
undone by its reliance on exceedingly conventional elements 
1.5
Pride
John Beifuss
Directed by Zimbabwean born Sunu Gonera who seems fascinated with 1970s American ghetto atmosphere he overdoses viewers on afros hoop earrings and graffiti which at least keeps the movie watchable 
2
Pride
Jonathan W. Hickman
While Terrence Howard is subdued in the role of Coach Ellis throughout much of the film Bernie Mac provides a much needed lift especially early on 
3
Pride
Mark Dujsik
I have seen Pride now too many times without actually seeing it 
2
Pride
Kam Williams
Well intentioned at best regrettably this fairly formulaic Philly sports flick doesn t show enough brotherly love for anyone to be proud of it 
1
Pride
Vince Koehler
Overall it was a good family movie that shows us once again how important it is to respect all human beings regardless of race and to believe that anything is possible 
2.5
Pride
Claudia Puig
Pride is a fairly predictable entry in the highly predictable inspirational sports drama genre But the movie is saved by the earnest believable performance of Terrence Howard and by Bernie Mac in a more serious role than usual 
2.5
Pride
Ken Fox
Surely there are better more original ways of telling such important stories 
2
Pride
Geoff Pevere
It really has nothing to be proud of but a central performance much better than the movie itself deserves It s time for Terrence Howard to appear in a movie that rises to his level 
1.5
Pride
John Hartl
Terrence Howard s unforced charisma did a lot for Crash and Hustle Flow and he s the chief reason Pride is worth catching 
2.5
Pride
Ruthe Stein
That Pride ultimately gets to you is more of a surprise than the outcome because it s not very well constructed 
2
Pride
David Elliott
Not even Howard s genuine appeal or his can do kids can keep Pride out of the shallow end of the pool 
2
Pride
Carla Meyer
Its worst feature unfortunately is the sports angle which is mishandled by director Sunu Gonera and the film s four screenwriters 
2
Pride
James Berardinelli
Despite the stale odor of the broth lack of originality isn t Pride s stumbling point it s that the familiar story is not well presented 
2
Pride
Timothy Knight
Pride is a watchable if overly superficial film that nonetheless builds to a genuinely stirring conclusion 
2.5
Pride
Steven Rea
A generic against the odds underdog sports drama 
2
Pride
Jan Stuart
It is a testament to the robotic constraints of Pride that even Terrence Howard sinks in the service of formula 
2
Pride
Lisa Rose
The dialogue and plot may be clich but Howard s slow burn portrayal redeems the weak writing 
2.5
Pride
Kyle Smith
Howard s character declares that the world isn t black and white The world no but the movie yes 
2
Pride
Elizabeth Weitzman
There is not a single moment in Sunu Gonera s Pride that you haven t already seen or that you can t predict 
2
Pride
Jeff Strickler
Pride does its subject matter proud 
3
Pride
Mack Bates
First time director Sunu Gonera and cinematographer Matthew F Leonetti s strong visuals save this otherwise formulaic undertaking from being interchangeable inspirational film 
3
Pride
Glenn Whipp
Terrence Howard nearly saves the latest widget from the inspirational sports movie mill a movie heavy on cliches and light on truth 
2.5
Pride
Robert W. Butler
Clearly the real Jim Ellis pulled off a miracle Too bad then that this film about him feels phony full of clichs and bristling with subplots that smack of Hollywood storytelling rather than real world situations 
2
Pride
Amy Biancolli
There s no excuse for Pride s mediocrity not with this story not with this cast 
2
Pride
Jason Anderson
The trouble with Pride is that it sticks so close to the sports movie playbook that it never comes alive 
2
Pride
Terry Lawson
Competitive swimming has certainly not been overdone in sports movies and the less than compelling Pride might offer the reason why 
2
Pride
Jeff Vice
Pride completely wastes the talents of Terrence Howard 
2
Pride
Michael Booth
Pride has a sly sexy way of overcoming inherent filmmaking clichs and winning over its audience 
3
Pride
Bill Zwecker
Pride is a lovingly presented homage to the heroism of Jim Ellis life and his life s work 
2.5
Pride
Wesley Morris
While it s neither as socially urgent as Freedom Writers nor as danceable and soapy as Stomp the Yard it s better acted and tougher to resist 
2.5
Pride
Tyler Hanley
Terrence Howard is a rare and phenomenally gifted actor with the ability to dip into a seemingly endless well of raw emotion 
3
Pride
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thankfully the movie is able to overcome this familiarity by being monstrously entertaining Howard giving the picture a stirring central figure galvanizing a person s attention and energizing their interest 
3
Pride
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maybe this really happened but Gonera lacks the skill to make it seem real within the context of a fictional movie 
1.5
Pride
Willie Waffle
Terrence Howard makes every one around him in every scene a little bit better even Tom Arnold 
2.5
Pride
Lawrence Toppman
The heart of the film is the maturing of the swimmers and there the movie never falters 
3
Pride
Chris Hewitt
All sports movies talk the winning isn t everything talk but Pride walks the walk 
3.5
Pride
Phoebe Flowers
Pride is so unapologetically earnest in its inspirational values you either want to love it or kill it 
2.5
Pride
Dustin Putman
Pride is a generic title for a generic movie 
2
Pride
Michael Phillips
Out of a foamy sea of inspirational sports film cliches Terrence Howard pulls Pride to safety 
3
Pride
Matt Pais
File this one under Same old thing 
2
Pride
Josh Larsen
Even Bernie Mac squeezes out a tear or two It s as if the entire cast dunked their heads in the pool between takes 
2
Pride
Phil Villarreal
Rocky Balboa and Daniel san steered away from the sport for good reason 
2
Pride
Nick Schager
Terrence Howard s performance doesn t come close to counteracting the triteness of Pride 
1.5
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Christopher Kompanek
Teetering precariously between satire and base humor Jimmy Vestvood squanders opportunities for both 
1.5
The Corporation
Linda Cook
It s enough to bring out the rebel in even the most loyal executive 
3.5
The Corporation
John Beifuss
A must see that exposes the increasing interconnection of business politics and every living system of Earth 
4
The Corporation
Marta Barber
Carries a powerful albeit not new message It is frightening 
3
The Corporation
Loey Lockerby
Far too often watching The Corporation is like watching someone deliver a lengthy book report with constant repetition of themes and an unfortunate tendency to state the obvious 
2.5
The Corporation
Phoebe Flowers
Utterly fascinating an exhaustive and engaging study of business as it has evolved since the Civil War 
3.5
The Corporation
Eric Harrison
The rare movie that sets out to alter the audience s consciousness and succeeds 
4
The Corporation
Phil Villarreal
Corporations are out to get you and you need to be afraid You need to lock your back door at night and keep a gun under your pillow 
3
The Corporation
Sean P. Means
The most fascinating interviews are the ones that make you scratch your head and ask How do these people sleep at night 
3
The Corporation
Jeff Vice
The film deserves to be seen and its concepts deserve to be discussed in an open forum 
2.5
The Corporation
Rob Thomas
It s like a company that diversifies into so many different product lines that it forgets what its core mission is 
2.5
The Corporation
Marty Mapes
Even at 145 minutes it doesn t feel long the topic stays interesting all the way through
3
The Corporation
Duane Dudek
Equal parts documentary PowerPoint presentation and old school classroom lecture about how the business of making money for a small group of stockholders comes at the expense of a big group of stakeholders otherwise known as the rest of us 
3
The Corporation
Lisa Kennedy
Sharp witted infuriating and at times depressing 
3
The Corporation
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A highly entertaining and instructive look at a subject that s rarely discussed in detail 
4
The Corporation
James Verniere
The idea we exist in an era when the corporation has subsumed the government is compelling 
3
The Corporation
Roger Ebert
An impassioned polemic filled with information sure to break up any dinner table conversation 
3
The Corporation
Wesley Morris
At its most effective the movie is a chastening sobering and thorough work of film journalism however shortsighted 
3
The Corporation
Chris Hewitt
A movie that is fascinating and frustrating in about equal measures 
2.5
The Corporation
Steven Rea
If the filmmakers show a bias and they do it doesn t negate their central argument For better or worse the trends of global capitalism have changed and continue to change society as we know it 
3
The Corporation
Michael Wilmington
It s a movie so chock full of information so dense with context and analysis that it will keep you thinking and reacting no matter what your bent or slant and no matter where you stand on the world wide corporate ladder 
3
The Corporation
Glenn Whipp
Sprawling grim and darkly comic 
3
The Corporation
Glenn Kenny
Over the course of almost two and a half fascinating hours they make a cogent compelling powerful argument and they also make a terrific movie 
4
The Corporation
Jami Bernard
Mark Achbar Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan have crafted an informative amusing and unnerving overview of the history and consequences of corporations 
3
The Corporation
John Anderson
A clever quietly passionate and sweeping documentary 
3
The Corporation
Megan Lehmann
There s no danger of falling asleep in this lecture 
3
The Corporation
Ed Gonzalez
If corporations are protected under the law as living breathing people then this enthralling Canadian documentary sets out to tell us what kind of people they are 
3
The Corporation
John Hartl
One of the must see documentaries of the new century 
4
The Corporation
Joe Baltake
It is most fascinating and also infuriating and frustrating 
3.5
The Corporation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Running 145 minutes the film barely has enough time to get its main points in and it could have gone on much longer and still remained fascinating 
3.5
The Corporation
Jeanne Aufmuth
Delivers its message with a one two punch 
3
The Corporation
Pam Grady
Both exhausting and exhaustive this epic investigation looks at the trans national behemoths that dominate the globe in ways the old robber barons never dreamed of and the impact of their rapacious appetites on the way we live 
3
The Corporation
Mick LaSalle
It s coolheaded and incisive a thorough and informative study of corporations their origins and their place in the modern world 
4
The Corporation
Bruce Newman
The Corporation is an act of intentional provocation that manages to be both enormously entertaining and an affront to the business titans who bestride the bottom line 
3
The Corporation
Ray Conlogue
A documentary with big answers 
3
Spaceballs
David Nusair
46 46 46 a perpetually silly 40 and somewhat erratic 41 yet mostly engaging comedy 46 46 46 
3
Spaceballs
Brian Eggert
Several self referential and Fourth Wall breaking remarks keep the film a very meta experience before such humor was virtually the basis of modern comedy 
3
Spaceballs
Matt Brunson
Consistently offers more laughs than groans 
3
Spaceballs
Gene Siskel
It s a close call on recommending this movie but Spaceballs does have some big laughs that are not to be missed
3
Spaceballs
Peter Canavese
Despite the dirty jokes hidden in plain sight Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz Spaceballs is a PG rated comedy that makes silliness sublime Blu ray 
3
Spaceballs
Bill Chambers
Brooks jumped the shark with Spaceballs
2
Spaceballs
James O'Ehley
The best shot is the opening shot of a giant ominous spaceship floating through space like in the opening shot in Star Wars with a bumper sticker proclaiming We brake for no one Thereafter it doesn t get much better 
2.5
Spaceballs
Roger Ebert
How do you review a movie like this anyway I guess by saying whether you laughed or not I did laugh but not enough to recommend the film 
2.5
The Great Dictator
Brian Eggert
Chaplin beckons the viewer to recognize and fight against tyrants and every few years as another despot comes along The Great Dictator becomes achingly relevant again 
4
The Great Dictator
James Kendrick
While it is not the greatest of Charlie Chaplin s feature films it is certainly his bravest if not one of the bravest films ever made 
3.5
The Great Dictator
Roger Ebert
It is a funny film which we expect from Chaplin and a brave one 
3.5
The Great Dictator
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It may be Chaplin s greatest work even if it s not his most personal 
4
College
Mike Scott
We ve done the whole classless college comedy thing before many times 
1.5
College
David Nusair
A laugh free thoroughly unpleasant comedy 
1
College
Christian Toto
The worst gags in Old School and Revenge of the Nerds are still superior to anything you ll see in College
1
College
Charles Koplinski
Sadistic with no laughs to be had 
1.5
College
Glenn Gamboa
College tries to be a throwback to the teens gone wild films of the 80s but now that teens can find far racier and far funnier fare than this on the Internet these brainless movies have become obsolete 
1
College
Kamal Al-Solaylee
In the battle for the hearts minds and fat wallets of North American teens College fights dirtier and sinks lower than most gross out screen comedies 
1
College
Austin Kennedy
You can do alot worse but two of the lead actors ruin it for the rest of the class COLLEGE gets an A for effort but doesn t quite pass 
2.5
College
Linda Cook
Crass ugly and mean spirited College is so lowbrow that it makes Porky s look like Casablanca 
0
College
Dustin Putman
Zippy lightweight raucously silly and embracing of its well earned R rating College doesn t pretend to be deep or anything more than it is a you are there portrayal of three high schoolers let loose on a hard partying university campus 
2.5
College
Nick Schager
The nadir of homophobic frat boy humor 
.5
College
Ken Fox
No one expects a frat house comedy to be clean but there s an obnoxious crudity to this terrible misfire whole thing that leaves you feeling splattered and dirty by the time the inevitable over the credits blooper reel rolls 
1.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Brian Eggert
Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee 8217 s script finds sad 44 trapped 44 silly characters locked inside their programming and desperate to escape 44 and in these energetic and colorful settings 44 losing yourself in their struggle for freedom and acceptance is effortless 46 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wreck It Ralph is a ton of fun 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Mattie Lucas
Never bludgeons over the head with the message either instead giving us a smartly crafted and highly entertaining film that is as pleasing for children as it is for adults 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Kelly Jane Torrance
Reilly seems made for voice work He turns his 8 bit Ralph into a man with a 32 bit heart 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
David Keyes
Not in my wildest dreams did I ever anticipate using the word thoughtful to describe a fairly recent animated film 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Wesley Lovell
An excellent inventive anti bullying adventure that may be a little too technologically advanced for older audiences 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Michael Phillips
You ll either love it or you ll admire it while wishing it would calm down and I don t know maybe pick up a book for a while 
2.5
Wreck-It Ralph
David Nusair
a passable yet disappointing effort from the so called Mouse House 
2.5
Wreck-It Ralph
John Beifuss
This witty and brilliantly executed Disney production is looser and less insistent on your emotional acquiescence than its Pixar counterparts 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Linda Cook
Don t worry You won t be the only grownup seeing Wreck It Ralph And if you want to take your family you will be laughing just as hard as the younger viewers 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
John Wirt
Ralph and his new friends offer much action and adventure but the movie scores most of all with its poignant scenes and the relationships among its characters 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Mark Dujsik
Wreck It Ralph knows that it can only play at its inside jokes for so long before the shtick gets old 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Matt Brunson
Wreck It Ralph is consistently inventive displaying a sturdy story structure that makes it more than just a simplistic romp for the Gen X crowd 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Scott Nash
The most fun I ve had in a theater for quite a long time 
4
Wreck-It Ralph
Sean P. Means
The breakout star here is Silverman who channels her caustic Kewpie doll stand up personality into the impish Vanellope to give her some bite and a lot of heart 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Stephen Whitty
For anyone with a grade schooler and a free Saturday it s a pretty safe and painless bet And a great excuse to go up to the attic later and see if you can dig out your old Atari 2600 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Bob Bloom
The movie s retro sensibilities will appeal to adults while the colorful games and characters as well as the simplicity of the story will hold the attention of young viewers 
4
Wreck-It Ralph
Jeffrey Westhoff
The giddiest cartoon comedy in years 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Jason Buchanan
Through it all the animators fill Wreck It Ralph with playful sight gags and smart video game references that will delight savvy viewers but aren t so inclusive that they can t be enjoyed by non gamers 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Willie Waffle
Sarah Silverman puts in one of the greatest voice acting performances you will ever see or hear in your life 
4
Wreck-It Ralph
Dave McGinn
It s impossible not to feel a strong sense of nostalgic amusement if not sheer delight at the comings and goings of all these characters 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Kyle Smith
Amid all the boring crashing and chasing and slapstick there are some brilliant flashes of wit particularly a reference to the guards in the Wizard of Oz 
2.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Michael O'Sullivan
Emphasizes action and eye popping visuals over emotion 
2
Wreck-It Ralph
Austin Kennedy
This is without a doubt the best animated film so far this year It s a video game geek s paradise featuring countless references to games from all eras 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Peter Hartlaub
Delightfully off the rails offering a grown up friendly tone and merging of visual styles that are reminiscent of the studio s 1988 animated homage to film noir Who Framed Roger Rabbit 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Dustin Putman
Probably won t endure like the best of Disney s animated canon but it s a slight well meaning entertainment all the same 
2.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Jody Mitori
Wreck It Ralph is a lot like video games and candy light entertainment but fun while it lasts 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Peter Travers
Wreck It Ralph is the latest in a rash of recent movies fired up with imaginative risk Director Moore brings a video junkie s passion to the movie game and it s hilariously infectious 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Carrie Rickey
Like a video game Rich Moore s 3 D film is colorful noisy and pixel deep 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Ty Burr
It s pure plastic product from plot line to the pro forma 3 D to the tidy moral lessons ersatz family entertainment as disposable as it is diverting 
2
Wreck-It Ralph
Claudia Puig
The farcical story is cute the dialogue witty and the players charming 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Jon Niccum
Wreck It Ralph builds on a wonderful premise that explores whether folks are condemned to be victims of their own circumstances 
2.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Graham Killeen
Wreck It Ralph doesn t just wreck em It darn near kills em 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Frank Lovece
Wreck It Ralph blends poignancy and a piston powered plot that revels in both visual inventiveness and a vaudevillian sense of timing 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Linda Barnard
Starts out as a funny high scorer but limps into a second half as flat as those quarters we once pumped into arcade machines long ago 
2
Wreck-It Ralph
Peter Canavese
Built for fun in its dazzlingly elaborate production design and kinetic 3D action perfect casting Who Framed Roger Rabbit esque video game character cameos and a cramming of clever comic touches 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Chris Hewitt
I do not care one bit about video games Even if I did I suspect I wouldn t be a fan of the loud and frenzied Wreck It Ralph 
2
Wreck-It Ralph
Rene Rodriguez
A gorgeously rendered story that will play just as well to children as to their parents albeit for different reasons Playstation and Xbox junkies will be equally pleased 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Daniel M. Kimmel
What makes this work is not only the in jokes for video game fans but the rich characterization 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Matt Pais
A sweet colorful 3 D animated feature that finds Disney passing its stuck in a rut partners at Pixar 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Roger Moore
Disney Animation takes a page out of Pixar s well worn playbook for this a screwball farce with a novel setting and more edge than your average Disney toon 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Moira MacDonald
Bursting with candy bright colors and zoomy action Pixar s Wreck It Ralph should prove as entertaining as a sugar rush for its young target audience 
3.5
Wreck-It Ralph
Roger Ebert
The art design and color palette of Wreck It Ralph permit unlimited sets costumes and rules giving the movie tireless originality and different behavior in every different cyber word 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Brett Michel
If only the Konami Code could fix this script 
2
Wreck-It Ralph
James Berardinelli
Wreck It Ralph never does anything groundbreaking with this idea but it s cute and clever and evokes nostalgia for gamers of the 80s and 90s 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Charlie McCollum
It s a fine piece of moviemaking that has a little something for kids who don t remember when games were played in arcades and adults who will delight in the tweaking of a bygone era 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
Phil Villarreal
Like most any game Wreck it Ralph is most fun when it s messing around without a particular goal 
3
Wreck-It Ralph
John Semley
Nothing but broad pandering indexes tailored to appeal to the arcade wistfulness it never even bothers to convincingly evoke 
1.5
The Nan Movie
Roger Moore
A shambolic 44 episodic pig of a film 44 snuffling about for comic truffles via the braying 44 screeching cackle of Tate at her Nanniest 46 It has no 8220 credited 8221 director 44 and therein lies a story 44 we fear 46 
1.5
American Mary
Chris Alexander
If AMERICAN MARY has flaws which I m sure it does they re dwarfed I was having such a good time I chose to ignore them Hell some of my best most beautiful and interesting friends are flawed That s what makes them so unforgettable 
3.5
American Mary
David Nusair
The almost excessively uneven narrative does in the end cancel out the effectiveness of the film s positive attributes 
2
American Mary
Jonathan Forani
Try as the sisters might American Mary is neither scary or funny 
1
American Mary
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a truly interesting slasher fest in this one the heroine gets to be both beauty and beast 
3
American Mary
Rex Reed
The acting is uniformly dreadful The level of incompetence in both writing and direction is a scream 
0
American Mary
Mike McGranaghan
If you believe in the artistry of horror and its ability to be bold provocative and daring then this is a movie that demands your immediate attention 
3
Sound of Violence
Randy Myers
Alex Noyer is out to shock the hell out of you and he does just that with this hardcore horror outing which is as original as it is gory 
2.5
Belle Toujours
Bill Stamets
Belle Toujours lets us peer at one master embroidering on the legacy of another master 
3
Belle Toujours
Sid Smith
Belle Toujours is doggedly inconsequential deliberately non eventful and blank 
2
Belle Toujours
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An often delicious but sometimes baffling experience 
3.5
Belle Toujours
Maitland McDonagh
Strikes a bittersweet note of loss and persistence that it sustains for its brief but potent running time 
3
Belle Toujours
V.A. Musetto
The question lingers Do we really need a sequel to Belle de Jour 
2
Belle Toujours
Elizabeth Weitzman
The 98 year old director Oliveira addresses the beauty and cruelty of aging with such subtlety that the movie is worth taking on its own terms as the hard earned musings of its creator 
2.5
Belle Toujours
Jan Stuart
Buñuel watchers will cluck with pleasure at that one neophytes can revel in the steely elegance of actor Piccoli who at 80 when this film was made effervesces with the joy of his craft Belle Toujours glistens with discreet charms 
3.5
Belle Toujours
Wesley Morris
Oliveira is a man of astounding finesse The movie accumulates the sort of meaning that lifts it far beyond the realm of a director s conceit 
3
Belle Toujours
Ed Gonzalez
Manoel de Oliveira is someone Luis Bu actively rebelled against an aesthete 
2
Contraband
Brian Eggert
This flavorless action fodder goes from tiresome to mildly unpleasant 46 
2
Contraband
Kenneth R. Morefield
We are left to ponder why Andy is any less culpable or any more worth saving than anyone else 
1.5
Contraband
Jeff Beck
It may not exactly be an original story but when a little effort is put into a film like this it can be done pretty well 
3
Contraband
John Beifuss
With its dim lighting and handheld camerawork the director s realistic visual approach is arguably bogus but it pays dividends as the narrative becomes increasingly grim 
2.5
Contraband
Roger Moore
Mark Wahlberg delivers the goods in Contraband a B movie about smuggling in boozy corrupt New Orleans 
3
Contraband
David Nusair
generic entirely uninvolving 
1
Contraband
James Kendrick
a moderately enjoyable generally preposterous thriller of minimal ambitions
2.5
Contraband
Matt Brunson
Its foreign antecedent bore the moniker Reykjavik Rotterdam but perhaps mindful that many Americans would mistake these two major European cities for brands of beer the action has been switched to New Orleans Panama 
1.5
Contraband
Rich Heldenfels
Entertainingly gritty until an ending that seems to go against all that has preceded it 
3
Contraband
Peter Keough
This standard heist thriller is a composite of knock offs but when Sergio Leone s Once Upon a Time in America is among the sources ripped off the quality is pretty high 
2.5
Contraband
Linda Cook
t s not the Tom Cruise vehicle that s playing in the auditorium next door Still Contraband is an entertaining heist flick Based on an Icelandic movie it s an enjoyable exercise in eluding capture 
3
Contraband
Michael Dequina
Agreeable popcorn entertainment to wash away weighty awards season pretension 
3
Contraband
Mike McGranaghan
Contraband generally succeeds well at what it wants to do It is a gritty exciting film with some cool action sequences and a cathartic conclusion 
3
Contraband
Scott Nash
There s not a lot to think about while watching it and we ve seen some of this plot before in other films but for a movie opening in January it s actually pretty damn good 
3
Contraband
Glenn Lovell
a messy amalgam of The Departed and a jacked up Fast and the Furious installment The camerawork is de rigueur twitchy as if the guy behind the lens has just snorted several lines of blow 
2
Contraband
Keith Cohen
A perfect fit for release during the first month of a new year when expectations are low Guzikowski in his filmmaking debut appears to have thrown all the contrived relationships and unlikely coincidences from the original film into a blender The 
2
Contraband
Mike Scott
A reasonably solid thriller built on equal parts action and suspense and punctuated by the occasional bit of deft rug pulling 
2.5
Contraband
Peter Travers
Wahlberg could sleepwalk through this role and does See this movie and you ll surely follow his lead 
2
Contraband
Stephen Whitty
Frankly Wahlberg has outgrown movies like this And so have we 
2
Contraband
Stephen Cole
Though it never quite has us by the lapels the film is a solid workmanlike action flick 
2.5
Contraband
Rafer Guzman
Everyone needs a little action now and then right Unfortunately a little action is all you ll get 
1.5
Contraband
Willie Waffle
An enjoyable movie when you don t have high expectations 
2.5
Contraband
Dustin Putman
Compelling in the moment but adding up to less than the sum of its parts Contraband is pretty standard fare as far as pulpy thrillers go 
2
Contraband
Michael O'Sullivan
Contraband is like an Ocean s Eleven movie minus the glamour 
2.5
Contraband
Kyle Smith
Contraband aims to be dumb fun but gets only the first half right 
0.5
Contraband
Mark Dujsik
Contraband does nothing wrong it s just that what the movie does isn t particularly involving 
2.5
Contraband
Bob Bloom
Contraband is basically a B programmer enhanced by a strong cast and a solid storyline 
2.5
Contraband
Mick LaSalle
In order to pay it forward Wahlberg needs to direct it somewhere else and on and on until every country has a version of this thing 
2
Contraband
Claudia Puig
Contraband has a few moments of tension but it adheres to a predictable heist formula hardly worth trafficking in 
2
Contraband
Graham Killeen
The film would have been more interesting if Wahlberg was a retired mime who had to escape one last invisible box 
1.5
Contraband
Ann Lewinson
It s pedestrian filmmaking and this cast deserves better 
2.5
Contraband
Linda Barnard
It s a so so heist actioner with some serviceable thrills and better than average stunt work that hangs on a formula plot punctuated with fits of disturbing violence aimed at women 
2
Contraband
Steven Rea
With his Popeye biceps and broody stares Wahlberg can do a character like Chris without even thinking about it and that s what he does here 
2
Contraband
Chris Hewitt
Involving smartly paced and well plotted Contraband is not a movie you re going to remember for the rest of your life but it sends you out of the theater with a feeling that your entertainment money has been well spent 
3
Contraband
Gary Thompson
A competent genre movie enlivened by vivid sense of place culture shot on location in New Orleans delving into the world of merchant seaman dock workers smugglers 
2.5
Contraband
Rene Rodriguez
There s a frothy almost whimsical undercurrent quietly bubbling beneath the dead serious story 
2.5
Contraband
Wesley Morris
I don t know that a lot of Contraband makes sense But I m not sure that it has to 
2.5
Contraband
James Berardinelli
Contraband is the kind of thriller that offers just enough in the way of effective elements to assemble a two minute trailer 
2
Contraband
Michael Phillips
Wahlberg has the presence the glower and the laconic line readings to guide us through a mess of pain painlessly 
2.5
Contraband
Roger Ebert
Contraband involves a lot of energy but I m getting tired of violent retreads of these heist elements 
2
Contraband
Soren Andersen
It s a thriller distinctly lacking in thrills 
1.5
Contraband
Christy Lemire
A solid genre picture that knows exactly what it is has no delusions of grandeur and carries out its task in entertaining and occasionally even suspenseful fashion 
2.5
Contraband
Nick Schager
If ingeniousness is a foreign concept to Contraband so too are time and space 
1
Peter Pan
Matt Brunson
On the plus side the animation is gorgeous Never Land is imaginatively designed and Tinkerbell and Hook remain amusing characters On the flip side Peter Pan isn t the most engaging of protagonists and a little of the Lost Boys goes a long way 
3
Peter Pan
Kate Cameron
A delightful entertaining film that will appeal to the young and the not so young alike 
4
Peter Pan
James Kendrick
plays as less of a child fantasy of soaring adventure than it does as a retrograde narcissistic adult male fantasy of being desired and pursued by every female in the room
2
Peter Pan
Bill Chambers
Who wants their son taking his cues from this meanspirited hero 
2
Peter Pan
Betsy Bozdech
Plenty of charming moments and iconic characters but the story isn t anchored firmly enough in the land of fairy tale to avoid feeling dated a few decades down the line 
3
Peter Pan
Eric Henderson
Never Land More like Never Gon Git It Land 
2
The Bachelor
Michael Dequina
O Donnell former teen idol Boy Wonder has always proven to be far less beefcake than rice cake 
1
The Bachelor
Betsy Bozdech
Although it s got plenty of saccharine romance The Bachelor doesn t offer much in the way of a believable plot humor or compelling stars 
2
The Bachelor
Lou Lumenick
Unremittingly vulgar and inept 
1.5
The Bachelor
Ross Anthony
Ultimately light and cute the middle had me checking my watch 
1.5
The Bachelor
Susan Stark
The new film takes a heavy approach to plain foolishness and doesn t exactly gain loft from the presence of O Donnell in the centerpiece role His range is limited to several shades of bland 
2
The Bachelor
Edward Guthmann
A pretty lame premise for a movie 
2
The Bachelor
Susan Wloszczyna
The humor never strikes the right champagne bubbly tone 
2
The Bachelor
Rob Blackwelder
The brilliance of Buster Keaton deserves a better homage 
2
The Bachelor
Dustin Putman
Resembles a direct to video movie at almost every ill advised turn because of its overall air of moronic silliness 
1.5
The Bachelor
Steve Rhodes
Definitely has its moments but overall just fizzles 
2.5
Freaks
Jason Fraley
Freaks admirably takes its time with a confined Room intro before building up to its broad appeal superhero premise 
3
Freaks
Federico Furzan
A pretty decent sci fi thriller that goes all the way with bending the basic rules of the genre Full review in Spanish 
3
Freaks
Kevin A. Ranson
What fuels this film is the deftness of character development calculated reveals and relationship empathy that rarely comes together in a meaningful way like this in genre films 
4
Freaks
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers capture fear of the unknown through the allegory of super powered people more succinctly and effectively than most of the X Men franchise ever could 
3.5
Freaks
Nick Allen
It s just not special enough 
2
Freaks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I t s an inventive ingenious little low budget sci fi horror film that presents big ideas in a small arena 
3.5
Freaks
Mark Dujsik
As beguiling as the piecemeal world building may be it s just a way to disguise how straightforward and routine this tale actually is 
2.5
Freaks
Sarah-Tai Black
Likewise the movie seems restrained by its budget which is unfortunate because the imagination it shows its promising It s only in materially realizing itself where it falls short 
1.5
Freaks
Joey Magidson
While Bruce Dern and Emile Hirsch are quite good young Lexy Kolker is a true revelation They anchor this high concept sci fi tale in some emotional reality 
3
Freaks
Audrey Fox
Freaks hardly breaks new ground from a narrative perspective but it s told in such a thoughtful tightly focused way that it feels entirely new 
3.5
Freaks
Roger Moore
A Stephen King Twilight Zone styled thriller well acted and myterious right up to the moment of the Big Reveal 
2.5
Freaks
Radheyan Simonpillai
Working with limited sets and a tight scope Zach Lipovsky and Adam B Stein conjure a movie that s fresh fun and feels epic 
3
R.I.C.C.O.
Joe Bob Briggs
They don t call em exploitation flicks for nothing do they I liked it in spite of myself 
2
Mirrors
David Nusair
often far more entertaining than it has any right to be 
2.5
Mirrors
Rossiter Drake
Jack Bauer can disarm nuclear weapons without breaking a sweat but he apparently can t locate a script worthy of his real life alter ego 
2
Mirrors
Christian Toto
Faint praise alert Mirrors is nowhere near as bad as the initial reviews and poor box office portend 
2
Mirrors
John Beifuss
The ground zero for ghosts here is a burned out luxury New York department store making this yet another thriller with post 9 11 associations 
3
Mirrors
Bruce DeMara
How could horror be so dull 
1.5
Mirrors
Chris Hewitt
Inane dull and about as scary as a drippy bottle of Windex Mirrors is a rip off of The Shining that substitutes a deserted department store for Shining s hotel and a strung out Kiefer Sutherland for strung out Jack Nicholson 
1
Mirrors
Jason Anderson
Mirrors is too lugubrious and misconceived to reflect the talent of those involved 
2
Mirrors
Ty Burr
At nearly two hours Mirrors is overlong for a summer horror toss off and the movie s three or four false endings make it seem even more of a haul 
1
Mirrors
James Berardinelli
Alexandre Aja s inability to delineate credible or interesting characters results in 110 wasted minutes for anyone unfortunate to wander into an auditorium where this is playing 
1
Mirrors
Ken Fox
Aja s way with gristle and grue makes for a number of arresting images and the second half in which the secret of the mirrors is gradually revealed is actually stronger than the first 
2.5
Mirrors
Sean McBride
this is a film that starts out strong but turns silly once you bring the lights up on the plot 
2
Mirrors
Austin Kennedy
From making the terrific HIGH TENSION director Aja should know better but it seems that he has been seduced by Hollywood to make shallow remakes for the rest of his career 
1
Mirrors
Lucius Gore
Alexandre Aja proves once again that he is the best horror movie maker working today 
3
Mirrors
Nick Schager
A slab of shoddy hollow rubbish that can t be bothered to concoct imaginative frights or even tenuous bonds between its supernatural terror and its characters human drama 
1
Mirrors
Josh Larsen
At the goofiest point a pane of glass actually bites Kiefer Sutherland He yells at it but the mirror doesn t listen 
1.5
Mirrors
Dustin Putman
Mirrors isn t a total wash of a horror film but it is not unreasonable to expect more from a filmmaker who has delivered stronger more confident works in the past 
2
The Traitor
Bob Bloom
Favino portrays Buscetta as a man struggling with his conscience not for the crimes he has committed but because of the storm he knows will rain down on him for breaking years of mafia tradition 
3
The Traitor
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Traitor is a fascinatingly entertaining motion picture centered on a performance from Favino that s pretty darn terrific 
3
The Traitor
Roger Moore
Important Italian Cosa Nostra history rendered in boring leisurely strokes 
2
The Traitor
Steven Prokopy
The film is exhausting at times but it all adds to the deeply immersive experience of this unique Italian production 
3
The Traitor
Mark Dujsik
The film which goes on to span about two decades of Tomasso s life cuts into this man s mind and soul 
3
The Traitor
Aparita Bhandari
The Traitor is an exploration of betrayal according to Bellocchio He seems to be asking can a man truly change the course of his life or is it just a pretense Unfortunately this account of Buscetta s story doesn t really give us any answers 
2
The Traitor
Anita Katz
The Traitor is a satisfying substantive gangster flick and an immensely entertaining portrait of courtroom justice Sicilian style 
3
The Traitor
Pat Padua
D irector Marco Bellocchio enriches the on screen bloodshed with richly detailed performances and an unpredictable energy that lifts the period crime drama above a mere gangster flick 
3
The Traitor
G. Allen Johnson
The biggest betrayal of The Traitor is its crime against the usually compelling mafia movie genre This is an offer you can refuse 
1
The Traitor
Katie Walsh
Favino s performance is the center of gravity for the film which encompasses nearly a century s worth of Sicilian mafia lore Without such a compelling lead actor to hold it all together the focus would be lost 
2.5
The Traitor
Simon Abrams
The Traitor exists just outside the realm of genre movie conventions and deep inside its unreliable protagonists hard scrambled psyche It s a nightmare it s a gas 
3.5
The Traitor
Dwight Brown
A brilliant revealing and enlightening piece of filmmaking Riveting in every way 
4
The Traitor
Peter Howell
This mob tale steals our attention 
3
The Traitor
Jake Cole
It s at its best when showing how gangsters undermine their lofty notions of nobility with displays of narcissism 
2.5
EDtv
David Nusair
a fine premise that s utilized to progressively underwhelming effect 
2
EDtv
Dustin Putman
A respectable intelligent film but one to be sure that prospers more while in the individual moments rather than one that remains deeply ingrained in your long term memory 
2.5
EDtv
David N. Butterworth
A fresh insightful and often times hilarious film about the follies of instant celebrity 
3
EDtv
Michael Dequina
An amiable goof of a comedy 
3
EDtv
Ross Anthony
Though thunder lost to The Truman Show this screenplay still has real and punchy dialogue 
3
EDtv
David Sterritt
Its screenplay veers in highly questionable directions before reaching a mean spirited climax that outweighs Ron Howard s workmanlike filmmaking and the contributions of a star powered cast 
2
EDtv
Roger Ebert
After it s over we ve laughed some smiled a little and cared not really very much 
2.5
EDtv
Steve Rhodes
The best part of the film is the bright and accessible script and with Ron Howard as the director you can be sure that you ll leave with a satisfied smile on your face 
3
Black Nativity
Brad Keefe
To call it preachy isn t necessarily a critique the entire film is essentially built around a closing sermon 
2
Black Nativity
Matt Brunson
Hudson s singing and Whitaker s acting compensate somewhat but for a truly inventive and uplifting African American piece set in New York during the Yuletide season skip Black Nativity and watch Run DMC s Christmas in Hollis music video instead 
2
Black Nativity
John Beifuss
Lemmons refusal to go for cheap laughs and easy uplift places her at odds with the cliched and predictable aspects of her own screenplay The movie overall is earnest and respectful but unexciting
2
Black Nativity
Matt Zoller Seitz
Earnest square and proudly evangelical Black Nativity is so unusual that its rough aspects are easy to forgive 
3
Black Nativity
Ty Burr
Takes Hughes nativity story and shoves it into the far background of a sincere but tritely told modern drama about family faith and redemption 
1.5
Black Nativity
Michael Dequina
What lingers strongly in the memory and heart is as it should be the sweet celebratory sensation of song 
3
Black Nativity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bittersweet Christmas movie with a strong black cast 
3
Black Nativity
Ann Hornaday
By the time the film reaches its biblically inspired dreamscape of a climax Black Nativity qualifies as equal parts surreal and stirring 
2.5
Black Nativity
Mary Houlihan
Kasi Lemmons contemporary adaptation is an uplifting holiday extravaganza with a musical score filled with familiar spiritual standards plus some new songs by Raphael Saadiq and Laura Karpman that underscore themes of faith healing and family 
3
Black Nativity
Linda Barnard
The corny greeting card feel of the second half weakens what begins as a creatively rendered take on a holiday film 
2
Black Nativity
Steven Rea
Black Nativity offers a whopping serving of Yuletide emotion And it s a musical with plenty of wailing and rapping on the side 
3
Black Nativity
Lisa Kennedy
It s good to see Hudson in a major film again As an actress she s still a work in progress but she has a commanding gift for depicting vulnerability and strength almost simultaneously 
3
Black Nativity
Mark Dujsik
The problem isn t that the movie wears its religious intent on its sleeve but that it uses religion as an easy all purpose fix to every problem that its characters face 
1.5
Black Nativity
Mick LaSalle
Black Nativity deepens into a rich experience once the scene shifts to the inside of a church but it s a long time getting there 
2
Black Nativity
Lou Lumenick
A family friendly Hallmark Channel ready musical dramatic fable whose plot more closely resembles Spike Lee s Red Hook Summer 
2
Black Nativity
Duane Dudek
Movies are a secular church but Forest Whitaker makes Black Nativity feel like an actual one 
2.5
Black Nativity
Claudia Puig
Based on the play by poet activist Hughes this updated faith based tale features rousing musical numbers and a well meaning if predictable story marked by unlikely coincidences 
2.5
Black Nativity
Chris Hewitt
When the people stop talking and start singing which is what happens in most of the movie Black Nativity is glorious 
3
Black Nativity
Kevin C. Johnson
Black Nativity has its heart in the right place but that s simply not enough to make it a good movie 
2
Black Nativity
Michael Phillips
Whitaker s performance is the rock here Even when the confrontations and evasions get a little ridiculous he s neither wholly saint nor sinner but something like a human being 
2.5
Black Nativity
Josh Larsen
mostly involves sermonizing of the stultifying kind 
2
Black Nativity
Matt Pais
Like a made for TV holiday special it s a hug from a stranger instead of a memorable night with the family 
2
Black Nativity
Stephen Whitty
The story has its origins in Hughes work but it s been adapted expanded and well heavily rewritten by director Kasi Lemmons who apparently thought she could improve it Yes that s right She thought she could improve Langston Hughes 
1.5
Black Nativity
Moira MacDonald
Black Nativity is such a likable and positive experience that you readily forgive its bumpy moments 
3
Black Nativity
Randy Myers
It s a sweet natured tale that goes down smoothly and Lemmons Eve s Bayou has done an admirable job of putting a contemporary spin on the beloved Hughes seasonal favorite from the 60s 
3
Black Nativity
Eric Henderson
For anyone who prefers their assertive homilies to crust over like a syrupy sweet this loose adaptation of Langston Hughes s beloved holiday tradition will come on like a dream fulfilled 
2
Black Nativity
Kam Williams
A timeless parable as memorable for its spiritual music as for its moving message about the importance of faith and family 
4
Black Nativity
Roger Moore
Corny but well acted with some players showing surprising singing chops and heartfelt 
2.5
The Chamber
Mal Vincent
A familiar Death Row location but it handles itself with a good deal more levity and believability than the other Grisham melodramas 
3
The Chamber
Roger Ebert
Any subject including racism can be the legitimate material of a movie But I am not happy when I see deep wounds in our society being opened for the purpose of entertainment 
2
Backstabbing for Beginners
Chandler Levack
Whatever potential was evident in Soussan s source material is wasted on empty clichs and spoiler alert casting 
1
Backstabbing for Beginners
Bruce DeMara
Great title Too bad what follows doesn t have the same insouciant charm 
1.5
Backstabbing for Beginners
Rex Reed
It involves so much internecine crime that it would be hard to understand under any circumstances but this film is a drier head scratcher than it needs to be 
2
Backstabbing for Beginners
Derek Smith
It fills the screen with a series of explicative conversations set in offices hotels and cars throughout which people don t so much talk to each other as indirectly to the audience 
1.5
Backstabbing for Beginners
Roger Moore
Intriguing but bland muddled and compromised dirty dealing at the U N thriller that hangs on a dull performance by Theo James 
2
42
Tom Meek
42 is a fine tribute to a man s ability to endure for the better off all and the insightful visionary who put it all in motion 
3
42
Jason Fraley
Boseman delivers a strong performance particularly during a scene where he endures a relentless string of N word taunts Boseman chose this scene for his audition piece smashing a plastic wiffleball bat against a chair in the audition room 
3
42
Mick LaSalle
A dramatization of what Robinson did and what it required 42 will not disappoint 
3
42
Dann Gire
42 pitches an old fashioned spiritually uplifting sports drama at the same time it hits a resonant and timely home run for social equality 
3
42
Barbara Vancheri
The drama casts Rickey and Robinson in a heroic light in a story clearly meant to inspire celebrate a pioneer and jog our collective or selective memory 
3
42
Forrest Hartman
Writer director Brian Helgeland delivers his best movie with 42 a sharp earnest tale about Jackie Robinson s contributions to Major League Baseball 
3.5
42
John Beifuss
The Western and musical may be all but dead but the relatively recent civil rights genre thrives Americans apparently crave reassuring re enactments of racial progress and inspiring and shameful history lessons coated in the honey glaze of nostalgia 
2.5
42
Mike McGranaghan
Even if it isn t the most in depth telling of Robinson s extraordinary journey it is nonetheless a marvelously entertaining tribute to a very important man 
3
42
John Serba
Endearing and watchable But it has the simplistic tone of a grade school textbook 
2.5
42
Michael Dequina
Even if it may not necessarily read on Helgeland s more surface skimming page it subtly yet deeply reads in Boseman s eyes Robinson s wrenching day to day struggle to maintain almost superhuman composure amid literally viciously in his face prejudice 
3
42
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It can t be argued that 42 reaches the depth and complexity of L A Confidential but what Helgeland does give us is a wonderful huge glossy mythical portrait of America s growing pains 
3
42
Linda Cook
Solid and heartfelt 42 is less the story of Jackie Robinson than the story of how those around him reacted to the man who broke the color barrier for Major League baseball 
3
42
Lori Hoffman
This film reminds us that how we feel about our sports figures mirrors how we feel about our nation 
3
42
Matt Brunson
The subject of this competent biopic is still overdue for a comprehensive warts and all movie after all here was a black man who campaigned for Richard Nixon against John F Kennedy but for the time being this one will pleasantly do 
2.5
42
Bob Bloom
42 is a solid three bagger of a movie It is a fitting tribute to a pioneer who simply because he wanted to play baseball bore a burden unlike any one else in baseball 
3
42
Christian Toto
42 hits too many obvious Biopic Moments but Chadwick Boseman s Jackie Robinson is too busy swatting home runs to care 
3
42
Willie Waffle
It was also going to take a special actor to play Jackie Robinson and the producers found him in Boseman 
3
42
Michael Smith
As a baseball movie in its period look in delivering its message This entertaining picture is a solid double off the warning track wall 
3
42
Kirk Baird
Just as 42 is a reminder of Robinson s importance to those who struggled for basic human rights of recognition and dignity during segregation it s a reflection of those still persevering for equality 
3
42
Robert Levin
The movie is sentimental and it has a right to be but the actors take great pains to portray their characters as men and women in full 
3.5
42
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s in the details and the performances that 42 rises above a script that tends to be too calculated and academic and a tone too indebted to The Natural 
3
42
Phil Villarreal
Robinson did more for dudes with female names rights than any politician or activist It s no wonder that every Major League team retired his jersey number which was Huh Can t seem to recall 
2
42
John Wirt
An earnest biopic that misses the ball 
2
42
Stephen Whitty
Boseman captures in a clenched jaw or a sidelong glance a lifetime s worth of dearly attained dignity and barely contained rage 
3
42
Rick Groen
In the hallowed frames of 42 the legend is front and centre and still inspiring Too bad the more interesting man is nowhere to be seen 
2.5
42
Lou Lumenick
An inspiring old school biopic that doesn t pull any punches in depicting the ugly racism that Jackie Robinson faced on a daily basis as the first African American player in Major League Baseball 
3
42
Ann Hornaday
A stirring straightforward and ultimately soaring portrayal of Robinson s historic entry into Major League Baseball in 1947 
3
42
Mark Dujsik
The film is by no means subtle but this is not a subtle period the film presents 
3
42
Connie Ogle
The beauty of the Jackie Robinson story is that it s so naturally inspiring that not even lethal amounts of bombast sentimental writing soaring strings hammy acting or desperate hyperbole can tarnish it beyond repair 
2.5
42
Perry Seibert
Helgeland s film is square but it s a really solidly built square the kind of square that can be used as a foundation for something sturdy and true 
3
42
Steven Rea
It s a great and triumphant story and writer and director Brian Helgeland an Oscar winner for his L A Confidential screenplay brings it to life in burnished old fashioned Hollywood style 
3
42
Bruce DeMara
Well paced and often riveting and manages to inspire while remaining true to the sport and to the player who changed it and all of professional sport forever 
3
42
Claudia Puig
There s not enough of Robinson s back story to convey the full drama of his place in history 
2.5
42
Duane Dudek
Rarely have the words inspired by a true story been so true as in 42 because inspirational it is 
3.5
42
Chris Knight
Jackie Robinson s story is movie perfect and almost guaranteed to put a lump in your throat 
3
42
James Berardinelli
It s worth seeing because the film is competently presented and the story is inherently important but I couldn t help be disappointed that the result wasn t more fresh or visionary 
3
42
Robert Trussell
While director writer Brian Helgeland inevitably employs or fails to avoid some of the hoariest visual thematic and structural cliches of sports biopics the film is surprisingly effective 
3
42
Chris Hewitt
Even if you re not a baseball fan it s an inspiring and hopeful piece of history 
3
42
Joe Williams
The inspirational movie named for Robinson s number is too dignified to throw audiences a curveball let alone a knockdown pitch but its solid fundamentals make it a winner 
3
42
Michael Phillips
42 settles for too little for being an attractive primer an introduction to the legend of Robinson and the faith that saw him through 
2.5
42
Ty Burr
If you want a crowd pleaser that confirms your belief in America s steady pre ordained progression away from racism this will do fine 
2.5
42
Matt Pais
Relentless obviousness disappears in the second half of 42 which features a potentially star making turn from Chadwick Boseman 
2.5
42
Dustin Putman
Falls back too frequently upon manipulation and speech giving to get its obvious points across 
2
42
John Hartl
42 can feel incomplete the bland music and the filmmaker s obsession with dates and places are problematic yet at the same time it offers a very good place to start 
3
42
Richard Roeper
42 is competent occasionally rousing and historically respectful but it rarely rises above standard old fashioned biography fare It s a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man 
3
42
Nick Schager
The film elevates the story of Jackie Robinson to that of cornball legend rather than just honoring his legitimately uplifting heroic saga by telling it straight 
2
42
Rafer Guzman
This big budget period piece is more concerned with burnishing a legend than dramatizing a life 
2.5
42
Peter Travers
At the top of a new baseball season it s hard not to root for a movie that s in it for the love of the game 
2.5
42
Charlie McCollum
If you want a sense of a true all American hero this film is a fine place to start 
3
42
Rex Reed
With 42 Helgeland expands his skills to turn a mountain of research into a cogent life story worth retelling 
3
42
Kam Williams
An emotionally draining biopic featuring Oscar quality performances from Harrison Ford and Chad Boseman in what is easily Hollywood s best offering of the year thus far 
4
42
Roger Moore
Earnest righteous overlong but very entertaining and darned accurate as history 
3
Baggage Claim
Brandy McDonnell
Talbert sneaks in a few funny one liners and genuinely touching scenes but he mostly seems content to keep Montana scurrying through a meaningless maze of boring rom com cliches 
2
Baggage Claim
John Beifuss
If the dating process depicted here is humiliating for the character of Montana Moore it s liberating for Paula Patton The actress reveals herself to be a sort of sexier Lucille Ball agreeably sacrificing her dignity in pursuit of laughs 
2.5
Baggage Claim
John Wirt
Packs light and plays it safe 
2
Baggage Claim
Michael Dequina
There s so much sincere sweetness and flighty fun that writer director David E Talbert star Paula Patton and all involved earn their old fashioned happily ever after 
3
Baggage Claim
Molly Eichel
Baggage Claim isn t so much a movie as it is a pastiche of rom com cliches 
2
Baggage Claim
Nathalie Atkinson
First of all this is the stupidest idea ever someone says in Baggage Claim Unfortunately nobody listened 
1
Baggage Claim
Perry Seibert
The performers all wring what they can from this lackluster script but the final result is a dumb if pleasant film 
2
Baggage Claim
G. Allen Johnson
A romantic comedy so light and brainless you almost expect it to float away 
2
Baggage Claim
Sara Stewart
Nothing in this movie would actually happen so what s irritating is that it presents itself as a savvy Am I right ladies dating commentary 
1
Baggage Claim
Christy Lemire
Baggage Claim is so archaic in its depiction of feminine self worth and frankly so insulting it s amazing that it s coming out in 2013 not 1963 
1.5
Baggage Claim
Stephen Whitty
A painfully predictable romance and a terribly unfunny comedy 
1.5
Baggage Claim
Connie Ogle
A shrill embarrassing comedy that insults the female audience for which it is intended 
1
Baggage Claim
Mara Reinstein
Paula Patton is too likable to take a pathetic role like this 
2
Baggage Claim
Kam Williams
A pleasant if predictable romantic comedy trading in the same sort of moralizing and colorful characters of a typical Tyler Perry production The only thing missing is a sassy self righteous pistol packing granny in a dress 
3
Baggage Claim
Mark Dujsik
Here the central dramatic question of whether or not Montana will find the right guy is not even a question but a promise 
1.5
Baggage Claim
Claudia Puig
It would have worked better if the silly premise had been played for farcical satire rather than following the cookie cutter rules of the romantic comedy playbook 
2
Baggage Claim
Peter Keough
Convoluted predictable and mostly unfunny 
1.5
Baggage Claim
Peter Howell
Baggage Claim is the lost luggage of rom coms 
1.5
Baggage Claim
Chris Hewitt
This Baggage is excess 
0
Baggage Claim
Ann Hornaday
Glossy flossy and blithely secure in its own cheerfully fake worldview Baggage Claim bypasses the intellect entirely happy to satisfy on a silly screwball wish fulfillment level 
2
Baggage Claim
Paul Doro
A recycled and contrived romantic comedy that suggests that no matter what else she might have going for her a woman cannot have true happiness without a husband 
2
Baggage Claim
Dann Gire
This is one disappointing rom com bomb with a talented supporting cast Djimon Hounsou Taye Diggs Trey Songz Boris Kodjoe and Tia Mowry Hardrict among others counted among the collateral damage 
1
Baggage Claim
Soren Andersen
A clichd romantic comedy by writer director David E Talbert 
2
Baggage Claim
Matt Pais
With the year s worst comedic performance non Kevin James division Patton s playing a human shaped bubble or perhaps a puppy who switched bodies with its owner 
1
Baggage Claim
R. Kurt Osenlund
Writer director David E Talbert adapts his own 2003 novel into something as useless as it is implosive 
1
Baggage Claim
Roger Moore
Patton tries WAY too hard in this cute idea gone wrong comedy 
1.5
Nightbooks
Roger Moore
Throwing a lot of production design at the limp stories within this recycled tale doesn t make it look or play scary It just makes it loud and expensive looking Cute 
2
Nightbooks
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To thine own self be true Who could argue with that If only the movie truly were its own unique self 
2
Pinocchio
Mike Scott
A sparkling reimagining of the indelible 1940 Disney classic that manages to pay homage to the original 8212 and to the 1883 Carlos Collodi story that inspired it 8212 while also weaving new layers of magic into the proceedings 46 
3
Pinocchio
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 manages enough charm 44 inventiveness 44 and technical innovation to be worth the effort 46 
2.5
Pinocchio
Erik Childress
It was saddening to watch a great director not have his heart in this particular live action 47 animated hybrid 46 Any heart or soul would have sufficed even if he already gave us his best version of the Pinocchio story with Forrest Gump 46 
2
Pinocchio
EJ Moreno
The bar was set low 44 and they couldn apos t even meet that 46 
1
Pinocchio
Steven Prokopy
If you 8217 re going to tackle this material 44 start from scratch or don 8217 t start at all 46 As it stands 44 this version of Pinocchio is almost as pointless as Tim Burton 8217 s Dumbo 46 I hate pulling out the D word 44 but if the wooden shoe fits 8230 46 
1.5
Pinocchio
Tom Meek
Somehow the film feels inert compared with the 1940 animated classic like it s assembled by an AI program and just going through the motions 
2
Pinocchio
Randy Myers
A misguided redo 
1.5
Pinocchio
Leo Brady
The strings are off 44 with Tom Hanks still being a delight and much for the kids to enjoy 46 And still 44 this Pinocchio is mediocre at best 46 
2.5
Pinocchio
Pablo O. Scholz
A hybrid with a blend of actors animation and CGI that doesn t know who its audience is losing everyone in the process Full review in Spanish 
2
Pinocchio
Peter Canavese
There apos s an overabundance of unnecessary concessions to modern taste in this effects driven 44 CGI animated remake 44 but it moves along pretty nicely 8212 and they haven apos t broken it 46 
3
Pinocchio
Kevin Carr
A faithful adaptation to the Disney classic that doesn 8217 t pull its punches on the weird and disturbing elements 46 
3
Pinocchio
Doug Walker
A valiant attempt 44 but the small mistakes made are plenty and do add up 46 
2.5 
Pinocchio
Jake Coyle
The effect is an awkward fusion of fake and real that strains to find any magic in between This Pinocchio unfortunately is no real boy at all 
2
Pinocchio
G. Allen Johnson
Like Disney s tepid 2019 live action remake of The Lion King it s virtually a beat by beat remake of the original but without the original s energy and movement 
1
Pinocchio
Christy Lemire
Like the titular puppet at its center 44 Pinocchio lingers in an existential purgatory 46 
1.5
Pinocchio
Mark Dujsik
One just keeps wondering what the point of this redundant venture is 44 and 46 46 46 it apos s hard to pinpoint one of substance or much worth 46 
2
Pinocchio
Mark Meszoros
Pinocchio at times is every bit as charming and whimsical as you 8217 d hope 46 At others 44 it suffers from leaning too much into spectacle 44 especially in the film 8217 s second half 44 when 8220 Pinocchio 8221 can feel a bit hollow 46 
2.5
Pinocchio
Phil Villarreal
It doesn apos t take a Blue Fairy to look into his hollow eyes and realize that he has a long way to go before becoming a real boy 46 
2.5
Pinocchio
Roger Moore
A good 8220 Pinocchio 44 8221 if not a great one 46 Perhaps the smartest decision anyone made about it was in consigning it to Disney 43 
2.5
Pinocchio
Mike McGranaghan
Zemeckis can be a superb director 44 yet he gives in to his worst technology driven impulses here 44 effectively sucking all meaning out of the tale 46 
1.5
Pinocchio
Richard Roeper
Every frame of Pinocchio is filled with rich and lush detail at times this almost looks like a 3 D film and the performances whether live action or voiced are universally excellent 
3
Pinocchio
Mark Feeney
Pinocchio s nose isn t all that s wooden and too long here 
2
Pinocchio
Josh Bell
The result is the worst of both worlds 44 a movie that captures none of the wonder and joy of the 1940 film while also failing to update or reassess it in any worthwhile way 46 
1.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
David Nusair
can t help but come off as an obvious high point within this progressively low rent series 
2.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
John Beifuss
Borrows from Romeo and Juliet The Passion of the Christ there are two count em two gory scourging scenes and especially Spartacus 
2
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Michael Dequina
Feels like a superfluous placeholder until Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman are available and ready to make a true third installment in the series 
2.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
John Wirt
Nothing special but it convincingly transports viewers into its Medieval realm of vampires vs werewolves 
2.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Stephen Whitty
It is not necessary to have seen the first two Underworld films to fully enjoy the third It might be helpful however to first see a bartender 
1.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
James Berardinelli
The storyline essentially replicates that of Underworld and Underworld Evolution meaning that if you ve seen one or both of them there s no compelling reason to spend your hard earned dollars on the third 
2
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Jason Anderson
Underworld Rise of the Lycans is as unnecessary as it is uninvolving Only fans desperate to learn how the whole vampire werewolf conflict began are likely to get anything out of this viewing experience 
1
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Claudia Puig
Underworld Rise of the Lycans is surprisingly campy fun mostly succeeding through the power of its lead performances 
2.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Jeremy Wheeler
The picture is really missing that vampiric bite that it should have 
2
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Joel Brown
Director Patrick Tatopoulos was responsible for the creature effects in the two earlier installments but he s not great at staging fights or directing actors 
1
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Linda Cook
Never did a movie have a more descriptive title 
3
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Ryan Stewart
Hiistorical events referenced in the first two installments of the Underworld franchise are brought to life in this passionless idea deprived prequel 
1.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Joe Lozito
Bad even for a movie about vampires and werewolves this Underworld prequel should at the very least be the final nail in this franchise s ahem coffin 
.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film tends to forget that these are supernatural creatures it s not scary at all and it quickly turns into a pretty standard issue revolt of the slaves action picture with very poor action scenes 
2
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Chris Hewitt
The characters include Fearful Lycan and another called Big Lycan but unfortunately none named Compelling Lycan or Lycan Who Breaks Up the Monotonous Fight Scenes With a Couple Good Wisecracks 
1
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Wilson Morales
Michael Sheen certainly makes the most out of his role as Lucian He s the center of attention and relishes in it Fans of the monster film genre will not be disappointed 
3
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Dustin Putman
Looking like a low rent fraction of the cost cousin to the previous two efforts the franchise s latest and hopefully last entry is muddy looking undistinguished and frustratingly minimal in scope 
1
The Last King
John Hartl
Gaup deftly keeps track of the major betrayals without making them seem too obvious but we re never as involved with the characters as we were in Pathfinder 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Mattie Lucas
The giddy awfulness of it all that makes it what it is a wildly entertaining bad movie 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Nick Rogers
Few studio supported films match its B movie nirvana of stupid goodness It s exactly what its title suggests and more the proof in the primal levels ranging from basic exploited fears to the crowd s roaring reactions and howls of humor or horror 
3.5
Snakes on a Plane
Kam Williams
The self explanatory title of this campy disaster flick represents a rare case of cinematic truth in advertising because it s all about snakes on a plane 
4
Snakes on a Plane
Greg Maki
It s too bad to work as thriller but not nearly bad enough to earn a place in movie infamy 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Marc Savlov
A solid little B movie arriving cloaked in the dodgy garb of a fanboy phenomenon Snakes on a Plane really ought to garner some sort of award for truth in advertising It s exactly what it says it is and very little else 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Matt Brunson
Should convince studios that banking on computer weaned kids to actually leave their keyboards to venture out of the house and pay for a movie was is and will remain a bad idea 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Scott Nash
Ends up just being a fairly good Bad Movie 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Russ Breimeier
Make no mistake this movie is trash but it s meant to be and I d be lying if I said it wasn t also a lot of fun 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
James Rocchi
Snakes on a Plane has an irresistible title and an impressive promotional campaign but pitches aren t plots and marketing isn t moviemaking 
1
Snakes on a Plane
Lori Hoffman
Imagine if you will that a monstrous CGI sized jumbo python has squeezed together Airport and Alligator What you d then have is Snakes on a Plane 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Mike McGranaghan
One important reason why Snakes on a Plane works is supercool Samuel L Jackson Quite honestly I don t think the film would be as good if it were Josh Lucas or Dennis Quaid or Kurt Russell fighting the snakes 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Steve Rhodes
It s easily the best popcorn movie of the summer 
3.5
Snakes on a Plane
Frank Ochieng
Still this infectious high in the sky thriller radiates with an exploitative off the cuff sly wink that s both calculating and campy 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Lisa Rose
There s a certain knee jerk impulse to bash Snakes just because of all the ridiculous buildup but the film delivers on its promise of reptilian fun with a camp mix of comedy horror and suspense 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Thomas Delapa
Kiss my asp 
1.5
Snakes on a Plane
Kit Bowen
SoaP is everything its cracked up to be and more a monster movie and disaster flick rolled into one
3
Snakes on a Plane
Linda Cook
Finally u2026here s what all the hisss teria is about 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Jeffrey Westhoff
Snakes on a Plane is good fun that could have been great fun 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Mark Dujsik
This is the stuff of direct to video trash but what fun trash this is 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Jonathan R. Perry
Sam Arkoff must be screaming I told you so from a mountaintop because it took Hollywood 35 years to discover what he knew all along 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Jeanne Aufmuth
Strictly B movie but rocking with energy 
3
Snakes on a Plane
John Beifuss
The one thing that could kill the phenomenon that is Snakes on a Plane has arrived Snakes on a Plane 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Snakes on a Plane turns out to be the 2006 summer movie that out summers them all 
3.5
Snakes on a Plane
Jack Mathews
This Internet promoted lark about a Hawaii to L A flight besieged by a frenzied tangle of snakes is hilariously funny full of fang popping scares and guaranteed to increase travel by train 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Pam Grady
Alas it never quite reaches that gaga level that would truly send it over the top but this disaster flick is hardly disastrous 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Duane Dudek
Usually you can laugh with a bad movie it or laugh at it But Snakes on a Plane is laughing at you It not only fulfills the low expectations of its title it Tasers them into submission 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Maitland McDonagh
The whole enterprise has the sweaty sheen that comes from trying too hard to be cool 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Phoebe Flowers
The greatest title in history is when executed as an actual movie venomously awful 
0.5
Snakes on a Plane
Terry Lawson
Snakes was born dumb but was then rendered ordinary 
1
Snakes on a Plane
James Berardinelli
Samuel L Jackson is on record as saying this movie isn t for critics He s right about that The problem is it s not for many other people either Unless they re stoned Or drunk Or just enjoy making fun of bad movies 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Peter Travers
We have SoaP to remind us of what a B movie can be when it s produced with utter contempt for its target audience 
1.5
Snakes on a Plane
Richard Roeper
Without that title and a year s worth of Internet fueled buzz this would be just another forgettable mildly entertaining mid August throwaway movie 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Amy Biancolli
A staggeringly inane B grade monster movie that doesn t pretend to be anything but a staggeringly inane B grade monster movie and in fact so embraces its staggering B grade inanity that it achieves a kind of elevated pop cultural integrity 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Robert W. Butler
It s merely average Director David R Ellis and three credited writers have thought up a pretty cool situation but fail to do much more than deliver the requisite shock effects 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Jeff Strickler
It s the funniest thriller of the year although I m not sure if everything we laugh at is supposed to be amusing 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Stephen Cole
The first Internet joke ever made into a movie Snakes on a Plane is just ridiculous and depraved enough to excite a cult following among high campers who are ready to enlist in a movie that gets one over on Hollywood 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Kyle Smith
If loving S O A P is wrong I don t want to be right 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Gene Seymour
Being as susceptible to over the top gratuitous absurdity as the next person I had as good a time watching the movie as I did listening to the shrieking and hooting from the audience both to join in the fun and keep fears at bay 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
David Hiltbrand
At the end the crowd applauded to signify their ironic appreciation for the imperishable pleasures of trash culture Unfortunately with Snakes on a Plane there isn t much of a joke to be in on 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Mick LaSalle
If you can find a better time at the movies this year than this wild comic thriller let me in on it I m there 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Chris Hewitt
Some things you probably won t care about in Snakes on a Plane character development the musical score harsh lighting that makes everyone look like they re wearing wrinkle enlarging cream Here s what you will care about It s a lot of fun 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Claudia Puig
There is also something educational to be gleaned here Snakes are not indigenous to Hawaii and they don t attack unless provoked 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Michael Phillips
Me I liked Anaconda better 
2
Snakes on a Plane
James Sanford
it s certainly a prime slice of cheese o rama cinema chock full of gratuitous gore and nudity This is truly filmmaking as seen through a fun house mirror 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Ty Burr
Jackson is The Man and he bestrides this film with the authority of someone who knows the value of honest bilge He s as much the auteur of this baby as the director and screenwriters and that fierce glimmer in his eye is partly joy 
3.5
Snakes on a Plane
Jessica Letkemann
Just when you settle into laughing at the stock characters and one liners Snakes manages to scare the hell out of you As the deranged crime boss says Woo 
3.5
Snakes on a Plane
Nick Schager
Unsure of whether to deliver scares or laughs this aerial action adventure winds up failing to consistently offer either straining mightily and ultimately futilely to be all things to all people 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Rob Thomas
If you weren t among the diehard fans who went to see Snakes on a Plane at one of the late night sneak peek screenings Thursday night you missed the best reason to see this movie 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Phil Villarreal
Ellis and company miss out on so many opportunities for awesomeness it s almost depressing 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Sean McBride
a cheesy B movie thrill ride with a lot of action over the top special effects and a super cool leading man 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Erik Childress
The equivalent of Spielberg during Raiders dropping thirty people in a row into the Well of the Souls having them stare down the same snake letting it lunge and then dropping another person down 
1
Snakes on a Plane
Peter Canavese
A terrifying triumph of hype but also the movie to preserve for all of Earth s recorded history Samuel L Jackson lowering his gaze at Julianna Margulies and asking Sporks I dare you to look away 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Sean P. Means
The movie is willing to throw practically anything on the screen and a surprising amount sticks 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Collin Souter
After a while we re stuck with a one joke concept that got old months before the movie came out and gets older still as the movie wears on 
2
Snakes on a Plane
Peter Howell
In short Snakes on a Plane delivers exactly what it promised and then some And how often can you say that about a movie these days 
3
Snakes on a Plane
Dustin Putman
This slitheringly good ode to 80s movie style inconsequentiality is destined to satisfy anyone willing to leave their brains at the door and go along for the turbulent ride 
3
Snakes on a Plane
David Nusair
a silly undeniably fun piece of work that certainly lives up to its promise if anything some folks might be disappointed that it s not flat out bad 
2.5
Snakes on a Plane
Matt Pais
Less like a slick vicious snake and more like its flaky disposable skin 
1.5
Snakes on a Plane
Willie Waffle
I don t know if snakes have a booty but I know Samuel L Jackson kicks some in this campy classic I even thought I saw some Homeland Security guys in the crowd taking notes just in case 
4
Ted
Brian Eggert
Ted becomes a character that 8217 s more than just a plot device or source of vulgar humor 59 he 8217 s one of those oddly real characters brought to life by subtle and effective special FX 46 
3
Ted
Mattie Lucas
A bold raucous comedy that takes no prisoners and shows no mercy emerging as something both hilarious and yet strangely touching sustaining its rollicking energy for its entire running time 
3
Ted
Linda Cook
Raunchy intentionally offensive and full of warm fuzzies including its title character Ted is one of the funniest movies for grownups that s come along in years 
4
Ted
John Beifuss
An ugly looking film with the expected ugly jokes and extended pop culture riffs but like the similarly scattershot Family Guy its holds your interest even as it annoys 
2.5
Ted
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s two hours of sheer blissful nonsense 
0.5
Ted
Sean P. Means
I think Ted is freakin hilarious Your mileage may vary 
3.5
Ted
James Kendrick
mostly content to fling what it can at the screen whether it be crass or sentimental and be fine with whatever sticks
2
Ted
David Nusair
Ted is in the end a terminally uneven and barely passable debut from MacFarlane that when compared to his superior work in television can t help but come off as a serious disappointment 
2.5
Ted
John Wirt
Gives the usual R rated raunchiness featuring men and boys behaving badly a magical twist 
3
Ted
Josh Larsen
Wahlberg once again shows a knack for comic timing especially in his scenes with the CGI bear 
3
Ted
Michael Dequina
The crazy gags deliver the promised laughs but even crazier is by the end how much affection one feels for this most unconventional family 
3.5
Ted
Scott Nash
Low brow silly and utterly predictable Ted is still the funniest movie of the summer so far 
3.5
Ted
Mike McGranaghan
A clever and outrageous comedy that hits far more than it misses 
3
Ted
Matt Brunson
I m more impressed with the comparatively low tech look of Ted than the been there done that razzle dazzle of The Amazing Spider Man a declaration that might make some wonder if I ve spent too much time myself on the couch with the bong banging bear 
3
Ted
Austin Kennedy
The plot is so cliched that it practically becomes a parody within itself complete with obvious musical cues and convenient plot twists I m sure this was all intentional and it works as both an homage and satire of buddy romantic comedies 
3
Ted
Bob Bloom
Ted is boorish ridiculous and offensive It also is refreshingly unapologetic That alone makes it worth seeing 
3
Ted
Lisa Kennedy
It s a goofy premise pursued with crass as well as sentimental relish 
3
Ted
Eric Melin
When Sacha Baron Cohen goes over the top with his brand of boundary pushing offensive humor it s because he s pointing out hypocrisy When MacFarlane goes over the top he s just laughing at people for being who they are There s a difference 
1
Ted
Stephen Whitty
The idea of a toy that comes to life and then won t go away isn t a bad one Too bad that Ted manages to overstay its welcome without ever really coming to life itself 
2
Ted
Willie Waffle
Promises to be one of the most original twisted and outrageous comedies of the year and succeeds 75 of the time 
3
Ted
Rafer Guzman
Underneath the matted fur of the movie s foul mouthed bear beats a very real heart 
2.5
Ted
Joe Holleman
The plot is simply a shaky frame on which to hang drug and sex jokes and numerous pop culture references 
1.5
Ted
Kyle Smith
I expected Ted to be a one joke movie but it s got ideas spilling out of its seams 
3.5
Ted
Ann Hornaday
What began as a promising if unhinged experiment in suspending disbelief starts to feel like You Me and Dupree for plushies 
1.5
Ted
Phil Villarreal
MacFarlane shows he s going to be just as popular a filmmaker as he is at TV animation Lord help us all 
3.5
Ted
Mark Dujsik
For all its raunchy and iffy humor the film is surprisingly sweet too 
3
Ted
Dustin Putman
For a summer comedy that name drops the Adam Sandler vehicle Jack and Jill before destroying it in a single sentence it s amazing how many of the same traps Ted falls into
2
Ted
Claudia Puig
The natural interactions between Ted and his beloved man child owner John terrifically played as an adult by Mark Wahlberg are more often than not ridiculously funny 
2.5
Ted
Peter Howell
Ted s real trick is turning a one joke premise into a reasonable facsimile of a movie and one that isn t entirely bent on grossing us out 
2.5
Ted
Amy Biancolli
For all of its transgressive plush toy sex and screw em humor the plot is pretty standard stuff 
2
Ted
Peter Canavese
If you yearn to be treated like an eight year old this R rated kids movie for adults the very opposite of Judd Apatow s wave of time to grow up comedies is all yours 
1
Ted
Matt Soergel
A pot smoking womanizing wisecracking profanity spewing teddy bear is as you might figure good for a lot of laughs Trouble is the rest of Ted is pretty listless 
2
Ted
Gary Thompson
In Ted Seth MacFarlane becomes the latest comic brain to take on the popular subject of the adult male who refuses to grow up 
3
Ted
Steven Rea
I m betting on Mark Wahlberg for best actor when the Oscars swing around next year 
3.5
Ted
Chris Hewitt
One of the year s funniest movies and certainly its most flatulent 
3
Ted
Duane Dudek
Co writer director McFarlane is a funny guy but his barbed humor here rests on the same generic boy meets girl bed of roses conceit as too many romantic comedies to count 
2.5
Ted
Michael Phillips
Like Family Guy Ted is only about its own hyperlinked pop culture references 
2
Ted
James Berardinelli
Ted is essentially a one joke movie Okay it s a very funny joke but it s still only one joke 
3
Ted
Peter Travers
Seth MacFarlane s debut as a feature director hits all the sweet spots that irritate prudes Ted is hysterically gut bustingly funny 
3
Ted
Joe Lozito
This comedy of a boy and his talking bear which plays like a long episode of Family Guy is basically like watching Seth MacFarlane and Mark Wahlberg hanging out Happily they re both pretty funny 
2.5
Ted
Rene Rodriguez
This is exactly the same plot as The Muppets in which Jason Segel was forced to choose between Amy Adams and Kermit the Frog 
2
Ted
Matt Pais
Pretty funny pretty racist 
2.5
Ted
Soren Andersen
Some of this is undeniably funny but the humor is very hit or miss 
2
Ted
Ty Burr
A crass foul mouthed mostly hilarious surprisingly sentimental bromance about a grown boy named John and his teddy bear 
3
Ted
Roger Moore
You know what s funny Seth Family Guy MacFarlane making fun of Adam Sandler movies F Bombs lame celebrity cameos gay jokes drug jokes Take away the animation and MacFarlane IS Adam Sandler 
1.5
Ted
Roger Ebert
The plot of Ted is fairly standard but greatly embellished by MacFarlane s ability to establish comic situations and keep them building 
3.5
Ted
Rex Reed
Will it make you wince with embarrassment That s a promise Will you also laugh In double time like a Rockette 
3
Ted
Nick Schager
Seth MacFarlane s comedic modus operandi is to shock with outrageousness and pander with TV and movie citations via one non sequitur after another a strategy that leads to a few laughs but nothing approaching lasting humor 
1
Ted
Christy Lemire
Much of the material works because the bear has someone to bounce off of Wahlberg does his best work in situations like this where he s playing it totally straight in a setting that s totally silly 
3
Night Monster
Matt Brunson
The stage is set for a series of murders that s followed by a wild denouement 
3
The Great Gatsby
Brian Eggert
Lurhmann 8217 s over the top and certainly overwrought approach may be refreshingly unconventional to some 44 but it fails to achieve Nick 8217 s crucial observer status as 8220 within and without 8221 by delighting far too much in the billowing decadence of the setting
2
The Great Gatsby
Mattie Lucas
It retains the raw power of the original story without sacrificing thematic intimacy and that is a rare achievement indeed 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Kelly Jane Torrance
Each time one of the story s main characters is introduced there s a pregnant pause to tell the audience we re meeting someone important here 
1
The Great Gatsby
Sonny Bunch
There s something dispiriting about a filmmaker who does his best to be utterly faithful to the words on the page but doesn t seem to recognize what those words mean 
2
The Great Gatsby
Mara Reinstein
Just because a film looks like it was dipped in 18 karat gold doesn t mean it s rich in quality
2
The Great Gatsby
Michael Dequina
Boils down to its essence of pure feeling in every sense from literal stimulus and sensation to the emotions in all their seething loving consuming destructive passions that drive the characters and their actions 
3
The Great Gatsby
David Nusair
as disastrous and pointless an adaptation as one can easily recall 
0
The Great Gatsby
Wesley Lovell
A stunning recreation of 1920 s New York that sticks as close to its source material as it can while delivering an engaging adaptation 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Kam Williams
A riveting reinterpretation for the Hip Hop Generation apt to be best appreciated by fans of gangsta rap videos weaned on shallow hedonistic displays of misogyny and materialism 
4
The Great Gatsby
John Beifuss
So we beat on stereoscopic boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past listening to Amy Winehouse 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
John Serba
For all of the impossible succulent beauty Luhrmann shows us the film doesn t thoroughly cultivate the emotional foundation it needs to prop up such extravagance 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Sean P. Means
Luhrmann s greatest trick in The Great Gatsby is using the romantic plot will Daisy choose Jay or Tom as camouflage to get across Fitzgerald s withering and timely portrait of a society dancing to the edge of disaster 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
James Kendrick
too much for its own good drowning its best intentions in stylistic overkill
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Matt Brunson
Here s the thing about director Baz Luhrmann s The Great Gatsby It actually remains quite faithful to the book But it rarely taps into the essence of the novel preferring instead to continuously showcase the glitz over the grit 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Linda Cook
What a handsome fellow is that old sport Gatsby 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Willie Waffle
The biggest bombs of the blockbuster summer season open up in the second weekend of May This weekend that movie is The Great Gatsby and you can hear the ka boom all the way to Australia Old Sport 
.5
The Great Gatsby
Mike McGranaghan
Given all the scandal mystery romance and tragedy that the tale contains I couldn t shake the feeling that The Great Gatsby should have been hitting me a lot harder than it was 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Christian Toto
Look past the 3D gaiety and candy colored treats and well what is there exactly 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Dann Gire
Here s a case where faithfulness to a literary source doesn t work well in the movies 
2
The Great Gatsby
Phil Villarreal
Subconsciously or not Baz was determined to burn the sucker to the ground 
1.5
The Great Gatsby
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After all is said and done there s not much left but Luhrmann s usual glamorous cinematography this time with 3D added and set and costume designs
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Bob Bloom
Gatsby is dazzling and infuriating Luhrmann goes overboard in portraying the superficiality of the era pounding it into the audience through loud music and striking colors 
3
The Great Gatsby
Connie Ogle
A failure that should have at least been a magnificent mistake 
2
The Great Gatsby
Peter Canavese
Luhrmann approaches the story and directs his actors in ways that hold them at a distance from us the overkill plays less as bold art and more as lack of trust in the source material 
2
The Great Gatsby
Rob Thomas
Luhrmann struggles to connect his film s glitzy first half with its darker second half I suspect there will be people who buy the Blu ray only to turn it off midway through every time just as the last strand of confetti hits the floor 
2
The Great Gatsby
Rick Groen
It s a terrific adaptation that succeeds not only as a work of cinema but also wonderfully as proof of the novel s greatness 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Austin Kennedy
It all seems so forced it s as if Baz was trying really hard to emulate his own style But he seemed to forget that he IS Baz so he doesn t need to try at all 
2
The Great Gatsby
Walter Chaw
unwatchable farrago
1
The Great Gatsby
Chris Knight
The latest adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald s slim 1925 novel has a luxury not often afforded to literature it begins weakly and finishes strong 
3
The Great Gatsby
Mark Dujsik
This is Fitzgerald as seen through the eyes of a gossip columnist 
2
The Great Gatsby
Jeffrey Westhoff
As the warning goes Luhrmann s Gatsby is no substitute for the novel but it is way more entertaining than reading the CliffsNotes 
3
The Great Gatsby
James Berardinelli
As unlikely as it might seem high energy director Baz Luhrmann has in fact crafted a somnambulant motion picture 
2
The Great Gatsby
Nina Garin
It isn t an embarrassment to the author but it isn t a cinematic masterpiece either 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Lisa Kennedy
Even while being admirably faithful to so much of the novel s language Luhrmann and Pearce still can t quite maneuver Carraway s more cautionary contours about America 
2
The Great Gatsby
Ann Hornaday
Despite timely relevance enduring truths and Luhrmann s earnest efforts to make The Great Gatsby jump off the screen he and we finally can t help but fail to grasp it 
2
The Great Gatsby
Cammila Collar
The picture is a seemingly impossible success a beautiful entertaining tragic well paced and perhaps most shockingly reverent adaptation of what any sane person might well have labeled an unfilmable story 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Ty Burr
Leonardo DiCaprio gives us the full Gatsby assured yet insecure and he s magnificent but the movie ends up romanticizing what Fitzgerald spent the book de romanticizing 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Joe Lozito
Baz Luhrmann s delicious visuals struggle to enliven a fairly standard retelling of the Fitzgerald classic 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Joe Williams
Old dogs who don t believe in new tricks can howl about sacrilege but for those attuned to the movie The Great Gatsby is the cat s meow 
3
The Great Gatsby
Jon Niccum
No one will ever accuse Luhrmann of just going through the motions This production is teeming with cinematic moxie especially compared to its best known predecessor the lethargic Robert Redford Mia Farrow version from 1974 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Steven Rea
There have been other stabs at Fitzgerald s book But none can be deemed as audaciously miscalculated as this 
2
The Great Gatsby
Chris Hewitt
The fourth big screen version of the novel is no more satisfying than the first three 
2
The Great Gatsby
Paul Doro
What a missed opportunity 
2
The Great Gatsby
Peter Howell
We re reminded of what this movie could have been had not Luhrmann hit the autopilot switch and allowed Fitzgerald to do all the dramatic thinking for him 
2
The Great Gatsby
Peter Travers
There may be worse movies this summer than The Great Gatsby but there won t be a more crushing disappointment 
1
The Great Gatsby
Claudia Puig
Frenzied and overwrought Baz Luhrmann sThe Great Gatsby is a glitz filled folly 
2
The Great Gatsby
Stephen Whitty
The real star of any Baz Luhrmann film must be Baz Luhrmann And he wears out his welcome very early 
2
The Great Gatsby
Matt Pais
Isn t so much style over substance as an inability to access material rather than merely paste it to the screen 
2
The Great Gatsby
Moira MacDonald
Where this Gatsby fails it at least does so with imaginative and verve where it succeeds it finds poetry 
3
The Great Gatsby
Dustin Putman
A sensory wonderland both intimate and vast as director Baz Luhrmann creates an immersive onscreen world that for all of its bold and fancy reimaginings remains accurate to F Scott Fitzgerald s sumptuous literary descriptions 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Matt Zoller Seitz
Even when the movie s not working its style fascinates That not working part is a deal breaker though 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Michael Phillips
There s always something to watch But the actors efforts to get something going the old fashioned way by interacting with each other in the service of the characters get shoved to the sidelines in favor of one more blast of glitter 
2
The Great Gatsby
Josh Larsen
If you re able to make it through the first party scene at Gatsby s mansion you ll come out on the other side to find a film of surprising restraint and patience 
3
The Great Gatsby
Randy Myers
It is DiCaprio who really burrows into the soul and the marrow of a classic Luhrmann just grazes it 
3
The Great Gatsby
Richard Larson
This is a film which takes classic source material and imbues it on screen with a sense of wonder commensurate to its prior form perhaps offering an even more visceral impression of the possibilities inherent to this beautiful tragic world 
2.5
The Great Gatsby
Roger Moore
So what if it s not literally The Great American novel DiCaprio gives the best performance of his career and he and the movie get Gatsby 
3
The Great Gatsby
Rex Reed
I love the publicity quotes by Baz Luhrmann stating that his intention was to make an epic romantic vision that is enormous Also overwrought asinine exaggerated and boring But in the end about as romantic as a pet rock 
1
The Great Gatsby
Christy Lemire
Luhrmann s Great Gatsby is all about the glitter but it has no soul and the fact that he s directed it in 3 D only magnifies the feeling of artificiality 
1.5
The Great Gatsby
Robert Levin
This enormous movie is as much of a reflection of its protagonist as its director offering a window into an exclusive world as it is conceived and formed in a dream 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Lou Lumenick
Given the director s penchant for visual bombast and the superhero sized budget at his disposal it s also surprisingly satisfying as a dramatization of F Scott s Fitzgerald s classic novel 
3.5
The Great Gatsby
Rafer Guzman
The fourth adaptation of the Fitzgerald novel scores some hits and wild misses but DiCaprio nails the bull s eye 
3
The Silence
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Swiss born director Odar has created a film for the world to reckon with 
3.5
The Silence
Glenn Lovell
If you re in the mood for an offbeat police procedural this should be on your must see list Who would have thought something this unrelievedly grim could be at its dark heart about unrequited love 
3.5
The Silence
Michael O'Sullivan
This is film noir at its noirest 
3
The Silence
Moira MacDonald
A story of obsession of the permanence of loss of how deeds of the past haunt us closing over our heads like water It leaves you shivering yet thrilled waiting anxiously for this talented new filmmaker s next work 
3.5
The Silence
Chris Hewitt
How might criminals who get away with murder behave the movie asks Just like everyone else 
3.5
The Silence
Peter Keough
The Silence is a victim of over plotting clunky narrative gratuitous stylization and too many points of view 
2
The Silence
Jim Emerson
The mysteries here are larger deeper more ineffable than the purely practical concerns of crime solving motive means and opportunity 
3.5
The Silence
Farran Smith Nehme
These are our modern tearjerkers embellished with sexual violence to maintain the audience s sense of its own sophistication Include me out 
2
The Silence
Stephen Whitty
A clear eyed look at the hole that a death leaves behind and the many awkward and always insufficient ways we try to fill it 
3
The Silence
Andrew Schenker
The slightly dour tone is the perfect backdrop for the director to skillfully weave together his varied narrative strands in a surprisingly entertaining medley 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Michael Dequina
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker Great Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson Cool Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt What the f k 
2
The Tuxedo
Greg Maki
The Tuxedo is an amusing diversion 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Nick Rogers
This film could have been for Chan what The Mask was for Jim Carrey Unfortunately it will be more like what Leonard Part 6 was for Bill Cosby 
1
The Tuxedo
Sara Michelle Fetters
But none of those films has been an outright stinker The Tuxedo is 
1
The Tuxedo
Tyler Hanley
Chan s ballet like martial arts moves don t disappoint and his nice guy fun loving attitude is highly contagious 
3
The Tuxedo
Matt Brunson
The Tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Steven Snyder
I patiently waited for the credits and then ran for the exit 
1
The Tuxedo
Margaret A. McGurk
A keeper for its humor its action its hint of romance and its too brief cameo by the great James Brown 
3
The Tuxedo
Marty Mapes
On the whole The Tuxedo is a great piece of entertainment 
3
The Tuxedo
Frank Ochieng
Overall The Tuxedo is not a custom made fit This is one action comedy that is extremely exhausting and doesn t exhibit one ounce of creative moxie to propel this product beyond its anemic aspirations 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Jonathan R. Perry
We shouldn t expect a triumphal moment in modern American cinema when we see Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt above a title and we don t get it 
2
The Tuxedo
Mike McGranaghan
The Tuxedo is good goofy fun Do not attempt to apply logic or reason to it 
3
The Tuxedo
Jeffrey Westhoff
The elements don t come together and the movie looks too small and cheap for its star 
2
The Tuxedo
Linda Cook
Nothing about it fits 
.5
The Tuxedo
Dustin Putman
Offers marginal enjoyment but the movie vanishes from the viewer s mind once the end credits have rolled 
2
The Tuxedo
Michael Szymanski
Hewitt and Chan lack anything sensual at all It s like a Powerpuff girl talking to a Pikachu 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Jerry McCormick
The writers may have figured The Tuxedo was tailor made for a Chan Hewitt pairing but both may want to go back into the acting closet and pick out a film and a co star that s a better fit 
2
The Tuxedo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I found myself enjoying it more than I should have 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Chris Hewitt
Chops up the action so we never get a clear view of Chan doing that voodoo he do do so well or did do in his Hong Kong films 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Todd Anthony
The waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity incoherence and sub sophomoric sexual banter 
2
The Tuxedo
Moira MacDonald
Chan s still a wonder but The Tuxedo definitely doesn t fit 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Jonathan Curiel
It all adds up to good fun 
3
The Tuxedo
Tor Thorsen
The film is Jackie Chan s Flubber a middling would be kiddie comedy with the all of originality focus grouped out of it and replaced by special effects gimmickry 
2
The Tuxedo
Jan Stuart
It is a measure of the screenwriters laziness that Brown s impromptu aside to Chan during the obligatory closing credits outtakes sequence turns out to be the wittiest one liner in the whole picture 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Lou Lumenick
The material in this spy spoof is pardon the pun awfully frayed 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Bob Strauss
Any cleverness that might be drawn from the concept that clothes make the superman seems to have been squashed in favor of the most numbing action comedy cliches 
2
The Tuxedo
James Berardinelli
During The Tuxedo s 90 minutes of screen time there isn t one true Chan moment 
2
The Tuxedo
Ray Conlogue
Donovan squanders his main asset Jackie Chan and fumbles the vital action sequences 
1
The Tuxedo
Susan Stark
There s so much show offy cutting and so much trickery with film speed and camera work in this movie when it comes to Chan s stunts that you can t really be sure Jackie is actually executing the maneuvers you see 
1
The Tuxedo
Jeff Vice
To give you an idea of how inept the film is there s probably more footage of Chan driving a taxi than there is of him in combat 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Roger Ebert
The movie is silly beyond comprehension and even if it weren t silly it would still be beyond comprehension 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Wesley Morris
The jokes are as fresh as rotten eggs and the direction stoops to the occasion 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Bob Bloom
This Tuxedo should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Sean P. Means
The moves feel flat the editing is choppy and the fight sequences lack the inventiveness of Chan s best work 
2
The Tuxedo
Jon Niccum
At least The Tuxedo holds together as a movie it looks like The Matrix compared to say Rumble in the Bronx and the action set pieces serve the story rather than BEING the story 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Phil Villarreal
One man kills another again we won t specify who by throwing a bug inside the other s mouth Granted it s a poison bug but still 
1
The Tuxedo
Dan Lybarger
MTV trained director Kevin Donovan makes the mistake of enhancing Chan s moves with digital trickery It s a sight that s as unwelcome as graffiti in the Sistine Chapel 
2
The Tuxedo
John Monaghan
We don t want to see Chan with wires any more than we want to see him in the high speed car chase or a gunfight 
2
The Tuxedo
Nick Carter
Chan s stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there s really not much of a sense of action or even action comedy 
2
The Tuxedo
Tony Toscano
despite some tired gags The Tuxedo also has some pretty nifty moments compliments of Chan s natural comic and athletic gifts 
3
The Tuxedo
Rene Rodriguez
Who writes this stuff anyway Does this not sound like utter gibberish 
1
The Tuxedo
Carrie Rickey
It s a fun gimmick if not an altogether fun movie 
2
The Tuxedo
Michael Wilmington
This is one more movie where you can tell that at least some of the moviemakers the scriptwriters at least think originality is a sin 
2
The Tuxedo
Erik Childress
It s absolutely amazing how first time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan Make Chan s action sequences boring 
2
The Tuxedo
Josh Larsen
putting Jackie Chan in a car chase is like putting Pamela Anderson in a burka It s a waste of their um natural gifts 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Jeremy Heilman
It s downright refreshing to see a farce in which the lead actors don t feel its necessary to build up some inane sense of dignity so we ll like them more Both seem up for anything here to get a laugh 
2.5
The Tuxedo
Ed Gonzalez
The Tuxedo is custom made to showcase Chan s many tricks of hand and foot and as such it may appeal to fans of his grueling Rush Hour comedies 
1.5
The Tuxedo
Walter Chaw
It s difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing I m prepared to call it a draw 
1
The Tuxedo
Rob Blackwelder
Downright transparent is the script s endless assault of embarrassingly ham fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a cooler PG 13 rating 
2
The Tuxedo
Steve Rhodes
Chan and Hewitt make an hilarious team worth seeing again TUXEDO 2 I m ready 
3
The Tuxedo
Ross Anthony
Tailored to entertain 
3.5
Angela's Christmas Wish
Roger Moore
The animation seems malnourished even if the kids don t and the laughs are short supply You re better off re watching the first film to be Frank Or Malachy 
2
Wise Guys
Fernando F. Croce
A mid career faux pas or the director s equivalent of the coruscating laugh stuck in your throat dissonance of The King of Comedy 
2.5
Wise Guys
Roger Ebert
Wise Guys is broad and farcical but there s not a moment when Moe and Harry stop being lovable or even believable 
3.5
Slow West
Brian Eggert
Maclean isn 8217 t interested in realizing a Fordian romanticism of the American West 59 rather 44 he considers his characters 44 like Anthony Mann did 44 as internally conflicted emotional beings who are reflected by their surrounding landscape 46 
4
Slow West
Michael Smith
Slow West moves slow and it may be too slow for those who are not fans of Westerns but there are rewards for such patience 
3
Slow West
Tom Meek
There s much to admire here but somewhere in the wispy sharpness and smoky grittiness of Maclean s venture into genre intentions and passions become obtuse and ephemeral in a sweeping tapestry of ideals and postures 
3
Slow West
David Nusair
a well crafted debut from an exceedingly promising filmmaker 
3.5
Slow West
Peter Howell
There s more to the story than meets the bull s eye in Slow West a brainy and genre defying western by newcomer John Maclean 
3
Slow West
Rob Thomas
Writer director John Maclean salts his tale with quick violence memorable characters and a beautiful fatalism that lingers after its rather brief 84 minute running time 
3.5
Slow West
Scott Renshaw
The characters may often feel like props for Maclean s observations on the violent conflicts that built America but he shows that Westerns can still provide thrilling shoot em ups 
3
Slow West
Ty Burr
It s all of 84 minutes But when it s done you know you ve seen something 
3
Slow West
Mark Dujsik
The film gives us a string of encounters that share certain characteristics and that all repeat the idea of de romanticizing the myth of the West 
3
Slow West
Dann Gire
By emphasizing the heightened sound of bullets whizzing in air then striking wood windows and bodies the movie presents an intense almost immersive experience 
3.5
Slow West
Molly Eichel
Maclean s film is a wonderfully dreamy if meandering take on the western Like all movies that use their fantastic surroundings Slow West is best seen on a big screen 
3
Slow West
Matt Pais
Gives style a good name 
3
Slow West
Michael O'Sullivan
A meandering deliberate and tearless yet oddly moving western vehicle which is both slow and as gunslinger movies tend to be action packed 
3
Slow West
Mick LaSalle
Like most genre manipulations the film feels one step removed from inspiration that is more inspired by other movies than by direct experience It also lives up to its name 
2
Slow West
Godfrey Cheshire
Slow West must be counted one of the most unintentionally ridiculous Westerns to come down the pike in a long long while 
1.5
Slow West
Alissa Wilkinson
As you might imagine shoot outs ensues But true to its name Slow West takes a long time to get there and gives us achingly gorgeous vistas in the process 
3.5
Slow West
Kyle Smith
Slow West certainly lives up to its title It s one poky Western plodding and perambulating and moseying across the 1870 frontier on a grim march to a pointless ending 
1.5
Slow West
Josh Larsen
a familiar yarn told in a somewhat unfamiliar drawl 
3
Slow West
Dan Schindel
Slow West dances between cheekiness tragedy and thrills with breathtaking deftness 
3.5
Slow West
Roger Moore
Fassbender makes a cool gunfighter anti hero and New Zealand does a nice job doubling for America s Old West in this offbeat fable
3
Slow West
Matt Brunson
Not a traditional Western by any stretch of the imagination Slow West operates in the same manner as such haunting and off kilter horse operas as Jim Jarmusch s Dead Man and John Hillcoat s The Proposition 
3
Slow West
Ed Gonzalez
The film is a pageantry of pseudo art poses a self consciously cool reorientation of the western as silly symphony 
2
Slow West
Clayton Davis
While the ending doesn t exactly scream earned or original it s a well constructed piece that hawks back to films like McLintock and True Grit A hypnotic film 
3
Man Camp
Christian Toto
The smart indie comedy satirizes the best and worst of masculine tropes 
3
R.O.D. - Read or Die
Marty Mapes
Agent Paper is a superhero who can elementally control paper the camp value is not enough
2
Captain Fantastic
Leo Brady
Mortensen s performance goes to waste with a plot that lets him down 
2
Captain Fantastic
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A very humane drama with comic elements excellent performances and an unique premise Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
John Serba
A winning extraordinarily well acted portrait of togetherness that pokes at common conventions with a playful yet pointed stick 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Jeff Simon
Captain Fantastic is the best new movie I ve seen all year by far I wouldn t miss it if I were you 
4
Captain Fantastic
Rob Thomas
Viggo Mortensen may be the only Hollywood actor who you can plausibly imagine catching and killing a deer with his bare hands As such he s perfectly cast 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Rick Bentley
Captain Fantastic is a deep examination of parenting family excess isolationism hope and the challenge of making the right decisions Most importantly this is a movie that asks the viewer to think 
4
Captain Fantastic
James Berardinelli
Matt Ross screenplay occasionally stumbles especially late in the proceedings and the ending opts for a too facile resolution but the director writer offers moments of genuine power and pathos that make it easy to forgive the missteps 
3
Captain Fantastic
Lawrence Toppman
Mortensen has been ideally cast He s at his best playing fanatics obsessives people beyond the norm who can t find their place in a quiet world 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Max Weiss
If you re buying what these filmmakers are selling you ll be all in Suffice it to say I wasn t buying it 
2.5
Captain Fantastic
Steven Rea
It s a rare movie that asks such big questions about parenting about family about modern day America and comes up with answers that are moving and meaningful that make you laugh and cry 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Sean P. Means
I s the kids and their perfectly calibrated chemistry with each other and with Mortensen that bring the heart and soul to Captain Fantastic They come off looking like a real if giddily offbeat family from the first moment to the last 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Calvin Wilson
The film s title suggesting a comic book flick will likely cause box office confusion But in a way it s appropriate Captain Fantastic is a truly heroic effort 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Rafer Guzman
A beautiful showcase for Mortensen 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Peter Canavese
The film s saving graces are the uniformly strong performances and its intriguing subject matter but it develops third act problems as it devolves into calculated contrivances didacticism and sentiment 
2.5
Captain Fantastic
James Kendrick
works more than it doesn t but it s hard not to wish that Ross had made his targets a little less broad and his own perspective a little more nuanced
2.5
Captain Fantastic
Mick LaSalle
Mortensen finds a role here that capitalizes on his contradictions on his air of resolve and his inner life of doubt on his hardness and his reasonableness It becomes the showcase for one of his best performances 
3
Captain Fantastic
Chris Knight
Captain Fantastic is not a lost Marvel or DC superhero although his insistence on truth weapons training and self sufficiency would seem to place him somewhere in that continuum 
3
Captain Fantastic
Kent Turner
Family friction plus quirky culture clashes plus road trip nearly equals Little Miss Sunshine 
2.5
Captain Fantastic
Keith Watson
The film is premised on a radical act that it buries beneath a grueling avalanche of quirk 
1
Captain Fantastic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Warmly humorous and compassionate 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Johanna Schneller
The film suddenly backs down and the resulting learning and growing feels like chickening out 
2.5
Captain Fantastic
Robert Horton
It s all so very civilized and after a while the movie s slick style begins to feel like the opposite of Ben s experiment in raw living 
2.5
Captain Fantastic
Peter Howell
Viggo Mortensen is truly in his element in Captain Fantastic in every conceivable way 
3
Captain Fantastic
Ann Hornaday
Captain Fantastic leaves viewers with the cheering deeply affecting image of a dad whose superpowers lie in simply doing the best that he can 
4
Captain Fantastic
Richard Roeper
Despite a brave and edgy performance by Viggo Mortensen and some shining moments of sharp comedy and true emotion writer director Matt Ross hippie fantasy Captain Fantastic suffers from terminal self satisfaction 
2
Captain Fantastic
Dann Gire
Captain Fantastic is an earnest production that despite its superb cast clearly possesses an inflated sense of its power and importance 
2.5
Captain Fantastic
Moira MacDonald
Ross lets the story take its time but Captain Fantastic never feels slow This family right down to the smallest child are detailed and interesting with individually crafted personalities 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Katie Walsh
Almost startling in how profoundly life affirming and affecting it is That s due in large part to Mortensen s wry and tender performance as a man not only committed to his ideals but the ideals of his wife 
4
Captain Fantastic
Sheila O'Malley
Captain Fantastic treats the situation and Ben so uncritically and so sympathetically that there is a total disconnect between what is actually onscreen and what Ross thinks is onscreen 
1.5
Captain Fantastic
Lou Lumenick
Captain Fantastic isn t only one of the year s best movies but one of the best cast and best acted right down to the smaller roles 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Stephen Rebello
Wise and funny it s got glorious photography by Stephane Fontaine and a tone shot through with melancholy loss and regret 
3
Captain Fantastic
Peter Travers
Mortensen is jmagnificent He gets under the skin of this loving father who must grapple with the possibility that his arrogant free spirit might actually do harm to his children The film takes a piece out of you 
3.5
Captain Fantastic
Rex Reed
Despite a frustrating fizzle of a finale it s a movie that enthralls the senses and engages the mind for two hours proving no movie is too long when you re having fun 
3.5
Otome-gokoro - Sannin-shimai (Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts)
Keith Uhlich
Even at a relatively brief 64 minutes it feels as if Three Sisters explores a lifetime of heartache and tragedy 
3.5
Quantum of Solace
Matt Brunson
Casino Royale was a spectacular return to form so it s not wholly unexpected that this follow up has been tagged by some as one of the low points of the franchise Nonsense 
3
Quantum of Solace
Mattie Lucas
This isn t a mindless blow em up thriller this is an intelligently crafted superbly edited lean mean piece of work 
3.5
Quantum of Solace
Namrata Joshi
The angsty truant Bond and his sulky ways get too irritating the pout notwithstanding 
2
Quantum of Solace
John Serba
Kurylenko is certainly gorgeous but can t match Craig as a thespian and the necessary chemistry between them is merely mundane 
2
Quantum of Solace
Scott Nash
If they want to keep making movies like this with Daniel Craig as a British secret agent I think they should at least change his name to something besides Bond 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Lee Grant
Where did the great hero go the one from Sean Connery in Goldfinger to Daniel Craig himself in Casino Royale the elegant killer spy who spews memorable lines his world traveling adventures engorged with intrigue and mysterious women 
2
Quantum of Solace
Leah Rozen
Director Marc Forster gets the action scenes right but never shapes the film as a whole And if Craig a talented actor wants to be a Bond for the ages he needs to lighten up James Bond shouldn t be all work and no play 
2
Quantum of Solace
Mike Scott
Quantum of Solace is energetic enough and muscular enough to make you walk a little taller a little more confidently on your way back through the theater parking lot But it s not a film that will stay with you much past that 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Peter Keough
Like nearly every filmmaker these days one exception Paul Greengrass last year in The Bourne Ultimatum Forster confuses meaningless cutting and shaky camera work with excitement 
2
Quantum of Solace
Dann Gire
In the end it s all a narrative contrivance to link one technically slick shallow action sequence to the next with Craig s raw Bondian charisma supplying a thin veneer of dramatic gravitas 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Austin Kennedy
This may not make my list of Top 5 Bond films but it s unfair to expect that every time But it s one hell of an action movie and a satisfying enough Bond film 
3.5
Quantum of Solace
David N. Butterworth
This Bond number 22 if you re counting is ruthless efficient and tough as nails 
3
Quantum of Solace
Matt Soergel
Turns out to be almost as bad as its title 
1.5
Quantum of Solace
Sonny Bunch
Quantum of Solace feels more like a competent second act than a stand alone film 
3
Quantum of Solace
Greg Maki
Better than the average action movie and I m still looking forward to future installments But it falls well short of Casino Royale s greatness 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
James Kendrick
the tougher rougher version of Bond as incarnated by Daniel Craig is harder than ever already a steely and unflappable man of action he s now driven by anger and vengeance which turns Craig s flinty blue eyes into razor sharp ice chips and every actio
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Michael Dequina
Will have viewers looking for the next Bond adventure in a couple of years 
3
Quantum of Solace
Jay Antani
Craig is the sole reason Quantum of Solace passes muster 
2
Quantum of Solace
Vicky Roach
A solid sequel for the reinvented franchise 
3.5
Quantum of Solace
Mike McGranaghan
With the possible exception of Licence to Kill this is the worst Bond movie ever 
1.5
Quantum of Solace
Wesley Lovell
While it s a severe step back from Casino Royale Quantum is a solid effort that looks more at the vengeful dark side of bond 
3
Quantum of Solace
Sean P. Means
It doesn t feel like a Bond movie but the middle of a Bond trilogy 
3
Quantum of Solace
Charles Koplinski
Nothing but a big budget mess 
2.0
Quantum of Solace
Larry Ratliff
There is a Bond girl of course You can take the catchphrases and the gadgets out it appears but leave the sultry ladies alone 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Lori Hoffman
while it has James Bond as the lead character it doesn t feel like a James Bond film Even the worst films in the 007 series have a style that is unmistakably Bond 
2
Quantum of Solace
Eric Melin
For today s cultural climate it cleverly features the ultimate corporate villain Mr Greene who masquerades as eco friendly green 
3
Quantum of Solace
Linda Cook
Wait Be patient The action happens in Quantum of Solace It just takes some time to get going About three seconds 
3
Quantum of Solace
Walter Chaw
Here s an idea get Adam Shankman to do the next one from a script by Akiva Goldsman let s see Bond wriggle out of that one 
0.5
Quantum of Solace
Bob Bloom
Quantum of Solace will satisfy most Bond fans But it is more of a set up for what is to come and more than anything it whets your appetite for future missions 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Wilson Morales
Quantum of Solace still has enough substance to keep you engaged and happy to see Bond again 
3
Quantum of Solace
Gary Brown
Okay so it isn t Sean Connery but Quantum of Solace is an enjoyable action packed popcorn flick with explosions galore and exciting chase scenes throughout 
3
Quantum of Solace
Michael Smith
Quantum of Solace is a fantastic ride but here s hoping that when James Bond returns he can stir us while enjoying a shaken martini or two 
3
Quantum of Solace
Dustin Putman
The plot s development is obvious and then ridiculous and the numerous fights and chases all begin to look alike after a while 
2
Quantum of Solace
Gina Carbone
The only thing that s shaken is the camera work and I certainly wasn t stirred by a dang thing This isn t a Bergman film Bond can search his soul on his own time 
2.25
Quantum of Solace
Steve Rhodes
It has the dubious honor of being the first Bond film that manages to be downright boring 
1.5
Quantum of Solace
Willie Waffle
Forster could craft Quantum of Solace into a thoughtful rumination on revenge and what it does to the soul or he could blow stuff up Guess what he does 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
John Beifuss
One murder offers a witty if gruesome nod to Goldfinger and a clever visual metaphor for the idea that dependence on oil could mean the death of the free world 
3
Quantum of Solace
Chris Hewitt
If Quantum is not as instantly memorable as Casino Royale it s still a dandy clever addition to the Bond series 
3
Quantum of Solace
Carla Meyer
Quantum of Solace always looks and sounds terrific with top notch production values and a superb score by David Arnold that always sounds fresh while evoking Bond scores past 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
James Berardinelli
This is the least satisfying production since The Living Daylights 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Steven Rea
Quantum the 22d official Bond picture 24th including the rogue Bonds is never less than engaging 
3
Quantum of Solace
Stephen Whitty
In the end it s all too fast and too furious and far too obsessed with exercising its license to thrill 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Kyle Smith
Revenge is a dish best served with bullets high explosives and giant rolling flameballs In Quantum of Solace James Bond orders the revenge buffet deluxe 
3
Quantum of Solace
Rene Rodriguez
Quantum of Solace never really engages you in the mechanical but transporting way the best Bond movies do 
2
Quantum of Solace
Bob Strauss
Quantum s worst miscalculation is letting Bond s dark side cast shadows over everything else For all of its fantastic stunts and exotic settings it s a mostly joyless romp 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Robert W. Butler
This glum effort as directed by Marc Forster plays like a Bourne movie with the reels in the wrong order It s frantic but never goes anywhere 
2
Quantum of Solace
Amy Biancolli
If you held up your thumb over Daniel Craig s face and took in the mayhem around him you d think you were watching The Bourne Simulation rather than the 22nd and shortest ever ode to Ian Fleming s suave government killer 
2
Quantum of Solace
Lisa Kennedy
With this too shaken sequel the Bond market experiences a dip 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Lawrence Toppman
Though Casino Royale rejuvenated Bond s character in crisply entertaining style the franchise has plunged downward again more steeply than the neckline of a Russian spy 
1.5
Quantum of Solace
Wesley Morris
Frankly Quantum of Solace is just one exasperated dressing down away from being Lethal Weapon 9 
2
Quantum of Solace
Michael Sragow
An entertaining mess full of jarring editing and artsy touches 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Christian Toto
The latest Bourne adventure lacks the clarity and vigor of the previous oh wait Quantum of Solace is a Bond movie 
2
Quantum of Solace
John Wirt
The latest Bond movie can t top its smashing predecessor but it more than lives up to its action packed trailer 
3
Quantum of Solace
Daniel M. Kimmel
This may seem heretical to those of us who grew up and revered Sean Connery in the role but Craig is the first Bond who makes you forget Connery 
3
Quantum of Solace
David Nusair
a misguided downright interminable piece of work that surely marks the nadir of the James Bond series 
1.5
Quantum of Solace
Peter Canavese
The 22nd Bond film too often seems like an old friend on the wrong anti depressant still the person you love but the rhythm s off and the precious moments fewer and further between 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Erik Childress
It will be curious to see how Casino Royale enthusiasts react to Quantum of Solace Their action palette will certainly be quenched but they may be thirsty again immediately after 
3
Quantum of Solace
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than feeling lean and mean the film just feels rushed and short as if the filmmakers were simply shrugging that s it that s all we ve got right now 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Sean McBride
I can t imagine anyone not enjoying the adventure but this latest 007 flick plays more like a post script to Casino Royale than a full blooded Bond adventure 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Dan Lybarger
Quantum of Solace has all the bone breaking stunt work of its predecessor but lacks some of the brain and the heart that made Casino Royale work so well 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Jeff Vice
The plotting is a bit convoluted and it relies on your knowledge of the earlier film Still it doesn t really get in the way of the action which is why people pay to see these movies in the first place 
3
Quantum of Solace
Nick Rogers
Daniel Craig still dazzles but it s all go go go an efficient mostly entertaining action packed revenge coda to Casino Royale that nevertheless feels like tossed off transition than tactile Bond Let s just do this jittery journeyman bit once 
3
Quantum of Solace
Steven D. Greydanus
Three years ago before Casino Royale Quantum would have been a pretty good Bond flick Two pair isn t a bad hand It s just anticlimactic after a royal flush 
3
Quantum of Solace
Michael Phillips
Not every director is well suited to Bondland There s something horribly efficient about you Kurylenko says to Craig at one point The same goes for the film 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Peter Howell
There isn t much plot between the action set pieces and precious little character development beyond Craig s and Dench s continuing evolution 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Jeffrey Westhoff
With his cool blue eyed gaze and assured athletic moves Craig holds this insanely uneven movie together 
3
Quantum of Solace
Mick LaSalle
Quantum of Solace benefits from imaginatively conceived action sequences and from a director Marc Forster who knows how to film them 
3
Quantum of Solace
Bill Weber
The novelty of the franchise reboot hasn t so much worn off as been squandered on a scenario lacking in genuine thrills and long on ill advised navel gazing 
2
Quantum of Solace
Rafer Guzman
The action and eye candy may be worth the ticket price but this Bond needs to get back to business 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Roger Ebert
I repeat James Bond is not an action hero Leave the action to your Jason Bournes This is a swampy old world The deeper we sink in the more we need James Bond to stand above it 
2
Quantum of Solace
Claudia Puig
The stunts are as muscular and the film as handsome to look at as the hero who so ably pulls them off But the story linking it all together is thin and weak 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Mark Rahner
Marc Forster seems like a counterintuitive choice to direct an action spectacle But any doubts I might have had flew out the window and splattered onto the hood of a parked car during an early hellacious brawl 
3.5
Quantum of Solace
Rick Groen
A silly spy may be laughable but a sulking thug is just a bore 
2
Quantum of Solace
Josh Larsen
We re in a new era of action angst 
3
Quantum of Solace
Joe Lozito
The latest Bond entry is Bourne again it delivers the action goods but is it a Bond movie 
3
Quantum of Solace
Rossiter Drake
While the rejuvenation of the franchise has been put on temporary hold be assured that Quantum of Solace sparkles with all the wit and heart pounding excitement of a movie that takes its name from an Ian Fleming story about cocktail party chitchat 
2
Quantum of Solace
Jeanne Aufmuth
Daniel Craig brings a fierce edge to his iconic super secret agent around which an entire franchise can be built 
3
Quantum of Solace
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is as dynamic as all this action is and as kinetically invigorating as much of it can be there is a point where all this lively intensity can become a little bit pummeling 
3
Quantum of Solace
Phil Villarreal
The movie never bores but nor does it spark 
2
Quantum of Solace
Michael A. Smith
Craig continues to grow as Bond before our eyes
3
Quantum of Solace
Ross Anthony
Stylish direction powerful sound editing stunning cinematography vistas action and Daniel Craig s impenetrable demeanor 
3
Quantum of Solace
Peter Travers
Quantum of Solace won t trust its own darker instincts It delivers the popcorn goods but it ignores the poison eating at Bond s insides Killer mistake 
2.5
Quantum of Solace
Kam Williams
A hyperactive James Bond whose attention deficit antics ought to resonate with the restlessness of the Joystick Generation 
2
Crazy Eights
Dustin Putman
Doesn t quite have what it takes to be low key and reserved and still hold more than cursory interest 
2
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Matt Brunson
Craig s performance is downright terrible but old pros Arnold and Huston who scored a Best Actor nomination pick up the pace 
3
Breathless
Ty Burr
This movie liberated the cinema the stories you could tell and the ways you could tell them as clearly and cleanly as Picasso freed painting and the Sex Pistols rebooted rock 
4
Breathless
Sarah Kaufman
Breathless has the proportions wrong Too much rambling too little point 
2.5
Breathless
Josh Larsen
It s especially impressive how completely Jean Seberg owns Breathless considering what she s up against 
4
Breathless
Sukhdev Sandhu
Almost every frame looks smoky and luscious enough to be a nation to which lovers and young dreamers might hope one day to emigrate It s a film that will never wither always inspire 
4
Breathless
Matthew Connolly
The actors don t inhabit characters so much as occupy a middle ground where play acting and fan ardor replace the embodiment of set emotions and personality traits 
4
Breathless
Roger Ebert
Modern movies begin here with Jean Luc Godard s Breathless in 1960 No debut film since Citizen Kane in 1942 has been as influential 
4
Breathless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Breathless became a kind of existential hipster classic a cool flick as well as great cinema 
4
Breathless
Jeremy Heilman
A stunning success
4
4x4
Randy Myers
Cohn s point is that we are all victims of ourselves 
3.5
4x4
Roger Moore
If nothing else you ll pick up your owner s manual and give it a glance after seeing this one 
2.5
School Ties
David Nusair
works due mostly to some fine performances and a well paced script 
3
School Ties
Roger Ebert
School Ties is surprisingly effective 
3
School Ties
Rob Blackwelder
It s not often that a predictable script is turned into a worthwhile movie but in the case of School Ties it has happened 
3
Shooting Heroin
Federico Furzan
An important movie that works as an honest depiction of a community s struggle to eliminate the lethal threat of an opioid epidemic 
3
Shooting Heroin
Matt Brunson
Take a faith based film and run it through the Death Wish template and the result is Shooting Heroin 
2.5
Shooting Heroin
Tom Meek
The handsome and brooding Alan Powell plays a military vet who sounds the enough is enough charge Heroin is not so much about raw vigilantism as it is about standing up 
2.5
Shooting Heroin
Mark Dujsik
T he movie completely shifts narrative and thematic gears to become a melodramatic debate 
1.5
Shooting Heroin
Christian Toto
Ambitious indie drama centers on the toll drugs take on Small Town America 
3
Brave
Brian Eggert
Merida becomes a rare kind of protagonist 44 whose lesson tells a rapt audience that defying customs is okay 44 as long as we take responsibility for our actions and consider the ones we love in the process 46 
3.5
Brave
Matt Brunson
There s plenty of rowdy humor to keep audiences entertained But for a supposedly progressive film Brave is marked by a notable amount of timidity 
2.5
Brave
Mattie Lucas
Merida is an appealing heroine and the colorful cast of characters is great fun voiced by a lineup of outstanding talent such as Billy Connolly Emma Thompson Julie Walters and Craig Ferguson 
3
Brave
Kelly Jane Torrance
Really the lack of creativity from the most imaginative of animation studios is astonishing here 
2
Brave
Craig D. Lindsey
It s really the most sympathetic salute to mothers Disney has released since Freaky Friday 
3
Brave
Brandy McDonnell
Brave proves a worthy addition to the Pixar canon that families and film fans should find enchanting 
3.5
Brave
Chris Knight
Brave continues the Pixar tradition of blazing new mythical trails And Merida is perfect as a princess with no pre feminist baggage to apologize for 
3.5
Brave
Jason Buchanan
It practically goes without saying that the animation in Brave is frequently breathtaking 
3
Brave
Carla Meyer
The movie s thoughtful depiction of the mother daughter bond is female forward enough to mark Brave as special 
3
Brave
Jordan Hiller
Although the previews would have you believe that the film was an epic journey for the flame haired firebrand we are really treated or deprived depending on expectation to a humble small scale morality play 
2
Brave
Jeff Beck
Kids will probably enjoy it for its beautiful design but the adults in the audience will probably be wondering why Pixar decided to skimp on the story this time around 
2.5
Brave
Sean P. Means
Brave will provide you and your family a good time with laughs and a few surprises If that seems like faint praise it s only because Pixar is capable of so much more 
3
Brave
Phil Villarreal
Faint praise is all that this movie is worth but that s much more than you could say about Cars 2 
3
Brave
James Kendrick
a genuinely moving exploration of a complex mother daughter relationship
3.5
Brave
Marty Mapes
Brave is stock Disney storytelling dressed up with Pixar majesty 
2.5
Brave
Rich Heldenfels
Though not on the level of the best of Pixar it s still an entertaining movie 
3
Brave
John Beifuss
Not so much a celebration of a young woman s independence as a paean to the biological obligation and spiritual connection of mother daughter love 
3
Brave
Scott Nash
Plenty of adventure laughs and Pixar s quality animation 
3.5
Brave
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An excellent movie and one that I d rank among the top half of Pixar s output thus far 
3.5
Brave
James Berardinelli
The tone is uneven and more often morose than joyful The pacing is slow and at times almost tedious The end result is something that feels like it was put together from a jumble of Disney clichs tacked onto the skeleton of Beauty and the Beast 
2.5
Brave
Lisa Kennedy
Saying that Brave is entertaining but not astonishing is pretty much admitting your straight A student got a B 
3
Brave
John Wirt
Pixar returns to form 
3.5
Brave
Bob Bloom
Brave is a charming feature that should entice female viewers and contains enough action and low brow humor that the male contingent should not feel embarrassed about entering a theater 
3.5
Brave
Tyler Hanley
There is a surprising beauty to Brave that transcends its visual excellence This one is worth the risk 
3.5
Brave
Alison Gang
It s disappointing that the team of writers including Andrews and Chapman failed to redefine what it means to be a heroine in big budget animation 
2
Brave
Stephen Whitty
The Pixar name used to mean something And it never quite meant pleasantly safe safely forgettable movies like this 
2.5
Brave
Joe Williams
Brave is easy to like but hard to love a feel good fable with the latest bells and whistles 
3
Brave
Liam Lacey
What we get would be fine from another studio but too safe and familiar for Pixar 
2.5
Brave
Sara Stewart
This Celtic themed story hews so closely to classic fairy tale tropes it s the studio s most Disney fied production yet 
2
Brave
Ann Hornaday
Youngsters with a taste for adventure will no doubt overlook the movie s workmanlike outlines and applaud its spirited self reliant heroine who proves to be as appealingly unruly as her tumble of Titian curls 
2.5
Brave
Willie Waffle
Leave the kindergarteners at home and take your tween daughter to this one if she is willing to be seen in public with you 
3
Brave
Austin Kennedy
After the predictably generic first 40 minutes the movie turns into an unexpected magical journey that was moving in the way we expect Pixar movies to be 
3
Brave
Mark Dujsik
A movie to ogle with wide eyed deference in between the times we re furrowing our brows in puzzlement 
2.5
Brave
Dustin Putman
Like a cut rate Tangled had there been no adventure for Rapunzel to go on a villain forgotten about midway through and lots of hijinks with a bear 
2
Brave
David Nusair
A marked improvement over last year s underwhelming Cars sequel 
3
Brave
Claudia Puig
It s a lively psychologically astute tale filled with humanity wit and charming performances 
3
Brave
Erik Childress
It wasn t enough that Disney already made a direct to video sequel to Brother Bear but now the company that changed the future of animation has gone hopelessly into the past to deliver a story with even less consequence 
2
Brave
Mick LaSalle
In terms of story and emotional power Brave comes up short 
2
Brave
Walter Chaw
I was breathless with anticipation over a Pixar film with a female protagonist Imagine my disappointment when they gave me another Disney one 
2
Brave
Brett Michel
After the successive triumphs of the past decade it s hard to accept anything less than transcendence from the animation studio 
2
Brave
Steven Rea
Although Brave is satisfying and spirited and laced with humor haggis jokes kilt jokes it doesn t quite mark a return to form for Pixar following the digital house s disappointing 12th feature Cars 2 
3
Brave
Duane Dudek
A shake and bake hybrid of what both studios do best with the tie going to Disney s penchant for princesses and appetite for anthropomorphism 
3
Brave
Peter Travers
Brave is a rousing gorgeously animated good time 
3.5
Brave
Gary Thompson
It has Pixar storytelling precision with its sense of how to pace a movie with young audience pleasing action beats with its ability to replenish its roster of cute comical supporting characters 
3
Brave
Ann Lewinson
Brave is less a feminist parable than a child s wish fulfillment Why can t Mommy be more like me 
2.5
Brave
Ty Burr
We would expect this kind of overstuffed joyride from Dreamworks Animation or the folks at Fox or even Disney itself But it s terribly ordinary for Pixar and ordinary is no longer enough 
2.5
Brave
Michael Phillips
Brave offers sweep a few songs about touching the sky and following your dream and at heart a story of a daughter and a mother learning to cut through society s expectations 
3
Brave
Rene Rodriguez
Brave is fearless 
4
Brave
Matt Pais
Represents a minor recovery from the wildly misguided Cars 2 but Pixar s latest adventure still suggests a major storytelling downshift that needs fixing now 
2
Brave
Peter Howell
Unusual for Pixar Brave follows an entirely predictable trajectory but it s not without its amusements 
2.5
Brave
Moira MacDonald
It s a lushly colorful and appealing tale never quite sublime but always entertaining and often delightful 
3.5
Brave
Roger Ebert
The good news is that the kids will probably love it and the bad news is that parents will be disappointed if they re hoping for another Pixar groundbreaker 
3
Brave
Josh Larsen
If all Pixar movies really speak to the parents in the audience then Brave is meant for moms of soon to be tween girls 
3.5
Brave
Roger Moore
The writers and animators blend the oafish brawny Scots humor of How to Train Your Dragon with the magic of The Secret of Kells into a story about being brave enough to change your fate 
3.5
Brave
Charlie McCollum
A good often entertaining work that kids will love 
3
Brave
Richard Larson
Pixar s latest ultimately offers nothing more than a caricature of a well worn conceit 
2
Baghdad, Texas
Diego Semerene
Although Hickey s film soon becomes less interested in obscuring its narrative than in unfolding its plot its intentions remain refreshingly never quite clear 
2
The Shine Of Day
Andrew Schenker
As in Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel s 2009 film La Pivellina modesty is the key to The Shine of Day and sometimes to the detriment of audience involvement and focus 
2.5
Stay Tuned
Federico Furzan
A silly evil and fun premise that works as a Saturday morning flick Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Stay Tuned
David Nusair
Stay Tuned is a harmless little comedy 
3
Beyond Hatred
Ken Fox
Through a series of interviews we see the effect inexplicable hatred and murder has on an ordinary family 
2.5
Beyond Hatred
John Anderson
Paced like a drama imbued with a spellbinding intimacy and impressionistic in its visual portrayal of crime and punishment it follows the 2002 murder of Francois Chenu a gay man beaten by Nazi skinheads and left to drown in a nearby pond in Reims 
3.5
Beyond Hatred
Ed Gonzalez
Olivier Meyrou may keep his distance from his subjects but staying out of their way doesn t mean losing sight of their troubles 
3
The Candy Snatchers
Lucius Gore
Not a classic but an unjustly forgotten oldie from the golden age of violent exploitation 
3.5
Megaforce
Peter Stack
Hal Needham of Smokey and the Bandit fame directed this lame contrived action feature 
1
Sirius
Farran Smith Nehme
A farrago of interview ravings which loosely connect a kitchen sink set of archival shots 
0
The Atticus Institute
Federico Furzan
A premise that holds itself is enough for considering this found footage flick one that s worth checking out Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Atticus Institute
Dustin Putman
Admirably constructed but the derivative script makes it difficult for one to become too enthused by the stock goings on 
2
Gimme the Loot
Craig D. Lindsey
Gimme the Loot may scare off future visitors to New York City but it ll certainly make those who grew up there homesick as hell 
3
Gimme the Loot
John Beifuss
Has the mischievous energy and vivid sense of place that distinguished an earlier era of New York cinema 
3
Gimme the Loot
Chris Hewitt
Simultaneously real and hopeful Loot has almost no plot but when the setting is so fresh and the characters feel so raw and alive who needs one 
3
Gimme the Loot
John Hartl
It may be a slight movie but it has its sunny charms 
2.5
Gimme the Loot
Steven Rea
A movie about teenage taggers in the Bronx should be fast and raw scruffy and loose and Adam Leon s Gimme the Loot is just that 
3
Gimme the Loot
Ty Burr
As it lopes along the movie offers a warm but very sharp portrait of New York s have nots and their uneasy relationship with the haves 
3
Gimme the Loot
Michael Phillips
There s barely enough narrative to sustain even an 81 minute picture yet a sweet spirit buoys this quick witted amiably foul mouthed indie 
3.5
Gimme the Loot
Richard Roeper
This is a simple meandering slice of life indie film that feels more authentic than most gritty New York films with infinitely larger budgets 
3
Gimme the Loot
Matt Pais
Promotes robbery and can t be serious in expecting us to care whether Malcolm and Sofia become more than friends 
1.5
Gimme the Loot
Robert Levin
Writer director Adam Leon has crafted a classic New York story a film imbued with the fast rhythms and muggy sensations of city life during the summer 
3.5
Gimme the Loot
Farran Smith Nehme
Gimme the Loot winds up as a shaggy dog story built largely out of digressions but the punch line is tender as is Leon s attitude toward being young and poor in New York 
3
Gimme the Loot
Peter Travers
Want a bracing alternative to the usual Hollywood swill Try Gimme the Loot a fresh funky jolt of filmmaking joy 
3.5
Gimme the Loot
Sheila O'Malley
Adam Leon has created something unique and current with affectionate nods to New York films of the past 
4
Gimme the Loot
Andrew Schenker
A nose to the ground portrait of two believably aspirational protagonists and their constant hustle to make good on the movie s eponymous demand 
2.5
Everybody's Doing It
David Nusair
Less a movie and more a heavy handed diatribe 
1
After Life
Matt Brunson
An intensely personal experience I defy any viewer not to mull over their own choices after watching this 
3.5
After Life
David Nusair
A potentially intriguing concept undone by flawed execution 
1.5
After Life
Ross Anthony
meaningful but sleepy 
2
After Life
Roger Ebert
Kore eda has earned the right to be considered with Kurosawa Bergman and other great humanists of the cinema His films embrace the mystery of life and encourage us to think about why we are here and what makes us truly happy 
4
The New Bauhaus
Jay Horton
A brisk engaging portrait of a restless polymath and beloved educator The New Bauhaus provides a textured overview of a fascinating life that takes pains to illuminate the subject s interdisciplinary flights of fancy 
3
Blueback
Nell Minow
8220 Blueback 8221 is beautiful to look at and touchingly sincere about the urgency of protecting the oceans 44 but it is also thinly scripted 46 
2
Blueback
Mark Dujsik
Blueback simply doesn apos t tell enough of a story for us to really care about a lesson as predictable and self evident as the one being presented here 46 
1.5
Blueback
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Every frame is gorgeously captured 44 rendering the coastal wonders 8212 above and below the surface 8212 in stunning colors 46 
3
Bitter Moon
Matt Brunson
This examination of the perils of obsessive love operates best as a sly sick joke with Coyote particularly reveling in his role as the manipulative sadist 
2.5
Bitter Moon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Polanski tempers his tale by filtering it through Grant who receives it with a combination of disgust and fascination 
3.5
Bitter Moon
Steve Rhodes
Some movies are feel good movies This one is a big black hole of depressing images 
2.5
Bitter Moon
Roger Ebert
Well of course Bitter Moon is wretched excess But Polanski directs it without compromise or apology 
3
Bitter Moon
James Berardinelli
I m not sure what audience Polanski intended this movie for but I m obviously not in the target group 
2
The China Syndrome
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This movie is a refined example of the liberal discourse although being the seventies of Vietnam and Watergate the proposal of the film is much less hopeful than one might think Full review in Spanish 
3
The China Syndrome
David Nusair
Filmmaker James Bridges has infused The China Syndrome with a deliberate slow burn sort of feel that proves an ideal complement for his Mike Gray and T S Cook s screenplay 
3
The China Syndrome
Matt Brunson
Even without its eerie parallel to real life this superb film generates enough drama on its own 
4
The China Syndrome
Roger Ebert
A terrific thriller that incidentally raises the most unsettling questions about how safe nuclear power plants really are 
4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Mattie Lucas
A documentary about a library that s longer than Titanic is never going to be a major hit But what Wiseman achieves here is both beautiful and extraordinary 
3.5
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Rob Thomas
If I had to sum up a 197 minute documentary about public libraries in one word that word would be excitement Really 
3.5
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Carla Wintersgill
Three hours plus is an absurd amount of time to sit through the visual equivalent of thumbing through the NYPL s program guide 
1.5
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Anita Katz
Ex Libris is a quietly powerful film about how libraries by giving individuals and communities access to information are crucial to a democracy s ability to survive 
3.5
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Robert Horton
Like an old card catalog organized according to the Dewey Decimal System calm useful elegant 
4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Moira MacDonald
As with all of Wiseman s films the whole is so very much greater than the sum of its parts 
3.5
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Ty Burr
Ex Libris is a profoundly hopeful movie We could use that right now 
4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Alan Zilberman
This is slow almost languid filmmaking yet it s a delight to watch the countless ways in which the library is still capable of lifting us 
3.5
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Matt Zoller Seitz
An endearing shaggy dog of a documentary 
3
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Chuck Bowen
Ex Libris suggests a college course and a guided tour that have been wedded together as a work of prismatic humanist art 
4
E-Dreams
Jonathan Foreman
Even though it s common knowledge that Park and his founding partner Yong Kang lost Kozmo in the end you can t help but get caught up in the thrill of the company s astonishing growth 
2.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Tom Meek
What Workman has assembled is the kind of film Welles would have been happy to part of It s a unique warm and fair portrait of a man who was both genius and joke and well aware of it 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Chris Knight
It s an adequate introduction to the man although the Looney Tunes score sometimes rankles But it never really breaks any new ground in the Welles myth 
2
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Eric Melin
Magician is a brisk documentary that dismantles many Welles myths some of them by the great man himself as he tells the same story three different ways in different interviews 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Peter Canavese
Workman has done a service in making a broadly accessible history of Welles that stands a chance of drawing younger generations of film buffs like moths to the master s flame 
3.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Mark Feeney
Workman clearly reveres Welles but he s never reverent 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Michael O'Sullivan
A dutiful but slightly dull celebration of the multitalented impresario 
2.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For newcomers eager to learn more about this all time great filmmaker it s a good place to start 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Mick LaSalle
If you have more time and want to get into Welles on your own an afternoon watching YouTube videos followed by a few evenings of watching his best movies might be even better 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Roger Moore
A brisk thoroughly entertaining overview of a life and career that film buffs already know by heart 
4
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Glenn Kenny
Whatever its shortcomings Magician accomplishes quite a bit as a corrective and it also gives one an hour and a half in the company of Orson Welles 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Farran Smith Nehme
If this documentary is swift and witty that s in part because it relies heavily on clips of Orson Welles talking And oh how Welles could talk 
3
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Stephen Whitty
Welles was many things and Magician The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles brings most of them together to form a many faceted picture of a complicated man 
3.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Chuck Bowen
Director Chuck Workman s simply compiles Welles s greatest moments offering little in the way of an authorial point of view 
2
Flawless
Betsy Bozdech
This character driven drama is a charming often funny story about two lost souls finding solace and friendship in each other 
3
Flawless
Jeffrey Westhoff
De Niro and Hoffman deliver the goods but they are lost within a cockamamie violent subplot that pulls down everything 
1
Flawless
Jeff Vice
There are a lot of words that could be used to describe filmmaker Joel Schumacher s latest effort but Flawless certainly wouldn t be one of them 
2
Flawless
Edward Guthmann
Flawless is contrived and overly schematic but De Niro and Hoffman are such good actors that it never slips into pat sentiment 
3
Flawless
Roger Ebert
Joel Schumacher s Flawless is more fable than slice of life and all these people and props give Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman their opening to create two screwy characters from opposite ends of the great personality divide 
3
Flawless
James Berardinelli
Any humanity in the script is diluted to the point of nonexistence by Schumacher s refusal to allow any of his characters to develop beyond the stereotype stage 
1.5
Flawless
Ross Anthony
It s a rough yet playful film with endearing moments where both hetero s and gays are cherished and ribbed 
2
Flawless
Steve Rhodes
No matter what it tries it rarely succeeds 
1.5
Flawless
Michael Dequina
Joel Schumacher has set himself up for the easy critical jab so allow me to get it out of the way right here right now Flawless is anything but 
2
Under the Tree
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a dark melodramatic story tacked onto a black comedy and it just doesn t work 
2
Under the Tree
Brad Wheeler
Grim stuff gloriously so 
3.5
Under the Tree
Bruce DeMara
Sigurdsson has crafted an exhilaratingly sly dark comedy about ordinary suburbanite folk going from unglued to unhinged to ultimately undone 
3.5
Under the Tree
Walter V. Addiego
A less interesting movie might simply have served up a headlong plunge into the abyss but Sigurdsson gives us a tiny flicker of light 
3
Under the Tree
Ann Hornaday
Sigurdsson clearly has his finger on the pulse not only of smoothly engrossing filmmaking but also his own anxious times 
3
Under the Tree
Glenn Kenny
What makes it a better than average satire on the unthinking hostilities that human beings are prone to is its steady intelligence combined with a humor sometimes so dry as to be undetectable 
3
Under the Tree
Chuck Bowen
Under the Tree boasts the lurid determinism of many acclaimed European films that spit shine genre film tropes with chilly compositions and fashionable hopelessness 
2
Under the Tree
Roger Moore
As disturbing a Scandinavian domestic collapse as we ve seen in any drama since Ingmar hung it up
3
Under the Tree
J.R. Kinnard
Hafsteinn Sigurðsson s film begins as a trifling neighborhood dispute about an overgrown shade tree and ends as a violent tug of war with alarmingly high stakes 
3.5
Under the Tree
Rob Thomas
How dark is too dark Iceland s Under the Tree pushes the envelope with a pitch black tale of a neighborly squabble that gets more and more violent Problem is it gets less and less funny too 
2
Polytechnique
Ed Gonzalez
Denis Villeneuve s unnerving abstraction of the subject matter daringly relays his view of the human cost of gender warfare 
3.5
Polytechnique
David Nusair
Villeneuve does a superb job of slowly but surely building the tension in the time frame before Lpine begins his assault 
3
Polytechnique
Peter Howell
The tragic art of Polytechnique isn t what it shows or reveals but rather the contemplation it inspires There are moments in life when nothing makes sense and sadness descends this is one of them 
3.5
All My Loved Ones
Bridget Byrne
There s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film s simple title 
2.5
All My Loved Ones
Megan Turner
Schindler s List it ain t 
1.5
Indian Point
Glenn Kenny
Meerpool s movie is scary without being alarmist 
3
Killer Movie
David Nusair
suffers from a pervadingly humdrum atmosphere that effectively cements its place as a watchable yet entirely uninvolving horror endeavor 
2
Who Let the Dogs Out
Rob Thomas
Who Let the Dogs Out touches on issues of cultural appropriation and copyright law and provides a surprisingly nuanced answer to the question Who owns art The question it does not answer however is Who let the dogs out 
3
The Custodian
Nick Schager
Its refusal to offset its solemnity with any measure of lightheartedness eventually leads it to emulate the monotony of Ruben s existence a little too precisely 
2.5
The Custodian
Rene Rodriguez
The Custodian makes excellent use of cinematography color and camera movement to convey the gradual restlessness brewing within Ruben 
2.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Miriam Di Nunzio
A film that is beautiful to look at but lacks clear vision 
2.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Robert Horton
Sparks conveys the author s sometimes overlooked sensitivity and the actual Cuban locations add flavor but the film is pretty flat 
2
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Mark Dujsik
T he entire production is embarrassingly amateurish 
1
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Peter Travers
As the first U S film shot in Cuba since Castro came to power in 1959 Papa gives us sights to revel in Oddly what hurts is the clunky overripe script 
2
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Matt Fagerholm
Papa is merely cinema at its dullest a perfunctory assemblage of biographical bullet points in which characters explain their lives rather than live them 
1.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Anders Wright
Something of an underwhelming experience in which Hemingway is a supporting character in his own story 
2
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Peter Keough
Petitclerc s screenplay dramatizes his relationship with Hemingway from his own not very interesting point of view 
1.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Moira MacDonald
An unintentionally hilarious example of biopic gone wrong 
1.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Mick LaSalle
For those with an interest in Ernest Hemingway Papa Hemingway in Cuba is a remarkable treat 
3
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Stephanie Merry
The director should have listened to the advice Hemingway himself gives the kid It s the power of less 
1.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Dann Gire
These performances lack chemistry and spontaneity as evidenced by the stagy unconvincing climactic confrontation between the writer his wife and the journalist 
1.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Rene Rodriguez
The first Hollywood feature filmed entirely on location in Havana since 1959 makes a good case for reinstating the U S travel ban to the island 
1
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Karen D'Souza
Yari s earnest but plodding biopic lacks a sense of sweep and truth trading tropical landscapes for narrative depth in a way that diminishes the power of the Hemingway mystique 
2.5
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Roger Moore
Smaller than life
1.5
Revolver
David Nusair
An often astonishingly incoherent trainwreck 
1
Revolver
Walter Chaw
Jesus this is a stupid movie 
1
Revolver
Peter Hartlaub
The plot isn t intellectually challenging as much as it is confusing and yet the big twist is completely telegraphed Ritchie has created a movie that is patronizingly obvious one minute and impenetrable the next 
1
Revolver
Sara Michelle Fetters
And I mean it when I say the rest of this thing is a nonsensical mess An absurd combination of Stanley Kubrick Robert Siodmak and Roger Corman this film can t decide what it is or what it wants to be 
2
Revolver
Maitland McDonagh
Pretentious and not half as clever as it thinks it is 
1
Revolver
Chris Hewitt
Revolver a title of breathtaking unoriginality for a movie of breathtaking unoriginality 
2
Revolver
Mark Rahner
It s an irritating repetitive and pretentious psycho metaphysical con job that s ultimately about transcending the ego and it owes a significant debt to the 1960s The Prisoner TV show but isn t nearly in the same artistic league 
1.5
Revolver
Kyle Smith
Guy Ritchie s greasy little noir Revolver is good grindhouse fun until a last act that s like a meeting of a psychoanalysts convention 
2.5
Revolver
Elizabeth Weitzman
Between the manic editing atrocious acting and laughably pretentious narration Ritchie s tired tricks feel like empty distractions in a game of three card Monte 
1.5
Revolver
Rene Rodriguez
The problem with Revolver is that it is Ritchie s first attempt at a serious look at the underworld but the result is so pretentious and muddled it s almost a little embarrassing 
1
Revolver
Glenn Whipp
In a movie about control it s Ritchie who s adrift and it s not looking like he s going to come back 
1
Revolver
Wesley Morris
Revolver the latest Guy Ritchie shoot em up is a joke You laugh with it but mostly at it 
1
Revolver
Josh Larsen
Ritchie means to be deep here yet he s never seemed so shallow 
1.5
Revolver
Roger Ebert
A frothing mad film that thrashes against its very sprocket holes in an attempt to bash its brains out against the projector It seems designed to punish the audience for buying tickets 
0.5
Revolver
James Berardinelli
Revolver turns out to be worse than Swept Away and not just by a little bit 
1
Revolver
Steven Rea
There are quotations from Machiavelli brainiac chess stratagems meditations on the ego and suicide and some of the clunkiest gangland gab this side of a Martin Scorsese parody 
1.5
Revolver
Rafer Guzman
Writer director Guy Ritchie returns to his Brit pulp roots only this time he gets all intellectual too It s a deadly combination 
2
Revolver
Nick Schager
While it s unclear if this nonsense is propaganda for Madonna s Kabbalah dogma there s absolutely no doubt that Revolver achieves a higher plane of badness 
.5
Choose Me
Roger Ebert
There is hardly a moment in the whole film when I knew for sure what was going to happen next yet I didn t feel manipulated I felt as if the movie were giving itself the freedom to be completely spontaneous 
3.5
Choose Me
Jeremy Heilman
Its mixture of intelligence and sentiment hasn t dated at all 
4
UFOria
Roger Ebert
It is willing to go for originality in a world that prizes the entertainment assembly line 
4
Time Served
Michael Dequina
This should be a recipe of trashy fun however this shockingly dull film is just garbage 
0
Natasha
Tomris Laffly
Bezmozgis manages to summon something richer out of this tale you might temporarily feel you ve been told before 
3.5
Natasha
Chris Knight
The screenplay is adept at capturing the confusion of the young 
3
Natasha
Martin Knelman
The movie succeeds because of its haunting lead performances 
3
Natasha
Kate Taylor
A deceptive and delicate coming of age piece deceptive because it exposes a troubling underside delicate because it does so with a measured and quiet intelligence 
3
Raajneeti
Adam Keleman
The partly stiff acting and tear inducing reveals shroud the film s more earnest efforts at dissecting the bureaucratic back alley dealings 
2.5
Suspect
Richard Freedman
Suspect is a thoroughly enjoyable example of an overworked genre 
3
Suspect
Roger Ebert
Suspect is a well made thriller but it was spoiled for me by an extraordinary closing scene where Cher as the defense attorney solves the case with all of the logic of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat 
2.5
Candy Jar
Roger Moore
Positive message but tame predictable and the few jokes that work die of loneliness 
1.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Kelly Jane Torrance
Ai Weiwei Never Sorry teaches us if nothing else that its subject will never stop speaking truth to power whether in the form of a 140 character tweet or a large scale piece of architecture that towers over the tiny men who try to keep him quiet 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
John Beifuss
The film is about the power and limits of art 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Keith Cohen
This riveting documentary deserves consideration for year end awards Klayman gained unprecedented access to this very photogenic man with a dynamic personality 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Rene Rodriguez
The film s recurring theme is of an artist on a perpetual hunt for transparency in his country and abroad 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Christian Toto
Who doesn t hate it when critics say this is an important documentary you must see Well Ai Weiwei Never Sorry is a critically important documentary you need to see 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
John Anderson
A movie that somehow mixes apprehension for Ai with a feeling of warmth and certainly fun 
4
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Mary Abbe
Affable and unpretentious Ai comes across as a cagey operator whose candor is very appealing 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s likely to change the way you think about art and politics and the state of China today 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Chris Hewitt
This is how a documentary portrait should be done 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Michael Upchurch
A sobering cautionary tale 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Ty Burr
One of the most engagingly powerful movies of the year almost completely on the strength of Ai s rumpled charisma and the confusion it creates in the bureaucratic mindset of the Chinese Communist Party 
4
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Stephen Whitty
As this sometimes haphazard documentary shows Ai won t stop talking Or blogging Or tweeting 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Michael O'Sullivan
A useful primer though it also focuses a bit more on the activism than on the art 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Guy Dixon
He may still seem enigmatic but we don t need to know his deepest thoughts The intensity of his daily life and the persecution he continues to face is more than enough to understand who he is and what he is enduring 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
V.A. Musetto
Klayman had full access to Ai 55 following him around for two years The sweetest footage involves Ai and his mother 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Murray Whyte
Ai Weiwei Never Sorry accomplishes what the best works of this sort do Take a great compelling widely known story and make it deeper fuller and better 
3.5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Kenneth Baker
Klayman acquaints us with the man behind the decisions an extraordinarily down to earth yet cosmopolitan figure full of mischief courage and defiance 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Andrew Schenker
The director s clear minded approach allows her subject s more challenging aesthetic political mix to shine through even if it s at the inevitable expense of her own filmmaking proclivities 
3
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Peter Keough
Alison Klayman s documentary briskly tells his story much of it recorded by Ai in his own documentaries on his Web site and on his Twitter feed 
3.5
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula
Matt Brunson
John Carradine frequently stated in interviews that his worst film by far was Billy the Kid vs Dracula There are certainly plenty of candidates I personally would opt for 1969 s Blood of Dracula s Castle but his point is well taken 
1.5
WALL-E
Brian Eggert
WALLE stands as the studios crowning achievement 
4
WALL-E
Matt Brunson
Ultimately WALL E is about nothing less than one of the tenets of human existence the need to find a partner with whom to share life s experiences 
3.5
WALL-E
Mattie Lucas
A sweeping glorious spectacle that never loses sight of its heart or the simple heartrending love story at its core 
4
WALL-E
Brett Michel
Can Earth be reclaimed The answer s a hopeful one more Spielberg less Kubrick perfectly in toon ahem with the tale of a rickety old PC who wins the heart of a Mac 
4
WALL-E
David Keyes
To see these ideas delivered so profoundly speaks volumes to the power animation possesses in cleansing minds weathered by the cynicism of adulthood 
4
WALL-E
Nick Rogers
Some found ecological undertones too scolding But the question of what happens to trash is a nice undertone never overshadowing the endlessly renewable entertainment of WALL E s plucky protagonist carefully comically choreographed physical humor 
4
WALL-E
David Nusair
flat out thrilling in its uniqueness 
3.5
WALL-E
Jonathan W. Hickman
WALL E is something completely different for the kiddie crowd that will hold the attention of adults even with the G rating 
3.5
WALL-E
Evan Williams
A rich and provocative work of art that manages to be fun 
4
WALL-E
Wesley Lovell
Charming funny and entertaining All you ve come to expect from the greatest animation house in the history of cinema 
3.5
WALL-E
Lina Das
It is indeed a hard movie to explain but a good story told well transcends any age even without words 
4
WALL-E
Lori Hoffman
Wall E is a truly innovative animated adventure and an unexpected cautionary tale 
3
WALL-E
James Kendrick
so thoroughly embodies the greatest pleasures the movies have to offer that it goes directly into the sublime
4
WALL-E
Michael Drakulich
This film is a real treasure one that can make you laugh when you are in your worst of moods 
4
WALL-E
Kyle Smith
Too Gloom E 
2.5
WALL-E
Larry Ratliff
WALL E is a technical gem a marvel of sound design and just a little too ambitious to continuously captivate 
3
WALL-E
Greg Maki
Pure movie magic a rare picture of wonder hope joy love and social conscience 
4
WALL-E
Peter Travers
No movie can be a downer that fills you with pure exhilaration You leave WALL E with a feeling of the rarest kind that you ve just enjoyed a close encounter with an enduring classic 
4
WALL-E
Gary Brown
absolutely incredible 
4
WALL-E
Gina Carbone
The 2001 of animation It s a sci fi masterpiece R2D2 hits The Road But it s also no Finding Nemo 
3
WALL-E
Mike McGranaghan
I think Wall E is a masterpiece The folks at Pixar never rest on their laurels They continue to push the limits of both computer animation and the storytelling possibilities that accompany it 
4
WALL-E
Frank Ochieng
Triumphant and teary eyed WALL E withstands its mellifluous moments with a welcomed surge of honesty impishness and introspection smart heart warming and savvy in its observational radar 
3.5
WALL-E
Austin Kennedy
Not only is this a great Sci Fi film it s also easily one of the most romantic Dismissing this as just another kids film is not only unfair to the movie it s unfair to you 
4
WALL-E
Willie Waffle
He is the cutest robot since R2 D2 but I wish the whole movie was just as cute 
2.5
WALL-E
Carla Meyer
Offers a touching robot romance visuals as artful as they are state of the art and vital messages about environmental and personal health 
4
WALL-E
Mick LaSalle
The power of WALL E as a character the poetic figure of the robot drawn to human splendor remains powerful throughout and Pixar s loveliest creation 
3
WALL-E
Stephen Whitty
WALL E is a surprisingly moving parable of what we waste and what we should cherish and wrapped in a romance so absurdly moving it could wring a tear or two even from Gort and Robby the Robot Or a parent and child 
4
WALL-E
Rene Rodriguez
WALL E is Pixar s E T the Extra Terrestrial or its Pinocchio an archetypal fable about loneliness simple enough yet deep enough to instantly captivate anyone who sees it 
4
WALL-E
Christian Toto
WALL E begins with all the comedic splendor of a Charlie Chaplin film but quickly devolves into a rickety bore 
2.5
WALL-E
Bob Strauss
The film s visions of a ravaged abandoned future Earth and a mechanized corporately controlled space ark pleasure cruiser are stunning hilarious and hit their pro green anti consumerist points remarkably hard 
3
WALL-E
Peter Howell
The greatest of all films by Pixar Animation the little Disney studio with the Midas touch 
4
WALL-E
John Wirt
This grim vision of Earth s future is not so funny and not so cute Nonetheless the Pixar guys send another enthralling entertainment to the planet s movie screens 
3
WALL-E
Robert W. Butler
With its split personality WALL E falls short of greatness Even so it pushes the animation envelope with every frame 
3
WALL-E
Sean P. Means
Wall E never feels preachy or pushy instead letting the witty storytelling and expressive animation transport audiences to another world 
4
WALL-E
Lisa Kennedy
His intelligence may be artificial but his heroism is anything but superficial 
3
WALL-E
Pete Hammond
A hilarious heartfelt and extraordinary comedy adventure that pushes animation to new heights 
4
WALL-E
Ty Burr
The best American film of the year to date 
4
WALL-E
John Beifuss
Pixar s boldness has advanced with its achievements in special effects The opening act of WALL E is as melancholy as the Ray Bradbury short story There Will Come Soft Rains 
4
WALL-E
Jeanne Aufmuth
Beautifully executed with a wink and a nudge this one has heart 
3.5
WALL-E
Daniel M. Kimmel
an immensely appealing film for all ages 
4
WALL-E
Liam Lacey
Mixing Chaplinesque delicacy with the architectural grandeur of a Stanley Kubrick film director Andrew Stanton recycles film history and makes something fresh and accessible from it without pandering to a young audience 
4
WALL-E
James Berardinelli
Put simply WALL E is about as charming as movies get 
3.5
WALL-E
Michael A. Smith
Wall E is nothing short of magical 
3
WALL-E
Bob Bloom
WALL E is a gem and continues Pixar s amazing winning streak of animated hits 
4
WALL-E
Steve Rhodes
It is one of the best movies ever made 
4
WALL-E
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The first 60 minutes ranks with the best work Pixar has ever done 
3.5
WALL-E
Ken Fox
It can hardly be called a children s film but a masterpiece of feature film animation for all ages 
4
WALL-E
Steven Rea
The attention to detail always a Pixar hallmark is amazing and Stanton and his crew incorporate surprising elements that mix vintage sci fi with old musicals with a meta cartoon rendering of the future 
3
WALL-E
Duane Dudek
In the Pixar animation universe all things are possible More important they are plausible 
3.5
WALL-E
Jeff Vice
WALL E is not only a triumph in terms of style it s also a triumph in terms of story There s a real emotional resonance and depth to this material
4
WALL-E
Jenni Miller
When it works it really works but it s debatable whether its target audience will really enjoy anything more than the nifty robots Which is fine too Robots are pretty cool 
3
WALL-E
Dustin Putman
An original mature and borderline artsy family film that makes a name for itself Like the rest of Pixar s titles it is destined to endure for years to come 
2.5
WALL-E
Ed Gonzalez
WALL E goes beyond inviting comparisons to E T Number 5 R2D2 even Chaplin s Little Tramp the Waste Allocation Load Lifter relies on them for writer director Andrew Stanton understands this robot janitor as a study in memory and inheritance 
3
WALL-E
Lawrence Toppman
Never before have the world s most influential animators been as bold and forthright about their dark vision for humanity as in WALL E a potent environmental message wrapped up in an irresistibly cute romance between robots 
3.5
WALL-E
Rafer Guzman
Like Charlie Chaplin s best silents a clear influence WALL E is pure visual magic As a bonus it packs a wicked satirical punch 
4
WALL-E
Walter Chaw
A work of art expressing that the products of our hands can hold if we look well and deeply the secrets to our own salvation 
3.5
WALL-E
Lou Lumenick
Some day there will be college courses devoted to this movie 
4
WALL-E
Roger Ebert
Pixar s WALLE succeeds at being three things at once an enthralling animated film a visual wonderment and a decent science fiction story 
3.5
WALL-E
Claudia Puig
Who would guess that a movie with minimal dialogue and a love story between robots could emerge as one of the best films of the summer And who would think a tale could be both post apocalyptic and charming 
4
WALL-E
Moira MacDonald
This is Pixar s most audacious film yet and some small children may become impatient with the film s long wordless stretches But the storytelling is so meticulous and skilled some may not even notice the absence of dialogue 
3.5
WALL-E
Josh Hurst
Despite being subtle sophisticated and light on dialogue it s every bit the crowd pleaser we expect from this studio funny romantic imaginative and utterly gripping 
4
WALL-E
Sara Michelle Fetters
WALLE is so unlike anything else Pixar has ever done I m not even sure where to begin 
4
WALL-E
Peter Canavese
It s best not to ask too many questions during Wall E Take the film s outstretched hand and go with it That s the best way to enjoy a film that s as charming as a tale of two robots falling in love can be 
3
WALL-E
Michael Phillips
It s remarkable to see any film in any genre blend honest sentiment with genuine wit and a visual landscape unlike any other 
4
WALL-E
Josh Larsen
With its lack of dialogue inventive visual comedy and satirical view of working life WALL E plays like an animated addendum to Charlie Chaplin s Modern Times 
3.5
WALL-E
Jeffrey Westhoff
If you can imagine Buster Keaton as a small box with binoculars for eyes and tank treads for legs and WALL E makes this easy to imagine then the movie s first half represents the purest visual storytelling since movies started to talk 
4
WALL-E
Erik Childress
Not since Titanic will you have heard two prospective partners cry out each other s names with as much longing and frequency and if there s any karma fate or pure love out there to believe in than WALL E will equal its attendance and then some 
4
WALL-E
Rossiter Drake
A wondrous work of the imagination and to date the year s best film 
4
WALL-E
Phil Villarreal
The film poses as thinking fans animation but there s little room for wonder or interpretation in the on the nose presentation 
2.5
WALL-E
Sean McBride
There are no accolades too generous for the film that turns out to be so good that it s now my favorite story from the Pixar library 
4
This Year's Love
Steve Rhodes
Can best be thought of as a dumbed down Four Weddings and a Funeral 
2.5
El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances
Chuck Bowen
The awkward title pretty much covers it 
2
Grand Isle
Glenn Kenny
There s not much to invest in here Not even the final Cage Grammer face off 
1.5
Grand Isle
Mark Dujsik
A neo noir in the key of Southern Gothic Grand Isle is appropriately overblown but unfortunately half baked 
2
Grand Isle
Sara Stewart
It s long been clear that Cage has opted for quantity in his movie roles but maybe a little quality control wouldn t hurt 
1.5
Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Ian Mantgani
This is a film you go to for the pretty pictures for the neon and the quirky shapes for the mix of 80s retro style with the fashions of today 
3
Room
Brian Eggert
Room never grandstands to overstated dramatic revelations or unrealistic catharsis it tells an affecting story through the three dimensional emotions of its characters but not by spelling out each emotion through expositional dialogue 
4
Room
Wesley Lovell
Brie Larson is at her vulnerable best in this exploration of isolation identity and perceived safety set around a young woman and her son held captive by her rapist 
4
Room
Mattie Lucas
An undeniably moving experience that finds incredible beauty in the midst of unspeakable evil 
3
Room
Erik Anderson
Abrahamson s direction finds the right balance of thriller drama and even comedy managing an extraordinary difficult tone that allows the full depth of the film s emotional landscape 
4
Room
Sara Michelle Fetters
Room is a lithe deeply moving wonder that builds to a miraculous coda 
3.5
Room
David Keyes
To call the movie one of the great human achievements of recent cinema does not begin to describe the power that lives within its gripping frames 
4
Room
Max Weiss
Room can be at times an almost unbearably emotional experience but that s a good thing It feels good to feel so much at the movies 
4
Room
James Kendrick
that rarest of films one that finds a genuine sense of uplift out of the most despairing of situations without ever feeling forced or mawkish
3.5
Room
Linda Cook
Full of hope 
4
Room
Josh Larsen
holds you in a vice for much of its running time and how could it not 
2.5
Room
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An honest film that can be sometimes a little dark but also full of hope at the same time Full review in Spanish 
4
Room
Rick Bentley
It is as compelling as it is frightening 
4
Room
Anders Wright
It s a brutal wonderful performance bolstered by the screenplay which Donoghue adapted herself Clever nimble and smart it gives these actors room to truly work all of which is supported by Abrahamson s sharp direction 
4
Room
Barbara Vancheri
It will remind you of the lifeline that love and hope and courage can provide in the darkest of circumstances and rooms 
4
Room
Sean P. Means
As remarkable as Larson and Tremblay are individually it s the interaction between them that takes Room to its emotional heights Their depiction of a mother and child is a joy to experience 
4
Room
John Serba
While watching this unforgettable film I pondered the nature of humanity so capable of good and evil and the righteous bond between mother and child 
4
Room
Mal Vincent
This movie memorably asks us what life means in a big world that is beyond our control and how we are shaped by the confined scope of our upbringing It demands attention 
4
Room
David N. Butterworth
Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay are the reason to see this fine rendering of Emma Donoghue s unusual and contained novel of the same name 
3
Room
John Beifuss
If acting awards are given not for mastery of craft or career achievement but for the impact of a performance on an audience then go ahead and give em all this year to Jacob Tremblay who was only 7 years old when he acted in Room 
3.5
Room
Mike McGranaghan
A stunning soul stirring not to be missed film Brie Larson is beyond superb Young Jacob Tremblay matches her note for note 
4
Room
Rafer Guzman
This dramatic thriller is small scale but profound with great performances from Larson and a young Tremblay 
3.5
Room
Scott Renshaw
It s still a terrific manifestation of the truth behind fairy tales both their underlying horror and their goal of keeping children safe 
3.5
Room
Rob Thomas
Movie theaters keep adding new amenities from recliner seats to fancy bars and restaurants But where are the Sobbing Lounges for those of us who have just seen Room 
4
Room
Brad Keefe
Quietly devastating and surprisingly uplifting I spend at least half of the film s running time on the verge of tears 
4
Room
Michael Smith
Room is one of 2015 s most well constructed films with astonishing performances so authentic that you will be moved to tears among other emotions 
3.5
Room
Matt Brunson
The movie is still sticking to me like a sweat soaked T shirt after a night of dark distressed dreams 
3.5
Room
Lawrence Toppman
Not a word or a gesture seems false 
4
Room
Bob Bloom
The special bond between Ma and Jack is the emotional vise that glues you to the screen You laugh and cry with them fear for them and finally embrace their triumph 
4
Room
Moira MacDonald
By its lyrical end you recognize anew the beauty of small miracles sunshine a backyard a new morning an open door 
3.5
Room
Steven Rea
Sure your stomach will be in knots your fingers clenched your heart racing But it will also fill that heart with a sense of the goodness the courage the enduring love that is out there to be discovered 
4
Room
Chris Hewitt
If you ve already read the book you may not like the movie quite as much but I bet you ll enjoy seeing a faithful re telling And if you haven t yet read the book the movie should whet your appetite for that beautifully told tale 
3.5
Room
Kristin Tillotson
What happens in this tiny space gives you more to think about than 10 blockbuster action films 
4
Room
Calvin Wilson
With visual and psychological precision Abrahamson brilliantly evokes the experience of living outside of everyday reality And he does so without resorting to either creepiness or sentimentality 
4
Room
Connie Ogle
Room isn t merely a thriller like our lives it winds onward past immediate trauma because Donoghue knows that freedom is only half the battle 
3.5
Room
James Berardinelli
Room is honest and challenging but it s more uplifting than one might expect from a film with such a horrific backstory 
3.5
Room
Peter Canavese
For two hours Larson and Tremblay make their struggles our struggles Ma and Jack s perceptions challenging our own the most potent pairing on screen this year 
3.5
Room
Christy Lemire
This is one of those situations in which mere words seem insufficient in describing a film s profoundly moving power 
4
Room
Roger Moore
Wrenching
3.5
Room
Anita Katz
Most of all the movie is a life embracing story of a mother child bond and the strength and beauty of a mother s love made stirring by its lead performers 
3
Room
Mark Dujsik
The wisest element of Emma Donoghue s screenplay and director Lenny Abrahamson s approach to the material is the narrative s point of view 
3.5
Room
Barry Hertz
The end result is a profound work of genuine emotional heft two hours of hope surrounded by the worst conceit imaginable Miracles even in a place as dire as Room do come true 
4
Room
Ty Burr
Room could turn mawkish at any moment or merely sentimental That it stays honest and true is a tribute to its makers 
4
Room
Chris Knight
It works on a tiny canvas but in doing so it emphasizes that great things can be accomplished in tight spaces whether a single room or the chamber of our minds 
3.5
Room
Linda Barnard
Almost everything seen in the first half of Room will set an audience to wondering What would I do How would I cope 
3
Room
Richard Roeper
This is one of the best movies of the decade 
4
Room
Dann Gire
Room begins as a mystery Slowly it reveals itself to be a story of survival first physical then emotional and psychological 
4
Room
Ann Hornaday
A closely observed testament to what parents and children learn first hand every day the pride and pain of separation and the discovery empowerment and liberation to be found in simply growing up 
4
Room
Michael Phillips
Room goes its own way in a state of poetic realism that can break your heart 
3
Room
Mick LaSalle
Abrahamson paces the movie as though the audience were in the palm of his hand so that he follows slow scenes with musical interludes in which nothing happens and he keep this up for 118 long long minutes 
2
Room
Dustin Putman
An affecting drama approached from an uncommonly perceptive angle 
3
Room
Matt Pais
The movie that finally should turn Larson from hugely underrated to a justly recognized talent 
3
Room
Robert Levin
There s acting there s ACTING and then there s what Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay achieve here which is something closer to a small miracle 
3
Room
Randy Myers
One of the year s best films 
4
Room
Kent Turner
Jacob Tremblay s performance will rank as one of the best modern juvenile acting feats so lacking in self consciousness that it s seamless 
3.5
Room
Peter Travers
Room deserves to be seen unspoiled All you need to know is that the performances of Larson and Tremblay will blow you away OK Room is a small movie but its impact is enormous 
3.5
Room
Alissa Wilkinson
Room is a sensitive and even uplifting but very realistic psychological drama about abuse depression courage and a lot more even if the story of its inciting situation is terrifying especially for women 
4
Room
Stephen Whitty
What could have been a sordid exploitive film is really a tribute to a mother s love and a child s imagination 
3.5
Room
Kyle Smith
Dopey as the film is on a plot level it s equally vapid in its psychology 
1.5
Room
Rex Reed
An extraordinary film so powerful and unforgettable that it must be seen 
4
Room
Susan Wloszczyna
Room is a soul searing celebration of the impenetrable bond that endures even under the most unbearable of circumstances between a parent and a child 
3.5
Room
Kam Williams
A riveting tour de force featuring a pair of powerful performances by co stars Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay 
4
Room
Clayton Davis
Anchored by two tremendous performances from Brie Larson and young Jacob Tremblay Room mixes an emotionally harrowing story with classic film techniques that surprises even the most dedicated movie goer 
3.5
Room
Elise Nakhnikian
The film never sensational or saccharine is a tough but tender tribute to the creative power of maternal love 
3.5
Room
Walter Chaw
I think Abrahamson understands that Jack is more than a little f up If that s true Room has betrayed him terribly too 
1
Room
Lou Lumenick
See it you must for the Oscar caliber Larson and young Tremblay whose remarkable mother and child bond is nothing sort of astonishing to watch 
3.5
Room
David Nusair
Room ultimately isn t always the easiest picture to sit through and yet it s difficult to recall a more successful book to film adaptation 
3.5
Ópera
Steve Rhodes
As his car twists and turns through one gorgeous forest after another and lush opera music plays in the background I found myself lulled into a dreamy and tranquil state 
3
Bombshell
Brian Eggert
The film is the latest meta infused take on a ripped from the headlines story populated by A list performers 
2.5
Bombshell
Federico Furzan
A confused depiction of fact Great makeup and performances but a disastrous script make this one a disappointing film Full review in Spanish 
2
Bombshell
Linda Cook
It drops another Bombshell on Ailes 
3
Bombshell
Sarah Knight Adamson
Roach has crafted a compelling ripped from the headlines film that evolves somewhat like a grabbing page turner book 
3.5
Bombshell
David Nusair
a fast paced and thoroughly irreverent drama that grows less and less interesting as time progresses 
2
Bombshell
James Kendrick
when Bombshell gets beyond Fox bashing and into the gritty realities of what women have to go through to be heard and believed over the imposing powerful men who exploit them it becomes a much better more compelling and more meaningful film
3
Bombshell
Alan French
The uneven Bombshell suffers from a litany of problems Yet the core three performances are each so compelling you ll be sucked into the story 
2.5
Bombshell
Matt Brunson
The latest preaching to the choir movie to hit multiplexes albeit one with a twist 
2.5
Bombshell
Karen M. Peterson
Bombshell settles for being voyeuristic when it could have been smart and powerful It is a missed opportunity 
2
Bombshell
Kevin A. Ranson
keeping silent to keep your spoils rather than sound the alarm to protect others as a central theme the ripped from the headlines motif is timely but not as compelling as it wants to be 
3
Bombshell
Richard Roeper
Charlize Theron Nicole Kidman John Lithgow at the top of their game in a solid recap of sexual harassment at Fox News 
3
Bombshell
James Berardinelli
With Bombshell thanks in large part to the contributions of his actors Roach has crafted a compelling ripped from the headlines motion picture that unfolds like a page turner 
3
Bombshell
Michael Smith
Important informative and entertaining Bombshell ticks all the boxes 
4
Bombshell
Luke Parker
Fair and balanced Ha 
2.5
Bombshell
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m not entirely sure if I enjoyed Bombshell as a movie or as revenge 
3
Bombshell
Lisa Trifone
Bombshell was recently shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyle and it s perhaps the only accolade I can understand it earning 
2
Bombshell
Anita Katz
The film also triumphs as a close up look at a harasser in action and as a depiction of how women can stop harassment by speaking out and supporting one another 
3
Bombshell
Brandy McDonnell
Margot Robbie gives arguably the most powerful performance as Kayla Pospisil 
2.5
Bombshell
Robert Horton
The movie sets up a weird dynamic While we absolutely root for the Fox women in their legal action we can t quite forget that they ve made a fortune by serving up Ailes incendiary views for years 
2.5
Bombshell
Chris Hewitt
The abuse depicted is shocking but Bombshell is surprisingly entertaining 
3.5
Bombshell
John Wirt
Despites its big ambitions and abundance of talent Bombshell does too little with too much 
2.5
Bombshell
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The true bombshell will come when we all decide that enough is enough Until then Bombshell is a mere medium spicy appetizer 
2.5
Bombshell
Sean P. Means
Theron is a great actor and her impersonation of Kelly s clipped cadences is spot on but no performer alive could make an audience belief that the woman who declared on air that Santa Claus is a white man could be troubled by her conscience 
2.5
Bombshell
Peter Howell
It fractures attention with multiple urgent distractions much like the Fox News television environment it recreates and consciously mimics 
2.5
Bombshell
Tom Meek
The high wire act that Bombshell performs is its ability to humanize Ailes without letting him off the hook John Lithgow should be given a medal for wallowing in such muck 
3
Bombshell
Tom Russo
A film that s both soberly sympathetically thoughtful and bristling with the energy of its high powered setting 
3
Bombshell
Bob Bloom
The movie also is disjointed because it s not sure where it wants to take us It s a cinematic pendulum swinging back and forth from satire to an inspirational empowerment drama 
2.5
Bombshell
Roger Moore
If the only channel we watch crowd does show up they should be chastened and chilled And boy when women decide to gang up on bullies rapists and harassers watch out 
3
Bombshell
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately the film s unwillingness to go deeper makes it fall flat 
2
Bombshell
Ann Hornaday
For its part Bombshell tells a crucial chapter of that larger tale with coolheaded style and heated indignation Its aim might be narrow but it hits the target 
3
Bombshell
Michael Phillips
Holds your attention without really getting into anything too risky or in the case of Theron s Kelly remotely skeptical 
2.5
Bombshell
Pamela Powell
Overall the film is an exceptional insight into women in media and why things are finally changing 
3.5
Bombshell
Rex Reed
The three women are as riveting as always and they are surrounded by surprise guest appearances 
3
Bombshell
Christian Toto
This partisan attack spends too much time scoring ideological points before getting to the heart of the matter 
2
Bombshell
Mike McGranaghan
Bombshell makes the devastating impact of toxic workplaces powerfully chillingly clear 
4
Bombshell
Mark Dujsik
T he whole thing feels a bit disingenuous 
2.5
Bombshell
Mattie Lucas
Doubles down on many of the issues that plagued Trumbo in many cases substituting Saturday Night Live style caricatures for real people in such a way that distances the audience from the human elements of the story 
2
Bombshell
Jake Coyle
It does cartwheels to make a vile tale compelling and it can feel like a parade of starry impressions rather than something genuine But to quote Ailes in the film It s a visual medium 
2.5
Bombshell
Joey Magidson
Bombshell lives and dies with its acting Luckily it s an impeccably acted movie 
3.5
Bombshell
Robert Daniels
Much like Vice Roach s Bombshell is a display of fantastic acting and hilarious comedy but doesn t pass as the historical documentary it wishes to be 
2.5
Bombshell
Katie Walsh
Bombshell actively denies our natural desire for identification with a hero Kelly occupies a space that is hero victim and at times villain and it s a bold move for Theron and the filmmakers to make Kelly as challenging as she is 
2.5
Bombshell
Rene Sanchez
A timely story that stands out thanks to the work of its remarkable cast commanded by Charlize Theron s stellar performance Full Review in Spanish 
3
Bombshell
Rafer Guzman
A whirlwind tour through one of American television s sleazier episodes 
2.5
Bombshell
Christy Lemire
Bombshell is both light on its feet and a punch in the gut 
3
Bombshell
Mick LaSalle
One of the many strong points of Bombshell is that its pioneering truthfulness doesn t devolve into polemics and it s not didactic 
3.5
Bombshell
Rosalie Kicks
Despite the killer cast performances BOMBSHELL left me feeling meh and unsure of who this flick is actually for 
2.5
Bombshell
Johnny Oleksinski
The drama about a very serious subject shoves aside insight in favor of cartoonish impersonations of Fox News personalities 
2
Bombshell
Brian Truitt
While uneven at times the film is similarly sharp and savvy as director Jay Roach s other political fare Game Change and Recount 
3
Spice World
Wesley Lovell
The girls themselves sometimes have a chemistry 44 but are normally annoying paper thin characters 44 but still quite fun 46 
1.5
Spice World
David Nusair
Exceedingly silly yet generally entertaining 
2.5
Spice World
Mike Clark
Can the Spice Girls act beyond their assigned personas World doesn t stop spinning long enough to answer 
1.5
Spice World
Steven Rea
Full of silly swirling fantasy sequences and breezy backstage glimpses into their lives not to mention an album s worth of new tunes Spice World offers a fanciful view of fame and female camaraderie in the fabulous 90s 
2.5
Spice World
Jami Bernard
Spice World is a smart vehicle for the Girls a cheerful and occasionally witty self parody that does for the Spices what Help and A Hard Day s Night did for the Beatles 
2
Spice World
Gene Siskel
The result is tiresome and a blown opportunity to launch the group to an entirely new audience And I suspect those who already are fans will learn nothing new about their Girl Power heroes 
1
Spice World
Peter Stack
Some of the gags are a riot 
4
Spice World
Liam Lacey
Critic proof devoid of plot or acting and quick to mock anyone who might make something of it 
2.5
Spice World
Claudia Puig
If what you really really want is a mindless hyperactive romp about a quintet of British songbirds with flippy hair flirty costumes monster shoes and minute talent then enter Spice World 
1.5
Spice World
Ted Prigge
Okay I m really ashamed of it but I enjoyed it 
3
Spice World
Mike McGranaghan
Spice World is a disjointed mess Loved the girls hated the movie 
1.5
Spice World
Madeleine Williams
Talk about a movie that seemed dated before it even hit the theaters 
0.5
Spice World
Steve Rhodes
The silly show s high spirited frivolity does eventually win you over mainly due to the inherent charm of its stars 
2.5
Spice World
Maitland McDonagh
It s all pure brainless fluff but it s unpretentious and Wannabe is damnably catchy 
2
Spice World
David Keyes
Spice World is about as close as you can come to absolutely nothing and still manage to have a product to show on the screen 
0
Spice World
Michael Dequina
Would be more aptly named Sh te World than Spice World 
0.5
Spice World
James Berardinelli
The only people who are likely to be able to sit through Spice World without casting numerous yearning glances at the exit are those who number themselves among the group s legion of die hard fans 
2
Spice World
Roger Ebert
Spice World is obviously intended as a ripoff of A Hard Day s Night which gave the Beatles to the movies They should have ripped off more everything they could get their hands on 
0.5
David
John Beifuss
Schematic but smart and especially interesting in its telling details as when Daud s bedside alarm clock goes off Instead of music or a buzz or beep we hear a muezzin s call to morning prayer 
3
Runoff
Matt Zoller Seitz
This isn t a perfect movie But I can say without hesitation that if you want to be able to say you were there when a great American filmmaker s career kicked off you need to see Runoff 
3.5
Runoff
Nick Prigge
This emotionally affecting film never loses sight of the ethical complexity of forsaking a community in the name of an individual 
3
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Roger Ebert
It s a little too sloppy and occasionally too obvious to qualify as a great film but it s a good and entertaining one and it leaves us thinking that Duddy Kravitz might amount to something after all should he ever grow up 
3
Wife
Keith Uhlich
Naruse is a keen observer of the whole spectrum of human behavior a portraitist who depicts his subjects in all their raw yet submissive complexity 
3
The Midwife
Linda Barnard
Predictability can be forgiven with the luminous talents of Catherine Deneuve and riveting Catherine Frot Marguerite as long estranged women reunited in writer director Martin Provost s drama 
2.5
The Midwife
Mark Dujsik
When the movie does eventually get past the conflict it opens up some honesty between the characters It might come a bit late 
2.5
The Midwife
Peter Keough
The main reason it does not seem contrived is the performances of Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot 
3
The Midwife
Sara Michelle Fetters
With Frot and Deneuve at the top of their respective games with Gourmet adding tenderly soulful support The Midwife ends up delivering on all fronts 
3.5
The Midwife
Anita Katz
Yes this French drama has a treacle problem But its lead actresses generate more than enough spark to offset the sentimentality over the movie s surprisingly enjoyable two hour running time 
3
The Midwife
Michael O'Sullivan
Provost s film is in the end a story about attaining the wisdom that comes from forgiveness and the acceptance of those things namely the past and the future that none of us can control 
3
The Midwife
Mick LaSalle
A closely observed intelligently imagined and realized presentation of contrasting personalities 
4
The Midwife
Stephen Whitty
A film that looks at its characters with understanding and acceptance it is anchored by two iconic actresses the great Catherine Deneuve lovely and luminous as Beatrice and Catherine Frot a contained persevering survivor as Claire 
3
The Midwife
James Berardinelli
The only thing that keeps us from tuning out is that it s a pleasure to watch the actors exchange dialogue Is that a good enough reason to see a movie Depends what you re looking for 
2
The Midwife
Vikram Murthi
While there s plenty of wisdom about living in the moment and enjoying life Provost and the Catherines dole it out subtly and without any mawkish aftertaste 
3
The Midwife
Diego Semerene
If not for its performances the film would belong in the category of Hallmark Channel tearjerkers 
1.5
The Midwife
Thelma Adams
Catherine Deneuve is a force of nature open and undone working in the open a vein honesty of Gena Rowlands in A Woman under the Influence or Gloria 
3.5
Griot
Brad Wheeler
If Griot the film doesn t always hold your attention griot the man usually does 
2.5
By the Sword
Roger Ebert
By the Sword is about fencing a sport not often covered in the movies and it handles it in an interesting way although the surrounding plot is a little too neat and obvious to really carry the material 
2.5
Mission Congo
Bill Chambers
A worthwhile reminder that televangelists are crooks something that s all too easy to forget in this age of video on demand 
2.5
Blue Crush 2
David Nusair
A decidedly underwhelming sequel 
1.5
Mr. Arkadin
Jay Antani
a mesmerizing experience a schizoid crime caper that s half potboiler and half reverie
3
Carpool
John Hartl
Watching a Tom Arnold movie is like getting trapped in a room with a barking dog for 90 minutes 
1
Carpool
Peter Stack
Carpool the new Tom Arnold comedy is one ride to avoid unless truly idiotic car chase slapstick comedies are the destination genre 
1
Carpool
Madeleine Williams
A rather inane and dull family comedy Carpool is merely a bundle of chase cliches surrounded by unappealing characters 
0.5
Carpool
James Berardinelli
The humor is too feeble to overcome the repetitive lethargy of the formulaic storyline 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Brian Eggert
Instead of placating his audience with a safe 44 PG rated adventure 44 Milius does the opposite and narrows his viewership with an R rated epic driven by some heady ideas and a concentration on narrative over adventurous derring do 46 
3.5
Conan the Barbarian
Peter Stack
Arnold Schwarzenegger the muscle man stars in this mythical beast of a movie based on pulp magazine tales of the 1930s He s good as Conan and the film is technically splendid especially in the long opening sequences 
3
Conan the Barbarian
Matt Brunson
Following the release of the dreadful 2011 reboot the original has been labeled a classic but let s not kid ourselves 
2
Conan the Barbarian
Josh Larsen
ironically undone by its star a preening peacock eager to sow the seeds of self parody with a well placed camel punch 
2
Conan the Barbarian
Roger Ebert
Not since Bambi s mother was killed has there been a cannier movie for kids than Conan the Barbarian 
3
Conan the Barbarian
James Berardinelli
Even 17 years after its release Conan the Barbarian still weaves a spell capable of ensorcelling fans of fantasy adventure 
3
Love Hard
David Nusair
a mostly watchable yet entirely forgettable romantic comedy 
2.5
Love Hard
Roger Moore
A Hallmark Channel holiday movie on a Netflix budget The characters are bland the performances not much better and the writing almost instantly awful
1.5
Love Hard
Monica Castillo
This cookie cutter rom com has nothing more or less than what its subgenre demands 
1
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man
Peter Howell
The Bill Murray Stories Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man addresses the very real title star s amusingly bizarre habit of casually barging into regular lives 
3
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man
Richard Roeper
See the movie It s well worth the journey to find out what happens 
3.5
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man
Mike McGranaghan
A cheerful captivating movie that looks at celebrity through the eyes of a major star who marches to the beat of his own drummer and might just pop up where you least expect him 
3
A Boy Called Christmas
Tom Meek
The blend of live action and fantastical sets is reminiscent of a Tim Burton fantasy with the director on his A game 
3
A Boy Called Christmas
Roger Moore
In a winter of dull holiday romances and seriously unimaginative seasonal slop this one tickles and delights
2.5
A Boy Called Christmas
Kevin Carr
It s sweet and warm It feels like Christmas and hot cocoa 
3
A Boy Called Christmas
Randy Myers
Holiday themed films tend to be enjoyable and rote and rather forgettable Not so with director co writer Gil Kenan s adaptation of Matt Haig s novel of the same title 
3
A Boy Called Christmas
Nell Minow
A resplendent Santa Claus origin story with a star filled cast sumptuous visuals and some melancholy details to keep it from being too sugary 
3.5
Undocumented Executive
David Keyes
There is a certain sophistication to the characters many of whom recognize their predicaments but wear them enthusiastically in the presence of an audience that would ordinarily dismiss them as victims of screwball intentions 
3
The Flower of Evil
Matt Brunson
Honestly 44 it 8217 s a bit better than it sounds 46 
2.5
The Flower of Evil
Sean P. Means
Chabrol has his moments of visual wit but mostly The Flower of Evil is a poky and uninvolving thriller of knotted family ties and convoluted histories 
2.5
The Flower of Evil
Jeff Vice
Neither as shocking nor as enlightening as it obviously intends to be or as it believes itself to be 
2
The Flower of Evil
John Monaghan
The strength of this movie is how it starts as a standard whodunit only to become something else a cunning Chabrol study of incest and old money peppered with a wicked sense of humor 
3
The Flower of Evil
James Verniere
Tart and darkly droll neo noir 
3
The Flower of Evil
Marta Barber
Told without drama as if this were just an ordinary family it is the subtleties of the details that win you over 
2.5
The Flower of Evil
David Elliott
The film is a bore 
2
The Flower of Evil
Chris Hewitt
Flower toys with us holding back information and hinting that there s more to the story than meets the eye 
2.5
The Flower of Evil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The picture wanders a bit but every so often the master unleashes something very cool such as an ominous birdcage looming in the foreground that snaps us back in 
3
The Flower of Evil
G. Allen Johnson
Chabrol s examination of intergenerational guilt takes awhile to arrive at the station but the characters and dialogue screenplay by Caroline Eliacheff are sophisticated and properly witty 
2
The Flower of Evil
Wesley Morris
As usual Chabrol manages to get us worked up over these people but any further investment is hard to justify 
2.5
The Flower of Evil
Roger Ebert
I feel such an affection for Chabrol and his work that I probably can t see The Flower of Evil as it would be experienced by a first time viewer 
3
The Flower of Evil
Michael Wilmington
Stylish ingenious and gleaming with charm wit and malice it s another expert blend of domestic drama and crime thriller a vivisection of the bourgeoisie 
4
The Flower of Evil
Steve Rhodes
Handsomely shot and respectably acted but decidedly dull 
2
The Flower of Evil
Walter Chaw
Chabrol continues his slide into quaint comfortable insignificance with his umpteenth treatment of a theme he s become sort of a French Ozu if you will but with murder 
1.5
The Flower of Evil
Glenn Whipp
There s a lot of talk about just about everything but none of it adds up to much that is interesting 
2
The Flower of Evil
Gene Seymour
With characteristic dispassion and Chardonnay dry wit Chabrol gleefully pries open another can of worms buried within the history of a well to do provincial family 
3
The Flower of Evil
Lou Lumenick
It s a drawn out look at politics that s largely devoid of the trademark humor that long ago got New Wave veteran Chabrol labeled the Gallic Hitchcock 
2
The Flower of Evil
Jami Bernard
While it s not quite as satisfying as his underappreciated Merci pour le chocolat 2000 it s still nasty fun at the expense of the upper middle class 
2.5
The Flower of Evil
David Sterritt
Chabrol s filmmaking has rarely seemed more assured elegant and intelligent 
4
The Flower of Evil
Ed Gonzalez
The not so wicked melodramas that ensue bring to mind a tame revue of V 46 C 46 Andrews apos garden themed Flowers in the Attic series 46 
2
99 Percent: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
Kenji Fujishima
If you grant the documentary its slanted perspective at the outset it works well as its own state of the union address 
2.5
The Muse
Madeleine Williams
A hit and miss affair banking a bit too much on its one joke premise 
2
The Muse
Dustin Putman
The clear potential that The Muse possesses only makes the final product even more of a disappointment 
2
The Muse
Ross Anthony
Though consistently fun in an Albert Brooks kind of way this film drags its feet with the business of building to a climax 
2
The Muse
Susan Stark
There are bits in this movie that are so bright so amusing and so truly madly deeply tied to a life most of us will never know that you can t help watching the film with fascination 
3
The Muse
Michael Dequina
Appropriately enough it seems that Brooks and Johnson needed a muse of their own to really make this film work 
2.5
The Muse
Michael Wilmington
A knockout satire 
3.5
The Muse
Steve Rhodes
A writer and comic who s the best when he s the nastiest Brooks creates for himself a character that s way too accommodating and sweet 
2.5
The Muse
Edward Guthmann
The Muse might have worked better if it didn t presume that we re all as interested in the machinations of Hollywood as Brooks is 
2
The Muse
Rod Dreher
It s good for some sterling one liners and a generous handful of sparkling scenes but after a strong peppery start the movie collapses into bland mush for want of anything interesting to say 
2.5
The Muse
James Berardinelli
The screenplay despite containing a number of droll one liners and a pair of deliciously funny scenes possesses a turgid directionless feel 
2.5
The Muse
Roger Ebert
Smart funny and edgy 
3
Love on the Run
James Kendrick
It brings to a satisfying end the story of an unforgettable character whose lifelong pursuit of romance and responsibility in a world seemingly bent on keeping him down may have finally found fruition 
4
I Married a Monster From Outer Space
Matt Brunson
Popular cult film that like I Walked With a Zombie has the unfortunate distinction of being a quality picture saddled with a wretched title 
3
The Tarnished Angels
Matt Brunson
Sirk known for his rich use of colors opted to employ black and white for The Tarnished Angels it was a sound and strategic choice further amplifying the overcast quality that permeates these characters lives 
3
The Tarnished Angels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unsung masterpiece 
4
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Joe Friar
Lizzie Gottlieb apos s documentary gives you an intimate behind the scenes look at the important relationship between a writer and editor while delivering plenty of laughs and smiles along the way 46 Absorbing 44 humorous 44 and essential for avid readers 46 
4
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Jeff Mitchell
A big screen page turner that apos s made for English majors 44 journalists 44 history buffs 44 and book lovers 46 If you apos ve never heard of Caro or Gottlieb 44 no worries 46 Lizzie Gottlieb apos s documentary is a captivating introduction 46 
3.5
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Steven Prokopy
By the end of Turn Every Page 44 you feel like you 8217 ve taken a journey 44 perhaps even an adventure 44 with these two very different people 46 But together 44 they 8217 ve created something singular and important 44 much like this documentary 46 
3.5
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Anne Brodie
How marvelous to write a series of thick volumes on U 46 S 46 President Lyndon B 46 Johnson 44 with an 8220 intelligent and sympathetic 8221 editor you 8217 ve trusted for most of your life 46 It doesn 8217 t mean they are close friends 46 Just extraordinary 44 these two 
4
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Ann Hornaday
The documentary double portrait of writer Robert Caro and editor Robert Gottlieb bristles with ego and good humored tension 
3
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Sheila O'Malley
An engaging documentary about a famous editor writer partnership 46 
3
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Mark Dujsik
The quot big quot moment definitely isn apos t worth the wait 46 46 46 
2
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Jake Coyle
Turn Every Page about the half century relationship between author Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb is as much a rock em sock em clash of heavyweights as found in any blockbuster 
3.5
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Chuck Bowen
Lizzie Gottlieb 8217 s documentary is a celebration of a profound 44 dying privilege 46 
3
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Roger Moore
A film about a decades long deep dive into 8220 power 8221 in America and a monument to a sort of life long collaboration we will never see again 46 
3
Call Me by Your Name
David Reddish
Chalamet rocketed from obscurity onto the Hollywood A List thanks to Call Me By Your Name and with good reason he didnt just give a great performance in the film he gave the best performance of 2017 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Brian Eggert
Call Me by Your Name taps into universal emotions that belong to everyone who has loved and rewards our experience through luscious filmmaking 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Matt Brunson
A lovely film that works on various levels not least being its insistence on lush visual cues 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Mattie Lucas
A masterpiece a wise wonderful and perfectly crafted romance that lingers and enchants standing tall as one of the finest cinematic achievements in recent memory 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Federico Furzan
A beautiful depiction of honesty and love I felt touched by the force of its main character Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Robert Daniels
Call Me By Your Name survives because of poignant screenwriting keen directing and tender acting 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Wesley Lovell
The era of LGBT cinema has reached a zenith with this film 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
a fascinating study of fleeting love proving that a lot can be done when you favor characterisation and atmosphere over traditional narrative Full review in Spanish 
4
Call Me by Your Name
David Nusair
Director Luca Guadagnino has infused Call Me by Your Name with an unhurried and excessively languid sensibility that becomes more and more problematic as time progresses 
2
Call Me by Your Name
David Keyes
A sweet and loving film where the characters are less mindful of an outside response and more consumed by the amorous temptations they possess 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Eric Melin
Anyone who has experienced the flush of first love will relate but the fact that the film is specific and detailed both emotionally and physically in its portrayal of a gay relationship makes it a standout 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Kam Williams
This seminal offering in the gay drama genre features remarkable performances by Michael Stuhlbarg Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet who also plays the love interest in Lady Bird 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Barry Paris
It s no Brokeback Mountain There s no social cultural parental or public issue It s about coming of age not coming out The guiltless ephemeral exhilaration It s an unforgettable virtuoso achievement by Mr Guadagnino 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Lisa Jensen
But the timeless torture of trying to decipher if his feelings are reciprocated what to do about it if they are and how each of them should feel about it is rendered with poignant delicacy 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Bob Bloom
Call Me by Your Name warmly and objectively captures the exhilaration and heartbreak of first love It floats by like a cloud and softly embraces you like a tender hug 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Clint O'Connor
It is pleasant enough as a character study of Elio but it doesn t offer much in terms of dramatic payoff 
2.5
Call Me by Your Name
Rob Thomas
Watching Luca Guadagnino s sumptuous 1983 set romance feels like you re living inside someone else s cherished memory hazy but still vivid 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Sean P. Means
I defy anyone to find a story of first love its triumphs and heartbreaks its feverish beginnings and its sad endings that s as passionate or as moving as the one told in Call Me by Your Name 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Roger Moore
An overlong gay coming of age tease Stealing Beauty without Liv Tyler American Pie with less baking 
2
Call Me by Your Name
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Recalls the talky intellectual but swoony summer romances of Eric Rohmer 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A kind of pastoral Arcadia in which all the senses reign Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Call Me by Your Name
Robert Horton
Although the material occasionally steers in the vicinity of a 1980s teen romance directed by Randall Kleiser Summer Lovers fans you know who you are there s enough torment and joy generated to cast a real spell 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Calvin Wilson
Call Me By Your Name is a visually stunning coming of age story that boasts a star making performance by Chalamet 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Max Weiss
Despite all its pain love is always worth it the film argues and makes you believe 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Gary Thompson
Call My By Your Name written for the screen by James Ivory harkens back to the glory days of his partnership with the late Ismail Merchant when the Merchant Ivory brand was an art house staple 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Ty Burr
You may not realize how strong the acting is until you replay the movie in your head later 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Allyson Johnson
It s a striking reminder of the power of memory and the idea that love lost isn t love wasted a message that rings beautifully clear and universal no matter how singular and lasting the story of Elio and Oliver is 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Sara Michelle Fetters
Chalamet is a revelation 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Peter Canavese
Guadagnino has coaxed from his cast a film unmatched this year for lifelike rhythms and attention to human behavior 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Moira MacDonald
Slowly as if in a delicate tango the two move toward each other and Call Me By Your Name becomes the story of a connection both sexual and emotional 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Richard Roeper
Call Me by Your Name is a perfect lazy worry free day practically devoid of any real world concerns and absolutely dripping with intellectual and artistic stimulation and all manner of sexual enticement 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Mark Dujsik
There s a lot of the unspoken in Call Me by Your Name a perceptive film about lust jealousy uncertainty repression and maybe love 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Rafer Guzman
A complicated movie erotic yet never graphic heartfelt yet highly stylized Chalamet delivers one of the year s best performances 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Josh Larsen
so seductive you might not notice there is a troubling streak of hedonism at its core 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Peter Howell
One of the year s most romantic movies and also one of the best 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Ann Hornaday
A spellbinding almost ecstatically beautiful movie that gains even more heft and meaning in its final transcendent moments 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Michael Phillips
Call Me by Your Name is enough to make you move to the town of Crema even if your rational self realizes the director Luca Guadagnino trades in a heightened miragelike state of mythic yearning 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Mick LaSalle
Call Me By Your Name is transcendent in its first hour communicating much through the camera s evocation of nature and the screenplay s clear yet subtle dialogue 
3
Call Me by Your Name
James Berardinelli
It s a story of first love impossible impermanent and passionate 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Rex Reed
The direction by Luca Guadagnino is reminiscent of Bertolucci s sensitivity at its best the fabulous cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom rapturously captures the rich work of art that is Italy in summer and the actors are to die for 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Dustin Putman
Luminous breathtaking and so extraordinarily intimate one can scarcely believe something so miraculous has been captured in front of a camera by actors the picture is close to a miracle Call Me by Your Name is a motion picture to cherish 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Robert Levin
There s an ethereal quality to Guadagnino s work that shapes its every moment The story unfolds as if in a dream a memory of a sun swept time when the promise of love emerged and brought with it all that s terrible and wonderful in the world 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Stephen Rebello
Call Me by Your Name is one of the great movies of the year 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Mara Reinstein
Call Me By Your Name is like a treasured artifact from your youth back when withering looks from a first love felt like daggers to the heart 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Brian Truitt
The way it explores at length the sweet and sour aspects of first love is worth savoring 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Peter Travers
One of the very best films of the year Guadagnino a master cinema sensualist and his award caliber actors Chalamet Hammer and Stuhlbarg create a love story for the ages and a new film classic Let it in 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Christy Lemire
A lush and vibrant masterpiece about first love set amid the warm sunny skies gentle breezes and charming tree lined roads of northern Italy 
4
Call Me by Your Name
Clayton Davis
Anchored by a duo of riveting performances by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer Call Me by Your Name is a spiritual and effervescent experience 
3.5
Call Me by Your Name
Sam C. Mac
Call Me by Your Name is a fairly straightforward coming of age story that s at its finest in moments when the relationships take on larger meanings than their literal context implies and Luca Guadagnino finds evocative aesthetic expressions for them 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Dwight Brown
Italy has never looked so inviting 
3
Call Me by Your Name
Kate Taylor
It can try the patience 
2.5
Call Me by Your Name
Shane Slater
Filled with moments of pure bliss this deeply touching film is a romance for the ages 
3.5
Skyman
Mark Dujsik
The character work here is partially and then entirely pushed to the side 
2.5
Skyman
Roger Moore
As alien encounter documentaries or mockumentaries go Skyman is boringly earthbound 
1.5
The Man With a Movie Camera
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of the most amazing beautiful complicated and ground breaking films ever made and yet it doesn t seem to have ever earned the respect it deserves 
4
Union Square
V.A. Musetto
To most New Yorkers the street addicts they encounter daily are nameless and faceless and Union Square helps to humanize them 
3
Union Square
Elizabeth Weitzman
A moving film but not to be frank an entirely memorable one 
2
Union Square
David Sterritt
The material is vivid and harrowing although the movie provides little analysis or larger scale context 
3
In This Corner of the World
Matt Brunson
Like many other anime features this one isn t exactly for the kids Then again it can t be any more detrimental to young minds than something like The Emoji Movie 
3
In This Corner of the World
Sara Michelle Fetters
Perfectly animated emotionally pure In This Corner of the World is an outright marvel 
3.5
In This Corner of the World
Rob Thomas
It builds cumulative power because we spend so much time day in and day out with this family Their story and their survival becomes important to us 
3.5
In This Corner of the World
Brian Tallerico
An elegant reminder that we can never forget what life during wartime does to the human soul 
3
In This Corner of the World
Brad Wheeler
From the casualties of war file comes a gorgeous looking animated feature from the writer director Sunao Katabuchi 
3
In This Corner of the World
Mark Dujsik
The film is somehow both comfortable and disquieting haunting but hopeful in its depiction of ordinary lives trapped in an unseen march toward a terrible event 
3
In This Corner of the World
Alan Zilberman
Corner is a deeply sympathetic tale using the possibilities of animation not just to pique curiosity but to devastate 
3
In This Corner of the World
Peter Keough
The painterly beauty of anime detaches the viewer from the terrible events depicted but it also makes these cataclysms more accessible to the imagination 
3
In This Corner of the World
Kam Williams
A timely morality play indeed given the dire apocalyptic threats currently being traded between the unhinged leaders of America and North Korea 
4
In This Corner of the World
Chuck Bowen
Sunao Katabuchi displays a vivid shattering awareness of how domestic routines can spiritually ground one during a time of demoralizing chaos 
2.5
In This Corner of the World
Mick LaSalle
In This Corner of the World is 129 minutes an eternity for an animated film especially one so wispy in look and so sparing in plot 
2
In This Corner of the World
James Berardinelli
Eye opening and humanizing the film focuses not on the Japanese war machine but the innocent peasants who bore the brunt of what their government unleashed 
3
In This Corner of the World
Kenneth R. Morefield
Katabuchi in what can justly be described as a labor of love reportedly spent six years researching the history of Hiroshima 
3.5
In This Corner of the World
Shane Slater
The underlying optimism of the story and its quietly courageous protagonist will leave you feeling inspired and deeply moved 
3
In This Corner of the World
Roger Moore
Stately slow but lovely depiction of life in Japan during WWII with just a smidgen of nationalism and historical revisionism 
3
Race You to the Bottom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I nearly gave up after an incredibly awkward self conscious first five minutes but eventually writer director Russell Brown finds his groove and sustains it for a long while 
2.5
Race You to the Bottom
Ken Fox
Brown is never clear enough on how he feels about his own characters 
2
Race You to the Bottom
Timothy Knight
A wisp of a film dramatically threadbare and saddled with a brittle and affected performance by Williams 
1.5
150 Milligrams
Kent Turner
Although this movie has the field to itself it easily wins the title of best medical drama circa the 2010s 
3
The Road to Wellville
Mal Vincent
All is obviously not well in Wellville If you manage to sit through the entire two hours of this smelly movie you ll need two weeks at a spa 
0
The Road to Wellville
Roger Ebert
The movie is quite jolly in its preoccupation with digestion and the processes which precede and follow it 
3
Qissa Panjab
Katrina Onstad
It s a winning glimpse at a country that occupies our consciousness but until now has remained unseen 
3
Qissa Panjab
Rick Groen
A feature that sifts through the rubble of global politics and finds this a teaspoon of hope mixed with buckets of despair 
2.5
False Confessions
Mick LaSalle
The essential problem is that artifice for artifice s sake loses its fascination when divorced from human emotion or grand stakes 
2
False Confessions
Shane Slater
False Confessions devolves into a mad and maddening string of mindgames 
2
False Confessions
Peter Sobczynski
To the extent that False Confessions does intermittently succeed it is due almost entirely to Huppert s efforts 
2.5
False Confessions
Chuck Bowen
The film is a trim farce with no blood flowing under its skin as it s all construction setup and payoff 
2
The Comedians of Comedy
David Nusair
Oswalt s one hour Comedy Central special contains more laughs than this 
2
The Comedians of Comedy
Jack Mathews
While there is a great deal of laughter among the quartet there s scarcely a giggle in it for the audience 
1
Nafi's Father
Derek Smith
The film vibrantly articulates all that s lost when people are held under the draconian decree of warlords 
3
when you find me
Matt Brunson
The true artistry is in the inspirational shots not the finished movie 
2
Gimme the Power
Hiram Soto
A humorous and highly entertaining film 
3
Gimme the Power
Alejandro Riera
Bichir is superb as the crusading filmmaker who channels his frustration and angry energy through his camera 
3.5
Gimme the Power
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene el gran mrito de aprovechar a un excelente equipo de personas tanto delante como detrs de cmaras
3
In Darkness
Kelly Jane Torrance
In Darkness is as grim as its title suggests It s also well worth watching as a piece of art and as a hymn to the human spirit that as the movie reminds us can survive just about anything 
3.5
In Darkness
Eric Melin
The main thrust of the film mines the familiar territory of Schindler s List for sure but In Darkness distinguishes itself by mixing strong characterizations of the families living underground with lots of suspense and claustrophobia 
3
In Darkness
Peter Canavese
With straits at least as dire as those in The Diary of Anne Frank and moral dimensions far more murky In Darkness deals with survival at whatever cost including compromise of personal principles Blu ray 
3.5
In Darkness
Rob Thomas
In Darkness is a powerful film about those who refuse to yield either to certain death or to complicity with evil 
3.5
In Darkness
Matt Brunson
For her latest film Agnieszka Holland Europa Europa again turns to a fascinating footnote from that chapter in history 
3
In Darkness
Lawrence Toppman
Though the film seems a bit long at almost two and a half hours Holland needs that time to make the huddled cluster of Jews distinguishable as individuals 
3.5
In Darkness
John Beifuss
What lingers aren t Holland s recreated atrocities but simpler unexpected moments as when a little girl who has become used to life in a sewer removes a rat from atop her coloring book as nonchalantly as if it were a fallen leaf 
3
In Darkness
Bob Bloom
When the film ends you will feel as do the Jews who return to the surface that you need to gulp down as much fresh air as your lungs can hold 
3.5
In Darkness
Duane Dudek
The most consistent and effective element is Robert Wieckiewicz s performance as the plumber 
3
In Darkness
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the time it was over watching Socha Mundek and the other s collective heroism I was absolutely positive I didn t want to be anywhere else 
3
In Darkness
James Kendrick
the lengthy sequences in the dark sewers certainly convey the monotonousness of the survivors ordeal but they come at the expense of narrative flow weighing down the film in ways that are not necessarily productive 
2.5
In Darkness
John Hartl
Based on the true story of Leopold Socha a Catholic Polish sewer worker who hid a group of Jews over a period of 14 months in the underground tunnels of Lvov 
3
In Darkness
Patrick Z. McGavin
Working with the superb cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska Holland draws on the restricted light and vertiginous space to achieve immersive tactile imagery that is appalling and unforgettable 
3.5
In Darkness
Chris Hewitt
It s a tough one but it s worth it 
3
In Darkness
Rene Rodriguez
More than half of In Darkness takes place underground shrouded in rank oppressive shadows But the movie also glows bright with life and hope 
3
In Darkness
Lisa Kennedy
The chiseled Furmann gives Mundek a savvy even moral brawn As Paulina Maria Schrader makes an argument for gentle yet pragmatic maternalism 
3.5
In Darkness
John Anderson
An epic and no less of one for taking place largely in the claustrophobic confines of a Polish sewer system 
3.5
In Darkness
Ty Burr
The film looks fine is structured intelligently measures out the horror in pragmatic amounts In the end though it s that professionalism that gets in the way 
3
In Darkness
Steven Rea
Holland shooting in confined spaces with little light elicits taut performances from a strong cast 
3
In Darkness
Gary Thompson
A grueling but rewarding story of survival 
3.5
In Darkness
Mick LaSalle
One might think that years and years of seeing Holocaust movies would create an immunity a point at which you can feel no more But in fact it works the other way 
4
In Darkness
Liam Lacey
The setting a rat infested sewer lit by flashlights and candles and the memorable central performance from Robert Wieckiewicz etch themselves on the imagination 
3
In Darkness
Matt Pais
Troubling and powerful 
3.5
In Darkness
Roger Ebert
Yet another movie in which Jews escape death in the Holocaust through the actions of a gentile with a conscience 
2.5
In Darkness
Peter Howell
In Darkness presents a credible scenario about the effects of desperate times upon the human psyche and it also shows how base human instinct can nevertheless be elevated 
3
In Darkness
Jaime N. Christley
A Not Another Holocaust Movie awards grab that isn t even distinguished by its base artlessness and indifference to craft 
.5
In Darkness
V.A. Musetto
Holland has said that she wanted her harrowing and rewarding epic to run long so it would make viewers feel that they re in the sewers as well In this she succeeds 
3
In Darkness
Stephen Whitty
As many Holocaust stories as we ve seen this one still has a fresh and important lesson about heroism and how it has the habit of springing from some all too human places 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Kelly Jane Torrance
Mr Zahn brings feeling to an often cliched role while Mary Lynn Rajskub is moving as a troubled woman who almost connects with the similarly confused Norah 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Nick Rogers
Megan Holley s script feels like it s been Sundance workshopped to death However the cast led by Amy Adams Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin establishes a vibrantly odd family bond that sustains Sunshine Cleaning through its dimmer portions 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Rob Humanick
Not entirely insubstantial even as the bulk evaporates from the mind 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Peter Canavese
The sort of movie you root for hoping it ll break through to be something special It never quite does but it still has the not insignificant value of two fine actresses cast as sisters Blu ray 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Mike McGranaghan
It s still relatively early in the year but this is definitely one of my favorite films so far in 2009 
3.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Lori Hoffman
It s all a bit over baked at some moments other moments shine with the emotional truth that one hopes to find if one must be subjected to a montage of nasty crime scenes 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Linda Cook
They re ordinary people doing the best that they can And that s what makes Sunshine Cleaning so enjoyable for adult audiences 
3.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Matt Brunson
Contains enough fine moments to say nothing of a strong central performance by Amy Adams to make it a worthwhile endeavor 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
John Beifuss
This is a film that might clot from the pressure of too much unlikely writerly detail if not for the elbow grease applied by its two charming stars 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Michael Smith
Desperately quirky with desperately quirky characters There are no characters in this film who aren t quirky That s a problem 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Sean P. Means
But while director Christine Jeffs finds the pathos in writer Megan Holleys too quirky script the piling on of offbeat contrivances overwhelms the emotional weight of the sisters troubled relationship 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Robert W. Butler
The movie around them has problems but Amy Adams and Emily Blunt put on a first class acting workshop 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Carla Meyer
Sunshine Cleaning is a small film with small storytelling problems that eventually add up 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Rick Groen
Sunshine Cleaning is one of those dependent independent films dependent on the need to be quirky yet heartfelt too and as much a slave to the formulaic as any Hollywood product 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Michael Sragow
The director Christine Jeffs and her gifted ensemble light up the dankest corners of the story including the Lorkowskis grim family secret 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Peter Howell
Adams and Blunt rise above the clunky premise and execution to once again demonstrate why they ve become the go to girls for any director seeking smart versatile and warm blooded talent 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
David Nusair
a charming and easy going indie treat 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Connie Ogle
Its overall ability to balance humor and drama attention to emotional detail and a few winning performances outweighs its maudlin tendencies 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Jeff Vice
Its story is a confused muddle and the filmmakers can t settle on a consistent tone 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Steve Ramos
Despite its two attractive leads the movie dissolves into a missed opportunity instead of the topical alternative women s comedy Jeffs and Holley intended 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Steve Rhodes
Little more than a long series of misfires Sunshine Cleaning is no Litte Miss Sunshine 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Chris Hewitt
The actresses are excellent The movie is a bloody mess 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Mick LaSalle
Sunshine Cleaning emerges as that rare American specimen a strong movie about women 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Amy Biancolli
This one is scripted directed and acted with grace and immaculate care 
4
Sunshine Cleaning
Lisa Kennedy
Credit director Christine Jeffs and writer Megan Holley with revealing the sisters pained back story ever so gently 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Dustin Putman
Aims to be bittersweet and lighthearted but its frothy side and unfocused narrative have misplaced the necessary depth needed for the story to take full flight Sunshine Cleaning misses the mark not because of what is there but what isn t 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
Moira MacDonald
Directed by Christine Jeffs Sunshine Cleaning has more than its share of indie clichés but it s wonderfully cast and often a pleasure to watch 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Michael Phillips
Certain narrative events in Sunshine Cleaning u2014a fire for one u2014are more about dramatic convenience than the mess of real life It helps to have actresses as vibrant as Adams and Blunt around 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Carrie Rickey
Christine Jeffs has assembled an accomplished cast for the dramedy from screenwriter Megan Holley They are wonderful in a film that reverberates with the tensions and comic desperation of the similarly themed Little Miss Sunshine 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Ty Burr
It s an honest little movie well written by Megan Holley well directed by Christine Jeffs and very well played by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as the sisters 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
John Anderson
Adams and Blunt are a great team and provide Sunshine Cleaning with nearly all of its potency pain and emotional payoff as sisters trying to avoid their own tragedy while cleaning up the mess of others 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Roger Ebert
At times the movie works but those are the times it and even we forget what it s really about 
2
Sunshine Cleaning
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the most compelling reason to see Sunshine Cleaning is the pairing of two of the best and most charismatic young actresses today 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Jeanne Aufmuth
Amy Adams brings a fresh spin to deep hurts and a spark to her determination to get things right 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Lou Lumenick
This bittersweet comedy is a fine showcase for a pair of distinctive and appealing talents 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Olivia Putnal and Krista Soriano
This is a good film to see once but we aren t sure you are going to want to watch it again and again 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Todd Hertz
Seeing the results of a good cleaning is one thing but actually watching the transformation occur during a good hard scrubbing leads to far more fulfillment 
2.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that even with the slightly lurid nature of some of the subject matter is as endearing and loveable as these things get the finished product so much fun to watch I really didn t want it to end 
3.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Claudia Puig
A sweet and appealing if familiar concoction 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Peter Travers
This funny and touching movie depends on two can do actresses to scrub past the biohazard of noxious clichés that threaten to intrude Adams and Blunt get the job done They come highly recommended 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Robert Levin
The film benefits greatly from the inspired casting by director Christine Jeffs and her team and the insights into loss and motherhood professed by Megan Holley s screenplay 
3
Sunshine Cleaning
Thelma Adams
It s a laugh out loud cry until you blubber sister buddy movie that works because of the two stars naturalistic acting on screen and a plucky original script 
3.5
Sunshine Cleaning
Jay Antani
One is hard pressed to find any cinematic personality to Sunshine Cleaning 
2.5
City on Fire
Michael Dequina
A little slow going but Chow as always is fantastic 
3
Black Moon Rising
David Nusair
generally far more engaging and compelling than one might ve anticipated 
3
Black Moon Rising
Matt Brunson
The film looks good but it s never as zippy as its plot requires 
2.5
Armageddon
Wesley Lovell
In a cross between 8220 Independence Day 8221 and 8220 Apollo 13 44 8221 8220 Armageddon 8221 leans more heavily toward the former 46 Piles of visual effects with a weak plot to keep it all tied together and give them the excuse to make the film 46 
1.5
Armageddon
Ann Hornaday
By the time Bay and Bruckheimer appropriate John F Kennedy s image in their final small town America montage it s clear their pomposity knows no limits 
1.5
Armageddon
Desmond Ryan
The special effects are the best that 150 million can buy and the script plays like a near afterthought 
2.5
Armageddon
Jami Bernard
The end of the world is going to be very noisy and filled with some of the worst dialogue ever 
2
Armageddon
Michael Wilmington
If you re going to blow up the world or advertise your intentions to do so you might as well have some laughs along the way 
2.5
Armageddon
Matt Soergel
It s such a thrill ride in fact that after its 2 1 2 hours of thrills you re likely to feel more pummeled than entertained which is just the point 
2.5
Armageddon
Peter Canavese
The color corrected Life magazine pictorial style imagery and excessive use of slo mo are far more annoying than they are easy on the eyes and the hyperactive editing is unbearable Blu ray 
2
Armageddon
Rob Vaux
Of all the Michael Bay films out there Armageddon is the Michael Bayest 
1.5
Armageddon
Jeffrey Westhoff
Resolute on violating every law of dramatic unity and physics Armageddon makes Deep Impact look like a documentary 
2.5
Armageddon
Jeanne Aufmuth
It won t get bigger slicker glossier or more fun this summer 
3.5
Armageddon
Jeff Strickler
There unquestionably is a lot of energy in Armageddon But like the pieces of the asteroid that break off and spin harmlessly into space much of it comes to naught 
2.5
Armageddon
Margaret A. McGurk
It s an awful movie so outrageously excessive that it could be a parody of itself 
1
Armageddon
James Sanford
breathless and utterly brainless makes the similarly themed and much more sentimental Deep Impact look like Schindler s List by comparison 
1.5
Armageddon
Liam Lacey
All the movie s staggering conventional weaknesses ludicrous plot weak characterization incomprehensible staging and ambient racket are irrelevant 
2
Armageddon
Andrew Howe
A high octane rocket propelled assault on the senses 
3.5
Armageddon
James Kendrick
Too long too loud and featuring more camera movement and fast edits than ten other movies put together Armageddon will be a powerful test of how far action directors can push the line before they wear audiences to a frazzle 
2
Armageddon
David Keyes
a waste of 100 million dollars and the talent of great actors 
0.5
Armageddon
Rob Blackwelder
This is a tedious tiresome embarrassment and is without question the worst movie I ve seen in two years 
0
Armageddon
Mike McGranaghan
Armageddon left me feeling bombarded worn out and assaulted The real disaster is this movie 
1
Armageddon
James O'Ehley
The clock must be ticking The editing must be quick and the soundtrack must be LOUD so that even when nothing exciting is happening it must seem that something important and exciting is happening 
2
Armageddon
Marty Mapes
For sheer escapist entertainment it is quite successful On the other hand there are a few too many angles from which to attack this film science depth originality editing you name it 
2.5
Armageddon
John Hartl
The only compelling lure is the special effects which are sometimes impressive sometimes transparent yet somehow always inadequate to the apocalyptic task at hand 
2
Armageddon
Susan Stark
full of sound and fury but without a single new idea to add to the conversation 
2
Armageddon
Mike Clark
Save the planet but spare us this movie 
1.5
Armageddon
David Sterritt
Yet while the movie s emotions grow a bit gentler they remain as forced and artificial as ever pushing market tested buttons heroics patriotism family values with a monotony that denies us any chance to think or even feel for ourselves 
2
Armageddon
James Berardinelli
the latest in a line of increasingly stupid action pictures that amazes audiences with flashy special effects and nifty action sequences but leaves them high and dry in both the character and story departments 
2.5
Armageddon
Ted Prigge
Why did I enjoy a film that has numerous plot holes too many explosions and the IQ of a house plant 
3
Armageddon
Roger Ebert
The movie is an assault on the eyes the ears the brain common sense and the human desire to be entertained 
1
Armageddon
Bob Bloom
Armageddon features some dynamite special effects but on the whole it s an empty almost cynical movie in the way it manipulates its audience 
2.5
Armageddon
Ron Weiskind
You can only suspend your disbelief so far even if you re hanging upside down from the double loop Even by summer blockbuster standards Armageddon pushes the envelope when it comes to defining the word preposterous 
2
Armageddon
Bob Graham
It sure makes an ugly mess 
1
Armageddon
Michael Dequina
A reasonably satisfying summer blockbuster with all the flaws and virtues that come with that label 
3
Armageddon
Madeleine Williams
For some reason even though the asteroid is as big as Texas they only need to drill 800 feet to get to the very center 
2
Armageddon
Cornell & Petricelli
this film reaches its real dramatic power because it embroils us in deeper issues of heart and spirit 
4
Armageddon
Steve Rhodes
It s time for some silly summer fun in Armageddon as Bruce Willis and Co kick some asteroid tail 
2.5
Siberia
Peter Canavese
Another Willem Dafoe tour de force which takes its inspiration from Carl Jung s The Red Book A film of psychological and spiritual dimensions about the mystery of existence Lionsgate blu ray review 
3
Siberia
Sergio Mims
A genuine misfire that is not nearly profound as it wants to be 
1.5
Siberia
Mark Dujsik
Ferrara s approach to this story is both fascinating and frustrating with the latter quality mainly winning out in the end 
2
Siberia
Ty Burr
Siberia is a Freudian wallow made by a New York street fighter of a Fellini and it is nothing if not authentic in its stress fractured machismo 
2.5
Siberia
Roger Moore
I ve found Ferrara s cryptic navel gazing bent of late both tedious and yet fascinating in what he s trying to get across about where his head s at when he makes this or that self reflective film 
2
Siberia
Chuck Bowen
Abel Ferrara doesn t require traditional dream logic as his grasp of the nitty gritty quotidian of longing is inherently uncanny 
3
Trigger
David Nusair
an aimless and stagy piece of work that fizzles out to an increasingly and distressingly demonstrable degree as it progresses 
2
Trigger
Stephen Cole
A mesmerizing talk a thon with smart useful things to say about life love and rock n roll 
3
Trigger
James Bradshaw
Shot simply but compellingly it feels like a polished and practised portrait of rekindled bonds 
3
Out for Justice
David Nusair
A muddled yet mostly entertaining actioner 
2.5
Out for Justice
Ted Prigge
It s so stupid that it s boring 
1
Out for Justice
Chris Hicks
Seagal may be a success but I m just grateful he only makes one movie a year 
0
The California No
David Nusair
a far too cute for its own good premise that is at the outset employed to watchable effect by writer director Ned Ehrbar 
2
The Yards
Nick Rogers
How The Yards shifts toward crime drama through character rather than pure plot is hard to disclose without divesting twists Inspired by real life scandal James Gray lets personal insight color Shakespearean shenanigans of privilege panic and power 
3.5
The Yards
David Nusair
the filmmaker s use of dark visuals effectively matches the moody almost operatic tone of the script 
2.5
The Yards
Michael Dequina
Understatement is something that one would not normally associate with such a pulpy tale but that s what makes Gray s film surprisingly effective 
3
The Yards
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer director James Gray tells the story with an impressive urban palate 
3
The Yards
Jeffrey Westhoff
Though The Yards starts with a familiar crime plot it becomes fascinating because of its characters 
3
The Yards
Jules Brenner
Its realism in a fastidiously plausible plot is given energy and life by an exemplary ensemble cast 
3
The Yards
Bob Graham
The temptations of corruption its insidiousness and how it is covered up by a code of silence not only form a compelling subject but have the ring of truth 
2
The Yards
James Berardinelli
Things in The Yards become so hard to swallow that even the most easygoing movie goers will find it hard to suspend disbelief 
2
The Yards
Rob Blackwelder
Never envelops the audience in the deep tenor and rich realism of its sullied world 
2.5
The Yards
Mary Kalin-Casey
Anyone who thought that Wahlberg s breakout turn in Boogie Nights was a fluke or that Perfect Storm s success wasn t dependent on his performance had better think again 
2.5
The Yards
Roger Ebert
It s that moral ambiguity that makes the film interesting 
3
Peace in the Valley
Roger Moore
A good gun violence drama 44 showing a lot of promise behind the camera and in front of it 46 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Kam Williams
An insult to the viewer s intelligence which sticks to silly slapstick while failing to get around to making a mature statement about relationships 
1
Must Love Dogs
Camerin Courtney
I wouldn t call the movie a dog but I didn t love it either Our search for the next Great Romantic Comedy like so many Hollywood singletons quest for love continues 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
David Nusair
the film is ultimately difficult to resist though it s clear that those who generally dislike this sort of thing will really hate this 
3
Must Love Dogs
David N. Butterworth
Attractive witty and exceedingly cute movie seeks undiscerning viewers for good times and more 
3
Must Love Dogs
Linda Cook
Despite its stars despite its premise and despite the presence of cute canines Must Love Dogs is the most bland romantic comedy of the summer Possibly of the year 
2
Must Love Dogs
Mike McGranaghan
Everything that happens here has happened in dozens of romantic comedies before If you re thinking of going to see Dogs all I can say is you ve already seen it 
2
Must Love Dogs
Erik Childress
A romantic comedy so generic that its label AND what s inside is nothing but a black and white checklist of the lamest rom com clichés ever invented 
1
Must Love Dogs
Forrest Hartman
The best way to combat a lackluster script is good casting and Diane Lane John Cusack and Christopher Plummer are quite the foot soldiers in Must Love Dogs 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Lori Hoffman
I wish Lane and Cusack had a better script to work with in this cyber dating comedy 
2
Must Love Dogs
Collin Souter
There needs to be a master list out there of conventional Romantic Comedy clichés and gestures that filmmakers and writers can refer to so as not to play to them ever again 
1.5
Must Love Dogs
Jeffrey Westhoff
Writer director Gary David Goldberg relies so much on the predetermined beats of sitcom writing that Must Love Dogs is too stiff to qualify as lightweight 
2
Must Love Dogs
Sean McBride
a predictable and genial romantic comedy that s not very romantic and never really all that funn
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Steve Rhodes
Lane and Cusack create characters who are genuine funny and romantic 
3
Must Love Dogs
Sara Michelle Fetters
No Must Love Dogs earned its smiles and the only bone I really have to pick is that in the end I failed to bring enough tissue 
3
Must Love Dogs
Dan Fienberg
There s no compelling reason why these two characters ought to be compatible except that their names come first and second in the opening credits 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Larry Ratliff
Must Love Dogs unleashes snappy smart dialogue that s good enough to make us want to sit and stay 
3
Must Love Dogs
Moira MacDonald
As fantasies go you could do a lot worse 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
David Elliott
Some of the lines are pretty clever but you need to have a very keen and sticky tolerance for dogs making goo goo eyes 
2
Must Love Dogs
Peter Howell
The real reason for taking a chance on this minor summer confection would be to catch up on the life of an unbilled hero Lloyd Dobler 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Stephen Whitty
Lately Hollywood has gotten so obsessed with doing big things badly it seems to have forgotten how to do small things well 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Connie Ogle
A romantic comedy is only as irresistible as are its temporarily star crossed lovers By this barometer the enjoyably breezy Must Love Dogs boasts quite a pedigree 
3
Must Love Dogs
Jami Bernard
Did Lane and John Cusack really have to put themselves through this Here are two first rate actors in the embarrassing situation of playing blithering misfits in a lame comedy of errors 
1.5
Must Love Dogs
David Gilmour
Be warned When the makers of Must Love Dogs want you to like somebody they slam your hand in a drawer until you say uncle 
2
Must Love Dogs
Jeff Vice
It works all right as sort of cinematic comfort food 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Mary F. Pols
There is an extremely supportive and welcoming market for an actress like this in the right romantic comedy Must Love Dogs is half that movie witty rueful true and sweet The other half is so conventionally dumb it hurts 
2
Must Love Dogs
Lawrence Toppman
Must Love Dogs reminds me of the golden retriever that lived next door long ago endearing consistently sweet natured ready for a brisk turn around familiar territory as long as no strenuous intellectual demands are ever made 
3
Must Love Dogs
Wesley Morris
While Lane is her typical winning self the film is mawkish 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Emily Blunt
Tall handsome actor seeking willing audience 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Lou Lumenick
Diane Lane and John Cusack have such terrific chemistry together in the genial romantic comedy Must Love Dogs that it s a wonder these two veteran performers have never been teamed before 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Glenn Whipp
Bland generic and showing every sign of having been market tested to death 
2
Must Love Dogs
Terry Lawson
Unless you have an affection for scrawny slobbery face licking films with no bite or bark don t even think about it 
1
Must Love Dogs
Peter Travers
Just when you think you have Goldberg figured he springs fresh surprises 
3
Must Love Dogs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This may be the summer s only film not aimed at teenage boys but it still feels unshaped and underdeveloped 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Sarah Chauncey
Such great performances Such a dreadful movie 
2
Must Love Dogs
Willie Waffle
When a woman who looks like Diane Lane has to use the internet to find a date something has gone horribly wrong with our world
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Sue Pierman
Must Love Dogs makes a good first impression it s smart funny and entertaining But as the reels unwind it s missing the special chemistry necessary to make us fall head over heels for it 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Jeff Strickler
Must Love Dogs proves that you can teach an old genre new tricks 
3
Must Love Dogs
Claudia Puig
Director Gary David Goldberg has said he gave the script to Cusack to add his own touches resulting in some clever and engaging repartee with Diane Lane another intelligent and likable actor 
3
Must Love Dogs
David Sterritt
Must Love Dogs isn t quite a dog but it s far from an ideal date movie 
2
Must Love Dogs
Rob Blackwelder
The film s curdled aftertaste is so frustrating that it may be hard to remember why Must Love Dogs ever seemed so endearing and entertaining in the first place 
2
Must Love Dogs
Walter Chaw
Not everything needs to be art of course so here goes your proof 
1
Must Love Dogs
Dustin Putman
Lacks the requisite passion and urgency to make the experience anything more than a periodically pleasant waste of time 
2
Must Love Dogs
Michael Wilmington
Must Love Dogs though has some things a lot of today s romantic comedies don t have and need badly smart dialogue bright characters and a pair of lovers who don t look as if they belong at a college bash or in a gossip column 
3
Must Love Dogs
Carrie Rickey
On what planet does Diane Lane she of the double dip sundae bod whipped cream face and cinnamon hair go dateless Only on planet Hollywood where she is routinely cast as an underappreciated wife or overlooked single 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Roger Ebert
Must Love Dogs is like a puppy with big brown eyes and a wagging tail who weeps with eagerness to lick your hand but you take a look around the pound and decide to adopt the sad eyed beagle who looks as if she has seen a thing or two 
2
Must Love Dogs
Chris Hewitt
Romantic comedies usually stand or fall on the likability of the leads and the leads in Must Love Dogs Lane and John Cusack both of whom downplay the shtickiness of the material by underselling it are very likable 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Phoebe Flowers
What Must Love Dogs is ultimately insisting after all is that we all deserve to frolic merrily in the sun with loved ones possibly in the form of John Cusack Frisbees and dogs Who wants to argue with that 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Jan Stuart
It manages to rework genre conventions with an exuberant wit and an authentic feel for the fits and starts madness of the mating game 
3
Must Love Dogs
Ross Anthony
Sharply written script in the dialogue department But the chemistry element wanes and a heart element is nearly absent Still light funny always amusing Kudos to Cusack 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Rob Thomas
Whenever Cusack is on screen the energy level of the movie just jumps up 
3
Must Love Dogs
Josh Larsen
enough doses of the real world to elevate it above your average romantic comedy fantasty 
3
Must Love Dogs
Peter Canavese
Cutesy stuff breezily amusing but a basically weightless and disposable date movie 
2
Must Love Dogs
James Berardinelli
Bland and forgettable a romantic comedy with affable characters and some funny lines but where love never really takes flight It fizzles when it should sizzle 
2.5
Must Love Dogs
Ed Gonzalez
To paraphrase some hackerish blurb I just heard on the shill y E network Must Love Dogs is in the doghouse 
.5
Trust
Derek Smith
A bold film that defies logic and the rules of screenwriting
4
Trust
Roger Ebert
Hal Hartley is on his way to creating a distinctive film world and although Trust is not a successful film you can see his vision at work and it s intriguing 
2
Small Soldiers
Wesley Lovell
8220 Small Soldiers 8221 also joins 8220 Godzilla 8221 in another way 46 They compete now for the worst film of the year with 8220 Godzilla 8221 ahead 44 but not far enough to out distance the horrid 8220 The Big Hit 46 8221 
0.5
Small Soldiers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Small Soldiers deserves to be re evaluated which fortunately also means that it can finally be enjoyed too 
3.5
Small Soldiers
Michael Dequina
An infomercial with the schmaltz that passes for emotion in family aimed films 
2.5
Small Soldiers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Typical of Dante s films Small Soldiers is an unbroken string of pop culture in jokes 
3
Small Soldiers
Margaret A. McGurk
an entertaining romp 
3
Small Soldiers
Liam Lacey
this smells like a script slapped together around a toy product launch 
2
Small Soldiers
Roger Ebert
What bothered me most about Small Soldiers is that it didn t tell me where to stand what attitude to adopt 
2.5
Small Soldiers
James Berardinelli
As absurd as the premise might seem Small Soldiers works for two primary reasons the visual effects are entirely convincing and the script never takes its tongue out of its cheek 
3
Small Soldiers
Bob Graham
This live action animated feature has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own 
3
Small Soldiers
Susan Stark
wildly entertaining 
3
Small Soldiers
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I can t think of a Hollywood entertainment I ve enjoyed as much all year and both audiences I saw the movie with seemed delighted as well 
4
Small Soldiers
Joe Baltake
deliciously perverse 
3.5
Small Soldiers
Jeff Vice
aside from some funny puns most of which have already been spoiled by the TV spots and some pop culture references that no child and most adults won t understand Small Soldiers just isn t funny enough 
2
Small Soldiers
David N. Butterworth
Joe Dante s unofficial remake of Gremlins only smaller 
2
In the Intense Now
Mark Feeney
Alternately engaging and a bit muddled the film looks at the years 1966 68 as seen in China in France with the May 1968 student uprising and in Czechoslovakia with the Soviet invasion three months later and its aftermath 
3
In the Intense Now
Diego Semerene
Although João Moreira Salles tries to tap into the pleasurable elements inherent to the essayistic as a cinematic form such as making the merging of intimate and social reality poetically visible his storylines never quite gel 
1.5
Tall Girl 2
Roger Moore
Well at least they kept the cute Some of it anyway 
1.5
Tall Girl 2
Leo Brady
Tall Girl 2 is a mixture of comedy teenage romance and coming of age story with neither of those genres being able to stick out amongst the rest 
1.5
If You Don't, I Will
Farran Smith Nehme
It s sprightly funny and at times piercingly sad 
2.5
If You Don't, I Will
Matt Zoller Seitz
Devos and Amalric who worked tougher in Arnaud Desplechin s Kings and Queen win at least half the storytelling battle by seeming as though they actually have been sharing the same space and the same life for years and years 
3
If You Don't, I Will
Chuck Bowen
The actors play off one another beautifully but the film bottoms out just as it s getting warmed up 
2
If You Don't, I Will
Kent Turner
The on screen relationship is dead upon the first scene There s no else to go but to divorce court 
1.5
Food of Love
Mick LaSalle
It s the extra layer that makes this one the movie s understanding of how disillusion and inner compromise can gradually separate a young artist from his divine spark 
3
Food of Love
Rod Armstrong
One of those so so films that could have been much better 
2.5
Food of Love
Megan Turner
There s a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming of age coming out tale 
1.5
Food of Love
Jan Stuart
Food for Love endeavors and largely succeeds in lending equal weight to the emotional turmoil of its older and younger characters 
3
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Eric Melin
The film s real triumph is that it tells a cohesive story out of so many jagged parts and does it with an energy that was reflective of that special moment in time 
2.5
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It will have you digging out your old copies of Energy and Kerplunk for a fresh listen 
3.5
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Glenn Kenny
You don t have to be a Green Day fan to find this movie interesting but you ll definitely be more inherently invested in it if you are 
2.5
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Roger Moore
Fascinating overview but unlike classic punk tunes it s entirely too long and slack and in need of editing 
2.5
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Mick LaSalle
If you were there with them in the clubs you might have a good time with this movie But for everyone else this is a party you can skip 
2
The Manzanar Fishing Club
Lou Lumenick
The Manzanar Fishing Club has enough interesting footage for perhaps a 15 minute segment of a TV news magazine 
2
The Manzanar Fishing Club
Tom Keogh
Ingeniously and warmly looks at a surprising chapter in the story of an internment camp in Eastern California 
3.5
The Manzanar Fishing Club
Mick LaSalle
At its best the film uses fishing as a window into the internment experience At its worst it uses the internment story as the backdrop for a documentary on trout fishing 
2
In Another Country
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and engaging look at people whose own lives have become prisons who find love and redemption through shared experiences in a foreign land as well as one of Hong s most joyous and purely entertaining films 
3.5
In Another Country
Jeff Shannon
By the time its third story kicked in In Another Country lost me 
2.5
In Another Country
Walter V. Addiego
If you take the film as the bauble it is you ll be entertained by its lighthearted wit social observations and resolute sidestepping of profundity 
3
In Another Country
Farran Smith Nehme
Isabelle Huppert has reached that magical point where she gives a thrill of delight simply by showing up her decades of great performances seeming to hover around her like a halo 
3
In Another Country
Jesse Cataldo
Hong Sang soo hits the beach once again in his latest project another austerely amusing study of hopeless neurotics making a mockery of leisure 
3.5
In Another Country
Marty Mapes
An arty though not particularly artful experiment
2.5
Hell & Back
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Emerges with not one single laugh 
.5
Today We Fix the World
Roger Moore
Sentimental and cute a tad slow and not nearly as amusing as its premise sets us up for it still plays a downbeat little comedy with some slapstick a smattering of showbiz and a lot of heart 
2.5
Johnny Mad Dog
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Director Jean Stéphane Sauvaire s deftly stylized camerawork reminds us at key intervals that what we re seeing is artifice dramatization 
3
Johnny Mad Dog
V.A. Musetto
The movie is harrowing and hard to forget But just when you think there s no hope Sauvaire throws in a tearful moment of redemption 
3
Johnny Mad Dog
Wesley Morris
Basically talented French director Jean Stéphane Sauvaire has too much style on his hands His film isn t as amorally grandiose as City of God Nor does it achieve the hulking tragedy of Gomorrah 
2.5
American Siege
Tom Meek
Bruce Willis sleepwalks through another lackluster thriller 
1.5
American Siege
Leo Brady
American Siege is a small step in the right direction for Bruce Willis but he still has a long way to go 
1
American Siege
Mark Dujsik
T he screenplay seems so involved in the slow revelation and apparent importance of its own invented conspiracy that it forgoes every other element of its story 
1
The 904: Shadow on the Sunshine State
Mike McGranaghan
The film is rather unfocused so eager is it to touch on every facet of the problem but there s no denying that it raises some provocative issues
2.5
C.H.O.M.P.S.
David Nusair
it seems fairly obvious that the film would have been more effective as a 22 minute cartoon 
2
In Search of Santa
David Nusair
strictly one for the kids 
1.5
Nana
Keith Watson
The film flattens Maryla s personal story into hazy generalities about tolerance and the value of remembrance 
2.5
Croupier
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the very best movies of this beloved and sleazy genre 
3.5
Croupier
Tor Thorsen
The real star of Croupier is Hodges whose ability to create gripping tension and icy humor makes every second of his film infectiously watchable 
4
Croupier
James Berardinelli
With its fascinating multi layered plot intelligent screenplay and subtle yet undeniable tension building Croupier is an engrossing stylish thriller that never threatens to wear out its welcome 
3.5
Croupier
Greg Dean Schmitz
Croupier is a stylish riveting dramatic crime story loaded to the gills with subtext character development and plot twists you ll be puzzling over all night 
3
Croupier
Roger Ebert
The choice of Clive Owen as the star is a good one He s got the same sort of physical reserve as Sean Connery in the Bond pictures 
3
Croupier
Bob Graham
For 95 percent of the way it is an engrossing tour of an attractively seamy side of life and a fascinating character study despite having a novelist for a hero 
2
Croupier
David N. Butterworth
Clive Owen impresses in this monochromatic card sharp drama 
3
Croupier
Emily Blunt
Clive Owen is like man heroin he gets into your blood and gets addictive 
4
Croupier
Susan Stark
Gambling and gamblers are a movie staple but Croupier comes at the sport and its population from a fresh and finally rewardingly wide perspective 
3
Filth
Alejandro Murillo
Captures perfectly and expands on the colorful but pessimist junkie pop lover style set by Fight Club and Trainspotting in a modern time Full review in Spanish 
4
Filth
David Keyes
Here is a relentlessly shallow and nihilistic movie a 97 minute exercise in cynicism with nothing of substance standing in a manic foreground 
1
Filth
Robert Levin
The film gets so worked up trying to shock you to put James McAvoy and his accomplished co stars through the nasty paces that it lands with a thud 
2
Filth
Phil Villarreal
There s nothing much here for those outside the PG Disney Princess aimed target market to sink their horns into 
2
Filth
John Semley
Viewers hungry for a catch all dose of Welshian sardonicism would be better served checking out Trainspotting Better soundtrack for one 
1.5
Filth
Glenn Kenny
Filth demonstrates that contemporary filmmakers would do well to fine new ways of getting their hands dirty 
1
Filth
Linda Barnard
Unlike Jude Law s similarly offensive title character in Dom Hemingway McAvoy is given a far better story to work from 
3
Filth
Tom Keogh
Exhausting in its relentless depravity Filth nevertheless is reminiscent of a much better movie also adapted from a novel by Irvine Welsh Danny Boyle s 1996 Trainspotting 
1.5
Filth
Peter Travers
Filth directed by Jon S Baird from a 1998 bestseller by Trainspotting wild man Irvine Welsh is wired to explode Even when the film falls to pieces McAvoy s bonkers brilliance will blow you away 
3
Filth
Kyle Smith
A cop caper that more than lives up to its name 
3
Filth
Nick Prigge
Ultimately the film is too nihilistic to believe its protagonist can be saved declaring him a lost soul and satisfied to let him suffer 
2.5
Filth
Roger Moore
He plays this bad cop with such glee that you worry that McAvoy will never shake off a role this nasty
3
Fall Down Dead
Roger Moore
We know we re going to see Olivia Wilde in her birthday suit wintry weather be damned 
2
Fall Down Dead
David Nusair
A complete and utter mess 
.5
Fall Down Dead
Chuck Bowen
Another serial killer movie and this one s so bad it reaffirms how often we take even mediocre pictures for granted 
0
The Mouth of the Wolf
Diego Semerene
Chris Marker territory but here the ideas are firmly anchored in specific characters who become more fleshly as the storytelling patchwork unfolds 
3.5
Opal Dream
Tom Keogh
Opal Dream might be one of those movies that has to catch a viewer in the right mood or be greeted with scorn 
2.5
Opal Dream
Ty Burr
The film squeezes out its feel good messages like toothpaste from a tube 
2
Opal Dream
Teresa Budasi
With its lessons of faith family loyalty and the power of the imagination this is one of the rare non animated films parents can take their children to see 
2.5
Opal Dream
Sid Smith
Sophisticated cine philes aren t likely to go ga ga over this one but Opal Dream is a worthwhile family film graced with an ambivalent bittersweet ending and just the right touch of cinematic poetry turning on the gemstone in its title 
3
Opal Dream
Matt Pais
Shouldn t act as if parents appeasing their messed up child is as moving as people actually giving in to the power of belief 
2
Opal Dream
Kam Williams
One of those heartwarming It s fun to pretend fables that s fun for the whole family 
3
Opal Dream
Chris Hewitt
The main attraction of Opal Dream is its warm portrait of a family 
3
Opal Dream
Walter V. Addiego
It s tear jerker material but ends up being quite touching and it s a good choice for family viewing 
3
Opal Dream
Peter Canavese
A rather sweet tale about each family member struggling to accept the others on their own terms provides the sort of heartening Capraesque movie moment of which we d all like to believe our lives are capable 
3
Opal Dream
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A slightly forced but ultimately winning children s story 
2.5
Opal Dream
Ken Fox
The film s sweetness derives primarily from the relationship between Ashmol and his unusual sister and draws much of its richness from the unfamiliar and fascinating world of opal prospecting 
3.5
Opal Dream
V.A. Musetto
You won t find male strippers in Opal Dream by director Peter Cattaneo who gave us the sleeper hit The Full Monty nearly a decade ago This time Cattaneo delivers a heartwarming family fable that parents and kids can enjoy 
3
Opal Dream
Glenn Whipp
Stories about a sickly girl her imaginary friends and her indulgent daddy s courtroom saga are probably best left on the page Witness the queasy up with people tear jerker Opal Dream 
2
Opal Dream
Jack Mathews
The finale will lift you up 
2.5
Opal Dream
John Anderson
A fable and as such carrying few surprises Opal Dream features solid acting and likable characters 
2.5
Opal Dream
Nick Schager
Sweet themes are shoddily executed in Opal Dreams another tale from director Peter Cattaneo about outsiders doggedly holding onto their aspirations 
1.5
The Trump Prophecy
Mike McGranaghan
If the movie was designed to convince non believers that Trump really is God s selection the paper thin storytelling won t do the trick 
0.5
Five Dances
Hank Sartin
Just when the plotting had me sighing with impatience Brown would get back into showing us rehearsal and things would liven up again It s in the recording of dance that this movie comes alive 
2.5
Five Dances
Diego Semerene
It s the moments when the director stops worrying about clarifying plot and character motivation and lets the performances bring those into being that makes this an authentic project 
2.5
Gitmo
Marty Mapes
For such an important subject it s too bad this documentary isn t more rock solid
2.5
Gitmo
Tracy Allerton
Though not flashy or big GITMO is a stark blunt powerful indictment 
3
Gitmo
Lisa Kennedy
Resembles a collage more than a iron clad essay and its strength comes in set pieces 
2.5
Parallel
Randy Myers
Despite a lame late plot twist Isaac Ezban s thriller is a rollicking rollercoaster ride 
2.5
White Lion
John Beifuss
One wonders whether this nicely photographed carnivore yarn has enough teeth to entice fans away from the free beastly behavior available on Animal Planet and the National Geographic Channel 
2
White Lion
Joe Williams
Like the quasi docs Duma The Bear and Two Brothers this adventure story about an albino lion both entertains and informs albeit in modest measure 
3
The Beast With Five Fingers
John Beifuss
As it torments Lorre the hand becomes a manifestation of the metaphorical notion of a hand tugging us toward our destiny or reaching from the past to punish us an alternate utterly appropriate title might be The Hand of Fate 
3
Woman on Top
David Nusair
an exceedingly lighthearted romantic comedy that never quite manages to achieve liftoff 
2
Woman on Top
Scott Nash
How is it possible for a movie about two hot Latin lovers and spicy South American food to be so bland 
2
Woman on Top
Jon Niccum
For a film whose title implies female empowerment Woman On Top is really about motion sickness 
1.5
Woman on Top
James Berardinelli
A souffl that collapses before it reaches the half baked stage 
1.5
Woman on Top
Roger Ebert
Cruz is bewitching all through the movie but her beauty and charm have to pull a heavy train of cliches and inevitable developments 
2.5
Woman on Top
Susan Stark
Flavor Amusingly piquant with traces of honey Aftertaste Thin 
2
Woman on Top
Marty Mapes
Good hearted and mature in a way that many mainstream films are not 
3.5
Woman on Top
Bob Graham
Cruz has everything it takes to be a big star except maybe in this case the right movie 
2
Woman on Top
Rod Armstrong
Its whimsicality is forced its attempts at cross cultural humor are tired and some of the acting is flat out terrible 
1.5
Woman on Top
Rob Blackwelder
This picture has no spirit no soul and no magic 
1.5
Eve's Bayou
James Kendrick
both complex and engaging 44 drawing us into the smoldering 44 simmering world of the Batiste family and their twisted dynamics without turning them into Gothic grotesquerie
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Dann Gire
The visually sumptuous and morally ambiguous Eve s Bayou possesses a strong sense of time and place and makes for an auspicious first effort by actress turned writer director Kasi Lemmons 
3
Eve's Bayou
Jami Bernard
Actress Kasi Lemmons makes a self assured directorial debut that illuminates the joys hurts and mysteries of a girlhood set under the moss canopy of the Louisiana bayou Newcomer Jurnee Smollett as Eve is the prize of the movie 
3
Eve's Bayou
Carrie Rickey
Beyond its compelling family dynamics Eve s Bayou resonates with close encounters of the physical and metaphysical kind 
3
Eve's Bayou
John Hartl
Firmly anchored by confident movie star performances by Samuel L Jackson Lynn Whitfield and Diahann Carroll this vivid portrait of an early 1960s African American family is one of the most impressive ensemble pieces of the season 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Eleanor O'Sullivan
The movie doesn t fall apart far from it but it does become overwrought And yet the film s major players are worth the effort 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
Terry Lawson
Eve s Bayou is thick with swampy atmosphere but thinly developed When the fog lifts there s little to see 
2
Eve's Bayou
Bob Ross
Vivid portrayals lush cinematography and marvelous mid 60s details make this a splendid Southern Gothic tale from its enticing opening scenes to its lingering look back before the final fade out 
3
Eve's Bayou
Barry Paris
These characters sound suspiciously like southern Californians to me and it s a lapse in authenticity Otherwise Eve s story is warmly believable It s enhanced and we re entranced by the backdrop bayou beauty 
3
Eve's Bayou
CSM Staff
The movie deserves enormous credit for paying serious attention to the family lives of black people In the end however the story is too contrived and melodramatic to reach its full potential 
2
Eve's Bayou
Todd Lothery
It s obvious that Lemmons feels this story deeply and her film is not without merit It s like a stew that tastes good except for one rogue ingredient and in this case that ingredient is Lemmons inexperience 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
John Anderson
Rather than a story that develops toward some tragic crescendo what we get are vignettes and anecdotes in a friendly but formless soup 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
Sean P. Means
Boasts solid performances from Samuel L Jackson and a host of other lesser known actors But uneven direction and plot implausibilities sap the film of its potentially shattering impact 
2
Eve's Bayou
Frank Rizzo
It s as if the film was spliced from a number of different stories some more interesting than others 
2
Eve's Bayou
Joe Baltake
The movie which mixes Southern Gothic with African American bayou culture starts to unravel just as it becomes interesting 
3
Eve's Bayou
Michael Bodey
A sumptuous effective piece of first time filmmaking by Kasi Lemons one that features the sort of strong independent characters not often seen in cinema 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Julie Hinds
Kasi Lemons has cooked up a gumbo of simmering lust sexual confusion and sibling rivalry with a pinch of voodoo thrown in 
3
Eve's Bayou
Robert W. Butler
Lemmons reaches for more than she can deliver Still give us high ambitions over lowball moviemaking any day 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
John Petrakis
It takes place in the bayou country of Louisiana and it is testimony to the power of this strange tale that it could transpire almost anywhere families are struggling to survive and people exhibit human flaws 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
John Beifuss
Smollett gives a tough but endearing performance as the King girl who learns tragically that families are not inviolable and invincible 
3
Eve's Bayou
Marshall Fine
Lemmons has tried to write a memory tale But the memories she has come up with to fill the time drag and crawl trying on different tones without ever finding a consistent one or making her characters more than sketches 
2
Eve's Bayou
Margaret Pomeranz
This is a fine film it s nicely written and excellently photographed by Amy Vincent 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Brian Eggert
A ghostly tale of youth and its perspective on the complicated lives of adults 
4
Eve's Bayou
Michael Dequina
More than anything about the nature of memory and how it rarely matches the truth of life 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Ken Fox
Lemmons focus on strong female characters and her willingness to ignore accepted notions of black filmmaking are powerful assets but one can t help wishing the film as a whole lived up to its initial promise 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
Emanuel Levy
An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams 
3
Eve's Bayou
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It feels like I ve seen dozens of films this year by first time writers and directors and not one has stuck to me until now 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Jeanne Aufmuth
The melodramatic mysticism is as thick as the bayou moss but Eve s Bayou manages to maintain a magical narrative about Louisiana southern backwater living that is intoxicating and engaging 
3
Eve's Bayou
Bill Chambers
Hardly revolutionary 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
Mick LaSalle
A gothic and for better or worse poetic memoir about a young girl and her family of Creole aristocrats 
2
Eve's Bayou
Rick Groen
In Eve s Bayou Tennessee goes to Louisiana and finds a familiar home Tennessee Williams that is 
2.5
Eve's Bayou
Barbara Shulgasser
A lovingly made beautifully acted piece that is as much about childhood views of the grown up world as it is about the grown ups themselves 
4
Eve's Bayou
Mike Clark
Smollett however is a find with a smile that illuminates the screen the dominant performer in a uniformly well acted film 
3
Eve's Bayou
Steve Rhodes
After sketching the outline of a thriller Lemmons fills in the boxes with a feel good sitcom 
2
Eve's Bayou
Jeff Vice
In these days of bigger is better moviemaking we re lucky to find even one interesting or compelling character per film So it s extraordinary to find a drama like Eve s Bayou which has enough of them for three or four movies 
3
Eve's Bayou
James Berardinelli
A fascinating tale of guilt consequences and voodoo 
3
Eve's Bayou
Madeleine Williams
Mysterious and alluring Eve s Bayou is a lyrical film taking the audience into a vivid world With realistic characters plenty of atmosphere and an intelligent script it s a journey worth taking 
3.5
Eve's Bayou
Roger Ebert
For the viewer it is a reminder that sometimes films can venture into the realms of poetry and dreams 
4
Animal Farm
Roger Moore
CIA backed or not Fall of the Soviet Union be damned this more subtle than you think version of Orwell s novel still resonates and remains relevant in an age of Strong Men rule 
3.5
Animal Farm
Scott Nash
An ultimately disappointing adaptation of a classic book 
2.5
Mrs. Miniver
Wesley Lovell
A powerful performance from Greer Garson brings to light a disappointing time in British history just prior to and including its involvement in World War II 
4
Mrs. Miniver
Michael Szymanski
Greer s great acting is understated and yet dramatic She s the Meryl Streep of the day and beautiful in every shot even when she s filthy 
3.5
Mrs. Miniver
James Berardinelli
It s one of a few highly regarded contemporaneous motion pictures to deal frankly with the domestic aspects of World War II 
3.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Matt Brunson
Even the rock tree monsters that appear late in the game look familiar perhaps disgruntled extras from the set of Fraggle Rock 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A poor action film that lacks suspense adrenaline or verisimilitude Full review in Spanish 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Joe Lozito
Jan De Bont seems to have lost the ability to intelligently direct an action scene 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Scott Nash
If you re a fan of hers you ll be able to find some enjoyment in this movie but not as much as she seems to be having while making them 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Michael Dequina
Better than its predecessor and yes that s every bit the backhanded compliment it sounds like 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mark Collette
true to the look and spirit of the game and more fun than watching someone else play Tomb Raider which was the bane of the first Lara Croft installment 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Walter Chaw
There remains the essential truth and Tomb Raider 2 s fiscal failure speaks to this that even without analysis there needs to be some meat on the bone 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Matt Brunson
The pace can best be described as similar to crawling through quicksand with two broken legs and a refrigerator strapped to your back 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una película regular que si se ve con el humor adecuado puede llegar a gustar pues lo único que promete y ofrece es un rato de esparcimiento 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Ian Mantgani
The first movie had grey stone and blue light and orange beams and it just looked cooler and more together 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Kevin A. Ranson
It s better than the first one Now please stop 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Vanessa Sibbald
I wish I could say that even though the film was predictable and the plot egregiously insipid that I still managed to get lost while watching the movie and had fun If only 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Forrest Hartman
The high point of the production is Angelina Jolie who struts through the film with a sly smile and sexy self confidence She seems to be having a great time because she probably was
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Peter Travers
Scenery can t save this blindingly dull sequel 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mike McGranaghan
Game sequels generally rely on better graphics and better interactive play This movie sequel has more imagination and situations that draw you in more Again that seems appropriate 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Nick Rogers
At least in the first film Angelina Jolie had conviction in her ability to break someone s face and look good doing it Here it looks like she can t wait to get to the next Billy Bob tattoo removal appointment 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Linda Cook
There s enough action here to keep the viewer awake But just barely 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Tony Toscano
this Tomb Raider also has some enormous dry spots 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Phil Villarreal
The film was directed by Jan de Bont who now should be known as F K Jan de Bont the abbreviation standing for Franchise Killer 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Sara Michelle Fetters
The fact that the thought of part three is even a possibility is probably the greatest mystery of all one not even the famously chiseled title character herself could figure out 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Steve Rhodes
If you have to watch a movie this miserable it helps enormously to have Angelina Jolie as its eponymous lead 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Dustin Putman
While there are more moments with flair than in the original fiasco Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life remains a one dimensional and suspiciously lifeless affair 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mark Dujsik
The first movie was so bad it was almost good this one is almost good 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mark Ramsey
Barbara Walters to Angelina Jolie I know there are kids watching this but can you show me the tattoo on your yoni 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Gabe Leibowitz
Anyone who appreciates aesthetic pleasures will enjoy Tomb Raider 2 on a certain non visceral level 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
David Nusair
With movies of this sort becoming as prevalent as they are there has to be more than just expensive looking stunts on display 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Claudia Puig
For a movie based on a video game the story is as far fetched and the characters as one dimensional as one might expect 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mary Brennan
More like a Cradle of Tedium and despite the high decibel sound and fury you may wish you had brought a pillow 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mick LaSalle
Without sacrificing velocity de Bont gives us a clean watchable film with some exciting sequences 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
David Elliott
The movie is an embarrassment of asinine riches 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Joe Baltake
She may be playing yet another so called empowered woman in yet another film made for teenage boys but you get the impression that Jolie is far too intimidating and too womanly to fit into their pathetic little fantasies 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Foreman
Banal dialogue ludicrous and uninspired plotting dull but vicious fight scenes 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Chris Knight
It s refreshing to see a female action hero who can hold her own quip for quip and punch for punch against Indiana Jones and every other cinematic raider of lost things 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The storytellers behind The Cradle of Life concentrate mostly on transportation the best parts of the movie depict our heroes getting from place to place 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Bob Strauss
Uninvolving and formulaic spiced up in the stretch with a couple of CGI and looking every bit like it Tree Hulk type monsters 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Loey Lockerby
Everything in Cradle of Life has a kind of robotic precision to it as if looking perfect were enough to give a movie a soul 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Stephen Cole
Despite extra scoops of action Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life isn t nearly as much fun as the original 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Jeff Vice
It s nearly humorless which is deadly for such movies 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Michael Booth
Jolie may be defining herself in a franchise whose memory will be hard to erase later in her career but she does it with the style of a legend 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Wesley Morris
As a collection of action sequences The Cradle of Life couldn t be less rousing were it performed by the cast of Cocoon 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Jeffrey Westhoff
This time the filmmakers understand how to treat this female fusion of Indiana Jones and James Bond 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Jon Niccum
There will be little argument that Cradle of Life is a much improved sequel over its predecessor Regrettably it comes on the heels of a movie that should have never been made in the first place 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Elizabeth Weitzman
How could something so expensive so loud and so frenetic simultaneously be so mindnumbingly boring 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Roger Ebert
Uses imagination and exciting locations to give the movie the same kind of pulp adventure feeling we get from the Indiana Jones movies 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Guylaine Cadorette
The film plays out like the multilevel video game but unlike its PlayStation2 counterpart we have no control over the action 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Erik Childress
Another lifeless big budget sequel that s only going to remind audiences how much they really didn t like the original in the first place
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Chris Hewitt
Cradle isn t art but it s exhilarating funny and even a little romantic 
3
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Peter Bernard
A confusing rehash of Batman Indiana Jones and James Bond movies 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Glenn Lovell
Cradle has more story and more Jolie but at just under two hours it unfolds like a leaden fashion shoot 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Timothy Knight
An entertaining summertime diversion that doesn t assault the senses 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Duane Dudek
After a dramatically disappointing debut in 2001 this video game character turned action film heroine bites back with an eye catching and imaginative globe trotting sequel 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Rene Rodriguez
Lara proclaims Some things are not meant to be found I nodded quietly in my seat in agreement and then thought Some movies are not meant to be seen either 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
John Monaghan
Drags a 60 minute B movie premise into something twice that long 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Stephen Humphries
Croft s quest is to find Pandora s Box before a mad scientist can get there first open it and unleash a series of second rate special effects upon an unsuspecting world 
0
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
James Berardinelli
As impressive as Angelina Jolie s many physical feats may be it takes even more stamina and fortitude to stay awake during the movie s seemingly endless two hour running length 
1
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Mark Caro
I still had to slap myself to stay awake 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Steven Rea
Both Tomb Raiders suffer from rampant action adventure cliches and the sort of lumbering dialogue that harks back to the Saturday morning serials of yore 
2.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Gene Seymour
After a while you stop speculating how Croft will wriggle out of each fine mess and start checking your watch 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Ross Anthony
Starts strong ends weak 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Rob Blackwelder
Director Jan De Bont barely inspires enough adrenaline flick flash to hold anyone s interest and it doesn t help that he seems overly enamored of slow motion 
2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Peter Sobczynski
The film ironically does the opposite of what an archaeologist is supposed to do it takes a rare and beautiful treasure and buries it under a ton of junk 
1.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Ed Gonzalez
The Cradle of Life is infinitely more fun and feral than its precursor and it exudes an attitude worthy of the diva that rides it 
2.5
Der Bunker
Dustin Putman
Satire horror and surrealism blur in Der Bunker a film of eccentric social mores set in a world resembling a forebodingly charred fairy tale 
3
The Last Man
Lou Lumenick
Feeble comedy 
1
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Matt Brunson
The comic bits are embarrassing rather than amusing 
2
Agent Game
Glenn Kenny
Murky nonsense that aspires to get by on what it considers to be a trenchant cynicism about geopolitical chess 
1.5
Agent Game
Mark Dujsik
The movie is consistent in its dedication to the bare minimum 
1
The Gatekeepers
Kelly Jane Torrance
But though his film consisting of interviews with only those six gatekeepers is often one sided though sometimes not in ways you d expect it s always gripping and very often informative 
2.5
The Gatekeepers
Forrest Hartman
The Gatekeepers shines as both an excellent history lesson and a remarkably in depth look at one of the world s most important covert agencies 
3
The Gatekeepers
John Beifuss
Both journalistic coup and unsettling confirmation of the idea that you can t make peace using military means 
3
The Gatekeepers
Rob Thomas
Much like Errol Morris The Fog of War Dror Moreh s film is a sobering inside look inside history at mistakes made and opportunities missed 
3
The Gatekeepers
Sean P. Means
Moreh employs a direct interviewing style reminiscent of Errol Morris work to get the men to talk about their days leading Shin Bet 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
John Wirt
A deadly serious and detailed examination of and meditation upon the Israeli Palestinian conflict The Gatekeepers makes no attempt to find a silver lining 
3
The Gatekeepers
Tom Keogh
Whatever one s political stripe regarding Israel it s hard to dispute the impressions and perspective of the film s six eyewitnesses 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Duane Dudek
A riveting firsthand account of how legitimate security concerns can lead to policies considered extreme and even immoral by the people administering them 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Lisa Kennedy
The level of candor here may not satisfy hard liners of either stripe but it can help viewers begin to formulate new questions about the philosophical strategic and moral challenges of conflict in particular wars on terror 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Claudia Puig
It offers startlingly honest insight into the Israeli Palestinian conflict from some of those who called the shots 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Rick Groen
As a political testament the result is revealing and important 
3
The Gatekeepers
Peter Howell
A monolith crumbles in The Gatekeepers and it s a sight to inspire awe 
4
The Gatekeepers
Steven Rea
As a clear eyed examination of a conflict that seems to have no end The Gatekeepers is powerful provocative stuff 
4
The Gatekeepers
John Anderson
A remarkable character study 
4
The Gatekeepers
Chris Hewitt
The Gatekeepers achieves something rare It is riveting because of both its intellectual rigor and its filmmaking vigor 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Ty Burr
If for no other reason it deserves to be seen for arranging decades of events in the Middle East into a chronology that to an outsider makes dreadful sense 
4
The Gatekeepers
Austin Kennedy
I got as much enjoyment out of this film about as much as a 6 year old would 
1.5
The Gatekeepers
Gerald Peary
A remarkable behind the scenes peek at how Israel s in house CIA FBI has operated both honorably and questionably from the Six Day War until now 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Ann Hornaday
A sobering but welcome dose of honesty regarding issues and events that have otherwise been shrouded in secrecy and overheated rhetoric 
4
The Gatekeepers
Mick LaSalle
Israelis generally speaking tend to be tough but the men who ve commanded Shin Bet Israel s secret service are in a whole other category 
3
The Gatekeepers
Peter Canavese
The other Oscar nominated feature about a war on terror Dror Moreh s documentary The Gatekeepers proves more intellectually engaging than Hollywood s Zero Dark Thirty and at least as unsettling 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Matt Pais
Important and incomplete 
2.5
The Gatekeepers
Michael Phillips
A lesser filmmaker might ve been tripped up by such a narrow focus A lesser filmmaker might ve misjudged the melange of archival footage fabricated surveillance footage and talking heads which Moreh handles with a blend of cinematic flash and tact 
4
The Gatekeepers
Omer Mozaffar
The film makes explicit and implicit endorsements The strategy of vengeance and overkill is ineffective and leads Israel to horrific behavior described only through metaphor 
4
The Gatekeepers
Peter Travers
The Gatekeepers cuts deeper than any political thriller It s a powerhouse 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Roger Moore
An inventive concise and damning look at the tit for tat nature of Israel s perpetual war with Palestinians terrorists and otherwise 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Stephen Whitty
Moreh s reporting is impressive built on those extensive interviews and some startling footage from wartime newsreels to bomb site views of quickly exploding targets 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
Farran Smith Nehme
The filmmaker doesn t speculate about why these men are talking but he leaves you with an excellent guess 
3.5
The Gatekeepers
John Semley
Even when the so called Gatekeepers offer up damning testimony against their organization there s no real threat that they ll ever be held accountable for it 
2.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Mattie Lucas
A bracing and vibrant film one teeming with life and the overwhelming sustaining power of artistic expression 
3.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Mark Dujsik
Moves forward with a carefree appreciation for music and the people who make it and all the while bitter reality is waiting in the background waiting to take over 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Jeff Vice
It might have been a better idea for the makers of No One Knows About Persian Cats to make a straightforward documentary 
2.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Rene Rodriguez
No One Knows About Persian Cats ends on a sudden note of tragedy that almost ruins the exuberant spirit of everything that has preceded it 
2.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Mike Scott
It s a slice of reality hidden under a narrative veneer illustrating the plight of Iran s muzzled arts community That s hard to resist stuff and it makes Persian Cats purr 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Ann Hornaday
Ghobadi has emerged as a filmmaker whose gift for poetic realism was only equaled by an unerring sense of precisely when and how to break the viewer s heart 
3.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Ty Burr
Over and over the movie stops in its tracks to listen to musicians play offering witness to their travails and ingenuity 
3.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Peter Keough
Kind of like John Carney s 2006 hardscrabble charmer Once only with morality police and sharia law 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Amy Biancolli
The blend of tunes and plot works just fine as a daisy chain of music videos though some of the glossier segments feel out of place in an otherwise rough hewn film about art in the face of repression These cats are wild at heart 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Sara Michelle Fetters
Shot on location filled with real people portraying themselves Ghobadi takes risks other filmmakers would run screaming from his film oozing with a validity it never would have achieved otherwise 
3.5
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Ted Fry
The dynamic sequences of musical performances are interspersed with vignettes that come off tense or comic as the trio moves through back alleys and the underground in an urgent life and death quest for freedom and rock n roll 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It strikes me as something of an Iranian version of The Harder They Come with a bit of a political jab 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
V.A. Musetto
The subject may be serious but Ghobadi s approach is mostly light and humorous at least until the final scenes 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Andrew Schenker
The film establishes a verit intimacy that is often little interested in acknowledging the rigidity of the documentary fiction divide 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Graham Young
A fine optimistic companion piece for the Irish film Once which won Glen Hansard the best song Oscar in 2008 
4
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Alex Ritman
Bahman Ghobadi s fifth full length feature unveils Tehran s underground music scene revealing a pulsating world of rappers indie kids and thrash metallers forced to practice in dinghy basements and hide their NMEs from the law 
3
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
Philip Kemp
The mid section drags slightly but the cumulative effect is powerful revealing what it s like to live in a society where even well behaved kids can be crushed by the dictates of arbitrary heavy handed authority 
4
Bad Santa
Dennis King
You d better watch out you d better not cry and you d better not take the kiddies to see this wickedly adult vision of a boozing whoring swearing department store Santa Claus 
3
Bad Santa
Adam Weiskind
With all the hype about this film one may expect a dark cynical comedy with some sort of commentary on the mass consumerism of the season Sadly moments like that are few 
2
Bad Santa
Leah Rozen
This amusingly venal possibly shocking tale is just what Scrooge ordered 
2.5
Bad Santa
Rob Humanick
George Bailey never kicked Mr Potter in the nuts 
4
Bad Santa
David Nusair
deserves a place among treasured Christmas pictures as it certainly provides a welcome respite from the relentless holiday cheer that generally accompanies such films 
3
Bad Santa
Wesley Lovell
Each scene is expertly laid out and when the film wraps at its unlikely conclusion the audience will be glad it sat down to such a vile but hilarious picture 
3.5
Bad Santa
Vince Koehler
Don t bring the kids This movie can offend but many find the humor funny 
2.5
Bad Santa
Gabe Leibowitz
A word of advice see Bad Santa but see it once without checking your movie listings twice 
3
Bad Santa
Kevin A. Ranson
You don t have to be a drunken department store Santa to see how blurry this storyline is but it couldn t hurt 
1.0
Bad Santa
Paul Sherman
The Christmas movie your parents warned you about because they wanted it all for themselves 
3.5
Bad Santa
Leigh Johnson
Bad Santa is fine holiday fare if by holiday you mean a day for a mean spirited Santa to take stuff from other people cuss up a storm and drink til he pukes 
3
Bad Santa
David N. Butterworth
Drunk and disorderly 
2
Bad Santa
James Kendrick
Crass crude vulgar and often side splittingly hilarious
3.5
Bad Santa
Nick Rogers
At its dysfunctional hysterical conclusion Bad Santa takes the notion of happy puts it on puree and then pours it out sort of how life usually is 
3.5
Bad Santa
Linda Cook
Someone deserves a lump of coal for Bad Santa The screenwriters maybe 
1
Bad Santa
Mike McGranaghan
Bad Santa not only embraces bad taste it envelops it And I couldn t stop laughing 
3.5
Bad Santa
Steve Rhodes
A nicely caustic complement to the typically saccharine holiday fare Think of it as the sour part of a delicious sweet and sour sauce for the holidays 
3
Bad Santa
Tony Toscano
Bad Santa is easily the funniest film this year 
3.5
Bad Santa
Michael Sragow
Bad Santa is gloriously funky in the good old meaning of the term Its vulgarity may be offensive but it s also pungent and real and it fuels some ferocious humor 
3.5
Bad Santa
Dustin Putman
The kind of rare perverse treat that John Waters would undoubtedly go crazy for Billy Bob Thornton is genuinely perfect 
3
Bad Santa
David Elliott
Enjoy it or avoid religiously 
2.5
Bad Santa
Timothy Knight
The cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking 
1.5
Bad Santa
Rick Groen
What s meant to be a live action South Park just winds up in a scatological dead end 
2
Bad Santa
Frank Ochieng
a dark and dour laugher that gleefully sticks its tongue out Bad Santa is proof that getting coal in your Christmas stocking isn t such a terrible gesture after all
3
Bad Santa
Tyler Hanley
Bad Santa is the best adult comedy since There s Something About Mary 
3.5
Bad Santa
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I have been laughing myself silly almost every day since I saw it more than a week ago 
4
Bad Santa
Phoebe Flowers
This coal black comedy provokes frequent laughs but many of its jokes feel downright cruel 
3
Bad Santa
Mary Brennan
A profane wildly politically incorrect and sometimes shockingly funny holiday comedy 
3
Bad Santa
C.W. Nevius
A tasteless vulgar savage assault against everything that is good and decent in the Christmas season I think you are going to like it 
3
Bad Santa
Joe Baltake
The closest thing we have today to a W C Fields movie 
4
Bad Santa
Lou Lumenick
For all its laughs the movie is a mess 
2
Bad Santa
Jack Mathews
Thornton and Cox are wickedly funny and Bernie Mac has some good moments as the cynical mall detective on their trail 
3
Bad Santa
Duane Dudek
It uses black comedy to turn a white Christmas into slushy fun 
3
Bad Santa
Glenn Whipp
It happens to be one of the year s funniest movies a little one note at times but boy Zwigoff knows how to make some crazy music from that single note 
3.5
Bad Santa
Robert W. Butler
The people who made Bad Santa are going straight to hell I ll probably be following them for laughing so hard 
3
Bad Santa
Jeff Vice
For those who can take the constant assault on their senses and sensibilities this grimy unsavory movie is also one of the funnier holiday comedies to come along 
3
Bad Santa
Lisa Kennedy
There are laughs along the way But too many of them are the sort that send you out into the cold worrying for your own humanity 
1.5
Bad Santa
Roger Ebert
I didn t like this movie merely because it was weird and different I liked it because it makes no compromises and takes no prisoners And because it is funny 
3.5
Bad Santa
Ty Burr
Mac and Graham have little to do sadly but this may be the bravest acting Thornton has ever done so complete is his refusal to play to our sympathies 
2.5
Bad Santa
Josh Larsen
As in Crumb and Ghost World Zwigoff specializes in the fatalistic worldview of the outcast yet intelligent loser 
3.5
Bad Santa
Joe Lozito
The most gloriously profane and hilarious anti Christmas movie ever put to film hopefully 
3.5
Bad Santa
Scott Nash
There s something about the cumulative effect of repeated swearing accompanied by Thornton and Cox s delivery that turns it into comedy gold 
4
Bad Santa
Erik Childress
Fails miserably because Thornton s character is so woefully underwritten that his shtick becomes frustratingly tiresome after about 20 minutes 
2
Bad Santa
Marty Mapes
Terry Zwigoff flips the bird at holiday cheer
1.5
Bad Santa
Mike Clark
It s such an original that it could eventually become the No 1 cult movie of 2003 
3.5
Bad Santa
Chris Hewitt
There are a few rough patches along the way but how could the real Santa disapprove of a film that finds a way to take somebody out of the naughty column and put him in nice 
3
Bad Santa
Bruce Newman
Baaaad Santa Good movie 
3
Bad Santa
Rene Rodriguez
For those who don t mind a little bile in their eggnog it s the perfect antidote to all that prefab Christmas cheer 
3.5
Bad Santa
Terry Lawson
Forget spiked fruitcake This is bad taste with a real kick 
3
Bad Santa
Mary F. Pols
Those who love this movie are likely to cherish it with the kind of devotion that people feel for the Coen brothers The Big Lebowski 
3
Bad Santa
Lawrence Toppman
The results may leave you aghast or breathless with laughter but you won t be neutral 
3
Bad Santa
Matt Brunson
It s enough to make Will Ferrell s Elf blush 
3
Bad Santa
Jeff Strickler
A must see movie for the Scrooges of the world 
3
Bad Santa
Phil Villarreal
This is a movie made to grab you by the collar and jingle you with laughter like nobody s business 
4
Bad Santa
Jeffrey Westhoff
While often insanely funny Bad Santa is a one joke movie and it oversells that joke 
2.5
Bad Santa
James Berardinelli
If you appreciate movies that don t compromise on their comedic journey into the heart of darkness this is for you 
3
Bad Santa
Steven Rea
There simply aren t enough laughs in this Christmas comedy it s more like a stocking stuffed with lumps of coal 
2
Bad Santa
Jan Stuart
A foul mouthed joy for much of the way 
3
Bad Santa
Michael Szymanski
This is a holiday film to go out and see with the guys It s funny irreverant and filled with liquid spirit 
3
Bad Santa
Justin Hartung
In the end it s hard not to be impressed by the way Bad Santa rips into sanctimonious holiday traditions with the demented glee of an 8 year old unwrapping an X Box 
2.5
Bad Santa
Mark Caro
The foulest holiday movie I ve ever seen and the funniest 
3.5
Bad Santa
Rob Blackwelder
Bad Santa is one hilariously crass Christmas comedy 
3
Bad Santa
Joshua Vasquez
Bad Santa tries to be as vulgar and offensive as possible so that it might somehow justify the inevitability of its own happy ending 
1
Bad Santa
Sara Michelle Fetters
In a world that has embraced the putrid Elf one of the single worst Christmas films ever it would figure that I would in turn fall madly in love with what may be the most vile and grossly disgusting Christmas comedy of all time 
3
Bad Santa
Walter Chaw
Populist capitulation ironically results in a product not broadly redemptive but particularly irredeemable 
1
Bad Santa
Peter Travers
It could become a Christmas perennial for Scrooges of all ages 
3
Bad Santa
Ross Anthony
Sometimes plain unfunny lazy writing improvising Sometimes very sharply scripted shot and paced Overall the picture eventually weaseled its way into my favor 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Luke Parker
Alvarez does an excellent job encapsulating the intense dehumanizing and claustrophobic nature of the experiment July 10 2018 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Sonny Bunch
Crudup excels as Zimbardo casually sliding into the role of evil prison boss so subtly that we almost don t realize what s happening 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Rebecca Tucker
Alvarez film would almost qualify as a psychological thriller if it weren t a faithful slightly dramatized reenactment of history and if we didn t already know how it ended 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Brad Wheeler
The acting is uniformly strong and the camera work is winningly claustrophobic but the film is one note scene after scene of bullying 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Robert Levin
History has taught us these basic principles time and again and this admirable movie fails to adequately convey what made this particular experiment so notable 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Richard Roeper
The Stanford Prison Experiment is the kind of movie that raises as many questions as it answers It s also the kind of film where you want to budget some time for discussion afterward You won t be able to shake this one off easily 
3.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Brad Keefe
So focused on the experiment itself that we don t get much insight into who these students were before or after but it s still gripping 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Peter Canavese
Zimbardo insists he s trying to understand how an institution affects an individual s behavior Alvarez s own dark study empowered by potent acting allows the audience to contemplate the many variations on that psychological dynamic 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Scott Renshaw
A laser focus on the titular infamous 1971 incident keeps this dark drama intriguing even when it gets too obvious in its nudges at 21st century events 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Molly Eichel
Watching these young men brutalize each other is troubling enough but perhaps the film s most interesting angle is how the experiment changes more than its subjects 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Ann Hornaday
The film can be appreciated if only as a showcase for its assured emotional attuned performances as a convincing time capsule and period piece and as a chance to reconsider one of the more well known and still influential studies of its era 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Michael Phillips
The movie inevitably fights against its own sense of dulled outrage and methodical role playing But it s pretty gripping all the same 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Rafer Guzman
A riveting re enaction of the still notorious study The young cast is electrifying 
3.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Mick LaSalle
That this was a controversial experiment whose findings have been the subject of debate ever since comes as no surprise But history before and since suggests that it encapsulates an essential truth 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Randy Myers
From start to finish Alvarez and screenwriter Tim Talbott have the audience in lockdown mode in this claustrophobic nail biter 
3.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Kenneth R. Morefield
Effective but not satisfying 
2
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Odie Henderson
No matter how much it may adhere to the well documented specifics of Zimbardo s work it is a massive failure 
1.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Charles Bramesco
This case study may be best returned to the file cabinet 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Sara Stewart
The result is a viscerally unsettling experience and a testament to the enduring relevance of the study s findings on the psychology of incarceration 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Brian Truitt
Even with some familiar faces The Stanford Prison Experiment feels like an honest to goodness documentary a high compliment for a movie based on an infamous college project 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Roger Moore
Well acted by the book account of an oft told tale of a psychological experiment that worked all too well 
2.5
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Chuck Bowen
The formalism fashions effective textural shortcuts to behavioral understanding that the remarkable cast fills in with chilling convincing finesse 
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Sean P. Means
The line between depicting horrific behavior and wallowing in it gets exceedingly blurry
2.5
McCanick
Rex Reed
The only reason to suffer through a grim wack job called McCanick is to see the late Cory Monteith in his last film role 
1
McCanick
David Nusair
a far from fresh premise that s employed to consistently underwhelming and often laughable effect 
1.5
The Karate Kid Part III
Desmond Ryan
The Karate Kid Part III is a brave but misguided attempt to restate the lesson through a narrative ploy that nearly always works but here produces no more than recycling 
2
The Karate Kid Part III
Dave Kehr
About all that enlivens The Karate Kid Part III is a screamingly over the top performance by Thomas Ian Griffith who plays a toxic waste magnate and karate buff who hatches a madly complex plot to humiliate Daniel and his teacher 
2
The Karate Kid Part III
Gary Thompson
Karate Kid III has emerged as the front runner for the worst sequel of the summer 
1
The Karate Kid Part III
David Nusair
The unevenness of The Karate Kid movies reaches its peak in The Karate Kid Part III 
2
The Karate Kid Part III
Walter Chaw
A performance from Macchio so irritating that the goodwill left over from the The Karate Kid is gone in a finger snap 
1
The Karate Kid Part III
Roger Ebert
This material is wearing out its welcome 
1.5
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Godfrey Cheshire
One of the saddest moments I ve ever seen in a film comes more than halfway into Lili Fini Zanuck s Eric Clapton A Life in 12 Bars 
3
The Gate
Michael Heaton
Aside from the magic supplied by the smoke and mirror boys The Gate has little to offer in the way of acting or writing 
1.5
The Gate
Federico Furzan
Demons heavy metal and teenage angst I m there Still after almost 30 years this small movie feels as genuine as it was back in 1987 Full review in Spanish 
3
Major Arcana
Lisa Trifone
When you re looking for ways to support your local cinema through a virtual rental look to options other than Major Arcana 
1
Major Arcana
Robert Horton
Not the precious object it might first appear the film has a goofed up strain of humor and a great ear for hostile dialogue 
3
Major Arcana
Sean P. Means
Made in Vermont on a budget of pennies and a wealth of soon to be discovered talent 
3
Brahms: The Boy II
Federico Furzan
A sequel that breaks any chance of continuing with the franchise A waste of money premise and cast Full review in Spanish 
1
Brahms: The Boy II
David Nusair
A lackluster sequel to a lackluster original 
2
Brahms: The Boy II
Matt Brunson
Watching Brahms The Boy II one gets the feeling that the picture was only made on a dare 
1
Brahms: The Boy II
Kevin A. Ranson
While dropping the occasional plot point the sequel successfully builds to a more satisfying conclusion than the original but leans heavily upon established tropes for execution figuratively and literally 
3
Brahms: The Boy II
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a lazy sequel 
1
Brahms: The Boy II
Phil Villarreal
While sometimes too silly for its own good Brahms The Boy II gets enough right to make you forget the silliness of its concept Annabelle and Chucky will have to make room for Brahms on the shelf 
3
Brahms: The Boy II
Mark Dujsik
It s a lot of nothing a series of fake outs supporting a story that as it turns out could have been and is resolved with a two minute web search 
1
Brahms: The Boy II
Brian Tallerico
A film that s as blank as Brahms expression 
1
Brahms: The Boy II
Roger Moore
This Brahms is a lullaby of horror lulling you to sleep without any threat of nightmares 
1
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Ernest Leogrande
It s got Bob Dylan as an actor and a Bob Dylan soundtrack As a matter of fact this may be the movie s biggest selling point in the end Maybe the movie should have been called Pat and Billy and Bob 
3
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Roger Ebert
It s a movie that exists almost entirely on one note a low melancholy one and achieves what I thought would have been impossible for him Peckinpah he s boring 
2
Prospect
Brian Eggert
The small details throughout Prospect which have obviously been thought through and labored over do much to immerse the viewer in the intense situations 
3.5
Prospect
Tom Meek
Prospect also moves in bends and inflections that are largely and pleasantly unpredictable 
3
Prospect
Roger Moore
Western or sci fi Western Prospect never aspires to more than violent chatty B movie and as such does not disappoint 
2.5
Prospect
Nick Allen
It s rare to see a sci fi movie that genuinely has a true grit to it a characteristic that bolsters its screenplay through its more underwhelming passages 
3
Prospect
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers don t invent a wondrous and awe inspiring world of the future in Prospect They do something much more difficult They create a world that seems real 
3
Apna Sapna Money Money
Namrata Joshi
A terribly listless insipid yawn of a comedy a virtual parade of idiotic characters one more irritating than the other 
1
I Can't Think Straight
Susan Walker
Buildings and their interiors fare a lot better in this sumptuously lensed and set designed film That s because they don t have to talk or act 
2
I Can't Think Straight
Liam Lacey
Although she has made two films in rapid succession Sarif shows no discernible aptitude for her new medium 
1
I Can't Think Straight
Kam Williams
Lipstick lesbians Hollywood s answer to California s passage of Proposition 8 
3.5
I Can't Think Straight
Nick Schager
Homophobia in Muslim families and communities is a topic ripe for exploration but as its eye rollingly lame titular pun makes clear I Can t Think Straight isn t the film to do it 
.5
What Richard Did
Rex Reed
You may be shocked by your own reactions to what Richard did but you won t soon forget the movie in which he did them 
3.5
What Richard Did
Farran Smith Nehme
Abrahamson s penetrating film asks and does not answer whether one viciously criminal moment is an aberration or whether it reveals the weak shabby person who was there all along 
3.5
What Richard Did
Tina Hassannia
The film s structure as a character study helps to subtly underscore the flawed justifications of a privileged kid s thought patterns and unchallenged value system 
3
What Richard Did
David Nusair
What Richard Did inevitably does reach a point at which the uneventfulness starts to become a little oppressive 
2
'R Xmas
Bill Chambers
Spare yet audacious 
3
'R Xmas
V.A. Musetto
Ferrara s best film in years 
3
'R Xmas
Ed Gonzalez
Ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family s custom made Christmas card 
3.5
'R Xmas
Jeremy Heilman
Essentially this is Abel Fererra s It s a Wonderful Life 
3.5
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 3: Comedy and Camp
Steven Prokopy
it s the more grab bag nature of Volume 3 that makes it perhaps the most fun and varied of the bunch 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 3: Comedy and Camp
Joey Magidson
The series ends on a decidedly strong note 
3
What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?
Anne Brodie
What The Hell Happened To Blood 44 Sweat amp Tears 63 Catchy name for a doc 44 a political thriller 44 one hell of a tale 46 Documentary footage had to be smuggled out of 40 Iron Curtain countries 41 to avoid seizure but the film was never made 46 
2
What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?
Roger Moore
The film 8217 s political focus seems a tad narrow 44 but the evidence that this tour 8212 however it came to be 8212 did them no favors and didn 8217 t do Nixon any more service than his association with 8220 Up With People 8221 is convincing 46 
3
Beyond the Gates
Federico Furzan
Poor excuse of a horror movie trying to use nostalgia as a theme but ultimately portraying bad filmmaking Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Beyond the Gates
Sara Michelle Fetters
Beyond the Gates while far from a masterpiece is hugely entertaining if one is in the right frame of mind when watching it 
2.5
Beyond the Gates
Mike McGranaghan
Beyond the Gates is wicked witty fun that reminds you how insanely entertaining the horror genre can be 
3.5
Whisky Galore!
Roger Moore
With a comedy this old the laughs are comfort food the giggles coming from the cheek pinching adorability of the character types 
3.5
Whisky Galore!
Matt Brunson
Often uproarious 
3.5
I Witness
David Nusair
James Spader is undoubtedly at his scene stealing best here as a smarmy government agent 
2.5
Belle Vie
Matt Brunson
The movie manages to be both rueful and hopeful which is also a perfect reflection of Vincent Samarco 
3
Belle Vie
Kenneth R. Morefield
Belle Vie is the name of a Los Angeles Bistro owned and operated by Vincent Samarco It is also an ironic comment on the restaurant business and how difficult it is 
2.5
Physical Evidence
David Nusair
what on earth was Michael Crichton thinking when he agreed to helm this mess 
1
Physical Evidence
Roger Ebert
The problem is that there is no chemistry at all between Reynolds and Russell they stand near each other and speak words of emotion but there s not much light in their eyes and they don t budge the needle on the romantic voltmeter 
2
The Duellists
Brian Eggert
That it is perhaps Scott 8217 s most underseen film is one of cinema history 8217 s little tragedies 44 as it certainly ranks among his very best 46 
4
The Duellists
James Kendrick
the very beauty of the imagery ultimately works to the story s benefit as it creates an ironic counterpoint to the irrationality of the ongoing feud
3.5
If I Were You
Bruce DeMara
Here s a safe prediction movie critics are going to have fun with the title of If I Were You 
1.5
If I Were You
Lou Lumenick
If I Were You has more than its share of laughs but director Joan Carr Wiggin needed to cut half an hour to make this fly without interest flagging 
2
If I Were You
Nick Schager
A wannabe French style infidelity farce that keeps indulging in unnecessary bathos and subplots 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
Michael Dequina
As much as I like the Chipmunks while watching my sometimes flagging interest made it clear that I had pretty much outgrown them 
2.5
Century Hotel
Walter Chaw
Its sub theme of unrequited passions is the overriding irony in that the picture itself suffers from a bit of the ol interruptus at the decisive point of climax 
2.5
How High 2
Roger Moore
It s not just the cast or the script that lets down How High 2 It s the whole legalized CBD Oil culture shift that does it in 
1
Watership Down
James Kendrick
The film s careful balance of humanizing the rabbits while also recognizing the realities of their inherent nature which is more territorial and combative than cute and cuddly gives its conflict a particularly sharp edge
3.5
Watership Down
Matt Brunson
The animation style veers between poetic and prosaic 
2.5
Watership Down
Phil Villarreal
Cuts so deep on so many ethereal levels that you can flip to nearly any page in the history book and see a parallel 
4
Watership Down
Walter Chaw
Unsentimental and terrifying 
3
To Each, Her Own
Roger Moore
A quaint collection of sexual racial and cultural stereotypes and cliches packaged as a forward thinking French romantic comedy 
1.5
Touch of Pink
Sean P. Means
Kyle MacLachlan s robust impersonation of Cary Grant is good for a laugh but its overuse is just one of the crimes against this joyless cross cultural gay romance 
1.5
Touch of Pink
Jeff Vice
A too familiar tale 
2
Touch of Pink
Robert W. Butler
A gay romantic comedy so coyly inoffensive that it becomes offensive in its inoffensiveness 
1.5
Touch of Pink
Bruce Westbrook
Its plot is hackneyed and banal 
2
Touch of Pink
John Monaghan
Much of the problem with Touch of Pink rests with Mistry whose nice guy appeal registers even less than it did in his previous starring vehicles The Guru and The Mystic Masseur 
2
Touch of Pink
Phil Villarreal
While MacLachlan captures Grant s regal confidence his overenunciation and hammy gestures lean more into caricature than imitation 
2.5
Touch of Pink
Peter Debruge
As much as it aspires to mimic the charm of old Cary Grant pictures Touch of Pink is hardly worthy of comparison to even the least of Grant s films 
1
Touch of Pink
Paul Doro
A harmless lightweight romantic comedy that does everything that you expect it to 
2
Touch of Pink
Laura Kelly
A gay dramedy that recycles a tired coming out of the closet plot and dabbles in Eastern Western culture clash 
2
Touch of Pink
Michael Wilmington
How can Rashid s admittedly playful anti Hollywood fantasy theme stick when the movie itself is so saturated in big studio values fantasies and hokum and shot in a lower budget approximation of the 1960s Hollywood style 
1.5
Touch of Pink
Moira MacDonald
Pleasant but predictable comedy 
3
Touch of Pink
Chris Hewitt
Contrived and stodgy Touch of Pink starts with an expectation loweringly awful idea and then executes it poorly 
0
Touch of Pink
Jeanne Aufmuth
A hit and miss affair that has its heart in the right place but treads a razor thin line between romantic and ridiculous 
2
Touch of Pink
Rob Blackwelder
Oh goodie another my old country ethnic family doesn t understand me comedy 
1.5
Touch of Pink
G. Allen Johnson
Ian Iqbal Rashid s movie flawed as it is works precisely because of its fantasy elements 
3
Touch of Pink
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s all wearisome and pathetic 
2
Touch of Pink
Wesley Morris
There are hundreds of reasons for and possibilities in reupholstering romantic comedies with a queer eye but the movies like Touch of Pink are too busy teaching feel good lessons to even try 
2
Touch of Pink
James Verniere
So timid and sitcom y that it could more accurately be colored blush 
2.5
Touch of Pink
Jami Bernard
The story is tired the comedy forced and the mother s larger than life quirks are an acquired taste 
1
Touch of Pink
Lou Lumenick
A clever and big hearted gay screwball comedy 
3
Touch of Pink
Bob Strauss
Touch Of Pink is more of a save than a genuinely good movie I m recommending it because it turns out so much better than its clumsy start would lead anyone to expect 
3
Touch of Pink
Leah McLaren
Amuses and delights far more than it fails to surprise 
3
Touch of Pink
David Sterritt
Even MacLachlan s surprisingly witty performance can t compensate for the trite screenplay and Mistry s lack of charisma 
1
Touch of Pink
John Anderson
For all the predictable devices as well as a plot that goes right left and idles on the train tracks there s really enough going on here to sustain the film even without Cary Grant So he s a bonus and a delightful one 
2.5
Touch of Pink
Erik Childress
Romantic Gay Muslim Screwball Retro Comedies should at least have the foresight to deliver on half the genre labels it establishes for itself 
1
Touch of Pink
Pam Grady
There are moments that are too cute by half only to be rescued by the grounded performances of Mistry and Mathew as the conflicted son and mother who are more alike than either cares to admit 
3
The Stand In
Nell Minow
The film s meanders somewhere between comedy ish and drama ish never managing either 
1
The Stand In
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Barrymore throws herself into her dual roles with enthusiastic aplomb this is a sluggish brazenly unlikeable comedy drama hybrid that s one of the year s more disappointing failures 
2
The Stand In
Mark Dujsik
The Stand In makes many mistakes but its worst sin arguably is to make Drew Barrymore play two very unlikeable characters 
0.5
The Stand In
Phil Villarreal
While Barrymore shows off some range in exploring the two characters the script doesn t provide enough material for either of them to stand out 
2
The Stand In
Mike McGranaghan
An uneven tone and a flat romantic subplot hold the picture back somewhat although it is fun in its best moments 
2.5
The Stand In
Mark Hanson
The film allows the scion of one of Hollywood s most notable families to interrogate her relationship with celebrity in self aware fashion 
2.5
The Stand In
Joey Magidson
Drew Barrymore makes a big effort here but the material is not worth her troubles 
1.5
The Stand In
Roger Moore
Drew s still got it even if The Stand In doesn t 
1.5
London Town
Tom Keogh
As contrived as London Town is with a derivative coming of age story and improbable fateful encounters between a struggling teen and Clash frontman Joe Strummer there is something here of the group s early principled spirit 
2.5
London Town
Glenn Kenny
The movie s impersonal conventional telling of a reasonably standard male coming of age story almost tends to make the punk milieu it depicts beside the point 
2
London Town
Keith Watson
The film evinces a clear eyed sense of the limits that a capitalistic society places on its working class 
2.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
David Nusair
A typically rambling freewheeling effort from Michael Winterbottom 
2
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Scott Nash
Director Michael Winterbottom may not have proved that you can film this unfilmable book but he definitely proved he can film a funny movie about trying to film it 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Marty Mapes
A film about a film based on a novel about writing a novel
2.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Sean O'Connell
Solidifies what Project Greenlight taught us the process that goes into making a movie often ends up being far more entertaining than the finished project 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Robert W. Butler
Amusing and often outright hilarious 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Thomas Delapa
Despite its source in Sterne Winterbottom s whimsy bulls it way past modernism and right into postmodern thievery especially in its slavish quoting of Fellini s 8 1 2 
2
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Duane Dudek
The film s playful subversive and selectively self referential sensibility is equal parts blarney and bluster and has the endearing quality of a tall tale told tongue in cheek 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Connie Ogle
A wildly imaginative foray into spirited comic anarchy 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Terry Lawson
A hilariously clever picture about the making of a movie that no one will have the slightest interest in For an experiment about an experiment it s entirely too much fun 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Jeff Vice
This British import is a good natured comedy featuring several laugh out loud sequences 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Sean P. Means
Coogan is adept at playing himself as a total jerk and his performance here is scathingly funny 
4
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
David N. Butterworth
Tongue in cheeky and rambling much like the voluminous tome that inspired it 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Chris Hewitt
The playful British Tristram Shandy A Cock Bull Story is a comedy for anyone fascinated by the movies 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Ruthe Stein
A highly amusing combination period film and mockumentary 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
John Beifuss
Droll literary humor genital violence played for laughs references to German New Wave cinema and Al Pacino impersonations are among the elements that make this one of the year s most beguiling and entertaining surprises 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This stuff is strictly Ben Stiller material but genuine sparks fly when Coogan and Brydon spar together onscreen 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Jeanne Aufmuth
Bawdy behind the scenes comedy that neatly straddles antiquated fantasy and contemporary reality 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Mark Dujsik
For all its post postmodern use of intersecting narratives Tristram Shandy A and Bull Story works and in certain spots works brilliantly 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Liam Lacey
This material is the most remote from the letter of Sterne s novel but in its spirit of verbal play digression and free wheeling wit it pays affectionate tribute to his bawdy jokester spirit 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Moira MacDonald
Sometimes it s the most unfilmable novels that make the best movies 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Steven Rea
A sly delirious homage to the writers producers techies and thespians who assemble with the common mission of telling a tale and then many months and meltdowns later move on to the next project and paycheck 
4
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Matt Pais
The giddy self satisfaction of Tristram Shandy grows tiresome 
2.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Michael Phillips
It feels made up on the spot in the mockumentary style Winterbottom and Coogan deployed in their Manchester music scene goof 24 Hour Party People But that film wasn t half as much fun as this one 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Ty Burr
Beneath the fun lurks a dry and weary sigh at life s refusal to match the tidiness of art 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Josh Larsen
If only literary theory could always be this fun 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Peter Canavese
More movie biz spoof than postmodern adaptation of the novel but Winterbottom s film miraculously succeeds in doing both goals a degree of justice 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Roger Ebert
It wonderfully evokes the life on a movie set which for a few weeks or months creates its own closed society 
4
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Steve Rhodes
What a treat By the end you have so grown to love the characters that you re quite sorry to have to bid them adieu 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Bob Strauss
Even if you never get up to speed on half of what this movie tosses about the half you do get should keep you laughing all the way to the library 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Kurt Loder
You would think the book would be unfilmable and you d be right But that didn t stop director Michael Winterbottom from taking it on 
1.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Jack Mathews
It is a sign of the film s success that extraneous moments are essential to a film that is essentially nuts 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Ken Fox
Hugely entertaining 
4
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Franny French
The whole thing is very fun and gives one a delicious sense of eavesdropping 
3.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Kyle Smith
A proudly esoteric piece of comedy jazz 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
James Berardinelli
The tone is lighthearted and the performances are effective but in the end the feature is so inconsequential as to leave no lasting impression 
2.5
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Gene Seymour
Somehow despite the odds it all makes a rich heady and satisfying stew capable of making you responsive and alive to all the precious minutiae of your own life 
4
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Peter Travers
It sounds confusing but it s really inventive and bizarre and marvelously entertaining 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Walter Chaw
Not so much a mindf as a mindlovemaking 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Keith Uhlich
The conceit of this Tristram Shandy is that it knows it s a movie much as Sterne s book knew it was a novel 
3
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Peter Howell
It is completely nonsensical not to mention frequently hilarious 
3
The Tracker
Glenn Whipp
De Heer doesn t want the violence to distract from the sadness and the substance of the movie s mythic history lesson It s an inventive idea one that probably doomed the movie s commercial prospects here in the States 
3
The Tracker
Jay Antani
The Tracker is the first significant movie to find its way into American theaters in 2005 
3.5
The Tracker
Nick Carter
Combines a classic movie Western setting and narrative with a Heart of Darkness like morality play 
3
The Tracker
Walter V. Addiego
See the film mainly for the quiet and powerful work of Gulpilil in the title role 
3
The Tracker
Chris Hewitt
Too often The Tracker explains when it would be better to suggest 
2.5
The Tracker
Roger Ebert
The Tracker is one of those rare films that deserves to be called haunting 
3.5
The Tracker
Joshua Tanzer
Has the same cinematic grandeur that people admire about John Ford s classic The Searchers without that film s racist reflexes It s mythmaking of a much higher caliber 
3.5
The Tracker
Megan Lehmann
An engrossing drama 
3
The Tracker
Jami Bernard
De Heer leaves no stone unturned in going for the obvious 
1.5
The Tracker
David Sterritt
This is one movie that may fare better on home video where viewers can hit the mute button every time those awful ditties come along 
3
The Tracker
Gabe Leibowitz
Though certainly not without merit Rolf de Heer s The Tracker commits the cardinal sin of cinema it s excruciatingly boring a good chunk of the time 
2
The Tracker
Carrie Rickey
Gulpilil is a commanding screen presence and his character s abundant humanism makes him the film s moral compass 
3.5
Africa: The Serengeti
Ross Anthony
I ve enjoyed three safaris myself Of course a theater will never give you the actual experience of the Serengeti and film can never replace vision but the images here are abundant with high quality animal life and rich with animal emotion 
3.5
Africa: The Serengeti
Forrest Hartman
While Africa is completely absorbing it s best viewed as a primer to the subject matter With its 40 minute run time viewers are able to grasp only a surface understanding of the material 
3
Arbitrage
Brian Eggert
Without Richard Gere at the center 44 Jarecki 8217 s film wouldn 8217 t work so well 46 
3
Arbitrage
Kelly Jane Torrance
Arbitrage is packed with tension from start to finish 
3
Arbitrage
Terence Johnson
Underneath the surface is a hauntingly urgent requiem on the American Dream and the moral fabric of the country 
3.5
Arbitrage
Barbara Sullivan
Gere who appears in nearly every scene of Arbitrage turns in the best performance of his career conveying with supreme skill and remarkable restraint the exquisite agony of Miller s desperation 
3.5
Arbitrage
Wesley Lovell
Richard Gere is terrific and the supporting cast do superb jobs in this fascinating exploration of greed justice and the law 
3.5
Arbitrage
Mark Deming
Gere doesn t give Robert a remarkable amount of depth but he certainly plays his damaged agonized soul for all it s worth even as the movie views him from a coolly removed distance 
3
Arbitrage
Christian Toto
Arbitrage avoids lazy anti corporate talking points to tell the thrilling story of a man drowning in his own greed 
3.5
Arbitrage
James Kendrick
Whether there is even the possibility of redemption at the end is part of what makes the film so gripping 
3.5
Arbitrage
Phil Villarreal
If there were a movie about Mitt Romney no one other than Richard Gere could play him 
3
Arbitrage
Rob Humanick
Inadvertently pandering on just about every level except for the end credits which are quite likely intended to rapidly vacate the theater for the next screening 
2
Arbitrage
Jeffrey Westhoff
Not worth a trip to the theater but it might be worth catching on TV some day you ve got nothing better to do 
2
Arbitrage
Linda Barnard
A tight thriller that shows its handsome star in fine form as a morally bankrupt financier playing fast and loose with ethics and the law 
3
Arbitrage
Geoff Pevere
Gere gets the role he has been suiting up for ever since he was first designer dressed for a murder rap in American Gigolo 
3
Arbitrage
Peter Canavese
Playing a character that s almost entirely unsympathetic Gere demonstrates the outward charm that s allowed Miller to accumulate his wealth and status as well as the abyss staring soul his showmanship conceals 
3
Arbitrage
Jeff Beck
Arbitrage is one of those films that doesn t rely on flourish to succeed and in the end it s probably better off without it 
3
Arbitrage
James Berardinelli
The screenplay written by first time director Nicholas Jarecki keeps us guessing which is one of the best compliments one can pay to a movie of this sort 
3
Arbitrage
Sean P. Means
Gere makes Robert s amorality appealing which in itself conveys Jarecki s message about the seductive nature of Wall Street corruption 
3.5
Arbitrage
Rob Thomas
First time writer and director Nicholas Jarecki has given Gere a juicy complex character in billionaire financier Robert Miller and he just runs with it 
3.5
Arbitrage
Lisa Kennedy
Gere s very good at making Robert s compromises seem more human than horrid He portrays the philanthropic philandering patriarch with his customary twinkle 
2.5
Arbitrage
Stephen Whitty
Giving the tale an extra dose of reality is Richard Gere 
3
Arbitrage
Ann Hornaday
Arbitrage becomes far more complex than just dramatized anti corporate polemic or even a simple fall from grace 
3
Arbitrage
Kyle Smith
I m not sure any five pages of this script by director Nicholas Jarecki hold together 
2
Arbitrage
Dustin Putman
A well crafted dramatic thriller with a rare braininess and a deeply unsettling undercurrent 
3
Arbitrage
Mark Dujsik
If not for Gere whose ever wearying performance suggests a man who is as fed up with himself as we are of him this could have a very different movie 
3
Arbitrage
Amy Biancolli
Features an exceedingly dapper Richard Gere in a series of nice suits and handsome close ups that serve no purpose other than to remind us how exceedingly dapper Richard Gere looks in nice suits and handsome close ups 
2
Arbitrage
Robert Levin
Here s an old fashioned thriller cum morality play that trades in compelling characters and sharp storytelling 
3.5
Arbitrage
Scott Bowles
Arbitrage overcomes some pulpy plot twists and a little anti corporate sermonizing to become a brisk tale of a financial wizard whose sins have returned to collect a debt 
3
Arbitrage
Moira MacDonald
Arbitrage is a fine showcase for the silky talents of Richard Gere who s so smooth here you could spread him on toast 
3
Arbitrage
Ty Burr
The movie wants to be an instant Sidney Lumet classic along the lines of Serpico or Prince of the City but it doesn t have the roots It s new money 
2.5
Arbitrage
Steven Rea
Slick and suspenseful 
3
Arbitrage
Peter Travers
Richard Gere s performance in the sinfully entertaining Arbitrage is too good to ignore At 62 he is at the peak of his powers 
3.5
Arbitrage
Rafer Guzman
Arbitrage gets away with a few crime flick cliches because it s also a thoughtful character study 
3
Arbitrage
Chris Hewitt
Even if you re put off by their hot and cold running cashmere lifestyle it s ultimately impossible not to be moved by a daughter who is heartbroken when the father she worships betrays her 
3
Arbitrage
Joe Williams
Paced like a slick 80s thriller but themed for millennial relevance Arbitrage splits the difference with a confidently cruising Gere 
3
Arbitrage
Rene Rodriguez
Gere has always excelled at portraying smooth elegant men who know a little more than everyone else in the room But in Arbitrage he s playing a different note Desperation 
2.5
Arbitrage
Matt Pais
The depiction of money as the ultimate motivator should inspire most viewers to mutter What else is new 
2.5
Arbitrage
Roger Moore
Gere s best shot at an Oscar 
2.5
Arbitrage
Michael Phillips
I enjoyed it even as I hustled here and there to keep up with its Wall Street argot The writing s juicy and effective and the actors have fun with it 
3
Arbitrage
Roger Ebert
Hitchcock called his most familiar subject The Innocent Man Wrongly Accused Jarecki pumps up the pressure here by giving us a Guilty Man Accurately Accused and that s what makes the film so ingeniously involving 
4
Arbitrage
Christy Lemire
Gere is so charming so irresistible when he s on top of the world when he s got all those plates humming in unison that he kind of makes you root for his character to get away with it all 
3
Arbitrage
Peter Keough
Enough of all this whining about the millions of regular people ruined by the financial collapse of 2007 how about a movie sympathizing with one of the unfortunate guys responsible 
2
Arbitrage
Glenn Heath Jr.
If the film covers well tread territory a morally bankrupt player trying to prolong his own influence it does so with pinpoint control of mood and theme 
3
Driftwood
David Nusair
anti climactic painfully drawn out 
1
It Waits
David Nusair
ultimately bogged down by a melodramatic opening half hour and a overall feeling of tediousness 
2
Midnight Traveler
Tom Meek
Midnight Traveler registers a moving illumination of the inimical challenges faced by those forcibly dislocated from their homeland adrift on foreign soil and at the mercy of others 
3.5
Midnight Traveler
Vanessa H. Larson
In showing such a personal unmeditated view of the global migration crisis through one family s story Midnight Traveler is a timely essential film 
3.5
Midnight Traveler
G. Allen Johnson
A remarkable documentary 
3
Midnight Traveler
Christy Lemire
It achieves its mission of putting an intimate human face on a seemingly overwhelming faraway subject 
3
Midnight Traveler
Roger Moore
A cell phone verite account that captures the harrowing moments and the tedium of trekking thousands of miles from Afghanistan to safety with two small children 
3
Midnight Traveler
Pat Brown
Balancing rough edge verité with highly composed images and a meticulous structure it doesn t preclude itself from finding something like poetry in its subjects struggles 
3.5
Midnight Traveler
Sean P. Means
Midnight Traveler puts a human face on the plight of migrants and puts the lie to the hateful demonization of immigrants everywhere 
3.5
The Road Within
Mick LaSalle
The presentation of Tourette s syndrome may be authentic but everything else about the movie the emotions the characters the situations rings false 
1
The Road Within
Rex Reed
he Road Within backfires by emphasizing the same quirks and imbalances it seeks to soften Reducing it to the genre of idiot comedy doesn t advance the cause either 
1
The Road Within
Drew Hunt
The film s tired sentimentality aside its general lack of empathy is most damning 
1
Captain Abu Raed
Mattie Lucas
A beautiful tender tale that not only sneaks into the hearts of the audience but may well be a definining moment in Jordanian cinema 
3.5
Captain Abu Raed
Kelly Jane Torrance
This is a first film but a well executed one 
3
Captain Abu Raed
Liam Lacey
Great taste isn t quite the same as great filmmaking and director Matalqa sometimes lapses into broad humour and even broader melodrama in this generally low key wistful tale 
2
Captain Abu Raed
David Nusair
the movie finally can t help but come off as a disappointing missed opportunity 
1.5
Captain Abu Raed
Jason Anderson
A sweet tempered tale about the power of fantasy and storytelling becomes a starker parable about human connection and personal sacrifice 
2.5
Captain Abu Raed
Mike Scott
A stealthily powerful drama highlighted by a beautiful score and strong performances 
3
Captain Abu Raed
Peter Keough
Matalqa s film shows how the most liberating flights might be those of the imagination 
3
Captain Abu Raed
Annie Young Frisbie
Despite the film s flaws there s something winsome about Abu Raed in his captain s hat entertaining kids with visits to cities that exist only in his imagination 
2.5
Captain Abu Raed
Mark Feeney
Writer director Amin Matalqa s debut affirms life plucks heartstrings and knows no shame 
2
Captain Abu Raed
Matthew Connolly
Captain Abu Raed reaches for restrained empathy but cannot hide its bald faced emotional manipulations and squishy sentimental core 
1.5
Captain Abu Raed
V.A. Musetto
There s an aura of tension as Abu Raed helps a boy escape from his abusive father And the location shots of Amman are impressive 
2.5
Captain Abu Raed
Walter V. Addiego
It s a simple story told with dignity and aiming for universal relevance 
3
Captain Abu Raed
Jeff Shannon
Making a polished feature debut after directing shorts at the American Film Institute Jordanian born American educated Matalqa demonstrates a subtle touch with a well chosen cast 
3
The Accountant
Brian Eggert
Although it s tempting to forgive the film s structural zig zagging the ludicrously convenient twists and questions spoil its overall effect 
2.5
The Accountant
Matt Brunson
Smart movies offer intriguing setups unique characters and tantalizing plot pirouettes The Accountant is a smart movie Smart movies also avoid offering imbecilic narrative coincidences and imploding third acts Alas The Accountant isn t THAT smart 
2.5
The Accountant
Sarah Knight Adamson
If it were a bunch of newbies in the main roles The Accountant would not have worked because when things get really really weird at the end I only rolled with it because it was clear these actors and actresses were also having much fun 
3
The Accountant
Pamela Powell
The Accountant just becomes a dull shoot em up movie complete with acrobatic stunts and guys dressed in black hiding behind things 
2
The Accountant
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It has its pleasures but they are guilty indeed 
2.5
The Accountant
George M. Thomas
Affleck is suitably awkward as Wolff bringing a hint of innocence to the character s danger 
2.5
The Accountant
Kevin A. Ranson
One or two elements fall short and a few reveals may seem obvious but this is something of a surprise in a box office overstuffed with animated family flicks and superhero hijinks 
4
The Accountant
John Serba
Affleck s dead eyed performance is weirdly inert and awkward and he looks uncomfortable like he s trying not to laugh or holding in a fart on a hot date 
1.5
The Accountant
Linda Cook
The Accountant doesn t quite add up 
2
The Accountant
Sara Michelle Fetters
I enjoyed almost every single second even in the face of unparalleled ridiculousness 
3
The Accountant
John Hanlon
There s an interesting premise here but the filmmakers never fully take advantage of it 
2.5
The Accountant
Peter Travers
Affleck plays a math wiz whose position on the autism spectrum allegedly makes him a perfect assassin That notion is offensive on so many levels especially in the service of such low grade crime fiction that it s painful to watch 
1
The Accountant
James Berardinelli
A movie that could easily have been familiar disposable entertainment but is made with sufficient competence and energy to capture the viewer s attention and linger a little after the end credits have rolled 
3
The Accountant
Barry Paris
A didactic epilogue and schmaltzy exit song aren t quite enough to provide redeeming sociopolitical correctness 
2.5
The Accountant
Mike McGranaghan
Whoever cut that theatrical trailer should be given an Oscar They made a confused frustratingly muddled picture look coherent 
1.5
The Accountant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Accountant was written by Bill Dubuque who also wrote The Judge Both have blandly predictable stories but they also take time to draw interesting characters with full histories and emotional interactions 
3
The Accountant
Tom Meek
Few probably knew that balancing the books could be such a lethal endeavor or that such a cockamamie idea especially with the normally tacit and wooden Affleck could translate into such a satiating pleasure a guilty one 
3
The Accountant
Neil Rosen
The supporting cast which includes JK Simmons Jeffery Tambor and John Bernthal are fine and it s intriguing and fun for a time But the ludicrous ending kind of ruined the whole experience for me 
2
The Accountant
David Nusair
a decent 90 minute thriller trapped within the confines of a bloated two plus hour mess 
2
The Accountant
Christian Toto
Mr Affleck we can t get you on the Batman set yet Would you settle for a Bourne type movie about an accountant on the Autism spectrum No we re not joking 
2.5
The Accountant
Sonny Bunch
What could ve been a great fun no frills high concept action flick is instead something far more mediocre and frustrating 
2.5
The Accountant
Brad Wheeler
A character study as much as a ruthless shoot em up 
3
The Accountant
Chris Hewitt
Has many fine scenes but too often dawdles when it needs to put on some speed 
2.5
The Accountant
Chris Knight
Does the film ultimately add up to good entertainment I leave you with the wisdom of former accountant Bob Newhart My theory of accounting was that as long as you got within two or three bucks of it you were all right 
2.5
The Accountant
Rafer Guzman
Poorly conceived and woefully executed almost on par with Affleck s notorious bomb Gigli 
0.5
The Accountant
Sean P. Means
Action movies don t get weirder or more nonsensical than The Accountant which straddles corporate chicanery and psychological thriller in the dumbest ways possible 
2.5
The Accountant
Sara Stewart
If you re going to make the first mainstream movie about autism since Rain Man maybe don t feature an anti hero who s highly adept at shooting people in the head 
2
The Accountant
Michael Smith
If you ve ever seen his regular guy nonchalance as a liability forget it Affleck is controlled coiled ready to strike brilliance here 
3.5
The Accountant
Mark Dujsik
T his is a movie in which the concept of a unique character is just that a concept 
2
The Accountant
Max Weiss
As Christian Affleck is a mixed bag Sometimes he plays him with an appropriately affectless and reticent quality Other times he can t resist letting loose a bit of his Affleck charm 
2
The Accountant
Stephen Rebello
Entertaining and preposterous 
2.5
The Accountant
Jeff Simon
A lot of action and a little charm can go a long way 
3
The Accountant
Rob Thomas
At its best The Accountant reads like a gloriously loopy unpublished novel that some daydreaming CPA wrote on his coffee breaks But in the end the numbers don t add up 
2.5
The Accountant
Robert W. Butler
In the end we re left thinking about how much better it could have been 
2.5
The Accountant
Mara Reinstein
Hold the audit The thriller ever so slightly succeeds because it has the smarts to bask in its own ridiculousness 
2.5
The Accountant
Bob Bloom
This thriller is so preposterous and unnecessarily convoluted that it has you scratching your head and pulling your hair in frustration and disbelief 
2
The Accountant
Peter Howell
Affleck makes passivity magnetic as he negotiates ever shifting situations and dispatches foes with a ruthlessness James Bond would applaud 
2.5
The Accountant
Calvin Wilson
Fresh and delightfully offbeat The Accountant proves that a thriller can be complex and nuanced while fulfilling its mission to entertain 
3.5
The Accountant
Ann Hornaday
True to the profession it sets out to glamorize The Accountant takes advantage of its share of creative loopholes and manages to break even in the process 
2.5
The Accountant
Michael Phillips
The Accountant is all over the place It s an odd thickly plotted two faced action movie 
2
The Accountant
Tirdad Derakhshani
I m not ashamed to admit that I had a lot of fun at this movie 
3
The Accountant
Glenn Kenny
It goes very far south with two plot reveals that are among the most ludicrous that I ve experienced in quite some time 
2
The Accountant
Ty Burr
Taken on its own The Accountant works its way from a state of enjoyable popcorn suspense to a pitch of absolutely preposterous but still pretty enjoyable nonsense 
2.5
The Accountant
Lauren Chval
Much better than you expect it to be The Accountant is a fun time despite its weaknesses 
3
The Accountant
Lawrence Toppman
A few pieces can t be made to fit and two of those are big ones But the rest of the story has been well constructed and the picture it gradually reveals keeps you guessing up to the final scene 
3
The Accountant
Mick LaSalle
There are worse movies 
2
The Accountant
Dann Gire
If nothing else The Accountant will tide us over until Affleck s next stand alone Caped Crusader adventure The Batman 
3
The Accountant
Richard Roeper
Madness abounds in The Accountant an intense intricate darkly amusing and action infused thriller that doesn t always add up but who cares it s BIG FUN 
3.5
The Accountant
Katie Walsh
Far more potboiler thriller than prestige picture but Affleck is fun to watch in this against type performance 
2.5
The Accountant
Soren Andersen
O Connor s direction is perfectly in sync with the script s twists and turns He makes Wolff s hunt through arcane financial records as exciting as a climactic shootout and both scenes are riveting 
3.5
The Accountant
Rene Rodriguez
If Ben Affleck hadn t already landed the role of Batman The Accountant would have been a formidable audition reel 
2
The Accountant
Dustin Putman
When the exceptionally acted The Accountant works glimmers of a far superior film shine through 
2
The Accountant
Kam Williams
A clever and compelling multi layered masterpiece deserving serious consideration come awards season 
4
The Accountant
Peter Canavese
The running gag emotional expression of another of the film s autistic characters pretty much sums it up Heavy sigh 
1
The Accountant
Roger Moore
Scripturally messy medically problematic 
2
The Accountant
Jake Cole
Ironically by not attempting to oversell thrills Gavin O Connor has produced some of the few genuinely exciting action scenes of the year 
2
The Accountant
Brian Truitt
Where The Accountant really succeeds is exploring the emotions and coping mechanisms of a protagonist on the autism spectrum plot points not often seen in the macho action genre 
3
The Accountant
Stephen Whitty
Not surprisingly in a shoot em up with a huge body count nothing escapes unmarked even the actors reputations 
1.5
The Mermaid
Chuck Bowen
It offers a visual reprieve from the cumbersomely mechanized aesthetic of so much contemporary fantasy 
2.5
The Mermaid
Sean P. Means
One of the loopiest movies ever made managing to be borderline unwatchable and weirdly enchanting 
2
The Mermaid
Simon Abrams
It doesn t matter if you don t like subtitles It doesn t matter if you ve never heard of the director It doesn t matter if you ve never seen a Chinese movie in your life It will make you laugh Guaranteed 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Brian Eggert
Craig delivers a smart funny and occasionally heartrending story that surpasses many of the Hughes films we now call classics 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Matt Brunson
One of the brightest coming of age films of recent vintage 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The joy of this movie is how Craig breathes new life into a cinematically commonplace narrative 
4
The Edge of Seventeen
David N. Butterworth
Hailee Steinfeld s star continues to rise 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of those rare teen movies that actually gets teens right 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Michael Smith
Steinfeld s presence and great writing make this a movie in which most of us can see our own teen experiences relived 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
John Serba
I could spend many more hours with these people who are warm funny lived in personalities existing in a plausible sphere outside the contrived story mechanics of many similar movies 
4
The Edge of Seventeen
Josh Larsen
an achingly funny portrayal of a high schooler in search of that rarest of jewels a confident sense of self 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Brad Keefe
Writer director Kelly Fremon Craig doesn t reinvent the wheel by any stretch and that s a big part of the charm of Seventeen 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Allyson Johnson
The Edge of Seventeen is a confident and emotive film about a teenager trying desperately to be comfortable with herself and falling short at times hitting life s regular snags 
4
The Edge of Seventeen
Jody Mitori
One of the pleasures of Edge of Seventeen is it makes you nostalgic for high school yet so relieved it s over 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
David Nusair
a forgettable teen drama that s rarely as compelling as its various performances 
2
The Edge of Seventeen
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Edge of Seventeen cuts deep humor and tears bursting forth in equal measure making the movie a singular joy audience of all ages are almost certain to delight in 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Gary Rotstein
The Edge of Seventeen immediately makes the high honor roll of high school comedy drama 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Robert Levin
Writer director Kelly Fremon Craig pitches the movie in a state of heightened panic capturing the pain and frustration that engulfs Nadine after a revelation that only serves to enhance her already dominant sense that she s alone in the world 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Roger Moore
All but blows out Sixteen Candles 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Barry Hertz
Steinfeld attacks the role with a sly ferocity and a fearless streak of self deprecation you either know a Nadine or you are Nadine 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Max Weiss
The performances here are stellar 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Sean P. Means
Precisely observant and completely funny 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Mark Dujsik
There s no judgment here just acknowledging that being a teenager is tough and doing so with a grin 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Lauren Chval
Let The Edge of Seventeen remind you in a very real way that adolescence is painful and awkward but also universal in the sense that we all go through it No one comes out unscathed 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Ryan Porter
While teenage tropes are dutifully checked off the love triangle the makeover the party gone wrong there s originality to Nadine s lonely quest to find her place only to ultimately learn she s not alone in being all alone 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
David Fear
You realize that the movie is not just a superior model of teen comedy it may in fact be the equal of those beloved Eighties touchstones 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Moira MacDonald
The Edge of Seventeen in its R rated way booze and sex play supporting roles is a sweetheart just like Erwin 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
James Berardinelli
With a smart perceptive script from first time director Kelly Fremon Craig and an arresting lead performance by Hailee Steinfeld the film rises to the top of a crowded genre 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Bob Bloom
Hailee Steinfeld is the center of the movie the core that pulls it together She brings a relatable honesty to her performance that will resonate with audiences peers and adults alike 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Ann Hornaday
Snarky and sensitive in just the right measure what initially looks like a glib exercise in adolescent mortification has the nerve to dig a little deeper And it winds up mining a little bit of wisdom and compassion in the process 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Tom Russo
The operative word on this one isn t really seventeen but edge 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Dann Gire
The Edge of Seventeen is a dialogue delight an enjoyably funny romp through the emotional and social minefields of high school adolescence 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Rob Thomas
In a genre that too often runs on formula The Edge of Seventeen harkens back to the affecting films of John Hughes And in a genre that too often focuses on boys Craig insightfully shows us the same angst from a 21st century girl s perspective 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Christy Lemire
The Edge of Seventeen is a delight with Hailee Steinfeld serving as the radiant star at its center 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Molly Eichel
It s not a candy coated version of teenage dom It s harsh and awkward and funny just like being a teenager is 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Mick LaSalle
Kelly Fremon Craig is a good writer who is also a good director and The Edge of Seventeen is the beginning of a career worth watching 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Lawrence Toppman
Like kids being told a new but familiar fairy tale we can sit back and enjoy the telling 
3
The Edge of Seventeen
Katie Walsh
The sharply written potty mouthed comedy isn t all too dark but the lightness is tinged with a sense of realistic edginess that makes the story feel whole and relatable 
3.5
The Edge of Seventeen
Christopher Gray
The smartest thing about Kelly Fremon Craig s teen dramedy is its measured take on its protagonist s theatrics 
3
Mercy Black
Nick Allen
If having their own Momo is Netflix s latest attempt to grab viewers they re gonna need a much more disturbing monster 
1.5
Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment
Kalvin Henely
While very informative it doesn t work as an introduction to kibbutzim because it requires the viewer to have some prior knowledge of the history of Israel 
2
Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment
Kam Williams
A valuable history lesson about an idealistic blueprint for nirvana ultimately frustrated by something as simple as basic human nature 
4
The Hills Have Eyes
James Kendrick
works as a taut thriller but it also leaves plenty of room for political and ideological tunneling if only for its horrific inversion of American family values
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Matt Brunson
I ve never been a Wes Craven fan yet if there s one picture of his that I would place above all others it would be The Hills Have Eyes 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Phil Villarreal
As disgusting as the movie is the ride is never dull but there s no need to take on the film to begin with unless there s something a little off inside your head 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Walter Chaw
As a mirror to the low fi sci fi hero journey of Star Wars however The Hills Have Eyes is the far less damaging to its respective genre 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Eric Henderson
Craven s latent sick streak gets a major workout here and the rudest shocks seem to center around the good family s parental figures 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
David Nusair
a sporadically effective Texas Chain Saw Massacre rip off 
2
Attica
Verne Gay
Nelson has made a career of fixing our gaze however strong the impulse is to avert it 
3.5
Attica
Randy Myers
Nelson s film cries out anew for prison reform while exposing America s deep roots of racism entrenched in the corridors of politicians police and prisons 
4
Attica
Odie Henderson
A harrowing infuriating look at racism and the abuse of power by people who see others as inhuman 
3.5
Attica
Dwight Brown
An uprising and a massacre researched and analyzed by a skilled and inquisitive filmmaker 
3.5
Attica
Shane Slater
Attica is at once a time capsule of Nixon era oppression and a timeless indictment of the foundational racism and injustice of American society 
3
Attica
Brad Wheeler
The racial context is incisive the retelling is tense tight and chilling These kinds of stories are emotionally wrenching to watch but can t be told too often 
3.5
American Movie
Michael Dequina
A warm and funny tribute to the passion for film as well as the drive and determination of dreamers in general 
3
American Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Smith takes care not to make fun of his subject even though the temptation must have been there 
3.5
American Movie
Jon Niccum
Like Ed Wood this is the story of a man with debatable talent who is so artistically driven that his raw enthusiasm keeps him afloat when finances and ability conspire against him 
4
American Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
American Movie shows what it is to be an artist obsessed with creating 
4
American Movie
Roger Ebert
American Movie is a very funny sometimes very sad documentary directed by Chris Smith and produced by Sarah Price about Mark s life his friends his family his films and his dreams 
4
Free Style
Lisa Kennedy
You don t have to be a swooning teenage girl to be enamored of Free Style and its heartthrob actor Corbin Bleu 
2.5
Free Style
Kyle Smith
Bleu s cute but bland act flatlines in every scene of a movie with a script that is a perfect match for his abilities 
1
Free Style
Tom Keogh
If the world truly needs a family friendly drama built around motocross racing it might as well be Free Style a wholly competent film from journeyman director William Dear 
2.5
Free Style
Roger Ebert
There are some charming actors in this movie all dressed up but with no place to go Free Style is remorselessly formulaic with every character and plot point playing its assigned role 
2
Free Style
Nick Schager
For High School Musical fans unwaveringly devoted to Corbin Bleu Free Style provides ample opportunity to swoon over the former East High basketballer s big floppy hair and Disney Channel grade emoting 
1
Final Cut
Keith Watson
Unlike One Cut of the Dead 44 Michel Hazanavicius 8217 s similar ode to low budget resourcefulness often rings false 46 10 
1.5
King Ralph
David Nusair
Filmmaker David S Ward certainly does an effective job of establishing Goodman s affable protagonist and the situation in which he finds himself 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 2
David Nusair
A palpably superior sequel 
3.5
Lethal Weapon 2
Walter Chaw
I ve confused a lot of the good things I remember about the first film with good stuff that in actuality happened in the second 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 2
Matt Brunson
Pesci s terrific comic performance really gooses the proceedings but the film also works because of its exciting action content the presence of Patsy Kensit as Riggs love interest and the series best interplay between the two lead characters 
3
Lethal Weapon 2
Chris Hicks
This is a loud abrasive brainless action picture liberally sprinkled with comedy and it will probably do every bit as well at the box office as its predecessor But it s also as lightweight silly and raunchy as they come 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 2
Roger Ebert
A film with the same off center invention and wild energy as the original 
3.5
Twice a Woman
David Nusair
Well intentioned yet utterly hopelessly dull 
.5
The Giant Behemoth
Matt Brunson
The Cornwall set first half is actually more interesting than the London set second half 46 
2.5
The Giant Behemoth
David Nusair
interminable 
1.5
The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark
Richard Propes
While the film lags at times it s a fairly remarkable effort against an awful lot of odds and even if you don t love the film it would be impossible to not admire the effort 
2.5
John Henry
Mark Dujsik
The third act pummels any notion that the filmmakers can resolve the central conflict in a way that respects the real strength of the title character 
2.5
John Henry
Tom Meek
The film written and directed by first timer Will Forbes is notable for its social scope and ambition but ultimately sags as it tries to do too much with the simple setup 
2
John Henry
Roger Moore
It s going to take more than a hammer to fix this disjointed Terry Crews vengeance thriller 
1.5
Boys to Men
Bob Graham
The Mountain King about a closeted young man and a hustler at the beach is the best of the lot in every respect 
3
Project Nim
Mattie Lucas
A harrowing and intensely powerful tale of an animal who was perhaps more human than the actual humans around him 
3.5
Project Nim
Brandy McDonnell
As Nim is heralded befriended sold rescued refuted forgotten and more his epic cautionary tale thoughtfully examines the inherent dangers of man trying to remake his fellow creatures in his own image 
3.5
Project Nim
Josh Larsen
Like an orphan out of Dickens Nim is a sorrowful figure buffeted by the winds of the greedy selfish and more powerful 
3.5
Project Nim
Matt Brunson
One of the 10 best films of 2011 
3.5
Project Nim
Mike Scott
A thought proving and entirely moving portrait of human arrogance in general and with some very very specific examples 
4
Project Nim
Chris Hewitt
Marsh knows this material is explosive so he presents it simply and with little sentiment against all odds Nim is frequently very funny 
3
Project Nim
Joe Williams
This many faceted time capsule sheds little light but buried inside it are vexing questions and the still beating heart of a special creature 
3.5
Project Nim
John Hartl
You end up fearing for the humans who contact him At the same time you feel his rage 
3.5
Project Nim
Keith Cohen
This non fiction animal biography deserves recognition for a brilliant editing job in condensing the running time to 93 minutes 
3
Project Nim
Stephen Cole
For the second film in a row Marsh has created a movie we can t keep our eyes off 
3.5
Project Nim
David Nusair
A stellar documentary 
3
Project Nim
Ann Hornaday
Marsh masterfully spins a harrowing tale of human arrogance that eventually gives way to cruelty bordering on the pathological 
3
Project Nim
Carrie Rickey
Nim is as unforgettable as the treatment of him is unspeakable 
3.5
Project Nim
Christy Lemire
Like the experiment itself Project Nim morphs from something inspiring and often humorous to a pointed and disturbing portrait of arrogance run amok Greed and glory end up overriding decency and altruism and it s heartbreaking to watch 
3.5
Project Nim
Peter Canavese
Fascinating characters inescapably provokes consideration of the human animal s primal nature 
3.5
Project Nim
Amy Biancolli
After watching Project Nim a distressing portrait of a misguided 1970s language experiment you ll be glad you re not a chimp in a cage But you might want to revoke your membership in the human race 
3
Project Nim
Ty Burr
Marsh tells this story clearly and sympathetically and he has the backlog of film and the witnesses to do so 
3.5
Project Nim
Peter Keough
Though Marsh s Errol Morris like style can get glib it never gets boring 
3.5
Project Nim
Matt Pais
The nature vs nurture debate rarely explores each side so literally and so closely 
3.5
Project Nim
Stephen Whitty
A documentary detailing man s inhumanity to beast Project Nim ends up going past that to ask a deeper disturbing question Just who is the man and who is the beast 
4
Project Nim
Kyle Smith
Brilliant provocative clear of eye and heavy of heart 
4
Project Nim
Kent Turner
Forget the chimp nature vs nurture angle someone should study the humans 
3
Project Nim
Roger Ebert
A very absorbing film 
3.5
Project Nim
Michael Phillips
Project Nim is practically irresistible The story keeps getting odder and richer and more complicated 
3.5
Project Nim
Andrew Schenker
It s dispiriting to see James Marsh deploy a rhetorical strategy of simply assuming human chimp equivalence in order to stoke outrage at Nim s post experiment treatment 
2
Project Nim
Roger Moore
Here s a documentary so slick novel touching and outrageous that your first thought might be This has to be fake 
3.5
The Rules of Attraction
Michael Dequina
Will either fascinate or infuriate you sometimes within the same moment and it s difficult imagining the film working any better if it did not 
3.5
The Rules of Attraction
Greg Maki
Avary s style is sure to turn off many viewers while others will find his inventive filmmaking exhilarating 
2.5
The Rules of Attraction
Nick Rogers
It s an outstanding film clearly stamped with some bravura filmmaking techniques an impeccable soundtrack and a stereotype shattering performance from James Van Der Beek 
3.5
The Rules of Attraction
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not a bath after sitting through this hyperactive mess of a movie I m not sure I ll ever be able to take a bath again but getting clean will definitely still be a priority 
1.5
The Rules of Attraction
Ian Mantgani
There is so much going on filmed with such style that I found it hard to stop being fascinated 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Matt Brunson
Its salient points are simultaneously buried drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer director Roger Avary 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Peter Travers
Ellis satire filtered through Avary s harsh lens is hard to stomach harder to ignore 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Kevin A. Ranson
unless you re interested in seeing kids with 2000 computers complaining about money or mindless parties full of nudity and drug use rent Go instead 
0.5
The Rules of Attraction
David Keyes
a weird and boundless teen fantasy where nothing is normal everything is detestable and watching it all unfold is curiously beguiling 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Frank Ochieng
Over stylized in its production value and underdeveloped in the cynicism department this inflated and laden vehicle reminds us that school is out both literally and figuratively 
2
The Rules of Attraction
James Kendrick
pointless adolescent nihilism wrapped up in new wave film school pretension
1.5
The Rules of Attraction
Margaret A. McGurk
The Rules of Attraction doesn t engage or entertain or provoke It assaults 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Bob Bloom
You have no affinity for most of the characters Nothing about them is attractive What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom 
1.5
The Rules of Attraction
Mark Dujsik
As depressing as it sounds it still makes for compelling occasionally disturbing entertainment 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Linda Cook
It s virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Emily Blunt
The Rules of Attraction has some mighty fine acting going on too bad they just don t go anywhere 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Dustin Putman
One of the most unconventional and conspicuously innovative cinematic treats of the year 
3.5
The Rules of Attraction
Jeff Vice
You may want to take a shower after seeing it that is if you can even sit through this nearly two hour mess of misogyny and cynicism 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Walter Chaw
Feral and uncomfortable 
3.5
The Rules of Attraction
John Hartl
While he and his capable cast do their best even decadence gets old if you have nothing else to offer 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Carla Meyer
Why this film was made now is a puzzler but here s a theory It lets a couple of WB stars be naughty 
1
The Rules of Attraction
John Anderson
Interminably bleak to say nothing of boring 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Rene Rodriguez
A cautionary tale with one exclamation mark too many The Rules of Attraction simply tries too hard 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Bob Strauss
Watching a bunch of attractive young actors play promiscuous drug guzzling self immolating college students can be tedious but it s not my idea of torture 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Terry Lawson
Rules is hard to watch and harder not to and director Roger Avary gets whatever it is that makes Ellis cruelly romanticized pop culture portraiture as fascinating as it is repellent 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Ty Burr
For casual moviegoers who stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson s Creek they ll probably run out screaming 
2.5
The Rules of Attraction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Erik Childress
The biggest problem with Roger Avary s uproar against the MPAA is that even in all its director s cut glory he s made a film that s barely shocking barely interesting and most of all barely anything 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Jeffrey Westhoff
Avary also sticks to that Pulp Fiction air of ironic detachment about man s inhumanity to man an attitude as welcome today as a disco beat was in 1985 
1.5
The Rules of Attraction
Liam Lacey
An almost entirely worthless and pretentious adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis s 1987 sophomore novel 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Jonathan Foreman
Even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity didn t fade amid the deliberate tiresome ugliness it would be rendered tedious by Avary s failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Roger Ebert
There is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction and I spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow selfish greedy characters 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Sean P. Means
Van Der Beek s turn as the conscience free Sean is a revelation 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Phil Villarreal
Brilliant 
4
The Rules of Attraction
Todd Anthony
The Rules of Attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing 
2.5
The Rules of Attraction
Rod Armstrong
Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis nothing novel in the end his Rules is barely worth following 
2.5
The Rules of Attraction
Duane Dudek
That Rules may be the most creatively intriguing of the three films based on Ellis novels doesn t make it any more palatable 
2.5
The Rules of Attraction
James Berardinelli
The Rules of Attraction is not mainstream fare but it is quirky and interesting and worth a look for those who don t mind movies where you end up despising just about everyone who has a speaking part 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Carrie Rickey
Should appeal to blase high schoolers who enjoyed Cruel Intentions and crave a stronger tragicomedy of bad manners 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Mark Caro
A bravura exercise in emptiness 
2
The Rules of Attraction
Josh Larsen
a nihilistic drama full of hip misery and forced edginess 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Rob Blackwelder
Like an episode of MTV s Undressed with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper 
2.5
The Rules of Attraction
Jeanne Aufmuth
A misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip young adult entertainment 
1
The Rules of Attraction
Steve Rhodes
Prepare to be slimed 
.5
The Rules of Attraction
Ed Gonzalez
Roger Avary s Rules of Attraction resembles more an Ellis novel than Mary Harron s adaptation of American Psycho 
3
The Rules of Attraction
Harvey S. Karten
Trick photography and a merry go roundelay of trysts make this a strong film despite its redundancies 
3
Fist Fight
Bill Chambers
Why craft a punchline when the camera can run indefinitely while you look for one 
0.5
Fist Fight
Matt Brunson
Aggressive in its insistence on being as awful as possible 
1
Fist Fight
Sarah Knight Adamson
Hey comedy directors when your end credits blooper reel is funnier than the rest of your movie you ve failed 
1.5
Fist Fight
Jeff Mitchell
This high school comedy feels like study hall 
1.5
Fist Fight
Pamela Powell
Fist Fight is a complete disappointment on all levels 
0.5
Fist Fight
George M. Thomas
Lowbrow That they can do Serious satire That escapes them 
1
Fist Fight
David Nusair
a perfectly amiable comedy that runs a rather brisk 91 minutes which in itself is something that should be commended 
2.5
Fist Fight
George M. Thomas
Ultimately Fist Fight chucks the opportunity for some serious satire and social commentary for cheap laughs 
2
Fist Fight
Mike McGranaghan
Fist Fight is a mixed bag The film is amusing without ever becoming the side splitter it obviously wants to be 
2.5
Fist Fight
James Berardinelli
More galling and tedious than funny this quasi re imagining of the 1987 high school film Three O Clock High proves that it s entirely possible for a remake of a bad movie to be worse than its inspiration 
1
Fist Fight
Tina Hassannia
Painful to watch and the first half of the movie is so unwieldy it fails to deliver any punches at all 
2
Fist Fight
Peter Travers
Day s the runt Cube is the bully and for a punishing 91 minutes of rank idiocy we wait in vain for something funny to happen 
1
Fist Fight
Dann Gire
The insipid high school comedy Fist Fight celebrates and exploits the very ideas that it should be ridiculing for comic effect 
1
Fist Fight
Glenn Kenny
A consistently intelligent or at least bright coherently constructed comedy that is on occasion a rather pointed critique of the American education system in the early 21st century 
3
Fist Fight
Robert Horton
Just doesn t seem particularly inspired 
2
Fist Fight
Phil Villarreal
As painful as a throat punch 
1.5
Fist Fight
Nick Rogers
Goes from harmlessly bad to a full embrace of the very aggro bully mindset some have currently confused for a mandate 46 It apos s the cinematic equal to a certain someone apos s awkward 44 yanking handshake 46 Plant your feet firmly against it 46 Don apos t get pulled in 46 
.5
Fist Fight
Christian Toto
This train wreck s sole saving grace It might make people watch the 80s classic Three O clock High again 
1
Fist Fight
Brad Wheeler
The first rule of Fist Fight should be that we don t talk about Fist Fight 
1
Fist Fight
Jon Niccum
One more vehicle in which filmmakers rely on the improvisational skills of their cast to fill out a one note idea 
2
Fist Fight
Richard Roeper
So ugly so mean spirited so bereft of laughs I found myself rooting for a technical malfunction if only to catch a momentary breather 
0
Fist Fight
Mick LaSalle
It takes place in a world that is intended to be funny but is repellent in every way 
2
Fist Fight
Rick Bentley
This movie is such a complete dud that even the bloopers over the closing credits are as funny as a puppy s funeral 
0
Fist Fight
Mark Dujsik
The movie becomes repetitive pretty quickly 
1.5
Fist Fight
Kam Williams
A relentlessly profane romp which might have set a record for the use of the F word Since the closing tableau sets up the sequel might I suggest that the next installment cut down on the curses in favor of more jokes 
2
Fist Fight
Peter Howell
High concept meets lowest common denominator comedy in Fist Fight a schoolhouse farce that has nothing to teach about entertaining the masses 
1
Fist Fight
Soren Andersen
Ugh What a pestilential little picture is Fist Fight 
1
Fist Fight
Keith Watson
Over stuffed and under conceived Fist Fight is a clumsy mlange of clashing comedic perspectives 
1.5
Fist Fight
Michael O'Sullivan
Evidence would suggest that it s the creators of this rope a dopey farce who took too many blows to the head 
1.5
Fist Fight
Roger Moore
96 minutes of Charlie Day in full screech Who wants to see that 
1.5
Fist Fight
Tom Russo
The humdrum run up to the main event feels every bit like director Richie Keen and the writers picturing how funny an intra faculty beatdown would be then fumbling their way backward from there 
2
Still Here
Mark Dujsik
There s an answer to the mystery of Still Here but the deeper questions remain unanswered and mostly unexamined 
2
499
Carlos Aguilar
A truly brilliant accomplishment of unconventional storytelling 
4
499
William Repass
The film raises pertinent questions about Mexico s mixed cultural heritage and the contested representation of reality 
2.5
499
Rene Sanchez
With an unconventional style mixing fiction with real testimonies 499 reflects on the impact of colonialism in Mexico in an effective and profound way Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Notorious
Sonny Bunch
Though it never quite devolves into pure hagiography the film s central tale of crack dealer made good is sometimes a little too hokey for its own good 
2.5
Notorious
Robert Levin
An intermittently entertaining but thoroughly conventional Biggie biopic 
2.5
Notorious
Linda Cook
It s always interesting to watch real life unfold 
3
Notorious
Mike McGranaghan
Notorious is a well made compelling and ultimately humane film even if you don t like rap music 
3.5
Notorious
Michael Smith
I never bought into the chase your dream theme The dream that Biggie sought was not anything that Martin Luther King would have taken pride in 
2
Notorious
Kam Williams
A relentlessly unapologetic immorality play about a bona fide ghetto gangsta apt to entertain even Joe Six Pack to the extent Middle America is inclined to buy into the Hip Hop Generation s mantra Don t hate the playa hate the game 
4
Notorious
Claudia Puig
Notorious is like a piece of well crafted bling It looks good and facets of it shine but behind the gilded facade there s not much there 
2.5
Notorious
Jason Anderson
This tale of triumph and tragedy within hip hop s elite is intelligent gripping and far less sensationalistic than anyone could have expected 
2.5
Notorious
Chris Hewitt
When it comes to the outsized character at its center Notorious is the rich complicated and affectionate tribute he deserves 
3
Notorious
Tom Keogh
The best thing about Notorious is its across the board excellent cast especially the soulful Woolard and Mackie s mesmerizing work as the complex Shakur 
2.5
Notorious
John Beifuss
Lacks the irresistible bump of Biggie s music and the flow of his rhymes unlike Wallace the filmmakers don t create anything fresh from the elements sampled from the art in this case musical movie biographies of the past 
2.5
Notorious
Justin Berton
It must have been an act of great restraint for Sean Combs to resist titling this film about Chris Wallace his close friend turned rapper and cultural icon The Notorious B I G The Sean Combs Story 
2
Notorious
Carla Meyer
The film might have been just another middling musical biopic had the lead role not been so perfectly cast 
3
Notorious
Stephen Whitty
The script lets too much slide and director George Tillman Jr whose biggest films have been Soul Food and the Barbershop franchise abets it 
2.5
Notorious
Kyle Smith
Closer to Scorsese than Scarface Notorious gives a heartfelt yet clear eyed sendoff to the late Brooklyn rapper Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka the Notorious B I G 
3
Notorious
Rene Rodriguez
Notorious obviously loves its protagonist but the movie can t get past its own starstruck awe 
2
Notorious
Bob Strauss
Notorious is hagiography with guns grass and flesh but it s a kind of whitewash all the same 
2.5
Notorious
David Frese
Notorious is slightly better than the average hip hop biopic 50 Cent s Get Rich or Die Tryin among them But the Great American Hip Hop Film is still out there somewhere waiting to be told 
2
Notorious
Joey Guerra
A vivid biopic of the larger than life rap star that doesn t require you be a big fan of the genre 
3
Notorious
Rick Groen
This flick smoothes out the roughest edges drains off the rawness and blandly retraces the narrative arc of every musical biopic since The Jazz Singer 
2
Notorious
Lisa Kennedy
Notorious directed by George Tillman Jr with a sentimental touch seems torn 
2
Notorious
Lawrence Toppman
If you give this fictionalized film biography a try you may find yourself caught up in his troubled and complicated rise to prominence like me 
3
Notorious
Wesley Morris
An enjoyably ridiculous entertainment about a pursy young man with mysterious sex appeal who turns the rap world on its ear 
2.5
Notorious
Michael Sragow
Director Tillman has imbued Biggie s story with emotions that bring home the full arc of a tumultuous complicated life That s why you don t have to love hip hop to be glad you ve seen Notorious 
3
Notorious
Wilson Morales
Although one may question how objective it is considering it s produced by Wallace s mother and Sean P Diddy Combs Notorious is explosive fun and entertaining 
3
Notorious
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film s unhurried uncompressed feel yields many juicy moments worth savoring 
2.5
Notorious
Michael Dequina
An evocative recreation of a decade past time in music whose creative cultural and social influences continue to resonate in the landscape today 
3.5
Notorious
Dustin Putman
If Notorious was meant to play as tragedy it misses that mark by leaps and bounds It s difficult to weep for a person who lived the years he was given as a rotten big headed soul with few if any redeeming qualities 
1.5
Notorious
Willie Waffle
We may never find out who killed Tupac and Biggie but whoever made this movie could be guilty of assassinating their memories and character
1
Notorious
Tom Horgen
It s as if the filmmakers didn t trust Woolard to carry the emotional weight of Wallace s story They should have 
2.5
Notorious
Graham Killeen
The film s Achilles heel proves to be this sense of survivor s guilt that s too often M I A 
2
Notorious
Dan DeLuca
Notorious is an efficient biopic and a celebratory exercise in nostalgia for hip hop fans of a certain age 
2.5
Notorious
Peter Travers
Even when this authorized movie biography makes you long for the explicit version Woolard s tour de force finds the human details that forged an artist and lets Biggie fly 
2.5
Notorious
Glenn Gamboa
What really saves Notorious are the performances of rapper Jamal Woolard who captures some of The Notorious B I G s playful charm and newcomer Naturi Naughton who dazzles early on as the fiery Lil Kim 
2.5
Notorious
Roger Ebert
Notorious is a good film in many ways but its best achievement is the casting of Jamal Woolard a rapper named Gravy in the title role 
3.5
Notorious
Jonathan W. Hickman
Biggie is played well by newcomer Jamal Woolard who not only looks the part but has the moves of a slick street rapper down 
3
Notorious
Joe Lozito
In the first surprise of this short year this little movie about a big rapper is a worthy testament to the man who would be B I G and the first truly good Hip Hop biopic 
3
Notorious
Nick Schager
If there s something praiseworthy about Notorious it s that it pulls off the remarkable ignominious feat of making its deceased subject less likeable than one remembers 
1
Jackson
Christian Toto
Jackson is a potent op ed whenever it drops the overt talking points and just tells its story 
2.5
Prayers for Bobby
David Zurawik
Weaver is superb the depth and authenticity of her performance are unusual not to say unheard of in a Lifetime movie This is not a perfect movie nor even a great one but there are moments in it of absolute transcendency 
3.5
Black Is King
Ty Burr
Kneel before the queen it says and then rise up into your future 
3
Black Is King
Josh Larsen
an astral projection that nearly functions as an eclipse 
3
Black Is King
Sophia Ordaz
The visual album proposes a pan African vision of legacy abundance and unity 
3
Black Is King
Aidin Vaziri
Visually stunning interludes 
3
Black Is King
Odie Henderson
If nothing else Black Is King is a jaw dropping visual achievement 
3.5
Black Is King
Mesfin Fekadu
Beyoncé continues to dig deep into her roots and share her discovery with the world like she did on the sweet masterpiece Lemonade 
4
The Auction
Claude Peck
Director Sbastien Pilote tells his story simply and gets terrific real life performances from all of his actors 
3
Marathon Man
Matt Brunson
The movie cannily plops a complete innocent in the midst of people who are smarter 44 stronger 44 and savvier and then requires him to outlast them all in order to survive 46 
3
Marathon Man
David Nusair
Filmmaker John Schlesinger delivers a slow moving first half that admittedly requires a fair degree of patience from the viewer 
3
Marathon Man
Roger Ebert
If holes in plots bother you Marathon Man will be maddening But as well crafted escapist entertainment as a diabolical thriller the movie works with relentless skill 
3
Marathon Man
James Kendrick
an interesting but deeply flawed and often bizarre thriller
2.5
The Underneath
Mal Vincent
This relatively simple narrative is hidden amid multiple flashbacks that are meant to keep the viewer guessing They re more likely to keep them irritated 
2
The Underneath
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A solid but unremarkable neo noir 
3
The Underneath
David Nusair
an erratic yet mostly rewarding thriller that benefits substantially from its strong performances and often enthralling visuals 
2.5
The Underneath
Gene Siskel
Pulp Fiction fresh 
3
The Underneath
Jay Antani
An absorbing if an occasionally plodding experience 
3
The Underneath
Emanuel Levy
One of Soderbbergh s weakest and unnecessary films this exercise in film noir a remake of the 1949 classic Criss Cross is marred by weak dialogue and formulaic plot again stressing the need of a gifted helmer like Soderbergh for stronger narrative
1
The Underneath
Roger Ebert
Why did Soderbergh want to remake an old film noir anyway Take out the crime elements and flesh out the human elements here and you have a more interesting movie I think 
2.5
The Underneath
Steven Winn
The film may turn out to have been more of a stylistic adventure for the director than for an audience 
2
The Underneath
James Berardinelli
A departure from the run of the mill thriller 
3
Our New President
Peter Howell
Alternately amuses shocks and enrages revealing concerted Russian propaganda efforts backed by Vladimir Putin s state controlled media that range from the comically paranoid to the scarily sophisticated 
3.5
Our New President
Sean P. Means
Eerie how it matches up to Fox Breitbart talking points 
3.5
The Price
Glenn Kenny
Writer director Onah himself a Nigerian born artist understands Seyi through and through His storytelling is simple but brisk and coherent 
3
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Walter Chaw
As it is it s one of those movies trying so hard for profundity that it s tough not to root for it and tougher still to watch it fail 
1
Love's Labour's Lost
Jeffrey Westhoff
Devices meant to keep Shakespeare user friendly instead reduce the story to a jumble 
2
Love's Labour's Lost
Joe Mader
Casting Silverstone as the princess gives final proof of Branagh s temporary one hopes insanity 
1.5
Love's Labour's Lost
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a delightful blend of past styles and songs that adds a much needed zest to a dry and dreary movie season 
3
Love's Labour's Lost
Michael Dequina
Unfortunately Branagh s well meaning but mechanical execution makes falling in love seem like an uncommonly laborious task 
2
Love's Labour's Lost
Roger Ebert
It s so escapist it escapes even from itself 
2.5
Love's Labour's Lost
Mick LaSalle
Love s Labour s Lost is a stink bomb of a movie 
1
Love's Labour's Lost
James Berardinelli
Flaws most of which are minor aside Love s Labour s Lost is an enjoyable trifle 
3
Love's Labour's Lost
Rob Blackwelder
A joy to watch 
3
Love's Labour's Lost
G. Allen Johnson
Its cheery countenance is impossible to ignore 
2.5
Love's Labour's Lost
Elias Savada
Both a paean to lyric poetry and Hollywood s fondly remembered theatrically set musical burlesques LLL is quite audacious for its bubbly lightheadedness 
2.5
Love's Labour's Lost
Jeff Schwager
What we re left with are a few transcendent moments sprinkled throughout a sluggish two hours 
2
Joy
Joanne Laurier
Joy 8217 s cast and crew were clearly committed to exposing a vicious form of exploitation and the social conditions that underpin it 46 
3
12 Angry Men
David Nusair
the film has aged surprisingly well in the years since its 1957 release 
3
12 Angry Men
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film takes a confined almost completely banal real world location and makes it completely dynamic using incredibly nimble camera movements to establish character motivation and theme 
4
12 Angry Men
Eric Melin
This was Sidney Lumet s first movie and it s as riveting as it was back in the late 50s when everything was changing 
3.5
12 Angry Men
James Kendrick
an incisive and gripping film
4
12 Angry Men
Phil Villarreal
A masterful work of debate and dialogue of shifting momentum and the ideal of sticking to your scruples in the face of antagonistic groupthink 
4
12 Angry Men
Ian Mantgani
An intense concentration of power and my all time favourite film 
4
12 Angry Men
Roger Ebert
This is a film where tension comes from personality conflict dialogue and body language not action 
4
12 Angry Men
Steve Rhodes
In a time of bloated when special effects have become the real stars going back to a classic like this can remind viewers what movie making is supposed to be about acting 
4
Raw Deal
Roger Moore
As noir as film noir gets 
3
Raw Deal
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Alton s cinematography is a thing of low budget joy using the very darkest blacks and the brightest whites smashed together in the same frame 
3.5
Burning Man
David Nusair
Burning Man s effectiveness is consistently and ultimately diminished significantly by its continuously ostentatious structure 
2
The Noble Family
Michael Dequina
Director co writer Gaz Alazraki proves to be adept at juggling earnest sentiment and more raucous laughs 
3
That Girl in Yellow Boots
Roger Ebert
The film s value is in its portrait of Ruth and her independence as a solo outsider in a vast uncaring city 
3.5
That Girl in Yellow Boots
Mike Scott
This sordid soap opera goes beyond gritty and into the realm of grimy and at times downright icky
2
That Girl in Yellow Boots
Diego Semerene
Flounders into a predictable series of extravagantly well lit clichs that tend to plague daughter seeks daddy narratives 
2
The Babe
Gary Thompson
Ninth inning attempts to probe the darker side of Ruth s life and his shabby treatment at the hands of baseball during his declining years are no more compelling than the rest of this by the numbers bio 
2
The Babe
Dave Kehr
It doesn t matter that these things really happened because the thin staging and sentimental exaggeration make them seem extremely phony in any case 
2
The Babe
Stephen Hunter
It s a movie with a heart as big as the Babe s and a story line as untidy as his eating binges 
3
The Babe
Misha Berson
Thanks to Goodman and the great Ruth mystique The Babe does maintain a median level of entertainment But somehow you want a movie about a fellow this big natured and mythic to hit a home run What we have here is more of a solid base hit 
2.5
The Babe
Carrie Rickey
Like Goodman s attempts to connect with the ball The Babe lacks follow through 
2
The Babe
Roger Ebert
Aside from being superficially written aside from being shot with little sense of time or place the movie portrays Babe Ruth as a man almost completely lacking in the ability to have or to provide happiness 
1
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
Moira MacDonald
The film letting us read between the lines creates a charming depiction of two people who become necessary to each other 
3.5
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
David Wiegand
The truths of the subject s life no matter how unbelievable they may seem at times make him almost heroic and the film almost perfect 
3.5
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
Ken Fox
Against all odds you ll leave this remarkable film caring quite a bit for the old coot surely a sign of a very good documentary
4
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
V.A. Musetto
It might bring a tear to your eye 
3
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
Jack Mathews
Takes 80 plus minutes to cover what happened over the next six years as this oddest of odd couples feud fuss and finally become friends 
2.5
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
Rob Humanick
Pernille Rose Grnkjr s portrait of Mr Vig is one of affecting honesty 
3
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Linda Cook
Private eye Donald Strachey is every bit as sarcastic snappy and smart as ever 
3
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Matt Brunson
For all it does right Star Trek III The Search for Spock doesn t represent the series at its best 
2.5
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Josh Larsen
a somber mournful installment of the Star Trek franchise And when the defining trait of your series is dullness this isn t exactly the best strategy 
3
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the best of the series 
3
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Roger Ebert
This is a good but not great Star Trek movie a sort of compromise between the first two 
3
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
James Kendrick
Something of a let down a longwinded paean to the grandeur of Leonard Nimoy s famous Vulcan character which shouldn t come as much surprise since Nimoy himself directed it 
2.5
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
James Berardinelli
Star Trek III takes nearly forty minutes much of which is filled with silly mystical exposition about the current state of Spock s soul before things start moving The last twenty minutes are equally slow but the stuff in between is quite enjoyable 
3
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
James O'Ehley
Familiarity breeds contempt since this is not really a notable entry in the Star Trek series 
2.5
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Lucius Gore
It s still a very solid Hammer Dracula film but the slow downward spiral away from quality would continue with the next entry in the series 
3.5
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s more camp than anything else it s destined to provide more laughs at parties than thrills alone 
3
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Eric Henderson
For starters Lee s eyes are frequently and unnervingly bloodshot whenever his sexual drive begins to rev into gear 
3
Talk to Me
Brandy McDonnell
Cheadle s skillful performance makes Petey a flawed hero worth rooting for even when his actions offend Ejiofor also impresses with his subtle turn as the conflicted success hungry Dewey In addition the film boasts an excellent sound track 
4
Talk to Me
Nick Rogers
Kasi Lemmons radio drama of flamboyance fury and finesse cranks the funk on a sister station to Talk Radio and Good Morning Vietnam powered by two performances of impeccable clarity and cut from Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor 
3.5
Talk to Me
Tom Meek
Although the director succumbs to the genre TM s temptation to wrap up a messy life with a neat platitudinous resolution she lets her cast give Greene and his era its due 
3
Talk to Me
George Palathingal
It s a visually and aurally riveting trip to an important time from a perspective few here will know about a person worth meeting 
3
Talk to Me
Frank Ochieng
Hysterically potent thought provoking and deliciously nostalgic Overall the proposed chatter is warranted in the movingly impish Talk to Me 
3
Talk to Me
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Ejiofor and Cheadle are a force to be reckoned with 
3.5
Talk to Me
Kam Williams
Worthwhile for the nostalgic appeal of the vintage costumes retro afros and classic R B soundtrack alone 
3.5
Talk to Me
Brett McCracken
A compelling portrait of a particularly tumultuous time in American history and how the media of the day adapted to and helped foster the many changes that were going on 
3
Talk to Me
Claudia Puig
Speaks powerfully to audiences with its potent blend of extraordinary performances and engaging soundtrack 
3
Talk to Me
Daniel M. Kimmel
a showcase for two actors who deserve long careers ahead of them 
3.5
Talk to Me
Sean P. Means
Cheadle an always dynamic actor is compelling as he delivers Greene s no bull radio talks and stand up comedy routines 
3
Talk to Me
Larry Ratliff
Cheadle in an Afro wig and sideburns and Ejiofor are good enough to merit Oscar consideration but only as a tag team 
3
Talk to Me
Eric Melin
For all the wild controversy that Petey ignited in his time Talk to Me ends up being as generic and watered down as its title 
2
Talk to Me
Bruce Newman
The movie s occasional narrative shortcomings are offset by the performances which are uniformly fine 
2.5
Talk to Me
Lawrence Toppman
The storytelling confirms the promise director Lemmons showed in the suspenseful Eve s Bayou one of my favorite movies of the 90s 
3.5
Talk to Me
Duane Dudek
Has a distinctive and original voice that is rarely heard today 
3
Talk to Me
Jeff Vice
Talk to Me helps make the case that Don Cheadle may be one of the most important American actors working in film today 
3
Talk to Me
Maitland McDonagh
Cheadle and Ejiofor are riveting together they have the kind of apparently effortless chemistry that makes every scene they share a delight 
3
Talk to Me
Rob Salem
The characters are brought to vivid life with remarkably compelling performances by two of the screen s most versatile actors Don Cheadle as the freewheeling Greene and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Hughes the aggressively ambitious executive 
3
Talk to Me
Moira MacDonald
As Lemmons effortlessly makes her film both a colorful tour of the turbulent 60s and a delicately paced character study the men emerge as two halves of a whole often in disagreement always brothers 
3.5
Talk to Me
Carla Meyer
Cheadle makes all these things believable within the same person while showing how being pulled in several directions wears on Petey 
3.5
Talk to Me
Liam Lacey
The problem is the last section of the movie doesn t follow the career path of Greene It traces the blander character of Hughes 
2.5
Talk to Me
Terry Lawson
he mood shifts awkwardly from broad comedy to melodrama and social commentary 
2
Talk to Me
Lisa Kennedy
Lemmons her extraordinary cast and gifted crew deliver laughing crying and plenty of signifying 
3.5
Talk to Me
John Beifuss
Through the persons of Petey and Dewey Talk to Me examines two competing approaches by which a black man might achieve success in a white man s world 
3
Talk to Me
Chris Hewitt
There is one good movie in Talk to Me and about four bad ones 
1
Talk to Me
Kyle Smith
The movie also presents 60s turbulence from a black point of view which is not only bracing but also feels closer to the point of it all 
2.5
Talk to Me
Pam Grady
As might be expected in a film that stars two such heavyweights Talk to Me is a master class in acting Ejiofor and Cheadle are both terrific investing their characters with more than just personality but also with heart and soul 
3
Talk to Me
Jack Mathews
About halfway through the movie it changes direction becoming less a biographical drama about Petey than a maudlin buddy movie about his relationship with Dewey 
2.5
Talk to Me
Glenn Whipp
Greene may have known his ceiling thankfully Cheadle recognizes no such boundaries The man just keeps exploring the outer limits of his talent 
3
Talk to Me
Ruthe Stein
Watching it becomes an exercise in frustration when a potentially great movie winds up buried inside a just OK one 
2
Talk to Me
Fred Topel
Unfortunately the film TM s self importance simply masks a story about a self destructive loser who lucks into some notoriety 
2
Talk to Me
Mary F. Pols
What s powerful about Talk to Me is the way it acknowledges how difficult it was for Dewey and Petey to face not only their own dichotomy but their real love for each other 
3
Talk to Me
Roger Ebert
The movie begins with a whirlpool of comedy and manic energy and then grows as it must more serious and introspective 
3.5
Talk to Me
Ty Burr
Smart conflicted and immensely entertaining 
3
Talk to Me
Peter Canavese
Could stand to focus more on scrupulous sociocultural history and less on compulsively entertaining the audience has enough untold story and acting chops to make it worthwhile 
2.5
Talk to Me
Matt Pais
Ooh boy this movie s got the funk AND the soul 
3.5
Talk to Me
Josh Larsen
Aside from the subtleties found in Cheadle and Ejiofor s performances this is biopic bombast 
3
Talk to Me
Mark Dujsik
A biopic with a strong sense of character and period 
3
Talk to Me
Carrie Rickey
Don Cheadle explosive because you ve never before seen this model of actorly restraint is a one man fireworks show in Talk to Me Kasi Lemmons rollicking resonant portrait of the real life ex con who improbably became a civic icon 
3.5
Talk to Me
Jan Stuart
Rescued from hagiography and cliche by tart writing and a spark plug star performance from Don Cheadle 
3
Talk to Me
Michael Phillips
Blessedly free of the usual biopic freight and sanctimony the exuberant new film Talk to Me has a great subject and a great actor working in tandem 
3.5
Talk to Me
Nick Schager
Lemmons tells her based on real life tale with enough enthusiasm to partially obscure both the clichs lining her plot s path as well as her cursory address of the roiling social unrest gripping the country 
2
Talk to Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The entire cast is superb but Lemmons major achievement is the way that she has been able to trace nearly 20 years of history while still allowing the film to live in its current moment 
3
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
Dustin Putman
Cabin Fever Patient Zero lacks the personality and humor of Eli Roth s debut feature but it delivers in droves on the grisly brand of payoffs for which his original film is known 
2
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
Brian Tallerico
Yes horror fans this is one of those movies in which we praise the makeup instead of the plotting characters or scares 
1.5
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
Steven Rea
It s pandemic time 
1.5
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
Chuck Bowen
This is less a movie than a dutiful renewal of a recognizable title s licensing rights 
1
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Keith Uhlich
Pushes forward deeper and deeper among the ruins of a culture cast fatally adrift by modernization 
3.5
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Geoff Pevere
While the Europeans are compelled to share some of their own songs beliefs and personal history it s the telling of the Inuit stories that compels much of the movie 
3
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Rick Groen
Watch as an entire social order collapses without a sound witness the seismic shift hear the oblivious silence and be moved 
3
Red Bear
Rene Rodriguez
A passable although unremarkable exercise in crime drama formula 
2
The Irish Pub
Peter Keough
The Irish Pub plays like a portfolio of lovely postcards with splendidly photographed pictures of quaint buildings cobbled streets breathtaking landscapes and smiling faces 
3
The Irish Pub
Michael O'Sullivan
A lovingly laid back documentary about the charms liquid and otherwise of the traditional Irish watering hole 
2.5
Sita Sings the Blues
Lisa Kennedy
Nina Paley s animated marvel mixes a personal tale of romantic woe with a fabulous often hilarious recounting of the Sanskrit epic fable The Ramayana 
3.5
Sita Sings the Blues
Michael Phillips
Nina Paley s delicious Sita Sings the Blues finds solace in autobiography and an animated gold mine in the caverns of an ancient Sanskrit epic 
3.5
Sita Sings the Blues
Jeff Vice
Sita Sings the Blues uses the supposed handicap and limitations of traditional animation to its advantage 
3
Sita Sings the Blues
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a staggeringly brilliant astonishingly imaginative feature debut from a cartoonist turned filmmaker 
4
Sita Sings the Blues
Ty Burr
An almost indescribable pleasure from Brooklyn based cartoonist and animator Nina Paley The film dazzling and poignant and five years in the making retells the ancient Indian epic The Ramayana from a gentle but insistent feminist perspective 
3.5
Sita Sings the Blues
Roger Ebert
To get any film made is a miracle To conceive of a film like this is a greater miracle 
4
My Best Friend's Wedding
Michael Dequina
The Roberts audiences knew and loved is back not only has the smile returned but also the glow the joy of performance 
3.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Betsy Bozdech
A fun funny romantic comedy that despite a few weaknesses some trite patches in the script Mulroney s somewhat dull Michael is entertaining from start to finish 
3
My Best Friend's Wedding
Jim Shelby
This delightful comedy about love friendship and the hazards of lying comes not a moment too soon for anyone overwhelmed by the current glut of summer movie mayhem 
3.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Margaret A. McGurk
Not only does this modern day screwball romp manage to be romantic and comical it also offers Julia Roberts a chance to shine again in the kind of movie that she does best 
3.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Ruthe Stein
Julia Roberts is at her vibrant best 
3
My Best Friend's Wedding
Rick Groen
Every once in a long while along comes a refreshing change like My Best Friend s Wedding a movie whose appeal rests largely on its knack for defying our expectations by riffing off even undermining a familiar genre 
3
My Best Friend's Wedding
Joe Baltake
A wonderful commingling of talent both on screen and off 
4
My Best Friend's Wedding
James Berardinelli
My Best Friend s Wedding has a bit of an edge and enough intelligence to keep it from drowning in the kind of mawkish sentimentality that often makes this sort of movie hard to swallow 
3
My Best Friend's Wedding
Roger Ebert
The screenplay has never been on autopilot it just fooled us into thinking it was in order to sneak up on the unpredictability 
3
My Best Friend's Wedding
Madeleine Williams
Light and frothy enjoyable for some irritating to others 
3
My Best Friend's Wedding
Susan Wloszczyna
After too long dulling down in duds like Mary Reilly Roberts dazzles again 
2.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Susan Stark
Emotionally this is a movie that just doesn t compute You leave feeling cross as if you ve been tricked 
2
My Best Friend's Wedding
Chris Hicks
A disappointment 
2
My Best Friend's Wedding
Steve Rhodes
Although there are many laughs this frustrating movie has more missed opportunities than realized ones 
2.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Mike McGranaghan
One of the things that makes My Best Friend s Wedding such a terrific romantic comedy is that it refuses to play it safe 
3.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
David N. Butterworth
An uneasy mix of well realized humor and unrealized sadness 
2.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Rob Blackwelder
Surprisingly unique and darkly funny 
3.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Marty Mapes
My Best Friend s Wedding is effective some might say manipulative at winning you over to its side 
3.5
My Best Friend's Wedding
Gina Fattore
By injecting this bit of reality into a hoary romantic comedy formula Hogan steps ahead of his mainstream audience 
3
The Hard Way
Roger Moore
Michael Jai White s better than this Hollywood let him down 
1
Lord Byron
John Beifuss
This microbudgeted character study of a good natured religiously curious and plus sized South Louisiana gentleman with a thing for women is one of the more distinctive features to emerge from the so called mumblecore movement 
3
Lord Byron
Diego Semerene
Lord Byron manages to turn nonsensical gibberish into a captivating soundtrack for the equally fragmented stories of the strangers living in the same home 
2.5
2
Simon Abrams
Against all reason against all common sense 2 0 works and in a big big way 
3.5
The Eye of the Storm
Walter V. Addiego
Sometimes a feast of acting isn t enough 
2
The Eye of the Storm
Stephen Whitty
Too often the film s moods switch unsuccessfully between the abruptly serious and the broadly bizarre 
2
The Eye of the Storm
Lou Lumenick
It all feels like a whittled down miniseries 
2
The Eye of the Storm
Bill Weber
This adaptation of a prize winning Australian novel is a stodgy slog save for some sporadic moments of blunt force supplied by Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling 
1.5
The Eye of the Storm
Liam Lacey
Sometimes a film just can t live up to all its reputations 
2
The Eye of the Storm
Linda Barnard
The subject matter is dark but disjointed despite the best efforts of the cast 
2
Idiocracy
Nick Rogers
This demented look at destructive mass consumption barely approaches feature length Still Mike Judge dots each appealingly cheap scene with spastic sight gags and offers fiendishly hilarious frighteningly plausible examples of cultural decay 
4
Idiocracy
Kam Williams
A cautionary sci fi comedy which envisions a miserable dystopia half a millenia in the future where humanity has degenerated instead of advanced 
4
Idiocracy
James Sanford
seems more like Selected Scenes from Idiocracy than it does an actual film Still there are some genuine laughs to be had here and Judge s vision of a future dominated entirely by morons is memorably bizarre 
3
Idiocracy
Fernando F. Croce
By refusing to distance itself from its targets Mike Judge s brand of satire risks being mistaken for what it s satirizing 
3
Idiocracy
Betsy Bozdech
It s a pointed if cynical and somewhat bitter commentary on the state of society but the story is thin and meandering at best 
2
Idiocracy
Collin Souter
Most of these cartoon like characters could only come from a mind like Mike Judge who hasn t lost his ability to make stupidity both alarming and endearing 
3.5
Idiocracy
David Nusair
consistently entertaining and sporadically hilarious 
2.5
The Waiting Room
Chris Knight
The Waiting Room plays out like a kind of cinematic dare is it possible to make a war movie that doesn t feature a single moment of armed conflict In that respect it s a success 
2.5
The Waiting Room
Linda Barnard
Tinged with melancholy even in its humourous moments The Waiting Room is a moving exploration of one kind of Canadian immigrant experience 
3
American Gangster
Mattie Lucas
Something akin to a time warp stepping back into a time of higher filmmaking integrity and more personal visions 
3.5
American Gangster
Peter Keough
File this one under American Oscar Wanna Be 
2
American Gangster
Peter Canavese
Inflated talk of American Gangster as a modern masterpiece or even an Oscar worthy picture ignores the fact that there s not a single memorable setpiece in the film 
2.5
American Gangster
Christian Toto
American Gangster delivers fine drama gripping performances and a dizzy morality tale But it should have been oh so much better 
3
American Gangster
Ross Anthony
This initially hokey 70 s TV style production determinedly matures into a motion picture with cinematic impact Happily climax resolution detour from others in the genre 
3
American Gangster
Larry Ratliff
Ridley Scott forgets that editing is an art form as well
2.5
American Gangster
Michael A. Smith
When the two get together the fireworks fly and you realize you are seeing two of the best EVER at the top of their game 
3.5
American Gangster
Scott Nash
I m a fan of well done gangster movies and this one is well done just not well done enough 
3
American Gangster
Lori Hoffman
American Gangster is an interesting movie but it never reaches the moment when it rises above the cop vs crook genre to instant classic status 
2.5
American Gangster
Matt Brunson
For all its familiar trappings director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zaillian invest their tale with plenty of verve even if they frequently soft pedal the deeds of their real life protagonist 
3
American Gangster
James Kendrick
an intriguing crime saga that is long on atmosphere and short on momentum
2.5
American Gangster
Linda Cook
The life an actual drug lord is the basis of American Gangster which is an adults only character study of two vastly different men 
3
American Gangster
Vince Koehler
This gripping tale has you wanting to know more about Mr Lucas and his path to fame I found myself Googling him and you will too 
4
American Gangster
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Scott s film is a slow boil crime drama that serves as an indictment on American capitalism 
3.5
American Gangster
Greg Maki
Like Lucas American Gangster isn t perfect but it finds what it needs to do not only to succeed but thrive 
3.5
American Gangster
Walter Chaw
Things are only as bad as they ever were and there s no life preserver left that s not taking on a dangerous amount of water 
3
American Gangster
Gina Carbone
American Gangster is a great title clean slick commercial a perfect fit for the product 
3
American Gangster
Jeffrey Westhoff
A gritty 1970s thriller made for today re creating the past to find lessons for the present 
3.5
American Gangster
Mike McGranaghan
Ridley Scott carefully controls the tone so that we almost feel like a fly on the wall of an era in crime 
4
American Gangster
Kam Williams
An irresistibly seductive celebration of a monster which will undoubtedly deliver the wrong message to many an impressionable young mind 
1.5
American Gangster
Bob Bloom
American Gangster is as impersonal and clinical as a police report It lacks fire passion and the operatic bravura you would expect from the clash of these acting titans 
2.5
American Gangster
Dustin Putman
Strictly paint by numbers filmmaking any way you slice it and not even the individually riveting performances from Washington and Crowe can save it 
2
American Gangster
Maitland McDonagh
Its vivid sense of place and time make it compulsively watchable even at a running time of two and a half hours 
3
American Gangster
Geoff Pevere
Ridley Scott s listless Big Statement is a wheezy hot air inflated dud 
1.5
American Gangster
John Hartl
Scott guided Crowe to an Oscar in Gladiator and once more he brings out the actor s vulnerable side 
3
American Gangster
Bruce Newman
In its title character the movie has created a murdering dope slinging millionaire from the streets that even Denzel Washington has managed to make boring 
2.5
American Gangster
Mick LaSalle
American Gangster is an enjoyable double character study and the movie s length ultimately becomes an advantage 
3
American Gangster
Carla Meyer
American Gangster is 2 1 2 hours of pleasure with a guilty aftertaste 
3
American Gangster
Jan Stuart
As with an earlier star who fed off career criminals Humphrey Bogart there is always something a bit smarmy about Washington even in his heroic mode the nastier his character grows the looser his acting becomes 
3
American Gangster
Jack Mathews
This is Washington s movie as much as it is Lucas story and he is as entertainingly evil here as in his Oscar winning performance as a bad cop in Training Day 
2.5
American Gangster
Rene Rodriguez
What American Gangster does have what makes it such a commanding exhilarating movie is a consummate love and understanding of story 
3.5
American Gangster
Bob Strauss
It s never less than seat edge suspenseful 
3
American Gangster
Robert W. Butler
Unlike the Godfather saga what you see here is all you get 
2.5
American Gangster
Amy Biancolli
It s a much better film than nine tenths of what s out there on any given Friday and if you re a fan of steak and potatoes crime drama I highly recommend it 
3.5
American Gangster
Terry Lawson
You can safely watch it without feeling guilty or indicted 
3
American Gangster
Lisa Kennedy
For talent Scott couldn t start much purer Washington and Crowe are consummate craftsmen who burrow deep into their characters 
3
American Gangster
Roger Ebert
This is an engrossing story told smoothly and well and Russell Crowe s contribution is enormous 
4
American Gangster
Lawrence Toppman
The meal s perfectly edible but falls short of delicious 
2.5
American Gangster
Wesley Morris
The entire movie is caught between being a work of seriousness and a work of absurdity 
2.5
American Gangster
Frank Ochieng
American Gangster dares to look in the menacing mirror and reflect the scabrous priorities that define some handsomely yet disillusion others hauntingly 
3
American Gangster
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ridley Scott may have just finally won himself an Oscar 
3.5
American Gangster
John Beifuss
May be the first underworld epic in which a drug kingpin lectures a subordinate about the significance of brand names and trademark infringement in the heroin trade 
3
American Gangster
Todd Hertz
Ridley Scott leverages the unique qualities of the story its nuances of reality and stellar acting into a well crafted and gritty drama that hits all the right strides 
3
American Gangster
Rob Thomas
I expected that Gangster would pay homage to films like The French Connection Superfly Serpico and even The Godfather What I didn t expect was that the spirit of those films was deeply imbedded in its bones 
4
American Gangster
Daniel M. Kimmel
The two and a half hour running time speeds by without a hitch 
3.5
American Gangster
Carrie Rickey
Both he Washington and Ruby Dee as his mother give Oscar caliber performances 
3
American Gangster
Liam Lacey
As an entertaining cops and crook procedural it s not half bad jacked up by strong performances a couple of bravura action scenes and a generous attention to period detail 
3
American Gangster
Erik Childress
More like a whitewashed blaxploitation effort in the hopes of classing it up without the necessary respect paid to its origin biography without context but still an interesting and mostly entertaining one 
3
American Gangster
Eric Melin
Scott presents the mob leader as a beaten down minority who finally gets his due but not without a serious look at the consequences 
3.5
American Gangster
Mark Dujsik
A finely weaved tapestry of absolute corruption and its effects on the key players and those unlucky souls caught in the crossfire 
3
American Gangster
David Nusair
generally possesses the feel of a rough cut that s in dire need of trimming 
2
American Gangster
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Where it fails is in its sense of scale It s definitely not an epic And it s not a great film But it s a good one 
3
American Gangster
Willie Waffle
Denzel and Crowe sounds like a showdown for the ages but it s just a solid film instead of being legendary which is nothing to be ashamed of 
3
American Gangster
Claudia Puig
The movie based on a true story takes surprising twists and turns right up to its chilling ending and is probably the best gangster crime drama of the year 
3.5
American Gangster
Duane Dudek
A cultivated and more temperate version of Scarface 
3
American Gangster
Chris Hewitt
Ridley Scott wants to make a Godfather style epic and he doesn t have the horses or the story to pull it off 
2
American Gangster
James Rocchi
American Gangster isn t bad or poorly made or unsatisfactory it s just good enough to make you painfully aware of all the ways it could have been better too big and observed to watch as simple entertainment and too glossy and glib to watch as meaningful
3
American Gangster
Michael Phillips
While you may wish the superlatively talented cast of American Gangster had a classic to show for their efforts a good modern gangster film is its own reward 
3
American Gangster
Jeff Vice
Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Steve Zaillian try to develop each character equally though it s really Washington s charismatic crook who holds our interest That s not meant to slight Crowe who s fine as well 
2.5
American Gangster
Phil Villarreal
Martin Scorsese will buy the movie s poster and frame it on his bedroom wall 
4
American Gangster
Josh Larsen
What are the chances you would leave a movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe shrugging your shoulders 
2
American Gangster
Lou Lumenick
One of the year s best movies and surely a major Oscar contender 
4
American Gangster
James Berardinelli
Washington rules the screen His portrayal is one of many things that elevates this film to the level of being consistently entertaining and occasionally compelling 
3
American Gangster
Sean McBride
a rock solid crime story bloat and all 
3
American Gangster
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ridley Scott pumps up the volume with a gritty glitzy valentine to the anarchic American drug wars 
2.5
American Gangster
Nick Schager
Not only is American Gangster dumb as a rock but it s also far too convinced of its import to be any fun 
1
American Gangster
Kyle Smith
Say hello to my leetle M B A It s the black Scarface But American Gangster is an economic education with as many bullet points as bullets 
3.5
American Gangster
Peter Travers
Call it the black Scarface or the Harlem Godfather or just one hell of an exciting movie but the fact based 1970s era American Gangster is already looking like a major awards contender 
3.5
B. Monkey
Michael Dequina
A cold piece of machinery 
2
The Return: Life After ISIS
Shane Slater
The Return is thus a suitably challenging documentary about a uniquely complicated subject 
3
Save Yourselves!
Jocelyn Noveck
Things get a little weird and the ending may not be as neat as one expects But hey these are tough times A diversion like Save Yourselves might just save your week 
3
Save Yourselves!
Matt Brunson
An interesting take on the manner in which self absorbed millennials might respond to an apocalypse now 
3
Save Yourselves!
Jason Fraley
A delightfully quirky ride that s as authentically human as it is bizarrely campy until its ambiguous finale 
3
Save Yourselves!
Pamela Powell
Fischer and Wilson seem to have the Midas touch when it comes to finding humor in any and every situation but the panache for making us gasp and scream out loud while laughing just as hard is brilliant 
3
Save Yourselves!
Richard Roeper
Even the smaller touches in Save Yourselves ring true a wry social commentary 
3
Save Yourselves!
Asher Luberto
Though the script overloads on violence there s still a warm tone that drives this science fiction comedy hybrid 
3
Save Yourselves!
David Nusair
Filmmakers Fischer and Wilson working from their own screenplay deliver an off kilter comedy that ultimately fares best in its more low key first half 
3
Save Yourselves!
Mark Dujsik
Save Yourselves works as an observant but amusing study of a relationship under duress and as a science fiction comedy that values creativity over spectacle 
3
Save Yourselves!
Bob Bloom
Even during their various misadventures and face offs with poofs Fischer and Wilson continue to satirize the couple s self absorbing obsessions 
3.5
Save Yourselves!
Katie Walsh
Just as their search for authenticity is about to turn into a Reddit relationships post a bunch of murderous pouffefball aliens descend on Earth and Jack and Su unexpectedly find the meaning and connection they seek in their own fight for survival 
3
Save Yourselves!
Mike McGranaghan
Save Yourselves is part mumblecore movie part parody of 50s science fiction thrillers I hope that sounds appealing because this film is a real treat 
3
Save Yourselves!
Jake Cole
The film fails to use its millennial characters to investigate contemporary attitudes about the possibility of world annihilation 
1.5
Save Yourselves!
Wade Major
Do 
1
Save Yourselves!
Sean P. Means
The reason to watch is to appreciate the comic gifts of the scruffy Reynolds Search Party and particularly the wide eyed Mani Glow deployed to their fullest 
3
Sacred Planet
David Nusair
generally possesses the feel of a hopelessly dry education video 
2
Sacred Planet
Ross Anthony
Images are very pleasing but only a few actually take your breath away Still this should provide a good springboard for conversation into civilization environmentalism 
2
Sacred Planet
David Hiltbrand
An Imax feature that is dazzling yet superfluous 
2
Sacred Planet
Walter V. Addiego
A fine thing for families and school groups 
3
Sacred Planet
John Monaghan
A glorious ode to nature that dazzles with seamless visuals and an appealing world music mix 
3
Sacred Planet
Erik Lundegaard
Left me craving a little messy diversity 
2.5
Sacred Planet
Gene Seymour
IMAX gives everyone a spacious window seat from which to view remote unspoiled and starkly beautiful natural terrain in North America Asia and Africa 
3
My Year Without Sex
David Nusair
a well meaning yet consistently underwhelming domestic drama that rarely packs the emotional punch that Watt has obviously intended 
2
The Grey Zone
Michael Dequina
So many incredibly raw wrenching and crucially unsparingly unsentimental scenes and moments that it s impossible to not be haunted by the film 
3.5
The Grey Zone
Sara Michelle Fetters
They are dark thoroughly uncompromising works of a filmmaker completely fearless to take an audience into dank recesses of the human condition 
3
The Grey Zone
Matt Brunson
Roman Polanski s The Pianist may have been showered with Oscar glory but the best Holocaust film of 2002 was actually The Grey Zone 
3.5
The Grey Zone
Margaret A. McGurk
An intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible irrevocable choices and the price of making them 
2.5
The Grey Zone
David Keyes
As bold and unyielding as The Grey Zone stands with its historical subtext there are a few factors detracting from the powerful message 
3
The Grey Zone
Joe Baltake
Blake creates moments that are impossible to forget 
4
The Grey Zone
Carrie Rickey
Nelson s movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes 
2.5
The Grey Zone
Chris Hewitt
An unflinching film The Grey Zone takes us right into the gas chambers 
3.5
The Grey Zone
Rob Blackwelder
Writer director Tim Blake Nelson makes the film compelling by designing it not to horrify but to testify 
3
The Grey Zone
Joe Leydon
A devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama 
4
The Grey Zone
Moira MacDonald
Easier to respect than to love 
2.5
The Grey Zone
Edward Guthmann
Nelson s work is relentless grueling and courageous 
2
The Grey Zone
David Elliott
In this labor of angst directed by actor Tim Blake Nelson from his play standard acting and plot become reductive brackets 
2
The Grey Zone
Rene Rodriguez
The cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie s power as a work of drama 
2
The Grey Zone
James Berardinelli
The Grey Zone gives life and meaning to an event that is little more than a footnote in history books 
3.5
The Grey Zone
Liam Lacey
The film presents classic moral condundrum drama What would you have done to survive The problem with the film is whether these ambitions laudable in themselves justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II Birkenau 
2.5
The Grey Zone
Susan Stark
American and European cinema has amassed a vast Holocaust literature but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone 
3
The Grey Zone
Roger Ebert
I have seen a lot of films about the Holocaust but I have never seen one so immediate unblinking and painful in its materials 
4
The Grey Zone
Ty Burr
The Grey Zone should be seen It s a worthy ordeal with flaws that ironically make grist for later arguments 
3
The Grey Zone
Michael Wilmington
One can t deny its seriousness and quality 
2.5
The Grey Zone
Glenn Whipp
An undeniably moving film to experience and ultimately that s what makes it worth a recommendation 
3
The Grey Zone
Megan Turner
Nelson s brutally unsentimental approach sucks the humanity from the film leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle 
2
The Grey Zone
John Anderson
Holocaust films are problematic period The Grey Zone is sadly more evidence of the qualities of silence 
2
The Grey Zone
Erik Childress
This is a remarkable achievement in filmmaking that managed to push the tale of the Holocaust into new realms of abhorrence I didn t think were possible after the masterpiece of Schindler s List 
4
The Grey Zone
Pam Grady
This is a powerful film that packs a punch to the stomach 
3.5
The Grey Zone
Ed Gonzalez
You can almost hear the gears of Blake s moral mechanism churning as character s spit out their maxims 
2.5
The Grey Zone
Steve Rhodes
Its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie s presentation which is way too stagy 
2.5
The Grey Zone
Harvey S. Karten
Nelson strips the Holocaust film of all sentimentality evoking the daily horrors as even Schindler s List did not do 
3
The Grey Zone
Bill Chambers
I admired the film enough to someday soon give it a second chance 
3
The Best of Me
David Nusair
A rather typical Nicholas Sparks adaptation 
2.5
The Best of Me
John Beifuss
Dawson is called a white trash piece of poo by his own daddy which is rich because daddy a low rent bayou criminal with a mean dog on a chain a shanty tramp on his lap and jet black dye on his hair actually is a white trash piece of poo 
2
The Best of Me
Rob Thomas
I never thought a movie would make me long for the gritty realism of The Notebook 
1
The Best of Me
Kam Williams
A syrupy sentimental soap opera tailor made for fans of the Nicholas Sparks franchise 
3
The Best of Me
Liam Lacey
The sunlight is golden the accent s rural this one s set in Louisiana people die sagacious letters are read aloud 
1
The Best of Me
Susan Wloszczyna
At a certain point the coincidences and tragic incidents start to pile up at a startling rate and nothing can be taken seriously 
2
The Best of Me
Tirdad Derakhshani
Interminably long dragging out its molasses heart through what seem like three different endings 
1.5
The Best of Me
Mark Dujsik
The Best of Me isn t too bad for the majority of its time crossing story which means the movie is better than the majority of movies based upon Sparks work 
2.5
The Best of Me
Dustin Putman
The Best of Me is content to remain a by the numbers excursion into tough to swallow soap opera theatrics At this point even Nicholas Sparks himself should know better 
2
The Best of Me
Bill Zwecker
We ve seen this story told in similar fashion so many times in the past I only wish we could have had it delivered in a fresher less cliché filled package 
2.5
The Best of Me
Peter Howell
The latest gaseous emission from the Sparks melodrama machine 
1.5
The Best of Me
Eric Henderson
Even permitting that the movie s setup counts almost by default as one of Nicholas Sparks s more complicated scenarios that makes his failure to draw up compelling flawed human characters all the more conspicuous 
1
The Best of Me
Peter Keough
Isn t fate a funny thing Especially when Nicholas Sparks makes it up 
1.5
The Best of Me
Claudia Puig
The Best of Me is not the worst adaptation of Nicholas Sparks but audiences can certainly choose better 
2
The Best of Me
Michael Ordoña
The actors are appealing enough and Hoffman s direction calm enough to qualify Best as better than its predecessors That s rather like calling it the tallest midget however 
1
The Best of Me
Joe Williams
Sparks would be delighted if this movie were compared to his other story about reunited lovers but compared to The Notebook The Best of Me is the coffee stained outline of a sales pitch for sleeping pills 
1
The Best of Me
Dann Gire
The Best of Me contains the nucleus of an inventive short story with a kicker finale But stretched over 119 long minutes and directed with snapless flair by Hoffman this tale of second chances becomes a wearying parade of sparkless Sparks 
1.5
The Best of Me
Sara Stewart
Like the artificially sweetened junk food it is this all goes down pretty easily 
2
The Best of Me
Sue Pierman
Whether it s worth the price of a ticket is measured by your tolerance for treacly romance 
1
The Best of Me
Matt Pais
Corn on the bayou 
1.5
The Best of Me
Roger Moore
Monaghan and Marsden swim against the torpid tide of tripe that is Nicholas Sparks and eventually give up and sink beneath it 
1.5
Brother
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film explores in multi layered depths how violence begets violence and how this cycle once started is nearly impossible to break 
4
Brother
David Nusair
There s no flow to this movie it just plods along from one disconnected sequence to another 
1
Brother
Walter Chaw
Though Kitano is no Kurosawa they re using the same brushes on similar canvasses and that comparison in itself makes Brother one of the year s best films 
3.5
Brother
Steve Rhodes
Kitano has a gift for framing and staying with a scene and his editing choices are impeccable 
3
Brother
Bob Graham
Kitano presents all this mayhem in crisp and cool camera work that distances it and keeps it from becoming oppressive 
3
Brother
Susan Stark
A provocative variation on moviedom s worn cross cultural themes 
3
Brother
Roger Ebert
Too many of the killing scenes have a casual perfunctory tone 
2
Brother
Carrie Rickey
When it works which is often Kitano s movie is an anthropology of the distinctions between Japanese yakuza and American gangsters 
2.5
Brother
Rob Blackwelder
Has all the bloody shootouts the writer director actor is known for but loses its grip as it tries to grab for an emotional hook 
2.5
Brother
Tor Thorsen
Has an established Asian action icon but contains only some of the elements that made him a star 
2.5
Brother
Ross Anthony
lovable thug thugable 
2
Brother
Harvey S. Karten
Can t find a videotape of Bonnie Clyde Never mind See Brother 
3
Brother
Greg Dean Schmitz
Brother a violent bloody gory get the point film and through it all Kitano wields one maybe two expressions to the point that it becomes nearly hilarious 
2
The Divide
Brian Eggert
The film 8217 s muddled metaphors suggest the filmmakers have resolved to explore the situation merely to test the limits of revulsion 44 leaving the audience with an expected sense of doom 44 but not in a way that fills us with admiration
2
The Divide
Marc Savlov
Gens film while a far darker vision of the day the world ends is more sexually sordid than satisfying Save the humans Why bother 
1
The Divide
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A clunky and ugly little film that I was more than happy to forget 
1
The Divide
Michael O'Sullivan
The tale quickly degenerates from a dramatically promising clash of personalities under pressure to a gratuitous display of rape murder torture dismemberment madness ugly misogyny naked racism and yelling 
0.5
The Divide
Rick Groen
It s a rare movie where the most likable character onscreen and the feel good hero of the damnable show is none other than the hardy cockroach 
1.5
The Divide
Bruce DeMara
In the end the pace of the film is just too sluggish to maintain our interest and at under two hours it feels longer 
2
The Divide
Chris Hewitt
The Divide is at least 20 minutes longer than it needs to be but the claustrophobic setting and slowly mounting tension keep the grim drama involving 
2.5
The Divide
Sara Stewart
The only possible relief from director Xavier Gens abusively bleak survivalist scenario is how implausible it is 
0.5
The Divide
Wesley Morris
It s doom that we re meant to feel here And repulsion I hate to say but I shrugged 
1.5
The Divide
Rex Reed
If the objective is to make the audience ill The Divide succeeds 
0
The Divide
Brett Michel
Too bad Gens lacks Rod Serling s genius for delicious irony 
2.5
The Divide
Ed Gonzalez
Man is depicted as his own worst enemy but for audiences there s perhaps no greater threat than Gens s overripe artistry 
1.5
Agent of Death
Michael Dequina
Films pitting Eric Roberts against former Just the Ten of Us Lubbock babe Brooke Theiss in a knock down drag out martial arts tussle are hard to come by 
2
Head-On
David Nusair
peppered with a variety of needlessly self conscious touches that serve only to distract the viewer from the sporadically intriguing storyline 
2
Head-On
Geoff Pevere
The power of Akin s film which is considerably aided by the two lead performances comes from the spectacle of people developing feelings for each other even through numbing layers of mutual narcissism self loathing and raging terror of intimacy 
3
Head-On
Rick Groen
Violent and sexy and funny and sad 
3
Head-On
Duane Dudek
Their performances are the heart of a film that is an often comic and raucous look at mismatched personalities cultural dissonance and the tender and tentative sense of optimism that keeps all of us alive for another day 
3
Head-On
Larry Ratliff
Head On is not pretty to watch most of the time But it s pretty hard to forget even a dozen hours after the final credits have rolled 
3.5
Head-On
James Kendrick
main goal seems to be turning the pretensions of movie style love on their head
3.5
Head-On
Ted Fry
A riveting love story that never flinches from the unsettling reality of a specific social issue or the universal joys that two people can bring to each other s lives no matter how hard they try to bring agony to their own 
2.5
Head-On
Rob Thomas
There s plenty of shocking moments but what keeps the film grounded is Akin s understanding of character and conflict between lovers within families and between cultures 
3.5
Head-On
Sean P. Means
It s disturbing sometimes fascinating but ultimately not very illuminating 
2.5
Head-On
Rene Rodriguez
A portrait of passionate all consuming love born out of desperation 
3
Head-On
Terry Lawson
By the time the film concludes you will likely feel better for having gone the distance for having faced all this head on 
3
Head-On
Laura Kelly
It s Unel s turn as Cahit that really impresses 
2.5
Head-On
Jeff Strickler
This is a gritty drama about self destruction On a basic level its title refers to an early scene in which a man floors his car and plows into a brick wall In a more general sense it reflects the protagonists fatalistic approach to life 
3
Head-On
Chris Hewitt
Sardonic and matter of factly shocking Head On draws us in because it recognizes how inexplicable inconvenient and inescapable love is 
3
Head-On
Roger Ebert
Well and fearlessly acted and the writer director Fatih Akin is determined to follow her story to a logical and believable conclusion rather than letting everyone off the hook with a conventional ending 
3
Head-On
Walter Chaw
A familiar film done in fabulously unexpected fashion 
4
Head-On
Michael Wilmington
It s an arresting new work by an obviously gifted and commanding moviemaker 
3.5
Head-On
Rudy Joggerst
A bittersweet love story that doesn t obey the rules of conventional Hollywood romances 
3
Head-On
Wesley Morris
A major artistic breakthrough 
4
Head-On
Eric Harrison
Akin calls this his most personal movie Every frame bristles with authenticity and honest emotion He s the real thing His movie is stunning 
4
Head-On
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Probably the first reaction is to resist but that would be a mistake Head On is one powerful film 
3
Head-On
Peter Canavese
Head On is not for the faint of heart with its depressive magnetism to bloody violence a twisted rough hewn mad love story 
3
Head-On
Carla Meyer
Akin lays on too much nastiness and too many false endings but the film succeeds anyway fueled by the idea that love can restore a soul even if it can t always conquer all 
3
Head-On
Steven Rea
Despite all its roiling melodrama Head On has its moments of sharply observed humor 
3
Head-On
Bob Strauss
Akin s great strength is that he s much more interested in the individual demons that drive people into walls regardless of how they re raised 
3.5
Head-On
Elizabeth Weitzman
Sloppy melodramatic yet ultimately immensely affecting 
2.5
Head-On
Debra Birnbaum
Any sense of predictability is extinguished by these two thoroughly engaging actors Despite their less than saintly behavior you won t be able to take your eyes off either 
3.5
Head-On
John Anderson
Thoroughly astonishing in its twists and turns its brutality and its angry sex it makes the Romeo Juliet East meets West romances of our increasingly tribalized world seem more facile than ever 
2
Head-On
David Sterritt
Superbly acted 
3
Head-On
Ed Gonzalez
Like the film s alterna pop soundtrack and pop cultural references Head On is self consciously badass 
2
Suicide Killers
Elizabeth Weitzman
Pierre Rehov s chilling documentary gets up close and personal with those who consider martyrdom the highest calling 
3
Suicide Killers
Stephen Williams
Rehov seeks answers but there are none 
2
Desert One
James Kendrick
what makes the film really work is the humanity that Kopple draws out of the narrative
3.5
Desert One
Mark Dujsik
T here are so many stories seen from such different angles that we re left wondering what specific story the filmmaker wants to tell 
2.5
Desert One
Steven Prokopy
The most powerful and moving section of the film is the telling of the how the operation itself went from bad to worse 
3.5
Desert One
Sean P. Means
The range of people Kopple and her team interview here is impressive The movie also corrals a wealth of news footage from Iran and the United States and even the long classified conversations between Carter and his generals during the mission 
3.5
Desert One
Richard Roeper
Director Kopple has obtained never before heard audio of communications between Carter and the military command and it s absolutely chilling to hear the president s reactions 
4
Desert One
Godfrey Cheshire
A terrifically dramatic and very emotional film 
4
Desert One
Roger Moore
A thorough and moving remembrance
3.5
Desert One
Catherine Springer
Kopple covers every angle of the story and the history in this gripping documentary that combines incredible archival footage and recordings with interviews of some surviving hostages and members of Delta Force the unit that attempted the rescue 
4
The Honeymoon Machine
David Nusair
The distressingly tedious climax which attempts but fails to achieve a fast frenetic feel results in a final half hour that couldn t possibly be less interesting or involving 
2
T.D. Jakes - Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits
Kam Williams
Live your life because This is your moment says Bishop Jakes Can I get an Amen 
4
Thick as Thieves
Michael Dequina
One of those self consciously quirky crime films that feel more dated as each passing second brings the film world farther away from Pulp Fiction 
2.5
Child's Play
Dave Kehr
The filmmakers seem more than aware of the logical and dramatic deficiencies of their material and so they flee to that last refuge of movie scoundrels self conscious campiness 
1
Child's Play
Roger Hurlburt
Unfortunately the screenplay by Don Mancini and John Lafia is so predictable that the jump out of your seat shocks are telegraphed far in advance 
0.5
Child's Play
David Nusair
The Child s Play series kicks off with this alternatingly silly and frightening installment 
3
Child's Play
Dustin Putman
With humor taking a backseat to good old fashioned suspense Child s Play is an impressive horror highlight of the late 80s film scene 
3
Child's Play
Lucius Gore
Child s Play is one of the scariest movies ever 
4
Child's Play
Eric Henderson
I m sure Child s Play was far from the only film of its era sold as one of the great scareshows of all time 
2
Child's Play
Roger Ebert
Child s Play is a cheerfully energetic horror film of the slam bang school but slicker and more clever than most 
3
Kin
Brian Eggert
Kin is at its best when the Baker brothers engage in sharp and ruthless action whereas the screenplay s attempt to imbue the material with gravitas fails to create the requisite substance 
2
Kin
Jeff Mitchell
This laser gun story misfires 
1.5
Kin
Mattie Lucas
Clearly the work of talented filmmakers with unique sensibilities but it ultimately paints itself into a dramatic corner from which it never quite figures a way out 
2.5
Kin
Kevin A. Ranson
a fun little modernized throwback that appreciates sci fi action flicks the way Stranger Things idolizes 1980s horrors films 
3
Kin
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is a mess a tonal nightmare that never manages to create an authentic time or place that s even moderately believable 
2
Kin
Josh Terry
Altogether Kin is 30 percent awesome and 70 percent hot mess It s difficult to recommend in good conscience at least to its presumed target audience but Team Baker still deserves credit for putting together a unique experience 
2.5
Kin
Sonny Bunch
Intriguing and entertaining a rare original sci fi flick that leaves audiences wanting to know more 
2.5
Kin
Phil Villarreal
The plot is tied together so loosely that just about anything goes 
2
Kin
James Berardinelli
At times dull and plodding and at other times cartoonishly silly Kin rarely works and when it does it s often for the wrong reasons 
1.5
Kin
Mark Dujsik
Eli s decision is much less about which role model he ll follow It s much much more about whether or not he ll be able to kill a bunch of goons 
2
Kin
Sean P. Means
It all culminates in a slam bang ending that genuinely surprises and makes Kin a fun buried treasure to finish the summer 
3
Kin
Jane Horwitz
Although Kin doesn t cut it some of its ideas are worthy of further development 
2
Kin
Peter Sobczynski
A disjointed and at times off putting mess that veers wildly and unconvincingly between a road movie a family drama a violent crime film and an offbeat sci fi thriller 
1.5
Kin
Ty Burr
Truitt s quiet wariness is the finest thing in a movie full of good acting 
2.5
Kin
Gary Thompson
We grant the movie wide latitude to be goofy It s meant to be out there Even by those lax standards though Kin tries the patience 
2
Kin
David Lewis
Kin is not a snoozer at least and the Baker brothers are certainly not untalented but their genre mashing experiment doesn t work on any emotional level 
2
Kin
Jake Cole
Jonathan and Josh Baker s Kin a feature that comprises little more than an extended introduction to its characters resembles a TV pilot that s been released into theaters as a standalone property 
1
Kin
Roger Moore
SOMEbody got fired for greenlighting this
1
Faust
Farran Smith Nehme
Much of the dialogue is scatological humor that s leadenly unfunny like a professor reading out loud from Tristam Shandy 
1.5
Faust
Godfrey Cheshire
Compared to many Sokurov films this one has an enlivening paradoxicality it s morbid but upbeat grim yet rapturous 
3
Faust
Bill Weber
Though its ballast of jokes and spectacle are formidable it often lurches about at a remote enigmatic distance 
2.5
Maleficent
Brian Eggert
By the end 44 one cannot help but wish that Disney had left Maleficent a fascinating villain instead of a dull protagonist 46 
1
Maleficent
Mattie Lucas
It s a beautifully designed film and James Newton Howard s fantastical score is one of his best in years But what Maleficent most lacks isn t something you can see or hear it s something you can feel 
2.5
Maleficent
Barbara Vancheri
All along the way it challenges moviegoers about labels of heroes and villains and just who we are silently cheering 
3
Maleficent
Frank Ochieng
Maleficent should be more than just a Hollywood style middle aged mean girl with a copycat Norma Desmond like disposition drowning in amusement park inspired theatrics 
2
Maleficent
Sonny Bunch
Jolie is perfectly suited for the role letting everyone know with her eyes when she s just funnin and when she s actually angry 
2.5
Maleficent
John Beifuss
For all its digital spectacle and redundant action violence it understands the power of the fraught gesture the soft word the shadowed expressionistic closeup Jolie is photographed as lovingly and spookily here as Simone Simon in Cat People 
3.5
Maleficent
James Kendrick
whenever the film threatens to sink into CGI oblivion or narrative clunkiness Jolie is there to save the day with her screen grabbing presence
2.5
Maleficent
Eric Melin
There s several moments where the titular character sits around watching other people and waiting for things to happen In order to re invent it from her POV there were bound to be a lot of things that don t make sense such as believable motivations 
2
Maleficent
David Nusair
It s clear immediately that first time filmmaker Robert Stromberg isn t looking to reinvent the genre here 
2
Maleficent
David Keyes
You gotta give a girl credit for this much she does at least take us to some fascinating locales when supplied with a set of wings 
3
Maleficent
Michael Dequina
How ironic and disappointing it is then that a film focused on one of the big bads for the ages is just about completely drained of menace or palpable danger 
2.5
Maleficent
Kenneth R. Morefield
But comparing Wicked and Maleficent points out the problem Maleficent is really just an inversion of a fairy tale not a deconstruction 
1.5
Maleficent
Josh Larsen
still functions as a potent moral tale this time with a particular awareness of patriarchal oppression 
3.5
Maleficent
Wilson Morales
With Angelina Jolie as a force of nature in this magnificent fantasy Disney has another entertaining family friendly adventure on their hands 
3
Maleficent
Mike McGranaghan
If you can get Angelina Jolie to play one of the most beloved villains in Disney history why would you make this movie which is so joyless and which lacks any real sense of playfulness or fun 
1.5
Maleficent
Scott Nash
The perfect marriage of actress and part 
3
Maleficent
Matt Brunson
Any weaknesses melt in the wake of Jolie s excellent work as the title figure 
3
Maleficent
Burl Burlingame
It s interesting that Angelina Jolie can undergo four hours of professional Hollywood special effects makeup and wind up looking just like Grace Jones 
3
Maleficent
Linda Cook
Maleficent is to Sleeping Beauty as Wicked is to The Wizard of Oz 
2.5
Maleficent
Bob Bloom
Maleficent is rather good mostly because of Jolie She does grab your attention But overall the movie lacks the Disney charm that has carried its fantasies live action and animated into the hearts and minds of viewers 
2.5
Maleficent
John Serba
Among the lesser of the Sleeping Beauty story s many incarnations but at least it s an ambitious failure 
2.5
Maleficent
Phil Villarreal
There s nothing much here for those outside the PG Disney Princess aimed target market to sink their horns into 
2
Maleficent
John Wirt
Jolie appearing in her first live action film since 2010 must be and is the movie s strongest asset 
2.5
Maleficent
Willie Waffle
Maleficent is a twisted version of Sleeping Beauty that is much too serious 
1
Maleficent
Kate Taylor
Long live the feminist revisionist backstory 
3
Maleficent
Steven Rea
In the blood red lipstick and midnight black gown and cowl of her Sleeping Beauty antecedent Jolie s Maleficent is magnificent 
3
Maleficent
Peter Canavese
Almost certainly wouldn t have been made were it not for Angelina Jolie whose extraordinarily striking presence recalls the Old Hollywood potency of Garbo If only the film around Jolie were worthy of her 
2
Maleficent
James Berardinelli
Angelina Jolie s interpretation of the title character which transforms the animated icon into a complex fully realized woman provides emotional depth and breadth 
3
Maleficent
Mark Dujsik
Whatever point the movie is making is lost in a narrative that is over reliant on establishing 
2
Maleficent
Tom Russo
While this is Jolie s show obviously and she s terrifically arch the surprising dearth of other compelling characters doesn t offer much distraction when things get off track 
2.5
Maleficent
Perry Seibert
Maleficent has one very good idea at its core but a lack of narrative drive and the soulless state of the art look of the whole thing keeps director Robert Stromberg s debut feature from ever blossoming into something genuinely interesting 
2
Maleficent
Ann Hornaday
For all its limitations Maleficent manages to be improbably entertaining to watch due solely to its title character 
3
Maleficent
Brad Keefe
Sadly Jolie spends far too little of the film in villain mode which is where things really feel juicy 
2.5
Maleficent
Peter Travers
Jolie comes to this party ready to bite but the movie muzzles her Even at 97 minutes Maleficent is still one long laborious slog 
1.5
Maleficent
Kristin Tillotson
Like Sleeping Beauty lying in her coma Maleficent is mesmerizing to behold and hard to fully embrace 
2.5
Maleficent
Matt Pais
Makes no freakin sense None Anyone who pays even mild attention to the story should be saying Huh and Yikes and That doesn t work at all 
1
Maleficent
Frank Lovece
Maleficent misses the mark 
2
Maleficent
R. Kurt Osenlund
We may have all wanted to know the story behind those famed horns but the mystery was far preferable to having Maleficent defanged and declawed in the process 
1.5
Maleficent
Linda Barnard
Stromberg is more about visuals than storytelling and that lack of cohesion costs Maleficent where it counts 
2.5
Maleficent
Sara Stewart
It s often arresting to look at but never has a strong sense of where it wants to go 
2
Maleficent
Chris Hewitt
It s intelligent and well made but I do wish it were more fun 
2.5
Maleficent
Cathy Jakicic
Fleshing out one of Disney s quintessential villains is an intriguing idea But while Maleficent teases at the premise s potential it never quite sustains the magic 
2.5
Maleficent
Moira MacDonald
There s really only one special effect in Maleficent worth mentioning and that is Angelina Jolie 
3
Maleficent
Michael Phillips
The formula works 
2.5
Maleficent
Matt Zoller Seitz
A film of resonant gestures and dream logic in which ancient and contemporary predicaments jostle against each other 
3
Maleficent
Stephen Whitty
The direction by Robert Stromberg is an immediate mess A long time special effects whiz making his filmmaking debut he crowds every scene with gimmickry the opening CGI landscapes are so overdone they look like bad cartoons 
1.5
Maleficent
Dustin Putman
In building a fresh mythology director Robert Stromberg has made a fairytale not only of darkness but of hope and not only of good vs evil but of the goodness that even those seen as evil are capable of possessing 
2.5
Maleficent
Roger Moore
Impressive Violent And no fun 
2
Maleficent
Rene Rodriguez
In a movie crammed with special effects Jolie is the most startling and wondrous of all 
3
Maleficent
Mara Reinstein
There s an ultrasappy unnecessary and modern spin on the classic happily ever after You know because so many people have complained for centuries that the end needed a do over 
2
Maleficent
Claudia Puig
It fails to live up to its early promise mostly because of an uneven tone and murky character development 
2
Maleficent
Matthew Kassel
Robert Stromberg s visually stunning if narratively predictable debut feature 
2
Maleficent
Jocelyn Noveck
In the end Maleficent is fun for its appealing visuals especially in the forest and for watching Jolie But that s not enough to make the whole film interesting 
2.5
Fortress 2: Re-Entry
Michael Dequina
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1.5
Fortress 2: Re-Entry
Robert Roten
The film s combination of sex humor and violence looks like a cynical attempt to capitalize on the unsophisticated juvenile video market 
1
The Cathedral
Sheila O'Malley
The Cathedral marries form to content in a striking way 46 
3.5
The Cathedral
Chuck Bowen
The Cathedral is a deeply humanist film but its also a relentlessly bleak exorcism of a familys intolerances 
3.5
What About Bob?
David Nusair
an affable endeavor that isn t quite the comedy classic one might ve anticipated 
2.5
What About Bob?
Chris Hicks
There s no question that the engaging performances of Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss manage to breathe a great deal of life into the proceedings and before it starts to run out of steam toward the end the film provides an awful lot of laughs 
3
The Big Risk
Kathy Fennessy
The resulting thriller may not surpass Jean Pierre Melville for cool but rivals him in the hood with heart department 
4
The Big Risk
David Elliott
French directors like Melville and Chabrol did more with the basically American forms and inspirations but Sautet a fairly major talent had crack nerves and an alert humane eye 
3
The Big Risk
John Monaghan
The rerelease of Classe Tous Risques makes you wonder how many other movies this good got scuttled by the French new wave 
3
The Big Risk
Wesley Morris
Even though the film isn t considered a rule breaking classic its straight face holds up quite nicely thank you 
3
The Big Risk
Roger Ebert
A crisp smart cynical film about dishonor among thieves 
3
The Big Risk
Maitland McDonagh
A killer 
3.5
The Big Risk
Jan Stuart
Belmondo is the clincher He s got so much jaunty charisma the screen can barely contain him 
4
Bitter Seeds
David Lewis
This film doesn t provide a lot of bars or charts or fancy graphics Just cue cards to give us perspective And surprisingly beautifully shot scenes of an intimate family drama that takes place over a season of growing cotton 
3
The Blacksmith
John Monaghan
As The Blacksmith Buster Keaton bungles horse grooming and auto repair with slapstick finesse 
4
Beneath
David Nusair
46 46 46 it apos s finally impossible to envision even the target demographic of teenagers finding much worth embracing here 46 
1.5
The Fall of the American Empire
Cate Marquis
a thoughtful good hearted film full of unexpected turns that has something in particular to say and it says it in a gentler subtler way than most social satires might 
4
The Fall of the American Empire
Sean P. Means
Arcand s message is as blatant as his heist plot is subtle and perhaps that s the point 
3
The Fall of the American Empire
Roger Moore
Long winded ineptly plotted satire of broken Western Civilization and the capitalism that killed it 
2
The Fall of the American Empire
Joe Friar
Denys Arcand once again explores society s downfall in a tale about greed corruption and extravagance The crime caper is reminiscent of an Ocean s film as the thieves make it look easy 
3
The Fall of the American Empire
Jeff Mitchell
The tone and pacing remain flat for nearly the entire 2 hour 7 minute runtime 
1.5
The Fall of the American Empire
Steven Prokopy
The movie sneaks up on you gets under the skin and wins us over with its astute observations and keen sensibility about the way of the world and the ways the system can be subverted 
3.5
The Fall of the American Empire
Mark Dujsik
The plot is nearly as messy as Arcand s confused intentions 
1.5
The Fall of the American Empire
Michael Phillips
Though jarringly violent at times the film becomes a wash of low keyed comic attitudes thrown into the works of a crime story 
2
The Fall of the American Empire
Ann Hornaday
When Pierre Paul enjoys a gentle S M scenario with Camille while also quoting Plato s dialogues The Fall of the American Empire reaches peak eyeroll inducing wish fulfillment 
2
The Fall of the American Empire
G. Allen Johnson
Politics and social commentary aside we are left with a crime film One that isn t very suspenseful or particularly clever 
1
The Fall of the American Empire
Simon Abrams
An unbearably preachy post financial crisis civics lesson in heist movie drag 
1
The Fall of the American Empire
Chuck Bowen
Despite a few undeniably intense and lurid moments the film lacks the pulsating fury of a significant genre work 
2.5
The Fall of the American Empire
Kate Taylor
One darkly amusing scene is classic Arcand Unfortunately The Fall of the American Empire doesn t consistently deliver that level of wit as it probes our love of money 
2.5
Simon
David Nusair
smug and mostly intolerable 
1
Simon
Joseph Gelmis
Simon is a thinking person s comedy Its defects are trivial 
3.5
Simon
Sumner Rand
It s all wildly wacky and Brickman s screenplay takes aim at and neatly punctures many over blown aspects of modem day American life 
3
Simon
Jeanne Miller
Though his film is seriously flawed Briekman shows a gift for perceptive social comment lively urban humor and a sardonic sense of the idiocies of the modern world 
2
Simon
Gene Siskel
The result alas is neither a funny nor insightful film In fact Simon is a scattershot mess 
2
Simon
Kathleen Carroll
Simon is probably one of those unfortunate movies that seems hilarious on paper but doesn t begin to work on the screen It just isn t funny 
2
Eat Your Bones
Kent Turner
The taut conclusion turns the film into a rough and tumble thriller without losing its credibility 
2.5
A Fine Madness
David Nusair
a decent enough premise that s employed to increasingly and aggressively unwatchable effect 
0
Millennium Mambo
G. Allen Johnson
A work of uncommon emotional density 
3
Millennium Mambo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not only a masterpiece but also Hou s most accessible film to date 
4
Millennium Mambo
Walter Chaw
A precise versification ruled by the unbearable beauty of youth at its terminus and decisions for a lifetime made at the trembling moment of crisis 
4
Millennium Mambo
Lisa Kennedy
There is artistry and a fabulous ambiguity coursing through Hou s meditative film 
3
Millennium Mambo
Paul Sherman
Looks and feels like one big long commercial 
1
Millennium Mambo
Wesley Morris
Recalls the unease that crept over the world s youth back at the turn of the last century 
3
Millennium Mambo
V.A. Musetto
Amazing film 
3.5
Millennium Mambo
David Sterritt
A great companion piece to Hou s masterly Flowers of Shanghai and fresh evidence of his status as Taiwan s greatest filmmaker 
4
Millennium Mambo
Ed Gonzalez
The film is an ethereal opiate induced chronicle of a young girl a flower of Shanghai if you will whose life is preciously unexamined 
3.5
Millennium Mambo
Jeremy Heilman
Unlike most coming of age films it is wise enough to realize that there isn t some magical epiphany in which a character instantly moves from childhood to adulthood 
4
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
David Nusair
ultimately an entertaining if all too slight piece of work 
2.5
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the rare few family movies that should enchant both children and grown ups 
3.5
Ip Man
G. Allen Johnson
A period piece filmed on obvious but eye pleasing studio sets with wall to wall kung fu and a simplistic philosophical message 
3
Ip Man
Joseph Jon Lanthier
An explosive exercise in bare knuckled myth biography 
3
Ip Man
V.A. Musetto
If you re looking for great action scenes you ve found them But if you desire more than eye candy such as character and plot development and historical accuracy you ll have to look elsewhere 
2
Iwashigumo (Summer Clouds)
Keith Uhlich
Summer Clouds placement in Naruse s canon suggests we view it primarily as an exercise 
2
Home
Maitland McDonagh
Watching their petty dramas unfold is remarkably like being a fly on the wall at a get together that goes on too long but yields a couple of priceless anecdotes that make the experience seem worthwhile at least in the retelling 
2.5
Home
Nick Schager
An intimate intoxicating chamber piece 
3
Home
V.A. Musetto
There s nothing especially new or interesting about the guests the party or the movie 
2
Home
Steve Rhodes
The people are mostly attractive and the acting is credible but the story goes absolutely nowhere
2
Escape From the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
feels like a quickie insert that is needed to progress the larger narrative but doesn t have enough meat on it to deserve its own film
2
Escape From the Planet of the Apes
James O'Ehley
Regarded by some as the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels maybe even on a par with the 1968 Charlton Heston original itself this third Apes movie breathes fresh air into the series 
3
The Cranes Are Flying
Matt Brunson
A significant Soviet film in that it featured recognizable humans rather than propagandist props 
3
The Cranes Are Flying
Jay Antani
dazzling magnificently made
4
The Cranes Are Flying
James Kendrick
tells an old melodramatic war story in visual terms that are so striking and evocative that you are able to overlook the plot ellipses contrivances and cliches
3.5
The Last Duel
Brian Eggert
Scott hasn t felt this engaged in his material for many years 
4
The Last Duel
John Beifuss
The climactic combat is motivated more by the knight s ego than by his concern for the welfare and honor of his wife 
3.5
The Last Duel
Kevin A. Ranson
It feels manipulated a plot imposed upon a documentary to imply more than is on the page a trap like the one Marguerite creates for herself to wait and watch as others decide her fate right along with the audience 
2
The Last Duel
Rene Sanchez
Truth power and honor are put into question in this timely drama led by Jodie Comer s astounding performance Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Last Duel
Tom Meek
It s a well crafted film by old vet Scott with a script by Damon Ben Affleck and Nicole Holofcener that taps into the oppressive inequities of the time namely wealth manipulation by the few and the concept of women as property 
3
The Last Duel
David Nusair
sporadically compelling yet ultimately disappointing 
2
The Last Duel
Sean P. Means
It s not until the back half of The Last Duel that the true star emerges and that s Comer 
3.5
The Last Duel
Jake Coyle
It s tempting to think The Last Duel should have just been Marguerite s account but so much of the film s pleasure is seeing Damon Affleck and Driver gradually dismantle and even lampoon their own charms 
3
The Last Duel
Sarah Knight Adamson
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are back with a blockbuster of a film 
3
The Last Duel
Mattie Lucas
Scott s best film in many a moon and what a treat it is to see him once again painting confidently on such a grand and sweeping canvas 
3.5
The Last Duel
Mark Feeney
The Last Duel might work better as a silent film 
2
The Last Duel
Linda Cook
Based on a true story The Last Duel s parallels to modern society and misogyny are unmistakable 
3
The Last Duel
James Berardinelli
Its themes coupled with the atypical manner in which they are presented give The Last Duel more substance than one might expect from a medieval melodrama 
3
The Last Duel
Erik Childress
It s Rashomon approach to the storytelling works in its favor for not only the varying perceptions characters have about each other but for the ones they have about themselves That and solid performances across the board particularly by Jodie Comer 
3
The Last Duel
Mike McGranaghan
Director Ridley Scott provides The Last Duel with great scope a stunningly exciting and violent climax and most importantly a great deal of empathy 
3
The Last Duel
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Didactic and repetitive although Ben Affleck seems to have had a lot of fun And the duel is exciting I have to accept it But stop mentioning Rashomon please 
1
The Last Duel
Mark Meszoros
The film is a bit longer than it needs to be considering how simple the story ultimately is The Last Duel does eventually get its historical hooks into you and keep you invested until the closing credits roll 
3
The Last Duel
Ty Burr
The Last Duel works as both an entertainment a bottle blond Affleck roisters happily and hammily along the edges as le Gris noble sponsor and a cautionary tale of how far we ve come and how far we haven t 
3
The Last Duel
Kevin Carr
It s the Run Lola Run of medieval judiciary films 
2.5
The Last Duel
Richard Roeper
Is Matt Damon the hero or the oaf It depends on who you ask in the bloody fantastic drama co starring Jodie Comer and Adam Driver 
3.5
The Last Duel
Michael Medved
The screenplay is brilliant well researched and utterly compelling THE LAST DUEL is an amazing achievement 
4
The Last Duel
Sonny Bunch
The Last Duel is an odd combination of straightforward and slightly mischievous It is well worth your two and a half hours 
3.5
The Last Duel
Ann Hornaday
As a portrayal of preening male vanity and misogynistic hypocrisy that exists to this day The Last Duel reaches at relevancy with admirable ambition 
3
The Last Duel
Johnny Oleksinski
It s been 24 years since Matt Damon and Ben Affleck last collaborated on a movie script Let s make it 100 next time 
1
The Last Duel
Leo Brady
The Last Duel is a masterpiece both on the screen and what s between the lines magnifying the flawed humanity of men and the courageous power of one woman 
4
The Last Duel
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The greatest war in The Last Duel is the one Marguerite de Carrouges wages against the patriarchy proving that Scott who also directed Alien and Thelma Louise is still a feminist to his core 
4
The Last Duel
Josh Bell
Setting up expectations for a traditional story of knightly justice makes the subversion more effective 
3
The Last Duel
Mark Dujsik
Marguerite is the most important person in this tale and the screenplay is smart in the way it presents her 
3
The Last Duel
Katie Walsh
Perhaps the first big budget prestige period piece to take its broad sword to rape culture from a female perspective and it s a startlingly sharp assessment 
3.5
The Last Duel
Randy Myers
Although Last Duel could have dropped at least 10 minutes from its 2 1 2 hour running time the outstanding ensemble cast anchored by Jodie Comer keeps us engaged 
3
The Last Duel
Pamela Powell
The Last Duel an emotionally raw and powerful story that is unfortunately still a relevant one is simply flawless 
4
The Last Duel
Rafer Guzman
A gripping true story that draws unsettling parallels between past and present 
3.5
The Last Duel
Glenn Kenny
It all leads up to the title duel which even by the high standards set by Scott s Gladiator is what you d call a humdinger 
3
The Last Duel
Brian Truitt
The Last Duel has mixed results as a socially conscious drama but as a hardcore period action film it s brutally effective on the level of Scott s Gladiator 
2.5
The Last Duel
Mick LaSalle
The movie adheres fairly closely to the history and where the history is incomplete it fills in the rest with smart choices that both emphasize the drama and make psychological sense 
4
The Last Duel
Joey Magidson
Mixing a critique of toxic masculinity with period set action may have been a risky high wire act but The Last Duel manages to pull it off 
3
The Last Duel
Soren Andersen
Scott who knows a thing or two about how to mount sweeping historical epics is in his element here 
3
The Last Duel
Chris Barsanti
Ridley Scott s medieval saga insightfully revels in the complexities of its competing storylines 
3
The Last Duel
Roger Moore
A brutish well acted and stunningly detailed account of an infamous scandal from the supposed Age of Chivalry 
3
Wretches & Jabberers
Jay Antani
It s by engaging with all these extraordinary people that the film s beauty reveals itself 
3
Wretches & Jabberers
Kristin Tillotson
Wretches and Jabberers is a moving and eye opening testament to the desire of autistic people to be a part of the world not apart from it or at least to be understood 
3
Wretches & Jabberers
Chuck Bowen
You want to tell the filmmakers to get on with it and to more eloquently detail the rest of Tracy and Larry s story beyond their occupation 
1.5
Dating Amber
Randy Myers
Freyne s feature is a major LGBTQ find a crowd pleaser that doesn t compromise 
3.5
Dating Amber
Diego Semerene
The film rather seamlessly strips itself of its hyperbolic affectations to reveal a heartbreaking story of emancipation through friendship 
3.5
Rogue Warfare
Roger Moore
Instantly awful rubbish start to finish
0
William Eggleston in the Real World
Mark Feeney
William Eggleston in the Real World offers an admiring and affectionate if also unillusioned view of its subject at work play and not much of anything a suitably Egglestonian activity 
3
William Eggleston in the Real World
Jami Bernard
Eggleston s rigor might be mistaken for languor but Almereyda has just the temperament to get it right 
3
William Eggleston in the Real World
Jeremiah Kipp
What Almereyda sees in Eggleston s work are the things that seem to drive Almereyda s films life as a continual paradox 
3
William Eggleston in the Real World
Jan Stuart
Consistently more intriguing than Almereyda s recent documentary of a Sam Shepard play rehearsal This So Called Disaster in part due to the subject s taciturn nature and his disinterest in the hows and the wherefores of his craft 
3
William Eggleston in the Real World
V.A. Musetto
Eggleston s photographs come across loud and clear 
3
Shall We Dance?
Michael Dequina
Touches to make hip what should be an unabashedly square story such as the casting of Nick Cannon in a supporting role and an out of nowhere cameo by Ja Rule more jar than gel 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Marty Mapes
Inevitably this film will be compared to its predecessor and it simply can t win 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Robert Roten
Not as good as the original but enjoyable nonetheless 
3
Shall We Dance?
Camerin Courtney
The 1996 original is classier deeper more poignant A Ginger Rogers to this Beyonc 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Forrest Hartman
Possesses a sunny optimism that filmgoers don t regularly see 
3.5
Shall We Dance?
Lori Hoffman
a tuxedoed Richard Gere is still one of the sexiest men on the planet
2
Shall We Dance?
Steve Rhodes
The studio turned a cute little charmer into a slapstick sitcom 
2
Shall We Dance?
Mike McGranaghan
If you can put yourself in a non cynical frame of mind Shall We Dance has a sweetness that is hard to deny 
3
Shall We Dance?
Sara Michelle Fetters
Now twenty six years after his theatrical debut Gere gives what just might be his most bewitching performance to date enlivening a picture to heights it would not have achieved without him 
3
Shall We Dance?
James Verniere
A charming well cast and acted comedy about the glamour and romance of dance 
3
Shall We Dance?
Bob Bloom
The screenplay does not allow the dance to overshadow the human core of the story Clark s search for fulfillment for the missing piece to make his life complete 
3
Shall We Dance?
Jonathan R. Perry
A warm honestly observed study of middle age awakening becomes a vehicle to pull J Lo s caboose 
2
Shall We Dance?
Vince Koehler
Gere is the true star here My wife liked this film so well she saw it four times I had to see it twice to truly appreciate it 
3.5
Shall We Dance?
Brangien Davis
This mildly entertaining bauble will disappear from your memory even before you ve dislodged the last popcorn husks from your back teeth 
2
Shall We Dance?
Ruthe Stein
Where the original soared the new version hugs the ground It s like the difference between Fred Astaire s dancing and Richard Gere s 
2
Shall We Dance?
David Elliott
A cozy star vehicle for Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere 
3
Shall We Dance?
Joe Baltake
A treat on two counts First and foremost it is a wildly entertaining and companionable film Second it is blessedly unpretentious 
3.5
Shall We Dance?
Lou Lumenick
There isn t even any exciting dancing here and what hoofing there is has been heavily edited usually with the dancers feet cropped off 
1
Shall We Dance?
Jack Mathews
A comedy with two left feet 
1.5
Shall We Dance?
Bob Strauss
It wants so badly to curry date night favor it never risks doing anything that would make for a memorable move 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Robert W. Butler
Very nearly as good as the original a funny and unexpectedly touching story of a middle age man finding inspiration in ballroom dance 
3
Shall We Dance?
Eric Harrison
A funny well acted adult tale about the difficulty of holding onto happiness 
3
Shall We Dance?
Rick Groen
Sayonara sushi hello turkey 
1.5
Shall We Dance?
Terry Lawson
Asks us to return to the days of yesteryear when we would accept Cary Grant as a country bumpkin and Marilyn Monroe as an ugly duckling These days that s asking too much 
2
Shall We Dance?
Jeff Vice
Let s just say a lot has been lost in the translation 
2
Shall We Dance?
Josh Larsen
Lopez lords over the movie like a narcissistic devil 
3
Shall We Dance?
Lisa Kennedy
Feels engineered the way women s magazines too often do to deliver the feel good without burdening us with too much feeling or thought 
2
Shall We Dance?
Roger Ebert
Conventional as it may be Shall We Dance offers genuine delights 
3
Shall We Dance?
Wesley Morris
Gere is a pleasure smiling and spinning and high fiving his two classmates played by Bobby Cannavale and Omar Miller and the movie is happy and extremely likable 
3
Shall We Dance?
Larry Ratliff
This is a film that probably shouldn t work but does Shall we dance Sure just don t slip on the sloppy tears or the butterlike popcorn topping 
3
Shall We Dance?
Sean P. Means
No matter how good they are as actors years of exposure make it difficult to imagine Gere as a klutzy sad sack or Sarandon being mousy and nonconfrontational 
2
Shall We Dance?
Sue Pierman
A satisfying picture about something that everyone can identify with a yearning for more 
3
Shall We Dance?
Kit Bowen
Shall We Dance never seems to rise above its syrupy premise and ballroom antics 
2
Shall We Dance?
Chris Hewitt
The movie has a zippy script by Audrey Wells as well as a supersized order of funny supporting characters 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Tracy Allerton
As a whole Shall We Dance is enjoyable 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
David Sterritt
The cast is promising but this remake of the popular Japanese movie falls flat with more sound design than delicious music more slick film editing than graceful ballroom gliding 
1
Shall We Dance?
James Berardinelli
The entire feature feels poorly motivated and low on energy There s clearly something missing 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Connie Ogle
Goes too far in its slapstick efforts to please mainstream audiences but there s no denying the genuine appeal of and I can t believe I m actually writing this Richard Gere and ballroom dancing 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Lawrence Toppman
A doubly tired remake first of the infinitely better 1997 film from Japan and second of virtually any cliche you can imagine from situation comedies 
2
Shall We Dance?
Carrie Rickey
So supple is this story about the man with two lead feet who walks into a dance class and then waltzes out of his midlife funk that it pretty much survives the transplant from its Tokyo Zen garden to a Windy City rose arbor 
3
Shall We Dance?
Gene Seymour
This version of Shall We Dance tosses circumspection out of the window milking every ounce of sentimentality pathos and thrift shop idiosyncrasy from the story line 
2
Shall We Dance?
Michael Wilmington
The movie tries hard to duplicate the original s mood and story but like Gere or Lopez is too much of a visual knockout to rope us in 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Jeffrey Westhoff
The original is about the restorative power of dance The remake is about working a rap number into the movie so kids will buy the soundtrack 
2
Shall We Dance?
Rob Thomas
You re better off being a wallflower 
2
Shall We Dance?
Sean McBride
this is a thoroughly likable flick one that will have even the most rhythmically challenged schlub leaving the theater with a bounce in his step and twinkle in his eye 
3
Shall We Dance?
Phil Villarreal
Too bad the title Lost in Translation which aptly describes much of the story of the Shall We Dance remake was already taken 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Rob Blackwelder
Shall We Dance opens so promisingly that it s a big disappointment when the picture suffers crucial missteps that throw off its entire rhythm 
2
Shall We Dance?
Matt Brunson
Lopez s pout doesn t convey tragedy as much as brattiness as if the catastrophe in Paulina s life was that she had missed out on a clearance sale at her favorite shoe store 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Walter Chaw
Lopez is badly miscast and apparently insane 
0.5
Shall We Dance?
Willie Waffle
you will walk out with a huge smile on your face and a spring in your step
3.5
Shall We Dance?
Linda Cook
It doesn t so much dance as it hops around on the screen 
1.5
Shall We Dance?
Dustin Putman
The dynamic pacing plentiful dancing numbers and charismatic actors ensure that even more demanding viewers will find themselves pleasantly diverted 
2.5
Shall We Dance?
Ed Gonzalez
This G rated version of Unfaithful suggests middle aged men and women can have their cake as long as they just rub up against it but don t eat it 
1.5
The Good Neighbor
Roger Moore
Thrillers like these play out in a set of fairly generic ways 8212 predictably 46 But when the cast is good and the focus is narrowed to two people who might be three 44 with every outsider a new 8220 threat 8221 of discovery summarily dealt with 44 it works 46 
2.5
House of Flying Daggers
Marty Mapes
See it in a theater on the biggest screen you can find
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Forrest Hartman
Made me long for the days when director Zhang Yimou made intimate movies with emotional depth 
2.5
House of Flying Daggers
Ross Anthony
A soapy love story that gallops across a snowy Autumn Hallmark card 
2
House of Flying Daggers
Mark Dujsik
Zhang Yimou s follow up to Hero oddly feels more like a warm up 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Linda Cook
If you loved Hero and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon then you ll also enjoy the gorgeous House of Flying Daggers 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Rene Rodriguez
One of the most visually astonishing martial arts fantasies ever made 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Jeff Vice
Like Hero this one is almost nonstop action and fans of martial arts films will surely love it just as much 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Sean P. Means
For all the action it s the human element that elevates House of Flying Daggers to lofty heights 
4
House of Flying Daggers
John Beifuss
It s not just escapism Are you for real Mei asks Jin later he asks her Who are you really These are questions with cultural as well as personal associations 
3
House of Flying Daggers
James Sanford
an enthralling picture that nearly overflows with the same kinds of breathtakingly beautiful action sequences that have now become Zhang s calling card 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Larry Ratliff
Bountiful in human spirit and martial arts action House of Flying Daggers is like no other film Except for Hero which was like no other before it 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Phil Villarreal
It s just about impossible to walk away disappointed from the thrills and beauties of Daggers 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Duane Dudek
A gorgeous fluid soulful and often astonishing bit of poetic fantasy 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Laura Kelly
When one of China s greatest directors dabbles in a genre of moviemaking he hasn t before and ends up offering two magnificent martial arts films in a row it s hard to complain 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Rob Thomas
There are shots so beautiful in House of Flying Daggers that you want to yell at the projectionist to freeze the film 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Matt Brunson
Appealing eye candy but here s hoping that Yimou goes back to making movies that can rattle a nation down to its core 
2.5
House of Flying Daggers
Sean McBride
The house of Flying Daggers is to a kung fu flick what grand opera is to karaoki 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The worst kung fu movie since Sammo Hung s Heart of Dragon 
1.5
House of Flying Daggers
Frank Ochieng
Visually alluring in its exquisitely stylish execution Yimou s House of Flying Daggers is a riveting epic that soars beyond the boundless imagination 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Michael Dequina
Such a transcendent film not simply as an entry into its action minded genre but as a dramatic piece 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is clear Chinese director Zhang Yimou is a living master 
4
House of Flying Daggers
James Verniere
This is the Wuxia masterpiece we ve been waiting for 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Moira MacDonald
This is the sort of film we re intended to wallow in barely coming up for air so dazzled we barely need to breathe 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Carla Meyer
Like an extraordinary looking but intellectually limited fashion model 
2
House of Flying Daggers
David Elliott
It s a lovely streaming ceremonial movie a little hard to totally accept if you have questions about the sort of love that requires testing by lethal blades 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Steven Rea
It s action opera sword and sorcery song and dance and it s a heart pumping jaw dropping thrill 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Eric Harrison
We get a movie that s easy to look at but that leaves us emotionally cold 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Liam Lacey
Though less of a virtuoso work than Hero House of Flying Daggers is much more emotionally immediate 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Lisa Kennedy
Delivers many of the absurd pleasures of opera 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Roger Ebert
The film is so good to look at and listen to that as with some operas the story is almost beside the point serving primarily to get us from one spectacular scene to another 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Ty Burr
It has sequences of balletic martial arts action that can knock you back open mouthed in your comfy multiplex chair Yet the movie amounts to frustratingly little by the time it s over 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Jeffrey Westhoff
As exquisitely photographed as Hero but with a genuine story 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Christian Toto
Daggers is a jaw dropping spectacle that outclasses Crouching Tiger 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Bruce Newman
House of Flying Daggers pierces the mind s eye with its crazy beautiful images then rends the heart 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Chris Hewitt
You could overdose on beauty at House of Flying Daggers 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Jeff Strickler
Offers more of Zhang Yimou s beautiful photography graceful staging intricately choreographed fight scenes and metaphorical imagery 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Michael Wilmington
It s as thrilling and lushly beautiful a movie as has been released all year matched only by Zhang s epic Hero 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Willie Waffle
House of Flying Daggers is more like House of All My Children With this many melodramatic twists and turns Ziyi Zhang should have been replaced with Susan Lucci
1
House of Flying Daggers
Steve Rhodes
An exercise in sheer joy This is pure entertainment at its best and one of the best pictures of the year 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Walter Chaw
An allegory for rape and the Chinese tradition of concubinage 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Glenn Kenny
The action sequences are often joltingly spectacular sure you ve seen battles staged from the tops of bamboo trees but never in quite so dense forests but largely overbaked in the CGI department 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Lou Lumenick
An absolute must see 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Glenn Whipp
The movie is generous to a fault with its action and the show stopping set pieces are nothing short of incredible 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Claudia Puig
House of Flying Daggers is the rare film that inspires audiences to suspend a sense of reality and allow themselves to be transported as if under a spell to an alternate fantastic world 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Jeffrey Overstreet
It seems to deny that love can be both spirited and faithful enraptured and disciplined But the visual splendor outweighs the narrative s missteps 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Timothy Knight
If you thought Hero was stunning to behold House of Flying Daggers is even better 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Jami Bernard
The most gorgeous movie of the year 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Peter Canavese
Symbolic martial arts romance sex and death offer a freedom but also a finality colorful sumptuous and often gorgeous 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Gene Seymour
Eye candy at its thickest richest and exotically spiciest 
2.5
House of Flying Daggers
David Sterritt
Great fantastical fun 
4
House of Flying Daggers
Rob Blackwelder
An outsized and endlessly pretentious romantic action melodrama in which the director has clearly lost any sense of moderation or self discipline 
1
House of Flying Daggers
James Berardinelli
Combined with Hero this gives Zhang an amazing one two stylistic action punch 
3
House of Flying Daggers
Scott Nash
Beautiful to look at but deficient in the plot department 
2.5
House of Flying Daggers
Peter Travers
Prepare your eyes for popping 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Gabe Leibowitz
House of Flying Daggers has all the visual extravaganza of Hero but thrice its emotional heft putting it on par with Ang Lee s extraordinary CTHD 
4
House of Flying Daggers
David Nusair
virtually every single scene is interesting on a purely visceral level 
3.5
House of Flying Daggers
Ed Gonzalez
Yimou s latest performance art is truly less concerned with the politics of a country than it is with the politics of the human heart 
3
Restless Virgins
Linda Stasi
he acting is quite good and the kids extremely beautiful even though the real sex scandal story was very different 
2.5
The Lake House
Peter Travers
I can t believe that even the most rabid chick flick masochists wouldn t gag on it 
1
The Lake House
Ross Anthony
Like all good romantic movies there s a beautiful house on the lake and a cuddly dog Good dialogue great direction sweet cinematography and good acting even by Keanu 
3
The Lake House
Wesley Lovell
An intriguing idea Too bad the asteroid sized temporal paradox ruins the end of the flm 
2.5
The Lake House
Collin Souter
It refreshingly becomes less about time travel and more about the choices we make and the chances we miss 
3.5
The Lake House
Larry Ratliff
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves two actors with talent I admire launched their careers at least as movie stars on a runaway bus Speed in 1994 They appear to be throwing themselves under one here 
2
The Lake House
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Agresti has effectively skirted around hard logic with his velvety presentation 
3
The Lake House
Garth Franklin
Despite the conventions and a time travel gimmick that winds up being an utter mess there s something worth appreciating here which makes it certainly worth a look
1.5
The Lake House
David Nusair
an effective romance 
2.5
The Lake House
Bruce Newman
Bullock s decision to play Kate as a morose kill joy is particularly inexplicable She s getting letters from some hot architect through a hole in the time space continuum and yet her expression remains impassive her voice flat her outlook maudlin 
1
The Lake House
Susan Tavernetti
One of the most nonsensical and unsatisfying films of the year 
1
The Lake House
Matt Brunson
It s hard to recall a recent picture in which Bullock has been allowed to draw upon her natural charisma After about 20 minutes you just wish somebody would tickle her 
1.5
The Lake House
Thomas Delapa
Dear Keanu and Sandra Speed is more your speed
1.5
The Lake House
Jonathan R. Perry
The Lake House is one of those romances that strives for unconventionality at the expense of clear storytelling and good sense 
1.5
The Lake House
Mike McGranaghan
Reeves and Bullock bring the right balance of emotions to their roles They give The Lake House its humor its drama and its undeniable romantic spirit 
3
The Lake House
Linda Cook
Let s get the negative stuff out of the way first This plot is shot full of holes Nearly all time travel movies are shot full of holes and this one is especially spongy 
3
The Lake House
Daniel M. Kimmel
a soap bubble of a movie that s pretty to look at but the slightest breeze or poke will make it go away 
3
The Lake House
Sean McBride
It s to the film s great credit that silly elements never get in the way of the film s grand passion
2.5
The Lake House
Sean O'Connell
Taps subtle soft spoken beats of a passionate and lonely heart that in time helps us forget the overall implausibility of the situation 
3
The Lake House
Sean P. Means
Oppressive earnestness takes its heaviest toll on the leads robbing Bullock of her spunk and Reeves of his beatific sexiness 
2
The Lake House
Moira MacDonald
A pretty soap bubble of a movie It s lovely to look at and calming to watch but don t try to touch it it just might pop and vanish right there in your hand 
2
The Lake House
Susan Walker
There s only one answer to this epistolary screen romance Return to Sender 
2
The Lake House
Maitland McDonagh
A mess that works on the level of swoony fantasy if you re willing to accept that it makes absolutely no sense not even within the context of its supernatural premise 
2.5
The Lake House
Mick LaSalle
It s a delicate hyper romantic atmosphere pensive and steeped in longing that covers over the story s inconsistencies or at least offers enough distraction to make us not care 
3
The Lake House
James Hebert
This is the first time Reeves and Bullock have been paired since the 1994 hit Speed where they were stuck on a bus that would blow up if its speed dropped below 50 mph There s no danger of that kind of velocity here 
1.5
The Lake House
Pam Grady
With Reeves and Bullock proving that their chemistry is still combustible the story scarcely matters 
3
The Lake House
Lisa Rose
A bit too moody and metaphysical for its own good 
2
The Lake House
Lou Lumenick
The sort of dopey movie best appreciated while wearing pajamas 
1.5
The Lake House
Jack Mathews
The time warp romantic fantasy The Lake House is a puzzle that is maddeningly obtuse emotionally overstretched and virtually absent a sense of interior logic 
2.5
The Lake House
Duane Dudek
Film is a mass hallucination When you get lost in it you don t see the strands that hold things together but when it doesn t work all you see are the seams 
2.5
The Lake House
Connie Ogle
It may have a nice view but this is one house with a decidedly shoddy foundation 
1.5
The Lake House
Glenn Whipp
Why an actress so adept at playing spirited women insists on playing glum lost souls in movie after movie is beyond understanding 
2
The Lake House
Amy Biancolli
The film moves toward a spooky coincidence that canny viewers will predict in the first act I wish I hadn t it killed all the film s suspense and much of its dewy seduction 
2
The Lake House
Rick Groen
We also know the last time Keanu and Sandra shared the screen together That was yesterday and Speed This is today and Snail I m not betting on a tomorrow 
2
The Lake House
Terry Lawson
The list of inconsistencies is far too long and laborious to recount 
2
The Lake House
Jeff Vice
Not to spoil anything but frankly the two leads have more chemistry in the scenes where their characters are apart than they do when they re together 
2
The Lake House
Lisa Kennedy
The Lake House swamps its heart aimed ambitions with too many head scratching moments 
2
The Lake House
Randy Myers
The Lake House is the type of movie you hear friends groan about Hollywood not making anymore It s an old fashioned romance that scoffs at today s frantic pacing leisurely seducing us with its heartfelt story about the timeless value of love 
3
The Lake House
Roger Ebert
Enough of the plot and its paradoxes What I respond to in the movie is its fundamental romantic impulse It makes us hope these two people will somehow meet 
3.5
The Lake House
Lawrence Toppman
I knew The Lake House was a fairy tale and not one aimed at my half of the gene pool Nonetheless I enjoyed this languid romance between Chicagoans separated by two years 
3
The Lake House
Ty Burr
As soon as Kate lets drop that her favorite author is Jane Austen and the Nick Drake songs kick in on the soundtrack you know this movie won t be taking any prisoners Don t fight it with logic because you ll lose 
2.5
The Lake House
Dan Fienberg
If Kate Bullock a doctor with easy access to computers would just take 10 seconds to Google the man she professes to love so much the movie could be over in five minutes 
1.5
The Lake House
Ethan Alter
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Auburn s script brings a certain amount of emotional resonance to an otherwise silly premise 
2.5
The Lake House
Peter Canavese
The Lake House is made of glass but the view straight through it is rather pleasant all the same 
2.5
The Lake House
Erik Childress
Sucks the magic right out as we wonder why the filmmakers and even the characters just aren t having more fun with the possibilities beyond improbably homaging Speed to bridge the two of them 
2.5
The Lake House
Willie Waffle
Auburn s script does have some logical problems In the year 2006 Kate TOTALLY would google Alex since he might be full of bull
2.5
The Lake House
Claudia Puig
The Lake House is one of the more befuddling movies of recent years The premise makes no sense no matter how you turn it around in your head 
1.5
The Lake House
Dustin Putman
Supposed to be sweeping and romantic but instead takes on an uncomfortable and creepy undercurrent 
2
The Lake House
Jeffrey Westhoff
The relationship that grows between Bullock and Reeves is beguiling as are the emotional parallels their characters share 
3
The Lake House
Walter Chaw
Genuinely insipid 
1
The Lake House
Carrie Rickey
It s refreshing to see the much maligned Reeves show many colors in his acting palette And the subdued Bullock is an excellent complement the puzzle piece that squares off his jigsaw personality 
3
The Lake House
Chris Hewitt
The most expressive performer in the film is the house 
1.5
The Lake House
Phoebe Flowers
This could all be a miserable mess but it works somehow 
2.5
The Lake House
Gene Seymour
Somehow one thinks your tear ducts will come away from this without incident 
2
The Lake House
Michael Phillips
This is a project whose elements from concept to script to casting refuse to follow the usual formulas which is good yet they never quite cohere 
2
The Lake House
Josh Larsen
an adaptation of a South Korean existential romance and it certainly moves and feels like few love stories from this country You could call it slow but a kinder word would be contemplative 
3
The Lake House
Matt Pais
Does so many chronological back flips it eventually forgets which way is up 
2
The Lake House
Phil Villarreal
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reunite for the first time since 1994 s Speed in a film that should be named Slow 
2
The Lake House
James Berardinelli
Even for those who buy into the basic ideas there are credibility gaps that The Lake House cannot surmount And for those who attempt to apply logic to this movie everything will come crashing down like a poorly balanced house of cards 
2.5
The Lake House
Steve Rhodes
The spectacular ending is completely sublime This charming film is one worth savoring again and again 
3.5
The Lake House
Ed Gonzalez
The Lake House s opening credit sequence during which calligraphic letters overlap and burst into plumes of smoke is the first of the film s many charms 
3
The Lost Arcade
Brian Tallerico
It really does take us there and illustrate why this place mattered to so many people It made me want to go find some quarters and head down to the arcade myself 
3
The Lost Arcade
Robert Levin
Takes an important place in the cultural firmament even if it fails to make a persuasive case that the Mott Street institution was a place truly worth mourning 
2.5
The Lost Arcade
Chuck Bowen
The film s images have a loose rough textured liveliness that honors the spirit of Chinatown Fair 
3
A Woman's Face
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 suggests an intriguing alternative career for Ingrid Bergman 46 
3
Looking for Palladin
Diego Semerene
Apart from Gazzara s brilliant effortless performance everything is a little cartoonish in Looking for Palladin 
2
Brooklyn Rules
Mick LaSalle
Capturing Manhattan s essence is easy But capturing life inside provincial New York City is something that eludes most filmmakers And now add Brooklyn Rules to the short list of movies that get it right 
3.5
Brooklyn Rules
Terry Lawson
Winter s coming of age in the 1980s saga is content to rewalk the same mean streets never ducking into one alley or back room we haven t visited 
2
Brooklyn Rules
Cathy Jakicic
Singularly unoriginal full of clich C s and tough neighborhood set pieces tied together with GoodFellas style voice over narration 
2
Brooklyn Rules
Maitland McDonagh
Director Michael Corrente and screenwriter Terence Winter don t miss a clich but they spin them smartly 
2.5
Brooklyn Rules
Gary Goldstein
Though there s little original about Brooklyn Rules it s an engaging tale of lifelong friends navigating the hood dodging crime and finding their places in the real world 
3
Brooklyn Rules
Lisa Rose
Once you get beyond the surface clichs there s truth and sincerity in the dialogue and performances 
2.5
Brooklyn Rules
Lou Lumenick
Vivid work by Alec Baldwin as a brutal Gambino crime family captain isn t enough to justify the sub Scorsese stylings of Michael Corrente s Brooklyn Rules 
1.5
Brooklyn Rules
Jack Mathews
Though the three friends at the center of the story don t always look or sound smart the movie does both 
3.5
Brooklyn Rules
Evan Henerson
The friends the neighborhood the loyalty the bloodshed Alec Baldwin playing a bad ass wise guy feel free to stop me when all this stops sounding familiar 
2
Brooklyn Rules
Ty Burr
Too many clichs and not enough energy have come along for the ride 
1.5
Brooklyn Rules
Jan Stuart
If Winter had an extraordinary youth it eludes Brooklyn Rules another generic memory piece in which the now successful writer takes us on a thinly veiled tour of the burger joints bowling alleys and faces from his formative grunge years 
2
Brooklyn Rules
Nick Schager
A blatant Scorsese knock off with a few Godfather and A Bronx Tale flourishes thrown in for good measure 
1.5
The Dark Mirror
Josh Larsen
a fiendishly fun double role for Olivia de Havilland 
3
House of Salem
Norman Gidney
House of Salem may not be the mix of House of the Devil and Don t Breathe that it aims to be but there are enough interesting ideas to make you sit up and take notice 
2
Once Were Warriors
Brian Eggert
Lee Tamahori s feature film debut offers a cross section of abuses making it a searing portrait of self destructive behaviors toxic codependency and gut wrenching tragedy 
3.5
Once Were Warriors
Jami Bernard
Once Were Warriors has more to say than the traditional TV movie about spousal abuse But some viewers will have to pay a price This is a movie that requires strength and fortitude to sit through 
3.5
Once Were Warriors
John Hartl
Mamaengaroa Kerr Bell who plays Grace had never acted before and neither have a couple of the other key players But under the careful direction of television veteran Lee Tamahori they all do credible and forceful work 
3.5
Once Were Warriors
Stephen Hunter
It s a fine fierce and nearly unforgettable movie 
3
Once Were Warriors
Michael Wilmington
The howling raging energy of the prize winning New Zealand film Once Were Warriors rushes at you hits you like a smack in the face 
3
Once Were Warriors
David Nusair
The film isn t ultimately quite able to reach the heights attained by its star 
3
Once Were Warriors
Edward Guthmann
A gut grabber from New Zealand that stays with you for days 
3
Once Were Warriors
Roger Ebert
It is powerful and chilling and directed by Lee Tamahori with such narrative momentum that we are swept along in the enveloping tragedy of the family s life 
3.5
Once Were Warriors
Chris Hicks
Heartbreaking frustrating an observation of domestic violence and a tribute to the wives who ultimately refuse to remain victims 
3.5
Once Were Warriors
James Berardinelli
Works to some degree on three levels the visceral the emotional and the intellectual and it is the amalgamation of these that makes this a memorable film 
3.5
Gilbert
Ty Burr
It captures the gentle hilarity with which Gottfried moved through life but also the immense affection in which he was held by his wife and children his fellow comedians and strangers in the street 
3.5
Gilbert
Richard Roeper
In Neil Berkeley s fascinating very funny and sometimes quite melancholy Gilbert we get to see the hunched over eccentric surprisingly thoughtful man behind the comedic myth 
3.5
Gilbert
Nick Vadala
But while Gilbert may not break ground with its angle its contemplative take on what separates Gottfried as a performer from Gottfried as a person is interesting enough to drive the film even if you may not particularly like his stand up 
3
Gilbert
Glenn Kenny
The insights offered from the almost two dozen show biz luminaries are not always commonplace and Gottfried is always an interesting screen presence even when he s far removed from his persona 
2.5
Gilbert
Derek Smith
Gilbert exposes a wealth of unsuspected pain and tenderness beneath Gottfried s often thorny exterior 
2.5
Z
Gene Siskel
It is a great film for many reasons not the least of which is that it can be enjoyed as a political thriller as well as a political statement 
4
Z
Peter Keough
Four decades later this glimpse into the machinations of political violence intolerance willful ignorance and systemic oppression has lost none of its urgent relevance 
3.5
Z
James Kendrick
a relentlessly fast paced political expose that has not a single wasted second
4
Z
Bill Weber
It s still an eye catching fast paced watch 
3
Z
Ty Burr
In its slick cinematic urgency and its outrage Z still has the power to shake you up 
3.5
Z
James Berardinelli
This movie is for those who prefer for there to be meat on a screenplay s skeleton and who don t demand far fetched conspiracy theories that play fast and loose with the facts 
3.5
Z
Roger Ebert
It is a film of our time It is about how even moral victories are corrupted It will make you weep and will make you angry It will tear your guts out 
4
Asylum
Lucius Gore
One of the best anthology horror films ever made
3.5
Asylum
Jeremiah Kipp
Asylum tries telling similar tales twice and comes up pathetically short in the scare department 
2.5
Asylum
Roger Ebert
If nothing else a horror movie about cabbages could help Rosenberg work through his obsession and save a lot of analyst s fees 
2
The Hater
Federico Furzan
An amazing and terrifying tale of cause and effect in the digital age Full review in Spanish 
4
The Hater
Roger Moore
Forward motion ceases to be a priority the manipulations grow more convoluted and grotesque Characters don t register as much more than types including our all powerful anti hero 
2
The Hater
Brian Tallerico
There s an ambitious drive to The Hater that keeps it humming through its long running time 
3
The Manhattan Project
Roger Ebert
A clever funny and very skillful thriller about how the kid builds his own atomic bomb 
4
Club Paradise
David Nusair
A slapdash mostly unfunny disaster 
1.5
Club Paradise
Carrie Rickey
What s fresh about Ramis and Doyle Murray s brand of comedy is that they re not one liner wordsmiths they re social satirists They find humor in the subversion of a stable social community 
3
Club Paradise
Sid Smith
The whole crowded thing begins to resemble a low brow Nashville 
2
Club Paradise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite its promise of a sunny lightweight good time it s a strangely angry and cynical film 
2
Club Paradise
Roger Ebert
The movie never really comes together and I think the fault for that begins with Williams When the star of a movie seems desperate enough to depend on one liners can the rest of the cast be blamed for losing confidence in the script 
2
Prom Night
Brian Eggert
The movie won apos t even satisfy viewers looking for cheap thrills and buckets of blood 46 
1
Prom Night
Mattie Lucas
The writing the acting the whole thing is done with as little imagination as possible right down to the fake out scares and nearly superhuman villain who defies logic at every turn 
0
Prom Night
David Nusair
Though a remake in name only Prom Night nevertheless improves considerably upon its eponymous predecessor 
2.5
Prom Night
Austin Kennedy
PROM NIGHT is a must avoid and is the real reason why studios don t screen certain movies for critics 
1
Prom Night
John Beifuss
If early slasher films as their critics claimed punished teens for having sex the new Prom Night punishes teens for their conspicuous consumption stretch limos hotel suites and so on 
1.5
Prom Night
Mike McGranaghan
The 1980 Prom Night was by no means a masterpiece yet it begs the question of the remake If you re going to make a slasher movie and you take out all the actual slashing what else is left 
1.5
Prom Night
Jason Anderson
A bland timid and thoroughly un thrilling teen thriller 
0
Prom Night
Peter Howell
There s absolutely zippo to fear about this movie unless you re the kind of person who jumps when formula bogeymen do exactly what you d expect them to do 
1
Prom Night
Wesley Morris
There s no suspense or perversity You don t care who lives or who dies just please make it soon 
0.5
Prom Night
Linda Cook
This date is a dud 
1
Prom Night
Sean McBride
The teen friendly rating may be good for business but it saps the film of much of its power to shock Take away the shock and there s not much left to work with 
1.5
Prom Night
Dustin Putman
A stalk and slash horror movie with precious few slashes the PG 13 rated Prom Night is a tame by the numbers affair without surprises or a point of any kind 
2
Prom Night
Larry Ratliff
Prom Night boils down to an obsessed maniac Johnathon Schaech on the loose with a knife and a disappointingly routine matter of fact plot that just doesn t cut it 
1
Prom Night
James Berardinelli
It s a bore even taking into account unintentional moments of humor that resulted in audience members jeering This is a case study for Filmmaking Ineptitude 101 
1
Prom Night
Nick Schager
So soul crushingly vapid it makes one hate high school all over again 
0
Prom Night
Sean P. Means
A dishwater dull remake whose occasional scares will thrill the slumber party crowd but barely wake up the true horror fan 
1.5
Prom Night
Chris Hewitt
What do you call a slasher movie with no slashing Dull for starters 
1
Prom Night
Maitland McDonagh
Formulaic to the core 
2
Prom Night
Josh Larsen
File Prom Night with those thrillers that make you root for the killer rather than the victims so annoying and vacuous are the picture s stars
1
Prom Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Another pointless remake of a 1980 s slasher film Prom Night doesn t exactly make the grade 
1.5
Shanghai Noon
Peter Canavese
Though the film nakedly seeks a wide audience through conventional plotting and characterization mdash and despite being like most action movies guy centric mdash Shanghai Noon provides good clean family fun Blu ray 
3
Shanghai Noon
Michael Dequina
As far as light brainless summer entertainment goes it makes the grade 
3
Shanghai Noon
Joe Lozito
This movie is not about plot which is a shame because there might have been a good story to tell here it s about fun Martial Arts action And Mr Chan as usual delivers Service with a smile 
2.5
Shanghai Noon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m pleased to report that Shanghai Noon is the best Jackie Chan movie in many moons 
3
Shanghai Noon
Jeffrey Westhoff
The movie Wild Wild West should have been 
3
Shanghai Noon
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 with the bad almost outweighing the good 44 only Chan fans would find this film any better than average 46 Not a film for viewers of all ages 44 but with just enough talent in the right places even a potential disaster can be averted 46 
2
Shanghai Noon
Margaret A. McGurk
If only a little of the resources had been spent on a good script Shanghai Noon might have been the great Jackie Chan movie his fans have been waiting for 
2.5
Shanghai Noon
Bob Graham
This is almost Mel Brooks territory The frontiersmen think the Chinese are Jews while the white settlers think it s the Sioux who are This is equal opportunity nuttiness and there s a method to it 
3
Shanghai Noon
Rob Blackwelder
Shanghai Noon is a Jackie Chan flick set in the Old West If that inventive screwball setup isn t enough by itself to get you itching to see the movie please feel free to read on 
3
Shanghai Noon
Ian Mantgani
It s one of those rare comedies that makes you gasp with laughter until your eyes are watering and you start choking Diet Coke up through your nose 
3
Shanghai Noon
Cornell & Petricelli
It has great dialogue and superb stunts and fight sequences 
3.5
Shanghai Noon
Mike Clark
This one looks like a sure bet for seven weeks at least of audience good fortune 
3
Shanghai Noon
Elias Savada
Jackie Chan continues his late blooming cinematic conquest of Hollywood with this oafish Wild West comedy an often funny formulaic and sometimes bumbling buddy movie 
3
Shanghai Noon
Marty Mapes
The movie isn t completely unlikeable but it s not for Chan connoisseurs 
2.5
Shanghai Noon
Bob Bloom
Shanghai Noon is a fun outing filled with stunts and gags that will please Chan fans It s not art but it is entertainment 
2.5
Shanghai Noon
Roger Ebert
If you see only one martial arts Western this year and there is probably an excellent chance of that this is the one 
3
Shanghai Noon
James Berardinelli
For Chan it s a step in the right direction although he has yet to be given the opportunity to bring the full force of his charisma to bear on an English speaking audience 
2.5
Shanghai Noon
Susan Stark
It s hard to imagine why anyone of any age would find other elements of this movie s attempt at a comic text even mildly amusing 
1
Shanghai Noon
Tor Thorsen
Whatever your favorite moment it d be hard to deny that Shanghai Noon is anything less than a rootin tootin chop sockin hoot 
3.5
Almost Human
Frank Ochieng
Human strains because it is so busy feeding the various mouths of it being a sci fi invasion flick slasher B movie and alien saga that it overlooks the cohesiveness of simply resting in its scaly skin as a solitary and cunning creepfest that registers
2
Almost Human
Bill Chambers
Be sure to stay through the closing credits for a tag not that it s worth it but I was the only one at my screening who did and misery loves company 
0
Almost Human
Dann Gire
Character motivation cleverness and intelligence don t factor into Almost Human a gory genre homage that could have been an underground terror treat instead of a Cult Movies Greatest Hits 
1.5
Almost Human
Glenn Lovell
It s gruesome sure but Begos is hardly your run of the mill grue merchant He knows how to tighten the screws and with a tip of the hat to Invasion of the Body Snatchers ensnarl us in an ever widening web of paranoia 
3
Almost Human
Dustin Putman
Is Almost Human an alien invasion story A gory slasher flick A tribute to B movies as a collective It is all of the above and really rather groovy 
2.5
Almost Human
David Nusair
The degree to which Almost Human ultimately peters out is rather distressing to put it mildly 
2
The Tents
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though unabashedly awed James Belzer s wide spanning overview is appropriate for newbies and lifelong Vogue readers alike 
3
Victory
Matt Brunson
Intermittently entertaining if also exceedingly imbecilic 
2
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
David Nusair
hackneyed 
2
Duet for One
Roger Ebert
This is a quirky movie about a woman who is stubborn and angry and confronts the disease in her own particular way 
3
The Girls
Fernando F. Croce
Zetterling dives waist deep into pretentiousness 46 
2
Polar Bear
Kevin Carr
They bring up the environmental peril like every ten minutes and on top of it they personify it onto the bears They take it too far outside of the documentary realm 
1.5
Polar Bear
Roger Moore
DisneyNature allows a global corporation to finance great nature filmmakers projects that pay lip service to the climate problem without having to admit We as a company dont mean it 
2.5
Polar Bear
Tom Meek
The cinematography is stunning especially the use of aerial photography 
3
The Hurt Locker
Matt Brunson
Never does Bigelow falter in her direction which by adroitly alternating between muscular and sensitive reapplies a recognizable face to a conflict that has largely slipped from the American public conscious with all the wispiness of a bad dream 
3
The Hurt Locker
Mattie Lucas
As taut and tense as a trip wire The Hurt Locker is a go for broke hang on for dear life action thrill ride 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Michael Smith
It is neither an anti war film nor a pro war film It is simply a great war film about courageous men working in chaotic situations and the collateral damage that comes with the job 
4
The Hurt Locker
Jeremy Wheeler
When the picture isn t ramping up your heart rate it switches gears and becomes an intimate character study in what war does to humankind 
4
The Hurt Locker
Jeff Beck
I wasn t exactly blown away by it no pun intended here at all but it remains an engaging film There s certainly a great story to be told in here somewhere it s just not the great film I ve been hearing about 
3
The Hurt Locker
Nick Rogers
The decade s best fictional film about its real war it s a unique perspective on the workplace high of delivering containment from chaos Some people kick PowerPoint s ass Sgt 1st Class William James saves his by defusing bombs 
4
The Hurt Locker
Wesley Lovell
A tense occasionally meandering story about bomb defusers in Iraq 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Jordan Hiller
What the great Kathryn s film accomplishes in its own starkly intelligent way however is to make the token war is hell argument but through the filtered lens of a superior B action movie her forte 
3
The Hurt Locker
Jay Antani
most startling of all the film s accomplishments is how it approximates the soldiers feeling of utter anxiety as they fight a war on foreign soil
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Josh Larsen
Your nerves are shot after the first sequence of The Hurt Locker which means you watch the rest of the movie while suffering from post traumatic stress 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Robert Roten
This is not just a character study This film has battle scenes of such immediacy intensity and suspense it puts the battle scenes in most other war movies to shame 
4
The Hurt Locker
Sonny Bunch
The Hurt Locker is an action packed thriller of the first order the most entertaining movie to be made to date about the Iraq war 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Linda Cook
It s slang for You re headed for a pounding And so you are 
4
The Hurt Locker
John Beifuss
A thoughtful nail biter that inspires us to appreciate the precariousness and relative brevity of existence 
4
The Hurt Locker
Michael Sragow
This film pioneers observational action moviemaking It sensitizes you to changes in atmosphere that portend danger and convey hidden meaning while furthering the plot and the characters 
4
The Hurt Locker
James Kendrick
a visceral heart pounding experience that is easily the best film yet to made about the current war in Iraq and also one of the best war films of the past decade
4
The Hurt Locker
Lori Hoffman
The Hurt Locker is a movie that finds the truth in war without all the political static that too often in the past has kept the voice of the soldier from being heard 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Eric Melin
It is one of those movies where the story arc just kind of sneaks up on you when you re not looking It s a lot like the situation that its principal characters find themselves in every day 
3
The Hurt Locker
Rene Rodriguez
Like every war before it the U S invasion of Iraq has generated its share of movies But The Hurt Locker is the first of them that can properly be called a masterpiece 
4
The Hurt Locker
Duane Dudek
If The Hurt Locker doesn t capture what it s like to serve or live in Iraq no film ever will 
4
The Hurt Locker
Robert W. Butler
Employing handheld cameras and very little music Bigelow creates a claustrophobic and palpably dangerous environment in which one mistake could prove disastrous 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Mike Scott
If The Hurt Locker doesn t break the curse of the low performing Iraq war movie then nothing likely will at least not anytime soon 
4
The Hurt Locker
Calvin Wilson
The Hurt Locker is at once an unforgettable war film and a brilliant character study 
4
The Hurt Locker
Sean O'Connell
There s a definite absence of Hollywood gloss in Bigelow s film which was appreciated 
3
The Hurt Locker
Peter Keough
Kathryn Bigelow s films have ranged from Near Dark 1987 to near disaster but here for the first time she forges her mastery of detail composition pacing psychological insight and perverse beauty into a masterpiece 
4
The Hurt Locker
Gina Carbone
First female best director Oscar right here 
3.75
The Hurt Locker
Rossiter Drake
As emotionally involving an action movie as you re likely to find this year much less this summer The Hurt Locker is also a tense forceful meditation on the addictive nature of combat 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Lisa Kennedy
The miserably visceral exists here not as exploitation but out of the demands of authenticity 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Mick LaSalle
We ve had good and very good Iraq movies for several years now but The Hurt Locker has a fullness of understanding that sets it apart 
4
The Hurt Locker
Sean P. Means
The movie speaks volumes about war and the toll war takes on the men who fight and die in uniform precisely because it says very little about the particulars of this war 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Tom Keogh
As unpredictable and tragic as it is genuinely riveting 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Peter Howell
Just when you thought the battle of Iraq war dramas had been fought and lost along comes one that demands to be seen if you can handle the raging adrenaline 
4
The Hurt Locker
Peter Canavese
With the help of a well informed screenplay by journalist Mark Boal Bigelow dispenses with the red wire blue wire lies Hollywood told you and replaces them with a heady brew of documentary realism and action poetry 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Rafer Guzman
The Hurt Locker leaves an impression It practically leaves a bruise 
3
The Hurt Locker
Steven Rea
Like all the best war movies no matter what war what era The Hurt Locker goes to the core of human nature 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Wesley Morris
Screenwriter Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow have made a unique film about war 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Michael Phillips
Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have made the first fictional feature about American soldiers in Iraq that doesn t fall apart or preach to a choir or turn into a position paper 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Roger Ebert
The Hurt Locker is a spellbinding war film by Kathryn Bigelow a master of stories about men and women who choose to be in physical danger 
4
The Hurt Locker
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kathryn Bigelow s new motion picture The Hurt Locker is everything you ve heard and more 
4
The Hurt Locker
Dustin Putman
A raw and unnerving thriller that gets its impact from taut intimate suspense scenes low on bombast and high on the potential costs of military duty 
2.5
The Hurt Locker
Kyle Smith
Despite its pumped up admiration for our troops and some scenes that spurt adrenaline like a fire hose this sort of thriller about a bomb squad working in 2004 is stretched both timewise and for plausibility 
2.5
The Hurt Locker
Claudia Puig
Finally Hollywood has made a great film about the Iraq War 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Scott Nash
A brilliant and emotionally powerful war flick 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Mark Medley
The Hurt Locker is a difficult film to watch brutal and unflinching You never feel like you can invest in a character because the next second they could be blown away The film ratches up the tension like few movies in recent memory 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Stephen Whitty
Offers a fresh take on the war and the men in it 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not too soon to declare The Hurt Locker a masterpiece from this gifted and underrated director But it s the kind of popcorn masterpiece that people might actually like to see 
4
The Hurt Locker
Peter Travers
Here s the Iraq War movie for those who don t like Iraq War movies 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Liam Lacey
There is something powerfully convincing about Bigelow s way of placing the viewer in a situation where death is unpredictable can come from 360 degrees and is indiscriminate about who it takes 
4
The Hurt Locker
James Berardinelli
More than any recent movie this has a you are there feel to it that gives us a flavor of an Iraq we don t see on the nightly newscasts 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
Fernando F. Croce
A coolly elegant kineticist Kathryn Bigelow specializes in impressionistic phallus jostles 
3.5
The Hurt Locker
James Adams
Bigelow and cinematographer Barry Ackroyd crank up the tension to nail biting gut churning extremes and the mayhem is powerfully visceral 
3
The Hurt Locker
David Nusair
46 46 46 uncommonly taut and uniformly well acted 46 46 46 
3
The Station Agent
Josh Larsen
There isn t a character location or situation in The Station Agent that could exist anywhere other than in a screenplay 
1.5
The Station Agent
Nick Rogers
Peter Dinklage details Fin s solitude in single glances but his countenance also warms to eventual friendship It s an attenuated reserved realistic performance bolstered when we learn Fin is silent because shouting only summons repressed rage 
3.5
The Station Agent
Jay Antani
a charmingly simple character study
3
The Station Agent
Judith Egerton
The movie has humor that s not derived from ridicule and an appeal based on the idea that relationships can be a comforting buffer in an often cruel world 
3.5
The Station Agent
James Verniere
Illustrates much of what is good and some of what is bad about American independent cinema 
3
The Station Agent
David N. Butterworth
A little gem 
4
The Station Agent
Lori Hoffman
The Station Agent is quietly effective touching one moment hilarious the next 
3.5
The Station Agent
Gabe Leibowitz
A dull and obvious film posing as a subtle character study 
1
The Station Agent
Linda Cook
I don t remember a more unusual or more loving movie than The Station Agent Ever 
4
The Station Agent
Greg Maki
If you re feeling a bit lonely or if you just want to see an extraordinary film pay them a visit I don t think you ll be disappointed 
4
The Station Agent
Moira MacDonald
While many movies reintroduce us to the same old types The Station Agent is an original you ve never seen these people on screen before and it s a pleasure to make their acquaintance 
3
The Station Agent
Elias Savada
Here is a film with talent sophistication humor and sensitivity rolled into a joyous grief cleansing heart lifting 90 minutes 
4
The Station Agent
Ross Anthony
I liked it 
3.5
The Station Agent
John Beifuss
When the movie ended I felt as if the characters were my friends and I wished I could be up on the screen with them 
3.5
The Station Agent
Lawrence Toppman
A triumph 
3.5
The Station Agent
Bob Bloom
The Station Agent does not overwhelm you Rather it envelops you like a warm embrace from a loving relative or close friend 
4
The Station Agent
Matt Brunson
A splendid human drama about making the sorts of connections that don t require a dial up tone 
4
The Station Agent
Duane Dudek
McCarthy gives this spare character drama the emotional locomotion it requires to travel between loss and hope one inch at a time 
3.5
The Station Agent
Rob Thomas
It s just a marvelous unforced character study about a group of individuals gradually becoming a community 
3.5
The Station Agent
Megan Lehmann
The powerfully understated charmer The Station Agent is nothing more and nothing less than the quiet study of a gently unfurling friendship between three misfits 
3.5
The Station Agent
Joe Baltake
For 88 all too brief minutes we get to hang out with very companionable people eavesdrop on their small talk and come to know them intimately perhaps more intimately than we can get to know our own family members 
4
The Station Agent
Sean P. Means
Dinklage does what a good actor should do he uses his life experience to make his character ring true 
3.5
The Station Agent
Frank Ochieng
an impeccably heartfelt and intimate charmer highlighted with a mature and touching element of sentimentality 
3.5
The Station Agent
Jeanne Aufmuth
First time writer director Tom McCarthy has an innate sense of timing exhibiting an instinctive flair for spare filmmaking 
3.5
The Station Agent
Steve Rhodes
You ll be glad that you chose a movie with such genuine characters who had such a heartfelt story to tell 
3
The Station Agent
Dustin Putman
A magical slice of life whose small scale nature is part of its effervescent charm 
3
The Station Agent
David Nusair
There aren t many movies with characters as involving as in The Station Agent and for that alone it s worth seeking out 
3.5
The Station Agent
Glenn Kenny
All of the actors are a great pleasure to watch 
3
The Station Agent
Ruthe Stein
As touching and original a movie as you re likely to see this year 
4
The Station Agent
Connie Ogle
Despite its humble nature the film is downright uplifting without being vulgar flashy or embarrassing 
3
The Station Agent
Michael Booth
There s a lot to discover in The Station Agent New faces terrific acting gentle directing and more than a few geeky train facts 
3.5
The Station Agent
Wesley Morris
Dinklage s face and demeanor his sense of solitude ballasts some of the film s loonier episodes There s always something on his mind and you re always wondering what it is 
3
The Station Agent
Chris Hewitt
Each of these characters has a generic can be summed up with one character trait quality and there s no compelling reason for them to exist or for their stories to be told 
2
The Station Agent
Terry Lawson
A film of small pleasures 
3
The Station Agent
Roger Ebert
Yes this is a comedy but it s also sad and finally it s simply a story about trying to figure out what you love to do and then trying to figure out how to do it 
3.5
The Station Agent
Bruce Newman
There are as many sharply observed moments as there are surprisingly funny ones 
3.5
The Station Agent
Steven Rea
Like the best sort of short story The Station Agent captures lives in fleeting but telling moments 
3.5
The Station Agent
Allison Benedikt
A beautifully sincere character driven film 
3
The Station Agent
Marty Mapes
Shows how effective proximity can be in creating new friendships
3
The Station Agent
Tony Toscano
experience this wonderful movie as soon as possible 
4
The Station Agent
Chris Knight
Like a good novel The Station Agent presents characters who seem like they will continue on their journey even after we have left them 
3.5
The Station Agent
Timothy Knight
An offbeat charmer 
3
The Station Agent
Rick Groen
The kind of film that s sentimental but not sloppy that invites you into its warm heart without offending your cynical head 
3
The Station Agent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Carefully and lovingly documents the ways in which these characters fill their time and grow closer 
3
The Station Agent
Michael Szymanski
It s a wonderfully simple story about feeling like a geek and realizing that you re not alone 
4
The Station Agent
Elizabeth Weitzman
This Sundance winner deserves every accolade it s earned so far for the way the director and his cast sidestep the script s inherent obstacles of eccentricity and whimsy 
3.5
The Station Agent
Kit Bowen
One of those little films you remember in a big way 
4
The Station Agent
Glenn Whipp
It s a small film rather insubstantial when you boil it down to its essentials but it benefits greatly from its three strong lead 
3
The Station Agent
Mike Clark
A very likable but make no mistake modest first feature 
3
The Station Agent
John Anderson
A movie with an intellectual existence both on and off the screen as well as an emotional resonance that is difficult to shake 
3
The Station Agent
Walter Chaw
It s a wonderful picture that hides its sprawling aspirations in a modest package 
4
The Station Agent
Peter Travers
It s something special 
3
The Station Agent
Ed Gonzalez
McCarthy evokes the loneliness of Finbar s life using simple stretches of silence and a series of long shots that call attention to the man s small stature 
3
Better Late
Steve Rhodes
Rod Roeser gives an empathetic and serious performance as Hal the would be bridegroom 
2.5
Under California: The Limit of Time
Jorge Avila Andrade
Verdaderamente impactante con elementos con los que realizamos un viaje hacia nuestro pasado para as poder tratar de comprender nuestro presente y fincar un mejor futuro
3.5
Haunt
Brian Eggert
Although I ve seen plenty of horror movies with similar plotting and more compelling characters few slashers have disturbed me and continue to disturb me as much as Haunt 
3
Haunt
David Nusair
A perfectly average horror flick 
2.5
Haunt
Sara Michelle Fetters
Haunt ends up being a well plotted suitably sinister little shocker that proves to pack an agreeably malevolent little punch 
3
Haunt
Jeff York
Haunt is a brisk and stimulating ride one you ll likely come out of feeling spooked and quite satisfied 
3
Haunt
Joey Magidson
Haunt will appeal to unfussy horror fans 
3
Haunt
Richard Roeper
Though it s from the writers of A Quiet Place the grisly horror gem plays more like a Saw movie 
3.5
Haunt
Mark Dujsik
There s some chillingly effective technique that keeps the premise going 
3
Haunt
Christian Toto
A spare premise gives way to thrills chills and a singular horror treat 
3
Haunt
Linda Cook
A treat for cinephiles and haunted house aficionados 
3
Motel Hell
David Nusair
It s certainly a workable promising setup that s consistently employed to inept and flat out unwatchable effect 
.5
Motel Hell
John Beifuss
The movie is slapsticky and obvious but it includes one genuinely nightmarish concept Vincent and Ida cultivate a secret garden of moaning and gurgling burlap sacks bags that cover the heads of the couple s buried to the neck victims 
2.5
Motel Hell
Mike McGranaghan
A perverse film both in its humor and its horror 
3
Motel Hell
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review For genre fans of the offbeat horrific and tongue in cheek Scream Factory s impressively packed Collector s Edition Blu ray release of Motel Hell is worth seeking out 
2.5
Motel Hell
Roger Ebert
Motel Hell is a welcome change of pace it s to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Airplane is to Airport 
3
Motel Hell
Collin Souter
For an insanely silly drive in horror comedy with its tongue planted firmly in cheek Motel Hell has it all 
3.5
Panic in Year Zero
Matt Brunson
A solid B flick and its depiction of humanity post apocalypse is startling in its harshness 
3
The Secrets We Keep
Barry Hertz
The Secrets We Keep is a solid well acted and slightly predictable drama of morals whose novelty evaporates once you realize that the general beats of the story itself have been presented before to far more haunting effect 
2
The Secrets We Keep
Steven Prokopy
The strength of the lead actors is so undeniable it makes the material seem more thought provoking than perhaps it deserves 
2.5
The Secrets We Keep
Glenn Kenny
This movie examines disturbing issues in the most unhelpful way possible 
1
The Secrets We Keep
Mark Dujsik
The Secrets We Keep seems to evolve into a story about facing the realities and questions of vengeance but ultimately the story is nowhere as complex 
2.5
The Secrets We Keep
Derek Smith
The film is ultimately too tidy to embrace anything truly startling or unexpected either stylistically or narratively 
2.5
The Secrets We Keep
Mike McGranaghan
A first rate adult thriller 
3.5
Bride of Frankenstein
David Reddish
Chock full of stunning black and white photography groundbreaking make up and special effects and mad dark comedy classic horror doesnt get much better than Bride of Frankenstein It doesnt get much gayer either 
4
Bride of Frankenstein
Roger Ebert
Seen today Whale s masterpiece is more surprising than when it was made because today s audiences are more alert to its buried hints of homosexuality necrophilia and sacrilege But you don t have to deconstruct it to enjoy it 
4
Bride of Frankenstein
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A classic much better than the relatively straightforward original 
4
Bride of Frankenstein
Bob Graham
The Bride of Frankenstein has an in your face audacity that hasn t dimmed all that much after 63 years 
4
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
David Nusair
cute enough 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Bill Chambers
The first dud in the would be trilogy
2
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Willie Waffle
After a rough start Lilo and Stitch 2 finally finds its story to become an emotional and entertaining film climax will require parents to have frank discussions with kids
2.5
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four
Mike McGranaghan
Fascinating and sometimes funny This is one of the most candid behind the scenes documentaries of recent times because the interviewees have no reason to suppress their true feelings 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Matt Brunson
Don t miss this one 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Mattie Lucas
An astonishing filmmaking debut that could have only been made by someone who has lived it lending it an impressive sense of authenticity and honesty that is hard to shake 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Roger Moore
Not the deepest doc up for an Oscar this year but certainly the most approachable 
3
Minding the Gap
John Beifuss
May be a form of therapeutic exorcism for the filmmaker but it s a portrait of all American despair economic and otherwise for us complete with racial discomfort cycles of domestic abuse skateboard acrobatics and Fourth of July fireworks 
4
Minding the Gap
Alan French
You may think you re looking into the world of skateboarding but this film is a rich text about growing up domestic violence and being poor in America 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Mark Dujsik
It s a shared story of pain and ultimately hope told with compassion and urgency 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Richard Roeper
The score by Nathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero is sparse and beautiful and perfect The editing is brilliant 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Michael Phillips
Much of Minding the Gap is painful to witness but as past and present intersect and recombine and Liu s wealth of footage coalesces the finished film becomes a cautiously hopeful and even cathartic experience 
4
Minding the Gap
Kent Turner
It s startlingly reflective not only because it contradicts the first impression of bro bonhomie but for the onscreen vulnerability 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Josh Larsen
imbues skateboarding imagery with a transcendent glory 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the year s great small treasures Bing Liu s extraordinary documentary Minding the Gap is like a deluxe skateboarding video yet so much more 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Matt Zoller Seitz
It would be impressive even without the palpable sense of connection and understanding that Liu brings to the material but its easygoing intimacy is what puts it over the top 
4
Minding the Gap
G. Allen Johnson
A layered complex portrait of a group of broken young men and one broken young woman whose prospects in the seemingly dead end town of Rockford Ill appear bleak 
3
Minding the Gap
Chuck Bowen
Throughout Minding the Gap Bing Liu masterfully uses his insider s access managing to stay inside and outside of the material at once 
3
Minding the Gap
Rob Thomas
The film is ultimately a testament to the friendship that this skate crew manages to sustain even when their lives get too busy and complicated for them to do much skating 
3.5
Minding the Gap
Sean P. Means
Liu s camerawork and editing are amazing 
4
Learning to Drive
Eric D. Snider
A perfectly pleasant 90 minute diversion with little conflict and no major drama You could watch these two act all day 
3
Learning to Drive
John Wirt
Despite Patricia Clarkson s performance and screenwriter Sarah Kernochan s expansion of Katha Pollitt s 2002 New Yorker essay the film still feels undercooked 
2
Learning to Drive
Anders Wright
Charming and often very funny 
3
Learning to Drive
Steven Rea
Learning to Drive is a story of companionship loneliness resilience It s a small artfully crafted thing but it resonates in big ways 
3.5
Learning to Drive
Moira MacDonald
It s a beautifully acted tale of friendship and about how sometimes you just need to move forward in a car or otherwise 
3.5
Learning to Drive
Ann Hornaday
Learning to Drive would be an entirely inert expedition were it not for Clarkson who plays against Kingsley s sentinel of propriety with her signature radiance and birdlike gracefulness 
2
Learning to Drive
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It may seem at a glance like something awfully cutesy and potentially annoying But if you look just below the surface it contains Coixet s usual mature humanist touches 
3
Learning to Drive
Peter Keough
Endearing mordant and impeccably acted 
3
Learning to Drive
Mark Dujsik
Learning to Drive feels as if it has been manufactured to elicit as much sweetness as possible 
2.5
Learning to Drive
Brad Wheeler
Coixet Clarkson and Kingsley have worked together previously in the 2008 drama Elegy but this is the Spanish filmmaker s first crack at comedy She passes the test seemingly with ease 
3
Learning to Drive
Richard Ouzounian
Learning to Drive may be a small movie but it s a haunting one 
3.5
Learning to Drive
Michael Phillips
Clarkson develops a push pull rapport with Kingsley that fills in the blanks or rather mitigates the script s on the nose tendencies 
2.5
Learning to Drive
Walter V. Addiego
Learning to Drive offers some hit and miss pleasures but may finally strike you as pedestrian 
2
Learning to Drive
Roger Moore
Cast pitched and paced for an older audience a gentle almost romance that works well enough 
2.5
Learning to Drive
Odie Henderson
This film is a little too on the nose in its automobile as freedom metaphors but that didn t hurt my enjoyment I found myself rooting for this small quiet dramedy to succeed For the most part it does just fine 
3
Learning to Drive
Stephen Whitty
As these two actors travel this road together they create both in the driver s ed car and within each scene a small safe space where every gesture is simultaneously small and incredibly important 
3.5
Learning to Drive
Kyle Smith
The movie putters along as softly as Wendy drives Despite its lack of narrative horsepower though its character sketches are pleasing 
2.5
Learning to Drive
Clayton Dillard
Instead of using the titular metaphor as a means to seek deeper darker ends Isabel Coixet proceeds to restate it over and over again 
1.5
The Band Wagon
Josh Larsen
Manic Minnelli which isn t always for me 
2.5
The Band Wagon
Lou Lumenick
Sorry the beloved Singin in the Rain isn t the finest of the legendary MGM musicals The Band Wagon has better music better dances better direction more lavish sets and costumes and a wittier script by the same writers 
4
The Band Wagon
Matt Brunson
While not as perceptive or hilarious as 1952 s Singin in the Rain in its skewering of backstage shenanigans among artists it offers plenty of choice observations 
3
The Band Wagon
Wesley Lovell
A fun musical with creative choreography but far too little substance 
3
The Pirate Fairy
Dustin Putman
A congenial animated feature that grown ups can enjoy parents will appreciate for its valuable themes and little ones will be over the moon about 
2.5
The Resistance Banker
Roger Moore
Sturdy engrossing if patience testing drama about the money game the Dutch played with the Nazis in financing their resistance during World War II 
2.5
Orpheus
Mattie Lucas
Cocteau saw film as a kind of poetry on celluloid and never is that more clear than in Orpheus which is the director s ultimate statement of his own artistic philosophies 
4
Orpheus
Eric Melin
Pretentious Certainly but full of the joy of filmmaking and there is a fairly coherent light through all the madness It may illuminate man s obsessions and idol worship in a cautionary way but Cocteau is also embracing those very ideas with his film 
3.5
Orpheus
James Kendrick
a paragon of magical realism that transports the ancient Greek myth into the then modern realm of postwar France
4
Orpheus
Jeremy Heilman
Cocteau rarely fumbles here which is remarkable considering what he is attempting 
4
Orpheus
Roger Ebert
Seeing Orpheus today is like glimpsing a cinematic realm that has passed completely from the scene 
4
The Mechanic
Roger Moore
Somewhat faithful to the original but a stupendously violent fiasco that weasels its way into being unlikable 
1.5
The Mechanic
Jeff Beck
If you re looking for substance character development and an engaging storyline you ll sadly be disappointed as this film is seriously lacking in all three of those areas 
2
The Mechanic
Una LaMarche
The Mechanic is like a Beretta loaded with blanks quick and brutal but ultimately empty 
2
The Mechanic
David Nusair
A substantial improvement over its impossibly dull predecessor 
3
The Mechanic
Linda Cook
The Mechanic is kind of a remake of a 1970s era Charles Bronson movie And it s kind of a vehicle for Jason Statham who has cemented his reputation as a tough guy action star in the Transporter and Crank series 
2.5
The Mechanic
Matt Brunson
Yet one more formula flick about a taciturn killer who despite his penchant for slaying and maiming actually turns out to be the kind of nice guy you might consider Friending on Facebook 
1.5
The Mechanic
Tom Meek
Tomb Raider maestro Simon West s remake of the 1972 action thriller can t be bothered with nuance intrigue or piquant detail 
2.5
The Mechanic
Lori Hoffman
The plot feels like a standard issue R rated action picture from the 1970s which is not a good thing when the current year is 2011 
2
The Mechanic
Mike Scott
Like the original it is a moody atmospheric film one boasting significantly more depth than your typical blow em up 
3
The Mechanic
Keith Cohen
This is a movie you seek out for action rather than acting and character development It provides a great escape from the winter doldrums 
2.5
The Mechanic
Christian Toto
The Mechanic threatens to deviate from the Statham Action Movie Template but only for about 40 minutes 
2
The Mechanic
Sue Pierman
The 2011 film by comparison is a tightly wound more stylish creature 
3
The Mechanic
Stephen Whitty
The new stunts are explosive over the top and a sign of the times action fans aren t happy these days it seems unless at least one scene involves a jackknifing 18 wheeler and a fireball 
3
The Mechanic
Rossiter Drake
If Bronson moved to the cadence of a death march a drawn out requiem for an executioner losing his taste for the work Statham s hurtles toward a climax that s less diabolical but more satisfying 
3
The Mechanic
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s flash without the sizzle an appetizer without the main course and by the time it was finished setting itself up for the requisite sequel I was mentally already halfway out the door to forgetting about it completely 
2
The Mechanic
Liam Lacey
There just isn t enough consistent energy to light up the glum generic plot or enliven the one dimensional performances 
2
The Mechanic
Tyler Hanley
A weak script and a fumbled climax seriously deflate what could have been an explosive thriller 
2
The Mechanic
John Beifuss
A solid if unnecessary and compromised remake of the 1972 existential hitman thriller 
2.5
The Mechanic
Peter Travers
The result is just good enough to pass as an action flick you watch with the forgiving gaze that comes from too many beers and too little sleep 
2
The Mechanic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jason Statham with his growling British accent and his working class looks is one of the best action heroes in years and he steps easily into Charles Bronson s shoes 
3
The Mechanic
Joe Williams
Even by the sloppy soulless standards of hit man movies The Mechanic is a mess 
1
The Mechanic
Chris Hewitt
Statham has at least three more movies coming out this year I bet at least one of them will be better 
2
The Mechanic
Lou Lumenick
Considerably more fun than the rather lethargic original 
3
The Mechanic
John Anderson
The Mechanic 2011 edition is a striking looking work combining an arty inkiness with a retro graininess that more or less screams 1970s albeit without the cliches and flatness If only you liked the people in the picture 
2.5
The Mechanic
Mick LaSalle
To the extent it makes sense it s a collection of time honored cliches and to the extent that it s original The Mechanic is insane bordering on gloriously insane 
3
The Mechanic
Dustin Putman
What are we supposed to take away from the film Director Simon West would probably prefer that we not bother to think about it or anything at all 
2
The Mechanic
John Hartl
West s slick fairly faithful new remake gives partial screenplay credit to Lewis John Carlino who wrote the original Mechanic But the picture isn t likely to do for Jason Statham what the 1972 film did for Bronson 
2
The Mechanic
Tom Russo
An intermittently arresting mostly standard action entry that deals death noisily more than cleverly a lot like the original 
2
The Mechanic
Jay Stone
People who think they don t make movies like they used to should check out The Mechanic a persuasive replica of a 1970s B film with much of the same genre splatter 
2.5
The Mechanic
Steven Rea
It s about gunplay and pricey sports cars bursting into flames while three or four cameras capture the moment In slo mo Cue the cool music 
2
The Mechanic
Robert W. Butler
How much longer can Statham keep afloat unremarkable action pictures Will he ever burst out of his comfort zone and surprise us 
2
The Mechanic
Christopher Lloyd
Credit this action flick with self awareness It doesn t try to dazzle with deep meditations on aging assassins filled with regret This is a movie devoted to celebrating mayhem which it does with straightforward flair 
3
The Mechanic
Greg Quill
Standard Statham stuff 
2
The Mechanic
Rene Rodriguez
Haven t we already had enough movies about solitary enigmatic hit men Is there anything possibly left to do with the genre that s new 
2
The Mechanic
Roger Ebert
The Mechanic tells a story as old as Hamlet in a style as new as unbaked bread What s the point 
2
The Mechanic
Phil Villarreal
The movie has about as much of a story and character motivation as the video game Pac Man but that s OK 
3
The Mechanic
James Berardinelli
The Mechanic is adequate light entertainment for those who enjoy thrillers but it is uneven and the underwhelming ending will disappoint those who enjoyed the delicious irony served up by its predecessor 
2.5
The Mechanic
Nick Schager
If more dutiful than dynamic it does fix what was previously broke making over its subpar predecessor into a generic yet serviceable Statham vehicle 
2.5
My Mother Likes Women
Rob Thomas
It s a warm sunny film that should remind viewers favorably of an early Aldomovar film in which strong beautiful but slightly nutty women carry the day 
3
My Mother Likes Women
Wesley Morris
Elvira Sol and Jimena named for women in the life of El Cid are so spoiled and blind to their mother s happiness that they re often thoroughly unpleasant 
2
My Mother Likes Women
Peter Canavese
A graceless film about hateful people apart from some Prague scenery in the last act My Mother Likes Women is thoroughly ugly 
0
My Mother Likes Women
Chris Hewitt
An aggressively silly take on subject matter that deserves more thought but the performers virtually all of whom are women have so much energy and conviction you almost don t notice 
2
My Mother Likes Women
Steve Rhodes
Sard never makes a believable lesbian 
2
My Mother Likes Women
David Nusair
it s hard not to root for all these characters to get what they want 
2.5
My Mother Likes Women
Rick Groen
My Mother Likes Women wants keenly to be hip and modern but really it s just an old fashioned drawing room comedy 
2
My Mother Likes Women
Connie Ogle
Slight but amusing and likable 
3
My Mother Likes Women
Gene Seymour
It s trying so hard to be a crowd pleaser that it never stops to think that you might want to find its characters behavior believable 
2.5
My Mother Likes Women
V.A. Musetto
Corny and forgettable 
2
My Mother Likes Women
Jack Mathews
There s a strong heart beating beneath the foolishness and one wonderful performance from Leonor Watling 
2.5
Nina
Marta Barber
Everything in this film is as fake as a copied painting We ve seen it all before and we ve seen it done better 
1.5
Woyzeck
Walter Chaw
Often painful but never truly affecting 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
James Kendrick
Sollima brings a dark visual intensity to the film and the action sequences work on their own merit but still fail to bring the various strands of the narrative together in an emotionally compelling way
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Lindsey Bahr
The good news is that Without Remorse is pretty great when it comes to the action and there is a lot of it 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Excluding dadcore classic The Hunt for Red October the history of films based on Tom Clancy s doorstop military tomes is as long flat and drab as an aircraft carrier The Michael B Jordan led Without Remorse only further squashes that reputation 
1
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mark Meszoros
This new Ryanverse entry brings a lot of action mainly in the form of loud machine gun fire to your living room along with a solid performance by Michael B Jordan in the titular role It also carries with it a lot of predictability 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Walter Chaw
Without Remorse at least offers a medieval sense of chivalry to go with its blunt medieval instrument of war 
3
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Sara Michelle Fetters
While it s no Hunt for Red October this stripped down unapologetically retro thriller still gets the job done 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Steven Prokopy
What Without Remorse does so successfully is capture the spirit of Clancy s writing 
3
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Sean P. Means
Clancy was never a subtle writer between the armaments and machismo and writers Taylor Sheridan and Will Staples do little to rein in those impulses 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Richard Roeper
The charismatic leading man Jordan isn t at his best in by the book spy thriller 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Kevin Carr
This felt more like the size of Atomic Blonde without a naked Charlize Theron as compared to a Bond movie 
3
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s largely thanks to the powerful charismatic Jordan that the movie works as well as it does it effortlessly becomes the most entertaining Clancy movie since the days of Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin 
3
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Sonny Bunch
The sort of movie that reminds you why having hope for franchise fare is so often a bad idea 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Tom Meek
The well choreographed shootouts and beatdowns puncture the drudgery enough to keep your lids open but in between it s all pink filler 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Oliver Jones
With his outrageously articulated physique and an unsmiling visage featuring faraway eyes conveying both determination and recently experienced loss Jordan is more than up to the task 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Michael Phillips
Something to kill 100 minutes or so while you re avoiding something else delivered in an impersonal but not unskillful manner 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mick LaSalle
Sollima knows how to film violence so individual moments stand out What Sollima can t do is make a good movie from a bad script 
1
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
James Berardinelli
For something based on a Clancy novel it s disappointingly lacking in the author s trademark complexity and detail This is pure disposable entertainment nothing more nothing less 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Rafer Guzman
I t still feels like a made for television movie a Friday night time passer whose characters dialogue and plot all feel purely stock 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Johnny Oleksinski
E ven with a star as charismatic and physically formidable as Jordan audiences won t be hungry for a single sequel 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mark Dujsik
Without Remorse promises a sequel so here s hoping the character gets a deeper more thoughtful and at least slightly critical assessment then 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Randy Myers
By resurrecting Clancy s second tier hero Kelly and casting Black Panther actor Jordan Without Remorse shows improves on its source material and delivers a satisfyingly sleek and ultra violent spy thriller 
3
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Katie Walsh
This conspiracy behind the story feels like a 1970s paranoid political thriller but Sollima is no Alan J Pakula Rather than a slick lean or even interesting aesthetic Without Remorse is brutal and muddy 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Joey Magidson
Tom Clancy s Without Remorse may never generate a sequel but your dad is likely to enjoy this one quite a bit if he can get on Prime Video 
2.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mike McGranaghan
Tom Clancy s Without Remorse is too thin in its story and too repetitive in its action sequences to make much of an impression 
2
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Leo Brady
Without Remorse holds nothing back and the final result is a thrilling rollercoaster of hardcore action 
3
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Odie Henderson
The plot of Amazon s Tom Clancy s Without Remorse is so indecipherable that I could just type that symbol Prince once used and it would serve as a valid synopsis 
1.5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mark Hanson
The film is a disastrous amalgamation of modern day tech savvy thrills and Clancy s conservative expressions of patriotism 
1
Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe
Roger Moore
Revealing cute but skin deep dive into the world of burlesque as practiced by passionate amateurs in Portland Oregon
2.5
Jackpot
Bruce Ingram
Unabashedly derivative but nonetheless entertaining 
3
Jackpot
Brian Tallerico
Jackpot plays like an over the top story told by a drunken film fan at a bar Dude I just saw this movie and it was CRAZY You have to see it Trust me you don t 
1.5
Jackpot
Mark Dujsik
Here is a mean spirited movie about bad hearted people in which the central question seems to be which of these characters is the nastiest of the lot 
1.5
Jackpot
Dann Gire
It s probably a good thing that the characters are so unlikeably dumb in Magnus Martens violent black comedy Jackpot You don t want to become attached to any of these guys They tend to disappear quicker than cast members on Game of Thrones 
2.5
Jackpot
Nick Schager
Guy Ritchie may have creatively moved on from his Tarantino inspired debut Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels but international crime cinema has not as again evidenced by Jackpot 
1
First Man
Brian Eggert
Both pays tribute to and realizes the necessity of people who can internalize their rather profound feelings for a cause greater than themselves 
3
First Man
Jason Fraley
Chazelle has done it again delivering one of the finest space films ever made by focusing on the everyday humanism of our reluctant heroes rather than flag waving cliches thus cementing his place on the forefront of the next frontier of cinema 
4
First Man
Wesley Lovell
A thrilling well constructed character drama that doesn t pull its punches 
4
First Man
Mattie Lucas
Chazelle takes an epic tale and brings it down to earth making the monumental personal and the historic immediate Rarely are films of this scale so deeply intimate and yet so grandly realized 
3.5
First Man
Matt Brunson
Chazelle s approach might keep emotions grounded longer than necessary but First Man nevertheless takes flight when it matters most 
3
First Man
Federico Furzan
Chazelle s biopic about Neil Armstrong is candid and humble Award season fuel that lacks a certain ferocity to be considered an epic and worthy biography 
3
First Man
Ernesto Diezmartinez
What do Tony Soprano Gary Cooper and Neil Armstrong have in common Full review in Spanish 
3
First Man
Mark Johnson
First Man is an astonishing triumph of ingenuity and dexterity simply brilliant 
4
First Man
Joseph Braverman
First Man is an astonishing triumph of ingenuity and dexterity simply brilliant 
4
First Man
Linda Cook
First Man takes flight as a stellar history of the first man on the moon 
4
First Man
James Kendrick
deserves kudos for bravery in tackling a difficult character and refusing to soft sell his shortcomings or offer easy pabulum to the audience who might be looking for some superficial reinforcement of American greatness
3.5
First Man
Pamela Powell
It is a spectacular feat in retelling history and the journey of getting to the moon We learn of the men who paved that path some by laying down their own lives to make it possible 
3.5
First Man
Max Weiss
In the same way that a great war film puts you on the battlefield this film puts you inside the cockpit inside the spacesuit and inside those tremulous heartstopping moments before Armstrong made his famous leap for mankind 
3
First Man
Alan French
What the two men Gosling Chazelle have created is nearly a masterpiece and will remain one of the best films of 2018 
3.5
First Man
Joe Friar
First Man is a visually spectacular film that should be viewed on an IMAX screen however Chazelle fails to make an emotional contact with the audience 
3
First Man
Sarah Knight Adamson
Quote from the past Behind every successful man there is a woman Claire Foy as Janet Armstrong shines as she s written to portray strength love uncertainty and fortitude 
3.5
First Man
Mike McGranaghan
An inspiring work It celebrates the heroism and triumph of our country s astronauts in a way we haven t quite seen before 
4
First Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
From start to finish the moon landing segment is arguably the most sensational bit of filmmaking I ve had the pleasure of witnessing in all of 2018 
3
First Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yields at least two spectacular scenes The rest is a little more uneven 
2.5
First Man
Allyson Johnson
It s a shame the story in First Man which on paper should be effective is overshadowed by the film s colder aspects 
2.5
First Man
Sonny Bunch
IMAX s superior technical possibilities are often used for spectacle and that s fine But Chazelle has done something more important with the large format He s made a thematic point 
3
First Man
Robert Levin
Chazelle brings the movie a keen eye for immersive action including a multitude of point of view shots and other techniques that aim to put the audience squarely into Armstrong s perspective 
3.5
First Man
Stephen Rebello
It s about ordinary Americans reaching for the seemingly impossible and despite the human costs scoring astonishing achievements in rocket ships crammed with spinning dials levers equipment that doesn t always work 
3.5
First Man
Christian Toto
Every time you expect director Damien Chazelle to zig he zags That yields a biopic as unconventional as it is mesmerizing 
3.5
First Man
Phil Villarreal
A ruthless edit could have trimmed away some of the ancillary material and reshaped First Man into a leaner more economical story 
2.5
First Man
Josh Terry
First Man has a way of putting the audience in the cockpit with Armstrong bringing to life the terrifying creaking reality of these pioneering flights in a way that is both claustrophobic and visually spectacular 
4
First Man
Michael Smith
Ryan Gosling is exceptionally restrained in a performance that if all you know about Armstrong is that he was notoriously private but not reclusive will convince you of his conviction 
3.5
First Man
Rex Reed
What the movie does do is give you a hair raising feeling of what it really felt like inside the space craft where every hour was life threatening and the outcome was always perilous 
3
First Man
Matthew Passantino
Everything about the story and presentation is big so it s a bit disappointing that it all comes off a bit lifeless 
2
First Man
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A slow meditative look at America s great space program First Man is long on family drama and short on action but this is not always a bad thing except when it is 
2.5
First Man
Robert Horton
Even if First Man doesn t fire on all cylinders its unusual protagonist is fascinating in his blankness here the right stuff is downright cold blooded 
3
First Man
Mark Dujsik
This is not a flattering picture of Armstrong as the explorer hero Instead the film gives us a more authentic depiction of the challenges that Armstrong endured 
4
First Man
Peter Howell
When the Eagle finally lands on the moon in First Man the picture truly soars 
3.5
First Man
Richard Roeper
What makes the movie so memorable so good so strong is the unvarnished warts and all perspective 
4
First Man
Dann Gire
Everything in First Man leads up to the climactic moonwalk where Armstrong takes that leap for mankind on a chilling desolate pockmarked landscape a sequence encased in throat gripping silence 
3.5
First Man
Gary Thompson
The movie quotes JFK as saying the United States chooses to go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard First Man show us just how hard 
3
First Man
Sean P. Means
Damien Chazelle s First Man is everything a good biographical drama should be and absolutely nothing that one would expect 
3.5
First Man
Anita Katz
Director Damien Chazelle who took the mentor pupil drama and the romantic musical to new places in Whiplash and La La Land here offers a striking intimate and visceral astronaut story 
3
First Man
Matt Zoller Seitz
Even when First Man stumbles as historical psychodrama it still represents a giant leap forward for movies about the physical and emotional experience of flight 
3
First Man
Robert Daniels
First Man is a giant powerfully epic and perfect leap and Damien Chazelle s best film 
4
First Man
Mick LaSalle
The drama of the real life history overcomes the weakness of the lead character 
3
First Man
Bob Bloom
Ryan Gosling s portrayal of Armstrong captures the all business single mindedness of the man as well as his emotional impassiveness And while this may be an accurate portrait it does not afford the audience the opportunity to fully embrace him 
3
First Man
Josh Larsen
both admires and interrogates individual exceptionalism 
3
First Man
Ty Burr
It s a movie that shows how the most personal moments can coexist within and alongside the most momentous events It s a film that insists history is made from private lives 
3.5
First Man
Peter Travers
Unmissable and unforgettable 
3.5
First Man
Dustin Putman
A great idea in search of a film to match 
2
First Man
Radheyan Simonpillai
There s more interesting and dramatic material orbiting Neil Armstrong But those characters remain on the margins while Chazelle as he did in Whiplash and La La Land privileges the story of a single minded white male reaching for the stars 
3
First Man
Roger Moore
An American enigma brought thrillingly and poetically to life
3.5
First Man
Joey Magidson
This is a fantastic film with stunning work all around Chazelle once again displays flawless filmmaking skills while Gosling has rarely been better 
4
First Man
James Berardinelli
For those who can get past the shaky cam aspect that infects the cinematography this is an involving look back in time at one of the most significant human endeavors of the last century 
3
First Man
Rafer Guzman
For better and for worse First Man feels like a close cousin to Christopher Nolan s Dunkirk another film that masterfully reproduced the sights and sounds of a world shaking event The people involved though don t come quite as vividly to life 
3
First Man
Peter Canavese
By focusing on Armstrong s human perspective First Man gives us a new window into the costs and benefits of taking one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind 
3.5
First Man
Ann Hornaday
It gets the job done with professionalism immersive authenticity and unadorned feeling of which Armstrong himself might just have approved however apprehensively 
3.5
First Man
Soren Andersen
First Man is a most intimate epic about a most private man 
4
First Man
Michael Phillips
I m glad Chazelle s film offers some fresh points of view on its subject it s proof he ll be able to keep his filmmaking wits about him no matter what genre he s exploring 
3
First Man
Kam Williams
A fitting tribute to an American icon best remembered as a humble vulnerable soul with human frailties 
3
First Man
Brian Truitt
Foy is key to Gosling s performance working and a linchpin for the movie s overall success 
3
First Man
Johnny Oleksinski
An intimate portrait of a reluctant hero 
3
First Man
Kent Turner
While it depicts the eight year lead up to the 1969 moon landing it s equally about a certain type of American male the strong and silent type the reluctant hero 
3
First Man
Dwight Brown
There are points in history where everyone remembers where they were when it happened This is one of them and Chazelle and his team do that moment justice This is an event movie 
4
First Man
Barry Hertz
As Chazelle oscillates between documenting NASA s many missteps and peering behind the curtain of the Armstrongs domestic lives he conjures the type of cinematic high any filmgoer has been chasing since they first stepped inside a theatre 
4
First Man
Walter Chaw
First Man is the first Damien Chazelle movie I ve liked and there are times I liked it quite a lot 
3
First Man
Paul O'Callaghan
Damien Chazelle is clearly in awe of the collective efforts it took to propel Neil Armstrong to the moon but he remains ambivalent about whether it was all ultimately worth such immense sacrifice 
2.5
The Pinochet Case
Joshua Tanzer
The powerless wait a long time for justice and sometimes their only justice is to finally tell their story 
3.5
The Pinochet Case
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Can t seem to get anywhere near the story s center 
2
The Pinochet Case
Jonathan Curiel
Illuminating 
4
The Pinochet Case
Bruce Newman
The determination of Pinochet s victims to seek justice and their often heartbreaking testimony spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman s camera pack a powerful emotional wallop 
3
The Pinochet Case
V.A. Musetto
A riveting documentary 
3
The Pinochet Case
Ed Gonzalez
While Guzmn frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet s crimes a political context his distance from the material is mostly admirable 
3
BearCity 2: The Proposal
Farran Smith Nehme
These characters especially the uninteresting primary couple can t sustain almost two hours of movie 
2
BearCity 2: The Proposal
Diego Semerene
The film is often too cheesy to well bear 
1
Fear
Ray Gill Jr.
Bulgarian writer director Ivaylo Hristov s Fear portrays humanity with brute honesty and moments of levity 
4
King of the Corner
Jason Anderson
As a portrait of an average guy who makes average mistakes it conveys wit and wisdom without leaning too heavily on schmaltz 
2.5
King of the Corner
John Hartl
Although it s not a flashy debut Riegert demonstrates an unfailing generosity toward his fellow actors that takes him far 
3
King of the Corner
James Verniere
A classic tale of Jewish middle age angst featuring a fine cast 
3
King of the Corner
Ty Burr
This is perilously close to a vanity film but since the star has always seemed like one of the least vain guys in the business maybe he deserves to go on a bender 
2
King of the Corner
John Anderson
Wry screwy and existentially gleeful 
2.5
King of the Corner
Lou Lumenick
A witty and wise midlife comedy 
3
King of the Corner
Jack Mathews
Look up the word slight in the dictionary and you could find a still from this film 
1.5
King of the Corner
John Monaghan
Thanks to Riegert s obvious passion for the project it succeeds even when individual scenes play like bits from an actors workshop 
3
King of the Corner
Allison Benedikt
With scenes that just sort of pile up words hanging in the air and humiliations that are never for a greater good or bad Riegert keeps us always at a safe distance 
2.5
King of the Corner
Roger Ebert
A movie like this depends on the close observation of behavior It is not so much about what the characters do as who they are who they fear they are and who they want to be 
3.5
King of the Corner
Mick LaSalle
What carries the movie is Riegert He has an appealing ironic style but he s not locked into it He s emotionally present and subtle 
2
King of the Corner
Peter Canavese
A modest film and a messy one about a modest messy life Reigert and Shapiro mine delicate humor from unpleasant situations 
3
King of the Corner
Jeff Strickler
An engaging character study that is carried by its talented performers 
3
King of the Corner
Chris Hewitt
Riegert doesn t pretend to have answers but he does have a unique point of view and the sort of rueful humor you need if you re going to make it through a lifetime s worth of difficulties 
3
King of the Corner
Michael Booth
Riegert is comfortable playing a character much like himself but two moments lift his performance and the movie into higher territory 
3
King of the Corner
Marty Mapes
Riegert s dry wit and charismatic presence offset the movie s limitations
2.5
King of the Corner
Jeff Vice
Try to imagine Woody Allen mounting a production of Arthur Miller s Death of a Salesman and you ll have some idea of what King of the Corner is like 
3
One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates; Adventures in Alabasta
Austin Kennedy
After the first 20 minutes the movie is practically one nonstop battle The intensity was pretty relentless 
3
The Garden
Pat Brown
Derek Jarman s 1990 film isn t without hope that we can regrow a paradise 
3.5
Overrun
Tom Meek
You can see where this is all going but he stunt work as you can imagine is crisp visceral and well done 
2
Overrun
Roger Moore
109 minutes of every action pic cliche under the sun
1
A Band Called Death
John Serba
It could have dug a little deeper pursued more candid moments to capture on film But it compensates by recanting the emotionally meaningful story of the Hackney family 
3
A Band Called Death
Peter Keough
Fortunately Bobby and Dannis the surviving brothers prove genial company 
2.5
A Band Called Death
Sheila O'Malley
Death never got very far and their story is a fascinating one told beautifully by Jeff Howlett and Mark Christopher Covino 
3.5
A Band Called Death
Jeff Shannon
If you re looking for a 96 minute jolt of joy look no further than this uplifting well made documentary 
3.5
A Band Called Death
Michael Phillips
The film is nothing much cinematically and some of the narrative details and circumstances seemed fudged But it s a great story told with a fan s honest appreciation 
3
A Band Called Death
Matt Pais
The music s better than the stories 
2
A Band Called Death
Drew Hunt
The film is made impetuously watchable and disarmingly emotional by the filmmakers strong command of docudrama and nonfiction narrative style 
3
A Band Called Death
Kam Williams
A very good movie about a very bad band 
3
Doctor Death, Seeker of Souls
Matt Brunson
Tacky 46 
1.5
The Diabolical
Glenn Kenny
None of the elements the scary stuff the psychological drama the family dynamic crises really deliver the wallop necessary to provide truly memorable horror fare 
2
The Diabolical
Roger Moore
Half decent effects some seriously misguided mothering by Ali Larter and a third act twist don t add up to enough to bother with this one 
1
The Last Picture Show
David Reddish
With movies increasingly replaced by one note YouTube and Instagram influencers the movie seems to ask are we losing dreams as well 
4
The Last Picture Show
Matt Brunson
An American classic in every sense 
4
The Last Picture Show
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The deep shadowed dusty black and white cinematography by the legendary Robert Surtees helps elevate the story beyond the realistic and anticlimactic making it mythic and poetic 
4
The Last Picture Show
Budd Wilkins
For the members of the New Hollywood it was a briefly opened window on revitalized filmmaking and venturesome storytelling 
4
The Last Picture Show
Roger Ebert
The film is above all an evocation of mood It is about a town with no reason to exist and people with no reason to live there The only hope is in transgression 
4
The Last Picture Show
James Kendrick
doesn t shy away from the inherent awkwardness of life but instead embraces it with an elegiac sensitivity that sidesteps Peyton Place style melodrama and turns small town anomie and the dead ends of life into stark cinematic poetry
4
The Princess
Richard Roeper
While well edited the collection of clips with no context or narration ends up seeming pointless and rather hypocritical 
2
The Princess
Ty Burr
Perkins thesis is not just that fame is hell but that fame on the rarified level that his subject experienced it is a kind of daily living death What the film never solves is who Diana Spencer may have been to herself 
3
The Princess
Nina Metz
Diana s very presence was raw meat for a ravenous press pack It s frightening to see it play out 
2.5
The Princess
Emily Zemler
It s a startlingly intimate experience 
4
The Princess
Marya E. Gates
Expertly deploy 40 s 41 this footage to tell not a biography of 8216 The People 8217 s Princess 44 8217 but rather of the way the media shaped the perception of her public life 46 
4
The Princess
Mick LaSalle
This new documentary comes at the Diana story from a new angle 
3
The Princess
Lisa Trifone
Though no single film can capture the complexities of the woman or the system within which she rebelled this one does quite an impressive job of recounting so much of what she endured and experienced 
3
The Princess
Kent Turner
In lieu of bombshell revelations this documentary offers small but telling moments that become their own story 
2.5
Geez & Ann
Roger Moore
To Western eyes at least this kiss less years long courtship of rich Geez and working class honor student Ann can seem chilly almost bloodless 
1.5
Olivier's Shakespeare
Thomas Delapa
Lord Larry does the Bard in a trio of royal screen interpretations Not only one of the greatest classical actors of his era Laurence Olivier was also the 20th century s greatest popularizer of Shakespeare 
3
This Is North Preston
Sarah-Tai Black
Above all the documentary feels more akin to a vanity project meant to market Just Chase his work and his background rather than a nuanced or empathetic look at a community on the margins 
1
Alps
David Nusair
As predictably intolerable as one might ve anticipated 
0
Alps
Wesley Morris
An hour and a half of darkening absurdism 
3
Alps
Peter Keough
Helps make the case that Lanthimos might be a worthy more entomological successor to Luis Buuel 
3
Alps
Matt Pais
Lanthimos vision still compels and challenges but Alps offers a big idea in place of a better movie 
2.5
Alps
Roger Ebert
A film peculiar beyond all understanding based on a premise that begs belief 
2.5
Alps
Josh Larsen
registers less as a drama than as a filmed scientific experiment 
3
Alps
David Lewis
A strange story A strange world And strange characters doing even stranger things 
2
Alps
Michael Upchurch
Lanthimos continually keeps you guessing about both the procedural and emotional logic at work in Alps and his actors are with him every step of the way 
3
Alps
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie focuses tightly and obviously on role playing but the most unsettling observations concern how fragile it all is our health our minds our denial of death 
3.5
Alps
Fernando F. Croce
Both a companion piece to and in many ways a reversal of Dogtooth it builds on that film s surreally terse style and notions of communication and identity without diluting its singularity or concentration
3.5
Alps
Liam Lacey
Lanthimos film with its emphasis on death deferred holds the chilly fascination of a gaping skull 
3
Alps
Peter Howell
ALPS is a real mind trip with strong acting and it leaves you to wonder what Lanthimos and Filippou will do next 
2.5
Alps
Kent Turner
An overly elaborate riddle
2
Meadowland
David Nusair
an intriguing if somewhat unmemorable piece of work albeit one that boasts a series of impressive performances 
2.5
Meadowland
Richard Roeper
The filmmaking is sure handed the performances authentic 
3
Meadowland
Brian Tallerico
A film with two very strong central performances from a pair of underrated actors that falters by being so self aware of the tortured existence it s attempting to capture 
2.5
Meadowland
Chuck Bowen
Both Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson understand the greatest pain of loss to be rooted in its searing inexpressibility 
3
Meadowland
Clayton Davis
Meadowland is a methodical and at times very compelling film that presents an intimate portrait of grief and hopelessness Wilde delivers her finest acting performance of her career yet and is simply astonishing 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Nick Rogers
No actress has neck muscles like Joan Allen able to gracefully reach upward or here stiffly twist into a double helix of tension and anxiety It s not simply witty repartee and good chemistry It s about comfortable situations that can t really last 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Unfortunately outstanding performances by Allen and Costner aren t given much of a viable dramatic context 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These people take awkward chances and affectionate pot shots and they put their feet in their mouths in uncomfortable moments of heightened emotion all with smart sharp but entirely natural dialogue 
3
The Upside of Anger
Matt Brunson
Both Costner s character and performance merit comparison to Jack Nicholson s Oscar winning portrayal of a gone to seed astronaut in Terms of Endearment 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Austin O'Connor
though it s easy to poke fun at Costner here is a movie that for the first time in a long time allows him to display his goofy affability 
3
The Upside of Anger
David Nusair
Costner delivers a subtle engaging performance that s completely different from anything he s done before and might just mark the beginning of a new phase in his career 
3
The Upside of Anger
Lori Hoffman
Allen s desperate housewife makes this trip into suburbia worthwhile 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Collin Souter
While most of the movie has a welcome feel to it the ending carries as much absurdity as anything in Diary of a Mad Black Woman 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
James Kendrick
Allen and Costner have the kind of genuine unquestionable chemistry that can t be faked
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Vince Koehler
Do yourself a favor and catch this fine film on the big screen 
3
The Upside of Anger
Forrest Hartman
The Upside of Anger isn t as good as any of its actors 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Sara Brady
Admit it You thought Kevin Costner s best performances were miles behind him 
3
The Upside of Anger
Sean McBride
part romantic comedy part melodrama and all Joan Allen 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Sean O'Connell
Binder has an astute ear for dysfunctional family dialect that enriches his complex story 
4
The Upside of Anger
Larry Ratliff
Don t go into The Upside of Anger expecting the usual convenient and happy Hollywood solution to serious problems That to me is the real upside 
3
The Upside of Anger
Jonathan R. Perry
Is Mike Binder the new Woody Allen 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Linda Cook
Finally a well acted well written drama for grownups about grownups that even contains grownup romance 
4
The Upside of Anger
Peter Keough
Funny funky but ultimately phony 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like a shot of adrenaline it wakes up a moribund year at the Cineplex putting the rest of the year s offerings on notice as only a truly great film worthy of remembrance come end of season awards time can 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Marty Mapes
Entertainment for grownups a la James L Brooks
3
The Upside of Anger
Jeff Vice
Allen may be the stand out but the others do hold their own She and Costner have terrific chemistry and each of the four actresses playing Terry s daughters are strong in particular Wood continues to impress 
3
The Upside of Anger
Sean P. Means
Allen breathes fire into the role turning what could have been a shrill character into a tower of raging rediscovery 
3
The Upside of Anger
John Beifuss
Allen s great performance eventually is neutered in obeisance to the false notion that fictional characters must go through a redemptive arc for their stories to be of value 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Chuck O'Leary
Features many good scenes that feel authentic but is interspersed with awkward movie moments that don t ring true 
3
The Upside of Anger
Paul Doro
It is a true joy to see a wonderful actress get such a juicy role to sink her teeth into If only it happened more often 
3
The Upside of Anger
Phil Villarreal
The story develops with a mind of its own free from convention and formula and packs a heck of a twist at the end that does what a twist should do 
3
The Upside of Anger
Walter Chaw
If only Binder had trusted The Upside of Anger as a showcase for two performances by aging actors apparently comfortable about getting older 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Geoff Pevere
Standard issue 
2
The Upside of Anger
Josh Larsen
hits that specific note of comic melancholy that best captures real life 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Christian Toto
The Upside here is the brilliant work of Joan Allen and Kevin Costner Yes that Kevin Costner 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Rob Blackwelder
Binder creates a familiar complex realistic deeply human dynamic between his characters and provides each actor rich layers of feeling and humor with which to create them 
3
The Upside of Anger
Mary Brennan
Though this is not the type of serious film likely to win many awards Allen gives one of her best performances 
3
The Upside of Anger
Ruthe Stein
The characters are actually believable and the messes they get into approximate real life 
3
The Upside of Anger
David Elliott
This rich supple truly felt movie is a big leap for Binder and while he clearly studied the sitcom manual for timing and structure the film rises like a bubble above soap opera 
4
The Upside of Anger
Rene Rodriguez
Despite Denny s sturdy support The Upside of Anger belongs to Terry 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Rick Groen
Meant to explore anger all this picture does is manufacture it 
1.5
The Upside of Anger
Terry Lawson
Allen who is without doubt one of the best actors of her era gets to go places she has never before gone while Costner gets to remind us exactly what it was we were drawn to in Bull Durham 
3
The Upside of Anger
Lisa Kennedy
Allen gets to the heart of the movie s humor without ever winking 
3
The Upside of Anger
Mary F. Pols
That anger is explored only superficially and most of the women seem merely to be ornamentation defined by their problems 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Roger Ebert
I liked these characters precisely because they were not designed to be likable or more precisely because they were likable in spite of being exasperating unorganized self destructive and impervious to good advice 
4
The Upside of Anger
Wesley Morris
Binder is too facile an observer to get anywhere near the complexities of a house full of women instead Terry is a prickly goddess and the daughters are an assortment of muses 
2
The Upside of Anger
Jeffrey Westhoff
This vehicle was designed with Allen in the driver s seat and she roars with it giving a performance as hilarious as often as it is bitter and tragic 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Carrie Rickey
This is a movie that rests on its two leads Allen and Costner play their parts like injured predators licking each other s wounds They are magnificent and they are healing 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Chris Hewitt
Quite a bit of fun 
3
The Upside of Anger
Michael Wilmington
Allen and Costner get to flirt and fool around and distract us from the rest of the movie They re doing it a favor 
2
The Upside of Anger
Steve Rhodes
Even if it is too slow and never as good as it should have been iit does have undeniable pleasures the chief among them is watching Costner and Allen do marvelous work 
3
The Upside of Anger
Jeanne Aufmuth
Its comedy is refreshingly black and its farcical edge sharp 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Chuck Rudolph
Endeavors to airmail the middle aged suburban angst made fashionable by American Beauty safely back to cynicism free sitcom territory 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Scott Nash
Superb
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Pam Grady
Writer director Mike Binder and his ensemble cast headed by actress Joan Allen prove that even the hoariest of set ups can still produce excellent drama providing the writing is sharp and the acting superior 
3
The Upside of Anger
Glenn Whipp
Perhaps it s a sign then of how starved we are for movies with grown up characters doing grown up things that it s easy to ignore the downside of Upside and give the film a pass Allen and Costner should find another movie to make together 
3
The Upside of Anger
Jami Bernard
A wonderful sophisticated romantic comedy about the resilience of love in the face of competing emotions 
3.5
The Upside of Anger
Lou Lumenick
This is no Terms of Endearment 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Dustin Putman
A valiantly flawed effort boosted by noteworthy star turns that make the two hour running time a rewarding filmgoing experience 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
Peter Canavese
A pleasant surprise a sprightly comedy with a dramatic aftertaste 
3
The Upside of Anger
Claudia Puig
Allen is one of the most reliable American actresses and her intelligence and wit raise the quality of a movie that often feels as if it belongs on the Lifetime cable network 
2.5
The Upside of Anger
James Berardinelli
Offers a lot of smart dialogue and six nicely developed characters 
3
The Upside of Anger
David Sterritt
Ms Wood does her best with the material as do Allen and Costner It takes more than good acting to make a good movie though Good writing helps and there s not enough of that here 
2
The Upside of Anger
Gene Seymour
The movies haven t rewarded Allen s formidable talent with a star turn that cuts her loose and unfurls her resources Until now 
3
The Upside of Anger
Peter Travers
A fiercely funny human comedy with jokes that sting and leave marks 
3.5
Panic 5 Bravo
Bruce Ingram
The stuff that goes down in this dark dismal little thriller takes grim reality to nasty new extremes 
2.5
Panic 5 Bravo
Michael Phillips
This is a pressure cooker scenario and the film is not badly made It is however weirdly flat given the stakes and the wild screaming matches 
2
Never Let Me Go
Roger Moore
Melancholy poignant and chilling
3
Never Let Me Go
Wesley Lovell
Melancholy and futility define this subtle future set drama about three children who grow up knowing that they ll never own themselves or their own bodies 
4
Never Let Me Go
Mike Scott
It is a period piece it is a sci fi drama it is a romance There even is a dash of horror in there It s an unlikely melange but it combines for something both refreshingly original and quietly affecting 
3
Never Let Me Go
Lori Hoffman
I suspect for anyone who was not enchanted by the novel it is a tale that remains unsatisfying and empty 
2
Never Let Me Go
John Beifuss
Can be viewed as a sort of update of the Frankenstein myth moved to the more clinical and less pious miracles of science era of the late 20th century as in Mary Shelley s novel the definition of humanity the soul even is a primary concern 
3
Never Let Me Go
Matt Brunson
A fairly good movie that had greatness within its grasp 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Robert W. Butler
Never Let Me Go offers a potent blend of intriguing premise fine acting and quiet poignancy Usually this would leave me an emotional wreck Yet it didn t 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Amy Biancolli
Never Let Me Go is gorgeous And depressing It s exquisitely acted And depressing It s romantic profound and superbly crafted shot with the self contained radiance of a snow globe And it s depressing 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Eric Melin
Like great science fiction should it serves as an allegory and inspires some deep thinking about the world we live in now 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Lawrence Toppman
Anyone who saw the Oscar nominated Mulligan in An Education knows what she can do If you didn t you re in for the kind of quietly revelatory acting that portends a brilliant career 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Duane Dudek
Romanek creates a claustrophobic emotionally complex and potentially profound portrait of humanity reshaped by what has become scientifically possible 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Rene Rodriguez
Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek s introspective adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro s novel is a work of subtle beauty a melancholy meditation on the finality of life and the choices we make as our time shortens 
3
Never Let Me Go
Bill Chambers
At the risk of accusing the book of same the whole thing reeks of fear of genre 
1
Never Let Me Go
Christian Toto
Never Let Me Go settles for the worst of two genres the dreary arthouse film and the sci fi feature 
2
Never Let Me Go
Josh Larsen
a handsome dutiful adaptation yet like so many reverent movies based on acclaimed books it s lifeless 
2
Never Let Me Go
Rick Groen
The emotional impact creeps up on the reader only gradually Then bam it hits forcefully memorably and yes never lets us go 
3
Never Let Me Go
Brett McCracken
A genre bending tender and provocative gem about what it means to be human a film that should provide plenty of discussion fodder for thoughtful filmgoers 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Chris Hewitt
I was so crazy about the book that I was skeptical about a movie doing it justice But it does 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Peter Howell
It may rob the film of drama but Romanek has erred on the side of quality crafting a beautifully cast and artfully rendered allegory of lost youth and trampled innocence 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Dustin Putman
It should be absolutely devastating Instead it only manages politely truthful 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Steven Rea
Never Let Me Go is sci fi for the Belle Sebastian set 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Wesley Morris
Never Let Me Go could have been assembled from the Merchant Ivory kit It s stale with suppressed anguish 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Michael Phillips
The film is a success It works Greatness eludes it yes But greatness eludes almost every film adaptation of a major novel which we must remember when confronted by a good one 
3
Never Let Me Go
Roger Ebert
Never Let Me Go would have made a serious error in ramping up contrived melodrama toward some sort of science fiction showdown This is a movie about empathy 
4
Never Let Me Go
Brett Michel
Dreamily photographed oddly muted 
2
Never Let Me Go
James Berardinelli
Romanek a highly respected music video director making his follow up to One Hour Photo has crafted a motion picture that is as visually impressive as it is emotionally distant 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
David Nusair
Undoubtedly a considerable improvement over Kazuo Ishiguro s nigh unreadable novel 
3
Never Let Me Go
Sara Michelle Fetters
Romanek may not be able to connect all the emotional dots but he links just enough of them to make taking the journey worthwhile 
2.5
Never Let Me Go
Peter Travers
Here s a movie you can t get out of your head a sci fi horror story with the seductive allure of a classic romance 
3.5
Never Let Me Go
Robert Levin
Hamstrung by a serious bummer of a premise that suffocates the production and leaves it too wrapped up in its self perceived grand conceptual significance 
2
Never Let Me Go
Lou Lumenick
Science fiction movies don t come much more ponderous than the beautifully filmed Never Let Me Go which reduces the debate over genetic engineering to a mild moist romantic soap opera 
2
Never Let Me Go
Scott Bowles
While the movie doesn t stoop to synopsizing its source material we need some explanation why these kids aren t in a car and on the lam 
2
Never Let Me Go
Ed Gonzalez
If you don t completely scoff at Romanek s vision it s because its ambivalence isn t exactly far from Ishiguro s own stiff upper lip 
2
Never Let Me Go
Moira MacDonald
The movie works beautifully even if you know what s coming and knowing it makes the film s strangely beautiful early scenes even more poignant 
3.5
The Big Year
Roger Moore
Faintly amusing not wacky at all considering this cast 
2.5
The Big Year
Eric Melin
The Big Year is completely predictable and full of way too many bird watching montages set to inspiring music but it s such an upbeat cheery film that it s pretty hard to resist 
2.5
The Big Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie roams through its numerous picturesque locations with a pleasant enough grace while Frankel adds just enough idiosyncratic musical and visual quirks to keep things interesting 
3
The Big Year
Liam Lacey
The result is an offence free mild entertainment in which everyone from cast to scriptwriter seems to be winging it 
2
The Big Year
David Nusair
a slick yet empty piece of work 
2
The Big Year
Kam Williams
An ornithological delight designed with the bird fancier in mind 
2.5
The Big Year
Peter Keough
Insipid and inept 
1.5
The Big Year
Lisa Kennedy
The Big Year has charms Not a jawdropping flock of them but a number of sweet insights and warm laughs just the same 
2.5
The Big Year
Robert Levin
One of the blandest imaginable comedies a PG rated flick that s so nice and so harmless it s like inhaling pound after pound of flavorless tofu 
1.5
The Big Year
Joe Williams
It s nice to watch a comedy that doesn t screech or foul the nest but The Big Year is no big deal 
2
The Big Year
Stephen Whitty
It s just all unfortunately a little stronger on the pretty pictures than it is on interesting characters or sharp comedy 
2.5
The Big Year
Ann Hornaday
The Big Year has heart and sweetness to spare but as any birder will tell you focus and energy count too 
2
The Big Year
Lou Lumenick
This movie stubbornly refuses to take flight or generate more than a few chuckles 
2
The Big Year
Rene Rodriguez
Bird watching or birding as practitioners prefer to call it makes for a stupefyingly boring movie 
1
The Big Year
Willie Waffle
It s the mayonnaise of movies 
1.5
The Big Year
Mark Dujsik
The movie feels rushed and in the process it solves its minimal conflicts too easily 
2.5
The Big Year
Dustin Putman
As funny as Alzheimer s and as entertaining as catatonia The Big Year is more pet peeve than pastime 
1
The Big Year
Peter Canavese
If the mere mention of the blue footed booby sends you into paroxysms The Big Year is the film for you 
2
The Big Year
Peter Howell
All of these featherheads both the avian and human kind are lovable Even better they re funny in a comedy that doesn t have to swoop to conquer 
2.5
The Big Year
Carrie Rickey
With ambitions greater than comedy and results that fall short of character study The Big Year is neither fish nor fowl 
2.5
The Big Year
Chris Hewitt
Steve Martin Jack Black and Owen Wilson all have made a great film or two surrounded by tons of bad ones The Big Year is closer to the latter 
1.5
The Big Year
Ty Burr
Black tamps down the runty obnoxiousness Wilson the Malibu smarm Martin the pandering They re good company So in its fubsy way is the movie 
2.5
The Big Year
Moira MacDonald
The Big Year is that rarity a genuinely sweet film about nice people happily engaged in the pursuit of something they love 
3
The Big Year
Matt Pais
Aside from an international staring contest and the World Series of Texting there aren t many challenges less suited for a movie than competitive birding 
1
The Big Year
Bill Weber
Drained of its stars onetime giddy spirit this is an Olive Garden farce for audiences who don t hunger for authentic wit 
1
The Big Year
Christy Lemire
The Big Year flaps its wings awfully hard but never truly takes flight 
2
The Big Year
Michael Phillips
It has barely enough pulse to power a hummingbird 
2
The Big Year
Roger Moore
Frankel is blessed with this cast and a subject that seems ripe for mockery or at least gentle lampooning But he never lands big laughs just grins and giggles 
2.5
The Big Year
Roger Ebert
It has an innocence and charm that will make it appealing for families especially those who have had enough whales and dolphins for the year 
3
The Big Year
Rex Reed
The most inviting thing in the movie was the exit door 
2
Never Stand Still
Cassandra Landry
The historical footage of Jacob s Pillow is fascinating and if you ve ever slogged through an hours long tech rehearsal look no further for your comrades in arms 
2.5
Never Stand Still
Kam Williams
Modern dance appreciated as a sacred endeavor enabling one to fly above the fray if not literally vicariously at the very least 
4
The Secret Invasion
Roger Moore
Hands down 44 the most scenic B movie Corman ever made 46 
2
Rabin in His Own Words
Linda Cook
I never realized someone could create an autobiography on film 
4
1000 Journals
Reyhan Harmanci
1000 Journals has a catchy hook and Kreuzhage showed tenacity in following many difficult trails but the movie plods 
2
Rio Bravo
Brian Eggert
Few films have followed Western traditions with as much exhilarating craftsmanship narrative and stylistic economy or sheer escapist delight as Howard Hawks Rio Bravo 
4
Rio Bravo
Josh Larsen
Rio Bravo isn t a Fordian display of vast Western visas the contours explored here are emotional 
4
Rio Bravo
Roger Ebert
To watch Rio Bravo is to see a master craftsman at work The film is seamless There is not a shot that is wrong It is uncommonly absorbing and the 141 minute running time flows past like running water 
4
Rio Bravo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has one of the best and strangest casts in all of movies 
4
Impulse
Kevin Carr
It s such a great idea and great concept It s worth watching this movie as a what can be done today if they remade it 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Brian Eggert
Roth s work here is occasionally fun and not quite scary and its genial characters divert our attention though they don t leave a lasting impression 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Federico Furzan
A horror movie for kids that simply works under is Spielbergian style Jack Black shines Full review in Spanish 
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Bryant Frazer
Nobody s idea of an innovative masterpiece but at least an unpretentious lavishly designed and mischievously executed spookshow 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Matt Brunson
If this soulless slog is any indication of what to expect from future Amblin wannabes then we re all in trouble as it isn t Back to the Future as much as it s bleak for the future 
1.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
David Keyes
At some point during the film when my pessimism ought to have overwhelmed the occasion I simply forgot I was an adult and descended freely into the material 
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
David Nusair
a misguided misfire that feels long even at 105 minutes 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Kevin A. Ranson
a neat idea with some interesting visuals that flounders in execution 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Linda Cook
It s a nice way to pass the time until Halloween
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
James Kendrick
an enjoyably self conscious throwback to an earlier era of scary fun supernatural movies for kids too young to drive
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s what s truly infuriating the fact that the beloved young adult novel of which the film is based fell into the hands of the Hostel series horror famed director Eli Roth 
1.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Josh Larsen
Kids deserve both more and less 
1
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Michael Smith
The film has about five too many poop jokes 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Barry Paris
It s at its best when the bickersome Mr Black and Ms Blanchett trade insults about their begone heydays 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Brad Wheeler
A fantastical adventure dandy ode to weirdos and accessible anti war allegory for all ages especially 10 year old boys 
3.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Sara Michelle Fetters
As good as Black is he s pretty wonderful and as enchanting as newcomer Vaccaro might be he s a spunky delight Blanchett takes command of the movie and steals every single scene she s in 
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Pamela Powell
Black s comedic timing and acting makes him a perfect fit for portraying the outlandishly peculiar uncle Blanchett s poise and grace paired with her adept and nuanced acting bring what could have been a dull character to technicolor life 
4
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Josh Terry
It s also likely that Roth just hasn t been able to dial down his usual routine far enough for a family audience Given the charm of the film s first act that really seems too bad 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It takes a few magical moments to savor the wonder and magic of the title house before all heck breaks loose 
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Sonny Bunch
The House With a Clock in Its Walls has a slick competence and cleverness that will appeal to adults and just enough menace to make the film tense but not terrifying for younger viewers 
3
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Robert Horton
The story carries less urgency as it ticks along frittering away its energy amid all the special effects and sight gags 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s scary sequences are crafted with care while everything involving the characters feels rushed mismanaged and shakily assembled 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Sean P. Means
J K Rowling has spoiled us for any other story involving magic stories like The House With a Clock in Its Walls haunted house tale for kids that gets by on silliness and the odd screen pairing of Jack Black and Cate Blanchett 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Bob Bloom
Watching The House with a Clock in the Walls makes you wish you were a magician warlock or witch so you could speed up time to make the movie s 100 plus minutes zoom by in a flash 
1.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Maren Longbella
If you can get past the fussiness you ll like it 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Rafer Guzman
Despite its special effects and two proven stars The House With a Clock in Its Walls never manages to create the magic we keep hoping will materialize 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Peter Howell
Contains very few real scares and even less of a story 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Tom Russo
A likably cast mildly diverting Halloween appetizer that serviceably channels early Harry Potter 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Simon Abrams
Black more than anyone else should have been the one to wind up The House with a Clock in Its Walls Too bad he doesn t give as much as he takes 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Peter Hartlaub
Technically it s a very solid movie but tonally it has problems which build with each similarly dark and unsettling scene 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Jane Horwitz
It s a throwback to an earlier era of filmmaking in which the benefits of new technology are neatly disguised in old school storytelling 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
James Berardinelli
The House with a Clock in Its Walls makes an adequate early Halloween treat for children who enjoy spooky scary movies that don t go too far over the top 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Soren Andersen
Clock feels like a movie at war with itself 
2
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Dustin Putman
Gateway horror full of punchy repartee and an empathetic soul The blending of the spooky and sweet is infectious 
2.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Jake Cole
The final act of The House with a Clock in Its Walls stumbles between awkward telegraphed jolts and busy effects heavy action completely losing sight of the trauma and grief that was meant to give the film its emotional core 
1
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Roger Moore
Stillborn
1.5
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Mark Kennedy
Nothing makes a lot of sense in The House With a Clock in Its Walls except perhaps when Black s character warns This is no place for a kid 
0
Beautiful Kate
Vicky Roach
Part outback mystery part kitchen sink drama Beautiful Kate is a remarkably assured directorial debut from Ward who has honed her craft on short films 
4
The January Man
Betsy Bozdech
This star studded schizophrenic movie can t decide whether it s a thriller or a quirky comedy so it bounces back and forth and the result is a stilted nearly unwatchable mess 
1
The January Man
Roger Ebert
It wants to be zany but violent satirical but slapstick romantic but cynical It wants some of its actors to rant and rave like amateur tragedians and others to reach for subtle nuances And it wants all of these things to happen at the same time 
1
Last Ferry
Robert Levin
It s formulaic and pedestrian when it should be treading mysterious psychological depths 
2
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
John Hartl
The level of humor could be called sophomoric but that would insult most sophomores 
1.5
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Michael Wilmington
A comedy without laughs an expose without point 
1.5
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Maitland McDonagh
A crude vulgar satire of Hollywood shallowness insincerity and moral bankruptcy 
1
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s unafraid of the consequences of its existence and it s brutally nasty offensive and abrasive In other words the kind of comedy they used to make in the 70 s before things became politically correct 
3
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Susan Tavernetti
This jab at Hollywood seems close in subject matter to another title credited to Alan Smithee Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh 
1
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Roger Ebert
A spectacularly bad film incompetent unfunny ill conceived badly executed lamely written and acted by people who look trapped in the headlights 
0
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Jeff Vice
An Alan Smithee Film Burn Hollywood Burn might have one of the worst titles ever thought up but then it is fully in keeping with the movie s self destructive tendencies 
2
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Barbara Shulgasser
When Arthur Hiller who directed An Alan Smithee Film wanted his named taken off the picture no doubt over a question of artistic integrity the producers had themselves a genuine Alan Smithee film Isn t Hollywood grand 
2
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Michael Dequina
Burn Eszterhas burn 
0
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Mick LaSalle
The picture is just a spoof getting by on wit and a parade of celebrity cameos Within its modest scope it pretty much succeeds 
2.5
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
David Keyes
Burn Hollywood Burn is one of the most clever bad movies I have seen in my entire life 
0.5
Grey Matter
John Beifuss
Audacious and angry 
2.5
Grey Matter
Kenji Fujishima
Director Kivu Ruhorahoza dares to demolish fiction s inherent distance from what might be considered reality 
3
The Man of My Life
Michael Phillips
The Man of My Life has a hard time working up much beyond its visual prettiness 
2
The Man of My Life
Mark Feeney
he film has a loose easy rhythm befitting its sun splashed look 
2.5
The Man of My Life
Maitland McDonagh
If the film ultimately amounts to little more than a midlife coming of age story it s richly imagined and filled with fanciful touches that are in keeping with its passionate subject 
3
The Man of My Life
Eric Henderson
The film a purported examination of male sexuality was directed and written by women and thus all we get is two super sensitive men stroking each others emotional baggage instead of licking each others 
1.5
The Man of My Life
Pam Grady
It is beautiful but ultimately empty and a little bit boring 
2.5
Malignant
Brian Eggert
Malignant aims for a sensory overload but not in the delightful ways of Argento or Mario Bava 
1.5
Malignant
Matt Brunson
The freaky twist deep into the story will elicit delighted gasps from some viewers and involuntary giggles from other audience members indeed 44 much of the movie operates on this tightrope of reactionary uncertainty 46 
2.5
Malignant
Kevin A. Ranson
Overstuffed and over budgeted the director begins connecting the dots backwards It s farfetched a bit ridiculous yet fully dedicated to creating its own rules and sticking by them and doesn t look back 
3
Malignant
Josh Larsen
There s something thrilling about watching a movie so rabidly batty let off its leash 
2.5
Malignant
David Nusair
The inclusion of two balls to the walls interludes in Malignant s final stretch ultimately cements its place as an uneven yet thoroughly satisfying horror effort 
3
Malignant
Tom Meek
A wacky horror outing that almost works 
2
Malignant
Linda Cook
IWan s bonkers approach to horror works incredibly well 
4
Malignant
Leo Brady
It s part giallo horror part Stuart Gordon gore and a David Cronenberg oddity The final result is a movie experience unlike any other 
3.5
Malignant
Walter Chaw
In a field of films carefully measured and screen tested to a lumpen grey sameness Malignant pulls no punches 
3.5
Malignant
Roger Moore
It s utter nonsense until that moment it isn t And the damned monstrosity that it was up until now abruptly becomes even worse 
1.5
Malignant
Mike McGranaghan
Maybe the outrageousness will turn off viewers looking for a more conventional fright flick Anyone with a taste for the bold however will find plenty to admire and enjoy 
3
Malignant
Kevin Carr
It was refreshing It was different It was not something we d seen before And it also has James Wan s signature style of shooting and sound design 
3
Malignant
Joe Friar
For true horror aficionados the film represents that hidden 80s gem you discovered at the video store probably chosen by the cover art that went on to become a cherished cult classic 
3
Malignant
Simon Abrams
A horror movie that is as long as it is underwhelming 
1
Malignant
Lindsey Bahr
If you must see Malignant a theater might honestly be the best bet That way at least you can laugh along in utter shock with your fellow theater goers 
1
Malignant
Joey Magidson
Malignant is trashy but in a fun way It s also something you ve never quite seen before so horror fans may be in for a treat 
3
Malignant
Christian Toto
James Wan forgets everything he knows about horror for this shocking silly dud 
1
Malignant
Robert Morast
It could have been so much more 
1
Malignant
Mark Dujsik
None of the trickery on display here can undo or lift the frustrating predictability strangeness and silliness of this particular venture 
1.5
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Mal Vincent
It s all pretty routine and it s highly predictable but the little ones giggled heartily at the screening I attended and the parents were diverted 
3
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Steve Rhodes
The plot is nothing more than a recycled version of the first one but hey it is still funny and there are many great lines 
2.5
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Susan Wloszczyna
It s more padded than Lassie s bed But 9 and unders were having a tail wagging good time 
2.5
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Chris Hicks
A silly little trifle with more wisecracks than laughs 
2
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Roger Ebert
The first movie was good hearted and I liked it but since then Babe has raised the bar with animals that not only talk more realistically but say things that are wittier and more pungent 
2
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Peter Stack
Taken on its own entirely hokey terms Homeward Bound II Lost in San Francisco is a charming romp of a talking animal movie 
3
Women in Blue
Mike McGranaghan
This is a timely compelling look at a group of women who are dedicated to standing out in a male dominated field 
3
Dinosaurs Alive!
Chris Hewitt
It s a pretty good combination of whiz bang and science 
3
Dinosaurs Alive!
Ross Anthony
A solid documentary unfortunately the picture suffers from rickety 3 D 
2
Dinosaurs Alive!
Linda Cook
Budding paleontologists Dig in This is the closest you ll get to seeing a real life documentary on the biggest creatures you ll never lay eyes on 
3.5
Dinosaurs Alive!
Maitland McDonagh
The project s larger purpose is clearly to stimulate academic interest in youngsters brought up on Jurassic Park style thrills 
2.5
Legacy of Lies
Linda Cook
Scott Adkins latest has heart and great fight choreography 
3
Cure
James Kendrick
an effective 44 deeply unsettling thriller that continues to perplex because it refuses the kinds of restorative satisfaction normally supplied by that genre
3.5
Cure
Brian Eggert
Kiyoshi Kurosawa s Cure takes its time implanting itself in your mind before completely taking you over not unlike the mysterious killer at the film s center 
4
Cure
David Nusair
what is this an episode of The Flintstones 
2
Cure
Jeremy Heilman
Though there s a memorable final confrontation in the protagonist s mind and a heck of a closing most of the film s second half isn t nearly moody enough 
3
Cure
Matt Brunson
An effective piece of shock cinema 
3
Cure
Walter Chaw
An existentialist serial killer film that plays like what Cohen s God Told Me To might look like were it written and directed by Beat Takeshi 
4
Cure
Ray Conlogue
Cure has a cumulative power of horror which even seasoned filmgoers will not be able to resist 
3
Cure
Pam Grady
Cure provides a fascinating introduction to the artist There is a new Kurosawa on the block 
3
Sleepless in Seattle
David Nusair
a decent drama that never entirely lives up to its place as a classic romcom 
2.5
Sleepless in Seattle
TV Guide Staff
A romantic treat 
3
Sleepless in Seattle
Michael Dequina
Predictable manipulative and completely satisfying 
4
Sleepless in Seattle
Robert Roten
Sleepless in Seattle is done with the panache that Hollywood used to do romantic comedies but seldom does anymore 
3
Sleepless in Seattle
Eugene Novikov
Nora Ephron botched Sleepless in Seattle a hollow boring romance that should appeal only to the most gullible of viewers the ones willing to buy into Ephron s whiny views of life and romance 
1.5
Sleepless in Seattle
Roger Ebert
Sleepless in Seattle is as ephemeral as a talk show as contrived as the late show and yet so warm and gentle I smiled the whole way through 
3
Sleepless in Seattle
James Berardinelli
This is a dreamy romantic fantasy whose mood falls somewhere between magic and reality 
3
Black Robe
Roger Ebert
Black Robe is a film of enormous interest for those who care about the early history of Europeans in North America but for ordinary moviegoers it will be very tough going 
2.5
Some Kind of Beautiful
Kate Taylor
Mainly the comic outcomes of these setups are painfully predictable and when they aren t they border on the offensive 
1
Some Kind of Beautiful
Chris Knight
The problem however is that the script by Matthew Newman doesn t do enough to make Richard either lovable or reprehensible 
2
Some Kind of Beautiful
Linda Barnard
The sentimental side of the back half of the film doesn t fit with the bedroom farce sensibilities going before 
2
Some Kind of Beautiful
Clayton Dillard
A hodgepodge of old man clichs writ large staged as a gleeful affirmation of its male lead s ego and entitlement 
.5
Dreamcatcher
Mark Collette
What begins as a pique to our collective curiosity quickly degenerates into what is essentially a shootout between the good guys and the monsters 
2
Dreamcatcher
Michael Dequina
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0
Dreamcatcher
Greg Maki
A mishmash of styles and genres Dreamcatcher tries so hard to do so much that it ends up accomplishing very little 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Tyler Hanley
It s thrilling to see what a talented director can do with the humorous and horrifying imagination of literary legend Stephen King 
3
Dreamcatcher
Ian Mantgani
There must be other films that make such large dives from gripping interest to complete bollocks but the mind boggles when attempting to remember them 
2
Dreamcatcher
Kevin A. Ranson
Two words anal leakage 
0.5
Dreamcatcher
Mark Dujsik
A simplified truncated mess 
1
Dreamcatcher
David Nusair
invites Mystery Science Theater 3000 esque mocking 
2
Dreamcatcher
Marty Mapes
It s a mess but it manages to entertain for longer than many movies do
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Mike McGranaghan
Next time Stephen King wants to write about something really scary he can take the adaptation of Dreamcatcher as his inspiration 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Matt Brunson
Like Signs the picture suddenly shifts gears to turn into a choppy noisy FX blowout 
2
Dreamcatcher
Linda Cook
A nightmare of a movie 
1
Dreamcatcher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The 136 minute Dreamcatcher suffers from more than a few missed chances and wasted time 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
John Beifuss
familiar King motifs monster mash notes body trauma disgust and pop cultural effluvia belched up by a pain pill popping bedridden horror author 
3
Dreamcatcher
Kit Bowen
Thanks to strong performances from its main characters Dreamcatcher initially catches your attention but just when it should be at its scariest it falls apart 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Dustin Putman
The first hour is so freakishly intriguing and well crafted that the derailed second half can t completely bring it down 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
David Keyes
The script is a narrative septic tank underpinned by promising psychological ideas that get lost in irrelevant subplots 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Shirley Klass
There s also a lot of humor thrown in to make the movie exciting and fun 
2.75
Dreamcatcher
Chris Hewitt
Like the Indian good luck charm that gives it its name Dreamcatcher is full of holes 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Todd Anthony
Given all those prestigious pedigrees Dreamcatcher should have been great or at least bad in new and interesting ways Instead it shamelessly recycles plot points and themes from Alien Independence Day even Outbreak 
2
Dreamcatcher
Moira MacDonald
A head scratchingly silly B movie blending boyish sentiment and cheesy creature effects that even Morgan Freeman can t save 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Ron Weiskind
The pleasures of Dreamcatcher lie in the lunatic sensibility running just below the surface of this Stephen King adaptation 
3
Dreamcatcher
Michael Sragow
The prospect of a sophisticated sci fi horror flick soon goes down the toilet 
2
Dreamcatcher
Peter Travers
King deserves better 
2
Dreamcatcher
Lou Lumenick
One of the more consistently entertaining Stephen King adaptations 
3
Dreamcatcher
Jackie Loohauis
What director writer producer Lawrence Kasden delivers is as old as pod people 
2
Dreamcatcher
Rene Rodriguez
If Dreamcatcher ultimately feels like an unwieldy pastiche at least it s never boring 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Glenn Whipp
Kasdan and co screenwriter William Goldman clearly had no idea how to turn King s lengthy book into one coherent movie so they decided to make several incoherent ones hoping something will stick 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
James Berardinelli
Dreamcatcher isn t worth the time money or effort 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Stephen Cole
Like nightmares horror movies pull us down with them And so the film keeps us in thrall for every one of its 134 minutes 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Terry Lawson
Burdened not only by its bathroom blowouts but by its big budget pretensions 
2
Dreamcatcher
Jeff Vice
The conversion from the printed page to the big screen has made many of the story s already sketchy elements even more sketchy and the film is derivative of such gory alien possession movies as The Thing 
2
Dreamcatcher
Roger Ebert
Dreamcatcher begins as the intriguing story of friends who share a telepathic gift and ends as a monster movie of stunning awfulness 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Ty Burr
All that keeps it from trash greatness is handful of miscast players and a habit of stuffing five plot points into a space normally reserved for one 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Bob Bloom
Getting right to the crux of the matter You can t keep a straight face and be frightened by an alien that crawls out of a human being s anus 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Sean P. Means
The supposedly slambang ending falls apart into a silly special effect shambles 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Phil Villarreal
File Dreamcatcher with Apt Pupil and Thinner in the mediocre Stephen King adaptation drawer 
2
Dreamcatcher
Erik Childress
Kept springing surprises but it stops providing scares and ultimately just doesn t add up to much more than goofiness
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Arthur Salm
Dreamcatcher s biggest shock is that it flat runs out of ideas 
2
Dreamcatcher
Glenn Lovell
This is the kind of horror flick you d expect from someone who doesn t respect or understand genre conventions someone who thinks that he can reclaim an audience s lagging attention with bigger and badder shock effects 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Tor Thorsen
Playing like a Roger Corman movie with a 100 million budget the film relies on abundant gore and BOO style scares 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Steven Rea
The elements don t hang together but Kasdan delivers real scares and real hoots in the midst of the mayhem and madness 
3
Dreamcatcher
David Sterritt
Nowhere near as smart or scary as it sets out to be 
2
Dreamcatcher
Tony Toscano
the most surprising performance coming from Donnie Whalberg 
3
Dreamcatcher
John Anderson
A movie can survive bad acting with a good script or bad writing with stellar acting Dreamcatcher has neither advantage 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Jeffrey Westhoff
The worst big budget science fiction disaster since Battlefield Earth And at least you could laugh at Battlefield Earth 
1
Dreamcatcher
Rob Blackwelder
Sometimes a concept that works well in a novel just seems silly when translated to the big screen and Dreamcatcher is burdened with more than its fair share of silliness 
2
Dreamcatcher
Michael Wilmington
It s the kind of story that probably would have worked better as a four hour miniseries 
2.5
Dreamcatcher
Josh Larsen
like a poorly scripted season of The X Files rolled into one feature film and even The X Files movie managed to avoid that 
1.5
Dreamcatcher
Nick Schager
As in King s derivative novel the story is overstuffed with too many unnecessary if occasionally cool elements 
2
Dreamcatcher
Steve Rhodes
It is a thriller a horror movie and a comedy that will have you jumping high and laughing loud But its convoluted complicated and confusing story would be infinitely better with a full half hour and several characters chopped out of it 
3
Dreamcatcher
Walter Chaw
As stupid as stupid can be 
1
Dreamcatcher
Harvey S. Karten
A screenplay so convoluted that only an average fifteen year old might understand what the heck is going on 
2
This Happy Breed
Mattie Lucas
A powerful piece that hammers its message home without any kind of overt propagandizing 
3.5
This Happy Breed
Matt Brunson
This Happy Breed ranks with 1949 s One Woman s Story and 1950 s Madeleine as the most obscure title in David Lean s canon That s a shame because it s a wonderful motion picture 
4
This Happy Breed
James Kendrick
not a particularly deep film but it gets the details of human interaction and growth just right providing a moving portrait of one family s durability in the midst of massive historical upheaval
3.5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Rob Vaux
It sets a standard that few can beat 
4
Policeman
Godfrey Cheshire
Obviously this tale engages many hot button issues in present day Israel But does it say anything particularly incisive or meaningful about their complexity 
2
Policeman
Nick Schager
Israel s fractured psyche is plumbed via narrative splintering in Policeman Nadav Lapid s compelling drama about his homeland s burgeoning social unrest 
3.5
Policeman
Kent Turner
Director Nadav Lapid in his feature debut over emphasizes the rituals of machismo from the back slapping thump thump thump to the fetishizing of guns that carries over the entire film 
2
Trauma
David Nusair
the movie plays like a second rate Jacob s Ladder 
2
Light Years
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The result is a bit like if Charlie Kaufman directed and interrogated a Mike White comedy for less than 100 000 
3
The Good Girls (Las niñas bien)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
We can not stop looking at the wreck not even in the final barks Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Good Girls (Las niñas bien)
David Nusair
long stretches of the movie are about as engrossing as watching paint dry 
1
The Good Girls (Las niñas bien)
Kate Taylor
Swirling camera work and chronological jumps quietly tighten the screw while the art direction provides continual delight The Good Girls is among things a deliciously precise critique of 1980s fashion 
4
The Starfish Throwers
Kristin Tillotson
The doc stands above typical do good fare by artfully drawing the viewer into the motivations and experiences of each of the three 
3.5
The Last Summer
Roger Moore
A pretty but lifeless and witless confection out of character for Netflix which has a decent track record in the genre 
1.5
Lady and the Tramp
Wesley Lovell
While 8220 Lady and the Tramp 8221 is enjoyable 44 it pales in comparison to both Disney 8217 s earlier and later works 46 Kids will love it 44 but parents beware 8230 it is a little sappy and occasionally bland 46 
2.5
Lady and the Tramp
Matt Brunson
Ranking the Disney animated features is an exercise in futility along the lines of ranking David Bowie singles or ranking Edgar Allan Poe stories Everyone has their own personal favorites In the case of Disney my vote goes to Lady and the Tramp 
4
Lady and the Tramp
Dave Kehr
The quintessential American love story the one between the spoiled heiress and the spontaneous fun loving guy from the wrong side of the tracks has seldom been more elegantly and entertainingly told 
4
Lady and the Tramp
Bill Chambers
Handsomely seductively drawn Lady and the Tramp owns its place in the canon 
2.5
Lady and the Tramp
James Kendrick
in many ways it is closer to the man Walt Disney s view of the world than any of his preceding films especially the way it is filtered largely through his sense of nostalgia for the Victorian era
3
Lady and the Tramp
Michael Scheinfeld
It made more money than any other film from the 1950s except The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur 
4
Lady and the Tramp
David Nusair
somewhat overrated 
2.5
Lady and the Tramp
Forrest Hartman
The vintage animation is brilliant and Disney has done a wonderful job with the transfer to DVD 
3.5
Lady and the Tramp
Willie Waffle
The 50th Anniversary DVD release of Lady and the Tramp shows you everything that is right and wrong with Disney in one DVD package 
3.5
Lady and the Tramp
Eric Henderson
Parents used to having their kids explain films to them will have their hands full on this one 
2
Lady and the Tramp
David Keyes
Visual images on a 70mm screen are bound to be stunning but it takes a fun and good natured story to back them up here we have a premise that joins two opposites in a sweet love story as adventurous as it is fearsome and daring 
3.5
Loving Jezebel
Rob Blackwelder
Harper certainly garners audience sympathy because he really is a sensitive guy but he s unconvincing as a romeo who loves all the things about women their men don t love What is this a Luther Vandross song 
2
Loving Jezebel
Greg Dean Schmitz
Sometimes entertaining but is as a package a bit innocuous and lightweight 
2
Loving Jezebel
Roger Ebert
A fundamental lack of substance 
2.5
Loving Jezebel
Peter Stack
Loving Jezebel a joyous first feature by director Kwyn Bader is a charmer 
3
Genova
David Nusair
sustains one s interest from start to finish 
3
Phantom
Forrest Hartman
Done well submarine movies are intense affairs that keep viewers glued to the screen as characters play breathtaking games of cat and mouse Done poorly they turn out like Phantom 
2
Phantom
Robert Levin
We get stern orders dry technospeak and the occasional physical incident but far less than what s required in such an apocalyptic setting 
2.5
Phantom
Stephen Whitty
The film remains mediocre with flat cinematography and crudely anachronistic dialogue 
2
Phantom
Walter V. Addiego
A game effort by a decent cast highlights the old fashioned submarine thriller Phantom but heavy handed dialogue flurries of melodrama and a silly ending make the whole enterprise sink like a stone 
1
Phantom
Lou Lumenick
It s not something you want to plunk down 12 for but just diverting enough to check out when it arrives on Netflix Instant 
2
Phantom
Ann Hornaday
Its admirable air of realism dissipates once Robinson takes viewers outside the sub where torpedo skirmishes are staged with too perfect CGI bombast 
2
Phantom
Willie Waffle
At first glance Phantom has the promise of being one of those surprise sleeper movies then like me you fall asleep for 10 minutes during the movie 
0
Phantom
Mark Dujsik
The stakes are as high as they could possibly be which inevitably puts Robinson in a corner when it comes time to resolve the affair 
2
Phantom
Claudia Puig
As one might expect from a submarine drama Phantom is claustrophobic and confining If only it were compelling 
2
Phantom
Rafer Guzman
A challenge that offers zero rewards 
0.5
Phantom
Richard Roeper
Ed Harris in Phantom is like Steve Carlton with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1972 delivering a wall to wall amazing performance that s lost in a sea of dreadfulness 
2
Phantom
Tom Russo
The plot is dragged down by a script filled with awkward exposition and blunt audience cues 
2
Phantom
Jake Mulligan
Crimson Tide this isn t 
1.5
Phantom
Michael Phillips
How did this submarine movie turn out so unseaworthy 
2
Phantom
James Berardinelli
Much of what s contained in Phantom is at best speculative and at worst completely made up But regardless of the accuracy it makes for compelling viewing 
3
Phantom
Roger Moore
Watchable thanks to a stellar cast of character players 
2
Phantom
Nick Schager
Todd Robinson s film is a third rate submarine set drama until in its final moments it sinks to fourth rate 
1
John Bronco Rides Again
Roger Moore
They ve ridden that one trick pony lame slurped that waterhole dry and what not There s barely a laugh in it 
1.5
Committed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A well crafted clever comedy 
3.5
Committed
Margaret A. McGurk
Krueger deserves credit for pulling off what amounts to a madcap date movie 
3
Committed
David Nusair
Committed is one of those quirky plotless movies that substitutes novelty for story 
2
Committed
Mike Gregory
Like Joline Committed is pretty to look at but ultimately too irritating to spend 90 minutes with 
2
Committed
Peter Stack
Graham has a certain joyfully lively screen presence that saves the film from itself 
2
Committed
Michael Dequina
Each one of these characters can be described as off center but little eccentricities can only go so far in holding an audience s attention and even less in making them laugh 
1.5
Committed
James Berardinelli
Overall Committed is a disappointment 
2.5
Committed
Jonathan Foreman
In Committed Graham finally gets the chance to carry a movie and she does so admirably 
2.5
Committed
Cornell & Petricelli
Committed boldly sifts through our all too human absurdities but it never loses its path to the final message and one well worth waiting for 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
David Gonzalez
John Krasinski crafts a masterclass in suspense with Hitchcockian anxiety that would make the master proud 46 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Brian Eggert
It s an entertaining follow up to the 2018 original 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Matt Brunson
There s plenty to admire about this intelligent and engrossing follow up 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Linda Cook
A Quiet Place II is a horror sci fi movie to shout about 
4
A Quiet Place Part II
Sean P. Means
Krasinski doesn t mess too much with the formula that made the first A Quiet Place so chillingly effective 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Sarah Knight Adamson
I didn t appreciate viewing a child in agony then actual torture by dosing vodka on a wound Poor and irresponsible choices were made here in writing 
2.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Peter Canavese
Top notch film making moves faster than its predecessor a genre film so there s not a lot of meat on the bone but the barbecue sauce is tangy 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s a testament to the quality of actors like Blunt and a new survivor played by Cillian Murphy that anyone would care what with their emotional range trapped somewhere between determined and very determined 
2
A Quiet Place Part II
Tom Meek
Part II is just as taut and lean as its predecessor 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Richard Roeper
The Abbotts venture into the unknown in a meticulously crafted monster movie that leaves us wanting more 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Dann Gire
Krasinski s sequel chills as a suspense filled survival drama 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Mark Meszoros
As he did the first time around Krasinski shows a gift for directing this type of fare producing several scenes that pull you in and almost refuse to let you breathe 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Sara Michelle Fetters
I never lost track of what was occurring where or to whom tension rising incrementally with such violent intensity it almost became unbearable 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Mike McGranaghan
A good sequel to a GREAT movie 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Joe Friar
The perfect summer movie with plenty of thrills and chills 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Mark Feeney
Krasinski presents these and other such details with lucidity His direction is so efficient and assured that the three or four rather ridiculous plot elements go unnoticed until well after the movie s over That s how absorbing Part II can be 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Kevin Carr
John Kransinski proves he is not a one hit wonder 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Matthew Rozsa
I d recommend it to horror fans even if the COVID 19 pandemic had never happened but I can t think of a more fitting way to return to movie theaters 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Matthew Passantino
The first movie had a novelty to it that s impossible to recapture but much to director John Krasinski s credit that s not what he s striving for with the sequel 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Kevin A. Ranson
parallel action ramping up the drama in a feat of precise editing Adding prologue context with a bit of world building helps the sequel improve the original while excelling on its own 
4
A Quiet Place Part II
Jeff York
It s the simple focus on the main characters reactions to everything that gives it a similar power as its predecessor 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Sonny Bunch
Tight taut and terrifying 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Johnny Oleksinski
Part II is every bit as good and scary as its predecessor and the characters especially the kids go to deeper and braver places 
3.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Mark Dujsik
Returning writer director John Krasinski has omitted any reason to care why these characters move from suspense sequence to suspense sequence 
2.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Chris Hewitt
I really liked the first Quiet Place and was skeptical Krasinski could top it but I m here to shout loudly that he has 
4
A Quiet Place Part II
Leo Brady
A Quiet Place Part II had my attention now my appreciation for this series is loud and clear 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
While it has its weak moments A Quiet Place Part II is more often than not the dramatically taut sci fi horror hybrid that fans want and need 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Bob Bloom
Simmonds is the main attraction here She gives a kick ass performance not allowing her deafness to deter her from her task She is smart and resourceful but also allows us to see the fear she holds inside 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Jeff Mitchell
A louder worthy sequel but it sacrifices the original s brilliant beats 
2.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Mick LaSalle
By the middle of its running time A Quiet Place Part II requires a conscious effort to stay awake 
2
A Quiet Place Part II
James Berardinelli
While Krasinski the screenwriter may have found himself in a bind determining how to move forward Krasinski the director makes the most out of the meager material 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Rafer Guzman
This sequel may not be as inventive as its predecessor but it delivers plenty of white knuckle tension and satisfying scares 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Michael O'Sullivan
A Quiet Place II might just restore your faith not only in sequels or in movies but in humanity 
4
A Quiet Place Part II
Roger Moore
Even quieter even noisier 
2.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Moira MacDonald
Bring on Part III quietly 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Katie Walsh
Again and again he falls back on more of the same old tricks from A Quiet Place which was a bore to begin with 
1.5
A Quiet Place Part II
Wade Major
the fact that it s so expertly put together makes it a seriously refreshing way to emerge from the pandemic 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Rex Reed
The film depends on harrowing moments of unpredictable close calls punctuated at the kind of hair raising special effects Mr Krasinski stages very well 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Josh Larsen
mostly about its homegrown characters learning to man up 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Richard Larson
John Krasinski is most in his comfort zone when the importance of family and legacy drives the film s tension 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Nick Allen
Even if this sequel remains firmly in the shadows of the original I wanted part three as soon as it was over 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Robert Daniels
A Quiet Place II is a string of well placed smartly created scenarios leveraged for maximum tension that only swings us to the next film Rather than allowing us to enjoy this one 
2
A Quiet Place Part II
Lindsey Bahr
It might sound cliché but it s hard to imagine seeing it anywhere but on the big screen It s the kind of movie that demands it 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Brian Truitt
The sci fi survival horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II doesn t quite live up to the refreshing feel or innovative novelty of the original 2018 hit but the creatures are still freaky the soundscapes are still interesting 
3
A Quiet Place Part II
Joey Magidson
A Quiet Place Part II manages to take a really fantastic film and craft a worthy follow up Honestly it s the rare genre sequel that you can t have any complaints about 
3.5
Home Team
Kevin Carr
It fails to make anything sympathetic about the character no matter how likable Kevin James is in it 
1.5
Home Team
Roger Moore
I laughed once 
1
Home Team
Rafer Guzman
A true story that shies away from the truth 
2
Home Team
Brian Tallerico
A shallow representation of sports parenthood and comedy with almost no laughs 
1
Each Dawn I Die
Mattie Lucas
Cagney is at his best here and his partnership with Raft makes for a strong love hate relationship that drives the picture forward It may not be one of Cagney s most famous roles but it s one of his most indelible 
3.5
Each Dawn I Die
Matt Brunson
Each Dawn I Die gets its juice from a smashing James Cagney performance as well as a scenario that s as irresistible as it is unlikely 
3.5
Sharks
Chris Hewitt
Unlike some large format films Sharks 3 D was obviously made by someone Jean Jacques Mantello who cares about the way movies work 
3
Sharks
Jeff Strickler
Some of the photography is quite impressive And the movie certainly doesn t have the fearsome denizen of the deep tone usually found in movies about sharks 
3
Sharks
Piet Levy
It becomes quickly obvious that Mantello relied too heavily on the potential wow factor of sharks swimming off the screen to entertain the audience 
2
Sharks
Louise Kennedy
Swim in the images soak up the facts and if questions about storytelling consistency or tone keep nagging just tell them to float away 
2.5
Sharks
Jim Carnes
It manages to convey little real information or inspire action 
2.5
Sharks
Robert K. Elder
It s a graceful menacing view into of this animal and its breathtaking underworld of blue 
3
Sharks
Josh Larsen
places as much importance on information as it does on visual spectacle 
3
Legend of the Demon Cat
Chuck Bowen
This modern fantasy weds the techniques of silent cinema with CGI to conjure a memorably mythic realm 
3
The World's Best Prom
Marty Mapes
The sum of the parts isn t enough to justify hunting down this DVD
2
American Gigolo
Roger Ebert
The whole movie has a winning sadness about it take away the story s sensational aspects and what you have is a study in loneliness 
3.5
American Gigolo
James Kendrick
While certainly not Schrader s best film as either a writer or director it is still an interesting signpost of the early 1980s
3
Seven Days in Utopia
Roger Moore
Treats its subject as if it s a tap in for par and thus most of the best clubs were left in the bag 
2
Seven Days in Utopia
Linda Cook
Because of Dad and Deb I could not detest this strange good hearted sloppy movie Dad discovered a passion for golf late in life My dear friend Deb too speaks often about the challenge of the game which has touched her profoundly 
2
Seven Days in Utopia
Bob Hoover
A faith based earnest little picture sponsored largely by Callaway Golf that takes seriously the nonsense that golf is a metaphor for life No it s a metaphor for golf 
1.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Keith Cohen
This wholesome movie stresses values that seem to have been lost in America It is a refreshing change of pace to have a movie that doesn t need to resort to violence sex drugs or bad language to tell a story resonating emotionally appealing to all 
2.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Russ Breimeier
Even the great Robert Duvall can t save this triple bogey of a movie 
1.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Lou Lumenick
At least watching Black fish paint and pilot an airplane is less boring than golf 
2
Seven Days in Utopia
Sean O'Connell
Russell s spoon feeding of motivational nuggets turns to full blown shoveling in the film s final minutes 
2
Seven Days in Utopia
Mark Dujsik
The ending is only a minute part of what the movie does wrong though it is a spectacularly mistaken move 
1
Seven Days in Utopia
John Hartl
A cluttered empty drama that uses or tries to use golf painting dinner table prayers and fly fishing as pathways to enlightenment When that doesn t work the filmmakers start preaching 
1.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Steven Rea
Until Seven Days in Utopia sucker punches you with a surfeit of faith based platitudes its upbeat brand of golf mysticism isn t altogether unappealing 
2
Seven Days in Utopia
Wesley Morris
If I understand Seven Days in Utopia some guys spend their entire day thinking about golf and God thinks those guys are crazy 
0.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Matt Pais
Half hearted attempts to incorporate messages about God and faith don t go much farther than people pointing at a Bible 
1
Seven Days in Utopia
Roger Ebert
I would rather eat a golf ball than see this movie again 
1
Seven Days in Utopia
Josh Larsen
Who made caddies God 
1.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Ed Gonzalez
What dooms Seven Days in Utopia is its contrived storytelling and dim witted artistry 
1.5
Seven Days in Utopia
Peter Keough
Golf doesn t lend itself well to the big screen 
1
Jazbaa
Namrata Joshi
South Korean cinema should be protesting In his obsession with remaking Korean films in Hindi Sanjay Gupta continues to make a hash of them 
1.5
Grey Gardens
Robert Bianco
In the right hands there s a nobility in unfettered eccentricity 
3.5
Grey Gardens
Dan Callahan
Sensitive and well acted as this new Grey Gardens is it feels like a wish fulfillment fantasy that gives Little Edie a happy ending the truth of this woman s life must have been much grimmer and messier 
2.5
Grey Gardens
David Wiegand
Whether you know the Maysleses film or not you ll be astounded at the performances of Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore as Big and Little Edie 
4
Grey Gardens
Mike McGranaghan
The movie would almost doubtlessly have garnered Oscar nominations for its two stars had it been released theatrically 
3.5
Grey Gardens
Peter Travers
The script hits a few bumps but Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore are magnificent as the bizarro Beales 
3
My Dinner With Andre
Peter Canavese
This scripted literal conversation piece was also acutely self aware and just as much thought provoking offering a progressive cinematic paradigm Blu ray 
3.5
My Dinner With Andre
James Kendrick
What makes the film so intriguing and so beguiling and so utterly wonderful is the way it slowly reveals itself uncoiling in ways that don t produce dramatic fireworks but rather gradual realizations
4
My Dinner With Andre
Joseph Jon Lanthier
But what an egg it is 
4
My Dinner With Andre
Jeremy Heilman
It s difficult to criticize the experiments of a movie that so boldly disregards most cinematic convention 
3
The Third Reich
Mick LaSalle
It s one of the best glimpses into this period that I ve seen 
4
Pump Up the Volume
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The fact that it does this simply and unabashedly gives the critic little to work with it s all there right on the surface with nothing to decode just a dream and a dream of an idea that it asks us to share and celebrate And better yet emulate 
4
Pump Up the Volume
Hal Lipper
Call it Rebel With a Cause and listen good because it s the most frank startling and radically opinionated movie ever made for young viewers 
4
Pump Up the Volume
Chris Hicks
The only real reason to see this film is Slater s knockout performance 
1.5
Me and Orson Welles
Rob Thomas
When Welles arrives in the frame all bluster and charm and intimidation the movie jolts to life And it can t help but fade a little when he leaves 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Mike Scott
It s a good thing Christian McKay delivers such an eerily accurate performance as Welles because as pleasant as Linklater s shrug of a film is it s built on a flimsy plot 
2.5
Me and Orson Welles
John Beifuss
A tribute to the transformative power of art not just for the audience but for the artist 
3.5
Me and Orson Welles
Sara Michelle Fetters
I ve seen plenty of great impersonations of Orson Welles and yet I ve never seen any of them come remotely close to this 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Michael Smith
A toothless nostalgia trip awash in name dropping and only occasionally charming as a coming of age story 
2
Me and Orson Welles
Matt Brunson
Lacking the sociopolitical context of Tim Robbins 1999 Cradle Will Rock another look at the early days of the Mercury this nevertheless does an admirable job in its dissection of Welles fascinating and infuriating personality 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Peter Canavese
Without McKay Me and Orson Welles would be unthinkable as a film with him Linklater s delightful celebration of the arts turns out to be one of the season s most surprising gifts 
3.5
Me and Orson Welles
Robert W. Butler
Linklater s directing style is pretty much gimmick free No razzle dazzle is required when you have a story as rich as this characters as fascinating as these and actors who can bring it all to life 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Duane Dudek
My favorite holiday meal is ham not turkey That might be why I find Me and Orson Welles so appetizing 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Jeff Vice
McKay s blustery but believable performance is one of the more memorable supporting turns in any film this year 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Joe Williams
The most resonant voice belongs to Welles or rather to McKay who uncannily channels the charm ego and flim flammery of the man who would soon move to Hollywood to direct and star in Citizen Kane 
2.5
Me and Orson Welles
Liam Lacey
The very name Orson Welles stands for genius wasted and betrayed and the movie offers some foreshadowing of his triumphs and failures to come 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Willie Waffle
McKay gives one of those performances you have to see to believe and one that will make you want to see Me and Orson Welles again and again 
4
Me and Orson Welles
Sonny Bunch
Not quite a coming of age movie and not quite an examination of the early work of Orson Welles it s an odd melange of the two that never quite comes together in a satisfying way 
2
Me and Orson Welles
Mick LaSalle
I forgot that I was looking at an actor I really believed I was looking at Welles 
4
Me and Orson Welles
Peter Howell
Working with the fact based eponymous novel by Robert Kaplow first time screenwriters Holly Gent Palmo and Vince Palmo are content to follow the contours of a standard behind the scenes story about the staging of a play 
2.5
Me and Orson Welles
Chris Hewitt
Me and Orson Welles is a movie for people who love live theater 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Mark Dujsik
The Welles material is key but the script also understands the world of a theatrical production fleshing out all the backstage drama that inhabits it 
3.5
Me and Orson Welles
Moira MacDonald
Linklater keeps everything bouncing along in sepia light and roar of the greasepaint dust giving us a little lesson in theater history along with an appealing coming of age tale 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Steven Rea
Linklater s film adaptation succeeds in bringing the flamboyant Welles to life without resorting to caricature although a few vintage Al Hirschfelds adorn the walls 
3.5
Me and Orson Welles
Michael Phillips
A real charmer Me and Orson Welles is the work of a director who takes nostalgia romantic possibility and the theater seriously without being a pill about it 
3.5
Me and Orson Welles
Roger Ebert
The impersonation of Welles by Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles is the centerpiece of the film and from it all else flows We can almost accept that this is the Great Man 
4
Me and Orson Welles
Peter Keough
The detail of the 30s Manhattan setting may be perfunctory but in this he mirrors Welles s own production whose schematic set design with its expressionistic lighting and rough hewn props evoked a nightmare world of contemporary totalitarianism 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Brett McCracken
It s no Citizen Kane and it won t change your life But it s a well told story and sometimes that s enough 
2.5
Me and Orson Welles
Peter Travers
What do you say about a movie that proves Zac Efron can act introduces a master thespian in Christian McKay and launches a charm assault that is damn near irresistible 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Lou Lumenick
One of the best pictures about the stage in recent memory 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Robert Levin
Christian McKay s performance is an extraordinary immersion that rivals the legendary portrayals of icons in movies past 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s worth sitting through Efron s vacant performance to get to the meat of McKay s performance 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Claudia Puig
It s slight only sporadically enjoyable and sometimes corny 
2.5
Me and Orson Welles
James Berardinelli
In a departure from his usual intimate character based fare director Richard Linklater paints on a broad cinematic canvas that brings Depression era Broadway vividly to life 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Stephen Whitty
I m getting very weary of filmmakers making up conversations inventing motives and creating events so that their based on a real story movie can get to the real truth Because actually there s only one real truth 
2.5
Me and Orson Welles
Andrew Schenker
The film s pleasures are to be found almost entirely in the meticulously recreated period design 
2
Me and Orson Welles
David Nusair
A light and frothy confection 
3
Me and Orson Welles
Erik Childress
Whenever Christian McKay is on screen it s transportive So it s a shame that Linklater didn t see the egotistical irony in the title and just make a film all about Orson Welles It s what he would have wanted 
2.5
Inheritance, Italian Style
Bob Bloom
Even though the movie is a mere 96 minutes it feels much longer Writer director Doug Bremner needed to accelerate the pacing to really make the movie gel 
1.5
The Italian
Rob Thomas
What really makes this potentially melodramatic story so powerful is the incredibly intense and focused presence of little Kolya Spiridonov who makes you believe Vanya s determination and grit every step of the way 
3
The Italian
Robert W. Butler
There are shocking and heartbreaking moments scattered throughout The Italian but director Kravchuk approaches them with a nonjudgmental observational style that avoids most of the pitfalls of melodrama 
3
The Italian
John Beifuss
Cinematographer Aleksandr Burov captures a land of frost coated fields cracked plaster walls and weed choked railways with a photojournalist s eye for the telling detail 
3
The Italian
Larry Ratliff
From Russia with harsh love The Italian chronicles one orphaned boy s incredible determination to reunite with his birth mother 
3
The Italian
Phil Villarreal
Director Andrei Kravchuk makes a case for the speedy adoption practices of Madonna and Angelina Jolie with his despondent drama 
3
The Italian
Michele Kenner
This is a difficult disturbing story with harsh desperate conditions delicately balanced by one boy s undeniable sense of hope 
3
The Italian
Jeff Vice
What buoys the film and really makes it work are strong performances by its cast many of them young newcomers 
2.5
The Italian
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers find a plucky heart tugger in Spiridonov a child any mother would love to claim as her own 
3
The Italian
Laura Kelly
Sometimes a difficult film can be redeemed with one astonishing end moment That s the case with The Italian where the last few moments possess a humanity that elevates all that comes before it 
3.5
The Italian
John Monaghan
Wise resilient children aren t especially new to the movies but when they re presented this sensitively they re always worth revisiting 
3
The Italian
Chris Hewitt
The Italian appears to be that foreign film staple one of those movies where a plucky rascal brightens the life of a crabby Pole Spaniard Korean But it s actually much grittier than it looks 
3
The Italian
Bruce Westbrook
Milking sympathy for parentless children is no stretch in The Italian More impressive is its affecting look at their reeling mother country 
3.5
The Italian
Steven Rea
A powerful indictment of Russia s illegal adoption industry and a story of pipsqueak resolve and resilience 
3
The Italian
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I wanted more early on and while I m not at all sure I liked the voiceover coda Vanya s journey is so stirring and heartwarming it is very easy to overlook the minor missteps holding the picture back a bit from true magnificence 
3
The Italian
Peter Howell
The Italian is tough to watch at times but then so is life Chances are you ll leave the theatre moved by the strength of the human spirit and with newfound respect for the bond between a child and his mother 
3.5
The Italian
Ted Fry
First time feature director Andrei Kravchuk infuses the entire atmosphere with a formal neorealist haze that is squalid and striking 
3.5
The Italian
Bill Stamets
The charm of The Italian lies in Kravchuk blending a sentimental fable and a boy s action adventure saga He surpasses cliches and still delivers a novel finale that s heartwarming 
3
The Italian
David Nusair
a compelling and genuinely moving piece of work 
3
The Italian
Michael Phillips
Director Andrei Kravchuk and cinematographer Alexander Burov make the harsh landscapes and decrepit interiors interesting and varied without falsely dramatic set ups or lighting 
3.5
The Italian
Ruthe Stein
a deeply moving experience alternately funny and sad 
3
The Italian
Ty Burr
The Italian offers a soul blasted portrait of modern Russia 
3
The Italian
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Andrei Kravchuk gives The Italian a Dickensian spirit full of dire twists nasty villains and other colorfully seedy characters 
3.5
The Italian
Stephen Whitty
The Italian is a debut feature by Andrei Kravchuk and it shows some sophisticated style 
3
The Italian
Lou Lumenick
At heart The Italian is a Dickensian tale that paints a vivid portrait of post Glasnost Russia en route to a four handkerchief ending 
3
The Italian
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even if circumstances edge toward the unlikely director Kravchuk and child actor Spiridonov make an effective team exploring the realities that lead to so much heartbreak for so many children 
2.5
The Italian
Bob Strauss
There is uplift amid all the grimness It doesn t always ring entirely true but so much of it is so hard won it almost never feels saccharine 
3
The Italian
Timothy Knight
Graced with honest performances by the entire cast The Italian is nevertheless a frustrating disappointment that promises much more than it ultimately delivers 
2.5
The Italian
Ken Fox
Equal parts Oliver Twist and Pinocchio Russian director Andrei Kravchuk s fictional hearttugger exposes a troubling real life practice in contemporary Russia the buying and selling of abandoned children to rich foreign couples 
3
The Italian
Fernando F. Croce
A waif s doleful eyes make easy tools of manipulation and though The Italian is guilty of abusing them for viewer approval the final shot movingly restores their importance 
2.5
The Italian
Jan Stuart
The Italian holds us with a timeless simplicity and narrative purity 
3.5
The Italian
Steve Rhodes
The simple and sappy story has heartfelt motives 
2.5
The Italian
Jason Anderson
Full of cold truths and warm sentiment this is a Dickensian tale set to the contemporary rhythms of post Communist Russia 
3
The Italian
Gina Carbone
A gorgeous heartbreaking modern fairy tale that felt so real my cynical heart melted then immediately froze in fear that it was all too real 
3.5
House
Austin Kennedy
I walked into the movie expecting to give it one star or lower Instead it was just mediocre 
2
House
Todd Hertz
The film doesn t achieve the horror or creep factor it could have u2014or that the trailer seems to promise u2014mainly because of strange stylistic choices 
2
Life's Passing Me By
Kam Williams
An alternately entertaining and thought provoking irreverent romp so unpredictable and engaging that you quickly forget the low production values as you become immersed in the plight of the members of the motley ensemble 
4
Imaginary Order
Sean P. Means
As suburban supermom meltdowns go Imaginary Order goes deep thanks to some smart and scary twists and a compelling performance by Wendi McLendon Covey 
3
Another Woman
Matt Brunson
At 80 minutes Another Woman is too short to lend full support to Marion s crisis of character and conscience although another 15 or so minutes of Allen s unusually affected dialogue probably wouldn t have moved the needle much 
2.5
Another Woman
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating character study mostly free of Allen s trademark neuroticism yet ripe with some of his most astute introspection 
3.5
Another Woman
Roger Ebert
Film is the most voyeuristic medium but rarely have I experienced this fact more sharply than while watching Woody Allen s Another Woman 
4
Another Woman
Chris Hicks
It makes for a decidedly uneven occasionally fascinating but ultimately rather frustrating experience 
2.5
The World's Greatest Lover
Austin Kennedy
In a generation that s filled with cynical ultra raunchy dark comedies this was refreshing to me There s a certain innocence in this kind of immature humor that I miss from the movies 
3
The Last Days of Chez Nous
Edward Guthmann
It s not Armstrong s best and yet it s a pleasure to watch her tell a story through subtle details and interior moments 
3
The Last Days of Chez Nous
Roger Ebert
I like movies like this because I get to meet people whom it would be entertaining to know at a certain distance 
3.5
Confessions of an Invisible Girl
Roger Moore
I think I laughed once
1.5
A Single Shot
Brian Eggert
Despite Rockwell 8217 s fine acting 44 there 8217 s little suspense or emotion to bond us to A Single Shot or its cast of backwater characters 46 
2
A Single Shot
Robert Levin
The movie s general weariness nothing happy happens here transitions from tasteful to overbearing 
2.5
A Single Shot
Matt Pais
Lands somewhere between a good novel and a deadly country song all with the power to take hold and refuse to leave you be 
3
A Single Shot
Christy Lemire
An odd mix of beautifully bleak atmosphere and hammily mannered performances A Single Shot is simultaneously understated and overpowering 
2
A Single Shot
Liam Lacey
Both predictable and outlandish 
2
A Single Shot
Stephen Whitty
A Single Shot is a singular pleasure and worth seeking out 
3
A Single Shot
Peter Keough
So heavy on atmosphere that it s hard to breathe this derivative drama sleepwalks through familiar story lines despite the efforts of a first rate cast 
2
A Single Shot
Jeff Beck
There s a fascinating start of a story here but the perplexing decision to smother it ends up doing no favors for anyone 
2
A Single Shot
Bruce DeMara
The pace feels too languid draining some of the tension and suspense from the story 
2.5
A Single Shot
Chris Hewitt
A grim and glacially paced melodrama 
1
A Single Shot
Rex Reed
What passes for a plot has been done a thousand times before in much better films than A Single Shot 
1
A Single Shot
Nick Schager
Its portrait of foolishness and fallibility and its atmosphere of inevitable doom remain sturdy and captivating 
3
Dina
Josh Terry
Overall Dina is very well executed though some audiences may find it a little too intimate for their own tastes 
3
Dina
Bruce DeMara
There are moments of humour in a gently affecting story that celebrates the ordinariness of its subjects 
3
Dina
Brad Wheeler
Co directors Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles tell the story gracefully doling out Dina s tragic backstory in excellent increments 
3.5
Dina
Ann Hornaday
Even if approached with more than a few misgivings Dina is valuable if only to offer viewers an honest touching ultimately optimistic portrait of people embracing intimacy and honesty the best way they know how 
2.5
Dina
Walter V. Addiego
Although there may be no fairy tale endings by the movie s end it s impossible not to wish one for Dina and Scott 
3
Dina
Gary Thompson
An affectionate and uncommonly intimate portrait of two people on the autism spectrum in a romantic relationship 
3
Dina
Sheila O'Malley
There are some extremely dark moments in Dina and these are even more powerful because of Santini and Sickles humanistic approach Their care for Dina and Scott is clear in every frame 
3.5
Dina
Christopher Gray
We come to understand that the camera s distance from its subjects as an act of respect that allows the complex funny and indomitable personalities to shine through 
3
Dina
Sean P. Means
Perhaps the most beautiful romance at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival plays out in Dina a documentary as warm hearted and as open as its title character 
3.5
Chicago Heights
J. R. Jones
Shooting mainly in black and white director Nearing creates powerful compositions with subtly canted angles eerie backlighting and striking symmetries 
3
Chicuarotes
Carlos Aguilar
García Bernal has evolved his craft substantially even if the progress fails to yield a fully formed and tonally cohesive outcome 
2
Hollywood Burn
Mike Clark
The symbol for Hollywood Pictures is a sphinx Hollywood Pictures reputation is such however that the saying in the movie industry is If it s sphinx it stinks No further proof is needed than this dreadful film 
0.5
Making Love
Larry Vitacco
Making Love defies convention Here is a movie about a man s coming to terms with his gayness that is intelligently written honestly performed and entertaining to watch 
4
Making Love
Roger Ebert
This movie has some of the worst dialogue one can imagine She What about passion He What about support She What about betrayal 
2
The Skin of the Wolf
Roger Moore
Beautifully scenic Euro mountain man period piece in which too little happens 
2
A Sidewalk Astronomer
Rob Blackwelder
If i A Sidewalk Astronomer i can t turn you on to astronomy I feel sorry for you 
3
A Sidewalk Astronomer
G. Allen Johnson
Although it introduces us to a quirky humorous enthusiastic and obviously intelligent 89 year old man it is a minor documentary of a major figure 
1
A Sidewalk Astronomer
V.A. Musetto
Did you know that Jupiter is big enough to hold 1 300 Earths Or that it rains sulfuric acid on Venus 
3
Beautiful Boy
Clayton Davis
Beautiful Boy has raw and emotional power without falling all over itself with melodrama but it does come up short in some narrative regards 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
James Kendrick
There are no answers only more questions and the film beats you down which is probably the point and the closest we can ever get to truly empathizing with parents whose children go mad 
3
Beautiful Boy
Rick Groen
In Beautiful Boy the themes are vast but the picture is small and the ensuing emptiness is what the characters are meant to feel not us 
2
Beautiful Boy
Ann Hornaday
An excruciating drama about a couple caught in the aftermath of a pivotal moment involving their college age son 
1.5
Beautiful Boy
Rossiter Drake
Boy for all its exploitation of the sensational is a tense affair that challenges us with questions we may never have thought to ask 
3
Beautiful Boy
Dustin Putman
The film s depiction of a married couple in emotional peril rings true rather than maudlin sustained at a riveting pitch through the consummately raw sympathetic performances of its two leads 
3
Beautiful Boy
Mick LaSalle
At a certain point lofty objectivity is just a refusal to engage and no raw camera work can disguise it 
2
Beautiful Boy
Ted Fry
Most of Beautiful Boy is unrelentingly bleak and depressing but there are smatterings of understatement and grace 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Wesley Morris
This feels like a movie that won a high school current events contest Take a tragedy make a movie 
1.5
Beautiful Boy
Linda Barnard
Ku gives us the shooter s parents view of the tragedy and it is just as devastating as anything we can imagine among victims families 
3
Beautiful Boy
Erik Childress
Unlike the rather basic idea of Rabbit Hole being spun into other areas of forgiveness and catharsis Ku s film exists in a bubble that just keeps floating 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Michael Phillips
If the key performances in Beautiful Boy were any less honest the film s half formed suppositions would undo it utterly 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Carrie Rickey
Beautiful Boy is not an entertainment but an experience And a kind of cinematic sensitivity training 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Roger Ebert
A film like this can end honestly in only one way and Ku is true to it 
3
Beautiful Boy
Matt Pais
Powerfully inhabits the grieving process following a devastating incident that no one can understand until they go through it Hopefully we ll all be lucky enough not to 
3
Beautiful Boy
Paul Schrodt
Its unmoored oxygen deprived atmosphere reflects the current mood of grief literature inspired by Joan Didion s groundbreaking The Year of Magical Thinking 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Stephen Whitty
Great drama makes you think you re looking into other people s lives Beautiful Boy makes you think you re merely peeking in their windows 
2
Beautiful Boy
Lou Lumenick
The relentlessly grim Beautiful Boy ends up being an endurance test 
1.5
Beautiful Boy
James Berardinelli
I suspect parents will react more strongly to this movie than non parents It s hard to imagine anyone however leaving the theater without a more thoughtful perspective 
3
Beautiful Boy
Peter Travers
Out of a premise horrifically familiar from tragedies at Columbine and Virginia Tech director Shawn Ku has crafted a film that will haunt you for a good long time 
3
Beautiful Boy
Rex Reed
Beautiful Boy is a haunting deeply disturbing but beautifully made film with depth and range about a dark subject 
3.5
Beautiful Boy
David Nusair
heightened by both Sheen and Bello s raw consistently engrossing work 
2.5
Three Minutes - A Lengthening
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
While the crimes of Nazis cannot be undone 44 this is as valiant a cinematic repudiation of the Holocaust as one can find 46 
4
Three Minutes - A Lengthening
Ann Hornaday
Three Minutes A Lengthening winds up being a fascinatingly contradictory film exemplifying both loss and the resuscitative work of memory and the permanence and fragility of film as a material object 
4
Three Minutes - A Lengthening
Matt Zoller Seitz
A great film about filmmaking and a quietly devastating memorial for lives long gone 46 
4
Three Minutes - A Lengthening
Jocelyn Noveck
Many documentaries tell vital and poignant stories Only a few though simultaneously make as urgent an argument for the existence of filmmaking itself as does Bianca Stigter s Three Minutes A Lengthening 
3.5
Three Minutes - A Lengthening
Mark Dujsik
The result is fascinating 46 46 46 using editing trickery and image manipulation as a detective might 46 46 46 It apos s equally haunting 44 too 46 
3
Shook
Roger Moore
Tutor isn 8217 t bad 44 but the way the plot set up is scripted and acted by her co stars gives away too many secrets too early 46 
2
Shook
Nick Allen
For a movie about the influencer personality the black mirror reflects right back Shook also has its own problems of being shallow derivative and even a little out of touch 
1.5
Mission: Joy (Finding Happiness in Troubled Times)
Brian Eggert
Here 8217 s a doc that makes the viewer want to learn more about the subject and take proactive steps toward bringing joy to the world 46 How many films can say that 63 
3.5
Loosies
Kyle Smith
Romantic comedies are often as contrived and irritating as Loosies but few feature a lead character so lacking in appeal 
0.5
Loosies
Rex Reed
Not a great movie but satisfying enough to hold attention and win your affection a rare blue plate combo on today s overcrowded menu of movie chaos that sticks to your ribs and stays there 
2.5
Loosies
Chuck Bowen
The film s aggressively low budget aesthetic is meant to be lively and rife with integrity 
1
The Tribe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Tribe is constantly riveting and even if there is one other movie without spoken dialogue this year Shaun the Sheep Movie you still won t see anything else like it 
3
The Tribe
David Lewis
This is a challenging film that s not for everyone Yet there s no denying its brilliant concept and its raw cinematic power 
2.5
The Tribe
John Serba
It must overcome its gimmick or become a footnote Slaboshpitsky succeeds by using a language that crosses all social and cultural barriers violence Also sex 
3.5
The Tribe
Brad Keefe
The lack of spoken words or score also heightens the natural sound to a magnified impact in a film that s hardly lacking impact 
3.5
The Tribe
Anders Wright
All of it makes for a unique cinematic experience an ambitious work that relies on its audience taking a leap of faith Those that do will be rewarded 
3.5
The Tribe
John Wirt
A bleak daring drama from Ukraine 
3
The Tribe
Scott Renshaw
While The Tribe does at times feel designed to be shocking it also demands that you pay attention in a way that we re not used to paying attention in the movies 
3
The Tribe
Sean P. Means
For those who can take it The Tribe is a movie of undeniable emotional power unlike anything you ve seen before 
4
The Tribe
Liam Lacey
Based on Slaboshpytskiy s experience as a crime reporter and on stories of Ukraine s deaf Mafia it s less a social portrait than an experiment in shaking up the balance of our senses A tale of no sound just fury 
4
The Tribe
David Berry
The Tribe builds to a revolution in your attention forcing you to change not just how you watch the film but how you feel its characters but director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky is sly enough to ease you in 
4
The Tribe
Tirdad Derakhshani
A stunning examination of teenage cruelty exploitation and crime that refuses to give us the satisfaction of identifying with the characters 
2.5
The Tribe
Linda Barnard
Overlong and not always successful in its storytelling Slaboshpitsky consistently returns to sex and violence to shore up a weak plot about a guy who falls for the wrong girl 
2.5
The Tribe
Robert Horton
As a whole experience The Tribe is definitely unusual and I suspect will prove haunting in the memory 
3
The Tribe
Mark Dujsik
I t s a successful experiment but as a worthwhile story the movie falls disappointingly short 
2.5
The Tribe
Tom Keogh
A startlingly original at times unbearably intense drama from Ukraine that on a moment to moment scene by scene basis blows up expectations on every level narratively visually and in terms of performance 
3.5
The Tribe
Matt Pais
Winds up feeling like a gimmick artificial and alarmist instead of authentic and revealing 
2
The Tribe
Josh Larsen
a deeply immersive experience one that made me feel like a sense deprived stranger in an unfamiliar world 
3
The Tribe
Farran Smith Nehme
Story wise The Tribe is yet another art film wallow in cruelty not nearly as unique as its looks and its world 
2
The Tribe
Luke Goodsell
there s an undeniably compelling frisson in the The Tribe s unique mixture of brutality and silence 
2.5
The Tribe
Scout Tafoya
If Slaboshpitsky retrofitted his tiresome screenplay with sign language because he wanted to prove that everyone no matter their circumstances is only human I can think of a dozen much less dimwitted strategies he might have employed 
1.5
The Tribe
Steve Macfarlane
The film is more interested in performance and symbolism than in the meaning of its characters words or their substitutive gestures 
1.5
The Tribe
Kent Turner
The Tribe was by far the most hard hitting and vivid work in the Cannes Film festival 
3.5
The Field
Roger Ebert
The Field is a grim allegory of hard life on the land a symbolic play transplanted uneasily to the greater realism of the film medium where what we might accept on the stage now looks contrived and artificial 
1
The Field
Chris Hicks
Predictable and interminably slow moving The Field appears at times to be an uneven blend of John Ford s The Informer and David Lean s Ryan s Daughter 
2
Johns
Dustin Putman
Although far from perfect johns is an edgy and powerful motion picture 
3
Johns
Roger Ebert
David Arquette and Lukas Haas find the right note for their characters They have plans and dreams but vague ones and they re often sort of detached maybe because their lives are on hold in between johns 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Brian Eggert
A series of mindless chases poop jokes and fast paced action all delivered at a rate too recklessly swift to allow emotional resonance 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Pamela Powell
It s wonderfully vibrant visually as well as musically with high paced energy and action 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Brad Keefe
It s kind of amazing with all the anthropomorphizing that goes on in animated movies that there hasn t been a movie with the exact premise of The Secret Life of Pets before now And it s a shame that premise wasn t better executed 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
John Beifuss
Funny and unpretentious 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Wesley Lovell
A film that desperately needed a better screenplay 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Linda Cook
Secret Life of Pets is furry fun 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Sara Michelle Fetters
After the first ten minutes I was incredibly excited to discover where the lot of them were going to take things next I shouldn t have gotten my hopes up 
1
The Secret Life of Pets
Christy Lemire
It is an incredibly simple yet irresistible idea for a movie It s also exactly what you think it s going to be no more no less 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Neil Rosen
Pets is basically a by the numbers pretty predictable perfunctory movie that will appeal to kids aged eight to twelve However adults will be pretty much left out in the cold 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It feels more like a dashed off phoned in attempt at a story as if told by a busy grownup with better things to do 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
John Hanlon
This animated feature has a few great scenes but young children should steer clear because of the film s darker moments 
3.0
The Secret Life of Pets
David Keyes
Much of this sounds rather exciting and whimsical when you paint a portrait in a movie review but replace the dogs and cats with inanimate childhood objects and what you basically have is Toy Story 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Walter Chaw
Brutally bad
0
The Secret Life of Pets
Mike McGranaghan
The Secret Life of Pets is the kind of movie that will make a lot of people happy It sticks to a subject many of us are very familiar with then uses that subject to create jokes that will ring a bell with any pet owner 
3.5
The Secret Life of Pets
James Berardinelli
The Secret Life of Pets is strong enough that parents won t fall into a catatonic state while watching it with their offspring 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Katie Walsh
Draws on the universal experience of pet ownership to draw out the awww in all of us But the film butt scoots by on its premise There s not much more going on thematically or emotionally below the surface 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Barry Paris
If the formula is familiar the personalities are fresh 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Max Weiss
Beyond a few ingenious touches here and there The Secret Life of Pets is a fairly standard kiddie caper that borrows heavily from Toy Story with an A list voice cast and some top flight animation 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Mal Vincent
All in all the characters hold it together and manage to be irresistible enough But I still have no idea what real pets may be doing while I m away writing this review Maybe it s best that I don t 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Chris Knight
It s gorgeous to behold the opening scene swooping over a computer generated New York is a stunner but you soon realize that for all the fun this is merely a new dog performing old tricks 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Rob Thomas
The Secret Life of Pets hopes that if it s loud frenetic and derivative enough audiences won t notice there s little in the way of plot characterizations or most fatally emotion 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Josh Terry
Even though the heart of the film is fairly routine Secret Life of Pets is bracketed with explicit acknowledgment of the unique relationship between loving owners and their pets 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Stephen Whitty
The big chase scenes and action movie adventures are fine But what delights here are the small details of what happens once we close the door the standard poodle who throws a heavy metal party or the dachshund who gets massages 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Willie Waffle
A simple straight forward movie but that is part of its charm 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Kate Taylor
An amusing animated adventure full of talking animals that should please both children and their parents 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Bob Bloom
The Secret Life of Pets is filled with sight gags and one liners But most of all beating beneath all the mayhem is heart and devotion 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Anders Wright
Yes it s often very funny and frequently entertaining However The Secret Life of Pets doesn t have a great deal to say 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Sean P. Means
Apart from a few funny sight gags and some good comic performances including Jenny Slate as a love struck puffball and Dana Carvey as an old hound dog this copycat movie doesn t know any new tricks 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Christopher Schobert
Will children be satisfied It s more than likely that they will But The Secret Life of Pets is unlikely to earn repeat viewings and in the crowded kid pic marketplace that s rather disappointing 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Rafer Guzman
An affectionate ode to the bond between humans and their animals 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Jon Niccum
Edgy comedian C K commits wholly to this family friendly gig and his lack of snark seems refreshing 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Peter Howell
Well groomed characters carry the day 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Richard Roeper
There s too much dark even mean spirited cynicism And the ending isn t nearly as heartwarming as it could have been because the writers and co directors opted not to go with a certain and seemingly pretty obvious dramatic choice 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Rick Bentley
This mildly amusing adventure story will both entertain young moviegoers with its dazzling color scheme and scare them with some intense moments It has a bit of charm but it is not enough to keep a tight leash on parents 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Steven Rea
The Secret Life of Pets is a pet lover s loving salute to the domesticated animals we rely on to bring us comfort companionship and triple digit veterinary bills 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Sara Stewart
This simple premise spun into a caper by the canny team behind Despicable Me and its hyperactive sequel Minions makes for a pretty amusing ride 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Michael O'Sullivan
Why couldn t the film have found a way to be both relevant and funny a la Zootopia 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Lauren Chval
The Secret Life of Pets is sweet but it s not covering any new ground or really that interesting beyond the first half hour 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Dann Gire
This cartoonish series of action vignettes glorifies bullying and teaches kids that violence can solve problems quickly and efficiently 
1.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Jody Mitori
Some of the best scenes show the filmmakers affection for creatures of all kinds especially their observations of human and pet behavior One tip for owners You may want to wash that Kitchen Aid mixer before you use it next 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Brian Tallerico
The Secret Life of Pets is the disposable summer diversion that many families will be looking for as temperatures rise and the start of school seems so far away but most won t be able to remember after they see it 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Tom Russo
Capable agreeable and also predictable 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Moira MacDonald
There s a funny offbeat movie lurking in the details here 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Peter Travers
an animated fluffball a sort of Toy Story with pets does everything to drive you crazy and ends up by being totally irresistible 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Kenji Fujishima
The film s messy pile up of comic diversions can be exhilarating in the moment the chaos of an id given free rein 
2.5
The Secret Life of Pets
Brian Truitt
Dogs and cats living together equals mass hysteria and adding in lizards and pigs hijacking cars turns everyday situations entertainingly nutty in The Secret Life of Pets 
3
The Secret Life of Pets
Dustin Putman
Has its charms to be sure but could have only been improved with a creative retooling Its central concept is so good it is a shame to watch as it falls by the wayside 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Roger Moore
Tolerable 
2
The Secret Life of Pets
Sandy Cohen
It s fun to imagine what mischief pets could get into when their human s aren t home and Pets does a great job of taking that idea to an extreme 
3
Father of the Year
David Nusair
A typically underwhelming Happy Madison production 
2
Father of the Year
Brian Tallerico
You won t hate the experience of watching it but you ll forget you saw it before it s even over 
1.5
Father of the Year
Roger Moore
David Spade is still a thing 
1
Joan of Arc
Mattie Lucas
A solid studio production from the golden age of the Hollywood studio era but it never really finds Joan s emotional center 
2.5
On the Fringe
Roger Moore
A drama of desperation and quiet heartbreak not so much hard to watch as unhealthy to internalize 46 This might be the most stressful film on Netflix right now 46 
3
Toy Story 2
David Nusair
A superior sequel 
4
Toy Story 2
Matt Brunson
That rare sequel that lives up to the high standards of its predecessor 
4
Toy Story 2
Michael Kleinschrodt
Toy Story 2 offers as much fun as audiences are likely to have in movie theaters this season 
4
Toy Story 2
Steven Rosen
Toy 2 is colorful and funny and the computer animation from Pixar Animation Studios creates a convincingly detailed environment for the toys 
3
Toy Story 2
David Sterritt
It s playtime for viewers of all ages 
4
Toy Story 2
Lawrence Toppman
Faster funnier and wilder with more cunningly contrived computer effects 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Roger Ebert
I forgot something about toys a long time ago and Toy Story 2 reminded me It involves the love pity and guilt that a child feels for a favorite toy 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Josh Larsen
explores the same themes but running in place has never seemed as witty touching and visually engaging as it does here 
3
Toy Story 2
Peter Canavese
You can t rush art Pixar s bliss in art and play is part and parcel of both the creation and the meaning of Toy Story 2 a celebration of the pure joy of doing Blu ray 
4
Toy Story 2
Walter Chaw
Toy Story 2 is the first mature Pixar film and a high watermark that if Pixar s surpassed it in the last fifteen years at least it hasn t often 
4
Toy Story 2
Aaron Cutler
Our emotional autobiographies influence our film tastes more than we d care to admit 
2.5
Toy Story 2
Wesley Lovell
The story is unerringly astute 46 It is quick and emotionally powerful 46 By the end 44 we understand how love of a child 8217 s toy works and how we too easily relinquish our hold on childhood so that we can become more adult 46 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Betsy Bozdech
Such a worthy follow up that it s impossible to imagine it going straight to video as was originally intended 
4
Toy Story 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even better than the original 
4
Toy Story 2
Judith Egerton
Watching Toy Story 2 is like opening a box from the attic and finding your favorite childhood toys inside 
4
Toy Story 2
Margaret A. McGurk
Behold my friends the superior sequel 
4
Toy Story 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
Every bit as intelligent humorous and heartwarming as its predecessor 
4
Toy Story 2
Peter Stack
Even though computer animation may seem like the coldest least organic art form the characters pulse with more humanity than most live actors can muster in a dozen mainstream movies 
4
Toy Story 2
James Kendrick
They may be animated by computers but the characters in Toy Story 2 are some of the most lifelike and affecting creations in any movie this year 
4
Toy Story 2
Dustin Putman
A film that has a snappy pace clever writing and is condescending to neither kids nor adult viewers 
3
Toy Story 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Toy Story 2 es la mejor muestra de lo que nos espera el prximo siglo en cuanto a animacin y entretenimiento familiar
4
Toy Story 2
Shay Casey
I can t remember the last time I saw a sequel as consistently fun and inventive as this one 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Michael Dequina
Not only equals but bests the classic original film 
4
Toy Story 2
Joe Baltake
Takes a childhood notion the life that every child truly believes his or her toys have and runs with it in a breathtakingly imaginative way 
4
Toy Story 2
James Berardinelli
One would have to be a hopeless curmudgeon not to be entertained by Toy Story 2 s remarkable visual style quick moving storyline endearing characters and witty dialogue 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Jay Carr
Toy Story 2 is everything you could want in a sequel 
3
Toy Story 2
David Keyes
The film is a celebration of life love fun adventure and luck made all the more brilliant by a steady theme underneath the surface Children will undoubtedly adore it but adults will find much to like as well 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Steve Rhodes
Look out George Lucas a bunch of toys are after your space franchise 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Rob Blackwelder
Part of the delight of this sequel its bottomless well of inventive wit 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Jeffrey Wachs
While the first Toy Story dazzled us with its technical flair and witty storytelling this one wins because of its heart 
4
Toy Story 2
Bob Bloom
A wonderful tuneful score by Randy Newman a laugh filled script out of this world effects and some very talented voices and technicians have created a world we will want to visit again and again 
4
Toy Story 2
Jonathan Foreman
TS2 represents a major step forward in computer animation artistry 
3.5
Toy Story 2
Madeleine Williams
A very good film especially considering it is a sequel Although not as innovative as the original how could it be Toy Story 2 still packs plenty of laughs and surprises 
3
Toy Story 2
Susan Stark
Toy Story 2 is even sweeter faster funnier and more beautiful than the Pixar team s groundbreaking computer animated blockbuster 
4
Toy Story 2
Ross Anthony
Magnificent super fantastic rich wonderful full stop what your doing and go see it appeal 
4
Toy Story 2
Joe Lozito
The Godfather of animated films 
3.5
Strange Illusion
David Nusair
Strange Illusion marks prolific filmmaker Edgar G Ulmer s trip into Hitchcock territory with often underwhelming results 
2
Confessions of a Superhero
Kam Williams
Fun to watch primarily because when not waiting tables auditioning or appearing in a movie s mob scene these actors actually spend most of their time in superhero costumes not on stage but on the street 
4
Confessions of a Superhero
Elizabeth Weitzman
You ve just found one of this week s hidden treasures 
3
Tread
Roger Moore
Businesses destroyed lives shaken to their core the cars of bystanders crushed cops helpless to stop it it s awful and tragic sure But it s something to see man 
3
Tread
Tom Meek
The blend of archival footage commentary from the participants and re enacted dramatization builds with the taut grit of a hardboiled thriller 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
David Nusair
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid saga continues with this predictably mediocre installment 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Roger Moore
Apparently seventh grade doesn t pack as much potential for amusing scarred for life trauma as sixth grade 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
John Beifuss
Essentially a feature length sitcom episode but it s often laugh out loud funny and it respects its young audience 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Linda Cook
Not as clever or as fun as its predecessor Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules is a typical sequel a weaker incarnation of the first movie 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Kam Williams
Wimps still rule in this upside down universe where it s cool to be square 
3.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s little ingenuity and from a technical standpoint alone this might as well have been made for television for all the imagination that s sadly on display 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Peter Canavese
Improves on its predecessor but remains resolutely and blandly innocent with Plainview a kind of kiddie cable sitcom time warp fantasyland 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Stephen Cole
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series might more aptly be titled Diary of a Wimpy Family The film sequel is more engaging than the original was because it spends more time at home 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Michael O'Sullivan
The problem doesn t really lie in the acting but in the writing There s too much effort expended on making the kids cute and cuddly instead of plausible 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Willie Waffle
A movie for those who download Justin Bieber songs and have to come home when the street lights turn on 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Kyle Smith
Seventh graders are far cooler and more anarchic than depicted in this often dopey movie which is aimed at more of a fourth grade sensibility 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Chris Hewitt
It s not quite as good as the first one but it has a similar spirit 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Mark Dujsik
The fact remains that Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules is as uninspired a comedy as its predecessor 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Dustin Putman
A faint shadow of the original 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Scott Bowles
None of it amounts to belly aching laughs but Rodrick clicks in much the way A Christmas Story became a cult hit by viewing the world through the eyes of an ordinary kid 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Amy Biancolli
Rodrick Rules marks an improvement on the original Wimpy Kid but it still has a mean streak a mile wide 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Michael Phillips
I didn t laugh much nor did my 10 year old companions but nobody had their soul crushed by the experience This is the film industry s Hippocratic oath First crush no souls 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Nick Schager
The problem as before is that it s rarely as lively and funny as it should be 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Linda Barnard
The smart dialogue and kid s eye view of the torments of school life remain as satisfyingly amusing as the first outing but this Wimpy Kid is slightly off kilter 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Carrie Rickey
Here s a tween comedy you don t have to be a tween to enjoy 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Tom Russo
Credit Bowers and company finally for making some good calls about where to follow the leads furnished to them by the book and the first movie and where to get creative 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Matt Pais
Two strikes and this series is out 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Tom Keogh
In many ways what works about Rodrick Rules is the reverse of the first film which found the ethically challenged Greg willing to throw his geeky friends under the bus to improve his social status 
3
Wheel of Time
Walter V. Addiego
The director made his name in the 70s with a series of intense fictional films but he s also proven a fascinating documentarian 
3
Wheel of Time
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As always Herzog comes up with some unique and often ridiculous human behavior in the midst of all this peace and tolerance 
3
Wheel of Time
Jan Stuart
Herzog knows instinctively when to linger and when it s time to turn away 
3.5
Wheel of Time
David Sterritt
Riveting and unique 
4
Wheel of Time
V.A. Musetto
Taking a low key approach Herzog captures the pilgrims intense fervor The sight of 500 000 people united in prayer is mind blowing 
3
Wheel of Time
Ed Gonzalez
Herzog recognizes the gravity of his material here and as such conducts a considerably lighter trek 
3
The Thief Collector
Kent Turner
This tantalizing documentary abounds with theories and rationales for the Alters actions 
3
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
David Nusair
a compulsively watchable piece of work 
3
Man With the Screaming Brain
David Nusair
required viewing for fans of the B movie superstar 
2.5
Man With the Screaming Brain
Phil Villarreal
The type of movie you d expect to find on TV late at night Very late at night 
2
Man With the Screaming Brain
John Monaghan
The image of Campbell slapping himself to the ground is the only gag that the movie doesn t beat to death 
2
Man With the Screaming Brain
Mark de la Viña
An unapologetically sloppy jumble of Roger Corman style antics that could only hope to inspire their own drinking game 
1
Man With the Screaming Brain
Peter Canavese
Cranial scars a robot in a yellow jumpsuit gypsy thugs catfights Ted Raimi doing hip hop a mauve tasseled Vespa and a salad bar C mon you know you want it 
3
The Back-up Plan
Jeff Beck
Alan Poul s The Back Up Plan is another film in a long line of films that are formulaic to the bone containing little to no originality all while following around characters that we could care less about 
2
The Back-up Plan
David Nusair
comes off as an almost prototypical example of a modern romantic comedy 
2
The Back-up Plan
Linda Cook
Want to see lots of barf scenes How about tons of references to genitalia What about several poop focused jokes 
.5
The Back-up Plan
Mike McGranaghan
The Back Up Plan represents a major comeback for Jennifer Lopez Unfortunately she s come back to making crap 
1.5
The Back-up Plan
Matt Brunson
This isn t a motion picture so much as it s a new form of Chinese water torture 
1
The Back-up Plan
Sara Michelle Fetters
Food and bodily fluid jokes abound so many in fact it becomes impossible to keep track of them all and about half way through the film I was so fed up by the majority of them I was just about ready to call it a day and head on home 
1.5
The Back-up Plan
Alicia Potter
As a pregnant single woman Jennifer Lopez glows spectacularly Director Alan Poul s bland baby comedy however appears to have been a light labor 
1.5
The Back-up Plan
Janos Gereben
It is nice to have Lopez back in a romantic comedy and for the most part it is an acceptable vehicle for her 
2
The Back-up Plan
Kam Williams
J Lo s worst outing since Gigli 
1
The Back-up Plan
Christian Toto
The Back Up Plan saves itself and us by abandoning its farcical gimmick mid film 
2.5
The Back-up Plan
Keith Cohen
The movie puts a nice spin on things happening backwards The movie is breezily paced tightly edited and effectively makes use of the Manhattan exteriors 
2.5
The Back-up Plan
Sean P. Means
Lopez has no flair for physical comedy no chemistry with O Loughlin and no clue that she needs to sacrifice her glamour for the sake of comedy 
1
The Back-up Plan
John Beifuss
Does it require a dirty mind or just a grasp of the obvious to suspect that the title of The Back up Plan was contrived to remind moviegoers of Jennifer Lopez s most publicized asset As Juvenile might say Back that azzet up 
2
The Back-up Plan
Loey Lockerby
If this is the best script Lopez saw during her hiatus she should have waited longer 
2
The Back-up Plan
Amy Biancolli
Lopez does a fine job mortifying herself in pursuit of physical humor 
3
The Back-up Plan
Rob Humanick
As far as entertainment goes this is the pits less a movie than a star studded big screen screensaver 
1
The Back-up Plan
Matt Soergel
It s clear within minutes where it s all going right into the bare chested embrace of the World s Perfect Man 
1.5
The Back-up Plan
Dustin Putman
A disastrous cinematic vehicle that goes so wrong in so many ways it ranks alongside 2009 s Sandra Bullock starring All About Steve in the annals of recent A list blunders within the genre 
.5
The Back-up Plan
Mark Dujsik
Excruciating stuff 
0.5
The Back-up Plan
Dan Kois
The Back Up Plan s blunt honesty about the messiness of pregnancy is refreshing It s a shame that the movie couldn t find a similarly refreshing way to tell its uninspired love story 
2.5
The Back-up Plan
Lou Lumenick
Lopez appearing in her first rom com since Monster in Law five years ago is still a likable screen presence who throws herself into the movie s slapstick sequences with unwarranted enthusiasm 
2
The Back-up Plan
Willie Waffle
The movie they should show the condemned while they ride the ferry crossing the river Styx 
.5
The Back-up Plan
Linda Barnard
It shows us Jenny from the Block is still flawlessly beautiful while proving the theory that Hollywood is working on its last and only idea in the romantic comedy genre 
2
The Back-up Plan
Chris Hewitt
It s a sitcommy contrived romantic comedy but most romcoms are contrived and this one s fairly clever 
2.5
The Back-up Plan
Liam Lacey
The Back up Plan feels like a movie aimed right at the funny bones of four year olds 
1
The Back-up Plan
Michael A. Smith
Lopez shows a very real and vulnerable side giving a genuine and full performance 
3
The Back-up Plan
Moira MacDonald
Can I just go watch Date Night again Please Thanks 
1.5
The Back-up Plan
Cathy Jakicic
Although the actors do their level best there are no surprises offered and no romance pregnancy childbirth cliché unused And yet I have to admit the movie was enjoyable 
2.5
The Back-up Plan
Jeff Vice
The Back up Plan wants to be cute But more often it settles for being cutesy And more often still it s off puttingly crude 
1
The Back-up Plan
Wesley Morris
What s so disappointing about movies like The Back up Plan which is to say every romantic comedy that s opened in the last two years is that they re risk averse 
2
The Back-up Plan
Carrie Rickey
The Back up Plan is cutesy and formulaic and has the approximate depth of a cookie sheet 
2
The Back-up Plan
Michael Phillips
The characters are meant to be attractive and likable but they come off like narcissistic divas 
1.5
The Back-up Plan
Roger Ebert
Jennifer Lopez has never looked better That s about all she does here is look better She is talented and deserves more than this bird brained plot about characters who have no relationship to life as it is lived by you know actual people 
1
The Back-up Plan
James Berardinelli
It s dramatically vanilla suffers from sit com humor tendencies lacks a compelling romance and struggles to find a convincing performance 
2
The Back-up Plan
Steve Persall
This artificially inhabited baby flick kind of works most of the time You simply can t resist those cute dimples cooing sounds and bright eyes following shiny objects Yep that Jennifer Lopez is a charmer 
2.5
The Back-up Plan
Roger Moore
For all the profanity quite a bit and sexual sass this CBS Films product plays even more like a TV movie than its debut project Extraordinary Measures 
2
Bad Ass
David Nusair
rarely if ever manages to satisfactorily exploit its irresistible setup 
2
Bad Ass
Christian Toto
Bad Ass won t be confused with Death Wish or even Gran Torino but it s superior to Trejo s recent dud Machete 
2.5
The Hand
John Stark
Give it the finger 
1
The Hand
Sumner Rand
The film has all the Ingredients of the classical horror story a creepy score dark interiors rainy nights scenes shot from peculiar angles slow tracking of the camera And as long as the ambiguity is maintained the picture works 
2.5
The Hand
Kathleen Carroll
The Hand is a fairly tantalizing psychological thriller made with a far greater artistic flair than your average everyday fright movie 
2.5
The Hand
David Nusair
An increasingly interminable misfire 
.5
Megane
Nick Schager
Megane is the type of cutesy quaint foreign import that s just about insufferable 
1
The Bravados
Matt Brunson
A hard hitting Western saga which sports a chilling twist at the end 
3
Mulberry Child
Roger Ebert
There s a universal story here about immigrant parents and children and how American culture can swamp family traditions and make parents and children culturally unrecognizable to one another 
3.5
Detective Knight: Rogue
Matt Brunson
The first and best of the trilogy 46 
2.5
Finishing the Game
Mark Rahner
This tedious mockumentary isn t even as entertaining as one of Ed Wood s actual films and once promising director Justin Lin has some karma to square for fumbling such a sure thing 
1.5
Finishing the Game
Sean P. Means
The pace is flat the celebrity cameos go nowhere and the smugness of Lin s observations of Asian Americans and Hollywood smothers the comedy 
1
Finishing the Game
Jeff Vice
Misses more comic targets than it hits 
2
Finishing the Game
Chris Hewitt
There s about five minutes of funny in Finishing the Game which leaves 83 minutes of Oh that same joke again huh 
1
Finishing the Game
David Wiegand
A very funny equal opportunity broadside that targets Asian stereotyping and not just by non Asians 
3
Finishing the Game
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a wasted idea 
2
Finishing the Game
Maitland McDonagh
It feels as though everyone involved was having a rollicking good time and while the film itself is wildly uneven Lin and company get in a few pointed jabs at Hollywood fatuousness and self delusion cultural stereotypes and 70s fashions 
2.5
Finishing the Game
Gary Goldstein
Call it a comic documentary a true life comedy or a Hollywood satire but however you karate chop this one it s a kicky clever highly amusing romp 
3.5
Finishing the Game
Lou Lumenick
A genially scattershot mockumentary 
2
Finishing the Game
Gene Seymour
Ragged spotty but shrewdly conceived 
2.5
Finishing the Game
Nick Schager
If its critique sometimes lacks grace it s nonetheless bolstered by a shrewd understanding of the way pop culture exploits minority differences for entertainment purposes 
2
Lost Child
Roger Moore
Supernatural Ozark Mountains mystery that doesn t amount to much at all 
1.5
Yosemite
Kam Williams
An earnest examination of the loss of innocence this critic might have appreciated even more if the subject matter hadn t be so relentlessly dark and disturbing 
2.5
Yosemite
Randy Myers
A sobering evocative drama 
3
Yosemite
Roger Moore
James Franco s Boyhood random scenes sketching out boys callowness cruelty compassion and comic books And curiosity Bi curiosity 
1.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Matt Brunson
The most overrated movie of all time still offers much to enjoy 
3
The Shawshank Redemption
Mal Vincent
It has the novelty to use plot development rather than unnecessary shock treatments to move forward 
3.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Dave Kehr
This is an engagingly simple good hearted film with just enough darkness around the edges to give contrast and relief to its glowingly benign view of human nature 
3
The Shawshank Redemption
Gene Siskel
Simply marvelous entertainment 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
David Nusair
has certainly earned its reputation as one of the most effective prison movies in cinematic history 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Betsy Bozdech
The kind of inspiring tale that we love the movies for in the first place 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Phil Villarreal
An unhurried engulfing prison drama 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Chuck O'Leary
The Shawshank Redemption works not only as an excellent prison drama but as a metaphor for overcoming our own private prisons 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Walter Chaw
Drawn in straight brutal lines 
2
The Shawshank Redemption
Ed Gonzalez
Beaches for straight men 
1.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Shawshank Redemption sprawls out over a leisurely 142 minutes operating with the same unflagging patience of its protagonist 
3.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Michael Dequina
Flawlessly acted and directed this film packed the strongest emotional wallop out of any film in 1994 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Leonard Schwarz
The Shawshank Redemption continually abandons plausibility in order to celebrate the triumph of hope over despair of decency over cruelty of justice over injustice 
1.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Robert Roten
Characters worth caring about and who actually learn something about themselves as the film progresses 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Steven Snyder
The Shawshank Redemption is most memorable thanks to its ingenious surprises 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Andrew Howe
One of the greatest films ever committed to celluloid 
4
The Shawshank Redemption
Peter Stack
Thanks to fine performances and beautiful photography you get that inspirational jump start frame after frame 
3
The Shawshank Redemption
James Berardinelli
The Shawshank Redemption is all about hope and because of that watching it is both uplifting and cathartic 
3.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Roger Ebert
If the film is perhaps a little slow in its middle passages maybe that is part of the idea too to give us a sense of the leaden passage of time before the glory of the final redemption 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Mattie Lucas
An unforgettable mountaintop experience that touches the heart and makes the spirit soar 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Kelly Jane Torrance
The young independent filmmaker Ramin Bahrani has crafted a careful and subtle movie about both the promise and despair of life that s told mainly in the faces of its two very different leads 
3
Goodbye Solo
Steve Ramos
Thanks to its engaging leads colorful Southern setting and poignant story Goodbye Solo is uplifting despite its solemn subject 
4
Goodbye Solo
Rob Humanick
Fine performances all around act like vital organs within the body of Bahrani s resonant chamber piece 
3
Goodbye Solo
Sean O'Connell
Bahrani s his experimental and some might argue pretentious dramas can wander off course in search of honest emotion often to the detriment of his story 
1.5
Goodbye Solo
Michael Sragow
It s intelligent and emotional not studied or sappy 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Greg Quill
Every moment including a physically exhausting climactic scene that both confounds expectations and compounds the film s poetic majesty is evidence of a masterpiece 
4
Goodbye Solo
Liam Lacey
What happens in Goodbye Solo meets the complex demands of good classic storytelling 
4
Goodbye Solo
John Beifuss
Bahrani brings a researcher s integrity an artist s compassion and a detective s eye for the neglected detail to his tales of this country s struggling international underclass 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
James Berardinelli
The lack of melodrama coupled with moments of quiet celebration make Goodbye Solo a more uplifting tale than one might expect with such a less than joyous premise 
3
Goodbye Solo
Jeff Vice
A nice antidote to the action comes first style of filmmaking that dominates movies this time of year 
3
Goodbye Solo
Calvin Wilson
Goodbye Solo is the sort of film that truly defies categorization and that may pose a challenge to some moviegoers But there are certain works of art to which the rules do not apply This is one of them 
4
Goodbye Solo
Matt Brunson
I imagine all of us could use some quality Solo time in our lives 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
John Hartl
What began as something of a lark becomes increasingly grave and the actors skillfully adjust to that change in tone 
3
Goodbye Solo
Steven Rea
A quietly soulful study of two very different men 
4
Goodbye Solo
Robert W. Butler
A memorable study in humanity rather than the sentimental bath it might have been 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Chris Hewitt
Solo builds to a spellbinding conclusion that left me with ironic developments I m still thinking about 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Peter Keough
The performances are exhilarating in their precision and so is the director s eye 
3
Goodbye Solo
Reyhan Harmanci
The movie starts fast and the pace rarely relents Goodbye Solo is almost frighteningly alive Other filmmakers must wonder exactly how Ramin Bahrani packs so much personality in what could have been standard indie fare 
4
Goodbye Solo
Ross Anthony
Interactions between 2 tasty personalities warm the picture lift it into the realm of special However by the hour mark drops pace a notch and feels a tad incomplete 
2.5
Goodbye Solo
Frank Ochieng
An emotional lullaby about lost diverse souls trying to cope with the rigors of life in a confining cultural cage of ambivalence another tantalizing triumph for Bahrani
3
Goodbye Solo
Lou Lumenick
Touching and uplifting Goodbye Solo is a small gem 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film light in plot but generous in spirit 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Michael Phillips
I m not sure what it would take for Bahrani to reach the audience he deserves but making one good film after another can t hurt 
3.5
Goodbye Solo
Roger Ebert
Bahrani is the new great American director He never steps wrong In Goodbye Solo he begins with a situation that might unfold in a dozen different ways and makes of it something original and profound 
4
Goodbye Solo
Nick Schager
Solo confronts a less than jolly existence with a perpetual smile and helping hand his upbeat selfless attitude a means of repelling the harsh realities that threaten to break his spirit 
3
Chavela
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Conventional but effective documentary about Chavela Vargas Full review in Spanish 
2.4
Chavela
Brad Wheeler
The late Chavela Vargas a sad and fiery legend of Latin American song is the subject of an adoring portrait as straightforward as its title Chavela 
3
Chavela
Bruce DeMara
What a wonderful and worthy tribute to a woman who led such a fascinating life 
3.5
Chavela
Mark Jenkins
A solid if conventional bio 
2.5
Chavela
Michael Phillips
A fond but clear eyed tribute 
3
Chavela
Nick Allen
Chavela is presented as a grandiose enigma the kind that inspires more research afterward and seeking out her music but the film is too ordinary to feel like it does her legacy complete artistic justice 
2.5
Chavela
Wes Greene
The film s hopscotching in time structure informed by specific remembrances of Chavela Vargas s life is refreshingly unconventional 
2.5
Chavela
Moira MacDonald
This tuneful portrait of Chavela Vargas born singing in 1919 Costa Rica admiringly explores her impact on the world of Mexican music as an out lesbian a charismatic figure and a great artist 
3
Johnny 100 Pesos
Fernando Gonzalez
The uncertain pacing makes the tension build and dissipate in an odd ebb and flow But in the film s best moments Graef Marino offers a sly critique of the post Pinochet Chilean society 
2.5
Step Up
Dustin Putman
Even if the picture breaks no new ground the verve of the actors and their fancy footwork is half the battle 
2
Step Up
Michael Dequina
The TV spots claim that it captures the voice of a generation and if that s the case then the voice of the youth hasn t changed at all in the five years Save the Last Dance lit up the box office 
2
Step Up
David Nusair
this is lowest common denominator stuff 
1.5
Step Up
Kam Williams
Hood hooks up with dancing debutante for across the tracks romance 
3.5
Step Up
Linda Cook
Step Up is just what is sounds like A dance movie based on a formula that goes back decades centuries even But its good nature chemistry between its leads and let s face it enjoyable dance numbers make it entertaining 
3
Step Up
Mike McGranaghan
Realistically speaking this is a nice inoffensive little movie that won t knock the socks off those of us who know the time tested formula but will enthrall younger viewers who are unfamiliar with it 
2.5
Step Up
Josh Larsen
concentrates less on the odd couple idiosyncrasies than on what all the characters in the movie share a love of moving to music 
3
Step Up
Scott Bowles
For a movie about dancing Step Up is pretty clumsy on its feet 
2
Step Up
Angel Cohn
This teen drama may be filled with some great looking dancing but its hackneyed predictable script is a giant step in the wrong direction 
1.5
Step Up
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
Step Up may sizzle on the dance floor but when the dancing stops the film fizzles 
2.5
Step Up
Ruthe Stein
A lot of movies are derivative What makes Step Up particularly dispiriting is that it has almost nothing fresh to add 
1
Step Up
David Elliott
Step Up plods along as if feeding coins into a clich meter 
1.5
Step Up
John Anderson
Being an urban dance movie guns make their appearance along with every stereotype about hip hop or the young Don t believe the hype Just watch them dance 
2
Step Up
Lisa Rose
The cast is only one of the picture s shortcomings It has clunky dialogue a derivative storyline and some hypocrisy 
1.5
Step Up
Kyle Smith
Step Up is so predictable with every scene loudly announcing what the next one is going to show that teens in the audience will take lots of breaks to text each other on their phones 
2
Step Up
Elizabeth Weitzman
Step Up barely bothers to build a memorable story Instead the movie rests entirely on the well sculpted shoulders of charismatic leads Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan 
2.5
Step Up
Bob Strauss
Go for the impressive moves Tolerate the mediocre story 
2.5
Step Up
Loey Lockerby
Step Up is light on its feet but stumbles badly once it leaves the dance floor 
2
Step Up
Jason Anderson
Until the movie stumbles under the weight of its noble intentions and its tediously formulaic story it delivers a few lively well shot dance sequences and some winning moments 
2
Step Up
John Monaghan
Dirty Dancing by way of 8 Mile might be the best way to describe Step Up a likable predictable musical drama 
2
Step Up
Jeff Vice
It s so silly that if often makes the recent somewhat problematic Take the Lead look considerably better by comparison 
2
Step Up
Lisa Kennedy
It s the storytelling that keeps landing on its keister 
2
Step Up
Geoff Pevere
Step Up sprints over its own soggy foundation of dance movie clichs with the sheer exuberance of its propulsively cut dance sequences 
2.5
Step Up
Ty Burr
Alive with infectious rhythm likable characters and slick dance moves Step Up gives clichs a good name 
3
Step Up
Pam Grady
Watching this movie is a painless enough way to kill 100 minutes but its familiar story and predictable outcome offer nothing fresh 
2.5
Step Up
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite being declared one of the film industry s most sought after choreographers in the press notes director Anne Fletcher often films her principal dancers from the waist up 
2
Step Up
Peter Canavese
My he s an uncouth roughneck but perhaps just perhaps I can mold his raw talent into the dance partner of my dreams 
1.5
Step Up
Ross Anthony
Formulaic and hokey but a pleasure to watch The male lead Channing Tatum lights up the screen with charisma believability authenticity and some really great dancing 
2.5
Step Up
Dan Fienberg
The stars blend decently when they re flailing their limbs but faced with the horribly earnest dialogue written by Duane Adler and Melissa Rosenberg neither stands out
1.5
Step Up
James Sanford
Whenever Channing Tatum Jenna Dewan and the rest of the spry young cast start moving the film springs to life and when they start talking Step Up collapses in a heap like a dancer s discarded sweatshirt 
2
Step Up
Sara Michelle Fetters
As Nigel Lithgoe or Mary Murphy might say it just wasn t good enough and at this stage of the game audiences and I sure as heck deserved better 
2
Step Up
Erik Childress
Would probably be booted off So You Think You Can Dance and booed off of America s Got Talent 
1
Step Up
Willie Waffle
Just step up walk out of the theater and don t look back 
1
Step Up
Connie Ogle
A formulaic opposites attract romance based on whatever music dance craze sport happens to be of interest to young viewers easygoing enough to part with cash without demanding creativity 
2
Step Up
Sue Pierman
While the music keeps things in step with the dancing the rest of the you ve seen it before story has trouble keeping up 
2.5
Step Up
Lauren Metz
While Step Up will pass the time lightly in that air conditioned theater it really never amounts to more than a barely warmed over rehash of teen dance flick moves 
2
Step Up
Chris Hewitt
About midway through Step Up seems to get bored by the dancing and shifts to a pointless gang violence subplot 
2
Step Up
Laura Kelly
If only the high school dance romance Step Up were a sort of wall to wall start to finish dance extravaganza Then there would be less of a story to complain about 
2
Step Up
Jeff Strickler
We don t see any of those footprints that dance teachers arrange on the floor to show students where to step but we certainly can see the handwriting on the wall in terms of where this movie is going 
0.5
Step Up
Steve Rhodes
Horribly clichd and utterly predictable Step Up is completely dead when it isn t dancing and isn t much better when it is 
1
Step Up
Matt Pais
Step Up is so derivative of films like Dirty Dancing Save the Last Dance and more that it essentially comes pre choreographed by other movies 
1.5
Step Up
Jessica Reaves
While predictability and occasionally wooden dialogue keep this from being a truly good movie it s certainly entertaining enough to please its intended audience 
2
Step Up
Ed Gonzalez
Step Up doesn t front it has better dance moves and a more valuable clear cut sensibility than any video nominated for a VMA this year 
2.5
No Stone Unturned
Matt Zoller Seitz
No Stone Unturned at times veers close to a rant 
2.5
The Animal
Dustin Putman
Practically screams out Tiresome 
1.5
The Animal
Robert Roten
This could have and should have been a much funnier film 
1.5
The Animal
Michael Dequina
The premise is a single note joke that is hardly sturdy enough to support a 90 minute feature 
1.5
The Animal
Greg Dean Schmitz
Considering that this is a movie about a man whose sex drive is controlled by animal urges I was expecting a lot worse everytime a goat or cow appared on screen
3
The Animal
Wesley Morris
Let s hear it for stupendously dumb screen writing 
1
The Animal
Harvey S. Karten
This movie proves that the Darwinians had it wrong also we did not evolve from animals we ARE animals 
3
The Animal
Susan Wloszczyna
This may be giving Schneider too much credit but the lad has found a way to temporarily halt the de evolution of the silly comedy 
2.5
The Animal
Tor Thorsen
What s the difference between The Animal and every other lowbrow comedy this year The Animal is funny 
2.5
The Animal
Jonathan Foreman
OK lowbrow comedy about a man given superpowers by animal organ transplants 
2
The Animal
Rob Blackwelder
Just not funny enough to bother paying for 
2
The Animal
Steve Rhodes
A man who barfs up hairballs Okay I give up You aren t laughing 
1.5
The Animal
Liam Lacey
While it s true that Colleen gets her backside slapped that her face is licked by Rob Schneider and that he urinates under her chair as a way of marking his territory it s no worse than what he does to the audience 
2
The Animal
Ross Anthony
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3
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
Michael Dequina
One concept that wears thin within five minutes 
1.5
Still Time
Roger Moore
The early scenes rarely rise to the level of 8220 cute quot 46 46 46 The problem solving in the script isn 8217 t particularly impressive 46 46 46 But the performances are affecting even if the message seems a tad trite
1.5
O, Brazen Age
Brad Wheeler
The photography is exquisite and the telling of the story is unusual 
3
Public Trust
Randy Myers
Don t miss it 
3.5
Combat Obscura
Roger Moore
Unfiltered depiction of Marines as they really are in a combat zone 
3
Why Stop Now?
Kyle Smith
Drug abuse stories are to Hollywood what babies are to mothers fascinating to the talkers not so interesting for their audiences 
2
Why Stop Now?
Matt Pais
Fast paced and driven by Eisenberg again finding varying dimensions in a twitchy character that isn t a repeat of his past roles 
2.5
Why Stop Now?
Roger Ebert
Why Stop Now is a bright screwball comedy about one fraught day in the life of a piano prodigy his crackhead mother and her drug dealers 
3.5
Why Stop Now?
Andrew Schenker
Shifting between wacky situation comedy and somber familial drama Why Stop Now isn t invested enough in either mode to convincingly pull off its genre hopping ambitions 
1.5
Why Stop Now?
Kam Williams
Delivers just enough laughs to remain recommended despite the fact that this hard to pigeonhole head scratcher would have benefited from making a total commitment to either comedy or a drama 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Brian Eggert
The whole thing has a forgettable quality that almost deletes itself from your memory in the minutes and hours after seeing it 
1
Pacific Rim Uprising
Sarah Knight Adamson
Its tone is more of a Transformers film loud crunchy whip lash filming somewhat teen centered and wait let s not forget those continued earsplitting explosions 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Matt Brunson
A Jaeger bomb but no worse than its humdrum predecessor 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Mattie Lucas
The kaiju battles themselves lack Del Toro s colorful pop panache but the film mostly suffers from plot holes big enough to drive a jaeger through 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
John Hanlon
A lackluster follow up that offers a lot of special effects but little character development 
2.0
Pacific Rim Uprising
Joey Magidson
Big dumb loud and pointless it was clearly made solely because it s a preexisting property 
1.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Robert Daniels
Pacific Rim Uprising is the skim atop your cooling soup an unnecessary goop spoiling your appetizing meal 
1
Pacific Rim Uprising
James Kendrick
rehashes the gargantuan battle sequences from the original and leans heavily on the enormous scale of its premise but it dispenses with all of the weird quirky oddball and sometimes gross details that gave del Toro s film some character 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
John Serba
It aims for maximum impact but is vaguely dissatisfying on both dramatic and spectacular levels 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
David Nusair
one s efforts at working up any interest in the heroes exploits fall entirely flat 
1
Pacific Rim Uprising
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kaijus and Jaegers might be back fighting but that didn t mean I felt anything sitting in the theatre watching them wrestle for supremacy 
1.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Robert Horton
After its enjoyable first hour Uprising descends into a series of giant robot fights which are as numbing here as they are in most Transformers movies 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
James Berardinelli
Like most unintended second installments this one is superfluous a remix of moments scenes and images from its predecessor infused with the need to make everything bigger and louder 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Mike McGranaghan
Pacific Rim Uprising might have played a little better if it were not a sequel It suffers from being a notable step down from its predecessor 
2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Stephen Rebello
On all counts Pacific Rim Uprising fails the challenge 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Josh Terry
Overall Pacific Rim Uprising should give fans of the original more of what they loved the first time around and more of what people who didn t like the original wish it would have had 
3
Pacific Rim Uprising
George M. Thomas
No one could ever think that a movie about giant robots could ever beat the past three Transformers films for sheer awfulness Think again 
1
Pacific Rim Uprising
Eric Melin
Everyone is equally blunted by blandness All the kids who undergo military training are constantly reminded they need to act like a family but the script never affords them the opportunity 
1.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Sonny Bunch
Some of the spectacle of the original with none of the soul 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Phil Villarreal
You wish you could fast forward through all the unnecessary talking stuff and get to the battles 
2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Christian Toto
If President Trump banned action movies from using lines like I got this he might win re election in a landslide 
2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
David Fear
This is Transformers level inanity It will not make you feel like a 10 year old but it will make you feel 10 years older by the time you leave the theater 
.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Bob Bloom
Uprising comes up short on all accounts Like the Kaiju it should be buried and forgotten 
1
Pacific Rim Uprising
Mark Dujsik
It s all sheen and spectacle without the affection or personality of the original 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Bruce DeMara
It s 10 years later and another rock em sock em battle between the Jaegers and the Kaiju is in the offing 
3
Pacific Rim Uprising
Liz Braun
It s all so much like watching Saturday morning cartoons and every bit as not riveting 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Calvin Wilson
Tickets to Pacific Rim Uprising should come with a package of aspirin 
1.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Matt Zoller Seitz
The fate of the world has rarely been decided in as rote a manner as it is here 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Tom Russo
A movie that plays like a lost Transformers entry 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Brian Truitt
Big dumb and very loud action movies aren t just for the Transformers franchise anymore 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Jake Cole
Steven S DeKnight s film lacks for Guillermo del Toro s visual acumen but it makes up for that with an energetic sense of chaos throughout its front and center skirmishes 
2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Michael O'Sullivan
Uprising is loud packed with impressive effects and propulsive or as propulsive as a car with no brakes going downhill but it lacks the heart of del Toro s original 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Mick LaSalle
DeKnight doesn t attempt to invest his monsters with majesty the way Guillermo del Toro did in the previous film With DeKnight it s just a lot of pounding smashing and driving purely functional 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Katie Walsh
Spaeny shines in her first film role and casting director Sarah Halley Finn has stacked the cast with a roster of interesting magnetic newcomers However Pacific Rim Uprising is propelled by the powerful gravitational pull of John Boyega s charisma 
3
Pacific Rim Uprising
Mark Kennedy
Pacific Rim Uprising is a visually stunning expertly crafted dose of cheer at the screen fun It s the definition of what a blockbuster sequel should be 
3.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Soren Andersen
Monster movie fans will certainly get their money s worth in this one 
2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Richard Roeper
We re sitting through a glorified B movie with nothing new to say 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Rafer Guzman
Pacific Rim Uprising aspires to be mindless entertainment and mostly succeeds thanks to vigorous direction from first timer Steven S DeKnight and a reasonably charismatic star John Boyega 
2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising
Michael Phillips
Pacific Rim Uprising may be not be much but in the spirit of the film itself let s be realistic It s better than any of the Transformers movies and shorter 
2
Pacific Rim Uprising
Roger Moore
Stupid 150 million worth 
1.5
The Hamiltons
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A demented and deliciously engrossing horror film 
3
So Cold the River
Mark Dujsik
Writerdirector Paul Shoulberg s eerie adaptation of Michael Koryta s novel features some fine performances and a great location to serve as its backdrop 
3
So Cold the River
Randy Myers
So Cold the River is rather ridiculous but it s also quite thrilling and comes armed with a sinister dread mongering mood 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Marty Mapes
As the Buddhists might say you have to experience it firsthand reading about it is not enough
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Lawrence Toppman
This meditation on spirituality loneliness and accountability could touch your heart s core 
4
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Rob Thomas
It drifts around in a slow circle like the houseboat on the lake but patient audiences will find the trip worthwhile 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Jeff Vice
This meditative character study is mesmerizing in its own peculiar way 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Sean P. Means
This is not a movie of action but of meditation a tale that unfolds like the seasons allowing us time to explore its meaning and its mysteries 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Phil Villarreal
The film s effect is magical drawing its viewer in and causing it to grow wilt lust and despair through an entire life in 98 minutes
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
John Beifuss
The film is most interesting when it bypasses the universality of its spiritual lessons and becomes culturally specific a Buddhist sutra a ritual sucide 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Forrest Hartman
The film is only 98 minutes but Kim is so meticulous in his storytelling that it seems as drawn out as the title 
2
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Jeff Strickler
As with most collections of short stories some are more interesting than others And the pacing is extremely slow almost meditative 
2.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Kevin John Bozelka
The payoff of this intoxicating film is less a deep coherent message than a series of gorgeous surface images the smoky visuals the calm committed rapport with nature the dramatic seasonal shifts 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Phoebe Flowers
As the seasons pass lessons are learned mistakes are made and inevitably many audience members are put to sleep 
2.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Chris Hewitt
The story is compelling but Spring Summer sends your thoughts off in mystical directions as you contemplate what it has to say about grace learning from mistakes and accepting that we are all part of a plan even if that plan is not clear 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Liam Lacey
Beautifully composed as the film is it borders on preciousness 
2.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Walter Chaw
Misidentified as gentle the picture just approaches conflict in a better way 
4
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Carrie Rickey
Proves that the most local story is sometimes the most universal the simplest tale sometimes the most complex 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Michael Wilmington
A little gem it keeps its conflicting or varying themes of tranquility and violence sacred and profane love recklessness and wisdom in almost perfect balance 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
James Verniere
A unique and exotic work of art that strikes a universal chord 
4
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
James Berardinelli
Using perfectly composed shots to amplify an emotionally resonant story the film successfully argues that artistic films do not have to be boring 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Carla Meyer
A masterful portrait of the seasons of a life 
4
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Moira MacDonald
Unlike many movies this one feels completely organic as if there s no other way it could play out but this 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Ty Burr
If Tarantino s film is built to thrill Spring Summer is made to last 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lush and succinct images support the twists and turns of nature s natural terms and the rumination of man s evident shortcomings 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely stunning and unforgettable you ll want to savor this gem again and again with repeated viewings 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
V.A. Musetto
In the end inner peace is found by all on screen and in the audience 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Elizabeth Weitzman
Where Kim s best known movie The Isle was a stomach churner this beautifully composed canvas is the sort of film one falls into resurfacing at the end with great reluctance 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Glenn Whipp
The film may not lead to enlightenment but it s a remarkable achievement nonetheless 
3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
David Sterritt
Kim s movie conjures a sense of spiritual discipline as suspenseful as it is stunning to watch and exhilarating to contemplate 
4
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Joshua Tanzer
Here s what Kim Ki duk s latest doesn t have defecatory closeups icepicks in the tuckus inappropriate use of fishhooks audience members puking or critics passing out 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Rene Rodriguez
A triumph of sheer cinematic craft that mirrors its characters contemplative natures while extolling the virtues of lives simply led 
3.5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
Ed Gonzalez
Just as every action in the film has its own reaction every image evokes the oneness of the film s characters to their natural surroundings 
3
Goya in Bordeaux
Peter Stack
A plodding production 
2
Goya in Bordeaux
Roger Ebert
Lushly photographed and grandly conceived Carlos Saura s Goya in Bordeaux never comes alive 
2
The Indian Runner
Roger Ebert
Penn surrounds his brothers with supporting characters who are so well realized I ll remember them as long as I remember the leads 
3
Man Vs.
Brad Wheeler
While the film s woodsy frights build competently director Adam Massey s lack of finesse prevents the viewer s imagination from running as wild as need be 
1.5
Man Vs.
Chris Knight
Man Vs is a prime example of less is more filmmaking in which the slow build is achieved with little more than sound effects and decent acting 
3
Gemini Man
Brian Eggert
At every turn it seems that Lee has allowed the form to dictate the function of the story which is counterintuitive 
1.5
Gemini Man
Jason Fraley
Smith has the chops to enter a new reflective phase of his career His younger clone however feels oddly lifeless Perhaps it would look better in the proper frame rate 
2.5
Gemini Man
James Kendrick
The conflict is literally both internal and external and Lee spends just as much time with the characters in deep conversation as he does with them battling it out 
3
Gemini Man
David Nusair
a lackadaisically paced drama that s never quite able to wholeheartedly capture the viewer s interest and attention 
2
Gemini Man
Matt Brunson
Gemini Man won t leave viewers seeing double as much as it will leave them seeing red 
1.5
Gemini Man
Linda Cook
The bells and whistles are better than the plot 
2.5
Gemini Man
Mattie Lucas
There are parts of Gemini Man that look so tangible and real that it s as if we could reach out and touch Will Smith but this fidelity to absolute realism seems to erase the cinematic artistry 
2
Gemini Man
Walter Chaw
It s a proof of concept not a feature a high concept not a screenplay It ll have a half life but for all the wrong reasons There s your metaphor 
2
Gemini Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gemini Man is a perplexing conundrum and for a thriller about an assassin who never misses a shot this is one motion picture that has a whole lot of trouble consistently hitting the target 
2.5
Gemini Man
Mike McGranaghan
As a technical demonstration Gemini Man is pretty cool As a movie not so much 
2
Gemini Man
Steven Prokopy
Gemini Man is a grand misstep for both Smith and Lee
2
Gemini Man
Anna Swanson
Gemini Man is a uniquely visually thrilling film backed by Lee s undeniable commitment and ambition 
2.5
Gemini Man
Josh Terry
Despite its best efforts Ang Lee s film feels a little dumbed down to match its blazing guns and flying bodies It isn t great science fiction but if you re looking for an action fix it might do 
2.5
Gemini Man
Robert Horton
The Ang Lee of Eat Drink Man Woman and Brokeback Mountain seemed like the last filmmaker who would get obsessed with tech I would love to see him return to the human factor 
2
Gemini Man
Rex Reed
The plot makes no sense the dreary script is dead on arrival and Smith is just as blank and lost at 23 as he is at 51 
1
Gemini Man
Christian Toto
The film s nagging duality has nothing to do with the star playing a younger version of himself via CGI magic 
2.5
Gemini Man
Phil Villarreal
Will Smith could be turning in underwhelming performances in perpetuity 
2
Gemini Man
Mark Daniell
Will Smith s kinetic charm goes a long way to making us forgive some of those shortcomings particularly if you grew up on the 90s action films that helped make him a global star But a movie with this type of artistic pedigree deserves more 
2.5
Gemini Man
Richard Roeper
The idiotic spy thriller pitting a dark ops assassin against his younger clone uses slick new technology but tired old plot twists 
1
Gemini Man
Lindsey Bahr
Gemini Man is a lot of show but there s no life behind the eyes 
1
Gemini Man
Mark Dujsik
W ithin the framework of a pretty routine action story the ideas don t have time to breathe let alone be developed or explored 
2
Gemini Man
Bob Bloom
Gemini Man s plot is ludicrous its acting is pedestrian and the pacing is sluggish 
1.5
Gemini Man
Chris Hewitt
Lee s inventive choices make Gemini Man seem cleverer which makes it more fun 
2.5
Gemini Man
Brian Truitt
The movie shoots for the moon with an intriguing dual role conceit but wildly misses the mark 
2
Gemini Man
Odie Henderson
Lee s recent desire to be at the forefront of frame based technology however is resulting in hollow empty experiences that are literally hard to watch 
2
Gemini Man
Peter Howell
It doesn t have much of a story to tell and it has a needlessly complicated high tech way of telling it 
2
Gemini Man
Reed Tucker
The idea of facing off against your younger self is an intriguing one but the movie never does anything particularly interesting with it 
2
Gemini Man
James Berardinelli
The film promises more than the by the numbers climax it delivers 
2.5
Gemini Man
Rafer Guzman
It s a technologic marvel that uses digital magic to achieve a level of vividness and realism unparalleled in film history And it s a routine Hollywood blockbuster with more spectacle than originality 
2
Gemini Man
Gary Thompson
If I want to know what Will Smith looked like in his 20s I can always return happily to Men in Black 
2
Gemini Man
Michael Phillips
Gemini Man isn t bad but two Will Smiths when one of them s computer animated somehow feels like 66 75 percent of a real movie 
2.5
Gemini Man
Moira MacDonald
The dialogue is sometimes action movie awkward and the characters never seem more interesting than the format they re wandering in 
2.5
Gemini Man
Sean P. Means
Lee seems like fellow director Robert Zemeckis to embrace the high tech aspects of filmmaking while neglecting the narrative problems 
2.5
Gemini Man
Thomas Floyd
Unfortunately for Smith Lee and the writing team all of the computer generated Botox in the world can t smooth over the wrinkles of dated storytelling 
1
Gemini Man
Ty Burr
The problem with high frame rate productions is that they don t look like what we re used to calling movies The problem with this one is that there wasn t much movie there to begin with 
2
Gemini Man
Mick LaSalle
You know what I wouldn t want to get into a fistfight with my younger self either I think he d win But I don t need to go to a movie for such a startling insight 
1
Gemini Man
Robert Daniels
While there s a melancholy in seeing supremely talented individuals whiff so badly on a creative project it s never been so funny as in Gemini Man 
1
Gemini Man
Pat Brown
Whatever new technology facilitated its genesis the film is just another assembly line reproduction 
1.5
Gemini Man
Roger Moore
A digitally augmented debacle 
1.5
Gemini Man
Katie Walsh
The technology on display better be mind blowing to make suffering through the bad dialogue and flaccid story worth it so the most egregious thing about Gemini Man is just how bad it looks 
1.5
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Josh Larsen
A C 46 I 46 A 46 satire that turns incendiary 46 46 46 
3
Ekaj
Pamela Powell
There s an experimental feel to this film both in structure and style which is a daring choice for Cati Gonzalez but it works on many levels 
3
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Roger Ebert
Since the movie s center is wrong not much of anything works 
2
Falling for Grace
Pam Grady
A mess with moments of transcendence suggesting that director Lee has talent But she needs to learn how to get out of her own way 
2.5
Foxes
Roger Ebert
The movie s a rare attempt to provide a portrait of the way teen agers really do live today in some suburban cultures 
3
The People Garden
Roger Moore
A drab leading lady and dull story ruin the novelty of this mystery set in Japan s infamous Suicide Forest 
1.5
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
David Barton
It opens up a little corner of the world that even casual observers had long ago heard about but have rarely seen 
3.5
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
Moira MacDonald
Both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes 
3.5
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
Ross Anthony
Overall interesting as a documentary but not very Imaxy 
2.5
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
Matt Brunson
A worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant co stars 
3
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
Arthur Salm
There s enough science to make it count as educational and enough beauty to make it unforgettable 
3.5
Little Joe
Federico Furzan
An extremely arrogant film whose genre is unknown and misused for the sake of some story yet to be found Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Little Joe
Christy Lemire
The film never fulfills the promise of its stylish weirdness 
2
Little Joe
Mark Dujsik
Even before they re infected everyone seems pretty dull in Little Joe 
2
Little Joe
Sara Stewart
Writer director Jessica Hausner has created a striking piece of work 
2.5
Little Joe
Christian Toto
This indie thriller is smart provocative and unique So why is it a chore to sit through 
2
Little Joe
Mick LaSalle
It s one thing for a movie to be quiet in its approach It s quite another for it to have ideas that really deserve less than a murmur that never scale the heights of mild interest on the way to drama 
1
Little Joe
Katie Walsh
A delightfully oddball and dread filled psycho bio thriller 
4
Little Joe
Michael O'Sullivan
Little Joe is a tale of exquisite refinement not heavy handed horror always walking that thin line between implication and doubt 
3
Little Joe
Chuck Bowen
Jessica Hausner confidently expresses a thorny and disturbing theme though perhaps with too much confidence 
3
Little Joe
Pablo O. Scholz
At times it captivates like the scent of a beautiful flower Full review in Spanish 
3
Summer Days, Summer Nights
Sheila O'Malley
This is well trod ground for Burns as a filmmaker and in general but there s no shame in well trod ground not if you care about the subject and present interesting characters which Burns mostly does 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jason Fraley
You ll walk out smiling Can you call it a great movie Not with a straight face But damned if it isn t one of the more enjoyable Fast Furious flicks in years 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Linda Cook
Hobbs Shaw is enjoyable Fast Furious spinoff 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
David Nusair
an especially ineffective modern blockbuster that wears out its welcome by a good 45 minutes 
1
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Steven Prokopy
Hobbs Shaw is at its best when it focuses on the action a common thread in filmmaker Leitch s work 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Kevin A. Ranson
Between Kirby sci fi comic book villainy and just enough self awareness to let viewers in on the joke this is how you spin off an intellectual property assuming you choose to at all 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Matt Brunson
While a Calvin and Hobbes movie might seem like a better bet a Hobbs and Shaw film at least provides a fair amount of mounting excitement 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jay Horton
Most of the film plays out like a smarter stylized distillation of the essential Fast and the Furious tropes 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jake Coyle
Usually it s pleasingly aware of its own silliness But there are blind spots 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hobbs Shaw may be the first time a Fast Furious movie actually has a good idea 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Matthew Rozsa
It s a thoroughly fun action comedy that delivers exactly what it promises and if the screening I attended is any indication kids will love it 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Richard Roeper
The cardboard standees of these guys in movie theaters across the world will have just as much depth 
1.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is like cotton candy in that it evaporates as you re consuming it and there s no sustenance 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Brandy McDonnell
After more than two hours of smashing crashing and bashing the adrenaline wears off the eye rolls can t be stopped and the latest Fast Furious film feels slow and boring 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Katie Walsh
While director David Leitch a former stuntman who helmed John Wick and Atomic Blonde cooks up some truly breathtaking action sequences and stunts some moments lose their crisp clarity 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Rosalie Kicks
I never would have anticipated that immediately following the screening I would be perusing Statham s filmography on IMDb and thinking back fondly of him in a turtleneck A ridiculous romp in wild times 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
James Berardinelli
There s a problem with the kinds of bloated action sequences that form the skeleton muscle and flesh of something like Hobbs Shaw a lack of excitement 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Joey Magidson
Believe it or not the film is at its best when just being a lark focusing on the banter between the leads 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Christian Toto
Want a sophisticated romp teeming with geopolitical significance You ve come to the wrong place 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Alci Rengifo
Fast Furious Presents Hobbs Shaw is an absurd title for an absurd movie It s also a pretty fun movie with loads of action mayhem and Dwayne Johnson 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Robert Horton
It s ridiculous And so help me I dug it 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Phil Villarreal
A bad bromance in the best of ways 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Barry Hertz
The film is ridiculous and proud of it 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Bob Bloom
It s difficult to dislike a movie in which everyone good guys and bad seem to be having such a good time 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Mark Dujsik
I t s the same old same old 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Michael O'Sullivan
A spinoff of the popular action franchise featuring two of that series s recurring characters the film is far from prestige fare yet more often than not it hits that summer sweet spot between the silly and the satisfying 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Ty Burr
All the films in this franchise are family affairs but you may find yourself wanting to spend more time on this branch of the tree 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Peter Howell
The film s real star is Kirby Her dynamic Hattie spends less time jabbering and more time sleuthing than her mouthy male accomplices and she s also more of a fighter to their bashers 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Josh Larsen
cleverly embraces parallel structure as its guiding aesthetic 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a lark a goof a live action cartoon the final product a supercilious piece of frivolous fluff that frequently had me rolling my eyes in incredulous disgust 
1.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Oliver Jones
The real problem is not simply the paucity of squealing rubber on road it s the filler that pads the more than two hour film while we wait impatiently for fixes of fuel injected mayhem to arrive every half hour 
1.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Moira MacDonald
All of this silliness is actually great fun particularly the bantering chemistry between Johnson and Statham who spend much of the movie squabbling and calling each other names 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Johnny Oleksinski
The first spinoff in the Fast Furious franchise has misguidedly been made into a ho hum spy comedy 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Gary Thompson
Leitch likes to look for the laugh in a scene and here is working with a cast that shares this instinct 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Sean P. Means
The movie stops the story dead with a couple of big name comic cameos who will remain unnamed that go on uncomfortably long 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Mick LaSalle
Hobbs Shaw does all the usual things but it does them in unusual ways And it stays funny 
3.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Rafer Guzman
A mostly enjoyable movie that feels like many other mostly enjoyable movies 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Mara Reinstein
If you told me the screenwriters settled on this plot after playing a drunken game of Scattergories I d believe you 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Michael Phillips
Millions of 10 year olds will be seeing Hobbs Shaw and most of them and their parents or adult guardians will enjoy it because the franchise delivers the pain as well as the sincere devotion to family ties 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Pamela Powell
Hobbs Shaw is an unexpected blockbuster gem capitalizing on the strength skills and personalities of its stars 
3
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Robert Daniels
Cars chases and action All three come up short as the film listlessly spins out of control during its bloated 136 minute run time 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Roger Moore
Well cast sometimes funny pulls out all the stops and then some But too long too schmaltzy 
2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Brian Tallerico
There s something to be said for merely bouncing four movie stars as charismatic as this film s quartet off each other for just over two hours 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Brian Truitt
Hobbs Shaw checks all the boxes for the rousing over the top ludicrousness you d expect from a cinematic universe where there s never been an abundance of believability 
2.5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Chuck Bowen
The film s action is the most extreme encapsulation yet of Dwayne Johnson s bombastic blockbuster work 
3
Kya Love Story Hai
Namrata Joshi
The only saving grace is the song Gumsum hai dil mera that has a nice old world lilt 
1
Homebound
Mike McGranaghan
A nice addition to the creepy kids subgenre of horror The movie generates a perpetual sense of unease 
3
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Mattie Lucas
A fun frothy comedy that throws away its ending but plods along amiably on the charm of its stars and Berkeley s charming if subdued direction 
2.5
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Matt Brunson
Nine months before co starring in the same year s 4 star classic On the Town Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Jules Munshin and Betty Garrett all appeared together in this comparatively minor but still enjoyable musical romp 
3
Planet of Blood
Matt Brunson
This dry endeavor picks up steam during its final half hour but by then most viewers will have checked out 
2
Temptation
Michael Dequina
Smollett Bell Gross and Brandy work hard to bring an emotional authenticity to their characters and relationships an authenticity that is ultimately negated by questionable choices in Perry s script and direction 
2
Temptation
Jen Chaney
Look we know what s going to happen The movie s called Temptation okay Yet we still have to sit through more than an hour of flirty glances and repetitive conversations between Judith and Harley until anything vaguely adulterous occurs 
0
Temptation
Peter Sobczynski
Tyler Perry s Temptation is an awful awful film and while it is easy to mock and dismiss it is also kind of a shame to behold 
1
Temptation
Perry Seibert
Tyler Perry is a moralist who doesn t have sense enough to engage us by making sin look like fun 
1
Temptation
Kam Williams
A present day parable preaching to the choir with sobering warnings about taking your mate for granted and the love of money as the root of all evil The Gospel according to Tyler Perry 
3
Temptation
Calum Marsh
When its third act erupts into full blown theatrical maximalism Tyler Perry s Temptation practically turns into Brian De Palma s Temptation 
2.5
Temptation
Rafer Guzman
If Perry has had one strength as a dramatist it s been his willingness to empathize with villains as well as victims In Temptation he lacks even that 
1.5
Temptation
Wilson Morales
Not even the stunt casting of reality star Kim Kardashian can improve this bloated soulless and unexciting novella 
1
Temptation
Roger Moore
Adding the no talent Kim Kardashian to his sass and semonette formula was a mistake Casting four dull leads was a bigger one 
1.5
The Price We Pay
Erik Childress
Aside from the final dispatching of one of its villains 44 there is nothing in here that has not been done miles better in countless Don 8217 t Stop At That Farmhouse movies 46 
1
The Price We Pay
Robert Daniels
No discount thrill is high enough for The Price We Pay to be worth its rock bottom terror 46 
1
The Price We Pay
Joey Magidson
A no frills genre gore fest 44 The Price We Pay knows what it is and never tries to be more than that 46 
3
The Day of the Beast
Matt Brunson
It s de la Iglesia s wicked sense of humor that proves to be the picture s greatest strength 
3
The Day of the Beast
Michael Dequina
One key difference between the film industries in America and Spain America would never honor a horror comedy with multiple Oscar wins let alone nominations 
3
A Simple Plan
David Nusair
a slow moving yet mostly compelling drama that benefits substantially from its stellar performances 
3
A Simple Plan
Federico Furzan
A fantastic noir thriller that stays humble in its premise which doesn t mean it s not shocking in every twist and turn Full review in Spanish 
4
A Simple Plan
Walter V. Addiego
I don t ask much from a movie really Give me three discontented guys and a big sack of money then let it all slowly unravel and I m happy 
3.5
A Simple Plan
Steve Rhodes
The director never missing a beat keeps the audience guessing the story s resolution until almost the last minute 
3
A Simple Plan
Michael Dequina
The theme of the ever shifting tides of evil within people is a perfect fit for the dark sensibilities of Raimi 
4
A Simple Plan
Mike McGranaghan
A Simple Plan is a suspenseful unnerving movie that ranks as one of the best thrillers in recent years The plot and characters converge nicely and by the end you are left to wonder how much money is enough to entice you to sell your soul 
3.5
A Simple Plan
David Sterritt
A Simple Plan is neither a happy nor a pretty tale but it builds uncommon dramatic power as its unpredictable plot unfolds 
3
A Simple Plan
Roger Ebert
The materials of Sam Raimi s A Simple Plan are not unfamiliar but rarely is a film this skillful at drawing us step by step into the consequences of criminal action 
4
Mona Lisa
Matt Brunson
Bob Hoskins delivers the performance of his career in this riveting drama that takes place in a particularly unsavory underworld 
3.5
Mona Lisa
Scott Nash
A superb cast lead by Bob Hoskins in the performance of his career 
4
Mona Lisa
Peter Canavese
As a study of social faades as a means of social climbing and as a character study of Hoskins would be angel Mona Lisa excels Blu ray 
3.5
Mona Lisa
Vincent Canby
It s like watching the departure of an ocean liner After all of the initial excitement you re left on the dock alone wondering what all the fuss was about 
2.5
Mona Lisa
James Berardinelli
In an era when movies about love almost always invariably devolve into formulaic affairs Neil Jordan s Mona Lisa stands out as an often surprising multi layered achievement 
4
Mona Lisa
Roger Ebert
The movie s ending is a little too neat for my taste But in a movie like this everything depends on atmosphere and character and Mona Lisa knows exactly what it is doing 
4
Thirteen Days
Nick Rogers
Days terrifically evinces those days timorous uncertainty of whether Red dread over ending the world matched Yankee angst The knowing glances at its conclusion speak volumes The planet s lucky break had only to do with random chance 
3.5
Thirteen Days
Michael Dequina
Suspenseful and efficient to the point that it feels like a soulless though remarkably well calibrated machine 
3
Thirteen Days
Thomas Delapa
An unblinking chronicle of the world on the eve of destruction 
3
Thirteen Days
Judith Egerton
Thirteen Days will not satisfy young viewers looking for a thriller or older audiences eager to look behind the scenes of an unforgettable two weeks in history 
2.5
Thirteen Days
Jon Niccum
The story is so gripping and the ensemble performances so dominating that Donaldson really manages to disguise the fact that the movie is just a succession of conversations between middle aged white men 
3
Thirteen Days
Jorge Avila Andrade
Inteligente recordatorio de que cuando la sensatez y la razón dominan por encima de las decisiones viscerales o políticas éste puede ser un mundo mucho mejor
3
Thirteen Days
James Kendrick
a powerful political thriller that is all the more unnerving because it is based in truth
3.5
Thirteen Days
Joe Leydon
A ll the more gripping for being written directed and acted with such scrupulous restraint 
4
Thirteen Days
Ross Anthony
engaging power play of politics and military muscling 
3
Thirteen Days
Mick LaSalle
Thirteen Days is a good movie about a profound moment in world history 
4
Thirteen Days
Susan Stark
Shrewd and tender in equal measure Thirteen Days is an insider drama par excellence 
3
Thirteen Days
Roger Ebert
I call the movie a thriller even though the outcome is known because it plays like one 
3
Thirteen Days
Erik Childress
It still manages to squeeze a great deal of tension into yet another situation where we re already aware of the outcome 
3
Thirteen Days
Rob Blackwelder
Director Roger Donaldson has a great command of the narrative going out of his way to find fresh approaches for bringing trepidation to a story with an outcome that every audience member knows going in 
3
Thirteen Days
Tor Thorsen
As gripping as any fictional thriller 
3.5
Thirteen Days
Mike Clark
Bruce Greenwood is exceptional as JFK quite a surprise after his smarmy villainous turns in Double Jeopardy and Rules of Engagement 
3
Thirteen Days
James Berardinelli
For those with a thirst for a gripping political thriller with its roots in real life events Thirteen Days represents a satisfying refreshment 
3
National Lampoon's Pucked
Paul Doro
With production values that rival those of a high school student s home movie it begs the question and boggles the mind why anyone thought it was a good idea to make it in the first place 
1.5
Beckett
Mitchell Beaupre
As is the case with Frantic 44 the unique setting and socialization of Beckett gives it an idiosyncratic European flavor 44 a sort of arthouse spin on a generic American thriller 46 
2.5
Beckett
Tom Meek
Another streaming actioner that feels like a pumped out product riding its star s marquee 
2
Beckett
Shawn Edwards
A less than thrilling thriller 
2
Beckett
Randy Myers
Beckett isn t horrible but it seems uncertain as to what it truly wants to be 
2
Beckett
Walter Chaw
Lots of reasons for its failure chief among them that it doesn t have a point of view landing somewhere in the junction between a wrong man thriller and a film about a truth seeker finding more truth than he bargained for makes it all seem arbitrary 
1
Beckett
Roger Moore
This is Washington s fourth major starring role and nobody seems willing to tell him he s the weakest link in most of the movies he s landing or convince him to do something about it 
2
Beckett
Richard Roeper
A ludicrous chase thriller keeps running off course 
2
Beckett
Odie Henderson
Filomarino keeps Beckett running for his life but we have no incentive to care whether he ll live or die 
1.5
Beckett
Mark Dujsik
The plot is that simple but the film s technique and performances are far from simplistic 
3
Beckett
Mick LaSalle
Beckett is rich in story and innovation Every time it s about to settle in and follow one path it shifts gears altogether It s surprising and nerve racking in all the right ways 
3
Beckett
Ed Gonzalez
It s thanks to a kind of tug of war between background and foreground that Beckett succeeds as a piece of entertainment 
3
Silent Panic
Matt Brunson
Schadt makes all the right moves as he focuses on the mental strain being experienced by the hapless dude bros But the second half finds the helmer stretching to keep the story going 
2.5
Silent Panic
Blake Howard
Silent Panic is a flawed found body tale where the prospective impacts of reporting its discovery demolish friendships and the lives of those implicated 
1.5
Silent Panic
Bob Bloom
I guess writer director Kyle Schadt is trying to say something about people s responsibility to others but his point is buried under all the complications he piles into his screenplay 
1
Silent Panic
Roger Moore
A tepid ditch the dead body thriller that might have worked better as a new Weekend at Bernie s 
1.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Oliver Jones
At its very best there s something positively life affirming about F9 the fifth Fast Furious movie directed by Justin Lin 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Matt Brunson
It s Old Home Week in this installment 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Bruce R. Miller
There s fun here It just never lasts longer than a pit stop Lin oils this vehicle for maximum performance and tosses in the undercoating even though it s unnecessary 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Peter Canavese
These movies have become wacky campy corny hammering away at this theme of family with a good car chase in Edinburgh there s still a frantic energy in these movies but the word for them is stupid 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Robert Ham
The action isn t so clever or coherent as the merry mayhem Lin unleashed on Tokyo and Rio in previous Fast Furious films but the sweet camaraderie between Dom and his loyal cronies endures 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Linda Cook
It s more popcorn fun with a science fiction theme 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Mark Meszoros
Although Wan came close a couple of times no one does Fast action and delivers guilty pleasure cinematic thrills quite like Lin and he proves it again with F9 
3.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Sarah Knight Adamson
Having viewed all Fast and Furious films I truly enjoy the over the top stunts family themes jaw dropping action sequences and humor Check out F9 in the theater or IMAX as it is genuinely a popcorn munching nonstop action packed great time 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Jake Coyle
If you can stomach the macho melodrama these movies are ridiculous big screen ballets with cars shooting out of skyscrapers and airplanes that at their best are the right kind of stupid 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Matthew Passantino
The problem with F9 is that the franchise has become an easily meme d shell of its former self 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Josh Larsen
Works best as a Dominic Toretto origin story 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Mike McGranaghan
F9 The Fast Saga is dumb and preposterous even by this franchise s standards 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Pamela Powell
F9 is a comedy but it just doesn t know it 
1
F9 The Fast Saga
James Berardinelli
Non stop action only works when it s handled with a deft hand and Justin Lin after having taken a break after helming installments 3 6 seems out of practice 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Kevin Carr
There s the old saying Give the people what they want And this is exactly what they re doing with this film 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Tom Meek
It s not that I had a bad time at F9 which puts original F F director Justin Lin back in the driver s seat or harbor a serious distaste for the series I just wish it could be a notch sharper and more entertaining 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Robert Horton
Bathetically soulful and winkingly postmodern engineered with the greatest digital effects possible and incompetent in matters of make up and lighting 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Joe Friar
If 007 can get away with windsurfing on a tsunami the Fast9 gang get a hall pass as they defy science plus it s a lot of fun 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Mark Feeney
The bond everyone shares is practically sacred This is a bit dopey It can feel like a beer commercial if Hallmark made beer It s also kind of sweet 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Johnny Oleksinski
The series has been trudging along for 20 years and boy it is showing its age The tires are flat the bumpers have rusted this hunk of junk has at least a million miles on it 
1
F9 The Fast Saga
Steven Prokopy
Exceedingly crowded casts and a screenplay that had to find ways to justify all of the cameos new characters and a small army of returning characters 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Mark Dujsik
By this series standards it s near the top of the heap massively and knowingly silly at its best not quite enough so at its worst 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Chris Hewitt
F9 is so ridiculously complicated and so completely uninterested in showing how its cast gets from one place to another that I lost track of where the climactic car chase was set 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Peter Howell
A lot of the movie simply looks fake even the mandatory drag races And with a 145 minute run time it gets wearisome long before the credits finally roll 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Jake Cole
At its best F9 delivers the most spatially coherent dynamic car scenes in the series to date 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Ann Hornaday
If F9 s repetitive stunts and speeches structure begins to pall this is a movie that knows its lane and stays in it however recklessly 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Michael Phillips
While I wish the electromagnet derived mayhem in F9 led to a truly magnetic movie sometimes good enough is enough 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Rafer Guzman
Preposterous even by Fast Furious standards but look no further for brainless summer fun 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Sean P. Means
It s appropriate that the latest in the action movie franchise that started with The Fast The Furious is called F9 since that s the key on the laptop that makes everything show up on your screen at once 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Christian Toto
The jokes fizzle the action sequences underwhelm is this the end of the line 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Sara Michelle Fetters
F9 takes the saga to a place that s out of this world and even that wasn t enough to maintain my interest for all 145 minutes 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Bob Bloom
Even though the franchise has become too fast and too furious for its own good F9 is like a siren s song you can t help but listen even if you chide yourself for doing so 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Leo Brady
The ride is sputtering and there s little left in the tank That doesn t mean it s the last you ve seen of Dom Toretto and gang This family rides until the wheels fall off 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Matt Zoller Seitz
Diesel holds the thing together through sheer mopey majesty 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Jeff Mitchell
The series jumps the shark again This film runs 145 minutes but I d love to see a 90 minute stripped down F F narrative with one race Just one Count me in for that movie 
2
F9 The Fast Saga
Brian Truitt
F9 tries to goose that template exponentially with soap opera and a greatest hits package to craft the ultimate Fast and Furious movie instead succeeding at making one that s merely fine 
2.5
F9 The Fast Saga
Mick LaSalle
It s huge it s stupid and it s wonderful It s a total blast and an invitation to put your mind into suspended animation for two giddy ridiculous hours 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Katie Walsh
In F9 The Fast Saga bonkers on top of bonkers results in a truly delightful and vividly sensorial time at the movies 
3
F9 The Fast Saga
Roger Moore
The looniest tune in this car toon saga 
2
The Guest Room
Sara Stewart
Ultimately Serving Up Richard feels about as substantial as a Happy Meal which this poor guy assuredly is not 
1.5
The Guest Room
Chuck Bowen
After a promising entrapment scene that offers some casually eerie narrative details the film collapses lurching awkwardly between a variety of tones and intentions 
1.5
Basquiat
David Reddish
Basquiat pulls back the veil on a man gifted with artistic genius and the inherent insecurity that talent brings If a genius brain burns white hot how can said genius ever not get burned 
4
Basquiat
Roger Ebert
Jeffrey Wright gives a performance of almost mystical opacity 
3.5
The Devil's Rejects
Federico Furzan
A powerful sequel that confirms Zombie s status as a genre director we need to be afraid of Full review in Spanish 
3
The Devil's Rejects
David Keyes
What gives Zombie the nerve the sheer audacity to keep moviegoers interested in material that ought to be sneered at with contempt Rarely has our need to dismiss an idea been replaced so thoroughly with a morbid desire to watch on in fascination 
3.5
The Devil's Rejects
Chuck O'Leary
A sickening socially irresponsible glorification of depraved and sadistic behavior The worst film of 2005 
1
The Devil's Rejects
David N. Butterworth
Has its articulate moments but for the most part Rob Zombie s grisly nasty Devils Rejects is mostly just grisly and nasty 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Eric Melin
Lynyrd Skynyrds Freebird will never be the same again 
3
The Devil's Rejects
James Kendrick
Much of its aesthetic is recycled but Zombie uses such grabby devices as slow motion freeze frames and burned out grainy film stock with such flair and intensity that it rachets the whole endeavor up an extra notch 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Collin Souter
It s like having excrement thrown in your face at a GG Allin concert 
0
The Devil's Rejects
Kurt Loder
A catalogue of loving references to lowlife gore films of the past all encompassing sarcasm and general screw you attitude lift or sink the movie to another level 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Kim Morgan
It s not a perfect picture but the overall effect is incredibly satisfying 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Peter Travers
Indefensible on a moral level Rob Zombie s perversely watchable follow up to his much reviled cult hit House of 1000 Corpses is loaded with filmmaking energy 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Walter Chaw
Casts light on what it is about the way we are that make wickedness so damnably attractive 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Linda Cook
I have come close to walking out on four movies in my 18 years of reviewing The Devil s Rejects is one of them 
0
The Devil's Rejects
Mike McGranaghan
Rob Zombie has taken a form of filmmaking that was of questionable repute and elevated it by putting the pieces together better than most of the form s original practitioners 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Jonathan R. Perry
The only conceivable way this toxic heap could benefit mankind is if every print were melted down and had its celluloid content rendered into guitar picks 
0
The Devil's Rejects
Sara Michelle Fetters
If that s your cup of tea more power to you Personally I m pretty sure I ve got a toilet to scrub which is sure a better use of my time than sitting through The Devil s Rejects once again 
0
The Devil's Rejects
Dan Fienberg
Yes The Devil s Rejects had me squirming in my seat and looking to darkened corners of the theater for respite from the on screen violence but so what 
2.5
The Devil's Rejects
Geoff Pevere
If one is hip to the references and proudly or not I am it s amazing to see how precisely the metal punk turned moviemaker Zombie channels the gleefully nihilistic tone and even the low budget bleached out quality of his disreputable inspirations 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Jeff Shannon
Despite some giddy humor and a soundtrack of 70s Top 40 hits this is entertainment for sociopaths occasionally effective but impossible to recommend with a clear conscience 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Peter Hartlaub
The first 15 minutes and last half hour are terrific and the stunningly violent middle part is only a partial waste 
3
The Devil's Rejects
James Berardinelli
The Devil s Rejects doesn t just deserve to be rejected but to be buried in a hole so dank that no one will discover it 
0.5
The Devil's Rejects
Lisa Rose
Zombie looks beyond the horror genre for influence and creates a film that doesn t exactly shatter expectations but at least sidesteps them with some degree of verve 
2.5
The Devil's Rejects
Josh Larsen
belongs to that perversely misogynistic subgenre of horror films that believes the only thing better than a nude woman is a dead nude woman 
1.5
The Devil's Rejects
Kyle Smith
This is a perfect B movie full of wicked dread 
3.5
The Devil's Rejects
Jack Mathews
The movie features some of the ugliest people and most disgusting behavior this side of I Spit on Your Grave 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Paul Doro
Zombie doesn t appear to have any other goals besides assaulting the viewer with gore and callousness 
1
The Devil's Rejects
Bob Strauss
Rob Zombie is improving as a filmmaker Maybe someday he ll outgrow his extended adolescence too 
2.5
The Devil's Rejects
Jennie Punter
If we re supposed to hang out with these creeps in order eventually to like them well we don t 
1.5
The Devil's Rejects
Ty Burr
Rob Zombie proves he s a filmmaker to be taken seriously or at least not to be considered a total joke but he still hasn t figured out how to fashion something more than the sum of his enthusiasms 
2.5
The Devil's Rejects
Greg Maki
For those who can stomach the violence it is destined to become a classic 
3.5
The Devil's Rejects
Mike Clark
A little of this will go a long way and besides who wants to see someone torturing Three s Company s Priscilla Barnes in a roach motel 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Peter Canavese
Horror punk outlaw entertainment an exploitation pic with a 70s aesthetic and endless scenarios of white trash unpleasantness not for Merchant Ivory fans 
2.5
The Devil's Rejects
Peter Debruge
Beyond the sheer creativity of Zombie s sick imagination there s little pleasure to be found in a movie of this nature 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Terry Lawson
It is possible to be repulsed by The Devil s Rejects while acknowledging it as an effective high quality piece of work 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Roger Ebert
A kind of heedless zeal transforms its horrors The movie is not merely disgusting but has an attitude and a subversive sense of humor 
3
The Devil's Rejects
David Sterritt
Horror fans will find what they re looking for 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Chris Hewitt
One nasty brilliantly constructed scene after another 
3.5
The Devil's Rejects
David Hiltbrand
There is no anchor to this madness The authorities are just as psychotic and sadistic as the villains Everyone on TV is a polyester buffoon 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Gene Seymour
The salt baked smoke cured dialogue makes up for a lot especially as it s delivered by such canny veterans as Lewis Haig and Forsythe who s savoring his meaty caricature of a bent lawman 
2.5
The Devil's Rejects
David Nusair
While the film does contain a number of genuinely creepy moments Zombie bogs things down with a plethora of broadly played overly wacky supporting characters 
2
The Devil's Rejects
Robert K. Elder
Offensively inhuman uninspired and cruelly unoriginal 
0
The Devil's Rejects
Dustin Putman
The Devil s Rejects is meanspirited graphic and bubbling over in ultra realistic viscera but it isn t without sociological merit 
3
The Devil's Rejects
Ed Gonzalez
Zombie has made a film not so much out of reverence for the images that shaped his youth but out of fear that he may never get to make another one ever again 
2
The Fluffer
Susan Walker
Those in search of a film about gay men disillusioned in Hollywood with a better script and more dramatic heft should rent Gods And Monsters or Thom Fitzgerald s Beefcake 
2
The Fluffer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It won me over with its complete lack of timidity and soapbox grandstanding that plague many other gay films 
3
The Fluffer
Laura Kelly
The story line doesn t always deliver but performances by Cunio and Gurney keep things interesting 
2.5
The Fluffer
Moira MacDonald
Johnny remains something of a cipher and the film mostly shies away from the issues it raises 
2
The Fluffer
Lou Lumenick
The performances are more than serviceable and The Fluffer is well paced and engaging until the flaccid climax 
2.5
Monster in a Box
Roger Ebert
Gray s Monster in a Box like his earlier Swimming to Cambodia is a filmed monologue augmented by music subtle lighting changes and what dramatic interest suspense and humor he can create with the sound of his own voice 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Brian Eggert
The Five Year Engagement feels like a step down from Segel and Stoller 8217 s previous films together 44 but there 8217 s enough sentimentality and comedic charm here to grant a solid recommendation 46 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Mattie Lucas
A crowd pleasing smartly drawn character driven exploration of relationship dynamics with plenty of laughs to keep it going 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Sara Michelle Fetters
Segel and Stoller have a bad habit of over explaining themselves whether it be a dramatic beat or a comedic one 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Austin Kennedy
It s hard to root for a couple who are an obvious non match 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Peter Keough
Nicholas Stoller s inventive funny and sometimes subversive romantic comedy won t revive that benighted genre but it does offer hope 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Sean P. Means
Where most romantic comedies deal with how the two people start their relationship The Five Year Engagement takes a risk by examining a relationship already in progress 
3.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Eric Melin
It treats its characters with respect and it doesn t downplay their relationship troubles Even in the midst of some pretty raunchy humor there is a lot of heart and it doesn t feel like someone is pulling the strings the emotion actually feels earned 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Stephen Whitty
A fun entertaining picture and another credit to Segel s rising career as a writer and star 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
James Berardinelli
Some of the comedic material provokes laughter and some doesn t but nearly all of it feels wrong It s as if the jokes have been shoehorned into the movie because it was deemed too dramatic 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Scott Nash
There might be a passable movie in here somewhere but you would need to do a lot of editing to find it 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Kam Williams
Make it stop 
1
The Five-Year Engagement
Matt Brunson
Pauline Kael said of the Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers pairing He gave her class and she gave him sex Blunt provides both the class AND the sex but Segel brings enough easygoing charisma and sly wit to the table to make them a believable screen couple 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Mike McGranaghan
May not have the same laugh per minute ratio of Jason Segel s previous films or those of producer Judd Apatow for that matter yet it s a very charming insightful picture that won me over 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Rich Heldenfels
Often funny good in dramatic moments but lacking consistently tight control of pace and scenes 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
David Nusair
It s ultimately sheer unreasonable overlength that triggers The Five Year Engagement s lamentable downfall 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Connie Ogle
It makes you laugh and eagerly wish for a happy ending without any preachy soul searching 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Willie Waffle
A series of funny scenes and funny lines but it doesn t all add up to a good funny solid romantic movie 
1
The Five-Year Engagement
Liam Lacey
Feels more like the raw feed than the final edit and seems to run as long as the time span promised in the title 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Chris Hewitt
It has solid ideas about what makes relationships work and although it takes a little longer to squeeze all the juice out of them they re worth the wait 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Rafer Guzman
The Five Year Engagement becomes two things an accurate reflection of a new generation of postponement prone 30 somethings and a rather uninteresting story 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Lou Lumenick
This seems like another breakthrough for Blunt who demonstrates an ample gift for physical comedy She and Segel make an inspired team 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Ann Hornaday
I liked The Five Year Engagement and then I didn t and then I did which seems just about right for a movie dedicated to examining how even the purest affections can be fatally derailed 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Mark Dujsik
Spattered throughout the comic bits are some simple but hard truths 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Dustin Putman
A grown up mainstream studio released comedy made for actual grown ups Imagine that 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Kevin C. Johnson
At best The Five Year Engagement is very well played by its leads and supporting characters You can t go wrong with Segel Blunt Pratt and Brie the latter two TV stars who are movie ready 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Mick LaSalle
The movie is a precision instrument with no parts jammed together just everything smooth and functioning 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Claudia Puig
There are funny scenarios and sweet moments but not nearly enough in this screenplay co written by Segel and director Nicholas Stoller 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Mack Bates
Both funny and romantic The Five Year Engagement runs a good 20 minutes longer than it should but the winning on screen chemistry between Segel and Blunt makes that a little easier to take 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Ty Burr
Between that opening proposal and the film s title you know exactly what s going to happen and the result is a comedy drama almost completely free of dramatic tension 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Peter Howell
Engagement gets the most important thing right which is the lead casting Segel and Blunt are completely convincing as Tom and Violet star crossed lovers They really do care for each other but life seems to be conspiring against them 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Peter Travers
The dream partnership of Jason Segel and Nick Stoller gets dinged a bit in the frustratingly uneven The Five Year Engagement Luckily the movie never runs on sitcom empty 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Randy Myers
A decent enough romantic comedy with some edge 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Matt Soergel
Some sharp honest observations on life and relationships that are usually glossed over by romantic comedies Some of it works Some of it falls flat 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Ann Lewinson
It seems to have no reason for being at all 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Steven Rea
Between the jokes about drinking mead out of deer hoofs about tiny tykes armed with crossbows about meeting cute in a bunny suit and a Princess Di getup there s serious stuff to consider 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Matt Pais
Segel fills the movie with vulnerability that s hard not to love He s cinema s leading everyman 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Roger Moore
Plays like a five episode R rated story arc from How I Met Your Mother With more profanity and more explicit sex And considerably less drinking And no Neil Patrick Harris 
1.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Michael Phillips
I really like this film loose flaps protracted finale and all 
3.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Moira MacDonald
The Five Year Engagement is one of those movies that you badly want to like much more than you actually do 
2.5
The Five-Year Engagement
Joe Lozito
Paper thin romantic comedy succeeds entirely on the extreme cuteness of its two stars 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Andrew Schenker
The film proves that neither gross out gags nor pseudo sophisticated Woody Allenisms are necessary to make a smart funny comedy 
3
The Five-Year Engagement
Christy Lemire
Halfway through you want to yell at the screen for them to run off to Las Vegas and just get it over with already then again it becomes increasingly difficult to root for them to stay together when they seem to be headed down such divergent paths 
2
The Five-Year Engagement
Phil Villarreal
Sometimes you ll fight the urge to pull out your phone to check the time and others you ll laugh so hard you ll embarrass yourself 
3
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
Roger Moore
A little long on hype but longer on the quirks and eccentricities of this oddball ultra marathon in the mountains of Tennessee
3
Ladies They Talk About
Mattie Lucas
An early entry in the women in prison subgenre this delightful pre code crime picture makes the most out of Stanwyck s bad girl persona 
3
Official Competition
Matt Brunson
Fans of Hollywood insider flicks like The Player and S 46 O 46 B 46 should dig this lively endeavor 46 
3.5
Official Competition
Brian Eggert
For most of the runtime 44 the viewer enjoys the weird and idiosyncratic behaviors on display 8212 made all the better because they 8217 re brought to life by three incredible actors 46 
3
Official Competition
Ty Burr
You know how most of the foreign language movies we get in the US are weighty meaningful dramas This one isn t that This one s enjoyably silly 
3
Official Competition
Rene Sanchez
Cruz 44 Banderas and Mart 237 nez are fantastic in this hysterical satire on the film industry and the battle of egos between artists 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Official Competition
Peter Canavese
A feast for actors about actors 46 
3.5
Official Competition
Dwight Brown
As the art of filmmaking takes a punch in the face audiences will love the pummeling and laugh themselves silly 
3
Official Competition
Erik Childress
Boasting some of the funniest sight gags alone 44 the best of them all may just be Antonio Banderas reacting towards and even instigating the egotistical attitudes that sometimes becomes the story we remember within art 46 
3.5
Official Competition
Sean P. Means
A lacerating 8212 yet 44 oddly 44 still loving 8212 satire of how movies are made 46 
3.5
Official Competition
Tom Meek
It s a tour de force by Cruz with the guys there to support her mission not that she needs it 
3
Official Competition
Ray Gill Jr.
Fascinating and subtly hilarious 
4
Official Competition
Randy Myers
Makes for a delightful satire and is always entertaining 
3.5
Official Competition
Jeff York
Cruz 44 Banderas 44 and Martinez are having a ball here 44 relishing the opportunity to take the piss out of the 8216 types 8217 they 8217 re playing 46 Each of them drolly underplays 44 and are crackerjack at doing the physical comedy as well as the wordplay 46 
4
Official Competition
Mick LaSalle
This is like comedy for the mind But whatever you want to call it it s intellectually satisfying in that it presents a skewed but unified vision of reality 
3
Official Competition
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is much to appreciate in the situations 44 even if the writers 40 Cohn and Duprat 44 joined by the latter 8217 s brother 44 Andr 233 s 41 aren 8217 t quite as witty as they think they are 46 In that 44 they have a lot in common with their characters 44 at least 46 
2.5
Official Competition
Mark Feeney
As much fun as Cruz is clearly having and that s a lot Banderas may be having even more 
3
Official Competition
Michael O'Sullivan
A sly satire of cinema that also manages to be a showcase for the comedic chops of its stars Penélope Cruz Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez 
3.5
Official Competition
Matt Zoller Seitz
Mariano Cohn and Gast 243 n Duprat 40 who also collaborated on the script 41 have a sharp eye and brilliant timing 44 and often manage to wring laughs just from the sight of a character picking up an object 44 or leaving or entering a room 46 
3
Official Competition
Mark Dujsik
Official Competition is a barbed examination of bloated self esteem that takes a solid joke and runs with it in comically clever and smartly critical ways 46 
3.5
Official Competition
Katie Walsh
At the heart of the smart and spiky 8220 Official Competition 8221 is the question of what makes art 8220 good 44 8221 as well as the futility of applying such a banal label to something that can be moving 44 transportive or challenging 46 
3.5
Official Competition
Mike McGranaghan
A terrific character study of ego driven individuals trying to figure out how to play in the same sandbox 46 
3
Official Competition
David Gonzalez
Despite the underwhelming finale 44 160 Official Competition 160 is an entry impossible not to root for 46 A film full of ambitions and exciting themes that never fails to keep cinephiles invested 46 It apos s undoubtedly one of the Tribeca Festival apos s unique entries 46 
3
Official Competition
Joey Magidson
Official Competition is a decent amount of fun 44 even if it could have been more of a laugh riot than it winds up being 46 
3
Official Competition
William Repass
Official Competition is another film about filmmaking 44 but it escapes hermeticism by homing in on actors and acting 46 
3
Official Competition
Roger Moore
There 8217 s all this literal and figurative dead space surrounding a tiny cast that has been and can be funnier than 8220 Official Competition 8221 lets them be 46 
2
Benjamin
Roger Moore
Chatty insecure painfully awkward and thanks at least in part to its leading man s Irish accent adorably twee 
3
Nothing in Common
Dave Kehr
It s hard not to respect the kind of professionalism on display 
3
Nothing in Common
Roger Ebert
Nothing in Common wants to surprise us by inserting tragedy in the midst of laughter but the problem is the serious parts of this movie are so much more interesting than the lightweight parts that the whole project gets out of balance 
2.5
Little Giants
Roger Ebert
Working in two platoons the four screenwriters have skillfully removed all vestiges of originality from this story and turned in a perfectly honed retread of every other movie about how a team of losers wins the big game 
1
Boa vs. Python
David Nusair
Gorehounds hoping to revel in the sight of two snakes feasting on their prey are bound to be disappointed as the majority of the kills are offscreen 
1.5
No Looking Back
Mike Clark
It s conclusive proof that life in an oceanside burg can be drab and uninvolving 
1.5
No Looking Back
Michael Dequina
It is only natural that Burns would want to turn his attentions to something more serious He should stick to comedy 
2
No Looking Back
Elias Savada
After such an exciting debut film and a lesser second effort Edward Burns third outing strikes out That s it Dudsville 
1
No Looking Back
Roger Ebert
I simply wish the characters and their fretting were more interesting or their unhappiness less avoidable 
2
Stagecoach
Roger Ebert
Seen today Stagecoach may not seem very original That s because it influenced countless later movies in which a mixed bag of characters are thrown together by chance and forced to survive an ordeal 
4
Stagecoach
Wesley Lovell
One of the best early westerns ever made 
4
Stagecoach
Scott Nash
The big reason this movie does hold up so well despite the cliches is the characters 
4
Stagecoach
James Kendrick
one of the essential entries to the western that most American of film genres
4
Zorba the Greek
Roger Moore
What critics at the time sometimes wrote off as 8220 hammy 8221 and 8220 over the top 44 8221 Quinn turned into a brand 44 cinematic shorthand for Big Characters full of the zest of life 46 
4
Zorba the Greek
Wesley Lovell
A pensive film about the need to find your own truth while living life to its fullest 
3
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti
Chris Hewitt
There s a fair amount of dopey rehearsed sounding dialogue along the lines of You re never as real as when you might die Whatevs 
2
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti
Linda Cook
You don t need filmmaker James Cameron to develop a truly riveting underwater adventure 
3.5
CityLights
Michael Dequina
If some concessions to Indian cinema convention don t work that s compensated by still suspenseful and involving storyline and the committed performances by the actors 
3
L.A. Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As one of Martin s original screenplays it s a clear representation of his loves and his particular comic genius 
3
L.A. Story
Hank Gallo
Granted there are some memorable big laughs here but the movie that surrounds them is largely forgettable 
2
L.A. Story
David Nusair
infused with a whole host of appealingly off kilter elements 
3.5
L.A. Story
Phil Villarreal
Perhaps Steve Martin s hair went white because his brain radiates with such boundless invention that all the pigment withered off the follicles 
4
L.A. Story
Robert Roten
A minor classic in the grand tradition of Woody Allen and is one of the best films Steve Martin has ever done 
3.5
L.A. Story
Steve Rhodes
So funny that I could not control myself at times one belly laugh would not subside before another began 
3.5
L.A. Story
Roger Ebert
Steve Martin shows again in this film that he has found the right comic presence for the movies the lack of subtlety in early films like The Jerk has now been replaced by a smoothness and unforced intelligence 
4
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Mattie Lucas
For anyone who has ever dreamed of dancing for those who long for the stage the spotlight and the adoring cheer of the crowds La Danse is a paean to their hard work and sacrifice and a monument for their dreams 
3.5
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Linda Barnard
What s missing is a sense of who the dancers are as people and it makes La Danse feel like it has missed some crucial steps 
2.5
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Rob Thomas
It s just endless performance footage indulgently edited together and it soons proves exhausting Not I just danced on the balls of my feet for three hours exhausting but exhausting nonetheless 
2
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Chris Hewitt
I don t know much about ballet and I liked the elaborately detailed La Danse but I suspect dance buffs are going to devour it 
3
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
John Beifuss
Without the distractions of documentary data the film becomes a pure almost meditative experience 
3
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Wesley Morris
A unique kind of magic a documentary about the work in art that is itself a work of art 
4
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Mike Scott
A remarkably intimate and nearly meditative cinematic experience as Wiseman all but embeds his audience with the ballet 
4
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Jeffrey Gantz
Wiseman s camera wanders upstairs downstairs backstage and even to the Garnier s rooftop apiary 
3.5
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
John R. Killacky
La Danse The Paris Opera Ballet Frederick Wiseman s astoundingly beautiful documentary has sumptuous delights to satisfy every balletomane 
4
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Moira MacDonald
Captures the fleeting beauty of ballet in dozens of miniature portraits each quietly soaring This movie just goes up there and stays there and it s magical 
4
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
Andrew Schenker
Wiseman is principally concerned with process here the process of art s creation and to a lesser degree the process of an institution s functioning 
3
Hostage High
Walter Chaw
One tour de force acting turn can t recommend an ineffective treatment of a thorny topic 
2
Bunty Aur Bubli
Namrata Joshi
Shaad Ali directs his second venture with tremendous surety and elan Abhishek is perfect as Bunty naughty twisted yet unspoilt at heart 
3
Bunty Aur Bubli
Michael Dequina
Bollywood has a reputation for churning out candyfloss films and this rollicking romantic caper indeed proves that that doesn t necessarily have to be a bad thing 
3
The Haunting of Hamilton High
Juan Carlos Coto
For all the filmmakers deftness with story and visual style it s a shame they didn t apply their talents to something more original 
2
The Haunting of Hamilton High
David Keyes
Every scene every exchange and delivery lacks finesse and actors move through the motions of a choppy screenplay with all the charm of underachievers in an after school special 
1.5
The Haunting of Hamilton High
Lucius Gore
stacks up as a nice sleaze fest 
2.5
The Haunting of Hamilton High
David Nusair
As ineffective as its lackluster predecessor 
1
Mulan
David Gonzalez
In its attempt to be different and original 44 Mulan cements its place as one of the finest Disney live adaptions released thus far 46 
3
Mulan
Matt Brunson
While 2019 s photorealistic remake of 1994 s The Lion King felt like Disney staging its own invasion of the body snatchers everything looks the same only stiff and emotionless this thankfully avoids frigid fealty to its animated 1998 predecessor 
3
Mulan
Rene Sanchez
Although it s missing the charm and the magic of Disney s animated classic its message of acceptance and empowerment is more vital than ever Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Mulan
Rubén Rosario
No Mushu no songs no problem It s an empowering action spectacle that although it stumbles out of the gate is held aloft by its progressive depiction of life in the barracks 
2.5
Mulan
Sarah Knight Adamson
Mulan raises the bar in Disney sequels This one is outstanding The strong gorgeous storyline for Mulan the female character sets a wonderful role model for all girls worldwide 
4
Mulan
Walter Chaw
Everything about this Mulan is ironic accidentally Whatever its intentions its execution and the circumstances of its creation are in opposition to them 
1.5
Mulan
Josh Larsen
It would be difficult to concoct a less imaginative remake 
1.5
Mulan
Jeff York
It s one of Disney s very best adaptations of their animated classics a re telling wise enough to keep the best parts of its predecessor while largely making the film feel very much its own achievement 
3
Mulan
Doug Walker
Dishonor on you dishonor on your cash cow dishonor on all these Disney remakes Mulan deserves better 
2
Mulan
Jason Fraley
Nostalgia is a double edged sword that cuts both ways it makes us excited to see the newest version while carrying the albatross of constant comparison 
3
Mulan
Joe Friar
The best live action Disney reboot period Thrilling battles sequences stunning visuals and a stellar cast including an excellent Yifei Liu in the title role 
3.5
Mulan
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Mulan however suffers of the same affliction as other Disney live action remakes It s profoundly risk averse So you get stunning productions with no narrative edge
2.5
Mulan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s far more dynamic and alive than most of the other remakes and it honors the spirit of the original while heading forward into some interesting modern new directions 
3.5
Mulan
Steven Prokopy
Mulan is more than just a spectacle it s a moving rousing piece of art 
3.5
Mulan
Robert Horton
The best I can think of for an explanation about the overall slogginess here is that the concept of Mulan really really needs songs and talking animals 
2
Mulan
Rafer Guzman
Its roughly 900 year old hero remains inspirational As the wise old Emperor said in the original film You don t meet a girl like that every dynasty 
3
Mulan
Sara Michelle Fetters
Mulan lives up to the themes of its predecessor while also cutting its own forcefully dynamic path 
3.5
Mulan
Mark Dujsik
T he film tells a fine rich and empowering story respectful of its characters and a tradition of filmmaking that matches its tale quite well 
3
Mulan
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Director Niki Caro handles the fight scenes and dramatic moments with equal aplomb though some of the additional effects feel less well designed 
3
Mulan
Katie Walsh
The visuals are the best thing about the film the spectacle a dazzling distraction from some of the weaker elements of storytelling and performance 
2.5
Mulan
Pamela Powell
Mulan is a cinematically stunning live action remake that accentuates action over heart but the message it conveys one of female strength and ingenuity as well as value cannot be overlooked 
3
Mulan
Christy Lemire
Its origins date back centuries and its animated predecessor is beloved within the 90s Disney canon but the latest version of Mulan couldn t be more relevant vital and alive 
3.5
Mulan
Robert Daniels
Caro s Mulan carries the same emotional weight of the prior with a greater dramatic punch 
3
Mulan
Richard Roeper
The international cast is nothing short of great led by Yifei Liu s movie star turn as a boundaries shattering stereotype defying hero warrior for her time and for ours 
3.5
Mulan
James Berardinelli
A compelling and engaging adventure that represents not only an effective retelling of the 1998 film but arguably the best of the studio s animated to live action reconstructions 
3
Mulan
Joey Magidson
Mulan is spectacular below the line with vivid colors and fight scenes making for one of the more successful live action remakes for Disney 
3
Mulan
Johnny Oleksinski
Yes I missed the 1998 animated film s catchy music and talking animals Eddie Murphy as a joking dragon called Mushu might be tough to swing in 2020 but I was swept away by the breathtaking Chinese backdrops and high stakes battles 
3
Mulan
Ann Hornaday
Little girls might be better off sticking with the cartoon for now but this opulent ambitious production and Liu s focused intrepid performance at its center gives them something to grow into 
3
Mulan
Mick LaSalle
Mulan is a spirit lifter and though it doesn t arrive as planned it could not arrive at a better time 
3.5
Mulan
Sean P. Means
Mulan isn t just the best adaptation Disney has done from its animated catalog but one of the most resonant family dramas in a long time 
3.5
Mulan
Ty Burr
In the end Mulan 2020 stands as an inspired oddity A reenvisioned remake that improves on the original even as it owes everything to movies that have come before 
3
Mulan
Sam C. Mac
Walt Disney s Mulan remake perfunctorily recycles the worst aspects of the 1998 animated version and roundly fails to convincingly execute the few deviations that it does attempt 
1
Mulan
Oliver Jones
She s the Chosen One basically an East Asian Harry Potter but instead of the Boy Who Lived she s the Girl Who Lived As A Boy For A Couple of Weeks 
2
Mulan
Phil Villarreal
At least fans will be able to be mildly disappointed in the comfort of their own homes and be able to hit pause if they get a little drowsy 
2
Mulan
Moira MacDonald
While it s still unmistakably a Disney film with its uncomplicated character arcs and picture prettiness it s also at its core a moving story of a young woman finding her strength 
3.5
Mulan
Barry Hertz
Caro offers and accomplishes far more with Mulan than Mulan asks of her 
3
Mulan
Brian Truitt
While it s definitely a different experience than its predecessor and maybe not for all little ones you can t knock its fantasy style or inspiring adventure 
3
Mulan
Michael Phillips
Not everything works but the crucial element Mulan s relationship with her father works wonderfully well 
3.5
Mulan
Mike McGranaghan
This is the first time I ve seen one of these Disney remakes and thought it kind of maybe had a reason to exist It s not the soulless cash grab The Lion King and The Jungle Book were 
3
Mulan
Lindsey Bahr
Mulan might even inspire some kids to dip their toes into all that Asian cinema has to offer which would be the best possible outcome But something has to give in this blind fealty to the animated films because it s getting in the way of greatness 
2.5
Mulan
Roger Moore
I adored the animated Mulan but the best I can say for this one is it s pretty enough and watchable 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Peter Canavese
Likable and ambitious with great John Toll visuals You want it to succeed but it doesn t always quite get there 4K restoration Paramount Presents blu ray review 
3
Vanilla Sky
Matt Brunson
This isn t a typically dumbed down rehash and as such it dissatisfied the rank and file of multiplex moviegoers but earned the appreciation of adventurous film fans 
3
Vanilla Sky
Nick Rogers
Cameron Crowe s vinyl collector version of Jacob s Ladder is a daring gamble paying off even when ambition exceeds his grasp The subconscious can boil over with too much pop culture poured in Keep that in mind and it will have you at What the hell 
4
Vanilla Sky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Vanilla Sky turns out to be a rousing exhilarating entertainment thanks mostly to Cruise s balls to the wall performance 
3
Vanilla Sky
Sara Michelle Fetters
Vanilla Sky is one of the most challenging films of the year It is thought provoking mysterious complex nerve racking beautiful creepy funny and a trip deliriously all its own 
3.5
Vanilla Sky
Michael Szymanski
The film is seamless surprising and erotic mixing the best elements of romance sci fi and drama 
3.5
Vanilla Sky
Greg Maki
A psychological thriller that will keep you guessing even after you ve left the theater 
3
Vanilla Sky
Jim Shelby
Crowe had a huge budget and he uses it gloriously 
3.5
Vanilla Sky
Margaret A. McGurk
For all its shortcomings Vanilla Sky exerts a hypnotic otherwordly attraction 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Gina Carbone
Maybe something this surreal needs unknowns to keep it in the ether 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Emily Blunt
It s intricate true yet surprisingly easy to follow 
4
Vanilla Sky
Jeffrey Westhoff
A mature intelligent thriller that bends the audience s perceptions and expectations with every scene 
4
Vanilla Sky
Collin Souter
One of the year s best after the second or third viewing 
4
Vanilla Sky
Jeremy Heilman
Crowe hasn t exactly ruined what the original Abre los Ojos has offered even if he s reduced its sense of pathos The bottom line is that Vanilla Sky still offers more than the average Hollywood film 
3
Vanilla Sky
Frank Ochieng
Vanilla Sky s forecast is not looking very sunny at this point in Cameron Crowe s murky psychosexual drama
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Mark Dujsik
Walks that fine line between disturbing and strange but with its pandering it doesn t actually achieve either 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Ian Mantgani
Instead of a formula we get a story that keeps unfolding and instead of chatter that drives the plot forward we have dialogue referring to things important to the characters 
3
Vanilla Sky
Jorge Avila Andrade
Crowe le da sentido humano a una historia en la que los sueos son mucho mejores que la realidad 
3
Vanilla Sky
Mike McGranaghan
The less I understood it the more I couldn t stop watching it 
3.5
Vanilla Sky
Michael Dequina
Imitation can indeed be the sincerest form of flattery by being so bad in comparison 
1.5
Vanilla Sky
Garth Franklin
A combination of various successful players styles has resulted in a nice looking art house look big budget mess 
.5
Vanilla Sky
David N. Butterworth
Convoluted and by turns mind bendingly playful and annoying Crowe s psychodrama is full of good intentions 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Gary Brown
The film is a scene by scene remake of the not so hot 1997 Spanish film Abre los Ojos Open your Eyes 
2
Vanilla Sky
James Kendrick
Crowe is ill equipped to handle the subtle and not so subtle tonal shifts of a mind bending romantic thriller
2.5
Vanilla Sky
David Sterritt
Vanilla Sky resembles a fast and flashy variation on The Sixth Sense with touches of The Matrix as a bonus 
3
Vanilla Sky
Harvey S. Karten
Consider this as though it were the Hollywood version of an intriguing morality play 
3
Vanilla Sky
Robert Roten
If you don t mind a film that challenges you to think and to re evaluate your perceptions you might just like it 
3
Vanilla Sky
Steve Rhodes
Someone should buy Crowe a pair of scissors I d love to see a much shorter director s cut 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Joe Leydon
A brazenly challenging and richly rewarding fable about actions and consequences dreams and realities 
4
Vanilla Sky
Dustin Putman
A ravishing stunner that never loses its way once Director Cameron Crowe s most stunning work to date 
4
Vanilla Sky
Mike Clark
What works in a quirky foreign film can look silly with expansive Hollywood treatment 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Edward Guthmann
The film s aim to dazzle and inspire is sapped by Cruise s vein popping running the marathon performance 
2
Vanilla Sky
Rod Armstrong
Vanilla Sky offered Crowe a chance to prove himself as an artist but all it does is show once again that he is an able draftsman 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Susan Stark
A hopeless jumble of romance psychodrama sci fi and spiritual posturing 
1
Vanilla Sky
Bill Pearis
Much of it is existential mumbo jumbo 
2
Vanilla Sky
Jay Carr
Inevitably the film seems as hollow and pointless as David is 
1.5
Vanilla Sky
Liam Lacey
When Cruise is the boss on a project as he was here and on Mission Impossible II his work can feel distractingly self conscious 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Roger Ebert
There is wonderful chemistry of two quite different kinds between Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on the one hand and Cruise and Penelope Cruz on the other 
3
Vanilla Sky
Rob Blackwelder
Imagine if someone remade The Others with Casper the Friendly Ghost That should give you a pretty good idea what Cameron Crowe has done with Vanilla Sky 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Walter Chaw
The crown prince of weakling uplift has actually fallen down on the altar of the ultimate Kafkaesque Hollywood godhead Tom Cruise
1
Vanilla Sky
Tony Toscano
An over hyped confusing film 
2
Vanilla Sky
Steven Rea
A visually dazzling but ultimately dizzying ride a trippy suspenser that gets tripped up on its own deja vu voodoo 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Erik Childress
Imagine watching Tootsie for 100 minutes and then finding out that Dustin Hoffman was really an alien
2.5
Vanilla Sky
Ross Anthony
not a normal Tom pic 
3
Vanilla Sky
Dan Lybarger
Crowe s noodling doesn t completely ruin the setup one wonders if Cruise s fondness for the first movie might have been better spent sponsoring a quality English dub 
2.5
Vanilla Sky
James Berardinelli
In many ways the story is pure Twilight Zone but Crowe s down to earth approach softens and grounds it making the characters seem more genuine even amidst the surreal setting 
3
Eulogy
Glenn Whipp
Talk about grief 
1.5
Eulogy
Pam Grady
What Clancy needs to remember if he is ever given another shot at a feature is that what might work on TV often shrinks on the big screen 
2
Eulogy
Jack Mathews
When a filmmaker is savvy enough to hire Torn to play an eccentric codger then has him do little more than play dead in a casket he has a lot of learning to do 
2
Eulogy
Lou Lumenick
That Eulogy has any laughs is largely a testament to the understated Romano he and Deschanel are the only ones in the cast who aren t straining to be funny 
1.5
Eulogy
Ed Gonzalez
Eulogy confuses mean spiritedness for signs of intelligent life 
1.5
The Sentence
Sheila O'Malley
The Sentence is the beginning of a conversation that needs to continue 
2.5
The Sentence
Chuck Bowen
Rudy Valdez has no distance from the material which works simultaneously in the film s favor and largely its disfavor 
1.5
Lola Montes
Josh Larsen
lingers as a sensational fever dream 
3.5
Lola Montes
James Kendrick
as Lola Martine Carol should compel our attention but instead merely toys with it
2.5
Lola Montes
Michael Phillips
Lola Montes is mainly a triumph of vibrancy and metaphor Nonetheless it s quite an experience 
3.5
Lola Montes
Ty Burr
Seen on a big screen this is a movie to get drunk on 
4
Lola Montes
Fernando F. Croce
A bodice ripper invested with the profundity of a Stendhal novel Lola Montes is also even more than La Ronde Ophls s definite commentary on movie watching 
4
Lola Montes
Roger Ebert
It is all of a piece from beginning to end The mood the music the remarkably fluid camera movement the sets the costumes 
3.5
Drunken Angel
Brian Eggert
Drunken Angel is by no means Akira Kurosawa s greatest achievement rather it is his first vital narrative and his first whole thesis on Japan s postwar kyodatsu condition of many to follow 
4
Drunken Angel
Fernando F. Croce
Kurosawa s early stylistic experimentations turn a nightclub stopover into a monstrous parody of an American jitterbug dance off and when blood gets finally spilled it s in a slip and slide Yakuza frenzy choreographed amid splattered paint 
3
Drunken Angel
Jeremy Heilman
It marked the first time that Akira Kurosawa directed Toshiro Mifune but the results are excellent enough that you can see why their collaborations continued for decades 
3.5
Do You Trust This Computer?
Roger Moore
Information is presented in something of a blur but this is still a chilling and eye opening look at our digitally obsolete future 
3
Trancers
Matt Brunson
Sci fi done lo fi and low budget 46 
3
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Roger Ebert
These messages are buried in the very fabric of the film in the way it was shot in its use of locations and we are not told them we absorb them 
3.5
True Romance
James Kendrick
wildly improbable and delightfully unpredictable 44 even when charging through some very familiar territory
3
True Romance
Matt Brunson
A bubble gum movie packed with quirky characters and moving at the speed of a ricocheting pinball 46 
3
True Romance
David Nusair
a pulpy good time that holds up remarkably well two decades after its theatrical release 
3.5
True Romance
Peter Canavese
A hall of fame guy s movie with a macho 90s ensemble eclipsed only by Glengarry Glen Ross the monologues oh the monologues Blu ray 
3
True Romance
Phil Villarreal
One of the most dynamic action films of the 1990s 
4
True Romance
Michael Dequina
Bombards the audience with images of blazing guns brutal beatings and lots of gushing blood while telling a twisted and entertaining tale 
4
True Romance
Robert Roten
The movie has a kind of goofy charm 
2.5
True Romance
Peter Travers
It s Tarantino s gutter poetry that detonates True Romance This movie is dynamite 
3
True Romance
James Berardinelli
Despite Tony Scott s occasional blundering True Romance is still a visceral roller coaster 
2.5
True Romance
Roger Ebert
Made with such energy such high spirits such an enchanting goofiness that it s impossible to resist 
3
True Romance
Chris Hicks
Too often the bloodbath mentality simply washes away the film s more appealing elements 
2
True Romance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is exciting thanks to the script but when it comes to the bullet ridden showdown Scott shows it in fast cuts without giving us a perspective of the action or the space It s ruined 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Kelly Jane Torrance
This intelligent film offers a fresh perspective on an oft portrayed period asking the viewer to question his own assumptions about what he expects and wants from such a telling 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Mike Scott
Built upon a powerful but gimmicky end The Boy in the Striped Pajamas would make a fine short As a full length feature though the pajamas wear thin quickly 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Peg Aloi
The performances never falter and even James Horner s heavy handed score can t dim the film s unfathomable unshakable ending 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Kam Williams
Why do the all the Nazis here have British accents How confusing is that An unintentionally comical cross of Hogan s Heroes and Springtime for Hitler 
1
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Lori Hoffman
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas reminds us that when youthful minds are still being shaped they can be poisoned by the evil of the adults they admire 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Sean P. Means
Making a parable out of the Holocaust is a dicey proposition and here the emotional tugs are so forced that it exploits and trivializes the historical tragedy it claims to be trying to illuminate 
1.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Matt Brunson
Even in its lighter moments the picture never downplays the horror of the situation and the devastating ending is potent enough to affect even those viewers who write it off as nothing more than a sensationalist stunt 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Daniel M. Kimmel
What might easily have been turned into a terrible and tasteless Boy s Adventure in the Holocaust movie is instead a film that you won t soon forget 
4
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Carla Meyer
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas fails to illuminate history Instead it raises questions about the project itself As in who thought this was a good idea 
1
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Robert W. Butler
The resulting film nicely captures the banality of evil at least until overplaying its hand 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Michael Sragow
I found the movie impossibly basic and sanitized as a never again parable of the Final Solution and simply wrongheaded as a story about children 
2
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Beifuss
Perhaps the movie might be most profitably viewed as almost a genre tale A suspense thriller with a moral to its twist ending like that old Nazi Twilight Zone episode but without the supernatural element 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Michael Smith
A beautifully photographed film that hammers home its point people are essentially good Nazis are evil repeatedly and simplistically 
2
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Duane Dudek
Writer director Mark Herman working from the novel by John Boyne has created a smart looking film but one in which the only thing we learn about the Holocaust is that children were its victims too 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Jeff Vice
This is an assured work and director Herman gets fine performances from his cast 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Phil Villarreal
The tale takes on the resonance of a Greek myth and even though the story is fiction it finds devastating truths 
4
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Chris Hewitt
Unfortunately the film s compelling ideas get buried in sloppy filmmaking 
2
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Glenn Whipp
Tries so hard to achieve ironic detachment from its subject matter that it s unlikely to connect with anyone moved by Life Is Beautiful 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Austin Kennedy
This is a heartbreaking disturbing look at the Holocaust through the innocent eyes of a young boy 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Ty Burr
Because its gaze is so level and so unyielding it stands as one of the better dramatic films made on this subject although it s not nearly as fine as Louis Malle s Au Revoir les Enfants in which the camps remain a distant abstraction 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Susan Walker
That these boys could not fathom what was actually going on in the camps also rings true and is the reason why stories like this one must endure 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Moira MacDonald
This very unsubtle movie s heart is in the right place its art unfortunately isn t 
2
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Mick LaSalle
Farmiga s emotional clarity and intensity have an almost cleansing quality so pristine plain and right This role takes her abilities and her career to a new level 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Kyle Smith
When it comes to the Holocaust contrivance is neither welcome nor necessary 
2
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Rene Rodriguez
Director Herman rarely pulls us out of Bruno s naive view of the world which adds a layer of unsettling ominousness 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Amy Biancolli
It tosses over all that finely drawn narrative caution and goes straight for the sensational swinging its attention on Bruno s distraught mother and the breakdown of a single German family 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Rick Groen
The child in the striped pajamas is yours and mine and every child at any time 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Peter T. Chattaway
It prompts us to admit however sadly that childlike innocence is not sufficient in a world like ours u2014that we need to be wise as serpents even as we remain innocent as doves 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Dustin Putman
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas could have been brilliant and instead leaves one feeling unclean angry and distastefully toyed with 
2
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
James Kendrick
Director Mark Herman draws excellent performances from his two young actors who embody an almost magical sense of childhood that deepens rather than conflicts with the stark historical realities in which they are living 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Steven Rea
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has a storybook innocence about it by design 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Sara Michelle Fetters
And while the conclusion isn t a mystery that doesn t make witnessing it any less profound or powerful the tears I shed in the final moments as heartfelt and as genuine as any I ve probably cried this year 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Claudia Puig
This beautifully rendered family film is told in a classic and old fashioned style in the best sense providing poignant and powerful teachable moments 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Peter Travers
The premise doesn t excuse lapses in logic but the power of the story and the performances is indisputable 
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Roger Ebert
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not only about Germany during the war although the story it tells is heartbreaking in more than one way It is about a value system that survives like a virus 
3.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
James Berardinelli
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas should be heartbreaking but it isn t The muted quality of its impact is the result of narrative shortcuts and a desire to keep the images from being too startling 
2.5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Andrew Schenker
At once too historically removed from its subject and too hysterically committed 
2
The Other Brother
Lou Lumenick
Holland lets things peter out midway but it s notably better acted and far less crass than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals 
2
God Bless the Broken Road
Kam Williams
A simplistic sermonizing parable strictly for the Bible thumping demographic 
1
God Bless the Broken Road
Richard Roeper
After nearly two hours of plodding storytelling and despite an affecting performance by Pulsipher we know nothing about Amber other than her difficult circumstances and maybe the fact that she likes Rascal Flatts and Scrabble 
1.5
God Bless the Broken Road
Roger Moore
A good cast can t turn this grieving faith based drama from Nutrasweet to bittersweet 
1.5
God Bless the Broken Road
Sean P. Means
The Christian themed drama God Bless the Broken Road wears its earnest heart on its sleeve and isn t afraid to show it 
3
God Bless the Broken Road
Pat Padua
The characters for the most part play inspirational pawns more than three dimensional people 
1.5
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Verne Gay
Some fleeting segues to the Black Lives Matter movement feel obligatory and woefully incomplete but they don t derail this otherwise excellent program 
3.5
The Kindergarten Teacher
Roger Moore
A great performance the latest from an actress with a reputation for giving them Watch it on Netflix and see what the Academy missed 
3.5
The Kindergarten Teacher
Frank Ochieng
The Kindergarten Teacher definitely makes the grade as a winningly uncomfortable and compelling observation of a disillusioned middle aged woman stuck in an artistic and emotional rut an unnerving slow burn explored with haunting conflict 
3
The Kindergarten Teacher
Karen M. Peterson
Maggie Gyllenhaal gives a magnificent performance as Lisa She is fully committed to the part portraying a woman searching for beauty in a dreary existence 
3.5
The Kindergarten Teacher
Sara Stewart
Gyllenhaal a master at conveying a conflicted inner life is pitch perfect as she allows her concern for Jimmy to slowly slide off the rails of appropriateness 
3
The Kindergarten Teacher
David Nusair
a thoroughly well acted yet distressingly uninvolving little drama 
2
Zola
David Gonzalez
Zola is a transformative roller coaster ride that is incredibly entertaining 44 energetic 44 and downright fascinating 46 
3.5
Zola
Brian Eggert
After watching the film you ll feel exhausted from its insane rollercoaster ride a crazy weekend trip to Florida filled with unpredictable characters and bizarro turns yet a disarming sense of humor about itself 
3.5
Zola
Dwight Brown
The filmmakers writers and cast are so criminally funny they should all be hailed for shining a light on a serious subject and then arrested by the vice squad for their naughty humor 
3
Zola
Peter Canavese
A funny very alarming and otherworldly vision of getting lost in America This might just be the first great movie of 2021 
3.5
Zola
Rene Sanchez
An unpredictable odyssey that shines for its unique style and the exceptional work of its cast led by Taylour Paige and Riley Keough Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Zola
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Feels like an ultra modern telling of an old pulp tale 
3
Zola
Josh Larsen
plays in the gap between what we post and what we practice 
3.5
Zola
Steven Prokopy
This amped up story of two strippers going on a road trip from Detroit to Florida to dance for big money turns into something mind bending hilarious dangerous and dazzling 
3.5
Zola
Kevin Carr
If you love the Kardashians and you are into prank videos online you ll probably love this movie 
3
Zola
Sheri Flanders
Ultimately Zola is the perfect summer film it s a freewheeling joyride through the seamy side of stripping that balances the thrill of voyeurism with the dangerous reality 
4
Zola
Tom Meek
The two actresses do play off each other brilliantly 
3
Zola
Max Weiss
The film is a ride both in the literal and metaphorical sense I never wanted to get off 
3.5
Zola
Jeff Mitchell
Zola runs 90 minutes which is too long to be stuck in this on screen weekend 
1.5
Zola
Ty Burr
Zola doesn t so much end as run out of gas But the movie and its maker the story it tells and the characters it showcases all represent something quite new in American movies I m not sure whether to cheer them on or head for the hills 
3
Zola
Kathy Fennessy
In contrast with the tweet thread Janicza Bravo ends things on an ambiguous note suggesting that exploitation by the exploited will never end 
3
Zola
Randy Myers
Zola is an outlandish outrageous road picture that is as tawdry and wild as it is well made and distinctive 
3
Zola
Robert Levin
These characters are victimized but not victims empowered and given the agency to tell their stories their way 
3.5
Zola
Sheila O'Malley
It s hard to imagine another filmmaker doing what Bravo does with this material Her style is very free very open while remaining specific and crystal clear 
3.5
Zola
Lindsey Bahr
It never seems to decide if we are making fun of the characters or not Are we being asked to find this world entertaining Braun s performance seems to suggest yes Paige s doesn t 
2
Zola
Ann Hornaday
Despite its unconventional source material it turns out to be surprisingly well crafted elevated by breathtaking central performances and the stylish slyly knowing sensibility of director Janicza Bravo 
3.5
Zola
Leo Brady
What we get is a spectacularly directed film from Janicza Bravo with four unmistakeable performances from all the major players 
4
Zola
Chuck Bowen
Janicza Bravo prioritizes character and personal eccentricity in the process truly earning the screenplay s cutting observations about how social media encapsulates culture s ability to commercialize anything especially ourselves 
3.5
Zola
Joey Magidson
Every bit of this film is a force of nature and it truly needs to be seen in order to be believed Moreover it should just be seen in order to be appreciated 
4
Zola
Rosalie Kicks
ZOLA is like a traffic accident I know it is not polite to stare I should probably look away but I just can t help tilting my sunglasses down and taking it all in 
3
Zola
Mike McGranaghan
Remember that intense uncomfortable and weirdly funny scene in Boogie Nights with Alfred Molina listening to Night Ranger and playing with firecrackers Well Zola is like ninety minutes of that exact same vibe 
3.5
Zola
Brian Truitt
A sneakily effective exploration of storytelling and point of view 
3
Zola
Katie Walsh
A delightfully dark and funny cinematic imagining of Zola s epic And most importantly it preserves and maintains the most crucial element of King s story her perspective and voice 
4
Zola
Mark Dujsik
There simply isn t much beneath the weird story of Zola 
2.5
Zola
Mick LaSalle
In all ways it s unexpected in its subject in its treatment of its subject and in its whole look and feel It s an original and interesting movie 
3
Zola
Richard Roeper
Zola unfolds as a raunchy violent adventure that plays like Spring Breakers meets Hustlers with a little of The Florida Project 
3
Zola
Roger Moore
A hilariously dark and dirty road comedy built on a stripper s my hand to God this happened tweets 
3
Zola
Erik Childress
The journey is not all that unique but the way Bravo styles it up and lets the women carry the charge is worthy of more than just a Twitter swipe 
3
Zola
Sean P. Means
Bravo and her co writer Jeremy O Harris spin Zola s yarn with all the can you believe this immediacy of a good Twitter thread 
3
Zola
Robert Daniels
In marrying the language of social media with cinema Zola is a blinding success
3.5
Born to Be Wild
Mal Vincent
Most of the chances for humor are downplayed in favor of a heavy handed sentimental effort 
1.5
Louder Than Words
Roger Moore
Tepid dead kid melodrama
1.5
Louder Than Words
Susan Wloszczyna
Louder Than Words goes out of its way and almost takes pride in eschewing actual heartfelt emotions so much so that by the end it is hard to even care 
1.5
Louder Than Words
Tirdad Derakhshani
Is this story compelling Will it keep your attention for its 95 minute running time Is it worth the ticket price Sadly the answer is not quite 
2
Louder Than Words
Mark Jenkins
They ve made a film about bereavement in which the departed person rarely disappears for long 
1
Louder Than Words
Rex Reed
It s a feel good film with an infectious sense of fun and inspiration that brings out the best in people instead of catering to their lowest instincts 
3.5
Louder Than Words
Carson Lund
Never once does it project an intuitive understanding of how humans would behave or react in the midst of such a shattering misfortune 
1
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Richard Roeper
If you re well versed in the life and times of Willie Mays this documentary will serve as an invaluable reminder of his greatness 
3
Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
Sean P. Means
The result is a smart tribute that isn t just for ski nuts but for anyone looking to be inspired to grab a camera 
3
Duplicity
Mattie Lucas
A nice pleasant and thoroughly entertaining antidote to typical multiplex fare
3
Duplicity
Nick Rogers
When it comes to sorting out where we stand with someone we re all spies Tony Gilroy realizes that romance done right involves invigorating risk and Duplicity offers a bracing beguiling shell game of behavior to complement the light shenanigans 
3.5
Duplicity
Sonny Bunch
Duplicity features the sort of story screenwriters dream of crafting in order to show off their aptitude 
2.5
Duplicity
Peter Canavese
The film s greatest pleasure is in the snappy dialogue Gilroy crafts for the capable duo of Roberts and Owen Blu ray 
3.5
Duplicity
Greg Maki
Plays like a more sophisticated Ocean s Eleven the extra heft coming from its corporate setting 
3.5
Duplicity
James Berardinelli
When it comes to spy thrillers Tony Gilroy knows the game 
3
Duplicity
Peter Keough
Gilroy also throws in a reverse chronology taking place in posh foreign locations and Cleveland so as to mark the film as his own and conceal any narrative weaknesses 
2
Duplicity
John Beifuss
Gilroy makes the mistake of applying the artful lighting measured pace and severe sensibility of Michael Clayton to screwball caper material 
2.5
Duplicity
Lori Hoffman
While the movie is modestly entertaining and tries to take full advantage of the promising coupling of Julia Roberts and Clive Owen it never quite seals the deal 
2.5
Duplicity
Matt Brunson
Writer director Tony Gilroy flush from his Michael Clayton success retains that film s examination of corporate malfeasance yet replaces the sense of dread with a sense of style 
3
Duplicity
James Kendrick
has the kind of narrative trickery that draws us in but it s ultimately up to the actors to keep us interested and in this regard the film is something of a mixed bag
2.5
Duplicity
John Wirt
The story turns flips to keep audiences guessing Unfortunately indiffer ence not fascination results 
2
Duplicity
Brandon Fibbs
Writer director Tony Gilroy s Duplicity is a pleasurable puzzle with a vast myriad of possible outcomes 
3
Duplicity
Sean P. Means
The zigzagging story needs the crackling speed of say Ocean s Eleven but Gilroy moves as if he s afraid to lose his audience going around the turns 
3
Duplicity
Christian Toto
Welcome back my friends to the con that never ends Duplicity simply doesn t know when to quit 
3
Duplicity
Kam Williams
A disappointing exercise in achingly familiar irritainment 
1
Duplicity
Linda Cook
Who do you really trust Especially if they happen to be double agents 
3
Duplicity
Keith Cohen
This enjoyable lighthearted movie should not be taken too seriously and is worthy of your admiration 
3.5
Duplicity
Gina Carbone
I m probably going to buy Duplicity on DVD just to re experience the joy of Benjamin Franklin slamming his fist into the ground while attacking John Adams 
3
Duplicity
Mike Clark
With its smart writing delivered by an in synch quartet savor Duplicity as the ideal spring gift 
3.5
Duplicity
Peter Howell
Director Gilroy s determined to put some smarts into the world of double crosses and double martinis and bless him for that 
2.5
Duplicity
Chris Hewitt
Gilroy trusts us to figure out how the pieces of the story fit together and by the end of the movie we re rewarded with a solution that is intellectually if not emotionally satisfying 
3.5
Duplicity
Mick LaSalle
As a caper film Duplicity is a fizzle As a mystery it s a cheat 
1.5
Duplicity
Carla Meyer
Duplicity probably improves on second viewing when one is better acquainted with the basic story Yet the film is not good enough to see twice â the Catch 22 of all entertaining but muddled movies 
2.5
Duplicity
Amy Biancolli
A snazzy piece of work tartly acted and cleverly made Trust me 
3.5
Duplicity
Rick Groen
A light bright movie that actually illuminates our dull grey lives reminding us that intrigue can be well intriguing And damn sexy too 
3
Duplicity
Sara Michelle Fetters
Heck I think I enjoyed it even more than the director s previous effort sure it will be one of the few pictures of the early part of the year that I return to the theater to see for a second time 
3.5
Duplicity
Lisa Kennedy
At times Gilroy s leaps verge on gimmick But the shuffled deck of place and time is intrinsic to the three card monte rhythms He keeps us guessing even as we know he s gaming us 
3
Duplicity
Michael Sragow
Director Tony Gilroy s skillful witty follow up to his writing directing debut Michael Clayton continues to exercise his talent for baiting a narrative and getting viewers to jump to it 
3
Duplicity
Willie Waffle
Is this a fun flirty romantic comedy A farce A serious drama about espionage When writer director Tony Gilroy figures it out will someone let me know 
1.5
Duplicity
Dustin Putman
A caper without intrigue and a romance without humanity this disastrously wasteful star vehicle manages quite the feat by both crushing the viewer s soul and devouring their spirit in two hours flat 
0
Duplicity
Moira MacDonald
Watching Duplicity brings pleasures all too rare gorgeous actors speaking smart funny dialogue in beautiful settings 
3.5
Duplicity
Peter Travers
Gilroy and his stars make it elegant fun to be fooled but they sure as hell make you work for it 
2.5
Duplicity
Jeff Vice
It s pretty fun and entertaining for the most part However it gets a little talky and ends with a plot twist that s perhaps too convoluted and contrived for its own good 
3
Duplicity
Michael Phillips
Duplicity is more lighthearted it s the Pitt Jolie smackdown Mr Mrs Smith without all the gunplay 
3
Duplicity
Steven Rea
Aiming for a romantic caper vibe Duplicity zips from one elaborate piece of hugger mugger to the next But at a certain point boredom sets in 
2.5
Duplicity
Wesley Morris
This movie is a breeze compared to the lawyerly Sturm und Drang of Michael Clayton 
3
Duplicity
David Nusair
Duplicity ultimately comes off as a breath of fresh air amid a movie season rife with bleak horror films 44 hopelessly juvenile comedies and bloated superhero epics 46 
4
Duplicity
Calvin Wilson
Duplicity may be too smart for its own good But how many films can you say that about 
3
Duplicity
Connie Ogle
Duplicity isn t quite as clever as it wants to be but it s diverting and funny and it s always a pleasure to watch a movie that relies on brains as fodder instead of brawn 
2.5
Duplicity
Rafer Guzman
Though it waltzes through European capitals and gorgeous hotel suites it never quite gets the blood pumping And despite all the husky voiced pillow talk about sex and adrenaline there s little of either 
2
Duplicity
Roger Ebert
Duplicity is entertaining but the complexities of its plot keep it from being really involving The fun is in watching Roberts and Owen fencing with dialogue keeping straight faces trying to read each other s minds 
3
Duplicity
Josh Larsen
a movie built around dazzling dialogue which makes it a rare and precious thing 
3.5
Duplicity
Lou Lumenick
This is a sharp looking movie with a blue chip cast 
4
Duplicity
Walter Chaw
It s not an elderly movie it just seems that way 
1.5
Duplicity
Ryan Stewart
A romance aiming at a tone of jazz riff larkishness but somewhat undermined in that pursuit by the washboard stiffness of its main characters 
2
Varian and Putzi: A 20th Century Tale
Diego Semerene
Richard Kaplan s doc interweaves the fascinating stories of two Harvard graduates who affected the course of history in very different ways 
3
La última noticia
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Movies like this with a great script excellent performances tense and dramatically driven should be shown to younger generations Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Locusts
Michael Dequina
Vaughn sports a succession of tight white T shirts and tank tops of varying dirtiness and the cast lights up enough cigarettes to have the audience die of second hand smoke 
2.5
The Locusts
Andy Seiler
It s hot it s sultry and everybody s smokin in the rural Kansas of The Locusts Too bad the movie never catches fire 
2
The Locusts
Roger Ebert
The Locusts is not successful Its material is so overwrought and incredible so curiously dated that it undermines the whole enterprise But it was not made carelessly or cynically it shows artists trying to do their best and its makers had ambition 
2.5
The Book of Henry
Federico Furzan
As the movie keeps going we cannot help but wonder what they were thinking Full review in Spanish 
2
The Book of Henry
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To be brief there is nothing wrong with The Book of Henry that a good script could not fix 
1
The Book of Henry
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The film s mashing of whimsy and skin crawling terror is grating and seem to cynically milk tragedy for entertainment 
1
The Book of Henry
Mark Dujsik
Hurwitz probably had the idea of an emotional roller coaster in his head as he wrote this T he roller coaster somehow gives us whiplash on the first hill 
1
The Book of Henry
David Nusair
An almost astonishingly misguided endeavor 46 46 46 
1
The Book of Henry
Joshua Dudley
I was swept up in the emotional realism of it all with nothing but grounded performances from the whole cast 
3.5
The Book of Henry
Sara Michelle Fetters
One of the more unusual feel good tales of self discovery and familial empowerment to ever see the light of day 
2.5
The Book of Henry
Josh Terry
There are a lot of things to like about The Book of Henry but none of them are enough to offset a bizarre plot twist that tries to turn a tender drama into an action suspense film 
2
The Book of Henry
Max Weiss
I didn t believe a single moment of The Book of Henry Despite the best efforts of the cast I laughed when I was supposed to cry and resented the hell out of the film s force fed life lessons It s just a good old fashioned stinker 
1
The Book of Henry
Peter Travers
Even in this mess of conflicting ideas you still get a sense of the childlike wonder that drives Treverrow to tell stories It s a rare gift and something to help him survive calamitous setbacks like this one 
1.5
The Book of Henry
Susan Wloszczyna
Every book needs an editor 
2
The Book of Henry
Kate Taylor
I began to wonder if Hurwitz and Trevorrow had ever met any children 
2
The Book of Henry
James Berardinelli
An overwrought tonally inconsistent drama about cancer death and child abuse 
2
The Book of Henry
Bruce DeMara
It s a darker far less conventional story with a few plot turns that confound expectations It s also well acted suspenseful and ultimately satisfying 
3.5
The Book of Henry
Clint O'Connor
The Book of Henry is a rare movie mix A heart tugging family drama that is also a thriller Thanks to director Colin Trevorrow and writer Gregg Hurwitz the two genres successfully co exist to create a memorable and moving film experience 
3
The Book of Henry
Soren Andersen
The Book of Henry launches itself into cloud cuckooland and never returns to Earth 
2
The Book of Henry
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end The Book of Henry falls apart in a heap of loose pages each one taken from a different script 
1.5
The Book of Henry
Roger Moore
Entertaining the movie equivalent of a summer read a manipulative over reaching page turner that ll be long forgotten by summer s end 
2
The Book of Henry
Dustin Putman
Viewers are either going to go with it or they won t It worked for me most of the time aided by an ensemble of wonderful performances that make the unbelievable suddenly plausible 
2.5
The Book of Henry
Ty Burr
The movie dances along the edge of incredulity and bad taste before pulling back from the abyss in a way that feels even more mawkish and calculated 
1.5
The Book of Henry
Keith Watson
Schmaltzy manipulative and tonally schizophrenic The Book of Henry is such a monumentally misguided venture that it ends up being oddly if unintentionally compelling 
1
The Book of Henry
Walter V. Addiego
The movie takes a giant step back from plausibility and I m afraid some viewers will be unwilling to go along 
2
The Iron Orchard
Matt Brunson
If writer director Ty Roberts doesn t exactly hit pay dirt neither does he leave viewers completely empty handed 
2.5
The Iron Orchard
Bob Bloom
The movie should rise and fall on the fortunes or misfortunes of its protagonists Yet Roberts fails to take advantage of any of this His movie is a flat and dry as his Texas terrain 
1.5
The Iron Orchard
Glenn Kenny
As competently put together as this movie is it imparted to me no sense of a higher calling and thus left me unmoved 
1.5
The Iron Orchard
Mark Dujsik
Gerry De Leon s screenplay rarely if ever stops to examine the narrative beyond the surface of its melodramatic events 
2
The Iron Orchard
Pat Brown
Director Ty Roberts s film is unable to realize that its subject matter is that of a horror story 
1.5
The Iron Orchard
Roger Moore
Ambious but drab oil field epic build on a choppy soapy script Dallas as a period piece where the hero is actually the villain and not exactly a riveting presence 
1.5
40-Love
Kent Turner
Because the film is grounded in the everyday lives of this suburban middle class family the narrative effortlessly takes an unexpected turn as a result of a damaging calculated and self centered choice 
3
Watchers of the Sky
Dann Gire
Anyone possessed with even a fleeting sense of social justice should be amazed and appalled by what he she sees and learns in Edet Belzberg s Watchers of the Sky 
4
Watchers of the Sky
Stephanie Merry
Even at two hours an eternity for a doc the movie never feels too long 
3.5
Watchers of the Sky
Liam Lacey
Watchers of the Sky takes on a vast subject genocide over the past century and manages to be not just coherent but poetically moving 
3
Watchers of the Sky
Sheila O'Malley
The sheer amount of information that Belzberg had to organize and fit into a seamless whole is awe inspiring The pace feels like an unstoppable river the current of history the continuum of atrocity that Lemkin and others sensed 
4
Watchers of the Sky
Olivia Ward
Succeeds in throwing a much needed light on a man whose hermitlike life remains mysterious but whose legacy will shine on for the ages 
3
Watchers of the Sky
Chuck Bowen
This is to put it mildly a lot of information for one documentary which inevitably devolves to resemble not so much an anthology as a slideshow of genocide s greatest hits 
2.5
The Best Years of Our Lives
Brian Eggert
The Best Years of Our Lives remains so singularly honest in its description of veterans that Wyler s treatment cannot help but supply an editorial on the social landscape of postwar America 
4
The Best Years of Our Lives
Sara Corpening
There may have been finer movies made but offhand we can t think of one 
4
The Best Years of Our Lives
Eric Henderson
The nation s problems are right there in plain sight just as clear as cinematographer Gregg Toland s typically precise deep focus shots 
3.5
The Best Years of Our Lives
Matt Brunson
This enduring classic remains perhaps the best film ever made about the hardships endured by soldiers returning home from war 
4
The Best Years of Our Lives
Josh Larsen
captures the sort of confusion condescension and even revulsion faced by returning veterans then and today 
3.5
The Best Years of Our Lives
Wesley Lovell
A biting look at the devestation caused by war on returning soldiers 
4
The Best Years of Our Lives
Scott Nash
All three of the leading actors do a great job You empathize with each one of them for different reasons They put a human face on the returning soldiers and made me want to find a Vet and shake his hand 
3
The Best Years of Our Lives
James Berardinelli
The feeling of warmth and satisfaction that accompanies the conclusion is the hallmark of a great drama 
4
Penelope
Michael Dequina
This quirky snarky contemporary fairy tale could have been a family blockbuster 
3
Penelope
Austin Kennedy
It s too bad that the second half turned out to be a drag because I very much enjoyed the first half 
2
Penelope
David N. Butterworth
Maybe I ve got some subconscious porcine fetish thing going or something but I think Christina Ricci looks kind of cute with a pig s snout where her nose should be 
2.5
Penelope
Matt Brunson
A sweet but clumsy fable that s pleasing without being particularly distinguished 
2.5
Penelope
Linda Cook
After I saw the intriguing trailers that trailed off a couple years back I wondered why this movie was wallowing somewhere on a shelf I m still not sure Although I do know one thing Had this been a Christmas time release it would have been seen by lot
3
Penelope
Sean P. Means
It s Ricci with her princesslike innocence and Keane painting eyes who provides the movie s abundant charm 
3.5
Penelope
John Wirt
Despite Christina Ricci s charming performance Penelope is trapped in a twilight zone between fairy tales and play it safe romantic comedies 
2.5
Penelope
Jonathan W. Hickman
A neat modern fairy tale 
3
Penelope
Jeffrey Westhoff
The material is flawed to be sure but the story is less predictable than you would guess and it exudes an easy going wit 
3
Penelope
Sean McBride
There s absolutely nothing wrong with the film but it s just not strong enough to be a real winner either 
2.5
Penelope
Sean O'Connell
the girl s ungainly snout is the only unique feature in this otherwise textbook fantasy 
2
Penelope
Larry Ratliff
A grim fairy tale at times Penelope eventually lands in crowd pleaser territory 
3
Penelope
Dustin Putman
With some fine tuning Penelope might have been transformed into a winning little fable about accepting and loving oneself As is it only serves to remind of what could have been 
1.5
Penelope
Claudia Puig
While uneven this Ugly Duckling redux is hipper and funnier than a Disney movie and the positive message to young girls can t be discounted 
2.5
Penelope
Ken Fox
While not a classic on the level of Tim Burton s Edward Scissorhands this fabulist fable about a privileged young woman born under a bizarre family curse she has a pig s snout for a nose is a sweet unassuming surprise 
3
Penelope
Susan Walker
The semi satirical treatment of celebrity culture as Penelope is treated first as a tabloid sensation then a media darling is lame and dated 
2
Penelope
Chris Hewitt
If all of Penelope were as good as the first five minutes we d have a classic on our hands 
3
Penelope
Moira MacDonald
Sweet as gingerbread Penelope deserves to find an audience those with a taste for happily ever afters should look for it before it too quickly disappears 
3
Penelope
Walter V. Addiego
Director Palansky and screenwriter Leslie Caveny seem to have many of the right ingredients for creating something beguiling but the film is finally surprisingly pedestrian What a shame with all these good performers 
2
Penelope
Arthur Salm
Penelope is an odd concoction a witch s gentle brew of modern day fairy tale feather light romance and slapstick comedy It s not a knockout potion but it goes down smoothly and is harmless enough to serve to the kids 
2.5
Penelope
Lou Lumenick
Under Mark Palansky s uninspired direction magic eludes Penelope in scene after scene 
1.5
Penelope
Elizabeth Weitzman
This could have been a perfect choice for the Enchanted set if only its charms were more than skin deep 
2.5
Penelope
Paul Kosidowski
A Cinderella story via Shrek and Tim Burton Penelope is at its best when we re gazing into those eyes or seeing the world through them 
3
Penelope
Robert W. Butler
Aspires to be a whimsical modern fairy tale about a princess a family curse and self acceptance but just can t conjure up any magic 
2
Penelope
Liam Lacey
Perhaps the best reason to recommend Penelope is that it offers an opportunity to watch Catherine O Hara in action as the alarming Mrs Wilhern 
2.5
Penelope
Lawrence Toppman
There are usually good reasons why a movie gets shelved for more than a year however well acted it may be and however well meaning its message Many are on view in Penelope 
2
Penelope
Wesley Morris
The message in Leslie Caveny s script is ultimately too dispiriting a cop out This story could have gone in a number of more inspiring allegorical directions but winds up your average bedtime story instead 
1.5
Penelope
Tyler Hanley
Penelope wiggles its way past a quirky premise with the help of a terrific supporting cast and underlying messages about self esteem independence and inner beauty 
3
Penelope
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The theme of self acceptance isn t a new one but Penelope manages to rehash it with flavor and with real heart 
3
Penelope
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a story where the solutions to life s problems are found within not from what those around you think see or feel and watching Ricci s eyes light up as she realizes it is just about priceless 
3
Penelope
Willie Waffle
The story goes a step too far after achieving the goal 
2
Penelope
Christian Toto
Penelope is a fairy tale that will leave parents just as engrossed as their kiddies 
3
Penelope
Steven Rea
Aimed at tweenage girls and mushy romantics of all age and stripe Penelope has a quick gait and a nice comic tone 
3
Penelope
Gene Seymour
If only Penelope knew what it truly wished to be and how to go about it 
2
Penelope
Michael Phillips
Compared to Juno MacGuff Penelope Wilhern is practically mute but they re half sisters under the skin 
2.5
Penelope
Joe Lozito
Less than magical fairytale about girl who must find true love in order to break the family curse that left her with the nose of a pig 
2
Penelope
Josh Larsen
There are some lovely touches yet it s as if someone forgot to sprinkle fairy dust on it 
3
Penelope
James Berardinelli
Much as I would like to give Penelope unreserved praise I can t stretch my lukewarm approbation that far 
2.5
Penelope
Steve Rhodes
If you ve watched Pushing Daises you can predict whether you ll find Penelope s over the top charms deliciously sweet or annoyingly cloying 
2.5
Penelope
Peter Travers
Director Mark Palansky wishes he was Tim Burton So will you because even with producer Reese Witherspoon showing up in a cameo Penelope is dead on arrival 
1.5
Penelope
Nick Schager
Mark Palansky goes for Tim Burton by Jean Pierre Jeunot whimsicality with Penelope a storybook fable that never overplays its cutesiness but also fails to figure out what it wants to be 
2
Penelope
David Nusair
one of the most interesting and flat out entertaining films to play at this year s festival 
3.5
The Shock Doctrine
David Nusair
an inherently compelling premise that s squandered virtually from start to finish 
1.5
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Rick Groen
Sebastian Junger who worked with Hetherington on the celebrated doc Restrepo paints a biographical profile that often speaks eloquently to the unique nature both of his late friend and of war itself 
3
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Linda Barnard
Junger brings intimacy and personal insight to his film but doesn t give into the temptation to make it a eulogy 
3
A Call to Spy
Roger Moore
Although it betrays its modest budget in the limited and malnourished action sequences 44 the low wattage 8220 star power 8221 and the somewhat polished if faintly flat TV movie production design and pacing 44 it does justice to its subject 46 
2.5
A Call to Spy
Leo Brady
Everything about A Call to Spy looks and feels like a cheap copy of better movies we ve seen before 
1.5
A Call to Spy
Lisa Trifone
There s nothing at all wrong with the performances but there s nothing terribly remarkable either 
2.5
A Call to Spy
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Call to Spy is an enjoyable WWII drama that ends up packing a rather unexpected emotional punch 
3
A Call to Spy
Mark Dujsik
It s an admirable movie bringing to light the stories of some mostly unsung heroes of the war but it s also unfortunately a far too familiar one 
2
A Call to Spy
Sheila O'Malley
An engrossing and often thrilling spy drama and a tribute to this courageous and diverse group of women 
3.5
A Call to Spy
Bob Bloom
Thomas and Pilcher have created a cinematic tribute to unsung heroes who helped defeat fascism not just by transmitting information but by inspiring others to fight from within and embrace hope 
3.5
A Call to Spy
Dan Rubins
Because its focus is so split the film lacks the pervasive sense of danger one expects from a spy thriller 
1.5
A Call to Spy
Kenneth R. Morefield
It s impossible during these politically divided times not to be struck by how often and frequently in our history those who have been marginalized by their culture have striven and sacrificed for the betterment of all 
3
Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari)
Keith Uhlich
A Tale of Archery feels very much at odds with the popularly accepted view of Naruse as a stasis minded chronicler of the modern day Japanese working class 
3.5
The Bay of Love and Sorrows
David Nusair
obtuse to the point of artiness 
1
Videodrome
Brian Eggert
Films like this rouse powerful reactions to their extreme metaphors and violent imagery but then there has never been a film quite like this one 
4
Videodrome
David Nusair
a decidedly oddball premise that s employed to initially intriguing yet ultimately interminable effect 
2
Videodrome
Josh Larsen
envisions a coming world of authoritarian entertainment 
3.5
Videodrome
Lucius Gore
I t stands out as one of Cronenberg s very best 
4
Videodrome
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The director captures the worst case scenario of what might happen at the dawn of the video era going all the way back to our parents warning us not to sit too close to the television 
4
Videodrome
Matt Brunson
Thematically it connects easily with most other titles in the Cronenberg oeuvre with the added treat of having been released far ahead of its time 
3
Videodrome
Walter Chaw
Home to the delicious Miltonic idea that what Adam dreams he wakes to find real 
4
Videodrome
James Kendrick
it feels like Cronenberg started with a great idea and just wasn t sure what to do with it
2
Videodrome
James O'Ehley
If weirdness is what you want then you can t do any wrong seeing a David Cronenberg film 
2.5
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
David Nusair
A fairly disappointing follow up 
2
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Gene Siskel
A most entertaining sequel to a terrific action picture 
3
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Michael Dequina
Pardon me while I yawn 
2
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Roger Ebert
It isn t as good as the original Under Siege but it moves quickly has great stunts and special effects and is a lot of fun 
3
Le Doulos
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Le Doulos is all about style and trenchcoats and hats and while I tend to prefer Melville s later color films Le Samourai Army of Shadows Le Cercle Rouge Un Flic this one is still recommended 
3.5
Le Doulos
Nick Schager
Le Doulos roots itself in traditional noir themes of providence of loyalty and betrayal of male codes of honor and ultimately of man s inability to escape his lot in life 
3.5
Le Doulos
Josh Larsen
The macho criminal underworld of French filmmaker Jean Pierre Melville has a nasty nearly misogynistic edge here 
3
Le Doulos
Roger Ebert
Does it matter that what we re seeing is not necessarily what we re getting Not at all The movie is entirely about how it looks and feels 
3.5
Le Doulos
John Monaghan
As good as Melville s setups are the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo then and now the king of effortless cool 
3
Le Doulos
Stephen Whitty
A cool classy treat 
3.5
The Tower
Wes Greene
As the psychology of the characters hardly connects with their distinctive milieu the film merely suggests a conventional family drama littered with empty pot shots at governmental authority 
2
Bad Company
Roger Ebert
The plot moves like clockwork surprising us then surprising us again but I liked Bad Company more for its style look and feel 
3.5
The Brooklyn Banker
Kyle Smith
Borrowing a few tricks from Martin Scorsese the film isn t a slavish imitation but an engrossing and grounded drama 
2.5
The Brooklyn Banker
Rafer Guzman
An overly familiar mob drama though the authentic Brooklyn settings add color 
2
Track of the Moonbeast
Matt Brunson
Particularly poor 
1
Zizek!
Joshua Glenn
Zizek is a revolutionary playing a comedian playing a revolutionary Which makes him worth watching even in this movie 
2
Zizek!
Chris Hewitt
Zizek is a stylish surprisingly energetic film 
3
Zizek!
Rob Thomas
Zizek is such an entertaining speaker his eyes intense his fingers jabbing spittle flying from his lips that you don t mind that so many concepts are whizzing by your ears 
3
Zizek!
Jeff Shannon
With an exclamation point suggesting the collegial equivalent of Beatlemania Zizek is a movie made by a groupie too enamored of her subject to make a satisfying film about him 
2
Zizek!
Ken Fox
Taylor presents Zizek as a larger than life figure who manages to engage you even when you re not entirely sure what he s going on about 
3
Zizek!
Lou Lumenick
Americans might want to approach him first on the printed page rather than the hyperactive Zizek 
1
Zizek!
John Anderson
Taylor making her first feature length documentary has the wits to capture the taut mind and disheveled lifestyle of a very funny man 
3
Zizek!
David Nusair
a primer to Zizek and his ideals this is not 
1
The Kill Team
Joe Friar
Skarsgard excels in the film based on a true story and the 2014 Krauss documentary Gripping A must see 
3
The Kill Team
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Kill Team is lean sincere impassioned filmmaking yet it fails to leave as much of an impression as it clearly wants to 
2
The Kill Team
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even at only a scant 87 minutes I had trouble maintaining interest in all that was happening all the way through to the end 
2.5
The Kill Team
Mark Dujsik
Even re working this story as fiction Krauss can t make a reasonable argument that his main subject is primarily a victim 
2
The Kill Team
Johnny Oleksinski
Skarsgård is dangerous as ever here but writer director Dan Krauss drama offers very little insight into the minds of these men and we re left with no satisfying takeaway 
2
The Kill Team
Zaki Hasan
The Kill Team serves an essential function by illustrating in agonizing detail not only how easily morality can be subjugated to hate but how important it is for people of conscience to do the right thing 
3
The Kill Team
Pat Brown
Despite glimpses of a larger critique of the American project in Afghanistan it lets us escape from the horrors of war before it finishes demolishing the illusion of a clean one 
2.5
The Kill Team
Roger Moore
Fairly generic but Skarsgard s almost whispered menace and cunning make it riveting 
2.5
The Kill Team
Dwight Brown
Edited down to 87 minutes the footage is never attractive the performances are only decent and the emotion never runs deep Still this film tells a powerful story 
2.5
The Kill Team
Joey Magidson
Riveting in its intensity as well as a tremendous showcase for Alexander Skarsgård and Nat Wolff 
3.5
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
David Nusair
a misguided endeavor that s often far too self referential for its own good 
2
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Dustin Putman
Regardless of the identical title The Town That Dreaded Sundown isn t some pointless Xerox copy of its 76 predecessor but a dynamic atmospherically shot thriller with a perceptive knack for time place and methodically mounting unease 
3
Living in the Future's Past
Rob Thomas
Living in the Future s Past coalesces around an earnest and resonant message especially as Bridges gravelly voice urges us to do more than just scratch the guilt itch and make sustainable changes that feel authentic to our lives 
2.5
Waking Ned Devine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
You ll love Waking Ned Devine 
3
Waking Ned Devine
Judith Egerton
Like the hit movie The Full Monty this British import has its funny shots of naked men 
3
Waking Ned Devine
Margaret A. McGurk
Loopy charming 
3
Waking Ned Devine
Rick Groen
Breezy little comedy 
2.5
Waking Ned Devine
Peter Stack
There is some nudity in Ned Devine but it s the funniest nudity in movies in ages 
4
Waking Ned Devine
James Kendrick
an inspired if sometimes uneven offering mixing broad physical comedy with touching melodrama and a few hints of dark black humor
3
Waking Ned Devine
Jeff Vice
Some well timed chuckles more than make up for the inadequacies and besides there s no underestimating the charms of the film s aging leads Ian Bannen and David Kelly 
3
Waking Ned Devine
Roger Ebert
Another one of those delightful village comedies that seem to spin out of the British isles annually 
3
Waking Ned Devine
Michael Dequina
The film is as cute and enjoyable as it sounds 
3
Waking Ned Devine
David N. Butterworth
One of the better cookie cutter British imports 
3
Waking Ned Devine
Marty Mapes
It s only supposed to be a lightweight fun comedy And on that level it succeeds pretty well 
2.5
Waking Ned Devine
Steve Rhodes
A good spirited film it features lovely pictures of the Irish coastline and countryside 
2.5
Waking Ned Devine
James Berardinelli
Although his movie is not entirely without substance themes about religion morality and spirituality abound as one can guess from the title character s name it s basically designed to allow the audience to have fun 
3
Waking Ned Devine
David Keyes
It s a film that has the right intentions to humor the audience but it does not deliver what it wants nor does it establish a reason why a premise like this should exist if it s going to be carried out by laughless and plotty story developments 
1
The Pool
Roger Moore
It ll leave you drained 
3
Chu Chin Chow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This 1934 talkie gives Ms Wong a couple of powerful scenes to play looking both dangerous and sexy either dancing or brandishing a dagger 
3
The Pretenders
Mark Dujsik
T here s little that s sincere about this story 
1.5
Yana's Friends
Loey Lockerby
Kaplun s gentle clear eyed affection for his characters smooths out the film s rough edges and reminds viewers that friendship and even joy can be found during the most frightening times 
3
Yana's Friends
Joshua Tanzer
A small surprise at the end made me feel good about the whole movie turning an amusing but slightly bland story into a winning experience 
2.5
Yana's Friends
Jeff Vice
The performances are solid and the material is somewhat moving 
3
Yana's Friends
Sean P. Means
Yana s Friends works best showing its characters coping with war uncomfortably close to home 
2.5
Yana's Friends
Joe Leydon
Yana s Friends isn t a black comedy strictly speaking But it somehow manages to find a surprising amount of humor in deadly serious and even potentially tragic situations 
3
Yana's Friends
Damon Smith
A tender spirited look at love and community in the midst of war 
3
Yana's Friends
Marta Barber
It is heartwarming and often funny but in its lightness somehow misses the mark 
2.5
Yana's Friends
Liam Lacey
The treatment both as satire and sentimentality is heavy handed 
2.5
Yana's Friends
Jason Anderson
Yana s understated optimism and enjoyment of life gives the film much of its vitality 
3
Yana's Friends
Harvey S. Karten
A film whose warm heartedness overcomes a lack of style 
2.5
The Children of the Century
Marta Barber
In between all the emotional seesawing it s hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures and even the times in which they lived But they fascinate in their recklessness 
3
The Children of the Century
John Dolen
Is this love or is it masochism Binoche makes it interesting trying to find out 
2.5
The Children of the Century
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Aggravating and tedious 
1
The Children of the Century
Mick LaSalle
The film s appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand who brings to the role her pale dark beauty and characteristic warmth 
3
The Children of the Century
Wesley Morris
Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion spread 
2.5
The Children of the Century
Michael Wilmington
It s technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive 
3.5
The Children of the Century
Bob Strauss
The story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured and torturing artists and consuming but impossible love that you can t help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on 
2.5
The Children of the Century
John Anderson
For all the writhing and wailing tears rage and opium overdoses there s no sense of actual passion being washed away in love s dissolution 
1.5
The Children of the Century
V.A. Musetto
Too stagey talky and long for its own good 
2
I'll Take Sweden
David Nusair
the movie for the most part seems to exist for no other reason than to afford the comedian ample opportunities to make wisecracks and sarcastic comments 
2
Never Talk to Strangers
Robert Roten
The answer to the mystery was a surprise to me but I didn t find the answer very convincing 
1
Never Talk to Strangers
Peter Stack
It s mysterious and sexy enough to keep tension alive until too bad the whole thing collapses with a twist ending that is nearly laughable 
2
Never Talk to Strangers
James Berardinelli
Here s a sure method to guess whodunnit in bad mystery thrillers pick the suspect most likely to shock the audience and you have the killer 
1.5
Never Talk to Strangers
Madeleine Williams
Borderline ridiculous and ultimately pointless thriller 
1.5
Never Talk to Strangers
Steve Rhodes
One of the least subtle motion pictures this year 
0.5
Dutch
Roger Moore
The actors so underreact that you d swear they were watching the film rather than participating in its violent life threatening story 
1
Art Heist
David Nusair
entertaining but incredibly clichd actioner 
2.5
Two Deaths
Roger Ebert
I am at a loss to know what to make of the film Well acted crisply directed it did not engage me on any level It seemed like an exercise rather than a drama 
1
As Long as We Both Shall Live
Roger Moore
It s not bad so much as not all there although I think I ll go as far as calling this lifeless four handed script not worth filming 
1.5
The Bastards' Fig Tree
Roger Moore
Grim unsatisfying probably not the fable about fascism that Western Civilization needs to see right now 
2
Meeting Daddy
David Nusair
the film s flat and awfully slight atmosphere prevents it from becoming much more than a sporadically engaging curiosity 
2
Killer Yacht Party
David Nusair
the viewer has completely checked out by the time the first kill sequence rolls around 
1
Macon County Jail
David Nusair
two fairly good performances trapped in a completely routine story 
2
Bad Manners
Roger Ebert
Wickedly funny 
3
Touched
David Nusair
Painfully earnest and thoroughly manipulative 
.5
Find Me
Pamela Powell
A funny uniquely charming and gorgeous film that will inspire you to be a traveler not a tourist in life 
4
The Biggest Little Farm
Josh Larsen
raises compelling questions 
2.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Sarah Knight Adamson
Farming life up close and personal as close as you ll ever see to living life in perfect harmony with nature 
4
The Biggest Little Farm
Josh Terry
Biggest Little Farm is an excellent and insightful documentary one that would make Old MacDonald proud 
3.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Janice Page
It s truly food for the soul 
3.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Sean P. Means
There is a hint of the infomercial in Chester s film a sales pitch not just for Apricot Lane s farmers market stall but the biodiversity that is the farm s reason for existence That s OK though 
3
The Biggest Little Farm
Lisa Trifone
The documentary beautifully marries a very personal story with the broad implications of living and working in holistic thoughtful ways 
3
The Biggest Little Farm
Mark Dujsik
First and foremost the film is selling a simple hopeful idea 
3
The Biggest Little Farm
Gary Thompson
It s how farming could be done perhaps how it should be done One day we may have to do it this way and this blueprint will be invaluable 
3.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Barry Hertz
Chester is heavily invested in the ins and outs of manure but he either can t or chooses not to smell the stink coming off his own film 
2
The Biggest Little Farm
G. Allen Johnson
In its modest way The Biggest Little Farm offers hope and even suggests a way forward 
4
The Biggest Little Farm
Roger Moore
The best documentary and the most optimistically American movie of 2019 
4
The Biggest Little Farm
Matt Zoller Seitz
A very likable if sometimes a bit too polished and vague exercise in environmental philosophy and rural nostalgia 
2.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Mike McGranaghan
What could have been dry and esoteric is instead unexpectedly inspiring 
3.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Christopher James
The Biggest Little Farm works best when it explores the way animals and plants work together to thrive 
3.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Sara Stewart
In a time when climate news is near uniformly depressing this is a nature documentary that pays loving and hopeful tribute to the complex web of life and it won t scare your kids 
3.5
The Biggest Little Farm
Chuck Bowen
The film is often quite moving in spite of its evasions suggesting a real life Charlotte s Web 
2.5
She-Devils on Wheels
Matt Brunson
She Devils on Wheels is as poorly acted and directed as most HGL features but its off kilter sensibilities provide it with a modicum of interest 
1.5
Streets of Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No hidden treasures here this movie is pretty awful 
1.5
Streets of Blood
Kam Williams
50 Cent and Val Kilmer deserve kudos galore for cultivating a convincing chemistry in this well concealed whodunit which takes you on a relentlessly raw rollercoaster ride certain to satiate the bloodlust of fans of the high body count genre 
3
Wild in the Streets
Matt Brunson
Even acknowledging it as a sign of the times it comes off as awfully obvious in its satiric implications making easy points while limping its way toward a daft denouement 
2
Wild in the Streets
Roger Ebert
For this audience Wild in the Streets needs no serious political comment and no real understanding of how pop music and the mass media work together It s a silly film but it does communicate in the simplest most direct terms 
2
To Sir, With Love
Matt Brunson
It beat Dead Poets Society to the punch by over two decades 
3
The Secrets
Lisa Kennedy
The Secrets belongs in a mini tradition of involving films that limn the border where spiritual and sexual awakenings collide and entwine 
3
The Secrets
Roger Ebert
In some ways it is a traditional narrative But it is more It is gently and powerfully acted 
3.5
The Secrets
Michael Phillips
Director Nesher has a way of reducing each confrontation to its two dimensional essence and he s not helped by a swampy sentimental musical score 
2.5
The Secrets
Amy Biancolli
The Secrets twines coming out coming of age and coming to terms with Orthodoxy in a way that diminishes all three and dilutes its message with clichs 
2.5
An Unexpected Love
Rene Sanchez
The explosive chemistry between Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán takes us closer to the intimacy of a troubled marriage in this moving and authentic romantic comedy Full Review in Spanish 
3
Dead & Breakfast
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I laughed I marveled at Gina Philips and Ever Carradine and did I mention that I laughed 
3
Dead & Breakfast
Walter Chaw
A parsing of better splatter flicks like a Cliff s Note it s good for cheating but bad for a screenplay 
2
Dead & Breakfast
David Nusair
there s not a whole lot here worth recommending 
2
Dead & Breakfast
Russell Scott Smith
It s hard not to like a movie in which the leader of the zombies uses a decapitated head as a hand puppet 
3
Dead & Breakfast
Erik Childress
In the golden era of shlock the film s trailer might describe it as the first rockabilly zombie splatter film 
3
The Pennsylvania Miners' Story
Walter Chaw
Tweaking emotions is a fragile pastime and there s a thin line between tribute and mawkish 
1.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Michael Dequina
Such an amazing true story leaves many opportunities for overblown melodrama but Noyce s naturalistic restraint is what makes the film resonate so strongly 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Jorge Avila Andrade
Noyce logra su mejor trabajo hasta la fecha demostrando que lo nico que se necesita es la sensibilidad para contar una historia conmovedora y profundamente humana 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Nick Rogers
Phillip Noyce makes us cry not at the way human determination triumphs but how its mere existence can keep us going through seemingly insurmountable odds 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Sara Michelle Fetters
Entering that austere pantheon of Australian outback classics like Walkabout and Picnic at Hanging Rock Noyce s film is a profound wonder 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Josh Larsen
dramatizes a staggering true story that would be hard to botch 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Linda Cook
Its compelling final visual will make you weep 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Glenn Kenny
As moving as it is hallucinatory it s truly a journey through another world 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Matt Brunson
This isn t exactly an uplifting tale of the indomitability of the human spirit rather there are many heartbreaking moments and the coda delivers an additional wallop 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Jeff Vice
You d have to be a most hard hearted person not to be moved by this drama 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Sean P. Means
The young actresses depict these girls with strength and grace and make their fight to survive and return to their families powerfully real 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Collin Souter
An emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Steven Snyder
Most haunting about Fence is its conclusion when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize much to our dismay that this really did happen Noyce s greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping dramatic Hollywood moments to keep us
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Shirley Klass
Although this movie won t stir up great debates and isn t something that will change your life it is beautiful in vision and spirit 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Joe Leydon
Sampi first among equals is quietly devastatingly heartbreaking while conveying Molly s relentless resolve 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
James Kendrick
Based in truth but with the simplicity and force of a well crafted fable Rabbit Proof Fence is an elegant film that shows us the blind spots of history in a way that is moving without being didactic 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Joe Baltake
The final shot in the film is one that you won t soon forget 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Jeffrey Westhoff
The three young actresses convey determination beautifully 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Steve Rhodes
The power of the movie comes not so much from this particular production as from the story itself which is unforgettable and unforgivable 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Margaret A. McGurk
When the camera focuses on the girls the story is as riveting as the vast Australian skies that frame the journey 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Wesley Morris
Essentially Noyce just wants to tell a good story which he does 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
James Berardinelli
One of 2002 s most memorable imports 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Chris Hewitt
Heartbreaking and beautiful 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Todd Anthony
It makes for one haunting powerful movie experience 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Moira MacDonald
Sampi rarely faces the camera her gaze eludes us but her strength and willfulness jump off the screen 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Jonathan Curiel
Nearly everything about Rabbit Proof Fence is astonishing 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Steven Rea
An amazing story amazingly told 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Robert W. Butler
A haunting and heartbreaking minimalist tale 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Glenn Lovell
Noyce has worked wonders with the material 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Roger Ebert
This journey which evokes some of the same mystery of the outback evoked in many other Australian films notably Walkabout is beautiful harrowing and sometimes heartbreaking 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Marty Mapes
It would be easy but wrong to attribute the story s shock value to dramatic license
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Duane Dudek
Its portrait of a corrosive national policy of racial superiority is as much a window as it is a mirror and is unsettling in a too familiar way 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Phil Villarreal
Somewhat stolid pacing keeps the film from fulfilling its potential but it is always touching if tough to watch 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Susan Stark
Noyce creates a film of near hypnotic physical beauty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart breakingly extensive annals of white on black racism 
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Terry Lawson
This is a heartfelt story it just isn t a very involving one 
2
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Robert K. Elder
All of Rabbit Proof Fence s characters are so well drawn so human that even in the harsh light of history it remains difficult to understand how Australia allowed such inhumanity to become institutional mechanized and accepted 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Jeanne Aufmuth
Noyce utilizes simple stylish camerawork and spare dialogue to delivery pregnantly poignant anguish 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
David Nusair
the film never manages to express that extreme feeling of risk that the real life girls must have felt 
2
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Mike Clark
Never stirs the soul as much as it might 
2.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Liam Lacey
An extraordinary story is reduced to a predictable heart tugging issue movie of the week 
2.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Lou Lumenick
Vividly demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small personal film with an emotional wallop 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
David Sterritt
In all this is a watchable movie that s not quite the memorable experience it might have been 
2
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rob Blackwelder
The unparalleled story the enveloping sense of place and the three captivating completely natural performances from the little girls overpower the movie s weaknesses 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Pam Grady
A work of beauty power and grace 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Walter Chaw
A very small story set on a very large stage 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Ian Mantgani
Plays like two fingers up at a shameful chapter in recent Antipodean times at those responsible and at the way it has all been forgotten 
3.5
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Bill Chambers
A movie that will grab your attention immediately for Peter Gabriel s redolent score 
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Harvey S. Karten
An unusual true road and buddy movie about 3 girls who walk 1 500 miles to escape from the trappings of a racist policy in Australia 
3
My Son the Fanatic
Michael Dequina
Puri and Griffiths work beautifully together 
3
My Son the Fanatic
Roger Ebert
Om Puri s performance is based on the substantial strength of his physical presence and on his clear sighted view of his world as an exile 
3.5
The Accountant of Auschwitz
Bruce DeMara
The film tracks the evolution of international law over the decades which eventually allowed authorities to make the case against people like Groening hiding in plain sight for 70 years 
3.5
Lance
Brian Tallerico
Lance allows a deeper understanding of this very complex public figure 
3.5
Communion
Mattie Lucas
The film offers nothing in return for its crushing nihilism no insight no deeper emotional core just the utter helplessness of watching a family destroy itself from within
1.5
Communion
Joe Friar
Anna Zamecka s documentary enthralls the viewer primarily because we care about this family We root for the day that Ola can live a worry free life and just be a teenager 
3
Communion
Sheila O'Malley
Communion does not push for an emotional response from the audience It doesn t have to 
3.5
Communion
Roger Moore
A winning portrait of a teen girl s resilience in the face of family dysfunction and personal despair
3
The Quiet Ones
David Nusair
An unmitigated disaster 
1
The Quiet Ones
Dustin Putman
There is a lot to admire as the film embraces a pleasing brand of old school chills over modern day pop culture hipness 
2.5
The Quiet Ones
John Beifuss
Jared Harris would have fit in nicely alongside Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee back in Hammer s heyday 
2
The Quiet Ones
Peter Keough
The Quiet Ones simply has nothing to say 
1
The Quiet Ones
Glenn Kenny
I squinted I looked away I sank in my seat I shuddered For this movie that means Mission Accomplished 
2.5
The Quiet Ones
Phil Villarreal
There are also way too many cheap shock scares meant to make you giggle at yourself 
1.5
The Quiet Ones
Kiva Reardon
Hammer might be back but the studio sure isn t hammering out anything that s remotely horrifying 
1.5
The Quiet Ones
Roger Moore
A little too quiet
1.5
The Quiet Ones
Lou Lumenick
Veteran screenwriter John Pogue in his second directorial outing tries repeatedly and mostly unsuccessfully to jolt his audience by amping up the abundant sound effects to ear shattering levels 
1
The Quiet Ones
Ed Gonzalez
If the stock concessions made to genre clich by The Woman in Black can be charitably viewed as deliberate tips of the hat to the heyday of Hammer Films then John Pogue s period set exorcism yarn The Quiet Ones more interestingly upends those tropes 
2.5
The Quiet Ones
Chris Knight
Possession as seen through the eyes of a rationalist is an interesting premise for a horror movie but the conceit soon takes a back seat to the more traditional tropes of the genre 
2
Paper or Plastic?
Robert W. Butler
Ready Set Bag delivers plenty of warm and fuzzy while giving us a mainline fix of the sort of small town cheerfulness you might have thought died with the Andy Hardy franchise 
3.5
Paper or Plastic?
Moira MacDonald
You may never look at a bag of groceries in quite the same way again 
3
Greetings
David Nusair
Director Brian De Palma has infused Greetings with an excessively freewheeling sensibility that immediately grates 
.5
Greetings
Eric Henderson
Greetings and salutations to a career destined to be pockmarked by provocation 
3
Greetings
Howard Thompson
Most of it is strained and unfunny with some generous nudity for nudity s sake and a hip sprinkling of four letter words 
2
Greetings
Roger Ebert
What holds the film together is not its plot there isn t one but its attitude its general instinct for what is funny in our society 
3
The Cleaning Lady
Federico Furzan
Suffering from a low budget but ultimately being creepy The Cleaning Lady is one of the most unsettling movies of the year Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Marwencol
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating portrait of an artist who didn t even know he was one that challenges its audiences notions of art and reality by confronting them with a man who refuses to be pigeonholed 
3
Marwencol
Roger Moore
Quirky documentary about an eccentric dolls diorama artist with a seriously sad personal history inspiring his art the inspiration for Welcome to Marwen 
2.5
Marwencol
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Malmberg instead takes a gentle approach He s patient and coaxing and he lets Mark grow comfortable for the camera 
3.5
Marwencol
John Hartl
Simultaneously hypnotic and unnerving it asks some rather uncomfortable questions about the nature of art and the potential and limits of self healing 
3
Marwencol
Bruce DeMara
Director Jeff Malmberg sees something in Hogancamp that he wants all of us to see an imperfect human scarred by horrific trauma who nonetheless finds a reason to live 
3
Marwencol
Joe Williams
Hogancamp s alliance with director Jeff Malmberg in this artful and poignant film marks a victory in the war against the self 
3.5
Marwencol
Rob Thomas
Director Jeff Malmberg documents Hogancamp s twin worlds with care and restraint Marwencol is an example of how a documentary filmmaker can delve into the life of an eccentric person without exploiting them
3.5
Marwencol
Ann Hornaday
A fine delicately nuanced portrait of an artist compelled by mysterious forces to create something utterly unique 
3
Marwencol
Sara Michelle Fetters
But for me it is the human drama of one man tackling his own injustice through a lens distinctly of his own imagining that is the most important element 
4
Marwencol
Walter V. Addiego
If you have even a passing interest in outsider art you owe it to yourself to see Marwencol 
3
Marwencol
Chris Hewitt
The beauty of Marwencol is that by the time it s over wanting to live in a doll village doesn t sound so weird because we understand exactly where Hogancamp is coming from 
3.5
Marwencol
Steven Rea
Marwencol is about Hogancamp and his miniature alter ego about his photographs and his creative process But it is also on a deeper level about how we process our experiences 
3.5
Marwencol
Jeannette Catsoulis
Woven together by Jeff Malmberg if not seamlessly then with illuminating patience these disparate strands honor an individual as unique as the miniature universe on which he depends 
3
Marwencol
V.A. Musetto
First time director Jeff Malmberg tells Hogancamp s fascinating story with sensitivity never resorting to exploitation 
3
Marwencol
Liam Lacey
A must see 
4
Marwencol
Lauren Wissot
Malmberg s video imagery captured by point and shoot camerawork and livened up with big band music from time to time can t hold a candle to outsider artist Mark Hogancamp s work 
2
Edward Said: The Last Interview
David Nusair
the movie has been geared primarily towards viewers with a previously established interest in Said s work 
2.5
Scrap Heaven
Maitland McDonagh
Sang il Lee s anarchic drama is shot through with spasms of dark comedy as the lives of three strangers intersect at the point of a gun 
3
Scrap Heaven
V.A. Musetto
Director Lee also helmed Hula Girls a clichd comedy that I hated one star With Scrap Heaven he redeems himself 
3
Scrap Heaven
Rob Humanick
Sang Il Lee s Scrap Heaven stands as something of a companion piece to David Fincher s Fight Club 
2.5
The Preacher's Wife
Wesley Lovell
That 8217 s the case with The Preacher 8217 s Wife 44 a film that takes the classic black and white film The Bishop 8217 s Wife and turns it into a glossier 44 minimally inspiring film 46 
3
The Preacher's Wife
Dana Harris
While the movie has heartwarming stamped all over it the plot stacks the deck against this light comedy with a dark undercurrent of marital insecurity failure of leadership and testing one s faith 
2
The Preacher's Wife
Matt Brunson
While the sheer force of Washington s charisma keeps his otherwise monotonous character watchable the same can t be said for the late Houston woefully flat in a malnourished role 
2
The Preacher's Wife
Peter Stack
The Preacher s Wife qualifies as old fashioned Hollywood movie making at its corniest and most saccharine But the mostly African American cast puts an engaging spin on the chestnut and it works beautifully 
3
The Preacher's Wife
Liam Lacey
For a movie that might have offered a new twist of the mistletoe The Preacher s Wife delivers the Scrooge like acceptable market minimum 
2.5
The Preacher's Wife
Susan Stark
Penny Marshall s remake of The Bishop s Wife is very uneven sometimes sweet or soulful often stiff 
2
The Preacher's Wife
Michael Dequina
A fun feel good family film that actually does leave you feeling good 
3
The Preacher's Wife
Steve Rhodes
A good spirited movie even if it is terminally lightweight 
2.5
The Preacher's Wife
Chris Hicks
There are so many Whitney Houston singing opportunities here that the filmmakers might just as well have thrown caution to the wind and made a full blown musical 
2
The Preacher's Wife
Barbara Shulgasser
Dudley seems a bit too mortal here not quite otherworldly enough 
2
The Preacher's Wife
Joe Baltake
An endearingly modest entertainment elevated by the luminous double presence of Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington 
3
The Preacher's Wife
Roger Ebert
This movie could have done more but what it does it makes you feel good about 
3
The Preacher's Wife
James Berardinelli
If not for the pervasive spirit of the season something like this could easily send me into sugar shock It s a little too nice and happy 
2.5
The Preacher's Wife
Madeleine Williams
You d probably get more enjoyment out of the soundtrack than the film 
2
The Preacher's Wife
Susan Wloszczyna
As warm and cheery as a mug of hot cocoa on a frosty morn 
3
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Peter Canavese
Gale Sondergaard makes a good heavy in this Universal B movie cheapie The Kino blu ray is really great though 
2
Conspirators of Pleasure
Jeremy Heilman
The film s handmade look fits the material since it s about desires too personal to be mass produced 
3.5
Roberto Bolle: The Art of Dance
Moira MacDonald
Francesca Pedroni s documentary tells us little about the charismatic ballet star at its center focusing instead on dance performance But oh those performances captured at a series of historic Italian outdoor amphitheaters 
3
Come and Get It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This drippy material was generally not the kind of stuff that suited Hawks but he made the best of it with the film s spirited barroom brawls and a delightful scene in which McCrea and Farmer pull taffy together 
3
Come and Get It
David Nusair
The film may not amount to much but it s hard to deny the entertainment value of such an over the top storyline 
3
My Skinny Sister
Francisco Marinero
A small film told in a traditional way giving more weight to gestures than dialogue Full review in Spanish 
2
Dhamaal
Namrata Joshi
The film is essentially nothing more than a series of gags most of which leave you giggling silly 
3
Lady in the Water
Michael A. Smith
A return to storytelling in the first order Lady in the Water is highly recommended 
3
Lady in the Water
Todd Hertz
It lacks the heart that made you care when you realized Sixth Sense s secret It lacks the connection with the characters that made Signs ending feel so triumphant 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Roger Ebert
Perhaps it s improvised and protracted nonsensically and unnecessarily just for the sake of stringing us along And maybe putting us to sleep 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Lori Hoffman
There is something enchanting about Shyamalan s childlike wonder at the mysteries of the universe 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Linda Cook
Lady in the Water can be summed up thusly Hook line and stinker 
.5
Lady in the Water
David Nusair
ultimately feels like the sort of movie that ll improve immeasurably on repeat viewings 
3
Lady in the Water
Ross Anthony
The story isn t exactly watertight but it has a beautiful warm heart 
3
Lady in the Water
Mark Dujsik
What should be a wondrous excursion into Shyamalan s version of a modern fairy tale is undermined by the writer director s bitter tone 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Josh Larsen
turns on a convoluted fairy tale and makes a few crucial missteps yet also is an enchanting exploration of storytelling magic 
3
Lady in the Water
Gina Carbone
Blessed be the filmmakers who take chances with original stories but just because something s better than The Village and not as bad as most critics say doesn t mean it s good 
2.75
Lady in the Water
Matt Brunson
It s a dud at once ridiculous and risible 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Mike McGranaghan
Have you ever been approached by someone who was really drunk and they tell you some rambling incoherent story Well that s what watching this movie is like 
0.5
Lady in the Water
David N. Butterworth
A watery ladylike and extremely tall tale indeed but one well within the reach of its fine cast which this time includes its director 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Sean O'Connell
Lady would be nothing without the man that rides to her rescue Paul Giamatti 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Dan Fienberg
Lady is a solipsistic and sour fairy tale that sets out to be about the value of community and magic but ends up as the director s somber celebration of himself 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Thomas Delapa
Shyamalan s latest exercise in foundering pretension may be the silliest movie of all time Seriously Will someone please lock up this pompous stiff in Johnny Depp s Dead Man s Chest and throw away the key 
1
Lady in the Water
Larry Ratliff
The director s job is to cast the best available talent in each key role Shyamalan has done that with Giamatti Balaban and Jeffrey Wright as a crossword puzzle lover But he took this audience member out of the story by putting himself in 
2
Lady in the Water
John Beifuss
You are all connected One act can one day affect all says Narf causing us to wonder if the Blue World s mission will become redundant after enough humans watch The Lion King and Jurassic Park 
2
Lady in the Water
Scott Nash
I m sure it wasn t Night s intention to make a crappy movie but it s what he has done 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Michael Dequina
What the hell do I know I m a lowly scrunt bait critic deigning to question the very Vessel of Story 
0
Lady in the Water
Mark Collette
Though originating as a bedtime story for his children it functions less as a morality tale and more as an egotistical salvo toward his critics 
2
Lady in the Water
Bob Strauss
The movie makes direct fun of standard Hollywood storytelling conventions and that s enjoyable But its utter lack of narrative discipline is just plain amateurish not subversive 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Rene Rodriguez
despite the childlike nature of the story Lady in the Water will prove too confusing for most kids which is a shame since they re also the ones most like to greet that giant eagle business with something other than a derisive laugh 
2
Lady in the Water
Duane Dudek
Shyamalan has a well deserved reputation for pulling rabbits out of a hat and calling it magic It s the talent for doing so that fails him here 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Jack Mathews
The story is so convoluted and ultimately preposterous that you re almost embarrassed by the earnestness of the actors trying to carry it off 
2
Lady in the Water
Amy Biancolli
In the end Shyamalan s stumbling Lady never gives us a reason to believe 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Liam Lacey
Crazy as this might sound it turns out that self indulgent ramblings designed to put your children to sleep are pretty much the opposite of art 
1
Lady in the Water
Lou Lumenick
An act of spectacular if unwitting self immolation 
1
Lady in the Water
Steven Rea
It s a busy made up universe with rules rituals and a deity tree that could give the Hindu hierarchy a run for its rupee And it s extremely silly 
2
Lady in the Water
Gary Goldstein
Once the plot is actually engaged all it really is is a basic damsel in distress story with a lame stab at magical realism thrown in 
2
Lady in the Water
Lisa Rose
Viewers may see religious implications in the movie with its messianic mermaid and chlorinated holy water but it really isn t worthy of such deep analysis 
1.5
Lady in the Water
David Elliott
You win points for sticking with vision only if the vision adds up but despite fine imagery by the Hong Kong ace Christopher Doyle we get trite monsters and cheesy spooks 
2
Lady in the Water
Mick LaSalle
With his work beginning to seem as insular as the communities he s imagining Shyamalan really needs to try directing someone else s screenplay 
2
Lady in the Water
Bruce Newman
It is yet another of Shyamalan s attempts to wade into the deep end of the profundity pool where not even chlorine can kill the brackish residue of his design 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Peter Travers
The movie is a muddle burdened with too many characters and a sorry lack of thrills flair and coherence Yet Shyamalan s talent is real 
2
Lady in the Water
Jeff Shannon
None of this is fun to report from a critic s perspective I m a Shyamalan fan who greatly admires what he s trying to do but Shyamalan s desperate desire to be the next Steven Spielberg has grown painful to witness 
2
Lady in the Water
Geoff Pevere
Not to put too fine a point on it this is one nutty movie 
2
Lady in the Water
Maitland McDonagh
The result is a soggy swamp of nyah nyah nyah nyah nyahing its only grace notes are Giamatti s fine nuanced performance as Heep and Christopher Doyle s handsome cinematography 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Mary F. Pols
It is a lovely sincere movie with a nice message about believing in both otherworldly magic and the more mundane power of a community 
3
Lady in the Water
Michael Booth
M Night Shyamalan doesn t have an ego problem He s just a humble screenwriter and director who makes himself a star of his own movie as a character who is a writer whose words will save the world from despair and destruction 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Jeff Vice
The surprise here is that he s created a story mythology for this fantasy thriller that s so ludicrous and convoluted that it s almost laughable At times it seems his cast members are making up the story as they go 
2
Lady in the Water
Terry Lawson
Lady is not likely to convert critics who believe Shyamalan is only a one trick pony Those willing to risk a dip in this pool on the other hand may be refreshed if not reborn 
3
Lady in the Water
Jim Emerson
Who am I to knock the work of the man who in his own film casts himself as a writer whose ideas will inspire a future leader who will save the world an artist whose work will not be fully understood in his own time but only many years later 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Lawrence Toppman
This isn t nitpicking Every bit of the tale is as full of holes as a wool sweater at a moth convention and Shyamalan telegraphs each potential surprise 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Wesley Morris
It is possible to wrestle yourself from the movie s hokey ambitions There is a good chunk of Lady in the Water that is simply too well made and affectingly acted to dismiss as a mere exercise in arrogance 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Sara Michelle Fetters
Reservations aside and while I m sure my sentiments won t land me anywhere close to the majority of critical opinion this is one picture where I m almost glad to be swimming against the metaphorical tide 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Kurt Loder
The story is exceedingly dull to become involved in it would require not just a suspension of disbelief but a suspension of mental faculties altogether A bewildering misstep for a director of Shyamalan s caliber 
1
Lady in the Water
Sean P. Means
Shyamalan s plodding script spends all its time explaining its complex mythology drowning Lady in the Water in a sea of talkiness 
2
Lady in the Water
Jon Niccum
Lady in the Water appears to be a creepy fairy tale but it s really a psychological thriller Trouble is the psychology involves the mindset of its writer director 
2
Lady in the Water
Kit Bowen
The fantastical Lady in the Water Shyamalan s most wildly imaginative yet obscure work to date will probably disappoint those looking for that certain Shyamalan je n sais quoi Still you can t fault the guy for being an original
2.5
Lady in the Water
Willie Waffle
M Night Shyamalan doesn t provide us with a big twist but he does need a new writer The movie is silly and funny in the wrong places
1.5
Lady in the Water
Daniel M. Kimmel
When film historians discuss what happens when a filmmaker of limited talent has a huge success and then goes out of control this is the movie that will be cited 
1
Lady in the Water
Walter Chaw
The new film by M Christ Shyamalan 
0
Lady in the Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not bad full of odd holes and plot troubles but rich with beautiful ideas and dark shimmery cinematography by the great Christopher Doyle 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Erik Childress
The one prescient thing associated with the soothsaying around his self appointed savior character is that if he continues along the path he s on now someone is going to take him out and it won t just be a film critic 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Mike Clark
Though the result is too idiosyncratic to be regarded as just one more summer movie whiff those who see it may feel a need to act like a pool lifeguard and blow the whistle on Shyamalan 
2
Lady in the Water
Dustin Putman
Concludes with a big huh that leaves one questioning what the point was 
2
Lady in the Water
Chris Hewitt
Why should the gifted Shyamalan even waste his time trashing critics His attitude should be If they re too cynical to believe it s their loss 
2.5
Lady in the Water
Phoebe Flowers
All Shyamalan s films to their credit have been unswervingly sincere But the primary problem is that this movie is so earnest you can t help but gag on it 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Michael Phillips
Just when the story begs for some clean lines and a sense of direction we get dithering and misdirection and another confused tenants sequence 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Matt Pais
Any magic lurking in this fairy tale is smothered by Shyamalan s need to play everything straight 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Jeffrey Westhoff
For a movie constantly explaining itself M Night Shyamalan s Lady in the Water doesn t make a drop of sense 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Gene Seymour
Unless he retains the poise and cool that made Sixth Sense stand out so conspicuously amid his body of work we re not going to care about anything in his head 
2
Lady in the Water
Keith Uhlich
A gaping psychic wound a blood spattered pulsating tumor ripped violently from both its creator s head and more fascinatingly his heart then planted onscreen raw and unfettered for all to come and see 
3
Lady in the Water
Phil Villarreal
Maybe the theme is that you should try to score some of that stuff Shyamalan must be smoking 
3
Lady in the Water
Jeanne Aufmuth
A well crafted and well intentioned misstep 
2
Lady in the Water
Peter Canavese
I hated Lady in the Water but not because Shyamalan took a sophomoric potshot at critics I hated Lady in the Water because it s stupid 
1
Lady in the Water
Steve Rhodes
Silly and sappy Shyamalan continues on his steady descent in quality 
1.5
Lady in the Water
James Berardinelli
For the most part however Lady in the Water comes across as a movie that s too bad to be good and not bad enough to be so bad that it s good 
1.5
Lady in the Water
Sean McBride
entertaining enough for those of us who appreciate magical realism but I suspect that mainstream audiences will be disappointed by this convoluted and pretentious film 
2.5
Only the Strong Survive
Chris Hewitt
A disorganized sprawl 
2
Only the Strong Survive
Gene Seymour
Content to merely serve as a cluttered heart shaped scrapbook missing many more stories than it bothers to include 
2
Only the Strong Survive
John Beifuss
Invaluable as a record of its subjects including the late great Rufus Thomas but it doesn t cohere as a feature 
3
Only the Strong Survive
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The scrappy country cousin to the high gloss Standing in the Shadows of Motown 
3
Only the Strong Survive
Mike Clark
Worth the time and money some of the summer s effects driven spectacles probably won t be 
3
Only the Strong Survive
James Sullivan
With Friedman the narrator and emissary tossing questions as squishy as Jell O and heaping praise on the performers for their unexceptional appearances on the oldies circuit it s a wasted opportunity 
1
Only the Strong Survive
Wesley Morris
I m not sure where you go to church but you re unlikely to experience anything as holy as Jerry Butler doing a live version of his soul classic For Your Precious Love in Only the Strong Survive 
3.5
Only the Strong Survive
Glenn Whipp
Shapeless uninformative and strangely lacking in survival stories 
2
Only the Strong Survive
Lou Lumenick
An entertaining documentary that catches up with R B and soul superstars whose heydays were in the 50s to 70s 
2.5
Only the Strong Survive
Carrie Rickey
An affair that for long stretches resembles a Time Life infomercial hawking Memphis soul CDs 
2
Only the Strong Survive
Terry Lawson
The movie is redeemed by the performances which are uniformly good 
3
Only the Strong Survive
Peter Travers
It gets to you watching R B legends such as Sam Moore Jerry Butler the Chi Lites Carla Thomas and the names above dig deeper into the music they made in the Sixties and Seventies 
3.5
Only the Strong Survive
Mark Caro
Must be appreciated as an idiosyncratic chronicle as well as a collection of performances some better than others 
2.5
Only the Strong Survive
Harvey S. Karten
Winningly revived soul music reports of whose death have been grossly exaggerated 
3
The Rocket
Adam Schubak
Sure it has all of the elements of an underdog tale that has been done time and time again but it ultimately becomes so much more 
3.5
Angel
Bill Chambers
Ozon is too tony now for the vaguely subversive pastiches with which he made his mark 
2
Savage State
Peter Sobczynski
While it has an undeniable curiosity factor the film has merit as a sprawling and effective work that combines the expected action beats with quieter character driven moments and elements of pure weirdness to surprisingly strong effect 
3.5
Savage State
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Wherever the protagonists end up there they most definitely are 
3
Savage State
Roger Moore
A French Western as animated as a Daguerreotype 
1.5
The Nun
Brian Eggert
Despite its talented cast and the chilling location neither director Corin Hardy nor the screenplay engages the viewer in any memorable or substantive way 
1
The Nun
Jason Fraley
This prequel s casting of Farmiga s sister is the only striking resemblance as The Nun converts a once stellar franchise into a bad habit 
1.5
The Nun
Federico Furzan
It s not hard to imagine why they thought this was a good idea A franchise driven sequel that fails horribly in the art of the scare Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Nun
John Hanlon
A solid addition to this long running series 
3.0
The Nun
Stephen Rebello
A money grab about pop up scares and bloated special effects 
2
Father of the Bride
Peter Canavese
Exactly what you apos d expect 46 Another win for screen representation but it apos s very conventional and lacking in laughs 46 
2.5
Father of the Bride
Rene Sanchez
Andy Garcia is superb in this joyous celebration about marriage 44 family and culture that puts a refreshing spin on a well known formula 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Father of the Bride
Randy Myers
Funny and sweet and while it s predictable brings more relevance and diversity to the story 
3
Father of the Bride
Nell Minow
Garcia and Estefan and all of our feelings about weddings bring so much warmth and good humor to the movie that it calls for a apos Yes apos on the RSVP 46 
3
Father of the Bride
David Gonzalez
Father of the Bride is a remake that stands on its own two feet while respecting what made the original so beloved 46 The film is not always perfect 44 but it apos s a beautiful story about family and culture that can apos t be missed 46 
3
Five Minutes of Heaven
Jeff Vice
Five Minutes of Heaven is actually 75 minutes worth of buildup to an ending that s much more fizzle than sizzle 
2.5
Five Minutes of Heaven
Joe Williams
A director whose breakthrough was the story of a madman s last stand has exceeded that feat with the story of an angry man s next step 
3
Five Minutes of Heaven
Moira MacDonald
Two marvelous performances from two Irish actors turn Oliver Hirschbiegel s Five Minutes of Heaven into a tour de force 
3.5
Five Minutes of Heaven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This talky little drama about two men not meeting is exceedingly well written and very efficiently made with surprisingly good mood setters and dramatic deflections
3.5
Five Minutes of Heaven
Brett Michel
It s easy to see what attracted Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt Bloody Sunday to Prime Suspect veteran Guy Hibbert s screenplay it s an actor s showcase 
3
Five Minutes of Heaven
James Berardinelli
The movie might have been more tense had it been a little more quiet Neeson and Nesbitt however are so good that narrative hiccups never threaten to lose us 
3
Five Minutes of Heaven
Adam Keleman
Spread out over 33 years and framed almost entirely in three crucial tension filled scenes Oliver Hirschbiegel s Five Minutes of Heaven dissects the intersection of two men s lives in the aftermath of wartime and sectarian conflict 
3
Montenegro
Roger Ebert
There can be something absolutely liberating about a movie that makes up its rules as it goes along 
4
Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey
Roger Moore
Randomly mis remembered 60s cliches packaged in a badly written meekly acted mess 
1
Borgman
Mark Feeney
What Marina sees in Borgman is one of the countless implausibilities that make the film more annoying than disturbing 
1
Borgman
Liam Lacey
The black humour and perversity can occasionally startle but the film takes far too much sadistic delight in punishing these entitled dopes 
2.5
Borgman
Peter Howell
A creepily comical story about an insistent vagrant turned insidious home occupier 
3
Borgman
Mick LaSalle
Borgman might sound compelling in the abstract But if you want to enjoy it and stay engaged by it for more than 10 minutes you ll have to talk yourself into it 
1
Borgman
Glenn Lovell
Itinerant crooks or satanists This bizarre import has the feel of a fever dream Characters most especially the eponymous gardener float through the narrative as if in a Dr Caligari induced haze 
3
Borgman
Dustin Putman
To watch the boundlessly unpredictable Borgman unpeel one disquieting layer at a time is to be simultaneously invigorated terrified and humbled by the vastness of its macabre ambition 
4
Borgman
Tirdad Derakhshani
Filled with surreal touches and shocking scenes of black humor Borgman steams ahead with the power and inevitability of a nightmare 
3.5
Borgman
Brian Tallerico
Borgman can sometimes frustrate but it is an accomplished piece of work driven by a uniquely malevolent tonal balance and two fantastic central performances 
3
Borgman
Kyle Smith
A sickening horror parable disguised as a comedy of mores the Netherlands Borgman is a rarity a genuinely shocking upsetting movie 
3
Borgman
Roger Moore
Maddeningly inscrutable but it gets away with not playing by the rules Somehow 
3
Borgman
Clayton Dillard
An art house con destined to make viewers who ve ever used the term mindf as praise rack their brains trying to come up with alternate readings for a film that invites many but convincingly offers none 
1.5
Borgman
Erik McClanahan
For those who get on its wavelength the rewards are ample and the desire to re watch will take over 
3.5
Borgman
Walter Chaw
A film that James Whale would have made given the chance 
4
Borgman
David Nusair
astonishingly infuriating for much of its absurdly overlong running time 
0
Nightmare Alley
Rosalie Kicks
When a movie opens with a good old fashioned body disposal 44 fire 44 and a celebration afterwards at a traveling carnival 44 I know I am watching the right film 46 
3
Nightmare Alley
Matt Brunson
Worthwhile although no match for the 1947 version starring Tyrone Power 
3
Nightmare Alley
David Nusair
a slick yet palpably overlong drama that admittedly grows more and more compelling as it progresses 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
James Kendrick
Like all great film noir Nightmare Alley is a film about entrapment about characters charting their own amoral paths and paying the price for it in the end 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Rene Sanchez
An impeccably crafted and well acted noir thriller about man s monstrous nature Full Review in Spanish
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Brian Eggert
Del Toro s longtime interest in circus culture and human oddities makes him uniquely suited to adapt Gresham s book
4
Nightmare Alley
Mark Meszoros
This may not be del Toro s best work that distinction probably still lies with The Shape of Water but it is an at times breathtaking if also at others nightmarish journey well worth taking 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Peter Canavese
A darkly gorgeous well told morality play and a baroque exploration of the dark heart of human nature reminiscent of The Coen Brothers 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Steven Prokopy
Nightmare Alley might be one of the purest examples of cinema that 2021 has given us 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Rex Reed
It s too long too uneven in some places too slow in others and too flawed to be a masterpiece but even with its drawbacks I could not take my eyes off the screen 
4
Nightmare Alley
Dann Gire
If you took a sleazy exploitative E C Comics tale made it into a motion picture with top acting talent and A list production design and costumes you d get something close to Guillermo del Toro s horrific moral parable Nightmare Alley 
4
Nightmare Alley
Jeff York
There probably isn t a better looking film this year but it s far too pretty for a story where almost every character is scum 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Sean P. Means
Nightmare Alley is another case of Del Toro as he s done with The Shape of Water Crimson Peak and so many other movies building a fully realized world that draws us in with its seductive menace 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Sara Michelle Fetters
The high wasn t worth the withdrawal and I m not sure I ll go back anytime soon for a second hit to see if I d change my mind 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Ty Burr
Del Toro turns what was a black and white nightmare noir into a colorful muscular mood piece Yet I m still not convinced this particular story needs to be retold 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Kevin Carr
You can always count on Guillermo del Toro to have a beautiful looking movie And it takes the dark concepts of the original movie and twists them even more 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Robert Horton
Nightmare Alley becomes a movie about movies In some cases this might be empty style or just showing off but here the gorgeous design of each shot is its own justification 
3
Nightmare Alley
Mike Scott
A wholly transportive experience 
4
Nightmare Alley
Kent Turner
Del Toro s film becomes bloated early on with way too much exposition Haven t we learned anything from Peter Jackson s three hour plus King Kong 
2
Nightmare Alley
Kevin A. Ranson
Paired with a haunting orchestra score with a soft piano lead del Toro weaves a tapestry that shuts out the modern world a trap for the audience not unlike the one Stanton crafts for himself 
4
Nightmare Alley
Tom Meek
Guillermo del Toro dusts off Edmund Goulding s 1947 B tier noir starring Tyrone Power and gives it a lush polish with rich reds and a house of horrors ambiance 
3
Nightmare Alley
Leo Brady
The entire production is a dreamlike display of madness and another film for this legendary director that will earn greater respect as time goes on 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Carlos Aguilar
Cooper works magic with an unassumingly sensational turn 
4
Nightmare Alley
James Berardinelli
The end result is unsettling and reminiscent of what Hitchcock might have done with this premise and without having to worry about the Hays Code 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Sonny Bunch
Del Toro s best movie since Pan s Labyrinth 
3
Nightmare Alley
Rafer Guzman
An ultra vivid horror noir from master filmmaker Guillermo del Toro 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Mark Feeney
Definitely not a folly or disaster Nightmare Alley is something even more dismaying coming from talent like this It s dull and mediocre 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Bob Bloom
Cooper s performance is very interesting He emits an innocent aw shucks persona but in his body language and eyes you can see he s always scheming looking for the most suitable angle to win an advantage 
3
Nightmare Alley
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What results is a snooze of a tale simultaneously byzantine and simplistic 
1
Nightmare Alley
Rob Thomas
In the thrall of such an expertly made alluring film like this we re all easy marks in the dark 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Mattie Lucas
Del Toro is a master of conjuring fanciful worlds that somehow exist beyond the real but in this case that eye for visual detail almost gets in the way creating a very imperfect world that feels all too perfect 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Johnny Oleksinski
The sinister carnival sideshow look is alluring a perfect match for subversive del Toro A long list of major stars are doing exciting work 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Chris Hewitt
Nightmare Alley is about cons and about the danger of believing your own con but the script co written by del Toro and Kim Morgan spells that out too neatly as if they don t trust us to put the pieces together 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Mark Dujsik
Nightmare Alley revels in the darkness of its world and its characters The result is grimly effective 
3
Nightmare Alley
Michael O'Sullivan
In something of a departure for del Torro this is not a horror film or a story of the supernatural But it does have the filmmaker s shocking sometimes needlessly bloody DNA all over it 
3
Nightmare Alley
Michael Phillips
The hurtling events of the last 45 minutes should feel out of control and that doesn t quite happen here The visual texture and most of the performances however are persuasive enough to compensate 
3
Nightmare Alley
Josh Bell
Del Toro makes the grotesque world of the carnival immersive and intriguing and he does the same with the harsher urban noir setting of the second half 
3
Nightmare Alley
Diandra Reviews
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro like most of his films this movie plays like a fantastical fable with a deep moral diandrareviews
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Katie Walsh
A bloated and unwieldy beast and less intriguing than its lean mean 1947 counterpart It s not often that one longs for the creative limitations of the Hays Code but in the case of Nightmare Alley the maxim that less is more proves to be true 
2.5
Nightmare Alley
Richard Roeper
They re fascinatingly terrible and if they get what s coming to em it s because they deserve it and that makes for an entertaining wall to wall watch This is an A list rendition of a classic B movie formula 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Randy Myers
A satisfying but cruel parable on greed and comeuppance 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Lindsey Bahr
The themes are obvious and a bit old fashioned and the trajectory is too But that s not a ding It s just a neatly constructed story that stays true to its genre and time And hopefully it s not the last time Morgan and del Toro revive a hidden gem 
3
Nightmare Alley
Mike McGranaghan
Nightmare Alley is the kind of picture you get lost in The world it creates is vivid and the people inhabiting that world are captivating 
4
Nightmare Alley
Brian Truitt
Through del Toro s lens dark hearts lookso good 
3
Nightmare Alley
Josh Larsen
closes in on you with a hellish elegance 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Moira MacDonald
This Nightmare Alley is a gorgeous exercise in style and mood 
3.5
Nightmare Alley
Mick LaSalle
Nightmare Alley runs out of importance about a half hour before the finish But it s still an entertaining movie by a distinctive filmmaker 
3
Nightmare Alley
Linda Cook
I can t figure out whether Nightmare Alley or Nightmare Alley is my favorite film noir 
4
Nightmare Alley
Chuck Bowen
Guillermo del Toro reimagines an agonizing still shocking noir as an exhibit in a wax museum 
2
Nightmare Alley
Joey Magidson
A Guillermo del Toro fan will likely adore his taking on of noir but from more of a distance you ll wish there was a little bit more to Nightmare Alley 
3
44 Inch Chest
David Nusair
an uneven yet engrossing drama that benefits substantially from the efforts of its unusually impressive roster of performers 
2.5
44 Inch Chest
Gavin Bond
This talky crime drama is a searing examination of masculinity and misogyny that is littered with rampant profanity and lashings of humour 
3.5
44 Inch Chest
Chris Hewitt
Writers Louis Mellis and David Scinto seem to have been hoping for something along the lines of those Quentin Tarantino scenes where thugs kvetch about pop music and cinnamon buns but the 44 Inch dialogue is not as clever as Tarantino s 
1
44 Inch Chest
Joe Williams
With violence on the menu it s a guilty pleasure to watch these stage trained hambones unleash a rapid fire roundelay of righteous indignation 
3
44 Inch Chest
John Hartl
The frequently profane dialogue suggests David Mamet on an off night so does Malcolm Venville s claustrophobia inducing direction though the first rate cast works hard 
2.5
44 Inch Chest
Walter V. Addiego
It s an interesting spectacle but not enough to carry a movie 
2
44 Inch Chest
Steven Rea
The whole thing feels like middle period Mamet with English accents and not much to say 
2
44 Inch Chest
Gerald Peary
The talented actors have great fun with the chewy clever self congratulatory dialogue but it s less enjoyable for the audience which gets suffocated by the talk talk talk 
2.5
44 Inch Chest
Christian Toto
44 Inch Chest puts the spectrum of the male ego on brutally efficient display 
3
44 Inch Chest
Lou Lumenick
Even a great British cast and obscenity laden gangland dialogue aren t enough to make what amounts to an extended acting exercise into much of a movie 
2
44 Inch Chest
Ann Hornaday
It s sometimes difficult to discern whether the filmmakers are dissecting male bonding ritualized aggression and sexual anxiety or celebrating it 
2.5
44 Inch Chest
Nick Schager
This limp psychodrama proves woefully short on character development or narrative structure 
1.5
44 Inch Chest
Peter Travers
There s a difference between exposing misogyny and crassly exploiting it 
1
Iron Jawed Angels
David N. Butterworth
Despite the film s anachronistic approach fast tracking camera tricks and a soundtrack pulsating with contemporary musical numbers there s a lot to appreciate in Katja von Garnier s classy precursor to the recent and less effective Suffragette 
3
Iron Jawed Angels
Rob Blackwelder
A stunning true story unfortunately tarted up for modern audiences infused with modern informalities fictional romances and wildly incongruous post feminist empowerment pop 
2.5
Novitiate
Jeff Mitchell
Leo and Qualley shine during a dim view of the Novitiate 
3
Novitiate
Mattie Lucas
Unfortunately the film often takes too many narrative shortcuts leaving thematic avenues unexplored with weak character development
2.5
Novitiate
Sean P. Means
Questions of faith and devotion are explored with sensitivity and grace in Novitiate a quietly moving drama about nuns on the cusp of great change 
3.5
Novitiate
Calvin Wilson
Most films especially mainstream ones are about the forces that whirl around characters Novitiate grapples with what s going on inside them 
3.5
Novitiate
Moira MacDonald
In Leo it presents a remarkable portrait of a complex woman struggling with forces beyond her control 
3
Novitiate
Ray Greene
Though it can t quite transcend the cliches of its genre NOVITIATE aspires to a higher purpose and falteringly achieves it 
3
Novitiate
Gary Thompson
There are times when Novitiate tests the viewer s endurance it s a beautifully shot movie but it runs more than two hours and lingering compositions of silent nuns and novitiates start to feel unsupported by the story 
2.5
Novitiate
Ty Burr
It s well worth seeing not least for the ways it conveys the profound intensity of religious devotion and the costs such devotion can exact 
3
Novitiate
Gary Thompson
A different and less interesting movie might have framed Cathleen s desire to become a nun as an adolescent spite a way of punishing her mother for a broken marriage and a storm tossed adolescence 
2.5
Novitiate
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Novitiate is the even handedness with which it treats religion in general and 1960s era Catholicism in particular 
3
Novitiate
Peter Howell
Leo s impassioned acting makes a supporting role seem like a leading one 
3
Novitiate
Mark Dujsik
The inner lives and spiritual struggles of Catholic nuns are examined in Novitiate 
3
Novitiate
Michael O'Sullivan
Betts has put together a talented acting ensemble and the performances are for the most part uniformly good and subtle particularly among the actresses who play the young novices 
2.5
Novitiate
Rex Reed
You can call Novitiate divinely inspired and mean it 
3.5
Novitiate
Peter Travers
A stirring soulful convent drama from first time director Maggie Betts features Melissa Leo in an Oscar worthy performance as Mother Superior The film is a potent provocation shot through with grit and grace 
3.5
Novitiate
Stephen Whitty
It s a faith based film that s about the actual search for faith and about how often that journey leads us where it will rather than where we want to go 
3
Novitiate
Christy Lemire
Novitiate finds room for all these viewpoints appreciating the dedication it takes to live such a life while also questioning its suppression of individuality emotion This willingness to embrace such complexity is a bit of a miracle in itself 
3
Novitiate
Mike McGranaghan
A sharp observant and respectful look at young women who are willing to consider reshaping their entire lives to serve God 
3.5
Novitiate
Kam Williams
A novel adventure offering a plausible look at the internal angst of a female weighing whether or not she s meant to be a nun 
3
Novitiate
Peter Goldberg
The film s meditative and excessive sides never quite cohere giving the impression of watching two distinct films that are jostling against each other rather than united in a single story 
2.5
Novitiate
Clayton Davis
Flaunting an all star cast of impeccable actresses Betts intrigues the viewer to surrender to the film s intoxicating tale of obedience and self discovery It s one of the year s most vivid dramas 
3.5
Novitiate
Roger Moore
Overlong dramatically a mixed bag but moving 
2.5
Novitiate
Dwight Brown
Filmmaker Maggie Betts guides the drama with a measured intensity Her directing talent is sharp as a tack 
3
Novitiate
Julia Cooper
Novitiate doesn t tell a straightforward story of love and sacrifice of faith and its crises Margaret Betts s film is ritualistic and enthralling with a complex feminism woven into its cloth and it s something of a blessing 
3
Jerry Before Seinfeld
Roger Moore
Pleasant enough but mostly just Seinfeld recycling his Greatest Hits 
2.5
Jerry Before Seinfeld
Verne Gay
Seinfeld before Seinfeld fans will especially enjoy this congenial familiar hour special 
3
From Other Worlds
Kyle Smith
The comic musical score is an embarrassment out of a 60s sitcom and the supporting actors wouldn t make the cut at a high school audition 
0
From Other Worlds
Maitland McDonagh
The film s underdeveloped characters and thin though busy story are forced into the foreground and its 88 minute running time feels far longer 
2
From Other Worlds
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are a few funny jokes scattered throughout but the halfhearted direction and clunky script are underscored by performances that feel like they belong in community theater 
1.5
From Other Worlds
Kam Williams
Picture a campy cross of My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988 and The Brother from Another Planet 1984 in which you get to enjoy laughs galore allusions to horror classics and a timely social message 
3.5
From Other Worlds
Nick Schager
Awkwardly mixex comedy romance and out there fantasy 
1.5
A Perfect Man
Drew Hunt
In its elliptical presentation of its characters lives brings to mind the latter day films of Philippe Garrel but Kees Van Oostrum s genre experimentation aligns him with Paul Verhoeven 
3
This One's for the Ladies
Kent Turner
As if realizing that a G string can only be stretched so far Graham uses the strip a thon as a gateway Essentially the director profiles a panting sisterhood of mostly middle age African American women the self described Classy Nasty Ladies 
2.5
This One's for the Ladies
Nick Allen
It doesn t have a rich enough storytelling vision to pull off something that feels good for both the soul and the you know what 
2
This One's for the Ladies
Mike McGranaghan
This One s for the Ladies is a little bit of an on the fence movie for me There s a good amount of intriguing material here I just wish there was more of it 
2.5
After We Collided
Roger Moore
Worse than the first A little bit 
1
After We Collided
Peter Sobczynski
Too moronic to work as a serious romantic drama and too boring to work as straightforward sleaze 
.5
Wetlands
Peter Sobczynski
Other than the novelty of being the only example of a gritty crime drama featuring a key male character named Babs there is absolutely nothing interesting or memorable to be found in Wetlands 
2
The Blackbird
John Beifuss
The movie tells a Jekyll and Hyde story with criminal greed and opportunity replacing science as the catalyst of willing transformation 
3
Freedom
Peter Sobczynski
This is one of those movies that is as dull as it is well meaning and man is it ever well meaning 
2
Freedom
Tirdad Derakhshani
A schmaltzy deeply sentimentalized drama about American slavery and the rise of the Underground Railroad 
1.5
Freedom
Stephanie Merry
Freedom s story could be so powerful on its own Samuel s escape is a nail biter and the devastation of slavery is obvious Adding intentionally stirring scenes does nothing but blunt the impact of a harrowing pair of tales 
1.5
Freedom
Roger Moore
Ambitious period piece without the budget or the script to cover as much of the Abolition Movement as it tries to fit in 
2
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Matt Brunson
Spielberg has made a handful of films I would rate higher than E 46 T 46 44 but in terms of emotional investment for the whole family 44 this one is peerless in his canon 44 evoking laughter 44 tears 44 and everything in between 46 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Judy Stone
It s a magically wonderful movie Children and adults will love Steven Spielberg s film about a person from outer space stranded on earth It s humorous and marvelous all the way 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Without a doubt I can say this is a masterpiece Full review in Spanish 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jami Bernard
Spielberg s direction and Melissa Mathison s script never lose sight of the realistic low center of gravity world of childhood in which such marvelous adventures happen every day 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Matt Soergel
There are many big moments in E T but also plenty of magical small ones that make it work after all these years 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Michael Sragow
The movie is emotionally tumultuous and evenhanded and serene 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Gene Siskel
It is the kind of film that young people are going to want to see again immediately after they ve seen it 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Josh Larsen
Steven Spielberg at his most pure 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
James Berardinelli
On inherent merit the movie would not warrant such a highly publicized re release but this is one of those films that transcends what s on the screen 
3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Liam Lacey
A contemporary classic 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
David Sterritt
It helped alter the course of sci fi movies by suggesting that intergalactic aliens might not be monsters but friendly even loving creatures This doesn t make it a masterpiece but it s fun 
3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Lawrence Toppman
What I see is simply a timeless story about friendship loss and maturity and perhaps an idealized America of the kind Hollywood and politicians strive to convince us could really exist 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
David Nusair
a bona fide classic that has something to offer moviegoers of all ages 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Scott Nash
It s a simple beautiful story about loneliness friendship and the bittersweet pangs of childhood 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
James Plath
What do Ernest Hemingway Carl Sandburg Albert Einstein and E T have in common The eyes according to Spielberg 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Moira MacDonald
What E T does so well is to capture that moment in life when childhood seems to be slipping away 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jeanne Aufmuth
Now that s entertainment 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Ian Mantgani
The simple truth is no other movie has the same power to unite audiences in wonder and fulfilment 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Margaret A. McGurk
One of the great children s movies of all time has lost none of its charm in this 20th anniversary re release 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Mark Dujsik
The newly enhanced effects cannot affect what s most important to the film Its heart is still there completely intact and that s really all that matters 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Tor Thorsen
A few moments seem clunky in retrospect but overall the film has aged well Its still strong emotional impact is now reinforced with a sense of nostalgia for an age when life was simple 
3.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Emily Blunt
Don t forget to bring tissues 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Rob Blackwelder
The film remains the kind of unabashed delight that can make even the most cynical filmgoer feel like a kid wrapped up in the fantasy of it all 
3.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jorge Avila Andrade
Oda a la inocencia de la niñez la aventura de la juventud la majestuosidad del universo y la magia que envuelve a los jóvenes de corazón 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Gary Brown
Make no mistake about it The magic of E T the Extra Terrestrial is best appreciated on the big screen 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Peter Travers
The tenderness of the piece is still intact 
3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Mick LaSalle
Viewers returning to it as well as those discovering it will find it an enduring children s film but one whose impact has diminished with the passage of time 
3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Carrie Rickey
If we approach with sympathy and curiosity we will be rewarded with same And our souls not to mention our bicycles will soar to the heavens 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jeff Vice
It s also a better no make that far better movie than nearly everything else that s currently in theaters 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Michael Wilmington
A magical film 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Lou Lumenick
A masterpiece that deserves to be seen and appreciated on a big screen 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Kit Bowen
The film is a pure gem proving once again what an incredible visionary Spielberg truly is 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steve Rhodes
Real classics improve with age as does E T 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Robert Roten
It is an exceptionally visual film and an exceptionally emotional film but the kind that most of us don t mind being manipulated by 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Bob Bloom
It s the epitome of true cinematic art a movie that touches you on all levels 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
James O'Ehley
All the right strings are pulled one cries laughs and cheers at all the right places just like Spielberg intends us to do 
4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Roger Ebert
Spielberg left it open for all of us That s the sign of a great filmmaker He only explains what he has to explain 
4
Mutant Aliens
Walter Chaw
It s not without its pleasures but I ll stick with The Tune 
2
Mutant Aliens
Bob Strauss
Outrageousness is all Plympton seemed to be going for this time We miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride 
2.5
Mutant Aliens
John Anderson
It s a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman 
3.5
Mutant Aliens
V.A. Musetto
A new film from Bill Plympton the animation master is always welcome 
3
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Sticking mainly to well known material certainly has its pedagogic as well as practical uses and within these ideological limitations Visions of Light is a lovely piece of work 
3
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
Jeremy Heilman
Filmmaking as wonderful as that discussed in Visions of Light deserves to be seen as more than just a snippet 
2.5
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
Roger Ebert
Visions of Light is a documentary that will likely cause everyone who sees it to look at movies a little differently in the future 
3.5
My Joy
John Hartl
For long stretches it appears to be a road movie headed nowhere Still the detours it uncovers are fascinating 
3
My Joy
Kent Turner
So bleak that you might need meds
2.5
My Joy
Aaron Cutler
Loznitsa s documentaries are mainly compilations of archival footage so it makes sense that his first fiction film is also essentially a compilation
3
My Joy
Liam Lacey
My Joy is a challenge to watch but hard to forget 
3
Diamonds of the Night
Mattie Lucas
A film of such raw power that it still feels genuinely radical a hallucinatory aesthetically visionary work 
3.5
Diamonds of the Night
James Kendrick
largely eschews a traditional cinematic approach to the subject and instead dramatizes the action through a fractured subjectivity that renders the entire experience dreamlike and fleeting
3.5
Diamonds of the Night
Matt Brunson
This manages to combine the striking realism of a documentary with the surrealistic touches of an experimental piece 
3
The Man on Her Mind
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Man on Her Mind a mirthless stagy romantic comedy about a pair of New York loners isn t so much a story as a threadbare concept a one liner really An old used up one at that 
1.5
The Man on Her Mind
Tom Keogh
How do we know when we re truly living authentic lives or have fully given ourselves over to passion and trust with another It wouldn t occur to most romantic comedies to ask those questions The Man On Her Mind answers them 
3.5
The Man on Her Mind
David Lewis
The Man on Her Mind a belabored un whimsical romantic comedy is a case study of what can go wrong when adapting a stage play into a movie 
1
The Man on Her Mind
Nick Prigge
The film suggests an ineffectual mishmash of Ruby Sparks ish high concept and modern Elizabethan comedy 
1.5
What Up?
Kam Williams
Makes Soul Plane look like The Great Debaters 
0
Hoodlum
Matt Brunson
Impressively mounted if overly familiar gangster tale 
2.5
Hoodlum
Michael Dequina
This slow going talky film is in a constant struggle to hold the audience s interest 
2
Hoodlum
Roger Ebert
This is a gangster movie in a sense but it is also about free enterprise 
3
Petition
Bill Weber
This documentary of a makeshift community of Chinese citizens caught in a Dickensian charade of Beijing bureaucracy finds hope among the hopeless and pride in the hearts of outcasts 
3.5
Petition
Chris Fujiwara
Moments of communication sought or denied give poignancy to a film filled with helplessness and outrage 
3
Shanghai Knights
Peter Canavese
This innocent sixties style big budget comedy romance action adventure romp is solid family entertainment that would make any self respecting kid s jaw drop for a good two hours Blu ray 
3
Shanghai Knights
Michael Dequina
The Chan Wilson chemistry that drove the first film and draws people back to this one hasn t lost any of its snap 
3
Shanghai Knights
Greg Maki
The perfect throwaway entertainment for this time of year 
3
Shanghai Knights
Nick Rogers
Instead of penning a funny action film 44 the screenwriters created a Mad Lib filled with wink wink instances where the two main characters run into historical bigwigs 46 
2
Shanghai Knights
Kevin A. Ranson
This time around Chan and Wilson find their characters in London and all over the turn of the century English countryside trampling through history and literature putting a spin on Jack the Ripper and others as well Fans of the original Shanghai
3
Shanghai Knights
Forrest Hartman
If you re looking for uninspired redundant comedy cable TV offers plenty of inexpensive alternatives 
2
Shanghai Knights
Mark Dujsik
I could complain that it s more of the same but if it s not broke I don t expect them to fix it 
3
Shanghai Knights
Matt Brunson
If you re gonna insist on making a distressingly formulaic sequel to a distressingly formulaic comedy then this might be the way to go by overstuffing it with so much nonsensical material that some of it is bound to charm through sheer willpower 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Cory Cheney
Skip this one if for no other reason than to tell all those bigwigs in Hollywood that you won t stand for them serving you reheated piles of steaming crap Send the message that they at least have to stir in some salsa or something 
2
Shanghai Knights
Mike McGranaghan
Everyone involved worked to make the sequel funnier and more entertaining and they ve succeeded 
3
Shanghai Knights
Marty Mapes
Shanghai Knights is a mess A few ground rules would have helped immensely 
1.5
Shanghai Knights
Linda Cook
A royally enjoyable romp 
3
Shanghai Knights
Mark Ramsey
This is one of those movies where people turn their heads and you hear a swoosh That sound effect reportedly originated with a head turn by actor Ben Kingsley In a stiff breeze explained Owen Wilson Ben s nose could win the America s Cup 
2
Shanghai Knights
David Keyes
The movie is hardly breathtaking or a completely successful endeavor but considering what s been stinking up the box office over the recent weeks it s quite a respectable diversion nonetheless 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Frank Ochieng
If you can overlook the ridiculously transparent plot that is about as breakable as a pair of chop sticks then you would come to easily appreciate the razzle dazzle artistry of this overzealous chop and sock kooky comedy
3
Shanghai Knights
Claudia Puig
Knights will surely find an enthusiastic following before it gets to video 
3
Shanghai Knights
Chris Hewitt
Shanghai Knights doesn t have the verve Shanghai Noon did It s long on attitude and short on plot or characterization 
2
Shanghai Knights
Todd Anthony
On the heels of the threadbare Tuxedo Shanghai Knights confirms there may be a chink in Jackie Chan s armor 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Glenn Lovell
Grand undemanding entertainment 
3
Shanghai Knights
Mick LaSalle
A desperately unfunny action comedy mirthless not only in its effect on an audience but in its whole aura 
0
Shanghai Knights
David Elliott
This one seemed longer than before which might not be the best compliment to the movie but it gets laughs 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chan s best and giddiest movie since the original Shanghai Noon in 2000 and maybe even 1994 s Drunken Master II 
3
Shanghai Knights
Joe Baltake
It s a mess but an engaging one 
3
Shanghai Knights
Josh Larsen
Both Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan have done better work It s called Shanghai Noon 
2
Shanghai Knights
Jan Stuart
Chan and Wilson imbue Shanghai Knights with an aura of collegial high spirits even when the writers leave them hanging 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Glenn Whipp
Essentially a two hour Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoon only without the same rigorous character development Knights plays to the strengths of its likable leads 
3
Shanghai Knights
Jeff Vice
Shanghai Knights just might be the most haphazard nonsensical action comedy in recent memory Fortunately it s also furiously paced and fun 
3
Shanghai Knights
Roger Ebert
The movie is just the sort of mindless entertainment we re ready for after all of December s distinguished and significant Oscar finalists 
3
Shanghai Knights
Lawrence Toppman
Resembles one of those giddy road pictures of the 40s that starred Bob Hope and Bing Crosby where the stars would look straight at the camera and crack wise about real people 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Ty Burr
So appallingly slipshod in all the usual departments is this sequel to the engaging martial arts comedy Western Shanghai Noon that you re tempted to cite its makers for contempt 
2
Shanghai Knights
Phil Villarreal
The duo still generates electricity however without compelling material to serve as a conductor Chan and Wilson generate few of those laughter sparks 
2
Shanghai Knights
Liam Lacey
A pretty entertaining movie in a kick you in the pants kind of way 
3
Shanghai Knights
Margaret A. McGurk
It s all silly as a Saturday cartoon show and twice as much fun 
3
Shanghai Knights
Terry Lawson
Manages to entertain even as it s floating into the ether 
2
Shanghai Knights
Shirley Klass
The outtakes at the end brought tears to my eyes they were so funny 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Lou Lumenick
Even more fun than the 2000 original 
3
Shanghai Knights
Erik Childress
It s tractable to forego complaints when the laughs and action maintain a smile on our faces 
3
Shanghai Knights
Kit Bowen
No matter how ridiculous and inconsistent Shanghai Knights gets marveling at Chan s acrobatics and laughing at Wilson s sardonic one liners is still worth the price of admission 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Carrie Rickey
Chan and Wilson are like a Nerf ball and a screwball improvising a game suited to their oddball physics 
3
Shanghai Knights
Sue Pierman
It s cute at first but begins to lose its luster as the movie goes on 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Tor Thorsen
Every bit as entertaining as the original 
3
Shanghai Knights
Christine Dolen
The chemistry that made Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson sizzle so well in 2000 s Shanghai Noon is every bit as potent in Shanghai Knights 
3
Shanghai Knights
Mark Caro
Chan and Wilson s easy camaraderie remains eminently watchable but the rough edges from last time out are missed 
2
Shanghai Knights
Jeffrey Westhoff
As agreeably silly as Hollywood gets 
3
Shanghai Knights
Tony Toscano
The acting is breezy and played for laughs 
3
Shanghai Knights
Rob Thomas
It s a cheerfully goofy movie that doesn t have a mean spirited bone in its body 
3
Shanghai Knights
Rob Blackwelder
Hilariously tongue in cheek and packed with comical homages to everything from the Keystone Kops and Harry Houdini to The Beatles and Taxi Driver 
3.5
Shanghai Knights
David Nusair
as far as mindless entertainment goes you really could do a lot worse 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Ross Anthony
Jackie s truly inspired choreography constructs a simply magical umbrella bout that plays tongue in cheek homage to Singin in the Rain 
3
Shanghai Knights
Walter Chaw
Knowing what it s not worse than is the worst sort of praise 
2
Shanghai Knights
James Berardinelli
Given a more credible narrative that cared a little about the characters Shanghai Knights could have been solid entertainment As it is it ranks no higher than a passable diversion 
2.5
Shanghai Knights
Ed Gonzalez
A modicum of empowerment has been afforded to the film s token femme fatale but Wilson s jokes still work on a success ratio of 1 to 20 
2
Shanghai Knights
Steve Rhodes
If Chan s Singin in the Rain routine doesn t put a smile on your face and a song in your heart you may be in need of a medical checkup 
3
Shanghai Knights
Peter Travers
Grating That s the best word to describe this flat follow up to Shanghai Noon 
1
The Midnight Swim
Roger Moore
You don t need a nut with a knife or murderous wraith makeup to give viewers chills
2.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Mattie Lucas
One of Hitchcock s most unfairly overlooked accomplishments a hidden gem in one of the cinema s most legendary careers 
3.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Josh Larsen
Despite the child kidnapping assassination plot and relatively high body count this primarily plays like a comedy 
3.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
David Nusair
It s ultimately not difficult to see why Alfred Hitchcock chose to remake The Man Who Knew Too Much more than 20 years later 
1.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Matt Brunson
In the final analysis the 1934 and 1956 versions are comparable in quality for different reasons but the greatest single component of either film can be found in this 34 edition the great performance by Peter Lorre as a menacing criminal mastermind 
3
The Man Who Knew Too Much
James Kendrick
not a particularly great film although it is filled with isolated moments of greatness and hints of masterpieces to come
3
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Ted Prigge
The film never fails to intrigue you with its great characters and storytelling 
4
Wedding Crashers
Jay Antani
What should ve been an absolutely raucous and no holds barred lusty farce is nothing but lame ass safe predictable lowest common denominator no laffs garbage
1
Wedding Crashers
Kam Williams
Unless you check your political correctness at the box office expect to be offended 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
David Nusair
suffers from a third act that s painfully overlong and needlessly dramatic 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Scott Nash
Of the two stars Vaughn definitely gets the funnier lines reducing Wilson almost to the role of straight man Isla Fisher though manages to steal every scene that she s in away from both of them 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
David N. Butterworth
Wilson and Vaughn generate more chemistry than a high school science project 
3
Wedding Crashers
Kurt Loder
T he most thrillingly indecent movie of the year any movie that unites Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn has little choice but to be pretty hysterical from start to finish 
4
Wedding Crashers
Steve Rhodes
The first half of the film finds lot of easy laughs but the more serious second half tries harder and gets even bigger laughs 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Nick Rogers
Going against the hype Wedding Crashers wisely favors sophistication over shock value How you feel about that depends on the open mindedness of your own inner child 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is the single most magnificent comedic portrayal I ve seen in ages Vaughn is a thunderclap so potent he steals every single scene he s in no matter whom he s sharing it with 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Emily Blunt
There are sections of this film that are so funny it may be illegal in some republican states 
4
Wedding Crashers
Stella Papamichael
Outrageous set ups and saucy dialogue keep the party going and while it staggers erratically to its conclusion Wedding Crashers always has its heart in the right place 
4
Wedding Crashers
Peter Keough
The performances shine with nuance and wit McAdams and Fisher in particular show how to prevail over stereotypes It s Wilson and Vaughan who carry the day however 
3
Wedding Crashers
James Verniere
Hollywood exercises its right to be raunchy in the often hilarious R rated Crashers a film that also reaffirms Vince Vaughn as one of our best comic actors 
3
Wedding Crashers
Peter Travers
Sometimes a movie comedy just clicks Welcome to one of those times 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Lori Hoffman
loaded with vile language despicable behavior by scheming men and features as much topless female nudity as a standard issue movie from the 70s Go see it 
3
Wedding Crashers
Linda Cook
I laughed out loud when Vince Vaughn said hmm No I guess I can t print that here 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Vaughn and Wilson could do cold readings of Sylvia Plath poems and make them sound hilarious 
3
Wedding Crashers
Larry Ratliff
It s been awhile since we ve seen quality rapid fire dialogue like this Vince Vaughn s lively style is the perfect counterpunch to Owen Wilson s Southern drawl 
3
Wedding Crashers
Mark Collette
Vince Vaughn has never been funnier 
3
Wedding Crashers
Joe Williams
This crude and unabashedly cynical flick is the most uproarious Hollywood comedy since Meet the Parents 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Mike McGranaghan
Raunchy humor is easy to do but hard to do well this film creates characters we believe in and care about then adds the raunchiness on top It gets the formula just right 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Nick Schager
A Maxim friendly riot that embraces the fact that discussions about sex usually involve terms more risqué than making love 
3
Wedding Crashers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The smoothly anarchic first ten minutes of Wedding Crashers sets the tone for a cheerfully sleazy tale 
3
Wedding Crashers
Peter Hartlaub
The film s pleasures are greatly outnumbered by its failed expectations 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Moira MacDonald
There s no reason why this movie shouldn t have worked it s got a funny premise a talented cast and an obviously lavish budget But it lands without even a crash just a dull unfunny thud 
2
Wedding Crashers
Robert W. Butler
Director Dobkin should have taken a hint from his carousing central characters move in quick score and get out before they know what s hit em 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Rene Rodriguez
Why do so many contemporary comedies feel obliged to make room for heartwarming life lessons Isn t it enough just to make people laugh 
2
Wedding Crashers
Eric Melin
could have been a rousing satire 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Glenn Whipp
Trust me You won t hate yourself in the morning These swindlers are sensational 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Michael Booth
Targeting adults means smarter material if you get the right script and writers Steve Faber and Bob Fisher have a nice ear for the funnier things that make us human 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Terry Lawson
It s a combination of the kind of go for it comedies Hollywood routinely made before the PG 13 rating became a symbol as opposed to a standard targeting the widest blandest possible audience and sexy romantic comedy 
3
Wedding Crashers
Carla Meyer
A profane uproariously funny film that celebrates and chastises the aging womanizers at its center played by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson 
3
Wedding Crashers
James Sanford
an unapologetically raunchy and frequently hilarious farce Wilson and Vaughn work together superbly Impressively the rest of the cast is playing at the same level 
3
Wedding Crashers
Geoff Pevere
It s a pretty lousy movie with some funny parts 
1.5
Wedding Crashers
James Berardinelli
If a film is going to be in bad taste at least it should have the decency to follow through on its convictions rather than morph into something else 
2
Wedding Crashers
Timothy Knight
The cheerfully raunchy Wedding Crashers may be just the cure for Hollywood s summertime box office blues 
3
Wedding Crashers
Lisa Rose
Beyond the amusing shtick spotlighted in the ad campaign the picture is a self nullifying blend of raunch and schmaltz 
1.5
Wedding Crashers
Kyle Smith
The flick brings two hours of great big sloppy buck wild laughs by morphing into a cross between Meet the Parents and Some Like It Hot 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Duane Dudek
The happily ever after result is ultimately as traditional as one of the more disappointing examples of the institution it spoofs 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Jack Mathews
Through most of it there is a wonderful comic energy boosted by a near perfect selection of songs and it even manages to show a little heart without bringing the jocular affair to an abrupt halt 
3
Wedding Crashers
Amy Biancolli
These Wedding Crashers are not for kids For grown ups who like their humor rutting and smart however they re unexpected but welcome guests 
3
Wedding Crashers
Liam Lacey
Wedding Crashers has something borrowed a lot that s blue something old and not much new 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Jeff Vice
Mixes sappy sentiment with crude R rated sexual material which makes for a sweet and salty movie snack 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Lawrence Toppman
Two hours isn t always too long for a comedy but it s certainly too long for this comedy 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Wesley Morris
The antidote to Hollywood s recent string of refried plots and allegorical disasters Boldly it embraces what too few big movies have this summer fun 
3
Wedding Crashers
Greg Maki
An amusing if a bit crude summertime diversion 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Rob Blackwelder
The Vaughn Wilson chemistry makes Wedding Crashers sing with consistant laughter but it crosses the finish line with a pronounced limp 
3
Wedding Crashers
Chuck O'Leary
Plays like a slightly raunchier variation of the lackluster 1989 Mark Harmon comedy Worth Winning 
2
Wedding Crashers
Willie Waffle
With nudity raunchy humor and filthy language The Wedding Crashers is my kind of movie but it s so good and sneaky it also becomes a very good date movie
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Mike Clark
Crashers slumps badly in the stretch when the filmmakers have to find a way to surprise us when we re fully aware of where the story is going 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Allison Benedikt
An insipid romance with some of the funniest guys in Hollywood squandered on gay jokes a foul mouthed grandmother and a checklist of family dysfunction 
2
Wedding Crashers
Josh Larsen
I don t think Vince Vaughn stops talking at any point throughout Wedding Crashers and that includes the scenes he isn t in 
3
Wedding Crashers
Carrie Rickey
Hopelessly raunchy helplessly romantic and wickedly wickedly funny 
3
Wedding Crashers
David Sterritt
There are a few good laughs but not nearly enough clever ideas to keep things hopping for two hours 
2
Wedding Crashers
Roger Ebert
There are individual moments that are very funny But it takes a merciless focus to make a good comedy and the director David Dobkin has too much else on his mind 
2
Wedding Crashers
Dustin Putman
Headed straight for divorce court 
1
Wedding Crashers
Bruce Newman
Vaughn Owen and McAdams form a perfect three way union 
3.5
Wedding Crashers
Kit Bowen
The Frat Pack filled Wedding Crashers is one of the funniest R rated movies to come around in a long time 
3
Wedding Crashers
Phoebe Flowers
It s exhausting to watch a movie in which you get the sense that no one for a single second is trying 
2
Wedding Crashers
Jeff Strickler
Even with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn doing all they can to keep us entertained this farce starts to run out of steam as soon as the writers start to run out of jokes 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Chris Hewitt
It s not the most consistent movie but Vaughn holds it all together 
3
Wedding Crashers
Gene Seymour
These guys are so perfectly matched you only wonder why it took so long 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Ross Anthony
Delivers its fair share of laughs guffaws Always amusing fairly engaging That said there is no real emotional arc no grand build to climax 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Peter Canavese
Seen with forgiving eyes Wedding Crashers is trashy raunchy fun 
2.5
Wedding Crashers
Phil Villarreal
With Vaughn sexism piggishness and chauvinistic jackassery are high art To watch him in action is to observe Olivier reciting Shakespeare 
4
Wedding Crashers
Frank Houston
Wedding Crashers is a comedy that is unabashedly for adults bless its bawdy sentimental heart 
3
Wedding Crashers
Walter Chaw
The key word is waste 
1.5
Malone
David Nusair
Malone is simply unable to hold one s interest for more than a few minutes at a time 
2
Wonder Wheel
Brian Eggert
The way Allen directs Winslet into a great performance with a tragic end is nothing short of impressive
3
Wonder Wheel
Matt Brunson
A thinly plotted misfire that gets on the nerves rather than under the skin 
1.5
ChristCore
Chris Knight
Filmmaker punk rocker and avowed atheist Justin Ludwig takes to the road in this sparse 74 minute documentary to find out what all the fuss is about Unfortunately ChristCORE doesn t come away with many answers 
2
Character
Roger Ebert
It is dark bitter and fascinating as all family feuds are about hatred so deep that it can only be ended with a knife 
3.5
Little Women
Walter Chaw
A twee fantasy of frictionless sorority and romantic deaths as scant diversion from the carnage of the Civil War 
2
Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Someone vomited on celluloid 
1.5
Falling Hard
David Nusair
writer director Matt Kurtz has a keen ear for unforced natural sounding dialogue 
3
Tom & Jerry
Matt Brunson
Soggy sitcom shenanigans 
2
Tom & Jerry
Walter Chaw
Yes it s awful And you re playing into its hands if you don t interrogate exactly why it s awful It s awful because it thinks you ll want to feed this to your children It s awful because it s probably right 
1.5
Tom & Jerry
Peter Canavese
Essentially like if Who Framed Roger Rabbit got redone as a bad rom com 
2
Tom & Jerry
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps it would have been better to stick to the 7 minute format 
2.5
Tom & Jerry
Tom Meek
I m a Chloë Grace Moretz fan but she keeps getting entwined in these odd live action animation and special FX flicks 
2
Tom & Jerry
Randy Myers
Director Tim Story seeks to bring the franchise up to date with this mash up of live action and computer animation but the result is like a bad version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit 
1
Tom & Jerry
Kevin A. Ranson
searching for ways to shoehorn a cat and mouse back into a mediocre plot which has no need of them the only boon this film offers anyone else is a hint of nostalgia for the better if politically incorrect original shorts it borrows from 
1
Tom & Jerry
Joe Friar
The laughs are few and far between as the attention turns away from the animated duo and to the actors who are portrayed as bumbling adults straight out of a John Hughes film 
2
Tom & Jerry
Phil Villarreal
What might have been an animated short is stretched and warped beyond all recognition to feature length and it s often agonizing to sit it out until the end 
1.5
Tom & Jerry
Kevin Carr
It s a kids film I respect it that it goes for the violence and crazy antics that Tom Jerry have stood for 
3
Tom & Jerry
Sean P. Means
Tom Jerry isn t a masterpiece but it generates more laughs than you d expect 
2.5
Tom & Jerry
Leo Brady
Tom and Jerry is long and painful I would have rather been hit in the head with a giant mallet At least that might have woken me up 
1
Tom & Jerry
Doug Walker
As a cinematic comedy it s bad but as a Tom and Jerry cartoon it s good not great but good A mixed bag but I laughed enough at the slapstick to recommend it 
3
Tom & Jerry
Brian Tallerico
Will fail equally for adults who grew up on Tom Jerry and their kids who have never heard of these characters 
1
Tom & Jerry
Mark Dujsik
It makes the unfortunate mistake of letting the plot overtake what actually works here 
2
Tom & Jerry
Roger Moore
Cute it is and cute these two forever will be 
2.5
Tom & Jerry
Joey Magidson
Tom and Jerry should fire their agents 
1.5
Tom & Jerry
Mike McGranaghan
I found the new Tom and Jerry movie cheerful and funny It reminded me of what I loved about the characters growing up 
3
Tom & Jerry
G. Allen Johnson
A movie that seems to have been made by people who don t understand the history true nature or appeal of their iconic characters 
1
Songcatcher
Michael Dequina
Never overcomes its overly familiar story and structure even with some catchy traditional music generously spread throughout 
2
Songcatcher
Margaret A. McGurk
The music lovingly performed by such paragons as Alison Kraus Emmylou Harris Taj Mahal and Iris Dement takes on the importance of a character in the movie 
3
Songcatcher
Jules Brenner
Rated S for Soulful 
3
Songcatcher
Rick Groen
No matter how purely sung the music keeps getting lost in the melodrama 
2
Songcatcher
Steve Rhodes
Leaves you in a state of bliss as the music floats through your mind like a billowy cloud on a lazy summer day 
3
Songcatcher
Edward Guthmann
Tall big boned Janet McTeer is the ideal actress to play Lily Penleric 
3
Songcatcher
Dan Lybarger
At times the film s themes are tired but Greenwald s eye for atmosphere and fine musical performances more than compensate 
3
Songcatcher
Susan Stark
As captivating as it is earnest and off beat 
3
Songcatcher
Roger Ebert
Perhaps too laden with messages for its own good but it has many moments of musical beauty 
3
Songcatcher
Desmond Ryan
Filled with an infectious love for the region s songs 
3
Songcatcher
Rob Blackwelder
I found myself so disappointed by the formulaic elements which all but take over the narrative that my enthusiasm became more and more diminished the longer the movie played 
2.5
Songcatcher
Harvey S. Karten
Call me a reactionary but after I saw this I wanted to turn back the clock to the days of Pete Seeger and the Weavers 
3.5
Songcatcher
Jeanne Aufmuth
eerily reminiscent of those made for TV Disney movies of the 50s and 60s 
3
Songcatcher
Rod Armstrong
A mite melodramatic and a tad predictable but the melody is pretty enough to keep one listening 
3
Songcatcher
Greg Dean Schmitz
The music really is amazing and so I do recommend this one 
3
The Unmaking of a College
Ross Anthony
So often solutions can be found if only we keep looking if only we share the problem and do our best to refrain from digging trenches 
3
The Unmaking of a College
Kenneth R. Morefield
Marginal fresh rating because it does speak to a disenchanted and discouraged population and tell the people in it that organization and dissent can still be effective political tools 
2.5
Burying the Past
Angie Ward
An excellent documentary with much to say about the Mountain Meadows Massacre the most important being that the lives of the victims were not the only casualties 
3.5
Light It Up
Andy Seiler
Crackling dialogue surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop 
3
Light It Up
Michael Dequina
Usher doesn t have the forceful charismatic presence needed to convince as the ringleader of a group of such headstrong individuals 
2.5
Light It Up
Mick LaSalle
A deluge of movies is set to be released in the next three weeks One that should not be lost in the flood is Light It Up 
3
Light It Up
Roger Ebert
The problem is the movie is too predictable so predictable that it keeps it from truly generating suspense 
2.5
Light It Up
Michael Wilmington
Writer director Craig Bolotin wants to get our motors racing our minds pondering and our hearts pumping Laudable goals shaky results 
2
Light It Up
James Berardinelli
Light It Up challenges the bureaucratic structure that condemns many children to an educational purgatory 
3
Light It Up
Dustin Putman
A well meaning yet derivative film of this sort is basically made or broken by the writing and portrayals of the characters and both aspects are unsatisfactorily handled 
1.5
Light It Up
Steve Rhodes
Too often writer directors such as Light It Up s Craig Bolotin don t take the time to create a plausible plot and realistic dialog 
1.5
Light It Up
Lou Lumenick
The dialogue is ridiculous and condescending 
1.5
Bread Maker
Steve Rhodes
Honey is a flaky character but always a likeable one 
2.5
Little Fish
Steven Prokopy
The film is more of a series of loosely connected vignettes told out of order 
3
Little Fish
Peter Canavese
A moody maudlin well made acted and shot virus themed science fiction romantic drama which boasts some interesting things to noodle on about memory 
2.5
Little Fish
Leo Brady
Little Fish is a sad romance filled with so much amazing emotion it s impossible to forget it 
3.5
Little Fish
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cooke is marvelous She carries this movie through all of its various ups and downs with magnetic grace 
3
Little Fish
Roger Moore
It traverses the romantic territory between wistful and grieving with a few gentle punches and a couple of shots straight to the gut 
2.5
Little Fish
Mike McGranaghan
The film is well done although not something you d want to watch if you re looking for uplift 
3
Little Fish
Michael Nordine
Even someone with the memory of a goldfish can see how tragic it is 
3
Little Fish
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite some interesting ideas about the role memory plays in our sense of self the film remains mostly just an exercise in melancholy 
2
Little Fish
Christy Lemire
Hartigan never strikes a hysterical tone resulting in realistic horror within the recognizable confines of daily life 
3
Little Fish
Mark Dujsik
Little Fish is a thoughtful and melancholy tale about love and memory 
3
Little Fish
Bob Strauss
For the most part though Little Fish is a heart gripping two hander between people trying to save their love 
3
Little Fish
Randy Myers
It s a class act from the devoted acting to the touching screenplay and is one of the most genuine love stories I ve seen this decade 
3.5
Little Fish
Keith Watson
The film gets at the profound truth that our relationship with another person is at its core a collection of shared memories 
2.5
The Revolutionary Optimists
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Revolutionary Optimists with so many stories to tell can be rather unfocused at times But what s clear and most important is the good work Ganguly is doing and how desperately it s needed 
3
The Revolutionary Optimists
Stephanie Merry
Most people could learn a lot from these little activists 
3
The Revolutionary Optimists
Moira MacDonald
It s a tribute to the power of optimism and to an inspiring man who s changing the world one child at a time 
3.5
The Revolutionary Optimists
Drew Hunt
The filmmakers display a genuine reverence for their subjects evident even in the intimate but never intrusive photography 
2.5
Dust
Megan Lehmann
The bloodthirsty Dust lurches so wildly and meaninglessly between genres and time frames that all it creates is motion sickness 
1
Dust
David Sterritt
A picture this long and dense should work harder to be cogent and coherent 
2
7 Prisoners
Joanne Laurier
7 Prisoners is a deeply disturbing movie 44 featuring a committed and accomplished cast 46 
3
7 Prisoners
Tom Meek
A dark tale depicting the unholy union of organized crime systemic corruption and gross classism in Brazil 
2.5
7 Prisoners
Steven Prokopy
The film is a deeply troubling and magnificently structured work 
3.5
7 Prisoners
Roger Moore
Gets us caught up in its moral quandary and the hard mathematics of survival
3
7 Prisoners
Randy Myers
Moratto s follow up to his gem Socrates is gripping well acted and feels disturbingly like a documentary 
3
7 Prisoners
Mark Dujsik
T he film becomes much more about a fight between right and wrong under circumstances in which there are no clear lines 
3
7 Prisoners
Roxana Hadadi
A fraught thriller that wonders at the fragility of the human soul 
3.5
7 Prisoners
Alan Zilberman
Although the film depicts the cyclical nature of crime and poverty director and co writer Alexandre Moratto has little interest in making a didactic message movie 
3.5
7 Prisoners
Kent Turner
The overall editing is nothing if not to the point the director leads viewers to a doozy of an ending 
3
7 Prisoners
Dwight Brown
There must be a better way of fictionalizing a very difficult and timely subject 
1.5
7 Prisoners
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Very impressive moral thriller about modern slavery in Brazil but it could have been set anywhere in the world unfortunately 
3
7 Prisoners
Brad Wheeler
This could have been a thriller but thrills are cheap and Moratto aims for something more documentative sombre and meditative 
3.5
The Monkey's Paw
David Nusair
scripter Macon Blair instead opts for an almost astonishingly generic approach that rarely if ever exploits the larger than life premise to satisfactory effect 
1
The Monkey's Paw
Mike McGranaghan
It s got some good horror elements and strong performances but it needed more development of the characters to reach its fullest potential for scares 
2
Hate Crime
Geoff Pevere
First time director Stovall renders all with the kitchen lit squarely composed aesthetic of timid prime time TV and his moral schema is no less ordinary 
1.5
Hate Crime
Roger Ebert
The portrait of the Boyds is painted by Tommy Stovall the film s writer and director with such broad and venomous strokes that if the gay characters had been portrayed in the same way the film would rightly be seen as bigoted 
2.5
Hate Crime
Ken Fox
Well intentioned but convoluted thriller 
2
Urban Hymn
Brad Wheeler
An unimaginative drama carried by solid acting but let down by an unspectacular script that includes lines such as surviving and living are two different things 
2
Urban Hymn
Mark Jenkins
Music redeems an at risk teen in Urban Hymn a social problem melodrama whose other major characters don t fare so well 
1.5
Time of Favor
Michael Wilmington
Stylistically it resembles a well intentioned earnest TV problem drama from the late 60s 
2
Time of Favor
Geoff Pevere
A headline fresh thriller set among orthodox Jews on the West Bank Joseph Cedar s Time Of Favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation it does so without compromising that complexity 
3
Time of Favor
Jennie Punter
Cedar takes a very open minded approach to this sensitive material showing impressive control both visually and in the writing 
2.5
Time of Favor
Frank Ochieng
Time of Favor could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation 
2.5
Time of Favor
Laura Kelly
Places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult to swallow setting and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller 
2.5
Time of Favor
Loren King
An unflinching complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on screen 
3.5
Time of Favor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it but I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory 
2.5
Time of Favor
Mick LaSalle
The tone is balanced reflective and reasonable 
3
Time of Favor
Lou Lumenick
Cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle 
2
Time of Favor
Harvey S. Karten
Moderately involving despite bargain basement photography and hackneyed romance 
2.5
Urban Legend
Matt Brunson
The jokey demeanor following the ultimate reveal destroys any and all momentum 
2
Urban Legend
Mike McGranaghan
Urban Legend starts off very clever then gets a little less clever the longer it goes on 
2.5
Urban Legend
Peter Canavese
Watchable but a time waster with an insulting ending that unfortunately takes it down a few pegs Blu Ray 
1.5
Urban Legend
Liam Lacey
Like Frankenstein s monster before the lightning strikes it s all recycled cold flesh and bolts without a twitch of originality 
2
Urban Legend
Andrew Howe
A deeply stupid film 
1.5
Urban Legend
Mick LaSalle
A routine slasher and not a particularly scary one 
2
Urban Legend
Dustin Putman
One of the very best of the recent slasher offerings because it mixes its laughs and chills with more smoothness and grace than usual 
3.5
Urban Legend
David Nusair
competently directed but imagine what a director like David Fincher could have done with a script like this 
2.5
Urban Legend
Michael Dequina
Takes a promising premise and runs it through a predictable meat grinder of idiocy 
1
Urban Legend
James Berardinelli
As interesting as the urban legend premise is it s not enough to sustain the movie 
2
Urban Legend
Roger Ebert
Competently made 
2
Urban Legend
Jeff Vice
If the makers of Urban Legend had even a shred of honesty or decency in them the title would be Horror Film Cliches 
1
The Plot Against Harry
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Harry is basically a sad sweet character a classic fall guy but Roemer doesn t try to sentimentalize him or steer away from his more callous traits 
3
The Plot Against Harry
Roger Ebert
The Plot Against Harry is one of those comedies with a sprung rhythm so that the jokes pay off by working against themselves 
3.5
The Fencer
Sarah Knight Adamson
Above all the film serves as a tribute to Endel Nelis 
3.5
The Fencer
Josh Terry
Klaus Hr s effort is very low key matching its quiet contemplative atmosphere to desaturated cold toned visuals 
3
The Fencer
Sean P. Means
It s the kids as charming and scrappy a bunch as you d find anywhere who give The Fencer its winning edge 
3
The Fencer
Anita Katz
Adeptly directed by Finnish filmmaker Klaus Haro who emphasizes the hope and pride his protagonist inspires in his young students this is a smooth sail of a movie too enjoyable to be doomed by its formulaic presentation of deserving material 
3
The Fencer
G. Allen Johnson
Basically a Hoosiers remake but that s OK It s a winner here too 
3
The Fencer
Maia Silber
Though the camera follows Endel closely we never really get inside his head or explore the fear regret and uncertainty that must plague him 
1.5
The Fencer
Shane Slater
The Fencer is respectable well acted and ultimately heartwarming but it s also forgettable 
2.5
The Fencer
Glenn Kenny
The sincerity with which the clichs get served up and so on make a relatively smooth viewing experience But they also render what would have been an at times harrowing real life story into something safe and bland 
2
Whistleblower
Mark Schilling
There are layers within layers to this story At its heart is a cover up that if revealed would blow the company sky high 
3.5
Airborne
David Nusair
Airborne wants desperately to be a big time action flick but with a budget that was apparently lower than an episode of V I P it just doesn t work 
1.5
Burying the Ex
Brian Eggert
It apos s an easy recommendation for Dante devotees 44 horror comedy nuts 44 and even those with a soft spot for rom coms 46 
3
Burying the Ex
David Nusair
one can t help but wonder what drew folks like Yelchin and Dante to such substandard subpar material 
1
Burying the Ex
Dustin Putman
Burying the Ex may not be a breakthrough along the lines of Gremlins but it is a cheerily macabre lark and a welcome fresh entry to Dante s oeuvre 
2.5
Burying the Ex
James Kendrick
never reaches the levels of absurdist gross out anti rom com comedy to which it clearly aspires
2
Burying the Ex
Veronika Ferdman
it does make for a pretty fun and crackling film 
3
Burying the Ex
Glenn Kenny
Even masters have their off days and Dante s new picture Burying The Ex seems to have been made over the course of quite a few of them 
1.5
Burying the Ex
Stephen Whitty
Dante has always been at least as much of a comedian as a monster fan and the film has plenty of gruesome dark humor about embalming fluid and rigor mortis 
2.5
Burying the Ex
Sara Stewart
Joe Dante s Burying the Ex is missing the key ingredient every good zombie movie needs brains 
1
Burying the Ex
Roger Moore
A zombie breakup movie whose best joke might be its all the description you need title 
1.5
Burying the Ex
Rex Reed
Jonathan Hall s garish cinematography makes the whole movie look like a psychedelic mortuary The screenplay by Alan Trezza is deadly no pun intended 
1
Burying the Ex
Chuck Bowen
It alternates awkwardly between shrill borderline misogynistic sex farce and desperately gory pun rife creature feature 
1
Septien
Wesley Morris
It s all a labored sort of strange like someone forcing himself to have a bad dream 
2.5
Septien
Gerald Peary
Tully has forged an original independent work of spirit and intelligence perhaps the best American feature so far in 2011 
3.5
Septien
Chuck Bowen
The film lingers on prolonged moments of foreshadowing that offer little apart from the studied weirdness with which many low budget wannabe oddities traffic 
2
The Walker
Rob Thomas
Page is a great character in search of a movie and The Walker doesn t provide it 
2
The Walker
Lisa Kennedy
Paul Schrader directs The Walker and the writer has a way with understatement Like his 1992 gem Light Sleeper this movie draws you in with its reserve 
3
The Walker
Josh Rosenblatt
G uilty of the most mortal of all movie sins It s dull 
2
The Walker
G. Allen Johnson
There is good writing here and Thomas is very good as always but the movie works because of Harrelson s performance 
3
The Walker
John Monaghan
This is no masterpiece but a fine tuned little thriller packed with meticulously chosen details of character and place 
3
The Walker
Moira MacDonald
The film feels long and slow and the subject matter familiar We never quite get caught up in it despite the appealing cast a thriller directed at a snail s pace simply isn t very thrilling 
2
The Walker
Roger Ebert
There is a deep morality at work here as often in Schrader s work 
3
The Walker
Sara Michelle Fetters
But just as it should be soaring it suddenly begins to fall apart the last 20 or so minutes so absurdly ludicrous and poorly constructed it makes all that s come before an unintentionally hilarious laughingstock 
2
The Walker
Maitland McDonagh
Though ultimately flawed the film s depiction of velvet gloved cruelty and matter of fact betrayal is surprisingly potent and it s pure pleasure to watch Bacall prowling the corridors of power 
2.5
The Walker
Lou Lumenick
Like Richard Gere in American Gigolo Harrelson s Carter Page is as superficial as he is entertaining at least until he gets mixed up in a murder case 
2.5
The Walker
Jack Mathews
When a good actor makes a bad choice he can only hope to be saved by his director and Woody Harrelson didn t get that hand from Paul Schrader while filming The Walker 
2.5
The Walker
John Anderson
In this the third in his lonely man trilogy writer director Paul Schrader s reach exceeds his grasp but his intentions are interesting and the artifice he creates contributes to the otherworldliness of his Washington 
2.5
The Walker
Nick Schager
Paul Schrader blends lethargic self referentiality with anemic political jabs in The Walker 
1.5
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Stephen Whitty
Give the movie a little credit for coming up with the idea of an ancient monster And the design of the game is terrific But this is just Jumanji with gore effects and topless scenes 
1
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Kam Williams
A high attrition haunted house throwback certain to send chills up your spine 
3.5
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Dustin Putman
That The Black Waters of Echo s Pond is receiving a theatrical release without being a remake or studio financed is an achievement in itself It s just too bad the finished product couldn t be of higher quality 
2
The Southerner
Roger Moore
This is Renoir as cultural anthropologist observing and dissecting and appreciating with every painterly composed scene 
3.5
The Southerner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Essential viewing 
4
Pirate Radio
Kelly Jane Torrance
Mr Curtis has delightfully re created that storied era making Pirate Radio the most fun you ll have in a movie theater this year 
3.5
Pirate Radio
Jeff Beck
It is a great cast and the perfect one for a group of oddballs such as this If only the script had been able to match the caliber of the acting there might have been a really special film here 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Mike Scott
Curtis crew although piloting a fairly flimsy vessel plot wise sure knows how to have fun armed as they are with one of the most memorable classic rock sound tracks this side of Forrest Gump 
2.5
Pirate Radio
John Beifuss
Overstates the Establishment vs youth culture impact of Britain s real life offshore radio stations 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Josh Hurst
The end credits display a wide array of classic album covers from Bob Dylan to U2 The Clash to Tom Waits That reveals what s at the movie s heart A love for rock n roll 
3
Pirate Radio
John Wirt
Pirate Radio misses cues but doesn t run completely aground 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Linda Cook
A movie filled with characters has wonderful potential It s just that Pirate Radio has no character development 
2
Pirate Radio
Sean P. Means
A bloody perfect comedy a rollicking rock n roll farce brimming with raunchy humor and characters who will charm your socks off 
4
Pirate Radio
Steve Rhodes
Consistently and delightfully entertaining If the movie has a downside it s that its great music from the 1960s sometimes outshines the narrative 
3
Pirate Radio
Liam Lacey
Forty years ago they couldn t get these songs on the radio now we can t get them off 
2
Pirate Radio
Michael O'Sullivan
What s not to like It s Animal House on water with Branagh playing Dean Wormer 
3
Pirate Radio
Sean O'Connell
Alive with the full bodied embrace of anarchy
3
Pirate Radio
Kyle Smith
A bright joy bomb that explodes in every direction with rock classics used in surprisingly direct and literal ways 
3
Pirate Radio
Charlie McCollum
I started glancing at the time well before the midway mark 
0.5
Pirate Radio
Peter Howell
If there were awards handed out for the most badly bungled concept Pirate Radio would have to be very much in contention 
1.5
Pirate Radio
Chris Hewitt
It takes 15 minutes for Pirate Radio to run out of steam and that leaves two more hours of aimless goofing 
2
Pirate Radio
Claudia Puig
The film s original title was The Boat That Rocked Indeed these freewheeling swinging 60s DJs braved their own Titanic to keep on rocking in the free world 
3
Pirate Radio
Rossiter Drake
The ensemble chemistry pays off in fits and starts but their casual cruelty to each other is a needless turn off Comedy doesn t work when it s tone deaf 
1.5
Pirate Radio
Sara Michelle Fetters
To paraphrase Keith Reid Pirate Radio does skip the light fandango it does do cartwheels across the floor 
3
Pirate Radio
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No quote available 
3
Pirate Radio
Mark Dujsik
The closest the movie comes to a rebellious statement is in naming one of its British government officials Twatt Forgive me if I don t want to throw on the Who and start ranting against the Establishment after that bit of scathing criticism 
1.5
Pirate Radio
Justin Strout
Curtis takes great joy in huddling an ensemble of misfits together connecting them loosely and then sitting back and watching them all become a messy family 
4
Pirate Radio
Peter Travers
The boat nearly sinks from character overload and Curtis brakes when you most want him to gun it But there s no denying the comic energy of the cast 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Mick LaSalle
This might sound like a sentimental recipe but Richard Curtis who wrote and directed keeps the spirit fresh and anarchic 
3
Pirate Radio
Tom Keogh
In just about every respect Pirate Radio is less than seaworthy 
1
Pirate Radio
Steven Rea
Pirate Radio takes a great story the hugely popular offshore radio stations that illegally broadcast pop and rock in 1960s Britain and turns it into an aggressively irritating floating frat party romp 
2
Pirate Radio
Stephen Whitty
If rock n roll is about joy and rebellion then a movie about it should be joyful and rebellious too But Pirate Radio is staid and stolid 
2
Pirate Radio
Jeff Vice
One of the few fresh breaths of air out there cinematically This well acted ensemble piece argues in favor of free speech without becoming too heavy handed and ponderous 
3.5
Pirate Radio
Ty Burr
Richard Curtis has made a party not a movie and if the party goes on much too long at least the guests are great company and the host s taste in music is impeccable 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Robert W. Butler
The soundtrack overflows with great rock and individual scenes and performances click 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Mike Miliard
Pirate Radio is a ribald rocking romp Dramamine not necessary 
3
Pirate Radio
Roger Ebert
Here the plot doesn t require a reason for the characters to keep running into one another there s nowhere they can hide No coincidences means more development And the wall to wall 60s rock keeps things bright 
3
Pirate Radio
James Berardinelli
The music is great the comedy provides occasional laughs and there s nothing fundamentally wrong with the movie Distilled to its essence it represents a respectable diversion 
3
Pirate Radio
Joe Williams
Even as it spirals into disaster flick absurdity Pirate Radio isn t trying to cause a big sensation it s just peddling instant gratification 
2.5
Pirate Radio
Robert Levin
A halfhearted collection of scenarios and characters that would be more at home in a sitcom 
1.5
Pirate Radio
Nick Schager
Writer director Richard Curtis is about as rock n roll as the average great grandmother so it s no surprise that Pirate Radio his ode to the irrepressible spirit of 60s classic rock has all the electricity of a knitted sweater 
2
Master of the Game
V.A. Musetto
Provides a few minor thrills but overall is talky and implausible 
1.5
Rent-A-Person
Steve Rhodes
Kurt Kuenne takes a delicious little idea and milks it for all it s worth which is twelve hilarious and imaginative minutes 
3
The Book of Mormon Movie Volume 1: The Journey
Phil Villarreal
With a little more publicity word of this sturdy little adaptation of LDS scripture might have reached a bigger audience 
3
The Book of Mormon Movie Volume 1: The Journey
Sean P. Means
A plodding repetitive ham fisted attempt to create a Ten Commandments style epic without the resources or bravado required to pull it off 
1.5
The Book of Mormon Movie Volume 1: The Journey
Jeff Vice
It s so slowly paced so flat footed that it fails to engage on any level Even for all but the most eager to please of audiences 
2
Journey From the Fall
Bruce Kirkland
As a fictional version of historical fact it artfully tells a story of humanity that will interest anyone who wants to understand what happens in a war zone when the shooting stops 
3.5
Journey From the Fall
Jason Anderson
It s to the great credit of Tran and his cast that the movie has such immediacy gracefulness and power 
3
Journey From the Fall
Jeff Vice
Writer director Ham Tran sheds light on life in post Vietnam War and there are some very strong moments 
2.5
Journey From the Fall
Walter Chaw
Broad sweeping melodrama in the Michael Cimino mold 
3
Journey From the Fall
Janice Page
Even when its wires are showing the movie s soul is always evident 
3.5
Journey From the Fall
Chris Hewitt
Beautifully photographed and acted it s a story that sticks with you 
3
Journey From the Fall
Ted Fry
A first rate cast script committed director and physical production that burns with authenticity make Journey From the Fall affecting history for all who wish to avoid the doom of forgetting its lesson 
3.5
Journey From the Fall
G. Allen Johnson
A story that needed to be told 
3.5
Journey From the Fall
Bruce Westbrook
Its sad story is ultimately humane and compelling thanks to some special faces placed in the saga 
3.5
Journey From the Fall
Rob Humanick
An aching look at the rigors experienced by a people denied a true place in the world to call their own 
3
Journey From the Fall
Timothy Knight
Journey From the Fall deserves commendation for its intelligent and nuanced account of the Vietnamese refugee experience Kudos to Tran and his fine cast many of whom had never acted before for making this moving and artfully crafted film 
3
All Relative
David Nusair
An affable yet forgettable romcom 
2
All Relative
Kyle Smith
Imagine The Graduate as rewritten by a golden retriever and you ll have some inkling of the intelligence level in the rom com All Relative 
0
All Relative
Matt Pais
Introduces one far fetched idea and then frustratingly refuses to expand on it The premise suffocates the movie 
1.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Brian Eggert
The movie should stand as a shining example to studios that a director with vision and a solid script can turn a nonsensical franchise entry in something worthy of attention 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Kevin A. Ranson
The writing the cast and the story all felt less like an endorsement of the Ouija board game and more like a warning of how it shouldn t be used a perfect advertisement that feels like anything but 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Linda Cook
Not the sequel you d expect from an inferior original 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
John Beifuss
Even as the sometimes silly horror cliches accumulate the characters retain our sympathy thanks to the fraught family dynamic that Flanagan establishes as credibly as the layout of the rambling old Los Angeles home where the horror erupts 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Calum Marsh
Flanagan does indeed dazzle and rouse and win the skeptical over 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Sara Michelle Fetters
The fact Ouija Origin of Evil exists is minor marvel in and of itself considering how little is thought of the first film The fact it s good Potentially even great I don t even know what to say 
3.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Mike McGranaghan
You could be forgiven for completely writing off the movie But don t In what ranks as one of the year s happiest surprises this is a terrific old school fright flick that delivers both chills and substance 
3.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
David Nusair
filmmaker Mike Flanagan has infused the proceedings with an old school feel that s generally impossible to resist 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Odie Henderson
This is what you came to see and the numerous gruesome horrors are rendered in enjoyable fashion 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Mark Dujsik
Director Mike Flanagan isn t trying to hit us with scare after cheap predictable scare He has a long game in mind 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Josh Terry
If you re determined to head to the theater for a fright this Halloween Origin of Evil will provide a scare or two But you d be a lot better off watching one of the real classics at home 
1.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Rick Bentley
You don t have to ask a Ouija board about the quality of this failed attempt at horror If you did it would spell out S T I N K E R 
0
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Brad Wheeler
This is a prequel superior to its predecessor we re not bored with board game ghoulishness yet 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Sean P. Means
Flanagan pays such close attention to period detail including late 60s style title cards and now obsolete cigarette burn reel change indicators that it feels like a movie made in 1967 which makes the shocks all the more nerve rattling 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Bruce DeMara
Raking up the past of a Ouija board that more recently menaced so many hapless teenagers may not seem like a particularly auspicious idea but the result here is surprisingly good 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Jane Horwitz
Conjures shivers worthy of Halloween 
2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Michael Ordoña
It s all stuff we ve seen before especially in Japanese ghost fare 
2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Tirdad Derakhshani
An inventive cross between a haunted house mystery a demonic possession yarn and a creepy murderous child freak out 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Calvin Wilson
A well crafted horror film with strong performances and a palpable sense of time and place 
3
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Katie Walsh
An entertaining and creepy ghost story that just might scratch that seasonal itch 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Dann Gire
The movie never envelops us or the characters in palpable paranoia or edge of your seat suspense A series of well timed PG 13 rated shocks compensates 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Stephen Whitty
You wait hoping for a good classic horror film It begins to deliver big Then it disappoints a little Then it comes back again strong Then it fails you again 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Roger Moore
They give away the whole movie in the trailer but it still plays 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Dustin Putman
In just about every conceivable way classily orchestrated prequel Ouija Original of Evil is a marked improvement over its predecessor ratcheting up a number of expert chills even as the narrative rounds plenty of familiar bases 
2.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ed Gonzalez
The film complements its goose pimply frights with an unabashedly naked emotional gravitas 
2.5
Act of Betrayal
Steve Rhodes
Elliott Gould stars in it and gives one of the best performances of his career 
2.5
MIS: Human Secret Weapon
Calum Marsh
The documentary necessitates a degree of respect and sensitivity that makes it difficult to stress how bad it is 
.5
Steamroller and the Violin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though Tarkovsky was wet behind the ears at the time you can already see evidence of his genius and his obsession with mirrors and reflections 
3
Steamroller and the Violin
Ed Gonzalez
1960 s The Steamroller and the Violin was Andrei Tarkovsky s thesis film at the Soviet State Film School 
3.5
Steamroller and the Violin
Jeremy Heilman
I suppose in many ways it is Tarkovsky s most accessible film it s emotionally accessible and the plot is bluntly straightforward but it s also his least rewarding work 
2.5
Single Mother by Choice
Matt Brunson
Single Mother by Choice does a fine job of capturing the state of the nation during the pandemic 
3
Single Mother by Choice
David Nusair
involving and compelling 
2.5
Overlooked Suspect: O.J. Is Guilty But Not of Murder
Mick LaSalle
By meticulously piling evidence on top of evidence The Overlooked Suspect O J Is Guilty But Not of Murder makes a convincing case for another interpretation 
3
Copshop
Matt Brunson
The actor who routinely turns up in barrel bottom aberrations like The Ugly Truth Movie 43 and London Has Fallen has defied the odds by headlining a genuinely good film one that puts his skills to sound use 
3
Copshop
Sonny Bunch
A rumination on the relentless and remorseless nature of fate lightened with some wise cracking oddballs 
3
Copshop
Tom Meek
Hard to find a lo fi streaming thriller these days without Frank Grillo With Grillo you get goofy gonzo grit and a game go 
2.5
Copshop
Walter Chaw
The walking simulacrum of attitudes and approaches to this material that are now about 30 years old and nostalgic for old people like me who thought Con Air was exciting and envelope pushing when they saw it in the theatre in their twenties 
2
Copshop
Michael Medved
The tension and the brutality never lets up but it s well played especially by newcomer Alexis Louder who is simply outstanding as the charismatic policewoman at the center of all the action 
2.5
Copshop
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some clever twists and turns a great big hole exists right in the center one that needed to be filled in order for us to care about those twists and turns 
2.5
Copshop
James Berardinelli
It s among the best Tarantino influenced thrillers to have made it to theaters in the last quarter century 
3
Copshop
Kevin Carr
This is one of those modern western that takes an old fashioned western idea and puts it in a modern setting It works for what it is 
3
Copshop
Joe Friar
Carnahan s latest crime thriller is loads of fun as Butler and Grillo take a backseat to Alexis Louder who shines as the film s heroine
3.5
Copshop
Steven Prokopy
It features some terrific performances in a cat and mouse game that I wish had the guts to go a little deeper but I d still mildly recommend seeking this one out 
2.5
Copshop
Leo Brady
Copshop backs you into the corner throws some larger than life characters into the pot and makes a thrilling concoction 
3
Copshop
Glenn Kenny
If the idea of a cage match between Grillo and Butler that s set in mostly separate cages until it isn t sounds like Guy Movie Heaven to you well ascend at will 
3
Copshop
Sara Michelle Fetters
I love the crisp clarity of Carnahan s action sequences The director isn t afraid of color making the cool blues and the dark steam filled depths of a locker room shoot out have more punch and pop than we typically see nowadays 
3
Copshop
Mark Dujsik
In Copshop a clockwork plot is bolstered by simple but strongly defined characters Sometimes that s all a story needs 
3
Copshop
Randy Myers
Any movie that features lines like You look like Tom Cruise in that samurai movie no one watched deserves a high five 
3
Copshop
Michael O'Sullivan
Though there s no reinvention of the genre here Louder s mesmerizing mouse proves more than a match for the assembled tomcats all exuding machismo with whom she must deal 
2.5
Copshop
Wes Greene
With its pulpy thrills hyperbolic dialogue charismatic scumbags and a score heavy in electronic effects and percussion the film effortlessly coasts on a gnarly old school vibe 
3
Copshop
David Lewis
We re supposed to be taking a fun thrill ride here with a little existentialism to boot but Copshop can t escape its arrested development 
1
Copshop
Roger Moore
A clockwork claustrophobic cryptogram of cliches 
1.5
Geronimo
Roger Ebert
A film of great beauty and considerable intelligence 
3.5
Babysplitters
Mark Dujsik
Nobody in Babysplitters really thinks through things That s the central joke of the movie but it s also the central reason to be annoyed with and by these characters 
1
Babysplitters
Roger Moore
There s a cute reinventing having a baby comedy here It just gets lost in all the bathwater 
2
Mighty Oak
David Gonzalez
Mighty Oak is not reinventing the wheel nor is it a cinematic marvel 44 but 44 what Mighty Oak does right is present a good family movie 44 one that is easily accessible to all age ranges 46 
2.5
Mighty Oak
Kathy Fennessy
things don t click the way they should possibly because the film often seems too lightweight for adults and too heavy for kids 
2
Mighty Oak
Bob Bloom
Despite some clichés Mighty Oak is a tender positive and empathetic feature that will touch your heart And the music is a bonus that helps elevate the film 
3
Mighty Oak
Nick Allen
This premise would excel far better and go much deeper with its targeted themes in something like a dark comedy that Mighty Oak embraces this delusion with no sarcasm and a lot of wish fulfillment is at the very least worrisome 
1.5
Suzanne
Kent Turner
What remains within the trim and speedy 94 minute time frame is often riveting It s like watching a car wreck in slow motion 
3
Mail Order Wife
Chris Hewitt
A movie that rewards your intelligence and curiosity 
3
Mail Order Wife
Marty Mapes
As a documentary unethical disturbing and completely irresponsible but as black comedy 
3
Mail Order Wife
Jeff Vice
The film s jokes just aren t that funny 
2
Mail Order Wife
Sean P. Means
You know you re in trouble when baseballer turned ratfink Jose Canseco isn t the sleaziest thing in your movie 
0
Mail Order Wife
John Beifuss
The filmmakers maintain the illusion of low budget cinema verite to the extent that audiences may be unsure whether to laugh or shudder 
2.5
Mail Order Wife
Ruthe Stein
Co directors Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland who appear as earnest documentary filmmakers of the same name pull it off by never winking at the audience or signaling in any fashion that this isn t a true story 
3
Mail Order Wife
Bob Strauss
As for Gurland well if this fictional version of himself is at all like the real thing I m worried about the guy But I hope he keeps making movies as gutsy discomforting and slyly uproarious 
3
Mail Order Wife
Russell Scott Smith
A remarkably smart and weird film even if it s sad and sometimes difficult to watch with jokes designed to make you cringe 
3
Mail Order Wife
Peter Travers
It looks like a documentary but filmmakers Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland are hunting something fierce and darkly funny 
3
Mail Order Wife
Nick Schager
Analogous to an overly long episode of Punk d in which the moviegoing audience is the punkee 
2
Double Dare
Jeff Vice
Just as stuntwomen have to do Double Dare pulls its punches 
3
Double Dare
Jeff Strickler
Castellitto who has won his country s best actor award twice before has such a haunting look in his eyes that he doesn t need to chew the scenery to get across his point Cruz doesn t speak much but her face screams of the pain that Italia faces 
3
Double Dare
Chris Hewitt
A fly in the face of reality perseverance is the key to the appeal of both the women profiled in the documentary Double Dare 
3
Double Dare
Ty Burr
It provides a frank portrait of women trying to make it in a traditionally male game 
3
Double Dare
Paul Sherman
Bell s energy and Epper s perseverance give Double Dare an unstoppable one two punch 
3
Double Dare
Elizabeth Weitzman
A genuine pleasure 
3
Double Dare
V.A. Musetto
Shows the hardship that women especially older women must endure in a male dominated business 
3
Double Dare
David Sterritt
Entertaining documentary about stuntwomen who do risky business for a living 
3
Double Dare
John Anderson
Stunts are quite naturally the most explosive part of the film 
3.5
Double Dare
Nick Schager
Exudes a pleasant affectionate warmth for its characters 
2.5
Double Dare
Glenn Whipp
Micheli has a good eye for telling details and a strong empathy for the pressures women face in the industry 
3
Double Dare
Walter V. Addiego
They are movie stunt performers and Double Dare tells the story of two who face all these obstacles and more because they happen to be women in a traditionally male occupation 
3.5
Double Dare
David Nusair
a highly entertaining documentary 
3
Double Dare
Erik Childress
An exciting funny and ultimately touching documentary that gets us inside these women s lives to the point where we want to be there to catch them when they fall 
3.5
Double Dare
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely riveting 
3.5
Touched With Fire
Pamela Powell
Touched with Fire is a powerful and bright light of insight into Bipolar Disorder telling a captivatingly beautiful love story of strength and determination as two people find the right path for their lives 
3.5
Touched With Fire
David Ehrlich
Written directed edited scored and partially lived by bipolar filmmaker Paul Dalio this intense romantic drama solely exists to prove that his so called disorder isn t a dehumanizing defect 
2.5
Touched With Fire
Eric D. Snider
A mediocre but largely unpretentious drama probably of interest only to those with personal experience with its themes 
2
Touched With Fire
Brad Wheeler
Dalio s script doesn t always flow as smoothly as the camera work but an air of calm authenticity should leave audiences touched in a good way 
2.5
Touched With Fire
Peter Hartlaub
Touched With Fire raises multiple topics of discussion then avoids eye contact when it s time for the actual conversation 
2
Touched With Fire
Moira MacDonald
Dalio who based the film his directing debut on his own struggles with bipolar disorder establishes a gentle honest tone that never wavers and demonstrates a knack for vivid imagery that makes him a filmmaker to watch 
3
Touched With Fire
Linda Barnard
An earnest and beautiful but occasionally flawed drama 
2.5
Touched With Fire
Stephanie Merry
The production values and melodrama sometimes seem better suited for a small screen movie But the drama deserves points for its measured realistic view of mental illness 
2.5
Touched With Fire
Susan Wloszczyna
Dalio who is bipolar himself takes his portrayal of the illness very seriously and leaves very little room for light heartedness 
2.5
Touched With Fire
Elise Nakhnikian
The film is a thinly dramatized series of arguments against then ultimately in favor of the medication of bipolar disorder 
2
Elevator to the Gallows
Matt Brunson
A stylish thriller most famous for its excellent score created by Miles Davis 
3
Elevator to the Gallows
John Hartl
A classic European film noir with an irresistible score by Miles Davis it builds tension from a series of seemingly minor mistakes that echo the political military context of the postwar era 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
Steven Rea
Elevator to the Gallows killer stuff 
4
Elevator to the Gallows
Chris Hewitt
Made almost 50 years ago the black and white French classic still grabs you by the throat 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
Rob Thomas
Gallows was Malle s first film at the age of 24 and you can sense his eagerness to start pushing and kicking at the rigid noir plot structure to see what happens 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
Michael Booth
The plot crackles with energy and misdirection while the black and white film sharpens angles and amplifies the shadows lurking in every hallway 
4
Elevator to the Gallows
Roger Ebert
These 1950s French noirs abandon the formality of traditional crime films the almost ritualistic obedience to formula and show crazy stuff happening to people who seem to be making up their lives as they go along 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
Walter V. Addiego
As French crime thrillers go this is about as good as it gets It s also an important film historically and to top it off the jazz score by Miles Davis is famous in its own right 
4
Elevator to the Gallows
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like a black and white Hitchcockian tour of hell 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
Rob Blackwelder
In backwards thinking terms Malle was the Tarantino of his day giving French cinema a creative influential shot in the arm that opened new horizons in directorial thinking 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
Wesley Morris
The tasty 1957 noir thriller that introduced the world to French filmmaker Louis Malle who at the time was a 24 year old assistant director for Jacques Cousteau 
3
Elevator to the Gallows
Jan Stuart
If you ve never seen this 1957 film noir gem you should be seduced by the cool nocturnal cinematography of Henri Decae and the languid improvisational sounds of Miles Davis 
3.5
Elevator to the Gallows
David Sterritt
A plan for a perfect murder goes wildly wrong in this 1958 melodrama by one of France s great filmmakers 
4
Elevator to the Gallows
Nick Schager
Incapable of spreading Moreau s passion and sadness to its crime thriller narrative 
2
Stone Reader
Ed Gonzalez
Loved the discovery but hated the man s forcing of himself on the project 
2.5
Stone Reader
Phil Villarreal
Just as in a good read the point is more in the journey than the destination 
3
Stone Reader
Jeff Vice
This filmed travelogue a cinematic one man s diary or whatever you care to call it never really gives a reason for the audience to care about its subjects or its central thesis 
2
Stone Reader
Sean P. Means
This navel gazing documentary is too much about Moskowitz and not enough about the object of his obsession 
1.5
Stone Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Fascinating and compulsively watchable 
3
Stone Reader
Roger Ebert
Moskowitz has made a wonderful film about readers and reading writers and writing 
3.5
Stone Reader
John Petrakis
Moskowitz may soon find himself in the same boat as many of the artists he is analyzing because Stone Reader is going to be one tough act to follow 
4
Stone Reader
Wesley Morris
It s a tribute to the transforming power of reading and a reminder of the Sisyphean task that reading can be 
4
Stone Reader
Chris Hewitt
Until Stone Reader no film ever captured the thrill and romance of reading 
3.5
Stone Reader
Walter Chaw
No insight into its subject matter reading readership creation but a lot of insight into Moskowitz and the contents of his bookshelf 
1
Stone Reader
John Anderson
Enormously affectionate gloriously self indulgent and unhesitatingly heroic in its championing of good books 
3.5
Stone Reader
Elias Savada
Mark Moskowitz has made a quaintly interesting but too long at 128 minutes self involved docu mystery for the literary minded 
2.5
Stone Reader
Marty Mapes
Who d have thought that a documentary about reading could be so much fun 
3
Stone Reader
Glenn Whipp
The first movie I can recall that really inspired me to read afterward 
4
Stone Reader
Carrie Rickey
Both an involving real life mystery and a passionate romance between a novelist and his ideal reader 
3.5
Stone Reader
Joe Baltake
It s easy to relate to Mosko witz s single minded preoccupation and it s even easier to like Moskowitz himself He s an affable guy There s just too much of him in his film 
3
Stone Reader
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film doesn t exactly sell you on the merits of The Stones of Summer but it does make you want to run out to the bookstore to pick up some Kafka or some Faulkner 
3
Stone Reader
Mick LaSalle
Moskowitz indulgences himself too often at the expense of audience patience 
2
Stone Reader
Jeanne Aufmuth
Readers and non readers alike will thrill to the spare elegance of this stirring documentary 
3.5
Stone Reader
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely mesmerizing The beauty of this page turner of a documentary comes from more than just the quest to find the elusive Mossman The journey is the reward 
4
Stone Reader
Jeremy Heilman
The intellectual journey it takes is of a sort that s too rare in the movies founded out of the same kinship of ideas and the desire for profound connection that makes reading so pleasurable in the first place 
3
Stone Reader
Lou Lumenick
A remarkable accomplishment an absorbing documentary about the joy of reading that s also a positively gripping literary mystery 
3.5
Vice
Brian Eggert
If the purpose of Vice is to remind audiences about how angry we were throughout the early 2000s then I suppose McKay was successful But to what end 
2
Vice
Jason Fraley
Christian Bale is uncanny as former Vice President Dick Cheney in Adam McKay s flashy yet exhausting political takedown 
3
Vice
Steven Prokopy
It would have been truly something to have walked out of Vice having been both entertained and educated and as a learning experience I found the film sadly lacking More than an outright failure Vice is more of a substantial missed opportunity 
2.5
Vice
Mattie Lucas
Clearly the target audience is in on the joke here but the film often feels smug and cynical rather than illuminating or insightful 
2
Vice
Wesley Lovell
A strange biopic that presents Dick Cheney warts and all but never entirely humanizes him which is a good thing 
3.5
Vice
James Kendrick
presents a consistently fascinating and highly entertaining portrait of the mechanics of power and how the worst human impulses all too often function as the grease that keeps them churning
3.5
Vice
Josh Larsen
Michael Moore fan fiction 
1.5
Vice
Linda Cook
Vice is a dark political satire 
3.5
Vice
Bob Chipman
aims to go both go big and go home with the definitive docu come dramedy takedown of the major political scandals of three whole Spider Man reboots ago 
1.5
Vice
Max Weiss
Vice worked my last nerve It s true I turned on it early but trust me when I say it did nothing to endear itself to me as it went on 
1.5
Vice
Alan French
The movie really thinks it is dunking on the Bush administration like Jordan over Mutombo In reality Vice is closer to being Bill Murray from Rushmore 
2
Vice
David Nusair
As irreverent and off the wall as one might ve anticipated 
2.5
Vice
Matt Brunson
The main reason to see Vice is the mesmerizing turn by Bale who buries himself in the role in much the same manner as Gary Oldman disappeared into Winston Churchill in last year s Darkest Hour 
3
Vice
Roger Moore
Great acting gimmicky movie
2.5
Vice
Josh Bell
McKay doesn t have to sympathize with Cheney in order to make an interesting movie about him but Vice has virtually no insights about its title character 
2
Vice
Tom Meek
Adam McKay takes a stumble into the pool of smug self indulgence 
2.5
Vice
Michael Smith
To watch a movie about this secretive man and to laugh frequently throughout is an impressive accomplishment Especially when it delivers a lesson in political history in the form of a cautionary tale 
3
Vice
Joe Friar
Adam McKay blends farce with facts for the biting comedy that delivers cinema s greatest villain since Darth Vader Christian Bale and Amy Adams are terrific 
3.5
Vice
Richard Roeper
In Adam McKay s free ranging tone shifting darkly funny super meta hit and miss absurdist biopic Vice Bale nails it as the resilient backstabbing front stabbing ruthlessly ambitious Cheney 
3
Vice
Dann Gire
Every scene in Adam McKay s bold and bonkers biopic Vice radiates with the unbridled energy of an exuberant experimental work in progress 
4
Vice
Anita Katz
McKay delivers so much creative energy and Bale is so scarily Cheney like that the film prompts enough laughs and contains enough sizzling truths to overcome its flaws 
3
Vice
Josh Terry
Vice just feels like the cinematic equivalent of throwing rotten tomatoes at a stump speech 
2.5
Vice
Kam Williams
Vice is the 3rd film co starring Bale and Amy Adams They both received Oscar nominations for The Fighter in 2011 as well as for American Hustle in 2014 and will undoubtedly do so again for this equally impressive collaboration 
4
Vice
Chris Hewitt
From the man who brought us The Big Short comes Vice a movie a lot like The Big Short that comes up a little short 
2
Vice
Ty Burr
The charismatic star is tasked with playing an uncharismatic man and at times he succeeds too well it doesn t help that there s virtually no character development across the 132 minutes of Vice 
1.5
Vice
Sara Michelle Fetters
Vice just seems content to make supercilious fun of everything its most pointed barbs not so much directed at Dick Cheney and his enablers so much as they are at the audience itself 
2
Vice
Brian Tallerico
The film lacks insight ingenuity and intensity skimming the surface of history like a drunk guy at a holiday party who read a Wikipedia entry that he really wants to talk to you about right now 
1.5
Vice
Mark Dujsik
Vice is a hollow indecisive and unconvincing biography so emerged in jokes and structural gimmickry that it doesn t figure out how to judge its subject 
2
Vice
Bob Bloom
Nothing is said about Cheney s formative years his parents or how or where he acquired his amoral nature It is as though he simply sprung out of the earth fully grown 
2
Vice
Gary Thompson
It s covering ground that s been covered and covered offering little that is revelatory 
2.5
Vice
Moira MacDonald
Vice is quite watchable it zips along quickly and the cast around chameleon Bale is strong 
2.5
Vice
Christian Toto
Vice has all the depth of a lukewarm Twitter take 
2
Vice
Joey Magidson
Bale is absolutely remarkable here literally becoming Cheney Not only does he look and sound the part he disappears into the role It s just incredible to witness 
3.5
Vice
Peter Howell
The singular achievement of Vice may be its depiction of Cheney as more than a punch line and more than the mwah hah hah plotter behind George W s What me worry demeanour 
3
Vice
Peter Canavese
As strikingly original in form as Oliver Stone s JFK infotaining Hollywood history that s equal parts funny and horrifying in its high stakes political gamesmanship 
3.5
Vice
Barry Hertz
Furious hectoring and condescending 
1.5
Vice
Robert Levin
It should surprise no one that Christian Bale is so authentic as Dick Cheney in Vice that it s positively creepy 
3
Vice
Sonny Bunch
Despite the hagiographic elements at play here really Cheney should send McKay a nice bottle of scotch for putting together such a paean Vice sadly isn t perfect 
3.5
Vice
James Berardinelli
There s nothing surprising or especially interesting about Vice 
2.5
Vice
Stephen Rebello
Christian Bale is something else again A deeply introspective often unknowable chameleon of an actor he creates a scarily accurate portrait of a canny callous beast He is the reason to see what is in the end a deadpan savage tragedy of errors 
2.5
Vice
Mick LaSalle
Dick Cheney deserves better than this or worse 
1
Vice
Katie Walsh
An unyielding and necessary search party on a mission to excavate Cheney s soul It s both frustrating and fitting that McKay never finds it 
3
Vice
Matthew Passantino
What plagues Vice is a screenplay that s uncertain of its own central thesis There is a narrator throughout who spends the movie mythologizing Cheney and at times McKay s screenplay seeks to indict him 
2
Vice
Ann Hornaday
Structurally Vice is a mess zigging here and zagging there never knowing quite when to end and when it finally does leaving few penetrating or genuinely illuminating ideas to ponder 
1.5
Vice
Clayton Davis
Christian Bale may have delivered the performance of his career as the divisive former Vice President Dick Cheney hammering home the inclinations and sentiments of a man whose own judgments and motivations are called into question 
2.5
Vice
Sara Stewart
Can someone please put Adam McKay in charge of all the biopics 
3.5
Vice
Rafer Guzman
Not really a biopic but a two hour hate fest that stoops lower than necessary and rarely scores a laugh 
1
Vice
Robert Daniels
Adam McKay s film shoves information down our throats like a Wikipedia breathing tube 
1.5
Vice
Brian Truitt
It s a strange little amalgamation that totally works 
3.5
Vice
Sean P. Means
Christian Bale s transforming portrayal of former Vice President Dick Cheney is a wonder but director Adam McKay s semi comic approach to serious policy sometimes lets the movie down 
3
Vice
Chuck Bowen
Vice is as noisy as the media landscape that writer director Adam McKay holds in contempt 
2
Pacific Aggression
Tom Keogh
This is a film in which the holding of hands by two people is a harder won achievement than climbing 4 000 feet to Mailbox Peak 
3
End of the Century
Bruce Westbrook
A comprehensive look at the punk pioneers that never wears out its welcome 
3
End of the Century
Duane Dudek
A portrait of an unpretentious band whose sum was greater than its very flawed parts 
3
End of the Century
Jason Anderson
The revelations may even deepen your appreciation for the music it s incredible that so much dumb fun was generated out of such pain 
3
End of the Century
Jeff Vice
The inclusion of some little seen musical performances by the band and the examination of its musical legacy make this documentary worthwhile 
3
End of the Century
Sean P. Means
It s heartwarming if a bit spooky to see these rock heroes speaking to us now that they re dead 
3
End of the Century
Erik Lundegaard
A satisfying straightforward documentary with great archive footage and interviews with band members and those they influenced 
3
End of the Century
Terry Lawson
Engaging documentary 
3
End of the Century
Larry Ratliff
This documentary works best for those who understand Hey Ho and really want to go 
2.5
End of the Century
John Beifuss
Dee Dee is the most humorous band member as he remembers the halcyon days of pre fame Forest Hills We would hang out sniff glue or smoke pot listen to the Stooges 
3.5
End of the Century
Steven Rea
Offers a fascinating chronicle of the birth glory days and waning years of a motorcycle jacketed bowl haircutted quartet of middle class geeks who unwittingly spawned the punk movement 
3
End of the Century
George Varga
As fascinating as it is flawed 
2.5
End of the Century
Lou Carlozo
Does justice to the humble punk band from Queens that influenced everyone from The Clash and Sex Pistols to U2 and Green Day 
3
End of the Century
Chris Riemenschneider
Chronicles their 30 year history in a style befitting the band bare bones frank nonsensationalized and adamantly unsentimental 
3.5
End of the Century
Chris Hewitt
About halfway through End of the Century The Story of the Ramones journalist Legs McNeil asks why the Ramones didn t have big hits The achievement of the film is that it makes you wonder the same thing and provides an answer 
3
End of the Century
Glenn Whipp
An absorbing thoroughly entertaining look at the music and feuding of the influential American punk rock band 
3
End of the Century
Ty Burr
An essential addition to the growing and inherently ironic field of Punkology 
3.5
End of the Century
Paul Sherman
Skillfully chronicles both the pain and pleasure of the band for its members 
3
End of the Century
Walter V. Addiego
Details the group s raucous history with humor and a minimum of hero worship 
3
End of the Century
Jami Bernard
A thorough gutsy and appropriately scuzzy looking documentary by Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields featuring rare footage and interviews with the stars of the CBGB era 
3
End of the Century
Megan Lehmann
Unvarnished and raw as the punk pioneers whose turbulent trajectory it traces End of the Century The Story of the Ramones is a true fan s nirvana 
3
End of the Century
David Sterritt
Documentary about the rock group which has worked its way through an amazing number of members in its long career 
3
End of the Century
Gene Seymour
Fulfills its ambition to give these lost boys from Queens their considerable props not least as inspiration for arty outcasts everywhere 
3
Rapture-Palooza
David Nusair
Robinson s grating performance becomes increasingly difficult to stomach 
2
Rapture-Palooza
Lou Lumenick
An almost endearingly silly amuse bouche of a comedy depicting how the End of Days might play out in Seattle 
2
Rapture-Palooza
Drew Hunt
Its views on organized religion are so halfhearted and perfunctory as to make Kevin Smith s Dogma seem like a veritable master s class in theistic studies 
1.5
Rapture-Palooza
Matt Pais
Normally Palooza means fun 
1
Rapture-Palooza
Roger Moore
Where s Kirk Cameron when you need him 
1.5
Click
Thomas Delapa
If you reach for the remote anytime during Sandler s schmaltzy turn off don t blame me 
1.5
Five of a Kind
John Beifuss
They sing They dance They act promised the poster for the film in fact the quints go 0 for 3 in these talents although the four year olds do struggle through a few verses of Frere Jacques 
2
How to Steal a Million
Roger Moore
Sure 44 it 8217 s slight and entirely too long 46 But rarely have two rom com hours skipped by as merrily as this 44 a comedy that 8217 s what 8220 we 8221 mean when we say 8220 They don 8217 t make 8217 em like this any more 46 8221 
3
How to Steal a Million
Matt Brunson
The various heists in the Mission Impossible movies are easier to swallow than the one here but no matter It makes for a great set piece 
3
How to Steal a Million
Mattie Lucas
A graceful and fleet footed caper that is light frothy and oh so delicious 
3
How to Steal a Million
David Nusair
the sort of genial fluffy little caper flick that rarely gets made anymore which isn t necessarily a bad thing 
2.5
Soros
Roger Moore
Any sober minded person who isn t brainwashed can only wonder What on Earth are those Fox fans upset about 
3
C Street
Kam Williams
A very timely screwball political comedy 
2
Pinocchio
Matt Brunson
Joyless idiotic annoying heavy handed visually atrocious and often downright creepy 
1
Pinocchio
Michael Dequina
Head slapping what the f ck is this for real trippiness 
0
Pinocchio
Michael Szymanski
What s most incredible is not that Benigni thought that he could pull off a believable wooden puppet who wants to be a boy nor thet he could turn such a charming story into such a horrifically scary tale but that the people of Italy love this movie so m
1
Pinocchio
Frank Ochieng
This overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary Hmmm might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener 
1.5
Pinocchio
Shirley Klass
The dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed 
1.5
Pinocchio
Steve Rhodes
If you saw Benigni s Pinocchio at a public park you d grab your kids and run and then probably call the police 
.5
Pinocchio
Joe Leydon
Chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folly 
.5
Pinocchio
Edward Guthmann
What can one say about a balding 50 year old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log 
1
Pinocchio
Carrie Rickey
An epic turkey in a league with this year s Swept Away that must be seen to be believed 
1.5
Pinocchio
Janice Page
Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far and that does not include the 5 o clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school 
2
Pinocchio
Collin Souter
At times the movie looks genuinely pretty Your nightmares on the other hand will be anything but Not even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow 
1
Pinocchio
Linda Cook
Something must have been lost in the translation 
1
Pinocchio
Chris Hewitt
Utterly lacking in charm wit and invention Roberto Benigni s Pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film 
0
Pinocchio
Tor Thorsen
The only way this Pinocchio can have a fairy tale ending is if you leave in time to get your money back then you might live happily ever after 
0
Pinocchio
Jennie Punter
Benigni s Pinocchio is extremely straight and mind numbingly stilted its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow 
1
Pinocchio
John Monaghan
The idea of 49 year old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough The reality of the new live action Pinocchio he directed cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque 
1
Pinocchio
Sean P. Means
No matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus accepting a 50 year old in the role is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way 
1
Pinocchio
Phil Villarreal
Here s hoping Benigni doesn t try to tackle The Little Mermaid as his next project 
1
Pinocchio
Ed Gonzalez
The film s stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film s production design 
1.5
Touchback
Jeff Beck
I t s not a bad film It just needed a little trimming and a little work on the ending 
2.5
Beautiful Thing
Roger Ebert
The boys lives contain few surprises but from the other characters there is one astonishment after another 
3
Beautiful Thing
James Berardinelli
Represents a keen personal look at the difficulties of growing up gay in a heterosexual world 
3
Real Steel
Brian Eggert
A tired old cast re pressed and coated with a shiny new layer of wax 46 
2.5
Real Steel
Sarah Knight Adamson
The ending is predictable and played out with all the drama that s typical throughout the film I d say director Shawn Levy missed the mark on the target audience for this one 
2
Real Steel
Craig D. Lindsey
You can guess where the movie goes 
2
Real Steel
Roger Moore
Good thing we all love Hugh Jackman so much
2
Real Steel
Jeff Beck
Real Steel just never gives us a reason to care and for two hours that can be quite detrimental 
2
Real Steel
David Nusair
the film benefits substantially from the inclusion of several unexpectedly engrossing robot on robot fight sequences 
3
Real Steel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The visual effects are a slick combination of real robots and CGI and especially on the new Blu Ray release the result is gloriously seamless 
3
Real Steel
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing is both entirely too routine as well as instantly forgettable a tandem not exactly high on my list of cinematic virtues to extol 
2
Real Steel
Linda Cook
Real Steel about an estranged son and his father a man who s been beaten down by repeated failures a needy boy who finds something he can believe in and of course it s a sports movie too because it s sort of a metallic Rocky 
3
Real Steel
Eric Melin
Even with my sense of humor firmly intact I m not sure that I ve seen a more crassly manipulative movie this year As cold and calculating as movies get a glossy soulless piece of junk that wants you to cheer along but it doesn t earn one ounce 
1
Real Steel
Christian Toto
Hugh Jackman refuses to let audiences leave Real Steel without being entertained no matter how silly matters get 
2.5
Real Steel
James Kendrick
a big seemingly clunky contraption that works against all odds
3
Real Steel
John Beifuss
Set in the year 2020 but scavenges its buffed and retooled spare parts not just from the Mattel aisle at Toys R Us but from a vast and ancient junkyard overflowing with all the shameless crowd pleasing hokum and staged public violence of eras past 
2.5
Real Steel
Lori Hoffman
Real Steel has the underdog boxing feel of a robot Rocky paired with the story of a lovable lug who learns that being a dad is even better than winning a big fight 
3
Real Steel
Kam Williams
Real heart trumps real steel 
3.5
Real Steel
Budd Wilkins
The Woman is a slow burning incendiary device a brutal satire on the sanctity of the nuclear family and its conservative values 
3
Real Steel
Matt Brunson
Sincere but silly I could have done without the cringe worthy dance routines between boy and robot Real Steel is a rocky version of the Rocky template 
2.5
Real Steel
Scott Nash
Sure it runs too long and is completely predictable but despite its flaws it still manages to pack an entertaining punch 
3
Real Steel
Todd Hertz
Some audiences will enjoy the film for what it is they will bob and weave with fun robot fight scenes But I found little here that is truly inspiring 
1.5
Real Steel
Lisa Kennedy
Aas the plot proceeds from boy meets dad verbal sparring to an uneasy peace to the underdog vs champion title bout it becomes increasingly easy to forgive its many nicks 
2.5
Real Steel
Tyler Hanley
Strong production values and another charismatic performance by triple threat talent Hugh Jackman help keep this heavy metal offspring of Rocky and Transformers out of the cinematic junk heap 
2.5
Real Steel
Mike Scott
Little more than a loud and glossy collection of faintly rusty pieces parts salvaged from movies that came before it 
2
Real Steel
Joe Williams
What it lacks is the human element Charlie is more of a rat than a rascal and instead of working hard to build and operate his robots he s literally going through the motions 
2
Real Steel
Michael O'Sullivan
A slightly soggy tale of father son bonding crossed with an action adventure flick about high tech battle bots 
2
Real Steel
Kyle Smith
It s so virtual so distant from the thrill that you wonder what the point is Do you really want to pay to watch an actor playing a kid who in turn plays what amounts to a video game 
1.5
Real Steel
Stephen Whitty
While the sappy boy and his robot drama pales next to the terrific The Iron Giant the actual bot battles are vicarious fun 
2.5
Real Steel
Willie Waffle
It was so cheesy I was ready to call it a Feast of Fromage Yet amazingly shockingly in defiance of everything I hold dear Real Steel didn t stink 
2.5
Real Steel
Liam Lacey
Real Steel borrows so much from other films that it might better be titled Reel Steal not only from The Champ but from Rocky the Transformers movies and even some Star Wars 
3
Real Steel
Peter Hartlaub
You ve probably seen toy commercials that present a more thoughtful dystopian future And yet in the moment this film will make you want to do nothing except stuff your face with more 
3
Real Steel
Barbara Vancheri
Real Steel is not quite the real deal but it will do until that comes along 
2.5
Real Steel
Dustin Putman
It s all very heavy handed but maybe kids of about ten to thirteen will be more taken with it 
2
Real Steel
Mark Dujsik
Real Steel is a movie of simple ideas and even simpler pleasures 
2.5
Real Steel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Real Steel is what happens when people who know nothing about science fiction make a science fiction movie 
2
Real Steel
Claudia Puig
Though the premise of fighting robots does seem a plausible and intriguing extension of the contemporary WWE world Real Steel is hampered by leaden clichéd moments in which a stubborn boy teaches his childish father a valuable lesson 
2
Real Steel
Loey Lockerby
Every cliché from sports movies underdog stories and father son dramas is trotted out and played with a straight face 
2
Real Steel
Walter Chaw
There s really no excuse
0.5
Real Steel
Chris Hewitt
Even if the story in Real Steel isn t new it is a crowd pleaser told with humor and pace And those distinctive robots are the real deal 
3
Real Steel
Peter Travers
The tear jerking in Real Steel is as shameless as its product placement We re being hustled 
2
Real Steel
Bruce DeMara
Lovers of blood sport action are going to enjoy the well staged fighting sequences while tender hearts seeking emotional depth will find the father son conflict reasonably engaging 
2.5
Real Steel
Erik Childress
Most viewers over the age of 12 will feel they have stepped into a confused unambitious piece of futurama weighed down by Shawn Levy s uninspired and limp direction 
2
Real Steel
Carrie Rickey
Yes it s unapologetically sentimental and sometimes unapologetically cheesy but Shawn Levy s film has an irresistible force 
3
Real Steel
Wesley Morris
The movie uses every trick it can to pull this off which means using us But to paraphrase Bill Withers I want to spread the news that if it feels this good getting used then keep on using me until you use me up 
3
Real Steel
Sue Pierman
A Frankenstein like compendium of fight movies haphazardly bolted together in the hope that something will spark to life 
2
Real Steel
Michael Phillips
I suspect a lot of what I found synthetic and sort of galling in Real Steel will work just fine with the target audience 
2
Real Steel
Ann Lewinson
Even in its fist pumping finale Disney s economic parable remains pessimistic America wins the popularity contest but the Asians win the purse 
1.5
Real Steel
Soren Andersen
Imagine what you d get if you squished Rocky and WALL E together in a giant industrial press a gooey drippy mess leaking lubricant and metal shards all over the factory floor 
2
Real Steel
Roger Ebert
Real Steel is a real movie It has characters it matters who they are it makes sense of its action it has a compelling plot This is the sort of movie I suspect young viewers went to the Transformers movies looking for 
3
Real Steel
Christopher Lloyd
Director Shawn Levy is a certified lightweight who always goes for the easiest emotional payoff But Hugh Jackman s lovable as a loser Dakota Goyo has spunk and charm and the robot battles are genuinely thrilling 
3
Real Steel
Matt Pais
Real Steel As opposed to what imitation metallic substitute Giant beams made of cheese 
2
Real Steel
Josh Larsen
Every moment is prettified as if this were some sort of prestige project there isn t an image shot plainly if it couldn t be reflected in a puddle 
1.5
Real Steel
James Berardinelli
By the time the two hour running length has expired it s safe to say that Real Steel comes across as a legitimate crowd pleaser 
3
Real Steel
Roger Moore
A toy tie in an overlong movie that takes on some of the grimy veneer and colorful characters of a boxing picture sanitizing it for children 
2
Real Steel
David Germain
It s hard to buy into the notion that fans could ever be as rabid to watch a couple of machines tear each other apart as they are to see two men sweating and straining and bleeding on the canvas Without human consequence where s the drama 
1.5
Liberty Kid
V.A. Musetto
There is no shortage of films about the aftermath of the 9 11 terrorist attacks but there is a lack of good ones The low budget indie Liberty Kid produced by downtown auteur Larry Fessenden is one of those that succeeds 
3
Liberty Kid
Paul Schrodt
Unanswered questions about Derrick s kids and Spanish speaking mother abound and their all too infrequent interactions point to a hard knuckled realism about post 9 11 New York that begs to be seen 
2
Liberty Kid
Maitland McDonagh
Chaiken s focus drives home the fact that collateral damage comes in many forms and marginal lives are easily derailed 
3
Kings of Pastry
Rob Thomas
Beyond the competition Kings of Pastry celebrates food as an art form to be savored not a commodity to be consumed absent mindedly 
3
Kings of Pastry
Rene Rodriguez
The Food Network is awash with cooking and baking competition shows but The Kings of Pastry operates on a much higher level 
3
Kings of Pastry
Rick Groen
The documentary proves almost as sweet as its subject 
3
Kings of Pastry
Stephanie Merry
As satisfying as er pain au chocolat 
3
Kings of Pastry
Peter Hartlaub
Beyond the treats which are complicated and no doubt mind bending to consume the film has its layers as well 
3
Kings of Pastry
Robert W. Butler
I know I know how exciting can a cooking movie be As it turns out really exciting 
3
Kings of Pastry
Janice Page
Without being flip the filmmakers endeavor to expose absurdity can there really be that much nuance to the perfect cream puff and encourage skepticism especially around the variables of judging 
3
Kings of Pastry
Peg Aloi
Hegedus and Pennebaker treat this event as both rehearsal and performance allowing occasional moments of beauty and humanity to peek through 
3
Kings of Pastry
V.A. Musetto
How sweet it is 
3
Kings of Pastry
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Though it s bound to inspire a wealth of gustatory adjectives what defines Kings of Pastry most indelibly is its quietness 
3
Mask
Roger Ebert
Movies don t often grab us as quickly as Mask does This isn t the story of a disease but the story of some people 
3.5
Robbery
Roger Moore
All of it overly generic title included feels like the promising first draft of a better movie 
1.5
Tatie Danielle
Roger Ebert
The movies too often sentimentalize old people They are either wise or childlike and in either case they seem to have outgrown the weaknesses of youth Tatie Danielle hasn t 
3
La Cage aux Folles II
Jack Veasey
After monstrosities like Cruising and Windows it s a delight to see an upbeat gay movie with loveable characters and a happy ending 
4
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
Matt Brunson
With nostalgia taking a hit with the wretched likes of Halloween Kills and Space Jam 58 A New Legacy 44 it 8217 s understandable to approach a new Scooby Doo film with a sense of dread 46 But Trick or Treat Scooby Doo 33 is definitely a treat 46 
3
Foxcatcher
Brian Eggert
Because Miller and his writers have left so much up for interpretation about du Pont 8217 s motivations 44 attentive moviegoers are required to soak up the fine distinctions in the three central performances 46 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Matt Brunson
With a tip of the hat in the direction of Langston Hughes let it be noted that Foxcatcher isn t so much a study of a dream deferred but of the American Dream deferred 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Michael Smith
Foxcatcher is a scary story told in a quietly disturbing way with the tragic triangle of men a creepy battle between one warped individual with all the riches and two men who desire some of those resources 
3
Foxcatcher
Lisa Jensen
The actors save the day Mark Ruffalo contributes the film s only warmth and Steve Carell s portrait of repressed arrogance is chilling But most impressive is Channing Tatum 
3
Foxcatcher
David Keyes
Here is a movie that regards people with sympathetic gazes rather than details fully aware how all things will pan out but fascinated enough by the inner workings of flawed psyches to keep our eyes watching on in sobering deliberation 
3.5
Foxcatcher
John Beifuss
Foxcatcher wrestles with meaning but stubbornly resists being more than the very accomplished performance it is 
3
Foxcatcher
Stephen Rebello
Foxcatcher gets under your skin and stays there It s easily one of the best things we ve seen this year 
4
Foxcatcher
John Wirt
Steve Carell s leering du Pont a sad damaged soul who s blind to his princely vanity becomes in the character s stealthy way an unforgettable villain 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Linda Cook
In one of the finest performances of the year Oscar nominee Steve Carell plays the real life John du Pont in Foxcatcher the bizarre true story of a wealthy eccentric who wanted to form his own wrestling empire 
4
Foxcatcher
John Serba
As a character study and illustration of the unglamorous lives of some Olympic champions Foxcatcher is brilliant and strange 
4
Foxcatcher
Alissa Wilkinson
It s not much fun by the end But golly by my lights it s a pretty perfectly made carefully crafted well acted engaging film that is doing far more than meets the eye 
4
Foxcatcher
Carla Meyer
Foxcatcher does not invoke ideas beyond the real life story of du Pont and the Schultzes thus depressing its audience without offering any compensating lessons 
2.5
Foxcatcher
Moira MacDonald
Watch this film for the performances Tatum and Ruffalo finding new ground in familiar personas Carell immersing himself into the mindset of a troubled man 
3
Foxcatcher
Rene Rodriguez
Foxcatcher is too cold of a movie to love but that chilliness is intentional and transfixing a parable about the darkest corners of the minds of damaged men that dares to whisper instead of shout 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Joe Williams
If you re willing to be thrown for a loop you re in good hands with this medal worthy cast and crew 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Peter Canavese
Quietly but firmly interprets the disturbing story of millionaire John du Pont through bifocal lenses of American dreaming and the sexual fantasies made accessible by wealth 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Mike McGranaghan
Foxcatcher with its layered performances and emotionally precise storytelling is a riveting drama that leaves you spellbound and more than a little shaken 
4
Foxcatcher
Liam Lacey
The triumph of Foxcatcher is not in the subject but in its art The clear eyed compassion and moral intelligence of Miller s film brings sense to the senseless and finds the human pulse behind the tabloid shock 
4
Foxcatcher
Peter Howell
What Miller and his team have wrought with Foxcatcher is a spellbinding portrait of desire and loneliness which so often manifests itself in hollow victories and violent acts 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Ty Burr
We expect expert acting from Ruffalo and we get it but the secret hero of Foxcatcher and the performance you keep coming back to is Channing Tatum as Mark a lost boy in the skin of a brute 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Willie Waffle
A moody piece without enough mood It needs to be more ominous and foreboding 
2.5
Foxcatcher
Rafer Guzman
The year s best cast including a phenomenal Carell makes up for slow pacing in the latest drama from the director of Capote 
3
Foxcatcher
Chris Hewitt
The movie s remote tone is occasionally frustrating but it feels appropriate because unlike a more overtly sentimental film it leaves plenty of room for the audience to respond 
3
Foxcatcher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I just hope that people realize its hidden virtues the ones that dig a little deeper than its true story and Carell s makeup 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Dann Gire
It s smart insightful and frightening featuring three of the year s best and most complex performances 
4
Foxcatcher
Steven Rea
Even if you don t know the details of this real life late 20th century tragedy director Bennett Miller s masterfully observed psychological study is imbued with a sense of an inevitable catastrophic meltdown 
4
Foxcatcher
Dustin Putman
Tantalizing and disturbing in equal measure Foxcatcher is a firecracker of a thriller about a perfect storm of events that led to an inexplicable tragedy 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Mark Dujsik
Here the pursuit of the American Dream is not a friendly competition or a fair fight It s a blood sport 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Anders Wright
This is how you make a film based on true events That seems to be Bennett Miller s calling card actually 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Mick LaSalle
The story here may have been worth a movie but it s so diluted over a long and repetitive 134 minutes that s it s really hard to tell 
2
Foxcatcher
Matt Pais
The best dramatic work of Tatum s career You didn t know he could be this good 
3
Foxcatcher
Michael Phillips
At its core Foxcatcher grapples bluntly with the subjects of class and money and what some people do when to quote a line from Psycho they can t buy off their own unhappiness 
3
Foxcatcher
Randy Myers
Pretty boy Tatum impresses in every way While it might not be a stretch for the strapping actor to play an athlete it is a revelation to see how much he physically transforms into the hulking wrestler 
3.5
Foxcatcher
James Berardinelli
Foxcatcher isn t afraid of venturing into territory avoided by most sports related motion pictures This isn t an inspirational film in fact quite the opposite is true 
3
Foxcatcher
Robert Levin
An expressionistic rumination on a society rotting under the weight of delusional media fed and pop culturally promulgated notions of who we are and what we should be 
3
Foxcatcher
Josh Larsen
Carell s performance is exaggerated pronounced and so prominent that it obstructs other features 
2
Foxcatcher
Kent Turner
The mind wonders to what a more confrontational or flippant filmmaker would have done with this material 
2
Foxcatcher
Stephen Whitty
It s about manhood and about lost men about people needing to find something anything at any cost 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Claudia Puig
Foxcatcher might just be the feel bad movie of the year But it s so well acted that audiences won t want to miss its dark chilling yet restrained story 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Matt Zoller Seitz
If I had to make a list of movies I m saddest about not having liked this would rank near the top 
2.5
Foxcatcher
Peter Travers
Steve Carell offers a tour de force of slow burning menace Foxcatcher one of the year s very best films exposes the diseased underbelly of American exceptionalism and knocks the ground out from under you 
4
Foxcatcher
Kyle Smith
As a character study Foxcatcher is mesmerizing eerie and unpredictably weird 
3
Foxcatcher
Rex Reed
It s an amalgam of dramatic all American themes including ambition paranoia greed and the ice cubes in the blood that fuel the ruthless pursuit of success in the competitive world of sports Color it hair raising 
3.5
Foxcatcher
Roger Moore
Transformative performances in service of a subtle shot at how the in bred one percent truly regard everybody else
3.5
Foxcatcher
Clayton Davis
Seated firmly in the center are a trio of dazzling performances from Channing Tatum Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo all of which make a compelling case for their career best works 
3.5
Foxcatcher
R. Kurt Osenlund
Of Bennett Miller s many directorial feats his canniest is his depiction of the precariousness of bonds and how those bonds can shift drastically yet almost imperceptibly 
3.5
Foxcatcher
David Nusair
Foxcatcher nevertheless comes off as a particularly handsome bit of Oscar bait with the movie it often seems designed to impress more than entertain 
2.5
Foxcatcher
Mara Reinstein
A positively harrowing and gut wrenching true story that gets everything right 
4
Foxcatcher
Walter Chaw
it does all the explaining it needs to the trick is learning to listen the right way That s what Foxcatcher s about It s fantastic 
3.5
Being Ginger
David Nusair
A slight yet affable documentary 
3
Being Ginger
Kam Williams
Ronald McDonalds of the world unite 
3
Oka! Amerikee
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a pleasant if slow moving trip down a lazy river 
1.5
Oka! Amerikee
Walter V. Addiego
The plot is somewhat pedestrian and the dialogue needs more zip 
2
Oka! Amerikee
Kalvin Henely
The film somehow feels more fanciful than factual a rift that s aggravated by the juxtaposition of the real actors performances and the Bayaka pygmies at times startling real presence 
2
Oka! Amerikee
V.A. Musetto
Yearning for an exciting African adventure Oka isn t it 
2
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Nick Allen
Jones film has a reverence for Hawk but does not let that turn his piece into hagiography 
3
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Steven Prokopy
The film hits enough emotional beats that it rises above a great many sports themed documentaries making it one of the better ones I ve seen in recent years 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Mattie Lucas
Take s a tried and true genre and make s it rousing and fresh 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Brett Michel
Bale and Crowe are superlative but Mangold s rote banal expansion never quickens the pulse 
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Mike Scott
Fifty years have elapsed since 3 10 to Yuma last pulled into the station but man the return trip is worth the wait 
4
3:10 to Yuma
Ross Anthony
First 1 5 hours are slow preposterously scripted and short of powerful dialogue I liked the ending though 
1.5
3:10 to Yuma
Rossiter Drake
One of the year s most enjoyable films 
4
3:10 to Yuma
David Nusair
Uneven yet entertaining 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Christian Toto
If 3 10 to Yuma can t resuscitate the western nothing will 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A contender for one of my favorites of 2007 and damn near superior to its predecessor 
4
3:10 to Yuma
Jeffrey Westhoff
Remains an evocative morality tale about what makes men good what makes them bad and what makes them ugly 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Brian Marder
There s no true grit to be found in James Mangold s fun but safe Western remake Nitpicking however is no way to treat a movie that gives us two heavyweights like Russell Crowe and Christian Bale on top of their games 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Michael Dequina
As well done as the set pieces are giving the film its more substantive dramatic kick is the psychological warfare 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Lori Hoffman
The film is sharply written although you must take a monumental leap of faith to buy into the ending that unfolds 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Sean P. Means
Mangold builds tension not only in the mano a mano scenes between Bale and Crowe but also when throwing in a wild card such as Mol s gentle Alice 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Michael A. Smith
As played by Bale Evans intensity is allowed to slowly burn through his quiet facade until the man he once was returns 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Brett McCracken
Yuma portrays a West that is stark barren and morally ambiguous Like all the great revisionist westerns of recent years very few characters are all good or all bad 
3
3:10 to Yuma
John Wirt
An attention holding ride through rough country of both the physical and spiritual kind 
3
3:10 to Yuma
David N. Butterworth
Yet another stirring example that The Western is still very much alive and kicking 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Mike McGranaghan
Not just one of this year s best films but also one my favorite westerns ever What an entertaining thoughtful relevant film this is 
4
3:10 to Yuma
Kam Williams
A complicated cowboy flick where you re conflicted about whether to root for the guys in the white hats or the black hats by the time the big showdown arrives 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Gina Carbone
Great cinematography takes more than plopping a camera down in a desert canyon though it helps It takes John Wayne framed by a doorway Gary Cooper s walk Clint Eastwood s squint Gene Hackman s grin And now Russell Crowe s eyes 
3.25
3:10 to Yuma
Gary Brown
For my money happiness is a good western 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Frank Ochieng
Sprawling intriguing and handsomely shot Yuma builds its gruff tension while being reminiscent of the frothy frontier flicks from yesteryear 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Claudia Puig
3 10 to Yuma is a drama well worth the journey 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Ken Fox
Director James Mangold who hit his stride with the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line delivers another solid punch with this hard edged and marvelously acted remake of Delmar Daves classic 1957 western 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Peter Howell
James Mangold s 3 10 to Yuma an old school Western updated for modern mores and tastes pays due homage to its 1957 predecessor 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Mark Rahner
You don t need to be a fan of that near extinct genre to enjoy the movie sold more as a faceoff between Alpha males Russell Gladiator Crowe and Christian Batman Bale but it may turn you into one 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Bruce Newman
This Yuma is Shane with a train 
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Mick LaSalle
In 3 10 to Yuma director James Mangold has made himself a grand Western 
4
3:10 to Yuma
Carla Meyer
3 10 to Yuma offers plenty of guns blazing pulse pounding action but it s the excellent lead performances that stay with you 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Timothy Knight
A terrific old fashioned western proof positive that sometimes they do make em like they used to 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Lou Lumenick
An extremely well acted and well directed remake of a 1957 oater based on a short story by the then obscure Elmore Leonard 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Jack Mathews
gritty hugely entertaining 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Dave Tianen
If the original overplayed its naiveté the update of 3 10 to Yuma overplays its cynicism only to sell it out at the end 
2
3:10 to Yuma
Connie Ogle
The heart stopping breathtaking journey of 3 10 to Yuma reminds us just how exciting a good old fashioned movie can be 
4
3:10 to Yuma
John Beifuss
Reminded me of what a rare pleasure it has become to watch a straightforward and convincing adult genre film 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Robert W. Butler
3 10 to Yuma started out as a pretty straightforward tale But so much stuff has piled onto this simple structure that you can hear it creaking 
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Nick Rogers
Unapologetically harsh and heedlessly entertaining despite its imperfections the film includes two masterful performances from Crowe and Bale actors so intense they could wear red and intimidate a charging bull 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Bruce Westbrook
The best Western since Unforgiven 3 10 to Yuma is both cathartic and intelligent While a wildly eventful action adventure and outlaw shoot em up it s also a vibrant story of heroism villainy and hard earned redemption 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Terry Lawson
It remains underneath all the decoration and heavy artillery a good yarn 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Lisa Kennedy
The tale never quite resonates beyond the screen 
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Roger Ebert
James Mangold s 3 10 to Yuma restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence 
4
3:10 to Yuma
Ty Burr
Lean almost absurdly satisfying 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Eric Melin
What Mangold had crafted is like a classic western in theme but it resembles a modern movie in its pace and its complicated multi layered characterizations 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Sara Michelle Fetters
Crowe and Bale immerse themselves completely inside Mangold s milieu and by the time the bullets started flying and Ben and Dan were bounding over rooftops my heart was beating in idyllic joy 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Daniel M. Kimmel
These are two top notch actors one British one Australian who are utterly at home in this most American of genres 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Jennie Punter
The lean cerebral swagger of the 1957 western 3 10 to Yuma is stretched out and punched up with more characters gun shooting and horse riding in an entertaining remake directed by James Mangold 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Walter Chaw
Scarily implies that the bad guys now were playing along all along 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Steve Rhodes
A very disappointing western snoozer it s like Mangold s lethargic Cop Land 
2
3:10 to Yuma
Mark Dujsik
Moves at a steady pace focuses on its characters shifts in personal morale and features fine performances especially from its leads 
3
3:10 to Yuma
James Sanford
Wade s voice sounds like far off thunder wrapped in velvet Evans every word is marked by exhaustion and edginess These men have real complexity and so do the actors assigned to play them 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Bob Bloom
The ending is totally unsatisfactory Without giving away any spoilers the resolution is unnecessary and much more cynical than the original 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Willie Waffle
Crowe is a perfect rogue showing us Wade s mean and nasty side along with some charm and intelligence
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Jeffrey M. Anderson
3 10 to Yuma actually improves upon its source by adding more grit and lifeblood 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Chris Hewitt
Superb 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Lawrence Toppman
Director James Mangold has been smart or fortunate in casting and personalities sustain interest even when the narrative flags 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Carrie Rickey
Yields performances as elemental as the landscape while it questions a culture more concerned with money than human life 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Dustin Putman
There is nothing overwhelmingly bad about the finished product but there is also nothing save for a performance or two that inspires the viewer to sit up and take notice 
2
3:10 to Yuma
Jeff Vice
This tense character piece offers proof that Hollywood can still make a good traditional Western rather than emulating the revisionist Westerns that have followed in the wake of Clint Eastwood s 1993 Academy Award winner Unforgiven 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Michael Phillips
Those who have a deeper abiding love for the western genre than I may love the new Yuma I liked a good deal of it just enough to be frustrated by the clutter 
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Matt Pais
The presence of two great actors already puts a few points in the win column and 3 10 to Yuma rolls along efficiently like a wagon with finely tuned wheels 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Jan Stuart
Moves like a barn on fire 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Rob Thomas
It s way too early to signal the rebirth of the western at the movies but if it happens it ll be because of smart and thoughtful entertainment like this that sucks audiences in whether or not they care how the West was won 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Josh Larsen
How would today s actors look in the sort of hats once worn by James Stewart Alan Ladd and John Wayne If Crowe and Bale are any indication pretty good 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Matt Brunson
It s respectful of its predecessor and when it does make changes to the existing template they aren t preposterous or pandering rather they merely take another logical path than the one employed in the previous version 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Peter Travers
Maybe this redo didn t need so many bells and whistles but Mangold brings it home 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Sean McBride
three great performances that will satisfy you even if you don t like cowboy flicks 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Jeanne Aufmuth
The atmosphere pointedly caters to the male ego and the dark deliciousness inherent in its complexities 
4
3:10 to Yuma
James Berardinelli
Watching a movie like this I can t help but wish that the Western would come back into favor again We can use more productions like this 
3
3:10 to Yuma
Linda Cook
Who says the Western is dead 
3.5
3:10 to Yuma
Nick Schager
Mangold never makes his dusty landscape an omnipresent force but his direction is crisp and the script s good additions more or less counterbalance the awful 
2.5
3:10 to Yuma
Peter Canavese
Two gripping hours so richly realized you won t want them to end 
4
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Edith Alderette
It s harmless albeit clich riddled fun for youngsters and it doesn t make grown ups wish they had two hours of their life back 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Steve Rhodes
The original was a kid friendly film but the sequel turns the youngsters into jokes 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Linda Cook
This is one of those movies that s full of color and almost non stop action both of which seem to be an attempt to cover up a woeful lack of plot 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Tyler Hanley
The longtime martial arts enthusiast in me was officially disturbed by Muniz s phony kung fu and silly stunt kicks 
2
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Laine Ewen
Harmless fare but as bland as an unsalted water cracker 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Tony Toscano
isn t all bad but it isn t all good either 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jonathan R. Perry
I cried Please Lord make it stop at about the 90 minute mark long after I was numbed into a vegetative state by reheated spy cliches and sub sophomoric bathroom jokes 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Guylaine Cadorette
This is one franchise that should be grounded before it takes off for any more international forays 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Dustin Putman
A junky creatively bankrupt rush job of a sequel that has no connection to the original outside of the title character 
.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Moira MacDonald
Kids may well find the film diverting but there s just not a lot of creativity or energy here 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Walter V. Addiego
The same young teens who cozied up to the first picture will probably enjoy the sequel but it won t win many new fans 
2
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Sarah Chauncey
Although Muniz still has his Tiger Beat looks his performance is worse than phoned in it s text messaged 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Lou Lumenick
Agent Cody Banks 2 Destination London should have been stopped at customs as family entertainment it constitutes child abuse 
0
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Elizabeth Weitzman
With lots of cool gadgets plenty of silliness and a clever concept guaranteed to appeal to preteens this should be an unflagging high octane romp 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Valerie Kuklenski
They are evil and they must be stopped They being studio production executives who gleefully greenlight a sequel to an OK kid targeted adventure movie just because they are blinded by flashing dollar signs 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Liam Lacey
After 90 minutes of diligently searching the premises of ACB2 no evidence of mass entertainment can be found 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
John Monaghan
Director Kevin Allen offers a lot more gadgets in Cody 2 but surprisingly little in the way of memorable action 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jeff Vice
This supposed action comedy is so staggeringly unfunny unoriginal and uninspired that its title should have been Agent Cody Banks 2 Contractually Obligated Sequel 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Roger Ebert
Apart from funny supporting work by the inventor of the Mind Control and the guy in the Q role the movie is pretty routine 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Janice Page
No matter how adorable you think Muniz is it s becoming increasingly hard to buy him as a socially inept teenager spy 
2
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Sean P. Means
May be the dumbest thing associated with Anglo American intelligence since the sexed up WMD dossier 
0
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
David Nusair
content to exist as a movie that holds appeal only for small kids parents of said kids will no doubt be scratching their eyes out somewhere around the film s midpoint 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Dan Lybarger
The activity sheets they handed out at the screening I attended were more fun than the movie 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Claudia Puig
Agent Cody Banks 2 Destination London is simply not worth the trip 
2
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Sue Pierman
Director Kevin Allen who has more acting than directing credits under his belt does an admirable job of keeping the pace fast enough that kids are entertained and parents aren t checking their watches every five minutes 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Chris Hewitt
The story is nothing special you could skip the first hour of Cody 2 and not miss a thing since this is the sort of plot that TV s Kim Possible would get to the bottom of in less than half an hour 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Sherri Winston
Agent Cody Banks 2 Destination London is pure fun 
3
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
David Hiltbrand
Muniz is quite winning as a plucky teen who is constantly being thrown into situations over his head But the usually reliable Anthony Anderson e mails in his performance as Cody s handler 
2
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jan Stuart
A nonsuspenseful and painfully unfunny series of comic stunts that try to have sport with the image of the garrulous American abroad 
1
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Frank Ochieng
disposable kid driven vehicle that has no unique spark or sense of imagination Destination London is one interminable mission that definitely needs to be aborted
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Allison Benedikt
Malcolm loyalists are too sophisticated for this simple script and fans of the spy genre have so many better options 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Scott Nash
Agent Cody Banks Destination Forgotten Screen Character hopefully 
.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Rob Blackwelder
Clearly nobody involved with Agent Cody Banks 2 cared if it was any good at all They just cared about cranking it out before the first movie s shelf life expired 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Keith Uhlich
The John Wayne Gacy of films 
.5
Metropolitan
Jaime N. Christley
Whit Stillman s urban haute bourgeoisie are redeemed because the filmmaker takes custody of them their idiosyncrasies their flaws 
3.5
Metropolitan
Eric Melin
You get the feeling that you re eavesdropping on real conversation rather than the polite chit chat you might expect at actual events and seeing those aristocratic tendencies fall away to reveal scared human beings is part of the movie s infinite charm 
4
Metropolitan
Roger Ebert
Not very much happens in Metropolitan and yet everything that happens is felt deeply because the characters in this movie are still too young to have perfected their defenses against life 
3.5
Metropolitan
Chris Hicks
On a technical level this is an amazingly slick film Stillman knows how to as they say put every dollar on the screen And on balance he s certainly a filmmaker to watch for in the future 
2.5
Metropolitan
Steve Rhodes
Stillman films with their acerbic humor are perhaps best on the second and third viewing With their rapid fire approach and their subtle dialog it is easy to miss many of the lines the first time around 
3
Road House 2
David Nusair
A remake as much as it is a sequel Road House 2 features many of the same one liners and action beats as its predecessor ie Shane s uncle while lying in a hospital remarks your dad got one thing wrong pain does hurt 
1.5
Road House 2
Bill Chambers
It sits there like a dead frog waiting for the electrodes
0
Team America: World Police
Craig D. Lindsey
Team America World Police has South Park evil geniuses Trey Parker and Matt Stone doing what they do best savagely making fun of big game targets while burning every bridge around them
3
Team America: World Police
Nick Rogers
The jarhead action intentionally crappy parody songs mélange of terrorist gibberish and semi sensible anatomical analogies for foreign policy all let Team America rowdily resurrect the Zucker Brothers spirit of peerless puerile genre satire 
3.5
Team America: World Police
David Nusair
hurt by Parker and Stone s reliance on speechifying and heavy handed diatribes 
1.5
Team America: World Police
Forrest Hartman
A hilariously irreverent look at post 9 11 America 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Mark Dujsik
The result seems almost as hypocritical as many of the movie s targets which ultimately defeats the movie s intentions 
2.5
Team America: World Police
David N. Butterworth
Surprisingly good natured given its take no prisoners lampooning of ethnic and cultural stereotypes the war in Iraq homosexuality AIDS not to mention Hollywood s finest 
3
Team America: World Police
Frank Ochieng
Armed with an offbeat intelligence Team America World Police is a diabolically spunky punch to the political groin that takes no prisoners doesn t miss a naughty beat
3.5
Team America: World Police
James Kendrick
makes a surprisingly cogent if gleefully vulgar political argument that has legs because it doesn t take easy sides
3
Team America: World Police
J. R. Jones
Juvenile in the worst sense confused and frightened by the adult world and begging to be protected 
2
Team America: World Police
Marty Mapes
Shocking funny and socio politically astute
3
Team America: World Police
Matt Brunson
Juvenile Sure Funny Certainly though not nearly as often as one might reasonably expect from these guys 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Walter Chaw
The satirical sharpness that defines the duo s at times incandescently brilliant South Park has been shunted aside in favour of vomit gags and screaming homophobia 
1.5
Team America: World Police
James Verniere
Surprisingly free of painful barbs 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Christy Lemire
A film that works on every imaginable as a comedy as sharp political commentary as a send up of bombastic action flicks even as a musical 
4
Team America: World Police
Sara Michelle Fetters
Worse it loses its edge early on Stone and Parker not going far enough for the attacks to be anything other than purely prurient 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Bob Bloom
Team America is a poke in the nose a kick in the pants to namby pamby types afraid of offending anyone It s rather liberating which is what Team America is all about 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Mike McGranaghan
Team America World Police is controversial vulgar and politically incorrect Bless Parker and Stone for making it 
3
Team America: World Police
Mark Collette
Trey Parker may not advance the cause of freedom but he ll go to it laughing and that s worth several times my buck o five 
3
Team America: World Police
Kevin A. Ranson
one of the funniest films you ll ever feel this uncomfortable about laughing out loud at remember if you laugh the terrorists win 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Vince Koehler
Many other critics have praised it but I find it hard to enjoy a film so offensive Be sure to keep kids away 
1.5
Team America: World Police
Christian Toto
Team America puts Michael Moore and company to shame by being fair and balanced in its comic assault on the left and right 
3
Team America: World Police
Stacie Hougland
For giggling politically savvy homo repressed teenagers Team America World Police is hardly as funny as it should be so it gets 2 stars make it 3 if you sniff glue 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Claudia Puig
Team America is not as funny as the South Park movie and some of its juvenile humor falls flat But when Team America works it falls squarely into the category of guilty pleasure 
3
Team America: World Police
John Hartl
Parker Stone fans are likely to have a grand time 
3
Team America: World Police
Mick LaSalle
As puppetry Team America is stilted As satire it s gutless and lazy And as comedy it barely delivers laughs 
0
Team America: World Police
Arthur Salm
Three times in the course of Team America World Police I laughed so hard I thought I was crying and when I checked sure enough 
3
Team America: World Police
Joe Baltake
The irreverent duo plays it surprisingly safe here 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Peter Travers
Outrageously gut bustingly hilarious 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Pam Grady
There are plenty of laughs to be had in this 
3
Team America: World Police
John Anderson
Sophomoric vulgar obscene and brilliant 
3
Team America: World Police
Megan Lehmann
Consistently hilarious 
4
Team America: World Police
Jami Bernard
Caustic fun 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Rene Rodriguez
It may not tell you who you should vote for but Team America World Police conclusively proves everything is funnier when it s done by marionettes 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Glenn Whipp
The funniest movie of the year 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Robert W. Butler
Team America World Police is this decade s Dr Strangelove 
4
Team America: World Police
Bruce Westbrook
Though Team America has knee slapping moments too much mirth has too little on its mind 
2
Team America: World Police
Liam Lacey
A technical step forward from South Park 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Terry Lawson
Team America is a hoot and a technical achievement 
3
Team America: World Police
Jeff Vice
The film is extremely hit and miss 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Michael Booth
The South Park team s sendup of Hollywood action epics and the war on terror is at once admirably furious and sophomorically infuriating 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Roger Ebert
Like a cocky teenager who s had a couple of drinks before the party Parker and Stone don t have a plan for who they want to offend only an intention to be as offensive as possible 
1
Team America: World Police
Lawrence Toppman
These filmmakers do know what s funny but they don t know when it stops being funny 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Wesley Morris
A smart movie trapped in the body of a dead end action flick 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Josh Larsen
offers a foreign policy that s more cogent and practical than anything we ve heard during the presidential debates 
4
Team America: World Police
John Beifuss
Hilarious yes but one can almost already hear the film s rousing theme song America F ck Yeah blasting unironically from boom boxes across the country 
3
Team America: World Police
Aaron Hillis
an occasionally hilarious frequently anemic parody that misses its opportunity to permanently document a scathing critique of current events 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Boasts the best and funniest vomit scene since Monty Python and the Meaning of Life 
3
Team America: World Police
Jon Niccum
Like South Park Bigger Longer Uncut the filmmakers reveal their true genius lies in their musical abilities 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Larry Ratliff
Brutally violent grotesquely gross and funny enough to make you fight not to wet your pants Team America World Police pegs the R rated raunch meter 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Jeanne Aufmuth
A shout out to the bad boys of comedy for a film that s lewd and crude and brimming with attitude 
3
Team America: World Police
Sean P. Means
Parker and Stone aren t always as evenhanded with their satirical barbs as they profess to be 
3
Team America: World Police
Peter Canavese
Parker and Stone unleash the Jerry Bruckheimer id with the movie we all know Hollywood would seriously like to make cannot be denied its humorous high points 
3
Team America: World Police
Collin Souter
The best antidote I can think of to the constant bombardment of self serious Leftist documentaries is a movie that slams everyone no matter what the affiliation 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Erik Childress
The left testicle certainly gets it where it hurts but the right is just centimeters away and is skewed so perfectly that they may not even recognize it 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Duane Dudek
Clumsy clunky puppets turn out to be a brilliant comedy delivery system 
3
Team America: World Police
Emily Blunt
Team America is an action musical screwy balls out comedy spectacular extravaganza 
4
Team America: World Police
Carrie Rickey
45 of the funniest minutes I ve spent at the movies this year Too bad this weapon of mass diversion runs more than twice that in length 
2.5
Team America: World Police
David Sterritt
If you re not a fan of naughtiness for naughtiness s sake Team America is this week s must miss movie 
2
Team America: World Police
Chris Hewitt
Explosively funny 
3
Team America: World Police
Bruce Newman
Horribly wonderfully offensive 
3.5
Team America: World Police
James Berardinelli
Good try some funny and clever ideas but not really worth the time 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Robert K. Elder
There s a guilty infantile fun to Team America 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Jeffrey Westhoff
When Team America runs out of ideas Parker and Stone turn into a couple of obnoxious kids running around in circles giving the finger to everyone they see 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Rob Thomas
The movie probably hits the left harder than the right but ultimately Team America aims to make everybody wince and make everybody laugh 
3
Team America: World Police
Phil Villarreal
An equal opportunity slapdown to those on the Liberal Left Self Righteous Right and anyone in between 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Rob Blackwelder
These are no Thunderbirds string dolls with few movable parts and no facial expressions They re high tech and anatomically correct 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Ross Anthony
For Matt and Trey fans always mildly amusing a handful of bend over tears in the eyes howling S Park film better For those who are offended easily goodness don t go 
2.5
Team America: World Police
Steve Rhodes
Designed to appeal to teenage boys everywhere but no matter how much vomit the puppets produce their actions just aren t funny 
2
Team America: World Police
Scott Nash
Team America F K Yeah 
4
Team America: World Police
Willie Waffle
If the marionette on marionette action doesn t have you rolling in the aisles the razor sharp movie spoofs will 
4
Team America: World Police
Nick Schager
The funniest filthiest and as surprising as it may seem shrewdest politically minded film of this election year 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Linda Cook
Do NOT take your children to this movie 
3.5
Team America: World Police
Dustin Putman
There are some hearty laughs to be had but they don t come frequently enough 
2
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Wesley Morris
You might not buy the ideas But you ll definitely want the T shirt 
3
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a film that celebrates radical nonconformist values What to Do in Case of Fire lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional reserved kind of filmmaking 
2
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Jonathan Curiel
An enthralling entertaining feature 
3
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Megan Turner
It s all entertaining enough but don t look for any hefty anti establishment message in what is essentially a whip crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper 
2.5
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Ed Gonzalez
Schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film s present with the playful paranoia of the film s past 
2.5
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Harvey S. Karten
A high spirited buddy movie about the reunion of Berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime 
3
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Brian Eggert
If ranking the Twilight movies 44 I suppose you could place this one just after the first in terms of quality 44 but only because New Moon and Eclipse were so awful 46 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Mattie Lucas
A movie just about Bella s dad would probably be more interesting than any of the hormonal claptrap going on in this one 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Kelly Jane Torrance
How such a franchise became one of Hollywood s most successful I ll never understand 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Brandy McDonnell
The first half of Breaking Dawn Part 1 moves slowly but at least it taps into the appropriate emotions The second half zips along rapidly but remains alarmingly flat and lifeless 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Roger Moore
The worst film in the saga Utter camp 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Austin Kennedy
These movies have become one big joke with hokey acting slapdash visuals and Kindergarten dialogue It felt like such a parody that it might as well have been directed by those jerks who made DISASTER MOVIE and EPIC MOVIE 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Jeff Beck
This film was made for the fans as they re going to be the only ones able to appreciate it despite it not having any redeeming qualities whatsoever 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Sara Michelle Fetters
Easily Meyer s most insane bit of over the top and giddily silly prose the basic truth is not a heck of a lot happens here 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Michael Dequina
If I can say anything for the film it s that it delivers exactly what the legions of Twi hards want and expect or what Team Edward wants anyway 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Mike Scott
Bill Condon gives the series fans what they have shown they want uneven storytelling maudlin dialog and decidedly one note performances 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
John Beifuss
At least Jacob seems to understand the contradiction inherent in the insistence that coldblooded undeath is just another lifestyle choice 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
James Kendrick
drags along too slowly to give it much impact and instead engenders little more than impatience
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Lori Hoffman
Tedious and toothless and feels at numerous moments more like a Saturday Night Live spoof that a proper continuation of the series 8233 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Eric Melin
There s less cringeworthy dialogue and Condon does a better job visually telling the story but it s hard to make a riveting two hour film when the main conflict seems completely arbitrary 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Scott Nash
Put a stake in this franchise 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Ann Lewinson
A wolf council with dubbed growls may be the most ludicrous scene of the year but a rumble with chic vampires punching CGI werewolves comes close 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Kam Williams
Suggested solely for Twilight diehards this underwhelming unfunny melodrama amounts to little more than an uneventful setup for next year s grand finale 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
John Wirt
The most engaging Twilight movie yet 
3
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
David Nusair
as far as shameless cash grabs go Breaking Dawn Part 1 is far easier to stomach than certain other franchise extending installments eg the Star Wars prequels 
3
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Matt Brunson
Critiques really have no weight when it comes to films like this The haters are gonna hate the fans are gonna love and everyone else will check the movie listings and their own wallets before deciding if this is the best option for a night on the town 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Keith Cohen
The fourth book is so expansive that the filmmakers made the right call in splitting it into two parts Stewart Pattinson Lautner have come to be genuine embodiments of the three major characters The pacing is spot on with a 
3
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Mike McGranaghan
It is very focused on the idea of Not Pissing Off The Fans By Getting It Wrong As a relative outsider I found that this mentality sucked all the life out of the film 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Sara Stewart
It all goes wrong just when it should go right 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Peter Howell
Melodrama reigns in this supernatural soap opera even though author Stephanie Meyer s tale takes a decided turn toward the weird and violent 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Wilson Morales
If there was ever a franchise that plays like a TV soap opera with a climatic ending that leaves the audience wanting more it s this one If you have seen the previous three films then you go into Breaking Dawn P1 already hooked in from the start 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
James Berardinelli
Here s hoping Breaking Dawn Part Two gives us more of what Part One provided in the final 30 minutes than what it forced viewers to endure to get there 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Liam Lacey
It was supposed to be climactic Instead it s the most jumbled and tonally confused movie yet 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Barbara Vancheri
Breaking Dawn Part 1 directed by Bill Condon allows the lead trio to make their largest leaps yet into maturity 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Willie Waffle
This is the one where things start to get silly 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Bob Bloom
One of the glummest lifeless movies of the year it is gray and bleak even when the sun is shining 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Mark Dujsik
T he movie resolves everything of any obvious importance by the end so again what s the point of this story 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Walter Chaw
Appalling by pretty much every measure 
0
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Dustin Putman
Stretches forty five minutes of material to two hours in order to satisfy the ignorant two parter conclusion 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
R. Kurt Osenlund
Bella shifts from her intended stance of antiheroine to something close to antimatter in The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Rafer Guzman
What remains is the total conviction that the ludicrous scenes are dead serious and fiercely meaningful The result is not quite a laugh a minute but close 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Peter Travers
The sexless bloodless padded and plodding Breaking Dawn Part 1 is the worst Twilight movie to date 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Jane Henderson
Director Bill Condon may have been hampered by the original material but he does nothing to help it along 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Duane Dudek
In several scenes characters play chess but the film itself is as complex as Chutes and Ladders and just as suspenseful 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Mark Jenkins
The Twilight Saga hasn t matured along with its heroine In fact the latest movie regresses a bit delivering more filler less feeling and crummier CGI than last year s Eclipse 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Randy Myers
Of the four Twilight movies Breaking Dawn Part I has the most going on and the most going for it 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Sharon Hoffmann
Fangirls you have nothing to be ashamed of 
3
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Gary Thompson
It s like Roadhouse for women As irresistible as it is ridiculous 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Kent Turner
It makes you wonder if splitting the book in two parts was such a good idea 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Carrie Rickey
Will Condon s movie convert agnostics to Stephenie Meyer s Twilight cult 
3
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Stephen Whitty
The good news Now that all of the tedious exposition has been gotten glacially out of the way Part II will probably be terrific 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Moira MacDonald
Breaking Dawn Part 1 as a whole feels stretched out as if the filmmakers realized belatedly that there wasn t enough material in the book to sustain two movies There isn t 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Chris Hewitt
The worst part of these movies has always been the moments when those mumbly lovebirds find themselves in a meadow gazing off into the distance as they dreamily part each other s hair There s a lot of that sort of moony eyed action in Breaking Dawn 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Christy Lemire
The dialogue is of course ridiculous and the acting ranges from stiff to mopey But moments that should be pulsating with tension are usually hilarious because the special effects are still just so distractingly cheesy 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Daniel M. Kimmel
Two things are certain it is one of the worst movies of the year and it is going to make an awful lot of money 
1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Sean O'Connell
Hands its reigns over to Oscar winning filmmaker Bill Condon and not coincidentally produces the franchise s sturdiest installment 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Matt Pais
Lautner who lasts approximately 8 seconds before tearing off his shirt suggests more than ever that the casting director mistakenly told him he would be playing a robot 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Michael Phillips
Whenever certain actors take the lead and set the pace of the dialogue time itself begins to crawl backward and the breaking dawn begins to feel like yesterday s breaking dawn or last Tuesday s 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Rene Rodriguez
This one draws you close and keeps you there and for those of us who haven t read Stephenie Meyer s novel delivers some surprising turns of plot 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Roger Ebert
Kristen Stewart is really pretty good here although like almost all actresses she believes pregnant women rub their baby bumps unceasingly 
2.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Wesley Morris
Breaking Dawn is the series in its fullest Victorian flower But with Bill Condon directing the pacing is all wrong It s Pride Prejudice and Zombies 
2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Phil Villarreal
Really a half film and the boring half at that Such is the nature of things dubbed Part 1 It s a film about things that will inevitably happen but don t until the next more important part 
1.5
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Scott Bowles
The series is finding momentum as it nears its finale 
3
Red River
Brian Eggert
For all the film s practicality and attention to detail Red River is also an extraordinary story less concerned about propelling a standard Hollywood spectacle than its own interconnectedness with American identity 
4
Red River
James Kendrick
inaugurated the second more intriguing half of John Wayne s career enabling him to be cast in roles that were more than just macho posturing and gruff heroism
3.5
Red River
John Beifuss
It was Hawks genius to recognize a kinship between his leads and to understand that the naturalism of the Wayne persona was as deep and complex as the more intellectualized approach of the neurotic young New York stage actor Clift 
4
Red River
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hawks never did anything self consciously You always realize how great his films are after you re through enjoying yourself 
4
Red River
Roger Ebert
It s a sign of the movie s complexity that John Wayne often typecast is given a tortured conflicted character to play 
4
The Chinese Girl
Kathy Fennessy
His color coded collage like approach in which classical music mingles with comic book art still looks fresh and feels even more radical than the politics at hand 
3
The Chinese Girl
Michael Phillips
Maybe Andy Warhol didn t make the quintessential Pop Art masterwork Maybe Jean Luc Godard did 
3.5
Storm
Alistair Harkness
Shot in an appropriately dry non sensational style German director Hans Christian Schmid s courtroom thriller does a decent job of exposing the complexities of the issue and the way bureaucratic cowardice can blight and skew morality 
3
Storm
Adrian Sandiford
Saved by the talent on display both in front of and behind the camera Storm just about retains its title as an intense political thriller 
3
Storm
Billy Heller
In this taut drama about the trial of a Bosnian Serb general from German director and co writer Hans Christian Schmid we see how justice can be subverted by interests as banal as international bureaucracy despite the best intentions 
3
Storm
Andrew Schenker
A finely graded legal thriller Storm effectively builds its moral and political investigation into the fabric of its central court case 
3
The Door
Micha&#322; Oleszczyk
Visually there s an elegance to The Door that feels both a virtue and a limitation 
2.5
Immigration Tango
Loren King
Neither the comedy nor the romance is strong enough in Immigration Tango to offer any improvement on Peter Weir s similar and better 1990 film Green Card 
2
Immigration Tango
Chuck Bowen
Immigration Tango is the kind of surreally terrible comedy you d come across on HBO at three in the morning in the 1980s 
0
Immigration Tango
Roger Moore
Immigration Tango is like a slow dance with your sister perfunctory awkward and without a hint of heat 
1
Immigration Tango
Amy Biancolli
A minor sometimes likable romp through miscellaneous narrative clichs all of them rendered with the snug medium shots and predetermined character arcs that are coin of the realm on the tube 
2
Immigration Tango
Lou Lumenick
Leon is actually kind of charming as an actor but he s completely wasted in this bomb 
1
Immigration Tango
Rene Rodriguez
The movie never comes close to making you believe such an arrangement between these people could ever exist 
1
Don't Tell
Jack Mathews
The script and the performances are all fine but it s very slow going 
2
Don't Tell
Lou Lumenick
An excruciatingly bad indie 
1
Under the Sea
Brandy McDonnell
The film offers one of the best and most organic uses of new more advanced 3 D technology Grown ups and youngsters alike will try to knock away the banded sea snakes writhing toward them 
3.5
Under the Sea
Steven Rea
The footage is spectacular the colors electric the life aquatic trippier than anything you ll see in even the most wildly imaginative animated fare 
3
Under the Sea
Adam Keleman
Strictly fodder for the preteen set Under the Sea 3D the latest IMAX deep sea dive exploration brought to you by the fisheye s point of view is expectedly rudimentary but a splendor to watch 
3
Under the Sea
Lou Lumenick
The 3 D effects are uncanny much of the audience ducked when sea snakes lunged at it You can t get that on your TV set Yet 
3
Under the Sea
Reyhan Harmanci
Oceanic movies in actual science museums are far more interesting and nuanced than this documentary not to mention the wildly popular Planet Earth series which even in 2 D looks better 
1
Under the Sea
Chris Hewitt
I ve seen so many large format deep sea documentaries I m waterlogged so I was reluctant to go to Under the Sea 3 D But I m glad I did 
3
Under the Sea
Peter Howell
This is the fourth Imax underwater excursion and the second in 3 D and it may just be the best yet 
3.5
Under the Sea
Michael Smith
The visuals are intimate and startling comparable only to viewing a fantastic aquarium and the aquarium is sitting in your lap 
3
Under the Sea
Michael Esposito
The images are impressive and include shots of some cuttlefish hey hey cleverly set to the song Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps the theme song for the Britcom Coupling 
3
Under the Sea
Jeff Vice
This is one of the few 3 D endeavors that really uses the format properly At times it feels like the fish are swimming right at you 
3
Under the Sea
Tom Keogh
One of the most fun and engaging IMAX movies to date 
4
Under the Sea
Wesley Morris
Here to inspire awe and depression with a vast universe of marine life that barring possible ecological disaster will be here eons after we re gone 
3
Hello, Dolly!
Josh Larsen
fares best with the ensemble dance numbers that elegantly combine group movement and individual footwork 
2
Hello, Dolly!
Scott Nash
This is a flawed movie there s no question of that but at the same time there are some enjoyable moments 
2.5
Hello, Dolly!
Eric Henderson
More infamous for bringing Fox financially to its knees than for being the last major musical directed by Gene Kelly Dolly is one big assed bull in a china shop 
2
The Banishing
Brian Eggert
While the screenplay could have better fleshed out plot points to align with the film s themes The Banishing s sheer number of thematic tributaries meet in a worthy confluence 
3
The Banishing
Steven Prokopy
So much of The Banishing seems half baked 
2
The Banishing
Randy Myers
The Banishing loses its nerve and succumbs to commonplace plot devices rather than going for the jugular Still Smith and Findlay make it watchable 
2.5
The Banishing
Sara Michelle Fetters
Can a 30 second scene right at the tail end of a motion picture derail what had been up to that point 90 minutes of solidly creepy emotionally authentic old school haunted house fun 
2.5
The Banishing
Kevin Carr
It s got some good scares It s one of those that you wouldn t want to watch with the lights all turned down 
3
The Banishing
Roger Moore
The cast and the period piece pall they perform under make this mixed bag of a thriller worth a look 
2
The Banishing
Brian Tallerico
There are too many times when it feels like The Banishing needed to go Full Argento and Smith is too cautious a filmmaker to do so It s dull when it needed to be terrifyingly confrontational 
2
The Banishing
Leo Brady
The Banishing is valiant in its effort honoring the roots of gothic horror but something goes wrong along the way They forgot the lights they forgot the focus and they forgot the scares 
2
The Banishing
William Repass
Christopher Smith s film applies the haunted house trope in unfamiliar ways 
2.5
The Snake Pit
Tom Meek
where grim scenes of rec room madness are cemented by the excellent and vast supporting cast 
3.5
Psychopathia Sexualis
Ty Burr
Lugubrious to the extreme of unintended comedy the movie suggests a regional dinner theater production of a late 80s Peter Greenaway film 
1.5
Psychopathia Sexualis
Maitland McDonagh
Lurid though the material is the film is scrupulously anti erotic 
2.5
Waru
Gayle MacDonald
Joined together the shorts are a powerful chorus of female Maori voices united in finding a way to protect all that is vulnerable 
3
Totally F... ed Up
Fernando F. Croce
Life is f ed up Araki is saying but it is worth living 
3.5
Goodbye Honey
Roger Moore
Cutting can only take the pacing so far if your players aren t as frazzled as you want the viewer to become on their panicked behalf 
2
Omar
Ty Burr
It s told with a stark pitiless clarity that leaves you with fewer answers than before 
3
Omar
Lisa Kennedy
Omar is romance and thriller Of course trust is at the heart of the matter 
3.5
Omar
Marty Mapes
Multi faceted thought provoking Palestinian film could have used more heart less brain
2.5
Omar
Mary Houlihan
Abu Assad offers no solutions here Instead he paints a portrait of the daily rhythms of the occupation an endless conflict that has seeped into every aspect of life in the West Bank 
3
Omar
David Nusair
fares best in its opening half hour 
2
Omar
John Hartl
Abu Assad has created a convincingly noirish hell that feeds on distrust and vengeance 
3
Omar
Matt Pais
Turns a story of resisting military occupation into a politically one sided contrived reminder about the risks of irresponsible love triangles 
2
Omar
Chris Hewitt
Abu Assad creates vivid relatable characters but like Paradise Now Omar is more about a place whose people are so beaten down they can t see any way out 
3
Omar
Steven Rea
Abu Assad s tale is less a political thriller than it is a human story although everything about its setting and circumstances is defined by oppression surveillance restriction and control 
3
Omar
Sheila O'Malley
Helped along by an amazing cast of mostly first time actors Omar feels very fresh due to its attitude its approach and the fact that it offers no solutions 
3.5
Omar
Ann Hornaday
Bakri a relative newcomer to the big screen does a superb job of carrying a film in which he appears in nearly every scene 
2.5
Omar
John Anderson
Omar is a real thriller a snake pit of plot twists in which the perspectives shift destinations change and the moral universe spins and sways 
4
Omar
Walter V. Addiego
The virtues of Omar a thriller about the Palestinian conflict are overshadowed by a one sided political message 
2
Omar
Rene Rodriguez
Like most movies about the Middle East conflict Omar is ultimately about the futility of violence and how it feeds on itself 
3
Omar
Farran Smith Nehme
Omar eventually becomes a sun scorched neo noir and the fade out is an unforgettable jolter 
3
High Society
James Berardinelli
The two chief pleasures of High Society are the performances which bring life and vitality to the characters and the music which makes this the kind of movie that never loses its appeal 
3.5
The Happy Sad
Kam Williams
You almost need a score card to keep track of all the coupling uncoupling and re coupling but the out of the closet antics are amusing enough to intrigue 
3
The Happy Sad
Farran Smith Nehme
Deadly earnestness and sex don t mix well at the movies 
1
The Happy Sad
Bill Weber
Ken Urban adapting his own play fumbles at injections of urban and decidedly not urbane levity in addition to telegraphing entire subplots 
1.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Forrest Hartman
No matter how respected a celebrity is watching him or her jabber about caffeine s stimulative power is not revealing 
1
Coffee and Cigarettes
John Beifuss
A caffeinated exercise in nonsequitur metaphysics 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Linda Cook
It s endearing plotless and strange 
3.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Joe Baltake
An oddball tribute to the art of conversation you know just hanging out and talking with friends 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Phil Villarreal
Talk mood and feel dominate as action fades into the background The air is filled with the sting of smoke buttressed by the heavy smell of a dark brew 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Sean P. Means
The vignettes have the pleasant cumulative effect of making us slow down to smell the coffee 
3.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jeff Vice
As infuriating and inconsistent as a film can get Some of its scenes are quite dull and dry yet others are fascinating and funny And others still are just head scratchingly weird 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Duane Dudek
It is decaffeinated to the point of paralysis which is the opposite reaction the stimulants in question typically produce 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Steve Rhodes
Plays like a group of actors giving their best effort for ten minutes or so in order to win some coveted role 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Marty Mapes
Jarmusch missed his mark trying to present simple non dramatic moments but using celebrities
2
Coffee and Cigarettes
Chris Hewitt
The films have been exhibited over the years at festivals and museums but viewed together they cohere surprisingly well 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Michael Booth
At least three of the spots make the hour and a half worthwhile through an addicting blend of hilarity and beauty 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Roger Ebert
Sometimes movies tire us by trying too relentlessly to pound us with their brilliance and energy Here is a movie pitched at about the energy level of a coffee break 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Terry Lawson
Though Coffee and Cigarettes provokes the occasional buzz it is really just a respite from any serious business Jarmusch may have planned or may be putting off 
2
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The short form looks like a genuine alternative in Jarmusch s hands because of what he does with it 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Mark Caro
The draggy ones make you restless while the best ones like the movie s title ingredients provide a buzz that doesn t last long enough 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jeanne Aufmuth
Brilliant when it s working and dull as dishwater when it s not 
2
Coffee and Cigarettes
James Verniere
An amusing selection of vignettes 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Erik Lundegaard
There are few things more boring than cool Cool keeps to itself cool doesn t reveal itself For cool to be cool it has to be part of a larger story Here it s not 
2
Coffee and Cigarettes
David Elliott
The old well only 51 hipster may get you hooked on segments sure as nicotine loves caffeine but the addiction is passing 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Steven Rea
Things pick up with the latter pieces which were shot independently of any ongoing Jarmusch production and consequently feel less like outtakes afterthoughts 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Rick Groen
Expect a map and you ll be sorely disappointed Work to make one and you ll be happily addicted 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Wesley Morris
Jarmusch has aged into a hipster of a sly vulnerable vintage 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Walter Chaw
Though Jarmusch is fond of deflecting gestalt reads of his films individually and collectively make no mistake that there is a meticulous structure 
3.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Glenn Kenny
The movie abounds in stellar moments 
3.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Claudia Puig
Feel so haphazardly conceived and slapped together that one wonders for whom this compilation was made 
1.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Mick LaSalle
Flat and uninspired 
1
Coffee and Cigarettes
Megan Lehmann
A couple of the sketches in the middle drag lifelessly but the best ones usually revolving around a sharp satire of celebrity buoy the whole 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jack Mathews
Nine of the shorts are instantly forgettable two are wryly amusing and one is a knockout 
2
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jeffrey Overstreet
This is a film for people who want something more than predictable entertainment It s for people who love to watch people 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Pam Grady
While a few are touched by brilliance and a few more are mildly amusing others provide ample opportunity for leaving the theater to buy popcorn or take a coffee break 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Bob Strauss
There is art here and amusement to be had But most of it is of an arch and trifling nature as lasting as a chemical rush and ephemeral as smoke 
2.5
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
May inspire a shrug from most viewers but it has lingered with me growing sillier and more charming each time I think about it 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
David Sterritt
Some are weak some are superb but they get better as they go along ending with the most understated and touching of all featuring Taylor Mead and Bill Rice as cultural rebels who ve outlived their rebellions 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Peter Travers
Sure it s just two or three people bonding over the twin addictions of the title But Jarmusch makes it a feast that plays like a haunting concept album 
3
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jeremiah Kipp
Alas Coffee and Cigarettes is more fun to reminisce about afterwards than it is to endure 
2.5
My Father, the Hero
Matt Brunson
The filmmakers find just the right approach to turn what on paper sounds like a sordid plotline into a breezy likable comedy 
3
My Father, the Hero
Roger Ebert
It s amusing watching a movie like this to observe the clangingly false notes 
2
The Crazies
Jeff Beck
If you haven t seen that many horror films you might find it thrilling but for those of you who are familiar with the genre you will most likely find yourself bored and wishing for something more original 
2.5
The Crazies
Sean P. Means
In the end we re more scared for these people because they re fleshed out characters not the anonymous and interchangeable targets that populate most horror schlock 
3
The Crazies
John Beifuss
An unilluminating remake of George Romero s brilliant and angry 1973 thriller 
2
The Crazies
John Wirt
Eisner stages a tight confident and relatively big horror film And farm machinery has rarely been so eerie 
3
The Crazies
Mike McGranaghan
The Crazies is creepy and it made me squirm with discomfort 
3
The Crazies
Walter Chaw
marvel at the film s remarkable comfort with ambiguity
3.5
The Crazies
Gina Carbone
Tense Gross Gory Nice shots of Iowa Nice shots of Joe Anderson as my new favorite Brit who roughs it up playing American But is it something you re likely to remember 10 minutes after it ends Nah 
2.5
The Crazies
Tom Meek
It s a smart meat and potatoes and gore throwback 
3
The Crazies
Ethan Alter
The Crazies falls into a run hide fight narrative loop that s not unlike a video game 
2.5
The Crazies
David Nusair
a pervasively tedious piece of work 
2
The Crazies
Eric Melin
Where Romero moved straight into the socio political criticism especially the heavy handed and talky anti military stuff Eisner concentrates more on moving the plot along quickly and creating memorable suspense scenes 
3
The Crazies
James Kendrick
works surprisingly well in terms of both its extended tension and its deployment of genuinely unsettling images and situations that linger in the mind long after it s over
3
The Crazies
Linda Cook
Now here s a thriller to be crazy about 
3.5
The Crazies
Rossiter Drake
It s more a taut psychological thriller than a geek show And in doing away with the original s reliance on dialogue to make clear its ideological thrust Eisner has crafted a leaner and more effective film 
3
The Crazies
Christian Toto
The Crazies is the sharp sophisticated horror remake we ve been waiting for 
3
The Crazies
Rick Groen
The blood is certainly convincing these days but it generally flows only in the safest and most inoffensive uncontroversial directions 
2
The Crazies
Amy Biancolli
Romero had quite a lot on his mind back in the day Vietnam the Kent State shootings a wicked distrust of the military and the Man in general Eisner has almost nothing on his mind 
1.5
The Crazies
Matt Brunson
While this is more smoothly realized than Romero s choppy original it s also been streamlined for mass consumption removing all thorny sociopolitical subtext avoiding the 73 model s cruelly ironic conclusion and throwing in far too many cheap scares 
2
The Crazies
Ty Burr
The Crazies does what an exploitation movie should It gets in it scares you silly and it gets out all while playing fair by the audience 
3
The Crazies
Willie Waffle
It will scare your underpants off 
3
The Crazies
Stephen Whitty
The movie never takes you anyplace truly uncomfortable for that you have to go back to the source material But the new The Crazies still delivers a good scary horror show 
3
The Crazies
Claudia Puig
The Crazies is familiar B movie fare but it s also lively fun and presented with well paced flair Be sure to watch it in a safe and contained area 
2.5
The Crazies
Ted Fry
Eisner stumbles in playing up an inherent tension that could have given audiences their own case of the crazies 
2
The Crazies
Sonny Bunch
As far as utterly pointless unnecessary retreads go The Crazies isn t all that bad 
2.5
The Crazies
Chris Hewitt
The Crazies is a very good movie that also happens to be a horror movie 
3.5
The Crazies
Linda Barnard
Eisner brings plenty of tension and some gratifying scares amid the ordinariness of Main Street U S A clapboard farmhouses and wide fields 
3
The Crazies
Kyle Smith
Even for a horror movie The Crazies is a bore and we re talking about the most boring genre this side of dysfunctional family indie drama 
1.5
The Crazies
Dan Kois
Adapted from horror master George A Romero s micro budget 1973 classic The Crazies delivers some satisfying scares but skims blithely over the darker ramifications of its story 
2
The Crazies
Sara Michelle Fetters
The best thing about this remake is its refusal to pull any of its punches 
3
The Crazies
Mark Dujsik
A partial success of method that s missing the madness 
2.5
The Crazies
Dustin Putman
It s not that The Crazies is awful it s that it s too middle of the road mediocre to earn a particularly strong reaction either way In some respects that s almost worse 
2
The Crazies
Steven Rea
Director Breck Eisner cranks up the gore to levels that are overpowering and unpalatable 
2.5
The Crazies
James Berardinelli
A slicker production than the original but some of the grit is gone 
2.5
The Crazies
Robert W. Butler
While it s no classic taken on its own terms it s effective 
2.5
The Crazies
Roger Ebert
The last thing I need is another Jump Out Loud Noise Alarming Chord Movie 
2.5
The Crazies
Simon Abrams
Impatient as they may be the filmmakers never lose sight of what s important namely keeping Dutton s rag tag group of survivors sympathetic and perpetually in peril 
3.5
The Crazies
Steven Snyder
This is complete and utter anarchy with every person out for himself as the idealistic American dream gives way in real time to the darker impulse of self preservation 
3.5
The Crazies
Rene Rodriguez
Olyphant an actor capable of playing stoic heroes as well as sneering villains anchors the movie with a believable sense of desperation and the brief film doesn t waste a second on anything that doesn t bear directly on the crisis at hand 
3
The Crazies
Roger Moore
The Crazies struggles to find novelty and laughs and must battle the overwhelming sense that we ve been here seen this too often and too recently to experience any real surprises 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Joe Lozito
The film feels like a download of Mr Smith s brain 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
David Nusair
a madcap comedy that rarely disappoints 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Margaret A. McGurk
At some point irreverence and wit notwithstanding enough is enough 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeffrey Westhoff
Theater projectionists could do moviegoers an immense favor by putting a splice in place of the second act perhaps the worst in film history 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeremy Heilman
Behind the guise of the Jay and Silent Bob characters and a gob of irony this film is really quite nasty and mean spirited 
1
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Mark Dujsik
I m really on the fence with this one but I cannot give it a solid recommendation based solely on the fact that it loses its momentum far too often than it should 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Ian Mantgani
Because we like this world and the characters plug away at the jokes so enthusiastically this film brings a smile to the face 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Andrew Howe
If Dogma and Chasing Amy were incisive comedies that breathed life into a stagnating genre then Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is Kevin Smith s suicide note 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Wesley Lovell
No audience will enjoy itself more at a film 44 as long as they remember that this film is raunchy and does not stop at any boundary of good taste 46 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
James Kendrick
giddy goofy random crude and rude and it is often side splittingly hilarious
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Emily Blunt
Hysterical 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Robert Roten
As crass and foul as it may be in this age of low brow comedies this is nevertheless more intelligent and witty than most 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Mike McGranaghan
Jay and Silent Bob aside from being a sterling valentine to fans serves as a wickedly perceptive satire of the movie business and the audience at large 
4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Wesley Morris
In addition to being Smith s filthiest this is his most free associative movie In spite of and because of its homemade look it s also his funniest 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jonathan Foreman
The originality and intelligence that made Smith s Clerks and Chasing Amy such refreshing pleasures are all but absent 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Liam Lacey
Not clever enough for Smith fans not gross enough to compete on the Farrelly brothers ground the movie feels like a kind of self congratulatory fake 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Roger Ebert
Kevin Smith s movies are either made specifically for you or specifically not made for you If you read this review without a smile or a nod of recognition I would recommend Rush Hour 2 which is for everybody or nobody you tell me 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Tor Thorsen
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is still one of the funnier comedies of the year 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Erik Childress
One big inside joke where you re rewarded in huge laughs if you know the info 
3.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Carrie Rickey
It s not by any means a good movie But Jay and Silent Bob is one heck of a good laugh 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Tony Toscano
Mostly the same bad joke over and over 
1.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Bob Bloom
a laugh filled foul mouthed road film 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Rob Blackwelder
It s dumb dumb dumb and crass crass crass but funny funny funny 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeanne Aufmuth
Smith s filthy dialogue is guaranteed to offend while inspiring surreptitious giggles 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
James Berardinelli
Uneven and likely only to satisfy the Faithful Others will find it sporadically amusing but not worth the full price of admission 
2.5
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Dustin Putman
The movie is so conventional that it ends up being just as cliched as the Hollywood filmmaking system it sends up 
2
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Harvey S. Karten
More power to Miramax for having the guts to impugn its own output 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Ed Gonzalez
Smith s homegrown pastiche is compact sometimes rambling but always hysterical 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Greg Dean Schmitz
a dense comedy whereas Jay is just dense which is to say there are more jokes than in any comedy I ve seen in a long time
4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Steve Rhodes
It s bound to be the funniest movie of the year 
4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Ross Anthony
Smith set out to make a bad movie then accidentally created a pretty good one INTERVIEWS 
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Michael Dequina
A road chase comedy that wants nothing more than to make the audience laugh and are there ever laughs to be had 
3.5
Perdita Durango
Joe Lipsett
A confronting exploitation film featuring no shortage of content warnings 44 Perdita Durango is at its best when it apos s focused on the fiercely talented Rosie Perez 44 who completely owns this movie 46 She apos s a revelation 46 
3
Perdita Durango
Matt Brunson
This intermittently interesting film does provide yet another opportunity to marvel at Bardem s incredible range 
2.5
Perdita Durango
Michael Dequina
The film would have better off staying with the comic tone for that s what de la Iglesia does best and where his interests clearly lie 
2
Paris, 13th District
Michael Phillips
Even if this sex forward comedy drama is slightly miscast directorially and always slightly favoring the male gaze the actors are excellent 
3
Paris, 13th District
Leo Brady
The execution is a mixture of bleak honesty and thrilling passion making Paris 13th District a fresh new look at romance 
3
Paris, 13th District
Dwight Brown
Sex life and love are more than a sport to this trio But not much more And that should suit art film loving audiences just fine 
3
Paris, 13th District
Ty Burr
Strengthens as it goes becoming an engaging and sweet sad daisy chain of emotional yearning 
3
Paris, 13th District
Peter Canavese
There are contrivances to it that stretch its sense of reality and it feels stretched out maybe a bit more than meaningfully developed 
2.5
Paris, 13th District
Brian Tallerico
The raw vulnerable performances transcend what could be framed as an overall lack of ambition on Audiards part 
3
Paris, 13th District
Mark Dujsik
The little moments for and between these characters feel right The larger connections aren t nearly as convincing 
2.5
Paris, 13th District
Mick LaSalle
At any given time a different character will seem to be the movie s focus But as long as we recognize that love s transformational power is the real subject there can be no mystery about the movie s intentions or how it s unfolding 
3
Paris, 13th District
Diego Semerene
Once the film digresses from its focus on lovers trying to learn from loves failures its desperation becomes unmistakable 
1.5
Paris, 13th District
Hau Chu
The performers are appealing enough to make you want to keep watching even if the characters can be a smidgen infuriating 
2.5
Paris, 13th District
Roger Moore
Uneven mostly unified by erotically charged sex scenes a dreamy score by Rone and the sumptuous black and white cinematography of Paul Guilhaume Paris very much wears its short stories origin in the telling 
2.5
The American Nurse
Linda Cook
American Nurse is a tribute to front line heroes 
4
The American Nurse
G. Allen Johnson
The level of compassion required to do the job well is nothing short of amazing And yet these heroes and heroines are embedded in our community our family friends neighbors fellow Giants fans what have you 
3
The American Nurse
Roger Moore
Folksy and righteous
3
The American Nurse
Mike McGranaghan
Intellectually and emotionally engaging This is one of the best films you ll see this year documentary or otherwise 
4
War Don Don
Michael Phillips
Cohen s unusually lucid documentary plays against type It dares to see the Revolutionary United Front RUF rebel leader Issa Sesay as something like human rather than an embodiment of pure evil 
3.5
Big Sky
Roger Moore
A great premise with a good cast that is one or two rewrites shy of being a memorable B movie thriller 
2
Big Sky
Kenji Fujishima
Jorge Michel Grau s ambitions are stalled by a screenplay that seems to have never made it past a first draft 
1
Transfixed
G. Allen Johnson
Transfixed is proudly personal which is its strength 
3
Right Now, Wrong Then
Susan Wloszczyna
Despite the fact that not much of actual consequence happens during Right Now Wrong Then Hong does much more right here than he does wrong 
3
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Glenn Kenny
The portraits here are sensitive and intriguing 
3
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Chris Barsanti
Jia Zhang ke s film is a quietly reflective intermittently rambling rumination on an explosively momentous period in Chinese history 
2.5
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Erin Meister
succeeds as a modest tribute to the kind of aging boys club that idles for hours in somebody s parents rumpus room its members tossing around big man talk but trapped in emotional adolescence 
2.5
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Phil Villarreal
Sersen sneaks up behind the semi obscure sport of paintball and hoists it up for an atomic wedgie 
3
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s a mildly amusing feature that takes a few too many potshots at some very broad targets 
2
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
V.A. Musetto
Corddry leads a game cast but the film is rough around the edges and lacks the sophistication of say Christopher Guest s Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman 
2
Recess: School's Out
Mark Dujsik
These are definitely characters with comedic promise but the movie is so concerned on establishing its big story that it leaves them too far behind 
2.5
Recess: School's Out
Dan Lybarger
Watching this big screen adaptation of the television cartoon Disney s Recess is about like having recess on a rainy day 
2
Recess: School's Out
Steve Rhodes
Why would people pay movie ticket prices for films that are nothing more than another episode of a television cartoon series that they could stay at home and see for nothing 
1.5
Recess: School's Out
Wesley Morris
It s fun it s kind of somber and it succeeds in making you think about how you might be squandering middle age 
3
Recess: School's Out
Mary Kalin-Casey
Wee series fans should find enough of their favorite characters to entertain 
2
Recess: School's Out
Susan Stark
Thematically thoughtful but technically feeble 
2
Recess: School's Out
Roger Ebert
Although it lacks the zany exuberance of the recent Rugrats in Paris it s fast footed and fun Rugrats in Paris had charms for grownups however while Recess School s Out seems aimed more directly at grade schoolers 
2.5
Recess: School's Out
Rob Blackwelder
Latest in a seemingly endless glut of cheaply animated TV toons cashing in on the purchase power of kids 
2
Recess: School's Out
Robert Roten
The strong suit of the film is not the animation however it is the story and the character development 
3
Recess: School's Out
Michael Dequina
There s nothing here that s compelling enough to merit buying a ticket 
2.5
Connected
Sean P. Means
The end product is brain food beautifully disguised as eye candy 
3.5
Connected
Sara Stewart
This pro Internet declaration of interdependence has all the narrative focus of a Twitter feed 
1.5
Connected
Jeff Shannon
Shlain struggles to find the thread that connects her father her upbringing and her own playful curiosity to the complexities of life in the age of texting tweeting and apps for just about everything 
2.5
Connected
Diego Semerene
Tiffany Shlain s Connected suffers from its very pedestrian and redundant voiceover 
.5
Connected
Walter V. Addiego
Your heart will go out to Shlain who clearly adored her father But other parts of Connected may remind you of an Al Gore lecture 
2
Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
Matt Brunson
Owes more to the previous year s massively successful Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid than to the Spaghetti Westerns that helped define the 1960s 
1.5
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
David Nusair
interminable 
0
Eight Days a Week
Dustin Putman
Capsule Review
1.5
Forbidden Lies
Ross Anthony
It s a compelling story with a deathly serious topic treated in a near sideshow manner I like it Less factual than a doc less fiction than a drama Faction
3
Forbidden Lies
Kam Williams
A chilling edge of your seat expose that puts you face to face for two hours with the embodiment of pure evil 
4
Forbidden Lies
Nick Schager
Writer director Broinowski s foremost achievement was convincing the discredited Norma Khouri to sit down and defend herself on camera 
2.5
Forbidden Lies
Janos Gereben
Brilliant 
3.5
Forbidden Lies
G. Allen Johnson
It must be fun to make a film about a con artist when the con artist is a full and willing participant literally going to the ends of the Earth to prove she is the real deal 
4
Forbidden Lies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A revelation it s one of the few recent documentaries that actually uses the cinematic form as part of its substance 
3.5
Bats
Michael Dequina
Grade A hunk of Ed Wood level cheese 
0
Bats
Maitland McDonagh
Once the little beasts start crawling into cars through the exhaust pipes with malevolent intent and dive bombing people in convenience stores it s hard not to think of Gremlins 
2
Bats
Jeffrey M. Anderson
You really want to like it It s kind of funny in a simple old fashioned kind of way like the B movies of old But it really doesn t have much energy or imagination 
2
Bats
David Keyes
uried in clichs and swarms of mutant like bats who at a distance look like nothing more than inkblots with hidden agendas 
0.5
Bats
Mick LaSalle
Typically the movie never gets around to mentioning why the government bred these genius bats To discourage nightlife To enforce curfews 
1
Bats
James Berardinelli
Without any vampires there s a lack of material for fans to sink their teeth into 
1
Bats
Steve Rhodes
The movie falls back on every tired horror movie clich 
1
Bats
Dustin Putman
Low rent horror garbage and one of those rare theatrical outings that actually deserves to be relegated to the junk bin at video stores across the world 
0.5
Bats
Madeleine Williams
No amount of low expectations could truly prepare you for the horror of watching this film 
0
Bats
Walter V. Addiego
A dimwitted fill in the blanks horror opus that slanders a fine and useful mammal 
1
Goethe!
Kelly Jane Torrance
Young Goethe seems to take even more liberties with the facts than most pictures in the genre But also like many films of the type its charm and energy are hard to resist 
2.5
Goethe!
Calvin Wilson
An old fashioned romance that s easy to like even if you have no interest in German literature illegal duels or the more romantic aspects of committing suicide 
3
Goethe!
Moira MacDonald
Pain plus time this film reminds us can result in poetry 
3
Goethe!
Ty Burr
What was Sturm and Drang then veers close to camp and kitsch now 
2
Goethe!
Steven Rea
More diverting than it is deep 
2.5
Goethe!
Michael Phillips
You needn t know a thing about Goethe or his works to enjoy the picture 
3.5
Goethe!
Roger Ebert
Young Goethe in Love is a delight on its own terms even if it has little to do with the real Goethe here is a randy young man not a million miles apart from Tom Jones 
3
Goethe!
Chris Hewitt
A lively deeply felt film that convinces us a historical figure s life was as compelling as the work he achieved 
3.5
Goethe!
Mick LaSalle
We get a classic situation but no less potent for its being familiar As always the personalities make or break it and here they make it 
3
Goethe!
V.A. Musetto
Young Goethe looks great and the cast is appealing But the story is riddled with clichs and fabrications like a duel between Lotte s two suitors 
2
Goethe!
Andrew Schenker
Philipp Stlzl s film takes both Goethe s genius and the inevitable superiority of the brand of romanticism that marked his early work as a given 
1.5
Playing God
Glenn Kenny
Playing God is this week s episode of Good Actors Less Than Ideal Script 
2
Playing God
Mark Dujsik
Playing God succeeds simply by investing some thought and care into these characters 
3
20 Dates
Bill Stamets
20 Dates may be unpleasant to watch but despite Berkowitz s icky manners and unwinning calculations he does find true love 
2
20 Dates
Liam Lacey
A chronicle of how aspiring American filmmaker Myles Berkowitz finally came up with an idea for selling a film He d combine his two areas of failure in life trying to break into movies and trying to find a girlfriend into one problem 
2
20 Dates
Dustin Putman
An often funny always engaging romantic comedy filmed in a documentary format 
3
20 Dates
Steve Rhodes
Pure unadulterated fun 
3
20 Dates
Rob Blackwelder
Myles Berkowitz is an out of work director and egomaniac with a clever idea that is destroyed by his self indulgence 
1.5
20 Dates
Michael Dequina
Fun if ultralightweight 
3
20 Dates
James Berardinelli
Berkowitz went to great trouble to stage edit and control certain aspects of his film so that it has a formulaic dramatic structure one wonders why he didn t make the effort to present himself as a likable human being 
2.5
20 Dates
Mick LaSalle
One of the downsides of living in a free society is that every so often someone like Myles Berkowitz gets hold of a camera 
0
20 Dates
Jeff Vice
It doesn t help that the film eventually loses its focus and has to fumble back to the real storyline at the very end 
2.5
20 Dates
Jonathan Rosenbaum
20 Dates may be unpleasant to watch but despite Berkowitz s icky manners and unwinning calculations he does find true love 
2
20 Dates
Roger Ebert
The film has the obnoxious tone of a boring home movie narrated by a guy shouting in your ear 
0.5
20 Dates
Ross Anthony
This is one to put on your to rent video list 
2.5
Our Children
Andrew Schenker
With Our Children Joachim Lafosse seems hellbent on avoiding any hint of sensationalism 
2.5
Ma Fille, Mon Ange
David Nusair
there admittedly does reach a point at which one is sucked into the irresistibly salacious story 
3
Emancipation
Mike Scott
Its release was overshadowed by that Oscars slap 44 and that 8217 s a shame 46 Those who fixated on the buzz rather than on the film missed out on a terrific and engaging bit of cinema that is arguably Fuqua 8217 s most fully realized film since 8220 Training Day 46 8221 
3.5
Emancipation
Pablo O. Scholz
Robert Richardson s black and white photography and monochromatic hues help this film be magnetic it s hard to pull your eyes away Full review in Spanish 
4
Emancipation
Kevin Carr
It tells a powerful story 44 but it comes on oppressively heavy and fails to break new ground 46 
2.5
Emancipation
Bob Bloom
Despite the noble intentions of Fuqua and writer Bill Collage 44 8220 Emancipation 8221 is formulaic 44 with Peter continually outsmarting his pursuers as he traverses the dangerous Louisiana swamps to achieve his goal 46 
2.5
Emancipation
Charles Koplinski
Filmmakers take poetic license 44 that 8217 s a given 46 But what Fuqua and screenwriter Collage do here is extreme 46 In turning Gordon into an action hero 44 they minimize his experiences and do him a great disservice 46 
2
Emancipation
Mark Dujsik
The subject matter of Emancipation 44 as well as the true story of its protagonist 44 deserves more than such a fundamentally shallow piece of storytelling 46 
2
Emancipation
Odie Henderson
Had Emancipation shaken off its Oscar baiting slave movie shackles and instead gone full tilt into a vengeance laden freedom movie it might have worked 
1.5
Emancipation
Mark Meszoros
An exercise of style over substance 44 a brilliantly shot but ultimately underwhelming ordeal 46 
2.5
Emancipation
Dwight Brown
In an attempt to mold itself into the shape of movies like The Great Escape or The Defiant Ones the makers of this film have resigned the horrors of slavery to a gimmick That s a bad choice A miscalculation 
2
Emancipation
Brian Truitt
It mainly works due to a quietly powerful performance from Will Smith as an enslaved man just trying to get home 
2.5
Emancipation
Rafer Guzman
For all its harrowing moments Emancipation is best judged as a piece of entertainment and on that point it just about succeeds 
2.5
Emancipation
Oliver Jones
The movie exists between prestige and genre or two genres really as it morphs in its final third from an escaped fugitive picture to a war movie yet it can t quite grasp either the elevated emotion of prestige or the snap of the genre 
1.5
Emancipation
Brian Eggert
Caught between two modes 44 the Oscar baiting prestige drama and an exploitative action movie 44 Emancipation never finds a balance 46 
1.5
Emancipation
Roger Moore
As an escaped slave stoically and doggedly running from hunters in Civil War Louisiana 44 The Shortcomings of Actor Will Smith are on full display 46 
2
Emancipation
Mick LaSalle
If you know the history of Emancipation at all the pursuit here is without suspense and Smith s aura of grandiose rectitude doesn t help 
1
Emancipation
Steven Prokopy
The photo of Peter was the proof many needed to know that neither of those things were true in the 1860s 44 and maybe some people today need an in your face reminder like this film 46 
3
Emancipation
Robert Daniels
quot Emancipation quot is a hollow piece of genre filmmaking that rarely answers 44 quot Why this story and why now 63 quot 
1.5
Emancipation
Jake Coyle
Fuqua s film is often harrowing and gripping but also less nuanced and too narrowly confined in genre conventions than its real life protagonist deserves 
2.5
Emancipation
Michael Phillips
While it has been built on the scarred back of a real man the movie is too busy with the business of entertainment to focus on the real part for long 
2
Emancipation
Ann Hornaday
The bigger frame has reduced one of the most world changing images of the last three centuries to something familiar generic and strangely less potent 
2
Emancipation
Richard Roeper
Despite the undeniable importance of this story and the obvious passion of those involved in telling it it is more than anything a relatively standard issue period piece action film and that s a shame 
2.5
Emancipation
Johnny Oleksinski
Features more of Smith s rich emotionality and laser focused intensity that he s uncovered late in his career and that won him the Oscar for last year s King Richard 
3
Emancipation
Joey Magidson
Emancipation subjects you to the horrors of slavery and the burning desire for freedom 46 
2.5
Guest House Paradiso
Ian Mantgani
An embarrassing mess of zany movement and occasional loud clonks
0.5
Trouble With the Curve
Mattie Lucas
A refreshingly old fashioned crowd pleaser 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Kelly Jane Torrance
Trouble with the Curve is funny sad wise all those things we want movies to be 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Nour Habib
Feeling sorry for the loving father who just doesn t know how to express his emotions viewers will find themselves willing to stick it out if for no other reason but to root for Gus and Mickey 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Perry Seibert
Long stretches of Trouble With the Curve make you wish you had other ways to occupy yourself 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Neil Rosen
By the end as hokey as this might seem I found myself getting caught up it in emotionally and overall it somehow manages to work 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Jake Mulligan
The star power helps the charm outweigh the schmaltz 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Chris Knight
Everyone seems to be sleepwalking through their parts in this picture 
2
Trouble With the Curve
David Nusair
It s only as the film crawls into its deliberately paced and almost excessively familiar midsection that one s attention begins to flag 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Jeffrey Westhoff
Everyone grins as if Trouble With the Curve has hit a triumphant home run but in reality it reaches the plate after a series of errors 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Christian Toto
Gran Torino felt like a fitting end to Clint Eastwood s acting career Turns out Trouble with the Curve is just as solid a send off 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Lori Hoffman
As a baseball fan who agrees with the traditional side of the scouting argument Trouble With the Curve is acceptable lightweight entertainment 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Connie Ogle
Nobody would pay much attention to this plodding but good hearted film if not for its star Clint Eastwood although he s just dialing in the go to Cantankerous Old Man mode on which he has relied for a decade or so 
2
Trouble With the Curve
James Berardinelli
This isn t the worst performance Eastwood has given in his 57 year career but it s his least inspired in about a decade 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Matt Brunson
In examining the complete arc of Eastwood s career it becomes difficult to justify the existence of the movie 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Mike McGranaghan
Trouble with the Curve is a father daughter relationship drama an inside baseball movie and a romantic comedy all wrapped together That s at least one thing too many 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
John Beifuss
In the first scene in Trouble with the Curve Clint Eastwood talks to a table a can of Spam and his penis I never thought I d miss that chair 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Stephen Whitty
There are powerful scenes not because of what we ve invested in this pleasant film but what we ve invested in Eastwood 
3
Trouble With the Curve
John Wirt
Trouble with the Curve isn t one of those sports movies that inspires audiences to stand up and cheer Yet the interior challenges Gus and Mickey face and Eastwood and Adams well gauged performances make the game worth watching 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Lisa Kennedy
If you give it a chance to work its quiet magic it might make your day 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Tyler Hanley
Slogging through the first 75 minutes of Trouble with the Curve is akin to watching a scoreless baseball game that doesn t get exciting until the ninth inning 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nowhere near as rich or as complex as Eastwood s own greatest movies of the past 20 years but as a pure entertainment it smacks at least a triple 
3.5
Trouble With the Curve
Sean P. Means
The fun of Trouble With the Curve is in the charming byplay between the increasingly crotchety Eastwood and the salty temperament of Adams 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Willie Waffle
Eastwood growling and spouting off one liners might make some giggle but the true virtuosity of his performance is so much more nuanced and touching 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Peter Howell
Trouble with the Curve is one of those easy going old time movies that they say studios don t make anymore They still do on occasion but you need a guy like Clint Eastwood to pull them off 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Rick Groen
One of those schematic by the number jobs that telegraphs its every pitch 
1.5
Trouble With the Curve
Rafer Guzman
Trouble With the Curve as predictable and suspenseless as a children s film It s a softball straight down the middle 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Kyle Smith
At times Trouble With the Curve is just as smart as Moneyball which it all but challenges to a fight 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Ann Hornaday
What promised to be a modest refreshingly unforced little comedy turns out to be low energy to a fault 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Bob Bloom
Trouble With the Curve is an entertaining and enjoyable movie It just doesn t say anything new about either baseball or parent child relationships that we haven t seen before 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Robert Levin
Taps into some appealingly old fashioned ideas about the magic of what was once America s Pastime 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Mark Dujsik
Trouble with the Curve is pleasant but far too slight in terms of characterization and conflict to make much of an impact 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Dustin Putman
Director Robert Lorenz means well but Trouble with the Curve is so run of the mill it is difficult to work up much enthusiasm or concern 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Claudia Puig
Its title notwithstanding there s nothing that remotely approaches a narrative curve ball in this tired saga of an aging baseball scout 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Carrie Rickey
The good news is that this daddy daughter reconciliation story connects with the ball The not so good It s a blooper 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Soren Andersen
You can see every single twist and turn of the plot coming at you from 10 miles away 
2
Trouble With the Curve
R. Kurt Osenlund
Clint Eastwood makes his infamous chair speech look like chapter one of a season of self parody 
1
Trouble With the Curve
Gary Thompson
Reassuringly familiar powered by an all star lineup Hall of Fame cleanup hitter Eastwood and Adams Hollywood s leading lovable redhead 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Ty Burr
In one of the film s weirder moments Lorenz uses a shot from Dirty Harry for a flashback sequence and it s almost more resonant than this small flat footed film can hold 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Chris Hewitt
You ll need more patience for Eastwood s crabby act than I have 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Duane Dudek
Curve is small ball a simplistic Lifetime cable caliber movie in which every loose end gets resolved on the way to a heartwarming finale 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Peter Travers
The plot couldn t be more cornball Still there s no denying the connection Eastwood makes with Adams 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Joe Williams
Everything about Trouble With the Curve is as streamlined and hollow as a Wiffle Ball bat 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Jon Niccum
Eastwood settles into the role of another crusty old widower whose kids don t talk to him 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Rich Heldenfels
A slight movie thoroughly predictable but buoyed by its cast even if all their moves have been better elsewhere 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Matt Pais
Though not without its flaws Curve is a movie you root for 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Roger Moore
It will have all but Eastwood s most diehard fans staring at their watches long before the seventh inning stretch 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Peter Hartlaub
Trouble is second rate Eastwood existing in a parallel universe where the celebrity has been reduced to a Hallmark movie of the week actor not one of the most respected directors in Hollywood 
2
Trouble With the Curve
Roger Ebert
Any Eastwood film is notable above all for its professionalism If the story here has certain foreseeable moments that s not to say they aren t set up well and deliver right on time 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Michael Phillips
Of course the movie is sentimental A fairy tale Yes it s that too Satisfying Yep 
3
Trouble With the Curve
Charlie McCollum
Trouble with the Curve may not be the Game 6 of the 1975 World Series but it s a fine afternoon or evening at the ballpark 
2.5
Trouble With the Curve
Rex Reed
Half domestic family drama half gentle sports saga with the saga part missing Trouble with the Curve is less riveting than it ought to be 
2
Drive-in Movie Memories
Steve Rhodes
So much fun it s almost dangerous Informative and fascinating the documentary has so many big laughs that you can make yourself sick guffawing 
3.5
Irish Jam
Kam Williams
A fish out of water comedy with Eddie Griffin as a con artist who finds love and a new ease on life in Ireland 
2
Sign 'o' the Times
Juan Carlos Coto
Prince should not be allowed behind the camera 
2
Sign 'o' the Times
Roger Ebert
The film was directed by Prince and he does a good sound job without finding an answer to the problem of all directors of rock concert films After you have exhausted the basic repertory of obvious shots and audience reactions what do you do then 
3
Sign 'o' the Times
Dave Kehr
The utopian rocker whose manner and music promise a blissful dreamy union of the races and the sexes doesn t need a story line to communicate his meanings which remain by pop standards unusually complex and considered 
3
Rattlesnake
David Nusair
an efficient sporadically electrifying thriller 
2.5
Rattlesnake
Roger Moore
Quick and dirty Netflix thriller let down by a flat and unemotional performance by Carmen Ejogo playing an allegedly frantic mom trying to save her child from Satan 
1.5
Rattlesnake
Brian Tallerico
It s the kind of movie you forget just as you re clicking on to whatever the Netflix Overlords think you should be watching next 
2
Run All Night
Brian Eggert
The viewer anticipates every angle before it comes 44 making Run All Night seem tedious and overlong 46 Indeed 44 we 8217 re just waiting for the things we know will happen to actually happen 46 
1.5
Run All Night
Sonny Bunch
A rather dour example of late Liam Neeson 
2
Run All Night
Neil Rosen
The movie is predictable and obvious and it also feels a bit long but who cares It is a fun action flick with Neeson doing what he does best these days yielding satisfying results 
3
Run All Night
John Beifuss
An excess of meaninglessly fanciful and occasionally dopey directorial flourishes aren t enough to sabotage this otherwise character driven and impressively literary crime thriller 
3
Run All Night
Michael Smith
It s a fun concept but also a bit ridiculous in its staging 
2.5
Run All Night
David Nusair
The Jaume Collet Serra Liam Neeson partnership hits the wall with this absolutely and often astonishingly misguided thriller 
1
Run All Night
Linda Cook
Run All Night is an average actioner with above average performers as the leads 
2.5
Run All Night
James Kendrick
a generally solid piece of entertaining but hardly earth shattering genre work that makes good use of Neeson s brusque screen presence
3
Run All Night
Stephen Rebello
The dark grim Run All Night delivers the action goods while giving Neeson a chance to show us all over again what a great actor and screen presence he is 
3
Run All Night
Sean P. Means
There are a few odd left turns such as the appearance of the rapper Common as a cool assassin on the way to a lumbering and preordained conclusion 
2.5
Run All Night
Luke Goodsell
Run All Night fancies itself a remix of Taken John Wick and Michael Winner s Mechanic with a whole lot of Michael Mann and even a little Abel Ferrara to boot 
2
Run All Night
James Berardinelli
Run All Night is a taut edgy affair that features Neeson in peak action form and allows him to partially atone for the indignity of Taken 3 
3
Run All Night
Glenn Lovell
Exhausting relentless Neeson and Collet Serra s third pairing is by far their best Fuses vertiginous CG effects with some of the most elaborate action scenes since Michael Mann s Heat 
3
Run All Night
Matt Brunson
I can t help but imagine that the following conversation took place between Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford on the set of K 19 The Widowmaker 
2
Run All Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Neeson and Harris especially have a touching shorthand and an unspoken bond in their scenes together 
3
Run All Night
Rob Thomas
At this point the question is not whether Liam Neeson will kick ass but what sort of ass he will kick 
3
Run All Night
Bob Bloom
For a feature entitled Run All Night this claptrap lumbers and stumbles around moving at a pace that would make a marathon runner impatient 
1
Run All Night
Robert Levin
An entertaining NYC set revenge picture in which grizzled Irishmen go at each other across the gritty streets that have inflamed the imaginations of filmmakers for decades 
3
Run All Night
Mike McGranaghan
Liam Neeson undoubtedly possesses a very particular set of skills That just isn t enough this time 
2.5
Run All Night
Brian Tallerico
Run All Night is proof that quality action films don t really need to reinvent the wheel each time out as long as they make it spin this smoothly 
3
Run All Night
Stephen Whitty
Mostly thanks to its stars it is a perfectly acceptable if unnecessary addition to the angry middle aged guy action movie genre 
2.5
Run All Night
Steven Rea
Run All Night isn t dull The pace is breakneck and necks get broken But the violence is relentless ugly unredeemed by any real humanity 
2
Run All Night
Christian Toto
The great Joel Kinnaman tips the scales in our favor in the generic but perfectly adequate Run All Night 
2.5
Run All Night
Willie Waffle
Very close to being a good movie but they try too hard to make it about more than what it needs to be 
2
Run All Night
Liam Lacey
Collet Serra Non Stop and Unknown lavishes the story with whooshing aerial cameras and shadowy rat warren interiors 
2.5
Run All Night
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie is the cinematic equivalent of junk food It satisfies the craving for the sensation of nihilism without its substance 
2
Run All Night
Michael Phillips
Directed frantically by Jaume Collet Serra written by Brad Ingelsby Run All Night promises a sprint punctuated by a lot of gunfire and bleeding and bodies Mission accomplished 
2.5
Run All Night
Mick LaSalle
The sheer perversity of Neeson s thrillers is a big part of their delight 
3
Run All Night
Chris Hewitt
It shows how good those Taken movies could have been if they d been made by decent filmmakers 
3
Run All Night
Tom Russo
The story loses its convincingly scaled sense of jeopardy in the late going and it ultimately unravels 
2
Run All Night
Soren Andersen
Though Neeson as usual gives an effective performance maybe it s time for him to lighten up and climb out of his rut Run All Night feels like he s run into a career dead end 
2
Run All Night
Joe Williams
If you re a fan of the Taken movies and tend to give action hero Neeson the benefit of the doubt our advice here is simple Run away 
1
Run All Night
Claudia Puig
Under all his action star antics Liam Neeson is a good actor So his insistence on repeatedly playing a variation of the same role is mystifying 
2
Run All Night
Kyle Smith
Neeson s whiskey marinated Catholic anguish isn t exactly new nor is Harris s rueful reflection on years flown But if it s a film that sticks to the old songs at least it plays the hits 
2.5
Run All Night
Peter Howell
Another month another Liam Neeson action movie 
2
Run All Night
Mark Dujsik
Even though the scenario features messy emotions and uneasy relationships the movie finds the simplest most obvious solutions 
2
Run All Night
Chris Knight
This is part of the fun of watching Neeson The 62 year old actor s face has the kind of topography that would make a mountain range jealous 
2.5
Run All Night
Dann Gire
Run All Night hardly bores But the all important details don t add up here 
2
Run All Night
Rene Rodriguez
There are several times in the movie in which Neeson uses his wits instead of bullets to extricate himself from a difficult situation In this kind of picture that s called a plot twist 
2.5
Run All Night
Matt Pais
For something new and different Run All Night stars Liam Neeson Taken as a concerned parent with a particular set of deadly skills 
1.5
Run All Night
Kam Williams
Liam Neeson delivers afresh in an edge of your seat high body count thriller every bit as good as they come 
4
Run All Night
Roger Moore
A first person shooter thriller dark and grim for the Just for Men Grecian Formula set 
2.5
Run All Night
Randy Myers
We ve been up and down this road before and even though Kinnaman Neeson and Harris make interesting passengers the overused tires in Run All Night go bald 
2.5
Murder, Anyone?
Matt Brunson
It apos s murder most foul in this comedic work that borrows from the art vs 46 commerce argument and converts it into stage vs 46 cinema 46 
3
Murder, Anyone?
Bob Bloom
Bressack 8217 s sly filmmaking lets us know that the actors 8212 especially those in the constant changing play within the movie 8212 are in on the joke 46 
3.5
Snoopy, Come Home
Matt Brunson
There s a great running gag involving a string of No Dogs Allowed signs and the film is alternately humorous and heart tugging 
3.5
Snoopy, Come Home
Roger Ebert
It s kind of schizo 
2.5
The Calming
Joey Magidson
All but the most patient of viewers will struggle mightily with The Calming That s a generous assessment too considering how hard a pill this is to swallow 
2
American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Kam Williams
Not so much an examination of the tragic trajectory of an ill fated reality TV show but just the biggest hoax since The Blair Witch Project 
0
American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Eric Lurio
This was much better when Mel Brooks did it back in the 60s 
1.8
American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Jim Hemphill
Less a piece of incisive cultural commentary than a riveting portrait of two nice guys whose lives and careers go into a tailspin one moral compromise at a time 
3
American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Ken Fox
It s insightful as well as entertaining and the inclusion of real interviews with people both inside and outside the business means it functions as both an intelligent critique and a dire warning 
3
American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Jan Stuart
American Cannibal would be interesting if it weren t so 2001 
2
American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Nick Schager
Reflects the way in which reality TV manufactures fraudulent truth and how such phony legitimacy can be both misleading and still seductive and gripping 
2.5
Still
Federico Furzan
This fantasy drama mixup restrains its premise in favor of developing a romantic conflict that feels irrelevant It feels like a waste of production value Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
An effective sequel that takes an increasingly dark look at the unavoidable nature of war 
3
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
James O'Ehley
The best it would seem the screenwriters would come up with was having another NASA astronaut crash land on the planet in which apes are the dominant species and the humans inferior 
2
The Eyes of My Mother
Jeff Mitchell
Pesce shoots his horrific creation with a distinct arthouse flair and constructs an isolated environment in which no one can hear you scream 
3.5
The Eyes of My Mother
Mattie Lucas
A haunting slow burn of a film one that eats its way under the skin with sadistic precision
3.5
The Eyes of My Mother
Federico Furzan
Haunting piece of art horror I felt compelled from start to finish Full review in Spanish 
3
The Eyes of My Mother
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Eyes of My Mother is a riveting repugnant work of repellent art Pesce crafting a gracefully unnerving calling card sure to be debated and discussed for some time to come 
3
The Eyes of My Mother
Robert Horton
Seriously effed up 
3
The Eyes of My Mother
Barry Hertz
It is a stark dreadful vision but one that is fascinatingly executed with a compelling central performance from Kika Magalhaes as a matter of fact monster 
3
The Eyes of My Mother
Bruce DeMara
Chilling and disturbing this is not a film for the faint hearted 
2.5
The Eyes of My Mother
David Fear
This is what curdled Americana looks like a Joel Peter Witkin portfolio come to life and a vision of jus folks weaned on isolation madness and good old Type O 
3
The Eyes of My Mother
Mark Dujsik
The central point if there is one and that s a big if appears to be the distancing approach Pesce takes to this twisted story 
2
The Eyes of My Mother
Simon Abrams
Pesce and I obviously don t agree on what constitutes effective or maybe just productive ambiguity It s not a bad film it just isn t all there 
2
The Eyes of My Mother
Michael O'Sullivan
Shot in black and white video the 76 minute horror film benefits from crisp striking visuals that are well framed and moodily lit But that s about all this absurd illogical and underwhelming thriller has going for it 
1.5
The Eyes of My Mother
G. Allen Johnson
Certainly it stands out among a crowded horror marketplace and is one of the most unusual horror films I ve seen in a while It is also sometimes very hard to watch 
3
The Eyes of My Mother
Roger Moore
The kind of horror movie that makes you grateful they shot it in black and white
2.5
The Eyes of My Mother
Chuck Bowen
Though the film strives to be audacious and galvanizing it s easily shaken off as an exercise in stunted necrophilia erotica 
0
The Missing Gun
David Nusair
At the film s core is a mystery that isn t intriguing 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Brian Eggert
The film serves up a serious minded genre experiment that works 44 despite some lingering feelings of disappointment for its lack of raw 44 popcorn munching silliness 46 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Mattie Lucas
it takes more than a clever concept to drive a film and Cowboys Aliens never rises above that to attain its full potential 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Roger Moore
Expensive a misfire but perfectly servicable for what it is
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Jeff Beck
Jon Favreau s Cowboys Aliens is a film that starts off with promise but quickly loses its way as it tries to merge two different genres 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Michael Dequina
Rather refreshingly what you see is exactly what you get a western with aliens grafted on or a sci fi invasion film with cowboys grafted on nothing more nothing less 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Sara Michelle Fetters
It must be said upfront that for all its problems and script deficiencies Cowboys Aliens is probably the most continually entertaining effort of director Jon Favreau s still relatively young career 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Jordan Hiller
While we were hoping and rightly expecting some old school magic from the director of Iron Man the director of Iron Man 2 showed up 
1
Cowboys & Aliens
Linda Cook
Reach for the skies has a whole new meaning now The science fiction Western Cowboys Aliens is an entertaining genre blending romp It s a serious movie too a drama with comedic moments and that makes it all the more exciting 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Kenneth R. Morefield
I don t think too many people are going to wander into the theater expecting The Tree of Life The film delivers exactly what it promises 
3.5
Cowboys & Aliens
John Beifuss
Enjoyable but less fun than such low stakes predecessors as The Phantom Empire with Gene Autry and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein s Daughter 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
James Kendrick
takes itself too seriously thus bleeding it of the pulpy B movie fun the title suggests
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Lori Hoffman
When the overwrought alien element arrives full bore it turns a compelling western into a cheesy laughable alien attacks B movie 8233 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Peter Keough
Just don t think someone suggests Good advice for watching the movie too 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Matt Brunson
The picture s army of authors has elected to merely plug in conventional story devices that would have worked just as well in movies named Cops Barracudas or Doctors Crocodiles or even Accountants Amoebas 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Kam Williams
What s next the Lone Ranger and Tonto take on the Body Snatchers 
1
Cowboys & Aliens
Glenn Lovell
a desperate to please amalgam that combines the hoariest clichés of both the western and science fiction thriller The action sequences range from They went that a way humdrum to when spears prove the equal of alien blasters downright idiotic 
1.5
Cowboys & Aliens
David Nusair
a distressingly underwhelming summer blockbuster 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Scott Nash
Despite an interesting premise and a good cast Cowboys Aliens never quite comes together 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Keith Cohen
After a mindless conclusion I realized that two hours had been wasted on this convoluted mess This botched opportunity to revive the old fashioned Western puts this movie at the bottom of the barrel right alongside Will Smith s Wild Wild West 
1.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Sean P. Means
Another assembly line Hollywood blockbuster a Western for people who have never seen Westerns and a science fiction movie for people who don t like science fiction 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Mike McGranaghan
If you can ride over a short rough section you ultimately get an enjoyable collision between two disparate cinematic worlds 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Tyler Hanley
Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford make a terrific no nonsense tandem but there is a certain absurdity to the whole affair that makes the picture seem a bit small in scope 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Alison Gang
They actually made a real movie beneath that crazy title 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Mike Scott
Favreau does enough things right to churn out a mostly enjoyable bit of mindless summertime action just not enough to come close to rivaling his 2008 crowd pleaser Iron Man 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Bob Bloom
Cowboys Aliens is pure escapist enjoyment It s a bit corny and retro but somehow it works 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Brian Orndorf
Lacks an extraordinary pace that would normally accompany the collision of two disparate genres the picture is an entertaining slice of summer escapism blasting away with a blissful discharge of six guns and lasers 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a fairly decent time waster and you could do a lot worse this summer but I wish that it had conjured up a sense of fun or a sense of the ridiculous It should have had a scrappy B movie spirit instead of a lethargic A movie spirit 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Rick Groen
Over on the aliens side it s hard to make out faces but there s no doubt about their place of origin These slimy growling bug eyed and distinctly non scary things are straight from central casting 
1.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Chris Hewitt
The action is involving the characters have a bit more heft than your average gang of desperadoes and the creature design part Alien part hunchback of Notre Dame part Barbra Streisand scary talons is ingenious 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Ann Hornaday
It may be two treats in one but for an audience that s pigged out on spectacle all summer that might be two treats too many 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Peter Howell
The movie gets by on the strength of agreeable talent who enjoy playing along and can endure the horse manure and space goo being shovelled 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Lou Lumenick
This sharp looking committee written adaptation of a genre splicing graphic novel wins points by frequently smartly and affectionately tipping its hat to classic Westerns and their archetypes 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Willie Waffle
The idea of mixing cowboy movie imagery with Sci Fi concepts is a welcome original idea It s just not executed to the awesome levels that are possible 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Mark Dujsik
It has cowboys and indeed it has aliens Unfortunately that s about all it seems the movie s five screenwriters thought it needed 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Dustin Putman
As meticulous and deliberate as the narrative is early on it is just as clumsy and ineffectual in the second half 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Mick LaSalle
A crowd pleasing summer movie with more wit than most 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Charlie McCollum
There is enough to like and to savor in Cowboys Aliens that it makes for an enjoyable two hours in the dark with a big bag of buttery popcorn 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Joe Lozito
Director Jon Favreau s competent adaptation of the Hollywood ready graphic novel delivers on every ounce of its one joke premise you ll see cowboys fighting aliens You ll get very little else 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Jon Niccum
Cowboys Aliens loosely based on a 2006 graphic novel of the same name provides a slick cinematic vehicle for two of the toughest actors of their generations 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Steven Rea
Tonally the movie is off not quite as sober and majestic as the John Ford westerns it s inspired by nor as ironic and irreverent as well Favreau s two Iron Man films 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Matt Soergel
It has eight separate screenwriting credits split among six different people who between them create one halfway decent joke Brutal math that 
1.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Michael Phillips
Alien invasion aficionados should be pleased Western nostalgists may be pleasantly surprised Fans of cowboys versus aliens movies well it s been a long wait and here s your movie 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Duane Dudek
This cross between True Grit and Super 8 is a victim of special effects fatigue and an example of how ideas can go wrong when good filmmakers do nothing 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Walter Chaw
If there were a Hippocratic oath for movies and there should be it would be first do not suck 
0.5
Cowboys & Aliens
James Berardinelli
Cowboys Aliens is a mashup of a mediocre Western and a mediocre science fiction story The resulting film is far better than the sum of its two seemingly disparate parts 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Peter Travers
The mash up of cowboys and aliens doesn t do either camp any favors How are we supposed to work up a rooting interest when both sides are shooting blanks 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Joe Holleman
Aside from the idea of mixing two well loved genres there is not a single original thought The creators seem to have turned off their creative juices after identifying as many genre set pieces as possible 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Stephen Whitty
It s like a double feature but with all the boring bits taken out and all the fight scenes run together 
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens
Matt Pais
I don t care if you write Pirates and Dinosaurs or Unicorns vs Robots you can t go on lunch after coming up with the title 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Moira MacDonald
Five credited screenwriters and this is the best they can do 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Roger Ebert
As preposterous moneymakers go it s ambitious and well made 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Josh Larsen
Call me silly but I thought a movie titled Cowboys Aliens might be fun 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Claudia Puig
Dialogue is terse and predictable and the sci fi thriller portion is even less compelling than the Western saga 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Ty Burr
It really is Aliens on the open plains Independence Day for the nation s centennial and what the movie lacks in originality and stick to your ribs Western authenticity it makes up for in pell mell multiplex entertainment 
3
Cowboys & Aliens
Rex Reed
Cowboys Aliens is one of the silliest movies ever made but so many otherwise serious people have attached their names to it that as Arthur Miller wrote in Death of a Salesman attention must be paid 
2
Cowboys & Aliens
Nick Schager
The Jon Favreau film brandishes a literal minded title as laughable as the rest of its action 
1
Cowboys & Aliens
David Germain
Favreau slipped from fresh and flamboyant on Iron Man to lame and listless on its sequel and there s more of the latter on Cowboys Aliens 
2
The Last Man
Christy Lemire
Rodrigo H Vila s movie is more annoying than profound and much of that is because of star Hayden Christensen s overbearing narration 
0
Audrey Rose
Matt Brunson
It turns absurd in the second hour 44 starting with a trial in which the notion of reincarnation is placed on the stand next to this 44 even Santa 8217 s courtroom appearance in Miracle on 34th Street looks as grounded in reality as the Nuremberg trials 46 
2.5
Audrey Rose
Mike McGranaghan
Superb performances from Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins help ground the supernatural story in genuine human emotion 46 
3
Audrey Rose
Mattie Lucas
Elegantly directed and beautifully acted 
3.5
Girl Rising
Mark Feeney
The price of good intentions is that it looks and feels like an extended public service announcement for goodness 
2
Girl Rising
Rob Thomas
While some of the films are more successful than others they all show the power of engagement and education of looking at the world and its problems as one story put it in a way that makes the achievable seem doable 
3.5
Saludos Amigos
Wesley Lovell
Try any of the movies that have one storyline and you 8217 ll find an entertaining and enriching experience that just isn 8217 t here 46 
1.5
Benefit of the Doubt
David Nusair
What a waste 
2
Benefit of the Doubt
Roger Ebert
There s hardly a moment in Benefit of the Doubt when we can believe the events on a psychological level or even on the level of a manipulative thriller 
1
The Age of Innocence
Brian Eggert
Scorsese s career is filled with New York stories however they rarely take place in such fine surroundings 
4
The Age of Innocence
Matt Brunson
An exquisite and absorbing drama that s the cinematic equivalent of a good read 
3.5
The Age of Innocence
Roger Moore
Scorsese never lets us forget he s an outsider looking in tiptoeing through the material as if he s afraid of bumping the porcelain off the lacquered oriental end tables 
2.5
The Age of Innocence
Chuck Bowen
Following Wharton s example Scorsese accepts The Age of Innocence s flamboyantly wealthy and corrupt characters as they are without indulging in fashionably retrospective editorializing 
4
The Age of Innocence
James Kendrick
one of the greatest and most devastating films about the agonies of doomed love
4
The Age of Innocence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Age of Innocence drags through some of the usual costume movie elements but Scorsese s exuberance carries the show 
3
The Age of Innocence
Michael Dequina
A moving and impassioned work from one of the foremost filmmakers today 
4
The Age of Innocence
David Nusair
Age of Innocence is a veritable feast for the eyes but the story s about as entertaining as a fourth grade adaptation of a Neil Simon play 
2
The Age of Innocence
Jeremy Heilman
Thanks to Scorsese s directorial prowess the film completely immerses the viewer 
4
The Age of Innocence
Bill Chambers
More vital than a Merchant Ivory period piece
3
The Age of Innocence
Roger Ebert
Scorsese that artist of headlong temperament here exhibits enormous patience 
4
The Age of Innocence
James Berardinelli
A sumptuous motion picture a feast for the senses 
4
The Age of Innocence
Steve Rhodes
When the movie was over I could hardly move 
4
The Age of Innocence
Chris Hicks
A mesmerizing artistic and highly entertaining piece of work from one of our foremost filmakers 
4
The Stranger
Brian Eggert
Welles sears his film s place in our minds because he refuses to reduce Nazis to cartoonish movie villains he reminds us that his story has a potent reality and he forces us to see it 
4
The Stranger
Matt Brunson
Propelled by its intriguing Oscar nominated story 
3
The Stranger
Fernando F. Croce
As distinctively Wellesian as Citizen Kane 
3
The Stranger
James Kendrick
a solid piece of postwar genre work about a Nazi hiding in bucolic small town America
3
The Racer
Blake Howard
The Racer is a demystifying glimpse into the win or die world of competitive cycling 
2.5
The Racer
Federico Furzan
An emotional journey into the insides of an infamous race that shook the world with its doping scandal in 1998 
3
The Man Who Loved Women
Roger Ebert
Here is a sad movie with a funny movie inside trying to get out 
2
That Awkward Moment
Linda Cook
For those of you expecting another PG 13 romantic comedy take note that That Awkward Moment is rated R This means it may or may not be a good date movie depending upon your sweetheart s tolerance for f bombs 
2.5
That Awkward Moment
David Nusair
the three stars manage to infuse their familiar characters with a congeniality that proves impossible to resist 
2.5
That Awkward Moment
Eric Melin
The characters their motivations the plot machinations the forced banter it s all contrived Not only can you see the entire story coming from miles away there s a late in the game plot twist that feels desperate and tonally wrong 
1
That Awkward Moment
Perry Seibert
The movie s predictability doesn t derail its light charms at least not until the plot makes a fatal tonal error 
2
That Awkward Moment
Sam Fragoso
That Awkward Moment is neither romantic nor comedic Just idiotic 
1
That Awkward Moment
Robert Levin
It s a total cinematic dead zone deeply troubled from the get go 
1
That Awkward Moment
Peter Travers
Take three guys all twentysomethings mix with a plot that was old last century and serve to an audience so desperate toilet gags they might forgive a movie wired only with clichs 
1.5
That Awkward Moment
Phil Villarreal
They spend all their time obsessing and gabbing like giggly Babysitters Club girls about the opposite sex 
1.5
That Awkward Moment
Liam Lacey
Might be more aptly titled Those Awkward 94 Minutes 
2
That Awkward Moment
Susan Wloszczyna
If comedy is in the details that is where That Awkward Moment falls short with its plethora of plot holes and lapses in logic 
2
That Awkward Moment
Willie Waffle
The real awkward moment is when you realize you aren t laughing 
1
That Awkward Moment
Chris Knight
Sure there are funny moments even though they have the same staccato pacing as a fight between a woodpecker and a jackhammer 
1.5
That Awkward Moment
Mick LaSalle
Though it ultimately leans too much on genre cliche it reveals some of the tensions that today s young adults experience in their romantic lives the impersonality of hook up culture in collision with the human desire and need for intimacy 
2
That Awkward Moment
Randy Myers
Even though Awkward has its moments it winds up lagging behind more daring endeavors on TV right now The film industry had better keep up 
1
That Awkward Moment
Dustin Putman
Offers zero insight into dating and trades tangible honesty for achingly unfunny raunch and superficial sincerity 
1
That Awkward Moment
James Berardinelli
There are times when the blend of romance and raunchiness threatens to curdle In the end however the love conquers all mentality wins out 
2.5
That Awkward Moment
Ann Hornaday
The chief frustration of That Awkward Moment is that everyone in it is so much better than the material 
1.5
That Awkward Moment
Peter Keough
That Awkward Moment does invert one of Hollywood s more tiresome clichs the one where the distraught woman consoles herself by eating a pint of Ben and Jerry s ice cream In this movie it s the guy who does that 
1
That Awkward Moment
Rafer Guzman
A movie that checks absolutely every box and still utterly fails the test 
0.5
That Awkward Moment
Dann Gire
Excessive best bud banter gives the movie an improv feel not in a good way and the film transitions from light comedy to dead earnest drama with the subtlety of a malfunctioning gearshift clutch 
2
That Awkward Moment
Kyle Smith
A rom com for dudes that seeks to outdo the ladies by being even more insipid formulaic and contrived than anything Katherine Heigl has ever done 
0.5
That Awkward Moment
Roger Moore
More sexist than sexy And not nearly awkward enough 
2
That Awkward Moment
Michael Phillips
More grating than peppy the Manhattan set romantic comedy That Awkward Moment proceeds as a series of awkward moments in search of a premise and a protagonist a little less stupid 
2
That Awkward Moment
Chris Hewitt
The title refers to that moment when you realize you accidentally purchased a ticket to it 
1
That Awkward Moment
Matt Pais
The sort of movie couples will rent sort of enjoy and stop caring about just before getting it on In the dating world that s called a success 
2.5
That Awkward Moment
Jessica Herndon
Though Awkward Moment is predictable it s not a complete disappointment It s satisfying for a lover of formulaic rom coms 
2
That Awkward Moment
R. Kurt Osenlund
Its obsession with male genitalia or more specifically penis receptacles is emblematic of its overall aura of male entitlement and its consideration of women as prizes to be lanced 
1.5
That Awkward Moment
Claudia Puig
It s a Valentine s Day date movie that guys won t mind seeing and women will find amusing enough and easy on the eyes 
2.5
That Awkward Moment
Stephen Whitty
Maybe in development this movie needed an awkward moment of its own one where the filmmaker was taken aside by one or more older preferably female studio executives who d read him some of his script out loud 
2
A Home of Our Own
Roger Ebert
This situation set in the 1950s could be the set up for a sitcom or a retread of an old Disney family yarn It ends up being a lot more partly because Kathy Bates brings a solid no nonsense clarity to what could have been a marshmallow role 
3
Red Obsession
Kam Williams
Wine documentary examines China s consumption s contribution to runaway prices 
3.5
Red Obsession
Linda Barnard
Despite being a rather thin by the books documentary that abruptly changes course at the halfway mark Red Obsession tells a fascinating financial tale about the rise of wine fever in China 
2.5
Red Obsession
Sheila O'Malley
A film about obsession about wine mania about people who live breathe eat think drink wine 
3.5
Red Obsession
Kenji Fujishima
Offers the ins and outs of the world of wine as an implicit metaphor for art appreciation from both aesthetic and financial standpoints 
3
Shadow Billionaire
Adam Keleman
A vivid tale of deceitful sexual obsession 
3
Garage Days
David Nusair
Alex Proyas over the top sensibility keeps this admittedly routine storyline from becoming an all out bore 
2.5
Garage Days
Marty Mapes
It s a cute little movie but compared to expectations of Alex Proyas it s a letdown
2.5
Garage Days
Moira MacDonald
Garage Days feels like a movie that belongs in the garage it s where you put things that you can t quite dismiss but don t really like enough to have cluttering up your actual living quarters 
2
Garage Days
Glenn Lovell
The jokes are as lame as they are tame 
2
Garage Days
Mick LaSalle
Though the storytelling is a bit lopsided the slapdash quality is charming overall and the movie benefits from colorful characters and a couple of hilarious scenes 
3
Garage Days
Elizabeth Weitzman
Amiable but oddly amateurish 
2.5
Garage Days
Aaron Wherry
Fun in a guilty pleasure sort of way but ultimately easily forgotten 
2
Garage Days
Glenn Whipp
An unwieldy mix 
2
Garage Days
Roger Ebert
The movie has a lot of affection for these scruffy wannabes and I liked the fact that they were not arrogant aggressive types but sort of average with reasonable values and ambitions 
3
Garage Days
Ty Burr
A cheery cheeky youthful lark that it trips over its Doc Martens in the first few scenes and never gets up 
1
Garage Days
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Absolutely the wussiest rock n roll movie since Rick Springfield s Hard to Hold 1984 
1.5
Garage Days
Lou Lumenick
A small scale Australian musical with an appealing no name cast whose charms are obscured by directorial self indulgence 
2
Garage Days
Timothy Knight
Strip away the music video style imagery and eighties flavored rock soundtrack from Garage Days and you re left with a forced self consciously wacky comedy that s more frantic than genuinely funny 
2
Garage Days
Jan Stuart
For all its libidinous chemically suggestive bombast it s essentially a sweet natured modestly likable little film 
3
Garage Days
Michael Wilmington
This movie could only work if the jokes were funny and writers David Warner and Michael Udesky don t deliver the goods 
2
Garage Days
Walter Chaw
Swatting flies with Buicks is effective but it s overkill at best and showing off at its worst 
1.5
The Idiots
Michael Dequina
For all the Dogme ordained restrictions to make the film feel real it ends up feeling more artificial 
2.5
The Idiots
Jeremy Heilman
Von Trier has proven his self proclamations of cinematic genius to be true 
4
The Idiots
Rob Blackwelder
It s one thing to know in your own ego that you re an intrepid cinematic genius It s quite another thing to be so cocky that you leave flubbed shots in your movie and call it art 
2.5
The Idiots
Jonathan Foreman
A tedious pretentious bore 
0.5
Amreeka
Mike Scott
Amreeka is only one of a number of recent immigrant tales to hit theaters but with its blend of sweet humor and topical relevance it s one of the more compelling and surprising in some time 
3
Amreeka
Keith Cohen
The movie is insightful in its depiction of Palestinian suffering and the insensitivity of the United States Faour is very appealing in the lead role making great use of her hope filled eyes 
2.5
Amreeka
Robert W. Butler
You can try to resist it but by the time Cherien Dabis writing directing effort is over you ll be completely sucked in 
3.5
Amreeka
Liam Lacey
A feel good comedy about a Palestinian mother who moves to rural Illinois with her teenaged son Amreeka is a kind of stealth political film that confronts issues of ethnic tension and American xenophobia 
3
Amreeka
Linda Barnard
Amreeka makes its points with gentle humour and engaging performances especially Faour who makes Muna so likeable it s impossible not to cross your fingers and hope her luck is about to change 
3
Amreeka
Sean P. Means
Director writer Cherien Dabis drew the story from life and the script is brimming with tiny details that lend it authenticity 
3.5
Amreeka
Jeff Vice
The movie is honest about the way it depicts family relationships and racial prejudices A believable and fresh faced cast also helps in that regard 
3
Amreeka
John Hartl
For the most part Dabis and her actors charm their way through this material finding absurdist humor even in the darkest moments 
3
Amreeka
Steven Rea
Although the drama heads on a predictable course Faour brings intelligence and humor to her performance and Muallem as the smart adolescent turned surly and scared is likewise sharp 
3
Amreeka
Wesley Morris
This sensitively made movie is more than dim Americans making terrorist jokes It s one of the richer movies you re likely to see about average Arabs in America 
3
Amreeka
Gerald Peary
The political ironies are obvious and the American section is predictable but Amreeka is winning all the same because of the ensemble and the humanism of its first time filmmaker 
3
Amreeka
Walter V. Addiego
This could be rough going but Cherien Dabis Amreeka tells this immigrants tale with some humor and only a dash of political correctness 
3
Amreeka
Roger Ebert
Does it occur to xenophobic Americans that almost all immigrants like their own ancestors came here because they admire the United States Someone please explain that to Lou Dobbs 
3.5
Amreeka
Robert Levin
The film takes on a loaded subject strips it of its political ramifications and draws out the common humanity underwriting even the most divisive of hot button issues 
3
Amreeka
Claudia Puig
This slice of American life as seen through the eyes of Palestinian immigrants is nuanced engaging and authentically observed 
3.5
Amreeka
Ed Gonzalez
The end result isn t a relaxed and incantatory celebration of cross cultural friction that finds emotional and spiritual resonance in the mundane a la The Secret of the Grain but a sitcomish harangue 
2
Awaken
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As with others in this genre Awaken is a gorgeous mesmerizing work of cinematic poetry but also sometimes boring and frustrating 
3.5
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova
Roger Moore
A feather weight film festival comedy layered with menace but buoyed by the built in whimsy of that most reliable of comic formulas the fish out of water comedy 
2.5
Smallfoot
Matt Brunson
Mediocre but alert adults will at least appreciate the message about the need to reject alternative facts spouted by fear mongering leaders 
2
Smallfoot
Mike McGranaghan
The central joke in Smallfoot is a bit corny but if you can get past it you ll find a fairly charming little family picture 
3
Smallfoot
John Hanlon
With some great songs and a few moments of levity this animated film is a colorful delight 
3.0
Smallfoot
Sarah Knight Adamson
Sadly overly stuffed Smallfoot invents modern fairy tale notions about Yeti s with mediocre animation and songs without actually teaching anything of substance to kids 
2
Smallfoot
Linda Cook
Smallfoot is big on music and positive themes 
3
Smallfoot
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film is surprisingly smart the characters quickly grow to be quite lovable 
3.5
Smallfoot
Clayton Davis
Smallfoot surprises Co directors Karey Kirkpatrick and Jason Reisig create a movie with a ton heart blanketed with confidence and honesty that stands out in a year of seemingly sub standard animation 
3.5
Smallfoot
Brandy McDonnell
It might be a Smallfoot but a movie that values critical thinking is a big step in the right direction 
3
Smallfoot
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a blandly forgettable affair only the youngest members of the audience are likely to find captivating 
2
Smallfoot
Josh Terry
While animation can be a good tool to help kids and adults explore such topics Smallfoot still seems a bit too heavy handed for its own good 
2.5
Smallfoot
Rubén Rosario
Even though not all of it works and even though it takes too long to hit its stride its call for bridge building is a message one is never too old to take to heart 
2.5
Smallfoot
Mark Dujsik
Smallfoot doesn t evade the complexities and gloom of its eventual revelations It offers some wisdom and hope about seemingly irreconcilable conflicts 
3
Smallfoot
Rick Bentley
Smallfoot will leave a tiny footprint on the film world 
2
Smallfoot
Oliver Jones
Hollywood animation your rut is showing 
1
Smallfoot
Sean P. Means
With inventive visual gags and an oddball voice cast which includes Gina Rodriguez and LeBron James Smallfoot turns out to be a free wheeling comic delight 
3
Smallfoot
Jane Horwitz
This entertaining fantasy has intellectual ballast but it s cleverly disguised 
3
Smallfoot
Rafer Guzman
A think for yourself message makes this somewhat contrived kids movie worth watching 
2.5
Smallfoot
Tom Russo
An animated feature that puts some clever thought into the fantastical conundrum filled world it creates 
3
Smallfoot
Josh Bell
Has a slick anonymous style that seems designed to smooth out anything potentially distinctive or memorable 
1.5
Smallfoot
Peter Hartlaub
It s a chore to get through the beginning but builds a strong story and leaves legitimate good feelings on the way out of the theater 
3
Smallfoot
Richard Roeper
It s not often an animated children s movie features lessons about critical thinking especially when the movie on the whole is a zippy silly zany cheery little tale with the obligatory upbeat musical numbers 
3
Smallfoot
Christy Lemire
If only the dialogue and visuals matched the daring of its ideology 
2
Smallfoot
Peter Canavese
Bland something of a thinker even a subversive one but it s dubious that kids will pick up on the provocation between the pratfalls and the pop songs 
2
Smallfoot
Katie Walsh
Smallfoot follows a familiar path it s what it does with the journey that makes it worth watching 
2.5
Smallfoot
Brent McKnight
It s harmless and toothless and plays well with the young target demographic 
2.5
Smallfoot
Ed Gonzalez
There s something undeniably ballsy about a children s film that s so insistent about pushing young viewers to think bigger to be open to new ideas and question culturally coded notions of good and evil 
2.5
Smallfoot
Roger Moore
Often joyous and at times downright profound
3
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Bill Chambers
Director Brian Henson should have left brand expectations out of it and simply carried on in the vein of his father s excursions into fantasy 
2
The Muppet Christmas Carol
David Nusair
an above average Muppet movie 
3
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Peter Canavese
Strikes just the right balance of irony and sincerity genuinely heartwarming from its opening dedication to Henson and Hunt to its joy to the world finale Blu ray 
3
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Chris Hicks
Director Brian Henson son of the late Jim Henson has captured his father s vision and carries on the tradition better than anyone could have expected 
3
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Roger Ebert
Like all the Muppet movies this one is a musical with original songs by Paul Williams my favorite is the early chain rattling duet by the Marley brothers It could have done with a few more songs than it has 
3
A Bloody Aria
Austin Kennedy
It would have been fine but the acting is pretty over the top making scenes almost laughable 
2
A Bloody Aria
Rob Humanick
The film isn t illuminating just inflammatory 
2
Chalk
John Hartl
There are still moments when the tone is uncertain and the actors visibly struggle but for the most part there s a freshness about the performances that could probably not have been achieved in any other way 
3
Chalk
Ty Burr
Chalk might have been both funnier and more penetrating as a real documentary 
2.5
Chalk
David Wiegand
Chalk is a gentle mockumentary about high school teachers so gentle you wonder why anyone bothered So gentle it verges on what s the point 
2
Chalk
Lisa Kennedy
The movie offers some modest amusing and true lessons about an honorable profession 
2.5
Chalk
Larry Ratliff
Like the teaching profession Chalk is at times tedious and rewarding 
2.5
Chalk
V.A. Musetto
The indie film is funny and at times heartbreaking Wisely it avoids the happy ending that Hollywood would have insisted upon 
3
Chalk
Elizabeth Weitzman
An unassuming indie comedy that just happens to be terrific Mike Akel s deceptively modest debut is unfortunately as likely to go unrewarded as the thousands of teachers who do a great job with little acknowledgment 
3
Chalk
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chalk approaches the painful social awkwardness of The Office 
3
Chalk
David Elliott
Demeaningly patronizing to educators cheaply dismissive of students Chalk is a dunce Erase it 
1
Chalk
Nick Schager
The definition of a missed opportunity 
1.5
Chalk
Matt Pais
Amusingly riffs on the wide gap that exists between teachers and students 
3
Chalk
Josh Larsen
will convince anyone who almost went into teaching that they made the right decision Even if they re currently on unemployment 
3
Chalk
Sid Smith
An A for effort novelty that by the end barely musters a passing grade 
2
Chalk
Glenn Whipp
The actors on the job experience certainly instills Chalk with a detailed insight that is funny and at times heartbreaking 
3
Courage Mountain
Beth Dunlop
Courage Mountain is the story of children standing undaunted in the face of virtually unsurmountable obstacles and in that respect it s really quite thrilling 
3
Zoolander
Brian Eggert
There s an old saying about actors how one needs to be smart to effectively pretend to be stupid If that s true Ben Stiller is a very smart man 
3.5
Zoolander
Betsy Bozdech
While Zoolander the movie like Zoolander the model is a little light on brains it definitely has its moments 
3
Zoolander
David Nusair
a blatantly silly premise that is for the most part executed to entertaining and hilarious effect by filmmaker Stiller 
3
Zoolander
Nick Rogers
Ben Stiller often forgoes go for broke comedy for the sake of getting rich Not so in Zoolander which is not only Cuba Gooding Jr and Billy Zane s best work of the last decade but what remains Stiller s flat out funniest film down to the DVD menu 
4
Zoolander
Betsy Bozdech
It s no Meet the Parents but if you like Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson s brand of offbeat humor Zoolander should be right up your fashion runway 
3
Zoolander
Scott Nash
Some funny moments but misses a chance to really skewer its subject 
2.5
Zoolander
Michael Szymanski
I have two words for Zoolander Stoo Pid 
1
Zoolander
Margaret A. McGurk
It is a treat to laugh out loud at the movie s deceptively simple minded goofiness 
3
Zoolander
Jeffrey Westhoff
Stiller obviously intended this to be silly mindless fluff It seldom rises above dumb and boring 
2
Zoolander
Frank Ochieng
a fashion mis statement Zoolander is a one note joke who shouldn t have gone beyond the boundaries of a 4 H club skit being performed at a Shriner s convention 
2
Zoolander
Mark Dujsik
The material has promise and it s unfortunately wasted on easy inconsistent or unexplainable jokes 
2
Zoolander
Ian Mantgani
Listening to the music is the only way to get through this movie without tearing your hair out but still the meaninglessly retro soundtrack points to the randomness of the picture s choices 
0.5
Zoolander
Andrew Howe
Delivers on the strength of impeccable casting flashy visuals top notch production design and a script that isn t afraid to toss something into the air and see how it flies 
3
Zoolander
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si en verdad quiere pasar un buen rato mejor rente un video o adquiera el soundtrack
1
Zoolander
David Keyes
confuses comedy with general stupidity allowing the characters to spout out lines of idiocy as if the effort is enough to warrant laughs 
0.5
Zoolander
Michael Dequina
When the film s low aims are attacked with such ferocious energy and style one is too busy laughing to complain 
3
Zoolander
Mike McGranaghan
I laughed from start to finish at the film and some of the potshots Stiller takes at the modeling profession are classic 
3.5
Zoolander
James Kendrick
brash and sometimes subversive often pushing into territory where you wouldn t expect it to go
3
Zoolander
David N. Butterworth
The most disappointing thing about Stiller s film is that all it appears to be saying is that male models don t seem to have a lot between the ears 
1.5
Zoolander
Elias Savada
Zoolander stands just below the middle of the crowd of this in not a cerebral comedy genre no better no worse 
1.5
Zoolander
Robert Roten
While the story does have a lot of humiliation humor it also has its heart in the right place most of the time 
2
Zoolander
Harvey S. Karten
An opportunity for lacerating satire is surrendered in favor of inane comic sketches 
2
Zoolander
Dustin Putman
Has little charm and not nearly enough big laughs to sustain its withering plot and quick 85 minute running time 
2
Zoolander
Bob Bloom
Pure silliness a no brainer just sit back and laugh feature 
2.5
Zoolander
Ed Gonzalez
Yes male models are idiots it s a one joke movie but a funny one at that 
2.5
Zoolander
Bob Graham
Manages to be stretched too thin and overblown at the same time 
2
Zoolander
John Anderson
A refreshingly funny movie 
3
Zoolander
Liam Lacey
Zoolander s vain stupidity gets as wearisome on film as such behaviour is in real life 
2.5
Zoolander
Roger Ebert
If the Malaysians made a comedy about the assassination of the president of the United States because of his opposition to slavery it would seem approximately as funny to us as Zoolander would seem to them 
1
Zoolander
Tony Toscano
It s one of those love it or hate it films And I loved it 
3
Zoolander
Mary Kalin-Casey
A delightfully stupid farce that mocks highbrow style with lowbrow laughs 
3
Zoolander
Carrie Rickey
What Zoolander does have and this was enough for me is a sublime comic performance by Owen Wilson 
2.5
Zoolander
Mark Caro
This comedy far exceeds the time span over which watching people acting dumb and making funny faces remains funny 
2
Zoolander
James Berardinelli
Despite its numerous weaknesses Zoolander is more enjoyable than many of 2001 s crop of so called comedies 
2.5
Zoolander
Steve Rhodes
Making a movie that s stupid fun must be really hard since most filmmakers that try end up with a picture that s merely stupid Rarely are they as successful as Zoolander 
3.5
Zoolander
Rob Blackwelder
The fashion world has never taken it on the chin harder than in this screamingly funny spoof the likes of which Austin Powers can only dream about 
3
Zoolander
Jeanne Aufmuth
Humor occasionally dips low but let s face it dumb is fun 
3
Zoolander
Ross Anthony
Funny really it s just I don t know Missing that inexplicable special something 
2.5
The Martian
Brian Eggert
A crowd pleaser 44 complete with several disco songs on the kitschy soundtrack and a predictably applaud worthy climax 46 10 10 
3.5
The Martian
Wesley Lovell
Matt Damon s strong central performance anchors this compelling sci fi adventure about a man stuck on Mars while the folks back home try to find an easy way to rescue him 
4
The Martian
Mattie Lucas
Scott manages to take potentially dry scientific ideas and turns it into thrilling cinematic gold 
3
The Martian
Frank Ochieng
Hopefully The Martian is not dismissed as a foreign alien in the minds of ardent movie going SF enthusiasts looking for a realistic and soulful space age adventure with a refreshing backbone of scientific curiosity and candidness 
3.5
The Martian
Sonny Bunch
Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Drew Goddard have managed to turn a series of math equations into exciting filmed entertainment 
3
The Martian
Max Weiss
I have no idea if the science in The Martian is accurate It sure felt accurate which is all that matters in a way On top of being wildly entertaining the film is about using your wits to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds 
3.5
The Martian
David Nusair
an often potent sci fi drama that benefits substantially from Damon s almost impossible charismatic performance 
3
The Martian
Soren Andersen
It s pretty sunny and often funny a space oddity for a director not known for pictures with a sense of humor 
3
The Martian
Chris Hewitt
The Martian is entertaining not because of how it ends which you can probably guess but from watching a whole bunch of really smart people figure out how to get there 
3
The Martian
Robert W. Butler
With The Martian director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon deliver an almost perfect piece of popular filmmaking an intimate sci fi epic that is smart spectacular and stirring 
4
The City of Lost Children
Matt Brunson
Best described as a hybrid of Terry Gilliam and the Coens 44 with dashes of Jules Verne 44 Charles Dickens 44 and Rube Goldberg added to the mix 46 
3.5
The City of Lost Children
Jeff Shannon
On visual terms alone The City of Lost Children is something of a masterpiece using state of the art physical optical and digital special effects to stretch cinematic boundaries 
3
The City of Lost Children
Steven Rea
Essentially The City of Lost Children is a macabre fairy tale and while its tentacled comic book plot and freak show cast narrow its appeal this isn t a work of any allegorical depth Caro and Jeunet have pulled off a cinematic delight 
3.5
The City of Lost Children
Stephen Hunter
The production values are extraordinary 
2.5
The City of Lost Children
Dan Webster
The look of The City of Lost Children is worthy of a dropped jaw or three 
3
The City of Lost Children
David Sterritt
This delirious film is overflowing with energy and effects but it lacks the heart and soul that would have made it important as well as impressive 
2
The City of Lost Children
Mike Clark
Children hasn t enough of a human dimension to be fun itself but it s still warped enough to amuse anyone with a tilted frame of mind 
2.5
The City of Lost Children
Chris Hicks
Another wacky and dark and visually dazzling film by the makers of Delicatessen 
3
The City of Lost Children
Peter Stack
The French fantasy adventure The City of Lost Children is a dark phantasmagoria so visually amazing and provocative yet dense and confusing that viewers may need to see it more than once to take it all in 
3
The City of Lost Children
Ted Prigge
The City of Lost Children automatically gets major pointers for being a stunning film to look at and it gets a couple extra pointers for having the respect to not insult our intelligence and waste our time with a really crap story 
3.5
The City of Lost Children
James Berardinelli
The City of Lost Children is as visually striking and daringly offbeat as its predecessor 
3.5
The City of Lost Children
Roger Ebert
Many people will probably not find themselves sympathetic to this movie s overachieving technological pretensions while others will find it the best film in months or years 
3
The City of Lost Children
Madeleine Williams
Astounding imagery combine with bizarre characters and comedy in this dark and twisted French fairy tale 
3
Y2K
Jorge Avila Andrade
Adems de que la produccin deja mucho que desear las actuaciones son bastante malas
1.5
I Love You
Roger Ebert
The movie eventually arrives at a heavily symbolic ending with the actors addressing the audience directly and bursting into song and dance Metaphor hunters are welcome to pick among the ruins for symbols and meanings 
1.5
Bird
Roger Ebert
Whitaker occupies this world as a large friendly sometimes taciturn man who tries to harm nobody and who cannot understand why the world would not let him play his music Neither can we 
3.5
Bean
Mike Clark
We ll forgive England for the Spice Girls Maybe even Benny Hill Joan Collins Boy George Fergie and that habit of pouring milk in tea But with Bean s arrival it might mean war 
1
Bean
Michael Dequina
Atkinson is able to hit the comic jackpot through grunts gestures body movements and most of all facial expressions 
3
Bean
Judith Egerton
Atkinson s genius at portraying a pesky childish adult is reminiscent of the great comic stars of silent movies Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin 
3.5
Bean
Roger Ebert
At an hour Bean would have been nonstop laughs Then they added 30 minutes of stops 
2.5
Take Care of My Cat
Gene Seymour
Jeong s evocative visuals of the urban landscape and her savvy deployment of appliances only deepens the resemblance such stories have to our own lives 
3.5
Take Care of My Cat
Michael Wilmington
The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving and the film itself as well its delightful cast is so breezy pretty and gifted it really won my heart 
3
Take Care of My Cat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The year 2002 has conjured up more coming of age stories than seem possible but Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them 
3.5
Take Care of My Cat
Edward Guthmann
Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses but nonetheless it drags during its 112 minute length 
3
Take Care of My Cat
V.A. Musetto
The episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life But the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored 
2.5
An American Carol
Betsy Sherman
Using sledgehammer gags in the service of a dissent bashing tale Zucker aims for the flag waving brio of Warner Bros cartoons during World War II but he succeeds only in ruining Farley s big break 
1
An American Carol
Christian Toto
An American Carol dares to mock the Left but it forgets to bring the funny 
2
An American Carol
Frank Ochieng
Overall Zucker s cinematic middle finger is about as funny as an exploding toilet seat for hemorrhoid induced senior citizens a dreary picture mired in sophomoric sludge 
1.5
An American Carol
Susan Walker
Utterly asinine sophomoric tasteless the movie has much in common with Zucker s Airplane The Naked Gun 2 1 2 and Scary Movie sequels minus the laughs 
1
An American Carol
Linda Cook
There s a good idea for a movie here Someone considered poking fun at liberal filmmaker Michael Moore The only problem with An American Carol is that it s not funny 
.5
An American Carol
Austin Kennedy
This is an uneven uninspired tired spoof that has about 10 funny jokes throughout 
1.5
An American Carol
Mike McGranaghan
Forget politics An American Carol sucks simply because it s ridiculously painfully unfunny 
0.5
An American Carol
Sean P. Means
How dumb does Hollywood think American conservatives are Not half as dumb as conservative filmmaker David Zucker thinks they are 
0
An American Carol
Steven Rea
An American Carol is about as not funny as a comedy can get 
1
An American Carol
Rene Rodriguez
I can t imagine anyone Democrat or Republican liberal or conservative red state or blue state earthling or E T finding An American Carol anything other than not funny And idiotic And demeaning And aggressively persistently crummy 
0
An American Carol
Rafer Guzman
Is there any filmmaker alive whether Democrat or Republican conservative or liberal capable of producing a truly incisive intelligent satire about our politically polarized times 
1.5
An American Carol
Ty Burr
Ultimately the problem with An American Carol is the problem with far too much political discourse in this country left or right It highlights the worst excesses of the opposition for the sole purpose of discrediting the vast middle 
2
An American Carol
Kam Williams
Challenging authority as unpatriotic Bah humbug 
0
An American Carol
Lou Lumenick
Even if it weren t three years too late to parody Moore ineptly played by Kevin Farley Moore s ridiculous tribute to Cuban health care in Sicko is far funnier than anything in this desperately laughless farce from David Zucker 
0.5
An American Carol
Kevin A. Ranson
while it may be director David Zucker s passion for the obvious conservative agenda it s easily more entertaining than either Scary Movie 3 or 4 
3
An American Carol
Dustin Putman
While it is the liberals of America who receive the brunt of abuse it is the conservatives portrayed as hypocritical narrow minded hicks and heathens that unintentionally look like fools 
.5
An American Carol
Phil Villarreal
The right should follow Zucker s lead engage its liberal opposition with humor rather than the crass protests and attempts at bans usually flung at Moore s films 
3
How She Move
Michael Dequina
Shows that there s more to Canadian film than icy introspection but it also shows they can wallow in formula as thickly as their Yank counterparts 
2
How She Move
Austin Kennedy
The formula is so old that you can almost forgive it What I couldn t forgive is the soap opera O C like subplots 
2
How She Move
Matt Brunson
The screenplay saddles the characters with too many scenes revolving around tired dialogue but director Ian Iqbal Rashid compensates by staging the vigorous dance sequences as if his life or at least his career depended on it 
2.5
How She Move
Jeffrey Westhoff
Newcomer Rutina Wesley brings dynamite physicality and haunted intellect to How She Move 
3
How She Move
Linda Cook
Where oh where did this beautiful film come from 
3.5
How She Move
John Beifuss
In its re edit Paramount tries to hide the cultural specificity that makes the movie interesting beneath generic urban camouflage 
2
How She Move
Kyle Smith
As we replay last year s step dance hit Stomp the Yard the ostensible message about working hard in school gets stomped out of the yard 
2.5
How She Move
Chris Hewitt
The dancing is worth sitting through the talking 
2.5
How She Move
Moira MacDonald
There s not much that s surprising in How She Move but watching how she moves is a pleasure 
2.5
How She Move
David Wiegand
How She Move isn t a great film or even a terribly well made film but it has its moments and of course it has the ending it s promised all along 
2
How She Move
Carla Meyer
The dance scenes in How She Move are so vibrant and infectious that they glide the movie past its script problems 
3
How She Move
Elizabeth Weitzman
How She Move gets it right in every dance sequence but stumbles badly whenever the characters step offstage or a car hood or the sidewalk or wherever they happen to be practicing 
2
How She Move
Jason Heck
Don t go for the plot Go for the dancing It s electrifying 
2.5
How She Move
Lisa Kennedy
Though it may sound like it How She Move is not just another dance off flick 
3
How She Move
Ty Burr
A grittier slightly more real world version of movies like Step Up Stomp the Yard and Save the Last Dance 
2.5
How She Move
Maitland McDonagh
The inventive dance sequences are expertly staged the percussive aggressive rhythms of stepping come through vividly laced with touches of sly humor and assertive sexiness and the youthful cast consistently chooses grit over gloss 
2.5
How She Move
Claudia Puig
Though the story is predictable How She Move has two key assets powerful dance sequences and an emphasis on education 
2.5
How She Move
Susan Walker
In the increasingly crowded field of movies based on urban dance How She Move stands out as a well written and well acted drama with an appeal that reaches beyond dance fanatics 
3
How She Move
Betsy Bozdech
Thanks to earnest performances and flat out amazing dancing the fairly predictable inner city drama of How She Move feels surprisingly fresh 
2.5
How She Move
Daniel M. Kimmel
a run of the mill film for teens into the music and dancing 
1.5
How She Move
Jason McBride
You might see the ending of How She Move coming from the first frame but you ll tap your toes the entire way 
2.5
How She Move
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the story is familiar and the outcome a forgone conclusion newcomer Wesley cuts a dynamic visage having almost the same effect upon me as Ugly Betty star America Ferrera did in her sensational debut Real Women Have Curves 
2.5
How She Move
Willie Waffle
Beating up on How She Move is like criticizing a 5 year old who just made a Mother s Day card for his mommy 
1.5
How She Move
Nick Schager
That Raya s rhythmic stomp heavy dance performances provide her with an outlet for rage and grief would be more corny if Wesley s dancing wasn t so ferocious and if Rashid s depiction of his tale s run down milieu and its underground dance scene didn t
2.5
How She Move
Mack Bates
How She Move is a solid addition to the dance genre s dance card 
3
How She Move
Lawrence Toppman
The characters and situations haven t changed much but the energy level is high and the moral that you can aspire to escape the old neighborhood without abandoning all that s good in it is one we hear too seldom 
3
How She Move
Michael Phillips
How She Move proves you can t judge a film by its plot line even if it sounds suspiciously similar to a few other movies about stomping the yard and dreaming your dream and dancing like you mean it 
3.5
How She Move
Rafer Guzman
Somewhere between the acrobatic dance sequences and lead footed script of How She Move there exist fleeting glimpses of a serious film that could have been 
1
How She Move
Kam Williams
Accolades are in order for the inspired performances delivered by the two talented young leads Juilliard grad Rutina Wesley and dancer turned actress Tre Armstrong in this refreshingly intelligent inner city melodrama 
4
My Father's Dragon
Roger Moore
The new film version of Ruth Stiles Gannett 8217 s beloved 1940s children 8217 s books is an adorable and engaging fantasy and 44 in this interpretation 44 something of a parable 46 
3
My Father's Dragon
Kevin Carr
Not as culturally rich as Cartoon Saloon 8217 s previous film 44 this adventure through child like wonder is still full of charm and compelling animation 46 
3
My Father's Dragon
Carlos Aguilar
Cartoon Saloon apos s latest soul soothing and modestly enchanting gift to the world 46 
3.5
My Father's Dragon
Rob Thomas
It 8217 s a bit of a letdown that 8220 Dragon 8221 is so squarely aimed at the littles 44 although its bright animation and simple story might be immensely appealing to them 44 and certainly lovely enough to look at for older viewers to sit through 46 
2.5
My Father's Dragon
Mark Dujsik
91 D 93 espite the obvious effort of its making 44 this movie comes up short 44 unfortunately 46 
2.5
My Father's Dragon
Mike McGranaghan
My Father apos s Dragon may not break new ground 44 but it apos s still worthwhile entertainment for the whole family 46 
3
My Father's Dragon
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The hot streak for Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon cools with My Father 8217 s Dragon 46 
2
Dracula
Josh Larsen
Gorgeous backdrops and gloomy Gothic sets almost upstage one of cinema s most notorious villains 
2.5
Dracula
Bob Bloom
The abundance of older features on Blu rays and DVDs have helped give younger filmgoers an appreciation of classic movies They can learn so much more on how to pace and set a scene from Tod Browning over Michael Bay Mankiweicz said 
3
Dracula
David Nusair
it s clear that the movie simply doesn t hold up terribly well all these years later 
2
Dracula
Walter Chaw
After Lugosi all vampire performances are doomed to be compared against him as either homage or departure 
3
Dracula
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bela Lugosi is inspired in the role of the vampire One can no longer label it a good performance or a bad performance Lugosi embodies the role 
4
Dracula
James Berardinelli
Dracula deserves its status as a classic although one might be tempted to append the word lesser to that label 
3
Dracula
Roger Ebert
Certainly it is Lugosi s performance and the cinematography of Karl Freund that make Tod Browning s film such an influential Hollywood picture 
4
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Steve Rhodes
A minimally enjoyable movie but one that nevertheless has a certain fascination 
1.5
Bye Bye Braverman
David Nusair
a palpable and thoroughly objectionable misfire that s surely the nadir of Lumet s robust body of work 
1
Bye Bye Braverman
Roger Ebert
Sidney Lumet s Bye Bye Braverman is a good movie gone wrong 
2
The Carnivores
Chuck Bowen
The characters don t exist solely to affirm the film s various themes and as a result their humanity gets under your skin 
3
Private Confessions
Ken Fox
The sight of von Sydow vomiting up a communion wafer is a pretty good indication that age hasn t mellowed the master one whit 
3.5
Private Confessions
Rick Groen
Coming from the master s hand the result is unique akin to a deep plunge into a northern lake there s a chilling clarity to the experience a harsh beauty that s softened yet never redeemed by unexpected pockets of relative warmth 
3.5
Private Confessions
Roger Ebert
A film like Private Confessions makes most films about romance look like films about plumbing 
3.5
Private Confessions
Jeff Vice
It s the next best thing to Bergman a thoughtful if slightly long drama enlivened by warm performances and some thoughtful meditations on the subject of adultery 
3
Private Confessions
Mick LaSalle
The reward for a pace that s sometimes frustratingly slow is in seeing truths and levels of emotion that are rarely captured on screen 
3
Lethal Weapon
David Nusair
it s not difficult to see why Riggs and Murtaugh became downright iconic figures after the release of this picture 
3
Lethal Weapon
Gene Siskel
Gibson and Glover make a great team and some of their early adventures are exciting But the film runs out of gas as it turns into an extended chase sequence 
3
Lethal Weapon
Desmond Ryan
The story which proceeds with inevitability is enlivened by Donner s rousing action sequences 
3
Lethal Weapon
Roger Hurlburt
Nothing however can really prepare audiences for the generally good though offbeat performances gritty action and serio comic exploits of the Good Guys vs the Bad Guys 
2.5
Lethal Weapon
Johanna Steinmetz
As action adventure it s pointlessly puerile a movie where the heroes are so childish they try to one up each other with fancy shots at the pistol range 
0.5
Lethal Weapon
Walter Chaw
What does it say that I loved it as a boy of fourteen 
2
Lethal Weapon
Matt Brunson
Yeah I know I know It s considered an action classic and routinely pegged as one of the best buddy cop films but it s always held just marginal appeal for me besides compare it to Die Hard and its classic status seems even more ludicrous 
2.5
Lethal Weapon
James Berardinelli
From a distance Lethal Weapon might appear generic but a closer look reveals something special 
3.5
Lethal Weapon
Roger Ebert
I m a guy who is bored by shootouts and chase scenes I ve seen it all But this movie thrilled me from beginning to end 
4
Tone-Deaf
Simon Abrams
A monotonous horror comedy 
1
Tone-Deaf
Mark Dujsik
In going off the deep end with his satirical method throughout Tone Deaf Bates beats himself to the punch line 
1.5
SiREN
David Nusair
It s perhaps not terribly surprising to note that SiREN only works in starts and fits 
2
SiREN
Brian Tallerico
A movie about implanted memories a stripper with a tail and winged creatures but it doesn t have the personality to make any of that interesting 
1.5
SiREN
Roger Moore
More gruesome than horrific but the cast and effects let this indie horror pic punch above its weight class 
2
Arctic Defenders
Adam Nayman
The sheer accumulation of details in the anecdotes is revelatory yet Arctic Defenders is only intermittently compelling 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Lori Hoffman
Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett are given enough character quirks to made this trip in cliché ville more enjoyable than most 
2
Hollywood Homicide
David Nusair
the film does remain watchable throughout mostly due to Ford s ingratiating performance 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Sara Michelle Fetters
This isn t a movie with big outlandish explosions or unbelievable spectacle It s a film about two normal guys trying to make the best they can out of lives they ve built and now aren t too sure they even like 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Nick Rogers
What kind of food is Calista Flockhart feeding or 44 rather 44 not feeding Harrison Ford over there 63 
0
Hollywood Homicide
Addison MacDonald
Hollywood Homicide has the impact of a TV movie of the week 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To take Hollywood Homicide at surface level is to miss the point yet it may be far too bombastic for most people to understand how really subtle it is 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Mark Dujsik
I guess you can t blame Ford for being bored during most of this but it s too bad the fact is so painfully apparent throughout the movie 
2
Hollywood Homicide
John Beifuss
Like Bull Durham this is a shaggy dog satire about seemingly casual but surprisingly vain men who define themselves by the professional games they play while treating life itself like a game 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Josh Gilchrist
It s not a bad film just a very tired one that wastes a good cast Some people will like this movie For the rest the best time to see it is when it hits Blockbuster 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Marty Mapes
It asks too much and offers too little
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
Mike McGranaghan
In its attempt to stuff as much on screen as possible the movie ends up being unsatisfying in every way 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Jonathan R. Perry
As in last winter s unfairly overlooked Dark Blue Ron Shelton lures us into his underground lair with genre clichés only to sucker punch us with something unexpected 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Mike Clark
Both leads in Hollywood Homicide work multiple jobs and wear themselves out in the process So does a movie with such a generic title that it s a marvel no one has used it before 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Chris Hewitt
It s one of those movies that is what you expect it to be but better 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Tom Sander
Disappointing mediocre and preposterously cartoonish Hollywood Homicide tries hard but ultimately fails to rise above its bland old cop young cop bickering buddies cliché movie origins 
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
Erik Lundegaard
More interested in Hollywood than homicide 
0
Hollywood Homicide
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie an audience can settle comfortably into and it pays off as it goes along 
3
Hollywood Homicide
David Elliott
Hollywood Homicide reeks from its slumming cynical exploitation of Hollywood as a junky old tart 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Joe Baltake
Hollywood Homicide is one of those smooth formula jobs that always seems to attract the services of an actor of a certain age looking to extend his box office power and a fresh faced newcomer who s all too willing to play protege to the vet 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Peter Travers
Action movies that show a real interest in characters and their quirks are so rare that you might be ready to forgive this one its sins of cliche and poky pacing 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Tor Thorsen
Shelton s attempts to tweak the buddy cop formula are admirable an anti chase chase scene involving a duck pond is hilarious but all too often he ends up embracing the very tropes he should be mocking 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Duane Dudek
Shelton s experience as a minor league baseball player gave his sports films an authentic male voice But his more recent films have the synthetic voice of a minor league filmmaker 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Rene Rodriguez
Lands with a thud right from its painfully unfunny prologue and maintains its plodding exasperating course straight through to its car chase and shootout finale 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Robert W. Butler
A cop buddy movie so easygoing it s hardly there at all 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Rick Groen
Sometimes the laugh is there sometimes it s a coin flip and sometimes it all feels like so much made up filler 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Jeff Vice
The filmmakers seem to be unsure of what they were trying to do here 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Lisa Kennedy
It s Get Shorty but not as agile 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Ty Burr
Hollywood Homicide is one of the most lazily scripted poorly structured smugly stereotyped star vehicles in recent memory 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Gary Brown
In the comedy department actor Harrison Ford comes across being about as funny as President Jerry Ford 
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
Frank Ochieng
But wait a second there may be something unique to this hyperactive quirky shoot em up showcase after all Just maybe 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Forrest Hartman
This isn t exactly brainy material but it is fun and that s what buddy comedies are all about 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Sean P. Means
A sly and absurd satire of the action movie formula that delivers deeper and more plentiful laughs than the formula ever could 
3.5
Hollywood Homicide
Jeffrey Westhoff
A smashing satire disguised as a generic buddy cop thriller 
3.5
Hollywood Homicide
Megan Lehmann
There s little action in this snail paced bore you ll need a high powered magnifying glass to spot the comedy and the buddies have about as much chemistry as a pair of wet socks 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Emily Blunt
Stoo pid
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Bob Strauss
So two weeks ago 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Terry Lawson
Hollywood Homicide thinks constantly ringing cell phones are really funny 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Jami Bernard
It s a humiliating comedown for Ford and he looks creaky and grumpy obviously aware that he is miscast and dreading every scene 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Roger Ebert
One of the pleasures of Hollywood Homicide is that it s more interested in its two goofy cops than in the murder plot their dialogue redeems otherwise standard scenes 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Jon Niccum
The narrative grows increasingly reliant on laborious chase scenes and noisy shoot outs 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood Homicide is such a mixed bag of genres that not even the high profile stars star studded cameos or vivid dialogue can inject momentum into this lazy comedy 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Phil Villarreal
Ford has 99 percent of the duo s combined experience likability and amusing lines 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Erik Childress
When the marketers can t decide what the film is what would YOU expect when the lights go out 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Tony Toscano
When all is said and done Hollywood Homicide is another buddy cop film 
3
Hollywood Homicide
James Sanford
the best joke unfortunately comes at the very beginning of the film The rest of Homicide is barely a cut above hackwork 
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
Bruce Newman
This is a movie in which the humor isn t just deadpan it s inert 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Carrie Rickey
Has more laughs than suspense but not enough of either 
2
Hollywood Homicide
John Anderson
Harrison Ford as comedian is not a pretty picture 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Steve Rhodes
Chemistry free film 
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
David Sterritt
Despite its potentially rich material it s a quintessential summer movie 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Michael Wilmington
It s the best role Ford has had in a while The best movie too 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Josh Larsen
caught between being Anonymous Police Movie 3 001 and an all out spoof 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Bob Bloom
Hollywood Homicide feels like three hours Like Harrison Ford s Joe Gavilan it runs out of steam and begins huffing and puffing way before the closing credits 
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
Mark Ramsey
Enter Gladys Knight esteemed R B legend who belongs in front of the camera the way Ian McKellan belongs in front of the Pips 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Rob Thomas
Overall the nimble funny second half doesn t quite cancel out the sluggish first half 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Rob Blackwelder
A sly satire of buddy cop action comedies that replicates the genre s trappings so precicely many moviegoers will mistake it for a genuinely bad buddy cop action comedy 
3
Hollywood Homicide
Walter Chaw
Feels a great deal like a tired exhalation 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Jeanne Aufmuth
Can t a couple of hunky guys pull off the buddy dynamic with the sheer force of their masculine star power Surprisingly the chemistry between Ford and Hartnett is flatlined not a spark in sight 
1
Hollywood Homicide
Ross Anthony
Could have been the direction and or editing putting forth freshmanlike efforts at comedy Or of course it could have been that this reviewer just didn t get the jokes 
1.5
Hollywood Homicide
James Berardinelli
There are some laughs to be had here but they are islands in a becalmed ocean 
2
Hollywood Homicide
Linda Cook
Maybe it should be called Video Vice Better to save your money for the rental 
2.5
Hollywood Homicide
Dustin Putman
Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett are a veritably delightful and likable duo that mesh surprisingly well with each other 
2.5
Ordinary People
Dann Gire
Ordinary People is rare moviemaking and easily one of the best films of 1980 But to spurt volumes of superlatives would not do it justice Redford s film is deceptively quiet and subtle 
4
Ordinary People
John Lapsley
Alvin Sargent s devastatingly realist screenplay adaptation of the novel by a Minneapolis housewife Judith Guest sounds like the transcript of a typical civilised family s roundtable non discussion 
4
Ordinary People
Gene Siskel
This is hardly revolutionary material but Ordinary People is so well acted and so crisply directed by first timer Redford who does not appear in the film that we can t help but appreciate this valuable lesson one more time 
4
Ordinary People
Elston Brooks
The only thing wrong with Ordinary People is its title which tells us nothing about a picture that is truly outstanding It is an acting piece and a directorial achievement almost without peer 
4
Ordinary People
Perry Stewart
Ordinary People is sensitively imaginatively directed by Robert Redford in his debut behind the camera and it is superbly acted by a strong cast 
4
Ordinary People
Joseph Gelmis
Ordinary People is extraordinary entertainment a sensitive artfully made exploration of love and loss It s a memorable first film for neophyte director Robert Redford who leaves the acting to an impeccable ensemble 
4
Ordinary People
John Stark
There is nothing ordinary about this film which was directed with amazing insight and sensitivity by Robert Redford 
4
Ordinary People
Robert Alan Ross
Just as Kramer vs Kramer dominated last year s crop of realistic dramas so does Ordinary People stand out as the most sensitive provocative domestic story of 1980 
4
Ordinary People
Peter Canavese
Reminiscent of the next generation movie theater version of the classic domestic Broadway melodrama this is the original cinematic deep dive on grief and the usefulness of psychiatric therapy an iconic glib free portrait of a frosty W A S P facade 
4
Ordinary People
Matt Brunson
Ordinary People could easily have been a facile movie that lapses into manipulative melodrama but Redford never betrays the integrity of the material 
3.5
Ordinary People
Brian Eggert
The outward simplicity of Redford s direction is staggering yet his choices remain elegant and informed 
4
Ordinary People
Josh Larsen
an especially tony Afterschool Special 
3
Ordinary People
James Berardinelli
What Redford accomplishes is to provide an excellent portrait of how well families can hide their inner turmoil from the prying eyes of outsiders 
3
Ordinary People
Wesley Lovell
A beautifully acted film about the impact of a family tragedy on those who blame themselves and others 
3.5
Ordinary People
Sarah Chauncey
It is Redford s ability to let the movie breathe that forces the viewer to experience the film on a visceral level 
4
Ordinary People
Roger Ebert
An intelligent perceptive and deeply moving film 
4
Ordinary People
David Nusair
an uncommonly rich and rewarding cinematic experience 
3
Ordinary People
James Kendrick
a powerful depiction of the damage done when human beings can no longer communicate with those closest to them
3.5
Julia
Glenn Lovell
studied and stylish in a very self conscious way We ve seen it all before in Ms 45 Basic Instinct and other feminist revenge fantasies 
1.5
Julia
Kam Williams
A squirm in your seat saga serving up castration as a eunuch experience 
3
Julia
Roger Moore
Lurid bloody and generic 
1.5
Fear of Rain
Mark Dujsik
T he movie often contradicts itself in terms of how it treats and feels about Rain s schizophrenia 
2
Fear of Rain
David Robb
The film portrays mental illness with all the nuance and insight of Jared Leto in Suicide Squad 
1
Wassup Rockers
Chris Hewitt
A documentary about these kids could have been terrific but Clark involves them in a clunkily scripted melodrama instead 
2
Wassup Rockers
Jeff Vice
The initially realistic drama takes a turn into the truly bizarre and surreal At that point the film becomes a grotesque nearly unwatchable cartoon 
2
Wassup Rockers
Peter Hartlaub
Tries to say something profound about these kids while oversimplifying the world around them to the point of ridiculousness 
1
Wassup Rockers
Bruce Westbrook
Steeped in urban youth woes but gets a bounce from Clark s sense of humor and hope 
3
Wassup Rockers
Ty Burr
The main characters may be refreshingly cliché free but almost everyone they meet in Beverly Hills is a stilted cartoon 
2.5
Wassup Rockers
J. R. Jones
The first half is a striking piece of photojournalism with little dramatic interest and the second half is a highly contrived narrative that forfeits any claim to realism 
2
Wassup Rockers
Roger Ebert
Clark s films may be the only truthful ones about some aspects of American adolescence however we might wish that were not so 
3
Wassup Rockers
Jessica Reaves
Very different than Kids Where the earlier film was exhausting in its nihilism the latest retains a good natured charm 
3
Wassup Rockers
Matt Pais
Though the world is still a rough place to grow up with these teens Clark now seems willing to concede that the kids are all right 
2.5
Wassup Rockers
Lisa Rose
The thought of a middle aged man lurking around a bunch of kids is kind of creepy but Clark shows some degree of self awareness 
2.5
Wassup Rockers
Gene Seymour
Wassup Rockers evokes some of Clark s fetishistic quirks But you get the feeling that this time around he s giving his appealing core cast of amateur actors more room to be human 
2.5
Wassup Rockers
Ken Fox
It s hard to believe this shoddy dishonest mess is Clark s sixth feature film 
1.5
Wassup Rockers
Kyle Smith
Wassup Rockers could have been a spiky culture clash When it tries to shock us with its alleged realism though it is entirely a bore 
2.5
Wassup Rockers
Elizabeth Weitzman
Some moments of off the cuff beauty aren t enough to mask the creepy heart of Larry Clark s latest look at outcast kids 
2
Wassup Rockers
Peter Canavese
A photo essay with moving pictures anthropological snapshots of seven Salvadoran and Guatemalan skaters also may be Larry Clark s most immature film 
2.5
Wassup Rockers
James Berardinelli
Wassup Rockers is amateurish but without the redeeming qualities found in Kids and Bully 
2
Wassup Rockers
Ed Gonzalez
Clark s portrait of mostly Salvadorian boys who shirk hip hop and guns for punk and skateboards is fashioned around a series of alternately cutesy and shrill sexually charged sketches 
1.5
Wassup Rockers
Steven Rea
This rollicking day in the life of a band of skateboarding Latino punk rockers doesn t exude the voyeuristic smarm of previous Clark forays 
3
Wassup Rockers
Bill Chambers
Clark remains a compelling primal anthropologist but there are only so many times you can applaud a one trick pony
2.5
Fair Game
Jeff Beck
If the filmmakers had skimmed off some of the exposition from the first half and tightened it up in order to get to the main part of the story faster it would have worked a lot better 
2.5
Fair Game
Michael Dequina
Another of Participant Media s earnest well meaning well made but rather dry efforts that definitely do their job in conveying the intended message but not so much as engaging drama 
2
Fair Game
Walter Chaw
confirmation that all is well for only as long as everyone agrees not to know anything
2.5
Fair Game
Peter Howell
This isn t a message movie per se but a strong point of view comes through regardless In the battle of principles vs politics politics always win 
3
Fair Game
Eric Melin
Fair Game is interesting if only to witness the war of words on both sides and see the actual damage Plame s outing caused 
2.5
Fair Game
Mike Scott
An example of op ed cinema That is when it s done right it s edifying and absorbing but when it slips as it often does here it just feels like a chore 
2
Fair Game
Linda Cook
A docudrama about a historic event that happened not long ago Fair Game is the story not only of the Iraq War but also the revelation that Valerie Plame was a spy 
3
Fair Game
John Wirt
An exceptional drama 
3
Fair Game
Peter Canavese
Respectable but rather soggy 
2.5
Fair Game
John Beifuss
Arriving at a time when George W Bush is putting a smiley face on his administration the movie is a necessary corrective still as handled by Liman the material seems better suited for an episode of Dateline NBC than a feature drama 
2.5
Fair Game
Keith Cohen
This compelling film reaches out to the audience and instills a feeling of great pride in being an American No movie this year has done a better job of entertaining educating and informing the audience It deserves to be in the discussion for 
4
Fair Game
Matt Brunson
Joe is an idealist Valerie meanwhile is a realist It s an interesting dichotomy because while our hearts side with Joe our minds know and more regrettably our current history proves that Valerie was right 
3
Fair Game
Joe Williams
The blind siding of Valerie Plame wasn t fair and wasn t a game but this cinematic outcome is a touchdown for true patriots 
3.5
Fair Game
Matt Soergel
Not likely to get much of an audience beyond those who have long suspected the worst of the George W Bush administration But they ll bristle with outrage again 
2.5
Fair Game
Robert W. Butler
Moral If you re going to defy the White House be prepared to have your life taken apart brick by brick 
3
Fair Game
Cathy Jakicic
It s the toll that the scandal took on Plame s marriage and family as well as the collateral damage to Plame s CIA contacts that gives Fair Game its pulse 
3
Fair Game
Roger Moore
For every spycraft scene every illustration of the deadly blowback from the leak that Liman dramatizes the movie has half a dozen scenes of a delicately balanced home life turned on its head by a government bent on destroying one of its critics 
3
Fair Game
Claudia Puig
Liman skillfully intercuts television news footage of the president and administration officials with a skilled cast of actors 
3
Fair Game
Peter Travers
Naomi Watts and Sean Penn bring ferocity and feeling to their roles turning a potent political thriller into a stirring relatable human drama 
2.5
Fair Game
Josh Larsen
It takes awhile but Sean Penn eventually manages to turn Fair Game into a political tract 
3
Fair Game
Ethan Alter
An eminently watchable but curiously muted dramatization of the Valerie Plame affair 
3
Fair Game
Peter Keough
The human toll of such ruthlessness comes through as Watts and Penn bolstered by sharp dialogue create attractive smart sympathetic characters 
3
Fair Game
Sara Michelle Fetters
The first half works the best the dynamic energy running the through the picture keeping me on pins and needles 
3.5
Fair Game
Liam Lacey
It starts with thriller clichs and ends in sanctimonious preaching but in between there are a couple of true things a portrait of a marriage under stress and a depiction of the arrogance of power that leaves a sharp after burn 
3
Fair Game
David Nusair
The lack of an entry point for the audience ensures that Fair Game s opening hour is essentially a love it or hate it proposition 
2.5
Fair Game
Stephen Whitty
There s a radical lesson in this story about the ways of permanent government and protect their own professionals But that s one that this film is too polite safe and self satisfied to ever bring to the screen let alone get in focus 
2.5
Fair Game
Chris Hewitt
The screenplay based on Wilson and Plame s books is fast and intelligent like an episode of The West Wing 
3
Fair Game
Kyle Smith
Unless your pulse races at the mention of Robert Novak you ll be underwhelmed 
2
Fair Game
Ann Hornaday
A crackling political thriller that deftly navigates the knife edge between all too familiar recent history and more universal personal drama 
3
Fair Game
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters are angry yes but the movie itself keeps a cool head 
3
Fair Game
Willie Waffle
A respectable workman s performance where everyone is trying hard technically fulfills the script and the story s needs but doesn t excel or blow you away 
3
Fair Game
Mark Dujsik
The backbone of the film is in the portrayal of the two targets 
3
Fair Game
Dustin Putman
The film may ultimately not have the consistent dramatic impact it ought to but it s a mature important one all the same 
2.5
Fair Game
Robert Levin
It simultaneously works as a sort of globe trotting thriller in reverse and a portrait of a marriage under strain 
3
Fair Game
Mick LaSalle
The spectacle is irresistible as Liman and screenwriters Jez and John Henry Butterworth unspool a story all about truth versus lies professionals versus amateurs villains versus heroes and patriots versus posturing careerists 
3
Fair Game
Moira MacDonald
Doug Liman s Fair Game is written as a drama and paced as a thriller and it works just fine both ways 
3.5
Fair Game
Steven Rea
It s a real life spy drama It s human drama It s political drama And it s engrossing all around 
3
Fair Game
Ty Burr
A strident condescending Hollywood melodrama 
2
Fair Game
Kit Bowen
Fair Game may make your jaw hurt from clenching your teeth 
3.5
Fair Game
Michael Phillips
Liman s sensibility isn t sophisticated enough to tease out the nuances of what must be a pretty interesting marriage the movie is more about texture and surfaces and surface tensions But it moves 
3
Fair Game
Roger Ebert
What s effective is how matter of fact Fair Game is This isn t a lathering angry attack picture 
3
Fair Game
Rex Reed
Clears up the murky facts and shines a klieg light on the dark shadowy corridors of the George Bush White House The story takes on a vital new importance 
3
Fair Game
Bill Weber
A somewhat hoked up intermittently satisfying recent history tale that nearly limits the Plame Wilson affair to a crucible in its principals marriage 
2.5
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Matthew Rozsa
Buried beneath the blood soaked Santa suit Silent Night Deadly Night has something a lot of slasher films lack a unique identity and thus cult film status 
3.5
Silent Night, Deadly Night
David Nusair
a distressingly generic endeavor 
2
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Matt Brunson
Witless even by slasher film standards 
1
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Eric Henderson
This was obviously not new territory for the slasher genre mind you but Silent Night Deadly Night brought the idea to new levels of cold sleaziness 
2
Miracle on 34th Street
Sara Michelle Fetters
Miracle on 34th Street is the gift that keeps on giving 46 
4
Miracle on 34th Street
Matt Brunson
One of the Holy Trinity of Yuletide films the others being of course It s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story this is one of those timeless classics that never wears out its welcome no matter how many holiday seasons one has spent watching it 
4
Miracle on 34th Street
Kate Cameron
It is light it is charming it is delightfully funny and completely captivating It is all that and something more 
4
Miracle on 34th Street
Michael Wilmington
A Christmas season evergreen 
3.5
Miracle on 34th Street
Steve Rhodes
The acting is superb all around The script is lovely good spirited and perfect viewing for the Christmas season 
3.5
Miracle on 34th Street
Scott Nash
This is one of those movies that I loved as a kid that still holds up when I watch it now as an adult 
3.5
The Sleepless Unrest
Roger Moore
Let s just say that what these folks saw and experienced was intriguing just interesting enough occasionally not often which makes the documentary dull to make you go Damn What did THAT 
2
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre
Joe Bob Briggs
It s a really bad movie that delivers in the final few moments 
3
Leprechaun in the Hood
Michael Dequina
Such a title tells you all you need to know about the story 
0
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
Robert Blau
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is not an especially imaginative tale and the animation is at times lifeless 
2
Pioneer
Anders Wright
An intense moody conspiracy thriller set just before Norway s oil boom in the early 1980s 
2.5
Pioneer
Walter V. Addiego
Skjoldbjaerg is unable to make us care as much as we should and gives the film a kind of muddy look that translates directly into the viewer s mood 
2
Pioneer
Glenn Kenny
Remember this name Aksel Hennie If Pioneer a mixed bag of a conspiracy thriller works at all it largely does so because of him 
2.5
Pioneer
Carson Lund
Its greatest asset and another trait it shares with Mann and Fincher s work is a careful attention toward the particulars of its milieu in a way that doesn t call attention to those period touches 
3
Pioneer
David Nusair
Hennie s typically strong work and a smattering of engrossing sequences ensure that Pioneer just squeaks by 
2.5
Westbound
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Westbound feels slightly different from the other entries probably due to the absence of producer Harry Joe Brown and screenwriter Burt Kennedy but it still has some extraordinary passages 
3.5
The Wild Child
Jason Heck
Francois Truffaut was not only a founder of the French New Wave he was a passionate and keen chronicler of young people how they grew and evolved and sought purpose in a larger world 
4
The Wild Child
Steven Rea
The Wild Child is fascinating not only for its Tarzan like true life story but also for what it says about the process of nurturing and educating children and the tools we use language discipline affection to do so 
3.5
The Wild Child
Ty Burr
Nearly four decades after its release The Wild Child remains startling for its humane clarity for Nestor Almendros s brilliant black and white photography and for the sense that Truffaut is achieving filmmaking mastery on a very small scale 
3.5
The Wild Child
Roger Ebert
It becomes his most thoughtful statement on his favorite subject The way young people grow up explore themselves and attempt to function creatively in the world 
4
Bugs on the Menu
Bob Bloom
Yes watching someone devour a cooked spider may make you a little queasy now but you may want to get used to the sight because it is a menu choice that in a few years may become a common occurrence 
3.5
Infinite Football
Mattie Lucas
A drolly funny and strangely melancholy film 
3.5
Infinite Football
Mark Feeney
It s unclear whether Infinite Football is more tragedy or comedy and in that lack of clarity lies something like wonderment 
3
Infinite Football
Nick Allen
Porumboiu reminds you with simplicity that Infinite Football is working within the poetry of a portrait albeit one of many warming droll moments 
3.5
Infinite Football
Steve Macfarlane
Corneliu Porumboiu resists spelling anything out but the bare essentials instead continuing his project of inviting viewers to closely parse the acerbic day to day banalities of post Ceausescu Romania 
3.5
A Lion in the House
Lisa Kennedy
How often do life s epic dimensions really get their due in documentary let alone feature film 
3.5
A Lion in the House
Ty Burr
A heart render and a hankie drencher it s a film of quiet almost incalculable power 
4
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
David Nusair
46 46 46 boasts a fairly amiable vibe that 8217 s perpetuated by the smattering of entertaining set pieces and the actors 8217 strong efforts 46 46 46 
2.5
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Roger Ebert
It is moronic beyond comprehension an exercise in desperation during which even Sylvester Stallone a repository of self confidence seems to be disheartened 
0.5
Merry Christmas
Sheila O'Malley
The film feels like an acting game running its course with various conflicts introduced throughout in a haphazard and contrived manner 
1.5
Merry Christmas
Abbey Bender
The conceit has the potential to be amusing but the role playing is never as funny or immersive as it could be and the characters repartee often feels more stilted than witty 
1.5
Captain Mike Across America
Mike McGranaghan
Slacker Uprising is a minor Michael Moore work without a doubt It s for hardcore fans only If you re one of them it s worth a look but don t expect to be blown away 
2.5
Captain Mike Across America
Liam Lacey
Slacker Uprising leaves a hollow feeling in contrast to the determinedly upbeat self congratulatory message 
2
Captain Mike Across America
David Nusair
too long and too repetitive to make any real impact 
2.5
A Dream in Hanoi
Steve Rhodes
Fascinating and funny and a very entertaining documentary 
3
A Dream in Hanoi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film succeeds due to Weidlinger s brave ability to show everyone in a realistic light 
3
A Dream in Hanoi
Jonathan Curiel
This documentary is a treat to behold 
3
Eve & the Fire Horse
Mick LaSalle
At times Eve plays like an unshaped memoir What makes the film almost satisfying is that director Kwan has given us a charming and lovingly realized world But halfway is still only halfway 
2.5
Eve & the Fire Horse
Jennie Punter
One of the most enchanting and memorable films made in this country 
3.5
Eve & the Fire Horse
Susan Walker
Eve the Fire Horse has a kind of poetry that lifts it above the typical drama of immigrant life and gives Kwan s characters a lasting poignancy 
2.5
La Femme Nikita
Peter Canavese
A spy version of Pygmalion complete with perverse romance Nikita was well ahead of the curve when it came to women warriors as modern shoot em up stars Blu ray 
3
La Femme Nikita
Bill Chambers
My attention never fails to drift from Besson s first international smash when his film detours into James Bond mediocrity but the picture ends strongly 
3
La Femme Nikita
James Kendrick
A tightly wound explosive film that delivers more than is required 
3
La Femme Nikita
Roger Ebert
Begins with the materials of a violent thriller but transcends them with the story of the heroine s transformation 
3.5
La Femme Nikita
Chris Hicks
None of this would be nearly as interesting if it weren t for the startling central performance by Anne Parillaud as Nikita and the stylish direction of Luc Besson 
3
Green Book
Brian Eggert
Tears will be shed laughs will be had and crowds will love it The viewer might not always feel good about how those reactions are achieved despite the overwhelming feel goodness of the experience you can see Green Book s gears operating 
3
Green Book
Jason Fraley
Green Book is one of those rare crowd pleasers with the chops to go the Oscar distance It s a film most easily described as a reverse Driving Miss Daisy 1989 when really it s so much more than that 
4
Green Book
Matthew Rozsa
An enthusiastic and well intentioned but ultimately clichéd approach is abundantly evident in the final product 
2.5
Green Book
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a relic offering a Band Aid for a wound far too deep to be healed by such surface level hokum 
2.5
Green Book
Lisa Trifone
At turns poignant heartwarming and funny you ll be able to take your petulant teen your fussy in laws and everyone in between to this simple yet powerful story of resilience growth and friendship 
3.5
Green Book
Federico Furzan
This year s Oscar winner is a fresh and fun tale on friendship under rare circumstances Mortensen shines as usual Full review in Spanish 
3
Green Book
Claudia Puig
Green Book is a glib caricatured and insensitive movie that reduces an enduring dangerous societal problem to a calculated fable with a happy ending Full review in Japanese 
1.5
Green Book
Wesley Lovell
A hackneyed simplistic take on a serious subject 
2.5
Green Book
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Shameless Oscar bait Full review in Spanish 
1
Green Book
Alison Rowat
Ali s performance certainly merits his Oscar nomination 
3
Green Book
James Kendrick
a warm hearted old fashioned cinematic appeal to our better sensibilities something that is roundly lacking in the Trump Era of vitriol and division
3
Green Book
Josh Larsen
much of this is cringe inducing from the vantage point of 2018 
1.5
Green Book
Pamela Powell
With great performances and a soundtrack that revs your soul it s a film well worth your time and money 
4
Green Book
Matt Brunson
Within its predictable context Green Book is an accomplished and engaging picture 
3
Green Book
Linda Cook
It s part road trip part buddy film and entirely heartwarming 
4
Green Book
Kam Williams
A touching biopic with a timely universal message about brotherhood and tolerance 
4
Green Book
Peter Canavese
Though breezily entertaining this cinematic vehicle also lurches into and out of the usual racial potholes making its song of the South and North catch in the throat 
2.5
Green Book
Alan French
Thanks to a blazing performance from Mahershala Ali you might even believe that Green Book is good 
2
Green Book
Lisa Jensen
The movie glides by on cruise control thanks to its charismatic stars Together they make this a trip worth taking 
3
Green Book
Mike McGranaghan
Green Book might not ever go too far into the darkest implications of racism It does however offer a hopeful message by showing how the right circumstances can cause individuals to challenge their own prejudices 
3.5
Green Book
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Farrelly s pacing is impressive turning in a whopping 130 minute movie that simply flies by and never feels too heavy or too long and never outstays its welcome 
3.5
Green Book
Joe Friar
Green Book is the one film you ll be cheering for at this year s Oscars Mortensen and Ali are a terrific team 
3.5
Green Book
David Nusair
a compulsively watchable drama that s been adorned with a whole host of appealing elements 
3
Green Book
Robert Horton
However much I rolled my eyes at its cornball touches I have to admit that the film generates a great deal of goodwill due to its smart pace bright colors and the Mortensen Ali double act 
3
Green Book
Tom Meek
Farrelly s actors though do a great job and forge a genuine chemistry despite such overwrought handling 
2.5
Green Book
Rob Thomas
Green Book is a feel good movie with strong performances and a generous spirit But maybe this isn t the time to feel good 
2.5
Green Book
James Berardinelli
Green Book is effective and affecting while being careful to avoid overdosing its audience on material that some might deem too shocking or upsetting 
3
Green Book
Stephen Rebello
Green Book won t pass the sniff test for those demanding period realism or a hard hitting nuanced take on racism It s earnest and uplifting and it s racial commentary isn t subtle 
3
Green Book
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I can recommend the drama it isn t without some rather substantial reservations 
3
Green Book
Max Weiss
The actors give it their all but they come across as extreme caricatures 
2
Green Book
Michael Smith
Green Book disappoints as purely a feel good Racism 101 type of comedy drama almost feeling like a this is how things used to be presentation when things haven t changed as much as you think is closer to the truth 
2.5
Green Book
Rosalie Kicks
The perfect comfort film to take your racist uncle too cause heck even if they are a closed minded ass being a racist can still be funny 
2.5
Green Book
Kevin A. Ranson
If a positive guarantee seems a bit of a cheat for a dramatic film tackling a tough subject it s a welcome bit of fluff in today s political climate humanity has done and can continue to do better 
4
Green Book
Rafer Guzman
A heartfelt ode to the bond between two real life men 
3.5
Green Book
Bob Bloom
Green Book rests on the shoulders of Ali and Mortensen Their trajectory is quite familiar two people with nothing in common who thrown together form a bond and come to appreciate their differences 
3
Green Book
Mark Dujsik
T here are elements here that elevate the film beyond its naïve outlook on race and racism 
3
Green Book
Moira MacDonald
You watch Green Book wishing it were a little better but nonetheless enjoying how very good much of it is thanks to Mortensen and Ali who make every moment sing 
3
Green Book
Johnny Oleksinski
The tone leans sentimental if not quite sugary But the actors honest chemistry takes Farrelly s movie to the next level This small tale of American goodness deserves your full attention 
3.5
Green Book
Rex Reed
Witty and warm as cashmere Green Book is a two hander in which both stars soar with humor and heart 
4
Green Book
Richard Roeper
Thanks in large part to the winning chemistry between Ali and Mortensen and a pretty darn inspirational true life story as its foundation this was one of the best times I ve had at the movies this year 
3.5
Green Book
Kent Turner
If the film works at all it s because of Ali s layered unforced acting 
2.5
Green Book
Christy Lemire
It s glossy and zippy gliding along the surface of deeply emotional complex issues while dipping down into them just enough to give us a taste of some actual substance 
3
Green Book
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By reminding us of our history the film somewhat mitigates its oversimplification of the issues Somewhat 
2.5
Green Book
Peter Howell
Peter Farrelly has fun with stereotypes but he also explodes them especially the old canard of polite racism that is anything but 
4
Green Book
Ann Hornaday
Green Book fires on all cylinders creating the kind of satisfying mainstream moviegoing experience that many observers thought Hollywood had forgotten how to make 
4
Green Book
Ty Burr
It s the kind of movie that hammers on your heart even as it s tripping over its feet hobbled by unexamined notions of race ethnicity and class Don t look too closely and you ll have a very good time 
2.5
Green Book
Mick LaSalle
There s something so deeply right about this movie so true to the time depicted and so welcome in this moment so light in its touch so properly respectful of its characters and so big in its spirit that the movie acquires a glow 
4
Green Book
Gary Thompson
It s a funny inversion of Driving Miss Daisy and beautifully played by both actors 
3.5
Green Book
Joey Magidson
Simply put Green Book is a throwback the sort of crowd pleaser of the highest order that we all too rarely see these days 
3.5
Green Book
Brian Truitt
It s the master class put on by Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali that powers this moving and often hilarious work and gives it mass appeal 
3.5
Green Book
Robert Daniels
Green Book feels like a relic a film snatched from the 90 s In 2018 the film shouldn t work yet it does succeed 
3
Green Book
Roger Moore
A serio comic tonic for our toxic times 
3
Green Book
Dwight Brown
Mahershala Ali switches gears with ease from playing a hardened drug dealer in Moonlight to portraying a refined artist with great dignity and many secrets in this heart warming crowd pleaser 
4
Green Book
Erik Anderson
The success of these moments of the entire film is the chemistry between Mortensen and Ali and whether it s high comedy or serious drama theirs is as perfect as can be 
3
Green Book
Jake Cole
Peter Farrelly manages to respect the severity of the characters social context while ensuring that Green Book never steps outside its protagonists relationship 
3
Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II
Mike Clark
If that familiar jaunty theme music sends a rush through your body like a Geritol and prune juice cocktail then shrug off critical reservations and see The Odd Couple II 
2.5
Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II
Roger Ebert
The movie has no purpose for being 
1.5
Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II
Steve Rhodes
The audience shares vicariously in their silly little episodes 
2.5
Waking Up Dead
Roger Moore
An emotionally flatlining romantic dramedy that can 8217 t decide if it would rather be a glib gloss of shallow actors and their shallow lives 44 or a glib gloss of the struggles that might be hidden beneath all that 46 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
David Nusair
just as needless a remake as one might ve expected 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Peter Canavese
Download the trailer It s cheaper quicker and efficiently shows you everything you think you want to see from the movie 
.5
When a Stranger Calls
Geoff Pevere
If there s a single dead wrong instinct in this movie that isn t pursued with the blind determination of an amorous terrier during high scent season darned if I can remember it 
1
When a Stranger Calls
James Berardinelli
A production that never comes close to realizing its potential to tweak the viewer s primal fears 
2
When a Stranger Calls
John Beifuss
What to remake next My Bloody Valentine or Sorority House Massacre 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Jonathan R. Perry
Since Scream steered the horror film into post modernism something this anachronistically limiting unaware and just plain dumb almost seems quaint Almost 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
Lisa Rose
Dial M for mediocre 
1
When a Stranger Calls
Elizabeth Weitzman
For real thrills rent the original turn down the lights and scare yourself silly 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Lou Lumenick
The scare free When a Stranger Calls is the worst of the seminal horror movies from the late 70s and early 80s that have been getting the remake treatment lately 
1
When a Stranger Calls
Matt Pais
As edgy and unpredictable as a Mandy Moore video 
0.5
When a Stranger Calls
Frank Ochieng
West dials up a wrong number in this flimsy remake of the 1979 B movie When A Stranger Calls feels about as flat and plastic as a long distance phone card 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Mark Dujsik
The horribly misguided knuckle brained advertising campaign turns a fairly uninspired thriller into a completely useless one 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
Phil Villarreal
One of the premier horror films of recent years 
3.5
When a Stranger Calls
Dustin Putman
Stylistically and technically the film is top notch 
2.5
When a Stranger Calls
Timothy Knight
While not a complete fiasco this Screen Gems release mostly fails to get your pulse racing a cardinal sin for a thriller 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Wesley Morris
Even by the lowest standards this is a frightless cynically made movie 
0.5
When a Stranger Calls
Ken Fox
A useless remake 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
Kit Bowen
This latest horror remake may not necessarily pack the same horrifying wallop as the original but When a Stranger Calls is still a classic example of a babysitter s worst nightmare 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Nick Schager
Elongates its source material s memorable opening segment to the 83 minute breaking point 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
Mike McGranaghan
Not as bad as it could have been but still a great concept with no actual substance few scares and lots of cliches 
2
When a Stranger Calls
James Sanford
Dial M for Moronic the call is still coming from inside the house and the stench is coming from inside the theater 
.5
When a Stranger Calls
Jan Stuart
Nothing in this droopy remake of the 1978 thriller starring Carol Kane could possibly be as frightening as the Windex bill for those two story picture windows not to mention the ones that surround the indoor arboretum and fish pond 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
Walter Chaw
Films like this are more sad than anything else 
0
When a Stranger Calls
Dan Fienberg
With a low body count and PG 13 gore Stranger will have a tough time in the glutted horror market It takes what was memorable about the original and makes it forgettable 
2
When a Stranger Calls
Sara Michelle Fetters
The call may be coming from inside the house but that snoring you hear is emanating from inside the theater and if a viewer listens carefully they ll probably discover it s their own 
1.5
When a Stranger Calls
Willie Waffle
some of the cast is so bad it made me wonder if they won some sort of internet contest or were the fifth caller on a radio station to get their roles
1.5
12-12-12
Michael Dequina
For all the music and immediately surrounding sideshow the film never loses sight of why this whole event was staged in the first place 
3
12-12-12
Robert Levin
The collective picture that results is a city of eight million brought together as one 
3
12-12-12
Kyle Smith
An unusually compelling keepsake from what might well be the last time many of these 60s rockers perform together 
3
12-12-12
Stephen Whitty
To try to present an epic concert like this is little more than an hour and a half and to then devote even less than an hour of that to the music seems like a very odd choice 
2.5
12-12-12
John Anderson
Good natured upbeat pretty predictable account of a concert cast with a lot of the usual suspects 
3
Dorothy Mills
Lucius Gore
Dorothy Mills is atmospheric and well acted but too derivative to be memorable 
2.5
National Velvet
Matt Brunson
A good bet for a family night in front of the TV 
3
National Velvet
Josh Larsen
Donald Crisp and Anne Revere save this treacly family drama from choking on its own sentimentality 
2
National Velvet
Wesley Lovell
Watching a young Elizabeth Taylor work is like watching a seed grow into a blossoming flower 
3.5
Alternate Endings: Six New Ways To Die In America
Roger Moore
Breaks no new ground on the new ways people are approaching death and funerals but manages to be both informative and moving as it sums up our choices 
2.5
In Satmar Custody
David Sterritt
Eye opening documentary about a family that undergoes an awful domestic tragedy after moving from Yemen to a New York community dominated by an ultraorthodox ultrastrict Judaic sect that considers Israel a bitter enemy 
4
In Satmar Custody
Russell Scott Smith
Infuriating but not for the reason filmmakers want it to be 
0
The Postcard Killings
Joey Magidson
The Postcard Killings is one of the poorer titles of 2020 so far saved only by the fact of how forgettable it also is 
1.5
The Postcard Killings
Rex Reed
The problem is there is no fun 
2
The Postcard Killings
Mark Dujsik
One solid twist does not a good thriller make especially when that twist occurs around the midway point of the story 
1.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Brian Eggert
Makes for an unlikely story of redemption one that leaves its audience oddly appreciative of the artistry it took to carry out a fraud 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Jason Fraley
Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant blend comedy and drama in this true story of literary forgery by two top female filmmakers in director Marielle Heller and screenwriter Nicole Holofcener 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mattie Lucas
Illustrates the slippery slope between white lies and felonies with disarming narrative grace 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Wesley Lovell
Melissa McCarthy plays celebrity biographer Lee Israel as she reaches the nadir of her career 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ernesto Diezmartinez
As characters and as actors they are for each other Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Matt Brunson
McCarthy and Grant bring the hard edges necessary to make these folks as infuriating as they are interesting 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Federico Furzan
A bland biography that doesn t do much but serve as a showcase for its two main stars Lee Israel deserved better even if she was convicted Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Alison Rowat
McCarthy let loose on a dramatic role is astonishingly good 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
John Beifuss
The movie s seemingly credible re creation of 1990s New York as a place of dark inviting bars and even darker and more inviting used bookstores represents at least one idea of paradise 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Peter Canavese
McCarthy clearly feels a connection to Israel s outsider artistry her utter commitment to become someone else for a few stolen moments and her pride in a job well done 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rob Thomas
Can You Ever Forgive Me combines elements of a caper thriller smart New York comedy and sobering drama with a revelatory performance by McCarthy as the delightfully dyspeptic Israel 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Frank Ochieng
Mischievous and darkly compelling McCarthy s penetrating performance as a flawed feminine wonder corrosively stuck in her ambitious misdeeds in the name of artistic rejection is an absolute revelation McCarthy is in redemptive mode with a knockout turn
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Joe Friar
Melissa McCarthy gives the performance of her career and Richard E Grant is terrific Director Marielle Heller has a keen eye for detail from the bookshops to the bars the film is bathed in authenticity 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mike McGranaghan
A fascinating portrait of a flawed person driven to do a bad thing and kind of not feeling sorry about it 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Lisa Jensen
And McCarthy s curmudgeonly Lee and Grant s fizzy Jack make a delicious odd couple 
2.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Walter Chaw
Can You Ever Forgive Me is about how gifts are never just gifts It s about mental illness and loneliness It s about artists and the Buddha s two deadly sins the need for praise and the fear of criticism It s really good 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Pamela Powell
The story unfolds as if peeling away layers one supporting another complicated with subtle tones to bring you into the Israel s life and emotions The dialogue richly textured and eloquent accentuates the delicate artistry of the actors skills 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sarah Knight Adamson
Melissa McCarthy goes deep inside the psyche of a down on her luck author by creating empathy for the character An Academy Award nomination is sure to follow 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Barry Paris
Dumpy frumpy Melissa McCarthy is simply terrific 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael Smith
It s an intimate measured character study kind of like a good book you might spend a weekend curled up with wondering where the time went 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
David Nusair
an erratic yet mostly rewarding drama that benefits substantially from its star s completely eye opening performance 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Josh Terry
McCarthy offers an excellent performance as Lee tempering her usual over the top comedic style while retaining her wit and burying herself in a frumpy delivery that is just sympathetic enough to pity 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
James Berardinelli
McCarthy plays it straight allowing her talent as an actress often hidden under the dreck for which she draws big paychecks to shine through 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie leaps over author biopic clichés to become something incredible 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Max Weiss
A literary insightful and witty script by Nicole Holefcener and Jeff Whitty and is directed with a pitch perfect tone and an evocative sense of place by Marielle Heller 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Bob Bloom
McCarthy embodies a loner yearning for but afraid to reach a connection Beneath her brittleness is a vulnerability aching for acceptance respect and most of all love 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sean P. Means
McCarthy channels the pugnacious anger of some of her comic characters into Lee and it turns out to be a perfect fit 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rafer Guzman
McCarthy hits a career high in this funny sad film about a talented miscreant 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ty Burr
It s been a while since I ve enjoyed spending so much time with someone so unpleasant 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Gary Thompson
Fact based and funny 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Moira MacDonald
By the movie s too quick end all you want is to hang out with these two just a little bit longer 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Roger Moore
McCarthy makes a magnificent misanthrope but Richard E Grant as a louche lush down on his luck is the life of the party 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Dmitry Samarov
McCarthy and Grant are both note perfect in their portrayal of two people at the end of their rope who have no business being friends or getting away with as much as they do or having such a good time along the way 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mark Dujsik
There s more to Lee than her personality and her crimes but McCarthy the screenplay and director Marielle Heller never try to turn the character into someone she is not 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ann Hornaday
McCarthy brings her dowdiest most disagreeable A game to a caustically funny improbably affecting enterprise 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Peter Howell
McCarthy is brilliantly paired with Grant the salt to his sugar and they both have a chance this year to win Oscars or nominations at the very least 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Richard Roeper
At times Can You Ever Forgive Me is actually quite funny and of course McCarthy is great in those scenes but she s equally effective in the darkest most dramatic moments It s one of the finest performances of the year 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Josh Larsen
immensely sad the story of a woman who deep down desires companionship but just isn t wired to accept it 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mick LaSalle
Can You Ever Forgive Me is a breakthrough for McCarthy and a highlight of the movie year 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Robert Daniels
Can You Ever Forgive Me is the film we ve all been waiting for from McCarthy and the quality and the wait is well worth forgiving for 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Dustin Putman
A dual showcase for colorful albeit reclusive late author Lee Israel and for Melissa McCarthy who disappears into her potentially career redefining dramatic role 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Clayton Davis
McCarthy and Grant are two peas in a pod sensationally committed and ruthlessly dedicated and should be the full worth of an admission ticket 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Robert Levin
This is a true vintage New York writer s movie in the best sense 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Johnny Oleksinski
Can You Ever Forgive Me hits hardest as a drama about human desperation and survival 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Stephen Rebello
Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant deliver awards worthy performances in this powerful gem 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rex Reed
McCarthy completely disappears into the character and personality of Lee Israel age stringy masculine hair sardonic grimace reading glasses and all with a range I never dreamed possible 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Katie Walsh
Although the title begs forgiveness it s laced with a sense of Israel s signature biting sarcasm Can you forgive her for trying Can you forgive her for surviving The real question is Can she ever forgive us for underestimating her worth 
4
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Brian Truitt
Can You Ever Forgive Me feels worn and lived in in a good way with a world of musty vintage tomes and bar room desperation given emotional life through McCarthy and a super supporting turn from Richard E Grant 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Jake Coyle
McCarthy s simply one of the best actors working today and it didn t take a drama to see that Can You Ever Forgive Me most sings or rather grumbles spectacularly when McCarthy and Grant are together 
3.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Joey Magidson
Grant and McCarthy are well on their way to deserved Academy Award nominations for their full bodied work here 
3
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Jake Cole
The effortless and captivating rapport between Richard E Grant and Melissa McCarthy offers deeper pleasures than the main plot of the film 
2.5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Monica Castillo
Can You Ever Forgive Me comes from a place of understanding and love that few other biopics truly dive into and it makes this difficult character a joy to meet 
3.5
Undine
Mitchell Beaupre
Christian Petzold 8217 s films have always been rather difficult to put into words 44 to analyze from a critical perspective 44 as they more than anything else are experiences that you feel 46 
3.5
Undine
Brian Eggert
Undine reveals itself through a layering of history story and entrenched lessons that is not immediately apparent yet upon inspection rewards the viewer on emotional and symbolic terms 
3.5
Undine
Sean P. Means
A fantasy steeped in realism or is it the other way around and another example of how writer director Christian Petzold can knock an audience off balance in the most interesting ways 
3.5
Undine
Peter Canavese
Literal and modern but also lead footed with barely a wisp of magic By its end you don t quite know what to think 
2.5
Undine
Peter Howell
The film is slight by Petzold s standards But Beer and Rogowski who previously teamed for Petzold s refugee drama Transit pump life and intrigue into their diluted characters 
3
Undine
Ty Burr
A psychological portrait that wades slowly into the supernatural 
2.5
Undine
Cate Marquis
Undine is a mysterious magical haunting film that could serve as a darker date movie but also offers a satisfying experience for anyone who loves fairy tales of the Grimm variety 
4
Undine
Robert Horton
It feels unfair to complain about a film that does what it wants to do very well 
3
Undine
Brian Tallerico
I enjoyed the swim even if I m not quite sure the film conveys what s going on under its surface 
3
Undine
Rene Sanchez
An enigmatic love story where past present and reality fantasy blend so uniquely and poetically that only a director like Petzold could achieve Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Undine
Mark Dujsik
T he story and the characters themselves remain a distant if intriguing enigma 
2
Undine
Randy Myers
Undine is a beauty to behold a timeless urban fantasy that never over explains and leaves you wanting to see it again for deeper context and meaning 
3
Undine
Leo Brady
Undine is another hit from the unyielding mind of Christian Petzold His way of weaving a narrative between the lives of his characters is immensely authentic 
3.5
Undine
Josh Larsen
pulses with Petzold s unique combination of mystery and intelligence 
3
Undine
Mick LaSalle
Undine s water origins are no impediment to an audience s investment in her romantic life 
3
Undine
Rob Thomas
What lingers in the mind about Undine isn t the relatively thin story but the enchanting imagery that Petzold conjures up around these lovers and their magical probably doomed relationship 
3.5
Undine
Roger Moore
Petzold emphasizes the dreamy nature of the romance which can be nightmarish if you fear drowning in the dark 
3
Undine
Christopher Gray
The film questions the fixed nature of human behavior in a world whose borders are constantly shifting 
3
Juggernaut
Barry Hertz
DiMarco just can t sustain enough tension or drama to power the film through a plodding 105 minutes 
2
Esto no es Berlín
Catherine Springer
I really wanted it to break my heart open but it just left me wistful for what could have been 
2
Esto no es Berlín
Ty Burr
The details are fresh and the lead actor holds the screen even as his character withholds himself defining who he will be in his own time and on his own terms 
2.5
Esto no es Berlín
Joe Friar
An accurate slice of adolescent life is portrayed in Hari Sama s coming of age drama that takes place in the new wave post modern scene of 1986 Mexico First rate performances and a killer soundtrack 
3.5
Esto no es Berlín
Tomris Laffly
A gutsy collection of 1986 specificities Berlin might not have an obvious narrative punchline in the end but it remains one hell of a nostalgic revolt throughout 
3
Esto no es Berlín
Roger Moore
Unpredictable and immersive 
3
Esto no es Berlín
Diego Semerene
Hari Sama never quite manages to seamlessly sync the film s anti bourgeois political commitments to its soap operatic register 
2
Night of the Creeps
Brian Eggert
Filled with creepy crawlies and even slimier elitist fratboys Night of the Creeps plays genre mix n match with dizzying ambition 
3.5
Night of the Creeps
David Nusair
a decent if somewhat lackluster homage throwback from filmmaker Dekker 
2.5
Night of the Creeps
Matt Brunson
An entertaining riff on alien invasion flicks zombie flicks and slasher flicks 
3
Night of the Creeps
Walter Chaw
I remember sort of loving it when I was twelve meaning only that twelve year olds are idiots 
1
Night of the Creeps
James Kendrick
virtually every frame of the film is a love letter to a bygone era as realized in the vibrant tones of the music video addled 80s
3
100 Percent OFF: A Recession-Era Romance
Moira MacDonald
It s tricky going particularly at first but pays off 
2.5
The Car: Road to Revenge
Roger Moore
Dreadful as it sounds See it if you re contemplating a cyberpunk tour of Bulgaria 
1
Behold a Pale Horse
Matt Brunson
Gregory Peck is appropriately more gruff and guttural than usual in this interesting drama 
3
Behold a Pale Horse
David Nusair
elevated by some expectedly great acting 
3
Can't Hardly Wait
Federico Furzan
Teenage comedy that uses its cliches very effective fuel Full review in Spanish 
3
Can't Hardly Wait
Mark Caro
Kaplan and Elfont provide a real public service by showing how underage binge drinking can boost bookish students social lives 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
Carrie Rickey
Fortunately some of the appealing young performers who include Ethan Embry Charlie Korsmo Lauren Ambrose and especially Seth Green manage to emerge from the film s generic suburban teen backdrop 
2.5
Can't Hardly Wait
Dave Kehr
There are signs that Can t Hardly Wait once had more serious aspirations But in the final edit at least it s the dumb broad slapstick that prevails short circuiting identification with the characters before it can begin 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
Melanie McFarland
The majority of the film is mired in magazine cliches and tired gags Oh look the foreign exchange student only knows how to say he s a sex machine haw And the nerd s getting drunk Hoo 
1
Can't Hardly Wait
Ann Hornaday
Youth may be wasted on the young but it s a drop in the bucket compared to the time wasted pandering to them 
1.5
Can't Hardly Wait
Maitland McDonagh
It s all cutely derivative occasionally charming and very occasionally clever 
3
Can't Hardly Wait
Margaret A. McGurk
Their characters are heavy handed stereotypes but the young actors have the the talent to give them real personality 
2.5
Can't Hardly Wait
Liam Lacey
Manages to serve up new rock eighties dance music rap and Barry Manilow a combination custom made to annoy audiences of all ages 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
James Kendrick
Most of the film feels a bit trite too much of it comes off like warmed over jokes from other teen romp flicks 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
Jeff Vice
The film might have been good if its writer director duo had concentrated more on characterizations and less on getting cheap laughs 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
Mick LaSalle
The directors get good performances from a talented cast 
3
Can't Hardly Wait
Michael Dequina
A messy throwback to 80s teen comedies 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
Ted Prigge
We sit there wondering why we ve even bothered to see a film about a long high school party we probably never felt the desire to go to in the first place 
1.5
Can't Hardly Wait
Steve Rhodes
The movie passes the time by recycling humor you ve heard before 
1.5
Can't Hardly Wait
Rob Blackwelder
Only one actress cherubic redheaded Lauren Ambrose emerges from this movie with any kind of dignity 
1.5
Can't Hardly Wait
David Keyes
In between these humorous lines is a series of arguments and conversations between characters which are more flat than those of real life 
2
Can't Hardly Wait
Madeleine Williams
Beyond broad stereotypes and patently obvious social observations Can t Hardly Wait has very little to offer 
1
Can't Hardly Wait
Roger Ebert
The movie lumbers ungracefully from romantic showdowns to Deep Conversations to bathroom humor 
1.5
Can't Hardly Wait
James Berardinelli
The title seems unexpectedly appropriate as it accurately summed up my feelings about sitting in the theater and anticipating the arrival of the end credits I couldn t hardly wait 
2
Clue
David Nusair
a mostly entertaining yet decidedly erratic board game adaptation 
2.5
Clue
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you re open to a weirdly atmospheric comedy that dashes from deadpan to manic and back again it s a delight 
3.5
Clue
Peter Canavese
If Clue falls a bit short of the mark it remains a likeable artifact of talented people giving a ridiculous task the old college try Blu ray 
2.5
Clue
Wesley Lovell
Like a well oiled machine Clue uses slapstick and situational humor to tell a rather pointed story 
3.5
Clue
Roger Ebert
One ending is more than enough 
2
Breakthrough
Pamela Powell
At each and every crossroad it feels as if you hit a brick wall with a red neon message scrolled before you just in case you missed what was happening With contrived and sometimes stilted situations the film lost its verve 
2.5
Breakthrough
Frank Ochieng
divine and soul searching Breakthrough is warmly inviting for its ability to be honest moving melancholy and deliver its truthfulness in profound revelation 
2.5
Breakthrough
Reginald Ponder
Breakthrough is about more than faith A universal film that combines hope love community and God to inspire reflect and rejoice This might not be a breakout film but might help others have a breakthrough 
3
Breakthrough
Mike McGranaghan
You need to have a bit of a cold heart not to be touched by Breakthrough 
3
Breakthrough
Rex Reed
Another glib and unconvincing faith based movie that pushes miracles spirituality and divine intervention hoping for box office gold A terrific cast is the only thing that saves it from last rites 
2
Breakthrough
Katie Walsh
one of the more authentically moving entries in the genre fueled by a gripping lead performance from This Is Us star Chrissy Metz 
2.5
Breakthrough
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a harrowing tale that deserves a much better movie than this insipid junk 
1
Breakthrough
Roger Moore
Uplifting
2.5
Breakthrough
Rafer Guzman
A mostly preachy but occasionally compelling dramatization of a true story 
2
Breakthrough
Christian Toto
Grab some tissues before seeing this sharply drawn tale of a community in crisis 
3
Breakthrough
John Semley
That perhaps is the role movies like Breakthrough serve They are simple sermons dressed up in seductive trappings of Hollywood cinema 
1.5
Breakthrough
Mark Dujsik
Less a story than it is a sermon aimed directly at the choir and nobody else 
1.5
Breakthrough
G. Allen Johnson
Breakthrough might be the first faith based Hollywood film with genuine crossover appeal 
3
Breakthrough
Mark Jenkins
Breakthrough glibly peddles miracles but is honest enough to admit that not everybody gets one 
2
Breakthrough
Linda Cook
It s faith affirming and life affirming 
3.5
Breakthrough
Kam Williams
An edge of your seat faith oriented medical drama equally riveting in terms of spiritual and worldly concerns 
3.5
The Brave One
Mattie Lucas
May be a potboiler at heart but its moral ambiguity combined with Foster s stellar performance make for something that is compulsively watchable and hard to get out of your head 
3
The Brave One
Mike Scott
You know what would be brave Making an unflinching film about a difficult to tackle topic and complex characters and sticking to your message damn the torpedoes 
2.5
The Brave One
Jeffrey Westhoff
The profoundly discouraging ending doesn t work 
2.5
The Brave One
Sean O'Connell
An unapologetic genre picture powered by a pair of honest performances that plucks our emotional strings and races our pulses 
3
The Brave One
Lori Hoffman
You will be rooting for her to off more bad guys rather than understanding that she is disturbed and out of control 
2
The Brave One
Scott Nash
It is Foster and Howard s performances that really help this movie rise above just a revenge fantasy 
3
The Brave One
Susan Tavernetti
Masterwork of craft manipulating viewer emotions to elicit unthinking responses and unabashed bloodlust 
2
The Brave One
John Beifuss
At its best this high toned vigilante picture depicts a woman almost literally transformed by violence first as a victim then as a participant she could be a cousin to one of the car wreck victims in David Cronenberg s Crash 
2.5
The Brave One
David N. Butterworth
Bravura performances can t save this One a run of the mill vigilante flick from director Neil Jordan not known for his run of the mill anything 
2
The Brave One
Michael A. Smith
And that brings us the bad stuff heretofore known as the script The story keeps on putting Erica in harm s way so much that you re not sure why I mean would a woman alone really ride on the subway at night 
2
The Brave One
Peter Travers
The fire goes out long before the film ends 
2.5
The Brave One
Matt Brunson
Works as exploitation but fails at anything more socially relevant 
2.5
The Brave One
David Nusair
one of the most compelling and flat out exciting revenge thrillers to come along in quite some time 
3.5
The Brave One
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some flaws I do recommend the movie for Foster s stunning performance and for the story s willingness to explore the honest to goodness implications of violence 
3
The Brave One
Frank Ochieng
Jordan s Brave delves into a showy yet sluggish crime drama that incorporates all the cliched parts of a fatalistic fantasy audiences have seen over and over 
2
The Brave One
Sean McBride
should have been a quickie revenge flick but turns out to have a lot more meat on its bones thanks to Foster s strong performance and assured direction by Neil Jordan
3
The Brave One
Gary Brown
Bull s eye 
3
The Brave One
Kam Williams
NYC as a dangerous metropolis where a gun toting fem avenger indulging in a cerebral bloodsport has a close brush with death every five minutes or so 
3.5
The Brave One
Linda Cook
Decent revenge flicks allow some viewers to continually ask What if 
3
The Brave One
Ross Anthony
Didn t I just see this film two weeks ago with Kevin Bacon in Death Sentence Terrance Howard is strong though Funny lines from Nicky Katt 
1.5
The Brave One
Claudia Puig
Foster does her best with a flawed story whose ending rings even less true than the rest of it 
2.5
The Brave One
Ken Fox
Regardless of the artistry involved The Brave One ultimately never really strays from the same moral low road as Death Wish 
2.5
The Brave One
Peter Howell
Uncertainty helps keep The Brave One on its toes 
2.5
The Brave One
Moira MacDonald
A violent action movie with a heart and soul Watching it is difficult forgetting it is more so 
3.5
The Brave One
Ruthe Stein
You long for all this combined talent to be in the service of something more deserving than a retread of a story that has lost the edge it had 33 years ago 
2.5
The Brave One
Carla Meyer
The Brave One celebrates its avenging angel as it pretends to examine her 
2
The Brave One
Pam Grady
One guesses this slick decidedly mainstream project is little more than a paycheck for director Jordan Unfortunately it shows The minutes pass quickly enough in watching The Brave One but it is a waste of time 
2.5
The Brave One
Stephen Whitty
Clever calculated responsible filmmaking 
3
The Brave One
Lou Lumenick
Worth watching for Foster s fiercely arresting performance 
3
The Brave One
Jack Mathews
Two terrific lead actors under the direction of the estimable Jordan aren t enough to overcome the proven axiom that although you can make a bad movie from a good script you can t make a good one from a bad one 
2.5
The Brave One
Duane Dudek
Some form of this eye for an eye argument could probably be made but The Brave One never bothers to make it Instead it relies on sentiment platitudes plot holes and fear itself 
2.5
The Brave One
Bob Strauss
The likes of the great loony Ms 45 and dozens of Asian exploitation movies did this subject trashier Yet somehow many of those felt more honest 
2.5
The Brave One
Robert W. Butler
Eventually we wake up This is really just another Ms 45 revenge flick only with artistic pretensions 
2.5
The Brave One
Amy Biancolli
It s lily livered narrative cowardice and I reject it 
2
The Brave One
Terry Lawson
The Brave One is as bold a movie as we are likely to see this year a movie that has more in common with 1970s provocations like Straw Dogs and Taxi Driver 
3
The Brave One
Lisa Kennedy
What the screenwriters don t achieve in dialogue director Jordan often delivers visually He and his cinematographer employ a particularly powerful way to evoke Erica s resurfacing It resembles a slow blink it suggest a brain grappling to make sense 
3.5
The Brave One
Roger Ebert
Psychological suspense is what makes The Brave One spellbinding The movie doesn t dine out on action scenes but regards with great curiosity how these two people will end up 
3.5
The Brave One
Wesley Morris
The Brave One is oppressively plot driven All the mood is snuffed out The filmmakers so want Erica s actions to make sense to us that the movie usually seems illogical despite itself 
2.5
The Brave One
Daniel M. Kimmel
Where once Foster made Nell and yes Silence of the Lambs now she makes commercial trash like this She and her fans deserve better 
2
The Brave One
Kit Bowen
Even the masterful Jodie Foster can t manage to raise this sluggish vigilante yarn above other movies of its ilk 
2
The Brave One
Nick Rogers
OK Jodie if you re making comparisons to Taxi Driver One s a masterpiece about the penchant for emotionally apocalyptic violence The other is manipulative junk tapping into its star s success at kicking butt Guess which of those is The Brave One 
1.5
The Brave One
Steven D. Greydanus
Every slimeball Erica encounters menaces her with remorseless repulsive sadism 8212 there s never anyone who just has a lewd comment say 8230 Everyone wants to bludgeon or shoot her mutilate and molest her 8230 
2.5
The Brave One
Sean P. Means
In the final reel Jordan and Foster serve up violence and revenge as cynical button pushing which the audience eats up with a Pavlovian response 
2.5
The Brave One
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film doesn t know whether it should celebrate Erica s evolution into a feminine vigilante warrior or condemn it 
2
The Brave One
James Sanford
not unlike its heroine conflicted and unsure of which way to go Foster emphasizes Erica s anguish and the shock that comes from realizing that you re capable of doing things you once would have found abhorrent 
2.5
The Brave One
Carrie Rickey
Because it wants the applause both of the chatting classes and the blood crowd The Brave One doesn t take a firm position about vigilantism 
2
The Brave One
Leah McLaren
A seventies revenge movie with a woefully unconvincing patina of intellectual justification The Brave One is the sort of genre movie that gets more credit than it deserves 
1
The Brave One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jordan presents the material with intelligence Unfortunately intelligence is not what this movie needs 
2.5
The Brave One
Vince Koehler
Drama action humor and sex appeal What more could you ask for 
3.5
The Brave One
Willie Waffle
It wants to be a moody dark exploration of pain and revenge the same feelings I experienced during and after the movie 
1
The Brave One
Jeff Vice
Despite some quality performances from both Foster and her co star Terrence Howard The Brave One is every bit as ludicrous and every bit as wrong headed and distasteful as those other vigilante films 
2
The Brave One
Michael Phillips
The Brave One is Death Wish with a guilty conscience and while it may be a bit of a hypocrite as vigilante thrillers go the internal contradictions of the thing make for a very interesting picture 
3
The Brave One
Dustin Putman
Riddled with illogical plot contrivances pat irony half formed subplots and a climax that stretches the boundaries of what can be swallowed 
2
The Brave One
Jan Stuart
A cheapjack vigilante potboiler 
2
The Brave One
Chris Hewitt
The Brave One thinks it has something to say about how we live in this real world today and it wants to say it while hoping we ll overlook one plot hole after another 
1
The Brave One
Matt Pais
Both viewers and the characters onscreen must deal with the fact that we like when criminals get what s coming to them regardless of who s pulling the trigger 
2.5
The Brave One
Phil Villarreal
It s a throwback girl with a gun exploitation tale as well as an evolved feminist fable and an impeccable dissection of gun control as well as a wicked mockery of NRA mentality 
3.5
The Brave One
Joe Lozito
Dreadful misfire casts Jodie Foster as a vengeance fueled vigilante bent on cleaning up a New York that hasn t existed for years 
1
The Brave One
Josh Larsen
Put a cowl on her and she s Batman 
3.5
The Brave One
Steve Rhodes
Foster s subtle but gut wrenching performance gives you a palpable sense of adrenaline and self loathing at the same time
3.5
The Brave One
James Berardinelli
Although it is bloody and at times brutal it doesn t revel in the violence There s more to the movie than initially meets the eye for an eye 
3.5
The Brave One
Ed Gonzalez
Suggests something tailored for people who buy their CDs at coffee shops and approve of how Rudy Giuliani pimped out Times Square to the Disney Company 
1
Angel Eyes
Michael Dequina
Lopez is now such a multimedia icon that it s easy to forget that her acting skills are what earned her first major notice 
3
Angel Eyes
Betsy Bozdech
Too eerie to be a love story but too relationship focused to be truly suspenseful 
2
Angel Eyes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Only in the last five minutes does Mandoki let the hammer drop Before that Angel Eyes is quite compelling 
3
Angel Eyes
Scott Nash
Angel Eyes is not a movie for watching It is a movie for passing by and avoiding 
1
Angel Eyes
Sara Michelle Fetters
If they had they mat have noticed that Angel Eyes isn t a thriller at all and that the fabled twist ending is only a twist to those that missed the opening twenty minutes of the movie 
2
Angel Eyes
Margaret A. McGurk
It is a pleasure to see Ms Lopez expand her acting range and to see Mr Caviezel move into the kind of major role he deserves 
2.5
Angel Eyes
David Nusair
the commanding performances by the two leads more than make up for the excessively overlong running time 
2.5
Angel Eyes
Jeremy Heilman
Lopez has great lips for pouting and this somber script gives her ample opportunity to flex those skills 
2.5
Angel Eyes
Jules Brenner
Recommended to fans of Lopez anyone without a negative attitude toward her people who liked the writer s previous credits and those on a date 
3
Angel Eyes
Ian Mantgani
Angel Eyes is a love story one of uncommon style thought and intelligence 
3
Angel Eyes
Jorge Avila Andrade
Un fallo ms en la carrera de Mandoki y una muestra de que no solamente se necesita un buen elenco para lograr el xito
2
Angel Eyes
Jonathan Foreman
Its protagonists their situation and its mechanical but mushy resolution are never remotely believable 
0
Angel Eyes
Mike McGranaghan
There aren t enough grown up relationships on screen these days Angel Eyes is refreshing in its refusal to stoop to easy cliches 
3.5
Angel Eyes
Robert Roten
Lopez takes a chance on the tough role of police officer Sharon Pogue and she pulls it off beautifully 
3
Angel Eyes
James Kendrick
the film is like a tease always suggesting something much deeper more profound or at least surprising that what it ultimately reveals
2
Angel Eyes
Elias Savada
Stay with me Jennifer Lopez whispers over and over at the start of the film Take my advice Don t 
1
Angel Eyes
Mick LaSalle
A well acted character study of a hardworking woman by a screenwriter Gerald DiPego and a director with enough integrity to dispense with the usual Hollywood distractions 
3
Angel Eyes
Tor Thorsen
More like a TV movie of the week but without any commercial breaks to interrupt the melodramatic tedium 
2
Angel Eyes
Susan Stark
The script is obvious and conflicted 
2
Angel Eyes
Roger Ebert
A surprisingly effective film 
3
Angel Eyes
Ray Conlogue
The writing is capable but never really stylish and that s what in spite of heavenly aspirations keeps Angel Eyes totally earthbound 
2.5
Angel Eyes
Dan Lybarger
When it s all over Angel Eyes feels like an exhausting flirtation instead of a full out seduction 
2
Angel Eyes
Cornell & Petricelli
Jennifer Lopez proves that her allure and talent can carry a complex mystery love story We were delighted surprised and impressed 
3.5
Angel Eyes
Rob Blackwelder
An emotionally layered grown up drama about two battered souls finding a blossoming but tentative solace together 
3
Angel Eyes
James Berardinelli
It really only takes two words sloppy and sappy to describe Angel Eyes 
2
Angel Eyes
Ross Anthony
A romantic comedy with baggage 
2
Angel Eyes
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jennifer Lopez has to suffer through it all in the name of 10 million a picture
2
Angel Eyes
Erik Childress
The tagline of the film reads The deeper you look the more you will find but I ve always found it pointless to search for treasure at the bottom of a dry well 
2
Angel Eyes
Steve Rhodes
An uneven story that moves in fits and spurts it has trouble ever quite deciding what it wants to be 
2.5
Angel Eyes
Ed Gonzalez
What with its cryptic storytelling otherworldly pacing and doe eyed little boys Luis Mandoki s Angel Eyes could pass for a lost M Night Shyamalan film 
2.5
Angel Eyes
Harvey S. Karten
Judging by Jim Caviezel s signature acting this could be called Eyes Half Shut 
2.5
Angel Eyes
David N. Butterworth
Unfortunately Angel Eyes is almost always too obvious for its own good 
2
Angel Eyes
Dustin Putman
An intelligent impassioned adult romance that has a lot to say and doesn t feel the need to let a rock soundtrack full of love ballads explain it 
3.5
This Changes Everything
David Berry
Klein and husband director Avi Lewis can t make a rhetorically strong enough case for the central idea so they fire up the waterworks and hope you ll feel bad enough to let them have their way 
1.5
This Changes Everything
Brad Wheeler
The evenly wrought film accessibly argues that runaway capitalism and short term economic growth at all costs has caused an imminent catastrophe and that global warming is the hot foot instigator for a radical change in economic thinking 
3.5
This Changes Everything
Linda Barnard
It distinguishes itself among similar planet loving docs by showing evidence there is hope in what can often seem an overwhelming bleak task to begin repairs to an industrial damaged world 
2.5
Testosterone
Moira MacDonald
Filled with pretty faces and empty logic David Moreton s noir wannabe Testosterone flounders about doing everything but flutter its eyelashes in an attempt to distract us from its lack of substance 
1.5
Testosterone
John Monaghan
Relies on a creaky plot and gaping lapses in plausibility 
1
Testosterone
Wesley Morris
A tonal car wreck the equivalent of Chuck Norris crashing though the pages of an Isabel Allende novel 
1
Testosterone
Chris Hewitt
The tone challenged movie is meant to be a dark comedy but there are long stretches without laughs 
2
Testosterone
Achy Obejas
This is a movie in which things happen for no reason other than that the director wills them to happen in order for something else to happen logic be damned 
1
Testosterone
Sean P. Means
The male characters are bland a fatal flaw for a gay movie while the women Celina Font Sonia Braga and Jennifer Coolidge steal the show 
2
Testosterone
Laura Kelly
If you want to see a movie with some real chops about gays in Argentina rent Wong Kar Wai s still hip still smoldering Happy Together from 1997 and happier you will be 
1
Testosterone
Joe Brown
Heavy on the eye candy light on plot and logic 
2
Testosterone
Peter Debruge
105 grueling minutes of film noir inflected nonsense 
0
Testosterone
Elizabeth Weitzman
Slickly packaged and nicely shot the movie is as easy on the eyes as its good looking cast It s also as confused as its hero 
2
Testosterone
David Sterritt
Starts quirky grows steadily darker doesn t build much excitement 
2
Boogeyman
Michael Szymanski
For a good healthy PG 13 scare Boogeyman is fun for the whole family just don t bring kids who are too young 
3
Boogeyman
Jonathan R. Perry
So boring derivative and patently inane that hate is entirely too strong an emotion to attribute to it You re either in the target demographic or you re not 
.5
Boogeyman
Greg Maki
There is not a scare to be found 
1.5
Boogeyman
Michael Dequina
There is nothing going on during these 86 minutes except a studio gunning for quick kill at the opening weekend box office 
1
Boogeyman
David Hiltbrand
A vaporous and vacuous horror film 
1.5
Boogeyman
Mark Dujsik
One could look at this as an exercise in building dread but the only problem is there s no sense of dread accompanying it 
1.5
Boogeyman
Kevin Allison
The problem is that Watson s performance is never interesting It often seems as if he s not yet had his morning cup of coffee 
0
Boogeyman
Lou Lumenick
None of this makes any sense whatsoever 
1
Boogeyman
Timothy Knight
The only thing scary about Boogeyman is the sheer ineptitude of the filmmaking on display 
1
Boogeyman
Larry Ratliff
Boogeyman shot in Auckland lives and induces giggles instead of fear in yuckland 
1
Boogeyman
Sean McBride
the entire cast seems to be on autopilot and the behind the camera crew doesn t try any harder 
1.5
Boogeyman
Collin Souter
Basically it s 86 minutes of one man having a staring contest with a door 
.5
Boogeyman
Scott Nash
Unoriginal and lame 
1.5
Boogeyman
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s awful but even worse it s a waste because for a while there Boogeyman was getting under my skin Granted by the time the end credits started to roll it still was Luckily a little lotion and that pesky irritation should go away nicely 
1.5
Boogeyman
Paul Sherman
Because the movie never establishes its internal logic the action can seem arbitrary and random 
2
Boogeyman
Frank Ochieng
expose the skeletons in Boogeyman s closet you will certainly come across the bare bones because there s no real meat to this thrill seeking thud
1.5
Boogeyman
Phil Villarreal
Is it over Watson is asked Yeah it s over he says possibly aware that he s commenting on his acting career 
1
Boogeyman
James Sanford
boogey oogey awful
.5
Boogeyman
Nick Schager
Instead of heightening one s fear of closets it simply creates an overwhelming urge to head straight for the nearest theater door 
1
Boogeyman
Eric Melin
There is little time spent on plot and character and way more emphasis on jarring sound effects and fast paced camera trickery 
1.5
Boogeyman
Mike McGranaghan
Boogeyman represents flat out suckage It is a haphazard assemblage of horror clichs punctuated by the occasional so loud it makes you jump noise on the soundtrack 
0.5
Boogeyman
Peter Howell
It squanders a promising plot about child abduction preferring to go the literal route of chasing a spectral troublemaker with a bad case of claustrophobia 
2
Boogeyman
Kit Bowen
The not too frightening plodding Boogeyman proves that major Hollywood studios like to dump all their stinkers at the beginning of the year 
1.5
Boogeyman
Walter Chaw
The celluloid equivalent of Jokey Smurf 
2
Boogeyman
Dustin Putman
A chill free suspense deficient thriller that is not only an enormous waste of time and film stock but also insanely empty and heavy handed 
1
Boogeyman
Peter Canavese
Edited too spastically to be of any use a slow leaking tire which goes flat before we reach a destination 
1.5
Boogeyman
Willie Waffle
Director Stephen Kaye does a good job creating a spooky atmosphere but the script is short on dialogue while running out of steam towards the end 
2
Metal Skin
Andrew Howe
A dark arresting ode to suburban hopelessness
3
Chasing Coral
Alan French
The message is strong and the imagery is memorable throughout However with the glut of climate change documentaries it scary to think this one could get lost in the fray 
3.5
Chasing Coral
Godfrey Cheshire
The film makes a powerful case less through argument than by using cinema s most basic tool visual proof 
4
Chasing Coral
Kenji Fujishima
What makes it play as more than just another activist doc is its focus on the power of images as a way to inspire change 
3
Chasing Coral
Sean P. Means
The beauty of Chasing Coral is matched only by its urgency as director Jeff Orlowski encapsulates the issue of global climate change by showing where it s doing real measurable damage in real time The world s coral reefs 
3.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Matt Brunson
A middling action comedy that s aided immeasurably by the formidable presence of Kate McKinnon 
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Bryant Frazer
The idea of a female fronted R rated spy movie isn t especially novel but there is something delicious about the notion of a couple of completely ordinary millennials boasting and bluffing their way through a multinational conspiracy plot 
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Oliver Jones
The Bourne Identity becomes somewhat essential late summer viewing for one reason and one reason alone Kate McKinnon 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Karen M. Peterson
The Spy Who Dumped Me isn t a perfect movie But much like Paul Feig s similarly themed Spy this manages to find the heart in the middle of the laughs action and intrigue 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Pamela Powell
The Spy Who Dumped Me is great fun while it provides fans of this genre the intense action that is expected 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
David Nusair
Filmmaker Susanna Fogel does a superb job of immediately drawing the viewer into the proceedings 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Katie Walsh
Thank goodness for McKinnon who launches this middling material to greater heights through her own sheer will Now that s a superpower 
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
James Berardinelli
Comedies and spy thrillers aren t inherently incompatible but it takes a deft hand and a well honed script to successfully merge the two and The Spy Who Dumped Me has neither 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Mike McGranaghan
The problems really begin about halfway through when you realize that all of this has been done before and done better 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Rob Thomas
Even though Kunis is appealing enough and Saturday Night Live s McKinnon is of course a comic genius it s an awkward and ultimately unsatisfying mash up of genres 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Robert Levin
A gleefully dopey action comedy with a nonsense plot and the expected high jinks that nonetheless consistently entertains 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Kate Taylor
The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two hour running time long for a light comedy 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Michael Smith
Possessing too much action and almost no laughs this is the kind of movie that a two minute trailer can make look fun but which can t deliver for two hours 
1.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Phil Villarreal
They let you in on the fun making you feel as though you re giggling as you re getting away with something 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Roger Moore
McKinnon has never been good in a movie Kunis has never been worse 
1.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Mark Dujsik
It s a decidedly hit or miss situation The movie s various erratic shifts give it too many checks in the miss column 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Richard Roeper
McKinnon has so much energy and creativity she nearly jumps out of the frame It s an uneven performance with mixed results but we re left hoping she ll be matched up with a better film role sometime soon 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Sean P. Means
The Spy Who Dumped Me is dragged down by Kunis humorless vibe She s a comedic black hole sucking the funny out of too many moments of a movie that could have been an enjoyable late summer surprise 
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Peter Howell
Kunis and McKinnon make a great pair but the buddy comedy aspects of the story keep getting sabotaged by violence 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Maren Longbella
What The Spy Who Dumped Me makes abundantly clear is that the movies do not know what to do with McKinnon s energy and comedic skills 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Christy Lemire
Director and co writer Susanna Fogel has trouble achieving a tonal balance between the comedy and the action which only grows increasingly glaring over the course of the film s overlong running time 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Michael Phillips
The Spy Who Dumped Me gets by barely thanks mainly to Kate McKinnon 
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Rafer Guzman
The Spy Who Dumped Me feels destined to join Rough Night 2016 s Ghostbusters and other movies that didn t know what to do with McKinnon Her big screen breakout role is still ahead of her 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Ty Burr
A forced McKinnon is a diminished McKinnon She s able to put together a caricature but never a character 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Johnny Oleksinski
Don t be fooled by its awful title The Spy Who Dumped Me is the rare secret agent spoof that doesn t double O suck 
3
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Mick LaSalle
A movie that feels cheerful and yet misguided and even slightly ugly an exercise in genre without conviction a title in search of a movie 
1
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Sonia Rao
The movie is the cinematic equivalent of the Cheesecake Factory 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Gary Thompson
Bawdy bloody but only sporadically funny 
2
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Keith Watson
There s an appealingly shaggy buddy comedy hidden somewhere inside of The Spy Who Dumped Me but good luck finding it amid all the desperate poop jokes lifeless action sequences and lazy plot mechanics 
1
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Soren Andersen
Again and again McKinnon rises above the hoopla with moments of sheer near genius 
2.5
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Peter Canavese
Despite its best intentions a surface level puff piece a feature length commercial lacking in depth with platitudes substituting for insights 
1
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Robert Daniels
The sheen of a highly controlled narrative glosses over this 82 minute documentary 
2.5
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Leo Brady
Mary J Blige is great She doesn t need a documentary to tell her that 
1.5
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Steven Prokopy
Emotionally raw deeply moving If this album meant anything to you upon its release it s a lovely reminder how building a connection through music is unlike anything else 
3
Xanadu
Larry Vitacco
Xanadu offers a wealth of special effects entrancingly strung out along a rather impoverished screenplay 
3
Xanadu
Matt Brunson
Here s another musical mishap that landed on Creative Loafing s list of The 10 Worst Rock Films Ever Made taking the 3 slot just under Staying Alive and the champ Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band 
1
Xanadu
Austin Kennedy
Yup This movie is stupid 
2.5
Xanadu
Eric Henderson
While the movie is every bit as garish and overly shellacked as the other bomb musicals of its era at least this one looks like irresponsible amounts of money were thrown around 
2.5
Xanadu
James Berardinelli
Conventional wisdom decrees that Xanadu is a horrible film In a sense conventional wisdom may be correct but it ignores one key ingredient viewed in the right frame of mind this movie can be a lot of fun 
3
Xanadu
Roger Ebert
Xanadu is a mushy and limp musical fantasy so insubstantial it keeps evaporating before our eyes 
2
The Babymakers
Mike McGranaghan
The plot is content to stay at surface level never truly working for big laughs when easy ones can be grasped instead 
2
The Babymakers
Robert Levin
In short the movie s not funny enough or serious minded enough to warrant 95 minutes of your time 
2.5
The Babymakers
James Berardinelli
The sole function served by this motion picture is to illustrate how not to frame jokes in movies 
1
The Babymakers
Sara Stewart
Every so often a movie comes along that s so lame you can almost make out a What the hell am I doing here thought bubble over an actor s head 
0.5
The Babymakers
Mark Dujsik
It nearly perfects the concept of an idiot plot 
1
The Babymakers
Mick LaSalle
The big disappointment of The Babymakers is that it doesn t come close to being worthy of its two stars Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn 
1
The Babymakers
Tom Russo
Ah infertility comedies always such a good time You remember the way you yukked it up at Maybe Baby and A Smile Like Yours don t you Oh wait you don t Exactly 
1
The Babymakers
Molly Eichel
The Babymakers has a stronger narrative arc than Broken Lizard s previous films but that doesn t better serve the gross out sight gags or the flat one liners 
1
The Babymakers
Peter Keough
The protagonist is sterile Not to mention the filmmakers imagination 
1
The Babymakers
Matt Pais
Just how much does sperm amuse you 
2
The Babymakers
Roger Ebert
Although I am aware sperm is a precious bodily fluid I don t find it an especially funny one and when a character spills half of the deposits in a sperm bank and then slips around on the floor like a clown on ice I m not laughing 
1
The Babymakers
Jake Coyle
An increasingly incredulously plotted series of embarrassments about the wounded masculinity of a low sperm count 
1.5
The Babymakers
Andrew Schenker
A safe laugh free exercise that gets to have its fun such as it is because it s all in the service of the most conservative notions of domestic normality 
1
The Babymakers
Erik Childress
Broad humor has served Chandrasekhar and his clan in the past but this is a project that should have been aborted on the cover page once he read as far as by Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow 
1.5
TwentyFourSeven
Roger Ebert
There s a certain humor in the boxing sequences the first match turns into a brawl and a good feeling for local color But the personal tragedy of the Hoskins character evolves unconvincingly from the story of the boxing club 
2
The World We Make
Roger Moore
An interracial romance that s so out of date it ll make you grimace or at least wince 
1
The Wedding Director
Andrew Schenker
Marco Bellochio s The Wedding Director is a pleasant enough trifle just the thing for a dreamy summer afternoon 
3
The Wedding Director
Wesley Morris
Do you make art or chocolate commercials the prince taunts Franco The strained art in The Wedding Director makes you hungry for the candy 
2.5
The Card Counter
Brian Eggert
The Card Counter is an excellent variation on persistent Schrader themes 
3.5
The Card Counter
John Beifuss
Another of Schrader s portraits of fracturing loner diarists trundling toward penitential violence 
3.5
The Card Counter
Matt Brunson
An excellent Oscar Isaac performance is the chief selling point 
2.5
The Card Counter
Sean P. Means
Isaac s performance is one of the best you ll see all year one that will be admired for its honesty and quiet menace 
3.5
The Card Counter
Steven Prokopy
The Card Counter is a beautifully executed character study set against a backdrop of games of chance games that include friendship love and confronting one s past 
3.5
The Card Counter
Mark Feeney
Yes life is a prison life is a casino It is not however a movie or at least not The Card Counter 
2
The Card Counter
Pamela Powell
Schrader delves deeply into guilt and forgiveness in this troubling and flawed film which loses direction and pace only to wrap up its loose ends neatly with a bow 
2.5
The Card Counter
Leo Brady
The Card Counter is a slow and methodical play with dark secrets beneath the surface and ready to deal a winning hand 
3
The Card Counter
Roger Moore
A drama in which you can appreciate the ambition and effort without ignoring the fact that it doesn t come off 
2
The Card Counter
Mark Meszoros
While it works reasonably well as a character study The Card Counter stumbles often in little ways that distract from that purpose 
2
The Card Counter
Jeff York
It s a subtly nerve wracking noir anchored by a brilliantly controlled Oscar Isaac in the lead 
3.5
The Card Counter
Jake Coyle
I think the incongruities of The Card Counter also give it its power Schrader s film is so self evidently the impassioned work of a singularly feverish mind that its flaws add to its humanity 
3
The Card Counter
Oliver Jones
It s not for everybody and it s far from perfect but you ll be hard pressed to find a more thrillingly necessary use of the filmmaking form this year 
3.5
The Card Counter
Sonny Bunch
The Card Counter i is one of the best movies I ve seen this year and Go see it on a big screen that demands your focus and dominates your vision 
3.5
The Card Counter
David Nusair
a seemingly conventional setup that s employed to engrossing and increasingly absorbing effect by Schrader 
4
The Card Counter
Tom Meek
There s a deep instant chemistry between La Linda and Tell one Schrader smartly pulls back on turning it into a slow burn with palpable yen and connections that go places in the other s soul that haven t been stirred in years 
3.5
The Card Counter
Mike McGranaghan
Oscar Isaac s riveting performance in this multi layered story makes The Card Counter a potent probing drama about guilt and the quest for a sense of redemption 
3.5
The Card Counter
Chris Hewitt
If you re OK with a movie that keeps big secrets from you The Card Counter boasts plenty of subtle pleasures 
3
The Card Counter
Kent Turner
Restraint is the name of the game 
2
The Card Counter
Josh Bell
For William gambling is grim punishing business and Schrader takes the same approach to making this movie 
2
The Card Counter
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Paul Schrader s film is a methodical character study simmering in a stew of palpable but barely spoken anger and constant regret 
3
The Card Counter
Josh Larsen
Only slightly less religiously tortured than First Reformed 
3
The Card Counter
Soren Andersen
The filmmaker s trademarks guilt redemption a soul in torment are all here 
3
The Card Counter
Randy Myers
As with all of Schrader s films The Card Counter seems even better days after you view it as the shards of a broken damaged begin to fit together in your mind 
3
The Card Counter
Chris Vognar
Schrader is in one of those late career grooves that you always like to see from a veteran filmmaker who has something to say 
3
The Card Counter
Richard Roeper
One of the best films of the year 
4
The Card Counter
James Berardinelli
There are too few high cards in the movie s deck for it to be considered a winning hand 
2.5
The Card Counter
Michael Phillips
Over the decades even as his budgets grew smaller Schrader s fluidity as a director has grown and it has I think even since First Reformed 
3
The Card Counter
Ann Hornaday
Isaac delivers a mesmerizing portrayal of the latest iteration of Schrader s favorite cinematic avatar a professional poker player grappling with a harrowing and guilt ridden past 
3
The Card Counter
Katie Walsh
It is a muffled primal scream about war torture trauma grappling with who to blame and how to cope However the film ultimately proves that Schrader is a hopeless romantic at heart 
4
The Card Counter
Glenn Kenny
So this is a movie that of course is about much more than poker 
4
The Card Counter
Joey Magidson
The Card Counter is a compelling and hypnotic experience though one that clearly won t be for everyone 
3.5
The Card Counter
Chuck Bowen
Paul Schrader s film grows more heated and crazed as the chaos of the past bleeds into a repressed present 
3
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Mark Feeney
Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words Wolff s are worth just as many notes 
3
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Joel Selvin
The film burbles with an endless stream of beautiful jazz and the stark penetrating session photographs by Blue Note principal Wolff brilliantly illuminate the visuals 
3
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Chuck Bowen
The documentary proves that the history and mythology of American jazz is as intoxicating as the music itself 
3
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Brad Wheeler
It s about music yes but the label and this film concern more Life lessons collaboration open minded attitudes and the value of submitting to the now 
3.5
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Dwight Brown
Masterfully directed by Sophie Huber and perfectly edited by Russell Greene with evocative photos and footage that bring back memories of the pioneers of jazz 
3
A 3 Minute Hug
Rene Sanchez
Heartbreaking but full of hope A compassionate and respectful view about the borders that separate us and the bridges that can bring us closer together 
3
Condemned
Dustin Putman
Like an ensemble Robert Altman piece by way of Eli Roth Condemned compellingly immerses the viewer in an unthinkably grimy harrowing way of life then drags one and all into a figurative netherworld where the only means of escape is very likely death 
2.5
Rigor Mortis
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Lacking in scares and suspense the picture throttles its audience with visual effects and evocative imagery but never gets to the heart of the characters 
2
Rigor Mortis
Tom Keogh
Even if Mak s drawn out special effects seem like overkill the bottom line is that he spins a good campfire yarn 
2.5
Barbershop Punk
Lauren Wissot
An impotent exploration of the fight to take the Internet out of the hands of the Man 
1.5
Letters From a Killer
David Nusair
I didn t even hate this because of Swayze Heck I liked Black Dog 
0
Moll Flanders
Mal Vincent
Moll Flanders is an admirable effort but still a bit difficult to sit through 
3
Moll Flanders
Susan Wloszczyna
For a story about a London harlot s trials and tribulations this is one unsexy drawn out dirge with only a few smirking moments as relief 
2
Moll Flanders
David N. Butterworth
More bore dy than bawdy 
1.5
Moll Flanders
Roger Ebert
The film s melodramatic ending sorts everything out in the approved style of the genre but the movie is really better than that a portrait of a woman who endures thinks and survives 
3
God Knows Where I Am
Walter V. Addiego
This is a first film but you would hardly know it 
3
God Knows Where I Am
Shane Slater
It would have been easy for the film to approach its advocacy role through sensationalism But the film comes from an altogether more inspired and intimate perspective 
3
God Knows Where I Am
Tina Hassannia
God Knows Where I Am leaves only a trace behind of a dead woman s soul 
2
God Knows Where I Am
Christopher Gray
Though the film excels at subjectivity and interiority it tends to falter in conveying more rudimentary information 
2.5
The Suicide Theory
Brian Tallerico
The final Act O Twists which almost anyone will see coming from very far away lets down the character work that preceded it and the whole piece sinks just a bit too far into the melodramatic muck 
2
The Suicide Theory
Amir Soltani
Although The Suicide Theory is rarely dull it lacks the emotional precision required to elevate it above merely an amusing concept 
1.5
The Suicide Theory
John Hartl
It sounds preposterous and much of the movie is over the top but the energy of the actors carries it for long stretches 
3
The Suicide Theory
Mike McGranaghan
The Suicide Theory is funny and disturbing and a picture that s tough to take your eyes off once you start watching it 
3
Dawn Patrol
Clayton Dillard
The opposite of enlightenment the film hides its anxieties behind a mlange of third rate grit and playful xenophobia 
1
One From the Heart
Roger Ebert
An interesting production but not a good movie 
2
One From the Heart
Ruthe Stein
An integral piece of the oeuvre of one of America s great directors 
3
One From the Heart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If any film from the 1980s needs to be re examined it s Francis Ford Coppola s One from the Heart 
4
One From the Heart
Chris Hewitt
One From the Heart is aptly named No one will mistake it for One From the Brain 
2
One From the Heart
Ty Burr
Underwritten and overdirected 
2
One From the Heart
Katrina Onstad
A musical without singing and too little dancing 
2.5
The Panama Papers
Roger Moore
An important exhausting and yes dispiriting film about the kleptocracy scandal that the world should care about 
3
Almost Sunrise
Glenn Kenny
Almost Sunrise presents a journey that is very much worth the time of anyone who s concerned about the effect war has on our brothers and sisters who fight which should translate to everyone 
3
Almost Sunrise
Rob Thomas
The film provides a valuable chance to walk in the shoes of men we might not otherwise get to know 
3.5
The Thief and the Cobbler
Mike Clark
An Aladdin rip off burdened by songs so dreadful that even Academy voters will refuse to nominate them 
1.5
The Strays
Pablo O. Scholz
Nathaniel Martello White knows a few things such as generating suspense but needs to learn a few others such as keeping the audience engaged towards the end Full review in Spanish 
3
The Strays
Tom Meek
Gan open ended flourish at the end it s hard to tell just what first timer Martello White is angling for family responsibility class division fear of foreigners There s shades of all that in Strays but no recoil 
2
The Strays
Roger Moore
A fine 44 paranoid thriller about race 44 the many shades of racism and 8220 appearances 46 8221 
3
The Scribbler
Brian Tallerico
It s dull when one wants it to be ludicrous and serves as a reminder of how hard it is to bring comic books to celluloid life on a limited budget 
1.5
The Scribbler
Roger Moore
Not much here as far as paranoid Is she nuts thrillers go but just interesting and kinky enough to warrant a look
2
The Scribbler
Mike McGranaghan
Gloriously bonkers The Scribbler is fearless in its willingness to go right over the edge which makes it a treat for fans of science fiction madness 
3
The Last Rites of Joe May
Matt Pais
Watching Joe May feels like walking behind tourists on the Michigan Avenue bridge Come onnnnnn 
1.5
The Last Rites of Joe May
Roger Ebert
Joe Maggio is a sure handed director with a good eye 
3.5
The Last Rites of Joe May
Stephen Whitty
Farina is terrific getting the pathos of the character while avoiding the self pity and leavening the tragedy with some occasional sputtering humor 
3.5
The Last Rites of Joe May
Lou Lumenick
Veteran character actor Dennis Farina gives one of the best performances of the year in a rare lead part as an aging down on his luck small time hood in The Last Rites of Joe May 
3
The Last Rites of Joe May
Glenn Heath Jr.
Despite some glaring dips into formulaic territory The Last Rites of Joe May offers center stage to a great performer who s made a career of playing supporting tough guys 
2.5
Charm City Kings
Max Weiss
Ultimately Charm City Kings passes the Baltimore smell test which is saying a lot 
3
Charm City Kings
Mark Dujsik
Soto and screenwriter Sherman Payne have crafted a convincing tale of a kid who isn t sure what wants but knows he wants it right now 
3
Charm City Kings
Sarah-Tai Black
Overall it s a film that is not great but just fine 
2.5
Charm City Kings
Brian Tallerico
The best parts of Charm City Kings pulse with emotional and physical energy most of it courtesy of Winston and Meek Mill 
3
Charm City Kings
Joey Magidson
At over two hours long it drags considerably never grabbing you and engaging you in its story 
2.5
Charm City Kings
Chris Barsanti
The film looks for an emotional payoff by continually upping the stakes of its main character s self destructive short term thinking 
2
Charm City Kings
Mike McGranaghan
Watching Charm City Kings gave me a feeling similar to the one I got in August of 1991 when I saw John Singleton s Boyz N the Hood for the first time 
3.5
Charm City Kings
Sean P. Means
In a solid ensemble cast Meek Mill stands out in a role reminiscent of bad guys trying to be a good influence for kids in old Warner Bros gangster dramas 
3.5
Cake
Brian Eggert
Cake wants to be edgy and genuine to expose raw and visceral feelings But it keeps from mining the most searing dramatic soil because given the nature of the tragedy which it orbits confronting them head on may prove uncomfortable to audiences 
2
Cake
Leo Brady
Cake is lacking any of the flavor that would be needed to make this film sweet The weak screenplay only gives us a sliver of our characters What we want is an entire piece 
2
Cake
Neil Rosen
Writer Patrick Tobin and director Daniel Barnz have a made a movie that despite the clichd template manages to hold your interest The main reason for that are the fine performances mainly by Aniston who pilots this thing 
2.5
Cake
Robert Levin
The film evokes a tangible sense of crippling loss It just fails to translate the honesty of its quiet moments to the scenes in which the characters interact with each other 
2
Cake
J. R. Jones
Whether or not Aniston ever gets another role like this one I have a hard time imagining anyone else in it and that s the sign of a genuine actor 
3
Cake
Tomris Laffly
Aniston makes Cake her own movie and its structural shortcomings become of lesser focus and importance 
3
Cake
John Beifuss
I think we need some closure is the opening line spoken by a therapist the scene is played for parody but in fact its message is sincere Cake is the all too familiar story of a sad person s healing process 
2
Cake
Lisa Kennedy
Jennifer Aniston burrows into Claire s walking wounded gait and eclipsed mood 
3
Cake
Christian Toto
Odd that we re applauding the fact that an actress can you know act but here we are celebrating Cake all the same 
2.5
Cake
Susan Wloszczyna
Worth sitting through just to watch Jennifer Aniston pull off a performance of a lifetime 
2.5
Cake
Steven Rea
Directed in moody downbeat tones by Daniel Barnz Cake doesn t know when to stop piling on the angst 
2
Cake
Liam Lacey
A misguided therapy dramedy that attempts to portray pain and grief with strained whimsy 
2
Cake
Mark Dujsik
It puts us at a disadvantage for comprehending Claire and it puts Claire at a disadvantage for becoming a recipient of our sympathy 
2.5
Cake
Anders Wright
The movie veers into something that feels sadly predictable by the end once we ve learned everything we need to know about Claire s tragic past 
2.5
Cake
Chris Knight
It s no wonder that Aniston signed on to produce and star The part is an actor s dream and she had the aspiration and the guts to fully realize it 
3
Cake
Moira MacDonald
Cake gives us an interesting character and a fine performance nestled into a movie that doesn t really work 
3
Cake
Peter Keough
Perhaps a more imaginative director might have brought some genuine feeling or grace to this bathos but Barnz merely allows Aniston maximum screen time and shoots her to highlight her artfully ratty hair and crosshatched skin 
1.5
Cake
Peter Howell
Unsure of whether it wants to be comedy or tragedy it meanders along an awkward middle path 
1.5
Cake
Kristin Tillotson
Five words I never thought I d string together Jennifer Aniston made me cry 
3
Cake
Stephen Whitty
It s not a bad film But you would have to live within Claire s very small and pampered world to think it was a brave one 
2.5
Cake
Mick LaSalle
The good news of Cake is that it proves that Aniston can be appealing without being exalted or gorgeous by simply being average 
3
Cake
Michael Phillips
I wish the movie were messier more surprising But as with most of what we see made on small budgets and large The performances are not the problem 
2.5
Cake
Ann Hornaday
There s no doubt that Aniston deserves more roles like this one but with luck in less maudlin more surprising movies 
1.5
Cake
Connie Ogle
Claire is the sort of role fortysomething actresses dream of utterly unglamorous biting wounded 
3
Cake
Mike McGranaghan
Cake is an odd duck It has a brilliant lead performance from its star yet that performance is surrounded by tiresome clichs and contrivances torn straight out of the Independent Filmmaking 101 handbook 
2.5
Cake
Matt Pais
Neither painful nor powerful 
2
Cake
John Anderson
Solid performance by Aniston but her character s trip from point A to B plots a well trod course 
3
Cake
Kyle Smith
Aniston proves as always a modestly gifted actress only this time with scars and weedy hair 
2
Cake
Peter Travers
The script goes soft not Aniston Instead of playing symptoms of chronic pain she finds what s raw and festering underneath Way to go Aniston 
2.5
Cake
Rex Reed
The sheer courage of Ms Aniston grows on you like a lichen So does the movie 
3
Cake
Roger Moore
Oscar nomination or no Aniston is the reason to see this She s rarely been better 
2.5
Cake
Elise Nakhnikian
Cake is a study of grief that drowns in a cold bath of grim self pity 
2
Cake
Michael Dequina
Aniston s solidly done departure probably would have organically received its due and possibly even more credit had it been a genuine discovery in a film released and sold as the modest blip on the radar non event indie that it is 
2
Cake
Clayton Davis
In a turn that stands as the single best performance by an actress this year Aniston offers her heart and soul in the role of her career 
3
Cake
Claudia Puig
Nothing about Cake is remotely tempting or sweet 
2
Cake
David Nusair
The end result is a passable effort that succeeds most keenly as a platform for Aniston 
2.5
Kundo: Age of the Rampant
Soren Andersen
A sweeping visually elegant picture 
3.5
Kundo: Age of the Rampant
Mark Jenkins
The filmmakers stage cast of dozens battle scenes and one on one showdowns with equal brio 
2.5
Kundo: Age of the Rampant
Oleg Ivanov
The film s attempt at political commentary amounts to a half baked treatise on good governance in the face of tyranny and socioeconomic exploitation 
2
Half Magic
Susan Wloszczyna
A stumble backward in its cartoony portrait of modern day womanhood 
1.5
Half Magic
Mark Dujsik
Graham has much to say here and it s entirely possible that it s simply too much 
2
Half Magic
Richard Roeper
Along the way Graham Kinsey and Beatriz trade some hilariously X rated dialogue 
3
Half Magic
Dann Gire
Half Magic is a timely relationship sex comedy encompassing several positive aspects and a few negative ones of an exuberant student film with something to say 
2
Half Magic
Gary Thompson
Even at a hair over an hour and a half the movie would benefit from a good trim one that might give the movie s parallel romantic stories more shape and snap 
2
Half Magic
Roger Moore
Heather s half hearted and half funny send up of the sorts of roles Hollywood has pigeon holed her into
2
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
Patrick Z. McGavin
Doesn t transcend the feeling that the content never achieves the kinetic power and magnetism of the IMAX format 
2
Ahead of the Curve
Peter Keough
A vivid portrait of a resilient and inspiring figure as well as a microcosm of three decades of social and cultural change Ahead of the Curve is a provocative and illuminating way to usher in LBGTQ Pride Month 
3
Ahead of the Curve
Roger Moore
Does a decent job of summarizing a forty year blur in gay history and Stevens role in it as a spokeswoman for her sexuality and community
2.5
Angels in the Outfield
Mal Vincent
As a pleasant little summer diversion Angels in the Outfield is about what it should be 
2.5
Angels in the Outfield
Gene Siskel
See Little Big League instead 
1
Angels in the Outfield
Roger Ebert
The baseball action isn t very interesting because the angels led by Christopher Lloyd manipulate the outcomes And the human interest stuff is canned and unconvincing 
2
An Innocent Man
David Nusair
an entertaining engaging drama that benefits substantially from Selleck s charismatic and sympathetic turn as the central character 
2.5
An Innocent Man
Roger Ebert
An Innocent Man has all the elements to put us through an emotional wringer but the movie never works up any enthusiasm for them It s the most relaxed crime movie of the year 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Wesley Lovell
It s just as you would expect poorly acted conventionally written and occasionally fun 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
David Nusair
A typically frenetic actioner from Stephen Sommers 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Russ Breimeier
There are bound to be some 10 year olds who will shout a hearty Yo Joe the G I Joe battle cry The rest of us will more likely be crying Say it ain t so Joe 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Austin Kennedy
Fans will be disappointed unless they re so desperate that they ll like anything that says it s a G I JOE movie 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Linda Cook
The folks at Hasbro must be laughing all the way to the bank this summer 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Michael Phillips
Director Sommers did the first two chaotic Mummy remakes those play like Tender Mercies compared to this one 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Matt Brunson
This isn t G I Joe so much as it s C G I Joe a nonstop orgy of computer imagery and pretty much what we d expect from the director of the execrable Van Helsing and two dopey Mummy movies 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Tom Meek
If only they d brought Mr Potato Head into the mix 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
John Beifuss
Harks back to the pulpy spirit of Doc Savage adventures and Roger Moore era James Bond movies 
3
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Sean O'Connell
The action figures formerly known as Real American Heroes deserve something better than this artificial live action cartoon 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Mike McGranaghan
I don t mind if something blows up every five minutes so long as I m given a reason to care why something is blowing up every five minutes 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Rene Rodriguez
It s just stupid and inept which are not uncommon traits at the tail end of the summer movie season 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
David Hiltbrand
OK it s seriously deficient in plot or acting But in this genre those two ingredients are as superfluous as canoes in a desert 
2.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Peter Travers
I could load you up with more plot details but this mercilessly incoherent galactically stupid movie left me too numb to type 
0.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
James Berardinelli
There s an expectation that the audience will be invested in the relationship between Duke and Ana but the poor writing and lack of chemistry between the principals fails to sell the romance as anything more substantial than a weak plot element 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Cammila Albertson
It was that odd mix of straight faced earnestness and bananas action that made the cartoon so much fun and that s what the movie delivers on 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Ty Burr
G I Joe is a loud but proficient slab of explode o rama summer blockbuster nonsense perfectly entertaining if you like that sort of thing extremely skippable if you don t 
2.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Stephen Cole
The new G I Joe movie cost 175 million U S to make and is as cluttered as a nine year old s bedroom 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Roger Ebert
It is sure to be enjoyed by those whose movie appreciation is defined by the ability to discern that moving pictures and sound are being employed to depict violence 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Peter Canavese
Very nearly everything that s wrong with Hollywood but darn if it won t give an action hungry audience its money s worth It s ridiculous it s stoopid and it puts its planes in the air like it just don t care 
2.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Gina Carbone
Worst blockbuster of the summer 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Sean P. Means
Audiences know the signs of a lame August release and as the Joes say knowing is half the battle 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Willie Waffle
so full of mindless action even the flashbacks are full of fight scenes and chase scenes and shoot em scenes
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Robert Levin
An unabashed work of pure entertainment made without the slightest agenda beyond replicating the look and feel of a Saturday morning cartoon 
3
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yo Joe How about I say no Joe and then call it a night 
.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Mike Scott
A predictable actioner built on big booms a few one liners and a major assist from CG department there are few surprises few nuances very little reasoning and some distractingly bad acting 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Stephen Whitty
A movie that s more sci fi than semper fi and possibly the most proudly mindless epic of the year 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Chris Hewitt
Lots of things never become clear in G I which is so busy setting up a sequel that it doesn t even tell us what has become of two of the three main bad guys 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Jeff Vice
It s so silly that perhaps appropriately the film almost comes across as a live action cartoon 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Peter Howell
It is possible that never before in the annals of cinema has so much destruction been depicted on screen to so little purpose unless you count brain or ear damage 
1
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Peter Hartlaub
Compared to other big budget movies out this summer it s pretty mediocre But as a movie that no one thought would be any good because it s based on an action figure that isn t even a foot tall any more it wildly succeeds 
2.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Kyle Smith
Formerly a real American hero G I Joe is no longer a hero it s a team or American it s a multinational unit of military superstars though the way they do business you d rather have the Croatian navy on your side As for real well 
0.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Dustin Putman
Viewers certainly won t be able to accuse G I Joe The Rise of Cobra of lacking in sound and fervor but that s just the problem With nothing else to latch onto the picture s ceaseless bombastic overload grows tedious rather than exciting 
1.5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Ryan Stewart
Sommers seems to be operating under what he perceives as a pact between himself and his 11 year old fanbase to simply provide them with as much awesome as he s allowed to shovel at the screen 
2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Wilson Morales
Despite the brou ha ha that has been talked about for months and currently about the state of the film G I Joe Rise of the Cobra is a pure adrenaline fantasy and fun ride 
3
Domestic Disturbance
Tyler Hanley
Typical thriller material detracts from a touching father son bonding story 
1
Domestic Disturbance
James Sanford
The movie seems to have been slapped together by an editor with attention deficit disorder introduces a new risible complication with nearly every scene 
1
Domestic Disturbance
Mark Dujsik
Hits one predictable plot point after another until its rather sudden conclusion 
1.5
Domestic Disturbance
Michael Dequina
The real disturbance is not in the home but in the careers of all involved 
0.5
Domestic Disturbance
Robert Roten
The trailer tells the whole story and the movie telegraphs its punches 
2
Domestic Disturbance
James Berardinelli
Movies like Domestic Disturbance leave me dispirited There s nothing likable exciting or intriguing about them 
1
Domestic Disturbance
Harvey S. Karten
Good acting sharp photography scary story but wholly predictable 
2.5
Domestic Disturbance
Dustin Putman
A serviceably entertaining if formulaic thriller 
2.5
Domestic Disturbance
Mike Clark
With domestic disturbances someone calls the cops With this DOA someone had better call the coroner 
1.5
Domestic Disturbance
Mick LaSalle
There are thrills and shocks to be had here 
3
Domestic Disturbance
Lou Lumenick
A refreshingly unpretentious little thriller 
2.5
Domestic Disturbance
Rick Groen
Since it purports to be a thriller well let s just say the edge of your seat doesn t exactly get a workout 
2
Domestic Disturbance
Roger Ebert
The physical details are so unlikely they seem contrived even in a thriller 
1.5
Domestic Disturbance
Tor Thorsen
Becker s best work in years 
2.5
Domestic Disturbance
Steve Rhodes
Key motivational scenes are needlessly rushed while schlock fright techniques push all of the usual buttons to get the audience to jump 
2.5
Domestic Disturbance
Steven Rea
There are some nifty Hitchcock style opening credits but after that it s downhill 
2
Domestic Disturbance
Michael Wilmington
Thanks to that vapid script it s about as scary and believable as a little boy yelling wolf 
2.5
Domestic Disturbance
Rob Blackwelder
Another simplistic thriller in the child in peril vein 
1.5
Domestic Disturbance
Walter Chaw
Domestic Disturbance features John Travolta s twinkly eyed Phenomenon persona and Vince Vaughn and Teri Polo s shared I might be a cunning polymer persona 
1.5
Domestic Disturbance
Ed Gonzalez
You might forget Disturbance ever existed but it s a fun ride while it lasts 
2.5
Tevye
Kate Cameron
Miriam Riselle who plays the leading feminine role is an accomplished actress of the Yiddish school Her performance is second in excellence only to that of the star 
3
Tales From the Golden Age
Gerald Peary
All the stories have their merits celebrating a people amusingly out of step with their stalwart demented leaders 
3
Tales From the Golden Age
V.A. Musetto
The collection is a mixed bag although there are no clunkers 
2.5
Tales From the Golden Age
Andrew Schenker
Has the so called Romanian New Wave slowed to a trickle 
2
Tales From the Golden Age
Liam Lacey
Though much lighter than the country s art house fare of the past few years the collection serves as a sampler of the much heralded Romanian cinema 
3
Racing With the Moon
Roger Ebert
It s easy to end a movie with I love you but it s hard to get there honestly 
3.5
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie Event
Linda Cook
It isn t a Pokmon wanna be 
3
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
Rick Groen
There s something about Beecroft with her softly whispering voice and her pre Raphaelite air that keeps bringing us back and drawing us in 
3
Fearless
Joe Lozito
Teamed up with veteran director Ronny Yu and renowned choreographer Yuen Wo Ping Mr Li does some of his best work here 
3
Fearless
Kam Williams
More of a message movie designed for mainland China than a karate chopsocky for consumption in the West where a martial arts movie has to be about butt kicking to generate any traction 
2
Fearless
Frank Ochieng
Li carries the load on his shifty shoulders in a nostalgic wushu period piece that is philosophically solemn yet kinetically impish in its reflective spirit 
2.5
Fearless
Forrest Hartman
The film is about more than complex stunts and breathtaking acrobatics It s about a man who learns the pitfalls of pride and becomes a national hero in the process And it s a good time at the movies 
3
Fearless
Jeffrey Westhoff
If Li must leave his signature genre better this entertaining bit of history than the wall to wall boredom of Hero 
3
Fearless
Linda Cook
Do you really mean it Jet Li 
3
Fearless
Rob Thomas
Fearless not only talks the talk it walks the walk or side snap kicks the side snap kick if you want 
3.5
Fearless
Walter Chaw
Ultimately a picture preaching about the cost of violence that shies away from real visceral consequence 
2
Fearless
Lori Hoffman
Fearless is a richly layered tale of redemption
3
Fearless
Thomas Delapa
While you re waiting for Jet Li s high flying and tricked up fights I m afraid you ll have sit through director Ronny Yu s lowbrow lunge at serious drama 
1
Fearless
Todd Hertz
Jet Li has to be commended for his performance playing the full range of this dynamic character well He makes you care about his character as the film builds to its climax 
3
Fearless
Mark Collette
Fearless is a visual juggernaut 
3.5
Fearless
Peter Hartlaub
Jet Li movies are still pretty cool but they appear to be heading in an unfortunate direction 
2
Fearless
Mark Rahner
It boils down to a simple but elegantly told morality tale with beautiful sets and scenery and plenty of bracing action 
3
Fearless
Geoff Pevere
A movie that condemns the tendency of global culture to intrude everywhere while embracing the very things that kick multiplex doors down around the world 
2.5
Fearless
Maitland McDonagh
An air of melancholy permeates even Yuen Wo Ping s dazzling fight sequences which rely on wire work and computer enhancement much less than most contemporary martial arts films and the final scenes pack a surprising melodramatic punch 
3
Fearless
John Beifuss
The wushu philosophy offers a welcome alternative to the ideas that motivate too many movie heroes and too many real world personal and political transactions 
3
Fearless
Mike McGranaghan
An entertaining and admirably ambitious movie that promises a feast of martial arts combat which it delivers along with a poignant message of peace 
3
Fearless
Kit Bowen
If you re going to retire from the biz might as well do it with some style 
3
Fearless
Pam Grady
Li may be serious about this retirement nonsense for an athlete he is at the outer reaches of a career And yet one hopes this is not the case Fearless represents such an apex that it leaves one wanting more of the same much more 
3.5
Fearless
Lisa Rose
A pretentious biopic about a Chinese sports legend 
2
Fearless
Lou Lumenick
A lavish biopic that gives Li one of his juiciest roles but is relatively light on the action his fans have come to expect 
2.5
Fearless
Elizabeth Weitzman
In Ronny Yu s sweeping film based on the life of wu shu master Huo Yuanjia the retiring action star manages to tug a few heartstrings while breaking plenty of bones 
3
Fearless
Peter Debruge
The action scenes are disappointingly conventional constrained for the most part to one on one ring matches with inferior opponents 
2
Fearless
Bruce Westbrook
Too often it seems to be just another action fantasy that teaches pacifism while indulging in brutality 
2.5
Fearless
Stephen Cole
Perhaps predictably the final work in Li s on screen martial arts career won t be the film to remember him by 
2.5
Fearless
John Monaghan
The 43 year old actor claims that this will be his last martial arts epic That s too bad when movies like this and 2002 s Hero find him just hitting his stride 
3
Fearless
Jeff Vice
This is clearly Yu s best work since his 1993 Hong Kong hit The Bride With White Hair 
3.5
Fearless
Leighton Walter Kille
While showing his 43 years Li is still capable of ripping his way through an ornate restaurant or clearing out 15 challengers in as many seconds 
3
Fearless
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s an intoxicating blend of spiritualism and action an invigorating movie that makes you want to stand up and cheer 
3
Fearless
Sean P. Means
If Fearless is Li s last film as a martial arts star he s going out on top of the world 
3
Fearless
Tyler Hanley
Li fans will appreciate the excellent choreography and Li s calm confidence but Fearless lacks the imagination necessary for a must see experience 
2
Fearless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a gorgeous knuckle biter of a fight film but also a moving tale with a heart as big as its roundhouse kick 
3.5
Fearless
Peter Canavese
If this is Li s epic swan song it s a reasonably graceful exit 
2.5
Fearless
Nick Schager
The protagonist s message rings true and its battle sequences prove gripping but Jet Li s Fearless is both slightly ham fisted in its efforts to have its individual and political narratives mirror one another 
2.5
Fearless
Carrie Rickey
Li s work invites comparison not with the slapstick kung fu lery of Jackie Chan which I love but with the scissoring limbs and corkscrew lifts of Merce Cunningham and other modern dancers Li puts the swoosh into wushu 
3
Fearless
Monica A. Reyhani
The fighting is wow In a market saturated with Matrix cribbed technique Jet Li s 25 years of skills have a grace and power all their own 
3
Fearless
Michael Wilmington
Jet Li s Fearless is one of those corny lusciously mounted almost predictably thrill packed action movies you can t help but like 
3
Fearless
Matt Pais
With precisely choreographed fight sequences and a no nonsense lesson about honor and self control Li kicks his way out of the genre with class 
3
Fearless
Gene Seymour
Whatever the years ahead Li leaves the field he helped expand with honor and glory unsullied 
3
Fearless
Josh Larsen
has lofty ambitions but lacks the necessary talent 
2
My Great Night
Tirdad Derakhshani
My Big Night bears the stamp of Pedro Almodvar s romantic comedies and it s worthy of his best 
3
My Great Night
G. Allen Johnson
Delirious over the top gorgeous to look at and with comic timing delivered at a machine gun pace 
4
My Great Night
Simon Abrams
I laughed a lot at My Big Night and can t recommend it highly enough 
3.5
My Great Night
Chuck Bowen
lex de la Iglesia s film is an explosion of kitsch an intensely formalized mixture of farce and tragedy 
3
My Great Night
Rene Rodriguez
This glitzy piata of a movie kicks off with an elaborate dance number edited with the speed of something out of Mad Max Fury Road and only gets faster and loopier from there 
3
Who Can Kill a Child?
Jeremiah Kipp
A completely unheralded classic of bleak 1970s horror cinema 
3.5
Hilary and Jackie
Judith Egerton
No it s not a movie about two first ladies married to adulterous husbands 
3
Hilary and Jackie
Margaret A. McGurk
As exhilarating passionate and profound as the music it celebrates 
3.5
Hilary and Jackie
Elias Savada
This one s a winner 
3.5
Hilary and Jackie
Steve Rhodes
The film is a triumph that deserves the same roaring applause from motion picture audiences that Jackie received from her musical ones 
3.5
Hilary and Jackie
Dustin Putman
A thought provoking and poignant ode to Jackie du Pre s life 
3
Hilary and Jackie
Roger Ebert
An extraordinary film 
3.5
Hilary and Jackie
James Berardinelli
This is as rich and powerful a film as has been released in 1998 
4
Hilary and Jackie
Michael Dequina
An uncommonly well rounded portrait of a tormented genius 
4
Rushlights
Kristin Tillotson
It all dwindles into Who cares long before the end of the road 
1.5
Moscow on the Hudson
Roger Ebert
It made me feel good to be an American and good that Vladimir Ivanoff was going to be one too 
4
Evolution
David Nusair
an ideal example of how to do a summer movie right 
3
Evolution
Betsy Bozdech
If this is the level that movies have evolved to we re in trouble 
1.5
Evolution
Sara Michelle Fetters
It has been said many times that there are no new ideas in Hollywood 
2.5
Evolution
Wesley Lovell
Funny but predictable and dumb 
2.5
Evolution
Collin Souter
A comedy that can t walk erect Please Reitman evolve already 
2.5
Evolution
Mark Dujsik
The jokes lack punch lines or appropriate setup 
2
Evolution
Jorge Avila Andrade
La carrera de Reitman ha entrado en un estado de involucin del que no se ve una pronta recuperacin 
2
Evolution
Walter Chaw
It is deeply boring blindly paced and humiliating for me who had nothing to do with it 
0.5
Evolution
Michael Dequina
This alien comedy is able to compensate for lack of originality through easy going charm 
3
Evolution
James Kendrick
enjoyable but uneven
2.5
Evolution
Elias Savada
Look Up on the screen It s a bird It s a plain It s super lamebrain man 
1
Evolution
Robert Roten
The special effects are good but the rest of the movie has an amateurish look to it sort of like a very expensive home movie 
2.5
Evolution
Mike McGranaghan
It s a good goofy time at the movies 
3
Evolution
Greg Dean Schmitz
The part of me that grew up reading sci fi novels was tickled just enough and the comedy was just barely funny enough for me to recommend this 
3
Evolution
Edward Guthmann
Flat rickety and enervated 
1
Evolution
Liam Lacey
It s loud silly and a bloated mess but still twice as good as Pearl Harbor because it puts you back on the street in half the time 
2.5
Evolution
Rod Armstrong
The director takes a step backwards with Evolution relying on potty humor and special effects to cover a dim witted and derivative plot 
0.5
Evolution
Roger Ebert
Nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies it has real laughs but it misses real opportunities 
2.5
Evolution
Mark Caro
The following is a transcript of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman s pitch to investors about his new movie which eventually would take the name Evolution Actually it s bogus but it saved the reviewer some time and adjectives 
2.5
Evolution
Rob Blackwelder
All the trappings of a major laugh fest but the one thing Reitman forgot was the major laughs 
2
Evolution
Steve Rhodes
The comedy both physical and verbal is a real treat 
3
Evolution
James Berardinelli
Leaves the audience wondering if Hollywood has already been taken over by aliens who are trying to numb our minds with mediocre films like this one 
2
Evolution
Erik Childress
While Ghostbusters might have been the main course and appetizers Evolution is certainly a worthy dessert
3
Evolution
Ross Anthony
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3
Evolution
Ed Gonzalez
Sometimes a fart joke is just a fart joke and sometimes a fart joke manages to transcend mediocrity 
2.5
Evolution
Dustin Putman
A low rent version of Men in Black 
2
Merci Docteur Rey
Laura Kelly
Merci Docteur Rey which occasionally works as a passable farce stoops to the sight gag of vomit 
2
Merci Docteur Rey
V.A. Musetto
Brainless and pointless 
1
Merci Docteur Rey
Robert Dominguez
Tries too hard to be madcap 
2.5
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
Simon Abrams
Essentially a condensed version of the first few episodes of the series with a few elements from later episodes tossed in to make the show s climax appear more grounded 
2.5
Finn on the Fly
Linda Barnard
A made in Saskatchewan shaggy dog story with charm to spare Finn on the Fly is a family flick that will engage young viewers who won t be put off by its made for TV sensibilities 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1: Midnight Madness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While it s far from any kind of complex critical analysis it does cover most of the bases Plus it s great fun 
3.5
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1: Midnight Madness
Steven Prokopy
For younger filmgoers looking for a jumping off point it s hard to argue with any of the choices in this movie 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1: Midnight Madness
Roger Moore
The fun of it all The arguments it starts 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1: Midnight Madness
Richard Roeper
It s a delight to see actors and directors who are attached to one memorable cult film or another talking about how much it means to them that audiences have connected with these outcast movies 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1: Midnight Madness
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Beyond the clunkiness of its construction however the film nevertheless does cinephiles a great service with its homage to the oddities of the cinematic past 
2.5
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 1: Midnight Madness
Joey Magidson
This documentary may not teach film scholars anything new but there s a lot of fun to be had in watching so many people wax poetic about these special types of works 
3
Shrink
Christian Toto
Shrink reminds us why Kevin Spacey matters 
2.5
Shrink
David Nusair
46 46 46 ultimately less successful as a fully realized drama than as a showcase for its myriad of talented actors 46 
3
Shrink
Michael Phillips
I m not his manager but I wonder if Kevin Spacey would profit from laying off the sardonic disaffected emotionally numb characters for a while They re criminally easy for him at this point in his career 
2
Shrink
Amy Biancolli
Some of the humor is delicious And there are a few fine moments of truth and pathos most of them addressing a subset of grief often ignored on film 
2.5
Shrink
Michael Posner
No one knows why bad things happen to good people But we do know why bad things happen to good film ideas They get ruined by poor scripts and indifferent direction 
2
Shrink
Chris Hewitt
It s ironic that the movie is called Shrink because it practically shrinks before your eyes 
2
Shrink
Lisa Kennedy
Directed by Jonas Pate and written with a nice ear for self delusion by Thomas Moffet Shrink mixes cliches with some pleasant surprises 
2.5
Shrink
Peter Howell
In seeking to depict the shallowness of Hollywood life it s hard not to appear shallow yourself 
1.5
Shrink
Steven Rea
A pity party of Hollywood narcissism 
1.5
Shrink
John Hartl
The script by Thomas Moffett slickly satirizes the movie industry s fascination with vampires and special effects without being especially compelling or original 
2
Shrink
Rene Rodriguez
This is a movie for people who thought Crash was wise and profound most of whom probably live in L A and know everything they know about life from watching movies 
1
Shrink
Roger Ebert
Spacey s good but the film doesn t find an emotional center and we re left with actors acting out 
2.5
Shrink
Lou Lumenick
Shrink starts promisingly but Jonas Pate directs his fine cast straight into a swamp of schmaltz as every loose thread of plot gets patly resolved 
2
Shrink
Sara Michelle Fetters
The coincidences here are at times beyond description the last few minutes in particular offering up a whole slew of whoppers that had me unintentionally giggling under my breath 
2.5
Shrink
Stephen Whitty
Full of fake moments and Deep Thoughts sentiment It s the kind of film in which people stare regretfully into mirrors a lot 
1
Shrink
Ryan Stewart
Though it never rains frogs in Shrink the influence of Magnolia on this sprawling portrait of West L A s rich and miserable couldn t be more pronounced 
1.5
Shrink
Claudia Puig
Spacey gives his best performance since Swimming With Sharks and Palmer the young star of Akeelah and the Bee has matured into an actress of depth and nuance 
2.5
The Music Lovers
Roger Ebert
Totally irresponsible as a film about or inspired by or parallel to or bearing a vague resemblance to Tchaikovsky his life and times It is not however a complete failure 
2
Sparrows Dance
Farran Smith Nehme
Given that the opening shot shows the heroine on the toilet what a nice surprise to find that this is a pure love story told with elegance and simplicity on a low budget 
3
A Heart in Winter
Roger Ebert
Un Coeur en Hiver directed by Claude Sautet has the intensity and delicacy of a great short story 
3.5
The Big Parade
Matt Brunson
Masterfully directed by King Vidor this swings easily between comedy romance and tragedy without missing a beat and there are numerous set pieces of enormous power even today the harrowing battle scenes would rank among the best ever put on film 
4
The Second Chance
Kam Williams
A modern morality play whose positive messages are undercut by its pandering paternalistic tone 
1
The Second Chance
Peter T. Chattaway
This may be a church movie but it s one of the better ones 
3
The Second Chance
Maitland McDonagh
It is earnest cliched often awkward and unlikely to inspire anyone who isn t already thoroughly sold on its message of salvation through community activism 
2
The Second Chance
Lou Lumenick
The film is sabotaged by hackneyed dialogue sluggish pacing and a listless performance by Smith who only springs to life when he s singing 
2
The Second Chance
Lisa Kennedy
Second Chance delivers its parable of spiritual growth with enough tender nuance that it doesn t merely preach to the choir 
3
Let's Talk
Namrata Joshi
Much of the film s power lies in the beguiling performance from Boman Irani who moves from one bhava to another be it anger irritation violence or even comedy with ease and felicity 
3
Loners
Roger Moore
A promising satiric premise regulating loners rather than the guns they use to commit mass shootings becomes a labored laugh starved comedy that never works 
1.5
Analyze This
CSM Staff
The screenplay offers some hearty laughs if you can stand bursts of violence and language as foul as a Mafioso s business agenda 
3
Analyze This
Peter Canavese
Thanks to three very strong writers and the willpower of its leads Analyze This turns out to be an amusing piffle Blu ray 
3
Analyze This
Joe Lozito
Not since Midnight Run has Mr De Niro been afforded such a perfect opportunity to flex his comedic muscles 
3
Analyze This
Garth Franklin
Even though it s only March Analyze This is going to be the comedy to beat this year nothing else so far has come close 
3
Analyze This
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In Midnight Run 1988 De Niro and Charles Grodin made a wonderful team but the pair in Analyze This doesn t seem to click in the same way 
2
Analyze This
Margaret A. McGurk
Flaws aside in the end Analyze This comes across with the goods crooked guys and straight up laughs 
3
Analyze This
Marty Mapes
Although this comedy has been getting more praise than it deserves it is nevertheless a solid funny comedy 
2.5
Analyze This
Jeffrey Westhoff
The jokes come on like gangbusters 
3.5
Analyze This
Mick LaSalle
Moments and lines are so perfect that they linger in the mind 
4
Analyze This
Andrew Howe
An empty soulless film 
2
Analyze This
Jorge Avila Andrade
La cinta sale adelanta por el slido trabajo de sus actores quienes se muestran a gusto con sus personajes
3
Analyze This
James Kendrick
There are a few scenes that feel like something right out of a Scorsese film which underlies the thin line between the drama and the comedy of the gangster lifestyle 
3.5
Analyze This
Ross Anthony
Good Fella on the couch 
3
Analyze This
Susan Stark
Billy Crystal comes into his own with a monologue that will just make you howl 
3
Analyze This
Mike McGranaghan
An enormously appealing comedy 
3.5
Analyze This
Steve Rhodes
Magnific 
3.5
Analyze This
Emily Blunt
Run and see this You will be bursting with guffaws 
4
Analyze This
Roger Ebert
Funny partly because De Niro and Crystal do what we expect them to do and partly because they don t 
3
Analyze This
Jeff Vice
Starts out funny but quickly loses its way 
2
Analyze This
David Keyes
a movie so sluggish and corny not even a script written by Shakespeare could have saved it 
1
Analyze This
James Berardinelli
Frequently funny and occasionally hilarious 
3
Analyze This
Rob Blackwelder
Degrades so dramatically that in the last act Crystal is reduced to ad libbing through an over long mock wise guy schtick 
2
Analyze This
Dustin Putman
Talent can certainly help any film out but when the written material isn t up to their level what we are virtually left with is a vacuum of thin air 
1.5
Analyze This
Michael Dequina
In its first two acts Harold Ramis s comedy uproariously mines its premise for all its comedic worth 
3
Analyze This
Bob Bloom
Slow uneven and only intermittently humorous 
1.5
Analyze This
David N. Butterworth
Crystal is good and De Niro is even better 
3
White Night Wedding
David Nusair
46 46 46 it apos s almost impossible work up any enthusiasm for the foibles of the various characters thanks to an emphasis on eye rolling instances of quirkiness and melodrama 46 
2
Blinded by the Light
Jason Fraley
It certainly helps if you re already a Springsteen fan but fandom is not a prerequisite In fact the film is tailor made to convert the non Springsteen fans 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Rene Sanchez
A funny and nostalgic coming of age story about the universal language of music and its power to inspire Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Max Weiss
Much of the film plays out in a predictable if charming way 
2.5
Blinded by the Light
Matt Brunson
Like this summer s sleeper hit Yesterday Blinded by the Light serves as another ode to classic rock and all that it represents 
3
Blinded by the Light
Pamela Powell
Perhaps if Yesterday had not preceded the release of Blinded by the Light my expectations wouldn t have been so high but this film truly disappoints 
1
Blinded by the Light
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is almost as if the movie s more noticeable imperfections only end up making the feature as a whole even more infectiously intoxicating 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Richard Roeper
Even when it feels as if we ve seen this movie before we ve never seen it set to the sounds of the Boss and we ve never seen it from the point of view of this particular terrific kid and his family 
3
Blinded by the Light
Sean P. Means
Kalra is as authentic and earnest a movie teen as ever populated a John Hughes movie and he makes us feel the yearning he channels in every Springsteen song 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Jeff Mitchell
This coming of age story hits the right notes 
3
Blinded by the Light
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chadha s frequent winning touches convey a passion that rises above cliché and laughs despair in the face 
3
Blinded by the Light
Michael Smith
Chadha serves up one reminder after another of how we first find music that speaks to us and gives us something to believe in 
3
Blinded by the Light
Rick Bentley
Other than a few blips Blinded by the Light is a production that is as strong as any Springsteen anthem and as inspiring as any lyrics by the Boss 
3
Blinded by the Light
Sheila O'Malley
Blinded by the Light at its very best captures the experience of being a fan the pure exhilaration of it and the sense of your vision opening out to vistas beyond your horizon 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Robert Horton
This is not just a movie about an exuberant teenager This is a movie that feels like it was made by an exuberant teenager 
3
Blinded by the Light
Mark Dujsik
The well meaning but thoroughly generic Blinded by the Light tells the old story of a young man who feels trapped in a small town 
2
Blinded by the Light
Oliver Jones
It s far from subtle more than a little sudsy but also pleasingly direct and full of heart 
3
Blinded by the Light
Asher Luberto
Director Gurinder Chadha marries the charm of Sing Street and the conversations turned musical numbers of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg giving the tone an airy feel it s the feel good film of the summer 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Gary Thompson
It takes awhile to adjust to Prozac ed presentation of Springsteen songs stripped of their melancholy and turned into up tempo dance numbers but there is a dramatic logic to this 
3
Blinded by the Light
Jake Coyle
Blinded by the Light isn t a new tune but it s sung with an infectious passion and it captures something sincere about the globe spanning life changing influence of great pop music 
3
Blinded by the Light
Peter Howell
Newcomer Kalra makes for an engaging protagonist as believable in his life angst as he is in his Boss worship 
2.5
Blinded by the Light
James Berardinelli
Blinded by the Light is a one third Bruce Springsteen hagiography one third kitschy 80s recreation and one third feel good father son coming together Surprisingly however it works 
3
Blinded by the Light
Joey Magidson
The best film of 2019 Blinded by the Light knows exactly what it s like internally and externally to discover Springsteen how the music makes one feel It s brilliant 
4
Blinded by the Light
Rafer Guzman
A heartfelt ode to the promise of youth and the transformative power of music 
3
Blinded by the Light
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film bottles a palpable emotion of unabashed joy even when the rest of it seems to barely hold together 
2.5
Blinded by the Light
Ann Hornaday
Warm funny humane and deeply sincere this ode to Bruce Springsteen breaking free and belonging isn t content merely to revel in Springsteen s greatest hits although it does with vibrant vicarious exhilaration 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Brian Truitt
It ll remind you of the importance of chasing dreams and loving yourself as well as others 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Roger Moore
Too long and corny to love but still a most likable neo musical homage to the songs of Springsteen 
2.5
Blinded by the Light
Dustin Putman
A feel good triumph earning every one of its spirited emotions Blinded by the Light gets to the heart of the often deeply personal power of music 
3.5
Blinded by the Light
Robert Daniels
Blinded By the Light is one of the most flawed films that still manages to be a great feel good musical 
3
Bringing Up Baby
Sara Michelle Fetters
If you catch me on the right day and ask what I think the best comedy of all time is 44 it 8217 s very likely I 8217 ll say it 8217 s 1938 8217 s screwball classic Bringing Up Baby 46 
4
Bringing Up Baby
Mattie Lucas
It is to put it bluntly the perfect screwball comedy a rapid fire barrage of ludicrous mayhem whose absurdity only gets funnier as it goes along thanks in huge part to the game dedication of its cast 
4
Bringing Up Baby
Matt Brunson
One of those movies that seems to improve upon repeat viewings 
3.5
Bringing Up Baby
Tom Meek
Original freeform and timeless 
4
Bringing Up Baby
Jeremiah Kipp
If Hawks had a real gift it was the ability of moving things along 
3
Bringing Up Baby
Peter Canavese
A textbook screwball comedy with lovably frantic chemistry between its Golden Age stars 
4
Bringing Up Baby
Steven Snyder
Much like Singin In The Rain Bringing Up Baby maintains a level of energy that is almost impossible to achieve The story the dialogue and the acting move so fast that one cannot help but get caught up in this 90 minute joke
3.5
Bringing Up Baby
Scott Nash
It is truly a classic screwball comedy 
4
Bringing Up Baby
James Kendrick
arguably the preeminent screwball comedy a perfect embodiment of the sophisticated charm witty and rich dialogue impeccable timing and imaginatively madcap unreality that made the genre so unique and enjoyable
4
Bringing Up Baby
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Comedian Harold Lloyd called this the most perfectly constructed comedy he d ever seen and he was right 
4
God's Pocket
John Wirt
Hoffman plays a skillful straight man to the crazy stuff around him simultaneously integrating his character into the story but also rising above its flat drama and muted comedy 
2
God's Pocket
John Beifuss
Slattery is more adept at conjuring an authentic sympathetic milieu in support of his large talented ensemble than he is at ensuring the plot mechanics don t creak 
2.5
God's Pocket
Tirdad Derakhshani
A messy shallow muddled morass of a Philadelphia crime story set in 1978 
2
God's Pocket
Walter Chaw
pastiche verging on clich
2
God's Pocket
Tom Keogh
What s left is an awkward blend of tragedy and comedy in a movie that doesn t feel as if it has earned the right to be either 
2
God's Pocket
Tom Russo
A fair amount of the film leaves you wondering about the categorizations it s courted as a dark comedy If the tag legitimately applies then it takes Slattery a while to find his footing if he ever really does 
2
God's Pocket
Stephanie Merry
What began as an intriguing snapshot begins to feel grotesque and inscrutable 
2.5
God's Pocket
Joe Williams
Who can quibble when the source material is a novel by Peter Dexter Paris Trout the debut director is John Slattery Mad Men and the actors are such seasoned pros 
3
God's Pocket
Rafer Guzman
Though the neighborhood of God s Pocket is fictional and never precisely located Slattery s rendering of it is vivid and authentic 
2.5
God's Pocket
Rob Thomas
Slattery s aiming for a very tricky tone here taking care not to sneer at these people but not make Jenkins mistake of glorifying them either With that heavyweight cast led by the great Hoffman I think he pretty much nails it 
3
God's Pocket
Rene Rodriguez
In an attempt for restrained matured respectability the picture makes even murder seem dull 
2
God's Pocket
Peter Hartlaub
Too many of the attempts at The Sopranos style comic drama fail Maybe the comedy beats are a little off Or maybe these people are just too gloomy to generate much hilarity 
2
God's Pocket
Matt Pais
An offbeat movie still needs to find a rhythm 
2
God's Pocket
John Serba
Populated with one or two note characters who should be finely tuned instruments in an orchestra devoted to playing the urban blues 
2.5
God's Pocket
Brian Tallerico
A tonally inconsistent deadly dull slice of working class life that may have a great cast but remains forgettable in every way its star so often refused to be 
2
God's Pocket
Stephen Whitty
Ultimately God s Pocket is a little too much of everything And yet not quite enough for Slattery who deserves something more 
2
God's Pocket
Kyle Smith
Neither over sentimentalizing nor condescending toward the working class people in the film Slattery sees the humanity in his self defeating and ignorant characters 
3.5
God's Pocket
Rex Reed
There s nothing remarkable or even remotely intriguing about the dyspeptic gang of submental sad sacks in this dull flat fiasco 
1
God's Pocket
Nick Prigge
Throughout it becomes difficult to know whether we re meant to empathize with these characters or laugh at them 
1.5
Tangled
David Nusair
an unreasonably slow moving drama revolving around the exploits of three one dimensional characters 
.5
Tangled
Steve Rhodes
Tangled isn t nearly tangled enough When this lightweight thriller works at all it is as a mildly pleasant romance 
2
Dakota
Mark Dujsik
Dakota could have been manipulative and mawkish and honesty maybe that would have been better 
1.5
Baby, Don't Cry
Walter Chaw
There are lots of ways to approach Baby Don t Cry in other words but not a lot of reasons to put in the effort to do so 
1
Deception
Peter Sobczynski
If you apos ve never read the works of Philip Roth 44 Deception is likely to come across as an absolutely baffling exercise in tedium that has nothing to say about anything in particular and won 8217 t shut up about it 46 
1.5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Rob Vaux
DC s theatrical releases may be facing a bleak future but titles like this remind us that their direct to video line is alive and well 
3.5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Mike McGranaghan
It s highly respectful of the work on which it is based yet also a solidly entertaining effort in its own right 
3.5
Delgo
Mike Scott
A dull retread Not even the film s easily enchanted target audience that is children are likely to stay under the spell for long 
1.5
Delgo
Michael Dequina
The crude not so state of the art animation and artwork all too clearly show the film s 2001 start date 
1
Delgo
Matt Brunson
As hard on the eyes as it is on the brain 
1
Delgo
Sean P. Means
Just try figuring out the audience for the movie because the violence is too much for kids under 8 while anyone over 8 will be turned off by the idiotic humor 
1
Delgo
Austin Kennedy
Even though some of the action is fun and the world is imaginative it loses points for having a horrible comic relief character that derails the fun 
2.5
Delgo
Linda Cook
I m not saying it s a Christmas miracle What I am saying is that the new animated movie Delgo and The Bells of St Mary s have something in common 
3
Delgo
Claudia Puig
The story is tedious noisy and banal It is also rather dark and convoluted for children though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game 
1.5
Delgo
Susan Walker
This flick is like a cheap thriller where the wisecracks always fall flat and the author couldn t be bothered to invent a new plot so he just patches together some old ones 
2
Delgo
Chris Hewitt
It s all as generic as the John Williams knockoff musical score or the Lion King knockoff dialogue
1
Delgo
Stephen Whitty
There isn t enough action for older children or silly humor for younger ones even at an hour and a half the film feels padded and it s going to feel even slower to audiences amped up on blood red Icees and molar cracking Nonpareils 
1
Delgo
Kyle Smith
A few magic rocks and tepid battle scenes do little to inspire interest in the goings on as Malcolm McDowell and Eric Idle spout villainy and punch lines respectively 
1
Delgo
Wesley Morris
Delgo demonstrates how hard it is to create a memorable credible looking piece of animated entertainment 
2
Delgo
Mack Bates
In a season soon to be filled with better made family movies based on better known material the movie s serviceable enough animation isn t likely to help it stand out 
2
Delgo
Stephen Cole
Characters are stiff there is little variety in movement It s a cheapo product ideally suited for a Saturday morning pyjama vigil in front of a small screen 
2
Delgo
Tom Keogh
Better than a lot of animated features released in the past few months 
2.5
Delgo
John Anderson
A high tech animation adventure with a top flight voice cast and a well told if familiar fable about power peace and people getting it together 
3
Bound
Brian Eggert
Brilliant as a skilled visual showcase worthy of Hitchcock or Brian De Palma 44 the film operates on several levels 44 from the emotional to the visceral 46 
4
Bound
Matt Brunson
A steamy crime thriller and significant LGBTQ film that contains more suggestive double entendres in its dialogue than perhaps any movie this side of Double Indemnity 
3.5
Bound
Roger Ebert
Bound is one of those movies that works you up wrings you out and leaves you gasping It s pure cinema spread over several genres 
4
Bound
Mike Clark
Some caper movies build suspense while others tweak the genre with tongue lancing cheek But this lesbian caper pic often pulls off both feats in the same scene even simultaneously 
3.5
Bound
Michael Dequina
A clever and funny script strong performances and very accomplished and intelligent direction 
4
Mondo Hollywoodland
Matt Brunson
An entertaining L A odyssey 
2.5
Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films 2014
Tom Keogh
The Documentary Short Subject category usually has its share of powerful expertly produced nonfiction fare too This year s crop of short docs in Academy Award competition is no exception 
4
Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films 2014
Ty Burr
One way or another these films are about the heroism of stubbornness the urge to keep living no matter what recorded on film 
3
Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films 2014
Peter Hartlaub
The documentary shorts are the most consistent in their excellence and conveniently fall into a unifying theme of humanity prevailing through suffering and struggle 
4
Winter in the Blood
Wes Greene
Its offbeat aesthetic largely flaunts for appeal suffocating character and thematic ambition underneath its flashiness 
2
Winter in the Blood
Tom Keogh
An audacious funny and often tender movie 
3
The Experiment
David Nusair
It s finally impossible not to wonder just what the point of all this is supposed to be 
2
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
Roger Moore
Rios is too subtle and at times too easily distracted by local color to hammer her message home 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
Shane Slater
Ríos captures a plethora of indelible images 
3
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
Walter Chaw
It s like one of those basic cable docuseries with misfit reject hillbilly duck decoy making millionaries who weigh six hundred pounds or something 
1
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Sean P. Means
Director Tamra Davis uses a rare interview as the foundation for an eye opening look at Basquiats meteoric career and how art fame drugs and media collided in this one young mans life 
3
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Rick Groen
Tamra Davis s documentary does serve as a worthy companion to Julian Schnabel s 1996 biopic 
3
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Chris Hewitt
It s not an easy thing to actually give a sense of a person in a documentary but Radiant Child pulls it off 
3
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Carrie Rickey
A touching portrait that may not be the last word on the painter but has facts and context to burn 
3.5
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Sebastian Smee
The intimate home video footage which has never been shown feels poignant a throwback to Basquiat s early days on the New York scene when he got by on his good looks an elusive inner confidence and the generosity of others 
3
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Kenneth Baker
Davis underplays the place of drugs in the downtown club scene treating the artist s heroin use as a nearly unaccountable late affliction 
2
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Kam Williams
It s still better to flameout than to fade away 
4
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Aaron Cutler
The more you know going into the movie the more you sense it leaving out 
2.5
The Entity
Matt Brunson
It s such a daft story that there s no saving those who fell for it 
1.5
The Entity
David Keyes
This is a film that intends to travel added miles in convincing us of the power of supernatural dangers 
3
The Entity
David Nusair
underwhelming and frequently dull 
1
The Outside Story
Dwight Brown
Even a bevy of idiosyncratic supporting characters flirty policewoman priggish gay upstairs neighbor older woman looking for romance can t compensate enough for a storyline that feels like it can t get off its own treadmill 
1.5
The Outside Story
Steven Prokopy
These actors are so ridiculously likable that it s an easy film to slip into 
3
The Outside Story
Pamela Powell
Charles might have been locked out but perhaps previously he actually was locked in Finding his proverbial key to unlock his world and better understand himself is what makes this a memorable and relatable comedic gem 
3
The Outside Story
Odie Henderson
The Outside Story is barely 85 minutes long but Henry s performance is rich enough to make this small film feel rather epic 
3.5
The Outside Story
Randy Myers
Henry s encounters with a by the book parking enforcement officer a threesome upstairs and an elderly neighbor nearby will lift your spirits 
3.5
The Outside Story
Ty Burr
The Outside Story turns Sartre s Hell is other people on its head It doesn t go so far as to say heaven is other people but it does say that Brooklyn is and that s close enough 
3
The Outside Story
Leo Brady
The Outside Story is a cute independent film that has nice things going for it but quickly runs out of reasons for us to stick around 
2.5
The Outside Story
Roger Moore
It s the cinema s first bon bon of 2021 a slight but unexpected delight 
3
Gate of Sun
Ed Gonzalez
A stirring work of magical realist activism that documents over 50 years in the lives of an oppressed people 
3.5
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
Steven Prokopy
The on set footage is priceless but it s the tours of his old workshop and mask collection that are the material I studied as I was watching this 
3
Made in America
Roger Moore
Not quite a concert documentary cluttered but an interesting primer on the state of music circa 2012
2.5
Made in America
David Lee Dallas
What could have been a spirited dissection of Jay Z s optimistic enterprise is instead merely an advertisement for it 
2
Dear Diary
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What ties all this material together is the force and humor of Moretti s eclectic personality 
3
Dear Diary
Matt Brunson
The two first segments house some charming interludes amidst the meandering framework but the final segment largely falls flat despite being the most weighty section 
2.5
Dear Diary
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Generally strikes a cross between deadpan and absurd most of it is stuff that would likely never happen but Moretti captures it all with straight faced seriousness 
3.5
Dear Diary
Roger Moore
This comic travelogue is like a Manhattan era Woody Allen starring in an Italian Roman version of Richard Linklater s Slacker droll scenic and adorable 
3
Dear Diary
Diego Semerene
In the film the matter of cinema is the process of creativity arduous and unrealized as it ebbs and flows 
3.5
Dear Diary
Roger Ebert
Caro Diario is like a sketchbook that shows us what its creator saw but not always what he thought 
2.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Federico Furzan
The beginning of Freddy is as solid as it was decades ago This still makes us scared to fall asleep Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street
David Nusair
a low key horror effort that s ultimately not quite as enthralling as its premise might ve indicated 
2.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Josh Larsen
decidedly anti art at one point a teen dozes off while reading Shakespeare yet it still manages to rank among the top horror movies of all time 
4
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Dustin Putman
Terrifically spooky and original the film continues to feel completely modern despite being almost a quarter century old 
3.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wesley Lovell
An inventive and terrifying horror film that explores the inner psyche and its ability to turn nightmares into reality 
4
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Michael Dequina
The far superior of the two defining horror franchises of the 80s 
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nick Schager
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a movie defined by its dual legacies 
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street
James Kendrick
A well crafted meaningful addition to its genre 
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street
James Berardinelli
Still stands on its own as an intriguing and chilling example of how horror works best when the characters and the audience don t have to be lobotomized 
3.5
La ciénaga
Josh Larsen
the air is equally thick with boredom and dread 
3
La ciénaga
Rick Groen
Look closely and you ll find something not often present in your average art house flick a hint intense and unsettling of art itself 
2.5
La ciénaga
Rod Armstrong
A disturbing narrative of anomie bigotry and dysfunctionality that holds up a revelatory mirror to human nature 
3
La ciénaga
Roger Ebert
By its end we are glad to see the last of most of its characters but we will not quickly forget them 
3
La ciénaga
Lou Lumenick
Represents an auspicious debut by Argentinian writer director Lucretia Martel 
2
La ciénaga
Ed Gonzalez
A stunning deconstruction of bourgeois complacency in the face of pastoral decay 
3
Road to the Well
Frank Ochieng
This backwoods story of death defiance and deception is organically riveting and should be considered a terrorizing treasure as it will undoubtedly be hidden in the shadows of the more promoted and frivolous dramas with half the heart and havoc 
3
The Tsugua Diaries
Pat Brown
The Tsugua Diaries is something like Memento for an age of isolation and listlessness 46 
3
The Tsugua Diaries
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A film by Gomes and his partner Maureen Fazendeiro told in reverse time and made in the middle of the pandemic between August and September 2020 A whim that does not work in any way 
1
Loro
Ann Hornaday
For all of Sorrentino s prodigious gifts as a scenarist Loro is a disturbing movie for all the wrong reasons and despite its self consciously arty pretensions a breathtakingly callow one 
1
Loro
Joey Magidson
There is something inherently fascinating about watching power corrupt and Loro understands that often quite perceptively 
3
Loro
Simon Abrams
Loro feels like the work of a more mature artist 
3
Loro
Chuck Bowen
Like most of Paolo Sorrentino s films Loro is closer to a stylistic orgy than an existential rumination on Italy s heritage 
2
Big Deal on Madonna Street
David Nusair
because the characters are so likable and their plan for breaking into the safe is genuinely interesting it s easy enough to overlook the few dull spots 
3
Big Deal on Madonna Street
James Kendrick
a non too subtle satire on the crime genre with especially good pokes at Jules Dassin s heist masterpiece Rififi
3.5
Precious Mettle
Dann Gire
Precious Mettle turns out to be a much smarter more sincerely rendered crime melodrama than you might imagine for an ultra independent production filmed and produced in Naperville and Aurora 
3
About Last Night
Michael Dequina
Hart and Hall are downright lovable their individual live wire comic energies even further elevated in the face of a formidable foil and that resulting charge also translates into an appropriately volatile and exciting erotic electricity 
3
About Last Night
David Nusair
The main problem here is the less than convincing nature of Danny and Debbie s squabbles 
2
About Last Night
John Beifuss
Drops enough kernels of hard truth into the romcom popcorn box to break a tooth or two 
3
About Last Night
John Wirt
Hart s big personality wit bolster About Last Night 
2
About Last Night
Linda Cook
Sexy witty and romantic About Last Night is a remake of the 1986 Edward Zwick film adapted from David Mamet s Sexual Perversity in Chicago a stage play The 1986 movie and this one both are rated R but this one has more steam in its dialogue 
3.5
About Last Night
Mike McGranaghan
Plenty smart and entertaining and in an era where cinematic romances tend to wade in the shallow end of the pool that s a notable accomplishment 
3
About Last Night
Kam Williams
ALN 2 0 a bawdy variation on the theme establishing Kevin Hart as a bona fide box office attraction 
3
About Last Night
Geoff Pevere
The 2014 model of About Last Night it beefs up the girl side element of the story incorporates considerably more frank sex talk and generally provides its cast with a lot more meat to chew on and spit back out 
2.5
About Last Night
Perry Seibert
Complaining that a remake of a movie that was itself an adaptation of a play lacks originality may seem redundant but Steve Pink s version of About Last Night doesn t really bring anything fresh or new to the material aside from an appealing cast 
2
About Last Night
Peter Travers
Of all the date movies available for Valentine s weekend About Last Night has the edge That edge is mostly Kevin Hart 
2.5
About Last Night
Steve Macfarlane
Kevin Hart turns an essentially crude wingman into the conscience of the film s torturous nettled discourse on romance 
2.5
About Last Night
Odie Henderson
About Last Night surrenders its predecessor s ellipsis in its title but thankfully retains the salty mouth and sexual shenanigans that mark it as an adaptation of David Mamet s Sexual Perversity In Chicago 
3
About Last Night
Phil Villarreal
The movie is bad enough to make David Mamet who wrote the razor sharp play that inspired the original movie roll over in his piles of money 
1.5
About Last Night
Stephen Whitty
It s a good set up and contrast and Pink keeps things moving while finding times for a few in jokes and some nice tunes on the soundtrack 
3
About Last Night
Willie Waffle
It s another remake of an 80 s movie Somewhere Billy Ocean plots his comeback 
2
About Last Night
Claudia Puig
About Last Night is frisky fun made all the more entertaining because of the potent chemistry between its quartet of lead actors 
3
About Last Night
Nathalie Atkinson
The thing is to enjoy yourself at the time then forget all about it in the morning The best you can hope for from a one night stand really 
2.5
About Last Night
James Berardinelli
About Last Night takes us through the Honeymoon Phase and into the difficult realm beyond That s where couples have to work to stay together and that s where this movie gains its strongest traction 
3
About Last Night
Bruce DeMara
It s a romantic dramedy timed for release on Valentine s Day a confection equal parts tart and sweet 
2.5
About Last Night
Carla Meyer
The makers of the raucous remake clearly recognized those sidekicks value 
2.5
About Last Night
Rafer Guzman
What s missing are the jolts of realism and flashes of insight that made the original so stealthily effective 
2
About Last Night
Ty Burr
You could take your honey for Valentine s Day But really a dozen fake roses and a card from CVS would be more personal 
1.5
About Last Night
Chris Hewitt
The leads are great especially the hilarious Hall and the humor is spot on 
3
About Last Night
Mack Bates
As for Ealy and Bryant you d be hard pressed to find two more attractive people working on the big screen who still have barely passable chemistry together 
2
About Last Night
Kevin C. Johnson
The four leads are entirely engaging including the manic Hart who seems to play variations of the same character in every movie 
3
About Last Night
David Frese
About Last Night is dirty sexy and for the most part a lot of fun 
2.5
About Last Night
Michael Phillips
However uneven the movie at least knows the cardinal rule In a rom com there s no rom without the com Hart and Hall give it their all 
2.5
About Last Night
Mick LaSalle
There s no critique going on no point of view no right and no wrong no innocent or guilty party and no dramatic stakes 
2
About Last Night
Sara Stewart
Pink improves on the 1986 Edward Zwick movie by wisely giving more screen time to less strait laced supporting characters 
3
About Last Night
Dusty Somers
The cultural dilution of David Mamet s Sexual Perversity in Chicago continues with About Last Night an adaptation remake with even less of the play s DNA than the dreadful original film 
1
About Last Night
Matt Pais
A pretty mildly sympathetic ear instead of a valuable mouthpiece 
2
About Last Night
Roger Moore
Kevin Hart brings his A game finally And Regina Hall matches him comic blow for blow
2.5
About Last Night
Randy Myers
In a genre that avoids risk taking About Last Night is a breath of fresh air a fun date movie that is as satisfying at least temporarily as a rebound boyfriend Sometimes that s all you need in a movie 
3
Twelfth Night
Richard Ouzounian
The whole thing is a feast for the eyes and ears but McAnuff and Avrich also see to it that the play is well served as well with all of the Shakespearean dialogue ringing out clearly whether it s romantic or comic 
4
Pretty Problems
Rob Thomas
It 8217 s a pleasure to hang out with these people for 90 minutes 44 even if most of them are terrible people who are destroying the planet 46 
3
Pretty Problems
Mark Dujsik
This one starts going for the throat 46 46 46 By the end 44 though 44 it offers only a soft slap on the cheek 46 
2.5
Pretty Problems
Randy Myers
It s very funny and best watched with a little bubbly 
3
Pretty Problems
Roger Moore
Just funny enough
2.5
Fly Away
David Nusair
Fly Away s overall success is hampered by its narrow focus and relatively uneventful storyline 
2.5
Fly Away
Diego Semerene
Suffers from a generic sterility we ve come to associate with made for TV movies 
1
Fly Away
Kyle Smith
A showcase for Beth Broderick as the mom Greg Germann as a charming neighbor who flirts with her and a fully immersed Ashley Rickards as the tantrum prone teen who appears to be on the intellectual plane of a 2 year old 
2.5
Fly Away
Kam Williams
An authentic tale of survival offering insight hope and wings 
3.5
Fly Away
Rex Reed
A gripping life enhancing low budget little film about the physically and emotionally punishing struggles of a single mother raising an autistic child 
3
Cosmic Candy
Rosalie Kicks
A colorful adventure in learning how to find a new sweetness in life 
3
The Offering
Chuck Bowen
It inspires retrospective gratitude for the empty yet slick craftsmanship of someone like James Wan 
.5
Offering to the Storm
Roger Moore
This page turn trilogy was always better at eating up your time than filling it 
2
The Black Stallion Returns
Matt Brunson
The poetry and mysticism evident in the 1979 sleeper hit The Black Stallion is nowhere to be found in The Black Stallion Returns a sequel that plays more like an adventure tale from a vintage Boys Own periodical 
2.5
The Black Stallion Returns
Roger Ebert
The final race is botched by so many parallel story lines that we lose track of where the stallion stands in the race And the movie is sometimes so overcome by its own beauty that it forgets to be about anything 
2.5
Rock, Paper and Scissors
Roger Moore
Claustrophobic minimalist and deliciously macabre
2.5
Seeds
Walter Chaw
Give it this the cinematography of Rhode Island looks great and if you re going to fail do it spectacularly 
1
Biker Boyz
Michael Dequina
Watchable cheese 
2
Biker Boyz
Greg Maki
Director Reggie Rock Bythewood assures us of two things beyond all doubt motorcycles are really loud and really fast 
2
Biker Boyz
Nick Rogers
Essentially 44 Biker Boyz is a soap opera wrapped up in the trashy but flashy packaging of The Fast and the Furious 46 
2
Biker Boyz
Tyler Hanley
Despite the impressive cast and surplus of extraordinary vehicles the film loses air after the first half and rookie director Reggie Rock Bythewood can t seem to escape from a music video mentality 
2
Biker Boyz
Dennis Michael
In the end the exposition outweighs the thrills 
2.5
Biker Boyz
Matt Brunson
Ultimately the picture isn t especially fast or furious just fleeting 
2
Biker Boyz
Peter Travers
Guy flicks can be just as galling as the chick variety 
1
Biker Boyz
Tony Toscano
not worth getting revved up over 
1
Biker Boyz
Frank Ochieng
Still this frenzied concoction of Yo MTV Raps meets The Fast and the Furious in the mean streets of discontentment plays like a misguided melodrama running on an empty gas tank of worthy ideas 
2
Biker Boyz
Dustin Putman
Is so muddled in melodramatic theatrics that it dulls down the action setpieces while the action setpieces are so subdued on their own that the melodrama is just the final nail in the coffin of a movie with little to redeem it 
1.5
Biker Boyz
Josh Larsen
A laughable piece of posturing that makes The Fast and the Furious look like a model of restraint 
1.5
Biker Boyz
C.W. Nevius
It takes some work to make 100 mph motorcycle races boring but they ve managed to pull it off here 
1
Biker Boyz
Joe Baltake
Biker Boyz had the potential to be a good movie if it had gone in one of two directions 
1
Biker Boyz
Gene Seymour
Biker Boyz is the kind of movie Howard Hawks would have made if he d lived long enough to feel the heat of hip hop s impact on the culture at large 
3
Biker Boyz
Robert W. Butler
A dreary overlong unfocused bore that tries to make up in restless hand held camera work for what it lacks in drama humor or any semblance of psychological truth 
1
Biker Boyz
Jeff Vice
An endurance testing racing drama Biker Boyz is wildly overdirected and its slight story feels more padded than a rubber room 
1.5
Biker Boyz
Lawrence Toppman
The jolting stunts and competitive races deliver all the excitement you d want You ll be disappointed only if you insist on a plot and complex characters 
2.5
Biker Boyz
Wesley Morris
It s too long and self consciously progressive to be entertaining but it s too well intentioned to be dismissed altogether 
2
Biker Boyz
Lou Lumenick
More the mild one than The Wild One 
1
Biker Boyz
John Monaghan
There s a good story in here somewhere but it s been dumbed down for Biker Boyz 
2
Biker Boyz
Liam Lacey
Even if you don t know much about motorcycles going in by the end of Biker Boyz the words manifold exhaust may suddenly seem clear to you 
2
Biker Boyz
Roger Ebert
Biker Boyz has an idea but not an approach 
2
Biker Boyz
Guylaine Cadorette
There are a couple of really flashy stunt scenes but there aren t enough of them to carry the flick forcing moviegoers to focus on the lame story and its sad sack of disconnected characters 
1
Biker Boyz
Ross Anthony
Unimpressive often bothersome action photography and a surface soapy story line 
1
Biker Boyz
Claudia Puig
Biker Boyz is like a mega powered motorcycle with nowhere to go 
1.5
Biker Boyz
Mack Bates
Shot and edited in typical rapid fire MTV style Biker Boyz is both arresting and dizzying to sit through 
2.5
Biker Boyz
Tor Thorsen
A turgid actioner which sticks a fine cast atop a series of tricked out motorcycles and sends them speeding down the expressway to mediocrity 
2
Biker Boyz
Mike McGranaghan
Biker Boyz bored me nearly to tears It is the kind of vacuous brain dead movie that moves at an interminable pace 
1
Biker Boyz
Steven Rea
Biker Boyz boasts a few show off y camera moves and a whole lot of desperately stale dialogue 
1.5
Biker Boyz
Jeffrey Westhoff
Halfway in comes a plot development so ludicrous it saps any feeling of charity toward Biker Boyz 
2
Biker Boyz
Kevin M. Williams
Cinematic idiocy served up by the troughful 
1
Biker Boyz
Rob Blackwelder
For what it is Biker Boyz is a satisfying ride But that satisfaction is empty calorie entertainment 
2.5
Biker Boyz
Steve Rhodes
Would be better titled The Slow and the Sleepy for all the excitement it generates 
.5
Biker Boyz
Ed Gonzalez
The studio is touting the film as a contemporary Western but a two hour hip hop video with stank soap opera plot is more like it 
1
Birthright: A War Story
Michael O'Sullivan
Tamarkin s point is clear Women would do well to know their history before the future makes them regret it 
2.5
Birthright: A War Story
Sheila O'Malley
The message is clearly more important than how it is told 
3
Sworn Virgin
Godfrey Cheshire
The film obliges viewers to puzzle out the nature of the sworn virgin tradition and even at the tale s end it may not be clear This can only be counted a virtue by those who count obscurity and bafflement as artistic assets 
2
Sworn Virgin
Clayton Dillard
Given its nearly episodic structure formal choices and similar thematic inquiries Sworn Virgin suggests an unofficial remake of Vivre Sa Vie 
3.5
Being There
Matt Brunson
Alternately lovely and lacerating 46 
3.5
Being There
Brian Eggert
Among the sharpest of all satires Being There released in 1979 would be the last great film made by director Hal Ashby who had the most extraordinary track record of any filmmaker of the 1970s 
4
Being There
Mattie Lucas
Closed out the 1970 s with a knowing smile mourning that which was to come and celebrating an unassuming antidote to the decade s increasing sense of materialism and political polarization 
4
Being There
Josh Larsen
Sellers is funny in every moment you just have to watch very closely 
3
Being There
Walter Chaw
a product not of Ashby s essential modesty but of Kosinski s essential egoism 
1
Being There
Eric Henderson
Ground Zero for the cult of Sellers 
2.5
Being There
Peter Canavese
Whether Being There is an indictment of our narrow view of the world a celebration of empty headedness or all of the above Life is a state of mind and Ashby s film is a gift to treasure Blu ray 
4
Being There
Roger Ebert
Satire is a threatened species in American film and when it does occur it s usually broad and slapstick as in the Mel Brooks films Being There directed by Hal Ashby is a rare and subtle bird that finds its tone and stays with it 
4
Disco
Shane Slater
The script ultimately falls short of its visual power 
2.5
Red Dust
Marta Barber
Though Hooper falters on the side of manipulation the story remains engrossing 
3
Red Dust
David Nusair
never quite becomes as compelling or intriguing as we get the impression it s supposed to be 
2.5
The Soloist
Kelly Jane Torrance
The film however is rather like one of the Bach cello suites mentioned in the movie performed by a technically competent but passionless player it doesn t assault your senses but it doesn t excite them either 
2.5
The Soloist
Nick Rogers
The Soloist is not a film in which you anticipate Robert Downey Jr will be twice doused in urine Such are the territorial markings of Joe Wright whose directorial quirks undermine moving moments and committed performances in this musical biopic 
2.5
The Soloist
Michael Dequina
The title is a lie this really a tandem act unthinkable without either of its two central parts 
3
The Soloist
Mike Scott
Inspired by the touching book by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez Downey Foxx and Wright make appealing if just short of beautiful music 
3
The Soloist
Peter Canavese
This bromantic drama becomes as frustratedly impotent as Lopez feels and as chokingly symbolic as Ayers looks with an Uncle Sam top hat on his head and an American flag in his shopping cart Blu ray 
2.5
The Soloist
Charles Koplinski
A bit out of tune 
2.5
The Soloist
Kyle Smith
A neat summation of how liberal thinking boils down to one symbol a soiled tattered American flag emblem of our supposed national shame and one phrase Force him 
2
The Soloist
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a symphony of emotional release the weight and majesty of life s miseries and joys all on vibrant display 
3
The Soloist
Matt Brunson
For a movie that s about compassion and understanding it makes for a shockingly indifferent experience 
2
The Soloist
Frank Ochieng
Although ambitious in its lyrical presentation filmmaker Joe Wright s The Soloist plays a stale tune of cliched melancholy musical chairs 
2
The Soloist
Michael Smith
A colorful portrayal of friendship the transformative power of music and an examination of Los Angeles homelessness that entertains as well as it informs 
3
The Soloist
Diana Saenger
There are moments when Downey verbalizes a simple line of dialogue that becomes so profound through his magic of subtle emotion we re transformed 
3.5
The Soloist
Wilson Morales
Although Jamie Foxx s performance in The Soloist is worth the ticket price the film fails to leave audiences with a satisfying ending 
2
The Soloist
Keith Cohen
The movie bears a close resemblance to a slightly better Resurrecting the Champ which revolved around boxing rather than music The filmmakers should have taken a few cues from Marley Me which had a sweet and endearing quality while employing a 
2
The Soloist
Christian Toto
We expect beautiful music from The Soloist but we suffer through some blaring false notes along the way 
2.5
The Soloist
Michael Wilmington
The writer Susannah Grant director Joe Wright and especially the two superb leading actors all give the film life and humanity 
3
The Soloist
Sean P. Means
In spite of its strong performances and glossy production The Soloist plays a tune youve heard too many times 
2.5
The Soloist
Lou Lumenick
A failed and problematic Oscar hopeful being dumped in theaters a week before the start of Hollywood s summer season 
2
The Soloist
Stephen Whitty
The movie still entertains thanks to Downey s staccato rhythms and Foxx s secret melodies But it remains flawed 
2.5
The Soloist
Michael Phillips
Backed by his newfound A list stardom Downey brings to the project a wry swagger crucial in an essentially reactive role I wish though that The Soloist hadn t spent so much time dealing with Lopez s crises of conscience and career even as they r
2.5
The Soloist
Sharon Hoffmann
The Soloist is not only a great movie experience it s one of those rare films that might leave you a better person than when you went in 
3.5
The Soloist
Amy Biancolli
It took guts And I suspect there s no sense in making a cautious film about Nathaniel Ayers 
2.5
The Soloist
Liam Lacey
It s a journey full of good intentions but also some dubious decisions 
2
The Soloist
Carla Meyer
Downey Foxx and director Joe Wright ultimately pierce the more artificial elements to deliver an unusually perceptive film 
3
The Soloist
Lisa Kennedy
Perceptive and deeply engaging 
3.5
The Soloist
Chris Kaltenbach
Foxx is magnificent taking a role that could be exorbitantly showy actors playing the mentally disabled tend to forget the word restraint and turning in a performance that s controlled and mesmerizing 
3
The Soloist
Mick LaSalle
For all its sensitivity to the horrors of mental illness The Soloist ends up as a fairly canned piece of work 
2
The Soloist
Josh Hurst
Remarkable A small intimate kind of movie that deserves to be cradled and cherished not slathered in crass award show buzz and industry politics 
3.5
The Soloist
Chris Hewitt
The Soloist is at its best when it lets mysteries such as the power of music remain mysterious and at its worst when it tries to explain them 
3
The Soloist
Peter Howell
A movie about an improbable friendship set against the backdrop of urban and cultural decay The Soloist strives for deep meaning and settles for gritty reality 
2.5
The Soloist
Claudia Puig
While the narrative occasionally falters The Soloist wisely avoids the pitfalls of the inspirational biopic by not tidily sewing things up Instead it presents a moving tribute to friendship and the power of music 
3
The Soloist
Daniel M. Kimmel
an interesting if somewhat confused look at mental illness 
2.5
The Soloist
Bob Bloom
The movie through the works of Beethoven displays the power and passion of music 
3.5
The Soloist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a film that deftly intelligently avoids all the typical Oscar mongering guck sidestepping all the predictable elements at nearly every turn 
3.5
The Soloist
Walter Chaw
It s true that Lopez can t cure what ails Ayers but it sure seems like Grant and Wright have the answer for what ails us 
1.5
The Soloist
Willie Waffle
Congratulations Jamie Foxx You are so good in this movie I almost want to forgive you for Miami Vice Almost
3
The Soloist
Lawrence Toppman
The spine of the story has been entrusted to Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx who make all their moments in The Soloist count 
3
The Soloist
Peter Travers
In the end The Soloist isn t about BIG MOMENTS it s about the grace notes the kind that stay with you 
3
The Soloist
Ryan Stewart
An emotionally tone deaf and typical of the director gimmick laden and aggressively polished adaptation 
1.5
The Soloist
Duane Dudek
The result feels manipulative and superficial 
2
The Soloist
Moira MacDonald
Tough minded yet often touching The Soloist works precisely because it doesn t go where we think it s going to go 
3
The Soloist
Dustin Putman
Director Joe Wright may not always be able to resist self indulgence but credit the filmmaker for tending to the story with a pace and tone that meld commerciality with an art house mentality 
2.5
The Soloist
Ty Burr
The movie for all its flaws reminds us that everyone is worth catching but it s the actors who best embody that message They go the full human being 
3
The Soloist
Carrie Rickey
The tone of The Soloist is wildly uneven Though unsparing and unsentimental when framing the principals Wright is hyperbolic when depicting the agitation of the mentally ill and the soothing rapture of music 
2.5
The Soloist
Connie Ogle
Strangely the inspirational power of The Soloist lies not in its music but in the heart and soul of its intriguing characters 
3
The Soloist
Sarah Bryan Miller
The movie avoids most of the pitfalls Its epiphanies are small ones but with the gleam of truth 
3
The Soloist
Rafer Guzman
As Ayers a Juilliard trained cellist reduced to homelessness Foxx turns The Soloist from a mildly effective inspirational tale into an aggressive awards season advertisement 
2
The Soloist
Roger Ebert
The Soloist has all the elements of an uplifting drama except for the uplift The story is compelling the actors are in place but I was never sure what the filmmakers wanted me to feel about it 
2.5
The Soloist
Jeanne Aufmuth
A pitchy affair that ultimately misses its mark 
2
The Soloist
Robert Levin
These characters are much more interesting on paper than they prove to be when fleshed out over the course of the picture 
2.5
The Soloist
Michael A. Smith
Both actors deliver award worthy performances and I hope their work here is remembered at the end of the year 
3.5
The Soloist
Phil Villarreal
A duet with two master performers collaborating in absorbing harmony 
3.5
The Soloist
Kam Williams
Jamie Foxx does a magnificent job in his most challenging outing since Ray 
4
The Chalk Line
Roger Moore
Good gimmick 46 46 46 never a complete write off 44 but there is no getting around that it isn 8217 t what it could have been 46 10 10 
2
Behind the Walls
Roger Moore
Laughable
1
Special Forces
Michael O'Sullivan
If you turned the sound off and removed the subtitles you might actually think you were watching an old Hollywood shoot em up 
2
Special Forces
Roger Moore
Solid entertainment a chest thumping and reporter hating recruiting film in the Act of Valor mold but with a French accent 
2
Special Forces
Rob Humanick
The film walks a questionable line between Important Issue seriousness and antsy video game machismo 
1.5
Captive
Linda Cook
Finally Christian audiences have a top notch captivating film 
4
Captive
Alissa Wilkinson
Captive to my chagrin never finds its story that is it never finds the meaning the arc the narrative that justifies its retelling 
1.5
Captive
Jim Lane
They let the story both fascinating and inspiring speak for itself and leave the rest to Mara and Oyelowo each of them perfectly cast 
3
Captive
Roger Moore
Mostly taut well cast and well acted thriller let down by the faith based infomercial that concludes it 
2
Captive
Mike McGranaghan
A humane film that recognizes the powerful role faith can play when you don t know where to turn 
3
Captive
Matt Fagerholm
The problem alas is that Mara and Oyelowo are ultimately captive in a script that doesn t allow its characters to stretch outside their preordained boundaries 
2
Captive
Brad Wheeler
The film s police procedural action is unimaginatively presented but Oyelowo is compelling 
2.5
Captive
Sara Stewart
For a story whose appeal hinges on the saving grace of getting a purpose driven life this one s got remarkably little of it 
1.5
Captive
Rafer Guzman
Smith deserves credit for keeping a cool head and for not succumbing to her addiction under stress but the strategy makes for a somewhat low energy film 
2
Captive
Kam Williams
A riveting psychological thriller recounting a nationally known standoff but from the fresh perspective of the two troubled souls barricaded in a home surrounded by a SWAT team 
3
Captive
Calvin Wilson
Oyelowo and Mara achieve terrific chemistry Perhaps they ll work together again in a better film 
1.5
Won't Back Down
Mattie Lucas
A film of bumper sticker emotions rather than ideas that might actually be helpful 
1.5
Won't Back Down
Kelly Jane Torrance
This is a gripping story with only a few moments of awkwardness as policy details and pros and cons are explained 
2.5
Won't Back Down
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A lifeless film the story is designed and decorated rather than told 
2
Won't Back Down
Jake Mulligan
It s a corporate studio movie purporting that the working class needs to turn against their unions to survive 
0.5
Won't Back Down
Sean P. Means
These actors will no doubt survive to again give stellar performances unless those dirty union bosses pull their SAG cards 
2
Won't Back Down
Bruce DeMara
Won t Back Down doesn t wholly make the grade 
2.5
Won't Back Down
Connie Ogle
Americans desperately need to have some difficult conversations about the state of public education but Won t Back Down goes about the task too awkwardly to be helpful or interesting 
1.5
Won't Back Down
Mick LaSalle
Won t Back Down details a bureaucratic process and yet it plays more like an intense emotional movie about parents and children 
3
Won't Back Down
Joe Williams
While the cast is filled with award winners writer director Daniel Barnz is a dunce who can t construct an argument without employing flimsy logic and cardboard characters 
2
Won't Back Down
Ann Hornaday
So didactic that viewers are likely to feel less uplifted than lectured 
1
Won't Back Down
Kyle Smith
The film makes a serious effort to present the other side s points 
3
Won't Back Down
Liam Lacey
A drama that s as intellectually crude as it is emotionally calculated 
2
Won't Back Down
Robert Levin
A meat and potatoes movie it s basic dependable fare that s cooked well and goes down easy 
3
Won't Back Down
Dustin Putman
Takes on a serious topic but fret not the film is an absorbing marvelously acted piece of work that entertains without ever feeling like a school assignment itself 
3
Won't Back Down
Mark Dujsik
The discussion of school reform is a worthy and necessary one but the movie and its reductive indefinite case are not offering much of value to it 
2
Won't Back Down
Claudia Puig
Even terrific casting and a well intentioned story don t add up to a wholehearted cinematic win 
2.5
Won't Back Down
Graham Killeen
Won t Back Down s suggestions for improving K 12 education include having kids wish themselves into college using The Secret Yeah that should do it 
2
Won't Back Down
Moira MacDonald
Though it s wonderfully acted the film stacks the deck so badly that it fails as drama 
2
Won't Back Down
Ty Burr
It has the boilerplate urgency of a TV movie that has been blessed with a high end cast 
2
Won't Back Down
Steven Rea
A kind of Norma Rae for the Paul Ryan set 
2.5
Won't Back Down
Rafer Guzman
This movie fears nuance pushes an agenda and demonizes its opposition 
2
Won't Back Down
Gary Thompson
Davis and Gyllenhaal cut through the spin and speechifying to carve out some affecting human moments 
2.5
Won't Back Down
Chris Hewitt
Warm and idealistic it s a good attempt at dramatizing an enormous problem 
3
Won't Back Down
Matt Pais
Presents the troubled school system merely as a wall waiting to meet its destruction at the hands of motivated parents and fearless teachers 
2
Won't Back Down
Roger Moore
The big moments work the big scenes pay off and the big emotions are earned in this plucky movie about a couple of people realizing that they can make a difference 
3
Won't Back Down
Roger Ebert
A film where typecasting and color coding makes it easy to predict which characters are good or bad 
2
Won't Back Down
R. Kurt Osenlund
One of its strengths is a knowledge of when to unfurl information particularly for the strongest emotional effect 
2.5
Won't Back Down
Kam Williams
In the tradition of Norma Rae and Erin Brockovich say hello to Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts 
3
Won't Back Down
David Germain
Won t Back Down lives down to its bland us against them title with a simple minded assault on the ills of public schools that lumbers along like a math class droning multiplication tables 
2
Won't Back Down
Rex Reed
As a message picture its heart is in the right place Too bad it doesn t always manage to rise above a swirl of predictable Hollywood clichs 
3
The Knight Before Christmas
David Nusair
a fairly worthless piece of work that rarely lives up to the promise of its irresistible setup 
1.5
The Knight Before Christmas
Audrey Fox
It s a perfectly acceptable contribution to the developing Netflix Christmas romance genre 
2.5
The Knight Before Christmas
Roger Moore
A sweet nothing that s a lot more nothing than sweet 
1.5
Hero at Large
David Nusair
An underwhelming forgettable comedy 
2
Hero at Large
Roger Ebert
Hero at Large is a big dumb silly good hearted albatross of a comedy that may find an audience among John Ritter fans but did not find one with me 
2
Love Sick Love
Sara Stewart
It s ultimately hard to care too much about a caddish protagonist like Norman or for that matter about the clichd women are crazy sentiment that hums nastily under the antics of Dori s unorthodox family gathering 
2
Gente que viene y bah
Roger Moore
Trust this familia not deliver many laughs 
1.5
New Year's Day
David Nusair
might hold some appeal for fans of the filmmaker but few others 
1.5
The Majestic
Matt Brunson
The first part of the movie will strike some viewers as inspiring and others as manipulative at any rate it s clearly the better half since the final act is patently false and a queer whitewash of a tragic chapter in US history 
2
The Majestic
Betsy Bozdech
It aims to be an inspiring tale about freedom passion and conviction but with its slow pace and predictable plot and dialogue it falters into sappiness and forced lessons 
2
The Majestic
Greg Maki
The kind of uplifting movie that I think many would enjoy around the holidays 
3
The Majestic
Wesley Lovell
Jim Carrey seems a bit out of his depth in this often engaging anti HUAC film 46 
3
The Majestic
Ian Mantgani
Disarming sincerity and an old fashioned sense of class 
3.5
The Majestic
Collin Souter
A movie that can be described as cheesy contrived and hopelessly predictable should not be rewarded nor recommended But I liked it anyway 
3
The Majestic
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una pena que haya pasado sin pena ni gloria pues es un refrescante trabajo que har recordar lo maravilloso de esa fbrica de sueos llamada cine 
3
The Majestic
Mark Dujsik
It s sincere about and with its intentions This is a movie that comes from years of watching movies made by movie lovers for movie lovers 
3.5
The Majestic
Robert Roten
This skewed view of reality is one of the charms of a Capra kind of film the kind of movie that sees the best in us 
3
The Majestic
Michael Dequina
A sweet little throwback that quite charmingly wears its large heart and love of cinema on its sleeve 
3
The Majestic
Marty Mapes
The Majestic insults the likes of Dalton Trumbo
1.5
The Majestic
Mike McGranaghan
In another time this would have been a very good movie in our time it is a great one 
4
The Majestic
James Kendrick
trips the hardest is in its consistent oversimplification of real problems
2
The Majestic
Dustin Putman
If the tone tends to lean toward mawkishness in the last half hour what is appealing is its almost stubborn yearning to be like the motion pictures of yesteryear 
2.5
The Majestic
Bob Graham
I think Americans are in the mood today for a sentimental movie about their values and frankly it s wonderful to see people get teary eyed over the First Amendment 
3
The Majestic
Rod Armstrong
Never stirring never funny never romantic and never less than stultifying 
0.5
The Majestic
Liam Lacey
This 2 1 2 hour celebration of small town America the magic of the movies and free speech is so broadly manipulative and simplistic it risks giving all three of them a bad name 
2
The Majestic
Susan Stark
Even for those to whom rank cynicism comes hard The Majestic must seem hopelessly derivative contrived manipulative and finally insulting 
1
The Majestic
Roger Ebert
It tells a full story with three acts it introduces characters we get to know and care about and it has something it passionately wants to say 
3.5
The Majestic
Jay Carr
A sweet visually handsome sermon but it s too dramatically bland to convert even the converted 
2
The Majestic
Jeanne Aufmuth
Shame on you Frank Darabont for taking up my precious holiday time with glycerin tears and blue screen sunsets 
1.5
The Majestic
Erik Childress
The Majestic captures that Capra feeling for the better part of two and a half hours yet still manages to come up short just when it could have sold us 
3
The Majestic
Harvey S. Karten
The concept may be retro Frank Capra but can inspire a youthful generation who had never known works of such red white and blue optimism 
3
The Majestic
Steve Rhodes
Carrey has only two expressions mildly happy and mildly sad 
1.4
The Majestic
Tony Toscano
The performance in this film to watch is veteran actor Martin Landau as the war hero s father 
3
The Majestic
Michael Wilmington
It s a picture that gets past all your defenses 
2.5
The Majestic
Ross Anthony
Purposely painted with classic Hollywood movie form and color this dramatically uneven production has its moments and they are not all Carrey s 
2.5
The Majestic
Dan Lybarger
Sadly because credibility takes a back seat to sentimentality The Majestic comes up quite shy of its title 
2
The Majestic
Rob Blackwelder
A heartfelt and surprisingly successful revival of the cinema idyllic world of Frank Capra movies 
3
The Majestic
James Berardinelli
For those craving a large helping of nostalgia with a topping of crowd pleasing patriotism there are few choices better than The Majestic 
3
The Majestic
Ed Gonzalez
The Majestic finds a presumptuous Darabont openly vying for Capra cred and well succeeding 
2.5
Tooth Fairy
Robbie Collin
Truth is Tooth Fairy is a very decent family film cute but never sickly funny but never smug that s an ideal half term afternoon killer 
3
Tooth Fairy
Michael Dequina
Any signs of possible inspiration are ultimately flattened out by forgettable formula 
2
Tooth Fairy
John Beifuss
The presence of such hip guest stars as Billy Crystal and Stephen Merchant can t camouflage the film s formula inspidness its avaricious product placement or the cynicism of its rote lip service tributes to the wonders of imagination 
1
Tooth Fairy
Sean P. Means
No one comes out of Tooth Fairy smelling minty fresh but Judd especially is ill served by a girlfriend role that forces the actress to switch moods every five minutes to suit the plot 
0
Tooth Fairy
Linda Cook
Boy is this ever tedious I think it would be tedious for kids too even though that s the audience it has in mind 
1
Tooth Fairy
Brett Michel
Mostly laugh free and uh toothless 
1
Tooth Fairy
Mike McGranaghan
If someone offers you the choice between seeing Tooth Fairy or getting a root canal opt for the root canal It ll be less painful 
1
Tooth Fairy
Christian Toto
Maybe it s time for Dwayne Johnson to back to his action movie roots 
2
Tooth Fairy
Kit Bowen
Disney likes their formulas and they ve found one with Dwayne Johnson and family flicks Boring but true 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Loey Lockerby
The actors use their considerable skills to salvage the rest but you ll want to snag some of that shrinking paste to keep your expectations where they belong 
2
Tooth Fairy
Lisa Kennedy
The marvelously handsome wrestler turned actor proving once again better than the material he takes dons tights and a baby blue satin tunic in the slight family comedy Tooth Fairy 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Willie Waffle
They never elevate Tooth Fairy above bland and predictable which is a horrifying fact given you have two of the most charming and beloved screen stars of all time in the movie Julie Andrews and Dwayne The Rock Johnson 
0
Tooth Fairy
Sonny Bunch
You can see all the gags coming a mile away You could probably write half of the movie now at your computer waiting for your lunch hour to roll around 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Michael O'Sullivan
One of the film s charms is the way it carries childhood mythology to its logical if absurd extreme 
2.5
Tooth Fairy
Lou Lumenick
Basically if you ve seen the ads you ve seen the only joke in this one joke movie although there are also endless groan worthy gags about wings and teeth 
1
Tooth Fairy
Linda Barnard
Kids won t mind any of The Tooth Fairy s flaws and will find the sight of burly Johnson in a pink tutu hilarious Parents get a couple of clever gags that will make them forgive the filmmakers And if we all remember to floss everybody wins 
2.5
Tooth Fairy
Chris Hewitt
Tooth Fairy is clunky hideously overlit and bland 
2.5
Tooth Fairy
Stephen Whitty
Dwayne Johnson in shiny tights Dwayne Johnson throwing around magic pixie dust Dwayne Johnson flying around like a clumsy Tinkerbell Wait You re still not laughing 
1
Tooth Fairy
Mark Dujsik
And this is for just starting to say the Tooth Fairy doesn t exist I d hate to think what the punishment is for Santa related offenses 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Robert Levin
Dreams are good the Rock learns for everyone True maybe but never more so than for filmmakers armed with a conceit lots of PG hijinks and a hunger for your wallet 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Dustin Putman
A made by committee studio product that took five scribes to write what amounts to The Santa Clause 4 The Tooth Fairy Clause A trip to the dentist for major oral surgery sounds more appetizing than the thought of having to see it again 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
John Hartl
Although it starts out as a sports comedy Tooth Fairy quickly turns into a shamelessly derivative fantasy about the value of making things up 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Claudia Puig
Perhaps the best thing about it is the sight of a hulking Dwayne The Rock Johnson in a pink tutu and big feathery wings Otherwise this silly story and barely there comedy is about as enjoyable as a root canal 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Carrie Rickey
The Rock can t handle the tooth 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Jeff Vice
While it s not as low brow as say the recent Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel it s nothing new and certainly is nothing special 
2
Tooth Fairy
Wesley Morris
Hey how funny would it be to put Dwayne Johnson in ballerina slippers pink tights and a tutu Not very But here s the movie anyway scarcely more than the pitch meeting that spawned it 
1
Tooth Fairy
Simon Abrams
Considering the best thing here is a joke about Billy Crystal letting his freak flag fly it s painfully apparent there s just no rehabilitating this stinker 
.5
Tooth Fairy
Michael Phillips
Johnson s a game and antic presence but saddled with this material credited to five screenwriters including Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel he comes perilously close to tiring out the audience with all the nervous activity and the mugging 
1.5
Tooth Fairy
Roger Ebert
There s no way I can recommend this movie to anyone much beyond the Tooth Fairy Believement Age but I must testify it s pleasant and inoffensive although the violence in the hockey games seems out of place 
2
Tooth Fairy
Calvin Wilson
It s a step backward for Johnson a charismatic performer who was much better in Race to Witch Mountain A few more films like this and he may be back to professional wrestling 
2
Tooth Fairy
Roger Moore
As Fred Claus ham fisted as this is the glint of what might have been a cute kids comedy still glimmers in random moments But that Disney touch which even Disney has trouble replicating is missing 
1.5
Dil Kabaddi
Namrata Joshi
Here s another film with a who s who cast that begins amusingly but ends with a whimper 
2
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Carrie Rickey
Where feature films conform to the three act structure of drama movie short subjects are more like short stories 
3
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Ty Burr
Peter McDonald s Pentecost is the standout here 
2.5
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Gerald Peary
The Oscar nominees for Live Action Shorts come down to five conventional narratives 
2
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Rob Thomas
The keeper of the bunch was the delightfully daffy God of Love in which a lovesick lounge singer Luke Matheny who wrote and directed finds himself in possession of magical darts that make the victim fall in love for six hours 
2.5
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Keith Cohen
This impressive showcase of cinematic treasures all have in common the amazing way that a complete story arc comes to fruition in a brief amount of time My pick to win is Wish 143 from the United Kingdom 
3.5
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Alison Gang
For a category that could serve as a showcase for the next generation it s an opportunity wasted 
2.5
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Chris Hewitt
Like any compilation it s a mixed bag but this year s films are stronger than those of the past several years 
3
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Walter V. Addiego
Gone are the days of selected shorts on movie bills but thank the gods of cinema for this annual release of Oscar nominees 
3
2012 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Duane Dudek
Both the live action and animated programs are wobbly as a whole but individual efforts shine 
3
Sleeping With the Enemy
David Nusair
ultimately undone by a relentless emphasis on obvious and downright laughable elements that ll surely leave even the most ingenuous viewer sporadically rolling their eyes 
2
Sleeping With the Enemy
Robert Roten
The story goes by the numbers 
2
Sleeping With the Enemy
Roger Ebert
The film begins as an unyielding look at a battered wife and ends as another one of those thrillers where the villain toys with his victim and the audience 
1.5
Sleeping With the Enemy
Chris Hicks
An OK thriller with some terrific ideas and a storyline that progresses well much of the way but lacks originality and character depth 
2.5
Take the Money and Run
Matt Brunson
This is it the first official Woody Allen movie 
3
Take the Money and Run
Roger Ebert
Woody Allen s Take the Money and Run has some very funny moments and you ll laugh a lot but in the last analysis it isn t a very funny movie 
2.5
Last Days in Vietnam
Roger Moore
Good but too narrow in focus and somewhat biased in those whose voices the filmmakers chose to share
2.5
Last Days in Vietnam
Kenneth R. Morefield
If voters are already tired of the red state blue state reductionism in the dialogue surrounding American Sniper and Selma Last Day s conventionality may turn out to be an asset 
4
Last Days in Vietnam
Brad Wheeler
There s nothing innovative in the filmmaking it s simply a gracefully told story tense here poignant there with strong detailing 
3
Last Days in Vietnam
Mark Dujsik
In the film the morass of strategic confusion political convenience and stubborn personalities pushing an agenda is the prelude to a story of startling moral clarity 
3.5
Last Days in Vietnam
Linda Barnard
Archived film of the final chaotic push to clear the embassy compound by helicopter is as dramatic as any thriller heightened by stories of bravery and risk 
3.5
Last Days in Vietnam
Kristin Tillotson
A testament to people as one source puts it doing their best under terrible circumstances 
3
Last Days in Vietnam
Michael Phillips
Last Days in Vietnam will be broadcast in April on the long running PBS series American Experience But it holds up on a bigger screen and deserves a large audience earlier than that 
3.5
Last Days in Vietnam
Anders Wright
This is a solidly involving documentary that reminds us of one of the worst parts of our history and of some of the best people who were a part of it 
3.5
Last Days in Vietnam
Walter V. Addiego
A film of great sadness but also a galvanizing depiction of heroism 
4
Last Days in Vietnam
John Anderson
Inspiring and thrilling 
4
Last Days in Vietnam
Ann Hornaday
The Last Days in Vietnam at its core is about moral courage the bravery to confront the question of who goes and who gets left behind as retired Army colonel Stuart Herrington puts it 
4
Last Days in Vietnam
Godfrey Cheshire
As great documentaries do Last Days in Vietnam humanizes events that can seem merely factual in news reports and textbooks 
4
Last Days in Vietnam
Jake Coyle
Last Days of Vietnam is eerily foreboding for its implicit warnings to the fallout of political abandonment But it s also on a more micro level inspiring Even in failed wars lives can be saved 
3
Last Days in Vietnam
Kyle Smith
The grit of men and women scrambling desperately for freedom ahead of death and or torture at the hands of the communists makes for a testament to human determination 
4
Last Days in Vietnam
Steve Macfarlane
For American viewers who don t know the doc will be a worthy footnote to a long bout of deliberate cultural amnesia but it s too telling that the Vietnamese remain in the background 
2
Solarmax
Diane Urbani
During the 40 minute ride we gain a new perspective on and hopefully a fresh appreciation for the natural world 
3
Solarmax
Robert Roten
I thought I was back in grade school watching Our Mister Sun 
2
Followers
Norman Gidney
If there is one thing I can say is keep trying There is definitely some green talent here with all involved Keep working keep trying 
2
Search Party
Brian Tallerico
Even if you invite a lot of talented people to the set the result won t work if you don t give them a way to show why they re considered talented 
1
Entangled
David Nusair
Entangled takes about 90 minutes to tell a story that could ve easily been told in about 15 
2
Twitches Too
David Nusair
slightly better than its disastrous predecessor 
1.5
Saw V
Wesley Lovell
A disappointing film that breaks all of the series own rules 
1.5
Saw V
Michael Dequina
Being the fifth annual go round for this durable splatter franchise this film has really no power to change any minds 
1
Saw V
David Nusair
hardcore fans of Jigsaw s exploits will probably find something here worth embracing 
2.5
Saw V
John Beifuss
A cut above its pretentious predecessors the graphic set pieces including an opening inspired by Poe s The Pit and the Pendulum deliver the gory goods 
2.5
Saw V
John Wirt
Saw V may still have the power to make audiences squirm but only for the most obvious reasons 
2
Saw V
Claudia Puig
Saw V is a terrible combination grisly and tedious Let s just call it bloody dull 
1
Saw V
Linda Cook
Yes it s more of the same But if you ve been Saw ing away for the last four years why not take in Saw V 
3
Saw V
Peter Hartlaub
Saw V isn t anywhere close to the best Saw movie but it makes the entire series coalesce a little bit better 
2.5
Saw V
Ben Rayner
Woefully ponderous convoluted and improbable 
1.5
Saw V
Jeremy Wheeler
What will they do next Probably rip more people off It s worked for them so far 
1
Saw V
Wesley Morris
Oh Jigsaw Here we go again You kill I doze off Someone at the studio goes ka ching 
0.5
Saw V
Austin Kennedy
Now I can officially say that the SAW franchise has run out of gas Everything and everyone is just going through the motions here 
1
Saw V
Rossiter Drake
Jigsaw has seen better days That s saying a lot considering he was last spotted on a mortuary slab his rotting flesh a sickly shade of gray as a medical examiner nonchalantly sliced open his stomach 
1
Saw V
Nick Schager
Deadly traps may remain the bread and butter of the Saw series but the real trick has become keeping these fetid sequels moderately fresh 
1
Saw V
Rafer Guzman
Thank goodness Lionsgate made another Saw film Otherwise how would we as a country get to feel good about ourselves while watching humans suffer through prolonged torture degradation and death 
1.5
Saw V
Larry Ratliff
heads roll and nail bomb shrapnel turns a headstrong survivor into a pile of pink human brisket with pants Does this sound like entertainment to you 
.5
Saw V
Chris Hewitt
Saw V boasts little of the cleverness and ingenuity that has made Saw a surprisingly consistent slasher series 
1
Saw V
Dustin Putman
Jigsaw was put out of his misery two movies ago Lionsgate might want to consider doing this misbegotten series the same favor 
1.5
Root Letter
Roger Moore
A slow 44 sloppily structured exercise in tedium that is simple yet hard to follow 44 short but interminable thanks to leaden pacing and often mumbled dialogue by its cast of mostly unknowns 46 
1
Flip Side
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ultimately The Flip Side is more harmless and forgettable than it is inept however and at 80 minutes it certainly won t offend anyone 
2.5
Flip Side
Edward Guthmann
Even though Pulido has affection for his characters and delivers a few laughs he lacks a sense of cinematic rhythm or where to put his camera 
1
Flip Side
Pam Grady
Pulido s dialogue and the family situation he thrusts earnest Darius into make for fine comedy with the laughs flowing freely helped along by the efforts of his wonderful cast 
3
The Midnight Man
Dustin Putman
The Midnight Man isn t exactly deep and the film is not quite sure how to stick the landing but as a trifle offering a stylish sheen and a handful of effective chills it proves more successful than not 
2.5
The Midnight Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
This horror opus still manages to be a maddening waste of time things building to an annoying and deeply unacceptable climax that s nothing short of terrible 
1.5
Almost Love
Roger Moore
Almost about covers it 
2
Almost Love
Katie Walsh
After awhile you re ready to break up with all these people too 
2
Almost Love
Sheila O'Malley
Almost Love has problems other than being jarringly out of date with How We Live Now 
1.5
Almost Love
Steven Prokopy
The ways these two make money are ridiculous and Almost Love is almost as ridiculous 
1.5
Almost Love
Mark Dujsik
There s too much unnecessary filler and as a result the romance worth exploring suffers for it 
2
Touch
David Nusair
The end result is an effort that starts to vanish from one s memory minutes after it concludes 
2.5
Touch
Michael Dequina
A disaster and not the kind that s fun to watch either 
0
Touch
Roger Ebert
The experience of seeing the film is subduing the movie plays in a muted key 
2.5
Maudie
Jeff Mitchell
Sally Hawkins received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for The Shape of Water but she was better in Maudie 
3.5
Maudie
Mattie Lucas
Every now and then you come across a performance so extraordinary that it transcends its film and becomes a force of nature all its own Sally Hawkins towering work in Aisling Walsh s Maudie is one such performance 
3
Maudie
Josh Terry
Maudie tells the quiet inspiring story of Maud Lewis a humble Canadian folk artist whose determined spirit overcame her modest and debilitating circumstances 
3
Maudie
Sean P. Means
The biographical drama Maudie is a delicate and beautiful little film which is utterly appropriate for the frail person whose life trying to add beauty to a harsh world it aims to depict 
3.5
Maudie
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Maudie works as an unconventional love story that reminds the audience about the importance of looking beyond appearances It s also a testament to the transformative power of art 
3.5
Maudie
Rob Thomas
Maudie shouldn t sugarcoat those hardships by presenting Everett as anything better than he was In a way the film acts much as her brush did bringing color to parts of Maudie s life where it may not have actually existed 
2.5
Maudie
Calvin Wilson
Maudie is a work of art 
3.5
Maudie
Roger Moore
A myopic film opened up bright and wide by two great performances
3
Maudie
Moira MacDonald
What shines through is the beauty of Guy Godfree s cinematography the light has a lovely soft stillness to it like a painting and a remarkable performance by Hawkins whose impossibly wide smile seems to bring the sun 
3.5
Maudie
Gary Thompson
Into our suffocatingly aggrieved world comes Maudie so striking for its portrait of a woman who has every reason to surrender to pessimism but does not 
3
Maudie
Peter Keough
The story offers many opportunities for glibness and sentimentality Walsh falls for none of them 
4
Maudie
Dann Gire
Maudie is directed by Irish filmmaker Aisling Walsh who allows the complex relationship between Maud and Everett to unfold at a proper pace 
3
Maudie
Anita Katz
Walsh s uncluttered storytelling allows the actors to go to raw and stirring places and the film becomes an affecting portrait of meaningful companionship amid hardship 
3
Maudie
Richard Roeper
Hawkins disappears into the performance capturing Maud s physical limitations but also the light in her eyes the sly humor in her observations about life and her gift for seeing the greatest beauty in the simplest things 
3.5
Maudie
Michael Phillips
Hawkins is such a vivid presence so alert to what can be mined from the space in between her lines she lifts Maudie above the pedestrian 
2.5
Maudie
Michael O'Sullivan
Hawke is good at playing bad but Hawkins is better rendering in Maudie a portrait of a woman that feels raw real and revelatory 
3.5
Maudie
Mick LaSalle
One way to get through the long agonizing experience of Maudie is to convince yourself it s a comedy The spectacle of the actors flailing in a vacuum makes this possible but intermittently so the relief comes only in bursts 
0
Maudie
Thelma Adams
Aisling Walsh s shimmering drama hands Sally Hawkins an Oscar worthy role in an emotional and inspirational biopic about art love and this cruel beautiful world of ours 
4
Maudie
Stephen Whitty
There s something real and touching here In Everett s thwarted struggles with his own clumsy emotions In Maudie s determination to find beauty in absolutely everything 
3
Maudie
Glenn Kenny
This film shows instead of tells and what it shows is sad disturbing beautiful and moving sometimes all at once 
3.5
Maudie
Peter Goldberg
Maud Lewis herself couldn t paint a hurricane that would blow the film s overburdened narrative off course 
1.5
Maudie
Kate Taylor
The heart and mind of Maudie are always in the right place 
3
Maudie
Chris Knight
This is a painter whose canvas was her life and whose life her canvas Maudie is a magnificent celebration of both 
3.5
Maudie
Peter Howell
Expressive acting by Hawkins and Hawke smooths out narrative bumps creating a portrait of a woman in thrall to art and nature and a couple whose love resisted hardship and defied definition 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
David N. Butterworth
In Taking Sides Harvey Keitel has interpreted powerful performance as loud aggressive and singularly one sided despoiling an otherwise thought provoking film 
2
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Steven Rea
Schematic didactic and most of all in the case of Keitel woefully miscast 
2
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Paul Doro
A captivating and worthy endeavor 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Rob Thomas
That rare drama that s both emotionally moving and intellectually thought provoking 
3.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Walter Chaw
Exists in the over written claustrophobic confines of the Ronald Harwood stage play 
2
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Michael Booth
We re asked to jump into the combatants arguments with no background about either one no reason to care if Skarsgard sweats or Keitel rages 
2
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Phil Villarreal
Harwood who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for The Pianist has a knack for crafting looming tension
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Laura Kelly
You couldn t ask for more competent handling of a World War II Holocaust drama than that by director Istvan Szabo and The Pianist screenplay writer Ronald Harwood 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Marta Barber
The film makes you take sides and herein lies its attraction 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Roger Ebert
The movie is both interesting and unsatisfying 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Michael Wilmington
A magnificent piece of theater as cinema with performances so intense backgrounds so evocative the camera so ingeniously placed and the tempo so crisp it s impossible to be bored 
3.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
David Elliott
A basket of old thorns 
2.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Moira MacDonald
As food for thought and as a showcase for two fine performances it richly deserves viewing 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Wesley Morris
Szabo s best film in decades 
3.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a few good ideas but Szabo covers them up in a blitz of soapbox scenery chewing 
2.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Mick LaSalle
The movie s promise to provide a balanced argument goes unrealized and all we re left with is the spectacle of an idiot bullying a genius 
1
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Glenn Lovell
Though obviously the project of an older director who now chooses to work in miniature Taking Sides never feels talky or claustrophobic 
3.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Megan Lehmann
Talky but intriguing drama 
2.5
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
Jan Stuart
Director Istvan Szabo and Oscar winning writer Ronald Harwood have fashioned a potent drama from Harwood s play 
3
Taking Sides: Le cas Furtwängler
David Sterritt
Ronald Harwood s screenplay based on his stage play brings an impressive range of moral and political issues into play 
3
The Green Slime
Matt Brunson
The reputation of this American Japanese co production has always remained at a low ebb yet the film provides plenty of entertainment value for those seeking disreputable fun 
2.5
The Green Slime
Lucius Gore
Despite the camp presence of 60s rock laughable costumes and of course incredibly goofy looking monsters The Green Slime is a seriously good movie 
3
They All Laughed
Fernando F. Croce
The film is a delicately staged roundelay of intertwined pursuit 
3
Desperate Hours
Matt Brunson
Pure drivel 44 with director Michael Cimino perhaps setting a record by coaxing so many bad performances out of so many good actors 46 
1.5
Desperate Hours
Peter Canavese
Michael Cimino at his strangest and most bizarre 46 A lot of good actors here but the premise has become tiresome through repetition and the many head scratching choices it in as the plot lurches along don apos t help 46 
1.5
Desperate Hours
David Nusair
A fairly pointless remake 
2
Desperate Hours
Roger Ebert
Desperate Hours is an attempt to take a 1950s crime classic and remake it by turning up the heat but Cimino has set the heat too high and the result is an overwrought melodrama with dialogue even a True Detective editor would question 
2
Garv: Pride and Honour
Namrata Joshi
Arjun can t help taking his shirt off All to get beaten up to exercise or to get wet in the rain with the heroine 
1
Cops and Robbersons
Chris Hicks
You can guess the rest but you ll never guess just how amazingly bad it all is 
1.5
Cops and Robbersons
Roger Ebert
Know what this sounds like It sounds like a screenplay 
2
A Violent Separation
Roger Moore
A promising B movie thriller the filmmakers can never quite bring themselves to edit into this slow cluttered picture into the lean little neo noir it wants to be 
1.5
Zombie Town
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The editing is terrible the directing is worse 
1.5
Delicious
Randy Myers
A mouthwatering foodie drama that is as appetizing as the dishes whipped up in it 
4
God Help the Girl
Mattie Lucas
The kind of film that requires its audience to be on a very specific cultural wavelength to fully embrace but its openness and heart should be enough to win over even the most jaded among us 
3
God Help the Girl
Michael Dequina
Two hours whose every restless minute is felt no matter how fetchingly and frequently the stunning Emily Browning croons directly to the camera 
2
God Help the Girl
Brad Wheeler
God Help the Girl is about aspirations and goals musical or otherwise Murdoch is working some things out here gracefully on the whole 
3
God Help the Girl
Steven Rea
Browning staring down the camera and singing up a storm brings buckets of soulfulness to a script that might not be terribly deep 
3
God Help the Girl
John Hartl
At 90 minutes this material might have sped through Coming closer to two hours it drags 
2.5
God Help the Girl
Michael Ordoña
Like the music the filmmaking habitually meanders 
2
God Help the Girl
Glenn Kenny
The movie doesn t quite make it to two hours but my patience was tried pretty much any point at which the movie went a long stretch without a song 
2
God Help the Girl
Kyle Smith
It essentially amounts to a series of music videos 
2.5
God Help the Girl
Chris Cabin
Stuart Murdoch clearly knows quite a bit about crafting pop tunes but the film s consideration of the work of songwriting is totally flippant 
2
Itty Bitty T...y Committee
Mike McGranaghan
After 75 minutes of carefully establishing the characters and situations the film comes up with the single most preposterous ending I ve ever witnessed in a motion picture undermining everything that s come before 
2.5
Itty Bitty T...y Committee
Maitland McDonagh
The film s sense of humor is juvenile 
2
Mammuth
Bill Weber
A wan road comedy with pretensions that can be jettisoned for the inevitable John Travolta remake 
1.5
Mammuth
Burl Burlingame
Depardieu is a very shaggy beastie in this film deliberate and bullish blown up to prehistoric size and pretty much headed for extinction at the hands of French bureaucracy 
1
Mammuth
David Nusair
The end result is a colossal waste of time that is in the final analysis just worthless on every single level 
0
Three Bewildered People in the Night
Albert Williams
Araki has a talent for capturing the realness of a situation without falling quite into the cinema verite trick bag 
2
The Amazing Catfish
Kenji Fujishima
The familiar premise is done with enough intelligence and heartfelt conviction that it rises above its potentially cliché trappings 
2.5
Greetings From the Shore
Stephen Whitty
The story is thin The characters are slight And pretty as the scenery is well summer vacation s over 
1.5
Greetings From the Shore
Lou Lumenick
An often charming romantic drama that outstays its welcome at nearly two hours 
2
Greetings From the Shore
David Hiltbrand
This is a two hankie weeper that doesn t really earn its tears But it s a sweet little movie nonetheless 
2.5
The Sleepless
Roger Moore
Drama and romance at its most elemental and charming just two insomniacs meeting and chatting on a long walk through the empty streets of Brooklyn at dawn 
2.5
Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File
Kyle Smith
The film instead of confining itself to who Litvinenko was and how he came to be killed wanders off into too many tangents and mentions too many cases The epic corruption of today s Russia is far too widespread to fit into a single film 
2
Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File
John Anderson
Although a first rate investigative documentary on its own Andrei Nekrasov s Poisoned by Polonium also serves as a sequel to 2004 s Disbelief 
4
Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
David Wiegand
Soft Vengeance gives us even more reason to be grateful for Albie Sachs drive and sacrifice in ending apartheid 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Brian Eggert
The effect is largely a drab and plodding experience onscreen with the occasional strong performance to keep us involved 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Pamela Powell
Harnessing the ability to portray the brutality of the sea and nature accompanied by engaging performances from the entire cast make this film one not to be missed 
3.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Lisa Jensen
There are moments that drag like a fouled anchor when Howard s Hollywood sensibility gets a little schmaltzy swelling music philosophical points driven home with harpoon like subtlety and a bracketing story that interrupts more often than it informs
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the Heart of the Sea loses the human intimacy that makes this epic what it is the resulting movie is nothing more than an empty voyage to nowhere that sinks far more often than it swims 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Max Weiss
It s sturdy watchable competently mounted of course Howard is nothing if not a pro but except for the visuals which can be quite stunning it never roused me 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Bill Chambers
There s hardly a genuine moment and a framing device only adds another layer of dramatization to something that already plays like a big budget History Channel re enactment 
1
In the Heart of the Sea
Linda Cook
Ron Howard s latest is grim but see worthy 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Kenneth R. Morefield
The film s visuals aren t its only problem just the most noticeable The screenplay is a messy hodge podge that can t decide what kind of story it wants to tell or where its dramatic weight rests 
1.5
In the Heart of the Sea
John Hanlon
Despite featuring an incredible true story Ron Howard s latest drama lacks the characters and the insight to truly stand out 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Lou Lumenick
Warner Bros would have been better off sticking with the film s original March release date and selling it as a horror movie 
1.5
In the Heart of the Sea
John Serba
Sociopolitical commentary is the least of the ingredients in this great Cetacean adventure burrito encased in melted Howardesque cheese 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Matt Brunson
This notion of an oceanic animal acting like an avenging angel places this picture in the same class with such landmarks of cinema as 1977 s Orca and 1987 s Jaws The Revenge 
1.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Burl Burlingame
This tale which should be expansive and grand is hijacked by the demands of the 3D process making it small and crowded myopically claustrophobic and deeply murky 
1
In the Heart of the Sea
Josh Terry
Overall it s a dramatic and harrowing tale and Howard packs in enough impressive visuals to justify a big screen IMAX experience 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Bob Bloom
In the Heart of the Sea is a solid adventure that fails to reach the heroic heights it aims for The film s uneven pace at times keeps you at arm s length while it moves toward reconciling its two plotlines 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Christian Toto
It s not a good sign when you care more about the characters in the framing device than the guys fending off the whale attacks 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Rob Thomas
The shadow of the whale and of the Great American Novel loom large over a weak screenplay and some stock seafaring characters 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Willie Waffle
The blandest bleakest and most depressing movie of the holiday season so Merry Christmas 
1
In the Heart of the Sea
Brad Wheeler
At the heart of the problem with this period piece is an absence of a riveting scene or a memorable slice of dialogue 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Matt Zoller Seitz
It is so very many different things but they all feel detached from each other almost like a bunch of self contained mini movies stitched end to end with the framing device serving as needle and thread 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Anders Wright
While it has its stunning visuals and exceptional sequences and is if you ll pardon me a whale of a tale it simply does not succeed at getting at the heart of its own story 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Rick Bentley
Howard charts a dramatic course through a sea of emotional whirlpools tidal waves of stunning special effects and a steady current provided by the narration 
3.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Brian Truitt
Howard creates an immersive gorgeously shot experience pitting man against beast in the ocean for the film s most spectacular scenes which are reminiscent of old school scope of Mutiny on the Bounty and other watery adventures of yesteryear 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Ty Burr
All the accents in this movie sound as if the actors had been coached to talk like Red Sox fans magically transported to the 1820s 
1.5
In the Heart of the Sea
James Berardinelli
Visually and viscerally the film provides reasons to pay the price of admission and see it in a theater 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Dann Gire
It has no thrills No sense of real danger No sense of loss at the deaths of the crewmen It s as if Howard thought the sight of CGI whales leaping into the air would be sufficiently dramatic to carry the story 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Chris Knight
Even a good yarn needs to be well knit 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Rafer Guzman
Ron Howard s grand maritime adventure has spectacular effects literary polish and just the right touch of modern day relevance 
3.5
In the Heart of the Sea
David Frese
In the Heart of the Sea could have worked But director Ron Howard tries too hard in some places and not enough in others 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Michael Phillips
I wish Howard s film had more of a distinct personality and drive behind it Howard s made some supremely enjoyable films in various keys but this waterlogged effects crazed picture isn t one of them 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Peter Howell
This whale tale doesn t blow but it does sniffle a bit too much 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Calvin Wilson
The most compelling onscreen presence is the whale who unlike the rest of the cast is spared the wooden dialogue 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Peter Travers
Sure it s old school So what Howard puts every computerized whale trick in the book into crafting a seafaring adventure to rock your boat 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Lawrence Toppman
Director Ron Howard and writer Charles Leavitt who adapted Nathaniel Philbrick s book don t plumb the psychology of their characters After a brief preliminary on land they sail into the Sea of Tedium and stay there 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Mick LaSalle
A predictable disaster at sea story that follows the pattern of all disaster at sea stories with guys floating in still water under a hot sun getting so hungry that they start looking at each other with a funny expression 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Rex Reed
It s a harrowing tale that still packs an entertaining wallop But any attempt at character development seems to have ended on an editing room table 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Rene Rodriguez
In the Heart of the Sea is a savage story of survival encased in Ron Howard amber the gooey dull coating of self importance and respectability that typifies most of the pictures he has directed 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Matt Pais
Yarr it blows 
1
In the Heart of the Sea
Soren Andersen
There is something curiously flat about Ron Howard s recounting of the final voyage of the ill fated 19th century whale ship the Essex 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Dustin Putman
The film somehow finds a way to suck all signs of life personality and suspense out of its harrowing subject matter 
1.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Alan Zilberman
It s a tentative half realized tale that ultimately suffers from a significant identity crisis 
2
In the Heart of the Sea
Stephen Rebello
The movie s constant reminders this story inspired Moby Dick only emphasize that while Melville s novel charts hauntingly deep philosophical and psychological waters In the Heart of the Sea navigates a shallow if entertaining pool 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Tony Hicks
Howard does a great job of making his cetacean protagonist fluid powerful and frightening Almost as impressive he avoids making it seem too villainous or conversely too sympathetic 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Christopher Gray
The narrative is helplessly adrift a yarn that extols vague grit and determination with no discernible through line 
1
In the Heart of the Sea
Roger Moore
Sturdy standard sized old fashioned adventure epic More solid than inspiring 
2.5
In the Heart of the Sea
Peter Canavese
Depict s a writer s process of scavenging and soul stealing as well as being in the oil business to the exclusion of morality and ethics and with implications for the ecosystem 
3
In the Heart of the Sea
Sergio López Aguirre
An intense drama with a couple of moments where the actions just drifts away Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Shuttle
Michael Dequina
Boasts a killer premise and better than average acting so it s all the more disappointing that Anderson proves unable to avoid annoying horror movie pitfalls 
2.5
Shuttle
Marty Mapes
Immediate frights and long lasting dread are still not quite enough
2.5
Shuttle
Christian Toto
Hop aboard this Shuttle if you re in the mood for one unsettling ride 
3
Shuttle
Roger Ebert
There is no release for the audience no entertainment not even much action excitement Just a remorseless march into the dark 
1
Shuttle
Ty Burr
Shuttle mostly exists in the words of Alfred Hitchcock to put the audience through it but it leaves you in a very different place than where it started and with remarkable economy of effort 
3
Shuttle
Lucius Gore
One hell of a terrifying ride 
3.5
Body Brokers
Steven Prokopy
The film does an admirable job pulling us in and making us care 
2.5
Body Brokers
Richard Roeper
An explosion of stylish crime 
3
Body Brokers
Peter Sobczynski
While Body Brokers never quite comes together it does have enough things going for it 
2.5
Body Brokers
Mark Dujsik
Body Brokers is compelling both as a straightforward investigation into an exploitative crime and as an honest depiction of addiction 
3
Body Brokers
Roger Moore
A generally compelling always damning indictment of a system that is supposed to help costs a fortune and probably isn t helping nearly as many as it should 
2.5
Alien Raiders
Mike McGranaghan
While perhaps not the most original or groundbreaking sci fi horror picture ever made Alien Raiders at least succeeds in executing a simple but effective formula 
2.5
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
Ken Fox
Rossier s film leaves the dispiriting impression that democracy simply will not be tolerated in the Southern Hemisphere 
3
Brooklyn Lobster
Roger Ebert
Brooklyn Lobster is a sweet and touching film worth a visit 
3
Brooklyn Lobster
Michael Wilmington
Brooklyn Lobster is the kind of smart realistic indie family drama the movies should give us more often 
3
Brooklyn Lobster
Connie Ogle
The crustaceans unhappy destinies are more compelling than the colorless lives of their captors 
1.5
Brooklyn Lobster
Laura Kelly
Jordan doesn t always hit his mark allowing extraneous dialogue that doesn t build on the relationships giving too much time to silly employee high jinks and staying too far away with his camera when he should be right in the faces of his actors 
2
Brooklyn Lobster
John Anderson
The dramatic engine may be real estate and bank loans but the heart of the movie is family and character and the film provides plenty of both 
3
Brooklyn Lobster
Lou Lumenick
Fails to dig out the dramatic meat despite a yeoman performance by Danny Aiello 
2
Brooklyn Lobster
Maitland McDonagh
However fact based the material may be Jordan s salt of the earth characters with their bluster and pride and rough edged loyalty are all too familiar and their travails feel formulaic right down to the life affirming climax 
2.5
Brooklyn Lobster
Jami Bernard
The triumph here is the natural fluid way the characters interact many of them displaying real life quirky senses of humor you don t often find in screenplays 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Brian Eggert
It manages to be more than the easy cash grab it could have been by supplying audiences with something uncommon both within the superhero genre and in the medium of animation 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Steven Prokopy
Feels the most like a comic book than any other superhero movie to date if for no other reason than it could only exist in a rendered space where a variety of animation styles could be brought together into a truly wild and electric journey 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Doug Walker
The best Spider Man movie I ve ever seen period 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Federico Furzan
A punk version of a story of which we ve seen adaptations before But never something as bold as this Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
David N. Butterworth
Simply put Spider Man Into the Spider Verse is not Just Another Superhero Movie It s a Marvel 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mattie Lucas
The climax is perhaps one of the year s most sensational sequences taking Into the Spider Verse into another astral plane of superhero filmmaking 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Wesley Lovell
There will never be a better take on the Spider Man character This film is better than 90 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films that Disney has put out 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sarah Knight Adamson
It s as if the comic book itself has come to life An achievement of storytelling at the top of the heap wildly entertaining from start to finish 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Linda Cook
It weaves together a rollicking great time and infinite possibilities of Spidey spins 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A super heroic animated comedy that is not afraid to make fun of itself Full review in Spanish 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
David Nusair
an uncommonly ill advised animated endeavor that extraordinarily enough fares even worse than most live action comic book movies 
1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Josh Larsen
exhilaratingly reminds us that the appeal of superheroism is multi universal 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Matt Brunson
Pretty good as a superhero saga but phenomenal as an animated feature 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Kevin A. Ranson
It s ambitious it s incredible and it works damnably well a true living on screen comic book Even a complete ending here still didn t feel like enough more please 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Gary Thompson
The more is more approach to superhero movies is usually a deadly mistake but it works nicely in the animated Spider Man Into the Spider Verse 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not quite like anything you ve seen before It s amazing astonishing and spectacular 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Chipman
The best animated movie of the year and the first good Spider Man movie in fourteen years 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Matthew Rozsa
Yet with great power comes great responsibility And one such responsibility as a critic is to admit when you ve made a mistake 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mike McGranaghan
Your mind will be blown and your eyes will be dazzled 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Katie Walsh
The delights of Spider Man Into the Spider Verse bring a newfound sense of joy and playfulness to the beloved character
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Maria Sciullo
This animated gem is what we hope for when we go to the movies It s fun and smart and manages to balance the usual Marvel Universe superhero angst against a silly sensibility 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Tom Meek
The directing trio and writer Phil Lord do a deft job deconstructing both the film franchise and the comic series with wit and verve
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sara Michelle Fetters
A superheroic stew that s as tasty as it is filling 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Phil Villarreal
The web may be tangled but the beauty lies in its heedless complexity 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Reginald Ponder
Spiderman Into The Spider verse is a different Marvel offering that will satisfy that superhero craving while addressing superhero fatigue An animation masterpiece where the visual presentation look so good so fun invites you into the spider verse 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Barry Hertz
Spider Man Into the Spider Verse might be the best Spider Man film ever made 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Rob Thomas
Witty and wild it makes Ant Man and the Wasp look like The Punisher by comparison 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Robert Horton
If somehow those jokes could have been squeezed into a 90 minute package instead of a 117 minute feature maybe Spider Verse would have more zip 
2.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sonny Bunch
The best comic book movie released this year and the only one that should even be considered for a best picture nomination at the Oscars 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Rick Bentley
Into the Spider Verse has rekindled the original glory and presented it a way that is so visually explosive a pair of sunglasses should be provided with each ticket 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Chris Hewitt
Look I get it I m weary of superhero movies too But Spider Man Into the Spider Verse isn t just a superhero movie It s also a great movie 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mark Dujsik
Spider Man Into the Spider Verse laughs at the routine and gives us superhero film that is anything but routine 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Peter Howell
The film s take home message if you want to call it that is that we all have a little Spidey in us What makes you different is what makes you Spider Man 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sean P. Means
It s a smart and timely reminder that every superhero s story has to start somewhere and Miles Morales fascinating story begins here 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Walter Chaw
Spider Verse is an instant classic not for visuals that will after all only be singular until the next ground is broken but for the tremendous care it s taken in finding Miles s heart and then things to fill it break it strengthen it 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Rafer Guzman
Spider Man Into the Spider Verse occasionally feels overly antic but that s because it s brimming with imagination and energy 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ty Burr
A pop art roller coaster ride with soul it can dazzle even a sick of superheroes doubter with two hours of thoroughgoing delight Take the kids Better yet take the kid in yourself 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Joey Magidson
It s hard to fully explain just how glorious this is In one fell swoop this film sets a whole new standard for how you tell an animated story There s nothing else like it 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Bloom
The story is secondary to Miles journey of finding the resolve strength and belief in himself needed to become a Spider Man 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The friendly neighborhood Spider Man is back with a vengeance and I couldn t be happier 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Alan French
Following a young teenager named Miles Morales through the streets of Brooklyn might be the happiest I ve been in a theater in years 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
James Berardinelli
The move is a blast and by using a plot device that causes a rift between different dimensions universes Into the Spider Verse has been given an incredible amount of latitude in terms of characters and style 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Christy Lemire
It would seem like an impossible feat but somehow directors Bob Persichetti Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman have breathed thrilling new life into the comic book movie 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Josh Terry
Just make sure the kids have a quick rundown of Spider Man basics beforehand and this one will make for a great family outing 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Soren Andersen
Into the Spider Verse is pure fun nonstop from start to finish 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Roger Moore
Jerky motion blurred action beats a clever conceit ruined by sloppy animation 
2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Matthew Passantino
How many times can one character be rebooted or reimagined before it becomes insufferable Apparently we aren t there yet because Spider Man Into the Spider Verse is a welcome breath of fresh air 
3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Peter Hartlaub
If this kind of risk taking and artist driven creativity can exist in Hollywood s biggest money making genre then our superhero movie future is filled with hope 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Robert Daniels
Spider Man Into the Spider Verse breathes new life into the Marvel film genre 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Oliver Jones
The greatest triumph and biggest surprise of the film is that it is an LSD freak out on par with 2001 A Space Odyssey 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Johnny Oleksinski
It s the best stand alone film to feature the iconic character so far 
3.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Clayton Davis
The directing team of Bob Persichette Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman s singular vision is a collaboration of geniuses searching not only for perfect optics but a respectful interpretation for all engage 
4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Brian Truitt
It s a slightly insane hilariously daring and often touching mashup of everything that makes super flicks so darn popular with the introduction of a Spider Man who s ready made for today s generation of kids 
3.5
Political Animals
Christopher James
We champion the recent marriage equality act but it s right to focus on the long painstaking road that got us to this point in time 
3.5
Political Animals
Norman Gidney
I was enlightened I was better for seeing it 
3
Zero Motivation
Tirdad Derakhshani
A delightful sharp dramedy that skewers the topic from every angle imaginable 
3.5
Zero Motivation
Bill Stamets
The office comedy is weak The gross out gags are too safe A covert lesbian crush is underused 
2
Zero Motivation
Dann Gire
Lavie has a lot of provocative ideas in the oven here most of them tend to be half baked 
2
Zero Motivation
Robert Levin
The minutes hours and days blend together and the movie achieves something profound in the malaise 
3
Zero Motivation
Bruce DeMara
To the panoply of films that explore the banality and inanity of army life here s a worthy addition told from a refreshing perspective that of young women conscripts in the Israel Defence Forces 
3.5
Zero Motivation
Tom Keogh
A series of absurd vignettes set in a remote military unit that is running on its own nutty internal rules and values this comedy s bite grows sharper the longer one watches 
3
Zero Motivation
Peter Keough
It is much like the first season of a TV series that has gotten off to a slow start 
2
Zero Motivation
Mick LaSalle
Percolates at a low boil for 100 minutes neither dull nor particularly compelling 
2
Zero Motivation
Godfrey Cheshire
Like classic military comedies from Catch 22 to M A S H Talya Lavie s Zero Motivation offers its own appealing blend of irreverence and absurdism 
3.5
Zero Motivation
Kent Turner
The characters and the film itself are messy in the best freewheeling way The film stands out for its recklessness and confident storytelling 
3.5
Zero Motivation
Nick McCarthy
Tayla Lavie s film misses the prime opportunity to remark on the triviality of war 
2.5
Rank
Jack Mathews
That final night of competition is exciting stuff capped by a heroic victory ride but this is otherwise a plodding feature 
2
Rank
Kyle Smith
It offers both eye opening rodeo footage and surprisingly interesting tangents about the bulls some of which are worth up to 150 000 and the fleet footed bull fighters formerly known as rodeo clowns 
3
Rank
Maitland McDonagh
If even one rider were more conspicuously flawed the film might be more compelling 
2.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Brian Eggert
It s all rather banal stuff built around the idea of killing people in neat ways and it might even be enjoyable if the filmmakers cared more about storytelling than concocting cool death rooms 
1.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
David Nusair
a perpetually erratic endeavor that s often as tedious as it is entertaining 
2.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Sara Michelle Fetters
Escape Room Tournament of Champions isn t exactly victorious but it doesn t lose the game either 
2.4
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Roger Moore
The actors could have given us more but the mad rush to get where EVERYbody knows this thing is going deprives them of that and us of the escape a better movie would have delivered 
1.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Mike McGranaghan
Escape Room Tournament of Champions is mindless entertainment at its finest 
3
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Simon Abrams
You may not need another Escape Room but this new one is good enough to leave you wanting more 
2.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Johnny Oleksinski
The best thing about the Escape Room film series is that it gives audience members clear directions in the title about what they should immediately do Escape Room 
1
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Mark Dujsik
Escape Room Tournament of Champions cares even less about its characters than the sequel s predecessor and that s saying something 
1.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Katie Walsh
the sequel even leaner and meaner than the first proves the staying power of this budding series There s no other way to say it this movie rips 
2.5
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Joey Magidson
Escape Room Tournament of Champions is a definite upgrade on Escape Room though that s damning with very faint praise 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Roger Moore
A daft and mostly deft low budget animated Romeo Juliet 
2.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Peter Canavese
And thus the old joke has finally been fulfilled of someone pitching Romeo and Juliet to Hollywood and hearing in response Couldn t they live at the end I mean it s kind of a downer Blu ray 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Linda Cook
Gnome matter what I try not to pre judge 
3.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Scott Nash
A plethora of talented voices and some silly Shakespearean references make this cartoon a winner 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Matt Brunson
For all the difference it would make they could have just booted the Elton John tunes and instead employed say Gerry Rafferty s Baker Street or Cee Lo s You 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Carolyn Arends
It s a diversity of talent befitting the melding of Shakespeare Elton John and garden gnomes those unopposed to a little lunacy will enjoy the adventure 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Rafer Guzman
Uneven is the course as the Bard might say but the ride is plenty of fun 
2.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film s adherence to irony becomes tedious especially with the supporting characters planting more adult references in almost every conversation 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Tyler Hanley
Executive producer Elton John s indelible stamp is all over this colorful family film 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Stephen Whitty
Seriously have most small children here even seen a garden gnome Outside of a website commercial maybe or the cover of Grandpa s old All Things Must Pass album 
1
Gnomeo & Juliet
Chris Hewitt
Parting with it is not such sweet sorrow 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Robert Levin
The greatest film ever made about living breathing garden gnomes 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Linda Barnard
There s nothing here as clever as you find in Pixar fare or Dreamwork s successful Shrek franchise although co writer director Kelly Asbury did helm the Oscar nominated Shrek 2 
2.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Lou Lumenick
A delightfully silly animated flick which doesn t wear out its welcome 
2.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
John Beifuss
No doubt producers partners Elton John and David Furnish responded to the story s notion that love and matrignomy are matters of the heart that deserve respect rather than interference and condemnation 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Liam Lacey
Given the size of the writing staff it s no surprise the script feels like a committee job overstocked with a high ratio of groan to grin quips 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Mike Scott
This retelling of the Bard s tale is tedious stuff in the way that second rate animated movies tend to be 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Steven Rea
It s a sorry spectacle watching garden gnomes being robbed of their dignity 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Dustin Putman
Adults will be consistently amused by all of the references and in jokes to the Bard s famed works while children will learn a little about the original play as they get swept up in the likable characters and fast paced heartfelt story 
2.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end as slight as much of it is there simply isn t any woe in this tale of Juliet and her Gnomeo 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Jason Heck
Gnomeo Juliet won t change any paradigms in animation or in depictions of Shakespeare but it will certainly keep kids in stitches and their parents smiling for its short duration Perhaps that s enough 
2.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Amy Biancolli
If only the 3 D hadn t been wasted on the claustrophobic trappings of a backyard feud 
1.5
Gnomeo & Juliet
Tom Keogh
Are we in such a hurry to introduce preschool kids to Romeo and Juliet that they need to see a computer animated bowdlerized version featuring garden gnomes and a happy ending 
1
Gnomeo & Juliet
Ty Burr
As enjoyable as non Pixar kiddie flicks get a high spirited high end comic revamp of Big Bill s eternal tragedy 
3
Gnomeo & Juliet
Christopher Lloyd
Tolerable but forgettable Gnomeo Juliet is a halfway clever idea executed with minimal effort and ingenuity It continuously reaches for the lowest hanging fruit in its jokes in its animation style and its brazen narrow appeal to tykes 
2
Gnomeo & Juliet
Peter Keough
Feuding tribes of gnomes freeze into inanimate objects whenever a human looks at them Too bad that doesn t hold true for the humans in the audience 
1
Gnomeo & Juliet
Thelma Adams
In this bright bouncy Shakespeare take off animated gnomes tell the tale of the classic romantic tragedy 
3
Wir Können Nicht Anders
Roger Moore
It holds your attention as on and on it goes grimly violent but glibly fun And remember if you stay to the end there s line dancing 
2.5
Hold Fast
Linda Barnard
An often poignant smartly scripted journey ably carried on the slim shoulders of a pair of young newcomers who appear poised for bigger things 
3.5
Hold Fast
Adam Nayman
A workmanlike movie adaptation of Kevin Major s well known Canadian young adult novel a book compared by some critics to The Catcher in the Rye 
2
Hold Fast
Chris Knight
The classic coming of age story lives or dies on the strength of its on screen protagonist Thankfully Hold Fast features a powerful performance by 14 year old Avery Ash 
3
Wild Cherry
David Nusair
Oppressively routine from start to finish 
.5
Una noche de amor
Federico Furzan
A different tone in the romantic comedy genre makes Una noche de amor a mildly decent entry in latin cinema Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
David Nusair
benefits from Keaton s superb and completely convincing turn as the sympathetic protagonist 
2.5
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Roger Ebert
Looking for Mr Goodbar is very much worth seeing particularly for the Diane Keaton performance 
3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
James Kendrick
a none too subtle cautionary tale about the dangers of living a hedonistic nightlife masked by a legitimate daylife
2.5
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Ted Prigge
One of those deeply flawed classics that you don t necessarily enjoy or even like but you never forget 
3
Stiff Upper Lips
Michael Dequina
The upper lips aren t the only things that are stiff in this broad British comedy so are most of the jokes 
2
Priest
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s as if we were being administered a series of rude slaps 
2
Priest
Roger Ebert
The unexamined assumptions in the Priest screenplay are shallow and exploitative 
1
Sound and Fury
David Sterritt
Gripping touching and enlightening 
4
Sound and Fury
Lou Lumenick
Extremely well made and evenhanded 
3
The Dog
Scott Renshaw
It s comprehensive but that doesn t make it complete 
2.5
The Dog
Dustin Putman
The Dog is insanely endlessly watchable a compelling human interest documentary and a riveting true crime exploration all in one 
3.5
The Dog
Marty Mapes
At its best when Wojtowicz is unleashed
2.5
The Dog
J. R. Jones
Questions of identity reverberate through The Dog a documentary by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren that chronicles Wojtowicz s storied and terribly sad life 
3
The Dog
John Serba
A fascinating cross section of the personal and political 
3.5
The Dog
John Beifuss
Any thought that Al Pacino overacts in Dog Day Afternoon is instantly banished by the screen presence of the gleefully crude and unrepentant real life Wojtowicz a leering and self promoting Priapus 
3.5
The Dog
Brad Keefe
I d recommend The Dog for the quotability factor alone I m like Babe Ruth Wojtowicz brags But I m the gay Babe Ruth 
3
The Dog
Mark Dujsik
The documentary directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren is the study of a man in love with his own legend 
3
The Dog
Linda Barnard
Sidney Lumet s Oscar winning Dog Day Afternoon was based on a true story and John Wojtowicz doesn t even try to hide his glee in sharing every juicy crazed detail in revealing documentary The Dog 
3
The Dog
Peter Keough
The result does justice to their subject s foul mouthed charm and braggadocio 
3
The Dog
Michael O'Sullivan
In numerous interviews that careen from profane braggadocio to tender reminiscence the lustily bisexual Wojtowicz comes across as almost bizarrely self satisfied 
3
The Dog
Robert Levin
You simply couldn t find a better subject for a movie than this inscrutable man full of contradictions 
3
The Dog
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Dog is a humbly extraordinary film 
4
The Dog
Mike McGranaghan
A thoroughly absorbing examination of a bizarre and possibly delusional personality 
3.5
The Dog
Lou Lumenick
Keraudren s documentary fills in many fascinating details of Wojtowicz s life 
3
The Dog
Chuck Bowen
It s informed with a subtle but disquieting subtext that insists on the pitfalls of allowing ideology to steer you away from common sense 
2.5
The Dog
Kent Turner
An unexpurgated blast of gay 1970s New York
2.5
Last Stop for Paul
V.A. Musetto
Well shot and edited despite its meager budget Last Stop for Paul said to be based on a true story is good natured lightweight fun although clichd and more suited to DVD and cable than the big screen 
2
Last Stop for Paul
Bob Strauss
Many of these are locals whom we see Mandt trying to teach to act in outtakes over the end credits which are by far the best and funniest things in the movie 
2
Last Stop for Paul
Ross Anthony
Nice crisp images gives a rather realistic taste of one face of world travel opportunity missed to display meaningful interactions with locals larger spiritual aspects 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Paul Povse
Can adults sit through it with minimal doses of Novocaine from the concession stand The answer A qualified yes 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Laine Ewen
Television loving children will scream for Rugrats Go Wild and in this case their parents can go ahead and let them they won t be missing much 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Tyler Hanley
Rugrats Go Wild is an interesting experiment in character cooperation but plays out like an extended television episode rather than a well thought out feature 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Laura Kelly
It does hit on a few perfect matches that are worth enjoying for those familiar with the clans Finster Pickles De Ville and Thornberry 
3
Rugrats Go Wild
Ted Fry
The creators of Rugrats and Thornberrys have done a clever job of figuring crossover points for bringing the two together 
3
Rugrats Go Wild
C.W. Nevius
Who would have thought those bright minds at Nickelodeon would come up with a stinker 
1
Rugrats Go Wild
David Elliott
This TV promo gizmo and baby sitter is an awfully small movie 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Joe Baltake
A shrill pointless animation in which two highly profitable Nickelodeon TV franchises come together with all the finesse of a direct assault 
1.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Stephen Whitty
Not much more than a TV episode writ large and probably best strictly as a something to do stopgap before the Sinbad cartoon opens next month 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Mary-Liz Shaw
Alternates between a zippy jet ski pace and plodding plot set ups 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Kit Bowen
Nickelodeon s Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys should learn one thing from their combined effort Rugrats Go Wild stick to your own kind 
1
Rugrats Go Wild
Jeff Vice
The colorful animation and resulting silliness should please both young and old 
3
Rugrats Go Wild
Michael Booth
Even the children in the audience will complain about the excessive potty humor by the movie s close 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Phil Villarreal
Adults won t need a scratch card to sniff what s in the air the stink of a shoddy cartoon movie 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Louise Kennedy
The real question is not whether it s a great movie for adults you already know the answer to that one but whether it s bearable and whether the kids will love it It is and they will 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Sean P. Means
Bruce Willis musical career once thought to have been safely discarded along with those Seagram s wine coolers is again thrust upon us 
1.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Jeffrey Westhoff
Too many boogers not enough heart 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Roger Ebert
The filmmakers apparently believe their audience suffers from ADD and so they supply breakneck action and screaming sound volumes at all times 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Glenn Whipp
A movie sure to please the series fans as well as any new initiates who happen to wander in looking for some solid family entertainment 
3
Rugrats Go Wild
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the energy occasionally flags the movie does a nice job of exploiting the crossover potential 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Jennie Punter
Perhaps too wildly ambitious in its goal to unite two powerful TV tribes to serve a common goal but its unsentimental music hip songs by Devo s Mark Mothersbaugh and visual delights will capture the imagination of young and old 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
John Monaghan
Where the earlier Rugrats movies had a unique and quirky point of view this one strictly follows formula 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Megan Lehmann
Beyond the ill conceived odorama gimmick the new Rugrats movie is harmless if slightly hyperactive fun 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Claudia Puig
The result is rather lackluster 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Gene Seymour
Like a play date that gets so totally out of hand you just throw up your hands and just wait for everyone to go home 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Chris Hewitt
As one of the characters says I feel like this has all happened before 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Carrie Rickey
An OK time was had by all 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Tor Thorsen
What Rugrats Go Wild lacks in visual splendor it makes up for in comedic spunk 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Randy A. Salas
For those already familiar with these oddly lovable characters this one comes out smelling like a rose 
3
Rugrats Go Wild
David Sterritt
Not surprisingly the Thornberrys scenes are more fun than the Rugrats material but the film turns into an enjoyable enough trip 
3
Rugrats Go Wild
Allison Benedikt
Even with Nickelodeon s cross pollination efforts and the dazzling Oderama concept the 12 year old babies just aren t funny this time 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Ross Anthony
Though at times sweetly sincere the movie doesn t pack the emotion impact nor the thematic message we re all coming to expect from movie cartoons 
2.5
Rugrats Go Wild
Steve Rhodes
Rugrats Go Wild but not quite wild enough It needs more Rugrats and less Thornberrys 
2
Rugrats Go Wild
Ed Gonzalez
Rugrats Go Wild successfully exploits a series of run ins between the two clans 
2.5
I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK
Mattie Lucas
American film could use more of this kind of free wheeling experimental energy because every frame of it seems gloriously vibrant and alive 
4
I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK
Josh Larsen
strikes a balance between blithely endorsing the delusions of its mentally ill characters and comically demonizing them 
3
The American Friend
Matt Brunson
Most Highsmith adaptations have turned out to be satisfying movies the earliest example being Hitchcock s Strangers on a Train and the most recent being Carol and this one s no exception 
3
The American Friend
James Kendrick
Although it is a thriller by genre Wenders is clearly interested in things beyond the mechanics of Ripley s manipulations and Zimmermann s desperation
3
The American Friend
David Nusair
a slow moving yet occasionally thrilling adaptation 
2.5
The American Friend
Roger Ebert
There s something cheerfully perverse about filming a thriller and then tossing out the parts that would help it make sense but Wim Wenders has a certain success with the method 
3
Snitch
Terence Johnson
Snitch is better than it has any reason being because of the phenomenal acting led by Dwayne Johnson s best performance ever 
3
Snitch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its smaller quieter moments instill hope that Johnson can stretch even further and become worthy of much stronger material 
2.5
Snitch
John Serba
Works well as a logistical crime drama that sometimes veers into far fetchedness 
3
Snitch
Forrest Hartman
Director Rick Roman Waugh is self indulgent in his approach to the material and the dialogue occasionally bogs in preachy rhetoric Once one moves beyond these annoyances Snitch works as a simple and enjoyable action thriller 
2.5
Snitch
Christopher Lloyd
This surprisingly gritty drama stars Dwayne Johnson not wrestling star The Rock which may disappoint those looking for a meat headed action flick 
3
Snitch
John Beifuss
Contrary to the suggestion of its misleading trailer it s not really an action movie but a slow burning and legitimate neo noir the type of dark but not despairing feature that might have starred Glenn Ford in the 1950s 
3
Snitch
Matt Brunson
I certainly don t want to oversell the film Still moviegoers finding themselves between The Rock and a hard place say an auditorium showing the new Die Hard debacle might agree that a switch to Snitch isn t a bad idea at all 
2.5
Snitch
Nour Habib
The action thriller Snitch is more thriller than action 
3
Snitch
Mike McGranaghan
Snitch is not your typical Dwayne Johnson action movie For starters there s hardly any action in it It also has more going on inside its head than you would expect The movie turns out to be a very pleasant surprise 
3
Snitch
Christian Toto
Dwayne Johnson officially leaves his Rockness behind in the thoughtful gritty Snitch
3
Snitch
Jason Buchanan
It may not mean much in terms of action but what Snitch lacks in explosions it more than makes up for by delivering a message that needs to be heard 
3
Snitch
Phil Villarreal
The incredibly moronic premise has no heft or momentum Not a moment is believable and the whole thing just hurts 
1
Snitch
Stephen Whitty
Ultimately unfortunately this is a property that probably would have been better as one of Johnson s old less ambitious films straightforwardly violent and crammed with two fisted revenge than as this more polite issue oriented thriller 
2.5
Snitch
Rick Groen
What a pleasant surprise 
3
Snitch
Michael O'Sullivan
Snitch is protein and starch filmmaking at its utilitarian and belly filling best 
2.5
Snitch
Willie Waffle
While this is an extremely unlikely and farfetched scenario I ll be damned if it doesn t work 
2.5
Snitch
Mark Dujsik
Seeing as Snitch begins as a nave social commentary it s perhaps only fitting that the movie ends with simplistic chaotic bursts of violence 
2.5
Snitch
Dustin Putman
There is little room for denial that Snitch means well but there also isn t anything to give it those extra shots of immediacy grit and verve it so desperately needs 
2
Snitch
Mick LaSalle
Based on a true story it has the weirdness of real life which is good But also like real life it has that funny way of not making much sense or being all that enjoyable 
2
Snitch
Claudia Puig
In its focus on an ordinary family facing a nightmarish scenario Snitch is a terrifying but relatable story 
3
Snitch
James Berardinelli
Someone please get director Ric Roman Waugh a tripod 
2
Snitch
John Anderson
Ultimately the social issue element of the movie gets buried in the wreckage but it s comforting to know it s there 
2
Snitch
Tom Russo
Nobody is going to confuse a Dwayne Johnson movie with Les Misrables But Snitch gets a decent amount of drama and action of course out of the argument that there s paying for a crime and then there s overpaying 
2.5
Snitch
Paul Doro
It settles for contrivances melodrama and absurd action that comes completely out of left field and feels studio mandated 
2
Snitch
Peter Howell
Williams Bernthal and Pepper ride to the rescue of the marquee talent and also to Snitch 
2.5
Snitch
Lou Lumenick
A glorified TV movie 
2
Snitch
Jon Niccum
An engrossing balance of drama and thriller Snitch introduces a minefield of compromised morality where every action taken or not taken could lead to a worse predicament for its hero 
3
Snitch
Steven Rea
The B movie action version of an advocacy doc It tries with some success to show the inequity in a system in which a first offender on a drug charge can in many cases spend more time behind bars than a rapist or armed robber or even a murderer 
2.5
Snitch
Chris Hewitt
The movie doesn t convince us that any of this stuff went down this way but it did make me want to see the PBS Frontline episode that details what really happened 
2
Snitch
Peter Canavese
In its modern way Snitch is almost Dickensian in its intent missing no opportunity for melodramatic confrontation as it puts a baby face on a social ill 
2.5
Snitch
Matt Pais
I think the movie actually made my heart beat slower 
1
Snitch
Moira MacDonald
Snitch is more of a dramatic thriller than an action movie and director Ric Roman Waugh fills it with close ups dark interiors and tense faces 
2.5
Snitch
Michael Phillips
Snitch has a way of keeping you guessing about the next turn in its story and a way of keeping Johnson s character compellingly at the mercy of others 
3
Snitch
Richard Roeper
This movie executes two missions A to entertain us and B to put some big exclamation points on a couple of messages about certain drug laws in this country in need of a thorough re examination 
2.5
Snitch
Calum Marsh
Snitch is the latest in a long line of films whose sole purpose is to flatten a major social problem into a pulp ideal for self serious spectacle 
1
Snitch
Roger Moore
A straight no digital chaser actioner with the most subtle Dwayne Johnson performance ever 
2.5
The Human Factor
Tom Meek
The title of the film refers to the requisite diplomacy to enter into such a high stakes game and keep the cards being dealt The film offers no solutions just underscores what was and what still is 
3
The Human Factor
Jocelyn Noveck
For this viewer the most human factor of the film comes with the shock over Rabin s death especially from Ross himself 
3
The Human Factor
Peter Canavese
An interesting wonky thriller style documentary about 30 years of U S foreign policy specifically in the Middle East peace effort Highly recommended for its global view and anecdotes from the U S negotiators and mediators who were in the room 
3.5
The Human Factor
Kevin Carr
It s an interesting look at the Middle East peace process from the diplomats point of view of the negotiators point of view 
3
The Human Factor
Anita Katz
The wonky documentary has some bias problems but Moreh s subjects tell fascinating behind the scenes stories 
3
The Human Factor
Matt Fagerholm
Moreh s latest enthralling feature plays like an urgent thriller rather than a dry history lesson in part because the issues it raises remain shamefully unresolved 
3.5
The Human Factor
Mark Dujsik
Through these stories Moreh treats this history with an intimate empathetic perspective 
3
The Human Factor
G. Allen Johnson
It is sober and detailed and while it would have been nice to hear from the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators the American diplomats interviewed employ some 20 20 hindsight and not all of it is complimentary 
3
The Human Factor
Michael O'Sullivan
The Human Factor offers not just a front row seat to history but a behind the scenes look at its innards 
4
The Human Factor
Roger Moore
Despite Moreh s earnest attempts to show what went wrong and how his film s monotonous one sidedness can leave the viewer frustrated with fewer answers than 100 minutes of questions should have provided 
2
Killer Legends
Dustin Putman
An eerie insanely watchable documentary Killer Legends was tailor made for true crime enthusiasts and folklore buffs 
3
Daddy Issues
Roger Moore
Too cute sexy candy colored and kinky to pass by 
2.5
My Last Day Without You
Tom Keogh
It s not often a competent if forgettable movie can be completely torpedoed by one of it s stars but that s the case with My Last Day Without You 
1.5
Evilspeak
Mike McGranaghan
A fascinatingly deranged horror flick but also one that s really slow in its first hour 
2
Evilspeak
John Beifuss
I ve said it before I ll say it again Clint Howard satanic pigs MOVIE GOLD 
3
Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story
Kam Williams
A clarion call for the Middle East to emerge from the Middle Ages 
4
Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story
Fernando F. Croce
Scheherazade brims with faith in storytelling as art s great way of lifting society s veils 
3
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
Robert Horton
There s something undeniably comic about this combination of the cultivated and the infantile 
3
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
Farran Smith Nehme
Hilarious full of humor that is understated wry and dependent on familiarity with interests as wide as Houellebecq s own 
3
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
Glenn Kenny
This is pretty much the opposite of a contemporary American comedy rather than broad The Kidnapping of Michel Houllebecq is an exemplary example of narrow 
2.5
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
Oleg Ivanov
Even though the film takes on a more overtly fictive aesthetic after he s kidnapped Michel Houellebecq s understated presence lends the proceedings a factual quality throughout 
3
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
Kent Turner
Droll deadpan and ultimately disarming The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq has a singular charm even if you have never heard of the titular real life author 
3
Moroni for President
Tom Meek
A politically probing documentary 
3
Yagna
Namrata Joshi
Part of the problem is that Chopra goes on an overkill with his images at the cost of his script 
2
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Scott Nash
It still has a few entertaining moments but it s mostly a real slog to get through 
2.5
China Doll
Dan Callahan
China Doll is a delicate spare old man s movie with quiet attention to character detail 
3.5
The Caller
Nick Schager
Over stylized and narratively undercooked The Caller treats its Twilight Zone style conceit for dim thrills 
1
Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer
Diego Semerene
For a film so bent on celebrating the power of silence Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer has a whole lot of explanatory talking 
.5
How the Fire Fell
Tom Keogh
Where the film falls short is in its basic obligation to tell an accessible story 
2.5
Hell's Kitty
Norman Gidney
Judging it strictly as a feature the piece could have used some judicious trimming The seams between episodes are noticeable and the collection of them never really coalesces to create a greater sum 
2
Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon
Tom Meek
Relis follows Rhoads and Riot in a matter of fact A to B fashion 
2
Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon
Matt Brunson
A touching documentary 46 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Jeff Mitchell
This cinematic celebration of the man doesn t ask enough questions 
2
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Joey Magidson
Intended by Wenders to be a personal journey with the Pope this documentary is more about what the man says that it is about who he is 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Josh Terry
Altogether it s a lot to take in and though often the film is a celebration of its subject it s also easy to get lost in the imagery of the subjects the pope is addressing 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
John Semley
His sincerity offers an alluring catharsis a hope by proxy We don t have to believe just as long as we can believe that he believes 
2.5
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Nick Allen
A non denominational sermon under the cinematic care of an artist first Pope Francis fanboy second 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Johnny Oleksinski
While the film is best for fans of the cloth non Catholics too will gain insight into one of the most prominent leaders in the world 
2.5
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Mark Dujsik
One gets the feeling that the director is too star struck to provide anything deeper than a surface level examination of the man and his papacy 
2.5
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Bruce DeMara
This film may not bring in many converts but its central subject Pope Francis is nonetheless a personable and persuasive presence 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Derek Smith
One gets the sense that Wim Wenders whether of his own volition or at the urging of others is perpetually walking on eggshells only tossing the pope the type of softball questions that he can effortlessly knock out of the park 
2
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Ann Hornaday
Pope Francis A Man of His Word offers audiences a thoroughly engrossing portrait of one of the most beloved and galvanizing figures of the 21st century 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Calvin Wilson
In his affect and attitude he s refreshingly free of bluster And it s almost unbelievable that a man of his power and prestige insists on maintaining such a modest lifestyle 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Ty Burr
A Man of His Word honors and celebrates the shock of a man of God who would rather make this life better than hand out empty promises about the next 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Gary Thompson
It conveys the pope s concerns certainly but it also conveys his charm his gentle personal manner his sense of humor he quotes from the St Thomas More joke book his charisma 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Soren Andersen
No warts and all look at Francis papacy but rather emphasizes his humanity and humility Those personal qualities and his words are sources of hope In this politically fraught and fevered age 
3
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Roger Moore
Lightly charming thought provoking but borderline hagiography
2.5
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word
Kam Williams
A fitting portrait of the People s Pope 
4
The Yes Men Fix the World
Mattie Lucas
A noble experiment but one that ultimately seems to backfire more than it succeeds 
2
The Yes Men Fix the World
David Nusair
the film remains perfectly watchable for the majority of its appreciatively brief running time 
2.5
The Yes Men Fix the World
Jason Anderson
Unfortunately they risk seeming glib during this doc which brandishes a cheekier more self congratulatory tone than did The Yes Men its 2003 predecessor 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Amy Biancolli
Beyond question the results are overstated outrageous and wildly scatologically juvenile But they re also a hoot to watch 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Rob Thomas
You can t fool all of the people all the time but maybe the Yes Men can trick enough of them into doing what s right 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Jeff Vice
This follow up is a little more spotty and unfocused than the first film That we re this interested in their further exploits has more to do with their goofiness than it does with the quality of footage editing assembly and such 
2.5
The Yes Men Fix the World
Michael Phillips
When a British Channel 4 interviewer upbraids Bichlbaum for providing massively false hopes to countless Bhopal residents I found myself siding with the interviewer not the prankster with the alleged higher moral purpose 
2
The Yes Men Fix the World
Amy Biancolli
Beyond question the results are overstated outrageous and wildly juvenile But they re also a hoot to watch 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Roger Ebert
The film is entertaining in its own right and thought provoking Why don t more people quickly see through their hoaxes 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Mike Scott
Even if the Yes Men don t exactly fix the world in their documentary they certainly give it something to think about 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Sonny Bunch
This is a movie that does little more than preach to the converted It s mildly amusing at times but ultimately pointless 
1.5
The Yes Men Fix the World
Lance Gould
When the butts of the jokes are mid level losers at meaningless conferences the guerrilla theater seems misdirected even cruel 
2.5
The Yes Men Fix the World
Kam Williams
A guerilla style documentary which shows just how much havoc two guys with cheap suits and fake websites are capable of wreaking in corporate America 
4
The Yes Men Fix the World
Thelma Adams
Even if you don t agree with the Yes Men s political agenda you ll get a big kick out of this movie 
3
The Yes Men Fix the World
Ross Anthony
It s fun ballsy edited with color humor hopefully will bring some awareness to the price of greed and inject some ethics into discussions among the rich and powerful 
2.5
The Yes Men Fix the World
Bill Weber
Even more so than in the previous film The Yes Men Fix the World indulges in faux nave disappointment 
2.5
Another Gay Movie
Peter Canavese
A day glow campy subversive gross out sex comedy patterned on American Pie where most of the humor falls flat 
2
Another Gay Movie
Kam Williams
Mostly likely to appeal to an audience that would enjoy seeing a typical teensploit where the script flips the sexual preferences 
2
Fall to Grace
Walter Chaw
The picture is hopeless hopelessly earnest hopelessly well intentioned hopelessly bad 
0.5
Fall to Grace
Michael Booth
Feels like a movie you d find late at night on a film festival program sincere and worthy yet not quite watchable 
1.5
Fall to Grace
Chris Hewitt
Here are 12 people Here are their 12 problems Here are 12 solutions World peace The end 
1.5
Fall to Grace
Jeff Shannon
This is an indie film in the genuine spirit of the word not some studio subsidized boutique product showing compassion while following its own course of low key redemption 
2.5
Somebody I Used To Know
Pablo O. Scholz
Franco and Brie set out to show the protagonist s worst but also see if she can or can t redeem herself Full review in Spanish 
3
Somebody I Used To Know
Nina Metz
How the story resolves itself is one of the more inspired and thoughtful narrative gambits in recent memory landing on a hard won emotional maturity 
3.5
Somebody I Used To Know
Nell Minow
Brie is 44 as always 44 enormously appealing 46 
3
Somebody I Used To Know
Mike McGranaghan
It apos s beyond refreshing to see a smart rom com like Somebody I Used to Know a movie about people who feel real 44 in situations that seem 40 mostly 41 credible 46 
3
Somebody I Used To Know
Lisa Trifone
Not every beat works here as we watch Sean and Ally find their way forward together and separately 44 but enough of it does to make for a pleasant 44 original relationship dramedy 46 
2.5
Somebody I Used To Know
Dann Gire
Dramatically flat 
2
Somebody I Used To Know
Walter Chaw
I m done celebrating people like Ally I m done celebrating films like Somebody I Used to Know 
0
Somebody I Used To Know
Anne Brodie
Ally differs from the usual rom com roles 46 She 8217 s out for herself she apos ll steamroll 44 gaslight 44 fake befriend 44 and plant seeds of doubt not just the anti hero 44 but the villain 46 Brie is terrific 44 multi layered and carries it 46 10 
2
Somebody I Used To Know
Mark Dujsik
Amidst all of the scheming and comic relief 46 46 46 there is a smart and insightful character study about how people latch on to ideas and perceived ideals of the past 46 
3
Somebody I Used To Know
Jocelyn Noveck
It s a kitchen sink approach Not everything works Especially perplexing is a half baked subplot involving one set of parents and this is where the story lost me 
2
Somebody I Used To Know
Mick LaSalle
Somebody I Used to Know comes dangerously close to being interesting 
2
Somebody I Used To Know
Roger Moore
Brie 44 leaning HARD into a sort of lovelorn and clueless Kristen Wiig characterization 44 has as much trouble finding laughs as she does grabbing hold of the heart of the movie 46 
1.5
Somebody I Used To Know
Joey Magidson
Somebody I Used to Know is a winning romantic comedy from Alison Brie and Dave Franco 44 featuring strong characters as well as a compelling message 46 
3
Somebody I Used To Know
Phil Villarreal
An impressive 44 ceaselessly entertaining movie with something to say 46 
3
Somebody I Used To Know
Charles Koplinski
Franco and Brie put forth the possibility of a radical third act twist but fail to develop it 46 Had they gone down this path 44 8220 Somebody 8221 would have been truly special but their adherence to a well worn rom com formula dooms the film from the start 46 
2
Somebody I Used To Know
Randy Myers
What could have been rote and predictable love triangle turns into a character driven romance about loving yourself and not compromising who you are with anyone around you 
3
The Big Lift
Roger Moore
The first Cold War comedy seamlessly blends actors with non acting military personnel on location in a historical story captured just as it happened 
3
Hooking Up
David Nusair
an amateurish pervasively unwatchable comedy that feels as though it were shot and edited over a weekend 
0
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Jerry Renshaw
Everyone loves a good rasslin match between giant monsters and that s something that this updated modernized new and improved Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla certainly delivers 
2.5
Mirage (Durante la tormenta)
Federico Furzan
Barely surviving its absurd length this movie feels like a ton of genres mixed into a clever idea that suffers but works Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Slumlord
Glenn Lovell
Be prepared to be royally creeped out an exceedingly rude comment on the current real estate scene Archembault s sicko landlord belongs in the same fright gallery as Dieter Laser 
3
Slumlord
Christian Toto
13 Cameras delivers a villain for the ages but the rest of the film can t keep up 
2.5
Slumlord
Mike McGranaghan
13 Cameras is the kind of thing that messes with your mind and starts to do some damage 
3
Slumlord
Roger Moore
Generic exploitation thriller that isn t exploitative enough 
2
Margrete: Queen of the North
Roger Moore
Riveting
3
Margrete: Queen of the North
Peter Sobczynski
It lacks the kind of energy that might have helped make it truly come alive and seem like more than a historical reenactment 
2.5
High Season
Roger Ebert
High Season is an example of a rare species the intelligent silly movie 
3
Xico's Journey
Roger Moore
A little script doctoring and Xico s Journey could have been a keeper
2
Quay
Michael Phillips
Inanimate objects become sentient restless beings in the Quay universe It s a scary wondrous place to visit for 70 minutes 
4
Twelve and Holding
Felix Vasquez Jr.
One of the most exceptional down to Earth portrayals of childhood and adolescence in the face of tragedy I ve ever seen 
3.5
Twelve and Holding
David Nusair
generally succeeds in spite of its various deficiencies 
3
Twelve and Holding
Phil Villarreal
The children are operating without a safety net or a script typed with kid gloves and that makes it all the more easy to fear for and sympathize with them even as the plot takes outlandish twists 
3
Twelve and Holding
David Elliott
The kids are very effective Some laughs seem right others catch in your throat There is honest feeling not sneering 
3
Twelve and Holding
Michele Kenner
From the parents to the children the cast is uniformly excellent Weizenbaum and Renner deserve special mention for handling a potentially unsettling relationship with care 
3
Twelve and Holding
Sean P. Means
Cipriano and Cuesta push things too far as the kids behavior moves from merely obsessive to downright sociopathic 
2.5
Twelve and Holding
Thomas Delapa
Even if childhood innocence seems to be going the way of the hula hoop Cuesta is far too willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater 
2
Twelve and Holding
Ruthe Stein
Raw and unpredictable It s also compelling 
3
Twelve and Holding
Lisa Kennedy
Flawed but compassionate study of kids struggling with grown up issues without much adult supervison 
2.5
Twelve and Holding
Chris Hewitt
The young actors are strong enough to triumph over the weaknesses of the script 
2.5
Twelve and Holding
Phoebe Flowers
An intriguing if not indelible portrait of the difficulty of being not just an adolescent but the parent of one 
3
Twelve and Holding
Peter Canavese
Cipriano and Cuesta L I E show realism tender regard and the benefit of the doubt for their young characters but little of the same to their childish parents 
2.5
Twelve and Holding
Susan Walker
Cuesta entices extraordinary performances out of his young actors 
3
Twelve and Holding
Liam Lacey
One of those American indie films that can be filed into the diagnostic category of Facile with Delusions of Profundity 
2
Twelve and Holding
John Hartl
Tough and troubling drama 
3
Twelve and Holding
Steven Rea
Illuminating and unsettling 
3
Twelve and Holding
Terry Lawson
The film is as oblivious as the adults 
2
Twelve and Holding
Roger Ebert
Twelve and Holding could have been a series of horror stories but the filmmakers and their gifted young actors somehow negotiate the horrors and generate a deep sympathy 
3.5
Twelve and Holding
Wesley Morris
Cuesta prizes curiosity and perception over conflict resolution He likes the way kids take their cues from adults and the ways they revolt against them 
3
Twelve and Holding
Jessica Reaves
The kids deliver uniformly solid occasionally remarkable performances 
3
Twelve and Holding
Matt Pais
A sensitive and moving account of the wounds inflicted by birth by parents and by accident and the mistakes and small victories that help us move on 
3.5
Twelve and Holding
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the film doesn t have the same emotional impact of his acclaimed debut Cuesta is a steady self assured filmmaker who knows how to command an audience s attention 
3
Twelve and Holding
Bob Strauss
A few good laughs and superb acting keep the film bearable even intriguing in places but these are not fun stories being told 
3
Twelve and Holding
James Berardinelli
They are believable 12 year olds intelligent but not too intelligent yet naïve and trying with mixed success to navigate the path of adolescence 
3
Twelve and Holding
Ken Fox
When it comes to depicting the inner lives of adolescents writer director Michael Cuesta might be the most fearless U S filmmaker working today 
3.5
Twelve and Holding
Gary Goldstein
12 and Holding is a deft reminder of that fleeting time between childhood and puberty when everything still seems possible even if getting there may seem virtually impossible It s a special film to watch whatever your age 
3.5
Twelve and Holding
Lisa Rose
Honest acting and balanced writing create a realistic snapshot of adolescent angst 
2.5
Twelve and Holding
Kyle Smith
If the movie leaves you feeling more uneasy than say Rushmore it s because it doesn t give you any whimsy to hang on to But whimsy is a way of looking at childhood in the rearview mirror 12 and Holding crashes into it head on 
3
Twelve and Holding
Jack Mathews
In sum 12 and Holding is a movie with better parts than a whole But where it s right it s really right 
2.5
Twelve and Holding
John Anderson
Loss is a big part of 12 and Holding So is identity But its scope is much larger and its echoes far more resonant 
3.5
Twelve and Holding
Keith Uhlich
Based on the contrivance heavy screenplay and Cuesta s Six Feet Under tutelaged direction you d think the filmmakers just got off the boat from Eden and found themselves in the cities of the plain 
1.5
Yes Day
Randy Myers
Parents will be amused with the antics that ensue The kids will love it 
2.5
Yes Day
Roger Moore
Garner Ramírez and the kids never let on that this isn t Epic and that maybe this is one screen comedy where you can get away with Go ahead try this at home 
2
Yes Day
Nell Minow
An entertaining family friendly romp with wish fulfilling yeses extended comic mayhem and satisfying consequences 
3
Yes Day
Jake Coyle
Yes Day slides too often into contrived loudly scored montages of fun that don t transfer to those of us watching And while Garner and Ramirez are both very fine actors neither of them is funny 
2
Yes Day
Mark Meszoros
You d hope for a few laugh out loud moments but they re hard to find if you re past a certain age 
2
The Exorcism of God
Justine Smith
Even when it missteps on occasion The Exorcism of God is always committed and often surprising 
2.5
The Exorcism of God
Mark Dujsik
There s very little new in The Exorcism of God even when the subversive event of the title finally arrives 
1.5
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World
Brad Wheeler
The film s brisk pace is a bit wearing once the one hour mark is passed but the high energy and intelligence is quite charismatic over all 
3
Living with Chucky
Mike McGranaghan
The documentary is packed with information and revelations about how this crazy maniacal doll has become such a cinematic force of nature 46 
3
Dear Mr. Watterson
Sonny Bunch
This is an appreciation steeped in nostalgia something for fans of the strip to sit back and simply enjoy 
3
Dear Mr. Watterson
Chris Knight
The term feel good documentary is not often bandied about but Dear Mr Watterson is just that 
3.5
Dear Mr. Watterson
Sara Stewart
It was one of the greats of the now nearly defunct Sunday funnies no doubt Unfortunately there s not much cinematic magic in watching the director reading the strip or hearing various other enthusiasts talk about how much they loved it 
2
Dear Mr. Watterson
Dave McGinn
If you re a fan of Calvin and Hobbes director Joel Allen Schroeder s documentary Dear Mr Watterson is more or less pure joy 
2.5
Dear Mr. Watterson
Odie Henderson
I was frustrated to the point of rewinding the screener and pausing it so I could take in what was being described In a theater you won t have this luxury 
2.5
Dear Mr. Watterson
Stephen Whitty
Schroeder isn t as interesting as his subject he isn t even very interesting on his subject and he eats up a lot of screentime 
2.5
Dear Mr. Watterson
Wes Greene
Though it begins by spending far too much time talking up the comic s quality it gradually finds a groove as an incisive portrait of an insecure industry 
2.5
Dear Mr. Watterson
Rob Thomas
The film will send a viewer scrambling for their lovingly battered old copies of Yukon Ho or Something Under the Bed is Drooling 
3.5
H.
Monica Castillo
It is an enigmatic film full of story and conflict yet spacious enough for our thoughts to fill the unclaimed space 
2.5
From the Hood to the Holler
Roger Moore
It Booker goes on to unseat the hilariously hated 44 Russia loving Rand Paul for a Senate seat this fall 44 8220 From the Hood to the Holler 8221 will make a fascinating footnote for a sea change in American politics and 46 46 46 when Kentucky finally woke up 46 
2.5
Beyond the Mask
Dann Gire
Its limited effects budget wit challenged screenplay and soft casting choices create the aura of a cheaply mounted made for cable TV drama 
1.5
Beyond the Mask
Rick Bentley
This action film set against the months leading up to the Revolutionary War has the same strong visual effects story and action sequences of films with 10 times the budget 
2.5
Beyond the Mask
Kam Williams
The sort of action adventure a Born Again Quentin Tarantino might make 
3
Beyond the Mask
Mike McGranaghan
It wants to be a faith based film a historical drama and an action adventure movie at the same time Those three things are blended together awkwardly leading to shifts in tone that can be jarring 
2
Beyond the Mask
Roger Moore
A faith based swashbuckling Revolutionary War period piece that doesn t have the wit or the budget to quite come off 
2
Helicopter Mom
Kam Williams
An alternately humorous and sobering cautionary tale chronicling the woes of an exasperated kid smothered by a well meaning mom in an era of omnipresent parenting 
3
A Coffee in Berlin
Peter Keough
Niko s problem is not just that he s spoiled and lazy but that he s a wimp about it He only maintains viewer sympathy because everyone else in the film is so obnoxious 
2
A Coffee in Berlin
Stephanie Merry
It manages to make an entertaining story out of nothing in particular And just when you get comfortable passively observing a passive observer the minutest of twists becomes its own call to action 
3
A Coffee in Berlin
Michael Phillips
As sure of itself visually in its black and white evocations of Berlin as its protagonist is unsure of himself and his future 
3
A Coffee in Berlin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A Coffee in Berlin is only a good film but it does have a very good ending 
3
A Coffee in Berlin
Steven Rea
There s a muted absurdist thread running through A Coffee in Berlin and while Niko s quest for the titular brew devolves into a series of whimsical frustrations the filmmaker s motives are more serious 
3.5
A Coffee in Berlin
Sheila O'Malley
A Coffee in Berlin veers confidently from melancholy to absurdity and back and then back again 
3.5
A Coffee in Berlin
Rex Reed
A black and white template of nothingness that shows how far the once unique and inventive German film industry has plummeted 
1
A Coffee in Berlin
Roger Moore
Slacker in Deutsche and Berlin in glorious romantic and seedy black and white 
3
A Coffee in Berlin
Clayton Dillard
Jan Ole Gerster seems infatuated with his main character but to little avail beyond reveling in his aimless despair 
2
The Plague of the Zombies
Matt Brunson
It s not only one of the best zombie movies ever made it s also one of the finest pictures ever released by Hammer Films 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Peter Canavese
Starring Nicolas Cage as quot Nicolas Cage quot 46 Featherweight but reasonably fun 46 As a movie it apos s not that good but for Cage fans 40 he apos s great here 41 it apos s a must see 46 
2.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Bill Chambers
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a buddy movie in the vein of Alan Arkin Peter Falk comedies and a busy dad shaming movie out of the Adam Sandler playbook 
1
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Sean P. Means
Playing the slightly puffy movie star in decline 44 or a CGI created younger self who serves as the devil on his shoulder 44 Cage shows he gets the joke by transcending it 46 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Linda Cook
It pokes fun at action movie 44 cliches 44 and Nicolas Cage 46 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Sarah Knight Adamson
Nic Cage has never left us here hes front and center reminding us of his illustrious Academy Award winning career my favorite line from Raising Arizona while robbing a store H I says Ill be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got 
4
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Brian Eggert
He s one of our strangest most authentic and most beloved actors Shouldn t he have been graced with a film just as weird and unforgettable Instead Unbearable s mild self awareness doesn t absolve itself from the script s by the numbers resolution 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Doug Walker
Despite a predictable script and boring third act Cage and Pascal s performances mixed with some clever editing make this a satisfactory comedy 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Charles Koplinski
Even if you dont catch the significance of the line Not the bees youll still be able to appreciate Unbearables meta dissection of Cage the star the man and the actor 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Ray Gill Jr.
Moments of absurdity come infrequently enough to enhance the comedic tone without defining it and co writer and director Tom Gormican knows his audience giving viewers what they want with little care for what anyone else thinks 
4
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
David Nusair
a unique premise thats employed to erratic yet mostly agreeable effect 
2.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Sonny Bunch
Cage remains a massive talent I just find it somewhat unbearable to watch him in mediocre stuff like this 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
James Berardinelli
It s a painless diversion no more no less that gets an injection of energy from the lead actor s willingness to not take himself too seriously 
2.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Jeff Mitchell
Celebrating Nicolas Cage is not a heavy burden Not at all This movie is a light enjoyable and surreal escape and at times it s a blast 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Mike McGranaghan
Although a little more restrained than it should be The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is still a witty funny riff on fame and the rollercoaster nature of show business 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Richard Roeper
Less a commentary on Hollywood stardom than a reminder of how Cage truly is a movie star whether he s in a near masterpiece such as last year s Pig another forgettable piece of schlock or an interesting yet familiar project such as this one 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Ty Burr
It s all very clever but only clever and it swipes ideas from other better Cage movies 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Kent Turner
Compared to Mandy or Dog Eat Dog this entry in the Cage canon comes across as a staid step back 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Lisa Trifone
There s something uniquely satisfying about an artist not only being in on the joke but embracing it choosing to joyfully laugh with their audience rather than push back against it 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its an audacious balancing act one that marvelously melds fact and fiction satirizing modern Hollywood and the current state of cinematic media with insightful authority 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Jeff York
Cage has always been a terrific actor hes just been very bad at showcasing that talent in proper vehicles Here its a delight to see him playing comedy so well once again That alone is enough to treasure 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Emily Zemler
Not only is the film a tongue in cheek cleverly meta tribute to one of Hollywood s most mercurial actors it s also a light hearted delight that reminds us how fun movies can be 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Johnny Oleksinski
Cage heightens his already big personality just the right amount to ensure that the film rises above a skit We care a great deal about fictional Nicolas Cage 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Diandra Reviews
Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal were the life and breathe of this film It truly is a BFF comedy diandrareviews 
4
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Rob Thomas
For a movie called Unbearable Weight Cage is loose and light on his feet Id say this is a big comeback role for him but he already made that comeback last year with one of his best ever performances in Pig 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Leo Brady
It feels like audiences can finally bond over something great and its all because of Nicolas Cage Thats one massive talent 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Mark Dujsik
It s smart critical and good natured fun 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Scott Greenstone
The movie is less interesting than the career of Nicolas Cage but it s very funny at moments and Cage and Pascal have great chemistry 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Randy Myers
The screenplay by director Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten plays it so loose that the comedy never comes together with the punch it should 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Robert Levin
A fitting tribute to a Hollywood icon 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Ann Hornaday
As The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent gains momentum it shape shifts from a winking critique of actorly excess and celebrity worship to a playful and on point cri de coeur about the state of American cinema 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Mark Feeney
A little Nick Cage goes a long way A lot of Nick Cage goes even longer It s just not long enough 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Mick LaSalle
As a Nicolas Cage movie not just as a movie but as a vehicle for what a specific actor can do on screen this is the most interesting thing Cage has done since Face Off 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Josh Larsen
The best moments are those of cinebro bonding between Pascal and Cage 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Christian Toto
Wink wink comedy shows how apolitical stars can bring joy everlasting 
3
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Roger Moore
In pandering fanboy inspired movie terms its closer to Fanboys than Snakes on a Plane Sweet Almost cute 
2.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Michael Phillips
Self referentiality without a twist is just settling for less Comedies need the courage of their convictions and the guts to forego anything that doesn t add to the fun 
2
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
David Gonzalez
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 160 is this year apos s comedy event 46 Cage and Pascal are must see and the film ultimately accomplishes its goal of bringing to light that Nicolas Cage is an absolute icon 46 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Mark Hanson
Despite this clever setup Tom Gormicans film isnt the self reflexive skewering of Hollywood that one might expect 
2.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Joey Magidson
he Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is one of the best films of the year and is going to utterly delight Nicolas Cage fans The amount of his work referenced here either covertly or overtly is wonderful 
3.5
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Marya E. Gates
The filmmakers pull from every corner of Cage s filmography to craft something transcendent 
3.5
Tiger Eyes
Moira MacDonald
It s a pleasant enough movie but offers little that the book doesn t give its readers far too quickly it fades away 
2.5
Tiger Eyes
John Wirt
Tiger Eyes characters are so obvious as to be underlined and color coded 
1.5
Tiger Eyes
Kent Turner
Guided by a gentle pace this is a quiet film in tone and in its acting 
2.5
Tiger Eyes
John Beifuss
Directed and constructed without distinction nevertheless it is quite moving thanks to Blume s storytelling and the sincerity of the performances 
2.5
Tiger Eyes
Farran Smith Nehme
Time has robbed Blume s subjects of shock value but her perceptiveness hasn t dimmed The movie s sincerity carries it along and makes this story endearing despite its filmmaking clichs 
2.5
Tiger Eyes
Michael Phillips
A gentle honest and shrewdly realized film It s worth seeking out 
3
Tiger Eyes
Peter Travers
Tiger Eyes has an uncommon intimacy the kind you find in a Judy Blume novel Her grit and grace are all over this heartfelt adventure of a movie She gives it a spirit that soars 
3
Tiger Eyes
Matt Pais
Still waiting on that Superfudge movie 
2.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Mattie Lucas
An obvious labor of love from all involved it s enough to make you want to get up and dance too 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A sweet and utterly entertaining portrait of children learning about confidence achievement skill and also understanding the game of the sexes at such a young age 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Betsy Bozdech
Mad Hot Ballroom offers plenty of good tango swing rumba merengue and foxtrot footage but its best moments come when Agrelo captures candid conversations between the kids 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Carolyn Arends
In all its unscripted glory it shows us pre adolescence with an astonishing authenticity that should be the envy of a hundred coming of age movies 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Only an icy hearted cynic could disparage this joyous infectious documentary 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Pam Grady
By turns funny moving and most definitely feel good 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Linda Cook
ts title is deceptively adult Mad Hot Ballroom actually is a mesmerizing story of all things about dancing fifth graders 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Peter Travers
Listening to the kids talk is a treat in itself but watching them strut their stuff in the final competition is enough to make you stand up and cheer 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Phil Villarreal
Yet another example of a slight TV newsworthy story that jitterbugs its sweet little self into exhaustion on the big screen 
2
Mad Hot Ballroom
Jeff Vice
The kids enthusiasm for dancing continually buoys the material 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Lawrence Toppman
These kids may be too small for sports and may not be headed to college on academic scholarships But for once they ve proven to the world and to themselves that they matter 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Sean P. Means
The repetition of the dance scenes is mollified by moments of the kids off the dance floor just talking and hanging out In those moments the 11 year olds really shine 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Rob Thomas
Director Marilyn Agrelo includes so many different kids and teachers that the film becomes like an overcrowded dance floor 
2.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Larry Ratliff
One thing becomes abundantly clear Even if you re 10 it s impossible to hold back a smile while swinging your hips to the merengue 
2.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Duane Dudek
The most heartbreaking life affirming joyous and real film experience of the summer 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Matt Brunson
It s a pleasure spending down time with these lovely boys and girls 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Sara Michelle Fetters
Director Marilyn Agrelo s Mad Hot Ballroom is the best documentary bar none since 1994 s seminal basketball saga Hoop Dreams 
4
Mad Hot Ballroom
Rene Rodriguez
Aside from being perfectly irresistible the movie is also deeply inspiring especially for children 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Lisa Kennedy
Wins you over with kid after kid after kid saying the darndest things about boys and girls winning and losing and a host of other issues 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Terry Lawson
Mad Hot Ballroom had me at and go 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Jessica Reaves
It s a dynamic snapshot of youth in the big city of kids who talk tough and act up but savor the discipline and structure of their dance classes 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Jeff Strickler
The dedication the youngsters bring to their dancing is infectious and that gives this documentary a leg up 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Chris Hewitt
A moving and inspiring film but it s also hilarious and as the finals draw near quite exciting 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Peter Canavese
Though Agrelo blunts the competitive drama by visually excluding the opposition the kids talent and infectious spirit carries the day for Mad Hot Ballroom 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
John Hartl
The kids are remarkably open and tentative about their feelings 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Alicia Potter
There s no denying the charms of these frank talking little Freds and Gingers and the film delivers the expected dose of pathos and humor 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Susan Walker
Offers a rare glimpse of what s on the minds of pre adolescent kids 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Walter V. Addiego
Watching the kids dance is irresistible but director Marilyn Agrelo is sensitive to the full complex of emotions invoked by the competition 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Steven Rea
A crowd pleaser of immense proportions 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Rick Groen
The film grows in rhythm and grace as the competition approaches 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like the best practitioners of its subject Mad Hot Ballroom entrances while following a rigid set of steps 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Ty Burr
Take the kids The 10 year old I had the pleasure to watch the movie with was transfixed racked with suspense and mirroring the moves before it was half over 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
James Verniere
If you needed a reason to deplore cuts in funding for our schools and to raise teachers salaries here it is 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Glenn Whipp
Mad Hot Ballroom gets a passing grade based on the precocious charms of its pint size subjects and filmmakers palpable enthusiasm for their subjects 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
James Berardinelli
This is an amazing documentary achievement easily as good if not better than any recent feel good fictional story that Hollywood has put on the screen 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Steve Rhodes
Entertaining and precious it s certain to cast a spell on you 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Stephen Whitty
A lovely movie full of real life drama you can almost see it being turned into an off Broadway musical 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Lou Lumenick
Mad Hot Ballroom is a crowd pleaser of the first order 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
Jami Bernard
This winning documentary about fifth graders who learn ballroom dancing is one of those movies that make the world a brighter place 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Claudia Puig
It s fascinating to watch those who initially slouched and dragged their feet grow into nimble and determined competitive dancers 
3
Mad Hot Ballroom
David Sterritt
Many moviegoers will swoon over the young folks earnest efforts to learn gracefulness and sociability But at heart this is a cuteness exploitation flick 
2
Mad Hot Ballroom
Gene Seymour
Watching these lively people young and old express their wishes confess their fears and kick uptheir heels is enough to make you proud to be a New Yorker Heck proud to be human 
3.5
Mad Hot Ballroom
Ed Gonzalez
The filmmakers evoke children empowering themselves by coming together 
3
Antarctica: Ice and Sky
Peter Howell
Using archival and recent footage Jacquet tracks the work of pioneering polar scientist Claude Lorius a climate change verifier whose astounding discoveries should silence all deniers 
3
Antarctica: Ice and Sky
Mark Dujsik
These scientists whom we see throughout the film are not in it for fame or glory or money Their research comes at great personal risk to life and limb 
3
Antarctica: Ice and Sky
Ed Gonzalez
The documentary advances its cause through an intimately diaristic depiction of hard work done well 
3
Believe Me
James Kendrick
The balancing act they manage in poking fun at evangelical culture while not blatantly mocking organized religion and more importantly people s faith is impressive
3
Believe Me
Kam Williams
A thought provoking faith based parable asking whether it s ever too late to make a second impression especially on God 
4
Believe Me
Christian Toto
Believe Me pokes fun at gullible Christians but it has another more deserving target in its sights 
3
Believe Me
Roger Moore
An almost edgy faith based dramedy a not quite edgy Christian crusade satire this never quite comes off as either 
2
Catch and Release
Walter Chaw
harbours a secret crush on Gray but hey so does everybody since Gray has fairies and butterflies flying out of her vagina 
0
Catch and Release
Claudia Puig
Release yourself from boredom by giving it a miss 
1.5
Catch and Release
Michael Dequina
Garner is likable but the film is so leisurely and meandering that it never quite builds a pulse to engage the emotions the way Grant so obviously strives 
2
Catch and Release
David Nusair
nothing particularly noteworthy or innovative 
2.5
Catch and Release
Forrest Hartman
Can we really be expected to invest in a budding relationship between a woman and the best buddy of her dead lover 
2.5
Catch and Release
Lori Hoffman
Garner is moving up the likeability ladder to Sandra Bullock Julia Roberts levels 
2.5
Catch and Release
David N. Butterworth
Ugh 
0
Catch and Release
Jeffrey Westhoff
Catch and Release is a little one that gets away 
2
Catch and Release
Gary Goldstein
A well acted truthfully written film there s just too much of it about 20 minutes too much 
3
Catch and Release
Janos Gereben
Take heart you may feel that it takes forever but the movie will eventually end 
1.5
Catch and Release
Mike McGranaghan
The movie takes subject matter that seems depressing and infuses it with humor and warmth 
3
Catch and Release
Nick Schager
If grief were as easily overcome as it is in Catch and Release Prozac sales would be in dire trouble 
1.5
Catch and Release
Kit Bowen
Catch and Release is another middle of the road romantic dramedy neither offensively bad nor terribly inspiring either despite its best efforts 
2
Catch and Release
Linda Cook
If you re looking for a predictable but inoffensive film Catch and Release is about as middle of the road as you can get 
2
Catch and Release
Thomas Delapa
The star of TV s Alias Garner would have been wise to use a false name 
1
Catch and Release
Steve Rhodes
Complete misfire 
1
Catch and Release
Gary Brown
The floundering Catch and Release is not a keeper 
2
Catch and Release
Ethan Alter
It s such a bland example of its genre it may as well have been titled A Romantic Drama Starring Jennifer Garner 
1.5
Catch and Release
Angel Cohn
Given the film s complicated and ambitious opening it s that more disappointing when it settles into the rut of happily ever after cliches 
2.5
Catch and Release
Peter Howell
Were it not for Kevin Smith s mildly amusing antics it might have been necessary to attach a warning to the movie about the dangers of watching it whilst operating heavy machinery 
2
Catch and Release
Ted Fry
There s barely anything new in this well designed prettily shot piece of fluff hewn from the realm of tragic comic romance immemorial 
2
Catch and Release
Peter Hartlaub
Susannah Grant s movie is rough around the edges but once you get used to the laconic pace the plot grooves along nicely 
3
Catch and Release
David Elliott
Calling this a chick flick is maybe too easy The film is for people who want to leave the house but watch TV without going to a bar or hotel Bring along a remote and you can be fully comfortable 
2
Catch and Release
Carla Meyer
Catch and Release is overlong and unfocused but not entirely unlikable Unfortunately its least likable element is its lead character Gray played by Jennifer Garner 
2
Catch and Release
Peter Travers
Screenwriter Susannah Grant makes her directing debut with a romance that wants to respect the mess of love and loss but winds up smoothing all its rough edges with a Hollywood pumice stone 
2
Catch and Release
Carrie Rickey
However diverting are Garner Smith and the scenery the ricochet romance aspect of Grant s film is frankly icky 
2
Catch and Release
Stephen Whitty
Every time Kevin Smith comes on screen he perks things up a little He makes the time pass faster and the flaws recede He turns what might be a forgettable movie into a halfway decent one 
2.5
Catch and Release
Kyle Smith
The chick comedy drama Catch and Release may look bland but it s not It s worse To rise to the level of blandness it would need to have a few gallons of Tabasco dumped into it 
.5
Catch and Release
Jack Mathews
A film that a talented veteran of romantic comedy would have had trouble pulling off let alone a screenwriter Susannah Grant wrote Erin Brockovich who has never directed a film before 
1.5
Catch and Release
Sue Pierman
Catch and Release is a puzzle missing a few critical pieces and as a result it never really connects 
1.5
Catch and Release
Rene Rodriguez
This wan by the numbers romantic comedy which marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Susannah Grant is so superficial and formulaic that even Garner s mega watt grin can t completely save it 
2
Catch and Release
Bob Strauss
From scene to scene it careens back and forth between honest emotion and contrived absurdity the net effect of which is to make even the most credible bits of behavior feel suspect and the whole package annoyingly unengaging 
2
Catch and Release
Loey Lockerby
Screenwriter Susannah Grant In Her Shoes Erin Brockovich makes her directing debut by cramming every conceivable genre into one mess of a movie It s as if she didn t think she d get another chance 
2
Catch and Release
Jennie Punter
The romantic dramedy Catch and Release is off the mark in so many respects one wonders if it would have been more humane to release this one directly into the DVD stream 
1.5
Catch and Release
Terry Lawson
There are some interesting if less than original ideas stuck between all the comic banter and the unlikely romantic relationship you see coming a mile away but the film never finds a way to marry the less than convincing melodrama with the melancholy 
2
Catch and Release
Jeff Vice
Catch and Release tries to hook audiences by changing gears between drama and comedy It s a formula that s proven successful for many so called chick flicks but here it fails to reel you in 
2
Catch and Release
Michael Booth
A romantic comedy drama with little comedy no drama and less romance than your average YouTube video 
1.5
Catch and Release
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In spite of the material Lewis really finds a natural rhythm to her character almost as if she were in a separate movie Too bad she isn t 
2.5
Catch and Release
Ty Burr
The film s a pleasant enough daydream before it turns all squoodgy at the end 
2
Catch and Release
Carolyn Arends
A big hearted light headed story that isn t as deep as it wants to be but still manages to entertain 
2.5
Catch and Release
James Sanford
In the first half hour of Catch you may wonder what the movie s focus is going to be 90 minutes later you still won t have a clear answer While it s all nicely acted and sometimes funny it s also utterly disjointed 
2
Catch and Release
Willie Waffle
suffers from trying to be too many things to too many audiences and tastes 
1
Catch and Release
Chris Hewitt
Catch and Release is an all too appropriate title for the glum new Jennifer Garner movie This fish should be thrown back 
1.5
Catch and Release
Phoebe Flowers
It s passable entertainment that you don t have to feel totally guilty about enjoying In late January we ll take it 
2.5
Catch and Release
Dustin Putman
Neither here nor there neither offensively bad nor anything special Catch and Release inspires little more than a shrug 
2
Catch and Release
Bruce Newman
This one isn t even worth catching Just throw it back 
1
Catch and Release
James Berardinelli
Despite possessing a few effective and affecting scenes Catch and Release is a mess and the methods it uses to bring closure to its diverse storylines feel trite and contrived 
2
Catch and Release
Gene Seymour
Catch and Release has a magazine spread polish that sometimes tricks you into thinking that it s a more distinctive romantic comedy than it actually is 
2
Catch and Release
Michael Phillips
Forgettable seriocomic blather from writer director Susannah Grant 
2
Catch and Release
Matt Pais
Doesn t move things along so much as let them float in an abyss of romantic comedy Jell O that congeals from the get go 
2
Catch and Release
Phil Villarreal
Kevin Smith has a commanding affable presence that hints his acting career may surpass his considerable directorial successes It s a performance that would land an Oscar nomination if only the film it came from weren t so weak 
2
Catch and Release
Josh Larsen
the rare chick flick that defines its heroine on her own terms not in terms of the husband or boyfriend she wants or has 
3
Jerry Maguire
Wesley Lovell
A promising filmmaker gives audiences just what they crave with Jerry Maguire a moderately in depth look at the world of sports client management 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
David Nusair
Jerry Maguire benefits tremendously from Cruise s magnetic and predictably charismatic turn as the arrogant yet sympathetic central character 
3
Jerry Maguire
Dave Kehr
Zellweger s rumpled anti star quality plays in perfect contrast to Preston s buff and polish She redeems Jerry Maguire and Tom Cruise too by making him human again 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Michael Wilmington
I like Crowe s movies I mostly enjoyed this one 
3
Jerry Maguire
Dennis King
The halting romance between Maguire and Dorothy he fearing intimacy she admiring his budding humanity is one of the film s surpassing pleasures The excellent supporting cast is another 
3
Jerry Maguire
Desmond Ryan
Unlike Mission Impossible Jerry Maguire gives Cruise something to work with He takes to it with zest 
3
Jerry Maguire
Gene Siskel
It may be referred to as the Tom Cruise sports agent movie but really is an exciting romance and cautionary yuppie tale And the actor who steals the movie is a name you have never heard of Renee Zellweger 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Phil Villarreal
Jerry Maguire doesn t stop until it shows you the quan 
4
Jerry Maguire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surely the film could have been shorter but this unabashed Hollywood exercise tricked me into liking it 
3
Jerry Maguire
Michael Dequina
Both sides of the story the sports and the romance mesh well 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Susan Tavernetti
Funny and warmhearted this romantic comedy has it all a gentle love story crackling dialogue social satire and uplifting themes 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Margaret A. McGurk
One of the things I liked best about this movie is the quality of the women s characters 
3
Jerry Maguire
Bill Chambers
Disingenuous
2
Jerry Maguire
Rick Groen
There s much to admire in Jerry Maguire except Jerry Maguire 
2.5
Jerry Maguire
David Sterritt
The movie takes a refreshing stance in favor of family life but the repetitious story moves erratically and runs on much too long 
2
Jerry Maguire
James Kendrick
Crowe is an extremely gifted writer who has a keen understanding of his characters 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Robert Roten
Jerry Maguire is one of those rare sports movies with a brain to go with its heart 
4
Jerry Maguire
Ted Prigge
Jerry Maguire is ultimately a failed idealism 
2.5
Jerry Maguire
Mike D'Angelo
A slightly flawed gem 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
John Hartl
Gooding does his finest work since Boyz N the Hood positively glowing with this character s mixture of engaging brassiness and occasionally misdirected energy 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Steve Rhodes
Overall Jerry Maguire is an enjoyable film but far from a memorable one 
2.5
Jerry Maguire
Susan Stark
You may come away from Jerry Maguire feeling a little dizzy but once the film settles into afterthought it provides plenty to think about 
3
Jerry Maguire
Roger Ebert
There are a couple of moments in Jerry Maguire when you want to hug yourself with delight 
3
Jerry Maguire
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Cameron Crowe Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr are salesmen and we re consumers buying emotional truth That s a brave message for a commercial film to have Too bad it s unintentional 
1
Jerry Maguire
Rob Blackwelder
Here is a remarkable exception to the proven principle that all movies with any scene taking place at a football game are stinkers 
3
Jerry Maguire
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of movie that reminds me why I started reviewing in the first place 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Peter Stack
Jerry Maguire is a savvy depiction of a punched up egomaniac being mauled by the tender hands of love 
3
Jerry Maguire
Marty Mapes
I just couldn t buy into the redemption of Jerry Maguire 
2.5
Jerry Maguire
Madeleine Williams
Director Cameron Crowe nearly fumbles the ball with an overabundance of situations and subplots but is rescued by the starpower of his actors 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Mike Clark
Cameron Crowe s overstuffed but exuberantly humane Jerry Maguire is a Tom Cruise vehicle that gives equal time to brilliantly cast co stars in elaborately conceived roles 
3.5
Jerry Maguire
Stephen Hunter
Everything about Jerry about Dorothy about her unbearably cute son and her unbearably overbearing sister is unconvincing and formulaic 
2
Jerry Maguire
Scott Nash
Jerry Maguire is a modern classic and I don t think there s much question about it 
4
Jesus, You Know
Janice Page
It takes a giant leap of faith to accept that Jesus You Know wasn t staged 
2.5
Jesus, You Know
V.A. Musetto
Inventive and bold 
3
The Sisters
Mick LaSalle
Intelligent observant entertainment designed for an adult audience 
3
The Sisters
Roger Ebert
What we can guess watching the film is that the same players would make a good job of Three Sisters but are undermined by the faculty club which works like a hotel lobby There s no way to sustain dramatic momentum here 
2
The Sisters
Michael Phillips
Instead of anti melodrama laced with surprising moments of comedy which Chekhov managed The Sisters settles for bloodless melodrama 
1
The Sisters
Terry Lawson
Anyone looking for the playwright s undeniable insight into the female psyche is unlikely to find any such specimen here 
1
The Sisters
Maitland McDonagh
Bello is phenomenally good as the embittered Marcia while Stuart and Christensen do their best with their less complex roles but they re all undermined by Alfieri s shrill mannered dialogue and cliched backstories 
2
The Sisters
Kim Morgan
We never tire of watching these actresses particularly Bello who s utterly convincingly playing one of those sexy crazy intelligent women men go bonkers for And the movie though flawed remains absorbing and in a ridiculous way fun 
2.5
The Sisters
John Anderson
Anton Chekhov s The Three Sisters egacy of stifled dreams and inter familial anxieties are as relevant as ever Updating it however should involve more than adding incest lesbianism and the uncontrolled venting of spleen 
2
The Sisters
Lisa Rose
A low profile indie that s worth seeking out for Maria Bello s performance 
3
The Sisters
Lou Lumenick
A pretentious stagy and over the top update of Chekov s The Three Sisters 
1.5
The Sisters
Jami Bernard
Richard Alfieri adapted his Chekhov inspired stage play for this movie but the outpouring of suppressed memories and emotions still seem to belong to the more personal realm of theater 
2
The Sisters
Glenn Whipp
The movie looks horrible On the few occasions that the action moves outside the chamber room it s as if the filmmakers were venturing forth on the planet Mars 
1
The Sisters
Dan Callahan
Ham fisted maddeningly overwritten and about as subtle as a jackhammer 
1
White Mane
Fernando F. Croce
Beauty in Albert Lamorisse s brand of cinematic poetry stems from a childlike view of the world that sees bliss and sorrow as inseparably bound and equally enchanted 
3
Breach
Matt Brunson
Cooper works hard to provide any psychological subtext to the story behind the headlines 
2.5
Breach
Nick Rogers
The pulse of spy films so rarely comes from such meticulously detailed verbal and body language suspense Here every conversation is a possible trap inquiries feel like interrogations responses and reactions could be lethal tells 
4
Breach
David Nusair
a slow paced character study that benefits substantially from Chris Cooper s downright astounding performance 
2.5
Breach
Lori Hoffman
it is Cooper s brilliance letting us see the uncontrollable rage behind a controlled façade that makes director Billy Ray s spy flick so engrossing 
3
Breach
Linda Cook
An entertaining character study and a glimpse at history as well Breach will intrigue even viewers who normally aren t drawn to stories of well intrigue 
3.5
Breach
James Rocchi
Breach has the facts and shape of real events it also has real excitement and true craft behind it which is just one part of the reason why it s such a pleasure to watch 
4
Breach
Mark Dujsik
It s a daunting task but Ray manages to keep the entire affair focused on unraveling thread after thread of Hanssen 
4
Breach
Mike McGranaghan
Breach is a very good film with a lot of strong elements had it exploited those elements a little more it would have been a great film 
3
Breach
Steven Snyder
It s stunning how much drama Breach is able to evoke with only a few angry words 
3
Breach
Vince Koehler
The cast exquisitely play the complete and complex characters with Chris Cooper at the top of his game 
3.5
Breach
Todd Hertz
While possibly too early to create the needed Oscar buzz for 2008 Cooper deserves to be remembered at this time next year He s that good 
3
Breach
Janos Gereben
With remarkably simple and effective performances by Ryan Phillippe as O Neill and Chris Cooper as Hanssen Breach is a slow thoughtful duet for two very different but equally impressive men both complex and real 
3
Breach
Sean P. Means
The gamesmanship going on in the heads of Cooper and Phillippe makes Breach intensely involving 
3
Breach
Gary Brown
Chris Cooper s performance stands out in Breach 
4
Breach
James Berardinelli
Breach is competently made but aside from Cooper s performance there s nothing here worth getting excited about 
2.5
Breach
Claudia Puig
Though you know from the start just how it s going to end Breach based on the true story of a treasonous FBI operative is an edge of the seat thriller 
3
Breach
Maitland McDonagh
When Cooper is on screen it s mesmerizing 
3
Breach
Geoff Pevere
Breach is a movie tailor made for the age of intelligence failure 
3
Breach
Ted Fry
One of the best elements of this lean tense and coolly believable story about the internal hunt for FBI turncoat Robert Hanssen is how its visual style and dearth of formulaic structural ingredients run counter to almost any other spy movie 
3.5
Breach
Ruthe Stein
Breach suffers from lavishing so much attention on a relatively minor figure 
2
Breach
David Elliott
Despite limits the story has traction and grip As Hanssen plays out his fate truly worshipping nothing but his own importance we enjoy the pressures so bracingly incarnated by Chris Cooper 
3
Breach
Peter Travers
Just when you re thinking every new American film belongs in the Bomb Squad along comes Breach to win one for our side 
3.5
Breach
Timothy Knight
A solid feat of filmmaking across the board Breach brings a long awaited end to the drought of good movies at the multiplex 
3
Breach
Carrie Rickey
A riveting true life thriller about the young FBI specialist who got the goods on the veteran agent selling secrets to Moscow 
3
Breach
Lisa Rose
Cooper s performance is fine The script however is filled with dead end tangents and unanswered questions 
2.5
Breach
Lou Lumenick
Though it s being dumped in the wastelands in February Breach is better than many of the pack of so called prestige movies that were released at the end of last year 
3
Breach
Jack Mathews
A sharp cat and mouse game between Hanssen and Eric O Neill Ryan Phillippe the agent trainee assigned to spy on him 
3
Breach
Duane Dudek
Breach is never less than interesting engaging and intelligently told 
3
Breach
Bob Strauss
A rare spy thriller one that is more about true psychological suspense than espionage games 
3
Breach
Robert W. Butler
Phillippe and Cooper remind us that real espionage isn t about chases and gunplay but about the duplicity of the human personality 
3
Breach
Amy Biancolli
I can imagine no better man than Chris Cooper to play the enigma at the center of Breach 
3
Breach
Rick Groen
A thriller with no thrills a true story minus a single interesting truth a real life tale with all the fascination scraped off to leave only a residue of tedious facts 
2
Breach
Terry Lawson
Breach is a good cloak and dagger tale and telling this complex story through O Neill proves a brilliant way to watch Hanssen s schemes unravel 
3
Breach
Jeff Vice
Better focused than The Good Shepherd and its story is more interesting 
3
Breach
Michael Booth
It s not just that Breach looks terrific compared with the dreck Hollywood has thrown on screen so far this year though there is that No Breach has the early season intelligence and intriguing casting of last year s Inside Man 
3.5
Breach
Richard Roeper
About the only thing ineffective about Breach is the humdrum title Everything else in this smart thriller works like a perfectly crafted Latin Square puzzle 
4
Breach
James Sanford
tersely written and directed Although there are suspenseful sequences in this compelling story Ray and Cooper concentrate on the moral confusion surrounding the key players in the Hanssen scandal 
3.5
Breach
Ty Burr
There s precious little espionage where we can see it and that s what makes the movie such a compelling and eerily effective little drama 
3.5
Breach
Tyler Hanley
Powerhouse performances by Chris Cooper and Laura Linney highlight this taut political thriller 
3
Breach
Sara Michelle Fetters
He s a fascinating character a villain for the ages full of pained pathos and unknown interior machinations just by walking into a room the man can t help but send a chill straight up your spine 
3
Breach
Daniel M. Kimmel
the first really interesting film of this still new year 
4
Breach
Peter Canavese
Ray isn t beyond teasing out implications from his true stories but he s also smart enough to know where to quit allowing the viewer to resolve the whys and wherefores 
3
Breach
John Beifuss
A movie of rare integrity designed and staged with a plain naturalism that in the early stages of the film may be mistaken for a lack of imagination 
3
Breach
Willie Waffle
a very good movie with great acting but it needed a bit of pizzazz to make it a movie you can t miss 
3
Breach
Michael A. Smith
An actor who excels at what I call quiet strength Cooper often says more with his eyes then with his mouth
3
Breach
Michael Phillips
Chris Cooper is the whole haunted show in Breach 
3
Breach
Chris Hewitt
Reese Witherspoon has already done what would need to be done to make Breach a better film Kick Ryan Phillippe to the curb 
2
Breach
Matt Pais
The film informs us that most of the information is still classified so perhaps the filmmakers should have waited until they had more to work with 
2.5
Breach
Phoebe Flowers
A quietly fascinating and intelligent story about betrayal 
3
Breach
Bruce Newman
You begin to suspect the FBI may be the world s most boring bunch of crime busters during Breach a movie that urgently asserts itself as a spy thriller 
1.5
Breach
Jan Stuart
After the lumbering self importance of The Good Shepherd this lean self effacing portrait of an organizational black sheep is welcome 
3
Breach
Lawrence Toppman
This unconventional thriller tells us up front who the bad guy is and what happened to him in 2001 Then we puzzle out bits of his personality while watching Eric O Neill the agent assigned to catch him go through a crisis of conscience 
3
Breach
Frank Ochieng
suspenseful and calculating As a stimulating thriller padded with cynical mind games Breach flourishes with its vivid dosage of prestige and paranoia 
3
Breach
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A compelling piece of fictional journalism blending real elements and storytelling with a rare finesse 
3
Breach
Josh Larsen
has a mole of its own someone working against the movie right under its nose 
2
Breach
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely fascinating and completely engrossing 
3.5
Breach
Glenn Kenny
What really animates Breach is the question How much wrong are you willing and able to do in order to uncover somebody else s wrongdoing 
3
Breach
Ed Gonzalez
The best thing that can be said about Breach is that it isn t directed by Tony Scott 
2
Dheepan
Brian Eggert
Audiard manages to force viewers from so called First World countries to empathize with those who seek asylum or wish for a better life while also reminding us that many Western cities run rampant with crime and gun violence
3.5
Dheepan
Matt Brunson
A realistic drama that shows enormous sympathy for its downtrodden protagonists 
3
Dheepan
James Kendrick
both a well honed exercise in genre filmmaking and an impressively astute film of our moment
3.5
Dheepan
Robert Horton
This is an intimate view from ground level where the ground keeps shifting beneath your feet 
3
Dheepan
Christopher Schobert
The acting and setting as well as Audiard s mastery make Dheepan essential viewing 
4
Dheepan
Anders Wright
It puts a face on people around the world who will do anything for a better life 
3
Dheepan
Sean P. Means
With gritty images and an economy of dialogue the film tells a small story that stands for the thousands of refugees now trying to gain a footing in Europe 
3.5
Dheepan
Ty Burr
A Jacques Audiard movie looks deceptively naturalistic but it s as tightly coiled as a thriller and it hides allegories Despite a controversial left hand turn in the final moments Dheepan is no exception 
3
Dheepan
Ann Hornaday
Like the best fiction it takes the most incomprehensible stories of our time and makes them hauntingly inescapably clear 
3.5
Dheepan
Anita Katz
Dheepan is a memorable and relevant refugee condition drama a non preachy indictment of France s immigrant policies an engrossing personal journey and an inspiring testament to the hope and change human connection can spark 
3
Dheepan
Mark Dujsik
Ultimately Dheepan doesn t trust the heart of this story and instead pushes it into a sensationalized muddle of moral morass 
2.5
Dheepan
Michael Ordoña
It burrows into the hearts and minds of human beings trying to find a world in which it s possible to have a life worth living 
3
Dheepan
Steven Rea
A story of survival of assimilation and of alienation 
3.5
Dheepan
Bob Strauss
Considering what the world and particularly Europe is dealing with today a film such as this feels vitally necessary Thankfully it s also a rich if sometimes difficult pleasure to watch 
3.5
Dheepan
Peter Howell
Complicated lives get tough yet compassionate treatment in Dheepan 
3.5
Dheepan
Barry Hertz
For a while it s quietly meditative and riveting worthy of the Palme d Or it captured last spring in Cannes 
2.5
Dheepan
Chris Knight
The refugees are all played by first time actors and create an appealing naturalism in their performances And the camerawork places us if not quite in their shoes then at least in their vicinity bobbing and weaving in their wake 
3.5
Dheepan
Rafer Guzman
A compelling drama that might have worked even better without the action thriller shadings The unknown actors are pitch perfect 
3
Dheepan
David Fear
It s simply that Dheepan s cultural clashes are richer than its man vs thug ones 
3
Dheepan
Sheila O'Malley
Dheepan is finely drawn beautifully shot and acted featuring complex characters doing their best in no win situations 
3
Dheepan
Farran Smith Nehme
The remarkable performances from the central trio are what carries the film 
3
Dheepan
Jesse Cataldo
Jacques Audiard s film struggles to overcome the burden of its over simplified moralizing setup 
2.5
Dheepan
T'Cha Dunlevy
Despite its violent dénouement this is for the most part an understated cinematically rich shrewdly observational film 
4
Dheepan
Bill Chambers
Audiard is a quasi exploitation filmmaker at heart alas but his direction is elegant at times breathtakingly so 
3
The Dunwich Horror
Matt Brunson
A leadenly paced picture that grows less gripping as it moseys along 46 
2
Possession Diaries
Roger Moore
Amateurish D movie tale of demonic possession and the video diary one keeps when that happens 
1
Babysitter
Mike McGranaghan
Director Monia Chokri stages the comedy to be as broad as possible That s a bold choice one some viewers will really like although it wore me out after about twenty minutes 
1.5
Babysitter
Joey Magidson
Babysitter has some amusing moments but it s ultimately not enough 
2.5
Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two
Frank Ochieng
Pearl Jam Let s Play Two will bring nothing exploratory or particularly fresh within the realm of concert film documentaries to indifferent outsiders that do not harbor any allegiance to either Pearl Jam or The Chicago Cubs 
2.5
Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two
Brian Tallerico
The passion behind its creation along with the passion of its frontman allow one to look past its flaws with relative ease 
3
Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two
Greg Kot
As an affirmation of one famous fan s dedication Let s Play Two works well enough As a Pearl Jam documentary not so much 
2.5
Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two
Tom Keogh
A shotgun marriage of Cubs history and powerful performances including a casual Pearl Jam session on a pub roof that fills the streets below 
3
Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two
Roger Moore
Eddie Vedder s Ferris Bueller connection was never clearer than in this easy going play a show root for the Cubs documentary 
2.5
Drunk Bus
Peter Canavese
A great metaphorical premise in a charming comedy about a very specific moment in life 
3
Drunk Bus
Monica Castillo
A sweet late bloomer coming of age comedy about learning to let go of toxic relationships and embracing new people in your life 
3
Drunk Bus
Roger Moore
A rude laugh out loud on and off campus romp
3.5
Drunk Bus
Randy Myers
Drunk Bus is a rowdy sweetheart directed with pluck by Brandon LaGanke and John Carlucci and written with comedic punch by screenwriter Chris Molinaro 
3.5
Jennifer Eight
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slow and sluggish endeavor that contains 44 at its core 44 a tedious 44 hopelessly convoluted mystery 46 46 46 
2
Jennifer Eight
Roger Ebert
Somebody should have taken a hard look at the screenplay and decided that it wasn t finished 
1.5
The Operator
Harvey S. Karten
Sardonic chic sexy The Operator gives sharp new meaning to 411 
3.5
Guardian
David Nusair
it s movies like Guardian that give straight to video movies a bad name 
.5
Into the Inferno
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Into the Inferno is fascinated by the impermanent nature of our world and is perhaps a strong reminder to appreciate what we have while we have it 
3.5
Into the Inferno
Matt Zoller Seitz
A series of portraits of obsessed people each painted by one of the most likable obsessives in cinema 
3
Into the Inferno
Kate Taylor
This intersection of nature and culture is filled with insight 
3
Into the Inferno
Chuck Bowen
The busy ness of its conceit grounds Werner Herzog in a documentary procedural form that s surprisingly conventional by his standards 
2.5
Into the Inferno
Walter Chaw
He s an old softie now That s incredibly boring 
2
V.I. Warshawski
Steve Persall
Kanew who injected some imagination into the campus comedy routine with Revenge of the Nerds can t manage the same with the gumshoe genre 
1
V.I. Warshawski
David Nusair
one s interest in V I Warshawski is almost entirely dependent on one s tolerance for Turner s work 
1.5
V.I. Warshawski
Roger Ebert
Kathleen Turner fits the character more closely than I would have imagined 
3
On Guard!
Marty Mapes
For both the artsy foreign film crowd and the blue collar action movie fans
3
On Guard!
Wesley Morris
Despite its postdated irrelevance and its dopey title this Daniel Auteuil vehicle is ludicrous fun 
3
On Guard!
Allison Benedikt
An awkward and indigestible movie 
2
On Guard!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Turns out to be a nifty swashbuckler whose plot easily could have been lifted from a number of Douglas Fairbanks silent pictures 
3
On Guard!
John Monaghan
It s a tale well told and nearly irresistible 
3
On Guard!
Edward Guthmann
A big gorgeous sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand uncomplicated fashion 
3
On Guard!
Evan Henerson
De Broca who also co wrote with Jean Cosmos gives it a frisky energy 
2.5
On Guard!
Jonathan Foreman
Boasting the best sword fighting sequences to hit the screen in many years it is so enjoyably old fashioned it even looks as if it were made in the 70s 
3
The Patience Stone
Duane Dudek
This visually static and dramatically interior film by Atiq Rahimi adapted from his novel is largely a play about two people 
3
The Patience Stone
Joe Williams
With a piercing edge The Patience Stone is a cry from behind the veil where a suffocating woman weaves a new life of her own design 
3
The Patience Stone
Soren Andersen
The bare room where the husband lies helpless becomes a confessional where Farahani pours out the woman s life story in a performance that grabs you with its quiet yet searing power 
3.5
The Patience Stone
Ty Burr
A startling fantasy of Muslim feminist empowerment that allows the Iranian born actress Golshifteh Farahani to put on what amounts to a one woman show 
3
The Patience Stone
Chris Hewitt
Speaking of patience it will try yours 
1
The Patience Stone
Hank Sartin
The details of the woman s life are like a crash course in the sociology of a country living through turmoil 
2.5
The Patience Stone
Stephanie Merry
Some movies prove both immediately transformative altering how we view the world as soon as we leave the theater and long lasting demanding days or weeks of reflection 
3
The Patience Stone
Steven Rea
A quietly fierce condemnation of fundamentalist Muslim society s treatment of women 
3
The Patience Stone
Michael Phillips
It s a little on the nose But The Patience Stone has Farahani in nearly every shot and in its meticulously paced way her movie long confessional is something to see 
3
The Patience Stone
David Lewis
From beginning to end it s a very human story 
3
The Patience Stone
Farran Smith Nehme
The Patience Stone is essentially a monologue and Atiq Rahimi directing the adaptation of his own novel doesn t have what it takes to make the story more dynamic 
2
The Patience Stone
Stephen Whitty
The camera observes quietly There is a stillness not only in the images but in the air itself 
3.5
The Patience Stone
Jesse Cataldo
While Atiq Rahimi s film may peel away the many layers of its female lead like an onion the end result is still just an onion 
1.5
The Mind's Eye
Mike McGranaghan
There s not a ton of depth to The Mind s Eye but as a punchy gruesomely funny horror movie it succeeds quite well 
3
The Mind's Eye
Simon Abrams
The Mind s Eye is the kind of childish genre movie that gives genre movies a bad reputation 
1
The Mind's Eye
Dann Gire
The scariest aspect of The Mind s Eye would be the shrill hyper pitched performances that Begos ruthlessly extracts from his poor cast members 
1
Destination Wedding
Rubén Rosario
The charismatic stars struggle with earache inducing dialogue that reduces their characters to bile spouting losers 
1
Destination Wedding
James Berardinelli
Despite having two inherently likable actors in Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder Levin s characters are so disagreeable that it s difficult to become sympathetic toward their whirlwind affair And a lot of the dialogue rings false 
2.5
Destination Wedding
Rick Bentley
The result is a winner 
3
Destination Wedding
Richard Roeper
Writer director Victor Levin takes an interesting although ultimately tedious and distracting approach to nearly every scene 
2
Destination Wedding
Nell Minow
Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves in their fourth film together are clearly having a blast and they won me over 
3
Destination Wedding
Mark Dujsik
Destination Wedding is a non stop torrent of cynicism aired by two people who might be perfect for each other because they re so miserable 
1
Destination Wedding
Pat Brown
The way Destination Wedding uses misanthropy to augment screwball tropes ends up being its undoing 
1.5
Breakfast on Pluto
James Plath
It may not have the epic scope and complexity of Forrest Gump but Breakfast on Pluto a small gem 
3.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Sara Michelle Fetters
One scene bleeds into the other and the whole enterprise slowly starts to resemble a fragmented comic book more than a high quality auteur driven motion picture 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Forrest Hartman
It s awfully hard to take the material seriously even though the plotting seems to demand it 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
David N. Butterworth
Murphy models his frocks comfortably enough but Pluto is draggy in other disappointing ways 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Rob Thomas
It could have easily been 15 minutes shorter But you can understand why Jordan wanted to spend so much time with such a singular hero heroine as Patrick 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
John Beifuss
The whimsy is so forced a half dozen Mitzi Gaynor references occur during the first 15 minutes 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Daniel M. Kimmel
While there are moments that are quite amusing by the end of the movie you re apt to be wondering why this was a story that needed to be told 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Robert W. Butler
There s a thin line between innocence and willful ignorance Breakfast on Pluto stomps all over it 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Terry Lawson
Like Kitten and everything else about Breakfast on Pluto it s altogether too overstated and obvious but at least it doesn t pretend to have any significance whatsoever 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Jeff Vice
Breakfast on Pluto has its tongue lodged so firmly in its cheek that it nearly chokes on it 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Lawrence Toppman
Breakfast on Pluto like its cross dressing heroine is appealing yet irritating fun company at times but just as often a bore occasionally quite touching yet frequently fey and self indulgent 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Phil Villarreal
Whimsical to a fault 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Paul Doro
The result is immensely enjoyable from start to finish 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Carrie Rickey
Jordan successfully grafts two Irish literary modes snappy social satire and gloomy dirge 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Ted Fry
Held together by a brilliant fiber of obscure pop songs from the era Breakfast on Pluto may be Jordan s most agreeable mixture of wisdom and whimsy 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Ruthe Stein
ambitious and endlessly intriguing 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Rene Rodriguez
despite the movie s bouncy ebullience courtesy of a terrific period soundtrack and dashes of fantasy the film quickly becomes an endurance test 
1
Breakfast on Pluto
Bruce Westbrook
If you re in the mood for an edgy raucous music driven gender bender rent Hedwig and the Angry Inch instead 
1.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Michael Booth
Jordan is the kind of director you follow out of trust even when his movies aren t perfect 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Liam Lacey
T he performance by Cillian Murphy is terrific 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Wesley Morris
Breakfast on Pluto ambles along nicely but feels as if it s never going to end 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
James Verniere
Jordan adds yet another uniquely beautiful soul to the list of otherwordly beings he has summoned to life 
3.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The overall film lacks a sense of urgency as if Patrick had all the time in the world to get where he s going 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
David Elliott
Thanks to a feathery script and Murphy s sentimental love me performance the bustling conceits of Breakfast turn into a load of burnt toast sprinkled with glitter and sugar 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Roger Ebert
Enchanting and hopeful 
3.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Michael Phillips
We re handed 36 separate chapters in the life of an androgynous sunbeam but the whimsy is like a piece of caramel lodged between two of your back teeth a sweet irritant 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Phoebe Flowers
By the time the movie finally creaks to a close you may feel like it s taken a lifetime to learn about Kitten s 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Thomas Delapa
Jordan takes his fey protagonist the most seriously of all picturing him as just about the most perfect and true creature in the universe 
1.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Chris Hewitt
It seems like a simple movie but it means more the more you think about it 
3.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Jeanne Aufmuth
A fizzy tonic amidst stiller holiday fare 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Steve Rhodes
Flitting through 22 chapters in the first hour alone it feels like someone trying to speed read through a bad novel the size of War Peace 
1.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Glenn Kenny
Playful poetic shocking saddening and ultimately gratifyingly and honestly big hearted 
4
Breakfast on Pluto
Glenn Whipp
The problem is that the coy Kitten never really develops as a character and as the film unfolds your interest in him wanes 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Claudia Puig
Pluto s story is scattershot though it occasionally resonates 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Pam Grady
As meals go this Breakfast is filling In every way Jordan s return to action is a triumph 
4
Breakfast on Pluto
Jami Bernard
The twittering main character quickly wears out his welcome 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Walter Chaw
A Technicolor d bird flashed at the ridiculous capriciousness of life and Sartre s other people 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Ken Fox
Jordan and McCabe s real triumph here however is the tenderness with which they imbues Kitten and the astonishing grace with which the extraordinary Murphy pulls it off 
4
Breakfast on Pluto
Gene Seymour
The movie s drastic shifts in tone sabotage any attempt at sustained emotional engagement 
2
Breakfast on Pluto
Lisa Rose
Breakfast on Pluto dishes out some inspired ideas and brazen performances but as a whole it s an unwieldy meal 
2.5
Breakfast on Pluto
Lou Lumenick
Murphy s tour de force as the eternally optimistic Patrick surely deserves an Oscar nomination Thanks to Jordan s bravura storytelling Breakfast on Pluto is one of very few movies this year truly worth remembering 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Peter Travers
Murphy is an actor to watch Even in heels 
3
Breakfast on Pluto
Keith Uhlich
An odd at times off putting mixture of camp inflection and earnest insight 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s as surprising and unconventional as the man himself but that doesn t mean it serves him well 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Joe Williams
It s a comic strip version of one man s life and times but it s tres cool 
3
Gainsbourg
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall the film makes a common mistake it tells what happened to Gainsbourg but not who he really was 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Steven Rea
In short Gainsbourg A Heroic Life is a charmer 
3
Gainsbourg
Mick LaSalle
Alas Gainsbourg A Heroic Life loses steam and grows more perfunctory as it wears on 
2
Gainsbourg
Ty Burr
For better and for worse Sfar s a fan and his movie is a busy love letter to Gainsbourg that skates along the surface of the legend 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Roger Ebert
Why was Gainsbourg a hero The film leaves the question hanging I am afraid it was only because like Sinatra he did it his way Which no one can deny 
3
Gainsbourg
Betsy Sherman
Elmosnino gives a deft and moving performance as the insecure piano player who reinvents himself as Gainsbourg pop poet and improbable ladies man impelled to break taboos not only out of anger but also to affirm his own existence 
3.5
Gainsbourg
Michael O'Sullivan
A viewer who comes into Gainsbourg A Heroic Life knowing nothing about Serge Gainsbourg will not come out the other side especially enlightened about the late French Jewish singer songwriter s life least of all why it is heroic 
1.5
Gainsbourg
Stephen Cole
Gainsbourg A Heroic Life accepts its subject on his own terms And the compromise feels like capitulation before its hero s last record spins to a close 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Nathalie Atkinson
What elevates Gainsbourg above Behind The Music territory is that peppered with his songs something the Gainsbourg family has never let any other biographical feature do 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Greg Quill
While Sfar doesn t dare tinker with the facts or sully the mystique he gains enormous traction via the imaginative and subversive manner he has devised to tell a story that in many ways is hard to believe 
3
Gainsbourg
V.A. Musetto
Laetitia Casta steals the movie as Bardot slinking down the hall in a miniskirt and knee high black boots leading a dog on a leash then cavorting nude behind a bedsheet as Gainsbourg knocks out a song on the piano 
3
Gainsbourg
Bill Weber
The film is at its best when its mythologizing is carnal and infused with cabaret and not making the inflated claim of its title 
2.5
Gainsbourg
Kent Turner
Head and shoulders above most biopics
2.5
Another
David N. Butterworth
Cinematographed within an inch of its life and death Mark of the Witch aka Another would have worked beautifully as a silent picture 
2
Habaddi
Roger Moore
There 8217 s a cute movie in this 44 and somebody lost the thread getting to it 46 
1.5
Young Love
Steve Rhodes
Being a Finnish rather than an American production its voyeuristic episode is sweetly touching rather than smuttily funny 
3
Inspector Clouseau
Matt Brunson
Alan Arkin is OK as long as you pretend he s not playing Clouseau actually easy to do 
2
Inspector Clouseau
Roger Ebert
Unhappily Arkin has been given a script not quite up to the two Sellers Clouseau films 
2.5
Clouds over Israel
Roger Ebert
Skillful photography reduces human life to its essential outlines goat for milk a well for water shelter from the sun and protection from enemies 
3
Rolling Like a Stone
Rob Humanick
Edited not unlike a fine silk tapestry of audio interviews stock footage and historic montage woven together in ways that truly tingle the subconscious 
3
Justine de Sade
Eric Henderson
It s not Justine s yielding vaginal lips that are most in danger of inviting immorality but her unyielding air of self denial 
2
This Is 40
Brian Eggert
Contains enough truth about marriages and families to outweigh the irritating details of the family 8217 s financial situation and the film 8217 s seemingly aimless structure 46 
3
This Is 40
Mattie Lucas
If Apatow makes us squirm while we laugh along then he s probably hit the nail right on the head and he hits that mark dead on more often that not It s one of his finest and most mature works to date 
3.5
This Is 40
Kelly Jane Torrance
Apatow knows just how to make us laugh at things we might otherwise dread 
3.5
This Is 40
Wesley Lovell
If this is what 40 is like someone needs a reality check 
2.5
This Is 40
Michael Dequina
The most satisfying example yet of why Judd Apatow s become such a formidable comedy brand in recent years 
3.5
This Is 40
Eric Melin
Apatow s biggest strength is his ability to wrangle frank and perceptive scenes into one overarching theme and wring huge laughs out of them and he does that in This is 40 in spades 
3
This Is 40
Jeffrey Westhoff
This Is 40 has moments where vulgarity doesn t impede honesty and Apatow s desire to show off his children doesn t overshadow his depiction of a contemporary family But these moments are separated by acres of guff 
2
This Is 40
James Kendrick
Apatow can t relinquish his love of random animal comedy enough to let his dramatic sensibilities really take hold and as a result the film is torn trading laughs for winces and vice versa in a way that feels conflicted rather than organic
2.5
This Is 40
Jordan Hiller
My suspicion is that Apatow made a conscious decision to throw episodes at us scattershot to reflect the battlefield chaos of a relationship in motion 
2
This Is 40
David Nusair
A typically erratic Judd Apatow feature 
2.5
This Is 40
John Beifuss
Many moviegoers will identify with the couple s marital woes but they may object to the notion that the affluent Pete and Debbi deserve sympathy for their money problems in this aspect the film is as blinkered as the Romney campaign 
3
This Is 40
Matt Brunson
At least when filmmakers used to indulge themselves the results would be on the order of Fellini s 8 1 2 or Lucas American Graffiti These days celluloid navel gazing is more likely to be met with audience eye rolling and shoulder shrugging 
1.5
This Is 40
Robert Levin
Judd Apatow mines recognizable thematic territory after all we ve all had to grapple with that big birthday and what it represents and he does so with vivid immediacy 
3.5
This Is 40
Ricardo Baca
Apparently Apatow s penchant for if it s not broke filmmaking isn t changing anytime soon And it s a shame because while This is 40 has plenty of laughs it lacks decency and heart 
2.5
This Is 40
Kirk Baird
This is Fox s best role yet Just as this painfully long comedy is Apatow s funniest film in years 
2.5
This Is 40
Lawrence Toppman
The movie that s meant to be Apatow s most personal turns out to be his most dully generic 
1.5
This Is 40
John Wirt
In his next movie maybe writer director Judd Apatow will integrate comedy and drama more smoothly or at least cushion the ride enough to prevent whiplash 
2
This Is 40
Alison Gang
It s great that Apatow isn t afraid to dig deep to mine the uglier sides of matrimony but his unusual personal connection to the material and the cast is somewhat off putting 
2
This Is 40
Stephen Whitty
Judd Apatow is not a disciplined artist And that s a good thing 
3.5
This Is 40
Kyle Smith
No one could be as whiny spoiled tasteless combative and reliant on annoying stand up comedy riffs as the entire cast of this film the most disappointing one of the year 
1.5
This Is 40
Michael O'Sullivan
Overlong unnecessarily sex obsessed and downright nasty at times This Is 40 feels haphazard and unfinished despite a few moments of laugh out loud humor 
2
This Is 40
Peter Canavese
Mostly succeeds on its own merits but many comedic and musical distractions pad the 134 minute running time and stray from the implicit promise of that title the film has little to say about middle age 
2.5
This Is 40
Willie Waffle
The movie lacks any kind of structure to justify its existence 
.5
This Is 40
Mark Dujsik
A contrived and sometimes callous look at two people we d rather not see again 
1.5
This Is 40
Austin Kennedy
This is an overindulgent bloated sloppy slapdash comedy featuring a bunch of jerks that was in desperate need of a tight script It should ve been called IMPROVISATION THE MOVIE 
1
This Is 40
Bob Bloom
Comedic moments are plentiful but most are not the laugh out loud kind they are more the smile or nod of self recognition that longtime married couples will appreciate 
3
This Is 40
Mick LaSalle
The real problem with This Is 40 is its lack of truth that Apatow wanted to express something about married life and it eluded him 
1
This Is 40
Claudia Puig
There are moments of perception and sweetness as per usual with Apatow movies It s just too bad the movie s trajectory is formless and jokes built around petty marital resentments sometimes fall flat 
2.5
This Is 40
Moira MacDonald
It s not so much a movie as a loose collection of mostly funny conversations and maybe for the holidays laughter is almost gift enough 
2.5
This Is 40
Jeff Beck
If Apatow had any deeper message it ends up getting drowned in this mess but that s bound to happen when you try to take a premise that might barely support 80 minutes and stretch it well past its breaking point 
1.5
This Is 40
Duane Dudek
This Is 40 is the equivalent of a vanity license plate 
2.5
This Is 40
Chris Hewitt
After the iffy Funny People this is definitely a step in the right direction for Judd Apatow 
3
This Is 40
Steven Rea
This Is 40 is messy But see it for its honest insights its laughs and for the terror Mann s character as a mom defending her emotionally wounded daughter rains down on a toothy school kid who s been sending unflattering texts 
3
This Is 40
Brett Michel
I m at a loss to empathize with the middle aged plight of Pete Paul Rudd and Debbie Leslie Mann 
1.5
This Is 40
Cary Darling
There are few laugh out loud scenes Yet maybe that s the point That life isn t about the grand gesture but the little day to day details that keep us grounded and human 
2.5
This Is 40
Jon Niccum
It delivers the most laughs of any comedy this year 
3.5
This Is 40
Joe Williams
After copping out in Funny People Apatow still hasn t set the table for a meaty drama but making us laugh is a piece of cake 
3
This Is 40
Rafer Guzman
This Is 40 turns out to be an opportunity squandered 
2
This Is 40
James Berardinelli
Apatow does a good job of charting the uncertain waters of marriage the tears the arguments the moments of clandestine sex interrupted by children and the love and affection that are often masked by more immediate frustrations 
3
This Is 40
Connie Ogle
This is 40 is crude and dull with a supporting cast that reminds you how utterly uninteresting the main characters are 
1.5
This Is 40
Peter Howell
The movie frequently shifts from comic to dramatic and back again true to Apatow s whiplash style but also true to life 
3
This Is 40
Michael Phillips
More like This Is Whiny 
2.5
This Is 40
Roger Moore
Stupid freaking Judd Apatow with his stupid freaking foul mouthed and sentimental Hobbit length comedies his stupid freaking insistence on not only peopling them with his old comic cronies but his wife and cursing kids 
2
This Is 40
Rick Groen
Mixing topicality and improv Apatow rescued big screen comedy from its lengthy wallow in the trough of dumb and dumber we have good reason to thank the guy Until now 
2.5
This Is 40
Christy Lemire
It s the feel bad comedy of the holiday season and that s what makes it good 
3
This Is 40
Phil Villarreal
Judd Apatow plunges the stage of life for all its ample misery just the way he did adolescence in Freaks and Geeks and quarterlife angst in Undeclared and Knocked Up 
3.5
This Is 40
Matt Pais
Wise hilarious a tremendous document of two tired monogamous people and their search to recapture optimism among the exhaustion 
4
This Is 40
Mike McGranaghan
Like most of Apatow s movies it s a half hour too long and filled with too many side characters Also like most of his movies it s often very funny 
3
This Is 40
Josh Larsen
an irate rant masquerading as a cute family project 
1.5
This Is 40
Dustin Putman
A vanity project of the most thankless order 
2
This Is 40
Peter Travers
Judd Apatow makes comedies that count This Is 40 doesn t build to a catharsis Yet Pete and Debbie s sparring yields some of Apatow s most personal observations yet 
3
This Is 40
Ed Gonzalez
It certainly suffers from the staleness of its off the cuff improv inspired mode of comedy which prizes free form riffing over organically constructed comedic scenarios 
1.5
This Is 40
Kam Williams
A midlife crisis comedy marking the milestone with a tribute to immaturity 
2.5
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Richard Roeper
We can smell the rancid coats of paint on this attempt to whitewash history 
1
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Glenn Kenny
A near constant flow of clichs 
1
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Moira MacDonald
There isn t much of a script here 
2
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Stephanie Merry
It isn t so much a war movie as a melodrama that uses violence as a convenient backdrop for romantic intrigue 
1.5
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Rafer Guzman
Aims for the grandeur of Lawrence of Arabia but falls just shy of made for television special 
1
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Keith Watson
More conspicuous than The Ottoman Lieutenant s rote melodrama is the way the film elides the concurrent genocide of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman forces 
1
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Roger Moore
A botched love triangle romance set against a revisionist account of the Turkish Armenian Genocide 
1.5
Bad Boys
Michael Wilmington
Haven t we seen this all before Four or five dozen times 
2
Bad Boys
Dennis King
With its loose limbed wisecracking rhythms and its energetic stars Bad Boys manages to overcome its shopworn premise and turn the old cop buddy movie formula in a fresh and funny direction 
3
Bad Boys
Gene Siskel
These are two high energy likable performers and yet long passages unwind in which they are terribly boring because they are working without much of a script 
2
Bad Boys
Stephen Hunter
Smith and Lawrence have great comic energy and for at least half an hour are sublimely enjoyable until the movie s spirit of bloated gargantuanism takes over 
2.5
Bad Boys
Mal Vincent
At almost two hours the film is at least 30 minutes too long 
2
Bad Boys
Malcolm Johnson
Bay s picture sometimes looks spectacular especially in the eye filling skyline shots But despite its style this is the kind of movie that gives action pictures a bad name 
2
Bad Boys
David Nusair
just another typically erratic endeavor from Bay 
2
Bad Boys
Michael Dequina
Crowd pleasing energetic action comedy 
3
Bad Boys
Susan Tavernetti
Bad Boys is hampered by a ludicrous plot and a body count that outnumbers the laughs 
2
Bad Boys
Madeleine Williams
Surprisingly enjoyable action comedy 
3
Bad Boys
Roger Ebert
This movie is so good looking it deserves a decent screenplay instead of one more lope down memory lane 
2
Bad Boys
Mick LaSalle
A good half hour s worth of nonsense in the middle keeps Bad Boys from being little better than a break even proposition 
2.5
Bad Boys
Chris Hicks
The entire film is filled with headache inducing closeups chaotic camera moves and quick edits 
1.5
Bad Boys
James Berardinelli
Bad Boys takes the often traveled road and leads the audience to a dead end 
2
Code of Silence
Matt Brunson
As an actor Chuck Norris might possess all the dramatic range of a bowling ball but he s been suitably stoic on many occasions and his role here proves to be a particularly snug fit 
3
Code of Silence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s still a Chuck Norris movie of course but it focuses on strong characters interesting situations and an appealingly gritty urban realism 
3.5
Code of Silence
Roger Ebert
A slick energetic movie with good performances and a lot of genuine human interest 
3.5
Beau Brummell
Matt Brunson
Peter Ustinov is excellent as the insecure Prince of Wales 
2.5
Snowman's Land
Roger Ebert
Thomson is more successful at visual composition than narrative momentum would be sequences of black comedy are too stretched out to benefit from timing 
2.5
Snowman's Land
Calum Marsh
A tonal hodgepodge ever at odds with itself Tomasz Thomson s unctuous tongue in cheek debut is far too self satisfied with its jokes for any to really be funny 
1.5
Snowman's Land
Stephen Whitty
Just when it s lulled you into complacency it springs back to life and death 
3
Pandora's Box
Phil Villarreal
Pandora s Box is a German silent film that Paris Hilton could relate to She wouldn t like the way it ends though 
4
Pandora's Box
Bill Stamets
Brooks overwhelms the lens with her magnetic eyes 
3
Pandora's Box
Michael Wilmington
If you ve never seen Brooks or Pandora s Box you ve missed one of the most extraordinary personalities and films of the silent movie era 
4
Pandora's Box
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pabst was a psychologically astute filmmaker but it s the shockingly sensual charismatic Brooks that makes the picture 
4
Pandora's Box
Wesley Morris
The movie remains one of the most insightful depictions of the elemental incongruity between man s nature and woman s 
4
Pandora's Box
Ed Gonzalez
This is a stirring vision of the world gripped by a sinister moral vice a nosedive into a carnal abyss of despair lined with visionary chiaroscuro sights and thorny mythological references 
4
Pandora's Box
Derek Smith
One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that s inflicted upon it 
3.5
Pandora's Box
Chris Hicks
It s a stunning film no question with sexuality that is quite frank for its day effective atmosphere and of course Brooks stunning performance 
4
Pandora's Box
Roger Ebert
This synopsis could apply equally to a great or a laughable film Brooks makes it a great one 
4
Pandora's Box
Mick LaSalle
One of those revered classics so steeped in critical hysteria that it s almost heresy to question its greatness 
2
A World Without Thieves
Walter Chaw
Canted towards the intolerable 
0.5
Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia
Tom Keogh
A riveting and illuminating documentary about the rise of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s and how its shockingly mad and bloody legacy continues to impact Cambodia today 
4
Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia
Anita Katz
The commentary of these and other survivors and their descendants makes the sometimes dry documentary illuminating and often affecting 
3
Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia
Walter V. Addiego
Robert H Lieberman s new documentary on Cambodia shows us a nation struggling to move beyond horrific events that took place almost half a century ago 
3
Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia
Jane Horwitz
It is the Cambodian voices that give Angkor Awakens a welcome glimmer of light 
3
Mother
Roger Moore
In the title role Masami Nagasawa gives us one of the great screen monsters of recent memory a Japanese Mommy Dearest 
3
Speaking Parts
Fred Camper
On a cinematic level some of the most extraordinary moments in Speaking Parts occur when the film image is recorded from the same position that a video camera had occupied 
2
Modern Vampires
Michael Dequina
With so much cheese not to mention blood and boobs the film could have at least been a camp hoot 
0
High and Low
Brian Eggert
High and Low continues to draw viewers and film historians because of Kurosawa s lasting humanism and desire for understanding between people 
4
High and Low
Peter Canavese
One of the all time great procedurals the devilish fun is in the details for Kurosawa Blu ray 
4
High and Low
Jeremy Heilman
The pessimism that dominates the film becomes an oppressive turn off 
2
Bernard and Huey
Joe Friar
David Koechner and Jim Rash deliver one of the best examples of camaraderie on screen this year Bernard and Huey are relics in the age of the MeToo movement 
3
Bernard and Huey
Roger Moore
As much as I enjoy faintly repulsive like New Yorkers themselves the movie s a bit exhausting to be around
2.5
Bernard and Huey
Walter V. Addiego
Among the film s chief pleasures are outstanding performances from Rash as the older Bernard and especially Koechner as the contemporary Huey 
3
Bernard and Huey
James Berardinelli
Bernard and Huey is a small pleasure it s almost always welcome to watch a character based film crafted without pretentions 
3
Bernard and Huey
Matt Zoller Seitz
A lovingly detailed look at two unhappy and unpleasant men 
2.5
Bernard and Huey
Mark Dujsik
To watch Bernard and Huey is to play a game of trying to decide which of the two main characters would make more irritating company 
2
Among the Living
David Nusair
a watchable horror effort never quite becomes a wholehearted success 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Scott Renshaw
Though these scenes may have energy they re also mostly noise distractions from a collection of scenes without a driving force 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Stephen Schaefer
Ultimately it s the movies shown that make Reel Paradise so buoyant for it speaks to the universality of a medium we often take for granted 
3
Reel Paradise
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately the Piersons can be so unpleasant that watching them misbehave in Taveuni becomes a chore 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Ty Burr
An amusingly damning portrait of a man trying to impose his will on a world that really has better things to do 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Sean P. Means
A funny fly on the wall account of how the Piersons ingratiated themselves to the community with uneven results 
3
Reel Paradise
Michael Phillips
The results stay with you like memories of an unexpected and surprising vacation 
3.5
Reel Paradise
Roger Ebert
Sometimes it s not whether you succeed but whether you try 
3
Reel Paradise
Timothy Knight
An entertaining true life fish out of water story worth catching on the big screen 
3
Reel Paradise
Jan Stuart
One wish es James could have followed him and his family from the beginning of their year long adventure rather than being swept in at the emotional tail end 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Peter Canavese
Can be voyeuristically interesting but James fails to justify this for hire backfired vanity project in an age glutted with reality TV 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Jonathan W. Hickman
a remarkable take on reality programming in that it feels very much like The Osbornes meets Survivor call it Real World Survivor Island Fiji 
3
Reel Paradise
Walter V. Addiego
These are among sporadic scenes of interest captured by director James but if a larger point is being made it s hard to say what 
2
Reel Paradise
Bob Strauss
Movie love in all of its absurd sometimes hilarious and deeply heartfelt mutations is a big part of Reel Paradise 
3
Reel Paradise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The pointless end result isn t that different from any disposable reality TV program 
2.5
Reel Paradise
Jack Mathews
If Reel Paradise were being shown anywhere but on Tavianu or in New York I doubt they could give it away 
2
Reel Paradise
Lou Lumenick
Many of us movie buffs have fantasized about running our own theater but John Pierson host of IFC s Split Screen actually got to do it for a whole year 
3
Reel Paradise
Ed Gonzalez
May be screened in film courses as an example of how the Guru of Independent Film came to bow before the altar of Hollywood blockbusters 
2.5
Girl
Joey Magidson
Mickey Rourke and Bella Thorne are better than the material 
2
Girl
Tomris Laffly
A wobbly and desperately unimaginative mesh up of contemporary noir and a Southern fried tale of ancestral trouble 
1.5
Girl
Erik Childress
Girl is as generic as its title 
1
1st Night
Drew Hunt
The political dynamic that underpins The Rules of the Game is nonexistent in 1st Night which is fixated entirely on the zany sexcapades of its characters 
1
My Soul to Take
Federico Furzan
Teen horror directed by a master that falls under the radar due to many inconsistencies Full review in Spanish 
1
My Soul to Take
Jeff Beck
My Soul to Take is one of the most banal horror films I ve seen in the past few years which makes it surprising that it comes from the mind of horror master Wes Craven who gave birth to the legendary horror icon Freddy Krueger 
2
My Soul to Take
David Nusair
the film not only marks a low point within Craven s career but also within the horror genre itself 
0
My Soul to Take
Linda Cook
It s talky schlocky and stalk y 
0
My Soul to Take
Matt Brunson
The best thing about My Soul to Take is that it may force folks to revisit Wes Craven s past works and finally realize that he s always been nothing more than a hack in the horror field a Uwe Boll with a better sense of where to place the camera 
1
My Soul to Take
James Kendrick
disappointing in the way it drags out its narrative to little effect substituting cheap revelations and sometimes incoherent action for anything resembling the kind of innovation and verve that is the hallmark of Craven s best work
2
My Soul to Take
John Beifuss
A typically ruthless and cynically comic horror thriller from Craven set in a high school where the caste system is more terrifying than the possibility of a murderous ghost the bullying leader of the mean girls is nicknamed Fang 
2.5
My Soul to Take
Alexandra Cavallo
Hands down the worst horror movie of the year and certainly the worst of Wes Craven s career 
0.5
My Soul to Take
Simon Abrams
That Craven is earnestly trying to make an on the level snark free horror flick signals a welcome sea change in his career 
2.5
My Soul to Take
Kam Williams
Might not be Wes Craven s best film but it s certainly his worst 
0
My Soul to Take
Wesley Morris
The worst horror movie Wes Craven s made perhaps ever 
1
My Soul to Take
Roger Moore
A puzzle with no solutions a tale with a twist that isn t a twist at all 
1
My Soul to Take
Sean P. Means
Downright hilarious in places though I dont think thats intentional because its also dull and clich ridden 
1.5
My Soul to Take
Dustin Putman
Sad but true this is one film that will be remembered as no more than a footnote in the grand scheme of Wes Craven s career 
2
I Am Divine
Linda Barnard
A glimpse of a surprisingly shy and gentle soul who longed to be a star 
3
I Am Divine
David Lewis
It s hard to go wrong with a movie about famed drag queen Divine and director Jeffrey Schwarz certainly doesn t in I Am Divine a serious documentary about this gloriously trashy trailblazer 
3
I Am Divine
John Wirt
A wonderfully assembled film that depicts Harris Glenn Milstead as a performer show business trouper and a dear friend to many It s a divine documentary 
3.5
I Am Divine
John Hartl
In I Am Divine bolstered by plentiful interviews with Waters and other collaborators Schwarz effectively turns Milstead into the life of a party that didn t really end with his death in 1988 
3
I Am Divine
Kent Turner
A viewer could suffer whiplash just from how much Divine and pop culture changed in the course of 20 years 
3
I Am Divine
Stephen Whitty
Even if this overly respectful movie never goes quite deep enough it does shows us the man behind the garish eye shadow the lost boy under the Totie Fields wig 
3
I Am Divine
Lou Lumenick
A fine touching tribute to John Waters larger than life drag diva 
3
I Am Divine
Eric Henderson
Though it may boil down to your average procession of talking heads template it s still enlivened by the raucous words from the band of outsiders who supported and launched Divine into the limelight 
2.5
I Am Divine
John Beifuss
Hard to beat for sheer enjoyment as when Divine s mother remembers I used to always say Glenn don t do anything to embarrass us a sound bite accompanied by footage of Divine being raped by a giant lobster in Multiple Maniacs 
3.5
La Chute des anges
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Varda has done a beautiful job of restoring the film s crisp ruthless black and white imagery 
3.5
Smooth Talk
Matt Brunson
A haunting drama 
3
Smooth Talk
Jake Cole
Throughout Joyce Chopra patiently and shrewdly observes the contradictions of human behavior that Laura Dern brilliantly conveys 
3.5
Smooth Talk
Kent Turner
Chopra s film is a fascinating time capsule 
3
Smooth Talk
David Nusair
Despite the less than riveting vibe it s impossible to deny Dern s amazing performance 
2.5
Smooth Talk
Roger Ebert
The movie is almost uncanny in its self assurance in the way it knows that the first hour where nothing happens is necessary if the payoff is to be tragic instead of merely sensational 
3.5
Smooth Talk
Dustin Putman
An unheralded gem of a motion picture and one of the more vibrant and authentic depictions of teenage life in memory 
4
Spirited Away
Matt Brunson
Creative beyond all reason or expectation this deserving winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar is a phenomenal achievement 
4
Spirited Away
Josh Larsen
Part Alice in Wonderland and part Hansel and Gretel 
3.5
Spirited Away
John Wooley
What it does have is the same kind of free floating imaginative animation taking wing for even wilder flights of fantasy 
3
Spirited Away
Michael Sragow
Watching the Japanese cartoon epic Spirited Away is like strolling into Alice s Wonderland and seeing every wonder sprout up around you as if for the first time 
4
Spirited Away
Jack Mathews
The result is nothing less than magical a throwback to the very best of early Disney If I can t remember the last time I was this enchanted by an animated film it s because I was too young 
4
Spirited Away
David Nusair
a gorgeously animated yet sporadically entertaining endeavor that isn t quite the instant classic one might ve expected 
2
Spirited Away
Michael Dequina
Filmgoers of all ages should not pass up the opportunity to experience such a work of staggering imagination 
3.5
Spirited Away
Joe Lozito
This persistently fascinating if slightly over long fairytale is propelled by the seemingly boundless imagination of writer director Hayao Miyazaki 
3.5
Spirited Away
Peter Travers
Think you re too hip for Japanese anime about a lost ten year old girl whose parents turn into snorting pigs Get over it 
4
Spirited Away
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mostrando un profundo respeto por el mundo espiritual Miyazaki logra una verdadera joya de la animacin que a veces raya en lo potico 
3.5
Spirited Away
Mark Dujsik
I hate to gush in the first sentence of a review but I absolutely love this film 
4
Spirited Away
Wesley Lovell
One of the greatest animated films ever made 
4
Spirited Away
Linda Cook
It s weird wonderful and not necessarily for kids 
3.5
Spirited Away
Rene Rodriguez
In scene after scene Spirited Away unleashes so much wonder and visual imagination that you end up watching the movie in a state of rapturous awestruck bliss 
3.5
Spirited Away
Jeff Vice
It s perplexing but always enthralling 
4
Spirited Away
Margaret A. McGurk
A feast for lovers of animation 
4
Spirited Away
Sean P. Means
Miyazaki conjures up worlds that are wondrously bizarre yet follow their own peculiar logic 
4
Spirited Away
Phil Villarreal
It s easy to get lost amid the flow as characters transform and magical powers emerge and disappear without warning 
3
Spirited Away
Duane Dudek
As surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming 
3
Spirited Away
Peter Bernard
This gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family 
4
Spirited Away
Dan Lybarger
Spirited Away is a wonderous tale for grade schoolers that never condescends or spoon feeds its themes Miyazaki s characters and situations are so engaging that he can condemn greed and environmental negligence without ever sermonizing 
3.5
Spirited Away
David N. Butterworth
A breathtakingly magical animated fable that lifts your spirits and carries you away to a world far beyond your wildest imagination 
4
Spirited Away
Walter Chaw
At its heart and most importantly Spirited Away concerns a little girl learning to honour her friends and her family by valuing herself 
4
Spirited Away
Marty Mapes
The colors textures and settings are impressively beautiful and the overall effect is mystical and magical familiar and dreamlike 
3.5
Spirited Away
David Elliott
There is a force of visual rapture in Spirited Away 
3
Spirited Away
Terry Lawson
Children may not understand everything that happens I m not sure even Miyazaki himself does but they will almost certainly be fascinated and undoubtedly delighted 
3
Spirited Away
Dustin Putman
An exquisitely formed flawlessly executed masterwork As sheerly imaginative and groundbreakingly wondrous as any animated motion picture you are sure to have seen 
4
Spirited Away
Michael Szymanski
There s a sense of delicacy and artfulness in the tone and in the magic The 10 year olds who see this like to be scared but they won t have nightmares days afterward 
3
Spirited Away
Frank Ochieng
Although anime features aren t all the rage in a majority of American movie theaters Spirited Away should be a legitimate excuse to change this pending sentiment 
3.5
Spirited Away
Joe Baltake
Steeped in lore and unabashedly surreal the film is just charming enough for children and just bizarre enough for adults a perfect balance 
4
Spirited Away
Rob Blackwelder
the fable istic story of a little girl trapped in a parallel world of spirits left me unaffected and completely indifferent 
2.5
Spirited Away
James Berardinelli
Miyazaki has provided another triumph and in the midst of the quality fall off of Disney s in house animated projects a reason for animation lovers to rejoice 
3.5
Spirited Away
Harvey S. Karten
A smashing technical achievement coming out against greed gluttony and pre adolescent whining 
3.5
Spirited Away
Claudia Puig
Even though Disney released this film Spirited Away points up just how by the numbers the studio s fare can be 
4
Spirited Away
Chris Hewitt
Has the mythic quality and the familiarity of great children s literature 
3.5
Spirited Away
Tom Keogh
Miyazaki the master animator and director of the enchanting Kiki s Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke leads us through the looking glass as never before in Spirited Away 
4
Spirited Away
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An animation landmark as monumental as Disney s 1937 breakthrough Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
4
Spirited Away
C.W. Nevius
A lovely evocative tour de force 
3
Spirited Away
Roger Ebert
This is one of the year s best films 
4
Spirited Away
Wesley Morris
Spirited Away delivers chunks of Yellow Submarine and The Phantom Tollbooth a vividly timeless oddity suitable for many children and most stoners 
3
Spirited Away
Lou Lumenick
Hayao Miyazaki s breathtakingly beautiful and poetic Spirited Away a Japanese cross between Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz is such a landmark in animation that labeling it a masterpiece almost seems inadequate 
4
Spirited Away
Don Irvine
Spirited Away has the quality of a dream It takes you places so foreign and fantastic you have no option but to yield completely to it and be spirited along 
3.5
Spirited Away
David Sterritt
Spirited Away is too intense for the youngest viewers but teenagers will enjoy it an ill smelling stink god character is almost worthy of a Kevin Smith gross out movie and grown ups should find it diverting if not exactly deep 
3
Spirited Away
Steven Rea
The film is not recommended for toddlers and easily frightened little tykes But for everyone else kid or grown up this thrilling foray into magical realms is a must 
4
Spirited Away
Jan Stuart
A haunting and indelible fable that warms the chilly soul of Japanese anime and points the way for its American sponsor 
4
Spirited Away
Erik Childress
Writing about a film like Spirited Away isn t about regurgitating information out for those who know little about it but more of an experience in reminiscing 
4
Spirited Away
Jeffrey Westhoff
Every scene brings a new set of wonders to delight and sometimes stagger the mind
4
Spirited Away
Tor Thorsen
This instant classic spins a web that will snare anyone with an imagination 
3.5
Spirited Away
Mary F. Pols
A work of beauty with a surprising capacity to be cute and cunning 
4
Spirited Away
Michael Wilmington
A movie full of bewitching images and timeless fun and beauty 
3.5
Spirited Away
Ross Anthony
It s a beautiful experience nearly perfect with a fragile flowing fluid score 
3.5
Spirited Away
Jeanne Aufmuth
Kudos to the most enchanting film of the year 
4
Spirited Away
Steve Rhodes
When animators go to animator heaven they will probably view drawings of the caliber of those in Sprited Away 
4
Spirited Away
Ed Gonzalez
Plot here takes a backseat to set pieces that flow into each other like a glorious stream of consciousness 
3.5
Spirited Away
Jeremy Heilman
Even the worst Miyazaki picture is a remarkable achievement and Spirited Away is one of his better films 
4
The Last of the Mohicans
Roger Moore
The production design is a joke 44 with the slapped up wooden frontier forts of the day rendered as carved stone edifices 46 The flat washed out light of Southern California seems as wrong as the barren mountains and dusty 47 rocky peaks where the action is set 46 
2.5
The Living Daylights
Henry Sheehan
The Living Daylights might be reactionary hooey as far as its worldview goes but it s really fun hooey 
2
The Living Daylights
Matt Brunson
Timothy Dalton s series debut is classic Cold War Bond and grade A spy stuff 
3.5
The Living Daylights
Josh Larsen
marks one of those moments when the Bond franchise was awkwardly caught between two eras 
1.5
The Living Daylights
Dave Kehr
In The Living Daylights Dalton establishes his claim to the role in the films that will follow he ll have the chance to dig deeper 
3
The Living Daylights
Carrie Rickey
As with other Bond movies the locations in The Living Daylights are more remarkable than its plot 
2
The Living Daylights
Gene Siskel
The result is a film that is not so much bad as mechanical and uptight 
2
The Living Daylights
Austin Kennedy
Finally a James Bond movie that Ian Fleming can be proud of Dalton is a lean mean and bold Bond Full of great action and featuring a romantic sub plot that elevates this above most other 007 adventures 
3.5
The Living Daylights
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as one of the most ineffective and flat out dull entries within the ongoing series 
2
The Living Daylights
Steve Rhodes
The story is too choppy and just meanders from one locale to another without bringing the parts together into a compelling whole 
2
The Living Daylights
James Berardinelli
Has there ever been a weaker Bond villain than Whitaker A more fatuous performance than Joroen Krabbe s Koskov A less endearing Bond girl than Maryam D Abo s Kara 
2
The Living Daylights
Roger Ebert
The raw materials of the James Bond films are so familiar by now that the series can be revived only through an injection of humor That is unfortunately the one area in which the new Bond Timothy Dalton seems to be deficient 
2
The Living Daylights
Scott Nash
The result of this darker portrayal is that almost for the first time since On Her Majesty s Secret Service there s a genuine sense of tension in a Bond movie 
3.5
Duet for Cannibals
Jesse Cataldo
Susan Sontag s debut film serves as an intriguing cinematic extension of her more well known written work 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Roger Moore
Maybe it s not a great film but it s great fun and you can see why 20 years ago Universal would choose to revisit the title the crime milieu and the car craziness 
2.5
Mad Tiger
Robert Horton
Mad Tiger achieves a tricky balance It captures how Peelander Z can generate authentic fun at their shows while suffering turmoil from the personalities within 
3
Mad Tiger
Soren Andersen
Combining rowdy concert footage and revealing offstage interactions of the band members Mad Tiger is a well executed portrait of a band coming apart at the seams 
3
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Kevin Carr
It s worth seeing especially if you re a Witcher fan 
3
Pelé
Soren Andersen
Pelé is hagiography But appealing hagiography 
2.5
Pelé
Josh Terry
It is a portrait of a player and his country and even if the film takes a conventional route to its destination fans of the game should still enjoy it 
3
Pelé
Sean P. Means
Alas the script plods along from event to event and the young actors portraying Pelé are bland and uninvolving 
2
Pelé
Alan Zilberman
The story of Brazilian soccer s ascension to the world stage is a remarkable one and the film would have benefitted if the Zimbalists had found a way to add a bit of depth or even doubt to the legend 
2
Pelé
Glenn Kenny
Between the whitewashing factors and the very familiar narrative beats there s a lot of this movie that s not much more than a tolerable drag 
2
Pelé
Nick Prigge
The beautiful game as Pelé called football or soccer to us Americans has never felt like such a sedate slog 
1.5
Pelé
Roger Moore
Filmed with care but without a lot of spark 
2
Blood Guts Bullets & Octane
Michael Dequina
No amount of slick style and visual invention can make up for a contrived and unsatisfying wrap up 
2.5
Blood Guts Bullets & Octane
David Nusair
it s a wonder that Joe Carnahan was able to find a second gig 
1.5
Blood Guts Bullets & Octane
Roger Ebert
For most of the way Carnahan holds our attention if not our interest If he can do this with smoke and mirrors think what he might accomplish with a real budget 
2.5
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard
John Beifuss
An intimate if drive by quasi portrait of the artist in mostly his own self deprecating wryly humorous and sometimes painfully revealing words 
3
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard
Jeff Albertson
A fascinating and bittersweet documentary about an iconic garage rock musician who died at the peak of his creative output 
3
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard
Nick Schager
Intimacy doesn t completely give rise to insight in this loving if largely for fans only posthumous portrait of Memphis bred punk rocker Jay Reatard 
2.5
The Wizard
Matt Brunson
A shameless promotional piece But compared to the McDonald s pushing Mac and Me and the Coke hawking Leonard Part 6 The Wizard almost looks as exceptional as The Wizard of Oz by comparison 
2
The Wizard
David Nusair
Filmmaker Todd Holland has infused The Wizard with a very deliberate very gentle sort of feel that mostly works 
3
The Wizard
Phil Villarreal
I love The Wizard It s so bad 
4
The Wizard
Chris Hicks
Granted Nintendo has cornered the video game market and all the kids in the audience seemed to know each game as it appeared on the screen but why pander to that Saturday morning commercial television sensibility 
2
The Wizard
Roger Ebert
It was only after the three kids arrived safely at the championships that I began to question the ethics of the film which is among other things a thinly disguised commercial for Nintendo video games and the Universal studio tour 
1
The Velveteen Rabbit
Chris Hewitt
The live action cast may be unknowns but they re effective enough the 2 D drawn and digital animation is winning and the story will engross any 8 and younger with the patience to watch it 
2.5
The Velveteen Rabbit
Lisa Ann Cockrel
While it isn t exactly a classic it expresses the power of hope in the imaginary world and the importance of communicating our love for one another in the real world 
2.5
The Velveteen Rabbit
Jeff Vice
These days even employing the traditional 2 D cel style of animation seems like a quaint notion 
2
Rent-a-Pal
Lisa Trifone
Stevenson s directorial debut is a moody retro exploration of toxic masculinity both historic and contemporary one that will disturb more than scare 
2.5
Rent-a-Pal
Matthew Passantino
The movie aims to effectively unsettle you but becomes increasingly off putting and tedious 
1.5
Rent-a-Pal
Federico Furzan
A whole new level of creepy has been reached with this retro tinder gone bad Full review in Spanish 
3
Rent-a-Pal
Nick Allen
Wil Wheaton plays one of the scariest villains of the year in Jon Stevenson s brilliant Rent A Pal 
3.5
Rent-a-Pal
Mark Dujsik
The vital thing here is how well Stevenson pulls us further and further into David s state of mind 
3
Rent-a-Pal
Mike McGranaghan
The film is a sharp unsettling portrait of the psychological damage extended periods of loneliness and isolation can have on a person 
3.5
Barney's Version
Roger Moore
Messy melodramatic and meandering just like life 
2.5
Barney's Version
David Nusair
A minor improvement over Mordecai Richler s nigh unreadable book 
2
Barney's Version
Rob Thomas
Director Richard J Lewis seems at ease with the sprawling shambling shape of Barney s Version which digresses and meanders and then suddenly pulling sharply into focus 
3.5
Barney's Version
Matt Brunson
Giamatti s performance earned him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and he certainly deserved the honor over weak competition What isn t so clear is why this film was thrust into the Comedy category in the first place 
3
Barney's Version
Lawrence Toppman
The title character of Barney s Version left me wishing someone would give this unrelenting boor a boa constrictor for a necktie 
2
Barney's Version
John Beifuss
An acting showcase with more mood swings than its drunken protagonist 
2.5
Barney's Version
Mike Scott
Not only does Giamatti solidify his reputation as a great actor a brilliant cinematic chameleon but he helps transform Lewis film into a lovely bit of dramatic comedy 
3.5
Barney's Version
Moira MacDonald
Sometimes when a movie emerges from a book a crucial ingredient gets left out along the way In the case of Barney s Version it s the wit 
2.5
Barney's Version
Robert W. Butler
Barney s Version is narratively awkward but in the performances of Giamatti and Pike it finds a truth that cannot be dismissed 
3
Barney's Version
Chris Foran
In Giamatti s hands and especially his mouth Barney is a font of invective with a sharp wit and withering glance designed to reduce others to dust It s an impressive performance but it makes him and his version of events hard to embrace 
2.5
Barney's Version
Carrie Rickey
That rumpled grumpus Paul Giamatti seizes the title role in Barney s Version summoning irresistibility and irritability to create a character as endearing as he is galling 
3
Barney's Version
Ty Burr
Barney s Version is a smart well acted two hours at the art house full of witty observations and fellow feeling But really it has no business being a movie 
2.5
Barney's Version
Peter Keough
Paul Giamatti almost makes this version of Barney work with his rumpled ironic melancholy 
2.5
Barney's Version
Chris Hewitt
I was annoyed by it then I liked it then it irritated me then I liked it a lot 
2.5
Barney's Version
Dan Kois
Yes it s well acted and frequently touching But it s the thoughtful tasteful indie film version It s not exactly Barney s version 
3
Barney's Version
Connie Ogle
In Barney s Version Paul Giamatti does what he does best He plays a guy who is deeply flawed occasionally heroic perfectly normal and utterly fascinating 
3
Barney's Version
Peter Canavese
Since Barney rsquo s Version is nothing if not a character study Giamatti is the surly sarcastic selling point 
3
Barney's Version
Mick LaSalle
We care about him from the opening moments until the end of this fairly long movie because we believe that his needs are enormous and that his passions and his loves are real 
3
Barney's Version
Michael Phillips
I wish I responded to this shrewdly acted rather dutiful picture the way I did to the tumultuous Richler adaptation I saw and loved as a 13 year old The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz starring a vibrant young Richard Dreyfuss 
2.5
Barney's Version
Roger Ebert
There is a lot of truth in Barney s Version It is a mercy that Barney cannot see most of it 
3.5
Barney's Version
Peter Travers
It s an impossible task trying to squeeze Mordecai Richler s sprawling novel about an SOB into one little movie But they lucked out with first rate actors 
2.5
Barney's Version
Jordan Hiller
This Chanukah your plate of latkas is not the only oily mess worth appreciating Give yourself the gift of Barney 
3
Barney's Version
Liam Lacey
What really sells it as a story is star Paul Giamatti s boisterous wide ranging and seductive performance 
3
Barney's Version
Peter Howell
One of the most successful adaptations yet of a Richler novel And with Guy Dufaux s sun dappled lensing it s also one of the most beautiful 
3
Barney's Version
Kyle Smith
Giamatti is an ideal casting choice but even this talented actor can t sell a lovable jerk story that forgot to put in the lovable 
1.5
Barney's Version
Nick Schager
Barney s Version s inconsistent conception of its protagonist is exacerbated by a larger unevenness of tone 
1.5
Return of the Fly
Matt Brunson
The first two thirds are superior to the final stretch 
2.5
Return of the Fly
James Kendrick
removes most of the romantic melodrama that characterized the first film and replaces it with a plot involving criminal intrigue and revenge inspired murder
2.5
Taxi!
John Beifuss
Is James Cagney the greatest movie star in history Watching Taxi it s hard to vote no As active as a terrier as combustible as dynamite he was made for motion pictures he s so kinetic he threatens to ignite like Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider 
3.5
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Nick Rogers
Rape that s anal and bestial Scrotal lint Noodly penises One Eddie Murphy character desperately begging to give another one gummy oral sex in a hot tub Bring the whole family 
0
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
James Kendrick
would have been better if it had concentrated more on its subtitle The Klumps
2.5
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Bob Graham
Even with all the variations on Viagra jokes you wonder if he can keep it up for 110 minutes By and large in this longish comedy he does 
3
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Roger Ebert
Murphy seems to be in a new flowering of his career 
3
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Robert Payne
It s depressing that films like The Klumps pass for seasoned comedy in the beginning of the 21st century 
2
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tributo a la escatologa y la estupidez desmedidas
1.5
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
James Berardinelli
The screenplay is in desperate need of an overhaul 
2
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Shay Casey
Jokes that are funny the first time are repeated over and over well past the point where they stop being funny and far into the realm of annoyance 
1.5
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Michael Dequina
A stunning testimony to the brilliance and versatility of its star 
3
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Greg Dean Schmitz
I wasn t grabbed by this teaser 
1
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Susan Stark
There s no denying the comic genius Murphy displays again as the title character 
2
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Rob Blackwelder
Insultingly formulaic sequel proves beyond question that fat frisky flatulent does not equal funny 
1
Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge
Collin Souter
If you re already against the war the movie won t waste your time by preaching It gives new perspective to both sides while adding weight to the arguments 
3
Spies Like Us
Walter Chaw
nothing more than a nostalgia trip for people my age who remember seeing it in theatres and because we were twelve thinking it was hilarious 
1
Evil Dead Rise
Katie Rife
Once it gets out of its own way and gives the audience what they came to see 44 8220 Evil Dead Rise 8221 is an absolute blast 46 
3
Marley
Brad Wheeler
Marley is highly watchable finely crafted legacy preservation and it s either a white washed sham or awesomely shaded 
3
Marley
Peter Howell
It wants to show us the man behind the famous dreads beatific smile and durable songs of love hope and longing In this task it succeeds admirably 
3
Marley
Rob Thomas
Kevin Macdonald s Marley is worth sticking with and not just for diehard fans who had Get Up Stand Up emanating from their dorm room speakers all through college 
3
Marley
Austin Kennedy
Bob Marley fanatics are going to treat this film like the Holy Bible 
3
Marley
Sean P. Means
For a movie this long it s too bad there isn t more footage of Marley in performance joyously bringing music to the world 
3
Marley
Dwight Brown
You ll walk away from this ambitious documentary longing to hear Marley s voice again thank heaven for iTunes and with a deep respect for a man 
3.5
Marley
Burl Burlingame
The film never shows us Marley in a complete performance It s hard to understand the magic of a man whose most awesome moments are reduced to edited snippets 
2
Marley
Scott Bowles
Sprinkled with riffs concert footage and home videos the family authorized documentary does what the artist usually did When in doubt return to the beat 
3.5
Marley
Joe Williams
Given the legal and logistical constraints on this long delayed project this lengthy movie is as comprehensive a history as Marley s fans could have hoped but the uninitiated may not catch a fire 
3
Marley
Mick LaSalle
Bob Marley wrote the same song about 8 000 times and the documentary Marley makes sure to include each version 
2
Marley
Stephen Whitty
It s hard to imagine audiences who don t know much about the man sticking around for more than a few minutes of this And they re the ones who need to know about him most of all 
2
Marley
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie has enormous force because it s about a genius yes but even more so because of the intelligence passion and wit of the people who knew Marley 
3.5
Marley
David Malitz
It s exhaustive without being exhausting an eye opening and all encompassing portrait that should go a long way to rescuing him from being a marijuana mascot 
3.5
Marley
Roger Moore
Every now and then the movie comes close to placing us where the music often did in the realm of the mystical with a beat everybody could dance to 
3.5
Marley
Gene Stout
Even those who know reggae star Bob Marley inside and out might be amazed by the scope detail and beauty of Marley 
3
Marley
Steven Rea
Marley celebrates the fact that its subject is still among us in the way that perhaps matters most His music not only survives it thrives 
3
Marley
Steve Morse
This film is long But it grabs one s senses and won t let go 
3
Marley
Chris Hewitt
There is plenty of good stuff here Marley is particularly sharp on the singer s efforts to attract people of color to his shows and it does not glide over his misogyny But it could have done with some tightening 
2.5
Marley
Peter Keough
Throughout the documentary I was hoping they would play Redemption Song They do and I felt like I understood him a little better 
2.5
Marley
Rene Rodriguez
You see a man flawed and imperfect finding his way through with his music constantly searching for his place in the world until that quest was cut tragically short 
3
Marley
Glenn Heath Jr.
The bloat and heft of the doc s narrative scope leaves the viewer awash in a sea of historical facts with very little sense of the human experience behind the curtain of celebrity 
2
Marley
Matt Pais
No edit no problem 
3
Marley
Michael Phillips
Documentaries fully authorized by the subject s surviving family members are rarely this rich 
3.5
Marley
Roger Ebert
Marley an ambitious and comprehensive film does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life 
3.5
Marley
Kam Williams
A wonderfully revealing warts and all tribute to the human spirit of a Rasta rock god 
4
The Color of Olives
Paul Schrodt
Munich this is not 
1.5
La familia
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Intense visually dynamic and perfectly acted Full review in Spanish 
3.5
By Hook or by Crook
Mary Brennan
A ragged but endearing buddy movie 
3
By Hook or by Crook
V.A. Musetto
It quickly becomes tiresome and clich ridden not to mention depressing and pointless 
1
By Hook or by Crook
Wesley Morris
The title must be alluding to the possibility that large parts of the movie are begged borrowed and stolen from early Gus Van Sant 
2
A Time of Roses
Kathy Fennessy
One of the more imaginative 44 low budget science fiction features of the 1960s 46 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Linda Cook
It s fascinating from the start and even more intriguing as layers of Vivian Maier s life are revealed 
4
Finding Vivian Maier
Nick Veronin
As the title of the film hints Maloof s discovery is only half of the story and it s only half the fun 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Roger Moore
Revealing documentary about an utterly inscrutable eccentric artist 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
John Beifuss
Filled with wonderful examples of her art alongside interviews with her former employers and the now grown children once in her charge the movie is a testimony to the value of Maier s work and to the unending strangeness of human personality 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Mary Louise Schumacher
This must see but ultimately problematic film offers a portrait of a truly rare figure a modern master who escapes obscurity by chance while also being guilty of mythmaking 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Rob Thomas
If nothing else Finding Vivian Maier urges us not to hide our own lights under a bushel 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Ann Hornaday
A film that leaves a large part of its subject s mystery gratifyingly intact 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Brad Keefe
Takes form as both an unfolding mystery and a portrait of an artist s mind often a terrifying and fascinating place 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Joe Williams
The holes in the story are papered over with such beautiful photographs that few viewers could complain 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Mark Feeney
This is an amazing tale and Maloof has labored mightily to flesh it out He s almost as odd as Maier was 
2.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Robert Levin
It s a useful introduction to Maier s professional achievements but the film really stands out thanks to the exhaustive interviews 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie illustrates that baffling conundrum of the difference between great works of art and an artist with a seriously flawed character 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Steven Rea
Finding Vivian Maier is a find in more ways than one 
4
Finding Vivian Maier
Walter V. Addiego
The film functions best as an introduction to her work which is what matters and an invitation to see more of it which is highly recommended 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Moira MacDonald
Maier s work interspersed throughout the film lets us hear her voice an array of faces gazing at us meeting her camera creating a tiny moment in time 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Brian Tallerico
Is it possible to love the art but disagree with the way it s presented 
2.5
Finding Vivian Maier
John Anderson
Directors John Maloof and Charlie Siskel do a lot with what they have but they also had a lot to work with 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Michael Phillips
The movie does nearly everything right in its chosen compact 83 minute form 
3.5
Finding Vivian Maier
Linda Barnard
Most revealing are the interviews with the now grown kids who were in Maier s care who accompanied her as she made trips from their suburban homes to often dodgy areas of Chicago so she could take photos 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Adam Nayman
A self styled outsider artist comes into focus in Finding Vivian Maier a striking documentary undertaken after one of its directors bought a nondescript box of photo negatives at a garage sale 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie s true power comes from her images by turns melancholy sympathetic funny and sharp 
3
Finding Vivian Maier
Nick McCarthy
This is less a portrait of an artist as a young woman than a psychological evaluation of a slippery subject 
2.5
It's the Earth Not the Moon
Joseph Jon Lanthier
After 30 minutes or so Gonalo Tocha s anthropological proposition slides into dubiousness 
2.5
Enemies, a Love Story
Michael Sragow
The anti hero of Enemies a Love Story may be smart smart and stupid but the movie is smart smart and smart 
4
Enemies, a Love Story
Mike McGrady
Loosely constructed and at times enigmatic but rich in characterization texture mood tone and meaning 
3.5
Enemies, a Love Story
Kathleen Carroll
It s a brave effort on Mazursky s part although the movie is too long it does occasionally achieve an unsettling blend of humor and pathos that the director strove for 
3
Enemies, a Love Story
Betsy Bozdech
With its focus on complex dialogue and rich complicated characters Enemies a Love Story is every inch an actor s movie 
3
Enemies, a Love Story
Roger Ebert
Enemies A Love Story is such an intriguing film because it refuses to be tamed to settle down into a nice comforting parable with a lesson to teach us It is about the tumult of the heart and Mazursky tells its story without compromise 
3.5
Dirty Money
Tina Hassannia
There s a distinct vein of misanthropic defeat coursing in this film that s encoded into empty gestures and portrayals of people who appear to only be going through the motions 
3
Dirty Money
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays beautifully with all Melville s trademark silence grim faces and gloomy colors 
3.5
In a Valley of Violence
Brian Eggert
In a Valley of Violence earns a lot of goodwill as a result of its performers Hawke in particular brings his later career gravitas to his role 
3
In a Valley of Violence
David Nusair
The action packed yet hopelessly uninvolving climax ultimately confirms In a Valley of Violence s place as a disappointingly half baked misfire 
2
In a Valley of Violence
Robert Horton
If you saw John Wick you have a pretty good idea of what happens when bad guys mess with the hero s dog 
2.5
In a Valley of Violence
Sheila O'Malley
In a Valley of Violence does not take itself too seriously a great asset but it also takes itself just seriously enough that it s not empty snarky parody 
3
In a Valley of Violence
Mark Dujsik
T urns the tables on a familiar formula by giving us a hero who is a man not a myth 
3
In a Valley of Violence
Sean P. Means
Some old Western tropes are trotted out for another ride in the overly slick In a Valley of Violence another example of a too hip director who fancies he can make a Western 
2
In a Valley of Violence
Soren Andersen
Writer director Ti West brings not an iota of originality to his handling of this material 
1.5
In a Valley of Violence
Chuck Bowen
The film communicates a sense of pastiche unpredictably giving way to a raw and primordially intimate emotional realm 
3.5
Continental
John Beifuss
Entertaining but overlong and undercooked 
2.5
Romina
Roger Moore
Amateurish almost student film worthy horror from Mexico 
1
Elyse
Richard Roeper
You ll hear the warning bells signifying a Category 5 Pretentiousness Alert right from the start of the ponderous and stiff psychological drama Elyse and it s not a false alarm 
1.5
Elyse
Mick LaSalle
Elyse is a strange movie and it s hard to imagine more than a handful of people maybe a dozen tops enjoying it except that I m one of those people Maybe you are too 
3
Elyse
Roger Moore
Incompetent a quiet shiny and empty catastrophe 
1
Cyrano de Bergerac
James Sanford
From the opening scene in which he takes on a theater full of pretentious actors to the grand tearjerking finale Cyrano is always the center of attention and Depardieu full of wit bravado and passion rises to the challenge 
4
Cyrano de Bergerac
Roger Ebert
Cyrano de Bergerac is a splendid movie not just because it tells its romantic story and makes it visually delightful and centers it on Depardieu but for a better reason The movie acts as if it believes this story 
3.5
Sin
David Nusair
It s easy enough to see why Sin didn t receive a theatrical release but on the small screen with lowered expectations the film works 
2.5
Bang
David Nusair
always keeps you interested just because you want to see what s going to happen next 
3.5
Rio Sex Comedy
David Nusair
An interminable flat out unwatchable piece of work 
0
Against the Current
Joe Friar
Veiga Grétarsdóttir s transitioning story is even more courageous than her athletic feat It s an inspiring and moving story that in Sveinsson s hands circumnavigates heartstring pulls by focusing on victories large and small 
3
Against the Current
Diego Semerene
Against the Current s style imposes a generic visual language onto a subject who s anything but generic 
2
Moog
Leighton Walter Kille
For every insight there are a half dozen meandering conversations and unguided reminiscences 
2
Moog
Robert Dominguez
An affectionate portrait of Robert Moog 
3
Moog
Erik Lundegaard
The doc focuses exclusively on Robert Moog and Robert Moog is well kind of boring 
1.5
Moog
V.A. Musetto
A collection of dry interviews and so so music it s better suited to public TV than the big screen 
1
Moog
John Anderson
Somewhat cursory portrait 
2.5
The Family Stone
Jay Antani
a gob of yuletide Play Doh
1.5
The Family Stone
Camerin Courtney
The movie feels a lot like slacker brother Ben a little sloppy mostly predictable some flashes of poignancy and wisdom but ultimately doesn t live up to its potential 
2.5
The Family Stone
Rachel Clarke
The Family Stone is a movie for everyone especially during the holidays 
3.5
The Family Stone
Ross Anthony
Direction acting and even the dialogue are strong absolutely top notch They are the work of professionals It s the story line that bottlenecks the whole process 
2
The Family Stone
David N. Butterworth
A miserable misfire that might explain why so many people take their own lives during the holidays 
2
The Family Stone
Sean P. Means
Like most family holiday gatherings it s awkward and a bit loud in places but filled with good humor and packed with familiar faces who give you a warm cozy feeling all over 
3
The Family Stone
Michael Dequina
Rings true in both a comedic and dramatic sense 
3
The Family Stone
Thomas Delapa
Showered with such gifts as McAdams and Danes Bezucha surprisingly squeezes precious few laughs out of his syrupy yuletide cider 
1.5
The Family Stone
Kit Bowen
As one of the more likable holiday films to come around in a long time the comedy The Family Stone will also surprise you with its depth and emotional appeal 
3.5
The Family Stone
Linda Cook
And here just in time for the holidays is a television movie all dressed like a feature film 
2.5
The Family Stone
Sean McBride
The dark humor is amusing enough to suck you into the film and the melodramatic conclusion will send you out of the theater with a tear in your eye 
3
The Family Stone
Frank Ochieng
Gleefully irreverent and proudly offbeat in its rhythmic mix of pluckiness and pathos Bezucha s festive family farce is up front and center 
3
The Family Stone
Mike McGranaghan
One of the things I like about The Family Stone is that the characters seem real They may have some quirks but they re realistic quirks not those devised by an overly clever screenwriter 
3
The Family Stone
James Berardinelli
It s worth two hours for those who appreciate this kind of workmanlike low risk drama 
3
The Family Stone
Mark Collette
This year s lump of cinematic coal has a diamond blazing inside 
3
The Family Stone
Carla Meyer
The film at times approximates the cozy hostility that can permeate real life family gatherings But then the movie s snap turns to sap and edgy comedy becomes standard gazing at the Christmas tree warm fuzziness 
2
The Family Stone
Moira MacDonald
Some will find it touching some will be too weary of the plot contrivances and the smug Stone family to care 
2
The Family Stone
Mick LaSalle
A feel bad holiday film about a repellent family with a milquetoast dad and a smug devious harpy of a mom 
1
The Family Stone
James Hebert
Strangely though it s not an overdose of sentimentality that makes the family and the film so hard to buy It s that most of its members are so blithely cruel 
1.5
The Family Stone
Mike Clark
This is one busy wannabe heart tugger 
3
The Family Stone
Maitland McDonagh
Indie director Bezucha has held on to just enough individuality to breathe a little life into the cliches 
3
The Family Stone
Susan Walker
The Family Stone is a lot slyer than you might expect 
3
The Family Stone
Gary Goldstein
The Family Stone is like a festively wrapped gift box that contains that special sweater you wanted only in the wrong size 
2.5
The Family Stone
Lou Lumenick
The Family Stone is a satisfying big hearted celebration of diversity that will brighten holiday moviegoing at least in the blue states 
3
The Family Stone
Lisa Rose
Good acting only goes so far to salvage a bad script 
2
The Family Stone
Jami Bernard
A machine tooled entertainment that s as fake and flimsy as a plastic Christmas tree 
2.5
The Family Stone
Piet Levy
The angry scenes are shattering the funny scenes are sidesplitting and the sadder scenes dutifully earn their tears 
3
The Family Stone
Connie Ogle
The Family Stone should have been a glittering holiday bauble along the lines of the irresistible Love Actually Instead Bezucha stuffs into our stockings what he thinks is good for us 
2.5
The Family Stone
Bob Strauss
Moments of high hilarity and cringe inducing honesty are scattered throughout The Family Stone 
3
The Family Stone
Robert W. Butler
Warm up your belly muscles and grab a box of tissues When it doesn t have you aching with laughter The Family Stone will have you sobbing like a little girl 
3
The Family Stone
Bruce Westbrook
It plays almost like Terms of Endearment crossed with the feel good yule romance Love Actually 
3
The Family Stone
Rick Groen
So check your disbelief at the door bring along a mini packet of Kleenex and brace yourself for Two Ply and the Family Stone 
2.5
The Family Stone
Jeff Vice
The film ping pongs between wacky comedy and heavy drama and it is so heavy on plot and character that it takes on a sitcomlike quality 
2.5
The Family Stone
Michael Booth
Suddenly we re wiping away tears glancing around to make sure no one noticed we had fallen for this steaming cup of melodrama 
3
The Family Stone
Tim Cogshell
It s all fairly obvious and manipulative though it manages to pander no more than average and does contain a fair bit of wry humor and wit 
3
The Family Stone
Wesley Morris
The movie is a holiday romantic comedy that wants to put the holiday romantic comedy out of business 
2.5
The Family Stone
Sara Michelle Fetters
Family is a four letter word in the literate and smartly acerbic Christmas comedic drama The Family Stone a relationship smorgasbord of acting talent coming together to produce one of the most perceptive holiday features in years 
3
The Family Stone
Daniel M. Kimmel
The Family Stone could have been worse This dysfunctional family comedy could have been directed by critic s darling Wes Anderson 
2.5
The Family Stone
Peter Canavese
A pleasingly off kilter domestic comedy 
3
The Family Stone
Willie Waffle
The movie is wonderful as a drama and wonderful when a comedy but when the scenes are placed side by side it s a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde movie mish mash 
2
The Family Stone
Erik Childress
Bezucha s film accurately captures the forlorn hysteria of those few days when love should be the primary emotion and not judgmental claustrophobia 
3.5
The Family Stone
James Sanford
just when it seems we re going to be stuck with nothing more than a well played holidays are hell comedy Bezucha spins the story in a different far more rewarding direction 
3.5
The Family Stone
Walter Chaw
An absolute freakin nightmare 
1
The Family Stone
Jeff Strickler
The movie s warmth is contagious Too bad its humor isn t 
2.5
The Family Stone
Carrie Rickey
A lump of coal brightened by four diamond sharp performances 
2.5
The Family Stone
Dan Fienberg
I can t think of an instance in which a film went from under the radar to wildly overhyped with the same speed as The Family Stone 
2
The Family Stone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the laughs are intact serious subplots add an unwelcome weight that shifts the whole thing off kilter 
2.5
The Family Stone
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Family Stone introduces a fun and agreeable bunch of people to hang around with even if they never say or do anything worth remembering 
2.5
The Family Stone
Chris Hewitt
The Family Stone shows us the world through several different sets of eyes and by the end we see exactly what they see 
3.5
The Family Stone
Dustin Putman
With intelligence and unforced spirit to spare The Family Stone is that rare widely commercial motion picture worth embracing 
3
The Family Stone
Phoebe Flowers
It tries way too hard to give you the sense of familiarity like you already know these people they re your family so why develop the characters Except we don t and they aren t 
2.5
The Family Stone
Sean O'Connell
Thomas Bezucha weaves a cozy blanket of loving dysfunction and wraps it around a delightfully funny cast 
3
The Family Stone
Roger Ebert
The Family Stone sorts out its characters admirably depends on typecasting to help establish its characters more quickly and finds a winding path between happy and sad secrets 
3
The Family Stone
Allison Benedikt
The Family Stone aims to please and lands precisely on so so 
2
The Family Stone
Gene Seymour
Almost everything about The Family Stone is so schematic and prefabricated that it should come with its own easy to follow blueprint 
2.5
The Family Stone
Phil Villarreal
Busts your holiday sweets stuffed gut with farcical laughter 
3
The Family Stone
Steve Rhodes
As overstuffed as a Christmas turkey 
2.5
The Family Stone
Nick Schager
A rank slice of Christmas cheese 
1
The Family Stone
Jeanne Aufmuth
Who doesn t enjoy wallowing in another family s miserable holiday dynamic 
3
The Family Stone
Peter Travers
Writer director Thomas Bezucha lays it on thick but he knows the mad dog anarchy of family life and gives the laughs a sharp comic edge 
3
2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Rob Thomas
It s a particularly strong collection of films this year 
3.5
Drunken Master - The Beginning
Matt Brunson
Fast and furious and frequently funny 
3
Drunken Master - The Beginning
Chris Hicks
This is the film where Chan s confidence in his unique mix of comedy and martial arts his gracefully choreographed slapstick kung fu fighting style and natural athleticism really began to blossom 
3
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Ty Burr
It s sometimes touching sometimes really loud and often both 
3
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Rob Thomas
a penetrating and moving documentary that captures what was weird and special about Murphy and his band and was extra weird and special about his decision to kill the band 
3.5
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Simon Abrams
James Murphy never says that his music will sound different after LCD Soundsystem disbands so why fearfully anticipate a change that we don t even know is coming 
2
All Light, Everywhere
Lisa Trifone
The film covers quite a lot of ground to say the least and yet Anthony ties it all together in ways that not only make it an interesting film but an essential one 
3.5
All Light, Everywhere
Tom Meek
Theo Anthony s documentary about the moving image police body cams and image as evidence is a haunting contemplation that veers into areas of Big Brother race social justice and more 
3.5
All Light, Everywhere
Peter Canavese
Artsy heady meta documentary with poetic and piercingly philosophic narration think Werner Herzog that looks at all of the ways that reality is distorted through our ways of seeing 
3.5
All Light, Everywhere
Anita Katz
It is a stimulating consideration of how photographic material that is widely considered truthful and objective can be the opposite of that and how those in power have long kept a troubling eye on the powerless 
3
All Light, Everywhere
Matt Zoller Seitz
As a freestanding work All Light Everywhere has got more problems than can be described here But as a gift bag of prompts for discussion it s hard to beat 
3
All Light, Everywhere
Jake Coyle
All Light Everywhere examines how cameras have from their 19th century beginnings always been a tool of data mining an instrument of measurement a framer of a separate pixelated world 
3
All Light, Everywhere
Mike McGranaghan
In light of events over the past few years our society needs this movie right now 
4
All Light, Everywhere
Mark Dujsik
Director Theo Anthony s film is an intelligent piercing and free flowing act of contemplation 
3
All Light, Everywhere
Josh Larsen
A heady carefully constructed documentary collage 
3
All Light, Everywhere
Chuck Bowen
Theo Anthony s film is a playful enraging free associative cine essay that both expands and eats itself alive as it proceeds 
3.5
All Light, Everywhere
Sean P. Means
Anthony deconstructs the documentary form as he constructs his arguments creating a film that s as intellectually challenging as it is visually striking 
3.5
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Linda Cook
Loud slapstick Peter Rabbit 2 is so so family flick 
2
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Mike McGranaghan
At best this is just a time killer something to see if you only care about having your kids be quiet for ninety minutes 
2
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Roger Moore
COVID delayed or not this production has a half hearted half arsed feel something Corden s Peter all but admits in the curtain call Why reward them for that 
1.5
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Christy Lemire
It s hard to escape the feeling that Will Gluck s follow up to 2018 s Peter Rabbit is straining to capture the fast paced meta whimsy of the original while also cramming in a whole bunch of new characters and themes 
2
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Mark Dujsik
T he joke of Peter Rabbit 2 The Runaway isn t on Hollywood s sequel and franchise happy mindset The joke s on us 
2
A Cut Above
Roger Moore
It 8217 s all good natured enough 46 46 46 if rarely 8212 if ever 8212 laugh out loud funny 46 
1.5
In the Shadow of Women
Ty Burr
Garrel s gaze is cool and steady and he s not interested in villains He knows this is an old story and an eternal one and that men and women are helpless to avoid repeating it 
3
In the Shadow of Women
Mick LaSalle
In the Shadow of Women will appeal to a passionate but limited audience I happen to be in that audience 
3
In the Shadow of Women
Christy Lemire
Garrel may not be saying anything new about the capricious whims of the heart but he does so with a purity of narrative and tone and with thoroughly convincing performances from his stars 
3
In the Shadow of Women
Farran Smith Nehme
Filmed in widescreen black and white that makes Paris look both decrepit and irresistible this is a swift tale of what men and women want versus what they settle for 
3
In the Shadow of Women
Jake Cole
The film s sense of humor is so dry that it belatedly reveals the setup for a few jokes only when the punchlines are delivered at the end 
3
The Poor and Hungry
John Beifuss
Brewer s storytelling instincts are sure his visual sense is keen and he gets convincing performances from all his actors a rare achievement at this beginner s level of feature filmmaking 
3.5
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Federico Furzan
Broomfeld s style stays far away from your regular true crime environment This doesn t mean his sentence and confirmation are not relevant Full review in Spanish 
3
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Clayton Dillard
Broomfield meticulously frames his engagements with the South Central residents as dedicated to illuminating how personal strife consistently traces to economic subalimentation and historical degradation 
3
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Matt Brunson
Tales of the Grim Sleeper is a potent piece of outrage cinema seeking to operate on two fronts 
3
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Godfrey Cheshire
The film s gradual observant accumulation of details has a singular and lasting power you won t forget the troubled troubling world that Broomfield shows you 
3
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Kent Turner
Strong and unsettling
3
Innocence Unprotected
Roger Ebert
One of the most delightful films I ve ever seen and one of the hardest to describe It s funny tragic filled at one moment with black humor and at the next with disarming naivete and in form and style totally original 
4
Back to the Fatherland
Roger Moore
Interesting subject Israeli Jews loathing Israel s politics but unsure of where to go to escape it but a maddening muddle of a movie 
2
Beach Rats
Josh Larsen
an intimate portrait of the cost that is paid when a teenager feels societal pressure to remain closeted 
3
Beach Rats
Mattie Lucas
Quite possibly the most authentically queer film of the year 
3
Beach Rats
Christopher James
Beach Rats feels as substantive as a grainy mirror selfie on a hook up app There s beauty shrouded by a whole lot of nonsense 
1.5
Beach Rats
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This accumulation of contradictions is perfectly embodied by actor Harris Dickinson Full review in Spanish 
2
Beach Rats
Roger Moore
Kind of dated and retrograde in its treatment of gay sexuality and coming out but with sharply drawn characters and a great sense of place 
2.5
Beach Rats
Peter Howell
Hittman demonstrates a sure hand throughout marking her as a filmmaker whose future work will be hotly anticipated 
3
Beach Rats
Julia Cooper
Dickinson is perfectly cast and the film s mix of skill gives it a gritty realism that heightens the emotional pitch 
4
Beach Rats
Lisa Jensen
In the central role of Frankie Harris Dickinson has a certain visual presence but the part of Frankie as written is the definition of aimless reactive static and ultimately uninteresting 
2
Beach Rats
Rob Thomas
Hittman s drama is empathetic but not necessarily sympathetic and profoundly sad at watching Frankie s inability to reconcile his two worlds 
3
Beach Rats
Anita Katz
Writer Director Eliza Hittman supplies impressive emotional and atmospheric realities all her own 
3
Beach Rats
David Wiegand
It s not the feel good movie of the year but it s a powerfully rendered reminder that coming of age can be harrowing and hurtful to others even in our purportedly more open minded country 
4
Beach Rats
Michael O'Sullivan
This very thinly sliced character study of beautiful if benighted adolescence is more a pre coming of age tale one that takes us close to but not through the transformative acquisition of good judgment 
2
Beach Rats
Mark Dujsik
T he movie doesn t quite know how to communicate what is beneath the surface except in the broadest terms 
2
Beach Rats
Lindsey Bahr
There are no clear answers here for Frankie or for us which might not be satisfying but is no less poignant 
3
Beach Rats
Peter Travers
British actor Harris Dickinson gives a smashing breakthrough performance in Beach Rats 
3
Beach Rats
Rex Reed
The saving grace the thing that keeps you interested and caring is Dickinson the newcomer with phenomenal potential so honest and self assured I can t wait to see what he does next 
3
Beach Rats
Robert Levin
Harris Dickinson in his debut achieves an almost unfathomably rich reservoir of feeling 
3
Beach Rats
Sheila O'Malley
A potent blend of eroticism pent up feelings and good old fashioned appreciation of beauty 
3.5
Beach Rats
Rick Bentley
Beach Rats is presented in such a no frills way that there are more moments than not when it feels like it has slipped into full documentary mode 
3.5
Beach Rats
Katie Walsh
Riveting and deeply compelling with the one two punch of Dickinson s astonishing performance and Hittman s direction 
4
Beach Rats
Sam C. Mac
Beach Rats is most compelling when it puts a self aware focus on Harris Dickinson s sculpted male figure 
2
Beach Rats
Sean P. Means
The movie turns out to be going nowhere slowly 
2.5
Road to Fame
Rene Rodriguez
A shrill and gaudy comedy about the quest for celebrity 
2
Road to Fame
Paul Schrodt
Full of enthusiasm but short on wit or self awareness Casi Divas is pretty weak as satire 
2
Bhoothnath
Maitland McDonagh
Bhoothnath never finds a comfortable balance between broad comedy and the bittersweet relationship between Nath and Banku each of whom fills a void in the other s existence 
2
The Glimmer Man
Mal Vincent
It may be beneath contempt but at the same time it deserves contempt 
1
The Glimmer Man
David Nusair
fares best in its briskly paced and rather promising opening stretch 
2
The Glimmer Man
Michael Dequina
Keenen Ivory Wayans is so much more interesting lively and fun than Seagal you wish that he were the star of the film 
2
The Glimmer Man
Jeff Vice
Yet another action thriller that just isn t very thrilling 
0
The Glimmer Man
Madeleine Williams
A truly disgraceful outing that amounts to little more than an unbelievable Steven Seagal self love fest 
0.5
The Glimmer Man
Susan Wloszczyna
It s repetitive mayhem as usual 
1
The Glimmer Man
James Berardinelli
All in all what we have here is classic Seagal And that means for anyone who isn t an admitted fan an uninspired outing 
1.5
Curse of the Demon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I love all of Tourneur s work 
4
Good Boy!
David Nusair
perfectly suited for the small screen 
2
Good Boy!
Linda Cook
Good Boy is rather fetching especially for the small fry 
2.5
Good Boy!
Frank Ochieng
folks will be barking up the wrong tree if they were to consider this pooch picture an escapist treat for impressionable minds Good Boy is nothing but a bland knockoff of Spielberg s E T 
2
Good Boy!
Michael Szymanski
For adults there s the yearning for the days of when your mutt was your best friend and the only one who understands you and that s enough of a nostalgic reason to go see Good Boy 
2.5
Good Boy!
Sean P. Means
Broderick s misplaced voice over is just one miscalculation of many amid the lame special effects poorly sketched parents and forcing the great Carl Reiner to give voice to an old sheepdog s comments about flatulence 
1.5
Good Boy!
Dustin Putman
Pales when placed next to all the similar movies it is shamelessly derivative of 
2
Good Boy!
Dan Lybarger
Good Boy is occasionally clever but is never laugh out loud funny or gripping 
2
Good Boy!
Jonathan R. Perry
The barbecue sandwich I had for lunch was infinitely more memorable than the movie that preceded it 
2
Good Boy!
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a sweet and undemanding movie told with a delicate hand 
3
Good Boy!
Claudia Puig
No new ground is dug up in Good Boy but the story is well paced sweet and lively filling a void for very young filmgoers 
2.5
Good Boy!
Emily Russin
A winning boy meets pooch tale 
3
Good Boy!
Mick LaSalle
A painfully dull kids picture 
2
Good Boy!
Sarah Chauncey
Good Boy may not be a classic but it is a solid upbeat funny movie 
3
Good Boy!
Gene Seymour
You wish Good Boy aspired to a less formulaic cleverness and sentimentality than shown here 
2
Good Boy!
Megan Lehmann
Writer director John Hoffman leaves no canine cliche unturned in his pandering script 
2
Good Boy!
Christine Dolen
No this isn t the stuff of a kiddie classic like Holes But to quote from another movie with a vocal four legged protagonist it ll do 
2.5
Good Boy!
Stephen Cole
Good Boy is so gentle and fleecy dozing parents might suspect a fabric softener was involved in the creative process 
1.5
Good Boy!
Jeff Vice
You could simply make a 90 minute long film of dogs running around and it would be better than Good Boy Much better in fact 
1.5
Good Boy!
Wesley Morris
An affecting hot buttered slice of toasted E T with a smidgen of Benji thrown in just because 
3
Good Boy!
Guylaine Cadorette
Perhaps Good Boy is not meant to be analyzed but a film targeted at children should at least have some insight into the spirit of human nature or some sort of lesson Instead it s just a silly little dog tale 
2
Good Boy!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eventually bogs down in yucky platitudes and badly written speeches that cause most of the actors to choke 
2
Good Boy!
Jami Bernard
A charming runt of a movie 
2.5
Good Boy!
Roger Ebert
The movie asks us to consider a race of superior beings who are built a few feet off the ground lack opposable thumbs and walk around nude all the time 
1
Good Boy!
Chris Hewitt
Doesn t add much to the oft told story of a boy and his dog and it never establishes the rules of the dogs in space myth it creates but it is perked up by the gentle intelligence of writer director John Hoffman 
2
Good Boy!
Bob Strauss
Bad Movie Bad Bad 
1.5
Good Boy!
Terry Lawson
A clever charmer 
3
Good Boy!
Stephen Humphries
It s a wonder that the genre started by the marvelous Babe has any currency left after Cats and Dogs and Snow Dogs 
1
Good Boy!
Ellen Fox
A devastating work of pro doggie propaganda 
3
Good Boy!
Phoebe Flowers
Beyond any real creative aspirations Good Boy is a movie for dog lovers 
2.5
Good Boy!
Carrie Rickey
It s a gentle parable of interspecies love and loyalty and a very nice time if you don t mind a little Fido flatulence 
3
Good Boy!
Rob Blackwelder
After a likable first act the plot goes to the dogs 
2
Good Boy!
Jeanne Aufmuth
Occasional laughs try hard but can t salvage the tired storyline and pat conclusion
2
Good Boy!
Steve Rhodes
A mix of E T and Cats Dogs it is a wonderfully sweet family film for all ages 
3
Condo Painting
Michael Dequina
Much like its subject Condo Painting doesn t quite know when to shut up 
2
Tom & Viv
Michael Dequina
An uninvolving pretentious bore 
0
Curvature
David Nusair
It s ultimately a little remarkable just how little there is within Curvature that works 
1
Zeroville
Stephen Rodrick
To say it is for Franco completists only seems just 
2
Zeroville
Joey Magidson
Franco mined Hollywood and its appeal to outsiders far more successfully in The Disaster Artist 
2
Zeroville
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I can t even figure out how to rate it other than to say that I think it s probably not a very good movie but that I kind of love it 
3
Zeroville
Brian Tallerico
Franco embraces the zero in his title producing a film that starts to feel like a middle finger to both Hollywood and anyone who searches for meaning in it 
.5
Zeroville
Mark Dujsik
M aybe it was too much for the filmmakers For us the movie simply is not enough 
2
Zeroville
Sara Stewart
Franco seems to be aiming for comedy but there are few laughs to be had 
1.5
Zeroville
Adriana Gomez-Weston
The screen adaptation itself is meant to pay tribute to classic stars and the art of filmmaking but Zeroville is a eulogy to what could have been While cinema is a beautiful thing the book s adaptation is a sad reminder of a fickle industry 
2
Zeroville
Roger Moore
A fitfully funny pretentious and obscure artifact of the pre Disaster Artist and pre MeToo career James Franco once had 
1.5
The Road to Mandalay
Roger Moore
As real as this is a heroine proactive and assertive enough to take these risks would certainly be more interesting than the passive way Ke Xi plays her
2.5
Kramer vs. Kramer
David Nusair
46 46 46 a solid drama that benefits substantially from the top tier efforts of its various performers 46 46 46 
3.5
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dann Gire
It is a film of rare emotional insight of painful images and of questions without answers The emotional trauma the joys and conflicts by its two main characters Ted and Joanna Kramer transcend film and become shared experiences with viewers 
4
Kramer vs. Kramer
Gene Siskel
Kramer vs Kramer never loses its low key realistic touch You will sit at the end of the film wondering why we don t see more pictures like this 
4
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert W. Butler
Kramer vs Kramer is an oddity a film that so truthfully reflects real life that its audience leaves the theater feeling cleansed and somehow more fully in touch with its emotions and minds 
4
Kramer vs. Kramer
Joseph Gelmis
It expertly irrigates the tear ducts and caresses the heart strings Yet it isn t anywhere near as sticky in its sentiment as this year s Jon Voight Faye Dunaway remake of The Champ 
3
Kramer vs. Kramer
Sumner Rand
Actors Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep and one of the most appealing child actors in a long time Justin Henry keep Kramer vs Kramer high above the soap opera level it might so easily have reached in other hands 
4
Kramer vs. Kramer
Walter V. Addiego
Hoffman is exceptionally good as Kramer remarkably skillful in delineating the transition from father in name to father in fact He s sure to get an Oscar nomination The boy Justin Henry is quite naturalistic 
3
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Alan Ross
The movie owes its artistic success to several attributes Fine performances flawless direction by Robert Benton and a script that wrenches the heart without insulting the mind 
3
Kramer vs. Kramer
Brian Eggert
It s a film designed to make a statement about feminism specifically against feminism 
2.5
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kathleen Carroll
Kramer vs Kramer is greatly enriched by its exceptional cast 
4
Kramer vs. Kramer
Wesley Lovell
A movie that makes you think about the relevance of the thought that only mother s make great single parent adults 
4
Kramer vs. Kramer
Roger Ebert
Kramer vs Kramer wouldn t be half as good as it is half as intriguing and absorbing if the movie had taken sides 
4
Jessica Forever
David Nusair
An excruciatingly meaningless piece of work 
0
Good Advice
David Nusair
there s just never a point at which the viewer is drawn into either the high concept storyline or the plight of the central character 
1.5
Good Advice
Walter Chaw
It s like that pair of old sneakers it stinks but it s a stink you like 
2
I'll Push You
Josh Terry
I ll Push You is one of the most genuine testaments to friendship found on film but its impact is augmented all the more when we see what happens with the other pilgrims on the trail 
3
RoboCop 3
Matt Brunson
While the sight of a flying RoboCop isn apos t as offensive as the sight of a flying R2 D2 44 it still registers as an awful idea 46 
1.5
RoboCop 3
David Nusair
at the very least Robocop 3 works as a popcorn movie something part two couldn t even manage 
2.5
RoboCop 3
James Berardinelli
This installment goes for straight action allowing only brief instances of the facetiousness which made the original so enjoyable 
2
RoboCop 3
James O'Ehley
Aaargh 
1
RoboCop 3
Roger Ebert
Why do they persist in making these retreads Because RoboCop is a brand name I guess and this is this year s new model It s an old tradition in Detroit to take an old design and slap on some fresh chrome 
1.5
RoboCop 3
Chris Hicks
Special effects are OK and RoboCop even gets to fly using a specially designed jetpack But it s all for naught as this series has run out of fresh ideas 
1.5
Beautiful Joe
David Nusair
Beautiful Joe is incredibly sentimental and sappy but it s very enjoyable for just those reasons 
3
Silence Between Two Thoughts
Steve Rhodes
Could have made a nice short film but it tries viewers patience by having the story stretched to over an hour and a half with little happening 
1.5
The Berlin File
Linda Barnard
The Berlin File benefits from gritty surroundings that add a cold war realism to this otherwise confusing tale of conflicted loyalties and secret agendas 
2
The Berlin File
Rob Humanick
A sporadically entertaining modestly ambitious shoot em up that frequently succumbs to spelling out its subtext 
2
The New Land
Wesley Lovell
It 8217 s not hard to see what side Troell is fighting on 46 He stays faithful to his countrymen while chastising their ethnocentrism and religious solidarity 46 
3.5
The New Land
James Kendrick
Troell shows us the human face of the ordeal balancing tragedy with comedy and intimacy with scope in a way that few filmmakers have accomplished 
3.5
The Corruptor
CSM Staff
The trite story has plenty of distasteful moments 
2
The Corruptor
Michael Dequina
For some reason American filmmakers have yet to figure out how to properly use Chow Yun Fat 
2
The Corruptor
Ross Anthony
Despite a few unlikely plot developments The Corruptor is compelling from start to finish
3
The Corruptor
Roger Ebert
Hard Boiled directed by the master of the genre director John Woo is a cult favorite The Corruptor isn t in that league 
1.5
The Corruptor
Susan Stark
Visceral Textural Interesting 
2
The Corruptor
Dustin Putman
It boggles the mind why New Line actually had the nerve to waste millions of dollars on a piece of wretched trash like this 
0.5
Only Cloud Knows
Simon Abrams
While Feng s latest may be unbearably sentimental and too blunt it s also good enough if you re looking for a little romance and a good cry 
3
Yellow Sky
Matt Brunson
Takes some unusual detours that allow it to stand out from the pack 
3
Chuka
Roger Ebert
Rod Taylor s Chuka is an intelligently acted and directed Western that has been burdened for some reason with a plot so melodramatic that the effect is lost 
2.5
Uptight
Roger Ebert
There s no backsliding toward a conciliatory moderate conclusion The passions and beliefs of black militants are presented head on with little in the way of comfort for white liberals 
3
Boy Interrupted
Federico Furzan
A punch in the gut that feels necessary for today s lack of tolerance Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Boy Interrupted
Rob Humanick
Not unlike Dear Zachary A Letter to a Son About His Father personal anguish here proves emotionally cathartic 
3
Boy Interrupted
Tirdad Derakhshani
Boy Interrupted is a remarkable deeply unsettling documentary about the life of Evan Perry an uncommonly bright talented boy from New York who committed suicide at age 15 
3
Labyrinth
Josh Larsen
Let s talk about David Bowie s crotch 
2.5
Labyrinth
Wesley Lovell
Muppet creator Jim Henson went dark but not too serious in this entertaining but meandering trifle 
3
Labyrinth
Steven Rea
An innovative mix of sophisticated puppetry and special effects Labyrinth has all the components of classic myth 
3.5
Labyrinth
Peter Canavese
The chaotic narrative proceeds in fits and starts and the sights and sounds are often dated but somehow the film s wit and wonder linger in the mind 
3
Labyrinth
Wesley Morris
Henson s imagination is boundless But his movie has no pep It s a dream in neutral 
2.5
Labyrinth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A made for kids movie with just enough weird stuff in it to appeal to teens 
3.5
Labyrinth
Nick Schager
For all its visual inventiveness there s something inert about the late Jim Henson s 1986 fantasy adventure Labyrinth 
2
Labyrinth
Walter Chaw
That the whole mess of Labyrinth was entertaining once to a child is a precarious gauge of quality 
1.5
Labyrinth
Roger Ebert
Great energy and creativity went into the construction production and direction of this movie but it doesn t have a story that does justice to the production 
2
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
Christy Lemire
By turns daffy and dazzling awkward and artful Journey to the West takes an ancient tale and gives it contemporary flair 
2.5
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
Lou Lumenick
The final product is very much Chow with elaborately staged stunts slapstick inspired by silent Hollywood and a silliness that will appeal to kids as well as some black humor that may take some explaining for younger audiences 
3
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
Kenji Fujishima
Stephen Chow s distinctive vision is evident in the seemingly boundless imagination of his scenarios and in the film s sincere spiritual concerns and generosity toward misfits and outsiders 
3
Welcome to Leith
Federico Furzan
A disturbing tale that lacks information Welcome to Leith feels vague as the documentary that should have told an extraordinary story Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Welcome to Leith
Peter Keough
Tense incisive and remarkably objective 
3.5
Welcome to Leith
Walter V. Addiego
Hand it to directors Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K Walker who could have made the story into a black hat white hat affair 
3
Welcome to Leith
Brian Tallerico
It s easy to make a documentary about hateful people It s harder to focus on the impact of hateful people on those around them 
3
Welcome to Leith
Roger Moore
A sobering reminder of what can happen when apathy drives your politics 
3
Welcome to Leith
Kam Williams
A textbook primer on how a united community ought to respond to the arrival of racist bullies before the creeps have a chance to ruin the neighborhood 
4
Welcome to Leith
Jim Brunzell III
As horrifying and powerful as any fictional thriller Welcome to Leith questions every American s fair use of Constitutional rights and civil liberties only to have our perceived beliefs and laws shattered 
3.5
The Retreat
Randy Myers
The Retreat is efficient and angry with an explosive screenplay from Alyson Richards 
3
The Retreat
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Retreat is a well made and amusing survivalist slasher film that gets the job done with suitably violent and gory aplomb 
3
The Retreat
Roger Moore
A shot in the back victim clutches chest slasher pic with much quick and dirty story telling and filmmaking in evidence 
2
Anonymous
Brian Eggert
Few will walk away from Anonymous convinced of its historical legitimacy 44 yet interests will be piqued 44 perhaps inspiring some to read up on the subject from more credible sources 46 
3
Anonymous
Kelly Jane Torrance
I could offer a long list of the historical inaccuracies in the film But the inaccuracies aren t actually the biggest problem in a film that purports to offer an argument for the true identity of the greatest dramatist to live 
2
Anonymous
David Nusair
it s ultimately clear that Emmerich should stick to the larger than life blockbuster fare with which he s become associated 
0
Anonymous
Roger Moore
Bad history beautifully done 
3
Anonymous
Jeff Beck
It may be one of the signs of the apocalypse but thanks to a well written screenplay spot on performances and a fantastic production design Emmerich has finally made a great film 
3.5
Anonymous
Eric Melin
Roland Emmerich s lurid pulpy approach isn t subtle but it suits the material since this is presented as a controversial expos 
2.5
Anonymous
Michael Dequina
Fairly absorbing in an alternately classy and salaciously trashy way that operates not too unlike Emmerich s popcorn entertainers 
3
Anonymous
John Beifuss
What s distressing isn t the film s plodding incoherence or wild eyed credulousness but its misplaced priority It suggests that what s most interesting about this writer we call Shakespeare is not the genius of his words but the puzzle of his identity 
1.5
Anonymous
Matt Brunson
Call it the anti Shakespeare in Love Call it the more cultured cousin to Inglourious Basterds Just don t call Anonymous a fact based story 
2.5
Anonymous
Judith Newmark
Will Shakespeare whose words shine on bright and brave Is turning o er with laughter in his grave 
1
Anonymous
Jon Niccum
Overlong labyrinthine and most certainly speculative in its history Anonymous benefits from a central conceit that is too intriguing to be dismissed 
3
Anonymous
Lawrence Toppman
Anonymous is fun if you take the anti Shakespearean tale as events set in an unreal alternate universe 
3
Anonymous
James Berardinelli
File this one in the category of entertaining historical fiction There are facts here but one must possess more than a passing familiarity with history to be able to spot them 
3
Anonymous
Stephen Whitty
Like vermin facts here are banished Logic dispelled plain motives all vanished 
2
Anonymous
Lisa Kennedy
Audiences may chuckle Stratfordians prepare for conniptions 
3
Anonymous
Charlie McCollum
If you are looking for something more intellectual and certainly more accurate in its portrayal of a rich period in English history you will have to go elsewhere 
2
Anonymous
Mike Scott
That s right I come to praise Emmerich not to bury him 
3
Anonymous
Peter Canavese
From the man who brought you Godzilla and 2012 a loud and ludicrous historical rewrite about the supposed hidden authorship of Shakespeare s plays
2
Anonymous
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At its conclusion not everything is entirely clear but enough pieces fall into place to leave a feeling of satisfaction 
3
Anonymous
Liam Lacey
Apart from these few light moments Anonymous is a case of ingenuity wasted on an unintelligent enterprise 
2
Anonymous
Willie Waffle
Full of so many soap opera twists and turns you would have thought Shakespeare or Aaron Spelling came up with the plot 
2.5
Anonymous
Lou Lumenick
Anonymous is a thoroughly entertaining load of eye candy with solid performances even if John Orloff s exposition heavy script practically requires a concordance to follow at times 
2.5
Anonymous
Ann Hornaday
Don t let the frilly costumes courtly language and historical pretense fool you Anonymous is still a Roland Emmerich movie a blessing when it comes to vigor and a curse when it comes to subtlety proportion or sense 
2
Anonymous
Mark Dujsik
Anonymous leaves us longing that its scenario is incorrect if only for the fact that the popular view of Shakespeare s authorship is at least an interesting one 
2
Anonymous
Dustin Putman
You know you re in trouble when it takes well over an hour to figure out that the two on screen figures you ve been watching are actually playing the same character forty years apart 
1
Anonymous
Peter Travers
As the Bard probably would not say Anonymous is some crazy shit 
2
Anonymous
Carrie Rickey
Anonymous is no more or less far fetched than Emmerich s prior efforts But it is much much more confusing 
2
Anonymous
Duane Dudek
Emmerich s name is forever associated with bloated spectacle like The Day After Tomorrow Here he finally uses his powers for good creating a vast virtual 16th century world without sacrificing human details like De Vere s ink stained fingers 
3.5
Anonymous
Wesley Morris
Roland Emmerich destroys things for a living Why not the reputation of a man who lacked the imagination to blow up the Sistine Chapel 
2
Anonymous
Chris Hewitt
About the time I realized a character I had been thinking was named Edward was really named Robert I realized something else I no longer cared about any of these pantalooned drips 
2
Anonymous
Connie Ogle
Anonymous far from ascending the brightest heaven of invention is a muddled often confusing film unable to mesh its political and theatrical plotlines Worse it undermines its own argument by cramming in too many fanciful possibilities 
2
Anonymous
Matt Pais
A fortnight is about how long it will take you to sort out an absurdly structured movie that could have benefited from an iron and a volume knob 
1.5
Anonymous
Michael Phillips
Anonymous is ridiculous and like Oliver Stone s JFK it sells its political conspiracy theories by weight and by volume But dull it s not 
2.5
Anonymous
Moira MacDonald
Much ado about nothing indeed 
2
Anonymous
Peter Howell
Anonymous is so dubious in its intent and so tangled in its execution it might have worked better as a comedy like Notting Hill or The Boat That Rocked where Ifans could agreeably play the fool as before 
2
Anonymous
Roger Ebert
A splendid experience the dialogue the acting the depiction of London the lust jealousy and intrigue 
3.5
Anonymous
Bill Weber
This deeply dopey travesty s worst instincts are nearly its only entertaining ones 
1.5
Anonymous
Claudia Puig
Dubious history aside Anonymous is a well acted yarn that also is a tribute to the unstoppable force of art even if it implies that only an aristocrat could create it 
2.5
Anonymous
Christy Lemire
As the initial whiff of scandal eventually gives way to great repetitive blubbering about the brilliance and significance of Shakespeare s works Anonymous ultimately feels like much ado about nothing 
2.5
Anonymous
Rex Reed
Historians are already calling Anonymous preposterous humbug but I found it a complex cornucopia of ideas and panache You go away sated 
2.5
Anonymous
Peter Keough
This period drama turns an academic dispute into absurd entertainment 
2.5
Anonymous
Kam Williams
All the fixins for a convoluted costume drama of dare I say it Shakespearean proportions 
4
Full Metal Jacket
Henry Sheehan
The most horrifying moments of Full Metal Jacket are those in which the young Americans gladly assist in their own damnation 
2
Full Metal Jacket
Jack Garner
An electrifying opening segment that could stand alone as one of Kubrick s great films except it s only about 45 minutes long 
2.5
Full Metal Jacket
David Nusair
a justifiably iconic war film 
3.5
Full Metal Jacket
Desmond Ryan
If his considerable achievement in this long awaited film falls short of his Olympian standards there is a reason that ought to give Kubrick some satisfaction The world has caught up with Kubrick and what he has to say 
3
Full Metal Jacket
Dave Kehr
There is a real fear at the heart of this monstrously armored desperately defensive film 
3.5
Full Metal Jacket
Gene Siskel
It s a great piece of filmmaking diminished only by a second act that fails to live up to the first act of the Marines in training 
4
Full Metal Jacket
Matt Brunson
It still qualifies as one of Kubrick s most underrated pictures and it s second only to Apocalypse Now as the best Vietnam War movie ever made 
4
Full Metal Jacket
Peter Canavese
Kubrick again turns his unsparing eye to the dread of existence of a godless universe of moral frailty and civilization gone wrong Blu ray 
4
Full Metal Jacket
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
Somehow after the decadence of Barry Lyndon and a philosophical look at horror in The Shining Stanley Kubrick settled into a film of unrestrained vitriol and aggression 
4
Full Metal Jacket
David Keyes
The movie warrants a response that is perhaps the closest thing possible on film to witnessing the mayhem firsthand 
4
Full Metal Jacket
Wesley Lovell
Incredibly realistic and immensely enjoyable 
3.5
Full Metal Jacket
Roger Ebert
A strangely shapeless film from the man whose work usually imposes a ferociously consistent vision on his material 
2.5
Gloria: In Her Own Words
David Wiegand
By making us wonder what Steinem doesn t declare we can come to a greater understanding of the complexities of the woman herself but only if we are willing to venture beneath the surface 
3
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Rob Thomas
Director Ang Lee has fashioned a high flying 44 hard kicking 44 backflipping extravaganza that somehow never neglects the complex 44 human side of its combatants 46 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Matt Brunson
It apos s at once pulpy and profound 44 a movie that never forgets to have fun even as it apos s tackling such straight faced issues as honor 44 devotion and compassion 46 
3.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Amy Bracken Sparks
Ang Lee s dreamlike film transcends its hybrid roots it s unlike anything you ve seen before 
3.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Nick Rogers
Often imitated never equaled Crouching Tiger soars because it showcases culture as much as cutting edge martial arts Unfinished business unspoken passions and unwanted prejudices stand beside fists and feet of fury in a lyrical film 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Peter Canavese
Lee brought a distinct elegance to the wuxia genre of mythic lyrical martial arts pictures a breathtaking visual and emotional experience for the viewer Blu ray 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Judith Egerton
It s a feeling akin to seeing Peter Pan fly for the first time or watching the first light saber duel in Star Wars 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gabe Leibowitz
Ang Lee s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon mixes In the Mood for Love s unobtainable romance with Dancer in the Dark s selfless to the end philosophy 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Glenn Lovell
The smartest and smartest looking action movie of the year 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Rick Groen
It s abundantly clear that Lee in conjunction with fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping famed for The Matrix has brought to these standard tropes his own elevating near feline sensibilities 
3.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Margaret A. McGurk
A haunting tragic fairy tale for the ages 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
James Sanford
like being absorbed into the pages of every adventure story you loved as a child 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jeremy Heilman
Quite simply it blew me away 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
David N. Butterworth
The crossover hit that quite rightly started all those high flying wire fu action pictures With the redoubtable Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh 
3.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wesley Lovell
quot Crouching Tiger 44 Hidden Dragon quot is a mythical story with modern ideas 46 Each image is beautifully crafted and memorable 46 
3.5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mike McGranaghan
Balancing a strong human story with fantastical action guarantees that this is a work of real substance 46 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jorge Avila Andrade
El Tigre y el Dragn es simple y sencillamente una obra maestra y una de las razones de la existencia del bien llamado Sptimo Arte
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
James Kendrick
It s an action movie that doesn t try to blow you out of your seat but rather it captures you in suspended awe for prolonged periods of time 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Susan Stark
One of those wonders of imagination and craft that confirm your wildest dreams about the magic of movies 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Bob Graham
The class act of action movies 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Roger Ebert
The most exhilarating martial arts movie I have seen 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tor Thorsen
Packed with some of the best martial arts yet filmed 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mike Clark
Calling Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon a religious experience may be overstating the case a bit but Ang Lee s rhapsodically romantic martial arts enthraller certainly redeems a slew of sins in this lackluster movie year 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jonathan Foreman
You have never seen a movie like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon because there has never been a movie like it 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Michael Dequina
Masterpiece 
4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
James Berardinelli
The film never ceases to dazzle our eyes and arrest our attention 
3.5
Confessions of a Hitman
Roger Moore
This portrayal seems more accurate than riveting 46 
2.5
Deep End
Jaime N. Christley
Deep End is as soaked in pheromones and nervous electricity as its main character 
4
Deep End
Roger Ebert
A film that deserves a better ending 
2.5
Victim/Suspect
Kent Turner
91 A 93 powerful 44 hard hitting investigative documentary 46 
3
Victim/Suspect
Dwight Brown
It s easy to feel overwhelmed with sadness and empathy for the victims Easy to feel proud that a young reporter and documentarian turned wrong into right That takes courage 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
John Monaghan
Everything here is beyond predictable 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Chris Hewitt
The script is about as solid as a penalty kick with a deflated ball 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Thomas Delapa
loses points for its disjointed script and fumbled field photography 
1.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Sean McBride
While the movie is a thoroughly generic sports movie there s no denying that it works as a rousing example of the genre 
2.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Roger Ebert
it is good and caring work with more human detail than we expect 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Claudia Puig
Predictable Goal The Dream Begins may not be the stuff of everyone s reveries but the film is capably acted and somewhat inspiring 
2.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Ethan Alter
It all turns out to be a modest success because of its cliches rather than in spite of them 
2.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
No matter where the film carries you it always gets back to the love of the game 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
G. Allen Johnson
The best American made sports film since Miracle 
4
Goal! The Dream Begins
David Elliott
A movie iconizing a sportsman for his improvisatory flair should not be so boxed in by pat devices 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Pam Grady
Utterly predictable from the first frame but nevertheless a real crowd pleaser 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Stephen Whitty
It s hard to make Bend It Like Beckham look like high drama but this movie almost manages 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Kyle Smith
The pro soccer circuit is convincingly portrayed and at its best moments the dialogue is as bright as Newcastle s skies aren t 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Jack Mathews
Danny Cannon s Goal The Dream Begins is a sports movie for people who may not care about sports but can t resist a heart tugging underdog story 
2.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Peter Debruge
Goal is right up there with the terrific Akeelah and the Bee another underdog now in theaters in the way it draws you in and keeps you rooting for its lower class but highly talented hero 
2.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Jeff Vice
The soccer drama Goal The Dream Begins is so formulaic and rambling that you can t help but get a little tired of it less than an hour in 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Lisa Kennedy
For all its familiar ticks of which there are many Goal works some underdog magic in taking aspiring footballer Santiago Munez from Mexico to Los Angeles and then across the big pond to Newcastle England 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Randy Myers
Enough sports cliches to fill a soccer field make Goal The Dream Begins stumble 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Ty Burr
Handsomely shot and with a likable lead in Kuno Becker it also suffers from a script so outrageously generic you could buy it at Costco 
1.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Jeffrey Westhoff
Backed by Dillane s hangdog wistfulness Becker s performance is earnest enough to win us over 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Peter Canavese
Obvious All but soccer fanatics can pass on Goal The Dream Begins and make plans now to avoid its two upcoming sequels 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Willie Waffle
predictable but a likable and uplifting film 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Josh Larsen
embraces its feel good cliches with an enthusiasm that s embarrassing 
2
Goal! The Dream Begins
Bruce Newman
Even though Goal takes its own sweet time getting there the story of Santiago Munez played by Spanish language TV star Kuno Becker finally arrives at the heartwarming uplift to which all sports movies are required to aspire 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Gene Seymour
Hard to ignore the cliches and the in your face uplift But the details gritty and otherwise feel right 
2.5
Goal! The Dream Begins
Michael Phillips
Goal The Dream Begins is an inspirational sports movie but I liked it anyway 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Phil Villarreal
The movie is hokey predictable and not original in any way but darned if it doesn t slash through your defenses like a David Beckham corner kick 
3
Goal! The Dream Begins
Nick Schager
With any luck its sequels will fail to garner a stateside release due to that most dependable of domestic attitudes American apathy toward soccer 
1
Goal! The Dream Begins
Jorge Avila Andrade
Con un ritmo que nunca decae un sólido elenco una emocionante banda sonora y un mensaje de amistad y superación personal es sencillamente inolvidable 
3.5
Radhe Shyam
Mike McGranaghan
Creativity is abundant in Radhe Shyam and that spirit of inventiveness is often thrilling to watch 
3
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
David Nusair
so enigmatic and mysterious that by the time the movie s over you still aren t entirely sure what just happened 
2
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Jeffrey Wachs
Wisdom of Crocodiles is a thought provoking memorable film that develops into a psychological shell game that leaves the viewer as breathless as the heroine 
3
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Greg Dean Schmitz
This film is probably really only best for fans of vampire films or stylish British erotic thrillers 
2
Stavisky
Roger Ebert
Like Charles Foster Kane Alexandre Stavisky is a man of intriguing parts that make up any number of wholes 
4
United Red Army
V.A. Musetto
Running more than three hours United Red Army is a raw mix of documentary and fiction 
3
United Red Army
Andrew Schenker
Kji Wakamatsu s achievement is to show us how that violence can turn as easily inward as it does out 
2.5
Cane Toads: The Conquest
David Lewis
The namesake of the wacky yet substantial documentary Cane Toads The Conquest is not a creature to be taken lightly even if the film and the audience has plenty of fun at his expense 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Jeff Vice
None of this is meant to be taken seriously or even thought about So just turn off your brain and enjoy the silliness 
3.5
Shaolin Soccer
Ross Anthony
A fall out of the chair funny movie 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Chris Hewitt
A movie that rises to dizzying heights of silliness before soaring into the silly stratosphere Shaolin Soccer is pure fun 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Janice Page
As goofy action comedies go Shaolin Soccer is one of the best 
3.5
Shaolin Soccer
Paul Sherman
Sometimes it s so goofy you want to slap it for foisting so many dud slapstick gags And sometimes it s so intentionally goofy you have to laugh 
2.5
Shaolin Soccer
Peter Debruge
Shaolin Soccer is one of those unlikely combinations like Vanilla Coke or Christian rock that fits so well you re left wondering why no one thought of it before 
2.5
Shaolin Soccer
Ray Conlogue
A very funny movie 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Phil Villarreal
This kind of boorish treatment is usually worthy of scorn disrespectful of both the artist and the audience but with a fizzy soccer comedy the moves seem inspired 
3
Shaolin Soccer
John Monaghan
Has heart and a freewheeling spirit that makes you smile at the same time you re calling it the stupidest thing you ve ever seen 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Jonathan W. Hickman
Over the top is a tricky thing to pull off effectively But when it is done as delightfully as it has been done in Shaolin Soccer you just have to sit back and take in the eye candy 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Mary Brennan
Not an earth shattering achievement but not something to miss if you haven t yet met Stephen Chow 
2.5
Shaolin Soccer
Roger Ebert
It is piffle yes but superior piffle 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Jeffrey Westhoff
Here is a film where even the camera movements and editing are hilarious 
3.5
Shaolin Soccer
Michael Wilmington
While Shaolin Soccer may not wow Western audiences the way it did Asian ones you should get more than a few kicks out of it 
2.5
Shaolin Soccer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For once maybe Harvey did the right thing by cutting it down 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Elizabeth Weitzman
One of the silliest sweetest and most fun family films in recent memory 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Steve Rhodes
Deliciously funny and wonderfully good spirited 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Carla Meyer
A delightful blend of comedy kung fu soccer and special effects 
3
Shaolin Soccer
John Anderson
With no inhibitions about whom or where he borrows from Chow makes us complicit in his stylistic shoplifting The result is the definition of guilty pleasure 
3
Shaolin Soccer
V.A. Musetto
If brainless predictable fun will do check out Shaolin Soccer 
2.5
Shaolin Soccer
Rob Blackwelder
The movie s one notable hurdle is that Chow clearly values all this comical lunacy over a good script but this never becomes enough of a burden to spoil the fun 
2.5
Shaolin Soccer
Claudia Puig
Shaolin Soccer s infectious style has a way of lifting spirits 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Collin Souter
A terrific comedy It has fun with the conventions of sports movies while also being completely original It s like live action anime 
3.5
Shaolin Soccer
Ed Gonzalez
Shaolin Soccer s multimedia madness is so excusable because most of its antics are actually more crude than seamless 
3
Shaolin Soccer
James Berardinelli
As long as your expectations are focused in the right direction it s a sure bet that you ll have a good time watching this infectiously entertaining comedy 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Glenn Kenny
this movie represents comedy action lunacy of a truly high and endlessly bizarre order 
3
Shaolin Soccer
Jeremy Heilman
The movie is always alternating between narrative crudeness and technical perfection 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Kelly Jane Torrance
This Is It gives us a fuller portrait of the man and his passion than we ve ever seen before But don t think it lets us finally understand him 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
James Kendrick
I cannot image a visual record of any kind doing a better job of showing us what might have been which makes it both a cause for celebration and its own unique tragedy
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Mike Scott
A joyous homage to Jackson s music and peerless dance moves It s the way Jackson would have wanted to be remembered and the way his fans will want to remember him 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Brett Michel
For those expecting something deeper than Ortega s High School Musical trilogy this ain t it 
2
Michael Jackson's This Is It
David Nusair
an intriguing look behind the scenes at Jackson s attempts at staging a series of farewell shows 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Michael Dequina
Perhaps an even greater testament to Jackson s gifts and professional dedication than any full blown show could ever be 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Matt Brunson
For two shimmering hours all the ghosts of scandals past melt away leaving in their wake an entertainer whose only desire is to dazzle And dazzle he does 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Kit Bowen
A review from a true fan and from the heart
4
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Mike McGranaghan
This Is It avoids the kind of messianic fervor that characterized Jackson s career The man s work is simply allowed to speak for itself There could be no more fitting tribute 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Russ Breimeier
Not to say it s a major cinematic achievement but it does entertain and uniquely so 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
John Beifuss
Reveals a King of Pop whose talent was undiminished by whatever private demons contributed to his shocking death at the age of 50 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Sean O'Connell
a ferociously entertaining send off for the musical icon a coda that permits Jackson s legacy to end on a high note 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Peter Canavese
A hall of mirrors investigation of extraordinary talent emotionally stunted personality a performer s process and the cruel mistress of celebrity but it also serves as a powerful performance version of a last will and testament 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Peter Travers
Michael Jackson s perfectionism fails him in This Is It and we re all the better for it 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Kam Williams
Michael Jackson mesmerizes in cinematic swan song 
4
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Robert Levin
A film about a technical achievement that never was not the great artist we ve all lost 
2.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Charlie McCollum
Perhaps the best way to approach it at least for those who are not total Jackson fans is to view it as an often fascinating document on how the sausage or magic if you will is made for a mega concert tour 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Kevin C. Johnson
It s a fitting celebration of a controversial man s last days packaged prettily with a bow on top 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Eric Henderson
Given just how much material Kenny Ortega and his editors plowed through to whittle together a two hour scrapbook and they still could only just barely come up with the presentable material here isn t exactly a vindication 
2.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
John Wirt
A beautifully assembled tribute to a great artist 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Jeff Vice
The release of the movie within only a couple of months of his death seems a little bit like a cashing in move and it is eerie to see Jackson again so soon Still fans of him and his music will find a lot to like here 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Sean P. Means
Part concert film part backstage documentary and all tribute to Jackson s painstaking musical perfectionism 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Michael A. Smith
Jackson was truly the greatest entertainer of the 20th Century 
4
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Carrie Rickey
This Is It is Jackson s moment to shine For two hours he s alive and kicking it 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Timothy Finn
Michael Jackson is the star of the high gloss documentary which emphatically answers the question What would Jackson s comeback tour have looked and sounded like The answer something close to a mind blowing spectacle 
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Liam Lacey
Without either the effect of a full concert spectacle or up close and personal backstage intimacy This Is It is neither one thing nor the other 
2
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Connie Ogle
This Is It reveals little about the personal aspects of the deeply troubled man behind the sunglasses it naturally deals with none of the darker aspects of Jackson s life but it deftly underlines his commitment to showmanship 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Chris Hewitt
If you re looking for a reminder that Jackson was a unique and irreplaceable artist when he was on stage then this is it 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Jon Bream
This may be as close as we ll ever get to knowing the strange boy man who was one of the greatest entertainers onstage on record and on video of the 20th century He comes across as ageless and timeless just like the songs he sings 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Cathy Jakicic
It is interesting to see Jackson in a world created to his specifications after years of only seeing him in the real world he never quite fit into 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Stephen Whitty
There s no sign of sickness here no sense of an artist past his prime Instead you see a performer at his peak 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Wesley Morris
Watching Jackson pop lock rock writhe thrust and clutch his crotch even at 50 percent leaves a feeling of woe This show really would have been major 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Aidin Vaziri
Those who stuck with the troubled pop icon after his universe shifted from the charts to the tabloids probably will find equal measures of inspiration and heartbreak in the documentary For everyone else it s a strange offering 
1
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Lou Lumenick
I feel fairly confident that a perfectionist like Jackson would never want to be remembered by a shoddy piece of exploitation like This Is It 
1
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Ted Fry
Ultimately though This Is It is a shallow homage to the good memories of the King of Pop 
2.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Peter Howell
This is Michael Jackson unvarnished the wizard behind the curtain and the man child in the mirror and it s fascinating to behold 
4
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Roger Ebert
The result is one of the most revealing music documentaries I ve seen 
4
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Willie Waffle
a chance to go behind the scenes to see the artist at work crafting his show and it would have been one helluva show
3.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Phil Villarreal
The movie entertains and sometimes awes just like its subject 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Michael Phillips
Naivete calculation and all it looks like it would ve been a helluva show complete with eco consciousness raising an onstage bulldozer and 3 D Thriller footage newly created to dazzle audiences left high and dry by fate and Jackson s demise 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Ross Anthony
I m a music lover but can t say I m an MJ fan Still I enjoyed this behind the scenes almost concert film 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Elysa Gardner
If This Is It doesn t miraculously restore the middle aged Jackson to his past glory it at least offers glimpses of his bygone greatness and poignant suggestions of what might have been 
3
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Dustin Putman
The film paints Michael Jackson in a glorious light making certain that since he did not live to see his visions come to fruition on the London stage this cinematic rough draft would be a swan song worth being proud of 
2.5
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Matt Soergel
If you had time traveled in from say 2008 you could watch the entire movie and not know that Michael Jackson is now dead That s how restrained this astonishingly entertaining concert film is 
4
Qissa
Namrata Joshi
One of the most beguiling films of recent times Qissa captivates even as it confounds 
3
Bright Lights, Big City
Walter Chaw
Flyblown devoid of pace and heat it s such a mortician s slab that it s hard to even tell if the Fox performance is wasted on it though I suspect it is 
1
Bright Lights, Big City
Roger Ebert
Fox is very good in the central role he has a long drunken monologue that is the best thing he has ever done in a movie 
3.5
Bright Lights, Big City
Chris Hicks
There is no question that this is Fox s film and the range of emotion he shows the edginess that he brings to the role will doubtless surprise those who think of him strictly as Alex P Keaton or Marty McFly 
3
Orphan: First Kill
Pablo O. Scholz
It isn t a horror horror movie because the cards are all laid out from the get go Full review in Spanish 
3
Orphan: First Kill
EJ Moreno
Horror prequels don apos t hit like this 46 Somehow 44 Orphan 58 First Kill blows away expectations and provides one of the year apos s biggest surprises 46 
3
Orphan: First Kill
Brian Eggert
While its predecessor sold an otherwise preposterous idea with performances and psychological stakes that elevated the material 44 the prequel reduces Esther to gimmicky schlock 46 
1
Orphan: First Kill
Steven Prokopy
Orphan 58 First Kill has the sophistication and subtle charm of a Lifetime movie in which the title is also the plot summary 44 but that doesn 8217 t mean it isn 8217 t wildly amusing and occasionally entertaining 46 
2.5
Orphan: First Kill
Angelo Muredda
Orphan First Kill deprives us of the tasteless genius of Fuhrman s original performance as a preteen successfully channelling a degenerate 30 year old Eastern European vixen in Victorian doll fashion the better to pass as a child 
1.5
Orphan: First Kill
Peter Canavese
A prequel to 2009 apos s Orphan 44 but despite a plot twist that perks up the story a bit 44 it apos s pretty much more of the same 46 
2
Orphan: First Kill
Erik Childress
The prequel 8217 s new twist makes for about 15 minutes of fun before settling back for routine third act stalking and carnage 46 Best to just watch The Impostor or Titane instead 46 
2
Orphan: First Kill
Joe Friar
Campy fun and a spark plug performance by Stiles who gives Fuhrman a run for her money 44 make this prequel a must see 46 The twist is unexpected and so effective 46 
3
Orphan: First Kill
Kevin Carr
Though it 8217 s quite silly as horror movies go 44 the cast 8217 s commitment to the roles and some neat story moments made this one surprisingly entertaining 46 
3
Orphan: First Kill
Brian Tallerico
91 Bell 93 seems to always be willing to play it safe when this movie needed someone to embrace the insanity of its very existence 46 
2
Orphan: First Kill
Sonny Bunch
There 8217 s a twist in this movie that 8217 s every bit as bonkers as the one that came before it 44 one that could have sent the film spinning off into silliness 173 8212 and maybe even does 44 a little 8212 but is so remarkably entertaining that it just works 46 
2.5
Orphan: First Kill
Sara Michelle Fetters
Esther 8217 s rebirth is a mixed bag of blood 44 guts 44 good ideas 44 and missed opportunities 44 with that last item disappointingly dominant by a fairly substantial margin over everything else 46 
2.5
Orphan: First Kill
Randy Myers
A guilty pleasure from the first scene to the last and should eventually become a cult classic 
2.5
Orphan: First Kill
Mark Dujsik
The straightforward frankness about the 46 46 46 nature of the main character is a major reason Orphan 58 First Kill works as 46 46 46 a diabolical thriller 46 46 46 
3
Orphan: First Kill
Roger Moore
In Julia we trust 46 
2.5
Orphan: First Kill
David Nusair
46 46 46 a better than average horror follow up that fares better than one might 8217 ve initially anticipated 46 
3
Orphan: First Kill
Mike McGranaghan
A dumb 44 drab chiller that lacks the intensity of the original 46 
1
Orphan: First Kill
Mark Hanson
William Brent Bell 8217 s film proves that not every horror concept has the potential to be franchised 46 
1
The Karen Carpenter Story
Jeremy Heilman
For a film of its length and budget it s impressive in scope and it s to Haynes credit that his movie rarely feels as if it s bitten off too much 
4
Weirdos
Brent McKnight
The young leads are charming and authentic and the film reminds us all to embrace our own weirdness 
3
Weirdos
Brad Wheeler
Weirdos is a coming of age story for a country McDonald waves a freak flag It has a leaf 
3.5
Weirdos
Chris Knight
Kit may define himself as a weirdo but this nostalgic simple road trip is anything but 
3
Weirdos
Peter Howell
Weirdos is one of Bruce McDonald s sweetest films 
2.5
The Oak Room
Christy Lemire
Back and forth The Oak Room goes without ever building the tension it ostensibly seeks Instead it meanders from tale to tale and the writing isn t sharp or specific enough to sustain this kind of complex framework 
1.5
The Oak Room
Roger Moore
This cut and paste cliche collection could have been written by a machine 
1.5
The King and the Mockingbird
Christy Lemire
What a tortured path The King and the Mockingbird has taken to reach theaters in the United States and what a treat it is for us to be able to experience it now 
3.5
The King and the Mockingbird
Farran Smith Nehme
It s dreamy poetic and not to be missed 
4
The King and the Mockingbird
Sean Nam
If the film were to propose a mandate for animation it would be what the medium s etymology has longed suggested to make the inanimate full of life 
3.5
Kingdom Come
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet wholly misguided piece of work that effectively wastes its talented cast 
2
Kingdom Come
Betsy Bozdech
Feels long at 90 minutes and never quite tickles the audience s funnybone or engages their sympathies 
1.5
Kingdom Come
Margaret A. McGurk
The script like the direction by Doug McHenry relies too heavily for comic effect on broad comic contrivances and high volume arguments 
2
Kingdom Come
Marshall Fine
It takes this stock situation and gives it moments of discovery as well as an emotional showiness that s sometimes hard to resist 
2.5
Kingdom Come
Michael Dequina
Something is amiss when gentleness is the most memorable element of the film that desperately wants to be a rollicking gutbuster 
2
Kingdom Come
Bob Graham
Sometimes there s nothing to be done about death except laugh at it which is exactly what the comedy Kingdom Come does with most of the right laughs in most of the right places and some unexpected ones thrown in 
3
Kingdom Come
Rod Armstrong
An offensive portrait of an extended African American family featuring a roster of characters portrayed without respect affection humor or anything resembling good taste 
0
Kingdom Come
Susan Stark
There s not much this gifted cast can do with the Bottrell Jones script 
1
Kingdom Come
John Petrakis
A hit and miss proposition with an abundance of laughs and emotional highlights to help brighten the dimly lit corners of cliche mongering 
2.5
Kingdom Come
Roger Ebert
Kingdom Come has passably funny moments but they don t connect it might work on video for viewers who glance up at the screen from time to time The more attention you pay to it the less it s there 
2
Kingdom Come
Rob Blackwelder
McHenry strikes an impressively deft balance between slapstick and subtlety satire and sincerity 
3
Kingdom Come
Steve Rhodes
It feels so much like a typical television sitcom that it s a wonder that it doesn t have a laugh track 
2
Valentine
Matt Brunson
There apos s a final twist that doesn apos t make sense on any of about 10 44 000 levels 46 
1.5
Valentine
Sara Michelle Fetters
Jamie Blanks Valentine has aged rather well A movie I didn t care for at the time of its release I now see a lot more of merit in this slasher than I did back in 2001 
2.5
Valentine
David Nusair
The film 8217 s arms length atmosphere is perpetuated by a momentum free narrative that 8217 s exacerbated by a proliferation of one note 44 one dimensional protagonists 46 46 46 
1
Valentine
Liam Lacey
In the new teen slasher flick Valentine a public school nerd now grown up seeks to systematically murder all the girls who wouldn t dance with him at the Grade 6 Valentine s dance Or maybe that s not what happens It s hard to tell 
0
Valentine
Michael Dequina
Just when the slasher genre had mercifully been left for dead along comes this abysmally wasteful exercise to drain it of whatever life it has left 
0
Valentine
Ian Mantgani
It all ends with a mystery over the new identity of the killer which is so hard to figure out that you d have to be at least six years old 
1
Valentine
Dustin Putman
A modern day slasher pic that is a step above most in the genre 
3
Valentine
Mick LaSalle
Valentine isn t scary but it is unsettling not ultimately satisfying but arresting in the moment 
2
Valentine
Greg Dean Schmitz
One of the most inane entries in a genre already piled sky high with inane entries 
1
Valentine
James Berardinelli
Not only is it deadly dull but the killer actually courts the audience s sympathy 
1.5
Valentine
Steve Rhodes
As generic a horror movie as you re ever likely to find 
1
Valentine
Rod Armstrong
The only reason to see this atrocity is if you want your significant other to terminate the relationship because of your terrible taste in films 
0
Valentine
Rob Blackwelder
Banks entirely on the low standards of typical slasher movie fans 
2
It Came From Kuchar
Rick Groen
A lively little doc that might just do for you what it did for me provide a welcome introduction and an amusing education 
3
It Came From Kuchar
Ty Burr
The movie makes the case that the best American filmmakers may be the uncelebrated ones who helplessly turn life into art simply as a means to get out of bed every day 
3
It Came From Kuchar
Chris Faraone
For a documentary about D movie mavens It Came from Kuchar is expertly edited and it serves as both a comprehensive archival overview for diehard fans and a thorough introduction for beginners 
3.5
It Came From Kuchar
Mike Scott
Singular for the way it takes audiences where they never would have otherwise visited the living rooms of the eccentric and effortlessly hilarious filmmaking Kuchar brothers 
3
It Came From Kuchar
Mick LaSalle
In any case the documentary is interesting as a human story And anyone who loves the Kuchar brothers films or underground cinema in general will take extra pleasure in it 
3
It Came From Kuchar
V.A. Musetto
You don t have to have ever seen any of their movies to enjoy It Came From Kuchar directed by one of George s former students Jennifer M Kroot But you ll probably want to catch up with their work afterward 
3
It Came From Kuchar
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Kroot nearly loses us in her efforts to prove how widespread the Kuchars impact has been 
2.5
Love and Death on Long Island
Austin Kennedy
Unfortunately Hurt is so good that almost everyone around him pales in comparison Priestley just doesn t have the acting chops to play in the same scenes with him 
2.5
Love and Death on Long Island
Michael Dequina
Funny and unexpectedly touching 
3.5
Love and Death on Long Island
Roger Ebert
These opening scenes of Love and Death on Long Island are funny and touching and Hurt brings a dignity to Giles De Ath that transcends any snickering amusement at his infatuation 
3.5
Love and Death on Long Island
David N. Butterworth
Has its funny moments and is unquestionably a fine vehicle for John Hurt but its lightweight predictability makes it hard to recommend 
2
The Man With the X-Ray Eyes
Matt Brunson
This nifty slice of sci fi basically plays like Corman s low rent version of the 1957 classic The Incredible Shrinking Man 
3
The Man With the X-Ray Eyes
James Kendrick
works better than many of Corman s other low budget efforts both cinematically and intellectually
3
Vengeance Is Mine
Roger Moore
A solid B movie revenge thriller well acted and tightly put together kept simple by design 
2.5
The Back of the World
Megan Turner
An unflinching look at the world s dispossessed 
2.5
The Back of the World
Ed Gonzalez
La Espalda del Mundo It s an evocative title that reinforces the second class citizenship of director Javier Corcuera s documentary subjects 
3.5
Halloween
Brian Eggert
The material s bizarrely retconned conceptualization absurd twists and overall fanfiction quality are self consciously clever distractingly so 
2.5
Halloween
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The best Halloween installment since the original movie 
2
Halloween
Jason Fraley
After four decades Halloween finally gets the sequel it deserves providing a scary good time for slasher horror fans by faithfully following the formula This 11th installment asks us to forget the silly sequels and pretend like they never happened 
3
Halloween
David Nusair
Easily the best of the Halloween sequels 
3.5
Halloween
Mattie Lucas
A near perfect blend of nostalgia and innovation updating the concept for the modern era while hewing close to what made the original film so great in the first place 
3.5
Halloween
Matt Brunson
Well I guess this is what happens when a valuable franchise is entrusted to the guys who foisted Your Highness upon an unsuspecting world 
2
Halloween
Federico Furzan
By not considering any of the previous sequels Halloween takes a risky direction and yet manages to fulfill expectations Full review in Spanish 
3
Halloween
Linda Cook
Halloween offers more camp than creepiness 
3
Halloween
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Green dives right into the new Halloween with an enthusiastic and exciting fervor it s the best film since the original in this long running series 
3.5
Halloween
James Kendrick
manages to consistently find the sweet spot between nostalgia and innovation
3
Halloween
Walter Chaw
A beautifully mounted thing Halloween has the emotional benefit of really loving its source material 
3.5
Halloween
Rafer Guzman
A solid addition to the deathless horror franchise 
2.5
Halloween
Ty Burr
It lays on the dread with finesse before turning the tables in mostly creative ways 
3
Halloween
Kevin A. Ranson
elevates the Final Girl trope into a true till it happens to you art form No science fiction no supernatural forces and no holds barred 
4
Halloween
Alan French
The film might be the best shot in the franchise since the original One particular tracking shot jumps to mind expertly choreographed with many moving pieces 
3.5
Halloween
Robert Horton
The fellow who put the mask in toxic masculinity is loose again 
3
Halloween
Mike McGranaghan
If anyone really thinks this will be the last meeting of Laurie Strode and Michael Myers I have a nice plot of land in Florida to sell you cheap But who cares Halloween does what it needs to do 
3
Halloween
Sonny Bunch
Green and company s film feels almost like a repudiation of Rob Zombie s 2007 remake of Halloween which posited Myers as a victim 
2.5
Halloween
Matthew Rozsa
In other words like Brad Jones I agree that this is the best Michael Myers based Halloween movie since 1981 s Halloween II 
3.5
Halloween
Josh Terry
Stephen King once suggested that we love horror movies because they help us keep our own monsters at bay Let s hope so it s hard to imagine any other use for this film 
1.5
Halloween
Phil Villarreal
Slashes through decades of misfires to cut to the core of what makes for a horrifying cinematic gauntlet 
3.5
Halloween
Christian Toto
A 40 year wait for this 
2
Halloween
Rex Reed
What once seemed creepy now just seems campy I m sorry to report that in the 2018 Halloween the howls sound more like giggles than screams 
2
Halloween
Sara Michelle Fetters
In what will likely come as no shock to anyone Curtis is the true draw here 
3.5
Halloween
Richard Roeper
Director Green isn t trying to reinvent the squeal Halloween the 2018 version is the B movie sequel Halloween the 1978 version has always deserved 
3
Halloween
Mark Dujsik
Forty years after Carpenter s film we finally get a good sequel in this franchise 
3
Halloween
Dann Gire
This movie pays little attention to realistic details necessary to anchor an effective horror story 
2
Halloween
Peter Howell
It might as well be James Bond behind Michael s latex mask noticeably weathered by four decades of abuse for all the deviation from franchise formula we see on the screen 
2
Halloween
Bob Bloom
Green and the writers expend a lot of energy reminding us of moments from the original while also struggling to give the movie momentum 
2.5
Halloween
Pat Padua
As a horror comedy it s not scary enough or funny enough 
2
Halloween
Sean P. Means
Curtis is nicely matched by Greer who s always nothing short of wonderful and Matichak to form a trio of take no prisoners women Their three generations of scream queen perfection is what ultimately gives this Halloween a fighting spirit of its own
3.5
Halloween
Ross Raihala
It s clear Gordon and his writing team adore Carpenter s vision and they made wise choices in honoring it 
3.5
Halloween
Joe Friar
David Gordon Green delivers a thrilling new interpretation of the beloved franchise as Myers returns to his old stomping grounds for the first time in 40 years 
3.5
Halloween
Josh Larsen
clumsily stumbles into feminist significance in its final moments 
1.5
Halloween
Nick Vadala
It also essentially recycles the first film s structure and serves mostly as a love letter to Carpenter s landmark film but with way more gore 
3
Halloween
Dustin Putman
A reverent rousing moody marvelously suspenseful success a new perennial holiday horror mainstay Halloween is the Halloween the world needs in 2018 
3.5
Halloween
Soren Andersen
There s more here than graphic gore and shocks This is also the story of the multigenerational effects of trauma 
3.5
Halloween
Peter Hartlaub
Curtis makes an all in return to the Strode character and the filmmaking team builds a solid framework around her in the propulsive and entertaining new Halloween 
3
Halloween
Michael Phillips
It s a fairly engrossing bit of fan service boasting many clever touches and a few disappointing ones 
2.5
Halloween
James Berardinelli
This is the sequel Halloween fans have been awaiting for four decades 
3
Halloween
Peter Canavese
Because Green loves the material enough to have some good old fashioned fun in this playground he s able to bring the audience along with him 
3
Halloween
Roger Moore
With this crew making it we expect a treat But they pretty much trick us out of it 
2
Halloween
Joey Magidson
Halloween due in large part to Green and McBride is one of the best horror sequels of all time 
3.5
Halloween
Johnny Oleksinski
Finally Hollywood has made a good Halloween sequel It took them only 40 years 
3
Halloween
Brian Truitt
A new coat of paint even on a storied house of horrors such as Halloween can do wonders 
3
Halloween
Clayton Davis
Grabbing the Scream Queen herself Jamie Lee Curtis who shows what owning a franchise means Gordon Green pays homage to 1978 original while still taking risks to reinvent the franchise for a new generation of admirers 
3
Halloween
Barry Hertz
The result is almost the Platonic ideal of a slasher reboot it s fierce it s lean it s mean and it has at least three first pumping Hell yeah moments 
3.5
Halloween
Brian Tallerico
It s just not scary And that s one thing you could never say about the original 
2
Halloween
Keith Uhlich
For all of the film s attempts to get back to the sinisterly sidling Michael of the first Halloween his stealth movements no longer terrify because his fixations are less unthinkingly instinctual more compulsively mortal 
1.5
One Road to Quartzsite
David Nusair
benefits substantially from its smattering of poignant affecting sequences 
2.5
One Road to Quartzsite
Bob Bloom
One Road to Quartzsite is a compassionate movie Filmmaker Ryan Maxey spotlights many examples of not only neighbor helping neighbor but of people bonding despite differences in religion politics sexual orientation or gender identity 
3.5
Coming Home Again
Mia Vicino
There are occasional bouts of monotony as we watch Chang rae cook in silence for minutes at a time It s intended to be elegiac since Korean food plays such a crucial role even if it often comes off a bit stagnant 
2
Coming Home Again
Carlos Aguilar
Coming Home Again doesn t sanctify the image of the mother but instead aims to truly capture the full bodied personhood of the woman Lee put on the page 
3.5
Coming Home Again
Randy Myers
It s a tough haul but this sad testament to caregiving and familial grief which is based on a moving essay from Chang Rae Lee is delectaely told and acted 
3
Coming Home Again
Dwight Brown
Based on his own experience director writer Wayne Wang creates a very humbling and humanizing story in a low budget small cast movie that is powerful 
3
Wet Hot American Summer
Josh Larsen
has its moments but considering the cast there should be far more of them 
2
Wet Hot American Summer
Joe Lozito
The writers decided to load the film with a school busload of one joke characters 
2
Wet Hot American Summer
Terry Lawson
Have a good summer 
3
Wet Hot American Summer
Scott Nash
Destined to become a clut classic 
4
Wet Hot American Summer
Stacie Hougland
Despite some clever storylines and a few moments of comic genius Summer is not only extremely unfunny it s often downright repulsive 
0.5
Wet Hot American Summer
David Nusair
That whooshing sound you hear is the majority of the jokes in Wet Hot American Summer sailing right over my head 
2
Wet Hot American Summer
Rod Armstrong
Parodying a cinematic genre that is already comedic in nature is an exceedingly difficult if not Sisyphean task which partly explains why Wet Hot American Summer fails far more often than it succeeds 
1.5
Wet Hot American Summer
Elias Savada
I strongly suggest forgoing Wet Hot American Summer That scent of sex in the air It s one limp cold American odor 
0.5
Wet Hot American Summer
Michael Dequina
The pieces for a successful parody appear to be in place but it s hit and largely miss 
2.5
Wet Hot American Summer
Moira MacDonald
Likably silly 
3
Wet Hot American Summer
Edward Guthmann
A sloppy unhinged hellzapoppin that occasionally hits its targets but more often seems out of control and desperate to please 
2
Wet Hot American Summer
Rick Groen
David Wain and Michael Showalter simply set up a bunch of stock characters in stock situations and then repeatedly explode the clichés 
2
Wet Hot American Summer
Roger Ebert
I want to escape Oh Muddah Faddah Life s too short for cinematic torture 
1
Wet Hot American Summer
Rob Blackwelder
Never before have I seen a movie try so hard to be deliberately awful and succeed so wildly 
1.5
Wet Hot American Summer
Claudia Puig
The writing here is rarely funny and often trite and predictable 
1.5
Wet Hot American Summer
Lou Lumenick
What the world doesn t need now is an homage to Bill Murray s 1979 summer camp hit Meatballs 
2
Wet Hot American Summer
Harvey S. Karten
A series of skits that range from flat out hilarious to obligatory misses 
3
Slalom
Mitchell Beaupre
While her film is rooted in its characters 44 Slalom also goes the extra mile in using the elements and techniques specific to cinema to make this an all encompassing experience 46 
3.5
Slalom
Leo Brady
It would be easy to say Slalom is a sports movie that fits into the post MeToo world but at the center is a coming of age tale a narrative about the extra struggles that women endure 
3.5
Slalom
Lisa Trifone
Slalom and its nuanced narrative deftly navigate the emotional rollercoaster inherent in these circumstances 
3
Slalom
Randy Myers
It s tough stuff but worth it 
3
Slalom
Roger Moore
Charlène Favier s harrowing drama lives in the fragile psyche of a 15 year old star in the making a victim before she knows what hit her 
3
Slalom
Anita Katz
Renier brilliantly makes Fred s behavior despicable while giving Fred just enough humanity to make him a credible character instead of a one note monster 
3
Slalom
Tomris Laffly
By telling a story we ve all heard a million times before and perhaps even experienced first hand to some degree plainly and bravely Charlène Favier reaches something urgent and devastating with her feature debut 
3.5
Slalom
Rob Thomas
Those gray areas in the story are unsettling and make for a layered and complicated dynamic between the characters 
3
Slalom
Mark Dujsik
Favier never loses sight of this as a specific personal story 
3
Slalom
Carson Lund
The film s real subject is a young woman awakening to her oppression rendered poignant in all its awkwardness by Noée Abita 
2.5
On the Other Side of the Tracks
Michael Dequina
Neither Omar Sy s bona fide movie star presence and charisma nor his rapport with co star Laurent Lafitte can quite elevate the film beyond harmless formula fluff 
2.5
Nocturama
Mattie Lucas
A chilling look at the cyclical nature of violence and the failure of governments to listen to their people 
4
Nocturama
Michael Phillips
Much like Bonello s previous film Yves Saint Laurent Nocturama revels in pure experience But the sum total of its gliding abstractions is a mite brainless 
2.5
Nocturama
J. R. Jones
You re in for the most suspenseful film to hit town all year 
4
Nocturama
Simon Abrams
You may not think that a movie that asks you to understand terrorists is for you but if you give Bonello 130 minutes of your time he ll make you a believer 
3.5
Nocturama
Clayton Dillard
Bertrand Bonello constructs a clear eyed sense of how technology keeps getting closer and closer to replacing human consciousness 
4
Ice Age: Continental Drift
John Beifuss
The beautiful animation and wonderful character design continue to impress but the seafaring action is sunk by sub sitcom level lessons about family and friendship 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jeff Beck
This is simply the case of a series that has fully run its course without anywhere left to go 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Linda Cook
More solid at least than the ice on which its characters float Ice Age Continental Drift is a fun fourth installment of the popular franchise that has charmed its fans for years 
3
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Lori Hoffman
Not that I really want to beat a dead wooly mammoth but the fourth film in the animated Ice Age series feels like the concept has been drained of its fun 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Sean P. Means
Not since the Beastie Boys opened for Madonna on her first tour in 1985 has an opening act so completely eclipsed the headliner 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Kam Williams
Sad to see a once beloved franchise jump the prehistoric shark 
1
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Brett Michel
You ve seen it all before 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Stephen Whitty
In the end this latest Ice Age movie is about as surprising and unpredictable as a glacier And not much more fun 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Rafer Guzman
Whenever I watch an Ice Age movie I understand how my mother felt whenever I zoned out in front of the television after school 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Kyle Smith
Popping from one silly set piece to another is all that really concerns the screenwriters 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Sean O'Connell
Logic may be extinct but boy do these movies whiz by like ice cubes zipping across a linoleum floor 
3
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Austin Kennedy
I really wasn t expecting much and let s be honest these movies will never be mistaken for a Pixar type movie but you know what I had a surprisingly good time 
3
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Dustin Putman
There is something most definitely amiss when a four and a half minute short has more laughs wit sweetness and creativity than the feature length main attraction that succeeds it 
1.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Claudia Puig
This fourth installment featuring the computer animated prehistoric critters is aimless and derivative While the first Ice Age movie in 2002 was inventive and cute there s far too little here that s fresh 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Amy Biancolli
The plot just barrels forward with very few surprises 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Tom Russo
Dinklage works hard and his gold toothed monkey mariner is amusingly designed but it s not nearly enough to shake the sense that we re watching elaborate filler 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Joe Williams
In a world where family flicks are split between the inspired and the insipid it s time to let Manny and his mates drift out to sea 
1.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jon Niccum
Not every sequel can be Toy Story 3 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Linda Barnard
How many times do they need to reassert the message that family comes first and friends are forever 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Matt Pais
Another franchise lives on without nearly enough public clamoring for its retirement 
1.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Chris Hewitt
A genial and frequently amusing outing that suggests the Ice Age series still has a couple of millennia left in it 
3
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jake Coyle
The filmmakers stuff the film to a manic degree albeit with increasingly textured animation 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jaime N. Christley
Caters almost exclusively to the remedial Duplo Blocks demographic leaving parents and guardians bored to distraction 
.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Michael Phillips
It s not very funny but your kids might like it For the record 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Soren Andersen
The picture s a scream courtesy of Scrat 
2.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Roger Ebert
The characters are manic and idiotic the dialogue is rat a tat chatter the action is entirely at the service of the 3 D and the movie depends on bright colors lots of noise and a few songs in between the whiplash moments 
2
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Roger Moore
It s all sight gags and action beats which tends to cover the shortcomings these assembly line farces are infamous for 
2.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
James Berardinelli
Kids will enjoy themselves and adults won t feel the urge to spend the duration hiding out in the restrooms Some of the jokes are funny 
2.5
The Remains of the Day
Josh Larsen
governed by twin regrets 
4
The Remains of the Day
Matt Brunson
Like The Age of Innocence here s another handsome period piece about a man who foolishly ignores the dictates of his heart 
3.5
The Remains of the Day
Scott Nash
Just gets better with age 
4
The Remains of the Day
Michael Dequina
Moves rather slowly but the actors and their understated chemistry keep the film riveting building to a climax that is absolutely heartrending 
4
The Remains of the Day
Roger Ebert
A subtle thoughtful movie 
3.5
The Remains of the Day
James Berardinelli
Tragic love stories often hit with the hardest impact and few are better crafted and more intelligently presented than that of Mr Stevens and Miss Kenton 
3.5
The Remains of the Day
Steve Rhodes
It is an absolute gem of a movie and an absolute must see in my book 
3.5
The Remains of the Day
Chris Hicks
Another triumph 
4
In the Name of the Father
Gene Siskel
Daniel Day Lewis is remarkable 
3.5
In the Name of the Father
John Hartl
At every point Day Lewis is at the center of the story and he carries the film with an impassioned performance It helps that it s a great part 
3.5
In the Name of the Father
Desmond Ryan
Day Lewis so intricately repressed in The Age of Innocence here offers a role reversal in an unreserved and emotional performance that throws caution and inhibition to the winds 
4
In the Name of the Father
Leonard Schwarz
Sheridan fails to illuminate the evils the film is meant to condemn Never has injustice been so boring 
2
In the Name of the Father
Chris Hicks
Most of the way this is rousing stuff and the performances especially those by Day Lewis and Postlethwaite are definitely Oscar caliber 
3
In the Name of the Father
Steve Rhodes
For me the film only had a few good parts but these were so outstanding that I give it thumbs up and rated it 1 2 
2.5
In the Name of the Father
Roger Ebert
Day Lewis proves here once again that he is one of the most talented and interesting actors of his generation 
3
In the Name of the Father
James Berardinelli
The brilliance of Jim Sheridan s motion picture is that we come to view every event from the perspective of how it impacts on the relationship between Gerry and his father in whose name the final struggle is fought 
4
The Favourite
Brian Eggert
The Favourite is a showcase of great acting a witty script and thoughtfully considered direction 
4
The Favourite
Jason Fraley
Did you like or despise The Lobster That answer will shape your opinion of The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos whose international reputation precedes him but whose signature style of absurdist black comedy is not my cup of tea 
2
The Favourite
Steven Prokopy
It s actually Colman who steals our attention for every second she s on screen It s a big performance that is also incredibly nuanced and sublimely amusing 
4
The Favourite
Federico Furzan
A sharp look into the intimacies of Monarchy and its perks As funny and tragic as it should be Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Favourite
Mattie Lucas
A high class soap opera with impish instincts like a cobra coiled up and ready to strike at a moment s notice beautiful but deadly 
3.5
The Favourite
David N. Butterworth
Terrific turns from a talented triumvirate Colman Weisz and Stone cannot compensate for The Favourite s calculated archness and ickiness 
2
The Favourite
Wesley Lovell
On occasion a film like The Favourite comes along to upend convention and tell a compelling historical narrative with visceral vicious energy 
3.5
The Favourite
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Lanthimos has directed his first major work Or his first masterpiece Full review in Spanish 
3
The Favourite
Kam Williams
A fabricated romantic romp for folks more concerned about a historical drama s entertainment value than its commitment to the facts 
4
The Favourite
David Nusair
an utter trainwreck that makes one long for the comparative mastery of Lanthimos earlier endeavors 
0
The Favourite
Pamela Powell
Colman s performance is exquisite in all its raw and sometimes ugly forms Stone and Weisz create equally complex characters with layers that captivate your attention 
4
The Favourite
Linda Cook
This is a grownups only art house spin on British history 
4
The Favourite
Kevin A. Ranson
a triple threat of Baroque fatales flirting with the highest stakes imaginable For those with the squirm worthy stomach for decadent aristocracy and boundless ambition its deliciously wicked 
4
The Favourite
John Beifuss
Working for the first time from someone else s script Lanthimos trades his signature sadism for cutting wit meanwhile his jaundiced eye remains evident in the fish eye lenses that distort the compositions 
3.5
The Favourite
David Keyes
Lanthimos has made a film that plays like a diabolical union between Ken Russell and Robert Bresson full of savage rhythms and emotional distance 
4
The Favourite
Rubén Rosario
The bulk of this ribald yarn is well worth putting on your best finery for It s not quite the homerun it s advertised to be but an expertly rendered delight all the same 
3
The Favourite
Matt Brunson
Those expecting a staid and stuffy period drama will be taken aback by the outrageousness that The Favourite displays not only in word but in deed 
3.5
The Favourite
Lisa Jensen
The characters as written never achieve the resonance that would keep viewers engaged and invested in them They remain pawns in an exercise of mannered absurdity 
2
The Favourite
Alan French
The moment that Hoult opens his mouth the level of profane and vile language clues you into what you re watching an elaborately set up and executed parody of the genre 
3.5
The Favourite
Brandy McDonnell
Thanks to the bravura trio of actresses The Favourite offers underneath a simple timely all too human tale of jealousy survival and power 
3.5
The Favourite
Rob Thomas
As the schemes escalate watching The Favourite is a lot of fun But the cream curdles after a while as Abigail and Sarah s war starts to draw real blood take real casualties 
3.5
The Favourite
Michael Smith
It s complex and daring with a focus on three women s relationships amid devious scheming profane dialogue and political threats reminiscent of Veep and slapstick that would make the Three Stooges proud 
3.5
The Favourite
Sean P. Means
For those who think historical costume dramas particularly ones set among the English monarchy are dry and tedious affairs fasten your corsets and prepare for the exhilaratingly bumpy ride of The Favourite 
3.5
The Favourite
Bob Bloom
The three main performances are delightful to behold Colman s unpredictability and her constant shifts in mood and tone are extraordinary to watch 
3
The Favourite
Sara Michelle Fetters
I found myself wanting to live inside each and every frame of this marvelous achievement 
4
The Favourite
Barry Hertz
It is Colman who steals the film from everyone Lanthimos included 
3
The Favourite
Rosalie Kicks
Yorgos is back with his expected brand of eccentric and original film making One of my favourite flicks of the year 
4
The Favourite
Robert Horton
Serves as a corrective to all those fluffy period movies where pretty costumes and set design function as the cinematic equivalent of a bubble bath 
3.5
The Favourite
Peter Howell
I command you to see it 
3.5
The Favourite
Chris Hewitt
I started jotting down clever dialogue from The Favourite in my notepad but I had to stop when I realized I was essentially transcribing the entire script 
3.5
The Favourite
Maren Longbella
A diverting look at political intrigue and power plays 
3.5
The Favourite
James Berardinelli
For those with a taste for historical fiction The Favourite is a delicious morsel with a spicy aftertaste 
3
The Favourite
Max Weiss
The film is directed with gobs of wit and style by Lanthimos and the costumes and sets are jaw dropping In the end though this is a three woman show and it s nothing short of a privilege to watch them work 
4
The Favourite
Moira MacDonald
The real fun here is in the three central performances each of which threatens to steal the film
3.5
The Favourite
Josh Larsen
It s easy to say that The Favourite is Lanthimos Barry Lyndon but it s also accurate 
3
The Favourite
Joe Friar
Devilish fun as Colman Stone and Weisz take the British monarchy for a rollicking jaunt One of 2018 s best films 
4
The Favourite
Kent Turner
Under the direction of Yorgos Lanthimos the atmosphere is bawdy and baroque like a trippy funhouse 
3
The Favourite
Andrea Gronvall
As the intrigue heightens in The Favourite so do the film s surreal touches 
4
The Favourite
Sonny Bunch
Sumptuous period settings and top notch performances 
2.5
The Favourite
Richard Roeper
It s a period piece with a wink It s also funny as hell and a true big screen treat 
3.5
The Favourite
Mark Dujsik
The Favourite is cruel but funny funny but thoughtful and thoughtful but bizarre That it is all of these things simultaneously is an impressive feat 
3
The Favourite
Ann Hornaday
Period authenticity clashes happily with occasional creative anachronisms to present audiences with a portrait of power as sobering as it is scabrously conniving 
3.5
The Favourite
Ty Burr
Emma Stone Rachel Weisz Olivia Colman it s fun just to think of them in the same thought let alone on the same screen 
3.5
The Favourite
Michael Phillips
I don t know if Lanthimos is saying anything especially novel about the machinations of those in power but he s such an inventive visual thinker he gives The Favourite a bracing momentum 
4
The Favourite
Mick LaSalle
It s remarkable the range of behavior that Colman harmonizes into one complex humanity from the sublimely sweet to the grotesque 
3.5
The Favourite
Joey Magidson
Colman Stone and Weisz are solid gold for Lanthimos They take to his particular style brilliantly 
3.5
The Favourite
Robert Daniels
Witty and dramatic The Favourite offers the path of least resistance for anyone not swooned by Lathimos s brand of filmmaking 
3.5
The Favourite
Robert Levin
Lanthimos takes a great deal of pleasure in depicting the scheming involved The movie has a core of dry biting wit 
3
The Favourite
Johnny Oleksinski
YAAAAS queen 
4
The Favourite
Tomris Laffly
Lanthimos most accessible movie to date The Favourite is simply awe inspiring in the way it harbors serious themes and anxieties about womanhood underneath a deceptively feather light surface 
3.5
The Favourite
Rex Reed
Regardless of your tolerance for Restoration jabberwocky you will be forced to admit the performance by Olivia Colman as England s dim witted Queen Anne is a masterpiece of madness 
3
The Favourite
Brian Truitt
The film gamely tackles class and gender themes as well as partisan politics in its tale of women behaving badly and men being nitwits 
3.5
The Favourite
Dwight Brown
If you re tired of those boring royal British films and want to see the genre turned upside down this dark nasty bit of debauchery and revenge sex will leave you gasping for air 
4
The Favourite
Clayton Davis
Swallowing her role whole Olivia Colman s Queen Anne is a marvelous portrait of a frail broken woman with insecurities wearing on every beat and movement of her life 
3
The Favourite
Walter Chaw
The Favourite is not just one of the best movies of the year it s the most topical too and the most hopeless as a result 
4
The Favourite
Paul O'Callaghan
The Favourite s biggest revelation may be that Yorgos Lanthimos treats his characters here with a degree of compassion rather than regard them with his usual smirking indifference 
3
Amnesia
Mark Dujsik
Amnesia feels as if a second lesser story has been ripped from and haphazardly shaped out of a challenging one 
2.5
Amnesia
Roger Moore
Pretty and meditative tepid and toothless 
2
Amnesia
Glenn Kenny
The film has a personal tone that is not always detectable in his other movies It enhances a film that s one of the most thoughtful in Schroeder s body of work 
3.5
Amnesia
Wes Greene
Amnesia ultimately delivers rich insights about its main characters relationship to their backgrounds 
2.5
Trigger Man
Dustin Putman
As ruthless and nerve jangling as any motion picture from this year or last 
3.5
Trigger Man
Maitland McDonagh
Once the story goes Deliverance 1972 it s a nail biter and the minimalist aesthetic is an asset rather than a liability 
3
After Stonewall
Eric Henderson
Lesbians We re everywhere Lesbiana Yo soy lesbiana 
2.5
Quid Pro Quo
Mattie Lucas
An enthralling erotically charged drama that marks the terrific debut of a director that is most certainly a talent to watch 
3.5
Quid Pro Quo
Reyhan Harmanci
Its biggest mystery is how it was financed by Texas trillionaire and Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban no less and selected for distribution 
1
Quid Pro Quo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
By far the movie s strong suit is Farmiga who gives an astonishingly layered performance 
3
Quid Pro Quo
Kam Williams
An outsider adventure strictly for the very open minded presenting the numbness of paralysis ironically as a potential source of paroxysms of pleasure 
3
Quid Pro Quo
Lou Lumenick
This warped masochistic cousin to David Cronenberg s Crash not to be confused with the Oscar winner of the same name is well worth seeing for Farmiga s stunning performance 
3
Quid Pro Quo
Bob Strauss
This odd little fugue of a movie would be implausible even laughable if it weren t also marvelously played visually composed and plotted with the utmost cunning 
3
Quid Pro Quo
Rafer Guzman
A finely observed compelling drama with the creepy tinge of a thriller 
3
Quid Pro Quo
Nick Schager
A bleakly humorous romantic character study Quid Pro Quo is appealingly offbeat until its narrative takes a wayward detour into pat simplifications 
2
Fanny and Alexander
Brian Eggert
Bergman beautifully weighs life s questions against its joys and sorrows
4
Fanny and Alexander
Damon Smith
A fitting introduction to the very personal cinema of this master craftsman not only because it exhibits Bergman s signature themes and stylistic devices but also because it is one of his most life affirming films 
4
Fanny and Alexander
Roger Ebert
Bergman glides beyond the mere telling of his story into a kind of hypnotic series of events that have the clarity and fascination of dreams Rarely have I felt so strongly during a movie that my mind had been shifted into a different kind of reality 
4
Fanny and Alexander
Mick LaSalle
It is very much and in the best way an old man s movie the work of an artist resigned to life s mystery full of wonder at the passage of time full of forgiveness for past wrongs and full of understanding 
4
A Price Above Rubies
Jordan Hiller
Yakin s argument is presented with such blind rage and fury that his little film goes from sensitive and perceptive to sensational and scandal mongering very quickly
2.5
A Price Above Rubies
David Sterritt
A Price Above Rubies would have more impact if filmmaker Boaz Yakin didn t allow its energy level to sag in several scenes and if he avoided some lapses into Hollywood style sensationalism 
2
A Price Above Rubies
Michael Dequina
Just about everything in writer director Boaz Yakin s film rings false 
1.5
A Price Above Rubies
Roger Ebert
I was won over by Zellweger s ferociously strong performance and by characters and scenes I hadn t seen before 
3
A Price Above Rubies
Steve Rhodes
With its coldly antiseptic tone the movie seems more interested in preaching awkwardly to the audience that inviting it in 
2
He Knows You're Alone
David Nusair
a lesser slasher that would hardly be worth mentioning were it not for Tom Hanks cameo 
1.5
Angry Harvest
Roger Ebert
The world of this film simply doesn t suggest the urgency and despair of the time 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Brian Eggert
Far From Home is light and zippy enough to distract you from its modest advances for the characters and franchise 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Linda Cook
This Spider Man weaves action romance and comedy 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jason Fraley
A totally enjoyable ride with a commendably creative premise In the big picture Far From Home is the second best Spider Man 2 better than Electro in 2014 but behind Doc Ock in 2004 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Doug Walker
A standard superhero movie but introduces a few new elements I haven t seen in a Spider Man film and would like to see explored more 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Wesley Lovell
An entertaining film but one overburdened by a formulaic structure 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Watts follows the Marvel playbook perfectly crafting a delightfully entertaining movie that s bright funny exciting and speedy and also one that doesn t evaporate immediately 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
David Nusair
a wheel spinning opening hour that s rife with pointless incoherent action sequences 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Kevin A. Ranson
From costumes to backstory and every plot twist in between Far From Home grounds high concept adventure with base human impulses that everyone can relate to 
4
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Linda Cook
It s a rollicking adventure with characters you ll love 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
James Kendrick
has an almost effortless buoyancy that is fueled by humor action and romanticism often all at the same time
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Matt Brunson
Spider Man Far from Home ends up in the so close and yet so far category The first half is mostly terrific but the film takes a tumble during its second hour 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Steven Prokopy
In broad strokes Spider Man Far From Home is the greatest movie franchise epilogue in history 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Mattie Lucas
Rather than wiping out half of all life in the universe this villain seeks to wipe out truth itself And in 2019 there s nothing more terrifying or more relevant than that 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Stephen Rebello
Tom Holland helps the joyful film stand out amid the superhero glut 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Chris Hewitt
I like that Far From Home is trying something new and that its humor feels more real than the ironic cracks in most superhero movies I just wish its good pieces all came together more satisfyingly 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Pamela Powell
Spider Man Far From Home even with its charming subplot of teen love and angst is just another super hero movie in a world where I need Captain No More to save me from seeing another film in this genre 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Robert Horton
The movie s action beats seem more tiresome than usual because they drag us away from the winning interplay between the teens 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Michael Smith
Unfortunately this is far from Marvel s best 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Sonny Bunch
Special credit must be given to the effects team which brings to life Mysterio s trippy perception altering powers in a way once thought unimaginable for a live action film 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Sara Michelle Fetters
The fun of Spider Man Far from Home is watching the younger members of its cast agreeably interact with one another 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Rick Bentley
Those who have seen Endgame should be ready for a major change of pace It s like eating a huge steak for dinner and then being offered a cup of vanilla pudding for dessert There s nothing wrong with vanilla as long as that s all you want 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Dann Gire
The real attraction in Far From Home remains the adolescent mindsets of Peter MJ and Ned who take the end of the world issue seriously but how can they seriously get a date 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Christian Toto
He still catches thieves just like flies but this Spidey makes us miss the classic web slinger 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Mike McGranaghan
Getting out from under the weight of the 400 pound gorilla that is Avengers Endgame may take some viewers a little time Once you do it becomes clear that this is a very good Marvel picture with some fresh new ideas 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Phil Villarreal
Tom Holland continues to thrive in the lead role far surpassing his predecessors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Matthew Rozsa
Spider Man Far From Home is a good movie that becomes great in its final act 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Josh Larsen
allows Jake Gyllenhaal to amusingly riff on what it means to accept an MCU part 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Josh Terry
As a follow up to Endgame Spider Man Far From Home is a reassuring reminder that the Marvel films to come will retain the same element of fun and personality that made that first 10 years such a great ride 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Dustin Putman
A satisfying step in the right direction There s plenty of fun to be had and a mid credits coda teases the setup for a truly enticing and provocative third installment 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Tony Norman
Spider Man Far From Home is a pleasant enough way to spend two hours but it really isn t anything to get excited about It s designed to pump the brakes after all hell broke loose in the last two Avengers movies 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Joey Magidson
Not only is Spider Man Far From Home a great Spidey adventure one that ties into the past and future of the MCU it s also another tremendous high school story Loved it 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Christy Lemire
Spider Man Far From Home changes the scenery but can t quite match the inspired heights of its predecessor 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Rosalie Kicks
I like this Spidey kid He is like three quarters Marty McFly and a quarter Buster Keaton making this flick a fun time at the cinema 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Ty Burr
Spider Man Far from Home isn t really a superhero movie It s a wholesome teen comedy disguised as a superhero movie 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Mark Dujsik
The villain here is one of the best we ve had in this franchise and one of the better we ve seen throughout all of Spider Man s cinematic iterations 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
James Berardinelli
With a dose of comedy a dash of romance and some CGI heavy battles the film accomplishes what it needs to do 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter Canavese
Marvel deserves credit for the ways it has so far managed to freshen up formula harness genres to its purposes and hold a mirror up to contemporary society 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Spider Man Far from Home is hardly high art but definitely solid summer entertainment 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Ann Hornaday
Both plotlines Peter accepting the adult responsibilities that Tony prepared him for and finally getting on MJ s vibe unfold and intersect with chipper efficiency in Far From Home 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Barry Hertz
For those who like such narrative ducking and weaving Far from Home is an all you can eat buffet of greasy fake outs 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Mark Kennedy
It goes from sunny pop to acid jazz from Saved By the Bell to The Matrix 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
John Wirt
Despite the awesome responsibility thrust up young Peter Parker this superhero romp doesn t take itself too seriously 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Bob Bloom
The main thrust of the story is Peter s journey of self discovery The death of Tony Stark weighs heavily on the 16 year old and Peter is unsure of himself and of accepting the responsibility that the late Iron Man had rested on his shoulders 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jeff Mitchell
Spider Man Far from Home doesn t stray from Marvel s Midas touch
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Richard Roeper
Spider Man Far From Home is a zesty and sweet and satisfying but not an overly dark slice of entertainment 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Oliver Jones
If Spider Man Far from Home is a triumph as many will argue and its box office will undoubtedly confirm it is a triumph of capitalism not art 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter Howell
Spider Man Far From Home finds Tom Holland agreeably continuing as the most boyish Spidey yet even as the film risks fan fury by spinning unfamiliar webs 
2.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter Hartlaub
It s mostly delightful a fun movie that successfully hits the reset button for the Marvel Cinematic Universe 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Robert Daniels
Spider Man Far From Home contends with too much baggage in a messy narrative 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Sean P. Means
The Avengers defeat of Thanos has opened up all kinds of possibilities and this movie is eager to tinker with them in ways that surprise even the most prepared superhero 
3.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Pamela Powell
Spider Man Far From Home even with its charming subplot of teen love and angst is just another super hero movie 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Mara Reinstein
In an impressively entertaining sequel your friendly neighborhood Spider Man saves the world and rescues a summer movie season in the doldrums 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Roger Moore
So cute you want to pinch its cheeks 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Michael Phillips
How s the new movie It s good It s fun 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Johnny Oleksinski
The action villainy twists and overall logic fall short of its awesome predecessor 
2
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Brian Truitt
D irector Jon Watts sequel isn t as tightly focused or effortlessly charming as 2017 s Homecoming yet it continues Holland s amazing Spidey run and introduces Jake Gyllenhaal in his top notch first comic book role 
3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Rafer Guzman
An entertaining segue into the post Avengers era 
3
Broken Lance
Mattie Lucas
Very much a product of Hollywood studio system in the 1950 s but it s also a testament to just how good that studio system could be 
3
Broken Lance
Matt Brunson
This sturdy Western is basically William Shakespeare by way of Joseph L Mankiewicz 
3
Broken Lance
Walter Chaw
One of the earliest elegies to the dying of the West 
3
North Shore
David Nusair
the picture generally comes off as an affable and perfectly watchable piece of work 
2.5
Strike
Mattie Lucas
Eisenstein s devotion to Soviet Montage is clear even in his first feature whose dynamic cutting remains thrilling even today 
4
Strike
Walter Chaw
Lemming cinema tragic brutish and inexorable 
4
The Passion Play
Kent Turner
Looking like the world s saddest basset hound Silvio Orlando has loser written all over him 
2.5
The Spirit of '45
Matt Zoller Seitz
A terrific movie all on its own 44 giving us details about a specific period of history in a specific country that commercial films and TV platforms for obvious reasons won apos t touch 46 
3.5
The Spirit of '45
William Repass
Is there any reason why the public spirit we so desperately need can 8217 t be reflected in a more revolutionary style 63 
2.5
Shanghai Triad
Kathy Fennessy
Though autobiography may not have been Zhang Yimou apos s intention with Shanghai Triad 44 it apos s hard not to see the film as a form of self critique 44 not least because Boss may be ruthless 44 but he apos s also clever 44 charismatic 44 and perceptive 46 46 46 
3
Shanghai Triad
Matt Brunson
A typically formidable performance by Gong Li 
3
Shanghai Triad
Jeffrey M. Anderson
On paper a pretty tired old story of a gangster and a gangster s moll but Zhang s telling of it is so meticulous so layered that it feels fresh at every turn 
3.5
Shanghai Triad
Tom Meek
The film s told from the the boy s viewpoint and as a result the narrative occasionally has a halting quality The scenes of sudden violence however are orchestrated with visceral effect by Zhang 
2.5
Shanghai Triad
Roger Moore
A lovely if somewhat airless melodrama of competing mobsters mob wealth Western decadence and betrayal in the Shanghai just before the Japanese invaded 
3
Shanghai Triad
Michael Dequina
Stunning cinematography uniformly good acting 
3
Shanghai Triad
Roger Ebert
Shanghai Triad plays like a movie in which some scenes are missing and others have been stretched out to make up the difference 
2
Shanghai Triad
Mike Clark
Shanghai Triad concludes the sublime seven movie collaboration of Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li with a bang worthy of the most jubilant New Year s Eve 
4
Tape
Matt Fagerholm
Tape isn t just a movie It is a rallying cry 
3.5
Tape
Joe Friar
A powerful casting couch drama based on a true story Good performances and a nail biting third act drive the film 
3
Tape
Mark Dujsik
Tape is effective enough that its unfortunate last act stumbles are all the more apparent 
2.5
Tape
Roger Moore
Kampmeir s made a lean disturbing MeToo tale that should be the last thing any acting class shows its students before graduation
2.5
Be Cool
Michael Dequina
Less like a story than an assemblage of moments and top notch character acting but as far as cinematic trifles go it s guilt free 
3
Be Cool
Austin O'Connor
There s some fun to be had here but measured against Get Shorty the movie doesn t fare so well 
2
Be Cool
Vince Koehler
The whole film is a great piece of eye candy with many LA sites and a lot of music and action 
3
Be Cool
Forrest Hartman
Funny and smart nicely crafted without being overly artsy and quirky but approachable If only every sequel were this much fun 
3
Be Cool
David N. Butterworth
Get Shorty out of your head for a couple of goofy irreverent hours and there s a good chance you ll enjoy this inferior yet amiable sequel 
2.5
Be Cool
Lori Hoffman
Be Cool is a paper thin copy that traces the outline of the original without bringing anything new to the drawing board 
2
Be Cool
David Nusair
there doesn t seem to be any reason for the film to even exist 
1
Be Cool
Linda Cook
As average as its predecessor was entertaining Be Cool is a spoof of itself 
2
Be Cool
James Kendrick
the antithesis of its title as it is clearly trying too hard from start to finish
2.5
Be Cool
Steve Rhodes
Pathetic 
1.5
Be Cool
Larry Ratliff
Sequels rarely emerge as anything interesting much less compelling This one does Warmed over Chili is a gas 
3.5
Be Cool
Matt Brunson
A movie that never provides a compelling argument for its own existence 
2
Be Cool
Eric Melin
Chappelle s Show has thrown away wittier music spoofs in their half smoked roaches 
1
Be Cool
Jonathan R. Perry
Almost scandalous in the sheer volume of talent it squanders 
2
Be Cool
Tyler Hanley
Transgressions can be overlooked thanks to cast members so cool they make the title feel like a mantra 
3
Be Cool
Jonathan W. Hickman
a film that could only have been excusable had Trey Parker and Matt Stone made it using puppets 
.5
Be Cool
Peter Travers
You know a sequel isn t working when ten minutes into the movie a voice inside your head starts screaming Please make it stop 
1
Be Cool
Jon Niccum
a two hour in joke that is rarely dull but only occasionally as funny as it thinks it is 
2.5
Be Cool
Mike McGranaghan
An Elmore Leonard story is almost always more interesting than most of the pictures playing at the multiplex 
3
Be Cool
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a step down a big one on both fronts and neither does the kind of job here that could be construed as anything remotely their best 
2
Be Cool
James Berardinelli
Be Cool lacks both a focus and an edge making it an amorphous mess 
2
Be Cool
Scott Nash
No Be Cool is not as good as Get Shorty but it is funny and fun to watch 
3
Be Cool
Frank Ochieng
As slick and flippant as Be Cool thinks it is in content Gray merely provides an atmospheric three ring circus where the caustic clowns aimlessly run the ragged show
1.5
Be Cool
Willie Waffle
I have a Man Crush on John Travolta so it could feature performances from Ben Affleck the Olsen Twins Tara Reid AND Jamie Kennedy and I would still like it 
3
Be Cool
Nick Schager
This bumbling exercise in redundant replication is as disagreeably lukewarm as a heavily trafficked municipal baby pool 
1
Be Cool
Jeffrey Overstreet
The end credits montage which gives each cast member a chance to bust a move is as much fun and substantial as anything that precedes it 
1.5
Be Cool
Kim Morgan
May not be the swiftest piece of cinema out there but when it has its moments with The Rock they absolutely kill 
2.5
Be Cool
Rick Groen
If you re looking for a primer on the worst ways to adapt an Elmore Leonard novel look no further 
2
Be Cool
Rene Rodriguez
The moment you formally anoint something as cool you kill the qualities that made it cool to begin with because coolness has no greater enemy than self awareness 
1.5
Be Cool
Glenn Whipp
Contains a cornucopia of cliched comic characters 
1
Be Cool
Michael Booth
It can t decide if it s a comedy or a musical rocking ballads by Milian and a duet with Aerosmith s Steven Tyler are sweet interludes but ruinous to any sense of paced humor 
2.5
Be Cool
Peter Howell
Like being spritzed by a bottle of stale seltzer 
2
Be Cool
Eric Harrison
There s really no need to pay much attention to the plot 
2
Be Cool
Sean P. Means
You have to be concerned when the funniest guy in a large cast ensemble comedy is The Rock But it all works if just barely 
3
Be Cool
Mick LaSalle
It s instantly forgettable but smooth fun most of the way 
3
Be Cool
Moira MacDonald
Keeps wandering off on tangents and after a while its audience does too 
1.5
Be Cool
Jack Mathews
The book s various thugs pistol waving gangstas and Russian mafia are so cartoonishly portrayed they re about as scary as members of the Wile E Coyote Fan Club 
2
Be Cool
Lou Lumenick
Utterly forgettable and yes utterly uncool 
2
Be Cool
Terry Lawson
The movie lacks anything approaching a rhythm which as everyone knows is the record business deadliest sin 
2
Be Cool
Jeff Vice
Has its tongue lodged so firmly in its cheek that it practically chokes on it 
2
Be Cool
Mary F. Pols
The music industry is already such a parody of itself that the movie s caricatures are only about an inch away from the real thing You could get almost as many laughs watching the Grammys or the MTV Awards 
1.5
Be Cool
Lawrence Toppman
Writer Peter Steinfeld and director F Gary Gray have created a pale blurry copy of the first picture peopled with supporting characters who amount to nothing and a choppy scenario that drags on 20 minutes too long 
1.5
Be Cool
Wesley Morris
What was keenly ridiculous in print seems clueless and uncouth onscreen now Gray embraces the inanities Leonard seemed to be lampooning 
1
Be Cool
Roger Ebert
One character after another one scene after another one cute line of dialogue after another refers to another movie a similar character a contrasting image or whatever The movie is like a bureaucrat who keeps sending you to another office 
1.5
Be Cool
Emily Blunt
Be Cool could use some time management editing still Vince Vaughn and The Rock alone are worth the price of admission immediately 
2.5
Be Cool
Aaron Hillis
the overcooked Be Cool s most disturbing flaw is how the hip hop motif unfurls some of the most ridiculously honky white moments 
1.5
Be Cool
Greg Maki
The plot is a bunch of nonsense an excuse to parade the actors in front of the camera 
2
Be Cool
Chuck O'Leary
Just like Ocean s Twelve Be Cool is an abysmal sequel that makes you want to angrily boo the screen when it s over 
1
Be Cool
Michael A. Smith
The Rock who has already made a smooth transition from the wrestling ring to the big screen almost steals the film 
4
Be Cool
Duane Dudek
It s canned Chili for people who hate spicy food 
2
Be Cool
Bruce Newman
Follows the form of the original but always to diminishing effect 
1.5
Be Cool
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is so interested in shilling Milian that it shuttles poor Chili to the background Travolta phones in his performance as does Thurman 
2
Be Cool
Peter Canavese
As loosely adapted from Elmore Leonard s Get Shorty sequel novel the sequel movie Be Cool tastes like a watered down drink 
1.5
Be Cool
Dustin Putman
Hip zippy and oh so cool 
2.5
Be Cool
Steven Rea
Represents the mind numbing antithesis of cool 
1.5
Be Cool
David Sterritt
The overlong comedy has few laughs and flirts far too much with racist homophobic humor A waste of a fine cast 
1
Be Cool
Gene Seymour
It s still jolly goofy fun 
2.5
Be Cool
Chris Hewitt
Be Cool is not cool in fact Aerosmith is so jurassically uncool it s about due for an album of the year Grammy and it s not original 
2
Be Cool
Phoebe Flowers
Be cool be lukewarm just be somewhere else 
1.5
Be Cool
Michael Wilmington
A bright colorful misfire 
2.5
Be Cool
Walter Chaw
Irony If you say so 
2
Be Cool
Phil Villarreal
They ll look look longingly at the screen silently willing the movie to Be cool Be funny At least be somewhat interesting And the hopes will go unfulfilled 
1.5
Be Cool
Sean McBride
doesn t capture much of what s really cool in Elmore Leonard s novel but there s no denying that Be Cool provides some very funny very entertaining moments 
3
Be Cool
Rob Blackwelder
The kind of sequel that gives sequels a bad name a bland lifeless uninspired cash in with an assembly line script and a sleepwalking star 
1
The Misandrists
Anita Katz
The blend of comedy horror and social statement while sometimes exciting is too often a muddy mix 
2.5
The Misandrists
Glenn Kenny
The Misandrists presents an unusual atmosphere one mainstream cinema can not even conceive of let alone get on a screen 
3
The Misandrists
Diego Semerene
The sexual outbursts in the film are tempered with a tenderness that one hardly associates with Bruce LaBruce s career 
1
The Misandrists
Roger Moore
Witty arch and camp just not enough to come off
1.5
Sleeping Dogs
Susan Walker
A most tedious bit of filmmaking as painful to watch as one imagines the characters lives might be 
2
Sleeping Dogs
Liam Lacey
Sleeping Dogs give hope for the future of Canadian art house cinema and proof that intriguing work is the opposite of what s obvious and unambiguous 
3
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Roger Moore
Something of a fascinating muddle 
2
A Nice Girl Like You
Richard Roeper
Hale always brings a screen popping charm but even she can t redeem this bland tame sex comedy that s newly available on demand 
2
A Nice Girl Like You
Monica Castillo
Andrea Marcellus screen adaptation whitewashes the main character and moves the narrative into a more conventional territory one centered on love over lust tame over the risque 
2
A Nice Girl Like You
Rafer Guzman
A clunky sex comedy that ll kill your mood 
1
A Nice Girl Like You
Roger Moore
As sex farces go A Nice Girl Like You is about as nasty dirty and funny as a sitcom on The Disney Channel 
1.5
Shanghai Surprise
Betsy Bozdech
The sight of the Material Girl in bobby socks and a prim blue suit is one of the few funny things in the movie too bad the laughs are unintentional 
.5
Stranded
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Stranded is far from the worst of its kind but this is still pretty uninspired moviemaking with nothing original or different to separate it from the pack 
1.5
Stranded
Matt Zoller Seitz
When the opening action sequence ends you expect the film to back up or at least circle around eventually and tell us who these people are and it never does 
1.5
Stranded
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a scrappy unpretentious movie with nicely calibrated pacing but there s no logic little motivation and above all no personalities 
1
Stranded
Mike McGranaghan
Stranded doesn t tell a story so much as just present a series of sequential events 
1
Stranded
Rex Reed
Mr Slater the only real name on view looks embarrassed to be slumming in something so cheesy But I liked the simplicity of the narrative structure and the lack of extraneous background information you get among most movie flight crews 
2
Stranded
Dean Essner
It may suggest an Alien incarnate but once you get past its exterior it s as empty as outer space 
1.5
The Cutter
David Nusair
one can t help but admire Norris justification for throwing a baddie out of a third story window I needed some air 
1.5
Neighbors
Roger Ebert
Neighbors is a truly interesting comedy an offbeat experiment in hallucinatory black humor It grows on you 
3
Amnesty
John Beifuss
As presented here the provocative but dreary and dispiriting new reality of conjugal prison visits in post communist Albania is symptomatic of a re emerging nation s ugly groping toward progress 
3
A Bird of the Air
Sara Stewart
At its most entertaining when the parrot does the talking 
1
A Bird of the Air
Andrew Schenker
Margaret Whitton s A Bird of the Air traffics in a sort of vague half defined spiritual questing 
1.5
Eye for an Eye
Roger Moore
A simple taut Spanish thriller that rarely blinks 
3
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Matt Brunson
It feels like one of those live action Disney features that were so prevalent during the 1970s one could easily picture Jodie Foster as the prepubescent heroine Dean Jones as her bumbling uncle and Don Knotts as the supremely self satisfied villain 
2.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Peter Canavese
Not made for you or me It s made for kids and kids will enjoy it 
2
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Sarah Knight Adamson
Cuddle up with your favorite pet or stuffy to enjoy a family friendly film for all ages 
3
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Sean P. Means
I can be as cynical as the next critic but even I can tell when a children s movie is doing its job weaving its movie magic with sincerity and a minimum of phony emotions or toilet humor the way Clifford the Big Red Dog does 
3
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mark Meszoros
This isn t likely to be an instant family classic but you simply can t overlook all that cuteness 
2.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Kevin Carr
It s cute and it s for kids It does exactly what it needs to do 
2.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Leo Brady
Clifford the Big Red Dog is a harmless movie to see with the kids for a matinee which had the potential to make something new and fresh but instead settled for a predictable stinker 
2
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Jocelyn Noveck
For young children it will work fine For older viewers though it may be hard to ignore some of the clunkier moments of a script 
2
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mike McGranaghan
Clifford the Big Red Dog is the kind of idiotic mindless unimaginative and cynical junk that many parents don t want their children exposed to 
1
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Brian Tallerico
A classic story of how people respond to things that are different but it has a warming soul that comes through when it matters 
2.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers approach isn t as charming and kind hearted or even as funny as the basic setup 
2
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Kristen Page-Kirby
Find a cute kid Make sure the title character a giant red CGI mutt isn t too creepy looking Tell a sweet story Call it a day The film neatly checks all those boxes and at times even does a bit more 
2
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Katie Walsh
This is a film that s so guileless and well intentioned that beating up on it would feel like well kicking a puppy 
2.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mick LaSalle
Clifford the Big Red Dog brings a warm feeling every time I think of it and I m really glad I saw it 
3
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Roger Moore
The script gives a pretty talented line up of co stars little that s cute or funny to say or do 
2
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Linda Cook
Only a schmuck wouldn t love this movie 
4
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Bob Strauss
Yiddish Theater is a melancholy work as well it should be but it s also almost giddy much of the time with the delight of discovery preservation and nostalgia 
3
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Rob Humanick
The film s candid personalities provide plenty of memorably off the cuff moments 
2.5
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Maitland McDonagh
Interviews with aging caretakers of the Yiddish Theater are vivid windows into a bygone world and Spaisman herself a feisty firebrand whose accent is so strong Katzir supplied subtitles is a formidable personality 
2.5
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Elizabeth Weitzman
Touching if uneven 
2.5
Divines
David Nusair
A decent yet erratic debut 
2
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Peter Canavese
The PG 13 rating reflects the mortal intensity of this most chilling of animated Batman tales 
3
Babel
Mattie Lucas
Iñarritu has captured humanity in all of its flawed glory fallen yet beautiful tragic yet hopeful all crying out to be heard 
4
Babel
Namrata Joshi
There are moments when a lot is left unsaid There s a remarkable stillness and delicacy as the music and images interplay and do all the talking 
3
Babel
Jordan Hiller
The fact that someone was so inspired by our pathetic and pitiable inability to communicate with our fellow man to craft a film with that message and that message alone is noteworthy 
3.5
Babel
David N. Butterworth
Babel is a well intentioned and finely acted tower of power that might have worked better had its theme of universal communication difficulties been better integrated 
2.5
Babel
Kam Williams
Feelbad experiences abound in modern morality play 
0
Babel
Michael A. Smith
once again Pitt has cast aside the exterior to bring out the character inside A scene where he breaks down and sobs while talking to his son is heartbreaking 
3.5
Babel
Gina Carbone
Looking back there are so many moments of beauty in Babel mostly born of frustration and empathy with these characters So why doesn t it connect 
2.75
Babel
Greg Maki
Harrowing compelling viewing 
3.5
Babel
Forrest Hartman
Babel is arresting thanks to the complexities of the storytelling and Inarritu s deft ability to massage the audience 
4
Babel
Mike McGranaghan
Babel is the kind of movie I would recommend to a specific audience If you don t mind sitting and soaking up the little details and absorbing a theme as deep as it will go then you may agree that this film is quite rewarding 
3.5
Babel
James Kendrick
a collection of often powerful scenes in search of something grand to say
2.5
Babel
Ross Anthony
Bleak edgy hyper real Purposely depleted of warm colors Pitt and Blanchett only appear intermittently and not terribly dynamically An art type film in three countries 
1.5
Babel
Susan Tavernetti
Babel doesn t snap pieces of a plot puzzle together to satisfy a viewer It s not that kind of a film Immediate gratification comes in the form of vibrant impressionistic scenes 
3.5
Babel
Mark Dujsik
The film s ambition unfortunately exceeds its reach let alone its grasp 
2.5
Babel
Steven Snyder
It s a complicated film and at times a convoluted story which is held together by its impressive array of performances 
4
Babel
Steve Rhodes
The lethargically paced Babel alternates between being kind of boring to being mildly interesting
2
Babel
Thomas Delapa
If Crash drove you to distraction then thou best stay away from Babel this year s towering exercise in socio political psycho babble 
2
Babel
Linda Cook
An amazing disturbing drama Babel is a puzzle of film that pieces itself together bit by bit 
4
Babel
David Elliott
Long belabored terminally solemn despite some vigor and numbingly sentimental under a tough surface this is a serpentine coiling of three modestly connected and episodic stories 
2
Babel
Carla Meyer
It s in the more natural seeming spurts of joy rather in the less organic moments of crisis that Babel makes its best argument for a universal experience 
2.5
Babel
Rene Rodriguez
The experience of watching Babel is undeniably riveting Even if the film doesn t really lead anywhere you still can t take your eyes off it 
3
Babel
Robert W. Butler
Because of its thematic flaws Babel isn t the masterpiece some are claiming Yet it remains powerful stuff a glum but concerned look at how a seemingly isolated event can affect lives on the other side of the globe 
3
Babel
Jeff Vice
The film is not always successful at doing so and not all of the plot lines work as well as others But there are strong performances and an intriguing look at the subject matter 
2.5
Babel
John Beifuss
Inarritu is the auteur as puppet master a Dr Mabuse of the art house 
2.5
Babel
Amy Biancolli
Iñárritu remains as entranced as ever by fate loss and the interconnectedness of humankind and I admire him for it But Babel isn t the last or best word on that subject It s just a lot of talk 
2
Babel
Duane Dudek
The result is ultimately a portrait of the global village being built on a foundation of bad judgments made in good faith on a daily basis which we barely survive by the skin of our teeth and through the kindness of strangers 
3
Babel
Sean O'Connell
Finds a tense undercurrent that keeps us involved through the film s moderate pace and constant narrative shuffling 
3
Babel
Nick Rogers
Being diplomatic because of Inarritu and Arriaga s past success isn t worth it given the irony that a story about communication breakdown so woefully fails to connect Babel is a bore 
1.5
Babel
Michael Booth
Babel is the masterful third installment in this trilogy of truth and consequence 
3.5
Babel
Lori Hoffman
Alejandro Iñárritu s plea for improved global communication squanders fine performances in a film that is engulfed by the director s pretentious mindset 
2
Babel
Matt Brunson
There s a lot to chew over in Babel But because it s overstuffed it also means that there s a lot not worth swallowing 
2.5
Babel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Like the famous Biblical tower Babel is ultimately too much noise and more of a monument to the ego of its creators than an achievement in itself 
2
Babel
Richard Roeper
One of the most challenging and saddest movies of the year and also one of the most memorable 
4
Babel
Phoebe Flowers
Gripping patient and utterly enchanting it is a marked growth for Iñárritu and Arriaga who have taken a precarious conceit and transformed it into one of the most powerful movies of the year 
3.5
Babel
Lou Lumenick
Babel is in short one of the year s best movies 
4
Babel
Lawrence Toppman
At its best Babel expresses the emotions that link of all of us even if we have no way to share them I just wish it did a better job of communicating them 
3
Babel
James Sanford
fascinating sprawling drama an ambitious engrossing piece of work that builds on the promise shown in Innaritu s first two features 
3.5
Babel
Phil Villarreal
If last year s best picture Oscar winner Crash argued Can t we all just get along Babel counters Let s stop traveling and talking to each other 
2.5
Babel
Eric Melin
No character is on hand to neatly tie up the film s themes like how we all Crash into each other and there is an overall feeling of empathy that does not come at the expense of a realistic ending 
3
Babel
Ty Burr
For a movie that insists on the truth of humanity s mutual dependency Babel feels disconnected from anything but its own artistic determinism 
2.5
Babel
Dustin Putman
Thought provoking long after its haunting final frame Babel is a weighty and complex spellbinder 
3.5
Babel
Geoff Pevere
Babel is supposed to be a cry of humanist anguish that echoes in four languages around the world Why does it feel as much like an elaborate game of middlebrow post millennial Clue 
2.5
Babel
Tom Keogh
The film is something to see But despite the dynamism of all those individual moments Babel looks like an empty edifice 
2.5
Babel
Mick LaSalle
In the end a film of profound ambition is unmasked as one without real purpose a misguided attempt to make a serious important statement despite having nothing really to say 
2
Babel
Carrie Rickey
I was shaken but not stirred 
2.5
Babel
Terry Lawson
An extension and expansion of 21 Grams in every way and this time proves too much of a mystical thing 
2
Babel
Jeffrey Overstreet
Babel is Arriaga s finest script yet But like Amores Perros and 21 Grams the film feels like a 21 car pile up of catastrophes 
3.5
Babel
Willie Waffle
one of the most dramatic exciting and moving films of the year 
4
Babel
Chris Hewitt
Babel didn t begin to bug me until afterward when I was thinking about it and realizing there s less to it than meets the eye Watching it though is an often dazzling experience 
2.5
Babel
Michael Wilmington
It sweeps you along in a tide of cinematic energy and high voltage drama 
3.5
Babel
Matt Pais
Satisfies as a story of people thousands of miles apart inextricably intertwined with the snowball of fate already rolling down the hill 
3.5
Babel
Josh Larsen
Coincidence can be a heavy burden for a movie 
3
Babel
Scott Nash
Babel is a movie with its heart in the right place but like its own characters its message gets lost in translation 
2.5
Babel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Many will probably find something profound in this beautiful looking mishmash but the profundity exists only in the intent and not in the execution 
2.5
Babel
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a powerhouse a viscerally charged powder keg of passion triumph regret valor and depression all fighting with one another tooth and nail for supremacy 
3.5
Babel
Timothy Knight
A richly nuanced at times shattering film that brings Inarritu s Death Trilogy to a stunning close 
3.5
Babel
Lisa Rose
The biblical themes are reflected in the film s multilingual dialogue broad geographic scope and you could add its failed ambitions 
2
Babel
Jack Mathews
A powerful movie that should win all the year s ensemble acting awards 
3.5
Babel
Erik Childress
Weaves its power through instead of above us in the effort of its own testament that the inner horrors of our time on Earth should be a uniter and not a divider no matter who the decider might be 
3.5
Babel
Claudia Puig
How Iñárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga seamlessly link these four stories makes for an unconventional film experience that is weighty thought provoking and riveting 
3.5
Babel
Jan Stuart
If Babel falls an inch or three short of greatness it s always a great ride 
4
Babel
James Berardinelli
Its complex yet not mystifying storytelling forceful character development and superb cinematography make this a candidate for one of 2006 s best offerings 
3.5
Babel
Peter Travers
The year s richest most complex and ultimately most heartbreaking film 
4
Babel
Ed Gonzalez
Comparisons to Crash are fair only up to a point given how Babel is prone to sacrificing character at the altar of the almighty shock tactic but the film more accurately brings to mind the schematic globe trotting Syriana 
2
Babel
Liam Lacey
Ambitious and absorbing for nearly all its 2 1 2 hour running time 
3
Babel
Jessica Letkemann
What unfolds courtesy of Innaritu and the excellent cast is a commentary on how the 21st century is a constantly upset balance of cultures whose every move has repercussions upon each other 
3
Lucky
David Nusair
There s a fine line between obnoxious yet endearing and just obnoxious and the central character remains firmly entrenched in the latter 
1
The Landlord
Kathy Fennessy
Though Harold and Maude would secure his reputation the following year once it caught on 44 that is Ashby apos s first film proves he was a natural 46 
3.5
The Landlord
Roger Ebert
It adds up to a more honest if less optimistic portrait of American race relations than we usually see in the movies 
3
Imagining Argentina
Ruthe Stein
Despite its flaws the film does the job in helping us imagine what that must be like for relatives and friends left behind 
3
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Sonny Bunch
This is a celebration not an examination and those looking for a critique of the ribald publication radio show off Broadway play and film franchise should go elsewhere 
3
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Neil Rosen
Filled with incisive interviews director Douglas Tirola does an admirable job of telling the Lampoon s story and offering up an inside look at how it launched huge careers and went on to change the face of contemporary comedy 
3.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Kam Williams
Reverential retrospective revisiting the rise and fall of an irreverent humor franchise 
4
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The doc is a bit more loony than the recent SNL film but it s still just a bit too tame i e lots of talking heads to truly represent its subject 
3
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Molly Eichel
What makes Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead feel particularly vibrant is how the Lampoon s specific art direction is put to use 
3
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Mark Jenkins
Tirola s documentary is brisk and entertaining if not especially thoughtful But then neither was the magazine whose militant bad taste spawned Saturday Night Live and so much more 
2.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
David Lewis
We can only imagine with glee what these comic geniuses could have done with some of today s political and cultural figures 
3
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Chris Hewitt
It s mostly for nostalgic fans of the magazine 
2.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Matt Pais
Funny like its subject but not nearly as daring 
2.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Richard Roeper
A frenetic rough edged unapologetic tribute to the Lampoon featuring some amazing archival footage nifty bits of animation and dozens of straightforward talking head interviews that crackle and pop 
3.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Stephen Rebello
The jazzy Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is filled with talking heads you actually want to listen to 
3.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Brad Wheeler
The tone is sharp and freewheeling the craziness is infectious and the pace is cocaine quick 
4
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Peter Howell
Douglas Tirola s loving doc captures the anarchic 70s college satire magazine that became a comic force 
2.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
David Berry
This is just about hanging around talking about the glory days and as far as reminisces go you could do worse than the group of people who put out the funniest work of the 70s 
2.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Charles Bramesco
If only Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead was a fraction as intelligent or entertaining as its subject 
1
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Glenn Kenny
It s an engaging and entertaining film filled with funny anecdotes expertly related 
2.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Mike McGranaghan
A must see documentary for comedy fans More than a simple recounting of Lampoon history Drunk Stoned gives a strong sense of the players involved 
3.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Stephen Whitty
Worth watching if only for the wonderful clips from the various Lampoon stage shows and an almost endless parade of covers and comic strips 
3
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Clayton Dillard
It mistakes touch and go navel gazing for comprehension as if speaking to as many subjects as possible produces an inherently compelling take 
1.5
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Roger Moore
The laughs come from the vintage bits and there s a little missing context But any documentary that humanizes Chevy Chase is a movie making miracle 
3
The Super 8 Years
Marya E. Gates
The compact documentary is ultimately more an exercise for the filmmakers than it is a truly rewarding cinematic experience for the audience 46 
2.5
Gifted
Pamela Powell
Relationships and life are sticky particularly when you involve children and Gifted shows us just how tumultuous life can be 
3
Gifted
Lisa Jensen
What elevates the movie far above the standard courtroom drama is the tender relationship between Frank Chris Evans and little Mary Mckenna Grace 
3
Gifted
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It may not be a well exceptional movie but it definitely does its job It s refreshing to see a simple relatively small but intellectually and emotionally stimulating film in theatres Full review in Spanish 
3
Gifted
Donald Clarke
Gifted gives glorified TV movies a better name 
3
Gifted
John Serba
Functions reasonably well as an ankle deep melodrama until its third act when characters are thrown into the gears of the plot machine 
2
Gifted
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult to label Gifted as anything more than a disappointingly generic drama that would stripped of its leading man feel perfectly at home on Lifetime 
2
Gifted
Max Weiss
Gifted may not have anything particularly enlightening to say about raising a precocious child but as a tear jerker crowd pleaser it more than gets the job done 
2.5
Gifted
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gifted won me over body and soul and the only thing I wanted to do when it came to an end was to find a way to watch it again right that very second 
3.5
Gifted
Robert Horton
Apparently there s something about seeing a first grader stride to a blackboard and solve an Einstein level math equation that is irresistibly appealing 
3
Gifted
Barry Paris
How can you resist a movie whose adorably toothless 10 year old protagonist and her one eyed cat are both threatened with abandonment Well you can But not likely with Gifted 
3
Gifted
Josh Terry
Gifted is the moving and resonant story of a brilliant child trapped in a custody battle between two relatives 
3.5
Gifted
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Gifted has a strong cast and an interesting premise but unfortunately you don t have to be a genius to find holes in this plot 
2.5
Gifted
Michael Smith
We ve all seen this it means well movie before and Gifted does have a pretty high sweetness factor but if nothing else it s an introduction to a young new talent to watch for if not an example of Evans as being able to broaden his path 
2.5
Gifted
Sean P. Means
The movie is blessed with a solid cast particularly Evans in the lead as a single man who has sacrificed much to do right by his niece Grace is a scene stealer smart and savvy and possibly the most natural performer her age since Tatum O Neal 
3.5
Gifted
J. R. Jones
As scripted Evelyn is too vicious to be persuasive and Flynn undercuts her morally by stressing her lust for recognition 
2
Gifted
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Picture Kramer vs Kramer stripped of its turbulent emotions and cutting performances and you ll have a good idea of what it s like to suffer through this bland tear soaked train wreck 
1
Gifted
Rex Reed
A formulaic and manipulative tearjerker that is really nothing more than a woman s picture from a man s point of view 
2
Gifted
Rick Bentley
Overall from strong acting to a well crafted script everything adds up to make Gifted work 
3
Gifted
Rob Thomas
In the midst of turbulent times and fast and furious movies the genial and good hearted Gifted feels like a bit of a vacation at the theater 
3
Gifted
Roger Moore
Right on the cusp of being too cute for its own good but Chris Evans and Jenny Slate put it over 
2.5
Gifted
Calvin Wilson
Gifted is an engaging comedy drama that avoids becoming too much of a tearjerker 
3
Gifted
David Fear
The film s heroine is extraordinarily gifted The film itself not so much 
2.5
Gifted
Glenn Kenny
A good hearted entertainment that manages its plot curveballs and everything else with a show of compassion 
3
Gifted
Brad Wheeler
One supposes Nicholas Sparks will eventually get around to making his Kramer vs Kramer or Little Man Tate but until that happens we ll have to make do with Gifted 
1.5
Gifted
James Berardinelli
Movies like Gifted often drift into a quagmire of manipulation and over the top histrionics For the most part however Webb avoids this path 
3
Gifted
Chris Knight
Gifted means well but like little Mary you may end up feeling smarter by half than what you re watching 
2.5
Gifted
Mark Dujsik
In its quieter moments the movie shows what it could have been 
2.5
Gifted
Jocelyn Noveck
The sensitive performances here deserved a better vehicle 
2
Gifted
Bruce DeMara
Webb takes a well crafted script by Tom Flynn and raises it up spinning a tale so filled with wit poignancy and authenticity that when the emotional sparks do fly the audience is ready 
3.5
Gifted
Richard Roeper
Gifted isn t the best or most sophisticated or most original film of the year so far but it just might be my favorite 
4
Gifted
Gary Thompson
For everything the movie does wrong like casting Spencer in the kind of role she has outgrown it does something right 
2.5
Gifted
Michael O'Sullivan
Gifted is a clever if less than brilliant film Like Mary its true genius lies not in what s on the page but in its humanity 
2.5
Gifted
Michael Phillips
Virtually no one involved appears to have remembered what human or human adjacent behavior should feel like scene to scene 
2
Gifted
Tom Russo
The emotionally absorbing story of a grade school math prodigy caught in a messy custody dispute 
3
Gifted
Mick LaSalle
Long before the end it has built an intense involvement within the viewer By the time the movie is through you end up caring about the fate of everybody in the movie 
3
Gifted
Keith Watson
The grace notes are crowded out by the screenplay s plot machinations and emotional manipulations 
1.5
Gifted
Brian Truitt
Everybody shows their work in the winning math of Gifted which finds a simple formula for success with a flawed father figure and his prodigious niece 
3
Suburban Madness
Robert P. Laurence
Still the most persistent and industrious producer of TV movies in an era when other broadcast networks have almost abandoned the whole idea CBS knows a movie worthy scandal when it sees one and the Harrises fill the bill admirably 
3
Suburban Madness
David Nusair
feels as though it d be more at home on Lifetime 
2
Changeling
Mattie Lucas
A finely crafted and at times mesmerizing film 
3.5
Changeling
Kelly Jane Torrance
Yes Changeling is a well made film but slick not substantial is the word to describe it all 
2.5
Changeling
David N. Butterworth
Jolie is alternately distraught and outraged in good ways but Eastwood s film is an odd mix of genres that never quite settles into the one we want to watch 
2.5
Changeling
Mike Scott
It s a gripping tale as infuriating as it is jaw dropping at times but it also becomes a frustratingly sprawling one here 
2.5
Changeling
Wesley Lovell
Angelina delivers a fearless performance in a film that is far from conventional but oh so lovely to look at 
3.5
Changeling
Michael Dequina
Eastwood and Jolie take their time trying to draw a realistic and complex character sketch which runs at odds with the hyped up surroundings and circumstances 
2.5
Changeling
Sean P. Means
Jolie gets many opportunities to cry and a few to overact furiously but even her fury gets lost in an interminable ending and period detail that doesn t just envelop the film but suffocates it 
2.5
Changeling
Matt Brunson
The overall result is a movie that will disappoint only those who require tidy endings wrapped up in pretty bows Along the same lines those who find fault with the brutish depiction of Christine s tormenters fail to grasp the patriarchy of the period 
3
Changeling
Nick Rogers
Clint Eastwood occasionally works at cross purposes against his film s best elements Please can the mournful guitar already But its polish comes from Angelina Jolie s performance a burnished look a macabre mood and icily chilling moments 
3
Changeling
John Beifuss
A true crime story worthy of James Ellroy but staged with somber exactitude 
3
Changeling
Jeffrey Westhoff
How could a film with so much turmoil drama and pulp elements become boring Because it contains too much of all of the above 
2
Changeling
Linda Cook
What you may ask is a Changeling 
3.5
Changeling
Lori Hoffman
Jolie is superb in presenting a mother s heart so intertwined with her child s safety she will defy policemen who have subverted their duty with staggering arrogance 
3
Changeling
John Wirt
Changeling isn t Eastwood s best but it s very well told 
3
Changeling
Mike McGranaghan
The film is nothing less than riveting What hooked me above all else was the chance to peer into a different era where trust went a lot further than it does today 
3.5
Changeling
Larry Ratliff
Most filmmakers begin their careers hungry and looking for every possible nuance to improve their film In his 78th year and with 35 of them under his belt as a filmmaker Eastwood still has plenty of creative steam This is no victory lap production
3
Changeling
Austin Kennedy
Despite great performances and a boastful production design the film is bloated with enough story for two movies Because of this the movie alienates itself from being fully involving 
2.5
Changeling
Kam Williams
A patently preposterous true story strictly for the very gullible 
1
Changeling
Gina Carbone
Somewhere along the road Dirty Harry became the biggest feminist in Hollywood 
3.25
Changeling
Daniel M. Kimmel
a powerful grown up drama about someone who fought the system because the wrong was so great she simply couldn t do anything else 
3
Changeling
Gary Brown
Though gripping at times the pace of the movie plods along with all deliberate speed that might prompt occasional glances at the wristwatch 
2.5
Changeling
Jason Buchanan
Changeling is little more than a frustrating missed opportunity that s dressed to the nines but a day late for the party 
2.5
Changeling
Chris Hewitt
Eastwood loses control of the last half of the movie because he has no interest in the specifics of the mystery and because his view of police corruption is confusing at best 
2
Changeling
James Berardinelli
Clint Eastwood s Changeling falls into a common trap by trying to do too much it accomplishes too little 
2.5
Changeling
Stephen Whitty
This is one movie where the star really is the star And delivers a performance of which any actress can be truly proud 
3
Changeling
Rene Rodriguez
If Changeling lacks the knockout power of say Million Dollar Baby it proves that Eastwood continues to seek out stories that take him places he hasn t been before and the audience along with him 
3
Changeling
Chris Kaltenbach
Even with a running time of nearly 2 1 2 hours which to Eastwood s credit moves along at a brisk pace it s hard to avoid the feeling there should be more to this story than what made it on screen 
2
Changeling
Christian Toto
Changeling is a pretty good Lifetime Original Movie But it s a far cry from Clint Eastwood s best films 
2
Changeling
Michael A. Smith
director Clint Eastwood once again fires the first shot in the Oscar battle 
4
Changeling
Willie Waffle
A missed opportunity with amazing moments stuck next to failed ones The Dark Knight will get the Best Picture nomination Changeling could have earned 
1.5
Changeling
Jeff Vice
There are parts of the film that are far more horrifying than anything the makers of the Saw features and other gruesome terrors could ever imagine 
3
Changeling
David Frese
The film slowly and deliberately builds a head of righteous indignation along the way it becomes a sort of feminist fable 
3
Changeling
Carrie Rickey
With its many tonal shifts and dangling subplots J Michael Straczynski s sprawling script is a problem Jolie s performance is another 
2.5
Changeling
Kyle Smith
Could have been made in 1938 with Bette Davis 
2.5
Changeling
Peter Canavese
A fascinating true crime story elegant period detail and Clint Eastwood s consummate filmmaking technique mask that Changeling lacks enough grit and intellect to convert moody melodrama into thoughtful drama 
2.5
Changeling
Michael Phillips
Eastwood working from a script by J Michael Straczynski tells a painful true story neatly and well with one foot in rousing Hollywood melodrama and the other in a story that resists tidy resolution 
3
Changeling
Claudia Puig
While the neo Gothic tale is inherently intriguing the film should inspire strong emotion but deliberate pacing and a contained sense of melodrama make it a surprisingly passive experience 
2.5
Changeling
Peter Howell
Changeling reminds us that the veneer of civilization is thin and made of quicksilver 
3
Changeling
Moira MacDonald
The line between drama and melodrama is a fine one and Clint Eastwood steps on both sides of it in his elegantly sad new film Changeling 
3
Changeling
Mick LaSalle
Clint Eastwood is in the midst of one of cinema s most notable late growth spurts 
4
Changeling
Lou Lumenick
Changeling is another remarkable addition to Eastwood s directorial canon 
3.5
Changeling
Glenn Whipp
This doesn t keep it from being watchable and even riveting at times What is never clear though is how Eastwood and screenwriter J Michael Stracynski want us to feel about the mother s search for her son 
3
Changeling
Rick Groen
Heavy lifting indeed And although Eastwood directs the narrative excess with his usual restraint this time the results are mixed 
2.5
Changeling
Wesley Morris
Eastwood overcompensates for the movie s meandering with a succession of hysterics from men women and children 
2
Changeling
Josh Larsen
For a drama about a missing child Changeling is curiously devoid of any sense of urgency 
2
Changeling
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is so clinical so methodic in its approach and handling it almost feels perfunctory and inert all its momentum vanishing pretty much about the time Walter disappears 
2
Changeling
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eastwood is one of our greatest living filmmakers and he turns in a good well made movie but his straightforward bread and butter approach doesn t always work with material this grim 
3
Changeling
Erik Childress
Changeling is no escape but more of a two hour plus trap that never springs on us a story of three parts that is thematically as absentee as the child himself 
2.5
Changeling
Dustin Putman
A gripping true story stranger than fiction 
3.5
Changeling
John Anderson
A film lacking in dramatic propulsion and actorly grace from Clint Eastwood a director usually synonymous with both 
2
Changeling
Roger Ebert
It has not a single unnecessary stylistic flourish No contrived dramatics No shocking stunts 
3.5
Changeling
Peter Travers
A mesmerizing film that burns in the memory 
3.5
Changeling
Rossiter Drake
There is considerable anguish in Eastwood s storytelling and an almost palpable sense of moral outrage understandable given the indignities Christine Collins was made to suffer 
3
Changeling
Ed Gonzalez
Changeling announces itself as an autopsy of an expansive body of lies that it never actually performs and as such the surprisingly graceless and phony aesthetic is what lingers most 
2
I'm Still Here
Roger Moore
Joaquin gets the last laugh on us all But the movie s a mess 
1.5
I'm Still Here
Sean P. Means
If Phoenix and Affleck are engaged in an extended performance art piece their message that Americas celebrity culture is empty and soul crushing isnt anything that hasnt been said before 
0
I'm Still Here
Bill Chambers
Phoenix needs a hug And a Bowflex 
2
I'm Still Here
Eric Melin
Why leave all that wreckage in their path if there s no real point no insightful takeaway 
1.5
I'm Still Here
Liam Lacey
No doubt what we witness is a performance for the camera but with what motivation Or is the hoax a hoax 
1
I'm Still Here
Rob Thomas
Maybe I m Still Here tells the truth in the sense that it shows us Phoenix s unhappy personal view of the life behind the velvet rope that he s rejected 
3
I'm Still Here
John Beifuss
Is this cinema verite or a satire of celebrity self regard If this is Borat in extremis is its portrait of an artist in anguish any less legitimate Ultimately the film is more interesting to discuss than to watch 
2
I'm Still Here
Chris Faraone
Although skillfully overhyped this asinine exercise is little more than a way for Affleck and Phoenix to write off blow and hookers 
1.5
I'm Still Here
Ethan Alter
The film is shapeless in a way that suggests Affleck and his editing team is making it up entirely out of odds and ends 
2
I'm Still Here
Simon Abrams
The crux of I m Still Here is the same as the one central to most of Lars von Trier s filmic pranks How far can one mess with one s audience while feigning sincerity 
2
I'm Still Here
Christian Toto
Hip hop hoax or artist reborn It s hard to care after suffering through I m Still Here
2
I'm Still Here
Peter Travers
I m not sure I believed a word of this film Actors who melt down on camera are usually well acting But I couldn t take my eyes off I m Still Here 
2.5
I'm Still Here
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie is as damnably perplexing as the subject himself 
2
I'm Still Here
Kyle Smith
When I m Still Here reached its climactic moment Joaquin Phoenix puking into a toilet I had never before felt quite so much like a toilet 
0.5
I'm Still Here
Peter Hartlaub
I m Still Here is like watching the 15 minutes in Boogie Nights where Dirk Diggler tries to become a recording artist stretched into a full length movie 
2
I'm Still Here
Willie Waffle
It better be a hoax because if it is not Phoenix needs serious mental and emotional therapy and possibly rehab 
4
I'm Still Here
Mark Dujsik
If I m Still Here started as a vanity project it became a debasing one If it is a hoax it shows Phoenix as an actor entirely without fear 
3
I'm Still Here
Dustin Putman
A psychological snuff film unpleasant and provocative in equal measure 
2.5
I'm Still Here
Claudia Puig
Whether truth or folly it s not particularly well made Even in the midst of Phoenix s most oddball and obsessive torment it s boring 
1
I'm Still Here
Steven Rea
A meditation on a life lived in the public eye I m Still Here is strange riveting and occasionally appalling stuff any way you look at it 
3.5
I'm Still Here
John Hartl
What I m Still Here most resembles is a less slick less witty feature length version of HBO s Entourage with several unusually raunchy touches 
2.5
I'm Still Here
Peter Schilling
Since Phoenix spends half the film with his head down mumbling and shirtless I m Still Here is literally and figuratively an exercise in navel gazing 
1
I'm Still Here
Ty Burr
Parts of it are close to genius most of it is actively torturous to watch 
2.5
I'm Still Here
Alison Gang
I m Still Here is a film that gets in your face and under your skin Kind of like a portrait wiped with the artist s excrement It s disgusting but it s still art The question is at what cost 
2
I'm Still Here
Rene Rodriguez
If the movie is a fake the filmmakers deserve Oscars for creativity 
3
I'm Still Here
Michael Phillips
Rarely has the question of a documentary s artifice mattered less I genuinely hated this picture almost as much as I ve admired Phoenix s work 
0
I'm Still Here
Roger Ebert
It s not well done technically the image and sound are bad but it has the advantage of access to private and tormented moments 
3
Valley of Love
Shane Slater
When you bring together two giants of French cinema you expect to at least get some A grade acting And thankfully neither Depardieu nor Huppert disappoint 
2.5
Valley of Love
Anita Katz
While intriguing the movie simply isn t penetrating or profound The psychological drama needs to go deeper and the paranormal scenes prove merely teasing 
2.5
Valley of Love
Rob Thomas
Valley of Love is a deliberately elliptical at times frustrating film And yet there s something mysterious about the film that has a pull something about memory and the dead s hold on the living 
3
Valley of Love
Glenn Kenny
It s in the way that Depardieu and Huppert can convey an aspect of phenomenological rue that gives this sometimes muddled movie its ultimate value 
2.5
Valley of Love
Diego Semerene
The film enables us to feel the emotional weight of a posthumous letter precisely because we can only imagine its contents 
3.5
Hangman
David Nusair
Skip Hangman unless you ve really got a Dan Lauria he was the dad in The Wonder Years fixation 
1
Marigold
Namrata Joshi
Larter is just about average Salman hasn t looked worse with a plastic smile a faraway look and a fake incomprehensible accent that forces one to demand subtitles 
1
Marigold
Michael Dequina
Salman Khan is one of the big names in Bollywood whose appeal continually eludes and here he simply proves that he is just as much a bafflement in English as he is in Hindi 
1.5
Marigold
Maitland McDonagh
a colorful charmer that might even persuade a few skeptics to check out the real thing 
3
Marigold
Jack Mathews
Rest assured contrived love will prevail 
2
Marigold
Nick Schager
Bollywood For Beginners 
2
Marigold
Michael Esposito
If you enjoy such Bollywood style numbers try to tune out the movie when the music drops off and you ll enjoy it more 
2
The Skeleton Key
Matt Brunson
The supernatural element extends beyond what s taking place on the screen as it appears that Rowlands delivering a performance of high camp has been possessed by What Ever Happened to Baby Jane era Bette Davis 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Todd Hertz
Pretty much what you would expect from the screenwriter of disappointing films such as Scream 3 Reindeer Games and Arlington Road 
2
The Skeleton Key
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es predecible y soporífera llena de clichés y lugares comunes sin lograr crear nunca la atmósfera adecuada para que el espectador logre una conexión emocional
2.5
The Skeleton Key
David Nusair
Interminable from minute one 
.5
The Skeleton Key
Sara Michelle Fetters
Blame screenwriter Ehren Kruger Arlington Road I can t tell if this hit and miss scribe is a remarkably talented guy who s unfortunately had a few misfires or if his few good scripts were just the result of a large amount of blind luck 
2
The Skeleton Key
Mike McGranaghan
Here s a B movie that knows it s a B movie yet is intent on being a really good B movie And it is 
3
The Skeleton Key
Eric Melin
A predictably tepid plate of bland rice rather than the authentic jambalaya that its spicy ending would have you believe 
2
The Skeleton Key
Josh Larsen
offers Hudson a chance to do something more than beam at us with that sunny moony face 
3
The Skeleton Key
Jonathan R. Perry
One of those thrillers that constantly has us shouting advice at the screen until the heartening realization sinks in that it s not quite as dopey as we think 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Linda Cook
More thriller than horror movie Skeleton Key is the latest in a brood of PG 13 rated so called horror movies developed to draw in the junior high and high school crowd 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Kurt Loder
D oesn t seem to promise much going in but its eerie premise lingers in your mind It may not qualify as a true ghost story but it s still pretty haunting 
3
The Skeleton Key
Frank Ochieng
a callow and creepy country fried caper that engages in cheap minded scare tactics about as exciting as sipping mint julep on a scorching August afternoon
2
The Skeleton Key
Dan Fienberg
The meandering but occasionally effective film relies on a semi logical and semi satisfying twist ending to patch over myriad flaws in logic and storytelling 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Peter Howell
Criminal waste of talent 
1.5
The Skeleton Key
Moira MacDonald
There s lots of bad stuff brewing on the bayou in this occasionally scary but more often silly movie which wastes some good actors along the way 
2
The Skeleton Key
Peter Hartlaub
A well intentioned horror film that is weighted down by stellar cast members who for the most part act as if they don t want to be there 
1
The Skeleton Key
David Elliott
As terror it is comedy 
1.5
The Skeleton Key
Kim Morgan
This movie is channeling something quite wonderful and distinct old gal horror 
3
The Skeleton Key
Steven Rea
The film offers a rich gumbo of menace mystery and magic and then lets it go cold and mushy in a rainstorm of Hollywood haunted house huggermugger 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Lisa Rose
It s basically Rosemary s Baby Cajun style with a pinch of Amityville Horror for kick 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Lou Lumenick
The Skeleton Key is strictly summer schlock 
1.5
The Skeleton Key
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the story is as creaky as a plantation porch Iain Softley s lushly atmospheric The Skeleton Key does offer a few nifty twists on the classic woman in peril picture 
2
The Skeleton Key
Larry Ratliff
The problem for fright seekers is that the spooky stuff takes too long to develop then only manages a confusing conclusion 
2
The Skeleton Key
Paul Doro
A mediocre by the numbers experience 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Connie Ogle
Neither scary nor thrilling although it s reasonably entertaining despite an abundance of haunted house cliches the usual inexplicable scary movie behavior and an almost naked John Hurt 
2
The Skeleton Key
Glenn Whipp
A sluggish ghost story that would have trouble scaring a toddler 
1.5
The Skeleton Key
Loey Lockerby
An interesting well acted mystery that desperately wants to be terrifying but never quite makes it 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Bruce Westbrook
A formulaic fear fest with a bare bones plot The Skeleton Key is more moody than scary and Hudson s heroine is unsympathetic 
2
The Skeleton Key
Jennie Punter
A stylishly made but disappointingly lightweight psychological horror tale set in the bayou 
2
The Skeleton Key
Terry Lawson
The Skeleton Key looks great and oozes atmosphere but unfortunately it s the atmosphere of hundreds of haunted house movies before it 
2
The Skeleton Key
Jeffrey Westhoff
The best thing about The Skeleton Key is that it is not a remake of a recent Japanese horror film The second best thing is that it is pretty scary 
3
The Skeleton Key
Jeff Vice
More of a suspense thriller than a supernatural thriller But it s just not thrilling enough 
2
The Skeleton Key
Vic Vogler
The Skeleton Key opens a very different door into its tale of black magic in a Louisiana plantation home 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Lawrence Toppman
If you merely want to get a couple of jolts in the supernatural vein Skeleton Key will suit 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Wesley Morris
This nasty little movie is communicating with regional and racial cliches from beyond the grave 
2
The Skeleton Key
James Sanford
equal parts creepy and corny although the campier elements of the material eventually float to the surface to overwhelm the thrills just like a hungry gator in the swamp 
2
The Skeleton Key
Jon Niccum
The setup to this haunted bayou tale isn t particularly exceptional but the finale is eerie and downright fascinating 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Willie Waffle
has enough tension and scares to keep you interested until it delivers a fantastic ending
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Erik Childress
Nothing in the South can rise again without being overcome by hundreds of years of homespun logic and Ehren Kruger clichés 
2
The Skeleton Key
Sean McBride
Hoodoo can t hurt you if you don t believe unfortunately it can t scare you either 
2
The Skeleton Key
Jessica Reaves
Serviceable but ultimately disappointing 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Jan Stuart
The ending doesn t quite compensate for the predictable hokum that precedes it 
2
The Skeleton Key
Chuck O'Leary
An OK late summer time killer 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Peter Canavese
Ghosts threaten to make matters miserable for the living sort of like The Skeleton Key As Peter Sarsgaard says too convincingly All I know is the checks clear 
2
The Skeleton Key
Dustin Putman
Has its merits mostly of the visual aural variety but thrill seekers looking for a reason to keep the lights on at bedtime are bound to feel more than a little gypped 
2
The Skeleton Key
Chris Hewitt
The Skeleton Key is an old fashioned movie more spooky than scary more hinted at than spelled out more Henry James than Stephen King 
3
The Skeleton Key
Roger Ebert
The Skeleton Key is one of those movies that explains too much while it is explaining too little and leaves us with a surprise at the end that makes more sense the less we think about it But the movie s mastery of technique makes up for a lot 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Walter Chaw
Screenwriter Ehren Kruger s latest illiterate piece of crap 
1
The Skeleton Key
James Berardinelli
The Skeleton Key delivers its share of cheap scares but never unlocks the door to the creepiness that would have made this is memorable movie going experience 
2.5
The Skeleton Key
Rob Blackwelder
A first rate concept for a spine tingling tale rendered impotent by bland generic execution 
2
The Skeleton Key
Steve Rhodes
A scary movie that isn t scary The Skeleton Key ranges from deadly dull to perfectly predictable 
1
The Skeleton Key
Scott Nash
Casts a rather weak spell 
2
The Skeleton Key
Ed Gonzalez
In the tradition of Angel Heart it looks to stir cultural anxiety by introducing a pretty white thing into a sinister world where black magic reigns supreme 
1.5
Southern Gospel
Mike McGranaghan
Entertaining and uplifting 44 the movie really won me over with its inspirational nature 46 
3
This Is Not a War Story
Peter Sobczynski
An ambitious and thoughtful attempt to deal with veterans coming to terms with what they have seen and done 
3
This Is Not a War Story
Caroline Madden
It is essential viewing for civilians to understand and help make some tangible changes for ex soldiers recovery Lugacy is a courageous filmmaker who has made a devastating and intimate study of veterans strife 
4.0
This Is Not a War Story
Bob Bloom
This Is Not a War Story is an ironic title for this compelling anti war movie about veterans who are fighting an internal conflict battling demons that hamper their abilities to readjust deprive them of sleep and overwhelm them with guilt 
3.5
This Is Not a War Story
Matt Brunson
The standing of This Is Not a War Story as an anti war story is never in question 
3
This Is Not a War Story
Tom Meek
Lugacy and Adegoke not only forge chemistry between their troubled souls but inhabit the weariness and pain of their characters as if they lived it 
2.5
This Is Not a War Story
Erik Childress
This Is Not A War Story is indicting with the haze of these pawns basically becoming POWs now in their own country and there are no Rambos to bring them all back
3.5
This Is Not a War Story
Federico Furzan
A fierce inside look into the complicated world of war veterans and the lengths they will go to in order to escape their tormenting trauma 
3.5
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Matt Brunson
The first of the sequels that tries to do something anything different 
2
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Federico Furzan
This fourth chapter goes long in changing characters and somehow it survives by being decent Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Friday the 13th The Final Chapter marks the nadir of the series up to this point 
1.5
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Jeremiah Kipp
This one certainly felt as if it properly closed out the Friday the 13th series before it devolved into unadulterated camp 
2.5
The Burrowers
Lucius Gore
proves once again that the old west still isn t the ideal place to set a monster movie 
2.5
The Burrowers
David Nusair
a sporadically entertaining yet thoroughly ineffective misfire 
2
The Turandot Project
Walter Chaw
When Miller s documentary succeeds it succeeds in conveying the minor miracle of pulling off any monstrous stage production part diplomacy part warfare part vision 
3
The Turandot Project
Chris Hewitt
Succeeds because of the monumental spectacle of all those people bringing Puccini s masterpiece to an audience 
3
The Turandot Project
Jonathan Foreman
A confusing rather shapeless disappointment that fails to provide the viewer with a sense of the production s scale or storied beauty 
2
The Turandot Project
Greg Dean Schmitz
This is a classic East meets West situation and it s great fun to watch it all come together 
4
FrackNation
Kyle Smith
McAleer is an expert practitioner of cinematic jujitsu 
3.5
Mendy
Jack Mathews
Vardy draws the moral conflicts in broad strokes but as a portrait of a man torn between his faith and the urges of his liberated hormones it has honest depth 
2.5
Mendy
John Anderson
Less captivating dramatically than anthropologically 
2
Mendy
Ed Gonzalez
It s not just Ivan Sandomire s broken English that s richly detailed but his really intense body language which suggests a small creature trying to find its sea legs 
2.5
Eminent Domain
Roger Ebert
The film s weakness however is to graft this factual information about a bureaucratic nightmare onto an ending that could have belonged to any number of thrillers 
2.5
Long Strange Trip
Glenn Kenny
These multivalent tales of the Dead are awe inspiring and thought provoking without fail 
4
Long Strange Trip
Rob Thomas
What did you expect a short documentary about the Grateful Dead 
3.5
Long Strange Trip
Wes Greene
The film plays like one of the Grateful Dead s seminal concerts protracted and digressive yet intricate in its design 
3
Long Strange Trip
Brad Wheeler
Amir Bar Lev s excellent definitive film on the Haight Ashbury acid testers is long four fly by hours but there are very few wasted moments 
3.5
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Kent Turner
The crystal clear cleaned up audio recordings of Chaplin and those in his orbit especially stand out 
3
Leave Her to Heaven
Wanda Hale
Director Stahl has certainly made the most out of the book and done well directing the young players 
3.5
Leave Her to Heaven
Matt Brunson
As Ellen s frustration builds so does the film s tension highlighted by two sequences that still retain their wallop 
3
Leave Her to Heaven
Dan Callahan
A fevered yet clinical study of jealousy Leave Her to Heaven is probably John M Stahl s best known film 
3.5
Leave Her to Heaven
Betsy Bozdech
Unapologetically melodramatic and pulpy which would be fine except that most of the time we can see where it s headed a mile away 
2.5
Leave Her to Heaven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Notable for its exquisite Technicolor cinematography used in direct contrast to the story s dark noirish qualities 
3.5
Only in Theaters
Randy Myers
It s essential viewing for any film fan and should yes be seen on the big screen 
3.5
Only in Theaters
Erik Childress
The doc ends up reducing the Laemmle apos s supposed love of cinema down to trivia and offers not a shred of insight into what it was like running the day to day operation of an indie film chain and instead feels like a GoFundMe commercial for potential buyers
1.5
The Dinner Game
Maitland McDonagh
Scared of sophisticated French cinema This coarse comedy will restore your confidence 
1
The Dinner Game
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you don t like this type of movie to begin with I don t you won t be converted this time around 
1.5
The Dinner Game
Michael Dequina
Farce is usually equated with slapstick but here the comedy is distinctly one of wits slowly building momentum to a satisfying finish 
3
The Dinner Game
Judith Egerton
A sharp elbow in the throat of mean spiritedness 
3
The Dinner Game
Ray Conlogue
It s a long time since a French movie has been as funny as The Dinner Game 
4
The Dinner Game
James Berardinelli
It must be that I just don t get French humor or at least not of the sort that attracts French movie goers to theaters like bugs to bright lights 
2.5
The Dinner Game
Mick LaSalle
The funniest film this season 
4
The Dinner Game
Jeff Vice
This farce is a reassuring return to form by Francis Veber 
3.5
The Dinner Game
Eugene Novikov
I can t come right out and recommend this movie but it isn t a bad way to spend an evening especially if the alternative selections don t appeal to you 
2.5
The Dinner Game
Rob Blackwelder
Maybe it s a cultural thing but I just don t find Francis Veber s brand of French farce all that funny 
2.5
The Dinner Game
Cornell & Petricelli
Wonderful 
4
The Dinner Game
Marty Mapes
All dessert and no main course 
2.5
The Dinner Game
Jeff Schwager
It may be the funniest film to turn up in American movie theaters this year 
3.5
Teen Wolf: The Movie
Kevin Carr
While its stretching the 8220 teen 8221 concept quite thin and it runs too long 46 46 46 this reboot movie should please the original show 8217 s fans 46 
2
Teen Wolf: The Movie
EJ Moreno
It feels too much like an elongated TV episode of the show 44 never living up to the quot movie quot label in its title 46 There apos s solid fan service but offers little else 46 
2
Strayed
Kam Williams
Reminiscent of such desert island classics as Swept Away and Lord of the Flies this film is at heart a microscopic suspense drama quite independent of the war which brought its unfortunate characters together 
3.5
Strayed
Phil Villarreal
those in the mood for a patient self assured tapestry of changing relationships will be rewarded 
3
Strayed
Rob Thomas
The film is really more about the aftershocks of war and how they upset the internal balance of its survivors 
3
Strayed
Kevin John Bozelka
If Bon Voyage didn t satiate your desire for films about the Nazi occupation of France in World War II you re in luck Another one has washed up on our shores and it s even better 
3.5
Strayed
Marty Mapes
Strayed feels like a chapter in a much longer work 
2.5
Strayed
John Hartl
A beautifully balanced portrait of a family that is tested and irrevocably altered by a devastating World War II experience 
3.5
Strayed
Rene Rodriguez
War may set the stage for Strayed but the film s real focus is something much quieter and internal 
3
Strayed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film manages to evoke the uncertainties and terrors of war without subjecting us to the usual battle scenes and unquestioning heroism 
3
Strayed
Ruthe Stein
With searing images of distressed families of American soldiers killed in Iraq on TV almost daily Strayed is another poignant reminder of war s innocent victims 
3
Strayed
Terry Lawson
We have little idea where it will turn and the turn it does take is one we would not expect yet somehow seems totally right 
3
Strayed
Rob Blackwelder
The director never goes for the obvious But at some point Strayed begins to derail It could be during a gratuitous ill fitting highly unlikely sex scene 
2.5
Strayed
Chris Hewitt
What s interesting about the reserved delicate Strayed is that it s satisfied to imply its themes rather than spell them out for us 
2.5
Strayed
Roger Ebert
Begins and ends with facts of war but it is really a film about the nature of male and female about middle class values and those who cannot afford them about how helpless we can be when the net of society is broken 
3
Strayed
Steven Rea
Powerful wartime drama 
3
Strayed
Allison Benedikt
All this unfolds against the backdrop of war but it s Techine s characters who create the tension not the prospect of bombs or invading soldiers 
3
Strayed
David Elliott
Andre Techine s film has true feeling for France in 1940 but is too intimate to be called a war film 
3
Strayed
Wesley Morris
Strayed has a facile take on the war and its fallout but rarely is it simpleminded about emotional hang ups 
3
Strayed
James Verniere
Strayed may itself stray a bit narratively but Beart makes it a worthwhile examination of the mystery of a woman s heart 
3
Strayed
Bob Strauss
It s not a major statement about anything but for anyone who knows how conflicts affect lives it s a complete one 
3
Strayed
V.A. Musetto
You never really give a damn about these four lost souls Despite its technical skills Strayed proves emotionally hollow 
2.5
Strayed
Jack Mathews
Fails because the relationship between Odile and Yvan never makes us feel the sexual passion it implies 
2
Strayed
David Sterritt
The story is dramatic and Bart gives one of her best performances even if Tchin s style has its usual sense of distance 
3
Thirst
David N. Butterworth
Leave it to the South Koreans to inject new blood into the seemingly eternal vampire oeuvre 
3
Thirst
Nick Rogers
Boldly erotic and playfully ponderous about sins of the flesh Thirst rips open its bodice and various veins with arterial sprays of carnage and carnality It s a savage frank fanged fusion of Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice 
4
Thirst
Jeff Vice
Just when you thought you d seen everything that could possibly be done with vampires along comes something like Thirst 
3
Thirst
Michael Dequina
Leave it to Park Chan Wook to put a stake in any pretty romanticized notions of the undead in down and dirty daring and dynamic style 
3.5
Thirst
Sonny Bunch
Beautifully shot and willing to grapple with morality in ways both serious and playful Thirst entertains without moralizing though it frequently lacks narrative drive 
2.5
Thirst
Tirdad Derakhshani
Thirst begins with great intellectual and artistic promise then devolves into a repetitious mess of teeth blades necks bites arterial sprays sex sex sex and death 
2.5
Thirst
Peter Keough
Thirst s moments of brilliance leave you hungry for more 
3
Thirst
Ty Burr
Thirst keeps coming up against the limitations of its various inspirations like a bumper car on a crowded court On almost every other level the film s audaciously entertaining at times even quite moving You just have to have the stomach for it 
3
Thirst
Michael Phillips
It s a pretty terrific movie unruly a little attenuated in its unexpectedly lyrical third act but clearly the work of a major director 
3.5
Thirst
Erik Childress
Park s welcome streak for dark comedy does overcome the monotony here and there but when the sun finally comes up we re left with little but scattered particles of something that tried to do something good but ultimately failed 
2.5
Thirst
Roger Ebert
Movies exist to cloak our desires in disguises we can accept and there is an undeniable appeal to Thirst 
3
Thirst
Jennie Punter
Thirst is juicy filmmaking psychologically rich cathartic kinky visually engaging and almost free of vampire movie clichés 
3
Thirst
Peter Howell
Too bad the film never quite gets the blood pumping in the viewer which may be a failure of Park s to define his audience 
2.5
Thirst
V.A. Musetto
Feeling anemic Allow Dr Musetto to prescribe large quantities of human blood You ll find plenty of it in Thirst from Park Chan wook one of South Korea s leading filmmakers 
3
Thirst
Stephen Whitty
At a time when so much of popular culture is turning the vampire into just another gently exotic vulnerable lover Park brings things back to bloody basics 
3
Thirst
Walter V. Addiego
Thirst s excesses will entertain some viewers but if you want coherence look elsewhere 
2
Thirst
Claudia Puig
Thirst is at least a half hour too long The story goes off course with pointless distractions and feeds on non stop grisliness 
2.5
Thirst
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thirst isn t exactly out for scares or thrills it s more like an old time Hollywood melodrama with fangs think A Place in the Sun with bloodsuckers 
3
Thirst
Ed Gonzalez
From the sweltering acrobatic sex to the bone crunching suckings and slayings Tae ju s angrily orchestrated mayhem rhymes perfectly with Chan wook s voracious style 
2.5
Wordplay
Mattie Lucas
Mines suspense out of what seems to be the most mundane of entertainments the crossword puzzle and makes it more thrilling than any football game ever was 
3
Wordplay
Jay Antani
As pleasant and good natured as Wordplay is it s not exactly potent stuff 
2.5
Wordplay
Scott Nash
This movie is done so well that even if you re like me and don t do crossword puzzles you ll still be entertained 
3
Wordplay
Forrest Hartman
Director Patrick Creadon has turned crossword puzzling into a spectator sport 
3.5
Wordplay
Peter Travers
Boy was I wrong There s more palm sweating suspense in one minute of this baby than in all of The Omen 
3
Wordplay
Mike McGranaghan
Wordplay gave me new respect for the intelligence of those who solve them well and admiration for those who create them 
3
Wordplay
James Sanford
isn t the nail biter that the 2003 spelling bee documentary Spellbound was but Creadon and editor Doug Blush successfully build suspense and find unexpected drama and comedy in the competition 
3
Wordplay
Phil Villarreal
So there s this new documentary about crossword puzzles WAIT get back here 
3.5
Wordplay
Steven Snyder
It s a movie about crosswords as seen through puzzlers eyes and it makes us one of them as we learn how to do crosswords by their side 
3.5
Wordplay
Carla Meyer
Creadon s inventive visuals turn puzzle solving into a spectator sport 
3
Wordplay
Thomas Delapa
How do you make an entertaining film about a solitary and cerebral pastime however popular That s the puzzle that Creadon never really solves 
2
Wordplay
Jeff Vice
The film succeeds by following the Spellbound format and formula 
3
Wordplay
John Beifuss
The competition is less interesting than the revelation of a crossword culture in which fans can identify the style of professional puzzle constructors that s a Merle Reagle the way music buffs might recognize a guitar lick that s Steve Cropper 
2.5
Wordplay
Sean P. Means
Creadon approaches his subject with the same respect and intelligence Shortz credits his audience 
3.5
Wordplay
Matt Brunson
Wordplay functions as a playful celebration of brain power and in that respect it gets its point Across And Down 
3.5
Wordplay
David Elliott
This is like finding the Spellbound kids trapped in perpetual mania 
2
Wordplay
Michele Kenner
Enticing delightful and any word for highly entertaining that will fit in a bunch of little boxes on a page 
3.5
Wordplay
Rene Rodriguez
It manages to turn an internal solitary activity into fodder for an engaging even exciting movie 
3
Wordplay
Terry Lawson
Manages to present lively and entertaining portraits of men and women who think in boxes while working outside of them 
3
Wordplay
Steve Rhodes
Playful and delightful it s a wonderfully and breezily entertaining film 
3
Wordplay
Phoebe Flowers
If you re the kind of person who has never attempted a crossword more challenging than the celebrity themed puzzles found in the back of Star magazine it s remarkable how gripping and just plain fun you ll find Wordplay 
3
Wordplay
Frank Ochieng
In the resourceful documentary Wordplay action doesn t speak louder than words Instead these components have the same creative cache worth exploring 
3
Wordplay
Claudia Puig
Wordplay captures the exhilaration that comes from navigating the ins and outs of complex puzzles It also celebrates the English language in a way that is stimulating and immensely entertaining 
3.5
Wordplay
Moira MacDonald
An exhilarating celebration of a national pastime 
3.5
Wordplay
Ruthe Stein
Engaging documentary that opens up a world of words 
3
Wordplay
Glenn Whipp
Just like its predecessors Wordplay is likable and engaging It s even at times a cut above 
3
Wordplay
Michael Booth
A film so crammed with characters and quirks that you ll smile all the way home 
4
Wordplay
Roger Ebert
The film is made with a lot of style and visual ingenuity 
3
Wordplay
Ty Burr
The most minor entry in the brainiac doc genre to date it s nevertheless a perfectly entertaining hour and a half for crossword adepts 
2.5
Wordplay
Willie Waffle
Get ready to attend the world s biggest celebration of nerds 
3
Wordplay
Chris Hewitt
Even if you don t know an em from an en you ll be amazed by Wordplay s ability to take you into the mind of a crossword puzzle enthusiast 
3.5
Wordplay
Bruce Newman
Working from a template made familiar by such recent documentaries as Spellbound and Mad Hot Ballroom Wordplay provides a series of clues that artfully explain the defining madness of the Times crossword 
2.5
Wordplay
Michael Phillips
It s a simple tribute to a smart man Shortz an elite who knew what he wanted 
3
Wordplay
Matt Pais
A fitting tribute to ambitious thinkers who see life as a series of blanks waiting to be filled in 
3
Wordplay
Ken Fox
Using a slew of interesting interviews and a brilliant visual device filmmaker Patrick Creadon treats the ordinarily solitary pursuit of crossword puzzling as a kind of spectator sport 
3.5
Wordplay
Peter Howell
It s entertaining brainy and eye opening 
3.5
Wordplay
Timothy Knight
With affectionate humor and quirky low key charm first time documentary filmmaker Patrick Creadon leads us on an engaging tour of the world of New York Times NPR puzzle guru Will Shortz 
3
Wordplay
Stephen Whitty
What s an 11 letter phrase for fellowship The answer is camaraderie and it s on view in every scene in this film 
3
Wordplay
Lou Lumenick
It has a charming protagonist in Will Shortz the crossword editor of the New York Times 
3
Wordplay
Jack Mathews
Affectionate smartly done promo for puzzling 
3
Wordplay
Rick Groen
Oh Beckham can bend it and Shaq can dunk but in the annals of spectator sports nothing can compare with the sight of rugged down and acrossers strutting their stuff on the vast playing field of words 
3
Wordplay
Gene Seymour
First spelling bees then penguins and now crossword puzzles Unlikely as it seems this warm hearted star flecked inquiry into the word game habit could very well be this summer s hit documentary 
3.5
Wordplay
Ethan Alter
Creadon manages to find the tension in the sight of a bunch of people frantically penciling letters into small boxes 
3
Wordplay
Nick Schager
A cute quirky but predominately superficial portrait of brainy wordsmiths 
2
Wordplay
Carrie Rickey
A composite portrait of the estimated 50 million Americans weekly including Bill Clinton Bob Dole and Jon Stewart who clear the cobwebs from their mental machinery by completing a crossword 
2.5
Suzhou River
Michael Dequina
The ambiguity of its story and its lush painterly images give the film a dreamlike quality but it taps deep into the soul of genuine soul aching romantic longing 
4
Suzhou River
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An appealing little show off of a movie by a young first timer practicing his licks 
3
Suzhou River
Joshua Tanzer
The first half of this movie is an obvious imitation of Vertigo right down to the adapted Bernard Herrmann music but it always feels fresh and original in spirit 
3.5
Suzhou River
Peter Stack
This atmospheric film even with its self conscious style is a show of major talent by Lou 
3
Suzhou River
Mary Kalin-Casey
It dovetails to a conclusion that defeats its intriguing qualities by smacking of self conscious cleverness and over construction 
2
Vincent N Roxxy
Christy Lemire
A nasty little piece of B movie trash that lacks both the verve to grab you as a guilty pleasure and the artistry to be taken seriously as a dramatic thriller 
1
Vincent N Roxxy
Mike McGranaghan
The magic of Vincent N Roxxy comes from the performances If there was any justice in the movie world Zoe Kravitz s work here would propel her onto the A list 
3
Vincent N Roxxy
Roger Moore
A good cast and hint of low down style can t save this drawn out bleed out revenge thriller set in BFE Lousiana 
1.5
Vincent N Roxxy
Derek Smith
Its gory conclusion is presented with an ostentatious grandiosity that the rest of the film simply doesn t justify 
1
Malevolent
Walter Chaw
One of those things exclusively for Lou Diamond Phillips stubborn fan base and adolescents desperate for skin because they re grounded from the Internet 
0.5
Splinter
Lucius Gore
A very efficient and effective for its budget zombie infection sci fi thriller
3.5
Splinter
Christian Toto
Four people One Kwik E Mart style shop One crazed creature Splinter proves that s all you need for a chilling horror movie 
3
Splinter
Kyle Smith
There have been worse horror flicks but although this one offers a few scares it doesn t have a lot of imagination 
2
Splinter
Stephen Whitty
The movie s awash in blood sure but it has more brains on hand than just the ones dripping down the wall 
3
Splinter
Claudia Puig
This is classic Halloween fun with plenty of thrills and chills surprisingly believable performances and healthy doses of humor 
2.5
Splinter
Rafer Guzman
If you ve seen The Thing or The Evil Dead you ve seen much of Splinter but it s a lean fast moving and fun little flick that doesn t waste any of its scant 82 minutes 
2.5
Splinter
Nick Schager
Exactly what a B movie should be 
3
Elsewhere
Roger Moore
Like that endless home improvement project that starts with so much promise but that your contractor never quite gets up the gumption to finish 
2
The Girl in the White Coat
Liam Lacey
Ultimately The Girl in the White Coat feels programmatic an exercise in watching an emotionally and mentally defenceless person being abused in progressively more outrageous ways 
2.5
The Girl in the White Coat
Linda Barnard
Impossible to get out of your head thanks to an astonishing Genie nominated performance by Pascale Montpetit who plays an impoverished Montreal woman whose only treasure is a ripped and ratty white coat 
3
Chop Chop
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The fact that Rony Patel s would be slasher film pivots so quickly and aggressively away from an unstoppable monster bloodbath is potentially to his creative credit but unfortunately no part that follows works anywhere near as well 
2
Chop Chop
Roger Moore
Beheadings or slicings aside I couldn t make heads or tails out of Chop Chop And I can t say the filmmaker gave me any reason to try 
0
Crazy Rich Asians
Brian Eggert
That seldom experienced rom com that proves crowd pleasing and accessible without demeaning itself 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Mattie Lucas
Chu s direction recalls the gentle humor and romantic charm of the great Ernst Lubitsch especially in the final reveal at the film s deliriously romantic climax 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Matt Brunson
Fifty Shades of Cray 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Alan French
Islands are rented out a fairytale wedding will make for one of the most beautiful ever captured on film and you will get lost in the beauty of Singapore 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Matthew Passantino
It s lively and colorful fun but significant there s a little bit of everything here for everyone to enjoy 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Linda Cook
Crazy Rich Asians is a wealth of fun 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
David Nusair
a delightful romantic comedy trapped within the confines of a bloated hit and miss prestige production 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Sarah Knight Adamson
Jon M Chu s adaptation of Kevin Kwan s book stands on its own adding key scenes tweaking character s roles while at the same time bringing the over the top opulence to life
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Pamela Powell
The elements that create interest such as cultural differences familial secrets and obligations the love of a mother and her child and of course romance strongly shine through 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Karen M. Peterson
Constance Wu and Henry Golding are perfectly charming in this sweet romantic comedy while Michelle Yeoh is here to remind us how amazing she has always been 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
George M. Thomas
It s been billed as rom com but Crazy Rich Asians can hold its own in the drama department 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Josh Larsen
at once deeply formulaic and refreshingly unfamiliar 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Mike McGranaghan
Smartly funny romantic without being cloying and honest without resorting to manipulation 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Rick Bentley
Not only does director Jon M Chu do a marvelous job of bringing the lavishness of Kevin Kwan s book to life but he s filled the movie with a supporting cast that s so strong any of them could star in their own movie 
4
Crazy Rich Asians
Michael Smith
Crazy Rich Asians is also about old Chinese traditions but more than that it is an excellent representation of contemporary China that the world has long been missing 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Max Weiss
In the end though it would all be for naught if the film didn t have heart and it does We care deeply about these characters and the film does too 
4
Crazy Rich Asians
Christian Toto
Who knew the man who gave us Jem and the Holograms would be the one to save the rom com 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Kate Taylor
As the obscenities of wealth accumulate while a large cast of Asian and Eurasian actors render their many silly characters the source of the laughter becomes troubling 
2
Crazy Rich Asians
Maren Longbella
See this movie you must Maybe you won t fall in love but you ll for sure want to go steady for a while at least for the two hours you re in the theater 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Mark Feeney
For a while Crazy Rich Asians has the airborne happy preposterousness of a good screwball comedy Those first 60 minutes or so are a treat lighthearted sure handed zippy 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Josh Bell
Crazy Rich Asians delivers an unabashedly glamorous love story with a predictable but mostly satisfying narrative arc and plenty of entertaining likable characters 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Tom Meek
Revels smartly in the excess of its subjects without being trite superficial or dismissive 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Peter Hartlaub
Crazy Rich Asians isn t just a good Hollywood movie for the Asian American population and one that is overdue by about 24 years It s a good movie period 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wu and Yeoh play these two characters magnificently each adding layers of complexity and introspective analysis that s superb 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Sean P. Means
In so many ways as bubbly romantic comedy as cultural document as sharp commentary on the super wealthy or as feminist empowerment tale Crazy Rich Asians is a delight an insightful and most of all funny look at life s luxury suite
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Richard Roeper
Crazy Rich Asians glimmers and sparkles gives us characters to root for and is pure escapist fantasy fun 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Peter Canavese
By the film s climax a 40 million wedding conspicuous consumerism has been glamorized beyond the point of no return and the difference between romance and showmanship becomes at least momentarily irrelevant 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Anita Katz
The movie often appears to be awed by the same outrageous wealth it purports to be ridiculing and the comedy is sometimes broad and overplayed 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Josh Terry
As you might imagine beneath the comic story Crazy Rich Asians seems intent on telling the audience that wealth isn t everything 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Monica Castillo
Through painfully honest and emotional moments the movie becomes irresistibly relatable 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Something grates about our continued obsession with the well to do especially if their fortune is inherited That said the movie is otherwise a lot of fun 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Mark Dujsik
T here s a good complex story about the pressures of familial expectations but in the process of telling that story the movie loses track of the romance 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Gary Thompson
Crazy Rich Asians is a romantic comedy and a fairy tale and it helps to keep the latter in mind as you ramp up suspension of disbelief to necessary levels 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Peter Howell
The movie really just wants to entertain people 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Bob Bloom
The movie offers the same kind of characters you find in this genre malicious young women who want to destroy their rival eccentric relatives lovable and laugh inducing friends and allies and subplots to prove that money cannot buy happiness 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Ann Hornaday
It will more than satisfy the sweet tooth of romantic comedy fans everywhere who have lately despaired that the frothy frolicsome genre they adore has been subsumed by raunch and various shades of gray 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
James Berardinelli
Although the humor is variable the romance is consistent and that allows the film to go down smoothly even if it takes an inordinately long time to do so 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Katie Walsh
Crazy Rich Asians is about so much more than just Rachel and Nick s love story It s about Rachel fully inhabiting her power which means embracing her life story her parentage where she comes from her values and the forces that shaped them 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Brian Truitt
A shining redefining example of what the romantic comedy genre can do best It s breezy and hilarious yet offers enough heartfelt gravitas to give the feel good date movie needed emotional heft 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Derek Smith
The filmmakers ability to seamlessly explore rapidly shifting Chinese cultural norms within the context of the classic trope of a mother who s hostile toward her son s partner is the film s most impressive feat 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Kam Williams
Don t let the title fool you This engaging cross cultural saga is a surefire hit with universal appeal 
4
Crazy Rich Asians
Roger Moore
A little more Crazy instead of just Crazy Rich would have helped 
2.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Moira MacDonald
Is it as good as the book No Did it make me happy Oh yes and how nice to be reminded what a gift a joyful rom com can be 
3
Crazy Rich Asians
Johnny Oleksinski
Crazy Rich Asians is a defibrillator for a genre that flatlined ages ago This heartwarming well acted and decadent film takes you back to the greatest hits of Nancy Meyers Richard Curtis and Nora Ephron 
3.5
Crazy Rich Asians
Rafer Guzman
Directed by Jon M Chu with a combination of traditional aesthetics silk dresses tan hua flowers and music video excess infinity pools barge raves Crazy Rich Asians is nothing if not an escapist pleasure 
2.5
Unwanted Woman
Peter Canavese
A veil of censorship frustrates Milani but also inspires her to clever means of skull penetrating overstatement and subliminal understatement 
3
Unwanted Woman
Jonathan Curiel
An engaging film about relationship struggles struggles that hurt both people in a couple even if one of them is oblivious to the pain 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Brian Eggert
The Peanut Butter Falcon makes a strong case for the value of sentimentality 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Jason Fraley
Zach Gottsagen plays a young man with Down Syndrome who dreams of becoming a pro wrestler joining a drifter Shia LaBeouf for a Mark Twain journey down south 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Blake Howard
It s impossible to think of another actor who could pair desperation care and naked compassion in the way that LaBeouf delivers in this film 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Catherine Springer
LeBeouf s casting was inspired because his chemistry with Gottsagen lights up the screen and LeBeouf who has always been a good actor who made bad choices gets the chance to really show what he can do 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
David Nusair
a mostly compelling little drama 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Rene Sanchez
An inspiring and touching adventure about discovering our inner strength and learning from each other s differences Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Alan French
Thanks to an endlessly entertaining screenplay and an incredible performance fromShia LeBeouf The Peanut Butter Falconrises above the crop 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Linda Cook
Peanut Butter Falcon is sweet natured tale of friendship freedom
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Matt Brunson
Dakota Johnson is superior to her reputation and sustained work in indie efforts will bear that out As for Shia LaBeouf he has never been better in a movie 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a distinctly American fable of resilience and perseverance that s nothing less than wonderful this marvelous riverboat journey one I am not soon to forget 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Michael Phillips
At its best this big hearted picture recalls the setting and feeling of Jeff Nichols Huck Finn indebted coming of age fable Mud 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Richard Roeper
The film s reality defying storybook approach to the plot and the characters grows on you 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Pamela Powell
This is one of Shia LaBeouf s most authentic roles creating a realistic yet flawed character with a heart and a troubled past 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Steven Prokopy
The Peanut Butter Falcon is sweet without piling on the saccharine and a tremendous story about pain acceptance and how both can lead to growth 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Barry Paris
What it lacks in originality it makes up for in refreshingly empathetic charm 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Rob Thomas
If you re predicting that these two men will forge an unlikely but close bond you may have seen an independent movie before However the familiarity of Falcon doesn t make the journey any less sweet 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Stephen Rodrick
Life might be imitating art or vice versa who knows One thing is certain The Peanut Butter Falcon is a wonderful piece of art 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Mark Dujsik
Here s a film that feels both like a fable and quite authentic 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Tom Russo
We can see the full picture clearly too so much so finally that this easygoing odyssey offers no real surprises 
2.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Gary Thompson
Peanut Butter Falcon the story of a fugitive on the lam with a young man with Down syndrome is an affecting appealing piece of Americana 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Mick LaSalle
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a nice little movie that barely goes anywhere but audiences in a certain mood might be willing to drift along with it 
2.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Travis DeShong
T he film s on the nose allusions to Twain ultimately contribute to a sense of derivation undermining the originality of the material and preventing Falcon from graduating from good to great 
2.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Christian Toto
Shia LaBeouf and newcomer Zach Gottsagen make this buddy movie one for the ages 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Josh Terry
The total mix adds up to a kind and heartwarming movie about human relationships and The Peanut Butter Falcon should provide a nice escape for audiences weary of our conflicted social media driven culture 
3.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Sean P. Means
This weird concoction somehow works thanks in no small part to the acting chops of Shia LaBeouf and the charm of newcomer Zack Gottsagen 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Mike McGranaghan
Hopeful movies like this are just what we need right now 
3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Joey Magidson
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a fantastic fairy tale of a film Truly a wonderful crowd pleasing experience An absolute delight from start to finish it s among 2019 s best 
4
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Derek Smith
The film s improvisational feel helps to ground a fable esque narrative in a discernible reality 
2.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Roger Moore
Scruffy but charming 
2.5
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Mark Johnson
The Peanut Butter Falcon is an uproarious odd couple buddy flick that is laced with so many laugh out loud moments 
4
Mad God
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 an exquisitely imagined excretion that is revelatory 44 revolting 44 and cruel 46 
3
Mad God
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Behind the mayhem lies Tippett s conviction that true creation is an act of unrelenting authority solipsism and propagation Why else would one work for 30 years to render an exquisitely hopeless night terror 
3
Mad God
Kevin Carr
This is an unrelenting 90 minutes of pure nightmare fuel 44 and I kind of loved it 46 
3
Mad God
Jeffrey M. Anderson
You apos ve never seen a film like apos Mad God 46 apos 
4
Mad God
Randy Myers
It s a striking unsettling vision that defies narrative norms as it tugs you into the cesspool depths It s unlike much anything else you ll ever see and you might just want to un see it afterward 
3
Mad God
Brian Eggert
Mad God drills a hole into creator Phil Tippett 8217 s head and looks inside 46 A renegade work of stop motion and other animation styles 44 it plays like Tippett visited Hieronymus Bosch 8217 s underworld and returned to tell us about it 46 
4
Mad God
Simon Abrams
Beautiful and disgusting 44 mean and awe inspiring 44 Mad God looks like multiple people died to make it exactly as you see it 46 
4
Mad God
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t starts to feel as if Tippett is stretching the narrative and the technique far too thin 46 
2.5
Mad God
Chuck Bowen
Mad God offers a dense cornucopia of genre fueled outrageousness that 8217 s gradually united by a concern with cycles of warfare 46 
3
Mad God
Roger Moore
Strip away the honored credentials of the filmmaker and the tortured back story of this passion project 46 46 46 and what we 8217 re left with is an artist 8217 s descent into obsession 44 crawling so far up his arse that nobody but him can see the light 46 
1.5
Mad God
Walter Chaw
Mad God is unfettered creation yoked lightly to an archetypical quest substrate that allows us to engage it as a thing with stakes whatever they might be It s terrifying not because we understand it but because we understand it just enough 
4
Steal This Movie
Roger Ebert
Information enters the screen from too many directions This is distracting at first but the movie smooths out and finds its rhythm and the closing passages are quite moving 
3
Steal This Movie
Michael Dequina
Greenwald and D Onofrio bring the man to vibrant life 
3
Steal This Movie
Pam Grady
What s missing is any sense of who Abbie Hoffman actually was 
1.5
Steal This Movie
Bob Graham
A committed cast but an awkward script and no budget for production niceties 
2
The Invisible Guest
Federico Furzan
Hitchcock would have had a blast with this movie And that s enough for me Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Invisible Guest
Crystal Contreras
Although predictable at times The Invisible Guest has enough twists and turns to keep you captivated until the truth is revealed 
3
Digging for Fire
Leo Brady
Digging for Fire is Swanberg s best film to date I enjoyed finding what s buried beneath his style 
2.5
Digging for Fire
Robert Horton
The large talented cast is clearly thriving in the freewheeling style 
2.5
Digging for Fire
Tom Meek
Given all the sexed up tension and enigmatic buzz of a murder mystery Digging for Fire doesn t ever really get dirty enough 
2
Digging for Fire
Anders Wright
A funny insightful piece of work 
3
Digging for Fire
Steven Rea
Conversations drift and weave as do the people having them Narcissistic melancholy dukes it out with beer and pot stoked merriment There is longing There is foolhardiness 
3
Digging for Fire
John Hartl
While you re watching it Digging for Fire may feel slight or tentative but its cumulative impact is entrancing Few films about a marital rift make so much of what seems so little 
3
Digging for Fire
Ty Burr
While it has its charms Swanberg is tilling soil here that has been churned since humanity began and he doesn t come up with very much that s new 
2.5
Digging for Fire
Ann Hornaday
Digging for Fire is a pleasant escape an attractively shot gracefully edited and finally emotionally satisfying mystery about the nature of marriage itself 
2.5
Digging for Fire
G. Allen Johnson
Unfortunately for as much dialogue as Digging for Fire has the film doesn t go into much depth about Tim and Lee s true feelings about marriage and their lives 
2
Digging for Fire
Robert Levin
In classic Joe Swanberg form it makes an art out of extracting significance from small fleeting moments 
3
Digging for Fire
Andy Crump
the results are a bag of mixed satisfaction 
2.5
Digging for Fire
Sheila O'Malley
Digging for Fire wants to talk about serious topics and it wants to do so in a humorous light hearted way It succeeds 
3
Digging for Fire
Richard Roeper
Equal parts film noir relationship drama dark comedy and mood piece Digging for Fire is a movie made by someone who clearly loves the art of movies 
3.5
Digging for Fire
Ben Sachs
Digging for Fire isn t devoid of observations it s just that those observations are banal 
2
Digging for Fire
Michael Phillips
One of these days I hope I respond to a Joe Swanberg movie the way some do 
2
Digging for Fire
Matt Pais
When several of the year s movies have disappeared from my memory altogether Digging for Fire is one I ll still want to think about 
3
Digging for Fire
Peter Travers
Swanberg s scenes from a marriage goes to the tantalizing edge of revelation and leaves us there to filter what we saw through the prism of our own strengths and weaknesses I d call that the mark of a true filmmaker 
3
Digging for Fire
Sara Stewart
Per Swanberg s signature style the dialogue is largely improvised the performances loose and funny This may be his most star studded cast yet but the work is as intimate mumblecore is so passé as ever 
3
Digging for Fire
Chuck Bowen
Reminiscent of Woody Allen s great under sung Manhattan Murder Mystery it utilizes a pulp conceit as a shorthand for the regrets that bubble up in a marriage 
3.5
Digging for Fire
Rob Thomas
Some have complained that nothing really happens in Digging for Fire and there are no obvious stakes Well yeah But just like that hill full of bones it s what s going on under the surface that matters 
3
Mille Mois
Ed Gonzalez
A stark but lovely evocation of the many melodramas that simultaneously haunt and enliven a Moroccan village in the Atlas Mountains during the month of Ramadan in 1981 
3
The Story Of Film: An Odyssey
Mark Feeney
It s wildly ambitious often extremely good occasionally maddening and always stimulating 
3.5
Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco
Rob Thomas
it just might propel you to get up the next morning and try to be easy light and smooth whether you go out running or not 
3
Lou Harrison: A World of Music
Michael Upchurch
A lively and succinct documentary by Eva Soltes 
3
The Vampire Lovers
Matt Brunson
Sheridan Le Fanu s classic 1872 novella Carmilla has served as the basis for numerous vampire flicks although it s probably safe to state that this blood and boob filled adaptation from Hammer Films boasts the largest fan base 
2.5
The Vampire Lovers
Kevin Carr
It s kind of fun to watch and the jiggle factor doesn t hurt 
3
The Vampire Lovers
John Beifuss
What s remarkable about The Vampire Lovers is not the bite wounds that mark the bare female breasts but the intense romantic yearning and fear of separation and loneliness that mark the character of Carmilla Ingrid Pitt 
3
The Vampire Lovers
David Nusair
would ve worked better as a short 
1
Good Fortune
Glenn Kenny
He s a pleasure to spend time with which is one reason this movie goes down so easy 
3
Good Fortune
Roger Moore
Upbeat story of a self made millionaire who considers sharing his cash with worthy charities his life s work it only lacks a single skeptical second guessing fact checking source or critic 
2.5
Blood Hunters
Barry Hertz
Lee s film tries to find the tension in a host of perhaps interesting themes addiction parental responsibility but all are handled with a lack of finesse 
2
The Host
Monica Castillo
There are simply not enough thrills in The Host to offset its pedestrian missteps 
1
The Host
Roger Moore
Goes almost wholly wrong from that magic moment AFTER we wonder Just what the Hell is going on here 
1.5
The Ascent
James Kendrick
uses the nearly abstract depiction of the snow choked landscape to strike us with bone chilling intensity but also transforming Sotnikov s experience into something that approaches the divine
3.5
Street Fighter
Matt Brunson
There s not much that s worthwhile in this endless cacophony of gunfire explosions grunts yelps maniacal laughter and Jean Claude Van Damme s tortured syntax 
1.5
Street Fighter
Malcolm Johnson
With Van Damme giving one of his most wooden performances and de Souza failing to capitalize on his graceful fight moves Street Fighter adds up to the worst of a bad crop of Christmas movies a picture only an arcade junkie could cheer 
0.5
Street Fighter
Jeff Shannon
While de Souza s arrested development makes him a likely suspect to adapt a video game for movies the result like The Super Mario Brothers movie before it is an empty exercise in hyper stimulation Or to put it bluntly a complete waste of time 
0.5
Street Fighter
John Petrakis
This is Steven E de Souza s directorial debut and while it shows promise it is uneven The film is way too choppy and as a result we never get a chance to know the characters except Bison 
2.5
Street Fighter
Dan Webster
It s too bad that the late Raul Julia had to finish his career with this dreck 
1
Street Fighter
John Wooley
One of the best things that can be said about Street Fighter is that it s not nearly as bad as it could ve been 
2
Street Fighter
Desmond Ryan
The film is based on the popular video game and plays as a pathetically incoherent attempt to accommodate all the characters kids want to see come to life on the big screen 
1
Street Fighter
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of the most unintentionally funny movies I ve ever seen which has become a cult classic over the years Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Street Fighter
David Nusair
the film has been infused with a myriad of shamelessly over the top elements that inevitably become quite tough to take 
2
Street Fighter
Chris Hicks
Offers an uneasy mix of off the wall farce and violent mayhem in its first half and then gives way to heavy handed gunplay and a ridiculously high body count during its second half 
1.5
Satan's Brew
Jay Antani
If you re new to Fassbinder this one may catch you off guard but if you love the guy here s another to scratch your head over and chuckle mischievously along with 
3
Never Again
Michael Dequina
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0
Never Again
David Elliott
Both awful and appealing 
2
Never Again
Laura Kelly
Despite these annoyances the capable Clayburgh and Tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age 
2.5
Never Again
Connie Ogle
If Never Again is the best film we can get about older adult sexuality it s no wonder we re not seeing more movies like it 
1
Never Again
Joe Baltake
In theory a middle aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising but in practice it s something else altogether clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life 
2
Never Again
Ray Conlogue
Rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along 
0
Never Again
Joe Leydon
What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again may not strictly speaking qualify as revolutionary But it s defiantly and delightfully against the grain 
3.5
Never Again
Moira MacDonald
A fresh cast but a stale story 
1.5
Never Again
Mick LaSalle
Never Again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and along the way expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds 
1
Never Again
Janice Page
The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time and Clayburgh doesn t always improve the over the top mix 
2
Never Again
Roger Ebert
Here s a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre implausible behavior 
2
Never Again
Carrie Rickey
A bad movie that happened to good actors 
2
Never Again
Mary F. Pols
It s a pleasure to see Clayburgh back in full force having aged beautifully and in a role that serves as such a neat bookend to An Unmarried Woman 
3
Never Again
Michael Wilmington
I doubt if the solution to the movie industry s ludicrous ageism is showing 50 year olds acting like randy 20 year olds 
1.5
Never Again
Ross Anthony
Jeffrey Tambor s performance as the intelligent jazz playing exterminator is Oscar worthy 
2.5
Never Again
Steve Rhodes
Never Again tries and fails to be Before Sunrise for the middle age set but the talky script just isn t strong enough 
2.5
Never Again
John Anderson
Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle aged character 
2
Never Again
Pam Grady
Please someone stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film 
0
Never Again
Megan Turner
Schaeffer should take the advice of his own movie s title the next time he thinks about coercing some poor actress into making a fool of herself 
1
Never Again
Michael Szymanski
Never Again is a feel good romance for real people If you want a smart mature romantic comedy this is the one to see 
3
Never Again
Harvey S. Karten
The 50 something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about 
2
Never Again
Ed Gonzalez
Do you say hi to your lover when you wake up in the morning 
2
The King's Choice
Michael O'Sullivan
Set up like a suspense thriller with on screen titles that count down the minutes not days or weeks The King s Choice has the feel of a film that probably played better in its native country 
2
The King's Choice
Mark Dujsik
I n its political and personal aims The King s Choice has chosen nuance over historical melodrama 
3
The King's Choice
Godfrey Cheshire
One of the most handsomely realized and viscerally compelling of recent period dramas 
3
The King's Choice
Zach Middleton
An epic drama the film sometimes lags around extended procedural scenes which might confound those who can t imagine why a nation would democratically elect a ceremonial king 
2
What!
Ed Gonzalez
The Whip and the Body is a gothic horror fantasy that finds Bava at the peak of his visual prowess 
3.5
Anita
Geoff Pevere
It seems rather optimistically insistent on making a case that America has come a long way in 20 years when the truth is 20 years is a mere historical heartbeat 
2.5
Anita
Moira MacDonald
As Hill says and personifies in the film honesty dignity and courage is what will be remembered 
3.5
Anita
Ty Burr
Frieda Mock s documentary Anita is a dutiful history lesson even as it brings us closer to the very private person at the center of that long ago still relevant storm 
3
Anita
Stephanie Merry
It s a reminder of what we were and thanks to Hill how far we ve come 
3
Anita
Odie Henderson
As a documented record of Hill s story and her achievements Anita is a serviceable at times riveting documentary 
3
Anita
Kyle Smith
About the only interesting detail the film adds to a familiar story is that Hill saves all the letters she receives 25 000 so far sorted by theme in neat lawyerly filing cabinets 
2
Anita
David Lewis
One thing is clear This documentary is more of a coronation than a portrait of a divisive figure It would have been nice to hear the voices of anti Hill figures who were involved in the proceedings 
2
West of Sunshine
Mark Dujsik
T he drama isn t in the debt or the potential violence It s in wondering if it s too late for a guy like Jim 
3
West of Sunshine
Roger Moore
Unsurprising but engaging Aussie Dad down on his gambler s luck melodrama 
2.5
Time Limit
Matt Brunson
There have been dozens of actors who tried their one and done at directing never again to venture behind the camera Often lost in the conversation is Karl Malden 
3
The Cherry Orchard
Marta Barber
While Cacoyannis film may not be totally faithful to the master s pen for literature students and theater lovers this Cherry Orchard is a rare treat 
3
The Cherry Orchard
Chris Hewitt
The new film of Anton Chekhov s The Cherry Orchard puts the ick in classic 
1
The Cherry Orchard
Jonathan Perry
Cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust caked stagnation and labored gentility 
2.5
The Cherry Orchard
David Elliott
A sometimes tedious film 
2
The Cherry Orchard
Walter Chaw
Cacoyannis vision is far less mature interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts 
1
The Cherry Orchard
Edward Guthmann
Drags along in a dazed and enervated drenched in the past numbness 
1
The Cherry Orchard
Misha Berson
Scrupulously acted in English visually perfected and skillfully complemented with Tchaikovsky piano music 
3.5
The Cherry Orchard
John Petrakis
Any Chekhov is better than no Chekhov but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years 
2.5
The Cherry Orchard
Jonathan Foreman
Cherry Orchard is badly edited often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a back story 
2.5
Heathers
Matt Brunson
With so many classic quips 44 is it any wonder Heathers has long been regarded as one of the best high school movies ever made 63 
3.5
Heathers
Federico Furzan
This supposedly relevant fable on teenage angst feels like a loud shout and nothing else Full review in Spanish 
1
Heathers
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet ultimately rewarding endeavor 
3
Heathers
Jordan Hiller
Heathers with all its flagrant masochism and violence is a throwback to a more innocent time where such films could be made and still be deemed over the top fantasy 
3
Heathers
Mick LaSalle
Two decades later Heathers is so on the money with its vague but unmistakable parallels to several school shootings that it could never be made today 
4
Heathers
James Kendrick
The points it makes about the violence prone absurdity of American adolescence are perhaps even more incisive today than they were in 1989 
3.5
Heathers
Roger Ebert
For a long time we re not even sure of the point of view Is this a black comedy about murder or just a cynical morality play The traveler in the foreign country is not sure but he knows the film inspires thought 
2.5
Downloading Nancy
Rossiter Drake
Bello throws herself into Nancy admirably Yet the film squanders her talents and what s left of our patience en route to a finale that is neither surprising nor illuminating Like the rest of the movie it s misery for misery s sake 
2
Downloading Nancy
Mick LaSalle
You can t really blame Bello for taking every chance available to let her monster talent off its chain even when the opportunity takes the form of something so ill conceived and unworthy and dull and ridiculous as Downloading Nancy 
1
Downloading Nancy
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are no great important human lessons to be learned here no truths about the interior complexities of the soul and psyche that could make any of what occurs to be worthwhile 
1
Downloading Nancy
Kyle Smith
Some suspense arises about just how far the woman s sickness will take her but it s overwhelmed by the pointlessness of the story 
1.5
Downloading Nancy
Kam Williams
A tawdry tale which suggests that in the Internet Age if you re contemplating suicide but can t quite summon up the nerve to do yourself in you might surf S M chat rooms to find a sadist whose fetish corresponds with your masochistic tendencies 
4
Downloading Nancy
Ryan Stewart
An emotionally sterile and self serious terminal disease drama without a moment of levity to be found from first frame to last 
2
Music Within
Claudia Puig
The real world needs more dogged folks willing to tilt at windmills But movies often don t do their stories justice and that has happened again here 
2.5
Music Within
Susan Walker
Pimentel s persistence and eventual triumph over prejudice and discrimination is a story worth telling if only on a shoestring 
2.5
Music Within
Marta Barber
Salawich s film is entertaining and leaves you with warm feelings from learning about this man who turned adversity into good for so many others 
2.5
Music Within
David Nusair
an agreeable though entirely uneven piece of work 
2.5
Music Within
Jeffrey Westhoff
Both Pimental and the audience would have been better served if his life were told as a PBS documentary 
2
Music Within
Brandon Fibbs
The low budget Music Within may not entirely work on the outside but at its core beats a very funny very smart and very moving heart of gold 
2.5
Music Within
Chris Hewitt
Leaves no cliche unturned and has no point of view 
2
Music Within
G. Allen Johnson
All inspiring stuff but Music Within is strictly by the numbers even down to the predictable mood setting period soundtrack numbers
2
Music Within
Lou Lumenick
Music Within never establishes a consistent tone going from achingly sincere to borderline farcical often in the same scene 
2
Music Within
Jack Mathews
A fascinating story of compassion grit and determination 
2.5
Music Within
Bob Strauss
Story of disabled rights activist Richard Pimentel is too much about Pimentel too little about what he accomplished 
2
Music Within
Roger Ebert
What bothers me is that Music Within takes an individual story an inspiring one yes and then thinks that s all there is to be told 
2.5
Music Within
Wesley Morris
It s everything it ought to be right minded well intentioned compassionate But it doesn t rise above made for cable public service announcement either 
2.5
Music Within
Erik Childress
Its near impossible to even faint praise a film for having its heart in the right place when it opens with a whimsical montage about miscarriages 
1.5
Music Within
Jessica Reaves
A well intentioned biopic about disability crusader Richard Pimentel that starts strong but eventually collapses under its weighty sense of responsibility 
2.5
Music Within
Jan Stuart
There may be an interesting movie in all of this but too much is filtered through the hero s voice over narration always a recipe for squashing the life out of a film 
2
Music Within
Nick Schager
Sawalich s TV movie grade direction isn t up to the task of enlivening material that eventually settles into a predictable torpid narrative structure 
2
Casa de los Babys
Sarah Chauncey
Sayles love of and respect for the culture and his willingness or eagerness to leave the viewer with more questions than answers makes Casa de los Babys superlative 
4
Casa de los Babys
Matt Brunson
Writer director John Sayles has successfully tackled so many unexpected subjects that one has to wonder if he s got a dartboard in his office to help him pick his next topic 
3
Casa de los Babys
Jeff Vice
This is a thought provoking film and it features one of the best acting ensembles in awhile even by Sayles standards 
3
Casa de los Babys
Sean P. Means
Sayles gives us sample tastes of characters and a situation that could have made a full course cinematic meal 
3
Casa de los Babys
Walter Chaw
dramatically inert
1
Casa de los Babys
John Beifuss
Sayles keeps crankin em out socially conscious diversity embracing ensemble pieces This one is minor and sketchy 
2.5
Casa de los Babys
Terry Lawson
If most of the characters seem underdeveloped they are also convincing and interesting 
3
Casa de los Babys
Chris Hewitt
A drama whose characters are so sketchy and unpleasant they keep tripping over the movie s one note ideas 
1
Casa de los Babys
Duane Dudek
More intelligent and substantive than it is entertaining 
3
Casa de los Babys
Dustin Putman
Casa de los Babys has a grander scope than Sayles was either able to afford or invest enough time in developing 
2
Casa de los Babys
Phoebe Flowers
Light on plot but full of heartbreaking subtle moments 
3
Casa de los Babys
Moira MacDonald
Sayles a rare screenwriter who consistently creates thoughtful roles for grown up women has outdone himself here 
3
Casa de los Babys
Mick LaSalle
Suggests a filmmaker whose vision has become reductive motivated not by all embracing interest but by an ultimately self protective intent not to surrender to blind emotion in any form 
2
Casa de los Babys
Joe Baltake
A collaborative triumph in which the right actresses in the right roles respond to Sayles ever gentle touch 
3.5
Casa de los Babys
Wesley Morris
Sayles does more showing than his usual telling without forsaking his interest in people and the histories and societies that have created their problems 
3
Casa de los Babys
Roger Ebert
Sayles sees like a documentarian showing us the women listening to their stories inviting us to share their hopes and fears and speculate about their motives 
3
Casa de los Babys
Claudia Puig
A powerfully written well acted movie that tackles an unusual and compelling subject 
3
Casa de los Babys
Glenn Lovell
Sayles concentrates on the six tiresome Americans at the expense of their Latin hosts who to a one are much much more interesting and worthy of our time 
2
Casa de los Babys
Connie Ogle
A stirring exploration of the overwhelming desire for motherhood the whims of fate clashing cultures and what happens when exporting children becomes part of a country s economy 
3
Casa de los Babys
Mary F. Pols
Sayles does what he does best opening a window onto a slice of life so believable you d swear the movie was a documentary if you didn t know better 
3
Casa de los Babys
Carrie Rickey
It is a movie of remarkable performances 
2.5
Casa de los Babys
Michael Wilmington
Eschewing all sentiment avoiding all pathos keeping his film and most of the women hard as nails Sayles manages to tell a compelling story 
3
Casa de los Babys
Dan Lybarger
John Sayles might be examining quirks in legal and political systems but he s still capable of making seemingly arcane subject matter engrossing and occasionally moving 
3
Casa de los Babys
Timothy Knight
Alternately frustrating and disappointing Casa de los Babys is truly one of Sayles lesser efforts 
2
Casa de los Babys
Rick Groen
Its greatest achievement is to insist that we the relatively lucky do what fear and pride seldom allow us to do to venture back to life s opening scene respinning the wheel and replaying the lottery 
3.5
Casa de los Babys
Peter Travers
The film feels more like a thesis than vivid drama 
2
Casa de los Babys
John Anderson
Gets bogged down in bad dialogue wasted acting and the most un Saylesian thing of all outright ignorance 
1.5
Casa de los Babys
Lou Lumenick
A pretty dry and unengaging social treatise compared with Sayles last movie the underrated Sunshine State 
2
Casa de los Babys
Evan Henerson
As rich in ideas as it is in fine acting Los Babys is another smart movie from a smart man who will likely never make a blockbuster 
3.5
Casa de los Babys
James Berardinelli
Admittedly mediocre Sayles is still watchable but relative to expectations Casa de los Babys is a disappointment of significant proportions 
2.5
Casa de los Babys
Alexis Mersel
Hobbled by weak argumentation a character who winds up a complete muddle and Sayles s inclination to romanticize Latin American revolutionary types Casa is as mixed an effort as the filmmaker has essayed in some time 
2.5
Casa de los Babys
Ed Gonzalez
The film s nameless South American pit stop brings to mind the same ambient allegorical landscapes of Matewan devastated by the specters of imperialism 
3
Marathon
Caroline Madden
Marathon deserves a gold medal for its cutting sense of humor and lively spirit 
3.5
Marathon
Tom Meek
It lacks the wit to go the distance 
2
Marathon
Linda Cook
Clever Marathon will keep you laughing until the finish 
3.5
Marathon
Matt Brunson
The four spotlight runners are well written characters performed with gusto by four perfectly cast actors 
3
Marathon
Bob Bloom
The laughs are situational as each would be participant faces various challenges and injuries none of which deter them from their goals 
3
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
David Nusair
a mostly uninvolving and unconvincing drama 
1.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Brian Eggert
Hacksaw Ridge seems at odds with itself particularly during the chaotic and gruesome second half as it tells a story about a brave pacifist while also satiating the filmmaker s long demonstrated bloodlust 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Matt Brunson
Mel Gibson s direction can hardly be deemed inspired but because he s less ham fisted in his jingoistic zeal than Peter Berg his workmanlike efficiency at least rarely gets in the way of a worthy storyline 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Leo Brady
Hacksaw Ridge sends us into the trenches displays what one can achieve with faith and honors the courageous character of Desmond Doss 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
George M. Thomas
It s a story that s tough to fathom given what s at stake but Gibson skillfully of pulls it off 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Gibson s vision of war is bloodthirsty and realistic but hopeful Seeing kindness and bravery self sacrifice and selflessness in such a brutal context is refreshing Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s extremely simplistic but it s also rousingly effective 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Brad Keefe
Hacksaw Ridge is both a moral twist on the traditional war story and one that indulges in many of its clichés Therein lies the problem 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Walter Chaw
Understanding both its failures and its attraction is the only chance we really have 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
James Kendrick
an intriguing mix of the conventional and the unconventional worked over in broad strokes and thorough interwoven with issues of family and faith and perseverance and self sacrifice and the will to live
3
Hacksaw Ridge
John Serba
Gibson certainly covers the broad range of the human condition from purity to corruption 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
John Hanlon
A tremendous achievement this Mel Gibson directed drama is one of the year s best 
4.0
Hacksaw Ridge
Michael Smith
Hacksaw Ridge is beautiful and brutal and that s a potent combination for a movie about a man determined to serve his country as well as his soul 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Robert Horton
Gibson s shrewd sense of where the emotional beats are located carries the story through to its end 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Josh Larsen
like looking for peace inside the barrel of a gun 
1.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Gary Rotstein
It s an amazing story well worth telling and it s surprising it took 71 years for someone to tell it And if this is what it took to get Mel Gibson in moviegoers good graces again so be it 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hacksaw Ridge is a fine motion picture one whose themes and ideas obviously speak to the filmmaker and if Doss story has helped change him as far as being a decent human being is concerned that makes it all even better 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Chris Knight
It definitely out Ryans ol Saving Private but the goal is questionable there comes a point when most viewers will avert their eyes and hence stop being viewers just for a respite 
2
Hacksaw Ridge
David Nusair
there just isn t enough material here to sustain the movie s overlong and occasionally oppressive 131 minutes 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Allyson Johnson
While some may find satisfaction thinking of it as a visceral action film the predominant sense it leaves is of wasted opportunity of how great this film could have been with a touch of nuance 
2
Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Hertz
War is hell but Hacksaw Ridge sacrifices that truth in favour of something far more insincere 
2
Hacksaw Ridge
Sonny Bunch
Throwback war film among best bloodiest of the year 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Peter Travers
Hacksaw Ridge is being touted as Gibson s comeback Is it also an atonement What s clear is that Gibson has made a film about family faith love and forgiveness all put to the test in an arena of violent conflict a movie you don t want to miss 
3.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Kyle Smith
If the film s director were anyone but Gibson a fixture on or even atop Hollywood s enemies list it would be expecting several Oscar nominations 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Max Weiss
Man I thought most of this film was a load of hooey right down to Garfield s tremulous moist eyed performance and that sing songy cornpoke accent of his 
2
Hacksaw Ridge
Jeff Simon
It is a bruising war story from a filmmaker whose primitive storytelling insists on conveying as graphically as possible the hell of physical suffering in wartime caused by those supposedly human 
3.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Sean P. Means
Mel Gibson returns to the director s chair with the World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge bringing his great gifts for epic filmmaking and his problematic tendencies 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Peter Keough
Mel Gibson is a filmmaker with strong beliefs one of which is the redeeming power of spectacular voyeuristic pain and violence 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Mark Dujsik
The movie believes that Desmond Doss is sincere in his beliefs It simply doesn t want to believe them 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Dann Gire
Garfield in a fiercely committed performance projects a mix of unwavering principal and emotional vulnerability 
3.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Peter Howell
Hacksaw Ridge is old fashioned moviemaking of the kind Gibson excels at where men are men women are women and champions rise to smite villains in gory combat 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
James Berardinelli
Hacksaw Ridge embraces many of the clichés of the war movie but instead of laying them out in a rote fashion the film synthesizes them into a visceral ultimately inspirational result 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Rafer Guzman
An unusual pro peace war film from director Mel Gibson Solidly entertaining and impressively faithful to the facts 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Ann Hornaday
Hacksaw Ridge winds up being a rousing piece of entertainment that also happens to be an affecting portrait of spiritual faith and simple human decency 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Bob Bloom
Hacksaw Ridge is a profile of a courageous individual who put his trust in God showed grace under fire and never wavered from his core convictions 
3.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Matt Zoller Seitz
This film is inept and beautiful stupid and amazing It doesn t have the words or images to express how deep it is 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Rene Rodriguez
Subtlety has never been one of Gibson s strengths as a filmmaker But this amazing story of heroism can take anything he throws at it and keep going much like Doss himself 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Soren Andersen
With Andrew Garfield in the lead role and Mel Gibson in the director s chair for the first time in 10 years Hacksaw is an incredibly powerful picture once it gets to the battle scenes 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Michael Phillips
I respectfully conscientiously object to the way Desmond Doss has been simplified and sanctified in the movie 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Mick LaSalle
This is a tough movie but it s also accomplished and driven filmmaking ultimately in the service of something good 
4
Hacksaw Ridge
Rex Reed
It is violent harrowing heartbreaking and unforgettable And yes it was directed by Mel Gibson He deserves a medal too 
4
Hacksaw Ridge
Tirdad Derakhshani
Garfield melts into his Doss character in a performance that seems impossibly still and tranquil He s mesmerizing 
3.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Lauren Chval
There are a lot of war films but Hacksaw Ridge feels unique in its dogged pacifism 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Katie Walsh
Doss is asked time and time again if he s crazy But when we re on the ground the film flips that notion on its head Is it crazy to save lives or to take them In Hacksaw Ridge it s clearly war that s craziest of all 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Richard Roeper
Hacksaw Ridge is faithful to the story of Desmond Doss in every sense of the word 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Robert Levin
Mel Gibson is such a polarizing figure that it s easy to forget or underestimate his considerable filmmaking talents 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Stephen Whitty
Full of Gibson s oldest but best obsessions about the power of faith the strength of selflessness the stubbornness of courage 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Roger Moore
Vivid and visceral it s still more impressive than inspiring 
2.5
Hacksaw Ridge
Brian Truitt
As he did so well in Braveheart Gibson explores the reasons men fight for their country rather than just reveling in blood and gore 
3
Hacksaw Ridge
Kam Williams
A moving portrait of an unorthodox war hero who contributed considerably to the effort without ever wielding a weapon against the enemy 
4
Hacksaw Ridge
Christopher Gray
This is a work of defiantly simplistic classically structured Hollywood storytelling and Mel Gibson takes to its hokey plot points with some gusto 
2
Hacksaw Ridge
Clayton Davis
Gibson s work is assertive enriching the screen with not only his singular vision of carnage but with a self reliant security for presenting his subject 
3
Blind Ambition
Ty Burr
Blind Ambition may not be great moviemaking but it has a rich and satisfying subject enjoy it with a nice Sangiovese 
3
Blind Ambition
Robert Daniels
91 Blind Ambition 93 understands both the thrill and the agony of desperately waiting for your dream to ripen on the vine 46 
3
Blind Ambition
Roger Moore
So 44 it apos s quot Cool Runnings quot with wine 44 right 63 Not quite 46 This never crosses into cutesy 46 It apos s quot uplifting 44 quot but conventionally so 44 with a certain dignity surrounding it 46 These are 44 after all 44 quot the finest palettes in Africa 46 quot 
2.5
Blind Ambition
Dwight Brown
The sheer majesty and spirituality of African culture helps sustain attention even when the film wanes 
2.5
Dead Man's Bluff
Jeremiah Kipp
Ironic politically incorrect and anarchic with characters wandering around waving two guns in the air like Eastern European Quentin Tarantino creations 
2
Casanova
Austin Kennedy
A fun lighthearted energetic if insignificant romp that features fine work from Ledger Platt and Irons I was grinning for most of the running time 
3
Casanova
Betsy Bozdech
Light fluffy and as inconsequential as it is entertaining 
3
Casanova
Peter T. Chattaway
Casanova is just a farce true but there s a smugness to the proceedings that leaves a bad aftertaste 
2.5
Casanova
Betsy Bozdech
While not quite as irresistibly seductive as its title character Casanova is the perfect cinematic one night stand charming romantic and awfully easy on the eyes 
3
Casanova
Matt Pais
A horndog who deserves a swift kick where the Venetian sun don t shine 
1.5
Casanova
Kurt Loder
Even if Heath Ledger were the only thing worth seeing in this movie the movie would be well worth seeing Happily there are many other things to recommend the picture 
3
Casanova
Marty Mapes
Those who grew up with Three s Company reruns will recognize the story
1.5
Casanova
Jonathan R. Perry
Hallstrom reduces history s most notorious cad to a plot device forced to jump through so many narrative hoops it s impossible to keep up and even harder to care 
2.5
Casanova
Linda Cook
Forsooth Thou art better of at another show 
1
Casanova
Thomas Delapa
plunders from Shakespeare panders to feminism and offers puns and one liners as if the setting were a vaudeville stage not 1753 Venice 
1.5
Casanova
Sean O'Connell
a tongue in cheek sex romp that barely hides its Mel Brooks inspired puns under powdered wigs 
2
Casanova
John Beifuss
Enlivened by a few moments of boudoir slapstick that resemble a Benny Hill skit as produced by Merchant Ivory 
2.5
Casanova
Daniel M. Kimmel
a luscious three ring circus with comic twists among the gorgeous Venice locations leading up to a grand finale 
3.5
Casanova
Sean P. Means
Casanova leaves us with the beautiful but bland Miller and the emasculated Ledger who frankly was more manly and more magnetic making out with Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain 
2
Casanova
David Elliott
Ledger if less memorable than Donald Sutherland in Fellini s Casanova or Mastroianni s old rake in La Nuit de Varennes is a virile enjoyable addition to the Casanovan collection 
3
Casanova
Peter Travers
The whimsical plot involving Casanova s seduction of a cross dressing feminist isn t helped by director Lasse Hallstrom s leaden hand 
2
Casanova
Connie Ogle
The irony of Sienna Miller co starring in a film about the world s most notorious lothario aside there s not much to love about Casanova 
2
Casanova
Robert W. Butler
Lasse Hallstrom s costume comedy Casanova is pretty flat In fact it s leaking air all over the place 
2
Casanova
Amy Biancolli
Despite its oh so deviant title character Casanova is a harmless bon bon a breezy period farce that mimics lesser Shakespeare and a look that recalls Amadeus or Shakespeare in Love 
2.5
Casanova
Terry Lawson
Casanova finds director Hallstrom more inspired or at least lively and engaged than he has been in years and he s in the company of the actor of the moment 
3
Casanova
Jeff Vice
It s watchable and is occasionally entertaining but there s very much a split personality here 
2.5
Casanova
Michael Booth
There s less sexiness in the awful Casanova than in the downbeat doomed gay love story featuring Ledger in Brokeback Mountain 
1
Casanova
Lawrence Toppman
Consider how marvelous Casanova could ve been had it committed not just to the look and sound of the 18th century but to the ways people really talked thought and behaved 
2
Casanova
Paul Doro
A standard period romance the movie spends all of five unconvincing minutes on the womanizing side of the man If you walked in late you might wonder if you re in the right theater 
2
Casanova
Chris Hewitt
Lasse Hallstrom whose previous movies such as Chocolat have not shown a light touch has one here making the movie witty and romantic 
3
Casanova
Phoebe Flowers
Casanova is a forgettable dopey enterprise with what can already be declared the most wasted R rating of the year 
1.5
Casanova
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a sexy loose lively and completely intoxicating performance and as much as I like Donald Sutherland and Bob Hope I ll take Ledger s take on the iconic character over theirs any day 
2.5
Casanova
James Sanford
lively lusty and eye appealing has practically everything a costume picture needs bustiers courtly dances masquerades toppled tea sets and a pig in a ruff 
3
Casanova
Maitland McDonagh
Ledger and Miller fail to supply the fire He s only adequate and Miller is so vapid she hardly needs taming 
2.5
Casanova
John Hartl
Pretty as the picture is only Platt s engaging performance keeps it from fading out 
2.5
Casanova
Mick LaSalle
Ledger is no Casanova and the movie is not what it should be but once that is accepted the movie can be appreciated for the jolly lightweight thing it is 
2
Casanova
Pam Grady
Sure it is full of empty calories but oh are they tasty 
3
Casanova
Steven Rea
One would expect Casanova a movie about the storied loverboy of 18th century Venice to be wicked ribald fun One would be wrong 
2
Casanova
David Kronke
Had the filmmakers aspired to match Ledger s sensibility Casanova might have been something more than a frothy forgettable diversion as is many should enjoy its carefully calculated manipulations 
2.5
Casanova
Liam Lacey
A forgettable movie but a memorable celluloid poster for Venice 
2.5
Casanova
Willie Waffle
Ledger has more chemistry with his co star and object of affection in Brokeback Mountain than in this movie
1.5
Casanova
Dan Fienberg
Casanova takes the story of history s greatest self professed lover not counting Wilt Chamberlain and drains it of all sexuality or sensuality 
1.5
Casanova
Peter Canavese
A modern romantic comedy movie transplanted to 18th Century Venice Hallstrom s fleet footed romp is impossible to take seriously but that s largely the point 
3
Casanova
Kyle Smith
Don t confuse the 18th century Venetian setting in Casanova with sophistication 
2
Casanova
Jami Bernard
A period romp that tries too hard 
2
Casanova
Wesley Morris
The movie treats trysting as comedy and yet is stingy with the laughs An action packed life is now the chaste story of a rake whose romantic reformation is supposed to make us swoon Must love dog No thanks 
1.5
Casanova
Peter Howell
The movie contains so little sexual content it seems pre edited for viewing on airplanes or perhaps balloon rides like the fake one taken high above Venice by stars Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller 
2
Casanova
Michael Wilmington
Hallstrom gives us a genial interpretation and a supremely good humored film 
3.5
Casanova
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hallstrm crosses the line from irreverence into bigotry by using Pucci as an instrument to attack the Catholic church 
2
Casanova
Jan Stuart
Few pictures in recent memory have worked as laboriously as Lasse Hallstrom s new romantic farce to be a featherweight lark 
2
Casanova
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like an 18th century Wedding Crashers 
2.5
Casanova
Claudia Puig
Randy flirtations and elaborate masquerades to evade the sanctimonious powers that be are the cornerstone of this exuberant film 
3
Casanova
Roger Ebert
Casanova was such a genuinely fascinating person so tireless seductive brilliant revolutionary and daring that Hallstrom s Casanova hardly does him justice 
2
Casanova
Jeff Strickler
The movie sidesteps modern day issues of political correctness raised by a story about a rogue who shamelessly uses women for his own amusement This is all done for our amusement 
3
Casanova
Bruce Newman
It requires imagination of a certain kind to transform the tale of the legendary lover Casanova into a bland romantic comedy 
2
Casanova
James Berardinelli
It s worth noting that producing a farce in a way that s funny is a lost art and director Lasse Hallstrm hasn t found it 
2
Casanova
Steve Rhodes
Never more than a trifle and a lifeless trifle at that 
2
Casanova
Nick Schager
Nothing short of a complete stylistic and thematic renovation would improve Hallstrm s tediously conventional treacle 
1
Casanova
Walter Chaw
A shrivelled little romantic comedy 
1
The Sound of Scars
Roger Moore
A music documentary that stands out by telling us the story of its lead singers transition from tortured and sometimes even suicidal Keith Caputo to Mina Caputo who she is today 
2.5
Reservation Road
Felix Vasquez Jr.
George s thriller reveals itself to be nothing more than a by the numbers melodrama that s only saved by the excellent performances 
3
Reservation Road
Wesley Lovell
A disappointing drama featuring paper thin female characters is rescued only by a superb performance from Mark Ruffalo 
2
Reservation Road
Frank Ochieng
George sustains this lightweight soap opera with the predictable pap of a Lifetime channel movie this particular Road is certainly under construction 
2
Reservation Road
Kit Bowen
With a cast like Phoenix Ruffalo and Connelly you know you re in for at the very least some compelling performances a fact that thankfully saves Reservation Road from utter banality 
2
Reservation Road
Michele Kenner
The bulk of the movie rings false 
2
Reservation Road
Chris Hewitt
Reservation Road was a fine book but it should have stayed on the page 
2
Reservation Road
Carla Meyer
The film moves from dark to dispiriting and back to dark 
3
Reservation Road
Connie Ogle
Despite its contrivances Reservation Road is moving at times and that s largely due to the skill of its cast 
2.5
Reservation Road
Robert W. Butler
Has the makings of a seething human drama yet somehow fails to move us in the manner everybody involved clearly intended 
2
Reservation Road
Amy Biancolli
It starts with devastation and closes after a few reels of narrative dithering with a climax of hairpin emotional turns and indisputable power 
2.5
Reservation Road
Sean P. Means
The script is overloaded with plot contrivances and eye rolling coincidences that wouldn t happen in the smallest of small towns 
1.5
Reservation Road
Carrie Rickey
A film of distinguished performances that rise above a coincidence riddled and perfunctory screenplay without redeeming it 
2
Reservation Road
Jeff Vice
It s hopelessly and ridiculously contrived There are things here that make some of the plotting in your average Scooby Doo episode seem more plausible 
1.5
Reservation Road
Geoff Pevere
The major failure here is fear of the very emotions the movie purports to be about 
2
Reservation Road
Brandon Fibbs
These actors are far too good for this material The problem lies with the script which relies on lazy manipulation to advance the plot 
2
Reservation Road
Claudia Puig
Unfortunately the film grows contrived 
2.5
Reservation Road
Maitland McDonagh
It s hard to watch two fine actors working themselves into a lather for so little reward manifest emotional turmoil notwithstanding the way their dovetailing emotional crises play out is aridly schematic 
2.5
Reservation Road
John Hartl
A hit and miss drama 
2.5
Reservation Road
Peter Hartlaub
There s a problem when you make a film so dark that Hotel Rwanda looks like a crowd pleaser especially when the story asks filmgoers to leave their reasoning skills at home 
2
Reservation Road
David Elliott
There is the squishy tension of a problem drama gone soft 
2
Reservation Road
Stephen Whitty
Director Terry George tells this painful and complicated story well 
3.5
Reservation Road
Kyle Smith
All of them the cast dazed with Oscarlust aren t in on the joke they re telling 
1
Reservation Road
Jack Mathews
Unrelentingly bleak the movie is nonetheless a riveting drama with some outstanding performances 
2.5
Reservation Road
Bob Strauss
Reservation Road may be a downer story with elements that we ve seen many times before But acting this good makes it special and exhilarating 
3
Reservation Road
Nell Minow
In the elegaic beautifully acted Reservation Road both Phoenix and Ruffalo are trying to find a path toward wholeness and each will need the other to find it 
3
Reservation Road
Wesley Morris
The real problem with this movie isn t its trashy side It s the creepy note of causal judgment that hangs over it concerning the potential nightmare of parental visitation and enforcer ex wives 
2
Reservation Road
Jeanne Aufmuth
A semi absorbing but ultimately tiresome waiting game 
2.5
Reservation Road
Jason Clark
Such TV movie style set ups may have worked better in the original novel but on the silver screen play as an eye rolling chore 
1.5
Reservation Road
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This could have been a crackerjack paranoid thriller of the Fritz Lang school but director Terry George is more interested in making a prestige picture full of yelling and crying 
1.5
Reservation Road
Willie Waffle
Mark Ruffalo is an awesome weasel 
3
Reservation Road
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end if the movie connects with you on an emotional level than it is easy to enjoy even with its ample shortcomings 
3
Reservation Road
Peter Travers
Even the best actors and I d rank Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo among their generation s finest can t save a movie that aims for tragedy but stalls at soap opera 
2
Reservation Road
Dustin Putman
The film demands to be taken as a prestigious Oscar hopeful but the material just doesn t have that level of potency it s more akin to a slick but forgettable made for TV effort 
2
Reservation Road
Jan Stuart
An arduous melodrama set in a high tax bracket corner of Connecticut 
2
Reservation Road
Michael Phillips
The best efforts of the performers cannot authenticate a plot that no longer feels inevitable It feels contrived And the audience stays at a remove instead of entering someone else s nightmare 
2
Reservation Road
James Berardinelli
A flawed presentation of compelling material and intriguing characters 
2.5
Reservation Road
David Nusair
while the film is consistently entertaining it never quite packs the emotional wallop that one might ve hoped for 
2.5
Nightworld
Roger Moore
Dull script flat performances a horror tale that fails to frighten or make us believe anybody has a stake in what happens 
1
Step Brothers
Mattie Lucas
We ve been down this path before with Ferrell and at this point it feels like we re just walking in circles 
2
Step Brothers
Jenni Miller
While it s somewhat sweeter if you will than a typical Apatow flick the ludicrous situations call for equally ludicrous behavior and statements 
3
Step Brothers
Barry Paris
Step Brothers in sum adheres to the grand tradition of Apatow Animal House American Pie tastelessness I tried not to laugh but gave in to the guilty juvenile pleasures 
3
Step Brothers
Michael Smith
Oh Brothers this is one of the worst movies of 2008 
1
Step Brothers
Matt Soergel
You know you re in trouble when the cleverest parts of your movie are the ironic T shirts worn unironically but a bonus is deserved by the person who dug up the Pablo Cruise shirt 
1.5
Step Brothers
David Nusair
flat out entertaining 
3
Step Brothers
Jeffrey Westhoff
When Step Brothers is funny it s hilarious But when it isn t funny the second hand of your watch sounds peculiarly loud 
3
Step Brothers
Chris Knight
While Step Brothers the latest from writer director Adam McKay is just an excuse to get Will Ferrell and John C Reilly behaving like spoiled brats for 90 minutes it nonetheless results in a perfectly funny movie 
3
Step Brothers
Vicky Roach
Despite valiant efforts from a seasoned cast it fails to deliver the expected laughs 
2.5
Step Brothers
Jake Wilson
One thing spoils the mood for all the joy that Ferrell and Reilly take in brawling or whimpering like two year olds immaturity is still seen as something to be overcome 
3
Step Brothers
Jolene Mendez
Another standard comedy where you can get exactly what you have seen before I was hoping for more this time and sad to say I was disappointed 
1.5
Step Brothers
Michael A. Smith
Kudos here to both leads who manage to channel their inner child to their adult personalities 
2.5
Step Brothers
Matt Brunson
This should represent the nadir of Ferrell s efforts but the truth is that he s done worse 
2
Step Brothers
Charles Koplinski
Stepbrothers is the best comedy of the year and that s not saying much 
2.5
Step Brothers
Lori Hoffman
The aggravation created by so much stupidity on parade with so few honest laughs had me squirming in my seat 
1.5
Step Brothers
Austin Kennedy
This isn t your Adam Sandler watered down comedy It s raunchy vulgar rude mean spirited and funny as hell 
3.5
Step Brothers
Nick Rogers
It s nice to have Will Ferrell back and not as say a sex addicted curling champ from Liechtenstein with a testicle that hasn t descended and an appetite for Funyuns A riotous movie that delivers on its promise thanks to expert improvisation and squirm
3.5
Step Brothers
Kam Williams
With exhibitionist Will Ferrell finding another excuse to expose himself in a movie he s leaving himself in danger of going down in cinematic history as the man who nude too much 
0
Step Brothers
Linda Cook
I must dedicate this review to my friend Debbie Because over the years she and I have had many conversations about the real life man boys we have known 
3
Step Brothers
Gary Brown
The movie slowly begins to descend into a vacuous state because the contrived script really has no place to go 
2
Step Brothers
Mike McGranaghan
Unlike Old School or Anchorman this isn t a Will Ferrell movie that you ll want to watch over and over or quote back and forth with your friends 
2.5
Step Brothers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yet another inspired attempt to mine his particular brand of repressed juvenile humor but this time Ferrell goes a little further with a sly commentary on the elusive definition of growing up 
3
Step Brothers
John Beifuss
Will Ferrell isn t yet as irrelevant as Mike The Love Guru Myers or Eddie Meet Dave Murphy but it s telling that when Seth Rogen makes a brief cameo appearance here he seems to be doing the much more famous Ferrell a favor 
1.5
Step Brothers
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a movie that makes you wonder if Hollywood even remembers how to make comedies anymore 
1
Step Brothers
Claudia Puig
The concept is inherently funny but the plot grows thin and the laughs grow fewer once the premise is established 
2
Step Brothers
Bruce DeMara
A movie of unrelenting idiocy featuring boorish behaviour unrealistic character development and ludicrous plotting 
1
Step Brothers
Chris Hewitt
A massively gross massively funny comedy 
3.5
Step Brothers
Ted Fry
It doesn t rank high in the lowbrow comedy genre that has produced legitimately smart entries such as The 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up but it does succeed as a token contender by delivering real laughs at the expense of intelligence and decency 
2.5
Step Brothers
Carla Meyer
Though Ferrell and Reilly bring puppyish enthusiasm to scenes in which the overgrown boys bond the shift to friendship leaves Step Brothers with nowhere to go 
2
Step Brothers
Stephen Whitty
Although the comedy is a little messed up and childish itself it still delivers a few good laughs 
2.5
Step Brothers
Kyle Smith
I thought I knew funny but I was mistaken Before the blessed light of Step Brothers entered my life I knew not the sweet comedic splendors of live burial bunk bed catastrophe or a minivan family singing Sweet Child O Mine in four part harmony 
3.5
Step Brothers
Rene Rodriguez
This is ultimately Ferrell and Reilly s show and although the two actors have played plenty of stooges in the past they ve never done it with quite the same abandon they do here 
2.5
Step Brothers
Robert W. Butler
A one joke comedy that might have made a decent recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live digested in five minute doses 
2
Step Brothers
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m starting to sound like a broken record but for the eleventh time this year Sony Pictures whether it be through their Screen Gems Columbia or Tri Star divisions has made a bad movie 
1.5
Step Brothers
Lisa Kennedy
The unraveling isn t as smartly written as the setup And because the characters beyond the parents and boys aren t as finely tuned the film starts to lag 
2.5
Step Brothers
Greg Maki
Seems to have never evolved beyond the basic concept stage 
1
Step Brothers
Ty Burr
Has one joke that it beats into the ground 40 year old men acting like petulant 9 year olds Luckily Ferrell and Reilly were born with no shame or sense of personal dignity and they give good tantrum 
2.5
Step Brothers
Christian Toto
Step Brothers is like watching someone get kicked in the groin for 90 minutes but it still makes us laugh 
3
Step Brothers
Josh Hurst
If you like Judd Apatow s bawdy R rated comedies and Ferrell s inspired silliness Step Brothers may be the most riotously funny film this side of Knocked Up
3
Step Brothers
Stephen Cole
A meagre occasionally funny affair 
2
Step Brothers
Scott Nash
We get the joke already These two 40 year olds behave like 8 year olds Ha ha now can we move onto something else 
1.75
Step Brothers
Erik Childress
Neither are merely satirizing the late 80s string of age reversal comedies Instead in their own bizarro way have a charm that results in their commitment to the premise 
3
Step Brothers
Willie Waffle
Reilly and Ferrell take the average material and elevate it to funny 
2.5
Step Brothers
James Berardinelli
Few films are worse to sit through than comedies that don t work Step Brothers is one of those 
1.5
Step Brothers
Dustin Putman
With a few tweaks the picture could have actually been about 12 year old step brothers and been better for it 
2
Step Brothers
Jeff Vice
Once the shock from some of the more noxious jokes wears off the movie just turns annoying and repetitive 
2
Step Brothers
Sean P. Means
Despite a few hilarious supporting players especially Kathryn Hahn as the miserable wife of Brennan s overachieving brother the movie runs out of steam well before the closing credits 
2.5
Step Brothers
Peter Travers
Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C Reilly 
2.5
Step Brothers
Steven Rea
Full of riffy improvised moments and a couple of jaw droppingly raunchy sight gags the comedy follows a typical buddy movie arc conflict and loathing giving way to bonding and brotherhood or step brotherhood in this case 
3
Step Brothers
Michael Phillips
The trick to the Men II Boyz comic genre where grown men are simply older pudgier versions of their teen selves struggling to find their place in the world is to find the surprises and payoffs within the Peter Pan syndrome 
2.5
Step Brothers
Josh Larsen
not as inspired as Talladega Nights but it has its own deranged sense of glee 
3
Step Brothers
Rafer Guzman
Nudie magazines dog poop words like mangina if these are a few of your favorite things Step Brothers is the comedy for you 
2.5
Step Brothers
Roger Ebert
When did comedies get so mean Step Brothers has a premise that might have produced a good time at the movies but when I left I felt a little unclean 
1.5
Step Brothers
Peter Canavese
Though its comedy is nearly as undisciplined and juvenile as its heroes Step Brothers generates a fair number of laughs Surprises Not so much 
2.5
Step Brothers
Reyhan Harmanci
Reilly jumps into his role with the zeal of a Method actor no fear about sporting tiny underroos for the bulk of his screen time but he sometimes comes off as more scary than funny 
2
Step Brothers
Sean McBride
You ve seen this schtick a million times before but you ll be too busy laughing to care 
3
Step Brothers
Phil Villarreal
Nothing in the movie feels politically correct or focus grouped 
3
Step Brothers
Nick Schager
There s something brilliantly stupid or stupidly brilliant about the sight of Ferrell and Reilly in vintage 80s t shirts smacking each other around like steroidal kids though it s the little things that make their complementary performances thrive 
3
Angel of Mine
Nick Allen
Farrant s confidence as a storyteller along with Rapace s full bodied performance enrich the story and guide it toward its delicately bonkers premise 
3
Angel of Mine
Rex Reed
Angel of Mine is a much better meld of psychodrama and soap opera than it appears on the surface 
3
Angel of Mine
Roger Moore
Well acted but terribly predictable even it s surprises have take a gutless turn 
2
The Express
Mike Scott
It makes the most of its on the field drama but it tends toward gross generalizations and oversentimentality As a result the film is burdened with hokiness 
2.5
The Express
Matt Brunson
There s nothing daring in the least about The Express which like most real life sports stories co opted by Hollywood strips the achievements of any individuality or historical worth and renders them all part of the same gumbo of sticky cliches 
2
The Express
Michael Phillips
The film does the job in its conventional way But it s geared to throw the prime screen time in the direction of the guy playing the guy coaching the guy who s supposed to be running the movie 
2
The Express
Mike Clark
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes the storytelling is mostly conventional except for two outstanding set pieces 
3
The Express
Susan Tavernetti
Quaid delivers one of the most stirring half time speeches in movie history 
3
The Express
Rob Thomas
I already get ESPN Classic at home and I don t need it recreated for me at the theater thanks 
2.5
The Express
Charles Koplinski
The Express sprints through cliches with its powerful story of a player and his coach 
3.0
The Express
Kam Williams
A fine addition to the recent genre of socially conscious sports flicks highlighting individual feats for the collective meaning of those historic triumphs to the masses of black folks in search of civil rights 
3.5
The Express
Gary Brown
With the stock market going through fits of manic depression this movie serves as an inspirational distraction 
3.5
The Express
Daniel M. Kimmel
Quaid and Brown are completely credible We may know where things are going but they don t and they re feeling their way into a modern world 
3
The Express
Peter Howell
Consider that a virtue in a movie content to teach familiar messages without overstating them 
2.5
The Express
Chris Hewitt
There s a reason Hollywood keeps making versions of this movie They work 
3.5
The Express
John Hartl
No matter what the very capable actors do to shake up the characters they stubbornly remain types 
2.5
The Express
Peter Hartlaub
The player coach and even the wise grandfather figure played by Charles S Dutton have at least one more dimension than the typical sports movie stereotypes 
3
The Express
John Anderson
A far more intelligent movie than the ads might make it seem 
3
The Express
Rossiter Drake
Just because something has been done before doesn t mean it can t be done again and well The Express is formula driven entertainment of an uncommonly high order 
3
The Express
Steven D. Greydanus
As a sports non fan my definition of a good sports film is one that my dad and I both enjoy The Express has the goods 
3.5
The Express
Kyle Smith
The movie might be a bit more interesting if Davis had more to him than simply graceful gumption and victimhood and if the spaces around him could be filled with something 
2.5
The Express
Graham Killeen
When it should be scrambling for inches The Express keeps lobbing emotional Hail Mary passes 
2
The Express
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just wish so much of it didn t feel like high gloss paint by numbers and as good as some of the dramatics get the over familiarity of it all can t help but dilute the emotional payoffs to the point of insignificance 
2.5
The Express
Robert W. Butler
It will make you care even if you don t like sports 
3
The Express
Amy Biancolli
The Express plays for our sympathy and wins 
3
The Express
Lisa Kennedy
The Express delivers visceral gridiron energy Fleder and his crew capture the moments so many athletes refer to as being in the zone 
3
The Express
Wesley Morris
Aside from managing to get made at all the movie doesn t do Davis s legacy any favors by giving us the store brand version of his life 
2
The Express
Michael Sragow
Rob Brown brings off the most difficult task As Davis he crafts a persuasive performance of that unusual figure in movies a genuinely good man 
2.5
The Express
Peter Canavese
Like a biography plucked from the shelf of a grade school library includes ample inspiration and sufficient history to get to its destination in express fashion 
2.5
The Express
Linda Cook
Audiences of all ages already are cheering Express the newest sports movie that provides not only a biography of Ernie Davis but also a look at how the color barrier was broken on the football field 
3.5
The Express
Willie Waffle
Extremely old fashioned and one dimensional
1
The Express
Rick Groen
Looking for a safe investment in this wildly sliding economy Well don t bother flipping to the ROB because here s a tip you can take to the bank Buy shares in the Cliché Factory 
2
The Express
Perry Seibert
A smartly updated old fashioned espionage thriller 
3.5
The Express
David Hiltbrand
The Express eventually reaches its triumph of the human spirit climax but it yanks too hard on the heart strings during the long journey there 
2
The Express
Kyle Smith
Just about good enough to be the 40th best episode of Friday Night Lights Which has aired 39 episodes 
2.5
The Express
Dustin Putman
A Cliffs Notes version of Ernie Davis life that turns everything he worked for into a Hallmark card 
1.5
The Express
Jeff Vice
Fleder s directorial bungling puts a terrible burden on the appealing cast 
2
The Express
Roger Ebert
The Express is involving and inspiring in the way a good movie about sports almost always is 
3
The Express
Phil Villarreal
Accomplishes what it sets out to do It chronicles Davis trials and triumphs well enough But still it leaves you wondering what was going on inside the helmet 
3
The Express
Sean McBride
a crowd pleasing civil rights drama made all the more potent because it wraps its uplifting story in the trappings of a sports movie 
3
The Express
James Berardinelli
While Ernie s on field accomplishments were extraordinary it was the environment in which he struggled to achieve them that makes him the worthy subject of a motion picture 
3
The Express
Nick Schager
Everything is literally and figuratively black and white in The Express 
1.5
The Express
Austin Kennedy
In the past few years we have seen lots of football films and this is by far the best I might even be so bold to say that this is the greatest football movie of all time 
3.5
A Raisin in the Sun
Peter Canavese
A quintessentially American play revisited this one has towering performances from Rashad and McDonald 
3.5
A Raisin in the Sun
Kam Williams
An African American classic every bit as relevant today as when it was first staged 
4
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Collin Souter
A movie such as this can easily get by on charm so long as we get a surprise or two from the rest of the script Therein lies the problem 
2.5
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Chris Hewitt
A movie as awkward and embarrassing as when you re 13 and your grandma sends you a birthday card with a clown on it 
1
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Kim Campbell
The movie was not great but not Ishtar 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Timothy Knight
There s no emotional pay off to The Battle of Shaker Heights which doesn t so much end as trail off into the credits 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Bruce Newman
An inoffensive if somewhat bedraggled little movie 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Moira MacDonald
It feels put together by committee which apparently it was 
1.5
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Ruthe Stein
The movie is bad in a boring way tepidly paced disjointed and lacking any emotional hook 
1
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Roger Ebert
You get the sense of too much input too many bright ideas too many scenes that don t belong in the same movie 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Ty Burr
It s a very minor Catcher in the Rye featuring clever but overcooked dialogue two dimensional supporting roles and a disarming generosity toward its characters 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Steven Rea
As putatively quirky coming of age movies go this one feels factory tooled and fake 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Allison Benedikt
Without any of the dramatic transitions we re left with a pileup of scenes none of them very funny and a thin linear plot 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Elizabeth Weitzman
Surprisingly sweet and smart 
2.5
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Aaron Hillis
the film wishes it were as eccentric as Rushmore but the dubious whimsy devoid of any directorial voice plays more like a very special episode of Dawson s Creek 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Lou Lumenick
Directors Potelle and Rankin lack the skill to integrate the sometimes drastic shifts between comedy and drama and the serious portions ultimately get short shrift apparently at the behest of Miramax s marketing executives 
2
The Battle of Shaker Heights
John Anderson
A Project Greenlight winner which probably says mouthfuls 
2
Outrage: Beyond
Tom Keogh
This is a story largely made up of scenes of men talking in offices but without the delicious and satirical sense of a whole cloth gangster world set apart by its own rhythms and internalized rituals of violence 
2.5
Outrage: Beyond
Robert Levin
Plays like a movie made for Takeshi devotees and super fans of the genre at the expense of everyone else 
1.5
Outrage: Beyond
Kyle Smith
Beyond Outrage fails to live up to its title as Japanese superstar Takeshi Kitano can t find much in the way of fresh ideas for the genre 
2
Outrage: Beyond
Matt Zoller Seitz
An intelligently composed crisply edited sometimes amusing but otherwise unremarkable cross double cross gangster picture 
2.5
Outrage: Beyond
Roger Moore
An overlong and overly intricate but effective yakuza thriller with Takeshi Kitano Co all in fine furious form 
2.5
Outrage: Beyond
Jesse Cataldo
If Takeshi Kitano does go forward with the rumored third volume hopefully he ll conceive of some fresh angle on this increasingly dry material 
2
Public Speaking
Moira MacDonald
Public Speaking is an ode to the art of conversation and it s a delight 
3.5
Public Speaking
Lauren Wissot
We catch only glimpses below the surface of this whirlwind of wit as Scorsese steps out of the way and lets Lebowitz herself run the show 
2.5
The Royal Road
Clayton Dillard
The cumulative effect is altogether perplexing as it s difficult to tell if Olson s trying to upend clichs or settle for them 
2
The Royal Road
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A deeply personal remarkably intelligent and profoundly moving experience Jenni Olson s The Royal Road is not easily labeled 
4
The Lovers
Rex Reed
It s so deadly and unintentionally funny I hope that it practically defies description Mr Joff should go back to film school as soon as possible 
0
The Lovers
Clayton Dillard
A shamelessly derivative and preposterous would be blockbuster that goofily fashions itself as a sweeping romance time travel sci fi tale and gallant period piece all at once 
.5
Equity
Sarah Knight Adamson
I couldn t help but suspect that Menon and Fox must have felt this was their one chance to surface every issue they could think of relating to being a woman on Wall Street or just in general and for me it took away from the rest of the film 
2.5
Equity
Rob Thomas
It s tempting to praise Equity simply because it was made by women But this is a strong resonant film on its own terms and I hope it makes all these women a pile of money 
3
Equity
Robert Horton
If The Big Short took the route of slapstick comedy to illuminate a corrupt process Equity plays it ice cold 
2
Equity
Rick Bentley
Writer Amy Fox manages to find a nice balance between the financial and personal stories 
2.5
Equity
Sean P. Means
The financial thriller Equity is a polished nail biter about double dealing on Wall Street 
3.5
Equity
Michael Smith
What s so fun and inspiring about Equity is watching all of these women really sink their teeth into their roles and this concept 
3.5
Equity
Bob Bloom
The film is a suspenseful smart and sharp depiction of women trying to succeed on their talents in a world that mostly fails to appreciate what they have to offer 
3.5
Equity
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Equity was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and it is gratifying to see a movie in which the women s roles are more developed than the men s 
2.5
Equity
Moira MacDonald
Equity is that rare thing a Wall Street set movie that focuses on women It s also directed and written by women also still rare 
3
Equity
Roger Moore
Engrossing but slow Wall Street drama built on a canny close to the vest performance by Anna Gunn 
2.5
Equity
J. R. Jones
An expertly crafted financial thriller 
4
Equity
Tina Hassannia
While the more dramatic elements of the narrative aren t 100 per cent perfect in their thriller logic Equity makes up for it with a multitude of intense powerful moments in which to steal a line from Beyoncé girls run the world 
3
Equity
Anders Wright
All of the men in the movie are fairly one dimensional Which you could say is a bit of payback since this is a movie about and by women 
3
Equity
David Nusair
The hands off atmosphere is compounded by an ongoing emphasis on elements that couldn t possibly be less interesting 
1.5
Equity
Kate Taylor
It s an admirable move but not a successful one 
2.5
Equity
Peter Howell
The film is humanist rather than overtly feminist since it shows the high personal cost of trading conscience for filthy lucre But it s certainly novel to have a financial drama led by women 
2.5
Equity
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s an exciting smartly sexy suspenseful little crime drama that evokes classic Hollywood film noir 
3
Equity
Dann Gire
Equity declines to sketch easy heroes and villains Menon prefers a more realistic edge and winds up with a more nuanced relatable experience than most of her male counterparts would muster 
3
Equity
Ann Hornaday
Equity feels ham handed and obvious like a contrived attempt to make polemical points by couching them within schematic characters and plot points 
2
Equity
Tom Russo
Much as the group might want this to be their spin on say the accessible juiciness of Margin Call they re unfortunately not that dramatically dexterous 
2
Equity
Mick LaSalle
It doesn t go for flashy drama and the ending is more whimper than bang But there s the sense here of something authentic and unless you re already in the business you ll probably learn something 
3
Equity
Peter Travers
Dudes only that might as well be the motto when it comes to big screen finance dramas But in this explosive corporate thriller a dynamite Anna Gunn fights back I m with her 
3
Equity
Susan Wloszczyna
Good intentions do count even if the outcome is not perfect Here is hoping that future productions from Broad Street Pictures prove more satisfying and offer bigger payoffs 
2.5
Equity
Sara Stewart
Ultimately I found the story surrounding Equity that it is a movie about women on Wall Street financed largely by actual women on Wall Street more interesting than the movie itself but it does contain its share of memorable moments 
2.5
Equity
Kenji Fujishima
The film ultimately succeeds in offering a fresh female centered perspective on its genre material 
3
Fight Club
David Reddish
It seems like the male characters in Fight Club would be a whole lot happiernot to mention healthierif they could express respect and affection through the magic of gay sex 
3.5
Fight Club
Roger Moore
Cult films are seldom great films they just connect with a corner of the audience more intensely than was intended elevating their status That s Fight Club And appealing to the wrong sort of cult just makes that clearer 
2
Fight Club
Alan French
Pitt dominates the screen every second he s on it and it simultaneously represents his weirdest funniest and most charismatic role of his career 
4
Fight Club
David Nusair
Filmmaker David Fincher has perhaps notoriously infused Fight Club with a decidedly off kilter sort of vibe that s reflected in its various attributes 
3.5
Fight Club
Jami Bernard
Oh for the time when men were men and were encouraged to beat the tar out of one another That s the world Fight Club pines for 
2
Fight Club
Carrie Rickey
Blistering hallucinatory often brilliant the film by David Fincher is a combination punch of social satire and sociopathology 
3
Fight Club
Ann Hornaday
A movie that wants to keep its audience unsettled from beginning to end 
2.5
Fight Club
Walter Chaw
where Taxi Driver sees the fallacy in canonizing Travis Bickle Fight Club does it without irony 
3
Fight Club
Matt Noller
A complex confused look at life in late 90s America David Fincher s blood black comedy Fight Club remains one of the most divisive pictures of the past 20 years 
3.5
Fight Club
Peter Canavese
One of the seminal films of the 1990s just as darkly funny epic and psychically wrenching as ever Blu ray 
4
Fight Club
Joe Lozito
I don t mind a film with a surprise ending but rather than enhancing the film the climactic revelation in Fight Club cancels out everything previously seen In fact the bitter end of the film is a hypocritical cop out 
2.5
Fight Club
Phil Villarreal
One of the greatest films ever made
4
Fight Club
Judith Egerton
It s a movie with all the warmth of a refrigerated meat locker at midnight And who wants to hang around there 
2.5
Fight Club
Jim Shelby
This is a strange agonized film a darkly comic end of the millennium fable with unforgettable performances and visuals The writing is tight smart and edgy there s no question it hits a chord with our consumer crazed lifestyle 
3
Fight Club
Roger Ebert
If it had all continued in the vein explored in the first act it might have become a great film But the second act is pandering and the third is trickery 
2
Fight Club
Wesley Lovell
8220 Fight Club 8221 carries with it a lot of violent baggage 44 but the images and messages are so pervasive that we cannot help but be awed by its loud 44 obnoxious ideologies 46 
3.5
Fight Club
Bob Graham
Delivers a sucker punch to the audience and then pulls the rug out from under it It is sensational 
4
Fight Club
Jeremy Heilman
Fischner s ability to subvert expectation by delivering such an ultimately positive message is the film s greatest achievement 
4
Fight Club
Andrew Howe
Norton s performance is just shy of brilliant
3.5
Fight Club
James Kendrick
This is movie that sears the nerves that immediately draws a line in the dirt and demands that you stand on one side or the other 
3.5
Fight Club
Bill Chambers
Cinematic pop art
3
Fight Club
Dustin Putman
Taking every scene on an individual basis it is often madly brilliant but put it all together and it is a pretentious incoherent mess 
2
Fight Club
Shay Casey
A challenging piece of work a film demanding that its viewers look past what s on its surface and find something deeper 
3.5
Fight Club
Jorge Avila Andrade
Visin de los peligros psicolgicos en los que podemos caer gracias a nuestra tecnificada sociedad
3
Fight Club
Madeleine Williams
Fincher s stunning visual style carries the film well past its faults 
3
Fight Club
Bob Bloom
Fincher the director of Seven leads you down a murky winding path of dark dank cellars and alleys in which water drips incessantly and blood and sweat flow and coalesce as if choreographed by a Balanchine 
3.5
Fight Club
Cornell & Petricelli
This movie is dangerous 
3
Fight Club
Steve Rhodes
The brightly written script by Jim Uhls literally bursts with memorable lines that will have you laughing and thinking 
3.5
Fight Club
Marty Mapes
Fight Club s long setup is the funniest stuff Fincher has ever directed and it hits its corporate materialistic target with better accuracy than Mike Judge s Office Space 
3.5
Fight Club
James Berardinelli
The Fight Club is a memorable and superior motion picture a rare movie that does not abandon insight in its quest to jolt the viewer 
4
Fight Club
Rob Blackwelder
Dares to question American values in the most inventive ways since Dr Strangelove 
3
Fight Club
David Keyes
Instead of a nasty story with life lessons what we have is testosterone driven lunatics who enjoy pain the sight of blood and hearing bones crunch David Cronenberg might have succeeded with the material David Fincher doesn t 
1.5
Fight Club
Michael Dequina
Physical violence may give the initial sting but it s the film s psychological violence that leaves the lasting impression 
4
Fight Club
Emily Blunt
The Fight Club is an awesome man flick Sorry girlies 
3
Fight Club
Ross Anthony
Simply rough and thick Even though it loses punch during its extended running time it is still a vibrant contribution to the film world
3
Fight Club
Susan Stark
Bloody mess of a guy film loses its battle to have any real meaning 
1
Proud Mary
Mattie Lucas
Often gets bogged down in cliches but Henson is just so good and Najafi s direction so solid that the film resonates in spite of its occasionally wooden dialogue 
3
Proud Mary
Christopher James
Perhaps the biggest slight against Proud Mary is that nothing happens It s an action movie without action It s a drama without real drama In short it s a complete bore 
1
Proud Mary
Wesley Lovell
There s a good movie buried within this unimpressive effort Thank goodness for Taraji 
2
Proud Mary
David Nusair
An incoherent mess 
1.5
Proud Mary
Sonny Bunch
The biggest disappointment honestly is that Proud Mary never really does anything with the 70s vibe the poster and the title sequence promise
2
Proud Mary
Ty Burr
Where the movie falls and can t get up is in the dialogue the camerawork and the editing 
1.5
Proud Mary
Roger Moore
Buy the soundtrack skip the movie
1.5
Proud Mary
Peter Travers
This dipshit drivel guns down Taraji P Henson s bid for action hero glory and it should be ashamed of itself for wasting such talent 
1.5
Proud Mary
Chuck Bowen
Babak Najafi s Proud Mary is a so so action melodrama with an insulting whiff of generic blaxploitation stylistics 
1.5
Proud Mary
Mike McGranaghan
Certain words come to mind after seeing Proud Mary oof ugh and blecch It s a shambles bearing the hallmarks of significant post production troubles 
1
Proud Mary
Mark Dujsik
T he screenwriters and director Babak Najafi care about these characters T he filmmakers also are willing to dismiss those concerns in favor of plot and action 
2
Proud Mary
Odie Henderson
Proud Mary doesn t deserve the lack of faith its studio has in it In fact it s almost good so close to success that its flaws truly become frustrating 
2.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Brian Eggert
After settling into the unhurried reflections of Adam and Eve 44 the mellow film carries on with a pacing that apos s both bewitching and quietly absorbing
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Federico Furzan
Jarmusch Vampires Indie rock Really Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Chris Alexander
There is a serious voodoo swirling around in Only Lovers Left Alive that you will not find anywhere else in any other vampire movie That power will stick with you long after the lights go up 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Rob Thomas
Only Lovers Left Alive may be a vampire film to us but it s a zombie movie to them 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
David Nusair
Jarmusch seems content to eschew character development and plot advances in favor of a very specific and palpable mood 
2
Only Lovers Left Alive
John Beifuss
Wanda Jackson s Funnel of Love introduces us to Jarmusch s stylish vampires his pale lovers his connoisseurs of art and oenophiles of blood swanning and swooning through eternity together forever even if continents apart 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Matt Brunson
A bloodsucker saga that s every bit as unique as Let the Right One In 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Rene Rodriguez
Even vampires get the blues 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Roger Moore
A straightforward well acted vampire tale given Jim Jarmusch settings and a Jim Jarmusch vibe
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Moira MacDonald
You don t so much watch this movie as slink into it joining an unlikely pair of lovers and enjoying their slouchy elegance 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Duane Dudek
To say Swinton gives a colorless performance is no insult With snow white hair and garments the alabaster actress disappears into her surroundings like a chameleon 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Calvin Wilson
Only Lovers Left Alive breathes new and intriguing life into the vampire genre 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Nathalie Atkinson
Like their creator the characters have feasted on a buffet of historical greats and the broad nature make it feel like Jarmusch s most personal fluently articulated yet It s also supremely groovy 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Liam Lacey
Only Lovers is so fluidly edited and thinly plotted that it feels almost off hand yet it s also made with great care beautifully lit and set designed to an eyelash 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Steven Rea
Swinton her hair white and long and her eyes tired and kind and Hiddleston moody and resigned are wonderful delivering their lines with the dry sighs of a desert breeze 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
John Anderson
Languorous droll and ultimately affecting 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Ty Burr
In Only Lovers Left Alive writer director Jim Jarmusch turns one of his silliest notions into one of the more affecting movies of his career 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Josh Larsen
If Swinton and Hiddleston have a shared gift it s the ability to inhabit theatricality naturally 
3.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Bill Stamets
Jim Jarmusch stocks his latest low key indie with more than his usual characters in low velocity drift 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Mick LaSalle
This is a weak entry in the filmmaker s canon a film that continues Jarmusch s rebellion against narrative while offering nothing in its place 
1
Only Lovers Left Alive
Dustin Putman
Somber but not humorless Only Lovers Left Alive plays to a languid but involving rhythm that is its own 
2.5
Only Lovers Left Alive
Dann Gire
The constant overt comparisons of drug addiction and blood food become obvious and slightly tiresome 
2
Only Lovers Left Alive
Matt Pais
Uses immortal blood suckers as the setup for a darkly comic sad and romantic story of life s disappointments and redemptions 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Robert Levin
Exactly the sort of picture about bloodsuckers you d expect from Jim Jarmusch And that s a compliment 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s quite good it sticks in the memory and there s very little out there that I would trade it for But I don t think it s quite a masterpiece and I d hesitate to call it one of my favorites 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Peter Travers
Director Jim Jarmusch as ever has the power to sneak up on you He s a spellbinder The same goes for his movie 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Susan Wloszczyna
Like most of Jarmusch s films the emphasis is not on action but interaction especially the verbal kind And atmosphere 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Stephen Whitty
Only Lovers Left Alive marks an artist s welcome return And the much needed rescue of a classic monster from the grubby grip of tween novels 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Rex Reed
It s so elegant and dreamlike such a departure from most vampire epics that you won t be bored It also has a wicked sense of humor you usually don t find in the genre 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Claudia Puig
In addition to unspooling an adult story of bloodsuckers Lovers manages something few films have done in years rendering Detroit scenically romantic 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Lou Lumenick
Legendary hipster filmmaker Jim Jarmusch s wryly funny exercise in genre bending hits so many grace notes it ends up being his most satisfying film in years 
3
Only Lovers Left Alive
Calum Marsh
As is so often the case in Jim Jarmusch s films simply spending time in the company of his creations proves engrossing 
3
Ride
Rob Thomas
Ride gratifyingly follows the currents of the story where they go leading to something more organic and satisfying than we might expect I hope it s not another eight years until Hunt s next film 
3
Ride
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is an unusual movie especially when you look back and realize how usual it seemed going in 
3
Ride
Roger Moore
Helen Hunt tries to soften her image with this vanity project but the whole affair is a little too on the nose to offer big laughs or surprises
2
Ride
Chris Knight
Hunt has a long history in comedy but Ride reveals that she can direct it as well as perform it 
3
Ride
Linda Barnard
Occasionally engaging Ride suffers from being desperate to please overwrought and overwritten with sitcom style shenanigans backed up by a goofily chirpy score 
2.5
Ride
Rex Reed
There are good things in it but Ms Hunt is smart observant and bright enough to make films that resonate with more freshness than this Maybe next time 
2
Ride
Lou Lumenick
Ride sounds a bit like a Lifetime movie but in Hunt s capable hands it s a brisk funny and touching comedy for boomers 
3
Ride
Ed Gonzalez
Throughout Helen Hunt obsequiously tends to her character s evolution as a parent through a flagrant indulgence of sitcom ish scenarios 
1
The Serengeti Rules
Roger Moore
An upbeat nature documentary about the birth of the keystone species theory and how bringing such species back heals ecosystems 
3
Griff the Invisible
Kelly Jane Torrance
The script is bursting with highbrow kookiness but it s the acting that makes this film stand out 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
Calvin Wilson
Struggles heroically but unsuccessfully to strike a balance between whimsy and pathos 
2
Griff the Invisible
Chris Hewitt
It s shaggy but its modest charms make up for that 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
Michael O'Sullivan
Griff seems a little too psychologically damaged to laugh at On the other hand for a drama his behavior is way too silly to take seriously 
1.5
Griff the Invisible
Tirdad Derakhshani
It tries too hard to be eccentric kooky So hard it can be downright annoying 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
John Hartl
Something clicks here Physically as well as verbally these kids are speaking their own language 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
Ethan Gilsdorf
The touches of magical realism begin to feel gimmicky By the final frame this romance never feels real enough 
2
Griff the Invisible
Peter Keough
First time director Leon Ford has the Australian shaggy dog comedy style down pat now he just needs an empowering idea 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
Stephen Cole
A cheerfully offbeat Aussie take on superhero movies 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
Linda Barnard
It s a movie that works so hard to be quirky it fails to get us onside with the main character 
2
Griff the Invisible
Kyle Smith
Sits on the screen like a steaming lump of Kryptonite 
0.5
Griff the Invisible
Walter V. Addiego
You get the idea that the filmmaker is leaning a little too heavily on the quirkiness of it all 
2
Griff the Invisible
David Nusair
A likeable if uneven little comedy 
2.5
Griff the Invisible
Glenn Heath Jr.
Thin on plot it recycles fascinating character scenarios multiple times hoping the chemistry of the actors will carry the day 
2.5
The Mortuary Collection
Kevin A. Ranson
these individual spine tinglers strike the perfect discord between humor and horror including some rather sophisticated storytelling and a willingness to go there Happily unrated and gleefully graphic this isn t for the squeamish 
4
The Mortuary Collection
Sara Michelle Fetters
Clever inventive and consistently amusing The Mortuary Collection is one of the best horror anthologies I ve ever seen 
3
The Mortuary Collection
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here s a horror anthology that s aware of how horror anthologies work 
3
The Mortuary Collection
Steven Prokopy
The Mortuary Collection leans into the familiar a bit too often to be a stone cold Halloween classic 
2.5
The Mortuary Collection
Mike McGranaghan
This stylish confidently made movie is perfect viewing for Halloween or any time you want a jolt of clever horror 
3
The Mortuary Collection
Roxana Hadadi
Thoroughly grisly and mostly entertaining The Mortuary Collection is a satisfying choice for the spooky season 
2.5
The Mortuary Collection
Randy Myers
The problem plaguing 90 percent of horror anthologies is that there are rotten apples tossed in the basket Not so with writer director Ryan Spindell s delicious quartet 
3.5
The Mortuary Collection
Roger Moore
I was expecting something with a little more substance 
2
The Mortuary Collection
Erik Childress
Rarely does an anthology film come along as good as Ryan Spindell s The Mortuary Collection Not only does each segment bring its own distinct pleasure but there is a visual prowess on display that announces Spindell as a talent to keep both eyes on 
3.5
The Mortuary Collection
Rosalie Kicks
A meticulously made spectacularly spooky filled horror anthology that is sure to bring shivers down your spine 
3.5
The Right One
Roger Moore
Add the fact that it s the tamest R rated romantic comedy in the history of motion pictures to its gloomy pauses and funereal pace and you haven t got a rom com on your hands just a rom corpse 
1.5
Mephisto
Judy Stone
It is an astonishing discomfiting portrait of a type who places success above an else 
4
Mephisto
James Kendrick
a haunting study in ambition opportunism and compromise
4
Mephisto
Roger Ebert
The actor is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer in one of the greatest movie performances I ve ever seen 
4
National Champions
Linda Cook
National Champions is a winner 
3.5
National Champions
Peter Canavese
There is some melodramatic juice here to be squeezed from the plot but the overripe dialogue and tonal missteps make it all a bit listless The more lunkheaded version of High Flying Bird 
2
National Champions
Richard Roeper
He s fighting for compensation for other student athletes but other meandering arbitrary plotlines keep slowing the story s momentum 
2
National Champions
Kevin Carr
The movie is so flaccidly put together that it takes a very interesting subject matter that should have a spotlight on it and it can t even focus that spotlight 
1
National Champions
Jeff Mitchell
Yes this movie debates the need to pay student athletes but National Champions could use a little less talk and at least some action How about one practice 
1.5
National Champions
Steven Prokopy
Naturally Simmons is an MVP balancing the best interests of his players with his crumbling personal life not to mention the perilous state of his legacy 
3
National Champions
Odie Henderson
National Champions devotes most of its time to a contest to see which of its multi talented cast members can utter the worst dialogue or reveal the most absurd nighttime soap opera plot twists 
2
National Champions
Thomas Floyd
Mervis playbook of plot devices too often leans on gimmicky twists to propel the narrative a lazy love affair a conveniently covered up crime and a tragedy that drops out of nowhere 
2
National Champions
James Berardinelli
National Champions remains effective as an ode to cynical realism but it s uneven at best as a slice of drama 
2.5
National Champions
Mike McGranaghan
A smart probing drama could be made from this topic Unfortunately this isn t it thanks to a shallow approach and the inclusion of too many unnecessary characters 
2
National Champions
Mark Dujsik
W hen it comes time for the filmmakers to take a decisive stand National Champions for lack of a better term punts 
2
National Champions
Randy Myers
An effective gripping and thoughtful takedown of college football that takes a complex topic and does something unexpected with it 
3
National Champions
Mark Meszoros
There truly aren t good guys and bad guys in National Champions Instead it is chock full of people with agendas albeit some more virtuous than others as well as with at least some redeeming qualities 
2.5
National Champions
Mark Hanson
As a peek into the relationship between sports media and capitalism National Champions feels like a beginner s playbook 
1
National Champions
Roger Moore
Well cast occasionally surprising and moderately suspenseful as they say in sports it goes out a winner 
2.5
That Cold Day in the Park
Roger Ebert
The plot is too improbable to be taken seriously and yet director Robert Altman apparently does take it seriously 
1.5
Diary of a Madman
Matt Brunson
A nifty horror treat until it runs out of steam toward the end 
2.5
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mick LaSalle
What a wonderful detailed portrait And what an evocation of a time and a mood Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle is truly one of those films that inhabits its own world 
3
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Roger Ebert
Leigh s performance at the center of almost every scene shows us a woman in a world of men who wore it as a badge of honor that she could outdrink and outtalk them 
3.5
Run & Jump
Tom Keogh
Insightful and often touching 
3
Run & Jump
Robert Levin
The movie is too pleasant too sweet and too tidily assembled given the central trauma 
2.5
Run & Jump
Rex Reed
It s sensitive and winsome like a modestly budgeted independent film should be 
3
Run & Jump
Christy Lemire
Run Jump is surprisingly alive full of jolts and unexpected bursts of humor and earned emotion 
3
Run & Jump
Sara Stewart
Peake does a wonderful job conveying her character s essential young at heartness despite a heavy load of responsibilities and grief and Forte shines as the tentative Ted learning to step off of life s sidelines 
3
Run & Jump
Roger Moore
Romantic Irish whimsy with a dark undertone
3
Who Killed Nancy?
V.A. Musetto
Fails as a detective story but it does offer an entertaining look at the punk scene in the 1970s 
2
Who Killed Nancy?
Andrew Schenker
While Parker may be a sure hand at gathering material he s pretty much clueless when it comes to shaping his findings into an aesthetically viable product 
2.5
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Robert Levin
If your happiness or well being absolutely depends on seeing every last romantic comedy give it a shot 
1.5
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Ty Burr
The People We Hate at the Wedding will be all over your Prime Video home screen for the next few weeks consider it not an invitation but hazardous waste signage 
1.5
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Peyton Robinson
From the predictable plot structure and series of overt zingers to the eye rolling litany of on the nose needle drops 44 The People We Hate at the Wedding is awkwardly executed 46 
1.5
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Mark Dujsik
In theory 46 46 46 91 the family 93 dynamic is the core of this story 44 but the story has other 44 far less interesting things in mind 46 
2
The People We Hate at the Wedding
G. Allen Johnson
Who exactly are The People We Hate at the Wedding Truly all of them 
1
Winged Creatures
David Nusair
a watchable yet disappointing piece of work 
2.5
Winged Creatures
Paul Schrodt
Less a movie than a sociology thesis 
1
Winged Creatures
Robert Levin
Rowan Woods indulges in some sub subpar Crash territory here with a laughably self serious narrative that has less to do with reality than histrionics 
2
Winged Creatures
Wilson Morales
Despite its very impressive lineup this film is full of inconsistencies and moves at a slow pace So many performances are wasted 
1
Winged Creatures
Kam Williams
A harrowing examination of the metaphysical harm inflicted by gun massacres 
3.5
The Out-of-Towners
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough endeavor that 44 although consistently entertaining 44 never quite becomes the classic that one might 8217 ve anticipated 46 
2.5
The Out-of-Towners
Michael Dequina
Too much of the time the glow of the pair is dimmed by the labored slapstick and painful groaners 
2
The Out-of-Towners
Ross Anthony
toggles between the tedious and the hilarious
2
The Out-of-Towners
Steve Rhodes
The Kellermans are played without much chemistry by Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn 
2
The Out-of-Towners
Roger Ebert
The Out of Towners jogs doggedly on the treadmill of comedy working up a sweat but not getting much of anywhere 
1.5
The Out-of-Towners
Dustin Putman
Fast paced and enjoyable enough aided by the dynamite duo of Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn 
2.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Roger Moore
Intriguing with a fine finish But clumsy and utterly lacking in suspense every step of the way 
1.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Kyle Smith
A dopey psychological thriller that combines elements of The Sixth Sense with an overbearing sentimentality The 9th Life of Louis Drax flat lines from beginning to end 
1.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Chris Knight
Louis Drax is a disaster That s true of the title character a nine year old boy whose life has been filled with one near fatal accident after another Unfortunately it also describes this movie the latest from director Alexandre Aja 
1
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Sara Michelle Fetters
Aja while not at the height of his powers still does a marvelous job managing to keep the melodramatic nature of the scenario from overwhelming things 
3
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Robert Horton
You may wonder whether this kid is touched by an angel or touched by fate or touched by some other screenwriting cliche 
1
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Christy Lemire
Either you ll be willing to go with some of its wilder visual conceits or you won t I was for the most part 
2.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Kate Taylor
An intriguing but uneven thriller that doesn t fully establish the tone and style that would be needed for an audience to accept its supernatural plot 
2
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Ed Gonzalez
Every incident in the film is a time bidding maneuver completely and unimaginatively untethered from logic 
.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Tirdad Derakhshani
The shift in tone is expertly managed by Aja who brings it on with such subtlety that we re stunned to realize we ve entered a profoundly unsettling mystery that grapples with taboo themes 
3
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Linda Barnard
Is it a fantasy Hitchcock wannabe thriller or comedy Director Alexandre Aja doesn t seem to have a steady grip on this one 
1.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Pat Padua
This film s dark premise is drowned in whimsy and a forced childlike wonder 
1
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Soren Andersen
The picture is like an onion There are layers here and beneath them more layers 
3
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Brandy McDonnell
Although it doesn t quite have the sweep you want from a historical epic the battle scenes are exciting the colorful depictions of Indian culture are gorgeous and the heroine is worth rooting for 
2.5
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Brad Wheeler
One wonders how Everett got mixed up in this mess 
1
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Roger Moore
Malnourished depressingly uninspired 
1.5
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Sean P. Means
The battle epic The Warrior Queen of Jhansi one of the few movies made in India to make the leap to mainstream American screens is an audacious debut for director Swati Bhise even if the results aren t always up to snuff 
2.5
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Simon Abrams
The makers of The Warrior Queen of Jhansi don t give viewers as many reasons to invest in their versions of these characters not beyond speech like declarations of intent and canned drama that often resolves itself in a matter of minutes 
1
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
G. Allen Johnson
Earnestness and reverence is the death knell of many an inspiring movie and The Warrior Queen of Jhansi falls into that trap 
1.5
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Mark Dujsik
The resulting narrative s split focus doesn t do either side many favors 
2
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Mark Jenkins
Considering all the blood spilled before and since this epilogue doesn t feel quite so triumphant as The Warrior Queen of Jhansi wants it to be 
1.5
Dance With Me
Maitland McDonagh
For every clich embraced in its entirety another is subverted just enough that you re pleasantly surprised 
3.5
Dance With Me
Jeanne Aufmuth
A great big summer cheeseball of a movie that mildly entertains but doesn t stimulate 
2
Dance With Me
Margaret A. McGurk
Competent but predictable soap opera 
2.5
Dance With Me
Liam Lacey
Although the movie bubbles occasionally it never boils 
2
Dance With Me
Bob Graham
Promises to be one of the summer s best date movies 
2
Dance With Me
Roger Ebert
The movie sees Ruby the Williams character clearly and with surprising truthfulness she has a depth associated with more serious movies 
3
Dance With Me
James Berardinelli
As far as feel good movies go this one works in spite of a bloated running length over two hours and a plot that could use an injection of originality 
3
Dance With Me
Elias Savada
This is a adequately enjoyable date flick a lesser semi precious gem 
2
Dance With Me
Michael Dequina
Too heavy on talk and too light on fancy footwork 
2
Dance With Me
David Keyes
Will someone please get rid of this genre of dance films 
2
Dance With Me
Barbara Shulgasser
Just what you want for a couple of hours of mindless fun 
2.5
Dance With Me
Steve Rhodes
It comes alive periodically but spends way too much time with low grade soap opera material Say what you will about the film its two stars are charming 
2
Dance With Me
Rob Blackwelder
The movie is largely gimmicky melodrama lathered with cheap feel good sentimentality 
2.5
Some Kind of Heaven
Peter Canavese
A fleet documentary about a fascinating surreal and visually appealing place that you wish would be a little longer 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Richard Roeper
Director Lance Oppenheim who at 24 is a good half century younger than his subjects employs a straightforward deadpan style that suits the material well avoiding condescension or cutesy gimmicks 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Tom Meek
It s a Day Glo exposé of loneliness desperation and hope in the green garden of paradise as the clock ticks down 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Roger Moore
For all the promise of a New York Times Presents documentary Heaven isn t exactly an infomercial but it s not much deeper than that 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Randy Myers
Oppenheimer snoops around and finds a fount of cinematic gold without once resorting to ageist tropes Heaven is about how even in twilight years many of us still haven t found what we re looking for 
3.5
Some Kind of Heaven
Lisa Trifone
It s Oppenheim s fly on the wall observational approach that delivers the most captivating moments 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Nell Minow
Charming 
3.5
Some Kind of Heaven
Mark Dujsik
T he movie leaves us feeling the need for more more about this place some other resident about the subjects themselves 
2.5
Some Kind of Heaven
Anita Katz
The film rambles somewhat and a split screen sequence clashes tonally with the rest of the film But overall it shines as a seriocomic document of how fantasy can t cure conditions like unhappy marriages and loneliness 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Michael O'Sullivan
The film deepens and grows more thoughtful and yes sad as its spotlight on the need for human connection at any age comes into focus 
3
Some Kind of Heaven
Chuck Bowen
The film is most tragic and humorous when hints of the outside world break through the suffocatingly cheerful façade of the Villages 
2
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Mark Dujsik
The story s assorted tragedies take on the weight of the social the political and above all the personal 
3
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Pat Brown
Its characters are suffused with a paradoxical kind of fear that can only happen in a dream the dread before an immense catastrophe that s unavoidable because it s already happened 
3.5
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Roger Moore
Dawdling this much spreading your incidents over this much time makes for somewhat dull cinema with our searching for himself hero losing track of whats important in a smoke screen of his own creation 
2
The Boy Who Smells Like Fish
Kam Williams
Credit co stars Douglas Smith and Zoe Kravitz for generating just the right chemistry as endearing oddballs to turn this quirky coming of age adventure into an appealing romantic romp 
3
Volunteers
David Nusair
a silly thoroughly unmemorable comedy 
2
Dragon Inn
Mattie Lucas
A sight to behold tightly choreographed and beautifully shot establishing Hu as a true master of the cinematic language 
3.5
Dragon Inn
Simon Abrams
Violence in Dragon Inn is exciting not just because it s choreographed exceptionally well but because there s a genuine sense of danger and excitement in each fight scenes 
4
Mind Leech
Tom Meek
Chris Cheeseman and Paul Krysinski deliver a lo fi DIY film veering into the camp territory 
2.5
Mind Leech
M. Faust
A dusting of dry Canadian humor adds a little sparkle to this short creature feature 46 
2
Mind Leech
Matt Brunson
As we all know 44 leaky containers can result in zombies 44 as in The Return of the Living Dead 44 homicidal maniacs 44 as in The Crazies 44 or a mind leech 44 as in Mind Leech 46 
2.5
Mind Leech
Bob Bloom
apos Mind Leech apos is schlocky 44 but in an affectionate sense 46 It 8217 s sort of a creature feature homage that deftly combines scares and laughs 46 
3
The Shape of Things to Come
James Kendrick
while it is hardly the worst of the Star Wars knockoffs The Shape of the Things to Come is memorable primarily for its various failings
1.5
Backtrack
Godfrey Cheshire
Along with excellent work by cinematographer Stefan Duscio and composer Dale Cornelius Petroni elicits sharp performances from his estimable cast especially Adrien Brody 
3
Backtrack
Kyle Smith
A movie that tries to make a choo choo out of The Sixth Sense but immediately goes off the rails 
0.5
Backtrack
Ed Gonzalez
The film is the cinematic equivalent of watching a Rubik s Cube noisily solve itself for 90 minutes 
1
Backtrack
Roger Moore
Smart logical horror tale marred a bit by Adrien Brody s wayward Australian accent 
2.5
Caged Birds
Roger Moore
Swiss director and co writer Oliver Rihs takes a serious step into the big time with this gripping saga 44 a story that begins escape artist jaunty and occasionally finds its way back there even as the story turns grimmer
3.5
Blue
Roger Ebert
Blue is not just a bad movie but a painfully inept one 
1
Rising Phoenix
Randy Myers
Phoenix is a testament to resiliency determination and passion and is one of the best documentaries of 2020 
4
Rising Phoenix
Nell Minow
It is all assembled with great skill by directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui and cinematographer Will Pugh 
3.5
Rising Phoenix
Jeff York
Marvel Studios and DC WB may think they ve cornered the market on superhero movies but after watching the athletes in RISING PHOENIX you ll realize just who are the genuine articles 
4
Rising Phoenix
Roger Moore
There are athletes all across the spectrum of sport who would kill to have a documentary portray them as heroic epic and badass as Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui paint the superstars in Rising Phoenix 
3
The Lovers and the Despot
Chris Knight
The result is a fascinating Cold War spy story but one with a few too many unanswered questions and unlit corners 
2
The Lovers and the Despot
Bruce DeMara
It s a riveting story steeped in Cold War intrigue and personal tragedy but also not without its ironies 
3.5
The Lovers and the Despot
Robert Horton
A true Cold War cloak and dagger affair 
3.5
The Lovers and the Despot
Brad Wheeler
Documentarians Rob Cannan and Ross Adam compellingly couple an epic love story with an international espionage thriller 
3
The Lovers and the Despot
G. Allen Johnson
Directors Ross Adam and Robert Cannan s documentary is told masterfully through archival material film clips spot on re enactments and interviews with those involved 
4
The Lovers and the Despot
Soren Andersen
Directors Rob Cannan and Ross Adam have made a picture that s technically rough edged but absorbing 
2.5
The Lovers and the Despot
Robert Levin
The details of Kim s cinematic obsession are vividly spelled out by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan illustrated with clips of Shin s North Korean movies and ample footage of the familiar coordinated mass displays of patriotism 
3
The Lovers and the Despot
Matt Zoller Seitz
The personalities are big the story is striking but the treatment is unimaginative except for the editing which is often clever and beautiful but problematic 
2
The Lovers and the Despot
Stephen Rebello
As a look into the vagaries of the filmmaking process as a peek behind the veil of a deeply unknowable cultural landscape as a gripping thriller The Lovers and the Despot is well worth a shot 
3
The Lovers and the Despot
Kyle Smith
Freaky as this story is it s told in a woefully pedestrian way with talking head footage forming the bulk of this slow to develop film Still it s a creepily fascinating tale 
2.5
The Lovers and the Despot
Pat Padua
Lovers suggests that any film even this one can have the manipulative power of propaganda 
3
The Lovers and the Despot
Peter Keough
What they don t quite make clear and perhaps it is impossible to do so is what really happened in this odd episode of international espionage epitomizing movie mogul tyranny 
2.5
The Lovers and the Despot
Oleg Ivanov
The haphazard blending of fact and clips from disparate films unrelated to Shin Sang ok and Choi Eun hee s ordeal confuses an already intricate tale 
2.5
The Lovers and the Despot
Roger Moore
Cold War intrigues and kidnappings with movie critics as the heroes Count me in 
3
Winged Migration
Travis Hoover
Perrin steers clear of science for the sake of cornball mysticism resulting in a film that rots the teeth as much as it dulls the mind 
2
Winged Migration
James Sanford
an amazing technical achievement as the cameras get so close to the birds you would almost swear you could reach out and touch their feathers 
4
Winged Migration
Linda Cook
Hey all you action fans who flocked to the likes of Bad Boys II and 2 Fast 2 Furious Stop reading right now Because Winged Migration probably isn t for you 
4
Winged Migration
Mark Dujsik
If one of the aims of art is to enhance one s appreciation of the beauty of nature then the film succeeds as art as well 
3.5
Winged Migration
Jeff Vice
The most engrossing documentary of its type since 1996 s insect feature MicroCosmos 
4
Winged Migration
Sean P. Means
A one of a kind travelogue with the most graceful guides imaginable 
3.5
Winged Migration
Phil Villarreal
A stunning if somewhat repetitive flight 
3
Winged Migration
John Beifuss
Showcases the beauty and natural talents of a cast of thousands 
4
Winged Migration
Joe Baltake
As humbling as it is remarkable 
4
Winged Migration
Ross Anthony
Beautiful film sweetly filmed in flight in formation with the birds as if we re one of the flock 
3.4
Winged Migration
David N. Butterworth
An intimate uplifting tribute to our fine feathered friends who weather incredible odds in their quest for survival 
3
Winged Migration
Marty Mapes
Winged Migration is imperfect but it s still amazing don t miss it
3.5
Winged Migration
Moira MacDonald
It s a beautiful and oddly restful experience 
3.5
Winged Migration
Lisa Kennedy
A feat of diligence and not just on the part of its feathered subjects 
3
Winged Migration
Collin Souter
Like the subject of Mother Nature herself you could complain and fixate on certain nagging elements but if you do it too much you might miss the over all beauty of it Best to just let the movie and nature work its magic on you 
4
Winged Migration
Rene Rodriguez
Winged Migration is without question the best documentary about birds I have ever seen 
3.5
Winged Migration
Carrie Rickey
For those who dream of soaring with eagles or gliding with geese or hovering with herons the euphoric Winged Migration literally offers a bird s eye view of the world s most majestic vistas 
3
Winged Migration
James Berardinelli
A fascinating motion picture 
3
Winged Migration
Jeremy Heilman
Winged Migration gives an almost unprecedented look at our flying friends 
3.5
Winged Migration
Chris Hewitt
The limited scope of Winged Migration is disappointing at first but it becomes the movie s strength implying that what motivates the birds does not require explanation 
3
Winged Migration
Jackie Loohauis
This Oscar nominated movie is an amazing flight for audiences as well as the birds 
3
Winged Migration
Jeff Strickler
Arguably the most beautiful documentary ever made Winged Migration has a wow factor that is off the charts 
4
Winged Migration
David Elliott
Winged Migration made me want to sprout wings and feathers but only if I could migrate over short safe routes 
3.5
Winged Migration
Chris Knight
The movie is full of stunning moments 
4
Winged Migration
Rick Groen
There s not a single special effect and yet the visuals are spectacular 
3.5
Winged Migration
Pam Grady
The film stands as a testament to the beauty to be found in our world 
4
Winged Migration
Addison MacDonald
Winged Migration is a nature film in description an adventure film in experience and a work of art in hindsight 
4
Winged Migration
Jeanne Aufmuth
Perrin s too dry voice over is all that separates his labor of love from four star glory 
3.5
Winged Migration
Mick LaSalle
Winged Migration is just a peek into the birds view of things and it s a precious one 
4
Winged Migration
Ty Burr
Winged Migration is one for the birders or for all other people who have stood still and forgotten themselves as they watch a sparrow make its way through the world 
3
Winged Migration
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perrin doesn t express any particular personal passion with this film other than birds are pretty 
2.5
Winged Migration
Glenn Lovell
This is one of the most exhilarating wildlife documentaries ever brought to the big screen 
4
Winged Migration
Terry Lawson
This film by French director Jacques Perrin is to most nature documentaries what King Kong is to monster movies It towers over them 
4
Winged Migration
Roger Ebert
There are sights here I will not easily forget 
3
Winged Migration
Glenn Whipp
In a summer full of digitally enhanced machines and mutants you won t see anything more amazing and electrifying than the soaring birds in this marvelous movie 
4
Winged Migration
Erik Childress
With both the transitions and the action scenes from one species to the next a pindrop would even be drowned out by the wonder in your own mind 
3.5
Winged Migration
Michael Wilmington
Many modern fantasy films employing digital effects and camera trickery offer us an invitation to fly None really sweeps us up to the heights like this one 
4
Winged Migration
Jack Mathews
People have to learn poetry Birds are born with it Perrin has merely copied their poetry on film and it is breathtaking frame by frame 
3.5
Winged Migration
Megan Lehmann
While lacking in traditional drama and suffering from a slightly repetitive structure Winged Migration has its emotional high points 
3
Winged Migration
David Sterritt
You ll enjoy viewing Winged Migration but you won t learn much from it 
2
Winged Migration
John Anderson
Nature films are assumed to be plotless but Winged Migration is full of major and minor narratives from the basic struggle of a snow goose making its migratory trek from the Gulf to the Yukon to sequences of decidedly high drama 
3.5
Winged Migration
Peter Travers
Perrin gets so close to the intimate beauty of flight you feel privileged 
3.5
Winged Migration
Steve Rhodes
Come and be a bird Soar into the heavens with Winged Migration 
3.5
Winged Migration
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Repetitive and formless and the sappy new age music and portentous narration is grating 
2.5
Winged Migration
Harvey S. Karten
Possibly the most astonishing documentary about bird migration ever made 
4
Hitchcock
Brian Eggert
The acting is top notch all around 44 but Gervasi 8217 s treatment makes one want to pick up a Hitchcock biography instead 46 
2.5
Hitchcock
Kelly Jane Torrance
His obsessive nature is one of the things that makes Hitchcock such a mysterious figure But we don t learn anything about what made him tick here 
1.5
Hitchcock
Wesley Lovell
Without Helen Mirren James D Arcy and a few interesting scenes this flat lifeless exploration of Alfred Hitchcock s making of Psycho lacks depth or a suitable anchor 
2.5
Hitchcock
David Keyes
A movie about the late great director poses a question too great to ignore how does one truly capture the idea of Hitchcock in a span of only 99 minutes The answer is you can t and here is a movie that thankfully knows that 
3
Hitchcock
Eric Melin
The Cook Reville subplot is pretty standard stuff so the movie is pretty lopsided but the behind the scenes stuff surrounding Psycho is very compelling even if it s not 100 percent true 
2.5
Hitchcock
Josh Larsen
the movie s on the nose vision of the man makes for an unsurprising narrative 
2
Hitchcock
Roger Moore
A fanciful film buff s delight a grim yet glittery corner of Hollywood history given a Hollywood treatment No it s not the literal truth but as they ve said since John Ford s day When the legend becomes fact print the legend 
3.5
Hitchcock
Lori Hoffman
I enjoyed this inside look at how Psycho became Hitchcock s biggest hit but I can t imagine how anyone who hasn t studied Hitchcock would find much of interest in it 
2
Hitchcock
James Kendrick
remains frustratingly surface level in its aspirations taking us through familiar Psycho related trivia without ever making it truly come alive
2.5
Hitchcock
John Wirt
Helen Mirren playing opposite Anthony Hopkins does the movie s best acting work as Hitchcock s right hand woman 
2.5
Hitchcock
John Beifuss
An accurate subtitle might be Dial M for Marriage 
3
Hitchcock
Marty Mapes
Mainstream telling of the making of Psycho is missing part of the story
2.5
Hitchcock
Rob Thomas
Hitchcock is fun to watch but unlike Psycho it scarcely draws blood 
2.5
Hitchcock
Jeff Beck
While Hitchcock is a fascinating look behind the scenes at the making of one of the greatest suspense films ever made there s not really much insight to be found about Hitchcock himself 
3
Hitchcock
Kam Williams
A cinematic treat offering rare peeks behind the scenes and behind the closed doors of a legendary director and the love of his life 
3
Hitchcock
Mike McGranaghan
While undeniably flawed Hitchcock remains a breezy entertaining show biz tale 
3
Hitchcock
Matt Brunson
This cinematic claptrap is often so risible that it s no wonder I initially misread the name of the director Sacha Gervasi as Sacha Baron Cohen although I doubt even the helmer of Borat and Bruno could make a farce as outlandish as this movie 
1.5
Hitchcock
Lawrence Toppman
A great actor should not seem but be Mirren simply is and she takes Hitchcock up a notch with every look and line 
3
Hitchcock
Rene Rodriguez
The movie spends too much time off the set of Psycho where the real story was and focuses instead on incidental matters that feel like outtakes 
1
Hitchcock
Duane Dudek
Playing Hitchcock Anthony Hopkins is a mountain of prosthetics But his portrayal hits all the right disturbingly quiet notes and the impersonation quickly settles into performance 
3
Hitchcock
Loey Lockerby
Hitchcock may be a muddled and shallow portrait of its actual title character but it shines a much deserved spotlight on the great woman behind this particular great man 
2.5
Hitchcock
Rafer Guzman
An overly literal idea of the brilliant director but an entertaining visit to the set of a horror classic 
2.5
Hitchcock
Bob Bloom
The film is more of a tale of artistic expression vs the 1950s status quo with Hitch portrayed by Anthony Hopkins pushing the boundaries of what is considered and mandated as good taste by the industry s powers that be 
3
Hitchcock
Lisa Kennedy
It s tough work giving good face to an iconic role yet Johansson manages to show Leigh as a thoughtful professional aware of the interpersonal booby traps set by her director for his leading ladies 
3
Hitchcock
Alison Gang
Hitchcock marks the first time Hopkins and Mirren have appeared together on screen and it s as fun to watch as you d imagine 
3
Hitchcock
Moira MacDonald
It s not exactly a perfect marriage but Hopkins and Mirren create a funny exasperated chemistry 
3
Hitchcock
Austin Kennedy
It s a well crafted marvelously acted fun piece of fluff It may not be the best film of the year but it s certainly one of the most watchable anchored by a stunning performance by Hopkins 
3.5
Hitchcock
Joe Williams
Hitchcock is an amusing lark but the clumsy way it dissects the director is for the birds 
2.5
Hitchcock
Steven Rea
Hopkins makes a wonderful Hitchcock 
3
Hitchcock
Chris Hewitt
You ll learn lots more if you just watch the original Psycho again 
1
Hitchcock
Peter Canavese
Reenactment cinema On balance Hitchcock is about as entertaining and as trustworthy as a tabloid 
2
Hitchcock
Charlie McCollum
Hitchcock once famously said that a good filmmaker should always always make the audience suffer as much as possible I don t think he meant the kind of suffering Hitchcock inflicts on its audience 
1.5
Hitchcock
Michael Phillips
Hopkins Hitch may not reveal inner demons He s entertaining as is Mirren It s fun to watch them elevate a rosy assessment of a first rate popular artist and the woman who never got the credit she deserved 
2.5
Hitchcock
Ann Hornaday
There s something tonally off about the master of anxiety neurosis and disquiet being depicted in a story this cozy 
2
Hitchcock
David Nusair
a terminally misbegotten endeavor 
1
Hitchcock
Stephen Whitty
They make it all up and it s still boring 
2
Hitchcock
Peter Howell
Hitchcock is a stab in the dark The film gets the suspense part of Alfred Hitchcock right but for the wrong reasons 
2
Hitchcock
Mick LaSalle
An entertaining economical and thoroughly enjoyable glimpse into a familiar artist s creative process 
3
Hitchcock
Claudia Puig
Anthony Hopkins nails the look and sound of the director but the film itself is uneven 
2.5
Hitchcock
Mark Dujsik
T he film really finds its stride as an examination of passionate people fighting tooth and nail for their artistic satisfaction 
3
Hitchcock
Brett Michel
At his lowest Hitch refers to an early edit of Psycho as stillborn That description also applies to this film 
1.5
Hitchcock
Wesley Morris
It s all surface and formula 
1.5
Hitchcock
Walter Chaw
about an old couple on the verge of decrepitude deciding to make a go of their marriage because they have no other choice Yeah it s awful 
0.5
Hitchcock
Matt Pais
A vivid portrait of the artist and his process 
3.5
Hitchcock
Joe Lozito
This slight biopic isn t as good as any of the master s films but it s worth seeing for the performances by Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren 
3
Hitchcock
Kyle Smith
A good natured study in film nerd humor 
3
Hitchcock
Roger Ebert
Anthony Hopkins superb actor although he is would not seem to be an obvious choice to play Hitchcock but I accepted him His makeup job is transformative 
3
Hitchcock
Dustin Putman
A motion picture for anyone who loves movies revels in the art of filmmaking and appreciates the special one of a kind cathartic power of great horror cinema 
3.5
Hitchcock
Robert Levin
To watch Anthony Hopkins play Alfred Hitchcock is to experience an onscreen transformation that s so complete so comprehensive it s as if the real person has been revived 
4
Hitchcock
Peter Travers
Hopkins catches the essence of Hitchcock as artist and con man And Mirren is stellar as his wife and secret weapon The pleasure of their company adds sparkle to this unexpectedly poignant look at a career and a marriage 
3
Hitchcock
James Berardinelli
It s Hopkins impersonation of the larger than life title figure that holds the movie together 
3
Hitchcock
David Germain
If Hitchcock ultimately feels inconsequential it always aims to please and for the most part it does 
2.5
Hitchcock
Andrew Schenker
If you ve ever seen Psycho or even if you know anything at all about the film Sacha Gervasi s Hitchcock would like to congratulate you on your savvy 
.5
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
Kam Williams
A warts and all biopic about a cautious creative genius burdened by a vivid imagination apt to take superstitions like Step on a crack and you break your mother s back very seriously 
3
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
Lou Lumenick
Through it all Clayman struggles to keep himself and OC87 on track and it s easy to cheer his ultimate triumph 
3
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
Kalvin Henely
A tender painful and frustrating work of vulnerability and because of this in some ways deflects critical commentary 
2.5
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
James Kendrick
a genuine cinematic marvel a masterpiece of ingenious visual realization in which the screen is transformed into a living breathing Victorian picturebook
4
Pure Country
Elizabeth Lynch
This is an enjoyable movie for fans of country music for whom the rich soundtrack should be a delight And if they happen to have a crush on George Strait so much the better 
2.5
Pure Country
Gary Thompson
Strait gives an uncertain performance full of blatantly rehearsed reactions and stoic delivery It looks like he s reluctant to participate and you can hardly blame him 
2
Pure Country
John Wooley
You always know that you re being manipulated by Pure Country and you re usually pretty sure what s going to happen next Still chances are fairly good you ll leave the theater smiling when it s over humming one of the sentimental songs 
2.5
Pure Country
John Hartl
The director Christopher Cain brings not a hint of irony to any of this not even to the Vegas finale in which Dusty is supposed to rescue himself from glitz 
1.5
Pure Country
Steven Rea
Pure Country is an Elvis movie with a thick country twang 
1.5
Pure Country
Stephen Hunter
If Strait weren t so appealing the movie would be easier to dismiss Let s hope it does well enough to give him a second shot and that maybe he can find something a little bit less Vegas and a little bit more East Texas 
2
Pure Country
Clifford Terry
Pure twaddle 
1
Pure Country
David Nusair
The romantic subplot between Strait and Glasser s respective characters goes a long way towards perpetuating the movie s affable atmosphere 
3
Pure Country
Roger Ebert
This is the very definition of the kind of movie where fans of the star will enjoy it more than dispassionate observers 
2.5
Five Fingers for Marseilles
James Kendrick
its dedication to its vision of using the genre tropes of the morally ambiguous spaghetti western to explore the fraught racial and economic politics of post Apartheid South Africa is impressive
3.5
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Shane Slater
Though its opening act may hint at some missed thematic potential fans of the Western genre will surely find much to appreciate in Five Fingers for Marseilles 
3
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Matt Fagerholm
There are no thrills in this western yarn just a mounting series of tragedies that are by turns frustrating and numbing 
2
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Roger Moore
Not bad for a South African Spaghetti Western
3
Five Fingers for Marseilles
James Berardinelli
While there are gunfights and everything concludes with a big shoot out the complexity of the situation and the murkiness of Tau s quest for redemption are anything but standard order fare for a Western 
3
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Josh Wise
What happens in this neo western isn t dictated by the tried and true themes the classic westerns but by the films themselves 
2
Fear Strikes Out
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anthony Perkins gives a great twitchy performance as Jimmy Piersall 
3
Syndromes and a Century
Mattie Lucas
A fleeting shadow an elusive memory fading as the mind slips into sleep a long lost lover reborn in a dream 
3.5
Syndromes and a Century
Wesley Morris
His fifth feature Syndromes and a Century might be the director s most purely intoxicating 
4
Syndromes and a Century
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Weerasethakul has become less and less dependent on narrative relying instead on emotional impressions and rhythms and even a few deadpan laughs 
3.5
Syndromes and a Century
Jeff Vice
This one appears to simply be scenes set in a rural Thai hospital that were strung together at random 
2.5
Syndromes and a Century
Sean P. Means
The fragmented images and dialogue have the feel of a nostalgic dream one you will either groove to or sleep through 
2.5
Syndromes and a Century
Bill Stamets
The latest daydreamy film from this Thai auteur of languor is fragrant with tender love and sly humor 
3.5
Syndromes and a Century
V.A. Musetto
You have to abandon any preconceived notions about movies and allow your mind to be seduced by the mystifying occasionally humorous world of a one of a kind filmmaker You might even find yourself becoming a fan 
3
Syndromes and a Century
Gene Seymour
A challenging invigorating whiff of the magical properties of sensual cinema 
4
Syndromes and a Century
Nick Schager
The film functions not only as a loving tribute to the past but as Weerasethakul s attempt at experiential preservation 
3.5
The Wedding Date
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough premise that 8217 s employed to tedious and frustratingly half baked effect 46 46 46 
2
The Wedding Date
Camerin Courtney
While there are many of the right ingredients here a likable cast plot potential a dreamy English countryside setting I still can t say I do to this fluffy flick 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Michael Dequina
If there s anything truly scary about this time of year it s the typical appearance of the ghastly beast known as the Sitcom Star Feature Hiatus Project 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Peter Debruge
Seldom has a movie so blatantly illustrated the need for genuine star power in the lead especially considering The Wedding Date s obvious comparisons to not one but three more successful Julia Roberts movies 
1.5
The Wedding Date
James Verniere
The film is just not very funny or original 
2
The Wedding Date
Sara Michelle Fetters
And while Mulroney is definitely a breathlessly sexy performer even under the worst circumstances he s given little to do here except act like a sexual Yoda and look wistfully at Messing 
2
The Wedding Date
Sean P. Means
My suspicion is the filmmakers started out making a raunchy R rated Bridget Jones s Diary sort of movie but the suits got nervous and demanded a PG 13 cut 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Greg Maki
The writing shows occasional wit and the performances are charming enough but there is too much working against them 
2
The Wedding Date
Lori Hoffman
With blinders on to deflect the obvious that this movie isn t remotely believable The Wedding Date skates by on the charm of its actors 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Steven Snyder
Unlike Pretty Woman and most other successful romances we have absolutely NO reason to understand why EITHER of these empty vessels would EVER find themselves attracted to the other 
1.5
The Wedding Date
David N. Butterworth
Laudably manages to avoid the inherent sordidness of Pretty Woman and the underlying sadness of My Best Friend s Wedding 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Larry Ratliff
One wedding No funerals A pretty woman Lots of borrowed somethings but nothing new 
2.5
The Wedding Date
James Berardinelli
This is a charmless lifeless affair that had me leaving the theater in a mood more appropriate to a funeral than a wedding 
2
The Wedding Date
Matt Brunson
To say that the script is bottom of the barrel would be too kind this one was already decomposing under a mountain of mulch before Debra Messing unwisely fished it out 
1
The Wedding Date
Jonathan R. Perry
The Wedding Date doesn t exactly resurrect romantic comedy but it proves there s still life in the genre 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Vince Koehler
This was a fun film that told a good story without getting ridiculous like some of these have been in the past 
3
The Wedding Date
Linda Cook
Know this from the get go I m one of a dozen or so women scattered throughout the world who didnt like Pretty Woman 
.5
The Wedding Date
Bob Bloom
The movie is so elementary so simplistic offering stock situations and cardboard characters who remain unchanged that it plays like an extended version of a sitcom 
1
The Wedding Date
Sarah Chauncey
Aimed squarely at the single and over 35 demographic The Wedding Date is a guilty pleasure that is perfect for a girls night out 
3
The Wedding Date
Rick Groen
Admittedly no part of the year is immune to bad romantic comedies But what distinguishes The Wedding Date what qualifies it so impeccably for turkey season goes way beyond generic foulness 
1
The Wedding Date
Moira MacDonald
Like a bridal shower it s probably more fun if you have some champagne first Perhaps some enterprising theater manager will consider this 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Sue Pierman
A bit like cheap champagne It s better if you revel in its bubbly fizz and don t think about the finish 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Connie Ogle
It is in no way a match made in heaven 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Elizabeth Weitzman
Not a single scene connects smoothly with the next characters make head scratching choices that come out of nowhere and logic consistently proves itself an enemy to be avoided at all costs 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Lisa Kennedy
Why Kat must be so emotionally clueless or her sister so selfish is a mystery that invites an essay about what women think of each other these days 
2
The Wedding Date
Kit Bowen
My Best Friend s Picture Perfect Wedding er I mean The Wedding Date is surprisingly engaging mostly 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Mary F. Pols
Is true love with a prostitute the best Valentine s Day fantasy Hollywood has to offer 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Loey Lockerby
Hardly worth an 8 ticket however especially since you can see Messing play the same character in a better written venue every week After all that s one of the central messages of the film Never pay for something you can get for free 
2
The Wedding Date
John Monaghan
Even if we could buy the contrived setup right Debra Messing needs to buy a date there is no thought to fleshing out the characters 
1
The Wedding Date
Wesley Morris
Messing should know this is precisely the kind of movie Grace would ridicule Will for dragging her to see 
1
The Wedding Date
Jeff Vice
Even if the material is terribly formulaic and derivative it s still such a simple by the numbers romantic comedy that only a Herculean effort could mess it up And the filmmakers have managed to do exactly that 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Lawrence Toppman
The film s generic nature extends to everything about it the unengaging cinematography haphazard editing emptily jaunty score even use of locations 
1
The Wedding Date
David Elliott
There s no real tension because Kat and Nick are more surely fated than a pharaoh for his tomb 
2
The Wedding Date
Mick LaSalle
A fairly mediocre film not nearly as funny as it should be nor as heartfelt 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Lou Lumenick
From the look of it poor Debra Messing s first starring vehicle was an unmitigated disaster even before the cameras started rolling 
0
The Wedding Date
Peter Howell
There is not a single memorable joke or line of dialogue in it something that even the dumbest of comedies usually delivers 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Roger Ebert
The Wedding Date presents the curious case of two appealing performances surviving a bombardment of schlock 
2.5
The Wedding Date
Willie Waffle
Going to see Wedding Date is like going on a date with me It is moderately pleasant but you are not going to do it a second time because you know you can do better 
2
The Wedding Date
Dustin Putman
Elicits a handful of smiles but not many laughs as it approaches a finale that comes as a foregone conclusion 
2
The Wedding Date
Mike Clark
The movie goes wrong from the start by simply throwing us into the action and asking us to identify with Messing s desperate scheme 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Rob Blackwelder
What good is a uniquely photographed dance scene if the characters dancing together are barely two dimensional 
2
The Wedding Date
Peter Canavese
It s a blessing that The Wedding Date doesn t try too hard but it s a curse that it doesn t try hard enough 
1.5
The Wedding Date
David Sterritt
This is a wedding date that would have benefited from a different designer a more knowing caterer and most of all a whole new guest list 
1
The Wedding Date
Carrie Rickey
Mulroney best known as the title character in Roberts comedy My Best Friend s Wedding is by far the best thing about this gaggingly unromantic comedy His character s bio divulged in a thumbnail is the least convincing thing 
2
The Wedding Date
Chris Hewitt
It s all the actors can do to race through their lines before their gag reflexes kick in 
1
The Wedding Date
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s telling that we don t find Messing s character worthy of a male prostitute s love 
2
The Wedding Date
Jan Stuart
Dana Fox s script is all setup skimping on the quirky character touches and comedic flourishes that could make a predictable outcome gratifying 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Michael Wilmington
A tossed bouquet full of dead flowers and bad jokes that belongs in the nearest trash receptacle 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Walter Chaw
Focus grouped to such a precise dot that everyone in the audience will not only be able to name each brand of luggage the characters use but will do so with joy and pride 
1
The Wedding Date
Josh Larsen
Messing and Mulroney have wonderful chemistry too bad they frequently have it long before their characters should 
2
The Wedding Date
Frank Ochieng
plays like a hollow and manipulative gimmicky Lifetime channel television movie Alertly one should decline the cheeky invitation to this senseless ceremonial event
1.5
The Wedding Date
Phil Villarreal
Yearn dammit the movie screams at you as you turn your eyes to the wristwatch and lament that like Kat you ve just wasted your money 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Scott Nash
There s no cliché from any romantic comedy of the past twenty years that this movie isn t afraid to borrow water down and then recycle 
1.5
The Wedding Date
Jeanne Aufmuth
Flashes of engagement mired in starry eyed pabulum with a bubble gum score to match 
2
The Wedding Date
Steve Rhodes
TV movie level fluff Yawn 
2
The Wedding Date
Ed Gonzalez
Some films are ripped from the headlines others are ripped from the pages of Cosmopolitan 
1
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Robert Roten
A unique film Morris puts four disparate characters together into one film making penetrating observations about the nature of humanity 
3
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Roger Ebert
Fast Cheap Out of Control doesn t fade from the mind the way so many assembly line thrillers do Its images lodge in the memory To paraphrase the old British beer ad Errol Morris refreshes the parts the others do not reach 
4
High-Rise
Brian Eggert
The experience cannot be described as enjoyable however many may come to appreciate the anarchy s commentary with distant admiration 
3
High-Rise
Lisa Jensen
It would be one thing if Laing s discoveries led him to some sort of action But he s happy to embrace the weird hierarchy of the status quo 
2.5
High-Rise
Brad Keefe
Wheatley also tends to focus on style at the expense of a narrative that doesn t feel like a steady decline so much as it lurches and spasms toward the breakdown of society This tends to make the point lost 
2.5
High-Rise
Sonny Bunch
High Rise is a bit of a mess bloated and meandering As far as meandering bloated messes go however High Rise has its moments 
2.5
High-Rise
John Serba
Often feels like a thought experiment gone awry 
2.5
High-Rise
Christopher Schobert
High Rise is not a backward facing period piece nor a glimpse into the future it is a sobering look into a recognizable present and that s what makes the film a worthy adaptation of a literary master 
4
High-Rise
David Nusair
One of the worst most annoying films ever made 
0
High-Rise
Sean P. Means
The dystopian thriller High Rise is a limp exercise in social satire that strands a talented cast on the upper floors 
2
High-Rise
Tina Hassannia
Sometimes a filmmaker s perception of a story s value strays so far from the original that it transmogrifies into something unremarkable confusing or dissatisfying 
1
High-Rise
Barry Hertz
High Rise switches genres effortlessly black humour one moment dystopic parable the next until it becomes its own singular horrifying immensely captivating thing 
4
High-Rise
J. R. Jones
No matter how much one shades the characters though High Rise defies adaptation because the most vivid character is the building itself 
2
High-Rise
Allyson Johnson
Ben Wheatley s newest film is a repulsive structureless obscenity of a film that would rather glorify hyper violence sexual assault and mayhem then tell a comprehensible story 
1.5
High-Rise
Sara Stewart
Director Ben Wheatley Kill List is masterful with arresting imagery set in a dystopian spin on the 70s less so with a compelling narrative 
2.5
High-Rise
Mark Dujsik
In a way it s almost impressive how the movie swings around its allegory like one of those big cartoon mallets yet fails to hit any of its barn wall sized targets 
1.5
High-Rise
Richard Roeper
High Rise keeps hammering home the same points and not even the wealth of strong performances from Hiddleston Miller and Irons are enough to salvage the day 
2.5
High-Rise
Peter Keough
Wheatley renders this breakdown of civilization in jaunty montages of assaults orgies murders and mounds of garbage images backed by music ranging from Portishead to Bach s Brandenburg Concertos 
3
High-Rise
Peter Travers
Wheatley and screenwriter Amy Jump his wife have energized J G Ballard s parable of class warfare with a daring approach that will touch a nerve or have you bolting for the exits 
3
High-Rise
Rex Reed
A trash wallow in sex nudity violence cruelty to animals and the skewering of contemporary society 
0
High-Rise
Michael O'Sullivan
Tom Hiddleston s Dr Robert Laing isn t so much a character as a machine part 
2
High-Rise
Glenn Kenny
The movie retains Ballard s not uncheerful mordancy and brings home his conviction that what we convince ourselves to be the best of all doesn t need much of a tilt to become the absolute worst 
3.5
High-Rise
Anders Wright
Though it s set in the past the future is bleak for the residents of the High Rise As oddly prescient as the source material is let s just hope our own is brighter 
3
High-Rise
Michael Upchurch
It has the right look It has the right sound But the overly frantic editing job on High Rise a film adaptation of J G Ballard s 1975 dystopian satire may leave some viewers scratching their heads 
2
High-Rise
Mick LaSalle
The best disappointing movie you will see all year 
2
High-Rise
Michael Phillips
You go with it it s potent and alluring in its visions of Brutalist excess 
3
High-Rise
Josh Larsen
Society doesn t come undone as much as it artfully spasms 
1.5
High-Rise
James Kendrick
Part of the problem is that the characters feel like cartoons but have just enough psychological realism to keep their inexplicable behavior frustrating rather than intriguing
2
High-Rise
Chuck Bowen
The film s notion of a caste system is crudely reductive in the manner of a routine future shock thriller 
2
High-Rise
Roger Moore
Intellectually ambitious but obvious and somewhat dated cautionary sci fi dystopia
2.5
If...
Eric Melin
If is more than a little dated and some patches get pretty long but it feels alive and that s important 
2.5
If...
Ian Mantgani
To describe it in text makes it sound like an obliquely hardcore art movie But it speaks for itself as a sensory and emotional experience 
4
Bereft
Erik Childress
Its conclusion is unsatisfying and probably undeserving for at least one of the characters leaving us wondering why we were grieving at all and was it worth it 
2.5
Kubrick by Kubrick
Roger Moore
Is it the last word 63 Can 8217 t be 46 10 Is it even complete 63 The documentary was 13 minutes longer when it played festivals 46 But it 8217 s still a must see for Kubrick fans 46 46 46 
2.5
Demolition Man
Peter Canavese
Doesn t quite go far enough instead settling for cheap gags and cheap thrills but it tickles fairly well for a couple of hours of crashes and fireballs Blu ray 
2.5
Demolition Man
David Nusair
a sporadically amusing yet pervasively underwhelming bit of early 90s cheese 
2
Demolition Man
Michael Dequina
Featuring intense action exceptional special effects and a healthy sense of humor it is the film Last Action Hero wanted and failed to be 
3.5
Demolition Man
Robert Roten
A great villain goes a long way toward making an action movie successful and Snipes certainly does more than his share to make this an enjoyable film 
3
Demolition Man
James O'Ehley
Stallone is surprisingly good in this fast funny and violent futuristic action film 
3
Demolition Man
Chris Hicks
With Snipes giving his role everything he s got a considerable amount by any measure and with some amusing bits tying together the action scenes there is plenty of eye candy at work here which should satisfy action fans 
2.5
Demolition Man
James Berardinelli
In the end that s all this film is flames flying bullets and special effects It could be worse I suppose but as long as people go into this film with their eyes open there shouldn t be any surprises 
1.5
Demolition Man
Ted Prigge
Let me say the view of Utopia is nice and all but it s not nearly negative enough 
2.5
The Scout
Anderson Jones
The last in a long series of baseball flicks this year this one s the most believable Yet it still doesn t quite manage to hit one out of the park 
3
The Scout
Shellie Iliff
This is the laziest piece of work in the fall big screen lineup so far 
1
The Scout
James Berardinelli
It s been a long time since there s been a good baseball movie The Scout makes you wonder if there s ever going to be one again 
1.5
The Scout
Roger Ebert
Rarely does a movie start high and go downhill so fast It s as if the filmmakers progressively lost their nerve with every additional scene 
1.5
Death Is a Woman
David Nusair
a prototypically useless endeavor from Godard 
1
Death Is a Woman
Lisa Kennedy
A charming document of the great filmmaker s fanciful yet serious dreams for cinema 
3
Death Is a Woman
Marty Mapes
One of Godard s more approachable and enjoyable films a black comic tribute to musical romance
3
Death Is a Woman
Terry Lawson
A Woman Is a Woman may not have the urgency or the contradictions that made early Godard an icon but in its new incarnation it takes us back to a time when he could still provide the makings of a good argument 
3
Death Is a Woman
Ty Burr
The most playful film to come out of the French New Wave it s also the last time Jean Luc Godard appeared to have any fun 
3.5
Death Is a Woman
Chris Hewitt
A playful experiment 
2.5
Death Is a Woman
Michael Wilmington
Une Femme Est une Femme moves us now because it s so playful and the players are so young 
4
Death Is a Woman
Roger Ebert
A Woman Is a Woman is slight and sometimes wearisome A minor chapter in an early career 
2
Death Is a Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As always Godard is more interested in making a comment on films specifically the musical than in creating one of his own 
4
Death Is a Woman
Glenn Lovell
The partially improvised performances especially that of Karina who would go on to star in Godard s much darker My Life to Live are spirited and fun 
2.5
Death Is a Woman
Ed Gonzalez
Jean Luc Godard s A Woman is A Woman along with his great My Life to Live remains one of the director s more accessible works 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Brian Eggert
The Vast of Night is a film of sharp and efficient craft and its modest pleasures are bound to enthrall those who want to believe 
3
The Vast of Night
Mark Meszoros
A fun little gem of a flick highly influenced by and paying homage to The Twilight Zone as well as some other science fiction works of another era 
3
The Vast of Night
Robert Levin
The Vast of Night is an entertaining sci fi nostalgia piece that s made with an unusually high level of technical flair 
3.5
The Vast of Night
David N. Butterworth
Style becomes substance in this captivating throwback to those classic science fiction films of the 1950s 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Jason Fraley
The Vast of Night brings the type of retro B movie science fiction that would be great to see at a drive in It s one small step for film but one giant leap for an unknown filmmaker who just made his first footprints 
3
The Vast of Night
Rene Sanchez
From its opening sequence The Vast of Night is spellbinding A homage to classic sci fi tales that immerses us slowly into its carefully crafted universe Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Vast of Night
Dann Gire
Amazon s Vast of Night is a smart moody blast from the past of space films 
3
The Vast of Night
Steven Prokopy
The Vast of Night is the kind of genre film that makes sifting through piles of average movies worth it 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Federico Furzan
A fantastic proof of talent behind a simple story a wonderful execution and the precise sense of an era Full review in Spanish 
4
The Vast of Night
Barry Hertz
Working with a minuscule budget Patterson pulls off a feat as amazing as any flying saucer 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Jay Horton
For a feature effectively premiering via the Amazon age of ubiquity The Vast of Night thrusts suspicions squarely upon our supposed mastery of instantaneous communication and wrings fear from a moment of static 
3
The Vast of Night
Cate Marquis
The Vast of Night is a striking film as well as an impressive debut for writer director Andrew Patterson 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Joey Magidson
The Vast of Night works best as a hint at what Patterson will one day be able to accomplish behind the camera 
2
The Vast of Night
Jeff Mitchell
An impressive achievement but not a satisfying one Barely recommending it 
2.5
The Vast of Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Patterson and his talented team do wonders with this material the performances from Horowitz and McCormick both outstanding 
3.5
The Vast of Night
James Berardinelli
It s a stark reminder that ideas are more important than production budgets in crafting compelling science fiction 
3
The Vast of Night
Brandy McDonnell
A relatively small but unquestionably talented troupe of primarily Oklahoma moviemakers conjure an uncannily creepy and quality micro budget mystery with The Vast of Night 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Ty Burr
What really makes The Vast of Night work isn t the film s climax which is fine and creepy if more obviously hampered by budget limitations but the two main characters and the dynamic that grows up between them 
3
The Vast of Night
Robert Daniels
The Vast of Night is imbued with terrifying vibes replete with a restless hunger to experience the fantastical 
4
The Vast of Night
Jake Coyle
The film is one of those little miracles a directorial debut made for nothing that establishes a young filmmaker of self evident command 
3
The Vast of Night
Mark Dujsik
One gets the sense that the makers of The Vast of Night are nostalgic for the audio plays of old They ve basically made one with this film 
3
The Vast of Night
Anita Katz
Dexterity at the wheel visual prowess and ability to keep viewers rapt make for an exciting directorial debut and mighty fine sci fi entertainment 
3
The Vast of Night
Johnny Oleksinski
It boldly goes where great sci fi used to go 
3
The Vast of Night
Katie Walsh
A bold surprising and deeply original piece of work reverent to its references and haunting in its darkened dreamlike form 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Mike McGranaghan
A modern sci fi masterpiece 
4
The Vast of Night
Peter Canavese
The plot s on the thin side but the film is a model of independent film making on a limited budget and a beautifully embossed calling card for director Andrew Patterson 
3
The Vast of Night
Chuck Bowen
Director AndrewPatterson never breaks the film s incantatory spell with pointless freneticism patiently savoring the great thrill of genre stories anticipation 
3
The Vast of Night
Sean P. Means
Patterson deploys some astonishingly good camera moves for a micro budget movie 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Bob Bloom
Patterson uses a very deliberate pace to advance the movie He tantalizes us with clues and breadcrumbs heightening suspense while keeping us glued to on screen events 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Roger Moore
A triumph of tone over substance of aural aura over clever writing 
2.5
The Vast of Night
Joe Friar
If you love science fiction and The Twilight Zone you ll enjoy this edge of your seat sci fi thriller Impressive 
3.5
The Vast of Night
Josh Larsen
Radio television and cinema all cleverly coalesce in The Vast of Night 
3
The Vast of Night
Sheila O'Malley
An astonishing first feature It works like gangbusters start to finish 
4
The Vast of Night
Rosalie Kicks
Few flicks come along like this one nowadays A must see 
3
Runaway Bride
Jeffrey Westhoff
Runs a half hour too long and it drags through its multiple endings Runaway Bride has plenty of delights just a few too many 
3
Runaway Bride
Jorge Avila Andrade
Julia Roberts es la nica razn por la que vale la pena verla
2.5
Runaway Bride
Dustin Putman
Stuck on auto pilot and therefore comes off as a tiresome excursion into terrain that has been covered too many times to count 
2
Runaway Bride
David N. Butterworth
Better than The Princess Diaries And if that s not damning with faint praise then I don t know what is 
2
Runaway Bride
Rod Dreher
A runaway bore 
2
Runaway Bride
Roger Ebert
After seeing Gere and Roberts play much smarter people it is painful to see them dumbed down here 
2
Runaway Bride
James Berardinelli
A clumsy motion picture that strives so hard for the perfect romantic ending that it triggers a gag reflex along the way 
2
Runaway Bride
Michael Dequina
The well matched stars pick up where they left off on that Hollywood fire escape nine years ago 
3
Runaway Bride
Steve Rhodes
Gere and Roberts evidence enough genuine chemistry on the screen to fill a dozen run of the mill romances 
3
Runaway Bride
Ross Anthony
It s a sure bet 
3.5
Runaway Bride
Mike Clark
Gere and an almost ethereally radiant Roberts have never been better than in this sometimes herky jerky breeze which keeps improving as it goes 
2
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Randy Myers
Even those not well versed in this storyline can jump in like I did and have a grand time 
3
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is fun and imaginative with an energy level that sweeps you up 
3
The Last Resort
Rene Rodriguez
This affectionate thoughtful and hugely entertaining movie begins as a documentary about the Jewish snowbirds who settled in South Beach in the 1950s and 60s Then it evolves into something darker and more complicated than sunny nostalgia 
3.5
The Last Resort
Garnet Fraser
It builds a yearning to visit a vibrant chromatic place in time that s 40 years gone 
2.5
The Italian Job
David Nusair
works as neither an over the top comedy nor a gripping heist thriller 
2
The Italian Job
Eric Henderson
1969 apos s The Italian Job is a freewheeling 44 completely unpretentious chase comedy 46 
3
Shadowman
G. Allen Johnson
And yet the work he is creating was stunning and powerful The guy still had it 
3
Shadowman
Peter Goldberg
This is a gruesome art world fairy tale unafraid to face the bitter details of its hero s tumultuous life 
2.5
Darwin
Adam Nayman
Depending on how you look at it Darwin is either an affirmative record of proud outliers getting by on true grit or a grim snapshot of a community on its last buckling legs 
3
Darwin
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The documentary ultimately doesn t so much flesh out its subjects as slowly tear their Band Aids off after some administering some putatively good natured noogies 
2.5
Dark Blue
Greg Maki
Dark Blue gets the brain working and sheds light on a controversial topic 
3.5
Dark Blue
Nick Rogers
Dark Blue has a seamy slow burn energy charged by its narrative and thematic tie ins with the 1992 Los Angeles riots and a dynamite lead performance from Kurt Russell 
3
Dark Blue
Sara Michelle Fetters
As Perry literally descends into hell during the L A riots the film takes on an eerie melancholia powered by Russell s impassioned lead 
2.5
Dark Blue
Joe Leydon
So many things go wrong stunningly breathtakingly wrong throughout so much of Dark Blue that the movie is somewhat like a spectacular auto wreck perversely fascinating 
1
Dark Blue
David Keyes
one of the most well written and incisive entries in the good cop bad cop formula of the recent years 
3.5
Dark Blue
James Kendrick
a tough but somewhat routine corrupt cop morality tale that generates a good deal of power by being set in the five day period in 1992 leading up to the riots
3
Dark Blue
Jonathan R. Perry
Kurt Russell delivers the goods with astonishing simplicity and understated power 
3
Dark Blue
Matt Brunson
The movie proceeds to bog down in every by the book cop cliche known to man 
2
Dark Blue
Tony Toscano
below average run of the mill police stuff 
1.5
Dark Blue
James Berardinelli
Russell is the reason to go to the theater He will continue to hold your attention when things around him like the storyline lose steam and credibility 
3
Dark Blue
Phil Villarreal
Love em or leave em Shelton s films set us up with tough to love characters get us on their side test the bond by showing us their dark side then end with soulful redemption 
3
Dark Blue
Marty Mapes
The plot is pure formula and the criminals are all two dimensional
2
Dark Blue
Dustin Putman
Effectively gritty when need be but for most of its running time meanders as it tries to find its central story arc 
2
Dark Blue
Mike Clark
Until it dissolves into conventional melodrama during a climactic fracas this fast paced story is never less than watchable 
2.5
Dark Blue
Chris Hewitt
Dark Blue is similar to Training Day but it s a better movie because the issues aren t as clear cut 
3.5
Dark Blue
Moira MacDonald
A flawed film but occasionally a haunting one 
2.5
Dark Blue
Mick LaSalle
While Dark Blue may not be easy to watch it s exceptionally well made 
3
Dark Blue
David Elliott
Russell is campaigning to get back into acting shape after such goof arounds as 3000 Miles to Graceland and Escape From L A But shoving him through the grinder of cop cliches then giving him a Frank Capra climax invites defeat 
2
Dark Blue
Joe Baltake
Shelton tackles every New York cop film cliche here and gives them a bracing West Coast spin capturing L A with the same breathless rapture others have brought to New York 
4
Dark Blue
Peter Travers
Dark Blue is a film of wounding power It stays with you 
3
Dark Blue
Steven Rea
While much of the action rings true in Dark Blue and the events leading up to the riots make for a tense eerie framework the movie heads in a disastrous direction 
.5
Dark Blue
Sean P. Means
Director Ron Shelton like Russell is working outside his normal range And like Russell Shelton adapts well to the new surroundings 
3
Dark Blue
John Anderson
Gritty gripping a bit uneven but Kurt Russell hits all the right notes 
3
Dark Blue
Bob Strauss
Russell makes a Herculean effort to pump life into Perry s hard charge toward awful self awareness but Dark Blues overall conception is too faulty for it much to matter 
2.5
Dark Blue
Robert W. Butler
Shelton does a credible job and is particularly effective in re creating the riots that followed the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King beating trial 
2.5
Dark Blue
Jeff Vice
The film s revelations are not new and they aren t attacked with any real depth 
2
Dark Blue
Ty Burr
The script throws enough curveballs to raise Dark Blue slightly above the genre average 
2.5
Dark Blue
Roger Ebert
Dark Blue is not a great movie but it has moments that go off the meter and find visceral impact 
3
Dark Blue
Terry Lawson
Those who criticized Training Day for its lack of credibility will be rolling their eyes at the nonchalance with which Dark Blue plays the race card 
2
Dark Blue
Liam Lacey
Its intelligence is undermined by a hyperbolic overwrought noir style that wavers awkwardly between NYPD Blue jitters and grand opera 
2.5
Dark Blue
David Sterritt
Could have been a routine crooked cop melodrama It gains a major charge of dramatic energy from Kurt Russell s ferocious acting almost certainly the best of his career 
3
Dark Blue
Guylaine Cadorette
Kurt Russell creates such a despicable character that I hoped he would get his kicked by rioters 
2.5
Dark Blue
Bruce Newman
Speedman doesn t show much in his first big movie role while Russell shows too much 
2
Dark Blue
Lou Lumenick
A crackling and solidly acted if somewhat familiar police corruption thriller 
2.5
Dark Blue
Duane Dudek
The use of that verdict as a narrative device more than 10 years later does not feel particularly relevant 
2
Dark Blue
Jeffrey Westhoff
The ending is a little pat and unlikely but until then then Dark Blue refuses to coddle its audience with false virtues or comfortable answers 
3
Dark Blue
Pam Grady
Suffers from a predictable glaringly obvious plot thinly sketched characters and truly wretched dialogue 
2
Dark Blue
Connie Ogle
In the wake of TV s powerhouse The Shield Dark Blue comes off as something of a retread with little of The Shield s electric fury edgy camera work or deft characterizations 
2
Dark Blue
Robert K. Elder
Director Ron Shelton wants Dark Blue to be L A Confidential so badly that it s palpable 
2.5
Dark Blue
Walter Chaw
There s not so much separation after all from this kind of testosterone fuelled opera and the typical Sandra Bullock romantic comedy 
2
Dark Blue
Ross Anthony
This is a hard movie to watch Dark Blue paints its colors in black and white before mixing to gray 
2.5
Dark Blue
Rob Blackwelder
Its imagined grittiness is polished to a Hollywood high gloss Its hard edged dialogue has had all its shock value re written and over rehearsed right out of it 
1
Dark Blue
Jeanne Aufmuth
Rife with the kind of tension and betrayal that complements Kurt Russell s craggy good looks and simmering rage 
3
Dark Blue
Steve Rhodes
With its silly and supercilious dialog this would be hard hitting drama is hard to take seriously and even harder not to laugh at 
2
Dark Blue
Harvey S. Karten
A conventional cop story as predictable as it is lacking in suspense 
2.5
North
Gene Siskel
Have you ever seen a rich Texan before How about a Hawaiian who lives near a beautiful beach 
0
North
Stephen Hunter
Unfunny Boring Endless 
1
North
Michael Wilmington
It s a prime example of what can happen when hip slightly cynical establishment filmmakers try to make a deeply sentimental movie 
2
North
David Nusair
It s rather surprising to note that for its first half at least North is actually quite engaging and entertaining 
2
North
Michael Dequina
A brain dead curiosity piece 
0
North
James Berardinelli
The premise of North sounds flat the previews look insipid and while the movie doesn t turn out nearly as bad as either would lead you to believe North is still a lackluster production 
2
North
Roger Ebert
I hated this movie Hated hated hated hated hated this movie Hated it 
0
North
Mick LaSalle
It s strange and oddly distasteful at its best managing to be bad in some original and unexpected ways 
1
The Tiger Rising
Mark Dujsik
T he story s simple purpose and potential promise are overburdened and overwhelmed by too many elements that feel like distractions 
1.5
Transformer
Angelo Muredda
It s the directness and non prescriptive nature of this footage that makes Transformer a worthy portrait of a subject who at the end of the day is most compelling for her consistency amidst enormous changes 
3
How Dark They Prey
Roger Moore
Claptrap
0
Wonderland
Stacie Hougland
Wonderland is completely hollow and devoid of purpose uncompelling unorganized and unexciting 
1.5
Wonderland
Matt Brunson
A few actors make momentary impressions yet most are kept in the shadows as hard to make out as this movie s ultimate intentions 
2
Wonderland
Liam Lacey
The main interest here is the acting which is by turns entertaining or just entertainingly bad with lots of grungy seriousness and Method trained twitching but also some moments of real gusto 
2
Wonderland
Jeff Vice
Wonderland represents another low rung on the downward descent of actor Val Kilmer 
1
Wonderland
Sean P. Means
Too bad Kilmer s strong performance is in service to a lurid and repellent account of the 1981 Wonderland murders 
1.5
Wonderland
Duane Dudek
These were very bad people but very good actors play them 
2.5
Wonderland
Phil Villarreal
An engrossing if harrowing trip through the looking glass 
3
Wonderland
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We ve frankly heard it all before 
2.5
Wonderland
Moira MacDonald
Not quite the second coming of Boogie Nights 
1.5
Wonderland
Walter V. Addiego
If for some reason you are fascinated by the Wonderland murders look up the Rolling Stone article of 1989 that brought national attention to the gruesome case Otherwise your local cineplex has lots of choices with more redeeming social value 
1
Wonderland
David Elliott
Watching Wonderland is like being trapped in a reeking shed under a naked light bulb morosely reading old tabloids that have lost their shock value 
0
Wonderland
Joe Baltake
A movie that manages to make both sex and violence dull 
2.5
Wonderland
Rene Rodriguez
Wonderland never gives us a single reason to care about any of these people 
2
Wonderland
Robert W. Butler
Along with their tickets to Wonderland moviegoers should also be given a moist towelette That way after the film they won t have to stand in line at the restroom to wash off the slime 
1.5
Wonderland
Lisa Kennedy
For all Wonderland s kinetic energy the mind wanders 
1.5
Wonderland
Roger Ebert
True crime procedurals can have a certain fascination but not when they re jumbled glimpses of what might or might not have happened involving a lot of empty people whose main claim to fame is that they re dead 
2
Wonderland
Ty Burr
Wonderland skips lightly along the sewers of human depravity as if the trip alone was worth the telling 
2
Wonderland
Rob Blackwelder
Comparisons to Boogie Nights may be inevitable But Wonderland is an absorbing and adroit if not inventive sobering and smart movie that is worth watching on its own merits 
3
Wonderland
Bruce Newman
The film reveals no great truths about human nature or drug abuse the dialogue is witless the acting unconstrained 
0
Wonderland
Carrie Rickey
Although Wonderland isn t much of a movie it is a parade of exceptional acting 
1
Wonderland
Michael Wilmington
Wonderland is fast and frenetic and so unvarnished that it can make you feel unclean watching it 
3
Wonderland
Jeanne Aufmuth
Manages to move beyond its bloody rage by spinning a complex narrative that s one of the year s most compelling stories 
3.5
Wonderland
Steve Rhodes
Pure edge of your seat material It is a gripping and engrossing tale told with the exhilarating energy of a runaway freight train 
3.5
Wonderland
Stephen Whitty
This sketch of John Holmes only shows a part of his world And to reduce him to one part well that s to only continue the treatment he got his entire adult life 
2
Wonderland
Michael Szymanski
This is one of those movies that leaves you feel drained and as if you have to take a shower after 
2.5
Wonderland
Jami Bernard
The murders themselves apparently revenge for the robbery of a high roller were indeed messy But they don t hold a candle to the disarray that is director and co writer James Cox s film 
1.5
Wonderland
Megan Lehmann
Feverish and unfocused 
1.5
Wonderland
Bob Strauss
The best thing about the movie is Kilmer s charming manipulative and utterly despicable interpretation of the legendarily endowed John Holmes 
3
Wonderland
Walter Chaw
More than a film flirting with unwatchable the music video sexiness of Wonderland is dangerous 
1
Wonderland
Mike Clark
The Holmes story has fared better in a pair of documentaries 
2
Wonderland
David Sterritt
The murder mystery plot is told in rough and tumble style full of sound and fury but signifying almost nothing in the end 
2
Wonderland
Gene Seymour
Piles on the narrative devices sonic distortions and gritty images to the point where all you want to do is reach out and wipe away some of the mess so you can decide if there s anything worth seeing 
2
Wonderland
Joshua Vasquez
Save for its basis in historical reality there is little that is original in the visualizing of Wonderland s underbelly tour of compromised lives 
1.5
Wonderland
James Berardinelli
A compelling journey into the depths of hell on earth 
3
Wonderland
David Nusair
Wonderland revels in sleaze and unpleasantness 
2
Wonderland
Tony Toscano
sadly the film never achieves any rapport with the audience 
2
Wonderland
Peter Travers
character gets sacrificed for just another true crime drama 
2
Wonderland
Emily Blunt
Sadly Wonderland slips and clucks through its own artful delivery ultimately creating nothing more then a kinetic mess of a film with glimpses of genius
2.5
Bedtime for Bonzo
Sara Michelle Fetters
Bedtime for Bonzo is funny enough 44 and as dated as elements of the film may be 44 overall it 8217 s pretty harmless 46 
2.5
Doug's 1st Movie
Maitland McDonagh
It s refreshingly non violent unflashy not smart alecky and mercifully free of insipid songs 
2.5
Doug's 1st Movie
Cathy Beheler
For even the little ones in the audience Doug s First Movie will feel long and drawn out 
2
Doug's 1st Movie
Margaret A. McGurk
No harm done really but nothing of lasting value either 
2
Doug's 1st Movie
Steve Rhodes
The cinematic equivalent of elevator music terminally bland but with just enough familiar parts to keep you from falling asleep 
1.5
Doug's 1st Movie
Dustin Putman
I was in constant enjoyment as I watched it 
2.5
Doug's 1st Movie
Eugene Novikov
My advice is to see this film only in case of extenuating circumstances 
2
Doug's 1st Movie
James Berardinelli
A new nadir in animated entertainment 
1
Doug's 1st Movie
Elias Savada
When you re aiming for the tyke market this 73 minute feature is more than able to keep the kids from squirming in their seats 
1.5
Doug's 1st Movie
Michael Dequina
Pleasant but hopelessly vanilla 
2
Doug's 1st Movie
Rob Blackwelder
Nothing here worth paying to see 
2
Doug's 1st Movie
Roger Ebert
Rugrats it ain t 
1.5
Doug's 1st Movie
Jeff Vice
The Doug universe is too sweet and too light to travel into the big wide often indelicate territory of feature films 
2
The Takedown
Nick Allen
The movie apos s clumsy dazzling only shows the desperation within 44 both for Letterier and for what perpetuates the heroic cop story nowadays 46 
1.5
The Takedown
Roger Moore
The leads are engaging 44 but not nearly as much as they and the film they 8217 re in assume they are 46 
1.5
The Takedown
Mark Dujsik
The Takedown is a generic mismatched buddy cop movie that apos s primarily of intrigue for its cast and its tonal inconsistency 46 
2
The Takedown
Derek Smith
The Takedown 8217 s supposedly inclusionary 44 pro immigrant messaging is constantly undermined by puerile and dated humor 46 
.5
Every Man for Himself
Jesse Cataldo
Is Godard the prostitute or the pimp 
3.5
Spiral
Simon Abrams
This movie is progressive intentionally but not formally and the difference between its creators themes and consideration is unfortunately glaring 
2
Spiral
Roger Moore
A cleverly conceived riff on familiar horror themes an attempt to make a gay Get Out that doesn t quite come off 
2
The Prodigy
Federico Furzan
This could have been a much better movie Much much better Its disastrous third act is only accomplished with good performances Full review in Spanish 
2
The Prodigy
Joe Friar
The creepy film isn t the first to put a twist in the possession genre but the performances by Jackson Robert Scott and Taylor Schilling elevate the psychological thriller 
3
The Prodigy
Frank Ochieng
Synthetically sadistic The Prodigy needs to be forgotten in the flimsy film factory of violent kiddie capers and it wouldn t hurt a bit if the miserable Miles was in need of a supernatural spanking as well 
2
The Prodigy
Kevin A. Ranson
suggests more than it shows and the possibilities are fascinating this who s doing it thriller pokes at the brains of viewers while stabbing at their eyeballs 
3
The Prodigy
Mark Dujsik
For the most part The Prodigy is a dull experience but its final five or so minutes are unnecessarily cruel 
1
The Prodigy
Barry Hertz
McCarthy s film dips its toes into some stock scare tactics the whistling tea kettle the dark hallway the creepy basement while struggling to figure out whether it wants its third act to be a boring or bad ass sort of bonkers bananas 
2
The Prodigy
Simon Abrams
McCarthy s direction is so sleepy that a number of key scenes fizzle out before they can pay off with the next big jump scare 
1.5
The Prodigy
Roger Moore
Pitiless and heartless 
1.5
The Prodigy
David Nusair
A decent creepy kid flick 
3
The Prodigy
Rob Bailey-Millado
The latest in a long increasingly lousy line of bloodthirsty kid movies 
1
The Prodigy
Peter Howell
Director Nicholas McCarthy and screenwriter Jeff Buhler could pen that aforementioned parental handbook for child demonic possession since they blithely borrow from innumerable evil kid movies 
2
The Prodigy
Alan Zilberman
McCarthy a filmmaker who recognizes that the buildup is more fun than the payoff and he manages to generate suspense with seemingly little happening on the screen 
3
The Prodigy
Rafer Guzman
A fine little horror chiller that puts a twist on the usual bad seed story 
3
The Prodigy
Henry Stewart
The filmmakers fail to realize that the darkest horror here doesn t lie in the triumph of true evil but in seeing how far a regular family will go to protect itself before doing the right and necessary thing 
2
The Violin
John Monaghan
The film from first timer Francisco Vargas puts a human face on universal suffering It is also about the power of music as the title instrument saves for a while anyway three generations of peasant men in their roles as guerrilla fighters 
3
The Violin
Chris Hewitt
The Violin is so beautiful to look at it almost wouldn t matter if it had a story But it has one and it s riveting 
3
The Violin
John Hartl
Life or death matters are handled with compelling gravity 
3.5
The Violin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Francisco Vargas makes a marvellous debut with his magnificent The Violin 
3.5
The Violin
Glenn Whipp
Of course there s Tavira who even if he never appears in another film has left an indelible mark on cinema with his work here 
3
The Violin
Elizabeth Weitzman
Shot in a silvery black and white that lends a photojournalistic effect this is not an easy film to sit through But it will be a tough one to forget if you do 
3
The Violin
V.A. Musetto
Tavira s acting is the high point of this suspenseful yet beautiful movie which for a while at least proves that music can soothe the savage breast 
3.5
The Violin
Fernando F. Croce
As far as battlefield as life parables go humanity gets a fairer shake in Francisco Vargas s The Violin than in Bruno Dumont s Flanders 
3
The Laws of Thermodynamics
Roger Moore
A Spanish language Big Bang Theory that s more clever than funny 
1.5
Heartthrob
Roger Moore
The acting like the moody tepid thriller it is parked in is so mild mannered it lowers the stakes when it should be raising them 
1.5
Quills
Judith Egerton
While it is horrible and sordid it s also witty fast paced and intriguing as it explores freedom of expression 
3.5
Quills
Michael Dequina
Kaufman and writer Doug Wright adapting his own play infuse the film with a decadent playfulness befitting a film about the Marquis 
3.5
Quills
Jeremy Heilman
This simplicity in its anti censorship message keep it from achieving the greatness that it strives for 
3
Quills
Ian Mantgani
Kaufman here reminds us why he was once one of the most high profile directors
3.5
Quills
Mike McGranaghan
Quills valiantly argues that bold ideas can not and should not be stopped 
3.5
Quills
James Kendrick
the film s anti censorship themes come through strongly without being plainly didactic
4
Quills
Ross Anthony
a festival of snobbish yet still plainly sophomoric puns I m not appalled by the vulgarity I m appalled by the lack of entertainment 
.5
Quills
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though I admired Quills greatly it lacks the sublime sophistication of Kaufman s earlier erotic works 
3.5
Quills
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sincero homenaje al impulso creativo que todo ser humano tiene dentro de s y un recordatorio de que el rgano sexual ms poderoso es la imaginacin
3.5
Quills
Roger Ebert
Kaufman finds a tone that remains more entertaining than depressing more absorbing than alarming 
3.5
Quills
Rob Blackwelder
Voraciously tantalizing 
3
Quills
Peter Stack
Rush often makes the film soar with a sense of enlightened madness 
3
Quills
Rod Armstrong
By portraying in a splendidly visual manner the human need to tell stories and to have stories told Quills should be considered a success 
3
Quills
James Berardinelli
Arguably the most provocative and best historical melodrama of 2000 
3.5
Quills
Greg Dean Schmitz
A powerful and atmospheric film that delivers a barrage of images and concepts of both sexual and philosophical natures 
3.5
Quills
Mike Clark
Triumphs over potentially claustrophobic material 
3.5
The Car
Maitland McDonagh
Writer Dago Garcia and director Orjuela are less interested in a comedy of sexual manners than in exploring the ties that connect husbands and wives parents and children and brothers and sisters 
3
The Car
V.A. Musetto
El Carro boasts a lovable ensemble cast with a standout performance by Zaira Valenzuela as 14 year old Paola With a pierced nose and black Converse All Stars she s the family s and the film s driving force 
3
The Aviary
Odie Henderson
The Aviary tries to wring suspense and mystery out of a flimsy plot 
1.5
The Aviary
Mark Dujsik
While co writersco directors Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite play it with restraint the game ultimately reaches something of a dead end 
2.5
The Aviary
Randy Myers
Shot on a shoestring budget this psychological thriller is chilling and effective in its depiction of the fallout of being in the stranglehold of a cult 
2.5
The Aviary
Roger Moore
A grabber premise gets a solid if not terribly affecting workout in this psychological thriller about two women escaping from a cult across the deserts of New Mexico 
1.5
Bluebeard
Roger Ebert
There is no longer any novelty in watching the sad disintegration of Richard Burton s acting career 
2
I Want to Go Home
Fernando F. Croce
I Want to Go Home has a splenetic oddball quality at odds with the evanescent tendencies of Alain Resnais later films 
2
The Ivory Game
Christy Lemire
A documentary that plays with the gripping pacing and glossy production values of a suspenseful international thriller 
3
Silver Bullets
David Nusair
A nonsensical disaster 
0
Silver Bullets
Kam Williams
Mumblecore movement explores horror genre Joe Swanberg style 
4
Silver Bullets
Jaime N. Christley
It s certainly autobiographical and it s okay to accept that but at the same time it s a mistake to decide that that s the whole show 
3.5
The Search for John Gissing
Marty Mapes
A serviceable comedy uneven but offers laughs throughout and doesn t make any serious mistakes
2.5
The Search for John Gissing
Peter Canavese
It s Rickman who runs away with the whole film by running the gamut from teflon smoothie to desperate madman 
3
The Search for John Gissing
Steve Rhodes
Audiences will get more than the adult daily dose of big laughs 
3.5
Kidnapping Stella
Roger Moore
Not bad But not surprising either 
2
Field of Lost Shoes
Roger Moore
Not awful but never lets us forget that it s hard to do The Civil War on an indie film budget
2
Heart of Champions
Steven Prokopy
In the realm of sports movies Heart of Champions is a bit of a stinker 
2
Heart of Champions
Mark Dujsik
Mailer s movie begins and progresses with just about every dramatic beat we ve come to anticipate from this kind of story 
1.5
Heart of Champions
Roger Moore
Shannon fans should show up for the barking The man has No Nonsense stamped on the bottom of his Hollywood head shots 
1.5
Walk Up
Robert Horton
It has a beguiling 44 haunted feeling 8212 a sense that even as things are moving up 44 they 8217 re slipping away 46 
3.5
Walk Up
Chuck Bowen
With each new film 44 Hong Sang soo 8217 s work becomes more subtextual 44 more fraught 44 even funnier 46 
3.5
The Comancheros
Eric Melin
Charming and agreeable it moves along at a good clip Shot in widescreen saturated CinemaScope it s entertaining in a predictable way 
2.5
While the City Sleeps
Matt Brunson
A few less narrative coincidences could have elevated this to the level of Lang s noir classics The Big Heat and The Woman in the Window As it stands it s still a tasty treat 
3
While the City Sleeps
John Beifuss
Harsh leering implausible and fascinating it s the type of yarn that might have been dramatized in The Strangler the fictional dime horror comic that is the favorite reading matter of the story s over aged j d mama s boy murderer 
3.5
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Mike McGranaghan
Every horror buff should see this film 
3
Rider of the Flames
Steve Rhodes
The lavish costume drama makes careful choices about what to explain and what to just let happen 
3
Meantime
Matt Brunson
Playing a skinhead doesn t require much subtlety but Gary Oldman nevertheless manages to go well over the top 
3
A Score to Settle
Glenn Kenny
A Score to Settle falls more on the not good column of the Cage ledger 
2
A Score to Settle
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers appear to believe that they ve made a subversive kind of revenge story It s mostly though just a laughable bust 
1
Gypsy
Farran Smith Nehme
There are moments of wry humor and of improbable beauty in the dust blowing over a riverbank or even the blinking light over an emergency room door 
2.5
Gypsy
Bill Weber
A Slovakian character study of a boy ambivalently caught between worlds that ultimately squanders its promise 
2
Emperor
Liam Lacey
A stodgy movie that mixes dubious history with a clichd Madame Butterfly romance story set in the period immediately following Japan s surrender in 1945 
2
Emperor
Peter Howell
Emperor falls prey to the temptations endemic to historical docudrama the desire to pack a miniseries worth of events into one feature length film with romance tossed in for added appeal 
2
Emperor
Brett Michel
The real criminals are the screenwriters 
2
Emperor
Peter Canavese
The mealy half truth director Peter Webber screenwriters Vera Blasi and David Klass settle for just winds up a waste of everyone s time 
1.5
Emperor
Rob Thomas
It has an understated but still relevant message that America may reveal its best self not in its moment of military victory but in the moments that happen afterward 
3
Emperor
Stephen Whitty
Just a dull procedural with the bland Matthew Fox driving around in a jeep and asking questions and not having them answered 
1.5
Emperor
Steven Rea
The epigrams fly but the movie never really takes off 
2
Emperor
Lou Lumenick
Director Webber and the screenwriters David Klass and Vera Blasi largely waste Jones and some very nice period details 
2
Emperor
Claudia Puig
The subject is intrinsically compelling yet the central story is padded with an uninvolving love story that functions mostly as obvious symbolism about compassion for the enemy 
2.5
Emperor
Mark Jenkins
Wrapping a history lesson in a romantic melodrama can make for a lively movie but only if the love story is juicier than the educational narrative 
2.5
Emperor
Mark Dujsik
A s a concise reduction of history the movie does get at some truth As an involving piece of storytelling though it s lacking 
2.5
Emperor
Robert Levin
The facts might be right or at least mostly right but the film is polished to the point of distraction 
2
Emperor
Mick LaSalle
In the end probably the best way to watch Emperor is to pretend that the Supreme Command of Allied Forces in Japan after World War II was Tommy Lee Jones 
3
Emperor
Peter Travers
The effort to put a personal face on the major issue of occupation is as timely as Iraq and Afghanistan but the execution is clumsy and clich ridden 
2.5
Emperor
Rafer Guzman
This potentially interesting dilemma becomes thoroughly dull in the hands of director Peter Webber who stages endless conversations about political fine points without giving us much to look at 
1.5
Emperor
Duane Dudek
There is nothing wrong with Emperor that a little more Tommy Lee Jones can t cure 
2.5
Emperor
Mark Feeney
It s a rich and significant subject for scholars but not exactly filmic 
2
Emperor
Chris Hewitt
If Emperor were eight minutes long it would be brilliant 
2
Emperor
Michael Phillips
Shot in New Zealand the picture s images of a devastated postwar Tokyo are often impressive blending old fashioned production design and effects work with digital flourishes But Fox s role central though it may be never comes to life 
2
Emperor
Richard Roeper
The cliches are relatively few and spaced apart and the tearjerking and profound moments are authentic and well earned 
3
Emperor
Esther Yi
Peter Webber s historical drama is blunt about its stylistic ambitions while at the same time failing to meet them and the effect is one of sad ineffectuality 
1
Emperor
Roger Moore
Entertaining revealing about a little known piece of history but somewhat historically suspect 
2.5
Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite
David Nusair
Though it opens with a fair degree of promise Queen of Spades The Dark Rite eventually devolves into a mess of hackneyed clichs and ineffective scares 
1
Deep Water
Austin Kennedy
I do think the movie loses focus at times but nevertheless this is a pretty interesting story into madness 
3
Deep Water
Jason Anderson
The details just get stranger and stranger 
3
Deep Water
John Beifuss
This is fascinating stuff that would be better served by a magazine article or book 
2.5
Deep Water
Sean P. Means
Not merely a documentary portrait but an engrossing drama with more twists and turns than your average thriller 
3.5
Deep Water
Jeff Vice
This is pretty heady stuff and it s constantly enthralling particularly for something that has to use so much second hand information 
3
Deep Water
Moira MacDonald
Some beautiful shots give unexpected texture to the film such as an underwater capture of a boat from below with prisms of light surrounding it And its final image is a quiet heartbreaker 
3.5
Deep Water
Bruce Westbrook
For this gripping and amazing documentary such truth emerges not just from the facts but also the poetry of men who redefine themselves in a risky race on small sailboats 
4
Deep Water
Jeanne Aufmuth
A tangle of turbulent seas and emotions 
4
Deep Water
G. Allen Johnson
One of this year s better studies of the human soul 
4
Deep Water
Bill Stamets
Osmond and Rothwell do a commendable job of mining a rich archive of material 
2.5
Deep Water
Mark Feeney
To reveal Crowhurst s decision would be to spoil a stunning tale Deep Water is not itself comparably stunning 
2.5
Deep Water
Steven Rea
Remarkable 
3.5
Deep Water
Michael Esposito
The documentary effectively blends contemporary and recent interviews with film and tape recordings made by Crowhurst aboard the Electron 
3
Deep Water
James Berardinelli
Deep Water is a documentary but it s also one part adventure film one part Greek tragedy and one part meditation on the role of the hero in modern society 
3.5
Deep Water
Pam Grady
Nearly 40 years after he attempted to transcend his everyday life of limited horizons and money troubles Osmond and Rothwell offer a fitting tribute to Crowhurst and his impossible dream 
3.5
Deep Water
Ken Fox
Echoes the dark poetry of Coleridge s Ancient Mariner and Poe s Arthur Gordon Pym men who sailed to sea in search of fortune only to encounter the abyss within themselves 
4
Deep Water
Jack Mathews
His story is a footnote in sailing history to be sure but a fascinating one 
3
Deep Water
Nick Schager
A true life tale of inadvertent self destruction Deep Water s generic title belies its haunting incisiveness 
3
Audrey
Roger Moore
A lovely gloss on a lovely but too short and too troubled life
2.5
Audrey
Steven Prokopy
does an admirable job filling in a few blanks in her life story and makes it clear that she was a genuinely decent person with loads of insecurities and a unique acting style 
3
Audrey
Richard Roeper
While lacking new insights the film provides ample evidence of her star power and a solid summary of her journey through show business and humanitarian work 
3
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Mattie Lucas
It s a disaster movie without a disaster and while it s heart is in the right place Queen of the Sun doesn t quite hit that perfect call to action bullseye 
2.5
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Mark Feeney
What we don t get in Queen of the Sun is anyone suggesting there might be some merit to how agribusiness is conducted 
1.5
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Michael C. Walsh
Instead of going all Al Gore and casting stones from his soap box Siegel takes an evenhanded approach in getting both sides of the story 
3
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
V.A. Musetto
Queen of the Sun is a beautiful nature film with gorgeous multicolored shots of bees and flowers It also is a well made documentary about the troubles of the honeybee 
3
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Diego Semerene
The film wows us with its objects of study at work that it creates a sensual awareness of our primary relationship with the bees 
2.5
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Roger Ebert
A remarkable documentary that s also one of the most beautiful nature films I ve seen 
3
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Jeff Shannon
As it turns out helping bees is not only spiritually rewarding and environmentally essential but it s also a lot of fun 
3.5
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Walter V. Addiego
In all the film is convincing and it winds up with a to do list for those who want to help 
3
Behind Me
Bill Chambers
The title translates as Behind Me which is sort of where I want to put this Lukas Moodysson esque downer 
2.5
Howl
Roger Moore
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman attracted Hollywood talent had an epic poem and a classic culture clash as their subject and still produced a corpse from it 
1.5
Howl
Matt Soergel
There s more thrill in seeing Franco read it in front of adoring beatniks in 1955 San Francisco Those scenes filmed in black and white have the heft and urgency of real life turned mythic 
2.5
Howl
John Beifuss
A phony baloney trivialization of the title epic poem and its important moment in American cultural history 
2
Howl
Rob Thomas
The film doesn t canonize Howl as a great work but celebrates it as something wild and alive and still relevant more than a half century later 
3.5
Howl
Ann Hornaday
What could have been a trivial exercise in nostalgia instead becomes a powerful case for the cathartic power of art 
3
Howl
Moira MacDonald
Epstein and Friedman didn t write the film as much as assemble it using actual interview quotes and court transcripts And while the loose structure takes some getting used to it s ultimately effective and at times thrilling 
3.5
Howl
Robert W. Butler
As an evocation of a time a place and especially a state of mind Howl is fascinating 
3
Howl
Rene Rodriguez
Howl is a disappointingly mundane movie about a vibrant iconoclastic subject 
2
Howl
Chris Hewitt
The poem Howl is a great work of the imagination but the movie is oddly unimaginative 
2
Howl
Ty Burr
How do you make poetry cinematic Howl a new film about beat writer Allen Ginsberg asks that question without realizing the question is backward It should be How do you make cinema poetic 
2
Howl
Michael Phillips
It s well crafted but I wish the film showed us an additional dimension or two of the central figure who once said the great challenge in writing any kind of writing is to write the same way you are 
2.5
Howl
Roger Ebert
The bold outspoken man of later days is seen here as still a middle class youth uncertain of his gayness filled with the heady joy of early poetic success learning how to be himself 
3
Howl
Peter Keough
Less of a howl than it is a whimper 
2.5
Howl
Lauren Wissot
Like the counterculture icon that penned the poem that serves as the title to Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman s film Howl is one odd bird 
2
Howl
Kent Turner
Unfortunately films like Howl come closer to fluffy biopic than topical docudrama
2
Howl
Mick LaSalle
A film of passion and ambition but one whose success is intermittent at best 
2
Howl
Rex Reed
There is no defining story of lasting importance here so the directors opted for a small narrative a lot of drawings and snippets of the trial It s filled with graphics but doesn t really amount to much of a film or an illumination of the man s life 
2.5
Howl
Erik Childress
It s a mixture of styles that may have worked well if concentrated on one over another Instead the subject matter struggles to find a distinct voice 
2
Howl
Kyle Smith
Milk meets Pink Floyd the Wall Says everything it has to say in the first 20 minutes then keeps repeating itself 
2
Parkland
David Keyes
Parkland is a movie of simple motives It doesn t waste time with pomp or theory and the material is acted by those who connect with the characters like reflections in the mirror 
3
Parkland
Mike McGranaghan
While not bound for classic status the film still manages to capture a moment in time that changed our country 
3
Parkland
Rob Thomas
Parkland finds those telling moments in the margins tying them together to show an America trying and failing to process what it was living through 
3
Parkland
Kyle Smith
Takes one of the most traumatizing events of the American 20th century and turns it into a trivia digest 
2.5
Parkland
Godfrey Cheshire
Parkland expends lots of energy and expertise on re creating these infamous events yet it is so lacking in narrative purpose that many viewers are likely to leave muttering Okay but so what 
2
Parkland
Steven Rea
Parkland is history as existential despair 
2.5
Parkland
Stephen Whitty
I can see this film being shown in high school as a way to fill up two or three periods But I can t see anyone wanting to see it on their own Especially if they already lived through it once 
2.5
Parkland
Mark Dujsik
Landesman s point is not to connect dots as they have already been linked by history He leaves it to us to find meaning in the connections 
3
Parkland
Bruce Ingram
Fifty years after the traumatic event the assassination of JFK is still capable of touching a raw nerve even in a dramatization as flat footed as this one 
2.5
Parkland
Mick LaSalle
There s something to be said for Landesman s attempt to limit himself to just the facts that we can all agree on Just that much is dramatic enough and awful enough to make for a good movie 
3
Parkland
Moira MacDonald
A collection of powerful scenes that somehow add up to something less than powerful 
2.5
Parkland
Claudia Puig
The events of those days would have been better covered in greater depth in a miniseries rather than a 90 minute movie 
2.5
Parkland
Rene Rodriguez
Parkland is wildly uneven although compulsively watchable 
2.5
Parkland
Ty Burr
Peter Landesman s well made but dramatically unfocused re creation of that November day and its aftermath 
2.5
Parkland
Rafer Guzman
The assassination of John F Kennedy as seen through the eyes of bystanders insiders and other players 
3
Parkland
Ann Hornaday
Methodically and with generally unfailing good restraint Landesman re creates the grief surrounding the crime and the confusion of Oswald s capture and subsequent murder 
2.5
Parkland
Joe Williams
While pretending to avoid controversy debut director Peter Landesman continually steps out of bounds 
2
Parkland
Peter Howell
Peter Landesman s bland Parkland approaches history by way of mediocrity 
2
Parkland
Peter Travers
Parkland might have made for a stirring documentary Instead first time director Peter Landesman opts to treat history as a parade of cameos from the famous and not so famous 
1.5
Parkland
Duane Dudek
While it does not offer or challenge any conspiracy theories its elegiac tone vintage atmosphere and shaky hand held camerawork hint at the all consuming chaos of those few days 
2.5
Parkland
Michael Phillips
The minidramas on display in the hospital or in the anguish of Zapruder s accidental chronicling of a horror dart this way and that inconclusively 
2
Parkland
Dann Gire
The results come close to those cheesy re enactments we see during true crime documentaries on Oxygen and other cable channels 
2
Parkland
Rex Reed
An absorbing new footnote to a history lesson that will never fade 
3
Parkland
Bill Weber
The Peter Landesman film s overt politics are minimal aside from defaulting to the myth of John F Kennedy as a martyr for something 
2
Parkland
Roger Moore
Uncluttered well cast well acted sometimes moving and always sober minded
3
Parkland
David Nusair
the filmmaker manages to wring suspense out of an almost excessively familiar scenario 
2.5
Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano
Chris Knight
Elton John s long running show at Caesar s Palace ends on April 26 so unless you re headed to Las Vegas your next best bet is to catch the filmed version 
3
Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano
Glenn Gamboa
A new twist to Elton John s classic show 
2.5
The Last Circus
David Keyes
We live in times where the sensationalism of the provocateurs is more thoroughly accepted in suitable contexts A movie this grim owes us the courtesy of a steady hand 
0.5
The Last Circus
Greg Quill
Basque director Álex de la Iglesia s exotic surreal hilarious bloody and utterly explosive grand opus 
3
The Last Circus
Rick Groen
From the far too teeming brain of Spanish writer director Alex de la Iglesia The Last Circus is a bizarre surreal grotesque fascinating demanding disappointing and ultimately exhausting political allegory that plays like a waking nightmare 
2
The Last Circus
Rene Rodriguez
For those with a taste for the subversive and outrageous run don t walk 
3
The Last Circus
V.A. Musetto
Although not everybody s glass of sangria it has the making of a cult hit 
3
The Last Circus
Nick Schager
Álex de la Iglesia holds back nothing a strategy that generates a compelling sense of the phantasmagoric nightmarishness of Franco s Spain 
3
Brexit
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Haynes functionally directs this sort of political and procedural thriller in which in a way that is perhaps too obvious and didactic the triumph of Eurosceptics is presented to us as tragic but inevitable Full Review in Spanish 
2
Brexit
Brian Tallerico
Once you get over the icky feeling that making a movie about Brexit in early 2019 is kind of like making a movie about a raging wildfire before it s been put out HBO s Brexit is an interesting examination of how we got here 
3
From Where They Stood
Mark Dujsik
As for the director apos s participation in the stories of these pictures 44 it apos s sometimes too minimal 44 often too much of a distraction 44 and generally approached without a clear method 46 46 46 
2
From Where They Stood
Roger Moore
For all the power of its subject and the rarity of its images 44 Cognet has made a dry and almost defiantly artless movie about these images and their provenance 46 
2.5
When Night Is Falling
James Berardinelli
Symbols are supposed to be subtle but Rozema is intent upon bludgeoning the audience with them 
2
When Night Is Falling
Edward Guthmann
Rozema is a fabulist with a strong visual sense and she creates a distinctive enclosed world to illustrate Camille s odyssey 
3
When Night Is Falling
Roger Ebert
When Night is Falling has too many unintended laughs for its passion to be convincing 
1.5
Shall We Kiss?
Mattie Lucas
Positively crackles with lively French wit and captivating romance 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Rob Thomas
It s a breezy entertaining little film that ends up being more sophisticated and thoughtful about love than it first appears Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss and sometimes it s a lot more 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Sean P. Means
You cannot talk yourself into passion nor can you talk yourself out of it The naive characters in Emmanuel Mouret s chatty romance try anyway 
2
Shall We Kiss?
Jeff Vice
Refreshingly Mouret also shows that marital infidelity is not without serious repercussions 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Michael Smith
There s a lot to like about Shall We Kiss once it really gets going which is about one third of the way into the picture 
2.5
Shall We Kiss?
Joe Williams
This quintessentially French bonbon is both sweet and dry with just enough complexity to confound the fast food appetite 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Steven Rea
Impossibly charming and impossibly French Shall We Kiss is a comic romance full of rueful musings about fidelity and true love 
3.5
Shall We Kiss?
Mick LaSalle
An engaging romantic comedy that s deeper smarter and more pessimistic than it appears at first glance a film with shrewd insight into the mysteries of human attraction 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Ty Burr
It s an ode to the absurdity of attraction 
3
Shall We Kiss?
David Nusair
an irresistibly blithesome piece of work 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Liam Lacey
Perhaps the film s biggest weakness is that all the characters are so naive and petty you can t really work up much fervour about who sleeps with whom 
2
Shall We Kiss?
Michael Sragow
A sensational date movie 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Chris Hewitt
There are two couples in the French Shall We Kiss One is appealing one is annoying and unfortunately we spend most of the time with Monsieur and Mademoiselle Blecch 
1
Shall We Kiss?
Jason Anderson
While it s hardly novel to see the lives of lovers thrown into disarray by a series of misunderstandings missed signals and well intentioned lies Shall We Kiss carries it all off with a rare degree of sophistication and wit 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Michael Phillips
The film s very slight pick your comparison bonbon souffle sorbet but it has a way of lingering a while after you see it 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shall We Kiss has an Allen ish feel but it also feels like a bad copy 
2
Shall We Kiss?
Roger Ebert
Is Shall We Kiss without merit Not entirely It has a grace a languid charm a pictorial elegance The plot when it winds up and unwinds is ingenious But are we expected in any sense to find these people realistic 
2.5
Shall We Kiss?
V.A. Musetto
Shall We Kiss features crisp dialogue and understated humor played out by an attractive young cast Audiences bred on Hollywood romances might find the film too chatty and contemplative To them I say Get over it kids 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Stephen Whitty
Shall We Kiss is a slight movie but it s also a quietly enjoyable one 
3
Shall We Kiss?
Kam Williams
A French chick flick designed to keep soap opera fans on the edge of their seats while watching for a couple of guilt ridden cold fish anguish over whether to share just one kiss For the sequel get a room 
1.5
Shall We Kiss?
Andrew Schenker
An amusing enough trifle 
2
Crab Trap
Loren King
The dreamlike atmosphere of Crab Trap allows the landscape to seep into the mind as it documents the purity of a way of life perhaps before it disappears 
3
Viva Cuba
Marta Barber
Alberti loses the edge to become more manipulative The cinematography still shows the quality of a talented filmmaker but his determination to be noncommittal takes that quality down a notch 
2.5
First One In
Pamela Powell
I loved every minute of the chaos and turmoil which doesn t take itself seriously yet finds a way to pull at your heartstrings and remind us to lift one another 
3
Continental Divide
Matt Brunson
The film is at its best when it ignores their relationship and concentrates on other matters 
2.5
Continental Divide
Roger Ebert
This all sounds predictable of course and yet this movie s predictability is one of its charms It s rare these days to find a film that is basically content to be about a colorful man and an eccentric woman who are opposites and yet fall madly in love 
3
Fame
Walter Chaw
What recommends Fame to whatever degree that it doesn t totally suck is that Parker s still content at this point in his career to not resolve every single storyline
2
Fame
Roger Ebert
A genuine treasure moving and entertaining 
3.5
Maborosi
Mattie Lucas
A film of feelings and textures that establishes character without the need for traditional plot structures 
3.5
Maborosi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A pure pleasure to watch 
3.5
Maborosi
James Berardinelli
Maborosi is a worthwhile movie experience not because it ventures into virgin territory but because its presentation is so precise and unique 
3.5
Maborosi
Roger Ebert
Maborosi is one of those valuable films where you have to actively place yourself in the character s mind There are times when we do not know what she is thinking but we are inspired with an active sympathy 
4
Maborosi
Edward Guthmann
Nothing is casual and nothing is wasted in Maborosi 
4
Maborosi
Gemma Files
Maborosi is by no means perfect it drags a little and leaves a few more unanswered questions than it really needs but it contains some very perfect moments 
3
The Funhouse Massacre
Dustin Putman
Holds a low budget charm but there is a better film one that s cleverer creepier and more imaginatively utilizes its setting just out of reach 
2
The Funhouse Massacre
Tom Keogh
The problem is that The Funhouse Massacre isn t particularly funny or scary and if there is supposed to be an element of satire about our contemporary inability to sort out what s real from what s not well that falls flat too 
2
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Mattie Lucas
A gut busting uncompromising totally outrageous film that takes the comedy of embarrassment to new unprecedented levels 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Peter Keough
Although I knew it was dishonest cynical and the ultimate in cheap shot humor I laughed more at Borat than at any other film this year So I guess the joke is on me 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Joe Lozito
By the end you re eager to wrap things up Along the way though Borat is a helluva ride 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Kam Williams
Horrifying vulgar and exploitative yet simultaneously inspired brilliant convulsively hilarious and easily the funniest film of the year 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Michael A. Smith
That Cohen never breaks character no matter the situation is a true testament to his comic genius He and director Larry Charles Curb Your Enthusiasm have created the funniest film since Something About Mary and believe me that s a rave review 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Ross Anthony
1 See the movie and laugh 2 Go out and do something very sweet for someone you don t even know to balance things out 
2.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Gina Carbone
As hard as I laughed watching Borat and Azamat s naked hairy man on man fight over a Baywatch magazine it was more enlightening to sit in an RV listening to white frat boys talk about how minority women catch all the breaks 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Forrest Hartman
While Borat is not the revolution some entertainment writers would have you believe it does offer a pleasant night in the theater 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jay Antani
In spots the movie can be hysterical But for the most part its appeal is not unlike that of a veteran rock band putting on a greatest hits concert 
2.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Linda Cook
Bigots can be hilarious 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Mark Dujsik
This is not only the best comedy of the year it may well be the best comedy in a decade Hell it might be the best comedy in one score years Maybe even one score years plus a decade 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
David N. Butterworth
Very nice Happy times Great success 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jonathan W. Hickman
The funniest film I ve seen this year 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Lori Hoffman
the male oriented humor in this movie goes right in the toilet literally and never recovers 
1
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
James Sanford
a great litmus test for determining exactly how far a joke can go before you stop laughing the movie isn t about promoting ignorance and intolerance but about exposing it through humor 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sean O'Connell
Has huge laughs 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sean McBride
very brash funny stuff that would make Andy Kaufman quite proud 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Walter Chaw
We might be stuck in the quagmire in which we re stuck because the best intended were too deadened to affect any sort of meaningful change in time to matter 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Mike McGranaghan
Borat is a full throttle comedy experience You don t just laugh at it you howl often uncontrollably I can t remember the last time a movie so completely made me go insane with laughter 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Thomas Delapa
Candid Camera crossed with Jackass Candidly Cohen can be a politically incorrect laugh riot but he s often just lewd and crude comrade 
2
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
John Beifuss
To paraphrase a great possum We have met the racist anti Semitic homophobic crazy Kazakh and he is us 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Scott Nash
Doesn t live up to the praise that has been heaped upon it but it s amusing enough 
2.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
David Nusair
hit and miss 
2.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Gary Brown
Riotously funny 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sean P. Means
Cohen takes a fearless trip through America s midsection and its psyche 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jeffrey Westhoff
A cinematic stunt that works occasionally but not often enough 
2
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Maitland McDonagh
It s a fearless performance and yields some squirm inducingly funny moments 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Claudia Puig
In an era of stale formulaic comedies this uproarious and ribald faux documentary is like a hit of pure oxygen 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Geoff Pevere
Somewhere in standup comedy heaven Andy Kaufman is smiling Possibly even busting a gut 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Moira MacDonald
The cheerfully tasteless Borat is often screamingly funny and almost never dull and that s more than I can say for just about every comedy to grace screens this year 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Mick LaSalle
It s so inventive so rich with comic moments so outrageous so shocking and unexpected and so willing to be offensive that it consistently leaves viewers off balance and howling This is a film by an original and significant comic intelligence 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
David Elliott
With our help Borat can move the United States above Kazakhstan on the U N laff meter 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Carla Meyer
The outrageous comedy Borat holds a mirror up to the casual bigotry within American society But it s a funhouse mirror and a cracked one at that making the film hilarious fascinating and troubling all at once 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Pam Grady
Cohen combines the chameleon like talent of Peter Sellers and the obsessive conviction of Andy Kaufman What emerges is pure genius 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Steven Rea
Borat leaves no ethnicity no religious or social order well maybe one or two unmocked Both the glorious U S and A and the beautiful Kazakhstan get pilloried by Baron Cohen and his sublimely silly unapologetically offensive shtick 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Nick Rogers
Bigotry never will go away So when its temporary takedown is as savagely witty and wise as Sacha Baron Cohen s mad scientist creation even those of us with the best intentions might as well furiously laugh at man s inhumanity to man 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Lisa Rose
Crude confrontational and stunningly sick it s a movie made in the fringe tradition of Pink Flamingos featuring a performer who seems to be willing to do anything for the camera 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jack Mathews
Put on two pairs of underwear and try to stay dry through one of the most uproariously or in the case of the nude wrestling scene between Borat and his morbidly obese producer disgustingly funny movies in a very long time 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Paul Doro
Borat is easily the funniest movie of the year 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Rene Rodriguez
Flat out hilarious arguably the funniest American comedy since Airplane 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Glenn Whipp
To paraphrase the movie s title Borat make benefit glorious for everyone provided you like your disturbing insights served up rude and crude 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Robert W. Butler
Borat will offend as many as it delights It s practically a litmus test for thick skinnedness It s also one of the funniest movies ever made 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Amy Biancolli
Expect to laugh uproariously expect to choke back horror and revulsion often at yourself 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Rick Groen
When Borat is good it s very very good and when it s bad it s box office gold 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Terry Lawson
All you think while you re watching is how could people be so amusingly stupid and why can t I quit laughing at the sight of two naked men wrestling 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jeff Vice
This already controversial mockumentary contains more laugh out loud moments than any film since last year s comedy hit The 40 Year Old Virgin 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Michael Booth
I highly recommend Borat to anyone like myself with zero emotional I Q those with a thick skin for when former friends decide you re a moron by association and the wise people who believe that Jackass was shafted for the 2002 Oscar 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jim Emerson
Very nice I like Borat very much 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Lawrence Toppman
If you ve ever wanted to see a film where naked fight coordinator was one of the credits you ll probably find Borat a masterpiece 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Ty Burr
A comic put on of awe inspiring crudity and death defying satire and by a long shot the funniest film of the year It is Jackass with a brain and Mark Twain with full frontal male nudity 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Rob Thomas
Borat not only satirizes American narrow mindedness but also American broad mindedness our eagerness to accept and welcome people from distant shores and enroll them in the American way of life 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sara Michelle Fetters
Is it brilliant Certainly especially where it comes to the almost unnervingly focused performance by Cohen But is it palatable Probably not for me sorry to say 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Daniel M. Kimmel
This side splitting satire ranges from brilliant skewerings of American society to low humor that has to be seen to be believed 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The more I considered Borat the better and funnier it grew 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Collin Souter
Like the orginal Airplane or an early Mel Brooks film it s destined to be quoted revisited and cherished for years to come 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Willie Waffle
Borat is funny but it s not the Jesus Christ of comedies 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Eric Melin
The fact that this mercilessly funny film is based in reality makes a bigger statement about who we are as a country How we react seeing it reflected back at us will be another experience entirely 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Dustin Putman
A comedic masterpiece and possibly the funniest movie in years 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Chris Hewitt
Borat is gasp for breath wipe your eyes hurt your stomach try to stop laughing so you don t miss the next funny thing uproarious 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Phoebe Flowers
For the viewer with the appropriately inappropriate sense of humor Borat despite being an undeniable novelty is also irresistible 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Bruce Newman
Borat is a comedy whose lengthy title is difficult to remember and whose incendiary humor is impossible to forget It is the most insanely funny movie of this or any other year 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Michael Phillips
As the man from Kazakhstan likes to say Great success 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Matt Pais
Borat is an ingenious character a prism through which the world s ignorance is able to shine and his movie is very ridiculous very politically incorrect and so so funny 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Lou Lumenick
This is the finest and most thoughtful comedy released so far this century 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Gene Seymour
Paraphrasing Kurt Vonnegut there are few things more quintessentially American than embarrassment Borat IS the quintessential movie comedy of our times whether you like it or not 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Peter Canavese
No film in the history of cinema has succeeded in being more outrageously funny 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Phil Villarreal
Borat movie no stop laughy Is funny as your Donald Mouse cartoons and goodest comedy of year 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Matt Brunson
Borat is often convulsively savagely funny but beneath the scatology and mockery rests a knowingness about the manner in which societal prejudices can be hidden diverted and even encouraged 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Josh Larsen
more than Tom Green and even more than a legend such as Andy Kaufman Cohen is after something specific with his brand of anarchy 
4
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jeanne Aufmuth
Plucky uproarious and totally uncompromising 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
James Berardinelli
Is Borat the funniest comedy of the year Almost certainly but what s the competition 
3
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Peter Travers
Borat will make you laugh till it hurts and you ll still beg for more 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Nick Schager
What makes Borat a riot isn t its socio analytical acuteness but rather Cohen s gift for establishing circumstances at once squirm inducing uncomfortable slapstick stupid and insanely inappropriate 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Steve Rhodes
You will certainly laugh a whole lot but will you still respect yourself in the morning Maybe Maybe not For me it proved to be a risk well worth taking 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Erik Childress
Don t count out Borat to be above more straightforward practicality or participating in the most intestinal dropping gut smashing bit of cough inducing hilarity of male bonding ever committed to celluloid 
3.5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jessica Letkemann
Any movie that lists someone with the job of feces provider in the credits is either going to be a disaster or one of the funniest most outrageous films of the year Borat is clearly the later 
3
Up the Down Staircase
Roger Ebert
We need more American films like Up the Down Staircase We need more films that might be concerned even remotely with real experiences that might once have happened to real people And we need more actresses like Sandy Dennis 
4
Up the Down Staircase
Kathleen Carroll
In the final examination it is like the student who gets an average grade when he s capable of a 95 the underachiever 
3
The Gunman
Brian Eggert
Unfortunately 44 no matter how many beautiful locations are served up by the globetrotting plot 44 or how pumped up Penn may look 44 the story is very familiar stuff 44 but without anything to set it apart 46 
2
The Gunman
Sonny Bunch
Even for an action movie The Gunman is ridiculously almost courageously dumb It s also boring So you know it s got that going for it 
1.5
The Gunman
Neil Rosen
They the actors are all defeated by a movie that ultimately has little to say offers up no thrills and at a bit under two hours seemed a lot longer 
1.5
The Gunman
Tom Meek
The matters of politics of exploitation and corporate greed get put up there on screen with great chest beating solemnity but in the end they become nothing more than the slack cartoonish motivations of an archvillain in a Bond flick 
2.5
The Gunman
Robert W. Butler
The Gunman is generic moviemaking that can t be lifted even by some usually solid performing players like Ray Winstone Mark Rylance and Idris Elba 
2
The Gunman
John Beifuss
Sean Penn is fully committed to his role in The Gunman He rubs his face and punches a steering wheel and otherwise demonstrates that he is haunted by his mercenary past 
2
The Gunman
Bill Chambers
He s Sean Penn in all but name and he s kind of a drag 
1.5
The Gunman
Brad Keefe
Ultimately too absurd to take seriously and too serious to enjoy as a popcorn flick If its target is being surprisingly dull it s a bullseye 
2
The Gunman
David Nusair
An almost astonishing dull and misguided thriller 
0
The Gunman
Stephen Rebello
It s just another tourist salad bar of stale limp man on the run clichs with chases hand to hand combat gunfire and an hilariously pretentious sequence set during a bullfight 
1.5
The Gunman
Glenn Lovell
some decent shootouts and hand to hand combat but the writing mostly stinks allowing for gaping narrative holes and more improv rants by Bardem Penn seems less enigmatic than just plain bored 
2
The Gunman
Sean P. Means
A dark European thriller like The Gunman usually requires a star who exudes cool detachment not a firebrand like Sean Penn who gamely proceeds in spite of the obvious miscasting 
2.5
The Gunman
Peter Travers
The Gunman degenerates into dreary setups for guns and gore Penn merits more So do we 
1
The Gunman
Rob Thomas
Apparently if you re a veteran Hollywood actor you get your AARP card at 50 and your action movie franchise at 55 
2
The Gunman
Stephen Whitty
The actors are good and the action is thrilling And if the film isn t quite as seriously political as I m guessing Penn told himself it was it s definitely an offbeat change of pace for us 
3
The Gunman
Liam Lacey
Like a queasy blend of Still Alice and The Bourne Identity 
1
The Gunman
Steven Rea
Obviousness prevails 
2
The Gunman
Peter Sobczynski
The kind of throughly anonymous and undistinguished film that barely would have passed muster as a mid 2000s DTV project top lining a third tier TV star 
2
The Gunman
Tony Hicks
It devolves into a mess of worn plot lines If Morel wanted to give Penn s career new life as a world weary action hero he missed his target 
2
The Gunman
James Berardinelli
Penn is dour and not the least bit heroic in this movie He survives the action sequences but neither they nor his participation in them gets the blood pumping 
2
The Gunman
Alissa Wilkinson
The Gunman is a pretty dumb movie in smart package 
1.5
The Gunman
Peter Keough
If the film s intent is to condition the audience into a distaste for violence through boredom it succeeds 
2
The Gunman
Robert Levin
This is a stupid movie about a muscular superman beating and shooting the living hell out of all those who would cross him It s not an apologia for continental destruction 
2
The Gunman
Peter Howell
Whatever else we might think of Sean Penn s bid for an active middle age via The Gunman we can t doubt his enthusiasm 
2
The Gunman
Mark Dujsik
The movie doesn t quite approach a level of irresponsibility but its all around lack of responsibility is off putting 
2
The Gunman
Claudia Puig
The only redeeming feature about The Gunman is its exotic locations 
1.5
The Gunman
Dann Gire
Bardem appears almost bored playing second fiddle to Penn s mirthless unapproachable irritating assassin Trinca has so little material to work with that her pleasant demeanor can t hold the screen for the brief time she s been allowed 
1.5
The Gunman
Chris Knight
Jim is a former bad guy himself which lends an extra layer of moral ambiguity to the action not enough to qualify as profundity but at least it s something more to think about than the snazzy sports car he manages to pick up while on the run 
2.5
The Gunman
Joe Williams
A well executed thriller that leaves us stirred but not shaken 
2.5
The Gunman
Ann Hornaday
The Gunman may start as a genre exercise of promising purpose but it winds up being just a lot of bull 
1
The Gunman
Michael Phillips
It s a tasty cast but the script does not do its job in crucial areas letting the audience get way way out ahead of the reveals 
2
The Gunman
Mick LaSalle
It succeeds partly because the moral climate it presents seems so confused but mainly because of Penn s particular aura of irascible integrity 
3
The Gunman
Rene Rodriguez
Penn remains a furiously committed method actor even in a paycheck role such as this one But he s not enough to prevent the film from becoming the same old 
2
The Gunman
Soren Andersen
Yes there are plot holes aplenty but the action is tautly staged by Morel and that makes The Gunman a satisfactory time passer 
2.5
The Gunman
Rafer Guzman
A lightweight thriller posing as a heavy political drama or vice versa Not thoughtful and no fun 
1.5
The Gunman
Matt Pais
Surprising how much this well shot disappointment runs from the situation it introduces in order to make sure the white guy gets to the bottom of his own problem 
2
The Gunman
Rex Reed
Unfortunately nobody ever won an Oscar for washboard abs And nobody is going to win five seconds of admiration for 115 minutes of tedium in The Gunman 
1
The Gunman
Dan Schindel
The Gunman lacks the all killer no filler efficiency of Pierre Morel s biggest success Taken 
1.5
The Gunman
Kyle Smith
Watching Penn pump iron and denounce capitalism for two hours would be roughly as illuminating as this monotonous Euro thriller 
1.5
The Gunman
Roger Moore
Generic Preachy Predictable But watchable 
2
The Gunman
Kam Williams
A Sean Penn vehicle affording the surprisingly buff if long in the tooth matinee idol ample opportunities to put his pecs on display in high impact fight sequences as well as lingering love scenes 
2
The Gunman
Chris Cabin
The lack of any visual ingenuity reflexivity or awareness of genre tropes diminishes the intermittent pleasures of the action s slightly involving kineticism 
1.5
Blindfire
Tom Meek
Blue on Black violence gets put under the microscope here shining a light on some of the nuances municipal shenanigans and complications of deadly police response and the tangled process of justice 
2.5
Blindfire
Roger Moore
Making a movie that doesn t acknowledge the repeated racial reality of police shootings is like saying Blue Fairytales Matter 
1
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
Christy Lemire
Her story would be inspiring in and of itself but Velasquez is such an effervescent charismatic subject she can t help but win your affection as well as your respect 
3
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
Tirdad Derakhshani
Velsquez is a remarkable individual and her message should not go unheeded 
2.5
Mediterraneo
Trey Graham
This is a very entertaining and visually stunning if less than cerebral film 
3
The Bone Collector
David Nusair
a slow moving yet consistently engaging piece of work 
3
The Bone Collector
Michael Dequina
The filmmakers forgot to satisfactorily conceal the identity of the homicidal title character 
2.5
The Bone Collector
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The real killer is easily spotted in the movie s one scene that isn t specifically designed to move the plot forward 
2
The Bone Collector
Dustin Putman
Strictly cut and paste filmmaking and it doesn t even do a respectable job at that either 
1
The Bone Collector
Steve Rhodes
Shamelessly manipulative 
1.5
The Bone Collector
Susan Wloszczyna
The long delayed revelation of whodunit is a debit instead of a payoff 
2
The Bone Collector
Ross Anthony
good production direction acting poorly scripted climax 
2
The Bone Collector
David Keyes
its serial killer has a novel approach when it comes to homicide but he and the others are basically pulling a sheet over familiar styles and plot tricks
2.5
The Bone Collector
Roger Ebert
The movie is a peculiar experience to sit through because the quality of the acting is so much better than the material deserves 
2
The Bone Collector
Lou Lumenick
Jeremy Iacone s script is riddled with plot holes you could drive a train through 
2.5
Invisible
Ed Gonzalez
The film looks as if it was shot in more than one day but Watsein s experiment in terror is a futile one 
2
Invisible
V.A. Musetto
The trouble with Adam Watstein s indie Invisible is that it isn t invisible that is 
1
Big Men
Hank Sartin
In Big Men Rachel Boynton offers a case study in how the promise of big wealth brings out the ruthless self interest of all the parties concerned 
3
Big Men
Alan Jones
Rachel Boynton remarkably reveals just how much influence corporate interests have on public wellbeing and how rarely Ghanaians are part of any debate 
3.5
Ida
Joe Friar
Polish born director Pawel Pawlikowski s film is a beautiful and remarkable piece of cinema which features a superb performance by newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska in the title role 
4
Ida
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
worth a watch due to its technical qualities and interesting story Full Review in Spanish 
3
Ida
Brandy McDonnell
An evocative story of a woman coming to grips with her shadowy past Ida is made all the more haunting by its presentation in stark black and white 
3.5
Ida
Marty Mapes
Slow beautiful Ida is more impressive cinematically than narratively
3.5
Ida
Peter Travers
Now that Pawe 322 Pawlikowski s haunting Polish film has been nominated for a foreign language Oscar Ida is back in the conversation Let yourself be enveloped by a modern cinema classic 
4
Ida
Alissa Wilkinson
Trzebuchowska is certainly the film s other great asset all the performances are great but she is not even an actress having been spotted by a producer in a cafe and hired almost on the spot You d never believe it 
3
Ida
Sean P. Means
The lead actresses bring power and pain to their roles Kulesza captures the bitterness of Wanda s life as a cynical Communist apparatchik while Trzebuchowska gives quiet grace and strength to Anna 
3.5
Ida
Anita Katz
Lest the film sound like too much of a downer be assured that Pawlikowski laces it with beauty and hope 
3.5
Ida
John Beifuss
The odd compositions imply the camera is respectfully aware of the presence of something hovering above the characters something invisible and mysterious that perhaps affirms the nun s faith even in this awful world of Nazi murders and Communist purges 
4
Ida
John Wirt
A mesmerizing drama from Poland 
3.5
Ida
Eric Melin
What is fascinating is how Pawlikowski reveals so much by simply sticking with Ida and Wanda and acutely observing their behavior 
3
Ida
Lisa Kennedy
Consider Ida the first offering in a summer celebrating Polish cinema and the latest masterpiece in a powerful tradition 
4
Ida
Rob Thomas
Devastatingly brisk at 80 minutes Ida is a beautiful film to watch with Pawilowski creating stunningly composed scenes that have the weight of historical photographs and the urgency of real life 
3.5
Ida
Josh Larsen
there is the suggestion of religion as a haunting presence a burden to bear 
3.5
Ida
John Hartl
As the heroine who bounces back from one potential catastrophe after another Trzebuchowska always suggests resilience She s got a lot on her mind but we know she ll survive 
3.5
Ida
Duane Dudek
Within the visually cold and austere film is an emotional richness and complexity planted there by co writer and director Pawel Pawlikowski 
3.5
Ida
Mark Matousek
A film with meat and bones sorely lacking in heart 
2.5
Ida
Ty Burr
A thing of beauty that overstays its welcome It s possible that Pawlikowski would be a great artist if he weren t so hellbent on convincing us of it 
3.5
Ida
Steven Rea
A masterpiece 
4
Ida
Walter V. Addiego
The Polish drama Ida is a rarity a film both intensely grounded in painful historical reality and genuinely otherworldly 
4
Ida
Bill Stamets
Ida reaches spiritual depth through affecting performances rendered in sublime black and white compositions Cinematographer Lukasz Zal places faces in the lower corner of his frame to arresting effect 
4
Ida
Ann Hornaday
For a film about grave moral questions and contradictions Ida possesses more than its share of sensory pleasures 
3
Ida
Dann Gire
Ida has the look and feel of a 1960s black and white art movie without artsy pretentiousness 
3.5
Ida
Michael Phillips
Ida accomplishes so much so surely in its 80 minutes it s as if the director Pawel Pawlikowski had dared himself How can I tell this fascinating story efficiently yet without rushing and abridging the narrative 
4
Ida
Matt Pais
Turns what should have been a complex mystery into a simple question and answer 
2
Ida
John Anderson
Likely to remain the best movie of the year 
4
Ida
Kiva Reardon
The parable resonates emotionally thanks to Trzebuchowska s performance 
4
Ida
Peter Howell
The screenplay is a model of economy as precise as the lensing by Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal who often position their subjects at the bottom of the frame emphasizing personal insignificance within the totalitarian machine 
3.5
Ida
Godfrey Cheshire
Riveting original and breathtakingly accomplished on every level Ida would be a masterpiece in any era in any country 
4
Ida
Stephen Whitty
The finest work yet from a terrific filmmaker And one can only hope the one that begins to bring him the attention he deserves 
4
Ida
Robert Levin
A quiet patient movie that runs a mere 80 minutes but in the fashion of the best cinematic works offers a world of riches just below the surface 
4
Ida
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is both delicate and unforgettable 
3.5
Ida
Chris Cabin
Pawel Pawlikowski shows great empathy toward the idea of illusions as a way of attaining emotional stability in even the most brutal terrain 
3
Ida
Kent Turner
Elegantly sparse and absorbing
3
Shame
James Kendrick
exists in a strange netherworld between political reality and vague allegory
3.5
Shame
Roger Ebert
It is a question without an answer in Shame which does not deliver a message in any formal way but simply offers people and their lives and leaves us to conclude what we choose 
4
Agent Cody Banks
Steven Snyder
A bland and condescending adaptation of an adult action film for a younger audience 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Ian Mantgani
The movie is bouncy and colourful and cheesy in a nice way but it outstays its welcome in the last half hour 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Nick Rogers
It apos s as though for every good idea the movie has 44 someone from the writing committee jumped in and said 44 apos Yeah 44 but let apos s put a fart joke right after that 46 apos 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Sara Michelle Fetters
As such it s not too bad Sure there s an over familiarity at this point in regards to secret agent teenagers but Muniz is such an affable presence I can honestly say I was reasonably entertained much of the way 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Wesley Lovell
A childish version of the James Bond story about an awkward teen thrust into a mission to save the world 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Josh Gilchrist
Will kids enjoy this Well does a child like candy 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Frank Ochieng
Although director Harald Zwart does fortify this intentionally cheesy high tech showcase with a sledgehammer of energetic flair and silliness his juiced up narrative cannot overcome the inevitable comparisons to the far superior Spy Kids flicks 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Forrest Hartman
The premise and the casting are pure kids stuff but Zwart and company have littered the film with enough adult images to merit a PG 13 rating 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Mark Dujsik
Fairly typical and overly gadget oriented spy business 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Jeffrey Westhoff
In this generation of family friendly secret agents Cody Banks is agreeably entertaining better than the first Spy Kids not as good as the second and not nearly as clever as Cats Dogs 
3
Agent Cody Banks
Linda Cook
A high element of sleaze and a low element of intelligence 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Susannah Gora
Believe it or not the action sequences are pretty darn great from nicely choreographed fights against school bullies of course to nail biting chases on snowboards 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Dustin Putman
A wasteful if painless diversion 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Chris Hewitt
Dedicated to helping kids make a transition smoothing the way between Boy s Life readers and Maxim readers 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Ted Fry
Those who aren t part of the 10 to 13 year old target audience will probably also find it witless and derivative 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Mick LaSalle
An entertaining film for kids and young teens 
2
Agent Cody Banks
David Elliott
Muniz s cute was paid 2 million and should start pondering the career arc of Mickey Rooney 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Joe Baltake
The film is cute but never much beyond that 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Karen Heller
A listless tween James Bond wannabe 
1
Agent Cody Banks
Sue Pierman
Unlike last year s unimaginative and boring Big Fat Liar Cody Banks is enjoyable and clever 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Glenn Whipp
While lacking the zip and imagination of Robert Rodriguez s Spy Kids movies Cody Banks is an amiable enough mixture of James Bond lite adventure and chaste teenage romance 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Jeff Vice
This is director Harald Zwart s first foray into the action genre and he s clearly out of his element 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Ty Burr
Muniz keeps Cody Banks watchable on energy alone but his scenes with the pallid uncharismatic Duff are as dull as watching two actual pubescents meet at the mall 
2
Agent Cody Banks
David Sterritt
The repetitious script cobbled together by no fewer than five writers shows interest in nothing beyond action centered plot gimmicks and tame romantic shenanigans 
1
Agent Cody Banks
John Monaghan
So slick and preprogrammed that even its preteen audience may dismiss it as formula 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Megan Lehmann
Illogical thrown together claptrap 
0.5
Agent Cody Banks
Stephen Cole
Kids attending Agent Cody Banks won t need candy The film itself is a 90 minute sugar rush 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Roger Ebert
The movie will be compared with the two Spy Kids pictures and looks more expensive and high tech but isn t as much fun 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Sean P. Means
It s not smart enough or exciting enough to be an action movie and it lacks the childlike goofiness that the Spy Kids franchise has by the boatload 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Dan Lybarger
This juvenile take on the James Bond films feels more like a heavily watered down vodka martini than a genuine offering for kids 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Steve Rhodes
What makes this Bond spoof great fun for grade school kids and older as well as adults is the casting 
3
Agent Cody Banks
Claudia Puig
Muniz has an endearing blend of self deprecation innocence and smarts that works well here 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Jan Stuart
This elaborate and good natured entertainment is never as funny as it should be but it s also never wanting for energy 
3
Agent Cody Banks
Josh Larsen
less about gadgets and spies than the awkward hollow feeling a boy gets in his stomach the first time he calls a girl 
3
Agent Cody Banks
Pam Grady
Sure maybe it s formulaic and hardly original but like comfort food it satisfies 
3
Agent Cody Banks
Allison Benedikt
Had the movie chosen to go the campy route Muniz probably would have shined using his face and vacant delivery to their fullest potential But most of the time everything is played ridiculously straight 
2
Agent Cody Banks
Tony Toscano
The film is smartly done and suited for family viewing 
3
Agent Cody Banks
Walter Chaw
Just another threadbare gravely puerile James Bond movie but marketed directly at your children which is something to think about 
1
Agent Cody Banks
Rob Blackwelder
While its plot doesn t stand up to even a modest amount of logical scrutiny the flick has a comical junior James Bond spirit that s hard to resist 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
Jeanne Aufmuth
Strives to be a James Bond spoof but fails to find its niche 
1.5
Agent Cody Banks
Ross Anthony
Mostly fun and playful but occasionally strays from its own sense of innocence 
2.5
Agent Cody Banks
David Nusair
essentially a mediocre rehash of various spy flicks 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Mike Scott
The problem isn t so much in the film s clumsy hand holding narration or in its forced quirkiness Rather it s that its most interesting character the one they named the thing after isn t the main character 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Matt Brunson
A slight yet satisfying show biz tale 
3
The Great Buck Howard
John Beifuss
Sleight of hand is among a magician s greatest assets but even the most gullible rubes will be able to follow most of writer director Sean McGinly s telegraphed moves in this agreeable but lightweight film 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Amy Biancolli
A modest snapshot of a performer 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Duane Dudek
While arguably sweet and charming The Great Buck Howard is memorable only because of his sleight of hand 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Rafer Guzman
The film feels painfully thin 
1.5
The Great Buck Howard
Phil Villarreal
Malkovich expertly starts the relationship between his character and the audience on several wrong feet before winning us over 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Chris Hewitt
Watching The Great Buck Howard is like listening to Chopsticks played really well Impressive maybe but who cares 
1
The Great Buck Howard
Ross Anthony
The heart of the film is all about finding life s element better yet a way to put yourself into your life s element despite pressures to be somewhere or something else 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Alissa Wilkinson
Light witty and occasionally thoughtful The Great Buck Howard is a good Saturday afternoon popcorn flick for teens and adults 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Sean P. Means
Malkovich s performance is too awkwardly manic and Hanks is too sleepy paving the way for Emily Blunt to steal the movie 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Lisa Kennedy
Just as in Burn After Reading the craftsman s pursuit of character warts and vulnerability intact is adamant He makes it hard to pass up this Buck 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Robert W. Butler
Slight but satisfying The Great Buck Howard examines an over the hill performer with an objective eye that is borderline brutal Yet this comedy softens the blow with laughs heart and a lingering sense of mystery 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Lou Lumenick
The film is a small scale charmer that provides a tailor made role for Malkovich who is always fun to watch 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Walter V. Addiego
Director McGinly working with a modest budget balances the film s sense of mockery with its more somber moments and doesn t allow the story s considerable nostalgia and sentimentality to overwhelm it 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Sara Michelle Fetters
It ends up being one of those movies you almost can t help but adore everything about it manufacturing a giddy euphoria I just reveled in 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Kam Williams
A sleeper that can t miss with the indie art house crowd 
4
The Great Buck Howard
Jeff Shannon
Like the has been it celebrates this gentle comedy wears out its welcome by embracing mediocrity 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Claudia Puig
It sidesteps ultra saccharine territory emerging as sweetly nostalgic and gently satiric if lightweight entertainment 
3.5
The Great Buck Howard
Jeff Vice
A too predictable comedy drama that pales in comparison to earlier better features about similar subject matter such as the 1982 Peter O Toole comedy My Favorite Year 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Steven Rea
Malkovich mixing the magician shtick with a dogged resiliency a dab of pathos and more than a bit of mystery did he really just hypnotize 300 people is simply a joy to watch 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Dustin Putman
Has one standout element in the form of John Malkovich but everything else can and will be easily forgotten 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Wesley Morris
It s the movie equivalent of handing us a business card 
2
The Great Buck Howard
Joe Williams
The Great Buck Howard is cheekily observant about celebrity self importance while still conveying Buck s commitment to entertaining regular folks 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Roger Ebert
The film is funny and perceptive in the way it shows the humiliations for a man with Buck s tender vanity 
3.5
The Great Buck Howard
James Berardinelli
Despite the presence of some A list performers The Great Buck Howard can t shake the feeling that it s more on the level of made for TV than something destined for theatrical greatness 
2.5
The Great Buck Howard
Robert Levin
Malkovich carries the picture with such gusto that it would be worth watching were it simply a one man stage show 
3
The Great Buck Howard
Jeanne Aufmuth
I wish there were more movies like Buck Howard simply effortless and earnest 
3.5
The Great Buck Howard
Erik Childress
It s an all ages type of show doesn t cost much you ll laugh a few times and smile even more Then when he makes his way around again to DVD and onto cable you may just be inclined to take in another matinee 
3
Fanny
Roger Moore
This subdued overlong and five times Oscar nominated tale never lets us forget They left out the music literally and figuratively 
2
The Pill
Sara Stewart
Does the title refer to contraception Or one of this sort of comedy s three leads It s a toss up everyone involved is just so irritating 
1.5
The Pill
Diego Semerene
The film s loses its appeal once we leave its original premise and its main female character s strangeness begins to look like mere naivet 
1.5
Knocked Up
Troy Patterson
Knocked Up must be the funniest Hollywood romantic comedy since Apatow s 40 Year Old Virgin Granted there are higher compliments but the movie undeniably offers audiences many abdomen impairing moments they ll talk and talk and talk about 
3
Knocked Up
Mattie Lucas
Asmart charming uproarious unabashedly filthy sex comedy that delivers on all levels 
3
Knocked Up
Joe Lozito
A surprisingly sincere look at male female Mars Venusness in these 00s It s funny alright but not in the way you might think 
3
Knocked Up
Peter Keough
The film seethes with misdirected and unrecognized anger 
2
Knocked Up
Wesley Lovell
A pleasant enough comedy that doesn t take the gross out too far and presents a complex if egotistical view of pregnancy and responsibility 
3
Knocked Up
Brian Marder
The comedic concept of Judd Apatow s 40 Year Old Virgin may never again be topped but Apatow today s King of Comedy actually managed to make Knocked Up a better movie 
3.5
Knocked Up
Scott Nash
Maybe I m being a little harsh on this movie because there are a couple of funny scenes here and there but they are so outweighed by the ones that bored me silly they re not the ones that I remember 
2
Knocked Up
Steven Snyder
It s hard to deny the fact that all this considered it s a work of art even with that title 
3.5
Knocked Up
Barbara Vancheri
This feels like the world s longest pregnancy or comedy with a running time of 129 minutes Knocked Up is like a helium balloon with a slow leak that quits hugging the ceiling and starts sliding down the wall the longer it goes 
2.5
Knocked Up
Janos Gereben
A mostly funny occasionally charming steadily foul mouthed frequently well written otherwise downright stupid comedy enjoyable in spite of its unaccountably overblown length of over two hours 
2.5
Knocked Up
John Beifuss
A male fantasy of rescue from irrelevance 
3
Knocked Up
Jeffrey Westhoff
Apatow loves his actors and the characters they play and the improvisational spirit on his set keeps the comedy fresh and real 
3.5
Knocked Up
Bob Bloom
Knocked Up despite its premise is a warm and appealing movie Even though it runs about two hours and 10 minutes it keeps you bonded with the characters 
3
Knocked Up
Vince Koehler
I did not know what to expect going into this film I was prepared for an offensive natured film but I was very surprised This film was clean and had taste 
4
Knocked Up
Michael A. Smith
Knocked Up is one hilarious moment on top of another 
3.5
Knocked Up
Lori Hoffman
Apatow sees love as something that can slip in the back door when the front door is barricaded by common sense 
3
Knocked Up
Greg Maki
It is hilarious heartwarming and an absolute delight from beginning to end 
4
Knocked Up
Jeanne Aufmuth
Brush aside the crude formula and bathroom humor and you ve got yourself a surprisingly delicate social commentary 
2.5
Knocked Up
Walter Chaw
As observational satire it lacks the outcast verve that comes with real outrage 
3
Knocked Up
Gina Carbone
Although I loved this movie I m getting tired of the King of Queens world where attractive capable women fall in love with end up mothering shlubby childish men 
3
Knocked Up
Matt Brunson
Apatow s ability to wring laughs both large and small out of ordinary situations is enviable 
3
Knocked Up
Mike McGranaghan
Knocked Up has a lot of great big belly laughs yet it eventually arrives at a place of truth u2013 a place where the characters have learned something about themselves and their lives 
3.5
Knocked Up
Kam Williams
A hilarious family values flick which manages to convince you that it s possible to transform a misogynist into a doting father on the guilt of an unplanned pregnancy 
4
Knocked Up
Gary Brown
Run out and see this baby 
4
Knocked Up
Linda Cook
How can a movie be simultaneously profane and sweet 
3.5
Knocked Up
Forrest Hartman
There s value in films about supernatural heroes and bigger than life villains but the ones that stick with us feature characters we can relate to Apatow has given birth to that sort of film and he should be a very proud papa 
3.5
Knocked Up
Claudia Puig
What makes the movie so winning are its endearing and relatable characters who spout believable dialogue and amusing banter steeped in clever pop culture references and sharp observations of human nature 
3.5
Knocked Up
Ken Fox
Beginning at the end of the traditional meet court marry impregnate chain of romantic events Apatow s clever comedy is a romance in reverse and it works 
3
Knocked Up
Peter Howell
Knocked Up is a different kind of movie a refreshing mix of the whip smart and the heartfelt 
4
Knocked Up
Moira MacDonald
It s a very funny 90 minute movie trapped in a 129 minute movie that has many many dead spots and unfunny patches 
2.5
Knocked Up
Mick LaSalle
Apatow shows how a comedy should and can be more like life without sacrificing a laugh 
3
Knocked Up
Timothy Knight
Hollywood s reigning auteur of raunchy romantic comedy Judd Apatow scores a near knockout with Knocked Up his extremely funny and sweetly endearing follow up to The 40 Year Old Virgin 
3
Knocked Up
Stephen Whitty
Knocked Up is a knockout 
3.5
Knocked Up
Jack Mathews
Apatow s dialogue is so good the undercurrent of his story so inherently sweet and the performances so engaging that you surrender immediately 
3.5
Knocked Up
Duane Dudek
Something about its portrait of the battle between men and women rings familiar and true and it has a sweetness and innocence that elevates the best of the genre 
3
Knocked Up
Rene Rodriguez
What ultimately makes the film so satisfying is the seriousness and affection with which Apatow treats his characters no matter how drug addled or misguided they may be 
3.5
Knocked Up
Rob Thomas
I m not saying this is a John Cassavetes film or anything but the movie s ability to uncork one great line after another that evokes both a laugh and an uncomfortable feeling of recognition is masterful 
3.5
Knocked Up
Bob Strauss
It s the Sideways of the Something About Mary subgenre a raunchy cartoon laughfest that takes its emotional issues dead seriously 
3
Knocked Up
Amy Biancolli
While Apatow s movie isn t perfect it s still a fumbling and funny valentine to the shock of pregnancy the reality of love and the chaos of all that comes after 
3
Knocked Up
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Look at what else is playing in multiplexes across North America at the moment and if you can find a film that entertains and touches as effectively give us a call 
3.5
Knocked Up
Terry Lawson
Even if it goes on past full term it never seems like labor more like a big bungle of joy 
3
Knocked Up
Mary F. Pols
Following up his smash hit The 40 Year Old Virgin with the similarly crude yet cuddly Knocked Up Judd Apatow confirms that he is the master of a new cinematic subgenre the Filthy Feel Good comedy 
4
Knocked Up
Richard Roeper
Knocked Up is half goofball guy movie and half sentimental chick flick and it works on both levels even if it does overstay its welcome 
3
Knocked Up
Wesley Morris
The 40 Year Old Virgin and his new Knocked Up make writer director Judd Apatow today s preeminent creator of low concept sex comedies 
3
Knocked Up
Sean O'Connell
Blisteringly hilarious from start to finish a relationship comedy built on sturdy emotional conflict and not a series of flimsy gags 
3.5
Knocked Up
Sean P. Means
Here is a movie loaded with raunchy jokes about premarital sex and getting stoned that is not just soda out the nose funny but also one of the most life affirming and pro marriage movies ever made 
4
Knocked Up
Steve Rhodes
Funny Sometimes Hilarious Not so much It s a druggie comedy that plays like the bloated brother of the crisper and cuter The 40 Year Old Virgin 
2.5
Knocked Up
Nick Rogers
At an unwieldy 132 minutes the movie eventually turns into what to expect when someone s expecting onscreen Still though not quite as polished as Virgin Knocked Up is 2007 s funniest and most sincere comedy so far 
3.5
Knocked Up
Eric Melin
The situations are so painful sometimes that its almost as if Apatow sat down and made a list of the things that create friction between men and women and then wrote a script around that 
4
Knocked Up
James Sanford
an almost across the board crowd pleaser There s a reasonable amount of risque humor to pacify those who love gross out gags and enough of a love story to satisfy viewers looking for a good romance 
3.5
Knocked Up
David Nusair
suffers from an aimless overlong sort of vibe that often threatens to negate its many positive attributes 
2.5
Knocked Up
Daniel M. Kimmel
the latest movie in one of the odder hybrid genres the cross between the romantic comedy and the gross out fratboy farce 
2.5
Knocked Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Apatow dampens any impending slapstick with his brilliant deceptively ragged dialogue the situations live and breathe via his finely tuned talk 
3.5
Knocked Up
Mark Dujsik
Marks a more mature worldview and understanding of relationships from Apatow s last film 
3
Knocked Up
Willie Waffle
You can t go wrong with Knocked Up if you just want to laugh and feel a bit dirty about it later 
3.5
Knocked Up
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not only does the film treat its characters with respect and without condescension it does so even when their actions border on the indefensible 
3.5
Knocked Up
David Elliott
An attitude bazooka full of sex drugs and raw language yet so high on babies and family values that this must be the first R rated film for both sleazoid slackers and earnest right to lifers 
3
Knocked Up
Carrie Rickey
Apatow s marriage of guyville and girlworld is not one made in heaven he s too pragmatic to observe the rom com conventions What s potent about Knocked Up is its down to earthiness 
3
Knocked Up
Michael Phillips
Apatow s awfully sharp as a chronicler of contemporary romantic anxieties 
3.5
Knocked Up
Matt Pais
While Seth Rogen s no Steve Carell he s perfect for Knocked Up Both the star and the movie are flabby immature and almost always funny 
3
Knocked Up
Chris Hewitt
Yes it s often gross and even more often funny but it also gets at what it might really be like to be in your 20s and to feel that to paraphrase Britney Spears you re not a kid and not yet an adult 
3
Knocked Up
Peter Travers
If you want to hate on Judd Apatow s Knocked Up and the anti crowd pleaser contingent will surely ding it then get ready to be drowned out by the sound of laughter from the rest of us 
3.5
Knocked Up
Kyle Smith
An era defining comedy classic to rank with Little Miss Sunshine It s this generation s When Harry Met Sally and it s even better than The 40 Year Old Virgin because the freakish situation it uses as a setup is life 
4
Knocked Up
Jeff Vice
Knocked Up has more heart than any of the Hollywood blockbusters released so far this year combined 
3.5
Knocked Up
Dustin Putman
Knocked Up is a good film Lurking beneath the surface is a great one just dying to break free 
2.5
Knocked Up
Josh Larsen
Apatow makes the nicest movies to have ever been rated R 
3.5
Knocked Up
Gene Seymour
Two hours and small change seems like a lot for any movie comedy to ask of its audience But it s hard to imagine how much Knocked Up could shed from its baggy frame without diminishing its roughhousing charms 
3.5
Knocked Up
Lawrence Toppman
Those of us whose diet includes two dozen romantic comedies a year may find Apatow s crass good nature appealing Knocked Up has something to shock almost everyone but something to make almost everyone smile too 
3
Knocked Up
Ross Anthony
Uproarious While keeping your funny bone occupied quietly reaches for your heart bone Yes it s coarse okay vulgar and crude Alas the title doesn t promise you tact 
3.5
Knocked Up
Phil Villarreal
You don t need a telescope to spot a new star Check out the blisteringly funny relationship film Knocked Up and you ll leave the theaters certain that Seth Rogen is movie comedy s next big thing 
3.5
Knocked Up
Peter Canavese
Apatow s part in the rehab of the mainstream comedy relies on the underlying yearnings of archetypal social strivers 
3
Knocked Up
James Berardinelli
Apatow is clearly a romantic even if there s a profane edge to his love conquers all worldview Other filmmakers embarking into the comedy minefield could learn a thing or two from him He s two for two 
3.5
Knocked Up
Sean McBride
a winning combination of wit physical humor and bawdy sight gags 
3.5
Knocked Up
Nick Schager
Relatability is certainly a key component of Knocked Up s inherent appeal 
3
Knocked Up
Erik Childress
What do I already know after just one screening That this belongs on the short list of the best comedies of the last twenty years 
4
License to Drive
Chris Chase
There is a good deal of adolescent swaggering and belching and I would guess 12 year old males would be the picture s chief admirers 
2
License to Drive
Juan Carlos Coto
License to Drive takes too much license with its nuttiness playing wacky moments to the point where the comedy sputters 
1.5
License to Drive
Stephen Hunter
It s not lightweight it s no weight 
2
License to Drive
David Nusair
as a breezy mindless little comedy License to Drive undoubtedly fits the bill 
2.5
License to Drive
Roger Ebert
Up until about the halfway mark of this movie I was having a very good time Then somehow it ran out of energy 
2.5
Unhuman
Erik Childress
Somehow trying to convince us that this is more than just another slapdash zombie rage film takes it into territory that strains even further credulity and only raises the annoyance already peaked with endless shouting and no further ingenuity 46 
1
Unhuman
Mike McGranaghan
Unhuman seems to lose confidence in its own concept 46 
2
Unhuman
Brian Eggert
Proof that even the most well worn material can still be effective with the right amount of genre subversion 46 160 
2.5
Baarìa
John Hartl
The picture does have its plodding moments but there s enough left over for the rest of us to have a reasonably good time 
2.5
Ms. Purple
Joe Friar
Chon has become an important voice for the Asian American experience which remains at the forefront of the vivid stories shared onscreen their impact lingering long after leaving the theater Subtle and mesmerizing 
3
Ms. Purple
Anita Katz
A gorgeously melancholy mood drama 
3
Ms. Purple
Allyson Johnson
Ms Purple doesn t land every line but the moments that do are tremendous in their ability to marry such a human subject with such larger than life theatrics 
3
Ms. Purple
Carla Meyer
Carey and Kasie have suppressed most outward signs of emotion But Chu and Lee show the emotion roiling beneath the surface 
3
Ms. Purple
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers obviously understand these characters and the film presents them and their fractured relationships without an ounce of judgment 
3
Ms. Purple
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Subtlety dissipates as Justin Chon s film grasps for something louder and more obvious 
2
Ms. Purple
Katie Walsh
Chon creates a layered aural and visual landscape for the characters who are simultaneously grieving the past and the future their present an almost uncanny hallucinatory state 
2.5
Ms. Purple
Roger Moore
Tender intimate but relentlessly downbeat save for the odd jarring change of tone 
2.5
Ms. Purple
Robert Daniels
Chon s newest film is a tribute to familial responsibility told from a female perspective 
3
Ms. Purple
Sean P. Means
Raw and rough but also delicately beautiful director Justin Cohn s sophomore feature Ms Purple is an eye opening look into the culture of Los Angeles Koreatown and a touching portrayal of grief in slow motion 
4
Coldwater
Chris Knight
It s a grim but engaging drama and a first feature from writer director Vincent Grashaw 
3
Coldwater
Brian Tallerico
It s a promising topic for a drama and Greshaw s talented leading man carries it until the filmmaker steals it from him and destroys everything built up in the first hour 
2
Coldwater
Elise Nakhnikian
It comes as no surprise that writer director Vincent Grashaw wrote the first draft of this movie soon after graduating high school 
1
Silent Hours
Roger Moore
A meandering dawdling murder mystery two and a half bloody hours long Must be a TV movie edited down from a British TV series 
1.5
Under Her Control
Roger Moore
Spanish melodrama that starts slowly and lumbers towards a Big Finish that isn 8217 t nearly big enough to atone for the tedium that precedes it 46 
1
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Chris Hewitt
The best way to describe it is as the work of an artist director Chanwook Park who possesses both a conscience and a burning desire to use images to tell stories 
3.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Wesley Morris
Park prizes craftsmanship over bargain bin schlock It s an odd testament to his spiritedness that despite the coldblooded killing and trail of the dead Mr Vengeance feels warmly suffused with life 
3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Peter Howell
It is a worthy start to a trilogy and to a director who is fast establishing himself as a new light in Asian cinema 
2.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Jim Slotek
It s not a new idea that violence destroys everyone no matter the righteousness of their cause But it s one worth relearning 
3.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Jeff Vice
While there s no denying that Park has strong visual skills his content so far is in appalling bad taste 
1.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sean P. Means
There s powerful drama in watching Ryu and Dong Jin take their inevitable paths toward destruction but not enough to mitigate the stomach turning luridness along those paths 
2
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Phil Villarreal
Park s juvenile obsession with blatant gross outs belies his many talents 
3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Tom Keogh
Promises to be a stylish resonant plunge into the dark waters of despair and revenge but ends up amusing itself with ostentatious shocks 
2
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Michael Phillips
It s all a little ultra cool for me Shakespeare was right Revenge is a dish best served ice cold not cool 
2.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Peter Canavese
Park pays most of his attention to visceral style but he sketches in enough about his characters to make them frighteningly relatable 
3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
G. Allen Johnson
So bloody scatologically violent and consistently shocking it seems to have no larger purpose than itself which is pretty grim 
1
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Gene Seymour
Somehow you d be more won over by his anti revenge case if he didn t seem to be having such a good time making it 
2.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Timothy Knight
An intense viscerally charged thriller that stays with you 
3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
V.A. Musetto
You ll likely be repulsed by much of Park s vision but as somebody once said no pain no gain 
3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Jami Bernard
You can t look away not only because the carnage is so masterfully photographed but because the director sucks you into his bleak poetic even sensible vision of cosmic brutality 
3.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Aaron Hillis
Lucidly explores the grey area complexities of guilt morality and the reactionary justifications that lead humane people to seek unspeakable retribution 
3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Ed Gonzalez
A daisy wheel of revenge fueled gore speciously intercut with delusions of social commentary 
1.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Joshua Tanzer
These are visions from among the dark recesses of the mind shoved in our faces with ruthless imagination Even beauty 
3.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Ian Mantgani
There s no flow or rhythm and sometimes it feels like scenes are missing 
2.5
Army of Frankensteins
Dustin Putman
So exceedingly earnest that one almost feels guilty having to criticize it Never funny when it tries to be but frequently laughable when it wants to be taken seriously the film is an overlong hodgepodge of dopey plotting and insipid delivery 
0.5
Jai Ho! Democracy
Namrata Joshi
The satire is far from biting more a loud farce that gets progressively slipshod as it hurtles towards a grating slapstick of a climax 
1
Shorts
Michael Dequina
Light silly fun amiably performed by both its veteran cast and exuberant young uns 
3
Shorts
Mike McGranaghan
Shorts is constantly pinballing back and forth from one thing to the next in such a hyperactive fashion that one wishes it would just slow down a bit 
2.5
Shorts
John Beifuss
A fun trifle essentially a homemade Little Rascals update in which youngsters with a wishing rock wreak accidental havoc and create upright crocodiles a giant dung beetle a big bad booger monster and an intellectual telepathic baby 
3
Shorts
Linda Cook
Boy is this dumb I mean in the way that something can be so silly and disgusting it s dumb 
1
Shorts
Austin Kennedy
This is a movie only an 8 year old could make up or Robert who seems to be insanely connected to his kids And that s a wonderful thing 
3
Shorts
Peter Canavese
Just creative enough to keep kids glazed over with nominal interest but it won t challenge them much 
2
Shorts
Kyle Smith
The movie is as lumpy and misshapen as a giant booger 
1
Shorts
Connie Ogle
Shorts may not be destined for long term greatness it feels cheerfully disposable in every way but the film is also fast and funny and grown ups will not suffer sitting through it 
3
Shorts
Amy Biancolli
My fourth grader giggled maniacally The 9 year old in me did too 
2.5
Shorts
Chris Hewitt
Clever inventive and adventurous it hits that sweet spot where kids movies meet adult sensibilities 
3.5
Shorts
Linda Barnard
Be careful what you wish for Shorts reminds us you just might get it Especially if that wishing was along the lines of a smart and funny kids flick 
3
Shorts
Tom Meek
Rodriguez should have turned to Tarantino for a few pointers on non linear narrative 
2
Shorts
Sue Pierman
Some family films strike just the right balance engaging for viewers of any age Shorts is not one of those movies 
1.5
Shorts
Mike Scott
Think of Shorts as The Hangover for 10 year olds or for anybody who truly appreciates booger humor 
2.5
Shorts
Jennie Punter
Shorts is this summer s hip family flick 
3
Shorts
Jeff Vice
It s a brightly colored headache of a movie with lowbrow humor and obnoxious characters that will be just as much of an irritant to children as it is to their parents 
1
Shorts
Claudia Puig
Fast paced imaginative and often cute Shorts is slight but enjoyable family fare 
2.5
Shorts
Dustin Putman
So smug and self satisfied that it drains from the proceedings whatever charm there might have been 
1.5
Shorts
Ty Burr
Shorts channels the same gross out overkill as the Captain Underpants books that parents endure and pre teen boys so dearly love The difference is that those books have an editor and they re funnier 
1.5
Shorts
David Hiltbrand
It s like Shorts raided the concession stand and then has to sit slumped in its seat long after the sugar buzz wears off 
2.5
Shorts
Rafer Guzman
Slipped into Robert Rodriguez s smart funny fast as lightning kids movie Shorts are several sly comments on American culture and the tyranny of technology 
3
Shorts
Simon Abrams
Robert Rodriguez s Shorts may have a more complex narrative than Spy Kids but it s otherwise just as bland 
1.5
Bee Movie
Mike Scott
A consistently amusing bit of animated whimsy from funnyman Jerry Seinfeld that has the observational comic s fingerprints all over it 
3
Bee Movie
Peter Keough
Has there ever been an uglier animated feature The eerie fever dream like faux three dimensionality the cyborg like humanoids the septic etiolated colors 
0.5
Bee Movie
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A kids movie with a moral that s rare 
3
Bee Movie
Peter Canavese
Seinfeld s pleasingly idiosyncratic comic voice comes through in the haphazard slaphappy storyline Blu Ray 
3
Bee Movie
David Nusair
Relentlessly uneven yet basically entertaining 
2.5
Bee Movie
Christian Toto
Bee Movie is a light moderately entertaining romp Not that there s anything wrong with that 
2.5
Bee Movie
Michael A. Smith
Cleverly acted and beautifully rendered Bee Movie is another animated triumph from the studio that brought us Shrek 
3
Bee Movie
John Beifuss
Events veer from the apocalyptic the near extinction of America s flowers to the inexplicable the finale is a parody of an Airport movie all presented with a glib yada yada sense of inconsequentiality 
2
Bee Movie
Matt Brunson
While most animated features even the bad ones champion individuality Bee Movie flies in the opposite direction by rallying around the notions of conformity and subservience 
2
Bee Movie
Susan Tavernetti
The weak storyline hovers over a scene while foraging for material and then flits off to a new situation Without a strong narrative the movie tends to drone on 
2.5
Bee Movie
James Kendrick
Maybe it would have been better for Seinfeld to make an animated movie about nothing 
2.5
Bee Movie
John Wirt
Bee Movie is never an unpleasant experience but it s never a particularly engaging or funny film either 
2
Bee Movie
Janos Gereben
A giddy freewheeling clever delightful animated romp about nothing a thing onto itself the very definition of existential phenomenon 
3
Bee Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Seinfeld s quick wit and glib personality are strong enough to give the scattershot story an illusion of coherence 
3
Bee Movie
Mark Dujsik
Compare this to the output of a studio like Pixar and the movie really fits its title a second rate computer animated comedy 
2
Bee Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Regardless of its PG rating if you are a fan of Jerry Seinfeld s comedy style then you will probably find a lot to like here This is an incredibly witty film 
3.5
Bee Movie
Frank Ochieng
A spelling bee A busy bee A killer bee But a Seinfeld bee Sorry Jerry your hapless honey seeking hero doesn t create much of an animated buzz 
2
Bee Movie
Gary Brown
I liked Bee Movie because it was cute funny family friendly and mercifully brief 
3
Bee Movie
Dustin Putman
A snazzy looking mixed bag Kids will be diverted adults will tolerate it and all involved will be expecting something more imaginative than what Jerry Seinfeld has whittled together 
2
Bee Movie
Bob Bloom
Bee Movie is fun if not formulaic in its humor and story approach The writers threw in every bee joke and situation you could think of yet the movie still works 
3
Bee Movie
Maitland McDonagh
Feels slight and attenuated even at a brisk 82 minutes 
2.5
Bee Movie
Peter Howell
Bee Movie is a cute movie Not that there s anything well you know the rest But cute is not what adults expect from Jerry Seinfeld although children will be delighted 
2.5
Bee Movie
Moira MacDonald
Bee Movie doesn t touch the bar raised so high by Pixar but it creates a little buzz of its own 
2.5
Bee Movie
Peter Hartlaub
Bee Movie has a few charming moments and a scene or two with legitimate hilarity but mostly it s just mediocre 
2
Bee Movie
Carla Meyer
Some humor in Bee Movie is too sophisticated for little kids but there are enough dazzling action scenes to compensate Youngsters won t get an allusion to The Graduate but they ll enjoy the slapstick that follows 
3
Bee Movie
Stephen Whitty
The movie has some pretty pictures and a few good jokes but not nearly enough And the story suffers from sitcom attention deficit disorder veering off in a new direction every half hour or so 
2.5
Bee Movie
Jack Mathews
Watching this pun filled cartoon is like falling into a tray of children s watercolors the warm end where oranges and yellows and ambers wave 
3
Bee Movie
Rene Rodriguez
A surprisingly unfunny belabored and unimaginative comedy Bee Movie is a huge disappointment considering the extent of Seinfeld s participation 
2
Bee Movie
Glenn Whipp
Jerry Seinfeld s comic sensibility enlivens this tale of a bee who wants to fly by the seat of his pants 
3
Bee Movie
Loey Lockerby
Seinfeld doesn t need to go back to his show about nothing premise but here s hoping his next project can be about just a little less 
2.5
Bee Movie
Amy Biancolli
Is it as bold as it might be Does it blaze with invention Is it the best babbling bee urban biopic bar none Just about 
3
Bee Movie
Terry Lawson
It leaves no unpleasant aftertaste If you take impressionable kids you should be prepared to explain two things No bees and humans do not normally live happily ever after and yes bees sometimes just sting you for the hell of it 
3
Bee Movie
Ty Burr
The vibe is loose limbed and fluky and the gags have an extra snap that s recognizably Seinfeldian If I believed in a sitcom afterlife I d swear the whole thing was cooked up by Kramer and George s dad 
3
Bee Movie
Roger Ebert
All of this material written by Seinfeld and writers associated with his television series tries hard but never really takes off 
2
Bee Movie
Ross Anthony
What a pleasure After a cackle of serious dramas and actual letter grade B movies this silly insect film was just the ticket to put a little honey in my tea 
3
Bee Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie literally just sits there going from scene to scene with a lackadaisical whimsy that after a while becomes a bit tedious 
2
Bee Movie
Josh Hurst
A big screen 90 minute Saturday morning cartoon that s really for grown ups but happens to be relatively safe and thoroughly entertaining for kids too 
3
Bee Movie
Steven Rea
It has enough buzzing wit and eye popping animation to win over the kids and probably more than a few parents too 
3
Bee Movie
Rick Groen
Another ground breaking show about nothing a hornet s nest of hype for a fat hive of nothing 
2
Bee Movie
Erik Childress
Begins warily as a mild chucker and then reveals itself to be an increasingly clever and very funny appreciation of a bee s existence 
3
Bee Movie
Linda Cook
Bet you re just itching to see Bee Movie This little honey was launched with an ad campaign possibly equal to the cost of launching a space shuttle bees have been everywhere 
3
Bee Movie
Willie Waffle
made for kids with more bee puns than Carrot Top and Kenny Bania could ever imagine
2
Bee Movie
Claudia Puig
Bee Movie is certainly not low budget but it has all the staying power and creative value of a B movie The secret life of bees as told by Seinfeld is a bore with a capital B 
1.5
Bee Movie
Nick Schager
Jerry Seinfeld returns to the mainstream spotlight with Bee Movie which proves as awkward and ineffective as George Costanza s attempts to wear a toupee 
2
Bee Movie
Cathy Jakicic
Mostly amusing and good natured occasionally hysterical and actually manages to sneak in a subtle lesson about nature 
2.5
Bee Movie
Chris Hewitt
It s not worth seeing but if all the hype has you expecting a classic you should lower your expectations 
2.5
Bee Movie
Walter Chaw
Never funny never meaningful never coherent never animated 
1
Bee Movie
Nick Rogers
Not a flawless animated adaptation of Seinfeld s sometimes cynical always obsessive takes on the trivial Even at 91 minutes it s long and some of its voices too shrill but the energetic brio of its social satire stings without turning inappropriate 
3
Bee Movie
Jeff Vice
This digitally animated feature is not a great movie but it is colorful imaginative and solid entertainment In many respects it s more educational and more exciting than it is laugh out loud funny 
3
Bee Movie
Peter Travers
At its relaxed best when it s about well nothing the slyly comic Bee Movie is truly beguiling 
3
Bee Movie
Michael Phillips
It s on the easygoing level of Surf s Up and a full tick up from say Over the Hedge or The Ant Bully But given the Seinfeld pedigree it s something of a disappointment 
2.5
Bee Movie
Josh Larsen
The mock outrage and dry sarcasm of Seinfeld s comic persona defines the movie s hero a worker bee with a high pitched often cracking whine 
3.5
Bee Movie
Jan Stuart
Infectiously amusing More often than not 
3
Bee Movie
Kyle Smith
After Shrek the Third s flatulence jokes the return of that Seinfeldian wit brings animation up a level 
3
Bee Movie
James Berardinelli
On the whole this is another disappointing animated effort and it resides considerably lower on the totem pole than this year s current non live action champion Ratatouille 
2.5
Machines
Bruce DeMara
This is not an easy film to watch but it is an important one 
3.5
Machines
Godfrey Cheshire
A film so obedient to current academic fashions in both politics and cinema aesthetics that it ends up feeling both contrived and a bit dishonest 
2
Machines
Kenji Fujishima
Rahul Jain s film conveys with revelatory force the mechanization of people in an industrialized milieu 
3
Sunday Girl
Bob Bloom
Sunday Girl is just another rom com that fails to stand out from the pack It adds nothing new to the genre and its message is one that has been spread before 
2
Sunday Girl
David Nusair
an entertaining little romantic drama 
2.5
Sunday Girl
Matt Brunson
The deadpan demeanor and air of insouciance that podcaster Dasha Nekrasova employed to destroy a couple of InfoWars airheads at SXSW are in full bloom in this quirky indie effort 
2.5
Sunday Girl
Roger Moore
Funny biting and chatty indie rom com about a young photographer who tries to shed her collection of boyfriends on a single Louisiana Sunday 
2.5
God of War
Simon Abrams
A spectacularly miscalculated historical epic 
1
God of War
Mark Jenkins
Sweeping and dynamic if mostly unsurprising 
2.5
Dirty Deeds
James Berardinelli
Movies like Dirty Deeds are supposed to be in bad taste but that s only excusable if they re funny which isn t the case here 
1.5
Storm Surfers
G. Allen Johnson
The 3 D images of extreme surfing in Storm Surfers 3D feel groundbreaking Or is that wave breaking 
2.5
Storm Surfers
Liam Lacey
A bit thin on plot but an unequivocal technical tour de force 
2.5
Storm Surfers
Peter Howell
It s as real as a blast of saltwater to the face and the film s moments of human self doubt are as fascinating as the superhuman antics on view 
3
Storm Surfers
Lou Lumenick
What makes Storm Surfers 3 D mesmerizing is jaw dropping footage shot inside brute waves that s unlike any I ve ever seen before 
3
The Woman in the Window
Brian Eggert
The screen version reduces an already overly familiar scenario into a series of plot points and red herrings carried out by underdeveloped characters and capped by a sloppy climax 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Rene Sanchez
Adams delivers an incredible performance but it isn t sufficient to save this thriller from a series of clichés and deranged narrative twists Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Woman in the Window
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The Woman in the Window is modeled on Alfred Hitchcock s Rear Window but Wright doesn t have Hitchcock s patience frantic pacing and a pounding score by Danny Elfman combine to create a film that is exhausting instead of exciting 
2
The Woman in the Window
Tom Meek
The film suffers from overacting and a ramshackle narrative that s unfortunately too loyal to the thin novel playing too many games with the viewer s sensibilities without providing an equitable payoff 
2
The Woman in the Window
Sonny Bunch
Rarely visually uninteresting or narratively dull and it features a handful of our best actors and actresses really hamming it up Plus It s only 100 minutes long 
2.5
The Woman in the Window
Walter Chaw
The Woman in the Window is fine as high gloss trash goes but imagine how great it could have been had it just gone full exploitation Not good right But amazing 
2
The Woman in the Window
Roger Moore
When is imitation NOT the sincerest form of flattery When you re imitating Alfred Hitchcock ALL of Alfred Hitchcock s ouevre in a manic misshapen mess of a thriller meant to be an homage 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Jake Coyle
With a churning score and a few flashy camera tricks Wright lays it on thick But the pacing and rhythm perhaps the result of a lengthy post production period of reshoots and recuts feel wrong from the first minutes It s a shame 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Michael Medved
It s obviously inspired by Hitchcock s great film REAR WINDOW only here the fine cast is largely wasted 
2
The Woman in the Window
Mattie Lucas
By the time the film reaches its wild conclusion it feels like it has gone completely off the rails with its monologuing villain and hyperactive violence that is so cartoonish that it seems completely at odds with the rest of the film 
2
The Woman in the Window
Michael Phillips
While everybody else is trying to act guilty or weird enough to be a possible murder suspect Adams keeps her head down and plays everything for emotional honesty It s a losing proposition 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
James Berardinelli
It s a credit to Adams performance that the movie works for as long as it does 
2.5
The Woman in the Window
Oliver Jones
An unshaken cocktail of other much better movies this dramatically turgid prestige tinged murder thriller isn t terribly good sadly 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Robert Levin
There are far too many talented people involved in this movie for it to play as poorly as it does 
1
The Woman in the Window
Lisa Trifone
It s always disappointing when a film doesn t live up to expectations it s exponentially worse when that film comes from a filmmaker who is clearly capable of great things on screen 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Erik Childress
As stupid unsatisfying mysteries go The Woman in the Window certainly lives up to that level 
2
The Woman in the Window
Joey Magidson
The Woman in the Window wants to be a mix of Gone Girl and Rear Window It should be so lucky It s Insipid nonsensical and a waste of your time and the talent involved 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moore though onscreen briefly in a few scenes gives perhaps the first great scene stealing performance of 2021 It s ripe and devilish from a character that makes you want to see the film again 
3.5
The Woman in the Window
Christy Lemire
But for all the craft on display the often crackling dialogue and some strong performances led by Amy Adams The Woman in the Window ultimately fails to deliver on its abundant potential It ll leave you with a shrug rather than a gasp 
2.5
The Woman in the Window
Mick LaSalle
With its superior cast its intelligent art direction and a filmmaker capable of exceptional work Woman in the Window is like a race car revving in a driveway with nowhere to go 
1
The Woman in the Window
Leo Brady
It s obvious that Joe Wright wants everything about this movie to be big from the sets the cinematography the performances and the characters 
3
The Woman in the Window
Mark Dujsik
The Woman in the Window is a bit too ludicrous to be taken seriously and played far too seriously to be taken as a trashy thriller 
2
The Woman in the Window
Johnny Oleksinski
You quickly grow weary of watching the performance and don t sympathize with her plight at all 
1
The Woman in the Window
Brian Truitt
A n all star slow burn mystery for much of its 102 minute runtime until it suddenly decides to become a vomitous reveal fest doling out all its twists as fast as possible 
2
The Woman in the Window
Ann Hornaday
E ven with all this promise The Woman in the Window falls apart devolving into tawdry body horror and tiresome talky exposition 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Richard Roeper
Maybe JUST MAYBE if you pour just the right glass of wine or sparkling water and you re in the mood for a howler of a film that practically dares you to talk back to the screen you can sit through this without wanting to scream Maybe 
1.5
The Woman in the Window
Mark Feeney
Let s just say that while the obvious comp here is Rear Window there s a wee touch of Psycho too That sort of makes sense Just as there s always room at the Bates Motel there s plenty of space in that brownstone 
2.5
The Woman in the Window
Catherine Springer
It s a glorious disaster that takes its audience on a trippy darkly comic and indulgently campy homage to Hitchcock a thoroughly modern throwback that works in every worst possible way 
3
The Woman in the Window
Pat Brown
The Woman in the Window never manages to transcend the impression that it s merely being clever 
2
Relish
Roger Moore
A propely Woke Breakfast Club update with violence a charisma starved cast and a generally witless script holding it back 
1.5
Streamline
Andrew Murray
Despite some occasional misfires Johnsons feature debut nevertheless delivers a drama that goes deeper than audiences would likely have expected 
3
Streamline
Roger Moore
Sleek and surprising 
3
The Man With One Red Shoe
David Nusair
an entirely forgettable entry within Hanks early filmography 
2.5
The Man With One Red Shoe
Roger Ebert
If The Man with One Red Shoe had been funny it wouldn t have mattered that it was a witless remake But it is not funny 
1
Centaur
Mick LaSalle
Centaur is an interesting little movie unlike any I ve seen 
3
Get a Clue
David Nusair
a flat out boring waste of time 
1
Family Nest
Keith Uhlich
The characters morph into unconvincing mouthpieces for a highly unsubtle political critique 
2
Family Nest
Jeremy Heilman
The characters realize the futility of their struggle against beauracracy but have nothing to do but struggle against it and in Tarr s committed portrayal of their pathetic struggle his political rage becomes acutely felt 
3
Rambo III
Matt Brunson
Somehow manages to be even more silly than its immediate predecessor 
1.5
Rambo III
David Nusair
an entertaining sporadically electrifying piece of work that makes up in thrills what it lacks in relevance 
3
Rambo III
Bill Chambers
In its proper context whether as palate cleanser or warm up act Rambo III is a canny change of pace a perfectly good bad movie 
2.5
Saving Paradise
Roger Moore
Never more than a corny old fashioned working world wish fulfillment fantasy
1.5
Oh, My God!!
Joe Williams
At its best Oh My God strikes a long forgotten chord that seems to sing All you need is love And Ringo Starr shows up to underscore the point 
3
Oh, My God!!
Chris Hewitt
Oh My God is a documentary in the Michael Moore essay mold and by Michael Moore essay I mean annoying blowhard who will not shut up 
1
Oh, My God!!
Alissa Wilkinson
There s nothing new unearthed in this film The religious adherent won t have their mind changed and the person who isn t sure what they believe won t find any help here either 
1.5
Oh, My God!!
Walter V. Addiego
Some of the talking heads say entertaining or thoughtful things and some of the locations are quite exotic But does this justify 98 minutes of screen time 
2
Oh, My God!!
Lou Lumenick
Hearing snoring from behind me at a screening the other day I looked around and noticed four people had dozed off during the prettily photographed boring vanity project that is Oh My God 
0
Oh, My God!!
Andrew Schenker
In Oh My God those who disagree with the party line are summarily contradicted 
1
Mission: Impossible 2
Brian Eggert
Nothing about the movie works 44 and even less is worth remembering 46 
0.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Leo Brady
Mission Impossible II isn t just Wrongfully Rotten it deserves high praise 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
David Nusair
It s fairly disappointing to note ultimately that Mission Impossible II rarely comes close to replicating the consistent thrills and excitement of its vastly superior predecessor 
2.5
Mission: Impossible 2
James Kendrick
Woo s signature visual ballistics and predilection for highly wrought melodrama of the kind Douglas Sirk might be proud are imprinted on virtually every frame
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Wesley Lovell
Whatever the meaning 44 8220 Mission 58 Impossible 2 8221 is the best action film in two years since 8220 The Mask of Zorro 46 8221 Easily the best in the series thus far 44 8220 MI2 8221 should appeal to a very broad demographic 46 
3.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Roger Ebert
If the first movie was entertaining as sound fury and movement this one is more evolved more confident more sure footed in the way it marries minimal character development to seamless action 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Joe Lozito
With all this having been done before making MI2 interesting or suspenseful truly is an impossible mission 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
Betsy Bozdech
M I 2 isn t as original or inventive as Woo s Hong Kong films or even his first big stateside blockbuster Face Off but it certainly entertains 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Judith Egerton
A more coherent and romantic script 
2.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Susan Tavernetti
Woo outwits outgadgets outstunts and outdirects the original with one hand tied behind his back 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Rick Groen
A strained sequel to a feature rip off of an old television show with a stealable theme song On screen and off no one s getting marks for originality here 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
Jules Brenner
The crashes action sequences and effects are all accomplished pretty much seamlessly and professionally though one criticism of this movie is overabundance 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Andrew Howe
How the mighty have fallen 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
David N. Butterworth
The silliest movie you ll see this summer 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
Dave McCoy
Dull routine and not much fun 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
David Keyes
The movie as a whole is a leap backwards assembled out of a story as thin as noodles and stunts so overproduced and bloated that they leave us staring on in disbelief 
1.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Madeleine Williams
The movie is good for its minimal escapism but little more 
2.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Ross Anthony
at times he gets carried away still true Woo is cool This mission would have been next to impossible without him 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
James Berardinelli
Woo is in fine form 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Dustin Putman
Best of all about Mission Impossible 2 is that its story is actually easy to follow and therefore what happens means more to the viewer 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Steve Rhodes
A few nice moments does not a movie make 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
Rob Blackwelder
This flick has little intrigue to tie it to its namesake and it comes off more like a very expensive John Woo spoof 
2
Mission: Impossible 2
Bob Bloom
An extremely entertaining vehicle a testosterone filled escape It s a slam bang way to begin the summer 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Gary Brown
An overload of non stop gravity defying action sequences 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Marty Mapes
If you re the type of person who is drawn to action movies and James Bond thrillers then I hope you re going mostly for the adrenaline for the action and for the fun of it If so I feel safe in recommending MI2 
3.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Shay Casey
Where Cruise s deference helped elevate his previous two films to artistic heights his egotism has deflated his latest 
2.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Cruise se juega sus mejores cartas y sale victorioso gracias a su carisma y al talento y visin de John Woo
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Cornell & Petricelli
Dazzling spectacle in high tech and hand to hand combat compelling romance between gorgeous leads and well crafted story make MI2 a highly satisfying action film 
3.5
Mission: Impossible 2
Susan Stark
Bottom line M I 2 seems destined to create the kind of excitement and box office punch that insiders have been predicting since the turn of the century 
3
Mission: Impossible 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Trust me this is the real thing 
4
Mission: Impossible 2
Michael Dequina
M I 2 ultimately delivers the goods and is certain to be a huge hit 
3.5
An Act of War
Phil Hall
As a writer director Kennedy has created a fascinating vision of emotional isolation and physical angst along the seedier edges of New York 
3.5
Starbuck
Joe Williams
A high concept comedy that peddles some slapstick laughs and life lessons but little insight 
2.5
Starbuck
Soren Andersen
Rather than a jolting shot of joe this French Canadian comedy is a soothing cup of warm cocoa 
2.5
Starbuck
John Anderson
Starbuck is essentially a situation comedy but what a situation 
3
Starbuck
Steven Rea
Never mind high concept this is high conception 
3.5
Starbuck
Steven Boone
Starbuck is one of those high concept yet formulaic sitcom like comedies that gets by on charm and speed 
2.5
Starbuck
Michael O'Sullivan
It s silly and a bit sappy but it works in a crowd pleasing way 
2.5
Starbuck
Mark Dujsik
Like its likeable loser hero the movie aims for a lower rung grabs the bar and without much ambition to guide it hangs there with no desire to climb any higher 
2.5
Starbuck
Mark Feeney
Bertrand does his jelly belly best to keep Starbuck a comedy But even the broadest shtick can t prevent a movie that features a Busby Berkeley style group hug from becoming a male weepie 
1.5
Starbuck
Chris Hewitt
It has a tender resolution abundant humor memorable supporting characters and plenty of other beautiful surprises too 
3.5
Starbuck
Kyle Smith
Geniality and mild laughs aren t enough to sustain interest in this predictable effort especially given the dragged out running time 
2
Starbuck
Roger Moore
A great big French Canadian hug of a movie a farce with heart 
3
Starbuck
Tomas Hachard
Yet another example of modern family predicaments getting stuffed into the traditional family values message of conventional comedies 
1.5
Starbuck
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable yet decidedly uneven comedy drama that benefits from Patrick Huard s consistently engrossing performance 
2.5
Starbuck
Stephen Cole
An ingratiating comedy based on the premise that it takes a village to raise an adult 
3
Starbuck
Bruce DeMara
A wonderfully sweet and poignant comedy that goes in all kinds of unexpected directions 
3.5
Starbuck
Dave McGinn
Scott deftly balances David s ridiculous mission with moments of real tenderness making for several heartfelt moments that help carry you past the fact that such a situation couldn t possibly have the ending it does 
3
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Gene Siskel
A bold and totally off the wall comedy 
3.5
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Edward Guthmann
A splendid showcase for their diverse frisky talents 
3
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Roger Ebert
Reader I did not laugh 
1
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Andy Seiler
Some of this is very funny much of it isn t 
2.5
Sky
Moira MacDonald
Sky despite its Hitchcockian beginning is no thriller instead it s a character study of a woman seeking a second act and of a landscape that gradually transforms from foreign to welcoming 
3
Sky
Godfrey Cheshire
Are the French especially prone to this kind of unintended silliness Sky almost seems determined to prove they are 
1
Sky
David Nusair
A seriously odd little movie 
2
Scary Stories
Brian Eggert
The meandering approach to Scary Stories combined with a less than compelling group of interviewees makes this a very long 84 minute documentary 
1
Before Midnight
Clayton Davis
The film is an absolute marvel showcasing the very best dialogue and capturing the sheer essence of acting brilliance from stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy 
4
Before Midnight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maybe we ll see more of them in another nine years But if not if things end here in this perfect trilogy then that s enough to consider it as perhaps the greatest cinematic love story of all time 
4
Before Midnight
Marty Mapes
Like the Up series a return to visit old friends
3.5
Before Midnight
Forrest Hartman
Making a movie with nothing more than smart dialogue and fine performances is a dying art but Linklater Hawke and Delpy remind us that it s a skill worth saving 
3.5
Before Midnight
David Nusair
Before Midnight bears too few similarities to its thoroughly superior predecessors 
3
Before Midnight
Jay Antani
Before Midnight is no romance It s a horror movie 
2.5
Before Midnight
Linda Cook
I m not sure this is the end of Richard Linklater s Before trilogy It s perfection just as it is but then again Linklater has nine more years to work on the sequel 
4
Before Midnight
Michael Smith
Loving words mix with personal attacks the magic moments with the unintended slights as we witness the occasional desperation of imperfect people doing the best they can when life moves beyond meet cute and courtship That s authentic 
3.5
Before Midnight
Mike McGranaghan
Before Midnight is about the nature of long term relationships and the way love deepens and grows but also finds itself subject to the complications of maturity Smart insightful and poignant 
3.5
Before Midnight
John Beifuss
Nine year gaps between films would sink a studio franchise but the unforgiving impact of time and the slipperiness of its mysterious mental record memory are the very subjects of Before Midnight 
3.5
Before Midnight
Matt Brunson
Director Richard Linklater s life affirming Before trilogy is the Lord of the Rings of the art house experience the Toy Story of the American indie movement 
3.5
Before Midnight
Phil Villarreal
It s a brutal parade of heartbreak and mind rake that leaves you curled up and wound up in a ball covering your eyes but peeking through parted fingers 
4
Before Midnight
Sean P. Means
Before Midnight presents a paradox It s the best entry in director Richard Linklater s romantic trilogy but it s also the first in the series that doesn t leave me dying to know what happens next 
4
Before Midnight
Kenneth R. Morefield
We are not likely to get a more thoughtful or thought provoking film than Before Midnight 
3.5
Before Midnight
Rob Thomas
Before Midnight puts us in the same position with Jesse and Celine that they are in with each other The romantic idealism has evaporated and now we see them for who they are real deeply flawed sometimes selfish people Can we still love them 
3.5
Before Midnight
Bob Bloom
The movie is a great romantic story because it bravely displays the downside of love in which two people can expose each other in the most personal fashion yet still remain committed 
4
Before Midnight
Moira MacDonald
Though Before Midnight is often uncomfortable to watch it s never less than mesmerizing and ultimately a joy to walk with this prickly but fascinating couple again 
3.5
Before Midnight
Rafer Guzman
Before Midnight is heartbreaking but not because of Jesse and Celine It s the filmmakers passions that seem to have cooled 
2
Before Midnight
Graham Killeen
Hawke Delpy and director Richard Linklater strike sparks like never before and in the process question everything Jesse and Celine have gone through even the notions of fate and true love that brought them together 
3.5
Before Midnight
Mick LaSalle
Before Midnight is fascinating to watch and so long as Celine and Jesse are communicating there s still hope 
4
Before Midnight
Austin Kennedy
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy shine in what has to be the most genuine brutally honest and romantic tale of love in all of film history Linklater has made a crowning achievement 
4
Before Midnight
Rick Groen
Having created and aged into their characters both Delpy and Hawke are superb at doing what professional actors find so difficult not seeming to act 
3.5
Before Midnight
Steven Rea
Offers a remarkably intimate and provocative study of a marriage 
4
Before Midnight
Ty Burr
If the first two films belong with the greatest if talkiest movie romances of all time the new film is richer riskier and more bleakly perceptive about what it takes for love to endure or not over the long haul 
4
Before Midnight
Chris Hewitt
From moment to moment the concerns of this frank and funny movie seem small but the subject proves to be love the biggest one of all 
4
Before Midnight
Rene Rodriguez
Hawke and Delpy who co wrote the screenplay with Linklater have the sort of rapport that makes you believe they ve loved each other for years This makes it all the more painful when they start to drift apart 
3.5
Before Midnight
Peter Howell
One of the best films of 2013 and the irresistible climax to Richard Linklater s trilogy of on the run amour 
4
Before Midnight
Josh Larsen
the sense of intimacy and urgency that was so palpable in the earlier films is lessened here 
3
Before Midnight
Alison Gang
Think of it in the best way possible as an intellectual s midlife crisis movie which resonates all the more because we ve known them and aged along with them for the last 18 years 
4
Before Midnight
Mark Dujsik
If these characters are less honest with each other the film is in turn more honest about them 
4
Before Midnight
Dustin Putman
Lacks the sweeping romanticism of Before Sunrise replaced by the realities of one s day to day existence in a world where things don t always turn out the way one imagines or hopes Such is life 
3
Before Midnight
Roger Moore
As witty and charming as ever with a healthy raw dose of a marriage in trouble
3
Before Midnight
Matt Pais
Their discussions have the rhythm of real life as likely to generate nods of recognition from couples in the audience as start a fight between them on the way home 
3.5
Before Midnight
Pablo Villaça
Linklater and his actors expose small fissures with an admirable subtlety 
4
Before Midnight
Michael Phillips
What Linklater Delpy and Hawke have achieved with their trilogy is at once fluidly cinematic and novelistic with stories behind the stories and possible endings beyond the endings we re given 
3
Before Midnight
Robert Levin
The actors have mastered these roles and Linklater s observational style is so perfected that they could go on speaking for hours
3.5
Before Midnight
Claudia Puig
Bittersweet intelligently written deftly acted and painfully honest 
3.5
Before Midnight
Peter Travers
From first scene to last Hawke and Delpy shine brilliantly wearing their roles like second skins 
4
Before Midnight
Jocelyn Noveck
Not only as good as the first two it s arguably better tackling weightier trickier issues as in mature everyday love with wit humor and breathtaking directness 
3.5
Before Midnight
Farran Smith Nehme
Finding romance is easy Staying together is hard Making a movie this warm funny and rigorously truthful about lovers trying to remain partners is even harder 
4
Before Midnight
James Berardinelli
The strength of Before Midnight is how real everything feels 
4
Before Midnight
Jesse Cataldo
These films have always been about the power of words their ability to bridge gulfs of time and space the thrill of ideas and opinions taking definitive shape 
3.5
Before Midnight
Erik Childress
When the lists of the greatest trilogies are made Linklater Hawke Delpy s deserves to rank alongside LOTR Christopher Nolan s Batman and the original Star Wars as one of the most epic of all Because it is about all of us the world and everything 
4
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Sara Stewart
Director Catherine Gund most successfully depicts the visceral impact of Streb s work 
3
Liberal Arts
Kelly Jane Torrance
Radnor has a wisdom beyond his still young years and a talent for communicating it 
3
Liberal Arts
David Nusair
an enthralling sophomore effort from an almost excessively promising filmmaker 
4
Liberal Arts
Rob Thomas
Liberal Arts develops into a special film less of a love story and more about the pleasures and dangers of being on both sides of a nurturing student mentor relationship 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Roger Moore
The dialogue and relationships give Liberal Arts a warm if shallow glow 
2
Liberal Arts
Keith Cohen
Besides the acting and original screenplay the classical music score is another favorable component of the crowd pleasing escapism offered by this film 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Lisa Kennedy
Liberal Arts maneuvers its story in a philosophical way that is anything but detached There s a warmth here that reminds audiences why college and dare we say their core curriculums matter 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Sean P. Means
Radnor s script takes some dips toward the cloyingly cute 
2.5
Liberal Arts
Walter V. Addiego
There are some entertaining and moving scenes here but overall it s a bit softhearted for my taste 
2
Liberal Arts
Joe Williams
Liberal Arts sticks to the syllabus of a decidedly minor movie but its humanities faculty is first rate 
3
Liberal Arts
James Berardinelli
Liberal Arts is a parfait a light enjoyable concoction that goes down easily but doesn t linger 
3
Liberal Arts
Stephanie Merry
Liberal Arts has its bright moments and it s an enjoyable watch but it probably won t serve up outbursts of laughter or moments of epiphany 
2.5
Liberal Arts
Moira MacDonald
Radnor finds both wit and truth in his characters as they face in their different ways growing up 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Loren King
It s talky but this suits the idea of college as the last bastion of animated and engaging conversation for its own sake 
3
Liberal Arts
Chris Hewitt
A chatty smart comedy you could recommend to your book club 
3
Liberal Arts
Dustin Putman
It s a give and take picture one with faults as well as virtues but writer director Josh Radnor makes certain that he leaves his audience with something to think about 
2.5
Liberal Arts
Matt Pais
Sometimes you want high culture sometimes you want trash Liberal Arts teaches the merits of both in a life lived in the present appreciative of the past 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of film that appeals powerfully to me to others maybe not so much 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Kyle Smith
Josh Radnor is a nice looking button eyed completely harmless sitcom personality How I Met Your Mother apparently who has gotten the impression he s a filmmaker 
1.5
Liberal Arts
Robert Levin
Josh Radnor s Jesse is not a likable character in any sense and more than anything you wish he d just grow up already 
2
Liberal Arts
Claudia Puig
An artful blend of tenderness and sharp clear eyed observations Its characters talk like real people who also happen to be smart appealing and thoughtful 
3.5
Liberal Arts
Peter Travers
Elizabeth Olsen is beguiling in Liberal Arts and Josh Radnor has a true filmmaker s eye for detail and atmosphere 
2.5
Liberal Arts
R. Kurt Osenlund
Liberal Arts provides a peek into what makes Josh Radnor tick and what he cares about outside his mainstream targeted sitcom 
2.5
Swing Kids
Roger Ebert
There are moments here where the movie seems to believe Hitler was bad not because he mapped genocidal madness but because he wouldn t let the Swing Kids dance all night 
1
The Reliant
Roger Moore
Toxic 
0
An Officer and a Gentleman
Roger Ebert
An Officer and a Gentleman is the best movie about love that I ve seen in a long time Maybe that s because it s not about love as a Hollywood concept but about love as growth as learning to accept other people for who and what they are 
4
Satanic
David Nusair
Astonishingly tedious from beginning to end 
.5
Satanic
Dustin Putman
Satanic almost redeems itself by the tense mind twisting finale but goes limp in its final anticlimactic frames 
2
Turk 182!
Roger Ebert
Sure it would be neat to see a movie about a guy like this But not this movie 
1
Death Race
Brandy McDonnell
Paul W S Anderson gets a far better cast than he deserves for the crash and bang spectacle 
2.5
Death Race
James Vance
For those looking for mindless violent entertainment it s just about good enough to fill the bill But they did miss a bet by leaving out Sgt Fury 
2
Death Race
Nick Rogers
The most epically loaded triple cheeseburger action film since Con Air Driving team maven Spiro Razatos handles second unit duty and flings gas sweat and oil at the screen with the hard cornered glee of having real Hot Wheels with which to play 
3.5
Death Race
Mike Scott
This is both a bad film and a bad influence and on many levels Still for all of its brainlessness it somehow manages a train wreck hold on attention 
2
Death Race
David Nusair
sets itself apart from its campy predecessor right from the get go 
2.5
Death Race
Jonathan W. Hickman
The main problem with the new film is that it tries to make the whole thing credible whereas the original never tried to make any sense 
2
Death Race
Charles Koplinski
While the tone is right the action is cobbled together in such a way that the only thing viewers will experience is motion sickness 
2.5
Death Race
Sean P. Means
Anderson misses out on the original film s theatricality of the racers and the dark humor of making targets out of pedestrians a satire on the audience bloodlust to which Anderson cluelessly panders 
1.5
Death Race
John Wirt
Running an economical hour and 45 minutes Death Race is all muscle no fat Anderson and his exceptional cast tell their tightly built story and get out of the way 
3
Death Race
Matt Brunson
Joan Allen turned 52 two days before this film opened here s assuming this is one birthday present she d like to return 
1.5
Death Race
John Beifuss
A rabble rousing futuristic gas guzzler directed with the pedal to the metal and a surprising minimum of visual incoherence 
3
Death Race
Walter Chaw
Paul W S Anderson makes one kind of movie the shitty kind 
1
Death Race
Christian Toto
Death Race drips with cheese and it s insanely proud of it 
2.5
Death Race
Ken Fox
Won t win any awards for brains or originality but it s better acted than one might expect 
3
Death Race
Chris Hewitt
This summer movie season has been light on explosions but Death Race takes care of that 
3
Death Race
Peter Hartlaub
The combination of good actors and terrible dialogue might have allowed the film a chance at minor cult status if it weren t for the frustratingly inept action sequences 
1
Death Race
James Berardinelli
Statham s films never promise to be something they re not or offer something they don t provide Death Race is not an exception 
2.5
Death Race
Stephen Whitty
If you re a fan of Gone in 60 Seconds or The Fast and the Furious you won t look at your watch while the movie is going on and you won t feel conned out of your money when it s over 
3
Death Race
Kyle Smith
Like first love or maybe just a crowbar to the Adam s apple Death Race works fast and hits hard A prison flick and a car chase movie at the same time I am so there 
3
Death Race
Stanley A. Miller II
Offers exactly what action film fans would expect squealing tires blazing guns and spectacular crashes Serviceable storytelling and dialogue that won t make you cover your eyes and shake your head are pleasant surprises 
3
Death Race
Evan Henerson
A movie in which road rage is justified Yours will be too if you spend 10 on this 
1.5
Death Race
Jason Heck
While steel plated cars bristling with firepower are guaranteed to get adolescent hearts stirring the movie offers myriad pleasures for adults 
3
Death Race
Jeff Vice
What plot exists here is so nonsensical so hackneyed that it doesn t deserve or need explanation 
1.5
Death Race
Lawrence Toppman
If you like primitive degrading mayhem this will fulfill your needs 
1.5
Death Race
Tom Russo
Thanks to its character interplay the movie doesn t drag despite taking a good 40 minutes to really rev its engines And the racing that ensues is as loud fast hyper edited and pulverizingly destructive as the gladiatorially minded would hope 
2.5
Death Race
Peter Howell
This is still summer trash and no brain cells were injured or even fatigued in the making of it 
2.5
Death Race
Sara Michelle Fetters
It doesn t take long for a bunch of Mad Max inspired motor vehicles racing around the same track again and again and again to wear out their weclome 
2
Death Race
Daniel M. Kimmel
it doesn t bore and it doesn t embarrass the actors who appear in it For a late summer action flick that s high praise indeed 
2.5
Death Race
Stephen Cole
Yes Death Race is as brutal as a punch in the face If you have a hankering for B movie grime and gore it can also be a lot of fun 
2.5
Death Race
Roger Ebert
It is an assault on all the senses including common Walking out I had the impression I had just seen the video game and was still waiting for the movie 
0.5
Death Race
Bob Bloom
The movie makes no demands on its audience except to cheer in all the right places 
2
Death Race
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is almost a lot of fun were it not for the fact that Anderson lacks a knack for clarity and lightness he shakes the camera too much and cuts so fast that the race becomes a blur 
2
Death Race
Erik Childress
We re in for a bumpy ride on Anderson s Bi polar express where the line between homage and ripoff is never as blurry as his action sequences His Ben Hur chariot race would have needed nothing more than one set of horses a couple human heads and a wheel 
0.5
Death Race
Willie Waffle
Made for that dude down near the front of the theater who screams out DAAAAAMN every time a character meets his untimely demise Either you re that guy or you are not 
.5
Death Race
Rob Vaux
Mmmmmm it tastes like sleaze 
3
Death Race
Rafer Guzman
Death Race may be a loud lowbrow piece of pulp but it s also crackling entertainment the very definition of a cheap thrill 
3
Death Race
David Hiltbrand
Death Race is a cinematic dreadnought imposing on the surface hollow at its core 
2
Death Race
Dustin Putman
Low rent boring brazenly mindless garbage 
1
Death Race
Michael Phillips
It s one of those vicious larks that just plain hit the spot It hits the spot throws er into reverse and hits the spot again before machine gunning it and ramming it head on for the fun of it 
3
Death Race
Mark Rahner
Death Race should at least score points for its title which is more apt than say Feelings Exploration It s mostly a race and there s a lot of death 
2
Death Race
Phil Villarreal
Bravely takes on that philosophical quandary every one of us must face What to do when a ninja breaks into your home frames you for the murder of your wife and taunts you with a finger gun motion 
2
Death Race
Joe Lozito
Paul W S Anderson s noisy nonsensical remake fails to hold together even in its own paper thin world 
1
Death Race
Josh Larsen
too brutal and boorish to be a guilty pleasure It s just guilty
1.5
Death Race
Nick Schager
A serviceable forgettable genre film marked by leaden performances even more leaden dialogue a few sterlingly gruesome images and a supremely campy performance from Joan Allen 
2
Death Race
Rossiter Drake
Anderson not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson the fearlessly ambitious director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood has created a movie worthy of its own video game 
2
Death Race
Austin Kennedy
DEATH RACE is going to please non demanding moviegoers that love their flicks violent and action packed But this is like eating a generic brand of cereal tastes okay until you have the real thing again 
2.5
Oceans
James Kendrick
a beautiful at times breathtaking visual examination of the undersea world
3.5
Oceans
Lori Hoffman
Oceans presents the superb underwater photography and cool critters we have come to love from the best nature documentaries 
3.5
Oceans
Sara Michelle Fetters
This mealtime footage of prey and predators isn t just remarkable it s simply breathtaking and it s only one moment of many that had me holding my breath in wonder 
3.5
Oceans
Sean P. Means
Oceans works best as a series of pretty pictures each more beautiful and jaw dropping than the one before it If you want context get online or head to a library 
3
Oceans
Liam Lacey
There are life and death dramas moments of playfulness and tenderness which create an ever increasing sense of wonder 
4
Oceans
Chris Hewitt
There s a been there swam that feeling to Oceans 
2.5
Oceans
Rachel Saslow
For all Oceans does to please the eyes and ears it does nothing to engage the brain 
2
Oceans
Kyle Smith
The movie could should be a symphony and it frequently makes excellent use of spare classical music When Brosnan pipes up he is as welcome as a car alarm 
3.5
Oceans
Moira MacDonald
Though never quite as stirring as March of the Penguins or Winged Migration it quickly establishes its own gentle pace 
3
Oceans
Claudia Puig
While it may not plunge deeply enough Oceans continues the worthy efforts of explorers such as Jacques Cousteau reminding us to respect nature and preserve the myriad life forms that rely on the ocean to survive 
3
Oceans
Steven Rea
The voice over almost manages to turn the majestic into the mundane Almost 
3
Oceans
Stephen Whitty
With a subject as literally vast as this one it s essential to either narrow the focus make the film about one particular species or region or carefully construct the approach group footage by theme Oceans does neither 
2
Oceans
Jeff Vice
The one real problem is the rambling narrative and some too intrusive voiceover narration Brosnan is fine but frankly the pictures do a better job of speaking for themselves anyway 
3
Oceans
Steven D. Greydanus
My new favorite freaky thing is the wack eyed mantis shrimp a testy little fellow who gets violently territorial with crabs loitering around his front door as one learns to its grief Get off my lawn punk 
3.5
Oceans
Mark Dujsik
This gathering of images is mesmerizing 
3
Oceans
Dustin Putman
A regrettably scattered slapdash affair that holds none of the narrative flow and only a fraction of the visual majesty found in Disneynature s first effort 2009 s Earth 
2
Oceans
Tom Meek
Despite the talents of Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud the Oscar nominated duo behind Winged Migration who once again contribute their amazing in the midst of photography the most striking thing about Oceans is its banality 
2.5
Oceans
Roger Moore
The wow factor alone makes Oceans a great Earth Day Earth Week at the movies 
3
Oceans
Linda Cook
Sublime Astounding Fantastic I don t think I can find enough superlatives to describe the incredible Oceans the gorgeous Disney documentary released in celebration of Earth Day 
4
Oceans
Ed Gonzalez
This hypnotically photogenic journey into the depths of the ocean blue exists to appeal to the imaginations of young and old alike 
3
Sibling Rivalry
David Nusair
46 46 46 a watchable 40 albeit thoroughly forgettable 41 endeavor that feels like it could 40 and should 41 have been much 44 much better 46 
2.5
Sibling Rivalry
Juan Carlos Coto
The movie puts its characters into one of the most hilarious predicaments we ve seen in a while But the punch line doesn t deliver 
2
Sibling Rivalry
Roger Ebert
Here is a comedy so lifeless and mechanical that the main diversion is in watching the way the pieces go together 
1.5
Scream
Wesley Lovell
Unlike the recent James Bond outing 44 Scream understands its essence and embraces it whole heartedly 46 
3
Scream
Chase Hutchinson
Whether you want to call it Scream 5 or simply Scream 44 one thing is certain 58 This film is a bloody and brash experience 44 an absolute treat that easily carves out a place as one of the best of the series 46 
4
Scream
Peter Canavese
A good enough requel that s smart enough to know that it s taking the only route open to it 
2.5
Scream
Matt Brunson
A bottle of Metamucil holds more meta than this whimper of a movie 
2
Scream
Brian Eggert
The unfortunate reality of the new Scream is this it s not very fun 
2.5
Scream
David Nusair
a decent sequel that admittedly kicks off with tremendous promise 
2.5
Scream
Lisa Trifone
Maybe it s the hi def digital footage and Dolby surround sound but this latest installation feels more visceral and gruesome than any of its predecessors 
3
Scream
Walter Chaw
Scream 5 is on par with the original and perhaps just a half step back from the second in that it challenges how one approaches horror movies not as mythology but as metatext 
3.5
Scream
Blake Howard
Ghostface is back in Scream Scream 5 from here on out and this time it s not just the fresh faced crop of Woodsboro teens under the knife but film discourse and especially film Twitter which is ripe for a skewering 
1.5
Scream
Pat Brown
It s at a certain point toward the finale that this Scream becomes almost as drearily repetitious as the reboot culture that it skewers 
2
Scream
James Berardinelli
If Scream is intended to re start the franchise things are off to a rocky start 
2
Scream
Kevin Carr
There is some really fun stuff in this but there are other parts that try too hard 
2.5
Scream
Mike McGranaghan
Updating the meta quality of Wes Craven s 1996 classic to address toxic fandom makes this a good Scream movie although having to adhere to the rules of re quels prevents it from doing anything particularly groundbreaking 
3
Scream
Dustin Putman
This year s SCREAM is a total blast the decade plus long wait was well worth it 
3
Scream
Kevin A. Ranson
this is how you requel noticeably more deliberate and brutal a cast as capable and game as the 1996 original This isn t just a good Scream movie it s a damn good slasher movie period
4
Scream
Leo Brady
Although the architect is not behind the camera there s still a great amount of respect for the movies that went before and more good slasher scares to be had 
3
Scream
Brian Tallerico
A product that feels consistent with the first four movies but distinct enough to have its own voice 
3
Scream
Sonny Bunch
As a slasher qua slasher it is quite effective 
2.5
Scream
Jeff York
Mostly what they all bring to the party is a surprising sense of sincerity Even though this film is constantly talking about the genre and its tropes it never gets too glib 
3
Scream
Siddhant Adlakha
Though it toys with franchise expectations it delivers on the gnarly blood soaked violence that has become less common in modern Hollywood horror setting the stage for a film that is boldly often ludicrously self assured in its visual craftsmanship 
3
Scream
Mark Meszoros
This fifth big screen entry has about as much bloody fun as you could have hoped 
3
Scream
Michael Phillips
I wish this movie offered a little less running commentary and a little more running anything really to get itself off the treadmill of self critique and self congratulation and actually going somewhere new 
2
Scream
Chris Hewitt
None of this is game changing but that s probably not what fans of the franchise want The new movie understands the appeal of the old ones and within that offers a few compelling variations on a scream 
2.5
Scream
Jeff Mitchell
Nostalgia is a double edged knife It s great to reconnect with old on screen friends but we ve seen this murderous song and dance 
2
Scream
Mark Dujsik
The film has a point to make and does so with cutting bloody efficacy 
3
Scream
Katie Walsh
Even bloodier and just as winking and self aware as its predecessors 
3
Scream
Josh Larsen
a disorienting horror echo something like an M C Escher print dripping with blood 
2.5
Scream
Sara Michelle Fetters
This fifth installment has a lot of terrific moments It also has its fair share of underwhelming ones 
2.5
Scream
Jake Coyle
In the end Scream becomes a commentary on remakes reboots and requels in a way it doesn t quite intend It captures the horror being trapped inside a never ending loop 
1.5
Scream
Rafer Guzman
A sly and splatter filled fifth addition to the meta horror franchise 
3
Scream
Michael O'Sullivan
This Scream feels less like a movie than a podcast about a movie one hosted by a claque of irritating smarty pants commentators who don t know when to shut up 
1
Scream
Roger Moore
Scream is a movie you want to like out of sentiment But Wes Craven knew how to make the laughs land and the shocks shock and the replacement directors don t 
1.5
Scream
Mara Reinstein
When you go to the same funhouse five times you begin to see the cracks in the hall of mirrors 
2.5
Scream
Richard Roeper
The new Scream stabs and jabs at our memories of the original and creates some bloody fresh twists of its own 
3.5
Scream
Johnny Oleksinski
Over two hours Cinco de Scream o lumbers along with routine kills and few surprises even when it makes lame attempts at shocking us 
2
Scream
Zaki Hasan
The new creative team effectively taps into a quarter century of real world affinity from fans for some clever meta commentary within the film 
3
Scream
Brian Truitt
Even afresh batchof newcomers can t keep the staleness from creeping in although the new Scream nicely mines modern movie discourse in a way to justify its own existence 
2.5
Scream
Joey Magidson
Scream is the best sequel yet taking the horror franchise in a bloody bold and exciting new direction 
3.5
99 Homes
Matt Brunson
Say this for 99 Homes 58 It contains arguably the most truthful snatch of dialogue to be found in any movie released so far in 2015 46 
3
99 Homes
Brian Eggert
99 Homes really belongs to Shannon 44 offering a portrait of a man who has long since stopped asking about the ethical implications of his actions and 44 only after a few drinks 44 hints that he laments having to wear a concealed weapon 46 
3
99 Homes
Leo Brady
99 Homes is not just a well made film it s a film that should shake the very foundation of the subject it deals with 
3.5
99 Homes
Pamela Powell
It s a film worth seeing just for the story but with the superb performances it makes a film you need to see 
4
99 Homes
Max Weiss
99 Homes is worth seeing especially for the urgent raw work by both the actors and Bahrani and for what it says about the American economy 
3
99 Homes
Alissa Wilkinson
99 Homes is very good at showing that the housing crisis is not a problem that belongs to one person 
4
99 Homes
Kent Turner
An electric melodrama with Andrew Garfield in his best role so far supported by an outstanding supporting cast
3
99 Homes
Eric Melin
A breathless thriller with expertly shot you are there camerawork and a rising score but it also comes from moments of conflict that are pitched at a very high level Emotions are high lives are at stake and something is very very wrong 
3.5
99 Homes
James Kendrick
a dramatic thriller about predatory capitalism that cuts deep to the economic bone in the way it reminds us how one person s attaining his dream usually comes at the expense of someone else s
3.5
99 Homes
Chris Knight
It s a fascinating modern morality tale from a smart filmmaker with a clear take on the subject 
3.5
99 Homes
John Hartl
Inside Job could almost be an alternative title for this gripping and timely drama which makes none of the family s choices look easy 
3.5
99 Homes
Rafer Guzman
A gripping dramatic thriller about the winners and losers in America s game of mortgage roulette 
3.5
99 Homes
Peter Howell
Michael Shannon and Andrew Garfield make for an incendiary combo as a predatory realtor and his desperate protg 
3
99 Homes
Calvin Wilson
Bahrani nails the predicament in which so many working class folks now find themselves Although they cling to the American dream for many of them it has become a nightmare 
3.5
99 Homes
Mark Dujsik
99 Homes is a broad take on a specific kind of soulless opportunism 
3
99 Homes
Richard Roeper
It s still an easy recommendation with director and co writer Ramin Bahrani delivering a provocative visceral sometimes heartbreakingly relevant drama thriller 
3
99 Homes
J. R. Jones
99 Homes is both a peerless entertainment and a cri di coeur against a financial system that preyed on the weakest Americans 
4
99 Homes
Ty Burr
The movie works as a twinned character study a moral suspense thriller and an indictment of an America stacked against its working classes 
4
99 Homes
Dann Gire
Bahrani directs 99 Homes with outrage and a sense of urgency 
3.5
99 Homes
Stephanie Merry
Director Ramin Bahrani who wrote the script with Amir Naderi and Bahareh Azimi spent significant time researching the housing crisis including witnessing actual evictions and the episodes he has re created feel powerfully realistic 
3
99 Homes
Michael Phillips
At its best 99 Homes finds Bahrani tightening the screws on his own style going for speed concision and an agitating rhythm where his previous films took their time I hope he ll go on to make movies combining the vital aspects of all his work 
3
99 Homes
Matt Pais
It s increasingly morally sticky and Shannon without having to yell makes Rick intense and fascinating 
3
99 Homes
Katie Walsh
The film eventually drifts away from the more interesting complicated and difficult story of survival and individual choices towards moralistic judgments on the honesty of the work Still 99 Homes is one of the scariest films you ll see all year 
3.5
99 Homes
Sheila O'Malley
99 Homes is a ferocious excavation of the meaning of home the desperation attached to real estate the pride of ownership and the stability of belonging The pace never lets up 
3.5
99 Homes
Peter Travers
In these days when Hollywood typically dulls our wits Ramin Bahrani s 99 Homes has a fire in its belly It s spoiling to be heard 
3
99 Homes
Dan Schindel
must this message come via such a bland delivery 
1.5
99 Homes
Kyle Smith
Like being shouted at by a man with bad breath while he grips your collar with both hands 
2
99 Homes
Mark Lukenbill
Ramin Bahrani s talent for orchestrating sequences of tightly wound tension is in full bloom here as is his complementary knack for quieter grace notes 
2.5
99 Homes
Rob Thomas
It s a fast moving and angry vehicle and Shannon is so much nasty fun to watch that it never lost my attention 
3
99 Homes
David Nusair
perfectly watchable drama that benefits substantially from the stellar efforts of its two stars 
2.5
The Desperate Trail
Emanuel Levy
The shadows of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah loom large over this modest but well executed Western which boasts a strong performance from Linda Fiorentino 
3
El perro
Kyle Smith
Juan Villegas vulnerability is so unforced that you can t help being touched 
3
El perro
Ed Gonzalez
Grabs the warm humanist baton from Sorin s Minimal Stories and heads straight for an existential finish line 
3
Tandoori Love
Steve Rhodes
A delightful and silly little fairy tale 
2.5
Nights of Cabiria
John Hartl
Fellini and Masina s unique collaboration appears to demolish the wall between life and art film and audience 
4
Nights of Cabiria
David Sterritt
One of Fellini s finest 
4
Nights of Cabiria
Bob Graham
Masina is immensely touching through an extraordinary range of emotions 
4
Nights of Cabiria
Ted Prigge
Cabiria is almost impossible not to like and Masina makes her into a unique character 
4
Nights of Cabiria
Joe Baltake
A must see item a sad compassionate tale of street life that resonates with a magic missing from even our best summer films whose only goal is to jar us 
4
Nights of Cabiria
Gemma Files
I ll go with the painfully obvious people who already expect to love it probably will but even those who have no expectations at all may be pleasantly surprised by its enduring resonance underneath the annoying period tics 
3
Nights of Cabiria
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The gift of Cabiria s essence freed from the determinism of stories is to return us to our own 
4
Nights of Cabiria
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nights of Cabiria may be Fellini s best film for its effortless poetry its love and its grace 
4
Nights of Cabiria
Roger Ebert
As artificial as Cabiria s behavior sometimes seems it always seems her own and this little woman carries herself proudly through the gutters of Rome 
4
Disappearances
Chris Hewitt
The movie has a literary quality and not just because everyone s always quoting Shakespeare 
3
Disappearances
Maitland McDonagh
Craven never quite manages to make it all seem a smoothly integrated piece 
2.5
Disappearances
Lou Lumenick
The beautifully photographed Disappearances is solidly old fashioned entertainment 
3
Disappearances
Jack Mathews
The film is lovely to look at but makes not a lick of sense 
1.5
Disappearances
John Anderson
If you re one of those people like this reviewer who can watch Kris Kristofferson do just about anything you won t insist on the references being that solid 
2.5
Disappearances
Nick Schager
Craven layers the film s central narrative concerns with mounds of metaphorical gunk most of which proves more ponderous than entrancing 
2
Disappearances
Walter V. Addiego
Though set in Vermont in the 1930s this has the feel of a Western one with mystical overtones and provides a great role for Kris Kristofferson who s looking well weathered these days 
3
Disappearances
Bill Stamets
This scenic adventure is too fussy with metaphysical lore 
2
Disappearances
Michael Wilmington
Shot for only 1 7 million but it s a thoroughly entertaining first class job in every way 
3.5
Disappearances
Wesley Morris
An utterly earnest likable enough family focused action adventure 
2.5
Wild Tales
Brian Eggert
Not every story will resonate and the overall theme doesn t leave one with a sense of their combined profundity but three or four stories are bound to feel familiar and thus deliciously watchable 
3
Wild Tales
Josh Larsen
each segment gradually ratchets up until it becomes a visual demonstration of Murphy s Law 
3
Wild Tales
David N. Butterworth
This wild and wacky six pack of revenge tinged dramas is Falling Down for the art house set 
3.5
Wild Tales
Craig D. Lindsey
A wondrous whacked out look at people doing what they think is right 
3.5
Wild Tales
Tom Meek
Given the construct of Wild Tales it s too early to induct Szifrón into the company of Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alfonso Cuarón as the next great Latino auteur but he s a sure contender 
3
Wild Tales
Rick Bentley
While there are parts of Wild Tales that prove more interesting than others the overall package is consistent enough that it becomes a fun ride 
3.5
Wild Tales
Scott Renshaw
There are plenty of satisfying moments throughout enough that perhaps it s better to think about how this would play as a weekly series 
3
Wild Tales
Bob Bloom
The film is a subversive satire that shines a light on the daily inequities that plague us and the reality that most people simply either overlook ignore or apathetically accept them 
3.5
Wild Tales
Brad Keefe
These tales don t overlap but Wild Tales definitely felt like the closest thing to Pulp Fiction since Pulp Fiction 
4
Wild Tales
Matt Brunson
Made for modern day moviegoers who don t want their films TOO messy a la Un Chien Andalou Multiple Maniacs or Eraserhead Wild Tales is more often like mild tales yet that s not necessarily a knock 
3
Wild Tales
Rob Thomas
What it is is a lot of fun pulling a steady stream of I can t believe I m laughing at that laughs out of the viewer 
3
Wild Tales
John Beifuss
The film is not an advance in themes or style over such predecessors as the omnibus horror thrillers of the 1960s and 70s but at its best it s a lot of fun and it s filled with memorable performances and characters 
3
Wild Tales
Peter Canavese
Like Tarantino s films Wild Tales will rub some the wrong way by taking glee in the violence that comes from our worst selves but the catharses have a positive social function there s no doubt Szifron intends cautionary Tales 
3.5
Wild Tales
Rene Rodriguez
Revenge may be a dish best served cold but the dark comedy Wild Tales Relatos salvajes argues that payback is more satisfying when it s doled out in fiery bloody and outrageous doses 
3
Wild Tales
Steven Rea
Wild Tales Relatos salvajes in its original Spanish is indeed savage And surprising Your jaw will drop your head will shake more than a few times 
3.5
Wild Tales
John Anderson
Entertaining over the top and more than a little anxiety inducing 
3
Wild Tales
Chris Knight
Along the way Szifrón probes some interesting modern philosophical questions 
3.5
Wild Tales
Bruce Ingram
If everyone behaved the way the characters in Wild Tales behave civilization would crumble But the real take away lesson here is how easy it might be for any of us swept up in a moment of bloodlust to consider pure raging hostility a fair trade 
3
Wild Tales
Liam Lacey
Outrageous rude a refreshing change of pace 
3
Wild Tales
Ty Burr
Szifrón gives us a window onto other people s worst impulses rather than a mirror reflecting our own the laughs come fast and full and they come a little too easily 
3.5
Wild Tales
Peter Howell
With the darkest of humour it graphically illustrates what happens when the stress of 21st century living causes regular citizens to go postal 
3
Wild Tales
Mark Dujsik
Maybe the first tale in Wild Tales is too strong It s so successful in fact that each of the following five stories pales by comparison 
1.5
Wild Tales
Michael O'Sullivan
The half dozen chapters vary in length and subject matter but not in style or the efficiency of their message 
3.5
Wild Tales
Dann Gire
With Wild Tales Szifron announces himself as a talented molecular mix of Tarantino Rodriguez Spielberg and Almodovar with an eye for crisp editing and gorgeously composed widescreen imagery 
3
Wild Tales
Robert Levin
A satirical masterwork You don t need to be Argentine to get it you simply must be a citizen of the world 
4
Wild Tales
Mike McGranaghan
Wild Tales is both great entertainment and great cinema in that it sucks you in while also making you appreciate its skillful inventive execution This is in every conceivable way an exhilarating film 
4
Wild Tales
Peter Travers
Argentina s nominee for the foreign film Oscar is a farce about revenge that is feral ferocious and gut bustingly funny You ll laugh till it hurts 
3.5
Wild Tales
Tomris Laffly
Wild Tales aims to entertain and send its audience home with an artificial relief that will rub off on even the most cynical of human souls Why resist it 
3.5
Wild Tales
Godfrey Cheshire
Feels as amazingly cohesive as it is relentlessly clever and entertaining 
4
Wild Tales
Claudia Puig
Well acted cleverly written and exquisitely crafted 
3
Wild Tales
Stephen Whitty
You re sorry when one episode ends you can t wait for another to get to the gruesome point 
3
Wild Tales
Farran Smith Nehme
In its gaudy predictable way Wild Tales is enormous fun and the consistent wit of the quiet stretches shows there s more to Szifrón than shock tactics 
3
Wild Tales
Chuck Bowen
Each of the six vignettes that make up this unusually energetic anthology pertains to the methods of calculated mass dehumanization that are barely hidden beneath the practices of social institutions 
3
Wild Tales
David Nusair
Wild Tales gets off to an impressively electrifying start 
3
After Auschwitz
Gary Thompson
For the death camp survivors we meet in the brisk engaging and sneakily profound After Auschwitz the day of liberation was the best and worst day of their lives 
4
After Auschwitz
Michael O'Sullivan
Go home they were told But where in the words of one of the film s subjects was home Where do you start and where do you end up not just literally but emotionally after such an experience 
2.5
After Auschwitz
Roger Moore
Covers familiar ground but stands out as one of the most upbeat Holocaust documentaries ever 
3
28 Up
Ed Gonzalez
The 14 subjects of the Up series came together as a group only twice and by the end of 28 Up three have dropped out of the project 
3
28 Up
Roger Ebert
It is almost scary to realize that this film has given me a fair chance of predicting what lies ahead for these strangers I almost understand the motives of those who chose to drop out of the experiment 
4
Flashback
Juan Carlos Coto
Flashback offers no meaningful evaluation of the 60s or the 80s though it tries to leave you with something monumental 
2
Flashback
Roger Ebert
I m reluctant to say what does happen because the movie takes such an interesting U turn into what develops into a halfway serious contrast between the values of the summer of love and the greed of the Me Decade 
3
The Jack in the Box: Awakening
Guillermo Courau
Although it seems that the film s weakest point are lack of originality or serial plot holes what really fails in Lawrence Fowler s film is the dearth of inspired risk taking when designing each death Full review in Spanish 
2
The App
Roger Moore
As colorful and pricey as the production values look the cast in front of those settings is never less than drab
1
Sunless Shadows
Diego Semerene
Mehrdad Oskouei s documentary is striking for the way its subjects describe horrific forms of violence in the plainest of language 
3
Mad Ship
Michael Posner
Alas not unlike the boat on which the tale is based it s a jerry built craft that never really gets launched 
2
Mad Ship
Linda Barnard
Director David Mortin loses us with this beautifully shot if relentlessly depressing story 
2.5
Russian Ark
Jesse Cataldo
Despite an undeniable attraction to the majestic Aleksandr Sokurov seems equally adverse to straightforward spectacle approaching potentially colossal subjects from odd specific angles 
4
Russian Ark
Michael Dequina
What is shown is ultimately less captivating than the manner in which it is shown 
2.5
Russian Ark
Jeff Vice
Obviously it s an odd premise But director Aleksandr Sokhurov does have fun with it 
2
Russian Ark
Sean P. Means
Sokurov s high tech trick is also a beautifully fluid examination of Russian history and culture and the most gorgeous museum tour you could imagine 
3.5
Russian Ark
Marty Mapes
A cast of thousands all captured in a single 96 minute take
2.5
Russian Ark
Ian Mantgani
Less like watching paint dry than like watching it sit on the wall and stay wet 
1
Russian Ark
Marta Barber
Even in its most tedious scenes Russian Ark is mesmerizing 
3.5
Russian Ark
Josh Larsen
An impressive intellectual stunt 
3.5
Russian Ark
Steven Rea
Even with its deft parade of dressed up actors real human emotion is hard to find 
2.5
Russian Ark
David Elliott
Russian Ark is a new treasure of the Hermitage 
3.5
Russian Ark
Duane Dudek
300 years of Russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness 
3.5
Russian Ark
David Nusair
I ve never longed for expository dialogue so much in my life 
1
Russian Ark
Joe Baltake
Anyone who professes to love movies should see Alexander Sokurov s Russian Ark 
4
Russian Ark
Wesley Morris
Russian Ark does for the history blind what any halfway decent drug movie can do to nonjunkies pushes a mean contact high 
4
Russian Ark
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Russian Ark moves beyond a simple technical exercise and into the realm of greatness It s a masterpiece on every level 
4
Russian Ark
Chris Hewitt
Casting its gaze on painting masterworks and thousands of jewel encrusted elaborately costumed extras Russian Ark is like nothing you ve ever seen 
3
Russian Ark
Jennie Punter
The experience of watching Russian Ark is like being caught inside another person s dream 
3.5
Russian Ark
Jeanne Aufmuth
The genius of the work speaks volumes offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates 
3
Russian Ark
Steve Rhodes
Although it is an awesome technical feat the movie turns out to be just a clever stunt whose welcome is worn out long before the ending credits roll 
2.5
Russian Ark
Rob Blackwelder
There is a genius to this experimental and utterly surreal historical epic that has nothing to do with the fact that it was shot in one uninterrupted mind boggling take 
4
Russian Ark
Kenneth Baker
Merely as a technical logistical feat Russian Ark marks a cinematic milestone 
4
Russian Ark
John Hartl
Filmmakers critics and more than a few curious moviegoers are going to be studying Russian Ark for decades 
4
Russian Ark
Roger Ebert
Apart from anything else this is one of the best sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen 
4
Russian Ark
Michael Wilmington
A extraordinary film one that like the museum itself captures and shows three centuries of Russian culture and history in all its beauty confusion terror and majesty 
4
Russian Ark
Bob Strauss
The mighty audacity of Russian Ark makes for a singular moviegoing experience Its artistic richness ensures an unforgettable one as well 
4
Russian Ark
John Anderson
The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels including the physical demands made on Büttner and it implies in its wake the intractable irreversible flow of history 
4
Russian Ark
David Sterritt
One of the most dazzlingly beautiful movies ever made 
4
Russian Ark
V.A. Musetto
A magnificent feast for the eyes and brain 
4
Russian Ark
Jeremy Heilman
Even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia it s waltzed itself into the art film pantheon 
3.5
Russian Ark
Ed Gonzalez
A fascinating if unlikely ghost story 
4
Russian Ark
Harvey S. Karten
A mature deeply felt fantasy of a director s travel through 300 years of Russian history 
3
Paradise City
Roger Moore
There s enough here that you can see the movie that might have been But Paradise City gets in its own way so often that it falls well short of paradise or coherence for that matter 
1.5
Brother
Rob Humanick
Venezuelan filmmaker Marcel Rasquin s Hermano is a well meaning melodrama equal parts heartfelt and contrived 
2
Brother
G. Allen Johnson
Rasquin s cinema verite style brings power to the story and he has coaxed some good performances out of his leads 
3
The Edge of the World
Eric Henderson
Michael Powell entered the golden age of his career with The Edge of the World 
3
The Edge of the World
David Sterritt
Told with old fashioned simplicity yet avoiding any trace of sentimentality or emotionalism it s a small scale masterpiece that shouldn t be missed by anyone interested in cinematic storytelling at its most compelling 
4
The Edge of the World
Roger Ebert
This first serious film by Powell doesn t seem to predict his career You can t imagine the maker of this film going on to make The Red Shoes What it does show though is a voluptuous regard for visual images 
3
Collateral
Matt Brunson
Cruise s performance is a fine one nicely seasoned with just the right touch of piquantness 
3
Collateral
Joe Lozito
Both actors and the director are having a great time and it shows in every frame 
3
Collateral
Jay Antani
chic solid filmmaking
3.5
Collateral
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mann logra un producto que si bien no es nada del otro mundo su atmósfera y las actuaciones valen el precio de admisión 
3
Collateral
Glenn Kenny
If there was ever an example of a movie s visual language leaving its verbal and narrative components in the dust this unfortunately is it 
2.5
Collateral
Wesley Lovell
Collateral is the type of film that viewers will enjoy if they can bring themselves to the theater 
3.5
Collateral
David N. Butterworth
Another winning Michael Mann character study see The Insider Heat Thief with Jamie Foxx revelatory in the lead 
3
Collateral
Peter Canavese
Mann skips off convention like a stone on a river impassively observing his Hitchcockian hero dragged into action and struggling to save the day from a sympathetic devil 
3
Collateral
David Nusair
Mann s decision to shoot Collateral using digital cameras is baffling particularly when you consider how effectively he s used film in the past 
3
Collateral
Vince Koehler
The story is compelling the action fast and the acting very good 
3.5
Collateral
Frank Ochieng
A refreshingly mature and stable actioner with a gritty confidence There s an urban subtle slickness about Collateral that resonates so quietly and convincingly
3
Collateral
Jeremy Heilman
Clearly one of the year s most impressive and sustained directorial tour de forces 
4
Collateral
Lori Hoffman
Foxx s sublime performance is not to be missed 
2.5
Collateral
Sean P. Means
The interesting parts of Collateral never coalesce into a satisfying whole and the enterprise falls apart in the finale 
2.5
Collateral
James Kendrick
at heart a philosophical allegory that pits Cruise s nihilism against Foxx s optimistic humanism
3
Collateral
Marty Mapes
There are two or three movies in Collateral and they will appeal to different audiences
3
Collateral
Jeffrey Westhoff
No director today not even Martin Scorsese matches Michael Mann s intensity or artistry when he examines how violence corrodes the soul 
3.5
Collateral
Nick Rogers
It s a perfect musical mood mix tape until the film s climax where Michael Mann evokes a pop song cool on first listen but deadened by excessive airplay 
3.5
Collateral
Jonathan R. Perry
No one but Tom Cruise could have played the engaging sociopath riding through the sleazy searing faded opulence of L A by night 
3.5
Collateral
Bob Bloom
Director Michael Mann creates a noirish atmosphere in which you can almost smell the danger 
3
Collateral
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is intense not for the scenes of action but for the way evil and decency fight it out on the conversational battleground of two men 
3
Collateral
Eric Melin
Although Cruise is the star of Collateral Foxx is the anchorman 
3.5
Collateral
Tony Toscano
Collateral is very much an adult thriller and this one is at the top of its form 
3
Collateral
Sara Michelle Fetters
What s special about Michael Mann s new crime thriller Collateral isn t that it treads new ground or goes in new directions but that it is so naturally rhythmic to the cadences of multifaceted humanity 
3.5
Collateral
Emily Blunt
Flim flam funnyman turned film man Jamie Foxx stole this film 
3.5
Collateral
Moira MacDonald
A crime drama made with immense skill 
3.5
Collateral
Mick LaSalle
It s straight up entertainment not something to see and then talk about a month later but definitely something to enjoy 
3
Collateral
David Elliott
A sort of dud brained Taxi Driver on the slick streets of Los Angeles rather than the steaming streets of New York 
1
Collateral
Joe Baltake
A genuinely original modern thriller 
4
Collateral
James Verniere
Combines action film and film noir tropes and transforms present day Los Angeles into a vertiginous high tech wilderness where it s hard to distinguish the hunters from the hunted 
3.5
Collateral
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The best thing Mann brings to his picture is a strong sense of time and place 
3
Collateral
James Berardinelli
Collateral isn t a shockingly original motion picture But the strength of the lead performances and the stylish direction of Michael Mann obscure the weaknesses in plotting and credibility 
3
Collateral
Pam Grady
Unfortunately Mann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie aren t content to settle for a psychological thriller they want their action too and that s where the movie begins to go completely awry 
2
Collateral
Jack Mathews
Though it is a far less ambitious entertainment than Tarantino s masterpiece it has its moments 
3
Collateral
Rene Rodriguez
Collateral is a small modest movie writ large by people so talented they aren t capable of anything less 
3
Collateral
Glenn Whipp
A hauntingly good surprisingly funny slam bang thriller 
4
Collateral
Robert W. Butler
A superior thriller with attitude to spare 
3
Collateral
Terry Lawson
Intelligent elegantly written and well acted 
3
Collateral
Jeff Vice
A little difficult to get into 
2.5
Collateral
Lisa Kennedy
Arguably the best studio film of the summer 
3.5
Collateral
Mary F. Pols
Collateral stretches the bounds of coincidence physical survival and the allure of a cabbie beyond all belief 
2
Collateral
Roger Ebert
This is a rare thriller that s as much character study as sound and fury 
3.5
Collateral
Ty Burr
Collateral is the kind of sleek Maserati that can make men weak in the knees but the sad truth is that it has a straight 4 under the hood 
2.5
Collateral
John Beifuss
Visually Collateral locates the post apocalypse landscape growing within a city still waiting for its apocalypse 
3
Collateral
Steve Rhodes
The real delight is soaking up Cruise s acting He is terrific 
3
Collateral
Jeffrey Overstreet
Foxx s performance is a revelation he is completely convincing and understated moving effortlessly through a wide range of conflicts both comical and severe 
3
Collateral
Josh Larsen
first and foremost a continuation of director Michael Mann s love affair with nocturnal urban landscapes 
3
Collateral
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mann covers up for the film s entirely routine climactic chase with an innovative use of windows glass and reflections 
2.5
Collateral
Austin O'Connor
Mann has unimpeachable visual flair spinning through camera angles to aptly demonstrate the disconnected disjointed feel of L A 
2.5
Collateral
Liam Lacey
Reminiscent of the orchestrated mayhem of vintage John Woo this is showpiece kinetic filmmaking 
3
Collateral
Phil Villarreal
Someone s been playing a little too much Hitman on their PlayStation 2 
2.5
Collateral
Scott Nash
One of the best action movies of 2004
3.5
Collateral
Judith Egerton
Nice guy Tom Cruise is bad very bad in Michael Mann s new movie Collateral And that s good 
3
Collateral
Larry Ratliff
Collateral even though cowboyed up with implausible action in a couple of pivotal scenes is that rarest of thriller In this one words can also kill 
3.5
Collateral
Erik Childress
Somewhere along the way the gimmick and suspense had worn out leaving the only real gray matter as the product coloring Cruises hair 
2.5
Collateral
Mike Clark
A stirring two hour footnote to Mann s masterpiece Heat 
3.5
Collateral
Bruce Newman
Mann puts Collateral through its paces so elegantly that even the most predictable scenes deliver a wallop 
3.5
Collateral
Nick Carter
Flawed but captivating 
3
Collateral
David Sterritt
Stylishly made if less intellectually resonant than first rate Mann films like Ali and The Insider 
3
Collateral
Kit Bowen
Collateral is an ultimate thrill ride through the mean streets of L A powered by a killer performance pun intended from Tom Cruise 
3.5
Collateral
Chris Hewitt
Taut exciting and intelligent Collateral is just the movie this summer needed 
3
Collateral
Phoebe Flowers
Arguably the first film Mann has made that marries the painstaking style of Heat and Manhunter with the gripping substance of The Insider 
3
Collateral
Peter Travers
Mann hits a new peak orchestrating action atmosphere and bruising humor with a poet s eye for urban darkness 
3.5
Collateral
Steven Rea
Jamie Foxx is the reason to see Collateral as he walks into the frame and walks off with the picture 
3
Collateral
Lou Lumenick
Collateral has such classy trappings you re constantly expecting more but while there may be less here than meets the eye this is solid stuff in the midst of Hollywood s dog days 
3
Collateral
Michael Wilmington
An expertly made thriller 
3
Collateral
Willie Waffle
Cruise is great as the evil heartless hit man did Nicole Kidman write the script 
2.5
Collateral
Rob Blackwelder
Mann works intelligent polished magic on a B movie noir script that would have been a catch phrase fraught action explosion flick in the hands of most big budget directors 
3
Collateral
Walter Chaw
An audaciously empty headed picture Mann fiddling around with making a poem out of a sledgehammer 
3.5
Collateral
Sean McBride
a taut thrill ride that succeeds thanks to solid performances by Foxx and Cruise and those ever present Michael Mann visual touches 
3
Collateral
Scott A. Mantz
Though there are certain key moments that require a suspension of disbelief that s a small price to pay for such an expertly crafted film 
3.5
Collateral
Jeanne Aufmuth
A roller coaster ride of transient pleasures 
3.5
Collateral
Ross Anthony
A pretty cool idea however two or three unbelievabilities soured the film for me they might not for you 
2
Collateral
Dustin Putman
Collateral is an arrestingly written and acted dramatic thriller that refuses to cut easy corners for the majority of its running time An enthralling experience 
2.5
Collateral
Jeremiah Kipp
A master of grand operatic gestures Mann s broad sided portrayals of machismo don t work when confined to a chamber piece 
2.5
Hellraiser
Michael Sragow
The acclaimed young fiction writer turned filmmaker Clive Barker here wears his heart on his sleeve along with his brains and his intestines By pushing his horror gimmicks to the limit Barker becomes a pain for the audience 
1.5
Hellraiser
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a demystifying experience 44 especially if the movie 8217 s Pinhead poster was a staple of your youth 46 
1.5
Hellraiser
Roger Hurlburt
Hellraiser is one of the most gruesome visually horrific fantasy films you will ever see Written and directed by Clive Barker the film is a relentless unflinching foray into a netherworld of monsters murder and the supernatural 
3
Hellraiser
Ryan Murphy
The conclusion is pat and predictable an amateurish effort at showing the advantages of good over evil 
1.5
Hellraiser
Matt Brunson
Arriving in a decade in which most movie monsters were monotonous slashers the Cenobites were truly exciting original and unsettling characters 
3
Hellraiser
Eric Henderson
Barker s vision cribs equally from the mythos of vampires and zombies but Hellraiser s overriding ridiculousness and nagging budgetary shortcomings can t disguise the fact that the movie is at least unwittingly a product of the AIDS crisis 
2.5
Hellraiser
David Nusair
an entertaining and downright creepy piece of work 
3
Hellraiser
James Kendrick
Against the odds Barker produced a unique imaginative if not somewhat stomach churning work that has since earned aplace in the annals of horror cinema 
3
Hellraiser
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We re on the edge of our seats with a feeling of uninhibited terror the whole time 
4
Hellraiser
Roger Ebert
This is a movie without wit style or reason and the true horror is that actors were made to portray and technicians to realize its bankruptcy of imagination 
0.5
Sleuth
Walter Chaw
It requires a light touch I admire Branagh a great deal but not for his light touch 
1
Sleuth
Peter Canavese
The script includes a verbal motif that reminds us of what binds the film s four central talents together I want to show you something Blu Ray review 
3
Sleuth
Lawrence Toppman
Seems to me that the Kenneth Branagh Harold Pinter Sleuth is a pretty good movie It just isn t a very good Sleuth exactly 
3
Sleuth
Matt Brunson
Sleuth is no longer a fun whodunnit it s been transformed into a baffling whatthehellweretheythinking 
1.5
Sleuth
Duane Dudek
A tedious bit of shenanigans and sleight of hand lifelessly realized by director Kenneth Branagh 
2
Sleuth
Sean P. Means
Director Kenneth Branagh clearly is having fun navigating Tim Harvey s slick set design but eventually the characters deadly competitiveness becomes tedious 
2.5
Sleuth
John Beifuss
An utter redundancy 
2
Sleuth
Jeff Vice
While the cagey old pro does manage to hold our interest throughout Law badly flounders in the sort of vehicle that seems tailor made for him 
2
Sleuth
Jason Heck
The back and forth goes on and on increasingly impenetrable Talk Poke Provoke Repeat 
2
Sleuth
David N. Butterworth
Alas it just doesn t work It could have but it doesn t 
2
Sleuth
Terry Lawson
We re left with two suitably hammy performances by Caine and Law who do not forget they are actors playing actors and a production design that must have kept the lighting people doing some ingenious plotting of their own 
2
Sleuth
Steven Rea
Just terrible 
1.5
Sleuth
Chris Hewitt
There s lots to like in Sleuth s battle of wits which occurs when an actor Jude Law having an affair with a married woman visits her husband a writer Michael Caine and asks him to grant her a divorce 
2.5
Sleuth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Expertly acted by the two leads and wildly entertaining for a about half the picture this new version goes wildly off the rails the final thirty minutes or so implausibly executed it s just about enough to make a viewer s head spin 
2.5
Sleuth
Peter Howell
Closed circuit cameras and electronic gadgets are so much in abundance bathed in the coldest of blue lights it s as if Branagh chose to film his Sleuth in a Best Buy warehouse 
1.5
Sleuth
Moira MacDonald
Those who say they wouldn t mind watching Michael Caine and Jude Law recite the phone book may well have their patience tested by Sleuth 
1.5
Sleuth
Rene Rodriguez
This might have been OK for cable but as a night out at the movies it feels like a bit of a cheat 
2
Sleuth
Jonathan W. Hickman
The acting alone carries the film 
2.5
Sleuth
Michael Dequina
Ironically it s Branagh s relentless and painfully obvious attempts to keep the action visually interesting that makes the proceedings come off even more stagy 
2.5
Sleuth
Bob Strauss
This remake isn t as radical as last week s Heartbreak Kid redo But it s similarly unsatisfying 
2.5
Sleuth
Ty Burr
Sleuth gradually becomes soulless and no fun and what s the point of that 
2
Sleuth
Josh Larsen
like watching a pair of one man shows face off against each other 
3
Sleuth
Roger Ebert
In Sleuth what he Kenneth Branagh celebrates is perplexing ominous insinuating material in the hands of two skilled actors 
3
Sleuth
Michael Phillips
Branagh whose screen career with Shakespeare began on a high note with Henry V and has gone steadily downhill since does a nice job keeping a stagebound piece relatively cinematic without resorting to the usual opening up techniques 
2.5
Sleuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
A semi satisfying game set and match 
2.5
Sleuth
Stephen Whitty
Kenneth Branagh is not a director with a light touch or an aversion to self importance and the movie s visuals are too painfully obvious 
2
Sleuth
Maitland McDonagh
Caine and Law go at it like tigers but in the end they re just chasing their own tails 
2
Sleuth
Kyle Smith
Just when things should be getting exciting and complex they become repetitive and predictable Subtext becomes hint becomes statement becomes declaration For once Pinter is a little too easy to understand 
2.5
Sleuth
Elizabeth Weitzman
So what s it all about Got me 
2
Sleuth
Russ Breimeier
In spite of its strengths for the first two thirds you re better off tracking down the original Sleuth than this one 
2.5
Sleuth
Erik Childress
It s hard to fault a 35th anniversary retelling for not being able to fool us but you would think in that time they d be able to find a way to make that second act twist work on film 
2.5
Sleuth
Claudia Puig
Caine and Law are in fine form bantering cleverly in this entertaining cat and mouse game thanks to the inspired dialogue of Harold Pinter 
2.5
Sleuth
James Berardinelli
It s an interesting failure a film that works more successfully as a study of technique and writing than as a motion picture 
2.5
Sleuth
Jan Stuart
Purely as an exercise in stylistic face lifting Sleuth is fascinating 
3
Sleuth
Fernando F. Croce
It s tempting to call the new Sleuth a soulless remake but that would imply that the original had a soul 
1.5
Sleuth
Pam Grady
Sleuth is worth the price of admission just to watch the old pro Caine put Law through his paces Law may have youth and beauty on his side but Caine has sheer charisma and a towering talent 
3
Sleuth
David Nusair
little more than an actor s showcase 
1.5
Drop Squad
Mal Vincent
The director suggests not the slightest hint of humor even in the overwrought commercials within the film 
1.5
Drop Squad
Roger Ebert
Drop Squad is like 1984 except with Big Brother as the hero Too bad because it raises serious issues 
0.5
The Animal Project
Chris Knight
The animal costumes remain the most arresting aspect of The Animal Project There s nothing sadder than the image of a man in an owl suit who s just been turned down for his offer of a free hug 
2.5
The Animal Project
Kiva Reardon
At times Animal strikes a compelling raw quality but this is largely lost due to the overwritten script and sprawling though lovingly rendered cast of characters 
2
The Animal Project
Linda Barnard
At times unfocused The Animal Project rises above some limitations to be surprisingly heartfelt and often emotional 
3
The Gilded Cage
Kent Turner
The acting style wavers from the sensitive to the most sitcomish What s ham in Portuguese canastro 
2
Dark Days
Jack Mathews
This is the world discovered and illuminated by gonzo documentarian Marc Singer who spent a good part of two years living with and chronicling the lives of a half dozen tunnel dwellers for his remarkable first film Dark Days
3.5
Dark Days
David Bianculli
Moving and memorable 
3.5
Dark Days
John Petrakis
Singer deserves credit for attempting to put a human face on such tragic circumstances but he appears to have gotten so close to his main subjects that he seems unwilling to make them or their desperate situation look too bad 
2.5
Dark Days
John Hartl
Some of these hardy souls have lived this way for years decades even and they ve lived not just to tell the tale but to suggest that they ve created a viable alternative existence At times Dark Days almost makes you envious But only almost 
3.5
Dark Days
Ken Fox
Singer s grainy photography lends the film the evocative aura of something that has been unearthed while the spare haunting soundtrack by DJ Shadow perfectly captures the sense of otherworldliness that pervades this remarkable film 
3.5
Dark Days
Steven Rea
Revealing if occasionally frustrating 
3
Dark Days
M. K. Terrell
As we come to know the residents we find their lives and yearning for home and safety as tragic funny and involving as anything in a scripted movie 
3.5
Dark Days
Chris Kaltenbach
It s hard not to get caught up in these people s lives or to be impressed by their resiliency 
3
Dark Days
Kalvin Henely
The documentary feels like it surreptitiously removed another barrier to more direct relations between those behind and in front of the camera 
3.5
Dark Days
Joe Lozito
While director Marc Singer s dedication is admirable the film itself has trouble shedding light on its subject 
2.5
Dark Days
Joshua Tanzer
An unromanticized and fascinating glimpse of the lives of a community of homeless people surviving in a train tunnel in Manhattan 
3.5
Dark Days
James Sanford
a gripping collection of vignettes that show a side of life most of us will hopefully never have to witness first hand 
4
Dark Days
James Adams
A celebration of human resourcefulness Dark Days is also an indictment of the society that makes such resourcefulness a necessity 
3
Dark Days
Marty Mapes
Dark Days is so engrossing it s easy to forget you re watching a movie It s a film whose subject matter is so much larger so much more interesting than sitting in a theater or on your couch that it s practically impossible not to get caught up 
3.5
Dark Days
Edward Guthmann
The result is an eye opener that takes us into Singer s experience and turns our perceptions of the homeless inside out 
3
Dark Days
Roger Ebert
Marc Singer s film shows an extraordinary world that exists below the streets of Manhattan 
3.5
Dark Days
Rob Blackwelder
Singer is granted such candid interviews and such complete access to these people s lives that even if it were not an adroit piece of filmmaking with an attention grabbing style Dark Days would still be engrossing to watch 
3.5
TMNT
James Vance
Kids will undoubtedly want to check out these new improved Turtles and a lot of parents will probably be glad to have uh shelled out the extra bucks to relive their own childhoods alongside them 
2
TMNT
Tom Meek
The plot s all over the place but director Kevin Munroe keeps it at a hare s pace The sharp graphics impress too It s nothing to cow about but it does more or less fill its shell 
2
TMNT
Kam Williams
Cool CGI represents a substantial improvement over their earlier incarnations relatively lame action sequences 
2
TMNT
Joe Lozito
TMNT has enough to keep the eyes popping 
2.5
TMNT
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Turtles themselves are still a treat and they overcome many of the story s deficiencies 
2.5
TMNT
Jim Hemphill
A real downer of a comic book movie 
1.5
TMNT
Sean McBride
just a quickie piece of disposable entertainment aimed squarely at the kiddies and the money in daddy s wallet 
2.5
TMNT
Steven Snyder
The Turtles are back and as they say new and improved 
2.5
TMNT
Mike McGranaghan
It s good for kids and existing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans The movie will please those who it was meant to please 
3
TMNT
Josh Hurst
The long delayed return of our Heroes in a Half Shell is big on style but low in substance 
1.5
TMNT
Sean P. Means
Too bad some of the voice actors like Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ziyi Zhang couldn t be onscreen a Crouching Tiger Buffy showdown would be tastier than this bland Turtle soup 
1.5
TMNT
Michael A. Smith
The story moves quickly and the moral of teamwork and family is achieved without it hitting you over the head 
3
TMNT
Mark Dujsik
Looks good with its overly cartoonish characters and grungy depiction of NYC but it s hollow to the core 
2
TMNT
Frank Ochieng
Munroe s TMNT fails to properly ignite this glorified video game into the pop cultural diversion it was during the very first Bush administration 
2
TMNT
Kit Bowen
Shedding the confines of the original 1990s live action versions the new TMNT runs free with crisp malleable animation and kick ass action 
3
TMNT
Claudia Puig
It takes more than an awkward title attempting to sound cool to overcome its mundane plot and silly dialogue 
1.5
TMNT
Angel Cohn
The film suffers from serious animation overkill too much high octane action too many combatants not enough of the hand to hand combat that made the Turtles unique in the first place 
1.5
TMNT
Peter Howell
Worst of all is the lack of genuine laughs Writer director Kevin Munroe has apparently forgotten that the Ninja Turtle phenomenon started as rib nudging parody 
1.5
TMNT
Tom Keogh
Everything should look familiar to longtime turtles fans their underground sanctuary complete with video games the rooftops where the heroes convene at night surveying the city But it all looks and feels reconceived refreshingly so 
3
TMNT
Peter Hartlaub
TMNT offers some real thrills The computer animation gives the turtles relatively believable expressions movements musculature and green skin tones 
3
TMNT
Steven Rea
There s an attention to detail in the visuals and sound design that pushes it up several notches above most kiddie fare It s not art dude but it will do 
2.5
TMNT
Lisa Rose
There are endless scenes in which the turtles sit around discussing their feelings All the talk of anger management and sibling rivalry is sure to test the attention spans of viewers in every age group 
1.5
TMNT
Kyle Smith
Time stands still during the many feeble jokes the Turtles comic book came out in 1984 the last year you could get a laugh just by ending a sentence with the word dude 
1.5
TMNT
Elizabeth Weitzman
These characters don t feel like the turtles of old there s not enough excitement to reinvent the franchise and just barely enough to revive it 
2.5
TMNT
Mack Bates
The predictable story and hackneyed dialogue the interplay between April and Casey is particularly bad get in the way of the movie s slick and sleek visual style 
2
TMNT
Evan Henerson
The action is breakneck and practically uninterrupted We re talking a young boy s dream come true 
3
TMNT
Robert Folsom
Who knows Maybe die hard fans will enjoy the mocking Turtle banter even as the plot announces itself from a New York City block away But LAUGH signs would sure help when the jokes fall flat 
2
TMNT
John Monaghan
Completely pointless Didn t three features in the early 1990s and countless cartoon incarnations take these crime fighting critters as far as they could go 
2
TMNT
Misha Davenport
The animated fight scenes are both beautiful and realistic You forget you re watching a computer animated feature In a film about ninja turtles you couldn t really ask for anything more Other than perhaps a sequel that is 
3
TMNT
Wesley Morris
TMNT is a junk food pastry The plot is the wrapper The action is the oily sponge cake And the message family family family is the processed cream filling 
2
TMNT
John Beifuss
The Superman Returns of kiddie action fare this isn t a franchise redo but a years later surprisingly downbeat sequel 
2
TMNT
Larry Ratliff
The 400 or so young kids and their parents I saw it with on a recent Sunday afternoon seemed generally underwhelmed And I m right there with them 
2.5
TMNT
James Sanford
Might have some momentary curiosity value like eating a sugary cereal you haven t had since third grade Unfortunately the movie isn t witty or imaginative or even particularly exciting and the flat grungy looking animation is barely up to video game 
1.5
TMNT
Daniel M. Kimmel
a kid s action cartoon that will thrill its young fans and leave grown ups looking for the exits 
2
TMNT
Vince Koehler
Leave your memories of the old version of TMNT at home or you just might be dissatisfied too 
1
TMNT
Walter Chaw
It doesn t need a review it just needs a marquee so its audience will find it and get to the business of forgetting about it 
1
TMNT
Willie Waffle
300 for kindergarteners 
1.5
TMNT
Gene Seymour
What s lacking except in too quick flashes are some of the subtler spices wit self mockery strewn through this franchise in all its various formats 
2.5
TMNT
Chris Hewitt
The story s nothing special but the movie is vigorously directed with a camera that moves at a decidedly un turtle like pace And the animation is unusually handsome 
3
TMNT
Michael Phillips
Now and then one character accuses another of glorifying violence that brute vigilante junk Talk about hypocrisy Without the brute vigilante junk this 82 minute picture would be approximately 2 minutes long 
1
TMNT
Dustin Putman
Strictly generic junk that could very well deaden the brain cells of children everywhere 
.5
TMNT
Matt Pais
Nostalgia aside original fans have outgrown this and what newcomers will discover is stale and not unlike a turtle puny and unable to get off its back 
1.5
TMNT
Josh Larsen
a burly brawny redo like a kiddie cartoon on CGI steroids Isn t TMNT what Barry Bonds was accused of using 
2
TMNT
Steve Rhodes
The script feels like it was computer generated This very mechanical presentation lacks the wonderfully cheesy charm of the three live action films 
1.5
TMNT
Ed Gonzalez
Impersonally animated and arbitrarily plotted the story appears to have been made up as the filmmakers went along 
1.5
ARQ
David Nusair
A disappointingly half baked sci fi endeavor 
1.5
The Long Walk Home
Roger Ebert
The Long Walk Home is a powerful and affecting film so well played by Goldberg and Spacek that we understand not just the politics of the time but the emotions as well 
3.5
Natural Born Killers
Federico Furzan
More than 25 years after it was released this poor excuse of a movie remains pretty annoying Full review in Spanish 
1
Natural Born Killers
David Keyes
It plays like a mad dash across the cerebral mind field in search of the right mood and fails drastically at finding one 
1.5
Natural Born Killers
Matt Noller
Natural Born Killers finds Stone throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks 
.5
Natural Born Killers
Peter Canavese
Profane hallucinogenic and wickedly satirical Oliver Stone s Natural Born Killers mainlined a message from hell a k a modern America as seen by Stone into mall theatres and multiplexes Blu Ray 
3.5
Natural Born Killers
Michael Dequina
Sick twisted and brilliant 
4
Natural Born Killers
Leonard Schwarz
America s obsession with tabloid television and with the psychopaths whose lives the shows sensationalize is the ostensible target of Oliver Stone s latest bombastic and self righteous exploration of evil in America 
2
Natural Born Killers
Peter Travers
This is one of my all time favorite movies and it put Oliver Stone on my list of Best Directors Ever right along with Stanley Kubrick 
3
Natural Born Killers
Ted Prigge
Natural Born Killers is basically a flawed masterpiece but at least gives its message across 
3
Natural Born Killers
James Berardinelli
Stone doesn t know the meaning of moderation or subtlety and opts instead for something that is excessive and self indulgent It s as if he wants to shout out the statement Look at what I can do I m an artist 
1.5
Natural Born Killers
Roger Ebert
Seeing this movie once is not enough The first time is for the visceral experience the second time is for the meaning 
4
Natural Born Killers
Chris Hicks
Stone s attempt to break new ground with stylized visuals MTV editing and a story that combines parody and satire is more annoying than enlightening 
1.5
Natural Born Killers
Emily Blunt
Don t miss this and it s brilliance on so many different levels film making acting directing editing soundtrack and of course the whole twisted backbone of the thing Quentin Tarantino s script 
4
The Ape
Kathy Fennessy
The underdeveloped scenario makes it feel as if the ink wasn apos t quite dry on Richard Carroll apos s pages before William Nigh began to shoot 46 
2.5
The Ape
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This thoroughly silly movie is worth seeing mainly for a delightfully touching hammy performance by Boris Karloff in the lead role 
3
The Ape
Matt Brunson
A lesser effort in Karloff s doctor cycle 
2
Peter Ibbetson
Ty Burr
The film is floridly romantic in a way that might invite snickers if it weren t so downright weird and if the players in front of and behind the camera weren t absolutely on their game 
3.5
Joy
Brian Eggert
There s much to admire about Joy beginning with another helluva performance by Lawrence 
2.5
Joy
Erik Anderson
The screwball comedy nature of this setup harks back to Russell s best film Flirting with Disaster After a trio of Oscar friendly and decidedly more mainstream efforts this is a welcome return to form 
3.5
Joy
Wesley Lovell
A rare misstep for director David O Russell There are good things about it but not enough to make it worth your time 
2.5
Joy
Brandy McDonnell
Joy is a surprisingly engrossing tribute to the inventive minds who have created so many of the conveniences we take for a granted 
3
Joy
Sara Michelle Fetters
I love the expedition that this wonderfully complex heroine is on watching her use her intelligence to get what she wants out of life is gloriously gratifying 
3
Joy
Max Weiss
I am a huge Jennifer Lawrence fan I think she is an intuitive and smart actress and it s great that she s been given a part this meaty to sink her teeth into And I get why Russell cast her But boy oh boy is she miscast 
2
Joy
Robert Levin
The movie s quieter moments provide the necessary depth so that the ultimate litmus test is fulfilled When Joy presents her mop on QVC you feel every bit of her emotions 
3
Joy
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Joy is worth the admission price just to see the performances and to check how rebellious and original O Russel can be as a director and writer Full review in Spanish 
3
Joy
James Kendrick
finds a new level of uplift not just in its protagonist s success but in how that success can be used graciously for the benefit of those who are standing where she once stood and looking upward
3
Joy
Leonard Maltin
Joy s inspired by story doesn t bore and yet there s not much to cheer about 
2.3
Joy
John Beifuss
Another crazy messy episode of David O Russell s This American Life 
3.5
Joy
Ty Burr
The movie s a shambles alternatingly agreeable and aggravating held together by our interest in its heroine and by Lawrence s tremendously sympathetic performance 
2.5
Joy
Neil Rosen
This is not David O Russell s finest work It s no American Hustle or The Fighter But it s still a solid effort worth seeing 
3
Joy
Michael Smith
Lawrence is excellent in a flawed production showing all of the strength vulnerability and emotional range we have come to expect from the star But daring women like Joy deserve better treatment than this 
2.5
Joy
Josh Terry
Joy is a fascinating journey celebrating the American dream while making compelling comments on feminism capitalism and the long suffering love of family 
3
Joy
David Nusair
just another misbegotten endeavor from a seriously lackluster filmmaker 
2
Joy
Linda Cook
Lawrence brings Joy to her character 
3.5
Joy
James Berardinelli
Joy can be viewed as a modern day rags to riches fairytale It s Cinderella without the prince In a way that s part of the film s charm 
3
Joy
Mark Dujsik
Dramatically the story is a repetitive process of promises and disappointments 
2
Joy
Kate Taylor
Perhaps people who make gazillions selling housewares on The Shopping Channel deserve to be honoured if they do Joy is not a fitting tribute to Mangano nor to the mop 
0.5
Joy
Tomris Laffly
This might just be the first David O Russell film that I love 
3.5
Joy
Bob Bloom
Joy is a flawed movie mainly because Russell cannot create a consistent tone The film flip flops between drama comedy farce and fantasy 
2.5
Joy
Moira MacDonald
Lawrence is a joy but the movie sadly isn t 
2.5
Joy
Michael O'Sullivan
Even Lawrence in the end is a letdown As entertaining and committed as she is and she s easily the best thing about Joy the actress ultimately can t sell a souffle that s half baked 
2
Joy
Peter Howell
Joy is a fun but untidy muddle a mess that even the self wringing mop of its central metaphor can t easily clean up 
2.5
Joy
Susan Wloszczyna
Joy doesn t work entirely and the structure set up so clearly in the opening sequence is dropped early on for no apparent reason but I ll be damned if I didn t get carried away at the story of a mop sweeping the nation 
3
Joy
Rick Bentley
Lawrence never falters even when the script does 
3
Joy
Tom Meek
Joy marks more of the same not a bad thing as it features the ever determined yet effervescent Jennifer Lawrence back under Russell s instruct for the third time 
2.5
Joy
Alissa Wilkinson
I want a coherently told story I don t want the feeling of rushing from scene to scene 
2
Joy
Chris Knight
Joy represents a rare misfire for the director we re going to leave the weird stillbirth that was Accidental Love out of the question and while the film has a number of nominations most of them rest on the shoulders of its star 
2
Joy
Mick LaSalle
Lawrence remains a sympathetic focus throughout and Joy never completely loses its way But it almost does and it never quite arrives 
2
Joy
Steven Rea
Joy s entry into the world of entrepreneurship has the crazy trajectory of a rocket gone haywire and Russell s movie is kind of haywire too 
3
Joy
Connie Ogle
Russell draws his characters as broadly as those soap opera stick figures he s so eager to mock and though Joy at least tries to break the standard biopic formula it s only partially successful at reconstructing an interesting life 
2.5
Joy
Dann Gire
Once removed from the QVC network Russell s movie feels forced contrived and lacks the narrative drive of his earlier works Playbook The Fighter and American Hustle 
2.5
Joy
Christian Toto
All the great elements from recent Russell movies and a fraction of the Joy 
2.5
Joy
Stephen Whitty
To me Joy played more like pandering creating a role model survivor rather than a truly whole and complicated person elevating one character only by tearing down everyone else 
1.5
Joy
Lawrence Toppman
Jennifer Lawrence s performance as Miracle Mop inventor and QVC pitchwoman Joy Mangano glues the movie together but it threatens to unravel at any time 
2
Joy
Mike McGranaghan
Joy is not the best movie Russell and Lawrence have made together but it is for the most part a witty and engrossing look at a sister who s doing it for herself 
3
Joy
Brian Truitt
There s a Miracle Mop at the heart of Joy though the movie is such a mess that even it would have a hard time cleaning up 
2
Joy
Stephen Rebello
The film has heart boundless chaotic energy heartfelt sincerity and laughs that sting Above all it has the starry Lawrence who puts the joy and pathos right up front where it counts 
3
Joy
Lou Lumenick
Mostly it s up to Lawrence to wring all the drama and pathos she can out of a battle over patent rights that pushes Joy to the brink of bankruptcy No surprise that her mettle cleans up all the messiness in Joy 
3
Joy
Peter Travers
There s no teeth in Russell s bite this time His admiration for Joy has blurred his vision
2.5
Joy
Randy Myers
While Joy isn t a smooth ride it is an interesting one taking us to some unexpected places while giving us an entertaining portrait of a female entrepreneur 
2.5
Joy
Josh Larsen
has exactly one Lawrence worthy moment 
1.5
Joy
Peter Canavese
Though everything around this resilient central figure is wan sitcom Joy the Doer provides a rooting interest potent enough to justify the film 
2.5
Joy
Radheyan Simonpillai
The comic tale is trademark Russell That is to say it s tonally bonkers and dramatically inert enlivened by some decent gags and a terrific ensemble cast 
2.5
Joy
Richard Roeper
Lawrence gives a wonderfully layered performance that carries the film through its rough spots and sometime dubious detours 
3
Joy
Roger Moore
Threatens to take away your will to live
2
Joy
Rafer Guzman
Fact and fiction mix with uneven but entertaining results in the latest from the Silver Linings Playbook crew 
3
Joy
Michael Phillips
The script never jells the comedy feels forced and mechanically boisterous particularly in the crucial early passages And in the final 30 minutes it s a dangling mess 
2
Joy
Clayton Davis
There s a good movie in there somewhere Static and dreary the muddled storytelling offers little cohesion Jumping from one set piece to the next Joy is just forceful rather than reflective 
2
Joy
Matt Pais
It s the American dream as a nuance free heroine steamroller judging and holding accountable practically everyone else who gets developed as a character 
2
Joy
Jaime N. Christley
David O Russell proposes that there may be no real barrier between the caustic worldview he wears and the sense of childlike wonder he sells 
2.5
Free to Run
Ed Gonzalez
The doc s caginess is a weakness that results from an inherently nostalgic sense of reverie 
2
Fresh Horses
Bill Chambers
A movie from Mars
1.5
Fresh Horses
David Nusair
Watching Fresh Horses feels like watching a short film expanded to an hour and 45 minutes but without adding any dialogue 
1.5
Dance With a Stranger
Roger Ebert
A film of astonishing performances and moody atmospheric visuals 
4
Ghost Ship
Matt Brunson
As for the shock ending it s the sort of feeble finale that has marred many a horror flick for approximately 40 years 
2
Ghost Ship
Michael Dequina
Three things can be counted on from Warner Bros and Dark Castle s annual Halloween release 1 a lot of spiffy special effects 2 a fair amount of gore and 3 not one single scare 
2
Ghost Ship
Nick Rogers
It apos s a workmanlike production 44 with no surprises 44 no scares and no jokes unless you count the demon that laments his job by saying he must gather enough souls to fill a quota 46 
1
Ghost Ship
Tyler Hanley
Director Steven Beck builds his Ghost Ship with borrowed materials from all across the cinematic sea 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Bill Chambers
Ghost Ship is better than Thir13en Ghosts but we re talking incrementally 
2
Ghost Ship
Kevin A. Ranson
Guns don t kill people ghost people on haunted ships kill people 
2
Ghost Ship
David Keyes
The cycle of cheesy but artsy old horror film remakes that Dark Castle Entertainment initiated three years ago has finally descended to the bottom 
1
Ghost Ship
Mark Dujsik
I m not all that enthusiastic about the movie but I won t deny that it shows more skill craft and intelligence than the majority of B level horror movies to come out in past few years 
2.5
Ghost Ship
Jonathan R. Perry
How this script escaped the TBS network is one of the unsolved mysteries of modern cinema 
2
Ghost Ship
Mark Ramsey
As Bluebeard might say Ghost Ship is Yo Ho Horrendous 
1
Ghost Ship
Collin Souter
After the first 10 minutes which is worth seeing the movie sinks into an abyss of clichs depression and bad alternative music 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Dustin Putman
Contains a spooky ambiance from start to almost finish 
2.5
Ghost Ship
John Monaghan
If you re in the right B movie frame of mind it may just scare the pants off you 
2
Ghost Ship
Gary Brown
A haunted cruise ship thriller that best belongs at the bottom of Davy Jones locker 
1
Ghost Ship
Melanie McFarland
Truly a cinematic albatross Ghost Ship should be enjoyed after sipping some Halloween grog 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Glenn Lovell
A fine old fashioned haunting on the high seas 
2.5
Ghost Ship
Michael Szymanski
This starts off with a 1950 s Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly very fast The first five minutes will have you talking til the end of the year 
2.5
Ghost Ship
Carla Meyer
A stupid derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense 
1
Ghost Ship
Jonathan Foreman
A big incoherent bore interesting only as an example of assembly line movie making gone awry 
1
Ghost Ship
Bob Strauss
With minimal imagination you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub 
2.5
Ghost Ship
Loey Lockerby
A waste of a great setting and some talented actors 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Rick Groen
Talk about scary the entire last half of the flick is a spectral presence that can hardly be said to exist 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Jeffrey Westhoff
A standard haunted house tale transplanted to the high seas 
2
Ghost Ship
Jeff Vice
It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as worse than expected but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that 
1
Ghost Ship
Roger Ebert
It s better than you expect but not as good as you hope 
2
Ghost Ship
Lawrence Toppman
The only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this I assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies underwear 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Janice Page
All the Queen s Men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels it should pay reparations to viewers 
1
Ghost Ship
Sean P. Means
The script is so sketchy that you can predict which characters will survive by whether they have been given first names 
1
Ghost Ship
Jon Niccum
The movie turns into a special effects centerpiece of morphing faces and relentless explosions 
2
Ghost Ship
Tor Thorsen
Combining quick cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time Beck seems to be under the illusion that he s shooting the latest System of a Down video 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Gene Seymour
In the not too distant future movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds Right now they re merely signposts marking the slow lingering death of imagination 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Steven Rea
Although there are several truly jolting scares there s also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at 
1.5
Ghost Ship
Sue Pierman
If you are a viewer mature enough to withstand the stunning onslaught of gore without suffering nightmares Ghost Ship is worthy entertainment 
3
Ghost Ship
Mary F. Pols
It would be nice if Beck could rely on the script to get him through but since it s filled with dialogue like Don t go in there it can t save the day 
.5
Ghost Ship
Loren King
An adequate horror movie for the Halloween season but it too easily sinks into haunted house film conventions even if the haunted house is decked out as an Italian luxury liner 
2
Ghost Ship
Josh Larsen
little more than a floating display of horror film cliches 
1
Ghost Ship
James Berardinelli
Aside from an occasional half hearted boo moment there s nothing scary about this movie 
2
Ghost Ship
Ross Anthony
Fairly scarily fun 
2
Ghost Ship
Bob Bloom
Exposition litters Ghost Ship like barnacles on a rusty hull At times the film sits dead in the water while characters stand around updating each other on events we ve already seen 
1
Ghost Ship
Steve Rhodes
Commits the cardinal sin for a horror picture by not being scary but it does earn one accolade it could have been worse 
2
Ghost Ship
Rob Blackwelder
One of the scariest most original scream at the screen style horror movies I ve seen in years nonetheless ruined by an insultingly insipid clich of an ending 
2.5
Ghost Ship
Ed Gonzalez
Not only is the film s boo yah opening sequence derivative of Beck s 13 Ghosts so are all the music video tableau morts and cheesy one liners 
.5
Perfect Strangers
David Nusair
infuriating 
1.5
Perfect Strangers
Chris Hewitt
When horror heroines are this lame brained my impulse is to start rooting against them 
2
Perfect Strangers
Tom Horgen
It s a movie that fails so miserably in its weirdo aspirations that you ll wish you were watching that bad 80s sitcom of the same name with Balkie remember 
1.5
Perfect Strangers
Erik Childress
Even David Lynch would watch this and yell out what the crap 
1.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Leo Brady
April and the Extraordinary World is a pure delight of wonder and invention 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Ernesto Diezmartinez
at times I seemed to be seeing some kind of tribute to the adventures of Indiana Jones Full review in Spanish 
2
April and the Extraordinary World
Lisa Jensen
The movie radiates quaint period charm from the start 
3
April and the Extraordinary World
Josh Larsen
Soot and steam seep into every frame so that you can almost sense the picture wheezing 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Josh Terry
April is a creative and compelling film set in an alternate historic reality that imagines different results from the Industrial Revolution It s essentially a steampunk fantasy with subtitles 
3
April and the Extraordinary World
Mark Dujsik
The film seems constantly ready to collapse under the weight of its absurdity but it never does 
3
April and the Extraordinary World
Sean P. Means
There s enough imagination in the French made animated adventure April and the Extraordinary World to spread across 10 movies and enough visual wonder to match its tricky plot 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Rob Thomas
April is an imaginative gorgeously animated sci fi steampunk adventure with an endless number of cool things to look at and to think about 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Tirdad Derakhshani
April and the Extraordinary World will have your imagination doing somersaults and cartwheels 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Stephanie Merry
In truth the story is practically beside the point with all the spectacular visuals 
3
April and the Extraordinary World
Ty Burr
A delightfully deranged steampunk adventure 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
G. Allen Johnson
If you re a steampunk fan by all means go Just don t expect a classic 
2
April and the Extraordinary World
Brian Tallerico
A joyful accomplished movie that echoes The City of Lost Children The Adventures of Tintin Metropolis Howl s Moving Castle and something unique into a well delightful piece of work 
3.5
April and the Extraordinary World
Oleg Ivanov
It provocatively has audiences see the world s current ecological concerns in a different and unexpected light 
3
Missionary
John Hartl
A Southern Gothic thriller that begins on a high note but fails to deliver 
2
Missionary
Mike McGranaghan
The movie may well appeal to Mormon audiences because the plot directly incorporates the tenets of their religion They may also pick up on thematic cues not apparent to non Mormons All other audiences will see it as a generic unconvincing thriller 
1
Missionary
Roger Moore
Slick sordid generic and as it comes apart it flirts with some pretty serious Mormon bashing for good measure 
1.5
Manhunt
Bill Chambers
One of the central pleasures of genre cinema is running your fingers along well worn grooves but while Man Hunt trots out a lot of chestnuts it s the film s tendency to burn through them with bemusing haste 
2
Manhunt
Roger Moore
Silly plot vintage John Woo shoot outs chases and fights that rank among his very best 
2.5
Manhunt
Simon Abrams
Manhunt generally holds together rather well and is bound to keep Woo s most faithful fans happy 
3
Manhunt
Barry Hertz
At times it approaches self parody but that s just John Woo having some much needed fun The man deserves it 
3.5
This Magnificent Cake!
Andrea Gronvall
A feeling of surreal disconnection and an elliptical approach to storytelling distinguish This Magnificent Cake 
3
Second Time Around
Joe Baltake
Vera s three actors Moll Gil and Bardem excel in insightful empathetic performances 
3
Second Time Around
Laura Kelly
Spain s greatest star wattage doesn t overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy 
1.5
Second Time Around
Moira MacDonald
Javier Bardem is one of the few reasons to watch the film which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever pitched melodrama 
2
Ulee's Gold
Matt Brunson
Peter Fonda delivers the performance of his career in this excellent indie hit 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Dan Webster
Writer director Nunez holds the threat of danger over all that happens but the film is less a study of violence than it is a look at how one makes hard decisions in the face of harsh circumstances 
4
Ulee's Gold
Michael Dequina
Peter Fonda s portrayal of Florida beekeeper Ulee Jackson is a masterpiece of restraint confident and finely etched understated yet always in control 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Susan Tavernetti
Nunez manages to pull it together with such grace that you forgive his handful of out of focus shots 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Liam Lacey
One of those unexpected pleasures that combines a low budget with a high emotional impact 
3
Ulee's Gold
Margaret A. McGurk
A movie of simple substance that stays in the mind long after lesser films fade away 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
James Kendrick
Every performance in the film is a winner especially Fonda who is a surprise in such an understated quiet role 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Mike Clark
An emotionally honest low ebber that builds to a satisfying wrap up 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Mick LaSalle
Shamelessly metaphorical in ways that will embarrass all but a few generous souls 
2
Ulee's Gold
James Berardinelli
Nunez s script is thoughtful and intelligent and it challenges his actors with fully formed personalities for them to breathe life into 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Rob Blackwelder
Nunez has a longer attention span than his audience 
2.5
Ulee's Gold
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The attentive way Nunez films his entire cast is as resourceful and evocative as the way he films his locations 
2
Ulee's Gold
Chris Hicks
A wonderful exercise in restraint deliberately paced and quiet in a way that seems to elude most contemporary American moviemakers 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Roger Ebert
Peter Fonda here reveals a depth of talent we did not suspect 
3.5
Ulee's Gold
Steve Rhodes
These characters like good neighbors are not the sort you like to lose 
3.5
Heavens Fall
Erik Childress
There s little to applaud and only a base what a shame kind of anger All in all Heavens Fall is an introduction to history a prologue whose past should be better explored 
2.5
The Mirror
James Kendrick
largely unmoored from the constraints of narrative and convention free flowing like poetry in a series of loosely related vignettes that represent the fleeting memories of a dying man interwoven with crucial moments in Soviet history
3.5
The Mirror
Matt Brunson
It might be Tarkovsky s most impenetrable most incomprehensible and most impressive 
3.5
The Mirror
Jeremy Heilman
This is the sort of film that starts you off without a net and leaves you to find your own footing 
4
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
David Nusair
As complex as a garden variety sitcom 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
John Beifuss
Even before the gay plot kicks in the mix of bloated heroic action with toilet humor and plugs for Hooters is unbearable 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Michael Dequina
This film is made for less discerning tastes that is for those viewers to whom a running gag that has Sandler sitting in kid sized chairs that inevitably break from under him is the pinnacle of hilarity 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Michael A. Smith
James has a big screen quality that reminded me of Chris Farley who could also find a way to be both sweet and funny
3
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Matt Brunson
There s a good movie to be found in here but it s repeatedly sabotaged by the desire to placate typical Sandler fans who God forbid wouldn t want their boy to get too you know fruity on them 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Vince Koehler
Overall if you like Adam Sandler movies this one won t disappoint 
3
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Phil Villarreal
I laughed enough to assure myself I wasn t wasting my time but not enough to convince me Sandler isn t on cruise control 
3
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Jeffrey Westhoff
Many many things are wrong with Chuck and Larry but its ultimate failure lies in the ludicrous explanation used to get its stars to the altar 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Steven Snyder
This comedy isn t just juvenile it s borderline brainless the sort of bland unfunny and at times slightly offensive drivel that one might expect from a grade schooler 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Mike McGranaghan
I Now Pronounce You Chuck Larry revels in gay stereotypes and allegedly funny uses of derogatory words then tries to squeeze out a pro tolerance message at the end The whole thing rings as insincerely as an Isaiah Washington apology 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Kevin A. Ranson
a guarded comedy too gun shy to take its concept to the zany over the top heights fans of Sandler have come to expect 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Kam Williams
Adam Sandler and Kevin James ought to be ashamed to be associated with the cinematic equivalent of gay bashing 
0
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Sean McBride
simply isn t funny enough to rise above its base premise and lazy screenplay 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Linda Cook
Here s a strange hodgepodge of the usual Adam Sandler locker room humor and a lesson about treating everyone fairly 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Kit Bowen
Chuck and Larry tries too hard to find the right mixture of Adam Sandler s signature humor and poignancy 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Claudia Puig
With a tacked on PC message and leaden attempts at humor I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is a movie that gives marriage homosexuality friendship firefighters children and nearly everything else a bad name 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Geoff Pevere
Chuck and Larry remains something close to remarkable an Adam Sandler movie that manages to be crude and caring in equal measure In the multiplex this is called progress 
2.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Moira MacDonald
For the most part I Now Pronounce You Chuck Larry plods along predictably well intentioned but only sporadically entertaining 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Pam Grady
It does not aim high yet it cannot even hit the low targets it sets for itself It is simply painful 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Kyle Smith
If there were a Straight Lack of Pride Parade I Now Pronounce You Chuck Larry could be the grand marshal The movie isn t insulting to homosexuals but to comedy 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Jack Mathews
Does anybody laugh at this stuff anymore 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Connie Ogle
Chuck Larry proves that even the silliest comedy can offer important food for thought 
3
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
David Frese
When you re more intrigued by the appearance of Richard Chamberlain than the film s final courtroom denouement you know this union of movie and moviegoer was doomed from the start 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Amy Biancolli
In the credits the filmmakers acknowledge Brooklyn firefighters who died on 9 11 It s an honorable gesture but what of the previous two hours What of the scenes portraying firemen as cigar chomping homophobic misogynistic chumps 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
John Monaghan
The sad thing is that this could have been really good 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Lisa Kennedy
In the spirit of uncivil unions I now denounce you Chuck Larry 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Bill Zwecker
It all boils down to a horrible waste of talent 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Wesley Morris
The movie is often stupid But coming from an industry institutionally terrified of being honest about its own sexuality it feels brave going a step further than not that there s anything wrong with that 
2.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Tyler Hanley
Despite some hearty humor from Adam Sandler co star Kevin James and a handful of well cast character actors the film s contrived plot and discriminatory jabs ultimately make Chuck and Larry a tactless engagement 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Nick Rogers
Not so much anti gay as it is anti humor it s easily Adam Sandler s worst comedy ever and it s depressing to watch him strain to be a Walter Matthau to Kevin James sweetly exasperated Jack Lemmon It s a groaningly obvious abysmally unfunny dud 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a curious and not very funny comedy that nonetheless is a fascinating social document 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Peter Canavese
I sure hope Sandler s next movie is about learning the pain of Asian folks that d be hilarious 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Kamal Al-Solaylee
An equal opportunity offender slapping right wingers on the wrist while much to said right wingers expectations reducing homosexuality to its lowest common denominators 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film can t decide if it is a satire if it is a gross out comedy or if it is just a tasteless romp full of the usual Sandler shtick It s a frustrating mess and just thinking about it is enough to make me furrow my brow in aggravated disgust 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Erik Childress
Chuck Larry is such an abysmal stab at comedy on every conceivable level that I wish there was a hate group we could join to protest it 
0
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Willie Waffle
takes place in a magical New York City where Adam Sandler minus the bazillion dollars he has in the bank and the Porsche he drives down the street is a beefcake calendar superstar who carouses with the entire female staff of Hooter s Chinatown 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Mark Dujsik
When the movie finally attempts to have a redeeming message it s not as much a case of trying to eat your cake and have it too as it is trying to walk with your foot jammed firmly in your mouth 
0.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Sue Pierman
I Now Pronounce You Chuck Larry stumbles around like a Cher impersonator missing one red sequined pump 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Jeff Vice
Perhaps the funniest thing about the movie is seeing how little chemistry there is between Sandler and Jessica Biel who plays his love interest As strange as it sounds Sandler has more chemistry with James 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Peter Hartlaub
Whatever gay stereotypes exist in this movie and they probably number in the hundreds the writers of the comedy are much tougher on morbidly obese people hot women the homeless mailmen unattractive women and particularly Asians 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Peter Travers
No comedy this year can beat this dud for mealy mouthed hypocrisy 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Ken Fox
This painfully uncomfortable buddy comedy trips all over itself to say something positive while still managing to offend Worse still it s just not funny 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Michael Phillips
If Dugan s crude occasionally effective effort ends up chipping away at America s moron class regarding gay rights that ll be nice But even unrepentant homophobes deserve funnier 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Matt Pais
A big flamboyant cartwheel backwards for gay rights 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Chris Hewitt
I now pronounce it better than you d think 
2.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Aaron Hillis
That anyone in their right minds could be fooled into thinking that two hours of overt homophobia with a disingenuous punch line about tolerance is okay makes me pig biting mad 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Carrie Rickey
I feel compelled to apologize about laughing at Chuck and Larry like many Sandler films less a movie than a fistful of funny moments 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Dustin Putman
So much of it hinges on depicting a person s gay lifestyle as a punchline that the third act s aim for political correctness feels hypocritical and dishonest 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Lawrence Toppman
A film that spends much of its time laughing at gay people can t redeem itself by laughing hollowly with them in the end 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
David Elliott
The writers and director Dennis Dugan conspire to be gutsy in a gutless way 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
John Anderson
What were they thinking Simple They weren t 
1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Josh Larsen
There is a lot of overcompensation going on here 
1.5
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
James Berardinelli
It s a shock to the system when this example of puerile comedy turns into a pulpit pounding sermon The film s sledgehammer approach makes it more immature than earnest 
2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
James Rocchi
I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry isn t just unfunny it s racist sexist and homophobic and truly unpleasant to watch I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry practices exactly the kind of intolerance it preaches against 
0
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Ed Gonzalez
The film is pro gay but it s less interested in collapsing straight male hang ups about gay men than is in putting on a surprisingly mawkish show of political correctness 
2
Imitation
Jason Anderson
Viewers of Imitation may feel as if they ve been kept in the dark for too long 
2
Flight of the Intruder
Roger Ebert
It s a strangely disconnected movie that leads up to a point makes it and then drones on for another 45 minutes in increasingly witless cliches 
2
Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World
Chris Hewitt
Sea Rex 3D seems to be a documentary but its creatures are computer animated its conclusions are peculiar and the scientists it uses to convey the facts aren t scientists 
1
The Last Time I Saw Macao
Peter Keough
The Last Time I Saw Macao is a shotgun wedding of arbitrary narrative and generally random images 
2
The Last Time I Saw Macao
Jaime N. Christley
The essayistic remembrances provide the filmmakers with a brilliant exit strategy when the noir business has nowhere to go but in circles 
3
An American Rhapsody
Dan Lybarger
By focusing a little more on people than she does on ideology director Gardos ends up with a patriotism that seems more honest and compelling 
3
An American Rhapsody
Walter Chaw
Over burdened vignettes that among them share only a desire to manufacture unearned pathos and manipulate events towards the most expedient solution 
1
An American Rhapsody
Mick LaSalle
A near great film for about an hour that changes into a self indulgent mess 
2
An American Rhapsody
Kevin Courrier
A bland Hallmark card that serves as a tired tribute to family fortitude 
2
An American Rhapsody
Roger Ebert
The American children of immigrants from anywhere will probably find moments they recognize in this movie 
3
An American Rhapsody
Rob Blackwelder
Film doesn t get any more passionately personal than writer director Eva Gardos semi autobiographical An American Rhapsody 
3.5
An American Rhapsody
Steve Rhodes
If you leave happily teary eyed don t be surprised But don t worry you ll won t feel manipulated 
3.5
An American Rhapsody
Steven Rea
Johansson gets to the rebellious and thoughtful core of her character with a disarming ease 
2.5
An American Rhapsody
James Berardinelli
A fine period piece drama that speaks strongly to the emotions without ignoring the intellect 
3
An American Rhapsody
Pam Grady
A moving testament to Gardos spirit and a tribute to the sacrifice her family made in their quest to escape the Cold War 
3
An American Rhapsody
Lou Lumenick
Such a heartfelt labor of love that I almost feel guilty picking apart this maddeningly uneven autobiographical tale 
2
An American Rhapsody
Harvey S. Karten
Too schematic and predictable to tug at the heartstrings this is nonetheless a labor of love for the director who presents the story of her early life 
2.5
Cool Apocalypse
Leo Brady
Cool Apocalypse displays a fun view of what it s like being a 20 something person having engaging conversations and lasting moments with friends even if those moments are just for one night 
3
Superior
Christy Lemire
While Superior has a rich style and a couple of intriguing ideas it ultimately doesnt add up to much 
2
Superior
Sean P. Means
Vassilopoulos has a keen sense of pacing switching from the comedic to the frightening with expert timing 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Nick Rogers
Jet Li s true masterpiece of the 2000s is a blitzkrieg of crazy hard R martial arts Forget the need to always know who s beating whom or why in a narrative that s basically negligible Dragon s gritty giddy grindhouse thrills trump logic 
3.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Michael Dequina
The formulaic story cannot weigh down the high flying visceral excitement that the film offers in generous doses 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
David Nusair
Li has smartly decided to eschew the all too fashionable use of wires for the fight scenes in favor of old fashioned hand to hand combat 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Jon Niccum
There are some tangible similarities between rising star Jet Li and Bruce Lee beyond just the pronunciation of their last names 
2.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Walter Chaw
The whole film plays a great deal like an extended episode of Iron Chef lots of edged weapons dead frogs and campy dialogue 
2.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Dustin Putman
Flounders in desperately overwrought dialogue and one of the most incomprehensible plots since 2000 s Battlefield Earth 
1.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Mike McGranaghan
It ain t art but it sure is a good time for anyone who enjoys the occasional bit of bone crunching entertainment 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Steve Rhodes
Even with three people working on the script they were unable to come up with a plot 
1.5
Kiss of the Dragon
James Berardinelli
Whack Thworp Crack Sometimes it s fun to sit back and enjoy the spectacle of bad guys getting their heads beaten in 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Ross Anthony
Nicely filmed acted and scored Kiss is almost more of a drama than an action film 
2.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Bill Chambers
The most enjoyable slice of popsploitation I ve sat through all year 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Robert Roten
Expecting a great story in a martial arts film is like expecting a great story in a musical 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Bob Graham
It will separate hard core Jet Li followers from the fair weather fans 
4
Kiss of the Dragon
Lou Lumenick
The only thing this film seems to be advertising is mindless idiocy 
1.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Susan Stark
Conventional in all but the odd detail such as that death by chopsticks bit Kiss of the Dragon is an appallingly violent and bloody study of the predictable 
1
Kiss of the Dragon
Roger Ebert
I like the movie on a simple physical level There is no deeper meaning and no higher skill involved just professional action well staged and filmed with a certain stylistic elegance 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Rick Groen
Like a merely semi dishonest politician like an only slightly overweight cop the picture is a half decent example of its kind 
2.5
Kiss of the Dragon
Tor Thorsen
Forget Romeo Must Die Please forget Lethal Weapon 4 Kiss of the Dragon is the crossover film Jet Li fans have been waiting for 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Steven Rea
Doesn t add anything new to the stranger in a strange land action genre but like Li s intrepid hero it gets the job done 
3
Kiss of the Dragon
Rob Blackwelder
Overproduced action movies aimed at the lowest common denominator simply cannot get any more trite or insultingly hackneyed than Kiss of the Dragon 
0
Kiss of the Dragon
Harvey S. Karten
Not even the arch villain gets to say anything resembling the kind of wit that we expect of bad guys 
2
Kiss of the Dragon
Ed Gonzalez
Where fools cheered the recycled explosions of Swordfish and the vapidity of Pearl Harbor Kiss of the Dragon delivers the goods 
2.5
Murder on the Orient Express
Matt Brunson
The real knockout performance comes from Finney deservedly Oscar nominated for an eccentric turn that s unlike anything else he s ever attempted 
3
Murder on the Orient Express
Scott Nash
As with all Agatha Christie stories the solution to the mystery is rather ingenious You may or may not see that solution ahead of time but it hardly matters The real joy in her work are the questions rather than the answer 
4
Murder on the Orient Express
Roger Ebert
Lumet overcomes his difficulties in great style and we re never for a moment confused except when we re supposed to be which is most of the time 
3
Desierto - Border Sniper
Sean P. Means
Director and co writer Jonás Cuarón sets up a simple chase scenario and generates riveting tension amid the desert s harsh beauty 
3
Desierto - Border Sniper
Katie Walsh
A generic thriller that happens to be wrapped in political packaging That packaging is sometimes more interesting than the thrills themselves 
2.5
Desierto - Border Sniper
Richard Roeper
Subtlety sits this one out 
2
Desierto - Border Sniper
Peter Sobczynski
Ugly and ham fisted where it should be exciting and edifying Desierto comes up short both as blood soaked entertainment and as a blood stirring polemic 
2
Desierto - Border Sniper
Mark Dujsik
Desierto is a depressingly timely thriller disappointingly bereft of any political or personal insight 
2
Desierto - Border Sniper
Christian Toto
Desierto delivers white knuckle thrills AND an ugly attack on those who want a secure southern border 
3
Desierto - Border Sniper
Alan Zilberman
Cuarón s larger point one that he pursues with every frame is that border crossers deserve our sympathy They have dreams flaws and feelings 
3
Desierto - Border Sniper
Rex Reed
It s a nail biter that exposes the hazards of immigration from the side of the victims and the victims are not you and me 
3
Desierto - Border Sniper
Roger Moore
An uncredited and melodramatic Most Dangerous Game riff utterly predictable 
2
Desierto - Border Sniper
David Nusair
It s hard to deny the pure visceral impact of the antagonist s first encounter with the wayward immigrants and it s clear too that this riveting sequence kicks off a tense midsection that essentially plays like a cat and mouse chase thriller 
2
Desierto - Border Sniper
Clayton Dillard
Any perceptive dialogue or contemporary socio political subtext is pummeled by Jonás Cuarón s preference for empty genre thrills 
1.5
One Missed Call 2
David Nusair
a rather worthless piece of work 
1
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Randy Myers
Purja is a complex athlete and is making a powerful statement in a world where white adventurers dominate headlines 
3.5
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Nell Minow
This movie shows us the teamwork the dedication the national pride the astonishing vistas and the reason that Purja and his team deserve to be as renowned as Sir Edmund Hillary maybe more 
3
Vampire in Brooklyn
Mary Kunz Goldman
What a pity that these funny scenes are separated by wastelands of Serious Plot 
2.5
Vampire in Brooklyn
Michael Dequina
Never funny enough to pass muster as a comedy and never scary enough if at all to make it as a horror movie 
2
Vampire in Brooklyn
Monica Hayde
Craven knows how to set up a couple of good fright shots but this odd mix of genres yields very little that s really scary and even less that s funny 
2
Vampire in Brooklyn
Peter Stack
Vampire in Brooklyn is neither funny nor frightening and comes up a tedious middle road hybrid from veteran scaremeister Wes Craven who directed 
1
Vampire in Brooklyn
Madeleine Williams
Kadeem Hardison is the best thing about this film playing Maximillian s slowly rotting ghoul henchman However one has to wonder about a film where Eddie Murphy needs comic relief 
0.5
Vampire in Brooklyn
Scott Rosenberg
Lightweight fun 
2
Vampire in Brooklyn
Chris Hicks
Murphy s performance is pretty good most of the way but he needed a stronger director than horrormeister Wes Craven to keep him in check 
1.5
Vampire in Brooklyn
James Berardinelli
Doesn t live up to its promise or premise 
2
Vampire in Brooklyn
Roger Ebert
To call this a comedy is a sign of optimism to call it a comeback for Murphy is a sign of blind faith 
1
Vampire in Brooklyn
Susan Wloszczyna
Murphy s pale efforts are enough to make one fondly recall Blacula Now that was one sucker who knew how to make a film that didn t 
1.5
Vampire in Brooklyn
Susan Stark
They re no match though for the crushing disappointment of having to watch Murphy on the comic sidelines It s like going to a Barbra Streisand concert and being asked to listen with her while the rhythm section sings 
2
Brimstone
Stephen Whitty
There s an odor that lingers long after Brimstone s final fade out And it s not sulfur 
2
Brimstone
Glenn Kenny
I m all for heroic exertion in pursuit of one s art but in this case I wish Koolhoven had tried therapy first 
1
Brimstone
Richard Roeper
For all the visceral depictions of hatred and violence and human destruction it feels as if the director is chasing his own tail and forgetting about making it all mean something 
1.5
Brimstone
Dann Gire
A grim and unsavory tale of female empowerment with the kind of her head is bloodied but unbowed ending you feel compelled to applaud but can t bring yourself to do it 
2.5
Brimstone
Carson Lund
Its bid for social correctness does nothing to make the juvenile and numbing fixation on brutality any more palatable 
1
Brimstone
Roger Moore
Unwatchable gruesome and grim
1.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Sarah Knight Adamson
The ballet sequences are beautifully choreographed and a treat to be savored You ll view Li s progression as an international artist as he becomes one of the best ballet dancers in the world 
4
Mao's Last Dancer
Sean P. Means
The script is far too melodramatic and the performances are hamfisted and overwrought 
2
Mao's Last Dancer
Graham Killeen
Mao s Last Dancer is such a profoundly moving story it s hard not to get drawn in as Li must decide how much he s willing to sacrifice for his American dream 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
John Beifuss
Debuting actor Chi Cao s athleticism is the movie s most striking element 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Chris Robinson
Mao s Last Dancer is an epic tale of love and betrayal triumph and heartbreak that captures the real life drama and emotion of one man s search for freedom Well it almost is 
2
Mao's Last Dancer
Robert W. Butler
The movie works thanks in large part to Chi s performance 
3
Mao's Last Dancer
Keith Cohen
Let the trumpets blare for artistic freedom of expression that is perfectly reflected in this uplifting and moving biopic 
3
Mao's Last Dancer
Joe Williams
Australian director Bruce Beresford handles the culture clash aspects of the story with a surprising lack of subtlety 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Chris Hewitt
There is some lovely ballet in Mao s Last Dancer And it s great to see Joan Chen on screen And I m out of nice things to say about the movie 
1
Mao's Last Dancer
Simon Abrams
Beresford can t even represent Li s dancing the reason we re meant to root for this little foreigner that could in the first place with a modicum of dynamism 
1
Mao's Last Dancer
Lou Lumenick
Recounts the true story of Chinese ballet star Li Cunxin s defection to the US in the schmaltziest TV movie terms imaginable 
2
Mao's Last Dancer
Rebecca J. Ritzel
Many films have portrayed the rigors of ballet training but none will make viewers wince quite like Mao s Last Dancer 
3
Mao's Last Dancer
Peter Canavese
Like its defector hero Mao s Last Dancer is neither here nor there determinedly dull even in the flatly filmed ballet sequences 
2
Mao's Last Dancer
Moira MacDonald
Mao s Last Dancer is an appealing and by its end quite moving film 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Steven Rea
Bruce Beresford the veteran director of such Oscar fare as Tender Mercies and Driving Miss Daisy apparently didn t know when to quit overplaying the already hokey script at every turn And at every pirouette and plié 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Wesley Morris
The most interesting elements of Li s story dance politics and the politics of dance have been dulled from their source material though not beyond recognition 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Michael Phillips
The life at the movie s center speaks to what an artist sometimes gives up for art If only we experienced that sacrifice that turmoil more vividly 
2
Mao's Last Dancer
Brett Michel
Beresford imagines a baldly inspiring tale of the exile s life from poverty in China to fame and fortune in the US after a dramatic defection in the early 80s 
3
Mao's Last Dancer
Roger Moore
A melodramatic clash of ideologies and a warm deeply moving third act lift Mao s Last Dancer above politics and into the realm of emotion art and beauty 
2.5
Mao's Last Dancer
Rex Reed
Mao s Last Dancer is a masterpiece 
4
Mao's Last Dancer
Rick Groen
The themes may soar but everything else the dialogue the performances the direction the dancing itself is credibly grounded That makes for a very pleasing contrast Not many movies bring their uplift down to earth 
3
Mao's Last Dancer
Bruce DeMara
Ballet has never looked so darn sumptuous and appealing 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Felix Vasquez Jr.
In the end it just felt like we were being told one long joke but were never given the punchline 
2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Joe Lozito
The jokes fly as wildly as the titular sports gear landing solidly more often than you d expect thanks to a fast paced script and a cast of good natured misfits led by Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Peter Travers
This masterpiece of modern cinema depends upon a single truism A guy getting hit in the nuts a hundred times in a row is funny a hundred times 
4
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Russ Breimeier
White Goodman is one of Stiller s craziest creations a hilariously dim witted and mean spirited jock that doesn t realize how pathetic he really is 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Can somebody please stop Ben Stiller 
1
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
David Nusair
silly fun 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Eric Melin
The movie dodges laughs as rapidly as it panders for them 
1.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
James Kendrick
much funnier than any movie about dodgeball has a right to be
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Tyler Hanley
Dodgeball ducks most filmmaking no nos and manages to serve up a light hearted treat 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
David Keyes
silly illogical and downright brainless fluff that for one reason or another manages to be both funny and charismatic all the way through 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Matt Brunson
At a time when many ambitious studio films are aiming high and falling short here s one that delivers on its low pressure promise 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jonathan R. Perry
I have to hand it to a comedy that works this hard at being mediocre 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Mike McGranaghan
The fusion of violence and silliness makes dodgeball a great subject for a sports comedy and the Vaughn Stiller team is casting perfection 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Peter Debruge
a laugh out loud romp that holds its own against comedy classics like Office Space and Airplane a zinger destined to become a dorm room essential 
3.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Austin O'Connor
There haven t been so many shots of guys getting hit where it counts since the heyday of America s Funniest Home Videos 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Vince Koehler
This is a spoof of sport movies with a misfit dodgeball team taking on the meanest team anywhere 
2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Sean McBride
Dodgeball works mainly because it s full of colorful characters who are a real hoot to watch as they stumble their way through the movie 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Frank Ochieng
However foolish Thurber s premise may be it has goofy inspired gumption and you have to respect his motive for overseeing such intentional stupidity
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Kevin A. Ranson
Slapstick isn t dead it just took until now for someone to realize that being hit in the face with a dodgeball is a lot funnier than a cream pie 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jeffrey Westhoff
More a concept than a movie and the concept just isn t as clever as the filmmakers think 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Paul Sherman
I dare anyone not to laugh when the balls start boinking off bodies in this smart dumb comedy which hits its targets more often than not 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Josh Larsen
offers the sort of entertainment that has been found in junior high gym classes for ages watching people get beaned in the head 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Erik Lundegaard
Did that movie just wink at me I think it did But I m not quite sure 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Mick LaSalle
Yes the movie s watchable and there are about six good laughs in it but six good not great laughs in 90 minutes is pretty paltry for a comedy 
2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Joe Baltake
Non nutritional brainless lowdown rude fun 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Kim Morgan
It s actually frequently hilarious but you can t help feel a bit disappointed by the outcome 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Megan Lehmann
Reeks of desperation from the start resorting way too often to the Funniest Home Videos style spectacle of people getting hit in the crotch with red rubber balls 
1.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jack Mathews
Stiller creates a perfect storm of body facial and vocal expression for every line of dialogue and you have to admire his co players for merely maintaining their balance against the bluster 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Glenn Whipp
An enjoyable up with misfits story that will please fans of underdog comedies like Stripes and Animal House 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jeff Vice
Occasionally Dodgeball is laugh out loud funny which goes a long way toward redeeming the rest 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Lisa Kennedy
More often than not DodgeBall slings its visual and verbal humor with rapid fire spot on aim without fouling 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Roger Ebert
Globo is owned by Ben Stiller overacting to the point of apoplexy as White Goodman his manic performance is consistently funny 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Wesley Morris
Rambunctious when it finally gets to Las Vegas where the championships are held and broadcast on not real yet ESPN 8 the Ocho 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Sean P. Means
In no way a great movie or even a particularly good one but enough laughs to earn it a place on the cult fave shelf next to Office Space and Old School 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Liam Lacey
Feels far too smug about its underachievement to be a persuasive nerd movie This is more a film by Hollywood frat boys slumming for some quick summer money 
2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Nick Schager
Thurber seems oblivious to the hypocrisy of mocking our image conscious society while simultaneously making fun of the film s oddball loser characters 
1.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Erik Childress
It s nearly impossible to watch Vaughn in Dodgeball and not be reminded of the early days of Bill Murray 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Mike Clark
From the same generic mind set that could just as easily have given us Major League Concession Stand comes what seems like the 11th Ben Stiller comedy this year 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Paul Doro
The type of movie that makes you laugh in spite of yourself It definitely falls under the guilty pleasure category 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
David Sterritt
Stiller strives to be a wild and wacky villain Vaughn endeavors to be a likable and average hero and both fall flat on their faces like everything else in this unspeakably stupid comedy 
1
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Walter Chaw
Sort of reminds of The Saddest Music in the World if only Guy Maddin had a sense of humour about himself 
3.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Bruce Newman
Some movies are funny because they re smart while other movies are equally funny because they re dumb More rarely movies are funny because they involve watching enormous wrenches being hurled at people s groins 
3.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Rene Rodriguez
Vaughn is stuck playing the straight man to a collection of stooges and he looks utterly bored doing it 
2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Terry Lawson
No more a good movie than dodgeball is a sport But compared to other recent dumb on purpose comedies it s something close to clever 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Lawrence Toppman
You can never tell whether the next scene will induce loud laughter or contempt for me Dodgeball divided right down the middle 
2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Chris Hewitt
Truly a team effort and it s a winning one 
3.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Phoebe Flowers
A cheerfully sloppy ode to every underdog comedy ever made 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
David Hiltbrand
A lazy flabby waste 
1.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jan Stuart
Shtick that aims for an Airplane style sense of anarchy but instead hits every below the belt spot imaginable 
1.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Mark Caro
Once you get beyond nostalgia for dodging red balls whipped at your head there s little here 
1.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Steven Snyder
The premise alone is hilarious reducing grown men to a child s game and rallying around a sport where we get to see confident assured adults beat down by rubber balls 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
James Berardinelli
Offers about 90 minutes of laughter although the movie runs out of steam during its final third 
3
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Willie Waffle
Stiller and Vaughn are about 200 times better than everything else in this movie 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Scott Nash
Stupid is as stupid does and in this movie stupid does some pretty funny stuff 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dustin Putman
For viewers who just want to laugh for 90 minutes without having to think too much the no holds barred Dodgeball will happily do the trick 
2.5
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Rob Blackwelder
Can somebody please stop Ben Stiller The movie s one vicariously vengeful pleasure is seeing the actors repeatedly take real shots to the head from big red rubber balls 
1
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Steve Rhodes
Silly stupid and fun 
3
Walk the Line
Namrata Joshi
The film boasts of extremely competent performances particularly the extraordinary Phoenix As for Witherspoon with her nasal twang and perky persona she is sweet and sassy 
3
Walk the Line
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fun well acted and well directed piece of filmmaking 
3
Walk the Line
Christian Toto
Walk the Line isn t as great a biopic as Ray but it s still a fine tribute to the Man in Black and his muse 
3
Walk the Line
Carolyn Arends
Witherspoon delivers a full bodied note perfect performance as sassy no nonsense June and proves herself an able singer in the process 
3.5
Walk the Line
Matt Pais
Reese Witherspoon is a marvel 
2.5
Walk the Line
Kurt Loder
Walk the Line is unusually moving without ever becoming mawkish in the usual biopic way It s a virtual reincarnation of a peerless American artist 
3
Walk the Line
Jordan Hiller
Luckily at the heart of this movie is the tender ever rocky relationship between soul mates Johnny Cash and June Carter 
2.5
Walk the Line
Wesley Lovell
Remove the screenplay issues and one will discover that Walk the Line is an enjoyable and often entertaining picture about the life of a musical legend 
3.5
Walk the Line
Frank Ochieng
Walk does more than tip toe to the legendary aura of Johnny Cash it stomps its feet more pleasingly than an overactive Baptist preacher during Sunday services 
3
Walk the Line
Lori Hoffman
Director James Mangold who co wrote the screenplay connects the dots with enough swagger and enjoyable details 
3
Walk the Line
Glenn Kenny
A n old fashioned C W standard 
3
Walk the Line
David Nusair
tedious and repetitive 
2
Walk the Line
Frank Houston
Walk the Line is buoyed by such sharp writing and strong performances that it floats above the tired conventions of the movie biography 
3
Walk the Line
Sara Michelle Fetters
Coming just a year after Taylor Hackford s Ray comparisons between this and that Oscar winning Jamie Foxx biopic are inevitable On most levels those comparisons are unfair 
3
Walk the Line
Jack Mathews
Mangold was wisely generous with the amount of musical performance he included in the film and the later scenes showing Cash and Carter as partners are so well shot and edited they defy you to sit still 
3
Walk the Line
Susan Tavernetti
Swap this music legend biopic with any other It s the same old song 
2
Walk the Line
James Verniere
A worthwhile tribute to two country music legends featuring two talented young actors at the peak of their powers 
3
Walk the Line
Ross Anthony
Impressive start strong acting but goes long A bit tedious to watch Joaquin Cash stumble all over his personal life Maybe that s because we saw Ray not so long ago 
1.5
Walk the Line
Forrest Hartman
Great performances by Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter drive the movie 
3
Walk the Line
Matt Brunson
Phoenix may provide the movie with its voice but it s Witherspoon who delivers its soul 
3
Walk the Line
Emily Blunt
It aint easy walkin into a force like Cash s life shoes But Phoenix Witherspoon and Mangold done did good 
4
Walk the Line
Mark Dujsik
With such a workman like construction the romance loses a lot of its potential emotional impact and by pushing it into the background the exploration of Cash s extraordinary career comes out lacking as well 
2.5
Walk the Line
Michael A. Smith
The performances are perfect Phoenix who was hand picked by Cash captures the man in every way down to the way he cradles his guitar when playing Witherspoon is equally good giving depth to what could have been a very one dimensional role 
3.5
Walk the Line
Thomas Delapa
Reese Witherspoon can t save Phoenix from going down down down in a burning ring of fire He is not reborn in his own ashes 
2.5
Walk the Line
Jeffrey Westhoff
Phoenix explores the dark gravelly depths of his voice to find Cash s haunted tones 
3.5
Walk the Line
Linda Cook
He may not be the only daddy to walk the Oscar line but right now Joaquin Phoenix is ahead of the rest of the pack 
3.5
Walk the Line
Greg Maki
Powered by two brilliant performances and the endlessly fascinating Man in Black it is a masterful film on every level 
4
Walk the Line
Mike McGranaghan
These two characters who seem like polar opposites on the surface come together to create a great American love story 
3.5
Walk the Line
Dan Fienberg
Phoenix s Cash is less an uncanny reproduction of the man and his style than an embodiment that looks and sounds just enough like the real man to pull it off 
3
Walk the Line
Scott Nash
Despite strong performances this is just another standard bio pic the plot of which you could probably recite without ever even seeing it 
2.5
Walk the Line
Larry Ratliff
Johnny Cash couldn t walk the line but his bio never wavers 
4
Walk the Line
Dustin Putman
The powerhouse performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sell even the mustier of moments 
2.5
Walk the Line
Peter Canavese
A dash more authentic or at least more subtle than its Hollywood spawning and Taylor Hackford s come on strong take on Ray Charles would seem to predict 
3
Walk the Line
Eric Melin
when Phoenix and Witherspoon are not together the movie suffers 
2.5
Walk the Line
Sean P. Means
Phoenix nails Cash s little boy charm and pantherlike intensity while Witherspoon reflects June s show biz savvy maternal sensibility and world weariness Together they make one of the most combustible screen couples in recent memory 
3.5
Walk the Line
Duane Dudek
While the narrative toes the biopic genre line tragedy addiction redemption too closely to be dramatically gripping the performances are electrifying 
3
Walk the Line
Rene Rodriguez
Phoenix is terrific in Walk the Line the actor s taciturn brooding persona dovetails beautifully with the role but it s his scenes opposite Witherspoon that give the movie its real spark 
3
Walk the Line
Bob Strauss
Walk the Line may not be the most innovative musical biopic but they sure ain t makin love stories like this one anymore 
3
Walk the Line
Mike Clark
A Johnny Cash biopic equally packed with music and frustrated love Walk the Line goes from compelling to enthralling 
3.5
Walk the Line
Maitland McDonagh
The draw is Phoenix and Witherspoon Together the two are hotter than a pepper sprout 
3
Walk the Line
Robert W. Butler
Phoenix s performance is more of an interior journey that slowly grows on us 
3
Walk the Line
Amy Biancolli
Joaquin Phoenix isn t Johnny Cash But with the clip clop of rhythms behind him aiming his guitar like a gun he puts on one sensational show 
3.5
Walk the Line
Chris Hewitt
A person s life story is also the story of the people around him Recognizing that is the secret to the greatness of Walk the Line 
4
Walk the Line
Moira MacDonald
Walk the Line is less music history than love story and it comes down to the performances of the two people at its center both of which are splendid 
3
Walk the Line
Liam Lacey
The problem is that the movie plays down almost everything that made Cash great the train rumble of a voice the direct poetic truth of his best lyrics the invention of his outlaw image and his constant creativity 
2.5
Walk the Line
Mick LaSalle
A passionate warts and all chronicle of an extraordinary American artist not to mention a love story that can t be beat 
3
Walk the Line
David Elliott
Walk the Line comes alive intermittently 
2
Walk the Line
Carla Meyer
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon will likely be nominated for Oscars for their phenomenal performances as Johnny Cash and June Carter in Walk the Line 
3
Walk the Line
Gary Goldstein
The acting and the music are the main attractions here so if you keep a close watch on your creativity meter you should have a pretty decent time with Walk the Line 
3
Walk the Line
John Beifuss
A sort of stealth musical that tells its story of heartache longing passion and fated love more effectively through song than script 
3
Walk the Line
Steven Rea
It s a celebration of the good times and bad times shared by a man and woman who found each other in the middle of some historic craziness and it rocks 
3.5
Walk the Line
Terry Lawson
Walk the Line isn t a bad movie It s just a shallow and superficial one 
2
Walk the Line
Jeff Vice
What really sells Walk the Line is the believable chemistry between the two leads 
3.5
Walk the Line
Mark Collette
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon should go on tour 
3.5
Walk the Line
Josh Larsen
demotes one of the most fascinating figures in rock history to Behind the Music cliches 
2
Walk the Line
Randy Myers
The heart and soul of Walk the Line lies in its powder keg performance by Joaquin Phoenix 
3.5
Walk the Line
Lawrence Toppman
It should be called Ring of Fire because it tells of people united by destiny in spite of failed marriages drug addiction and a decade of unconsummated desire 
3
Walk the Line
Stephen Whitty
At its most basic levels Walk the Line does what it s supposed to 
2.5
Walk the Line
Lou Lumenick
Walk the Line is the only movie I ve seen three times this year and I d happily watch it again and again 
4
Walk the Line
Kevin Courrier
Mangold cleverly frames the story with Cash s historic 1968 concert in Folsom Prison but he does little to illuminate its significance to the Man in Black 
2.5
Walk the Line
Wesley Morris
The film sends you home moved and in a tuneful mood 
3.5
Walk the Line
Lisa Kennedy
While Cash and Carter s music gives the movie its undeniable soundtrack it s their thwarted yet constant tale of friendship and love that makes Walk the Line a big movie pleasure 
3
Walk the Line
Sean O'Connell
A boot stomping biography that s as infectious as the tunes Cash penned over the course of a lifetime 
3.5
Walk the Line
Daniel M. Kimmel
Reese Witherspoon without trying to upstage Phoenix has such a dynamic onscreen presence that you almost wish the film was about her 
2.5
Walk the Line
Bob Bloom
Walk the Line is flawed but nevertheless entertaining and exhilarating It s more than a biography it s a love story 
3
Walk the Line
Chuck O'Leary
One of the best biopics of recent years 
3.5
Walk the Line
Willie Waffle
Goodwin shows us the fallout which could and should lead to her own Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress 
3.75
Walk the Line
Marty Mapes
The movie itself is little more than a Phoenix delivery device 
3
Walk the Line
James Sanford
occasionally lapses into an overly familiar rhythm of hits heartbreaks and breakdowns The charisma and conviction in Phoenix and Witherspoon s performances keep the movie on track however 
3
Walk the Line
Sean McBride
Walk the Line will send you out of the theater eager to download the entire Johnny Cash collection 
3
Walk the Line
Bruce Newman
Walk the Line has plenty of chemicals but very little chemistry between its stars 
2.5
Walk the Line
Phoebe Flowers
As a love story complete with beautifully heartrending moments and rollicking musical performances Walk the Line is a lot closer to great than to mediocre 
3
Walk the Line
Roger Ebert
Johnny Cash sang like he meant business Walk the Line with its dead on performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon helps you understand that quality 
3.5
Walk the Line
Jan Stuart
True to its better late than never romance Walk the Line is a swooning musical Valentine s Day card just in time for Thanksgiving 
3.5
Walk the Line
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mangold falls prey to the old biopic formula He stretches and dilutes the core story until it resembles less a great man s life than a TV movie of the week 
2.5
Walk the Line
Michael Phillips
You won t go out humming the filmmaking but Walk the Line showcases two of this year s most vivid screen performances 
3
Walk the Line
Nick Rogers
The movie pays homage to musical giants by portraying them as anything but It s more about searching for the man in the Man in Black and the June in June Carter 
4
Walk the Line
Phil Villarreal
Pardon Johnny when he utters an all too telling line late in the film Ray is my daddy 
3
Walk the Line
James Berardinelli
Cash devotees may have a different reaction to this picture In fact although I liked it my bet is that they will love it 
3
Walk the Line
Walter Chaw
A biography of an iconoclast whose life is an exact simulacrum of every other iconoclast s life 
2.5
Walk the Line
Nick Schager
Walk the Line missteps by routinely forgoing credible biographical grittiness in favor of glossy Hollywood mythologizing 
2
Walk the Line
Peter Travers
There s no denying the biopic cliches but Phoenix and Witherspoon jump even those hurdles It s going to be hard for audiences and the Academy not to show them some love 
3.5
Walk the Line
Steve Rhodes
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon are almost certain to get Academy Award nominations 
3
Walk the Line
Erik Childress
Walk the Line has us clapping along to Cash s rhythms and applauding during the triumphant finale which is about two people finding the music they can make together 
3.5
Walk the Line
Peter Howell
Most Johnny Cash fans probably don t care that much about how their hero ended up with June Carter Therein resides the main problem with Walk the Line s devotion to simple truth over cherished fable 
2.5
Liam
Jeff Strickler
Liam is largely devoid of emotion He s a detached distanced observer and it s hard for the viewer not to feel the same way 
2
Liam
Margaret A. McGurk
A dark disturbing and vivid portrait of how the toxic fuels of poverty and powerlessness are transmuted into violent religious and ethnic hatred 
3.5
Liam
Michael Dequina
The story is simple but the emotions it evokes are not and they make an intimate impact due to the commendable work of the cast 
3
Liam
Steve Rhodes
The ending to Liam is not to be believed It has one of those horrible and ridiculously improbable ending incidents that occur only as plot devices in movies 
2
Liam
Pam Grady
Given the opportunity to work on a more personal drama Frears delivers with his finest work in years 
3.5
Liam
Edward Guthmann
One of Frears loveliest most heartfelt films 
4
Liam
Rob Blackwelder
Frears is a director who seems able to spin gold in any genre but his connection to Liam feels personal as if he poured his heart into every frame 
3
Liam
Walter Chaw
The greatest tragedy of Liam is that it doesn t have the courage to carry its own modest convictions through to the end 
2.5
Liam
Jay Carr
Stephen Frears makes every note count for a lot in this beautifully gauged microcosm of big emotions expressed in small gestures 
3
Liam
Roger Ebert
The film is built on strong performances 
3.5
Liam
Steven Rea
Borrows Liam well they found the right kid without a doubt 
3
Liam
Jeanne Aufmuth
I confess to the blahs when it comes to Irish English on the dole stories 
2.5
Liam
James Berardinelli
At times deeply moving and at other times subversively funny 
3.5
Liam
Ross Anthony
Though the threads seem to weave skillfully the resulting tapestry is coarse abrasively contrasting the comfort of the picture on the screen 
2
Liam
Harvey S. Karten
A biographical piece featuring an 8 year old in the title role that goes far in explaining how bad times can lead to the growth of extremist groups 
3
Liam
Andrew Howe
Underwritten characters and broad brush scripting dilute its impact 
2.5
The Frighteners
David Nusair
There s ultimately little doubt that The Frighteners is at its best in its briskly paced and thoroughly entertaining first half 
2.5
The Frighteners
Gene Siskel
Michael J Fox seems to be trying to get hip in the movies and he s lost his way here 
2
The Frighteners
Edward Guthmann
An object lesson in what to avoid when making the transition from low budget films to studio productions 
2
The Frighteners
Roger Ebert
Incredible the amount of work that went into The Frighteners And appalling 
1
The Frighteners
Mike Clark
A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Brian Eggert
If you laugh once during the 108 minute runtime 44 that will have been more than this critic 46 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
Michael Smith
Horrible Bosses 2 is morons on parade 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
Sonny Bunch
If you want to define Hollywood mediocrity it might look something like this competently shot and executed but utterly lacking in soul or verve or originality 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Bill Chambers
So much idle chatter that it s practically radio Morning Zoo Crew The Movie 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Stephen Rebello
The movie is just a hodgepodge of badly filmed chases ridiculous capers and riff y scenes in which talented comics looking as though they re having great fun talking over each other and drowning each other out just not loudly enough 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
David Nusair
a decent yet slightly underwhelming comedy sequel 
2.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Matt Brunson
There are a few genuine laughs to be found in Horrible Bosses 2 although viewers will probably have more luck locating gold doubloons in the Myrtle Beach sands 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Brad Wheeler
The follow up s improbable story involves kidnapping 9 to 5 anyone but the worst ransom will be paid by the bilked popcorn munchers who have to sit through this inane bungle of a budding cinematic franchise 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
Brian Tallerico
Nothing is quite as cinematically desperate as someone telling you a joke you ve already heard only louder 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Rob Thomas
What s really entertaining is the interplay between the three actors arguing riffing lines tumbling over each others Anders seems to know this there s rarely a moment where the three aren t together often crowding the same shot 
3
Horrible Bosses 2
Christian Toto
Come for the comic chemistry between the leads but flee for moments that make you cringe for everyone involved in Horrible Bosses 2 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Chris Knight
Finally A movie that combines the honesty of putting the word Horrible right in its name and the diminished expectations of any title that ends with the number two 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Willie Waffle
Preposterous and completely contrived However it is hilarious and being funny makes up for many many sins unless your name is Bill Cosby 
3
Horrible Bosses 2
Peter Howell
Director Sean Anders and his three co writers go out of their way to up the profanity vulgarity and absurdity of the first film falling into the classic sequel trap of attempting to dirty up and double down on every laugh 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
David Hiltbrand
The Horrible Bosses comedy franchise is like a recipe full of ingredients that you d think would go well together But the taste ends up being off anyway 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Stephen Whitty
This is strictly a by the numbers squeeze out some more money sequel And the worst thing is the stars here didn t need any horrible bosses to drive them to do it They did that all by themselves 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Dann Gire
Sean Anders witless embarrassingly puerile sequel to his 2011 modest hit comedy struggles to be edgy and naughty but only succeeds in eking out a few laughs from cast members straining so hard to be funny that their heads nearly explode 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Anders Wright
Even though all three funnymen are on their game as well as the returning and new supporting cast the movie relies far more on raunchy humor than its streamlined plot which for the record isn t particularly deep or important 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Ann Hornaday
Even at its lamest and most entitled this sequel will most likely please fans of the first installment chiefly because Bateman Sudeikis and Day are admittedly often very funny together 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
James Berardinelli
Horrible Bosses 2 emphasis on horrible is an apt title for this repugnant unnecessary sequel 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Joe Williams
Horrible Bosses 2 is further proof that likable actors have to take an occasional sick day 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Mark Dujsik
Horrible Bosses 2 is far from a terrible sequel but it is a fundamentally redundant one 
2.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Rafer Guzman
Cruder dumber and far less funny than the original which is saying something 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Kyle Smith
Duct tape thick rope and the threat of being shot all figure prominently in Horrible Bosses 2 All would have been required to keep me in my seat if it weren t my job to report back on this factory issued sequel 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
Tom Russo
A new misadventure whose negligibly refined formula somehow ends up being more consistently entertaining 
2.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Mick LaSalle
Horrible Bosses 2 is harsh and tasteless not to mention broad and shameless but that s not a bad thing in this case 
3
Horrible Bosses 2
Dustin Putman
The kind of plodding sequel that gets made because the first one was a financial success not because there was necessarily another story worth telling 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Claudia Puig
This ill conceived sequel to 2011 s entertaining Horrible Bosses is base moronic insulting and vulgar It s also cringingly unfunny 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
Jon Niccum
Although the overall story hangs together the individual scenes often play like improvised goofing 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Matt Pais
Funny enough that you only feel sort of badly for liking it 
2.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Roger Moore
Like fingernails dragged across a blackboard or Charlie Day s voice one long screech 
2
Horrible Bosses 2
Moira MacDonald
Lots of gags fly by many of them in questionable taste some downright offensive and most of them unfunny 
1.5
Horrible Bosses 2
Carla Meyer
Unless some hidden straight to video gem exists Horrible Bosses 2 stands alone as a raunchy comedy sequel that s superior to its predecessor 
3
Horrible Bosses 2
Ed Gonzalez
If your answer to the question When are rape jokes funny is anything aside from never the good news is that you may still find a lot to hoot over throughout the film 
1
Horrible Bosses 2
Kam Williams
Too bad that most of the movie is devoted to such a misanthropic and misogynistic brand of humor 
1
Seven Beauties
Josh Larsen
woefully misguided 
1.5
Seven Beauties
Wesley Lovell
You can t take your eyes of Giancarlo Giannini who sells the film better than it sells itself 
3.5
Seven Beauties
Matt Brunson
Lina Wertmuller s audacious art house hit is at once ruthless sadistic and cynical it s also very funny using its black comedy trappings to unearth laughs where none should exist 
3.5
Seven Beauties
Roger Ebert
Its virtuoso style demonstrating once again Miss Wertmuller s mastery of filmmaking is used to tell us a story that s very opaque despairing and bottomless 
4
House of Games
Brian Eggert
House of Games remains a richly conceived character study a complex cinematic con game and above all else a grand magic act 
4
House of Games
David Nusair
Mamet has infused House of Games with exactly the sort of irresistibly theatrical atmosphere for which he s known 
3.5
House of Games
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Regardless of whether the film still delivers its intended zing it s still hugely satisfying to watch all the moving parts click into place 
3.5
House of Games
Kam Williams
Since it would be unfair to spoil a moment of this perfectly plotted masterpiece all you need to know is that it landed on this critic s Best Movies of the Millennium List in 2000 
4
House of Games
Roger Ebert
There is a teasing quality to Mamet s presentations that reminds me of a skilled magician meticulously laying out his cards while telling us a story 
4
The Europeans
Roger Ebert
The Europeans is finally just all surface illustrations for the novel 
2.5
Extraction
Brad Wheeler
Extraction I d rather have my teeth pulled by diseased evil monkeys 
0
Extraction
Glenn Kenny
It takes confidence to put out a movie whose single word title is also the procedure by which a dentist gets rid of a rotten tooth 
1.5
Extraction
David Berry
There are I guess some decently staged fight scenes including clever use of some pool balls but they in no way make up for having to sit there and watch Lutz garble out warmed over tough guy dialogue 
1
Mohawk
Roger Moore
Amateurish 
1.5
Mohawk
James Berardinelli
I have no doubt that Geoghegan s intentions are sincere but the muddling of historical fiction with the Grand Guignol is an uneven mix that never fully gels 
2.5
Mohawk
Simon Abrams
Has the same political urgency as Wes Craven s now classic but rough around the edges early films like Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes 
3
Mohawk
Mike McGranaghan
Exciting provocative genre cinema 
3
Mohawk
Chuck Bowen
Ted Geoghegan s Mohawk is a survival of the fittest film that s charged with a thunderous urgency 
3
My Darling Clementine
Brian Eggert
My Darling Clementines beauty settles in the emotional profundity of the action how every bullet has meaning and violence is paltry next to the fates of our heroes 
4
My Darling Clementine
James Kendrick
generally considered the Wyatt Earp film against which all others are judged
3.5
My Darling Clementine
Matthew Connolly
The film subtly complicates viewer expectations early on eschewing clear cut character rivalries in favor of more complex emotional and social configurations 
4
My Darling Clementine
Bill Chambers
I haven t seen a better docudrama about Wyatt Earp but on the other hand the venerated lawman has yet to be the subject of a masterpiece
3.5
My Darling Clementine
Matt Brunson
The best Western John Ford ever made without John Wayne on board 
4
My Darling Clementine
Roger Ebert
My Darling Clementine must be one of the sweetest and most good hearted of all Westerns 
4
Dodsworth
Matt Brunson
A remarkably mature movie full of keen insights savory dialogue Love has got to stop someplace short of suicide and intuitive performances 
3.5
Untogether
Glenn Kenny
A character study of mostly very brittle people 
2.5
Untogether
Rex Reed
Another anemic and pointless stringing together of stories that are not worth telling Untogether follows the truncated lives of a group of lost souls in Los Angeles with an overdose of paralyzing cinematic anesthesia 
1
Happy-Go-Lucky
Brian Eggert
Happy Go Lucky shows a different method of survival than viewers of Leigh s cinema are accustomed though it is no less serious nor funny than any of his other work 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mattie Lucas
Has an almost wistful charm to it a kind of bated optimism in a cold and cynical world 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Kelly Jane Torrance
Happy Go Lucky features plenty of talent particularly Alexis Zegerman as Poppy s roommate but it belongs utterly to Miss Hawkins 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Kam Williams
England s addlepated answer to Amelie 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Wesley Lovell
Fresh spunky and well acted Sally Hawkins is enchanting and the rest of the cast is enjoyable 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Josh Larsen
I found Poppy to be annoying bordering on the delusional but of course I m a big old crab 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
David N. Butterworth
The scenes between Poppy Sally Hawkins and driving instructor Scott Eddie Marsan have real bite 
2
Happy-Go-Lucky
Christian Toto
The main character in Happy Go Lucky will drive you to distraction But just try looking away 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Frank Ochieng
Roguishly insightful and quietly riveting Happy Go Lucky is innocuously entertaining in its free wheeling spirit methodically merry minded and meaningful 
2.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Sean P. Means
A winning character study by the king of chronicling the British working class Mike Leigh 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Matt Brunson
Any character who bears even a slight resemblance to Robin Williams insufferable Patch Adams deserves no less a fate than being simultaneously electrocuted and beheaded at film s end yet here s writer director Mike Leigh bucking some formidable odds 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
John Beifuss
Poppy is not a contradiction of but an artistic first cousin to Leigh s previous heroine Vera Drake both are open fearless unselfish and compassionate women trying to craft the best life possible out of the potentially dreary material of existence 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Phil Villarreal
And boy do you pull for her because if the indomitable Poppy can t find what she s looking for then there s no hope for the rest of us 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Jeff Vice
For the most part the British comedy drama Happy Go Lucky lives up to its title 
2.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sally Hawkins enchanting performance is yet another example that Leigh s trademark technique is working 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Connie Ogle
It s a powerful argument for optimism 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Amy Biancolli
I ve never used this clich in a review before and God forbid I ever use it again so pay close attention Happy Go Lucky is the feel good movie of the year 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Sragow
British director Mike Leigh has made the first great comedy for our new depression 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Robert W. Butler
Mike Leigh cockeyed optimist 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Phillips
The new Mike Leigh film Happy Go Lucky is a real pleasure and besides being Leigh s most buoyantly comic feature it s a marvelous showcase for Sally Hawkins who has worked twice before with the British writer director 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Chris Hewitt
It feels modest while you re watching it but the more I think about it the more I love it 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Moira MacDonald
Happy Go Lucky doesn t provide many insights even Poppy seems ultimately unsure about whether happiness can be a permanent condition but it does provide a little joy and that s worth celebrating at the movies and elsewhere 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Peter T. Chattaway
There is something infectious and unique about Poppy s joy and Leigh seems to have caught the bug Poppy can t make everyone happy but for many of us she ll do all right 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Roger Ebert
Sally Hawkins been in movies before including Leigh s Vera Drake and Woody Allen s Cassandra s Dream but this is her star making role She was named best actress at Berlin 2008 I will deliberately employ a cliche She is a joy to behold 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Susan Walker
Coming from the man who made his name as a director of often grim social realist films such as Vera Drake All or Nothing and Secrets Lies Mike Leigh s Happy Go Lucky strikes one as a film fantasy 
2.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Ty Burr
Happy Go Lucky isn t one of Leigh s epic social canvases like Secrets Lies or even Topsy Turvy rather it s an edgy character study whose message only gradually emerges 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Liam Lacey
As refreshing as it is to find a movie that leaves you smiling it s something much rarer to discover a film that makes you think about what a commitment to happiness really means 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Steven Rea
Oddball and ingenious 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Dustin Putman
Cute but inconsequential pleasant to a degree but so willowy that it hardly seems to exist at all 
2
Happy-Go-Lucky
Claudia Puig
It is a decidedly clear eyed exploration of the challenges of being happy And as such it s both an enjoyable comedy and a fascinating character study 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Ruthe Stein
The key to enjoying the film a minor effort by Leigh is warming up to Poppy Her bubbly personality may be too much for some She s like a walking talking smiley face 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Peter Travers
No list of the year s best performances should be made without Sally Hawkins 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Stephen Whitty
Happy Go Lucky ultimately charms just like its dizzy disarming heroine 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Lou Lumenick
Poppy memorably played by Sally Hawkins is one of those individuals who sees every glass as half full 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Glenn Whipp
Happy Go Lucky doesn t condemn the optimistic way Poppy approaches life It s wondering why there aren t more people like her 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that offers up plenty of food for thought the whole thing anchored by a performance so stunning and triumphant if Hawkins doesn t get an Academy Award nomination I might just fall over dead from the shock 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So joyous and uplifting that you just want to pluck it off the screen put it in your pocket and carry it around with you 
4
Happy-Go-Lucky
Rafer Guzman
Writer director Leigh maintaining a deceptively freewheeling tone throughout creates a comedy that s also something much more 
3.5
Happy-Go-Lucky
James Berardinelli
The buoyant tone of Leigh s latest Happy Go Lucky is such an unexpected and welcome change of pace For his part Leigh is just as grumpy as ever but he has produced a motion picture that can best be described as optimistic 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Austin Kennedy
I was ready to give it a negative review but when the movie turned out to have a point I realized that it was kind of brilliant 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Gina Carbone
He may be taking a breather but this is still a Mike Leigh actors showcase expect to hear more about Sally Hawkins and the amazing En rah ha Eddie Marsan as Oscar season approaches 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
Ed Gonzalez
This gangly brunette is bananas and the music on the soundtrack is perfectly in sync with her kooky mode of social expression so that she suggests Mary Pickford as well as Polly Jean Harvey 
3
Happy-Go-Lucky
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slightly uneven yet thoroughly engaging slice of life effort from writer 47 director Mike Leigh 46 
3
The Sweet Life
Christopher James
For as formula as the film appears to be it doesn t seem to decide on the tone until the final moments 
1.5
Forces of Nature
Maitland McDonagh
Make no mistake This slackly paced picture doesn t gel But it so consistently undermines the pastel pretty conventions that currently rule the genre that some sneaky admiration is in order 
2.5
Forces of Nature
Dustin Putman
While far from a complete misfire Forces of Nature remains simply too by the numbers to be particularly gratifying or worthwhile 
2
Forces of Nature
Susan Tavernetti
As soon as the co stars become unlikely companions on a two day trip to the South a major problem crops up no screen chemistry They rarely click together let alone sizzle 
2.5
Forces of Nature
Margaret A. McGurk
Sandra Bullock is the good news about Forces of Nature Her natural charm dances off the screen with giddy abandon Unfortunately the movie lets her down 
2.5
Forces of Nature
Roger Ebert
A romantic shaggy dog story a movie that leads us down the garden path of romance only to abandon us by the compost heap of uplifting endings And it s not even clever enough to give us the right happy ending 
1
Forces of Nature
Elias Savada
I suggest a detour around Forces of Nature until its arrival on home video 
1.5
Forces of Nature
Michael Dequina
Never quite generates enough power to become sweep up the audience like the long brewing hurricane that hits at the film s climax 
2.5
Forces of Nature
David N. Butterworth
If Bullock and Affleck had any more chemistry we might have witnessed spontaneous combustion onscreen 
3
Forces of Nature
Jorge Avila Andrade
Interesante desde el punto de vista de cuestionar el tipo de afecto y de relaciones que tenemos con nuestros seres queridos y con nosotros mismos
2.5
Forces of Nature
Rob Blackwelder
Sandra Bullock gives the best performance of her career as an droll carpe diem kind of girl living life by the seat of her pants as a way of denying her damaged goods background of hard knocks that she can t seem to shake 
2.5
Forces of Nature
Steve Rhodes
ullock tapping her vast reservoir of charm and confidence gives her best performance since Speed 
3
Forces of Nature
David Keyes
A shameless two hour trip of lousy character interaction daisy head romance anti conclusions and disconnected human logic 
0.5
Forces of Nature
Ross Anthony
DreamWorks takes a rather uninteresting plotline and makes a movie that moves around it 
3
Forces of Nature
Madeleine Williams
It s certainly not innovative but it does have its moments 
2.5
Forces of Nature
Mick LaSalle
A so so OK perfectably acceptable nice rather charming romantic comedy with two stars who are entirely watchable In 1999 that adds up to a sort of kind of middling experience at the movies 
2
Forces of Nature
James Berardinelli
Affleck is as appealing as usual Bullock following a series of ill advised career choices is back in top form 
3
Mr. Stitch
Michael Dequina
One cannot help but feel that the story could only have been given its full justice in its intended form as a television series 
2.5
House of the Long Shadows
Matt Brunson
Desi Arnaz Jr is deadly in the largest role and the two twist endings present in the source material are strictly take it or leave it but the presence of Vincent Price Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee allow all the shenanigans to go down easy 
2.5
S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic
Jeet Heer
For all its sincerity S P I T doesn t succeed in giving us a real feel for the tough existence of street kids 
2
S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic
Jennie Punter
Tthere are too few revelations insights or explanations to sustain the amount of time we spend there 
2
Dismissed
Roger Moore
Dylan Sprouse startles and chills in this otherwise hokey and contrived brilliant student goes psychotic on his teacher thriller 
2
Hang 'Em High
Roger Ebert
In a way it s a relief that Clint Eastwood is back home again 
3
Stretch
David Nusair
briskly paced and entirely ingratiating 
2.5
Stretch
Christian Toto
Stretch offers more narration than a Morgan Freeman film festival one of several pot holes it jumps over without a ramp 
2.5
Mandingo
Roger Ebert
Mandingo is racist trash obscene in its manipulation of human beings and feelings and excruciating to sit through 
0
Mandingo
Fernando F. Croce
Mandingo is excessive yet its excesses invariably reveal the caustic truths of social critique 
3.5
Mandingo
James Kendrick
too trashy to be good drama but too dramatic to be good trash
1.5
We Won't Grow Old Together
Chris Cabin
A wild furious and genuinely unsettling ego is on display in Maurice Pialat s second proper feature 
3
13 Tzameti
Kam Williams
A gritty high attrition rate mindbender guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat from start to its shocking finale 
4
13 Tzameti
Peter Howell
Easier to admire than it is to sit through the French film 13 Tzameti is an exercise in stylish depravity that may one day be viewed as the debut of a great filmmaker 
2.5
13 Tzameti
Liam Lacey
A tightly screwed shocker a suspense tour de force that proceeds through a harrowing chain of events with alarming confidence 
3
13 Tzameti
Terry Lawson
It may be smarter than Saw II or Saw III but it s just selling a classier brand of sadistic voyeurism 
2
13 Tzameti
Chris Hewitt
Takes awhile to establish where it s going but it s powered by a kind of sick dread 
3.5
13 Tzameti
Walter V. Addiego
The Georgian born French director Gela Babluani makes an absorbing debut with this black and white thriller 
3
13 Tzameti
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The earned payoff is an all too believable shocker 
3
13 Tzameti
Moira MacDonald
Gela Babluani according to the film s sparse press kit is only 26 years old but already knows more about suspense than some filmmakers learn in a career 
3.5
13 Tzameti
James Emanuel Shapiro
A remarkable debut of undeniable power 
4
13 Tzameti
Phil Villarreal
For a movie without color there s very little here that s black and white 
3
13 Tzameti
Jeff Vice
This is one independent hit that could probably benefit from big budget studio treatment 
2.5
13 Tzameti
Jonathan Rosenbaum
13 Tzameti might seem allegorical but it s too cynically concerned with what works as entertainment to offer larger truths about human existence 
1
13 Tzameti
Michael Wilmington
Babluani creates a fear so bottomless a bad dream so plausible that its hooks tear into your consciousness 
3
13 Tzameti
Matt Pais
This stylish heart pounder is one of the more substance free flicks of late but gun to your head you could do a lot worse 
2.5
13 Tzameti
Steven Rea
The film is exquisitely simple and exceptionally tough and its monochromatic visuals and cast of fascinating hard bitten faces make it impossible not to watch even when events become close to unbearable 
3.5
13 Tzameti
Ty Burr
Demands to be seen for the juice it manages to wring out of its central gambit but mostly for the directorial career it hints is on the horizon 
2.5
13 Tzameti
Glenn Whipp
Outside the setup of its central stunt it s pretty forgettable 
2.5
13 Tzameti
Maitland McDonagh
An icy plunge into the dark depths of the human mind 
3
13 Tzameti
Stephen Whitty
You can almost smell the nervous sweat running down these men s backs You can almost feel the damp 
3
13 Tzameti
V.A. Musetto
Starts slowly but builds Hitchcock style to a terrifying crescendo 
3.5
13 Tzameti
Elizabeth Weitzman
The resulting jolts add up to one unforgettably surreal nightmare 
3
13 Tzameti
John Anderson
By the end audiences will need mass manicures 
3.5
13 Tzameti
Nick Schager
Aspires to the heights of a Jean Pierre Melville or Fritz Lang but proves to be more along the mediocre lines of an M Night Shyamalan 
2
Days of Thunder
Bill Chambers
There is some interest to be mined from Days of Thunder as an auteur piece the auteur being Cruise not Scott 
2
Days of Thunder
Matt Brunson
A vanity piece for Tom Cruise who makes sure that he looks even prettier than co star Nicole Kidman 
1.5
Days of Thunder
James Kendrick
It was not so much about innovation and originality as it was about recycling the same themes about the glories of victory and the triumph of professionalism which Days of Thunder produces in droves but without any real impact 
2
Days of Thunder
Dave Kehr
This is the kind of monstrously overgrown commercial movie that depends entirely on the microscopic pleasures of having one s most routine expectations fulfilled 
2
Days of Thunder
Carrie Rickey
Not only does Days of Thunder disappoint on the basic narrative level it is also a peculiarly thrill less action movie Shot from the driver s point of view the race sequences lose their novelty as swiftly as a video game 
2
Days of Thunder
Gene Siskel
Good writing by Robert Towne and a host of strong supporting performances complement the on the track visuals of director Tony Scott in giving us a sense of the leap of faith that is required by drivers at this level 
3
Days of Thunder
John Hartl
The original script must have been truly atrocious if Towne s contributions can be considered an improvement 
1.5
Days of Thunder
Dennis King
Whatever they call this movie it s nothing more than a puffed up sequel to Top Gun If you saw Top Gun you can anticipate every twist and turn every screeching spinout of Days of Thunder 
2
Days of Thunder
Gary Thompson
It s hard to enjoy a movie that is so predictable Every time there s a race you know who s going to win Every time there s a knock at the door you know who s going to be standing on the other side 
2.5
Days of Thunder
Candice Russell
Days of Thunder lives up to its title in one respect It s big time noisy It s also as empty as the stands at the Daytona 500 an hour after the race 
1.5
Days of Thunder
David Nusair
Incredibly uneven yet basically entertaining 
2.5
Days of Thunder
Peter Canavese
An unofficial sideways sequel to Top Gun except with national treasure Robert Duvall in the role of crusty mentor 
2.5
Days of Thunder
Roger Ebert
An entertainment of great skill but predictable construction 
3
Days of Thunder
Chris Hicks
There s no sin in a movie that s just flat out entertainment but with some care this movie could have been much better instead of just aspiring to be better 
2.5
Marguerite & Julien
Susan Wloszczyna
The wan narrative at hand fails on several levels including an annoying amount of intentional anachronistic details that detract rather enhance 
1.5
Marguerite & Julien
Clayton Dillard
It finds its filmmaker completely lost between impulses to pay homage play it safe or offer something anything new 
1
Fay Grim
Steven Snyder
Nothing short of a comic feast 
3
Fay Grim
Eric Lurio
In the end it turns out to be an interesting film but it takes forever to work up enough steam 
2
Fay Grim
Susan Walker
Movie sequels rarely work as well as literary serials but the Henry and Fay movies have the ring of a satisfying trilogy in the making 
3.5
Fay Grim
Jeff Vice
Director Hartley has a solid lead in Posey who s amusing especially as her character gains confidence and as she begins to turn the tables on the duplicitous Fulbright and others 
2.5
Fay Grim
Fred Topel
At two hours it does get a bit overwhelming to keep up but there are worse places to be stuck for 120 minutes 
3
Fay Grim
Claudia Puig
Despite its imperfections Fay Grim is worth seeing for Posey s and Goldblum s performances and particularly for the witty literate dialogue 
2.5
Fay Grim
Maitland McDonagh
Clever fast paced and surprisingly moving Fay Grim takes a page from Alfred Hitchcock s Americans abroad thrillers in which the glossy surface lies lightly over betrayal and disillusionment 
3
Fay Grim
Jeff Shannon
Fay Grim makes giddy sense to a point but Hartley seems trapped in a bubble of his own failing to let us in on a joke that would be funnier if its punch line weren t so quirkily obscure 
2
Fay Grim
Bruce Newman
Fay Grim is a farce in which people die and lives are ruined Which is to say it s peculiarly funny but you have to be an existentialist with lightning fast reflexes to get all the jokes 
2.5
Fay Grim
Mick LaSalle
You won t see another film like Fay Grim this year and we should give Hal Hartley credit for making it work on his own terms 
3
Fay Grim
David Elliott
Parker Posey is one of the indie queens used feebly by Hollywood but in the hands of Hartley she is the star needed and right on schedule 
3
Fay Grim
Steven Rea
Where Henry Fool was a resonant study of friendship art trust and politics Fay Grim is just a throwaway joke 
2.5
Fay Grim
Stephen Whitty
The feeling of the original film has been lost 
2
Fay Grim
Kyle Smith
Fay Grim is like watching stoners playing Risk and Clue at the same time 
2
Fay Grim
Elizabeth Weitzman
Hartley s work has always been an acquired taste While Fay Grim is too uneven to win him many converts it is laced with enough intelligence and wit to remind longtime fans why they were drawn to his unique vision in the first place 
2.5
Fay Grim
Bob Strauss
Too eruditely loquacious for its own good 
2
Fay Grim
Terry Lawson
The more complicated it gets the less interesting it becomes the joke is just overloaded and at almost two hours too long 
2
Fay Grim
Michael Booth
Fay Grim plays like a cadre of smug high school drama students absolutely convinced everyone will be as amused by their antics as they are 
1
Fay Grim
Roger Ebert
Fay Grim is tortured in its attempt at cleverness and plays endlessly 
2
Fay Grim
Ty Burr
Fay Grim falls victim to its own worried hyperactivity it shuts you out with chattery paranoia Hartley wants us to see the big picture but he forgets we need artists like him to bring it into focus 
2.5
Fay Grim
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Behind it all is a great deadpan laugh I like it a good deal more than Henry Fool 
3
Fay Grim
Sara Michelle Fetters
Posey commands the screen so heartbreakingly hysterical there should be an entirely new definition for what it is the actress is able to accomplish within this story s modest if constantly evolving storyline 
2.5
Fay Grim
Michael Wilmington
Hal Hartley s Fay Grim strikes me as something of an elaborate mistake a wasted opportunity and a script Hartley should have discarded But I liked it anyway 
2.5
Fay Grim
Chris Hewitt
The joke in Hal Hartley s deadpan semi comedy Fay Grim is that the smart self aware characters can never see what s right in front of them 
3
Fay Grim
Matt Pais
Strikes a fine balance between the serious and the silly 
3
Fay Grim
John Anderson
The unorthodoxy of the film is perhaps its biggest asset along with the idea that a personal cinema can still exist be so entertaining and provide something new to feel about character and maybe even the universe 
3.5
Fay Grim
Jeanne Aufmuth
Facetious and acutely stagy to the point of preposterous 
2
Fay Grim
Jason Clark
Hartley miraculously manages to make a grandly entertaining and relevant movie that never seems as if it s being too cloying 
4
Fay Grim
Jessica Letkemann
What borders on a pleasingly intricate spy plot lead by the grimacing Parker Posey gets hopelessly tangled in the wrinkles in the story and it all never quite pays off 
1.5
Fay Grim
Bill Chambers
Everybody s trying too hard or not hard enough
2
Two Gates of Sleep
Mattie Lucas
A lyrical and evocative tale of familial bonds and brotherly rivalry that leaves a lasting and resonant impression 
3.5
Two Gates of Sleep
Robert Tumas
A sparse and meticulous ode to the ritual of family and the sometimes perverse nature of the last request 
3
Angry Inuk
Brent McKnight
Angry Inuk offers much to chew on 
3
Angry Inuk
Brad Wheeler
A dignified response to those who oppose seal hunting but willfully ignore the fact that international bans on seal products severely inhibit the subsistence hunting vital to Arctic communities 
3.5
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Mattie Lucas
Structurally The Sun Behind the Clouds is pretty straightforward often feeling like it may feel more at home on PBS than in cinemas 
2.5
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Rob Thomas
This is a thoughtful and instructive documentary even for those who think they understand the Tibetan dilemma 
3
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Walter V. Addiego
The Sun Behind the Clouds is a well made and sobering look at the current state of Tibet s battle for some degree of autonomy 
3
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Mark Feeney
For all its worthiness politically The Sun Behind the Clouds is a lackluster film 
2
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Shaula Clark
This quietly intense documentary from husband and wife filmmakers Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin shines a light on the inter Tibetan turbulence 
3
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Jeff Shannon
Of the many documentaries that have chronicled Tibet s ongoing struggle for independence The Sun Behind the Clouds offers the most thorough balanced and up to date assessment of the dilemma facing Tibetans under oppressive Chinese rule 
3
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
V.A. Musetto
The documentary does a superlative job of examining the half century dispute over Chinese rule of mountainous Tibet 
3
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The drippy editorializing is a shame because it s oddly not the unprecedented candor of the Dalai Lama that speaks for the Tibetan struggle most piquantly 
2.5
Live Cargo
Angelica Jade Bastién
A film that confuses silence with great insight beautiful imagery with emotion and the empty with the profound 
2
Live Cargo
Wes Greene
The faces in Logan Sandler s film like the landscapes of the paradise setting only convey an empty sort of ambiguity 
2
I Am Chris Farley
David Nusair
An entertaining yet pervasively superficial documentary 
2.5
I Am Chris Farley
Brad Wheeler
A bittersweet salute appraisal and explanation of the early nineties Saturday Night Live troupe mainstay 
3
I Am Chris Farley
Bruce DeMara
Fans of Farley will appreciate the effort although more discriminating moviegoers might wish for a little less hagiography and a little more depth 
2.5
I Am Chris Farley
Rob Thomas
For an officially sanctioned documentary the film does go deeper than I expected into the insecurities and self loathing that underpinned both his comic genius and his vices It s Midwestern polite but also Midwestern honest 
3
I Am Chris Farley
Andy Crump
I Am Chris Farley is a warm and touching commemoration of its subject but it s also awkward and evasive like your parents consciously avoiding talking about how grandpa died 
2
I Am Chris Farley
Brian Tallerico
I kept thinking what Farley would have thought of it He probably would have been embarrassed and a bit shy about the whole thing But he would have loved the attention He would have smiled and laughed And that s all that really matters 
3
I Am Chris Farley
Tom Keogh
What emerges is an artist who lived for the stage lights but sank into darkness on his own 
3
I Am Chris Farley
Mike McGranaghan
A celebratory film that serves to remind viewers of the joyful figure Chris Farley was in spite of his own demons 
3.5
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
James Kendrick
Like most omnibus films the quality varies from sketch to sketch with some working quite well while others feel a bit thin 
2.5
Stars at Noon
Rene Sanchez
Margaret Qualley shines in this spellbinding and steamy story that functions as a sociopolitical metaphor 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Stars at Noon
Roger Moore
The diffuse plot and emotional disconnection between the leads creates a remove in the film that keeps it at arm 8217 s length 46 There are coherence issues as well 46 
2.5
Stars at Noon
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Stars at Noon is based on a 1986 Denis Johnson novel but in cinematic form it plays like a guilty libidinal echo of Casablanca mixed with the understated deathtrap politics of a John le Carré story 
4
Stars at Noon
Ty Burr
Worth a look for the way the French filmmaker once again deconstructs genre into something languid offbeat and sensual 
3
Stars at Noon
Mattie Lucas
Denis takes us on an erotic journey of colonial malaise 44 and while she never quite leads us out of it 44 she makes it unmistakably her own 44 even if she apos s given us far more interesting tours through these ideas several times before 46 
3
Stars at Noon
Richard Roeper
Stars at Noon is all sweaty style with very little true substance 
2
Stars at Noon
Leo Brady
What it all amounts to is a lovers on the run drama 44 displaying Denis 8217 impeccable style for authenticity 44 but failing to tell a story worth investing our time in 46 
2
Stars at Noon
Brian Eggert
Every scene might recall one from a more conventional movie of this ilk 44 but Denis 8217 perspective lingers a little longer 44 looks a little different 44 and has been edited by Guy Lecorne with a curious rhythm that feels unfamiliar and hypnotic 46 
3.5
Stars at Noon
Kevin Carr
Fans of drawn out 44 slow burn character dramas will enjoy this 44 but I found myself bored with the glacial pacing and lack of chemistry between the stars 46 
1.5
Stars at Noon
Rob Thomas
8220 Stars at Noon 8221 isn 8217 t a major Denis film 44 and it feels like she 8217 s diluted her subversive tendencies to make a more mainstream film 46 But enough of her essence remains to make it worth a trip 46 
3
Stars at Noon
Matt Zoller Seitz
91 Stars at Noon 93 is more of a vibe than a story 44 and all the more fascinating because of that choice 46 
3.5
Stars at Noon
Mark Feeney
Denis alternates among handheld camera tight shots and long shots The idea is to keep the viewer off balance and it works 
2.5
Stars at Noon
Kent Turner
Wobbly 44 sometimes mesmerizing 44 but meandering 46 
2
Stars at Noon
Mark Dujsik
The result is a thriller that 44 despite its subversive approach 44 never gets moving and a love story that apos s tough to buy 46 
2
Stars at Noon
Randy Myers
Makes viewers lose interest 
2
Stars at Noon
G. Allen Johnson
Stars at Noon has some interesting ideas and a general fatalistic malaise creates a perversely appealing Le Carre esque mood 
2.5
Stars at Noon
Keith Uhlich
In Claire Denis 8217 s film 44 sex is the great equalizer 44 or at least the act that allows people to defer taking a firm moral or ethical stance 46 
3
Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey
Kent Turner
Fidelio Alice s somewhat explicit Odyssey in which a 30 year old woman s sex life converges with her career fits perfectly in the current landscape of American pop culture 
3
The Souvenir
Brian Eggert
Hogg s film is a tessellation of memories encounters feelings and mementos combined into a work of intricate and personal filmmaking 
3.5
The Souvenir
John Beifuss
Literary in tone and cinematic in expression the film is entirely singular It embraces sincerity and bravery and rejects cynicism even as it recognizes the appeal of dissolute privilege 
4
The Souvenir
Josh Larsen
like watching a friend drown and being unable to help 
3.5
The Souvenir
Matt Brunson
The Souvenir is a hermetically sealed piece not unlike a snow globe Except instead of soothing white flakes it displays only timidity and tedium 
1.5
The Souvenir
Peter Howell
Swinton Byrne and Burke make for one of the year s most intriguing screen couples although this is a romance based on anxiety narcissism and opportunism rather than anything resembling genuine affection 
3.5
The Souvenir
Sean P. Means
Honor Swinton Byrne has a more down to earth beauty than her ethereal mom and she employs it here to give Julie both warmth and intelligence as she navigates her way through a tempestuous love affair 
3.5
The Souvenir
Barry Hertz
This is not a movie that lets life simply play out as it is or was it is instead a collection of memories some sharp as shards but others smoothed down 
3.5
The Souvenir
Lisa Jensen
The Souvenir may be an act of creative exorcism for director Joanna Hogg but it doesn t translate so well to viewers living outside the rarefied atmosphere of her personal life and memory 
2
The Souvenir
Jeff Mitchell
Hogg s film feels like a hazy dream a collection of memories from a toxic relationship with little connective tissue that transforms into a wholly resonant teaching moment 
3.5
The Souvenir
Robert Horton
The film feels like a memory exercise where forgotten moments are left out and the things that stick in the mind are left over 
4
The Souvenir
Soren Andersen
The Souvenir reveals itself slowly calmly with great deliberation 
3
The Souvenir
Gary Thompson
Souvenir has Hogg s signature style the camera doesn t move much the scenes have static quality to them and for an hour not much happens 
3
The Souvenir
Rene Sanchez
A poetic and meditative portrayal of first love and the wounds it leaves behind Honor Swinton Byrne s debut performance is astounding Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Souvenir
Jordan Hoffman
To call something muted may hardly seem like a compliment but at a time when most movies are screaming their message this quiet observant character study is a much needed respite 
3
The Souvenir
Richard Roeper
Beautiful work from Honor Swinton Byrne Her future is unlimited 
3.5
The Souvenir
Ty Burr
Hogg is a major filmmaker pointing herself in new directions the past and future simultaneously and hashing out the places where memory tells the truth and where it only offers more romanticism more lies 
3.5
The Souvenir
G. Allen Johnson
Another small quietly devastating drama by Hogg and perhaps the most ambitious and personal of her four films 
3.5
The Souvenir
Carson Lund
Its stylistic fluctuations are a sign of a filmmaker really wrestling with how she became the woman and artist she is today 
3.5
The Souvenir
Michael O'Sullivan
It s hard to shake The Souvenir 
3.5
The Souvenir
Oliver Jones
An extraordinary rumination on memory and privilege while also being one of the most incisive movies ever to directly address in moral philosophical and personal terms what it means to be a filmmaker 
4
The Souvenir
Monica Castillo
With the combined efforts of Hogg Swinton Byrne and Burke The Souvenir recreates the sensation of riding an emotional roller coaster with an unstable partner 
4
The Souvenir
Jocelyn Noveck
The result is a fairly smashing debut a performance so genuine detailed and lived in 
3
The Souvenir
Sara Stewart
Hogg sets The Souvenir in the 1980s but shoots her subjects with the long armed reserve of a period piece the ivory complexioned Byrne bears a resemblance to 18th and 19th century European portraits glimpsed throughout 
3
The Souvenir
Courtney Howard
Hogg s slow burning coming of age drama feels like a lived in experience one that s simultaneously heartbreaking and heartening 
3.5
The Souvenir
Rosalie Kicks
It is one of those films where you feel like a fly on the wall observing the lives of people and unsure whether it is appropriate to be there 
3
Reincarnated
Peter Hartlaub
Snoop s involvement as a producer does a disservice to the film Was there anyone behind the scenes with veto power 
2
Reincarnated
Bruce DeMara
The whole thing does feel like a self indulgent exercise on the part of Snoop though he remains an artist of undeniable substance In this case a controlled substance 
2.5
Reincarnated
Matt Pais
Wait Snoop likes weed 
1.5
Reincarnated
Steve Macfarlane
Essentially 90 minute promo video carefully orchestrated by the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg and his handlers 
1
Reincarnated
Odie Henderson
If you re a sober fan of Snoop Dogg s rap songs as I am you re in trouble 
2
The Philadelphia Story
Matt Brunson
A witty wordy masterpiece 
4
The Philadelphia Story
Kate Cameron
Katharine Hepburn gives the finest performance of her career 
4
The Philadelphia Story
Wolfe Kaufman
It s absolutely tops in entertainment from almost any standpoint It has sophistication sparkle wit humor plus a down to earth basic plot with human elements such as any of us might face 
4
The Philadelphia Story
Mattie Lucas
One of cinema s most dazzling comedies a whirlwind of breathless wordplay and effortlessly beguiling performances 
3.5
The Philadelphia Story
Jeremiah Kipp
Is The Philadelphia Story about cutting Katharine Hepburn down to size 
4
The Philadelphia Story
Scott Nash
The Philadelphia Story is a classic movie featuring three of the silver screen s greatest and most enduring stars 
4
The Philadelphia Story
Jeremy Heilman
More of an oddball comedy than a screwball comedy The Philadelphia Story s gender politics haven t aged exceptionally well even if its laughs have done okay 
3
A Special Day
James Kendrick
takes the framework of a familiar subset of romantic drama and vigorously turns it on its head as a means of tackling an acute example of what it means to be a social outsider
3.5
Wolves at the Door
David Nusair
runs out of steam long before arriving at its anticlimactic finish 
2
Forever
Kam Williams
A mysterious mindbender about a deceptively serene sanctuary with a chilling hidden agenda 
4
Paddington
Mattie Lucas
For those who grew up with him and for children just now discovering him Paddington is a refreshing treat a film whose childlike sense of wonder is utterly and completely infectious 
3.5
Paddington
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The kids will have fun and their parents won t feel ashamed of liking it Full review in Spanish 
3
Paddington
Michael Smith
This is just too cute The movie Paddington is beyond sweet the movie is cuddly 
3.5
Paddington
Josh Larsen
could have been made with half the creativity and wit that it was and not lost a dime 
3
Paddington
Linda Cook
Paddington could have used more looking after 
2
Paddington
Christian Toto
If your children say they don t want to see Paddington send them to their room sans supper 
3.5
Paddington
Mike McGranaghan
Everything about this movie is fun and entertaining It s the kind of family film that shows everyone a good time regardless of age 
3.5
Paddington
Chris Knight
While it s not quite as charming as it wants to be the climax is needlessly frantic it manages in its quieter moments to capture some of the author s old fashioned whimsy 
3
Paddington
Brad Keefe
Pulling off a photorealistic talking CGI bear movie is no easy task but Paddington is warm and winning and earnestly British 
3
Paddington
Nina Garin
Despite its terrible trailers the movie is a surprising delight 
3
Paddington
Rafer Guzman
A respectable screen version of Michael Bond s classic children s books 
3
Paddington
Christy Lemire
It manages to be both old fashioned and high tech It remains faithful to the character s roots while also placing him firmly within a contemporary setting It s charmingly funny and shamelessly punny 
3
Paddington
Stephen Whitty
Find yourself a small child and go but be sure to stop for tea and biscuits after 
3
Paddington
Brad Wheeler
This is not only a dandy playful movie about a talking bear but one that gives pause for thought too 
3.5
Paddington
Tirdad Derakhshani
A charming witty gentle mix of live action and CGI that will delight children and parents 
3.5
Paddington
Kent Turner
It also contains the most important ingredient from Michael Bond a sense of humor from the slapstick to the droll This film will evoke laughter not tears 
3.5
Paddington
Mary Houlihan
This is a charming film whose underlying message of tolerance and acceptance strikes a palpable chord in today s world both for children and adults 
3.5
Paddington
Kyle Smith
Just about perfect at least as a collection of sketches without any particular direction 
3
Paddington
Peter Keough
True a lot of marmalade gets spread around and at times the zaniness gets a bit too slap sticky but it s all good clean fun 
3
Paddington
Mark Dujsik
A good part of the film s charm is that even in the face of this cynicism Paddington remains unchanged 
3
Paddington
Sandie Angulo Chen
Because of its adorable protagonist laugh out loud gags and touching premise Paddington succeeds in a way most CGI live action hybrids do not 
3
Paddington
Dann Gire
The surprisingly joyful Paddington is a fun and frolicking family movie that celebrates families at the same time it pumps some much needed fresh air into the increasingly stale and saggy genre of children s movies 
3
Paddington
Michael Phillips
Such is the chipper goodwill of both Paddington and Paddington that you forgive the flaws 
3
Paddington
Walter V. Addiego
It might even boost the market for marmalade 
3
Paddington
Bruce DeMara
It s a relief to say that as films based on fictional animals go Paddington is better than merely bearable 
3
Paddington
Matt Pais
An incredibly charming family flick that if it were a toy would come in a box marked Recommended for ages 3 90 
3
Paddington
Moira MacDonald
Paddington is ultimately about how a newcomer can become part of a family and about how good manners and marmalade can get you out of any tricky situation delightful messages at any age 
3
Paddington
Rex Reed
A series of rough and tumble encounters with life in London guaranteed to charm and delight children from 5 to 55 that raises family fare to a new level of entertainment value 
3
Paddington
Claudia Puig
Paddington s journey from South America to London is just droll enough for adults qualifying as a gentle parable about xenophobia and exuberant enough for the youngest viewers 
3
Paddington
Dustin Putman
A quality family film likely to stand the test of time Paddington is practically impossible to dislike 
3
Paddington
Roger Moore
Utterly charming inimitably British
3
Paddington
Kenji Fujishima
The film recalls its stylistic forbears at their best flowing with whimsy but never at the expense of the beating heart of its human and animal characters 
3
In the Mouth of Madness
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In the Mouth of Madness isn t John Carpenter s best horror movie to date but it may well be his scariest 
3
In the Mouth of Madness
Matt Brunson
While it s more ambitious than most Carpenter works from this period it s not any more satisfying 
2
In the Mouth of Madness
David Nusair
Filmmaker Carpenter working from Michael De Luca s screenplay kicks John Carpenter s In the Mouth of Madness with a striking and engrossing in media res opening that immediately captures the viewer s interest and attention 
3
In the Mouth of Madness
Dustin Putman
Chillingly blurs the lines between truth and fantasy between logic and the malevolently illogical 
3
In the Mouth of Madness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A real honest to goodness horror film not a gore film or a goofy comedy 
3.5
In the Mouth of Madness
Roger Ebert
One wonders how In the Mouth of Madness might have turned out if the script had contained even a little more wit and ambition 
2
In the Mouth of Madness
Mick LaSalle
Cheesy horror celebrating the power of cheesy horror while pretending to be appalled 
1
In the Mouth of Madness
Chris Hicks
After awhile the redundancies begin to hamper the narrative and it becomes rather tiresome 
2
In the Mouth of Madness
James Berardinelli
Confusing weird and not very involving 
2
In the Mouth of Madness
Madeleine Williams
Limp performances and ludicrous special effects remove this study of reality from any sense of it 
1
Just Let Go: A Night Of Forgiveness
Scott Renshaw
The well intentioned lessons about forgiveness and redemption can provide their own emotional impact a script has a responsibility for creating characters who behave like actual people 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Mark Moring
The film has its sappy predictable moments but the gorgeous cinematography apt direction and fine acting more than compensate Think of it like Chariots of Fire on the golf course 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Linda Cook
This would have gone straight to video had it not been for the box office success of The Passion of the Christ 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Vince Koehler
Jim Caviezel hot off his success in The Passion of the Christ 
3.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Sean P. Means
Caviezel s aw shucks demeanor is at odds with the pedestal building efforts of every other element of the movie
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Ted Fry
As happens occasionally on the putting green there are brief flashes of tension and drama but more often it s a long slog to the 18th hole as thoughts drift to that icy martini waiting in the clubhouse 
1.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Peter Hartlaub
Was Bobby Jones really this great a guy Who knows But after watching the greed that has consumed sports and the anti heroes that have consumed modern films finding someone to clap for is an OK way to pass the time 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
David Elliott
Fore haunted by Bore 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Peter Travers
Jones deserved better than a biopic with a TV movie heart 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
David Hiltbrand
Plays out much like a round of golf slow old fashioned tediously long and lacking in drama 
1.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Jan Stuart
This creaky slow chugging jalopy of a movie grows on you 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Megan Lehmann
A sluggish meander through the life of the man considered by many to be a deity of golfing 
1.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Jack Mathews
I found this to be among the most boring flat and cliched sports movies I ve ever seen 
1.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Connie Ogle
Maybe golf films don t have to be comedies to succeed but frankly we d all be better off renting Caddyshack again 
1.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
John Monaghan
If Bobby Jones was a more complex individual you d never guess it from the film which mines an endless string of sports cliches and passages from literature 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Michael Booth
Bobby Jones had a golf swing remembered as sheer poetry in motion and much of the movie about him demonstrates the same grace 
3
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Roger Ebert
No doubt we should be grateful that Jones story isn t churned up into soap opera and hyped with false crises and climaxes it is the story of a golfer and it contains a lot of golf 
3
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Lawrence Toppman
With so much love in the air you might wish Jones would go back to cursing and bouncing clubs off spectators once in a rare while 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Ty Burr
Amazingly it engages your attention and even respect while trotting out every clubhouse cliche in the book 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Jeffrey Westhoff
Struggling to stay awake I kept reminding myself this is a movie aimed at people who actually enjoy watching golf on television 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Walter Chaw
As an actor Caviezel s a good plaster bust and Bobby Jones Stroke of Genius is just the hermetically sealed showcase for his display 
1
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Dan Lybarger
If only the movie were as interesting as Jones actual life and achievements 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
James Auer
The picture looks good and plays well if deliberately like a golfing version of Chariots of Fire 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Peter Bernard
While the ensemble cast is often warm and engaging Caviezel fails to bring his character to life 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
David Sterritt
True blue golf buffs should find it a treat For others it s no deeper than a tin cup on a putting green 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Chris Hewitt
Much of the time we are literally watching grass grow 
1
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Jeff Strickler
Perhaps golf is just too internalized to make great drama 
2.5
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Josh Larsen
so reverent of its subject that it might as well be titled The Passion of the Bobby 
2
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Rick Kogan
Less movie than fawning infomercial 
0
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Steve Rhodes
A great sports movie and an inspirational family film about an American legend 
3.5
Tommy Boy
Mal Vincent
Farley has a great deal of energy and a cheerful screen presence It s impossible not to like him at the same time that you can merely shake your head at this flick 
1
Tommy Boy
Peter Canavese
Farley and Spade have a definite chemistry and they do their best to pick up the slack Blu ray 
2
Tommy Boy
David Nusair
Spade and Farley are so good together 
3
Tommy Boy
Phil Villarreal
Astounding for its number of effective gags and it is a comedy that loses nothing on repeat viewings 
4
Tommy Boy
Roger Ebert
The movie is an assembly of cliches and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies all its better 
1
Tommy Boy
Walter V. Addiego
It all falls to Farley who plays a good bonehead but isn t quite ready for prime time 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Mattie Lucas
Borderline unpleasant and frustrating to watch 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Michael Dequina
All too kiddie for Apatow s older fan base and a bit too rough and violent to be an all ages family friendly film 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
David Nusair
aggressively bland 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Bill Chambers
A distaff version of Weird Science with a similar metaphysical disregard for logic
2
Drillbit Taylor
Peter Canavese
Wilson proves again that he s a quick witted comedic treasure mdash he s the sort of actor who gets hired to make mediocre movies almost good by his sheer force of comic will Blu Ray 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Austin Kennedy
What worked for me were the three kids but every time Wilson shows up the movie comes to a complete halt 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Michael A. Smith
He Wilson has played every variation of the stoned surfer guy imaginable and here the act begins to wear thin
2
Drillbit Taylor
Linda Cook
Insufferably mean spirited Drillbit Taylor is believe it or not a movie about bullies aimed at young people 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Josh Hurst
Though certainly not a disaster it is a move away from the style of comedy that has made Apatow and Rogen stars and it finds them on shaky ground 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Mike McGranaghan
Have you ever seen a movie that you knew was significantly flawed yet you kind of liked it anyway That s how I felt about Drillbit Taylor 
3
Drillbit Taylor
Matt Brunson
While we re thankfully not subjected to a film nearly as atrocious as Wilson s 2006 You Me and Dupree rest assured that you me and Drillbit Taylor isn t a recipe for enjoyment either 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Bob Bloom
Drillbit Taylor raises the question about why in today s teen age movies must every high school bully appear to have taken lessons at the Hannibal Lector School of Psychopathic Adolescents 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Sean McBride
Mix in the mediocre jokes and a cast that is game but not overly inspired and you re left with a film that s a real letdown considering the filmmaking team involved here 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Larry Ratliff
Because the filmmakers plant their laugh generating derrick over the same comic well that s been pumped out twice before Drillbit Taylor hits a dry hole 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything this film is more Weird Science or One Crazy Summer then it is Ferris Bueller s Day Off or Superbad 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Carla Meyer
Like Wilson Mann can wring laughs even from mediocre lines Here s an idea How about Apatow and Rogen forget the freaky geeky boys for a while and give Mann a starring role 
2
Drillbit Taylor
John Beifuss
The first film from the Judd Apatow Productions assembly line that feels like it came off an assembly line Drillbit is to Judd Apatow as Harry and the Hendersons is to Steven Spielberg 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Eric Melin
Directed by Steven Brill this film is one almost funny situation after another that is completely undercut by lazy timing and editing 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Ryan Stewart
Drillbit Taylor presents nothing blindingly new for fans of Apatow or Sandler style humor and when watching it one can hear the faint rustling of old scripts being yanked from drawers for a timely cash in 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Claudia Puig
Drillbit Taylor is as clunky and humorless as its title 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Moira MacDonald
Maybe I should have bought popcorn this movie undoubtedly goes down better when it s partially drowned out by munching 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Mick LaSalle
Without focus without apparent intention the movie floats along stringing various incidents together and in the end seems much longer than it is It feels like 2 1 2 hours 
1
Drillbit Taylor
Steven Rea
Too much of Drillbit Taylor is the kind of formulaic free for all that does Wilson no good nor anybody else 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Kyle Smith
Trying to mix farce with heart Drillbit Taylor is instead as soulful as Kenny G and as wacky as public television 
2
Drillbit Taylor
James Rocchi
While Drillbit Taylor may not be consistently brilliant or laugh out loud funny all the way through it is at the least consistently amusing 
3
Drillbit Taylor
Darel Jevens
It s no wedgie but after a while Drillbit Taylor feels like its own form of torment 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Stephen Whitty
Wilson needs to find a few other steady sources of scripts if he doesn t want to become the clown prince of B movie land And Apatow needs to slow down and try a little harder unless he wants to become its smirking figurehead 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Peter Howell
This is Apatow Lite a slapped together series of sketches that are rarely funny and are often nastier than a movie aimed at pre teens should be 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even if this movie doesn t quite hit the highs of its predecessor it s nice to know that there are still filmmakers ready to respect the eternal struggles of freaks and geeks 
3
Drillbit Taylor
Sue Pierman
Drillbit Taylor is a guilty pleasure that s satisfying as a plate of junk food 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Glenn Whipp
Strictly infantile 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Amy Biancolli
Watching kids being forced to pee on each other isn t actually funny Neither is watching those same kids get chased down by a pair of thugs in a sports car 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Jason Anderson
That so little of the movie bears the inventiveness charm or rude energy of the team s last look at teen life suggests this particular well of inspiration has already run dry 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Wesley Morris
The makers of Drillbit Taylor aren t so much interested in a movie about the tyranny of bullies as they are completely turned on by the violence they inflict 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Christian Toto
Drillbit Taylor is second rate Apatow but it still outperforms most teen comedies 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Daniel M. Kimmel
teen audiences may enjoy it but only because they ll be mistaking it for something original 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As ever Wilson s charmingly slippery delivery sets the tone and saves the day from slapsticky broadness 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Willie Waffle
a funny movie but a movie without many memorable moments and it suffers from a great deal of predictability 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Dustin Putman
Drillbit Taylor goes down with ease when it isn t trying too hard This may not be a great teen comedy but it is a warm and smart one 
2.5
Drillbit Taylor
Maitland McDonagh
This high school comedy about freaks geeks and the bodyguard they hire to protect them from bullying is a disappointing hodgepodge of rehashed clichés 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Nick Schager
Is the golden age of Judd Apatow already waning 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Jeff Vice
While there is still some questionable humor and there are some tasteless sexual references the film is very sweet and recalls the cultily adored 1980 hit My Bodyguard in almost all the right ways 
3
Drillbit Taylor
Jeffrey Westhoff
With his laconic attitude Owen Wilson has a talent for making dumb material funny That talent serves him greatly in Drillbit Taylor 
3
Drillbit Taylor
Joe Lozito
Tone deaf would be comedy about three high school wimps who hire Owen Wilson as their bodyguard If this sounds familiar it s because there s nothing new here 
1
Drillbit Taylor
Michael Phillips
Drillbit Taylor makes last summer s very funny Superbad look even better in retrospect 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Gene Seymour
The Apatow vibe may still carry some righteous mojo But Drillbit Taylor proves that even the smoothest running hit machine can stand a tuneup every few miles 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Lawrence Toppman
The script by Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen and the direction by Steven Brill have a careless never gave a damn feel that s as insulting to viewers as the film is dull 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Steve Rhodes
Suffering through Drillbit Taylor will remind you of the last time your dentist used his drill bit on you 
1.5
Drillbit Taylor
Josh Larsen
During the final showdown there is almost as much teen pummeling going on as in Never Back Down Unfortunately Never Back Down was funnier 
2
Drillbit Taylor
Marc Savlov
A dispiritingly mediocre tweener comedy from some very talented people who appear to be experiencing a delayed sophomore slump 
1.5
Erotikon
Eric Henderson
It is like Charpentier s pale young niece more tease than sleaze 
2.5
First Round Down
Roger Moore
Clever ideas ripping off Grosse Pointe Blank is the cleverest get lost in this slow off tone Canadian action comedy 
1.5
First Round Down
Brad Wheeler
There s a nice twist midway through but the film never quite comes together 
2
All Hail
Roger Moore
Puzzlingly infuriatingly vapid 
1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Brian Eggert
The Adventures of Robin Hood remains ageless undemanding in the most marvelous of ways and rich with effervescent filmmaking and performances 
4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Wesley Lovell
Nearly every aspect of the Robin Hood myth we know today is embodied in this exciting socially aware adventure 
4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Peter Canavese
A rousing high spirited family entertainment rightly regarded as one for the ages Blu ray 
4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Roger Ebert
In these cynical days when swashbucklers cannot be presented without an ironic subtext this great 1938 film exists in an eternal summer of bravery and romance 
4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fast paced and loose this 120 minute production concentrates mostly on fun energy and high spirits 
3.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Gabe Leibowitz
An entertaining 100 minutes that s well worth the price of admission even if it s flawed in several respects 
3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Adventures of Robin Hood shows the studio system could produce works of pure energy and joy 
4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Steve Rhodes
A wonderful fairy tale of a movie with delightful cartoonish figures 
3.5
Undertow
Wesley Morris
This drama is a first feature by Javier Fuentes Lon that manages to outgrow the limits of its story 
3
Undertow
John Hartl
Reminiscent of such heavenly Hollywood fantasies as Here Comes Mr Jordan Peru s Undertow suggests a more passionate lyrical tale of a soul in search of a body 
3.5
Undertow
Rene Rodriguez
Right from the start of Undertow writer director Javier Fuentes Leon refuses to reduce any of his characters to clichs which gives the film its fresh captivating power 
3
Undertow
Andrew Schenker
More heart tugging mlo than spooky thriller 
2
Undertow
David Wiegand
This small film s accomplishments are many but not the least is its ability to take a human story and frame it as a parable without losing a bit of credibility or irresistible heart 
4
Undertow
John Beifuss
An unconventional sun drenched ghost love story 
3
Megiddo
Maitland McDonagh
The film s message is delivered with no great subtlety but greater professionalism than the first generation of Christian thrillers 
2
Megiddo
Stephen Himes
This is the work of Satan 
0
Megiddo
Robert Roten
There have been many films about Armageddon and most of them suck This is no exception to the rule good eye candy though 
2
Megiddo
Steve Rhodes
It s so overacted and ridiculously scripted that it s sometimes kind of fun 
2
Megiddo
Ross Anthony
Good or evil Which will you choose to participate in today 
2
Godzilla
David Nusair
It s ultimately rather difficult to discern why Godzilla has amassed a reputation as a classic of the genre 
1.5
Godzilla
Budd Wilkins
Rarely has the open wound of widespread devastation been transposed to celluloid with greater visceral impact 
4
Godzilla
James Kendrick
For all its rubbery fakeness and sometimes silly plotting the film nevertheless cuts right to the bone of nuclear anxiety
3.5
Godzilla
Marty Mapes
Everything you have heard about Godzilla is true
3
Godzilla
Phil Villarreal
A treasure that should remain buried to all but the most gonzo Godzilla followers 
2
Godzilla
Lisa Kennedy
The rampaging reptile is back to remind us that monsters have meaning 
3
Godzilla
Rob Thomas
Do we want a monster movie with a social conscience or do we want to see a guy in a lizard suit smash model trains 
3
Godzilla
Gemma Tarlach
Instead of a disjointed monster movie this original Godzilla is a masterful statement about humankind s monstrous abilities to inflict harm on itself and the world 
3.5
Godzilla
John Hartl
Rialto has done a commendable job of putting the picture back together while adding fresh subtitles that occasionally mystify 
2.5
Godzilla
Roger Ebert
This is a bad movie but it has earned its place in history and the enduring popularity of Godzilla and other monsters shows that it struck a chord 
1.5
Godzilla
Chris Hewitt
It s intriguing to wonder how Japanese audiences responded to the film in the 50s when the terrible super weapons had only recently become a fact of life 
3
Godzilla
Janice Page
Godzilla has never looked as good as in Honda s original conception and few sci fi creatures have equaled the size or impact of its first footsteps 
3.5
Godzilla
James Berardinelli
A great boon to monster movie fans but will have limited appeal to others 
2.5
Godzilla
Steve Rhodes
A pretty silly saga with some really really cheesy special effects the movie only works as a cinematic curiosity 
2.5
Godzilla
Bruce Newman
Political charge elevates Godzilla far above its reputation for cheesiness but not so far that it should be mistaken for political satire 
3
Godzilla
Carrie Rickey
Morally compelling aspects of Honda s film lost to Americans are now restored 
3
Godzilla
Mick LaSalle
A collective metaphor and a collective nightmare a message film that says more than its message that captures with a horrified poetry the terrors that stomped through the minds of people 50 years ago 
3
Godzilla
David Sterritt
Godzilla is back and he still has something to teach us 
4
Without Saying Goodbye
Roger Moore
That scenery hot springs stunning vistas the glories of Machu Picchu and a seaside finale near Nazca offers some compensation for the cute nothing that this movie is Not enough but some 
1.5
When Worlds Collide
Matt Brunson
An example of superior sci fi cinema 46 
3
When Worlds Collide
James Kendrick
a fun 44 sometimes cheesy descent into apocalyptic nonsense
2.5
Take Me Somewhere Nice
Roger Moore
Kind of washes over you Nothing much happens but when it does you re grateful for it and content just to be someplace other than Bosnia as you observe it 
2.5
Take Me Somewhere Nice
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What distinguishes the movie is its wholly engaging aesthetic marked by delightful off center compositions that make every moment hold us in rapt attention 
4
Take Me Somewhere Nice
Pat Brown
It emerges a sincere story about a young woman s emotional reconciliation with her alien perpetually troubled place of origin 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Richard Roeper
Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez have terrific buddy movie chemistry in a fantasy film that deftly balances high stakes action warm drama and clever comedy 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Sonny Bunch
There 8217 s nothing quite as fun as seeing a well executed action comedy with an audience 44 one that both inspires peals of laughter and those tense moments where you grab the chair in anticipation 46 46 46 46 Honor Among Thieves nails that sensibility 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Joe Friar
A very funny Chris Pine leads the cast that includes the always tough Michelle Rodriguez 44 while Hugh Grant gets to ham it up once again as the villain 46 Hasbro meets Monty Python meets The Princess Bride 46 It apos s loads of fun 46 
3.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Mike McGranaghan
Even if you 8217 ve never rolled a 12 sided die or picked up a campaign book 44 you can enjoy the movie 8217 s nonstop merriment 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Kevin Carr
Told with the whimsy of a group role playing on the weekend 44 it also delivers decent spectacle and fun characters 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Steven Prokopy
This is an easy movie to like 44 but also fairly easy to forget an hour after you 8217 ve seen it 8212 except for one of the weirdest and most memorable cameos you 8217 re likely to see this year in the form of Holga 8217 s old flame 46 Trust me on this one 44 it 8217 s a doozy 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Mark Meszoros
Honor Among Thieves isn 8217 t so good as to leave you desperate for a sequel 44 but another adventure with Edgin and the gang wouldn 8217 t be a curse 44 either 46 
2.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Sara Michelle Fetters
Rolling the dice on Dungeons amp Dragons 58 Honor Among Thieves is the way to go 46 It 8217 s a magical ride into the fantastical 44 and I spent most of the film 8217 s running time giggling in engrossed appreciation 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Katie Walsh
The film 8217 s affable nature and the sheer charisma oozing off Pine and Grant is intoxicating 44 but overall 44 there 8217 s a sense that it doesn 8217 t quite gel 44 the engine revving but never hitting the speed of which it seems capable 46 
2.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Johnny Oleksinski
Dungeons Dragons Honor Among Thieves has no business being as good as it is 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Roger Moore
Jaunty 46 
2.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Rob Thomas
Goldstein and Daley have a background in comedy and they neither condescend to the source material nor treat it too preciously 46 The result is a good time whether you 8217 re a Level 20 diehard player or a Level 1 newbie 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Pablo O. Scholz
There is of course plenty of action but there are also moments of humor without ever ever reaching parody Full review in Spanish 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
James Berardinelli
It s hard to imagine a D D branded movie doing a better job than this one of bringing the game to a cinematic platform 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Max Weiss
Dungeons Dragons Honor Among Thieves was a blast Not sure if hardcore D D Heads are going to love it but I sure as heck did 
3.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
D D seeks to balance gleeful absurdity with Tolkien style melodrama It s a numbingly tidy film and a far cry from Daley and Goldstein s Vacation 
2
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Olivia McCormack
The same unpredictability that allows the tabletop game to feel exciting and real occurs throughout the film making it stand out from its action comedy counterparts 
2.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Chase Hutchinson
Had the film pulled back on its excesses to let the charming characters truly shine 44 it would have landed the critical hit it was rolling for 46 
2.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Mark Dujsik
Co writers 47 directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein strike just the right tone here 44 and that goes a long way 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Brian Truitt
A clever and often hilarious action adventure that overcomes pacing issues with well crafted characters and a host of wondrous creatures both stunning and icky 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Paul Attard
The overreliance on wisecracks and employing 44 and then mocking 44 clich 233 s make it seem as if Honor Among Thieves is outright embarrassed by its source material and wants you to know it 46 
1.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Jocelyn Noveck
Chris Pine s sunny charisma and smooth knack for comedy plus an ability to seem like he s both inside the movie and outside looking in keeps everything bubbling 
2.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Soren Andersen
The picture moves nimbly from set piece to set piece never losing the narrative thread and allowing the actors to inhabit their characters with great empathy 
3.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Kenneth R. Morefield
Sufficient for the day are the pleasures of the day 46 
3
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
G. Allen Johnson
Dungeons Dragons Honor Among Thieves feels like the filmmakers asked ChatGPT the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI Write a Marvel movie except with Dungeons Dragons characters Seconds later this spit out 
1
Black Warrant
Roger Moore
By the third act 44 everybody involved has just thrown up his or her hands as bad jokes find their way onto the set and into the script and the climax manages to be even more of a soggy tamale than everything that 8217 s come before 46 
1
My Favorite Blonde
Matt Brunson
More plotty than most Hope vehicles but filled with amusing scenarios 
3
Emotional Arithmetic
Philip Marchand
A piece of advice for Canadian filmmakers don t make movies out of dreary CanLit novels They re easy enough to spot 
2
Emotional Arithmetic
Bill Chambers
A Never Forget PSA done up as a Bergmanesque psychodrama 
2
Emotional Arithmetic
Rick Groen
There s a dense compression here that s meant to be elliptical and allusive but has just the opposite effect Rather than resonate the compression suffocates the life out of the picture and every actor in it 
2
Emotional Arithmetic
David Nusair
The sort of film one dreads encountering at a film festival 
1.5
Mandrake
Roger Moore
Properly creepy and mysterious 44 with children and a woman imperiled 44 folk horror stick figures and even a shrubby looking beast glimpsed in the shadows 44 wandering the forest 46 
2.5
Glastonbury
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
It s hard to pin down the intent and even the honesty of the filmmaker 
2
Glastonbury
Duane Dudek
An alternately rousing and repetitive 138 minute documentary spanning four decades of the Glastonbury Festival 
3
Glastonbury
Ty Burr
as muddy as Yasgur s farm back in the day 
2.5
Glastonbury
Matt Pais
While the movie will clarify whether or not the fest is for you you never feel like you re actually there 
2
Glastonbury
Chris Hewitt
The movie s 135 minutes feels long But the length is a product of director Temple s desire to cram in as much as he can Despite the festival s drawbacks it s obvious Temple loves everything about it Even Coldplay 
2.5
Glastonbury
Michael Wilmington
The portrait is spectacular and inclusive if sometimes a bit overwhelming and confusing 
3
Glastonbury
Pam Grady
Overlong unfocused and shallow it is less a film than a test of endurance 
2
Glastonbury
Joel Selvin
A warm and witty detailed look at this parallel universe 
3
Glastonbury
Frank Ochieng
Temple is able to convey a perceptive and substantive mood pertaining to the staying power of this weirdly nuanced outdoor finger snapping function 
3
Glastonbury
Glenn Whipp
Julien Temple s formless documentary Glastonbury aims to capture the festival s chaos and free wheeling freakiness and accomplishes this goal 
3
Jallikattu
Siddhant Adlakha
The film spans about a day and runs a mere 90 minutes but in that time it undergoes a stunning metamorphosis from a naturalistic depiction of rural Kerala to a winking expressionistic nightmare 
3
Jallikattu
Barry Hertz
Still when Jallikattu lets it rip it s as exciting and unusual an experience as you re likely to get this year Grab it by its horns and don t dare let go 
3
Shadow of a Doubt
Walter Chaw
Hitchcock loved eroding moral bedrocks most gaudily in the form of desecrating national monuments and more stealthily in the form of ineffectual cops bumbling clergy and psycho mothers 
4
Shadow of a Doubt
Brian Eggert
Shadow of a Doubt refines the director s most persistent theme down to its essential components The prevailing notion that something dark lurks underneath the surface of things exists in nearly each Hitchcock film 
4
Shadow of a Doubt
David Keyes
If the motives of filmmakers are revealed in the frames of their more obscure pictures then Shadow of a Doubt is a resounding testament to the power of Alfred Hitchcock s vast creative engine 
4
Shadow of a Doubt
Roger Ebert
No one would ever accuse Alfred Hitchcock s Shadow of a Doubt of being plausible but it is framed so distinctively in the Hitchcock style that it plays firmly and never breaks out of the story 
4
Shadow of a Doubt
Fernando F. Croce
Like Lynch s fever dream of transcendental perversity Blue Velvet Shadow of a Doubt is about awakening the simultaneous darkening and enlarging of the world 
4
Shadow of a Doubt
Marty Mapes
A great nail biter right up through the end 
3.5
Shadow of a Doubt
Pam Grady
Among Hitchcock s films Shadow of a Doubt is one of the most chilling 
3.5
Shadow of a Doubt
James Kendrick
a brilliant piece of cynicism that exposes hypocrisy moral rot and a guilt that pervades both conventional criminals and everyday citizens
4
Shadow of a Doubt
Ted Prigge
Not one of Hitchcock s best but is still one of his most intriguing 
3.5
My Psychedelic Love Story
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Missed that era Have no fear just sit back and let the vibe wash over you 
3
My Psychedelic Love Story
Sheila O'Malley
There s enough material here to fill an entire multi part docu series but My Psychedelic Love Story is an intriguing and often humorous look at these crazy events anchored by Harcourt Smith s presence 
3
My Psychedelic Love Story
Ann Hornaday
The result is an absorbing yarn and yet another lens on that era s social history that baby boomers are now excavating with frantic enthusiasm before their sources transition to another astral plane 
3
My Psychedelic Love Story
Chuck Bowen
One of the tensions driving the film is a question of its subject s self awareness 
2
Body
Rick Groen
Weighty political and philosophic issues may well be buried somewhere in this Body But it would take an electron microscope to find them 
2
Tazza: The High Rollers
G. Allen Johnson
It s a ton of fun a totally irresistible tale of gambling greed love and violence With gorgeous actors designer clothes and thrilling action it s fast moving even at 2 hours 20 minutes popcorn entertainment 
4
Tazza: The High Rollers
Maitland McDonagh
The twists and turns continue until the very end of Choi s mesmerizing high energy romp whose 139 minutes zip by like a round of speed poker 
3
Strip Nude for Your Killer
Matt Brunson
It s hard to get behind the so called hero when one is actively hoping he ll become the next victim 
2
Strip Nude for Your Killer
Walter Chaw
Slasher analog to the James Bond prototype of the arrested male in a world of mayhem using women and desexualized men as pieces in the hero s testosterone fantasy
3
Terminal
Peter Travers
Zero stars you read right How did Vaughn Stein ever persuade Margot Robbie to star in a script that plays like something Quentin Tarantino upchucked after watching Blade Runner while reading Alice in Wonderland and ingesting too many hallucinogens 
0
Terminal
Rex Reed
Assuming for a second that anyone will ever pay real money to see it what they ll get is a turgid pretentious and incomprehensible existential joke 
0
Terminal
Richard Roeper
The final 15 minutes or so of Terminal are flat out nutso 
3
Terminal
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters of course are not who they seem to be but the trouble is that being not what they seem to be is precisely how they seem 
2.5
Terminal
James Berardinelli
The strength of the stylistic elements and Robbie s performance aren t sufficient to overcome the deficiencies of an initially derivative and ultimately off kilter narrative 
2.5
Terminal
Mark Dujsik
The city of Terminal may provide a stark and moody playground but by the end it feels as stylishly hollow as the movie s characters and story 
2
Terminal
Sara Stewart
Everything and everybody else just seems here to support Robbie If nothing else her performance here is a compelling argument for her to get that Harley Quinn stand alone film made already 
2
Terminal
Dann Gire
Robbie struggles to give her blank performance depth and texture but Stein gives the actress so little to work with even she can do little more than pose pretty in pink or white or black 
1.5
Terminal
Roger Moore
Lurid inept and inane hired killer thriller
1.5
Terminal
Jake Cole
Terminal s actors are awkward and stiff in trying to project hard boiled cool and all while delivering lines that sound as if they had been passed multiple times through an online translation tool 
1
Beauty's Worth
David N. Butterworth
Robert G Vignola s film is a beauty all right It s witty worldly and wise 
3.5
Where East Is East
John Beifuss
Tiger Lon Chaney and Toyo Lupe Velez have an eyebrow raising relationship Lots of kissy face tickling lap sitting and threats of spanking occur when this father and daughter are together 
3
One Fall
Chuck Bowen
So poorly acted and ineptly written and directed that it wouldn t pass muster as the pilot for a particularly asinine soap on the WB station 
0
Chef Flynn
Steven Prokopy
It s impossible to watch the film and not be impressed by his gastronomy skills even if his personality and perfectly quaffed hair might rub you the wrong way 
3
Chef Flynn
Brad Wheeler
The film doesn t quite come together 
2.5
Chef Flynn
Mark Feeney
Flynn who looks like a younger version of the young Christian Slater is skinny intense a bit wary If you ve ever been the parent of a male adolescent if you ve ever been a male adolescent you ll recognize him 
2.5
Chef Flynn
G. Allen Johnson
Chef Flynn seems more suited for an hour long show on the Food Network Its 82 minute running time although short for a feature film seems too bloated for this story 
2
Chef Flynn
Odie Henderson
For a film whose subject rightfully demands to be seen as more than just a kid Chef Flynn does way too much coddling 
2.5
Chef Flynn
Chuck Bowen
At times Cameron Yates appears to be too protective of his subjects which somewhat neuters the drama of the narrative 
2.5
Apart From You
Keith Uhlich
Apart from You is finally all frustrated anticipation 
2.5
Dragonfly
David Nusair
A well intentioned misfire 
1.5
Dragonfly
Margaret A. McGurk
The screenplay credited to Brandon Camp Mike Thompson and David Seltzer starts out with energy and substance but reverts to time filling repetition before it reaches the last minute climax 
2.5
Dragonfly
Andrew Rodgers
It s hard to take the weepy oozing emotions of Kevin Costner s maudlin new film Dragonfly seriously 
2
Dragonfly
Greg Maki
If you re not expecting the second coming of Alfred Hitchcock Dragonfly is an agreeable way to pass the time 
2.5
Dragonfly
Mark Dujsik
Mistakenly all about the payoff 
1.5
Dragonfly
Mike McGranaghan
The movie s flaws were mitigated by the fact that Dragonfly hit me on an emotional level 
3
Dragonfly
Michael Wilmington
A sappy often absurd disappointment 
2
Dragonfly
Ian Mantgani
Now I can see why people thought I was too hard on The Mothman Prophecies 
1
Dragonfly
Michael Dequina
Costner can indeed act and be an appealing star One wonders though based on his recent work if Costner himself has forgotten how to hold the screen 
1
Dragonfly
David Sterritt
Stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of Ghost and Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
2
Dragonfly
Bob Bloom
Dragonfly would have made a suspenseful half hour Twilight Zone episode or even an interesting one hour Outer Limits presentation But as a full length feature film Dragonfly rarely takes wing 
1.5
Dragonfly
Frank Ochieng
One would have trouble trying to definitely pin down Kevin Costner s penchant for appearing in piffle minded cinema this unbalanced and emotionally charged spookfest cannot overcome the tearjerking triteness and cockeyed contrivances
1.5
Dragonfly
Elias Savada
The more Kevin Costner rests on his pretty boy laurels the public is regrettably going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them 
1
Dragonfly
James Kendrick
wears its desperation on its sleeve by doing anything it can to try to scare and confuse you before reassuring you that it has all been in the spirit of New Age y pietism
1.5
Dragonfly
Jim Lane
Director Tom Shadyac takes a listless by the number approach to the action giving the script about as much effort as it deserves 
2
Dragonfly
Joe Leydon
Chances are good that if you loved Ghost or Truly Madly Deeply you ll at the very least like this fitfully affecting tale of love beyond death and faith beyond reason 
2.5
Dragonfly
Gary Brown
It represents yet another failed attempt by Kevin Costner to resuscitate a sinking leading man career that has descended to well below the crush depth level 
1.5
Dragonfly
Claudia Puig
While the themes sound intriguing the movie lacks the necessary clarity of vision 
2
Dragonfly
Susan Walker
better described as a ghost story gone badly awry 
2
Dragonfly
Moira MacDonald
where The Sixth Sense radiated intelligence and style Dragonfly exudes a certain whiff of desperation 
1.5
Dragonfly
Mick LaSalle
The thriller is only thrilling enough to kill the movie s romantic mood while the romance just makes Dragonfly seem meandering and inert 
2
Dragonfly
Joe Baltake
There is nothing inherently wrong with Dragonfly except its nagging familiarity 
2
Dragonfly
Steven Rea
As thrillers go this one with a peskily insistent score weepy timbred voice overs and telegraphed twist ending is mighty unthrilling 
1.5
Dragonfly
Jan Stuart
There are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit 
1.5
Dragonfly
Rene Rodriguez
Dragonfly has no atmosphere no tension nothing but Costner flailing away It s a buggy drag 
1
Dragonfly
James Berardinelli
The dragonfly is a sleek graceful insect that doesn t deserve to have its reputation sullied by being associated with this pile of offal 
1.5
Dragonfly
Rick Groen
Dragonfly has more plot than a figure skating competition and just about as much credibility 
1.5
Dragonfly
Susan Stark
You come away wishing though that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that s at the center of the story 
2
Dragonfly
Terry Lawson
If there s anything worse than a slick crummy horror movie it s a slick crummy pretentious horror movie 
1
Dragonfly
Steven Rosen
plays like it was written from the end backward 
1
Dragonfly
Glenn Whipp
The whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well 
1
Dragonfly
Jay Carr
If Oscars were dished out for tin ears screenwriters David Seltzer Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson would be in the running 
2.5
Dragonfly
Dustin Putman
A supernatural mystery that doesn t know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama It ends up being neither and fails at both endeavors 
1.5
Dragonfly
Jeff Vice
The only way this supernatural snore fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare 
1.5
Dragonfly
Jonathan Foreman
Sappy mechanical tripe 
1.5
Dragonfly
Tony Toscano
a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off 
.5
Dragonfly
Chris Hewitt
It is most of the things Costner movies are known for it s sanctimonious self righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it 
2
Dragonfly
Todd Anthony
But does a movie about near death experiences have to put the audience through one 
2.5
Dragonfly
Betsy Bozdech
This Sixth Sense wannabe is ultimately both predictable and as choked with cinematic cliches as Costner s resume is with post apocalyptic epics 
1.5
Dragonfly
Sue Pierman
Dragonfly is one of those films that makes you itch to punch the fast forward button 
1
Dragonfly
Bill Pearis
Director Tom Shadyac takes the leftover sentimental goo from his Patch Adams and pours it all over Dragonfly 
1
Dragonfly
Walter Chaw
To paraphrase a good Costner film Dragonfly has a million dollar cast but I have a good idea about its ten cent head 
1
Dragonfly
Steve Rhodes
The big ending surprise almost saves the movie It s too bad that the rest isn t more compelling 
2.5
Dragonfly
Ross Anthony
Dragonfly averages out A wonderful idea whose execution remains inconsistently entertaining 
2
Dragonfly
Rob Blackwelder
This could be your Sixth Sense someone probably told Kevin Costner when pitching him Dragonfly could being the operative word 
2.5
Dragonfly
Ed Gonzalez
Possibly the most maudlin horror film ever made Dragonfly spells out its scares and faith speak as if it were lecturing from atop Mt Sinai 
.5
Camila Jam
Steve Rhodes
Almost completely silent for long sections the film is one that tries viewers patience and then provides them little payback if they stay with it 
2
Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache
Michael Dequina
Powerfully shines a much needed and deserved spotlight on a generations old culture on the verge of extinction 
3
Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache
Kam Williams
A heartbreaking documentary retracing the devastation visited upon Pointe a la Hache a scenario probably being played out again and again in working class communities all along the Gulf Coast 
4
Popcorn & Pumpkins
David Nusair
a distinct and disappointing lack of gore 
1
Ginger & Rosa
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Sally Potter cares deeply about Ginger an innocent about to lose it it s all over the way she captures her on camera 
3.5
Ginger & Rosa
Craig D. Lindsey
With Ginger Rosa Potter once again documents the usually lonely road a woman takes in finding out who she really is this time showing it from the perspective of someone who isn t even a woman yet 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Forrest Hartman
As good as the movie is performance wise director Sally Potter allows the pacing to drag frequently meaning viewers must be patient with Ginger Rosa 
2.5
Ginger & Rosa
John Beifuss
Nuclear anxiety becomes a distraction from teenage pressures and a projection of potentially explosive emotional distress in this beautifully acted character drama 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Matt Brunson
Despite some narrative missteps Ginger Rosa should be seen simply for Fanning s exceptional performance the sort of revelatory turn that makes us feel as if the next generation of film is in capable hands 
2.5
Ginger & Rosa
Rob Thomas
Fanning brings such a groundedness and authenticity to the film s central role that you stick with her every step of the way 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Jeff Beck
Ginger Rosa is another one of those films that feels like it s attempting to cover too much and by doing so ends up spreading itself rather thin across all of the areas it tries to encompass 
2
Ginger & Rosa
Duane Dudek
Even seemingly ordinary scenes of girlfriends bonding ironing hair wearing jeans in the bathtub to shrink them hitchhiking are fraught with the sense of the external forces that will divide them 
2.5
Ginger & Rosa
Rick Groen
Coming from anyone else Ginger Rosa would be a sensitive if predictable coming of age tale set in the mists of the distant past But coming from writer director Sally Potter it s a major surprise 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Steven Rea
Elle Fanning is scary Scarily good 
3.5
Ginger & Rosa
Linda Barnard
In all respects this is the completely captivating Fanning s picture 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Chris Hewitt
As played by Elle Fanning who can be either achingly vulnerable or frighteningly fierce when the role calls for it Ginger is a fascinatingly mercurial character 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Roger Moore
The details and performances make this overly nostalgic and melodramatic coming of age picture watchable
2.5
Ginger & Rosa
Lisa Kennedy
What hurt nuanced terror and exhilaration there is in Sally Potter s beautiful coming of age drama Ginger Rosa 
3.5
Ginger & Rosa
Ann Hornaday
In Potter s assured caring hands the personal is political assumes newfound breadth depth and surprising emotional poignancy 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Mick LaSalle
Sally Potter s twin interests in grand world movements and in the grand internal movements in people lives are effectively brought to bear in Ginger Rosa her best film of the decade 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Ty Burr
Elle s acting feels artless and naive and all the more powerful for it Fanning easily convinces you of Ginger s emotional reality that every moment is the only moment 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Moira MacDonald
You sense that this pale growing up too fast girl at its center will one day be a poet finding words to convey what she can t yet say 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Roger Ebert
The film s tone is wonderfully maintained by Dakota Fanning s younger sister Elle as Ginger convincingly playing 17 at the age of 13 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Matt Pais
Two thirds of a good movie 
2.5
Ginger & Rosa
Peter Keough
Few other films have depicted so acutely the crushing disillusionment and infinite hope of growing up 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Sara Stewart
There s not a bad performance in the bunch 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Robert Levin
Mostly Sally Potter gets out of the way and lets Elle Fanning do her work The faith is rewarded She s just 14 but Dakota s younger sister is our next great actress 
3
Ginger & Rosa
Stephen Whitty
Don t damn it with faint praise by calling it Potter s most accessible film Simply call it what it is One of her best and perhaps her most deeply felt 
3.5
Ginger & Rosa
Dustin Putman
Elle Fanning gives it her all but is deserving of a better showcase than Ginger Rosa offers her 
2
Ginger & Rosa
Andrew Schenker
Sally Potter packs so much detail and thematic heft into 90 minute films that given her elliptical and often unemphatic presentation feel tantalizing but never overstuffed 
3
Toys
Roger Ebert
The production design deserves Academy recognition But at the most fundamental level Toys is a film not quite sure what it s about 
2.5
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents
Tom Keogh
We hear statements of admiration for the band from such longtime fans as Penn Jillette of Penn Teller and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening But there is precious little context or critical thinking to make one truly care 
2.5
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents
Peter Keough
The film is a must see for those who want to be introduced to the band even if part way through you may find that you ve hit your limit 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Federico Furzan
The clash between the two iconic killers is far from relevant It s just an excuse for drinking beers and laughing with a movie in the background Full review in Spanish 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
David Nusair
Freddy vs Jason s failure is disappointing certainly 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Lucius Gore
A true return to form for the slasher genre 
3.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Wesley Lovell
With Jason and Freddy at war over the souls of children this great send up of the genre is extremely fun and is faithful to the characterizations long established for these villains 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Joe Lozito
Freddy and Jason could use some new blood 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Austin O'Connor
Let the great dumb pointless debate rage on 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Kevin A. Ranson
Get your freaks on 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Ian Mantgani
Misses the chance of actually being a good movie but it feels energetic and colourful 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Frank Ochieng
a chintzy chill session what you re gaining are front row seats to a couple of carousing combatants whose streaky cynicism are too watered down for us to care
2
Freddy vs. Jason
James Kendrick
Those steeped in the mythology of Freddy and Jason will likely get a kick out of this match up 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
John Beifuss
At the rowdy preview I attended Jason emerged as the crowd favorite Apparently moviegoers identify more closely with a mute overgrown child brute than with a smart alecky child killer 
3
Freddy vs. Jason
Mark Dujsik
Freddy Vs Jason is a horror film for people who don t necessarily hate the genre in general but find themselves frustrated and disappointed by it more often than not 
3
Freddy vs. Jason
Sarah Chauncey
The biggest surprise about Freddy vs Jason is that it s just plain boring 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Jack Mathews
Though a stickler might ask what s at stake in a fight to the death between two guys who are already dead the hard core fans aren t likely to be disappointed 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
John Monaghan
New Line s smartest move was letting Ronny Yu direct 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Linda Cook
Looks like these two cut ups are going to be around for a while 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Michael Dequina
Thank goodness or thank the devil for the fanboy novelty of this long anticipated sequel crossover of the two most popular icons of 80s era horror movies for that s about all Ronny Yu s film has to coast on 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Aaron Hillis
The frights the archetypes even the predictability of it all is predictable leaving behind a dull brainless novelty that makes more sense as a TV sweeps stunt 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Mike McGranaghan
In the battle between Freddy and Jason it s the audience who loses 
1
Freddy vs. Jason
Mark Ramsey
More than anything else Freddy vs Jason is an opportunity to wear that black tee shirt I save for special occasions like Marilyn Manson listening parties and skirmishes with the law 
1
Freddy vs. Jason
Jonathan R. Perry
Applying criticism to Freddy vs Jason isn t just tedious it s pointless 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Sara Michelle Fetters
Anyone going to see this movie isn t going to care an iota about the acting or intelligence of the characters and they really aren t going to give a flying twat if the art of cinema is raised to any level outside of the bar lofting above the local sewer 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Dustin Putman
A far better than expected late summer thrill ride Better than any of the other ten Friday the 13th movies and places in the upper half of the previous seven parted Nightmare on Elm Street series 
3
Freddy vs. Jason
Sean P. Means
it s an unsatisfying fight since Krueger has to compete in a higher weight class and at a lower intellectual level than his hockey mask wearing opponent 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Michael Szymanski
Bringing the two together means a dumbing down of Freddy and a bit of a sophisticated elevation of Jason and the mix is kind of discordant 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Mark Rahner
Who wins Without telling I can say it s almost irrelevant Buy a ticket and you lose 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Mick LaSalle
Considering what the filmmakers had to work with and the fact that it has all been done before Freddy Vs Jason isn t bad 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Jerry McCormick
You ll cringe in horror at the stinkfest on screen 
0
Freddy vs. Jason
Joe Baltake
The expression bloody bore takes on a new deeper meaning with Freddy Vs Jason 
1
Freddy vs. Jason
Megan Lehmann
Despite oblique references to Psycho and Children of the Corn Freddy vs Jason lacks the knowing wit needed to keep it afloat in an age when even the horror spoofs have been spoofed 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Jackie Loohauis
A film with virtually no plot no humor and no acting talent 
1
Freddy vs. Jason
Rene Rodriguez
Anyone weaned on these movies which is to say pretty much anyone who grew up during the 1980s and 1990s will get a kick out of seeing how those two universes with all their respective tropes and rules have been melded 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Loey Lockerby
Despite the slow spots there s a sense of fun which goes into overdrive when the big fight starts 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Jennie Punter
Too much chatting not enough chills 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Jeff Vice
Takes itself much too seriously and wastes several opportunities for dark comic bits 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Josh Larsen
A tortured ludicrous storyline brings the two figures together 
1
Freddy vs. Jason
Lisa Kennedy
The website is more entertaining than the movie 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Lawrence Toppman
A battle royal so cheesily ludicrous that it ends literally with a wink 
1.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Wesley Morris
Deeply proudly unimaginative 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Call it nostalgia but there s something strangely entertaining even comforting about these movies 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
James Sanford
prototypical teen slasher fare with ultra gory deaths overwrought performances and even some gratuitous T A Were it not for a Columbine reference and a half baked rave you might guess this was actually made 20 years ago 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s a Nightmare on Elm Street movie as badly written and performed as a Friday the 13th movie 
1
Freddy vs. Jason
Bob Strauss
One big joke 
2
Freddy vs. Jason
Chris Hewitt
Has doses of irreverent humor and a few inventive ways of slicing and dicing victims 
2.5
Freddy vs. Jason
Guylaine Cadorette
Seeing the two horror icons come together for an ultimate showdown is definitely fun to watch but the outcome of the most hyped villainous face off ever proves to be a bit of a letdown 
2
Danika
Erik Childress
Upsetting that it had to go for the easy genre closer instead of exploring the universal parental mentality that Danika had going for it until the final half hour 
2.5
White God
Brian Eggert
An overarching theme in White God 58 instead of attempting to control and dominate Nature 44 the more humane thing to do would be for humans to become active participants in Nature apos s design 44 rather than playing the role of deities 46 
4
White God
Tom Meek
White God is something bold and experimental Beautiful and brutal and even with its shortcomings and derivative leanings it s a unique experience 
2.5
White God
Josh Larsen
cheekily comments on how we often hide behind civilized culture to mask our basest natures 
4
White God
Eric Melin
When it s all said and done White God delivers an indictment of both sides and its one that despite its canine anti heroes rings with an undeniable sadness and human truth 
3
White God
Brad Keefe
Emotionally visceral visually amazing movie with an underpinned social commentary that hits like a brick See it 
3.5
White God
Steven Rea
White God offers a dark very dark take on the way humans exert authority and superiority over our fellow creatures 
3.5
White God
Tom Keogh
A mixed genre fable that evokes Dickensian melodrama coming of age tropes and outright horror 
3
White God
Ty Burr
Think The Incredible Journey crossed with The Birds crossed with Rise of the Planet of the Apes Or maybe just imagine Cujo as told from the dog s point of view Don t take grandma 
3
White God
Rene Rodriguez
It all pays off with an astounding extended climax that is as rousing and exciting as it is frightening one of the most surreal experiences I ve ever had watching a movie 
4
White God
Ann Hornaday
Even those who don t buy in completely to Mundruczo s parable will be impressed by his canine crowd scenes staged with ambition skill and genuinely original vision 
2.5
White God
Rafer Guzman
Intriguing but the movie s larger statement isn t clear 
2.5
White God
G. Allen Johnson
Rarely does a film s execution achieve or even exceed its director s ambitions but Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo s White God is that rare movie 
3
White God
Charles Bramesco
White God is a feat of practical filmmaking 
3
White God
Robert Levin
This is fascinating to watch on a purely elemental level as Mundruczó employs creative smoke and mirrors to make once cute dogs seem like menacing terrors 
3
White God
Matt Zoller Seitz
Imagine an R rated Lassie by way of Spartacus That s Kornél Mundruczó s White God a brutal but stirring fantasy about street dogs rising up against cruel and indifferent humans 
3.5
White God
Liam Lacey
A rousing creature feature thriller and political allegory from Hungarian director Kornel Mundrucz 
3
White God
Peter Howell
Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó downplays White God as a genre experiment but his film has real bite regardless 
3
White God
Farran Smith Nehme
Director Kornél Mundruczó goes big with allegory violence drama and sentiment and the results are riveting 
3.5
White God
Roger Moore
Striking grim darkly funny at times But who exactly is going to want to watch a movie built around graphic dog abuse 
3
White God
Jesse Cataldo
It affects a general air of artistically inclined realism but it s mostly concerned with building tension via a steady accumulation of flatly conceived misery 
2
White God
Dan Schindel
A broad but often poignant allegory of oppression it s like the beautiful puppy of Au Hasard Balthazar and The Plague Dogs 
3
Mutual Friends
Mike McGranaghan
Mutual Friends is often funny and true and in the realm of movies about urbanites sorting out their love lives that makes it a little treasure 
3
Total Recall
Brian Eggert
A joyful contradiction to be embraced for its raw sensory energy and momentum 44 but savored for its unpredictably complicated Dickian themes exploring the nature of identity 44 fantasies 44 and reality 46 
4
Total Recall
Desmond Ryan
Schwarzenegger is never going to make the De Niros and Hoffmans of this world lose a night s sleep but he has acquired a new confidence as an actor under Verhoeven s guidance 
3
Total Recall
Dennis King
All told Total Recall is a powerful brew of mordant humor keen wit refreshing originality and graphic violence 
3
Total Recall
Johanna Steinmetz
As Quaid Schwarzenegger continues to stretch beyond his reach as an actor relying on physical prowess to keep him in character 
2.5
Total Recall
Gene Siskel
Total Recall begins to self destruct not long after Schwarzenegger arrives on Mars and the story degenerates into a violent stunningly foul mouthed enterprise 
2.5
Total Recall
Scott Nash
If you don t ask too many questions or just accept that it s all a dream so logic and science don t matter then this is an enjoyable romp 
2.5
Total Recall
John Semley
Total Recall s caricaturing of Schwarzenegger its flip ribbing at his stocks of action hero cache signal the deep almost atomic level at which its satire functions 
4
Total Recall
Matt Brunson
When the leader of the rebels turns out to be Baby Herman from Who Framed Roger Rabbit it s clear that the satirical bull s eyes Verhoeven nailed in RoboCop have here been turned into a more benign state of rib nudging 
3
Total Recall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall the movie s imaginative effects and ideas win the day 
3
Total Recall
David Nusair
46 46 46 one of Schwarzenegger 8217 s 40 and Verhoeven 8217 s 41 very best movies 46 
4
Total Recall
Robert Roten
This is a very interesting film and is also successful as a headlong roller coaster ride of a pure action film 
3
Total Recall
Bill Chambers
Perhaps it goes without saying that Total Recall is no The Terminator but let the records show 
2
Total Recall
Chris Hicks
You d think by the year 2084 villains would have learned they shouldn t mess with Mr Biceps But no o o o 
3
Total Recall
James O'Ehley
Verhoeven keeps the whole thing chugging along neatly with a huge dollop of ultra violence and gore Schwarzenegger is at his best ever 
4
Total Recall
James Berardinelli
Neither Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Paul Verhoeven have stretched their talents here 
2.5
Total Recall
Roger Ebert
There may be people who overlook the Arnold Schwarzenegger performance in Total Recall who think he isn t really acting But the performance is one of the reasons the movie works so well 
3.5
Know How
Christopher Gray
Overall the film s educational prerogatives tend to overwhelm its more interesting formal properties 
2
The Fundamentals of Caring
Roger Moore
Like a lazy stand up writer director Rob Burnett leans on F bombs for his laughs in this blandly predictable terminal illness road comedy 
1.5
The Fundamentals of Caring
Rob Thomas
I don t know if Netflix got the best Sundance movie with Caring But it may have gotten the most Sundance movie 
3
The Fundamentals of Caring
Christian Toto
These Fundamentals include packing every road trip cliche into one film but you ll be too charmed to care 
3
The Fundamentals of Caring
David Frese
At the core this is just another road trip movie but it bends expectations enough to be cleverly pleasing 
3
The Fundamentals of Caring
Josh Terry
The Fundamentals of Caring is a solid buddy movie that uses some genuinely funny moments to underscore a poignant message about friendship and dealing with the cards life has dealt you 
3
Moolaadé
Brian Eggert
With rich cultural texture and profound emotions Moolaade is a tale of impassioned defiance and a celebration of female solidarity 
4
Moolaadé
Rob Thomas
Moolaade works as a stirring parable for any community where progressive citizens and regressive policies collide 
3
Moolaadé
Susan Walker
A story told in music vivid imagery and ritualistic movement 
3
Moolaadé
Steven Snyder
A film made with anger and passion that is in parts infuriating inspiring and heartbreaking 
4
Moolaadé
Jeff Vice
There s a lot to admire in Moolaade including the way in which the filmmakers lay out the premise and necessary story details within the first 10 or 15 minutes 
3.5
Moolaadé
Sean P. Means
A righteously angry movie but also a joyous movie because Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene fills every moment with song and color and life 
4
Moolaadé
Lisa Kennedy
A stirring vision of civil but pointed disobedience 
3.5
Moolaadé
Moira MacDonald
Opens a window to a culture we rarely see creating both a small story of a mother and daughter and a vast story of female empowerment 
3.5
Moolaadé
Phil Villarreal
A staunch feminist fable in which a woman valiantly stands up against the purification exposing it for the misogynistic fraud it is 
4
Moolaadé
Chris Hewitt
Moolaade is a privileged peek into a world we ordinarily wouldn t have access to 
3
Moolaadé
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than mounting a soapbox and preaching an earnest punishing message Sembene crafts a warm graceful sometimes funny story 
4
Moolaadé
Jonathan Curiel
Moolaadé is not a downer film as much as a parable that lets us see the hardships and occasional humor that are inherent in an environment where the slightest change in tradition is a cause for great alarm 
3
Moolaadé
James Verniere
A complex examination of village life and a towering drama about women s struggle for justice 
3.5
Moolaadé
Ty Burr
The director has reached that point in his career where craft disappears behind grace 
4
Moolaadé
Jonathan W. Hickman
I ve seen more than a few films featuring stories from Africa this year And Moolaade is the best of the bunch 
4
Moolaadé
Roger Ebert
It makes a powerful statement and at the same time contains humor charm and astonishing visual beauty 
4
Moolaadé
Michael Wilmington
It s masterful simple and wise 
4
Moolaadé
Collin Souter
Like Africa itself Moolaadé will leave you in shock a little breathless and grateful to have basked in its suffering as well as its joy 
4
Moolaadé
Jami Bernard
The film is remarkable for its depiction of the everyday life and chores of a vanishing culture and for making its points with clarity and precision 
3.5
Moolaadé
V.A. Musetto
A stand up and cheer finale 
3
Moolaadé
Jan Stuart
It says volumes about the artistry of veteran filmmaker novelist Ousmane Sembene that he is able to take a subject as forbidding and charged as female circumcision and spin a film that is at once humane enthralling and sensually vibrant 
3.5
Moolaadé
David Sterritt
Once again Sembène confirms his much deserved reputation as Africa s greatest filmmaker 
4
Moolaadé
James Berardinelli
Combined with solid production values this results in a film that looks as good as any big budget production but has a sense of verisimilitude that Hollywood could never match 
3.5
Moolaadé
Ed Gonzalez
The strong tradition of the Senegalese people is felt in Moolaadé but Sembene suggests that some traditions are meant to be broken 
3
A Dog of Flanders
Michael Dequina
The film is one that families will enjoy discovering and experiencing together 
3
A Dog of Flanders
Blake French
enough spirit and the right attitude but the rest of the essential elements of a successful movie just are not here 
2
A Dog of Flanders
Elias Savada
Step into the darkened theater and the familiar smell may not hit you immediately Watch your step though because A Dog of Flanders is nothing but cinematic doggy poo 
0.5
A Dog of Flanders
Steve Rhodes
One is tempted on such a promising but cliched movie to reduce it to a one phrase review The one for this picture would be Needs more dog 
2
Frankie and Johnny
Henry Sheehan
But this is more than just an irritating movie it s a disappointing one 
2
Frankie and Johnny
Gene Siskel
Our Flick of the Week is Frankie Johnny which manages to work as a sudsy romantic picture about big city loneliness despite an awkward performance by Al Pacino in the role of a hash house dispenser of wisdom 
3
Frankie and Johnny
TV Guide Staff
Marshall adds a poignancy to his lovers quest by showing the price of failure in characters surrounding them who either live with their loneliness or worse have settled for bad relationships out of need rather than love 
3
Frankie and Johnny
Michael Dequina
The two A List actors are definitely on their A game here erasing most notions of miscasting through the passion of performance 
3
I Declare War
Brian Eggert
It remains enclosed within the forest and the limitless possibilities therein 44 never interrupting the gameplay with anything too real 44 so in the end 44 everyone can go home to play videogames 44 eat pizza 44 or watch Patton 46 
3
I Declare War
Odie Henderson
I Declare War plays like a C student s final exam essay on Lord of the Flies Any interest in the game is overridden by the massive amounts of allegory lifted straight from Golding s novel 
1.5
I Declare War
Marty Mapes
Lapeyre hints that a game of War might get real
2.5
I Declare War
Peter Keough
Imagination is what these filmmakers could use more of as their ingenious concept doesn t develop much beyond gimmick 
2
I Declare War
Jeff Shannon
I Declare War captures the awkwardness of preadolescence as well as any film since Stand By Me 
2.5
I Declare War
Andrew Schenker
The film rarely takes us past its rather obvious conclusions about the potential bestial nature of kids and how that may translate to the larger battlefields 
2
I Declare War
Peter Howell
The picture disturbs more than it amuses but the overall effect is ultimately as scattershot as the ammo 
2.5
I Declare War
Rick Groen
The obvious touchstones are Lord of the Flies and If with a sprinkling of The Hunger Games added for some contemporary spice 
3
I Declare War
Roger Moore
A sometimes chilling heavy headed allegory about kids and conflict and sometimes an amusing send up of war movie cliches 
2.5
I Declare War
Eric Melin
Figuring out who you are and where you fit in can feel like war at this age I Declare War brings all those feelings rushing back and is rousing funny thoughtful entertainment to boot 
3
I Declare War
David Nusair
there s just nothing real at stake here 
2
Nationtime
Nell Minow
Nationtime is a call to action showing us how far we have come in some ways 
3.5
Mulberry Street
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This is indie horror done right 
3.5
Mulberry Street
Dustin Putman
With hyper active editing and camerawork that doesn t stay still for longer than a second at a time Mulberry Street is too frenetic to always be comprehensible 
2
Mysterious Skin
Jay Antani
a bizarre beguiling coming of age drama
3
Mysterious Skin
Robert W. Butler
Araki has given us his most mature work yet a fiercely focused yet oddly dreamlike meditation on innocence and loss 
3
Mysterious Skin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A superb achievement 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
Rene Rodriguez
Gone is the gloomy nihilism of The Doom Generation and The Living End replaced by a melancholy but hopeful affection toward people with the capacity to overcome tremendous psychological trauma 
3
Mysterious Skin
Laura Kelly
From a moralistic point of view is it good that Araki is exposing the awful horrors of sex abuse OK I ll buy that As a pedophilic expose is it too much For me yes it was 
2
Mysterious Skin
Terry Lawson
Araki s best film in a long time 
3
Mysterious Skin
Steven Rea
Manages to deal with its raw awful subject matter in ways that are both challenging and illuminating 
3
Mysterious Skin
Wesley Morris
The usual Araki elements are here hustlers rebels uproar the absurd but now he appears to be working with focus and compassion 
3
Mysterious Skin
Jeff Strickler
By the time the climactic revelation finally comes it s such old news that all the scenery chewing that accompanies it seems alien 
2
Mysterious Skin
Chris Hewitt
A disturbing and oddly beautiful movie 
3
Mysterious Skin
Walter Chaw
Starts to play like dada 
1.5
Mysterious Skin
John Hartl
Of all the recent films about child abuse Mysterious Skin stands out as the one that most directly and eloquently addresses the emotional toll of the experience 
4
Mysterious Skin
Lisa Kennedy
You re likely to be bruised by its truths To his credit Araki has made that a risk well worth taking 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
Peter Howell
As tough as it is to take in and perhaps even tougher to contemplate Mysterious Skin demands serious consideration and appreciation for Araki s evident maturity He s a grown up finally 
3
Mysterious Skin
Leah McLaren
It s a film that deals with childhood sexual abuse in an original and dry eyed manner rarely seen in our culture today 
3
Mysterious Skin
Phil Villarreal
Corbet and Gordon Levitt set up the tone of penetrating sadness and even though the sense of doom is overbearing the film is artful and measured enough to stay compelling 
3
Mysterious Skin
Dan Fienberg
Viewers showing up for the recognizable actors or for Araki s regular tongue in cheek day glo coyness may be moved but they ll also be taken aback 
3
Mysterious Skin
Jeff Vice
This is easily the best most accomplished film Araki has done to date 
2.5
Mysterious Skin
Michael Wilmington
Even though it takes you to places you may not want to go the film never loses its human touch that feel of skin on skin or of the past inescapably invading the present 
3
Mysterious Skin
Sean P. Means
Parts are beautiful other parts are brutal like a rape scene that oddly evokes the Psycho shower scene but it doesn t jell into a satisfying whole 
2.5
Mysterious Skin
Roger Ebert
A complex and challenging emotional experience 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
Dustin Putman
Mysterious Skin for all of its depictions of atrocities and human sadness is a rarified thing of vulnerable beauty 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
Mick LaSalle
This is a serious piece of work that s even better the next day 
3
Mysterious Skin
Bob Strauss
It gets at something deeper darker and much more enlightening than anything Araki has attempted before 
3
Mysterious Skin
Peter Canavese
Araki embraces the mysteries of human sexuality with a refreshing lack of hysteria and a brace of empathy 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
Neil Smith
The only thing Mysterious Skin will do is make yours crawl 
2
Mysterious Skin
Jack Mathews
A well conceived story that is very hard to shake 
2.5
Mysterious Skin
Timothy Knight
This beautifully made and haunting film is ultimately explicit without being exploitative 
3
Mysterious Skin
Lou Lumenick
Not for the squeamish but it is a beautifully crafted and thoughtful film that genuinely provokes 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
David Sterritt
This thoughtful troubling drama is leagues above the sensationalistic stuff Araki peddled in earlier films 
4
Mysterious Skin
John Anderson
Araki has put a protective shimmering patina on a story of abuse and emotional dissonance and the result is an otherworldly painfully honest movie 
4
Mysterious Skin
Ed Gonzalez
Pop iconography typically signifies the alienation of Araki s characters from the world but in Mysterious Skin it ushers in their salvation 
3.5
Mysterious Skin
Jonathan W. Hickman
Director Araki is able to fashion an intimate tale that generates genuine engaging credibility 
3
Mysterious Skin
David Nusair
the whole thing just feels flat somehow 
2
Lonesome
Robert Daniels
Lavery and Boreham make sex as much a character arc as a site of passion 44 a rare trick in modern film 46 By the midpoint of quot Lonesome 44 quot sex isn 8217 t just a means of survival for Casey 59 it 8217 s a silent language expressing his desire to be loved 46 
3
Bridge of Spies
Brian Eggert
From start to finish 44 Bridge of Spies is an engrossing 44 expertly made picture from Spielberg 44 and its historical merits 44 paired with its contemporary political relevancies 44 make it a supremely important American film for today 46 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Mattie Lucas
As perhaps one of the most quintessentially American filmmakers Spielberg holds a mirror up to the past and sees us as we are now a society doomed to repeat our past mistakes if we don t learn from them 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Claudia Puig
Director Steven Spielberg gives audiences a meticulously composed espionage thriller which establishes a tense atmosphere from the start and keeps the viewer engaged throughout Full review in Japanese 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Sonny Bunch
Bridge of Spies is a bit overstuffed and full of itself but it is competently made a little exciting and a little funny and a little well little 
2
Bridge of Spies
Peter Canavese
Steven Spielberg goes into Stanley Kramer mode for Bridge of Spies a socially conscious tale of touch and go diplomacy at home at the office and on the global stage Blu ray 
3
Bridge of Spies
Walter Chaw
highly polished garbage from almost the beginning with no relief from its elderly ministrations all the way through to the end 
1
Bridge of Spies
Linda Cook
Master storytellers have been revered since the dawn of formal communication 
4
Bridge of Spies
James Kendrick
as much as it lionizes Donovan Bridge of Spies is quite ambivalent about the morality of the spy game in which he is a pawn as Spielberg often contrasts the images of us and them in ways that both separate and collapse the two sides 
3
Bridge of Spies
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An interesting movie impecably acted impressive technical levels and entertaining Full review in Spanish 
3
Bridge of Spies
John Beifuss
Motivated by trust in America s essential decency the movie s inherent critique of the current conservative political climate it references illegal immigration domestic surveillance and more is presented from the viewpoint of a patriot not a cynic 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
David Nusair
yet another late career misfire from Spielberg 
2
Bridge of Spies
Mal Vincent
Bridge of Spies is a remarkably good solidly old fashioned movie that sends us away with renewed hope 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Robert Levin
The master of popular entertainment once again shows himself to be an accomplished portrayer of subtle human behavior against a large period canvas 
4
Bridge of Spies
Josh Larsen
mostly effective because of what it keeps in check 
3
Bridge of Spies
John Serba
Spielberg navigates the grey areas between laws principles and truth These are tight places and people get caught in them 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Scott Nash
Another winning collaboration between Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg 
3
Bridge of Spies
John Wirt
Steven Spielberg s cinematic fanfare for a common man who s uncommonly good 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Matt Brunson
Bridge of Spies is a fine movie but there s little fire in its belly It s a measured tasteful respectful film the sort to which you take your grandparents when a scary Sicario or a messy Black Mass simply won t do 
2.5
Bridge of Spies
Stephen Rebello
Bridge of Spies isn t a great movie but it s an awfully good and meticulously made one that sends the audience out feeling proud reassured and satisfied 
3
Bridge of Spies
Kate Taylor
Rylance s performance is particularly interesting as he infuses Abel s dry understatements on his predicament with just the right dose of quiet irony 
3
Bridge of Spies
Tom Meek
Spies too heavily and slackly relies on the grand backdrop of the Cold War and the pandemic anxiety of the time 
2.5
Bridge of Spies
Michael Smith
There is enough cat and mouse play between nations to keep things lively even in a second hour in which the narrative oomph lessens ahead of a rousing and thoroughly satisfying finish to this excellent Cold War thriller 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Neil Rosen
It s the engaging acting and expert direction that manages to rise well above any of the script s deficiencies 
3
Bridge of Spies
Robert Horton
Bridge of Spies feels like two movies laid end to end but both are so deftly handled that the divide hardly matters 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Scott Renshaw
It s because of Hanks performance that we understand that whether it s hard or easy doing the right thing is still doing the right thing 
3
Bridge of Spies
Peter Travers
Who doesn t like to cozy up to an old school spy thriller that knows how to build tension and tighten it 
3
Bridge of Spies
Mike McGranaghan
Full of chess game suspense The movie offers a tense look at the hazards of mediating between enemies 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Jackson Cuidon
There are moments throughout the film like the one where Donovan argues against the death penalty for Abel where the brilliance of Hanks s casting becomes clear 
3
Bridge of Spies
Willie Waffle
Hanks is in his full Tom Hanks Mode
3
Bridge of Spies
Anders Wright
An espionage thriller it is not but a crisp crackling examination of the machinations of espionage it certainly is 
3
Bridge of Spies
Bob Bloom
Bridge of Spies is rich in historical perspective The anger and paranoia in the U S about the Soviets and their intentions are at a fever pitch 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
James Berardinelli
In terms of the director s oeuvre this will likely be remembered as one of his minor productions Think Always The Terminal and War Horse 
3
Bridge of Spies
Mark Dujsik
It s always a pleasant surprise to be reminded that Spielberg can also display the light comic touch that dominates the second half 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Chris Knight
The Cold War East Berlin mortar still drying in the Wall A U 2 spy plane knocked from its perch in the stratosphere KGB informants Ethan and Joel Coen pens poised Steven Spielberg at the helm How did such an explosive mix fizzle 
2
Bridge of Spies
Ty Burr
Bridge of Spies is a moral drama driven by an insurance lawyer That it works at all is a miracle or would be if anyone other than St Steven were involved 
3
Bridge of Spies
Steven Rea
Using a screenplay polished and honed by the Coen Brothers Spielberg dips into John le Carré territory 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Dann Gire
It s an amazing story touching and laced with subtle comedy 
4
Bridge of Spies
Rafer Guzman
Steven Spielberg s period drama works as glossy entertainment but also draws subtle parallels to the present 
3
Bridge of Spies
Dustin Putman
Authentically captures a retro look and feel while dropping the viewer into an unsettled environment where Communist threats and nuclear fears were a part of the American consciousness 
2.5
Bridge of Spies
Calvin Wilson
Despite its genre constraints Bridge of Spies is among Spielberg s finest achievements and a reminder that the past is much more than just a repository for nostalgia 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Peter Howell
Hanks and Rylance deliver golden performances as natural combatants who find common cause in seeking honest justice even if only they realize it 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Ann Hornaday
Spielberg can t help but make the kind of inspiring classically constructed drama that we keep being told Hollywood doesn t produce anymore Thank goodness he still does 
3
Bridge of Spies
Michael Phillips
Like everything about Spielberg s Bridge of Spies Hanks performance makes relaxed professionalism and genial decency look easy 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Chris Hewitt
Bridge of Spies is half of a great movie 
2.5
Bridge of Spies
Brian Truitt
It s the very definition of meat and potatoes While not phenomenal especially compared to the rest of the Spielberg oeuvre Spies still hits the spot 
3
Bridge of Spies
Rene Rodriguez
Bridge of Spies has been described as a minor work from a major filmmaker but the film is too personal to dismiss as a curiosity and its overall theme blends right in with many of Spielberg s previous pictures 
3
Bridge of Spies
Matt Pais
Spielberg and Hanks made a great movie about retrieving someone serving his country Saving Private Ryan And that tally still stands at one 
2.5
Bridge of Spies
Randy Myers
A mature drama that demands rapt attention and prefers studied execution over frenetic pacing 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Soren Andersen
The skill with which Hanks navigates the intricacies of the plot amount to some of the best work of his career 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Richard Roeper
When the titles of the five plus films nominated for best picture are announced it will be a surprise if Bridge of Spies doesn t make the cut 
4
Bridge of Spies
Mick LaSalle
Steven Spielberg is so smooth so good at what he does that his best movies have a way of seeming inevitable when they re the furthest thing from it 
4
Bridge of Spies
Donald Munro
There s also simmering tension and a tremendous Spielberg payoff with beautiful visuals lots of diffused light glowing through frosted windows and impressively recreated sections of Cold War Berlin adding to the heft of the project 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Rex Reed
It s a riveting film and I understood every word 
3
Bridge of Spies
Stephen Whitty
Steven Spielberg s latest is a solid quietly made drama carefully wrapped around a civics lesson 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Brian Tallerico
A daring studied mannered true story that is at once remarkably genuine and deeply cinematic at the same time It s one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Odie Henderson
Folks will go to Bridge of Spies for Tom Hanks but will stumble out stunned by Mark Rylance 
3.5
Bridge of Spies
Lou Lumenick
Spielberg s best since Saving Private Ryan stars a flawless Tom Hanks in an engrossing old school thriller 
4
Bridge of Spies
Christopher Gray
The film has a streamlined efficiency but it feels like the work of a master who wants to please rather than probe 
2.5
Bridge of Spies
Clayton Davis
What really manages to standout is the impeccable and sensational performance of Emmy Award nominee Mark Rylance who steals and owns every scene he s present 
3
Too Late
Sean P. Means
Dennis Hauck s noir drama Too Late works better as a stylistic exercise than as absorbing drama though a soulful performance by John Hawkes carries it pretty far 
3
Too Late
Peter Keough
With Too Late Hauck confirms that he s a master of the film medium What s less convincing is why this film matters 
2.5
Too Late
Barry Paris
With its self conscious lighting long zooms and tight focus Bill Fernandez old fashioned photography superbly captures both the seedy and faux glamorous vistas of LA 
2.5
Too Late
John Hartl
Almost any scene with Hawkes is alive and satisfyingly showy You feel his absence when he isn t there though Joanna Cassidy Crystal Reed and Robert Forster all have their moments 
2.5
Too Late
Sara Stewart
The hyperverbal screenplay quickly grows tiresome from the sub Pulp Fiction prattle of two drug dealers Dash Mihok and Rider Strong to one act after another in which desperate women are preyed upon or saved by the men around them 
2
Too Late
Kenji Fujishima
All the narrative hopscotching is little more than a superficial ploy to gussy up a clichéd redemption tale 
1
Too Late
Glenn Kenny
As failures go it s more interesting than most 
2
Wish You Were Here
David Nusair
grows more and more absorbing as it progresses 
3.5
Wish You Were Here
Carrie Rickey
As Lynda the belligerent exhibitionist daughter of a strait laced British shopkeeper Lloyd is electrifying She s a foul mouthed Hayley Mills 
3
Wish You Were Here
Dave Kehr
Just as Lynda s language is an affront to her neighbors so is Leland s film an enthusiastic assault on the excessive gentility of so much British filmmaking 
3
Wish You Were Here
Jeremy Heilman
At times tremendously funny but never humorous at the expense of its emotional core Wish You Were Here is simultaneously nostalgic and in direct opposition to the way that nostalgia tends to coat the past with a layer of sugary sweetness 
3.5
Wish You Were Here
Roger Ebert
Lloyd is so fresh so filled with fun and rebellion that she carries us past the tricky parts on the strength of personality alone It s one of the great debut roles for a young actress 
3.5
San Francisco
Mattie Lucas
It s really only of interest now due to its influence on the disaster genre combining turgid melodrama with the grand backdrop of a natural disaster Mark this one as for Oscar completists only 
2
San Francisco
Matt Brunson
MacDonald is the weak link in this otherwise bustling film But the final portion of the movie when the earthquake comes a callin is truly astonishing 
3
Night of the Animated Dead
Kevin Carr
I don t know if this is entirely necessary but there are elements to it you don t get from the original movie You do get extra gore which is the biggest selling point 
2.5
Night of the Animated Dead
Mike McGranaghan
What does animation bring to Night of the Living Dead As it turns out absolutely nothing 
2
A Banquet
Kevin Carr
Not a whole lot happens 46 46 46 but it apos s an interesting enough film 46 It has something to say 59 it apos s just afraid to say it 46 
2
A Banquet
Christy Lemire
Because the sound design is so vivid and Paxtons eye for disturbing detail is so creative its even more frustrating that the payoff is so unsatisfying 
2.5
A Banquet
Mark Dujsik
The movie s bigger ambitions overshadow the narrative s more intimate and down to earth elements 
2
Sonny
Glenn Kenny
Too defensive and earnest about its topic to be either fun or illuminating 
1
Sonny
Jan Stuart
Actors generally make good actor s directors but Sonny is a mixed bag in that department 
2
Sonny
Bob Strauss
Enchanted with low life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts What is sorely missing however is the edge of wild lunatic invention that we associate with Cage s best acting 
2.5
Sonny
Lou Lumenick
An instant candidate for worst movie of the year 
1
Sonny
Emily Blunt
Author John Carlen has abstrusely captured that struggle of one man simply trying to be human in nonhuman vile circumstances 
3.5
Sonny
Ed Gonzalez
It s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film s shooting schedule waiting to scream Got AIDS yet 
1
Sonny
Harvey S. Karten
An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers what they think of themselves and their clients 
3
Night Games
Roger Ebert
Well the movie s premise is obviously shoddy But is the movie s visual strategy any better Are we really thrilled by those nighttime chases through the deserted mansion Not really 
1
Tales From the Gimli Hospital
Anne Brodie
Guy Maddin apos s groundbreaking debut feature Tales from the Gimli Hospital restored in glorious 4K 44 46 46 gorgeously crisp 44 the sound perfection 44 with a long lost scene of the 1988 cult classic about blistering lust and seething envy on Lake Winnipeg 46 
4
Tales From the Gimli Hospital
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Whatever else you might say about this weird creepy and funny independent item by Guy Maddin it s certainly different 
3
Love in the Rain
Roger Ebert
Loving in the Rain is as close to inconsequential as a movie can get and still have Romy Schneider in it 
1
Shame
Mattie Lucas
Yet unlike many similar films of the late 40s and 50s which took a there but for the grace of god go I point of view toward societal issues Lupino s films replaced pity with empathy and she treated her characters with compassion rather than judgment 
3.5
The Murder Case of Hana & Alice
Rob Thomas
The budding friendship between the two girls one an extrovert and one an introvert is so charming that I didn t mind being confused from time to time 
3
Dirty Dancing
Robert Bianco
No matter how badly you sing you can t be as tone deaf as this movie 
1.5
Blood
Rex Reed
This adolescent vampire tale goes downhill so fast it turns inadvertently from horror to comedy 
1
Blood
Peter Sobczynski
quot Blood quot delivers plenty of the titular substance but not much else of note other than a couple of decent scenes here and there 46 
2
Blood
Mark Dujsik
It apos s mostly pretty generic and familiar 44 apart from 46 46 46 the complete conviction Monaghan brings to material that apos s otherwise pretty thin 46 46 46 
2
Blood
Roger Moore
Aside from a moment here and there in the Jamie Lee Curtis canon 44 I 8217 m hard pressed to think of another recent horror film that drew a tear and made the emotional connections 8220 Blood 8221 does 46 
2.5
The Lineup
Steve Rhodes
The plot has possibilities but the execution is quite risible 
2
Shut In
Randy Myers
Shut In doesn t redefine the genre by any means but it s a polished exercise in confined terror with a very nasty bite to it 
2.5
Shut In
Christian Toto
Shut In lacks the visceral thrills of some invasion films but it more than compensates with a heart tugging redemption arc and the return of an electric star 
3
A Moment of Innocence
Josh Larsen
reminds us that we can t rewrite our past even when we have this much creative control over it 
3
A Moment of Innocence
John Petrakis
It is rare when a single image can sum up the emotional core of an entire movie but the final freeze frame of A Moment of Innocence is so moving in its completeness it reminds us with jarring simplicity that we are in the hands of a genuine artist 
3.5
A Moment of Innocence
Ken Fox
For Makhmalbaf the film comes to represent a re examination of his own idealism and the possibility of further social change as a whole new generation of Iranian youth comes of age 
3.5
A Moment of Innocence
David Sterritt
Touching funny and totally original 
4
A Moment of Innocence
John Hartl
This comedy of mixed motives and recently freshened memories becomes increasingly passionate 
3
A Moment of Innocence
John Anderson
A breathtaking cross fertilization of drama and fact 
3.5
A Moment of Innocence
Jeremy Heilman
There are moments here that are phenomenal 
4
A Moment of Innocence
Eric Henderson
Resonates heavy with the Proustian understanding of how memories only amplify and enrich with time 
3.5
A Moment of Innocence
Jeff Vice
There are also a handful of dialogue heavy scenes that go on far too long and which have little impact on the storyline 
2.5
A Moment of Innocence
Wesley Morris
As both the casting and the eventual filming get crazy Innocence turns into something like a screwball farce an intimate self aware one The seams of reality are pulled to the breaking point until the terms actor and director are purely ironic 
4
A Moment of Innocence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a movie about cinema itself though it s not like Hollywood films about cinema that simply make jokes about the business Makhmalbaf s film is about how cinema captures life and makes something more out of it 
4
A Moment of Innocence
Mick LaSalle
Makhmalbaf fashions a grindingly dull film from his own colorful experience 
0
Encounter
David Gonzalez
There are plenty of films out there that offer up a narrative shift 46 However 44 with Encounter 44 the change in tone felt more Shyamalan esque and left me empty inside at the films conclusion 46 
2.5
Encounter
Sean P. Means
Part of the tension that Pearce and co screenwriter Joe Barton build here is in leaving that central question is Malik saving his kids or putting them in more danger up in the air for as long as possible 
3
Encounter
Tom Meek
What rolls out the gate as a hot paced sci fi thriller is really a profile of mental illness disingenuously dressed up as something it s not 
2
Encounter
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Narratively and thematically this sci fi drama from Amazon Studios is one big backward walk into a corner 
2
Encounter
Mark Meszoros
An encounter with this film need not be on your to do list during this busy time 
2
Encounter
Leo Brady
Encounter is a mixed bag part science fiction and family drama which it never fully commits to either making it an effort failing to reach the potential raised by the work of its stellar lead 
2
Encounter
Steven Prokopy
Ahmed s performance is note perfect 
3
Encounter
Glenn Kenny
It s dishonest showy filmmaking 
2
Encounter
Christian Toto
Riz Ahmed holds challenging tale together but he has more than a little help 
3
Encounter
Mark Dujsik
Encounter isn t a messy movie In terms of plot and characters and tone it is a gravely inconsistent one 
1.5
Encounter
Randy Myers
Pearce has an original voice and has something worthy to relate Now if only he d smooth out some of the rough edges in his storytelling 
2.5
Encounter
Michael O'Sullivan
Fortunately Ahmed delivers another one of his reliably watchable performances 
2.5
Encounter
Walter Chaw
Encounter is a terrible disappointment though Ahmed is a treasure I ll hold onto that when the red tide rises 
2
Encounter
Dwight Brown
The script Joe Barton Michael Pearce and dull direction Pearce carreen from contorted moment to improbable situation with no sense of reality or purpose 
2
Encounter
Chris Barsanti
In spite of the film s troublingly naïve take on mental trauma Riz Ahmed vividly and empathetically captures a man s wounded soul 
2
Encounter
Ernesto Diezmartinez
It ends up as a tearful virile melodrama with a discarded war veteran cornered by society the system his own demons and a lousy plot resolution 
1
Che!
Matt Brunson
A soggy saga so noncommittal that the Cuban Revolution ultimately seems no more monumental a historical event than the Iowa State Fair 46 
1.5
Che!
Roger Ebert
It is impossible to determine what the film s makers thought about Guevera if anything The movie s dominant quality is gutlessness 
1
Hoovey
Mike McGranaghan
Audiences looking for a fresh take on this type of story will be sorely disappointed by its refusal to deviate from the norm But those in the mood for a sweet uplifting faith based film will find it a pleasant way to spend an hour and a half 
2.5
Command and Control
Mick LaSalle
As a child I worried about nuclear war It never occurred to me that I should have been worried about a nuclear accident 
3
Command and Control
Tom Meek
The statistical probability of a nuclear accident increases every moment Humankind has been lucky so far which Command and Control makes poignantly clear 
3
Command and Control
Tirdad Derakhshani
A terrifying documentary that ll have your heart racing as fast as any Hollywood thriller Kenner s film reveals that due to a range of errors and accidents we were very close more than once to detonating a nuke on our own soil 
3.5
Command and Control
Peter Keough
Kenner and Schlosser not only remind us of a danger that never went away but honor the men whose bravery was never recognized 
3
Command and Control
Michael O'Sullivan
Far from being a historical cautionary tale Command and Control looks forward not backward Kenner s unsettling film casts its worried gaze not at the accidents that already have taken place but at the ones yet to happen 
3
Command and Control
Farran Smith Nehme
Archival footage is combined with somewhat affected looking re enactments but the film achieves its purpose to remind us that we still have thousands of bombs and neither they nor we have gotten that much smarter 
3
Command and Control
Clayton Dillard
Robert Kenner s stylistic choices amplify the film s fetishistic fascination with the nuclear weaponry itself 
2
Wexford Plaza
Barry Hertz
A subtly grim meditation on suburban isolation a lot of the action happens in a deserted parking lot and youthful despair 
3
Wexford Plaza
Peter Howell
It s so well put together it s hard to believe this is Wong s first feature 
3
Puppet on a Chain
Roger Ebert
The characters would not know how to operate an alarm clock if you gave them one but they can defuse bombs and drive speedboats And they devote their lives to doing things in illogical ways 
1.5
Irmi
Anita Katz
Selvin and Fanshel s heartfelt tribute to Irmi is undeniably moving and the consideration the pair give to the 20th century Jewish experience and to the strength and contributions of refugees and immigrants broadens and deepens the picture 
3
The Surface
Rob Thomas
The Surface has such fine performances in it from Mulkey and Astin that you wish the filmmakers had trusted them more letting them bring the film back to shore on their own 
2.5
The Surface
Graham Killeen
Here s a four word review of The Surface Go see The Surface 
2.5
Stephen King's Thinner
Mal Vincent
Even for Stephen King s rather unsubtle style it s pretty simple and manipulative 
1.5
Wild Men
Randy Myers
A far more textured story than its first few minutes would suggest funny and heartbreaking 
3.5
Wild Men
Roger Moore
A comedy of slack jawed chuckles and slow burn laughs 44 a movie that immerses us in that 8220 O 8217 Horten 44 8221 8220 A Man Called Ove 8221 Norwegian style of deadpan 44 here married to a story that isn 8217 t afraid to go 8220 In Order of Disappearance 8221 dark 46 
3.5
Wild Men
Mark Dujsik
The plot of Wild Men slowly and 44 then 44 completely overwhelms the movie apos s premise and its other 44 more intriguing intentions 46 
2.5
The Naked Room
Jesse Cataldo
By eschewing even basic B roll footage it ends up feeling even more stripped down than Frederick Wiseman s patient inquisitions yet nearly as complex overall 
3.5
Songs From the Second Floor
Josh Larsen
feels like the world s last whimper 
4
Songs From the Second Floor
Michael Booth
Let your literal linear self take a chance on Songs From the Second Floor Andersson is a philosopher with a brilliant eye for composing his ideas on the big screen 
3.5
Songs From the Second Floor
Liam Lacey
Like an Ingmar Bergman movie as realized by Monty Python It s seriously gloomy about the loss of spirituality in the world but at the same time rudely sometimes hilariously absurd 
3
Songs From the Second Floor
Duane Dudek
An absurdist spider web 
3
Songs From the Second Floor
Roger Ebert
You may not enjoy it but you will not forget it 
4
Songs From the Second Floor
Mark Caro
A brilliant absurd collection of vignettes that in their own idiosyncratic way sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium 
3.5
Songs From the Second Floor
Ty Burr
Depressive slow darkly funny unyielding in its formal rigor and unsettlingly beautiful 
3
Songs From the Second Floor
Jeremy Heilman
There s really only one good idea in this movie but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache 
3.5
Songs From the Second Floor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A valuable and rare movie experience 
3.5
Songs From the Second Floor
V.A. Musetto
A devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism 
3
The Book of Life
John Beifuss
The Mexi centricity is novel and welcome as is the flirtation with morbidness but the film overall is filled with the usual trademarks of sub Pixar animation glib one liners anachronistic pop culture references and inspirational cliches 
2.5
The Book of Life
Linda Cook
Full of joy color and detail The Book of Life is like no other movie Family friendly but not necessarily a kid flick this film truly is a work of art 
4
The Book of Life
Michael Dequina
Makes one realize just how homogenized and even lazy mainstream animated features have become and how genuinely exciting it is to witness an artist confidently shatter barriers and boldly break new ground 
3.5
The Book of Life
Christian Toto
A welcome celebration of Mexican lore isn t enough to bring this Book to Life 
2.5
The Book of Life
Nina Garin
It captures themes about love family honor and friendship with a perfect dose of humor and sincerity It s the kind of movie like The Nightmare Before Christmas that you ll want to watch every year 
3.5
The Book of Life
Susan Wloszczyna
This Mexican fiesta of animated splendor is packed with visual delights far more sunny than sinister as they burst forth as if flung from an over packed piata 
3.5
The Book of Life
Willie Waffle
I feel like a traitor for not liking The Book Of Life
1.5
The Book of Life
Randy Myers
Without a doubt it is one of 2014 s best animated films a holiday delight that exuberantly bursts at the seams with irresistible cultural pride 
3
The Book of Life
Dustin Putman
The picture neither lifted my spirit nor made me feel the heightened emotions it was so obviously striving for Were it not for the purposes of this review The Book of Life would already be completely forgotten 
2
The Book of Life
Laura Emerick
Whether en ingles o en espanol The Book of Life is a delight In an animated universe cluttered with kung fu pandas ice princesses and video game heroes Gutierrez and del Toro have conjured up an original vision 
3
The Book of Life
James Berardinelli
The Book of Life moves breezily from one scene to the next keeping the pace brisk and rarely skipping a beat 
3
The Book of Life
Bruce DeMara
A joyful energetic but unconventional 3 D animated adventure with a distinct Latino flavour 
3
The Book of Life
Chris Knight
If you re looking for something with a little more international flavour it wouldn t kill you to add this to the list 
2.5
The Book of Life
Mark Dujsik
Here is a movie of impressive imagination and surprising sympathy that still winds up feeling like the product of less pure intentions 
2.5
The Book of Life
Jon Niccum
The project bears the unmistakable thumbprint of producer Guillermo del Toro Pan s Labyrinth with its themes of adolescent expectations and grotesque alternate worlds whose mystical denizens intersect with our own 
2.5
The Book of Life
Frank Lovece
Funny without being frantic seamlessly switching from dry humor to slapstick it shows death as a part of life and judging from a preview audience of very young tykes does so in a gentle delightful way 
3
The Book of Life
Michael O'Sullivan
The Book of Life may use state of the art animation but it derives its strength from the wisdom of antiquity It only looks new but it s as old as life and death itself 
3
The Book of Life
Michael Ordoña
The vibrant animated feature The Book of Life is a cheeky celebration of Mexican folklore with a solid cast an irreverent sensibility and gorgeous visuals 
3
The Book of Life
Calvin Wilson
The Book of Life is a flawed but intriguing new chapter in animation 
2.5
The Book of Life
Cathy Jakicic
Saying that the visuals outshine the story in an animated feature is not usually good news but when the animation is as original and stunning as that in The Book of Life the result is well worth seeing 
3
The Book of Life
Sara Stewart
Almost but not quite makes up in visuals what it lacks in snappy dialogue 
2
The Book of Life
Claudia Puig
The dizzying intricate imagery is so beautiful and the Latin inspired songs catchy enough that the overall effect is often enchanting 
2.5
The Book of Life
Roger Moore
So colorful and unconventionally dazzling it almost reinvents the art form
3.5
The Book of Life
Kenji Fujishima
Jorge R Gutierrez subsumes the film s darker themes in a relentlessly busy farrago of predictable kids movie tropes and annoying attempts at hipness 
2
The Liberator
Glenn Kenny
The Liberator shoehorns the epic life of early 19th century South American revolutionary Simn Bolivar into two hours of intermittently powerful cinema 
2.5
The Liberator
Soren Andersen
Arvelo a Venezuelan like Bolivar touches many of the essential bases in Bolivar s story But perhaps inevitably he is only able to achieve little more than mere touches 
2.5
The Liberator
Mick LaSalle
The emotions and desires that The Liberator dramatizes are such that anyone can feel them and understand 
3
The Liberator
Roger Moore
Solid leading man in a robust and heroic production that always feels a bit rushed and truncated
3
The Liberator
Oscar Moralde
It s sense of complexity is giving us masses of people moved by Simon Bolvar s words and gorgeous sweeping vistas of the landscape backed by a stirring orchestra 
1.5
I Promise You Anarchy
Clayton Dillard
The film becomes fairly bloodless by preferring to play character behaviors objectively and at a distance 
2
The Secret of Kells
Mattie Lucas
Its skillful balancing act of paganism and Christianity in its evocation of medieval Celtic spirituality is both fascinating and enchanting 
2.5
The Secret of Kells
Brandy McDonnell
The rich colors lavish designs and charming characters are capable of captivating even the most avid fans of computer animation 
4
The Secret of Kells
Josh Larsen
Very few animated films have had such a mesmerizing puzzle like quality 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
David Keyes
This is perhaps the most enchanting and zealous animated endeavor you will see this side of the Pixar lineup 
4
The Secret of Kells
David Nusair
there s never a point at which the viewer is wholeheartedly drawn into the admittedly simple narrative 
2
The Secret of Kells
Roger Moore
A gorgeous blend of the magical and the gloriously trippy 
4
The Secret of Kells
Mark Dujsik
A lovely film clearly lovingly assembled 
3
The Secret of Kells
Duane Dudek
A film revelatory and mysterious but whose appeal is no secret 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Mike Scott
Colorful and imaginative it s a visual treat Where the story comes in however it loses it s footing 
2.5
The Secret of Kells
Robert W. Butler
Ironically The Secret of Kells might be best served by watching it with the sound turned off As a purely visual experience it has no peer 
2.5
The Secret of Kells
John Hartl
A breathtaking mixture of Celtic mythology and creative animation 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Joe Williams
The Secret of Kells has elements of a quest adventure and a coming of age story but it s more beautifully stylized and astutely abstracted than the average kiddie cartoon 
3
The Secret of Kells
Rene Rodriguez
Just a couple of minutes into this beautifully drawn intricately rendered Irish import you understand why the movie earned the Academy s attention 
3
The Secret of Kells
Jeff Vice
This is a feast for the eyes Characters look like expressive paper cut figures Celtic knots provide frames for the images and there are lush watercolor like backgrounds 
3
The Secret of Kells
Chris Hewitt
The herky jerky storytelling is unsatisfying and the characters may not even be vivid enough to qualify for two dimensional 
2.5
The Secret of Kells
Amy Biancolli
Its hand drawn two dimensional animation springs to life with color and meticulous technique filigreed and curlicued like the luminous book at its center 
3
The Secret of Kells
Nina Garin
With its themes of war and faith along with just the right amount of cute it s pretty obvious why the Irish animated film got noticed by the Academy 
3
The Secret of Kells
Ann Hornaday
If filmgoers ultimately feel bogged down in its densely layered fable and allegory it s a spectacular thicket to get lost in 
2.5
The Secret of Kells
Claudia Puig
The Secret of Kells is a magical adventure unlike anything we ve seen on screen before 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Before long the magic that enchanted the Academy voters enchanted me too 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Roger Ebert
I think it will appeal to children young enough to be untutored in boredom and to anyone old enough to be drawn in or to appreciate the artistry 
3
The Secret of Kells
Steven Rea
The Secret of Kells is gorgeous work and its imagery and themes dovetail perfectly a story about creating art artfully created 
3
The Secret of Kells
Ty Burr
A visually overwhelming labor of love a hand drawn medieval adventure tale that seeks and finds cosmic connections 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Jeffrey Gantz
It s the way the visuals tap into medieval Celtic art that elevates this Oscar nominated animation from Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Robert Levin
A picture that relies on a potpourri of cubist and impressionistic sensibilities to tell a standard coming of age story in a way it s not been told before 
3
The Secret of Kells
Lou Lumenick
It s easy to see how the animation nominators fell in love with this charmer based on Celtic mythology which is quite unlike anything I ve ever seen before 
3.5
The Secret of Kells
Nick Schager
Majestic animation fails to conjure a sense of enchantment in The Secret of Kells a beautiful two dimensional work devoid of dramatic vigor 
2.5
Squared Love All Over Again
Roger Moore
So mild mannered that even the sources of conflict are rendered in shades of beige 46 
1
Hostage House
Roger Moore
A half speed thriller flatly acted blandly plotted and pretty much stillborn
1
Isle of the Dead
Mattie Lucas
A moody and riveting piece of psychological horror that has been lovingly restored to near pristine quality 
3
Isle of the Dead
Matt Brunson
The story s on the slender side but haunting imagery a few chilling moments and a typically strong performance from Karloff compensate 
3
Isle of the Dead
Walter Chaw
quite bad
1
Rush: Time Stand Still
Brad Wheeler
Rush music isn t for everyone Neither is Rush Time Stand Still a rock doc chronicle of the band s purported final tour in 2015 
2
Rush: Time Stand Still
Peter Howell
Unusual bittersweet and vital 
3.5
More Than the Rainbow
Elise Nakhnikian
The film s segments move seamlessly from one topic to the next with the unselfconscious ease of a good dinner party 
3
Zero Contact
Peter Canavese
Shot entirely via Zoom 40 and the first half has all the excitement of a work Zoom meeting 41 the movie that was infamous for being the first feature film to be released via an NFT platform and it apos s terrible 46 
.5
Beyond a Year in Space
Verne Gay
Brisk informative overview of Kelly s life back on the ground but leaves a few questions unanswered including this one How long before that first trip to Mars 
3
Death Count
Roger Moore
Mandylor isn 8217 t bad 44 pretty much every thing and everybody else is 46 10 10 But at least it 8217 s short 46 
0
A Dog's Purpose
Khari J. Sampson
This is the sort of movie I d have loved as a boy It s cute and fine for kids and adults alike Except for that dying dog motif 
3
A Dog's Purpose
John Serba
As any film aimed at children but potentially traumatizing for them might be A Dog s Purpose is at odds with itself straining to balance the levity of poop jokes with the tragedy of loss 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Tina Hassannia
By manipulating this emotional vulnerability A Dog s Purpose has no reason to be a good movie It can suffice by making its audience cry through the simplest and crudest of gestures 
1.5
A Dog's Purpose
Barry Paris
It s much ado about anthropomorphizing dogs et al animals that talk cute or philosophical It s so so kiddie fare with some less than cutting edge slapstick to offset lots of tears for lots of doggies dying 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Dog s Purpose left me stuck in emotional quicksand escaping not so much impossible as it felt like a waste of my time 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Josh Terry
While the wide eyed dog narrator device is cute it also creates some narrative problems Hallstrm s protagonist is often along for the ride on a story that is low on conflict even if it s high on aw shucks moments 
2.5
A Dog's Purpose
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dog movies get a bad rap and they re certainly not easy to make well Maybe they re a like a doggie lick in the face a little annoying and a little wonderful and depending on the moment they can elicit a frown or a smile This one gets a smile 
3
A Dog's Purpose
Peter Travers
A manipulative script about dog reincarnation that whacks your emotions like a piata that s forgivable But no mercy for a film charged with canine abuse behind the scenes It shouldn t happen to a dog 
1.5
A Dog's Purpose
Robert Horton
Through every step of philosophical flapdoodle peddled in A Dog s Purpose Hallstrom manages to maintain some level of dignity 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Glenn Kenny
The tonal weirdness and the philosophical fallacies and the general level of treacle did not sit very well with me Then again I have to admit I m really more of a cat person 
1.5
A Dog's Purpose
Dustin Putman
This decades spanning semi anthological drama doesn t need to try to manipulate because its concept by nature is manipulative And boy does it work A Dog s Purpose is a small early gem of 2017 
3
A Dog's Purpose
Rebecca Tucker
Despite the constant reincarnations A Dog s Purpose doesn t contain much in the way of spirituality But any agnostic big picture messaging it may be reaching for doesn t quite come through either 
1.5
A Dog's Purpose
Rick Bentley
It s a shame A Dog s Purpose doesn t have more of a purpose than as a melodramatic mess 
1.5
A Dog's Purpose
Rafer Guzman
It s basically Look Who s Talking with a puppy instead of a baby 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Jeff Simon
Let me confess that as ridiculously manipulative and sentimental a family movie as A Dog s Purpose is I m a bit of a sucker for movies like it 
3
A Dog's Purpose
Mark Dujsik
It s the sort of sweet down home schmaltz that one would expect 
2.5
A Dog's Purpose
Jon Niccum
Hallstrm and screenwriter Cathryn Michon s adaptation may not contain the subtext of the best selling novel by W Bruce Cameron yet it does capture the sentiment 
2.5
A Dog's Purpose
Ryan Porter
When Hollywood casts a dog as the lead in a movie it s pretty much always because there is a sappily inspirational tale to be told And that as they say is A Dog s Purpose 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Dann Gire
A cute funny risky movie that in lesser hands wouldn t work 
3
A Dog's Purpose
Richard Roeper
A Dog s Purpose just wears you down 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Michael O'Sullivan
A Dog s Purpose is hokey but harmless bunkum 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Gabe Hartwig
A Dog s Purpose will make you want to give your furry family members a big hug when you get home If they re anything like Bailey they ll be glad to see you 
4
A Dog's Purpose
Peter Hartlaub
If you have the kind of kid who cries hard when Old Yeller dies you re sending him into a The Wild Bunch style ambush 
1
A Dog's Purpose
Keith Watson
Lasse Hallstrm s gooey film exists only to offer comforting reassurances about dogs natural servility 
.5
A Dog's Purpose
Tom Russo
It s a weepie that can be tough to resist 
2.5
A Dog's Purpose
Peter Canavese
In this sort of Quantum Leap for dogs a soulful gender confused repeatedly reincarnated canine goes on a magical journey of Hollywood formula Come with me and you ll be in a world of pure manipulation 
1
A Dog's Purpose
Roger Moore
The last thing this dogs die picture needs is a real world pall hanging over it 
2
A Dog's Purpose
Stephen Whitty
A schmaltzy manipulative movie that nonetheless managed to manipulate a dog lover like me right into a sodden mess 
2.5
Amazonia
Kent Turner
In a visually resplendent French Brazilian live action co production a scene stealer little capuchin monkey survives a plane clash and has to learn to fend for himself Run little monkey run 
2.5
A pesar de todo
Roger Moore
The director cast the sexiest sirens of Spanish language cinema but all she s done for them is make them Women on the Verge of Being in a Funnier Movie 
1.5
The Infinite Man
Tirdad Derakhshani
Great fun will be had by audiences past and future 
3
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil
Robert W. Butler
When the camera zooms in to study the paintings in detail the film comes alive 
2.5
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil
Robert Horton
Curiously incomplete 
2
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil
Kate Taylor
The story of a determined quest is always enlivened by insights into the clawing animals bizarre monsters and sinful humans that populate Bosch s fantastical visions 
3
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil
Farran Smith Nehme
Like other recent art world documentaries much time is spent on inter museum wrangling and the personalities aren t vivid enough to build tension The interest lies in the close look at the strange vision of this great artist 
2.5
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil
Clayton Dillard
It highlights how the ownership of art serves as a marker of capital for distinguishing one institution over another 
3
National Gallery
Peter Howell
National Gallery presents the famous art space as almost a living and breathing thing with all the complications and rough glory that implies 
3.5
National Gallery
Jeffrey M. Anderson
National Gallery once again proves that Frederick Wiseman is a national treasure 
3.5
National Gallery
David Lewis
National Gallery a meandering trip through the famed London art institution has many sublime scenes and some tedious ones too 
2
National Gallery
Moira MacDonald
Though Wiseman s now well into his 80s his eye s as sharp as ever 
3.5
National Gallery
Mark Feeney
It s this wonderful mixture of observation and imagination a lecturer says of Leonardo s Madonna of the Rocks one of the museum s prize possessions Something similar can be said of Wiseman and his film 
3.5
National Gallery
Stephanie Merry
National Gallery could have used a few more edits its long run time may limit its appeal But the film is remarkably engaging and with close looks at so many important pieces of art bursting with beauty 
3
National Gallery
Farran Smith Nehme
The elder statesman of American documentary Frederick Wiseman returns with an in depth look at London s great museum home to a spectacular array of masterpieces 
3
National Gallery
Glenn Kenny
A typically lucid graceful and unobtrusively multi tiered work 
4
National Gallery
James Lattimer
In the style of an ambling yet entirely focused visitor the film continually circles back to pictures protagonists and situations to furnish them with new meanings alter their perception or even directly challenge their previous presentation 
3.5
Frozen Assets
Desmond Ryan
Bristling with terrible puns and single entendres Frozen Assets is the kind of movie that is so wretched you watch it with clenched eyes 
1
Frozen Assets
Candice Russell
Almost everything about Frozen Assets a comedy set in a sperm bank has the taint of a sub mediocre TV movie 
2
Frozen Assets
Rene Rodriguez
The movie manages to be worse than the most derivative cable TV flick It s amazingly bad 
1
Frozen Assets
Roger Ebert
Movies like Frozen Assets are small miracles You look at them and wonder how at any stage of the production anyone could have thought there was a watchable movie here 
0
Hell Hath No Fury
Leo Brady
Hell Hath No Fury is genuinely thrilling placing a myriad of characters into a boiling pot riches of gold buried in the ground and the sting of war surrounding all of them 
3
Hell Hath No Fury
Roger Moore
Fromage as the French would say And not the good cheese either 
1.5
Star Wars: Holiday Special
Alan French
You will curse god for this show s mere existence 
.5
Star Wars: Holiday Special
James Berardinelli
Although Pandora s Box is best left unopened it s impossible to deny the curiosity impulse Just be warned that it s worse than you can imagine 
1
Gunday
Michael Dequina
Seemingly disparate elements go on to organically weave together into a coherent whole as a buddy action crime dramedy with some exuberant production numbers as infectious icing on the proverbial cake 
3
Gunday
Danny Bowes
As a 70s throwback it s definitely not alone in recent years And yet Gunday is a thunderously entertaining movie which is down to its cast and director 
3
My Imaginary Country
Chris Barsanti
Patricio Guzm 225 n 8217 s documentary leaves open the possibility of a future for Chileans that isn 8217 t beholden to the trauma of history 46 
3
Meet Wally Sparks
Mal Vincent
The groaners are so abundant that you can t help but laugh but you might feel a little cruel about it 
1
Eye of the Beast
David Nusair
generally comes off as a surprisingly entertaining little monster movie that benefits substantially from some unexpectedly above average performances 
2.5
Better Than Chocolate
Michael Dequina
Plays like a very special episode of a sitcom That is one with explicit nudity and sex 
2.5
Better Than Chocolate
Jeffrey Westhoff
The makers of gay themed films often ignore this rule Romantic comedy clichs don t become innovative just because the lovers are the same sex 
2
Zero Avenue
Roger Moore
Rarely has a thriller started with more intriguing power dynamics a shifting quot Who apos s playing whom 63 quot puzzle only to utterly abandon its mystique as it gives up its secrets 46 
1.5
The French Dispatch
David Gonzalez
Even with its faults 44 The French Dispatch is the most Wes Anderson film of all time 46 Suppose youre already a fan of his work like I am 46 In that case 44 this film will satisfy your wishes 46 
3
The French Dispatch
Brian Eggert
Beautifully crafted but more concerned with style than substance
2.5
The French Dispatch
John Beifuss
The lapidary peripatetic creativity which includes animation multiple frame ratios and many digital effects illuminates rather than obscures a hopeful but not nave message about the agonizing joy of making art 
4
The French Dispatch
Rene Sanchez
Staying true to his charming and peculiar style Anderson s anthology has its heart in the right place Full Review in Spanish 
3
The French Dispatch
Lisa Trifone
Anderson seems to be in on the joke more than ever leaning solidly into his own quirkiness and delivering a charming star studded affair 
3.5
The French Dispatch
David Nusair
uninvolving and almost aggressively sluggish 
2
The French Dispatch
Linda Cook
It s the most Wes Anderson y of Wes Anderson s films 
3
The French Dispatch
Mattie Lucas
As sad and thoughtful and funny as anything Anderson has ever made a sparkling gem in the illustrious career of a filmmaker who refuses to be pinned down even when everyone thinks they have him figured out 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Kevin Carr
Anderson seemed to trade the story away for quirkiness but it s still a neat movie if you like Wes Anderson movies 
3
The French Dispatch
Sarah Knight Adamson
The quick witted dialogue and the detailed set pieces are as delightfully delicious as a first bite into a scrumptious buttery French croissant yes we are deliriously enthralled 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Mark Meszoros
The French Dispatch shows Anderson the auteur behind quirky and fascinating films including The Royal Tenenbaums Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel at the height of his powers 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Sonny Bunch
I can understand why even Anderson fans might be a bit put off But his fussiness this time around is in service of the world s great unsung heroes editors so I ll allow it 
3
The French Dispatch
Sean P. Means
Anderson is definitely in his element creating intricate set pieces that move like the most exquisitely engineered wind up music boxes as delicate and as light as a souffle 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
But if it s junk at least it has a lot of flavor spiced up by a charming score from composer Alexandre Desplat 
2.5
The French Dispatch
Lindsey Bahr
If anything The French Dispatch perhaps suffers because of its abundance which on first viewing can seem like overwhelming excess but I think will hold up enormously well 
3
The French Dispatch
Max Weiss
It s hard to describe how ingenious creative and bold this work is 
4
The French Dispatch
Mark Feeney
It s easily the most mannered movie Anderson has made which is really saying something It s so mannered at times as to be almost unmoored speaking of ships but the many marvels it contains make that an acceptable price to pay 
3
The French Dispatch
Chris Hewitt
If you like Anderson movies such as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel you ll like French Dispatch which he wrote and directed 
3
The French Dispatch
Mark Dujsik
Anderson allows his style to completely overshadow any sense of humor story and meaning this anthology may or could possess 
2
The French Dispatch
Josh Bell
Anderson hones in even further on minutiae at the expense of characters and story until the movie becomes an inert diorama 
1.5
The French Dispatch
Roger Moore
This magazine of a movie is something to be savored a rarefied delight that s intellectually aspirational as the great magazines used to be 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a gorgeous movie consistently amusing and with enough strange small ideas to populate ten other films 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Richard Roeper
Bill Murray Timothee Chalamet Benicio del Toro and Frances McDormand are among the stars enjoying pinpoint dialogue in the exquisitely rendered collection of stories 
3
The French Dispatch
Tom Meek
It s a savory indulgent mess something of a fallen soufflé 
2.5
The French Dispatch
Michael Medved
Stylish occasionally witty but thoroughly frustrating no real plot a collection of caricatures rather than characters and a general approach that could best be described as incoherent indulgence 
1.5
The French Dispatch
Ty Burr
Even for a Wes Anderson movie every frame of The French Dispatch feels oppressively coffee table ready a wryly anal retentive labor of love hermetically sealed and disconnected from any larger sense of purpose 
1.5
The French Dispatch
Peter Howell
My main beef with The French Dispatch is that it s too much of everything and not enough of anything 
2
The French Dispatch
Sheila O'Malley
It s strange that such a crowded dazzling visually insistent film leaves so much space for free association but it does Now that s endearing 
4
The French Dispatch
Johnny Oleksinski
Nobody gives a memorable performance 
2
The French Dispatch
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Some of his early films particularly Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums have aged with good natured grace but The French Dispatch proves he has a long way to go if he wants to be the clever and compassionate comedian he once was 
2
The French Dispatch
Leo Brady
The French Dispatch is a dedication to journalists of the past French New Wave cinema and the power of storytelling told in a vignette style and yes told in a classic Wes Anderson fashion In short The French Dispatch is a delightful cinematic rag 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Josh Larsen
An ode to both the exuberance and loneliness that accompanies the creative life 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Rafer Guzman
Writer director Wes Anderson and an ensemble cast deliver an endlessly creative series of stand alone stories 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Michael Phillips
Anderson this time has driven straight into a cul de sac stranding every sort of good and great actor in the cinematic equivalent of a design meeting 
2
The French Dispatch
Katie Walsh
If he is trying to say something and it s unclear what he might be trying to say all of the stylistic fuss and muss obfuscates any message and even worse any emotional connection to the film This latest dispatch is indeed a profound disappointment 
2
The French Dispatch
Ann Hornaday
Anderson seems far more interested in concocting his dollhouse world than inhabiting it with messy human feelings 
2
The French Dispatch
Kent Turner
The best way to bone up before seeing The French Dispatch isn t to pick up an issue of The New Yorker If you need any preparation at all for the Anderson avalanche of whimsy it is to binge on silent movies 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Brian Truitt
Like most anthologies some segments are better than others but they all highlight different inspirations Anderson s woven together for a delightful cinematic sampler 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Mick LaSalle
Anderson s human connection seems to have short circuited so that his irony now bypasses the world and becomes an ironic contemplation of his own work This is a dead end and it s just not interesting 
1
The French Dispatch
Moira MacDonald
The French Dispatch is an elegant ode to good writing and to those who quietly stand behind the words 
3.5
The French Dispatch
Dwight Brown
The cinematography costumes production design set decoration and art direction are gorgeous and ingenious But as an 1hr 48min feature film the footage continues long after the joke is over and punchline has been delivered 
2.5
The French Dispatch
Joey Magidson
The French Dispatch is further evidence that Wes Anderson s powers remain ineffective on me The film is almost impeccably made and well acted but I felt almost nothing 
2.5
The French Dispatch
Pat Brown
Wes Anderson s film is an often fascinating wondrous exercise in complex narration and visual composition 
3
Some Came Running
Matt Brunson
A searing indictment of small town hypocrisy Shirley MacLaine s performance will break your heart 
4
Some Came Running
Josh Larsen
if Some Came Running survives its dated gender politics that s all due to MacLaine 
3
Crawl
Josh Larsen
lends credence to the claim that you should never give up on a director 
3
Crawl
Brian Eggert
See it on a sleepy afternoon Or after midnight 
3
Crawl
Matthew Rozsa
Finally and for creature feature fans most importantly the alligators themselves are suitably believable and menacing 
3
Crawl
Federico Furzan
A relentless thriller with all the right elements to become a summer movie It s not exactly Jaws with crocs but it does a pretty good job at trying Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Crawl
James Kendrick
not quite a masterpiece of B movie thrills but it is a very good one simple direct and efficient in what it s doing
3
Crawl
Matt Brunson
The promise of a pared down thriller serving as a summertime blessing worked three years ago when Blake Lively stood firm against a menacing shark in The Shallows but the idea goes belly up with Crawl 
2
Crawl
David Nusair
an unapologetically ludicrous premise that s employed to engaging and occasionally engrossing effect 
3
Crawl
Linda Cook
It s serviceable entertainment with solid acting 
2
Crawl
Christopher James
The movie looks and feels like a rejected animatronic segment of the Universal Studios Backlot tour 
1
Crawl
Joe Friar
Barry Pepper and Kaya Scodelario as a father daughter duo battling alligators in Florida during a Category 5 hurricane is scary good fun The sleeper hit of the summer 
3.5
Crawl
Robert Horton
Missing that extra dash of style that can boost a monster movie onto the next level 
2
Crawl
Mike McGranaghan
The bloody fast paced Crawl is never going to be added to the Criterion Collection The movie is however exploitation fare of the highest order 
3
Crawl
Josh Terry
Not everything works but Crawl nails enough key moments to keep things interesting and the excellent sets chart a creepy course from dingy and creepy to flooded and terrifying 
3
Crawl
Barry Hertz
Crawl is not exactly an inventive film But it doesn t have to be It delivers on what it promises and not many big studio movies this year can claim the same 
3
Crawl
Michael Phillips
Crawl is a pleasantly unpleasant respite from the bloated stockholder movies dominating the marketplace 
2.5
Crawl
James Berardinelli
The film delivers what it promises and it s hard to believe many fans of the genre are going to leave Crawl disappointed even if it doesn t overreach its admittedly limited grasp 
2.5
Crawl
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film is more straight faced than Alexandre Aja s prior work trading absurd kills for narrow escapes from gaping alligator jaws 
2.5
Crawl
Sara Michelle Fetters
Crawl ended up being one of the most enjoyably suspenseful films I ve had the pleasure to see this summer 
3
Crawl
Tomris Laffly
Crawl offers up an adequately engaging disaster package with storm and gator effects of gripping believability 
2.5
Crawl
Rex Reed
While Crawl never quite achieves the classic status of Jaws it s so convincing that you forget about the mechanics and become petrified by the gore 
3
Crawl
Mark Dujsik
Simplicity is the key to Crawl It s a lean and mean thriller 
3
Crawl
Phil Villarreal
There was potential here for a genre advancing thrill ride but that sinks quickly to the bottom of the swamp 
2
Crawl
Roger Moore
Formulaic but harrowing 
2.5
The Princess Blade
Sean P. Means
A brooding atmosphere which is critic speak for everybody wears black and the whole thing was lighted with a single 40 watt bulb permeates this dystopian thriller 
2.5
The Princess Blade
Wesley Morris
Its corny streak brings the movie too close to cut rate Chinese Opera epics than should be allowed 
2
The Princess Blade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The beautiful elegant swordfights are filmed clearly and poetically and even the down time between battles doesn t drag too badly 
3.5
The Princess Blade
V.A. Musetto
The Princess Blade would have been better off forgetting the love story and concentrating on the kick ass action 
2
The Princess Blade
Timothy Knight
The Princess Blade boasts some of the most dazzling fight choreography in recent memory 
3
The Princess Blade
Steve Rhodes
Has many things going for it but coherence and pacing are not among them 
2.5
The Princess Blade
Walter Chaw
An indescribably cool post apocalyptic martial arts fairy tale 
3
The Righteous
Matt Brunson
Decades after The Boys of St 46 Vincent 44 it apos s oddly appropriate that Henry Czerny has been handed another plum part in a religious drama that deals with the sins of a priest 46 
3
The Righteous
Leo Brady
The Righteous is a tightly wound horror film 44 testing the audience to see a battle of good vs 46 evil 44 in this spectacular film from Mark O 8217 Brien 46 
3.5
The Righteous
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It works 44 as its tormented ex priest character Frederic Mason 40 an excellent Henry Czerny 41 ponders his place in the universe 46 Close ups on his weathered face actually do encourage deep thoughts about faith 44 God 44 fate 44 etc 46 
3
The Righteous
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 a psychological thriller flirting with existential threat 44 the story of a man desperate for accountability yet foolishly vague on the fulfillment of such penance 46 46 46 and the horrific revelations that might come of it 46 
3
The Righteous
Tomris Laffly
Meandering around complex spiritual inklings more than it makes a coherent statement out of them 44 The Righteous manages to impress with its curious demeanor even when its overwrought ideas don 8217 t add up to an articulate whole in the aftermath 46 
2.5
Snow Dogs
Betsy Bozdech
When the best joke in a movie released after 1993 involves Michael Bolton you know you re in trouble 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Tyler Hanley
Whoever let the dogs out should probably consider a career change 
2
Snow Dogs
Forrest Hartman
While kids will probably eat the whole thing up most adults will be way ahead of the plot 
2.5
Snow Dogs
Robert K. Elder
What Faustian bargain did Gooding make forcing him to star in this insipid fish out of water comedy that paints him as a Bolton fan 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Jeffrey Westhoff
Ten minutes into the movie Gooding already has screamed at least 57 times 
1
Snow Dogs
Ian Mantgani
A movie full of gestures that would look over the top in primary school plays 
0.5
Snow Dogs
David Keyes
this isn t even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels 
0.5
Snow Dogs
Frank Ochieng
It s official Oscar winning Cuba Gooding Jr s career has gone straight to the Dogs 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Elias Savada
There s not much to like or dislike in this ride it s the kind of all season live action amusement that the Disney studio has been churning out for decades 
2.5
Snow Dogs
Michael Dequina
Releasing a film with the word dog in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults and Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them 
0
Snow Dogs
Dustin Putman
If the restless children in the movie theatre are any indication the movie is just as uninteresting for them as it is tiresome for the adults 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Neva Chonin
There s little to recommend Snow Dogs unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity 
1
Snow Dogs
Mary Kalin-Casey
Slapstick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler s fancy but when it costs a family of four about 40 to see a film in theaters why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Lou Lumenick
A generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under 10 set 
2
Snow Dogs
Liam Lacey
Gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Susan Stark
A movie set in the frozen north that just idles endlessly in the sitcom hothouse where convention slowly but surely becomes moldy cliche 
1
Snow Dogs
Ross Brooks
Manages to please its intended audience children without placing their parents in a coma like state 
2
Snow Dogs
Shirley Klass
The corny jokes and the tired plot will make any self respecting adult grimace 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Walter Chaw
Snow Dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him
0.5
Snow Dogs
Carrie Rickey
Poor Cuba Gooding As if it were not humiliating enough to play a guy so clumsy that he can t walk in the snow without pratfalling he also has to do jokes about being a black man in the Great White North 
2
Snow Dogs
Ross Anthony
Behind the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies plus one sheep dog the picture hosts a parka wrapped dose of heart 
3
Snow Dogs
Steve Rhodes
January is the month when the studios like to dump their dogs and this film is a real mutt 
1.5
Snow Dogs
Rob Blackwelder
Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease 
2.5
Snow Dogs
Harvey S. Karten
Despite the usual pratfalls a cute snow job 
3
Snow Dogs
Ed Gonzalez
Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the Gadzooks 
1.5
Silent House
Brian Eggert
For what feels like a very long 85 minute runtime 44 we 8217 re right there with Olsen 44 tolerating genre clich 233 s that can 8217 t be made up for with flashy editing or a good performance 46 
1
Silent House
Linda Cook
This isn t one of those PG 13 horror movies 
3
Silent House
John Beifuss
A risky formal experiment that applies an old fashioned William Castle Robert Bloch story twist to the subjective unreality themes of such recent horror thrillers as Dream House and High Tension 
3
Silent House
Michael Dequina
Kentis and Lau indeed pull off the impressive technical feat which is what the film as a whole comes off as nothing more despite the even more impressive work of Olsen 
2.5
Silent House
Roger Moore
A movie whose terror can be read in every silent scream on Olsen s gorgeous face served up in more extreme close ups than you can count 
2.5
Silent House
James Kendrick
The single take aesthetic eliminates one of the horror genre s best and most abused tricks the shock cut but it creates a relentless vibe that more than makes up for it 
3
Silent House
David Nusair
a failed cinematic experiment 
2
Silent House
Sara Michelle Fetters
Silent House is a vast improvement over the Uruguayan effort that is undeniable 
3
Silent House
Glenn Lovell
more trying than terrifying The nosy camera only manages to call attention to itself and make Olsen s annoying Tonya Harding crying jags all the more annoying 
1.5
Silent House
Peter Canavese
The haunted House may be a built on a shaky foundation but its scare tactics are sound and its gimmickry is enough to stand out in a crowded genre neighborhood 
2.5
Silent House
Robert Levin
The filmmakers screw up the ending so monumentally here that all the good will they ve built up is squandered 
2.5
Silent House
Lisa Kennedy
It s Olsen s performance that makes Sarah s plight matter And the actress proves that her mesmerizing turn in last fall s Martha Marcy May Marlene about a woman on the lam from a cult wasn t a fluke 
3
Silent House
Stephen Whitty
Olsen is terrific at showing shifts of emotion just underneath the skin of her wide china doll face 
3
Silent House
Peter Travers
Paranormal Activity has been here before of course but Silent House springs tangy new tricks and Olsen is a primo scream queen 
2.5
Silent House
Willie Waffle
A movie with plenty of promise but it never gets going Nothing more than a series of possible shocks and they don t deliver many shocks 
.5
Silent House
Rick Groen
Olsen is compelling even when the film isn t 
2.5
Silent House
Rafer Guzman
The creeping presence of horror flick hokum not only robs the scares of their strength it shatters the realism that the single take format is trying to convey 
2
Silent House
Kyle Smith
Demonstrating the limits of being too clever in a genre movie the art house chiller Silent House lets the tenseness of its first act trickle away 
1.5
Silent House
Michael O'Sullivan
A scary yet thoughtful some might even say deep art house frightfest 
2.5
Silent House
Mark Dujsik
Silent House is a relentless thriller It s also a technically savvy and ingenious film 
3.5
Silent House
Dustin Putman
Remake or not the provocative Silent House has been born anew 
3
Silent House
Wesley Morris
Silent House is up to something The filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura Lau must have seen plenty of horror movies worth discussing in a women s studies class 
2
Silent House
Mick LaSalle
The directors have come up with a new and powerful way to film a thriller Silent House contains no quick editing in the active moments and there is never an instance when the movie cuts unexpectedly to something scary as the soundtrack thunders 
3
Silent House
Alexandra Cavallo
Though the final revelation of who s behind the malevolent forces at work feels hackneyed and the denouement is excessively talky these flaws don t spoil what is a deftly executed film 
3
Silent House
Chris Hewitt
Like many thrillers the setup of Silent House is more compelling than the payoff But Silent House has built up enough good will by that point that the slight letdown hardly matters 
3
Silent House
Matt Pais
Olsen is never more haunting than when hiding around a corner barely able to contain her fear She makes standard set ups troubling 
2.5
Silent House
Rene Rodriguez
The silence will kill you warn the posters for Silent House That s only if the boredom doesn t get you first though 
1
Silent House
Peter Howell
It wouldn t work without the exceptional work of Olsen Her uneasily captivating performance here could almost be viewed as the why prequel to Martha Marcy May Marlene the other chiller from Sundance 2011 that established her as rising star to watch 
2.5
Silent House
Roger Ebert
My attention was held for the first act or so Then any attempt at realism was abandoned and it became clear that the house and the movie containing it were devices to manufacture methodical thrills 
2
Silent House
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately so much of what could be great about this movie is undercut by the instability of the hand held camera and the weak ending 
2.5
Silent House
Christy Lemire
Olsen continues to reveal a startling comfort and maturity in front of the camera for someone so young and relatively inexperienced But the film s dexterous cinematographer Igor Martinovic is just as much of a star behind the lens 
2.5
Silent House
Ed Gonzalez
Silent House dies a sudden and egregious death when the amateur players in Olsen s company Adam Trese and Eric Sheffer Stevens as her character Sarah s father and uncle respectively open their traps 
1
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Matt Brunson
Thanks to a superb soundtrack a quip packed screenplay my favorite Do your parents know you re Ramones and P J Soles boundless energy it s near impossible to resist this film s goofy charms 
3.5
Rock 'n' Roll High School
David Nusair
the overwhelming vibe of silliness eventually becomes exhausting 
2
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Matt Brunson
Overdone but enjoyable 
2.5
The Serpent
Roger Moore
very other filmmaker who has had her or his finished movie described as incoherent or makes no sense at all is owed an apology after this 
0
Punch
Roger Moore
Its subject matter predicts the genre cliches it can 8217 t avoid 46 But some novel twists 44 artfully unfussy direction 44 sensitive performances and a strong sense of place 8212 small town New Zealand 8212 make it a winner 46 
3
Punch
Randy Myers
Punch realizes that when it s two guys in the ring as sparring partners or as romantic partners outside forces can take them down for the count 
3.5
The Song
Christian Toto
The Song starts like some of its clunkier faith based predecessors We soon learn it boasts both fine music and a sense of how temptation can rock even a strong marriage 
3
The Song
Susan Wloszczyna
A faith based parable that draws from the Bible as much as it does from every perils of showbiz clich in the book 
2
The Song
Chris Foran
Normally you can t lose with good material Although The Song has plenty of sincerity and decent tunes going for it it slips away from its message when it strays too far from its source the Old Testament s Song of Solomon 
2
The Song
Mike McGranaghan
Press materials for The Song describe it as the sexiest faith based movie ever While that s technically true it s also an incredibly low bar to clear The film is completely generic and doggedly formulaic 
2
Womb
V.A. Musetto
You are unlikely to see a movie about incest made as sensitively and tastefully as Womb 
3
Womb
Calum Marsh
Too abstract to suggest a coherent moral lesson but too remote to foster a satisfying emotional connection Womb feels barren an attempt to do too much that ultimately does very little 
1
Womb
Bill Chambers
Beneath its sensationalistic hook Womb is solid pop anthropology 
3.5
Womb
David Nusair
An almost absurdly slow paced drama 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Mattie Lucas
A shameless vanity project that s better off ignored 
1.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Jessica Reaves
Morgan Spurlock is a living breathing cautionary tale Take a good long look kids This is what happens when society validates really annoying people 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Jim Emerson
A superficial primer for people who aren t likely to go see it in the first place 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Austin Kennedy
Morgan Spurlock has crafted an entertaining lighthearted look at the middle east 
3
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Peter Howell
The film does offer a glimmer of hope that behind all the bellowing by politicians and thugs there are millions of people in the Middle East who simply yearn for peace 
2.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Jason McBride
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock s head Occasionally during this exasperating and goofy documentary it seems squarely on his shoulders Most of the time however it s firmly lodged up another part of his anatomy 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Larry Ratliff
The physical dimensions of Morgan Spurlock whose funny edgy documentary Super Size Me drew an Oscar nomination in 2004 have returned to normal size His ego on the other hand remains a tad inflated 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Pete Hammond
An uneven attempt to find Bin Laden AND laughs in a subjectnot exactly suited for jokes 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Kyle Smith
Not just childish smug and unfunny but a hideous affront to the 9 11 families to whom Spurlock owes an abject apology 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Claudia Puig
Given the fraught nature of U S Middle East relations and the war on terrorism Spurlock is understandably in over his head Still he is a genial host whose message urges cultural understanding 
2.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Maitland McDonagh
The message is wrapped in facile video game imagery snarky commentary and simplistic sequences in which Spurlock enjoys the hospitality of Muslim families who decry terrorism and remind him that the Koran preaches hospitality and confidence 
2.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Chris Hewitt
I need to try to understand what drives an Osama bin Laden filmmaker Morgan Spurlock tells us at the beginning of Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden And then for the film s entire 90 minutes he fails to address that issue 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Mark Rahner
Uh Pakistan Roll credits 
1.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Peter Hartlaub
Spurlock s work here leans closer to Tyra Banks wearing her fat suit than anything directed by Errol Morris or even Michael Moore 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Stephen Whitty
While some of the interviews are interesting and the scenery beautiful eventually the juvenile jokes overwhelm any real point that Spurlock is trying to make 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Elizabeth Weitzman
Armed with little more than a great title and limitless confidence documentarian Morgan Spurlock sets off in search of the world s biggest bad guy He comes up empty in more ways than one 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Duane Dudek
Just by asking questions Spurlock creates the opportunity for dialogue and the responses are heartening in their diversity 
2.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Glenn Whipp
Spurlock s deliberately facile method might make his movie palatable to moviegoers resistant to serious documentaries that include actual information 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Amy Biancolli
The aim of Spurlock s mission is less a matter of actually finding the man than exploring the everyday beliefs and attitudes of Muslims around the globe 
2.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Lisa Kennedy
At its most illuminating Morgan Spurlock s compelling if self indulgent travelogue investigation Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden reminds us that a livelihood isn t just America s No 1 issue as CNN reminds us 
3.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Sean P. Means
Spurlock applies his brand of humorous social activism to the War on Terror and the results are funny and humanist 
3
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Josh Larsen
makes Spurlock look like the Junior Whopper of Michael Moore style documentarians 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Carrie Rickey
Genial Spurlock is the Ryan Seacrest of reality filmmaking vamping for the camera while ducking the crossfire 
2.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Eric Melin
It is troubling to watch this uncomfortable balancing act between heartfelt sentiment and a need for entertainment especially when it just doesn t work on either account very well 
2
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Rafer Guzman
It won t spoil anything to reveal that Spurlock doesn t find his man but his failure to do so even though it s played for laughs is a cowardly cop out that unintentionally mocks the very real dangers of life in the Middle East 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Lou Lumenick
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden jokes about Spurlock capturing the bounty on Osama s head or making the world safe for his child to be but it s really about the narcissistic filmmaker and his enablers the Weinsteins making a few bucks 
1
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Ed Gonzalez
Spurlock gives currency to the stereotype of the self absorbed globetrotting Ugly American 
1.5
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Sean McBride
a lot of fun to watch but I seriously doubt if anybody is going to leave the theater having learned anything about the Middle East that they didn t already know 
2.5
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Chris Hewitt
The Secret Dare to Dream wants to remind us of those bland coastal Nicholas Sparks romances where white pretty people don resort wear to take walks on beaches and barbecue shrimp together 
2
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Robert Levin
If you re looking for 107 minutes of utter pabulum disguised as a motion picture with characters and a plot well you should Dare to Dream no more 
0.5
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Christy Lemire
You won t derive much inspiration from The Secret Dare to Dream besides some unintentional laughter to briefly brighten your day 
1
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Joe Friar
This one s for the dreamers The predictable but satisfying romance features a charming Holmes and Lucas You ll either fall in love with this film or hurl 
3
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Jeff Mitchell
The Secret Dare to Dream isn t a nightmare but 
2
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Mark Dujsik
The Secret Dare to Dream definitely isn t a good movie but it s a far worse sales pitch 
1.5
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Johnny Oleksinski
Whoever put the new film The Secret Dare To Dream on their vision board should be locked up 
1
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Carla Meyer
The film becomes so bad that no amount of positive thinking as recommended by Rhonda Byrne s 2006 mega selling nonfiction book The Secret from which this narrative film is drawn can save it 
2
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Mike McGranaghan
A genial but increasingly absurd romantic drama 
2.5
Majority
Marty Mapes
A Turkish boomerang child becomes a man
3
Majority
Andrew Schenker
As much a portrait of incipient fascism as it is a tale of young love thwarted 
3
Deluxe Combo Platter
David Nusair
never quite comes off as anything other than an instantly forgettable unmistakably Canadian romantic comedy 
2
Deluxe Combo Platter
Rick Groen
Bad Hollywood movies sporting big price tags are one thing never much fun to watch they can at least be a pleasure to ridicule But a bad Canadian movie done on a shoestring budget is another matter entirely 
1
Deluxe Combo Platter
Susan Walker
Call this menu item not just all dressed but overdressed overwritten and overcooked 
1
Wild Rose
Roger Moore
A vivid estrogen charged charmer of self actualization self destruction and country music 
3
Wild Rose
Lisa Jensen
Rose Lynn s oblivious self absorption is wearying at times Still the movie often entertains with cheeky attitude occasional flights of musical fantasy and droll dialogue
2.5
Wild Rose
Christopher James
Wild Rose is as wily as its titular character This tale of a Glasgow born country not country western singer and ex convict can t help but have a bit of an unexpected edge 
3.5
Wild Rose
Rob Thomas
Like a good country song Wild Rose follows a traditional time honored structure while still saying something fresh and true 
3
Wild Rose
Allyson Johnson
Rough around the edges it might be like its heroine but Wild Rose is a song worth listening to 
3
Wild Rose
Jeff Mitchell
Buckley delivers the best lead female performance of the year so far 
3.5
Wild Rose
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wild Rose is just plain lovely 
3.5
Wild Rose
Andrea Gronvall
perhaps a little too tidily by the end Wild Rose nonetheless feels authentic 
3
Wild Rose
Richard Roeper
When the story shifts to Nashville the screenplay by Nicole Taylor takes some sharp and insightful turns 
3
Wild Rose
Lisa Trifone
Harper and Taylor have fun infusing what could ve been a cookie cutter film with personality and heart thanks in no small part to Jessie Buckley s star making turn at the center of it 
3.5
Wild Rose
Carla Meyer
Buckley s unusually unguarded expressions give viewers entry into her character s every thought 
3
Wild Rose
Michael O'Sullivan
In Wild Rose that heartbreak can and does become something beautiful 
4
Wild Rose
Joe Friar
Jessie Buckley is a revelation as an aspiring country singer living in Glasgow who dreams of making it to Nashville Director Tom Harper captures the struggles of raising kids as a single parent while balancing a career 
3.5
Wild Rose
Christy Lemire
Wild Rose may sound like a familiar tune but you ve never heard it performed quite like this 
3.5
Wild Rose
Mike McGranaghan
A touching inspiring tale with singing that ll blow you away Jessie Buckley is astonishing 
3
Wild Rose
Mark Dujsik
The movies are all about wish fulfillment in one way or another This one dares to keep our expectations in check 
3
Wild Rose
Barry Hertz
Wild Rose is a film that gives birth to a brand new star named Jessie Buckley and she absolutely deserves all of your undivided not remotely built for plus 30 C attention 
3
Wild Rose
Linda Barnard
Buckley is an incandescent onscreen presence with a set of killer pipes who imbues every song with undeniable heart 
3
Wild Rose
Katie Walsh
It s a tailor made role for the electrifying Buckley an actor who communicates pure primal instinct with a startling immediacy As Rose Lynn she communicates every emotion physically on her face in her body and her voice 
4
Wild Rose
Sara Stewart
A unique and gritty spin on the rising star genre 
3
Wild Rose
Derek Smith
Tom Harper s film empathetically probes the growing pains of self improvement 
3
Creepshow 2
David Nusair
Creepshow 2 concludes on a seriously and woefully anticlimactic note 
2
Creepshow 2
Richard Freedman
One of the many repulsive things about the film is the simple minded moralizing that blights all three tales 
0
Creepshow 2
Dustin Putman
A satisfying follow up that retains the same macabre yet spirited tone 
3
Creepshow 2
Eric Henderson
Ultimately the hitchhiker s immortal catchphrase thanks for the ride lady is just another way of saying Yessuh massuh 
1.5
Let's Spend the Night Together
Roger Ebert
At the beginning of the film I was caught up in the Stones waves of sound energy and fascinated by Jagger s exhilarating limitless onstage energy By the end of the film I was simply stunned 
2.5
Maneater
Erik Childress
The filmmaking and special effects are so bad that it is hard to tell whether this falls into the woefully insincere Sharknado camp or the kind of awful movie classic that audiences gather around on their own Satellite of Love 46 
1
Maneater
Sara Michelle Fetters
The worst thing I can think to say about any killer shark movie is that it has no personality 44 but that 8217 s the situation here 44 Maneater a flesh eating nightmare of aquatic monotony 46 
1
Maneater
Kevin Carr
Low rent but still passable killer shark movie filled with riffable moments and nonsensical silliness 46 
2.5
Maneater
Steven Prokopy
When did people stop caring how bad the sharks look in films in which attacking sharks is pretty much the only thing of any interest happening on screen 63 
1
Maneater
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t apos s impossible to tell if writer 47 director Justin Lee is taking the material seriously or only having a laugh about seeming to take it seriously 46 
0.5
Maneater
Mike McGranaghan
A shark attack picture that contains sub Sharknado CGI 44 stilted dialogue 44 and acting with all the charisma of a telephone pole 46 
1.5
Arara
Roger Moore
If this rainforest bespoiling melodrama leaves the viewer unsatisfied that s because there is no happy ending here 
2.5
The Eiger Sanction
Matt Brunson
Along with Joe Kidd the most underrated of Eastwood s 70s output 
3
The Eiger Sanction
Roger Ebert
It has a plot so unlikely and confused that we can t believe it for much more than 15 seconds at a time but its action sequences are so absorbing and its mountaintop photography so compelling that we don t care 
3
The Wicker Man
Roger Moore
Now coming up on 50 years since its release 44 its tidy 44 compact and menacing perfection is easy to grasp
4
The Wicker Man
Wesley Lovell
An exploitative mystery horror film in which Edward Woodward overacts his heart out 
2.5
The Wicker Man
Federico Furzan
A slow burn of a horror film portraying cynicism and paranoia that s as effective as our belief of its possibility It s just plain weird and great Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Wicker Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robin Hardy s and Anthony Shaffer s horror film recently made the BBC s list of the 100 greatest British films ever made 
4
The Wicker Man
David Nusair
The Wicker Man has a few good ideas and a great last act but everything that comes before it is essentially disposable 
3
The Wicker Man
James Berardinelli
Like many of the best horror thrillers The Wicker Man works because it surprises audiences relying on carefully nurtured suspense rather than cheap theatrical shocks 
3.5
Johnson Family Vacation
David Nusair
Cedric the Entertainer simply cannot act 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Bill Chambers
We can only generously call it a pale imitation of National Lampoon s Vacation
0.5
Johnson Family Vacation
M. K. Terrell
Family of Five in Search of a Script might be a better title but this road picture gets better as it goes along and the upbeat ending redeems it considerably 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Jonathan R. Perry
Before the opening credits had ended I was counting down the minutes until I could get back to scraping old tile adhesive off my kitchen floor 
0
Johnson Family Vacation
Jeffrey Westhoff
The humor runs out of gas after about 30 minutes 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Frank Ochieng
a punishing and weary family farce the monotonous moments are as lost and aimless as a harried nomad with amnesia the slapstick energy is undeniably mawkish
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Rick Groen
If laughs are the currency of any comedy then this one pays minimum wage 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Paul Sherman
Writers Todd R Jones and Earl Richey Jones come up with only predictable road trip comedy involving speeding littering a leaky cement mixer an empty gas tank and bad fast food 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Dustin Putman
Appallingly unfunny About as stimulating as an actual 300 mile drive across the desert wastelands of Arizona and New Mexico 
.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Josh Larsen
leaves you with little to do but ponder which of the annoying family members should be booted out of the car first 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Jeff Strickler
Vacations are supposed to make you feel better and Johnson Family Vacation does just that 
3
Johnson Family Vacation
Allison Benedikt
Johnson Family Vacation is simply a bad trip 
.5
Johnson Family Vacation
John Beifuss
A sure fire premise that sputters like a wet match 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Guylaine Cadorette
As headliner Cedric the Entertainer demonstrates in this mediocre road trip flick no amount of comedic genius can pump up this flat comedy 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Linda Cook
None of the stars in this dopey rip off of the Chevy Chase series deserves to be in this 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Claudia Puig
Moviegoers hankering for another installment in Chevy Chase s vacation series may get a quick fix from Johnson Family Vacation Just don t expect the film to add anything to the time worn vacation from hell genre 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Chris Hewitt
Johnson Family is basically National Lampoon s Vacation with darker skin and a better star But the Lampoon movie had quite a bit of comedy happening around its star and Johnson doesn t 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Moira MacDonald
Passable uninspired entertainment as harmless as watching home movies of your own vacation and about as exciting 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Matt Brunson
Cedric pops up in a second role as lecherous Uncle Earl and a little of this character goes a long way say roughly the distance from Anaheim to Albany 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Peter Hartlaub
A comedy with a couple of big laughs but many more missed opportunities 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Joe Baltake
The star is funny the movie isn t 
2.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Timothy Knight
A belabored obvious comedy that s only good for a chuckle or two at most 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Carrie Rickey
Apart from Williams presence director Christopher Erskin s feature debut isn t worth the price of submission 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Jami Bernard
I d like to believe I could watch Cedric the Entertainer all day long The tedious comedy Johnson Family Vacation puts a strain on that theory 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Phil Villarreal
A soul sucking extended sabbatical from humor sanity and entertainment value 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Nick Carter
For the most part the road scenes drag on too long and get the movie sidetracked en route to the movie s modest family always comes first message 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Terry Lawson
An uneasy collection of gags as flat as roadkill and insincere sentimentality Johnson Family Vacation appears to have been thrown together like a teenage boy packing a suitcase on the night before a trip he never wanted to take in the first place 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Michael Booth
The few funny bits confirm an old adage See the trailer skip the movie 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Roger Ebert
A routine cross country comedy that feels exactly like a series of adventures recycled out of every other cross country comedy 
2
Johnson Family Vacation
Lawrence Toppman
Writers Todd R Jones and Earl Richey Jones who make their feature film debut after brief careers in television sitcoms have no sense of how to sustain a gag or make it pay off 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Wesley Morris
Boring mediocre movie 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Tony Toscano
quite possibly the worst film of the year 
.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Gene Seymour
Doesn t have anything on its tiny mind besides cheap laughs 
1.5
Johnson Family Vacation
Rob Blackwelder
Cedric does have a gift for rip roaring line delivery no matter how insipid or embarrassing the dialogue But there s just no way around the picture s sorry script 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Willie Waffle
This movie is a flat unfunny mess 
1
Johnson Family Vacation
Steve Rhodes
A good spirited comedy filled with likeable characters it warms the heart while it tickles the funny bone 
3
Outside Ozona
Michael Dequina
So contrived and credibility straining that it hardly satisfies 
2
Outside Ozona
Dustin Putman
A peculiar mixture of several different film genres 
2
Outside Ozona
Roger Ebert
I m not sure what the movie thinks its purpose is at the end we are pleased with the outcome but not enlightened But there are moments I will remember and Cardone evokes a real sense for the deserted night highways 
2
Big Shot's Funeral
Jeff Vice
There s been a glut of movies lately that feature a film within a film a conceit that is already tiresome enough But this Chinese American co production is so poorly executed with such a lack of subtlety it s one of the worst 
2
Big Shot's Funeral
Sean P. Means
A frenetic satire of Hollywood pretension and Chinese capitalism an idea as incongruous as a Woody Allen romp about the wacky world of collective farming 
1.5
Big Shot's Funeral
Mick LaSalle
By American standards the satire is about 50 years behind the times but even accounting for cultural differences the comedy is limp and the storytelling so inept as to provoke amazement 
1
Big Shot's Funeral
Rob Blackwelder
Problematic but passably enjoyable the appeal of Big Shot s Funeral may be more a matter of taste than quality 
2.5
I'M FINE (Thanks for Asking)
Dwight Brown
At times in this low budget ode to aimless life in sunny California the narrative and lead character Danny Kelley Kali wander Midway into this 90 minute slacker film you learn that s the point 
2.5
I'M FINE (Thanks for Asking)
Sarah Knight Adamson
As the film progresses we see the frustrations and the continued resourcefulness in which Danny handles her situation Poignant and realistic are words that best describe the film 
3
The New Radical
Glenn Kenny
This movie is reasonably well directed by Adam Bhala Lough but it s far too dependent on and indulgent of its subjects 
2
The New Radical
Sean P. Means
Fails to present its subjects views with cogency 
2.5
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Roger Moore
A breezy kid friendly if quick and dirty and not that funny Sober History riff through the lives of Great African Americans
2
Dreamchild
Matt Brunson
This could have been a classic had it not wasted so much time on Alice apos s simpering assistant 40 Nicola Cowper 41 and a tiresome NYC reporter 40 Peter Gallagher 41 46 
3
Dreamchild
Joe Leydon
A marvelously inventive mix of fantasy and fanciful speculation 
3.5
Dreamchild
Roger Ebert
Dreamchild is an ambitious movie that tries to do a lot of things and does most of them surprisingly well 
3
Story of Women
Roger Ebert
What is Chabrol s message He does not say His film is as opaque as his character Story of Women is a morality play without a conclusion 
2.5
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fans of its 2016 source novel by Grady Hendrix say that it lacks some of the best stuff from the book 44 but it apos s silly 44 passable fun nonetheless 46 
2
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Peter Canavese
Charmingly and frighteningly nostalgic 44 touching on feminist social satire 46 
3
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Erik Childress
Elsie Fisher and Amiah Miller are both very good here and the film works as an examination of teenage anxiety and cruelty until it decides to go for comedy late with a character who disrupts the anticipation of the climax 46 
2.5
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Steven Prokopy
The film isn 8217 t especially scary 44 but that 8217 s not its primary mission 46 It 8217 s gift is re creating a late 8217 80s high school comedy with a dark twist 44 and on that level 44 it succeeds 46 
2.5
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Brian Eggert
It doesn 8217 t amount to much beyond a clunky homage to other horror movies and some unconvincing 8216 80s nostalgia 46 
2
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Mark Dujsik
This is the simple 44 unfortunate case of a movie that doesn apos t know how it wants to tell its story 46 
1.5
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Mike McGranaghan
In seeing how the story has been adapted 44 one has to wonder if the filmmakers even read the book 44 or if they just read the Wikipedia synopsis and tried to guess what the tone should be 46 
1.5
The Man on the Train
Jay Antani
Laconte s direction is calculative all the way but his telling fails to register very much 
2.5
The Man on the Train
Forrest Hartman
This is a film that delivers in layers The top and most easily accessed is that of an enjoyable human drama But peel back the second skin and you ll finds scads of unanswered questions and possibilities 
3.5
The Man on the Train
Jan Stuart
Patrice Leconte s fanciful odd couple drama oozes flavorful provincial atmosphere 
3
The Man on the Train
John Beifuss
Watching Hallyday s Lee Van Cleef esque mien one longs for the return of the Spaghetti Western 
3
The Man on the Train
Phil Villarreal
Fascinating at times but too stodgy and stagy to be considered transcendent 
3
The Man on the Train
Robert W. Butler
This one s a keeper 
3.5
The Man on the Train
Jeff Vice
An existentialist feature that s part social comedy part character drama and part thriller All of it memorable and refreshingly so 
3.5
The Man on the Train
Sean P. Means
Leconte concentrates less on the destination of his movies than in the journey his characters take getting there 
3.5
The Man on the Train
Joe Baltake
Your typical buddy film that s been executed in an entirely atypical way 
3.5
The Man on the Train
Rene Rodriguez
Under Leconte s artful direction a believable bond develops between the men each envious of the direction the other s life has taken 
3
The Man on the Train
Lisa Kennedy
It is a perfected fable flashing across a screen 
4
The Man on the Train
Terry Lawson
The movie has the kind of texture and depth that will make true movie lovers sigh with the pure cinematic human grace of it all 
4
The Man on the Train
Duane Dudek
The performances are subtle and haunting 
3.5
The Man on the Train
Walter Chaw
A blue mood on celluloid capturing the myth of the American western in dual implosions of quiet regret 
3
The Man on the Train
Marty Mapes
It offers more substance and subtlety than most summer blockbusters
3.5
The Man on the Train
Chris Hewitt
For me anyway it just seemed to disappear 
2
The Man on the Train
Jeff Strickler
For the most part Leconte pulls back and lets the two stars do their thing And they do it marvelously 
3
The Man on the Train
James Berardinelli
We come to like these two men and look forward to their interaction with a quiet anticipation 
3
The Man on the Train
Mick LaSalle
Taps into the same emotional current that sustains the entire buddy picture genre but does so with feeling and unmistakable insight 
3
The Man on the Train
Glenn Lovell
While the set up is as old as the grade B western we re willing to forgive many of the contrivances because Rochefort and Hallyday are such wonderful personalities 
3
The Man on the Train
Steven Rea
A beautifully deft witty character study 
3.5
The Man on the Train
David Nusair
a worthy alternative to most of the generic fluff that tends to populate cinemas 
3
The Man on the Train
Rick Groen
Man on the Train is a contemplative ride through a province that expands with age the sad eyed land of might have been 
3
The Man on the Train
Roger Ebert
One of Leconte s most elegant films 
4
The Man on the Train
Wesley Morris
Real depth here is short circuited by florid editing and a general hokiness that undermine the unlikely rapport Hallyday and the lovely Rochefort forge 
2.5
The Man on the Train
Chris Knight
A tiny jewel box of a film 
3
The Man on the Train
Steve Rhodes
When you exit the theater you ll leave with a bittersweet and very satisfied smile 
3
The Man on the Train
Michael Wilmington
The movie simple pure and powerful makes us feel the intensity of both life in transit and life lived if only for a moment in another s skin 
3
The Man on the Train
Aaron Hillis
Could the globalization of cinema be responsible for the diminishing emotional impact of Patrice Leconte s Man on the Train 
3
The Man on the Train
V.A. Musetto
A literate story that relies on a thoughtful script and the work of two exceptional performers 
3
The Man on the Train
Bob Strauss
With wit dignity and utterly different approaches the two leads lure us well inside their characters and bring real zest to their mutually enriching relationship 
3
The Man on the Train
Jami Bernard
The movie s slow pace and gentle humor pay off in a pounding cross cutting between the heist and the surgery as well as a transcendent ending that is as rewarding as it is ambiguous 
2.5
The Man on the Train
David Sterritt
It s nice to know some filmmakers still have a foot firmly planted in old fashioned humanistic storytelling 
3
The Man on the Train
Harvey S. Karten
Lovingly realizes the theme The grass is always greener on the other side of the yard 
3.5
Black Beauty
Michael Medved
This new adaptation is consistently gorgeous to look at but far more manipulative than magnificent 
2.5
Black Beauty
Peter Canavese
The script does everything but have a character walk up to Jo and say You re just like a horse 
2
Black Beauty
Monica Castillo
This might just be the wish of a former horse rider but I d much rather spend more time with Black Beauty than with Jo or any of the other human characters in her path 
2
Black Beauty
Randy Myers
Disney modernizes Anna Sewell s 19th century story and the contemporary results are pretty but lacking in passion 
2
Black Beauty
Sara Stewart
If your tear ducts need cleaning this is one holiday film that ll get the job done 
2.5
Black Beauty
Roger Moore
Avis more than does the novel justice And parents might find themselves as moved as the film s intended young viewership by this story of a horse s hard life made better by the girl who loves her 
2.5
House of Dark Shadows
Roger Ebert
Even in these troubled times the vampire has it worse than most of us 
2
Cool!
Carrie Rickey
Cool clearly aspires to be in the tradition of lost boys masterpieces Los Olvidados and Pixote but is too exploitative to succeed as a cautionary tale and too cautious to succeed as an exploitation picture 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Kevin A. Ranson
If the old red and blue 3 D glasses make your eyes hurt you may have to skip this one but that s the only bad thing you can say about it 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Ian Mantgani
The 3 D is crap And Rodriguez should have had more sense than to make Juni the star of the show 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Michael Dequina
Even without the 3 D set pieces such as a high octane race and a faceoff between two giant robots would be surefire adrenaline rushes 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Collin Souter
Don t go unless you re in a good mood and you want to re live a silly movie technique from your childhood In the right frame of mind this movie can be a blast 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
James Kendrick
certainly the least of the series because it continues the slide in character development that began in the second movie
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Mark Dujsik
I can only hope this episode turns out to be what it feels like a very unfortunate very rough bump in the road 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Mike McGranaghan
Although the effects were fun I kept asking myself Would I like this movie if it were in 2 D The answer was no 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Nick Rogers
What s disappointing is that unlike before filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is more passionate about the film s machinery and less so about its motifs 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Linda Cook
Tron for the oughts 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
James Berardinelli
I like the movie but hate its presentation 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Dustin Putman
A painless diversion but also an undeniable rush job that makes enough misguided storytelling decisions to place it as the worst of the three Spy Kids flicks 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Frank Ochieng
Spy Kids 3 D Game Over is about as vibrant as a penny arcade hit by a sudden power outage is indeed one grand video excursion that needs to be unplugged 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Josh Gilchrist
It s depressing to see that one of the few franchises built on teaching lessons is now just a summer popcorn movie 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Steve Rhodes
Hello eyestrain 3 D always was and still is a bad idea 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unlike the first two films Rodriguez the screenwriter really lets himself and his characters down here crafting an insipid and uninspiring storyline not worthy of his kid friendly franchise 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
David Nusair
just about the most anti climactic way to end a series ever 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Claudia Puig
This third installment follows up on the thrills and dazzling visuals that charmed audiences in the first film 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Chris Hewitt
If you loved the first two Spy Kids movies all the more reason to take a pass on Spy Kids 3 D Game Over 
1
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Moira MacDonald
For those who like a plot along with their car races and lava surfing it s game over quickly 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Mick LaSalle
Starts off with a burst of energy but becomes tedious midway through 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
David Elliott
The main problem apart from being trapped in a bad video game is that the movie cheeky but mindless and so expensively pointless isn t about anything 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Sarah Chauncey
Game over 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Steven Rea
Spy Kids 3 D is kind of exhausting and the many tiered virtual reality universe numbs the mind after a while But Rodriguez manages to work in some nicely cornball messages 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Megan Lehmann
This is really just an excuse for blink and you ll miss them appearances by characters from the previous two films 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Ron Martinez
Exists as an excuse to fulfill some sort of cinema prophecy that every movie spawning a sequel shall thereby finish as a trilogy 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Rene Rodriguez
No matter how shaky the acting gets or how threadbare the plot becomes Spy Kids 3 D always gives you something wonderful to look at 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Bob Strauss
Once again multitasking mad dad Robert Rodriguez has served up the most inventive sequel of the summer 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Robert W. Butler
Spy Kids 3 D wraps up the series with a bang 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Liam Lacey
While there s a certain rough charm to the handmade virtual reality world Rodriguez creates the movie still has the undeniable drawback that it causes a headache 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
John Monaghan
The clever action and throwaway flights of fancy come close to making it worth the 3 D headache 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Jeff Vice
More fun that the second movie 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Wesley Morris
The film itself is practically a Saturday matinee tribute to the Atari Hall of Fame from Tron to Q bert and almost reproduces the druggy hyperactive 2 D world of Nintendo 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Sean P. Means
Any children s movie so giddily entertaining and inventive can be forgiven for occasional lapses in logic plotting and acting that may perturb adult viewers 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rodriguez has never been very good at endings and the final 20 minutes of this new film are among his most rushed and least cohesive 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Michael Szymanski
This fast fun filled family film will literally reach out and grab you 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Kit Bowen
Ready for more fun with kid spies Juni and Carmen Cortez Hope so because they re back and this time in 3 D 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Glenn Lovell
Game Over is exactly that a popular franchise run if not into the ground at least one beat beyond where it should have ended 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Roger Ebert
A flat and dreary disappointment 
1.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Jami Bernard
This one which puts the viewer right inside the video game with Juni is also fun although not quite as endearing and surprising as the first two outings 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
David Sterritt
It s a quintessential summer film especially if you re 8 years old and in the mood for a quick dose of mindless fun 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Erik Childress
Who needs kids when the child inside us all can be reincarnated by a filmmaker like Robert Rodriguez who has somehow managed to crank out and release a spectacular trilogy of imagination in a mere three years
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Jeff Strickler
All gimmick and precious little cleverness 
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Gene Seymour
No one can say Spy Kids 3 D isn t clever in its usual gnomic fashion But one gets the feeling that this time around Rodriguez lets the gimmicks do most if not all of the work 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Tony Toscano
Spy Kids 3 D is a good time at the movies 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Mark Caro
While the visuals have gained a dimension the story has lost one 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Phil Villarreal
Wwhhaatt aa rruusshh Hey Put on your 3 D glasses unless you want to read double 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Jeffrey Westhoff
The silly sensation is fun even for victims of the short lived 1980s 3 D revival of Comin at Ya and Jaws 3 D 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Ross Anthony
Eye candy but fun No down time but had some trouble with the 3 D 
2.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Josh Larsen
something between Tron and The Matrix though with a cheery warmth in place of the chilly dysphoria 
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Peter Sobczynski
While it is easily the least of the three films and not quite as focused or ingenious as the previous installments it still has an endless amount of creativity behind it and while kids will eat it up without question there is enough ingenuity to provide
3
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Rob Blackwelder
The all CGI cartoon inspired game F X are undeniably cool in three dimensions but Rodriguez aims lamentably low in almost every other aspect of the movie
2
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Walter Chaw
Demonstrates that few are immune to the corrosive effect that technology can have on story character and sense 
0.5
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Nick Schager
The 3 D finale of Robert Rodriguez s cutesy children s franchise now stands as frontrunner for 2003 s most mindless and physically offensive moviegoing experience 
1
The Guys
Michael Dequina
The occasional intercut of fire department surveillance camera footage isn t exactly making the most of the cinema medium 
2.5
The Guys
David Nusair
Painfully earnest but sporadically quite moving 
2.5
The Guys
Terry Lawson
Weaver LaPaglia and director Simpson have little problem keeping us involved as they grapple with conflicting feelings in the ways nearly all Americans did 
3
The Guys
Walter Chaw
An example of our instinct to moderate collective tragedies into easily digested cud for bovine mastication on the Oprah show 
0.5
The Guys
David Elliott
A modest masterpiece 
4
The Guys
Claudia Puig
Worth seeing just for Weaver and LaPaglia 
2.5
The Guys
Joe Baltake
Steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic 
3.5
The Guys
Peter Travers
Too much virtue can burden a film But The Guys based on the play Anne Nelson wrote in response to 9 11 earns its sentiment 
3
The Guys
David Hiltbrand
A stuporously solemn film 
1
The Guys
John Anderson
A movie like The Guys is why film criticism can be considered work 
1.5
The Guys
Wesley Morris
In its own remarkable and unshowy way this movie is truly about how Sept 11 seemed to equalize and unite New Yorkers across imaginary barriers of class and lifestyle 
3
The Guys
Lou Lumenick
One from the heart 
3
The Guys
David Sterritt
A very well meaning movie and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy 
2
The Guys
Michael Wilmington
So honest and heartfelt is Nelson s writing that the movie while never surprising never becomes tedious 
3
The Guys
Harvey S. Karten
An unsentimental albeit heartfelt eulogy to the firefighters who paid the ultimate price while saving New Yorkers 
3
The Guys
Glenn Whipp
Benefits immeasurably from the strong presence of Weaver and LaPaglia who turn in quietly affecting performances 
3
Level Up
Mike McGranaghan
A joyride that offers some solid thrills and a couple of good laughs 
3
Paisan
Matt Brunson
More ambitious in its structure than Rome Open City 
3.5
Paisan
James Kendrick
effectively maintains the rough hewn in the streets feel of neorealism and in its best moments it feels like something captured rather than something produced
3.5
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Calum Marsh
A vaporous watered down frappe of a fantasy epic 
.5
Sex Is Comedy
Ruthe Stein
Annoying soporific and despite its title singularly humorless 
1
Sex Is Comedy
Phil Villarreal
An eyes rolling forehead smacking glimpse through the eyes of an artist in her farcical struggle
3
Sex Is Comedy
Lisa Kennedy
Reminds us what a vulnerable undertaking acting can be and what an intimate manipulative caring and torturous act directing is 
2.5
Sex Is Comedy
Terry Lawson
If Breillat s aim is demystifying how passion and desire are simulated on screen then Sex Is Comedy is successful 
3
Sex Is Comedy
James Verniere
If you sometimes have the feeling French films are made by the most spoiled and self involved upper middle class twits imaginable it might be because of such films as Sex Is Comedy 
2.5
Sex Is Comedy
Tom Keogh
In Jeanne s world and Breillat s filmed sex is no ordinary eye candy For their characters it s an admission of a dark complicated interior life that only the bravest of actors finally can expose on screen 
3.5
Sex Is Comedy
Roger Ebert
Sex Is Comedy is not sure what it s really about or how to get there 
2.5
Sex Is Comedy
Ty Burr
A rigorous and bracingly charming movie about moviemaking 
3
Sex Is Comedy
Allison Benedikt
Curious but small and lackluster film 
2
Sex Is Comedy
Rick Groen
This is amusing and even poignant in the final moments But Breillat just can t help herself 
2.5
Sex Is Comedy
David Sterritt
Talky and mostly humorless 
2
Sex Is Comedy
John Anderson
It s refreshing to see this side of Breillat a self reflective artist whose evident anger over the sexual state of the world doesn t entirely subsume her or her humanity 
3
Sex Is Comedy
Jack Mathews
All of this might have made a really great short film But at feature length it is tedious self indulgence 
2
Sex Is Comedy
V.A. Musetto
It s a sweet and light hearted endeavor that shows Breillat isn t a one trick pony 
3
Sex Is Comedy
James Berardinelli
More intriguing than it is entertaining 
2.5
Sex Is Comedy
Ed Gonzalez
Auto critique or ego trip Sex Is Comedy is a little bit of both sadly more of the latter 
2.5
Motherland
Wilson Morales
Motherland is an honest and intimate look at emotional pain It s a story that s uplifting heartfelt and poignant 
3
Motherland
Kam Williams
Moving documentary chronicles humanitarian mission of women bonded by grief 
4
Taxi to the Toilet
Roger Ebert
Taxi zum Klo is an unsparingly honest film documentary matched with I assume docudrama in which Ripploh reveals himself fearlessly 
3.5
Boy Meets Boy
David Reddish
Boy Meets Boy doesnt exactly break new ground as cinema though it does feature a sincere romantic story 
3
Forty Guns
Matt Brunson
It s clear that the double entendres will continue to fly at a fast and furious pace in writer director Samuel Fuller s rowdy Western saga 
3
Forty Guns
Dan Callahan
Stanwyck by turns imperious and sly dominates the movie 
3
Contenders
Kam Williams
Inception lite 
2
Contenders
Andrew Schenker
Everything in writer director Marta Mondelli s relationship drama whodunit The Contenders has an air of obscurantism 
1
Shadows of Liberty
Linda Barnard
Shadows of Liberty asks consumers to look critically at what they are being told and seek out what they are not 
2.5
Life Partners
Frank Ochieng
Life Partners exudes with twisty complications that are both enlightening and gently heartbreaking Messner and Jacobs are fabulously endearing as the joined by the hip besties coping with love and life lessons while dealing with the high expectations 
2.5
Life Partners
Robert Levin
It s funny and sweet with a believable friendship at its core and conflict derived from recognizable experiences 
3
Life Partners
Brian Tallerico
Why does it feel nearly revelatory to see a film that treats female friendship with respect 
2.5
Life Partners
Claudia Puig
The charming story about millennial confusion is deftly written by Susanna Fogel who also directs and Joni Lefkowitz and the dialog actually sounds like the way a pair of smart and funny twentysomethings might really talk 
3
Life Partners
Sara Stewart
Fogel s focus is female friendship and the challenges presented by growing older and pairing up It all makes for a rocky road regardless of the romantic rival s gender 
3
Life Partners
Roger Moore
Too demure to make us care 
1.5
Life Partners
Abhimanyu Das
These characters all of whom feel fleshed out and thoroughly lived in constitute the foundation of a story that unfolds organically blessedly free of the twee self regard common to films about millennials in flux 
3
Return With Honor
Ross Anthony
Its spirit is more than enough to scale a 70 foot screen 
3.5
Return With Honor
Roger Ebert
This film tells its story simply and directly without spin or flash with no narration just the voices of the men themselves as they talk against a plain background 
3
Charlie the Ox
Steve Rhodes
With his keen sense of pacing and wit Scott appears to be one to have found the combination to open the cinematic safe 
2.5
Triloquist
Christian Toto
Triloquist sets the killer ventriloquist dummy genre back a decade 
1.5
Zombie Massacre
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
an amalgamation of different genre films carelessly mixed and served under the supervision of the eternally mediocre Uwe Boll Full review in Spanish 
1
Three Can Play That Game
Kam Williams
Sassy sisters scheme against jive brothers only sans any sizzle or flava 
1.5
Ex-Girlfriends
Chuck Bowen
The romantic quest that s meant to drive the film is meaningless because Alexander Poe has extended empathy to no one besides himself
.5
The Wanton Contessa
Roger Ebert
Senso is lush broadly emotional and beautifully photographed 
4
The Wanton Contessa
James Kendrick
a Technicolored visual feast in the grandest tradition of historical epic melodrama
4
The Stepfather
Peter Canavese
Any subtlety or implicit social satire to be found in Joseph Ruben s original went out with the last neighborhood trash pickup Too bad the service was canceled before it could haul away this waste of time remake Blu ray 
1
The Stepfather
David Nusair
yet another toothless and entirely needless horror movie remake 
2
The Stepfather
John Beifuss
Substitutes an Oedipus complex for sexual menace by replacing the teenage daughter heroine of the earlier film with a hunky military school bad boy then compounds the mistake with a bad pop rock soundtrack and a silly action climax 
2
The Stepfather
Brett Michel
If you call a film The Stepfather then your title character in this case David Harris Dylan Walsh should have the decency to marry into that perfect little family that he s predisposed to butcher and kill 
1.5
The Stepfather
Linda Cook
Ooh daddy If you want some old fashioned cheesy suspense look no farther than The Stepfather 
2.5
The Stepfather
Ty Burr
Better to honor history and rent the original 
2
The Stepfather
Nick Schager
a shabby substitute for its original 
1.5
The Stepfather
Dustin Putman
The Stepfather is studio produced drivel that puts a negative label on horror movies and psychological chillers The only pleasure to be had from watching it is to so easily be able to pick it apart 
1
The Stepfather
Chris Hewitt
The original was a no frills psychology based affair that got most of its juice from the conflict between the dad and his suspicious stepdaughter but the new one is needlessly complicated and more overt 
2.5
The Wandering Soap Opera
Mattie Lucas
Rarely is cinema so fearlessly and effortlessly manipulated into uncharted territory even in death Ruiz is still boldly pushing it and us into the future 
3.5
The Wandering Soap Opera
Simon Abrams
The Wandering Soap Opera is only as powerful as your willing ness to meet Ruiz and his collaborators on their brain scrambling level 
4
Last Stand
Kam Williams
To the extent that you can ignore the jokes in The Last Stand you ll likely appreciate the rest of Parr s otherwise well crafted multi layered mystery 
2
Firewalker
David Nusair
a palpably worthless relic of the 1980s 
1
Firewalker
Roger Ebert
Where to start with this movie Where to end Even more to the point in which order to show the reels 
1
Haunt
Frank Ochieng
However if your ideal horror ride consists of a slight choppy driven chiller with a wicked streak of understated genuine jolts then fine there is a certain abandoned haunted house in the woods that is waiting for your arrival not to mention your approval
2.5
Haunt
Sara Stewart
There is virtually nothing in Mac Carter s horror flick that deviates from the standard haunted house plot or in this case plod 
1
Haunt
Rex Reed
I ve had bigger scares from the windows at FAO Schwarz 
1
Haunt
Dustin Putman
A humdrum even irritating slog that safe to say won t be giving anyone a sleepless night 
1.5
Haunt
Ed Gonzalez
Mac Carter repeatedly compromises his intuitive and often elegantly framed glances at his main characters teenage blues by too busily going through amateur night gesticulations of spooking his audience 
1.5
I'm an Electric Lampshade
Roger Moore
An ineffectual irritating blend of documentary and dully scripted trippy 
1
Broken Rainbow
Roger Ebert
If a documentary cannot convince us of its basic journalistic accuracy then it is just opinion and polemic and the material might have been treated more effectively as fiction 
1.5
The Perfect Wave
Mary Houlihan
Unfortunately it s not enough to resurrect this film that boasts lots of message but very little plot and character development 
2.5
The Perfect Wave
Stephanie Merry
Christian moviegoers will no doubt appreciate a family friendly movie with a message they can endorse But it s going to take more than pretty pictures to convert doubters 
1.5
Dumbstruck
Chris Hewitt
I imagine there is an audience that s dying to find out where the next great ventriloquist is coming from but Dumbstruck does not have much appeal for folks who aren t already fascinated by this topic 
1.5
Dumbstruck
Bob Bloom
Dumbstruck will give you an appreciation in the effort and talent needed to be a ventriloquist 
3.5
Dumbstruck
Chuck Bowen
Dumbstruck actually pays more convincing tribute to those willing to honor their interior calling regardless of the hardship 
3
Dumbstruck
Ethan Alter
A grounded sometimes painfully honest look at a group of people dedicating themselves to a profession that the rest of the world doesn t completely understand 
3
Dumbstruck
Stephen Whitty
The world of ventriloquists is a fascinating one especially if you too once had your own mail order Mortimer Snerd dummy And it comes to real life in the gentle documentary Dumbstruck 
3
Dumbstruck
Sean O'Connell
Dumbstruck is a documentary tailor made for dummies and those who love them dearly 
3
Dumbstruck
V.A. Musetto
What a bunch of dummies 
2
Dumbstruck
Willie Waffle
Relies on traditional compelling storytelling to help us relate to a group of people who are about as far from traditional as you can imagine but they are compelling 
3.5
Dumbstruck
Dustin Putman
Though centering on ventriloquism it is clear that director Mark Goffman s film could just as easily be about anything 
2.5
Five Dolls for an August Moon
David Nusair
Mario Bava has infused Five Dolls for an August Moon with exactly the sort of nonsensical feel that one has come to expect from the filmmaker 
1
Jinxed!
Roger Ebert
This is a messed up movie that throws away what few opportunities it has to entertain us and gets totally lost in a plot that starts as comedy and moves through farce on its way to paralysis 
1.5
Nuclear Nation
Farran Smith Nehme
Few films have opening images more chilling than the ruins of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant or more bleak than the last 10 minutes of Nuclear Nation 
3.5
Nuclear Nation
Joyce Kulhawik
If you were looking for a documentary to blow the lid off the secrecy around the extent of the destruction and lack of restitution in other words outrage la Michael Moore you will not find it here but there is much that is worthy and troubling 
2.5
Labyrinth of Lies
Rob Thomas
It s just surprising that a film called Labyrinth of Lies would be so straightforward and predictable 
2
Labyrinth of Lies
John Beifuss
A movie of sincerity and integrity but the storytelling is unchallenging 
2.5
Labyrinth of Lies
Scott Renshaw
Though the Auschwitz survivors stories are inevitably haunting this turns into a story that would be easy to translate into a Hollywood version with almost no changes and that s no compliment 
2
Labyrinth of Lies
Gary Thompson
Clunky scenes aside Labyrinth of Lies comes at a much dramatized era in history from an interesting angle 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
Roger Moore
A startling history lesson in the history Germany wanted very much to forget 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
Robert Horton
The historical material is strong enough and the period sufficiently re created to carry the film 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
John Hartl
The movie reveals so many secrets and twists that it threatens to dilute its message When a visit to Auschwitz becomes little more than an appreciation of a pretty meadow the script flirts with banality 
2.5
Labyrinth of Lies
Peter Keough
Formulaic and uninspired 
2
Labyrinth of Lies
John Anderson
Big sturdy righteous and romantic 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
Chris Knight
This is an important story but it might have benefited from a more faithful dramatization or from a straight documentary treatment 
2.5
Labyrinth of Lies
Kate Taylor
The movie is a strong account of a lesser known episode of post Holocaust history raised above its obvious cinematic formula by Fehling s anchoring performance and the film s wise approach to the survivors horrific testimony 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
Linda Barnard
A powerful truth based drama 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
Stephanie Merry
Labyrinth of Lies is an eye opening story about the importance of seeking the truth even when it s complicated ugly and buried beneath years of secrecy and deceit 
2.5
Labyrinth of Lies
Mick LaSalle
Frehling is excellent as a rigid do gooder who thinks he understands everything and then comes up against crimes that shake his sense of the universe His fresh fierceness is nicely balanced by Voss who says little but radiates wisdom 
3
Labyrinth of Lies
Rex Reed
It deals with seminal issues in cinematic terms that keep the audience spellbound without sensationalism The actors are perfect especially the dynamic Mr Fehling 
4
Labyrinth of Lies
Glenn Kenny
The movie winds up being to put it kindly mildly intellectually satisfying while entirely emotionally flat 
2.5
Labyrinth of Lies
Farran Smith Nehme
Labyrinth of Lies hits every genre cliché from the mawkish score to the no dialogue montage of tragedy 
1
Labyrinth of Lies
Oleg Ivanov
It serves as a suitably dignified account of the efforts of regular Germans to finally bring at least some of the Nazis in their midst to justice 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Vince Koehler
A thunderstorm of mysterious origin traps the old mansion 
3
The Haunted Mansion
Michael Szymanski
You wonder why you re willing to wait an hour and a half to go on it for the umpteenth time 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Kevin A. Ranson
essentially a soulless collection of episodic gags only serves to hammer a few more nails into Eddie Murphy s career s coffin 
0.5
The Haunted Mansion
James Kendrick
uses the ride s familiar visuals as a leaping off point for the horror comedy which is at times delightfully silly and at other times depressingly thin
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Matt Brunson
Manages to make even such surefire audience grabbers as a zombie attack exceedingly dull 
1.5
The Haunted Mansion
Linda Cook
To paraphrase one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite films Little Big Man Sometimes the Magic Kingdom works and sometimes it doesn t 
1
The Haunted Mansion
Nick Rogers
There s disappointingly little in its 99 minutes that s better than what the ride has been doing for years in 10 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Tony Toscano
Eddie Murphy does a sterile job as the film s star but it is Jennifer Tilly who shines in this otherwise flat film 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Mike McGranaghan
The Haunted Mansion was made in the spirit of giving everyone in the family something to enjoy together It s successful at that level 
3
The Haunted Mansion
Frank Ochieng
a lame and transparent pseudo amusing scarefest has all the whimsy and cheeky movement of an overcrowded parking lot at Disneyland a generic goose bump ride
2
The Haunted Mansion
Sara Michelle Fetters
No not physically but comedically for that shining streaming comet of laugh inducing thunder who shaped the modern face of movie comedy in the 1980 s and 90 s lives no more 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Andrew Fu
A movie that while consistently amusing plays like a hackneyed effort to stretch a few minutes of ride into a coherent hour and a half story 
2
The Haunted Mansion
David Sterritt
While it may supply giggles and shivers to preteens grownups should think twice before entering this all too haunted house 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Jonathan R. Perry
Eddie Murphy has been many things to many people in his tempestuous career Until now mayo and bologna on white hasn t been one of them 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps used to working with animated characters Minkoff fails to inspire much energy from his cast 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Mike Clark
The movie s horror angle also reminds us of Vampire in Brooklyn the last in a string of Murphy flops before The Nutty Professor saved his screen career in 1996 With this listless foray Eddie is twice bitten 
.5
The Haunted Mansion
Chris Hewitt
A badly scripted sloppily put together hack job 
1
The Haunted Mansion
Moira MacDonald
The problem here isn t so much the pace as the too predictable story and the general lack of energy director Rob Minkoff can t seem to light a fire under his cast 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Peter Hartlaub
Haunted Mansion won t be anybody s E ticket ride but it s an enjoyable movie for a very specific age range children 8 to 12 and will be tolerable for almost everyone else 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Sarah Chauncey
Here s a better way to spend your money go to Disneyland and visit the real Haunted Mansion 
1.5
The Haunted Mansion
Lou Lumenick
The advertising slogan for The Haunted Mansion warns Check your pulse at the door pretty cheeky for a movie that flatlines for almost all of its 98 minutes 
1
The Haunted Mansion
Jami Bernard
The PG rating is purportedly for frightening images but the only thing frightening is the bland performance Eddie Murphy phones in 
1
The Haunted Mansion
Mack Bates
With The Haunted Mansion the second movie this year to be based on a popular Disney attraction Eddie Murphy may have finally brought his career back to life 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Connie Ogle
Let s face it This is a movie based on a ride so really how much entertainment can you expect But at least it is a better bargain than the ride it is shilling 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Valerie Kuklenski
It s true that last summer s hit Pirates of the Caribbean is one tough act to follow but The Haunted Mansion falls short even without such comparisons 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Rick Groen
Foolish indeed is the mortal family that shells out the copious price of admission for this gobbler 
1
The Haunted Mansion
John Monaghan
That thing going bump in the night It was my head hitting the armrest 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Jeff Vice
Despite some imaginative designs The Haunted Mansion just sort of lies there as if like some of its characters it is waiting to be roused from eternal slumber 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Roger Ebert
The Haunted Mansion won t much entertain older family members but it might be fun for kids and seems headed for a long run on home video 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Lawrence Toppman
Director Rob Minkoff mindful of his PG rating and young target audience never tries to scare us to the marrow 
2
The Haunted Mansion
James Berardinelli
This is a 99 minute commercial for a three minute attraction 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Ty Burr
An efficient reasonably enjoyable factory product that should scare a 9 year old just enough and be gone from his or her memory by dinnertime 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Sean P. Means
About as much fun as a day at Disneyland when it s raining and all the rides are broken and the car is at the extreme other end of the parking lot 
1.5
The Haunted Mansion
Kit Bowen
Although The Haunted Mansion starts promisingly and presents a wealth of possibilities filmmakers decide to go the formulaic route to bring in the kiddies 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Josh Larsen
plays like a contest between Eddie Murphy s popping eyes and his gaping mouth Which one can more forcefully convey fright 
1.5
The Haunted Mansion
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slick and briskly paced endeavor that never quite becomes as entertaining or compelling as one might 8217 ve hoped 46 46 46 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Glenn Lovell
Amusing time killer 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Phil Villarreal
As the story unfolds it becomes ever more obvious that the Haunted Mansion ride was not concocted to provide enough material for a narratively coherent movie 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even if I were still a kid I d rather go on the ride 
2
The Haunted Mansion
David Hiltbrand
Vivid and unimaginative 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Jeff Strickler
Amusing but not side splitting 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Robert K. Elder
While the addition of four harmonizing statues infuses some humor in the script there s little that outshines effects in the actual Disneyland house 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Rob Blackwelder
As mechanical as an old Disneyland automaton 
2
The Haunted Mansion
Steve Rhodes
Never manages to rise above kind of cute 
2.5
The Haunted Mansion
Ed Gonzalez
After she walks off Daddy tells his son Whack your own spider 
2
Speedy
Mattie Lucas
Lloyd always rejected the sentimentality of Chaplin and the droll cynicism of Keaton Lloyd just wanted to have fun and Speedy has it in spades 
3
Speedy
Matt Brunson
While not a masterpiece on the order of 1923 s Safety Last and 1925 s The Freshman Speedy still ranks as grade A entertainment from the great Harold Lloyd 
3.5
Went the Day Well?
Matt Brunson
Incredibly exciting and extremely suspenseful 
4
Went the Day Well?
Kent Turner
The summer s first all around audience pleaser arrives this week after 70 years in hibernation 
3
Dark Obsession
Roger Ebert
Broomfield wants to show us how the very fabric of the lives of these aristocrats has undercut their human perspective has convinced them they are above and beyond the law 
3
The Incredible Melting Man
Matt Brunson
quot Oh 44 my God 44 it apos s his ear 33 quot And so it goes with The Incredible Melting Man 44 a piece of sci fi cheese so pungent that it was honored with its very own Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode 46 
1.5
The Incredible Melting Man
Mike McGranaghan
Everything in the movie is corny cheesy bad or some combination thereof I d call the performances wooden but that would be an insult to wood 
1
The Incredible Melting Man
John Beifuss
The movie almost begs for Batman style sound effect captions but provided by Don Martin Sklishity skloshity when the Melting Man leaves his gluey footprints Poit when his eyeball plops to the ground 
2.5
All for Free
Walter V. Addiego
Alienated characters are presented with gentle humor a spirit of absurdity and a world weariness that put the film in the tradition of Wim Wenders early movies 
3
Platform
Roxana Hadadi
A revealing intimate documentary 
3
Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story
G. Allen Johnson
Lek gives Love Bananas humanity but Bell s personality and enthusiasm is contagious inviting us into the film We root right along with her 
4
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Roger Moore
Flaccid
2
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Matt Fagerholm
Though the subject matter could ve been developed into a more challenging and provocative yarn this film s chief aim is escapism 
2.5
The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard
Linda Barnard
A well intentioned Canadian indie rom com that isn t quite able to rise to the occasion despite the work of some outstanding young actors 
2.5
El Paraíso
Paula Vázquez Prieto
In spite of its derivative air and certain narrative forgery El Paraíso exudes a genuine love for the genre Gangster Noir and this is an accomplished work in memory of a tragedy Full review in Spanish 
3
Never Gonna Snow Again
Robert Horton
A thoroughly engaging little weirdie made with great rigor and just the right measure of black humor 
3.5
Never Gonna Snow Again
Randy Myers
In the lead Utgoff gives off a distinctive alluring presence that s in sync with the film s otherworldly vibe 
3.5
Never Gonna Snow Again
Leo Brady
Never Gonna Snow Again is an obscure but often brilliant look at humans their various differences and the powerful magic of one man 
3
Never Gonna Snow Again
Sara Michelle Fetters
Szumowska and Englert have delivered something marvelously peculiar with Never Gonna Snow Again 
3.5
Never Gonna Snow Again
Mark Dujsik
Never Gonna Snow creates a curiously mystical and undeniably mournful atmosphere occasionally providing the best thing anyone can receive a little hope 
3
Never Gonna Snow Again
Ed Gonzalez
With Never Gonna Snow Again Malgorzata Szumowska presents a charm against apocalyptic despair but also willful ignorance insisting that with sufficient imagination we can face a climate crisis of our own making 
3.5
Never Gonna Snow Again
Roger Moore
Lacks much of anything other than tone obscurity and randomness 
2
Live Twice, Love Once
Roger Moore
The comic and romantic payoffs are limp and the picture wanders on past its climax 
2
Beggars of Life
Mattie Lucas
Here Beery is undeniably the star taking a gruff lecherous character like Oklahoma Red and turning him into an unlikely hero 
3.5
Beggars of Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A richly entertaining tale 
4
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Federico Furzan
An important documentary that falls short of being repetitive Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Michael Phillips
The personalities make the picture and James camera presence is such that Abacus never seems to gin up or theatricalize anyone s thoughts or behavior 
3.5
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Pat Padua
Using drawings and courtroom testimony James creates a tense courtroom drama out of seemingly dry material 
3
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Mark Dujsik
The film use s a complex legal proceeding as a way to examine this family and this community and James does so with his usual personal touch 
3
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Mark Feeney
Steve James s impressively economical documentary folds together the events that led to the case the place of Abacus in the Chinese American community the 2015 trial and its aftermath 
3
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Gary Thompson
Another underdog story though in this case the underdog takes the unlikely form of a New York bank that trafficked in dubious mortgages 
3
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Peter Hartlaub
The lack of action is made up for by the gumption of the accused banking family whose respect for each other is apparent even as they bicker and interrupt each other over trial strategy press releases and the catered lunch 
3
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Chris Knight
The result is an interesting tale though a little dry at times 
2.5
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Brad Wheeler
The film s director who would make an excellent character witness for the defence raises questions but frustratingly doesn t answer them in an otherwise compelling documentary 
3
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Kam Williams
Don t be surprised if this chilling expose leaves you convinced the Sungs were innocent victims of a thoroughly corrupt legal system doling out justice in color coded fashion even when it comes to white collar crime 
4
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Matt Zoller Seitz
As gripping as the movie is as a legal thriller it s even more notable as a portrait of a community 
4
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Chuck Bowen
Steve James s film is a rallying cry and its weaknesses as art might bolster its strength as reformatory theater 
2.5
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Lauren Terry
Detailing the bizarre chain of events is overwhelming at times with too few court sketches to represent a rapid fire cross examination 
2
Glitter
Tyler Hanley
Mariah Carey should have taken an acting class from Marky Mark Wahlberg The first lesson start small 
1
Glitter
Frank Ochieng
If poor Mariah Carey suffered a well publicized breakdown prior to the release of this disposable display imagine what she ll feel like to learn that she may have appeared in one of the worst ill advised pointless flicks of the year 
1
Glitter
Mark Dujsik
So blatantly takes every bit of its formula to the furthermost extremes it becomes a comedy 
1
Glitter
Michael Dequina
Just when you think it could not get more ridiculous Hall Lanier and Miss Mariah go that extra mile 
0
Glitter
David Keyes
what incentive did anyone have in even making this hopeless mess 
1
Glitter
Carla Meyer
A derivative mishmash of cinematic and real life situations 
1
Glitter
Carrie Rickey
Carey so vibrant and upbeat in music videos during the 1990s simply does not register on the big screen 
1
Glitter
Liam Lacey
Though the story repeats every cliche of the form it manages to get things wrong in new and fascinating ways 
1
Glitter
Roger Ebert
Above all the film is lacking in joy It never seems like it s fun to be Billie Frank 
2
Glitter
Gary Brown
Ms Carey has the voice of a dove but sad to say the acting range of a parakeet 
1.5
Glitter
James Kendrick
Commodified vacuous and worst of all terribly boring
1.5
Glitter
James Berardinelli
Occasionally I see a chunk of cinematic debris that strikes so many wrong chords that I can t figure out how the project was greenlighted in the first place This is one of those incidents 
1
Glitter
Dustin Putman
About as fresh as rancid Chinese food that has been stuck in the back of the refrigerator for several months 
1.5
Glitter
Steve Rhodes
Carey s exceedingly modest acting talents will likely have her fans advising her to keep her day job 
1
Glitter
Tor Thorsen
Director Vondie Curtis Hall does manage to put a professional sheen on events but can t stop many moments of high drama from turning into eruptions of unintentional hilarity 
1.5
Glitter
Rob Blackwelder
This predictable cheesy rose colored music industry yarn is so hollow that Carey s blood curdling high register warble practically echoes around the theater 
1.5
Glitter
Ross Anthony
though rickety in corners Carey s amazing vocal talents melt away the awkward moments
2.5
Glitter
Ed Gonzalez
Singer Carey has learned to nurture her inner kitsch giving way to camp Mariah 
3
Glitter
Harvey S. Karten
A sappy insipid songfest 
2
My Old Lady
Lisa Jensen
The plot thread that entangles all these people and places may not be entirely unexpected but it s all handled with enough sensitivity and panache to keep us engaged 
3
My Old Lady
Eric Melin
My Old Lady doesn t break any new ground and sometimes feels too much like a play but its actors help smooth over some of its more predictable patches with their estimable charm 
2.5
My Old Lady
Chris Foran
Kline s prickly character is hard to warm to but his bumbling hides a spirit broken by life and it s a credit to Kline s performance that you string along hoping he ll find a way to mend 
2.5
My Old Lady
Chris Knight
While the blocking and pacing sometimes betray its theatrical origins it s still an enjoyable romp 
3
My Old Lady
Geoff Pevere
My Old Lady feels as stubbornly stuck in that expansive and underlit apartment as Madame Girard herself and you may find yourself bolting for a lungful of relief 
2.5
My Old Lady
Linda Barnard
One minute we re chuckling along with a broadly comic setup the next characters are talking about suicide 
2
My Old Lady
Peter Canavese
How relevant or relatable viewers will find all this is questionable but fans of the actors will take true pleasure in their tart verbal sparring 
3
My Old Lady
Walter Chaw
garbage that people will patronize and excuse
1
My Old Lady
Steven Rea
Kline s character is an alcoholic and not exactly lovable but we come to empathize Smith the grande dame of British theater and film is wickedly wry and quick 
3
My Old Lady
John Anderson
What starts as an elaborate sitcom becomes an emotionally substantial tragicomedy 
3
My Old Lady
Stephanie Merry
Horovitz may have made a questionable decision in adapting this particular play for the screen but his casting was flawless 
2
My Old Lady
Claude Peck
If sad fearful adult lives wrecked by depression divorce disappointment adultery addiction and family dysfunction are your thing My Old Lady is pour vous 
2
My Old Lady
Gail Pennington
Kline has fun with the role but the plot s dark turn and heavy handed message make My Old Lady more bitter than sweet 
2
My Old Lady
Walter V. Addiego
My Old Lady is affecting even if many of the revelations and high voltage speeches occur at predictable moments But if you can look past this formulaic side it s a movie worth seeing 
3
My Old Lady
Glenn Kenny
People who complain about the absence of genuine adult drama from cinema screens have an opportunity to put their monies where there mouths are here 
3
My Old Lady
Elise Nakhnikian
Israel Horovitz s film is basically a three character play without a single character you can believe in 
1.5
My Old Lady
Roger Moore
Perfectly cast it s a comedy of confessional monologues and overheard conversations charming if quite stagey at times 
2.5
The Great Man
Peter Keough
It takes a woman to make a great film about the all male bastion of the French Foreign Legion 
3.5
The Great Man
Diego Semerene
It exploits the military aesthetics that lend themselves so well to breath taking sounds and visuals without fetishizing them as in Claire Denis s Beau Travail 
3
Seven Pounds
Mattie Lucas
Chokes on its own muddled spiritual regurgitation 
2
Seven Pounds
Nick Rogers
Proof that no black actor regardless of acclaim or popularity can ever truly transcend the Mythical Black Man motif Milquetoast dweebishness robs Will Smith of his natural forcefulness and Seven Pounds has easily the worst ending of the last decade 
0
Seven Pounds
Sonny Bunch
The ending will divide viewers Some will shed tears others will be outraged It s a bold artistic choice but one of questionable morality 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Betsy Sherman
Will Smith s previous film with director Gabriele Muccino The Pursuit of Happyness was a tale well told Their new one is a gimmicky tale annoyingly told 
1.5
Seven Pounds
David Nusair
packs one hell of an emotional punch as it approaches its affecting and flat out devastating conclusion 
3.5
Seven Pounds
Rossiter Drake
Will Smith has played an alcoholic superhero a mystical caddie and a fighter pilot on a mission to save the planet from aliens but Ben Thomas might just be the most unbelievable role of them all 
2
Seven Pounds
Lori Hoffman
The film while slow moving is worth the wait for the emotional payoff 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Jeanne Aufmuth
The final act leaves a melodramatic and manipulative residue that no amount of tears can wash away 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Kam Williams
Surprisingly superficial message movie laden with schmaltz and mood muzak which adds up to little more than a feature length public service announcement on the dangers of text messaging while driving 
1
Seven Pounds
Sara Michelle Fetters
Maudlin incredibly self important and ultimately delivering a denouement that s head scratching nonetheless this picture is so well made and so beautifully acted by Will Smith that hating it for its numerous flaws proves to be surprisingly difficult 
2
Seven Pounds
Matt Brunson
With their latest collaboration it seems as if Smith and Muccino were engaged in the pursuit of crappyness 
2
Seven Pounds
Wilson Morales
The pacing of the film is painfully slow that by the time one gets to the payoff at the end and understands what s going on you may be fighting to remember what happened during the film if you stayed awake for it 
1
Seven Pounds
Michael Dequina
Giving in to the sentimental spell should be done so without shame or guilt 
3
Seven Pounds
Linda Cook
The big surprise of Seven Pounds is that the big surprise flies in your face during the first 15 minutes of the movie 
3
Seven Pounds
Christian Toto
Will Smith s status as Hollywood s box office champ will be sorely tested with Seven Pounds
3
Seven Pounds
Sean P. Means
When it comes to having the courage to trust the audience Muccino proves he s as spineless as a jellyfish 
2
Seven Pounds
Walter Chaw
It makes sense with the notable films of 2008 the Synecdoches and Wrestlers it just has the misfortune of sucking 
1
Seven Pounds
Daniel M. Kimmel
a well intentioned misfire Give Smith credit for taking chances but that s an A for effort not for the actual film 
2
Seven Pounds
Jenni Miller
The outcome will make you want to throw a shoe at the screen 
2
Seven Pounds
Perry Seibert
Muccino doesn t even do a credible job of keeping the supposedly earth shattering secret an event finally depicted in full during the movie s climax 
1
Seven Pounds
Peter Howell
You will either be frustrated with its asymmetrical and manipulative storytelling or be captivated by scattered clues that ultimately lead to some kind of resolution 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Chris Hewitt
Long after I d stopped thinking about the movie s central gimmick Smith s performance still stuck with me 
3
Seven Pounds
Steve Rhodes
Slow and sappy Prepare to gag 
1
Seven Pounds
Moira MacDonald
A convoluted tearjerker complete with murky camerawork and even murkier emotions 
2
Seven Pounds
Mick LaSalle
It affirms life as something enormous and important not small not meaningless but monumental and worthy of big statements 
3
Seven Pounds
Carla Meyer
Aiming for profound Seven Pounds stalls at maddeningly coy 
2
Seven Pounds
James Berardinelli
On an emotional level one could decree that the movie is satisfying On an intellectual level it s disappointingly shallow 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Carrie Rickey
A case study in overkill 
2
Seven Pounds
Rafer Guzman
The script by Grant Nieporte seems to fundamentally misunderstand its moral themes 
2
Seven Pounds
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing ends in what s meant to be a spectacular act of selfless generosity but really plays as mad messianic egoism 
1.5
Seven Pounds
Lou Lumenick
The sad truth is that if you laid this movie out chronologically and maybe if you don t not a whole lot of it makes any sense 
1.5
Seven Pounds
Duane Dudek
Dawson exudes common sense and the pulse the film s and mine quickened when she was onscreen 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Rene Rodriguez
Muccino who balanced humor and pathos so well in Happyness goes too heavy on the melodrama this time at the expense of practically any other emotional shadings 
2
Seven Pounds
Bob Strauss
Equal parts bizarre and conventional Seven Pounds is if not good an intriguing film 
3
Seven Pounds
Amy Biancolli
The film closes on a meeting between two characters that s now wayyyy high on my list of weirdest moments in cinema It is I think supposed to be touching 
2
Seven Pounds
Rick Groen
It s probably safe to argue that never before has the spirit of giving been pushed any higher How high According to my altimeter to that oxygen deprived point where lachrymose meets laughable 
2
Seven Pounds
Jeff Vice
The script is filled with false notes and other hollow sentiments 
2
Seven Pounds
Lisa Kennedy
Not all holiday cheer need come in broad comedic strokes to warm the multiplex throngs 
3
Seven Pounds
Michael Sragow
The whole narrative is too hollow and rickety as well as gimmicky for Muccino to breathe much life into it 
1
Seven Pounds
Bob Bloom
Seven Pounds is like one of those little kids puzzles with six or seven big pieces that once you fit a couple together the others easily fall into place 
2
Seven Pounds
John Beifuss
Put your faith in Will Smith and by his sacrifice ye will be reborn 
1
Seven Pounds
Michael Phillips
Seven Pounds has a heart as big as all outdoors Unfortunately it s made out of high fructose bull
1.5
Seven Pounds
Erik Childress
Accompanied by one of the worst scores I ve heard in some time Seven Pounds follows its lead by continually trying to bury its final note under another one and constantly sounding like the composer missing the beat over and over and over again 
1.5
Seven Pounds
Willie Waffle
After watching an enthralling emotional movie I was left wondering why it has to come to this conclusion 
3
Seven Pounds
Robert W. Butler
Seven Pounds is preposterous 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Dustin Putman
The decision to score the final scene to a children s chorus singing Herman s Hermits Something Tells Me I m Into Something Good is ill considered Samply lyric I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it wouldn t be just a one night stand 
2
Seven Pounds
Lawrence Toppman
Smith gets my thanks for embarking on projects however flawed that take emotional risks 
3
Seven Pounds
Claudia Puig
While it doesn t break any new ground or provide any revelations Seven Pounds is unabashedly emotional and cautiously hopeful It s the feel good movie for these feel bad times 
2.5
Seven Pounds
Roger Ebert
I am fascinated by films that observe a character who is behaving precisely with no apparent motivation A good actor brings such a role into focus as Will Smith does in the enigmatically titled Seven Pounds 
3
Seven Pounds
Phil Villarreal
But even without the head shaker ending the movie would have been a failure due to Smith s lackadaisical performance 
1.5
Seven Pounds
Jeremiah Kipp
Looking like he hasn t shaved in days and wearing the same suit day after day Smith is playing the Hollywood version of worn and weary 
2
I'll Find You
David Nusair
46 46 46 the movie benefits from a smattering of unexpectedly compelling encounters and sequences 46 46 46 
2.5
I'll Find You
M. Faust
91 T 93 he kind of theatrical movie that doesn 8217 t seem to get made anymore 46 Viewers who are tired of superheroes and crude comedies should see it if it comes to a theater near you 59 just go in prepared to enjoy its virtues while regretting its flaws 46 10 10 
3
I'll Find You
Tom Meek
A big canvas to be sure and one lushly and intricately rendered 
2.5
I'll Find You
Bob Bloom
One aspect of 8220 I 8217 ll Find You 8221 that I found disconcerting was its sanitizing of the Holocaust 46 I realize the extermination of Europe 8217 s Jews was not the centerpiece of the movie 44 but it seems disingenuous to gloss over that horror so casually 46 
2.5
I'll Find You
Roger Moore
Start to finish theres this jerky lurching quality to the narrative with little flow and zero urgency
2
Spontaneous
Matt Brunson
The year s best horror flick also happens to be the year s best love story 
3.5
Spontaneous
Leo Brady
Spontaneous is the romantic comedy I never knew I needed Brian Duffield s out there movie is fitting perfectly into these unpredictable times 
3
Spontaneous
Randy Myers
An absurdly funny gripping and moving film that boasts one of the best screenplays of the year 
3.5
Spontaneous
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spontaneous raucously combusts like no other horror comedy this year 
3
Spontaneous
Michael Phillips
A pretty diverting movie 
2.5
Spontaneous
G. Allen Johnson
It s at times a horror film at times a teenage romance sometimes a comedy other times an allegory of teenage angst But that s what makes it strangely wonderful and fresh 
3
Spontaneous
Joey Magidson
Spontaneous is a truly unexpected gem and one of the year s very best films 
3.5
Spontaneous
Richard Roeper
Dark but astute the twisted high school romance is full of clever touches and ends on a surprisingly wise note 
4
Spontaneous
Mike McGranaghan
Starts off as the best teen centered dark comedy since Heathers then evolves into something unexpectedly profound 
3.5
Spontaneous
Matt Zoller Seitz
A movie that remains hypnotic and confident even when it starts to meander repeating variations of the same situation 
3
Spontaneous
Sean P. Means
If you re not yet on the Katherine Langford bandwagon I missed seeing her in 13 Reasons Why but loved her in supporting roles in Love Simon and Knives Out this movie will seal the deal 
3.5
The Heart Is Elsewhere
Wesley Morris
Avati provides no real emotional counterweight for all the whimsy and nonsense and the movie carries neither the force of morality nor the titillation of trashiness 
2
The Heart Is Elsewhere
Michael Booth
Charmingly embodying the dreamy seeker Neri Marcore as Nello has a dignity and forcefulness that illuminate this winning tale 
3
The Heart Is Elsewhere
Robert Dominguez
Touching if slow moving Italian import 
3
The Heart Is Elsewhere
V.A. Musetto
A pleasant but lifeless love story set in the 1920s 
2
Heatstroke
Roger Moore
Straight manhunt in the African desert genre picture with few surprises save for the fact that the hunted are women
1.5
No Mercy
David Nusair
It s clear right off the bat that filmmaker Richard Pearce isn t looking to deliver a typical run of the mill 80s cop thriller 
3
No Mercy
Roger Ebert
An above average film noir and its creepy feeling for the back streets of New Orleans and the sultry evil of its red light suburbs got under my skin 
3
Spring Forward
Michael Dequina
Beatty and Schreiber generate a convincing camaraderie that is warm and touching yet with a refreshing lack of sticky sentiment 
3
Spring Forward
David N. Butterworth
A remarkable film totally absorbing from the first frame to the last It s a marvel of simplicity and depth comfort and compassion 
4
Spring Forward
Joe Leydon
While seeming to be about nothing in particular it gradually builds toward a deeply affecting emotional impact by actually being about everything that s important 
4
Spring Forward
Steve Rhodes
The performances are all fine and heartfelt but the story itself never provides much reason for us to care 
2.5
Waterlife
Peter Howell
The veteran Canuck documentarian tours the five lakes Superior Michigan Huron Erie and Ontario and reflects upon a sad litany of abuses that man and nature have inflicted upon this fragile fluidity 
3
Waterlife
Liam Lacey
This threat shouldn t require any overselling but McMahon can t resist and you seriously wish the script had gone through another level of filtration to take out more of the lumpy bits and the excess of musical selections 
2
Agnes of God
David Nusair
an excessively deliberate endeavor 
2
Agnes of God
Gene Siskel
Agnes of God plays with some challenging ideas and some sensationalistic events but ultimately it fails to earn its right to toy with such subjects 
2.5
Agnes of God
Roger Ebert
Although the movie deals in the basic materials of a criminal investigation cynical cops forensic details courtroom testimony it has a seriously clouded agenda 
1
Death Wish
Brian Eggert
The wildly miscalculated release of this film is only matched by its mindless aggression 
1
Death Wish
Matt Brunson
The good news Despite all the worries that this would be nothing more than an alt right wet dream in which Bruce Willis guns down scores of blacks and Muslims the film is actually restrained in such matters The bad news It still isn t very good 
2
Death Wish
Mattie Lucas
Feels like the wrong movie in the wrong time a rote and needless remake where even its star seems bored sleepwalking from one gleeful act of brutality to another 
1.5
Death Wish
Federico Furzan
A remake that doesn t matter Eli Roth follows basic steps towards B cinema and barely makes the movie survive Full review in Spanish 
2
Death Wish
John Hanlon
This remake is superficially interested in its characters and the debate of vigilante justice versus the justice system but it s never willing to explore either in any depth 
1.0
Death Wish
John Serba
The orignal Death Wish at least illustrated the ugly internal and external consequences of such brutality Eli Roth s remake shows no such focus 
1.5
Death Wish
Linda Cook
Death Wish doesn t live up to the original 
2
Death Wish
Sonny Bunch
Entertaining and amusing and charming in its refusal to dismiss the cathartic nature of retributive violence 
3
Death Wish
Mark Dujsik
It s a mindless conscienceless thriller on auto pilot 
1.5
Death Wish
Ty Burr
Death Wish is a catechism for an audience terrified that their firepower and their influence are dwindling 
1.5
Death Wish
Matthew Rozsa
In that limited sense Death Wish is a success albeit one that action fans should wait to see on Netflix 
2.5
Death Wish
David Nusair
a fairly refreshing return to the sort of brutal fare that was once commonplace within multiplexes 
3
Death Wish
David Fear
He s not remaking Death Wish He s making what he thinks a person in 1974 sitting in a Forty Deuce grindhouse theater would have seen in their mind while watching it 
2
Death Wish
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Death Wish deserves a quick demise 
1
Death Wish
James Berardinelli
It s fair to ask what new things Eli Roth and Bruce Willis bring to Death Wish that the original made in 1974 with Charles Bronson didn t have The answer is not many 
2
Death Wish
Matt Zoller Seitz
Vigilante dad rock 
1.5
Death Wish
Dustin Putman
Bloody and violent but also carries with it an emotional enough core to make the controversial question it poses 151 Is vigilante justice ever morally warranted 151 worth asking 
2.5
Death Wish
Christian Toto
You won t see a more subversive movie in our woke age this year or maybe next 
3
Death Wish
Roger Moore
An old man s movie made for even older men impotent angry ones 
1
Death Wish
Richard Roeper
Again and again Death Wish feels anything but real 
2
Death Wish
Johnny Oleksinski
Willis who was once a formidable action star is performing Die Hard With an Ambien as he exhibits zero emotion and mutters under his breath like an accountant who s upset with his boss 
1.5
Death Wish
Soren Andersen
There was a rawness in the original with the brutality of the attack on the hero s family being shockingly graphic In the remake the edges have all been smoothed off 
2
Death Wish
Jake Cole
At a time when Americans are constantly bombarded with reports of unpunished police brutality the film suggests that the true problem with justice in our country is that law enforcement isn t violent enough 
0
Death Wish
Mark Daniell
Death Wish the 2018 version is riddled with more plot holes than bullet holes 
1
Death Wish
Barry Hertz
However this Death Wish came to be shall remain a mystery Just as no one will ever truly know why Willis jumped aboard or who thought his participation was a good idea 
0.5
Death Wish
Michael Phillips
Chicago the city that works It s capable of redemption we re told if the right Dr Kill Dare comes along to clean up the carnage the American way more carnage 
1
Death Wish
Mick LaSalle
Willis is a worthy replacement for Bronson and it can be safely said This new movie is way better than all the Death Wish sequels that Bronson kept churning out the last when he was 72 
3
Death Wish
Gary Thompson
I preferred Charles Bronson and his sock full of quarters 
2
Shootout
Matt Brunson
Peck offers his usual conviction to the project but the supporting cast is an awfully weak one 
2
Untouchable
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Watch and learn Critical thinking is good for us all 
4
Untouchable
Roger Moore
A tad cherry picked but still a damning indictment of America s mania for piling punishment onto sex offenders without stopping to consider the WIDE range of offenses that earn someone that label 
3
2012: Time for Change
Neil Genzlinger
85 minutes of navet with the occasional interesting idea thrown in 
2
Gardens of Stone
Henry Sheehan
Bereft of that core Gardens of Stone drifts off into decoration that s intricate and highly accomplished but strictly ornamental 
2
Gardens of Stone
Roger Ebert
Every moment is right and yet the film as a whole is incomplete 
2.5
They Wait
Susan Walker
There are elements of a good fright flick and intriguing ghost story in They Wait It s too bad that they are overshadowed by all the bad aspects terrible dialogue and cheesy special effects and makeup 
2
They Wait
Jason Anderson
Initially promising for its attempt to situate Asian supernatural motifs within a North American context They Wait is itself too derivative of its own movie ancestors to yield fresh scares 
2
They Wait
David Nusair
a tedious and downright silly piece of work 
1.5
The Emoji Movie
David Keyes
You know you are in the middle of something cynical when the most interesting character in a cartoon is a walking digital hand whining about no longer being popular 
1
The Emoji Movie
Josh Terry
The Emoji Movie s derivative nature weak humor and questionable messaging should direct the family budget elsewhere 
1.5
The Emoji Movie
Sean P. Means
If The Emoji Movie were trying to be funny and missing or even striving for so bad it s entertaining territory it wouldn t be as tediously awful as the wishy washy product that it is 
0
The Emoji Movie
Linda Cook
You sum up The Emoji Movie with one symbol 
1
The Emoji Movie
John Serba
Fie on this movie Fie on those who bankrolled it fie on those who wrote and directed it fie on anyone who participated in it 
1
The Emoji Movie
James Berardinelli
At its best this seems like a second rate version of Pixar s Inside Out At its worst it s a cash grab based on a cynical high level concept 
2
The Emoji Movie
Peter Sobczynski
A demonstration of artistic abdication at its most venal but will the kids like it 
.5
The Emoji Movie
Mark Dujsik
It s a movie that s too bland for adults too cutesy and juvenile for teens and pre teens and too confusing for kids In other words it s a movie for no one 
0.5
The Emoji Movie
Roger Moore
T J Miller s ticket to oblivion 
1
The Emoji Movie
Johnny Oleksinski
Hear that It s the end of the world 
0
Red 2
Brian Eggert
The overly fun loving tone of Red 2 prevents us from feeling truly involved 46 
2.5
Red 2
David Nusair
RED 2 slowly but surely begins to fizzle out as it enters its padded out and hopelessly convoluted midsection 
2
Red 2
Wesley Lovell
Much of the originality has faded and Morgan Freeman s absence is keenly felt but the end result is still a fun exciting adventure 
2.5
Red 2
Matt Brunson
Audiences who have been burned by too many of this season s high profile titles might want to take a chance on this comparatively small scale effort Like a favorite pair of slippers it may not exactly be new but it makes for a comfortable fit 
3
Red 2
Sean P. Means
Red 2 is really a series of running gags strung together by filmmakers desperately hoping nobody notices there s not really a plot 
2
Red 2
Dann Gire
None of the characters in Red 2 really connect 
2
Red 2
Lori Hoffman
Bigger and louder doesn t mean better 
2
Red 2
John Beifuss
It s witty and satisfying but I wish it was not so gleefully gun happy and that it did not treat the loss of life entirely as a joke 
3
Red 2
Bob Bloom
RED 2 is uninspired and undercut by weak scriptwriting ragged editing mundane action sequences and run of the mill stunts 
2
Red 2
Willie Waffle
Red 2 is one Red too many 
1
Red 2
Perry Seibert
There s a charming chemistry between the various cast members 
3
Red 2
Robert Levin
In the hands of these award winning actors a lightweight action comedy sequel with a nonsensical narrative becomes substantial summer entertainment 
3
Red 2
John Wirt
More fun than a sequel has a right to be 
3
Red 2
Kirk Baird
It s Mirren again playing against type that proves most satisfying Watching the 68 year old and still dazzling actress wield guns with the best of em and calmly eradicate the corpse of a fresh kill with a bottle of acid is novel and darkly pleasurable 
2.5
Red 2
Lisa Kennedy
Ridiculously action packed and just as endearing Red 2 is why we go to sequels despite our well earned cynicism about studios churning them out 
3
Red 2
Odie Henderson
People are pumped with more bullets than those at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan since they don t bleed the MPAA considers this family friendly hilariously calling it frenetic gunplay 
2.5
Red 2
Chris Hewitt
It s lean efficient summer fun 
3
Red 2
Adam Nayman
It s quite possible that Helen Mirren has never had to speak such terrible dialogue in her life 
1
Red 2
John Serba
I m tempted to heavily plagiarize my review of 2010 s Red The two films are essentially the same 
2
Red 2
Stephen Whitty
Recycled Expensive Dull 
1.5
Red 2
Dustin Putman
A forgettable made by committee production with actors who should know better 
1.5
Red 2
Stephanie Merry
Sequels are for the most part inherently stale so it s no shock the luster has faded in Red 2 The bigger surprise is just how clunky and unsatisfying this follow up feels 
1.5
Red 2
Kyle Smith
How bad could the boneyard be compared to sitting through this execrable piece of non entertainment Better dead than RED 2 
1
Red 2
David Hiltbrand
Enemies and allies have changed sides so many times so randomly that you re not sure who s fighting whom or why You just know they all look a little old to be engaged in this sort of reckless behavior 
2.5
Red 2
Mark Dujsik
RED 2 is neither an improvement nor a significant step down the movie is like its predecessor completely ordinary and mediocre in a middle of the road sort of way 
2
Red 2
Scott Bowles
Passable summer entertainment an Expendables with people who can act 
2.5
Red 2
Sonny Bunch
Red 2 is a modestly entertaining action romp But it s a hollow endeavor with few lasting images or moments the cotton candy of the multiplex 
2
Red 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
The sight of Helen Mirren wearing an evening dress and combat boots may be funny once Try to build a second movie around such gags though and it quickly becomes apparent they weren t exactly riotous in the first place 
2
Red 2
Jon Niccum
It s touchy balancing humor and deadly covert missions without one smothering the other but RED 2 does a capable job 
2.5
Red 2
Rafer Guzman
RED 2 stands quite sturdily on its own as a caper comedy whose stars just happen to be approaching 50 60 and even 70 years old 
2.5
Red 2
Chris Knight
The result feels like what the Bourne movies would have delivered if the screenwriters had opted for humour over spycraft 
3.5
Red 2
Graham Killeen
The most significant difference between RED 2 and the original film is its surprising lack of authentic human behavior 
2.5
Red 2
James Berardinelli
Sitting through it is nowhere near as enjoyable as the experience of watching its predecessor 
2.5
Red 2
Linda Barnard
It often feels tired and by the book missing the heart of the original in ways that can t be enlivened by any number of crazy lids on Marvin s addled cranium 
2.5
Red 2
Joe Williams
Red 2 is not just a bad movie it s bad karma And the target audience of adult moviegoers who respect the names in its once vital cast have a bull s eye on their collective cranium 
2
Red 2
Michael Phillips
The movie s adequate That s not much 
2
Red 2
Tom Russo
RED 2 is a sequel that has some snappy interplay typically courtesy of Malkovich but mostly feels like a cast working to manufacture what came naturally the first time 
2
Red 2
Rich Heldenfels
Good comedy and a nice reminder that people over 50 can still kick ass 
3
Red 2
Matt Pais
Would have been no more difficult to endure if I were sitting on nails 
1
Red 2
Soren Andersen
Red 2 does have its share of surprises and the biggest of these is how funny the picture is and how very much fun the actors in it seem to be having 
3
Red 2
Roger Moore
A movie of hilarious reaction shots little moments where the mere expression on M L Parker Mirren Hopkins or Malkovich s face sells the gag
2.5
Red 2
Tony Hicks
Any good spy has to take risks to be successful Too bad director Dean Parisot and his team didn t employ the same concept 
2
Red 2
Chris Cabin
An awfully expensive and grossly extended Cialis commercial 
1
Life as We Know It
Federico Furzan
A romantic comedy fused with a baby is born and brings two characters together film that does not deliver completely Full review in Spanish 
2
Life as We Know It
Roger Moore
Josh Duhamel props up Heigl and makes this wildly uneven comedy her best rom com since Knocked Up 
2.5
Life as We Know It
Linda Cook
The only reason I gave this two stars is because director Greg Berlanti has a knack for directing a bevy of babies 
2
Life as We Know It
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Life As We Know It could be one of Holly s bakery confections a festival of quirk around the edges and a hole in the middle 
2
Life as We Know It
Michael A. Smith
Imagine if Josh Brolin and Josh Hartnett joined these two on screen It would be a virtual Josh a thon 
3
Life as We Know It
Paul Schrodt
It s easy to become cynical about a certain brand of funny sad familial comedies like Life as We Know It 
2
Life as We Know It
Mike McGranaghan
When the entire movie is predictable clichd and routine what s the point in going out to see it Hint there is none 
2
Life as We Know It
Sean P. Means
The title becomes a depressingly self fulfilling prophecy This is movie life as we have all come to know it 
2.5
Life as We Know It
David Nusair
Sporadically watchable yet utterly disposable 
2
Life as We Know It
Amy Biancolli
Watching Duhamel and Heigl discover the joys and pains of parenthood is cute as far as it goes but their story can t progress too far until the kid is out of diapers 
2
Life as We Know It
Keith Cohen
The movie pulls at your heart strings and takes some unexpected detours before arriving at a happy ending This harmless inoffensive movie is like junk food that provides a wellspring of comfort and warmth Newlyweds planning a family will get a 
2.5
Life as We Know It
Christian Toto
Note to Hollywood If a movie like Life As We Know It needs diaper gags to make us laugh you re in trouble 
2
Life as We Know It
Lisa Kennedy
Yes there are some twists a nice comedic turn or two but the inevitable hook up of dueling opposites is never anything but inevitable 
2.5
Life as We Know It
Chris Hewitt
Sweet but not sappy knowing but not cynical and familiar enough to satisfy but different enough to keep us on our toes 
2.5
Life as We Know It
John Beifuss
Peculiarly ruthless it kills off a perfectly nice set of parents and orphans an adorable infant so the dead couple s best friends can find love this blood sacrifice seems like a pretty extreme set up for a couple of hours of sitcom cuteness 
2
Life as We Know It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is just a waste of time 
1
Life as We Know It
Rick Groen
If innocuous entertainment amiable enough while it lasts but forgettable beyond has a place in life as you know it then Life As We Know It will have a place in your heart 
3
Life as We Know It
James Berardinelli
Cloying and at times annoying Life as We Know It is egregiously manipulative whoring itself out for a few unearned tears 
1.5
Life as We Know It
Peter Howell
Just like the clunker you end up buying and liking in spite of everything Life As We Know It gets you there Exactly where is hard to say but chances are you won t regret making the journey 
2.5
Life as We Know It
Lou Lumenick
Basically this is The Taming of the Shrew with an adorable baby twist that never occurred to William Shakespeare 
2
Life as We Know It
Michael O'Sullivan
Whose life are we talking about exactly 
1
Life as We Know It
Mark Dujsik
A romance flares up and even the jokes already sluggish seem to reach even further toward the obsolete 
2
Life as We Know It
Sara Michelle Fetters
All thats missing from this feature length sitcom is a laugh track everything working on prepared beats and notes that are so overly familiar and obvious theyre downright freeze dried 
2
Life as We Know It
Peter Travers
This is crap as we know it a 113 minute package of romcom suck 
.5
Life as We Know It
Claudia Puig
Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel have an appealing chemistry but Life as We Know It is tripped up by awkwardly fusing a familiar sitcom scenario with a tragic premise 
2.5
Life as We Know It
Mick LaSalle
Every moment however seemingly haphazard and casually presented is keyed to the progress of a young man from lost to not so lost 
3
Life as We Know It
Carrie Rickey
With pratfalls and teardrops the film swings from sitcom to sit dram 
2
Life as We Know It
Dustin Putman
In years to come Life as We Know It may be used as a prime example of mediocre in Merriam Webster s updated dictionary 
2
Life as We Know It
Sue Pierman
The premise is the most interesting thing about it From there it s just bland 
2
Life as We Know It
Jason Heck
This exercise in cynical formulaic movie construction is best avoided unless insomnia s been a problem 
1
Life as We Know It
Christopher Kelly
Life as We Know It turns into a reasonably honest consideration of what it might mean to have to honor the dead by raising their living breathing pooping screaming progeny 
3
Life as We Know It
Peter Keough
100 minutes of dirty diaper gags baby puke unfunny squabbling and the inevitable dnouement 
1.5
Life as We Know It
Michael Phillips
This is a change from what audiences have come to expect from the usual Heigl vehicle She s quicker witted and warmer than usual here and she keeps Duhamel on his toes even when the storyline drags its feet 
2.5
Life as We Know It
Connie Ogle
Sometimes I suspect there is secret high stakes contest in Hollywood among filmmakers to try and come up with a movie without a single original idea If so Life As We Know It is a contender 
1.5
Life as We Know It
Roger Ebert
So anyway what happens in Life As We Know It You ll never guess in a million years Never 
1.5
Life as We Know It
Phil Villarreal
I nearly sobbed at the funeral scene sullen in the knowledge that Id spend the next 90 plus minutes watching a painfully forced romance emerge 
2
Days of Heaven
Josh Larsen
You can feel Terrence Malick drifting away in this follow up to his acclaimed debut 
3
Days of Heaven
Nick Schager
To hell with equivocation or beating around the bush Terrence Malick s 1978 Days of Heaven is the greatest film ever made 
4
Days of Heaven
Michael Wilmington
Perhaps the most typical example of a 70s American art film daring romantic rebellious but also filled with longing for the beauty of the past 
4
Days of Heaven
Roger Ebert
This is a movie made by a man who knew how something felt and found a way to evoke it in us 
4
Days of Heaven
James Berardinelli
One thing that certainly can be said about Terrence Malick s Days of Heaven it s not sentimental or manipulative Unfortunately it s also not particularly involving 
2.5
Monster Camp
Maureen M. Hart
How much audiences will like Monster Camp may depend on their ability need to abandon their everyday personas for weekends of fantasy dress up and battles 
3
Monster Camp
Moira MacDonald
Monster Camp introduces us to several of its cheerful practitioners letting what first seems odd slowly make sense to the uninitiated 
3
Monster Camp
Steve Rhodes
Wonderfully wacky Never poking fun at the people the movie nevertheless is hilarious 
3
Operation Condor
Peter Canavese
Plenty fun as per the Jackie Chan standard it s total nonsense but unpretentiously entertaining and occasionally ingenious Blu ray 
2.5
Operation Condor
Chris Hicks
An excellent example of Chan at his comic kick em up best blending elements of both James Bond and Indiana Jones along with the requisite zany fights and stunts 
3
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Betsy Bozdech
It may be a small movie but it s the kind of small movie that feels bigger the more you think about it 
3
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Phil Villarreal
At times the film feels so real it almost plays like a documentary 
3.5
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Damon Smith
Despite its compositional flaws Melvin Goes to Dinner will please anyone who takes the art of social chatter seriously 
2.5
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Erik Childress
Has the universal truths of the comedy inherent in our everyday lives
3
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
Josh Larsen
carves out a truly unique space in the gap that exists between agnostic Hollywood filmmaking and church funded faith based indies 
3
A Bigger Splash
Glenn Kenny
This unusual and sometimes unsettling film is a kind of staged documentary that could not have been made without the cooperation of people who were going though genuine challenges in their life at the time 
4
A Bigger Splash
Wes Greene
Jack Hazan s portrait of David Hockney stands between documentary and fictional film reality and fantasy 
3
Never Grow Old
Rex Reed
It s too monstrous and mean spirited to please everyone unconditionally but I found it challenging and honest and hair raising enough to work as a modern morality tale in cowboy boots 
3.5
Never Grow Old
Glenn Kenny
As revisionist as it might aspire to be Never Grow Old is rife with clichés Cusack s philosophical villain one of the most conspicuous 
1.5
Never Grow Old
Richard Roeper
Cusack delivers suitably chilling work 
3
Never Grow Old
Joey Magidson
John Cusack and Emile Hirsch anchor this film with some of their best recent work Cusack is as evil as we ve ever seen him while Hirsch is an old fashioned Western hero 
3
Never Grow Old
Roger Moore
Gritty archetypal Western that benefits from solid performances by Hirsch and Cusack and damp grey Irish locations
2.5
The Green Wave
Tom Keogh
A wrenching but illuminating look at what actually happened during Iran s Green Revolution in 2009 10 
3.5
The Green Wave
Lauren Wissot
Unlike Waltz with Bashir it only seems to be using animation in an effort to make blog diaries by twentysomethings appear cinematic 
2
The Green Wave
Marty Mapes
What happened in Iran in 2009 led the way for the Arab democracy revolt
3
Archenemy
Steven Prokopy
Archenemy is a film loaded with colorful characters which is both a good and bad thing 
2.5
Archenemy
Glenn Kenny
Rather improbably and in part due to Joe Manganiello s very committed performance as Max the movie does build up its own slightly trippy head of steam 
2.5
Archenemy
Roger Moore
While the wigs are fabulous and the effects interesting it s all something of a hash 
1.5
Adventures of Felix
Rick Groen
Narratively what we have here is a basic road movie a genre that too often doubles as an excuse to hide a flawed script merely an episodic series of loose vignettes 
2.5
Adventures of Felix
Edward Guthmann
A delightful film 
3
Adventures of Felix
Steve Rhodes
The picture is about as memorable as a nondescript television soap opera which is something that the lead character dotes upon 
2
Adventures of Felix
Steven Rea
Poignant funny and clear eyed about some tough topics homophobia racism AIDS 
3
Adventures of Felix
Rod Armstrong
The filmmakers should have made their hero s encounters more profound in order to make their thesis resonate 
2.5
Rent a Rasta
Kam Williams
A daring documentary which exposes sex tourism in Jamaica as not merely the harmless indulgence of white women gone wild but as a burgeoning trend which is wreaking havoc on Caribbean culture and family structure 
2.5
Advise and Consent
Wesley Lovell
You can t hire a judge without breaking a few nerves This insightful political film is terrific 
3.5
Advise and Consent
Eric Henderson
Preminger s visual savvy turns that most staid and insufferable of social terrariums the floor of the U S Senate into a vibrant perpetually shifting Voronoi diagram 
3.5
I Was a Male War Bride
David Nusair
Saddled with an egregiously thin premise and woefully underdeveloped characters 
2
I Was a Male War Bride
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s very entertaining 
3
Mobile Homes
Nick Allen
Under de Fontenay s microscope the characters don t feel like real people lost so much as white American trash test subjects 
2
Mobile Homes
Rick Bentley
Give de Fontenay credit for taking the film road less traveled in a film world that tends to lean toward the safe path 
2.5
Mobile Homes
Joey Magidson
Without Poots Mobile Homes would be a rough sit 
2.5
Mobile Homes
Mark Dujsik
B eneath the sometimes wandering and calculated narrative there is a degree of honesty about the dynamics of these relationships 
3
Mobile Homes
Roger Moore
Another impressive gritty indie turn by the formidable Imogen Poots 
3
Mobile Homes
Brad Wheeler
Driving a van and living in motels these are low level grifters whose pathetic American Dream is to become trailer trash Their roads lead to nowhere So too does this rootless desolation adoring film 
2
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Frank Ochieng
Indeed Boo A Madea Halloween screams of being a cruel trick for the mis TREAT ment of Perry enthusiasts eagerly willing to embrace this piece of throwaway holiday hokum 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Wesley Lovell
A heavily moralizing comedy that wants to be a horror comedy but is barely a horror film and only sometimes a comedy 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Mike McGranaghan
Dropping Madea into a comic Halloween adventure should have been a recipe for fun Dropping her into one that recycles jokes and celebrates the virtues of beating children proves to be the exact opposite of fun 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Shelbie Lynn Bostedt
While it s Madea s entire schtick to be over the top even minor characters lacked any and all nuance in their actions 
0.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Kam Williams
Brace yourself for the specter of self righteous Madea serving up street justice to clowns collegiates ghosts and goblins 
2
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Odie Henderson
At 103 minutes this film has way too much dead weight Scenes are repeated over and over and some of the acting would not cut it in a school play 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Phil Villarreal
A cynical money grabbing trick on the viewers 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Sofiya Ballin
As usual this latest Perry Madea flick is all about laughs nothing less and nothing more With Boo you ll laugh hard even when the jokes feel too slapsticky too vulgar too over the top 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Dustin Putman
Boo A Madea s Halloween is the Ernest Scared Stupid of Madea movies a slight but genuinely amusing holiday treat 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Roger Moore
Oh Madea we ve missed you Pity Tyler Perry is still too cheap to give you the Hall er ween comedy you deserve 
1.5
The Age of Adaline
Mattie Lucas
Takes its premise and squanders it on a run of the mill romance that doesn t have the courage to tackle its themes head on 
2
The Age of Adaline
Pamela Powell
There s really very little passion conveyed which makes the story lackluster It s just completely flat 
1
The Age of Adaline
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s a frustrating movie because it never really takes full advantage of its potential Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
David Nusair
a better than average contemporary romantic drama 
3
The Age of Adaline
Linda Cook
It s a beautiful looking movie with a ridiculous conceit 
2
The Age of Adaline
Luke Goodsell
The Age of Adaline is a near miss content to occasionally flirt with the sublime rather than step wholly into the uneasy 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
John Serba
The type of bittersweet film that can trump the resistance of reason and logic and sweep us into a story of longing regret and renewal 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Burl Burlingame
An elegant reflective piece of work that may not appeal to everybody but if you re out on your first movie date it may be just the thing to get you to first base 
3
The Age of Adaline
Scott Nash
A nice change of pace before we re swamped by summer s big budget action flicks 
3
The Age of Adaline
Matt Brunson
A high level of suspension of disbelief we re talking Code Red is required to enjoy The Age of Adaline and the film is charming enough and accomplished enough that we willingly give ourselves over to a point 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Scott Renshaw
Despite an almost self destructive need to be taken seriously this romantic drama still finds some swoony soul in its odd meditation on the solitude of eternal life 
3
The Age of Adaline
Rene Rodriguez
The Age of Adaline is a modern romantic fairy tale set in San Francisco marred by bad narration and an unnecessary desire to overexplain random magic 
2
The Age of Adaline
Rob Thomas
Harrison Ford rescues this movie like it was a stranded hiker 
3
The Age of Adaline
Matt Zoller Seitz
I ve never seen a less involving movie become so compelling at the exact moment when you ve resigned to write it off as just okay What happened 
3
The Age of Adaline
Stephen Whitty
Burstyn is as beautiful and emotionally present as always and Ford after so many years of grumpily picking up paychecks seems delighted to be acting again and in a real movie 
3
The Age of Adaline
Willie Waffle
Oh the horror of spending your entire life looking like a sexy twentysomething blonde Hollywood bombshell 
1.5
The Age of Adaline
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s devotion to her current romantic predicament feels like such a wasted opportunity 
1.5
The Age of Adaline
Bob Bloom
What eventually saves Adaline from being tossed on the cinema trash heap is the appearance of Harrison Ford about two thirds of the way through 
2
The Age of Adaline
Kyle Smith
The film is as tender and endearing as a lamb a lamb at rest in a fragrant atmosphere It s a film that has a determined unironic respect for things past 
3
The Age of Adaline
Tirdad Derakhshani
It fails to pursue any of the fascinating questions its premise raises Instead it dives headfirst into Nicholas Sparks territory and explores though not without some charm Adaline s romantic life 
2
The Age of Adaline
Julia Cooper
Adaline s secret is a dramatization of the vulnerability we all resist and so her love story isn t so much cosmic in its significance as it is miraculous in its familiarity 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Jon Niccum
It s a disarmingly affecting film and very sad at points A rumination on loneliness 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Linda Barnard
Lovers of the genre will find plenty to love about the stylish Age of Adaline and may find themselves rooting through pockets for a tissue at points a romance movie equivalent of a standing ovation 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Joe Williams
Starved of sufficient comedy or drama The Age of Adaline is a pipsqueak 
2
The Age of Adaline
Rafer Guzman
A preposterous premise treated with great solemnity Lively shines though as does Ford 
2
The Age of Adaline
Mick LaSalle
Someone should steal this concept and make a decent movie out of it 
1
The Age of Adaline
Stephanie Merry
The Age of Adaline works best as a simple story of boy meets girl girl falls in love girl mulls whether or not to reveal that she ll stay young forever Everything else is just a lot of unnecessary noise 
2
The Age of Adaline
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately you believe Lively as an old soul in a young body carrying a heavy secret you hope somehow that love will bring her a happy ending 
3
The Age of Adaline
Matt Pais
Lively delivers every line with an arrogant remove like someone just asked to kiss her hand It might be the most sepia toned performance I ve ever seen 
1.5
The Age of Adaline
Dustin Putman
The Age of Adaline weaves a fantastical tale within a plausible real world setting Blake Lively gives a performance of remarkable depth and sensitivity 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Brad Keefe
Shameless but mostly well executed date night fare but Blake Lively seems like the wrong fit for the lead 
2.5
The Age of Adaline
Claudia Puig
Lively s performance is appropriately mysterious but too shallow to allow audiences to empathize with her character The fault lies more in the screenplay which doesn t give her character much depth 
2
The Age of Adaline
Ed Gonzalez
Less a sincerely kooky elegy to lost time than a slightly off kilter acting out of familiar rom com bona fides about commitment phobes missing out on life 
2
The Age of Adaline
Roger Moore
Sad wistfully romantic and featuring maybe the best performance Harrison Ford has ever given on the big screen 
3.5
Distance (Distanz)
Roger Moore
A serene quietly chilling piece it uses lonely images sparse dialog and a deep seated feeling of dread to pair up an innocent with a psychopath 
2.5
Dakota Skye
Matt Brunson
In this era of unorthodox superheroes on screens both large and small Dakota Skye manages to fly high 
3
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Timothy Knight
Incredibly powerful and never more so than when the filmmakers turn their cameras on the Yokotas and other victims families many of whom channel their pain and anger into political activism 
3.5
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Sid Smith
This superb quite moving film combines interviews news footage and some reality TV like sequences and works on a number of levels 
3.5
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Ken Fox
At heart it remains a wrenching human interest story about a group of family members who refuse to allow their loved ones to become casualties of international diplomacy by simply disappearing 
3.5
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
V.A. Musetto
Abduction uses interviews vintage photos and re creations to tell the sad story of love and hope in riveting suspenseful style So powerful is this film it brought tears to my eyes 
3
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Jack Mathews
Canadians Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim s spellbinding documentary focuses on the relentless search for the truth by Megumi s parents and families of other abductees 
3
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Gene Seymour
The temptation to juice up the squalid elements of this story would be hard to resist for most filmmakers Yet for the most part the directors manage to balance the story s jolting world shaking elements with the more intimate details 
3
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Nick Schager
Abduction pushes its poignant buttons while casting Megumi s kidnapping as a heinous crime yet to its credit it consistently does so with a deftly understated devastating touch 
3
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Steve Rhodes
The documentary is full of great little tidbits 
2.5
Lost Heroes
Chris Knight
A fascinating wave the flag documentary from writer director Will Pascoe Lost Heroes traces the largely forgotten history and uncertain future of Canadian comic book superheroes 
3
Count Dracula
Matt Brunson
It s a good effort by all even if it does fall short of complete success 
2.5
Killer Party
David Nusair
A fairly bottom of the barrel slasher 
.5
Gottfried Helnwein & the Dreaming Child
Kyle Smith
Thanks Gottfried but exploitation does not equal art 
1
Mystery Road
Jay Boller
As a straight up Law Order esque criminal investigation it s watchable But lingering shots and half baked racial commentary overstate the importance of Mystery Road 
2
Weekend at Bernie's
David Nusair
might just be the ultimate wacky 80s comedy 
3
Weekend at Bernie's
Roger Ebert
Weekend at Bernie s makes two mistakes It gives us a joke that isn t very funny and it expects the joke to carry an entire movie 
1
The Muppets
Brian Eggert
The Muppets have returned with renewed energy 46 Welcome back 46 
3.5
The Muppets
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Muppets is an affectionate homage to the characters those of us of a certain age know and love 
3
The Muppets
Brandy McDonnell
Although the movie s villain isn t developed enough and the horde of fuzzy characters becomes a bit overwhelming The Muppets doesn t just coast on sentimentality or familiarity 
3.5
The Muppets
Craig D. Lindsey
If anything The Muppets succeeds in reminding us why audiences both young and old adored these talking pieces of felt in the first place They were the first icons of family entertainment to keep it real 
3
The Muppets
Roger Moore
The giddiness that Jim Henson Friends brought to the original Muppets is missing The antic energy the old vaudeville TV variety show references are just plain alien to modern kids 
3
The Muppets
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Muppets is an awful lot of fun that fact is unmistakable 
3
The Muppets
Jordan Hiller
By focusing on the Muppets of The Muppet Show 1976 1981 rather than the independent Muppets of prior films the writers open up an unexplored aspect of Muppet lore ripe for revival 
3.5
The Muppets
Justin Strout
Under James Bobin s direction however the outing feels cheap and strangely small screen 
2
The Muppets
Scott Nash
I am a fan of The Muppets and I m glad to see them making a comeback Maybe if this movie is a hit they ll make a sequel where they ll actually get to be the stars of their own film 
2.5
The Muppets
Tracie Cooper
The film s success is owed to the fact that the living breathing actors understand the show belongs to the Muppets In their capable paws claws and flippers the fun kindness and total unadulterated wackiness of The Muppet Show is finally back 
4
The Muppets
Mike Scott
A return to form for Kermit and company 
3
The Muppets
Phil Villarreal
Overall I found the movie a bit too cloying and self aware to distinguish itself from the mass of kiddie flick pap 
2.5
The Muppets
Lori Hoffman
Actor writer Jason Segel happily plays a supporting role and lets a new generation be introduced to Kermit Miss Piggy Fozzie Bear Gonzo and Animal 
3
The Muppets
John Beifuss
One of the movie s real pleasures is the reality of its puppety ethos our awareness that Segel and Adams really are talking to Kermit and Piggy and not to a blank space that will be filled in later by an animator 
3
The Muppets
Mike McGranaghan
The Muppets marks a triumphant return for these beloved characters This movie made me feel good all over 
3.5
The Muppets
Matt Brunson
Here s a cruel suggestion Leave the kids at home After all what grownup weaned on a steady diet of Muppets wants to interrupt a jaunt down memory lane by having to escort weak bladders to the bathroom or hungry mouths to the concession stand 
3.5
The Muppets
James Kendrick
its mixture of nostalgia postmodern humor and all around generosity may be exactly what is needed to endear the Muppets to a whole new generation
3
The Muppets
Eric Melin
The world has moved on and gotten harder and more cynical without The Muppets Their return is cause for celebration even if the Henson family and Frank Oz aren t involved 
3
The Muppets
Peter Canavese
Muppet News Flash Your friends in felt are back on the big screen ready and waiting to charm a new generation of moppets 
3
The Muppets
Amy Biancolli
The Muppets is a triumph of simplicity innocence and goofy jokes It s a triumph of felt 
3
The Muppets
David Nusair
the film stands as an appropriate comeback for and introduction to Jim Henson s iconic creation 
3
The Muppets
Gary Thompson
I found The Muppets movie to be highly tolerable and agreeably low on the Miss Piggy involvement scale 
3
The Muppets
Rafer Guzman
It s nice to see the band back together And when Kermit busts out the banjo for Rainbow Connection you might even go for your lighter 
2.5
The Muppets
Rick Groen
The Muppet charm always more at home within the intimate frame of a TV set is gone here 
2
The Muppets
Bob Bloom
The Muppets is a movie that will transport some adults back to their childhoods as well as entertain youngsters with its charm and humor 
4
The Muppets
Michael O'Sullivan
The Muppets is both a delightful family film about the Muppets and a winking self referential satire about how lame the Muppets are 
3.5
The Muppets
Steven Rea
The Muppets treats its titular heroes with affection and respect even as Fozzie Bear shows off his fart shoes and toilet humor abounds 
3
The Muppets
Roger Ebert
The Muppet franchise is revitalized with The Muppets a funny wickedly self aware musical that opens by acknowledging they ve outlived their shelf life 
3
The Muppets
James Berardinelli
Kids today will have the same kind of fun at The Muppets they have at all films of this kind Adults however will connect in a deeper way 
3
The Muppets
Willie Waffle
Don t call it a comeback The Muppets never went away 
4
The Muppets
Mark Dujsik
The Muppets proves that while it might be impossible to recapture magic the right people re implementing a workable formula can still result in ample rewards 
3
The Muppets
Dustin Putman
Less irreverent than it should be and during the home stretch not as spirited and momentous as one hopes Reacquainting audiences to the charms of hand puppets however is a victory in and of itself 
2.5
The Muppets
Chris Hewitt
It has plenty of affection for the beloved title characters and its winking humor frequently hits the mark 
3
The Muppets
Duane Dudek
Its story about not fitting in and finding your place in the world will appeal to anyone who is was or has a child Did I leave anyone out 
2.5
The Muppets
Charlie McCollum
The film is loaded with everything Muppets fans love loopy musical production numbers very funny montages some hilarious asides and weird little moments 
3
The Muppets
Josh Larsen
Oh how we needed this 
4
The Muppets
Wesley Morris
I ve never seen a movie so perfectly balanced between unabashed nerdiness and hipness It s transcendent that way 
3.5
The Muppets
Claudia Puig
Blending self deprecating comic asides with high spirited showmanship the movie captures the essence of Jim Henson s classic 1970s TV show and 1979 s The Muppet Movie 
3.5
The Muppets
Jon Niccum
This new musical comedy is pretty close to being the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational effort to hit screens this year 
3
The Muppets
Joe Williams
The Muppets the troupe s first film in more than a decade is a more aggressively absurd antidote to what it calls a hard cynical world Happily it works 
3
The Muppets
Matt Pais
The hilarious genuinely uplifting Muppets provides hope that even when suppressed enthusiastic optimism lives on just waiting for a chance to sing again 
3.5
The Muppets
Stephen Whitty
They re still all great fun even if with Jim Henson gone and Frank Oz not participating not everyone sounds quite as they did at the beginning 
3
The Muppets
Michael Phillips
It s fun to spend time with these characters again 
3
The Muppets
Moira MacDonald
Those who fondly remember The Muppet Show will get a kick out of seeing old friends again those who don t just might realize what they missed 
3
The Muppets
Linda Barnard
A delighted woman behind me almost needed oxygen as she watched Camilla and her singing chicken gals do a cheeky clucking rendition of Cee Lo Green s Forget You 
3
The Muppets
Ann Lewinson
Mostly The Muppets is a cry for decency from a couple of guys who have done their part to coarsen the culture which may be the greatest irony of all 
3
The Muppets
Rene Rodriguez
The Muppets may have been born out of a desire to revive a dormant franchise that was once a cash cow but there isn t a single beat in the film that feels crass or opportunistic This one is from the heart 
3.5
The Muppets
Peter Travers
The challenge Disney has with The Muppets is to show a new generation what the fuss was all about Slam dunk The movie slaps a smile on your face you won t want to wipe off 
3
The Muppets
Bill Weber
The beloved gang s sweet reunion will melt nostalgic adults into laughter and tears and maybe kids won t mind drippy new Muppet Walter so much 
3
The Muppets
David Germain
The Muppets marks a very welcome return for Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy and the rest of Jim Henson s creations after a 12 year big screen absence 
3
Funny Farm
Walter Chaw
Surprisingly funny
2.5
Funny Farm
Roger Ebert
Funny Farm is one of those small miracles that starts out like a lot of other movies and then somehow finds its own way step after step to an original comic vision 
3.5
Danzon
Trey Graham, Lyn Stoesen, and Kristina Campbell
Novaro does a more than commendable job of showing an intensely male dominated world from a female point of view 
4
Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey
John Semley
Midnight Return rambles and meanders losing the plot along the way 
2
Four Kids and It
Jeff Mitchell
Make room for Four Kids and It 
2.5
Four Kids and It
Richard Roeper
The kid has it right and that s one of the problems with the underwhelming family fantasy film Four Kids and It which is light on the magic and heavy on the dumbness 
2
The Cat and the Moon
Nick Allen
Even if The Cat and the Moon shows an old soul still sorting through his passions it proves that the Hereditary actor is on an encouraging wavelength as a new director 
3
The Guatemalan Handshake
Bill Stamets
On the index of quirk this winsome indie scores quite high 
2.5
The Guatemalan Handshake
John Hartl
Although Rohal s goal seems to be a rich character study the movie works best as a celebration of small town Americana that persists well into the 21st century 
2.5
The Guatemalan Handshake
Phil Villarreal
An understated surrealist comedy that is more successful at being weird than funny 
2.5
In America
Nick Rogers
In America serves as a peaceful reminder of the simplicity and clarity with which kids can stare down death and help adults come to a place of comfort earning its cries as cathartic cleansing 
4
In America
Kam Williams
A sappy self congratulatory tale of triumph of penniless newcomers over every sort of adversity and a close brush with death every time they set foot outside of their apartment 
3.5
In America
Forrest Hartman
The film s blend of heartbreak and hope is perhaps Sheridan 8217 s greatest achievement and it gives us a work that 8217 s as lovable as it is challenging 
3.5
In America
Linda Cook
A saddening but simultaneously uplifting look at contemporary immigrants In America is bound to make you shed a tear or two 
3
In America
Rob Blackwelder
In America is a rose colored sepia toning of the family s hard knocked life But the film has the warmth of the director s passion 
3
In America
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una gratsima sorpresa una conmovedora historia sobre la vida y un ejemplo de que el cine puede ser tierno de manera inteligente Una verdadera delicia 
3
In America
James Kendrick
Sheridan manages to maintain the delicate balance between the gritty realities of the story he s telling and the almost fairy tale like mysticism
3.5
In America
James Sanford
says far more about the American experience than any of the jingoistic anthems on the radio or the pre packaged patriotic speeches on the campaign trail 
3.5
In America
Michael Dequina
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3.5
In America
Jon Niccum
Although Sheridan is working with modest intimate material the outcome of In America couldn t be more majestic 
3.5
In America
David N. Butterworth
Move over the Coen Wachowski Farrelly Polish and Hughes brothers In America belongs to the Bolger sisters 
3
In America
Ross Anthony
Title implies the immigrant experience in modern America but such a plot is only a backdrop for a bitter sweet story about a close family dealing with the death of a child 
2
In America
Mike McGranaghan
The word that keeps coming to mind is beautiful It s a beautiful story beautifully written and directed beautifully acted and beautifully realized 
4
In America
Michael Szymanski
For a small movie it has all the makings of a big epic of American storytelling 
3.5
In America
Sean P. Means
Seeing Times Square through the eyes of Christy and Ariel and the camera of cinematographer Declan Quinn makes you believe in the enchanting power of the American dream 
4
In America
Jeff Vice
It s refreshing that nearly all the tears here have been well earned with material that feels all too real all too vivid and all the more moving as a result 
3.5
In America
Jeffrey Westhoff
The acting is superb and the moral is touching but I don t understand why this movie is inspiring such reverence 
3
In America
Phil Villarreal
A sentimental gem that makes you believe in magic 
3.5
In America
Marty Mapes
In America is a movie that believes in magic
3
In America
Paul Sherman
About feeling at home in your surroundings and in your own skin and Sheridan bastes his characters healing processes in an appealing mix of grieving and optimism 
3
In America
Phoebe Flowers
Lovely and unusual a fresh genuinely moving story populated by fully realized characters 
3.5
In America
Joe Baltake
It humbles its audience and engenders a sense of empathy 
4
In America
Duane Dudek
The American family is made up of many many such stories 
3
In America
Rene Rodriguez
There are so many beautiful tender moments in In America that it s easy to forgive Sheridan s manipulative ploys 
3
In America
Robert W. Butler
It s largely thanks to the remarkable Bolger girls that this tale of illegal immigrants looking for a new life in the Big Apple plays as well as it does 
3
In America
Matt Brunson
Contains moments so pure and precise that they take us by surprise 
3
In America
Elias Savada
A deeply personal wishful film from Dublin born and based director writer Jim Sheridan In America is easily one of the year s best features 
4
In America
Chris Hewitt
In America is a too tidy movie about a very untidy subject families and it is rescued by the untidiest of things children 
3
In America
Moira MacDonald
In America on paper sounds dangerously close to sentimentality but Sheridan keeps the movie s tone just off kilter enough to avoid it 
3.5
In America
David Elliott
It s too pat 
2
In America
Terry Lawson
An achingly intimate and beautifully observed account of the immigrant experience 
4
In America
Carrie Rickey
A wondrously emotional film one that sneakily dismantles your defenses and purges grief you didn t realize you had 
3.5
In America
Jeff Strickler
The love that permeates every frame of this comic drama quickly makes it apparent that this is something dear to the filmmakers hearts 
3.5
In America
Walter Chaw
A limpid lovely fantasy 
3.5
In America
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even better is the slow almost languid friendship that develops between the family and the angry African artist living a life in the shadows behind the closed doors of his apartment 
3.5
In America
Frank Ochieng
a winning immigrant story that is rich and eloquently realized It s always an advantage when you can tap into your own experiences and express them so beautifully
3
In America
Tony Toscano
truly one of the richest movie experiences this year 
4
In America
Timothy Knight
Although the film s episodic structure sometimes relies too much on contrivance to propel the narrative In America s charms ultimately outnumber its flaws 
3
In America
Emily Blunt
In America is the most touching film of the year for those of us that still appreciate a good old fashioned personal tale 
4
In America
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Comes across less as childlike and more as a parade of saccharine cliches 
2.5
In America
Walter V. Addiego
There s no questioning the director s ability to wring moving moments from potentially sentimental and decidedly familiar material the story of penniless immigrants trying to make it in Manhattan It got to me 
3
In America
Megan Lehmann
It s a wistful yet penetrating film shot through with magic realism and life affirming humor that gets you deep down where you live 
4
In America
Jack Mathews
The casting of real life sisters Sarah and Emma Bolger is the stroke that gives In America its buoyancy 
3
In America
Bob Strauss
A mostly enjoyable hunk of immigrant exuberance 
3
In America
Rick Groen
The cast features two of the most engaging little girls ever to grace the silver screen and they come with a flat out guarantee The hardest of hearts will melt before them 
3
In America
Roger Ebert
It is perceptive about the countless ways in which it is hard to be poor and a stranger in a new land 
4
In America
Wesley Morris
Lesson laden tear jerking fairy tale 
2.5
In America
Erik Childress
There s a hokeyness that s hard to escape yet one that creates an emotional current that in the end is impossible to ignore 
3
In America
Bruce Newman
From its first frame to its final fade out In America is about her family s passage into the land of dreams a place where wishes do come true but only if you understand how to make them 
3.5
In America
Peter Travers
Forceful funny and impassioned 
3
In America
James Berardinelli
A unique and moving look at the so called immigrant experience that is as much about family dynamics as it is about the struggle to survive in an unfamiliar country 
3
In America
John Anderson
Ostensibly it s meant to be part family drama and part love letter to New York But it feels like a movie made by a tourist 
2
In America
Mark Caro
Sheridan s labor of love becomes a testament to love presenting the triumph of spirit over circumstances 
3.5
In America
Jeanne Aufmuth
The inherent warmth is enough to tip the scales in the drama s favor 
2.5
In America
Steve Rhodes
A slow story which offers little to reward viewers patience and one with a serious credibility problem 
2
In America
Collin Souter
In America has some of the most beautiful hilarious and uplifting moments of any movie this year It treads on that fine line between heartfelt sentiment and unbearable whimsy miraculously never falling into the latter 
3.5
In America
Ed Gonzalez
In America is simple and unpretentious but its humanity and message of inclusiveness is evoked with heart warming profundity 
3.5
In America
David Sterritt
The story has too many trite moments but strong acting and a good hearted attitude keep the picture afloat 
2
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
Bill Chambers
Makes the best of artistic limitations 
2.5
Some Like It Hot
Matt Brunson
The film s final line is legendary though I have a soft spot for Jerry s description of a sashaying Sugar Look at that Look how she moves That s just like Jell O on springs 
4
Some Like It Hot
Chris Cabin
The film is an outrageous hilarious and amazingly unpretentious trip through a funhouse of sexual identities 
4
Some Like It Hot
David N. Butterworth
The perfect screwball comedy 
4
Some Like It Hot
Kate Cameron
The funniest comedy I ve seen in years 
4
Some Like It Hot
David Keyes
Here is one of those movies that persists beyond the implications of a mere time frame resonating with audiences like a very fine wine 
4
Some Like It Hot
Peter Canavese
The preeminent comedy of anima effervescent and breezily paced from the car chase opening to the big finish capped with one of the all time great punchlines Blu ray 
4
Some Like It Hot
Mark Bourne
Wilder gave his audience credit for being as smart as he was and boy they don t make em like that anymore but they oughtta 
4
Some Like It Hot
David Nusair
more likely to elicit smiles and chuckles rather than full fledged belly laughs 
3
Some Like It Hot
Jeremy Heilman
Always manage s to spoil the fun with elaboration 
2.5
Some Like It Hot
James Kendrick
Wilder s wise cracking gender bending farce is a perfectly pitched comedy of romance and masquerade
4
Some Like It Hot
Roger Ebert
Wilder s 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies a film of inspiration and meticulous craft 
4
Wagons East!
Mal Vincent
The stunning Mexican scenery is gorgeous but only works against the comedic mood 
1.5
Wagons East!
Dennis King
The jokes here sound a lot funnier than they play 
1
Wagons East!
Steven Rea
An anemic Blazing Saddles wannabe 
1
Wagons East!
Gary Thompson
Awful A candidate for one of the year s worst movies 
1
Wagons East!
Stephen Wigler
The jokes tend to be watered down versions of the tasteless kind that enlivened the Naked Gun movies and the early films of Mel Brooks 
1.5
Wagons East!
Jeff Shannon
With credits that include such garbage as Hot Dog The Movie director and former hockey player Peter Markle displays an utter lack of comic sensibility 
1.5
Wagons East!
Michael Wilmington
A sunshiney hodgepodge of bad jokes nice scenery and reverse stereotypes 
1
Wagons East!
Roger Ebert
One of the least amusing comedies I ve ever seen 
0.5
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Kelly Jane Torrance
There s no question the American health care system is broken But it s not for the reasons directors Susan Froemke and Matthew Heineman posit 
0
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Ann Hornaday
Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke s sobering often infuriating documentary about medical care in 21st century America 
3
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Sean P. Means
The most compelling parts of the film talk about how the military dealing with injured and traumatized soldiers from two wars is in the vanguard of trying new treatments that help patients and save money 
3
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Walter V. Addiego
The film is surprisingly optimistic arguing that there are genuine practical answers to many of the problems afflicting the system and some are already being adopted 
3
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Mike McGranaghan
Ninety five straight minutes of information and perspective that will clarify many of the lingering doubts you may have about your medical treatment Briskly paced always engaging and never dry 
3.5
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Wesley Morris
This is the movie equivalent of watching someone walk on hot coals but for 98 minutes 
2
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Roger Ebert
The first hospital visit for many sick Americans is to an emergency room the most expensive and hurried care available 
3.5
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Tom Meek
A condemnation of the US health system in general like Michael Moore s Sicko sans the self aggrandizing 
3
Sehar
Namrata Joshi
The vignettes of police life the intricacies of established corruption that they are fighting against are well portrayed Particularly amusing are the scenes where cops try to understand cellphone surveillance 
3
Little Terrors
Bruce DeMara
Gritty in its realism and topical in the issues it tackles Little Terrors is an accomplished cinematic work that will resonate long into the future 
3.5
Graduation
Austin Kennedy
The movie is pretty dull and generic None of the kids feel like real people just cardboard cut outs of stock characters 
1
Graduation
Tom Keogh
Graduation a borderline dramedy with somewhat interesting relationship crosscurrents among four friends facing life after high school squanders audience goodwill with its tediously judgmental treatment of anyone who isn t flush with youthful promise 
1.5
Graduation
Walter V. Addiego
Graduation isn t some daring amalgam of traditional movie categories it s simply all over the place 
2
Children of the Corn
Walter Chaw
None of it feels either inexorable or cruelly arbitrary Children of the Corn 09 plays the notes but doesn t hear the music and the improvised bits are deadly to the cohesion of the piece 
2
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
Bruce DeMara
Both perversely funny and engaging 
3
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
Chris Knight
Full disclosure I first saw this film when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last autumn and didn t think much of it I can t explain why it s grown on me since then 
2.5
Bomb City
Federico Furzan
A drama film which doesn t feel authentic Poor portrayal of a culture that is definitely not how it s shown in the picture Full review in Spanish 
1
Vengeance
Glenn Heath Jr.
Resting firmly on this relentless pacing Vengeance becomes obsessed with the lasting effect of vengeance on the traditional machinations of plot and character 
2.5
Vengeance
V.A. Musetto
Few directors make ac tion movies with the pizazz of Hong Kong s Johnnie To 
3
Vengeance
Peter Keough
Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker To mixes the grand gestures of John Woo with the tactics of Christopher Nolan s Memento the result ranges from the silly to the sublime 
3
Vengeance
Roger Ebert
A formula thriller done as an elegant genre exercise 
3.5
Vengeance
David Nusair
the movie doesn t entirely go off the rails until the first major shoot out rolls around 
2
The Willow Tree
Jeff Shannon
This is powerful stuff 
3
The Willow Tree
Ross Anthony
Children of Heaven won me over with its slow gentle build and big sweet heart I was expecting more of the same with Willow Tree Unfortunately I was disappointed 
1.5
The Willow Tree
Stephen Whitty
A perfectly worked out story and a marvelous new step forward for Iranian director Majid Majidi It is also in some ways yet another step forward for his country s cinema a national art that grows more accomplished every year 
4
The Willow Tree
John Anderson
A beautiful strange film deeply moving and no surprise from director Majidi 
3.5
The Willow Tree
Ed Gonzalez
The film is dignified by Parvis Parastui s memorable performance which partially offsets Majidi s symbolic heavywork 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
David Gonzalez
Sonic the Hedgehog did not reinvent the wheel in terms of its narrative 44 and while the film does have its expected flaws and cringe worthy side characters 44 the movie is full of heart 46 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Brian Eggert
If only the voices on social media would use their apparent influence over the studio to demand a better script and fewer product placements 
1
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mark Meszoros
Sonic the Hedgehog is just good enough where we wouldn t mind a second dashing adventure in the not to distant future 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Jason Fraley
As the credits roll you may leave with an amused smile but not the emotional surge to cheer for time well spent Don t hold your breath for Sonic s sidekick Tails to appear You ll likely have to wait for the sequel in Sonic 2 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Doug Walker
A slow road trip is not what s fun about Sonic 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Linda Cook
This is an average fast packed kids to keep the kids occupied 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
David Nusair
Sonic the Hedgehog perhaps inevitably segues into a hit and miss midsection that s increasingly more miss than hit 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Matthew Passantino
The movie s bright visuals and snappy rapport between Marsden and Schwartz keep things silly and alive never taking itself too seriously but rarely being too light to be outright dismissed 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Aparita Bhandari
The simple storyline finds a way to adapt the games characters and themes by adding universal concepts such as friendship to the original games tension between nature and machines 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Matt Brunson
Seeing Jim Carrey back in action made me realize that I didn t really miss him 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Walter Chaw
The complaint isn t that there s nothing new here arguably there s nothing new anywhere it s that this movie is just pieces of other movies chewed up and then reconstituted a little bit wrong 
1
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mattie Lucas
The epitome of soulless studio product a paint by numbers action comedy that feels like the reheated leftovers of an early 2000s buddy comedy 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Kevin A. Ranson
With Schwartz s pitch perfect vocals coupled with Carrey s familiar but wallowing in evil antics a tight script and attention to detail yields a predictable but satisfying adventure 
4
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sara Michelle Fetters
It all honestly left me a little bit bored 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mike McGranaghan
It s a low bar to clear but this is easily one of the best video game movies ever made 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Rene Sanchez
Despite its predictable storyline Sonic the Hedgehog is a fun and family friendly adventure with a wacky and hilarious performance by Jim Carrey Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sean P. Means
The bad news is that three months added work may have improved the animation but the filmmakers couldn t use that time to make the cliche riddled script more interesting 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
James Berardinelli
Whatever else it may achieve Sonic the Hedgehog is unlikely to elevate the based on a videogame category above the dismal level where it has wallowed for the past quarter century 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Rosalie Kicks
Sonic is a blast to the nineties and I am head over heels for it 
2.75
Sonic the Hedgehog
Phil Villarreal
That it even approaches watchability is nothing short of a cinematic miracle 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mark Dujsik
Sonic the Hedgehog doesn t need to make a star out of its eponymous figure because he already is The movie just forgets to make him an actual character 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Simon Abrams
It s too inoffensive to be hated and too wretched to be enjoyable 
1
Sonic the Hedgehog
Soren Andersen
Sonic the Hedgehog is bright It s cheery It s here and then it s gone in a relatively compact 100 minutes leaving little beyond a slightly sweet aftertaste to mark its passage 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mark Kennedy
Nailed it screams Sonic at one point and that might be a fitting summary for the film 
3.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Johnny Oleksinski
If the title makes you wince know the movie is a lot better than it deserves to be You ll actually care about what happens to the prickly blue dude even if you never cared about getting to zone seven 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Peter Hartlaub
Fowler and screenwriters Pat Casey and Josh Miller establish pleasing and slightly offbeat characters while skewing the world into video game terms so no one ever seems as if they re in true peril 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Kristen Page-Kirby
In the end Sonic is quippy without being mean and sweet without being sappy making this a trip that s well worth taking 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Dewey Singleton
Sonic The Hedgehog is an incredibly charming slice of nostalgia that will entertain the entire family 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Roger Moore
Eventually Jim Carrey shows up as the villain all mustache and ego and wild eyes and gadgets and insults and things turn funnier 
1.5
Sonic the Hedgehog
Brian Truitt
The film is fine familiar fare for gamers and children Sonic sprints Carrey mugs but the creative juices run out quickly 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Oliver Jones
Even when grappling with potentially heavy themes like government sponsored drone warfare and situational depression Sonic the Hedgehog never loses its buoyant sense of storytelling 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Jake Cole
Throughout any and all subtext is buried under the weight of Jim Carrey s mugging 
1.5
Ordinary Sinner
Laura Kelly
This wannabe thriller fails to thrill and its would be gay rights message fails to stir 
1.5
Ordinary Sinner
Joshua Tanzer
Comes up a little short on emotional impact 
2
Ordinary Sinner
Lou Lumenick
This well meaning if bland romantic drama plays and looks a lot like a special episode of Dawson s Creek 
2
Vile
David Nusair
An almost comically terrible Saw knockoff 
1
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Mattie Lucas
A hilarious case study in humanity that is both sad and uplifting 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Nick Rogers
Seth Gordon s unexpectedly engrossing documentary about the quest for a Donkey Kong record a seeming paradise only for the pale and pasty offered a fascinating infuriating look at the bleakly funny morass of American social expectations 
4
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Rossiter Drake
Gordon invites us to snicker at his cast of hardcore gamers for whom Donkey Kong tournaments are as vital as Super Bowls and as divisive as the war on abortion But once embedded in their strange world he finds a compelling story to tell 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
David Nusair
Unquestionably the most engaging and flat out entertaining documentary since Murderball 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Liam Lacey
A terrifically entertaining documentary about an unlikely subject 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Phil Villarreal
Mitchell is a ringer for Ben Stiller s pompous villain in Dodgeball A True Underdog Story 
4
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Matt Brunson
A documentary that successfully takes it to the next level 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Paul Kosidowski
The remarkable thing about The King of Kong is how its quixotic alternate universe quickly becomes a recognizable microcosm of our own real thing 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Bruce Westbrook
Nerds rule 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
John Monaghan
The big laughs here come from the subjects self absorption 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Eric Melin
This may take place in the insular world of men who spend too much time in front of dimly lit video screens but that does not make this very un Homeric struggle for glory any less engaging 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Connie Ogle
It s almost embarrassing how compelling this film becomes 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Jeff Vice
Kong has more humor more drama and more humanity than all of the summer s top 10 movies combined and even delivers some sly commentary on how out of whack American priorities have become 
4
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Sean P. Means
One of the smartest documentaries of the year and easily the funniest 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Roger Ebert
A documentary that is beyond strange 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Peter Hartlaub
A pretty great trip down memory lane even if you were one of the cool kids who managed to avoid the arcade scene 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film magnificently and almost inadvertently captures the story of the American Dream 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Matt Pais
These two go after the record like they re Cal Ripken and in the competitive community that surrounds the gaming world no one would call them losers Just heroes 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Chris Hewitt
The King of Kong is a twisty wildly entertaining film and this comes to you from a guy who cares so little about Kong that he had to Google it to make sure it s correct to refer to it as a video game 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Scott Schueller
Take maniacal classic video game champion Billy Mitchell questionable video game world record organization Twin Galaxies and unemployed dad Steve Wiebe vying to usurp the champ and you ve got a great story 
4
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Kyle Smith
Not since 300 have I seen such manly mano a manoing as the iron clash of wills in the documentary The King of Kong A Fistful of Quarters 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Peter Canavese
About ethics and personal character as much as it is about the weird world of die hard arcade gaming 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Maitland McDonagh
The stranger than fiction cast of characters is fascinating and their high stakes machinations are nothing short of mind boggling 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Timothy Knight
An audience favorite on the film festival circuit The King of Kong A Fistful of Quarters is a laugh out loud funny and rousing documentary that s far more compelling than the would be summer blockbusters crowding the multiplex 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Elizabeth Weitzman
Heartbreaking and hilarious 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Sara Michelle Fetters
No it is about rediscovering passion about finding self confidence about realizing the best things in your life are the ones you sometimes take for granted 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Glenn Whipp
That there is a controversy admittedly one that s followed by oh 23 people over who actually has racked up the most points playing an old school video game is among the more amusing revelations in an entertaining if extremely slanted documentary 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Peter Travers
Who would have guessed that a documentary about gamers obsessed with scoring a world record at Donkey Kong would not only be roaringly funny but serve as a metaphor for the decline of Western civilization 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Jason Clark
The subtitle of the film is actually an unneeded addition since what the film highlights with piercing exactitude are the lengths grown men won t go to in the long run to prove themselves 
3.5
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Wesley Morris
A hilarious and moving study of the obsessive competition between the all time scoring leader on Donkey Kong an odd Floridian and a father of two who gets sucked into a world of mind blowing passive aggressiveness 
3
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Steven Rea
Thoroughly engaging even as it explores the ugly underbelly of competitive gaming 
3
Kitty Foyle
Matt Brunson
Rogers delivers an excellent performance sexy sassy and smart but the film s pre feminism aspirations date badly 
2.5
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
David Nusair
the meandering storyline is ultimately exacerbated by an almost excessively deliberate pace 
2
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Roger Ebert
Odd well made and thoroughly unpleasant 
1
Almost Salinas
Jeffrey Westhoff
The characters seldom resonate as human beings only movie versions of human beings 
2
Almost Salinas
Robert K. Elder
Fine performances and sharp cinematography can t compensate for either a script peppered with contrivances or and heavy handed direction 
2.5
Almost Salinas
Roger Ebert
The people are real but the story devices are clunkers from Fiction 101 
1.5
Bloodshot
David Nusair
a familiar premise that s employed to mostly watchable yet undeniably erratic effect 
2.5
Bloodshot
Matt Brunson
Strictly boilerplate 
2
Bloodshot
Linda Cook
The big reveal isn t 
1.5
Bloodshot
Steven Prokopy
First time feature director Dave Wilson has taken what is actually a fairly interesting premise and made it feel like a fairly generic video game 
2
Bloodshot
Jeff Mitchell
Boreshot
2
Bloodshot
Richard Roeper
By the time our man machine finds himself in the time honored pickle of dangling by one hand from a ledge 50 stories above the ground Bloodshot has already given us an action movie hangover 
2
Bloodshot
Odie Henderson
The action sequences look like they were edited by a Cuisinart 
1.5
Bloodshot
Roger Moore
A competently heartless action picture a superhero movie without the tights Transformers with Battle Bot Vin in the lead role 
1.5
Bloodshot
Barry Hertz
T here is not much else to do while watching Bloodshot other than tally the minutes 
1.5
Bloodshot
James Berardinelli
The premise becomes little more than a device by which the filmmakers can get Vin Diesel to flex his muscles sneer into the camera and engage in CGI crafted gravity defying fights with other equally unexpressive actors 
2
Bloodshot
Mark Dujsik
As for the character s potential as you know an actual character the point is clear Stay tuned 
2
Bloodshot
Jake Coyle
There s a dull thud to Bloodshot a bruising action movie that can t equal its brawn with brains Bloodshot is at least a little more interesting than it initially appears 
2
Bloodshot
Rafer Guzman
If Vin Diesel were a 12 year old boy he couldn t have dreamt up a better movie for his fan base than Bloodshot 
2.5
Bloodshot
Mick LaSalle
Bloodshot is a lively and amiably stupid action movie given an extra dose of atmosphere by the presence of Vin Diesel 
2.5
Bloodshot
Katie Walsh
A bewildering piece of good bad sci fi action trash 
2
Bloodshot
Joey Magidson
A generic story mixes here with inept action resulting in something profoundly mediocre 
2
Bloodshot
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie is presented as the story of a man who hasn t figured out who he is yet But that s not quite right Instead it s a movie that doesn t seem to know what it wants to be when it grows up 
1.5
Bloodshot
Pat Brown
Given its hero s imperviousness the film s chaotically edited action sequences tend to be devoid of suspense 
2
Knockaround Guys
Michael Dequina
No less stale than the many derivative crime thrillers that flood the direct to video market 
1.5
Knockaround Guys
Nick Rogers
When the movie mixes the cornpone and the Cosa Nostra 44 it finds a nice rhythm 46 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Susan Tavernetti
Guns get drawn Bullets fly Blood spills You ve seen it all before 
0.5
Knockaround Guys
Peter Travers
This heist flick about young Brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel Seth Green and Barry Pepper It should have stayed there 
1
Knockaround Guys
David Keyes
When it comes to Knockaround Guys the only remotely energetic aspect of the project is the fact that characters occasionally use words with more than two syllables 
0.5
Knockaround Guys
Jonathan R. Perry
No better or worse than Truth or Consequences N M or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic Mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater 
2
Knockaround Guys
Linda Cook
The Sopranos Lite 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Frank Ochieng
The sad thing about Knockaround Guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film isn t as flippant or slick as it thinks it is 
2
Knockaround Guys
Marty Mapes
The script is uneven one of the subplots even disappears without a trace Luckily the charismatic cast and the film s adequate sense of humor and style are enough to hold an audience s interest for 90 minutes 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Shirley Klass
Tom Noonan is great as the sheriff and his scenes with John Malkovich are the best in the movie 
2
Knockaround Guys
Todd Anthony
These Guys won t make anyone forget GoodFellas but the picture boasts a handful of solid performances a few genuinely clever lines and a promising premise 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Moira MacDonald
Instantly forgettable 
1
Knockaround Guys
Carla Meyer
Lackluster 
1
Knockaround Guys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It takes itself very seriously exploring such deep issues as our dads are big gangsters why aren t we Our life sucks 
1
Knockaround Guys
Gene Seymour
It s like a drive by You can drive right by it without noticing anything special save for a few comic turns intended and otherwise 
2
Knockaround Guys
Terry Lawson
There s nothing in the half comic half serious Knockaround Guys you can t see weekly in The Sopranos 
2
Knockaround Guys
Glenn Whipp
The movie takes itself too seriously and as a result it makes for only intermittent fun 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Jeff Vice
One long string of cliches 
1.5
Knockaround Guys
Steven Rosen
Tiresomely derivative and hammily acted 
2
Knockaround Guys
Janice Page
Despite engaging offbeat touches Knockaround Guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d etre that s as fresh faced as its young guns cast 
2
Knockaround Guys
Erik Childress
The execution is lazy enough for a straight to cable title and we re left yawning awaiting for all the principle players to arrive in bumble so we can finally have a shootout 
1
Knockaround Guys
Rick Groen
Trying to sound like The Sopranos it never registers above a bass baritone far from Goodfellas these fellas barely make it to below average 
2
Knockaround Guys
Roger Ebert
The movie crosses two formulas Fish Out of Water and Coming of Age fairly effectively 
3
Knockaround Guys
Megan Turner
Any one episode of The Sopranos would send this ill conceived folly to sleep with the fishes 
1.5
Knockaround Guys
Sean P. Means
The movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing 
1.5
Knockaround Guys
Phil Villarreal
Seems content to dog paddle in the mediocre end of the pool and it s a sad sick sight 
1
Knockaround Guys
Walter Chaw
Demonstrates what it could be when Noonan struts on screen with his careful reptilian gait 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Tor Thorsen
Aan opportunity wasted 
2
Knockaround Guys
Steven Rea
It has its moments of swaggering camaraderie but more often just feels generic derivative and done to death 
2
Knockaround Guys
Paul Doro
Knockaround Guys works well when it tries to be funny and falls flat on its face when the bullets fly 
2
Knockaround Guys
Tony Toscano
a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations 
3
Knockaround Guys
Loren King
It might hold some appeal to undiscriminating fans of the ultra bland tough guys in black doing dumb things genre 
1.5
Knockaround Guys
Rob Blackwelder
Taken as a new school mobster B movie matinee the film has its merits But this isn t a picture that will stand up to much scrutiny 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Ross Anthony
An interesting twist on the Mafia genre really a rite of passage story 
2
Knockaround Guys
Steve Rhodes
Unless you are in dire need of a Diesel fix there is no real reason to see it Wait for video and then don t rent it 
2
Knockaround Guys
David Nusair
the lack of a fluid storyline prevents the film from ever becoming much more than a showcase for some really fine acting and a lot of clever dialogue 
2.5
Knockaround Guys
Glenn Kenny
A tough funny entertaining fish out of water tale with a big heart and a lot of telling realistic detail 
3
Dangerous Ground
Mike Clark
Violent melodrama 
1.5
Dangerous Ground
Roger Ebert
Dangerous Ground begins with a promising idea and runs away from it as fast as it can 
2
Where the Boys Are '84
David Nusair
There s ultimately not a whole lot within Where the Boys Are worth embracing or getting excited about 
1.5
Where the Boys Are '84
Roger Ebert
An exercise in exhausted cynicism 
0.5
The Aerialist
Roger Moore
One of the most revealing movies about the dancer s life ever made 
2.5
The Devout
Barry Hertz
The defiantly unique plot is just left to hang here as Carrick and his mostly game co stars try to add some emotional weight to the proceedings an effort Gaston seems mostly ill equipped to handle 
2
Absence
Chuck Bowen
The tension almost immediately leaks out of the narrative once we realize we re watching a found footage horror movie 
.5
Come True
Chase Hutchinson
A waking nightmare that blurs the line between dreams and reality before regrettably getting lost in its own descent 46 10 10 
1.5
Come True
Brian Eggert
Come True feels more like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone than a feature film 
2.5
Come True
Steven Prokopy
Its primary goal is a sustained pervasive creeping dread that works its way into your bones and gives you prolonged chills 
3
Come True
Randy Myers
Horror films rooted in nightmares are nothing new but Burns capitalizes on his background as a visual effects artist to serve up something that stands out from the pack 
3
Come True
Richard Roeper
Despite a disappointing ending the creatively creepy film succeeds in delivering scares and intrigue 
3
Come True
Kevin Carr
It s an effective thriller It s an effective off putting film that has some really neat ideas and imagery 
3
Come True
Mark Dujsik
There is such striking discomforting imagery here but it s employed unfortunately for a story that never quite decides what it wants to be 
2
Come True
Lindsey Bahr
For as frustrating as it sometimes is Come True is hard to resist not unlike a dream itself 
2.5
Come True
Leo Brady
Come True is an incredibly cool concoction of disturbing science fiction 
3
Come True
Tomris Laffly
Stone is completely game for the wild ride putting forth a sturdy yet manic presence with startling authority even when the brooding aura that surrounds her begs for adequate substance 
2.5
Come True
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most chilling hypnotic and meticulously crafted horror movies I ve seen in years It makes the very idea of sleeping seem sinister 
4
Come True
Bob Strauss
Come True should be an exhilarating discovery for anyone it doesn t put to sleep 
3
Flakes
V.A. Musetto
There are a few sweet moments as the story reaches its unsurprising conclusion But all in all Flakes isn t going to bowl you over 
1.5
Flakes
Elizabeth Weitzman
Unless you happen to be one yourself chances are pretty good that you ll take an immediate dislike to the self satisfied hipsters who populate this disappointing comedy from Heathers director Michael Lehmann 
1.5
Flakes
Maitland McDonagh
While the ghost of a bittersweet everyone s a sell out moral seems to haunt screenwriters Chris Poche and Karey Kirkpatrick s scruffy little romantic fable it s buried under layers of forced quirkiness 
2
Flakes
Kam Williams
A disappointingly superficial enterprise given its undeservedly smug countercultural airs 
1
Flakes
Paul Schrodt
One look at Aaron Stanford s chain smoking long haired musician in a Hanes t shirt and you know Flakes wants so badly to be hip 
1.5
Valley Girl
Peter Canavese
Disney Channel style musical numbers give the story a propulsive energy but the artificial generic tone also threatens to make the story weightless 
2.5
Valley Girl
James Berardinelli
Valley Girl is an 80s artifact that either should have been given a more interesting makeover or been left untouched in the dustbin of the decade that spawned it 
2
Valley Girl
Peter Sobczynski
There are two key additions to the narrative this time around both fairly disastrous 
1.5
Valley Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
Valley Girl rarely lives up to its potential 
2
Valley Girl
Joey Magidson
Was a remake of Valley Girl necessary Not in the slightest Is this new version still a lot of fun and really enjoyable regardless Absolutely 
3
Valley Girl
Mike McGranaghan
While pleasant and occasionally even fun the film pales in comparison to its source material 
2
Valley Girl
Mark Dujsik
T his new version of Valley Girl is all artificial sheen 
1.5
Valley Girl
Richard Roeper
Even though I can t recommend the musical reboot of the beloved 1983 teen romantic comedy Valley Girl because it s basically terrible a part of me wants you to see it for the cheesy camp silliness of it all 
2
Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Matt Brunson
This sequel is more adult oriented but less interesting 
2
Old Strangers
Roger Moore
Falls somewhere on the student film relatives wrote me checks so s I could make a movie spectrum of ineptitude 
0
Redemption Day
Christy Lemire
This would be action thriller offers awkward action and no real thrills 
1
Redemption Day
Mark Dujsik
The climax is about as dull and repetitive as the rest of Redemption Day 
1.5
Redemption Day
Katie Walsh
There s not a thrill to be found in this ostensible thriller a rote kidnapping exercise taped together with digital blood spatter and an overly dramatic score vaguely gesturing at global crises from five years ago 
1
Redemption Day
Roger Moore
The action beats are by the book the dialogue is straight out of four hundred earlier thrillers 
1.5
The Stranger
Roger Moore
A movie whose every dark or overcast shot 44 every quiet conversion and every revelation contributes to the rising tension and the inescapable gloom tinged with grief that follows this quot Stranger 8221 8212 up close 44 and from a distance 8212 from beginning to end 46 
3
The Stranger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This quiet 44 sly crime movie is yet another gem from Australia apos s Blue Tongue collective 46 
3
The Stranger
Brian Tallerico
Taut and effective 46 
3
Who Does She Think She Is?
Ty Burr
Rather than creating a work of lament or complaint the filmmakers embark on a series of feel good profiles of working women artists in such places as Providence Cambridge and Taos N M who also happen to be mothers 
2.5
Who Does She Think She Is?
V.A. Musetto
Can women follow their artis tic instincts and still function as wives and mothers Pamela Tanner Boll s articulate documentary answers that question with a qualified Yes 
3
Who Does She Think She Is?
Eric Henderson
That personal private creation i e painting sculpture is held up as the standard for artistic expression over collaboration i e film directing smacks of art as onanism 
2
Triggered
Richard Roeper
There s a lot of running and shouting and double crossing and triple crossing punctuated by crazy funny B movie dialogue 
3
Triggered
Sonny Bunch
That s just the snowflake in me demanding little things like consistency in my accents from a picture like Triggered You could even say I was well you know 
2
Triggered
Brian Tallerico
A few weak performances in the ensemble and some generic direction are off set by the sheer momentum of the piece it s imperfect but it s never boring 
2.5
Triggered
Mark Dujsik
The movie is ruthless but Triggered also tries way too hard to be clever in its zingers 
2.5
Triggered
Mike McGranaghan
Despite a few witty lines of dialogue the film s substance free violence wore me down long before the plot resolved itself 
1.5
Triggered
Roger Moore
A fairly unpleasant blend of giggles and geysers of blood 
2
Triggered
Mark Hanson
Once you get past the faux provocation of the film s title it s difficult to tell what ideologies the filmmakers are trying to skewer 
1.5
Keep the Lights On
Sean P. Means
Sachs captures Erik s yearning for Paul and Paul s addiction induced indifference with equal force 
3
Keep the Lights On
John Beifuss
An intimate honest and uncompromising study of the need for love and the addictions to drugs sex and intense emotion that may accompany and sabotage love s pursuit 
3.5
Keep the Lights On
Austin Kennedy
It all has the feel of a pretentious film student desperately trying to make a statement with his thesis film It s extremely overwrought with laughable melodrama 
.5
Keep the Lights On
Chris Hewitt
I suspect it will have particular appeal for those who struggle with addiction 
3
Keep the Lights On
Roger Ebert
When you summon memories of this film they are almost always of two men in a room in a default state of discontent 
3.5
Keep the Lights On
Calvin Wilson
The performances are first rate with Lindhardt particularly moving as a guy who s in deep denial about just how much he can expect from a relationship with an addict 
3.5
Keep the Lights On
Wesley Morris
The movie over blurs the line between plain and plaintive It s not necessarily craziness you crave it s inflection it s need if not from the characters then from the filmmaking 
2.5
Keep the Lights On
Jake Mulligan
In trying to capture a moment in time Sachs has left nothing uncovered Navigating his darkest moments with unsparing honesty he finds a flicker of hope 
4
Keep the Lights On
Linda Barnard
Observing Erik face the inevitable that loving a drug addict means always coming second to the substance is heartbreaking and real 
3
Keep the Lights On
John Hartl
An accomplished indie filmmaker Forty Shades of Blue Sachs creates a genuinely romantic bond between his actors that feels fresh and free of clichs 
3.5
Keep the Lights On
Ann Hornaday
Such is the stuff of high drama but Keep the Lights On maintains an oddly distant air 
2
Keep the Lights On
Tirdad Derakhshani
A gritty devastating melodrama that chronicles an intense complex and heartrending relationship over the course of a decade 
3.5
Keep the Lights On
David Lewis
A harsh yet delicate tale of two New Yorkers whose co dependent relationship is fueled by sex drugs and complex longings for companionship 
3
Keep the Lights On
Randy Myers
Sachs makes us feel the struggle as he exposes raw complex emotions while avoiding clichs 
3.5
Keep the Lights On
Lou Lumenick
A tough well acted little indie 
3
Keep the Lights On
Ed Gonzalez
More than just a relationship drama of striking specificity this is a naked confession about addiction 
3
The Last Lullaby
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It reminded me of the recent Killshot it s not bad just a bit uncomfortable in its own skin 
2.5
The Last Lullaby
Steve Rhodes
If more movies were as well designed and realized going to the theater would be dramatically more satisfying New filmmakers should look at it as a paradigm on how movies should be made 
3.5
The Last Lullaby
Linda Cook
3 starsA strong character study with a fascinating leading man The Last Lullaby is a worthwhile thriller that s noir ish and surprising Tom Sizemore is Jack Price a retired hitman who seems to be lacking something in his life after a bloody shoot out
3
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Clifford Terry
On the whole though it is funny and compassionate silly and sweet 
3
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
James Berardinelli
It s a road movie that s anything but typical or traditional 
3
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Roger Ebert
It s too bad that the requirements of plotting require movies like this to crank up the event count when actually what works is just the daily minutiae of Bernadette s life 
2.5
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Mick LaSalle
Bernadette formerly Ralph turns out to be an excellent role for Stamp 
2.5
Letters to Max
Kent Turner
The rare documentary essay from a disputed and little known corner of the world Abkhazia s the Land that Time Forgot 
2.5
Touchy Feely
Frank Ochieng
This is a little film without much flash and fury but if you are open minded enough then allow the breezy Touchy Feely to give you an entertaining rubdown of sorts 
2.5
Touchy Feely
Bruce DeMara
Despite its hints of New Age mysticism and serviceable performances from an able cast Touchy Feely is too entrenched in its dour tone to be uplifting 
2
Touchy Feely
Chris Knight
Writer director Lynn Shelton has yet to disappoint 
3
Touchy Feely
Liam Lacey
The actors are all first rate and the performances are fascinating though Shelton who shuns exposition makes you work to figure out the interrelationships 
2.5
Touchy Feely
James Kendrick
There are some wonderful moments scattered throughout and a fantastically awkward performance by Josh Pais but otherwise Touchy Feely is something of a mess 
2
Touchy Feely
John Hartl
There s something fresh and new here something that wasn t so dominant in Shelton s previous work 
3
Touchy Feely
Hank Sartin
I wanted to like this movie more than I did 
2.5
Touchy Feely
Jeff Beck
What we have here is a film that is so light and airy that there is a very good chance that you will forget it as it s playing on the screen 
2
Touchy Feely
Andrew Schenker
Lynn Shelton crafts a film of astonishingly sustained mood tying its beguiling atmosphere to the mental states of her characters 
3
Touchy Feely
Erik Childress
The twosome and threesome of Shelton s past becomes six individuals each dealing with an aversion to emotional and physical contact to such an extent that by the end it may be hard for the viewer to feel much of anything 
2
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Matt Brunson
Distinguished by its astute insights and wry dialogue 
3.5
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie work however is that it s played entirely from the housewife s point of view and that the housewife is played brilliantly by Carrie Snodgress 
3
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
Vikram Murthi
A rambling road trip story with no real point to it 
1.5
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
Chuck Bowen
In the film s best scenes Jeff Grace displays a delicate understanding of various modes of male fragility 
2.5
Death Race 2
David Nusair
a worthless especially egregious cash grab designed to capitalize on the mild notoriety of its predecessor 
1
Nr. 10
Mark Dujsik
The payoff 46 46 46 suggests that filmmaker didn apos t fully consider where to take this story after the truth of its mystery is revealed 46 
2.5
Nr. 10
Roger Moore
As much as I like the challenge van Warmerdam apos s satiric experiments always are 46 46 46 I found quot Nr 46 10 quot less coherent and much less satisfying than anything of his that I apos ve seen 46 
2
A Secret Love
Lindsey Bahr
A Secret Love is guaranteed to pull at your heartstrings 
3
A Secret Love
Peter Canavese
Enough elements kicking around in it to keep it pretty interesting for its whole running time 
3
A Secret Love
Taryn Allen
The Chicago based documentary expertly weaves together LGBTQ history baseball and the ups and downs of loving someone for a lifetime 
2.5
A Secret Love
Roger Moore
Bolan gets a very sweet film out of a story where we never doubt for a second a happy ending 
3
A Secret Love
Tomris Laffly
There is no crying in baseball but you might just be reduced to a puddle of tears while watching Bolan s film which finally brings the duo s love out of the shadows and gives it a long overdue chance to shine freely 
3
A Secret Love
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a beautiful thing 
3.5
A Secret Love
Mick LaSalle
Everyone who sees this film will have their own favorite moments 
3
A Secret Love
Catherine Springer
A Secret Love still manages to tug at every single heartstring Pat and Terry had a legitimate love story one for the ages and it s one we all should experience in all its tenderness and fortitude 
2
The Inheritors
Michael Dequina
Inspiring and surprisingly poignant 
3.5
The Inheritors
Steve Rhodes
The characters lack much depth or complexity Looking at their clothes is sufficient information to predict their behavior
1.5
Dalida
Roger Moore
American audiences at least can be excused for muttering I don t get it after watching this strained dull and charisma starved portrait of the international singing sensation 
1.5
My Man Is a Loser
Sara Stewart
That s what you got for me Men are stupid women are crazy says a put upon wife echoing my thoughts in this witless comedy 
1
West Side Story
David Reddish
The film version of West Side Story often pops up on Greatest Movie of All Time lists thanks to its unique blending of realism metaphorical dance and performances by Oscar winners Chakaris and in particular Rita Moreno 
4
West Side Story
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Great example of a kind of cinema extint in Hollywood right now Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
West Side Story
Peter Canavese
A landmark screen musical that left its own indelible stamp on popular culture Blu ray 
4
West Side Story
James Kendrick
it is the heat of West Side Story s social and cultural conflicts that make it a pop culture landmark unlike any other
4
West Side Story
David Nusair
the film s minor deficiencies are generally canceled out by its pervasive atmosphere of good natured exuberance 
3
West Side Story
Wesley Lovell
An energetic and vibrant musical that modernizes the Romeo and Juliet story ably and with great passion 
3.5
West Side Story
Scott Nash
Ultimately the songs the dancing and the compelling story mostly make up for Beymer s miscasting 
3
West Side Story
Roger Ebert
It is a great movie in parts 
4
West Side Story
Michael Wilmington
The marvel is that the film still works so well 
4
West Side Story
Walter Chaw
Technically faultless and a surprisingly pointed introduction to the medium cool films of the 1960 s 
4
West Side Story
Michael Szymanski
Few movies are as universally addictive for foot tapping and wrist snapping as West Side Story 
4
West Side Story
James Berardinelli
It still represents a brave and effective fusion of serious and fantasy elements and offers two and one half hours of solid entertainment 
3.5
The Bleeder
Mark Sommer
Chuck takes a lot of punches but it lands some good ones too 
3
The Bleeder
Christian Toto
We don t need another formulaic boxing biopic Good thing Chuck TKOs the genre mold 
3
The Bleeder
Chris Knight
It s a little bit pathetic but Schreiber crafts such an innocence in his character that it s easy to root for him And to remember him 
3
The Bleeder
Rob Thomas
Watching Chuck is like striking up a conversation with a stranger on the barstool next to you and discovering that your new drinking buddy is a far more interesting fellow than he first appeared 
3
The Bleeder
Barry Hertz
It may not go the distance but it s surely worth a step into the ring 
3
The Bleeder
Bruce DeMara
Liev Schreiber is top notch in the lead role in this funny sad and warm cautionary tale 
3
The Bleeder
Jay Horton
Chuck nimbly dances around usual trouble spots to target the irony of modern celebrity culture With the power of fame now trivializing its origins any bum who wants to be somebody can suddenly wake up a contender 
3
The Bleeder
Sara Michelle Fetters
Chuck is almost impossible to dislike 
3
The Bleeder
Richard Roeper
Liev Schreiber is outstanding as the hulking rough edged amiable and charismatic Wepner 
3.5
The Bleeder
Mark Dujsik
The point repeated over and over directly or indirectly is that real life isn t like the movies 
2
The Bleeder
Tom Russo
Wepner s descent through a had it coming divorce drugs and prison isn t so much harrowing as just dispiriting 
2.5
The Bleeder
Pat Padua
Arguably the story of a habitual loser should resonate as much as if not more than that of a winner But the film keeps us at arm s length emotionally filtering its antihero s troubles through a layer of 1970s nostalgia 
2.5
The Bleeder
Rex Reed
It s a routine story worth seeing for the galvanizing pulverizing star performance by a smashing Liev Schreiber in the title role 
3
The Bleeder
Soren Andersen
Thanks to its two central performances Chuck is a solid contender 
2.5
The Bleeder
Peter Hartlaub
Schreiber continues to sell each moment through the entire movie The Chuck Wepner story is a compelling one and the performances ensure its place as a sports movie contender 
3
The Bleeder
Gary Thompson
Chuck is the funny forgiving eponymous movie he has earned one that proves Palookaville is still one of the more interesting neighborhoods in cinema 
3
The Bleeder
Robert Levin
The story s just not as interesting as the filmmakers think it is it spends too much time on Chuck s downward spiral and when it comes to this sort of life in this sort of place at this particular time we ve seen it all before 
2.5
The Bleeder
Sheila O'Malley
Chuck does nothing new and it moves through boxing tropes like it s ticking off checkmarks but there s an honesty to it a fresh and messy one 
3
The Bleeder
Stephen Whitty
The film directed by a Frenchman and written by committee either doesn t face the facts or gets them wrong 
2.5
The Bleeder
Chuck Bowen
Like its protagonist Philippe Falardeau s film gets lost in a haze of incidental cacophony 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Jason Fraley
A clever sendup that both criticizes and cherishes its brand It may not break much new ground its premise is another version of Amy Schumer s I Feel Pretty 2018 but it s still an undeniably cute date movie 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Steven Prokopy
Screenwriters Erin Cardillo Dana Fox and Katie Silberman are mining familiar territory and everyone in the film is playing it just broad enough winking enough that the movie doesn t exactly qualify as razor sharp satire 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Matt Brunson
Smug and self satisfied 
1.5
Isn't It Romantic
Kam Williams
Not a picture this critic feels comfortable recommending to any demographic Consider that a fair warning 
1
Isn't It Romantic
Linda Cook
You ll fall in love with Isn t It Romantic 
3.5
Isn't It Romantic
Karen M. Peterson
Isn t It Romantic is guaranteed to bring a smile to anyone who has worn out their DVD copy of When Harry Met Sally or who has ever dreamed of a meet cute in a park 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Rene Sanchez
Although its rom com parody is quite enjoyable it inevitably falls into the same traps of this beloved Hollywood genre Full Review in Spanish 
2
Isn't It Romantic
David Nusair
bright fast paced 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Michael Medved
You know it s not very good and it isn t but it s relentlessly adequate and surprisingly entertaining 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Pamela Powell
Isn t It Romantic checks all the rom com boxes and thanks to Wilson s comedic chops it s all laugh out funny even if most of it consists of expected gags 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Christian Toto
Even if this weak parody hit theaters during the height of the rom com craze it would disappoint 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Max Weiss
Isn t It Romantic is unnecessary but it is diverting all the same and even has some wise things to say about regressive rom com tropes 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Robert Horton
It scores with Wilson s shade throwing persona but generates a sour aftertaste in how often it pats itself on the back for being clever 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Johnny Oleksinski
Unlike other movies where women bang their heads this one s got a brain 
3.5
Isn't It Romantic
Oliver Jones
While Wilson has a delightful mix of spirit and cynicism that makes her an ideal comic presence for the Internet age I found myself wishing the film took better advantage of her gifts 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Josh Terry
Isn t it Romantic pokes fun at rom coms while also recognizing what makes them so adored and that perspective is largely what makes the movie work 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Dustin Putman
Isn t It Romantic not only understands the tropes of cinematic love stories but also knows how to comedically reference them while also treating Natalie s personal journey seriously 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s targets are obvious as is its approach to knocking them down in comedic fashion 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Derek Smith
As the film becomes increasingly reliant on predictable narrative tropes it evolves into the very thing it set out to parody 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Jane Horwitz
A visually and verbally ingenious sendup of romantic comedies that wears its candy heart on its sleeve 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Lindsey Bahr
It s an enjoyable surface level experience that hones in on all the generic rom com tropes you love to hate 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s just enough energetic pizazz and imaginative zaniness here to keep things interesting 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Christy Lemire
Though it s tasty and enjoyable while you re watching it you ll realize how hungry you are for something heartier soon after you ve come down from your sugar high 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Gary Thompson
If you want to see a funny effective love story featuring a plus sized character try Stan Ollie 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Chandler Levack
Isn t It Romantic barely gives its commanding star a plot let alone a character arc 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Robert Daniels
Isn t it Romantic a meta deconstructionist romantic comedy feels five years too late to be of any consequence 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Katie Walsh
Isn t It Romantic walks the line between subversive and sendup It gleefully makes fun of the well known tropes of romantic comedies while also satisfying our desire to delight in said tropes 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Sean P. Means
Isn t It Romantic works with ruthless efficiency getting Wilson and the cast through the story quickly living out the same romantic comedy tropes it mocks and never dwelling on any humorous scenario too long 
3
Isn't It Romantic
Peter Howell
A sloppily written story that fails as both romance and comedy 
1.5
Isn't It Romantic
Mara Reinstein
In skewering all the genre s cliches the rom com still fails to include a relatable and well earned journey to happily ever after Big mistake Huge 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Mick LaSalle
Isn t It Romantic isn t romantic and it isn t funny 
1
Isn't It Romantic
Moira MacDonald
Isn t It Romantic both spoofs rom com conventions and embraces them it s a tricky balance but it doesn t fall off the wire 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Michael Phillips
Why isn t it better 
2
Isn't It Romantic
Rafer Guzman
A sassy sweet sendup with Wilson making the most of her first major leading role 
2.5
Isn't It Romantic
Roger Moore
Rebel without a laugh 
1.5
Greenfingers
David Nusair
Greenfingers zips along at an agreeable pace and is full of colorfully engaging characters 
3
Greenfingers
Mick LaSalle
Succeeds in capturing the movement of a soul from hopelessness to humanity 
3
Greenfingers
Susan Stark
A small enchantment of a movie distinctive for both its freshness and finesse 
3
Greenfingers
Carrie Rickey
If the bluebells roses and violets on prominent display come from the same source as writer director Joel Hershman s screenplay then they won t require mulch or water because they re plastic 
2
Greenfingers
James Berardinelli
For those who appreciate low key British comedies Greenfingers is a passable entry a somewhat pleasant diversion but nothing more 
2.5
Greenfingers
Liam Lacey
Each time you think the genre that brought us Waking Ned Devine Saving Grace and Billy Elliot has run its course along comes another one 
2
Greenfingers
Roger Ebert
Amusing enough to watch and passes the time but it s the kind of movie you re content to wait for on your friendly indie cable channel 
2
Greenfingers
Pam Grady
Offers the gentle humanist humor of a tiptoe through the tulips 
2.5
Greenfingers
Lou Lumenick
Entertaining and heartwarming 
2.5
Greenfingers
Harvey S. Karten
A hackneyed story that tries to capitalize on the success of The Full Monty 
2
Greenfingers
Greg Dean Schmitz
It is quite funny funnier to me than Saving Grace actually 
3
Peter Rabbit
Brian Eggert
A loud and abrasive film populated by cute creatures and zippy restless humor 
1.5
Peter Rabbit
Matt Brunson
Considering that the initial trailer made Peter Rabbit look like one of the greatest disasters since the sinking of the Titanic it s somewhat shocking to note that the end result isn t half bad 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
Mattie Lucas
A loud cynical and ultimately dull reimagining of a classic children s work that seems content to trample all over its inspiration 
2
Peter Rabbit
Khari J. Sampson
Parents who accompany their children would probably agree Peter Rabbit is a film easy to endure 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
David Nusair
46 46 46 an amiable 40 if rather forgettable 41 bit of family friendly entertainment 46 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
Linda Cook
Peter Rabbit is shrill and surprisingly violent far from the atmosphere of the beloved Beatrix Potter books 
2
Peter Rabbit
Peter Canavese
This Peter is the Ferris Bueller of rabbits As such many will love him and many will find his zany wisecracks blatant selfishness and borderline amorality repulsive 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
Phil Villarreal
A joyous accomplishment that succeeds with ample helpings of heart panache and humor 
3.5
Peter Rabbit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The wonderful Paddington 2 managed to be wondrous hilarious and kindhearted all at the same time effortlessly Peter Rabbit on the other hand is all effort 
2
Peter Rabbit
Roger Moore
Nothing here your average 4 year old wouldn t adore though a little James Corden goes a LONG way 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
Susan Wloszczyna
Easy chuckles are no substitute for genuine charm I m just glad that Corden didn t insist on doing rabbit burrow karaoke 
2
Peter Rabbit
Anne T. Donahue
A children s film that makes its adult audience take stock of their own actions and ways of thinking particularly as the story ends up abandoning the concept of heroes and villains and paints its characters with shades of grey 
3
Peter Rabbit
Katie Walsh
The gentle spirit of Beatrix Potter s books is subsumed into a chaotic violent mayhem manically soundtracked to the day s hits 
2
Peter Rabbit
Sara Michelle Fetters
While some will undoubtedly be amused I certainly cannot count myself amongst any who would this distasteful animation live action hybrid an odious misfire I hope I never have to think about let alone watch ever again 
1.5
Peter Rabbit
Mark Dujsik
T he film veers from its source material s innocent tone and simplistic morals for a good reason 
3
Peter Rabbit
Jane Horwitz
The hybrid of live action and animation is quite handsomely rendered and amusing as it happens But its creators overindulge to the point of crassness in cliches drawn from action movies and pop culture 
2
Peter Rabbit
Michael Smith
The always delightful Rose Byrne and Gleeson are terrific together and in their interaction with the animated creatures this is enough to lightly recommend the film despite its turning Peter into a jerk before his comeuppance 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
Sandy Cohen
There s enough entertainment for parents here and plenty of good natured humor for kids 
2.5
Peter Rabbit
Maren Longbella
You re sure to have a hoppin good time 
3
Peter Rabbit
Tom Russo
Even though this thoroughly contemporary adaptation frequently tramples the gentle whimsy of Potter s creation like so many bunnies overrunning a vegetable garden it s also irresistibly entertaining 
3
Peter Rabbit
Dann Gire
Peter Rabbit runs an engaging gamut of sight gags cinematic chases and unadulterated dopiness 
3
Peter Rabbit
Peter Hartlaub
When the last stick of dynamite goes off and the last human is electrocuted it s hard not to walk away thinking that movie was so much better than I expected 
3
Peter Rabbit
Keith Watson
Peter Rabbit plays like a country cousin to Paul King s Paddington films similarly balancing slapstick absurdism and a touch of gross out humor though without King s transcendently oddball sensibility 
2.5
Last Days
David Keyes
A tremendously sad and unsettling film 
3.5
Last Days
Rene Rodriguez
Van Sant s refusal to delve into his subject in anything but an abstract way renders the movie pointless and frustrating a lyrical lovely tone poem signifying little 
2
Last Days
Phoebe Flowers
For those open to the experience it s a spellbinding hypnotic masterpiece 
4
Last Days
Duane Dudek
A tortured film about a tortured man 
2.5
Last Days
Josh Larsen
like you re witnessing someone s final moments through the eyes of a waiting angel 
4
Last Days
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A film about a junkie rock musician played by Michael Pitt at his most narcissistic doing nothing in particular for the better part of 97 minutes isn t my idea of either a good time or a serious endeavor 
1
Last Days
James Verniere
So little happens in Last Days that watching Blake eat a bowl of Cocoa Rice Krispies assumes epic proportions 
1.5
Last Days
Carrie Rickey
While Last Days succeeds as a nature documentary Van Sant fails to penetrate human nature The result is a portrait without a face 
2
Last Days
Terry Lawson
Last Days will cast a poetic spell on some viewers as it did this one and will seem mind sappingly boring to others 
3
Last Days
Ty Burr
Last Days is director Gus Van Sant s meditation on the death of Kurt Cobain and an extraordinary meditation it is 
3.5
Last Days
Peter Howell
Last Days offers some insight into Cobain s final frame of mind but balks at the gates of deeper truth 
2.5
Last Days
Rick Groen
Gus Van Sant ventures into the valley of death steering by an idiosyncratic compass and forsaking the aid of a conventional cinematic map 
3.5
Last Days
David Frese
This is not a mainstream film It s an impressionistic minimalist anti movie that attempts to discover an existential truth by showing next to nothing 
3
Last Days
Sean P. Means
T rying to reignite his musical passion in the studio Pitt comes as close as is comfortable to finding the kernel of life buried by layers of drugs and fame weariness 
3
Last Days
Jeff Strickler
Sometimes we see Blake through the window but as he moves around the room often we see nothing but the far wall Depending on your perspective this is either incredibly gutsy or incredibly boring 
2
Last Days
Chris Hewitt
Last Days has the blank discombobulated feeling you get when you wake up in a hotel room and your brain hasn t kicked in and you re not sure where you are 
2
Last Days
Roger Ebert
Last Days is a definitive record of death by gradual drug exhaustion After the chills and thrills of Sid Nancy and The Doors here is a movie that sees how addicts usually die not with a bang but a whimper 
4
Last Days
Phil Villarreal
Van Sant s design poignantly messes with the viewer s mind
3.5
Last Days
Dustin Putman
A mesmerizing triumph of both pitch perfect minimalism and devastating existentialism painting a bleak uncompromising portrait of desolation personified 
3.5
Last Days
Lisa Kennedy
In putting the onus for meaning on viewers Van Sant has pinned the film s success to our subjectivity It might not guarantee fondness Yet what an extraordinary collaboration it makes 
3.5
Last Days
Bruce Westbrook
Watching paint dry would be better At least the paint would be busy drying 
1.5
Last Days
Sara Michelle Fetters
Whatever the final evaluation it s certainly unique and after a couple of years there with people trying to label Van Sant a sellout he certainly proves them more than wrong with this 
2.5
Last Days
Peter Travers
Van Sant s journey is labored but undeniably hypnotic 
2.5
Last Days
Aaron Hillis
Last Days banks on a gawking curiousity so isolated by its sensory surfaces that it remains both mesmerizing and defiantly unengaging 
2.5
Last Days
Moira MacDonald
The story told with little dialogue or action feels like an outline awaiting shading and detail 
2
Last Days
Timothy Knight
Pitt never plays to the camera or comes across as mannered in His naturalistic palpably wounded performance as Blake gives Last Days its haunting power 
3
Last Days
Mick LaSalle
Seamlessly and rather cleverly without telling anybody Gus Van Sant has transitioned out of important filmmaking and has taken up a new career in torture 
0
Last Days
Lou Lumenick
Sorely lacks the angry energy and wit Cobain brought to his work 
1
Last Days
Stephen Whitty
After an hour and a half of this you may feel as if you re on drugs yourself Or wish you were 
1
Last Days
Jami Bernard
Weird sad and dreamy 
3
Last Days
Bob Strauss
It is really boring 
2.5
Last Days
Claudia Puig
Last Days is unconventional and artistic but also ponderous 
3
Last Days
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves with a kind of eerie real time effect in which a lonely life drags at its own interminable pace 
3
Last Days
Peter Canavese
A sincere effort to sound an echo into Kurt Cobain s cave Van Sant turns photographic art into screen poetry 
3.5
Last Days
Jan Stuart
For those in tune with its director s loping rhythms Last Days probes its way under the skin like a needle in search of a vein 
3
Last Days
David Sterritt
A true American tragedy directed with skill and conviction 
4
Last Days
Walter Chaw
Full of a mad melancholy almost unbearable in its terrible beauty 
4
Last Days
Ed Gonzalez
For three films now Van Sant has been hard selling a form of cinema absentia where the action that transpires offscreen is as important as what happens inside the frame 
3.5
Sniper
Roger Ebert
Sniper expresses a cool competence that is a pleasure to watch It isn t a particularly original film but what it does it does well 
3
Art for Teachers of Children
David Sterritt
Deliberately rough hewn commendably serious minded docudrama 
3
Mississippi Mermaid
Matt Brunson
Deneuve expertly keeps us guessing as to whether this woman truly cares for her husband or only cares in murdering him 46 
3
Mississippi Mermaid
Ty Burr
Mississippi is a film noir shot in dazzling color a Hitchcock movie with the soul of a Jean Renoir drama 
3
Mississippi Mermaid
Jeremy Heilman
Eminently watchable 
4
Mississippi Mermaid
Edward Guthmann
A romantic humanist with an infectious love for cinema Truffaut introduced an effervescence wit and a gift for brisk storytelling that s still unmatched 
4
The Black Windmill
Roger Ebert
The Black Windmill commits the one crime no thriller can be pardoned for It s not thrilling It s also terribly passive and static and Siegel directs Caine almost to a standstill 
2
Disturbing the Peace
Glenn Kenny
A dull as dishwater paint by numbers cinematic hiccup with no discernible reason for being 
1
Disturbing the Peace
Mark Dujsik
This is an old plot and the filmmakers appear to coast on the notion that such a story is easy to tell The movie ultimately serves as proof that such is not the case 
0.5
Twin Falls Idaho
Michael Dequina
What makes it so haunting is the sensitivity to its lead characters and their unusual plight 
3.5
Twin Falls Idaho
Judith Egerton
Shares some themes with Lynch s The Elephant Man 
3.5
Twin Falls Idaho
David N. Butterworth
A sad fascinating and profoundly moving portrait of two individuals who have learned not by choice to live together 
3.5
Twin Falls Idaho
Dustin Putman
Twin Falls Idaho is flawed in many ways but its virtues also cannot be denied 
2.5
Twin Falls Idaho
Elias Savada
A small poignant gem despite its laggardly pacing Definitely an off beat side show attraction but with three big rings of heart character and soul 
3
Twin Falls Idaho
Roger Ebert
I have a special feeling for movies that want to forget about plot and conflict and spend their time instead in regarding particular lives 
4
Twin Falls Idaho
David Sterritt
A movie as compelling and unusual as its subject 
3
1985
Matt Zoller Seitz
1985 feels like a missing minor classic from the decade that preceded the rise of the so called New Queer Cinema 
3.5
1985
Diego Semerene
The black and white of this film feels like an easy filter draped around the elements in the frame hoping to grant them the gravitas that the elements themselves can t radiate 
1
1985
Roger Moore
An unsurprising but touchingly played elegy for a generation wrestling with being gay and having AIDS 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Jeff Beck
Overall your enjoyment of this film will correlate directly to your enjoyment of the previous film If you liked it you ll like this one if not you won t enjoy the sequel as it s just more of the same 
2
The Hangover Part II
Austin Kennedy
I think the first one is like GONE WITH THE WIND compared to this tired old turd 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
David Nusair
as needless a contemporary sequel as one can easily recall 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Eric Melin
The reason the first one worked so well was because of the unique concept and the mystery structure Now the concept is familiar and the mystery isn t engaging This is the very definition of a lazy pointless sequel 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Burl Burlingame
If you laughed your butt off in the first film you ll laugh half your butt off here and even that is generally worth the price of admission these days 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Sara Michelle Fetters
Phillips and company are treading water going through the motions in order to pick up a quick paycheck before moving onto something else 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Linda Cook
You know this isn t all that original Even for a sequel it s unashamedly derivative But I kept thinking as I gasped sometimes with laughter and sometimes from shock that The Hangover Part II still is hilarious more often than it s not 
3
The Hangover Part II
Lori Hoffman
Five credited writers have made the sequel darker much less funny and provided the type of bad behavior in another country that pretty much defines the term ugly Americans 8233 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
James Kendrick
little more than a repetitive desperate sequel the very definition of unnecessary
2
The Hangover Part II
Scott Nash
Sure it s a rehash of the first movie s plot but it s still funny Just not as funny as the original 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Matt Brunson
Those yearning for some summertime bawdiness at the movies would be well advised to check out Bridesmaids instead as any random scene in that picture is better than anything on display in The Hangover Part II 
2
The Hangover Part II
Glenn Lovell
Laff out loud raunchy delivers on its promise to not leave one sacred cow standing one nationality or sexual designation unsullied How many films can make that claim 
2
The Hangover Part II
Keith Cohen
The movie exceeds expectations The acters carve out a special comedy niche that will not be easily forgotten They operate like a well oiled machine with perfect comedic timing and a contagious form of winning camaraderie The clever lines of 
3
The Hangover Part II
Mike McGranaghan
Adheres to the old maxim if it ain t broke don t fix it yet somehow manages to break it while not fixing it 
2
The Hangover Part II
Michael Smith
It just might be the worst sequel ever to a really good movie 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Christian Toto
The Hangover Part II feels like the fifth or sixth installment in the franchise It s that out of fresh ideas 
2
The Hangover Part II
Alison Gang
There are plenty of déjà vu moments but before you know it Phillips yanks you in an entirely unexpected direction continually ramping up the stakes the raunch and the visceral humor 
3.5
The Hangover Part II
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The terrific idea behind the first one a mystery story based around a night of total debauchery has no more shock 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Gayle MacDonald
The Hangover made the actors A list Hollywood stars But despite the indisputable talent of this cast The Hangover Part II doesn t deliver the same zany punch of its predecessor 
2
The Hangover Part II
Mick LaSalle
Alas this time there are about three or four mild laughs in the whole picture and the entire visual aspect of the movie is a botched disappointment 
1
The Hangover Part II
Loey Lockerby
This is a faded copy of its predecessor only raunchier if you can imagine and with better scenery 
2
The Hangover Part II
Peter Travers
Somebody must have roofied me I left The Hangover Part II feeling dazed and abused wondering how bad things happened to such a good comedy 
2
The Hangover Part II
Rich Heldenfels
Sluggish erratic attempt to duplicate the first better movie 
2
The Hangover Part II
Rob Thomas
The Hangover Part II is such a complete copy of the original 2009 hit comedy that I d be surprised if the writers even bothered to create a new Microsoft Word file when they wrote it 
2
The Hangover Part II
Stephen Whitty
It feels a little bit like that fourth dirty martini not a good idea at the time and probably to be regretted later 
2
The Hangover Part II
Willie Waffle
It might not be great or legendary but you are going to laugh 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Peter Keough
Darker and more desperate than the previous go round this one might have done better just to sleep it off 
2
The Hangover Part II
Carrie Rickey
While these characters were amusing the first time around Phillips and his screenwriters don t bring much new to the party 
2
The Hangover Part II
Scott Bowles
For all the talent Hangover II reassembles our boys just can t muster the hair of the dog that bit them the first time around 
2
The Hangover Part II
Phil Villarreal
The guys could make 12 more of these movies do just as well every time and get audiences to laugh and laugh at themselves for laughing That s a lot of laughing and that s The Hangover Part II 
3.5
The Hangover Part II
Walter Chaw
It s dumb yeah and hugely indefensible but The Hangover Part II s also a specific vision of bliss 
3
The Hangover Part II
Mark Dujsik
Phillips has no sense of comic energy relying instead on the actors ratcheting up their characters hateful traits to 11 
1
The Hangover Part II
Moira MacDonald
Phillips seems to be relying all too heavily on the idea that we just want to see the first movie again We can do that At home For a lot less money 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Sue Pierman
The action is fast the gags are plentiful and many actually are funny if you check your squeamishness at the door 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
James Berardinelli
Using the original as a template The Hangover Part II colors within the lines but does so with bright fluorescents rather than drab primaries 
3
The Hangover Part II
Ty Burr
The movie s an unclean thing and a mostly unfunny one 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Matt Soergel
Sure it has some scattered big are you kidding laughs but could they have at least pretended that they weren t making the exact same movie 
2
The Hangover Part II
Peter Howell
Part II is everything the first movie was and less It s crucially missing laughs and intelligence 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
Lawrence Toppman
The sequel turns not dark but revoltingly cruel 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Michael Phillips
I need jokes Something more than a situation recycling the situation in the first one I d like filmmakers who worldwide grosses aside show more of an interest in filming visual comedy gross out violent action based whatever with some finesse 
1.5
The Hangover Part II
John Beifuss
Mistaking meanness for edge borderline racism for irreverence and disregard for women as boys will be boys solidarity this Part II is as horrifying as a Saw sequel but with fewer laughs 
2
The Hangover Part II
Ann Hornaday
A veritable textbook case of what not to do when re making a comedy that depended on sheer surprise for most of its appeal 
1
The Hangover Part II
Chris Hewitt
If you enjoyed the first one I bet you ll enjoy this one But a little less 
2.5
The Hangover Part II
Amy Biancolli
Despite all the similarities despite the same madcap plotting and hysterically unhinged comic filth The Hangover Part II veers into much darker territory 
3
The Hangover Part II
Joe Williams
Wastrels think the formula for a hangover is the hair of the dog but this flaccid follow up to the hit comedy expects us to swallow the entire rotting carcass 
2
The Hangover Part II
Dustin Putman
As the film goes on its dull dim brained slapdash way there isn t a solitary laugh in sight Not one A person couldn t write worse jokes if he or she tried 
.5
The Hangover Part II
Erik Childress
The equivalent of a drunk college student waking up the morning their book report is due and desperately trying to remember what they saw in the crappy movie version 
0
The Hangover Part II
Sean O'Connell
Every time Phillips pushed his undoubtedly formulaic sequel down yet another squalid alley for the sake of a shocking joke I grew to appreciate respect and even love The Hangover Part II 
3
The Hangover Part II
Nick Schager
Todd Phillips directs with increased confidence but in every respect The Hangover Part II is a cowardly cash in devoid of novelty or daring 
1
The Hangover Part II
Matt Pais
Stranger funnier This is male bonding through f d up adversity compared to what previously felt like acquaintances drunkenly coming to terms with their own simmering anger 
3
The Hangover Part II
Lou Lumenick
I have the sad duty to report I found this more elaborate play it safe sequel far less fresh or funny 
2
The Hangover Part II
Roger Ebert
The MPAA s elaboration of the film s R rating says the movie has pervasive language strong sexual content including graphic nudity drug use and brief violent images Also other stuff Maybe their space was limited 
2
The Hangover Part II
Roger Moore
The lads in the Hangover wolfpack seem a tad winded this time around From concept to execution Hangover Part II has a been there done that jailed for it feel 
2
The Hangover Part II
Kam Williams
Triggers fewer belly laughs per minute than the original yet nevertheless generates more than enough yucks to satisfy fans of the gross out genre 
3
Che: Part Two
Kelly Jane Torrance
It seems the most important point the director wanted to make was that Mr Guevara accomplished all he did while fighting terrible asthma attacks 
2
Che: Part Two
Duane Dudek
The film s narrative flow is less driven by events which are revealed in spurts but are drawn along as their inevitable consequences 
3
Che: Part Two
Lawrence Toppman
At this length that s an unforgivable sin 
1.5
Che: Part Two
Peter Canavese
Can be dry but it s never less than interesting well filmed and honestly acted 
3.5
Che: Part Two
Michael Dequina
These are films that are certainly thought out clearly but not nearly felt enough 
2.5
Weiner
Mattie Lucas
At once painful painfully funny horrifying and utterly completely depressingly riveting 
3
Weiner
Rob Thomas
I m sure Weiner is mortified that his behavior is causing his wife ongoing humiliation to this day But after watching Weiner I m not sure he s not secretly happy to see his name in the headlines again 
3
Weiner
David Nusair
the unjustified downfall of the movie s subject ultimately elevates Weiner above the level of a run of the mill political portrait 
3
Weiner
Sara Michelle Fetters
Weiner shows without embellishment without cinematic sleight of hand that a person s worst enemy remains themselves 
3.5
Weiner
Sonny Bunch
Weiner is simply put one of the most incredible things I ve ever seen 
3.5
Weiner
Simon Houpt
A case study in blunt force media trauma 
3.5
Weiner
Peter Howell
An astounding chronicle of hubris 
3.5
Weiner
Tina Hassannia
It s Veep or In The Loop brought to life But even more absurd and titillating Weiner proves that truth is stranger than fiction 
3
Weiner
Christopher Schobert
One of the most memorable political documentaries ever made 
3.5
Weiner
Christian Toto
Guess what else the fascinating Weiner exposes above and beyond those salacious tweets 
3
Weiner
Robert Levin
There s plenty here for political junkies and even more for those fascinated by the behind the scenes machinations that propelled this improbable redemption story 
4
Weiner
Glenn Lovell
filmmakers hit pay dirt when they got Weiner to sit for them He s an impassioned self deceiver who s not afraid to infiltrate enemy territory Now if he could only keep his namesake in his pants 
3
Weiner
Anders Wright
It s actually an eye opening film not because of Weiner s misdeeds but because anyone who watches it comes away with a degree of shame 
3
Weiner
Sean P. Means
If there s anyone who still thinks politics is boring the fascinating and thought provoking documentary Weiner will cure that misconception 
4
Weiner
Robert Horton
Filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg got remarkable access to Weiner during the campaign and to the politician s credit he allowed them to keep hanging around during some unbelievably cringey moments 
3
Weiner
Moira MacDonald
The result is a fascinating portrait of a politician a man who it seems doesn t feel that he exists unless someone s looking at him 
3.5
Weiner
Anita Katz
Should this guy decide to attempt another comeback he likely won t be hiring Kriegman and Steinberg to film it but you kind of wish he would 
3
Weiner
Richard Roeper
You can t look away but it s almost painful to watch 
3.5
Weiner
Tom Meek
A beguiling look into the paradoxical and self destructive nature of a man who while earnest in his desire to serve the public remains unable to shake a sex trolling persona infamously known as Carlos Danger 
3
Weiner
Mark Dujsik
Weiner is either hyper aware that his statements are going to be scrutinized or just flat out lying It s difficult to tell if even he knows anymore 
3.5
Weiner
Tirdad Derakhshani
While the documentary is not essential viewing you re likely to be drawn in if you do decide to watch it finding yourself engrossed repulsed and perplexed in equal measure 
2.5
Weiner
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most riveting and remarkable documentaries I have ever seen If you have even the most remote interest in politics or human behavior Weiner is a movie you cannot afford to miss under any circumstances 
4
Weiner
Ty Burr
The movie s a galvanizing tragicomic work of 21st century schadenfreude marred only by a barely repressed giddiness on the part of the filmmakers But why shouldn t they be dazzled by their good fortune 
3.5
Weiner
Dann Gire
Weiner entertains us with a political train wreck in the making You can t look away even as it comes up short on the tough questions such as Why 
3.5
Weiner
Ann Hornaday
On a thin slightly soiled dime Weiner pivots from the mother of all comeback stories to an alternately fascinating mystifying and appalling portrait of the quest for power at its most obsessive and self destructive 
3.5
Weiner
Rene Rodriguez
A riveting portrait of a man so consumed by hubris and confidence that he is utterly blind to his failings 
3
Weiner
Michael Phillips
The movie itself makes a compelling if rather hypocritical argument against relentless self documentation of a life however it s lived 
3
Weiner
Mick LaSalle
The movie goes from being interesting to riveting from Yes this is quite good to you cannot leave your seat and don t even want to blink 
4
Weiner
Odie Henderson
Weiner is not afraid to take its subject behind the woodshed and more often than not he goes willingly 
3.5
Weiner
Rafer Guzman
Absolutely fascinating with nearly unlimited and almost unbearably close access This is the political documentary you never thought you d actually see 
4
Weiner
Stephen Whitty
According to Weiner some politicians are pathological creatures wrapped in their egos secure in their narcissism and addicted to constant attention Yeah well tell us something we don t know Somehow though this new documentary manages to 
3.5
Weiner
Peter Travers
This spellbinder about a politician in free fall would be hilarious if it weren t so agonizingly true 
3
Weiner
Thelma Adams
Weiner emerges as the political film for this election cycle the tragicomedy we deserve 
3.5
Weiner
Christopher Gray
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Sternberg s film never discovers a greater purpose beyond its undeniable sideshow appeal 
2
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Kam Williams
A timeless tribute to a selfless martyr who led his people to the Promised Land by holding fast to his fervent faith that their willingness to endure suffering along the way would exceed their enemies capacity to inflict suffering 
4
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Kam Williams
Worth it alone for Nina Simone s haunting rendition of Why The King of Love Is Dead heard as Dr King s mule drawn casket led over 100 000 silent mourners from Ebenezer Baptist Church on a 3 1 2 walk through the streets of Atlanta 
4
Julien Donkey-Boy
Matthew Rozsa
I identified very deeply with Julien Donkey Boy If you have ever struggled with mental illness and can handle the movie s distinctly indie style I suspect you will too 
4
Julien Donkey-Boy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The armless cardsharp and the rapping albino are just two of the treasures in this miraculous movie 
4
Julien Donkey-Boy
Joshua Tanzer
Most people who see Julien Donkey Boy will leave the theater disturbed and it will take a special kind of odd movie aficionado to appreciate the feeling 
2
Julien Donkey-Boy
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Julien Donkey Boy really is an excuse to let Korine go nuts with his jerky video camera as he stitches together a series of completely unrelated and utterly vapid sequences 
0
Julien Donkey-Boy
Steve Rhodes
Julian Donkey Boy a movie so edgy that you d like to push it off the edge of a cliff 
1
Julien Donkey-Boy
Rob Blackwelder
julien donkey boy is fascinating viewing for a movie that has nothing to say and nowhere to go 
2.5
Julien Donkey-Boy
Michael Dequina
The sophomore directorial effort of Harmony Korine is one steaming smelly pile of cinematic excrement 
0
Julien Donkey-Boy
Edward Guthmann
A self indulgent mess 
1
Julien Donkey-Boy
Roger Ebert
The odds are good that most people will dislike this film and be offended by it For others it will provoke sympathy rather than scorn You know who you are 
3
Julien Donkey-Boy
Robert Payne
Donkey Boy exists in an uneasy space between documentary improvisation and fictional narrative and often makes one suspect that Korine may be exploiting his oddball cast 
2
From Shock to Awe
Roger Moore
So hopeful that ayuhuasca can cure PTSD that it crosses over into credulous 
2
Analyze That
Peter Canavese
More than any other Robert De Niro film invites the speculation that the once revered actor has become the gimmicky comic screenwriter s whipping boy Blu ray 
2
Analyze That
Michael Dequina
The end credit outtake reel feels like a desperate bid to rescue the dud ending and make the moviegoers leave with a smile 
2
Analyze That
Judith Egerton
Aren t we all just a little tired of De Niro s clownish schtick and Crystal as his nattering sidekick 
2
Analyze That
Vanessa Sibbald
While it s fun to see DeNiro poke fun at the image that he s helped make so famous the film just doesn t have enough of a storyline to keep your interest
2.5
Analyze That
Scott Nash
And the winner of the most Disappointing Sequel of 2002 Award goes to Analyze That 
1.5
Analyze That
Susannah Gora
Overall it feels like Crystal De Niro and director Ramis have settled into a familiarity with the material and each other that allows for richer comedic chemistry and improvisation 
3
Analyze That
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es el claro ejemplo de una cinta que comienza muy fuerte y termina muy floja como una cinta ms del montn 
2.5
Analyze That
David Nusair
The film just doesn t have enough ideas to sustain a 100 minute movie 
1.5
Analyze That
Frank Ochieng
In short all the bouncing bullets in the world couldn t garner any gunpowder of fresh ideas to lift this gang of rehashed thugs and their sordid activities beyond the stagnation of comical creativity being served on a recycled platter 
2
Analyze That
James Kendrick
Virtually every joke in this unnecessary sequel is either forced old or just unfunny to begin with 
1.5
Analyze That
Marty Mapes
Analyze That is successful thanks almost entirely to the efforts of Crystal and De Niro
2.5
Analyze That
Mark Dujsik
The first film focused on the relationship between Vitti and Sobel and pulled its humor primarily from it This one is all over the place 
1.5
Analyze That
Mike McGranaghan
When all is said and done Analyze That turns out to be the lamest most unnecessary sequel since well since The Santa Clause 2 which came out last month 
2
Analyze That
Joe Leydon
With Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal back in the mix the warmed over goulash is tasty more often than not 
2.5
Analyze That
Linda Cook
It s about what you d expect from a sequel 
2.5
Analyze That
Jonathan R. Perry
If De Niro wants to wind down his career as the McDonald s of master thespians we can t stop him But those of us who ve tasted crme brule will still know the difference 
2
Analyze That
Dustin Putman
Analyze That is more of the same a near carbon copy of its predecessor meaning that it has a handful of funny moments surrounded by a boatload of unfunny ones 
1.5
Analyze That
Sean P. Means
The leads are reduced to their worst shtick Crystal doing funny voices De Niro looking silly and the usually warm and funny Kudrow coming off as shrill and spiteful 
1.5
Analyze That
Chris Hewitt
De Niro needs to play another mobster like Martha Stewart needs to take another stock tip but he broadens his already big performance as a tough mook who gets all touchy feely 
2.5
Analyze That
Todd Anthony
Some funny business here a clever one liner there good natured padding in between it s all pat and familiar and risk free 
2
Analyze That
Gary Brown
They should have quit while they were ahead 
2
Analyze That
Moira MacDonald
Feels unnecessary 
2
Analyze That
Bruce Newman
Where the first movie struck just the right tone blending anxiety attacks with machine gun attacks to come up with a comic La Cosa Neurosis this picture consistently goes too far in all directions 
2
Analyze That
Mick LaSalle
Audiences who loved Analyze This may have to see the new movie to believe just how empty it is What they ll find is a profound difference between This and That 
1
Analyze That
David Elliott
Analyze That is more beaded than filmed It s a string of mildly connective skit bits held together by capable casting and silly nonsense 
2.5
Analyze That
Connie Ogle
Little more than a mildly amusing retread 
2
Analyze That
Bob Strauss
All Analyze That proves is that there is really only one movie s worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise 
2
Analyze That
Susan Stark
Although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds there s no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun 
2
Analyze That
Jeff Vice
Not only are the film s Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this we re doing it for the cash sequel were 
1.5
Analyze That
Steven Rosen
Just a collection of this and that whatever fills time with no unified whole 
2
Analyze That
Roger Ebert
What we get in Analyze That are several talented actors delivering their familiar screen personas in the service of an idiotic plot 
2
Analyze That
Ty Burr
Some of this might fly if there were a script any script but under the direction of Harold Ramis the supporting cast mills about aimlessly while the two stars shoot potty mouth improvisations at each other 
1
Analyze That
Jeffrey Westhoff
To say Analyze That is De Niro s best film since Meet the Parents sums up the sad state of his recent career 
2.5
Analyze That
Bob Bloom
No excuse can be found for wasting celluloid on this trying and tiring feature If any movie needed to be taken for a one way ride to the swamps of New Jersey and buried it is Analyze That 
1
Analyze That
Liam Lacey
Patient suffers from serious delusions of humour and a desire to cash in on previously successful strategies 
2
Analyze That
Terry Lawson
While Analyze That can t re create the freshness of the first film writers Peter Tolan Peter Steinfeld and director Harold Ramis have come up with a couple of bits that may inspire you to snort laugh though you ll feel guilty about it later 
2
Analyze That
David Sterritt
This idea has lost its originality and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one joke picture 
1
Analyze That
Lou Lumenick
It s sad to think this shapeless sloppy badly paced mess was directed by Ramis who helmed one of the smartest films of the past 15 years Groundhog Day 
1
Analyze That
Walter Chaw
Sitcom situations cascade and implode into one another like a rusty Slinky jerking its way down diminishing sequel returns 
1
Analyze That
Phil Villarreal
You see Robert De Niro singing and dancing to West Side Story show tunes Choose your reaction A That sure is funny B That sure is pathetic 
2
Analyze That
Mike Clark
Though the picture falls apart whenever the two leads aren t on screen together you can argue that That isn t that inferior to its predecessor 
2
Analyze That
Carrie Rickey
Possibly not since Grumpy Old Men have I heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another 
2
Analyze That
John Anderson
A moment of silence please for the career of Robert De Niro Once considered the finest American screen actor alive he has reduced himself to singing I Feel Pretty It is anything but 
1
Analyze That
Sue Pierman
Yes the script has holes you could drive a truck through but Crystal and De Niro s verbal pingpong makes it all worthwhile 
3
Analyze That
Mary F. Pols
The rapport between De Niro and Crystal actually seems stronger this time around and the movie s best laughs most of them unabashedly sexual and crude and delivered in the first half are better than any of the jokes in Analyze This 
2.5
Analyze That
Peter Travers
Painfully padded 
2
Analyze That
Marc Fortier
It s every bit the crowd pleaser its predecessor was 
3.5
Analyze That
Josh Larsen
a series of rim shots in search of a punch line 
2
Analyze That
Michael Wilmington
Where This was lazy but enjoyable a formula comedy redeemed by its stars That is even lazier and far less enjoyable 
2.5
Analyze That
James Berardinelli
Analyze That delivers its share of amusing moments but when it comes to inventive or inspired comedy it is lacking 
2.5
Analyze That
Rob Thomas
Analyze That is one of those crass contrived sequels that not only fails on its own but makes you second guess your affection for the original 
1.5
Analyze That
Steve Rhodes
Although the laughs come regularly and often the movie suffers from a bad case of sequelitis and the script wanders aimlessly from joke to joke 
3
Analyze That
Jeanne Aufmuth
Full of sharps and flats the gags range from distinctly unfunny to richly side splitting 
2.5
Analyze That
Rob Blackwelder
Worst of all it actually tries to jerk some tears with maudlin soft focus flashbacks of a happy childhood for De Niro s mafioso Oh puh leaze 
1
Analyze That
Ross Anthony
Every bit as funny as Analyze This 
3
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Erik Childress
A third rate attempt at noir that keeps resetting its protagonists and antagonists until there is no one left to root for 8211 or against for that matter 8211 until basically someone just calls the cops and ends it all 46 10 
1
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Mark Dujsik
The plot of The Minute You Wake up Dead is driven primarily by the incompetence of its characters 46 
1
Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time
Brian Tallerico
Trumped plays way too much like a highlight reel from the last year offering not nearly enough insight into the questions surrounding Trump s campaign and now presidency 
2
Magallanes
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
dealing with complex themes such as rape sexual slavery and regret the film demonstrates an unexpected maturity from Salvador del Solar Full review in Spanish 
3
Love Me or Leave Me
Jeremiah Kipp
A slow crawl through a hellish relationship 
3
Untold Scandal
Jeff Vice
Handsome production values solid ensemble performances and explorations of Far Eastern civilization 
3
Untold Scandal
Sean P. Means
Among the many movie versions of this tale Untold Scandal is one of the most visually arresting 
3
Untold Scandal
Marta Barber
A Frenchman may have thought of the story first but this Korean film pays tribute to the original while perfectly standing on its own 
3.5
Untold Scandal
Tom Keogh
An elegant yet unassuming variation Les Liaisons Dangereuses 
3
Untold Scandal
Michael Booth
Adds a vibrant cultural framework to a familiar story and it turns out nothing becomes a legend like an Asian makeover 
3
Untold Scandal
Michael Wilmington
Pictorially sumptuous and sexually provocative 
3
Untold Scandal
James Verniere
Doesn t have anything new to add to de Laclos text but it is an interesting and worthwhile cultural variation on his immortal theme 
3
Untold Scandal
Ty Burr
Of all the Liaisons adaptations this may be the most sentimental 
3
Untold Scandal
Robert Dominguez
Korean director Je yong Lee puts a compelling cross cultural spin on a familiar plot in this erotic Eastern adaptation of the Chodelos de Laclos 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses 
3
Untold Scandal
V.A. Musetto
Worth seeking out 
3
Untold Scandal
Ed Gonzalez
Yet another soulless adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos s Les Liaisons Dangereuses 
1.5
Shaft
Mike McGranaghan
Not having a stronger more serious plot means the film will likely appeal more to Shaft newbies than to Shaft devotees 
2
Shaft
David Nusair
Shaft doesn t begin its radical downfall until it moves into a midsection that grows more and more tedious as time progresses 
1.5
Shaft
Matt Brunson
Full of the sort of eyebrow raising antics that only Clint Eastwood is allowed to pull off anymore 
2.5
Shaft
Robert Levin
It is lazy and a shame It is Shaft lite 
1.5
Shaft
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
This isn t a tale of musky polyamorous noir it s a cautionary one about trying to mass produce an artifact and ending up with a movie from nowhere about nothing for no one 
1
Shaft
Richard Roeper
Middle generation Shaft looks good roaring around in his souped up Monte Carlo SS It s too bad the characters as a whole didn t have a better vehicle 
2
Shaft
Odie Henderson
This movie is ruin your childhood bad right down to the hideous auto tuned end credits song they chose to use instead of the original Theme From Shaft 
.5
Shaft
Keith Watson
Ultimately the only truly retro thing about this weirdly reactionary potboiler is its politics 
1
Shaft
Bob Bloom
The movie expends a lot of energy offering evidence of Shaft s misogyny and dinosaur like attitude about computers and millennials The only line of dialogue Jackson doesn t spout is Hey you damn kids get off my lawn 
1.5
Shaft
Sara Michelle Fetters
This feels more like a junior grade not particularly well thought out Harlem set Beverly Hills Cop reboot than it does a gritty hard edged Shaft sequel 
2
Shaft
Mark Dujsik
Shaft gets Shaft the actual character s and the character s legacy wrong just for some easy laughs 
1.5
Shaft
John Semley
In its neediness to be liked the new Shaft the third of five films in the series to be titled simply Shaft says everything and nothing 
1.5
Shaft
James Berardinelli
What the film fails to deliver in adrenaline it makes up for with testosterone flavored laughter 
3
Shaft
Peter Howell
We can dig what Barbershop s Tim Story is up to with his 2019 version of Shaft if only for the excellent chemistry between Roundtree Jackson and new hire Jessie T Usher 
2.5
Shaft
Rafer Guzman
A fluffy update of a gritty classic 
1.5
Shaft
Gary Thompson
The plot particulars are flimsy and laughable by design this Shaft has been put together by folks with an instinct for comedy 
2.5
Shaft
Sean P. Means
It s difficult to decide what to make of John Shaft s retrograde pre woke persona 
2.5
Shaft
Katie Walsh
Remember Shaft How about more Shaft but with more hacky jokes about millennials and an incredibly ugly homophobic streak 
1.5
Shaft
Soren Andersen
Its nothing special plot the product of writers Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow features ill defined villains and briefly touches on Islamophobia and military veteran PTSD and drug abuse and never follows up on any of those issues 
2
Shaft
Kristen Page-Kirby
Shaft is also funny with a sharp fast paced humor though one transphobic joke is a tone deaf clunker And it s always enjoyable to watch Jackson walking around while dropping f bombs and mother f bombs all over the place 
2.5
Shaft
Lindsey Bahr
So what on earth were these bad mother thinking 
2
Shaft
Roger Moore
More violent than funny and retro in ways both ugly and cool
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Kam Williams
This uncritical bio pic presents Al as more of an intellectual on a mission than a funnyman in search of laughs leaving one to wonder whether the purpose here was to makeover Al into a political figure for his rumored run for the U S Senate 
3
Al Franken: God Spoke
Rob Thomas
There s so much previously available material used that for a while God Spoke looks like the first documentary assembled entirely from YouTube clips 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Marta Barber
Whether one agrees with his point of view or not it s a message worth hearing 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Thomas Delapa
Feisty quick witted and quixotic Franken takes on such right wing demigods as Bill O Reilly Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Phil Villarreal
The documentary skims the surface appreciating Franken s crass troublemaking modus operandi This would be OK if the doc were crammed with hilarious footage but Franken comes off as more droll and bitter than clever 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Jeff Vice
With his nearly nonstop self congratulatory monologues and his seemingly insincere attitude he comes off as every bit as much an insufferable blowhard as his conservative counterparts 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Sean P. Means
The film feels unfinished as Franken contemplates a run for the U S Senate from Minnesota which might make God Spoke the set up for a much more interesting sequel 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Mick LaSalle
A documentary in search of a story 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Bill Stamets
Often entertaining 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Wesley Morris
What this documentary lacks in intent insight and surprise it makes up for in thoroughness 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Bruce Newman
Franken doesn t allow the knee jerk predictability of his liberal pronouncements to deflate the great gasbag that he becomes as the movie proceeds 
1.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Michael Phillips
Most of this doc is content to wander through Franken s recent show biz resume to no particular end 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Chris Hewitt
A portrait of a passionate witty occasionally thin skinned man 
3
Al Franken: God Spoke
Jack Mathews
But Kerry did not win and for Franken fans the target audience here the memory of that event may hurt too much to laugh 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Gene Seymour
Proves to be an illuminating if perhaps unintended demonstration of how hard it is to keep one s sense of humor when mixing it up in the political mainstream 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Maitland McDonagh
There s a story to be told in Al Franken s transformation from smarty pants Saturday Night Live personality to political commentator on the scrappy liberal radio station Air America but Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus fail to find it 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Lou Lumenick
There is a lot of preaching to the converted in Nick Doob and Chris Hedges Al Franken God Spoke an adoring and fairly haphazard look behind the scenes with the comedian and liberal gadfly 
2.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
Ed Gonzalez
A better less passé film about Al Franken s wife Franni forming the backbone of her husband s career lies dormant here as does the man s rebel spirit 
2
Al Franken: God Spoke
Erik Childress
Franken is a master and we need someone like him to both laugh at and pound his fist at the other side for their own God like attitudes that what they say is the spoken written and final word on the subject 
3
13 Assassins
Roger Moore
Entirely too long but the samurai game of cat and mouse the strategizing is fascinating 
3
13 Assassins
Duane Dudek
The grandiose concluding sequence is not staged with finesse or subtlety but with brutal finality It is the Japanese samurai film equivalent of a barroom brawl on an epic scale and the violence is punishing 
3
13 Assassins
Rob Thomas
It s an incredibly violent insanely entertaining movie that features scores of baddies getting killed by sword arrow knife boiling oil even a stampede of bulls Wait check that Not just bulls Flaming bulls 
3.5
13 Assassins
Chris Hewitt
If you can handle the blood it s a very satisfying tale of vengeance and honor 
3
13 Assassins
John Beifuss
The 13th assassin an uncouth mountain man offers a critique of his noble companions and of the code of duty genre he finds himself occupying when he comments Do only samurai matter in this world 
3
13 Assassins
Sean O'Connell
Does Guinness World Records have an entry for longest on screen fight If it doesn t Takashi Miike s 13 Assassins just set it And if a record actually exists Miike s film just broke it 
3.5
13 Assassins
Joe Williams
The dialectic about duty may not translate to a modern Western audience but the savage sword fighting is to die for 
2.5
13 Assassins
Roger Ebert
13 Assassins has what many action pictures need a villain who transcends evil and ascends to a realm of barbaric madness 
3.5
13 Assassins
Glenn Lovell
a subversive action packed beautifully crafted samurai revenge epic climaxes in a 40 minute pitched battle that utilizes sword arrow spear slingshot and 8210 here s a new one 8210 burning bull 
4
13 Assassins
Tom Keogh
A richly cathartic experience with a wide range of emotional colors 
3.5
13 Assassins
Rene Rodriguez
13 Assassins is a savage insane movie in the best way possible 
3
13 Assassins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s as if Miike wished to add his name to the list of old time classical action directors alongside the likes of Robert Aldrich or Sam Peckinpah 
2.5
13 Assassins
Walter Chaw
The film really isn t much like anything else It s also likely to land on the shortlist of the year s best 
4
13 Assassins
Steven Rea
A film like so many samurai stories and American westerns about brotherhood justice and sacrifice 13 Assassins is at turns thrilling and funny visually exquisite and emotionally charged 
4
13 Assassins
Ty Burr
Epic in scope ambition and execution it s a classic swords and samurai film with postmodern blood and guts and it s completely satisfying 
3.5
13 Assassins
Brett Michel
The 45 minutes of unrelenting carnage that conclude 13 Assassins are as crimson soaked as fans would expect And yet this tale is also moving 
3.5
13 Assassins
Stephen Whitty
The great thing typically about a Takashi Miike film is that there s no such thing as a typical Takashi Miike film 
3
13 Assassins
V.A. Musetto
13 Assassins is a must see for Miike s passionate legion of fans But even action buffs who ve never seen any of his films before will be drawn in by this masterful exercise in cinematic butchery 
3.5
13 Assassins
Nick Schager
That tension between a servant s duty and moral responsibility forms the crux of 13 Assassins and proves a standard dynamic that Miike handles without subversive humor or irony 
3
Dhoom 3
Namrata Joshi
This then is the way Bollywood ends 2013 not with a bang but with a whimper 
2
Dhoom 3
Michael Dequina
With Aamir Khan s wide spectrum of talents and the creative energy he inspires in all around him on full irresistibly entertaining display audiences around the world will truly experience the title s English translation a blast 
3.5
Dhoom 3
Danny Bowes
Dhoom 3 has by far the best action set pieces of the series 
3.5
Dhoom 3
Bill Stamets
Dhoom 3 is crowd pleasing populist fare 
3
Berserk
Lucius Gore
This role actually seems to strangely mirror aspects of her own life as chronicled in that kiss and tell autobiography by her adopted daughter 
3
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Richard Freedman
A camped up ripoff of the Raiders of The Lost Ark and Romancing The Stone movies 
0
Dreams Rewired
Ty Burr
Dreams Rewired is scattered by necessity and intent and it throws off enough sparks to set your brain reeling 
3
Dreams Rewired
Robert Horton
The entertaining Tilda Swinton narrates from a high falutin academic script but it s the images that provide the fascination 
2.5
Dreams Rewired
Tom Keogh
As a documentary Dreams Rewired spends a long time circling various points without ever landing on one 
2.5
Dreams Rewired
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a feast for fans of early film but alas the narration is inescapable 
2
Dreams Rewired
Kent Turner
The film really serves as a tribute to the then newfangled phenomenon of moving pictures Its most persuasive and unspoken revelation is that filmmaking evolved concurrently in the Old World as it did in the United States 
2.5
Dreams Rewired
Nick Allen
The ethereal essay provides a bounty of poetry in the form of a measured narration by international treasure Tilda Swinton and an extensively labored assembly of 200 black and white film clips 
3.5
Dreams Rewired
Christopher Gray
The documentary isn t advancing an argument so much as simply restating a European socialistic breed of fact 
2
Reign of Fire
John Wooley
Look too closely at it and you ll find a question or two that aren t satisfactorily answered by film s end But it deserves high marks for not being quite like anything else for being in fact just different enough to impress 
3
Reign of Fire
Stephen Humphries
McConaughey s soldier chews more scenery than even the toothiest of the dragons 
2
Reign of Fire
Joe Lozito
The main problem with the film and there s a lot of competition there is the writing or lack thereof 
1
Reign of Fire
Scott Nash
Prior to seeing Reign of Fire my expectations were that the dragons looked great but the plot looked kind of cheesy It turns out that in this case my expectations were dead right 
2
Reign of Fire
Greg Maki
Reign of Fire is somehow greater than the sum of its parts 
3
Reign of Fire
David Nusair
McConaughey goes for broke and turns this guy into an amalgam of every hard nosed soldier previously committed to celluloid 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Margaret A. McGurk
Delivers a fresh rousing take on the venerable traditions of the monster movie 
3
Reign of Fire
Kevin A. Ranson
If Reign of Fire could have spared a few more bucks to pump up the thrills and spent a little longer working out the story s ending it might have become one of the highest grossing films of the summer 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Jules Brenner
Let s just say that there s lots of good digital work here some that s pretty obvious and full of seams but the biggest holes are in the premise which leaves so many questions unanswered 
1
Reign of Fire
James Kendrick
Matthew McConaughey takes the movie up a notch with his fabulously over the top performance
2.5
Reign of Fire
Mark Dujsik
Given the choice between the humans in this movie and the dragons I m rooting for the cockroaches 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Cory Cheney
All in all Reign of Fire will be a good successful rental 
2
Reign of Fire
Tony Toscano
A better than fair attempt at the modern sword and sorcery genre 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Shirley Klass
The acting is much above average for action films and takes advantage of the depth of an experienced actor like Bale 
3
Reign of Fire
Walter Chaw
The process of figuring out the moment the movie re imagines the Battle of the Bulge with a bare chested guardsman and a pike is more than worth the price of admission 
3
Reign of Fire
Forrest Hartman
We get recycled plot elements from a dozen other movies many of them better and just enough suspense to keep it from turning to a complete disaster 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Claudia Puig
The filmmakers might have benefited from more sleep before penning the script 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Chauncey Mabe
The movie makes absolutely no sense Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb 
2
Reign of Fire
Tom Keogh
As the rich drama plays out Reign of Fire proves to be a thoroughly taut well considered fable 
3.5
Reign of Fire
Mick LaSalle
The advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap Any rock pile will do for a set Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap 
0
Reign of Fire
Joe Baltake
Reign of Fire looks as if it was made without much thought and is best watched that way 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Dustin Putman
The premise of Reign of Fire is an exciting one that ultimately does not translate into an exciting film 
2
Reign of Fire
Gene Seymour
Reign of Fire is basically one great set piece surrounded by thickets of iron filings oily hair and knotty pine acting 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Susan Stark
Suspension of disbelief is one thing but this movie asks viewers to suspend logic and right reason as well 
1
Reign of Fire
Terry Lawson
Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made beyond Road Warrior it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama but that barely makes it any less entertaining 
3
Reign of Fire
Jeff Vice
While the result is that Reign of Fire has its share of tense moments the film is really nothing more than a passable little B movie 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Bob Strauss
In their efforts to make an unsilly movie about dragons the Reign of Fire brain trust went rather too far What they ve come up with is a grim enjoyment impaired postapocalyptic trudge 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Roger Ebert
One regards Reign of Fire with awe What a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea 
1
Reign of Fire
Ty Burr
Falls neatly into the category of Good Stupid Fun 
2.5
Reign of Fire
David Keyes
The movie is cold miscalculated and hollow and aside from a few isolated scenes of genuine excitement it s also rather dreary 
2
Reign of Fire
Marty Mapes
Mankind has fixated on dragon genocide as one last little moral victory
2.5
Reign of Fire
Liam Lacey
Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness 
1.5
Reign of Fire
James Berardinelli
This is the film that the American Godzilla could have been but wasn t 
3
Reign of Fire
Jonathan Foreman
Well shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Ron Weiskind
After sitting through the preliminaries the final beastly bout is a letdown 
2
Reign of Fire
Kit Bowen
It works mostly although it drags a little in the middle 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Phil Villarreal
Someone please sign McConaughey to a multi picture action contract that also has a stipulation banning him from starring in movies with J Lo or Elizabeth Hurley 
3
Reign of Fire
Ross Anthony
McConaughey s fun to watch the dragons are okay not much fire in the script 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Glenn Lovell
Reign of Fire like a lot of films these days is a bunch of eye popping effects in search of a plot 
2
Reign of Fire
Tor Thorsen
With its campy acting and absurd plot flavorings the film feels like a cult classic B movie with state of the art production values 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Steven Rea
Directed by Rob Bowman in a palette of dark muddy colors Reign of Fire is often incomprehensible and hardly ever entertaining even unintentionally 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Duane Dudek
The film is not stingy with effects and its hermetic atmosphere is effectively realized but leaves the film so spare of air that combustion never leads to conflagration 
2
Reign of Fire
Chris Jones
With McConaughey in an entirely irony free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids there s not enough intelligence wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Erik Childress
When the fire burns out we ve only come face to face with a couple dragons and that s where the film ultimately fails 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Jeffrey Westhoff
The filmmakers take the story so seriously Reign of Fire becomes the dullest movie imaginable about fire breathing lizards It s Godzilla written by Strindberg 
2
Reign of Fire
Steve Rhodes
Reign of Fire rocks 
3
Reign of Fire
Michael Szymanski
A modern day gothic horror This is one hot hot HOT movie and it s not just because of the cool dragons it s a fun ride 
4
Reign of Fire
Josh Larsen
If you thought Matthew McConaughey lost his mind awhile back when he was caught playing the bongos naked in his home wait until you see him in Reign of Fire 
2
Reign of Fire
Chris Hewitt
The Road Warrior with plummier accents Reign of Fire is fun because the dragons are fun 
3
Reign of Fire
Rene Rodriguez
For all its great potential Reign of Fire turns out to be just another bughunt movie a disappointingly talky haphazard one 
2
Reign of Fire
Lawrence Toppman
Credited writers Gregg Chabot Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg took their dialogue from every action movie you ve seen and characterizations don t amount to a hill of dragon dung 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Mary F. Pols
Reign of Fire comes across as too concerned with traditional crowd pleasing to explore its full potential for camp 
2
Reign of Fire
Rob Blackwelder
The two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire breathing monsters barbecue with their breath 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Bob Bloom
Definitely in the guilty pleasure B movie category Reign of Fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable 
1.5
Reign of Fire
Vanessa Sibbald
Director Rob Bowman makes an all out action film without letting it enter the cheesy comic realm usually associated with the genre 
3
Reign of Fire
Jeremy Heilman
From the moment he appears on screen McConaughey seems physically and behaviorally transformed from what we ve seen in the past 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Ed Gonzalez
The story is undeniably cheesy its one male dragon plot point more so but the film s set pieces see the killer skydiving sequence more than deliver as does McConaughey 
2.5
Reign of Fire
Jeanne Aufmuth
Matthew McConaughey tries and fails to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over the top lunacy 
2
Amélie
Jack Mathews
It is a tour de force of a bauble if such a thing can exist 
2.5
Amélie
Chris Kaltenbach
For such a whimsical film to work there needs to be something substantial at its center some grounded character or central conflict All Amelie has is the lightest most insubstantial of souffles And who can stomach an entire meal of that 
2.5
Amélie
Nick Rogers
Amelie and Nino s love story bursts forth in a colorful fantasia Their wild goose chase of romance soars as high as Bruno Delbonnel s absinthe tinged camerawork And their kiss makes for one of the Zeroes most tender and quietly sensual 
4
Amélie
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Audrey Toutou is incredible 
4
Amélie
Joe Lozito
The film has a wonderful sense of humor 
3.5
Amélie
Judith Egerton
If you liked the quirky German film Run Lola Run and the romanticism of Chocolat you ll want to see this whimsical new wave picture
3.5
Amélie
Wesley Lovell
The funniest foreign language film I apos ve seen 44 apos Am 233 lie quot is a life affirming satire that transcends reality 46 
3.5
Amélie
Jeff Strickler
Jeunet lets the pacing lag a bit in spots but Amelie s spirit never wanes Even when her good deeds have negative results her heart is in the right place The same can be said for this movie 
3
Amélie
Margaret A. McGurk
Almost all the characters are lovable or eccentric or lovably eccentric the story is sweet and tart in proper proportion the visual palette is as bright as a candy store and the heroine is utterly irresistible 
3.5
Amélie
Forrest Hartman
Amelie is filled with memorable characters brought to life by a terrific cast and nobody is better than Audrey Tautou the radiant beauty in the title role 
3
Amélie
Michael Szymanski
Audrey Tautou with her big brown eyes and exquisite eyebrows is reminiscent of Leslie Caron as Gigi or Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly 
4
Amélie
Linda Cook
It s a magical romp that will leave you smiling at the end 
4
Amélie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Amelie s lesson for us is that every moment is one that we all share no matter how we spend it 
4
Amélie
Jeremy Heilman
The world of Amelie has no politics It has no issues It only has an exaggerated sense of quirkiness and a pea green tint that suggests an overblown sense of nostalgia for childhood 
1.5
Amélie
Frank Ochieng
Amelie From Montmartre is pragmatic lighthearted imaginative and clearly one of the best romantic charmers to come along in a year that has been dominated by posturing fluff 
3.5
Amélie
Guylaine Cadorette
Jean Pierre Jeunet Delicatessen took the romantic comedy formula and turned into a sweet original and entertaining film 
4
Amélie
Mark Dujsik
A joyous and visually inspired work filled with as much imagination as the title character s world allows which just so happens to be a lot 
3.5
Amélie
Bob Bloom
Amelie is one of those eccentric French comedies that overflows with charm 
4
Amélie
Michael Dequina
Cynics can scoff all they want but why when it s simply easier to just surrender to the magic 
4
Amélie
Erik Childress
In a year when so many films dealt with the darker side of dreams vs reality we re finally offered a cinematic dream that we d rather not wake from 
3.5
Amélie
Andrew Howe
See it love it and let Amélie renew your connection with life s simple pleasures when it s over you ll wonder how you lived this long without it 
4
Amélie
Dan Lybarger
Jeunet s optical sleights of hand would be hollow if he also didn t create dozens of vivid and frequently lovable characters 
3.5
Amélie
Robert Roten
It makes you wish the real world was like this movie It is a light story filled with wonder and good humor a real audience pleaser 
3
Amélie
Jules Brenner
The result is stylishly hilarious 
4
Amélie
Phil Villarreal
A witty exuberant sugar rush for the art house 
3.5
Amélie
Steve Rhodes
puts your tolerance for non stop whimsy to the test 
3
Amélie
Jeanne Aufmuth
From start to finish Amelie is a captivating charmer 
4
Amélie
David N. Butterworth
A cinematic confection 
3.5
Amélie
Ross Anthony
Amelie understands our little insanities and appreciates us for them 
3
Amélie
Marty Mapes
Like the best of Jeunet s other work Amelie is lots of fun 
3.5
Amélie
Moira MacDonald
I love watching movies that sweep me into a magical happier place and leave me with an all s right with the world contentment Amelie did just that 
4
Amélie
Mick LaSalle
A movie whose embrace of cinema is so passionate it could be mistaken for an embrace of life 
3
Amélie
Rick Groen
A feel good flick with artsy ambitions 
3
Amélie
Roger Ebert
A delicious pastry of a movie 
3.5
Amélie
Rob Blackwelder
This delight of whimsical wonderment is a feat of light hearted genius 
4
Amélie
Steven Rea
There s real magic in this movie and enough energy to power a whole city on a dark and gloomy night 
4
Amélie
Bruce Newman
Tautou provides Amélie with its beating heart 
3.5
Amélie
Michael Wilmington
See it with eyes opened wide and your heart on your sleeve 
4
Amélie
Mary Kalin-Casey
Jeunet transforms the often fraught filled near impossible goal of finding love into a wondrous and happily fated adventure 
4
Amélie
Lou Lumenick
Fairly irresistible if you can keep your cynicism in check for a couple of hours 
3
Amélie
Maitland McDonagh
Tautou s charisma conquers all 
3
Amélie
James Berardinelli
It s the kind of motion picture that s both intelligent and immensely likable just like the main character 
3.5
Amélie
Walter Chaw
Like most great love songs however Amélie is both a touch simple minded and probably most interesting to the recipient of the serenade 
3
Amélie
Ed Gonzalez
Fresh from the Jeunet quirk factory comes Amélie a self indulgent Montmartre set fairy tale that s the cinematic equivalent of a dribbling lump of caramel taffy 
2
Amélie
Harvey S. Karten
Amelie is afflicted with the terminal cutes 
2.5
My Name Is Alan, and I Paint Pictures
Paul Schrodt
True to its title My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures sees the world through its subject s childlike eyes 
2
Hungama
Namrata Joshi
Do not go looking for logic just keep your feel for sheer frivolity intact 
3
Man of the House
Mick LaSalle
Though there isn t much to recommend Man of the House there s really no reason to warn people off of it either 
2
Man of the House
Debra Birnbaum
Mindless vapid fare 
0.5
Man of the House
Jack Mathews
Straight to video quality mess 
1.5
Man of the House
Bruce Westbrook
Though predictability runs all through this House it works up a modest charm thanks to the emergence of likable individualized characters 
2
Man of the House
James Berardinelli
90 minutes with a few routine chase sequences but without a single laugh represents a poor way to spend a looooooong evening 
1
Man of the House
Linda Cook
There was a time when you d see Tommy Lee Jones and R Lee Ermey in a movie and say Well it can t be all bad Those days are gone forever 
.5
Man of the House
Frank Ochieng
a languishing farce the welcoming cleavage of the strutting tasty tarts aren t enough to breathe life into this interminable Texas style football fable
2
Man of the House
Paul Sherman
Like watching a long episode of a bad TV sitcom 
1.5
Man of the House
Dustin Putman
A consistently unoriginal comedy that plays like an abandoned 97 minute sitcom pilot without the laugh track or hardly any laughs 
1.5
Man of the House
Sarah Chauncey
What was Tommy Lee Jones thinking 
.5
Beautiful Dreamer
David Nusair
an unabashedly sentimental premise thats generally employed to positive effect 
2.5
Hickok
Richard Roeper
My favorite performance in the film comes from Bruce Dern enthusiastically loopy as the booze soaked town doctor You can rarely accuse Bruce Dern of phoning it in 
2
Caged
Bob Bloom
Caged is a candid look at how a flawed prison system robs an individual of his humanity while espousing its mission of rehabilitation 
2.5
Caged
Tom Meek
It s disorienting by design and should lend feeling to a bigger conversation of true justice for people of color and the inhumanity of solitary confinement 
2.5
Caged
Kevin Carr
The problem is it spends so much time dragging these things out that by the time you get to the resolution you kinda just don t care one way or the other 
2
Caged
Simon Abrams
Caged is most effective when it s focused on Harlow s paranoiac certainty that nobody on the outside of his cell cares for or even really sees what he s going through 
2.5
Caged
Roger Moore
A fairly run of the mill tale from inside distinguished by its myopic paranoid setting and inmate s eye view of his shrunken world and by a sharp cracking up turn by Edi Gathegi
2
Preacher's Kid
Mike McGranaghan
I wish the film had hit a little harder or had a few unpredictable plot elements but as far as Christian movies aiming to make mainstream headway are concerned this is certainly one of the better ones I ve seen 
2.5
Preacher's Kid
Roger Moore
Too many of the performances are too broad with actors hitting the jokes and the slang as if they re auditioning for a revival of Good Times or 227 
2
Preacher's Kid
Michael Dequina
Stan Foster s film confirms the unique undeniable power this genre can achieve on both stage and film 
3
Preacher's Kid
Kam Williams
Well enough executed for a flick on a modest budget to forgive the tendency towards melodrama With a tenderhearted payoff arriving when the Prodigal Daughter asks her father for forgiveness during a teachable moment of mutual redemption 
2.5
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Roger Moore
A lighthearted 44 monochromatic tragedy with an Irish Canadian lilt 46 
3
Thumbsucker
Mattie Lucas
Sublimely honest insight into the complexities of life
3.5
Thumbsucker
Nick Rogers
Many films portray teens as Frankenstein monsters bolted together by peer pressure and prescription drugs Thumbsucker bests most of them by avoiding fingers wagged in caution and addressing the opportunity costs of adolescence and adulthood 
4
Thumbsucker
Rob Thomas
The way Mills gives every character the chance to surprise us turns what could have been just another tale of teen suburban angst into something special 
3.5
Thumbsucker
Larry Ratliff
Thumbsucker has something to say and Mike Mills is tough enough and skilled enough to articulate the raw emotions of troubled youth 
3
Thumbsucker
Jeff Vice
In its own sneaky way the film cleverly manages to examine the meaning of loneliness while looking at dysfunctional family dynamics but without becoming too overwhelming or too heavy handed 
3
Thumbsucker
Forrest Hartman
Thumbs down 
2
Thumbsucker
Robert W. Butler
Thumbsucker is a minor key but satisfying dramedy about a high school misfit who takes solace in his well thumb 
3
Thumbsucker
Rick Groen
So no one would argue that Thumbsucker sucks But the thing does seem just so indie movie familiar 
2.5
Thumbsucker
Sean P. Means
Mike Mills applies a candy colored viewpoint to Walter Kirn s novel of teen angst 
2
Thumbsucker
Daniel M. Kimmel
Thumbsucker proves to be less about breaking new ground than about telling an oft told story well 
3
Thumbsucker
Marty Mapes
It s a great title It screams Look at me I m quirky But the movie has no substance 
1.5
Thumbsucker
Duane Dudek
Fittingly each character has if not a story to tell then a story arc and with it a chance to change to heal and to come of age 
2.5
Thumbsucker
Phil Villarreal
Has all the structure and focus of a study hall notebook paper doodle 
2.5
Thumbsucker
Sara Michelle Fetters
One thing s for sure of all the things a person can think to say about this movie one they certainly can t title to the contrary is that it sucks 
3.5
Thumbsucker
Rene Rodriguez
Mills who hails from the world of music videos and TV commercials has surrounded Pucci with a superlative group of actors all of whom are in tune with his quiet low key approach to humor 
3
Thumbsucker
Bruce Westbrook
Brave funny leap into the abyss of adolescence 
3.5
Thumbsucker
Steven Rea
Quiet quirky gem 
3.5
Thumbsucker
Chris Hewitt
The actors under the detail oriented direction of Mike Mills give vivid performances 
3
Thumbsucker
David Elliott
Mills can compose and hold an image has a gift for sly pacing and mood seepage and seems a hipster aware of how melancholy and absurdity correspond 
3
Thumbsucker
Ruthe Stein
Although often amusing Thumbsucker lacks the necessary bite 
2
Thumbsucker
Moira MacDonald
Mills working from a novel by Walter Kirn brings some unusual touches to a film that could easily have become a standard indie coming of age tale 
3
Thumbsucker
Josh Larsen
never fully crosses over into a teen drama from the adults point of view but its few variations are rewarding enough 
3
Thumbsucker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As Thumbsucker settles down into a parable about drug use and finally a standard issue coming of age tale this same contemplative tempo turns into a dreary trudge 
2.5
Thumbsucker
Michael Wilmington
A smart funny sometimes lovely little film 
3
Thumbsucker
Roger Ebert
I have focused on Justin but really the movie is equally about the adult characters who all seem to have lacked adequate parenting themselves We talk about the tragedy of children giving birth to children maybe that can happen at any age 
3
Thumbsucker
Walter Chaw
There simply isn t much heart left in this pursuit this punching of holes into the fa e of planned communities and their plastic citizenry 
2
Thumbsucker
Jonathan W. Hickman
Mike Mills completely absorbing and unique film Thumbsucker is one of the best films I saw at Sundance this year 
3.5
Thumbsucker
Glenn Whipp
Thumbsucker works in part due to the strength of Lou Pucci s superb lead performance 
3
Thumbsucker
Maitland McDonagh
The film s underlying notion that imperfection is the essence of humanity and the pursuit of bland flawlessness a kind of soul killing drug is far more compelling than its story of clichd teen angst 
2.5
Thumbsucker
Pam Grady
Thumbsucker is not always comfortable but it is terrific a phenomenal debut 
4
Thumbsucker
Lisa Rose
While it isn t a pioneering piece of filmmaking Thumbsucker travels a familiar path in an engaging way bolstered by a heady cast and smart unsparing writing 
3
Thumbsucker
V.A. Musetto
Respectful performances are given by all with Pucci the standout But the actors can t escape the confines of the warmed over coming of age in suburbia script 
2
Thumbsucker
Robert Dominguez
A quirky coming of age tale where just about every character is going through some sort of change 
3
Thumbsucker
Steve Rhodes
The story lets the viewers down by suggesting that Justin s success is somehow tainted because he is taking his prescribed medication 
2.5
Thumbsucker
Peter Canavese
Kirn s sharp tongued novel would suggest an Alexander Payne film rife with arch satire but Mills ultimately goes for a more deeply affecting emotional study 
3.5
Thumbsucker
James Berardinelli
Thumbsucker boasts a strong character arc some nice performances and an understated message about the overprescribing of drugs to American youths 
3
Thumbsucker
Peter Travers
Pucci is an actor to watch He rides this spellbinder without softening the truths that plague the thumbsucker in all of us 
3
Thumbsucker
Susan Walker
One can see the sequel now Bed Wetter 
2
Thumbsucker
David Nusair
emphasizes quirkiness to an almost infuriating extent 
2
Thumbsucker
Nick Schager
Indulges in the notion that those living outside the big city are socially and psychologically maladjusted morons 
1
Firecracker
John Beifuss
This TNT Jackson remake is more enjoyable than its predecessor thanks to an outrageous sequence in which Kesner progressively loses her clothing during a battle with a pair of thugs scored to a jazz rock Filipino rip off of the B 52 s Planet Clare 
3
Fish Without a Bicycle
Robert Dominguez
Brian Austin Green makes his directorial debut with this uneven romantic comedy about a self absorbed twentysomething actress searching for Mr Right and a purpose in life 
2
Fish Without a Bicycle
V.A. Musetto
Never rises above the level of a second rate TV sit com 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Nick Rogers
A dippy 44 fantasy fu whirligig that 44 despite several impressive set pieces 44 never consistently hits the whoa cool levels to which it aspires 46 
2
Bulletproof Monk
David N. Butterworth
Not to put too fine a point on it but Bulletproof Monk is a rather large piece of garbage 
0
Bulletproof Monk
Lori Hoffman
The bottom line is this qualifies as a guilty pleasure 
2.5
Bulletproof Monk
Scott Nash
very childish and just a little trashy 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Sara Michelle Fetters
for the legendary Chow Bulletproof Monk can only go down as one more Hollywood disappointment for an immensely talented actor whom deserves much much better 
2.5
Bulletproof Monk
Vanessa Sibbald
While some of the buddy sequences between Monk and Kar have a sweetness to them as soon as Jade gets into the mix it turns sour 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Tyler Hanley
Add another martial arts flick to the growing list of Matrix wannabes 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Steve Rhodes
If you ve been waiting for The Raiders of the Lost Ark to be remade as a bad kung fu film wait no longer 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Aaron Hillis
Much like the music videos of director Paul Hunter making his feature film debut here Bulletproof Monk is flashy forgettable fluff 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Emily Blunt
You dig special effects See this but be ready for a generic plot 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Jonathan R. Perry
It s so bad there s no way it can t attract a cult following 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Mike McGranaghan
Not bad but it has a combination of little things that when added together had the cumulative effect of dulling my enjoyment to the point that I was just ambivalent about it 
2.5
Bulletproof Monk
Linda Cook
Dude where s my comic book 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Garbage 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Jerry McCormick
Despite Chow s efforts Monk has plot holes as big as the Grand Canyon and the fight scenes only serve as a Band Aid over a gaping wound 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Jeffrey Westhoff
Any movie that pairs the star of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with the guy who played Stifler in American Pie isn t playing mahjong with a full set of tiles 
2
Bulletproof Monk
David Nusair
There is exactly one effective action sequence in the film involving Chow and two guns but that s only because it evokes the films that made Chow famous John Woo movies like A Better Tomorrow and The Killer 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Tony Toscano
I got the distinct impression the actors were bored as well 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Josh Larsen
There are quite a few long moments when everyone stands around waiting for Scott to throw in ad libs that never come 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Mike Clark
This is not a movie that sparks questions about the meaning of life Well maybe one Dude where s my Zen 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Walter Chaw
Accompanies every appearance of an Asian person onscreen with bamboo flutes and reverential gongs 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Chris Hewitt
Like most of the movies based on video games Bulletproof is just mayhem unencumbered by plot logic or gravity 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Ted Fry
Cheesy fun 
2.5
Bulletproof Monk
Mick LaSalle
Bulletproof Monk has more going for it than a promising title It has a life and style that other buddy action movies lack 
3
Bulletproof Monk
David Hiltbrand
This isn t really a movie it s just one chase scene stacked on top of another and stitched together with the thinnest thread of plot 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Kit Bowen
If it weren t for Chow Yun Fat Bulletproof Monk would be shooting blanks 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Lou Lumenick
A moronic knockoff of Jackie Chan s buddy action comedies directed without much imagination or aspiration by music video veteran Paul Hunter 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Mack Bates
An action packed popcorn movie that never pretends to be anything but fast loose and funny 
2.5
Bulletproof Monk
Dustin Putman
Strictly vacuous and insulting 
.5
Bulletproof Monk
Bob Strauss
The story doesn t hold up to the least bit of logical scrutiny 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Robert W. Butler
Hey they can t all be Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 
2
Bulletproof Monk
James Berardinelli
Outside of the moments of kinetic madness that represent the action sequences this movie is an amalgamation of lame comedy campy Eastern mysticism and dumb plotting 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Liam Lacey
A plot so preposterous it could only have emerged from the underground comic world 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Jeff Vice
This lame martial arts superhero action film has a lot more in common with Highlander and the long forgotten video game that spawned the Double Dragon 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Roger Ebert
The ads and trailer hope we confuse it with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but this is more like the Young Readers version 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Ty Burr
Harmless date night fodder 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
Tor Thorsen
Monk s hero may be bulletproof but all the magic in Tibet couldn t make this fiasco idiotproof 
1.5
Bulletproof Monk
John Anderson
Director Hunter can t decide if he s making a comedy or an action film and seems to make the wrong decision every time 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Robert K. Elder
Bulletproof Monk may be the first movie based on a comic book to outshine its source material Unfortunately that s not saying much 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Rob Blackwelder
The movie s ho hum fight scenes are clearly under choreographed and over edited to mask the fact that Scott and King didn t get much martial arts training 
2
Bulletproof Monk
Ed Gonzalez
A film like this has it bad when a crash test dummy steals the show 
1
Bulletproof Monk
Ross Anthony
Creative careful artful opening feels spun with magic If only the rest was as rich as that opening sequence That said young folks even as young as 6 and 7 will love this picture all the way up to as old as 14 
2.5
The Man in the Moon
Henry Sheehan
Although The Man in the Moon is frequently sad to the point of pain it ends with a quietly optimistic poignancy This is due partly to the film s performances
4
The Man in the Moon
Matt Brunson
The screenplay is so strong at developing relationships that it s easy to forgive the heavy handed developments that occasionally knock the film off its track including a ferocious storm that suggests Dorothy and Miss Gulch might soon be making cameos 
3
The Man in the Moon
Mattie Lucas
Few filmmakers have captured the American south quite like Mulligan and The Man in the Moon is his graceful deeply moving farewell 
3.5
The Man in the Moon
Roger Ebert
The Man in the Moon is a wonderful movie but it is more than that it is a victory of tone and mood It is like a poem 
4
Ratboy
Roger Ebert
Ratboy is a perplexing movie about a perplexing hero a little creature that is half human and half rat and combines all of the least interesting characteristics of both species 
2
Chasing the Present
Roger Moore
Without Bramd this is just talking heads and pretty pictures and one guy s problem being solved by limitless travel and resources 
2
1982
Ann Hornaday
With 1982 Mouaness gives viewers an immersive ineffable sense of what it feels like to have the world shift under your feet before you even know it 
2.5
1982
Peter Canavese
Falls a bit short in sticking the landing 44 but there apos s lots here to hang a movie on 59 it apos s well acted and a rarity in the current live action cinema landscape in that it puts children in realistic situations exploring their emotional journeys 46 
2.5
1982
Pamela Powell
With extraordinary performances we are not only given the opportunity to walk back in time but to also walk in another s shoes in a world where the future of tomorrow is truly unknown 
3.5
The Big Ugly
Richard Roeper
I was more intrigued by the supporting players a colorful array of wrong side of the law types
3.5
The Big Ugly
Mark Dujsik
The characters of The Big Ugly get some appreciated room to breathe but ultimately they re suffocated by an obvious and far less nuanced plot 
2.5
Crash
Tom Meek
What makes Haggis film so relevant now is the gray areas it plumbs the degrees and deep seeded complexity of racism and its downstream effects 
3.5
Crash
Jeff Simon
It s like great jazz infinite freedom within a limited sphere an artful organization of exhilarating invention 
4
Crash
David Sterritt
Haggis makes his directing debut with a screenplay that often seems rigged and contrived but comes to life via excellent acting and a philosophical argument that bigotry and benevolence are inextricably intertwined 
3
Crash
Dennis King
Crash has its moments of wrenching tragedy and chaotic overcrowded drama mitigated by flashes of caustic humor and insights of stark truth 
3
Crash
Leah Rozen
Movies don t come better acted as lucidly written or most importantly more capable of grabbing a viewer emotionally and intellectually than this exceptional ensemble drama about racial and ethnic relations in urban America today 
4
Crash
Joe Lozito
Mr Haggis offers no easy answers just hard questions 
4
Crash
Kam Williams
This articulate and particularly poignant mood piece demands nothing of its audience except for some brutally honest introspection about our unquestioned presumptions about the human condition Easily the best film of 2005 
4
Crash
Jay Antani
a corny Hollywood attempt at a social problem drama well acted enough to recommend
2.5
Crash
Wesley Lovell
Stereotypes had painfully little to the discourse of American prejudice 
2.5
Crash
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Quickly turns into a preachy soapbox movie 
2.5
Crash
Ross Anthony
Tense entertaining and poignant the film is a worthwhile watch A high rate of coincidence robs it of some credibility Yet in some ways plays more as a myth a parable 
2.5
Crash
Walter Chaw
Presenting this year s middlebrow flog pony 
1
Crash
Scott Nash
The movie is attempting to make a statement and it won t stop until you are aware of its statement 
2.5
Crash
Marty Mapes
As successful as Haggis is the movie is still flawed Worst of all it is very contrived 
3
Crash
Collin Souter
Crash has a lot on its mind and unlike most movies these days a lot of it is worth hearing 
3.5
Crash
David N. Butterworth
The contrivances of first time director Paul Haggis s script ultimately hurt the film but this Crash is still worth a curious drive by look 
2.5
Crash
Frank Houston
It s apt that Haggis most recent cinematic effort concentrated on boxing he is just as eager to pound us over the head in Crash 
2
Crash
James Kendrick
a finely acted and directed story that lays bares in so many ways how race informs our everyday experiences whether we want it to or not
3.5
Crash
Linda Cook
Believe it or not this is a lot like Pooh s Heffalump Movie It s just that the demographic age of the audience is vastly different 
3.5
Crash
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is how I felt leaving Crash I knew what I just watched wasn t perfect too many coincidences too many cliches but the power of the performances words and images refused to leave me alone 
3.5
Crash
Mark Collette
Paul Haggis has found a penchant for discomforting subjects 
3
Crash
Glenn Kenny
It s too bad that the movie induces eyeball rolling almost as much as it does armrest clutching 
2
Crash
Josh Larsen
Most racially themed movies want to act as a naive balm but not this one 
3.5
Crash
Mike McGranaghan
Crash is always entertaining and provocative never depressing It doesn t beat you over the head with a message but rather lets you draw your own conclusions 
4
Crash
Jeffrey Overstreet
Haggis weaves various threads together in a remarkably cohesive narrative but his characters seem incapable of talking about anything but prejudice 
2.5
Crash
Kit Bowen
Every once in a while you need a movie like this to come crashing down on you 
3.5
Crash
Geoff Pevere
The best parts of Crash are as good as they are because they confront us with behaviour we might be capable of under the same circumstances And we re not bad people Are we 
3
Crash
Moira MacDonald
Crash Paul Haggis flawed but riveting tale of racism in contemporary Los Angeles has moments so powerful they re instantly seared into your memory you ll watch without blinking barely breathing 
3
Crash
Stephen Whitty
Crash isn t set half a century ago in some place of dusty roads and Skoal spitting sheriffs It takes place now in Los Angeles that most modern of American cities 
3.5
Crash
Peter Debruge
Contrived obvious and overstated Crash is basically just one white man s righteous attempt to make other white people feel as if they ve confronted the problem of racism head on 
2
Crash
Robert W. Butler
If the setup often smacks of contrivance and coincidence Haggis in his directing debut shows he s more than competent to balance the stories and give the film steamroller momentum 
3
Crash
Eric Harrison
An ambitious and often wonderful movie an expansive look at urban life the fractious noisy whole of it filled with witty biting and insightful writing 
3
Crash
Rick Groen
Haggis bends back one full day to unravel the tangled threads leading to the crash and in turn the tangle justifies the existence of his varied and polyglot ensemble 
3
Crash
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately Bullock s much ballyhooed performance verges on cartoonish and worse she s paired with Fraser who couldn t be more inanimate if he was cast as a brick wall 
2.5
Crash
Lisa Kennedy
One of the finest American movies to engage our diverse richness and our casual and not so casual ethnic hostility 
3.5
Crash
Mary F. Pols
Truthful intelligent and likely to ignite many useful conversations 
3
Crash
Lawrence Toppman
A well intentioned but obvious often clumsy picture 
2
Crash
Ty Burr
Characters come straight from the assembly line of screenwriting archetypes and too often they act in ways that archetypes rather than human beings do 
2.5
Crash
Mick LaSalle
The characters and individual dramas remain interesting in a personal way but the overall conception of Crash is hackneyed 
2
Crash
John Beifuss
The movie s naturalistic photography and honest racial invective are at odds with the theatricality of its speechifying and the contrivances of its chain of coincidences 
2.5
Crash
Sean P. Means
Haggis opens up little spaces for his actors to shine 
3
Crash
Glenn Whipp
A series of vignettes cutting across economic and racial lines bringing together characters by random chance watching them collide hence the title and picking up the pieces in ways that are sometimes hopeful sometimes not 
3
Crash
James Verniere
A potent work of art 
3.5
Crash
Lou Lumenick
Cheadle serves as the movie s Greek chorus sorting out the fender benders that serve as a metaphor for a city where Haggis implies racial profiling rivals moviemaking as a leading activity 
3
Crash
Terry Lawson
You will watch much of Crash in dread That s not so much because you know things are going to get worse they do before they get better but because you know Haggis is getting to the nut of things 
3
Crash
Michael Sragow
Crash provides no genuine revelation or insight It s just the film equivalent of a furrowed brow 
2
Crash
Jami Bernard
Crash wants to be taken seriously as a meditation on our anxiety plagued times but the coincidences are too pat the tugs on the heartstrings too insistent 
2
Crash
Timothy Knight
A provocative urban morality play wherein archetypal characters give voice to the seething anger and bitter disappointments people usually keep to themselves and people make sweeping generalizations about each other based on race or class 
3.5
Crash
Rob Thomas
Crash is the first great film of 2005 No other film released this year has the power to grab challenge rattle unsettle entertain and touch its audience like this 
4
Crash
Larry Ratliff
This is one beguiling ride though what drives us emotionally and what dark sorrowful detours we sometime swerve into 
4
Crash
Willie Waffle
Crash is a movie you want to see for the great acting performances from some unlikely sources 
3
Crash
Phil Villarreal
With an angry fist shaking in your face the film asserts that we re all hard wired to obey preset alarms when we interact with people of different skin tones 
3.5
Crash
Roger Ebert
Haggis writes with such directness and such a good ear for everyday speech that the characters seem real and plausible after only a few words His cast is uniformly strong the actors sidestep cliches and make their characters particular 
4
Crash
Peter Canavese
While it s a dazzling feat of screenwriting less would be more Still Haggis evinces remarkable skill and with actors like these who needs subtleties 
3.5
Crash
Paul Doro
In Crash no one gets off easy and no one is immune to prejudice 
3
Crash
Claudia Puig
Audiences may cringe as Haggis taps into the kind of offensive images that surreptitiously seep into the brains of even the most open minded His point is simple No one is immune 
3.5
Crash
Bill Muller
Haggis challenges our common conceptions about race and allows no character to escape his own hypocrisy 
4
Crash
Dustin Putman
An absolutely riveting highly charged drama Crash is an important motion picture that demands viewing in high schools across the country 
3.5
Crash
Steven Rea
Like that nerve rattling collision of metal and glass Crash will leave its audiences jarred awake feeling bruised 
3.5
Crash
Jeff Strickler
Crash has been crafted to deliver a wake up blow to our complacency 
3.5
Crash
Bruce Newman
A gorgeous mosaic of a movie that is actually about our fears of each other set in the bright light of Los Angeles and the dark places in our hearts 
4
Crash
Gene Seymour
Dark fluid thriller seasoned with acerbic dialogue and rueful observations that may strike uncomfortably close to home 
3.5
Crash
Chris Hewitt
Although Haggis sharp surprisingly witty script admits there are no easy answers it holds out hope that it s possible to change hateful behavior 
3
Crash
Michael Wilmington
An intricate explosive ensemble crime drama set in a modern urban pressure cooker of racial and class hatreds 
3.5
Crash
Steve Rhodes
Its large and talented cast chews up the scenery packing every sentence with some racial insult 
3
Crash
Nick Schager
The script confronts prejudice with unvarnished nastiness 
3
Crash
Rob Blackwelder
has the kind of broad appeal that can draw large audiences and the kind of lingering emotional potency that can lead to serious soul searching 
3
Crash
Peter Travers
Despite its preachy moments the film is a knockout In a multiplex starved for ambition why kick a film with an excess of it 
3.5
Crash
Jeanne Aufmuth
Discomfiting is the only way to describe this smart edgy drama rubbed raw by its own narrative anger 
4
Crash
James Berardinelli
Crash s strength is that it deals intelligently with serious subjects 
3
Crash
Frank Ochieng
a gritty examination of misplaced tension and despair wrapped up in its makeshift boiling point percolates with the right kind of toxic manipulation and complexity
3
Crash
Emily Blunt
Crash is masterful film making 
4
Crash
David Nusair
surprisingly funny and touching 
3
Crash
Erik Childress
Haggis turns the screws on a nation s anxieties and helps light the way of personal responsibility through conversation and if need be a little divine intervention
3.5
Another Harvest Moon
Keith Cohen
Baby boomers with aging parents will be able to identify with the characters and find the highly personal situations to be realistically accurate The movie deserves kudos for showing respect for the quality of life and dying with dignity 
2.5
Another Harvest Moon
Loey Lockerby
It may not be terribly original but in its sweet unassuming way it is inspiring 
2.5
Zero Fucks Given
Tom Meek
The film like Exarchopoulos performance feels more documentary than slick the cinematography is simple but gorgeous 
3
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Matt Brunson
It attempts to make some salient points about American consumerism but they re generally buried in an approach that s best described as overbearing 
1.5
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Larry Vitacco
A very amusing slightly philosophical comedy 
3
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Roger Ebert
The Incredible Shrinking Woman is not inane is sometimes wickedly knowing and is only periodically boring 
2.5
Destiny
Roger Ebert
The film is naive and simple at times even clumsy in its musical sequences and yet lurking beneath its story is a conflict between rationalism and fundamentalism that is as fraught today as it ever was 
2.5
Paris Calligrammes
Diego Semerene
While Ulrike Ottinger accesses the most consequential of decades through nostalgia she does so with humility 
3
11-11-11
Jeff Beck
With 11 11 11 Bousman is merely insulting the audience with this poor excuse for a plot and its ludicrous ending 
1.5
Angel Face
David Nusair
never quite achieves lift off 
2
Macao
David Nusair
a slow paced thoroughly dull piece of work 
1.5
April Love
Matt Brunson
A harmless piffle in which Pat Boone plays the least likely juvenile delinquent in film history 
2.5
Last Train Home
John Beifuss
Epic in scale and global in outlook yet devastatingly intimate and extraordinarily personal in focus 
3.5
Last Train Home
Rob Thomas
Lixin captures the messy tragedy of their lives with dignity and intimacy and there are some scenes such as a violent confrontation between father and daughter that carry the sting of reality 
3.5
Last Train Home
Mike Scott
Last Train Home will tug at your heartstrings as it opens your eyes but it also will make you feel incredibly lucky and more than a little spoiled 
4
Last Train Home
Robert W. Butler
Heartbreaking and humanistic in the best sense 
3
Last Train Home
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a sometimes shocking oftentimes heartbreaking look at what it takes to raise children in a culture where grueling factory work can take parents away from their young for months at a time 
3
Last Train Home
Chris Hewitt
It s vivid and revealing but it s also tough to watch 
3.5
Last Train Home
Michael Upchurch
Lixin Fan handling his own cinematography shoots with such a painterly eye that he almost undermines the social critique he s making 
2.5
Last Train Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a fascinating heartbreaking attempt to capture the overwhelming hugeness and harsh growing pains of China s exploding economy by focusing on one family 
3
Last Train Home
Roger Ebert
Last Train Home suggests that the times they are a changin The rulers of China may someday regret that they distributed the works of Marx so generously 
4
Last Train Home
Carrie Rickey
Fan s fly on the wall perspective enables the viewer to empathize with all the players in the family drama unlikely to have a happy ending 
3
Last Train Home
Peter Keough
Labor Day weekend at the Bourne Bridge has nothing on New Year s in China 
3
Last Train Home
Ty Burr
What else do you want The question echoes down every frame of this haunting film and Fan doesn t pretend to have an answer 
3.5
Last Train Home
G. Allen Johnson
Lixin Fan s Last Train Home is a remarkable documentary that by following a family of factory workers during a three year period says a lot about China and its difficult transition to economic powerhouse 
4
Last Train Home
Michael O'Sullivan
It s depressing enough to watch this family s struggles with life But their pain really hits home when you think that the pants you might be wearing could have contributed to it 
2.5
Last Train Home
V.A. Musetto
Last Train Home is a startling look at the devastating human cost of China s newfound embrace of capitalism 
3
Last Train Home
Andrew Schenker
Lixin s approach in the film has been to withhold direct commentary either in the form of narration or on screen interviews with her subjects 
3
Last Train Home
James Adams
Last Train Home stands as an impressive feature debut from the thirtysomething Lixin Fan and a harbinger of more great documentary cinema 
3
35 Up
Ed Gonzalez
The remaining participants grapple with disillusionment their reconcilement of the past and their relationship to their own children 
3
35 Up
Roger Ebert
The latest installment in the most engrossing long distance documentary project in the history of film 
4
Automorphosis
Joe Williams
Outwitting Madison Avenue these free thinkers turn old cars into utterly unique emblems of identity 
3
Choking Man
Tasha Robinson
In this case what looks like an ambitious film school project complete with heavy handed sincerity experimental camera style and an overplayed central metaphor becomes gently lyrical and melancholy 
3
Choking Man
V.A. Musetto
Barron s direction is low key but efficient 
2.5
Choking Man
Elizabeth Weitzman
The movie suffocates under the weight of too many wrong choices 
2
Choking Man
John Anderson
The film looks so good it could play without sound 
2.5
Choking Man
Ed Gonzalez
If there is finally a point to the film it is that we re all human piñatas and that putting sprinkles in your fish soup may not be tasty but it makes one s upchuck look pretty I think 
1.5
Incendiary
David Nusair
Based on Chris Cleave s vastly superior novel 
1.5
Ready to Rumble
Jeffrey Westhoff
Features a shameless cross promotion we had better get used to in this era of media conglomerates The script could be mistaken for the portfolio of the Time Warner empire 
2
Ready to Rumble
Tor Thorsen
Not even a centuries long post 1985 Chevy Chase retrospective could compare to the agony that is Ready to Rumble 
0.5
Ready to Rumble
Steve Rhodes
Aiming every shot for the bleachers the cast and crew hit one homerun after another 
3.5
Ready to Rumble
Michael Dequina
Goes out of its way to prove that tastelessness does not equal comic inspiration 
1
Ready to Rumble
Edward Guthmann
Isn t worth the price of admission even for wrestling fans 
4
Ready to Rumble
Dustin Putman
Take Dumb Dumber add a wrestling angle to the storyline and strip the proceedings of all signs of wit interest and laughs 
0.5
Ready to Rumble
Susan Wloszczyna
A pile driver to the brain 
1
Ready to Rumble
Rob Blackwelder
Ready to Rumble is a sloppy obvious movie grasping desperately at the thinnest venier of comedy 
1.5
Ready to Rumble
Roger Ebert
Platt is a good comic actor and I have liked him in a lot of movies but here he is not well used 
2
Ready to Rumble
Lou Lumenick
Toilet humor farce proud of its own crudeness 
2
Ready to Rumble
Ross Anthony
Man oh man this movie had me laughing so hard tears were running down the creases of my smile swollen cheeks 
3
Captive Wild Woman
Matt Brunson
As portrayed by the stiff Acquanetta Paula Depree The Ape Woman is a dull character in either form 
2
Finding Steve McQueen
Gary Thompson
Though fact based movies are often guilty of bending truth to improve a story Finding Steve McQueen goes in the other direction downplaying strange but true elements that might have helped its saggy narrative 
2
Finding Steve McQueen
Joey Magidson
It s undeniable fun to watch the heist come together Unfortunately it doesn t add up to much and the decision to tell the tale in flashback negates some excitement 
2.5
Finding Steve McQueen
Sheila O'Malley
Finding Steve McQueen could have used more of the galvanizing spirit of its patron saint but there s also much to recommend here in particular its light hearted energy 
2.5
Finding Steve McQueen
Rick Bentley
Director Mark Steven Johnson takes what would have been a rather bland heist story and mix it with a mediocre love story to create an enjoyable final product It s an example of getting the most out of the material at hand 
2.5
Finding Steve McQueen
Richard Roeper
The result is an entertaining if sometimes overly self conscious 1970s period piece bursting with pop culture references
3
Finding Steve McQueen
Walter V. Addiego
A slickly made piece of entertainment that s a good time out at the movies 
3
Stolen
Chris Hewitt
An entertaining scattershot affair that promises more than it can deliver 
2.5
Stolen
Kenneth Baker
In telling the story of an unsolved crime they use every trick available to awaken and prolong suspense before a payoff that never comes 
2
Stolen
Bill Stamets
Composer Peter Golub adds swooning suspense while cinematographer Albert Maysles who has documented many Christo projects frames rendezvous with tipsters tempted by the 5 million reward 
2.5
Stolen
Tom Keogh
Captures a great yearning among many different people across time all affected by Gardner and her legacy especially those parts now missing 
4
Stolen
Marta Barber
A captivating documentary 
2.5
Stolen
Michael Booth
That it never quite reaches an Aha moment is the movie s chief flaw as we have been set up to expect answers 
2
Stolen
Wesley Morris
A spooky new documentary that you ll see for its central mystery who stole those paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 16 years ago but you ll stay for the ghost story 
3.5
Stolen
Jan Stuart
The meat of the film is Dreyfus dauntless gumshoe who plays his role to such eccentric perfection he would have to have been invented had he not existed prior to that fateful March morning 
3
Stolen
Maitland McDonagh
The film spearheaded a new investigation that turned up an astonishing array of fiction ready characters 
3
Stolen
Kyle Smith
Since the case remains unsolved the film lacks a true ending but it finds some wonderful personalities along the way 
3
Stolen
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s like racing through a detective novel only to find the last page has been torn out 
2.5
Stolen
Ed Gonzalez
PBS sponsors will not be disappointed 
2.5
Bhoot
Namrata Joshi
The scenes unfold slowly and deliberately there are long tracks of complete silence and minimal use of dialogue that together create an uncanny mood 
3
Bhoot
V.A. Musetto
The movie belongs to Bollywood sex symbol Urmila Matondkar who is terrific as the possessed wife 
3
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Peter Canavese
There apos s an adage in acting that you have to be a smart actor to play dumb well and that basically sums up the creative saga of Beavis and Butt head They always fail upward and this time as far upward as outer space 46 
3
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Erik Childress
While it gets repetitive down the stretch 40 as Judge apos s stuff is prone to do 41 and misses some opportunities for its satirical edge 44 there is some biting stuff in between the well aged juvenile beats that fans like me can 8217 t get enough of 46 
3
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Roger Moore
Despite making an effort to offend 44 here and there 44 the characters have lost some of their edge and Judge can 8217 t help but suggest 8220 old fart 8221 in still attempting to manage those grating 44 giggling voices 46 
2
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Steven Prokopy
Beavis and Butt Head do the Universe is far from a great movie 44 but it is a great reminder what empty headed fun used to be 46 
2.5
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Christian Toto
apos 90s relics roar back by mocking White Privilege 44 Antifa and soft on crime policies 46 
3
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Robert Daniels
This film 8217 s best moment arrives through Judge grappling with his signature humor in a modern world 46 
2.5
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Mark Dujsik
Beavis and Butt Head Do the Universe 46 46 46 shows that the two have a comedic quality that is as odd as it may seem to say such a thing timeless and universal 46 
3
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Chris Vognar
A movie that loses sight of the line between lampooning stupidity and being stupid 
1
The Power of One
Roger Ebert
The Power of One begins with a canvas that involves all of the modern South African dilemma and ends as a boxing movie Somewhere in between it loses its way 
2.5
Spinning Gold
Richard Roeper
Strange and misguided 
2
Spinning Gold
Leo Brady
What it boils down to is that you can see every seam and phony beat in this track 46 I don 8217 t want to be harsh but Spinning Gold is just a big hunk of junk 46 
1
Spinning Gold
Peter Sobczynski
The problem with 8220 Spinning Gold 8221 is not that it apos s a bad movie so much as a boring one about a true story 46 
1.5
Spinning Gold
Sara Michelle Fetters
I try to refrain from being hyperbolic when I don 8217 t care for a motion picture 44 but there were moments during the restless musical biopic Spinning Gold where I felt like it was attempting to physically assault me 46 
1
Spinning Gold
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t apos s a biography that mainly seems to use its subject apos s life as an excuse to fill the movie with plenty of recognizable songs 46 46 46 
1.5
Spinning Gold
Roger Moore
In this cluttered jumble of a musical bio pic 44 the younger Bogart manages to do everything just a little bit worse than 8220 Respect 44 8221 8220 Get on Up 44 8221 quot I Wanna Dance with Somebody quot and everybody else 46 
2
Spinning Gold
Mike McGranaghan
Spinning Gold offers a modicum of Wikipedia entry fun 44 without ever becoming truly revelatory about the impact Casablanca Records had on the music industry 46 
2.5
Spinning Gold
Mick LaSalle
Hats off to Neil Bogart and congratulations to his son for making a fair attempt at telling his story 
2.5
Panther
Anderson Jones
The film is in fact more a fictionalized documentary than a narrative film based on fact And as such it is sluggish uninspired 
2.5
Panther
Roger Ebert
There is a fascinating study to be made of the Black Panther Party Panther is not that film 
2.5
Seed: The Untold Story
Ross Anthony
Though not perfect this is yet another beautiful documentary from the folks that brought us Queen of the Sun and The Real Dirt on Farmer John 
3
The Thing
Wanda Hale
You had better see it soon right away before you hear too much about it from those who have had the pleasure And the thrills and chills 
3.5
The Thing
David Nusair
a distressingly disappointing misfire 
2
The Thing
Matt Brunson
It features crackling dialogue deliciously subversive humor confident and competent heroes and a healthy air of sexual playfulness between its romantic leads 
3.5
The Thing
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s still a very harrowing and action packed horror film 
3
The Thing
Thomas Delapa
Rather than Nyby producer Howard Hawks is often credited for the direction of this sci fi landmark which features Hollywood s first space age monster in a decade invaded by Cold War era aliens 
3
The Thing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Howard Hawks only produced this classic scary sci fi feature but it has his signature touches all over it overlapping dialogue smooth storytelling compressed time and space 
4
The Thing
Bill Chambers
Doesn t pale in comparison to John Carpenter s The Thing so much as offer a respectable podling alternative 
3
Angel-A
Duane Dudek
Angel A is a not very persuasive argument on behalf of heavenly intercession but its co star Rie Rasmussen will make you believe in intelligent design 
2.5
Angel-A
Sean P. Means
Besson cribs heavily from Wings of Desire and Heaven Can Wait If he had thought of it he would have dressed someone in an Anaheim Angels jersey to elbow your ribs that much further 
2
Angel-A
Jeff Vice
the characters here are so unlikable that it s hard to care what happens to them 
2
Angel-A
Steven Snyder
What s at once refreshing and disorienting about the way Luc Besson one of the most interesting international visionaries at work today handles the story is his attempt to de romanticize one of the most idealistic and sublime formulas around 
3
Angel-A
Ted Fry
Luc Besson returns to his roots in this delightful funny and stylish fantasy Shot in gloriously crisp black and white it s also a bit of a throwback to the French New Wave for its technique and dazzling location vignettes across Paris 
3.5
Angel-A
Steven Rea
You desperately want the story and the characters to make some kind of emotional sense This however does not happen 
2.5
Angel-A
David Nusair
Beautifully shot and superbly acted 
3.5
Angel-A
Bruce Westbrook
The plot is warmed over Capra and it s no wonderful life yarn 
2
Angel-A
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still I m willing to give the multitalented filmmaker a break and give his latest concoction an ever so slight recommendation 
2.5
Angel-A
Chris Hewitt
Angel A drops by most of the touristy Parisian hot spots and shot in the glorious black and white of Henri Cartier Bresson makes them all look spectacular and gritty at the same time 
3
Angel-A
James Berardinelli
Besson s dialogue is often inane occasionally sounding like it is copied verbatim out of a new age self help manual 
2.5
Angel-A
Peter Howell
It seems Besson can be sentimental about Paris but he s still not ready to get too romantic with people 
2.5
Angel-A
David Elliott
This Parisian fable is a talkathon affecting a silly toughness but the sights are good to see again 
2.5
Angel-A
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Feels like a mash up of It s a Wonderful Life and Xanadu without the wholesome sweetness of the first and the campy excesses of the second 
1
Angel-A
Jim Emerson
The movie doesn t aspire to be anything but a lightweight pastiche that rehashes your memories of other better movies 
2
Angel-A
Wesley Morris
Angel A is all icky fantasy 
1.5
Angel-A
Josh Larsen
Surprise surprise Luc Besson envisions a celestial being as a leggy skinny super model 
2
Angel-A
Michael Wilmington
We all have our own view of paradise but as long as Besson has Arbogast his camera and those surreal bare Parisian streets his schlocky heaven enchants the eye if not the mind 
2.5
Angel-A
Matt Pais
To call Angel A unconvincing would be an Eiffel Tower sized understatement 
2
Angel-A
Mick LaSalle
The overall experience of the movie is of something fresh And while it inhabits a pretty rough world of Parisian gangsters and loan sharks the film has a warm spirit 
3
Angel-A
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Besson conjures up some astoundingly gorgeous visuals mainly a dreamy neon drenched throbbing Paris 
2.5
Angel-A
Peter Canavese
The angel turns out to be Stuart Smalley parking André in front of a mirror so he can tell himself he s good enough he s smart enough and doggone it people like him 
2
Angel-A
Maitland McDonagh
Besson s sniggering conception of Angela as a pure spirit in the body of a high end hooker is just juvenile and Andre is frankly a drag 
2.5
Angel-A
Claudia Puig
Visually arresting but flawed Its strongest asset is the stunningly poetic cinematography by Thierry Arbogast 
2.5
Angel-A
Pam Grady
As a drama Angel A does not rank as a great movie but as an homage to Paris it is sensational For this viewer at least that is good enough 
2.5
Angel-A
Stephen Whitty
Nice as this quietly philosophical mood may be for Besson it s a little wan for moviegoers and following on the heels of Arthur and the Invisibles Angel A seems less like a detour in his career than the beginnings of a wrong turn 
2.5
Angel-A
Kyle Smith
If Besson s eye is Angela though his writing is Andre awkward misshapen and earthbound Andre must learn a lesson in self esteem that would have embarrassed Capra maybe even Oprah 
2.5
Angel-A
Elizabeth Weitzman
The beautiful black and white photography and disappointingly sappy ending are the only remotely sober elements here thanks to Besson s loopy script and Debbouze s very funny turn as a loser who simply can t believe his luck 
2.5
Angel-A
Peter Travers
Angel A never finds the heart in a promising It s a Wonderful Life premise 
2
Angel-A
Steve Rhodes
Not an especially surprising or eventful story it is nevertheless a reasonably satisfying little tale of a character down on his luck who finds out that life can be tolerable after all 
2.5
Angel-A
Nick Schager
Besson s first behind the camera outing since 1999 s The Messenger is as skeletal as his model turned leading lady 
1.5
Angel-A
Rene Rodriguez
This lighter than air bauble proves a pleasurable diversion indeed as long as that heart beating inside your chest has at least a mild propensity for the romantic Bring a date 
3
Sun Dogs
Mike McGranaghan
Sun Dogs is a warm engrossing and ultimately inspiring movie that s worth seeking out 
3
Red Tails
Brian Eggert
Reduces a story of triumph over racial prejudice to a standard gung ho war movie 46 
2.5
Red Tails
Jeff Beck
There certainly is an interesting story to be told at the heart of Red Tails but unfortunately director Anthony Hemingway and screenwriters John Ridley and Aaron McGruder couldn t get at it 
2
Red Tails
Roger Moore
To its credit the film gets at the things that gave the Airmen their lasting fame the odds and racism they overcame leading to the integration of the armed forces the civil rights movement and the integration of America 
2
Red Tails
David Nusair
a well intentioned piece of work that s simply never able to pack the visceral or emotional punch that s surely been intended 
2
Red Tails
Sean O'Connell
The film carries important messages about camaraderie persistence fortitude and courage in the face of nearly impossible obstacles 
2.5
Red Tails
Sara Michelle Fetters
Good intentions only get you so far and while producer George Lucas heart is in the right place that doesn t make his WWII aerial extravaganza Red Tails any less of a disappointment 
2
Red Tails
Burl Burlingame
A canny homage to a certain genre of film the aerial adventure story a type that was popular when airplanes were considered marvelous machines and not merely flying buses 
3
Red Tails
James Kendrick
a deliberate throwback to 1940s war movies but not in a good way
2
Red Tails
Betsy Sherman
Hemingway and his cast make us care about the team and its members 
2.5
Red Tails
John Beifuss
A lack of irony can be refreshing even thrilling but Red Tails is flat in a way that has become almost a Lucas trademark The Tuskegee Airmen deserve a more memorable and less cornball tribute than this 
2.5
Red Tails
Kam Williams
A worthy overdue tribute to a group of intrepid World War II heroes who never let their second class status diminish their patriotism even one iota 
3
Red Tails
Glenn Lovell
File Lucas s latest under Blam Zap Ka POW comic book history somewhere between The Dirty Dozen and Inglourious Basterds 
2
Red Tails
Matt Pais
If you re going to return to a well you need to bring your own bucket 
1.5
Red Tails
James Berardinelli
One can get away with a lot of cornball speeches a long time ago in a galaxy far far away but it doesn t work nearly as well a short time ago on planet Earth 
2.5
Red Tails
Chris Foran
Red Tails is an old school war movie with a pretty ambitious payload For the most part it s mission accomplished 
2.5
Red Tails
Stephen Whitty
Instead of pride or anger or resolve all it left me feeling was a little bit of regret that I hadn t been home watching Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo instead 
2
Red Tails
Jesse Cataldo
Where Spielberg has made WWII a venue for his sanctimonious side a platform to convince viewers that war is indeed hell Lucas is still in a state of pre adolescent fascination with the conflict 
2
Red Tails
Willie Waffle
Some exciting action as the pilots engage in daring dog fights and aerial maneuvers Plus this is one of the finest acting ensembles put together for any movie 
2.5
Red Tails
Kevin C. Johnson
The battle scenes soar thanks to top notch and thrilling special effects Quieter scenes give characters added dimension such as those that address one officer s drinking problem 
3
Red Tails
James Adams
Red Tails is a lousy film Not wincingly bad mind you just mediocre 
1.5
Red Tails
Mark Jenkins
The African American fliers great achievement merits a great movie Red Tails isn t it 
1.5
Red Tails
Lou Lumenick
An inspiring rousing tribute to the heroic history changing Tuskegee Airmen and World War II movies of the 40s Red Tails would probably be acclaimed as a minor masterpiece if it was directed by Quentin Tarantino 
3
Red Tails
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder sees the Tuskegee Airmen ironically and unfortunately merely as cogs in a machine 
1.5
Red Tails
Michael Dequina
The old fashioned approach adopted by director Hemingway and screenwriters Ridley and McGruder feels like a corrective to a long standing cinematic inequity to finally give these oft overlooked patriots a retro rah rah worthy vehicle of their own 
3
Red Tails
Dustin Putman
If Red Tails is to be taken for truth then the goings on must have occurred on theme park backlots posing as 1940s Italy and its brave military men must have been rejects from the Amos n Andy minstrel hour 
.5
Red Tails
Amy Biancolli
The Tuskegee Airmen the trailblazing African American pilots who fought off segregation and Nazis during World War II merit a great film Red Tails isn t it 
1
Red Tails
Claudia Puig
It s only half of a good movie As soon as those dogfighting planes land the story trips up by skimming the surface of history 
2.5
Red Tails
Gary Thompson
It s awesome 
3
Red Tails
Wesley Morris
Red Tails has its moments They ve just gone too far in the other direction The movie is so desperate to be palatable to appeal to everybody that it doesn t taste like anything 
2
Red Tails
Steven Rea
It sets out to honor these heroes and does so but in ways that reduce their achievements to the stuff of cartoons 
2.5
Red Tails
Randy Myers
If you like history served up as engaging entertainment where the fact is mixed with the fiction and the spectacle with the emotion strap yourself in because Red Tails is one fun ride 
3
Red Tails
Rafer Guzman
Red Tails has genuine admiration for the sacrifices and achievements made by the Tuskegee Airmen but they deserve a better commemoration than this 
1.5
Red Tails
Chris Hewitt
This story wasn t told back then when it was happening and it deserves to be told now 
2.5
Red Tails
Michael Phillips
Red Tails squanders a great subject reducing the real life struggles and fierce heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen to rickety cliche 
2
Red Tails
Roger Ebert
Substitute 1940s fighters for spaceships move them closer to Earth and you have the audience appeal of this movie 
2.5
Red Tails
Peter Howell
When Red Tails literally flies as it often does it soars There are more grand aerial battles here than in any of Lucas s space operas 
2.5
Red Tails
Jake Coyle
The biggest flaw here is the corny script by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder the Boondocks cartoonist There s a fine swaggering vibe but a curious hesitance to really tell the Tuskegee story 
2
Written on the Wind
Brian Eggert
A sumptuous yet outrageous joy wrought with unforgettable behavior tempting romance and raw performances 
4
Written on the Wind
David Nusair
Written On The Wind ultimately fares just as well if not better than the director s other thematically similar endeavors 
3
Written on the Wind
James Kendrick
a twisted masterpiece of self parody
3.5
Written on the Wind
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sirk s masterpiece the grand daddy of them all 
4
Written on the Wind
Roger Ebert
In countless ways visible and invisible Sirk s sly subversion skewed American popular culture and helped launch a new age of irony 
4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Matt Brunson
An ungainly and unnecessary prequel to the excellent TV series 
1.5
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Calum Marsh
In its own singular deeply strange way Fire Walk With Me is David Lynch s masterpiece 
4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Stephen Hunter
If you didn t get it then you re not going to get it now 
2
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Steven Rea
In Twin Peaks the movie all the twists get straightened out The thrill is gone 
2.5
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Dave Kehr
For a film with a pre established conclusion Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me seems depressingly interminable 
2
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Jay Antani
This fire dampens fast and the results are rather dreary and nonsensical 
1.5
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Rob Humanick
Every image sound and color ultimately clicks into place like a puzzle one is only subconsciously aware of 
4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a seriously underrated work and one of Lynch s purest dives into his own twisted soul 
4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Michael Dequina
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3
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Ed Gonzalez
Fabulously color coded to resemble a dream world a purgatory consumed by the sadness of blues and the terror of reds 
4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
James Kendrick
Lynch plays with multiple dimensions of existence in a way that is both intriguing and pretentious 
3
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Jaime N. Christley
Occupies worlds of the natural the supernatural and the wilfully purposefully and often wittily clichéd 
4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Ted Prigge
To put it bluntly this film is a mess 
2
Black November
Mike McGranaghan
Everything here is either too weird or too preachy to make an impact unless you re really really into being lectured to for 95 minutes 
1.5
Black November
Roger Moore
A scattering of Hollywood actors an important subject how Nigeria came to be the failing state it is today and Big Oil s role in it but a rather clumsy film 
2
Species III
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Despite lack of story depth and very low tech special and creature effects this was a pretty entertaining sequel 
2.5
Species III
David Nusair
Species III is often incredibly dull no small feat given the amount of nudity and violence in the flick 
1.5
Aparajito
Wanda Hale
As it was in Pather Panchali the acting is sensitive restrained and convincing 
3.5
Aparajito
Josh Larsen
eloquently dramatizes oppositions tradition versus invention religion versus science adolescence versus adulthood 
4
Aparajito
Roger Ebert
Standing above fashion it creates a world so convincing that it becomes for a time another life we might have lived 
4
Aparajito
Edward Guthmann
There s pleasure in witnessing Apu s thrill of knowledge but sadness when his ambitions create an inevitable break with his mother 
4
Aparajito
James Berardinelli
The word masterpiece is certainly overused but this is one instance when it is deserved 
4
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
James Kendrick
This complex existence is the subject of writer director Ray Mueller s engrossing documentary 
3.5
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Chris Hicks
However misdirected Riefenstahl s talent is here in full bloom And audience members may leave with their own contradictory feelings about her life and what it means 
3.5
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Roger Ebert
This movie is fascinating in so many different ways As the story of an extraordinary life as the reconstruction of the career of one of the greatest of film artists as the record of an ideological debate as a portrait of an amazing old woman 
3.5
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Steve Rhodes
really experience her energy and her drive for cinematic perfection 
3.5
Barbra Streisand - Live In Concert 2006
Peter Canavese
With Frank in the great beyond it s up to Barbra to drive the world into hysterics with her rare public performances Blu ray 
3.5
Sons of Perdition
Wesley Morris
Very little of it adds up to a movie 
2
Sons of Perdition
Gerald Peary
Their valiant attempt to find themselves is stirring and sometimes depressing as they backslide into alcohol and drugs 
3.5
Sons of Perdition
Joe Williams
Sons of Perdition is a captivating testament but the silence of the daughters is the real revelation 
3
Armed
Nick Allen
I do take a little comfort in that Armed just may be an even bigger mess than the current state of our nation Maybe 
1
Mr. Nice Guy
Mike Clark
Even by the low standards of Chan films Mr Nice Guy isn t very good 
2.5
Mr. Nice Guy
Jeffrey Westhoff
The plot has never been more inane the supporting actors never less talented Yet the action is as astonishing as ever
3
Mr. Nice Guy
Michael Dequina
As with Jackie Chan s other stateside releases this is contrived blockheaded and lacking in narrative logic But also like those other films it is a highly enjoyable ride 
3
Mr. Nice Guy
David N. Butterworth
Sub standard Jackie Chan fare 
2
Mr. Nice Guy
Roger Ebert
The plot is an excuse for sight gags physical humor stunts and exquisite timing 
3
Separate Lies
Walter Chaw
At the mercy of material so fussy that no amount of frenetically chopped vegetables can lend the piece much in the way of tension 
2
Separate Lies
Robert W. Butler
This intriguing Brit entry starts out as a sort of suburban whodunit and then mutates into something else entirely an examination of a middle class marriage and ultimately a meditation on selfless love 
3
Separate Lies
Daniel M. Kimmel
Separate Lies would have you believe it s a potent brew when in fact it s little more than weak tea 
2
Separate Lies
Phoebe Flowers
The movie actually begins with a voiceover explaining No life is perfect though it may seem to be Um wow Excuse me while I go stop the presses 
2.5
Separate Lies
Connie Ogle
A chilly intelligent and absorbing drama about infidelity ethics and forgiveness 
3
Separate Lies
Bruce Westbrook
It s as grown up as a movie can get with a fine cast in a strongly crafted tale about the calamities that can wreck a relationship and the love that can redeem it 
3.5
Separate Lies
Frank Houston
Wilkinson roars through Separate Lies with all the bitter tenacity of a successful man blindsided by the news that everything in his life is not an unqualified triumph 
3.5
Separate Lies
Jonathan W. Hickman
Fellowes the writer of Robert Altman s Gosford Park smartly doesn t allow the story to get out of control rather tells it straight retaining an elegant credibility 
3.5
Separate Lies
Terry Lawson
The deceptions of Separate Lies are so uniquely and recognizably human they become a cautionary warning to us all 
3
Separate Lies
John Hartl
The characters shift positions and explanations presenting their separate lies in a manner that ultimately adds up to an ugly truth 
3
Separate Lies
David Elliott
Fellowes main scripter of Gosford Park adapted Nigel Balchin s novel then directed and cast the film superbly 
3
Separate Lies
Michael Booth
As always Fellowes has a pitch perfect ear for British diction 
3
Separate Lies
Marty Mapes
Rich with irony and themes never contrived Fellowes is a mature intelligent in control filmmaker
3.5
Separate Lies
Claudia Puig
This morally ambiguous tale of dangerous liaisons and bewildering choices amounts to one of the year s most intriguing dramas 
3.5
Separate Lies
Chris Hewitt
A witty insightful drama about the compromises people make and what those compromises cost them 
3
Separate Lies
Steve Rhodes
Everything about SEPARATE LIES is deliciously underdone and perfect a great story wonderfully acted 
3.5
Separate Lies
James Verniere
A complex marvelously acted Harold Pinter like tale of infidelity 
3.5
Separate Lies
Ruthe Stein
A film with a lot to say about the human condition 
3.5
Separate Lies
Wesley Morris
No one in the film seems to be thinking with a brain or emoting with a heart so most of the decisions seem random 
2
Separate Lies
Steven Rea
It s the subtle tricky ways in which Fellowes subverts the expected and unexpected in this high end domestic thriller that make the film so much dark roiling fun 
3
Separate Lies
Michael Wilmington
Mixed but affecting 
3
Separate Lies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fellowes has an appreciation for the relaxing air of the English countryside if only these characters weren t blocking the view 
2
Separate Lies
Roger Ebert
The movie is not so much about the solution to this crime as about the ethics involved in taking responsibility 
3
Separate Lies
John Terauds
Less than an hour and a half long this compelling tale of trust honesty and what it means to do the right thing probes gently yet cuts deep 
3.5
Separate Lies
Bob Strauss
A precise exam of the human condition such as this is the greatest of cinematic pleasures 
3.5
Separate Lies
Rick Groen
A picture that starts out pure acquires a distinct taint and ends up seeming as false as the fibs under scrutiny 
2.5
Separate Lies
Gary Goldstein
Ultimately this is a film for serious minded adults with enough relationship experience to understand and accept the unprecedented twists and turns romance can take for better or for worse 
3
Separate Lies
Ken Fox
If there s pleasure to be derived from the misfortunes of others then Julian Fellowes wickedly entertaining adaptation of Nigel Balchin s nearly forgotten 1951 novel is a barrel of fun 
3.5
Separate Lies
Lou Lumenick
Separate Lies is a soufflé that begins promisingly but never quite rises 
2
Separate Lies
Jami Bernard
A neat twisty little domestic drama about smart people foolish choices 
3
Separate Lies
Gene Seymour
Writer director Julian Fellowes fashions an elegant moral conundrum that s as fraught with intrigue as any Le Carre novel 
3
Separate Lies
Peter Travers
Julian Fellowes makes a splendid debut as a director with this mesmerizing look at sex lies and infidelity among the British upper crust 
3.5
Separate Lies
Ed Gonzalez
It s a Choose Your Own Adventure as imagined by Jackie Collins 
2
Separate Lies
Scott Nash
Masterpiece Theater for the 21st Century 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Brian Eggert
The story could not be told through another medium nor could another director wield its vast scope 
4
Princess Mononoke
Matt Brunson
This is a visual treat featuring some truly unique creatures just check out those oddities that look like an unholy cross between Casper the Friendly Ghost and that chattering demon from the Hellraiser flicks 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Jack Mathews
Done mostly in the style of hand painted classic animation with occasional digital assists Princess Mononoke is indeed a thing of beauty and imagination 
2.5
Princess Mononoke
Ann Hornaday
With a Luminist s attention to light water shadow and smoke Miyazaki creates an epochal story born of history myth and Shinto animism 
4
Princess Mononoke
Melanie McFarland
Beautifully constructed and painstakingly written this is about as close to a perfect animated epic as you re likely to get 
4
Princess Mononoke
Desmond Ryan
Anyone who relishes seeing the reach and scope of the genre redefined should not miss this marvelously accomplished picture 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Serena Donadoni
This highly imaginative and beautifully rendered fable of ancient Japan comes from writer director master animator Hayao Miyazaki and is told with the scope and epic flair of the best live action adventure films 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Roger Ebert
Hayao Miyazaki is a great animator and his Princess Mononoke is a great film 
4
Princess Mononoke
Josh Larsen
Watching the way Miyazaki and his animators can make a misty cloud drift across the screen is nothing less than pure bliss 
4
Princess Mononoke
Michael Dequina
A seamless marriage between a mature complex story ideas and boundless visual imagination 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Wesley Lovell
Its delicate intricacies appeal to older audiences while its simple 44 animated appearance appeals to younger generations hopefully influencing them into action to help preserve and defend nature without condemning technology 46 
4
Princess Mononoke
Joe Lozito
Hayao Miyazaki s eco friendly animated fable about animal gods and those damn humans bent on destroying the environment is made bearable by some trademark anime limb severing violence 
3
Princess Mononoke
Maitland McDonagh
Its imagery is never less than breathtakingly beautiful and is occasionally truly awesome 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Gabe Leibowitz
This web of mixed motives is one of Princess Mononoke s greatest strengths Not once do we feel that the characters are cardboard cutout villains and their hardships are more powerful as a result 
4
Princess Mononoke
Jeanne Aufmuth
Miyazaki s artistry is evident in every frame a pristine combination of lush greenery ghastly mythic monsters and beautifully executed humans 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Margaret A. McGurk
An animated fable of dazzling artistry one of the most beautiful ever made 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Walter Chaw
As beautiful as it is poignant 
4
Princess Mononoke
Marty Mapes
The smartest most thoughtful best made cartoon youâ TM re likely to see in a long time 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Liam Lacey
The imagery ranging from sublime mountain smashing power to firefly delicacy individual waterdrops splashing on a rock is exuberant and intoxicating 
3
Princess Mononoke
Madeleine Williams
Not for the very young The Princess Mononoke can be stunningly violent at times But for fans of animation this is a must see 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Rob Blackwelder
Redubbed for American release this handsome stirring movie looks and feels spectacular with its incredible watercolors of forest landscapes its giant and intelligent wild animals and its ancient epic mythology 
2.5
Princess Mononoke
James Berardinelli
Unlike most animated motion pictures which have a relatively limited scope Princess Mononoke is an epic saga a fantasy adventure of great ambition and extent 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely breathtaking 
4
Princess Mononoke
Marc Fortier
The result while not a substitute for the original will still astound audiences with its mesmerizing vision 
4
Princess Mononoke
Greg Dean Schmitz
This is clearly not a movie for kids under 10 as decapitations and maimings aren t that uncommon and the story is detailed filled with subplots and low on cookie cutter characters and cutesy sidekicks 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Andy Seiler
Miyazaki portrays nature with a breathtaking touch 
3
Princess Mononoke
David Keyes
Here is a film that reaches for unforeseen heights and surpasses them 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Susan Stark
Brooding occasionally bloody and often abstract it explores animation s dramatic potential in wonderous ways 
3
Princess Mononoke
Jonathan Foreman
A haunting beautiful film that holds your attention despite its length and its complex plot 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Mark Caro
Hayao Miyazaki has created a world simply unlike any you ve seen 
3.5
Princess Mononoke
Peter Stack
It s an art film a densely plotted and visually stunning piece of animation and not a movie for everybody 
3
Tangled up in Bob
Chris Hewitt
Dylan fans would do better with a rental of Martin Scorsese s electrifying No Direction Home but the movie s insightful portrait of the Iron Range suggests there s no place like Hibbing 
3
First Impression
Roger Moore
Paper thin rom com that seems more interesting in being PG than in being funny Or romantic 
1.5
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Roger Moore
It s no longer very funny but those aircraft 
2.5
The Magic Gloves
Maitland McDonagh
Only Rejtman s sharp eye for absurd detail and the bleakly subtle joke separates comedy from tragedy 
3
The Magic Gloves
Ed Gonzalez
The film s amusing running gags notwithstanding Rejtman makes the mistake of adopting the depressed disinterested feelings of his characters confusing apathy for poetry 
2
American Gun
Kam Williams
A moving morality play indicting America for its ongoing love affair with the Second Amendment 
4
American Gun
Nick Schager
Full of grating hysterics and solemn symbolism 
1.5
American Gun
Jeff Vice
American Gun arrives in theaters too late to really make a difference or say anything new on the subject of school shootings 
2
American Gun
John McMurtrie
It s a bit like watching a weaker version of Crash with fewer coincidences 
2
American Gun
Robert W. Butler
Despite a few effective moments Gun never makes the big statement it seems to be reaching for 
2.5
American Gun
Rob Thomas
What we re left with after watching American Gun isn t a sense of who s right or who s wrong but more of a sadness that so many people feel so powerless and afraid that they think owning a gun will set things right 
3
American Gun
Michael Booth
The guns seem to have been shoved in various characters pockets as afterthought and Avelino s interlocking stories never click 
2
American Gun
Roger Ebert
Avelino shows an almost tender restraint in his story telling not pounding us with a message but simply looking steadily at how guns have made these lives difficult 
3
American Gun
Jessica Reaves
While not a perfect movie by any means a few scenes feel forced there is plenty to recommend it even beyond the truly great performances 
3
American Gun
Timothy Knight
Aside from a few moments of quiet pathos that ring true Avelino s directorial debut is a calculated piece of cinematic outrage marred by on the nose dialogue and melodramatic contrivance 
2
American Gun
Jami Bernard
While this is not exactly a hopeful movie it s a polished exercise in the kind of social commentary that can wake people up 
3
American Gun
Kyle Smith
Handy rule of thumb for first time filmmakers No more than one crying scene per film please Like any other commodity tears aren t worth much if they re overstocked 
1.5
American Gun
Ken Fox
Many guns litter this multicharacter examination of the insidious ways firearms have become a fixture in American life but only one is ever fired and with devastating results 
3
American Gun
Jan Stuart
Avelino s message about America s gun happy culture is so foursquare and what you see is what you get that it s possible to walk out of the film wondering if you missed the point 
2
American Gun
David Nusair
an overblown and surprisingly tedious polemic 
2
Ghost
Henry Sheehan
Not only is the comedy itself fresh but it keeps the suspense well stropped as well 
3
Ghost
Matt Brunson
This entertaining film goes light on the metaphysics but heavy on the romance the humor and the drama 
3
Ghost
James Kendrick
its appeal lies precisely in its unlikely melding of disparate generic elements a film that literally has something in it for everyone
3
Ghost
Dave Kehr
What it offers apart from the overblown special effects that seem inescapable in American movies is an unusual and effective combination of swooning morbid romance and screwball comedy 
3
Ghost
Gene Siskel
The passion and poignancy of trying to communicate with the dead is well exploited here Moore has never been more fetching 
3
Ghost
Carrie Rickey
Given its obviously commercial aims Ghost is remarkably appealing on a purely personal level It is about how you deal with death 
3
Ghost
Gary Thompson
Sappy melodramatic but never insincere Ghost takes a B list cast and an impossibly hokey story and blends them into an entertaining picture though one you ll probably kick yourself for liking 
3
Ghost
David Nusair
An unapologetic crowd pleaser 
3
Ghost
Peter Canavese
An unqualified populist success works because it evinces a sincerity rarely felt in today s cinema Blu ray 
3
Ghost
Walter Chaw
Ghost is a movie about corporate malfeasance and greed aided by bloody awful early CGI and predicting the basic flippancy of Forrest Gump and American Beauty 
1
Ghost
Betsy Bozdech
Despite some seriously cheesy special effects Ghost succeeds as both a whodunit and a delightfully sappy story of true love 
3
Ghost
James Sanford
a deft blending of comedy and suspense with some impressive special effects that are incorporated into the film instead of being the center of it 
3.5
Ghost
Robert Roten
The story is simple but solid aided by fine performances all around 
3
Ghost
Wesley Lovell
Twenty years has done little to mute the powerful romantic emotion surging through the film s being 
3.5
Ghost
Roger Ebert
Contains some nice ideas and occasionally for whole moments at a time succeeds in evoking the mysteries that it toys with 
2.5
I Am Curious (Yellow) (Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult)
Roger Ebert
I Am Curious Yellow is not merely not erotic It is anti erotic Two hours of this movie will drive thoughts of sex out of your mind for weeks See the picture and buy twin beds 
1
Video Girl
Michael Dequina
A showcase for the dimensions of Meagan Good s talent too often neglected by her higher profile projects 
3
He's Just Not That Into You
Kelly Jane Torrance
Miss Aniston however steals the show She might never have done better work than she does here 
3
He's Just Not That Into You
Brandy McDonnell
The people and their predicaments feel genuine and the all star cast does a fine job of giving viewers the measure of their characters in short order 
3
The Turning Point
Roger Moore
A mobster on the lam turns life coach for an introverted Italian comic book nerd in this Italian mob dramedy with a hard bloody edge 
2.5
Sorority Row
Federico Furzan
I enjoyed it enough to last until the credits Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Sorority Row
David Nusair
46 46 46 a sporadically watchable yet thoroughly disappointing horror effort that apos s underwhelming even by the standards of the genre 46 
2
Sorority Row
Wesley Lovell
A fairly traditional collegiate slasher that entertains but breaks no new ground 
2
Sorority Row
John Beifuss
The cast list tells the story It includes such characters as Bra Clad Sister Slutty Sister and for fans of The Man Show Trampoline Sister 
2.5
Sorority Row
John Wirt
Sorority Row is most successful at creating characters even more insufferable than the usual young people who serve as slasher flick fodder 
2
Sorority Row
Tom Meek
It s Scream minus the wit and verve with poor Carrie Fisher lost as the cantankerous house mother 
1
Sorority Row
Kit Bowen
Retitled this to I Know What You Did at That Sorority Party with That Tire Iron 
1.5
Sorority Row
James Kendrick
little more than an unconscious projection of the filmmakers simultaneous desire for and deep fear of grotesquely overprivileged and snarky girls gone wild
1.5
Sorority Row
Jonathan Perry
The scary moments are of the sneak up on you from behind variety but there s little suspense 
1
Sorority Row
Simon Abrams
Before seeing Sorority Row I couldn t imagine that any slasher film released this year could possibly be more misogynistic than either the Friday the 13th reboot or Donkey Punch 
1.5
Sorority Row
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end this campus cavalcade of blood and gore passes the test with a C plus average but considering just how much the rest of this year s horror class has failed to do even that this rather middle of the road grade might as well be a sterling 4 0 
2.5
Sorority Row
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Given its spunky sexy funny spirited and bitchy heroines could have been a lot sharper and a lot more fun 
2.5
Sorority Row
Chris Hewitt
It s hard not to love a slasher film in which the killer has such a sound argument for knocking off half a dozen victims Let s face it These are horrible people 
3
Sorority Row
Dustin Putman
In spite of a peppy pace and speckles of inspiration here and there Sorority Row feels empty and laborious when it should be fun insincere when it should be earnest Much like the sisters of Theta Pi a brain couldn t have hurt too 
2
Double Trouble
Farran Smith Nehme
Jaycee Chan isn t notably bad at any of this it s just that we ve seen it done before and done better 
1
Double Trouble
Peter Keough
David Chang s inept martial arts comedy confirms the genius of Jackie Chan 
1.5
Wilderness Survival for Girls
Lisa Kennedy
Like many a horror movie the unfolding drama has moments that test credulity Yet writer directors Eli Despres and Kim Roberts teasing of genres and handling of actors also hints at psychologically insightful films to come 
2.5
Wilderness Survival for Girls
Sid Smith
You won t jump out of your seat or grab your neighbor on this one But you re likely to leave mildly intrigued with a little something to think about 
2.5
Wilderness Survival for Girls
Bill Stamets
Co directors and co writers Eli B Despres and Kim Roberts make their feature debut with an uneven teens in peril thriller 
2
A Letter to Three Wives
Matt Brunson
Writer director Joseph L Mankiewicz s riveting melodrama is set up like a whodunit only instead of a murderer the guilty party is a philandering husband 
3.5
A Letter to Three Wives
Betsy Bozdech
Unfortunately the actual ending falls a little flat but the rest of the movie is entertaining enough to make up for it 
3.5
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Gene Siskel
In the final anaylsis it is the unpredictability of its lead characters that makes Sheila Levine intriguing 
3
White Men Can't Jump
David Nusair
a mostly entertaining comedy that receives plenty of mileage out of the stellar work of its stars 
3
White Men Can't Jump
Gene Siskel
A fresh and exuberant romantic comedy that is as smart about playground basketball as Bull Durham was about minor league baseball 
3.5
White Men Can't Jump
Carrie Rickey
Despite charismatic performances by Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as nothing but net shooters who might be called the Schmo and the Bro White Men Can t Jump throws up mostly bricks 
2.5
White Men Can't Jump
Dave Kehr
It s a funny frequently rousing film with a warmly appealing acting partnership at its center between basketball hustlers Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson 
3
White Men Can't Jump
Bill Kelley
Shelton contributes a uniquely eccentric point of view that is simultaneously obsessed with and ambivalent about sports athletes and competition 
3
White Men Can't Jump
Stephen Hunter
White Men Can t Jump is like a game of pick up basketball it s intense raggedy and explosive now and then yielding moments of sheer gravity defying grace yet just as capable of producing air balls and pratfalls 
2.5
White Men Can't Jump
Gary Thompson
The verbal interplay between the characters appears to be intentionally improvised but the scenes come off as cumbersome and off kilter 
2
White Men Can't Jump
Robert Roten
Basketball really isn t the central theme It is really about relationships loyalty and honesty qualities in short supply among hustlers 
3
White Men Can't Jump
Roger Ebert
Here is a comedy of great high spirits with an undercurrent of sadness and sweetness that makes it a lot better than the plot itself could possibly suggest 
3.5
White Men Can't Jump
Chris Hicks
Shelton s film is so raggedy that it never finds its focus despite another terrific performance from Snipes one of the finest actors in movies today 
2
West of the Jordan River
Vikram Murthi
A film that has a lot to say but lacking the appropriate way to say it 
2
West of the Jordan River
Oleg Ivanov
The result is a work that feels like a preamble to a larger statement that the filmmaker can t manage to formulate 
2
Joker
Matt Brunson
The theatrical trailer for Joker tight 44 controlled 44 and intriguing suggested the best movie Martin Scorsese never made 46 The actual movie is a shallow and sophomoric effort that isn apos t about a raging bull as much as it apos s merely raging bulls 42 42 42 46 
2
Joker
Wesley Lovell
In the simply titled Joker 44 we get yet another version and this one is probably the most toxic of them all and not in a satisfying way 46 
3
Joker
Brian Eggert
It s less a genuinely transgressive approach than one closely modeled on the work of Martin Scorsese and thus more an exercise in homage than rebellion Even so that won t stop people from aggrandizing it 
2.5
Joker
David Gonzalez
Every decade has that one transcendent film that 44 as time progresses 44 ultimately becomes a classic for cinephiles 46 As the 2010s decade comes to a close 44 the one film that will undoubtedly age like a fine wine is Todd Phillips masterpiece 44 Joker 46 
4
Joker
Jason Fraley
Don t expect a Marvel action flick for kids This is a gritty character study one where fans and critics can all agree on one thing Joaquin Phoenix could laugh all the way to the Oscars 
3.5
Joker
Doug Walker
Well I just saw the feel good movie of the year Yikes 
4
Joker
Kent Turner
A visceral disturbing but empathetic celebration of revenge 
3.5
Joker
Blake Howard
This film is a Joker cosplay more than Joker A cipher elevated to saviour by the disenfranchised and angry It s not only a bad joke but it s also a sad joke 
2
Joker
Linda Cook
Grim violent Joker is no laughing matter 
4
Joker
Dann Gire
Phoenix supercharges this Martin Scorsese lite polemic with a bombastic electrifying portrayal of unyielding sympathy for Arthur whose desperation to connect with others descends into despair 
3
Joker
James Kendrick
it is over before it begins because there is no other possible outcome than what we eventually arrive at and Phillips and Silver don t give us an interesting enough trajectory to make up for that loss
2.5
Joker
David Keyes
If Arthur Fleck reflects the same cultural alienation that creates mass shooters and serial killers the movie cuts away too often to establish a cogent argument 
1.5
Joker
Federico Furzan
A study of descent into primal levels of reaction Forget about superheroes There are none to be seen in this version of Gotham Full review in Spanish 
4
Joker
Rene Sanchez
A disturbing and frightening origin story that reflects on sensitive issues that affect today s society Joaquin Phoenix s bravura performance as the popular comic book villain is nothing short of extraordinary Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Joker
David N. Butterworth
It s undeniably bleak to watch but Phoenix demands our attention and gets it 
3
Joker
Sarah Knight Adamson
Joker is a proceed with caution film with an Oscar worthy performance by Joaquin Phoenix 
2.5
Joker
Josh Larsen
a provocatively toxic time capsule for an era of misguided rage 
3.5
Joker
David Nusair
a lamentably erratic endeavor that nevertheless fares better than most comic book inspired releases 
3
Joker
Alan French
While Joker s ambition makes it interesting it never follows through on the threads that deliver the most impactful messages 
2.5
Joker
Rex Reed
A movie that borders on genius repellant dark terrifying disgusting brilliant and unforgettable 
3.5
Joker
Mattie Lucas
As a gritty comic book villain origin story Joker mostly works on its own merits but when it tries to match Scorsese s righteous fury it feels like little more than a pale imitation 
2.5
Joker
Kevin A. Ranson
Less Falling Down and more Fight Club an anti hero discovers the power of invisibility self delusion and murder before bringing all three to bear in choosing evil it s a literal shot in the face that makes one think 
4
Joker
Joe Friar
The gritty look and dark tone of Todd Phillips origins story is exactly the treatment needed for the sinister supervillain With Scorsese overtones and Phoenix in one of his best performances classify this under Masterpiece 
4
Joker
Mike McGranaghan
What should have been the most electrifying comic book picture of the year is actually one of its most shocking duds 
1.5
Joker
Brandy McDonnell
Joker is overly long thematically murky and narratively uneven with an unnecessary ending that like a bad greasepaint job ruthlessly highlights the film s flaws rather than concealing them 
2.5
Joker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Phoenix moves like a balletic contortionist spider all limbs and big shoes and flapping bell bottoms When he explodes into full bore killer clown mode his release is not entirely monstrous it s also heartbreaking 
3.5
Joker
Bob Bloom
Many moments in Joker are pretentious and derivative but when Phoenix turns his dead eyes toward you all you see is him and the nightmare scenario surging in his heart and mind 
3
Joker
Matthew Rozsa
While it succeeds in aping the superficial aspects of Martin Scorsese s style Joker lacks the intelligence or gravitas of Scorsese s best work 
2.5
Joker
Michael Smith
Joker effectively tells a story with themes borrowed but not stolen from movies like Taxi Driver and Network and makes them its own platform through its own disturbed form of avenging angel 
3.5
Joker
Jeff Beck
As an origin story it s rather compelling to see what drove the man down the path we know he has to eventually tread and as a character study it s equally captivating to see the effects it has on the man himself 
3
Joker
Robert Horton
A sour incoherent jumble redeemed only by Joaquin Phoenix s astonishing performance in the central role 
2
Joker
Phil Villarreal
Phoenix s performance of a lifetime yields a comic book film for the ages 
4
Joker
Christian Toto
Believe the hype ignore the naysayers and savor the year s best movie so far 
4
Joker
John Wenzel
Perhaps the bleakest assertion of Joker is the one that s hardest to disprove That the ghastly world Fleck inhabits and by extension ours is the one we deserve 
2.5
Joker
Chris Hewitt
Phillips made a brilliant choice in casting Phoenix and then he was smart to know that the actor is so deep inside this role that everything he does up to and including a homicidal rumba feels right 
3
Joker
Max Weiss
I find the whole enterprise wearying and a little ridiculous 
2
Joker
Jeff York
Searing onto the screen as both a revisionist backstory of an iconic villain character and a pointed commentary on the cuddlier aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe the new Joker movie is bold violent and unnerving 
3.5
Joker
Maria Sciullo
There s much to commend in Phoenix s performance and the screenplay by Phillips and Scott Silver allows ample room for Arthur s inner fantasy life 
3
Joker
Mark Dujsik
In this age of superhero saturation different is refreshing and daring enough 
3
Joker
Jake Coyle
Joker though is a calculatedly combustible concoction designed like its chaos creating character to cause a stir To provoke and distort I wish it was as radical as it thinks it is 
2
Joker
Peter Howell
The supervillain origin story to beat all origin stories 
3.5
Joker
Tom Meek
The real reason Phillips Joker succeeds is simple Joaquin Phoenix makes the anti antihero psycho saga all his own 
2.5
Joker
Ty Burr
This Joker has a ruined poetry to him that makes his victimhood seem a badge of honor and his homicidal urges seem a just if horrifying form of retribution 
2
Joker
Ross Raihala
The social commentary of Joker is laughably one dimensional and Phoenix s Fleck isn t that scary Really he s more sad than anything 
2
Joker
Steven Prokopy
The movie doesn t make excuses it simply lays out this life in decline and dares us to watch how it turns out 
3
Joker
Moira MacDonald
Joker is an exploration of what causes a lonely unhinged man to explode and it has moments that are riveting 
2.5
Joker
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As stuffed as the fat cats are meant to be however the cinematic manor in which they here reside is really just an empty shell that thinks it s full 
1
Joker
Sara Michelle Fetters
Joker wasn t for me and even if I were to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight and have a sudden desire to see the world burn that still doesn t mean I see my opinion changing anytime soon 
1.5
Joker
Roger Moore
The Joker America deserves and craves in this dark hour 
3.5
Joker
James Berardinelli
Although it may be difficult to like this film in a conventional sense it offers a powerful and unforgettable experience that few will find easy to shake 
3.5
Joker
Katie Walsh
Joker is resoundingly one note throughout the majority of its running time Phillips mistaking unrelentingly grim for profound which just renders the film punishingly dull 
2
Joker
Joey Magidson
Joaquin Phoenix is next level amazing in Joker and this is definitely the movie Todd Phillips set out to make but I m not sure it s one that should have been made 
2.5
Joker
Richard Roeper
With Phoenix appearing in virtually every minute of this movie and dominating the screen with his memorably creepy turn Joker will cling to you like the aftermath of an unfortunately realistic nightmare 
3.5
Joker
Michael Phillips
In a year of mass culture that gave us HBO s excellent Chernobyl Joker can claim the grimmest depiction of a meltdown 
1.5
Joker
Gary Thompson
Having unleashed Phoenix Phillips doesn t seem to know how to contain or couch the performance At some point he seems to have surrendered and when the movie is over you realize Arthur is its only substantial character 
2
Joker
Rafer Guzman
A ghastly good Phoenix can t save this slice of faux social commentary 
2
Joker
Dustin Putman
As unsettling as it is rapturous Sobering and yes shocking Joker creatively invigorates in its sheer unvarnished madness 
4
Joker
Peter Canavese
Joker isn t the film to seriously tackle the issue s it s more concerned with flair than genuine inquiry but Phoenix s pained raw nerve performance is one for the ages 
2.5
Joker
Pamela Powell
As a piece of art and film is an art form Joker masterfully finds a voice for the brutal and believable backstory for The Joker In the end however this is a film for super hero fans 
3.5
Joker
Sean P. Means
This Joker doesn t care about the violence it perpetuates but wants credit for pretending to care 
2
Joker
Ann Hornaday
Like the anti hero at its center it s a movie trying so hard to be capital b Big that it can t help looking small 
2
Joker
Brian Truitt
Joker is on the surface the origin of a supervillain but more subtly an exploration of empathy and the personal impact of a society devoid of it 
3
Joker
Rosalie Kicks
Despite Phillips questionable and unwatched filmography I found myself on board with his Joker flick 
3
Joker
Mick LaSalle
It s a very good movie and it features a blood curdling performance from Joaquin Phoenix in the most frightening portrayal of a violent maniac in decades 
3
Joker
Jeff Mitchell
Another actor will have to give a superhero like performance to wrestle the 2020 Best Actor Oscar away from Phoenix 
3.5
Joker
Dwight Brown
Joaquin Phoenix creates a snake of a man with few to no redeeming qualities and along the way he turns in a blistering performance that should get him a front row seat on Oscar night 
2.5
Joker
Mark Daniell
Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix deserve credit for reimagining what a comic book movie can be One that isn t encumbered with setting up multi movie plot lines and one that can go to places other films in this genre can t 
4
Joker
Bill Chambers
If nothing else Todd Phillips s Joker proves that two scenes do not a movie make 
2
Joker
Adriana Gomez-Weston
Fueled by strong performances and a disturbing story Joker is one of the most interesting movies this year Regardless of the reactions to it it will be something that s going to talked about for a long time 
3
Joker
Barry Hertz
Honestly I m not sure what Joker is here for other than to cause a clumsily manufactured uproar 
2
Joker
Wilson Morales
Joker is powerful and disturbing in a good way Phoenix has never been better AND scary A highly entertaining drama that evolves to a can t forget thriller 
3
Joker
Keith Uhlich
The film is one that might have been dreamed up by one of the cynical bros from the Hangover during a blacked out stupor 
1.5
Joker
Sara Stewart
it s certainly worth seeing for Phoenix whose mournful eyes and choking laugh perfectly embody his character s lifelong query Is it just me or is it getting crazier out there 
2.5
Joker
Glenn Kenny
As social commentary Joker is pernicious garbage 
2
Calendar Girl
Sheila O'Malley
An engaging and sneakily profound film 
3
Looking Is the Original Sin
James Adams
Thing is the work the viewer sees in Looking is the Original Sin isn t terribly prepossessing 
2
Looking Is the Original Sin
Linda Barnard
The camera loves beauties Boland and del Mar who are captivating onscreen but the loose limbed story never quite clicks 
2
Damsels in Distress
Roger Moore
One doesn t realize one has missed the airless irony of Whit Stillman until one sees Stillman s first feature film in 13 years 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Michael Dequina
Once you let go and just go with the oddball flow many delights await 
3
Damsels in Distress
John Beifuss
His wit largely depends upon the shape and cadence of the sentence and upon an eccentric and personal vocabulary This Britannica entry on Ronald Firbank a novelist mentioned in the movie offers a perfect summation of the sense of humor found here 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Rob Thomas
Stillman s return in Damsels ends up being like a friendly lunch with someone you used to have deep all night dorm room conversations with back in college 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Austin Kennedy
Stillman s script snarls with wit and snarky commentary on social organizations He certainly has a unique style and it makes me want to seek out his earlier films Unfortunately I felt like the film kind of petered out in the last act 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Matt Brunson
It would be wonderful to report that Damsels in Distress marks a completely triumphant return for Stillman yet while it s certainly recommendable it falls short of his 90s output 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Sean P. Means
Whit Stillman creates dialogue that is as clever as it is chatty with charming discursions for Gershwin tunes and even an attempt at starting a dance craze 
3
Damsels in Distress
Joe Williams
Like a degree in gender studies there s no payoff 
2
Damsels in Distress
Chris Foran
Stillman cannot only still bring it verbose style but he can make it fun cheerful and even optimistic in the process 
3.5
Damsels in Distress
Rene Rodriguez
Damsels in Distress ambles about amiably without much of a narrative Plot has never been Stillman s strong suit and in this film he seems particularly indifferent to its demands 
3
Damsels in Distress
Moira MacDonald
There s a self consciousness to Damsels that takes away much of the fun 
2
Damsels in Distress
John Anderson
The acting and the music are delightful the jokes arrive on schedule and everything sort of glows 
3.5
Damsels in Distress
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s lighter on its feet than Stillman s previous films still witty and bracing and perhaps even brighter and more colorful than ever before It s a treat 
3.5
Damsels in Distress
David Nusair
progresses from tedious to interminable as it passes the one hour mark 
1.5
Damsels in Distress
Steven Rea
Whit Stillman I m there 
3
Damsels in Distress
Wesley Morris
This a fun group of actors to watch although it often seems that Stillman is unsure of what to do with them 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Chris Hewitt
It s diverting but to quote a writer Austen admired it s much ado about nothing 
2
Damsels in Distress
Peter Howell
Fortunately Damsels has an abundance of the erudite zingers that Stillman excels at writing and that make his elegantly staged works seem like period pieces even though they re set in modern times 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are teeth hiding behind this seemingly sunny smiling faade waiting for them to clamp down and bite the one constant around which everything else revolves 
2.5
Damsels in Distress
Ann Hornaday
A movie sure to reward the filmmaker s most die hard fans while doing little to quiet critics who found his work self conscious to the point of insufferability 
2
Damsels in Distress
Mick LaSalle
Flat scenes weak characters and a disjointed and almost nonexistent narrative 
1
Damsels in Distress
Peter Canavese
Since the halfwitty Damsels in Distress wants to have it both ways its satire is about as cutting as a plastic knife through a porterhouse 
1.5
Damsels in Distress
Dustin Putman
The dialogue is such a bounty of sumptuous intelligence arch banter and sneakily sly asides that to just close your eyes and listen to the near poetry in motion might be enough 
3
Damsels in Distress
Michael Phillips
It concerns a young woman either adopted by a fabulously odd trio of new pals or indoctrinated into the most twee cult in collegiate history It s all in your receptivity to Stillman s brittle humor 
3
Damsels in Distress
Matt Pais
Worth seeing twice at least Damsels represents nothing less than a great movie about a goofy world an articulate swoon of smarts posing as stupidity 
4
Damsels in Distress
Roger Ebert
It s delightful and a little bewildering to find a 2012 comedy that evokes a world that exists only in the novels of P G Wodehouse 
3
Damsels in Distress
Stephen Whitty
Maybe it would have been better in black and white 
1.5
Damsels in Distress
Farran Smith Nehme
This delicately funny and romantic film feels like an auspicious return 
3.5
Damsels in Distress
Claudia Puig
These are hardly damsels but the distress will be felt by audiences watching the collection of non sequiturs twee remarks and tangential vignettes that is Damsels in Distress 
2
Damsels in Distress
Peter Travers
Damsels in Distress is an exhilarating gift of a comedy 
3.5
Underclassman
Kam Williams
It s mind boggling that such relentlessly offensive trash ever finds financial backing from a major Hollywood studio 
1
Underclassman
Chelsea Bain
Fill a movie with enough racial jokes speedy car chases and a handful of mysterious characters and you re bound to woo the public right Not quite 
1
Underclassman
Tom Meek
At times Tracy s a sensitive guy who just needs a hug at others he s an obnoxious motormouth 
1.5
Underclassman
Gary Brown
Underclassman can t seem to decide if it wants to be a cop comedy or take on a more serious tone Either way it doesn t succeed 
1
Underclassman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cannon is abrasive and obnoxious the comedy is not funny and the thrills are not thrilling 
.5
Underclassman
Frank Ochieng
A clichd and callow action comedy piece that s about as appetizing as a dead worm in the teacher s apple Hence the flawed Underclassman simply doesn t make the grade
1.5
Underclassman
Susan Tavernetti
With unsympathetic characters and a preposterous plot the film has only the outdoor action scenes to provide a slight diversion from total boredom 
0.5
Underclassman
Linda Cook
Why oh why would Nick Cannon star of the perfectly marvelous but too little seen Drumline star in this tasteless mess Did success go to this young actor s head 
0
Underclassman
Chris Kaltenbach
There s little that s special about Underclassman certainly nothing that Murphy and Eddie Griffin haven t done better in movies far funnier than this 
1.5
Underclassman
Hanh Nguyen
It s difficult to pick the film s most heinous fault its derivative script and story star Nick Cannon s painfully hammy performance or Siega s attempts at Michael Bay lite action scenes and explosions 
1
Underclassman
Nicholas White
In a smarter comedy Cannon could do damage But the jokes in Underclassman are so utterly defanged so throwaway they re the edgy equivalent of suburban doctor s office banter 
1
Underclassman
Peter Hartlaub
Less an original product than a shoddy tribute to other mediocre cop movies 
1.5
Underclassman
Tom Keogh
Hu Marin and a very fine British actor Hugh Bonneville Iris playing the school s headmaster bring some desperately needed authenticity and texture to this Miramax film 
2
Underclassman
Ken Fox
Yes it s really silly And no you won t remember a thing about it the second it s over But adults looking for fast moving nonviolent fun that kids might actually enjoy could do a lot worse 
2
Underclassman
Peter Howell
If it weren t for the racist and puerile humour and the general laziness of the production you could almost understand a movie like Underclassman And maybe even forgive it 
1
Underclassman
Timothy Knight
Cannon s appeal is overshadowed by both his vanity and the dull by the numbers quality of the filmmaking 
1
Underclassman
Lisa Rose
The film is of little use to anyone except casting directors fixed on selling a performer rather than telling a story 
1
Underclassman
Lou Lumenick
This feeble Beverly Hills Cop knockoff will give audiences burned repeatedly by crummy movies this summer yet another reason to avoid multiplexes for the Labor Day weekend 
1
Underclassman
Robert W. Butler
A cop teen movie so derivative it could have been written by a computer Without human assistance 
1
Underclassman
Jami Bernard
It s off to detention for Underclassman a remedial comedy for idiots 
1
Underclassman
Jeff Vice
To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen s now infamous diss of fellow vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle in 1988 We know Eddie Murphy Nick Cannon you re no Eddie Murphy 
1.5
Underclassman
John Monaghan
Underclassman is squarely aimed at a teen audience but will be best appreciated by those who have never seen a TV cop show or better yet never attended school 
1
Underclassman
Liam Lacey
It gets a failing grade even by the low standards of late August Hollywood releases 
1
Underclassman
Michael Booth
Within that worn formula of cop shop banter and implausible car chases lanky Nick Cannon offers some mild entertainment for teenagers looking for a safe bet at the multiplex 
2.5
Underclassman
Robert K. Elder
Underclassman flunks out 
1
Underclassman
Ty Burr
Let me float the suggestion that it be rated PG 13 only since anyone older than that will quickly realize he or she has better things to do than attend this pitiful Beverly Hills Cop retread 
.5
Underclassman
Sean P. Means
It s not the frequency of action buddy cop movie clichs that kills Underclassman It s the filmmakers laziness and contempt 
1
Underclassman
Willie Waffle
Nick Cannon desperately wants to be Eddie Murphy but doesn t have the script or depth to make it happen 
.5
Underclassman
Piet Levy
Underclassman shouldn t have been released at all 
.5
Underclassman
Mike Clark
That sound you hear is from jet engines gassing up about to zoom Underclassman to DVD ville 
1
Underclassman
John Anderson
Screenwriters David T Wagner and Brent Goldberg don t have tin ears exactly they ve just recycled every movie quip they ve ever overheard 
1
Underclassman
Roger Ebert
Underclassman doesn t even try to be good 
1
Underclassman
Chris Hewitt
Nick Cannon is too likable an actor to be stuck in junk like Underclassman 
1
Underclassman
Jeff Strickler
It s not horrible but it s not worth rescheduling your Labor Day barbecue around 
2
Underclassman
Phil Villarreal
Cannon bounces through every frame hopped up with excess energy rolling his eyes spitting off rotten one liners and overselling his blunt reactions to eye splitting excess 
1.5
Underclassman
Nick Schager
Siega s hackneyed by the books action comedy exhibits few intelligent thoughts in its dunce cap deserving head 
1
Wicker Kittens
Kristin Tillotson
The characters in this short n sweet documentary are straight outta Fargo in the best sense 
2.5
Uncle Drew
Jeff Mitchell
Despite some laughs this basketball movie misses and misses
1.5
Uncle Drew
Alan French
The movie does delve into some cliches in its runtime making it easy to write it off But if you re game this movie is an enjoyable summer comedy 
2.5
Uncle Drew
Robert Daniels
Instead Uncle Drew even for its insider NBA jokes how they got Chris Webber to do a timeout quip confounds me rarely rises above a giggle and a shrug territory 
2
Uncle Drew
Linda Cook
Uncle Drew scores big with good natured comedy 
3
Uncle Drew
Mike McGranaghan
An amiable good natured film that delivers little of substance other than a pleasant forget about the outside world experience for 103 minutes Sometimes that s good enough 
3
Uncle Drew
Sara Michelle Fetters
What I can say is that Uncle Drew made me laugh sometimes out loud more often than not frequently 
2.5
Uncle Drew
Kam Williams
A delightful family comedy guaranteed to keep you in stitches all the way to the satisfying if not exactly surprising finale 
4
Uncle Drew
Nick Allen
Uncle Drew mistakes its goofy pitch for a free pass to be simple with its comedy and sappy with its emotions 
2
Uncle Drew
Josh Terry
In spite of its shortcomings Uncle Drew manages to capture the joy of basketball And for a movie inspired by a TV commercial that s a pretty noble achievement 
3
Uncle Drew
Richard Roeper
Lil Rel Howery Tiffany Haddish JB Smoove and Nick Kroll are terrific as we d expect It s more of a surprise that basketballers Irving Miller Robinson Leslie et al are also quite good 
3
Uncle Drew
Mark Dujsik
Uncle Drew is exactly what one would expect of a movie produced by a soft drink company and based on a character created for a series of commercials 
1.5
Uncle Drew
Dave Feschuk
Uncle Drew is more than a vehicle to sell cola not to mention basketball s chief product placement fetish sneakers It s also a sweet intentioned bit of summer fun 
2
Uncle Drew
Brad Wheeler
Pepsi is one of film s producers but painkiller Aleve gets better product placement Spare some for the arthritic plot please 
2.5
Uncle Drew
Gary Thompson
Longino s script is good natured more genial than funny though director Charles Stone III does get some good work from star Irving who proves surprisingly adept at playing low key comedy 
2.5
Uncle Drew
Katie Walsh
Uncle Drew is the surprise comedy of the summer it s just so incredibly strange its genuine humor and heart catch you off guard 
3
Uncle Drew
Michael Phillips
The whole movie s that way succeeding on the simplest possible terms It s fun to hang out with these people for a while 
3
Uncle Drew
Mark Feeney
Uncle Drew is amiable enough even crowd pleasing but pretty ramshackle With all due respect to the actors and actor hoopsters it s the makeup people who give the film s best performance 
2
Uncle Drew
Keith Watson
Uncle Drew the old school streetballer played by NBA all star Kyrie Irving is a cheerfully scruffy creation and so is the film that bears his name 
2.5
Uncle Drew
George M. Thomas
Yes it s patently ridiculous 
2.5
Uncle Drew
Roger Moore
About as funny as a movie built around Cedric the not that Entertaining can be 
2
The Wiz
Roger Ebert
It s good that the Scarecrow is the first traveling companion she meets Michael Jackson fills the role with humor and warmth 
3
In the Name of My Daughter
Glenn Lovell
a desultory mash up of tones and styles It doesn t really succeed as either melodrama or mystery Tchin s pacing is off and potentially incriminating information is jack hammered into place 
1.5
In the Name of My Daughter
Robert Horton
Engrossing material with a very watchable trio 
3
In the Name of My Daughter
Peter Keough
More disappointing than the film s inertia and amorphousness is its sacrifice of the real world themes of class money corruption and power Unable to decide what story he wanted to tell Tchin hedges his bets and loses everything 
1.5
In the Name of My Daughter
Roger Moore
A ponderous and misshapen true crime tale from France
1.5
In the Name of My Daughter
Moira MacDonald
It s a pleasure to take in the lush settings to hear the delicately ominous score by Benjamin Biolay and to watch these actors circling each other 
3
In the Name of My Daughter
Tirdad Derakhshani
A fascinating suspenseful story about obsessive love money the Mafia and murder 
3.5
In the Name of My Daughter
John Anderson
Tawdry tale gets complex layered treatment from French master Andre Techine 
3.5
In the Name of My Daughter
Stephanie Merry
In the Name of My Daughter has good intentions of taking a sensationalistic riddle and turning it into a human story But the pendulum ultimately swings too far leaving an explosive tale behind in favor of one that fizzles out 
2
In the Name of My Daughter
Calvin Wilson
It doesn t help that the characters caught up in this fact based melodrama aren t particularly engaging Or that Tchin doesn t seem to have much of a feel for the material 
2
In the Name of My Daughter
Mick LaSalle
The characters intense desires are framed within a sedate workaday context so that even though the characters passions drive the action director Andre Techine lends the film an appealing illusion of calm 
3
In the Name of My Daughter
Rex Reed
Lacking action to the point of seeming immobile Mr Tchin nevertheless amasses a catalogue of anger desire and sex enhanced by stunning landscapes of villas and a parade of the rich and glamorous haut monde at play 
3
In the Name of My Daughter
Odie Henderson
We re left with Mafiosi and l amour fou neither of which is as compelling as a mother s love 
2.5
In the Name of My Daughter
Clayton Dillard
This adaptation is to concerned with narrative fidelity and formal objectivity to pierce the veil of power dynamics that largely comprises the film s concerns 
2.5
Gurukulam
Sean P. Means
Whether you find the documentary Gurukulam meditative or just boring will likely depend on how you feel about the Indian guru at its center so you get out of the movie only what you take with you 
3
Gurukulam
G. Allen Johnson
A film that seems as if the directors stayed about four days shot what they could and left 
2
Last Night
Stephen Cole
Forget about sex or adultery there isn t enough life in Last Night 
1.5
Last Night
Stephanie Merry
Tadjedin banks on the power of telling familiar moments betting that viewers will recognize the heartache at the center of a fleeting expression or hurried action For the most part her gamble pays off 
2.5
Last Night
Wesley Morris
It s the sort of movie that thinks cutting between two different stories makes it art Usually it feels like an exercise in art There s a lot of calisthenics but very little beauty or truth or whatever it is the movie is going for 
2
Last Night
Peter Keough
Tadjedin bounces from one couple to the other with all the logic of a badminton game but the only revelation is Knightley s nuanced performance 
2.5
Last Night
Robert Levin
The movie moves forward in a reductive will they or won t they cheat fashion without much depth or character driven insight 
2
Last Night
Kyle Smith
Suspenseful though it is the movie is quiet to the point of being sleepy and Worthington is simply not working out as a screen star 
2
Last Night
Mick LaSalle
He s withheld and she s frankly grating So we don t really care if they weather the current storm because sooner or later they re bound to get divorced anyway 
2
Last Night
Rex Reed
It s a quiet contemplative film that reminded me of Mike Nichols Closer with too many shots of lighting cigarettes and looking pensive in train windows but I liked it 
2.5
Last Night
Nick Schager
The film s characters are stick figures articulating and acting out rote issues of monogamy loyalty and betrayal 
1.5
Last Night
David Nusair
Never a point at which one is able to work up any enthusiasm or interest in the central characters ongoing exploits 
2
Unlovable
Rick Bentley
The sets are so limited and interaction so tight the presentation comes across as less of a feature film and more of a stage production That s not a problem when the words and performances are as on target as the ones presented here 
3
Unlovable
James Berardinelli
I just wish Unlovable had developed its own unique voice and approach rather than seeming too much like dozens of other forgettable addiction themed motion pictures 
2.5
The First Temptation of Christ
Roger Moore
Like a Key Peele riff on a particularly blasphemous Monty Python Nativity sketch rendered in the most profane Portugeuse 
2.5
The White Diamond
Brian Eggert
The White Diamond contains scene after scene of majestic imagery around Kaieteur Falls 44 but Herzog never allows his camera apos s gaze to dispel Nature 46 
3.5
The White Diamond
Roger Ebert
Although The White Diamond is entire of itself it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog s work 
3
The White Diamond
Michael Wilmington
When we finally see the ship sailing through majestic cloud formations over the breathtaking Amazon canopy the name seems absolutely fitting for a gem of an aircraft and a jewel of a movie 
3.5
The White Diamond
Jack Mathews
The film is rather aimless if not pointless but you cannot take your eyes off it for one second 
3
The White Diamond
Ed Gonzalez
In The White Diamond man and nature barely rub against each other and it s this friction that makes for the film s most astounding images 
3
The White Diamond
David Sterritt
Touching transfixing unique 
4
Triad Election
Betsy Sherman
Director To doesn t sacrifice substance to style The over the top violent flourishes more psychological than paint the screen red literal will burrow under your skin 
3
Triad Election
Ty Burr
The film s violence erupts in rare staccato bursts all the more horrifying for coming out of nowhere 
3.5
Triad Election
Bill Stamets
If Machiavelli s The Prince and Sun Tzu s The Art of War translate to other centuries and cultures so might Election and Triad Election 
3.5
Triad Election
Robert K. Elder
Director To s talent for documentary style realism and navigating complex political systems sets him apart though his nationalism puts him squarely in the mainstream 
3
Triad Election
Terry Lawson
This remains a well crafted genre movie and one that promises further developments in its final scene 
3
Triad Election
Tom Keogh
Like the late John Frankenheimer director To marries his drama with action and superb composition to achieve compelling results at times 
2.5
Triad Election
Pam Grady
Into a season of Hollywood blockbusters this import arrives with the impact of a high velocity bullet 
3.5
Triad Election
Chris Hewitt
Like many Hong Kong mob movies Triad Election i is not about fleshed out characters or intricate stories It s a blunt grimly efficient action movie that underlines the lies gangsters tell themselves so they at least can believe they re good guys 
2.5
Triad Election
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Johnny To s superb graceful new Triad Election actually has quite a bit in common with Francis Coppola s Godfather trilogy 
3.5
Triad Election
Jeff Vice
Two screenwriters were responsible for this fascinating look at organized crime in China as well as the continuing governmental policies that make the triads thrive 
3
Triad Election
Sean P. Means
Comparisons to The Godfather Part II are inevitable For a change such comparisons are also favorable 
3.5
Triad Election
V.A. Musetto
Ready for The Godfather with a distinctly Hong Kong flavor 
3
Triad Election
Elizabeth Weitzman
Plenty of films owe a debt to The Godfather but it s rare to see inspiration used as successfully as it is here 
3
Triad Election
Stephen Whitty
The parallels to all three Godfather films are there if you care to look but the Election films have other pleasures 
3
Triad Election
Jeremy Heilman
This disturbing social order both inside and outside the Triad is the series defining characteristic Because of its emphasis this installment satisfies even if another sequel feels inevitable 
3.5
Triad Election
Ed Gonzalez
Election 2 is equal in precision to its predecessor exuding a perpetual sense of danger 
2.5
Ice Castles
Austin Kennedy
The film s highlights are the figure skating scenes which are well choreographed and shot But unfortunately the film has to have a typical Hollywood story that is about as generic as Crispy Rice 
2
Ice Castles
Roger Ebert
Do we need the additional emotional jolts of blindness paralysis and amputation in order to accept a story about young love and kids succeeding by luck and pluck 
2
Poltergeist
Brian Eggert
The main problem here is the filmmakers haven apos t done anything significantly new with the material 44 so there are few surprises worth noting 8212 unless you count how this remake isn apos t terrible 44 just pointless 46 
2
Poltergeist
Pamela Powell
Humor and quirky personalities make this remake a more enjoyable and welcomed reboot to the original 
2.5
Poltergeist
Josh Terry
For about 20 minutes Poltergeist gave you the feeling that you re in for a fun time But fun turned into routine way too fast 
2
Poltergeist
David Nusair
A needless yet entertaining remake 
2.5
Poltergeist
Linda Cook
Poltergeist is yet another decent remake that s a reimagining of a 1980s classic 
2.5
Poltergeist
James Kendrick
puts plenty of new spins on the familiar beats of the story but their relevance must have wound up somewhere on the cutting room floor
1.5
Poltergeist
James Berardinelli
There s little doubt that nostalgia played a part in Fox s decision to remake Poltergeist but that s a poor reason for any film s existence and no excuse for how uninspired Gil Kenan s re imagining of this one turned out 
2
Poltergeist
Matt Brunson
It doesn t even seem like a remake of Poltergeist as much as it feels like The Conjuring 2 Insidious Chapter 3 or Paranormal Activity 33 1 3 
2
Poltergeist
David Keyes
As far as exterior circumstances go one wonders if the most tragic sacrifice was supplying this material with voices too passive to suggest something a little less derivative 
1.5
Poltergeist
Brian Tallerico
Rarely has a remake felt more contractually obligated than the 2015 version of Poltergeist 
1.5
Poltergeist
Clayton Dillard
It s the cinematic equivalent of a pat on the back accompanied by a slap in the face 
1
Poltergeist
Willie Waffle
Poltergeist has some bright spots 
2
Poltergeist
Kyle Smith
Just as the original was one of the scariest PG movies ever the reboot has about as much gruesomeness as you can possibly stuff into a PG 13 
2.5
Poltergeist
Stephen Whitty
This remake is over 20 minutes shorter than the original Poltergeist and it saved most of that time by sacrificing the beginning and end 
2
Poltergeist
Mark Dujsik
Poltergeist a condensed remake of Tobe Hooper s 1982 horror film is doubly redundant 
2
Poltergeist
Dustin Putman
Inferior though this twenty first century rendition is Poltergeist is a respectable thriller when judged on its own merits 
2.5
Poltergeist
Linda Barnard
There are some jumps but few legitimate scares unlike director Tobe Hooper s original which although similarly bloodless still stands as one of the scariest movies ever made 
2
Poltergeist
Roger Moore
Blase actors rob this of any prayer of being scary 
1.5
Charlie's Angels
Joe Lozito
The film is the equivalent of the dumb blonde of action movies No plot No problem Smile pretty now 
2
Charlie's Angels
Betsy Bozdech
When push comes to shove and it does constantly usually with a roundhouse kick thrown in for good measure this is one fluff flick that s all about grrrl power 
3
Charlie's Angels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Charlie s Angels never slows down and even when it s not delivering the thrills or a fun fight scene it s being just plain funny 
3.5
Charlie's Angels
Jim Shelby
Slick film fun like this doesn t come along very often 
3
Charlie's Angels
Jeffrey Westhoff
This wants to spoof macho action movies But lacking a coherent script to link the jokes these Angels are left without a prayer 
2
Charlie's Angels
Liam Lacey
A speedy ask no questions pop contrivance that as long as it keeps sparkling and whirling continually amuses 
3
Charlie's Angels
Marty Mapes
There wasn t a moment during Charlie s Angels when I regretted seeing the movie Afterwards I felt like I had wasted two hours but during never 
2.5
Charlie's Angels
Bill Chambers
Charlie s Angels is even more retro playful than a satiric time warp like The Brady Bunch Movie 
3
Charlie's Angels
Jorge Avila Andrade
Al cine de accin le haca falta un buen representante del gnero femenino y en esta ocasin se presentan tres bellos ngeles que cautivarn al espectador de cualquier edad
3
Charlie's Angels
Ross Anthony
Simply devilishly hilarious Don t be duped into thinking that Bikinis and Karate are all they have to offer
3
Charlie's Angels
David Keyes
it might not be an overstatement to say that Charlie s Angels actually lowers the paper thin standard of TV inspired movie productions a notch further 
1
Charlie's Angels
Ian Mantgani
It strains to be funny with unwelcome forced cheese that instantly hits the floor in the midst of inappropriate music and nonsensical movements by the actors that launch themselves upon us through rapid fire cuts and gaudily bright photography 
1
Charlie's Angels
Robert Roten
Blood vengeance and comedy don t make for a smooth mix in this attempt 
2
Charlie's Angels
Rob Blackwelder
A vast sassy action packed improvement on the 70s TV show 
3
Charlie's Angels
Emily Blunt
Enjoy this well done cheesy movie about a cheesy TV show 
3
Charlie's Angels
Brian McTavish
A film whose seductive glamour shots over the top karate chops and never ending tight spots play like a cross between the zany camaraderie of the Beatles in Help and the high tech martial arts barrage of The Matrix 
2.5
Charlie's Angels
Susan Stark
An immensely entertaining movie 
3
Charlie's Angels
Robert Payne
This Angels clearly rocks 
3
Charlie's Angels
Roger Ebert
Charlie s Angels is like the trailer for a video game movie lacking only the video game and the movie 
0.5
Charlie's Angels
James Berardinelli
You d have to be a hopeless curmudgeon not to be entertained on some juvenile level by this motion picture 
3
Charlie's Angels
Mick LaSalle
An utter debacle 
1
Charlie's Angels
Michael Dequina
Getting the joke does not necessarily entail complete enjoyment of the picture which grows equal parts fun and frustrating 
2.5
Charlie's Angels
Dustin Putman
A highly entertaining funny exciting no holds barred bubblegum triumph of the way to make a great action comedy as well as a rambunctious female empowerment fantasy 
3.5
Charlie's Angels
David N. Butterworth
The T A in this film is truly amazing as if Russ Meyer served as creative consultant I lost count of how many times an Angel shakes out her hair in slow mo like a Keeshond wicking rainwater from its pelt 
2.5
Black Dawn
David Nusair
Make no mistake Black Dawn isn t good by any stretch of the imagination but it s certainly a substantial improvement over some of Seagal s more recent efforts 
2
Scanners III: The Takeover
David Nusair
ultimately fares much much worse than one might ve anticipated 
1.5
Scanners III: The Takeover
Matt Brunson
Scanners II features a weak script poor acting and middling effects Scanners III contains an even worse script even worse acting and even worse effects 
1
Scanners III: The Takeover
Mike McGranaghan
Extremely silly but good for a few laughs 
2
Perfect
Chuck Bowen
Eddie Alcazar s film is a purposefully inscrutable wandering disconnected symbolic and highly precious mood bath 
1
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bill Chambers
You ve got to admire Springsteen s chutzpah in documenting and cataloguing his creative process with a borderline Kubrickian obsessiveness long before his reputation warranted it 
2.5
The Charmer
Godfrey Cheshire
A sharply crafted drama that has elements of noirish suspense 
3.5
The Charmer
Diego Semerene
Director and co writer Milad Alami s film feels like several fused together trial drafts of the same narrative 
2
Still Crazy
Andrew Howe
A marvellous film 
3.5
Still Crazy
Roger Ebert
There aren t a lot of plot surprises in Still Crazy and the ending is more or less as expected indeed as decreed by the comeback genre But the characters are sharply defined and well written and we come to like them 
3
Still Crazy
Michael Dequina
Pleasant enough to watch but completely forgettable 
2
The Tenth Man
Nick Allen
The humor of this rambling film runs dry to the point of unpalatable 
1.5
The Tenth Man
Clayton Dillard
As films about dopey dudes finding love go Daniel Burman s The Tenth Man is too modest for its own good 
2
Pursuit
Leo Brady
Its about as bad as it gets with Pursuit 
0
Pursuit
Tom Meek
None of it works but it s nice to watch Cusack s Jack often trimming and grilling up lean 30 day aged steaks 
1.5
Pursuit
Mark Dujsik
The absence of competence almost starts to look like a deliberate choice 
0.5
The Pride of the Yankees
Scott Nash
The Pride of The Yankees is a tribute to an American sports hero but made and released during World War II it is also a tribute to the soldiers fighting overseas 
4
Earwig
Simon Abrams
There 8217 s something essential missing from Earwig and it 8217 s not for want of inspiration or creativity 46 Had 382 ihalilovi 263 apos s latest is both too hazy to make a great adaptation and too focused to be genuinely dream like 46 
2.5
Earwig
Angelo Muredda
As visually and aurally arresting as it is inscrutable 
3.5
Cuties
Roger Moore
Whatever gifts French writer director Maïmouna Doucouré brings to the table subtlety isn t included 
2
Cuties
Monica Castillo
With Cuties Doucouré announces herself as a director with a keen visual style who s unafraid to explore these cultural and social tensions 
4
Cuties
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
When you have no real power you take what you can 
3
Closer
Tom Meek
Clive Owen gives the deepest and most emotionally nuanced performance as a dermatologist desperate for love and loyalty and Natalie Portman is a close second as the coy stripper beholden to Jude Law s self centered stalled writer 
3
Closer
Mattie Lucas
Each frame of the film seems infused with vibrant life even when the tone switches from dark to darker 
3.5
Closer
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Nichols simply stuns with a beautiful production excellent script unconventional and rather hateful story and excellent acting all around 
3.5
Closer
Joe Lozito
Four beautiful despicable characters find everything but love in this borderline sadistic battle of words from Mike Nichols 
2
Closer
Wesley Lovell
Closer isn t the kind of film just any audience would enjoy The film features complex sexual and relationship themes that might leave some viewers cold 
3.5
Closer
Matt Brunson
Surely the most divisive film about modern relations since Eyes Wide Shut 
3.5
Closer
Peter Travers
Vibrates with eroticism bruising laughs and dynamite performances from four attractive actors doing decidedly unattractive things 
3.5
Closer
Wilson Morales
Closer is a raw and stimulating film filled with excellent performances and an exotic script 
3
Closer
Lori Hoffman
watching four incredibly sexy actors withhold their mojo to play this emptiness is neither enlightening nor engaging 
2
Closer
Mark Collette
The camera spends much time on the actors faces whose spouting fumaroles manage to keep us interested by pace if not by virtue 
2
Closer
Jon Niccum
There are no fight scenes No criminal activity No fatalities There isn t even any sex But in its own way Closer is one of the edgiest movies of the year 
3.5
Closer
Steven Snyder
Brave is not a word I use often but here it is clearly deserved 
3.5
Closer
Michael Dequina
May not make for the most pleasant of viewing but it is certainly engrossing and unlike the characters more than a little truthful 
3
Closer
David N. Butterworth
Despite formidable performances by Roberts Law Portman and Owen Mike Nichols s Closer is weakened by both its source material and odd directorial decision making 
2.5
Closer
David Nusair
it s hard to resist the genuinely adult nature of the film an increasingly rare thing these days 
3
Closer
Sara Michelle Fetters
Full of chance meetings instant attraction and casual betrayals the movie is setup like a group of individual snapshots brief glimpses inside the lives of people trying to find that one love connection grounding them for the rest of their lives 
3.5
Closer
Terry Lawson
If it makes you uncomfortable or leaves you disturbed it has only done its job 
4
Closer
Lou Lumenick
Impeccably acted and directed but quite icy 
3
Closer
Roger Ebert
There s a creepy fascination in the way these four characters stage their affairs while occupying impeccable lifestyles 
4
Closer
James Berardinelli
Not to be missed 
3.5
Closer
John Wirt
Sex lies and betrayal form a high stakes game of love in Mike Nichols Closer 
4
Closer
Larry Ratliff
Underneath the hard hitting wordplay lurks a crafty relationship drama Complex and challenging it plays out like a game of championship chess 
3
Closer
Jack Mathews
Despite four very strong performances Closer is hard emotional work to sit through 
2
Closer
John Anderson
Bad Pinter meets bad Updike dancing to the rat a tat rhythms of an ER episode 
1
Closer
Nick Rogers
One of 2004 s best this unpredictable shell game dazzles with savage truth its harsh ugly discourse reminiscent of Neil LaBute before he softened into repetition 
4
Closer
James Kendrick
There s no connective tissue among the conflicts thus the conflicts come across as cold and essentially meaningless verbal and emotional violence for its own sake 
1.5
Closer
Collin Souter
A wonderfully acted depiction of the ultimate male fantasy gone sour 
3.5
Closer
Sean P. Means
I appreciated its tough look at sexual gamesmanship but I m not eager to see these sad and deservedly lonely characters again anytime soon 
3
Closer
Linda Cook
This isn t your mother s Julia Roberts movie 
4
Closer
Mark Dujsik
We don t find ourselves particularly liking any of these characters yet we are utterly fascinated by them 
3.5
Closer
Vince Koehler
Set in contemporary London Closer is funny at times and sometimes nerve wracking There are loads of time leaps to follow so don t leave your seat 
2.5
Closer
James Sanford
Nichols tears into this material with both hands pushing his cast to their emotional limits as the misery go round turns again and again 
3.5
Closer
Moira MacDonald
It s written and filmed with great intelligence and performed fearlessly 
3.5
Closer
Mick LaSalle
Closer has clever dialogue and scenes that are alive to all the treachery and nuance of sexual intrigue 
3
Closer
David Elliott
Nichols is too craftily experienced man is he experienced not to give each actor good innings 
4
Closer
Rene Rodriguez
Closer struggles formidably to come up with something to say about modern day relationships but all you re left with is the struggle 
2
Closer
Bob Strauss
Like its misbegotten quartet of manipulative lovers the movie offers only intermittent satisfaction 
2.5
Closer
Robert W. Butler
Closer isn t a pleasant night at the movies Nevertheless its emotional brutality is breathtaking 
3
Closer
Eric Harrison
In Closer a searing drama that dares speak the truth about modern adult relationships it s hard to distinguish between sincere emotion and manipulation between true caring and heartless self interest 
3
Closer
Rick Groen
Essentially this whole picture is a tombstone to love 
3
Closer
John Beifuss
Closer apparently exists as a movie because the director admired the play not because the play benefits from being opened up for filming 
2
Closer
Jeff Vice
If you can withstand the initial burst of salty language and severe dysfunction there s a certain joy in seeing these characters get their just deserts And not to give too much away at least a couple of them do 
3
Closer
Lisa Kennedy
Its meditation on power may not be everyone s cup of tea But for those who prefer Earl Grey to camomile it works a dark magic 
3
Closer
Sarah Chauncey
Absolutely captivating 
3.5
Closer
Lawrence Toppman
My desire to give all four a bracing slap didn t prevent me from thinking that somewhere in a universe I ve been fortunate never to inhabit people play exactly these sorts of games 
2.5
Closer
Wesley Morris
At 73 Nichols is in peak form 
3.5
Closer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film is pitched with the same pace and distance as the play characters chatter on in neat clipped little sound bites that sound very little like real conversation 
2
Closer
Jeffrey Overstreet
It s ugly but true Closer is like the smoker s lung billboard But instead of showing diseased lungs it exposes hearts ruined by lies pride and jealousy 
2.5
Closer
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sexy deliciously perverse and oozing with immorality 
3.5
Closer
Erik Childress
You re going to see some powerful acting for sure certainly enough to recommend the film but one which ultimately just doesn t add up to much 
3
Closer
Claudia Puig
Closer offers a bleak though thought provoking take on relationships The challenge for the viewer is in caring enough to become invested in characters who seem hellbent on hurting one another 
2.5
Closer
Peter Canavese
Strangers becoming lovers lovers becoming estranged the paradox of oh so modern coupling keeps the home fires burning in Patrick Marber s astringent Closer 
3
Closer
Bruce Newman
Everything about Closer from its four wonderful performances to Nichols stunning work looks and feels perfect 
4
Closer
Duane Dudek
While the technique significantly streamlines things it also strips away whatever makes us sympathize with or better understand the characters leaving love and sex as unintelligible as ever 
2.5
Closer
David Sterritt
It s a movie that demands more than one viewing to absorb all its ideas and feelings 
3
Closer
Steven Rea
Portman well she shines It s a performance that really does mark her entrance into movie adulthood 
3
Closer
Chris Hewitt
The dialogue rewards us for playing close attention 
2.5
Closer
Kit Bowen
Closer gets about as close as it gets to showing how love sometimes makes people do awful things to each other 
3.5
Closer
Walter Chaw
These photographs make sadness so beautiful that it s a lie 
3
Closer
Michael Wilmington
It s a pleasure to see material this intelligent a cast this inspired and Nichols in his Carnal Knowledge prime operating with cold silky expertise 
3.5
Closer
Jeffrey Westhoff
Smugly offensive 
1
Closer
Steve Rhodes
Closer way too stagy to be a movie makes minutes feel like hours think Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Valium 
2
Closer
Phil Villarreal
It s a rare film in that it thoroughly involves the audience without presenting a likable character 
3
Closer
Michael A. Smith
Owen pretty much explodes onto the screen in what is sure to be remembered as his star making role 
3.5
Closer
Willie Waffle
I hope Closer doesn t win an Oscar or I ll have to see 10 more like it next year 
1.5
Closer
Ross Anthony
Heavy on a dialogue that cycles through clever humorous tedious Closer examines love commitment infractions thereof Lacks emotive connection with audience 
2
Closer
Rob Blackwelder
saved from its implausible emotional overtures by its unvarnished emotional minutiae 
2.5
Closer
Scott Nash
Terrific performances by Owen Portman Roberts and Law
4
Closer
Dustin Putman
The sumptuous performances and tantalizing dialogue make even the most detestable of human behavior uncontrollably fascinating 
2.5
Closer
Ed Gonzalez
With its pretty close ups of pretty actors and pretty slow motion shots set to pretty songs Closer is scarcely complex it s just well precious 
2
The Beverly Hillbillies
David Nusair
It s fitting that The Beverly Hillbillies is based on a popular sitcom given that the film feels perfectly suited to the small screen 
2
The Beverly Hillbillies
Chris Hicks
The Beverly Hillbillies is stupid to the max 
1.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the clearest evidence of the dearth of original ideas in Hollywood is the constant need to regurgitate old worn out television series 
2
The Beverly Hillbillies
Roger Ebert
Imagine the dumbest half hour sitcom you ve ever seen spin it out to 93 minutes by making it even more thin and shallow and you have this movie It s appalling It s not even really a good version of whatever it was that made the TV series appealing 
0.5
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Linda Cook
hat have we done to ourselves The documentary Anthropocene The Human Epoch answers that in a disturbing way 
4
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Steven Prokopy
This is a movie that provides visually pure and beautifully photographed proof of the danger in which people are putting the planet 
3.5
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Rob Thomas
We re used to documentaries that celebrate gorgeous scenes of the natural world but Anthropocene The Human Epoch adds a discomfiting twist presenting beautiful images of some of the ugliest things that humans are doing to the planet 
3
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Roger Moore
Epic grimly statistical with just a smidgen of cautious optimism about the planet so gravely altered by humanity
3
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Pamela Powell
Masterfully detailed captivating you visually with a subtle yet haunting musical layer to tell a difficult yet necessary story 
4
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Sean P. Means
The luminous terrifying and beautiful documentary Anthropocene The Human Epoch feels like the culmination of the life s work of its three directors because it chronicles what could be the end of human life on Earth 
3.5
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Peter Howell
To say that there are no easy answers to planetary woes is to state the obvious But the film seeks to reveal rather than lecture in the hope that our eyes will convince our brains to act before it s too late 
4
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Kate Taylor
We have entered an epoch in which human activity is shaping the planet more than any natural force Anthropocene bears witness that something s got to give 
4
Leap!
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
At least the ultimate message is a positive one and the villains get their comeuppance but this is rough stuff indeed 
1
Leap!
Josh Terry
The final product just isn t strong enough to share the stage with the kind of animated heavyweights that will justify movie tickets for all the kids 
2
Leap!
Richard Roeper
The anachronistic pop songs actually work quite nicely with the scenes of classical dancing and will most likely help hold the attention of the little ones 
3
Leap!
Sara Michelle Fetters
The French animated adventure Leap is at turns stupendous and insufferable the film never showing enough faith in its audience in order for the lovely little scenario of resilience and fortitude at the heart of things to ever resonate 
2
Leap!
Phil Villarreal
More of a dunce movie than a dance movie 
2
Leap!
Mark Dujsik
Leap is routine and dull 
1.5
Leap!
Peter Hartlaub
Even the moments of grace are eventually stained by the bodily functions humor and flurry of pratfalls that are always around the corner 
2
Leap!
Dann Gire
Leap tends to be thoughtless pandering and rife with historical lapses 
1.5
Leap!
Matt Zoller Seitz
Félicie deserves better So does dance 
1.5
Leap!
Susan Wloszczyna
Leap is a step up from Weinstein s Shrek on a budget Hoodwinked films and it makes the most of its distinctly Old World aesthetic and enticing character design 
2.5
Leap!
Jody Mitori
The animated film requires some suspension of disbelief but it mostly succeeds thanks to its Parisian setting and its heroine s charm 
3
Leap!
Robbie-Ann McPherson
It is a colorful delightful children s film that young girls may find inspiring too 
2.5
Leap!
Tom Russo
While the debut release from the Weinstein Company s new toon venture sets its dancing against some spectacular backdrops there are nagging issues with spotty character animation and endlessly predictable storytelling 
2
Leap!
Rafer Guzman
It understandably wants to deliver the message that you can achieve anything if you just put your heart into it That might hold true for boxing karate and even Olympic bobsledding but ballet What s French for get real 
1
Leap!
Mike McGranaghan
Charming and frequently funny It has a truly inspiring message about perseverance for children 
3
Leap!
Brian Truitt
For the cinematic dregs of late August the earnest and quirky Leap is charmingly en pointe 
2.5
Leap!
Roger Moore
Sentimental watchable but dull 
2
Leap!
Keith Watson
The film s careful attention to detail in the animation is continuously undermined by a formulaic plot and anxious pandering to contemporary sensibilities 
2
2067
Steven Prokopy
The movie is largely forgettable but still an entertaining enough momentary distraction 
2.5
2067
Barry Hertz
Despite the too twisty story and drippy characters Larney does extremely impressive work with a limited budget creating an entire world or two as if he had the resources of a Marvel escapade or at the very least a Terminator entry 
2
2067
Mark Dujsik
2067 isn t just a clever riff on time travel adventuring It has some difficult wisdom to speak too 
3
2067
Brian Tallerico
Larney fails his own idea by not having a stronger edit on his dialogue and a more confident hand when it comes to directing performance 
2
2067
Johnny Oleksinski
It could really use Joan Rivers as a wise cracking robot 
1.5
Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks
Linda Cook
Fans of the band Tenacious D will love this movie Others may want to forget about it 
2
Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks
Emily Blunt
It s a must for any Tenacious D fan and an immediate purchase for those of you looking for the FUNNY stuff instead of the generic crappoople we ve been force fed lately
4
Hidden Figures
Brian Eggert
The right crowd pleaser for the right time 
3
Hidden Figures
Matt Brunson
The film never relinquishes its tight focus on three remarkable individuals who repeatedly demonstrate that they too possess the right stuff 
3
Hidden Figures
Mattie Lucas
You ll find nothing stylistically groundbreaking here but Melfi guides this feel good drama with class and confidence 
3
Hidden Figures
Pamela Powell
While we know the outcome of the project it is the journey these women travel that makes this such an engaging film 
4
Hidden Figures
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Here we right an historical wrong looking back at the important contributions that a group of three African American women made to our nation s space program 
3
Hidden Figures
George M. Thomas
It strikes a careful balance in showing how things were and what they could be 
3
Hidden Figures
John Hanlon
It may be predictable but it s also one of the most uplifting and triumphant movies of the year 
3.5
Hidden Figures
John Serba
The film isn t always subtle but a broad brush sometimes leaves behind a big beautiful swath of color 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An old fashioned story about discrimination and overcoming inspiring hopeful and impeccably acted Full review in Spanish 
3
Hidden Figures
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The story is a good one and the movie never feels too heavy or preachy 
3
Hidden Figures
Walter Chaw
It s the kind of movie where you compliment the performances and then trail off because there s nothing much left to say that won t make you sound like a jerk 
1
Hidden Figures
James Kendrick
its story of triumph over adversity is not so much a historical lesson as it is a call to ensure that we stop making the same old mistakes
3.5
Hidden Figures
Linda Cook
It s as uplifting as watching a rocket take off 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Rich Heldenfels
A lovely movie buoyed by understated performances 
3
Hidden Figures
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s pretty much perfect and I cannot wait for general audiences to get the opportunity to head to the theatre and learn that blissful truth for themselves 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Jeff Simon
Yes the movie is idealized in its portrait of women who have undoubtedly been denied very ordinary human flaws and failings But then so what They re heroes every one of them 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Josh Terry
We learn about a largely unknown venue of the civil rights movement but we also gain a general appreciation for the Herculean task of getting the Mercury astronauts into space at all 
3
Hidden Figures
Katie Walsh
An assertion of humanity and civil rights that is pure cinematic nourishment for soul 
4
Hidden Figures
Kevin A. Ranson
in light of national pride and recent politics it s refreshing to see a film that shows individuals not only can work together but often enough had damn well better 
4
Hidden Figures
Tom Meek
Not enough can be said about the effort Henson Monáe or Spencer put in The three have impeccable chemistry and build their characters from the ground up indelibly 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Mal Vincent
Hidden Figures succeeds where other movies have failed in making mathematical equations interesting 
3
Hidden Figures
Rob Thomas
In 2017 when the country feels as angry and divided as ever Hidden Figures becomes more than just a well made inspiring and rousing piece of entertainment It becomes vital 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Michael Smith
Hidden Figures is triumphant in a way that can restore your faith in the dreams we can achieve in this nation if we all are willing to work together as one 
3
Hidden Figures
Sean P. Means
Hidden Figures celebrates the achievements of these accomplished women not only as pioneers in the space race but also as heroes battling obstacles big and small 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Loey Lockerby
Hidden Figures is more than just an inspirational history lesson It does the vital service of bringing long ignored figures out of hiding and making their case to the world 
3
Hidden Figures
Bob Bloom
Director Theodore Melfi creates an atmosphere in which Johnson Vaughan and Jackson must be twice as good as those around them simply to succeed 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Calvin Wilson
Hidden Figures is a feel good film of incalculable charm 
3
Hidden Figures
Ty Burr
The film s made with more heart than art and more skill than subtlety and it works primarily because of the women that it portrays and the actresses who portray them 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Lawrence Toppman
Spencer gets most of the laughs and Monáe has the showiest speeches so they ve been nominated for most of the awards But Henson has the hardest role a prodigy ill used by a society that barely knows she s alive 
3
Hidden Figures
Mike McGranaghan
A rousing uplifting tribute to three unsung American heroes Splendid performances give the film full power 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Peter Canavese
Could hardly be more historically important culturally significant or inspirational and as a PG rated film it s especially valuable as a STEM education boost for young girls 
2.5
Hidden Figures
Josh Larsen
a rare glimpse of the black experience as it pertains to wider American history 
2.5
Hidden Figures
Wesley Lovell
A potent film with strong performances that will bolster your belief that change can still be made with the right level of conviction 
4
Hidden Figures
Peter Travers
This untold story of African American females who helped NASA conquer the cosmos features three incredible performances Corny at times sure but you ll still want to stand up and cheer 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Kam Williams
A worthwhile teachable moment about the indignities suffered by three heroic NASA mathematicians simply because they had the misfortune to be black during the South s shameful days of Jim Crow segregation 
4
Hidden Figures
David Nusair
it s ultimately difficult to recall a more promising endeavor that so thoroughly squandered its various positive attributes 
2
Hidden Figures
Richard Roeper
Junior high and high school classes across the country should take field trips to see this movie 
3.5
Hidden Figures
James Berardinelli
Hidden Figures provides an example of determination and talent triumphing over an unfair and repressive system something that has relevance beyond the decade or the century in which it transpires 
3
Hidden Figures
Anita Katz
The film s immensely agreeable real life story has so much joy and energy we re willing to go the predictable distance 
3
Hidden Figures
Neil Rosen
Ultimately it is a very satisfying movie with historical significance and it is great to see these women finally get their due 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Mark Dujsik
A significant story told well and with feeling 
3
Hidden Figures
Kate Taylor
For all that it tells a highly unusual story Hidden Figures is a classic Hollywood feel good movie 
3
Hidden Figures
Peter Howell
Taraji P Henson Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe serve both history and the demands of popular entertainment with serious performances that also have a good sense of humour 
3
Hidden Figures
Brian Truitt
Adding social issues to its many inspirational themes Hidden Figures equals one satisfying slice of history that ll entertain adults as well as kids looking to the stars 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Robert Levin
As a reminder of what can happen when Americans pull together behind a collective and ambitious cause it s welcome a rejoinder to the great strife and division that permeates the national mood today 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Ann Hornaday
This movie adroitly portrays the sheer waste and inefficiency of racism and misogyny Just think how much has been lost the movie suggests over centuries of depriving ourselves of the brains talents and leadership of more than half our population 
4
Hidden Figures
Michael Phillips
Hidden Figures is a fairly entertaining gloss of a docudrama elevated by its cast 
2.5
Hidden Figures
Rafer Guzman
Hidden Figures may be a thoroughly upbeat entertaining movie but it s too smart to sugarcoat the truth about race relations in America past or present 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Tirdad Derakhshani
The miracle lies in how the film gently touches on some of the most intractable social problems addressed by the civil rights movement while maintaining an infectiously buoyant vibe not to mention a bouncy soundtrack 
3
Hidden Figures
Lauren Chval
Hidden Figures does a remarkable job demonstrating that women may all want different things but all desire opportunity 
3
Hidden Figures
Kyle Smith
Hidden Figures provides a fresh angle on how demeaning demoralizing and crazy it was to live in an era of officially sanctioned white supremacy one that people had grown used to pretending was perfectly normal 
3
Hidden Figures
Odie Henderson
Theodore Melfi has a light touch not often found in dramas like this which makes the material all the more effective 
3.5
Hidden Figures
Mick LaSalle
Henson Spencer and Monae all excel conveying the intensity and worthiness of these women s ambitions even as they deal almost in a matter of fact way with obstacles that are maddening 
3
Hidden Figures
Roger Moore
Real history rendered with Hollywood fictional flourishes but never less than uplifting and entertaining
2.5
Hidden Figures
Elise Nakhnikian
The central characters dogged refusal to cede their places on a team that keeps trying to reject them is a moving display of heroism 
2.5
Hidden Figures
Clayton Davis
The highlights of Hidden Figures are in the two show stopping performances of musical artist turned actress Janelle Monae and Academy Award winner Kevin Costner 
3.5
Wolfen
Chuck O'Leary
The often muddled but scary Wolfen tops The Howling and An American Werewolf in London as the best of 1981 s three worthwhile lupine thrillers 
3
Wolfen
Roger Ebert
Love thought care and craftsmanship have gone into this film 
3.5
Wolfen
Bill Chambers
Wolfen goes through the paces of a typical detective thriller but I ll bet you ve never seen anything like it 
2.5
The Wizard of Lies
David Nusair
an uneven yet sporadically engrossing drama from a first class filmmaker 
3
The Wizard of Lies
Christopher James
It s a film that heads down an interesting path with incredibly talented people only to fail to go the extra mile in exploring these characters 
3
The Wizard of Lies
Robert Rorke
The Wizard of Lies achieves its greatest power as a character study 
3
The Wizard of Lies
David Wiegand
Levinson does a solid job for the most part 
2.5
The Wizard of Lies
Brian Tallerico
The 135 minute film suffers from being too long and sometimes bizarrely constructed but it s the kind of solid true story we ve come to expect from an HBO Original Film 
3
The Wizard of Lies
Gail Pennington
Madoff proves too slippery for clear characterization even for the combined talents of Levinson and De Niro and the result is a film that is dull with bursts of weird 
2.5
The Wizard of Lies
Chuck Bowen
The Wizard of Lies bears less of a resemblance to art than a book report 
2
mother!
Brian Eggert
The problem is the hyperbolic approach that marks every aspect of the storytelling and renders the experience hollow 
2
mother!
Matt Brunson
The film is ugly disturbing and not for everyone it s also fascinating thought provoking and rich with religious allegories 
3.5
mother!
Mattie Lucas
If it holds a mirror up to ourselves we should be horrified at what we see 
3.5
mother!
Federico Furzan
Extraordinary and creepy This film plays in a dense ground of surrealism and metaphore that works for some willing viewers Full review in Spanish 
4
mother!
David N. Butterworth
You ll either love it or hate it which is an odd thing to say since I neither loved it nor hated it finding it fascinating and self indulgent almost simultaneously 
2.5
mother!
Joey Magidson
It s a true conversation piece and perhaps even an effort of mad brilliance 
4
mother!
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
With its desperate would that it were ironic titular exclamation point Aronofsky announces nothing more than bombast and delivers exactly on that promise 
1
mother!
John Beifuss
If it s silly as biblical allegory it s potent as a comedic parable about the selfishness and egoism of the process of male artistic creation 
3.5
mother!
David Keyes
In a climate where we are quick to diminish and disown artists for forcing their brutal honesty on audiences Mother is a challenge worth facing 
4
mother!
David Nusair
An ambitious audacious failure 
2
mother!
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s unique different and obtuse no doubt about it but that doesn t mean it works Full review in Spanish 
2
mother!
James Kendrick
both an artful examination of exploitative relationships and an exploitative con job on the viewer 
2.5
mother!
Brian Tallerico
At times horrifying at times riveting at times baffling and at times like nothing you ve ever seen before 
3.5
mother!
Walter Chaw
mother resembles all the great symbolist films because it s one of them 
4
mother!
Max Weiss
mother is a film that demands to be seen and reckoned with 
2.5
mother!
Dwight Brown
The film wears out its welcome fast 
2
mother!
Glenn Lovell
Marketed as a supernatural thriller Aronofsky s latest is a black comedy about what it means to play muse to creep artist Doesn t attain MOAB stature but still the most indulgent film from a major director in a good while
1.5
mother!
Rex Reed
I hesitate to label it the Worst movie of the year when Worst movie of the century fits it even better 
0
mother!
Sonny Bunch
The skill that went into crafting mother is undeniable but so is its unpleasantness its aggressively nihilistic and misanthropic ugliness 
1.5
mother!
James Berardinelli
It s too bad it doesn t work 
2.5
mother!
Robert Horton
At one point the house becomes a kind of theater for all the chaos of modern life terrorism protests religious fanaticism militarization run amok Did we mention this movie is pretentious 
2.5
mother!
Kent Turner
This is more a film to admire for its audacity in throwing everything into the proverbial kitchen sink 
2
mother!
Bob Bloom
mother is one of those movies where you know from the outset that while the world on screen may appear normal something is definitely off kilter 
3.5
mother!
Norman Gidney
With Mother Aronofsky has created one of the most daring studio films of the year 
3
mother!
Sara Michelle Fetters
Darren Aronofsky s latest mind bending psychologically dense feature Mother is an indescribable piece of lurid pulp fiction that has to be seen to be believed 
3.5
mother!
Mike McGranaghan
Experimental bold creatively dangerous and over the top crazy 
4
mother!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unquestionably brilliant movie even if its initial effect is less than brilliant 
3.5
mother!
Roger Moore
A horrific and chaotic but easily decoded allegory about the creative mind and the artist idea artist muse relationship 
3
mother!
Christian Toto
Never has so much on screen violence left us so utterly bored 
1.5
mother!
Walter V. Addiego
If you re game for it Mother is another of Aronofsky s ominous extravaganzas 
3
mother!
Nick Vadala
However you interpret the flick at the very least it will have you talking 
3
mother!
Moira MacDonald
mother for this viewer felt long and punishing artful yet self sabotaging eventually crumbling I never looked away but I never want to see it again 
2.5
mother!
Sara Stewart
mother is undeniably a wild memorable ride It s a Rorschach test of a movie to interpret however you like 
3
mother!
Sean P. Means
This is not your Friday night popcorn and Red Vines kind of movie but easily the most divisive film a major Hollywood studio has released in decades 
3.5
mother!
Stephen Rebello
Bravo Mr Aronofsky and bravo everyone who helped birth something as insane and personal as Mother into our cookie cutter world 
3.5
mother!
Peter Howell
Aronofsky ratchets up the tension by degree employing claustrophobic camerawork and a sound design that slowly turns from minimal to maximal 
3
mother!
Mark Dujsik
Whatever the film is it s a strange confounding and unique experience for sure 
3
mother!
Clint O'Connor
It was supposed to be an edgy innovative horror mystery experience Instead it s a big pretentious pile of piffle 
2
mother!
Rafer Guzman
The director of Black Swan and Noah combines both to come up with this tough to categorize movie 
3
mother!
Calvin Wilson
Naysayers will no doubt argue that mother is an incomprehensible mess But as sheer visceral filmmaking it s a must see 
3.5
mother!
Richard Roeper
Lawrence pouts and screams and cries with great gusto Her eyes dart about with mad fear at the lunatics who have invaded her house It s a big performance but not a GREAT big performance 
2
mother!
Ann Hornaday
Even Lawrence s magnetic powers can t keep Mother from going off the rails which at first occurs cumulatively then in a mad rush during the film s outlandish climax 
2
mother!
Jeff Simon
Make it simple until Mother insists on making sense it had the makings of a crazy classic What s left now is a wild and loony film set love story whose denouement remains to be seen 
3
mother!
Dustin Putman
A maddening nerve shredding masterstroke of auteur ballsiness mother is writer director Darren Aronofsky s jolting answer to cinematically capturing what it is like to be trapped in a nightmare 
4
mother!
Clayton Davis
It s hard to recall a director who is so transfixed on the human condition and pairs it with such a galvanizing meditation on violence and our place on earth 
3.5
mother!
Chris Hewitt
However strange you ve heard Mother is I guarantee it is much stranger 
3
mother!
Christopher Gray
Mother is a riot of religious symbolism of the moment socio political valences and references that attempts to unite themes from nearly all of Darren Aronofsky s work 
2
mother!
Josh Larsen
a scorched earth confession that still gets its sins wrong 
2.5
mother!
Peter Travers
Aronofsky s visionary biblical allegory always seems on the verge of exploding Lawrence Bardem and an Oscar caliber Pfeiffer are all on fire Love it or loathe it the film is an artist s cry from his own corrupt heart You won t know what hit you 
3.5
mother!
Michael Phillips
It s worth seeing if you don t mind a little insanity in escapism that offers no escape only the promise of a new fairy tale on another page 
3
mother!
Brian Truitt
Impending motherhood is seen through a horror movie lens there are enough religious metaphors for a particularly strange Sunday school class and mother thrives most as a thoughtful and angry look at modern society 
3
mother!
Stephen Whitty
Unlike the mansion it s set in it s a small hammered together thing and it can t bear all this meaning and metaphor 
2
The Snow Walker
Jeanne Aufmuth
An old school adventure whose simple themes resonate with a refreshing honesty 
3
The Snow Walker
Rick Groen
As predicable as the annual fall of the Maple Leafs but considerably more tragic as traditional as the recurring scam of political patronage but a lot more compelling The Snow Walker is a vintage slice of Canadiana 
3
The Snow Walker
David Nusair
given the skill with which this spare story has been filmed it s hard not to be entertained on some level 
3
Mr. Jones
Ed Gonzalez
That it half succeeds in spite of its cloying self seriousness means that it s at best a convincing copycat of a definitive expression of ego and influence in art 
2
Mr. Jones
Dustin Putman
In attempting to experiment with horror tropes and the found footage format director Karl Mueller tries too hard and walks away with a muddled drastically uneven hodgepodge 
2
Billy: The Early Years
Josh Larsen
a biography picture of the patronizing saint variety 
1.5
Billy: The Early Years
Peter T. Chattaway
Hammer does a credible Graham impression but if the script isn t up to snuff none of the other stuff matters And this particular screenplay is nowhere close to that 
2
All the Mornings of the World
Edward Guthmann
It s a serene meditation on loss grief and musicianship with a magnificent score assembled and performed by Jordi Savall 
4
All the Mornings of the World
Kathy Fennessy
Romantic and unabashedly sentimental 
3
All the Mornings of the World
Roger Ebert
This is a simple story made of three things music love and regret 
3
Soul Plane
Eric Melin
Soul Plane is like seeing an uncomfortably unfunny stand up comedy routine acted out and stretched to a feature length film 
.5
Soul Plane
David Nusair
it s hard not to be offended by a sequence in which an Arab man boards the airplane much to the shock and horror of everyone around him 
1.5
Soul Plane
Walter Chaw
How best to explain a film this mean spirited this unfunny this dispiriting 
0
Soul Plane
Steve Rhodes
Outrageous and sporadically funny but just wait for video 
2.5
Soul Plane
Frank Ochieng
a hideous hip hop spoof of the most disposable kind This is the worst kind of racial rubbish suited appropriately for the barf bag 
1
Soul Plane
Matt Brunson
An imbecilic film that s about as punishing as a four hour flight delay 
1
Soul Plane
Sean McBride
Older audiences will be offended by most of what passes for comedy in Soul Plane but there s no denying that younger hip hop flavored crowds should be quite amused 
2.5
Soul Plane
Sean P. Means
There s talent in this cast and forcing these performers to run through the contorted non humor of Soul Plane is simply a disaster 
0
Soul Plane
Linda Cook
This just never took off for me 
1.5
Soul Plane
Dustin Putman
Soul Plane will likely inspire viewers to immediately rewatch Airplane to wash out the bad taste this new movie pollutes into their mouths 
1
Soul Plane
Willie Waffle
Soul Plane is a great premise searching for a better script 
1.5
Soul Plane
Chris Hewitt
A slapdash affair that pitches jokes at all races creeds and stupidities but it turns casualness into a virtue 
2.5
Soul Plane
Tom Keogh
No doubt Soul Plane sounds more offensive than it is when seen That doesn t make it more than passable burlesque but burlesque has its place too 
2
Soul Plane
Peter Hartlaub
A better than average comedy that is raunchy and tasteless but ultimately funny from beginning to end 
2
Soul Plane
Sarah Chauncey
How bad is Soul Plane It stars Tom Arnold and he s not the worst thing in it 
.5
Soul Plane
Megan Lehmann
This one joke comedy vehicle is flying through a laugh free zone 
1.5
Soul Plane
Jami Bernard
Nearly unwatchable 
1
Soul Plane
Peter Debruge
No one is spared the movie s raunchy political incorrectness 
2
Soul Plane
Michael Booth
If it s not funny to you that a bunch of white passengers in polo shirts would say Oh goody when they hear the in flight movie stars Sandra Bullock then don t bother with the rest of Soul Plane 
2.5
Soul Plane
Wesley Morris
A relentless sucker punch to black entrepreneurship 
1.5
Soul Plane
Terry Lawson
The jokes fly faster than the plane but the humor cruising level is closer to the old TV series Flying High than to Airplane 
2
Soul Plane
Paul Sherman
More depressing than airplane food 
1
Soul Plane
Bob Strauss
A real hit and miss compendium of racial intoxicant and sex jokes that could have used more narrative push and stronger quality control 
2.5
Soul Plane
Jeffrey Westhoff
What Airplane would have been if the only joke in the movie were the two black guys and Barbara Billingsley speaking jive with them
1
Soul Plane
Phil Villarreal
The momentum dies so quickly you expect oxygen masks to drop from the ceiling 
1
Soul Plane
Stephen Cole
A third of the way into Soul Plane maybe earlier if you re in the right mood or with the wrong company you might actually start to enjoy disliking the movie 
2.5
Soul Plane
Emily Blunt
I laughed my lily white off Soul Plane is hilarious It s a funked out Airplane that silly stoo pid fun movie not trying to prove anything to anyone 
2.5
Soul Plane
Claudia Puig
90 minutes of amateurish adolescent yuks 
1.5
Soul Plane
Mack Bates
Unoriginal unrelentingly vulgar and worst unfunny 
1.5
Soul Plane
Carrie Rickey
I know that during the film my abs got a workout But it became increasingly difficult to distinguish between a belly laugh and visceral recoil 
2
Soul Plane
Gene Seymour
Starts out as an amiable send up of black enterprise before stumbling into the familiar blender of diced stereotypes pureed sexual innuendo and controlled substances 
1.5
Soul Plane
Mark Caro
A prime example of a comedy that s all marketing 
1
Soul Plane
Rob Blackwelder
It may be crude it may be lewd it s certainly slapdash and stupid but it s steadily and readily hilarious 
3
Soul Plane
Nick Schager
Soul Plane s infatuation with playa culture will likely have most reaching for the barf bag 
1
Late Marriage
James Kendrick
a blistering and often funny critique of conservative family traditionalism intruding on the realm of romantic love
3.5
Late Marriage
Susan Stark
A romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores 
3
Late Marriage
Joe Baltake
This terrific film is fueled by several scenes that are shocking but not for the reasons you might think The shocks here come not from the unexpected sensationalism of them but from their bracing humanity and spontaneous eye opening rawness 
4
Late Marriage
John Petrakis
One of those welcome visitors a movie that turns out to be much more than we expected 
3.5
Late Marriage
Chris Hewitt
Whenever you think you ve figured out Late Marriage it throws you for a loop 
3
Late Marriage
Connie Ogle
Late Marriage s stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U S viewers off their feet 
2
Late Marriage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has the pulse of real life and the daring to allow logic and emotion to collide with painful results 
3
Late Marriage
Steven Rosen
Unfolds in a low key organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow 
4
Late Marriage
Loren King
An unforgettable look at morality family and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage 
3.5
Late Marriage
Misha Berson
It feels like a devastatingly honest portrait of how old world family loyalties are both a haven and a prison for two generations 
3
Late Marriage
Steve Rhodes
Grating and tedious 
1.5
Late Marriage
Roger Ebert
Late Marriage is not a one level film and one of its most revealing moments shows the strong minded mother expressing respect for the equally iron willed Judith 
3
Late Marriage
Bob Strauss
The movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure 
3.5
Late Marriage
John Anderson
The frankness of Kosashvili s film may be a bit breathtaking but because it is you believe every moment 
3
Late Marriage
Megan Turner
Features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film 
3
Late Marriage
Justin Hartung
The screenplay is too obvious in its critique of arranged marriages and its portrayal of Zaza s malicious parents is smugly cynical 
2
Late Marriage
Harvey S. Karten
The 1960s rebellion was misdirected you can t fight your culture 
3
Late Marriage
Rick Groen
Late Marriage is definitely rocky but there s never a point where we lose interest and want out as relationships go that s not bad 
2.5
Late Marriage
Jeremy Heilman
Late Marriage seems like its protagonist lost in a sea of its own ambivalence 
2
Late Marriage
Ed Gonzalez
Dover Kosashvili s first feature Late Marriage so boldly confronts Jewish Orthodox traditions it s a minor miracle it never becomes glib 
3.5
Ave Maria
Jorge Avila Andrade
El filme se convierte en un extrao coctel que termina por caer bajo el peso de sus propias y desmedidas pretensiones
2
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Matt Brunson
Tibbs is stripped of most of his personality and turned into yawn yet another workaholic cop with a troubled personal life 
2
Brother Bear 2
David Nusair
comes off as an affable yet entirely needless piece of work 
2
Women Who Flirt
Mark Jenkins
If its payoff is predictably drippy the movie quickly regains its comic mojo with a credit sequence parody of a 90s Hollywood romance 
2.5
I Will Survive
V.A. Musetto
Familiar soapy script 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Eric Melin
It s an uncomfortable marriage of sentimental genre conventions and real life tragedy shown with graphic detail It does bring you inside the main character s internal struggle but doesn t seem focused enough as it sways into action film territory 
1.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Roger Moore
With all the talk of Kony KONY 2012 wending its way into the culture this movie gives a vivid picture of who this villain is and why the world should be doing something about him 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Michael Dequina
The one note macho man characterization of Childers comes off as a bit boorishly self righteous 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an overblown histrionic cluttered and a nowhere near well enough developed mess the erstwhile humanitarian a one note caricature I knew little more about at the end than I did at the beginning 
1.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Joe Williams
In telling a true story ambiguity can be an asset but instead of mapping a middle course director Marc Foster veers between two kinds of falsehoods 
2.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Peter Canavese
Butler delivers an unconvincing performance that s part and parcel of a phony film lacking in any narrative subtlety or finesse 
1.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Graham Killeen
Machine Gun Preacher feels inspiring but never inspired Which is the difference between a great story and a great film 
2.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Rick Groen
Why is it that uplifting movies based on true stories often feel so untrue and fall so flat 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Michael O'Sullivan
The Lord may work in mysterious ways but Machine Gun Preacher is downright confounding 
1
Machine Gun Preacher
Chris Hewitt
It s not great but Childers is a compelling person and this is a way to start finding out about him 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Willie Waffle
Such an odd story of extremes 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Mick LaSalle
Somewhere in the middle of this 127 minute film the energy drops out and Forster never quite gets it back 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Tom Keogh
Sam s duality ought to make for some interesting storytelling and a fascinating conflicted character But Forster and Butler overplay that conflict turning Preacher into a portrait of goodwill gone amok 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Ty Burr
Machine Gun Preacher is crude and ham handed from its ridiculous title on down but it still gets to some interesting places 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Steven Rea
Childers deeds are presented simply as heroic By the end of Machine Gun Preacher its title character has become a cartoon 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
James Berardinelli
If nothing else Machine Gun Preacher drives home the inhumanity of the situation far better than any two minute evening news segment can 
2.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Michael Phillips
Machine Gun Preacher gives blood soaked missionary work a bad name 
1.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Roger Ebert
Machine Gun Preacher is a combination of uplift and gritty violence and the parts don t fit 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Matt Pais
The movie may be a blunt instrument but the unrelenting Childers is proof that sometimes you have to choose between being subtle and just bleeping getting things done 
2.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Ann Lewinson
Jesus does funny things to people one day you re sitting on a toilet shooting heroin the next you re building an orphanage in war torn southern Sudan 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Todd Hertz
Provocative faith affirming and challenging it models what Christian made films could be Childers s Christianity is shown as the dynamic and intricate force that it is 
3
Machine Gun Preacher
Stephen Whitty
The filmmakers may have started with a real story here But all they ve come up with is a real chore 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Clearly this has some potential but Forster and screenwriter Jason Keller have fallen into the ages old trap of staying true to the material and therefore sabotaging both the movie s narrative and thematic possibilities 
1.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Kyle Smith
An utterly bungled opportunity to show how a soul gets rebuilt through Christian faith 
1.5
Machine Gun Preacher
Ed Gonzalez
Empathy s a bitch in Machine Gun Preacher but its moral toll is not something the by the numbers story cares to elaborate on 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Christy Lemire
The real life Sam Childers who s still working in Sudan is probably more complicated than this 
2
Machine Gun Preacher
Dave McGinn
Marc Forster is constrained by reality and so is left with a story that lacks much of a satisfying climax or anything like a proper ending 
2.5
Spartacus
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 the performances might be its most compelling element 46 
3.5
Spartacus
Matt Brunson
An epic that engages the intellect as well as the eyes and the emotions 
3.5
Spartacus
David Nusair
a passable historical epic that has little in common with the rest of Kubrick s output 
2.5
Spartacus
Phil Villarreal
More than a standard good vs evil drama the movie is about a hero s inner struggle to persevere in carrying out an ideal that s almost certain to lead to his demise 
4
Spartacus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Many scenes ring passionate and rousing while others are campy and silly and somehow they all work together 
3
Spartacus
James Kendrick
still stands out because it has a certain intelligence and underlying political agenda moving beneath its Technicolor surface
3
Spartacus
Roger Ebert
The most courageous thing about it from today s standards is that it closes without an obligatory happy ending and an audience that has watched for 187 minutes doesn t get a tidy mindless conclusion 
3
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
David Nusair
A slight improvement over its lackluster predecessor 
2.5
Omen IV: The Awakening
Matt Brunson
An attempt to revive the franchise in the chintziest way possible with a film made for network television 
2
Mrs. Soffel
Roger Ebert
didn t for one moment convince me that these were real people acting from the bottom of their hearts 
2
A Village Called Versailles
Burl Burlingame
A broad boosterish documentary that looks at the molding of this community tempered by war and hurricane and how it fits into the larger concept thought of as America 
2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Peter T. Chattaway
A thought provoking film grounded in breathtaking scenery and engaging performances 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Wesley Lovell
This is the kind of movie that a serious student of the art of filmmaking will relish 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
Ross Anthony
The two leads are strong but while the trip may have substantially moved the two travelers the film doesn t move much until the last half hour 
2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Eric Melin
The Motorcycle Diaries explores the age old soul of travel travel as means to find yourself 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Matt Brunson
Plays more like a humanist fable about one individual s consciousness raising than it does as a portrait of the controversial warrior martyr 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Vince Koehler
The movie has a lot of great scenery but gets a little boring along the way with too much time spent on the dust and their continual riding with a view of their backs 
2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sean P. Means
Without the sense of how Che came to embrace violence as a tool of social change the movie is just a coming of age drama in the guise of a meandering travelogue 
2.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Jeff Vice
A fine little film filled with some astonishingly beautiful moments and some insights into the South American way of life 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Lawrence Toppman
Bernal was an excellent choice to play this Guevara He has the passivity that might come from family coddling enough assertiveness to declare independence and the suggestion of intelligence and curiosity 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
John Beifuss
It may not please those who know Che as more than the proud scruffy face in the Red beret that decorates a million T shirts but taken as a picaresque road movie it works 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Larry Ratliff
This is a spectacular movie that involves much more than just a compelling story Gael Bernal doesn t just portray a young Che Guevara He steps into his life and his soul 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
Phil Villarreal
Like a high speed breeze from the road the ceaselessly thought provoking and entertaining movie stings your skin and blows back your hair 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Rene Rodriguez
A dull unsatisfying experience as well as inconclusive 
2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Robert W. Butler
A picaresque frequently amusing and strangely affecting study of the revolutionary as a young man 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Terry Lawson
Quietly exhilarating soulful and sincerely romantic 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
Duane Dudek
Visually compelling travelogue and emotionally engaging coming of age tale 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Phoebe Flowers
The movie while it has its bright spots is just not particularly engaging 
2
The Motorcycle Diaries
James Verniere
Though the film soft pedals the revolution for commercial reasons it is nonetheless a gripping often beautiful depiction of youthful idealism in blossom 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Pam Grady
What s wonderful about Salles film is that he captures the rhythm of the odyssey the sense of adventure waiting around every corner and he lets us all come along for the ride 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Glenn Kenny
An involving lyrical and visually beautiful cinematic bildungsroman 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Dustin Putman
It s like going on an invaluable 8 000 mile vacation for the affordable price of a movie ticket well worth the ten dollars 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfortunately the film was directed by Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles This is the equivalent of getting Mike Nichols or Ron Howard to direct a biopic of Sid Vicious 
2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Moira MacDonald
You get so caught up in the beauty of the images and lost in the weathered faces found along the way you quite forget that you re traveling with Che Guevara which is of course exactly what the original experience would be 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Carla Meyer
Revisits Guevara s 8 000 mile tour of South America and the origins of his personal revolution with humor exquisite compassion and visual grace 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
David Elliott
One of the most affecting and humanly realized films ever made about a great man 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
Steven Rea
It s got poetry to it the poetry of humanity 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Bruce Westbrook
Best savored as a beautifully photographed and scored road trip and as a character study of disparate men who somehow fit together as friends 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Liam Lacey
Call The Motorcycle Diaries more hagiography than biography if you like but it s undoubtedly a beautifully crafted and heartfelt one 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Lisa Kennedy
About the personal transformations the modes of empathy that precede ideology 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Roger Ebert
Interesting in the manner of a travelogue but simplistic as a study of Che s political conversion 
2.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Wesley Morris
For a movie this feels inadequate despite its splendors and later its social dismay It does however have the makings of a grand postcard 
2.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Chris Hewitt
Driven by Guevara Salles respect for the South American people which is why their stories have such a powerful impact on Guevara and on us 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Glenn Lovell
This is the kind of impassioned richly detailed character piece that reminds us why we fell in love with movies in the first place 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
James Berardinelli
Tells a very personal tale with a central theme we can all relate to the loss of innocence 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Michael Wilmington
Reaches back to the past to suggest that life is full of turning points some of which we recognize and some we don t and that in a dangerous world youth and friendship are to be treasured because like life they can pass so quickly 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Steve Rhodes
A long rambling and inconsequential snoozer 
1.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Jeanne Aufmuth
Road trip with a soul 
3.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Lou Lumenick
A gorgeous poetic and stirring epic 
4
The Motorcycle Diaries
Jack Mathews
Mostly it is a conventional road movie a buddy comedy even about the quests of two likable guys 
3
The Motorcycle Diaries
Bob Strauss
A film about the sowing of revolution designed for the approval of bourgeois gentlefolk for the very type of person that Che once one himself would not think twice about putting a bullet into 
2.5
The Motorcycle Diaries
Walter Chaw
It s a road movie and a good one as far as it goes but it lacks the fire of change 
3
Abigail Harm
Diego Semerene
Lee Isaac Chung s film exudes a wonderful sense of originality a daring and organic playfulness rarely found in American indie cinema 
3
Abigail Harm
Farran Smith Nehme
The tone teeters between delicate and affected and there s only so much flitting around and soulful stares a movie can sustain before an audience starts wanting something more earthbound 
2
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Robert Levin
This is the story of people who dream big dreams and find a common understanding in the face of impossible difficulties It s hard not to get behind that 
3
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
V.A. Musetto
It raises the hope that someday perhaps there can be a meeting of Israeli and Palestinian minds 
3
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Caroline McKenzie
The film obviously can t resolve the conflict between Palestine and Israel but the resolution to the story s arc feels nonetheless forced and misplaced 
2
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Kate Taylor
The initially cynical Naim suggests Tal s project is insignificant nothing but a bottle of hope bobbing about in a sea of enmity and so too this film 
2
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Bruce DeMara
Director Thierry Binisti has chosen two excellent leads in Shalaby and Bonitzer both of whom exude intensity and charisma The supporting cast is also uniformly solid 
3
Luz
Roger Moore
Comes at Latin machismo from a queer point of view upending prison and post prison life tropes one after the other And if it was the least bit realistic and had even the tiniest hint of urgency about it it could have amounted to something 
1.5
Excellent Cadavers
Kam Williams
Bittersweet bio pic pays tribute to two a couple of Italian prosecutors crazy enough to take on the mob 
3.5
Excellent Cadavers
Ed Gonzalez
Every history book has a mundane chapter you don t want to study that will still be covered on the final exam 
2
Excellent Cadavers
Mick LaSalle
Within 20 minutes all the accumulated romance of scores of Mafia epics washes away and all the accumulated nonsense about men of honor and men of respect circles the drain 
3
Excellent Cadavers
Michael Wilmington
A rich mine of information on a subject about which it is sometimes too easy to be superficial 
2.5
Excellent Cadavers
Elizabeth Weitzman
Anyone with the slightest interest in mob entertainment from The Godfather to The Sopranos should check out Marco Turco s grimly compelling documentary
3
Excellent Cadavers
Lou Lumenick
Excellent Cadavers uses archival footage to place the war in the context of the longtime alliance between the Mafia and crooked Italian politicians but there s little if anything that will be new for those interested in the subject 
2
Excellent Cadavers
Stephen Whitty
It soon turns out that the only thing more boring than watching a reporter look up documents is watching a reporter pretend to look up documents 
2.5
Excellent Cadavers
Gene Seymour
A bleakly riveting autopsy of frustrated hopes 
3
El Vigilante
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Ros is a good director of actors he knows how to create suspense and uses his cinephile references effectively for example the importance of the objects in the film in the style of Hitchcock 
2
Captured
David Nusair
short fast paced and the concept is genuinely interesting 
3
Rumba
John Beifuss
A delight 
3
Rumba
Roger Ebert
It s not terrifically funny but then how could it be The influence of Jacques Tati abides in the material without his sunniness 
2.5
Rumba
Rick Groen
If you ve ever laughed at and revelled in the films of Buster Keaton or Harold Lloyd or Jacques Tati then Rumba will seem a delightful blast from the silent past 
3
Rumba
Jason Anderson
A near silent Belgian farce about a married pair of competitive Latin dancers whose lives go badly but amusingly awry Rumba features plenty of fancy footwork 
3
We Believed
Kent Turner
As convoluted as the decades long fraternal battle for Italian unification
2
Semi-Tough
Matt Brunson
Agreeable if not especially imaginative 
2.5
Anatahan
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating formal experience and a deeply personal project for Von Sternberg 
3
Anatahan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anatahan is as completely regimented and rigorous as any movie ever made with just about every aspect of it under Sternberg s control And yet it s a movie about losing control about yielding to animal instincts 
4
Anatahan
Carson Lund
Joseph von Sternberg goes out of his way to neutralize the sensationalism of his ripped from the headlines premise 
3.5
Dragonslayer
Matt Brunson
Its pacing could be a little more brisk and its main characters a little more exciting 44 but Dragonslayer nevertheless earns its place in fantasy filmdom for featuring one of the best fire breathing creatures ever committed to celluloid 46 
3
Dragonslayer
Sara Michelle Fetters
Dragonslayer has withstood the test of time beautifully 46 
4
Dragonslayer
Roger Ebert
The scenes involving the dragon are first rate The beast is one of the meanest ugliest most reprehensible creatures I ve ever seen in a film and when it breathes flames it looks like it s really breathing flames 
3
Dragonslayer
Walter Chaw
Shot through with a comprehensive pessimism a feeling of hopelessness complete with corrupt governments fanatical zealots and the world falling into darkness unfamiliar 
3.5
Dragonslayer
James Kendrick
While on the surface Dragonslayer is an old fashioned fantasy yarn 44 it functions also as an interesting political allegory about the nature of sacrifice and what is ultimately best for the populace 46 
3
7 Songs
Steve Rhodes
The movie s saving grace is the musical numbers Worth the price of admission I think not 
2.5
Royal Faceoff
Richard Propes
There was no positive spin to be found and Royal Faceoff ended up feeling like a royal rip off by the time the closing credits arrived 
0
A World Not Ours
Diego Semerene
Mahdi Fleifel s usage of a domestic archive of home video images inherited from his father lends the doc a simultaneous sense of historical gravitas and intimacy 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Brian Eggert
Even if the prevailing flavorlessness of everything onscreen leaves us feeling somewhat indifferent 44 Singer 8217 s clear cut presentation must be admired 46 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Mattie Lucas
There s nothing ground breaking here by any means but Singer has beefed up a classic tale into an entertaining family adventure 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Frank Ochieng
It is so baffling why Singer a noted moviemaker with an adventurous eye for cinematic curiosity was drawn to such an uneventful and spotty computerized kiddie caper This swashbuckling escapist eggroll of a movie is all dismissive chatter and static
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Sonny Bunch
Movie goers in search of something to keep parents and children alike entertained will be pleasantly surprised by Jack the Giant Slayer 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Walter Chaw
When you make a movie this awful with no hint of useful self awareness you re not proving a point you re giving up 
0.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Phil Villarreal
Director Bryan Singer who made The Usual Suspects and earlier X Men movies does a bit of good hearted slumming with this CGI heavy fantasy 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Forrest Hartman
Although a fairy tale the movie is presented as a big budget special effects blockbuster that plays as much like Clash of the Titans as a Disney cartoon That places a lot of limitations on audience 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Eric Melin
Flat and uninspired the latest in the steady stream of films that takes old familiar fairy tales and updates their antiquated social mores with a modern sensibility 
1.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Matt Brunson
Jack the Giant Slayer isn t close to being among the elite films in theaters now but if your significant other or your friends narrow down the viewing options to this or Oz the Great and Powerful best to gently push them in this direction 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
James Kendrick
The tonal shifts from unironic romance to self conscious grotesquerie to roaring action don t always flow smoothly which suggests a film stewed by a few too many hands who weren t always on the same page 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
John Beifuss
The action is exciting but the stereotyping is irresponsible Many of the primitive savage ugly giants are vaguely ethnic some have kinky African hair while the attractive and normal humans are entirely European 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Mark Dujsik
I t s a very good thing the giants are as effectively villainous as they are otherwise the movie for the most part would be a predictable uninspired affair 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Glenn Lovell
Most of Jack unfolds like a bad roadshow production of The Mouse That Roared In Gargantua however the fantasy loosens up and for a wee bit feels like LOTR as restaged by Monty Python 
1.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Tyler Hanley
Director Bryan Singer of The Usual Suspects and X Men fame infuses the film with just the right balance of action romance and goofy fun 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Christian Toto
If we must endure the unnecessary trend of rebooting kiddie stories they might as well be as breezy and fun as Jack the Giant Slayer
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Mike McGranaghan
Jack the Giant Slayer delivers some primo giant y goodness I can now say I ve seen a giant pick a booger out of his nose and eat it in 3D So I ve got that going for me 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jason Buchanan
Jack the Giant Slayer feels too compromised to be truly memorable like a film created by a conservative committee rather than a director with real vision 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Kirk Baird
The original release date of Jack the Giant Slayer was pushed back several months in part to accommodate the special effects crew As it turns out that was the least of the film s problems 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Bob Bloom
Yet despite reaching incredible heights the movie never soars It seems rather pedestrian Director Bryan Singer strains to reach for the grandeur of the Lord of the Rings trilogy but cannot grasp it 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Rob Thomas
Honestly the giants are a little boring It s hard to tell them apart aside from one that looks like Harvey Keitel for some reason and another that looks like either Kid or Play from House Party I can never remember which is which 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Michael Smith
A big budget bore that can t decide whether it wants to play more to a fanboy audience or a family audience virtually ensuring that it will please neither 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Stephen Whitty
The script sets up the situation and characters nicely and the actors are terrific 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Linda Barnard
Although it often feels there s more of mechanics than the muse keeping Jack the Giant Slayer going this sprightly fairy tale reworking is full of beans smartly written and packs plenty of fun 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Liam Lacey
While it s fine for a director to explore his childhood inspirations you hope he would bring something a bit more personal to it 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Michael O'Sullivan
Jack seems designed to appeal to a very narrow and possibly illusory demographic the mature moppet 
1.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
James Berardinelli
It s fast paced energetic and enormously likeable 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Alison Gang
It s all at the right level for a PG 13 audience though older teens and adults not accompanying kids might find it all to be just a little too storybook 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Willie Waffle
Fee Fi Fo Fum I smell the stink of a horrible bomb 
1
Jack the Giant Slayer
Austin Kennedy
It s not as complex as something like LORD OF THE RINGS nor is it trying to be This is a fun adventure film that should bring out the 12 year old in all of us 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Dustin Putman
Topped by a clever little zinger of a last scene the film ends up being a fun action romp after all 151 and again that s in spite of the fantastical creatures of the title falling flat 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Steven Rea
Singer s take on ye olde yarne has wit about it and it certainly looks good 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Peter Hartlaub
What s the point of making a movie with a 9 year old boy s sensibility then including just enough violence to garner a PG 13 rating 
1
Jack the Giant Slayer
Rafer Guzman
Jack the Giant Slayer is the kind of old fashioned entertaining fantasy adventure you once saw regularly in theaters 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Claudia Puig
There s more to this Jack and the Beanstalk adaptation than Fee fi fo fum 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jeffrey Westhoff
If not for its PG 13 rating Jack the Giant Slayer would be an old fashioned family oriented fantasy adventure the type that local television stations used to run Sunday afternoons 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Graham Killeen
As directorial regressions go Jack the Giant Slayer seems positively M Night Shyamalanian 
1.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Kyle Smith
This digitally tricked out fairy tale makes for a reasonably engaging kids fantasy but at best we re talking about a junior varsity Lord of the Rings 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Randy Myers
This grotesque world is imaginatively magically rendered with heavy stone architecture and a dreary lack of adornment It s such an intriguing place that you wouldn t mind staying a bit longer 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Chris Hewitt
In addition to establishing just the right tone clever but not snarky romantic but not gooey director Bryan Singer has surrounded his young leads with a cast of pros 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Peter Travers
Jack the Giant Slayer proves the axiom If you can t make it good make it 3D 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Tom Russo
If you thought the tale ended when Jack clambered back down from the skies then you haven t given it as much thought as Singer 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Moira MacDonald
It s stuck in a big budget movie middle ground not quite thrilling enough to be an action movie not quite funny enough for a comedy and once you ve pondered the impressive size of the beanstalk there s not much else there 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Michael Phillips
By the time the giants have descended the beanstalk and laid siege to the king s castle and the boiling oil comes out with the flaming arrows and the flying flaming trees it s like Enough already 
2
Jack the Giant Slayer
Richard Roeper
The action is a little too intense for very young children But for everyone else including cynical grown up critics who didn t think they d ever give a Fee a Fi a Fo or a Fum about this movie it s a terrific adventure 
3.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Daniel M. Kimmel
Do NOT bring the little ones unless you plan on paying their therapy bills for many years to come 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Matt Pais
Anna Faris stars in Little Bo Peep Wolf Exploder That sounds like a classic tale revision that would pick the right tone and actually deliver some fun 
1
Jack the Giant Slayer
Christy Lemire
Jack the Giant Slayer ends up being smart thrilling and a whole lot of fun 
3
Jack the Giant Slayer
R. Kurt Osenlund
This epic waste of 190 million plunders the grab bag of overused plotlines failing to put its own stamp on much of anything 
.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Roger Moore
Bryan Singer is no Tim Burton 
2.5
Jack the Giant Slayer
Kam Williams
Fee Fi Fo Fum I smell a hit with the little ones 
4
Stolen Summer
David Nusair
an affable slice of life tale 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Connie Ogle
The kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion 
1.5
Stolen Summer
Chris Hewitt
The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection so we believe these characters love each other 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Carrie Rickey
Even when his technique is amateurish Jones belief in the material is refreshing 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The screenplay is hugely overwritten with tons and tons of dialogue most of it given to children 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Mick LaSalle
The problem amazingly enough is the screenplay 
1
Stolen Summer
Pam Grady
If Damon and Affleck attempt another Project Greenlight next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about 
2
Stolen Summer
Terry Lawson
Ill considered unholy hokum 
1
Stolen Summer
Rob Blackwelder
tackling a low budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Susan Walker
If you ignore the stilted adult performances Stolen Summer is a persuasive portrayal of boyhood friendship 
3
Stolen Summer
Liam Lacey
A static and sugary little half hour after school special about interfaith understanding stretched out to 90 minutes 
1.5
Stolen Summer
Michael Dequina
A fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature length afterschool special 
2
Stolen Summer
Ross Anthony
Each character has depth and distinction their interaction is a pleasure And the story is one that has definite good hearted purpose 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Jan Stuart
An artificial exercise in personal childhood reverie whose squishy generic personality shows evidence aplenty of corporate fingerprints 
2
Stolen Summer
Bob Strauss
It s like every bad idea that s ever gone into an after school special compiled in one place minus those daytime programs slickness and sophistication and who knew they even had any 
1.5
Stolen Summer
Jay Carr
Plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids and family oriented cable channel 
2.5
Stolen Summer
Justin Hartung
Ultimately the movie is too heady for children and too preachy for adults 
2
Stolen Summer
Roger Ebert
A delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama this is a movie that tells stories that work is charming is moving is funny and looks professional 
3
Stolen Summer
Lou Lumenick
Jones makes a great impression as the writer director of this little 1 8 million charmer which may not be cutting edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart 
3
Stolen Summer
Erik Childress
Pete s screenplay manages to find that real natural even flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish 
3.5
Stolen Summer
Michael Wilmington
Stolen Summer is no disaster though It s merely one more misfire fortunate enough to attract actors like Bonnie Hunt and Aidan Quinn who almost make it work 
2
Blade of the Immortal
Barry Hertz
Swords are drawn guts are spilled and so forth but it feels as if the man who made the all timers Ichi the Killer and Dead or Alive 2 Birds is merely going through the motions 
2.5
Blade of the Immortal
James Berardinelli
It is being touted as Miike s 100th film and while one could argue whether the numbering is strictly correct it s close enough to be reasonable Here s to another 100 
3
Blade of the Immortal
Brian Tallerico
It s that balance of Miike s experience with his retained childlike energy in making a kick ass samurai movie that keeps this journey engaging 
3
Blade of the Immortal
Sean P. Means
If splattering blood in film is an art form the Japanese director Takashi Miike is Jackson Pollock and his 100th movie as director the samurai movie Blade of the Immortal is one of the most viscerally energetic action flicks around 
3.5
Blade of the Immortal
Mark Jenkins
Blade goes for the carotid while offering a classic look and a comic book story It s part Kurosawa part X Men part Ichi the Killer 
2.5
Blade of the Immortal
G. Allen Johnson
How does a good director like Takashi misfire so badly 
1
Blade of the Immortal
Gary Thompson
Blade of the Immortal is flat out gorgeous 
3
Blade of the Immortal
Chuck Bowen
Blade of the Immortal is a work of robust genre craftsmanship that s informed with a sly sense of self interrogation 
3
Blade of the Immortal
Soren Andersen
What I daresay is the most violent samurai epic ever struck off by the hand of man 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Brandy McDonnell
The overwrought drama cliched characters and stale story lines undermine the wholesome message and make the movie seem longer than its 99 minutes 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Linda Cook
This isn t a religious movie But it s about characters who do indeed have religion in their lives 
3
Not Easily Broken
Michael Dequina
There is a lot more grit and realism on display here than most faith based movies 
3
Not Easily Broken
Larry Ratliff
Not Easily Broken isn t perfect It s a tad preachy at times Yet it also lifts spirits with the power of emotional healing and forgiveness Amen to that 
3
Not Easily Broken
Kam Williams
Humorous asides in no way interfere with the ability of this modern parable to drive home a sobering message about the sanctity of marriage Faith based entertainment at its best that you don t have to be Born Again to appreciate 
4
Not Easily Broken
Jason Heck
The movie sinks beneath a great mass of clichés until the audience has no choice but to wearily raise its hands in surrender 
2
Not Easily Broken
Kyle Smith
Why go for imitation Tyler Perry when the master is so industrious Perry s next one should be along in about 10 minutes 
1.5
Not Easily Broken
Rafer Guzman
It turns out though that a woman can save any marriage with a little home cooking and extra sex 
2
Not Easily Broken
Justin Berton
Like some marriages it has its flaws but perhaps it s the good stuff that s worth focusing on 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Chris Hewitt
Not Easily Broken leavens the soap opera with a big heart and lots of belly laughs 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Perry Seibert
Those who take something of value from a sermon about the necessity for self sacrifice will certainly be drawn into this well meaning movie but those looking for genuine drama should probably look elsewhere 
1
Not Easily Broken
Claudia Puig
Not Easily Broken is well acted and involving though this relationship drama may put some people off with its overt sentimentality and moralizing 
2
Not Easily Broken
Dustin Putman
For once the following can be declared the film is better than its trailer 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Michael Sragow
In Not Easily Broken only the husband is a hero in the making His wife unfortunately is nothing but a fall gal 
2
Not Easily Broken
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Bill Duke has no idea how to shape or visualize it turning it into a mushy mess with far too much loud music to drive home the emotions 
1.5
Not Easily Broken
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an insult to the viewer in every single way imaginable so destructively manipulative it makes everything that happens next nearly unwatchable 
2
Not Easily Broken
Michael Phillips
Remarkably the movie like the couple at its center isn t easily broken 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Moira MacDonald
It s predictable but ultimately moving a glimpse of a bond near broken yet straining to become whole again 
2.5
Not Easily Broken
Mack Bates
Henson in a role that could easily have degenerated into an angry black woman caricature is better than the material deserves 
2
Not Easily Broken
Tom Meek
A salient spin on responsibility race and going the distance 
3
Blacklight
Pablo O. Scholz
If you ve seen a film with an armed Neeson the rest is more or less predictable Well filmed chase scenes and dozens of victims Full review in Spanish 
3
Blacklight
Matt Brunson
A few of Neeson apos s films in this quot last action hero quot mode have been good 44 but the running on empty Blacklight is the worst one yet 46 
1.5
Blacklight
Matthew Passantino
Neeson once pledged to put down his gun and four movies after that declaration he still hasn t It s time 
2
Blacklight
David Nusair
a persistently middle of the road thriller 
2
Blacklight
Erik Childress
The skills are no longer special for Liam Neeson in the hands of filmmakers who craft a dopey conspiracy around the dumbest government officials in a plot as empty as the school his granddaughter attends 
1
Blacklight
Richard Roeper
They should know the one thing you really don t want to do is mess with Liam Neeson s family because the man has a very particular Taste in screenplays 
2
Blacklight
Joe Friar
Liam Neesons very particular set of skills is no match for the mediocre script 
2
Blacklight
Kevin Carr
Does Liam Neeson kick butt and take names Yes he does but it s still nowhere the quality of the Taken films 
2.5
Blacklight
Leo Brady
There comes a time when you hope Liam Neeson realizes the time to get out of the action movie business and sadly that moment is now 
1
Blacklight
Glenn Kenny
The script is gross opportunism aside dismally threadbare 
1
Blacklight
Steven Prokopy
Let s be honest Blacklight is your standard issue Liam Neeson offering 
2
Blacklight
Jocelyn Noveck
As for Neeson what can we say He could keep doing this til he s 80 but surely there s something better out there As the film s closing song goes every story needs a hero True But every hero also needs a story A better one 
1
Blacklight
Mark Dujsik
The movie struggles even to fulfill its minimal goals 
1.5
Blacklight
James Berardinelli
It has gotten to the point where February seems incomplete with one of these Neeson paydays But my God have they started to stink 
1.5
Blacklight
Michael O'Sullivan
For fans of Neeson as action hero Blacklight may be something of a disappointment at least measuring it against the yardstick of previous thrillers in this particular branch of the actor s body of work 
2
Blacklight
Mike McGranaghan
Blacklight is yet another in this line of generic Liam Neeson action flicks one that will best be remembered if it s remembered at all as the movie where Canberra Australia unconvincingly doubles for Washington DC 
2
Blacklight
Randy Myers
To its credit Blacklight is watchable and unintentionally laughable but it could have been a lot better 
2
Blacklight
Joey Magidson
Unless youre a massive Liam Neeson fan you need not apply here Even then there are better options for Neeson kicking some ass than Blacklight 
2
Blacklight
Derek Smith
Blacklight is a series of repetitious dialogue driven scenes capped by an inevitable and uneventful action driven showdown 
1
Blacklight
Roger Moore
Woebegone
1.5
The Third Murder
Moira MacDonald
Murder is endlessly fascinating as the vast crime fiction industry would indicate and this one is no different 
3.5
The Third Murder
G. Allen Johnson
The Third Murder is an intriguing investigation into truth and the nature of justice Those two aren t necessarily in sync 
3
The Third Murder
Mark Dujsik
The movie never finds a sense of humanity within the tangle of its plot 
2.5
The Third Murder
Barry Hertz
The film essentially disintegrates before your eyes with Koreeda displaying little of the quiet elegance he s built his entire career upon 
2
The Third Murder
David Nusair
A trainwreck of epic astounding proportions 
.5
The Third Murder
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A judicial drama that without completely renouncing the thematic influence coming from Ozu is heading this time to a story that is more connected with Kurosawa and his classic Rashomon Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Third Murder
Brian Tallerico
It will likely fall through the cracks a bit between After the Storm and Shoplifters but it s worth the time for fans of Kore eda 
3
Storage 24
David Nusair
it s impossible not to wish the filmmakers had aspired to something more than mediocrity 
2
Storage 24
Ed Gonzalez
More chilling than the horror of the alien s close quarters assault is the rank misogyny that more than offensively underscores the Melrose Place grade human drama 
1
Peterloo
Brian Eggert
It s a masterfully made film and a passionate statement from a humanist filmmaker that never resorts to drawing modern day parallels he does not need to as the implications remain intractable 
4
Peterloo
John Beifuss
Leigh presents history as breaking news and as augury The age of gilded reptiles to borrow a labor agitator s characterization of the 19th century ruling class is with us still 
4
Peterloo
Lisa Trifone
Peterloo takes on far too much too many characters too many conflicting plot lines to ever hope to have any kind of collective impact 
2
Peterloo
Barry Hertz
Once again the director proves himself to be a master of basic human conflict on whatever scale is necessary 
2.5
Peterloo
Josh Terry
Peterloo nods toward the powerful impact of its source material but lacks the follow through to truly capture its pathos 
2.5
Peterloo
Sean P. Means
The narrative messiness becomes the point of Peterloo showing how the sweep of history catches everyone commoner or monarch in the crush of progress 
3.5
Peterloo
Roger Moore
Sweeping even if the movie gets away from Mike Leigh from time to time 
2.5
Peterloo
Rob Thomas
Peterloo may have occurred two centuries ago but Leigh s film makes the struggle feel uncannily uneasily relevant to modern times 
3.5
Peterloo
Robert Horton
A complex but amazing movie one of Leigh s best
4
Peterloo
Jeff Strickler
There s a universality to the issues Peterloo explores And once you get through all the speechmaking it provides an emotional kick that will resonate anywhere 
2.5
Peterloo
Gary Thompson
It s a movie touching on labor issues that some may find a bit labored but for the patient viewer there are insights Leigh is giving us a history lesson that makes some pointed nods toward the current Brexit debate 
3
Peterloo
Moira MacDonald
Peterloo takes its time giving us little by way of explanation and grounding but creating in its bits and pieces a vivid and coherent world 
3.5
Peterloo
Anita Katz
The film relevantly demonstrates how the rich powerful and clueless have continued to oppress life s have nots a common Leigh theme It also celebrates political and community organizing vividly 
3
Peterloo
Peter Canavese
Leigh bustles his audience into a time machine and transplants them to a time and place 1819 England for full immersion into the physical and social landscape where a politically charged tragedy played out 
3.5
Peterloo
Mark Feeney
Dialogue explaining what the Corn Laws are or the meaning of habeas corpus is presumably not the product of long periods of intense rehearsal 
2
Peterloo
James Berardinelli
I learned things while sitting in the audience and that s a claim I rarely make about any motion picture circa 2019 
3
Peterloo
Ann Hornaday
R ather than a fine tuned excavation Peterloo unfurls like a grandiose pageant in which Leigh s usual gifts for illuminating human behavior at its most intimate and universal are sacrificed to expository set pieces and long windy speeches 
1.5
Peterloo
G. Allen Johnson
Does every landowner and politician have to be either comically inept as if out of a Monty Python piece or so villainous that all that s missing is a Snidely Whiplash mustache Does every working class person have to have this pained oppressed look 
1.5
Peterloo
Robert Daniels
Mike Leigh in his latest film Peterloo painstakingly recaptures this enormous event in a historical epic that quietly revitalizes the genre 
3
Peterloo
Oliver Jones
The film is so lacking in dynamism that if our current world weren t such a bloody mess there wouldn t be much incentive to give it the time and attention the film demands 
2
Peterloo
Jake Cole
Peterloo so simply recounts the details of its subject matter that its culminating horror unsettlingly feels like little more than a cathartic inevitability 
1.5
The Turin Horse
Josh Larsen
austerely captures humanity s basic struggle while recognizing in that struggle a certain dignity 
3.5
The Turin Horse
Mattie Lucas
At once elegiac and fiercely relevant Tarr is not content to go quietly into that good night 
4
The Turin Horse
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Turin Horse is a strikingly beautiful black and white film But then not much happens in it 
2.5
The Turin Horse
Mark Feeney
The Turin Horse is a parable which means it s both very simple and very weighty It s not about event and emotion but duration and endurance 
3.5
The Turin Horse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The good news is that a new Bela Tarr movie is here The bad news is that Tarr who is easily one of the greatest filmmakers alive today and perhaps of all time has announced that The Turin Horse will be his last 
4
The Turin Horse
Mark Deming
If this truly is Bela Tarr s final film there s no arguing he bows out with something extraordinary that no other director could have imagined 
3.5
The Turin Horse
Stephanie Merry
An intentionally monotonous look at the lives of a farmer and his daughter Strange events signal the end is nigh but it approaches at the pace of a lethargic inchworm 
2
The Turin Horse
Peter Keough
Mihály Vig s dirge like soundtrack underscores the eloquent futility which makes Bresson s Balthazar seem Disney like 
3.5
The Turin Horse
V.A. Musetto
A sumptuous masterpiece by one of the greatest moviemakers of all time 
4
The Turin Horse
Andrew Schenker
Béla Tarr is the cinema s greatest crafter of total environments and in The Turin Horse working in his most restricted physical setting since 1984 s Almanac of Fall he dials up one of his most vividly immersive milieus 
4
Moonlight
Brian Eggert
The director s filmmaking radiates a poetry in his storytelling and visual aesthetic creating a film that resonates with the viewer in the head and heart 
4
Moonlight
David Gonzalez
Moonlight is one of the very best films of the year so far 46 It is a reminder that despite background 44 geographic location 44 race 44 or sexual orientation 44 everyone seeks comfort 44 shelter 44 someone 44 and a space in which we can truly be ourselves 46 
4
Moonlight
Matt Brunson
Black lives matter in the quiet contemplative Moonlight but let s not stop there 
3.5
Moonlight
Sarah Knight Adamson
Beautiful hopeful and captivating 
4
Moonlight
Wesley Lovell
A coming out of age story that strikes the perfect balance between its exploration of sexuality and its exploration of identity 
3.5
Moonlight
Mattie Lucas
A deeply human exploration of masculine identity and how it intersects with race and sexuality 
4
Moonlight
Frank Ochieng
a power driven drama Jenkins still fuels his small yet piercing exposition with a cemented conviction that fortifies the serene rage and manages to instill a convincing dose of sympathy for the periled players in Miami s hidden haven of a hellhole 
4
Moonlight
Erik Anderson
Moonlight is an important and vital piece of black cinema especially now It s only through visibility that compassion can be nurtured and fostered transforming solitude and confusion into hope and understanding 
4
Moonlight
Lisa Jensen
Moonlight is a slice of cinematic poetry with a vision all its own 
3.5
Moonlight
Peter Canavese
Filled with extraordinary performances Moonlight explores the tension between private and public selves for a closeted black individual who feels pressure to conform to traditional but arbitrary standards of masculinity Blu ray 
4
Moonlight
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An excellent powerful and impeccably acted film Full review in Spanish 
4
Moonlight
Brad Keefe
Moonlight depicts an American story of which America needs to be reminded 
4
Moonlight
John Beifuss
The multiple names place Chiron within the historical context of American racism It s a reminder that he is a resident of a country that stripped his ancestors of their cultural and literal identities 
4
Moonlight
James Berardinelli
Although Barry Jenkins film is indeed about the struggles and difficulties of a person embracing his culturally reviled sexuality the story is universal in scope and intent 
3.5
Moonlight
Bob Bloom
Despite its rough exterior Moonlight is a tender picture a soft and understanding portrait of isolation of living in the shadows by denying one s true self 
4
Moonlight
James Kendrick
relies heavily on quite a few familiar clichés but mostly transcends them by emphasizing their universality which makes Moonlight more than a black film or an urban film or a gay film
3
Moonlight
Sonny Bunch
There is no justice in the world if Mahershala Ali does not get a best supporting actor nod for Moonlight 
2.5
Moonlight
John Serba
Moonlight is a rarity in cinema And like all rarities it deserves to be held close lovingly examined and treasured 
4
Moonlight
Linda Cook
A masterpiece one of the most incredible films of this year Or any year 
4
Moonlight
David Keyes
An audacious emboldening injection into the fabric of the American consciousness a film that will be remembered as a watershed among followers as the reality of modern film is carved into the walls of important history 
4
Moonlight
Michael Smith
One of the year s most provocative and sensitive films And one of the best 
4
Moonlight
Roger Moore
Gay coming of age melodramas are common enough but this is uncommon on most every level extraordinary one of the best pictures of the year 
3.5
Moonlight
Barry Paris
It s the inner more than outer intensity the compassion and dignity in Chiron s ongoing identity crisis that stays with us at the end of this brilliant lyrical work 
3.5
Moonlight
Sean P. Means
A life any life is a collection of moments and the beauty of writer director Barry Jenkins incandescent drama Moonlight is how he crystallizes three moments in the life of a young African American man into a film that s so moving and beautiful 
4
Moonlight
David Frese
Moonlight is a poetic and poignant story of immense and oppressive loneliness 
3
Moonlight
Calvin Wilson
Basking in this Moonlight is one of the cinematic joys of the year 
3.5
Moonlight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jenkins s setups and scenes are remarkably perceptive and quietly textured 
3.5
Moonlight
Robert Horton
Jenkins tends to try on different modes as though looking for ways to drape style around the story s bones 
3
Moonlight
Sara Michelle Fetters
Moonlight recalls works from filmmakers as varied as Richard Linklater François Truffaut Fernando Meirelles Cheryl Dunye and Spike Lee But in the end the director makes this motion picture its own uniquely satisfying enterprise 
4
Moonlight
Rob Thomas
The film left me tremendously sad at the near hopelessness of these lives but also invigorated by the power of Jenkins storytelling at once achingly specific and utterly universal 
4
Moonlight
Max Weiss
Barry Jenkins Moonlight is a deeply personal deeply expressive film unlike anything I ve ever seen before 
4
Moonlight
Ty Burr
In its quietly radical grace it s a cultural watershed a work that dismantles all the ways our media view young black men and puts in their place a series of intimate truths 
4
Moonlight
Rafer Guzman
A deeply personal and visually mesmerizing drama that just might be the year s best movie 
4
Moonlight
Moira MacDonald
It s less a story than a collection of moments which leaves its viewer feeling moved and changed as if you ve spent time in someone else s dreams and woke up understanding who they are 
3.5
Moonlight
Lawrence Toppman
It may cast a spell on anyone who has known loneliness exclusion feelings of inferiority or a desire to be encased in a hard shell to protect a soft interior 
3.5
Moonlight
Kam Williams
A decidedly dystopic African American answer to the relatively sedate suburban bildungsroman served up by Boyhood 
4
Moonlight
Tirdad Derakhshani
If you think art should challenge us then you will embrace writer director Barry Jenkins exquisitely crafted drama Moonlight It s a true American masterpiece and one of the best films of the decade 
4
Moonlight
Josh Larsen
lit with what can only be described as the aching color of compassion 
3.5
Moonlight
Chris Knight
Barry Jenkins second feature is basically Boyhood if it had been made about well someone else That doesn t even begin to unpack the layers and resonances in this startling drama
3.5
Moonlight
Peter Howell
It just needs to be watched and embraced as an entirely fresh example of the power that great movies can exert on our lives 
4
Moonlight
Anita Katz
Directing screenwriting acting cinematography and music combine superbly in the movie which is based on a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney and has been compared to Richard Linklater s Boyhood and Charles Burnett s Killer of Sheep 
3.5
Moonlight
David Nusair
an intriguing yet erratically paced character study 
2.5
Moonlight
Kate Taylor
Barry Jenkins s excellent Moonlight is a film filled with bittersweet ironies 
4
Moonlight
Richard Roeper
Moonlight is gorgeous and yet bleak uplifting and yet sobering exhilarating but also grounded in some unshakable realities 
4
Moonlight
Lauren Chval
Moonlight is incredible poetic haunting gorgeous ambitious 
4
Moonlight
Mark Dujsik
This is a wholly special and candidly heartfelt film 
4
Moonlight
Ann Hornaday
A perfect film one that exemplifies not only the formal and aesthetic capabilities of a medium at its most visually rich but a capacity for empathy and compassion 
4
Moonlight
Dann Gire
Barry Jenkins character study Moonlight proves to be every bit as luminous mysterious and elemental as its title 
4
Moonlight
Rene Rodriguez
Moonlight is Miami s first bonafide movie masterpiece 
4
Moonlight
Michael Phillips
Moonlight exerts a tidal pull on your heartstrings but honestly It s better than that 
4
Moonlight
Mick LaSalle
Every year we get only a few of these movies that come out of nowhere that are different unexpected and wonderfully right Moonlight is that kind of movie one of the gems of 2016 
4
Moonlight
Robert Levin
This is a movie set in an on screen world that feels familiar the American inner city in this case one of Miami s toughest neighborhoods But it meticulously defies the conventions typically associated with movies about that milieu 
4
Moonlight
Neil Rosen
It s a touching film that sensitively explores one person s search to find out who he is 
3.5
Moonlight
Sara Stewart
There is so much pain in Moonlight that it s a little hard to breathe at certain moments But there are others of connection and redemption that positively glow 
3.5
Moonlight
Leah Pickett
A haunting piece of high art 
4
Moonlight
Peter Travers
Barry Jenkins game changer about growing up black gay and alienated in the Miami projects is both intimate and epic It gets inside your head makes you see the world with new eyes and then it owns you 
4
Moonlight
Sam C. Mac
What tends to right Moonlight even when Barry Jenkins s filmmaking drifts into indulgence is the strength of its actors 
2.5
Moonlight
Clayton Davis
Acting as urban cinema s Brokeback Mountain and Boyhood it s as if we got to see Ennis and Mason grow up in a different culture and era In this case it s even more powerful and profound 
4
Moonlight
Brian Tallerico
Moonlight is a film that is both lyrical and deeply grounded in its character work a balancing act that s breathtaking to behold 
4
Moonlight
Walter Chaw
Moonlight is always in tension with itself Sometimes it wins and turns into something absolutely rapturously lovely Sometimes it loses 
3
Drowning Mona
Betsy Bozdech
So determined to be wacky and offbeat that it overshoots its goal and winds up cartoonish and ridiculous instead 
1.5
Drowning Mona
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages to keep up a full head of steam despite repeating the same essential jokes over and over again 
3
Drowning Mona
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes cute the film has trouble ever working up to funny 
1.5
Drowning Mona
Emily Blunt
A subtle unsung gem
4
Drowning Mona
Tom Long
The cars are the funniest thing in the movie And really they re not all that funny 
1
Drowning Mona
Rob Blackwelder
It just doesn t add up to the kind of laughs you want to pay to see 
2.5
Drowning Mona
Michael Dequina
Supposed to be dark and mean spirited but it never goes beyond a somewhat dark shade of grey 
2
Drowning Mona
Susan Wloszczyna
Once you sit through the rest of this comedic approximation of a soak in pond scum you may wish you had joined her in the Hudson River 
1
Drowning Mona
Lou Lumenick
I find it hard to dislike 
2.5
Drowning Mona
Mick LaSalle
Drowning Mona is a funny comedy for about 90 seconds 
1
Drowning Mona
Roger Ebert
My problem was that I didn t care who killed Mona Dearly or why and didn t want to know anyone in town except for Chief Rash and his daughter 
2
Drowning Mona
James Berardinelli
Disappointingly tame and often lame comedy that consistently misses opportunities to do something clever or inventive 
2
Drowning Mona
Dustin Putman
Has promise and it has occasional flare but for the most part it is a string of missed opportunities 
2
Mademoiselle Paradis
Kate Taylor
Director Barbara Albert fashions a remarkable image of blindness and healing of cruelty and of compassion 
3
To Live to Sing
Aparita Bhandari
It s also fascinating to see how Ma has incorporated fantastical elements of Xiaoli s troupe s performance into an otherwise realistic film about working class artists 
3
Honey
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating mix of the studious and the artful a strange amalgam of left and right brained filmmaking 
3
Honey
Burl Burlingame
Citybound film aestheticists will suck on their cigs and drone on about the crushing inevitability of despair and the horror of nature unbound The rest of us think bummer 
1
Honey
V.A. Musetto
A thoughtful and intelligent film and should appeal to adventurous souls 
3
Honey
Andrew Schenker
Semih Kaplanoglu s Bal walks a fine line between affecting character based drama and long take academicism nearly always coming down on the side of the former 
3
All Good Things
Stephen Whitty
The film is so busy working hard to convict one rather shady character it never convinces us of its own reason to exist 
2
All Good Things
Brad Keefe
The end result is intriguing with a dash of a love story here and a twisty whodunit there A fine performance by Ryan Gosling glues the mishmash together 
3
All Good Things
Michael Smith
All Good Things is a crackerjack crime thriller 
3
All Good Things
Rob Thomas
Jarecki never settles on what kind of story he wants to tell with these elements and despite good performances All Good Things veers awkwardly from love story to tragedy from true life mystery to black comedy 
2.5
All Good Things
Joe Williams
There s a fascinating story here for a bolder filmmaker but after so much meandering it s a relief that All Good Things must come to an end 
2
All Good Things
John Beifuss
One can t help but think that veteran documentarian Jarecki chose to rework this material as drama to benefit his career not the story The result is a disjointed art film that opts for ambiguity over clarity 
2.5
All Good Things
Rene Rodriguez
Jarecki knows how to make scenes of boisterous family reunions and quiet moments between lovers engaging He fares less well though when the story takes a dark turn 
2
All Good Things
Keith Cohen
Dunst shines brightly and puts on an acting showcase worthy of awards recognition in the supporting actress category The picture loses its luster when her character disappears 
2.5
All Good Things
Robert W. Butler
All Good Things is curiously underwhelming 
2.5
All Good Things
Walter Chaw
a rather meticulously detailed period piece that fails almost completely to offer up any human interest in its pursuit of human truth 
1
All Good Things
Rafer Guzman
It also feels like one man s attempt to try another in the court of cinema or perhaps correct the course of justice itself 
2.5
All Good Things
Peter Keough
In his first fictional feature Jarecki can t decide whether to opt for the open ended inquiry of a non fiction film or the resolved storytelling of Hollywood genre movie so he winds up stranded in between 
2.5
All Good Things
Mark Dujsik
The second half is at once unconventional and straightforward the former because of the actual content the latter in terms of structure in which it s presented 
2.5
All Good Things
Roger Ebert
Kirsten Dunst is so good here as a woman at a loss to understand who her husband really is and what the true nature of his family involves 
3.5
All Good Things
Chris Hewitt
You never feel you can trust that Jarecki knows what he s doing which becomes even more problematic when the movie asks us to believe its theory about an unsolved crime 
2
All Good Things
Ty Burr
As excellent as Gosling is and the actor conveys the stillness of the man as well as the voices screaming in his head Dunst matches him stride for stride 
3
All Good Things
Steven Rea
It s a strange thrilling tale begrimed by bad memories by bad deeds 
3
All Good Things
Mick LaSalle
Dunst is not the only person doing quality work in All Good Things but she is the only one worth watching 
2
All Good Things
Moira MacDonald
You watch it wanting to scurry off to read accounts of the real thing rather than being caught up in the filmmaking 
2.5
All Good Things
James Kendrick
beneath the surface are all kinds of questions about power and wealth and the cyclical nature of familial tragedy and while they break through from time to time it is never enough to give the film more depth than a TrueTV documentary
2.5
All Good Things
Ann Hornaday
As absorbing and detailed as All Good Things is it never manages to levitate beyond tawdry movie of the week voyeurism 
2.5
All Good Things
Mike McGranaghan
The performances offer much to admire while the story fails to provide the chilling intensity it so clearly wants to generate 
2
All Good Things
Robert Levin
It devolves into a misshapen flop with no shape to the narrative and no larger truths to be gained 
2
All Good Things
David Nusair
a tedious thoroughly pointless piece of work that boasts few attributes designed to capture the viewer s interest 
1
All Good Things
Lou Lumenick
Jarecki the wealthy co founder of Moviefone who directed the acclaimed documentary Capturing the Friedmans here presents another memorable portrait of a dysfunctional family over three decades 
3
All Good Things
James Berardinelli
Although the movie posits a solution to an infamous missing person s case it does so in a manner that is less than satisfying 
2.5
All Good Things
Peter Travers
All Good Things throws so many narrative balls in the air that you may struggle to catch up It s worth the effort Jarecki is a master of the telling detail 
3
All Good Things
Joe Lozito
Considering the facts of the still unsolved Robert Durst case this underwhelming docudrama from Andrew Jarecki should leave more of an impression 
2.5
All Good Things
Rex Reed
You go away slack jawed with shock and sated with the chilling bedtime story elements of a great unsolved mystery novel you can t put down 
3
All Good Things
Roger Moore
All Good Things is thoroughly engrossing a roman a clef that chillingly ponders a puzzle and suggests solutions outlandish enough to be stranger than anything Hollywood on its own could make up 
3
All Good Things
Andrew Schenker
It takes more than a little ambiguity and amateur hour psychoanalysis to make Gosling s cipher the basis of an engaging screen drama 
2
All Good Things
Dustin Putman
A documentary on the same subject would have alleviated a lot of its problems With someone of Andrew Jarecki s non fiction background at the helm it wouldn t have been tough to do 151 or a bad idea 
2
The Body Snatcher
Matt Brunson
Karloff s nothing short of commanding in an unexpectedly complex role 
3.5
The Body Snatcher
Walter Chaw
there s a fascination with the ultimate futility of ever being something beyond opportunistic and solipsistic 
3.5
The Body Snatcher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the most elegant and leisurely of the Val Lewton horror films up until the whopper of an ending 
3
Kid Candidate
Wes Greene
The film doesn t leave us with a complex sense of Hayden Pedigo as a person and political candidate trying to take on an unjust system 
2
The Stairs
Ellen Brait
Gibson is successful in illuminating the constant struggles of a user and the lasting impact drugs have on one s life though the film does drag at times and can abruptly shift from subject to subject disrupting the narrative flow 
3
The Stairs
Bruce DeMara
Offering no pat solutions Gibson is content for us to understand that the unconventional lives of his subjects make them no less worthy of dignity and respect 
3
Sommersby
Edward Guthmann
What sounded like an embarrassing blunder the romantic pairing of Richard Gere and Jodie Foster turns out to be surprisingly entertaining and persuasive 
3
Sommersby
Robert Roten
The story idea is an interesting one but it doesn t quite pan out in the end There are too many unanswered questions and unresolved conflicts 
2
Sommersby
Roger Ebert
A square peg pounded into a round hole or more exactly a medieval European story that has been unsuccessfully updated to the period of the American Civil War 
2
Sommersby
Chris Hicks
The cast is uniformly good including Gere in the title role But it s Foster who really glows here giving her character a sense of depth and innocence that makes the entire unlikely premise more palatable 
3
Sommersby
James Berardinelli
From start to finish it is a well crafted film part love story part mystery and all drama 
3.5
An Ordinary Man
James Berardinelli
Every time An Ordinary Man seems to be headed into a minefield of clichés it takes an unexpected detour and the film s final such excursion comes like a gut punch 
3
An Ordinary Man
Odie Henderson
Nothing in An Ordinary Man rings true not the location nor the performances nor the story 
1.5
An Ordinary Man
Mark Dujsik
The General s motives are simplified to such a degree that the movie comes close to excusing him 
2
An Ordinary Man
Keith Watson
Yes deep down even brutal war criminals like the one played by Ben Kingsley are people too 
1.5
Masquerade
Leo Brady
Masquerade tries to hide all of its flaws but you can see them right from the start 
0.5
Masquerade
Sara Michelle Fetters
Masquerade pulls off this final act of subterfuge just well enough that I do believe some will come away suitably shocked and impressed and maybe that s enough for this one to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
Masquerade
Richard Roeper
Its dumb plot ends with an even dumber twist 
1.5
Masquerade
Mark Dujsik
While the filmmaker has planned for the general scheme of what happens he barely gives a thought to the specifics 
1
The Devil's Own
Matt Brunson
The juxtaposition of satanic rituals practiced against the backdrop of a picturesque English countryside gives this film its unique edge 
3
Back to the Drive-In
Matt Zoller Seitz
Wright apos s movie is a love letter to drive ins 44 ending with a plea to help save them 46 But unfortunately 44 it apos s also a reminder of complicating factors inherent in making movies about them 46 
2.5
Back to the Drive-In
Mike McGranaghan
Anyone who cherishes the idea of drive in theaters will find enough here to hold their attention and keep them hoping that the industry will find a way to hang in there 46 
3
Back to the Drive-In
Erik Childress
April Wright 8217 s film plays like a eulogy for the family owned businesses that were remembered during the pandemic 46 Like Awakenings temporarily provided hope and maybe like A 46 I 46 put to bed one last time 46 
3
Back to the Drive-In
Sarah Knight Adamson
Drive ins are a part of Americana that is sadly fading away 8212 Wright 8217 s film is a call to action and a love letter to drive ins 44 which is a win win for people supporting the cause as you will also come away with incredible movie viewing memories 46 
3.5
Oleg
Sarah Knight Adamson
Oleg Vidov the Robert Redford of Russia for nearly three decades is a tale of courage political freedom and humanitarianism although it is mainly a love story 
4
Rittenhouse Square
Carrie Rickey
Succeeds as a vivid video album of the metropolis at the millennium 
3
Rittenhouse Square
V.A. Musetto
Robert Downey Sr s terrific Ritten house Square made me want to move to Philadelphia Thankfully the feeling quickly passed 
3
Blackmail Boys
Diego Semerene
Blackmail Boys is more interested in the more obvious gay issues such as marriage equality and religious hypocrisy 
2
Space Cowboys
Nick Rogers
Problems are evident and eminent from a black and white flashback prologue in which four young men speak with old actors voices Yes a man purportedly in peak physical condition sounds like a 70 year old who s eaten bags of gravel daily for 30 years 
0
Space Cowboys
Michael Dequina
Grumpy Old Astronauts or rather Grumpy Old Air Force Officers Who Get Sent into Space to Fix a Damaged Satellite 
2.5
Space Cowboys
Judith Egerton
It s tempting to pin a derisive label like Geezers in Space on this comedy drama but its veteran stars make Space Cowboys hard to dislike 
3
Space Cowboys
Margaret A. McGurk
Like its stars the movie may be a little creaky sometimes but it suffers from no lack of attitude 
3
Space Cowboys
Jeffrey Westhoff
One advantage Space Cowboys has over Armageddon is that Eastwood is a more laconic director than Michael Bay Then again who isn t 
2
Space Cowboys
Andrew Howe
If you re only going to see one average film this year it s worth putting this one on the short list 
2.5
Space Cowboys
James Kendrick
the enjoyment is in watching old pros Eastwood Jones Garner and Sutherland chew the fat and play off each other
3
Space Cowboys
Shay Casey
This movie delivers the goods and gets out of the way 
3
Space Cowboys
Rob Blackwelder
Director Eastwood takes an utterly predictable script about retired test pilots in space and turns it into gold 
3
Space Cowboys
Susan Stark
A comic masterpiece of full rear male nudity 
3
Space Cowboys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It wants to get the details of the mission right but it wants to move fast enough to give us a rollercoaster ride It does both 
3.5
Space Cowboys
Greg Dean Schmitz
This rocket adventure movie is certainly a departure for Eastwood and I think it could be a smart and entertaining one as it brings him back into the sort of movie that made him so famous 
3.5
Space Cowboys
Bob Graham
Space Cowboys is the summer s best movie 
4
Space Cowboys
James Berardinelli
Space Cowboys is a blast for those who don t mind geriatric heroes 
3
Space Cowboys
Roger Ebert
There s an abundance of charm and screen presence from the four veteran actors 
3
Space Cowboys
Tor Thorsen
Space Cowboys is a blast of fresh air in a season littered with stale spectacle and a warm send off to four acting legends 
3
Space Cowboys
Jorge Avila Andrade
El filme de Eastwood es una respuesta de alto nivel a las nuevas generaciones que se emocionan con cintas en donde un grupo de jovenes son los héroes de la película
3
Chronicle
Brian Eggert
Chronicle should be the shining example for any filmmaker or studio wanting to make a 8220 found footage 8221 movie that 8217 s more than just a gimmick 46 
3
Chronicle
Josh Larsen
The found footage technique pays off for a crackerjack confrontational climax 
3
Chronicle
Mattie Lucas
The format seems like more of a hindrance a pointless gimmick that ultimately leads nowhere 
2
Chronicle
Jeremy Wheeler
Villains rarely get the lead character treatment in Hollywood and that alone makes Chronicle worthy viewing if one is craving a unique found footage film 
3
Chronicle
Peter Keough
Such cleverness doesn t save the film from predictability and contrivance it s a triumph of mindlessness over matter 
2
Chronicle
Jeff Beck
If other filmmakers involved in this genre could put as much time and effort into their story and characters as screenwriter Max Landis and director Josh Trank did here there d be a lot more of them worth watching
3
Chronicle
Peter Canavese
Understands postpubescent psychology and even lightly traffics in philosophy Here are newly born man and superman both unprepared for the consequences of their sudden inheritance of the earth Blu ray 
3
Chronicle
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A bold mix of The Craft and Akira 
4
Chronicle
Michael Dequina
An intriguing character driven genre story well told 
3.5
Chronicle
Roger Moore
A semi serious sci fi romp lighter and more fun than many of the comic book movies that it steals from a superhero movie in which nobody ever crusades or wears a cape 
3
Chronicle
John Beifuss
Utterly gripping 
3.5
Chronicle
James Kendrick
even when the film is working it s hard not to wonder how the in story videorecording adds to the effect in any appreciable way
2.5
Chronicle
Lori Hoffman
Chronicle provides more emotional weight than the typical found footage movie and that makes it an enjoyable example of a film that is a cut above its genre roots 
2.5
Chronicle
Jay Antani
an enjoyable spin through the tropes of the superhero origin story
3
Chronicle
Matt Brunson
This isn t a family friendly superhero flick like Sky High nor is it a costume clad wish fulfillment fantasy like Kick Ass Instead it grounds its science fiction in high school fact while taking uncomfortable detours into Columbine territory 
2.5
Chronicle
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is surprisingly character based using stock figures from a John Hughes High School comedy only to give them all more depth and nuance then you d typically expect for a tale of this sort 
2.5
Chronicle
Glenn Lovell
The miracle of this little film 8210 easily the best thing I ve seen so far this year 8210 is that it takes the X Men formula and grounds it in the messy blue collar reality of Gus Van Sant 
3.5
Chronicle
Eric Melin
The movie has to cheat every now and then to cover the story more fully who has edited all this found footage together so perfectly but thank God it does because the film is richer for it 
3
Chronicle
Kam Williams
A relentlessly grim overhaul of Revenge of the Nerds into a comic book superhero saga with shades of Lord of the Flies 
3
Chronicle
Scott Nash
Despite the found footage aspect of which I am not a fan Chronicle is highly entertaining 
3
Chronicle
David Nusair
A superior found footage thriller 
3
Chronicle
James Berardinelli
Chronicle is the kind of movie that makes one excited about the future prospects of the man at the helm 
3
Chronicle
Mike McGranaghan
This is an ingenuous albeit imperfect film 
3
Chronicle
Stephen Whitty
As a surprise entry in the mid winter movie doldrums Chronicle is a modest charmer 
3.5
Chronicle
Connie Ogle
Though Chronicle won t necessarily stick with you it s a pleasant surprise in the doldrums of the winter film season 
2.5
Chronicle
Sean O'Connell
I m poking fun at Trank s budget or lack thereof but I m honestly impressed by what he and Landis are able to accomplish with what little money they must have had 
3
Chronicle
Rick Groen
Once again the conceit collapses along with the movie and all that s left is third act mayhem 
2
Chronicle
Peter Howell
As yet another found footage film Chronicle makes a good argument against further use of this tired conceit 
2.5
Chronicle
Kyle Smith
With great power comes the responsibility to make a decent movie but the mysterious force running through Chronicle is the power to supersuck 
1.5
Chronicle
Mark Jenkins
A pretty good idea for a sci fi thriller is undermined by hastiness and by the pretense that it was mostly shot by one of its protagonists 
2
Chronicle
Mark Dujsik
After being inundated with a bevy of comic book superhero origin stories how refreshing Chronicle is 
3
Chronicle
Daniel M. Kimmel
By telling us that the problem with bullied teens is what they might do if they could fight back Chronicle sides with the thugs a not very pleasant place to be 
2
Chronicle
Dustin Putman
In an age when cinema so sparsely amazes anymore Chronicle is a motion picture that does just that again and again 
4
Chronicle
Walter Chaw
All things being equal I m looking forward to the sequel 
3
Chronicle
Claudia Puig
It s a testament to Trank s capable direction that the movie feels so grounded in reality There is no sense of the magical in the goings on even though what the boys are doing defies logic and gravity 
3
Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
It deconstructs the conventional superhero narrative and reassembles it as a canny discourse on impulse control and the troubled teen psyche 
4
Chronicle
Chris Hewitt
Chronicle is a compact movie that teases us about where it s headed pays off satisfyingly and leaves us with a lingering thought Be careful what superpowers you wish for 
3
Chronicle
Ty Burr
Chronicle will never be mistaken for an artistic breakthrough but it has a solid gimmick and pieces of it are brilliant 
2.5
Chronicle
Peter Travers
The potent and provocative journey in Chronicle never stops springing surprises You ll be hooked 
3
Chronicle
Steven Rea
This is how the young Clark Kent must have felt If Clark Kent had been on Facebook 
3.5
Chronicle
Gary Thompson
This is a movie that understands how to engage its audience a spoonful of philosophy and a bucket of CGI 
3
Chronicle
John Anderson
This very promising feature debut by director Josh Trank turns into one smart thriller a parable of unchecked power and an action film in which the action although seen through a viewfinder carries the viewer away 
3.5
Chronicle
Matt Pais
Breezily entertaining captures kids pretending to be knowledgeable and adult before realizing they re neither yet 
3
Chronicle
Moira MacDonald
What would you do the movie asks if you suddenly had superpowers It s an interesting question even as it fades away in a blur of chaotic special effects at the end 
2
Chronicle
Christy Lemire
This is an auspicious beginning for a couple of exciting young filmmaking voices 
3
Chronicle
Roger Ebert
Sometimes a movie arrives out of the blue that announces the arrival of considerable new talents 
3.5
Chronicle
Andrew Schenker
Offers up little more than a tired morality play about the dangers of power rehashing stale insights about the narcissism of the documentary impulse 
2
It's My Party
Walter Chaw
Any movie trying this hard to get me misty is a lot more likely to make me angry 
1
It's My Party
Roger Ebert
It s more three dimensional and realistic showing how death for all of its sadness can sometimes create joy if people are given the opportunity to affirm what they feel for one another 
3
It's My Party
Andy Seiler
This Party has its funny sad and awkward moments But at the end you ll be glad you went 
3.5
Strangerland
Richard Roeper
Strangerland runs out of gas leaving us with a couple of final Forget You shall we say moments Thanks Thanks for nothing 
1
Strangerland
Sean P. Means
Drenching the movie in so much mood is rough on the pacing and there s a pointed lack of urgency to the search 
2
Strangerland
Brad Wheeler
erie and unpredictable Strangerland holds attention even if traditional suspense tricks are avoided like they were dingos at the daycare 
2.5
Strangerland
Christy Lemire
Director Kim Farrant s debut feature is beautifully shot and offers some powerful well acted moments from a strong cast but it s just relentlessly dreary 
2
Strangerland
Mark Dujsik
H as its priorities twisted 
1.5
Strangerland
Moira MacDonald
Strangerland is an uneven but often mesmerizing film with a mood of quiet dread you sense that something s lurking behind that dust but you don t know what 
3
Strangerland
Stephanie Merry
It s hard to get over the movie s haunting atmosphere It may be just another story of kids in peril but this one s particularly hard to shake 
2.5
Strangerland
Roger Moore
A top flight cast and vivid setting make up for the predictability and lack of urgency in this Aussie melodrama 
2.5
Strangerland
Carson Lund
Strangerland operates as if under the presumption that the sketchiness of its various insights will be smoothed over 
1.5
Strangerland
Kam Williams
An atmospheric whodunit guaranteed to keep you intrigued and guessing right to the very end 
3.5
Leave It on the Floor
Burl Burlingame
Clearly not aimed at a mass audience who even if they re open to gay issues may be turned off by on the cheap production values and self conscious acting by principals 
2
Someone Else's Happiness
David Nusair
never becomes terribly engaging 
2
Brooklyn Castle
Linda Barnard
Brooklyn Castle is inspiring stuff that grabs you by the throat and will leave you cheering quietly of course No shouting in a chess match 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Walter V. Addiego
Brooklyn Castle easily checkmates your inner cynic 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Mark Feeney
Katie Dellamaggiore s lively and affecting documentary introduces us to a cast of characters that s very winning in both senses of the word 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Gerald Peary
The I S 318 team A delightfully motley vulnerable multicultural bunch whose addiction to chess has allowed them higher aspirations for top high schools and eventually college and careers You will root for them like crazy 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Moira MacDonald
We meet five of the team s members and several of their teachers by its end you ll be rooting for them all 
3.5
Brooklyn Castle
Austin Kennedy
BROOKLYN CASTLE is a compelling engaging and inspiring Documentary featuring Junior High kids that you can relate to Even if you don t know the game of Chess all too well it won t stop you from enjoying this pleasant film 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Stephanie Merry
Enlightening inspiring and expertly crafted 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Dann Gire
The admirable Brooklyn Castle transcends its formula to become an optimistic look at extracurricular education and young people 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Chris Hewitt
Great story well made what s not to like 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Michael Phillips
I don t know diddly about chess and I still loved it 
4
Brooklyn Castle
Roger Ebert
Every player knows the finality when the other player sadly turns over his king signaling surrender We know it even better when we do it ourselves 
3.5
Brooklyn Castle
Farran Smith Nehme
Brooklyn Castle is an engaging tale and the principal is wrong These kids are much more lovable than the Yankees 
3
Brooklyn Castle
Kalvin Henely
It pays to consider even the small details of society s greatest investment in the future our future generations 
2.5
Brooklyn Castle
Roger Moore
Overlong It wanders It needs trimming But the director never goes far wrong when she just hangs with the kids focusing on their focus capturing their disappointment at losses and the thrill of each victory on the chessboard 
2.5
Trick 'r Treat
David Nusair
46 46 46 compelling subject matter that is 44 for the most part 44 employed to lackluster and surprisingly tedious effect 46 46 46 
2
Trick 'r Treat
Matt Brunson
A cleverly constructed work 
3
Trick 'r Treat
David Keyes
Those that have grasped its intentions have every reason to be happy with the end result And to that end mere words in a movie review cannot express how much I just don t care 
1.5
Trick 'r Treat
Walter Chaw
It s not a smart movie 
1.5
Trick 'r Treat
Nick Rogers
Just as it would be alongside a fire the spooky power of the myths and legends being spun is all in the style of the storyteller This delivers the nasty goods with fluid grace and demented glee and is bound to become Halloween appointment viewing 
3.5
Trick 'r Treat
Dustin Putman
One of the most handsome lushly detailed horror features in years Trick r Treat is destined to put the most sour of souls in the Halloween spirit 
3.5
Rocky Marciano
Michael Dequina
Jon Favreau s charismatic and convincing performance as the boxing legend is enough to recommend this biopic 
3
The Round Up
John Anderson
The utter hopelessness experienced by European Jewry is never hinted at and in its way this betrays the Holocaust story 
2
The Round Up
Ela Bittencourt
Sentimentality may make the movie s agony more digestible but its darkness resists any glossing over of what isn t only France s but Europe s painful legacy 
2.5
The Round Up
Linda Cook
La Rafle was a hit in France and now you have a chance to see what Europe was raving about last year 
3
The Round Up
Ty Burr
A big sorrowful dramatically trite period epic about a bleak chapter in the history of modern France 
2.5
The Round Up
Tom Meek
Bosch boldly tackles the psyche of Hitler showing the Fhrer enjoying the high life with Eva Braun as he instructs his minions 
3
The Round Up
Kate Taylor
It is a paint by numbers Holocaust movie scrupulously balanced always cautious occasionally clichd often sentimental 
2
The Round Up
John Hartl
Bosch does an impressive job of pulling together the stories she and her assistants found while researching the script 
3
The Motel
Kam Williams
A most impressive feature film debut by writer director Michael Kang who has crafted a compelling tale by examining rites of passage from a fresh perspective namely that of a Chinese American adolescent 
4
The Motel
Ty Burr
The Motel gives the lie to all those mainstream teen sex comedies starring happy gwailos 
3
The Motel
G. Allen Johnson
Perhaps The Motel meanders a bit too much hard to do in a 76 minute film but it is an engaging little movie 
3
The Motel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Each of Ernest s interactions and epiphanies is pure calculated movieland 
2
The Motel
Rob Thomas
As rundown as it is and as downbeat as its denizens are only 76 minutes seems like too short a stay at The Motel 
3
The Motel
Jeff Shannon
It s a modest triumph of unflattering realism proving yet again that a camera a few good actors the right material and a sensitive director are all you need to illuminate any particular aspect of humanity 
2.5
The Motel
Jeff Vice
It s pretty much a customary coming of age tale though it is told with refreshing honesty and realism 
2.5
The Motel
Bob Strauss
It s Kang s understanding of human nature not particularly profound but true and sharp as a perfectly drawn arrow that makes this unpretentious production sing 
3
The Motel
Elizabeth Weitzman
Unlike so many indie films Michael Kang s gently empathetic debut embraces eccentricity without drowning in its own hip irony 
3
The Motel
Ken Fox
Kang s film avoids broad generalizations about the Asian American experience to focus on the horrors of adolescence when differences in race and ethnicity can only add to the general torment 
3.5
The Motel
V.A. Musetto
Michael Kang Kang makes an impressive feature directorial debut with The Motel But the person to keep an eye on is Jeffrey Chyau a student at the Bronx High School of Science who is a delight in the lead role 
3
The Motel
Ed Gonzalez
Like Jared Hess before him director Michael Kang is the new kid on the block who wants to play inside Wes Anderson s clubhouse 
3
The Motel
Tony Wong
Funny and real 
3
The Motel
David Nusair
While there s no denying that filmmaker Michael Kang possesses a fair amount of talent this certainly isn t an appropriate vehicle with which to judge his abilities 
2
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Mattie Lucas
Lang managed to create one of the screen s most indelible villains in the form of Dr Mabuse are there any eyebrows in all of cinema as expressive of those of Rudolf Klein Rogge 
3.5
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Josh Larsen
a bit unwieldy in terms of structure but it s worth the sit for the eventual flashes of Lang s visual genius 
3.5
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Straightforward enough but also unique enough to provide an excellent primer to Lang s early work 
4
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Keith Uhlich
This Mabuse has only pretensions to myth he s as mortal as they come and Lang s film slowly very slowly leads him down a Fibonacci spiraled path to the one true salvation insanity 
3
The Hole
Mattie Lucas
Tsai s Kafakaesque existential nightmare turns quarantine into a uniquely harrowing love story its digressions into abstraction in turn terrifying and rapturous 
3.5
The Hole
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a restored re release The Hole proves to be an eerily prophetic and timely movie perhaps better now than it ever was 
4
The Hole
Roger Moore
Deadpan surreal and pandemically prophetic
2.5
The Hole
Keith Uhlich
An illuminating musical embrace for the ages 
4
The Hole
Jeremy Heilman
The humor and ennui that Tsai s vision of dystopia evokes is both unique and compelling 
3.5
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Mike McGranaghan
It would not be fair to call this movie so bad it s good because quite frankly it s so bad it s awful 
1.5
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
John Beifuss
Most notable for a cast that includes Soleil Moon Frye the former Punky Brewster as a spooky teenager This stuff is way beyond Ouija boards you guys and Roger Clinton half brother of then President Bill Clinton as Mayor Bubba 
2
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Dustin Putman
On the whole this isn t a bad sequel but it is a lesser one that lacks the heart and unlikely charm of Stan Winston s picture 
2
Turksib
Mattie Lucas
The propagandist elements feel less overt even while hitting on the common Soviet theme of technological progress 
3
The Forgotten
Russ Breimeier
The climax is a disappointment lacking the quick visual thrills earlier in the movie and failing to answer many key questions raised throughout 
2
The Forgotten
Michael Dequina
Goes from figuratively to literally sucking as characters mysteriously go flying into the sky 
1.5
The Forgotten
Ross Anthony
Cool idea Realized pretty darned well with some faults In the M Night Shyamalan genre 
2.5
The Forgotten
Lori Hoffman
The set up is promising but it crashes and burns when the film turns into a bad episode of The X Files
2
The Forgotten
James Kendrick
has a penchant for getting at gooey sentiment through the fantastical
2.5
The Forgotten
Frank Houston
More stilted and manipulative than any of M Night Shyamalan s films All that s missing is a scene with Moore sculpting geological landmarks out of mashed potatoes 
1
The Forgotten
Marty Mapes
With some improvements in tone and philosophy would have made a good hour long episode of Star Trek
2
The Forgotten
Matt Brunson
What begins as an unsettling psychological thriller eventually morphs into a sci fi curio that becomes less intriguing as it plays out 
2
The Forgotten
Jeffrey Westhoff
The first major rip off of The Sixth Sense 
2
The Forgotten
Jonathan R. Perry
Any film capable of simultaneously causing me to douse my lap with Mountain Dew in surprise and inspiring the biggest unintentional laugh I ve had all year deserves credit 
3
The Forgotten
Linda Cook
It will be And soon 
2
The Forgotten
Frank Ochieng
a disjointed and derivatively dour drama Sadly The Forgotten isn t worth hosting a memory cramp in the cloudy convoluted noggin 
2
The Forgotten
Vince Koehler
Joseph Ruben directs this thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time 
3
The Forgotten
John Beifuss
It s not the impossible premise that snaps the suspension of disbelief but the absurd details these all powerful conspirators use WALLPAPER to cover up evidence 
2
The Forgotten
Peter Canavese
Mood over matter If a puzzle is more about spending time with the pieces than regarding the finished picture you can enjoy The Forgotten as a matinee trifle 
2.5
The Forgotten
Eric Melin
Like a trashy supermarket tabloid we are drawn to its cheap thrills 
3
The Forgotten
Judith Egerton
The Forgotten is kinetic enough to keep you in your seat but it slips from memory quickly 
2.5
The Forgotten
Mike McGranaghan
Because the film starts off so believably its eventual transition into Outer Limits territory seems dishonest 
2
The Forgotten
Sarah Chauncey
if mind s are your kind of thing The Forgotten is your kind of movie 
2.5
The Forgotten
James Verniere
One of those movies that reaches such ridiculous heights you hang around just to see how outrageous it ll get 
2
The Forgotten
Moira MacDonald
You know this is getting out of control someone says near the end of the film No kidding Scully and Mulder could have told us that 
2
The Forgotten
Carla Meyer
Never comes out from under the weight of its dreariness despite fine acting foot chases and conspiracy theories galore 
2
The Forgotten
David Elliott
It is not easy for a parent to watch or anyone who has cared about a child but not making it easy is what lifts Ruben in good form above the go for it thrill grinders 
3
The Forgotten
James Berardinelli
Has shocks and a solid performance but no intelligence to go with them 
2
The Forgotten
Megan Lehmann
Devolves into a best forgotten clone of an utterly illogical X Files episode 
1.5
The Forgotten
Jack Mathews
It has been 17 years since Joseph Ruben last directed a good thriller The Stepfather and it may be another 17 if he can t find better material than Gerald Di Pego s script for The Forgotten 
1.5
The Forgotten
Rick Groen
There is nothing worse than a thriller that doesn t play fair 
2
The Forgotten
Michael Booth
We get all of Moore which is a lot but only half a story which is not quite enough to make The Forgotten a winning thriller 
2.5
The Forgotten
Roger Ebert
The movie begins with a premise A mother remembers her lost son and everyone she trusts tells her she only imagines she had a son That s a great story idea But it s all downhill from there 
2
The Forgotten
Ty Burr
Maybe you ll kick yourself upon leaving the theater but while the lights are down you re engaged and increasingly pleasurably thunderstruck 
3.5
The Forgotten
Sean P. Means
Gerald Di Pego s maddeningly vague script plays like a M Night Shyamalan knock off all the dread and gimmickry but without a satisfying payoff 
2.5
The Forgotten
Larry Ratliff
Moore s a quadruple Oscar nominee with nothing left to prove What s she doing in a cheesy popcorn flick like this I think it s called paying the rent 
2.5
The Forgotten
Bob Strauss
A serviceable X Files episode elevated a bit by Moore s contained yet furious take on never say die mother love 
2.5
The Forgotten
Eric Harrison
It s amazing the acting talent assembled for this mess 
1
The Forgotten
Jeff Vice
Wastes the talents of some very good actors 
2
The Forgotten
Nick Schager
Joseph Ruben s The Forgotten devolves from a puzzling psychological thriller into paranormal X Files hogwash 
1.5
The Forgotten
Chuck O'Leary
For a movie that begins on such a strong note by the time the end credits appear it s become well rather forgettable 
2.5
The Forgotten
Nick Carter
An episode of NYPD Blue devolved into an underwhelming X Files episode 
2
The Forgotten
Glenn Lovell
A genuine spellbinder with the power to suck you right out of your seat 
3.5
The Forgotten
Chris Hewitt
Members of Forgotten s classy cast turn what could have been a standard Twilight Zone episode into a psychological drama that grapples with compelling questions about grief and memory 
2.5
The Forgotten
Gabino Villanueva
Telly s unrelenting search for the truth although depressingly predictable at times does deliver a few good jumps and allows Julianne Moore to display her acting prowess once again 
2
The Forgotten
Lawrence Toppman
When gaps in logic started to show Di Pego and Ruben started another chase scene using physical chaos to cover mental chaos 
2
The Forgotten
Terry Lawson
One of those films that leave you wondering if any of the actors read the whole script before signing on 
1
The Forgotten
Peter Debruge
One of those mysteries in which the initial premise is appealing but every step toward the solution puts the film on shakier ground than before 
2
The Forgotten
Carrie Rickey
Ruben s film is more like The Sixth Nonsense 
1
The Forgotten
Gene Seymour
Nestled comfortably in the lower middle level of the they won t believe me but the truth is out there subgenre 
2.5
The Forgotten
Sid Smith
An often gripping puzzling and scary trip through Manhattan remote Long Island beaches and mountain cabin getaways 
2.5
The Forgotten
Josh Larsen
leapfrogs from an intriguing premise to ludicrious levels 
2
The Forgotten
Kit Bowen
The Forgotten just doesn t quite hold up as either a gut wrenching tale of loss or a convincing psychological thriller 
2
The Forgotten
Nick Rogers
It invites an audience laugh track with the absurdity of its big reveal And sucking characters into the sky is a good metaphor for what the film does to its acting talent 
1
The Forgotten
Rob Blackwelder
Raises more and rather obvious questions than it answer about the impetus and intelligence behind the eventual truth and especially about the coherence of its conclusion 
2.5
The Forgotten
Walter Chaw
Had its screenplay not been quite so riddled with inconsistencies and dead spots The Forgotten would have been curious for more than its timing 
2.5
The Forgotten
Steve Rhodes
An engrossing thriller that promises to be great but settles for merely good 
3
The Forgotten
Willie Waffle
I really wanted to like this movie right up until THE BIG TWIST which is jaw dropping in the sense that you can t believe someone thought this was a good idea 
1.5
The Forgotten
Phil Villarreal
Even the slightest brainwave crumbles the tale s infrastructure 
2.5
The Forgotten
Sean McBride
it works as long as you don t have time to think about what s really going on Unfortunately the last act slows down to unravel the mystery and the whole film falls apart 
2
The Forgotten
Jeanne Aufmuth
A well crafted thriller with a dash of horror and a pinch of the surreal 
3.5
The Forgotten
Dustin Putman
Frightening and enthralling and quite often but the film s consummate thematic missteps cripple the project beyond repair 
2
In the Realm of the Senses
Peter Canavese
Like his characters Oshima is determined to explore and transgress sexual boundaries if they even exist by posing a challenge to conventional morality Blu ray 
3.5
In the Realm of the Senses
James Kendrick
quickly becomes as monotonous as bluenoses accuse it of being prurient
2
In the Realm of the Senses
Eric Henderson
To paraphrase a crack from Pauline Kael light the incense perverts 
3.5
In the Realm of the Senses
Brandon Judell
In her essay A Theory on Female Sexuality 1966 American psychiatrist Mary Jane Sherfey noted that the strength of the sex drive determines the force required to suppress it 
4
In the Realm of the Senses
Jeremy Heilman
The majority of what we are made to watch is far from enlightening entertaining or erotic 
1
Family Reunion: The Movie
Walter Chaw
I m talking H P Lovecraft that which cannot be named bad 
0
7 Days in Entebbe
David Nusair
an unmitigated disaster of mostly awe inspiring proportions 
1
7 Days in Entebbe
Matt Brunson
7 Days in Entebbe is absorbing for much of its running time maintaining interest as it cuts back and forth between the terrorists the hostages and the government suits It s only during the home stretch that the picture largely falls apart 
2.5
7 Days in Entebbe
Josh Terry
Padilha clearly wants 7 Days in Entebbe to encourage the peace process between Israel and Palestine but in the effort to pursue noble ends Padilha may have sacrificed what could have been a better movie 
2.5
7 Days in Entebbe
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just couldn t connect emotionally to anything that was happening and as marvelous as it all might look and sound 7 Days in Entebbe in the end proves to be a forgettable terrorism procedural I d rather not have seen 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Rob Owen
It is a serious thought provoking attempt to get the behind the scenes details straight But I m not sure it was really necessary And I m not sure its effort to humanize the misguided anti Semitic German radicals behind it really works 
2.5
7 Days in Entebbe
Robert Levin
The instinct to explore the complex realities that created this harrowing situation is the right one It s simply not realized sharply enough 
2.5
7 Days in Entebbe
Katie Walsh
poignant and powerful
3
7 Days in Entebbe
Christy Lemire
It doesn t quite hit its target in providing an emotional resonance or political relevance for today 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Christian Toto
Want a biased take on the 1976 hijacking You won t find it here phew 
3
7 Days in Entebbe
Mick LaSalle
Give the filmmakers credit they had an idea for something no one had ever done before What they didn t realize is that there was a reason for this The idea was horrible 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Mark Dujsik
T hese characters come across at most as shallow representatives for their respective side or at least pawns in an admittedly detailed dramatization of history 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Johanna Schneller
Padilha is trying something noble here to give every side its due Unfortunately he gives us a lesson in moral complexity instead of a movie 
2.5
7 Days in Entebbe
Bob Bloom
7 Days in Entebbe should keep you on the edge of your seats Instead it makes you sit back and doze off 
1.5
7 Days in Entebbe
Tom Russo
A serviceable thriller that might have been something more 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Calvin Wilson
This is a political thriller that s woefully short on thrills 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Bruce DeMara
In the end it s a reasonably well done film with no compelling purpose 
2.5
7 Days in Entebbe
R Mitchell Miller
All of the narrative tension is taken out of the hostage situation and relocated to these government offices where it gasps and withers 
1
7 Days in Entebbe
Michael O'Sullivan
The dance s themes of conformity and deviation resonate powerfully with the movie s true theme which questions whether Israel s robotic stance of non negotiation has been effective in the long run 
3
7 Days in Entebbe
Richard Roeper
The British actress Rosamund Pike alas is a disaster as Kuhlmann 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Michael Phillips
Never terrible nor never more than dramatically adequate 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Soren Andersen
The end result is likely to leave viewers scratching their heads What the 
2
7 Days in Entebbe
Steve Macfarlane
The conflation of historical complexities makes for cheap pathos throughout complete with weeping mothers and the seemingly endless dredging up of the terrorists obvious moral equivalence 
1.5
Oki's Movie
Mattie Lucas
There apos s something deeply sad and a bit self reflective about Oki apos s Movie that is difficult to shake 44 a film whose rewards continue to reveal themselves upon reflection rather than in the moment 46 
3
Oki's Movie
Nick Schager
Hong Sang soo once again corroborates auteurist theory at the same time that he reveals the potential shortcomings of its practice 
2
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Brian Eggert
What lasts throughout is the comic chemistry between Labine and Tudyk 44 who make these not so stupid characters into a lovable duo that should have their own series of films 46 
3.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Matt Brunson
Even folks who generally shy away from gorefests should appreciate the dark humor 44 surprising plot pirouettes 44 and 44 most shockingly 44 developed characterizations in Tucker amp Dale vs 46 Evil 46 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Kelly Jane Torrance
Tucker and Dale vs Evil is certainly part of the newly invigorated genre of horror comedy and it s almost as good as Shaun of the Dead though it can t top the recent alien invasion comedy Attack the Block 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Craig D. Lindsey
For his characters demises co writer director Eli Craig aka Sally Field s son comes up with the sort of ridiculous Rube Goldberg setups you would usually find in Final Destination movies 
2
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Jeremy Wheeler
If you ve seen your share of teenagers getting sliced and diced out in the boondocks chances are you ll be tickled pink by this tale of a couple of good natured bumpkins who are mistaken for serial murderers 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is certifiably insane that s a given but it s also extremely witty has far more intelligence than you might originally expect and has a grand time exploding clichés and playing with an audience s expectations 
3.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
David Nusair
By the time the action packed thoroughly tedious climax rolls around Tucker and Dale Vs Evil has established itself as a missed opportunity of disappointingly epic proportions 
2
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Burl Burlingame
Beginning psychologists take note hillbillies and college kids may kill each other but the greatest assets in maintaining the peace on both sides are hot coeds 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Mark Dujsik
The final acts of Tucker and Dale vs Evil find the movie falling into the trap of using the same conventions it so jovially and brutally skewers prior 
2.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Roger Ebert
Students of the Little Movie Glossary may find it funny how carefully Tucker and Dale works its way through upended cliches 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Mike Scott
One of the more enjoyable horror comedies to come along since the original Scream 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Stephen Whitty
There s even a message under all the body parts People are individuals not just easy regional stereotypes 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Kyle Smith
Essentially a student film offering nothing but absurdly contrived coincidence 
1
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
John DeFore
We see a script and some underexposed actors who were lucky to find each other 
3.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Chris Hewitt
It s not as clever as say Shaun of the Dead but it s good for some laughs 
2.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Rossiter Drake
It thrives on Tucker and Dale s winning personalities and the chemistry so evident in the shrewd coupling of Tudyk and Labine veteran performers who rarely enjoy top billing but make the most of it here 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Peter Hartlaub
Relying mostly on a single gimmick the slasher comedy presents a high degree of difficulty for both the director and actors Their earnest efforts keep the repetition from becoming ponderous 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Ty Burr
It s fast it s funny and it works 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Chris Foran
Few things are more annoying than a movie that doesn t stick to its over the top convictions 
2
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Tirdad Derakhshani
Hillbillies of the world unite 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
John Monaghan
Tucker Dale vs Evil is a Canadian made horror spoof that delivers both comedy and gross out thrills 
3
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Peter Keough
An allegory of our times with a belabored message of tolerance punctuated by impalings and other grisly deaths 
2
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Roger Moore
Evil fails to triumph Utterly 
1.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Nick Schager
This subversion of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wrong Turn tropes is reasonably clever and delivered with requisite tongue in cheek 
2.5
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Dustin Putman
Make no mistake Tucker Dale vs Evil is a total lark yet it s also very clever Real thought and ingenuity were brought to its making and it shows 
2.5
2001: A Space Odyssey
Roger Moore
A landmark of science fiction cinema 44 a quaint artifact of the 1960s and undeniably one of the most beautiful 44 majestic films of all time 46 
3.5
2001: A Space Odyssey
Brian Eggert
Rather than pursuing the elusive significance behind the images in the film experience them the way Kubrick intended and devise your own understanding 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Alan French
It s a profound statement on humanity It is one of the greatest films ever made and it is one that should be seen in theaters to truly appreciate its greatness 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Sonny Bunch
2001 endures as a monument to monumental filmmaking not because it s asking big questions or positing big answers but because it just looks so damn good on the big screen 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Kathleen Carroll
A small sphere of intellectuals will feel that Kubrick has said something simply because one expected him to say something Most moviegoers will only wish that Mr Kubrick would come back down to earth 
2.5
2001: A Space Odyssey
Scott Nash
A visual masterpiece weakened by a glacial pace and an ambiguous ending 
2.5
2001: A Space Odyssey
David Nusair
Notoriously baffling yet oddly compelling 
3
2001: A Space Odyssey
Josh Larsen
reaches for the stars and finds itself against all odds on the other side of them 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Rob Humanick
Central to the profundity of the film is the notion that few things are more meaningful than a child s first steps the emotive impact of this scenario manifest in every one of the film s dizzying set pieces albeit multiplied to epic proportions 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Phil Villarreal
Part space opera part cinematic symphony and part horror story the film is a shape shifting painting 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Wesley Lovell
Although Stanley Kubrick can be considered an acquired taste when it comes to films like A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut he still managed to excite audiences with films like Spartacus and this 1968 masterpiece 2001 A Space Odyssey 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Steven Snyder
Those who love it as passionately as I do realize this film is about more than dialogue plot or space ships Its uniqueness permits it to transcend the ordinary becoming a movie not about one human but the entire human species 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Marty Mapes
If I were pressed to come up with the best film from my favorite director it could well be this one 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Michael Wilmington
It is an extraordinary obsessive beautiful work of art 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
David Elliott
If you can surrender to it Stanley Kubrick s 2001 A Space Odyssey is a mind shaper 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you ask me Kubrick s effects in 2001 A Space Odyssey which were made by human hands are still unsurpassed 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
Roger Ebert
The film creates its effects essentially out of visuals and music It is meditative It does not cater to us but wants to inspire us enlarge us 
4
2001: A Space Odyssey
James Berardinelli
A cold majestic motion picture a movie that seeks to remind us of the vastness of space and our relatively insignificant place in it 
4
Elaan
Namrata Joshi
So terribly infantile and hackneyed that it seems to have been deliberately manufactured for a kindergarten audience 
1
Rails & Ties
Mike McGranaghan
DVD is the perfect place for a movie like Rails Ties Somehow it s easier to block out the often forced nature of the plot and just enjoy the rich performances and the humane themes 
2.5
Rails & Ties
Ruthe Stein
One highly unlikely circumstance after another become laughable preventing you from being moved by the family tragedies depicted They beg for tears but a script this chock full of holes is unlikely to elicit the desired effect 
1
Rails & Ties
Roger Ebert
I think somehow the filmmakers lost the way lost sight of the people inside the plot 
2.5
Rails & Ties
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The younger Eastwood tells her story with sledgehammer blows 
1.5
Rails & Ties
Mark Dujsik
Either an unsuccessfully manipulative sappy melodrama or the most deranged concept for a family sitcom anyone has ever developed 
1.5
Rails & Ties
Michael Phillips
All the astute acting in the world can t bring such a preposterous story into the station on time and intact 
2
Rails & Ties
Eric Lurio
It s not all bad 
2.5
Rails & Ties
David Nusair
ultimately redeemed by Kevin Bacon s expectedly engrossing performance 
2.5
Rails & Ties
Claudia Puig
While it features three strong performance and the debut of a promising filmmaker the story line is obvious and rather melodramatic 
2
Rails & Ties
Maitland McDonagh
Alison Eastwood makes her directing debut with this ludicrous melodrama in which a troubled couple and a newly orphaned boy heal each others emotional wounds against a backdrop of blunt metaphors 
1
Rails & Ties
Peter Howell
Director Alison Eastwood has the advantage of two very fine actors Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden who have the ability to lift the most mediocre of material into another realm 
2.5
Rails & Ties
Stephen Whitty
A movie that should have had some more work done to it and could have been better if it had arrives with all its flaws carefully preserved 
2
Rails & Ties
Kyle Smith
The only conceivable reason for Warner Bros to barely release this mush is as a favor to Clint Eastwood whose daughter Alison directed 
1
Rails & Ties
Jack Mathews
A modest but emotionally affecting drama 
3
Rails & Ties
Bob Strauss
Rails Ties essentially remains a TV movie weepie but it s a high end one 
2.5
Rails & Ties
Stephen Cole
Fortunately for first time director Alison Eastwood Rails Ties is populated by three sensitive actors who tread carefully through Micky Levy s anachronistic script 
2.5
Rails & Ties
Jan Stuart
Scripts don t come any sudsier than Micky Levy s awesomely bathetic Rails Ties 
1.5
The Rebound
David Nusair
a thoroughly and consistently misguided piece of work that has almost nothing truthful or relevant to say about relationships 
1.5
I Am Here
Mark Dujsik
The story is important enough to ignore the questionable way Sank visualizes it 
3
I Am Here
Roger Moore
A Holocaust survivor s tale that is problematic Theres a South African elephant in the room that the South African filmmaker didnt broach
2
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Roger Ebert
Rohmer knows exactly what he is doing here He has no great purpose but an interesting small one He wants to observe the everyday behavior of a new class of French person the young professionals 
3
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
James Berardinelli
One of the things that makes Boyfriends and Girlfriends engaging is its ability to remain focused and intimate 
3.5
Twixt
Brian Eggert
One gets the impression that Coppola had a lot of ideas in his head and wanted to try out some technical tricks at the same time 44 and so he spun everything together into this inelegant product 46 
2.5
Twixt
G. Allen Johnson
Not really scary although there are some nice creepy visuals here and there 
2
Twixt
Bill Chambers
This is perhaps not personal but private filmmaking 
3
Sleepwalking
Austin Kennedy
If you enjoyed MONSTER S BALL it s not as good as that one however you might find yourself pulled in by this moving drama 
3
Sleepwalking
Graham Killeen
Sleepwalking seems especially cruel to dwell on the bleak and cold at this time of year when icy drizzle saturates the bones 
2.5
Sleepwalking
Chris Hewitt
It s all too aptly named 
1
Sleepwalking
James Berardinelli
Sleepwalking provides character arcs for its two protagonists but neither is as interesting or memorable as the performances warrant 
2
Sleepwalking
Jeff Vice
The movie is so overly familiar and its take on the dysfunctional family dynamics is so unoriginal that the whole thing might as well have been titled Generic Bleak Sundance Film Festival Drama No 500 
1.5
Sleepwalking
David Nusair
The inherently uneventful nature of Stanford s script becomes more and more problematic as the film progresses 
1.5
Sleepwalking
Claudia Puig
Portentous and dull the film features one of the worst over the top performances by Dennis Hopper who plays an abusive father His role upends what could have been a mildly interesting family drama 
2
Sleepwalking
Maitland McDonagh
The cast is uniformly excellent starting with 14 year old Robb she makes a strong transition from child roles with her portrayal of the mercurial Tara 
2.5
Sleepwalking
Peter Howell
Saddled with a title all too true to its somnambulist pace Sleepwalking is a textbook case of a bad movie partially redeemed by good acting 
2
Sleepwalking
Ruthe Stein
Sleepwalking is a slow moving family drama guaranteed to induce a nap if not somnambulism 
1
Sleepwalking
Stephen Whitty
The people never come alive and the unremitting nastiness of the material is like being beaten with soggy towels for 90 minutes Maybe another director and other leads might have helped 
1.5
Sleepwalking
Lou Lumenick
Beware any movie that ends with a clich as dire as Today is the first day of the rest of your life What comes before that in Sleepwalking is relentlessly depressing 
1.5
Sleepwalking
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s no easy task staying awake through Sleepwalking a downbeat debut from Bill Maher no not that one Only a typically intense performance from co star Nick Stahl offers the jolt needed to keep us alert 
2
Sleepwalking
Rick Groen
The transparently familiar issues abuse unemployment parental neglect promiscuity are stapled onto characters who never seem credible 
2
Sleepwalking
Wesley Morris
The movie seems terrified of true psychological complexity or perversity It s less a family tragedy than a lousy country dirge 
2
Sleepwalking
Jordan Hiller
The cast performs gamely in this grim and gray affair but with Stanford s words and dead end story the actors never really stood a chance 
1
Sleepwalking
Michael Phillips
Charlize Theron only gets better as an actress and she certainly wouldn t sign on to a low budget indie such as Sleepwalking without believing in the material The material alas does Theron no favors 
1.5
Sleepwalking
Christian Toto
Fine performances including a nasty turn by Dennis Hopper rouse Sleepwalking from its slumber 
2.5
Sleepwalking
Willie Waffle
This entire movie is a country music song and not one of the classics by Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson I was waiting for them to get a pet dog but be forced to give him the Old Yeller treatment 
0
Sleepwalking
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sleepwalking is an unfortunate title for a movie that appears to be doing just that 
2
Sleepwalking
Dustin Putman
A small scale family drama that walks the walk but doesn t seem to know where it s going half the time 
2
Sleepwalking
Nick Schager
Every line is a Big Statement every character has exactly one defining quality and every plot development is cornier than the last 
1
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Matt Brunson
Just as 1992 saw two competing Christopher Columbus yarns 44 1965 witnessed two dueling Jean Harlow biopics 44 and a 10 month stretch in 1939 1940 produced two battling Abraham Lincoln tales 44 1960 showcased a grudge match between two dramas about Oscar Wilde 46 
3
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
Joel Brown
It would be as funny as a Christopher Guest mockumentary if it weren t also so sad 
2
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
Kam Williams
An eye opening caravan undertaken by some refreshingly honest whites willing to revisit their slaveowning legacy and the devastation left in its wake 
4
The Joneses
Josh Larsen
A missed opportunity from 2010 that could have been so timely and brilliant that it s almost painful to watch 
1.5
The Joneses
Scott Nash
Plays it far too safe and ends up not saying anything at all 
2
The Joneses
Alison Gang
We know by now that blatant senseless consumption is bad harmful even But the biggest surprise about The Joneses is its skillful avoidance of any meaning or significance whatsoever 
1
The Joneses
Matt Soergel
A fine sneaky satire undercut by an awful ending one that smells as if someone a corporation perhaps got their hands on it 
2.5
The Joneses
Alissa Wilkinson
This cautionary tale depicts consumers who believe they deserve stuff whether or not they can pay for it Rarely is this kind of truth seen onscreen in such a subtle and entertaining film 
3
The Joneses
Graham Young
Ordinarily I wouldn t have crossed the road to see Moore and Duchovny together but their relationship works both before and after the film s outragous left field twist 
4
The Joneses
Keith Cohen
Writer director Derrick Borte makes an impressive film debut that takes advantage of a familiarity with marketing consumer goods and seductive advertising 
2.5
The Joneses
Robert Levin
It s out there but plausible a logical extension of the steadfast drive toward invasive marketing that s a hallmark of an age in which everything and everyone has a price 
3
The Joneses
Janos Gereben
The execution just didn t live up to the clever premise If we aren t going to get into the heads of these characters as they witness the havoc they wreak then director should have kept up the satirical tone of the
2
The Joneses
Robert W. Butler
As it stands it s a mildly diverting dramedy of missed opportunities 
2
The Joneses
Lisa Kennedy
Demi Moore is She s one reason to see writer director s Derrick Borte s zeitgeist fable The Joneses Though she s not the only one 
2.5
The Joneses
Mike Scott
It lures you in with a promise of being a smart zeitgeist y satire but before it can deliver on that promise it morphs into something more resembling a soap opera 
2
The Joneses
John Beifuss
Ultimately suffers from a loss of nerve and an inconsistency of tone 
2.5
The Joneses
Dan Kois
By the end The Joneses feels a little too satisfied with its own admittedly clever conceit and for the broad leeway it allows itself in the creative bandying of logos and slogans 
2.5
The Joneses
Lou Lumenick
The Joneses is a black comedy about stealth marketing made by a filmmaker who s evidently much too close to the subject to bite the hand that feeds him 
1.5
The Joneses
Chris Hewitt
Director Derrick Borte s grasp of the material is shaky which is revealed in major gaps in logic how is it possible to keep track of the sales the Joneses are credited for and worse tone 
1
The Joneses
Mark Dujsik
A film with an ingenious gimmick the tone of a cynic and somehow through it all a conscience 
3
The Joneses
Dustin Putman
A slick savvy satire with sparks of refreshing originality In a bleak cinematic landscape of dime store romantic comedies remakes and 3 D overexposure that this film s premise hasn t been done a hundred times before is cause for celebration 
3
The Joneses
Mick LaSalle
In an entertaining way the movie says something challenging that it s possible to lose your life to stuff and never even know it 
3
The Joneses
Claudia Puig
Crass materialism and ridiculous marketing ploys are skewered by writer director Derrick Borte in this uneven cautionary tale that starts off incisively funny then devolves into preachiness 
2.5
The Joneses
Steven Rea
Almost everything about The Joneses from the transparent plot twists to the winking irony of the golf course patter falls flat 
2
The Joneses
Connie Ogle
Borte loses his nerve about halfway through and turns what should be a biting satire on American greed into a melodramatic lesson of conscience 
2.5
The Joneses
Graham Killeen
FX s under viewed cable series The Riches did everything that s here years ago with more lucidity 
2
The Joneses
Tom Keogh
Iinitially promising but finally unremarkable 
2.5
The Joneses
Jeff Vice
The humor is more subtle than you d think And we wouldn t mind seeing more of this type of thing from both Duchovny and Moore 
3
The Joneses
Janice Page
A generic hash of contrived comedy romance and tragedy the saddest part of which is that a way cool high end riding lawn mower winds up at the bottom of someone s swimming pool 
2
The Joneses
Joe Williams
The Joneses starts with a fresh identity but finally feels like the product of a focus group 
2.5
The Joneses
Rob Thomas
Ironically for a movie about people who eat drink and breathe marketing The Joneses is too much of a soft sell to close the deal 
2
The Joneses
Michael Phillips
The cons should leave the audience a little breathless instead Borte goes for an indistinct tone and suburban malaise vibe that was dated as well as patronizing when American Beauty came out 
2
The Joneses
Roger Ebert
Either this is a tragic family or a satirical one and the film seems uncertain which way to jump 
2
The Joneses
James Berardinelli
The screenplay goes as limp as a noodle and turns into a long string of clichs It s sad really because the movie begins with so much promise 
2.5
The Joneses
Brett Michel
Keeping up with the Joneses is tough Derrick Borte should have learned this before deciding to write produce and direct his first major film a slice of social commentary that loses focus as it unspools 
2
The Joneses
Roger Moore
As cautionary tales about consumerism go The Joneses manages a deft blend of the sexy the sad and the silly And Borte doles out his secrets and surprises in ways that make it easy to keep up with these Joneses 
3
The Joneses
Steve Persall
The Joneses often taps the same shopping fetish for luxury geeks as Sex and the City does for women this movie may have been financed through high end product placement alone 
3
The Joneses
David Nusair
a watchable piece of work 
2.5
The Joneses
Nick Schager
A high concept premise too tidily comments on its underlying subject matter in The Joneses 
2
Widows
Brian Eggert
McQueen has found a wonderful balance between his arthouse stylization his mannerist craft and something altogether new for him making Widows rare indeed an accessible work of art 
4
Widows
Jason Fraley
Widows resembles an urban expose like The Wire more than a caper romp like Ocean s 8 It s much tougher grittier literally a matter of life and death Tone is everything in a movie and in this one McQueen sticks to it brilliantly 
3.5
Widows
Steven Prokopy
It s a genuine pleasure watching all of these talents work together in various combinations moving through this layered well structured story Widows is easily one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Widows
Mattie Lucas
The violence is quick brutal and never quite what we expect McQueen is more interested in the consequences of that violence and the consequences are never pretty 
3
Widows
Wesley Lovell
Davis stoicism has been her stock in trade for years That whip smart personality of forceful vengeance makes her the ideal woman to head this stellar cast of actors 
3.5
Widows
Federico Furzan
Crime thriller with one of the best performances of 2018 McQueen directs an effective female lead cast with a chemistry rarely seen in modern cinema Full review in Spanish 
3
Widows
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A conventional heist movie in the times of the MeToo Full review in Spanish 
2
Widows
Matt Brunson
Whittling the miniseries 290 minutes down to the movie s 130 minutes couldn t have been easy but what remains is compact enough not to wear out its welcome yet expansive enough to give all of the major characters plenty of breathing room 
3.5
Widows
Frank Ochieng
A cerebral popcorn flick with an inherent cunning messaging about shifty womanhood pushed to the legal limit Widows is dashing entertainment The incomparable Viola Davis is its strong shining centerpiece
3
Widows
Kam Williams
With the help of a delicious script expertly executed by a coterie of her talented co stars the incomparable Ms Davis steals the show and delivers yet another Oscar quality performance Vintage Viola 
4
Widows
Stephen Rebello
Viola Davis thrills in this taut ride that doesn t stick to genre convention 
3.5
Widows
David Nusair
the movie remains unable to accumulate any real momentum or sense of escalation 
2
Widows
Linda Cook
Widows is a gritty heist movie and a story of female empowerment 
3.5
Widows
Matthew Passantino
The political and social climate of Chicago sneaks into the lives of the characters creating depth along their journey You will be rewarded at every turn of Widows 
3.5
Widows
Sonny Bunch
One twist too many hobbles compelling crime drama 
3
Widows
Alan French
This might be the deepest ensemble of any film of the year giving each character a standout moment that makes you hold your breath No one stands out more than Viola Davis 
4
Widows
Josh Terry
With a little more of that opening scene craziness and a bit less of the gratuitous content Widows might fall into more of a guilty pleasure category 
3
Widows
Joe Friar
The female driven thriller features powerful performances by Viola Davis Michelle Rodriquez Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo Steve McQueen delivers everything that was missing from the fluff piece Ocean s 8 primarily danger and suspense 
3.5
Widows
Sara Stewart
A gritty romp that makes the cliché prone heist genre feel fresh again 
3
Widows
Rex Reed
Other reviewers talk about the film s style and originality but I found no evidence of either unless you consider endless shots of reflections in mirrors and glass store windows style 
2
Widows
Sara Michelle Fetters
Davis is superb as Veronica Her grief is palpable Her pain is omnipresent 
3.5
Widows
Christian Toto
If only more genre films respected their audience like Widows does 
3
Widows
Max Weiss
On top of being one hell of an action thriller Widows is the kind of feminist film I ve been craving All the women in the film are standing up to an oppressive patriarchy by whatever means necessary 
4
Widows
Robert Horton
Tries to be a lot of different things heist thriller feminist statement social issue diagnosis That s a lot to bite off and 129 minutes isn t enough time for proper chewing 
2.5
Widows
Mark Dujsik
T he plot branches out so much that the movie loses sight of what and whose story it s telling 
2.5
Widows
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The good and the bad co exist with the ugly and the result is a movie two parts fun two parts not 
2
Widows
Peter Howell
McQueen s artful slow take style in films like 12 Years a Slave and Hunger would seem to make him an odd choice for the ticking clock pace of a caper pic but don t be fooled 
4
Widows
Chris Hewitt
Widows comes from writer Gillian Flynn Gone Girl and director Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave and a big part of the caper s fun is the tension between her pulpy twisty sensibility and his slower burning instincts 
3.5
Widows
Josh Larsen
works as a consideration of corruption on a larger societal scale 
3
Widows
Eric Melin
Because it spends more time with husbands and wives mothers and daughters and fathers and sons families who deal with injustice as a calibrated normal it rings truer than its contemporaries 
3
Widows
Sean P. Means
Watching Davis eyes as Veronica tries to calculate her way out is as exciting as the heist and its shattering aftermath 
3.5
Widows
Mark Feeney
Some movies are phonier than others Widows is one of those The always thin line between a twisty plot and a silly one gets crossed about an hour in 
2.5
Widows
Josh Bell
What could have been a throwaway thriller ends up as a smart and involving drama that s still completely thrilling 
3
Widows
Tom Meek
An embarrassment of riches in the casting 
3
Widows
James Berardinelli
McQueen achieves his aim of using a genre framework to advance serious themes That ambition rather than the ordinariness of the central criminal enterprise is what makes Widows an uncommonly good thriller 
3.5
Widows
Gary Thompson
The premise is a borderline gimmick but director Steve McQueen invests the movie with enough grit to draw us in 
3
Widows
Ann Hornaday
From its first moments Widows signals that audiences aren t in for just another heist movie 
4
Widows
Maren Longbella
Brainy and thrilling 
3.5
Widows
Michael Phillips
For all its cynicism the movie floats on a darkly exhilarating brand of escapism It s one of the year s highlights in any genre 
4
Widows
Moira MacDonald
If all heist movies were like this I d never leave the multiplexes 
4
Widows
Katie Walsh
McQueen seems to be saying look again look harder because underneath the roiling tension of big money heists and the crunching of political gears is an examination about the ugly machinations of power money and patriarchy 
3.5
Widows
Richard Roeper
As always Steve McQueen is an original and bold storyteller delivering the goods with dazzling creativity 
4
Widows
Robert Daniels
It s rare to see a director of McQueen s pedigree working on a heist film and even rarer for a popcorn flick to work on the intricate and stratifying levels that Widowsgrants us 
4
Widows
Joey Magidson
It shouldn t seem this easy To make a popcorn heist movie that also has something to say about society that s a thin line to walk 
3.5
Widows
Mick LaSalle
Widows is an unimportant movie 
2
Widows
Brian Tallerico
McQueen s masterful film is the kind that works on multiple levels simultaneously as pure pulp entertainment but also as a commentary on how often it feels like we have to take what we are owed or risk never getting it at all 
4
Widows
Brian Truitt
After watching what filmmaker Steve McQueen does with the heist drama in Widows give him free rein to take on whatever other tried and true and somewhat rote Hollywood genre he wants to transform into a piece of high art 
3.5
Widows
Roger Moore
One of the best heist thrillers since Heist 
3
Widows
Dwight Brown
Yet the payoff for this slick production is no better than results you d get from watching any ordinary crime thriller All star cast goes through the motions leading up to a less than fulfilling ending Passable but most will expect better 
2.5
Widows
Bill Chambers
Get Out s Daniel Kaluuya is terrifying as Manning s brother and enforcer Rodriguez is revealed to have unexplored dimensions 
3.5
Widows
Erik Anderson
Debicki s Alice gets the most to do after Davis who utterly dominates this film in the best and Viola Davis y way and I hope this is her big breakthrough 
3.5
Widows
Clayton Davis
Best in show honors follow the magnificent Daniel Kaluuya who emits fear and panic in its physical form Downright frightening in every frame the Oscar nominated actor of Get Out radiates stealing every nook and cranny of the film in which he owns 
3.5
Widows
Jake Cole
For all its flaws Widows is McQueen s most fascinating bracing feature to date a demonstration of the filmmaker embracing his commercial instincts instead of trying to pass them off as weighty and important 
3
Widows
Barry Hertz
Led by a magnificent Viola Davis the cast is ridiculously stacked The action is tremendous And the ultimate message is devastating in its swift brutality 
4
Icaros: A Vision
Chuck Bowen
The film has a calming and inevitable quality and a leisurely sense of pacing that favors image and sound over narrative propulsion that slows our own biorhythms fostering our sensorial empathy with the passengers 
3
Life Kills Me
Joshua Tanzer
About the next generation of France s Arab minorities French born and yet aware of their ethnicity seeking to fit into the society they grew up in and yet somewhat stuck on the outside looking in 
3.5
Incredible But True
Roger Moore
Ever so slight 44 light on the messaging and 8220 twee 8221 in its comic ambitions 44 with the odd sight gag here and there 46 
2.5
Incredible But True
Rob Thomas
8220 Incredible But True 8221 runs only 74 minutes 44 and feels like a breezy 44 elliptical short story 44 with the characters treating the most peculiar of circumstances with deadpan seriousness 46 
3
Incredible But True
Mark Hanson
Quentin Dupieux s latest endlessly draws out every stilted interaction for maximum deadpan effect 
2
Kicking Blood
David Gonzalez
Unfortunately 44 while the addiction to blood concept makes for an exciting idea and plenty that works 44 its only superficially explored 46 Because of this 44 the film feels like it is missing that knock out punch to make this one Id recommend 46 
2.5
Kicking Blood
David Nusair
benefits from its moody atmosphere and novel approach to a familiar genre 
3
A Hidden Life
Brian Eggert
Ultimately Malick asks the viewer to commit to the process of searching oneself and to have faith in our innermost beliefs accepting that the unknowable quality of faith strengthens not weakens 
4
A Hidden Life
John Wirt
Playing Franz Jägerstätter August Diehl gracefully shoulders the cruelty inflicted upon a common man who heard the better angels of our nature 
4
A Hidden Life
James Kendrick
thoroughly committed to the powerful idea that simply standing one s moral and ethical ground refusing to bow to pressure even if it seems in the moment that it won t matter is one of the most important acts one can make as a human being
3.5
A Hidden Life
Catherine Springer
It s all incredibly deep and poetic and I would expect nothing less from a Malick film August Diehl s performance as Franz is utterly shattering as he embodies the conflict and the serenity of a man of faith and morality 
4
A Hidden Life
Brandy McDonnell
The film runs almost three hours and could certainly be shorter but at the same time it s hard to argue it doesn t earn such an epic run time 
3.5
A Hidden Life
Michael Smith
This is a movie so gorgeous that every image seems suitable for framing but it s not enough 
2
A Hidden Life
Luke Parker
Its throbbing narrative basks and basks and basks in the nefarious interference of belief and that sort of ambition while well fostered runs the serious risk of driving audiences towards indifference of its reigning principles 
3
A Hidden Life
Richard Roeper
You admire this man and his devotion You re enraged by this man because nobody in the world will know or care about his sacrifice 
3
A Hidden Life
Ann Hornaday
A Hidden Life is indisputably the finest work Malick has produced in eight years as an examination of faith conviction and sacrifice but also as proof of concept for his own idiosyncratic style 
3
A Hidden Life
Jeff Mitchell
My 1 movie of 2019 
4
A Hidden Life
Steven Prokopy
Malick is a master at putting us through the emotional wringer that is the world around us and A Hidden Life does so with grace 
3.5
A Hidden Life
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
So much of Malick s method appears aimed at distanciation of the audience We sit outside staring in wondering at these strange denizens of a far away place 
1
A Hidden Life
Sean P. Means
The bright line that connects everything in A Hidden Life is the connection between Franz and Fani how their love and their shared belief in the righteousness of his stand support them in the worst of times 
3.5
A Hidden Life
Mark Dujsik
T he only thing that really matters in this film is this world and that makes this story all the more challenging thought provoking and emotionally devastating 
4
A Hidden Life
Moira MacDonald
You can imagine how other filmmakers might approach this it s a beautifully cinematic story but no one else would film it quite as Malick has 
3.5
A Hidden Life
Josh Larsen
thrums with a spiritual vigor 
3.5
A Hidden Life
Ty Burr
The film is overlong but worthy with Malick s by now standard cinematic tics couples frolicking idyllically in meadows murmured pensees on the soundtrack gathering a great and righteous weight 
3.5
A Hidden Life
Bob Bloom
Sometimes we need a movie that quietly and poetically delves into the human heart to remind us of our capacity for love and forgiveness 
3
A Hidden Life
Barry Hertz
There is familiarity here but sincerity too This is all part of Malick s cinematic forever quest for truth and beauty amidst a world that prefers lies and vulgarity we can choose to continue alongside or drop off 
3
A Hidden Life
Jake Coyle
Malick s movie is deeply open hearted metaphysical and ruminative But it might have benefited from being brought down to Earth 
3
A Hidden Life
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of Malick s finest films and one of his most demanding 
4
A Hidden Life
Roger Moore
Breathtakingly beautiful poetic soulful and chillingly topical the film searches for righteousness in a time when cruelty and evil are the popular will 
3
A Hidden Life
Joey Magidson
A Hidden Life takes all of Malick s worst instincts some of his best and mixes them together in an epic run time that became utterly punishing to endure 
2
A Hidden Life
Kent Turner
Not since The Sound of Music have the Austrian Alps been such scene stealers 
2
A Hidden Life
Dwight Brown
A masterpiece of storytelling becomes a fitting tribute to those who remain principled and defiant 
4
A Hidden Life
Walter Chaw
It s a supreme act of hope appearing in the middle of a period of collective hopelessness Gorgeous too 
4
A Hidden Life
Peter Howell
Malick falls prey yet again to the voice over whispering and dreamy cloud watching he relies on too much 
2
A Hidden Life
Clayton Davis
August Diehl s vivacious portrayal of Franz is an examination of the human spirit that hasn t been seen in some time 
2.5
A Hidden Life
Sam C. Mac
Terrence Malick s film means to seek out souls caught in the tide of history but which move against its current 
3
The Plains
Rob Thomas
Have you ever been stuck in traffic and thought 44 8220 This would make a great movie 33 8221 Me neither 46 Yet somehow Australian filmmaker David Easteal has made one of the more unusual and arresting experimental films of the year
3
Off Beat
Roger Ebert
Off Beat is a movie with a sharp edge and more than a little hostility but the over all feeling is sort of warm and romantic 
3.5
Scales
Monica Castillo
Although the tale is a familiar one the film s striking imagery makes it memorable 
3
Paradise City
Leo Brady
Paradise City has a capable cast working with a script that was concocted overnight 46 At best it feels like a free paid trip to Hawaii for everyone involved 46 
1
Anna
Susan Wloszczyna
It s as messy as a teen s bedroom and packed with all manner of distracting clutter that needlessly burdens a plot 
2
Anna
Mike McGranaghan
Anna has more than a passing similarity to Inception in overall concept and a few specific plot points In fact the temptation is there to call it Diet Inception 
2.5
Anna
Roger Moore
A middling mystery and a weak performance in the title role undercut a nice cast against type turn by Mark Strong 
2
Hindle Wakes
Ed Gonzalez
A remarkable synthesis of proto feminist ideals and visionary aesthetics 
4
Wildhood
Peter Canavese
A queer Canadian romantic drama believable 44 heart tugging 44 well scripted and performed 44 sad and bittersweet 44 a perfectly lovely road movie and a screen win for indigenous representation 46 
3.5
Wildhood
Randy Myers
Hannam s feature might be conventional in structure but it s a lovely film with relatable characters you want to see overcome the roadblocks tossed at them 
3
Wildhood
Aparita Bhandari
Wildhood is a worthy addition to the growing canon of Indigenous film and TV works 
3
Fires on the Plain
John Monaghan
Packs a powerful antiwar message As with Eastwood s Iwo Jima it dispels the myth that every Japanese soldier had the suicidal desire to die for his country 
3
Fires on the Plain
Fernando F. Croce
The scabrous fury of Fires on the Plain feels closer to the heart of the notoriously hard to pin down Japanese director 
3.5
A Compassionate Spy
Chris Barsanti
The suggestion that Ted Hall 8217 s actions were that of simple and pure heroism leaves Steve James 8217 s documentary in tension with the more nuanced view that Hall seemed to have of himself 46 
2.5
Riff-Raff
Roger Ebert
Riff Raff was written by Bill Jesse a construction worker who died as the film was being completed It reflects his unromantic irreverent view of the world 
3
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Sean P. Means
If you ever wondered what an episode of Portlandia would be like as a Disney movie look no further 
3
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In fact the beauty of the story is that though Timmy is certainly the most idiosyncratic character of the bunch everyone has his or her own distinctive qualities 
3.5
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Brian Tallerico
Timmy Failure is a lovely collection of deadpan jokes 
3
The Razor's Edge
Roger Ebert
The Razor s Edge is far from being a bad movie Some of the scenes are very good especially the uncle s deathbed farewell and Murray s first attempts to sober up Russell But at the end I didn t feel engaged 
2.5
The Razor's Edge
Bill Chambers
Don t write that book report to it just enjoy its eccentricities 
3
Das Boot
Judy Stone
Director Wolfgang Petersen has rigorously discarded war movie clichés both American and those of the Nazi regime to show the very human fears and real courage of Germans who battled for and lost supremacy of the seas 
3
Das Boot
Peter Canavese
Few war films are more potent than Das Boot the ultimate submarine movie Blu ray 
4
Das Boot
Walter Chaw
Finds itself current again as a metaphor for a great industrial country led blindly into a prolonged war to no good understandable end but for the dealing of death in an alien place 
3.5
Das Boot
Steve Rhodes
Petersen says his vision for the film was to show the gritty and terrible reality of war AND to combine it with a highly entertaining story and fast paced action style that would pull audiences into the experience of these young men He succeeds 
4
Das Boot
Roger Ebert
Wolfgang Petersen s direction is an exercise in pure craftsmanship 
4
Das Boot
James Berardinelli
This film takes all of the drama and suspense inherent in a submarine based story and delivers it in a near perfect package establishing Das Boot as not just a terrific adrenaline rush but one of the best movies ever made 
4
The Tunnel
Tom Keogh
Richter makes wonderful if obvious use of the wall and the tunnel as built in metaphors for our struggle for human connection and dread of helplessness and change 
3.5
The Tunnel
Michael Booth
A true story few people will know and it s told with a warm crafty efficiency that makes for wonderful entertainment 
3.5
The Tunnel
Ty Burr
It s a gripping great escape yarn of the sort we don t see much anymore 
3.5
The Tunnel
Marty Mapes
The Tunnel proved to be too exciting for mere broadcast
3
The Tunnel
Marta Barber
There are few moments when you re not totally absorbed by the film 
3
The Tunnel
Peter Canavese
Overlong and a bit overcooked but it s also properly grueling 
2.5
The Tunnel
Jonathan Curiel
Based on a true story from the late 1950s this thrilling drama looks at the extraordinary lengths taken by a group of West Berliners to dig a tunnel under the city s barbed wire border with East Berlin 
3
The Tunnel
Lou Lumenick
Director Roland Suso Richter maintains tension for 2 1 2 hours even though the resolution is almost surreal 
2.5
The Tunnel
Elizabeth Weitzman
Richter s brisk direction keeps us riveted through the suspenseful finish of his vivid history lesson 
3
The Tunnel
Meg Jones
The film picks up steam as the tunnel nears completion thanks in part to a Hollywood film crew that pays for the rights to the tunnelers story providing them with the money to finish the project 
3
The Tunnel
Rick Groen
It s all a bit reminiscent of Wolfgang Petersen s Das Boot different war but a similar stylistic economy and claustrophobic mood 
3
Redemption
Roger Moore
A touching portrait of people struggling trying to get by collecting cans on New York s city streets But also a great argument for nationwide redemption fees on bottles and cans 
3
Baby, It's You
Roger Ebert
Rosanna Arquette has a way about her 
3
Baby, It's You
Walter Chaw
A peculiarly absorbing and sticky film Baby It s You is all the more so for its relative uniqueness in Sayles oeuvre 
3
White Hunter, Black Heart
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Eastwood s finest achievements 
4
White Hunter, Black Heart
Eric Henderson
Wilson obsessed with the Alpha male art of Hemingway and Melville is portrayed as a man driven by society s outsized notions of XY dom 
3.5
White Hunter, Black Heart
Chris Hicks
A fascinating look at a macho man who lived life fully and his own way 
3
White Hunter, Black Heart
Roger Ebert
One of the more thoughtful films ever made about the conflicts inside an artist 
3
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Peter Howell
Palast s dogged detective work is solid and shocking in its revelations but he blunts his lance somewhat by hamming it up as a fedora wearing noir sleuth 
3
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
John Hartl
The pace is swift archival clips are well chosen and conspiracy theories pile up in a way that seems intentionally funny 
3
Superintelligence
Sarah Knight Adamson
McCarthy is hysterical as always the film has a sweet ending with thoughts of hope for our human nature 
3
Superintelligence
Steven Prokopy
I ll admit I was rooting for armageddon 
1
Superintelligence
Robert Levin
Melissa McCarthy is such a wonderful actor that it remains a shame that she keeps doing humorless and desperate movies like this 
1
Superintelligence
Randy Myers
It s frustrating when a film begins with a promise and then settles on doing the same old same old 
2
Superintelligence
Jake Coyle
McCarthy has the movie if not completely to herself then nearly so Even though the innocuous Superintelligence is on the bland side it remains hard not to enjoy two hours with McCarthy 
2.5
Superintelligence
Peter Canavese
For such an interesting premise this is an unfunny dull and conventional in tone romantic comedy whose predictability saps it of its energy 
2
Superintelligence
Joey Magidson
Superintelligence is too bland to be annoying but it does hint at a far better movie than we ultimately get 
2
Superintelligence
Christy Lemire
Everything about Superintelligence seems aimed at being as insipid and forgettable as possible 
.5
Superintelligence
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a pleasant watch with some solid jokes 
3
Superintelligence
Mark Dujsik
In Superintelligence the fate of humanity apparently depends on the success of a couple in a romantic comedy setup 
2
Superintelligence
Barry Hertz
Superintelligence arrives this week as a comedy with actual charm wit and yes laughs 
3
Superintelligence
Mike McGranaghan
Safe and predictable when it should be cutting and hilarious 
2
Superintelligence
Chuck Bowen
The big disappointment of the film is that Melissa McCarthy s performance is all Jekyll and no Hyde 
2
Teenage Badass
Simon Abrams
There s enough affection and charm in the movie s first half to keep Teenage Badass running on fumes most of the way home 
2.5
Black Widow
David Nusair
46 46 46 a watchable and surprisingly compelling piece of work 46 46 46 
3
Black Widow
Matt Brunson
Black Widow has suffered from a mangy reputation over the decades but it s actually a kicky murder mystery 
3
A Second Chance
David N. Butterworth
Together Bier and Jensen totally devastate us This is what they do 
3.5
A Second Chance
David Nusair
A Second Chance marks Susanne Bier s first film since the watchable yet completely forgettable Love Is All You Need 
3.5
Murph: The Protector
Sonny Bunch
The story of Lt Michael P Murphy s life doesn t need to be hyped and Murph The Protector does a good job of staying out of its way 
3
Murph: The Protector
Sean O'Connell
By celebrating an actual American hero Murph reminds audiences that bells and whistles budgets and effects aren t necessary so long as filmmakers have human stories of bravery and valor to tell 
3
Murph: The Protector
Rob Humanick
One wonders if the filmmakers ever asked themselves who their film was intended for or if it was at least a consciously self serving effort from the outset 
1.5
Murph: The Protector
Roger Moore
Limited but inspiring portrait of a true American hero 
3
Toy Story 3
David Nusair
an inventive and often completely gripping adventure 
4
Toy Story 3
Matt Brunson
While threepeats may be rare in the sports world they re even harder to achieve in the cinematic realm Yet here s Toy Story 3 bucking the odds and satisfying sky high expectations 
4
Toy Story 3
Mattie Lucas
Something deeply almost primal in a powerful way tapping into the emotional core of an entire generation and the eternally young at heart 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Brandy McDonnell
Moments of uproarious humor and emotional farewells offset the darkness and send Woody and his pals on a memorable ride off into the sunset 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Dann Gire
It affirms that change is inevitable and even in this weird and fascinating universe of talking toys love lives on in the next generation 
4
Toy Story 3
Scott Renshaw
What continues to astonish about the Pixar films is the way they manage to pair blissful entertainment with the miraculous experience of being human 
4
Toy Story 3
Robert Horton
There s no way this Pixar sequel could match the peerless level of the first two films and it doesn t but after a slow start this one gets into gear and the third act is a barn burner 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Alynda Wheat
Toy Story 3 does not live up to its predecessors It surpasses them 
4
Toy Story 3
Perry Seibert
The whole project is so masterfully conceived and executed that you either go along for the ride or sit in stunned appreciation for how singularly Pixar has maintained control over the creative quality of its output 
4
Toy Story 3
Jeff Beck
While this is a good sequel I wish it had had more of the emotion that had made the first two films so memorable 
3
Toy Story 3
Neil Rosen
The best movie I ve seen so far this year 
4
Toy Story 3
Jordan Hiller
I can understand the creators not wanting to sugarcoat life merely because the colors are brighter and voices chirpier but why is Toy Story 3 so intent on being such a manipulative downer 
2.5
Toy Story 3
Peter Canavese
A story with timeless universal themes family coming of age and leaving behind childish things and the inevitable time when past our prime we will all face potential social obsolence Blu ray 
4
Toy Story 3
Mike Scott
Another outing for Woody and the gang another masterpiece for Pixar 
4
Toy Story 3
James Kendrick
Like all the best sequels Toy Story 3 builds upon and deepens the characters relationships and themes that fueled the previous entries in the series
4
Toy Story 3
Lori Hoffman
Anyone who s ever felt left out and abandoned will understand the emotional heart of this triumphant tale of friendship and loyalty 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Mike McGranaghan
This is another home run for Pixar A perfect conclusion to a perfect movie trilogy 
4
Toy Story 3
Kit Bowen
It doesn t try to surpass its predecessors but simply continues the story in such a wonderful natural progression that it melds with ease into the brilliance that is the Toy Story lore 
4
Toy Story 3
Wesley Lovell
Another Pixar masterpiece capping a groundbreaking and exciting trilogy Emotional well crafted and intelligent The hallmarks of Pixar quality 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Scott Nash
The perfect ending to a near perfect series of films 
4
Toy Story 3
Keith Cohen
This endearing escapist summer adventure will bring tears to your eyes and is not to be missed The design work is spectacular and the cinematography is vivid utilizing every color imaginable in the crayon box The sight gags and jokes make this a 
4
Toy Story 3
Phil Villarreal
Toy Story 3 feels like a once every five years confluence of perfection in tone delivery timing humor and drama 
4
Toy Story 3
Sean P. Means
The eternal questions that the first two movies raised about what happens to toys when playtime is over are answered in ways that are both surprising and gently comforting 
4
Toy Story 3
Kam Williams
A fitting finale for a Disney trilogy guaranteed to resonate with kids of any age for generations to come 
4
Toy Story 3
Ethan Alter
The intelligence wit emotion and sheer care that the studio brings to this production is more than enough to make up for the few instances where its ambition outstrips its execution 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Steven Snyder
In TS3 we come full circle to the biggest question of all What does it mean not to feel outdated or misunderstood but truly useless It s Waiting For Godot at Lego scale 
4
Toy Story 3
Eric Melin
I hope this is the last Toy Story a fitting and moving final chapter that takes the premise of the first movie to its logical conclusion 
4
Toy Story 3
Liam Lacey
At its best most moving moments Toy Story 3 is a story about the pang of a young adult moving away from home and leaving child like things behind 
3
Toy Story 3
Peter Travers
It hits every button from laughter to tears and lifts you up on waves of visual dazzlement And you don t need to take a kid along to appreciate it Tag it as one of the year s best 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Lisa Kennedy
Consider the oft amusing terribly clever G rated sequel Toy Story 3 as the brightest student in the class delivering a very fine B paper 
3
Toy Story 3
Tyler Hanley
Pixar s storytelling masterminds serve up yet another exceptional film packed with humor imagination adventure and emotional resonance 
4
Toy Story 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A terrific and funny summer adventure 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Matt Soergel
This is how good Toy Story 3 is Even the ending credits have more story arc more emotional resonance than many other movies have in their entire running time 
4
Toy Story 3
John Wirt
In execution entertainment value and integrity the latest Pixar animated feature vastly outdoes the live action summer movie fare that surrounds it 
4
Toy Story 3
Walter Chaw
If the first half is uncertain the second is flat brilliant 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Bob Bloom
Adults especially those who had or still have a favorite toy will grasp the poignancy underlying the entire feature 
4
Toy Story 3
John Beifuss
I confess I had to steel myself as if I were preparing for a punch in the face to keep from bawling like a baby during Toy Story 3 which among many other things is a very witty spoof of the classic Hollywood prison movie 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Christian Toto
Can we put Pixar in charge of every movie sequel 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Lou Lumenick
Toy Story 3 may not be a masterpiece but it still had me in tears at the end 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Alison Gang
My advice Bring a tissue 
4
Toy Story 3
Chris Hewitt
It s a soulful movie but it s also very nearly as funny as the earlier Toy movies are 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Erik Childress
A true circle of life that may end as the credits roll here but as all good souls do finds a way to begin again in a film that is every bit as wonderful as its predecessors 
4
Toy Story 3
Stephen Whitty
It s a sequel It s in 3 D It has no kiddie flick competition Really how good does it have to be Apparently as good as Pixar can make it 
4
Toy Story 3
Chris Knight
There s a saying not often heard in Hollywood Third time s the charm Fortunately Toy Story has had a nice long rest it s been 11 years since part two while its makers at Pixar have kept in shape with a string of seven hits 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
These characters this story has matured at arguably the same rate as each installment as hit theatres the level of insight to be found bordering on the breathtaking 
4
Toy Story 3
Willie Waffle
The Pixar team can combine storytelling art and emotion into a movie that still surprises and delights the audience whether they are 4 years old or 94 years old 
4
Toy Story 3
Mark Dujsik
Their last playtime an emotionally potent assertion of the importance of memory and the ongoing cycle of childhood wonderment has come and it has been a joyful dance 
4
Toy Story 3
Jeffrey Westhoff
The oft misused term trilogy probably will accompany this third film but Toy Story 3 feels less like a final chapter than a long superficially satisfying afterword 
3
Toy Story 3
Mick LaSalle
The story mixes comedy drama and action with impressive skill except this is beyond skill this is inspired 
4
Toy Story 3
Dustin Putman
A fine quality film affecting and carried out with just the right bittersweet touch Seek out the 2 D theatrical presentation The 3 D serves absolutely no purpose and is a disservice to the visual artistry of Pixar 
2.5
Toy Story 3
Kristin Hunt
Toy Story 3 lives up to its predecessors in terms of cute yet clever humor and action packed journeys grabbing you immediately with an incredible opening 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Toy Story 3 is as good as any movie Pixar Studios has made and better than a few of them I d be tempted to say it s Pixar s best film but it s a close call 
4
Toy Story 3
Duane Dudek
A worthy sendoff for a landmark series 
3
Toy Story 3
Charlie McCollum
In a summer that will be littered with bad sequels bad 3 D and bad storytelling it is a movie to be heartily embraced 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Ann Hornaday
It s an emotional dissonance Pixar has always been supremely comfortable with as Toy Story 3 once again proves with knowing humor wildly imaginative visual virtuosity and bittersweet rue 
3
Toy Story 3
Ed Gonzalez
Tears tell no lies in the end Toy Story 3 is sketchy but it s also profoundly moving 
3
Toy Story 3
Ty Burr
Toy Story 3 rouses itself rung by rung of visual and conceptual invention until it can stand close to the level of Pixar s best More than that The heart still beats in this franchise s digital chest 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Peter Keough
It might be G rated but Toy Story 3 is fully mature 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Steven Rea
Toy Story 3 is solid smile inducing stuff But by the inherent nature of a sequel and our familiarity with the main characters the glow of originality has dissipated 
3
Toy Story 3
Claudia Puig
How the animation wizards at Pixar keep coming up with innovative and rapturous stories is one of the miracles in modern film 
4
Toy Story 3
Robert W. Butler
You can try to put on your game face to resist the emotional call of Toy Story 3 But you ll find yourself practically sobbing over the fate of inanimate objects 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Lawrence Toppman
You ll probably enjoy it because it s good humored snappy endearingly familiar produced with intelligence and care But it s the first Pixar effort that feels less like a creative outpouring and more like an obligation 
3
Toy Story 3
Moira MacDonald
That even grown up viewers feel invested in the toys ultimate destination is indicative of the affection held for this franchise that a third movie in a sequence can still offer charm and delight is the cherry on the sundae 
3
Toy Story 3
Peter Howell
Toy Story 3 is every bit as amusing and delightful as its predecessor but there are darker elements to the saga 
4
Toy Story 3
Joe Williams
It s a well earned curtain call for some of the most beloved characters in one of the best sustained feats of recent cinema 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Michael Phillips
Though uneven and less witty than the first two Toy Story 3 delivers quite enough in two dimensions 
3
Toy Story 3
Roger Ebert
I expect its target audience will love it and at the box office it may take right up where How to Train Your Dragon left off Just don t get me started about the 3 D 
3
Toy Story 3
Linda Cook
Andy someone has made a movie for us 
4
Toy Story 3
Josh Larsen
evokes that time in your life when anything was possible if you had a toy or two and an hour or so on your own 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Rene Rodriguez
Toy Story 3 is a worthy and delirious final chapter to this hallowed animation franchise 
3.5
Toy Story 3
James Berardinelli
Pixar has done it again extending an amazing streak of successes that stretches all the way back to the original Toy Story 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Thelma Adams
As usual the toy box gang is filled with complex characters with flaws and virtues The 3 D sequel s just as strong as the 2 D classics that came before it 
3.5
Toy Story 3
Roger Moore
Dazzling scary and sentimental Toy Story 3 is a daringly dark and emotional conclusion to the film series that made Pixar famous 
3.5
Makala
Nick Allen
Filmgoers looking for something to explicitly counter August s summer movie exhaustion should get first in line for Makala 
4
Makala
Derek Smith
Emmanuel Gras resists pitying or sentimentalizing his main subject or exalting him merely for his resilience in the face of such a harsh uncaring reality 
3
Girl with a Gun
Roger Moore
Pretty bad 44 right from the start 46 46 46 You make a promise when you title your movie 8220 Girl with a Gun 46 8221 That 8217 s a promise this version of that title never keeps 46 
1
Blonde and Blonder
Austin Kennedy
I doubt I have seen a film as bad at this the entire decade I sure hope I won t see a film worse than BLONDE AND BLONDER this year 
0
The BFG
Brian Eggert
For any other filmmaker this film would be a splendid Dahl adaptation For Spielberg it s far less than a dream come true 
2.5
The BFG
Bill Chambers
There is genius as you d expect 
2.5
The BFG
Matt Brunson
The BFG reminded me of the scene in of all things History of the World Part I in which a bored Emperor Nero Dom DeLuise is presented with a wooden bathtub and mutters Nice Nice Not thrilling but nice 
2
The BFG
Sarah Knight Adamson
Thankfully Spielberg s The BFG stays faithful to the treasured Roald Dahl young adult novel with old fashioned storytelling 
3.5
The BFG
Alan French
To simply write off the film as a version of his previous work is a disservice to what he accomplishes here 
3.5
The BFG
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A visually striking and well directed movie full of solid performances Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The BFG
Linda Cook
Roald Dahl s book comes to life in a big way 
3.5
The BFG
Sara Michelle Fetters
The BFG is a delightful fantasy one all associated with the film should be proud of the end result an enchanting journey of resilience and imagination the likes of which dreams are born from 
3
The BFG
John Beifuss
Spielberg reunites with E T screenwriter Mathison to revisit the themes of their 1982 success but with a revealing reversal This time the filmmakers seem to identify more with the fantastical outsider than with the child who becomes his friend 
3
The BFG
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I loved it It seems to me that it s one of Spielberg s gentlest and most beautiful films 
3.5
The BFG
James Kendrick
an amiable visually impressive fantasy
3
The BFG
John Serba
There s a puzzling disconnect between the film s display of craftsmanship and our engagement with it 
2.5
The BFG
Scott Nash
Has a charmingly old fashioned feel 
3
The BFG
Michael Smith
It s more of a bedtime story for young and old alike and a sweet tale of the healing power of friendship 
3
The BFG
James Berardinelli
In recent years Spielberg has become a hit and miss filmmaker and this is closer to a miss than a hit 
2.5
The BFG
Robert Horton
The film is mostly charming and no surprise it s technically accomplished 
3
The BFG
Neil Rosen
The two hour running time drags as this Spielberg misfire winds up being uninspiring and tedious 
1.5
The BFG
Josh Terry
Under Spielberg s hand The BFG is heavy on charm and atmosphere immersing the audience in a timeless world that blends the reality we know with a fantasy world we might imagine 
3
The BFG
Rob Thomas
The BFG reminded me of a gift that a grandfather might give a little out of step with what the kids are into these days But it s made with such great care that it could endure while other more disposable gifts are forgotten 
3
The BFG
Christian Toto
The BFG brings Roald Dahl s beloved book to ffafja afnnnn sorry dozed off like I wanted to do during the film 
2
The BFG
Matt Zoller Seitz
The BFG remembers what it s like to see with the eyes of a child 
3.5
The BFG
Steven Rea
In Spielberg s grasp mixing live action and green screen CG and motion capture effects the 1982 children s story becomes a large scale tableau of impossibly wonderful images 
3
The BFG
Willie Waffle
A movie full of wonder danger and imagination to lure the audience into this fantasy world but the movie fails when it s time to tell a story
2.5
The BFG
Sean P. Means
Spielberg balances Dahl s humorous whimsy with the melancholy of two lonely souls Sophie and her giant finding each other in the wee small hours The result is that rare thing a children s fable that can touch the child in everyone 
3.5
The BFG
Anders Wright
It s the sort of movie that assists children in experiencing new emotions and reminds adults what it was like to feel them 
3.5
The BFG
Allyson Johnson
Despite the sheer joy the film inspires in these moments of adventure though it never quite overcomes the film s basic problem It all rings hollow 
2
The BFG
Katie Walsh
The most effective moments of The BFG are the ones that hit home with wistful emotion but surprise with the possibilities of magic in connections those moments that Spielberg and Dahl have defined for a generation 
3
The BFG
Jeff Simon
The BFG is a wonderful Steven Spielberg film certainly one of his best in recent days 
3.5
The BFG
Mark Dujsik
BFG is played by Mark Rylance in a motion captured performance that transcends the obvious technological limitations of the film s visual effects 
3
The BFG
Chris Knight
There s much to see but less to feel in this adaptation 
2.5
The BFG
Bob Bloom
The BFG is a solid family friendly and entertaining feature The problem is that the movie lacks the scares necessary to elevate it to the Grimm standard 
3
The BFG
Peter Travers
the special effects are spectacular And there s no faulting Mark Rylance as the giant But things get a bit grumbly when the worlds of Spielberg and Dahl collide 
3
The BFG
Chris Hewitt
Spielberg s movie has an old fashioned timeless quality 
3
The BFG
Robert W. Butler
Spielberg brings back the awe with The BFG a fantasy designed to tickle the kid in each of us 
3
The BFG
Max Weiss
The BFG does a bang up job with its titular hero and for that alone I can recommend it I simply wish its human heroine had been treated with similar care 
2.5
The BFG
Ty Burr
Mostly it works as a singular and slightly wobbly mash up of two creative artists and their differing sensibilities and it benefits greatly from the contributions of one brilliant actor and one little girl 
3
The BFG
Lou Lumenick
Spielberg offers a gallery of unforgettable images to illuminate a surprisingly straightfoward story about the friendship between the Big Friendly Giant of the title and Sophie a spunky 10 year old orphan 
3
The BFG
Peter Howell
The film follows the expected path toward Spielbergian contentment for young and old alike 
2.5
The BFG
Dann Gire
The BFG supplies moderate levels of kid friendly charm Yet it fails to pack the kind of intense emotional punch we ve come to expect from Spielberg productions such as E T and Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
2.5
The BFG
Ann Hornaday
Anchored by two winning lead performances The BFG ultimately overcomes its longueur if only by a hair of the title character s chinny chin chin 
2.5
The BFG
Calvin Wilson
It s a film that casts a unique and often mesmerizing spell But it s also a bit too talky particularly in the early going and Spielberg lets numerous opportunities for humor slip by 
3
The BFG
Moira MacDonald
Rylance digitally rendered from motion capture performance finds a charming gentle rapport with his young co star and his lilting wordplay a television is a telly telly bunkum box language is a twitch tickling problem creates its own music 
3
The BFG
Mick LaSalle
You can see a thousand movies and think that you ve become immune to dazzling visuals until you see them done right 
3
The BFG
Richard Roeper
Exiting the theater after the technically impressive but listless and tedious The BFG I wondered Of the more than 50 films Steven Spielberg has directed was this my least favorite 
2
The BFG
Josh Larsen
includes a magical moment that will go down among my favorite scenes from Spielberg s filmography 
3
The BFG
Michael Phillips
For once underneath all the motion capture folderol the key performance really does feel like a full real vital performance 
3
The BFG
Brian Truitt
Through performance capture Rylance brings a gentle goodness but also a world weary gravitas to the BFG there is tragedy to his story that he has to overcome 
3
The BFG
Karen D'Souza
Once the wonder of this world has sunk in there s nowhere to go in this film which can lull you straight into torpor 
2.5
The BFG
Roger Moore
Lovely but entirely too slow to be the BFD it might have been 
2.5
The BFG
Christopher Gray
The film full of such quietly inventive visual magic is perfectly content to simply revel in the stuff dreams are made of 
3
The BFG
Dustin Putman
As a fairy tale involving an unlikely cross species friendship The BFG is far from the instant classic E T the Extra Terrestrial is The film has its pleasures all the same and a wide eyed earnestness 
2.5
The BFG
Peter Canavese
Largely lifeless which is unusual for fantasy material birthed by Roald Dahl or directed by Steven Spielberg much less a combination of the two 
2
The BFG
Kent Turner
Though older viewers will find the tale too elongated elementary age audiences will find it glummy yummy rather than a bunch of rummytot 
2.5
The Burial Society
Peter Debruge
Scrambling to find a place in the Coen brothers shadow Racz tries too hard to manufacture a sense of zany unpredictability but each new twist only reveals Sheldon as the soulless opportunist that he is 
2
The Burial Society
Phoebe Flowers
The feature debut of writer director Nicholas Racz is twisty and clever if not a reinvention of the genre 
2.5
The Burial Society
Jason Anderson
A nifty little thriller 
3
The Burial Society
Rick Groen
The Burial Society is definitely big on plot but can the thing dance Short answer It s no Astaire 
2
The Burial Society
Travis Hoover
The Burial Society is not a dishonourable film but following its star s lead it s unimaginative and its lack of self assertion ultimately wears you down to the nub 
1.5
Employee of the Month
David Nusair
there s ultimately very little here to appeal to even the most die hard Cook fanatic 
1
Employee of the Month
Peter Travers
There are people who think Cook is funny but you won t find any evidence of that here 
1
Employee of the Month
Sean McBride
The problem lies with the bland bombshell at the center and the overall sense that the filmmakers keep missing obvious comic opportunities 
2
Employee of the Month
Linda Cook
You have to hand it to filmmakers They ve recognized that not everybody who watches movies are millionaires 
3
Employee of the Month
Frank Ochieng
Carelessly moronic and dissolving Overall there doesn t seem to be much to the bargain basement prices being brandied about in the staggeringly half hearted Employee
1.5
Employee of the Month
Dustin Putman
The film s insipid lazy humor sticks about as well as a wet slippery noodle being tossed around for two hours 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Gary Brown
Pink slip the Employee of the Month 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Mike McGranaghan
I liked the movie thanks largely to Dane Cook and Dax Shepard These are funny guys who really know how to no pun intended sell the material And I bought it 
3
Employee of the Month
Ken Fox
Stand up sensation Dane Cook s shot at the big time is an uninspired comedy that works better as a vehicle for his costar Punk d s Dax Shepard 
2
Employee of the Month
Peter Howell
The aggrieved employee movie genre is one of the more puzzling fads of late since it showcases every vile prejudice and low standard imaginable 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Moira MacDonald
Employee of the Month which finds its comedic apex in watching cashiers scanning purchases is disposable filmmaking with its shelf life already up 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Ruthe Stein
This will never be the movie of the month but you could do a lot worse at the multiplex 
2
Employee of the Month
Timothy Knight
One can only imagine the smart satirical spin that Mike Judge Office Space could have put on this run of the mill comedy which is surely destined for the reduced for quick sale bin at Costco 
2
Employee of the Month
Stephen Whitty
Employee of the Month is a stupid comedy But it s not witless 
2.5
Employee of the Month
Kyle Smith
Attention comedy shoppers The marked down movie Employee of the Month has more laughs than most of the name brand products 
2.5
Employee of the Month
Elizabeth Weitzman
Just like a real job Greg Coolidge s workplace comedy Employee of the Month offers long slow stretches lightened by a few laughs and some oddball characters 
2
Employee of the Month
Peter Debruge
We never love Zack or hate Vince enough to care about the outcome and Amy is one dimensional enough that a blow up doll could ve taken Simpson s place 
2
Employee of the Month
Amy Biancolli
Lest anyone mistake this for a Marxist tract there are additional riffs on Mexicans Puerto Ricans fat people and the developmentally disabled 
1.5
Employee of the Month
David Gilmour
it s simply too depressing that people sat in a boardroom read this script and said We re ready to go 
0
Employee of the Month
John Monaghan
For a movie about taking pride in your work Employee of the Month is on a comedy coffee break 
1
Employee of the Month
Jeff Vice
Dumb crude and surprisingly mean spirited 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Lawrence Toppman
First time director Greg Coolidge packs his cast with quirky bit players crisp physical humor that doesn t involve dented noggins and more than a few references that require you to think 
3
Employee of the Month
Wesley Morris
Cook s enthusiasm for speeding through a bulk item megastore in a race to please his corporate masters might endear him anecdotally to Hollywood producers and executives but it s sad and never very funny 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Sean P. Means
Coolidge knows he s making a slacker comedy so he makes it as a slacker would He doesn t try too hard for laughs just enough to get by 
2.5
Employee of the Month
Tyler Hanley
Cook serves up some tasty laughs but Employee of the Month feels processed 
2
Employee of the Month
Phil Villarreal
You ll find 10 gallon drums of peanut butter and toilet paper by the case in the store The only things that don t come in high volume are the laughs 
2
Employee of the Month
Sara Michelle Fetters
I guess it also proves Simpson doesn t completely suck as an actress but that doesn t mean I m ready for her to start reading Shakespeare either 
2
Employee of the Month
Willie Waffle
Simpson has the charisma and screen presence of a wet towel 
.5
Employee of the Month
Steve Rhodes
It doesn t take a lot to make me laugh but Employee of the Month never got over my easy threshold 
2
Employee of the Month
Peter Canavese
Cook s usual persona is annoying but with his volume turned down here he s even more of a zero 
1
Employee of the Month
Claudia Puig
You re bound to have more fun working overtime than watching Employee of the Month 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Jan Stuart
I never thought I would have a kind word to say about Wal Mart but it deserves better 
1
Employee of the Month
David Hiltbrand
Employee of the Month is a comedy as vacuous and tacky as the discount big lot stores it imagines it is spoofing 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Sue Pierman
A sort of blue collar Office Space that sends up the dreary world of working at a discount store 
3
Employee of the Month
Chris Hewitt
Employee borrows Office Space s crushing boredom of the workplace vibe but it s sunnier because these guys realize they don t hate their jobs as much as they thought 
3
Employee of the Month
Matt Pais
The only two onscreen items with any star quality belong to Simpson and they re barely contained in shirts that seem to be holding on for dear life 
1
Employee of the Month
David Germain
Jessica Simpson Dane Cook Dax Shepard and colleagues will not be in the running for Hollywood s employee of the month for their new comedy 
1.5
Employee of the Month
Nick Schager
Frat boys and KKK members will surely love this 
1
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Wesley Morris
Fills you with a healthy respect for the men and women gladly risking their lives for your entertainment 
2.5
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Paul Sherman
For a movie about physical dexterity this is clumsy stuff It s like three movies fighting for one screen 
2
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Roger Ebert
It jumps from one subject to another it provides little historical context it shows a lot of stunts being prepared and executed but refuses to ask the obvious questions in our minds 
2
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Jeffrey Westhoff
Fitfully interesting 
2
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Ellen Fox
Feels more like a making of piece or vanity project for actor and first time director Robin Shou than a tight thorough documentary 
2
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Erik Lundegaard
The great documentary about Hong Kong stuntmen and their relationship to the Beijing Opera still needs to be made 
2
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Carla Meyer
Shou creates an ambitious framework This layering detracts from the documentary footage with nonaction narrative scenes thrown in for no apparent reason 
2
Corridor of Mirrors
Matt Brunson
Here s a movie in which the thick atmosphere probably should have received star billing alongside the actors 
3
Slaughter Nick for President
Geoff Pevere
An odyssey of belated documentary boosted pop culture reclamation 
2.5
Slaughter Nick for President
Mike McGranaghan
Slaughter Nick for President tells a story so unlikely and so improbable that you will be delighted in hearing it just as I was 
3
Wobble Palace
Max Weiss
Still young audiences will recognize themselves and their friends and be amused It s hard not to laugh at these characters but a little harder to care about them 
2.5
Six: The Mark Unleashed
David Nusair
An utterly worthless piece of work 
0
Friends: The Reunion
Richard Roeper
Cast members reminiscing is fun but HBO Max s show could have dug deeper about how they re doin 
3
Friends: The Reunion
Kevin Carr
It s one of these things that would have been on Oprah in the 90s It s made absolutely for the fans 
3
Friends: The Reunion
Sal Cinquemani
The special feels like a missed opportunity to see the characters we ve grown to know so well over the past 25 years truly come back to life 
2.5
Friends: The Reunion
Chris Vognar
Friends The Reunion is a fond look back for those who couldn t get enough the first time 
2.5
King John (Stratford Festival)
Richard Ouzounian
If you love Shakespeare and great acting King John is a must see 
3.5
Escapes
Matt Brunson
Vincent Price is barely in this 
1.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
Matt Brunson
An outstanding entry in the 007 franchise 
3.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
Josh Larsen
If Roger Moore wasn t the best James Bond he was at least the most honest 
3.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
Austin Kennedy
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is not as good as I remembered it All of its chases and action were much better in my memories In reality they re a bit lackluster 
2.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
James Berardinelli
Of Roger Moore s seven James Bond pictures The Spy Who Loved Me stands out as the best 
3.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
Steve Rhodes
Is there no end to Bond s skills 
3
The Spy Who Loved Me
Scott Nash
It s still not my idea of what James Bond should be but somehow it works 
3
Fantastic Four
James Vance
Aided by largely credible special effects the four stars of Fantastic Four manage to make their movie worth seeing and give us reason to be optimistic for a more cohesive sequel 
2
Fantastic Four
Joe Lozito
A better than average comic book effort 
3
Fantastic Four
Kam Williams
Tim Story gives the Marvel comics superheroes the Barbershop treatment 
1
Fantastic Four
Russ Breimeier
Not all comic book films have to be as weighty and angst filled as a graphic novel Fantastic Four is neither fantastic nor incredible but it s entertaining nonetheless 
3
Fantastic Four
Jorge Avila Andrade
Aqu lo que cuenta es tener una buena bolsa de palomitas y dejarse llevar por la nostalgia del cuarteto ms famoso del mundo despus de Los Beatles Slo eso 
3
Fantastic Four
Wesley Lovell
When the playboy joke around character is the best part of the film you know you have problems 
2
Fantastic Four
Kurt Loder
A part from some undeniably slick effects the wow factor in this movie is surprisingly minute O nly Julian McMahon s nefarious psycho Dr Doom shows real promise here 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Ross Anthony
Light brisk fun daring then an awesome bridge crash scene Then it s down hill from there Still just barely above average 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Jonathan R. Perry
Entertainment as junk food enjoyable as it goes down if not particularly good for us and it doesn t stand a Yugo s chance in the Indy 500 of lingering in our memories 
2
Fantastic Four
Matt Brunson
The protagonists of this film certainly deserved a better fate 
2
Fantastic Four
Lori Hoffman
Fantastic Four is a popcorn movie that delivers a fluffy buttery treat
3
Fantastic Four
Sean P. Means
After this lackluster outing the thought of a sequel is a stretch even Mr Fantastic might not be able to make 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Linda Cook
Fantastic Uh hardly Fantastic Four was No 1 at the box office because of a good old fashioned advertising campaign 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Michael Dequina
A fairly dull thoroughly mediocre adventure hardly the cinematic treatment Marvel s first family deserves 
2
Fantastic Four
Tom Meek
Tim Story s screen adaptation of the Marvel comic is cheesy in production values it s the clash of personalities that makes the film in any way fantastic 
2.5
Fantastic Four
David Keyes
An obnoxious movie in which potential adventure is sideswiped in favor of watery characters and dialogue that feels like it was lifted from five or six reality shows 
1
Fantastic Four
James O'Ehley
It s not particularly fantastic but Fantastic Four is passable summer popcorn fare 
2
Fantastic Four
Mike McGranaghan
We know what comic book movies are capable of being They can have greatness in them Fantastic Four has nothing more than okay ness 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Sara Michelle Fetters
Now I m not saying director Tim Story was the wrong choice but when the only two things of note on your resume are the moderately amusing Barbershop and the horrendous Taxi there just has to be a better way to go 
2
Fantastic Four
Frank Ochieng
One wonders if an added character named Sleeperman would consider joining the crew because then this simplistic sci fi dud could have been dubbed as Fantastic Snore
2
Fantastic Four
Emily Blunt
Metza metza The FF is just not that fantastic t all 
2
Fantastic Four
Dan Fienberg
Reducing a summer blockbuster to the scale of a primetime sitcom is novel but it isn t admirable 
2
Fantastic Four
Josh Larsen
begins to feel like it comes from the one comic book even a comic book geek would be embarrassed to be caught reading 
2
Fantastic Four
David Elliott
As total packaging you can t deny that this show is handsomely wrapped 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Carla Meyer
Fantastic Four falters most in its cynical approach Obviously gearing for a sequel the movie goes heavy on development and light on action 
2
Fantastic Four
Mick LaSalle
If there was ever any doubt that action scenes depend more on context than flash Fantastic Four proves it 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Right from the start the movie smells like a stinker because of its Z grade casting Worst of all is Julian McMahon overacting as a Kevin Spacy ish Dr Doom 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Glenn Whipp
Devotes as much time to a creaky love triangle as it does exploring the fantastic powers of its foursome And that begs the question Who goes to a movie like this looking for what is essentially a bad episode of Dawson s Creek 
2
Fantastic Four
David Frese
A human rubber band a transparent woman a guy on fire a walking rock pile and a guy named Doom seem perfectly plausible in the funny books On the big screen not so much 
2
Fantastic Four
Rene Rodriguez
Even if you can get past the acting and in the case of the beautiful blank Alba that s asking a lot the film just sits there not exactly torturous but never very exciting either 
2
Fantastic Four
Bruce Kirkland
How about The Okay Quartet 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Terry Lawson
The Fantastic Four get treated reverently but not seriously in this modified retelling of the story but then it s hard to take any one seriously who goes to work for Dr Victor Von Doom and Doom Industries 
2
Fantastic Four
Mark Rahner
When the Four finally use their different powers together to fight Doctor Doom it s enough to get you past the torpor of Origin Movie Syndrome and make you hope for a sequel that gets right down to business 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Geoff Pevere
Fantastic it ain t but not bad it sort of is 
2
Fantastic Four
Timothy Knight
The film generates little tension or excitement dawdling its way towards the climactic showdown between the heroes and the villain Doctor Doom 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Aaron Hillis
too bouncy to be an Elektra bummer but should make Marvel mascot Stan Lee think twice about burning another lucrative bridge with unintentional hilarity 
1
Fantastic Four
Lou Lumenick
A perfect storm of wooden acting hackneyed direction inane scripting and laughably cartoonish special effects produces a shapeless mess more wearyingly stupid than arch villian Dr Doom is evil 
1
Fantastic Four
Jack Mathews
You don t expect realism from a comic book movie but you do want the characters to seem larger than life Here they look like contestants at a costume party 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Duane Dudek
By being late to the multiplex marketplace the film version offers little we haven t seen done before and done better 
2
Fantastic Four
Bruce Westbrook
The writers are so busy setting up the premise that they barely get around to exploiting it 
2
Fantastic Four
Michael Booth
The kind of don t ask too many questions action hero movie where the humor is tasty and the FX are wicked cool 
3
Fantastic Four
Liam Lacey
A not so bad mindless bit of camp escapism that doesn t try to eclipse its dime store comic book roots 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Jeff Vice
It s sporadically entertaining but never amounts to more than Mediocre Four 
2
Fantastic Four
Wesley Morris
A bad superhero comedy that takes its time going nowhere 
1
Fantastic Four
Tyler Hanley
Chiklis and Evans play the roles as though they had read the Fantastic Four their entire lives 
3
Fantastic Four
Jon Niccum
Its plot is stretched thin Its creativity is nearly invisible Its logic is rocky And the whole enterprise goes up in flames 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Jeffrey Westhoff
A more accurate title would have been The Fantastic Two and the Other Two Not So Much 
3
Fantastic Four
Christian Toto
The new Fantastic Four might have been palatable if we hadn t already met a certain wall crawler or Caped Crusader on screen 
2
Fantastic Four
Peter Canavese
So much is bungled with inept storytelling and watered down dialogue and Story is so powerless to right the course that Fantastic Four winds up more dopey than fun 
2
Fantastic Four
Erik Childress
Falls below even the likes of Batman Robin and The Punisher and all involved should be ashamed of actually inviting comparisons to the shelved Roger Corman adaptation 
1
Fantastic Four
Dustin Putman
A painful sluggish black hole of simultaneous bad ideas and no ideas at all 
1
Fantastic Four
Willie Waffle
faces a huge obstacle and doesn t overcome it well develop 4 heroes and 1 villain in less than 2 hours and provide an exciting story full of visual wonder 
2
Fantastic Four
Claudia Puig
There s nothing terribly fantastic about this ho hum futuristic foray 
2
Fantastic Four
Joe Williams
Fantastic Four could have been hot but in the hands of some studio blockheads the premise is stretched so thin that it disappears 
2
Fantastic Four
Steven Rea
If you want to see how members of a family that s fraught with discord and dysfunction learn about teamwork and the nature of kin and dispatch bad guys in the process rent The Incredibles 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Michael Wilmington
It certainly looks stunning and there s even a try at injecting some human drama and strong emotion into the action stew 
2.5
Fantastic Four
David Sterritt
It s fun to watch superheroes who aren t quite at ease with their abilities but The Incredibles last year s similarly themed animated film is livelier and funnier 
2
Fantastic Four
Chris Hewitt
It s hard to tell if the other actors are awful or if it s the script 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Phoebe Flowers
Real fans of the comics will probably be turned off by Fantastic Four s narrative limitations while outsiders older than 12 are likely to quickly dismiss the Power Rangers style goofery 
2
Fantastic Four
Roger Ebert
The really good superhero movies like Superman SpiderMan 2 and Batman Begins leave Fantastic Four so far behind that the movie should almost be ashamed to show itself in the same theaters 
1
Fantastic Four
Jan Stuart
Sad then to see that the Marvel rag that elevated the human element in the pow biff bam of the superhero world has been transposed into the most plastic of comic to movie adaptations yet 
2
Fantastic Four
David Nusair
Fantastic Four is essentially campy fun this is the sort of movie Schumacher s Batman and Robin was trying to be 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Nick Rogers
Fantastic Four isn t even close to Sin City Batman Begins or even Constantine but it s a relatively quick vibrant focused origin story 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Scott Nash
Fantastic Flop
2
Fantastic Four
James Berardinelli
This movie is more like a B grade comic book adaptation than the A list production it should have been 
2.5
Fantastic Four
Nick Schager
A wasted opportunity to breathe fresh life into the Marvel universe s long stodgy elder statesmen 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Phil Villarreal
A movie about depressed superheroes trying to become unsuper is as boring as it sounds 
1.5
Fantastic Four
Rob Blackwelder
Who are these half wit Hollywood clowns that keep hiring cleavage candy actresses with no measurable talent to play laughably bespectacled scientists in action movies 
1
Fantastic Four
Walter Chaw
How fascinating that a film about super humans was made by a collection of sub humans what a topsy turvy world in which we live 
0.5
Fantastic Four
Sean McBride
none of it s any more impressive than the stuff you can find in your average video game 
2
Fantastic Four
Frank Houston
Sometimes the Hollywood treatment can be a superhero s greatest arch nemesis 
2
The Chinese Mayor
Scott Renshaw
It s a character study that hints at a more sprawling portrait of contemporary China but keeps making you want to go back to that one character 
2.5
The Kindred
Matt Brunson
A mixed bag of a horror film 46 
2.5
The Kindred
Mike McGranaghan
It wouldn apos t be completely honest to say that The Kindred is a good movie 44 but it sure ain apos t boring 46 
2
The Kindred
Leo Brady
The Kindred is a movie concocted in a basement and once you discover it you will never forget it 46 
3
DumbLand
Bill Chambers
It makes you wonder if Lynch doesn t occasionally abuse the benefit of the doubt
2
Born on the Fourth of July
Tom Meek
The eclectic and incredible cast assembled by Stone in this patriotic anti patriot statement includes Tom Sizemore Vivica A Fox and James Le Gros 
3.5
Born on the Fourth of July
David Nusair
There s ultimately little doubt that Born on the Fourth of July benefits substantially from Cruise s engrossing and often electrifying turn as the tortured protagonist 
2.5
Born on the Fourth of July
Josh Larsen
a tale of American masculinity undone 
3.5
Born on the Fourth of July
Matt Brunson
Not counting his iconic themes for such blockbusters as Star Wars and Jaws this might feature John Williams best music score to date 
3.5
Born on the Fourth of July
Chris Hicks
Whether or not you agree with its politics and it s sure to spark some debate there s no denying the film s power 
3.5
Born on the Fourth of July
Roger Ebert
Nothing Cruise has done will prepare you for what he does in Born on the Fourth of July 
4
Blasted
Roger Moore
8220 Blasted 8221 is a laser tag fight that ends prematurely because every idiot accidentally points his gun at himself right from the start 46 
1.5
Guantanamera
Steve Rhodes
Franz Kafka Meets Scientific Socialism tells more about the state of Cuba today that many more learned treatises 
2.5
Guantanamera
Roger Ebert
Guantanamera celebrates Cuban paradoxes in a cheeky little comedy about two romances that endure through the years 
3
Kings of the Road
James Kendrick
has an amiable rambling quality that befits its emotionally dislocated protagonists
2.5
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Gene Siskel
Sweet Sweetback is a film that doesn t compromise Unfortunately Van Peebles pays a price for not compromising 
2.5
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
James Kendrick
a revolutionary movie not because it s about one man s defiance but because it put front and center black issues that had never been dealt with before
3
Ip Man 2
Mattie Lucas
It is above all pure fun an adrenaline pumping action film that is both well crafted and tightly controlled 
3
Ip Man 2
Burl Burlingame
It s a second installment of a film bio of Ip Man and it s pretty much made up nonsense but few will care as it s also great fun 
2
Ip Man 2
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Despite this slackening of narrative urgency Wilson Yip has duplicated the flawed approach of the earlier movie with striking exactitude 
3
Ip Man 2
Kam Williams
Bruce Lee lives Or at least his mentor does 
3
Ip Man 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
There were multiple moments in this film where my blood was racing and as soon as they ended it was all I could do to recompose myself and hopefully catch my breath before the next fight started 
3
Ip Man 2
V.A. Musetto
Ip Man 2 has eye candy to spare But it is lacking in formalities such as character development and plot coherence and the stereotyped Brits are straight out of central casting 
2.5
Ip Man 2
Ted Fry
Ip Man 2 Legend of the Grand Master is distinguished by a string of stylishly choreographed martial arts combat scenes though barely serviceable in its storytelling 
2.5
Blackbeard's Ghost
Roger Ebert
The plot is completely confused and kids who are much better at these things than adults will enjoy its twists and turns Ustinov is fine as the rum swilling yo ho hoing Blackbeard 
3
Friended to Death
Michael O'Sullivan
The story s message may not be the most original one in the world put down your device and make eye contact but it s fun to watch it unfold in a world that while far from realistic feels real enough 
2.5
Friended to Death
Dann Gire
Friended to Death sputters along on fumes of cleverness leaving Hansen s daffy full throttle commitment to his self deluded protagonist as the movie s single positive asset 
1.5
Girl Picture
Rene Sanchez
A touching coming of age story that captures the spirit of youth with tremendous authenticity 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Girl Picture
Peter Canavese
Three young women navigate sex 44 romance 44 and the fear of commitment 44 rejection and failure in this well acted Sundance Film Festival prize winner about the tumultuous emotional impulses of young adulthood 46 
3
Girl Picture
Shane Slater
Girl Picture hardly provides any new insight into the lives of teenage girls 46 But it strikes an authentic balance between the carefree innocence of youth and the anxiety ridden fears of coming of age 46 
3
Girl Picture
Rosalie Kicks
GIRL PICTURE is what happens when you allow a person to create a film that has experience similar to those that are gracing the silver screen 46 GIRL PICTURE is a great picture 33 
3.75
Girl Picture
Katie Rife
Its embrace of the exquisite 44 painful 44 confusing breadth of emotions that make up the human experience is what makes Girl Picture so worthwhile 46 
3.5
Girl Picture
Mark Dujsik
Girl Picture allows us to see these three as richly detailed but still incomplete people 46 46 46 
3
Girl Picture
G. Allen Johnson
Girl Picture excels at showing how teenage life can be a sensory experience that s exhilaratingly joyful and unbearably painful sometimes simultaneously 
3
Knife in the Water
Brian Eggert
Polanski s first great film of many 
4
Knife in the Water
Jay Antani
The acting music and camerawork all weave together to create an unexpectedly magical brilliantly crafted intensely sensuous experience 
4
Knife in the Water
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest of all feature debuts 
4
Knife in the Water
Matt Brunson
Jerzy Lipman s gorgeous black and white cinematography is instrumental in conveying the claustrophobia of the scenario 
3.5
Stephen King's 'The Langoliers'
Alan Pergament
The series isn t scary the special effects are routine until the final hour when flying furry villains with shears for teeth chew up everything in sight and there isn t any mesmerizing performance to propel it 
2.5
James and the Giant Peach
Wesley Lovell
As such 44 the film is a strong piece for youngsters 44 but doesn 8217 t quite resonate on other levels 46 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Dave Kehr
The film is a technical tour de force featuring a wealth of inventive design ideas But James never develops the emotional dimension that Nightmare possessed 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Steven Rea
James and the Giant Peach shines with weird whimsical invention 
3.5
James and the Giant Peach
Gene Siskel
Another superb stop action animated film from the same team responsible for Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas 
3.5
James and the Giant Peach
Michael Wilmington
One of the brightest giddiest and most outlandishly exciting of all the Disney Studio s recent major feature cartoons 
3.5
James and the Giant Peach
Doug Thomas
James and the Giant Peach proves the best effects are even better with a strong story 
3.5
James and the Giant Peach
David Sterritt
The fantasy is almost too inventive for its own good 
3
James and the Giant Peach
David Nusair
Inventively animated yet hopelessly uneven 46 46 46 
2
James and the Giant Peach
James Kendrick
a mixture of live action and stop motion animation that is heavy on fever dream spectacle but fairly shallow in terms of character
2.5
James and the Giant Peach
Peter Canavese
Doesn t quite click on all levels and the story and character development feels truncated but there s still plenty to enjoy about its weird occurrences Blu ray 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Michael Dequina
First class family entertainment that will please everyone particularly the young uns 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Jeanne Aufmuth
An ambitious project combining classic fiction imaginative computer imagery and animated live action footage 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Peter Stack
James and the Giant Peach is frequently so alluring that viewers may feel the urge to get lost in the picture s curious shadings intricate merriment and fantastical atmosphere 
4
James and the Giant Peach
Steve Rhodes
This movie may not make headlines among all of the adults but I predict it will among the kids 
3
James and the Giant Peach
James Berardinelli
This weird story has been transformed into a playful visually arresting experience with more than a few allusions to The Wizard of Oz 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Chris Hicks
The film is generally quite faithful retaining the book s humor familial spirit and even its darker edges 
3.5
James and the Giant Peach
Roger Ebert
It will I think entertain kids for whom stop motion animation is the last thing they re thinking about 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Susan Wloszczyna
A stunner with a breathtaking array of eye teasers 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Barbara Shulgasser
On the whole the movie is a success I still hope that children and their parents will read this wonderful book together but it s nice that there s a movie they can see too 
3
James and the Giant Peach
Rob Blackwelder
The seven year old in me was having a ball 
2.5
Tig Notaro: Drawn
David Reddish
Continuing a triumphant run that has seen her conquer both television in Star Trek Discovery and action films in Army of the Dead lesbian comedienne Tig Notaro returns to stand up in her most hysterical special to date
3.5
The Rapture
Bill Chambers
Is Tolkin really that much better than an ersatz Larry Cohen 
2.5
The Rapture
Keith Uhlich
The very title evokes slippery visions of both spirit and sex 
4
The Rapture
Roger Ebert
The Rapture is an imperfect and sometimes enraging film but it challenges us with the biggest idea it can think of the notion that our individual human lives do have actual meaning on the plane of the infinite 
4
Emerald Cowboy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Leaden and poorly acted 
1
Emerald Cowboy
Marta Barber
Though the story is engaging the writing and acting are as unsophisticated 
2
Emerald Cowboy
Elizabeth Weitzman
Having written co directed and played the lead in this awkward ego driven memoir Hayata has turned a genuinely compelling life story into an embarrassing vanity production 
1.5
Emerald Cowboy
Jonathan Foreman
Thanks to the amateurish spectacularly talent free quality of its cinematography direction writing and acting Emerald Cowboy is simply impossible to sit through 
0
Emerald Cowboy
David Sterritt
The acting is weak largely because many of the performers seem uncomfortable speaking English 
2
Kingdom of Silence
Richard Roeper
as much about the complicated co dependent and sometimes toxic relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia as it about the man himself 
4
Kingdom of Silence
Carlos Aguilar
More than just an homage to Khashoggi s life what s most notable about Rowley s work here is how direct he is in calling out American hypocrisy through the interviews or the facts disclosed 
3
Kingdom of Silence
Michael O'Sullivan
The clear message is that we as a country have prioritized our strategic and financial relationship with an authoritarian regime one step below a theocracy as one interview subject puts it over all else including grotesque human rights violations 
3
The River King
Susan Walker
One possible outcome after another is broadly telegraphed as the movie plods along but most lines of inquiry are never to be resolved 
1
Jurassic Park
Brian Eggert
Steven Spielberg s Jurassic Park uses marvelous visuals to suspend its audience and characters in awe and revelation 
4
Jurassic Park
Mattie Lucas
Just as magical now as it was 20 years ago 
4
Jurassic Park
Josh Larsen
As much as you can point to the T rex attack as a master class in action filmmaking this still leaves a mechanized aftertaste 
3
Jurassic Park
Christian Toto
The effects hold up 20 plus years later So do the thrills Yes Jurassic World has its work cut out for it 
3.5
Jurassic Park
Jeff Shannon
Jurassic Park is an astonishing success in one sense and one sense only It is the monster of all monster movies guaranteed to challenge weak bladders flutter heartbeats and win automatic Oscars for the tech crew 
2.5
Jurassic Park
Wesley Lovell
The 3D doesn t add a lot to the narrative but it s still an exciting adventure into the mesmerizing world of dinosaurs and humanity s godlike addiction to reviving the past 
4
Jurassic Park
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Steven Spielberg s summer adventure is still one of the ultimate movie roller coaster rides 
3
Jurassic Park
John Beifuss
Sentiment is explained by science as the family impulse that motivates so many Steven Spielberg stories is revealed to be an evolutionary imperative in this near perfect action adventure 
4
Jurassic Park
James Kendrick
confirms both Spielberg s mastery of cinematic thrills and the comparatively empty bombast of today s summer tentpole movies even the better ones 
3.5
Jurassic Park
Matt Brunson
Spielberg treats us as he does his characters leading us into a strange land and expecting us to make it out with all our faculties intact it s a tall order given the heart stopping bloodcurdling limbs numbing excitement packed into the second hour 
3.5
Jurassic Park
Bob Bloom
It is as if time has passed the movie by Jurassic Park remains solid entertainment but the awe and wonder have faded 
2.5
Jurassic Park
Mike McGranaghan
Only time can tell which movies become classics No matter how many Ds you see it in it s safe to say that this one has earned the label 
4
Jurassic Park
Tom Russo
I m a fan of this movie It is thrilling and the 3 D treatment is a nice enhancement 
3
Jurassic Park
Peter Howell
This movie doesn t just stand the test of time it transcends it 
4
Jurassic Park
Rafer Guzman
Jurassic Park remains an absolute thrill from a Spielberg in top form Funny scary fast moving and full of just right details 
3.5
Jurassic Park
Robert W. Butler
Jurassic Park is such an impressive technical achievement that it seems churlish to note that it accomplishes this at the expense of more substantive elements 
3
Jurassic Park
Sean O'Connell
Jurassic Park was impressive in 1993 Twenty years later it s flawless 
4
Jurassic Park
Nell Minow
Spielberg has gone on to weightier and more prestigious projects but this thrill ride is one of his best and a masterpiece of the genre 
4
Jurassic Park
Matt Pais
Just as extraordinary as always even diamonds get a periodic polish 
4
Jurassic Park
Roger Moore
A little old fashioned now But Jeff Goldblum in 3D Enough said 
3
Jurassic Park
Jesse Cataldo
Now a 20 year old antique slapped with a superfluous 3D transfer Jurassic Park still has the power to amaze 
3.5
Jurassic Park
Gary Thompson
Jurassic Park like the director s other work is a technical marvel The effects are great and the movie s new digital sound system choose your theater carefully creates the sensation that giant reptiles are breathing in your ear 
3
Jurassic Park
Steven Rea
The earthshaking footfalls of these lizard kings are palpable and terrifying Spielberg s crew of dinosaur effects artists has conjured up a Mesozoic menagerie whose realism outdoes anything in cinema history 
3
Jurassic Park
Dave Kehr
The characters aren t much more well defined than the anonymous victims of a teen horror movie The dinosaur effects however are absolutely stunning and sometimes so natural that one even forgets to be impressed 
3
Jurassic Park
David Nusair
A strong candidate for Steven Spielberg s best film 
4
Jurassic Park
Peter Travers
You won t believe your eyes 
3
Jurassic Park
Steve Rhodes
Overall I give the movie a rating and wish the dinosaurs would have eaten all of the people except for say a narrator in the first 5 minutes of the show 
3
Jurassic Park
James Berardinelli
In the end Jurassic Park succeeds because it s good entertainment 
3
Jurassic Park
James O'Ehley
is the movie worth all the hype Partially yes but mostly because of the special effects 
3
Jurassic Park
David N. Butterworth
The problem with the film plain and simple is that it focuses all of its energies on the dinosaurs themselves 
2.5
Jurassic Park
Roger Ebert
You want great dinosaurs you got great dinosaurs 
3
Lily Topples The World
Randy Myers
Hevesh has amassed a staggering 1 9 million YouTube followers After watching just one of her dazzling videos you ll understand why 
3
Lily Topples The World
Erik Childress
Over the years some of the most purely entertaining documentaries have premiered at SXSW channeling individual accomplishments and personal skills and that trend continues with Lily Topples The World 
3
Lily Topples The World
Mike McGranaghan
A great big blast of happiness 
3.5
Monkey Business
Matt Brunson
Watching each brother try to pass himself off as Maurice Chevalier is a comic highlight 
3.5
Monkey Business
Peter Canavese
Keeps plot at a minimum anarchy at a maximum which is a good place to be for the fearless foursome of 1930s screen comedy Blu ray 
3.5
Monkey Business
Josh Larsen
allows for a welcome bit of personal space between the audience and the comedians antics 
3
Monkey Business
David Nusair
ineffective 
2
Monkey Business
Walter Chaw
Probably only bettered by Horse Feathers and Duck Soup in the Marx library 
3.5
Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
Steven Prokopy
The film honors him his heroes and the city and institutions that featured them faithfully Music lovers and amateur historians should consider this a must see 
2.5
Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
Jeff Johnson
Anderson does the Butterfield legacy a service with Horn From the Heart 
3
Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
Greg Kot
The anecdotes weave an entrancing narrative though the movie could have benefited from more vintage performance footage of Butterfield s band at the height of its powers 
3
His Only Son
Roger Moore
There 8217 s a reason others have filmed the Abraham 47 Isaac story 44 but always left it as merely a chapter in the larger narrative of 8220 The Bible 8230 In the Beginning 8221 or 8220 The Greatest Story Ever Told 46 8221 It 8217 s just a vivid but short anecdote 44 not material for an epic 46 
1.5
His Only Son
Mike McGranaghan
Abraham 8217 s story is told with conviction and sincerity 46 
3
American Anarchist
Michael Phillips
Siskel s movie flawed somewhat limited but never dull makes Powell eat his words and then in metaphorical terms write the restaurant review 
3
American Anarchist
Matt Fagerholm
An intriguing film about an infuriating man 
3
Dunston Checks In
Mal Vincent
This quickie outing is designed to score briefly before it goes rather swiftly one suspects into the video market 
2
Dunston Checks In
Walter Chaw
Its value is ultimately just as a way to keep your children quiet and pliant for ninety minutes 
1.5
Dunston Checks In
James Berardinelli
There isn t much of a story The minimal plot exists exclusively to get the orangutan Dunston played by Sam into as many odd potentially comic circumstances as possible 
2
Dunston Checks In
Steve Rhodes
Dunston Checks In Wish I hadn t 
1
In His Hands
Rene Rodriguez
It s a taut observant thriller that tries to find out why the moth is drawn to the proverbial and potentially deadly flame 
3
In His Hands
Tracy Allerton
The thrills alas are few and far between and the psychological element is too hard to believe 
1.5
Kindred
Leo Brady
Kindred is a fascinating thriller that can t be contained 
3
Kindred
Sean P. Means
If not for the movie s finale a painted into a corner finish that seems needlessly cruel and inorganic to what s happened before Kindred could be one of the great thrillers of the last year 
3
Kindred
Michael Medved
Well acted beautifully shot and pointlessly disturbing the audience seems as much a victim of sadism as the main character held prisoner in a creepy creaky country home 
2
Kindred
Steven Prokopy
Add director Joe Marcantonio s debut feature to the list of recent genre works that are actually family dramas couched in the effective framework of horror and or thriller 
2.5
Kindred
Randy Myers
Never played too broadly the screenplay questions the sanity of all involved It gets under your skin even if it s hardly original 
3
Kindred
Anita Katz
The movie belongs to Lawrance s Charlotte The rising young actor makes her character so multifaceted human and deserving we stick seriously with her even when the screenplay falters 
2.5
Kindred
Simon Abrams
The most frustrating thing about the British prenatal horror movie Kindred is not that it s impersonal but rather that it s not personal enough 
2
Kindred
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Joe Marcantonio tells a story about gaslighting that makes a solid effort to fool us 
3
Kindred
Mike McGranaghan
Kindred is an uncommonly effective horror movie because 99 of the things that happen in it are completely realistic 
3.5
Kindred
Pat Brown
It s difficult to shake that the film finishes saying what it has to say long before it staggers to the end 
2
Kindred
Roger Moore
Slim thriller pickings 
1.5
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
V.A. Musetto
Despite the theme Eddie goes easy on gratuitous gore What we get is a cerebral horror movie and a satire of the art world 
3
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Budd Wilkins
Because the film clearly aims for satire Boris Rodriguez isn t entirely guilty of indulging gruesome spectacle for its own sake 
2
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Kam Williams
An unlikely buddy horror flick which figured a viable way of walking a fine line between the sadistic and the sublime 
2
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Liam Lacey
As far as it goes Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal is a well paced and calibrated blend of juicy gore and low key comedy 
2.5
Visiting Hours
Matt Brunson
For the most part this is a routine slasher flick although director Jean Claude Lord does display some occasional innovation in his shot selections 
2
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Ty Burr
It actually gets the birds right It s the humans who are hard to identify 
2
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Mary Houlihan
The trek through the serene beautiful woods highlights the banter between the quartet as truths are unveiled and friendships strengthened The young actors shine revealing lights on their characters 
3
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Drew Hunt
That tidy resolution is telegraphed from the outset but the energetic never mocking tone of all involved allows the film to stake its place alongside some of the genre s stronger and more enduring touchstones 
2.5
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Sheila O'Malley
That very rare thing a movie about teenagers where the characters actually seem like real teenagers as opposed to mini posing adults 
3
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Mike McGranaghan
A sweet gentle and humorous movie with winning performances across the board It leaves you with a warm feeling inside 
3
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Moira MacDonald
What s there hits the mark so much so that I ll confess this one left me misty eyed 
3.5
Making the Boys
David Lewis
Crayton Robey s documentary is a time capsule of the burgeoning gay rights era It has poignant moments that sneak up on you And sometimes well it s just trashy fun 
3
Making the Boys
Mark Jenkins
Sometimes it errs on the side of inclusiveness with banal commentary from gay reality TV shows Taking the broad view mostly works however 
3
Making the Boys
Lisa Kennedy
Clayton Robey s documentary starts off wobbly before becoming a bracing cocktail of cultural creative and personal histories 
2.5
Making the Boys
Kyle Smith
The hopelessly dated 1968 play The Boys in the Band yields a surprisingly sprightly and multifaceted documentary Making the Boys 
3
Making the Boys
Ethan Alter
A comprehensive look at the creation and afterlife of a significant work of art 
3
Making the Boys
Kent Turner
In a way Making s director Crayton Robey has written a love letter to Natalie Wood
3
Making the Boys
Bill Weber
A slick making and unmaking of documentary about the play and film that first seriously addressed American homosexuality and its complex role in queer cultural history 
2.5
Heavy Petting
Roger Ebert
Heavy Petting takes a subject with undeniable promise necking in the 1950s and pounds it into the ground with a relentless editing rhythm 
1
The Ledge
Mike Scott
Covering well worn territory and offering no solutions it ends up feeling shrill and angry and not nearly as profound as Chapman seems to think it is 
1.5
The Ledge
Kyle Smith
Unlike its talky hero the credibility of this preposterous drama immediately plunges into the abyss 
0.5
The Ledge
Rex Reed
The characters in The Ledge exist for the sole purpose of argument and the script is too narrow to engage the viewer unconditionally 
2
The Ledge
Jesse Cataldo
This is a film that sincerely believes that it s crafting a thoughtful debate on the conflict between faith and reason 
.5
The Ledge
Erik Childress
There s no holy grail at the end of this path Nor is there any great twist or reversal Just a gigantic anti climax that might prove to be Chapman s embracement of irony in the whole this is all there is slant towards atheism 
1.5
Étoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Bob Strauss
Delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information 
3
Étoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Octavio Roca
There are touching moments in Etoiles but for the most part this is a dull dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject 
1
Étoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Christine Temin
This is art paying homage to art 
3.5
Étoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Clive Barnes
Muddled simplistic and more than a little pretentious 
2
Poppy
Roger Moore
There 8217 s no sugar coating how hard a sell the romance is here 44 even as every obstacle that Poppy faces seems designed to be overcome in time for a happy ending 44 Down Syndrome be damned 46 
2
Rejoice & Shout
Dwight Brown
Rejoice Shout is the most definitive and uplifting film ever made about gospel music And that s the gospel truth 
3
Rejoice & Shout
Chris Hewitt
Not enough rejoicing too much shouting 
2
Rejoice & Shout
Dan DeLuca
A relentlessly chronological talking head documentary that sets itself the impossible task of telling the whole rousing spirit lifting story of African American Christian music from slavery till now 
3
Rejoice & Shout
David Malitz
Ends up being far from authoritative and misses some key opportunities to dig deep into intriguing characters and issues 
2
Rejoice & Shout
Roger Ebert
A consistently entertaining documentary bringing together a remarkable variety of surviving performances on films and records going back to circa 1900 
3
Rejoice & Shout
John Beifuss
Ecstatic testifying dynamic vocals conventional structure 
3
Rejoice & Shout
Andrew Dansby
Footage from that golden era still makes Rejoice Shout worthwhile from the groups that created variations on the barbershop quartets to competing ensembles from the South that were formed at schools for the blind It is moving stuf 
2.5
Rejoice & Shout
Kam Williams
Can I get an Amen 
4
Rejoice & Shout
Josh Hurst
The music is presented here as a rich ever evolving and continually inspiring thing and that s reason enough for rejoicing 
3
Rejoice & Shout
Kyle Smith
Archival footage of such acts as the Staple Singers and Mahalia Jackson is thrown together with largely trivial interviews with such talking heads as veteran singers and historians 
1.5
Rejoice & Shout
Andrew Schenker
Rejoice and Shout Don McGlynn s documentary on the history of gospel music is a film for connoisseurs 
2
Angry Indian Goddesses
Tina Hassannia
A film that lives up to its title and delivers something rarely seen in Indian cinema 
2.5
Angry Indian Goddesses
Linda Barnard
Despite some lack of focus there is a lot going on and occasional oversold dramatics the exception is Brick Lane s Tannishtha Chatterjee as activist Nargis these Goddesses are crowd pleasers 
2.5
Angry Indian Goddesses
Kate Taylor
It works partly because the Indian cinema accustomed to epics encompassing musical comedy and tragedy has a sprawling sensibility and partly because the script for all its sunshine and sentiment has actually built to its startling conclusion 
3
Joe Hill
Roger Ebert
Widerberg doesn t take the Wobbly brand of anarcho syndicalism the one big union philosophy at all seriously It s not that he should it s that the movie is lightweight because he doesn t 
2.5
The Nest
Mike McGranaghan
There s not much to distinguish it except of course for the bugs Oh how marvelously effective the bug scenes are 
2
Uncertain
Mark Dujsik
If someone had invented a place like the city of Uncertain Texas for a work of fiction it would beggar belief 
3
Uncertain
Brian Tallerico
A fantastic piece of observational filmmaking about a small town on the edge of Texas and three of the men who live there 
3.5
Antichrist
David Reddish
Here is a masterpiece of abject horror a monumental achievement by a queer director We recommend it for that reason with one caveat if you dont like being scared please watch something else 
4
Antichrist
Mattie Lucas
Cinema in the purest sense a kind of dark sadomasochistic poetry that transcends words and easy descriptions It may revel in its own chaos but chaos has never been so profound 
4
Antichrist
Josh Larsen
absurdly abstract in a way von Trier s best films are not 
1.5
Antichrist
Matt Brunson
It s a far cry from Nicolas Roeg s excellent 1973 chiller Don t Look Now which maintains a high gloss art house sheen yet draws us into its similar story of a couple coping with the drowning death of their child 
2
Antichrist
Robert W. Butler
Wildly inconsistent veering from boredom to moments of visual beauty to some of the most ghastly gruesomeness ever seen on screen 
2
Antichrist
Duane Dudek
I cannot recommend Antichrist but in a culture that hemorrhages death and torture nightly on shows like 24 or C S I I can understand it 
2
Antichrist
Jeff Vice
A grueling unpleasant exercise in cinematic sadism 
1
Antichrist
Rob Thomas
in order to prove his thesis that all humans are evil von Trier has to create his characters as monsters And if they re monsters then they re completely devoid of the humanity needed for the audience to identify with them however unwillingly 
2
Antichrist
Walter Chaw
It s a beautiful film if a difficult one to love an adaptation in form of Thanatopsis that hears Nature speak with a forked tongue
4
Antichrist
Rene Rodriguez
Von Trier never exactly an optimist has never been this gloomy and pessimistic Antichrist is the feel bad movie of the year 
3
Antichrist
Peter Howell
Antichrist ends up being more unnerving than it is terrifying and a lot funnier than it s supposed to be 
2
Antichrist
Chris Hewitt
I like movies that elicit complicated responses and Antichrist which is beautiful ugly insightful crude and lyrical sometimes all at once blew me away 
3.5
Antichrist
Lisa Kennedy
Von Trier and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle use sumptuous black and white photography and saturated color Few movies are as beautifully wrought as this 
3.5
Antichrist
Sara Michelle Fetters
To call it a simple horror movie would be an oversimplification To say it is a treatise on the male female dynamic might be giving the director far too much credit 
2.5
Antichrist
Steven Rea
What is Von Trier trying to say 
1
Antichrist
Calvin Wilson
No doubt some people will find Antichrist repellent The question is whether you re open to films that are as flawed as they are ambitious 
2.5
Antichrist
Rossiter Drake
It is a repulsive perplexing piece of art It is also brutally effective Whether that s incentive enough to sit through this film depends largely on your threshold for pain 
2.5
Antichrist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you can crawl out from under the hype it definitely works in a kind of mad ridiculous way 
2.5
Antichrist
V.A. Musetto
Please don t take anything I ve said to indicate that Antichrist isn t difficult to watch It most certainly is but as somebody the Marquis de Sade perhaps once said No pain no gain 
3.5
Antichrist
Mick LaSalle
The movie s story and meaning are not mysterious but deliberately impenetrable faint gestures in all directions absent of artistic integrity intellectual rigor or emotional significance 
2
Antichrist
Sonny Bunch
Antichrist feels less like an art house film than a parody of one 
1
Antichrist
Michael Phillips
I m inclined to agree with a colleague who told me he could swing with Antichrist when it was simply unstable but couldn t go with it when it turned insane It s a useful distinction And yet the first hour is pretty stunning 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Brian Eggert
The viewer becomes swept up in the forward moving narrative impetus 44 thrilled to audible gasps by Miller 8217 s wonderfully excessive parade of stunts and effects 44 each more impressive and more fantastically outlandish than the last 46 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mattie Lucas
The sheer sustained energy of this thing is breathtaking and Miller s singular vision is a thing of brutal beauty 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Pamela Powell
Mad Max Fury Road is one of the worst and meaningless movies I have ever seen 
0.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I left the theatre trembling and with my hands sweating and that s the best compliment one can give to a movie of this kind Let the sequels come Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sonny Bunch
Miller s commitment to things that look cool cannot be overstated Mad Max Fury Road is a never ending stream of such things
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Max Weiss
Yeah I get it I admired the film a lot But did I love it Well 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Walter Chaw
I hope the franchise continues with Hardy but I wouldn t mind another franchise that s just Furiosa 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Neil Rosen
If you want to see stuff blowing up for two hours straight and don t care about a story or character development then this is the movie for you But I need a lot more out of a film 
0.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Brad Keefe
Mad Max Fury Road delivers all the stylish and dusty mayhem I could handle for two fast and furious hours 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
David Nusair
The endless action of the film s third act ensures that Mad Max Fury Road concludes on a decidedly underwhelming note 
2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Eric Melin
Hope is a mistake But this represents a certain kind of hope that s contagious As technology continues to improve and digital effects persist it s refreshing to see an old school master get back to basics and use his powers for good 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Linda Cook
Mad Max Fury Road is one long adrenaline pump of a chase scene 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Michael Smith
The action is fast and furious and totally bonkers And yet the style is totally original Old West showdowns meets funk mayhem meets feminist drama Seriously 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
David Keyes
Mad Max Fury Road possesses the most elusive of cinematic virtues it fits no mold other than its own 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bob Bloom
Fury Road is a movie in which action speaks louder than words Miller and his production team fill the screen with a wide variety of amazing and impressive stunts which will have you gaping in disbelief while holding the dialogue to a minimum 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
James Kendrick
an all out rush of visceral kinetic power and yes fury that mixes the old and the new in ways that are both dazzling and exhausting
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Wesley Lovell
Everything you need to know about the situations and characters is vibrantly depicted on screen This isn t a film for people who want everything revealed through dialogue 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
James Berardinelli
Mad Max Fury Road delivers There s no clearer or more succinct way to put it 30 years after last appearing on the big screen Max roars back with a vengeance 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ben Sachs
Even after two viewings I feel as though I ve only scratched the surface of Mad Max Fury Road George Miller s action fantasy is astonishingly dense for a big budget spectacle not only in its imagery and ideas but in the complex interplay between them 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Namrata Joshi
To think that this furious fuming freaky world should have been created by a man in his 70s the same guy who warmed the cockles of our heart with Happy Feet and Babe is unbelievable 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
John Serba
I was lost in the relentless imagination of this thing which baits us with the purest of popcorn fodder yet smashes the ceiling of the Bechdel Test with a righteous feminist roar 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Scott Nash
The action movie of the summer 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Matt Brunson
Fast and furious this revolutionary Road is a solid two hours of maximum overdrive 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Christy Lemire
Believe all the hype This movie will melt your face off 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sean P. Means
An astonishing full throttle action movie that proves Miller may have taught those other directors everything they know but he didn t teach them everything he knows 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Glenn Lovell
a furious insanely entertaining post apocalyptic road picture Miller who just turned 70 puts on a clinic for aspiring action directors young enough to be his grandchildren 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mike McGranaghan
Like Jurassic Park The Dark Knight and yes The Road Warrior before it Mad Max Fury Road sets a new gold standard for action cinema 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The incredible array of physical objects moving through space in unique ways makes it seem limitlessly inventive in a way that s far more artistic than the basic button pushing of something like Furious 7 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
John Beifuss
In the 1979 Mad Max a makeup effects insert shot shows the doomed Toecutter s eyes bulging impossibly from his head in the instant before he collides with a truck I felt similarly bug eyed as I tried to take in the awesome spectacle of Fury Road 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Thelma Adams
Tom Hardy is mad as hell and he s not going to take it anymore Well OK maybe one more time in George Miller s furious adrenaline pill that s true to the movie s kick ass roots 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Luke Goodsell
Thirty years after his hero walked off into a nuclear sunset George Miller returns for more than just a greatest hits package orchestrating a go for broke action symphony that s also wonderfully wildly subversive 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Willie Waffle
One over the top bombastic adrenaline filled chase scene Love it or leave it 
2.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Rob Thomas
Miller s ferocious grotesque beautiful film is every bit the equal of its original trilogy from the 80s and throws down the gauntlet for every action film made since 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Geoff Pevere
A double barrelled shotgun enema straight to the senses George Miller s Mad Max Fury Road is an exercise in relentless pedal to the metal momentum that can only qualify as savagely pleasurable 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Brett McCracken
A dystopian road movie that is essentially one gigantic heart pumping gritty yet artisanal chase sequence 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Anders Wright
One of the most harrowing intense thrilling action movies of all time It is absolutely epic 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Eric D. Snider
Reboots the franchise with intense explosive energy It is straight up wall to wall bonkers 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mick LaSalle
Two hours of action scenes that are well crafted and entirely lacking in suspense and with some clever but fake looking special effects 
2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lisa Kennedy
There s enough horror remixed here of the Heart of Darkness version to engage our current moment That should be one of the obligations of a reboot 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Robert Levin
Avant garde action cinema on an enormous scale that manages to be utterly original and suffused with a rebellion against patriarchy that is thrilling to watch in this form 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Robert W. Butler
A mind boggling exercise in pure action Mad Max Fury Road is overwhelming achieving the sort of visual poetry typically ascribed to Ben Hur s chariot race or one of Sam Peckinpah s blood ballets 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Michael O'Sullivan
The Mad Max franchise was never for everyone yet it clearly benefits from fresh blood too Propelled by Miller s nitro burning aesthetic vision and an entertaining cast this turbo charged new model is a gas gas gas 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Steven Rea
Miller has found his heavy metal groove one of the legion of freaky baddies is strapped to the front of a truck grinding out a sonic burn of electric guitar licks for the entire movie 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Carla Meyer
Real people and organic settings always capture the eye more fully and imply higher stakes than CGI imagery Miller ups the ante by ensuring all characters and vehicles are visually striking either in their good looks or their hideousness 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Dann Gire
I don t mean to go full tilt cinema geek here but Miller s Mad Max Fury Road resonates with classic epics from the distant past 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Knight
Fury Road is a two hour car chase but strapped to the hood much like Max himself in the early scenes is a simple satisfying story 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Claudia Puig
An operatic extravaganza of thrilling action and nearly non stop mayhem exhilarating deranged and exhausting in almost equal measures 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Peter Travers
Hardy and Theron make a dynamite team but Theron is the film s bruised heart and soul So get prepped for a new action classic You won t know what hit you 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Joe Williams
This is analog filmmaking at its most daring 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Peter Howell
Varoom varoom 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Dustin Putman
An anything goes phantasmagoria of starkly indelible sights and explosive bone and metal crunching carnage Mad Max Fury Road isn t a deep movie but it is a technically spectacular one 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Radheyan Simonpillai
At no point does the empowering gender switch compromise the movie s speed demon action and pyrotechnics which are a refreshing return to operatic thrills after all the same old CGI shenanigans we ve become numb to 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Soren Andersen
Fury s pace is delirious the stunts are incredible such crashes such explosions such a lot of flying bodies Hardy s performance is a marvel of subdued conviction and Theron brings an impressive gravity to her work as Furiosa 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mark Dujsik
Mad Max Fury Road is a bold ingenious thrill machine 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ty Burr
The shock really is how tender Mad Max Fury Road ultimately becomes The film just wraps that tenderness in one of the most epic action extravaganzas of recent years It s enough to renew your faith in movies 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Hewitt
I can t remember the last time I had this much fun at a movie 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Rafer Guzman
The first Mad Max movie in 30 years doesn t disappoint it s a sonic speed juggernaut of violence and destruction 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Rene Rodriguez
This is a huge yet surprisingly fleet and brisk picture that celebrates the visceral primal pleasures of movies 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Randy Myers
Miller has breathed new life not just to his own series but the action genre itself 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Erik Childress
Miller has crafted the kind of visionary action epic that makes peers and contemporaries envious while holding audiences in rapture waiting for that first bit of silence when they can finally relinquish their breath 46 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Stephen Whitty
Flaws in the story some easy political posturing too many shallow characters can t even come close to touching George Miller s strengths A nightmarish visual imagery an easy command of composition a relentless sense of pace 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Brian Tallerico
From its very first scenes Fury Road vibrates with the energy of a veteran filmmaker working at the top of his game pushing us forward without the cheap special effects or paper thin characters that have so often defined the modern summer blockbuster 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Matt Pais
Like a rocket shot out of another rocket fired from a cannon 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Clayton Davis
The greatest achievement of the film s psychedelic roller coaster is the potent and passionate music of Junkie XL whose previous scores could have never hinted at the masterpiece composition he would create for George Miller 
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Michael Phillips
The creator of the original Mad Max trilogy has whipped up a gargantuan grunge symphony of vehicular mayhem that makes Furious 7 look like Curious George 
3
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lou Lumenick
This spectacularly great reboot is surprisingly owned not by Hardy who is fine but by Charlize Theron 
4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Eric Henderson
George Miller orchestrates the rubber burning pandemonium with the illicit smirk of someone who knows he s giving us exactly what we want
3.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Kam Williams
An edge of your seat adrenaline fueled high body count splatterfest that remains riveting from start to finish despite dispensing with the idea of plot development once the premise has been set 
4
Three Men and a Baby
Johanna Steinmetz
The film works well despite its predictability perhaps because of it We can sit back and enjoy all the timeworn sexist antics of three seasoned comic actors fumbling with formula and diapers and a script that keeps its laughs on the dry side 
3
Three Men and a Baby
Bruce Bailey
The French got away with the obvious plotting because they knew at what point to leave a joke alone Unfortunately the Americans push everything too far and all they get for their pains is a very expensive sitcom 
1.5
Three Men and a Baby
Bill DuPre
Nimoy has imported everything intact from the French except the underlying message What we are left with is an extended television sitcom 
2.5
Three Men and a Baby
Joseph Gelmis
Three Men and a Baby is fluff but it s agreeable enough if you re a in kitchy coo state of mind 
2.5
Three Men and a Baby
Kathleen Carroll
Just as in Coline Serreau s original comedy there s no attempt to define the characters But director Leonard Nimoy does put a little more heart into this push button movie And his stars slowly warm up to their roles as bachelor fathers 
2.5
Three Men and a Baby
Michael Sragow
It s all as earthy as a network sitcom could get which I don t mean as a compliment what comes in dirty goes out clean This is moviemaking as a diaper service 
1
Three Men and a Baby
Joe Baltake
Selleck s blatant amateurism comes to represent the heavy hand that has replaced the nuances of the original movie subtle details that have been drained out by Leonard Nimoy who is rather generously listed here as director 
1
Three Men and a Baby
Bruce R. Miller
Among these baby movies Three Men isn t as inventive as Raising Arizona but it is one of the dandiest reasons anyone needs to go to the movies Besides doesn t everyone want to see Selleck succeed for a change 
3
Three Men and a Baby
Rob Lowing
Three Men travels a long way on the sizeable talents of its cast and crew witty one liners and superbly shot sight gags Best of all Three Men finally presents likeable Selleck with a role worthy of him 
3
Three Men and a Baby
Robert W. Butler
That Three Men is only a skin deep look at macho men discovering their nurturing side would forgivable if the film were consistently amusing But it has too many flat passages and cute directorial touches 
2
Three Men and a Baby
Malcolm Johnson
The Hollywood remake an inferior copy of a less than effervescent French farce will be lucky to run through Christmas 
1
Three Men and a Baby
Stephen Hunter
Three Men and a Baby is a triumph of charm over sense and style It s a triumph of Americans over French It s also a triumph of Tom Selleck over his two co stars Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg 
3
Three Men and a Baby
Patrick Taggart
Apart from some priceless moments early on Three Men and a Baby is just Three Men and a Cradle all over again as utterly predictable and utterly unremarkable as ever 
2.5
Three Men and a Baby
David Nusair
a conventional yet mostly entertaining comedy 
3
Three Men and a Baby
Desmond Ryan
It would be a better movie if everyone involved had concentrated on making the behavior of the three heroes more believable 
2
Three Men and a Baby
Candice Russell
For a better time however rent Serreau s original film at the video store 
1
Three Men and a Baby
Roger Ebert
The movie never steps wrong as long as it focuses on the developing love between the two big men and the tiny baby 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
David Nusair
a pointedly kid centric endeavor that boasts few attributes designed to sustain the interest of older viewers 
1
League of Exotique Dancers
Sadaf Ahsan
The ways in which they reclaimed the feminine mystique and controlled the way they used their bodies serve for evergreen lessons for women on what it means to be proud of what you have and how you choose to use it 
3
It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s all very standard romantic fantasy stuff but it moves with the rhythm of a hot jazz tune and Bow lights up every moment she s onscreen 
3.5
It
Betsy Sherman
This 1927 feature is a routine story of a salesgirl smitten with the department store heir yet Bow gives it a champagne fizz 
3
Midnight Cowboy
Matt Brunson
It only takes a movie like Midnight Cowboy to point out the limitations of a rating system How can a measly four stars convey the magnificence of this acknowledged classic 
4
Midnight Cowboy
Wanda Hale
Even with every foot of grim realism and some humor Midnight Cowboy is rather a sad picture 
3
Midnight Cowboy
Michael Wilmington
Midnight Cowboy moves beyond realism into an archetypal tale of the Big City destroying dreamers Joe and Ratso like Of Mice and Men s George and Lenny are quintessential failed lower class buddy dreamers 
3.5
Midnight Cowboy
Gene Siskel
I cannot recall a more marvelous pair of acting performances in any one film 
3.5
Midnight Cowboy
Wesley Lovell
Great performances from Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman cap this bravest Academy Awards Best Picture choice in history 
4
Midnight Cowboy
Matt Brunson
It only takes a movie like Midnight Cowboy to point out the limitations of a rating system How can a measly four stars convey the magnificence of this acknowledged classic 
4
Midnight Cowboy
Phil Villarreal
Drove its spurs into the bucking bronco of 1970s cinema 
4
Midnight Cowboy
Roger Ebert
What has happened to Midnight Cowboy is that we ve done our own editing job on it We ve forgotten the excesses and the detours and remembered the purity of the central characters and the Voight and Hoffman performances 
3
Midnight Cowboy
Michael Szymanski
Gripping gritty and overwhelmingly depressive and unpleasant ultimately this is one of the most exciting exotic and different films to ever win an Academy Award 
3.5
Midnight Cowboy
James Kendrick
It remains just as humane just as moving just as darkly humorous just as revelatory as it was when it won the Oscars for Best Picture Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay in 1970
4
Midnight Cowboy
Scott Nash
Not every classic film lives up to its fame and I m not sure as a whole if I d say Midnight Cowboy does Pieces of it though are brilliant especially the performances of its two leads 
3
Suspect Zero
Russ Breimeier
Essentially an X files episode that wishes it were as disturbing and visually arresting as David Fincher s Seven it s not 
.5
Suspect Zero
David Nusair
one of those seemingly foolproof flicks that just doesn t work 
2
Suspect Zero
Greg Maki
The whole thing would have been over a lot quicker if they had only called in Mulder and Scully 
2
Suspect Zero
Mike McGranaghan
The film is undeniably flawed yet the things that work do so beautifully 
3
Suspect Zero
Tony Toscano
bogged down by stereotypical characters and haphazard direction 
2
Suspect Zero
Lori Hoffman
Suspect Zero hits the middle ground with a modestly compelling storyline 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Marty Mapes
Is it a masterpiece or a bore 
2
Suspect Zero
Jonathan R. Perry
A visually inventive capably performed package that when opened reveals nothing on the inside 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Linda Cook
It had to happen Somebody took my idea for a movie and then trashed it 
1
Suspect Zero
Vince Koehler
Ben Kinsley gives me the creeps in these intense roles and this film is no exception 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Moira MacDonald
A violent depressing and often ridiculous waste of time 
1
Suspect Zero
Carla Meyer
Merely adequate 
2
Suspect Zero
Joe Baltake
The kind of by the numbers psychological action thriller that Paramount Pictures routinely makes with Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Lou Lumenick
The latest evidence that Hollywood has run the se rial killer thriller into the ground through overuse 
1.5
Suspect Zero
Peter Debruge
Unless this is your first serial killer movie you ve no doubt seen it all before 
2
Suspect Zero
Sean P. Means
Sir Ben Kingsley chews up vast amounts of scenery in this unpleasant thriller 
1.5
Suspect Zero
Amy Biancolli
A pretentiously made and excruciatingly dull thriller 
1
Suspect Zero
Liam Lacey
Suspect Zero may be nonsense but at least it s not bland nonsense 
2.5
Suspect Zero
James Verniere
Call it Sicko Vision 
1
Suspect Zero
Pam Grady
A tantalizing ride 
3
Suspect Zero
Bob Strauss
The movie feels like it s on auto pilot 
2
Suspect Zero
Terry Lawson
Suspect Zero never really escapes the shadow of Se7en but has more to say and show than most of that movie s imitators 
3
Suspect Zero
Jeff Vice
Suspect Zero is so derivative that it even has the audacity to rip off the credits style of Se7en 
1
Suspect Zero
Roger Ebert
Too devised and elaborate to really engage us 
2
Suspect Zero
Lawrence Toppman
The film echoes the sometimes too dark sometimes too bright sometimes overexposed Se7en But I wonder whether it will satisfy folks who insist that thrillers should thrill I doubt it 
2
Suspect Zero
Wesley Morris
This movie isn t talking to us it s talking to other serial killer movies 
2
Suspect Zero
Josh Larsen
Carrie Anne Moss even seems to have inherited Gillian Anderson s X Files wardrobe 
1.5
Suspect Zero
Jeffrey Westhoff
In a genre fast running out of original ideas Suspect Zero has found one It just doesn t do much with it 
2
Suspect Zero
Larry Ratliff
There s so much going on in almost every frame it quickly becomes exhausting at least from this aisle seat 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Chuck O'Leary
Tries so hard to be clever and surprising by withholding information that it ends up being a confused mess 
1.75
Suspect Zero
Dan Lybarger
Not so remote viewers can sense what the movie could have been instead of the result that s now in front of their eyes 
2
Suspect Zero
Jack Mathews
If it s true that the state of New Mexico floated an interest free 7 5 million loan for the makers of Suspect Zero in exchange for 2 5 of the film s profits look for a taxpayer revolt in the Land of Enchantment 
1
Suspect Zero
Eric Melin
Merighe has a hard time escaping the confines of the genre 
2
Suspect Zero
Emily Blunt
Here s a tale of when mediocre movies happen to mega talented talents 
2
Suspect Zero
Peter Canavese
Plays like a David Lynch movie thwarted by studio mandated rewrites and executives hoping for another Se7en but willing to settle for another Taking Lives 
2
Suspect Zero
Claudia Puig
Perhaps a better title for this mess would have been Avenging Angels in America or better yet The Silence of the Logic 
1.5
Suspect Zero
Meg Jones
Stylish but muddled movie 
2
Suspect Zero
Erik Childress
Take away all the excitement intrigue mystery sci fi performances and movement from Minority Report and we d still be a few rings above Suspect Zero 
2
Suspect Zero
Walter Chaw
Smart and anxious 
3.5
Suspect Zero
Chris Hewitt
Creepy but derivative 
2
Suspect Zero
Phoebe Flowers
Suspect Zero won t hold up particularly well on repeated viewings But for now it s a decent scary movie to ease us into fall 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Steven Rea
A strangely flat and ploddingly formulaic mystery 
2
Suspect Zero
Gene Seymour
What starts out as a crafty spin on the serial killer subgenre submits to overheated convention 
2
Suspect Zero
Steve Rhodes
Gets more preposterous and infuriating as it plods along 
1.5
Suspect Zero
Michael Wilmington
It s so drenched in deviant style and cinematic trickery that its peculiar story almost becomes overwhelmed 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Willie Waffle
Suspect Zero does a decent job of enthralling us but don t go in believing this is the greatest psychological thriller you will ever see 
2
Suspect Zero
Rob Blackwelder
enough of a departure from genre routine to keep thriller savvy film watchers engaged but not enough of a departure to leave a lasting impression 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Jeanne Aufmuth
Snappy technique can t disguise the fact that this is a tired pastiche of the serial killer classics that have come before it 
2
Suspect Zero
Dustin Putman
While the plotting doesn t exactly reinvent the wheel it does skew conventions enough to leave the viewer edgy and wondering what will unfold with each progressive scene 
2.5
Suspect Zero
Nick Schager
Serial killer film flops are a dime a dozen and Suspect Zero a supernatural tinged rehash of countless superior thrillers is worth slightly less than a penny 
1.5
Pride & Prejudice
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Pride and Prejudice is a gorgeous and well acted adaptation 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Camerin Courtney
Luminous visuals subtle thematic statements and fine acting A lovely period piece that surely will stand the test of time 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Ross Anthony
The best parts of the film are the punctuation The moments away from all that rambling clever dialogue 
1.5
Pride & Prejudice
Kurt Loder
So why should non English majors have any interest in this sort of antique romance Because it actually is romantic in a way that s kind of charming in its absence of contemporary wisecracking worldliness 
3
Pride & Prejudice
John Beifuss
It s quite agreeable as the fatuous Mr Collins would say but there s something disturbing about a Jane Austen adaptation that uses an ampersand as an official part of its title 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Frank Ochieng
Lavishly presented and tranquil in its sumptuousness Wright s disciplined direction and Knightley s high spirited performance fortifies this profound production 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s a fitfully engaging romance it s just not Pride and Prejudice 
1
Pride & Prejudice
Steven Snyder
Pride and Prejudice is made fresh yet again 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Marty Mapes
A good old fashioned movie with a pretty star a good heart and no cynicism
3
Pride & Prejudice
David N. Butterworth
It would be most inconvenient to loathe this movie since having already seen it thrice and counting I swore to love it for all eternity 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Sara Michelle Fetters
Director Wright and screenwriter Moggach have streamlined the author s prose splendidly and combined with spirited and emotional performances by the entire cast this first Pride Prejudice of the new millenium is a three hankie masterpiece 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
James Kendrick
Austen s story about the folly of first impressions still resonates in today s shallow think fast society which is probably why filmmakers keep coming back to it again and again 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Glenn Kenny
The moviemakers are accomplished enough to make something coherent out of this tonal mishmash but I was left with a was this trip really necessary feeling for all that 
2
Pride & Prejudice
James Verniere
From its mists of Avalon opening scenes to its marvelous ball sequence and predictable but nonetheless glorious ending Pride Prejudice is a sumptuous evocation of Austen s milieu 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Mike McGranaghan
This is a vibrant funny film that doesn t feel like a period piece And I mean that as a big compliment 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Forrest Hartman
The acting is so phenomenal that resisting an attraction to the characters is futile 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Linda Cook
Amidst the cheap shrill chaos of other movies around it Pride and Prejudice opens not with a bang but with birdsong 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Sean McBride
Austen fans and Anglophiles will obviously love this film 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Daniel M. Kimmel
Elizabeth is not supposed to be quite as stunning as Knightly is but her performance brings out the sharp humor and willfulness of the character 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
James Sanford
considerably less starchy than your average Austen adaptation in fact the first half of Pride features so much dancing it starts to look like the 19th century answer to Saturday Night Fever 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Thomas Delapa
Wright paints by numbers and often forgets the shading Knightley is a tin Lizzie long on looks but short on depth and ladylike grace 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Peter Canavese
Wright s ability to evoke sympathy for even the marginal characters partly by exercising ingeniously economical staging to catch them in private moments distinguishes this Pride Prejudice 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Sean O'Connell
Comes across as prim and rigid a feature bound by a corset 
2
Pride & Prejudice
Scott Nash
Whether this is your first or eighth exposure to this story you ll find plenty to enjoy 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Dan Fienberg
As bubbly and joyful as any movie you re likely to find at your local multiplex for some time 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Josh Larsen
Matthew Macfadyen s Darcy seems to have stepped right out of Tim Burton s Corpse Bride 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Maitland McDonagh
English director Joe Wright s fresh vivid adaptation of Jane Austen s much filmed Pride and Prejudice is an eloquent reminder that times change but people don t 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Susan Walker
Like the classic novel itself the movie brings a certain sadness when the end has come and there is no more to watch 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Moira MacDonald
Pride Prejudice satisfies as dreamy romance It s not the razor sharp satire that Austen can be but it s lovely entertainment 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Ruthe Stein
For the uninitiated I can t imagine a better introduction to this classic 
4
Pride & Prejudice
David Elliott
The film is profoundly accomplished entrenched in its period timed with supple rhythms cast near to perfection 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Carla Meyer
Soaringly romantic and painterly in its beauty the film provides a lovely introduction to Austen to young fans of the movie s star Keira Knightley It might even lead them to read the book 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Timothy Knight
Sumptuously produced and terrifically acted this lively and pricelessly funny depiction of a fiery romance in Regency era England is an across the board triumph 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Kit Bowen
It s true Jane Austen s lush and romantic Pride and Prejudice has been adapted too many times to count but this latest film version can take pride in being one of the best 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Lisa Rose
The film is faithful to its source material but not in a rigid stodgy way It s the rare adaptation that should please purists and dilettantes alike 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Kyle Smith
Listen up guys have I got a flick for you It s all about money sex and slammin babes in saucy wench get ups and it goes down in the same country that gave us Led Zeppelin and the Clash 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Connie Ogle
This Pride Prejudice isn t minutely faithful to the book and for good reason but it is authentic where it counts to the confused wounded eager hearts of its lovers 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wright muffles the humor and drama and creates long draggy stretches while other cast members flounder about in the wings but Knightley forces certain scenes to spring back to life 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Glenn Whipp
Joe Wright s Pride Prejudice is the best Jane Austen adaptation ever to hit the big screen a thrilling piece of cinema that announces both the arrival of a filmmaker this is Wright s first feature and an actress Keira Knightley 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Robert W. Butler
Moment for moment I derived more pure pleasure from this Pride Prejudice than any other movie I ve seen this year It is nearly perfect 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Jami Bernard
Seeing the splendid new version of Pride Prejudice can be hazardous to your health There s a very real danger of swooning 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Michael Booth
Knightley is the best thing about this enjoyable adaptation immediately owning the wardrobe and the words and the weather as if she were born to the manner and manor 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Terry Lawson
It s all compelling real and fresh 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Liam Lacey
It s really in the second hour that P P heads off in an unpersuasive melodramatic direction signalled by a sudden overdose of piano arpeggios 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Jeff Vice
The fact that director Joe Wright and screenwriter Deborah Moggach have managed to get so much of Austen s novel into a film that runs just a little longer than two hours is nothing short of miraculous 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Randy Myers
Let s get the most pressing questions out of the way from the get go Yes the latest version of Pride Prejudice is quite good No it s not great in that 1995 A E miniseries sort of way but it s very good nonetheless 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Wesley Morris
The spirit of this version feels fresher and more youthful than previous editions 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Jeffrey Westhoff
Knightley fits into Austen s era so perfectly it s hard to believe the actress ever wore a soccer jersey 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Sean P. Means
Director Wright has replaced Austen s intelligence with the moony melodrama of the Bronte sisters 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Willie Waffle
I think the Bollywood version has ruined me for all other versions Maybe Keira should have worn a purple sari 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Claudia Puig
A stellar adaptation bewitching the viewer completely and incandescently with an exquisite blend of emotion and wit 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Carrie Rickey
Wright and Moggach open the windows on P P and let it breathe 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Mary-Liz Shaw
This Pride has more going for it than that 1940 confection but neither is it the definitive screen version of Austen s venerable love story 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Roger Ebert
One of the most delightful and heartwarming adaptations made from Austen or anybody else 
4
Pride & Prejudice
Lawrence Toppman
There s nothing wrong with the current version that trimming and less devotion to the romance novel mystique couldn t cure 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Chris Hewitt
The new Pride Prejudice is faithful to the manners of 200 years ago but it moves with speed and vigor so the emotions feel as raw and modern as your last crying jag 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Bruce Newman
As with so much of this Pride Prejudice you wish it would never end 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Jeff Strickler
Pride Prejudice is highbrow movie making in the finest sense of the term 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Michael Phillips
It s an exuberant film adaptation of real personality lively coltish imaginatively conceived for a fluid camera 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
James Berardinelli
Of Austen s novels none is more beloved than this one so it s good to see it once again brought to the screen with the pride which it deserves 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Phoebe Flowers
Pride Prejudice is wildly entertaining for a well worn costume drama 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Gene Seymour
Director Joe Wright working from a screenplay by Deborah Moggach has brought both romantic sweep and rich verisimilitude to Austen s story 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Walter Chaw
It s funny but it s mean 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Phil Villarreal
They stare into each other s eyes and everyone in the background disappears for just a few seconds they are alone in the world and have taken us with them 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Steve Rhodes
A complete delight this enchanting film is well cast shot and directed and is filled with wonderfully dreamy music 
3.5
Pride & Prejudice
Peter Travers
Even the most rabid Janeites must allow that director Joe Wright 33 has given Austen s novel a beguilingly youthful spin without compromising the novel s late eighteenth century manners 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Jason Clark
Writer Deborah Moggach s adaptation is sleek but lacks the judiciousness Emma Thompson brought to her terrific screenplay for Ang Lee s Sense Sensibility 
2
Bad Witch
Roger Moore
Not half bad sounds better than half bad But either way it s still better than most low budget horror comedies 
2
Mulan II
Michael Dequina
Crap is still crap no matter what pretty gloss you throw on it 
1
Mulan II
David Nusair
More of the same 
2
Tollbooth
Roger Moore
If its not on a par with the works of the McDonagh Brothers The Guard Three Billboards its still a droll dark and Welsh homage that works 
2.5
Huntsville
Norman Gidney
Josie takes its Texas time meandering through the three act structure that we ve come to expect and the effect is actually an interesting thing to see happen in retrospect 
3
Huntsville
Ed Gonzalez
Complicating Sophie Turner s character would have allowed the film to feel as if it had more on its mind than pulling the rug out from under us 
1.5
The Legend of Pale Male
Gerald Peary
This one s strictly for the birdwatchers 
2.5
The Legend of Pale Male
Ty Burr
It s notable for some astounding urban wildlife footage and for the way it unintentionally reflects the giddy narcissism of the primate known as homo sapiens 
2.5
The Legend of Pale Male
Walter V. Addiego
An entertaining documentary that is more heartfelt than polished 
3
The Legend of Pale Male
Jeannette Catsoulis
A sugary aggressively anthropomorphized story of one avian interloper and a whole bunch of human obsessives 
2.5
The Legend of Pale Male
Andrew Schenker
I m a little skeptical about the film s second half in which Lilien s shortcomings as a narrative filmmaker become apparent 
2
The Long Day Closes
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A masterpiece 
4
The Long Day Closes
Fernando F. Croce
The Long Day Closes posits its pubescent protagonist as a tiny camera absorbing and transforming the reality all around him 
4
Freaked
David Nusair
wears out its welcome 
2
The Runner
Godfrey Cheshire
To say that the 1984 movie doesn 8217 t seem at all dated is almost an understatement 46 I can 8217 t think of any 2022 film that radiates so much joy in the act of filmmaking 44 or that can serve as such an electrifying inspiration to younger artists 46 
4
The Runner
John Anderson
Niroumand gives a remarkable performance thoroughly uninhibited and completely engrossing 
3
The Runner
Harry Haun
All dramas dealing with childhood survival get down to the same basic essentials If anything director Naderi musters more hope than most for his young protagonist 
3
The Runner
Jacqueline Tully
It s a deftly crafted picture wrapped in a visually elegant package 
3
The Runner
Noel Taylor
Amiro is a scrappy kid played so appealingly by Majid Niroumand that there will be those in the audience who will want to reach out to protect him from the other runners around him 
4
Broken Strings
Earl J. Morris
Broken Strings is an artistic triumph 
4
Big Sonia
Moira MacDonald
Filmed with great respect and palpable love for its subject Big Sonia is one of those documentaries that seems to bring its own light just like the woman at its center 
4
Big Sonia
Nick Allen
This loving tribute of a documentary essentially aims to expand Sonia s audience 
2.5
Big Sonia
Derek Smith
Big Sonia is structured in a way that bumps the tragic and demoralizing up against the comic and inspirational 
3
Big Sonia
Roger Moore
A genial and uplifting treatment of a well worn documentary subject surviving the Holocaust 
3
Vincent, Francois, Paul... and the Others
Roger Ebert
We walk out of Vincent Francois Paul and the Others and we think yeah that s pretty much the way things are 
4
Lady of Hamre
Steve Rhodes
It is a sad and depressing story whose saving grace is that it eventually puts us out of our misery 
2.5
Halls of Montezuma
Walter Chaw
I thought of maverick Samuel Fuller and his no nonsense tabloid approach to cinema 
3.5
Pandaemonium
Lou Lumenick
Historically and dramatically dubious 
1.5
Pandaemonium
Harvey S. Karten
A vivid movie about Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth our contemporaries 
3
Pandaemonium
Greg Dean Schmitz
An imaginative and engaging film 
4
Alien Siege
David Nusair
initially comes off as a low budget yet basically entertaining science fiction tale that eventually and quickly wears out its welcome in a big way 
1
Fists of Fury
James Kendrick
clear tension between Lo s desire for more comical violence at one point Cheng throws a character through a wall leaving a Looney Tunes esque person shaped hole and Lee s desire for more realistic fighting
2.5
Fists of Fury
Matt Brunson
Rough in spots and rambling in others it nevertheless benefits from Lee s effortless charisma and of course some rousing fight scenes 
2.5
Fighting
Peter Canavese
Montiel and his collaborators can pat themselves on the back for elevating empty material just a bit but this is disposable cinema designed to hit and run after an opening weekend Blu ray 
2
Fighting
James Kendrick
pretty much everything you need to know about this by the numbers clunker is summarized in the one word title
1.5
Fighting
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sitting through it isn t so much a chore as it is an opportunity for a nap which I m assuming isn t quite the type of knockout the people behind it were hoping for 
1.5
Fighting
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While the characters are interesting their situation is banal and the fighting footage is absolutely terrible 
2.5
Fighting
Robert Levin
The movie Dito Montiel actually wanted to make might be less marketable than one prominently featuring Tatum rumbling with ethnic stereotypes but it d be more interesting 
2.5
Fighting
Kyle Smith
Fighting arrives fully charged by the charisma of its star Channing Tatum 
3
Fighting
Stephen Whitty
There s a better movie inside it struggling to get out 
2.5
Fighting
Robert W. Butler
There s only so much you can do with a cliché 
2
Fighting
Liam Lacey
Though by no means original or especially ambitious Fighting turns out to be a surprisingly watchable B movie 
2
Fighting
Lisa Kennedy
It is Tatum s performance that leads us to praise men of brute innocence 
3
Fighting
Peter Hartlaub
In a genre where too many films are all brawn and no brain Fighting is a contender 
3
Fighting
Chris Hewitt
The atmosphere of Fighting feels grittily real even when the story does not 
2.5
Fighting
Greg Quill
Rock musician turned director Dito Montiel fails to make much of a fist with his second feature Fighting though he deserves points for trying to add some contemporary New York City grit 
2
Fighting
Claudia Puig
This story of a country boy who goes to the big city and uses his brawn to make his way is so slow it s almost inert 
1.5
Fighting
Daniel M. Kimmel
They should have thrown in the towel before it even began 
1
Fighting
Ross Anthony
B movie w a strong right hook Other strong hooks include Terrance Howard and Luis Guzman Subtle Channing Tatum delievers a solid performance as well dancer to figher 
2.5
Fighting
Willie Waffle
The ladies in the crowd will be demanding a refund when it takes far too long for Tatum to show off those abs of steel 
1
Fighting
John Hartl
Still the biggest problem with ighting is that Fight Club which was released 10 years ago got there first On almost every level pacing humor originality the choreography of the fight scenes Fighting can t touch it 
1.5
Fighting
Dustin Putman
A purpose free self serious yawner that is just dreary uninspired and hopelessly forgettable 
1
Fighting
Wesley Morris
The movie courses with the crazy energy and urban life that usually get sapped out of these tales of men beating the life out of each other This one feels almost electrically authentic 
3.5
Fighting
Rafer Guzman
White knuckle action and bruisingly bad dialogue make for an uneven but wildly entertaining fight flick 
2.5
Fighting
Roger Ebert
I like the way the personalities are allowed to upstage the plot in Fighting a routine three act fight story that creates uncommonly interesting characters 
3
Fighting
Nick Schager
Fighting evocatively captures the texture of New York City
2.5
Fighting
Joe Lozito
As innocuous as its title this modest indie about underground street fighting boasts a gritty tongue in cheek attitude but sorry packs little punch 
2
Fighting
David Nusair
Fighting is destined to disappoint viewers hoping for an enthralling bit of brawl centric entertainment 
1.5
Daddy Longlegs
James Kendrick
both humorous and harrowing 44 and even though it drags at times 44 its sense of repetition is crucial to its protagonist 8217 s primary flaws
3
Daddy Longlegs
Walter V. Addiego
The film s grungy ultra low budget look thanks to the Safdie s handheld camera is just right for catching the crummy hardscrabble rat infested milieu 
3
Daddy Longlegs
Tom Keogh
Hitchcock would have loved it even wrapped in the Safdies scruffy enigma of a movie 
3
Daddy Longlegs
Roger Ebert
If Daddy Longlegs is influenced by Cassavetes well that s not a bad thing Few filmmakers have the nerve to travel that path 
3
Daddy Longlegs
Joe Williams
The Safdies deserve respect for surviving their childhood if not for making a film about it that refuses to amuse or indict 
2.5
Daddy Longlegs
Mark Feeney
Daddy Longlegs is all jangly and raw The hand held camera is almost as much of a presence in the film as Lenny is 
2.5
Daddy Longlegs
Peter Keough
For about an hour Josh and Benny Safdie s trendy indie about a deadbeat dad taking care of his two boys for two weeks in Manhattan seems like the kind of movie in which you hate everybody especially the directors 
2.5
Daddy Longlegs
Robert Levin
The movie picks away at the standard glamorized depictions of life in New York to arrive at a different essential truth 
3.5
Daddy Longlegs
Joe Neumaier
At its best this beautiful off the cuff comedy drama recalls John Cassavetes shaggiest most honest work 
4
Daddy Longlegs
Lou Lumenick
Has a certain dark charm if you can put up with very jittery camera work and editing 
2.5
Daddy Longlegs
Chuck Bowen
As it stands the film is a notable misfire 
2
My Kid Could Paint That
Rossiter Drake
Marla s story is a sobering illustration of the way children can be exploited by adults who should know better u2013 journalists filmmakers and especially their own parents 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
David Nusair
an awfully slight yet basically agreeable documentary 
2.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Rob Thomas
Documentary filmmaker Amir Bar Lev s My Kid Could Paint That is an impressive feat in that it revels in its own ambiguity while still giving us a very entertaining ripped from the headlines mystery story 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
John Beifuss
Raises compelling questions about artistic authenticity the meaning of modern art the voracious and double edged demands of the news media the exploitation of children and the nature of faith itself 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Matt Brunson
A probing film not only about the subjective nature of art but also about the hypocrisy of the intelligentsia the pervasiveness of modern media and the sincerity of parents 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Paul Kosidowski
It s a rare glimpse into the truth about the world and the art that tries to say something about it 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Robert W. Butler
My Kid Could Paint That may not deal with life or death matters like murder or child molestation but it raises questions that will nag viewers for days and weeks after the experience 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Sean P. Means
Mostly the movie is a cautionary tale of the fragility of childhood innocence with Marla becoming an enigma just by being her little girl self 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Jeff Vice
Amir Bar Lev s feature filmmaking debut is easily one of the most fascinating documentaries you ll see all year 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Connie Ogle
My Kid Could Paint That is documentary gold and you will have formed an opinion on the controversy by the time you leave the theater You may not know art but you ll know what you like 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
John Monaghan
More than a standard child prodigy profile My Kid Could Paint That turns into a priceless examination of modern art celebrity and what it means to be a kid 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Steven Rea
It s a thought provoking look at the world of abstract art the relationship between a reporter and his her subject and the nature of parenting prodigies and objective storytelling 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Susan Walker
Bar Lev has made a refreshingly honest documentary 
2.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Chris Hewitt
Bar Lev proves to be a remarkably sensitive filmmaker one who asks questions with fairness and insight and who is constantly asking himself what effect he s having on the story 
4
My Kid Could Paint That
Moira MacDonald
My Kid Could Paint That keeps us intrigued by the questions long after its last shot of Marla 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Bruce Westbrook
A fascinating documentary 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Roger Ebert
The truth lurking beneath My Kid Could Paint That is that your kid couldn t paint that 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still this is still awful fascinating stuff at times and little Marla Olmstead is easily one of the more singularly beguiling little kids I ve seen grace the silver screen in ages 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Michael Phillips
I ve seen the film twice It is a wonder marked by a sense of wondrous skepticism that has nothing to do with cynicism 
4
My Kid Could Paint That
Kenneth Baker
Bar Lev goes to the heart of the issue that all art but especially abstract art demands commitment on every side but commitment takes many forms and has many motives behind it 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Ty Burr
For parents My Kid Could Paint That functions as a mirror prompting us to wonder at what point we should draw the line and close the door When the national media camp out in our living rooms When the kid s college account is full 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At every turn Bar Lev very gently and fairly lays out the different sides of the story and in doing so exposes bigger hypocrisies 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Jeanne Aufmuth
Maddening and more than a little thought provoking 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Maitland McDonagh
Bar Lev also explores the freakish popular appeal of child prodigies and the family dynamics that come into play when a child s celebrity and earning capacity overshadows the adults 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Timothy Knight
That Bar Lev takes such care to depict them as complex foible laden individuals who can t be pegged either good or bad is one of the great strengths of this intriguing and provocative documentary 
4
My Kid Could Paint That
Kyle Smith
The opportunities for a satirical comedy are largely missed by filmmaker Amir Bar Lev who does a lot of first person hand wringing about his methods That is both a distraction and an indication that he got a little too close to his subjects 
2.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Elizabeth Weitzman
Amir Bar Lev began this documentary as a fairly straightforward portrait of a prodigy What he ended up with was a complex examination of art the media and the nature of fame 
3
My Kid Could Paint That
Jan Stuart
A mysterious gripping meta documentary a movie that reflects upon the thorny unpredictable process of capturing a real life story on film at the same time it s trying to figure out what the story is 
3.5
My Kid Could Paint That
Fernando F. Croce
Its insistent search for the truth about art success family is what keeps the film from turning into a twee human interest column blown to main feature length 
3
The Two Escobars
Chuck Bowen
The company behind The Two Escobars is ESPN Films and the influence coincidentally or not is tangible 
2.5
The Two Escobars
Walter V. Addiego
The filmmakers establish a relentless and mounting sense of dread as the situation in Colombia and for the players becomes intolerable 
3
Commandments
Michael Dequina
Tries to go both ways with the material mining the plot for laughs and profound existential drama but nothing gels on either level 
0
Commandments
Mike Clark
This big city spiritual fantasy makes for a plodding 87 minutes though maybe 8 7 of the minutes have something original on their mind 
2
Commandments
Roger Ebert
This is one strange movie it s as if When Harry Met Sally was directed by Ingmar Bergman 
2
The Tao of Steve
Michael Dequina
Turns from interesting character study to wan romantic comedy 
2.5
The Tao of Steve
Marty Mapes
Smooth polish original writing and good acting 
3
The Tao of Steve
Robert Roten
The writing in this movie by Duncan North Greer Goodman and Jenniphr Goodman among others is as smart as anything I ve seen in the past year 
3
The Tao of Steve
David N. Butterworth
Amiable and affable but only occasionally successful in making pertinent observations about the ongoing battle of the sexes 
2
The Tao of Steve
Roger Ebert
One of the things I like about the movie is the wit of its dialogue the way sentences and conversations coil with confidence up to a conclusion that is totally unexpected 
3
Beautiful Losers
Alan G. Artner
On your deathbed you will want back the time it takes to see this one 
1.5
Beautiful Losers
Michael Hardy
One of the year s best documentaries 
4
Beautiful Losers
Kenneth Baker
The film s score by Money Mark is an entertainment in itself 
3
Beautiful Losers
Bob Strauss
This is a pleasant enough visual romp with surprisingly few down notes 
3
Beautiful Losers
Ken Fox
Some of the art is probably interesting but Rose s own video influenced filmmaking style leaves little time for inspection or reflection 
2.5
Beautiful Losers
V.A. Musetto
A pleasant film which sings the praises of nonconformity 
3
Beautiful Losers
Nick Schager
Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard don t properly contextualize this mini scene within the larger art world nor provide basic background on their speakers 
2
Beautiful Losers
David Nusair
suffers from an egregiously inside sensibility that ensures neophytes will periodically be left scratching their heads at the whole thing 
2
Hot House
Jay Antani
Particularly striking is the astonishing level of access Dotan seems to have had 
3.5
Resistance
David Nusair
suffers from a low rent sporadically simplistic vibe 
2
Anthropoid
Leo Brady
Anthropoid is pulse pounding action and I wish 2016 had more movies like this 
3
Anthropoid
Jeff Mitchell
Anthropoid doubles as a WWII thriller and an important Czech history lesson 
3.5
Anthropoid
David Nusair
the movie benefits substantially from an engrossing action packed final stretch 
3
Anthropoid
James Berardinelli
The movie builds something infinitely preferable to a bold brash beginning followed by a descent into anti climax 
3
Anthropoid
Bob Bloom
Unlike many behind the lines World War II movies classic and contemporary Anthropoid is not one of those features in which all plans flow smoothly 
2.5
Anthropoid
Amy McNeill
Heydrich s assassination is a rarely told yet crucial historical bookmark It deserves more than what Hollywood s overfamiliar production tricks could deliver 
1.5
Anthropoid
Anders Wright
As is often the case with period pieces like this the story itself is better than the execution 
2.5
Anthropoid
Peter Travers
Anthropoid reduces a riveting and resonant piece of WW2 history to moral muddle and monotonous filmmaking Talk about an opportunity missed 
2
Anthropoid
Robert Horton
Cliched The movie is all jiggly handheld camerawork dark rooms and breathless close ups 
2
Anthropoid
Glenn Kenny
A lot of the time the experience of the movie is like looking at a very long wobbly rectangle and the frequently abrupt cutting doesn t help 
2
Anthropoid
Rob Thomas
Ellis has decided that the best way to honor the exploits of these heroes is to not sugarcoat them or the evil they faced and Anthropoid is a darker and more interesting film for it 
3.5
Anthropoid
Marsha Lederman
While it s easy to sneer at the romantic subplot it serves to humanize the characters and convey their intense fear Otherwise we know too little about them beyond the fact they are all impossibly good looking 
3
Anthropoid
Sean P. Means
A small scale war thriller that s surprisingly effective 
3
Anthropoid
Linda Barnard
The story feels leaden and burdened by a false ending 
2.5
Anthropoid
Farran Smith Nehme
This is a story of heroes and the second half in particular shows why 
2.5
Anthropoid
Christopher Kompanek
War movies all too often take it for granted that some causes are worth dying for To have characters grapple with that notion imperfectly is nothing short of cathartic 
4
Anthropoid
Soren Andersen
Filmed in sepia tones to give it period flavor infused with a sense of unrelieved tension and paranoia and climaxing with a furious gunbattle Anthropoid is a gripping picture 
3
Anthropoid
Peter Keough
At its best the film evokes the palpable terror of a city where uniformed thugs could arrest or kill anyone at any time with impunity 
2.5
Anthropoid
Roger Moore
Magnificent riveting 
3.5
Anthropoid
Peter Canavese
While Anthropoid tends to the sober and dour it also breaks into the brutal the intense and the emotionally devastating all the right moves for a war story of moral heft compromised by Pyrrhic victory 
3
Anthropoid
Oleg Ivanov
Director Sean Ellis s film offers a potent examination of the moral rectitude of resistance 
3.5
Selfie Dad
Roger Moore
When any regular churchgoer says I really don t like Christian films lifeless fare like Selfie Dad is what they re complaining about 
1.5
Ritual
Walter Chaw
the Tales from the Crypt brand s predilection for cheap T A and gore gags feel like a betrayal more than good clean exploitation fun 
1.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Brian Eggert
Forget a logical progression of shots that form a scene like words do a sentence Bay has no time for such nonsense 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Mattie Lucas
Bay handles the action sequences well but his sense of patriotism often trumps his sense of moral complexity something that is sorely missing amid all the explosions in 13 Hours 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Sara Michelle Fetters
The emotional component is cheapened at least partially inserting a level of bad taste into the proceedings I found difficult to get past 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Sonny Bunch
A moving tale of heroism and sacrifice wrapped in an explosive package that will quicken your pulse 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Max Weiss
Makes American Sniper look positively pacifist by comparison 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
David Nusair
a thoroughly reprehensible piece of work that deserves every ounce of derision and vitriol thrown its way 
0
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Chris Knight
It s a fine story as far as it goes but the ostensible bad guys are as two dimensional as ducks at a shooting gallery and even the good guys are strangely flat 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Linda Cook
A fictionalized version of events creates an entertaining action movie and a fitting tribute to those who died and survived 
3.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Burl Burlingame
What 13 Hours does brilliantly is recreate the absolute chaos and stifling options of urban warfare in the third world the best film to do so since Black Hawk Down 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Michael Smith
The kind of movie that would make Jim Halpert say Seriously 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
John Serba
The first film Bay s directed that isn t a pointless and cynical bacchanalia of explosions It will probably be the least financially successful effort of his career 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
John Beifuss
A peculiar cocktail of bloodlust patriotism and grief 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
James Berardinelli
The movie is imperfect and overlong but it s never boring And although aspects of its factual accuracy can be called into question it does a decent job of chronicling what happened that night 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Peter Travers
Several critics have given 13 Hours a pass citing Bay s skill at action engineering It s his failure at everything else that makes this movie as hard to endure as it is impossible to believe helpme
1
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Mike McGranaghan
13 Hours is a rousing action movie that powerfully suggests Hilary Clinton should be exonerated of any wrongdoing in the Benghazi scandal Or not 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Rafer Guzman
Bay s action sequences are as riveting and technically beautiful as ever but his reductive worldview is also on display 13 Hours doesn t just lionize its American soldiers it oozes disdain for everyone else 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
John Hanlon
Director Michael Bay slows down his usual frantic pace to offer a stirring but action packed portrait of the 2012 Benghazi attacks 
3.0
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Christian Toto
It s like Michael Bay realized the stakes are so much higher with 13 Hours than simply bringing cool toys to life And he channeled his gifts appropriately 
3.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately while Bay has an eye he s never had an ear and Chuck Hogan s screenplay is full of clunkers tough guy dialogue that seems made strictly for cheap applause 
1.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Willie Waffle
An action movie with some failed attempts to bring emotion to the characters and situations 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Kate Taylor
If they are suffering the fog of war you are suffering the fog of action movie a phenomenon that Bay is all too well equipped to create having previously worked on the Transformers franchise 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Steven Rea
In 13 Hours Bay is striving for something more realistic and less Hollywood than his World War II extravaganza To some extent he pulls it off 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Dann Gire
Michael Bay s highly commercial 13 Hours The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi may resemble a standard issue war movie but it beats with the heart of an apocalyptic Armageddon horror film 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Bob Bloom
Throughout the film Michael Bay seems to display anger and frustration with an antiquated U S foreign policy that fails to realize that the old ways of operating do not apply in a changing world rife with religious and national radicalism 
3.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Kyle Smith
Bay s goal is to put you right in these men s boots to feel the heat the fear the fatigue the weight of the weapons and the web of camaraderie 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Mark Dujsik
Hogan s screenplay omits vital context and Bay s typical style of visual overload does no favors for the logistics of what is happening 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Ty Burr
All the performances are solid and the facts as Zuckoff s evenhanded book lays them out are adhered to It s the writing that clanks and worse Bay s continuing inability to stage action sequences so that a viewer has any idea who s doing what to whom 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Robert W. Butler
Genuine humanity in a Michael Bay movie Oh it s not enough to bog down the action and it never descends to touchy feely navel gazing but it represents an emotional honesty he has never delivered before 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Peter Howell
13 Hours is a movie where the questions are asked first and the shooting happens later the opposite of Bay s usual modus operandi Bully for him and bravo for journalism but it doesn t make for satisfying cinema 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Michael Phillips
The key characters are pencil sketches not flesh and blood but they serve Bay s purposes as do the performances 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Richard Roeper
Lacking in nuance and occasionally plagued by corny dialogue 13 Hours is nonetheless a well photographed visceral action film and a sincere and fitting tribute to those secret soldiers 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Michael O'Sullivan
Bay seemingly can t help but make a movie that is loud brash nuance free and more glandular than cerebral 13 Hours is a movie that stimulates the production of adrenaline not insight 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Mick LaSalle
It s long downright dispiriting enjoyable only sometimes and yet there s a feeling of authenticity 
2
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Peter Sobczynski
There is a good and interesting movie out there to be made about the tragic events at Benghazi and the political aftermath but 13 Hours is definitely not it 
1
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Brian Truitt
After a string of iffy Transformers movies Bay reminds that he can do a much better action movie with humans than alien robots 13 Hours is his best work in the genre since his 1990s hits Bad Boys and The Rock 
2.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Matt Pais
There are about zero times when it s clear why things are happening the way they re happening to these particular people 
1.5
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Soren Andersen
It marries visceral Hollywood style filmmaking a Bay trademark with sober subject matter in a manner that doesn t trivialize the seriousness of the story it s telling 
3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Jake Cole
Of course when the action gets underway Bay unleashes that flashy id of his and all of his flaws as a titan of blockbuster filmmaking come to the fore 
2
Kites
Mick LaSalle
It tells a simple story an almost archetypal story but it does so with a lot of passion and technical sophistication 
3
Kites
Bruce DeMara
An intense exciting and highly entertaining film 
3
Kites
Ted Fry
Kites pulls no punches in its histrionic story of love and revenge It also spares no expense in the telling with the cast of primarily Hindi actors gnashing their way through a beautifully stylish production and several large scale action set pieces 
3
Kites
Carrie Rickey
Basu strictly observes the B movie convention of giving the audience an embrace explosion or chase sequence at regular intervals If you don t like the genre wait three minutes 
2
The Quiet American
Nick Rogers
A stylish gauzy thriller and a character study of zeal and detachment that meet on an inverse scale of idealism An intriguing if not entirely harrowing grapple with the idea that being human does not inherently mean being good 
3
The Quiet American
Michael Dequina
The film may be a not especially unusual mystery thriller but it s still a solid and entertaining one at that 
3
The Quiet American
Joe Lozito
Mr Noyce interweaves the political and romantic plots masterfully 
3
The Quiet American
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Phillip Noyce landed a beautiful one two punch with this and Rabbit Proof Fence two political films with politics in the background and delicate human storytelling in the foreground 
3.5
The Quiet American
Judith Egerton
The Quiet American takes the viewer inside opium dens and dance halls It peeks behind the curtains of political intrigues and exposes their violent consequences 
3.5
The Quiet American
Lori Hoffman
This is perhaps the finest performance of Michael Caine s versatile distinguished career 
3.5
The Quiet American
Linda Cook
A compelling look at a situation from history that parallels contemporary times 
3.5
The Quiet American
Mark Dujsik
My initial reaction was of having seen a great story of political intrigue told well but as I sit here thinking levels of depth slowly begin to open up to me 
3.5
The Quiet American
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una tranquila pero recia interpretacin de Michael Caine que realiza uno de sus mejores trabajos en aos 
3
The Quiet American
Steven Snyder
I must admit that this film flooded my mind with characters so rich and believable that I started to think of them as real human beings 
4
The Quiet American
Glenn Kenny
There s an almost great film here 
3
The Quiet American
Forrest Hartman
Like Sunset Boulevard this film starts with a lifeless body then puts the murder in perspective It s a good cinematic structure one perfect for a film that cares less about the crime than the journey toward it 
3.5
The Quiet American
Matt Brunson
It s Caine who deserves the Best Actor trophy delivering not only the finest male performance of 2002 but also one of the best of his entire career 
3
The Quiet American
Stacie Hougland
Michael Caine s subtle nuanced performance is sublime and it s the only thing that elevates this movie from dated and pointless costume melodrama 
2
The Quiet American
Steve Rhodes
Its mysteries are transparently obvious and it s too slowly paced to be a thriller But it s worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser 
3
The Quiet American
Joe Baltake
The Quiet American is a most disturbing film but disturbing in a good way 
4
The Quiet American
Jeff Vice
There s something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American And that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by Brendan Fraser 
2.5
The Quiet American
Sean P. Means
Caine gives a gravely dynamic performance but it s a role well within his usual range 
3
The Quiet American
Phil Villarreal
Noyce s film is contemplative and mournfully reflective 
4
The Quiet American
Duane Dudek
Caine does subtle and craftsmanlike work in this absorbing and understated film by director Phillip Noyce 
3
The Quiet American
Jeanne Aufmuth
A taut spare picture that captures the hurt betrayal and moral ambiguity of the times swaddled in the elegance of French controlled Saigon 
3.5
The Quiet American
David Nusair
an enjoyable piece of work 
3
The Quiet American
Rob Blackwelder
Emotionally and politically complex beyond what most filmmakers would dare attempt 
3.5
The Quiet American
Chris Hewitt
A mournful drama that insinuates itself into your thoughts 
3
The Quiet American
Todd Anthony
A complex thriller worth shouting about 
3.5
The Quiet American
Moira MacDonald
It s a political story and an uncannily timely one yet the politics fade into the background in the wake of Caine s complex and splendid performance 
3.5
The Quiet American
Glenn Lovell
Old fashioned storytelling in the best sense of the term 
4
The Quiet American
Mick LaSalle
This is a smart and literate effort that despite some weaknesses in overall conception has one undeniable virtue There s not a single weak scene 
3
The Quiet American
Steven Rosen
This story still seems timely and important And there s an element of heartbreak to watching it now with older and wiser eyes because we know what will happen after Greene s story ends 
4
The Quiet American
Mary F. Pols
Caine gives the richest performance of his career in this sage and provocative film 
3.5
The Quiet American
Roger Ebert
A rare Western feature shot in Vietnam with real locations and sets that look well worn enough to be real with wonderful performances 
4
The Quiet American
Ty Burr
raser has finally made good on his hesitant dramatic turn in Gods and Monsters a few years back 
3.5
The Quiet American
Terry Lawson
Exceedingly handsome unapologetically intelligent drama 
4
The Quiet American
Rick Groen
The result is a rarity on the modern screen a film with more brains than heart Yet that alone makes for a pleasant change 
2.5
The Quiet American
Connie Ogle
A fine adaptation despite the slight departures from its source with warm cinematography that captures the feel of 50s Saigon and two performances worthy of Oscar attention 
3
The Quiet American
Steven Rea
Caine creates a portrait of a man torn up by ambivalence and in the end despair that is just about brilliant 
3.5
The Quiet American
Michael Wilmington
An instant classic and a dramatic beauty a film that gets us to the core of Greene s chilly dark and romantic view of the post war world 
4
The Quiet American
James Berardinelli
Noyce has wrought an often compelling tale of life love and jealousy played out under the gathering storm clouds of war 
3
The Quiet American
Ian Mantgani
I m not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about 
2.5
The Quiet American
Jeremy Heilman
Workmanlike where it should be sensual it fails to capture the romantic obsessions that dominate Greene s work 
2.5
The Quiet American
Walter Chaw
Belonging to a different era in filmmaking and a different ethic in literature 
3
The Quiet American
Mike Clark
This is intelligent grown up entertainment on both a political and a humanistic level 
3
The Quiet American
John Anderson
Strong haunting and couldn t be more timely 
3.5
The Quiet American
Bob Strauss
An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old school kind of quality 
3
The Quiet American
Jonathan Foreman
Visually disappointing 
2.5
The Quiet American
David Sterritt
Everything about The Quiet American is good except its timing 
4
The Quiet American
Pam Grady
A gripping drama that forcefully brings history to life 
4
The Quiet American
Harvey S. Karten
A literate Vietnam movie about the struggle for power in both the sexual domain and the political arena 
3.5
The Quiet American
Peter Travers
A towering achievement with a soul baring performance by Michael Caine that deserves the highest praise 
3
The Quiet American
Jules Brenner
If Caine won an award as Best Actor in a Suporting Role for Cider House Rules he should be considered for a nomination in this masterfully evocative performance 
3
The Quiet American
Ed Gonzalez
Caine at once evokes a man haunted by war and burning with the fire of revenge 
3
Harry and Son
Robert Trussell
Mr Newman who also co wrote the script has staged some effective comic scenes in an effort to temper the film s overpowering get out your hand kerchief conclusion 
2.5
Harry and Son
Gene Siskel
At best this material is standard safe pseudo heartwarming TV fare As a feature film it is a crime 
1
Harry and Son
Kathleen Carroll
Since there is no real dramatic conflict between the two main characters the movie just moseys along It does contain some amusing moments 
2.5
Harry and Son
Roger Ebert
The movie might have worked if it had been a satire of those awful made for TV Family Problem Movies Unfortunately it does not seem to know it is funny 
1
I.O.U.S.A.
Marty Mapes
Practically begs audiences to declaim it essential viewing rather than quietly convincing us
2
I.O.U.S.A.
Frank Ochieng
A timely documentary There is a sense of urgency that propels Creadon s cautionary narrative as an alarming wake up call to financial discipline 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Michael Sragow
Although the movie is unabashedly alarming it s also intelligent fun 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Jason Anderson
I O U S A is a clear cogent and compelling primer on contemporary American economics and the not so small matter of how we ended up at the edge of a precipice 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Liam Lacey
A documentary about the U S addiction to debt I O U S A could have easily taken the title of another movie released this week What Just Happened 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Gina Carbone
It s like Michael Moore decided to tackle the national debt but finally kept himself and his personal agenda out of the way 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
John Hartl
If this week s headlines have failed to convince you that the United States is on the verge of an economic meltdown Patrick Creadon s scary new documentary I O U S A will demolish any lingering doubts 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Chris Hewitt
The message is fine but the movie is not 
1
I.O.U.S.A.
Robert W. Butler
Future generations may regard I O U S A as the most important film of 2008 Not the best Not the most entertaining Just the most important 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Walter V. Addiego
Any documentary about the alarming level of our national debt faces a major hurdle making the dismal subject at least somewhat palatable I O U S A does about as good a job as any film could be expected to thanks to the direction of Patrick Creadon 
3
I.O.U.S.A.
Peter Canavese
A clear headed and comprehensible picture of American fiscal policy but one that s not in the least boring 
3.5
I.O.U.S.A.
Roger Ebert
Here s the bottom line kids The United States is probably going to go broke during your lifetimes 
3.5
I.O.U.S.A.
Steven Rea
There s no quick fix for a culture addicted to debt as one wag puts it in the film But watching I O U S A is a good place to start 
3.5
I.O.U.S.A.
Sal Cinquemani
It s too bad Creadon breezes through potential solutions to the problem and ends his film with what basically amounts to a Rock the Vote ad 
2
I.O.U.S.A.
Kam Williams
Devalued dollar documentary drives home the point that a country which consumes more than it produces is unsustainable 
4
76 Minutes and 15 Seconds With Abbas Kiarostami
Michael Phillips
Touching light fingered 
3
The Last Match
Mick LaSalle
The characters of the men don t deepen Instead the movie loses its internal quality and becomes a fairly predictable thriller about being gay in Cuba 
2
The Last Match
Rene Rodriguez
A superficial take on a fascinating cultural hypocrisy doused in sudsy melodrama and wobbly acting 
1
Call Me Troy
Jeff Strickler
Relies too much on Himschoot to keep viewers engaged 
2.5
Call Me Troy
Chris Hewitt
Malcolm takes on issues of identity and notions of self and even if you haven t been born into the wrong gender it ll make you think about what makes you you 
3
Murphy's Law
Matt Brunson
Here s one of those junky Cannon flicks made by Charles Bronson as his career lamentably winded down 
1.5
Once Upon a Mattress
David Nusair
ultimately overlong and forgettable despite the best efforts of an exceedingly game cast 
2
Journey Into Amazing Caves
Margaret A. McGurk
There are moments during Journey Into Amazing Caves when it seems the images on the screen could have been beamed back from a planet in another solar system 
3.5
Journey Into Amazing Caves
Ross Anthony
Sometimes breathtaking sometimes wondrous sometimes spiritual Sweetly done 
3.5
The Master Gunfighter
Roger Ebert
I don t think there s any way an intelligent moviegoer could sit through this mess and accurately describe the plot afterward 
0
The Arrangement
Roger Ebert
The movie finally pounds at our moral sense so much that our moral sense wearies and becomes defensive and we are finally just grateful for Faye Dunaway s beauty and the way she doesn t raise her voice 
2.5
The Flamingo Kid
Roger Ebert
Dillon is a revelation in this movie 
3.5
The Flamingo Kid
Andre Sennwald
Even if The Flamingo Kid comes out of sit com country the character and the performance effortlessly rise above their origins 
3
Spring Blossom
Roger Moore
Not titillating and not particularly deep either but tender and coming of age insightful 
2.5
Spring Blossom
Jake Cole
Throughout her directorial debut Suzanne Lindon paints a concise and truthful portrait of her protagonist s feelings of estrangement 
3
Spring Blossom
Bill Chambers
I t s in scenes on the fringes of the love story that Lindon shows the most promise as a filmmaker 
2.5
Scenes of a Crime
Nick Schager
A true crime documentary of invigorating analytical clarity and evenhandedness 
3
Kismat Konnection
Rob Thomas
A movie that was inspired by the Lindsay Lohan flop Just My Luck should not run three minutes longer than The Dark Knight 
2.5
Possessor: Uncut
David Gonzalez
While there is nothing wrong with being compared to a master of body horror 44 Possessor removes Cronenberg from his fathers shadow to show an original 44 provocative 44 and ambitious auteur in not just one of the 2020s best horror films 46 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Brian Eggert
The scenario proves vaguely familiar as science fiction fans will recognize but it s handled with such confidence and severity that it ignites a slight burn on the brain 
3
Possessor: Uncut
John Beifuss
The destabilizing Francis Baconesque montages and detonations of extreme gore in Brandon Cronenberg s brainy bloody thriller may be as psychically disruptive for the viewer as for Andrea Riseborough s contract killer
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Leo Brady
Possessor is a fascinating experience Trippy violent and one of the most original movies of 2020 
4
Possessor: Uncut
Matt Brunson
David Cronenberg s first films were intriguing but also messy muddled and cold to the touch his son Brandon Cronenberg might be offering a generational déjà vu 
2.5
Possessor: Uncut
Walter Chaw
What Possessor contributes to this conversation is the notion that whatever mask we wear it only ever covers the immense grandeur of our brutal biological impulse 
4
Possessor: Uncut
Josh Larsen
so harrowing that you may feel as if Possessor has possessed you 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Tom Meek
Brandon Cronenberg son of creep master auteur David sets out on his own with this stynear future hit person thriller 
2.5
Possessor: Uncut
Ty Burr
It s something to see even when you re watching through your fingers but the film s big beguiling ideas never get satisfyingly developed and the ending is a shocker that doesn t resonate very far past the end credits 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Randy Myers
It s a disturbing head trip that is as savage as it is thought provoking It s also expertly made 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Lisa Trifone
Possessor packs a stylistic punch as intense as its premise
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Jason Shawhan
If Cronenberg lost control of the tone at any moment the end result would be unwatchably disturbing And he does not lose control 
4
Possessor: Uncut
Sonny Bunch
A genuinely disturbing vision of the near future Possessor mixes the mundanity of modernity with the terrifying intrusion into our lives that technology often makes 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Barry Hertz
If this is just a taste of what Brandon Cronenberg has in store for cinema then long live the new flesh 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Federico Furzan
A visceral terror trip that goes all the way in body horror and unsettling possibilities Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
David Nusair
Possessor is rarely is intriguing or compelling as its admittedly promising setup might ve indicated 
2
Possessor: Uncut
Mark Dujsik
From the start Possessor sets out to make us uncomfortable Cronenberg undeniably succeeds in that regard and he s made a clever if disturbing thriller too 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Sheila O'Malley
The provocative ideas are not given a chance to really take on a life of their own Still there s much here that is imaginative and fresh 
2.5
Possessor: Uncut
Sean P. Means
Cronenberg makes the future imperfect technology appear plausible and thinks through the ramifications of such ego shredding brain manipulation 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Michael Phillips
The best of Cronenberg s nightmare is pure imaginative immersion 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Joey Magidson
Possessor Uncut is undeniably a brutal experience in terms of its violence and unyielding tone For some it s going to prove to be too much Others will love its weirdness 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Mick LaSalle
Whatever is motivating this unsettling moody film seems to have been arrived at honestly For whatever else it is Possessor feels authentically weird 
2.5
Possessor: Uncut
James Berardinelli
A shocking and disturbing gem that doesn t betray itself by softening things during the final act 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Mike McGranaghan
You need a strong constitution to get through this movie but if you can take it you ll find one of the most harrowing and provocative horror films of the decade 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Chuck Bowen
Though Possessor favors nihilist spectacle to existentialism Brandon Cronenberg is more interested in exploring emotional dislocation than Christopher Nolan 
3
Possessor: Uncut
Joe Friar
A visual feast that establishes Brandon Cronenberg s identity as a filmmaker Sure his Y chromosome contains his father David Cronenberg s DNA but the final product is a unique vision from an emerging new filmmaker who s best work is yet to come 
3.5
Possessor: Uncut
Rosalie Kicks
Anxiety inducing imagery aside I already want to watch this flick again 
3.5
We Are X
Kathy Fennessy
If 91 Stephen 93 Kijak apos s documentary hits a few familiar beats along the way 44 it apos s hard not to be moved by emotional footage of fans across the world finding solace and support in the absolutely unstoppable Yoshiki apos s life apos s work 46 
3
We Are X
G. Allen Johnson
The film is a rush all right but it s also a soulful look at Yoshiki who although rarely without his dark glasses still seems very revealing 
3
We Are X
Glenn Kenny
While the movie will not necessarily make you rush out to fill the gaps in your X discography there is something inspiring about their belief in music 
2.5
The 13th Child, Legend of the Jersey Devil
David N. Butterworth
Anyone who quickly denounced Madonna s Swept Away as being the worst film of 2002 clearly hadn t seen 13th Child 
0
Under the Eiffel Tower
Roger Moore
Utterly charmless Close enough 
1
Under the Eiffel Tower
Odie Henderson
There s no reason for you to see Under the Eiffel Tower unless you enjoy being tortured for 87 minutes 
1
Under the Eiffel Tower
David Nusair
a small scale setup that s employed largely to almost passable yet primarily forgettable effect 
2
Under the Eiffel Tower
Joey Magidson
Matt Walsh does his best to keep the film afloat He actually fares even better in the more dramatic moments than the comedic ones 
2.5
Under the Eiffel Tower
Josh Wise
It s tough to root for the pair when neither of them experiences genuine hardship In the end all dramatic conflict here is sunny and soporific 
1.5
Young & Wild
Erik Childress
A film that respects sex and the emotional consequences that follow once the heat wears off It also is not a condemnation piece about religion even as it calmly exposes the hypocrisies of suppressing the natural order in order to let go of one s ego 
3
Jimmy Hollywood
Michael Dequina
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2
Jimmy Hollywood
Roger Ebert
Here are characters who might have really amounted to something and we can see the movie dying right under their feet 
2.5
On a Wing and a Prayer
Kevin Carr
Terrible writing and corny dialogue cause this otherwise inspiring story to stall in mid flight 46 
1
On a Wing and a Prayer
Monica Castillo
91 On a Wing and a Prayer 93 falls short of the glory of competent filmmaking and gorges on cheap sentimentally and cliches 44 undermining its own message 46 
1
7500
Brian Eggert
It s efficiently realized and shot in something approaching real time and thanks in part to the screen presence of Joseph Gordon Levitt it s more engaging than the simplistic story might otherwise allow 
3
7500
Mark Meszoros
This is a film that harkens back to our pre pandemic fears of flying That may not be what any of us truly needs right now but it does so effectively nonetheless 
2.5
7500
Rene Sanchez
An edge of your seat thriller that boasts an outstanding performance by Joseph Gordon Levitt Full Review in Spanish 
3
7500
Federico Furzan
A great gem of a thriller that has no boundaries in creating tension Full review in Spanish 
3.5
7500
Steven Prokopy
For a film set largely in a single location the editing and pacing of 7500 is what makes it work so beautifully 
3
7500
Tom Meek
It s an angst inducing ordeal and not an easy one to sit through Gordon Levitt carries it well despite some heavy handed plot manipulations 
2.5
7500
Cate Marquis
7500 is a well made dramatic thriller with a better cast than script using a single space concept which could work in its favor but which is not fully exploited 
2.5
7500
Matthew Rozsa
I can t think of a better pandemic era distraction This movie captures our claustrophobic paranoid zeitgeist despite being made before we entered this chapter of history 
3
7500
Rob Thomas
7500 hits a fever pitch about halfway through and stays there with lots of screaming and bloody violence 
2.5
7500
Barry Hertz
Gordon Levitt absent from the big screen since 2016 8242 s Snowden oscillates nicely between maintaining an air of remarkable calm and then breaking down completely and he pretends to know what all those airplane buttons do quite well 
2.5
7500
David Nusair
a tense thriller that s undoubtedly at its best within its often unbearably suspenseful opening half hour 
3.5
7500
Robert Levin
You re never less than fully aware of the gambit and while it s possible to marvel at the achievement on some level there s never a moment where the story takes precedence 
2
7500
Randy Myers
The key thing is 7500 refuses to follow a familiar flight pattern and winds up a well made thriller with brains 
3
7500
James Berardinelli
This one isn t a bad high concept thriller but as is often the case with movies hampered by undercooked storylines there s a feeling that something better could have resulted from the same basic plot points 
2.5
7500
Chris Hewitt
7500 shifts from Die Hard style fun to big time bummer with supersonic speed 
2
7500
Brian Tallerico
Gordon Levitt takes 7500 as far as he can but the film still stalls on the runway unable to turn its limited perspective into something thrilling or insightful 
2
7500
Robert Daniels
At its best 7500 is Captain Phillips light The problem is that it s rarely at its best 
2
7500
Mark Dujsik
Vollrath and Halilbasic s thrills are more of the cerebral moral and ethical varieties so the film never feels deliberately exploitative 
3
7500
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
My recommendation is to stay for the first leg and then change flights 
1
7500
Matthew Passantino
7500 is a well paced thriller and Vollrath and cinematographer Sebastian Thaler make good use of keeping the movie s action entirely in the airplane s cockpit 
2.5
7500
Jeff Mitchell
Take a number and get in line for this claustrophobic thriller 
3
7500
Roger Moore
Gordon Levitt gives us a master class in screen acting in close ups and does that in a thriller good enough to give us more pause before booking that next trip
3
7500
Michael O'Sullivan
7500 is at heart a chamber piece The setting the number of characters and the setup are all constrained in an elegant yet dramatically effective way that belies the film s low budget 
3
7500
Peter Canavese
Queasily recasts 9 11 as an action thriller so Trigger Warning That said it s executed with great skill qualifying as both high stakes drama and even a horror movie of sorts 
3
7500
Joe Friar
Ladies and gentlemen the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign in preparation of 92 minutes of nerve racking tension Joseph Gordon Levitt excels in the tense thriller 
3.5
7500
Pat Brown
Convenient plot twists undermine its early pretense that it s aiming for something other than to exploit our deepest most regressive fears 
2
7500
Mick LaSalle
This is one well made thriller and for a director who wants to work in that genre this is as strong a first feature as any filmmaker could hope for 
3
7500
Joey Magidson
There s far more of Paul Greengrass in this DNA than anything else which lends it a gravitas in addition to strong work from Joseph Gordon Levitt 
3
A Year in an English Garden: Flicker & Pulse
Peter Howell
It s hard not to be impressed by what filmmakers Brian McClave and Tom Wichelow have achieved with their patient and watchful study of a Sussex walled garden 
2.5
United
Steve Rhodes
As the ending credits roll there ll be smiles all around 
2.5
Emperor
Simon Abrams
Emperor re presents a dark period in American history without being inspired or insightful enough to be worth your curiosity or emotional investment 
1
On My Way
Claude Peck
Deneuve conveys in every scene a convincing and touching openness to life as experienced in the moment 
3
On My Way
Ty Burr
You can tell Deneuve is relishing the chance to play not a great beauty not a national legend but a simple human basket case a woman who has been her own worst enemy for so long that she s ready to give up the fight 
2.5
On My Way
Tirdad Derakhshani
A droll if minor dramatic comedy about a woman who goes out for a pack of smokes and ends up on an odyssey of self discovery through the back roads and tiny villages of rural France 
2.5
On My Way
Stephanie Merry
These series of vignettes still leave an impression thanks in no small part to Deneuve 
2.5
On My Way
Mick LaSalle
On My Way finds Deneuve warm and natural completely open and yet subtle able to suggest much with little allowing us to read her thoughts 
3
On My Way
John Anderson
A handsome vehicle for Denueve who drives it with elegant sanfroid 
3.5
On My Way
Rex Reed
Disappointingly tedious On My Way is a contrived vehicle for Gallic icon Catherine Deneuve 
2
On My Way
Brian Tallerico
Defiantly episodic and inconsistent when it comes to character the frustrating On My Way seeks to test the commonly held belief that Catherine Deneuve makes anything she s in better 
2
On My Way
Stephen Whitty
It s a slight film which very much depends on the fond affection engendered in audiences by its star Luckily that s still in ample supply 
3
On My Way
Kent Turner
It s as though both the director and Deneuve have heard the too glib takeaway that the actress s on screen persona is icy because man does she loosen up 
3
On My Way
Farran Smith Nehme
Watching Bettie get her groove back it s easy to think that of course she still has men in their 30s chasing her She s Catherine Deneuve for heaven s sake 
3
On My Way
Roger Moore
Catherine DeNeuve still dazzles even in a French road comedy that takes far too long to get to its easily guessed destination
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Matt Brunson
With an energy level that can only be described as infectious it takes almost every dated teen flick cliche sensitive rebels preening jocks distracted adults etc and makes them fresh and funny 
3
10 Things I Hate About You
David Sterritt
Junger spins hilariously written scenes with split second timing although the story sags during its long middle portion 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
David Nusair
a slightly above average teenage romcom 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Maitland McDonagh
Gil Junger s TV roots are revealed in his excessive reliance on close ups and the cast s preponderance of TV actors 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Mick LaSalle
The movie wimped out by blanding down the story and the characters to the point where she isn t really a shrew and he isn t really a maniac 
1
10 Things I Hate About You
Liam Lacey
The notion of a contemporary high school as a hotbed of romantic intrigue is utterly apt and the performances almost make the update work 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
James Kendrick
There have certainly been worse 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Steve Rhodes
It s so knowingly cute that most of its jokes go nowhere 
2
10 Things I Hate About You
Roger Ebert
The high school romance genre has become so popular that it s running out of new ideas and has taken to recycling classic literature 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
James Berardinelli
No one in this film is a big star but everyone is a capable actor 
3
10 Things I Hate About You
Pam Grady
Since the natural audience for this is girls under 18 do they really need the message that brains are a bad thing dooming them to a dateless high school career 
1.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Jeff Vice
Definitely a cut above the current crop of teen oriented comedies thanks to an appealing cast of fresh faces as well as a surprisingly literate script 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Ross Anthony
Stiles Styles 
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Dustin Putman
I doubt I would be able to find ten things I hate about 10 Things I Hate About You but the positive aspects of the film far out number ten 
3
10 Things I Hate About You
Eugene Novikov
Lame scenes are made nifty by the movie s endless energy 
3
10 Things I Hate About You
Michael Dequina
I didn t exactly hate this film 
2
10 Things I Hate About You
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ni su trama ni sus personajes son de aquellos con los que se pueda identificar la mayoría
2.5
10 Things I Hate About You
Bob Bloom
It s a fast food film easy to digest but nothing remarkable or memorable 
2
The Homecoming
Roger Ebert
It s weird The most improbable things happen in The Homecoming and its characters treat each other with total contempt and yet somehow we ARE moved 
4
The Homecoming
Jeremy Heilman
The Homecoming might be simple in its staging but in a final tally it overcomes its lack of cinematic device through its perceptiveness and stellar ensemble acting 
4
Creed II
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 essentially a remake of Rocky IV 46 
2.5
Creed II
Brian Eggert
The movie adheres to every narrative beat predictably 44 including a climactic bout that proves deflated and visually uninspired 46 
1.5
Creed II
Jason Fraley
Creed II not only does the franchise justice it s further proof of Stallone s lasting creation I predict at least one more Creed then possibly a Million Dollar Baby style spinoff series with Adonis daughter Amara to keep the franchise running 
3
Creed II
Steven Prokopy
Creed II is hit and miss but it s a mostly worthy successor to a film so strong it would almost be impossible to match Due largely to a cast that brings more to the film than the screenplay can sustain the movie delivers in most of the right places 
3
Creed II
Federico Furzan
Doesn t hit all the notes as it could and should but Creed II is pretty good for a sequel for this franchise that may end sooner than expected Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Creed II
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s less personal and basically consists of a sturdy mix of fight scenes and soap opera but it wraps its bulging arms and soft heart around you in a comfortable squeezing hug 
3
Creed II
Ernesto Diezmartinez
It works like a good entry in the Rocky saga Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Creed II
David Nusair
The weakest of all the Rocky Creed movies 
2
Creed II
Matt Brunson
Enjoyable in fits and starts 
2.5
Creed II
Mike McGranaghan
There are those for whom Rocky IV is the preferred chapter in the original series Creed II is a gift to us 
3.5
Creed II
Katie Walsh
The film simmers before it explodes and it often it maintains the slow burn for a moment too long in the quieter moments between family members But when Caple really lets Creed II run wild it s breathtaking 
3
Creed II
Matthew Passantino
Have the Creed movies learned nothing from the Rocky series Sequels aren t always the answer 
2
Creed II
Barry Hertz
The whole thing just works 
3
Creed II
Matthew Rozsa
There was a great movie in Creed II one that peeked out every now and then beneath the suffocating blanket of clichés 
2.5
Creed II
Sonny Bunch
Surprisingly touching treatment of villains makes up for rote boxing action 
2.5
Creed II
Clayton Davis
Where Caple s direction is truly mastered is in his active command of his actors most notably Michael B Jordan and Tessa Thompson Strap in because Creed II is a wild great time at the movies 
3.5
Creed II
Alan French
Creed II should be seen as a highlight of the series easily becoming one of the best sequels in franchise history Jordan shines again and again 
3.5
Creed II
Dann Gire
Under the less inspired direction of Steven Caple Jr Creed II feels like a compilation of greatest Rocky scenes climaxed by a final match so ludicrously cliched that viewers groaned during a Monday screening 
2.5
Creed II
Richard Roeper
Even though we ve seen this movie before and more than once there s a strong beating heart to this franchise 
3
Creed II
Peter Howell
Audiences have now invested decades in this ringside soap opera and they want to see where it goes despite everything else And when all is said and done the fight scenes are actually quite good 
3
Creed II
Sara Michelle Fetters
The fact it all works as well as it does is a testament to how rich the performances are as well as the kinetically captivating efficiency of Caple s direction 
3
Creed II
Josh Terry
The Rocky formula is good enough that these films could probably go on forever but now that the Drago story is out of the way Stallone should really pass the torch and give Adonis Creed a movie of his own 
3
Creed II
Michael Smith
Creed II doesn t pack the same punch either emotionally or in the ring but as with seven Rocky movies before it longtime fans will still be cheering by the end of this sequel 
2.5
Creed II
Phil Villarreal
Like the iconic Rocky statue itself the film and its series are triumphant immovable and gleaming in bronzed defiance 
4
Creed II
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Keep one s expectations low If you can do that then Creed II delivers well beyond them 
2.5
Creed II
Christian Toto
You ll cheer no doubt Creed II still disappoints especially in one critical reunion we didn t know we needed to see 
2.5
Creed II
Ann Hornaday
Creed II is a respectable if not revelatory sequel to the sequel even if it lacks its predecessor s grace and narrative texture 
2.5
Creed II
Tom Russo
At its best moments Creed II manages a feat nearly as striking as anything that Michael B Jordan s Rocky Balboa protégé pulls off in the boxing ring It doesn t play all that much like a sequel 
3
Creed II
Moira MacDonald
It s always fun to decry a formulaic movie except when the formula actually works 
3
Creed II
Mark Dujsik
The whole of the film directed by Steven Caple Jr is a subtle progression away from the past 
3
Creed II
James Berardinelli
By playing things too safe it loses the power and spontaneity that gave Creed its energy and drive 
2
Creed II
Sean P. Means
Stallone s lovably tough Rocky is as solid as ever and Jordan and Thompson make a ferocious couple 
3.5
Creed II
Brian Truitt
Although Creed 2 doesn t have the same rousing magic as the last chapter it offers intriguing parallel plots of fathers and sons trying to find redemption after loss 
3
Creed II
Mick LaSalle
Merely adopting a formula is easy that happens all too often Investing in a formula making it breathe that s the challenge and Creed II meets it 
3
Creed II
Chris Hewitt
Creed II deftly pulls together threads from all of the Rocky movies underscoring that it s time to acknowledge that Sylvester Stallone s Rocky Balboa is one of the greatest of all Hollywood characters 
3.5
Creed II
Johnny Oleksinski
Thompson gives a performance just as sensitive and strong willed as her last and her chemistry with Jordan is even greater this time Jordan continues to impress navigating the emotional territory of the movie better than Stallone ever did 
3
Creed II
Robert Daniels
Creed II may not advance Adonis story but it s still a good Rocky film nonetheless 
3
Creed II
Roger Moore
Wearying rehash
1.5
Creed II
Michael Phillips
Dolph Lundgren in close up in various moods of granite determination and unexpected emotional thawing qualifies as this sequel s most legit surprise 
2.5
Creed II
Odie Henderson
Creed II falls victim to the sins of sequelitis it s bigger louder and more grandiose than its predecessor yet manages to right itself by not losing focus on the humanity of its central characters 
3
Creed II
Joey Magidson
What easily could have tarnished what s come before instead movingly builds on it This is one of the ten best films of 2018 unlikely as that may seem 
3.5
Creed II
Sam C. Mac
Creed II is absent of both the topically political atmosphere of Rocky IV and the bravura action of Ryan Coogler s Creed 
2
Creed II
Mara Reinstein
It s a familiar sequel in which audiences will be able to anticipate every single narrative punch 
2.5
Creed II
Rafer Guzman
Creed II may not be the freshest entry in the franchise but it s a solid sports drama that makes the most of its soulful young star Michael B Jordan 
3
Who Invited Charlie?
Mark Dujsik
Something feels incomplete or slightly off in Who Invited Charlie 63 44 an otherwise good natured comedy 46 46 46 
2.5
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Sasha Frere-Jones
It s not just that it seems to be legal to murder people for profit there s also no particular social stigma in being a murderer if you sit a few floors up from the workers 
3.5
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Erik Childress
Tragedy in the name of corporate malfeasance leads to some familiar documentation but when the modern version of HAL 9000 enters the picture it becomes a downright horror film 
3
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Isaac Feldberg
Downfall is rigorously reported and short on melodramatic flourish instead presenting the facts with a cold furious clarity that better suits its subject 
3.5
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Mark Dujsik
Kennedy s movie unintentionally leaves us with a lot more questions which it bypasses for the easier more direct route 
2.5
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Lisa Trifone
By digging deep into Boeings corporate history and exploring when and how the company fundamentally changed its approach to production design and safety standards the film provides a context for how we got hereand how to ensure it never happens again 
3
Better Off Dead
James Berardinelli
There s a potentially edgy aspect to Better Off Dead s comedy that s never fully realized 
2
Better Off Dead
Peter Canavese
Full of goofy ironies and while it ain t Molire it is a pretty great entry in the teen comedy genre Blu ray 
3
Better Off Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hilarious and brilliantly deadpan 
3
Better Off Dead
James Kendrick
A unique kooky gem 
3
Neighbors
Wesley Lovell
An entertaining examination of growing up vs growing old and how neither is necessarily the right thing to do 
3.5
Neighbors
Sonny Bunch
Rose Byrne sporting her natural Australian accent delights as Kelly Between this and Bridesmaids she has shown that she s as funny as any actress working today 
3
Neighbors
David Nusair
Though Nicholas Stoller apos s shortest movie to date 44 Neighbors is as unfocused and undisciplined as anything within the director apos s seriously erratic filmography 46 46 46 
2
Neighbors
Lori Hoffman
Like a series of bad Saturday Night Live sketches you keep hoping that the next bit will find the comedic mojo Instead one s funny bone remains unmoved 
1.5
Neighbors
Mal Vincent
Neighbors the latest of several movies to use that same title attempts yet again to cash in on culture clash of ordinary folks vs wild folks 
2.5
Neighbors
John Beifuss
The brothers of Delta Psi might be projections of the Rogen character s stress and anxiety like the killer children in Cronenberg s The Brood a difference being that the frat bros wield bongs and dildos instead of lethal meat mallets 
2.5
Neighbors
Kam Williams
There s little to recommend about this ugly descent into depravity 
0
Neighbors
Linda Cook
A kind of raunchy coming of age movie about grownups Neighbors touches upon responsibility and the very definition of being an adult 
3
Neighbors
Matt Brunson
Like the beer at a college kegger Neighbors flows smoothly for much of the time only spurting and gasping in those moments when it s been tapped dry 
2.5
Neighbors
Christy Lemire
The young married couple does something cruel and then the idiot frat guys next door respond and back and forth it goes I laughed but not uproariously and not often enough 
2.5
Neighbors
Mike McGranaghan
The big jokes are hilarious and there are a lot of them But the movie s throwaway bits are just as hysterical sometimes even more so 
3.5
Neighbors
Michael Dequina
The fearlessly energetic Byrne is ready to have a breakout comic starring vehicle to call her own 
3
Neighbors
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Nicholas Stoller s first feature Forgetting Sarah Marshall created a deft balance of characters and laughs but in Neighbors that balance is off 
2.5
Neighbors
Lisa Kennedy
As as tensions escalate Teddy and Peter s partnership proves just as central and perhaps more vulnerable than Mac and Kelly s Score one for growing up 
3.5
Neighbors
Liam Lacey
Rogen s always a dominating presence but Byrne who showed her comic chops in Bridesmaids comes close to stealing the movie here in an uncorked performance full of volatile liberating mischief 
2.5
Neighbors
Jason Buchanan
In the end Neighbors is one of those disappointing comedies that was probably more fun to make than it is to watch 
2.5
Neighbors
Carla Meyer
Neighbors contains some hilarious sight gags But other moments get lost in director Nicholas Stoller s inundation of retaliatory scenes punctuated by shaky camera work and frat house strobe lights 
2
Neighbors
John Serba
We don t ask much of films like Neighbors If we laugh between a dozen and 20 times it s a success 
3
Neighbors
Susan Wloszczyna
I miss the days when comedy scripts were lovingly honed with dialogue that sang not stuttered But at least Stoller manages to avoid many of the clichs of the raunchy bromance genre 
2.5
Neighbors
Rob Thomas
Its demographic double play aside Neighbors is very good at blending its two kinds of comedy frathouse raunch and new parent angst together into a tight and consistently funny package 
3
Neighbors
Willie Waffle
Has some funny moments but it s not a great movie 
1.5
Neighbors
Peter Howell
Fortunately Rogen and Byrne make for an appealingly frazzled and conflicted couple 
2.5
Neighbors
David Hiltbrand
It s the most rollicking frat comedy since Revenge of the Nerds II Miss you Booger 
3
Neighbors
Mark Dujsik
The film s structure may be piecemeal but the desperate absurdity and absurd desperation of these characters carry it 
3
Neighbors
Peter Canavese
All about the riff larky and goofy and if you can meet Neighbors in that place and assuming you have a tolerance for raunchy R rated comedy you can get a nice buzz off of it 
2.5
Neighbors
Robert Levin
Sometimes a relatively mindless slapstick comedy hits home With such talent involved here though it s fair to expect something more 
2
Neighbors
Dustin Putman
Anyone can throw a stream of broad raunchy jokes onto the screen and hope they stick but if there is a real story identifiable characters and a beating heart behind them it can smooth over the occasional slack gag and rambling pacing 
2.5
Neighbors
James Berardinelli
There s no doubt the filmmakers want to make us laugh but in doing so they also touch upon a theme that many older viewers will find familiar the rite of passage from a college party animal to the responsible role of a father or mother 
3
Neighbors
David Berry
It lacks some of the left field comic surprise of last year s This Is The End but if you re the kind of person who s happy to watch Rogen do his thing he fits into fatherhood surprisingly well 
3
Neighbors
Claudia Puig
Neighbors is the Animal House for an era in which food fights seem quaint 
3
Neighbors
Moira MacDonald
The most shocking thing about the hard R comedy Neighbors is that surprise it s actually rather endearing 
3
Neighbors
Rafer Guzman
Though not as comedically energetic or culturally incisive as it could be the movie squeaks by thanks to the camaraderie of an unlikely duo Seth Rogen and Zac Efron 
2.5
Neighbors
Peter Travers
You expect hardcore hilarity from Neighbors and you get it It s the nuance that sneaks up on you 
3
Neighbors
Ty Burr
Neighbors represents something of a watershed the moment when all those Judd Apatow bad boys tremble on the edge of maturity look back and see the soulless face of a younger generation gaining on them 
3
Neighbors
Rene Rodriguez
Neighbors is rude brazen and merrily offensive and the movie mines the homoerotic undertones of fraternities to fine if lowbrow comic effect But Efron of all people gives the film a curious edge 
3
Neighbors
Dann Gire
Rogen eeks out one more successful variation of his stock immature protagonist Byrne is an unexpected delight as a fiercely committed foul mouthed mother who spits swear words with the force of bullets 
3
Neighbors
Brad Keefe
Bros if you re reading this you are gonna love this movie 
2
Neighbors
Jon Niccum
What actually resonates is the relationship between Rogen and Byrne They completely nail the love hate dynamic of new parents who view their 30s as both a fresh chapter and a death sentence 
2.5
Neighbors
Joe Williams
Neighbors is a showcase for Rogen and a coming out party for Byrne It s a party where we want to stay until we re dragged out kicking and screaming 
3.5
Neighbors
Mick LaSalle
When Rogen and Efron face off against each other you feel that you re looking at two characters with everything on the line It s funnier because it s more real 
3
Neighbors
Michael Phillips
One part smart one part stupid and three parts jokes about body parts the extremely raunchy Neighbors is a strange success story 
3
Neighbors
Ann Hornaday
Neighbors will no doubt reward audiences who demand little more than a few broad easy laughs to be entertained which after all describes most filmgoers these days 
2
Neighbors
Chris Hewitt
For a movie that gets as much mileage as it does out of sex and vomit jokes Neighbors is surprisingly smart about how people behave in uncomfortable situations 
3
Neighbors
Cathy Jakicic
Many scenes in Neighbors are genuinely funny others are really gross Many are both But in the end the movie s tone and humor are pretty uneven 
2.5
Neighbors
Kyle Smith
Neighbors seems to have originated in a butcher shop It stars a slab of beef and features a whole lot of sausage jokes To me it looks like a turkey but it seems poised to bring home the bacon 
2
Neighbors
Matt Pais
This is a funny ass movie And yes the use of the term funny ass is completely justified here 
3
Neighbors
Eric Henderson
The promo materials implore viewers to vote either TeamFrat or TeamFamily on Twitter though the audience is way more likely to be split between TeamPecEfron and TeamByrneBoobsplosion 
2
Neighbors
Jocelyn Noveck
At a certain point the movie starts to feel like an extended Saturday Night Live skit with not much concern for narrative progression But few people will complain 
3
Neighbors
Roger Moore
An Animal House for the Hangover era that doesn t give you quite the same buzz
2.5
Neighbors
Mara Reinstein
In terms of fun it ranks somewhere between a friendly game of beer pong and a raucous toga party 
2.5
Brazen
Randy Myers
Brazen is worth no more than a laugh or two And it s not a comedy 
1.5
Brazen
Roger Moore
TV 14 Might as well be making a Christmas prince movie for the gift card channel 
1.5
Brazen
Kevin Carr
There s just way too many silly things going on 
1.5
Brazen
Mick LaSalle
It s not boring bad but flashy bad It s not I m sick of this already It s I can t believe what I m looking at 
1
42 Up
Ed Gonzalez
Two subjects acknowledge their conjoined lifeline become best friends and as a result a life is forever changed 
3
42 Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even knowing what the project was and how it was being carried out was enough to impress me without even seeing it But seeing one of the films adds a depth that one can hardly imagine 
4
42 Up
Jeff Vice
What s emerged is not only a continually fascinating portrait of the interviewees it s also a moving sociological portrait of England and everyday life 
3.5
42 Up
Edward Guthmann
At its best the Up series does what art is meant to do It binds us to others helps us to identify our feelings and reminds us of our shared humanity 
4
42 Up
Roger Ebert
This series should be sealed in a time capsule It is on my list of the 10 greatest films of all time and is a noble use of the medium 
4
42 Up
Steve Rhodes
The series is the longest running documentary in the history of the cinema And the best 
3.5
42 Up
James Berardinelli
There s something incredibly simple yet profound about what Apted has done with this series It s an amazing achievement not only is it a sociological masterpiece but it s a fine example of how real life drama can often be more compelling than fiction 
3.5
The Crimson Cult
Matt Brunson
Better direction would have benefited a film that nevertheless offers modest thrills for genre devotees 
2.5
Hugo
Brian Eggert
In its own way 44 more even than addressing M 233 li 232 s 8217 history within a fictional story 44 Scorsese preserves film by delivering a picture that will not soon be forgotten 46 
4
Hugo
Mattie Lucas
Two hours of remarkable cinema that is dare I say it truly magical Somehow I think Melies would have been proud 
4
Hugo
Kelly Jane Torrance
It can t be counted a modern classic like so many of Scorsese s other films But it s a charming flight of fancy if not for children then for their parents who are still young at heart 
3
Hugo
David Keyes
A gorgeous moving and amorous love letter to the very cinema it is born from and a celebration of the youthful wonder that is concealed in everyone yes even those of us resolved to the cynicism of adult thinking 
4
Hugo
Roger Moore
A children s film for grownups grownup film buffs 
3
Hugo
Jeff Beck
Scorsese is a master storyteller and one of the best directors working today He doesn t need a gimmick like 3 D to prove this His films speak more than enough for themselves and Hugo is no exception 
3.5
Hugo
James Kendrick
a paean to the birth and continual rebirth of movie magic
3.5
Hugo
Jay Antani
the most soulful most personal fiction film in Scorsese s career
3
Hugo
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a miraculous achievement that during this home stretch engages on levels and in ways few other films can admit to and as such makes a decided case to be considered as one of the year s finest achievements 
3.5
Hugo
Perry Seibert
Hugo is movie that will probably appeal more to hardcore film nerds than to nine year olds unless of course that youngster will grow into a movie geek If that s the case Hugo will be a touchstone in their cinematic development 
3.5
Hugo
Scott Nash
Behind the horrible marketing lies a brilliant movie 
3.5
Hugo
Josh Larsen
Scorsese has pulled out all the stops and keeps yanking 
2
Hugo
Mike Scott
An utterly beautiful film both visually and emotionally and itself an enchanting gift from Scorsese to film fans everywhere 
4
Hugo
Mike McGranaghan
Hugo is a master filmmaker s gift to children It teaches in an age appropriate way why movies are important and why it s essential that we take care of them One of Scorsese s best 
4
Hugo
Randy Myers
The film demands patience from children and adults alike in fact it s simply too slow for young viewers but like great literature if you immerse yourself in it the rewards are plentiful 
3.5
Hugo
Lori Hoffman
Martin Scorsese unleashes his devotion to the magic of movies with a zeal that is enchanting 8233 
3.5
Hugo
Tyler Hanley
Director Martin Scorsese s well documented affection for all things cinema has never been more evident than in the enchanting and imaginative Hugo 
3.5
Hugo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It sounds a bit strange to say this about the man who gave us Taxi Driver Raging Bull and so many other classics of hardcore machismo but Martin Scorsese s new movie Hugo is delightful 
4
Hugo
John Beifuss
Something very rare a celebration of past achievement that doesn t succumb to nostalgia 
3.5
Hugo
Bob Bloom
Hugo is a movie that children will enjoy adults will admire and film buffs will cheer It is a movie that will surprise and delight you with its wonder and awe 
4
Hugo
Glenn Lovell
a phantasmagorical fusion of Oliver Twist and Edward Scissorhands but in the end it feels pedantic and like Méliès robot proves a wondrous contraption motorized by a spring driven heart 
3
Hugo
Matt Brunson
Hugo is a work steeped in cinema lore drunk on the fumes of a bygone era yet canny enough to channel its nostalgia through modern innovations 
3.5
Hugo
John Wirt
Martin Scorsese s affecting gorgeously rendered 3 D debut is one of the best films of this year and any other year 
4
Hugo
James Berardinelli
It s a fairy tale for mature viewers but the airy exterior hides emotional depth 
3.5
Hugo
Eric Melin
Hugo is a potent argument for films being the realization of dreams There are real moments of danger clear consequences and sympathetic characters all around so when tears come at the end of the movie they feel earned 
3.5
Hugo
Robert Levin
The film is really about Scorsese sharing with us on a deep visceral level his extraordinary affection for the medium that s his passion his profession his everything 
4
Hugo
Gary Thompson
A movie for grown up film buffs but one children can enjoy so long as they don t mind a history lesson on the founding fathers of cinema complete with 3 D visual aids 
3
Hugo
John Anderson
Although it brings Scorsese together with people and techniques he hasn t worked with before it also touches on themes close to his heart the birth of cinema and its preservation 
3
Hugo
Alison Gang
Hugo is as much a tribute to the medium that gave Scorsese life as it is to the magical world Selznick created in his illustrated book 
3.5
Hugo
Liam Lacey
Scorsese s film is a richly illustrated lesson in cinema history and the best argument for 3 D since James Cameron s Avatar 
4
Hugo
Ann Hornaday
If ever the movie gods were to smile on an adaptation it would be Scorsese s take on Selznick s bestselling book a valentine to the cinematic artists whose work the filmmaker has toiled so tirelessly to champion and preserve 
3
Hugo
Kyle Smith
It s as if David Copperfield wandered into a History of Film lecture Maybe it isn t a great idea to wait till you re nearly 70 to make your first kid movie 
2
Hugo
Steven Rea
A state of the art affair an epic adaptation of Selznick s pretty epic itself tome full of dazzling visuals and rapturous tributes to Méliès and the magic of movies 
3
Hugo
Peter Howell
Movie magic hangs in the air of Martin Scorsese s Hugo much like the steam and dust that fills almost every frame 
2.5
Hugo
Phil Villarreal
A slow starter Hugo gradually evolves into a grand celebration of the art of filmmaking that rivals anything of its ilk including Cenema Paradiso and Day for Night 
3.5
Hugo
Mark Dujsik
Here is a special film overflowing with unanticipated delights 
4
Hugo
Dustin Putman
Extravagant but unpretentious a touching fable with a thoughtful message and eye candy galore It s one of the year s richest entertainments 
3.5
Hugo
Chris Hewitt
Scorsese has skillfully reimagined the book in a way that could bring early film classics alive for young people 
3
Hugo
Soren Andersen
An endearing homage to a pioneering master of the movie medium Georges Méliès from that most masterful modern day moviemaker Martin Scorsese 
3
Hugo
Duane Dudek
Hugo is a miracle of storytelling and technology 
4
Hugo
Kent Turner
Scorsese makes an eloquent plea to remember the past When a character in the film remarks that movies are where dreams are made it s no mere boast 
3.5
Hugo
Mick LaSalle
Ultimately the biggest disappointment of Hugo is that it fails to make the case for 3 D as a legitimate tool for the serious filmmaker 
2
Hugo
Ty Burr
Yes Hugo is a family film and yes your children and your inner child stand to be enraptured but the family Scorsese really made this for is the 100 year old tribe of watchers in the dark 
4
Hugo
Matt Soergel
One of the rare films where 3D is worth the money and those ugly glasses However that s far from the only thing to recommend about his family friendly heck human friendly story 
4
Hugo
Matt Pais
Recognizes the fragility of youth while affectionately saying Believe it or not kids your parents had lives before you came along And they went to the movies too 
3
Hugo
Joe Williams
Scorsese s Hugo is a hugely ambitious and wholly satisfying feat It s a living lesson in movie magic wrapped in a classic kiddie flick 
3.5
Hugo
Rene Rodriguez
It s as much of a personal Scorsese picture as Raging Bull or Taxi Driver In some ways this could be his most heartfelt movie 
3
Hugo
Michael Phillips
Hugo is big and it exists mainly to dazzle but its storytelling ambitions are more modest I enjoyed it more than many a later Scorsese picture 
3
Hugo
Joe Lozito
If Martin Scorsese is going to do a family friendly film in 3D it should be no surprise that it turns out to be a visually stunning if ponderous and over long tribute to nothing short of the invention of cinema 
3
Hugo
Phil Coldiron
What makes this Scorsese s best film since The Age of Innocence is the curious view he takes of both this boy and the sea of artifice in which he s set adrift 
3
Hugo
Stephen Whitty
This isn t a stuffy exercise for movie buffs It s a real and touching story full of childlike wonder 
3.5
Hugo
Roger Ebert
Hugo is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made and yet possibly the closest to his heart a big budget family epic in 3 D and in some ways a mirror of his own life 
4
Hugo
Ann Lewinson
A plea for film preservation made in the medium that s killing it Hugo unwittingly proves that old movies really were better 
2.5
Hugo
Peter Travers
Hugo emerges as a spectacular adventure for film lovers of all ages 
3.5
Delta
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A putatively humanistic film that succeeds more indelibly as a mythic image poem 
2.5
Delta
Rick Groen
For all its lofty thematic intentions this thing has precious little to say 
2
The Crash Reel
Chris Hewitt
Surprising and moving it s a nonfiction wonder 
3.5
The Crash Reel
Adam Nayman
The hook of The Crash Reel is that it s about the rivalry between two famous American snowboarders but in reality Lucy Walker s slickly produced documentary is about one man s ongoing battle with himself on and off the slopes 
3
The Crash Reel
Calum Marsh
Walker s strategy yields drama on par with a scripted thriller But what s missing I think is a moral sense 
2
The Crash Reel
Chris Knight
Even as one participant notes cynically that the crowds come for the crashes it s apparent that this is not the purpose of the footage in the film The larger story is too tragic for that 
3
The Crash Reel
Marsha McCreadie
The tale of a modern day Icarus His wings didn t melt but his brain cracked He lived but he learned to question the trip 
4
The Crash Reel
Linda Barnard
Much more than a sports film Lucy Walker s Oscar shortlisted The Crash Reel is a thrilling inspiring yet cautionary tale about extreme sports that never trades on sentiment 
3.5
The Crash Reel
Chuck Bowen
It compellingly captures a family wrestling mightily with the riddles and contradictions of a culture that promotes achievement at all costs with little thought as to what that actually means 
3
When a Man Loves a Woman
Roger Ebert
Here is a wise and ambitious film about the way alcoholism affects the fabric of a marriage 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Brian Eggert
Scorsese depicts an intriguing and marvelously loathsome human beast in its natural setting 44 where the verdict on its judgment lies in the hands of its audience 46 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Matt Brunson
The weakest of the five collaborations between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio There s little here that expands on corporate raider Gordon Gekko s mantra that Greed is good 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Sonny Bunch
If one watches this film and thinks Scorsese has crafted it to exculpate rather than expose the behavior of Jordan Belfort well one has rather missed the point 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Alissa Wilkinson
Belfort is in the wrong That s for sure But to walk away and not realize we re at least a little complicit too would be foolhardy 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Clayton Davis
Terence Winter s script is a natural and well oiled machine that produces the words of a demigod You couldn t make these things up 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Brad Keefe
It s another variation on Scorsese s favorite kind of a story the rise and fall In this case he and frequent collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio go on a full out cinematic bender 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
David Keyes
Plays less as an insightful critique and more as an exercise in indulgence 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Sam Fragoso
There s a good chance that by the conclusion of Martin Scorsese s intoxicating raucous and shamelessly depraved The Wolf of Wall Street you re going to want to cleanse yourself through prayer charity or whatever it is that you do to feel virtuous 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jay Antani
Absorbing performances stylistic wit a lacerating and subversive sense of humor The Wolf of Wall Street delivers all of these in spades
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
James Kendrick
No one generates narrative momentum quite like Scorsese when he s in his element and The Wolf of Wall Street provides the kind of meaty material into which he can really sink his aesthetic claws 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dann Gire
Merry Christmas everyone Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have a special present waiting for us at the movie theaters It s titled The Wolf of Wall Street 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Linda Cook
Scorsese s solid The Wolf of Wall Street based on the true story of a white collar criminal s excesses would have been even better if it weren t so excessive 
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Glenn Lovell
overlong repetitive and like The Departed too often partakes of self parody It s almost as if Scorsese in his rush to sate every sophomoric urge ceded the reins to shock jock Howard Stern 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
David Nusair
both a massive disappointment and a missed opportunity 
2
The Wolf of Wall Street
Eric Melin
A cynical nasty satire about humans regressing to infantile levels I would love for it to be the final insane word on indecent power hungry Wall Street behavior but you and I both know that probably won t be the case so trust me it s okay to laugh 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
John Serba
Scorsese directs with propulsive purpose feeding off DiCaprio s manic energy Their work is fierce and unforgettable 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Dequina
No less than a brazenly brash and unabashed middle finger to any and all genteel expectations and sensibilities 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Mike McGranaghan
Wickedly funny smart as a whip and immensely perceptive The Wolf of Wall Street shows that being addicted to money is every bit as damaging as addiction to substances sex or anything else 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
John Beifuss
Taxi Driver diagnosed American sickness as interior and hellish while Wolf suggests the sickness has spread outward until the culture has become all but immune to the pangs of conscience and shame 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most impressive for its reckless monstrous motion fueled by energy exciting and rotten 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Bob Bloom
The Wolf of Wall Street is a bacchanal barrage of booze broads and blow that will have you laughing or shaking your head because of its cynically unabashed exuberance 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Perry Seibert
The Wolf of Wall Street is a hilarious angry and scathing indictment of greed It s so funny you might not notice how deep it cuts 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Lisa Kennedy
It s hard not to feel there is a better revisit of Scorsese s crime gem already in theaters David O Russell s American Hustle 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Mick LaSalle
Though Raging Bull must still go down as Martin Scorsese s greatest achievement The Wolf of Wall Street makes the race for No 2 a lot more interesting 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stephen Whitty
Why would a man cheat people out of millions and then spend it on hookers ludes and stupid pranks Hey why wouldn t you 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of the most entertaining films ever made about loathsome men 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Mara Reinstein
Imagine walking into a blow the roof off party Naked ladies galore Pills popped like Tic Tacs A game involving a dwarf and a bull s eye Crazy fun for a while right But then you re stuck there with a bunch of jerks For three hours 
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Mark Dujsik
Scorsese doesn t actively condemn these characters in the way a traditional moralist would He allows the characters to damn themselves 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Willie Waffle
It s Margot Robbie who emerges as the biggest star in The Wolf Of Wall Street 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Smith
Excess for the sake of excess on the part of Scorsese and it s a bore 
1.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Duane Dudek
DiCaprio captures this cynical and unsympathetic character effortlessly and Jonah Hill provides crude comic relief as his nebbishy partner in crime 
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Moira MacDonald
As Jordan Belfort a New York stockbroker who spent years cheerfully defrauding investors DiCaprio is positively reptilian he spits out his lines with a nasty glee You re both horrified and enchanted by this creature a monster in Armani 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Ty Burr
It s like Goodfellas only slightly more legal which is very much the point 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Joe Williams
Scorsese as always knows exactly what he is doing Although it s long the movie is never less than entertaining 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
James Berardinelli
Scorsese presents Belfort as a charismatic Caligula He is an endlessly fascinating character who holds viewers attention from beginning to end 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Sean P. Means
Scorsese moves through this cavalcade of bad behavior like a kid in a candy store 
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Rene Rodriguez
The Wolf of Wall Street isn t a celebration of bad behavior It s a condemnation 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Peter Canavese
Rests comfortably alongside Scorsese s masterpieces Goodfellas and Casino but carries a sting that even they don t by examining the most acceptable yet most rapacious of criminal swindles 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Chris Knight
It becomes unclear who has too many balls in the air the character of Belfort or the film s director Either way there s a crash waiting to happen 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Ann Hornaday
The Wolf of Wall Street remains one note even at is most outré an episodic portrait of rapaciousness in which decadence escalates into debauchery escalates into depravity but miraculously not death 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Chris Hewitt
It s showy but it doesn t amount to much 
2
The Wolf of Wall Street
Carla Meyer
Overlong by an hour and overindulgent by infinity Martin Scorsese s The Wolf of Wall Street entertains at times but mostly numbs 
2
The Wolf of Wall Street
Peter Howell
If you re down with a character arc that s as short as a crack pipe and equally resistant to temperance then Martin Scorsese s latest picture is your chance to howl 
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Liam Lacey
Oh my my Martin Scorsese s The Wolf of Wall Street is outrageous an offense against modesty a shameless celebration of bad conduct 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jon Niccum
There s a certain hollowness to Scorsese s rags to riches to plea bargaining tales A hangover quality It s less noticeable in Wolf because of the sheer force of DiCaprio s portrayal 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Steven Rea
As thrilling a filmmaker as Martin Scorsese continues to be and as wild a performance as Leonardo DiCaprio dishes up as its morally bankrupt master of the universe The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessary 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jeff Beck
The Wolf of Wall Street may have flaws holding it back from being considered one of Scorsese s greats but it s still a fine film featuring great performances a snappy screenplay and outstanding direction 
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dustin Putman
Darkly funny sexually explicit and fearlessly disturbing all at once anchored by Leonardo DiCaprio in a deliriously brilliant performance 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jessica Herndon
Digging into deep pocket gluttony Martin Scorsese s dark comedy The Wolf of Wall Street highlights a world rich in drugs fast cars and private jets The American dream is amplified yet those indulging in it are never satisfied 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Phillips
Scorsese s camera energizes all he can in every way he can as a propulsive filmmaker But around the 80 minute mark the bullet train of a protagonist begins to run in circles however maniacally 
2
The Wolf of Wall Street
Rafer Guzman
Martin Scorsese s epic tale of debauchery feels overlong and sometimes misses its mark but it s the director s raunchiest funniest film yet 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Matt Pais
Mindle entertainment 
2.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Randy Myers
Whether he s on the phone luring someone to send him a check for a dicey investment or flopping around the floor after ingesting too many quaaludes DiCaprio hits the jackpot 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Josh Larsen
The timing is off in a macro sense 
1.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Roger Moore
Fun amoral and excessive especially in length
3
The Wolf of Wall Street
Claudia Puig
Like Scorsese s After Hours it s absurdly funny though more akin to Goodfellas in substance and structure 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Robert Levin
The film s attitude is embedded in its form in the way it holds nothing back with Scorsese utilizing every tool at his disposal to offer an existential portrait of hedonism 
3.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Peter Travers
Working with a gutsy script by The Sopranos Terence Winter Scorsese is jabbing hard at America s jackpot culture The laughs are merciless and nonstop every one with a sting in its tail 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Rex Reed
The sets are ravishing The cinematography dazzles There s so much going on that you don t blink for fear that you might miss something 
4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Lou Lumenick
Handsome sporadically amusing and admittedly never boring but also bloated redundant vulgar shapeless and pointless 
1.5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Eric Henderson
Martin Scorsese s keyed up irreverent tone frequently fails to distinguish itself from the grunting arias sung by the oily paragons of commerce his film evidently intended to deflate 
2
Tiptoes
Roger Moore
A title that shall live in infamy 
1
Tiptoes
David Nusair
never quite becomes as bad as it sounds primarily thanks to the expectedly stellar performances 
2.5
Back in Time
Mike McGranaghan
While hardly revelatory for diehard fans there s nonetheless a lot of fun information provided here 
3
The Girl King
Brad Wheeler
Gadon as the sheet warming lady in waiting is given little to do but look naive and dumbstruck 
2
Brutal
David Nusair
comes off as a thoroughly unpleasant piece of work right from the get go 
.5
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
David Nusair
a deliberate yet mostly engrossing drama 
3.5
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Rainmaker is easily the best of the Grisham movies so far and it has touches of excellence but it s a routine work 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Ruthe Stein
Coppola adapted the novel himself and he s done a good job of paring it down 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Mike Clark
Voight proves again what a great character actor he s become by stealing the film as a country club type defense lawyer with a julep tongue 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Chris Hicks
In the end this is crowd pleasing entertainment 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Marty Mapes
It s no classic but it s worth seeing 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Janet Maslin
Despite Mr Coppola s taste for moodier and more eclectic material this mainstream opportunity pays off 
3.5
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Roger Ebert
Francis Ford Coppola who wrote and directed the film has made the most of Grisham s ground level realism 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
James Berardinelli
The intelligence and subtlety of The Rainmaker took me by surprise 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Michael Dequina
The best Grisham film yet mostly because it does not take itself too seriously 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Steve Rhodes
You ll probably guess most of the twists in the story but you ll have fun watching them anyway Voight s reptilian performance alone is worth the price of admission 
3
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Madeleine Williams
With numerous entertaining subplots plenty of well thought out characters brought to life by talented actors and an invigorating trial what more do you want from a Grisham film 
3.5
Whirlpool
David Nusair
a sporadically trashy thoroughly absurd murder mystery 
2.5
One Child Nation
Jeff Mitchell
A brutal must see history lesson 
3.5
One Child Nation
Sean P. Means
Wang draws out painful details from her interview subjects as they talk about their complicity and their tacit approval of the One Child Policy 
4
One Child Nation
Josh Terry
The sum total is a film that pairs excellent content with engaging storytelling While the film tends to lean hard on the side of criticism it s interesting to note Nanfu Wang s inclusion of perspectives that support the one child policy 
3.5
One Child Nation
Cate Marquis
One Child Nation is a revelatory documentary no one should miss 
3.5
One Child Nation
Bob Bloom
One Child Nation is a movie about a war one that a government perpetrated upon its own people to ensure its longevity This barbaric and ruthless feature will leave you cringing 
4
One Child Nation
Peter Keough
Wang hopes her film will serve to bear witness to the suffering of this shameful period now being purged from the collective memory with Nineteen Eighty Four like efficiency 
3
One Child Nation
Steven Prokopy
Easily one of the finest and most unnerving documentaries you ll see all year 
3.5
One Child Nation
Anita Katz
One Child Nation is an informative affecting and important film that solidly documents a dark bit of Chinese history that needs remembering 
3.5
One Child Nation
Michael Phillips
In a very full and riveting 85 minutes One Child Nation assembles a huge story together from many small crucial pieces 
4
One Child Nation
Mark Jenkins
This is an important film if often a difficult one to watch 
3.5
One Child Nation
Glenn Kenny
What we learn is fascinating and troubling albeit within a narrow range 
3
One Child Nation
Peter Howell
More horrifying than any screamer you ll see this year 
3.5
One Child Nation
Chuck Bowen
Rich in intimate detail the film attains a more epic power as it burrows deeper into the effects of China s one child policy 
3
Everybody's All-American
Dave Kehr
The characters are simply postulated given whole from the start there s no depth or development in the performances and each scene exists only to make a single plot point 
2
Everybody's All-American
Desmond Ryan
Apart from a performance of mesmerizing authority and conviction from Quaid in an arena usually littered with more cliches Hackford s movie has the courage to start where most films about our national passion for sport leave off 
3
Everybody's All-American
Gene Siskel
Lange handicapped by a much too broad choice of Southern accents does not disappear as easily into her character She seems to be playing someone beneath her 
2.5
Everybody's All-American
Candice Russell
Movies don t come more superficial than Everybody s All American 
1
Everybody's All-American
Walter Chaw
beautiful and shallow
1.5
Everybody's All-American
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film we not only feel we know these people we feel we know them too well and would like to make some new friends 
2
Kurt & Courtney
Steven Rea
Kurt and Courtney is an entertaining swim through the muck of the rock underworld But as journalism it s an utterly sloppy piece of work 
2.5
Kurt & Courtney
David Bianculli
We do get a strong sense that Love is a loose cannon with a short fuse But in a freewheeling documentary about a drug addled rock star couple that hardly qualifies as a news flash 
1.5
Kurt & Courtney
Greg Kot
We re left with only one credible impression of Courtney Love That she is incredibly ambitious What a shock 
2
Kurt & Courtney
Patrick MacDonald
You know little more about the subject when you leave the theater as when you came in 
2.5
Kurt & Courtney
Ann Hornaday
This is a dirty piece of work and everyone it touches especially audiences deserved better 
0
Kurt & Courtney
Maitland McDonagh
UK shockumentarian Nick Broomfield s investigation into the death of rock idol Kurt Cobain exudes a near irresistible freak show fascination 
3
Kurt & Courtney
Roger Ebert
In all of Broomfield s films you meet people you can hardly believe exist 
3
Kurt & Courtney
Matt Prigge
Not only does Kurt and Courtney get nowhere on the murder rap it too harshly aims scrutiny in the direction of Courtney making a vicious but one dimensional attack at her character 
2.5
Kurt & Courtney
Edward Guthmann
When Kurt and Courtney veers into speculation and gives voice to bizarre and unreliable witnesses it reeks of tabloid excess 
2
Miles From Home
Roger Ebert
A movie about the farm crisis that is sometimes too contrived but finally very moving as the story of an angry reaction to the squeeze on small farmers 
3
Demigod
Roger Moore
So bad that I grew weary of mocking it Approach at your own peril 
1
Day Night Day Night
Duane Dudek
It is small of scale budget and even of intentions But like any act of the unthinkable it looms large in the imagination 
3.5
Day Night Day Night
Bill Stamets
Loktev creates a minimalist study of unfathomable faith 
4
Day Night Day Night
Phil Villarreal
In striving to nail down every excruciating detail of how an attack might take place Loktev squanders forward momentum 
2.5
Day Night Day Night
Sean P. Means
An unflinching look uncomfortably up close and personal at a young woman determined to go through actions that we know must end badly 
3
Day Night Day Night
Jeff Vice
The film s format and style dictate that she has to hold our interest throughout sometimes without dialogue 
2.5
Day Night Day Night
John Anderson
Director Loktev provokes in her audience an involuntary shudder because we realize that whether an act is madness or inspiration really depends on what side you re on 
3.5
Day Night Day Night
Jack Mathews
Inspired by an actual event in her native Russia current New Yorker Julia Loktev s Day Night Day Night offers a chillingly effective look at the ease with which a suicide bomber could wreak havoc on U S soil specifically in Times Square 
3
Day Night Day Night
Ken Fox
Filmmaker Julia Loktev s taut harrowing drama chronicles two days and nights of one of our darkest contemporary fears a young woman who for reasons never stated decides to turn herself into a human bomb 
2.5
Day Night Day Night
V.A. Musetto
Too much information would only get in the way and lessen this compelling film s evocation of dread 
3
Day Night Day Night
Kam Williams
Shrouded by a haunting pall which permeates the picture throughout the movie is more interested in examining the mindset of a maniacal Muslim with her finger on the trigger than with the plight of her potential victims 
4
Day Night Day Night
Wesley Morris
This is a movie that s better left unexplained since part of what is so breathtaking is Loktev s strength as a storyteller and Williams s expressiveness as an actor 
4
Day Night Day Night
David Nusair
there s something strangely fascinating about all of this 
3
Day Night Day Night
Jim Hemphill
Essential viewing 
4
Day Night Day Night
Ed Gonzalez
Like United 93 Day Night Day Night exploits our post 9 11 anxieties 
2
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Peter Canavese
Pleasingly evokes the days when Roddy McDowall frolicked with Flicka and Lassie but it must be said that a CGI pet is not quite so easy to love as a flesh and blood performer animal or human 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Linda Cook
Tis a great beastie and not a wee pig this time around 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
John Beifuss
It doesn t condescend to kids its themes and narrative structure are fairly sophisticated 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Peter T. Chattaway
The film does affirm the basic message of the best kind of fairy tale as with water so with other things there is more to this world than what we see on the surface 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Jonathan W. Hickman
One of the strengths of The Water Horse is that it doesn t compromise and keeps things real even with the fantastical elements 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Daniel M. Kimmel
a bit too calculated and reliant on special effects 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Ken Fox
The period detail is evocative Watson and Etel are particularly good and baby Crusoe a computer generated image seamlessly woven into the live action is a slippery little star in his own right 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Geoff Pevere
A tepid CGI enhanced family movie that should delight 6 year olds with a lap full of popcorn 
1.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Chris Hewitt
It s so pleasingly old fashioned that you could almost believe it was made in the World War II era during which it s set 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Tom Keogh
What makes The Water Horse different is its sophisticated wraparound story which initially seems at odds with a computer generated sea beast 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Lisa Kennedy
The film is a triumph of empathy 
4
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s a little corny and somewhat overlong but a sweet sensibility and stirring adventure scenes make The Water Horse Legend of the Deep a welcome gift for anyone looking to keep kids entertained over the holidays 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Jeff Vice
It s the cast that really makes it work
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Ty Burr
The Water Horse moves along at a dutiful clip engaging us without transporting us 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Mack Bates
Everything you want a family film to be clever literate and above all engaging 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Steven Rea
the film looks grand A little too grand for the sappy proceedings 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Claudia Puig
Parents forget about those warbling mischievous chipmunks If you want to take the kids on a delightful animal adventure that you will enjoy as much as they do go see The Water Horse 
3.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Kit Bowen
Not too hard to figure how it all ends up 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Kyle Smith
The average 12 year old will find it slow and predictable 
2
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Rick Groen
Adapted with charming dispatch from the Dick King Smith story 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
John Monaghan
You can t deny the solid performances the meticulous period detail and most importantly the way it refuses to talk down to young audiences 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Jessica Reaves
A sweet familiar story beautifully filmed and lovingly told 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Roger Ebert
Like most British family films Water Horse doesn t dumb down its young characters or insult the intelligence of the audience It has a lot of sly humor 
3.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Josh Larsen
Etel has a wonderful face for the movies it s as shiny as a kid s could be yet also somehow tinged with darkness as if he s busy processing adult concerns 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Steven Winn
It all plays out as you know it must right down to Brian Cox s narrative revelation at the end but that doesn t diminish the sense of satisfaction this gratifying family entertainment delivers 
2.5
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
James Berardinelli
The story is clever and heartwarming enough for the film to work on some level for adults and children although it skews younger Plus the CGI work is competently done 
3
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Sean P. Means
It isn t the child friendly romp you might think 
2
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
David N. Butterworth
By the end of the The Water Horse Russell s film has pretty much morphed into Free Willy IV Lassie Go Home 
2
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Nick Schager
The Water Horse s framing device lends just the right measure of nostalgia and fairy tale wonder 
2.5
Roadside Romeo
Namrata Joshi
Roadside Romeo might mark a big jump forward for Indian animation but it has to find its own place in the sun and grow as a distinct genre than remaining content as an adjunct of Bollywood 
2
Roadside Romeo
Michael Dequina
A case of everything old feeling new again for it is truly a refreshing and boundary pushing entry in the world of feature animation 
3
Man in the Field: The Life and Art of Jim Denevan
Randy Myers
A striking portrait of the artist and chef and how there s a deeper meaning to what being seated at the table means 
3
Cyrano, My Love
Rob Thomas
It s fun in a superficial way but kids don t base your English term papers around this movie 
2.5
Cyrano, My Love
Mark Dujsik
It captures that rebellious hopelessly optimistic and uniquely theatrical spirit of the show needing to go on even when said show hasn t been fully written yet 
3
Cyrano, My Love
Glenn Kenny
As backstage movies go this isn t as profound as Topsy Turvy but it s almost as much fun as Shakespeare in Love 
3
Cyrano, My Love
Derek Smith
The film is imbued with an airless blend of buoyant comedy and soap operatic backstage drama that recalls Shakespeare in Love 
1.5
A Married Woman
Ty Burr
Beauty in this movie is squeezed out of modern life until it fills the cracks between the characters feelings 
4
A Married Woman
David Nusair
a series of nonsensical infuriatingly abstract sequences and interludes 
0
A Married Woman
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A seldom seen masterwork from Jean Luc Godard s most fecund era 
3.5
Era o Hotel Cambridge
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A dynamic docudrama Full review in Spanish 
2
Far From Afghanistan
Michael Atkinson
It remains something of a definitive statement on a runaway global disaster 
3
Mother's Day
Wesley Lovell
Rebecca De Mornay keeps this conventional horror remake alive and kicking with her fierce and terrifying performance 
3
Mother's Day
David Nusair
A rather underwhelming remake 
1.5
Mother's Day
Dustin Putman
Reactions will be split down the middle depending on the viewer s endurance for tough material but no one can say the filmmaker didn t achieve what he set out to 
2.5
Mother's Day
Chuck Bowen
A home invasion film like Mother s Day is elongated coitus interruptus 
0
Mother's Day
Christy Lemire
Notable for a chilling lead performance from Rebecca De Mornay and not much else 
2
War Horse
Brian Eggert
Spielberg delivers an instant classic 44 and one of 2011 8217 s very best films 46 
4
War Horse
Mattie Lucas
Almost as if Spielberg is performing surgery with a sledgehammer constantly bashing the audience over the head with imagery and dialogue tailor made to inform us how to feel at any given moment 
2
War Horse
Kelly Jane Torrance
War Horse is a moving tribute not just to the unsung heroes of the First World War horses but also the men who bravely fought alongside them 
3
War Horse
Jeff Beck
Leave it to the great Steven Spielberg to be able to inject a great deal of heart into a story about a boy and his horse 
3
War Horse
Peter Canavese
How Green Was My Valley How Smart Was My Horse Blu ray 
3
War Horse
Roger Moore
It is a vividly detailed depiction of a time a place and a conflict 
3
War Horse
Sara Michelle Fetters
If any movie released in 2011 screams Oscar Bait louder than Steve Spielberg s War Horse than I haven t seen it 
2.5
War Horse
Rich Heldenfels
In spite of a few moving scenes it s labored too long and too gorgeously shot 
2.5
War Horse
David Nusair
a sporadically electrifying yet terminally uneven and overlong piece of work 
3
War Horse
Linda Cook
A grand spectacle of a movie War Horse is an epic about loyalty friendship and the horrors of war Based on a marvelous book Spielberg delivers a sweeping adventure that will become an instant classic among those who love old fashioned storytelling 
3.5
War Horse
Eric Melin
A couple battle sequences are filmed with great care but War Horse is still essentially a trite manipulative soap opera run through the lens of World War I to give it a lot of historic and artistic sensibility 
1.5
War Horse
Liam Lacey
The trouble here is not so much that Spielberg s film staunchly insists on finding a happy ending even in the calamity of the First World War but that he slathers it on so thick and leaves so soft an impression 
2.5
War Horse
Rafer Guzman
The material sometimes feels oversugared though it s also guaranteed to raise a lump in your throat 
3
War Horse
Mike McGranaghan
War Horse is like a cross between The Black Stallion Saving Private Ryan and Slacker If my description sounds unappealing please know that I compare it to those other pictures very favorably 
3.5
War Horse
John Wirt
Steven Spielberg adds another film worthy of classic status to his credits 
4
War Horse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie feels alternately realistic and enclosed failing to find a balance between the two 
2.5
War Horse
James Kendrick
demonstrates Spielberg s mastery of the fine art of infusing the bleakest of material with a sense of optimism that swells in your heart without blotting out the tragedies and losses that came before
3.5
War Horse
Burl Burlingame
A tearjerker finale suggests that Joey has the power of restoring sight to the blind Oh the noble creatures that make us see ourselves as we really are 
3
War Horse
Rene Rodriguez
There isn t a moment in the movie where you don t feel Spielberg s passion and this time the film is worthy of his enthusiasm It s a knockout 
4
War Horse
Pete Hammond
Old fashioned in the best sense of the word A triumph and a stirring story not to be missed 
4
War Horse
Duane Dudek
Visually intelligent and technically flawless and the rural landscapes big skies and bloody battlefields are effectively realized 
3
War Horse
Matt Brunson
Don t be fooled into thinking the PG 13 War Horse takes a softer approach to the subject at hand with one specific scene Spielberg establishes that his World War I epic like some of the platoons marching through it won t take any prisoners 
3.5
War Horse
Mark Dujsik
Scoff if you must at the notion that an equine can symbolize an angel of our better natures War Horse is all the better for that dedication to the ideal 
3.5
War Horse
Robert Levin
A stodgy ridiculous movie with a horse that simultaneously serves as an allegory for the bond that unites all mankind and as a symbol of profound idealized purity 
2
War Horse
Lisa Kennedy
Robustly entertaining 
3.5
War Horse
Tyler Hanley
Expect War Horse one of the year s best to earn some accolades at the Academy Awards in February Oscar always pays attention when Spielberg is in the saddle 
3.5
War Horse
James Berardinelli
Call it lesser Spielberg and put it alongside Always and Hook 
3
War Horse
Matt Soergel
It could have been told in the 30s or 40s it s so earnest and square I mean that in a good way 
3.5
War Horse
Mike Scott
A beautifully shot film steeped in emotion 
4
War Horse
Barbara Vancheri
It s for all those moviegoers who grouse They don t make em like they used to Well Mr Spielberg has with this story that is as old fashioned and sentimental as they come 
3
War Horse
Stephen Whitty
Spielberg s phenomenal skill for making images remains undiminished The rows in a piece of knitting dissolve into the furrows in a stony field men s bodies fly through the air like broken dolls Some images are too fussed over but every one is striking 
3
War Horse
Willie Waffle
They should call it Bore Horse 
1
War Horse
Dustin Putman
If ever there was an Oscar awarded for best animal performance all eleven of the horses used for the part would collectively be shoo ins 
2.5
War Horse
Mick LaSalle
Yes this is a Steven Spielberg picture He directed it and like Blondie in the old song he s gonna getcha getcha getcha one way or another 
3
War Horse
Claudia Puig
Sweeping in its style and old fashioned in its narrative structure War Horse will likely take its place alongside beloved family films 
3
War Horse
John Beifuss
During the climactic reunion Joey doesn t share the frame with the family He s like John Wayne in that doorway at the end of Ford s The Searchers a veteran of experiences no one else can understand forever apart and alone
4
War Horse
Moira MacDonald
War Horse is meticulously and elegantly constructed and has a gentle old fashioned quality that will appeal to many audience members but it never jolts or thrills its characters moving in that Hollywood glow never quite catch fire 
2.5
War Horse
Chris Hewitt
Sentimental Sure But I d argue sentiment is earned at a time when for at least a moment it seemed like the troubles of the world were in the past 
3
War Horse
Ty Burr
A work of full throated Hollywood classicism that looks back to the craftsmanship and sentimentality of John Ford and other legends of the studio era 
3
War Horse
Gary Thompson
A meditation on the 20th century transformation from pastoral to industrial in the horrific context of World War One 
3
War Horse
Steven Rea
War Horse is sugary to be sure but it is sugar cut with cannon fire and barbed wire and the horrors of war 
3
War Horse
Robert Trussell
Who among us cannot be moved by a brave horse in harm s way 
3
War Horse
Bob Bloom
War Horse is sentimental unflinching in its presentation of the brutality of war and heartfelt in its displays of bravery and loyalty 
3.5
War Horse
Josh Larsen
Sentimental and old fashioned yes but also vitally contemporary and terribly upsetting 
3
War Horse
Jason Buchanan
While the human actors in War Horse are genuinely impressive it s the equine that truly carries the weight of the story and Spielberg does a phenomenal job at making Joey a believable character that convincingly grows and evolves 
3
War Horse
Matt Pais
You expect War Horse to close by telling us Joey was a hero to the English and the Germans alike and he went on to kill three Nazi generals 
1.5
War Horse
Roger Ebert
The film is made with superb artistry Spielberg is the master of an awesome canvas 
3.5
War Horse
Peter Howell
If anyone thought Steven Spielberg couldn t top himself for manipulating audience emotions they didn t reckon with War Horse 
3
War Horse
Christy Lemire
It s overlong painfully earnest and sometimes even hokey 
2
War Horse
Jaime N. Christley
What ultimately hobbles War Horse is a two pronged attack with Spielberg s soft sell producing an unfortunately dramatic flatness in almost every scene while an 11th hour scramble for picture book catharsis doesn t seem to work either 
2
War Horse
Rex Reed
War Horse is a don t miss Spielberg classic that reaches true perfection 
4
War Horse
Gerald Peary
War Horse is corny sentimental overlong but also spectacular at times even stirring 
3
War Horse
Lawrence Toppman
For certain movies the adjectives formulaic and predictable are complimentary War Horse is one of them 
3
War Horse
Peter Travers
War Horse gets to you It s one from the heart 
3.5
We Are Still Here
David Keyes
There is a skill working through the frames of director Ted Geoghegan s debut opus providing us with enough allure and tension to more than make up for the maddening uncertainty 
3
We Are Still Here
Dustin Putman
Mounted with a meticulous mood drenched sensibility An old school throwback with a classy savage edge 
2.5
We Are Still Here
Glenn Kenny
More than a mere homage We Are Still Here is the kind of movie you wish you could take back in time with you and project in your favorite 42nd Street grindhouse 
3
We Are Still Here
Charles Bramesco
Think of it as an unmake an effort to make the new old again 
2.5
We Are Still Here
Mike McGranaghan
Tautly paced beautifully acted and insanely unsettling 
3.5
We Are Still Here
Rex Reed
The haunted house genre has been done to death pardon the pun but this one has some genuine chills The plotting is aggressive 
2
Xtro
Dustin Putman
Xtro may be morbid unsettling and even upsetting it pushes upon boundaries and then crosses them but it s a bonafide original in the genre 
3
Xtro
Roger Ebert
Xtro is an ugly mean spirited and despairing thriller that left me thoroughly depressed Why was this movie made What vision filled the filmmakers with a desire to share this work with an audience 
1
Aria
Roger Ebert
I am not sure that any indispensable statement about opera has been made here and purists will no doubt recoil by the irreverence of some of the images But the film is fun almost as a satire of itself 
3
The Disappointments Room
Frank Ochieng
The aptly entitled The Disappointments Room is the latest flaccid floorboard frightfest that tries to turn its predictable creaks into gloomy gold Instead The Disappointments Room is yet another redundant devious domicile drama
2
Texas Rangers
David Nusair
The storyline is awfully thin and even at a running time of around 81 minutes without credits the movie does tend to drag in certain sections 
2
Texas Rangers
Rick Groen
As dull as its title 
1.5
Texas Rangers
Frank Ochieng
Texas Rangers is a generic gun toting fable a dull laughable cactus costume drama that has no significant appeal to it other than to boast the empty machismo antics of its leads 
1
Texas Rangers
Steve Rhodes
Hats Lots of great Western hats are about all there is to Texas Rangers 
1
Texas Rangers
John Petrakis
The end result may not be a full blown disaster but it comes close 
1.5
Texas Rangers
Edward Guthmann
Plays as if the script pages had been tossed in the air and randomly assembled 
1
Texas Rangers
Mary Kalin-Casey
Texas Rangers is yet another such mediocre cinematic exercise bullet and cliche ridden shallow in characterization and unrelentingly dull in its storytelling 
1.5
Texas Rangers
Lou Lumenick
The expensive but soporific Texas Rangers is no Unforgiven to put it mildly in fact it s more like unforgivable 
0
Texas Rangers
Dustin Putman
It is easy to see why it took Texas Rangers so long to reach multiplexes More perplexing is how it got there at all 
1
Texas Rangers
Rob Blackwelder
plays like it was led to slaughter in the editing room after being taken away from a director who d read Westerns for Dummies 
1.5
Texas Rangers
Ed Gonzalez
The cows have it hard in Texas Rangers a k a Dude Where s My Cattle 
2
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Stephanie Merry
The biggest travesty isn t that the movie fails to stir Rudy caliber emotions It s that there was a meaningful story hiding behind the guise of a less serious genre 
2
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Sara Stewart
Coming on the eve of the 9 11 anniversary this snapshot of middle America is a worthwhile addition to the cultural conversation 
3
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Diego Semerene
The biggest irony in this congenial film is the way it navely contradicts itself through its own honesty 
1.5
Paradise Now
Mattie Lucas
So distinctive in mood tone and perspective that it demands to be noticed 
3
Paradise Now
Peter T. Chattaway
Abu Assad does a good job of building tension and showing some of the complexities within Palestinian culture He has as they say put a human face on the Palestinians 
3.5
Paradise Now
Roger Ebert
Certainly what Said says will not come as a surprise to any Israeli It s simply that they disagree We may disagree too and yet watch the film with a fearsome fascination 
3
Paradise Now
James Berardinelli
The film offers food for thought and reminds us that in any war one who understands the mindset of his opponent gains an important tactical advantage 
3
Paradise Now
Forrest Hartman
Paradise Now is a great movie on many accounts 
3.5
Paradise Now
John Beifuss
Today s assignment Watch Paradise Now Discuss 
3
Paradise Now
Sean P. Means
What is striking about Paradise Now is the stark way Abu Assad lays out the situation unvarnished and unbiased 
3.5
Paradise Now
Susan Walker
Viewers of all persuasions can find a human perspective on an aspect of terrorism that no matter how often it occurs is beyond imagining for most of us 
2.5
Paradise Now
Liam Lacey
The director s two impulses to keep the audience hooked while illuminating the Palestinian plight never feel entirely compatible 
2.5
Paradise Now
Phil Villarreal
Not an entirely successful experiment plagued with overdone sentimentality and a middle act that serves only to stretch out the slim story but what Paradise Now says it does so forcefully that it can t be ignored 
3
Paradise Now
Steve Rhodes
Feels too much like an ode to terrorism 
2
Paradise Now
Connie Ogle
It would be difficult to undertake a more politically relevant film or explore a more volatile subject and Abu Assad attempts his project with skill and sensitivity 
3
Paradise Now
Lisa Kennedy
A sensitive occasionally didactic film 
3
Paradise Now
Terry Lawson
A movie hardly lacking for anxiety and uneasiness 
3
Paradise Now
Jeffrey Westhoff
If any film of 2005 should be required viewing it is Paradise Now 
3.5
Paradise Now
Duane Dudek
How else to understand and more to the point pre empt such actions 
3.5
Paradise Now
Chris Hewitt
The movie makes us care by observing the details of their lives by reminding us that they are fellow members of the human race 
3
Paradise Now
John Hartl
Asks the big questions and answers quite a few of them although its ending is tantalizingly ambiguous 
3.5
Paradise Now
Ruthe Stein
The film captures the bleakness of the West Bank and more powerfully shows us lives so grim that the thought of paradise now seems enticing 
3
Paradise Now
David Elliott
The martyr tradition in Islam sadly flourishing again gets personal but also oddly abstract 
2
Paradise Now
Carrie Rickey
With a documentarian s eye and a dramatist s urgency Abu Assad sneaks into the mind of a suicide bomber and also his heart 
3
Paradise Now
Wesley Morris
It s too simply reasoned and too tidily made to shake you up 
2.5
Paradise Now
Walter Chaw
Doesn t ascribe morality so much as paint a picture of confusion anger and desperation 
3
Paradise Now
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Takes a volatile story and jams it into the framework of a Hollywood template 
2
Paradise Now
Michael Wilmington
Paradise catches and keeps your attention because of its daring subject real life backdrops and the intensity of its actors 
3
Paradise Now
Kyle Smith
Too bitterly real to be a comedy but its irony is a useful tool for needling terrorists from the inside 
3
Paradise Now
Glenn Whipp
A gripping political thriller 
3
Paradise Now
Ken Fox
Shot on location in the beleaguered Palestinian city of Nablus filmmaker Hany Abu Assad s fourth feature is a thoughtful unsparing look at a controversial subject suicide bombing 
3.5
Paradise Now
Timothy Knight
These days cinema doesn t get any more relevant than Paradise Now Hany Abu Assad s gripping and insightful drama about two Palestinian terrorists preparing for a suicide mission 
3.5
Paradise Now
Jack Mathews
Hany Abu Assad s stark minimalist portrait of two young Palestinian men preparing for a suicide bombing mission in Tel Aviv is the kind of movie that takes away both your breath and your ability to get out of your seat 
3
Paradise Now
Gene Seymour
It is in no way an apologia for terrorism But it s a character study that subtly nudges the viewer toward greater understanding 
3
Paradise Now
Peter Travers
The director puts a human face on the headlines 
3
Paradise Now
Nick Schager
Not unlike Downfall in its attempts to comprehend the motivations behind those who would commit atrocities against innocents in the name of politics or piety 
2.5
Call Me Lucky
Odie Henderson
Call Me Lucky will be an especially grueling ride for those who can identify with Crimmins trauma Yet its toughness does not at all diminish its worth It remains an essential viewing experience 
3.5
Call Me Lucky
Alan Zilberman
As Goldthwait repeatedly returns to footage of a recent performance by Crimmins in which he s introduced as a great entertainer all we see are the aimless rants of a self righteous blowhard 
1.5
Call Me Lucky
Clayton Dillard
Bobcat Goldthwait s hand too nervously tempers Crimmins s outré tactics as kooky showmanship bred from unimaginable trauma 
2.5
Call Me Lucky
Roger Moore
With a little luck obscure Barry Crimmins will realize a lifelong dream with this documentary to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church 
3
Viva
Sara Michelle Fetters
A story of self gender identity and family Viva is an absolute gem worthy of raucous celebration 
3.5
Viva
John Hartl
Slick and raunchy when it might have been grindingly realistic Viva is finally all heart 
3
Viva
Anita Katz
The movie scores points for freshness with its Havana setting and the emotional connections it depicts are undeniably moving 
3
Viva
Dann Gire
Viva suffers from melodramatically convenient plot twists and a rushed emotional epiphany But Medina and Perugorria mitigate these with ragged performances 
3
Viva
Michael O'Sullivan
The story is slightly melodramatic but director Paddy Breathnach finds ways to make it surprisingly moving at times in the same way that he makes the Havana slums look paradoxically beautiful 
2.5
Viva
Mick LaSalle
The lively setting helps but the main attration here is the familiar story which has been around forever and yet never gets old 
3
Viva
Glenn Kenny
While its routinely sentimental story line could read as a European import the performances and the depicted milieus feel distinct and right 
2.5
Viva
Barry Hertz
No amount of vibrant scenery can distract from the tired melodrama that engulfs the rest of the film 
2
Viva
Peter Howell
Viva offers few surprises but it draws us into the sights and sensations of a fascinating city and the excitement of new talent 
2.5
Viva
Chris Knight
The central characters are beautifully rendered Medina in particularly crafts a complicated portrait of a man yearning to express his feminine side without ever becoming camp 
2.5
Viva
Rene Rodriguez
Unlike too many films shot in Cuba Viva never forsakes its characters for the sake of politics 
3
Viva
Diego Semerene
The drag in the film rejects the U S centric obsession with realness and the acrobatics that come with it 
3
The Strange Ones
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of those take it or leave it movies where you either surrender completely to the mood and style of the filmmaking or start questioning what it s leaving out covering up or glossing over 
2.5
The Strange Ones
Chuck Bowen
The film s mixture of sensationalism and self conscious artiness is experimentally disingenuous at best 
1.5
The Strange Ones
Roger Moore
Tediously slow perversely out of step with the zeitgeist in the sexual relationship it suggests
1
Vanishing Point
David Nusair
pretty entertaining provided you don t think about it too much 
2.5
The Bay
Brian Eggert
When 44 after the film and a web search or two 44 audiences begin to read about the real problems of Chesapeake Bay 44 Levinson 8217 s intent becomes apparent 46 
3
The Bay
Sara Michelle Fetters
This disgustingly suspenseful yarn got under my skin and I kept shivering long after I left the theatre 
2.5
The Bay
Jason Buchanan
Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli helps that old dog Barry Levinson learn some new tricks in The Bay 
3
The Bay
Roger Moore
Barry Levinson makes the point that when a top flight filmmaker takes on a beaten to death genre found footage horror he or she can raise the bar even if they don t reinvent the wheel 
2.5
The Bay
Matt Pais
Joins Jaws and Open Water on the shortlist of films that can make you really really uncomfortable about going in the water 
3
The Bay
Roger Ebert
Although there are some scary moments here and a lot of gruesome ones this isn t a horror film so much as a faux eco documentary 
2.5
The Bay
Robert Levin
Director Barry Levinson appears reinvigorated here smartly building tension and a sense of ominous foreboding with the multimedia approach 
3
The Bay
Mike McGranaghan
The Bay works as both horror and environmental activism This is a fright flick with a purpose 
3
The Bay
Sean P. Means
There are a few jump out of your seat shocks and a well camouflaged environmental message but Levinson s most effective work here is creating an atmosphere of doom as the epidemic spreads 
3
The Bay
Rob Thomas
The ecological horror film The Bay is a lot like Jaws if the shark was about an inch long 
3
The Bay
Lou Lumenick
Levinson demonstrates he can make a shakycam found footage horror movie every bit as fake looking clumsy and unscary as your average college student working on a 200 budget 
1
The Bay
Sean O'Connell
A ripped from the headlines psychological chiller that burrows under the skin with its terrifyingly local twist 
3
The Bay
Mick LaSalle
Like a Blair Witch Project for thinking adults one that s scary in two distinct ways 
3
The Bay
Joe Williams
The Bay is better than a shallow exercise but crabby horror fans may have preferred that Levinson took a real plunge 
2.5
The Bay
Moira MacDonald
For Halloween week fare you could do a lot worse but The Bay fades quickly like blood in the water 
2.5
The Bay
Wesley Morris
The movie might have a point hey Environmental Protection Agency do something but it has no dramatic structure or sense of suspense 
2
The Bay
Dustin Putman
Does not abide by conventional storytelling and yet one cannot deny that it is genuinely creepy 
2.5
The Bay
Ann Lewinson
At least Levinson hammers it home that his beloved Chesapeake like this movie is 40 percent dead 
1.5
The Bay
Rex Reed
The impact of Barry Levinson s eco apocalyptic nail biter is undeniable especially when you realize some of it is based on fact 
3
The Bay
Chris Cabin
The Bay is Barry Levinson s most engaged and entertaining movie since Wag the Dog which isn t to say that he s given up his irksome predilection for a certain bullish type of liberalism 
2
The Bay
David Nusair
A cut above most found footage fare 
3
Outside Providence
David Nusair
the performances and the genuinely interesting script make this one worth checking out 
3
Outside Providence
Steve Rhodes
Isn t worth your time 
1
Outside Providence
Dustin Putman
Entertaining and charming the film is one of the better more accurate coming of age films to be released in awhile 
3
Outside Providence
Susan Wloszczyna
The movie reeks of the kind of atmosphere that makes you reach for the Lysol 
2
Outside Providence
Michael Dequina
Ever hear someone tell supposedly amusing tales of their childhood and adolescence that seem only to hold the slightest bit of interest to the person telling the story 
2
Outside Providence
Mark Caro
Faithfully evokes the era 
3
Outside Providence
Susan Stark
Bravo 
3
Outside Providence
Roger Ebert
Badly written and severely miscast 
1.5
Outside Providence
James Berardinelli
The film despite never venturing into uncharted territory is funny warm and endearing and features a protagonist who grows on the audience 
3
A Knight's Tale
Michael Dequina
It s as if Helgeland didn t have enough confidence in his own material s basic appeal that he resorted to desperate pandering 
2
A Knight's Tale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A breezy lightweight romp perfect for a summer afternoon 
3
A Knight's Tale
David Nusair
surprisingly intelligent summer fare 
3
A Knight's Tale
Sara Michelle Fetters
How nice then to discover one of the most refreshing and exuberantly entertaining films of the young summer season to come in a package that at first glance was hardly promising 
3
A Knight's Tale
Forrest Hartman
Knight s Tale does suffer from a predictable follow the dots plot but it s so well executed anyone willing to have a good time will readily buy in 
3
A Knight's Tale
Jeffrey Westhoff
Ledger carries A Knight s Tale as far as it can go which is an accomplishment 
2
A Knight's Tale
Gina Carbone
Oh to be 15 again and truly able to appreciate this movie s simplistic charm 
2.5
A Knight's Tale
Mark Dujsik
While this risk has its pay offs and its flaws overall the film is predictable and clichd and I more than once had a feeling of dj vu 
2.5
A Knight's Tale
Mike McGranaghan
The jousting scenes are incredible to watch 
3
A Knight's Tale
David Keyes
this is the kind of movie that has no interest whatsoever in at least operating inside respectable boundaries 
2
A Knight's Tale
James Kendrick
It s all so carefully calculated that none of its feels organic or fresh yet it s fun in its own way 
2.5
A Knight's Tale
Elias Savada
A Knight s Tale won t slay the Mummy but it s a noble seller of popcorn Joust on brave warrior dude 
3
A Knight's Tale
Dustin Putman
A rollicking good show that dazzles each and every time writer director Helgeland treats the audience to another classic rock song 
2.5
A Knight's Tale
Robert Roten
A story of creative anachronisms
3
A Knight's Tale
Emily Blunt
At least the world meets Paul Bettany
1
A Knight's Tale
Jay Carr
Essentially it s a screenful of pseudo medieval popcorn that hits a high enough level of goofy fun to transcend a pretty blatant marketing strategy aimed at the MTV demographic 
3
A Knight's Tale
Ross Anthony
brimming with zeal
3
A Knight's Tale
Greg Dean Schmitz
What a great idea to plunder the history books and Renaissance airs and single out a now defunct sport like jousting 
3
A Knight's Tale
Marty Mapes
The flaws are there and you can predict the outcome but somehow it doesn t seem to matter that much in the midst of all the fun 
3
A Knight's Tale
Bob Graham
More often than not it s fun 
3
A Knight's Tale
Susan Stark
Take it for what it is and you ll find it quite enjoyable especially if you re a female between 9 and oh 79 
2
A Knight's Tale
Roger Ebert
The movie has an innocence and charm that grow on you 
3
A Knight's Tale
Rick Groen
A Knight s Tale is a bouncy pop song of a movie the snappy happy kind that puts a grin on your face and a tap to your toe shifting the heart into high and the mind into neutral 
3
A Knight's Tale
Tor Thorsen
What was originally a laughable fiasco then a rousing adventure becomes just another muddled disappointment 
2
A Knight's Tale
Robert K. Elder
A rousing rollicking mix that makes cheering for this populist knight easy self indulgent fun 
2.5
A Knight's Tale
Dan Lybarger
While the film progresses in a conventional manner there s a quirky and somewhat unique sensibility that keeps emerging 
3
A Knight's Tale
Rob Blackwelder
The boyishly absurd fun Helgeland has with his hard rockin 14th Century setting is seriously contagious 
3
A Knight's Tale
Erik Childress
A Knight s Tale is a boil on the festering malignant state of the cinema and it should be lanced immediately 
0
A Knight's Tale
James Berardinelli
Most of the time we re laughing at the movie not with it 
1.5
A Knight's Tale
Steve Rhodes
Features one jousting match after another until you begin to think that they completely forgot to edit the movie at all 
2.5
The Very Thought of You
Michael Dequina
I would have liked to see Potter and Fiennes in a more straightforward love story without all the mechanical silliness 
2.5
Meteor
Matt Brunson
The cast includes Martin Landau 40 in the hammy portion of his career 41 as a Russkie hating officer 44 Sybil Danning as a skier who gets buried under a mountain of Styrofoam excuse me 44 snow and 8220 Henry Fonda as The President 46 8221 
1.5
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Irene Thirer
All in all this makes merry talkie singie dancie fare and the beauty of its color again reaches pictorial splendor 
3
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Mae Tinee
If you really want to pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile smile smile The Gold Diggers of Broadway stands ready to help you do it 
3
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
David Nusair
a bottom of the barrel example of lowest common denominator childrens filmmaking 
1
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Mike McGranaghan
I think young children will enjoy the movie very much while adults will probably opt to go out into the kitchen and wash dishes while the tykes watch it 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Linda Cook
Let me be direct about this I gave this a half star because it contains cute animals and at the end there are entertaining clips of animals that aren t in the movie 
.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Sara Michelle Fetters
Other than a few reasonably inspired in jokes that will fly way over the head of the target audience and will only appeal to adults who will have no desire to attend this 3D CGI heavy epic is an unmitigated disaster 
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Jennie Punter
Dogs and cats are far funnier and more engaging when they behave like well dogs and cats 
1
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Dan Kois
Cats and dogs working together for the greater good Woof 
1
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Billy Heller
A harmless but fun hot weather diversion for the family 
2.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Chris Hewitt
Four year olds and 34 year olds deserve better 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Claudia Puig
The notion of pets leading a double life has been much tapped for family movies and the kid friendly spy genre has been wrung dry 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Steven Rea
If there are moments that aspire to the smart satire of the Austin Powers franchise they re fleeting 
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Willie Waffle
We should be getting Hollywood level special effects not rejects from Build A Bear 
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Dustin Putman
For an inflated premium 3 D ticket price you too can enjoy the movie in all its sub par visual glory 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Amy Biancolli
Exploits every clich with abundant good cheer and an admirable unapologetic ridiculousness 
3
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Sue Pierman
Cats Dogs The Revenge of Kitty Galore may be in 3 D but it s the satirical vibe that makes the live action kids comedy pop 
2.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Moira MacDonald
The only wit on display here is Roger Moore plummily intoning the phrase butt sniffing 
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Jeff Vice
Acompletely unnecessary nearly laughless sequel to the surprising 2001 hit which stretched the one joke talking animals concept as far as it could 
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Ty Burr
Civilization as we know it has ceased to exist 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Jason Heck
It s made just for less discriminating kids and perhaps a few very easily amused adults Emphasis on very 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Tom Meek
Tolerably spoofs staples like 007 and The Silence of the Lambs 
2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Roger Moore
This chatty 3D spy spoof is as hard pressed for laughs as Marmaduke once you get past the novelty of Hey the dogs and cats are TALKING 
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Jay Antani
not the plot nor the action nor most of the jokes offer the joy or delight to make Kitty Galore worth the trip to the multiplex
1.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Simon Abrams
Like all unimaginative filmmakers that don t know what to do with 3D technology director Brad Peyton subordinates all action in the movie to the tech he s working with 
0
Dreamcatcher
Sheila O'Malley
Despite the harrowing stories that fill the film from start to finish Dreamcatcher is not hopeless How could it be hopeless when there are people like Myers Powell in the world 
3.5
Celtic Pride
Mal Vincent
Celtic Pride is a basketball comedy the way Fatal Attraction was a dating movie 
2
Celtic Pride
Chris Hicks
Celtic Pride isn t the worst sports comedy ever made but it certainly could have been better 
2
Celtic Pride
James Berardinelli
You don t even have to be a Celtics fan to appreciate it In fact considering who becomes the butt of the film s ultimate joke perhaps it s best if you re not one 
2.5
The Meddler
Brian Eggert
What Lorene Scafaria accomplishes here is deceptively simple yet also profound and joyous In the feel good genre few films stand out as more than formula and schmaltz But Scafaria has made one of the best films of its kind 
4
The Meddler
Matt Brunson
Marnie is a terrific character brought to life not only by Sarandon it s her best work in ages but also by Scafaria who refuses to let the woman lapse into cartoonish caricature e g Barbra Streisand in The Guilt Trip or Sarandon herself in Tammy 
3
The Meddler
Pamela Powell
The Meddler is a humorously poignant look at aging grief identity and the need for connection 
3
The Meddler
Max Weiss
It s funny and warm and gives us Sarandon s great performance 
3
The Meddler
Josh Terry
Played masterfully by Susan Sarandon Marnie is the centerpiece of The Meddler a subtle poignant and often funny film about moving on 
3
The Meddler
Mal Vincent
The Meddler is a comedy drama about family relationships enjoyable but easily forgettable It is a notable exception to the widely held view that movies are not being made any more about and for mature women 
3
The Meddler
Rob Thomas
The Meddler plays like a sunnier version of I ll See You in My Dreams That film was all silences and stillness while The Meddler is full of noise and motion reflecting how cluttered Marnie has made her life 
3
The Meddler
Sean P. Means
The role is a godsend for Sarandon who brings good humor and an abundant heart to her delightful performance 
3
The Meddler
Rick Bentley
Hollywood is always going to lean toward youth especially with women It s wonderful that when given a chance mature female actors can show they are the most capable at playing complex roles that come across in a very simple way 
3
The Meddler
Jeff Simon
What happens here is a well written character who is inhabited fully from a time of life easy for movies to ignore 
3.5
The Meddler
Bob Bloom
Susan Sarandon gives a performance that is as maddening as it is endearing 
3.5
The Meddler
Lawrence Toppman
We know where we re going but the Oscar winning actors take us there with ease and charm 
3
The Meddler
Michael Smith
It s Sarandon s best role and her most complete performance in years 
3
The Meddler
Robert Horton
The nice bits fail to cohere because The Meddler is finally just too eager to have everything come out right Its tendency to uplift its characters finally feels as intrusive and naive as Marnie s own overbearing I can solve everything nature 
2.5
The Meddler
Calvin Wilson
Much like its main character The Meddler exudes an irresistible charm 
3
The Meddler
Moira MacDonald
You root for Marnie even when it s clear why Lori struggles with her and you hear her persistent voice in your head for a while afterward reminding you perhaps to give your own mother a call 
3.5
The Meddler
Connie Ogle
The beauty of The Meddler is in its insistence that grief passes even if you can t buy your way to happiness 
3
The Meddler
Rafer Guzman
Sarandon sparkles in this lightweight comedy drama 
3
The Meddler
Roger Moore
Predictably but it predictably gets by on the charms of Sarandon Simmons and Byrne 
2.5
The Meddler
Peter Howell
Talent is squandered by writer director Scafaria s penchant for shallow contrivance over emotional depth 
2
The Meddler
David Berry
It all adds up to something rare and gorgeous a slice of life that appreciates the amount of wear and tear life can inflict 
3
The Meddler
Brad Wheeler
It s a sitcom y Sarandon wrapped Mother s Day valentine 
3
The Meddler
David Nusair
a solid sophomore effort from a seriously promising writer director 
3
The Meddler
Peter Keough
The Meddler is a disappointment after the talent Scafaria demonstrated in her 2012 feature debut Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 
2
The Meddler
Peter Canavese
A delightfully humane comedy doesn t insist upon the meddling as a premise but as an important part of the film s psychological reality 
3
The Meddler
Ann Hornaday
What seems cringe worthy at first in The Meddler winds up as a warm forgiving embrace of the movie s characters and audience as well 
2.5
The Meddler
Richard Roeper
Taken as a whole Sarandon s performance is something to behold 
3.5
The Meddler
Mark Dujsik
For every easy joke there are more scenes that cut to the heart of Marnie s pain 
3
The Meddler
Mick LaSalle
The movie feels authentic not like it s following a screenplay going through the motions but rather like we re following someone real go through life 
3
The Meddler
Dann Gire
Scafaria s comic drama can be corny and sitcomy at times yet its characters feel grounded and real and Sarandon s performance genuine and effortless 
3.5
The Meddler
Michael Phillips
We ve seen these types of characters before but not played by these particular and highly skilled actresses 
3
The Meddler
Anders Wright
Scafaria s film has a lot of heart even though there are times when it goes a little too far and others when Marnie s actions just seem kind of ridiculous 
3
The Meddler
Rex Reed
Charming insightful and funny 
3.5
The Meddler
Peter Travers
Susan Sarandon is a star shining on her highest beams in a movie that the gifted writer director Lorene Scafaria turns into something far less clichd and more nuanced than the anatomy of a bossypants 
3
The Meddler
Katie Walsh
The kind of deeply felt personal filmmaking that transcends the specific to reveal a universal truth in this case a loving if exasperated appreciation for the moms of the world 
3.5
The Meddler
Lou Lumenick
Susan Sarandon has one of her juiciest parts in years in Lorene Scafaria s comedy about an overbearing widow which turns out to be far funnier and more charming than the synopsis suggests 
3
The Meddler
Matt Zoller Seitz
Scarfaria has made a kind smart special film 
4
The Meddler
Elise Nakhnikian
Writer director Lorene Scafaria s film is an unconvincing character study that plays like a painfully unfunny sitcom 
1.5
Rule No. 1
Collin Souter
Even though it plays like your average romantic comedy it s actually much smarter and funnier 
3
The River
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brilliant multi layered work by a true artist of the cinema 
3.5
The River
Rod Armstrong
Too murky and long to swim in 
2.5
The Silent House
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole film is one gigantic trick a piece of celluloid slight of hand that infuriatingly doesn t hold water 
2
The Silent House
Walter Chaw
has found a way not only to suggest a gimmick successfully carried through but also to weave that gimmick into a richer thematic tapestry 
3.5
The Silent House
Dustin Putman
The stylistic angle comes off as a gimmick used to occupy the viewers attention and keep them from stopping to think about how flimsy the script is 
1.5
The Silent House
David Nusair
a passable cinematic experiment that does reward the viewer s patience on a relatively consistent basis 
2.5
Tell Me When
Roger Moore
A tepid Mexican romantic comedy built around a grandfather s bucket list
1.5
Mrs. Hyde
Christy Lemire
Maybe it s only fitting that a Jekyll and Hyde tale would be of two minds Unfortunately neither of them is completely satisfying 
2.5
Mrs. Hyde
Daniel Goldberg
The film s segregated world hints at a town s and country s racial tensions without actually examining them 
2
Mrs. Hyde
Clayton Davis
The effects hawk back to Wes Craven s Shocker while the classroom scenes attempt to capture something from Dangerous Minds but lands somewhere between Sister Act 2 Back in the Habit and Kindergarten Cop 
1
Hick
Matt Pais
Recognizes that kids can t expect the grass to be greener but comes too close to suggesting that you can expect others to mow your lawn 
1.5
Hick
Roger Ebert
It contains some effective performances it does a good job of evoking bereft and empty landscapes but what is it for Has she learned anything Have we 
1.5
Hick
James Berardinelli
Hick wants to come across as trippy and offbeat but its bizarre surreal approach is more off putting than effective 
2
Hick
Lou Lumenick
A smarmy little road movie about a Southern teenage girl losing her innocence the hard way during the Reagan era 
1
Hick
Rex Reed
The movie careers downhill with the speed of an unhinged kangaroo with one foot 
1
Hick
R. Kurt Osenlund
It doesn t take long to gather the influences trickling through Derick Martini s Hick an aimless tumbleweed of a road movie if ever there was one 
.5
Hick
David Nusair
A complete disaster from beginning to end 
0
Bright Days Ahead
Ben Sachs
Ardant might wrestle with alienation but Bright Days Ahead never risks alienating its self satisfied target audience 
2
Bamboozled
Brian Eggert
Even if Lee s only intent with Bamboozled was to ignite fiery discourse about race and representation in entertainment his film remains a rousing achievement as both art and a social prompt 
4
Bamboozled
Mattie Lucas
It works overtime to throw the audience off balance to alienate us in almost Brechtian fashion holding us at arm s length but demanding our attention as if saying don t look away you need to see this 
3.5
Bamboozled
Matt Brunson
Bamboozled is both outrageous and outraged with some bitter laughs strewn throughout But the final act is ugly and unconvincing 
2.5
Bamboozled
James Kendrick
a sharp edged if somewhat heavy handed satire about popular culture and the portrayals of blacks in the mass media
3
Bamboozled
Jeanne Aufmuth
He hammers his point home until the viewer is emotionally beaten into submission and manipulated into a consenting stance 
2
Bamboozled
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A passionate movie bursting with ideas but it s also a huge mess 
2.5
Bamboozled
Rick Groen
At his best Spike Lee is too brave to be subtle 
2.5
Bamboozled
Edward Guthmann
A rousing vital important experience 
3
Bamboozled
James Berardinelli
Lee s heavy handed approach turns Bamboozled into a tedious and overlong polemic This is sledgehammer satire 
2
Bamboozled
Roger Ebert
People s feelings run too strongly and deeply for any satirical use of blackface to be effective The power of the racist image tramples over the material and asserts only itself 
2
Bamboozled
David Sterritt
It s a vintage Lee production sometimes brilliant frequently infuriating never dull and so jammed with provocative ideas that you re uncertain whether to yell Right on or throw your popcorn at the screen 
3
Bamboozled
Pam Grady
It s impossible to deny Lee s passion and once Bamboozled engages the viewer it s impossible to look away 
3
Bamboozled
Michael Dequina
Sly stinging wit makes way for earnest and overblown preachiness 
2
Bamboozled
Mike Clark
Visually drab and ultimately done in by a heavy handedness no prettier to ponder 
2
Bamboozled
Susan Stark
A movie destined to educate infuriate shame and galvanize all who see it 
3
Bamboozled
Rob Blackwelder
By the halfway mark the din of self righteousness begins to drown out much of the movie s stinging wit 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
John Beifuss
Tries the patience of sober viewers who are likely to envy the onscreen eccentrics their ever present plastic cups of Abita 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Jeff Vice
It s little more than a collection of cliches about the Deep South alcoholism and the literary arts 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Sean P. Means
Things move at a snail s pace in the humid bayou atmosphere writer director Shainee Gabel creates allowing Travolta to chew several yards of Cajun spiced scenery 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Rob Thomas
This incidentally is one of the rare movies about authors in which the character s writing actually seems good enough to be publishable 
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Ross Anthony
John is a fine actor he s not quite a match for this part nor does his southern accent ring true Perhaps Billy Bob Thornton would have made a better cast 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
David N. Butterworth
Delights as often as it dulls the senses 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
James Verniere
The cast appears to have mistaken a verbose screenplay for great writing 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Moira MacDonald
Sentimental but occasionally moving drama 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Carla Meyer
Engaging and transparent at once 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Connie Ogle
A Love Song for Bobby Long travels all the worn out roads 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Eric Harrison
First time director Shainee Gabel generally does a good job of moving things along though the story feels disjointed at times 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Lisa Kennedy
For all its atmospherics this love song never quite sings 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Mary F. Pols
In the earnest A Love Song for Bobby Long Travolta is a veritable cinematic pollutant 
.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Roger Ebert
It s remarkable to listen to dialogue that assumes the audience is well read 
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Ty Burr
A Love Song for Bobby Long works hard to give quirk a bad name 
1.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When A Love Song for Bobby Long concentrates on moving its plot forward it aims too wide and clumsily lays bare all its secrets and twists 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Chris Hewitt
It isn t until the movie s almost over that it becomes clear the many directions it takes are all important because Bad Education is about making decisions that can t be reversed 
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Peter Canavese
Qualifies barely as a guilty pleasure with its generous scrapbook of literary wisdom and pleasantly overcooked performances 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Carrie Rickey
An accomplished feature debut with stunning cinematography by Elliot Davis a jambalaya story line and yet another heart stopping performance by Scarlett Johansson 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Robert K. Elder
It s a film that feels lived in confident despite its conventions 
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Steve Rhodes
It s like reading through a handsomely illustrated book of quotations 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Phil Villarreal
Goes down smoothly but leaves you with only greasy fingers and a bitter aftertaste 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Robert Roten
The story seems a lot more like a true story than a work of fiction in many ways 
3.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Jeanne Aufmuth
Generates a bit of sentiment when it s looking the other way but it s too little too late 
1.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Mike McGranaghan
A Love Song for Bobby Long is all beginning and middle the ending is missing 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Peter Debruge
Gabel demonstrates a gift for language but she still has a lot to learn about crafting a story 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
James Kendrick
As a meandering piece of soft hearted Southern gothic A Love Song for Bobby Long is diverting enough 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Peter Travers
Cliches keep banging into one another 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Willie Waffle
A Love Song For Bobby Long features a movie by numbers plot which makes the movie a waste of time and a huge waste of talent 
1
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Walter Chaw
A Faulknerian idiot man child of a Southern Gothic 
1
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Mike Clark
Over the course of a pressing it two hours we learn some deep dark secrets that aren t that deep if you ve seen a lot of movies 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Pam Grady
The screenplay never exactly brings these people to life 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
James Berardinelli
The acting by Scarlett Johansson is so raw and sincere that the film leaves an impact despite its deficiencies 
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Gene Seymour
Has a cast magnetic enough to make you overlook the movie s hothouse flower flimsiness as melodrama 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Lisa Rose
Love Song is one of those actor oriented movies that was probably fun to shoot but isn t nearly so enjoyable to watch 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Lou Lumenick
Endless and pretentious 
1.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Jack Mathews
Johansson gives Pursy the combination of hope and determination that makes her journey worthwhile 
2.5
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Bob Strauss
One of those stylized Southern writing deals that doesn t come off the least bit realistic but can be mighty fine fun to just kick back and listen to 
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Dustin Putman
Better in sections than as a whole and those sections don t arrive at a steady enough pace to undo its failings 
2
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Scott Nash
Moves as slowly as a Southern drawl but features affecting performances by its three leads
3
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Ed Gonzalez
The film s bucolic South is a kooky backdrop for a reasonably intelligent look at people living their lives through a filter of literary pretense 
2.5
Smile
James Kendrick
an effective horror film that is both conventionally scary and engaging in its evocation of memory and trauma
3
Smile
Doug Walker
Though the ending may go against the rather spelled out message 44 the film has plenty of good characters 44 ideas 44 and best of all 44 scares 46 
3
Smile
David Nusair
46 46 46 an atmospheric endeavor that benefits from its stark visuals and smattering of genuinely creepy sequences 46 46 46 
2.5
Smile
Steven Prokopy
With a steady hand as director 44 an idea that we 8217 ve seen versions of before and a terrific cast 44 Smile made an impression on me 40 and a good one at that 41 44 and it 8217 s got me excited about what comes next from both director Finn and lead actor Bacon 46 
2.5
Smile
Leo Brady
There are a lot of great scares and tension smiling upon us and Smile is a new face of horror 46 10 10 
3
Smile
Alex Barr
Smile is uniquely haunting and downright disturbing and I can t wait to watch it again 
4
Smile
Kevin Carr
While it faces some pacing problems 44 the unsettling imagery and unsubtle but worthy subtext make for a good scare 46 
3
Smile
Erik Childress
Sosie Bacon gives what a film purporting to take trauma seriously deserves but when the only solution to ridding oneself of specific trauma is to either kill yourself or someone else 44 just how seriously can we take it beyond its overload of jump scares 63 
2
Smile
Roger Moore
A thriller that creates unease and does a decent job of sustaining it even as it takes its sweet time in reaching the obvious resolution 46 
2.5
Smile
Katie Walsh
As opaque and somewhat silly as the smiles that drive it 46 10 10 
2
Smile
James Berardinelli
For those who appreciate true horror as opposed to the more palatable version that has supplanted it over the years this is a reminder that movies of this sort have the twin goals of unsettling and upsetting 
3
Smile
Mike McGranaghan
The keys to a good mainstream horror movie are a semi original premise 44 at least three really good jump scares 44 and a strong performance from the lead actor 47 actress 46 Smile has all of those things 46 
3
Smile
Dann Gire
This derivative jump scary horror tale is not much to Smile about 
2
Smile
Jeff Mitchell
This movie literally gave me goosebumps 46 Put on your bravest face 46 
3.5
Smile
Russ Simmons
While it 8217 s overlong and gets a bit too literal at the finale 44 8220 Smile 8221 provides plenty of chills for horror fans 46 
3
Smile
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Whatever the limitations of the narrative 44 however 44 it has the enduring virtue 44 of being truly creepy 46 I 8217 ll never look at smiling faces the same again 46 
2.5
Smile
Brian Eggert
Smile is a confidently directed and acted film that demonstrates a clear vision 46 It 8217 s the kind of debut that should make horror fans excited about what Finn does next 46 
3
Smile
Pablo O. Scholz
Parker Finn follows this century s horror film guidelines and last century s too Full review in Spanish 
3
Smile
Jake Coyle
I have mostly frowny faces for Smile a bluntly unsettling and blandly grim new horror flick that wrings as much mileage as it can out of a twisted grin 
1.5
Smile
Mark Dujsik
Finn ultimately relies on a bunch of tried and tired tactics 44 instead of directly dealing with the assorted themes and ideas that are both on and just beneath the surface of this tale 46 46 46 
2
Smile
Bob Strauss
The movie s overall coherence and jolting aplomb place it well ahead of the standard fright film pack 
3
Smile
Rocco T. Thompson
Everything Smile is doing is familiar enough at this point to be considered old fangled 44 but the striking precision of its craft sloughs away any sensations of d 233 j 224 vu 46 
3
Smile
Katie Rife
In padding out the concept from an 11 minute short into a nearly two hour movie 44 Smile leans too heavily not only on formulaic mystery plotting 44 but also on horror themes and imagery lifted from popular hits like The Ring and It Follows 46 
2.5
Green Chair
Kam Williams
An unorthodox triangle of forbidden love Korean style 
4
The Nines
Wesley Lovell
An interesting if high minded concept film that is nothing without its performers 
3
The Nines
Jonathan W. Hickman
The Nines is a movie that aims to raise more questions than it answers 
3
The Nines
Michael Dequina
All three stories don t congeal into the grand sum profundity that August so clearly is striving to suggest 
2
The Nines
Gene Seymour
The cosmic resolution that ties the stories together proves less interesting than the stories themselves 
2.5
The Nines
Maitland McDonagh
The payoff fizzles but the buildup is intriguing until it topples under its own weight 
2.5
The Nines
Lou Lumenick
The Nines which in real life began as a TV project wavers uncomfortably between satire and dime store existentialism on the big screen 
1.5
The Nines
Jack Mathews
The dialogue snaps crackles and pops And confusing as they may be the stories are never boring 
3
The Nines
Christy Lemire
Confusing Yes and intentionally so But it s never boring 
2.5
The Nines
Aaron Hillis
Clever and fun with compelling lead performances Maybe it s all a message of sympathy for the fourth unseen Reynolds before us the one we stop thinking about who only exists after the last frame of The Nines runs through the projector 
2.5
The Nines
Nick Schager
Ryan Reynolds may not be a demigod much less a full fledged deity but he plays one to sterling effect in The Nines 
2.5
The Nines
Pam Grady
It s that increasingly rare animal a comedy that is engaging funny and smart And since this is only August s first film it bodes well for the future 
3.5
The Nines
Erik Childress
A challenging loop of spiritual indecision within the confines of a city known for quick creations and their inevitable consequences 
3.5
Swimming to Cambodia
Peter Keough
The rendering of nightmare as black comedy is a peculiarly American art form and Gray at times achieves the mastery of artists like Mark Twain William Burroughs and Hunter Thompson 
3
Swimming to Cambodia
Roger Ebert
Like a good preacher some of Gray s power comes from the sheer virtuosity of his speech 
3
Best and Most Beautiful Things
Nick Allen
A film with a subject that it achingly wants to share but has little idea how to best talk about it 
1.5
Best and Most Beautiful Things
Clayton Dillard
It believes that the avenue to proving humanity is through banalizing gestures of quotidian significance 
1.5
Man on Fire
Andrea Gronvall
Washington has chosen wisely and he hasn t had to wait long 
3
Man on Fire
Jeffrey Overstreet
It suggests that John Creasy J C is a Christ figure scars prayers acting as savior But where Christ overcomes evil with good J C uses heavy artillery 
1.5
Man on Fire
Lori Hoffman
Washington gives a strong performance in this otherwise distasteful piece of ultra violent exploitation 
2
Man on Fire
Jonathan R. Perry
With every caption dancing across the screen to overstate the obvious it plays like a feature length PSA for thetruth com only this time the drug is kidnapping 
1.5
Man on Fire
Matt Brunson
Director Tony Scott s meaningless stylistics immediately grate on the nerves 
1.5
Man on Fire
Mike McGranaghan
As the screen fades to black we are left thinking about the characters not the carnage 
3
Man on Fire
Ross Anthony
A serious drama that spends careful camera time with its characters Some plot problems but this picture has a strong heart underneath a harsh surface 
2.5
Man on Fire
Linda Cook
Wow what if Charles Bronson were around to see this His Death Wish character would right in with these violent revenge focused movies 
2.5
Man on Fire
David Nusair
Man on Fire is the film The Punisher should ve been 
3.5
Man on Fire
Dustin Putman
Uncompromising and plausibly compelling 
3
Man on Fire
Sean P. Means
The only thing more nausea inducing than the film s sensationalist bits of violence is Scott s macabre glee in fetishizing it 
2
Man on Fire
James Verniere
A notch above your average genre movie 
3
Man on Fire
Vince Koehler
This film is a good thriller that could have been toned down a couple of notches 
3
Man on Fire
Moira MacDonald
Overlong off putting and at times sadistic 
1.5
Man on Fire
Mick LaSalle
This is garbage but it s entertaining garbage 
2
Man on Fire
David Elliott
Denzel Washington is an actor of such magnetic conviction that he could read Schopenhauer to earthworms and probably hold their interest But in Man on Fire he has to haul around so much guilt and threat and doom that he seems ready to sag from rot 
1.5
Man on Fire
Joe Baltake
Trash is trash no matter how expensive or arty it looks or how well acted it is 
2.5
Man on Fire
Timothy Knight
What should have been a tight crisply told narrative becomes a lumbering bore under Scott s self impressed direction 
1.5
Man on Fire
Rene Rodriguez
Man on Fire awakens a genuine sense of bloodlust in the viewer 
3
Man on Fire
Glenn Whipp
As Man on Fire lumbers to its conclusion the giddiness wears off and a certain tedium sets in 
2.5
Man on Fire
Rick Groen
If your idea of a bargain is two bad movies for the price of one then shell out for Man on Fire 
2
Man on Fire
Terry Lawson
Easily the best of the recent spate of cynical and violent revenge vigilante dramas 
3
Man on Fire
Jeff Vice
The movie sometimes feels as if it s at odds with itself 
2.5
Man on Fire
Michael Booth
Punch drunk with sadism and sentimentality 
2
Man on Fire
Roger Ebert
Tony Scott s Man on Fire employs superb craftsmanship and a powerful Denzel Washington performance in an attempt to elevate genre material above its natural level but it fails 
2.5
Man on Fire
Lawrence Toppman
Man on Fire is as ludicrous as John Q Virtuosity and Out of Time yet substantially more violent artificial self conscious and dull 
1.5
Man on Fire
Wesley Morris
Scott can t give the movie any real emotional weight And Washington gives his first lifeless performance He leaves the melodrama and pyrotechnics to the movie s technical crew 
.5
Man on Fire
Aaron Hillis
based on its ratio of production costs to quality alone Man on Fire may prove to be the worst movie of 2004 
1
Man on Fire
James Sanford
a potentially absorbing thriller that Tony Scott demolishes with hundreds of unnecessarily arty effects take along the extra strength pain reliever of your choice 
2
Man on Fire
Phil Villarreal
Tony Scott s thunderous action thriller sets the audience aflame
3
Man on Fire
Kit Bowen
Maybe the film should be called Man on Fire Whose Bleeding Gunshot Wounds Won t Stop Him 
1.5
Man on Fire
Dan Lybarger
For all of its 2 1 2 hour running time Man on Fire plays more like Man on Low Simmer 
2
Man on Fire
Erik Childress
Unlike the recent comic book adaptation The Punisher Creasy doesn t waste time and when he puts on his avenging wings WATCH OUT because he is going to PUNISH 
3.5
Man on Fire
Scott Nash
Feels almost like two different movies one after the other but both entertain in their own way 
3
Man on Fire
Mike Clark
Seventeen years from now we may well remember this version of the story just as one remembers getting hammered on the head repeatedly with a 2 by 4 
2.5
Man on Fire
Glenn Lovell
One of the longest dumbest and most savage revenge fantasies extant 
1.5
Man on Fire
Steven Rea
Overblown hyperactive 
2
Man on Fire
Duane Dudek
While Washington has a sullen physicality he is just too good and too smart of an actor to be credible as a character that is a bit more up Vin Diesel s alley 
2.5
Man on Fire
David Sterritt
A wasted opportunity 
2
Man on Fire
Jeffrey Westhoff
Watching one of our finest actors calmly torture and mutilate his victims makes Man on Fire reprehensible not thought provoking 
1
Man on Fire
Chris Hewitt
Man on Fire is slick and handsomely made even the subtitles have a stylish energy but its slickness feels inappropriate because the movie is unsettling in ways it never grapples with 
2
Man on Fire
James Berardinelli
A better than average example of a revenge flick 
3
Man on Fire
Jan Stuart
Two hours and 20 minutes of the most out of control filmmaking you ve seen since your Jack Russell terrier grabbed the Handicam off the coffee table mistaking it for a tug toy 
1.5
Man on Fire
Jeff Strickler
Washington plays a cliched character in a by the numbers plot but manages to make both acceptable on the sheer power of his screen presence 
2.5
Man on Fire
Michael Wilmington
Starts off as a good example of super glitz moviemaking gradually turns into a movie on fire another helter skelter big studio spending spree 
2.5
Man on Fire
Josh Larsen
Scott s style is assaultive 
1.5
Man on Fire
Willie Waffle
Man on Fire is a very good movie because Director Tony Scott sets the perfect tone and mood 
2.5
Man on Fire
Austin O'Connor
E xacts its most painful retribution upon the keisters of those assembled to view it 
1.5
Man on Fire
Nick Rogers
Man on Fire shares plot and plot twists with Ransom but it replaces that film s claustrophobic intensity with Michael Bay style overkill that s unnecessary 
2
Man on Fire
Rob Blackwelder
Man On Fire becomes riveting in Washington s calm meticulous rage But gradually it s also undermined by Scott s non stop hopped up on crystal meth style editing 
2.5
Man on Fire
Nick Schager
Its callous fixation on violence is merely a lame pose meant to distract us from its soggy redemptive core 
1.5
Man on Fire
Megan Lehmann
Man on Fire feels vaguely like something left over from the 1980s when action heroes were one note tough guys methodically picking off baddies 
2
Man on Fire
Jack Mathews
The first nonreligious sure thing to hit the multiplex this year 
3.5
Man on Fire
Steve Rhodes
Movie is needlessly riddled with self inflicted wounds 
2.5
Man on Fire
Walter Chaw
Revealing of the seething core of terror wrath and provincialism in our America 
1.5
Black Sheep
Peter Canavese
It s nice to see the two together practicing their easy screen rapport and no doubt more so given Farley s untimely passing but Black Sheep is still a clunker Blu ray 
1
Black Sheep
Kam Williams
Though not always in good taste this tongue in cheek parody of the horror genre is sophisticated and clever enough to earn the appreciation of the egghead cult crowd 
2
Black Sheep
Mick LaSalle
A little comedy that succeeds in its modest aim to provide 87 minutes of harmless diversion 
2
Black Sheep
Susan Wloszczyna
Black Sheep is bleatingly awful as it reteams Chris Farley and David Spade the poor idiot s Abbott and Costello in a comedy so desperately inept it makes their previous effort Tommy Boy look like a minefield of high wit 
1
Black Sheep
Madeleine Williams
It is one long drawn out exercise in pain 
1
Black Sheep
Rob Blackwelder
I ve never wanted to run from a theater so much in my life 
0
Trespass Against Us
Barry Hertz
If palling around with a group of wastrel criminal types whose idea of fun is burning their possessions while running around shirtless chasing rabbits then Trespass Against Us is the film for you 
2
Trespass Against Us
Rex Reed
The movie lamely directed by first timer Adam Smith drifts from campground to fistfight without much purpose or impact The accents thick as cold porridge just drift 
2
Trespass Against Us
Godfrey Cheshire
A film like this needs sociological credibility artistic distinction or at the very least interesting engaging characters 
.5
Trespass Against Us
Mark Dujsik
T here comes a point in Trespass Against Us at which the characters start to behave in ways that seem illogical 
2.5
Trespass Against Us
Chuck Bowen
The efforts of a slumming cast dwarfed by clichs and opportunistically scattershot class pity 
1
Good Ol' Boy
Sean P. Means
The joys and pains of childhood are familiar across all cultures and as the cloying comedy Growing Up Smith demonstrates hackneyed variations on The Wonder Years also are universal 
2
Good Ol' Boy
Dann Gire
Growing Up Smith possesses a big heart features a funny and engagingly sincere performance by Lake Zurich s Roni Akurati and offers an ending that swaps easy sentiment for the hard earned kind 
2.5
Middle Man
Tom Keogh
In more careless hands Middle Man s deranged farce could have resulted in an unchecked undisciplined movie with nothing to say But beneath the roller coaster madness here is an earthbound terror that art is meant to reveal 
3
Nowhere to Hide
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Park is the reason the new Korean film Nowhere to Hide works so well 
3.5
Nowhere to Hide
Mick LaSalle
This is flash in the service of nothing the proverbial sow s ear doing an indifferent imitation of a silk purse 
2
Nowhere to Hide
Steve Erickson
Nowhere to Hide may not be devoid of substance but beneath the virtuoso finish it s rotten to the core 
2
Madrid, 1987
Rene Rodriguez
Madrid 1987 operates on a dizzying number of levels as a romantic comedy a sex farce a study of culture clash ageism and idealism 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Mike Scott
This feel good animated gem is one of the most delightful 44 most creative surprises of the year 44 introducing audiences to an utterly charming title character 8212 voiced to perfection by Jenny Slate 8212 who 44 like the film itself 44 is impossible not to love 46 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 hilarious 44 sometimes dangerous 44 and always fascinating 44 a unique life outlook that doesn 8217 t pull any punches 46 46 46 Rossellini 8217 s tone and subtle digs as Connie is masterful voice work 46 46 46 it 8217 s hard not to smile at the way a one eyed shell sees the world 46 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The movie offers 90 minutes of poignant whimsy 44 all of it inducing genuine laughter and tears 46 If it doesn 8217 t move you 44 I fear nothing will 46 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Rob Thomas
8220 Marcel the Shell 8221 provides wisdom and comfort for viewers of every age as they manage life 8217 s transitions 46 Slow down 44 observe 44 and appreciate 44 Marcel tells us 46 Wise words from a tiny mouth drawn on with a pencil 46 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Rafer Guzman
An adorable little film with big life lessons 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Jeff Mitchell
8216 Marcel 8217 could be described as a 8216 Garfield 8217 and 8216 Fantastic Mr 46 Fox 8217 combination that gently rolls around and splashes in pools of honey 44 marmalade 44 and frank 44 observational discourse 44 but the said explanation doesn 8217 t do this endearing film justice 46 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Brian Eggert
He 8217 s a heartwarming and resonant character 44 and this is a delightful little film 46 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Tom Meek
It s a different kind of animated adventure to be sure impressively done via stop motion 
2.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 offered with such a gentle 44 quiet spirit that the movie feels like a crucial oasis 46 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Erik Childress
Jenny Slate 8217 s exquisite voicework guides us through one of the most wondrous 44 original examinations of loss and the place we want to be in this world 46 A film for all ages that deserves your attention and love 46 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Ty Burr
Even at 89 minutes the movie s overlong but in its gentle humor and wistfulness for a world of reconnection it s a genuine tonic 
3
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Max Weiss
In the hands of Slate and her director and creative partner Dean Fleischer Camp it s charming laugh out loud funny and surprisingly poignant 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Michael Phillips
It s best not to expect a life changing experience from Marcel the Shell With Shoes On But its tenderness along with its best jokes are most welcome right about now 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Mark Dujsik
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On gives us a unique character 44 while the film thrives by encapsulating his lovely and loveable spirit 46 
3
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Mark Feeney
Marcel is sweet it s charming it s clever It s also about as long an 89 minutes as you re likely to spend in a movie theater this summer Shoes Marcel has Narrative drive his namesake film does not 
2.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Randy Myers
The ideal family film should be equally enjoyed by kids and adults then handed down from one generation to the next And this delightful heart warmer belongs in that category 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Ann Hornaday
For the most part Fleischer Camp rewards the commitment although there are moments when the film feels like it s reaching to earn its almost 90 minute running time 
2.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Leo Brady
In adorable and poignant fashion 44 we go on a journey with Marcel 44 in search of his family 44 but what we find is so much more 46 We find a great big expression of love through the life of a little shell 46 
3.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Joey Magidson
Prepare to fall in love with Marcel 46 Now 44 it may have taken me longer to fall for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On than many of my colleagues 44 but it happened 44 and it will for you as well 46 What a lovely film 46 
3
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Rene Sanchez
A witty and heartwarming fable about learning to leave our shells to find happiness in the people and the world around us 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Kevin Carr
One of the sweetest 44 most endearing movies of the year 46 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Sonny Bunch
One can envision Marcel the Shell with Shoes On becoming an object of cult fascination for a new generation 46 
3
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Kent Turner
Yet 91 Marcel apos s 93 optimism and the whimsical film are infectious 46 They will wear down hardened cynics 44 although some viewers may need to have insulin on the ready 46 
2.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Jake Coyle
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On could be considered a kids movie or an art house indie But its proper audience might be anyone who s ever felt sanded down by life and could use a roll in Marcel s rover 
3
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Carla Renata
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On will make your spirit soar and remind you to enjoy those you love 44 inhale a bit of fresh air 44 and respect the earth every second as though it were your very first time 46 
4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Roger Moore
Twee can have a short shelf life 44 and once we 8217 ve gotten the Youtube length joke the picture loses some of comical edge 46 46 46 But if this is film is Marcel apos s teeny 44 tiny curtain call as a cultural phenomenon 44 it 8217 s a perfectly adorable one 46 
2.5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Derek Smith
Dean Fleischer Camp 8217 s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On convincingly proves that bigger sometimes is better 46 
3
The Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Ed Gonzalez
Illusion Travels by Streetcar is the more aesthetically and politically astringent but less heartfelt cousin to Bunuel s Mexican Bus Ride 
3
Returner
Phil Villarreal
Worth catching for fans of the genre just to whet the imagination of what this talented director could do with a coherent screenplay 
2.5
Returner
Ted Fry
This irresistibly over the top delight remains truly original in spite of its debt to an array of cinematic chestnuts 
3
Returner
Peter Hartlaub
With little room for new ideas the film must rely on the strength of its actors and they re excellent across the board 
2
Returner
Lou Lumenick
Returner was a huge hit in Japan but this would be sci fi epic is soporific shamelessly derivative and barely coherent by American standards 
1
Returner
Glenn Lovell
The real reason to see this film is the scrappy rapport between Kaneshiro and Suzuki They are so good together you won t know whether to cheer or cry 
3
Returner
Jan Stuart
Returner goes on far longer than such a derivative movie has a right to but it maintains enough of a balance between its human elements and its propulsive action sequences to keep us going 
2.5
Returner
David Sterritt
Hovering between Last Action Hero and E T this sci fi extravaganza is bookended with violence but has some gentle moments in between 
2
Returner
Robert K. Elder
A sprawling deformed undisciplined piece of cinema that hobbles along on weak genre splicing tactics 
1.5
Returner
Steve Rhodes
An action packed picture with equal measures of sweetness and violence like a delicious sweet and sour sauce it s also quite funny But most of all it s a lot of fun 
3.5
Rita, Sue and Bob Too!
Matt Brunson
The piece s social jabs are so unassuming that it s easy to simply accept this as a ribald comedy with dark undertones But the criticism can indeed be located and endorsed 
3
The General
Josh Larsen
It 8217 s hard to imagine Buster Keaton without trains 46 
3.5
The General
Luke Parker
Artistic perfection February 19 2019 
4
The General
James Kendrick
features gags that are as much artful exercises in stuntwork and timing as they are orchestrated attempts at humor and the fact that they work so well as both is testament to Keaton s brilliance as a filmmaker and performer
4
The General
Matt Brunson
Like the train itself The General rarely ever slows down barreling from one hair raising and frequently hilarious set piece to the next 
4
The General
Mattie Lucas
Not just one of the greatest films of the silent period but of all time and arguably the greatest comedy ever made 
4
The General
Peter Canavese
Keaton proves as endlessly clever and athletic as his screen surrogates chock full of hilarious sight gags including bits of business that incorporate moving trains cow catchers a bear and bear trap and a misbehaving cannon Blu ray 
4
The General
Bill Weber
The General isn t likely to be the favorite opus of the star s purist fans but it s the one with the trappings of ambition and historical poesy
4
The General
Jeremy Heilman
Its peerless mixture of exciting action and kinetic comedy are one of moviedom s supreme pleasures 
4
The General
Roger Ebert
Keaton s films have such a graceful perfection such a meshing of story character and episode that they unfold like music 
4
The General
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ranks among the greatest movies ever made 
4
Money Train
Michael Dequina
Goes nowhere fast 
2
Money Train
Mike Clark
It s stupid but also breezier than the year s other 12 score releases not worth a second look 
2.5
Celestial Clockwork
Roger Ebert
Celestial Clockwork is a riotous carnival of music colors witchery sexuality and magic It s pitched at approximately the same level of seriousness as Flying Down to Rio and if you approach it in that spirit it s infectious and funny 
3
Boys vs. Girls
Roger Moore
Starts with a hint of promise but never gets out of the gate 
1
The Princess and the Warrior
David Nusair
a film that s gorgeous to look at but completely hollow and devoid of compelling characters 
2
The Princess and the Warrior
Rob Blackwelder
Potente is almost unrecognizable in an incredibly visceral performance as Sissi 
2.5
The Princess and the Warrior
Roger Ebert
What s special about the film is at a deeper level down where Tykwer engages with the souls of his characters 
3.5
The Princess and the Warrior
Steven Rea
Doesn t lack for ideas nor for images that will sweep you up in their boldness and have the resonance of dreams 
3
The Princess and the Warrior
Michael Dequina
Tom Tykwer reunites with Franka Potente for another exploration of fate chance and metaphysics but what sounds like a surefire recipe for success ends up falling short 
2
The Princess and the Warrior
Mick LaSalle
It s dreary and self indulgent but has its crystalline moments 
3
The Princess and the Warrior
David Sterritt
This unconventional love and crime yarn will give Tykwer s admirers plenty of food for thought 
3
The Princess and the Warrior
Tor Thorsen
Princess is an exercise in languorousness with each scene sauntering along with the energy of a three toed sloth on codeine 
2.5
The Princess and the Warrior
Harvey S. Karten
Unlike Hollywood directors Tykwer takes his time letting us getting to know the characters and to judge whether they are heroes or villains 
3
The Princess and the Warrior
James Berardinelli
Has one of the most thought provoking and intelligent scripts of any movie I have seen in recent months 
4
The Princess and the Warrior
Steve Rhodes
A captivating piece of work from an excellent team 
3
Victor Frankenstein
Brian Eggert
Add Victor Frankenstein to the seemingly endless list of failed attempts to reclaim the iconography of Universal Studios classic monster movies 
1
Victor Frankenstein
Pamela Powell
Settings that Shelley probably envisioned a cast that is intensely engaging a bit of a love story high action and special effects bring life to a story that was otherwise thought dead 
3
Victor Frankenstein
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
exciting visually spectacular and well acted Full review in Spanish 
3
Victor Frankenstein
Geoffrey Macnab
Taken as a lurid B movie style pantomime fantasy the film is quite fun but it is vexing to see actors of the calibre of McAvoy and Radcliffe reduced to such abject mugging 
2
Victor Frankenstein
John Beifuss
Director Paul McGuigan says Mary Shelley s 1818 novel is dull as dishwater so he s jettisoned it for something dumb as dog dirt an action bromance apparently inspired by Guy Ritchie s Sherlock Holmes films 
2
Victor Frankenstein
Katherine Monk
Some movies only make sense if you ve been a 13 year old girl and Victor Frankenstein is one of them 
3
Victor Frankenstein
Scott Nash
Not a great movie by any means but still enjoyable in a cheesy sort of way 
2.5
Victor Frankenstein
Matt Brunson
There are nods to the 1931 Frankenstein as well as a shout out of sorts to Mel Brooks 1974 Young Frankenstein although sadly no one exclaims What knockers There s also an extended cameo by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes scar faced chimp Koba 
2
Victor Frankenstein
Brad Wheeler
McGuigan s visually vivid Victor Frankenstein races to its lightning storm finish running over the solid if not electrifying acting of McAvoy and Radcliffe 
2.5
Victor Frankenstein
James Berardinelli
To avoid the accusation that it s an unnecessary remake of an oft told story screenwriter Max Landis has reduced Mary Shelly s cautionary tale to a bad comic book bereft of soul and intelligence 
1
Victor Frankenstein
Ty Burr
Victor Frankenstein goes uphill for a bit before plummeting downhill fast 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
Anders Wright
Sharp and enjoyable like a breath of air that s both fresh and due to the subject matter fetid at the same time 
2.5
Victor Frankenstein
Josh Terry
Better to be an overachieving B movie than a disappointing headliner 
3
Victor Frankenstein
Stephen Whitty
It s got terrific set design and some striking performances But like the creature seen all too briefly at the end it s a rough thing of patches and pieces crudely stitched together 
2.5
Victor Frankenstein
Rob Thomas
I expected the latest iteration of the Frankenstein franchise to be bad but would it be enjoyably bad Then in the first scene we see Daniel Radcliffe capering about as a hunchback in clown makeup and I thought Go on I m listening 
1
Victor Frankenstein
Oleg Ivanov
Its litany of human freaks and animal monstrosities are meant to distract from the superficiality of its psychological and intellectual concerns 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
Steven Rea
A kind of mad coming of age yarn embellished with lightning bolts and monsters made of cadaverous flesh 
2.5
Victor Frankenstein
Dann Gire
Like Frankenstein s new creature this movie stumbles about never finding its footing or knowing what direction to go 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
Jen Chaney
As Radcliffe says from the beginning we know this story Since we already do the longer this particular version of it continues the more we wonder why we re bothering to sit through it 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
Moira MacDonald
Go watch Young Frankenstein again rather than venturing out to this one on a stormy night 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
David Berry
McAvoy might be able to make himself froth at the mouth while screaming It s alive but no one concerned ever manages to make the movie feel like the same thing can be said of it 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
Roger Moore
Two of Britain s most adorable and adored acting exports in 80s hair metal coiffures vamp away at the Frankenstein legend They just don t vamp enough 
2
Victor Frankenstein
Rene Rodriguez
Although the mad doctor played by James McAvoy gets title billing the star this time is his faithful assistant Igor Daniel Radcliffe a circus sideshow freak whose hump turns out to have been a really big zit no seriously 
1
Victor Frankenstein
Peter Howell
Paul McGuigan directs but apparently without a clue as to what kind of story he s trying to tell 
1
Victor Frankenstein
Mick LaSalle
A bleak tedious enterprise shot in earth tones and Gothic gray and blue 
1
Victor Frankenstein
Glenn Kenny
A bloody mess and a needlessly loud one as well 
1.5
Victor Frankenstein
Matt Pais
What exec thought this was what people wanted around the holidays Or ever 
1.5
Mermaids
Barry Hertz
Weinstein treats her subjects with compassion and empathy while offering curious audiences a nicely cut look at one of the world s little known subcultures Under the sea it sounds good to me 
3
Mermaids
Bruce DeMara
Weinstein finds poignancy in the tales of the tails and Catherine Lutes stunning underwater photography just might send you out searching for a fish tail of your own 
3
Grim Prairie Tales
Juan Carlos Coto
Coe s tales worthy of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling meld strong horror elements with icons of the Western enticing us with an irresistible pulp creepiness Coe also includes the requisite zinger ending 
2.5
Bullitt County
Frank Ochieng
McCracken s creative topsy turvy script and the atmospheric tension it provides in its edgy storytelling gives Bullitt County its riveting rawness as a compelling character study set against the bloody boundaries of organic thrills 
3
Bullitt County
Mark Dujsik
I t s hard to sympathize with characters who have only learned how to cover up their misdeeds 
2
Bullitt County
Matt Zoller Seitz
The problem is the script which isn t up to the level of the filmmaking much less the acting by a crackling ensemble of new and established players who deserve to become better known as a result of their work here 
2
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Teresa Lindeman
Lots of grub jokes catchy musical interludes and a satisfying villainess with the voice of Suzanne Pleshette 
3
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Walter Chaw
Born of a desire to make money off of children who don t know any better and their indulgent parents who should 
0.5
Heat and Dust
Keith Watson
It s unlikely to win over Merchant Ivory skeptics but it does represent an intriguing transition from the India centered social realism of their earlier work to the lavish literary adaptations for which they would become famous 
2
Heat and Dust
Roger Moore
Lovely and leisurely it lacks the repressed sexual heat of the greatest Merchant Ivory Jhabvala period pieces 
3
Heat and Dust
Roger Ebert
Heat and Dust contains wonderful sights and sounds and textures It is seductive treating both of its love stories with seriousness these are not romances but decisions to dissent 
3
Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute to Love
Namrata Joshi
Like going to a typical North Indian wedding banquet with loads on the menu from golgappas to chowmein But not one dish catches your fancy and you actually return home hungry 
2
Friends With Money
Peter Keough
Holofcener jibes class and materialism without getting preachy and avoids formula with wit and compassion 
3
Friends With Money
David Nusair
remains oddly uninvolving for the majority of its brisk running time 
2.5
Friends With Money
Peter T. Chattaway
These characters are worth a visit but don t be surprised if they don t stay with you for very long once you ve gone home 
3
Friends With Money
Betsy Bozdech
As slice of life indie dramedies go Friends with Money is smart and engaging if not wholly satisfying 
3
Friends With Money
Michael Szymanski
Guys could learn a lot about women by watching this older often funnier L A version of Sex in the City
3.5
Friends With Money
Wesley Lovell
An amazing set of actresses add depth and character to the lives of four friends whose relationship will always be a mystery but whose love for each other endures 
3
Friends With Money
Scott Nash
In some ways this movie reminded me of an off broadway play lots of talking and character development but very little action 
2.5
Friends With Money
Matt Pais
Graceful and perceptive with a genuine appreciation for imperfection and a weary but persistent commitment to hope 
3.5
Friends With Money
Linda Cook
Friends With Money is a Woody Allen ish movie that s just what its title implies 
3.5
Friends With Money
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The material is alternately rich or thin depending on the performers aptitude for mastering Holofcener s neurotically funny dialogue 
3
Friends With Money
Sean O'Connell
It s quiet small and emotional in its approach to the problems both large and small shared between four friends 
3
Friends With Money
James Sanford
sells itself short again and again by dreaming up silly plot complications and behavioral quirks that may have made slightly more sense on the page than they do on the screen 
2
Friends With Money
Sean P. Means
Watching these actresses trying to work with these underdeveloped roles is like watching big league hitters when there s no one pitching to them 
2.5
Friends With Money
Ken Fox
Further testament to Holofcener s skill and ongoing development as one of her generation s most consistently interesting independent filmmakers 
3.5
Friends With Money
Mick LaSalle
It s so effortless and pleasant to spend time with the characters and the actresses in Friends With Money that it seems churlish to notice that the movie adds up to nothing much 
2
Friends With Money
David Elliott
Little of weight seems at stake and the ensemble hum is low key 
2.5
Friends With Money
Carla Meyer
At its best the film approximates eavesdropping on the talk that can follow the exit of one friend from a room full of good pals all of them caring concerned and eager to deflect attention from their own situations 
3
Friends With Money
Stephen Whitty
The movie meanders a bit never quite following through on its undeniably nasty take on human relations 
2.5
Friends With Money
Robert W. Butler
Don t be surprised if you see glimpses of your own friends in this film and of yourself 
3
Friends With Money
Terry Lawson
Friends with Money is not a finished portrait just a disposable snapshot of people we re less than invested in 
2
Friends With Money
Jeff Vice
Friends With Money comes to an all too easy sitcom like conclusion 
2.5
Friends With Money
Lawrence Toppman
Most crucially we don t learn what brought the four women together Olivia s so much younger than the others that there s no reason to think they d ever have befriended her 
2.5
Friends With Money
John Beifuss
That this seems at all fresh is testimony to the aridity of the so called indie movie scene and to the phoniness of most modern studio movies about adult relationships 
2.5
Friends With Money
Rob Thomas
How exhilarating it is to watch great actresses get material that s worthy of them 
3.5
Friends With Money
Willie Waffle
It takes awhile to get going A long while Too long of a while 
2
Friends With Money
Phoebe Flowers
The performances are uniformly excellent this is easily Aniston s best work but there is the unshakeable sense that Holofcener has spread herself too thin trying to tell too many stories 
3
Friends With Money
Duane Dudek
A rich portrait of the tenuously connected sets of relationships that while peripheral in another film are the whole enchilada here 
3
Friends With Money
Thomas Delapa
With friends like Aniston and Holofcener the American independent film doesn t need enemies 
2
Friends With Money
Frank Houston
An appealingly low key look at friendships and status and how the two co exist sometimes uncomfortably 
3
Friends With Money
Phil Villarreal
There s little suspense but the film holds your interest like a nice conversation 
3
Friends With Money
Matt Brunson
Holofcener s greatest strength as a writer rests not in her dialogue though it s top grade but rather in the manner in which she levels the playing field for her characters 
3.5
Friends With Money
Sean McBride
The relationships and characters are great but a plot or at least a point to the story would have made the film so much more worthwhile 
3
Friends With Money
Ross Anthony
Honesty excellent dialogue endears us to real faulted people reminded me of Sideways Very good but could have used little more impact in the message department 
3
Friends With Money
Peter Howell
In plumbing the depths of despair of four unhappy Los Angeles women all in their 30s and 40s it reveals much about modern miscommunication 
3
Friends With Money
Moira MacDonald
In hanging out with Franny Christine Jane and Olivia you get not only a nuanced portrait of women s friendship but a glorious showcase of four actresses in their prime 
3.5
Friends With Money
Amy Biancolli
I m officially fed up with Jennifer Aniston s blue period 
1
Friends With Money
Liam Lacey
These are people not so different from those you know or perhaps even are ever so slightly inflated all the better to gently puncture 
3
Friends With Money
Michael Booth
Grows on you as minor touches make each ego a little more human 
2.5
Friends With Money
Sara Michelle Fetters
Better the writer director has the guts to make top notch entertainments revolving around real life No explosions no screeching tires no blazing guns no projectile vomiting no absurdist Hollywood lunacy of any kind 
3
Friends With Money
Marty Mapes
The astral conjunction never quite happened
2.5
Friends With Money
Chris Hewitt
It s overstuffed with zesty moments that reveal that the best friendships are about learning to grow together and challenge each other 
3.5
Friends With Money
Glenn Kenny
Friends is well crafted intelligent genuinely adult fare 
3
Friends With Money
Jami Bernard
No one making movies today has as firm a grasp of the intricacies of female friendship as writer director Nicole Holofcener 
2.5
Friends With Money
Bruce Newman
I think I liked Aniston s old friends better 
1.5
Friends With Money
Pam Grady
Friends With Money is very well done It s just a pity it doesn t revolve around more likeable people As is it s just painful 
2
Friends With Money
Walter Chaw
Takes a step backwards here by trusting the tactile fidelity of her assumed imaginary daguerreotypes buzzing around one another in contrived indecipherable orbits 
2
Friends With Money
Lou Lumenick
After headlining two of 2005 s worst movies Derailed and Rumor Has It Jennifer Aniston bounces back with Nicole Holofcener s acutely funny Friends With Money Aniston s best on screen performance since The Good Girl 
3
Friends With Money
Glenn Whipp
Friends With Money isn t so much a slice of life as a slice of a slice of life about as weighty as an iced blended coffee You buy it you consume it and when it s done you wonder Is that all there is 
2.5
Friends With Money
Randy Myers
Observant and compassionate in its depiction of what life is like for its strong willed female characters 
3.5
Friends With Money
Wesley Morris
Friends With Money is another finely etched intelligently acted social comedy from Nicole Holofcener whose first two features were Walking and Talking and Lovely Amazing 
3
Friends With Money
Jeffrey Westhoff
Friends With Money should be on Prozac Zoloft or Paxil I mean that in a good way 
3
Friends With Money
Josh Larsen
You learn more about a Holofcener character from the way she brushes her hair than you do about the factory made heroine in all two hours of your average romance 
3.5
Friends With Money
Dan Fienberg
Another plot lite character heavy portrait of woman dealing with love friendship and self worth and Holofcener has little interest in adding polish or scale to her formula 
2.5
Friends With Money
Peter Canavese
Gives the characters relatable failings and the story some ironic bite but lacks the depth of empathy Holofcener showed in Lovely and Amazing 
2.5
Friends With Money
Allison Benedikt
A class conscious L A tale of four best friends and the men who love and hurt them 
3.5
Friends With Money
Roger Ebert
The movie lacks warmth and edge It seems to be more of an idea than a story 
2
Friends With Money
Jan Stuart
Every five years Nicole Holofcener makes a movie Catherine Keener acts in it and some kind of magic happens 
3.5
Friends With Money
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lays the emotional tension on thick but punctuates it with nimble wit 
3.5
Friends With Money
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
An understated comedy about money in a classless social setting 
3
Friends With Money
Peter Travers
For a movie rich in hilarity heartbreak and a sense of life in all its vibrant messy sprawl watch Friends With Money It touches a nerve 
3.5
Friends With Money
Steve Rhodes
Quite funny the script has but one fault It has a final page When the movie finishes your only complaint will be that you wished it were longer 
3
Friends With Money
Connie Ogle
Amusing and astute a smart observation on the ups and downs of female friendships 
3
October Country
Joe Williams
The beauty of October Country beside its artful images is how it compresses the windblown fortunes of working class America into the fallen leaves of one forlorn family 
3
October Country
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you give October Country enough of a shot it becomes crystal clear that filmmakers Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher care about their subjects 
3.5
October Country
Walter V. Addiego
You can probably extract a sociological or political message from the film but I don t think that was the intention This lack of an agenda seems to add to the movie s intensity 
3
October Country
Janice Page
Too often the camera is angling to be the star 
2.5
October Country
Michael O'Sullivan
A powerful portrait of the American working poor and the dynamics that govern all families regardless of economic class 
3
October Country
Jeff Shannon
Unlike similar yet superior films like Capturing the Friedmans October Country has no mysteries to probe or revelations to share 
2.5
October Country
Ethan Alter
Ultimately it s the Mosher clan s resilience and lack of self pity that keeps October Country from coming across as a case of pure exploitation 
3
October Country
Joseph Jon Lanthier
There s a distinctively and hauntingly dehumanizing quality about the graphic approach of October Country 
3
October Country
Roger Ebert
One understands how Donal Mosher could obtain access to this moments or stark honesty and bleak truth One wonders what the family thought of the film when they saw it 
3
Women is Losers
Roger Moore
Pluck wins out and makes this one a winner 
2.5
Women is Losers
Sarah Knight Adamson
Paints a portrait of the women s moment of the 60s 70s writer director Lissette Feliciano s creatively crafted film validates those times struggles heartbreak Strong performance by Lorenza Izzo 
3.5
Women is Losers
Michael Frank
Despite its assured style and confident direction the narrative itself lacks the depth needed to examine these broader societal problems 
2
The Kate Logan Affair
David Nusair
a watchable yet uneven little thriller 
2.5
Marlene
Bill Weber
The bilingual parrying between the withholding diva and her frustrated chronicler often seems like Sunset Boulevard re imagined as a radio play with sex removed from the equation but marlenus interruptus aplenty 
3
My Tree
Roger Moore
An eye opening documentary about propaganda apos s role in the founding of Israel and continual efforts to immunize the controversial Jewish State from criticism 44 partly by having donors plant 240 million trees there 46 
3
Final Justice
Matt Brunson
A clunky action yarn 
1
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
David Sterritt
Hearing her speak her finely honed mind in unscripted un handled terms is worth the price of admission in itself 
4
Burning Cane
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps it s his youth but the way Youmans refuses to adhere to filmmaking convention displays a confidence that is often breathtaking 
3
Burning Cane
Josh Larsen
tries to reconcile what is heard and experienced in church with what is seen and felt when Sunday service is over 
3
Burning Cane
Roger Moore
Vignettes can add up to a wholly realized film but in this case they tell the tale but don t quite complete the story 
2.5
Burning Cane
Joey Magidson
Pierce helps lead the way as does the sheer excitement of watching a young filmmaker find their footing 
3
Burning Cane
Michael Phillips
The people in Youmans film complicate a simple plot summary by presenting more than one face to the world and to the camera 
3
Burning Cane
Matt Fagerholm
God is destined to forever be a complicated subject for most mortals yet there s no question this film has made me a believer in the boundless artistic potential of its creator 
4
Burning Cane
Mike Scott
A vision this distinctive would be impressive coming from a filmmaker of any age That Youmans was 17 upon shooting it makes it that much more extraordinary 
4
Burning Cane
Rene Sanchez
A contemplative and ethereal fable about the constant clash between the human and the spiritual worlds Full Review in Spanish 
3
Burning Cane
Dwight Brown
Phillip Youmans premise and maturity go well beyond his years He puts his characters in an angst that hovers over the entire production 
3
Burning Cane
Robert Daniels
Youmans potential has no limits 
3.5
Satan Was a Lady
Joe Bob Briggs
All of the Wishman elements are here the suggestive lesbian subplots the cutaways to random inanimate objects she saves money by dubbing dialogue without showing the speaker s face and of course plenty of gratuitous nudity and violence 
4
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Kevin A. Ranson
For all the opposites these two characters are 44 they are drawn together in their hope for better 46 46 46 embraces fairy tale elements to a Brothers Grimm tee 46 46 46 a banquet of storytelling 44 sumptuous and delicious even when slightly bitter 46 
4
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Matt Brunson
A wondrous film until the magic runs out in the last act 46 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s out there but not as much as you think 44 well grounded in strong performances by Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton 46 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Rene Sanchez
A grandiose and imaginative cinematic spectacle that sacrifices emotional impact over stylish visuals 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Chase Hutchinson
More intriguing in its initial inclinations than in its clumsy conclusion 44 it is an often vibrant work that gets regrettably tangled up in itself 46 
2
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Pablo De Vita
Miller captivates his audience with an extravagant visual universe and the intimate sensibility that surrounds Dr Binnie Tilda Swinton and the genius Idris Elba 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Mike McGranaghan
The truest sign of a great director is that even their failures are fascinating 46 That brings us to George Miller apos s Three Thousand Years of Longing 46 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Richard Roeper
Three Thousand Years of Longing actually ends on a creative high note but the path to that conclusion is filled with muddled adventures that play like something out of a 1980s B movie We find ourselves longing for the credits to roll 
2
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Walter Chaw
While I don t love this movie like I do so much of Miller s work I do love thinking about everything he s trying to summarize about himself in the twilight of his career 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Anne Brodie
There is a lot of talk 44 much of it interesting 44 vignettes of ancient myths 44 and fun special effects but the greatest special effect is the chemistry between the two giants of the screen Swinton and Elba 46 10 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Mark Meszoros
Three Thousand Years of Longing is a mediocre time passer that 8217 s something a bit different for Miller 46 
2
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Mattie Lucas
A dazzling playground of fantasy and storytelling that makes audacious choices that could have been disastrous in lesser hands 44 but nevertheless pay off handsomely thanks to Miller apos s uncompromising vision and the power of a great story well told 46 
3.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Katie Walsh
Miller asks the audience to level up its existential exploration 44 posing questions about the purpose of storytelling 46 46 46 but the film doesn 8217 t offer any concrete answers 44 leaving us adrift in a sea of provocative queries 46 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is the story of life 44 and as frustrating and maddening as that can be 44 it 8217 s also quite beautiful 58 the continual hope for a better tomorrow is a wish worth making 44 no matter what the risks 46 
4
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s a movie that sings and moves 44 until it doesn apos t 46 But I still find it fascinating 44 and certainly worth viewing 44 especially for fans of Miller apos s work 46 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Tom Meek
There s much to admire in the craft all around but for all its grand gestures Three Thousand Years feels not quite fully formed 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s not one of Miller 8217 s standout works 44 but Three Thousand Years of Longing has its moments 44 a compelling theme about the power of the spoken word 44 as well as two lead actors 46 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Ty Burr
Even with its lumps and misdemeanors I not only enjoyed it I prize it and celebrate its existence 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Sonny Bunch
It is only in understanding each other 8212 in seeing ourselves in each other 8217 s stories 8212 that we can ourselves be whole 46 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
James Berardinelli
Suffused with hypnotic visuals and anchored by a tremendous performance by Idris Elba the movie takes its cues from the fantasy workings of Guillermo del Toro and is only occasionally found wanting 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Chris Hewitt
I loved Three Thousand Years even as I remained aware I m destined to be part of a small group 
3.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Mark Dujsik
Co writer 47 director George Miller apos s movie is a fun and engaging dissection of why we tell stories 46 46 46 until it isn apos t 46 46 46 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Glenn Kenny
91 Miller apos s 93 mastery makes the movie eye popping 59 his freedom and audacity make it surprising and unsettling 46 
3.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Ann Hornaday
What should be a cinematic journey into amazement and otherworldly adventure instead becomes a tedious word heavy slog all the more disappointing considering the director in charge is George Miller 
1.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Mark Feeney
Having nothing to prove Miller can flirt with silliness and embrace idiosyncrasy Having a lot to offer he can get away with the one and enjoy the other 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
G. Allen Johnson
The trouble with Three Thousand Years of Longing is it s just not that wondrous or interesting 
1
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Randy Myers
Those who elect to submerge themselves into Miller s fantasy will walk away with a renewed sense of hope and maybe even a lump in their throats 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Lindsey Bahr
There is not a cynical molecule in the makeup of George Miller s Three Thousand Years of Longing a patient and occasionally dazzling fantasy about love myth hope companionship and perhaps most of all about storytelling 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Joey Magidson
Three Thousand Years of Longing disappoints because it has such luminous potential 46 By the end 44 you more or less feel in tune with the Djinn 44 but the human component is slightly lacking 46 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Brian Eggert
91 The film apos s 93 minor imperfections seem negligible next to the filmmaker 8217 s boundless ambition 46 
3.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Qina Liu
It s a flawed but intoxicating kaleidoscope of stories If only the film ending were as strong as its beginning and middle 
2.5
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Derek Smith
George Miller 8217 s film is a passionate exploration of how image making is inextricable from storytelling 46 
3
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Roger Moore
Whatever Miller was getting at 44 not egging his leading players into something warmer 44 sexier 44 lighter and funnier seems like a blunder 46 Not casting famous faces as his assorted historical figures makes them largely forgettable 46 
1.5
Enter Nowhere
Mike McGranaghan
Has a nice Twilight Zone style vibe to it yet the story tips its hand too soon thanks to some clues that might as well have been lit by neon signs 
2.5
Delirium
Glenn Kenny
Martin should look for better writers to begin with 
1.5
Slaxx
Mike McGranaghan
Sometimes you just need a great big dose of crazy On that count Slaxx fits like a glove 
3
Slaxx
Kevin Carr
It s about a pair of killer jeans which is totally ridiculous but it s kinda fun that way 
3
Slaxx
Leo Brady
Slaxx achieves everything it sets out to do with technology that reminds me of the innovative ways of making horror movies and a lot of bloody fun making Slaxx the perfect fit 
3
Slaxx
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not a perfect fit Slaxx slays and I can t wait to size it up again sometime soon 
3
Slaxx
Tomris Laffly
There s some blood spattered pleasure to be had with Slaxx and its amusing twist on a survive the night slasher 
2.5
Slaxx
Randy Myers
Director co writer Elza Kephart doesn t let anyone off the hook in this bloody and fun satire 
3
Born to Be
John Beifuss
Compassionate and clarifying 
3.5
Born to Be
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Their valor is inspiring may they be beacons of hope for all who seek the freedom that only true authenticity can bring 
4
Born to Be
Anita Katz
Director Tania Cypriano has delivered an enlightening and affecting film that compellingly denounces hate and underscores the right of transgender people to receive quality compassionate health care 
3
Born to Be
Godfrey Cheshire
A brave revelatory and beautifully realized film it is easily one of the year s best and most important documentaries 
4
Party Girl
Maitland McDonagh
The cast is uniformly excellent particularly the relentlessly effervescent Posey and the imperious Sasha von Scherler the director s mother and the modern take on old fashioned romantic comedy is surprisingly effective 
3
Party Girl
Betsy Bozdech
Posey mixes her trademark edge with an appealing vulnerability creating a realistic portrait of a twentysomething girl who doesn t quite know who she is or where she s going 
3
Party Girl
Edward Guthmann
If Party Girl weren t so contrived and if Posey didn t exude such cold hauteur all of that might have worked 
2
Party Girl
Joe Baltake
Parker Posey will either grate on your nerves or charm the daylights out of you or both 
2.5
Party Girl
Roger Ebert
It s a showcase leading role for Parker Posey who obviously has the stuff and generates wacky charm But the movie never pulls itself together 
2
Wings in the Dark
David Nusair
the novelty of watching Grant play a blind guy keeps things interesting for a while 
2.5
Soft for Digging
Walter Chaw
an exercise in craft economical and brilliant 
3.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Dwight Brown
At only 75 minutes long you question whether the better medium might have been cable TV or VOD and not a theatrical release 
2.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Michael Dequina
The laughs are frequent with Hart s energy and timing having grown and been honed to more than fill the vast cavernous space of Madison Square Garden 
3
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Chris Knight
The less said about the specifics of the act the better wouldn t want to spoil the punchlines but Let Me Explain is a notch above Hart s last concert film 2011 s Laugh at My Pain 
3
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Odie Henderson
Kevin Hart is indeed a talented comedian This is just not his best material 
1.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Rafer Guzman
Any comic who can play the Garden must be good but you wouldn t know it from this jumble of random routines and on the bus footage 
2
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Gary Thompson
We do get a solid 40 minutes of Hart s new routine one that shows his transition from underdog entertainer to front rank stand up star 
3
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
David Hiltbrand
If you were to judge Let Me Explain purely on its performance portion filmed at Madison Square Garden during Hart s 2012 tour the film would merit a full extra star But at 75 minutes it feels too skimpy to rave over 
2.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Farran Smith Nehme
Once Hart is on he s hilarious be warned however he takes a long time to get under way 
2.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Claudia Puig
His energetic stand up routine at the Garden can be riotously funny It also can be frenetic and repetitive More judicious editing would have showcased his talents better 
2
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Kevin C. Johnson
The film is flat and lazy and the audio mix is so low it sounds as if the audience is barely laughing His cable comedy specials have better production values 
2
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Stephanie Merry
Diminutive and energetic he exudes comedy with every spirited step and elaborate gesture He s hilarious but almost as important he s self aware enough to joke about his own shortcomings 
2.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Peter Keough
This frantic energy at times touches on genius at other times suggests desperation And the directors don t do him any favors by the annoyingly frequent close ups of audience members in convulsions of laughter 
2
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Roger Moore
A brief energetic performance of weak material heavily reliant on the Paula Deen word for laughs 
1.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Kam Williams
You know he s still humble enough to remember where he came from when tears can be seen streaming down his face as he takes bows at Madison Square Garden 
3
Manos sucias
Rene Rodriguez
Manos sucias culminates with the expected arrival of horrific savagery but not from the direction you were expecting 
3
Manos sucias
Clayton Dillard
Josef Kubota Wladyka is ultimately unable to reconcile complex dynamics any further than with a glimpse toward their fundamentally destructive effects 
2.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Mae Tinee
Too much cannot be said for the acting and direction of All Quiet on the Western Front It is almost impossible to believe that some of the battle scenes were staged 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The most rabidly antiwar movie in the history of Hollywood Full review in Spanish 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Scott Nash
The production values are incredibly high and not just for the time And as the movie has aged and the film has gone grainier and the flickers increased it almost adds to the effect 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Rob Humanick
The rawness of the audio eradicates any lingering notion that war is romantic or exciting and at times suggests the very battered eardrums of those engaged in combat 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Wesley Lovell
There are few war films that can match the brilliance of Lewis Milestone s anti war classic It s a feast for the ears with a passionate soul 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
James Berardinelli
All Quiet on the Western Front is the definitive World War I motion picture the best of a surprisingly small class of movies 
3.5
Bridgend
Nick Allen
The ambitions are there in Rnde s film and are exciting to witness as is the evocative imagery But Bridgend feels imbalanced 
2.5
Bridgend
Nick McCarthy
Bridgend with its dark blue hued cinematography and murky music is all foreboding atmosphere 
1.5
Hamlet
Roger Ebert
I like the way the material has truly been adapted to its modern setting without the language being adulterated 
3
Hamlet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a sense it s B movie Shakespeare the same as Orson Welles inspired version of Macbeth 1948 which was produced on a skimpy budget for a B picture studio 
3
Hamlet
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hamlet is supposed to be melancholy but Hawke plays him as a disturbed loner who is more likely to infect the world s computers with an e mail virus than avenge his father s murder 
2
Hamlet
David Nusair
Consider it a primer for Kenneth Branagh s four and a half hour Hamlet opus 
2.5
Hamlet
Robert Nuñez
Fear not This Bard is anything but boring 
4
Hamlet
Susan Stark
Icy cold in its palette and unwaveringly cool in its application of modern settings and gizmos to a text that stands up to endless reinvention this is a Hamlet that brings imagination matched by thoughtfulness to its appeal to both eye and ear 
3
Hamlet
Rick Groen
The result is more than a mere gimmick and less than an unqualifed success but yes it s always watchable 
3
Hamlet
Rich Cline
Visually the film is riveting using the setting with real style and emotion 
3.5
Hamlet
Scott A. Mantz
If you re looking for a unique and modernized version of a timeless classic then this Hamlet is the thing 
4
Hamlet
Bill Chambers
A perfect example of how a director with real vision can liberate the Bard for the times
3.5
Hamlet
Karina Montgomery
Miramax shouldn t be encouraged to do more along these lines by watching it anywhere but at home Double feature with Strange Brew see if anything looks familiar 
2
Hamlet
Jeff Vice
A mostly well acted piece that falters only slightly because of a couple of wrongheaded moves 
3
Hamlet
Joe Baltake
It may work only in fits as an experiment usually does but you also can t deny that this is a true fresh adaptation 
3.5
Hamlet
Barbara Vancheri
This Hamlet may not be one for the ages but it is one for 2000 
3
Hamlet
Rob Blackwelder
Lacks scope and consistency but even at its worst it s always interesting to watch 
2.5
Hamlet
Bob Bloom
Hamlet is a drama that should be larger than life This version plays like a Fox network soap opera 
1.5
Hamlet
Steve Rhodes
An unenergetic misfire 
2
Hamlet
Michael Dequina
Feels more a lazy gimmick than an inspired dash of creativity 
1.5
Hamlet
Madeleine Williams
A flat and uninteresting adaptation of Hamlet 
2
Hamlet
Ross Anthony
This Hamlet drew me in like no other Shakespearean work thus far Interviews 
2.5
Hamlet
Jeanne Aufmuth
Alternately clumsy and clever it s nonetheless the new order of Shakespeare 
3
Hamlet
Mary Kalin-Casey
Twister director Michael Almereyda seems an unlikely candidate to bring Shakespeare s most famous work to the screen but his visually striking adaptation updates the Bard s tragedy with style and conviction 
2
Hamlet
Mick LaSalle
In the end this noble experiment fails not for its adventure but for its ultimate lack thereof 
2
Hamlet
James Berardinelli
Although it s virtually impossible to make a bad movie based on a play as strong as Hamlet Almereyda almost succeeds 
2
The Alarmist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Electric performances the plot and the cheerful guitar score by Christophe Beck help make The Alarmist a fun and well quirky experience 
2.5
The Alarmist
Edward Guthmann
As a showcase for Tucci s comic skills The Alarmist succeeds We start the film feeling buoyed by his roosterlike energy and audacity and we end it feeling let down by a script that can t quite decide what it wants to say 
2
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
Steve Rhodes
Political correctness run amok 
1
Dinner With Friends
David Nusair
the performances are all note perfect 
3
An Eye for an Eye
Mick LaSalle
An Eye for an Eye may very well be the most unpersuasive documentary ever made 
2
An Eye for an Eye
Brad Wheeler
A well layered film makes a fascinating case for forgiveness and a sharp rebuke of Bible taught eye for an eye revenge 
3
Sebastian
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A failed drama that can be at times unintentionally funny Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Out of Status
Maitland McDonagh
Directors Sawhney and Singh would have better served their subjects if they had stacked the deck less 
2
Out of Status
V.A. Musetto
An issue as serious as this deserves a more far reaching and impartial examination 
2
Top Spin
Tom Keogh
Top Spin s action is sizzling that sideways hop dance players use in the sport is mesmerizing and lightning fast exchanges between competitors can look unearthly 
3
Top Spin
Mark Moring
As the Olympic trials draw near it s fun to watch them really go for it and you ll be rooting for them to make the team And no matter what happens next their childhoods remain sane and very intact 
3
The King
Frank Ochieng
A bouncy and reflective sentiment about Presley s ever lasting staple on the American psyche dutifully seduces us with the Elvis mystique and his brand of antiquated celebrity applied to the current day mindset of American consciousness 
2.5
The King
Joey Magidson
Elvis is clearly used as a metaphor by Jarecki Undeniably progressive in his approach and his politics the filmmaker still crafts a compelling portrait that reaches beyond simply ideology 
3
The King
Joe Friar
Elvis Presley s 1963 Rolls Royce serves as a metaphor for what s wrong with this country in two time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki s new documentary 
3.5
The King
Robert Daniels
The King Elvis and the broken American mythology
3
The King
James Kendrick
a state of the union assessment by way of an Elvis Presley documentary
3
The King
Mark Dujsik
Eugene Jarecki s documentary is as ambitious in the scope of its central idea as it is unassuming in execution 
3
The King
Dann Gire
The King presents a provocative exploration of the nation s soul 
3.5
The King
Brad Wheeler
Provocative and at times unwieldy The King is something of a stoned CNN Special Report on wheels 
3
The King
Bruce DeMara
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki does something rather unusual with The King which becomes something extraordinary and insightful 
3.5
The King
Maren Longbella
A fascinating look at a fascinating icon 
3.5
The King
Mark Feeney
At its best The King is a fever dream of American glory and American weirdness between which there can be an even thinner line than the one separating love from hate 
3
The King
Robert Horton
Jarecki s after the big picture and that s part of the problem 
2
The King
Sheila O'Malley
So vast it often strains to make connections but its form an intricate intersecting montage a flashcard bombardment of images and clips keeps the film chugging along just like Elvis Presley s 1963 Rolls Royce Phantom V 
3
The King
Peter Travers
It s hard to pinpoint exactly when Eugene Jarecki s one of a kind doc on the rise and fall of Elvis turns into a metaphor for Trump s America but when it happens kapow 
3.5
The King
Mark Kennedy
What could have been a gentle personal travelogue is reworked and reworked until it s often guilty of the last sin of Elvis excess 
1
The King
Roger Moore
A moving masterpiece of music pop cultural montage and Big American Metaphor
4
The King
Chuck Bowen
The King benefits from a quality that s usually a liability in nonfiction films Its scattershot structure gets at the truth of pop culture as an ineffable chimera that defines much of the world 
3
Let's Get Frank
Jack Mathews
There s nothing new here but Frank provides a genial reminder that politics doesn t always have to take the low road 
3
Let's Get Frank
David Sterritt
Feisty funny and smart 
4
Let's Get Frank
John Anderson
Between skirmishes in the Capitol we get a portrait of the congressman as an openly homosexual man with Everly s agenda much more about Frank s sex life than his politics 
2.5
Let's Get Frank
Megan Lehmann
Frank is a worthy subject but this treatment amounts to not much more than a somewhat extraneous sidebar to last month s The Hunting of the President 
1.5
The Daydreamer
Matt Brunson
A charming family film 
3
A Chronicle of Corpses
Carrie Rickey
Its narrative resonates and reverberates as only the most universal stories do 
3
A Chronicle of Corpses
V.A. Musetto
I had a tough time figuring out who was doing what to whom 
2
Boom: The Sound of Eviction
Joshua Tanzer
Captures the sudden human cataclysm caused by the dot com craze by people suddenly and irrationally throwing billions of dollars where they didn t belong 
3
Trouble in Mind
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that takes place within our memories of the movies 
3
My Night at Maud's
Matt Brunson
Few directors are as adept as Rohmer at capturing the messy morality of life 
3
My Night at Maud's
Roger Ebert
My Night at Maud s is about love being a Roman Catholic body language and the games people play It is just about the best movie I ve seen on all four subjects 
4
Astoria
Gene Seymour
Efteriades gives the neighborhood scenery vibe and all the cinematic equivalent of a big tender hug 
3
Astoria
Lou Lumenick
Rates an E for effort and a B for boring 
1
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Jennie Punter
10 Questions works extremely well as an introduction to the Dalai Lama and offers a tantalizing peek at the dynamic and even mischievous personality of this influential man 
2.5
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Loey Lockerby
Ray s particular interest in Asia serves him well as he explores the Dalai Lama s world 
2.5
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
G. Allen Johnson
There have been several documentaries about the Dalai Lama but few have done a better job of packaging the Tibetan religious leader s circumstances both historical and current along with his philosophies than 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama 
3
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Graham Killeen
Director Ray interjects observations about his own travels like a backup musician who thinks he s the frontman A little less cowbell please 
2
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Ty Burr
One comes away from 10 Questions emboldened energized and sadder aware that peace remains so radical a concept that most of us aren t yet worthy of it 
3
The Blackout Experiments
Simon Abrams
There s something here but it s darker and more elusive than perhaps Fox even knows 
2.5
Devil's Possessed
Matt Brunson
Basically a Robin Hood adventure yarn with a dab of Satanism tossed into the mix 
2
Curious George
Christy Lemire
Director Matthew O Callaghan and screenwriter Ken Kaufman haven t tried to create a film that s hip just one that s funny and sweet and in that sense they ve succeeded 
2.5
Curious George
Kate Taylor
Gentle enough to satisfy the wee ones but has little to offer their adult companions 
2
Curious George
Christy Lemire
George is just so darn cute with his big eyes and bright smile and perpetually sunny disposition he s pretty much impossible to resist 
2.5
Curious George
Stefan Ulstein
A great kids film and a vehicle for a beloved character that will hopefully send parents scurrying to the bookstore for the genuine article 
3
Curious George
Jonathan R. Perry
Cute but never cloying uncomplicated but not simple minded Curious George is as light energetic and satisfying as a flip through one of the storybooks that bear his name 
3
Curious George
Linda Cook
Curious about the family fare that s out there Well wonder no more Curious George is the perfect outing for every member of your household 
3.5
Curious George
Thomas Delapa
King Kong gets small very small in this cheery big screen version of the popular series of children s books by H A and Margret Rey 
2
Curious George
Sean McBride
Five year olds should enjoy the film but grownups will be bored out of their skulls
1.5
Curious George
Steven Snyder
It s tragic when the stilted dialogue silly physical humor and meaningless plot lines come crashing down over this peace and calm fit for a Sunday morning 
1.5
Curious George
Kit Bowen
Curious George is an adorable and heartening adaptation that does the classic children s tale justice 
3.5
Curious George
Hanh Nguyen
Curious George s titular round headed monkey is so darn cute start rehearsing all the reasons why wild animals would not make good pets 
2.5
Last Resort
Roger Moore
A quot Die Hard quot in a Bangkok bank 46 46 46 badly written and amateurishly acted 44 so amateurishly that one feels sorry for much of the cast 46 
1
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
Leo Brady
By the end it becomes more than evident that Dio is an important figure in music whether you like his tunes is up to you but what cant be denied is that Dio will rock long into the great dark night 
2.5
Cannonball
Roger Ebert
It tries for the greatest realism in its obligatory shots of gas tanks exploding and yet includes such absurdities as a local news helicopter that tracks all of the competitors all the way from LA to New York 
1
Family Blood
Roger Moore
A promising premise vampirism manageable through 12 steps winds up being a suspense free thriller with a lot of pretty actors covered in fake blood 
1
Courage Under Fire
Janet Maslin
Despite its underlying predictability Courage Under Fire manages warmth intelligence and a healthy share of surprises 
3
Courage Under Fire
Judith Egerton
Denzel Washington reinforces his image as a serious leading man who dominates a film with his quiet intensity and aura of introspection 
3.5
Courage Under Fire
Michael Dequina
When Washington s long pent up emotions finally break through the surface the result is at once exhilarating and heartbreaking 
4
Courage Under Fire
Peter Stack
A fascinating mystery mixed with war action 
3
Courage Under Fire
Liam Lacey
At the end of Courage Under Fire you feel torn between admiration and annoyance with the filmmakers who take an attention grabbing premise and skillfully develop it into a conclusion that s pure piffle 
3
Courage Under Fire
James Kendrick
Although Courage Under Fire perplexes just enough to be engaging it doesn t probe deep enough to be truly enthralling 
3
Courage Under Fire
Mike D'Angelo
A mighty good mystery melodrama in a military milieu 
3
Courage Under Fire
Madeleine Williams
Courage Under Fire like the double meaning of its title is subtle in ways but is a powerful depiction of the meaning of courage 
3
Courage Under Fire
Susan Wloszczyna
Part Rashomon part The Caine Mutiny the first major studio film to deal with 1991 s Desert Storm not only captures the terror of battle but also its wrenching aftermath 
4
Courage Under Fire
Rob Blackwelder
The film is driven by Washington s remarkable burning performance 
3
Courage Under Fire
Roger Ebert
The end of the film understandably lays on the emotion a little heavily but until then Courage Under Fire has been a fascinating emotional and logistical puzzle 
3.5
Courage Under Fire
James Berardinelli
Courage Under Fire is as profound and intelligent as it is moving and that makes this memorable motion picture one of 1996 s best 
4
Courage Under Fire
Joe Baltake
Zwick pulls off the trick of making each story plausible while Ryan successfully sheds her usual overmannered acting style and turns in a solid if fleeting performance as a no nonsense leathery woman 
4
Courage Under Fire
Steve Rhodes
An extremely moving picture that left me with my heart racing and my arms clutching myself and staring at the screen 
4
Courage Under Fire
Chris Hicks
A riveting contemporary wartime melodrama 
3.5
The Hunt
Frank Ochieng
gripping and observant The Hunt is a hellish private nightmare for a condemned man lost in the confines of chaos confusion and the contamination of unfounded hysteria 
3.5
The Hunt
David N. Butterworth
Mikkelsen makes this personal horror show his own with a powerful and remarkably controlled performance 
3.5
The Hunt
James Adams
The Hunt s inexorability feels derived more from thematic or ideological concerns than any organic necessity 
2.5
The Hunt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Hunt starts off with great promise before it fails 
2.5
The Hunt
Rob Thomas
Thomas Vinterberg The Celebration creates a modern day Crucible a frighteningly plausible examination of how suspicion can spread through otherwise decent people 
3
The Hunt
John Beifuss
Credibly generates suspense and maintains interest even if one wonders why the filmmakers felt compelled to pursue this particular subject matter for their tale of a wronged man 
2.5
The Hunt
Matt Brunson
Of a piece with Arthur Miller s The Crucible and Lillian Hellman s The Children s Hour two other works about persecution and hypocrisy 
3.5
The Hunt
Sean P. Means
Mikkelsen now freaking out Americans as the title character of NBC s Hannibal gives the persecuted Lucas a gravity and an intensity that make for compelling viewing 
3
The Hunt
Moira MacDonald
Through it all we see an idyllic looking community where glorious fall colors fade into twinkling December snow a pretty frame for a terrifying story of a modern day witch hunt 
3.5
The Hunt
Mark Dujsik
The film clearly wants us to be uncomfortable about many things it s not a stretch to imagine that the implications of the premise are among them 
3
The Hunt
Dann Gire
The Hunt is far scarier than the most frightening zombie film 
3.5
The Hunt
Matt Pais
Shows that even when Klara s parents and their friends aren t sure they d rather be wrong on the defensive than be wrong and do nothing 
2.5
The Hunt
Steven Rea
The Hunt offers a powerful provocative study of mob mentality and the fabric of trust 
3
The Hunt
Chris Hewitt
It s a powerful and thought provoking movie 
3.5
The Hunt
Ann Hornaday
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen delivers an astonishingly restrained and expressive central performance in The Hunt an engrossing psycho social drama by Thomas Vinterberg 
3
The Hunt
Walter V. Addiego
An intense hard to watch drama of a man s life torn apart by his fellow citizens The performance is skilled enough that it won the top acting award at last year s Cannesfestival 
3
The Hunt
Peter Keough
A harrowing but flawed study of an innocent man accused of pedophilia 
2.5
The Hunt
Peter Howell
It leaves us not only with an unforgettable final image but also the troubling thought that witch hunts like war will always be with us all the more so in the modern era of instant communication 
3.5
The Hunt
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
A nuanced portrait of a fundamentally decent man grappling with a world that has decided to treat him indecently 
3
The Hunt
Lou Lumenick
A quietly devastating drama about a soft spoken bespectacled and devoted kindergarten teacher whose life is upended by a false accusation from one of his students 
3.5
The Hunt
Claudia Puig
Unsettling forthright and thought provoking The Hunt is also brilliantly titled 
4
The Hunt
Rex Reed
For his deeply affecting role that haunts the viewer long after the film ends Mr Mikkelsen won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival 
3
The Hunt
Chuck Bowen
The film is in part an exceedingly black comedy that parodies proper society s eager self righteous navet on the subject of its children 
3
The Hunt
David Nusair
a well acted yet hopelessly by the numbers little drama 
2.5
Just One Time
Rod Armstrong
Instead of making people a little bit uncomfortable and poking holes in various sexual taboos Janger s film floats past the eyes without leaving anything behind 
2
Just One Time
Rob Blackwelder
A story like Just One Time is inevitable and welcome in an age of advanced sexual freedom and experimentation But someone with more respect for women should take another whack at it 
2
Just One Time
Carla Meyer
Just One Time is a bedroom farce with little sex or humor a weak premise and spotty acting But it s mildly enjoyable anyway thanks to a sneaky charm 
2
Sexy Baby
Nick McCarthy
What Sexy Baby lacks in the way of sophisticated filmmaking it compensates for with an earnest insistence on open dialogue 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
David Nusair
suffers from precisely the same sort of problems that plagued its two underwhelming predecessors 
2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Kam Williams
Will certainly resonate with its targeted preteen demographic as its principal cast has returned for a sequel appropriately enhanced for the big screen 
4
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
John Beifuss
A generous upbeat film that provides lively unthreatening entertainment for young viewers 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Paul Byrnes
A real honest to goodness teen musical throwback as if Andy Hardy had never died and James Dean had never lived 
4
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Vicky Roach
This is good clean G rated escapism delivered by fresh talented young performers 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Gary Brown
That clicking sound in the background might have been my arthritic knees banging together in harmony to the songs 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
John Wirt
The popular Disney Channel series moves to the big screen for a full fledged movie musical 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Linda Cook
Sometimes it s what a movie ISN T that makes it worthwhile 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Mike McGranaghan
High School Musical 3 is like Grease meets Up With People in the United Colors of Benetton Not a combination that fills me with joy 
2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Sean McBride
works perfectly for easily entertained kids parents will have to be satisfied with simplistic but squeaky clean entertainment for the family 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Gina Carbone
How not to hate High School Musical a Senior Year study 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Peter Canavese
Knows its priorities to make the legions of High School Musical fans dewy eyed toe tapping soul soaring happy and to pave the way for High School Musical 4 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Wilson Morales
Despite its cheesy premise HSM3 is poised to bring its fanbase in droves to the theaters to watch their favorite characters one more time 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Sean P. Means
Resistance is futile Kenny Ortega wows us with high energy dance numbers playful staging and a talented young cast 
3.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Larry Ratliff
They sing They dance And they smooch a little But not too much After all this is a G rated Disney extravaganza 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Tasha Robinson
Musical 3 is frustratingly shallow but what it lacks in narrative ambition it makes up for in dazzling choreography 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Peter Howell
It s a classic case of giving the people what they want 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Moira MacDonald
Everything works out Everyone s hair looks great Some of the kids end up at Juilliard I hope real high school is like this 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Peter Hartlaub
Efron is once again Travolta esque although he appears to be quickly outgrowing this material Hudgens is still annoyingly bland both in facial expressions and voice 
2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Stephen Whitty
Sorry Started to doze off 
1
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Kyle Smith
The movie sounds as though it was recorded in a padded chamber instead of a bustling school and it looks like it came from some alternate world one that basks in the eternal sunshine of the spotless skin 
1.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Cathy Jakicic
As silly as it is there s a relentless energy bursting from every aspect of High School Musical 3 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Robert W. Butler
High School Musical 3 Senior Year is actually better than it needs to be 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Austin Kennedy
The characters aren t all that great the comedy is flat but the numbers are so darn fun Probably the best thing to do is wait for the DVD and just skip to all the songs leaving all the sitcom material behind 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Carolyn Arends
Sure the franchise is corny but it ultimately celebrates talent enthusiasm loyalty and love And you can dance to it 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Catherine Dawson March
Disney raised the stakes by turning its hit TV movie franchise into a feature film and the bet has paid off 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Jeff Vice
While it probably won t appeal to a much wider audience than the one it already has it does have a likable cast and a lot of energy 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Ty Burr
For all its unforgivable blandness High School Musical opens young audiences to the charms of this most transporting of movie genres 
2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Michael Sragow
The movie goes on too long Viewers are already up and clogging the aisles by the time Ortega brings the principals back for a final bow 
2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Willie Waffle
Whether or not you want to see it depends on what you want out of a movie Do you want steak or cotton candy This is fluffy cotton candy entertainment 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Claudia Puig
Even if the refreshing gust doesn t stay with you long it s fun while it lasts 
2.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Carrie Rickey
To witness Number 3 explode on the big screen in a theater hopping with fans is to experience Beatlemania for the millennials Not since A Hard Day s Night have I seen such collective blissout If only HSM s music were that memorable 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Perry Seibert
It s a well produced yearbook that will one day bring back sweet memories for the cast and fans but probably won t be of interest to anyone who wasn t part of the scene 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Nick Schager
It s hard not to see the rabidly popular series s deliberate insubstantiality its desire to address teendom in juvenile ways as a depressing commentary on the dwindling standards of young entertainment consumers 
1.5
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
John Anderson
HSM3 is eminently watchable occasionally very funny and sweet enough to give you diabetes 
3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Peter Travers
Efron and co star Vanessa Hudgens have charm But director Kenny Ortega buries them in formula dances forgettable tunes and dialogue that makes Grease sound like Greek tragedy 
1
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Josh Larsen
taps into an aspect of growing up that gritty independent movies with their wayward Larry Clark kids tend to forget the effervescence of youth 
3
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
John Beifuss
The husband s hostility seems to encourage disaster and the depiction of the couple s relationship offers something of a preview of what Stanley Kubrick would do with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall in the early part of The Shining 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Brian Eggert
Pokemon Detective Pikachu ultimately exists to perpetuate the media empire and to that end it s less interested in characters than in selling its brand to children 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
David Gonzalez
Detective Pikachu was not meant for someone like myself but I can admit that the film is highly entertaining despite its flaws 46 The film makes sure to provide tons of fan service that will be appreciated by the masses of Pokmon fans across the country 46 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Steven Prokopy
The makers of Pokémon Detective Pikachu have done something wise which is to create a film version of the media toy franchise that is mostly accessible even to those of us who have zero connection to the phenomenon that is Pokémon 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Linda Cook
It s not a classic but Detective Pikachu is worth catching 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
David Nusair
entirely uninvolving uninteresting 
1
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Alan French
The movie hits some obvious beats and the mystery itself is not overly complicated The world works really well and for fans of Pokémon this should be the selling point 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Sara Michelle Fetters
But when the earth begins to shake and villains finally show their true colors things get far less interesting 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Blake Howard
Pokémon Detective Pikachu has Ryan Reynolds making one of the cutest characters ever conceived say the word dame and also I feel it in my jellies that s enough 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Matt Brunson
Certainly it s better than any other video game adaptation even if it never comes across as much more than a middling knockoff of Who Framed Roger Rabbit 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Mike McGranaghan
This is a fun movie even if you don t know or care all that much about Pokemon 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Reynolds voice and caffeinated charm flow with the huggable Pikachu the little yellow fellow with bunny ears pink cheeks and supercool lightning tail who skitters and bounds 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Josh Terry
For a movie inspired by such a goofy pop culture phenomenon Detective Pikachu feels energetic but remarkably restrained 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Christian Toto
From Deadpool to silly kid stuff Ryan Reynolds brings his wiseacre shtick to everything he touches 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Phil Villarreal
Reynolds and his fans deserve better Pokemon fans deserve well this 
1.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Sonny Bunch
Detective Pikachu made me feel old 
1.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Robert Horton
Tedious But it s enough to sustain a universe until next time which is all that s required 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Sarah Knight Adamson
A confusing narrative does little to enhance the film although it is a gorgeous display of animation with stunning colors it s impossible to follow 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Daniel Kaszor
Detective Pikachu is unrelentingly weird 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Enjoy it for the silly romp it is as well as for its marvelous digital effects and you should pass a diverting 104 minutes at the cineplex 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
James Berardinelli
Pokemon Detective Pikachu isn t a movie It s a cog in a multibillion dollar media empire a soulless feature length example of product placement at its most blatant 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Mark Dujsik
Pokémon Detective Pikachu neither successfully satirizes a noir tale nor expands the Pokémon world in a way that could appeal to newcomers 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Sean P. Means
For the hordes of Pokémon fans the action adventure movie is catnip For those of us in the middle who picked up Pokémon through contact with kids who consume it like air it s a passably fun if frenetic send up of detective noir 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Gary Thompson
Not long into Pokémon Detective Pikachu it becomes clear that the movie is never going to make what you might call sense 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Rafer Guzman
Overall the movie is passably entertaining though only the youngest viewers will feel it in their jellies 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Johnny Oleksinski
Who would have thought that one of the most enjoyable buddy cop movies of 2019 would star a Pokémon 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Peter Canavese
With Reynolds cracking wise and a number of frantic action sequences this looks like an effective enough franchise launcher But it all feels a little too much like work 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Kristen Page-Kirby
It seems that when you take a little yellow creature with a heart of gold and turn him into a soft boiled detective something special is in the cards 
3
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Soren Andersen
Overlong set piece action scenes pitched in the key of chaos full of running and screaming and a whole lot of falling down ultimately turn Pikachu into a wearying slog 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Peter Hartlaub
Despite attempts to cultivate mainstream appeal the returns are diminishing especially during the action heavy and uninspired third act 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Pat Brown
At the very least Ryan Reynolds s casting perfectly splits the difference between the adorable and the absurd 
2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Katie Walsh
The cognitive dissonance of populating the sultry human world with fantastical creatures like fire breathing Charizards and glowing Flareons just makes it that much more silly and weird 
2.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Roger Moore
Stuffed and overstuffed pablum
1.5
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Brian Truitt
Your feelings about Pokemon Detective Pikachu probably hinge on if you can tell a Squirtle from a Bulbasaur No Then you might not care one Jigglypuff 
2
Flinch
Roger Moore
Yes this is a formula thriller But Van Hoy finds a few wrinkles and a pretty good cast twists those into something that s just different enough to take you aback
2.5
Unholy Rollers
Roger Ebert
The movie was directed by Vernon Zimmerman and written by Howard R Cohen Unholy Rollers does not represent the high point of their careers as I m sure they would be the first to point out But the movie does have a tough sleazy vulgar vitality 
2.5
Two Rode Together
Peter Canavese
Ford may have made it for a quick buck mdash or perhaps as a favor to Columbia chief Harry Cohn mdash but the impact of the resulting film is far more that of a provocative drama than a tossed off oater 
3
Hop
Brandy McDonnell
Director Tim Hill and the assortment pack of writers on the live action animation hodgepodge Hop fully embrace the far fetched ridiculousness of their loony family friendly jaunt down the bunny trail 
2.5
Hop
Roger Moore
A chip off the old munk Chipmunk And that s not a good thing 
1.5
Hop
Michael Dequina
Harmless but not exactly clever 
2.5
Hop
John Beifuss
The bunny poops jelly beans which provides a nice metaphor The film is slick and colorful but it s formulaic crap 
1.5
Hop
Linda Cook
Parts of this movie made me hopping mad But hey I m a bunny and I hop a lot It annoyed my two legs too though and she never hops 
2
Hop
Glenn Heath Jr.
Gone are the days of childlike mystery and in their place we have the childish Hop 
.5
Hop
Robert Levin
Fulfills the Golden Hasselhoff rule which holds that any work of art blessed with The Hoff s presence is all the better for it 
3
Hop
Sara Michelle Fetters
Other than some truly obnoxious and out of place sexual innuendos that serve no purpose and have no reason to be in the film other than to help it achieve a PG rating this is a picture unashamedly geared towards little kids under the age of ten 
2
I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
Roger Moore
No it s not very good Neither was I Am Vengeance But the redeeming qualities of any C movie are that it doesn t waste time and gives you a few laughs in between the neck snappings 
1.5
Ride With the Devil
James Kendrick
the main characters despite their various complexities are never particularly compelling and therefore fail to draw us into or help us make sense of the film s abstract themes
2.5
Ride With the Devil
Michael Dequina
It ain t right it ain t wrong it just is That line in a nutshell pretty much sums up Ride with the Devil 
2
Ride With the Devil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Does for Civil War movies what 1991 s Mobsters did for gangster movies 
1
Ride With the Devil
Jeff Strickler
Lee appears to have been torn between making a character study and an action movie so both elements get short shrift 
1
Ride With the Devil
Rick Groen
The intriguing if not always successful result is an oddly contemplative picture about a horribly bellicose time 
3
Ride With the Devil
James Berardinelli
From a technical perspective Ride With the Devil is nearly perfect 
3
Ride With the Devil
Matt Reichl
Sadly Wright s is a great performance wasted in an otherwise forgettable historical epic 
2
Ride With the Devil
Steve Rhodes
Ride With the Devil moves with its own methodical rhythms 
3
Ride With the Devil
David N. Butterworth
Fine performances including one from Jewel highlight this Ang Lee western 
3
Ride With the Devil
Roger Ebert
A film that would inspire useful discussion in a history class but for ordinary moviegoers it s slow and forbidding 
2
Ride With the Devil
Peter Stack
An impressive cast energizes Lee s smartly balanced themes of innocence and treachery 
3
Crackerjack
David Nusair
As blatant a Die Hard clone as one could envision 
1.5
Branded to Kill
Eric Melin
Because its so free of the conventions of other crime thrillers that in and of itself is thrilling The disorienting camera angles and jumps in time are all part of the atmosphere 
3.5
Life Upside Down
Nell Minow
The characters are shallow and tiresomely needy 44 not to make any point or learn any lessons just due to a lack of imagination 46 
1.5
Life Upside Down
Anne Brodie
Takes us back to the pandemic 8217 s early days as lockdowns and social restrictions forced us all to look at our lives and face ourselves 44 often alone 44 in our homes 44 wondering when and how to live again 46 The stinging familiarity 46 10 
2
Life Upside Down
Richard Roeper
A wryly effective social satire set during the pandemic 
3
Life Upside Down
Mark Dujsik
The limitations of the pandemic aren apos t the only ones affecting Life Upside Down 46 
1.5
Life Upside Down
Roger Moore
A pleasant enough and appropriately downbeat 8220 COVID Lockdown Comedy 8221 of no particular consequence 46 
2
Life Upside Down
Pat Brown
The film could aim with a bit more precision at the price of its characters 8217 evident comfort 46 
2
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Brian Eggert
M Hulot s Holiday one of cinemas great treasures does not reveal itself easily Tati s picture requires multiple viewings to gather each detail 
4
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Carrie Rickey
Though the film is in French with English subtitles what people say matters little Its official language is the international patois of slapstick 
3
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Jeremy Heilman
There s also an unforced feel that makes it unlike nearly any other screen comedy 
3.5
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
James Kendrick
Tati s comic rhythms are graceful and almost elegant heavily reliant on strict timing and careful composition 
3.5
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Roger Ebert
There are some real laughs in it but Mr Hulot s Holiday gives us something rarer an amused affection for human nature so odd so valuable so particular 
4
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As lazy and disjointed as Mr Hulot s Holiday seems you know Tati worked out every small detail in advance 
3.5
Dramarama
David Reddish
For any queer kids who sought theatre as a refuge or for anyone haunted by childhoods end as embodied by high school graduation Dramarama is a must see It also heralds Wysocki as a thoughtful director to watch 
3.5
The Hebrew Hammer
Betsy Bozdech
Subtle Not so much Funny In spots 
2.5
The Hebrew Hammer
Chris Hewitt
A scattershot assortment of jokes that is funniest when it sticks to its neat premise 
2.5
The Hebrew Hammer
Elizabeth Weitzman
The movie hits as much as it misses with enough witty observations to ensure that somewhere Kesselman s mother is kvelling 
2.5
The Hebrew Hammer
Megan Lehmann
A hit and miss affair 
2
The Hebrew Hammer
Gene Seymour
You may not always laugh at it But you can t help indulging its junior high jitters 
2.5
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Michael Wilmington
Why Whoopi took up the habit here is a mystery unless she s tired of this part and wants to make sure there won t be any more Sister Acts 
0.5
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
James Berardinelli
It s kind of frightening that it took three writers to come up with this plot 
1.5
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Roger Ebert
This is another one of those dreary retreads about a bunch of kids with no faith in themselves and about how an inspiring teacher coaches them into the State Finals where they upset the snobs from the rich school 
2
The Object of My Affection
Wesley Lovell
Rudd is enchanting 46 He brings a succinct and proper attitude to a not so needy gay character that easily combats the traditional stereotype 46 He downplays enough situations and reacts brilliantly in some scenes to allow his character to come through easily
3
The Object of My Affection
David Nusair
There s ultimately little doubt that The Object of my Affection fares best in its entertaining and compulsively watchable first half 
2
The Object of My Affection
Sandra Contreras
You come away with a remarkable sense of the filmmakers and actors working together harmoniously as they delve into the heart of relationships between friends and lovers 
3
The Object of My Affection
Betsy Bozdech
A sweet Saturday night in front of the tube romance that while it doesn t quite redefine any conventions offers an appealing look at the line between love and friendship 
2.5
The Object of My Affection
Margaret A. McGurk
Wendy Wasserstein s script endows the story with equal measures emotional pain and romantic buoyancy 
3
The Object of My Affection
Ruthe Stein
The best romantic comedy so far this year 
4
The Object of My Affection
Walter Chaw
Suggests a Nacho Cerda exploitation piece scored by the world s most optimistic organ grinder 
0
The Object of My Affection
James Kendrick
Although the movie maintains a certain level of interest at times it feels thoroughly scattershot especially in dealing with its characters 
2
The Object of My Affection
Roger Ebert
There is a movie fighting to get out of The Object of My Affection and I like it better than the movie it s trapped in 
2
The Object of My Affection
Jeff Vice
Aniston is surprisingly good and Rudd never resorts to stereotypical behavior And the fabulous ensemble supporting cast which includes Alan Alda Nigel Hawthorne Allison Janney and Steve Zahn nearly steals the show 
2.5
The Object of My Affection
James Berardinelli
While some of the solutions are a little facile the film nevertheless succeeds due in large part to a luminous performance by Jennifer Aniston 
3
The Object of My Affection
Janet Maslin
This comedy is content to enjoy the beguiling antics of Ms Aniston who is as skillful here as she is miscast and to let its colorful minor characters give it a sitcom spin 
2.5
The Object of My Affection
Michael Dequina
Adding to the poignance is the terrific natural chemistry between Aniston and Rudd 
3
The Object of My Affection
Bob Bloom
It s difficult to get an audience to root for disagreable protagonists in a love story 
2.5
The Object of My Affection
David Sterritt
Like other aspects of the movie this portrait of urban life doesn t ring particularly true but if Hollywood fantasy is what you re after Hytner s romance is as watchable as most others this season 
2
The Object of My Affection
Steve Rhodes
Director paces movie too languidly and dulls most of the emotional punches with the result being a film bordering too often on blandness when its strength is its risk taking 
2.5
The Object of My Affection
Rob Blackwelder
Emotional and comedic inconsistency plagues the movie s flow 
2.5
The Object of My Affection
Elias Savada
This is a more than mild laughter on par with and what many viewers and critics will compare to last year s My Best Friend s Wedding
2
The Object of My Affection
Madeleine Williams
At the film s center Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd make a cute couple but they re not much more than that 
2
The Object of My Affection
Marty Mapes
The script is too easy It uses broad strokes and lacks the subtlety that might have made the characters even more interesting 
2.5
After Louie
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cumming is spectacular 
3
After Louie
Norman Gidney
Even though the film has a plodding pace there are flashes of honesty and brilliance that make this film worth a passive look 
2
Warning Shot
Matt Brunson
Warning Shot was made for television but was instead released theatrically due to its violence 46 
3
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Roger Ebert
The rest of the movie is badly put together with little feeling for suspense and the final scenes in the beach house are in nauseatingly bad taste 
2
All the President's Men
Matt Brunson
This superb film has long been acknowledged as a classic political thriller but watching it in today s climate at a point when a timid and ineffectual media is par for the course also reveals its increasingly significant value as a time capsule piece 
4
All the President's Men
Walter Chaw
The world is beyond saving it says It s one of the last great films of its era that has anyone who thinks it deserves saving 
4
All the President's Men
Wesley Lovell
A finer political film you will not find It should be declared a national treasure 
4
All the President's Men
Roger Ebert
It provides the most observant study of working journalists we re ever likely to see in a feature film 
3.5
All the President's Men
Sarah Chauncey
An all around extraordinary film 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Brian Eggert
Though it deviates from Star Wars and the subsequent films don t quite live up to what it anticipates The Empire Strikes Back remains the franchise s most character centric and emotionally involving entry 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Alan French
Kirshner s direction gives the film an extra flare that Star Wars did not have He got to make things bigger both physically and in terms of the ideas at play 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The best Star Wars film an exciting and thrilling adventure but also a sober and complex picture Full Review in Spanish 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet consistently entertaining installment in a not quite great sci fi series 
3
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Michael Wilmington
The younger actors are now more confident 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Ernest Leogrande
A spectacular piece of work that carries the new Star Wars tradition forward 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Phil Villarreal
The most imaginative and emotionally connectable Star Wars film and with the exception of Revenge of the Sith also the darkest 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The second act is very strong cutting back and forth between Luke training with Yoda and Han Leia Chewie and C 3P0 fighting the Empire And it s paced leisurely enough that you get to know the characters a little bit 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Scott Nash
The best of the films 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Michael Dequina
Sci fi cinema at its best 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
James O'Ehley
The film spends more time on its characters and unlike the previous film they aren t as busy with all kinds of swashbuckling adventures 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Robert Roten
To see The Empire Strikes Back again on the big screen is a real treat and it brings to mind that clich they don t make em like this anymore 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Margaret A. McGurk
In Empire creator George Lucas childlike epic ventures into complex territory that gives the story a touch of psychological heft its siblings lack 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
James Kendrick
may always be the middle child of the Star Wars Trilogy but it will always remain the stronges
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Stephen Hunter
Scattered and less focused the second of the Star Wars trilogy to be re released in the Special Edition format remains a deep pleasure to behold 
3
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Roger Ebert
It is a visual extravaganza from beginning to end one of the most visionary and inventive of all films 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
James Berardinelli
A superior motion picture 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Steve Rhodes
The script again is imaginative and full of laughs Poor Chewy remains the brunt of the many of the jokes 
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Susan Stark
In the glory days of science fiction critics wrote about the sense of wonder That s what The Empire Strikes Back creates in us
4
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Rob Blackwelder
It is still one of the better sequels Hollywood has ever produced 
3
Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back
Gene Siskel
It balances bloodshed with charm spectacle with childlike glee It s a near flawless movie of its kind 
3.5
Democrats
Farran Smith Nehme
It is a film both bleak and optimistic humorous and deeply serious imbued with daily Zimbabwean life and the conviction that this country is so much more than its woes 
3.5
Democrats
Matt Fagerholm
The film s question of how democracy can be achieved in a rigged system is especially timely considering how America s corporate powers have caused countless citizens to feel as if their voices have been silenced 
3
Democrats
Clayton Dillard
According to the film individual misdeeds aren t the final enemy but the byproduct of an unregulated regime 
3
The Other
Matt Brunson
Here s that rare movie that equals its source material 
3.5
The Other
Roger Ebert
The film has been criticized in some quarters because Mulligan made it too beautiful they say and too nostalgic Not at all His colors are rich and deep and dark chocolatey browns and bloody reds they aren t beautiful but perverse and menacing 
3
The Details
Sean P. Means
Estes never seems to find the balance between dark farce and existential drama and the cast especially the goofy Maguire is left trying to sort it all out 
2
The Details
Mick LaSalle
The Details is not just entertaining but potentially useful 
4
The Details
John Hartl
As the title suggests it s all in the details which writer director Estes provides in large if not always convincing doses 
3
The Details
Mike McGranaghan
The longer it went on the more eager I was for it to be over 
1
The Details
Kyle Smith
The Details cancels itself out by being too campy to take seriously and too tragic to laugh at 
1
The Details
Michael O'Sullivan
The Details wears its quirky heart on its sleeve signaling and smirking at its own silliness at every opportunity with an intrusively antic score that makes everything sound like a giant joke 
1.5
The Details
Mark Feeney
The movie is many things but a mess isn t one of them Estes knows exactly what he wants Whether it s worth wanting is another matter 
2.5
The Details
Roger Moore
Maguire given the chance to play a dirty philanderer and a cheating cat killing liar wrings every laugh he can out of this character He may not be Spider Man any longer but his bug eyes never let him down 
2.5
The Details
Matt Pais
A character study with rougher edges than Flight and more to say than It s difficult but important to admit when you have a problem 
2.5
The Details
Christy Lemire
It s a frustrating movie in its inconsistency 
2
The Details
Andrew Schenker
The Details is as smug and self satisfied as its privileged lead character 
1
The Whaler Boy
Randy Myers
An exceptional lead performance and a tender but realistic worldview make it an undiscovered gem 
3
The Whaler Boy
Tom Meek
The film ultimately becomes something of an existential journey made haunting and mystical by the nuanced cinematography by Mikhail Khursevich and Yakov Mironichev which captures the landscape and lore with great effect 
3
The Whaler Boy
William Repass
The film is a vivid rumination on the fuzzy border between fantasy and reality 
3
A Simple Life
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and tender film and while its premise is rife with potential for sentimentality it remains remarkably restrained as unassuming as Ah Tao avoiding maudlin cliche with a wise and even hand 
3
A Simple Life
Roger Ebert
Here is a film with the clarity of fresh stream water flowing without turmoil to shared destiny No plot gimmicks No twists and turns Just a simple life 
4
A Simple Life
David Nusair
a compelling yet uneven piece of work 
2.5
A Simple Life
Mark Jenkins
Often poignant but leavened with humor 
3
A Simple Life
Peter Keough
Hui depicts the passage of time and the poignancies of the past with subtle elliptical episodes and the film draws on deep emotions without succumbing to sentimentality 
3.5
A Simple Life
Chuck Bowen
A Simple Life is moving and well made but it could use a little emotional grit and while we re at it a sense of humor 
2.5
Hooking Up
Mick LaSalle
Hooking Up is a pretty good movie I enjoyed it and could even imagine watching it again But it s also the movie that shows that Snow doesn t have to be relegated to pretty good movies She s ready for better 
3
Hooking Up
Mark Dujsik
Hooking Up does some admirable things during its epilogue The same cannot be said of the rest of the movie 
1.5
Hooking Up
Joey Magidson
Hooking Up is an absolute delight Funny sexy and smart it s a romantic comedy that s a cut above Brittany Snow and Sam Richardson are both excellent here I loved it 
3.5
Hooking Up
Roger Moore
A sex comedy in which you can like the cast even as you give up on the movie Early 
1.5
Monsieur N.
Steven Rea
This richly produced tale of the last years of the famous 19th century conqueror has a certain captivating quality about it 
3
Monsieur N.
V.A. Musetto
Pretentious and melodramatic 
2
Monsieur N.
Jack Mathews
Screenwriter Rene Manzor weaves a tangled web of speculation but de Caunes following his vampire feature debut Love Bites has no clue how to dramatize this intrigue 
1.5
Bushwhacked
Mal Vincent
It s vulgar It s dumb 
2
Bushwhacked
Michael Wilmington
Bushwhacked isn t much of a movie But it made me laugh more than I d like to admit 
2.5
Bushwhacked
Walter Chaw
The kind of bubble that early man would rub on himself to ward off biting insects 
1
Bushwhacked
Peter Stack
A little bit of Daniel Stern s mugging dimwit style of comedy goes a long way 
1
Bushwhacked
Susan Wloszczyna
A bush league kiddie comedy in The Mighty Ducks mode 
1.5
Bushwhacked
Gary Kamiya
It ain t Shakespeare but it s a decent pre pube flick about a New Yawk bozo and a bunch of cute kids flopping around in the ponderosa 
2.5
Bushwhacked
James Berardinelli
This is an occasion when it s far better to see the trailer and skip the actual film Once the opening credits start rolling it s all downhill 
1
Howling II ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf
Matt Brunson
Second only to 1941 s The Wolf Man as the greatest werewolf flick ever made 1981 s The Howling remains a high water mark in lycanthrope cinema That s why the very existence of this wretched movie is so depressing 
1
Howling II ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf
Dustin Putman
Isn t what one would call a chilling time at the cinema but it has such a cool 80s retro vibe to its score its tight editing and its gorgeous locations that it hardly matters when it falls into clunky absurdity 
2.5
Howling II ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf
David Nusair
As awful and needless a sequel as one could possibly envision 
1
Howling II ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf
Roger Ebert
The heroes get involved in the strange rituals of the cult of Stirba Although the rituals like the rest of the movie are impenetrable and amazingly inept I have to concede that no one presides over a ritual quite as well as Sybil Danning 
1
Outta Time
David Nusair
Outta Time isn t necessarily terrible it s just extremely mediocre 
1.5
Outta Time
Walter Chaw
Enough robotically delivered blather to fill half a George Lucas flick 
1.5
Blue Collar
David Nusair
46 46 46 a solid drama that benefits substantially from the compelling efforts of its stars 46 46 46 
3.5
Blue Collar
Kathleen Carroll
Blue Collar is a gritty hard driving movie and one that for all its flaws is not easily forgotten 
3
Blue Collar
Gene Siskel
Schrader apparently sees the world as populated by battered and brooding souls He draws their portrait so well in pictures like Taxi Driver and now Blue Collar that you reluctantly have to admit that he may be right 
3.5
Blue Collar
Joseph Gelmis
Blue Collar is a dazzling display of funky realism street smart humor and paranoid melodrama 
3.5
Blue Collar
Matt Brunson
The tragedy of Pryor s career is that Hollywood rarely knew how to use his phenomenal talents The Toy Really but here he lands one of his best roles 
3.5
Blue Collar
Roger Ebert
It is an angry radical movie about the vise that traps workers between big industry and big labor It s also an enormously entertaining movie 
4
Adore
John Beifuss
Adore has received mostly negative reviews The dismissiveness suggests a discomfort with the subject matter an unwillingness to process this particular fiction by writers who on other days grapple agreeably with haunted houses and singing chipmunks 
2.5
Adore
Rene Rodriguez
This isn t an Oedipus complex This is a Preposterous complex 
1
Adore
Tom Russo
Cast actresses with the skills that Naomi Watts and Robin Wright bring give their obliviously icky story some arthouse visual lyricism and you ve got Adore 
1
Adore
Christy Lemire
Adore is as my late mother would say in describing Sidney Sheldon novels good trash 
2.5
Adore
Lisa Kennedy
What s shocking here is how not shocking all this is Watts and Wright provide interesting portraits of two friends who really do appear to have an unconditional fondness for each other They make the unfathomable believable almost 
2.5
Adore
Peter Travers
At Sundance where the first showing was nearly laughed off the screen Adore based on a Doris Lessing novella was known as Two Mothers You should know it as something to avoid 
1.5
Adore
Rob Thomas
This Australian film is a total MILF Melodrama I d Like to Forget 
2
Adore
Johanna Schneller
Outr love stories are great as are love stories that make viewers squirm But they have to ring true emotionally and despite its talented cast Adore does not 
1.5
Adore
David Nusair
Adore suffers from a handful of problems that effectively prevent one from wholeheartedly connecting to the material 
1.5
Adore
Moira MacDonald
Watts and Wright movingly convey their characters journeys caught up in new reckless love frightened by the passage of years determined to hide within an envelope of stolen time and a fantasy that can t last 
3
Adore
Walter V. Addiego
It s even hard to simply enjoy the performances of the two stars who give more that the film deserves 
2
Adore
Ann Hornaday
Adore at its core is a bore nothing more 
1.5
Adore
Peter Howell
There s an undeniable ick factor to this film that overwhelms the justifiable cougar angle Even worse is the boredom that soon sets in 
1.5
Adore
R. Kurt Osenlund
A work that s deadly serious and yet so goofily unbound that in some scenes incest truly seems like it s on the scandalous menu 
1
Adore
Roger Moore
As edgy female wish fulfillment fantasy showing that fantasy s consequences Adore engrosses and engages and never titillates with even the tiniest hint of revulsion 
2.5
Pandora
Roger Moore
The earthquake and nuclear meltdown effects are solid the performances properly fraught 
2.5
Calendar Girl
John Hartl
Sweet and airy and pleasantly nostalgic Jason Priestley s first starring vehicle is cotton candy entertainment for summer s end 
2.5
Calendar Girl
Carrie Rickey
Can t we just agree to let Marilyn Monroe rest in peace 
1
Calendar Girl
Johanna Steinmetz
On film the story s charm fades fast 
1
Calendar Girl
James Berardinelli
Either Calendar Girl is a blatant attempt to showcase Jason Priestley of Beverly Hills 90210 fame or it s an undertaking to make a big screen copy of the popular 70s sitcom Happy Days 
1
Song of the Thin Man
Brian Eggert
Last but not least of the mystery comedy series 44 Song of the Thin Man from 1947 belongs among best of Metro Goldwyn Mayer apos s six film franchise
3.5
Song of the Thin Man
Matt Brunson
This shaky swan song only rates as highly as it does because of the two stars who are as delightful as ever 
2.5
The Shooting
John Beifuss
An ambiguously motivated and almost surreal revenge film so open to interpretation it could be the 2001 of Westerns 
4
The Shooting
Ed Gonzalez
Doesn t ask to be taken as an existentialist mechanism per say though it certainly functions as one 
4
Four Christmases
Mattie Lucas
A tried and true formula that s like a repackaged Christmas gift it s sort of comforting in its predictability but totally lacking in solid film form and originality 
2
Four Christmases
Mike Scott
Movie goers heading to see the romantic comedy Four Christmases might want comedy Christmas cheer and chemistry but nobody gets everything on his wish list 
2.5
Four Christmases
Sonny Bunch
Although not a yuletide classic Four Christmases is better than most of the holiday oriented slop put out in recent years 
2.5
Four Christmases
Michael Dequina
Grows tired long before the end credits start rolling at the 80 minute mark 
2
Four Christmases
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Feels both too cluttered and too safe 
2.5
Four Christmases
Charles Koplinski
An embarassment for all involved 
1.5
Four Christmases
Mike McGranaghan
Four Christmases boasts one of the most impressive casts ever assembled to make a movie that is at best only mildly amusing 
2.5
Four Christmases
Leigh Paatsch
An imperfect storm of horrible writing awkward casting and questionable taste gathers soon after the opening credits and dumps downpours of buzz killing humour at depressingly regular intervals 
1
Four Christmases
Gary Brown
lowbrow humor that fails to delight 
1
Four Christmases
Frank Ochieng
Letting the hulking Vince Vaughn near a Christmas movie is just like giving a knife to your crazy drunken uncle during a seasonal family gathering it s reckless pointless and ultimately foolish in concept 
1.5
Four Christmases
Austin Kennedy
Vince Vaughn tries his best at ab libbing his way through the film but Witherspoon seems to have no clue what she s doing If you re desperate for a Christmas comedy rent SURVIVING CHRISTMAS instead 
1.5
Four Christmases
Sean P. Means
Witherspoon and Vaughn for their part fail to exhibit any sign that they met before shooting day let alone are playing characters who have dated for three years 
1.5
Four Christmases
Matt Brunson
The trailer focuses almost exclusively on broad physical comedy sure to draw the yahoo crowd but not necessarily anyone else A more representative trailer on the other hand would have revealed a movie that s actually worth seeing 
3
Four Christmases
Steve Rhodes
The film is not a memorable Christmas present for viewers But it s no lump of coal either It s passable entertainment with just enough good laughs to make it worthwhile 
2.5
Four Christmases
Kyle Smith
The difference between the average unfunny comedy and this one is the difference between Grandpa telling you knock knock jokes and Grandpa telling you knock knock jokes with his bathrobe open as his hand creeps up your thigh 
0.5
Four Christmases
Stephen Whitty
It really needs to be stamped Don t Open Until DVD 
2
Four Christmases
Chris Hewitt
The cynicism may not hold up as we get closer to the holiday itself but with a little distance between us and the reason for the season they did make me laugh 
3
Four Christmases
Susan Walker
It s Four Christmases in need of a wedding or maybe a funeral 
2
Four Christmases
Cammila Albertson
There s always the underlying feeling that what you re seeing is eerily familiar 
2
Four Christmases
Claudia Puig
One and a half Christmases is about all that s worth celebrating in Four Christmases 
2
Four Christmases
John Beifuss
To earn a more helpful R rating the filmmakers should have gone ahead and dropped a couple of F bombs alongside the references to street whores nipples senior sex and vomit 
2
Four Christmases
Josh Hurst
Very funny very touching and very real and it s not too hard to believe that though it might not be remembered as a classic it ll become a holiday favorite for many 
3
Four Christmases
Daniel M. Kimmel
Here s a clue for people who make movies like Four Christmases if your holiday season is that awful keep it to yourself 
1.5
Four Christmases
Sara Michelle Fetters
As impressive as that is by and large this wannabe yuletide romantic comedy has about as many yucks and guffaws as a swift kick to the head by a steel toed boot 
2
Four Christmases
Rene Rodriguez
A sequence in which they dress up as Mary and Joseph for a Nativity play is genuinely funny The rest of Four Christmases doesn t do them justice 
1
Four Christmases
Josh Larsen
Do these hypocritical holiday comedies have an alarm clock inside them that goes off when they re suddenly supposed to turn all soft and gooey 
2
Four Christmases
Rick Groen
This being a Christmas comedy of sorts it demands a happy ending of sorts And a moral too 
2
Four Christmases
Roger Ebert
That s funny 
2
Four Christmases
Chris Kaltenbach
Surprisingly deft and sometimes hilarious 
3.5
Four Christmases
Ty Burr
When will filmmakers learn that if you start with Bad Santa and finish with It s a Wonderful Life you just end up with curdled eggnog 
1.5
Four Christmases
Michael Phillips
The acrid wince worthy Four Christmases may well be part of the war on Christmas Bill O Reilly s always fog horning about Christmas and Christianity will survive it But barely 
1
Four Christmases
Phil Villarreal
Vaughn has little romantic rapport with Witherspoon so the love story has no pull but Vaughn is in top center of attention form and Witherspoon is a game straightwoman 
3
Four Christmases
Willie Waffle
I am starting to think Vince Vaughn hates Christmas and will not stop making bad Christmas movies until he has ruined the holiday for everyone on the planet 
1
Four Christmases
David Nusair
generally comes off as an interminable would be comedy that ll leave most viewers feeling like the Grinch 
1.5
Four Christmases
Christy DeSmith
In the end a musty procreation moral is left to push forth this flimsy plot and that s neither original nor particularly funny 
2
Four Christmases
Duane Dudek
As when its self centered characters tell some children that there is no Santa Claus the cynical Four Christmases spoils the holiday for all of us 
2
Four Christmases
Dustin Putman
A holiday comedy that goes down with ease avoids insulting one s intelligence and doesn t leave you wanting to shoot your eye out with a Red Ryder 
2.5
Four Christmases
Moira MacDonald
When in doubt bring on the projectile baby vomit appears to be the guiding comedic principle behind Four Christmases 
1.5
Four Christmases
Loey Lockerby
It s four wacky holiday comedies in one movie each trying to top the last 
2
Four Christmases
Nick Rogers
The cringe comedy isn t contagious but Four Christmases is like a lingering virus filled with nasty violent side effects Vaughn and Witherspoon have no spark It s like rooting for Todd and Margo from National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation 
1
Four Christmases
Rafer Guzman
Like a gift card in your stocking the romantic comedy Four Christmases is pretty generic though you might still be grateful for it 
2
Four Christmases
Lawrence Toppman
Vaughn delivers every line with his usual deadpan glibness which suits the part But I smiled as I watched the big bellied multi chinned actor connecting with the porcelain model thin Witherspoon 
3
Four Christmases
James Berardinelli
This is what happens when a successful indie documentary filmmaker gets sucked in by the Hollywood system 
2
Four Christmases
Nick Schager
Four Christmases is defiantly conservative on the issue of adult happiness 
2
Make Your Move
Sheila O'Malley
Make Your Move shows us the whole dancer These sequences really move in a way that feels organic 
3
Make Your Move
Stephanie Merry
Scenes from the competing clubs include impressive choreography and gravity defying moves If only the poorly delivered trite dialogue and predictable plot aimed as high 
1
Make Your Move
Sara Stewart
An entirely generic drama in which two characters actually say to one another What if this doesn t work It has to 
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Russ Breimeier
A lot of fun and something different poised to reach a broader audience with its silly and spirited tour of space which is vastly hugely mind bogglingly big by the way 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Marty Mapes
Given this fan s worst fears The Hitchhiker s Guide is a minor pleasant surprise
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
David Nusair
proves that some novels just aren t filmable 
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lori Hoffman
The layers of dry wit that are supposed to engage the grownups don t work 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Matt Brunson
A mixed bag crammed with many inspired bits but never coalescing as a whole 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Linda Cook
Yeah but you have to read the book first 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Greg Maki
You might not get it whatever it is but you can still have a good time 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
David Keyes
Once you get past all the impenetrable dialogue exchanges and meandering plot twists what you have is at the core a film with solid vision and heart 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Peter Travers
Adams would be pleased 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Larry Ratliff
A must see for Hitchhiker s Guide devotees an offbeat warm up for those who devour everything intergalactic and a bit of a puzzlement for general movie fans 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jonathan R. Perry
Golly bum it s so darn good natured that I wanted to like it until it became obvious whimsy can reach toxic levels in the human bloodstream La da di la di da 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a delightfully human quality 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jonathan W. Hickman
Like the novel the film version is quirky and original using Adams ideas and characters with top notch special effects to create an organic science fiction adventure 
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Dustin Putman
Hitching a ride even one in space has never been less exciting and adventurous 
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sara Michelle Fetters
Now comes English video director Garth Jennings theatrical take on Douglas surreal outer space head trip and I m happy to say for fans at least this is one comedic deadpan adventure worth signing up for 
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mike McGranaghan
The major problem is that the subtle quirky humor of Douglas Adams novel doesn t translate well to a big expensive special effects laden production 
1.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Eric Melin
not quite as consistently funny as I had hoped but sporting an amazing visual sense and a shiny new heart of gold 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mike Clark
Galaxy is good enough to keep you rooting for it but the mode of transport needs fresher points and plugs 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Peter Howell
The long overdue screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy is likely to amuse and vex fans while leaving casual observers mildly baffled 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mick LaSalle
Audiences will be won over from the first sequence 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
David Elliott
It s a pure mood picture in the mood and you may love it out of the mood and you might want to scratch your eyeballs with toothpicks 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Carla Meyer
The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy never reaches the whimsical brilliance of the late Douglas Adams beloved sci fi novel but this long awaited film adaptation splits the difference by bringing Adams story to vivid visual life 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lisa Rose
It s a mutant piece of entertainment that s bound to leave fans feeling betrayed and everyone else befuddled 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Connie Ogle
It will be enough of a triumph for some fans that Hitchhiker finally got made But anyone truly interested in Arthur and Ford and the gang anyone who wants to laugh a lot anyway needs to migrate back to the books 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Robert W. Butler
The movie gets right Adams peculiar voice that blend of genuine intellectual inquiry deep cynicism and Brit twit silliness 
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Amy Biancolli
A beautifully odd duck and a faithful in spirit adaptation of Douglas Adams iconic sci fi ramble 
4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Liam Lacey
By the film s final third you begin to wonder when or if it is going to reach a conclusion 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeff Vice
A modestly amusing and at times very clever movie 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Michael Booth
Hitchhiker is a one off parody of a certain moment in arrested adolescence but it s a charming way to look at the world 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mary F. Pols
A good natured space romp for the whole family 
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lawrence Toppman
The film bursts the bounds of the first book and stuffs in chunks of narrative that don t belong 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ty Burr
It s impossible to dislike a film where the hero a mild mannered Englishman named Arthur Dent traverses the universe in his bathrobe because Earth was destroyed before breakfast 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Tyler Hanley
The pace is so slow that die hard fans will be using their towels for pillows 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sean P. Means
A mind blowing trip smart and funny and well worth the ride 
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Kyle Smith
Adams wordplay and irreverence are aimed roughly at the level of a sharp 14 year old but the movie is so engaging it just about makes everyone feel 14 again 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bob Strauss
Whimsical and episodic the feature needed more coherent comic hyperdrive to really blast through 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Terry Lawson
The target audience seems to be the many fans of Douglas Adams absurd intelligent quantum physics sci fi comedy adventure 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Timothy Knight
A lively blend of epic silliness and very droll British humor The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy is that rare sci fi comedy where the special effects complement rather than overwhelm the story and characters 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jack Mathews
The film is way too goofy for all but the most thumbstruck Hitchhiker 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Aaron Hillis
Reasonably reverent in its droll eccentricity but terribly Americanized in its comic delivery the feature length H2G2 is an enjoyable mess 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeffrey Westhoff
Its greatest fault is that it simply doesn t live up to the reputation not to mention the radio programs novels TV series and text based computer game that precedes it 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Roger Ebert
Like The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou but with much less visual charm it is a conceit with little to be conceited about 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Erik Childress
Mark Twain said the human race has one really effective weapon and that is laughter Perhaps that page was torn out of the filmmakers used copy of The Hitchhiker s Guide
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Willie Waffle
A quirky wacky comedy equally smart and silly with plenty of the Monty Python influence
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Duane Dudek
One is regularly bemused and broadly entertained but never quite thrilled or seduced in the way one would be if making a discovery or encountering invention 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mark Dujsik
They mostly get it right and that s enough for me 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Steven Rea
Lost in a time warp of its own doing or non doing Hitchhiker s Guide just doesn t seem terribly original 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
David Sterritt
Given the whole cosmos to work with plus all of Hollywood s high tech trickery first time director Garth Jennings and his collaborators have come up with nothing but a superficial sci fi romp poking mild fun at human foibles 
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Josh Larsen
mired in just the sort of unnecessary explication that likely would have driven Douglas Adams nuts 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Chris Hewitt
If you haven t read Hitchhiker I doubt if watching it will work for you 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Chauncey Mabe
The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy does prove there s nothing more painful than antic comedy that isn t really funny 
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Moira MacDonald
Purists may miss their favorite bits or raise eyebrows over the somewhat altered ending but the book s goofball and very British humor survives intact 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
James Berardinelli
For the most part this big screen re telling of Adams inaugural book plays it safe offers some solid performances and nice special effects and provides some chuckles along the way 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Gene Seymour
Stays reasonably close to the story s whimsical rudiments 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeff Strickler
Although clever and zany the pacing is problematic 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Robert K. Elder
Even if this new version of Hitchhiker doesn t quite capture it all you ll still want to stick your thumb out and catch a ride 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ross Anthony
Fun and amusing but somehow not quite quenching Alas I fear that I m biased 
2.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sean McBride
a lot of fun for fans and non fans alike 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Steve Rhodes
A movie you can t help admire even if you like me end up slumped in your seat just staring at it 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Emily Blunt
The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy is a mind blowing visual and mental extravaganza that leaves you in utter awe 
4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Phil Villarreal
Along with screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick Adams is credited with the screenplay which is just cruel 
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Walter Chaw
It s not good enough for an audience that doesn t know anything about Douglas Adams and it s most certainly not good enough for an audience that does 
2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Peter Canavese
Audiences can be grateful for the unique absurdist dimensions and freewheeling irreverence of Adams which place the film in its own category of science fiction comedy 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Rob Blackwelder
The filmmakers while offering a completely original take on the material are clearly disciples of the author s daffy spirit Douglas Adams would be proud 
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeremiah Kipp
Director Garth Jennings doesn t sustain any momentum in Hitchhiker s Guide because everything that happens is completely arbitrary and zany 
1.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Scott Nash
DON T PANIC It contains enough action humor and memorable characters to please newcomers without disappointing longtime fans 
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Rich Cline
The frantic action keeps us watching although it s exhausting like watching a feature length trailer 
3
Kazaam
Mal Vincent
The movie looked lively and imaginative in the trailer that has been showing for months Stretch it out to 92 minutes though and you realize that the entire thing was effectively and attractively squeezed into the preview 
2
Kazaam
Gene Siskel
It s marketing not moviemaking 
1
Kazaam
Desmond Ryan
In his Hollywood debut Shaq more or less played himself as a coveted college center in William Friedkin s excellent Blue Chips Kazaam is a compelling argument for keeping him on the court and as far away from a movie set as possible 
1.5
Kazaam
Mary Flannery
Kazaam puts up a brick 
1.5
Kazaam
David Sterritt
The plot is hamstrung by trite formulas and there s too much violence and family tension for very young viewers Shaquille O Neal is likable as the title character though 
3
Kazaam
John Petrakis
Are you bored yet 
1
Kazaam
Michael Dequina
Prime MST3K material ripe for the ripping 
0
Kazaam
Steve Rhodes
Only Shaquille O Neal works at his part the rest of the cast barely work up a sweat 
1.5
Kazaam
Susan Wloszczyna
The story blares its lessons like a shameless after school TV special 
2
Kazaam
Roger Ebert
As for Shaquille O Neal given his own three wishes the next time he should go for a script a director and an interesting character 
1.5
Kazaam
Madeleine Williams
Kazaam is a genie movie that doesn t have a spark of magic 
0.5
Kazaam
Jeff Vice
Oh well at least NBA superstar Shaquille O Neal can still tell people he made his big screen debut in Blue Chips 
1.5
Kazaam
Mick LaSalle
One thing is for certain When a genie movie doesn t come up with satisfying wishes it s a sure sign it s not really interested in genies but in putting a seven foot basketball player in a funny outfit 
1
Kazaam
James Berardinelli
This is as witless as movies come an unamusing moronic blend of horrible acting and inept screenwriting 
1
A New Leaf
Gene Siskel
A New Leaf is one of the funniest and most tender films I have ever seen 
4
A New Leaf
Josh Larsen
A screwball oddball comedy that deserves far more attention than it gets 
3.5
A New Leaf
Calum Marsh
A film of such wit and comic invention that it belongs among the great American comedies 
4
A New Leaf
Roger Ebert
A New Leaf is not short on laughs and it defies any kind of trend remaining wonderfully anachronistic almost as if it was made decades earlier 
4
A New Leaf
Keith Uhlich
Blessed with a perpetual craggy hangdog Matthau is May s perfect comic foil 
4
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Roger Ebert
What is remarkable is the way Wang deals with this complex set of emotions in a movie that is essentially a comedy 
3
The Road Up
Nell Minow
This film will nourish the glimmer of hope in all who watch it 
3.5
Novo
Jack Mathews
Playfully sexy 
2.5
Novo
Ken Fox
Despite its philosophical pretensions the film is fairly lightweight and its good looking cast and sleek production values are more memorable than any of its heady themes 
2.5
Novo
Ed Gonzalez
Taking a cue from Memento Novo positions a flesh and blood man s short term memory as a kind of moral invisibility cloak 
2.5
House of Darkness
Erik Childress
Hard to hide the horror when its right there in the title 44 but Neil LaBute sure tries with this talker about the consequences of one man trying to get laid which is a half hour episode of something stretched to three times its length 46 
2
House of Darkness
Steven Prokopy
House of Darkness works as a curious 44 sometimes tense acting exercise above all else 44 and since I 8217 m a collector of great performances 44 I 8217 ll take it 44 despite the film 8217 s shortcomings 46 
2.5
House of Darkness
Jeff York
A frightener that demonstrates how much women fear being in the company of men no matter what the circumstances It all makes for one of the year s better horror films and a shrewd editorial on sexism to boot 
3
House of Darkness
Peter Sobczynski
An intriguing and occasionally quite witty battle of the sexes 44 in which not all of the bloodshed is strictly metaphorical 46 
3.5
House of Darkness
Mark Dujsik
House of Darkness 46 46 46 is ultimately about the shock of its payoff 44 which isn apos t much of a shock and 44 hence 44 isn apos t much of a payoff 46 
2.5
House of Darkness
Roger Moore
It 8217 s a 35 MetToo movie with fangs 44 dull fangs 46 
1.5
House of Darkness
Randy Myers
It s a surreal eerie and intriguing head trip that s stripped down to the essentials and showcases LaBute s gift for uncomfortable dialogue 
3
House of Darkness
Christian Toto
Neil LaBute apos s knack for probing sexual politics loses steam in bland 44 talky thriller 46 
2
House of Darkness
Mike McGranaghan
I found myself growing impatient 44 as the movie keeps treading the same ground 46 
2
House of Darkness
Joey Magidson
House of Darkness finds Neil LaBute playing around in the world of genre 44 with largely satisfying results 46 
3
The Soul
Roger Moore
It offers up a lot to chew on but a lot left undigested as well all served up in a thriller that doesn t really deliver and a mystery that isn t exactly solved 
2
Cocaine Bear
Pablo O. Scholz
The encounters between the black bear and the characters border on parody Full review in Spanish 
3
Cocaine Bear
Rene Sanchez
Despite a few laughs and a couple of well executed sequences 44 its wacky premise wears off rather quickly 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2
Cocaine Bear
Bruce R. Miller
It 8217 s no 8220 Snakes on a Plane 44 8221 but 8220 Cocaine Bear 8221 takes high concept to another level and proves nothing is too outrageous for audiences desperate to laugh 46 
2
Cocaine Bear
Walter Chaw
It promises to be lawless is what I m saying and very quickly shows itself to be entirely uninterested in transgressing boundaries 
1.5
Cocaine Bear
Odie Henderson
French New Wave director Jean Luc Godard allegedly said that all you needed for a good movie was a girl and a gun If the movie is called Cocaine Bear all you need is yayo and a clone of Yogi 
3
Cocaine Bear
Mike McGranaghan
The film hits the sweet spot of being gruesome and funny simultaneously 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Max Weiss
The film is well made efficient clever and some of its funny lines will have you um snorting But in the end it s still about a bear on a coke binge 
2.5
Cocaine Bear
Steven Prokopy
Like Frankenstein 8217 s monster 44 this film is sloppily slapped together out of chunks of things that entertain me 59 it may not be pretty or poetic 44 but it 8217 s as fun as a brick of coke that fell from the sky 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Rosalie Kicks
COCAINE BEAR caused me to feel fatigued 44 and much like how I used to feel after a hangover 59 angered that I did this to myself 46 
1.5
Cocaine Bear
Joe Friar
It 8217 s funny 44 gory 44 and features the late Ray Liotta doing what he does best 44 chewing up the scenery while Pablo Escobear chews up his victims 46 Great cast 44 soundtrack 44 and score by Mark Mothersbaugh 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Jeffrey M. Anderson
apos Cocaine Bear apos is the feature directing debut of Elizabeth Banks 44 and it seems to pulse with her sharp 44 wicked sense of humor 46 It goes for the throat 44 but it has shape 44 and it has characters that make us want to keep paying attention 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
James Berardinelli
When it works it s like the fusion of an ultra violent cartoon with the Pulp Fiction scene in which Vincent Vega accidentally shoots Marvin in the face 
3
Cocaine Bear
Brian Eggert
Clunky and less off the wall than it wants to be 44 Cocaine Bear works better as a concept than a movie 46 
2
Cocaine Bear
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a fun 44 bloody mess of a film and a throwback to the animal attack movies of the 70s and 80s 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Kevin A. Ranson
Giving this ridiculous concept the disaster movie treatment instead of settling for slasher horror builds goodwill toward characters and surprisingly grounds the film 44 happily resisting the urge to become merely 8220 CokeBearNado 46 8221 
3
Cocaine Bear
Oliver Jones
The primary sin of Cocaine Bear is its complete inability to balance the film s twin directives of broad comedy and shock horror 
1.5
Cocaine Bear
Ty Burr
While Cocaine Bear mostly succeeds at the task it s still low end comedy horror schlock no more and no less 
2.5
Cocaine Bear
Jeff York
It has a sophistication to it 44 driven by Jimmy Warden 8217 s serpentine script amp Elizabeth Banks 8217 shrewd direction 46 It may be a kitschy horror film in many respects 44 but it 8217 s a rollicking good time that knows how to deliver legitimate scares and raucous humor 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Christy Lemire
An incredible blast 44 especially if you have the benefit of seeing director Elizabeth Banks 8217 insanely violent comedy 47 thriller with a packed crowd 46 46 46 8220 Cocaine Bear 8221 will bring people together 46 8220 Cocaine Bear 8221 will save cinema 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Sonny Bunch
This is a hard R country bear jamboree 46 
2.5
Cocaine Bear
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cocaine Bear does not try to sell itself as something it is not 46 There is a bear 46 It is addicted to cocaine 46 It proceeds to kill several people 46 Gory 44 whacked out weirdness transpires over an economical 95 minutes 46 That 8217 s it 46 That 8217 s the movie 46 
3
Cocaine Bear
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he comedic approach 46 46 46 really undoes everything 46 
1
Cocaine Bear
Mark Meszoros
Given the mediocrity of the material 44 there probably wasn 8217 t a top level movie about a rampaging 44 cocaine fueled bear to be made here 46 
2
Cocaine Bear
Michael Phillips
A movie high on its own supply of mediocrity 
1.5
Cocaine Bear
Mark Kennedy
Aping other genres of filmmaking this one never finds its own voice or a way to integrate the ultra violence with the dark comedy It s like a parody of a parody that director Elizabeth Banks has turned limp and pointless 
0
Cocaine Bear
Richard Roeper
Wildly entertaining and darkly hilarious B movie blood fest which proves to be more than just a fantastically ridiculous title and a viral marketing campaign 
3
Cocaine Bear
Mick LaSalle
Where Cocaine Bear fails is that there is nothing to keep us watching but the spectacle of the bear attacks We don t care if anyone survives and we re not invited to take anything about it seriously 
0
Cocaine Bear
Soren Andersen
As a creature feature Cocaine Bear isn t bad Not great mind you But not bad 
2
Cocaine Bear
Johnny Oleksinski
Impressively director Elizabeth Banks keeps the powder gags fresh throughout as the mammal maims her way through a Southern forest preserve 
3.5
Cocaine Bear
Paul Attard
Cocaine Bear starts running on fumes almost immediately and peters out before the second brick of cocaine is even devoured 46 
1
Cocaine Bear
Joey Magidson
Cocaine Bear is a demented delight from Elizabeth Banks that delivers literally everything that the premise promises 46 What a riot 33 
3.5
Cocaine Bear
Roger Moore
It isn 8217 t quite 8220 Snakes on a Plane 44 8221 a high concept comedy in which ALL of the fun is in the title and the billing 46 But it 8217 s too close 46 
2
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Josh Larsen
A weird one 
2.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
David N. Butterworth
An assured and ambitious arthouse odyssey from the Zelners with the wonderful wistful Rinko Kikuchi at its core 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kam Williams
American Dream drama revolving around a Japanese girl s Fargo inspired search around rural North Dakota for the proverbial pot of gold 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Patrick Z. McGavin
The entrancing fifth feature of the Zellner brothers Kumiko the Treasure Hunter is like found art in the beguiling haunting manner it combines the seemingly ridiculous and desperate with an ineffable and quiet sadness 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
John Beifuss
Like the money from Fargo that inspires Kumiko s quest this movie something of a buried treasure itself 
3.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Brad Keefe
A fine and original movie that touches on a damaged lead character with grace And duh Fargo fans should be especially intrigued 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
John Serba
I m thankful real life is not governed by Coen Bros omniscience 
3.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Steven Rea
If Kumiko the Treasure Hunter takes its time it s time worth taking 
3.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
G. Allen Johnson
In the title role Kikuchi is impressive easily handling Kumiko s comic and more somber sides and never allowing us to settle into a single or simple interpretation of the character 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Lindsey Bahr
A haunting fantasy adventure for the ages in one of this century s most breathtaking independent films 
4
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a strange movie and perhaps not all that easy to love but if the filmmakers had gone straight for lovable then they might have ruined the unique spell they have cast 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Mark Dujsik
The simplicity of the setup works so perhaps all of this layering of truth and legend and flights of fancy is an unnecessary burden here 
2.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Ty Burr
As portraits of mental illness go Kumiko is slender but even handed neither romanticizing its heroine s mania nor tipping into melodrama or horror 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Chris Hewitt
It s a beautiful and provocative film that will stick with you long after it s over 
3.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Michael O'Sullivan
The film s steady accumulation of little quirks such as the fact that Kumiko has embroidered her treasure map on a piece of fabric using a freeze frame from Fargo as a template soon grow tedious 
2
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Brian Truitt
Kikuchi brought humanity to the robots vs monsters action of Pacific Rim in a small supporting role and she ups that much more with the meek title character of Kumiko 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Glenn Kenny
The title of the movie seems to promise adventure and the movie does deliver that though not in the conventional manner 
2.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Jake Cole
Kumiko only comes into its own when she arrives in Minnesota and must deal with locals as she heads up to Fargo despite knowing very little English 
2.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Roger Moore
Stark dark bleak and funny Just like Fargo 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Jesse Cataldo
It settles firmly into the perspective of a lost soul who finds solace in the swaddling security of fantasy 
3
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Marty Mapes
A little long and convoluted but it has a good heart and an absurdist wit
2.5
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kristin Tillotson
Odd mystical strikingly original 
3.5
Entanglement
James Berardinelli
This is as surprising a romantic comedy as I have seen in some time 
3
Entanglement
Matt Fagerholm
For moviegoers who don t mind shutting down their rational brains in order to enjoy 85 minutes of likable escapism Entanglement will be just the ticket Probably 
2.5
Entanglement
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Entanglement gets off to an almost unreasonably underwhelming start 
2
Entanglement
Brad Wheeler
A so so but charming enough story concerning the connections that bind define and sometimes confound us 
2.5
Entanglement
Mark Dujsik
That the key revelation arrives so late in the movie is telling That it ultimately leads nowhere is even more telling 
1.5
Entanglement
Bruce DeMara
It s not exactly a date movie unless a breakup is in the works but it s a pleasant enough story thanks to a smart script and some appealing performances 
3
Entanglement
Gary Thompson
Offbeat soundtrack selections and effective music by composer Andrew Harris help set the mood ultimately genial and hopeful and the movie is short and sweet 
3
Entanglement
Derek Smith
Ben doesn t deserve our sympathy in part for how noxiously the film has imagined the female characters who surround him 
1.5
Entanglement
Roger Moore
Just winsome enough to work 
2.5
Entanglement
Michael Upchurch
The script isn t great but the plot turns and visuals can be striking and Jess Weixler has fun as the bad girl sister 
2.5
Love and Leashes
Roger Moore
Seems far more intent on explaining and removing fear of the unknown and the label pervert from BDSM than it is in actually titillating amusing or entertaining as it does 
1.5
Mary Reilly
Michael Dequina
Roberts s acting is of the Melrose Place Andrew Shue variety her eyes blank and mouth often agape not unlike the photo of her used in the print ads 
1.5
Mary Reilly
Peter Stack
The film is too mannered too stuffy 
2
Mary Reilly
Mike Clark
A perversely courageous disaster that audiences will simply hate 
2
Mary Reilly
Susan Stark
Unfortunately your response to the bizarre story of terror and lust that dare not speak their name is pretty well limited to Roberts response which is in turn limited by her technique 
2
Mary Reilly
Roger Ebert
Mary Reilly works as Gothic melodrama because it understands the genre so well 
3
Mary Reilly
Walter V. Addiego
With the exception of a couple of inspired moments Mary Reilly is merely a curious variation of an often told story 
1
Mary Reilly
Steve Rhodes
My distaste for the movie comes not from disliking these scenes but from being put to sleep by the boredom of the show 
0.5
Mary Reilly
Madeleine Williams
Those expecting a traditional horror film may be disappointed However for those with an open mind and a taste for the eerie Mary Reilly may well be one to watch 
2.5
Mary Reilly
James Berardinelli
Mary Reilly is haunting not only because of its foggy shadowy settings but because of the questions it encourages us to ask about ourselves and others 
3.5
Mary Reilly
Chris Hicks
Mary Reilly is Roberts worst misfire to date despite the fact that on paper it must have looked awfully good 
0
Chain
Maitland McDonagh
Jem Cohen s nightmarish portrait of a deracinated world includes footage shot over 10 years in several countries but cut together so seamlessly that the film seems to unfold in a single continuous strip of malls hotels and airports 
3
Chain
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s still thought provoking but not quite as profound as it pretends to be 
2.5
Dark Country
David Nusair
a misfire of impressively epic proportions 
1
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
John Beifuss
More sidebar than sequel this interesting fifth film in the found footage fright franchise attempts to reboot re boo the series by relocating the supernatural action to a low income but vibrant Hispanic neighborhood 
2.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
David Nusair
A noble yet failed attempt to shake up the Paranormal Activity series 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Michael Dequina
The unusual honesty about the film s reason for being is about the only thing passing for real freshness here 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Linda Cook
This expands the Paranormal Activity universe quite a bit in an entertaining way The franchise which appeared to be losing its grip in the fourth movie isn t running out of steam yet 
3
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Peter Keough
This fifth in the series further diminishes the promise of the 2007 original replacing mystery and suspense with predictability and misogyny 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Sheila O'Malley
The novelty of found footage wore off almost immediately upon arrival and yet the style persists despite the fact or maybe because of the fact that it s tired and lazy 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Michael O'Sullivan
Many of the core elements of the earlier movies are retained here including the increasingly annoying found footage gimmick 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Chris Hewitt
The last half of Marked Ones degenerates into an unpleasant pile of jittery randomness broken up by dubious call backs to previous films in this tired series 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Rafer Guzman
The Latino cast gives the movie a fresh modern feel but the underlying formula is becoming unacceptably stale 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Matt Pais
Paranormal needed a change but the point was to be better not just mildly different 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Peter Howell
The real terror of Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones is the horrifying thought that Blair Witch disease rages unabated 15 years after the outbreak began 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Phil Villarreal
This one pulls out that trick a few times too many robbing it of its effect and making the few scares worth waiting for more funny than shocking 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Claudia Puig
It s a welcome update qualifying as the best in the series since the first film captivated and unnerved audiences in 2007 
3
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Chuck Bowen
Several reels worth of ugly unshaped footage that wouldn t have been deemed fit for a movie s end credit outtakes not so long ago 
1
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Willie Waffle
Like a restaurant that serves an awesome dessert to make up for a subpar main course 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Dustin Putman
Isn t quite on par with the first three movies but certainly a step above the fourth in its creative willingness to think outside the box 
2.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Roger Moore
A few jokes a few jolts a few stereotypes a much more conventional found footage film 
2
Rat Race
David Nusair
the film stands as a frequently gut busting comedy that falls just short of greatness or at the very least consistency 
2.5
Rat Race
Gary Arnold
Rat Race is a hit and miss good time 
2
Rat Race
Wesley Lovell
A fantastic road trip in the vein of films like Scavenger Hunt
3.5
Rat Race
Margaret A. McGurk
It made me laugh and that s my definition of funny 
3
Rat Race
Jeffrey Westhoff
Zucker instinctively knows how far to push the crude and uncouth and when to retreat into the merely goofy 
3
Rat Race
Mark Dujsik
it s a sad day when a man capable of such perfectly insane comic timing cannot properly pace a simple It s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World rehash 
2
Rat Race
Ian Mantgani
You have to wonder about the mentality of anyone who would want to use the Cannonball Run pictures as inspiration 
0.5
Rat Race
Andrew Howe
A test of patience that throws enough inspiration into the mix to keep you from heading for the exit 
2.5
Rat Race
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most obnoxious and unfunny comedies I have ever seen Dig out the rat poison 
1
Rat Race
Elias Savada
With the hundreds of gags hurled at you you ll laugh at more or less of them depending on which side of the bed you woke up on Rat Race tumbled out of the wrong side for me 
1
Rat Race
Michael Dequina
Instead of delivering the equivalent of an Airplane Jerry Zucker has made a monstrosity more akin to a plane crash 
0.5
Rat Race
Dustin Putman
Bar none the funniest film of the summer 
3
Rat Race
Mick LaSalle
The funniest film to come along since South Park 
4
Rat Race
Lou Lumenick
Zucker who s been dabbling in tearjerkers like Ghost for the past decade is a little rusty 
2
Rat Race
Liam Lacey
Take a couple of laughs here a couple of smirks there and the conclusion is obvious If ever there was a movie designed with the fast forward button in mind Rat Race is the one 
2
Rat Race
Marty Mapes
As a movie it doesn t stand up But it has enough laughs to make an enjoyable night out 
2.5
Rat Race
Steven Rea
With alarmingly few exceptions nothing that occurs can remotely be construed as humorous 
.5
Rat Race
Pam Grady
Sure Rat Race is shallow scatterbrained and sophomoric it s also likely the most fun you ll have in a multiplex this year 
3.5
Rat Race
James Berardinelli
A mixed bag that s a perfect fit for this summer of mediocrity 
2.5
Rat Race
Tony Toscano
Has just enough in it for me to recommend the film but not enough to give the film an above average rating 
2
Rat Race
Harvey S. Karten
C mon Cite one skit this year that s funnier than the one featuring Jon Lovitz s theft of Hitler s car 
3
Rat Race
Steve Rhodes
A delightful throwback to old screwball comedies 
3
Rat Race
Ross Anthony
good old fashion fun
3.5
Rat Race
Rob Blackwelder
a handful of downright hilarious moments another dozen chuckles and about 60 dead on arrival comedic misfires 
2
Rat Race
Ed Gonzalez
An uncomfortable comment on the desperate to be cast nature of the second tier Hollywood actor 
2
Doc Hollywood
Roger Moore
It may have been lightly regarded when it came out 44 but I think you can make the case that quot Doc Hollywood 44 quot a throwback comedy even then 44 stands the test of time better than most any rom com of its era 46 
3
Doc Hollywood
Matt Brunson
Pandering pablum but not without its charms 
2.5
Doc Hollywood
Bob Ross
The destination is obvious Getting there is all the fun 
3
Doc Hollywood
Bill Cosford
The film has a gentle charm that surpasses expectations 
2.5
Doc Hollywood
Dave Kehr
The movie would be a lot more beguiling if it weren t so sure of itself Its charm has the practiced impersonal touch of the professional salesman 
2
Doc Hollywood
David Nusair
a far from innovative premise that s employed to consistently watchable and pleasant effect by Caton Jones 
3
Doc Hollywood
Roger Ebert
Dialogue and plot and all the rest take second place to the conviction that two people only have eyes for one another Fox and Warner create that feeling which is why Doc Hollywood is a sweetheart of a movie 
3
Conan the Barbarian
Brian Eggert
91 The film 93 plays to the lowest possible viewer demands 46 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Roger Moore
Missing the myth the sorcery and the humor of the original big screen Conan 
2
Conan the Barbarian
Sara Michelle Fetters
But Nispel and his trio of screenwriters do nothing with their simplistic premise crowding the screen with too much digital imagery and making every villainous character look like they just stepped out of some macabre Saturday morning cartoon 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Linda Cook
It would be barbaric to say this is the worst movie of the year That certainly isn t the case Conan the Barbarian is however a second rate remake no more and no less It s a far cry from the 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger film 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Burl Burlingame
Absolutely spastic in the way it pretends to tell a story the work of someone who doesn t understand choreography coherent storytelling and basic structural editing 
1
Conan the Barbarian
John Beifuss
A movie that includes a cast listing for Topless Wenches at least ought to have a kitschy sense of humor but not this noisy cheerless actioner 
2
Conan the Barbarian
David Roark
The film is dumb hackneyed and well just plain bad much like the 1982 original but because it knows and makes fun of that it plays for a smart and entertaining ride 
2.5
Conan the Barbarian
Matt Brunson
A humorless endurance test from the director who previously desecrated horror staples both good The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and bad Friday the 13th with so what remakes this Conan fails in practically every respect 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Christian Toto
If you re gonna make an unnecessary remake like Conan the Barbarian at least keep it breezy an approach director Marcus Nispel wisely heeds here 
2.5
Conan the Barbarian
Peter Keough
At first gripping the blurry action scenes grow repetitious and though the sets capture the famous look of the Frank Frazetta book covers the film lacks the warrior s heart 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
James Berardinelli
The 2011 version of Conan the Barbarian looks cheap and feels rushed The few good elements are dwarfed by a generic nonsensical plot and shoddy storytelling 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Joe Lozito
A misfire in every way this franchise reboot is a noisy incomprehensible mess of a film that almost makes worse use of the character than it does of the 3D technology 
.5
Conan the Barbarian
Stephen Whitty
Does it satisfy this tale In its own modest way it does 
2.5
Conan the Barbarian
Rick Groen
It ain t a pretty sight in fact it s downright barbaric 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
John DeFore
Momoa speaks in one of those trying too hard baritones heard in young jocks whose greatest fear is being called gay 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Linda Barnard
The very definition of the dumb summer flick designed to squeeze a few last bucks out of the kids before school starts up again 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Kyle Smith
You can t underestimate the vitality of a movie where manly men give orders such as We will cast our rivals into oceans of blood 
2.5
Conan the Barbarian
Willie Waffle
This is the movie for people who like blood violence and topless women 
0
Conan the Barbarian
Mark Dujsik
It wallows in misanthropy because that s all it knows 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Dustin Putman
So calamitously unprofessional it s as if half minded vagrants found a dinged up camera next to a few hundred bucks on the street pulled together a cast of needy out of work actors and went to town 
0
Conan the Barbarian
Scott Bowles
Conan the Barbarian lives by a pretty simple ethos He lives he loves he slays What he doesn t do alas is act 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Mick LaSalle
Take a bad movie in two dimensions film it in three and what do you get Three entire dimensions of lousy 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Walter Chaw
Base And stupid And boring 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Ty Burr
Even the Schwarzenegger version had a crackpot long range vision This Conan is just a barbarian for hire 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Daniel M. Kimmel
It does what it sets out to do provide plenty of action and imagination while allowing the hero the chance to kill all the bad guys There s nothing deep here 
2.5
Conan the Barbarian
Peter Canavese
Momoa also a model proves that he s more of a poser than an actor he s a cocked eyebrow a squinty tic and an assortment of bulges in search of a performance 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Tom Keogh
This Conan barely qualifies as a character smirking and hacking his way through life never evolving into someone who can change or whom you want to follow 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Rene Rodriguez
Pity the fool who tries to reprise the role that made Arnold Schwarzegger an icon 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Michael Phillips
I ve certainly seen worse movies this summer though I hope that if director Nispel returns to the land of Hyboria he ll learn that sword fights don t respond well to his chaotic brand of staging made worse by the editing 
2
Conan the Barbarian
Roger Ebert
A brutal crude witless high tech CGI contrivance in which no artificial technique has been overlooked including 3 D 
1.5
Conan the Barbarian
Matt Pais
Muscles Swords Grunting 
0.5
Conan the Barbarian
Jaime N. Christley
Conan the Barbarian seems to have little interest in 30s pulp stories and only a little more in cheesy 80s epics 
1
Conan the Barbarian
Thelma Adams
Though the adventure gushes with blood there s an amateur C section on the battlefield it s also packed with thrills and sexy romance 
3
Conan the Barbarian
Christy Lemire
It didn t seem possible for there to be even less characterization than there was in the original Conan but voila 
1
Jurassic World
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s sharp 44 well made 44 knowing entertainment that 8217 s also the first sequel worthy of the original masterpiece 46 160 160 
3.5
Jurassic World
Matthew Rozsa
Yes I said it Jurassic World SUCKED What the hell was I missing 
2
Jurassic World
Mattie Lucas
A welcome return to form for a beloved franchise that delivers the goods for a whole new generation 
3
Jurassic World
Sonny Bunch
Messy nostalgia trip could bring back turtleneck sweaters 
2
Jurassic World
Max Weiss
The whole thing is an elaborate fantasy so it seems a bit churlish to say that s not believable But even a film like this needs some internal logic 
2
Jurassic World
John Beifuss
Jurassic World is a film that critiques its own mission It is aware that moviegoers awash in blockbusters and computer generated movie magic are increasingly hard to awe 
3.5
Jurassic World
Tom Meek
Crichton s cautious forward looking book had Frankenstein underpinnings Don t mess with Mother Nature or the past The curators of the park do both the filmmakers do the latter 
2.5
Jurassic World
David Nusair
The best of the Jurassic Park sequels by a hair 46 46 46 
3
Jurassic World
Wesley Lovell
It s certainly exciting and entertaining but there is now splendor or awe inspiring inventiveness 
3
Jurassic World
Christy Lemire
So basically Jurassic World is a big budget indictment of corporate greed jammed with product placement for Samsung and Mercedes Benz and Beats by Dre and Coca Cola 
2
Jurassic World
James Kendrick
not so much another bloated sequel as it is the fruition of dreams deferred in the previous films Too bad the genre dictates that those dreams are once again destined for disaster 
3
Jurassic World
Kam Williams
Not quite a Spielberg quality blockbuster but it ll do 
3
Jurassic World
Scott Nash
Generic summer popcorn fare that entertains but offers no surprises 
3
Jurassic World
Glenn Lovell
feels like the first three installments mashed into one That sense of wonder aka wow factor that distinguished the original has been replaced by gigantism and Godzilla like mayhem 
2
Jurassic World
Eric Melin
Commentary on how audiences always want bigger over better is not enough It s window dressing You still have little kids in danger of being eaten by dinosaurs run amok and a guy who thinks he s the Dinosaur Whisperer 
1.5
Jurassic World
Matt Brunson
By the time the story hits some unlikely Kumbaya notes we fully expect Barney of purple reign fame to appear on the scene and lead humans and dinosaurs alike in a campfire sing along 
2.5
Jurassic World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brisk bright summer rollercoaster ride and fine popcorn muncher 
3
Jurassic World
Mark Moring
Here s the thing You can wrestle those Big Questions if you want Me I mostly just wanted to see how awesome dinosaurs would look with today s CGI And people running for their lives 
3
Jurassic World
John Wirt
Jurassic World fills the 3D screen with summer movie thrills and fun 
3
Jurassic World
Scott Renshaw
Jurassic World simply shrugs its massive shoulders at trying to be anything but a nostalgia pandering still occasionally fun product that will be appearing on T shirts at Universal Studios this summer 
2.5
Jurassic World
Mike McGranaghan
Nothing will ever top the original of course but this sequel is certainly leagues better than the others 
3
Jurassic World
Stephen Rebello
It s an efficient diverting entertainment delivery system a gigantic theme park disguised as a movie 
3
Jurassic World
John Serba
It has some simple ambition being a broad criticism of corporate financial interest making really gross crunching noises as it takes advantage of the little people 
3
Jurassic World
Willie Waffle
Just showing us dinosaurs isn t enough anymore which is why Jurassic World is very entertaining but not amazing 
2.5
Jurassic World
Linda Cook
It s been well ages since we ve seen dinosaurs like this 
3.5
Jurassic World
Bob Bloom
At times Jurassic World is simple dumb and predictable Overall though it is a rousing entertaining and well paced excursion that at times will have you giggling or cheering 
3
Jurassic World
Anders Wright
Jurassic World is a blockbuster in every sense of the word having little interest in being anything more than a Tyrannosaurus sized spectacle 
2.5
Jurassic World
Lisa Kennedy
Jurassic World is ersatz Spielberg It s a knock off that even with the brand tag of the filmmaking titan as executive producer makes the credit feel faux 
2
Jurassic World
Liam Lacey
Jurassic World never breaks out of its own confines of homage and imitation The movie ends up as an awkward ungainly hybrid large but inconsequential 
2.5
Jurassic World
Mark Dujsik
This film knows it s silly and that awareness also means the film is keenly aware of what we want to see happen in a theme park filled with real living dinosaurs 
3
Jurassic World
Peter Howell
Jurassic World hits all the expected beats of heroism action and dinosaur dining The tourists are delicious and there are so many more to snack on this time 
2.5
Jurassic World
Brian Truitt
World is a monster step up from the two disappointing previous sequels but is sorely missing the heart and inherent wonder of the classic first film 
3
Jurassic World
Oscar Uriel
Colin Trevorrow brings an exciting new story to the franchise that helps us forget the bad movies in between full review in Spanish 
3
Jurassic World
Michael Smith
Jurassic World is taut and terrifying and for the uninitiated to these films it just might rock your world 
3
Jurassic World
Chris Knight
I hadn t seen anything this amazing since the flying monkey invasion of 39 
3.5
Jurassic World
Joe Williams
Even without world class smarts or amusing mutations the next generation of Jurassic is an enjoyable ride 
3
Jurassic World
Chris Hewitt
Jurassic World walks a fine line between reminding us of the things that were so awesome about the first Jurassic and imitating those things 
3
Jurassic World
Josh Spiegel
this film plays like a talented cover band s version of your favorite song 
2.5
Jurassic World
Rene Rodriguez
There s something deeply wrong with a film that expects you to shed tears over digitally created prehistoric creatures and rubber brontosaurus heads instead of rooting for you know people 
1
Jurassic World
Ty Burr
Jurassic World is a roadworthy retread a summer blockbuster that has more than its share of absurdities and bald patches but gets by anyway because dinosaurs 
2.5
Jurassic World
Moira MacDonald
Tune out the screenplay enjoy the silly chase scenes and swooping camera work and wonder if this franchise has finally reached its end 
2.5
Jurassic World
David Keyes
A very self aware blockbuster that uses its core values for a greater good which is to deliver a lightweight story in the skin of a very skillful science fiction creature feature 
3
Jurassic World
Ann Hornaday
As has been previously observed every action movie today ends up as Transformers and even when it s cloned creatures fighting the same is true here with an antic dash of Sharknado tossed in for good measure 
2
Jurassic World
Rafer Guzman
There isn t anything original here but it s all executed with energy and skill As always the underlying message is that nature like Hollywood formulas should not be tampered with 
3
Jurassic World
Dann Gire
If you ve seen the three preceding Michael Crichton inspired Jurassic adventures you ve pretty much seen this one already with so many added scenes of gnashing jowls trying to eat screaming victims that they become mildly repetitious 
2.5
Jurassic World
Rick Bentley
Director Colin Trevorrow shows a steady hand at building up the tension and then releasing it with great force 
3.5
Jurassic World
James Berardinelli
This is the best of the Jurassic Park sequels and does a better job than episodes 2 and 3 in recreating the feel of the original 
3
Jurassic World
Josh Larsen
the mercenary natures of the picture and the park are largely indistinguishable 
1.5
Jurassic World
Matt Pais
As much as I d love for a movie called Jurassic Five this saga isn t evolving and probably should stop trying 
2.5
Jurassic World
Kyle Smith
Motorcycle Chris Pratt sprinting dinosaurs If you require more than that out of a movie you re being unreasonable 
3
Jurassic World
Robert W. Butler
Not even uber likable Chris Pratt can dispel the pall of been there done that 
2.5
Jurassic World
Mick LaSalle
What ultimately makes Jurassic World so satisfying is that it doesn t buy into the grandeur of the human spirit not one bit 
3
Jurassic World
Peter Travers
It s not the cynical cash in cheesefest you feared OK Jurassic World is a little of that But this state of the art dino epic is also a blast of rumbling roaring did you effing see that fun 
3
Jurassic World
Dustin Putman
Looking for a film that fulfills its every promise to dazzle engross and legitimately excite Then search no further Jurassic World is the summer movie event of 2015 and it s a knockout 
3.5
Jurassic World
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s possible to filter out the irritating aspects and enjoy the movie as a raucous often brilliantly assembled spectacle But we shouldn t have to 
3
Jurassic World
Michael Phillips
Bailed out by a few good jolts Jurassic World gets by barely as a marauding dinosaurs narrative designed for a more jaded audience than the one Jurassic Park conquered back in 1993 
2.5
Jurassic World
Erik Childress
An effort so beholden to the iconic bits of the original that it never breaks free to become its own film It is unfair to saddle Trevorrow with the historical gravitas that this was to be his Jaws Instead it turns out to be his Jaws II 
2
Jurassic World
Peter Canavese
The culture has had just enough time to miss this franchise and director and co screenwriter Colin Trevorrow has met the challenges with an appealing self awareness 
3
Jurassic World
Clayton Davis
There is literally a scene in which the velociraptor nudges his head to a human pretty much saying I got this Not sure if I wanted to laugh or cry 
2
Jurassic World
Stephen Whitty
Along with the repurposed plot comes a sort of retro kind of comforting 80s feel with until a final hyper edited battle sequence a seeming willingness to allow the scenes some room to breathe 
3
Jurassic World
Steve Macfarlane
Jurassic World can t tell whether it wants to be junk food or not lovingly poking fun at some Hollywood tropes while shamelessly indulging others 
2
Blood
Sheila O'Malley
At times Blood feels like a slightly filled out television police procedural with better cinematography but the performances have an almost Shakespearean grandeur 
3.5
Blood
V.A. Musetto
The landscape cinematography is often eye pleasing but the script is labored filled with clichs and never allows for character development 
1.5
Blood
Moira MacDonald
Blood unfolds along familiar lines but it works 
3
Blood
Dann Gire
Bettany excels at portraying internal conflict in a movie that proves even well acted suffering can reach a point of diminishing returns 
2
Blood
Mike McGranaghan
Blood is just good enough to make me wish it was better While occasionally effective it is ultimately hindered by some incomplete storytelling 
2.5
Blood
Drew Hunt
Themes of family ties obsession and morality so dramatically realized in Conviction are gracelessly and shapelessly strewn together here 
1
Magnum Force
Matt Brunson
Nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot It s a telling line 
3
Magnum Force
Steve Rhodes
With bravado and resourcefulness to spare Harry would make a great trainer for today s new crew of sky marshals 
3
The Abandoned
Tirdad Derakhshani
Despite its formulaic structure The Abandoned has a lot going for it It eschews cheap scares bloodletting and gore 
2.5
The Abandoned
Brian Tallerico
Just when you think this IFC Midnight flick will slide into an effective genre track it flies off the rails in spectacular fashion getting more unbearable and ridiculous all the way up to its closing minutes 
1
The Abandoned
Roger Moore
Jason Patric Man what happened 
1.5
Punch
Ray Conlogue
This is a good premise but written and acted in a fashion that rings false 
2
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Kam Williams
Bio Pic basically defends President Carter s controversial stance on Israel 
4
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Peter Canavese
While there s little doubt that Man From Plains amounts to hagiography on Demme s part it s also surprisingly gripping viewing for over two hours 
3.5
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
John Monaghan
Demme says he entered the project expecting fireworks and he gets them time and again 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Marty Mapes
Few presidents bow out with as much grace and class
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Sean P. Means
The talk may be a little wonkish for some but for political junkies the chance to listen to Carter s still relevant thoughts is something to savor 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Chris Hewitt
You re better off reading his books 
2
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Jeff Vice
Man From Plains is ho hum and uninvolving which is a surprise considering the seeming wealth of material 
2
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
John Hartl
Whether you re of the opinion that Carter is a misguided meddler or a worthy Nobel Peace Prize winner he won the award in 2002 Jonathan Demme s new documentary about the 39th president will provide you with plenty of ammunition 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Geoff Pevere
From the open air stroll he took down Pennsylvania Ave on his inauguration day to the sunny coloured cardigans he wore when addressing the nation president James T Carter always seemed like a guy who wanted people to remember he was one of them 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Meg Jones
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains shows a relatively unvarnished portrait of a man who s not afraid to take on his critics 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Jonathan W. Hickman
Buried in this messy tribute is a neat story of a man who even in his advanced years remains socially and geo politically relevant 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Mick LaSalle
An intriguing document of a man s public and private life and has yet further value as the first significant film ever made about a former U S president 
3.5
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Roger Ebert
One reason to see this film might be to learn more about Carter s views on the Middle East but a better reason might be to observe how he attends to the privilege and responsibility of doing what he believes is the right thing 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Ty Burr
The movie s best material is archival It looks like old home movie stuff but you can still feel its monumentality 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Sid Smith
Carter comes off as compassionate and intelligent But the complex issues brought up in his book don t get much more than a superficial debate 
2
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Claudia Puig
Intriguing examination of a complex and dedicated public servant 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Maitland McDonagh
The minutiae of Carter s book tour isn t always enthralling but his personality drives the film pious stubborn devoted to his wife curious professional warm and yet slightly removed from the fray conciliatory meticulous self effacing funny 
2.5
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Stephen Whitty
Every so often though Demme decides to make a documentary about something he not only knows but admires And the results are admittedly intimate but so uncritical that they amount to two dimensional portraits all shadows bleached away 
2
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Glenn Whipp
Demme is clearly awed by his subject and his film is a stirring document about how one man s steadfast sense of justice can make a difference in the world 
3.5
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Kyle Smith
There isn t enough revealing material in the tedious documentary Jimmy Carter Man From Plains to sustain an 800 word magazine profile let alone a two hour film 
1
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Elizabeth Weitzman
Leaves too much time for Demme as he turns an interesting character study into a full blown tribute 
2.5
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Jan Stuart
As much a pungent dissection of American media malaise as it is a towering tribute to a deceptively low burning leader 
3.5
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Ed Gonzalez
Jonathan Demme s Jimmy Carter Man From Plains like Neil Young Heart of Gold and The Agronomist is a poignant portrait of a great man 
3
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Brad Wheeler
Demme subtly portrays Carter s love affair with wife Rosalynn and succeeds where Carter s book failed expertly and objectively making a movie that is provocative without being divisive 
3.5
Night Drive
Roger Moore
Even with the conspiracy and implied frame up plot unfolding the first hundred minutes of this Drive is too timid to deserve its over the top climax and over explained payoff 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
David Nusair
it s certainly impossible to deny the effectiveness of the three central performances 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Christian Toto
Shoot em Up dispenses with plot character development and coherency but it s a blast all the same 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Scott Nash
It is obvious that this is a movie where the filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing which is why I believe this movie will live on much longer than its box office receipts indicate 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Michael Dequina
Forget style over substance the style is the substance here and it s hard to complain when it s all quite simply so much damn fun 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Matt Brunson
While gorehounds and fanboys will line up if only to see two examples of death by carrot stick it s 50 50 as to whether other palates will savor this particular dish 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Tyler Hanley
The term suspending disbelief hasn t been this apropos since Democrats watched President Bush take the oath of office 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Works on a kind of stripped down pure gleeful violence committed by characters who aren t capable of anything else 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Kam Williams
A one dimensional cinematic treat best savored with one s brain on pause 
4
Shoot 'Em Up
Sean McBride
Bullets fly and bad guys die The action is non stop and rather original in this hour and a half burst of testosterone 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Linda Cook
You wouldn t believe me if I told you how this movie opens 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Mike McGranaghan
Shoot Em Up is filled with ingenious moments This movie is seriously cool 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Kit Bowen
The excessive but wonderfully creative bloodlust in Shoot Em Up takes glorified violence to a new level Let s just say the film lives up to its title 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Claudia Puig
For mainstream audiences its whiplash pacing frenetic camera work and offhand manner toward blood spillage probably will be disturbing 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Maitland McDonagh
It s funny without being toothless adrenaline turbocharged without being mean and utterly deranged in the best sense of the word 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Geoff Pevere
If John Woo had directed a Bugs Bunny cartoon written by the creators of South Park the result might be something like Shoot Em Up but with a crucial difference Bugs Bunny cartoons were always less than 10 minutes long 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Ted Fry
Jaw dropping only hints at the reaction to the intricately staged fights especially a shootout between Smith and a dozen or so villains as they step out of a jet and plummet toward Earth sans parachutes 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Ruthe Stein
Even more distressing is the presence of Owen and Paul Giamatti I understand the concept of working as much as possible while you re hot but it s a slippery slope 
1.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Carla Meyer
That Giamatti appears in Shoot Em Up is bad enough but he s not even good in it chewing the scenery in service of mostly unfunny lines 
1.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Timothy Knight
A former storyboard artist Davis orchestrates the film s nearly wall to wall action sequences with breakneck precision and exhilarating verve the more outrageous the mayhem the better 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Lou Lumenick
You know Quentin Tarantino is probably over the hill when he can be so parodied with such deadly precision in Shoot Em Up 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Jack Mathews
This is likely the fastest moving intentionally funny action movie ever made 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Meg Jones
As for a plot the film is too busy piling up dead bodies to have much of one And with dialogue consisting almost entirely of movie poster tag lines Shoot Em Up shoots blanks 
1.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Connie Ogle
There are only so many ways to shoot people and the movie gets repetitive in its gleeful nihilism and downright boring when the gunfire stops and characters start trying to explain what little plot exists 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Robert W. Butler
Shoot â TM Em Up is like a manual of creative mayhem a distillation of Sergio Leone Western and John Woo Hong Kong gun gasm 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Amy Biancolli
Like Quentin Tarantino without the aesthetic posturing the film is giddy with pop references and embraces the sloshy fun of exploitation genre tweaking 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Terry Lawson
The ultimate target audience will undoubtedly have the added benefit of libations 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Roger Ebert
Shoot em Up is the most audacious implausible cheerfully offensive hyperactive action picture I ve seen since oh Sin City which in comparison was a chamber drama 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Ty Burr
It s a cocktail made up of three parts testosterone to one part brains 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Eric Melin
Though it has no real characters and a completely nonsensical plot it is a welcome respite from other uber violent movies like 300 that are itself parodies and don t even realize it 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Frank Ochieng
The method to the madness behind Shoot Em Up is etched in stone from a surreal popcorn perspective drenched in cynicism and silliness 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Brandon Fibbs
A tasteless cartoon that uses the high minded ideals of satire and social commentary to cloak the fact that it is shamelessly pandering to the most base juvenile parts of our nature 
1.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is absolutely nuts and by the time it was all over I had to spend a couple of minutes tracking down my jaw after it had hit the floor a good 80 minutes or so earlier 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Stephen Cole
There is no wisdom or critical acumen in evidence in Shoot Em Up however Just 100 or so cool scenes masquerading as a movie 
2
Shoot 'Em Up
Mark Dujsik
Badass unabashedly malicious fun 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Willie Waffle
ludicrous ridiculous campy and wildly over the top which is just the way it should be 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Chris Hewitt
Simultaneously declares its love for over the top action movies and demonstrates how ridiculous they are 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Dustin Putman
Ridiculously violent comically bloody and so over the top that one can only view it as a cartoon that just so happens to be live action As for the says it all title it is truth in advertising taken to the extreme 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Steven Rea
For sheer audacity and adrenaline fueled carnage Shoot Em Up hits its target pretty much dead on 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Jeff Vice
For those who can stand the nonstop assault on their sensibilities it s delightfully trashy albeit irresponsible 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Michael Phillips
Really this thing is pretty rank 
1
Shoot 'Em Up
Gene Seymour
Everything about this neo noir version of an Itchy Scratchy marathon is casually ludicrous right down to its back handed advocacy of wait for it gun control 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Matt Pais
Seems in pursuit of being the ultimate guy movie but fans of this sort of glamorized killing spree aren t the kind of guy that most guys want to be 
1
Shoot 'Em Up
Phil Villarreal
Not one second of the film is anything other than ludicrous which is exactly why it rocks 
3.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Josh Larsen
If you re impressed by the way Owen takes out bad guys while holding an infant wait until you see how he manages mid climax yes I mean that sort of climax 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Joe Lozito
This hyperkinetic ultra violent guns a blazin actioner from writer director Michael Davis can be accused of many things stupidity misogyny the death of American film as we know it but false advertising is not one of them 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
James Berardinelli
Drinking the full adrenaline with a wink cocktail might be too much but there s nothing wrong with sampling it 
2.5
Shoot 'Em Up
Peter Travers
This wet dream for action junkies leaves out logic and motivation you know all the boring stuff 
3
Shoot 'Em Up
Nick Schager
Getting worked up over Shoot Em Up s excessive bloodshed is playing right into its hands 
2
Hellboy
Brian Eggert
It s not merely that del Toro made two visually inspired technically rich and surprisingly touching superhero movies it s that Marshall has made an aggravatingly terrible version of the same material 
1
Hellboy
Steven Prokopy
As a monster movie the film is fantastic as a comedy it s hit and miss and as an action experience I thought it worked as long as you don t mind getting a little blood on your shoes 
3
Hellboy
Alan French
The pacing is far too quick yet the movie s runtime comes in over two hours Hellboy overcomplicates a fairly straightforward story in the process 
1
Hellboy
David Nusair
Filmmaker Neil Marshall delivers a strong opening stretch that s perpetuated by several solid action sequences and a series of personable performances 
1.5
Hellboy
Matt Brunson
The finished product doesn t resemble an R rated film made by adults as much as an R rated film made by teenagers 
1.5
Hellboy
Linda Cook
Boy is this hellish 
.5
Hellboy
Frank Ochieng
When all is said and done this cockeyed combustible comic book caper is a manic mess Here s looking to finding a suitable firehose that can cool down the shoddy firestorm that is the baseless and bludgeoning Hellboy 
1.5
Hellboy
Kevin A. Ranson
a clear effort was made to showcase all the things that Hellboy s world could become as a franchise Many may see this as merely another overblown spectacle others will see it as the guilty pleasure it was intended to be 
3
Hellboy
Joe Friar
Over the top gore excessive swearing bland rock music and an R rating don t make this reboot edgy just noisy and dull Marshall s film lacks passion and without it you re left with a repetitive barrage of what seems like a 12 year old s fantasy film 
1
Hellboy
Katie Walsh
This all hurtles at a relentless unforgiving pace glued together with many many crunchy guitar licks You don t so much as watch this movie as submit to being pummeled by it 
2
Hellboy
Mike McGranaghan
Hellboy is beyond awful It s execrable It s an offense to the eyes and the brain 
1
Hellboy
Chandler Levack
Watching Hellboy is my new personal idea of hell 
0
Hellboy
Tom Russo
In the end the movie leaves us stuck with unmoving drama and increasingly numbing carnage delivered with a hand as heavy as Hellboy s monstrously oversized right meathook 
1.5
Hellboy
Phil Villarreal
A film destined to wallow in purgatory 
2
Hellboy
Matthew Rozsa
Watching the Hellboy reboot is like eating a rice cake you don t feel bad afterward but at the same time you re not entirely sure you really experienced anything at all 
2
Hellboy
Roger Moore
A fecal matter weather event of a film fiasco 
1
Hellboy
Oliver Jones
The chief battle here isn t the one on screen between Hellboy and a sixth century witch it s between Harbour and the uninspired gore and bland rock music in which his unfortunate first starring vehicle is soaked 
1
Hellboy
Peter Howell
It s in tune with the current public taste for over the top horror But it seems pointless regardless as does the CGI overkill that turns every battle into a bloodbath leaving mutilated and decapitated bodies 
2
Hellboy
Mark Dujsik
You d think it would be impossible to turn this much absurdity into a fairly straightforward and dully generic tale but somehow Hellboy pulls off that unlikely feat 
1.5
Hellboy
Richard Roeper
The new Hellboy lands with a thud that s loud and dark but almost instantly forgettable 
1.5
Hellboy
James Berardinelli
Comparing it to Del Toro s 2004 original and 2008 sequel is like making an analogy between a Broadway production and a high school stage show 
1.5
Hellboy
Christy Lemire
You will never realize how much you need Guillermo del Toro in your life until you see the reboot of Hellboy 
1.5
Hellboy
Peter Hartlaub
At two hours Hellboy feels closer to three And yet there still seems to be something missing 
2
Hellboy
Robert Daniels
If there is a nadir of comic book films it s here Hellboy was better left in purgatory 
0
Hellboy
Rafer Guzman
Violence and vulgarity replace the humor and poetry of Guillermo del Toro s superhero films 
0.5
Hellboy
Alan Zilberman
Marshall and screenwriter Andrew Cosby went overboard with their R rating introducing so much gore and profanity that it quite frankly gets dull The flat performances and incoherent story do not help matters 
1.5
Hellboy
Mark Kennedy
It s really a series of violent vignettes strung together getting more and more outlandish and introducing characters at such a blistering pace that you just want it to stop already 
1
Hellboy
Johnny Oleksinski
The race for worst movie of the year is heating up You could even say it s hotter than hell now that Hellboy has taken the lead 
0
Hellboy
Brian Truitt
Hellboy is kind of all over the place with two hours worth of adventures and misadventures that never gel cohesively and momentum killing flashback origin stories for pretty much every main character 
2
Sayonara
Kate Cameron
A must for moviegoers 
4
Sayonara
Janet Graves
In a powerful visually beautiful drama concerned with the emotion of love across racial barriers Marlon Brando is as compelling as ever 
4
Sayonara
Matt Brunson
Earthy and unpredictable Brando delivered a number of superb performances during the 1950s and one such turn can be found at the center of this excellent adaptation of James A Michener s novel 
3.5
Sayonara
Mattie Lucas
A sweeping Hollywood epic whose focus remains disarmingly intimate 
3.5
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Rex Reed
his fascinating but dismally depressing Swedish documentary is well worth seeing but never fully escapes the feeling that it s all been seen before 
3
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
G. Allen Johnson
The documentary explores the fleeting nature of fame and youth the subjective obsession of beauty and the folly of infatuation 
4
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Robert Daniels
One of the most honest portraits of the pitfalls that can happen in child stardom 
3
Wolf
Kevin Carr
It s trying to be artistic but it s mimicking what an art film would be It feels like it s imitating a better filmmaker 
1.5
Wolf
Leo Brady
There s an inspired spirit animal inside Wolf and unfortunately the final result is nothing to howl about 
2
Wolf
Roger Moore
More tiresome than intriguing
1.5
Wolf
Jeff Mitchell
MacKay gives a compelling performance but Wolf is a difficult watch at least for this human 
2
Wolf
Richard Roeper
George MacKay Lily Rose Depp star in dark fairy tale that handles a real life condition believing you re not human with sensitivity and empathy 
3
Wolf
Steven Prokopy
In the end Wolf is interesting because of the performances and not the messages 
3
Wolf
Carlos Aguilar
But for as much writer director Biancheri pumps copious ideas into this concept the solemn tone and lack of thematic focus renders the overwrought outing underwhelming 
2
Wolf
Derek Smith
As the film invites us to ponder the real world circumstances that it implies its self seriousness becomes a double edged sword 
2
Wolf
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The initial premise may fascinate but its development quickly goes to the dogs 
2
Wolf
Randy Myers
Bichancheri should be commended for being genre defiant while MacKay should be awarded for his performance but this is by no means for all tastes 
3
Wolf
James Berardinelli
The movie as a whole doesn t work 
2
Wolf
Chris Hewitt
Wolf gives us lots to think about Too much in fact because writer director Nathalie Biancheri can t figure out how to shape the ideas her story suggests 
2
Wolf
Mark Dujsik
As a persuasive exercise it is well persuasive As a story the movie is only fractionally formed 
2
Wolf
Michael O'Sullivan
If it s an allegory it trivializes whatever it s allegorizing 
2
Wolf
Mike McGranaghan
Wolf is a challenging and compassionate movie driven by the commanding work of its two leads 
3
Wolf
Joey Magidson
Wolf could have been ridiculous Frankly the material just sounds like it would be a comedy However Biancheri MacKay and company see the human drama in this and lean in 
3
Altman
Claudia Puig
Unfortunately the straightforward film doesn t probe deeply enough to reveal the creative psyche of the remarkable filmmaker Robert Altman whose films didn t look or sound like those of any other director Full review in Japanese 
2.5
Altman
Moira MacDonald
Documentarian Ron Mann s affectionate tribute to the filmmaker Robert Altman 
3
Altman
Liam Lacey
It s a tribute to Mann s film that it leads you from Altman s life back to his films and makes you want to see them anew 
3.5
Altman
Peter Howell
Gives due credit to an inspired and prodigious maverick while also showing how often reckless good luck guided his peripatetic way 
3
Blood Out
David Nusair
a dull almost aggressively unwatchable straight to video actioner 
1
Chameleon
Blake Howard
Writer director and cinematographer Mizelle shows technical aptitude that significantly elevates this tale of morally bankrupt crooks preying on the dysfunctional relations of the wealthy 
2.5
Chameleon
Matt Brunson
From neo noir shadows to burnished vistas the movie is consistently captivating in its ocular offerings 
2.5
Chameleon
Kenneth R. Morefield
It s a character driven crime film that looks surprisingly polished for a movie with a total budget that was was less than I paid for my last used car 
2.5
Lawn Dogs
Judith Egerton
While it s true that fairy tales paint good and evil in black and white Wallace s story suffers from such a simplistic presentation 
3
Lawn Dogs
David Nusair
what really kills the movie and leaves it with an aftertaste worse than raw garlic is the ethereal ending 
2.5
Lawn Dogs
Roger Ebert
John Duigan s Lawn Dogs is like a nasty accident at the symbol factory Pieces are scattered all over the floor as the wounded help each other to the exits 
1.5
Spanish Fly
David Nusair
there s little doubt that even the most patient viewer will be left rolling their eyes at some of Zoe s dunderheaded choices 
1
The Demons of Ludlow
Matt Brunson
Silly yarn 
1
Acts of Vengeance
Roger Moore
Efficient engrossing if predictable vengeance thriller lifted considerably by a terrific leading man turn by Antonio Banderas
2
Acts of Vengeance
Mark Dujsik
It rushes past what could have made the movie intriguing in order to get to the formula 
1.5
Lean on Me
David Nusair
Freeman goes for the gusto and pulls it off 
2.5
Lean on Me
Roger Ebert
Lean on Me is not a documentary about the real Joe Clark It is a fiction film about a character who is so troubled obsessed and angry that the film is never able to say quite what it thinks of him After the movie neither are we 
2.5
Child's Play 2
Dustin Putman
The mystique might have faded but the psychopathic Chucky is still an apt threat 
2.5
Child's Play 2
David Nusair
a surprisingly effective sequel that s sure to please fans of this ongoing series 
3
The Lullaby
Norman Gidney
The Lullaby is a movie made up of disparate but effective moments of cringe worthy scenes filled with gore and the occasional story point I was entertained with The Lullaby no question I just think that the storyline could have used more polish 
2
The Lullaby
Roger Moore
A promising premise ineptly botched in execution 
1
Tommy's Honour
Brad Wheeler
If golf is a good walk spoiled the handsomely shot but subdued period piece Tommy s Honour is two hours drearily wasted 
1.5
Tommy's Honour
Josh Terry
Too often Connery s effort feels a little too easy to pass over 
2
Tommy's Honour
Bruce Andriatch
Worthy of praise are the performances by the film s two stars 
3
Tommy's Honour
Godfrey Cheshire
With its rugged landscapes handsome production design and especially the very appealing work of leads Peter Mullen and Jack Lowden Tommy s Honour is an ingratiating production all round 
2.5
Tommy's Honour
Rob Thomas
With Father s Day around the corner and the professional golf season about to start adult sons and their fathers will enjoy watching it together Whether they ve ever hit a bucket of balls together turns out to be not that important 
3
Tommy's Honour
Dann Gire
The ending involving an interview with an 84 year old Tom Morris should be a two fisted Kleenex moment It settles for barely a fist 
2.5
Tommy's Honour
Michael O'Sullivan
There s a subdued quality to watching golf as a spectator sport and that same quality of reserved detachment applies to this golf movie 
2
Tommy's Honour
Peter Keough
Though Connery s film reduces this little known outside Scotland but fascinating sports story to uninspired formula it does offer a few memorable observations 
2
Tommy's Honour
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The film ultimately collapses because it s too slow and tasteful to deliver the crowd pleasing fervor that a great sports film demands 
2
Tommy's Honour
David Lewis
Like the Masters Tournament and Masterpiece Theater rolled into one beautiful fairways polite gentlemen and a little drama every now and then 
3
Tommy's Honour
John Hartl
Tommy s Honour rarely finds a way to make golf seem exciting on film 
2
Tommy's Honour
Roger Moore
Stately dull and sloooooow
2
The Boys in the Band
David Reddish
Weve seen the new film and found it very well acted not to mention vastly superior to the original film version thanks to some key revisions by Mart Crowley who wrote the original play and this screenplay version 
4
The Boys in the Band
Mark Meszoros
While perhaps not quite as vital as it was five plus decades ago The Boys in the Band feels something close to required viewing 
3
The Boys in the Band
Christopher James
Mart Crowley s 1968 play is dated by design but by staying true to the original text the latest iteration of The Boys in the Band resembles a period piece 
3.5
The Boys in the Band
Richard Roeper
filled with stingingly vicious repartee as nearly every character depends on cleverness as a defense mechanism 
3.5
The Boys in the Band
Joey Magidson
The Boys in the Band only fails because Mantello leaves this feeling far too stage y of a work 
2.5
The Boys in the Band
Tom Meek
It goes on a tad too long but it s full of rich performances painful revelations and searching souls 
3
The Boys in the Band
Roger Moore
Quaint never quite escapes the label of relic of an utterly binary and bygone era 
2
The Boys in the Band
Michael Phillips
Half tantalizing half antiquated but fascinating nonetheless 
3
The Boys in the Band
Sara Michelle Fetters
Quinto provides an instant jolt of electricity I did not see coming 
3
The Boys in the Band
Odie Henderson
I prefer and recommend the original but I m on the fence about this one 
2.5
The Boys in the Band
Robert Levin
Each actor captures something unique and essential about men who want nothing more than to live their lives on their terms 
3
The Boys in the Band
Michael O'Sullivan
The ensemble cast reunited from the 2018 production is never less than mesmerizing even in the context of what is essentially a museum piece 
3
The Boys in the Band
Mick LaSalle
Like all great works of art the story s point has resonances beyond its era and even beyond the specific subject of gay people generally It s about what happens when people are marginalized 
3
The Boys in the Band
Eric Henderson
This new Boys in the Band is a Matryoshka doll of period piecery a flashback of a flashback of a flashback 
2
The Boys in the Band
Barry Hertz
The performances that Mantello wrings make the 2020 effort worth everyone s trouble 
3
Lake Michigan Monster
Roger Moore
Delightfully daft and DIY
2.5
Maelstrom
Michael Wilmington
Strange it is but delightfully so 
3.5
Maelstrom
Joe Leydon
An oddly affecting and often darkly funny drama about the randomness of life and the possibility of redemption 
3
Maelstrom
Mick LaSalle
An original little film about one young woman s education 
3
Maelstrom
Mary F. Pols
The main story is compelling enough but it s difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish 
3
Maelstrom
Steve Rhodes
Sophisticated viewers who refuse to admit that they don t like it will likely call it challenging to their fellow sophisticates 
2
Maelstrom
Marta Barber
Maelstrom is strange and compelling engrossing and different a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor 
3
Maelstrom
David Sterritt
I ll put it this way If you re in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish this is the movie for you 
3
Maelstrom
Chris Hewitt
Villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in Bibi s generic angst there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows 
2
Maelstrom
Lou Lumenick
Not for all tastes But I for one was hooked by this fish s tale 
3
Maelstrom
Ed Gonzalez
Without non stop techno or the existential overtones of a Kieslowski morality tale Maelstrm is just another Winter Sleepers 
2.5
Maelstrom
Harvey S. Karten
An engaging surreal comedy noir about a suicidal woman with youth looks and money 
3
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Brian Eggert
By appreciating Kurosawa as an investigator of human behavior Dreams becomes something far more than the self indulgent vanity project of an elder auteur it becomes an essential film for humanity 
4
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Federico Furzan
Experimental cinema that feels relevant only if you really need to explore the mind of a master But that s it Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
James Kendrick
while not necessarily among Kurosawa s best is still a remarkable achievement that draws you deep into its fantastical world even the least effective bits still work in their own way
3
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Austin Kennedy
I wish I could say that every segment is fantastic but just like so many other short story films it s a mixed bag 
2.5
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Mal Vincent
It has a TV movie look and is likely to turn up on the Disney Channel 
2
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
John Petrakis
Sitting through it I found myself shuddering at what Disney may have in store for next summer 
1
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Jeff Shannon
It is numbingly bland homogenized and deflated by an utter lack of original wit or charm Worst of all it is subtly but conspicuously condescending to its target audience 
1.5
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Carrie Rickey
It s a missed opportunity for introducing the Mortal Kombat generation to medieval combat that was really mortal 
2
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Mick LaSalle
There s nothing particularly wrong with A Kid in King Arthur s Court and nothing right with it either 
1
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Steve Rhodes
An hour and a half video aquarium for the kids 
1.5
The Soldier
Matt Brunson
Klaus Kinski makes a Special Appearance as a KGB agent but his cameo lasts only about as long as it takes to tie one s shoes 
1.5
Griffin and Phoenix
David Nusair
absurdly sentimental and melodramatic 
2
I Love Dollars
Steve Rhodes
Adroitly and seductively presented the film is fascinating albeit perhaps not for the reasons the filmmaker intended 
3
I Walked With a Zombie
Wanda Hale
It s good escape stuff this RKO Radio production A most dramatic beginning is offset by the confusion in the ending but it will still give you the creeps pretty nearly all the way through 
2.5
I Walked With a Zombie
Josh Larsen
Tourneur 8217 s imagery 44 as in Cat People 44 casts a spectral spell 46 46 46 
3.5
I Walked With a Zombie
David Nusair
a woefully half baked and thoroughly forgettable piece of work 
1.5
I Walked With a Zombie
Walter Chaw
Sultry claustrophobic the guilt repressed here is the spectre of slavery stencilled over another abandonment of another wife 
4
Room
Michael Esposito
It may be the longest 75 minute film in the history of cinema there was a clock check 25 minutes in after thinking this has got to be almost over 
1
Room
Ken Fox
Henry s film is beautifully shot and extraordinarily well acted by Williams whose face alone says everything about the plight of working mothers who can no longer make ends meet 
3
Room
V.A. Musetto
Williams gives a superb performance that recalls Ellen Burstyn s in Darren Aronfsky s much praised Requiem for a Dream 
3
Room
Ed Gonzalez
Cyndi Williams s performance in Kyle Henry s Room is a searing articulation of post traumatic stress disorder 
3
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
Carlos Aguilar
The stale form isn t the most disappointing variable of this barely competent work but the performances that border on cartoonish 
1
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
Joey Magidson
Shepherd The Story of a Jewish Dog makes its bones no pun intended by appealing to dog lovers and families 
3
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
Sarah Knight Adamson
Outstanding film truly remarkable A heartfelt movie that demonstrates the strong connections that bind us to our pets while providing a historical view of the impact of the Nuremberg Laws 
4
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Liam Lacey
A beautiful probing art documentary 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Rob Thomas
The film doesn t just explain Goldsworthy s vision it brings us closer to seeing the world through his eyes 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Jeff Vice
Rivers and Tides is subtle and meditative almost to a fault So it s fortunate that the film is relatively short and that its subject Andy Goldsworthy a Scottish sculptor known for working with nature is so fascinating 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Sean P. Means
A documentary that introduces us to an artist whose work is full of contradictions contradictions that spill over into the act of watching the movie 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Phil Villarreal
You will want someone to talk to about the film and acknowledge the marvels you saw 
4
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
James Auer
A memorable account of an artist s life achievements and sacrifices 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Terry Lawson
Assumes a meditative Zen like quality that sends the viewer floating away like a leaf 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Marty Mapes
Goldsworthy s art is magical and the cinematography is outstanding
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Kyle MacMillan
Like Goldsworthy s art it is primal transcendent and truthful 
4
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Walter Chaw
The greatest triumph of the film is Riedelsheimer s ability to offer the audience the artist s perspective 
4
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Chris Hewitt
I often found myself catching my breath during Rivers and Tides partly because of the Jengalike delicacy of Goldsworthy s work 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Jeff Strickler
Watching Goldsworthy painstakingly piece together his artwork we come to realize that his artistry lies as much in the act of creation as in the fleeting final product 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Elias Savada
a spellbinding study of Andy Goldsworthy a Scottish land sculptor who creates location specific work using only the organic vegetation and minerals found in his studio 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Moira MacDonald
A calm and lovely film that audiences hungry for beauty will likely devour with their eyes 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Roger Ebert
Watching this movie is like daydreaming 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Alan G. Artner
I know of no documentary on a contemporary artist that conveys so much about the artist s work so lyrically and directly 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Bob Strauss
An occasionally enthralling documentary 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Christine Temin
Even after seeing Rivers and Tides there s still a lot we don t know about how he works 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
V.A. Musetto
Thoughtful and entertaining documentary 
3
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Edward Guthmann
It s not only a tribute to Goldsworthy s work but also a kind of animated gallery a showcase for a uniquely elusive art 
4
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Jeanne Aufmuth
A tranquil experience 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a beautiful meditative piece that allows the viewer his or her own time to think and discover 
3.5
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time
Steve Rhodes
A mesmerizing movie that is so incredibly tranquil and uniquely lovely that it is an artistic creation itself 
3.5
Sister
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Sister isnt without its issues this drama remains something special the films final moments an avalanche of genuine human understanding that had me happily reaching for the tissues while also letting out a silent euphoric cheer of appreciation 
3
Sister
Kelly Jane Torrance
Sister is a heartbreaking movie whose deft touches of humor only make the story more bittersweet 
3.5
Sister
Matt Pais
A low key affecting story of dreams at odds with reality and crime sprung from necessity 
3
Sister
Jim Emerson
The movie takes a refreshingly low key observational approach to storytelling 
3.5
Sister
Chris Hewitt
The storytelling is exciting and the characters well observed 
3.5
Sister
Walter V. Addiego
Seydoux perfectly captures the anger and self defeat of ill educated hedonistic man chasing young women who live on the fringes 
3
Sister
Marty Mapes
Emotionally engaging and impeccably crafted
3.5
Sister
John Hartl
Klein and Seydoux give such naturalistic performances that they re never overwhelmed by the spectacle 
3
Sister
Steven Rea
Haunting and sad And absolutely worth seeing 
3.5
Sister
Gary Thompson
Sister is loose and episodic but held together with nicely sketched characters 
3
Sister
Dustin Putman
Unassumingly but surely Sister leaves a poignant impression for viewers patient enough to let it take hold 
2.5
Sister
Wesley Morris
Movies about wayward kids are a European specialty The new film Sister deepens the specialty 
3.5
Sister
Peter Keough
Despite the twist at the end this seems as rote as the circling ski lifts that are Meier s recurring metaphor 
2.5
Sister
Farran Smith Nehme
Meier s tight focus on her primary characters pays off Seydoux brings a strong array of emotions to a highly unsympathetic part 
3
Sister
Jesse Cataldo
Ursula Meier s film is sustained by a sturdy emotional engine and some intrepidly thoughtful characterization 
3
The Women's Balcony
Josh Terry
There are also plenty of sweet moments that emerge from a story about people who even in conflict have their hearts in the right place 
3
The Women's Balcony
Sean P. Means
Culturally specific and embracingly universal the Israeli comedy drama The Women s Balcony is an exuberant life affirming celebration of community in the face of crisis 
3.5
The Women's Balcony
Brad Wheeler
The Women s Balcony overlooks nothing when it comes to addressing faith segregation and sexism in a peppery entertaining way 
3
The Women's Balcony
MaryAnn Johanson
A beautifully sketched portrait of a community under strain one you do not have to be Jewish or even religious to take great pleasure in 
3.5
The Women's Balcony
Peter Keough
Subtly handled by director Emil Ben Shimon and screenwriter Shlomit Nehama and rendered heartfelt and compelling by an outstanding cast 
3
The Women's Balcony
Pat Padua
In the end the solution offered by The Women s Balcony to end the rancor feels unearned 
2.5
The Women's Balcony
David Lewis
It s impossible to resist a film that has such rich characters and makes a complicated subject both enlightening and entertaining 
3
The Women's Balcony
Kam Williams
Don t miss Menemsha s latest jewel a comical clash of outlooks pitting a self assured sisterhood against a bewildered backwards brotherhood 
4
The Women's Balcony
Sheila O'Malley
While the mood is that of a gentle and affectionate comedy the film makes some extremely sharp points about fanaticism sexism masked as holiness and tolerance among the faithful 
3.5
The Women's Balcony
Robert Levin
An engaging movie that expands its highly specific setting into a universal moral inquiry 
3
The Death of Alice Blue
Stephen Cole
A vampire movie without enough sharp teeth 
1
The Death of Alice Blue
Jason Anderson
Aiming for the same mix of the whimsical and the macabre long favoured by Tim Burton Bench fails to achieve either quality with any consistency 
2
Mimic 2
Matt Brunson
Not worth the effort 
1.5
Mimic 2
David Nusair
directed with a lot of panache and contains enough blood and guts to satisfy gorehounds 
2.5
The Deer Hunter
Romola Costantino
This unwieldy film batters its audience perhaps this is the painful catharsis which American audiences want 
3
The Deer Hunter
Dann Gire
Contrasted with the superficial but fun puffery of Superman on one extreme and the beautifully photographed but impersonal Days of Heaven on the other Deer Hunter stands as a dynamic thought provoking experience that stays with you 
3.5
The Deer Hunter
Gene Siskel
What distinguishes The Deer Hunter most is its many rich characters and the size of its vision This is a big film dealing with big issues made on a grand scale 
4
The Deer Hunter
Joseph Gelmis
Cimino an obvious film buff has tried unsuccessfully to pay homage to a variety of classic film styles and genres dealing with male bonding 
2.5
The Deer Hunter
Dean Johnson
The meticulous work of De Niro establishes an intelligent base for the rest of the cast a rare ensemble of peers awesome in their presentation of the ordinary and the extraordinary 
4
The Deer Hunter
Stanley Eichelbaum
Whatever your politics I can t see how you can fail to be riveted drained and deeply affected by this extraordinary anti war movie Its merits are considerable and the acting very compelling especially by De Niro and Walken 
4
The Deer Hunter
Roy Peter Clark
The Deer Hunter is splendid at times glorious filmmaking 
4
The Deer Hunter
Matt Brunson
Powerfully acted by all involved especially Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep and infused with numerous gut wrenching scenes 
4
The Deer Hunter
James Berardinelli
While it s fair to argue that The Deer Hunter contains moments of brilliance the film as a whole is undone by its length 
3
The Deer Hunter
Kathleen Carroll
In trying to measure the devastating impact of Vietnam on the lives of three American soldiers Cimino brings home the true horror of that senseless conflict in a way that the 6 O Clock News never could 
4
The Deer Hunter
Matt Brunson
The film s depiction of a senseless war remains relevant as long as power hungry leaders continue to play Russian roulette with the lives of young soldiers 
3.5
The Deer Hunter
Phil Villarreal
Like an honorable soldier Cazale gave everything he had for a cause in which he believed 
4
The Deer Hunter
Wesley Lovell
A visceral film that says volumes about the horrors of war and its impact on the lives of typically well adjusted people 
3.5
The Deer Hunter
Roger Ebert
It is a heartbreakingly effective fictional machine that evokes the agony of the Vietnam time 
4
The Mystery of Picasso
Kathy Fennessy
Henri Georges Clouzot tapped Jean Renoir apos s nephew Claude Renoir 40 The River 41 as a cinematographer and Georges Auric 40 La Belle et la B 234 te 41 as a composer 46 Together 44 they crafted a uniquely thrilling work 46 
3.5
The Mystery of Picasso
Chuck Bowen
Henri Georges Clouzot s 1956 documentary reveals art to be a life of many deaths 
3.5
The Mystery of Picasso
Peter Keough
T his film demonstrates how an artwork made in time and from time can offer a glimpse into eternity 
3
The Mystery of Picasso
Gabe Leibowitz
This is a remarkable and unique work 
3.5
The Mystery of Picasso
Marty Mapes
Clouzot found a way to turn the movie screen into Picasso s canvas now on video for the first time
3
Silent Light
Mattie Lucas
A stunning work a transcendent nearly spiritual experience from the breathtaking opening shot to the haunting final frame 
4
Silent Light
Josh Larsen
traces the imperceptible reverberations of a guilty conscience 
3
Everything You Want
David Nusair
a romantic comedy for viewers who ve never seen a romantic comedy 
1
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Walter Chaw
Zero budget high concept done right a fastball down the middle of a time travel movie landing right when the concept seemed to have been wrung dry 
4
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Mike McGranaghan
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is funny well acted and utterly mind blowing In fact it may have the most deliriously nutty concept since Being John Malkovich 
3
SOMM: Into the Bottle
Connie Ogle
We may never get the chance to taste a 1969 Hermitage but watching Wise s film may be the next best thing 
3
Hopscotch
Matt Brunson
An extremely satisfying confection that derives most of its juice from yet another superlative Walter Matthau performance 
3
Hopscotch
Gene Siskel
Matthau is laconic yet charming and he comes dangerously close to letting us know how cute he is 
2.5
Hopscotch
Joseph Gelmis
It s strictly superficial stuff that works as well as it does in the playing because the cast is far more skilled than anything they are asked to do 
3
Hopscotch
Sumner Rand
A consummate actor whose talents have not been exploited by Hollywood as ably as they should have been Matthau this time around gets to employ a whole bag of his theatrical tricks his wry and his sly expressions and he s great 
4
Hopscotch
Jack Mathews
Matthau and a tidy script make it one of the year s freshest outings 
3
Hopscotch
Kathleen Carroll
Hopscotch is an unusually stylish refreshingly intelligent comedy 
3
Hopscotch
Roger Ebert
Hopscotch is a shaggy dog thriller that never really thrills us very much but leaves a nice feeling when it s over 
3
Hopscotch
David Nusair
ultimately never amounts to much 
2
Hopscotch
James Kendrick
a light breezy riff on spy movie conventions
3
Hopscotch
Jeremy Heilman
Ronald Neame s cheeky spy comedy Hopscotch isn t quite an awful movie but it s so thoroughly and relentlessly mediocre 
1.5
Some Mother's Son
Susan Wloszczyna
If Son were as strong in its storytelling as its characters are in their convictions it would be more than well acted political soap 
2.5
Some Mother's Son
Roger Ebert
It is fascinating to see Kathleen s independent intelligence shining in the midst of other characters on both sides who are true believers 
3
Equinox
Walter Chaw
A sharp rebuke to the type of cinephile who judges the temple of his experience too cramped and delicate to ever stoop to Ray Harryhausen or Italian zombie flicks
3.5
Equinox
Matt Brunson
Engaging if erratic 
2.5
The Black Stallion
Matt Brunson
The first half of the picture set on the desert island is magnificent lightly invoking the eerie stillness and spiritual ambience of Australian efforts like Walkabout and Picnic at Hanging Rock The second part is far more conventional 
3
The Black Stallion
James Kendrick
will naturally speak to children but without excluding those adults who still remember what it was like to be a child and how to see the world through a child s eyes as difficult an artistic feat as I can imagine
4
Funny Games
David N. Butterworth
A cool calculated exercise in serious discomfort 
3
Funny Games
Paul Byrnes
It s a tawdry kind of horror movie plot given new meaning by Haneke s considerable intellect 
3.5
Funny Games
Austin Kennedy
The movie is unforgettable and will cause a reaction from you whether you like it or not Me I liked it s sick twisted sense of manipulating the audience
3
Funny Games
Rossiter Drake
It s hard to imagine why anyone would want to subject themselves to the harrowing brutality of Funny Games but give German born filmmaker Michael Haneke his due his movie is shockingly effective 
3
Funny Games
Greg Maki
Makes a valid point but I didn t need a two hour lecture to get it 
2
Funny Games
John Beifuss
Not only is it a carbon copy but such recent genre movies as Hostel have examined the attraction of screen violence with greater immediacy and subversiveness 
2
Funny Games
Larry Ratliff
If he s not a master at making audiences squirm Michael Haneke Caché is close 
3.5
Funny Games
Sean P. Means
Things turn really nasty in ways that will shock and repulse And yet it is difficult to look away 
3
Funny Games
Kam Williams
A disturbing headscratcher likely to leave an audience feeling more abused than entertained 
0
Funny Games
Gary Brown
It is by far the most disturbing movie I ve ever seen I don t smoke but if I did I would have easily gone through a pack of cigarettes afterward 
3
Funny Games
Glenn Kenny
Throughout the picture Haneke demonstrates an imperial hauteur that completely undercuts his already dubious point 
1.5
Funny Games
Claudia Puig
While Haneke is attacking our culture for being drawn to violent fare he is also relishing in presenting it to us in prolonged and detailed fashion 
1.5
Funny Games
Ken Fox
It s awfully hard to see what the film does right on account of that giant Austrian finger wagging in your dumb American face 
2
Funny Games
Peter Howell
The performances are outstanding across the board The direction and writing are masterful 
3.5
Funny Games
Chris Hewitt
If you meet director Michael Haneke and you tell him his movie Funny Games cheesed you off he ll probably be thrilled 
3.5
Funny Games
Mark Rahner
Are you complicit for watching the stuff Would you be less of a jerk if you walked out Is Haneke wallowing in the thing he s critiquing and consequently a bigger jerk 
1.5
Funny Games
Mick LaSalle
There s no denying Austrian director Michael Haneke s skill as a filmmaker but Funny Games is just a vile cinematic exercise 
1
Funny Games
Carla Meyer
The film s deliberate pace combines with an overall bleakness to alienate the viewer 
2
Funny Games
Stephen Whitty
Michael Haneke hates you 
1
Funny Games
Elizabeth Weitzman
If you re interested in intellectual abstraction you might find Haneke s games intriguing Just be warned When the movie ends you ll definitely feel like you ve been played 
1.5
Funny Games
Michael Phillips
Both versions of Funny Games force the audience to eat it really eat it and while they re eating it to think about the mechanics and the narrative tropes of a typical revenge drama 
2
Funny Games
Duane Dudek
Because it is generally more horrifying than mentally stimulating the mere act of watching it makes you feel like an accomplice 
2.5
Funny Games
Rene Rodriguez
The experience of watching Funny Games be it the original or this version is never forgotten whatever your ultimate impression of the film 
3.5
Funny Games
Robert W. Butler
Haneke is a master at creating dread and doom And then he builds upon it 
3
Funny Games
Amy Biancolli
The worst of the violence occurs off screen but Funny Games is still a vicious vicious movie 
2
Funny Games
Rick Groen
You will be deeply disturbed but you will watch obsessively You will be haunted and manipulated and angered and you will suffer pangs of guilt too 
3
Funny Games
Lisa Kennedy
All the things we hope from in a fright film with characters we recognize as very much like ourselves are toyed with 
3.5
Funny Games
Jim Emerson
This isn t a movie it s a thesis 
0.5
Funny Games
Ty Burr
Director Michael Haneke abhors mindless cinematic violence as much as you do He just has a different approach high minded shock therapy 
2
Funny Games
Christian Toto
Funny Games is like a graduate thesis on screen violence It s less successful as a compelling piece of cinema 
2.5
Funny Games
Willie Waffle
a scary and tense movie that tries to be different but the attempt is best described as giving the middle finger to the audience
2
Funny Games
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you loved Hostel and are in the market for an exceedingly diabolically well made torture horror film you can t do much better than this 
2.5
Funny Games
David Nusair
This iteration of the slow moving story features many of the same beats and shocks as its predecessor which of course ensures that the movie also suffers from precisely the sort of overwhelming problems that plagued the original 
1
Funny Games
Dustin Putman
Difficult to like and yet impossible to deny Funny Games is a coldly efficient spectacularly acted and unremittingly bleak thriller 
3
Funny Games
Steven Rea
Director Haneke is an adept manipulator who goes one better by calling attention to his manipulations questioning them and then still managing to freak us out in the coldest cruelest ways 
3
Funny Games
Steve Rhodes
A chillingly effective thriller it is likely to leave you edgy for quite some time 
3.5
Funny Games
Jan Stuart
Funny Games is about as hostile a jest as has ever been aimed at American audiences by a foreign director The joke wouldn t be half as galling were it not so expertly written and executed 
2.5
Funny Games
Josh Larsen
If the pot means to call the kettle black in order to make a larger point that still doesn t change the pot s color 
1.5
Funny Games
Jeanne Aufmuth
Rests so heavily on tenterhooks of guilt that an apology is in order for admiring it 
3.5
Funny Games
James Berardinelli
While I would stop short of calling Funny Games brilliant I think it s forceful unforgettable and thought provoking 
3.5
Funny Games
Ed Gonzalez
Scream for arthouse aficionados 
2
Funny Games
Kyle Smith
Rivals and probably tops the Ellen Page internet predator film Hard Candy in disgusting vile vicious incandescently brutal wickedness So why did I love this evil film 
3.5
Club sándwich
Kent Turner
A more intimate mother and son relationship is hard to imagine 
3
Dim the Fluorescents
Lola Landekic
Warth has created an astonishing calling card an earnest and entertaining celebration of process and performance not to mention a tremendous showcase for two homegrown actors on the cusp of greatness 
3.5
Dim the Fluorescents
Peter Howell
The two lead actors along with Toronto writer director Daniel Warth and co writer Miles Barstead make a virtue out the film s unsteady tone 
3
The Seven-Ups
David Nusair
46 46 46 a fairly massive disappointment that feels like it should be much 44 much better 46 
2
The Seven-Ups
Matt Brunson
Producer Philip D Antoni also oversaw Bullitt and The French Connection so it s no coincidence that all three films contain what are rightly considered three of the best car chases ever filmed 
3
Mike Boy
Roger Moore
So you think you ve seen the worst movie ever made 
0
Rubble Kings
Simon Abrams
Rubble Kings might have been great As it is the film is a one sided but satisfying tribute to an alternatively terrifying and beguiling city that we can only revisit in movies 
2.5
Rubble Kings
Roger Moore
A gritty over reaching 1970s street gang history documentary that shows us the fictional The Warriors got it almost exactly right 
3
Rubble Kings
Sal Cinquemani
It fails to go deep enough suggesting an appetizer offered as an opening to an ultimately unserved meal 
2.5
Everybody Has a Plan
Steven Rea
Everybody Has a Plan is in the vein of if not on the same plane as Michelangelo Antonioni s The Passenger 
2.5
Everybody Has a Plan
Matt Pais
The epitome of blah 
1.5
Everybody Has a Plan
Matt Zoller Seitz
Its relaxed air of menace and occasional bursts of violence hold one s attention even when the plot falters which is often 
2.5
Everybody Has a Plan
Andrew Schenker
Ana Piterbarg s handsome if uninvolving film privileges mood over narrative and dumb brooding over character 
2
Everybody Has a Plan
David Nusair
a blatant misfire that s sure to disappoint even the most ardent Mortensen fan 
1
Sabrina
Matt Brunson
It s Bogart s atypical portrayal that stands out 
3.5
Sabrina
Michael Wilmington
The upper crust comic romance often gets just the measures of erotic delight and bubbly champagne fizz it needs 
3.5
Sabrina
Michael Dequina
A frothy delight 
4
Sabrina
Walter Chaw
Leave it to Billy Wilder to try to capture Roman Holiday s lightning in a bottle with Sabrina
2.5
Sabrina
James Berardinelli
Hampered by an unimaginative script nevertheless manages to be a thoroughly charming delightfully romantic variation of the Cinderella story 
3
Paranoia
Michael Phillips
There s nothing wrong with Paranoia that a stronger director livelier leading actors and several hundred fewer narrative conveniences wouldn t cure 
2
Paranoia
David Lewis
Paranoia a ho hum thriller about corporate spying in the high tech world comes off as a lot more preposterous than paranoid and it takes no more than a few frames for the eye rolling to commence 
1
Paranoia
Liam Lacey
Corporate thrillers just aren t what they used to be 
2
Paranoia
Chris Hewitt
A movie as generic and forgettable as Paranoia deserves a title as generic and forgettable as Paranoia 
1
Paranoia
David Nusair
Forgettable and generic 
2
Paranoia
Michael Dequina
If there s anything most conspicuously in short supply in this thriller it s a strong sense of exactly that paranoia 
2
Paranoia
Chris Knight
A better title might have been Greed Theft or Espionage Or to be brutally honest Boredom 
1.5
Paranoia
James Berardinelli
The movie doesn t make a whole lot of sense and when it does it would be better off not doing so 
1.5
Paranoia
Matt Brunson
Paranoia is so ineptly made that the ride home from the theater will be more suspenseful than anything that took place on the screen 
1
Paranoia
Frank Lovece
You re not paranoid it really is bad 
1
Paranoia
Bill Zwecker
While Paranoia has been cast with some top notch actors the problem here is a lack of oomph both in the script adapted from Joseph Finder s novel and the pretty lame direction by Robert Luketic 
2
Paranoia
Jason Buchanan
Paranoia never quite manages to thrill in its attempt to portray corporate America as a sea that s swimming with unseen perils 
2.5
Paranoia
Dann Gire
It s more like Parannoying 
1.5
Paranoia
Sean P. Means
Only twice when Ford and Oldman snarl at each other from leather sofas does Paranoia show signs of life 
1.5
Paranoia
Rob Thomas
It s like one of those cheap knockoff phones you might buy on a streetcorner in Manhattan the IPhoen 5 8243 of thrillers 
1.5
Paranoia
Peter Sobczynski
Here is a film that clearly wants to be a gripping techno thriller but feels as if it was designed both by and for people who still have not quite figured out how to get their Kindles to work 
1
Paranoia
Paul Doro
The biggest problem with Paranoia is Hemsworth While he has leading man looks he has very little charisma or screen presence 
2
Paranoia
Kyle Smith
Why blaze new trails when the old ones are so well marked This one is essentially The Firm with smartphones 
2
Paranoia
Mark Dujsik
The movie never convinces us it has any concern for technology and only pretends to when it needs a cheap excuse to put Adam in peril 
1.5
Paranoia
Sean O'Connell
Screenwriters Jason Dean Hall and Barry Levy swipe plot twists from the film adaptations of best selling author John Grisham s novels 
2
Paranoia
Steve Macfarlane
Robert Luketic s supposedly down and dirty corporate espionage thriller undercuts itself at nearly every turn by shunning any potential relevancy 
1.5
Paranoia
Linda Barnard
It s tension free and as a result forgettable 
1.5
Paranoia
Scott Bowles
Were it the sum of its formidable parts Paranoia might give good movies an inferiority complex 
2
Paranoia
Steven Rea
What it lacks is even an iota of originality 
2
Paranoia
Peter Travers
I smiled twice during Paranoia Both times when Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman had scenes together and hammed it up like pros in hog heaven 
1
Paranoia
Connie Ogle
There s too much here that doesn t ring true or make any sense beyond script convenience 
2
Paranoia
Matt Pais
Destined to be started but not finished by Netflix streaming subscribers 
1.5
Paranoia
Roger Moore
As slow slick and superficial as the director of 21 and Killers can make it 
1.5
The Untamed
Carlos Valladares
The unsure approach to rich material based on a story about a newspaper s homophobic coverage of a drowned man mixes the sexy and grotesque and cancels each other s good parts out 
2
The Untamed
Shane Slater
The Untamed is like a nightmare you re trying to recall a week after the fact The details are murky but you know it was absolutely deranged 
2.5
The Untamed
Nick Allen
A low key trippy sci fi movie about booty calls with an unwieldy space squid but I wish I could say it was much more than that 
2.5
The Untamed
Keith Watson
Each brief glimpse of the creature s fleshy slithering mass imbues the character drama with an aching sexual desire and as the violent potential of the entity becomes clear a mounting sense of dread 
3.5
The Untamed
David Nusair
Certainly one of the weirdest movies at this year s festival 
2
Xenia
Diego Semerene
It leaves room for a few flights of fancy where the lack of verisimilitude feels less like screenplay filler and more like unabashed poetic license 
2.5
Valley of Tears
Joshua Tanzer
Never feels very thorough but is well worth seeing for clues to the state of race relations from the 70s to the present especially in out of the way locales like rural Texas
2.5
Valley of Tears
V.A. Musetto
Perry a longtime filmmaker should have given the doc more urgency and punch 
2
Tired Moonlight
Jim Brunzell III
It s an essential American independent film discovering small town pleasures and profound human connections 
3.5
Tired Moonlight
Sean Nam
Films hardly work properly on charm and whimsy alone and it s to Britni West s credit that she s yoked Tired Moonlight s experimental sequences with the hard reality of characters trying to figure things out 
3
The Unseen
Lucius Gore
A terrible movie when it came out in the 80s The Unseen hasn t aged well even in terms of camp value 
1
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Michael Dequina
A ponderous vanity project that is unfunny and worst of all just plain boring 
1.5
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Edward Guthmann
Lawrence is a charming gifted comic with a killer smile but he s way out of his depth in this Fatal Attraction knockoff which he also co wrote and stars in 
1
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Chris Hicks
Lawrence the director should have pulled the reigns in on Lawrence the star as his constant mugging is both out of character and ridiculously exaggerated 
1.5
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Madeleine Williams
Martin Lawrence bites off a bit more than he can chew with his four roles in this haphazard comedy As a result nothing seems quite focused 
1
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Andy Seiler
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate takes its name from the Persuaders 1971 hit that has been re recorded by the Pretenders Annie Lennox and H Town You could have just as much fun simply playing one of them and skipping the movie 
2
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
James Berardinelli
The screenplay is credited to four writers and its unevenness argues that none of them were on the same wavelength 
2
The First Time
Robert Levin
when it comes to insight into being a teen in this day an age or any of the other traits that set the best high school movies apart The First Time comes up empty 
2
The First Time
Stephen Whitty
It s a hard movie to dislike But try 
1.5
The First Time
Sara Stewart
An inoffensive but bland ode to the talky high school movies of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe 
2
The First Time
Nick Schager
Sex and love are both novel experiences for two high schoolers in this talky affair that suggests a hybrid of Before Sunset and Some Kind of Wonderful 
1.5
The King's Speech
Federico Furzan
Sure it s predictable But Hooper is a fine storyteller and this is an undeniably fine work Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The King's Speech
Mattie Lucas
A strong and respectable drama that is anything but revolutionary but admirably tells its story with dignity and grace 
3
The King's Speech
John Serba
Firth masterfully conveys the ego of royalty undercut so sharply by the humility of Albert s predicament 
4
The King's Speech
Sean P. Means
The King s Speech is the kind of history lesson you wish you had gotten in school an inspiring private story behind a public person that layers high minded ideals and occasionally lowbrow humor 
3.5
The King's Speech
Michael Smith
This is prestige moviemaking at a high level 
4
The King's Speech
Anita Katz
Rush is enormously entertaining as the free spirited Lionel at one point he plunks himself down on the throne rendering the king horror struck He also makes his character s sadder shades felt 
3
The King's Speech
Scott Renshaw
The surprise may be that for all the attention on Firth who s certainly good Rush actually proves more impressive 
3
The King's Speech
Chris Knight
Surprisingly funny 
3.5
The King's Speech
Thelma Adams
A charming personal period drama 
3.5
The King's Speech
Stephen Whitty
In The King s Speech Colin Firth once again reminds us of what a great actor he is 
3.5
The King's Speech
Lawrence Toppman
Polished thoughtful and touching 
3.5
The King's Speech
Lou Lumenick
The King s Speech is the rare work of art that s also an immense crowdpleaser 
4
The King's Speech
Perry Seibert
Inspiring funny touching and delivered with craftsmanship and artistry 
4
The King's Speech
Roger Moore
A feel good movie with a hearty dose of history and a hint of edge a most deserving Oscar winner
4
The King's Speech
Jeff Beck
It s a wonderfully delightful film filled with great performances particularly from Firth and Rush This is one of the best films of the year and should not be missed 
4
The King's Speech
Wesley Lovell
A humorous look at an oft ignored section of British history 
3.5
The King's Speech
Burl Burlingame
It is a rare movie indeed that successfully uses empathy rather than sympathy We feel what the character feels instead of feeling for them 
4
The King's Speech
Rob Thomas
The threat of world war looms outside the door but the movie is really about one man at war with himself and the people close to him who helped him find peace 
3.5
The King's Speech
Kenneth R. Morefield
Like similar films with populist appeal it both embraces its feel good intentions and wears them on its sleeve And it executes its model to near perfection 
4
The King's Speech
James Kendrick
designed to be a feel good history lesson one that reminds us in no uncertain terms that royals are people too while not dismissing the wealth of privilege they call home
3
The King's Speech
Joe Williams
The King s Speech is the epitome of prestige cinema an impeccably crafted and emotionally compelling drama that deserves the many laurels it surely will receive 
3.5
The King's Speech
Mike McGranaghan
Wonderful entertainment anchored by two brilliant actors acting brilliantly together 
3.5
The King's Speech
Scott Nash
This is an actor s movie and the three leads are absolutely brilliant 
4
The King's Speech
Linda Cook
Wonderful performances a bit of history and an absorbing character study make The King s Speech one of the best movies of the year 
4
The King's Speech
Bob Bloom
The King s Speech is a finely crafted period piece that mixes drama some social comedy and sumptuous movie making into an entertaining and inspirational cinematic experience 
3.5
The King's Speech
Eric Melin
The relationship between teacher and monarch is what really makes the film worth seeing 
3
The King's Speech
Mike Scott
The King s Speech is all about layers and director Tom Hooper keeps it humming on several at once 
3.5
The King's Speech
Kam Williams
At its best when highlighting the delightful badinage between Colin Firth as the recently crowned King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as his not so humble servant a charming rogue if there ever was one 
4
The King's Speech
Matt Soergel
Two great performances neither marked by that look at me showiness all too often found in those genteel award grubbing British period pieces that always come out this time of year Instead they seem well very human 
3.5
The King's Speech
John Beifuss
Hooper shoots much of the action with Terry Gilliam esque fisheye lenses to suggest that Bertie feels alienated from his environment and to add a funhouse aspect to a story that might have been played entirely straight 
3
The King's Speech
Chris Hewitt
Hooper keeps us focused on what s best about The King s Speech the sort of complicated unusual relationship that is an ideal subject for a movie 
3
The King's Speech
Lisa Kennedy
It is an intelligent winning drama fit for a king and the rest of us And this year there were far too few of those coming from Hollywood 
4
The King's Speech
Matt Brunson
The King s Speech is anything but a stiff upper lip drama as constrained as a corseted queen It is however perfect film fodder for discerning audiences starved for literate entertainment 
3.5
The King's Speech
Moira MacDonald
The King s Speech is old fashioned filmmaking at its best a good story elegantly told and a joy to watch 
4
The King's Speech
Duane Dudek
Rush gives a singular performance 
3
The King's Speech
John Wirt
A stylish historical drama that suffers from self importance 
3
The King's Speech
Keith Cohen
This cinematic royal gem should take its rightful place as king of the mountain right alongside The Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love This movie is my choice to win the Academy Award for Best Picture 
4
The King's Speech
Lori Hoffman
The film is beautifully put together bouncing back and forth between comedic highpoints and tear inducing moments of triumph 
3.5
The King's Speech
Robert W. Butler
Against the odds The King s Speech is a triumph a laugh until you cry cry until you laugh emotional roller coaster 
4
The King's Speech
Connie Ogle
Not merely a spot on period piece it s also a heartfelt study in the shadings of courage a film about duty and friendship that s often warmly funny and sometimes painful to watch 
4
The King's Speech
Amy Biancolli
The King s Speech is a warm wise film the best period movie of the year and one of the year s best movies period 
4
The King's Speech
James Berardinelli
A fully satisfying and uplifting period piece that achieves its dramatic potential without sacrificing historical accuracy 
3.5
The King's Speech
Josh Larsen
The movie s main accomplishment is that it takes Grade A Oscar fodder and makes it not only tolerable but enjoyable 
3
The King's Speech
Claudia Puig
Let s say it without equivocation Colin Firth deserves an Oscar for his lead role in The King s Speech as the stammering King George VI 
4
The King's Speech
Alison Gang
This is a film bursting with words much of it elegant dialogue some of it energetic bursts of profanity But Lionel and Bertie s close relationship is built soundly upon them and it s a believable bond 
3.5
The King's Speech
Willie Waffle
So refreshingly entertaining and touching that you want everyone you know to see it twice 
4
The King's Speech
Ann Hornaday
Go Enjoy 
3.5
The King's Speech
Mark Dujsik
A rich comedy of class reconciliation the humanity of regality and the healing power of vocal exercises 
3.5
The King's Speech
Dustin Putman
Strip it down to its barest form and what you have is a been there done that sports movie with a speech standing in for the big game 
2.5
The King's Speech
Michael Phillips
Although everything can go wrong with a film before it gets to the casting stage and often does a couple of marvelous performances can elevate solid well carpentered material and make it something special 
3.5
The King's Speech
Carrie Rickey
As the speechmaker and his speech teacher Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush elevate each other s game to the stratosphere and beyond 
4
The King's Speech
Ty Burr
Complacent middlebrow tosh engineered for maximum awards bling and catering to a nostalgia for the royalty we ve never actually had to live with 
2.5
The King's Speech
Roger Ebert
If the British monarchy is good for nothing else it s superb at producing the subjects of films 
4
The King's Speech
Peter Keough
The Madness of King George 1994 is a lot more substantive than this precious bid for kneejerk Oscars 
2
The King's Speech
Joe Lozito
If the thought of watching a film about the Duke of York overcoming his speech impediment already has you clicking elsewhere then director Tom Hooper s masterfully crafted biopic may not be for you You ll be missing out 
4
The King's Speech
David Nusair
inherently intriguing 
3.5
The King's Speech
Rick Groen
The King s Speech is a lively burst of populist rhetoric superbly performed and guaranteed to please even discriminating crowds 
3.5
The King's Speech
Peter Howell
It s the odds on favourite to win Best Picture at the next Academy Awards in February and deservedly so 
4
The King's Speech
Sara Michelle Fetters
For a dialogue heavy picture this one is exhilarating and without even realizing it I discovered when it was finished I d gently moved all the way forward in my seat to the point I was leaning on the one directly in front of me 
4
The King's Speech
Ethan Alter
The King s Speech has been crafted to serve as an actors showcase first and foremost and Firth and Rush don t disappoint 
3
The King's Speech
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The writing and the actors alone provide a happy and satisfying emotional connection 
3
The King's Speech
Robert Levin
The picture achieves the improbable feat of drawing out a king s humanity and minimizing the pomp and circumstance that so often negates it 
4
The King's Speech
Peter Travers
The King s Speech a crowning achievement powered by a dream cast digs vibrant human drama out of the dry dust of history 
3.5
The King's Speech
Rex Reed
The King s Speech has left me speechless 
4
The King's Speech
Nick Schager
The King s Speech remains a decorous bit of middlebrow mush 
2
The King's Speech
Liam Lacey
Colin Firth excels as England s shy repressed stammering monarch George VI aka Bertie in a performance that s deftly matched syllable for syllable by Geoffrey Rush 
4
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Roger Moore
Not many scripted funny moments and the funny folks involved rarely rise above them 
1.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Joe Friar
Mackenzie Davis energizes the indie punk comedy 
3
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Joey Magidson
A film full of piss and vinegar but also a fair amount of charm it s the sort of energetic calling card that should get all involved more work 
3
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Oliver Jones
Unfortunately Izzy fritters away much of its early promise and energy on a will they or won t they romantic plot that the film simultaneously indulges in and treats with contempt 
2.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Robert Horton
Amid the Diablo Cody style one liners a couple of things raise Izzy above the usual indie fare 
2.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
James Berardinelli
Despite a committed performance from lead actress Mackenzie Davis and a promising opening the film quickly corkscrews into a death spiral of trite dialogue meant to obfuscate the lack of a coherent or meaningful narrative 
1.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Mark Dujsik
Izzy does come across as a one note character until the movie s climactic confrontation 
2.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Sara Stewart
Charmingly profane with a buzzing riot grrrl soundtrack Izzy is a stylish twist on an 80s trope Here it s the woman as pathetic supplicant trying to win back someone who s moved on 
2.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Richard Roeper
It is a movie that almost dares you to walk out or click away if you re watching at home 
1.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
David Fear
Given the vintage alt culture vibe you d swear this blast of Hot Topic Cinema had been spat out of a time machine 
2.5
Izzy Gets the F... Across Town
Chuck Bowen
Christian Papierniak manages to get a tricky tonal balance more or less right capturing the false sense of superiority that Izzy projects over her environment without allowing the film itself to revel in said superiority 
2.5
On the Map
Oleg Ivanov
It capsures how sports can sometimes bring wholly disparate people together to accomplish feats that change the destiny of an entire people 
3
Accused
Kristin Tillotson
Carried almost entirely by its star Ariane Schluter 
2.5
Magicians
Scott Nash
A small but amusing little film 
3
Psychokinesis
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The approach is very similar to any Hollywood super hero movie but much better 
2
Disfigured
Kam Williams
A novel buddy vehicle contrasting the unique perspectives of a two segments of society ordinarily either marginalized in movies or treated almost as if they didn t exist at all 
4
Disfigured
Matt Noller
Like Crash for the heavyset crowd Glenn Gers s disFIGURED is a preachy message movie that collapses under the weight of its own self important speechifying 
1
Disfigured
Steve Rhodes
A delightful and honest story full of poignant and humorous moments it speaks to the fat and the skinny person in all of us 
3
The Skin I Live In
Brian Eggert
There s never been another Almodovar film quite like The Skin I Live In a complex thriller that much like the filmmakers career transitions from one kind of movie to another shifting the audience s sympathies in unexpected and challenging ways 
4
The Skin I Live In
David Nusair
An objectively oddball piece of work 
3
The Skin I Live In
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Skin I Live In is the most disquieting film I ve seen in years Don t let that stop you from seeing it though It s also the masterpiece we ve long awaited from Pedro Almodovar 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
James Berardinelli
The Skin I Live In is well worth seeing Mad scientists overwhelmed by hubris are nothing new but no iteration of the story has been told in quite this way 
3
The Skin I Live In
Roger Moore
It s as disquieting as it is unsatisfying a slog through gender issues surgery and violence sexual and otherwise 
2
The Skin I Live In
Michael Dequina
Leave it to Pedro Almodovar to figure a uniquely twisted way to unsettle 
3
The Skin I Live In
Eric Melin
There are two iron wills in this movie What s shocking is the lengths that each character goes to A seriously campy tone almost undercuts the seriousness of the story and it has its fair share of uncomfortable and shocking laughs 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With The Skin I Live In Almodovar adopts a playfully wicked attitude similar to the one James Whale used on Bride of Frankenstein 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Marty Mapes
Almodóvar returns to his horror roots
4
The Skin I Live In
Rob Thomas
Skin doesn t cut as deep as Almodovar s best films and the ending borders on generic melodrama But as an elegantly nasty genre exercise it raises goose bumps on your own skin 
3
The Skin I Live In
Josh Larsen
What s missing here is Almodovar s most distinguishing characteristic compassion 
2
The Skin I Live In
Mike Scott
When it s all said and done there s no real call for any emotional investment on the part of Almodovar s audience 
2.5
The Skin I Live In
Joe Williams
Few filmmakers are more assured or alluring even when we fear we re following a monster 
3
The Skin I Live In
Matt Brunson
It s the journey itself that provides the unexpected often queasy twists and turns Let s just say that the recent Shrek spinoff isn t the only Antonio Banderas film that could have been released with the title Puss in Boots 
3
The Skin I Live In
James Kendrick
works in its own right as a semi campy gloss on mad scientists the horrors of medical experimentation and our own conflicted relationships with the bodies we call home
2.5
The Skin I Live In
Duane Dudek
Almodóvar s films regularly deal with sexuality and identity which he uses here to strip bare the relationship between mentor and muse oppressor and victim and creation and destruction 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Lisa Kennedy
These are questions one is left with and that s not an entirely satisfying feeling Yet it s hard not to be drawn into the story and even more into the gorgeous storytelling 
3
The Skin I Live In
Moira MacDonald
The story has so many twists and turns it s practically writhing and I m reluctant to reveal much of it the movie s power depends on its shock value and Almodóvar does indeed know how to shock 
3
The Skin I Live In
Carrie Rickey
This film by turns macabre melodramatic and gothic makes the heart race and the skin crawl 
3
The Skin I Live In
Rene Rodriguez
By the end of the movie when all your questions have been answered you re left with the exhilarating high of having been manipulated by a gifted artist in a diabolically dark mood 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Gary Thompson
Banderas has some hair raising scenes with Anaya as his in house patient muse 
3
The Skin I Live In
Stephen Cole
Though beautiful to look at and graced with moments of ticklish camp The Skin I Live In is also sluggish arbitrarily conceived and especially in its sagging middle unaccountably dull 
2
The Skin I Live In
Peter Howell
The film has more twists than a bull s neck and mucho polish Alberto Iglesias s jazzy score also enchants but it s more freaky than frightful a B picture by an A director 
2.5
The Skin I Live In
Wesley Morris
The Skin I Live in is Almodóvar reaching back to his sickest kinkiest self and it s nice to see him trying to luxuriate in sleaze again 
3
The Skin I Live In
Chris Hewitt
Almodovar shoots himself in the foot with a too tricky structure resetting Skin with a new set of characters at about the halfway point 
2.5
The Skin I Live In
Sheila Johnston
It s a pleasure to see the director back with his male muse the star of his radical early films for the first time in more than 20 years 
4
The Skin I Live In
Michael O'Sullivan
It may take a day or two before you figure out whether you actually like it You could spend the first 24 hours merely trying to figure out what it is you just saw 
2.5
The Skin I Live In
Mark Dujsik
The results are truly bizarre and Almodóvar portrays the horror of the ensuing disclosures in as subdued a way as possible 
3
The Skin I Live In
Mick LaSalle
The Skin I Live In is like a David Cronenberg horror film as made by a director who doesn t fear the body but revels in it who is too sensual and amoral by nature to find anything truly disgusting or foreign 
3
The Skin I Live In
Alison Gang
Almodóvar puts Vera on display like a piece of grocery store meat wrapped under cellophane designed to be appetizing as long as you don t think about where it came from 
3
The Skin I Live In
Matt Pais
He does good work but madness does not breed efficiency 
2
The Skin I Live In
Michael Phillips
The film is an exercise in improbable contrasts The more extreme the actions of the characters the more contained and fastidious the director s technique 
3
The Skin I Live In
Roger Ebert
Though I usually take pleasure in Almodovar s sexy darkness this film induces queasiness 
3
The Skin I Live In
Glenn Lovell
Yes it s over the top But gloriously so When we tangle tango with Almodóvar we know to expect outrageous plot twists sudden detours into the kinky and melodrama 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Lou Lumenick
Almodóvar offers up a grisly Halloween trick and treat in his first full out horror movie an eye popping and genuinely shocking gender bending twist on Alfred Hitchcock s Vertigo 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Stephen Whitty
It is guaranteed to make many audiences uncomfortable if not outright enraged It is in other words pure prime Almodóvar And it is a pleasure to have him back 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Peter Travers
Anything for Halloween I d vouch for The Skin I Live In a scary sexy and terrifically twisted horror film from the artist known as Pedro Almodóvar 
3.5
The Skin I Live In
Rex Reed
Surreal but disappointingly drab it s still not the best Almodovar in years 
2
The Skin I Live In
Christy Lemire
This feels almost like a parody of Almodovar with its melodramatic tone and themes of gender identity sex and revenge 
2
The Skin I Live In
Ed Gonzalez
Sometimes in Pedro Almodóvar s cinema as in The Skin I Live In looking isn t always the same as seeing 
2.5
The Skin I Live In
Liam Lacey
The revelation of a gruesome back story seems often to serve as much for laughs as for dramatic heft in what is one of Almodovar s lighter efforts 
2
The Incubus
James Kendrick
it forces you to constantly wonder whether it s so disturbing because it was meant to be or if it because of ineptitude on the filmmaker s part 
2
Last Man Standing
Phil Villarreal
Wry cold and confident Willis squints and blasts his way through the film a blazing pistol in each hand 
4
Last Man Standing
Michael Dequina
For all the gunplay and assorted violence there is nothing between the action scenes to engage the audience 
2
Last Man Standing
Jeffrey Westhoff
The slow moving story is as dry as the desert wind that blows through Jericho 
2
Last Man Standing
Roger Ebert
Last Man Standing is such a desperately cheerless film so dry and laconic and wrung out that you wonder if the filmmakers ever thought that in any way it could be fun 
1
StarDog and TurboCat
Roger Moore
The animation isn t awful but the best one can say for the script is that it does no harm 
1.5
Attack on Finland
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he plot unfolds with predictability 46 46 46 
1.5
Attack on Finland
Roger Moore
The shootouts 44 fights and other action beats play like walk through rehearsals before filming the real thing 46 Slow 46 Unconvincing 46 
1.5
Get Me Roger Stone
Alan French
Get Me Roger Stone serves as equal parts biographical film equal parts campaign trail The result is a documentary that attempts to understand the Fall of 2016
3
Get Me Roger Stone
Godfrey Cheshire
As for examining the pathologies on the right side of the spectrum it s hard to imagine any film this year will surpass the astonishing Netflix production Get Me Roger Stone 
3.5
Ammonite
Brian Eggert
Like most of the visual symbolism in Ammonite the imagery is not subtle but it effectively conveys the social conditions of the period 
3
Ammonite
Matt Brunson
The film is often as chilly as the weather in this English seaside community 
2.5
Ammonite
Leo Brady
Ammonite starts as a small seed and quickly blossoms into a passionate expression of love 
3.5
Ammonite
Rene Sanchez
Kate Winslet is spectacular in this evocative and meditative story of love and admiration Full Review in Spanish 
3
Ammonite
Mattie Lucas
There s something achingly liminal about Lee s cinema where the emotions exist in the in between spaces along society s edges between words and glances never fully expressed in words but keenly felt just the same 
4
Ammonite
Peter Canavese
Has the misfortune of following the superior Portrait of a Lady on Fire but worth watching for its elegant visuals and two lead performances 
2.5
Ammonite
Mike McGranaghan
One of the year s best love stories 
3.5
Ammonite
Sean P. Means
Winslet and Ronan seem to radiate with the palpable magnetism that brings these disparate characters together 
3
Ammonite
Rafer Guzman
At times the strong performances by Winslet and Ronan seem to be all that separate this movie from a soft core bodice ripper 
2
Ammonite
James Berardinelli
Made with delicacy and care by a cast and crew determined to animate a complex central character Ammonite may skirt the truth when it comes to history but it uncovers a pure vein when exploring Mary s inner life 
3.5
Ammonite
Bob Bloom
Writer director Francis Lee has created a bleak and gray setting The sun never seems to shine on Lyme Its climate is as stifling as the bundled clothing worn by Mary and Charlotte 
3
Ammonite
Roger Moore
The rare paring of talent this esteemed in a project tailor made for them makes the blundering Ammonite a singular disappointment of the season
2
Ammonite
Randy Myers
It captures the essence of a forbidden attraction at a time when same sex love was stifled and considered deviant 
3
Ammonite
Steven Prokopy
Ammonite is by no means unwatchable but the potential for it to have been so much more is achingly clear to me 
2.5
Ammonite
Richard Roeper
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan make a fascinating couple in the well spun period piece 
3.5
Ammonite
Tom Meek
The key to Lee s success here however is his casting These are two of the most interesting actresses of our time 
3
Ammonite
Robert Horton
Mucus drips from the tip of Charlotte s cold nose as she excitedly muscles a large rock out of the mud you could hardly have a better measure of her journey from corseted wife to elbow deep partner in discovery 
3
Ammonite
Lindsey Bahr
A film like this should give life to its characters and reveal essential truths beyond the book report versions of their existence But Ammonite keeps you at a distance on a rather vacant but beautiful journey 
2.5
Ammonite
Rex Reed
Ammonite has moments of delicacy and beauty but it s not a movie for everybody 
3
Ammonite
Michael Phillips
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are very good in a fairly good slightly stiff second feature by writer director Francis Lee 
2.5
Ammonite
Mark Dujsik
A shallow biography and a hollow romance combine in Ammonite 
2
Ammonite
Joey Magidson
Ammonite works if you re just here for watching Ronan and Winslet In that regard it s a success As a full film however Not so much 
2.5
Ammonite
Ann Hornaday
Rather than a movie that breaks the mold it looks like Anning has inspired one we ve seen before 
2
Ammonite
Sara Stewart
Lee s grim tone is relentless and I m curious why He s invented a queer relationship where there s no historical evidence for one Why not let it take flight then rather than leaving it stuck in the mud 
2.5
Ammonite
Ty Burr
Lee lets us indulge in a belated outrage for a woman denied her place in science and history but it s Winslet s carefully calibrated empathy toward Mary Anning that keeps us rapt 
3
Ammonite
G. Allen Johnson
An exquisite achievement 
4
Ammonite
Phil Villarreal
The drawback is that the movie moves so slowly that it s easy to lose interest and drift away 
2.5
Ammonite
David Robb
Francis Lee s compulsion to make Mary Anning stand in for something broader than herself keeps tripping up the film 
2.5
Ammonite
Peter Howell
Francis Lee s forbidden love story in 1840s England is vital and austere not unlike the fossilized sea creature that gives the film its title and poignant symbol 
3
Ammonite
Barry Hertz
Right now give Winslet your undivided attention 
3
Ammonite
Brian Tallerico
There s so much grace and nuance in this performance that it truly could be studied to consider all of the smart decisions that Winslet makes in each scene 
3.5
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Clip shows like this are always fun for die hard movie buffs including critics especially in a case like this when the clips are much more potent than the completed films 
3.5
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Matt Brunson
As he did with his previous documentary Not Quite Hollywood The Wild Untold Story of Ozploitation which made my 10 Best list for 2009 director Mark Hartley compiles ample film clips to help tell the saga 
3.5
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
David Nusair
an interesting yet supremely overstuffed little documentary 
2.5
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Kent Turner
If such an award at Toronto existed the one for the film with the goofiest moments would handily go to Mark Hartley s tell all anecdote a minute Electric Boogaloo 
3
The Fallen
Michael Wilmington
War is hell it maintains and though we ve heard that before Taub and his crack international company make us feel it 
3
The Fallen
Ken Fox
Italian locations strong acting in three different languages and sharply written snapshots of individual soldiers from all four sides of the conflict add up to a multifaceted close up of daily life on the lines 
3
The Fallen
V.A. Musetto
You care for these warriors no matter which uniform they re wearing 
3
Black Conflux
Brad Wheeler
Filmmaker Dorsey keeps viewers guessing with her promising debut 
3
Red, White & Wasted
Mark Dujsik
W e come away from this documentary with a sense of frightening understanding and real despair 
3
Red, White & Wasted
Roger Moore
An eye opening peek into the psyche intellect folkways and values of the Trump base we hear so much about these days 
3.5
Maybe Baby
David Nusair
innocuous yet oddly charming 
2.5
Maybe Baby
Rick Groen
Just a bit of romance comedy fluff 
2.5
Maybe Baby
Michael Dequina
Maintains a fairly smooth course on the delicate line between tenderly funny comedy and affecting involving drama 
3
Maybe Baby
Lou Lumenick
This would be a stultifyingly incestuous affair even if all the jokes about fertilization weren t so tiresomely lame and predictable 
0
Maybe Baby
Cornell & Petricelli
The Brits have done it again Hilarious and heartwarming comedy about marriage love making movies and making babies 
3.5
Maybe Baby
Harvey S. Karten
The director makes effective comedy from a couple s inability to conceive without ultimately dismissing their pain 
3
Maybe Baby
Ian Mantgani
Successful humour comes out naturally and clearly it doesn t need to be underlined shouted or propped up by outlandish gags 
1
First Blush
Roger Moore
Writer director Neumark doesn t fall into the titillation trap that most threesome movies do making it all about the sex 
2.5
A Girl Missing
Rob Thomas
Its cryptic nature robs the film of its emotional power despite a powerful lead performance from Mariko Tsutsui Which I thought was TWO lead performances which lets you know how thoroughly I misunderstood this movie at first 
2
A Girl Missing
Brian Tallerico
There s a strong performance at the center that keeps it moving as Fukada rations out the story twists but what s missing here is a radical restructuring of a frustrating screenplay 
2
A Girl Missing
Mark Dujsik
T he anticlimactic nature of it all is the real point 
3
A Girl Missing
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
For the most part A Girl Missing is a writing achievement 
3
A Girl Missing
Roger Moore
Fukada has delivered another subtle startling and demanding drama about lives upended in a country that rarely gives us any hint this sort of thing happens It won t be to every taste 
3
A Girl Missing
Kent Turner
A steadily absorbing crime thriller with at least two satisfying twists 
3
A Girl Missing
Chuck Bowen
Kôji Fukada adores stray textures that stick in the proverbial throat and free associatively affirm his characters rootlessness 
2.5
The Man
Michael Upchurch
Sly performances and a wily script are the draw here The artwork is big fun too 
3.5
Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation
Richard Roeper
Most important Grey does a stellar job of disappearing into the character and becoming Shamblin 
3
Captain From Castile
Matt Brunson
Tyrone Power is seen to good advantage in this large scale epic 
3
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
Matt Brunson
Just when you thought it couldn t get any worse than the grueling Eddie and the Cruisers along came this 1989 sequel 
1.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Mattie Lucas
Pure escapism of a rare quality it never panders to children or tries to shove a ham fisted message down their throat 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Austin Kennedy
This movie didn t really blow me away but it was mildly enjoyable and should keep all of the fantasy fans happy
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Walter Chaw
sacrifices its undercurrent of pain and abandonment to big budget special effects
2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Peter Canavese
For a movie about magical beasts The Spiderwick Chronicles does an awfully good job of pegging childhood emotional realities particularly in a context of divorce Blu Ray 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Willie Waffle
good enough to keep you and an older child entertained but don t expect the next Harry Potter fever to emerge from this movie 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Matt Brunson
Displays a lighter touch than other fantasy films of this nature meaning that its thrills are all the more unexpected and effective 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The overall supernatural conflict amounts to nothing more than a jumble of noisy fast moving CGI beasties 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a terrific ride for children who crave genuine excitement not that tepid Scooby Doo stuff 
3.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Linda Cook
Here s the recipe for a delightful family film 
3.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
John Beifuss
The monsters seem to be psychological projections as well as special effects creations with the scary lead ogre emerging to fill the void left by the absence of the resentful children s neglectful father 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
John Wirt
It s easy to see what s coming but the payoff is still touching The Spiderwick Chronicles finds its magic 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
David Nusair
followers of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black s series of books will find themselves scratching their heads at the omission of several key plot points and characters 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
James O'Ehley
It is more adult than its family audience theme would let on You wouldn t want to bring any young children to see it 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Mike McGranaghan
The Spiderwick Chronicles is fast funny and clever with memorable creatures to sweeten the deal 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
David N. Butterworth
OK of its type even if its type is starting to exude that slightly disagreeable scent of been there done that 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Tyler Hanley
Spiderwick is The Neverending Story of the new millennium a family friendly fable that kids will applaud but adults may nap through 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Rene Rodriguez
A refreshingly spry modest adventure 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Jeff Vice
The best fantasy movie to come along in a while Spiderwick is miles better than the yawn inducing adaptation of The Golden Compass It s smart thrilling and funny and it even features a good message about the importance of family 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Kit Bowen
The Spiderwick Chronicles hands us a new fantastical adventure to capture our imagination and make us grab the edge of our seats It s definitely not for the youngest faint of heart 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roger Ebert
A well crafted family thriller that is truly scary and doesn t wimp out 
3.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Claudia Puig
The movie based on the best selling series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black tells parallel tales of fathers who abandon their children but it glosses over the trauma of those sagas in favor of special effects laden escapism 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Maitland McDonagh
The story frankly is dull It s essentially a siege tale watered down for youngsters and interrupted by side trips 
2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Philip Marchand
The Spiderwick Chronicles exemplifies a problem with many of today s fantasy adventure movies the sense that narrative values such as the artful building of suspense can be slighted because the computer generated special effects are so good 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Greg Maki
The Spiderwick Chronicles is filled with ogres trolls griffins brownies boggarts goblins hobgoblins sprites and faeries But its best special effect is young Freddie Highmore in the dual lead roles of Jared and Simon Grace 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
David Wiegand
The film is graced with a mostly superb cast superior special effects a sparkling musical score by James Horner and a fantasy filled plot with a bit of moralizing but fortunately only a bit 
3.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Kyle Smith
The characters lack shadings Nolte s ogre is loud but uninteresting and the tone of the fantasy world isn t witty like Harry Potter s or satirical like Lemony Snicket s It s all just silly 
2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Jack Mathews
Happily Highmore has no trouble grasping the task at hand As both the thoughtful Simon and the brash Jared he transports himself into this literal faerie tale with such convincing enthusiasm he turns us into believers too 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Duane Dudek
A swiftly told and sturdily built speculative story 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Robert W. Butler
As a swashbuckler for youngsters it s colorful diverting and every now and then genuinely magical 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Amy Biancolli
It has plentiful whimsy a big enough heart and Joan Plowright in one fine scene burbling magnificently It treats its archetypes with all due seriousness Good must engage evil in a final stand And fatherless children must try to save the world 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Liam Lacey
Passably entertaining if derivative 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Lisa Kennedy
It s got thrills but is not allegorically deep or daunting like the Harry Potter or Narnia flicks It skews young 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Tasha Robinson
It isn t quite the world of the books But it s a perfectly magical and exciting one in its own right 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Ty Burr
In its way The Spiderwick Chronicles is a ripsnorting computerized update of E Nesbit s old fantasy novels for children 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Nick Schager
Fatherless children are the order of the day but the film develops this theme no more than the absolute minimum instead content to stage swordfights and races against time between its plucky child protagonists and their monstrous enemies 
2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Brandon Fibbs
An enjoyable adventure fantasy sure to cast a spell over its audiences But just as importantly it weaves a story that resonates with spiritual truth 
3.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Christian Toto
Just because The Spiderwick Chronicles isn t an insta classic doesn t mean it s not a fine time at the movies 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Josh Larsen
a wonderful stand in for childhood itself when kids often have adventures involving things only they can see 
3.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Daniel M. Kimmel
just the sort of fantastical adventure we ve needed at the movies after the Oscar onslaught and ensuing winter doldrums 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Janos Gereben
The Spiderwick Chronicles may be too good to waste on kids Sure it s full of goblins and monsters and griffins and sprites but hey it s a really good movie eminently suitable for the more mature crowd 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet much like last year s fine Disney adaptation of Bridge to Terabithia this one is an outright winner taking audiences into a tremendously engaging other world both children and adults alike can discover wonders to delight in 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Chris Hewitt
Director Mark Waters keeps Spiderwick moving like crazy which frees it from the overblown quality that bogs down some of these fantasy epics 
2.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Gene Seymour
As movie fantasies go The Spiderwick Chronicles has a modest almost ramshackle aggressiveness that against all odds manages to enchant if not exactly transport 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Dustin Putman
Its simplistic and occasionally juvenile plot is at odds with its more mature subject matter The Spiderwick Chronicles is flashy and diverting but also ultimately insubstantial 
2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
James Berardinelli
There s enough here to keep adults engaged which is an important component of any motion picture that wants to be known as family entertainment I would place The Spiderwick Chronicles comfortably in that category 
3
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Sean McBride
works well enough as a CGI adventure aimed at the kiddies but grownups will probably be indifferent to this otherwise average story that features some pretty cool monster effects but not much else 
2.5
Sunset Park
Roger Ebert
Sunset Park begins with good intentions and the cast manages some convincing moments together but the movie never really jells 
2
Sunset Park
Susan Wloszczyna
The camera fails to capture the basketball action to its best advantage and it really isn t explained how the players become so talented so quickly 
2
Gunshy
Ross Anthony
It s clearly a good time with a good heart Go see it 
3
Master of the Crimson Armor
Mattie Lucas
Takes place in a sterile computer generated dream world that seems more like the work of amateurs than an artist like Chen who seems woefully out of his element 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Walter Chaw
A queer camp classic 
1
Master of the Crimson Armor
Lisa Ann Cockrel
A fairy tale for adults that allows the viewer to inhabit an entirely different world and in doing so becomes an exercise of the imagination 
3
Master of the Crimson Armor
Thomas Delapa
Chen Kaige may seriously think he s creating film art in his empty Promise but he s best at slinging bull lots of them 
1.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Rob Thomas
if you can plant your tongue in your cheek and accept the exuberant goofiness of the special effects The Promise actually turns out to be a decently entertaining slash and kick flick 
3
Master of the Crimson Armor
Sean P. Means
The finale is literally a deus ex machina which will thrill classic lit majors but leave everyone else feel cheated 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Peter Canavese
Flimsy fake looking weaponry bad wigs grandiose scoring overacting simplistic dialogue illogically elaborate staging and a plot that goes out of its way to be predictable 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Ethan Alter
Chen s tale of mythic chivalry is filled with beautifully designed sets lovingly detailed costumes and elaborate martial arts sequences Unfortunately it also sports amateurish digital effects that often mar the beauty of this world 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Geoff Pevere
With The Promise Chen Kaige has proven enough of a professional that he can make the product But he remains too much of an artist not to scribble on his signature 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Moira MacDonald
Chen s strength seems to be more with character driven stories here s hoping that his next film returns to more comfortable ground 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Ruthe Stein
Laden with a plot that could generously be called silly or less forgivingly stupid it never achieves lift off despite numerous scenes of warriors doing battle in midair 
1
Master of the Crimson Armor
David Elliott
Everyone is a maximal design statement plugged into volatile action and pretty scenery but it might be the deluxe origami folding of a silk diaper its myth telling so primal as to seem childish 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Pam Grady
It s a colorful kaleidoscopic film but it s also far too obvious that the actors are standing in front of green screens 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Dan Fienberg
Gorgeous costumes elaborate fights and the illusion of swooning romance don t amount to very much if you don t care about any of the characters for a single second 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Steven Rea
Simply in terms of its visual poetry the exhilarating effects of image upon image of dazzling impossibility The Promise is not to be missed 
3
Master of the Crimson Armor
Stephen Whitty
The film elicits the wide eyed joy of seeing hundreds of soldiers ride through sets of colossal extravagance And the sweet release of briefly suspending all holds on reality or even logic and surrendering to the joys of a fairy tale 
3
Master of the Crimson Armor
V.A. Musetto
The Promise employs laughable computer effects and second rate martial arts fighting to tell the hard to figure story of a princess and her three lovers 
0.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Robert W. Butler
There s a studied artificiality and painterliness about the backgrounds that works nicely with a story that s about as far from realism as you can get For many that will be enough For the rest of us The Promise slowly slides into an exercise 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Bob Strauss
Overwrought and hokey 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Bruce Westbrook
As is evident by the film s strong start and faltering finale the trouble with any promise is failing to keep it 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Rick Groen
In the midst of such unrelenting splendour it s easy to nod gratefully and then to nod off 
3
Master of the Crimson Armor
Terry Lawson
Much of The Promise resembles a Cirque du Soleil extravaganza which makes it tough to take seriously 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Jeff Vice
Perhaps the least satisfying of the many martial arts costume dramas that have followed in the wake of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Randy Myers
It s impossible not to be bowled over by the magnificent costumes the atmospheric otherworldly sets and the lush cinematography The tragic nearly operatic love isn t nearly as impressive 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Michael Phillips
Oddly The Promise which takes place hundreds even thousands of years ago when art directors ruled the earth is flagrantly otherworldly but in a way that somehow weighs the picture down 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Lawrence Toppman
Chen Kaige reaches for big ideas about destiny and free will but those remain philosophical abstractions And by the end the film contradicts itself 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Ty Burr
It suggests that talented Chinese directors are being led astray by the seductions of CGI and wirework fantasies 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Roger Ebert
A mess of a movie 
1.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is no emotional investment here no connection to any of the characters or to their plight the weight of it all lost somewhere inside the visual panoply the director works overtime to achieve 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
John Beifuss
In this era of obsessive and globally connected cult cinema fans it s foolish to give the movie s core target audience an excuse to skip the theatrical experience for the more authentic home edition available uncut on import DVD 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not exactly high art nor is it zippy fun but it definitely has something a lack of pretentiousness perhaps 
2.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Paul Doro
The Promise is far too convoluted jarringly shifting from fantasy to comedy to tragic romance to war epic without warning never settling in one place 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
John Anderson
A princess with a curse a case of mistaken identity and some of the worst special effects in a film by a world class director 
1.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
James Berardinelli
The over the top acting is forgivable but the plot s incoherence is not 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Laura Kelly
Chen Kaige s fall from cinematic grace is writ large across his latest epic film the failed martial arts romantic drama The Promise 
1.5
Master of the Crimson Armor
Chris Hewitt
The Promise has gorgeous visuals in these movies the cherry trees are always in bloom But it s marred by stuttery storytelling and cruddy special effects 
1
Master of the Crimson Armor
Jeanne Aufmuth
A messy fairy tale that speaks to tainted ambition and destiny 
2
Master of the Crimson Armor
Michael Dequina
That Chen is able to somewhat collect himself and the film toward the end just highlights how potentially great the film could have been 
2.5
Lucia
David Keyes
Luca reveals a great deal about herself in 110 minutes of self fulfilling narration but imagine how much better the experience would have been had the story allowed itself to match that depth 
2.5
Lucia
Steve Rhodes
More interested in getting to the next plot turn than in telling a coherent and compelling story 
2
Lucia
David Nusair
Lucia Lucia is well acted and creatively shot but the problem is that at its core lies a mystery that isn t terribly interesting 
2
Lucia
Chris Hewitt
It s a nifty little premise that becomes even more engaging because of the movie s ability to look at ordinary events through extraordinary eyes 
3
Lucia
Carla Meyer
Lucia a writer of children s books dips in and out of fiction in her own life the line blurring so often that it s hard to tell what s real and what s fantasy in Lucia Lucia It s even harder to care 
1
Lucia
Massimo Commanducci
In many ways the Mexican director has made an Almodvar film with its quirky narrative and overwhelming affection for its lead characters Like his Spanish counterpart Serrano is witty without ever being vicious 
3
Lucia
Wesley Morris
Lucia Lucia is nicely shot and edited but the movie is a narrative mess 
2.5
Lucia
Glenn Lovell
Roth s one of the most accomplished actresses on the international scene a mature leading lady who combines the earthy sex appeal of an Ingrid Bergman with the effervescence of a Meg Ryan 
3
Lucia
Steven Rea
There s something flat and labored about the whole affair 
2.5
Lucia
Connie Ogle
The charms of Luca Luca rely heavily on the charismatic Roth who is funny and warm and a lot of fun to watch as she embraces her new life 
2.5
Lucia
Jeanne Aufmuth
A banal third act quickly runs out of gas confusing the narrative and turning a subtle psychological mood piece into a giddy melodrama 
2
Lucia
Lou Lumenick
Runs out of gas toward the end due to an over complicated plot 
2
Lucia
Elizabeth Weitzman
A genial dramatic comedy that eventually crumbles under the weight of its ambitions 
2.5
Lucia
Glenn Whipp
Proves that you can strand a great actress with mediocre writing and a directorial style that has more in common with Mexican soap operas than the vaunted New Wave of Mexican filmmaking 
2
Lucia
Roger Ebert
The fancy stuff and foolery impedes the story and its emotions 
2.5
Lucia
Gene Seymour
Cumbersome mix of magical realism soap opera and suspense thriller 
2
Lucia
Ellen Fox
A vivacious looking tartly scored bore of a movie 
2
Thao's Library
Tom Keogh
A touching documentary about two individuals from different corners of the world finding a common cause and a chance to heal from life s crueler blows 
3
Entourage
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s all very familiar 44 and in a cinematic setting 44 quite unnecessary 46 
1.5
Entourage
Sonny Bunch
Bros boobs and the biz 
1.5
Entourage
Max Weiss
There s not much I can say about it except it demonstrates a staggering lack of creativity it plays exactly like an extended episode from the later years of the show 
1
Entourage
Tom Meek
Given the show s niche roots and the movie s ephemerally entertaining wispiness the elevation of the series looks to be more swan song than rebirth 
2
Entourage
Neil Rosen
I enjoyed spending time with these characters again and if you loved the series you ll like the movie 
3
Entourage
David Nusair
Picking up where the series left off 
2.5
Entourage
Christy Lemire
These guys learn nothing they don t change they have no arc and they are never truly challenged 
1.5
Entourage
Linda Cook
Simply put if you have enjoyed the HBO TV series Entourage then you re sure to enjoy the movie of the same name If you weren t a fan of the original series and I wasn t then there s no reason you should see this
2
Entourage
Kam Williams
Vintage Vince and company having tons of testosterone fueled fun whether being titillated by bimbos or just roaming aimlessly around L A in a classic convertible 
3
Entourage
Matt Brunson
In a slasher flick Drama is the type of character who would be the first to go in a crime movie he would be the snitch who gets garroted by Ray Liotta Here he s basically the glorious hero the Indiana Jones of a holes the Luke Skywalker of d bags 
2
Entourage
Robert Levin
There s precious little effort made to adapt a Hollywood that is evolving away from the era when bros would be bros and women existed mainly to stand around in tiny bikinis 
2
Entourage
Mike McGranaghan
Entourage is certainly satisfactory viewing for anyone who enjoyed the show But let s keep it real the movie will play better and more naturally on HBO than it does in a cinema 
2.5
Entourage
Kenneth R. Morefield
My own complicated conflicted and guiltily pleasurable relationship with Entourage wrapped up this week There might be other movies but I ve moved on Send me a postcard from the 20th anniversary maybe 
1.5
Entourage
Scott Renshaw
If Entourage has any message about the superficiality of the movie industry it would be Hell yeah we re all for it 
1.5
Entourage
Sean P. Means
Perhaps by counting the stars audiences won t count the number of times they actually laugh during Entourage though that number is far smaller 
2
Entourage
J. R. Jones
After a while you expect a tale of the movie business to tell you something about the movies as well as the business but Ellin and company have never had anything to say about that 
1
Entourage
Peter Travers
Was there a crying need for a film version of Entourage Hardly But the movie is still a tribute to Piven s iconic performance as Ari Gold a devil you can love 
2.5
Entourage
James Berardinelli
There are some amusing moments but like the TV series Entourage is more interested in getting chuckles than guffaws Maybe we should be thankful at least the comedy isn t embarrassingly over the top 
2
Entourage
Phil Villarreal
To like Entrouage is to embrace its solipsistic bubbleworld in which everyone is rich and fulfilled and their only problems are fleeting worries 
3
Entourage
Peter Keough
The film is stuck in the inconsequential rut of the series The characters are static and the comedy is situational rather than dramatic 
1
Entourage
Steven Rea
Let sleeping bros lie 
2
Entourage
Willie Waffle
It is escapism and entertaining when we get to go along for the ride no matter how ridiculous and over the top 
3
Entourage
Eric Henderson
If ever there was a movie equivalent of dad bod Entourage is it 
1
Entourage
Kyle Smith
Put it this way Gary Busey is in the movie You ll forget it faster than he does 
2
Entourage
Anders Wright
It s essentially another season of Entourage crammed into a little less than two hours 
2
Entourage
Joe Williams
On that vicarious pleasure level the movie version delivers Yet for anyone with a sense of irony or social justice it s also frustratingly soft around the edges 
2.5
Entourage
Ann Hornaday
As he did in the show Ari single handedly saves the movie version of Entourage from Medellin scale disaster 
0.5
Entourage
Linda Barnard
To Ellin s credit Entourage looks good and has liberal amounts of flash But it is a fly trapped in amber celebrating excess and male privilege in a sexist way that feels very old and decidedly out of step with the 2015 world 
1.5
Entourage
Mark Dujsik
The dramatic arc of the plot mirrors a heart monitor that has flat lined 
1.5
Entourage
David Berry
The overarching mood is self congratulation which no doubt helps the sugary medicine of lifestyle fantasy go down 
1.5
Entourage
Rick Bentley
Hard to recommend a product when you can buy a whole season of the series for less than the price of a movie ticket 
2
Entourage
Soren Andersen
It s merely a continuation and not an expansion of what has gone before 
1.5
Entourage
Michael Smith
I didn t even know I d missed the Entourage posse until they got back together I m still trying to wipe that smile off my face 
3
Entourage
John Semley
These characters represent the most repellant clichs of male friendship where guys can only relate to each other through a discourse of casual misogyny and female conquest 
1
Entourage
Dustin Putman
Plays like a vapid spoof of its old self at once ceaselessly middling painfully contrived and so over the top that it feels less like a fleet footed expos of Hollywood culture and more like a lame extended episode of The Twilight Zone 
1.5
Entourage
Joe Lozito
An almost perfect recreation of the HBO series just a little bigger longer and more desperate to justify its existence 
2.5
Entourage
Michael Phillips
Devoted fans of the HBO series 2004 2011 will find it passably engaging and newcomers will likely stare at the inside Hollywood tropes and panic attacks the way Nipper the RCA dog stared at the Victrola 
2
Entourage
Mick LaSalle
Four years after its eight seasons as an HBO series Entourage is back as a feature film and the first thing that needs to be said is that you don t have to know the show to enjoy the movie 
3
Entourage
Stephen Whitty
For a show that was all about seizing your moment it may have missed its own 
2
Entourage
Brian Tallerico
A film that keeps its audience at a distance never surprising them at all narratively and barely moving the needle for its characters It is fan fiction in film form 
1.5
Entourage
Matt Pais
What might have been the chance to explore fractures that could emerge as money fame and time complicate old bonds often just becomes Cameo The Movie 
1.5
Entourage
Roger Moore
Re wraps up things that the TV show already wrapped up in a nice dull bow 
2
The Closet
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A solid horror film that also works as a powerful social denunciation The worst horrors are not supernatural 
2
The Hateful Eight
Brian Eggert
This film is alive with great performances breathtakingly shot visuals and a story that seems to rush by over the course of three hours 
4
The Hateful Eight
Brad Keefe
This really boils down to how much you like Tarantino Eight is self indulgent as all hell but damn if it isn t a lot of fun 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Claudia Puig
The Hateful Eight often feels more like a sadistic stage play than a movie Full review in Japanese 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Hateful Eight has lots to love but just as much to abhor making it an elegant enigma that s as frustrating as it is impressive 
2
The Hateful Eight
Sonny Bunch
Sprawling throughout with clearly delineated sections that are alternately very talky and very bloody I loved it But your mileage may vary 
4
The Hateful Eight
Max Weiss
Some of Tarantino s worst instincts are on display in The Hateful Eight which damnit could ve been so great 
2
The Hateful Eight
John Hanlon
Just when you think you know what Quentin Tarantino will do next you realize just how wrong you are as evidenced by this great addition to the director s oeuvre 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Despite being uneven it contains many moments of pure cinematic genius Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Hateful Eight
John Beifuss
The incessant use of the N word seems less a narrative or thematic necessity than a function of ego of Tarantino s insistence on his artist s exemption and his privileged status as a white man who is down 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Josh Larsen
at worst it s an argument for auteurist vigilantism as moral high ground 
2
The Hateful Eight
James Kendrick
the least enjoyable entry in a body of work whose brilliance derives from Tarantino s ability to deliver pleasure from the most unlikely of subjects
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Radheyan Simonpillai
Playing a gun control parlor game for 90 minutes without letting a single bullet loose is an intense and bravura direction to take for a Western that most American genre where the 2nd Amendment rings loudest 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Peter Canavese
A general absence of something to say Recycles the filmmaker s own work the leaner if no meaner dog eat dog plotting of Reservoir Dogs and a roster of no longer shocking offenses 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
David Keyes
A movie so resolute and deadpan that it creates scenarios we find ourselves unable to turn away from and personalities that intrigue as deeply as they horrify 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Tony Hicks
Quentin Tarantino s The Hateful Eight is a lot of things Boring of course isn t one of them 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
David N. Butterworth
Less a reason to celebr8te than might have been even in Ultra Panavision 70 mm 
2
The Hateful Eight
Mike McGranaghan
The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino s weakest movie and yes that includes Death Proof There s still plenty of good stuff here to make the film worth seeing though 
3
The Hateful Eight
Ty Burr
This is Tarantino And it s very entertaining even when it s entertainingly vile which happens a lot in this overlong movie s extended third act 
3
The Hateful Eight
Michael Smith
I love Tarantino s dialogue but every man has his limit Mine is 3 hours 2 minutes The leisurely pace only showcased for me how it lacked in suspense with surprises rarely surprising 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Bob Bloom
Say what you want about Quentin Tarantino he s derivative undisciplined and self indulgent and loves to hear his characters ramble on but boy are his movies fun to watch 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Rob Thomas
Tarantino is a master of these kinds of suspenseful cat and mouse scenes only this time there are only cats There s a reason the movie isn t called The Hateful Seven Plus One Guy Who s Not So Bad Really 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Glenn Lovell
Tarantino s latest exercise in comedic nihilism rates an A for audacity Full of signature tropes this sanguinary oater owes equal debts to Leone Agatha Christie Flawed startlingly revelatory another notch for the gunslinger arrogant auteur 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Robert Horton
What redeems the sourness of The Hateful Eight is the pleasure in yarn spinning and tangling 
3
The Hateful Eight
David Nusair
Quentin Tarantino s relatively newfound penchant for erratic overlong period pieces continues with The Hateful Eight 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Hateful Eight is much tighter and more tightly wound than Django Unchained and it s a great deal of fun 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Matt Brunson
The Hateful Eight runs just over three hours in its limited roadshow edition yet it feels far shorter than many of the 100 or so minute duds I ve endured this year 
3
The Hateful Eight
Christian Toto
Exploding heads Title cards Indelible music The N word And yet The Hateful Eight is Tarantino s eighth and least substantial film 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Scott Nash
Entertaining up to a point 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Jeff Beck
What Tarantino has delivered here is a fascinating portrait of deception and mistrust The Hateful Eight has the incredible writer director back in fine form presenting not only an intriguing script but also top notch direction 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Kate Taylor
The Hateful Eight is devilishly good 
4
The Hateful Eight
Mark Dujsik
Quentin Tarantino s The Hateful Eight is not so much a deconstruction of the Western as it is a playful riff on our expectations for the genre and perhaps for the film itself 
3
The Hateful Eight
Calvin Wilson
The Hateful Eight is a cinema buff s dream and unlike anything else in theaters this season But that s only to be expected from Quentin Tarantino one of the few directors with the clout to pursue his vision wherever it takes him 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Anders Wright
It s epic in length extraordinary in process tremendous in writing and phenomenal in acting and a brief description barely does it any justice 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Chris Hewitt
Tarantino revisits some of his favorite tricks from Pulp Fiction Inglourious Basterds and Reservoir Dogs but Hateful doesn t feel like a retread 
3
The Hateful Eight
Peter Howell
This just isn t the Tarantino of Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs or even Inglourious Basterds although any film that gives Samuel L Jackson a chance to talk and glower at length is a film worth seeing 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Ann Hornaday
The climactic bloodletting may make for merry times for fanboys and fetishists but it s difficult to reconcile Tarantino s infectious joie de vivre with the scorched earth nihilism he uses it to celebrate 
1.5
The Hateful Eight
Michael Phillips
As the bodies pile up in the second half along with the switchback narrative reveals The Hateful Eight becomes a hermetically sealed exercise of a dispiriting sort 
2
The Hateful Eight
Mick LaSalle
If you see The Hateful Eight you ll see an almost three hour film that never drags that is enjoyable from beginning to end 
3
The Hateful Eight
Richard Roeper
This is one of the best movies of the year 
4
The Hateful Eight
Chris Knight
It s a fun trip if you ve got the stomach for it 
3
The Hateful Eight
Rene Rodriguez
The Hateful Eight is a movie about the worst aspects of human nature which is why the film can t be quite described as fun at least in the traditional sense But Tarantino isn t glorifying the ugliness he s condemning it 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Dann Gire
The Hateful Eight marks Tarantino as a filmmaker in full command of his universe a bleak one at odds with the optimistically spiritual message of the holidays 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Brian Truitt
While not as cinematically game changing as Pulp Fiction or as gore spattered as the Kill Bill films The Hateful Eight doles out all of Tarantino s favorite things 
4
The Hateful Eight
Lawrence Toppman
Even if you don t get the references you can enjoy the ripely robust acting especially Russell Jackson and Leigh and Tarantino s storytelling skill 
3
The Hateful Eight
James Berardinelli
Best film of the year Yes 
4
The Hateful Eight
Lou Lumenick
All this hype and for what Three hours or so set mostly in a single room where the unsavory guests and staff trade juvenile and racist insults periodically murdering each other I was hoping they d get it over with already well before the intermission
1
The Hateful Eight
Steven Rea
An epic work of self indulgence and smug riffing stringing together tropes from TV and screen westerns and closed room whodunits The Hateful Eight announces itself with all the pomp and circumstance of a mid century cinema spectacle 
2
The Hateful Eight
Peter Travers
Tarantino writes like a flamethrower in this western whodunit He brings the war home baby with all the political geographical social sexual and racial implications we re still wrangling with today 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
John Serba
Not about what its characters say but what what they say says about them 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Stephen Whitty
One of my favorite Tarantino movies since Jackie Brown 
3.5
The Hateful Eight
Matt Zoller Seitz
Tarantino s absolute control over the images means nothing when he seems unwilling or unable to shape and modulate his writing The gap between form and content results in the only Tarantino movie whose flaws bury its virtues 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
John Wenzel
Like Tarantino s best work the film forces you to see and feel something on its own terms in this case loyalty and identity unraveling under extremes 
3
The Hateful Eight
Matt Pais
A meandering tale of frontier justice whose deceptions are neither shocking nor meaningful and whose stylized violence drifts into gratuitous brutality 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Soren Andersen
Yep we re in Tarantino territory for sure way too self indulgently long and way way overboard with that N word 
2
The Hateful Eight
Roger Moore
A watchable jokey genre mashup Is it the event Tarantino is hyping it to be Hell no 
2.5
The Hateful Eight
Stephen Rebello
Tarantino also rates big cheers for presenting The Hateful Eight as a 70mm widescreen roadshow attraction one with an overture intermission longer running time and exit music Many more of these please 
3
The Hateful Eight
Jaime N. Christley
The premise of the film is simple but it s a simplicity that can only attract complications as simple plans are apt to do in an atmosphere of foreboding and the macabre 
3
The Hateful Eight
Clayton Davis
Just a notch below Leigh is the charming and witty Walton Goggins who runs away with just about every scene he inhabits Goggins plays up the balance between idiotic cowboy and devious accomplice with stunning resolve 
3
Kill Boksoon
Roger Moore
A tight 100 minutes is better than a slack 137 44 even if you need time to tell your daughter you don 8217 t care who she loves 46 
2
Kill Boksoon
Simon Abrams
8220 Kill Boksoon 8221 remains impressive 44 if only for its unexpected sensitivity and considerable emotional range 46 
2.5
Daughter of the Wolf
Roger Moore
Gina Carano Dreyfuss and Brendan Fehr acquit themselves admirably but there s no saving this script 
1.5
The Endless Summer
Roger Ebert
Shunning the tons of equipment ordinarily taken along on location Brown used only what he could carry The beautiful photography he brought home almost makes you wonder if Hollywood hasn t been trying too hard 
3
The Endless Summer
Marty Mapes
Bruce Brown s loving surfing documentary 
3
Loving Highsmith
Robert Horton
It 8217 s not a definitive documentary 44 but it is more insightful 44 I think 44 than many such docu portraits 46 
3
Loving Highsmith
Joe Friar
Eva Vitija apos s compelling documentary features candid interviews with family 44 friends 44 and former lesbian lovers of author Patricia Highsmith 46 Clips of the movies adapted from the author 8217 s novels 44 remind us how much Hollywood embraced her work 46 
3
Loving Highsmith
Mark Feeney
Eva Vitija s documentary is lean and lucid and even at 84 minutes never feels hurried 
3
Loving Highsmith
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Loving Highsmith paints itself into a melancholy corner It fails to understand that while Highsmith s life was sad it was full 
2
Loving Highsmith
Ann Hornaday
Ultimately Loving Highsmith provides a valuable addition to the larger record of the author s enigmatic life rather than a comprehensive chronicle itself 
2.5
Loving Highsmith
Peter Canavese
Highsmith apos s prose 44 alternately earthy and soaring 44 best reveals the breadth of her personality 44 but the perspectives of her lovers humanize her to a more relatable degree 46 46 46 
3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
David Nusair
the lack of a cohesive storyline makes it virtually impossible to really get into the film 
2
Brooklyn
Brian Eggert
This is classical filmmaking at its finest transporting the audience to another time and place to flawlessly recreate the emotional context of Irish immigrants in this setting 
4
Brooklyn
Pamela Powell
It s the ultimate love story where a young woman finds that she must choose between two men and two very different lives It s a film about identity and family obligation and it s truly timeless 
3.5
Brooklyn
Claudia Puig
Brooklyn is one of the best films ever made about leaving one s homeland in search of a better life and forging a new path Full review in Japanese 
4
Brooklyn
Wesley Lovell
Simple sublime perfection 
4
Brooklyn
Sara Michelle Fetters
Brooklyn is marvelous watching it as close to pure bliss as any cinematic confectionary treat as I could possibly have imagined myself 
3.5
Brooklyn
Max Weiss
Brooklyn is the very essence of a simple story beautifully told 
3.5
Brooklyn
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Brooklyn is a well acted and visually competent drama but also an old school movie Full Review in Spanish 
3
Brooklyn
James Kendrick
There is an enjoyable lightness to the film that is easy to mistake for simple minded nostalgia 
3.5
Brooklyn
Kent Turner
It mixes open hearted sentimentality with star Saoirse Ronan s sublimely subtle performance
3
Brooklyn
Glenn Lovell
If there is a more uplifting film making the rounds I m not aware of it Conditioned by so many misanthropic melodramas we assume cynically that the worst will befall Ronan When this doesn t happen we re pleasantly surprised touched 
4
Brooklyn
David N. Butterworth
Ronan dominates virtually every scene she s in and she s in virtually every scene with a maturity well beyond her years 
3
Brooklyn
Eric Melin
From a dramatic standpoint the film s biggest asset is also its biggest challenge Brooklyn eschews showy conflict in favor of small character moments and a leisurely pace
3
Brooklyn
John Serba
Screenwriter Nick Hornby and director John Crowley join star Saoirse Ronan in creating a united front against the clichés of romance comedy and coming of age tropes 
4
Brooklyn
Craig D. Lindsey
Like so many prior films about immigrants looking for a better life on these shores Brooklyn lays out a wondrous overwhelming and romantic vision of America s past the same vision that brought people here in the first place 
3.5
Brooklyn
Mal Vincent
Brooklyn is escapist entertainment that also is full of depth and turmoil As such it is a rare find in movie theaters nowadays 
4
Brooklyn
John Beifuss
Ronan emerges here as the quietest spellbinder in movies She is in every scene and she is so appealing that Eilis becomes every viewer s ideal an ideal daughter sister employee girlfriend and confidante 
4
Brooklyn
Linda Cook
This exquisite film is one of the year s best 
4
Brooklyn
Robert Levin
The camera never strays too far away from Ronan who connects this young Irish woman s faraway journey to all of ours evoking the trauma the sadness and the joys of change 
3.5
Brooklyn
John Wirt
A beautifully staged and acted immigrant drama 
4
Brooklyn
David Keyes
No other film of 2015 has dared to suggest something so simple or do it with such painstaking brilliance 
4
Brooklyn
Connie Ogle
With compassion a touch of melancholy and a sense of wonder Brooklyn reveals the profound truths in a simple familiar story ending on a note that s achingly bittersweet no matter where you re from 
4
Brooklyn
Roger Moore
Pleasant and polished and well played But sentimental cliched the most over praised film of the fall 
3
Brooklyn
Michael Smith
Ronan lights the way as our guide back in time to a place where immigrants found opportunity as well as open arms in an America that looks so lovely in Brooklyn 
3.5
Brooklyn
Kam Williams
A touching historical drama featuring an elegantly understated performance by Saoirse Ronan likely to land the 21 year old ingenue her second Oscar nomination
4
Brooklyn
James Berardinelli
Although not without moments of sadness and tragedy Brooklyn is sublimely uplifting and life affirming 
3.5
Brooklyn
Robert Horton
Saoirse Ronan plays this interior drama with intelligence and a sincerity that seems true to the film s era In some ways she s an innocent abroad but she s nobody s patsy What a refreshingly authentic character to root for 
3.5
Brooklyn
Neil Rosen
Simply put I loved this movie I can t wait to see it again and it s easily one of my favorite films of the year 
4
Brooklyn
David Nusair
An effective 40 and affecting 41 period drama 46 46 46 
3
Brooklyn
James Adams
Fans of the novel of which I m one may find the film sweeter and more romantic than Toibin s original conception 
3
Brooklyn
Allyson Johnson
The lavish set design and warm love story the earnest performances and the movie s unflinching optimistic tone could make Brooklyn one of the finest films of the year 
4
Brooklyn
Moira MacDonald
Ronan in every scene of the film creates a reserved young woman who seems to mature before our eyes quietly revealing Eilis open yearning heart 
4
Brooklyn
Chris Knight
How to define Brooklyn In the plainest cinematic terms it s a female coming of age story though that belies the richness and depth of the leading character on screen for almost all of the film s 111 minutes 
3.5
Brooklyn
Peter Howell
Brooklyn is a simple story affectingly told bridging the emotional gulf one feels when ambition and home are an ocean apart and love is uncertain in either place 
3.5
Brooklyn
Steven Rea
Brooklyn is that rare period drama that doesn t lose itself in its dogged re creation of another time 
4
Brooklyn
Calvin Wilson
If you think they don t make movies like they used to Brooklyn is glorious proof to the contrary 
4
Brooklyn
Rick Bentley
John Crowley creates a hauntingly beautiful tale of love on two continents in his period film Brooklyn 
3.5
Brooklyn
Peter Canavese
Even if you don t like the film though it s a fair bet you will it will prime you for a spirited discussion about the choices of its hero a resilient Irish lass who strives to sort out her best judgement from her impulses her hope from her naiveté 
3.5
Brooklyn
Scott Nash
A beautifully filmed coming of age story 
3.5
Brooklyn
Anita Katz
Brooklyn is a conventionally structured but uncommonly affecting film that demonstrates the dramatic power of simplicity honesty and decency in cinema 
3.5
Brooklyn
Mark Dujsik
It s like some lovely modern fable a warm embrace of a film full of compassion pain and hope 
4
Brooklyn
Ty Burr
A cinematic snow globe of nostalgia a portrait of two worlds that aches with family lost and freedoms found It is a beautiful film to experience 
3.5
Brooklyn
Ann Hornaday
Brooklyn may be unapologetically old fashioned but it s also utterly of its time 
4
Brooklyn
Michael Phillips
It s one of the most satisfying films of 2015 
3.5
Brooklyn
Mick LaSalle
Something in the richness of its relationships puts an essential truth before us the brevity and immensity of life We know all about that of course but that s the beauty of great art It takes what you already know and makes you feel it 
4
Brooklyn
Matt Pais
The kind of movie that makes you want to hug someone you love and thankful you ve got them close enough to do so 
3.5
Brooklyn
Katie Walsh
Brooklyn is at times swooningly romantic but it s so much more than just a love story It s a coming of age tale woven into America s coming of age 
3.5
Brooklyn
Alissa Wilkinson
It s hard to write about it without resorting to cliches because here are some good descriptors luminous poignant poetic heartwarming elegiac 
3.5
Brooklyn
Dan Schindel
One can t help but imagine the more resonant and insightful film it might have been if it had aimed to elicit more than longing sighs 
2
Brooklyn
Peter Travers
Saoirse Ronan lights up the screen in the year s best and most beguiling love story The surprise is that it also goes deeper sadder and truer 
3.5
Brooklyn
Rex Reed
Brooklyn is an elegant testament to the dream of first experience relatable to everyone regardless of where you re from elevated to no small degree by the blue emerald eyes and creamy complexion of its star 
4
Brooklyn
Glenn Kenny
If I may be utterly unabashedly frank I admit that the first time I saw this picture I started crying about forty minutes in and never really stopped They were not all sad tears I hasten to add 
4
Brooklyn
Stephen Rebello
Ronan s big talent the sweetness and resilience of the characters and the film s big heart are almost irresistible 
3.5
Brooklyn
Lindsey Bahr
Brooklyn is a story for anyone who has ever left home It s a story for those who ve waffled in indecision for those forming their identities and forging their own paths And it s one of the loveliest films to grace cinemas this year 
3.5
Brooklyn
Scott Renshaw
Director John Crowley and screenwriter Nick Hornby take the story from Colm Tóibín s brilliant novel in a much more conventionally satisfying direction but boy do they ever succeed at conventional satisfaction 
3.5
Brooklyn
Elise Nakhnikian
The allure of the road not taken and the power of Saoirse Ronan s performance exert a powerful pull 
2.5
Brooklyn
Clayton Davis
Director Crowley in partnership with Oscar nominated scribe Nick Hornby create a beautiful and sensitive love story that is everything a Nicholas Sparks film adaptation wishes it could be 
3.5
Brooklyn
Lou Lumenick
An awards caliber performance by Saoirse Ronan as a shy and awkward Irish immigrant who struggles to fit in when she arrives in the Borough of Churches in 1952 
3
Brooklyn
Rob Thomas
It s a wonderful film I was describing it later in the day to someone who hadn t seen it And I gave HER chills 
4
Brooklyn
Kyle Smith
It s the sweet sincerity of Brooklyn that stamps it as both refreshing and nostalgic The film is as welcome as a photo you just discovered of your mother before you were born in which she looks prettier than you ever imagined 
3
Blood
Steven Prokopy
The film goes in surprising and impactful directions and I had a tough time shaking the lasting impact of its gorgeous execution 
3
Blood
Sean P. Means
Where Chloe could have catharsis instead we get stasis but it s a pretty limbo populated by characters you hope eventually will figure it out 
2.5
Modigliani
Jeffrey Gantz
Just another artistic sacrifice to life s ironies cruelties and bad filmmakers 
0
Modigliani
Lisa Rose
Modigliani is slow shamefully cliched and disjointed as a cubist portrait 
1.5
Modigliani
Kyle Smith
Thanks to writer director Mick Davis the film like its subject dies young 
1
Modigliani
Jami Bernard
It s hard to take this oddball movie seriously right down to the undisguised streetwise American accent of Andy Garcia as the Italian Jew Amedeo Modigliani 
1.5
Modigliani
Ed Gonzalez
It ain t pretty but you have a choisa See Modigliani or rent Derek Jarman s Caravaggio instead 
1.5
Modigliani
Bob Strauss
Director Mick Davis shows little if any imagination in presenting the troubled genius or the remarkable Montparnasse art scene of the World War I era and that s the real bummer 
2
Modigliani
Marta Barber
Despite some nice shots of scenes converting into well known art Modigliani is plainly badly directed 
1.5
Modigliani
Phoebe Flowers
A fantastic reminder that the only thing worse than a bad movie is a bad pretentious movie 
1
Modigliani
David Nusair
devoid of emotional resonance despite a full bodied performance by Andy Garcia 
2
Phat Girlz
John Beifuss
Almost stunning in its determination to be the ultimate wish fulfillment fantasy vehicle for plus sized African American women 
2
Phat Girlz
Linda Cook
Uneven but lovable Phat Girlz comes strutting on to the screen As well it should 
3
Phat Girlz
Chris Hewitt
As the title hints Phat Girlz is a plus sized Cinderella 
2.5
Phat Girlz
Timothy Knight
A slapdash female empowerment comedy that s crudely executed on every level 
0.5
Phat Girlz
Kyle Smith
The film is amateurishly directed and sluggishly paced with an anorexic plot Even the photography sound and costumes are substandard 
1
Phat Girlz
Robert Dominguez
Beneath the movie s broad humor and meanspirited put downs lies an uplifting story about learning to like yourself for who you are not what you look like 
2.5
Phat Girlz
Jennie Punter
If it weren t for Mo Nique s fresh appealing screen presence Phat Girlz would fall flat 
1.5
Phat Girlz
Wesley Morris
This is a disarming and in its own way delightful vehicle for its star and executive producer the comedian and actress Mo Nique Who could hate this movie 
3
Phat Girlz
Paul Schrodt
God bless her soul Mo Nique even stays believable as the story requires her to finally fall apart and hit a new self hating low 
1
Phat Girlz
John Anderson
Likk should be applauded for tackling a subject that s bristling with socio political thorns and raises some provocative questions particularly about what we find attractive in other people and why 
2.5
Phat Girlz
Maitland McDonagh
If writer director Nnegest Likke s booster speech in movie form were as funny as it is relentlessly on message it would be a world class gut buster 
1
Phat Girlz
Peter Howell
The cast is likeable although they deserve a better movie and at a lean 99 minutes at least the plot hasn t been padded But there s only so far you can go with fat jokes as plus sized comic Mo Nique is discovering 
1.5
Phat Girlz
Peter Hartlaub
There s a lot to laugh at and cheer for in this rousing comedy 
3
Phat Girlz
Dustin Putman
Chooses contrivances over naturalism and sickeningly saccharine sermonizing over lighthearted moralizing 
1.5
Phat Girlz
Willie Waffle
outrageous wish fulfilling fun
3
Up in the Air
Mattie Lucas
The film itself is such an essential historical product of our time that it s hard to root against it 
2
Up in the Air
Nick Rogers
Incisive and occasionally sad this captured the zeitgeist of the late Zeroes tectonically shifting economics But Jason Reitman s generous rich rewarding tragicomedy of occupational dissatisfaction will still wow viewers even after hopeful recovery 
4
Up in the Air
Michael Dequina
Reitman further perfects his sharp funny and affecting seriocomic style in crafting films that wildly entertain in the moment and then linger long in the mind and heart 
3.5
Up in the Air
Sean P. Means
As much as it is a comedy in the classic Tracy Hepburn mold Up in the Air is very much a drama of the moment 
4
Up in the Air
Wesley Lovell
A well acted piece about a man s inability to cope with a world more real than the one he lives 
4
Up in the Air
Linda Cook
What a sophisticated dramedy is Up in the Air 
4
Up in the Air
Lori Hoffman
Director Jason Reitman has expanded his emotional range with this enchanting blend of ripped from the headlines downsizing romantic entanglements and mentoring 
3.5
Up in the Air
Eric Melin
It s the kind of Hollywood picture they should make more often the kind that doesn t insult your intelligence 
3
Up in the Air
Jordan Hiller
Between Up in the Air and 2007 s Michael Clayton it becomes glaringly apparent that no actor can carry a script driven character study better than Mr Clooney 
3.5
Up in the Air
Lou Lumenick
The pitch perfect direction by Jason Reitman perfectly balances comedy and drama 
4
Up in the Air
Scott Nash
George Clooney has an old time movie star quality 
3
Up in the Air
Jay Antani
Up in the Air is a well intentioned Hollywood product with a message about the value of human connections But it mistakes glibness for wit and charm for irreverence 
2.5
Up in the Air
Sara Michelle Fetters
Profound moving and emotionally timely with current economic events being what they are this is one movie I could relate to more so than just about anything else I ve seen this year 
3.5
Up in the Air
John Beifuss
A solid adult comedy drama with lead characters sturdy enough to have been played by Cary Grant and Bette Davis in another era and actors confident and talented enough not to be humiliated by the comparison 
3
Up in the Air
Kam Williams
A down to earth look at 21st Century dating habits in this no strings age of friends with benefits 
3
Up in the Air
James Kendrick
Reitman packages Up in the Air s relevance with a delicately balanced mixture of comedy and tragedy
3.5
Up in the Air
John Wirt
Well crafted well acted and ambitious as Up In The Air is the movie s third act taxies to nowhere 
2.5
Up in the Air
Matt Soergel
A comedy that s willing to be sad a romance that s OK with ambiguity and a timely corporate satire with far more than slash and burn mockery on its mind 
4
Up in the Air
Michael Smith
Jason Reitman is America s smartest young filmmaker 
4
Up in the Air
Sean O'Connell
Up In the Air more than any film released this year is tailored perfectly for its time 
4
Up in the Air
Mike Scott
A smart and meaningful comedy for grown ups easily one of the best films of the year It s so sophisticated and enjoyable it should come in a martini glass 
4
Up in the Air
Bob Bloom
Up in the Air belongs to Clooney He easily fits into a character who is at ease with himself and enjoys living a lifestyle in which he can go about unencumbered 
4
Up in the Air
Mike McGranaghan
One of the warmest funniest and most insightful movies of the year 
4
Up in the Air
Keith Cohen
This crowd pleaser is currently the frontrunner to win the Oscar for best film of 2009 The talented Kendrick in a breakthrough role is the spark plug in this enterprise 
3.5
Up in the Air
Matt Brunson
A timely seriocomic work that manages to be breezy without once diminishing the sobering realities that constantly hover around the picture s edges 
4
Up in the Air
Michael A. Smith
Clooney delivers a performance for the ages 
4
Up in the Air
Robert W. Butler
As serious as it is funny as substantial as it is breezy Up in the Air is an astonishing balancing act from writer director Jason Reitman 
3.5
Up in the Air
Duane Dudek
It s a lean and economical film about a lean and economical time The only things it is rich in are empathy and compassion 
4
Up in the Air
Jeff Vice
The acting ensemble is good top to bottom Clooney might be playing a thinly veiled version of himself here but he s well matched with Farmiga who brings some needed warmth and sex appeal 
3.5
Up in the Air
Christian Toto
Clooney Reitman both soar with the richly satisfying Up in the Air
3.5
Up in the Air
Josh Larsen
Ryan Bingham Michael Clayton Mr Fox these are guys who have what could be called the Clooney Conscience 
3.5
Up in the Air
Lisa Kennedy
From taxi to touchdown Reitman knows how to get us to the next destination 
4
Up in the Air
Roger Moore
Jason Reitman s dry moving comedy based on the Walter Kirn novel is a sly indictment of Corporate America Marketing America and Frequent Flying America 
4
Up in the Air
Kit Bowen
This is one of those all encompassing dramedies that makes you laugh cry contemplate life hope for better times believe in family u2013 but it doesn t stick with you after it s over 
3
Up in the Air
Thelma Adams
An ideal bittersweet adult comedy sleekly directed by Jason Reitman about life during recession Clooney achieves an emotional level that breaks new ground for him Oscars 
4
Up in the Air
Amy Biancolli
Once again Reitman the screenwriter gives Reitman the director an excuse to ponder the spaces between us and the ties that bind Or don t 
4
Up in the Air
Phil Villarreal
The film catches a jet stream of thought provoking whimsy and barrels through fatalist turbulence before landing in a rich catharsis 
4
Up in the Air
Sonny Bunch
Mr Clooney is perfect in the role of Ryan aloof without seeming uncaring roguish without being threatening lost but with a veneer of control 
3.5
Up in the Air
Rick Groen
Reitman possesses a flair for off kilter scenarios and he s in fine form again taking his triangulated principals Ryan Alex Keener out of their comfort zones and into a more complicated geometry 
3
Up in the Air
Willie Waffle
Clooney is an undeniable movie star but this film reminds you that he is an actor 
4
Up in the Air
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems to be struggling between populist and satirical impulses But there are many many moments it gets right and it s an enjoyable if minor entry in the year end movie rush 
3
Up in the Air
Claudia Puig
Timeliness can be tricky to pull off convincingly in movies It s tough to capture an era while it s still happening yet Up in the Air does so brilliantly with wit and humanity 
4
Up in the Air
Chris Hewitt
Clooney is excellent incidentally in a role that must have hit home You don t want to get married his character is asked and his reply is the same as Clooney s always is Nope 
3.5
Up in the Air
Ann Hornaday
Up in the Air is a timeless movie that s utterly of its time a movie of humor heart and mind 
4
Up in the Air
Robert Levin
This is a film of the American here and now rooted in an on the go technologically oriented society facing a crisis only survivable through genuine human connections 
4
Up in the Air
Mark Dujsik
This is Reitman s third film and he has proven in each of them to be able to transcend gimmick and make it personal and then further transcend that and make it universal 
4
Up in the Air
Dustin Putman
Both funny and sad life affirming and as with life not always fair Fictional characters though they are there is such an aching intimacy and resounding spontaneity to them that they seem real It is bittersweet to have to say good bye 
3.5
Up in the Air
Peter Travers
One word reaction bravo 
3.5
Up in the Air
Moira MacDonald
It s a timely tale of job loss and economic upheaval at times hidden behind screwball comedy dialogue And it isn t perfect but when it works which is most of the time it works like gangbusters 
3.5
Up in the Air
Carrie Rickey
I don t know if it s the best movie of the year but it s the most utterly enjoyable 
4
Up in the Air
Stephen Whitty
The film glides to a perfect landing leaving several characters changed one coldly untouched and nothing up in the air at all except perhaps the question of what this very talented crew is going to do next 
4
Up in the Air
Wesley Morris
Up in the Air is actually several good movies a workplace comedy romantic comedy and family comedy seated on the same flight in the same aisle They all feel forced together 
3
Up in the Air
Michael Phillips
Up in the Air has been shaped for Clooney s prodigious slightly melancholy charm as a comic leading man Happily he has worthy sparring partners 
3
Up in the Air
Peter Keough
No director pulls off the bait and switch as craftily as Jason Reitman He gets you thinking that you re watching a hip caustic comedy subverting the status quo but by the end he s vindicated all the platitudes he seemed to scorn 
2.5
Up in the Air
Roger Ebert
Up in the Air takes the trust people once had in their jobs and pulls out the rug It is a film for this time 
4
Up in the Air
James Berardinelli
Up in the Air never cheats and delivers an almost perfect mix of humor satire and underplayed drama 
3.5
Up in the Air
Rene Rodriguez
Clooney has no peer at conveying suave unflappable charm but the role of Ryan requires the actor to do something different with his persona Deflate the illusion and explore the emptiness beneath the cool 
4
Up in the Air
Fernando F. Croce
Nobody gets offended nothing gets questioned the crowd goes home properly cheered 
2
Up in the Air
David Nusair
a familiar premise that s generally employed to better than average effect by Reitman 
3
Up in the Air
Bill Chambers
The increasingly slick Reitman has the good sense to not slather every emotional beat in score and really seems to like his actresses 
2.5
Up in the Air
Peter Howell
George Clooney has never seemed more vulnerable or more in tune with a role than he does in Up in the Air a film that will be hard to beat for Best Picture come Oscar time 
4
Family Plot
Dan Callahan
It s a movie that s haunted by death with lengthy sequences played out in cemeteries 
3
Family Plot
Roger Ebert
Hitchcock has a deviously complicated tale to tell and he s going to tell it with labyrinthine detail and he s not going to cheat 
3
Family Plot
Jeremy Heilman
Once you tap into the film s gentle satire of its characters and genre its strengths become apparent 
3.5
Journey to the Center of the Earth
David Nusair
it s clear that this movie shouldn t even exist 
1
The Two Faces of January
David Nusair
a fairly misbegotten adaptation 
1
The Two Faces of January
Matt Pais
Rather than rise this story cools off fading away into unconvincing accidental tragedy and an attempted emotional coda that feels more stapled on than woven in 
2.5
The Two Faces of January
John Serba
Any subtext is derived from the shades of Isaac and Mortensen s performances playing men forced into an uneasy alliance 
3.5
The Two Faces of January
James Kendrick
Amini is perhaps too intent on producing a film whose elegance outweighs its horrors and as a result The Two Faces of January never fully delves into the hearts of darkness clearly beating beneath its mannered surface 
2.5
The Two Faces of January
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Amini has a playful darkness that jibes with Highsmith s sensibilities 
3.5
The Two Faces of January
Steven Rea
Everything about The Two Faces of January is right even as the events it describes a couple s idyllic Grecian holiday a charming American s adventures abroad go terribly wrong 
3.5
The Two Faces of January
Moira MacDonald
Things get awfully twisted under that hot Mediterranean sun 
3
The Two Faces of January
Brad Keefe
A talented cast but they all smolder and never ignite 
2
The Two Faces of January
Kristin Tillotson
A stylish directorial debut for screenwriter Hossein Amini 
3
The Two Faces of January
Mick LaSalle
It follows three people all of them flawed and under pressure and keeps the audience in sympathy with all three It s some kind of feat to place three people in conflict and have the audience wish the best for each of them 
3
The Two Faces of January
Anders Wright
It may not quite capture the tone and the dread of the Master of Suspense s work but it s not too far off and it stands out from the rest of the pack as much for what it doesn t do as for what it does 
3
The Two Faces of January
Stephanie Merry
It offers a lesson in crafting antiheroic characters We don t have to identify with them but we at least need to be intrigued 
2
The Two Faces of January
Odie Henderson
This is one of Mortensen s best performances and The Two Faces of January is one gorgeously rendered old school feature 
3
The Two Faces of January
Stephen Whitty
Perfectly fine as chilly as a cold platter of octopus salad as bracing as a shot of ouzo 
3
The Two Faces of January
Peter Travers
Is the film too old school for short attention spans Maybe Rest assured that Amini s shuddery endgame is well worth the wait 
3
The Two Faces of January
Kyle Smith
It lives or dies on its ending and the final minutes here don t jibe with the rest of the film s cat and cat game 
2.5
The Two Faces of January
Clayton Dillard
Hossein Amini s edits and sequences are engineered for narrative efficiency often at the expense of thematic or affectual aims 
2.5
The Two Faces of January
Clayton Davis
Ambitious gorgeous even brave at times though not always assured Hossein Amini s beautiful and cautiously constructed thriller is an admirable piece featuring a trio of impressive performances
3
Come as You Are
Joe Friar
Based on a true story the film starts out crass but makes way for laughter and tender moments balanced nicely by director Richard Wong A terrific cast and good script make this road trip enjoyable 
3
Come as You Are
Christian Toto
Sweet soulful and laugh out loud funny this indie charmer deserves your attention 
3
Come as You Are
Joey Magidson
Come As You Are is well done crowd pleaser that actually ranks among the best movies of 2020 so far 
3.5
Come as You Are
Richard Roeper
Shot in Illinois the charmer about men with disabilities earns its laughs and tears 
3.5
Come as You Are
Steven Prokopy
Come As You Are is surprisingly moving but without any clunky signs of self pitying going on 
3
Come as You Are
Tomris Laffly
You might be genuinely moved and even in tears by the end of Richard Wong s imperfect yet gradually disarming dramedy 
3
Come as You Are
Mark Dujsik
I t is not about the fact that they have disabilities That is an essential part of the characters experience but it is not the whole of their existence 
3
Come as You Are
G. Allen Johnson
Crass and confrontational at the outset Come As You Are achieves a winning sense of vulnerability 
3
Come as You Are
Roger Moore
Sex Trip with wheelchairs a road comedy that works 
2.5
A Very Sordid Wedding
G. Allen Johnson
The film is undeniably energetic with a lot of good lines written by Shores but it descends into obvious preachiness and from this view the unrelenting wackiness becomes overwhelming 
2.5
Solomon and Sheba
Matt Brunson
If Ben Hur was The Avengers of its decade then Solomon and Sheba was the Fantastic Four of its time an expensive undertaking that earned sizable bank without being especially good 
2
Gods of the Plague
Robert Pardi
This wallow in fatalism is a minor but memorable crime flick 
3
Gods of the Plague
Ed Gonzalez
The narrative is random and disposable which means you ll have to settle for the allure of the film s many women 
2.5
Becoming Bond
Chris Knight
It makes for great cinema about great cinema 
3.5
Becoming Bond
Peter Sobczynski
There is a potentially interesting film documentary or fiction in Lazenby s life and career but Becoming Bond despite its ambitions is not it 
2
Becoming Bond
David Nusair
A bizarre hybrid of documentary and feature 
2.5
Becoming Bond
Barry Hertz
The result is as slick as it is hilarious a perfect portrait of an aging ladies man and irascible rebel agent 
3.5
The Santa Clause
Mal Vincent
There s a laughable edge that makes it all entertaining not hilarious just chuckle kind of chuckles 
3
The Santa Clause
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable yet entirely unmemorable family friendly 
2.5
The Santa Clause
Gene Siskel
A genial lightweight entertainment 
3
The Santa Clause
Jeff Shannon
This is Allen s movie debut and it s easy to see why his show is a ratings smash There s an effortless quality to his humor but it s also got a quietly urgent edge to it 
3
The Santa Clause
Carrie Rickey
Like most modern fantasies The Santa Clause isn t very clear about the rules governing Scott s new powers 
2
The Santa Clause
Gary Thompson
Is it just me or is this whole idea on the sick side Imagine how uncomfortable this jolly little yarn would be for divorced parents and their children 
1.5
The Santa Clause
Chris Kridler
Allen s foray into the real world after his transformation begins is the funniest part of the movie 
2.5
The Santa Clause
Michael Wilmington
A feeble attempt to revive the tradition of heartwarming family seasonal comedies that gave us Miracle on 34th Street It s a Wonderful Life The Bells of St Mary s and many others 
0.5
The Santa Clause
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie has charm to spare and it s hard to resist 
2.5
The Santa Clause
Michael Dequina
Agreeable family fare that ll please the young uns but that adults will find only slightly diverting 
2.5
The Santa Clause
Bill Chambers
Director John Pasquin brings to it a heavy handedness more appropriate to the subject matter of say his telefilm Don t Touch My Daughter 
1
The Santa Clause
James Berardinelli
This is what happens when someone takes what might have been a moderately entertaining television Christmas special and tries to adapt it for the big screen 
2
The Santa Clause
Chris Hicks
There are enough laughs to make it worth a look for Allen s legion of fans 
2.5
The Santa Clause
Roger Ebert
Despite its charms the movie didn t push over the top into true inspiration 
2.5
The Whole Truth
Federico Furzan
When a trial movie ends up being predictable chances are very bad Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Whole Truth
Brian Tallerico
The script for The Whole Truth is an airport book although it contains even less sizzle and grit than most of those 
2
The Whole Truth
Tom Keogh
The film s bleached colors and Reeves trademark woodenness add to its emotional remoteness though Basso Zellweger and Belushi create a convincing family in crisis 
2
The Whole Truth
Rex Reed
A total disaster that s been hanging around the editing room gathering dust for more than a year you can t call it deadly because that would imply it s still alive This one is already dead on arrival 
0
The Whole Truth
Kenji Fujishima
Courtney Hunt s film ultimately plays as little more than the cinematic equivalent of a trashy airport novel 
2
The One and Only Ivan
Randy Myers
One of this summer s best family films 
3.5
The One and Only Ivan
Sarah Knight Adamson
Heartwarming film for all The original song Free written by iconic songwriter Diane Warren sets the tone and intended message of the film 
3
The One and Only Ivan
Mark Feeney
It s alternately sappy peppy and uplifting The temptation to watch with the sound off is considerable though that would do a disservice to the talents of the voice cast 
2.5
The One and Only Ivan
Barry Hertz
Filming in live action with the animals rendered in ultra detailed CGI Sharrock does a slick job of marrying the mundane with the fantastical And her voice cast is delightful 
3
The One and Only Ivan
Richard Roeper
the visuals are truly impressive and the story has an uplifting arc and oh do these actors have fun hamming it up 
3
The One and Only Ivan
Christy Lemire
It s certainly harmless enough if you already have a Disney subscription but it s far from the greatest show on Earth 
2
The One and Only Ivan
Mark Dujsik
There s a real heart to these characters and indeed to this story 
3
The One and Only Ivan
Pamela Powell
This heartfelt story hooked me from the beginning thanks to the CGI animation of all the animals and a cast with voices to give the non human characters such grand personalities 
3.5
The One and Only Ivan
Johnny Oleksinski
The One and Only Ivan goes overboard in patting its young audience on the head by remaining much too calm and soothing like an on screen lullaby 
2
The One and Only Ivan
Joey Magidson
Much of this film is lightly charming and will delight kids Adults however may find some of the narrative shortcuts frustrating for an otherwise quality product 
2.5
The One and Only Ivan
Oliver Jones
A movie that runneth over with squandered talent 
2
The One and Only Ivan
G. Allen Johnson
The One and Only Ivan has within it a much more interesting film waiting to break out that really could have been for the whole family but alas it is trapped within the cement walls of Disney s cookie cutter formula 
1
The One and Only Ivan
Jake Coyle
Give The One and Only Ivan credit for trying to bridge Dumbo with Blackfish 
2.5
The One and Only Ivan
Brian Truitt
It s cute and heartfelt at times though the adventure by director Thea Sharrock Me Before You can t decide between being a fun filled romp or an animal rights drama 
2
The One and Only Ivan
Derek Smith
The charitable representation of Bryan Cranston s character greatly diminishes the emotional resonance of the film s dramatic turns in the final act 
2
The One and Only Ivan
Roger Moore
Rendered toothless with barely a hint of menace or humor much less jokes or sight gags Ivan plays as downbeat and dispirited 
2
The One and Only Ivan
Mike McGranaghan
Disney hasn t produced such a bizarre animal related feature since 1995 s Operation Dumbo Drop 
1.5
Hue and Cry
Matt Brunson
Sure to be enjoyed by those who grew up reading the likes of The Hardy Boys Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators and over yonder in Europe The Famous Five 
3
Hue and Cry
Roger Moore
a classic that stands alone a London landmark with laughs that takes us back to a more rough and tumble time and does it with a style that would be admired and copied for generations to come
3.5
The Invisible War
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet often harrowing documentary that shines a light on an important and under reported topic 
2.5
The Invisible War
Nathan Southern
The film delivers a sledgehammer blow to the audience with an experience every bit as shattering and overwhelming as one might infer from the subject matter 
4
The Invisible War
Gayle MacDonald
A must see exposé of the abuse of power in an institution that is supposed to serve and protect 
4
The Invisible War
Chris Knight
Let s hope the film causes enough change that we don t have to discover such abuses in yet another decade 
3.5
The Invisible War
Matt Brunson
The Invisible War presents 98 minutes of outrage delineating in painful detail how our country s military has failed so miserably in protecting the women and in some cases men who made the choice to serve this nation with courage pride and dignity 
3.5
The Invisible War
Moira MacDonald
One of those documentaries that you watch both fascinated and repulsed and one of those films that you sense just might be instrumental in helping to change an utterly unacceptable status quo 
3.5
The Invisible War
Mark Feeney
The Invisible War makes all too clear that the military isn t very good at justice 
2.5
The Invisible War
Peter Keough
In the end there is something to cheer about vindication for some victims and proof that a film can make a difference 
3.5
The Invisible War
Roger Ebert
One hearing noted that the victim was dressed provocatively In her official uniform 
3
The Invisible War
Sara Stewart
For sheer infuriation value you can t do much better than Kirby Dick s quietly scathing documentary on rape in the US military 
3
The Invisible War
Ann Hornaday
Dick whose films include a revealing expose about the movie industry s film ratings board has created yet another galvanizing call to action with The Invisible War 
3
The Invisible War
Amy Biancolli
It is far too difficult to watch Which means we must 
3
The Invisible War
Nick Schager
Kirby Dick s spartan use of graphics and statistics conveys arguments with little grandstanding 
3
Saving Private Ryan
CSM Staff
The story raises hard moral questions relating to the relative value of human lives and the overwhelming debt that may be felt by those who benefit when others sacrifice 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Gene Siskel
Saving Private Ryan accomplishes something I had been taught was most difficult making an action filled anti war film or at least one that doesn t in some way glorify or lie about combat 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Matt Soergel
This is Spielberg s way of showing that these warriors were ordinary men men who if they survived became the grandfathers and great grandfathers who these days pass largely unnoticed through life 
4
Saving Private Ryan
David Nusair
Spielberg s typically overindulgent sensibilities mute the impact of the film s more overtly captivating moments 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Ann Hornaday
By now we expect this level of performance and narrative competence from a Spielberg film But what makes Saving Private Ryan a watershed is its emotional maturity 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Desmond Ryan
Anyone who would like to know what superb filmmaking is all about need look no further than this overpowering movie 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Michael Wilmington
The great Hollywood battle films have told us repeatedly that war is hell Saving Private Ryan more than any other is the one that shows it 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Saving Private Ryan is an incredible movie a near masterpiece 
3.5
Saving Private Ryan
Judith Egerton
It s Spielberg at his best although the movie doesn t match the primal thrills of Jaws or the overwhelming excellence of Schindler s List 
3.5
Saving Private Ryan
Jeanne Aufmuth
The platoon is an unlikely combination of heroes cowards and crusaders 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Margaret A. McGurk
Very few movies strike the delicate balance that Private Ryan maintains between harsh reality and higher purpose 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Liam Lacey
The greatest Steven Spielberg movie since the last great one Sure 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Andrew Howe
A message which can never be spoken too often or for too long 
3.5
Saving Private Ryan
James Kendrick
a masterpiece of its kind a war film that redefined the possibilities of a genre that had long been considered closed
4
Saving Private Ryan
Dennis King
Saving Private Ryan surely is one of the most intense combat movies ever made surpassing even the bloody realism the raw exhilaration and the terrifying brutality of such recent battle epics as Glory Gettysburg Platoon and Full Metal Jacket 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Ted Prigge
Spielberg has done and said a lot more about war in this film than any other film in history ever has 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Michael Dequina
A stunning piece of work that aims and hits the audience square in the gut 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Steve Rhodes
An experience sometimes hard to endure but not to be missed 
4
Saving Private Ryan
David Keyes
A good movie but like Amistad it has its problems 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Susan Stark
As compelling intimate and brutally realistic an account of men at war as you ve ever seen 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Bob Graham
Launches and climaxes with two of the greatest extended battle sequences ever put on film 
4
Saving Private Ryan
John Hartl
Despite nearly six decades of filmmakers trying to come to grips with World War II Saving Private Ryan feels like the first truly honest attempt to deal with the horrors of combat and the terrible responsibility shared by all survivors 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Roger Ebert
A powerful experience 
4
Saving Private Ryan
James Berardinelli
For those who are willing to brave the movie s shocking and unforgettable images Saving Private Ryan offers a singular motion picture experience 
4
Saving Private Ryan
David N. Butterworth
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that war educates the senses and that statement has never been truer than when applied to Steven Spielberg s Saving Private Ryan 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Rob Blackwelder
It is the battle scenes which burn in your mind for days afterwards that distinguish this film 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Bill Chambers
Features the strongest character interactions of any Spielberg work post Jaws
3.5
Saving Private Ryan
Mike Clark
Spielberg opens in flashback with a half hour set piece brilliant enough to climax any other masterpiece 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Jorge Avila Andrade
One of the most accomplished and powerful cinematic experiences in many many years Full review in Spanish 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Marty Mapes
The standard has been raised 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Madeleine Williams
The most intense modern war movie ever made 
4
Saving Private Ryan
Bob Bloom
Saving Private Ryan is a brilliant savage piece of filmmaking a soaring paean to the courage of man as individual and as family 
4
Saving Private Ryan
David Sterritt
Certain to be one of the year s most popular and talked about movies 
3
Saving Private Ryan
Scott Nash
All in all a remarkable and yet very uneven film 
2.5
Hyderabad Blues 2
Namrata Joshi
Marriages are presented in such a banal and claustrophobic light that any self respecting single would be put off from even remotely considering tying the knot 
1
Beside Still Waters
Roger Moore
Still Waters in the case of this limp Big Chill clone run pretty shallow
1.5
Apache Junction
Roger Moore
Trace Adkins is to acting what Norm MacDonald was to country music And just as animated in Norm s current state 
1
The Lion King 1 1/2
Rob Blackwelder
Most Disney straight to video sequels are bunk but here is an entertaining exception 
3
The Lion King 1 1/2
Emily Blunt
The Lion King 1 1 2 is visually beautiful musically delightful and slap the knee till it s raw funny There are oodles of fun filled hours and super wide smiles awaiting you 
3
The Lion King 1 1/2
Bill Chambers
This is quite possibly the studio s most banal direct to video sequel to date
1
The Lion King 1 1/2
David Nusair
As far as straight to video Disney sequels go it doesn t get much better than The Lion King 1 1 2 
3
Sweetheart
Randy Myers
Sweetheart is a funny achingly real slice of familial drama that speaks with the ease and authority of someone who perhaps experienced a summer much like the one presented on screen 
3
Sweetheart
Roger Moore
Most every plot point 44 character and situation in Morrison apos s debut feature is borrowed from earlier romances 44 or is at least so familiar as to be rom com gay or otherwise comfort food 46 
2.5
Little White Lie
John Beifuss
Fascinating so long as it focuses on Schwartz s history and the thorny issues of racial identity that accompany it 
3
Friday Night
Lisa Kennedy
Beautiful and moody fiercely intelligent and astoundingly chilly 
2
Friday Night
Bob Strauss
Denis imbues the simple details of a one night stand with powerful eroticism and humane understanding 
3
Friday Night
Erik Lundegaard
Laure is uptight slightly vacant often confused That the film becomes slightly surreal in the second half doesn t help 
2
Friday Night
Janice Page
This one doesn t have the crackle of Denis s best efforts but it quietly rewards those who have enormous patience 
2.5
Friday Night
Michael Wilmington
I didn t buy it for a minute though I did enjoy it 
2.5
Friday Night
Megan Lehmann
If you give yourself over to it this romantic tale of a liberating one night stand proves oddly seductive and generates a warm afterglow 
2.5
Friday Night
Jack Mathews
It is driven by the finely expressed if nearly mute performance of Lemercier 
2.5
Friday Night
Jan Stuart
A poetic and resonant long night s journey into day 
3
Friday Night
David Sterritt
Part tone poem part love song and all pure magic 
4
Friday Night
Peter Travers
The gifted director Claire Denis turns it into a mesmerizing erotic odyssey 
3
Friday Night
Steve Rhodes
Very little happens in the picture and what does happen happens very slowly It s a well crafted movie that I admired but can t say that I liked 
2
Friday Night
Carla Meyer
Even during long moments without dialogue we never tire of watching these actors finely calibrated performances 
3
Friday Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Denis continually references the dreamlike non reality of the situation which makes the experience feel more private and personal 
4
Friday Night
Mary F. Pols
Denis metaphors are obvious but no less engaging for their lack of subtlety 
3
Friday Night
Harvey S. Karten
Claire Denis gives stunning visual life to a fantasy that all of us in the audience have had 
3
Friday Night
Jeremy Heilman
An intensely yet sensitively realized account of a one night stand that masterfully builds tension as it shows us its protagonist s very subjective point of view 
4
Friday Night
Ed Gonzalez
Friday Night is an evocation of one woman s uncertainties flights of fancy and elusive joys 
3.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Brian Eggert
What s most impressive about The Wolf of Snow Hollow is how many moods and tonal shifts Cummings makes throughout 
3.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Leo Brady
The Wolf of Snow Hollow is manic and fast moving a horror movie that will become more legendary as the story continues to be told 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Kevin A. Ranson
For a story about a small town cop buckling under the pressures of being everything to everyone all the time it could have been great instead of good if the filmmaker had learned the very lesson his main character also suffered through 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Sonny Bunch
The Wolf of Snow Hollow is an aggressive piece of work one that doesn t let the audience settle into a comfortable rhythm I kind of loved it 
3.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Steven Prokopy
Some viewers may never quite lock into the film s odd tone but the richly drawn portraits of ineptitude and emotional instability capture the feel of the world we re surrounded by living in 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Joey Magidson
The Wolf of Snow Hallow is full of quirks but they don t detract from the genre play at hand 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Rosalie Kicks
Much like the writer director star Jim Cummings this werewolf picture has moxie 
3.75
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Joe Friar
The performances laughs and frights make this the perfect film to cozy up with especially during the month of October An instant horror classic 
3.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Matthew Passantino
The Wolf of Snow Hollow knows exactly what target its trying to hit and more or less manages to hit it 
2.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Brian Tallerico
Cummings takes an unexpected turn into genre filmmaking with his fantastic follow up 
3.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Sara Michelle Fetters
While it does take a little time to get in sync with the energetically acerbic vibe I got a big kick out of this one 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Sean P. Means
As in his Sundance award winning short Thunder Road and the feature that grew from it Cummings best weapon is himself 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Mark Dujsik
Cummings ability to make John a constant source of humor is the film s most obvious success 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Erik Childress
The delivery of When do I get to be right about something is a hard laugh and its easy to then wonder how that question will be solved You might be thinking the same of how a werewolf film may turn out to be one of the defining films of this era 
3.5
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Mike McGranaghan
If you ve ever watched the Coen brothers Fargo and thought it would be even more awesome if it had a werewolf then The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a movie you will want to see immediately 
3
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Jim Cummings reinvigorates an oft told tale with personal thorny preoccupations 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Leonard Pitts Jr.
This is why we go to Star Trek for a tomorrow of promise and possibility and stories that lift us from the muck of what we are to the summit of what we might learn to be 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
David Nusair
It s clear immediately that filmmaker Jonathan Frakes isn t looking to deliver just another episode of the TV series here 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Wesley Lovell
Not just the best of the Next Generation movies but one of the best of the entire franchise 
4
Star Trek: First Contact
Scott Nash
The problem with most of the Next Generation Star Trek movies is that they feel like extended episodes of the television show First Contact is the one time that it really feels like they made a Movie with a capital M 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
Josh Larsen
Star Trek finally gets imaginative exciting and dare I say it kinky 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Among the two or three best of the Star Trek films 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
Matt Brunson
The best of the Next Generation entries 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Margaret A. McGurk
Nothing like a good villain to energize the franchise 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
Mick LaSalle
A nicely constructed science fiction film with a simple premise a charismatic villain and a good back story to enhance the action 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Steve Rhodes
A good popcorn movie 
2.5
Star Trek: First Contact
James Berardinelli
Following in the wake of a trio of disappointing features First Contact proves to be the most entertaining Star Trek in more than a decade 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Roger Ebert
Star Trek First Contact is one of the best of the eight Star Trek films Certainly the best in its technical credits and among the best in the ingenuity of its plot 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
James O'Ehley
Even if you don t count yourself as trekkie you should see it 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
George Powell
This is a film that all the millions of Star Trek fans will treasure as one of the best in the now eight film history of this hopeful future myth 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Madeleine Williams
First Contact manages to rev some additional life into the series 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Rob Blackwelder
For non Trekkers this is a great free standing special effects adventure with much more fleshy characters than your average sci fi yarn Definitely a good ride But there are also plenty of nods to Star Trek aficionados 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
Marty Mapes
It is enjoyable It is a must see for Star Trek fans But it is not cohesive enough to be a good movie 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Susan Stark
The first stretch and the home stretch are so filled with visual interest and more importantly with the patented Star Trek philosophical and humorous tidbits that fans will gladly suffer the dull Borg patch for the pleasure of the rest 
3
Star Trek: First Contact
Jeff Vice
Deftly combining parts of Alien Moby Dick and Close Encounters of the Third Kind First Contact starts quickly and doesn t let up 
3.5
Star Trek: First Contact
Michael Dequina
The story is typical sci fi fantasy but the conviction of the cast most notably the always phenomenal Stewart makes you believe and care 
3
A Worthy Companion
Kate Taylor
The drama is memorable but often feels grimly unpleasant rather than moving 
2
Cannibal Holocaust
Eric Henderson
Most of the enduring grindhouse movies lose the residue of sweaty misanthropy through the simple inevitable obsolescence of their hard candied centers of shock value 
0
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll
Steve Smith
Although there is genuine horror in the way that many of these luminaries were cast into shadow prematurely and brutally there remains a certain triumph to be had in Pirozzi s film 
3
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll
Michael O'Sullivan
Forgotten relies a bit too heavily on static shots of album covers and paintings of some of the disappeared performers but it s still a fervent cry for the power of music 
3
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll
Walter V. Addiego
Will surely appeal to rock n rollers but deserves the widest possible audience 
3
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll
Tony Libera
Don t Think I ve Forgotten reminds us of music s essential role as cultural unifier 
3
Day of the Animals
Matt Brunson
Leslie Nielsen is a riot as the loathsome ad exec whose heretofore repressed alpha male explodes in a rage of macho manly manliness 
2.5
My First and Last Film
Steven Prokopy
The interviews with acquaintances family scholars and likely friends of friends feature some of the best moments in My First and Last Film
2.5
My First and Last Film
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Peeking at an unfamiliar life can be a very worthwhile empathy exercise Anything longer than a peek though is why documentarians exist 
2
Nine Lives
Paul Doro
In the end all of the pieces in Nine Lives fit together perfectly If one story doesn t quite resonate for you the next one likely will in this small but beautiful film 
3
Nine Lives
Carolyn Arends
Nine Lives had me tense engaged sometimes disgusted sometimes moved and always interested Garcia is an ingenious and eloquent storyteller 
3
Nine Lives
David Nusair
a remarkably powerful little film 
3.5
Nine Lives
Robert W. Butler
You won t find ensemble acting much better or writing more incisive than that in Nine Lives 
4
Nine Lives
Jeff Vice
What saves Nine Lives is a first rate cast which includes Oscar winning actresses Sissy Spacek and Holly Hunter 
2.5
Nine Lives
Dan Fienberg
It s unclear why Garcia continues to choose to limit himself to these diluted portraits rather than the layered and textured worlds that his writing and directing hint at 
2
Nine Lives
Sara Michelle Fetters
But when a piece works like Penn s Garcia s film soars the over theatricality of the artifice forgotten amidst the brilliance showcased by the actors onscreen 
3
Nine Lives
David N. Butterworth
You keep waiting for the weak link in the chain or the half hearted performance but they never ever come 
3.5
Nine Lives
Phoebe Flowers
These little stories whose overlaps feel mostly like an afterthought never really connect 
2
Nine Lives
Carrie Rickey
Garcia leaves you thinking deeply about these people And leaves you wanting more 
3.5
Nine Lives
Terry Lawson
Composed of nine short films each starring some of the best female actors working though many of them aren t working enough 
3
Nine Lives
Willie Waffle
This movie is so bad two lives into Nine Lives I started counting how many lives I had to watch until I could leave 
0
Nine Lives
James Berardinelli
What s the point If I wanted to spend 12 minutes watching someone pushing a cart around a grocery store I d go to the local A P not sit in a movie theater 
1.5
Nine Lives
Michael Wilmington
A disturbingly frank look at people and relationships in contemporary Los Angeles and a thrilling dramatic showcase for a brilliant cast 
3.5
Nine Lives
Moira MacDonald
As delicately and precisely constructed as a spider s web Nine Lives is a quiet triumph 
3.5
Nine Lives
Ruthe Stein
It feels like real life in nine acts 
3
Nine Lives
David Elliott
The degree of our interest may vary but Garcia maintains a very assured control with his fine entrenched cast 
3
Nine Lives
Bruce Westbrook
The cast steps up embracing the chance to exercise acting chops normally limited to live theater Most do so resoundingly but two stand out Robin Wright Penn and Jason Isaacs 
3
Nine Lives
Ty Burr
Not all of Nine Lives clicks but at its best it finds an inarticulate sisterly solace that makes you want to see what this director could do with one life per film 
3
Nine Lives
Roger Ebert
The greatest short story writers like William Trevor and Alice Munro can awe us their stories are short but not small Here Rodrigo Garcia does the same thing 
3.5
Nine Lives
Chris Hewitt
They make a persuasive case that as one character says Each woman is a universe 
3.5
Nine Lives
Steve Rhodes
Nine little gems 
3
Nine Lives
Joshua Tanzer
The movie is pleasing in its incompleteness It colors outside the lines 
3
Nine Lives
Glenn Whipp
Taken together the tales don t add up to much but some of the individual pieces are sensitive and keenly perceptive containing fine work by a stellar roster of actresses 
2.5
Nine Lives
Jack Mathews
A fascinating series of vignettes 
3
Nine Lives
Lisa Rose
For a film centered on connection and continuity Nine Lives is curiously erratic 
2.5
Nine Lives
Kyle Smith
The bad stories waste your time and the good ones leave you unsatisfied 
2.5
Nine Lives
Kim Morgan
Thanks to Garcia s vigorous camerawork startlingly in depth touches guile and importantly a stable of top notch actresses and actors the picture remains fresh and unexpected 
3
Nine Lives
Maitland McDonagh
The overall impression is of lives that began before Garcia started shooting and continued after the camera was shut off a remarkable and quietly haunting achievement 
3
Nine Lives
Keith Uhlich
Uh ewww 
0
Look
Maureen M. Hart
The performances feel natural improvised and it s easy to believe this is the world we inhabit 
2.5
Look
Maitland McDonagh
Rifkin s film is surprisingly compelling if not up to dealing with the larger political issues it raises 
2.5
Look
V.A. Musetto
There are some funny moments plus occasional nudity and sex but the joke quickly wears off What might have worked as a half hour TV show doesn t suit itself to a feature length film 
1.5
Look
Jack Mathews
Orwell would have loved it 
3
Look
Glenn Whipp
Look just wallows in the shameful acts Nobody need watch 
1.5
Look
Jan Stuart
Beginning and ending his film with a strip tease Rifkin suggests some leering adolescent who s gotten his hands on a pair of X ray glasses and sees nothing but randy flatulent fools in his midst 
2
Look
David Nusair
Rifkin s voyeuristic modus operandi ultimately transforms the film into an unexpectedly compelling piece of work 
3.5
Look
Nick Schager
The thread binding these unrelated folks is a common disconnect between public facades and private conduct though the notion that people aren t always who they appear to be is hardly some sort of revelation about society or human behavior 
1.5
Into the Canyon
Linda Cook
Into the Canyon is worth the hike 
3.5
The Beautician and the Beast
Gene Siskel
A wildly uneven story 
2.5
The Beautician and the Beast
Michael Dequina
As hokey and banal as a sitcom with predictable culture clash gags and fairly flat one liners 
2
The Beautician and the Beast
Roger Ebert
The Beautician and the Beast made me laugh but each laugh was an island entire onto itself They didn t tie together into anything very interesting 
2
The Beautician and the Beast
Susan Wloszczyna
Listening to Fran Drescher s nasal squawk for an entire movie is the price you ll pay to see The Beautician and the Beast Imagine having your ear canal scoured with Brillo Only more abrasive 
2
The Command
Joey Magidson
What saves this movie is the intrigue of the story Even with its flaws it s a compelling tale 
3
The Command
Rex Reed
Even when it occasionally falters it is polished heartbreaking and worthy of attention 
3.5
The Command
Roger Moore
Retitled as The Command Kursk is still a sub disaster thriller that never quite measures up in pathos suspense or history to stand with the greats of the genre 
2
Valentine Road
Claudia Puig
Haunting heartfelt and even handed Valentine Road should be required viewing in teaching tolerance on middle school and high school campuses 
3.5
Valentine Road
John Beifuss
One of the most powerful films you ll see this year or maybe any year 
4
Code of the West
Chuck Bowen
The filmmaker s failure of empathy for those who strive to outlaw medicinal marijuana turns the protestors into hissable puritanical bad guys 
2
Elegy
Mattie Lucas
A finely crafted intelligently written work featuring some exceptional performances by Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz 
3
Elegy
Kelly Jane Torrance
As far as it goes it s enjoyable enough 
2.5
Elegy
Mike Scott
There are moments when the story sags as it postures and revels in its own eloquence but with strong performances and a moving final act this is still a fine thought provoking film 
3
Elegy
Michele Kenner
This is Kingsley s show from start to finish as he wraps himself in Kepesh s mantle of singularity 
3
Elegy
Sean P. Means
Coixet s gentle hand and Kingsley s elegant voice give the movie a stately equilibrium 
3
Elegy
Carla Meyer
A moving character study and romance based on the novel The Dying Animal by Philip Roth 
3
Elegy
Stephen Whitty
A remarkable example of the actor at his best conveying wounded hurt or burning hunger with a glance 
3.5
Elegy
Robert W. Butler
The spell cast by most films evaporates before you can fish out the car keys Elegy though only grows in the memory more potent more immediate more disturbing 
3.5
Elegy
Jeff Vice
Every once in a while Kingsley will give the type of performance like his superb lead turn in the drama Elegy that reminds you of just how great he can be when he s properly motivated 
3
Elegy
John Beifuss
A male flattering romantic tragic fantasy for mature intellectuals unable to identify with the young man s fantasies of Judd Apatow movies 
2.5
Elegy
Matt Brunson
An eloquent and understated gem 
3.5
Elegy
Andrea Gronvall
Elegy gives Ben Kingsley one of the best roles of his career 
4
Elegy
Rene Rodriguez
Director Isabel Coixet My Life Without Me keeps the focus on Kepesh played by Kingsley in a performance that brings sympathy and humanity to a selfish imperious predatory man 
3
Elegy
Chris Hewitt
Elegy is a well made movie with several revelatory performances including Deborah Harry s quiet work as Hopper s wife but the main character is so unappealing that s what I was left with Who cares 
2
Elegy
Roger Ebert
It s nicely done 
3
Elegy
Rick Groen
Kingsley perfectly tunes his performance to these psychological nuances the strong features in his face undone by an anxious flicker of his eyes 
3
Elegy
Carrie Rickey
The delicious conflict of a thinker poleaxed by his feelings inflames Isabel Coixet s smoldering Elegy based on Roth s novella The Dying Animal 
3
Elegy
Austin Kennedy
It s one of the most truthful films about relationships I have ever seen and boasts an outstanding performance by Sir Ben Kingsley 
4
Elegy
Michael Phillips
Elegy is a curious example of misplaced good taste Spanish born director Isabel Coixet s film adapted by Nicholas Meyer recasts into softer more palatable material the third in Philip Roth s stories driven by the sensual obsessions of Roth al
2.5
Elegy
Claudia Puig
A spare meditative and melancholy film 
3.5
Elegy
Ken Fox
This melancholy mediation on aging and desire hangs on an exquisite performance from Penelope Cruz as a young woman who becomes the love object of a man twice her age It s easily her finest English language performance to date 
3.5
Elegy
Ruthe Stein
Spanish director Isabel Coixet displays what is almost reverence for the material You can imagine her whispering on the set She brings out the absolute best in her top notch cast 
4
Elegy
Brie Beazley
A nicely shot slow moving drama that takes its time to really let the audience get to know its characters 
3
Elegy
Linda Stasi
A windbaggy film of Phillip Roth s novella The Dying Animal 
2
Elegy
Glenn Whipp
Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz continue to do their best to offset the summer s more infantile impulses in this fine adaptation of Philip Roth s novel 
3
Elegy
John Anderson
Touching wonderfully acted examination of the corrosive effects of doubt on love 
3.5
Elegy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kingsley and Cruz both turn in grand slam performances especially Cruz with her ability to appear as if she s actually thinking and responding organically to each situation 
3.5
Elegy
James Berardinelli
There is much tragedy and truth in what the makers of this movie have brought to the screen 
3.5
Elegy
Ed Gonzalez
The Spanish director gives an almost Wongian expression to the way people seduce one another 
3
Alabama Moon
Mike Scott
At every step director Tim McCanlies grinds the gears in his earnest but ultimately clunky adaptation 
2
The Puma Man
Matt Brunson
A superhero who flies poorly and complains a lot 
1
The Moon in the Gutter
Marty Mapes
Characters with unreadable motives are hard to like and no amount of atmosphere can help
1.5
The Moon in the Gutter
Roger Ebert
The Moon in the Gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring 
2
Get Carter
Michael Dequina
Stylized visuals add some spice but they cannot overcome the formulaic and obvious screenplay which is of no help to a film that is structured as a mystery 
2
Get Carter
Ross Anthony
slow moving
1
Get Carter
David Keyes
If you strip the material of its ineffective level of performances what we are left with is a concept that at least at the core is quite intriguing 
2.5
Get Carter
Rob Blackwelder
A stimulating visual showcase of stylish filmmaking that keeps a viewer s attention 
2.5
Get Carter
Dustin Putman
Little more than a shallow retread of many many movies gone by 
2
The Unspoken
Nick Allen
Tyler Perry s Boo A Madea Halloween made me more anxious 
1
The Unspoken
Dann Gire
Unspoken traffics in suspenseless setups and poltergeist shenanigans we ve seen countless times before 
1.5
The Unspoken
Keith Watson
It feels like Sheldon Wilson tossed a bunch of third hand scares in a blender and set it to puree resulting in a gray flavorless sludge 
.5
Bad Guy
Tim Cogshell
It s difficult to watch and even more difficult to understand but the intriguing material is generally well crafted 
3
Bad Guy
Peter Howell
His fascination with allegory and symbols is evident here too but his narrative strays too far from the dreamlike towards the just plain dumbfounding 
2.5
Bad Guy
G. Allen Johnson
The film is filled with lovely images Kim studied painting in France and ultimately becomes against all expectations quite moving 
3.5
Bad Guy
John Hartl
Its international reputation seems difficult to justify 
1
Bad Guy
David Sterritt
Certainly offbeat but not on a level with director Kim s previous work about marginalized people 
2
Bad Guy
V.A. Musetto
Becomes more and more confused unpleasant and preposterous 
1
Bad Guy
Jack Mathews
Kim Ki duk does a bizarre riff on the twisted macho ethos of abusing women until they learn to love you 
1.5
Bad Guy
Nick Schager
Realism isn t the focal point of Bad Guy misogynistic male power fantasies masquerading as dark dreamlike treatises on fate and love are 
1.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Brian Eggert
The filmmaking and plotting may not live up to Ant Man or the usual cohesiveness of a standard MCU entry but its humor is unrelenting and makes for two hours of near constant laughter 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Jason Fraley
It might not be the most memorable Marvel movie but is a fun family outing for July 4th weekend not to mention a lighthearted reprieve from the gut punch of Infinity War damn you Thanos 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Brandy McDonnell
Although the sequel s script isn t as clever as its forerunner and depends too much on bumbling slapstick Ant Man and the Wasp is often laugh out loud hilarious while still giving the story the requisite emotional heft and action sequences 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Matt Brunson
With its convoluted screenplay as well as FX sequences of numbing repetition it would be easy to completely write off Ant Man and the Wasp Yet what largely redeems it are the central characters and the performers who fill out those roles 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Mattie Lucas
A brief and entertaining respite from the seriousness that has dominated its more recent films 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Federico Furzan
Even when following a guideline that serves a big purpose this sequel manages to stay fresh with its quick paced script and dosed humour Full review in Spanish 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Bryant Frazer
These flourishes keep Ant Man and the Wasp light on its feet and it doubles down on the first film s fathers and daughters themes to moderately heart warming effect 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
John Hanlon
Unlike some of the bigger Marvel movies this one succeeds by going small pardon the pun and focusing on one unique family 
3.0
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Alan French
This film is much funnier than most MCU films and like Guardians has unexpected heart Rudd rocks it as a comedic actor this time around with Peyton utilizing his talents
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Oliver Jones
If the previous film was a bubbly champagne cocktail of a superhero movie its sequel is something flatter and more concussive akin to a series of vodka shots Bottom line though as long Paul Rudd is invited it s still a party 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Karen M. Peterson
As the 20th film in the MCU Ant Man and the Wasp finds itself somewhere in the middle But in a series with very few misses that s a pretty good place to land 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Robert Daniels
In short it s a pretty good time 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Wesley Lovell
Paul Rudd is always the affable hero and this film makes great use of tropes that have become stale elsewhere in the MCU 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Linda Cook
Ant Man and the Wasp offer laughs adventure and a stinger at the end 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
David Nusair
A mild improvement over its lackluster predecessor 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Eric Melin
With a little inventiveness and charm to spare it succeeds by charting its own course through the MCU and I hope there are more lighthearted character driven adventures in this dysfunctional family s future 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
James Kendrick
You won t mistake Ant Man and the Wasp for anything particularly deep or even all that ambitious but it is certainly a fun diversion 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Josh Larsen
The non sequitur scenes are the movie s highlights 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Jeffrey M. Anderson
White it may seem to have very little at stake it s not the emotional powerhouse that some of the other Marvel movies are it s a sheer joy a breath of fresh air 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Sarah Knight Adamson
Unquestionably the recognition of The Wasp Evangeline Lily s superhero s name in the film s title is an intelligent choice along with the choice to center on family 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Katie Walsh
There s a fresh sense of looseness lots of play and pockets of weird humor That s the stuff that makes the movie really sing not sting 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Jeff Beck
Ant Man and the Wasp may be light fare when compared to the other Marvel films but just like its predecessor it still manages to pack a pretty big punch where it counts 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Ant Man and the Wasp has another problem the nonexistence of a charismatic antagonistic character Full review in Spanish 
0.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Tom Meek
The action sequences are seamless funny and with their use of big small toggles ever surprising and fresh 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Kevin A. Ranson
Big things again come in small packages and this year s summer blockbuster message regarding the importance of family and trusting your circle of friends continues here in the most entertaining of ways 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Stephen Rebello
Paul Rudd is resourceful self deprecating and capable of making the most of the thinnest material 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a breezy fast paced sequel that goes out of its way to provoke buckets of laughter and massive sighs of wide eyed awe 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Mike McGranaghan
The way Ant Man and the Wasp change their sizes to surprise bad guys or accomplish some kind of task puts a smile on your face at the same time that it s generating excitement 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Mark Daniell
But for the most part the two hours you ll spend running around with Marvel s Ant pals is fun and doesn t have the same emotional investment Infinity War or even Black Panther did earlier this year And for once in the MCU that s kind of refreshing 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Josh Terry
Ant Man and the Wasp is another great example of what comic book movies should be a good time 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Phil Villarreal
The movie is akin to the last days of school after finals when everyone is goofing around and having fun 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Sonny Bunch
Perfectly disposable pop culture 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Rob Thomas
Like its 2015 predecessor which also followed on the heels of a gargantuan Avengers movie this is a funnier gentler and appropriately enough smaller Marvel movie 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
G. Allen Johnson
This Ant Man entry stakes out its own corner of the Marvel Universe sandbox as a throwback to 80s style childlike adventure 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Matthew Rozsa
Aside from a few flourishes of aesthetic inventiveness and a single moment of genuine wonder Ant Man and The Wasp doesn t do very much with its premise 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Calvin Wilson
In a cinematic world crowded with comic book flicks Ant Man and the Wasp stands out And that s no small accomplishment 
4
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Roger Moore
Underwhelming
2
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Richard Roeper
Even when things get ultra corny Ant Man and the Wasp keeps merrily buzzing along 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Mark Dujsik
I ts plot and its comedy feel like separate entities vying for control while the characters vie for movie s focus and heart 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Bob Bloom
The most enjoyable aspects of the movie are the special effects as people cars buildings and even a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser shrink or grow in size as the plot dictates 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Peter Howell
The film cuts superheroes and their oh so serious issues down to size 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Ty Burr
Ant Man and the Wasp is disposable pop trash not worth taking seriously for a moment and therefore eminently worthy of your attention at this moment 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
James Berardinelli
Plodding repetitive replete with technobabble nonsense and lifeless action this is easily the worst written of any of the 20 MCU offerings and may be the worst all around film featuring a Marvel superhero since Sony rebooted Spider Man 
2
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Gary Thompson
Though Rudd and Peña work like mad to get laughs they come up well short of optimal levels achieved in Thor Ragnarok 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Josh Bell
It keeps things small scale and low key and for the most part turns out better for it 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In general the actors and their delivery of smart dialogue on top of some excellent action sequences are the main reasons to watch the film 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Jake Coyle
Ant Man and The Wasp is pretty much exactly what I d want in a superhero movie a funny cast zippy action scenes and not an infinity stone in sight 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Dann Gire
Ant Man and the Wasp runs nearly two hours but its merry mix of deft one liners visual gags restrained action sequences and subatomic protoplasmic spectacle never drags especially with Rudd s witty confident performance 
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Maren Longbella
It s like the movie going equivalent of a beach read 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Peter Canavese
A good time at the movies If the first film felt more carefully laid out the sequel succeeds in stoking some Pixar style emotion in its family dynamics 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Soren Andersen
There s a lot going on here which leads to a whole lot of gassy exposition to explain it all including two separate scenes in which two different groups of good guys are tied to chairs while villains bloviate on the intricacies of the plot 
2
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Dustin Putman
Bursting with dynamic special effects skillful action and a gentle human element that never gets displaced 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Mara Reinstein
A light watered down tonic leading up to next May s Avengers 4 extravaganza 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Simon Abrams
Ant Man and the Wasp may not be the best anything but like its perpetually challenged hero it is plenty good enough 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Ann Hornaday
Ant Man and the Wasp is merry and fleet and no less enjoyable for being instantly forgettable The buzz might be temporary but it s fun while it lasts 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Johnny Oleksinski
Ant Man and the Wasp the first sequel to 2015 s Ant Man is barely an exoskeleton next to its much better predecessor 
2
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Sean P. Means
With its constant humor and the energetic chemistry between Rudd and Lilly Ant Man and the Wasp is the most playful of the Marvel movies
3.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Peter Travers
The thrill of the film is watching Ant Man and the Wasp team up and raise hell together 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Rafer Guzman
Ant Man and the Wasp has its moments but it doesn t quite measure up to the original 
2.5
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Michael Phillips
Rudd is such a friendly likable presence he sets this movie s pace while Lilly s fiercely committed Hope Wasp acts as the perfect counterweight Rudd s scenes with Lilly and with Fortson make the movie matter in human terms 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Brian Truitt
While Ant Man s technically the star this is most definitely the Wasp s movie to own and the smirking enjoyably no nonsense role fits Lilly well 
3
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Jake Cole
Ebulliently funny visually inventive and above all passionately committed to the idea that heroism isn t a burden but an uplifting realization of our best qualities 
3
Helena of Venice
Peter Sobczynski
There is not a single boring shot and yet at the same time Akin never allows the style to overwhelm the story he is telling 
4
Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The movie does a wonderful job showcasing scientists at work and a diverse bunch of scientists at that 
3
Virunga
John Beifuss
The publicity campaign has focused on the movie s beautiful and endlessly watchable gorillas but director Orlando von Einseidel s film is more Citizenfour than Animal Planet It s not so much a wildlife lament as an activist expos 
3.5
Virunga
Robert Levin
The conflict in the Congo as depicted here is more than your everyday fight It s a war for the soul of this place on powerful urgent display 
3.5
Virunga
Kenji Fujishima
This is muckraking journalism that moves confidently with the brio of an action thriller 
3
Overnight Delivery
Bill Chambers
Arrives on DVD a day late and a dollar short
0.5
The Art of Getting By
Brandy McDonnell
Wiesen follows the indie teen drama formula and copies from his cleverer classmates with his derivative debut The Art of Getting By 
2
The Art of Getting By
Roger Moore
Gets by Barely 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Mike Scott
A flat and pretentious teen drama that rings false at every turn 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Linda Cook
Teenage angst tales have been told better than in The Art of Getting By a story that s easily predictable if you have seen many coming of age movies 
2.5
The Art of Getting By
Sara Michelle Fetters
It revels in coming of age genre clichs while at the same time subverting them first time writer director Gavin Wiesen showing equal part talent and equal part mediocrity in his handling of the picture and its themes 
2.5
The Art of Getting By
Matt Brunson
An appealing small fry in such films as Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Highmore now turns up in his first significant role in years To quote Fred Willard in A Mighty Wind Hey wha happened 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Betsy Sherman
Despite good performances by the leads the action proceeds in dutiful lockstep touching predictable dramatic bases to the accompaniment of predictable pop songs 
2
The Art of Getting By
Graham Killeen
Not all motion pictures are worth a thousand words The Art of Getting By isn t even worth the price of a movie ticket 
2
The Art of Getting By
David Nusair
A fairly typical coming of age drama 
2
The Art of Getting By
Liam Lacey
The vapidity of The Art of Getting By goes beyond the anthill sized dramatic stakes The dialogue while occasionally epigrammatic is tone deaf to individual speech rhythms 
1
The Art of Getting By
Rob Thomas
It s a funny coincidence that The Art of Getting By is about a struggling teenage artist since the writing is so paint by numbers 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
John Beifuss
Adds absolutely nothing new to the chronic mopery and unattractive self regard that have come to characterize an increasingly tiresome genre 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Stephen Whitty
A dull yet extremely self important drama about rich badly parented kids who feel sorry for themselves 
1
The Art of Getting By
Mark Dujsik
George s nihilism is dull from the offset It establishes him as the ultimate kind of passive protagonist 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So many scenes are just duds especially the ones that try to get two plot points across in one scene one interrupting another 
2
The Art of Getting By
Willie Waffle
The most real love story of its time
3
The Art of Getting By
Michael O'Sullivan
For anyone not in a similar state of age related solipsism i e anyone outside the 16 to 25 year old age bracket this is more than a little annoying 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Chris Hewitt
There s little art in it and it doesn t get by 
2
The Art of Getting By
Moira MacDonald
Though Highmore and Roberts are appealing performers Wiesen never gives us much reason to care about them 
2
The Art of Getting By
Lou Lumenick
A half baked little movie that proves indies can be every bit as boringly formulaic and artistically bankrupt as their big budget brethren 
1
The Art of Getting By
Joe Williams
Smart and sweet enough to become the favorite film of some Midwestern adolescent who wrongly believes he s already seen the dark side 
2.5
The Art of Getting By
Dustin Putman
Has what it takes to move the viewer at least sporadically Boy though The rest of it sure is pedestrian 
2
The Art of Getting By
Claudia Puig
Though it doesn t fully resonate as a romance it is effective as a character study 
2.5
The Art of Getting By
Amy Biancolli
Even slumped over Camus Highmore s a charmer and he carries the movie well on his slim shoulders 
3.5
The Art of Getting By
Ty Burr
To paraphrase Tolstoy or really to mash up Tolstoy with J D Salinger all unhappy adolescences are alike or at least they look that way when condensed into 90 odd minutes of privileged self pity 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Jason Heck
Memo to Gavin Wiesen If 35 year old actors could deliver the same dialogue as your teenage protagonists without the audience noticing the difference you need a rewrite 
2
The Art of Getting By
Erik Childress
Basically a collection of subplots for its lead character to look upon with smug insights while never having the stones to actually resolve any of them until a third act when we are long past the point of caring 
2
The Art of Getting By
Roger Ebert
At the end I was wondering what is the point 
2.5
The Art of Getting By
Michael Phillips
Every scene and nearly every moment makes you wonder if Wiesen has talent 
2
The Art of Getting By
Nick Schager
If not for its lack of self awareness The Art of Getting By would seem to be a spoof of ennui inflicted teen dramas 
.5
The Art of Getting By
Matt Pais
George spends a lot of time in his own head but we re not in there with him 
2
The Art of Getting By
Rex Reed
Unlike most recent coming of age movies this one gets by on more than capricious eccentricity and sentimentality It has something called heart 
3
The Art of Getting By
Thelma Adams
While Roberts glows she deserves more than this flimsy underwritten part The humdrum romance flunks out 
1.5
The Art of Getting By
Roger Moore
It s another wan tale of an anti social teen who finds himself irresistible to the sweetest prettiest girl in school 
1.5
Far Cry
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An unambitious and limited action film filled with stupid dialogue bad jokes desperate characters and repetitive and boring sequences of violence Full review in Spanish 
1
Bull Durham
Matt Brunson
Is Bull Durham the greatest sports movie ever made Hey no argument from me 
4
Bull Durham
Jack Garner
Bull Durham puts Shelton in the Hollywood big leagues and he s hit his very first pitch over the scoreboard in centerfield 
4
Bull Durham
Carrie Rickey
Screwball Annie and hardball Crash aren t playing the same game which is Shelton s conceit as well as a possible screen writing miscalculation 
3
Bull Durham
Dave Kehr
Rather than a vapid national epic it is a warm droll deftly cracked romantic comedy 
3
Bull Durham
Gene Siskel
The acting in Bull Durham cannot be faulted and should be remembered at Oscar time Sarandon has one of the juiciest female roles in years and she makes you think no one could play it better 
4
Bull Durham
Scott Nash
A romantic fable about baseball 
4
Bull Durham
Peter Canavese
Deserves its status among sports films but its ongoing appeal reflects that it s something more an old fashioned romantic comedy that succeeds in establishing and deepening memorable characters through memorably flavorful dialogue Blu ray 
3.5
Bull Durham
James Kendrick
Shelton s sharp sense of how these characters interact and improve each other both knowingly and unknowingly gives the film its impact
3
Bull Durham
David Nusair
one of most entertaining and flat out indelible baseball films within modern cinema 
3
Bull Durham
Phil Villarreal
Shelton nominated for a best original screenplay Oscar nails the details of minor league ball visually as well from the players superstitious pregame rituals to the dead painted green grass on the field 
4
Bull Durham
Walter Chaw
Alas there s too much chatter in the piece too much posturing by Shelton too many lazy takes and too much unchecked bloat 
2
Bull Durham
Roger Ebert
Bull Durham is a treasure of a movie because it knows so much about baseball and so little about love 
3.5
Bull Durham
James Berardinelli
If one was to make a list of the best baseball themed movies of all time Bull Durham would have to be in consideration 
3.5
Troop Zero
James Kendrick
consistently funny engaging and emotionally resonant
3
Troop Zero
Federico Furzan
As boring as its wasted cast Troop Zero fails to deliver a compeling and barely funny story Full review in Spanish 
2
Troop Zero
Lisa Trifone
Just as it earns a modicum of goodwill it squanders it on predictable plot points and overly twee intentions 
2
Troop Zero
Joey Magidson
A cast as strong as this one deserves a slightly better movie than we get here with Troop Zero 
2.5
Troop Zero
Richard Roeper
As I was enjoying the sweet and simple and warmly funny pleasures of Troop Zero I was thinking it had to be based on a popular Young Adult novel 
3
Troop Zero
Robert Levin
There is a lot to admire in this movie about girls daring to be proudly defiantly different but it never lives up to its otherworldly promise 
2.5
Troop Zero
Alan French
Supported by another great performance from Mckenna Grace 44 Troop Zero delivers as a feel good indie film to kick off the new decade 46 
3
Troop Zero
Tomris Laffly
Pleasant enough but never quite as emotionally gripping as a coming of age story about acceptance can be Troop Zero scores a handful of memorable moments when it lets its freak flag fly 
2.5
Troop Zero
Christian Toto
A pint sized powerhouse leads this Southern tale brimming with heartfelt messages 
2.5
Troop Zero
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The movie s best feature is a vastly overqualified Viola Davis playing troop leader Miss Rayleen Davis carries the movie by treating the children both as characters and actors like adults cherishing them as sounding boards for self reflection 
3
Troop Zero
Zaki Hasan
It s not trying to reinvent the wheel with the story it s telling but it s made memorable by all the ways it adds stardust to the formula 
3
Troop Zero
Robert Daniels
Troop Zero is a film made for the misfits the outcasts and the dreamers and will leave you floating to the stars 
2.5
Troop Zero
Josh Terry
It s always nice when an underdog movie like this can match a big heart with some real quality production Everyone can use a boost in February but Troop Zero will cheer you up most any time of year 
3.5
And Then I Go
Joey Magidson
This film manages to be disturbing and effective without ever going over the top 
3
And Then I Go
Christopher James
It s a novel pursuit that only further underlines the problem with bullying and the need for children to talk through their feelings 
3
And Then I Go
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Beautiful and haunting And Then I Go is a vital work of art and a must see movie for our time 
4
Just the Ticket
Michael Dequina
Not only do the one liners fall flat so do the straight faced lines in general a sure death knell for a film as talky as this one 
1.5
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
David Keyes
This movie doesn t know the first thing about comic timing It s tone deaf tasteless and irrational material that has all the misplaced arrogance of a rebellious high school drop out who thinks he or she is too ahead of the game for people to understand 
0.5
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Mike McGranaghan
Mildly amusing although not the timelessly anarchic Hangover style comedy it clearly wants to be 
2.5
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Liam Lacey
Nominally a gross out guy bonding comedy the film often feels like an attempt to establish an insanity motive for some future crime 
0
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Michael Phillips
Might be the most hypocritical feature in the history of film as well as the history of hypocrisy and along with serving beer I hope they show I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell in hell 
0
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Rob Thomas
If ever a movie needed a restraining order issued against it it s I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell 
1
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Kyle Smith
Rarely fails to be excruciating 
0.5
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Claudia Puig
The movie plays out like a watered down and far less comical version of The Hangover without the likable characters and the crazy fun 
1
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Justin Berton
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is the perfect cautionary tale for any frat boy who considers making a film based on the phrase Dude remember that one time 
1
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Erik Childress
May be the first film from the perspective of a Van Wilder villain and by the time this vile amateurish and supposed true story is over you may feel as if you ve just spent 100 minutes looking through Michael Myers first mask 
0
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Mark Dujsik
It s all terrible ugly and not funny 
0.5
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Tom Meek
Czuchry plays the self proclaimed narcissist with charisma but how can you cozy up to an arrogant misogynist whose epiphany comes amid a fecal fusillade 
1.5
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Nick Schager
Underlit and generally shot with an eye toward unattractiveness Beer in Hell also goes for ugliness in its dialogue 
.5
Letter to the Editor
Kent Turner
News junkies should make the pleasurable Letter to the Editor a priority 
3.5
We Like It Like That
Roger Moore
An informative and infectiously danceable history Latin pop history lesson 
3
Fingers
Tom Meek
it remains provocative 
3
Varsity Blues
Tom Meek
a solid look into the importance of football to Texas youth 
2.5
Varsity Blues
Jeffrey Westhoff
Van Der Beek and Voight weigh in with convincing performances 
3
Varsity Blues
James Kendrick
In addition to the fulfillment of endless high school male fantasies it also recycles every football and sports movie clich known to man
2
Varsity Blues
David N. Butterworth
If you re a teenaged girl then Varsity Blues which stars Dawson s Creek mega heartthrob James Van Der Beek might well be the greatest film ever made 
2.5
Varsity Blues
Elias Savada
cheap zirconium garbage
1
Varsity Blues
Roger Ebert
Scenes work but they don t pile up and build momentum 
2
Varsity Blues
James Berardinelli
Although the film takes a worthwhile detour or two it ultimately finds its way back to the well worn track of its genre 
2.5
Varsity Blues
Michael Dequina
Anyone who misses the heyday of the afterschool special will certainly enjoy this banal tale of self fulfillment juiced up with enough alcohol and sleaze to earn an R rating 
1
The Comic
David Nusair
an irresistible premise that s employed to erratic yet mostly rewarding effect by Reiner 
3
The Way We Were
David Nusair
a slow moving yet mostly compelling love story 
3
The Way We Were
Roger Ebert
It s easy to forgive the movie a lot because of Streisand She s fantastic 
3
The Orphan of Anyang
Liam Lacey
Highly engaging 
3
The Orphan of Anyang
Kim Linekin
Worth the effort to watch 
3
An American Haunting
Pam Grady
It s less An American Haunting than American humdrum 
2
An American Haunting
Peter Canavese
On more than one occasion a girl scrapes her fingernails across a wood floor as an invisible poltergeist attacks her The wood floor may not be a chalkboard but it s close enough 
1
An American Haunting
Linda Cook
Whatever really lurks behind the story of the kinda famous Bell Witch remains hidden in An American Haunting a murky script that only makes us wonder all the more What the heck 
1.5
An American Haunting
Frank Ochieng
Solomon s flimsy fright fable An American Haunting couldn t scare a lobbyist from a Washington D C politician s picnic a sluggish period piece boofest 
1.5
An American Haunting
Scott Nash
If you re a believer in ghosts and spirits you might enjoy this film It just made me want to find out what really happened in that house 
1.5
An American Haunting
Dustin Putman
Boggles the mind with how many things it gets wrong 
0.5
An American Haunting
Willie Waffle
Someone should call The Ghostbusters to make An American Haunting disappear from movie theaters like a ghost is expelled during an exorcism 
0
An American Haunting
Peter Hartlaub
This is the type of movie that you should be getting for free on television 
1
An American Haunting
Ken Fox
Throughout the film doors slam windows shatter and poor battered Betsy wakes up screaming with tiresome regularity even Sutherland appears bored by it all 
2
An American Haunting
Stephen Whitty
There s thunder and lightning and wall to wall music But it still doesn t add up to much of a movie 
1.5
An American Haunting
Kyle Smith
The dark force behind this movie is the relentless power of cliche 
1.5
An American Haunting
Jack Mathews
For anyone aware of this poltergeist tale or who bothers to look it up the victim s identity will come as no surprise and a horror movie without a surprise is no horror movie at all 
2.5
An American Haunting
Dan Fienberg
A Post Colonial Scooby Doo as respectable actors in perfectly pressed costumes run up and down stairs avoiding unseen spooks The director stands in the corner yelling Boo 
1.5
An American Haunting
Ty Burr
There s a dark abiding mystery at the center of An American Haunting and it s how on earth major stars such as Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek were talked into appearing in this film 
.5
An American Haunting
John Beifuss
The impact of the old school effects is negated by Solomon s all too contemporary stylistic overkill Sourceless but loud scary noises accompany jump cuts and whip pans and the camera usually appears more agitated than the Bells 
2
An American Haunting
Gene Seymour
Using alleged actual events as a template writer director Courtney Solomon fashions a crafty mystery with a lot of joy buzzer jolts sliding through its somber mood 
2.5
An American Haunting
Nick Schager
An American Haunting takes the spurious based on real events claim to new extremes
2
Dinosaur Train: Submarine Adventure
David Wiegand
By tapping into childhood fascination with dinosaurs the series and the special not only teach kids about various prehistoric species but in a more subtle way about the diversity of life in the world 
3
Fanny
Clayton Dillard
The characters the sets and the scenes all exist to propagate the notion that pleasure derives from repetition and remediation 
1
Pain and Glory
Brian Eggert
Far removed from the restlessly stylistic mode of his earlier work Pain and Glory shows the filmmaker exercising patience and dimension resulting in a feature that emphasizes the essential place of cinema in his life 
4
Pain and Glory
Kathleen Sachs
While still embracing the visual facades that make his films such a pleasure to watch Pain and Glory finds him stripping away the emotional facades bringing us closer to him than ever before 
4
Pain and Glory
David Nusair
A curiously uninvolving effort from Pedro Almodovar 
2
Pain and Glory
Mike Scott
It s laden with Almodóvar s typical penchant for soapy melodrama but it remains grounded thanks largely to the finely tuned work of lead actor Antonio Banderas 
3
Pain and Glory
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is jubilation and wonder to be found in these remembrances moments of pure bliss that are beyond imagining 
4
Pain and Glory
Sean P. Means
No matter how close this story is to Almodóvar s own truth he makes this story feel real which maybe is all that matters 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Brandy McDonnell
Banderas earns his best actor prize from Frances Cannes Film Festival and seems to be a shoo in for an Oscar nod with his magnetic turn as Salvador Mallo celebrated filmmaker plagued with a cavalcade of physical maladies 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Mattie Lucas
Almost feels like an exorcism an autumnal reverie filled with pain and regret of mistakes made and loves lost And yet there s a glimmer of hope as Almodóvar wrestles with his demons through the medium he loves 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Rob Thomas
Almodovar makes this internal trip a spellbinding and soulful exercise whatever other things he has in common with his avatar here being creatively blocked isn t one of them 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Robert Horton
In his Hollywood career Banderas tapped his manic energy All that gets bottled in here as Salvador tends to watch and reflect an artist observing everything around him saving everything for future use 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Moira MacDonald
Almodóvar shows us that even after nearly two dozen features over several decades he can still hold an audience in his hand and surprise it 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Cate Marquis
Pain and Glory is a impressive bit of cinema but it is more importantly a rich film experience for thoughtful audiences both warm bittersweet and satisfying 
4
Pain and Glory
Josh Larsen
one of Almodovar s least exuberant productions and one of his best 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Roger Moore
Somber sentimental and reflective but somewhat joyless An old man s movie in a lot of ways 
2.5
Pain and Glory
Jeff Mitchell
Almodóvar gets personal in Pain and Glory his best film since 2009 s Broken Embraces 
3
Pain and Glory
Max Weiss
As I admired Banderas performance and both the film s striking beauty and its soul baring honesty I almost that ennui too oppressive 
3
Pain and Glory
Mark Feeney
It s one more example here of Almodóvar s ability to take pairs not just people but concepts like say present and past or pain and glory and happily join them 
3
Pain and Glory
Anita Katz
Almodovar masterfully handles flashbacks making past and present seem naturally connected He shifts from truth to fiction with deftness and clarity He inspires viewers to question the reliability of memory 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Chris Hewitt
Despite its sometimes grim subject matter Pain and Glory has plenty of Almodóvar s playful humor and love of the absurd 
4
Pain and Glory
Tom Meek
Antonio Banderas so soulful and integral to the film gives the performance of his career and should be rewarded for it come awards season 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Dwight Brown
Antonio Banderas saves the day and is a revelation as his mentor s alter ego His nuanced performance fills in the cracks of this moderately engaging and slightly indulgent self portrait 
2.5
Pain and Glory
Joe Friar
One of the best pictures of 2019 Antonio Banderas Asier Etxeandia and Leonardo Sbaraglia that shine brightest in Almodóvar s 21st full length feature 
4
Pain and Glory
Richard Roeper
Emotions and eye popping colors tell the director s deeply personal story with Antonio Banderas front and center 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Lisa Trifone
The final shot of Pedro Almodóvar s achingly beautiful Pain and Glory is the stuff that cinematic perfection is made of 
4
Pain and Glory
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An intensely personal work a painful yet somehow serene exposing of Almodóvar s innermost thoughts and fears 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Jeff York
It s the storytelling never rushed nuanced and complex weaving bits of animation and design effortlessly throughout that resonates the most 
4
Pain and Glory
Mark Dujsik
However authentic Pain and Glory may be to Almodóvar s life the film itself is bracingly nakedly authentic in its emotional truth 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We may not emerge from the film transformed but we have at least been visually regaled 
2.5
Pain and Glory
Peter Canavese
The filmmaker contemplating his own creation as a man and an artist plays as a poetic remembrance of things past a reconciliation of self powerfully capturing the emotional essence of keenly formative experiences and deep loves 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Mick LaSalle
Pain and Glory all about healing rifts and rejoining life is personal and universal It s also simple in a way that s incandescent suffused by a strange and beautiful gentleness of spirit 
4
Pain and Glory
Rex Reed
Painful for sure but glorious too Pain and Glory is Spanish wunderkind Pedro Almodóvar s best and most moving film in years a brave and wrenching self portrait of an aging artist under the siege of age and the fear of death 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Johnny Oleksinski
In a way casting Banderas is yet another special piece of Almodóvar s biography he s added into this highly personal film Just don t take the film literally 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Joey Magidson
Antonio Banderas has never been better than he is here The connection he has with Almodovar is clear moving and utterly effective 
3
Pain and Glory
Jocelyn Noveck
Some may find the film too loosely plotted a series of vignettes more than a single tight narrative But they only need to sit back listen to the beautiful score by Alberto Iglesias and let Almodovar weave it all together 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Katie Walsh
Working with the legends of his long career to operationalize his past Almodovar crafts a singularly unique and medium specific autobiography in which cinema is inextricably linked to his own story to his heart soul and body 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Rene Sanchez
Antonio Banderas offers a nuanced and moving performance in Almodóvar s most personal and introspective film Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Peter Howell
Pain and Glory is a film to savour like a fine bourbon watching how Salvador and Almodóvar wrestles with demons of the mind heart and body 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Bill Chambers
Pain and Glory is a gem 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Brian Tallerico
A deeply personal and very moving film anchored by the best work of Antonio Banderas career 
3.5
Pain and Glory
Kate Taylor
Asier Etxeandia occasionally threatens to steal the show with his delicious turn as an exuberant addict but perhaps the bravest thing here is Banderas reserved performance 
3
Pain and Glory
J. Don Birnam
Antonio Banderas is compelling in Almodovar s best work of late full of the physical pain of life and the spiritual glory of film making in this deeply personal and at times heart breaking tale
3.5
Pain and Glory
Michael O'Sullivan
As a portrait Pain and Glory is less a mirror than an impressionistic painting It s an emotional rendering of a person not a literal one 
4
Pain and Glory
Sam C. Mac
Pedro Almodóvar s latest only occasionally captures the spry comedic rhythms and impassioned intensity of his finest work 
2.5
Blood Oath
David Nusair
A typically underwhelming low budget horror effort 
1.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Michael Dequina
Something strictly for those stricken with Bieber Fever 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Linda Cook
I have to admit I like him enjoy his music and more than that I enjoyed watching his fans in Justin Bieber Never Say Never 
3.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Robert Tumas
Why Justin Beiber and not the thousands of others on the Internet doing basically the same thing 
1
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
David Thorpe
It s a decent pop spectacle big songs adorable backstage horseplay and some genuinely surprising demonstrations of talent 
3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Mike McGranaghan
Nicely balances the live performances with the documentary footage creating a movie that moves briskly while simultaneously explaining and showcasing its subject 
3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Erik Childress
If Never Say Never was merely just a gigantic commercial for the fans it would be easy to dismiss especially as the cult of Bieber begins to fade with age But this is an infomercial for the lottery mentality we have in this country 
1
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Stephen Whitty
The movie remains so sanitized so authorized that it never gives us credit for being able to make up our own minds about him and what he represents 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Chris Hewitt
Never Say Never is clearly designed for fans but there s something for us newbiebers too 
3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Lou Lumenick
An interminable documentary punctuated by perhaps half an hour of heavily edited 3 D performance footage 
1.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Peter Travers
Never Say Never is a 3D concert film to delight the shy 13 year old with braces that lives in all of us but after a while the movie starts to feel like lethal injection by bubblegum 
2
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
James Adams
Equal parts biopic concert film and pep rally the movie s 105 minutes do a good job of conveying the pleasures of pop courtesy of the very real talents of Justin Bieber 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
David Malitz
Never Say Never is sort of like the featured piece of a political nominating convention It s a fluffy mildly inspiring celebration of the hero leading up to his big moment 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Peter Hartlaub
Young fans will lose their minds although that would have happened if the film consisted of an hour and 45 minutes of Bieber brushing his teeth Adult chaperones who care nothing of the star s music will find the film surprisingly tolerable 
2
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Scott Bowles
That Never doesn t work as a biopic isn t a surprise Bieber s too young to paint a picture with much context 
2
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Carrie Rickey
What the 3 D film lacks in cinematic charm and ingenuity is compensated for by its subject s high wattage charisma and low key earnestness 
3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Timothy Finn
Even the most skeptical viewer would have to agree He comes off as a decent funny and respectful kid one who minds his elders especially his surrogate mother vocal coach Jan Smith 
3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Jon Bream
A sweetly entertaining canny celebration of the pop heartthrob du jour 
3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Piet Levy
It may not give you Bieber Fever but you may not be so adamant about finding a cure either 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Moira MacDonald
Somebody on screen you forget who all the adults are they re not important describes Bieber as the Macaulay Culkin of music which seems right if a little sad 
1.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Wesley Morris
It s vaguely like the fascinating Michael Jackson performance documentary This Is It 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Peter Howell
You don t know whether to damn Bieber and Chu for manipulating our emotions or praise them for trying to put some essence into this effervescence 
2.5
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Roger Moore
Never Say Never is about as revealing as a Canadian snowmobile suit 
2
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
David Nusair
From Disneynature comes this well intentioned yet hopelessly underwhelming documentary 
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Felix Vasquez Jr.
May just win over the rockers of old and new 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Kam Williams
While the flick has a few funny moments likely to make the general public laugh at heart it s a Tenacious D tribute layered with asides and inside jokes scripted with the group s diehard fans in mind 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Steven Snyder
The film s as big and flawed as the band itself But just like any concertgoer wants their favorite band to pull out all the stops so too will every D fanatic want another hour of this rambling pumped up and psyched out acid trip of a film 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
David Nusair
designed to appeal solely to fans of Jack Black and Kyle Gass 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Mike McGranaghan
I wasn t always sure what I was watching or who thought it up but it was always amusing and never boring 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
John Beifuss
Satan looks pretty dang cool the rest of the movie looks crummier and is less amusing than a 1970s Crown International drive in picture 
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Greg Maki
The entire film plays like an inside joke Tenacious D fans will get it 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Peter Howell
Begins with flatulence ends with flatulence and is one big gaseous emission in between 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Liam Lacey
Strictly for the tenaciously devoted 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Lee Grant
Just fasten your seat belt for an undisciplined unrefined mess That s a compliment by the way on the movie s pleasures and appeal 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Maitland McDonagh
There isn t enough plot to fill out the film s 90 minute running time but there are rude laughs and inspired bits tucked in amid the padding 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Ted Fry
A daft often uproarious rock opera that may become a cult favorite 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Lawrence Toppman
It might be too easy based on all the bong jokes to suggest the writers couldn t distinguish between funny and lame because they were high But I ll suggest that anyway 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Wesley Morris
Black thrives in these grubby environs His full throttle bodily chaos makes more sense in movies done on the cheap than in blockbusters and polished comedies 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Teresa Budasi
The bottom line Jack Black rocks especially when he rocks 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Lisa Kennedy
There s nothing heavy about this metal loving comedy and there s a lot that is good hearted 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Terry Lawson
Manages to hold our attention for an entire 97 minutes a feat that even metal bands with real Marshall amps are hard pressed to accomplish 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Glenn Whipp
Unless you re a longtime fan or you re coming to the theater directly from the movie s Enchanted Forest of Magical Mushrooms you ll probably find this shaggy underdog origin story an unspectacular waste of time 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Connie Ogle
Fast and funny and you can t beat the songs 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Mack Bates
Some of the bits work just as often they don t Black and Gass appealing rapport masks those problems for a while but eventually they too wear out their welcome 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even if you re not a stoned adolescent there s plenty to appreciate in Liam Lynch s loopy cheerfully lowbrow comedy 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Steven Rea
Baked and half baked 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Peter Hartlaub
While fans of Black and Gass will be thrilled by their music and antics you can walk in knowing nothing about the band and still be entertained 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Carla Meyer
Shows Black at his comic best overly enthusiastic and quick to anger without ever becoming a buffoon 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Timothy Knight
Absurdly overlong skit masquerading as a feature film 
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Kyle Smith
If thou wouldst rock tonight thou couldst rock mightily tonight at Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Amy Biancolli
Gass and Black should have been given a few more chances to go completely bonkers 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Dustin Putman
The first ten minutes are brilliant and then for the most part the fun and music screech to a halt 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Matt Brunson
You ll probably be better off watching it with a bud if you catch my double meaning 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Daniel M. Kimmel
For teenaged metalheads who don t know any better this may seem like fun 
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Sean P. Means
If the whole movie were as good as the opening five minutes when Black leads a mini rock opera with metal gods Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio it would be the greatest movie of all time 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Phil Villarreal
The film has dorm DVD scrawled all over it in black Sharpie 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Peter Canavese
Will the audience be rocked by the band s wily charms or let down by a slack story that repeats too many decade old jokes Stoked or bummed Everyone knows rock is about rebellion so f it call me stoked 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
James Sanford
would have been a great HBO Comedy Hour special It s not so great however as a 98 minute feature eventually starts to seem like one of those drawn out arena rock anthems with three drum solos 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Willie Waffle
starts off fine enough as a silly laugh filled rock opera but eventually becomes just another stoner comedy running on attitude
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Erik Childress
For the amount of years it took to bring their cultish misadventures to the big screen someone must have had a B side script cause that would have been a letter up 
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Josh Larsen
These guys are very funny but I have a feeling that deep down they wouldn t mind if you took them seriously 
3
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Claudia Puig
The movie lags on occasion but it also has quite a few laughs 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Jeff Vice
Tenacious D would be a great little movie well it could have been if the rest of the film were as funny as the rock opera sequence that kicks it off Or as crudely amusing as an animated spoof of THX ads that precede the film 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
James Berardinelli
My advice set aside the money you would have spent on a ticket toward buying the soundtrack That way you can get all that s moderately good about Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny without having to endure the substantial bad 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Thomas Delapa
Dude where s my guitar pick I dunno look in your bong 
1.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Jim Harrington
Far from a hit Tenacious D probably will do just fine on the midnight movie circuit 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Eric Melin
JB and KG are overweight hetero life partners in rock despite the fact that they fit none of the typical rock star stereotypes 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Phoebe Flowers
It s not that a lot of the content isn t really really funny but it isn t exactly fresh either 
2.5
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Chris Hewitt
deficient in the joke department 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
John Anderson
Less rocking on and better jokes would have made Tenacious D seem more than just tenacious 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Michael Phillips
Even with Jack Black s eyebrows and a musical showdown with the devil Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny is kind of a whiff 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Matt Pais
School of Rock got high and watched Harold and Kumar and The Pick of Destiny was the story told to the cops upon waking up in the drive thru 
2
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Nick Schager
It s hard to complain too much about this loosey goosey romp s patchiness when one of the rocking songs features the lyric You re gonna gargle mayonnaise and the reference isn t to Hellman s 
2.5
No Vacancy
Walter Chaw
There s not much comedy in this sex comedy not much sex either 
0.5
The Public Enemy
David Nusair
Cagney is so good here in fact that the picture would still be worth a look even if it were otherwise awful 
3
The Public Enemy
Josh Larsen
Crime may not pay but The Public Enemy was one of the first pictures to recognize that it sure can be exciting to watch 
4
The Public Enemy
Phil Villarreal
The film set the template for the likes of Scarface and GoodFellas 
4
The Public Enemy
Chris Barsanti
Contrary to popular opinion the best moment in the film isn t when Jimmy Cagney shoves a grapefruit in his girlfriend s face 
3.5
Loch Ness
David Nusair
entertaining enough though entirely forgettable 
2.5
Beat the Devil
Roger Ebert
If Beat the Devil puzzled audiences on its first release it has charmed them since 
4
A Kiss Before Dying
Roger Ebert
This is Matt Dillon s first film since Drugstore Cowboy and demonstrates again that he is one of the best actors working in movies 
3
The Perez Family
Anthony Puccinelli
These failures of taste are even more unfortunate because Nair and her cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh of The Piano have created a striking visual universe 
1
The Perez Family
Rene Rodriguez
The conclusion rushes by without sufficient development You feel like there s a scene or two missing But the movie ends with such optimism and bittersweet nostalgia it sends you out smiling 
2.5
The Perez Family
Walter Chaw
Sensuous and lush with a hint of Allende s magical realism in the bleeding of a man s broken heart and a string of rose petals trailing a line along the belly of a new lover 
3
The Perez Family
Mike Clark
Mira Nair s Mississippi Masala found humor in ethnic chaos and the Indian born director does so again 
3
The Perez Family
Roger Ebert
The movie sometimes bends the plausible to set up a laugh and most of the time I didn t care because I was enjoying the company of the characters 
3
Dark Horse
Kelly Jane Torrance
With situations less merciless than in his previous films Dark Horse allows you to give in to the writer director s dark humor without feeling nearly so guilty 
3
Dark Horse
David Nusair
A typically ineffective effort from Todd Solondz 
1.5
Dark Horse
Rob Thomas
Dark Horse ends up being a film about loneliness and the desperate things people will think and do to escape it And for once Solondz doesn t sneer at that desperation 
3
Dark Horse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though Dark Horse is disturbing and funny like most Solondz pictures it s also mystifyingly touching it moves into totally unexpected places 
3.5
Dark Horse
Ann Hornaday
It would be unfair and patronizing to say that Solondz needs to grow up but Dark Horse suggests that it s time for the bard of bourgeois hypocrisy to consider moving on 
2
Dark Horse
Miles Bowe
The suffocating darkness of much of Solondz s work has diminished here but so has the humor and it never reaches the massive catharsis of a film like Happiness 
3
Dark Horse
Mark Feeney
Solondz has made a career out of specializing in highly aberrant views of middle class life 
1.5
Dark Horse
Rene Rodriguez
Solondz will never be much for happy endings but the film is strangely optimistic and at times borders ever so slightly on the whimsical 
3
Dark Horse
Joe Williams
With champion bloodlines from Walken and Farrow Dark Horse could have been a contender but it gets so skittish about trodding a familiar path that it pulls up lame 
2.5
Dark Horse
Chris Hewitt
Even the gentle side of filmmaker Todd Solondz turns out to be pretty nasty 
2.5
Dark Horse
Amy Biancolli
Solondz pulls one too many narrative stunts with one too many dream sequences calling into question the reality of everything that s happened including that soap operatic finale 
2
Dark Horse
Tirdad Derakhshani
A wonderfully realized and surprisingly understated dark satire 
3
Dark Horse
Kate Taylor
You have to admire the filmmaker for what he has achieved thus far in Dark Horse and mourn Abe s premature departure from the action 
3
Dark Horse
Peter Howell
As awful as Abe is you can t help rooting for him as he struggles to get his life in order all while his vivid fantasy world seems to be closing in on him 
3
Dark Horse
John Anderson
Even though Todd Solondz latest journey into suburban dysfunction may seem dark and is it s also about joy and how easily it s wasted 
3
Dark Horse
Michael Phillips
Abe may deserve all that comes to him but the question of how he got this way sustains the picture against all odds 
3
Dark Horse
Matt Pais
Solondz s pessimism congeals into something toxic that should be disposed not examined 
2
Dark Horse
Roger Ebert
There are times when it is dark humor and then times when it is simply dark But there is something more going on here something deeper and more hopeful 
3.5
Dark Horse
Stephen Whitty
Characters turn out to have improbable secret lives or pop in and out like hallucinations Plotlines that start to satisfy attitudes that start to make sense are ruthlessly upended 
3
Dark Horse
Sara Stewart
It s a typical Solondz sad sack tale but this film seems to be disgusted by its own characters which isn t true of the director s best work 
2
Dark Horse
Dustin Putman
True to form for auteur Todd Solondz its discomforting laughs are as black and painful as its cries for help the fine line between satire and tragedy blurring throughout 
2.5
Dark Horse
Ed Gonzalez
Yesterday Solondz blocking the screen meant something even if it was just his own petulance Today a blurred sign only signifies his capitulation to peer pressure 
1.5
Dark Horse
Bill Chambers
Solondz has viewers so conditioned to his cruel ironies by now that most of this picture s are met by howls of approval 
2.5
This Beautiful Fantastic
Michael O'Sullivan
Depending on how you take your twee sparingly or as is the case in this preciously concocted tale of English misfits slathered like marmalade over a crumpet it will either delight or quickly cloy 
2.5
This Beautiful Fantastic
Rex Reed
A charming beautifully photographed modern fairy tale about love and gardening This Beautiful Fantastic is worth seeing in spite of its dumb deterrent of a title 
3
This Beautiful Fantastic
Sheila O'Malley
A very low stakes fairy tale wrapped in a strained garden metaphor 
1.5
This Beautiful Fantastic
Walter V. Addiego
Far too precious and eager to please to really deserve its self description as a fairy tale 
2
This Beautiful Fantastic
Roger Moore
Well cast slice of English twee 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Mark Meszoros
It is a charming and at times moving tale of a wonderful dog and a few humans who help him figure out his place in this world 
3
The Call of the Wild
Lynnette Nicholas
A salt of the Earth type of film that shows nature s beauty and power The characters within the film carry much spiritual and emotional weight Some scenes may be difficult for dog lovers and younger audiences to watch at certain times too 
3
The Call of the Wild
Jason Fraley
Buck s CGI image seems detached from the rest of the frame To steal a dog sledding phrase the digital dog occasionally fades to mush Still it s impossible to screw up London s core story 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
David Nusair
There s never a point at which The Call of the Wild doesn t come off as a somewhat misguided endeavor 
2
The Call of the Wild
Steven Prokopy
The film is at its best when it sticks with Thornton and Buck and forgets the world outside of their little patch of land 
3
The Call of the Wild
Jake Coyle
There is little here amid the high tech photorealistic animations that would satisfy London s concept of wild 
2
The Call of the Wild
Matt Brunson
This story requires the involvement of a real dog to stir up all the proper emotions but the filmmakers are more interested in having their canine lead perform amazing feats If Superman is looking for Krypto he can find him hiding out in this picture 
2
The Call of the Wild
Jay Horton
With Ford s gnarled presence grounding the narrative animation vet Chris Sanders takes full advantage of his photo realistic CGI lead it sustains the whiff of nature while actually learning a few new tricks 
3
The Call of the Wild
Walter Chaw
The Call of the Wild is a propaganda piece 
1.5
The Call of the Wild
Richard Roeper
Harrison Ford does quietly powerful work as author Jack London s hero but his computer generated co star looks weird 
2
The Call of the Wild
Mattie Lucas
An old school adventure about a big dog with an even bigger heart that feels tailor made for the old cliché they just don t make em like this anymore 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Aparita Bhandari
The Call of the Wild is a perfectly serviceable family film 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Jeff Mitchell
It doesn t always connect but this Call is a likable family adventure
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Mike McGranaghan
If you re in the mood for a nice feel good film that lifts you up and sends you out with a smile then this is precisely what the doctor ordered 
3
The Call of the Wild
Rex Reed
It s the kind of technology I usually hate but Buck is so appealing and his story is so entertaining that the movie won me over with a force that has left me astounded 
3
The Call of the Wild
James Berardinelli
Sanders new interpretation enters the roster as another swing and a miss 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Christian Toto
The latest take on Jack London s classic yarn makes one huge error but star Harrison Ford is up to the challenge 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Rob Thomas
I ll bet when my dogs fall asleep and their legs start twitching they re dreaming of being a dog like Buck 
3
The Call of the Wild
Robert Horton
Kiddie fare and not especially distinguished as that But it does come to life when Ford and the other old wolves get their due 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Sara Michelle Fetters
I never felt as if there was anything other than a solid respect for the source material 
3
The Call of the Wild
Johnny Oleksinski
For a movie about abandoning the collar for nature Call of the Wild is oddly tame 
2
The Call of the Wild
Mark Dujsik
The technology implemented for this movie isn t at a level to make the digital dog convincing and the creative choices are inherently flawed 
2
The Call of the Wild
Nell Minow
The problem is less the technology which is very impressive than it is the uneven storyline 
2
The Call of the Wild
Katie Walsh
Although it s hard to buy the animated Buck the human performances save it proving that even the most realistic technology will never replace the real thing on screen 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Soren Andersen
The essence of the London story is retained with stouthearted Buck being annealed by adversity overcoming brutality confusion and loneliness and then responding to the kindness of Thornton to become the leader of the pack 
3
The Call of the Wild
Carla Meyer
Ford exhibits so much feeling here that he transports us back to his work in earlier films like Witness and The Fugitive back to when you could make a case for him as a great actor and not just a movie star or Chewie s cranky companion 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Mark Lieberman
In an age of children s entertainment that s snarky self referential and even meta The Call of the Wild stands out for its earnest effort to entertain without commenting on itself or the modern world 
2
The Call of the Wild
Rafer Guzman
A handsome looking well crafted and decidedly kid friendly adventure story with several thrilling and moving sequences 
2.5
The Call of the Wild
Brian Truitt
If you ve heard of the uncanny valley for digital humans this is the uncanny doghouse 
2
The Call of the Wild
Roger Moore
Misguided
2
The Call of the Wild
Michael Joshua Rowin
The film s avoidance of cruel Gold Rush realities is more than made up for by its spirited kineticism and by its deepening of the man dog bond that forms the heart of London s story 
3
14 Blades
Kenji Fujishima
An immensely gifted physical performer Donnie Yen isn t strong enough an actor to suggest an authentic inner life to his character beyond a vague sense of stone faced dissatisfaction 
2
Emelie
David Nusair
a promising yet half baked endeavor that surely would ve worked better as a short 
2
Emelie
Sara Michelle Fetters
It takes the babysitter in peril genre and spins it on its head with delicious ferocity making it a horror opus I d be curious to revisit as soon as the opportunity might arise 
3
Emelie
Dustin Putman
A deliberate nerve jangling exercise in uneasy tension Emelie takes the confined space of a single house and milks its frightening premise for all it s worth 
3
Emelie
Glenn Kenny
The result is reasonably satisfying but the direction shifts from tensile to muddy in the run up to the finale 
2.5
Emelie
Sara Stewart
Thelin in his feature debut has an undeniable knack for making an audience squirm without resorting to excessive gore or jump scares 
2.5
Emelie
Christian Toto
For parents Emelie is scarier than Freddy Jason and Michael Myers combined 
2.5
Lost and Found
Roger Ebert
This movie is terrible It s awful 
1
Blackthorn
Brian Eggert
The film is worth seeking out for Shepard and Rea 8217 s performances 46 
3
Blackthorn
John Beifuss
Worth seeing for its Western genre pleasures and for its truly awesome Bolivian locations which function almost as a rebuke to those special effects oriented filmmakers who prefer green screen to our green planet 
3
Blackthorn
Joe Williams
In place of a rousing adventure Blackthorn is a haunting ode 
3
Blackthorn
Rene Rodriguez
Although Shepard is perfectly cast as a world weary outlaw reluctantly drawn into one more adventure the movie doesn t quite justify the resuscitation of classic film characters for another outing 
2.5
Blackthorn
Michael O'Sullivan
Blackthorn feels less like a proper sequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid which it purports to be than a coattail rider 
1.5
Blackthorn
Mick LaSalle
A different kind of Western somber reflective and set in the elevated plains and salt flats of Bolivia 
3
Blackthorn
John Hartl
The filmmakers didn t have a lot of options In some ways the new picture feels like a boxed in replay 
2.5
Blackthorn
Chris Hewitt
Blackthorn is a compelling character and Blackthorn is an absorbing beautifully photographed character study 
3
Blackthorn
Ty Burr
Each frame is a crystalline jaw dropper that places the smallish actions of men within a vast canvas of lush jungle lunar salt flats Andean snow and desert sand The result is a pretty good movie that almost looks better than it needs to 
3
Blackthorn
Steven Rea
Shepard s performance is one to remember 
3
Blackthorn
Roger Ebert
Butch has grown old And homesick And gets waylaid and is back in action again Was this trip necessary 
2
Blackthorn
Peter Keough
Despite a twist at the end and some striking scenery this revival suggests that some legends are best left in peace 
2
Blackthorn
Lou Lumenick
In his best performance since The Right Stuff turned him into a reluctant movie star Shepard makes Blackthorn worth seeing 
3
Blackthorn
Kent Turner
A straight on morality tale that embraces the iconography of the Old West though set in the high altitude lunar landscape of Bolivia
2.5
Blackthorn
Nick Schager
Mateo Gil certainly can be held responsible for turning the iconic outlaw into a paper thin Clint Eastwood Unforgiven clich 
1.5
Moonage Daydream
Matt Brunson
Most documentaries proceed in linear fashion 44 moving through the individual 8217 s life from A to Z 46 This one doesn 8217 t even mess around with the alphabet instead 44 it feels as it 8217 s being told via inscrutable hieroglyphics or complex mathematical formulations 46 
3.5
Moonage Daydream
Joe Friar
An eclectic mix of performances 44 interviews 44 and candid moments 44 that by no means resembles a documentary 46 Brett Morgen apos s label defying film is the closest thing to tapping into Bowie 8217 s consciousness 46 
4
Moonage Daydream
Roger Moore
Gorgeous 44 immersive 44 overwhelming and intimate and in the end simply touching 44 artist saying 8220 farewell 8221 to his fans 44 the cosmos and the culture he bent to his musical 44 visual 44 androgynous will 46 
4
Moonage Daydream
Ty Burr
If you re a fan of the Thin White Duke in all his guises and want to recreate that Pink Floyd laser show you got baked at when you were 15 this is the movie for you see it on an IMAX screen for additional cosmic brain damage 
3
Moonage Daydream
Leo Brady
David Bowie was one of a kind and Moonage Daydream is a beautiful ode to everything that made him unique 46 
3.5
Moonage Daydream
Mike McGranaghan
It apos s kaleidoscopic 44 hallucinogenic 44 dreamlike 44 and hypnotic all at once 46 
3.5
Moonage Daydream
Hernán Ferreirós
This isn t the definitive biography of a rock god but the experience of facing one at the height of their powers Full review in Spanish 
4
Moonage Daydream
Oliver Jones
In Moonage Daydream Morgen feints inquiry while reveling in and soaking up the dynamic mystery spectacle and wonder of the original man who fell to earth 
3
Moonage Daydream
Tom Meek
Moonage Daydream is not your typical rock doc but a sensual blast of imagery and sound an enigmatic veneration if you will that delves into the heart and soul of all things Ziggy Stardust and beyond sans pedagogy 
3
Moonage Daydream
Anne Brodie
A highlight of Moonage Daydream is the artwork Bowie made of himself through costuming 44 makeup 44 movement 44 and lighting 44 always lighting 44 as his 8220 characters 8221 over the years 46 And then in his final years 44 simple well cut shirts and trousers 46 
3
Moonage Daydream
Mark Feeney
Intentionally overwhelming Moonage Daydream is indulgent and overproduced which suits its subject 
2.5
Moonage Daydream
Jake Coyle
Brett Morgan s David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream plunges into the mind of the rock star and comes away with something that at its best is a gift of sound and vision 
3.5
Moonage Daydream
Mark Dujsik
It often 46 46 46 feels as if Morgen apos s technique is either intentionally trying to overwhelm or accidentally overshadowing the movie apos s own subject 46 
2.5
Moonage Daydream
Rafer Guzman
Moonage Daydream is a Technicolor pastiche of sound image mood and feel all the things that gave Bowie his near mythical power 
3
Moonage Daydream
Pat Padua
Far from a nostalgic package of greatest hits 44 8220 Moonage Daydream 8221 suggests that pop music is at its best when it 8217 s mysterious 46 
3
Moonage Daydream
Kenji Fujishima
Brett Morgen is less interested in factual biography than in eliciting a sense of the man as an artist and personality 46 
3
Moonage Daydream
Brian Tallerico
Moonage Daydream is a stunning achievement in editing 44 cutting across eras and settings not to the rhythm of the music as much the mood of it 46 
3.5
Moonage Daydream
Kent Turner
At two hours and 14 minutes 44 the onscreen celebration flattens 59 the party lasts too long 46 
2
Moonage Daydream
Peter Howell
A David Bowie love supreme 
3.5
An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
Glenn Kenny
A stab at absurdism that results in a swampy wallow in affectation 
1.5
An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
Christian Toto
Partially hinged is not good enough when we re talking about a comedy by Greasy Strangler director Jim Hosking 
2
An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
Roger Moore
Like a John Waters version of a Wes Anderson farce with Coen Brothers caricatures for characters You ve got to be in the mood for it 
2.5
An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
Chuck Bowen
The absence here of a joke is meant to be hilarious or to at least congratulate the audience for willfully submitting to a denial of pleasure Every element of the film is studiously painstakingly random 
1.5
Patton
Wanda Hale
I d like to pin four stars on each shoulder of George C Scott for his perspective characterization of the military genius the controversial man 
4
Patton
Scott Nash
Although I have sometimes complained about the length of movies I wouldn t begrudge a single minute from Patton s nearly three hour running time 
4
Patton
Peter Canavese
A bio epic on the order of Lawrence of Arabia Patton is a smart even handed fully realized historical film Blu Ray 
4
Patton
Wesley Lovell
George C Scott is terrific as General George S Patton in this blend of intersting biopic and bland war film 
3
Patton
Michael Szymanski
One of the greatest character portrayals ever put on screen George C Scott shows Patton as a gruff tough but caring and vulnerable military hero 
2.5
Patton
Michael Wilmington
Scott strikes an unforgettable figure 
4
Patton
Roger Ebert
Scott s theatricality is electrifying 
4
Patton
Ted Prigge
As deeply entertaining and fascinating as it is introspective and brilliant 
4
Patton
James Berardinelli
Remains to this day one of Hollywood s most compelling biographical war pictures 
4
Hotel
John Monaghan
Pretentious avant garde comedy 
2
Hotel
Roger Ebert
Here s a strange case Hotel is a movie that works in no conventional sense and succeeds in several unconventional ones 
3
Hotel
Robert K. Elder
Pretensions permeate Hotel which as a movie about movies is the cinematic equivalent of a humor column in The Hollywood Reporter 
2
Hotel
Jonathan Foreman
There are clever funny erotic and visually beautiful moments scattered throughout the film 
2.5
Hotel
Jack Mathews
A jumbled self indulgent mess with a rash of story lines and a squandered cast 
1.5
Hotel
David Sterritt
Figgis cooks up fewer memorable cinematic tricks here than in Time Code his previous picture but he still deserves credit for taking more artistic chances than a dozen ordinary directors 
3
The Hours
David Reddish
Loaded with rich dialogue magnificent performances and a delicate score by Philip Glass The Hours reminds us how movies can touch and reflect our lives For the characters that embrace love and truth life offers joy and hope 
4
The Hours
Michael Dequina
More than just Oscar bait it s a veritable Oscar bait and tackle shop 
3
The Hours
Scott Nash
Does make you think but it doesn t entertain 
3
The Hours
Judith Egerton
A moving adaptation of Michael Cunningham s elegant novel about one day in the lives of three women in different time periods 
4
The Hours
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a complex multi layered peace that bobs and weaves through time and place skillfully and with little artifice 
3.5
The Hours
Wesley Lovell
Julianne Moore gives an amazing performance in the poignant 50s segment The modern section was thoroughly underwhelming 
3.5
The Hours
Leigh Johnson
Some things were very beautiful Virginia Woolf writes in Mrs Dalloway The Hours is one of those things 
4
The Hours
Jonathan R. Perry
For all its grandiloquent intentions of mapping the human condition and its often thin veil of sanity over three generations The Hours is a melodrama that would feel right at home on the Lifetime network 
2.5
The Hours
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia donde todos y cada uno de los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables 
3.5
The Hours
Steven Snyder
Gutsy emotional 
3.5
The Hours
Glenn Kenny
A most engaging moving and provocative film 
4
The Hours
Matt Brunson
Like The English Patient and The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Hours is one of those reputedly unfilmable novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right 
3.5
The Hours
Ian Mantgani
It captures the feeling of a long forgiving gaze 
4
The Hours
Cory Cheney
The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do and the experience is profound The Hours is what movies are supposed to be 
4
The Hours
Ross Anthony
Unfortunately the picture failed to capture me I found it slow drab and bordering on melodramatic 
0.5
The Hours
Emily Blunt
One of the most touching films ever made 
4
The Hours
Jon Niccum
Daldry envisions a world where EVERY woman is born both depressed and a lesbian That s their natural state and to deny it is to somehow rob them of their ultimate goal in life to run away from their problems or kill themselves 
1.5
The Hours
Bill Thompson
While The Hours is certainly a triumph of photography impeccable production design costuming and editing it is the cumulative emotional impact of its writing that carries the day 
3
The Hours
James Kendrick
it wears its hearty ambitions on its sleeve but never convinces that it s about anything beyond its own morbidity
2
The Hours
Frank Ochieng
Imaginative compelling and soundly perplexing The Hours resonates with throbbing performances that cast a poignantly redemptive spell on the psyche of every woman looking to starve off that inescapable sensation of inadequacy 
3
The Hours
David N. Butterworth
Never as engrossing as it ought to be because its stories never really connect Great noses though 
2.5
The Hours
Mark Dujsik
Generally well performed and shows many outstanding technical merits direction and editing notwithstanding but ultimately it s only memorable as a missed opportunity 
2
The Hours
Josh Larsen
a deeply literate endeavor 
3
The Hours
Bob Bloom
If an Oscar category existed for ensemble acting The Hours would unquestionably earn it Watching a trio of actors at the top of their game is a delight 
4
The Hours
Chris Hewitt
The Hours has made the transition from page to screen gracefully 
3.5
The Hours
Todd Anthony
The filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point unless it s that life stinks especially for sensitive married women who really love other women 
2
The Hours
David Elliott
It s adult and genuine even if director Stephen Daldry seemed more truly at home with his ace British cast in Billy Elliot 
2.5
The Hours
Joe Baltake
The film manages to be cinematic and transporting even though we generally spend most of our time listening to people talk to one another and themselves 
3
The Hours
Connie Ogle
The film actually improves on Cunningham s novel thanks to gorgeous cinematography a deft script by playwright David Hare a mournful melodious but never intrusive score by Philip Glass and a superb cast 
3.5
The Hours
Jeff Vice
Features some terrific performances and is one of the best directed pictures of last year 
3.5
The Hours
Lawrence Toppman
The screenplay s treatment of mental illness is painfully honest 
3.5
The Hours
Terry Lawson
The performances are so beautifully synchronized for which Hare Daldry and editor Peter Boyle also deserve credit that it is impossible to choose one as being better than another 
4
The Hours
Carrie Rickey
Though Daldry elicits brilliant performances particularly from Meryl Streep and Claire Danes on balance The Hours is more pretentious than penetrating about existential despair 
2.5
The Hours
Duane Dudek
Not having read the book I don t know if Cunningham s novel was cinematic in the first place or whether the film is novelistic But the result has a literary life of its own 
3.5
The Hours
Steve Rhodes
This women s picture could easily be the final film in a disease of the week movie festival on the Lifetime channel 
2
The Hours
Dustin Putman
An astonishing piece of work and an actors dream about lives that feel real and characters that are anything but superficial in their wants 
3.5
The Hours
Moira MacDonald
It s a collection of elusive moments and connections a musing on nothing less than the meaning of life itself 
3.5
The Hours
Ty Burr
Far from a bad film and at least two of its central trio of performances provide moments of disarming grace but don t be surprised if a whiff of self congratulation emanates from the screen 
3
The Hours
Peter Travers
Kidman s acting is superlative full of passion and feeling 
3
The Hours
Joe Leydon
A quietly and methodically devastating masterwork 
4
The Hours
James Sanford
serves as something of a master class in acting thanks to the exquisite performances of Streep Moore Kidman and Harris and the outstanding supporting cast 
4
The Hours
Jeffrey Westhoff
One of those insufferable dull pseudo literary pieces of sludge that elitists mistake for cinematic genius because of the cultured names involved 
1.5
The Hours
Mick LaSalle
A film that s fuller and deeper than the book 
4
The Hours
John Anderson
Some fine acting but ultimately a movie with no reason for being 
2
The Hours
Glenn Whipp
A movie that makes this season s competing dramas of despondency feel like a sunny Saturday afternoon picnic in the park 
3
The Hours
James Berardinelli
I m sure mainstream audiences will be baffled but for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway The Hours represents two of those well spent 
3
The Hours
Roger Ebert
For a movie audience The Hours doesn t connect in a neat way but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex duty and love 
3.5
The Hours
Phil Villarreal
Fine acting and intense writing make this film one of the year s finest 
4
The Hours
Rick Groen
Hare manages to open up the book by dramatizing the characters inner turmoil exactly as he would have to on stage 
3
The Hours
Pam Grady
For all of its weaknesses The Hours remains a seductive haunting drama 
3
The Hours
Lou Lumenick
Will no doubt figure prominently in the awards season But be warned you can cut the gloom with a knife 
3
The Hours
David Sterritt
This is easily one of the year s best pictures and Oscar will surely take note 
4
The Hours
Claudia Puig
Like the best literature it stays with you long after its conclusion 
3
The Hours
Walter Chaw
Hypnotically dull relentlessly downbeat laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen year old s suicidal poetry 
2
The Hours
Mark Caro
Rarely does such high profile talent serve such literate material 
3
The Hours
Rob Blackwelder
a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking 
3.5
The Hours
Mary F. Pols
Any flaws are small and hardly noticeable in a sea of top notch acting 
3.5
The Hours
Ed Gonzalez
A preposterous faux feminist manifesto that blames the woes of the modern day female on her historical disconnectedness 
1.5
The Hours
Harvey S. Karten
While the story is more literary than cinematic the make up folks backstage are headed for Oscars 
3
The Hours
Jules Brenner
This picture will be a major contributor to the award nomination scorecard on both sides of the gender aisle 
3
A Children's Story
Ed Gonzalez
Certi Bambini is all show 
2
An Everlasting Piece
Michael Dequina
Charms aren t quite enough to take this modest comedy over the top 
2.5
An Everlasting Piece
Peter Stack
This is a funny novelty no denying it 
3
An Everlasting Piece
Pam Grady
Everlasting piece of crap 
0.5
An Everlasting Piece
Roger Ebert
The movie has the ring of old beloved and partially but not entirely true stories 
3
An Everlasting Piece
Rob Blackwelder
A grab bag of unsteady chuckles that depend on misunderstood accent gags and quirky family bits 
2
An Everlasting Piece
Ross Anthony
Cute quirky gritty and playfully foul mouthed 
2.5
Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage
David Nusair
An often interminable piece of work 
1
The App That Stole Christmas
Roger Moore
The acting s bad the dialogue a clutter of cliches banal affirmations half hearted jokes and endless vocalized pauses filler
1
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Chris Knight
If you ve long yearned to know more about the guy in My Dinner with Andre or Demolition Man if you prefer here s your chance 
3
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Jeff Shannon
Andr Gregory Before and After Dinner is an insightful documentary love letter directed by Gregory s second wife Cindy Kleine who married Gregory when she was 39 and he was 63 
3
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Ty Burr
The film sees the creative process as a sacrament in which the play s not the thing but the getting there is 
2.5
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Donald Liebenson
Before and After Dinner is not fully satisfying but it does offer a rich portrait of the artist as an ever seeking explorer 
2.5
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Michael Phillips
A fond documentary made by Gregory s wife Cindy Kleine 
3
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Perhaps the most valuable insight that the film provides about its subject is that he acts even as he directs 
3
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Farran Smith Nehme
Gregory is a great theater director and raconteur but both talents are ill served here 
1.5
Tron
James Berardinelli
Director Steven Lisberger treats his actors like props which is understandable when one considers how technically oriented the project is 
3
Tron
Wesley Lovell
More important for its revolutionary visual effects than anything else the film is both entertaining and prescient 
3.5
Tron
Peter Canavese
There s an undeniable cart before the horse aspect to Tron but Lisberger s film will always stand as a touchstone in the development of CGI as a storytelling tool Blu ray 
2.5
Tron
David Nusair
a hopelessly dated relic of the early 1980s 
2
Tron
Josh Larsen
It s as if Fritz Lang had set Metropolis his silent science fiction classic in a disco 
3.5
Tron
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s innovative digital special effects were jaw dropping at the time and still seem pretty cool But somehow the plot congeals early into an old time medieval epic and gets pretty dull 
2.5
Tron
Roger Ebert
A dazzling movie from Walt Disney in which computers have been used to make themselves romantic and glamorous Here s a technological sound and light show that is sensational and brainy stylish and fun 
4
Tron
Marty Mapes
A must have DVD for us former adolescent computer nerds
3.5
Tron
Walter Chaw
while it touts its technological influence Tron is actually more instructive a model for the special effects extravaganzas that continue to litter the multiplex 
1.5
Tron
James O'Ehley
There are some stolid sci fi elements in it and some neat one liners that ll appeal to computer users 
2.5
Frank the Bastard
Mike McGranaghan
Ineptly written and flatly directed the film takes real effort to get through as it practically dares the viewer to pay attention 
1
Invincible
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I wonder how many more of these inspirational sports films we have to sit through in 2006 
2
Invincible
Joe Lozito
The script by newcomer Brad Gann hits all the right notes 
3
Invincible
Kam Williams
Mating calls aside the paint by numbers sports side of this picture is only likely to capture the imagination of kids under the age of ten 
2
Invincible
David Nusair
Greg Kinnear is particularly engaging as Papale s coach 
2.5
Invincible
Michael Phillips
There s a sugar coating to the way Papale s story unfolds but not so much that you ll spoil your dinner 
3
Invincible
Ross Anthony
Weak on acting power strong on cinematography and heart 
2
Invincible
Susan Tavernetti
For the umpteenth time Walt Disney Pictures repackages the American dream Go ahead and groan over all the predictable elements but you ll root for Papale Vermeil and the Eagles 
2.5
Invincible
Jonathan W. Hickman
If it weren t true people would never have believed it 
3.5
Invincible
Linda Cook
A little Rocky a little Rookie and all heart Invincible is a good natured sports movie that s as uplifting as it looks 
3.5
Invincible
Todd Hertz
A heartstrings pulling tear jerking inspiring hopeful drama of guts and determination where people like us overcome big odds to set an example for all those around 
2.5
Invincible
Daniel M. Kimmel
W e come out of the theater satisfied that the little guy made it and proved his worth and vaguely disquieted that we ve already seen this story several times 
2.5
Invincible
Sean McBride
fact or fiction Invincible is still a rousing good time at the movies 
3
Invincible
Geoff Pevere
Invincible is a working class jock Cinderella fantasy with the sincerity of a beer commercial the soul of a Republican incumbent and the designer flannel esthetics of an old Bruce Springsteen video 
1.5
Invincible
Maitland McDonagh
The film s depiction of life among the salt of the earth is blandly cartoonish 
2.5
Invincible
Claudia Puig
It may not break new ground but Invincible is an entertaining film awash in clichs but leavened by the charismatic performance of Mark Wahlberg as Vince Papale 
2.5
Invincible
Ted Fry
It s a hard earned humanity that gives Invincible its vigor 
3
Invincible
Ruthe Stein
The movie is shamelessly manipulative 
2
Invincible
David Elliott
The movie grinds out some formula yardage but is never just rote 
3
Invincible
John Thomason
This is a Disney movie but even as harmless formula fluff Invincible still has a genuine depth of feeling and the sincere old fashioned optimism inherent in classic triumphant underdog movies 
2.5
Invincible
Lisa Rose
A generic series of pep talks and rock pumped montages The only thing missing is a Rocky shot of the character racing up steps 
2
Invincible
Kyle Smith
The relaxed feel is what makes it so likable This movie is grounded
3
Invincible
Elizabeth Weitzman
Wahlberg and his co stars including love interest Elizabeth Banks really seem to believe in the story with a grave intensity that enhances its underdog appeal 
3
Invincible
Paul Doro
If you are at all a sucker for an underdog story it will suffice 
2.5
Invincible
Rene Rodriguez
Invincible is one gigantic pile of cornball clichs but there s no denying the movie works you over anyway 
3
Invincible
Dan Fienberg
Credit Invincible with varying the Disney formula just a bit While still a feel good movie it s a dark and miserable road that must be traveled along the way 
3
Invincible
Robert W. Butler
Not a great football movie but it ll do until one comes along 
2.5
Invincible
Amy Biancolli
As much as I wanted to root for Invincible its protagonist comes across as neither ebullient nor vivacious 
2.5
Invincible
Jennie Punter
Invincible is as much a period piece as it is a sports movie complete with a non stop soundtrack of familiar hits that unfortunately makes one think of That 70s Show a little too often
2
Invincible
Terry Lawson
For a movie about following your dreams this one is sorely lacking imagination 
2
Invincible
Jeff Vice
By now that formula is starting to wear a bit thin though Invincible a football drama is certainly better and more entertaining than the basketball tale Glory Road which was released earlier this year 
3
Invincible
Michael Booth
The most remarkable accomplishment of Invincible is to make a mid 70s musical soundtrack sound spectacular 
2
Invincible
Lawrence Toppman
A conventional Disney story of an ordinary guy striving to achieve his sports dream full of uplift and warmth Think of The Rookie and Miracle 
3
Invincible
Wade Major
For all its paint by numbers plotting there s nothing unduly irritating about Invincible either in execution or in marketing it s precisely the film it was meant to be 
2.5
Invincible
Wesley Morris
Wahlberg and the rest of the solid cast sell this ESPN equivalent of a Lifetime movie 
2.5
Invincible
Sara Michelle Fetters
Put simply this movie works and if your heart doesn t beat heartily in appreciation than you better go to a doctor because you just might be dead 
3
Invincible
Sean P. Means
Wahlberg makes Vince the kind of modest aw shucks guy worth rooting for which is what makes Invincible a winner 
3
Invincible
Kit Bowen
Invincible does nothing to improve on the already very tired sports underdog theme 
2.5
Invincible
Eric Melin
It may not entirely live up to its name but for a film that s steeped in familiarity it is a noble entry into an ever crowding genre 
2.5
Invincible
Erik Childress
Ultimately will be little more than another human interest story we hear during the end of a daily newscast
2.5
Invincible
Willie Waffle
It s comforting entertainment done well
3
Invincible
Dustin Putman
Fumbles in its telling of a story that historically noteworthy or not isn t dramatically potent enough for a cinematic treatment 
2
Invincible
Peter Canavese
Loses possession early on and has trouble holding onto the ball 
2.5
Invincible
James Berardinelli
With Invincible hero worship and unimaginative storytelling have caused the project to strike a sour note 
2
Invincible
Stephen Williams
Unlike most feel good films in this genre Invincible isn t blatantly manipulative and works so well because it is in fact understated 
3.5
Invincible
Chris Hewitt
Aside from the obligatory wife who s holding Papale back Invincible gets almost everything right 
3.5
Invincible
Tracy Allerton
This film gets more right than wrong in the playbook 
3
Invincible
Carrie Rickey
Invincible is an uplift the neighborhood stand up and cheer go Eagles inspirational story about the little energizer that could 
3
Invincible
Jeff Strickler
Ultimately the movie fulfills its mission which is to fire up viewers with its can do attitude 
3
Invincible
Matt Pais
Reminds us that from the bitter rivalries to the torn jerseys worn in pickup games to the dreams of gridiron glory sports teams belong to the fans 
3
Invincible
Phil Villarreal
Invincible is part The Rookie part Rocky and all heart 
3.5
Invincible
Steve Rhodes
The long and tedious first third of the movie is set in a working class bar in south Philly This plodding part is pure sitcom 
2
Invincible
Fernando F. Croce
Shut down factories unemployment lines and prole strikes feature prominently unfortunately only to be glazed by Core s top 70s hits nostalgia 
2
Too Old for Fairy Tales
Roger Moore
An aimless 44 amiable coming of age ramble about a video game addict who has to grow up 8212 at least a little 8212 when his mother gets sick 46 
2
Private Dicks - Men Exposed
Kam Williams
25 guys of every age and ethnicity and from every walk of life not only get naked but also answer a variety of very intimate questions about their private parts 
4
Bobby Z
David Nusair
ultimately manages to overcome its myriad of deficiencies to become a surprisingly entertaining little actioner 
3
American Animals
Matt Brunson
A movie that takes a tattered genre and manages to add some fresh elements to it 
3
American Animals
Joey Magidson
You really can tell that a documentarian made this movie That s a compliment too 
3.5
American Animals
Alan French
Layton entwines documentary and performance to create a true crime heist film The result is something that feels experimental 
3.5
American Animals
Robert Daniels
Every actor turns in a enthralling performance and the four subjects have sincere intelligent and charismatic personalities But it doesn t change the fact that making a film about them is an advertisement for while male privilege in America 
3
American Animals
Eric Melin
American Animals doesn t need an easy out to explain its characters poor decisions The propulsive energy of the movie once it starts to take shape mirrors the inevitability of them seeing their bad idea all the way through 
2.5
American Animals
Rob Thomas
In Bart Layton s immensely entertaining and unexpectedly thoughtful caper thriller the line between taking part in a robbery and play acting in a movie about a robbery is a thin one 
3.5
American Animals
Josh Bell
The combination of the two approaches is ambitious and daring and often exciting to watch but like the bold and foolhardy crime it depicts the end result is a bit of a mess 
2.5
American Animals
David Nusair
Filmmaker Bart Layton punctuates American Animals with interviews with the story s real life figures 
3
American Animals
Peter Howell
It hits the usual genre beats and plays a predictable rock soundtrack as it lurches between comedy and drama but neither the story nor the characters really mesh 
2
American Animals
Sara Michelle Fetters
I kind of loved the Rashomon trick Layton waits until the best possible moment to reveal 
3
American Animals
Robert Horton
Instead of thinking what a lark this all is we realize somebody is going to get hurt because of these jackasses 
3
American Animals
Mark Dujsik
What we have here is an entertaining mishmash of fiction and reality 
3
American Animals
Michael O'Sullivan
American Animals is fascinating funny and in the end deep 
3
American Animals
Mick LaSalle
American Animals evokes the feeling of an anxiety dream specifically the common one in which you know you ve done something bad and irrevocable and now must live with the consequences 
3
American Animals
Gary Thompson
Director Layton makes a conventional narrative film a companion documentary splices them together and actually blends them putting real people in dramatized scenes 
3
American Animals
Anita Katz
Crucially there s humanity in this picture of four young men self destructing and the cast sizzles 
3
American Animals
Tom Russo
The drama palpably potently conveys the group s misgivings their jangling nerves the foolhardy resignation pushing them on despite themselves 
3
American Animals
Odie Henderson
How you feel about this film hinges solely on whether you think this redemption is warranted I did not 
1.5
American Animals
Rex Reed
American Animals is one fact based heist frolic with a youthful slant that works in spite of itself 
3
American Animals
Peter Travers
The holes in the script are a pesky issue but filmmaker Bart Layton s blend of recreations and real life participants commenting on the action gives this true crime comedy an edge 
3
American Animals
Rick Bentley
When dealing with a character who comes across larger than life it s easy to overplay the role Evan Peters has just enough energy and charisma to make this work 
3
American Animals
Sara Stewart
Although this might not all tonally flow it s clear you re watching a dazzling new directorial career taking flight 
3
American Animals
Keith Watson
As he showed in The Imposter writer director Bart Layton knows how to spin a compelling yarn 
2.5
American Animals
Roger Moore
Clever to the point of bloody brilliant
3.5
American Animals
J.R. Kinnard
Director Bart Layton s heist yarn is an exhilarating exercise in art imitating life that was imitating art 
4
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Brian Eggert
Until hindsight allows us to reflect on the complete Hobbit trilogy 44 Jackson 8217 s second entry is a satisfying tale that breezes by at 2 hours and 41 minutes 46 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mattie Lucas
Formless unwieldy and ultimately disappointing 
2
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Frank Ochieng
In The Hobbit The Desolation Of Smaug Jackson revisits his style of elaborate escapist cinema the visual vitality and expansive storytelling methods to convey Tolkien s visionary landscape of Middle Earth 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Sonny Bunch
The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug manages to zip nicely along Yes it s 2 hours and 40 minutes But it doesn t really feel like it 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Tom Meek
The most fun part of the film comes as the dwarves flee the elven holding block in oak kegs and shoot down whitewater rapids through a gauntlet of orcs 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Wesley Lovell
A terrific middle chapter with plenty of action excitement and fun 
4
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Michael Dequina
Whatever hiccups there are Freeman continues to be note perfect and Jackson does deliver on the action and builds a great deal of momentum in the final stretch 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jay Antani
It s natural to be repelled by Jackson s commercial and franchise minded motives but ultimately he delivers escapist entertainment that functions as the cinematic equivalent of comfort food 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
James Kendrick
More tightly paced and action oriented than its predecessor
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Linda Cook
Even more entertaining than its predecessor The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug continues J R R Tolkien s journey with fleshed out characters and action sequences that will bring fans back to their beloved Middle Earth 
4
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Marty Mapes
Cinema as spectacle fantastic and fun
3.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mike McGranaghan
Needless padding is the enemy of competent storytelling The Desolation of Smaug is frustrating because you sense how much Jackson is in love with Tolkien s material and how much that love has caused him to lose sight of what this tale should really be 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
John Beifuss
One begins to feel that the addition of just one more special effect one more grimacing Orc face or one more digital feat of derring do might cause one to explode like the man offered the after dinner mint in Monty Python s The Meaning of Life 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Eric Melin
Very similar to LOTR with lots of walking montages and an identical central conflict the corrupting temptation of the ring and a call to courage for a hobbit Far from the journey then it s individual moments that elicit the greatest pleasure 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Scott Nash
A good movie that could have been a great one with a tighter edit 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Burl Burlingame
There are a dozen dwarves and they all have names that sound like power tools and their motivation well let s just call them the Ferengi of Middle Earth 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Matt Brunson
The primary cast newcomers Luke Evans and Evangeline Lilly smoothly integrate themselves into Jackson s fantasy vision although the return of Orlando Bloom as Legolas isn t the thrill many might be expecting 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Tyler Hanley
Smaug ignites the excitement missing from Jackson s sluggish first Hobbit flick and the stunning visuals cinematography costuming set design effects set it apart as one of the most impressive fantasy films ever made 
4
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Liam Lacey
With the introductions and bag packing out of the way from the first film the new movie jumps straight into the action and doesn t relent until the cliffhanger ending almost three hours later 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lisa Kennedy
For the casual but compelled moviegoer The Desolation of Smaug is a fine improvement over the first offering Tolkien aficionados may feel otherwise 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Bob Bloom
The movie comes off as a ponderous placeholder for the grand finale or worse a gigantic trailer creating the urge to go back and watch the much better The Lord of the Rings trilogy 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
John Wirt
A visual feast and a hell of a dragon set within a thin story 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jackson s direction is still forceful and smooth emphasizing movement over chaos which is a nice change of pace from most blockbusters 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Willie Waffle
Is she the Jar Jar Binks of the Lord of the Rings universe 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Sheila O'Malley
The thematic elements are in place the emotional tension is highly strung and the action unfolds in a wave like the fire erupting from the dragon s mouth overtaking all in its path 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mark Dujsik
W hat Jackson does with the central storyline is quite effective here 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Dustin Putman
Feels like a chore rather than a source of entertainment and or enlightenment 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Anders Wright
Entertaining enough Sure But when all is said and done it s impossible for the series of Hobbit films to measure up to the first trilogy 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jason Buchanan
An occasionally exciting yet mostly lumbering sequel that proves you can indeed have too much of a good thing 
2
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Joe Lozito
This second Hobbit film is a worthy entry in the Jackson Tolkien canon But after almost three hours in the theater having a incomplete story feels like a cheat 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mark Ellis
The Desolation of Smaug is so much fun you won t mind experiencing it twice to see what you missed at the first go around 
4
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Peter Travers
Director Peter Jackson performs the same kind of miracles with the digital Smaug that he did with Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Steven Rea
The Desolation of Smaug is not only eight minutes shorter than its forebear it s at least eight minutes better less twee less chatty more action more Elvish 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Graham Killeen
The Desolation of Smaug sometimes feels slower than an Ent but audiences will be spellbound by the museum quality production design top notch visual effects and endearingly unironic performances 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Joe Williams
We were promised desolation but The Hobbit just keeps dragon on 
2
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Carla Meyer
Also impressive is all the beauty on display in Smaug from the stunning New Zealand landscapes to the actors 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Dann Gire
After turning J R R Tolkien s Middle Earth into a bloated brain numbing travelogue in The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson strikes back with a sequel slightly less bloated and slightly less brain numbing 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Chris Knight
There is so much going on in the middle chapter of Peter Jackson s three volume Hobbit tale you ll have time to enjoy its excesses weary of them and finally return to a kind of grudging admiration of the film s prodigal nature 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mick LaSalle
Tolkien is barely there and Middle earth lies in ruins 
2
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Chris Hewitt
Put the first movie behind you This one s good 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Michael O'Sullivan
Much of this has all the gluteus clenching intensity of a good video game but there s also a thematic subtext here as there was in the LOTR films of good vs evil and honor vs treachery 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Rene Rodriguez
A bloated dawdling and distended adventure that throws in so many extraneous characters and subplots the eponymous hero Bilbo Baggins is edged off the screen for large chunks of time 
2
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Loey Lockerby
From the twisted darkness of Mirkwood Forest to the sparkling beauty of a giant gold statue Jackson makes sure viewers feel as if they ve stepped into another world with or without 3 D Plus it has a spectacular dragon Who doesn t love that 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
John Serba
More action and less diddlefarting through many a forest and meadow than the previous film 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Matt Pais
Feels like rousing a sleeping dragon 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Stephen Whitty
Our heroes trudge on a bit have a furious fight escape They trudge on some more have an even more furious fight and escape again It just feels overstuffed like some dwarfish banquet course after course after course without any clear end 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mary Ann Gwinn
The moviemakers create a world that you just want to jump in to even if it means facing down the King of the Orcs 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jeff Beck
While it may not be as good as An Unexpected Journey The Desolation of Smaug is still an outstanding continuation of the saga that gives fans just about everything they could want from such an adaptation 
3.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Claudia Puig
Like its predecessor it features way too much trudging through forests 
2
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Josh Larsen
Just when the movie seems to be at its most plodding it perks up to envision an element of Tolkien s tale in a way that words could never capture 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Michael Phillips
It s livelier and better than its predecessor The first movie s harrumphing throat clearing has given way to a swift imposing adventure boasting several wing ding action sequences 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lou Lumenick
A space holding empty headed epic filled with characters and places digital and otherwise that are hard to keep straight much less care about 
1.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
James Berardinelli
It s epic fantasy for those who thinks the term means monsters chases fights and little else 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Peter Howell
Jackson s audacity and folly both come to the fore in this picture which is much more than a placeholder but something less than a fully satisfying saga in its own right 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Daniel M. Kimmel
an engaging story that should thrill the hardcore fans and even entertain some of the holdouts to the supposed charms of Tolkien 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Rafer Guzman
Romance may not be what fans of this fantasy franchise want but it s a blessing for the rest of us In a movie driven mostly by kabillion dollar special effects it s nice to feel a human emotion 
2.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Randy Myers
Even though Smaug clocks in at a seat squirming length more than 2 1 2 hours it rarely feels padded 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Roger Moore
Murkier but done with more dash and a greater sense of fun than the first Hobbit 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jocelyn Noveck
Onward to the third installment Jackson is back on track 
3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
R. Kurt Osenlund
A once precious franchise s weakest installment which forgets these adventures magic was never conjured by bells and whistles 
2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Sarah Knight Adamson
Entertaining holds your attention a great performance by McConaughey Very refreshing as his past rom com leading man roles have been just so so 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Roger Moore
Matthew McConaughey is the only actor in Hollywood who can swagger while sitting down This is one role where that works to perfection 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Dequina
The whole falls short of the sum of impressive parts 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
David Nusair
46 46 46 a perfectly serviceable legal thriller that passes the time and gets the job done 46 46 46 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Glenn Lovell
That this mystery thriller doesn t add up 8210 feels more than a little contrived 8210 says something about compromises made to keep the filmgoer from recoiling from the heel hero 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Eric Melin
In a nice twist the central mystery of the plot is solved about halfway through the movie and it then becomes about some clever legal maneuvering on Mick s part 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
James Kendrick
brings together the numerous narrative and thematic threads that make such stories even when being told for the umpteen millionth time really work
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Linda Cook
All of those who count A Time to Kill among your favorite courtroom dramas raise a hand Now use that hand to grab some money and run out to see The Lincoln Lawyer another riveting legal thriller starring Matthew McConaughey 
3.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a full bore legal thriller of maneuvering and slight of hand of parlor games and verbal ingenuity and when all is said and done the tension ratcheted up is of a higher pedigree than I would have believed was possible before entering the theatre 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
John Beifuss
Crackerjack plotting and characterization credit the source novel by Michael Connelly compensate for tired even annoying visuals blame the ADD camerawork and oversaturated color scheme on director Brad Furman in this entertaining legal thriller 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Lori Hoffman
The Lincoln Lawyer is something we haven t seen in ages a cracking good courtroom drama that is filled with ingenious twists and compelling characters 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Glenn Heath Jr.
Who knew cheesy one liners and pro bono work could simultaneously represent the worst impulses Hollywood has to offer 
1.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Peter Keough
As nondescript as its title Brad Furman s slick legal mystery adapted from a Michael Connelly novel plays like an above average TV pilot until it gets greedy and runs 20 minutes too long 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Keith Cohen
There is never a dull moment during the two hour running time The best compliment has to be that the film comes close to mirroring the page turning suspense of the source material If you need a break from 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Christian Toto
Welcome back Matthew McConaughey
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Lisa Kennedy
The Lincoln Lawyer is not a feat of genre breaking design But it is a well oiled machine 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Stephen Whitty
It would be more fun if the hero were a little more colorful All Matthew McConaughey s Haller has to his character is his cockiness and that gets a bit tiresome 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It jumps through the twists and turns of Michael Connelly s story with grace and confidence trusting that the audience is smart enough to follow 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Peter Travers
This is rock solid entertainment McConaughey a cunning mesmerizer in the courtroom steers this Lincoln into what could be a hell raising franchise 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Erik Childress
After getting through its three different climaxes each one more ridiculous than the last the film supposedly settles into its moral statement about a man who learned his lesson and is now ready to do pro bono work for drug farmers 
1.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Ann Hornaday
The Lincoln Lawyer just may have the makings of a terrific franchise if only because it finds McConaughey so clearly in his comfort zone after a string of forgettable romantic comedies and action pictures 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Lou Lumenick
Calling big screen legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer the best TV pilot I ve seen in a while really isn t meant as a putdown the truth is there s more good stuff on the tube these days than in theaters especially at this time of the year 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Willie Waffle
An amazing cast some fun mystery twists and turns that will entertain you and Matthew McConaughey reminding the audience why they like and root for him 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Rick Groen
Fellow jurors let s remember The Lincoln Lawyer at its best and deliver a generous verdict an innocent entertainment with extenuating circumstances 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Peter Howell
The spotlight is firmly on McConaughey but he earns all the attention 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Chris Hewitt
McConaughey s smoothness works pretty well here conveying a sense that Haller can wriggle out of tight legal squeezes that would defeat a more scrupulous man 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Joe Williams
It marches at an efficient pace but there s too much collateral damage to believability 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Roger Ebert
The Lincoln Lawyer is workmanlike engagingly acted and entertaining 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mark Dujsik
By the time the climactic courtroom scene arrives much has happened to little effect 
2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Dustin Putman
Resembles a mundane two hour episode of Law Order Los Angeles 
2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Amy Biancolli
Lincoln is smart juicy entertainment but it s the kind of straight up legal drama that hinges entirely on crafty storytelling and across the board solid performances 
3.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Robert W. Butler
Charismatic and oozing oily self confidence the character Mick Haller dovetails perfectly with McConaughey s skill set and dazzling grin After a string of desultory romantic comedies this actor once again has a winner 
2.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
Moira MacDonald
The Lincoln Lawyer moves through its paces as smoothly as Mickey strolls through a courtroom 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Carrie Rickey
Brad Furman s movie is shamelessly entertaining and the best thing in it is McConaughey s Mickey Haller known as the Lincoln lawyer because his office is his Town Car 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
Ty Burr
Admit it when you hear the phrase a Matthew McConaughey movie your expectations slip into the basement yes Yes On that score this adaptation of a best selling Michael Connelly crime thriller is an improvement 
2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Matt Pais
Surprisingly corny for a story that spends so much time dealing with prison and rape 
2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Connie Ogle
Most fans of the novel would probably tell you McConaughey isn t someone they had pictured in the lead role but he works out just fine his laid back breezy charisma exactly what Mickey requires to do his job 
3
The Lincoln Lawyer
James Berardinelli
The Lincoln Lawyer is an enjoyable piece of pop entertainment 
3
Trap Street
Kenji Fujishima
Vivian Qu s debut feature slowly reveals itself to be an eerie meditation on the increasingly thin line between technological illusion and hard reality 
2.5
Rocketman
Brian Eggert
The committed performance is something speciala sensitive and frenzied role that reminds us just how fascinating Elton John and his music remains 
3
Rocketman
David Gonzalez
While Rocketman follows specific musical bio pic structures 44 its choice to turn the sub genre upside down with its style shows homage to not only the man but his eternal impact on music 46 
4
Rocketman
Jason Fraley
A giddy yet sobering film that is part chronological biopic and part musical fantasy that s bound to have fans tapping their feet 
3.5
Rocketman
Steven Prokopy
In the context of Elton John s life many of his songs take on extra meaning The result feels fantastical and edges into the realm of magical realism if that wasn t built to tell Elton John s story I don t know what was 
3.5
Rocketman
Federico Furzan
Sure it s extravagant as expected but Rocketman feels dull when portraying humanity in its characters and that s all we need in a biography Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Rocketman
Alan French
With Rocketman 44 the young star Taron Egerton showcases incredible talent 46 Shockingly 44 Rocketman might live up to the promise of an Elton John biopic 46 
3
Rocketman
Karen M. Peterson
Dexter Fletcher has reinvigorated the musical biopic 
4
Rocketman
James Kendrick
All biopics are fantasies of one kind or another Rocketman has the daring to wear it on its cinematic sleeve 
3.5
Rocketman
Sarah Knight Adamson
Perhaps the best element of this musical is the fast paced choreographed dance moments combined with all of the cast breaking out into song at any given moment 
3.5
Rocketman
Sonny Bunch
Big screen jukebox musical an enjoyably chaotic mess 
2.5
Rocketman
David Nusair
One of the worst music biopics to come around in quite a while 
1.5
Rocketman
Mick LaSalle
Really on the basis of Rocketman you d think Elton John never had a moment of fun 
1
Rocketman
Matt Brunson
Even if it doesn t soar as high as one would like Rocketman is still a better movie than Bohemian Rhapsody which suffered in part from its PG 13 designation Rocketman is a solid R which is more in line for this sort of warts and all biopic 
3
Rocketman
Mattie Lucas
Fletcher captures the exhilarating spirit of those events levitating the characters and the audience into a kind of phantasmagorical cinematic ecstasy 
3
Rocketman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Director Dexter Fletcher s energetically emotional musical is fantastically entertaining 
3.5
Rocketman
Linda Cook
I hope you don t mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is when Elton John s music and this movie are in the world 
3.5
Rocketman
Allyson Johnson
Regardless of its shortcomings the film s love of its subject matter is apparent managing to help raise the predictable into something more daring and visually exciting than it has any right to be 
3
Rocketman
Sean P. Means
Rocketman feels in part like Fletcher s effort to prove what he could do with a musical biography from scratch 
3
Rocketman
Frank Ochieng
Thoroughly eye popping sprawling with vibrancy and vision and spryly contemplative ROCKETMAN is a virtual blast into the effervescent orbit of the meaningful musical biopic 
3.5
Rocketman
Mike McGranaghan
When done right music biopics are enjoyable foot tapping celebrations of someone who gave magic to the world Rocketman is done right 
3.5
Rocketman
Josh Terry
Dexter Fletcher s film could have provided more depth rather than rely on its grandiose Broadway musical sheen but the sheen fits the subject and it s unlikely anyone will be disappointed with the results 
3
Rocketman
Christian Toto
There s plenty to admire about both Taron Egerton and Hollywood s latest musical biopic So why aren t we cheering like we should 
2.5
Rocketman
Max Weiss
The pop icon is vividly brought to life in this kaleidoscopic biopic 
3.5
Rocketman
Rene Sanchez
Taron Egerton strongly commands this sparkling colorful and moving journey to the musical universe of Elton John Full Review in Spanish 
3
Rocketman
Robert Horton
Whatever this movie s blunders it succeeds because of two big selling points the songs are just as catchy as they were in 1973 and Elton John is splendidly incarnated by Taron Egerton 
3
Rocketman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I forgive Rocketman many of its screenplay sins because of Egerton the direction and those damn catchy tunes 
3
Rocketman
James Berardinelli
Although the movie will be rightfully and enthusiastically embraced by the singer s fans it has something to offer those with no more than a casual recognition and appreciation of the man s music 
3
Rocketman
Anita Katz
A musical fantasy that never quite breaks free from the rock biopic formula but nonetheless delivers some satisfying pizzazz and joy 
3
Rocketman
Katie Walsh
This dizzy delirious jukebox musical has the energy and visual dynamism to truly reflect the outlandish aesthetic and performance style of its subject 
4
Rocketman
Ty Burr
Which is to say that as long as Rocketman is charting the jet propelled rise of Elton John in the early 1970s it is an absolute gas 
3
Rocketman
Gary Thompson
It s an old story but true in its own way and Fletcher and Egerton find ways to give these familiar ideas a humor and over the top energy appropriate to its subject 
3
Rocketman
Chris Hewitt
Rocketman is as weird brazen and stylish as the man at its center 
3.5
Rocketman
Joey Magidson
Elton John is a legend there s no question No one can take issue with his colorful life being given the biopic treatment The execution here however is another story 
2
Rocketman
Mark Dujsik
In marrying the music and the biographical tale with such care the film transcends the gimmicky conceit of the jukebox musical 
3.5
Rocketman
Soren Andersen
Egerton is commanding throughout His performance is truly a marvel Rocketman as well 
3.5
Rocketman
Peter Howell
This is rock storytelling as entertainment not a social chronicle like Woodstock or Gimme Shelter 
3
Rocketman
Roger Moore
Joyless
2
Rocketman
Robert Daniels
Dexter Fletcher makes your basic Freudian gin and tonic with a showstopping crowd pleaser 
3
Rocketman
Matthew Passantino
Rocketman has the pleasing aesthetic of a storybook jukebox musical but is punctuated with a piercing and unescapable sense of melancholy 
3
Rocketman
Brad Wheeler
It s whimsy magic and metaphor 
3.5
Rocketman
Brian Truitt
As much as Rocketman reminds of just how many outstanding songs Elton John has recorded it also digs into the pain and emotion that lie within those toe tapping treasures 
3
Rocketman
Christy Lemire
Egerton gives a performance with such thrills and vulnerability such charisma and pathos that it s hard not to be wowed 
2.5
Rocketman
Richard Roeper
Rocketman manages to be campy and yet sincere serious and yet ridiculous profound and yet silly and quite wonderful Just like Elton himself 
3.5
Rocketman
Rafer Guzman
An uneven combination of strong performances an insightful script by Lee Hall and iffy musical numbers Rocketman is inventive and enjoyable even when it teeters unsteadily on the platform heels of its own ambition 
2.5 
Rocketman
Erik Anderson
Taron Egerton is absolutely electric as Elton John in Dexter Fletcher s imaginative brash and dazzling musical biopic of the legendary musician 
3.5
Rocketman
Johnny Oleksinski
As a singer Egerton lands somewhere between Elton John and William Hung but regardless he feels the words deeply and has so much charisma that his red blood cells may well be sequins 
3
Rocketman
Pat Brown
mostly distract us from its superficiality 
2.5
Rocketman
Jake Coyle
Like its flamboyant subject it s a movie outfitted to the nines in dazzle and verve even if it s gotten all dressed up with nowhere to go but the most conventional places 
2.5
Escape to Witch Mountain
Betsy Bozdech
If you can dust off your eight year old self and put your disbelief in a headlock when you pop this in the player you may manage to get a few nostalgic kicks 
2
Escape to Witch Mountain
Roger Ebert
A scifi thriller that s fun that s cheerfully implausible that s scary but not too scary and it works 
2
The Aspern Papers
Matt Brunson
Exhibits even less of a pulse than a cemetery corpse 
1.5
The Aspern Papers
Glenn Kenny
A peculiar and ineffectual film 
1.5
The Aspern Papers
Anita Katz
The psychological suspense and romantic intrigue barely register The movie s a frustrating missed opportunity 
2
The Aspern Papers
David Lewis
It s like a Merchant Ivory film on Quaaludes 
1
The Aspern Papers
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is smart literary nuanced slightly stagy and pedigreed to within an inch of its life It practically reeks of dusty yellowed pages and engraved leather bookbinding 
2
The Aspern Papers
Moira MacDonald
The Aspern Papers brief as it is needed more of a lightness of touch if you weigh down melodrama too much it dies 
2
The Aspern Papers
Keith Watson
The words of Henry James have never sounded as leaden and preposterous as they do in Julien Landais s The Aspern Papers 
.5
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Michael Wilmington
Few non fiction films about the arts hit as hard or soar to such heights of poetry and humanity 
3.5
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Wesley Morris
Observes as the inmates use theater to massage knots of guilt and anguish in their psyches 
3
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Walter V. Addiego
The film makes the case one that always needs making that despite what they ve done these men retain some shred of humanity 
3
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Michael Booth
Rogerson lets the cameras roll and we get real insight into daily prison life But he doesn t stop to create context and we feel stuck inside the razor wire 
2
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Phil Villarreal
For once here s a prison movie without a riot or an impromptu cafeteria fight in which one inmate bashes the other over the head with a food tray 
3
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Jonathan W. Hickman
The search for inner forgiveness is a ribbon that runs throughout the film 
3.5
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Moira MacDonald
An immensely moving tribute to the power of art 
3.5
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Ken Fox
Shakespeare himself couldn t have written better or more complex characters and far from strange by the end of this extraordinary film you couldn t imagine Shakespeare performed anywhere else 
4
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Kyle Smith
We d all like to believe that art is a lot more powerful than it is but during rehearsals two inmates who swear that Shakespeare has shown them the light are instead cast off to the Hole for breaking prison rules 
2.5
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Jami Bernard
The mere fact that Shakespeare can teach hardened criminals to search their souls gives hope that forgiveness and redemption are possible even at the bottom of the human barrel 
3
Shakespeare Behind Bars
Jan Stuart
Any minute of this low budget digitally shot documentary packs more punch than the entirety of most triumph of the human spirit blockbusters 
3.5
No One Gets Out Alive
Randy Myers
A stand up and take notice feature debut from filmmaker Santiago Menghini 
3
No One Gets Out Alive
Roger Moore
A slow moving slow to frighten affair that struggles to come off as logical coherent or particularly satisfying 
1.5
No One Gets Out Alive
Monica Castillo
Even if everything doesn t quite work out No One Gets Out Alive has a good premise and solid performances from Rodlo and her castmates 
2.5
No One Gets Out Alive
Mark Dujsik
The third act certainly raises the real world menace and otherworldly stakes and in the process the movie gives up what made it different from all that usual stuff 
2
Men in War
Roger Moore
From the very first scenes it s unmistakably a Mann film self conscious screen compositions arresting angles and two shots a rough and ready and intimate drama filmed in black and white and littered with close ups 
3
Men in War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A razor sharp use of environment Though the territory is wild and unknown Mann still emphasizes clarity of action over chaos 
3.5
Men in War
Michael Phillips
Time has proved its unassuming unadorned craftsmanship and Ryan s understanding of men pushed to the edge never asking for an audience s sympathy only our awareness 
3.5
Annabelle
Brian Eggert
A tired procession of supernatural horror clich 233 s 46 
0.5
Annabelle
Leo Brady
The first half hour of Annabelle is interesting until it makes sure to hit every horror film cliché on the nose 
2
Annabelle
David Keyes
An outline of a horror film rather than the full embodiment guided by general exercises instead of ambitiously choreographed routines 
2
Annabelle
Bill Chambers
Annabelle s problems are legion but let s start with the bait and switch hook that promises a killer doll and instead delivers a shadowy gargoyle 
0.5
Annabelle
Mike McGranaghan
Watching Annabelle is like watching a movie you ve seen a dozen times before just with different actors and slight variations on the same scare tactics 
1.5
Annabelle
Linda Cook
An average kind of horror story Annabelle is a prequel to the far superior The Conjuring from last year 
2
Annabelle
David Nusair
a slightly above average yet run of the mill ghost story 
2
Annabelle
Jack Rodgers
All in all Annabelle is well made and contains a few moments that might look great out of context but its story is too thin to recommend this to anyone but hardcore fans of The Conjuring 
2
Annabelle
John Beifuss
With Alfre Woodard as yet another of those hardworking and self sacrificing movie black women who takes one for the team the team being affluent elegant white folks 
2
Annabelle
Brad Keefe
It s far from groundbreaking but offers a few great scares though some are more earned than others 
2.5
Annabelle
Tirdad Derakhshani
As undistinguished uninteresting and unscary as the worst of the Chucky films 
1.5
Annabelle
Brian Tallerico
It offers surface level scares without the undercurrent of humanity needed to make them register 
1
Annabelle
Bruce DeMara
If you re sighing heavily at the thought of yet another stupid horror movie involving an evil doll here s a pleasant surprise Annabelle is actually rather decent at raising the goose bumps 
3
Annabelle
Christian Toto
Ninety plus minutes later we re still waiting to see why this creepy doll deserves her own horror franchise 
2
Annabelle
Willie Waffle
You have to expect a certain camp factor when the movie is about a haunted doll They should have embraced it owned it and exploited it 
1
Annabelle
Mark Dujsik
P erhaps the movie s biggest surprise is that it isn t entirely pointless 
2.5
Annabelle
Kristin Tillotson
In horror there really is nothing new left to discover under the devil moon so the secret to startling audiences or at least raising hairs on the backs of necks lies in deft direction and editing both missing here 
1.5
Annabelle
Christopher Gray
It s all a far cry from James Wan s The Conjuring which embraced the thrill of the paranormal even as it respected its frazzled earthbound characters 
1.5
Annabelle
Michael Phillips
Each time a character gets tossed in the air by some manifestation or another the effect is cheesy Still I ve seen worse 
2.5
Annabelle
Kyle Smith
While the film isn t clever or original it is reasonably scary especially when it knocks off the preliminaries and gets to the good stuff 
2.5
Annabelle
Claudia Puig
The story is a mishmash of demonic possession Satanic killings machines suddenly switching on and off and vacantly staring figurines It s more familiar than frightening And the human actors are no more compelling than the poker faced dolls 
1.5
Annabelle
Dann Gire
Not only does Annabelle lack the qualities that made the original Conjuring frightfully realistic this preposterous prequel presents people so deprived of personality and perception that you almost root for the demons 
1.5
Annabelle
Joe Williams
Annabelle is so lazily coat tailing on Roman Polanski they should have called it Rosemary s Barbie 
1.5
Annabelle
Peter Hartlaub
The movie tries to be more than just a creepy doll freakout and delivers the requisite scares 
2
Annabelle
Michael O'Sullivan
It has its unnerving moments but they re outweighed by the sheer stupidity and predictability of the story 
1
Annabelle
Dustin Putman
Not only withholds the dignity of The Conjuring but actually surpasses that film s fiendish parade of frights For horror enthusiasts in search of a serious tingle in their spines Annabelle delivers in spades 
3
Annabelle
Roger Moore
Old fashioned old school passively acted with the simplest of effects But frightening Surprisingly yes 
2
The Shout
Elliott Stein
My thoughts were elsewhere 
1
The Shout
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie terrifying is the way in which the outback magic is introduced so naturally into the placid fabric of village life 
3
Cries and Whispers
Ernesto Diezmartinez
One of the most perfect works in the form and disturbing in the content of the Swedish filmmaker 
4
Cries and Whispers
James Berardinelli
In order to understand why Cries and Whispers is a great film it must be experienced not merely watched 
4
Cries and Whispers
Roger Ebert
Bergman never made another film this painful To see it is to touch the extremes of human feeling It is so personal so penetrating of privacy we almost want to look away 
4
Cries and Whispers
James Kendrick
Bergman s mastery of the cinematic medium allows him to convey this inner battle with minimal physical activity 
4
The City of Violence
Johnny Vaughan
KOREAN cinema s answer to Quentin Tarantino Ryoo Seung Wan lives up to his all action reputation with this bone crunching chop socky revenge thriller 
2.5
Tokarev
David Nusair
Generally awful and without redeeming qualities 
1.5
Tokarev
Chris Alexander
Sadly Rage is generally a slog and it s not Cage s fault 
2
Tokarev
Rob Humanick
It s sobering conclusions are heartfelt but ultimately unearned 
2
Tokarev
Glenn Lovell
a pulp y no nonsense vigilante number that sounds like it was scripted by a computer program Say what you will about Cage he gives the viewer his money s worth in tics and mad dog froth 
1.5
Tokarev
David Hiltbrand
There isn t an original frame or line of dialogue in Rage 
1.5
Tokarev
Glenn Kenny
A dull lifeless thing even in spite of its efforts old school grindhouse picture style to put an exploitation nihilist spin on the dad with action movie skills on the rampage boilerplate 
1
Tokarev
Scott Bowles
Rage is so full of clich convention and just plain odd narrative choices that it can t get out of its own way 
2
Tokarev
Rex Reed
A shabby waste of time from beginning to end 
0
Tokarev
Kam Williams
Think Taken with a heckuva twist 
2
Tokarev
Kyle Smith
A dopey mob thriller about an ex killer turned real estate developer trying to find his daughter s murderers 
1
Tokarev
Roger Moore
Cage as Joe showed us is still a formidable actor But Cage the movie star doesn t have the good sense to get out of his own way 
1.5
Tokarev
Clayton Dillard
Paco Cabezas s film is little more than a revenge relic pretending that the ethical treatise of David Cronenberg s A History of Violence never happened 
1
Freakonomics
Rene Rodriguez
Freakonomics is much like the book that spawned it a breezy entertainment that leaves you with a lot to think about 
3
Freakonomics
Chris Hewitt
If you didn t read the book you can get a less satisfying version of it here but you d be better off hitting the book And if you did read the book the movie is superfluous 
2
Freakonomics
Loey Lockerby
It s intellectual snack food satisfying for a little while but always leaving you hungry for more 
2.5
Freakonomics
Keith Cohen
This 93 minute collection of short films finds an innovative way to pursue trivial data It makes the often vague and elusive subject of economics interesting It should encourage more viewers to read the book 
2.5
Freakonomics
Lauren Wissot
Blame producer Chad Troutwine for bringing together an array of talented documentary filmmakers to try to coax life into material certainly not suited to the medium of film 
2
Freakonomics
James Berardinelli
Some parts of the movie are more satisfying and intriguing than others but there are enough surprising and non intuitive revelations that even the most jaded viewer will likely learn a thing or two 
3
Freakonomics
Sara Michelle Fetters
Look I enjoyed Freakonomics I just can t really say how much so mainly because I m still having issues buying all the information past on here as mathematical fact 
2.5
Freakonomics
Willie Waffle
A movie for those of you who like to fill out the crossword puzzle or play Sudoku daily
3
Freakonomics
Michael O'Sullivan
It isn t freaky enough 
1.5
Freakonomics
Mark Dujsik
It cannot and should not be expected to give us the answers we want or any at all for that matter The point of the field of Levitt and Dubner s study is to ask the right questions 
3
Freakonomics
Steven Rea
Freakonomics examines social cultural and financial issues with an eye to getting people to think differently 
3
Freakonomics
Ty Burr
An attempt to turn the 2005 nonfiction bestseller into a high energy docu romp Freakonomics is a misconceived botch 
1.5
Freakonomics
Kam Williams
An iconoclastic expose featuring fresh cultural slants apt to leave the average armchair economist reevaluating a lot of conventional wisdom they ve taken for granted 
3
Freakonomics
Gerald Peary
Schlock 
2
Freakonomics
Robert Levin
There s no chance to get into anything in depth because it s onto the next broadly sketched out concept 
2.5
Freakonomics
Dustin Putman
By the end don t be surprised if you are still asking yourself what exactly the definition of freakonomics is 
2
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Michael Medved
If you accept the fact that this gorgeously animated film is incurably weird then you can appreciate the fact that it s also surprisingly wonderful 
3
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Roger Moore
An absurd strained and seriously unfunny animated comedy that shows what can happen when animation veterans with limited imaginations try to conjure up a myth to give a story to an Irish dancing stage show somebody bought the rights to 
1.5
Paraiso Travel
V.A. Musetto
Worth seeing only for Angelica Blandon 
1
Friendly Persuasion
David N. Butterworth
While painting one of the better portraits of Quaker life the film s sober Civil War focused intentions are constantly undermined by slapstick situations and erstwhile tomfoolery 
2.5
Coco
Brian Eggert
Coco is a film that reminds us of the effect and importance of mise en scène even when it has been assembled by animators and computers 
4
Coco
David Gonzalez
The film falls in line with some of Pixars best films and is an absolute must watch for any fan of film especially the Latino community 46 Coco gives the community more reason to be proud to be Latino 46 
4
Coco
Leo Brady
Coco is another brilliant installment into an already near flawless collection of films okay all but those Cars movies 
3.5
Coco
Sarah Knight Adamson
Yes the set design is gorgeous in the land of the dead and the family centered theme is a winner however Coco s story line didn t wow me 
3
Coco
Matt Brunson
The story s metaphysical slant lends the proceedings a haunting and ruminative air 
3.5
Coco
Mattie Lucas
Coco is a wonder a dazzling and deeply moving candy colored fantasia fueled by the power of music 
3.5
Coco
Federico Furzan
Great animated film with a taboo subject that s very well executed Tears will eventually come Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Coco
Joey Magidson
Coco is one of Pixar s best films yet
3.5
Coco
Wesley Lovell
The heart that beats beneath Coco is one of passion care and tradition 
3.5
Coco
Robert Daniels
In a country with an ever increasing Hispanic and Mexican population a film like Coco should have come around a long time ago 
3
Coco
Kevin A. Ranson
All you really need to know is this Pixar knocks another one out of the graveyard and into the afterlife 
4
Coco
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Much to my surprise given my initial reaction to the story I found myself crying at the end 
3
Coco
David Nusair
Not exactly top tier Pixar 
2.5
Coco
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A simple but very humane story full of memorable and adorable characters and a really impressive visual style Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Coco
Mike McGranaghan
Coco continues Pixar s streak of pushing the boundaries of how deep an animated family feature can go 
4
Coco
David Keyes
Coco embodies the hope and promise of what animated films can be 
4
Coco
James Kendrick
There is a lot to admire about Coco particularly its energy and its story that attempts to find resolution between commitment to one s family and one s own sense of identity 
3.5
Coco
Linda Cook
There are not enough superlatives for this film It s a masterpiece 
4
Coco
Allyson Johnson
The work on screen is tireless spinning a loving and immersive tale of memories familial love and gratitude and the importance of holding onto where you ve come from while forging your own path 
4
Coco
John Serba
It s no exaggeration to say it shows us things we ve never seen before something that happens so rarely in modern cinema 
3.5
Coco
Clayton Davis
Coco is ravishing and almost seductive in the way it entices you Not sure we ve done enough good in our world to deserve such a gem Open your heart to its excellence 
3.5
Coco
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Add its magical array of visuals an entire Land of the Dead is realized and its kind loving representation of Mexican culture and Coco becomes a force for good in the world 
3.5
Coco
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Pixar s transcendent fable Coco is filled with visual wonders
4
Coco
Kate Taylor
None of Coco s few flaws can fatally undermine the film because it is most of all a smart and enduring piece of storytelling with a satisfyingly twisting narrative and richly complex theme 
3
Coco
Sara Michelle Fetters
Coco is worthwhile just not as much so as I honestly hoped it would be 
2.5
Coco
Matthew Passantino
The overarching themes of Coco might seem a bit basic for our high expectations of Pixar but they are executed with heart and sincerity throughout the film 
3
Coco
Josh Larsen
could be placed on an ofrenda as an offering of its own 
3
Coco
Stephen Whitty
Its backgrounds have a vibrancy and its atmosphere carries a warmth And even after it s done both linger just a bit like a perfectly struck guitar chord 
3
Coco
Phil Villarreal
A magical experience from the first frame through the final credits it s a resonant fable that speaks to the heart of the young and old alike 
3.5
Coco
Josh Terry
True to Pixar form Coco enhances its strong storytelling with brilliant visuals that inspire the imagination and in this case celebrate the Mexican culture 
3
Coco
Michael Smith
Coco is a bold and colorful animated dazzler of a movie with a story of family that goes straight to the heart of young and old alike which means it s the kind of movie that Pixar used to make 
3.5
Coco
Sean P. Means
The liveliest movie of the season is about dead people Pixar Animation Studio s new movie Coco a joyous celebration of memory linking our past to our present 
3.5
Coco
Peter Travers
Pixar s Day of the Dead gem pays loving tribute to Mexican culture with animation that brims over with visual pleasures comic energy and emotional wallop 
3.5
Coco
Bob Bloom
Coco has a big heart It s an embracing experience that stresses not only the importance of family but of heritage of who your ancestors are and why they made the choices they did 
3.5
Coco
Peter Canavese
A harmonious set of themes about vocation and ambition the role of family and the meanings of life and death 
3.5
Coco
Jody Mitori
The colorful visuals are matched with lively music especially de la Cruz s signature song Remember Me 
3.5
Coco
Dann Gire
It packs a couple of didn t see that coming moments and closes with an obligatory family reunion emanating such joyous emotion its deficiencies earn our forgiveness as well 
3
Coco
Mark Dujsik
Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich s screenplay constantly surprises with its inspirations 
3.5
Coco
Stephanie Merry
Not only is it a wholly original story but it also honors a culture that s so often overlooked by the movie industry That alone might have made it a hit but Coco has so much more to offer 
3
Coco
Peter Howell
Every step of the way in Coco is a visual and sonic delight 
3.5
Coco
Soren Andersen
Dazzling visuals along with intricately structured and deeply moving storytelling are the hallmarks of the best of the studio s animated movies Coco has those in spades 
4
Coco
James Berardinelli
Coco may not represent Disney Pixar at its pinnacle but it s close enough to the top to warrant consideration as the best computer drawn film of 2017 
3
Coco
Katie Walsh
Coco uses the vibrant colors and style of the holiday to spin an imaginative tale rich in tradition and culture while beautifully celebrating family 
4
Coco
Michael Phillips
Coco may not reach the Pixar heights but there s an upside to its narrative density and elaborations Since the movie s beautiful a second viewing will not be difficult 
3
Coco
Gary Thompson
In general Coco is the kind of first rate technical production you expect from Pixar On the other hand it often feels more frantic than exciting and it counts on moments of humor that often do not materialize 
3
Coco
Matt Zoller Seitz
This film is a classic 
4
Coco
Ty Burr
Coco is a day glo firecracker celebrating a country and a culture that has been and continues to be much maligned and it s at its most vibrant when it journeys into and beyond the shadow of death 
3.5
Coco
Brian Truitt
The joyful journey is Pixar s best effort since 2015 s Inside Out and like the studio s greatest works makes you laugh and cry in equal doses 
3.5
Coco
Rafer Guzman
Coco makes sure to cross every item off its Mexican checklist tamales sombreros a shot of what looks like tequila but that s not the same as immersing us in a culture 
2.5
Coco
Randy Myers
The best moments in Coco are the less splendiferous more solemn segments especially the loving exchanges between Miguel and his great grandmother Mama Coco when the Pixar magic truly unfolds and our tear ducts get a good workout 
3.5
Coco
Johnny Oleksinski
Coco is packed with terrific original tunes 
4
Coco
Maren Longbella
What kids and yes adults too will respond to is the eye popping color fast pace music and the humor But don t forget parents that this is a movie about death Coco doesn t shy away from it and there are sad moments too 
3
Coco
Richard Roeper
Coco is full of life especially when we re hanging out the with the dead 
3.5
Coco
Peter Hartlaub
What a joy to watch Coco filmmaking that actively sandbags the viewer with the emotions of a starving artist and the mind of a pool hustler 
4
Coco
Keith Watson
The film brings Pixar s customary emotional directness to a festive reverent and wide ranging pastiche of Mexican culture 
3
Coco
Clint O'Connor
Coco celebrates Mexico its people and traditions and flows easily between English and Spanish 
3
Coco
Roger Moore
Encantadora
3.5
Coco
Dustin Putman
An insta classic a dazzling captivatingly written adventure resonating with profundity about life and death memory and legacy Graceful bittersweet and altogether astonishing Coco understands with utmost clarity what it means to be human 
4
Coco
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A genuinely touching outcome Full review in Spanish 
3
Boarding School
Nick Allen
A very odd movie 
1.5
Boarding School
James Berardinelli
Yakin makes no attempt to pacify traditional horror fans but he also doesn t go so far off the deep end that the movie makes no sense 
3
Lady Chatterley
Mattie Lucas
Ferran s softly contemplative tone is both unassuming and enthralling making it an unexpectedly fascinating and breathtaking film 
3.5
Lady Chatterley
John Beifuss
Full frontal nudity fights a losing battle for screen time with lingering shots of squirrels lizards ferns moss and other less salacious aspects of the natural world in Lady Chatterley a movie that is extremely generous toward its characters 
3
Lady Chatterley
Robert W. Butler
Leave it to the French to deliver the best film version ever of D H Lawrence s Lady Chatterley s Lover 
3.5
Lady Chatterley
John Monaghan
Excellent performances by everyone involved help you overlook the incongruity of French speaking actors in traditional English settings 
3
Lady Chatterley
Rob Thomas
I can certainly recommend the experience of having seen Lady Chatterley The experience of actually seeing it however all 168 leisurely paced minutes of it doesn t generate quite as much enthusiasm 
3
Lady Chatterley
Susan Walker
Director Pascale Ferran is true to the spirit of the book and gives us an eyeful of both the glorious countryside and the lovers physiques 
2.5
Lady Chatterley
Carla Meyer
Though the film always engages even at nearly three hours it rarely enlightens 
3
Lady Chatterley
Marta Barber
The beautiful scenery complements the intimate scenes even as the story becomes something we ve all seen and read in so many books and films Yet its candid conversations about sexuality are what places Lawrence s protagonist in a class by herself 
2.5
Lady Chatterley
Rick Groen
A picture about passion that invites none a picture far easier to admire than to adore 
3
Lady Chatterley
Jeff Vice
The luxuriously paced period drama is nearly three hours long and feels every bit of it 
2
Lady Chatterley
Sean P. Means
The relationship becomes more intriguing somewhere in the movie s third hour but getting to that point is too much of a chore 
2
Lady Chatterley
Moira MacDonald
Like a sprawling afternoon spent reading Lawrence Ferran s film is a welcome and often enthralling escape for Connie and for us 
3.5
Lady Chatterley
Ruthe Stein
This latest effort winner of five César awards the French Oscar including for best film and actress is supremely sensuous while presenting an intriguingly complex Constance 
2.5
Lady Chatterley
Chris Hewitt
The nudity will put some off but it s effective The movie is not unlike a Merchant Ivory type film that acknowledges that folks from 100 years ago did occasionally take off their corsets 
3
Lady Chatterley
Pam Grady
Lady Chatterley is nearly three hours long a punishing length for such a lethargic film Julien Hirsch s cinematography and Constance s beloved woods are gorgeous but pretty pictures are not enough when the drama is so inert 
2.5
Lady Chatterley
Ty Burr
Sensual in escalating degrees of heat but the film s eroticism which is substantial is laid on with a caress 
3.5
Lady Chatterley
Bob Strauss
Slow going but builds to some wonderful behavioral and erotic moments 
3
Lady Chatterley
Steven Rea
A long but never lazy celebration of the natural world of sexual desire and discovery and of the peculiar social order of early 20th century Britain Lady Chatterley is also a heartbreaking story of true love 
3.5
Lady Chatterley
Roger Ebert
All of the qualities its admirers see in the film are indeed there and visible but I was not much moved Lawrence wrote much better novels that inspired much better movies 
2
Lady Chatterley
Ken Fox
Nicely shot with a minimum of lasciviousness 
3
Lady Chatterley
V.A. Musetto
Intelligent and tasteful even while being sexually frank 
3.5
Lady Chatterley
Jack Mathews
It captures the animal attraction we call lust and carefully tracks its evolution to true love For all its faults this beautifully shot sexually graphic film is a gem 
3
Lady Chatterley
John P. McCarthy
Watching an emasculated member of the ruling class get cuckolded by a proletariat whets one s appetite for seeing the master slave dialectic played out with more vigor on a less private and pastoral stage Why not in Russian and at even greater length 
2.5
Lady Chatterley
Jan Stuart
A film of sun dappled beauty and unbridled joys that arrive as much as a surprise to the audience as they do to the characters 
4
Lady Chatterley
Jason Clark
A turgid droopy bore 
1
Lady Chatterley
Peter Travers
It s a movie as timely as it is thrilling to watch 
3.5
Pray for the Wildcats
Matt Brunson
Watching Andy of Mayberry lust after a barely legal blonde is a chilling sight and Griffith is excellent as a one percenter with absolutely no morals 
3
On the 3rd Day
Roger Moore
The film 8217 s serious shortcoming is relying on a mystery that we guess instantly 44 and not serving up any real frights and stylish touches to distract us from the conclusion we see coming early in the first act 46 
1.5
Sleepover
Matt Brunson
Utterly harmless but also utterly forgettable Sleepover is only fascinating when it comes to poring over its cast list years down the road Steve Carell Brie Larson and more 
2
Sleepover
Walter Chaw
Approaching Sleepover with any sort of sensitivity or intelligence is an act of extreme masochism 
1
Sleepover
Tony Toscano
Sleepover will have you snoring in no time 
1
Sleepover
Steve Rhodes
This is excruciating Stacie tells Liz which could be said about all of this charmless comedy 
1.5
Sleepover
Linda Cook
A less than average take on teen life that s been done better This year in fact 
1.5
Sleepover
Frank Ochieng
some may become rather drowsy at this Sleepover yet another anemic manufactured teen flick the cheesy sentiment only lasts as long as the aftertaste of a fried Twinkie
2
Sleepover
Vince Koehler
What begins as a simple sleepover turns into the adventure of their lives 
2.5
Sleepover
Sean McBride
Not only a bad flick but a flick with a bad message 
.5
Sleepover
Phil Villarreal
We want stomach butterflies but all we get are soda bubbles 
1.5
Sleepover
Chris Hewitt
Sex and the City for 9 year olds 
1
Sleepover
Tom Keogh
Pleasantly pixilated if mildly alarming 
3
Sleepover
Carla Meyer
A good hearted tween comedy hampered by uneven direction and a misguided plot twist 
2
Sleepover
Lou Lumenick
If ever a movie could be charged with imperiling the morals of a minor it s probably Sleepover 
0
Sleepover
Elizabeth Weitzman
A lazy attempt to snare some preadolescent allowance money Sleepover earns little more than a few bored yawns 
2
Sleepover
Sue Pierman
There s a whole lotta stealin lyin and misbehavin going on but not a lot of genuine entertainment or much fun 
1.5
Sleepover
Connie Ogle
Never comes close to living up to its slight potential 
1
Sleepover
Bob Strauss
Strictly for the target audience 
2.5
Sleepover
Loey Lockerby
Another cynical attempt to separate young girls from their allowances 
2
Sleepover
John Monaghan
A waste of a hard earned allowance 
2
Sleepover
Jeff Vice
This noxious alleged comedy contains few if any laughs and is so poorly edited that it appears to have been assembled by chimps working in the dark 
1
Sleepover
Roger Ebert
A lame and labored comedy 
1
Sleepover
Wesley Morris
The multiplexes haven t been jammed with this many repetitively single minded portrayals of young people since the gangsta craze of the early 1990s 
2
Sleepover
Sarah Chauncey
Sleepover is just the latest in a string of teen flicks that suggest to the female population that the keys to happiness are popularity and a cute boyfriend 
1.5
Sleepover
Stephen Cole
Sleepover is as corny as Kansas in the fall 
2
Sleepover
Christian Toto
The characters in this Sleepover should be grounded
1.5
Sleepover
David Sterritt
Young viewers may overlook the contrived situations and the awful acting which consists mainly of frozen grins Nobody else will 
1
Sleepover
Phoebe Flowers
The filmmakers seem to think the audience they covet consists entirely of dumb shallow kids who ll buy anything they re told is cool 
.5
Sleepover
Carrie Rickey
Not much fun even for this fan of Alexa Vega from Spy Kids 
2
Sleepover
Jan Stuart
First time director Joe Nussbaum keeps it all buzzing along at such a clip that if one bit falls flat the next one kicks the film back into gear 
2.5
Sleepover
David Nusair
The movie isn t trying to be anything other than a breezy romp and on that level it succeeds 
2.5
Sleepover
Sid Smith
Unlikely to win much of a following beyond its pubescent target audience 
2
Sleepover
Austin O'Connor
Unless you re an extremely undiscriminating 14 year old girl sleeping through Sleepover is the only way to escape unscathed 
1
Sleepover
Ed Gonzalez
Sleepover will do for tween girls what Max Keeble s Big Move did for prepubescent boys get them beat up at school 
0
Sleepover
Rob Blackwelder
The latest example of how Hollywood can strip a halfway decent idea of any originality by saddling it with tedious stereotypes the false solutions for young girls problems 
2
Sleepover
Willie Waffle
Every theater in America should be banned from selling tickets for Sleepover to any person over the age of 14 
0
Sleepover
Dustin Putman
A quality albeit frothy teen flick destined to charm its target audience and maybe even some grown ups as well 
2.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Pablo O. Scholz
But and in I Want to Dance With Somebody there is more than one but everything or almost everything gets lost it vanishes blurs Full review in Spanish 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
David Nusair
46 46 46 suffused with some of the genre 8217 s hoariest 44 most overused clich 233 s and conventions 46 46 46 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Leo Brady
I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a by the numbers telling of an artists life and offers little to the legacy of Whitney Houston 46 10 10 
1
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Dwight Brown
If Whitney Houston fans long to feel her essence again this movie and its illusions gives them a chance But not like an extraordinary biofilm More like a condensed diary with lots of wonderful music 
2.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
James Berardinelli
As generic a musical bio pic as one is likely to find 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Robert Daniels
The indelible 44 unmatched voice of Houston may live on 44 but quot I Wanna Dance with Somebody quot lacks the ingredients of what made Houston a force that permanently altered every person who truly heard her 46 
1
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Richard Roeper
Naomi Ackie seems to channel the pop star in a film that doesn t dig too deep but consistently entertains 
3
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Steven Prokopy
As much as the film tends to skim the surface of some important periods in Houston 8217 s life 44 the level of detail in the re creation of specific music videos 44 live performances 44 and other key moments is astonishing 46 
2.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Katie Walsh
It starts to take on a distinctly ghoulish quality 44 especially a scene that imagines her frame of mind before her death 46 It 8217 s a film that ultimately feels less like a celebration and more like further exploitation of the star 46 
1.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Rafer Guzman
A quick hit timeline of Houston s life that adds little new information or insight 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Chris Hewitt
Ackie feels like she s living Houston rather than mimicking her Director Kasi Lemmons role is more imitative but she does a terrific job of it 
2.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Odie Henderson
It s refreshing that Lemmons focuses on the highs rather than the lows even if it feels like buffing off the edges of her complex protagonist 
2.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Sara Michelle Fetters
Whitney Houston was a singular talent 44 and she deserves an equally unique motion picture chronicling her life 46 But this isn 8217 t it 44 and that 8217 s downright heartbreaking 46 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Mike McGranaghan
The plot is a shallow recitation of events that any Whitney Houston fan is already completely familiar with 46 
2.5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Johnny Oleksinski
I wanna feel the HEAT but I don t 
1
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Michael Phillips
Ackie has a light touch and a convincing handle on every stage of the life she s depicting 
3
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Mark Dujsik
The story here is more of a dramatized highlight reel than an actual narrative 46 46 46 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Mick LaSalle
You ll probably enjoy it And even if you don t like everything you ll probably enjoy arguing with it 
3
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Eric Henderson
There are only clich 233 s in this rise and fall material 44 with the sole distinctive wrinkle being the weight given to the rise versus the fall 46 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Roger Moore
Ackie 44 Lemmons amp Co 46 rescue Houston from her quot tragedy quot to remind us why the world fell in love with her and once in a generation voice 46 
3
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Brian Truitt
Anthony McCarten wrote this as well as Bohemian Rhapsody a best picture nominee that was anything but and Houston s tale ultimately takes the same tack as his Queen biopic a Wikipedia entry come to middling life on screen 
2
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Roger Friedman
The film 8217 s accomplishments are often surprising 44 starting with Naomi Ackie 8217 s take on Houston 8217 s turbulence 46 Ackie has a fine voice of her own 44 and she often uses it throughout the film 46 But the majority of the singing is from Whitney herself 46 
3
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Walter Chaw
Mounts a case as the real progenitor of the Frankie and Annette beach blanket bingo cycle 
1
Girlfriends
Matt Brunson
Nothing feels forced particularly Mayron s performance 
3
Girlfriends
Josh Larsen
an intimate portrait of what it was like to be a woman pushing back against convention in the late 1970s 
3
Girlfriends
David Nusair
Girlfriends benefits substantially from Mayron apos s incredibly appealing lead performance 46 46 46 
2.5
The Bedroom Window
George Williams
The Bedroom Window gets you going Though it doesn t quite match the master s touch for gripping suspense and sophisticated storytelling it s close 
3
The Bedroom Window
Michael Sragow
In this age of the non thrilling thriller The Bedroom Window is a surprise and a relief It s one suspense movie that really is suspenseful 
3.5
The Bedroom Window
Hal Boedeker
A moderately entertaining thriller 
2.5
The Bedroom Window
Candice Russell
Writer director Curtis Hanson reworks elements we ve seen many times before but he does so skillfully 
3
The Bedroom Window
Matt Brunson
A vastly entertaining thriller that only loses its bearings and its credibility during the final half hour 
3
Catching Out
David Sterritt
It s a unique and fascinating film 
3
The Quatermass Xperiment
John Beifuss
This is Hammer s first major horror science fiction hit but almost as notable is the fact that its doomed astronaut is the founding member of the studio s tragic rogues gallery of transformed innocents monsters that didn t ask for their fates 
3.5
Four Nights With Anna
Akiva Gottlieb
Four Nights with Anna is one part funny ha ha to 99 parts funny strange 
1.5
Four Nights With Anna
Erik Childress
The film s tone between dark comedy and creepy psychodrama just never works and alternates with such mellowness that it s impossible to get a grasp on how we should feel about either victim 
2
The Adderall Diaries
Roger Moore
Like too much of the credits packed Franco s film resume high minded and challenging in intent underwhelming in execution 
2
The Adderall Diaries
Rex Reed
Mr Elliott s story is not helped by James Franco who plays him with his usual smug catatonia 
1
The Adderall Diaries
Robert Horton
A dumb adaptation of Stephen Elliott s memoir about among other things writer s block a murder trial and S M sex James Franco looks stupefied in the lead role and the film s point remains murky throughout 
1
The Adderall Diaries
Rob Thomas
The Adderall Diaries never commits to any of these paths in a convincing way the true crime saga in particular feels bizarrely tacked on as if Elliott was taking a break in the middle of his emotional turmoil to watch an episode of Law Order 
1.5
The Adderall Diaries
Tom Keogh
Writer director Pamela Romanowsky in her first feature captures both fireworks and tragedy in go for broke scenes between Franco and Harris 
3
The Adderall Diaries
Richard Roeper
The Adderall Diaries comes across as an incomplete jumble of colliding plot lines 
2
The Adderall Diaries
Dann Gire
The Adderall Diaries starts as a drama about a bad case of writer s block before it morphs into an essay on the unreliable nature of memory and perception then becomes a testimonial to the power of forgiveness without ever mentioning it 
2
The Adderall Diaries
Sara Stewart
A patchwork of narcissism that isn t stitched together all that well 
2
The Adderall Diaries
Christopher Gray
It s too busy skipping through subplots to do much more than gloss over such heady issues as the fundamental subjectivity of truth and self identity 
2
Anything
Joe Friar
The convincing performances by Lynch and Bomer push the film past incredulity while delivering a message of tolerance 
3
Anything
G. Allen Johnson
McNeil plays it way too safe Trying to have it both ways he satisfies no one 
2
Anything
Rex Reed
It s sensitively written humorously human warmly acted and admirably resistant to most of the obvious drag queen cliches 
3
Anything
Sara Stewart
Writer director Timothy McNeil crafts a fairly moving tribute to the notion as Lin Manuel Miranda once put it that love is love is love 
2.5
Explorer
Nell Minow
Director Matthew Dyas has an ideal documentary subject in Fiennes 44 an arresting character of remarkable accomplishment 46 
3.5
Piggy
Joe Friar
Carlota Pereda 8217 s debut feature is one of the best horror films of the year with a terrific performance by newcomer Laura Gal 225 n 46 There is a heavy 80 8217 s Stephen King based movies vibe to the film thanks to the rural setting and color palette 46 
3.5
Piggy
Nick Allen
A slight parable about having a corrosive hate in one 8217 s heart 46 
2.5
Piggy
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Throughout 44 writer director Carlota Pereda announces herself as a skilled manipulator of audience sympathies 46 
2.5
Piggy
Mark Dujsik
This is a pretty daring foray into a moral vacuum 44 but it becomes increasingly obvious that the filmmaker has some hesitations about taking that examination all the way 46 46 46 
2.5
Piggy
Randy Myers
A gory slasher film also gutsy exposing how excessive bullying can lead to unforeseen consequences for the tormentors 
3
Piggy
Brian Eggert
Gal 225 n is able to express her character 8217 s growth from someone crippled by her self image 44 shame 44 and social anxiety 44 into someone liberated by her anger and blood soaked confrontation 46 It 8217 s a stunning performance 46 
3.5
Piggy
Roger Moore
Give it up for Pereda s sleight of hand here She keeps tripping us up pointing us one way and then taking her movie in another direction 
3
Piggy
Kat Hughes
Throwing the harshness of bullying and a murky take on complicity into the forefront Piggy begins intensely well but then starts to sag Fortunately it has a fantastic central performance by Laura Galn to rely on 
3
Piggy
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some good elements the film as a whole could have been more cohesive 
2
Planet of the Apes
Bill Weber
This generational touchstone remains a playful widescreen fable of the bestiality that defines and destroys cultures 
3.5
Planet of the Apes
James Berardinelli
Planet of the Apes is one of those rare films whose historical impact outweighs its quality It s a good film but not a classic 
3
Planet of the Apes
Roger Ebert
It is quickly paced completely entertaining and its philosophical pretensions don t get in the way 
3
Planet of the Apes
Matt Brunson
Our favorite NRA nut proves to be the perfect embodiment of rugged individualism 
3.5
Machete
Michael Dequina
First and foremost this is a badass action film with not only ever badass Trejo doing ever badass things but everyone in the cast gets their badass moment 
3
Machete
Jeff Beck
Basically what we have here is a very silly exploitation film similar to what Rodriguez did with his half of Grindhouse 
3
Machete
David Nusair
The end result is a disastrous waste of time that is as tedious as it is misguided 
1
Machete
Sean P. Means
It s a pleasure to see Danny Trejo the bad ass character actor take the lead in this homage to 70s exploitation flicks but co director Robert Rodriguez doesn t take exploitation all the way 
3
Machete
Eric Melin
What better way to attack a divisive and ridiculous culture clash in the real world than with a similarly ridiculous testosterone filled revenge fantasy 
2.5
Machete
Matt Brunson
Whether it s a beefy Steven Seagal or a topless Lindsay Lohan viewers never quite know who or what Machete will throw at them next 
3
Machete
John Beifuss
The trailer was better 
2.5
Machete
Brett Michel
Alas not even Lindsay Lohan doing a cartoonish riff on her tabloid persona is this even possible can bring this rotten egg to a boil 
1.5
Machete
James Kendrick
its mixing of the old and the new has an infectious vibe at times but you can t help but wonder if Rodriguez will ever grow past his obsession with recreating the gutter past
2.5
Machete
James Berardinelli
I have nothing against films that take political stances but an exploitation flick It s off putting I d prefer to sit back and bask in the carnage and R rated silliness 
2.5
Machete
Robert Levin
The filmmaker having spent his career making various iterations of the same nonsense has lost his verve 
2
Machete
Mike McGranaghan
A fun B movie You re not likely to remember it a year from now but sometimes lightweight entertainment is okay especially when it s done with a wink a smile and a severed head 
3
Machete
Sara Michelle Fetters
All of this is very cool but I m not entirely sure it s entertaining 
2
Machete
Christopher Lloyd
Machete is almost completely devoid of any entertainment value It s trying to be a spoof of low budget action movies except it keeps forgetting to poke fun and becomes that which it mocked 
1
Machete
Jay Antani
hack and slash nonsense
1.5
Machete
Willie Waffle
It s perfectly campy but it doesn t go far enough often enough 
2.5
Machete
Stephen Cole
Sorry mis amigos wrong decades The modern B movie would seem to be devoted to self conscious fun More laughs but fewer real chills 
2
Machete
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a movie that just wants to have fun To a large degree it succeeds 
2.5
Machete
Kyle Smith
It may be a weird combo of speechy and pulpy but it s also what another all star bloodbath The Expendables should have been self aware flashy and fun 
2.5
Machete
Kevin C. Johnson
Machete makes no apologies for its absurdities or silliness making it an over the top thrill ride 
3
Machete
Chris Hewitt
Trejo s dignity gives the movie a soul telling us that none of this stuff amuses Machete who takes violence very very seriously 
3
Machete
Mark Dujsik
Its evolution from a quick and to the point mockery to an overstuffed and tonally shifting feature has not served the material well 
2
Machete
Michael A. Smith
Strong and mostly silent Trejo brings to mind the late Charles Bronson an underrated actor who made it big as an action star 
3
Machete
Dustin Putman
An orgy of hot babes rugged men and blood strewn weaponry the picture has been made with giddy people pleasing aplomb 
2.5
Machete
Claudia Puig
Rodriguez combines sharp satire and timely political commentary with a decidedly B movie ethos 
3
Machete
Robert W. Butler
Making a parody of bad movies that is itself not a bad movie is a delicate balancing act and Rodriguez and Maniquiz get it right about half the time 
3
Machete
Amy Biancolli
The whole thing is monumentally gruesome and just as monumentally cynical a riot of grisly clichés designed to titillate and amuse 
1.5
Machete
Nick Starkey
Machete runs out of steam pretty early 
2
Machete
Peter Howell
There s a fine line between clever and stupid as the Spinal Tap lads reminded us and Machete grinds that line on a razor s edge 
2.5
Machete
Tom Horgen
It s absurd absolutely insane and a lot of fun 
3.5
Machete
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s hard to think of another film this summer that offers such sheer anarchic fun 
3
Machete
Ty Burr
The movie s an unexpected end of summer tonic a trash guilty pleasure with a healthy if really violent sense of outrage It s also Rodriguez s freest movie yet and possibly his best 
3.5
Machete
Rossiter Drake
Rodriguez emphasizes style over substance but the sheer audacity of his vision the energy the inventiveness the extremes to which he s willing to take his gruesome sight gags is his salvation 
3
Machete
Peter Travers
This unholy mess replaces the artful ambition of The American with torture blood spray kinky sex twisted fun and a bizarro critique of U S policy on illegal immigration 
2.5
Machete
Michael Phillips
At 105 minutes Machete is at least half an hour too long for its own good 
2
Machete
Joe Lozito
Robert Rodriguez finally delivers on the promise of 2007 s Grindhouse with this gleefully campy Mex ploitation flick about a knife wielding anti hero doling out bloody slices of justice 
3
Machete
Josh Larsen
Trejo has one gnarled weather beaten mug as if he had a staring contest with the sun and won 
3
Machete
Roger Moore
It s a Hispanic American version of a blaxploitation film of the Super Fly school with bloody action titillating nudity and a catch phrase riddled script 
2.5
Machete
Nick Schager
Robert Rodriguez loves exploitation cinema but his homages to the disreputable genre are defined by italicized self consciousness that leaves his humor without any room to breathe 
2
First Love
Bob Strauss
Primo Amore tunnels deeply enough into its characters psyches to reach classic tragedy levels 
3.5
First Love
Jami Bernard
It feels like a sketch for a larger work that would go beyond the well worn insights of diet literature 
2.5
First Love
Lisa Rose
The scenario is ludicrous yet it s filmed and performed in such a way that it creates unbearable tension 
3
First Love
V.A. Musetto
A wonderfully quirky love story 
3
First Love
Ed Gonzalez
Primo Amore is as moody as Matteo Garrone s previous feature The Embalmer from which it seems to have pilfered much of its metaphoric import 
2.5
A Thousand Times Goodnight
Glenn Kenny
If I m complaining about this movie a lot for one I m deeming better than fair it s because I was frustrated by how its first rate ingredients Binoche chief among them somehow failed to create a spectacular end result 
2.5
A Thousand Times Goodnight
Kenneth R. Morefield
As one would expect with of a film made by a photographer 1 000 Times Good Night is always visually interesting 
3
A Thousand Times Goodnight
G. Allen Johnson
The whole cast is good but as always all roads lead to Binoche who is wonderful 
4
A Thousand Times Goodnight
Peter Travers
Poppe can t match the stunning opener of Binoche photographing a suicide bomber in Kabul with scenes of domesticity But Binoche never falters She s the film s fire and grieving heart 
2.5
A Thousand Times Goodnight
Michael O'Sullivan
1 000 Times Good Night has moments of both startling violence and breathtaking beauty 
3.5
A Thousand Times Goodnight
Diego Semerene
It s difficult to swallow the premise of yet another tale of a heroic white Westerner with good intentions trying to give hope to Middle Eastern misery 
1.5
A Thousand Times Goodnight
Kyle Smith
A self important art house film by an ex war photographer who lacks distance from his subject 
1.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Chris Hewitt
An eye opener that focuses on world shaking events and makes you feel like you are there 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Phil Villarreal
A tense rapid paced political drama 
3.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Mary Brennan
A gripping nearly perfect documentary chronicling a heart stopping rise fall and triumphant reversal in the space of its 74 minute running time 
3.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Howard Shapiro
Everything s real the shouting the dissonance the worry 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Jeff Vice
Does at least make you want to find out more about Venezuelan politics as well as U S foreign policy regarding the country so on that score it succeeds 
2.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Ty Burr
Stands as our best chance to understand what happened in Caracas even if the filmmakers pro Chavez stance should send you to alternate sources for the larger picture 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
David Elliott
Amazingly immediate and without any caramel coating of happy talk 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Aaron Hillis
Bartley and O Briain s fearlessness unobtrusive narration and lack of Michael Moore man and microphone pandering are to be saluted 
3.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Jami Bernard
An amazing record of what has been called history s shortest lived coup d etat 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
John Anderson
What resonates in the end are the forces behind it what it says about its time and how in fact it ever happened at all 
4
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
V.A. Musetto
This is reality filmmaking a fascinating front row seat for what could be history s shortest lived coup 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Roger Ebert
It is remarkable because the filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha O Briain had access to virtually everything that happened within the palace during the entire episode 
3.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Robert K. Elder
A fascinating account of history in the making that plays like a cinematic whiplash 
3.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Walter V. Addiego
Instructive not only for students of South American and oil politics but also for anyone who questions the importance of the media in determining who gets power and how long they keep it 
3
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha O Brien happen to be in all the right places at all the right times 
2.5
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Collin Souter
Like 9 11 and Gimme Shelter this movie puts the viewer into the middle of the danger and without compromise Quick tight and thorough this documentary plays more like an action movie A masterpiece 
4
Undead or Alive: A Zombedy
David Nusair
undoubtedly benefits from the inspired casting of Brian Posehn as a blood thirsty zombie 
2.5
Jack Has a Plan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Far from a downer 44 it is indeed a film about death 44 but it apos s as joyous 44 thrilling 44 and funny as any film about death could be 46 
3.5
Beerfest
David Nusair
The bloated running time 110 minutes certainly doesn t do the film any favors 
2
Beerfest
Michael Szymanski
If belching and beer games make you laugh Beerfest should be on your A list But don t see it sobe
2
Beerfest
Linda Cook
Beerfest has its moments But essentially it s all foam and no body 
2
Beerfest
Mike McGranaghan
There s an old slogan for a popular beer company Tastes great less filling Beerfest would certainly have tasted better had it been less filling by about 30 minutes 
2.5
Beerfest
Rob Thomas
It draws some occasional big laughs has a few serious misfires but sustains a tone of sloppy jocularity throughout 
2.5
Beerfest
Daniel M. Kimmel
While no one sober will consider this a comedy classic there are some gems buried in the muck 
2
Beerfest
Nick Rogers
Friends don t let friends drive a great comedy premise into the ground by making it too long humorless and flat The drinking stories you tell your friends are funnier 
1.5
Beerfest
Scott Nash
The funniest movie of the summer 
3.5
Beerfest
Bill Zwecker
My best suggestion for people who insist on going to see this immense waste of time Go drunk 
0.5
Beerfest
Scott Bowles
Beerfest plays like a party that s gone on too long when the buzz has worn off and the hangover starts to set in 
1.5
Beerfest
Ken Fox
The Broken Lizard comedy troupe s fourth feature is funnier than you might imagine 
2.5
Beerfest
Geoff Pevere
A movie that feels as if it was conceived executed edited and ultimately released by people in an advanced state of gassy inebriation 
1
Beerfest
Tom Keogh
Beerfest is an excuse to get happily dumb and decadent which would be great if the movie was actually funny 
1
Beerfest
Peter Hartlaub
If you like to drink Pabst Blue Ribbon beer you ll probably like this movie If you re a cognac person the scene where the great grandmother performs a sex act on a sausage may not be refined enough for your tastes 
2
Beerfest
Pam Grady
Because it s basically sketch comedy it suffers from that unevenness that comes from trying to string a bunch of sketches together to form a cohesive whole It is also ribald outrageous shameless and oddly warmhearted 
2.5
Beerfest
Lisa Rose
It s amusing on occasion but also garbled repetitious and potentially offensive 
2
Beerfest
Kyle Smith
This movie will be as essential to the DKE house as a Sharpie for writing jokes on a passed out brother it s pure guy humor 
2.5
Beerfest
Elizabeth Weitzman
Among the cast Chandrasekhar is easily the funniest of the Lizards though in fairness each has his moments The movie does too just expect them to shrink exponentially depending on your level of sobriety 
2
Beerfest
Duane Dudek
Still while Beerfest is chaotic and lame the truth is it never pretends to be anything else 
2
Beerfest
Peter Debruge
Beerfest features more beer consumed on screen than any movie since Strange Brew while simultaneously offering less in the way of redeeming social value than Freddy Got Fingered 
1
Beerfest
Bob Strauss
Good for a few giggles some of that stuff But you ll probably have more laughs over a couple cold ones at the neighborhood bar than you will at Beerfest 
2
Beerfest
Steve Kobak
Ultimately the film s target demographic is the same people that engage in these drinking games and incessantly quote Old School To them it is a classic on a par with The Wedding Crashers All others should opt out for a cold one 
2
Beerfest
Jennie Punter
Watching endless scenes of sport drinking gets tiresome and by the time the film reaches the final competition you might feel too bloated to laugh 
1.5
Beerfest
Terry Lawson
The script cowritten by all the members is too sloshy and bleary eyed to throw any darts that hit anything but the wall 
2
Beerfest
Dan Fienberg
Beerfest is a one joke movie Hey what if the Olympics had cool competitions like beer pong and the level to which it sustains that one joke is almost admirable 
2
Beerfest
James Rocchi
Beerfest is dumb as a box of rocks It s a brawny badly shot mess that goes on a little too long And I loved it or rather I laughed during it and was consistently amused by audacity and stupidity going hand in hand 
3
Beerfest
Jeff Vice
Unapologetically crude and politically incorrect this is certainly not for everyone But those with an appreciation for such things will be delighted 
3
Beerfest
Ty Burr
Making a comedy that celebrates binge drinking and cretinous behavior isn t a crime against nature Making one that s as brutally unfunny as Beerfest is 
1
Beerfest
Sean P. Means
I cannot explain why someone manually ejaculating a frog is funny If you cannot accept that such a scene might be funny Beerfest is not your movie 
3.5
Beerfest
Frank Ochieng
Beerfest wants to run aimlessly amok in its chaotic craziness but this whole sordid affair is so sloppily conceived that it couldn t even walk a crooked line 
2
Beerfest
Erik Childress
Any filmgoer off the street could head into this one dry and still find something hard to laugh at 
3
Beerfest
Willie Waffle
funny when it goes for outrageous and farcical but tedious when it displays the originality of a Kevin Federline rap 
1.5
Beerfest
Dustin Putman
Juvenile scattershot eager to please and laugh out loud funny 
2.5
Beerfest
Gene Seymour
Accept Beer Fest for the ludicrous frat boy fantasyland it strives to portray and there s a chance you might laugh at most of it There s a better chance that you ll hate yourself for it the next morning 
2.5
Beerfest
Peter Canavese
Knows it s a dumb movie and plugs ahead cheerily and without pretention but the jokes quickly run thin 
2.5
Beerfest
Michael Phillips
Beerfest is one sloppy comedy but the lads of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard don t know when to say when in their pursuit of the idiotic laugh 
2
Beerfest
Chris Hewitt
Beerfest has a good time making fun of two genres Mighty Ducks team of plucky misfits movies and Magnificent Seven assemble a crack team of experts movies 
2.5
Beerfest
Jeff Strickler
Beerfest might not be your cup of tea or mug of pilsener but fans of the group s earlier movies Super Troopers and Club Dread know what to expect cleverly construed bad taste 
2.5
Beerfest
Matt Pais
If you re not amused by German accents or burping this probably isn t your movie 
2
Beerfest
Charlie Flowers
The middle of the movie is plenty long and aimless enough for the troupe to cobble together a handful of quality gags 
2.5
Beerfest
Phil Villarreal
You d have to be drunk to appreciate Beerfest Really drunk So sloshed that you don t know which way is up or down So wasted that the dull and overlong seems witty and sharp 
2
Beerfest
Josh Larsen
there is a lot of dead air most of which is filled with bare breasts and loud burps 
2
Beerfest
Nick Schager
Both filthier and funnier than Broken Lizard s prior efforts Beerfest is still decidedly hit or miss 
2.5
Tio Papi
Roger Moore
So bland and maudlin it ll have you crying uncle 
1.5
Moby Dick: The True Story
Walter Chaw
A nice anecdotal snippet to a minor maritime anomaly no doubt forgotten but for Melville s immortalizing pen 
1.5
Finding Your Feet
Jeff Mitchell
Unfinished Song 2013 is everything that Finding Your Feet wants to be 
2
Finding Your Feet
Karen M. Peterson
Finding Your Feet won t be for everyone But if you are looking for comfort food on a rainy afternoon this is sure to charm you in all the best ways 
3
Finding Your Feet
Lisa Jensen
This is a frisky charmer of a movie with a stunning final image that will leave you cheering 
3
Finding Your Feet
Josh Terry
Finding Your Feet is just the latest example of a decent movie that trips its way into a dramatic face plant about 5 yards short of the finish line 
2
Finding Your Feet
Robert Horton
A formulaic outline but a pleasant mood 
3
Finding Your Feet
Johanna Schneller
Oh dear This is one of those British light entertainments that pop up every few years jam packed with thespians having a jolly time making something commercial for the simple folk 
2
Finding Your Feet
Mark Dujsik
A saccharine mixture of broad comedy and obvious pathos Finding Your Feet switches between these two modes with consistent regularity 
1.5
Finding Your Feet
James Berardinelli
Admittedly the typical romantic comedy thrives on tropes and clichés but the pandering in Finding Your Feet is so extreme that it gets old fast 
2.5
Finding Your Feet
Jane Horwitz
This dramedy about middle class Londoners in their 60s and 70s getting on with life has a genial watchability even a stubborn relevance thanks to its crackerjack ensemble cast who play characters just eccentric enough to keep things tasty 
2.5
Finding Your Feet
Susan Wloszczyna
Finding Your Feet finds its own footing by putting its trust in its sturdy performers and avoiding many of the usual tea time clichés 
3
The Wilby Conspiracy
Matt Brunson
A crackling action film that also takes time out to frown upon South Africa s policy of apartheid 
3
The Clearing
David Nusair
a very good thriller that could ve and should ve been a great one 
3
The Clearing
Jeffrey Overstreet
Mirren Redford and Dafoe cannot get a fire going in this clich soggy kindling 
2
The Clearing
Jonathan R. Perry
A haunting film about the evil that men do 
3.5
The Clearing
Matt Brunson
There s no urgency in the execution and no point to the resolution all in all a major disappointment for those seeking cinematic sanctuary 
2
The Clearing
Jeff Vice
The pacing here might be perceived as too slow by audiences expecting something different but it s quietly effective 
3
The Clearing
Lori Hoffman
the dullest kidnapping for ransom drama ever conceived
1
The Clearing
Chuck O'Leary
A poorly paced kidnapping drama that seems to think it s so prestigious that it doesn t need to generate much suspense 
2
The Clearing
Larry Ratliff
The Clearing rather fuzzy in so many ways is an incredibly slow moving exercise in tedium 
2
The Clearing
Duane Dudek
Brugge has built a character driven piece that is as sturdy as it spare 
3
The Clearing
Vince Koehler
Robert Redford brings to the screen a perfect couple Wayne and Eileen Hayes 
2.5
The Clearing
John Beifuss
The audience ends up identifying with the privileged wine drinker Reford and rooting against the underclass cereal eater Dafoe 
2
The Clearing
Robert W. Butler
The whole enterprise is too low key too diffident to really make an impression 
2.5
The Clearing
Joe Baltake
They all look good and they carefully recite their dialogue but not one of them is alive Or worth caring about 
2
The Clearing
Terry Lawson
A kidnapping drama that may be too intentionally low key to qualify as a thriller but that accrues weight and tension as it makes its way through a forest of repressed emotion 
3
The Clearing
Chris Hewitt
Brugge bobbles the attempt to tell two stories the marital discontent one and the crime drama at once 
1.5
The Clearing
Marty Mapes
Competent but not brilliant kinapping tale has a great cast
2.5
The Clearing
Dustin Putman
Strives to be more than just a predictable by the numbers kidnapping drama but that ultimately is all that it ends up being 
2
The Clearing
James Verniere
Though not altogether successful it s a commendable first effort that should be of interest to fans of these great film actors 
2.5
The Clearing
Joe McGovern
The Clearing needed the firm hand of a Hollywood insubordinate not a sycophant 
1.5
The Clearing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of those movies that inspires a what were they thinking response 
2
The Clearing
Mike Clark
This is one of those moderately engrossing movies that seems to collapse all at once during the wrap up yet it s well acted all around especially by its star who once again reminds us why audiences have liked him for 40 years 
2.5
The Clearing
Moira MacDonald
It s still worth a look for the pleasures of Mirren s peerlessly dry performance 
2.5
The Clearing
Ruthe Stein
The brilliance of The Clearing lies in its ability to tell parallel stories and make both equally riveting 
4
The Clearing
David Elliott
Good actors can do much but they can t save a boring movie from itself 
2
The Clearing
Timothy Knight
After a taut and involving beginning it gradually degenerates into an awkward and unconvincing blend of character study marital drama and kidnapping thriller 
2.5
The Clearing
Lou Lumenick
It all adds up to an acute character study but as a thriller it s too cerebral to quicken the pulse 
2.5
The Clearing
Jack Mathews
The performances by the three principals are first rate 
3
The Clearing
Connie Ogle
Hollow and slow 
2
The Clearing
Glenn Whipp
The revelations don t add up to much and Pieter Jan Brugge s direction keeps you at such arm s length that you rarely connect to the drama unfolding on screen 
2.5
The Clearing
Rick Groen
When the psychology is incomprehensibly vague and the thrills nowhere in sight I d say the mess is complete 
1.5
The Clearing
Lisa Kennedy
As fine a performance as Mirren gives capturing Eileen s apprehension and sturdiness at once Redford is the chief reason to see The Clearing 
2.5
The Clearing
Roger Ebert
What eventually happens will emerge from the personalities of the characters not from the requirements of Hollywood endings Sensing that we grow absorbed in the story knowing that what happens along the way will decide what happens at the end 
3
The Clearing
Ty Burr
Discreetly filmed slowly paced looking for deeper motivation in every glance and comment The Clearing never comes up with the emotional gold to justify the dig 
2
The Clearing
Walter Chaw
There s nothing happening on the surface something cued by Craig Armstrong s aggressively inoffensive tinkling piano score and there s nothing happening underneath either
1.5
The Clearing
Glenn Lovell
One of those films you end up admiring more than you enjoy 
2.5
The Clearing
Phoebe Flowers
It s really boring 
2
The Clearing
Steven Rea
Classy but ultimately unsatisfying 
2.5
The Clearing
David Sterritt
Redford gives one of his best performances ever in this taut emotionally engrossing thriller 
3
The Clearing
Guylaine Cadorette
After an unbearably slow and deliberately long buildup director Pieter Jan Brugge s kidnapping thriller The Clearing never delivers a payoff 
1.5
The Clearing
James Berardinelli
The benefits of seeing this movie may not be worth the patience necessary to get through it 
2.5
The Clearing
Allison Benedikt
The Clearing is just an OK thriller full of standard scenarios and cookie cutter characters 
2
The Clearing
Tony Toscano
three engaging and rewarding performances 
3
The Clearing
Glenn Kenny
Regardless of what The Clearing wants to be at any given moment wrenching thought provoking surprising heartbreaking all it ever is is tastefully lifeless 
2
The Clearing
Steve Rhodes
You ll be with it every second and intrigued to its last carefully constructed frame 
3.5
The Clearing
Jeanne Aufmuth
The mood is atmospheric and the pace occasionally falters but this is mature and thought provoking work 
3
The Clearing
Peter Travers
The pleasures of this endeavor directed with a keen eye for detail by Pieter Jan Brugge come from what the actors bring to the material 
3
My Wonderful Life
Roger Moore
A dry and somewhat frustrating Women on the Verge Woman Under the Influence dramedy with a contrived mystery to add suspense 
2
Under the City's Skin
John Monaghan
Sometimes fuzzy in structure the movie is also uncompromisingly realistic taking us into Tehran offices and factories and onto construction sites 
3
Under the City's Skin
Wesley Morris
Bani Etemad s womanist bent is stark and bracing 
3.5
Under the City's Skin
Walter Chaw
Bani Etemad s gift is her ability to make immediate the human struggle at the heart of a family caught in a time and place so unmoored from tradition that ritual has become cruelty 
3
Under the City's Skin
Jan Stuart
Rakhshan Bani Etemad s social melodrama has a grim eye opening fascination in its details of inner city Iran but tends to beat us over the head with a sense of mission 
2.5
Under the City's Skin
V.A. Musetto
The plot has all the ingredients of a soap opera but Bani Etemad who has been making movies since the 80s is able to make it much more 
3
Under the City's Skin
Harvey S. Karten
A reasonably compelling family drama gains heft by its attack on Iran s social system 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Kelly Jane Torrance
We might not know exactly what either of these women sees in the unemployed underripe Jack But they re winning enough for the audience to hope they get what they want 
3.5
Your Sister's Sister
Mick LaSalle
Movies that start well and end badly occur often enough and yet even knowing that is no preparation for what happens to Your Sister s Sister 
2
Your Sister's Sister
Rob Humanick
What could have been trite male wish fulfillment is instead beholden to genuinely messy revelations life as a tattered living quilt we sew and wear as one 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Rob Thomas
For a film that relies on conversation and connection it s awfully plot heavy full of Aha dramatic revelations that feel more suited to a soap opera than an indie dramedy 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
John Beifuss
Enjoyable but surprisingly conventional contemporary i e sexually frank romantic comedy 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Chris Foran
The dialogue feels organic and smart like everyday conversation only with words you got to try out first 
3.5
Your Sister's Sister
John Wirt
Even amidst the excessive chatter Emily Blunt shines most of all 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Roger Moore
An improvised pseudo farce that tumbles into melodrama in between all the long LOOOOoonng heart to heart talks 
2
Your Sister's Sister
Matt Brunson
There s a special satisfaction in hearing characters speak as if they just had arrived on the screen from the coffee shop adjacent to the movie theater 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Keith Cohen
This twisted tale has hidden agendas pillow talk latent romantic feelings verbal fireworks and an ambiguous ending As an avid bicyclist the movie earns points from me in having Jack always wearing a helmet while riding It loses its goodwill when 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Claudia Puig
Romantic funny surprising and thoroughly involving Your Sister s Sister is the rare film you give yourself over to completely 
4
Your Sister's Sister
Chris Hewitt
Don t expect much but it goes deep on character 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Calvin Wilson
This is a smart moving film that s also very very funny 
3.5
Your Sister's Sister
Rene Rodriguez
Who are these people and why are we watching them 
2
Your Sister's Sister
Ann Lewinson
The sisters are merely agents in Jack s maturation in what is ultimately a Judd Apatow film on a microbudget 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Rafer Guzman
Your Sister s Sister follows the indie cinema blueprint to the letter with one exception One of the film s characters is a lesbian 
2
Your Sister's Sister
Ty Burr
By the end of this graceful little emotional farce you know these people their hopes and their panic and you wish them the very best 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Carrie Rickey
Shelton and her cast are so skillful that before long it seems we are not moviegoers watching a screen but flies on a wall witnessing real encounters and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Linda Barnard
Honest and free spirited this romantic comedy is filled with genuine and uncomfortable moments that can only come when a trio of talented actors are invited to make it up as they go along 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Josh Larsen
about our desire for family however unconventional 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Stephen Whitty
Shelton is too much in thrall to improvisation and letting the actors find their characters 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Lou Lumenick
Shelton s work here suggests that mumblecore may be finding its way out of the artistic ghetto it s placed itself in 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Ann Hornaday
It s a tribute to Shelton and her cast that they ve made a film about the difficulties of love friends and family look so easy 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Mark Dujsik
Places too much external pressure on the characters the conflict is already there 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Dustin Putman
Director Lynn Shelton garners three terrific performances from her leads but she does so while losing sight of her most promising narrative thread 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Michael Phillips
It s pleasant as far as it goes For all the blithe interaction among the central three performers however the material s conventional and predictable 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Moira MacDonald
An actor s movie offering the small scale pleasures of a good story well told 
3.5
Your Sister's Sister
Rex Reed
The jabber is maddening but with all due respect the actors are wonderful the performances as natural as inhaling Still in Emily Blunt s case there is such a thing as too natural 
2
Your Sister's Sister
Peter Travers
A trio of superb performances guide a plot that pivots on secrets and lies before they fester Your Sister s Sister works its way into your head until you can t stop thinking about it 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Matt Pais
The actors create a wonderful sense of intimacy that s vulnerable to chaos 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Roger Ebert
A spontaneous engaging character study of three people alone in a cabin in the woods 
3
Your Sister's Sister
Christy Lemire
Even when things get a little crazy and maybe even too soapy Your Sister s Sister always feels like it s rooted in a tangible reality a place of unpredictability and abiding humanity 
3.5
Your Sister's Sister
Kenji Fujishima
For long stretches in its first two acts Lynn Shelton s film is distinguished by a disarming sense of freedom and spontaneity 
2.5
Your Sister's Sister
Robert Levin
It s a hopeful upbeat film about people finding comfort and strength in their loved ones a rare feel good movie that truly earns that designation 
3.5
Your Sister's Sister
David Nusair
The superb performances certainly play an instrumental role in triggering the film s shift from passable to engrossing 
3
The Spider's Stratagem
Roger Ebert
It s a movie with a beautiful cinematic grace a way of establishing atmosphere and furthering plot without a lot of talking 
3
Sweet Bird of Youth
Matt Brunson
Once again Hollywood proved to be more constrictive than Broadway a shocking castration gets replaced by a savage beating but the Southern discomfort of its characters keeps this torrid melodrama humming 
3
Sweet Bird of Youth
Walter Chaw
There is no clearer face for the conflict and despondency of the decade of the sixties than Newman s magnificent bastards 
3
Sweet Bird of Youth
Mark Bourne
When approaching 1962 s Sweet Bird of Youth go for the parts rather than the whole T he film is a long drive through swampy melodrama 
2
Pottersville
Robert Daniels
Pottersville is one of two things the worst Christmas movie ever or the best movie ever 
2
Believe in Me
Larry Ratliff
While it s not a classic high school basketball film such as Hoosiers 1986 Believe In Me tugs at the heartstrings with vigor 
3
Believe in Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Collector can t resist a few cloying motivational speeches from time to time but overall he comes in nicely under the radar 
2.5
Believe in Me
Vince Koehler
You will find it an evening well spent uplifting with a lot of heartfelt feelings 
3
Believe in Me
Gary Goldstein
Sincere but insufferably dull 
2
That Good Night
Richard Roeper
this is a lovely and old fashioned character study with some sly humor and of course more than a couple of reach for the tissues moments 
3
Proof
Peter T. Chattaway
As a story about personal and family dysfunction and about coming to terms with life s uncertainties Proof isn t bad 
3
Proof
Forrest Hartman
Smart well acted and wonderfully directed 
3.5
Proof
Peter Bradshaw
We are invited to believe that Hopkins Paltrow and Gyllenhaal all have in their various ways alpha brains They look to me like they couldn t recite the three times table without smoke coming out of their ears 
1
Proof
Kurt Loder
A masterpiece before it reached the screen and maybe the highest praise that can be offered in celebration of this film version is that it remains one 
4
Proof
Jordan Hiller
The argument Proof makes in its cool sophisticated way is that sometimes it is difficult to clarify the line between insane individual and insane genius 
2.5
Proof
Larry Ratliff
John Madden and Gwyneth Paltrow are once again simpatico as collaborators 
3.5
Proof
Linda Cook
Here s an interesting sometimes frustrating film about who really wrote a mathematical proof and how it affects those involved in the mystery 
3.5
Proof
Steve Rhodes
Some plays are better left as plays As my proof I present PROOF which is as tedious on the big screen as it probably was gripping in the intimacy of a theater 
2
Proof
Daniel M. Kimmel
Although it probably worked a lot better on the stage Proof is an intriguing story 
2.5
Proof
Phil Villarreal
You couldn t find a role more comfortable for Paltrow who is at her best ranging effortlessly from seething anger to trembling tenderness 
3.5
Proof
Amy Biancolli
Few movies regard the psyche with such sober discernment 
3.5
Proof
Robert W. Butler
Despite a great cast and an interesting premise Proof feels more like an outline for a movie than the real thing 
2
Proof
Rick Groen
The result like so many stout travellers from stage to screen is respectable Stolidly bloodlessly yawningly respectable 
2.5
Proof
Sean P. Means
Paltrow and Davis give remarkable performances but Hopkins playing a man dealing with his mental decline is overly imperious too much lion and not enough winter 
2.5
Proof
Greg Maki
Academic subject matter given an emotional treatment 
3.5
Proof
Carolyn Clay
Madden has assembled some powerhouse talent and particularly in the second half of the film he cuts between present and past with a frenzy that ratchets up the suspense of this romantic whodunit 
2.5
Proof
Duane Dudek
What was perfectly calibrated and compelling on stage seems mechanical and perfunctory on film 
2.5
Proof
Carrie Rickey
Once you get past that golden swag and curtain of hair Paltrow s performance is devastating cutting to the pith and marrow of parent child relations 
3
Proof
James Verniere
The material is formulaic however cerebral 
2.5
Proof
Peter Canavese
Proof plays cleverly with the arcane mysteries of game theory and if it s only a game happily it s one worthy of exhibition Blu ray 
3
Proof
Sara Michelle Fetters
Speaking of insane Madden over directs himself into a corner and as consistently reliable a filmmaker as he is Captain Corelli s Mandolin and Golden Gate notwithstanding this is a great surprise 
2.5
Proof
Misha Berson
A respectable but mild drab little film 
2.5
Proof
Mick LaSalle
Somewhere in the translation from stage to screen David Auburn s powerful Pulitzer Prize winning play was transformed into a goopy Gwyneth Paltrow movie 
2
Proof
David Elliott
Paltrow gives a coiled impressively internal performance 
3
Proof
Christine Dolen
The play with all of its key surprises and biting exchanges intact is up there on the screen But given the depth and fascinating pull of Auburn s writing that s a good thing 
3
Proof
Terry Lawson
Proof now joins 1984 s Amadeus 1985 s made for television version of Death of a Salesman and 1988 s Dangerous Liaisons on the list of the best modern movie adaptations of the past 25 years 
4
Proof
Michael Booth
Flattened onto the screen everybody always seems to be saying exactly the wrong thing to poor Gwyneth which gives her the right to be insufferable 
2
Proof
Randy Myers
Somehow the formula fails Almost everyone involved in this production seems to be off their game 
2.5
Proof
Ty Burr
Proof that you can drain most of the juice out of a play and still have an enjoyable night at the movies 
3
Proof
Josh Larsen
You get the feeling Paltrow craves emotionally traumatic scenes in which snot can drip from her character s nose 
2
Proof
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Paltrow is left alone much like Catherine suffering and longing for someone anyone to come up to her level No one ever does 
2.5
Proof
Erik Childress
The film version is a powerful adaptation with fiery performances plenty to decipher and enough yelling to give anyone s brain an ache 
3.5
Proof
Phoebe Flowers
Blessed with crisp dialogue bright wit and a strong lead performance 
3
Proof
Michael Phillips
The story s genial unpretentiousness has been darkened and weighed down and what s left is less than prime 
2
Proof
Roger Ebert
An extraordinary thriller about matters of scholarship and the heart about the true authorship of a mathematical proof and the passions that coil around it 
4
Proof
Walter Chaw
Judging by how it provides its cast with showy moments amidst the sweet little oblique nothings I m guessing that Proof is mostly about winning awards 
1.5
Proof
Scott Nash
Gwyneth Paltrow gives the greatest peformance of her career 
3.5
Proof
James Berardinelli
Proof is a stirring motion picture that challenges our views on a great many things about life some of which we take for granted 
3.5
Proof
Jonathan W. Hickman
Somewhere between A Beautiful Mind and Wonderboys we get Proof a very good film that among other things explores the link between youth and genius 
3.5
Proof
Dan Fienberg
So few movies even attempt to engage viewers in a conversation this deep that I m ready to celebrate Paltrow and forgive many of the film s other flaws 
3
Proof
Ken Fox
What theater critics unanimously described as brilliant on stage is oddly flat and unemotional on screen instead of being pulled into the piece by the throat one tends to admire certain aspects of the screenplay from a considerable emotional distance 
3
Proof
Timothy Knight
While scrupulously intelligent literate and sardonically funny John Madden s reportedly faithful adaptation of David Auburn s Broadway hit never quite breaks free enough of its theatrical origins to feel like a bona fide film 
2.5
Proof
Stephen Whitty
Proof is like its own page of badly done math homework It shows all work all right But it feels cribbed from an answer sheet And it never proves a thing 
2.5
Proof
Kyle Smith
PROOF will put a lot of viewers right back where they left off in 12th grade calculus asleep 
2.5
Proof
Glenn Whipp
Too much of this adaptation of David Auburn s Pulitzer Prize winning play feels static staged and largely unbelievable 
2
Proof
Jami Bernard
Although she tends to get actressy in her work Paltrow s Catherine is a believable portrait of loss and grief 
2.5
Proof
Kit Bowen
Proof proves you can watch a flick about depressed schizophrenic people concocting complicated math equations and still enjoy it I swear 
3
Proof
Willie Waffle
Proof is a very emotional and engaging movie almost all the way through but it loses it at the end 
3
Proof
Dustin Putman
Aided immeasurably by Paltrow s ace performance it s the poignantly felt human drama and delicate relationships in Proof that make the film a worthwhile experience 
2.5
Proof
Claudia Puig
Its themes of trust the depth of filial responsibility and concerns about genetic inheritances are explored with depth and intelligence 
3
Proof
Jan Stuart
Proof the movie is alive and sulking 
2
Proof
Jason Clark
Just as he kept Shakespeare in Love years ago from leaping into greatness with his banal direction Madden similarly keeps things stately and sleepy here 
1.5
Proof
Susan Walker
The emotional heft of Proof is considerable even with some problems inadequately worked out 
2.5
Proof
Peter Travers
The sparks go out in John Madden s film version with a script by Auburn and Rebecca Miller and starring a wan Gwyneth Paltrow 
2
Lost and Found in Armenia
Sean O'Connell
A broad silly dated and insensitive mistake of a movie 
0
Veer-Zaara
Namrata Joshi
The candyfloss comes mixed with the old worldy 
3
Veer-Zaara
Jonathan Curiel
Veer Zaara is so arresting its scenes so full of beauty and colors that the three hours go by almost too fast 
4
2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Lou Lumenick
Five delightful animated shorts 
3
2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Peter Hartlaub
Proves that it was still a good year for animation even if audiences were underwhelmed by the mainstream feature fare 
3
2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Steven Rea
Magic whimsy a fair amount of darkness loneliness aging death zombie apocalypses and a wonderful mix of old school cartooning and digital animation are on tap 
3.5
2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Ty Burr
There are strong years for short films at the Oscars and there are weaker years and 2012 appears to be one of the latter 
2.5
2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Chris Hewitt
Four of the five nominated cartoon shorts are silent and four of the five are at least partly in black and white 
3
2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Gerald Peary
One film stands out among the Animated Shorts Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby s Wild Life 
3
Dark Skies
Mattie Lucas
Puts a new spin on a tired subgenre 
2.5
Dark Skies
Forrest Hartman
Dark Skies unveils its horror slowly creating a suspenseful ride that feels satisfying even though we re traveling a familiar road 
3
Dark Skies
David Nusair
the film for the most part contains many elements that have been employed in other similarly themed endeavors 
2.5
Dark Skies
Bill Chambers
The movie promises fireworks and it delivers 
3
Dark Skies
Michael Smith
Why do aliens unload the pantry and stack items in the form of an abstract art project or make little boys wet their pants Who knows and who cares 
2
Dark Skies
Brett Michel
What it lacks in originality it almost makes up for with strong performances 
2.5
Dark Skies
Glenn Lovell
a bland blend of UFO procedural and the original Amityville Horror You can t fault Stewart for attempting a more atmospheric Ray Bradbury approach to the genre Too bad he like Mrs Barrett is slamming his head against a sliding door 
2
Dark Skies
Peter Sobczynski
Dark Skies is a bore that even the most forgiving genre buffs will find difficult to defend or endure 
0.5
Dark Skies
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie builds a moderate if less than monumental level of spookiness regardless of your ignorance It s a workmanlike piece of suspense 
2
Dark Skies
Vanessa Farquharson
Dark Skies has almost nothing to do with dark skies but it is a quietly effective little horror movie with an exceptional cast and a couple of decent scares 
3
Dark Skies
Rob Vaux
Dark Skies shows us glimpses of the movie it could have been before squandering it all on silly misfires and a lack of overall thrust 
1.5
Dark Skies
Calum Marsh
It doesn t take a conspiracy theorist to detect Dark Skies s thinly veiled conservatism and it doesn t take an undue alarmist to be disturbed by the implications of this sort of fear mongering 
1.5
Dark Skies
Sara Stewart
Mostly it all ends up feeling like a lost minor episode of The X Files A little scary a little silly and catnip for those who want to believe 
2.5
Dark Skies
Linda Barnard
Dark Skies is an alien abduction thriller where the biggest acts of appropriation involve the lifting of plots from other and often better films 
1.5
Dark Skies
Adam Nayman
Writer director Scott Stewart doesn t want to play his hand too early By the time the movie is over it s easy to see why he kept his cards close to his chest He s not really holding anything 
1.5
Dark Skies
Dustin Putman
An intensely evocative absolutely spine tingling thriller that paints an empathetic portrait of realistically strained modern day suburban domesticity before little by little introducing a rasping pall of doom 
3
Dark Skies
Roger Moore
Nicely shot and editing modestly chilling but missing the panic and fear real parents would feel for kids in jeopardy 
2
Pledge
Sara Michelle Fetters
A purposefully exploitive mixed bag to say the least 
2
Pledge
Mark Dujsik
The guys eventually fight back By that point though Pledge hasn t given a single character enough of a brain or a spine to care 
1.5
Pledge
Joey Magidson
This movie is sometimes very silly but often it s rather intense 
3
Pledge
Roger Moore
Efficient
2.5
Higher Learning
David Nusair
John Singleton s third and best film 
3.5
Higher Learning
Janet Maslin
Everyone here from beer swilling white fraternity boys to rap loving black students harassed by the campus police can be judged at face value Everyone is exactly what he or she seems 
2
Higher Learning
Michael Dequina
A flawed endeavor but still an entertaining and thought provoking film 
3
Higher Learning
Mick LaSalle
Higher Learning presents a profoundly uninspired and misguided piece that seems prompted by little more than a desire to make a Big Statement 
1
Higher Learning
James Berardinelli
Despite excesses and missteps there is still a wealth of digestible thought provoking material in Higher Learning 
2.5
Higher Learning
Roger Ebert
Thought provoking 
3
Higher Learning
Madeleine Williams
A film which surprisingly embraces the very stereotypes and attitudes which on the surface it claims to reject 
2
Strange Circus
Kam Williams
How often can you say that a psychological thriller is as intriguing as it is titillating 
4
Bolden
Monica Castillo
Sometimes dizzying enchanting or confounding but it is certainly never boring 
2.5
Bolden
Oliver Jones
Most filmgoers will come away only mildly convinced of Bolden s place as jazz s inventor and even less sure that the movie they just saw spun a coherent or compelling narrative 
1.5
Bolden
Kam Williams
Don t miss this overdue tribute to a forgotten jazz pioneer 
4
Fanny, Annie & Danny
Roger Moore
Fanny Annie Danny will make anybody with a family the more dysfunctional the better cringe and grin 
3
Fanny, Annie & Danny
Christian Toto
Fanny Annie Danny will make you run up and hug your sketchiest uncle this holiday season Family dysfunction at its finest 
3
Fanny, Annie & Danny
Jaime N. Christley
Writer director Chris Brown makes a play for the And You Thought Your Family Was Crazy sweepstakes with Fanny Annie Danny 
2.5
Billy Two Hats
Matt Brunson
With In the Heat of the Night director Norman Jewison serving as a producer it s no surprise that the movie attempts to deal with matters of racism but good intentions aren t enough to distinguish this ordinary oater 
2
The Blue Butterfly
Stephen Cole
Feels as forced and sentimental as one of those disease of the week melodramas that were once the mainstay of U S television 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Matt Brunson
Art School Confidential starts out as a great movie that eventually devolves into a pretty good one 
3
Art School Confidential
Kam Williams
An ingenious satire of the pretentious mindset of the elitist art world from the perspective of a rapidly disillusioned kid who had no idea what he was getting into 
4
Art School Confidential
David Nusair
generally comes off as nothing less than a substantial disappointment 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Peter T. Chattaway
The few characters we might have cared for become increasingly shallow and it all lapses into clichés about the relationship between art and infamy between personal integrity and selling your soul and so on 
2
Art School Confidential
Marty Mapes
Has the makings of a mediocre after school sitcom
1.5
Art School Confidential
Susan Tavernetti
Director Terry Zwigoff and comic book artist turned screenwriter Daniel Clowes follow up their Ghost World success with a less satisfying collaboration 
2.5
Art School Confidential
David N. Butterworth
Rather than observing the intimate details that make an Art School project special the filmmakers opt to focus on Art School partying i e drinking and vomiting instead 
2
Art School Confidential
Thomas Delapa
In almost any medium Art School Confidential would draw a failing grade 
1
Art School Confidential
John Beifuss
a sort of John Hughes revamp of Fritz Lang s Scarlet Street another film in which sexual desire leads a struggling painter down a path of death and stolen artistic identity 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Linda Cook
Art School Confidential compared to Zwigoff s other masterpieces Ghost World and Crumb is a paint by numbers picture 
2
Art School Confidential
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Their humor comes not from a need to be loved or a need to win awards but rather straight from an acute awareness of the world s follies 
3.5
Art School Confidential
Sara Michelle Fetters
With an inert suddenness the picture looses both its charm and its nerve descending into a subplot about a serial killer that stalls everything out completely 
2
Art School Confidential
Ted Fry
No matter which is the real imitator life or art Art School Confidential does its own fine job skewering both 
3
Art School Confidential
Ruthe Stein
The film loses its way with multiple subplots becoming a hodgepodge that isn t particularly hard to follow but far worse provides no compelling reason to bother 
2
Art School Confidential
David Elliott
The movie has no supportive theme or rhythm nothing to bind its dotty patches together 
2
Art School Confidential
Duane Dudek
It feels deflated disgruntled and pathetic 
2
Art School Confidential
Robert W. Butler
Despite running out of juice in its last half hour Art School Confidential has enough solid laughs and insider jokes to become a cult perennial 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Amy Biancolli
Zwigoff s angry exposé of this intense tiny subculture isn t fair to anyone in the art world but if you can stomach the overstatement it s often scathingly funny And it s sometimes scathingly smart 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Terry Lawson
What keeps the film from being altogether snide and smug are the well intentioned performances 
3
Art School Confidential
Sean O'Connell
Takes some getting used to but ends up being as bleak as Zwigoff s coal blackened Bad Santa 
3
Art School Confidential
Jeff Vice
The film does seem pleased with itself and is so smug and superior that it s off putting 
1.5
Art School Confidential
Michael Booth
There s not a single person to like in Art School Confidential a crucial mistake in a movie filled with mean shallow and self absorbed characters 
1.5
Art School Confidential
Roger Ebert
There is something in the Zwigoffian universe that values such characters as Jimmy having abandoned all illusions they offer the possibility of truth I also much enjoyed Broadway Bob 
3
Art School Confidential
Ty Burr
It becomes the sort of thing Zwigoff usually holds in contempt and how depressing is that 
1.5
Art School Confidential
Forrest Hartman
Director Terry Zwigoff and writer Daniel Clowes take great joy in skewering the pretensions of the art world 
3.5
Art School Confidential
Daniel M. Kimmel
a cartoonish valentine to youthful dreams of self expression 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Willie Waffle
Starts off as a funny smart and witty look at this art school subculture and the characters within it but falls apart
2
Art School Confidential
Chris Hewitt
The movie chases its own tail making fun of itself making fun of itself By the end whatever targets it had in its sights are so far off you can barely see them anymore 
2
Art School Confidential
Phoebe Flowers
As much as you want to like him by the end Jerome is just kind of a whiny twit And as much as you might want to like the movie it turns out to seem no more substantial than a rough sketch 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Carrie Rickey
Against this atmospheric background the characters have the depth of stick figures 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Rene Rodriguez
The movie wants to skewer the vapidity of the faddish art world and those who long to break into it but the film is angrier than it is humorous and it is ultimately overcome by its own bile 
1.5
Art School Confidential
Lawrence Toppman
Bitterness can carry us only so far in a movie Director Terry Zwigoff and writer Daniel Clowes who adapted his own comic book don t know what to do after they ve impaled their targets 
2
Art School Confidential
Bruce Newman
Proposes to paint a black comedy but instead has the outsize ears and lopsided leering grin of bad caricature 
2
Art School Confidential
Michael Phillips
Risks more highs and lows than the plaintive even toned Ghost World But both improbably have made themselves more or less at home on screen 
3
Art School Confidential
Matt Pais
Cynically presents a culture of weirdos who wouldn t know talent if it poked them in the eye with a paintbrush 
1.5
Art School Confidential
Phil Villarreal
grabs you by the backpack and sends you hurtling into a realm of false praise vicious backbiting and pretentious gallery openings A rich bleedingly authentic cast of characters emerges 
3.5
Art School Confidential
Matt Brunson
Starts out as a great movie that eventually devolves into a pretty good one 
3
Art School Confidential
Bill Chambers
A movie that only a Rupert Pupkin could enjoy guilt free
1.5
Art School Confidential
Peter Canavese
Zwigoff too often picks up his putty knife when he should be running with scissors doesn t quite add up to the sum of its parts but some of the parts are pretty amusing all the same 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Ken Fox
Terry Zwigoff s third feature also doesn t come close to fulfilling the promise he showed in his documentary debut Crumb or in the marvelous Ghost World 
2
Art School Confidential
Peter Howell
In handing such a major role to such an untested actor he s the son of film director Anthony Minghella Zwigoff takes a risk that ultimately doesn t pay off 
2
Art School Confidential
Pam Grady
Though Minghella is a fine actor there s not a lot he can do with what is essentially a stick figure 
2
Art School Confidential
Stephen Whitty
Every teacher is a burn out every student is a fraud and experimental artists are the worst burn outs and frauds of all 
2
Art School Confidential
Lou Lumenick
Jerome eventually learns that talent has nothing to do with the success he craves and sadly talented filmmakers and actors don t add up to much in Art School Confidential 
2
Art School Confidential
Jami Bernard
There are two movies vying to occupy the same space here a teen comedy about artistic pretension and academic double standards and a darker nastier movie about a serial killer 
2
Art School Confidential
Glenn Whipp
The surplus of plot and characters does not translate into an abundance of interesting situations 
2
Art School Confidential
Rick Groen
Is it satiric Is it sincere Go figure but know this for sure There s nothing confident about Art School Confidential 
2
Art School Confidential
James Berardinelli
Art School Confidential shows the kind of backbone needed by limp parodies like Thank You for Smoking and American Dreamz 
3
Art School Confidential
Steve Rhodes
A strange concoction of weird stories and styles The elements of the plot clash continually never meshing 
2.5
Art School Confidential
Jeremiah Kipp
The matter of fact filmmaking style is made up for by the vitality of the all around fantastic performances the striking use of color and dialogue that s as tasty as an Ernest Lehman Clifford Odets cookie full of arsenic 
3
Art School Confidential
Erik Childress
Its final shot is a beautiful masterstroke of the separation and desire involved in personally connecting with a piece of art and is the kind of frame worthy moment that more students should be learning about 
4
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Brian Eggert
A sequel would be welcomed with opened arms and a reserved seat by this critic 46 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Frank Ochieng
The outlandishness of U N C L E is truly true to form in the tradition of the funky and frenetic fables that Ritchie loves to spin at will Both Cavill and Hammer seem to get inspiration out of their dressy roles as the inventive spies
2.5
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The good news is that Guy Ritchie injects the film with enough ingenuity so as not to insult his viewers Full review in Spanish 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
David Nusair
It s actually quite remarkable just how entertaining and compelling The Man from U N C L E remains for much of its running time 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Max Weiss
I enjoyed The Man from U N C L E well enough and I suspect you will too 
2.5
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Wesley Lovell
With significant performance and plotting issues the film ends up being about as fun as you could expect and just a little bit more 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Robert W. Butler
The main problem with The Man From U N C L E is its tone We can t take this stuff seriously yet Ritchie misses all sorts of opportunities to make the movie fun The result isn t particularly satisfying as either adventure or comedy 
2.5
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Eric Melin
Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer trade in the same kind of faux clever one upsmanship that Holmes and Watson do with similarly weak dialogue but barely a quarter of the charm 
1
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Brad Keefe
I don t know if anyone was clamoring for a movie version of the 60s TV show but it s surprisingly entertaining sandbox for director Guy Ritchie to play in 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Robert Levin
Guy Ritchie s grinning at us the whole time and for once it feels good to grin right back 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Mal Vincent
U N C L E is much more fun than we expected 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Brett McCracken
U N C L E has fun playing with Cold War tropes in the decadent playground of 1960s Europe 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Linda Cook
Slick and stylish The Man From U N C L E isn t quite like the TV series but it does have a 1960s atmosphere 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Matt Brunson
A worthwhile endeavor with Ritchie toning down the spastic shooting style that all but destroyed his Sherlock Holmes films with Robert Downey Jr 
3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Burl Burlingame
U N C L E must have seemed tailor made for Ritchie s peculiar talents I think I m going to be using the word peculiar a lot when describing this film 
2
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
James Berardinelli
This is one of those rare instances when a sequel wouldn t just be warranted it would be welcomed 
3
Dark Tide
Jeff Beck
What these filmmakers did was basically take all of Jaws s positive elements and found their polar opposites to put together a film that is one of the most tedious movie going experiences of recent memory 
1
The Noel Diary
Roger Moore
Charles Shyer 44 who co wrote this with a Netflix house hack 46 46 46 blows too many of his shots at 8220 charming 44 8221 never quite nails down the 8220 romance 8221 and dithers away the 8220 mystery 8221 in this flavorless variation on formula 46 
1.5
Volver
Matt Brunson
Pedro Almodovar is in a playful mood here 44 yet there 8217 s no mistaking the seriousness with which he takes the movie 8217 s theme of empowerment through sisterhood 46 
3
Volver
Brian Eggert
Beautifully shot structured and acted Almodovar s film sees the past repeat itself the dead come back to life and the painfully concealed return to the fore 
4
Volver
Jonathan R. Perry
Hollywood take notice If you hand Penelope Cruz a role with more depth than the paper it s printed on this is what you ll get 
4
Volver
Betsy Bozdech
Unlike so many of the characters Cruz has played in Hollywood Volver s Raimunda earthy sensuous confident and capable feels like a real lived in woman 
3
Volver
Eric Melin
Almodovar s latest is an emotionally rich film about forgiveness atonement and second chances that either sex can relate to 
3.5
Volver
Linda Cook
Comedic soap opera meets ghost story in Volver a haunting and often surprising story about a woman who faces challenges at every turn 
3.5
Volver
John Beifuss
Almodovar treats even the most eccentric of the film s females with compassion empathy affection and appreciation He seems almost to envy them like a kid who longs to be one of Robin Hood s Merry Men 
3.5
Volver
Duane Dudek
Almodovar s most accessible and empathetic work yet 
3.5
Volver
Jeff Vice
a dark comic thriller with at least as many twists and turns as your typical Spanish telenovela 
3
Volver
Daniel M. Kimmel
Almodovar at his warmest and most accessible 
3
Volver
Sean O'Connell
Supplying dialogue for multifaceted female characters isn t Almodovar s lone specialty but it s safe to say he does it better than most people in the film business today 
3.5
Volver
Lawrence Toppman
Almodovar finds unusual camera angles to break up the straightforward storytelling But for the first time I recall not a single male character is crucial to his story and no actor has a leading role You won t miss them 
3
Volver
Robert W. Butler
Volver shifts effortlessly from suspense to pathos to giddy humor the cast members negotiate all these changes while delivering low keyed reality rooted performances 
3
Volver
Carrie Rickey
Pedro Almodóvar whipstitches a movie from patches of those mother daughter melodramas Mildred Pierce Bellissima and Two Women and makes it seamless and original funny as it is fierce breathtaking as it is life affirming 
3.5
Volver
Thomas Delapa
Once Almodovar gets all the nasty men out of the picture he s free to create his utopia of women whose chronic widowhood must have been achieved by boring their husbands to death 
2
Volver
Amy Biancolli
The Return rattles its chains for a spell but it doesn t linger it quickly leaves 
2.5
Volver
Terry Lawson
If Almodovar is in great form Cruz is even shapelier with no small number of gags involving her cleavage 
4
Volver
Lisa Kennedy
Ripe with female characters and embroidered with flourishes that hint at Hollywood s Golden Age Volver is one of Almodóvar s finest films It is also one of his most emotionally delightful 
3.5
Volver
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new film by Pedro Almodóvar is less ambitious than its predecessors but all the more delightful in its smallness 
3.5
Volver
Willie Waffle
A wonderfully talented cast led by the best performance Cruz has given in years but I am not convinced it is the Oscar worthy turn some have been promoting it to be 
3
Volver
Chris Hewitt
Its buoyant script and zesty cast make a convincing argument that you can t fully appreciate life without having a healthy respect for death 
3
Volver
Phoebe Flowers
Volver is a rapturous freewheeling valentine to the female gender as a whole and as luxuriously voluptuous as the women who populate it 
3.5
Volver
Jeanne Aufmuth
A mixed bag albeit one with significant signature style 
2.5
Volver
Scott Nash
Cruz delivers an award worthy performance in this delightful comedy 
4
Volver
Geoff Pevere
A feast of colours swooning camera movements lushly orchestrated musical cues and meticulously fetishized symbolism 
3
Volver
Moira MacDonald
The result is intoxicating a free spinning story that s by its end enormously satisfying creating its own kind of magic 
4
Volver
Ruthe Stein
The women are left to do the best they can That turns out to be enough to keep you watching through to the final twist as unlikely as everything else in this nonetheless extremely likable movie 
3
Volver
Roger Ebert
What a distinctive filmmaker Almodovar has become 
4
Volver
Rene Rodriguez
One of the amazing things about Volver is that Almodóvar once again manages to make a preposterous overloaded plot seem sublime and organic 
3
Volver
Wesley Morris
Pity Pedro Almodóvar He s so good so often that the world has come to expect a masterpiece with every new picture 
3.5
Volver
Josh Larsen
The general rule in Hollywood is that an actress can give either a glamorous performance or an important one But Pedro Almodovar allows his actresses to do both 
4
Volver
Michael Phillips
The pleasures of the new Pedro Almodovar film Volver and they are many have less to do with deep wells of feeling than they do with mastery of craft and a magnificent sort of artifice 
2.5
Volver
Matt Pais
One excellent performance does not a captivating drama make this is just a colorful great looking but weepy telenovela that will require three cups of coffee to endure 
2
Volver
Steve Rhodes
From start to finish there is just nothing to Volver 
1.5
Volver
Sara Michelle Fetters
Almodóvar has crafted an instant classic Volver is miraculous a joyous enterprise running the emotional gauntlet like no other melodrama I ve seen in ages 
4
Volver
Peter Canavese
Though its humble pleasures give cause to pause and reflect on the Spanish filmmaker s occasionally overpraised output Volver is a diverting melodrama 
3
Volver
Maitland McDonagh
Crammed with outrageous turns of fortune and quicksilver shifts in tone Almodovar s film is held together by performances so subtle and complex it s hard to single out only one as exceptional 
4
Volver
Peter Travers
You do not want to miss this one 
4
Volver
Pam Grady
In another director s hands Volver could have been as heavy handed as those films yet Almodovar maintains a buoyant lighthearted and often comic mood 
3.5
Volver
Stephen Whitty
Almodóvar is a great filmmaker and his skills remain intact Volver is polished well acted completely personal cinema Yet it still feels slight more a tapas than a meal 
3
Volver
Lou Lumenick
Almodóvar milks this premise for all it s worth with witty dialogue terrific performances and less flamboyant than usual visuals that are still a red accented treat for the eye 
3.5
Volver
Jack Mathews
For a black comedy whose tangled sequence of events is completely improbable Pedro Almodóvar s Volver feels absolutely authentic So think of everything as metaphor and enjoy one of the year s most delectably twisted treats 
3.5
Volver
Bob Strauss
Volver is really Cruz s coronation as the Spanish Sophia Loren 
3
Volver
Claudia Puig
Volver is suspenseful clever gently funny and always emotionally resonant 
4
Volver
Jan Stuart
Cruz has never been more radiant and funny Comparisons to Sophia Loren in her Vittorio DeSica heyday are flying about and richly warranted 
3.5
Volver
James Berardinelli
Although Volver has a tendency to stray too far down tangential paths it is ultimately satisfying 
3
Volver
Rick Groen
A tale of sisterhood told with playful affection and abiding gratitude 
3.5
Volver
David Nusair
there s a lot here that works but there s far more that s simply interminable 
1.5
Volver
Ed Gonzalez
Mildred Pierce won Joan Crawford an Oscar and Almodóvar s quaint riff on the Michael Curtiz classic may do the same for Penélope Cruz 
3
One Second
Roger Moore
An often loud 44 generally goofy Egyptian comedy of the High Concept school 46 46 46 no better and not really any worse than a lot of similar Hollywood farces 
1.5
13 Families
Lisa Kennedy
13 Families isn t a visually wowing or clever doc Yet it reminds us of film s capacity to memorialize the lost and honor the ache of the living 
3
The Competition
Larry Vitacco
Joel Oliansky s screenplay affords the viewer not only a richly emotional story of two people competing against and falling in love with each other but a wealth of some of the most beautiful piano concertos ever composed 
3.5
The Competition
Roger Ebert
The Competition isn t a great movie but it s a warm entertaining one It has the nerve to tell a story about serious interesting complicated people who are full of surprises 
3
Manhattan
Mattie Lucas
The gorgeous black and white photography recalls the smoky images of a New York that existed perhaps only in portraits on a wall but it also evokes the way its lead character and by proxy Allen himself 
4
Manhattan
David Nusair
a film that one admires more than anything else 
2.5
Manhattan
Josh Larsen
Has self flagellation ever been this elegant 
4
Manhattan
Jaime N. Christley
Gordon Willis s too dark lensing is an ideal match for the Scenes from a Marriage inspired sequences of marital and amorous discord 
4
Manhattan
James Berardinelli
If Manhattan was only a romantic comedy it would be a very good one but the fact that the movie has so much more ambition than the average entry into the genre makes it an extraordinary example of the fusion of entertainment and art 
4
Manhattan
Roger Ebert
Seeing it again I realize it s more subtle more complex and not about love but loss 
3.5
How to Seduce Difficult Women
Kam Williams
A sloppily edited series of unfunny disconnected sketches adding up to far less than the sum of its parts 
1
How to Seduce Difficult Women
Lou Lumenick
Essentially another tone deaf update of Love American Style 
0
How to Seduce Difficult Women
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A brief walk through a local Barnes and Noble or any internet community devoted to relationship advice effortlessly castrates the movie s ambiguous satirical aspirations 
1
My Mother
Sean P. Means
Buy gives a moving performance but she s a victim of a director trying to go in too many directions at once 
2.5
My Mother
Jeff Simon
I wish the ending had been more graceful and less cliched But it is progressively more affecting as it goes along And for Turturro fans I m one of them it s a must 
3
My Mother
Robert Horton
It s a pleasure to see a movie about people in their 50s assessing their lives as they deal with the long farewell of a parent 
3
My Mother
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Nanni Moretti approaches his fictional colleague with an abundance of sympathy and a bit of pity 
3
My Mother
Steven Rea
Moretti knows how to orchestrate a good laugh when it s needed but he can plumb more soulful sorrowful depths too 
3
My Mother
Richard Roeper
The biggest reason to see the Italian dramedy Mia Madre can be summed up in two words John Turturro 
2.5
My Mother
Simon Abrams
Italian drama Mia Madre is an either or film a humorous and poignant character study that frequently becomes an ensemble piece 
3.5
My Mother
Michael O'Sullivan
As considerable as her gifts may be Buy is ultimately unable to hold Mia Madre together 
2.5
My Mother
Odie Henderson
Mia Madre feels cold indifferent and at times condescending toward its protagonist 
2
Hate
David Nusair
powerful 
3.5
Hate
Edward Guthmann
It cuts deeper and shows us the foolishness of its characters as it mourns their inevitable tragedy 
3
Hate
Mike Clark
Writer director Mathieu Kassovitz mines so much tension and pointed dialogue from a low budget and deceptively simple premise that you wonder why so much of current Hollywood s own social realism ends up shooting 50 million blanks 
3.5
Hate
Roger Ebert
Hate is I suppose a Generation X film whatever that means but more mature and insightful than the American Gen X movies 
3
Manuale d'amore
Chris Hewitt
Americans do not have a monopoly on the cutesy poo romantic comedy At her most insistently dimply Meg Ryan never made anything as nauseating as the Italian Manual of Love 
1
From a House on Willow Street
Federico Furzan
Not generic but plain horror is still a bad option Full review in Spanish 
1
From a House on Willow Street
Sara Michelle Fetters
While technically proficient overall House on Willow Street is much ado about nothing making it another piece of low budget genre fiction hard to get excited about and even more difficult to recommend 
2
La Guerra Civil
Dwight Brown
The definitive accounting of an iconic 1996 boxing match 
3
Late Chrysanthemums
Keith Uhlich
Late Chrysanthemums is director Mikio Naruse s most perfect film 
4
EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
Jake Cole
The film synthesizes the nihilistic tone of The End of Evangelion with the more hopeful terms of the anime s original intended finale 
3
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Ian Mantgani
Such an unnecessary movie shot in a crummy pseudo documentary style
1.5
Love Kills
Michael Dequina
I don t know if love kills but this film certainly could 
1.5
True Spirit
Roger Moore
Plucky
2.5
True Spirit
Matt Zoller Seitz
The messiness of life gets sanded off in the name of giving the people what they supposedly want 46 
2
Profile
Jay Horton
Profile uses the trappings of a ripped from the headlines story and elevates it into an effective little thriller steeped in modern social media and a catfishing pas de deux 
3
Profile
Matthew Passantino
Profile is an effective study in tech age radicalization a problem that doesn t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon That s the most terrifying aspect of the movie 
3
Profile
Steven Prokopy
As Bekmambetov tells his story this is a terrifying ordeal that I had to keep reminding myself wasn t a documentary since it often feels like one 
3.5
Profile
Roger Moore
Comes to screens too late to catch ISIS Fever too obvious to quite come off 
2
Profile
Peter Canavese
Unusually informative for a thriller and there are interesting details here about ISIS recruitment but subject matter is exploited for the sake of drama 
2.5
Profile
Mark Feeney
Is it a great movie No but it s something rare in any medium film or otherwise a work in which form really is content 
2.5
Profile
Kevin A. Ranson
as someone susceptible to recruitment while trying to expose it the real terrors unfold in how technology can be used against someone and how even a casual slip up can be fatal in a world of undercover amateurs 
3
Profile
Kevin Carr
It s well done in that gimmick setting of all taking place on a computer screen and it reveals a very real thing that happens that s kind of terrifying 
3
Profile
Glenn Kenny
In Profile the images mix real documentary footage with fictional social media and news organization posts And meaning is elemental a simplistic rush meant to induce viewer panic While also being incredibly on the nose 
1
Profile
David Nusair
a just watchable enough endeavor that s hardly in the same league as its similarly themed predecessors 
2.5
Profile
James Berardinelli
It s the best screenlife movie to date and it hints at future possibilities 
3
Profile
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
At no point do I buy her or his conviction towards any of their supposed motives 
1
Profile
Mark Dujsik
Profile is an efficient and probing thriller about the appeal of online lies over real difficult truths 
3
Profile
Mark Meszoros
Inspired by a true story Profile is engrossing and as it builds toward its high stakes ending increasingly thrilling It also can be dizzying 
2.5
Profile
Randy Myers
There is intensity to spare and surprising shifts that are effective most of the time 
3
Profile
Mark Hanson
Timur Bekmambetov s Screenlife film is more fluff piece than hard hitting news story 
1.5
Profile
Pamela Powell
The dangers of Amy s assignment are at the forefront of the story but it is her carelessness or even recklessness that creates high anxiety throughout the film 
3.5
Profile
Richard Roeper
Despite an intriguing premise it ultimately falls apart as the gimmick wears thin and the plot veers into ludicrous territory with the heroine making a series of increasingly rash and idiotic decisions 
2
Profile
Leo Brady
In some moments all the ringtones screen switching and the tic tic tic of the computer can become distracting but when the actual narrative at hand becomes thrilling all of that blends into the background 
3
Profile
Michael O'Sullivan
The whole experience feels a bit like standing over the shoulder of a hyperactive Gen Zer with an open laptop and an itchy index finger 
1.5
Profile
Mike McGranaghan
The biggest compliment that I can pay Profile is to say that it had me on edge the entire time 
3.5
Profile
Joe Friar
Bekmambetov has become proficient at utilizing the Screenlife format to tell a compelling story Valene Kane and Shazad Latif complement each other with impressive performances that engage the viewer A worthy thriller 
3
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Matt Brunson
Walter Pidgeon stars as the sub commander a pre I Dream of Jeannie Barbara Eden plays his secretary and Peter Lorre amuses as a brilliant scientist 
3
RK/RKAY
Simon Abrams
A mawkish inert fantasy about a filmmaker whose protagonist escapes his movie within the movie 
1
RK/RKAY
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Mahboob is a fictional character but that doesn t stop him from making real life mayhem in this cheeky comedy from Indian filmmaker Rajat Kapoor 
4
I, Madman
Matt Brunson
Nifty and draggy in equal measure this finally goes off the rails but has a fun time getting there 
2.5
I, Madman
Roger Ebert
Climaxes in thrillers have gotten pretty standard recently involving chases and shootouts and a lot of blood I Madman has some surprises 
3
L'Argent
Brian Eggert
With L Argent Bresson considers how money is not just an economic unit that passes from one person to the next it s a force that drives our desires and has chilling consequences every time it changes hands 
4
L'Argent
Josh Larsen
A less precious parable than Au Hasard Balthazar 
3.5
L'Argent
Eric Henderson
Robert Bresson s film hits with the effect not so much reflecting a cleansing of the soul but rather a ransacking 
4
L'Argent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As others have pointed out it does not feel like the work of a man in his 80s 
4
Pitch Perfect 3
Matt Brunson
The strain is showing in this third entry with too many of the characters placed in developmental holding patterns and too much of the storyline given over to daft contrivances 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Wesley Lovell
Even as a step down from the prior two efforts this trilogy capper is a great deal of a cappella fun 
3
Pitch Perfect 3
Jeff Mitchell
The Bellas are fun but this unnecessary sequel hits many sour notes 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
I also really liked the closing musical number quite a little bit and if Pitch Perfect 3 ends up being the Bellas a cappella swan song for my part I can t help but feel the entire group goes out on something of a satisfying high note 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Josh Terry
It s good for nostalgia and a sense of closure but it isn t much of a movie 
2
Pitch Perfect 3
Roger Moore
A movie we ve seen and heard before fresher cuter and five years ago 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Mike McGranaghan
It s time for the Barden Bellas to either exit stage left or be dragged off by the hook 
3
Pitch Perfect 3
Matthew Passantino
Pitch Perfect 3 is said to be the end of the Bellas and one could only hope because these movies have become the cinematic version of lip syncing 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Rob Thomas
If this really is the last Pitch Perfect movie I hate to contradict that Cups song but we re not going to miss them when they re gone when they re gone 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Mark Dujsik
As surprising and unlikely as it may seem the third time is finally and most definitely the charm for this series 
3
Pitch Perfect 3
Richard Roeper
As a whole Pitch Perfect 3 feels like an encore nobody asked for 
1
Pitch Perfect 3
Bruce DeMara
The final pitch is a big miss 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Christy Lemire
Aca nough already 
2
Pitch Perfect 3
Peter Hartlaub
These are presumably independent young adults most of the lead actresses are in their 30s now continuing to wrestle with 18 year old problems And when they finally take the stage it s hard to care 
1
Pitch Perfect 3
Susan Wloszczyna
An off key dismantling of what made the concept work in the first place 
2
Pitch Perfect 3
Tom Russo
Rebel Wilson s sassy fightin moves during a gleefully preposterous hostage rescue jumpstart Pitch Perfect 3 when even the trilogy capper s signature a cappella sometimes can t 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Moira MacDonald
It s just the same movie over and over until the end of time and everybody dies in which case Pitch Perfect 45 A Ca Wait Are We Dead might be a thing 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Brian Truitt
The show s over We re pitched out Aca exit stage left 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 3
Sandy Cohen
It hasn t jumped the shark exactly but it does send its singing Bellas jumping off an exploding yacht Because that s what a cappella competitions are about 
2
Pitch Perfect 3
Rafer Guzman
Despite the on screen intelligence of Kendrick plus a screenplay co written by Mike White this is a near plotless slapdash comedy marked by low energy improvisation and strained slapstick 
2
Pitch Perfect 3
Johnny Oleksinski
A total delight thanks to its proven formula of clever pop arrangements dry humor and superb casting 
3
Pitch Perfect 3
Dustin Putman
Passably diverting but altogether lazy Pitch Perfect 3 has been described in its promotional campaign as the Bellas farewell tour Perhaps it really is time to say good bye 
2
Pitch Perfect 3
Richard Larson
Women deserve a better vehicle for demonstrating the power of female solidarity than this empty money grab 
1.5
Hustle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thirty years on however its integrity and patience look positively masterful 
3
Hustle
David Nusair
plays like nothing more than a vanity project for star Burt Reynolds 
1
Parkland Rising
Peter Canavese
With its heart on its sleeve Parkland Rising follows one youth driven movement that refuses to accept the American madness of the intolerable being seemingly intractable 
3
Parkland Rising
Matthew Passantino
Parkland Rising might not change your mind on the topics at hand but hopefully it will leave you thinking about the teenagers simple plea Let us live 
3
Parkland Rising
Robert Daniels
Through its images of peaceful protests and demonstrations from the era Sirulnick s narrow but inspiring film finds deeper relevance in the face of the current protests surrounding George Floyd s murder 
2.5
Absence of Malice
David Nusair
46 46 46 benefits from its atmospheric visuals and raft of compelling performances 46 46 46 
3
Absence of Malice
Larry Vitacco
Director Pollack does a fine job at keeping this tense and emotionally charged story on the right track throughout 
4
Absence of Malice
Roger Ebert
I not only liked this movie despite its factual and ethical problems I m not even so sure they matter so much to most viewers 
3
Cliff Walkers
Brian Eggert
Cliff Walkers demonstrates a filmmaker in full control of his craft 
3.5
Cliff Walkers
Randy Myers
It s not top shelf Yimou but it still goes down smoothly 
3
Cliff Walkers
Mike McGranaghan
Here s a movie with real vision in both the physical look and the plotting 
3.5
Cliff Walkers
Simon Abrams
In many ways Zhang s latest is the coldest film that he s made in a while though it might also be his most alluring 
3
Cliff Walkers
Mark Dujsik
D espite the movie s handsome aesthetics and its usually sturdy action it s the convoluted plot that s the central concentration here 
2.5
Cliff Walkers
Roger Moore
A blend of Hitchcockian intrigues and John Woo shootouts all set in a Zhivago winter wonderland that would give David Lean a smile 
3
Light Keeps Me Company
Jeffrey M. Anderson
You simply celebrate the man s life rather than exploring it or analyzing it 
3
Light Keeps Me Company
Bob Graham
An affectionate portrait of Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist
3
Swap Me, Baby
Roger Moore
For me 44 there are more 8220 almost laughs 8221 than actual ones 46 46 46 but 46 46 46 Mazel tov 44 kids 33 
2
Thirst Street
Richard Roeper
So no it s not a sly dark romantic deadpan comedy after all It s dark all right but it looks more like a train than a light at the end of the tunnel 
3
Thirst Street
Vikram Murthi
The result is a slow motion car crash that you intimately experience from both in and outside the car There s just enough distance to allow for wisdom but not enough so as not to feel the impact 
3.5
Thirst Street
Chuck Bowen
It s a testament to Nathan Silver s keen sense of observation that we don t want the film to turn decisively into thriller terrain 
3.5
Informant
David Lewis
This is a multilayered film that not only exposes a man s contradictions a do gooder narcissist a thoughtful delusional activist but also speaks volumes about the fringes on both sides of the political spectrum 
3
Informant
Rene Rodriguez
This timely documentary passes the test as a work of balanced journalism about a man of fascinating contradictions 
3
Informant
Claude Peck
Anyone interested in movement politics in the 21st century will get plenty to ponder in this well made doumentary 
3
Informant
Kalvin Henely
It creates a useful distance between Brandon Darby and his stories that allow for us to assess them individually reinforcing the film s suggestion that the truth is elusive 
3
Informant
Manori Ravindran
While Meltzer s documentary is an interesting character study this misguided informant is never quite as compelling as you d hope 
3
Informant
Liam Lacey
An unsettling portrait of a charismatic true believer whose most consistent belief is that he s the hero of a grand narrative 
3
The East
Simon Abrams
The East features more indulgence than criticism of the chauvinistic mentality that leads men to think that they can use others as a mirror for their own problems 
2
The East
Roger Moore
A fascinating Dutch twist on the reckoning with our ugly past war film 
3
Madhouse
Juan Carlos Coto
Madhouse is the dime store equivalent of Luis Bunuel s The Exterminating Angel about dinner guests who can t bring themselves to leave a house and end up starving 
1
Madhouse
Roger Ebert
The movie is mostly merely pleasant On a few occasions it s very funny but it never quite goes over the top and gets the big laughs it is obviously aiming for 
2
Glorifying the American Girl
Mattie Lucas
The static mise en scene is kind of fascinating and the tableau scene is surprisingly erotic featuring an array of barely dressed men and women reenacting historical paintings 
2.5
Daddy Nostalgia
Roger Ebert
Bertrand Tavernier s whole movie is told in the tone of that song as a fond elegiac memory 
3.5
Blink of an Eye
Nick Allen
As a feature length rumination on such a devastating sports tragedy the themes of hope loss family and friendship are all there under the headline but Blink of an Eye is too narrow to explore them 
2
Blink of an Eye
Roger Moore
Sanitized unchallenging and uncritical look at the legendary 2001 Daytona 500 that might as well be NASCAR sanctioned whitewashing 
2
The New Enchantment
Mattie Lucas
Takes us on a journey into the dark depths of romantic obsession before taking a hard turn into science fiction in the film s final third 
4
The New Enchantment
Michael Phillips
Much of it s sluggish and heavy handed But there s real cinema in it too 
3
Creepshow
Gene Siskel
Creepshow joins two masters of horror and proves that two minds are not necessarily better than one In fact it is hard to believe that either man would have made such a bad film working without the other 
1
Creepshow
Perry Stewart
There is a delightful undercurrent of humor in all of the sketches and Romero s decision to use a journeyman cast heightens this aspect 
3
Creepshow
Robert W. Butler
For the most part Mr Romero and Mr King strike a nice balance between laughter and horror the horror coming almost exclusively from conventional movie shock techniques 
2
Creepshow
Bill Cosford
There s a nice dated quality to the vignette like watching a festival of old Hitchcock TV melodramas 
3
Creepshow
Bruce Bailey
This is a film with a special panache a certain entertaining shamelessness about the extent that it will go to look tacky 
2.5
Creepshow
James Calloway
For all its rotting corpses seaweed covered wraiths and toothy hungry monsters Creepshow is more creaky than creepy 
2
Creepshow
Kathleen Carroll
Creepshow is too benign to be frightening and it is not enough of a howl to please those who just want to see a ghoulish comedy It appears as if success may have spoiled Romero s talent for raw horror 
2
Creepshow
Richard Freedman
It s lots of fun really for kids and grownups alike It should also make the nation s exterminators rich 
3.5
Creepshow
Desmond Ryan
Creepshow the result of a devilish and ultimately foolish pact between George Romero and Stephen King wastes little time in showing that its premise should have been left under a stack of the old horror comics 
1
Creepshow
John Stark
Creepshow despite its shortcomings is done with a certain amount of class There are plenty of moasters and lots of hair raising jolts 
3
Creepshow
Madeleine d'Haeye
It s billed as the most fun you ll ever have being scared but while a few chuckles are offering via the jokey approach it takes to its stories fun is going a bit far 
2
Creepshow
Karl Vick
Writer Stephen King and director George Romero have tried hard to quite literally transfer a 1950s horror comic to the large screen They seem to have done most things right Yet the result is no page turner 
2
Creepshow
David Nusair
Creepshow benefits substantially from a midsection comprised of two comparatively stellar segments 
2.5
Creepshow
Federico Furzan
Creepshow feels incomplete Its slapstick humor is not enough to hold the attention it could gain from using a betterly written script Full review in Spanish 
2
Creepshow
Matt Brunson
A certain measure of generosity and goodwill is necessary to fully enjoy this endeavor from director George Romero since the stories by Stephen King aren t anything special 
3
Creepshow
Mike McGranaghan
As with any anthology film some stories are better than others Even so there are no outright clunkers here just five entertaining tales told with great style 
3
Creepshow
Dustin Putman
All of the pieces of Creepshow come together in a smorgasbord of ghastly images welcome humor and solid old fashioned storytelling 
4
Creepshow
Chuck O'Leary
A wickedly funny horror anthology Creepshow is a devilish delight and the most entertaining film George Romero ever directed 
3.5
Creepshow
Roger Ebert
Romero and King have approached this movie with humor and affection as well as with an appreciation of the macabre 
3
Letters From the Big Man
Roger Ebert
Letters from the Big Man will mystify some please others with its serenity and be unlike any Bigfoot movie you have ever imagined 
3
Tenderness
Joe Neumaier
Crowe s lumbering presence is a relief from all the gothic heaviness but director John Polson s elliptical storytelling style quickly becomes an irritant 
1
Tenderness
Kyle Smith
Crowe who spends the movie trudging along and waxing lyrical about pain and pleasure must be hoping no one sees this mawkish blunder He will probably get his wish 
0.5
Tenderness
David Stratton
It does have a few plot contrivances but the tension is skilfully built and the cast is uniformly excellent 
4
When the Beat Drops
Roger Moore
Fascinating if somewhat myopic documentary dissection of how bucking and J Setting dance styles and dance battles got their start 
2.5
City of Joy
Sheila O'Malley
A powerful act of bearing witness 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Mattie Lucas
Clint Eastwood s masterpiece 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Burl Burlingame
Possibly the richest testament Hollywood has yet made about the paroxysm of World War II an astounding movie on every level not the least of which is its common humanity 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Michael Dequina
The film strives mightily to make some sort of affecting emotional epic about a bit of history that it itself acknowledges is actually footnote worthy 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Roger Ebert
Eastwood s two film project is one of the most visionary of all efforts to depict the reality and meaning of battle 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
David Nusair
entertaining yet strangely forgettable 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Kam Williams
A 21st Century version of the state sanctioned pro war propaganda designed to instill a sense of patriotism in the Baby Boom Generation back when they were still impressionable babies 
1
Flags of Our Fathers
Michael A. Smith
But it is Beach that gives the award worthy work here As the tour goes on Hayes begins drinking to the point of self destruction anxious to get back to his unit and unsure why he has been selected to be away from the men he so badly wants to fight side
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Marty Mapes
The film has a lot on its mind but it is always grounded by the three protagonists
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Linda Cook
Flags of Our Fathers is another salute to the talent of Clint Eastwood 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Lori Hoffman
an antiwar film that reminds us that even a war fought for all the right reasons is a horrible waste of human life
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Matt Brunson
Manages the tricky feat of honoring the past while also subtly deflating the attendant mythology that over time attaches itself like a barnacle to a ship side 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Mike McGranaghan
This is anything but a big budget exercise in flag waving Instead it is a deeply provocative deconstruction of the very idea of heroism 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Tyler Hanley
Flags offers an interesting history lesson into the Battle of Iwo Jima and the origin of wartime America s most inspirational photograph but the massive film lacks emotional resonance 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Thomas Delapa
Like being flogged over the head with a ten foot tin flagpole 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
John Beifuss
Simultaneously a salute to the unselfish sacrifice of America s soldiers and a rebuke to the Mission Accomplished photo ops and propagandistic spin that continue to urge young men to their dooms 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Mark Collette
This film seems dangerously close to embracing the same kind of selective storytelling that it condemns 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Gary Brown
Flags of Our Fathers is a truly magnificent film that should not be missed 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Dustin Putman
Not a bad motion picture but it is a missed opportunity that sheds fleeting light on what could have been an important historical epic 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Ken Fox
This is a powerful important and in the end profoundly poignant movie dedicated to the lives of men and women who fight wars and shoulder the burden of becoming heroes to help the rest of us make sense of what remains incomprehensible 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Peter Howell
If the larger vision in Flags is somewhat out of focus there are many small glimpses and grace notes that show Eastwood s well developed sense of the particular in revealing a larger truth 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Moira MacDonald
Once this World War II drama finds its footing and much of the film goes by before it does it s extremely moving At the end a flag dances quietly in a whispering breeze celebrating the film s real life heroes as eloquently as any words 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Mick LaSalle
Flags of Our Fathers is as painstaking as a documentary but without the satisfaction of a documentary or the impact of a drama 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Carla Meyer
As the tortured heavy drinking Hayes Beach Smoke Signals is an emotional open wound and his performance gives the movie its soul 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
David Elliott
Flags has the guts to put honest quote remarks around the good war and the greatest generation It honors the fathers and the lost sons by not simply raising a flag 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Timothy Knight
A towering achievement for Eastwood and his cast and crew 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Lisa Rose
The clichés undermine the power of the story 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Lou Lumenick
Eastwood storms Mt Oscar again with Flags of Our Fathers a stirring ode to American heroism during the battle of Iwo Jima which also pointedly dissects how that heroism was cynically packaged for public consumption 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Jack Mathews
In his no nonsense style the 76 year old filmmaker is merely telling the story he was given 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Rene Rodriguez
If Flags of Our Fathers lacks human dimension though it certainly succeeds as an exploration of the nature of heroism 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Bob Strauss
Making a movie like Flags is totally honorable even pretty heroic I just wish that it had moved me more 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Robert W. Butler
Flags is more of a director s film than an actor s film Still special mention must be made of Phillippe here giving his most complete and nuanced performance and of Beach whose Ira Hayes ends up in a drunken downward spiral 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Amy Biancolli
Flags of Our Fathers may well be an accurate depiction of war zone tumult and its psychic wounds but that does not make for a cogent narrative 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Rick Groen
The case is strong it s the casing the film that is uneven and redundant 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Terry Lawson
Clint Eastwood has played his share of heroes in the movies Yet when he directs his films tend to look at the American legend making machinery through a critical squinting eye 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Jeff Vice
The war scenes are well staged and the three leads are solid especially Bradford s Gagnon who has a few more character shadings than the other two 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Lisa Kennedy
Some movies and their makers are essential to our understanding of ourselves Eastwood has become such a director With Flags he once again proves he is filmmaker for what ails us but also for what can make us extraordinary 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Richard Roeper
An American masterpiece It is a searing and powerful work from a 76 year old artist who remains at the top of his game 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Ty Burr
It s a monumental subject and this heartsick but diffuse movie only occasionally glimpses its entirety 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Jeffrey Westhoff
The most intriguing and in some ways most courageous aspect of Flags is how Eastwood deconstructs the use of the word hero 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Sara Michelle Fetters
The filmmaker takes no prisoners holds nothing back just observes the goings on of the political and military establishment as they try to sell their product to a tiring populace 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Jeffrey Overstreet
The campaign to represent Iwo Jima s heroes was a masterful work of spin Eastwood leads us to wonder if that deliberate misrepresentation might have been worth it after all 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Sean P. Means
The film s framing device smothers the film in a nostalgic glow that spares us the trouble of feeling the movie s emotions for ourselves 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
James Sanford
Viewers expecting a traditional war movie might be surprised But while the film is thoughtful and masterfully made it ultimately doesn t have the impact it could have had 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Eric Melin
Clint Eastwood s Flags of our Fathers is a powerful condemnation of America s tasteless commercialism and the selling of war 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Peter Canavese
Broyles and Haggis redundantly hammer home the same point in scene after scene while fail ing in 132 minutes fully to breathe life into their triad of reluctant heroes 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Daniel M. Kimmel
It is unflinching in making us see what it really means to be a war hero 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Bob Bloom
Flags of Our Fathers is one of the best movies of the year one which will be hard to ignore come the Academy Award nominations 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Erik Childress
The insistence on the proliferation of jumping back and forth at will cuts through the heart of these men s stories and leaves us with only a dead horse that s beating 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Willie Waffle
It s a graphic shocking challenging moving and thoughtful movie that gives you even more respect for the men and women who saved the world 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eastwood takes the material as far as he can his effort is very impressive but can t reach all the way to the edge 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Claudia Puig
It is one of the year s best films and perhaps the finest modern film about World War II 
4
Flags of Our Fathers
Steven Rea
It can and will be seen as patriotic a tribute to the armed forces But it is also in its clear eyed depiction of the chaos and carnage of battle of the soldiers quaking fear and the cruel finality of a bullet or a bomb very much an antiwar film 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Nick Schager
A creaky history class lecture 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Steve Rhodes
Cutting back and forth in time the movie is confusing and slackly paced at first but it eventually gains its footing 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Lawrence Toppman
Flags of Our Fathers honors the men of the so called Greatest Generation while reminding us that mythology always involves a lie or two 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Michael Phillips
There s a tremendous amount of material here and the script covers too much of it often confusingly 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Duane Dudek
Flags of Our Fathers is as somber as a funeral and is a muted counterpoint to the tendency to turn war into a celebration of dead heroes and pyrrhic victories 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Jan Stuart
As a storyteller Eastwood has rarely seen a period that he couldn t transform into an ellipsis or exclamation mark 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Phoebe Flowers
Eastwood keeps the complex story steady demonstrating equal aptitude for filming cataclysmic battle sequences and intimate scenes of dialogue 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Chris Hewitt
Clint Eastwood is a great filmmaker and the public relations campaign that helped turn around World War II is a great story but the movie is deeply flawed 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Matt Pais
Makes its mark in the moments when war is fought man to man when we can see on these young soldiers faces that home is far far away 
2.5
Flags of Our Fathers
Josh Larsen
reminds us how heroism then and today can be reduced to little more than a marketing gimmick 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Phil Villarreal
Marks Eastwood s continuing march to prove he s a modern John Ford 
3.5
Flags of Our Fathers
James Berardinelli
At its best Flags of Our Fathers is eye opening and though provoking 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Ethan Alter
The good news is that Flags is a stately sober picture that boasts excellent production values The bad news is that it s not particularly interesting or involving 
2
Flags of Our Fathers
Ross Anthony
Despite a robust military opening the film doesn t spark until John Slattery hits screen from there it blossoms flashing back flashing forward nestling into a nice beat 
3
Flags of Our Fathers
Peter Travers
Flags of Our Fathers is a film of awesome power and blistering provocation 
3.5
Another 48 HRS.
James Kendrick
It looks good slick and polished in a way that the rougher more engaging 48 Hrs was not but it also feels rote by the numbers a cash in 
2
Another 48 HRS.
Peter Canavese
Fantastic stunts and the chemistry between Murphy and Nolte s still there but that barely compensates for one of the most mercenary sequels ever made Paramount blu ray review 
2
Another 48 HRS.
Matt Brunson
Here s a perfect example of a first rate film that didn t need a sequel got one anyway and nobody was the happier for it 
1.5
Another 48 HRS.
David Nusair
mostly underwhelming 
2
Another 48 HRS.
Chris Hicks
A sequel in the worst sense 
1.5
Another 48 HRS.
Roger Ebert
You know how sometimes in a dream you ll see these familiar scenes and faces floating in and out of focus but you re not sure how they connect Another 48 HRS is a movie that feels the same way 
2
Beneath
Mike McGranaghan
A few things could have been improved upon but it s at least ambitious and has an interesting twist 
2.5
Beneath
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Well shot and technically competent It s also a bit of an insult to the viewer s intelligence 
2
Beneath
Simon Abrams
As shrill as it often is the film s situational peril makes otherwise unlikable characters sympathetic or maybe just sympathetic enough 
2.5
Beneath
Ed Gonzalez
Its stance toward every dipshit slasher and creature horror flick that s come before it never feels less than casually hostile 
2
Viceroy's House
Rob Thomas
Viceroy s House is appropriately somber It feels like the wheels of history had been put in motion long ago and a few well meaning people on all sides aren t enough to stop them 
2.5
Viceroy's House
Josh Terry
For those patient enough to stick with it Viceroy s House will spark the mind but it strains to touch the heart 
2.5
Viceroy's House
Sean P. Means
The need to cram historical information a conspiracy theory involving Jinnah and Winston Churchill nefarious doings and the perfunctory romantic subplot leaves no room for the drama to breathe 
2.5
Viceroy's House
Mark Sommer
Bonnenville s steel chinned and earnest portrayal of Mountbatten drives the film matched by Gillian s compassionate presentation of Lady Edwina 
3
Viceroy's House
Bob Bloom
So it is sad that her passion project is compromised by a story saddled with a clichéd star crossed love story that is unworthy of a political solution that ultimately cost about 1 million lives 
2.5
Viceroy's House
Katie Walsh
There s something pleasantly old fashioned about Viceroy s House It feels like a Merchant Ivory period piece posing cultural questions within a safely cushioned environment There are no guessing games but also very little subtext 
3
Viceroy's House
Mark Dujsik
A sprawling story of the final months of British rule over India in 1947 Viceroy s House attempts to mix the political and the personal with varying degrees of success 
3
Viceroy's House
Stephanie Merry
Viceroy s House works but mainly as a historical refresher on the 70th anniversary of Indian independence As drama it s a reminder that truth is sometimes more affecting than fiction 
2.5
Viceroy's House
Susan Wloszczyna
Ultimately Viceroy s House might be worth a visit just for certain tasty details 
2.5
Viceroy's House
Kate Taylor
The formula is a bit too neat and the dialogue is often painfully expository but there are some fine performances 
2
Viceroy's House
Jake Cole
The only thing that offsets the film s self negating revisionism are the scenes involving Gillian Anderson vicereine 
1.5
Nomad
Chris Hewitt
Everything would be OK if the actors didn t open their mouths 
1
Nomad
Jeff Shannon
It embraces every clich in the epic movie playbook relies too heavily on stale dialogue delivered in somber tones and offers little to its actors besides the opportunity to fashion some great looking Eurasian costumes 
2
Nomad
Wesley Morris
The filmmakers don t appear to know what s important let alone how to pace an epic for big drama and maximum thrills 
2
Nomad
G. Allen Johnson
It harks back to those sand and sandals epics of the 1950s and 60s with an international cast speaking in awkwardly dubbed English 
1.5
Nomad
Ken Fox
Despite the central Asian locale the film is largely rooted in the conventions of the American westerns and good old Hollywood Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments as well as many of their attendant clichs 
2
Nomad
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though it has a familiar inevitability the journey is generally compelling thanks to fierce battles a gorgeous landscape and heartfelt performances 
2.5
Nomad
Lou Lumenick
While the film has impressive 18th century trappings and vivid battle scenes the plotting and acting are rudimentary 
2
Nomad
Jim Hemphill
In the American release version of the picture the emphasis on spectacle and the paring away of all but the most essential exposition ends up having the opposite of its intended effect 
2.5
The Big Trees
David N. Butterworth
Leading man Kirk Douglas has himself referred to The Big Trees as a bad movie Bad is perhaps a little harsh but just a little 
2
Fatal Attraction
David Nusair
a justifiably iconic 80s release that still holds up relatively all these years later 
3
Fatal Attraction
Richard Freedman
Until it goes berserk in the last reel or so Fatal Attraction is an absorbing drama of civilized adultery that gets less civilized as it goes on to its inevitable conclusion 
2.5
Fatal Attraction
Austin Kennedy
Solid direction thrilling set pieces and an iconic performance from Glenn Close It s a sleazy movie but an extremely watchable one The entertainment value for this one is very high 
3.5
Fatal Attraction
Walter Chaw
has the makings of a serious examination of adult relationships and interactions under duress only to end as a seriocomic slasher film dictated by popular taste 
2
Fatal Attraction
James Kendrick
one of those rare films that became a true cultural phenomenon
3
Fatal Attraction
Ed Gonzalez
Sure Alex may be little more than a bunny boiling stalker but Fatal Attraction is still notable for Close s resilient complex performance 
2.5
Fatal Attraction
Angie Errigo
Two absolutely riveting performances and a smart reversal of the usual male female stalker scenario leave behind a nasty taste and an unforgettable cinema experience 
4
Fatal Attraction
Roger Ebert
Because the good things in the movie including the performances are so very good it s a shame that the film s potential for greatness was so blatantly compromised 
2.5
Bliss
Rene Sanchez
Despite its inventive premise Bliss is too convoluted and dull to make its genre mix and message work Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
Bliss
Dann Gire
Mike Cahill s ambitious science fiction psychological drama Bliss suffers from two extremely big drawbacks First its convoluted minutia obsessed Matrix Lite screenplay 
1
Bliss
James Kendrick
While there are moments of engagement and some memorable images Bliss simply doesn t hold together enough to make its ideas however fascinating stick 
2
Bliss
Steven Prokopy
There s nothing to pull Bliss together and make it feel like anything beyond new age junk science 
2
Bliss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With its scattershot array of sub themes Bliss is too chunky to be really philosophical but its fantasy aspect is most appealing as are its two leads 
3
Bliss
Sonny Bunch
I don t know that the movie works as a whole Still It s great to see Owen Wilson back onscreen And good for him for trying to work his issues out through his art 
2.5
Bliss
James Berardinelli
With its blend of existential science fiction and character based romance it would seem to be as close to a can t miss premise as one can imagine yet despite that it somehow does miss and by a wide margin 
2
Bliss
Tom Meek
Muddled and disconcerting 
2
Bliss
Nick Allen
It becomes increasingly difficult to be emotionally present within the simulation of Bliss especially as it demands so much untangling 
2
Bliss
Roger Moore
What Cahill chose to do with a good cast and some promising ideas is this Matrix Lite mess 
1.5
Bliss
Mark Dujsik
Bliss feels as if it has missed the bigger point for Cahill s determination to constantly and repeatedly trick us 
2
Bliss
Jeff Mitchell
Wilson and Hayek s manic journey is anything but Bliss 
1.5
Bliss
Peter Canavese
Thoughtful science fiction with a decent pay off 
2.5
Bliss
Chris Hewitt
It s a visually striking movie particularly in how it differentiates between the three different worlds it shows us but it s also often silly 
1.5
Bliss
Leo Brady
Bliss is an inventive expression of science fiction bending the concept of reality twisting before our own eyes in a unique and fascinating way 
3
Bliss
Randy Myers
I found it equally compelling and frustrating but did appreciate how passionate it is about what it s attempting to say 
2.5
Bliss
Michael Phillips
I wish the results were better and a lot stranger Cahill s world building has its moments though 
2
Bliss
Richard Roeper
To the very end we can feel Greg s sadness when his world seems to be crumbling his exhilaration when he believes he s found a new and spectacularly beautiful reality 
3
Bliss
Michael O'Sullivan
Cahill s latest film is an exercise in existential inquiry 
2.5
Bliss
Mick LaSalle
You can watch Bliss in a number of satisfying ways and that s not something you can say about many movies 
3
For Love of the Game
Michael Wilmington
This is no perfect or even half perfect game It s another movie where conventions are subbed for life lessons where the emotions are cued by golden oldies and where the motivation at least on the studio s part isn t love of the game but money 
2
For Love of the Game
Jack Mathews
The baseball sequences are fabulous not least because Costner looks and moves like a real player a rarity for actors in sports movies But the love story a five year off and on affair is little more than a sop to Costner s romantic faithful 
2.5
For Love of the Game
Desmond Ryan
On the field Costner is consistent but his exploration of Billy s romantic dilemma is superficial and often wooden 
2.5
For Love of the Game
Ann Hornaday
Vanity is one thing but Costner s act is beginning to feel like a particularly self righteous and tiresome form of pathology Someone should tell him that an actor s job is to disappear into his characters not vice versa 
1
For Love of the Game
Scott Nash
Like Billy this movie is good on the field but not so much once off it 
2.5
For Love of the Game
Maitland McDonagh
Memo to all involved It s a game 
2.5
For Love of the Game
Roger Ebert
Thinking back through the movie I cannot recall a single thing either character said that was worth hearing in its own right apart from the requirements of the plot 
1.5
For Love of the Game
Michael Dequina
Costner and Preston s convincing work together go a long way in keeping the audience interested and involved 
3
For Love of the Game
Jeffrey Westhoff
While For Love of the Game has much to recommend it particularly Costner s strong understated performance Raimi throws too many unnecessary curves 
3
For Love of the Game
Jim Shelby
Unabashedly sentimental try saying the title with a straight face this is a touching story of a man at the end of a great career and the beginning of a great relationship Repeat after me Great date movie 
3
For Love of the Game
Ross Anthony
gradually pulls you from that slouched near sleep position to the edge of the bleachers
2.5
For Love of the Game
James Berardinelli
The director especially deserves credit for the verisimilitude of the baseball sequences 
3
For Love of the Game
Bob Graham
It is a romance about a man and a woman and it is a romance about baseball itself 
3
For Love of the Game
Jorge Avila Andrade
Costner brinda una de sus mejores actuaciones desde Mundo Perfecto
3
For Love of the Game
Bob Bloom
A soapish weeper filled with clichés 
1.5
For Love of the Game
David Sterritt
You needn t be a hardhearted skeptic to find the romantic scenes badly overdone from Kelly Preston s too cute performance to the heavy handed dialogue and syrupy music 
2
For Love of the Game
Marty Mapes
In spite of some obvious flaws in a very important area namely character development the emotion of the story plays pretty well The sentimentality isn t for everybody but if you re interested in seeing it go for it 
2.5
For Love of the Game
Madeleine Williams
At over two hours in length For Love of the Game lasts one more inning than it should The film is an enjoyable pastime but not a game for the ages 
2.5
For Love of the Game
Steve Rhodes
Lovingly filmed by John Bailey with the twinkling glow of New York at night and with the warm colors of a baseball game the movie is invitingly sentimental and nostalgic 
3
For Love of the Game
Cornell & Petricelli
The baseball story was self contained and involving for those who do not understand or appreciate the game and Costner s range of emotions was genuinely gripping 
3
For Love of the Game
David N. Butterworth
Costner and baseball perfect together 
3.5
For Love of the Game
Susan Stark
For Love of the Game gives Kelly Preston in by far her most impressive performance yet a character with a past a richly textured present and the same kind of emotional complexity accorded Costner s heroic Tiger 
3
For Love of the Game
Mike McGranaghan
For Love of the Game is quite a bad movie 
1.5
For Love of the Game
Edvins Beitiks
Chapel is pitching a gem but the movie doesn t spend nearly enough time on baseball you find yourself glancing at your watch while Costner steps off the mound or walks in slow circles or takes his time throwing to the plate 
2
For Love of the Game
Dustin Putman
Piles on the cheese and corn and honey sap so thickly that the film at times seems to be in danger of being smothered to death which would have been fine with me 
1
Sabretooth
David Nusair
In the realm of straight to video horror you could certainly do worse than Sabretooth The film would probably best be enjoyed among friends with copious amounts of booze handy 
2.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Bill Stamets
Sights that might have been comforting before suddenly seem strange and menacing and the technological landscape we depend on for our survival becomes the mise en scene of a horror film 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Nick Rogers
The stylish bleakness keeps you off balance with unreliable narration and an unforgettable conclusion The more it accelerates rant and rave paranoia the greater it gets a campfire ready chiller whose subconscious embers glow long after it s over 
3.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Scott Nash
A big disappointment 
1
The Mothman Prophecies
Michael Szymanski
It s bone chillingly back crawlingly heart stoppingly scary 
3.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Kevin A. Ranson
Whether Pellington or Gere is to blame for keeping the obvious potential of this weak thriller down someone should be held responsible Even the Mothman doesn t have to predict how well this film will do at the box office 
0.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Jeff Strickler
Despite hints that it aspires to be more The Mothman Prophecies is a by the numbers sci fi thriller 
2
The Mothman Prophecies
Margaret A. McGurk
Illustrates the beauty of a well made scary movie you don t have to believe it to feel your hair stand on end 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Michael Wilmington
A gaudy yet grim science fiction horror movie of such surpassing silliness humorless intensity and stylistic overkill that watching it may actually put you in a state of paranoia Why are these moviemakers persecuting us 
1.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Blake French
Knows how to make our imagination wonder 
3.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Ian Mantgani
Tries to hide the fact that it s not telling us anything by distracting us with stupid smoke and mirror tactics
1.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Emily Blunt
The dramatic direction and tingly accompanying music will keep you on the edge of your seat 
3.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Jeremy Heilman
Its few effective sequences including an impressive ending set pieces are outweighed by the picture s flaws 
2.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Frank Ochieng
This film s stylistic incoherency is rooted in a convoluted morass of supernatural gibberish Director Mark Pellington conjures up a long winded absurd horror thriller that needlessly flexes its hysterical muscles
1.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Mark Dujsik
Not about scares but a mood in which an ominous pervasive and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Robert Roten
Director Mark Pellington does a good job of establishing just the right atmosphere of creepiness and mystery 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
James Kendrick
toys with kooky paranoid movie conventions for their own effectiveness
2.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Gary Brown
A so called thriller that offers viewer as many thrills as say a typical episode of TV s X Files 
2
The Mothman Prophecies
Michael Dequina
Not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral and hence more chillingly effective 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Dustin Putman
Uses a thick undercurrent of atmospheric dread and truly creepy sound effects to keep the tension high 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Carla Meyer
The movie s more abstract scare tactics are so restrained that viewers may start to yearn for a bogeyman to burst from the closet 
1
The Mothman Prophecies
Jonathan Foreman
Creepy but ultimately unsatisfying thriller 
2.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Tony Toscano
A real scary treat 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Rick Groen
A minor picture with a major identity crisis it s sort of true and it s sort of bogus and it s ho hum all the way through 
2
The Mothman Prophecies
Jonathan Taylor
More silly than scary 
1
The Mothman Prophecies
Wesley Morris
The film is inert and narratively unintelligible 
2
The Mothman Prophecies
Mike Clark
Compellingly watchable 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Roger Ebert
It s lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another 
2
The Mothman Prophecies
Steve Rhodes
A disjointed and incomprehensible mess 
1
The Mothman Prophecies
Rod Armstrong
It s somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced but its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build up a terrific climax and some nice chills along the way 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Carrie Rickey
Watching the film is like getting hooked by a fearful angler who can t successfully reel you in 
2
The Mothman Prophecies
Erik Childress
Stay clear of reminding yourself that it s a true story and you re likely to have one helluva time at the movies 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Rob Blackwelder
The movie s seams may show but Pellington gives Mothman an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling 
2.5
The Mothman Prophecies
Walter Chaw
The Mothman Prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey 
2.5
The Mothman Prophecies
James Berardinelli
Smart and taut 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Ed Gonzalez
Mark Pellington s latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth 
3
The Mothman Prophecies
Jeanne Aufmuth
Professionally speaking it s tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller 
1.5
Iraq in Fragments
Sean P. Means
Too bad James Longley couldn t have broadcast this insightful documentary immediately after he shot it in 2003 and 2004 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Larry Ratliff
Iraq in Fragments appears to be asking a simple but often unmentioned question Oh yeah what about the people of Iraq 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Robert W. Butler
The film is terrific at providing a kaleidoscopic sense of life unfolding with imaginative editing and colors that seem to leap off the screen 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Geoff Pevere
Because director Longley uses a technique that forgoes interviews and voiceover commentary in favour of observation and revealing juxtapositions his movie puts you both in the chaos and just above it 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
Liam Lacey
Stands up as a classic war documentary in its unusual poetic form and by its extraordinary access to the lives of ordinary Iraqis 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
John Monaghan
Iraq in Fragments sometimes feels random but it is a well crafted thoughtful study of the dueling divisiveness and hope that will define the region long after foreign troops leave 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Rob Thomas
We re used to seeing Iraq through the lens of washed out digital video so it s striking how sumptuous and elegantly composed the shots are in Iraq in Fragments 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Chris Hewitt
Director James Longley doesn t say anything new about the politics of Iraq but he leaves us with a vivid impression of its people its places and its seemingly irreconcilable contradictions 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
Marta Barber
In addition to the interesting camera work the documentary s undeniable appeal comes in how close Longley gets to the characters who are all male They speak openly of the past the U S forces the uncertain future 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Phil Villarreal
There are embedded journalists in Iraq and then there is Iraq in Fragments director James Longley 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Tom Keogh
Longley s access to public and private developments in the wake of the U S invasion of Iraq is often stunning 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Although the film doesn t make any earth shattering discoveries it at least attempts to put a face on an enemy that few Americans have considered 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Kam Williams
A heartbreaking assessment of Iraq s reconstruction from the point of view of its intended beneficiaries 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
Timothy Knight
Iraq in Fragments opens a window on the world of the war s casualties in a narrative triptych that s profoundly haunting and often ravishing 
4
Iraq in Fragments
Ken Fox
Director Longely s real strength lies in his ability to draw from the observances of children 
4
Iraq in Fragments
G. Allen Johnson
Director Longley shows a poetic almost elegiacal artistry After two years he might not understand the Iraqi people fully but they have won his heart and mind 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Elizabeth Weitzman
Visually arresting and deeply disheartening James Longley s impressionistic documentary explores the pain of a shattered country by homing in on a few tiny shards 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Richard Mowe
The imagery is poetic and beautiful at times Meanwhile the haunting legacy of the documentary is that people still are being pulled apart by religious differences and ethnicity 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Ty Burr
James Longley s Iraq in Fragments is a visually stunning documentary that looks at that country through the eyes of its own people a novel enough approach at a time when everyone else has had their say 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Jan Stuart
Of all the documentaries to come out of the current war Iraq in Fragments is the least violent and perhaps the most disquieting 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
Michael Wilmington
A remarkable example of the conjunction of a burningly topical and newsworthy subject with a brilliant filmmaker 
3.5
Iraq in Fragments
Matt Pais
People talk about the country being split into pieces but there s not much shown to articulate how when or why that is the case 
2.5
Iraq in Fragments
Kyle Smith
The film is unusual among Iraq documentaries for its impressionistic frequently gorgeous cinematography and for its structure It s split into thirds one about a Sunni the boy one about a Shiite mob and one about the quiet Kurds up north 
2.5
Iraq in Fragments
Fernando F. Croce
Style comes occasionally close to taking precedence over its heartfelt humanistic intentions yet the film s deep respect for human resilience and hope ultimately renders cynical accusations of touristy condescension moot 
3
Iraq in Fragments
Jason Anderson
A visually startling patiently observed and deeply humanist film 
4
Ministry of Fear
Roger Moore
Watching it now 44 8220 Ministry of Fear 8221 seems more of a string of grand moments poorly linked by blown opportunities 46 
2'
Ministry of Fear
David Nusair
46 46 46 a progressively tiresome endeavor 46 46 46 
2
Ministry of Fear
James Kendrick
The film as a whole doesn t really stick with you but isolated moments and images do
3
Ministry of Fear
Matt Brunson
It s not top shelf Fritz Lang nor is it top level Graham Greene but as an exercise in World War II intrigue with a smidgen of film noir thrown in Ministry of Fear gets the job done 
3
Welcome Matt
Roger Moore
The jokes are gassed the characters bland and the unanswered question that hangs over it first scene to last is Who cares Maybe a little more research than googling agoraphobia was in order 
1.5
Man of the Year
Matt Brunson
Impeach this one already 
1
Man of the Year
Kam Williams
Trust me a sloppily edited unmanageable insult to the intelligence with far too many shortcomings to deserve any further analysis 
1
Man of the Year
Lori Hoffman
When the thriller plot collides with the comedy what s left is mangled twisted wreckage 
2
Man of the Year
Jonathan R. Perry
Barry Levinson is a case study in narrative schizophrenia with no idea what he wants his film to be 
2.5
Man of the Year
Michael Wilmington
Levinson has written and directed in many genres But rarely has he made a film as indecisive and diffident as Man of the Year 
1.5
Man of the Year
Frank Ochieng
A piece of pithy political pap Sadly this Man has all the biting promise of a crooked two bit hack accepting a corporate kickback at a Chucky Cheese restaurant 
1.5
Man of the Year
Linda Cook
It s a comedy No it s a romance No it s a thriller 
2
Man of the Year
Matt Brunson
It s the same lazy performance we always get with Williams groveling for laughs via his patented physical shtick and repertoire of stale jokes that were already passé around the time Roman emperors began chucking Christian standup comics to the lions 
1
Man of the Year
Thomas Delapa
Sloppy political satire Williams has all the edge of Tom DeLay at a Greenpeace convention 
1.5
Man of the Year
Gary Brown
Man of the Year is a total mess 
1.5
Man of the Year
David Nusair
remains virtually intolerable throughout its overlong running time due primarily to star Robin Williams relentless mugging and writer director Barry Levinson s inordinately mediocre screenplay 
1.5
Man of the Year
Larry Ratliff
Robin Williams character can t decide when to be goofy and when to play it straight and neither can this uneven what if political comedy from writer director Barry Levinson 
2.5
Man of the Year
Ethan Alter
Man of the Year is often so wildly off the mark in its depiction of how elections are run it s hard to believe that it was directed by the same guy who helmed Wag the Dog 
1
Man of the Year
Sean P. Means
Levinson lines up a flabby and humorless series of mini homilies on current political evils from corporate donations to TV ads like a Nader ish plague on both your houses scold 
2
Man of the Year
James Berardinelli
Man of the Year makes telling points and has a lot to say but it loses its voice along with its consistency around the mid way point and that will likely make it an also ran in the box office race 
2.5
Man of the Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
The new Barry Levinson comedy Man of the Year is thirty minutes of brilliance followed by an additional ninety of disappointment 
2.5
Man of the Year
James Sanford
dusty jokes about Mama Cass and Karen Carpenter how s that for topical humor Unfortunately most of the funny moments in Man come when the film is playing it straight
1.5
Man of the Year
Maitland McDonagh
Packaged as a rollicking political comedy writer director Barry Levinson s much ballyhooed reunion with Robin Williams wobbles unsteadily between broad humor and paranoid thrills The result is a bland muddle 
2
Man of the Year
Moira MacDonald
Barry Levinson s Man of the Year squanders a promising premise it s ultimately overlong underwritten and strangely unfunny 
1.5
Man of the Year
Mick LaSalle
A genre less imaginative riff by an intelligent filmmaker on the state of the country 
3
Man of the Year
David Elliott
Robin Williams doesn t need to prove he can act not after The Fisher King The Night Listener Good Will Hunting and Mrs Doubtfire What he does in Man of the Year seems a long way from actual acting 
2
Man of the Year
Carla Meyer
Man of the Year pretends to reach for a steak knife and draws a plastic spoon instead 
1.5
Man of the Year
Pam Grady
Prepare for whiplash as Man of the Year veers in an instant from astute comedy to complete disaster 
2
Man of the Year
Stephen Whitty
Only in filmmaking does one very good idea plus another very good idea sometimes add up to one less than great picture 
2
Man of the Year
Kyle Smith
Man of the Year is longer than the FDR administration less funny than Calvin Coolidge and deader than Abe Lincoln 
1
Man of the Year
Jack Mathews
A few moments do not make a new Mr Smith Goes to Washington Frank Capra can continue to rest in peace 
2
Man of the Year
Rene Rodriguez
The second half of Man of the Year bears practically no relation to the irreverent comedy the movie s trailer sells you much like a politician who doesn t keep any of the promises that lured you to vote for him 
2
Man of the Year
Glenn Whipp
For a film that wants to decry business as usual Man of the Year seems awfully content to play by the rules 
2
Man of the Year
Amy Biancolli
Man of the Year isn t Movie of the Year It might have been an ironic condemnation of electoral fraud and the malignant sway of corporate profits But for a while anyway it had my vote 
2.5
Man of the Year
Kate Taylor
Man of the Year is a moderately funny little movie that isn t pointed enough to successfully skewer its political targets 
2.5
Man of the Year
Terry Lawson
No one will mistake Man of the Year for movie of the year but it says some things worth being said without the usual straight face 
3
Man of the Year
Jeff Vice
It s all right when it s trying to be a comedy or a savvy electoral satire But it takes a disastrous wrong turn into paranoid political thriller territory and never recovers 
1.5
Man of the Year
Lisa Kennedy
There s a Preston Sturges lesson in Man of the Year Entertaining folks is its own civic duty At times making citizens laugh and think might be the most honorable profession of all 
2.5
Man of the Year
Bill Zwecker
Williams scene as Dobbs debating his presidential opponents alone is worth the price of admission to this film It is laugh out loud hysterical 
2.5
Man of the Year
Lawrence Toppman
Laura Linney shines out of this unappealing murk like a sunflower planted in a coal mine 
1.5
Man of the Year
Ty Burr
Man of the Year has to be one of the most frustrating dropped balls in recent multiplex memory 
2
Man of the Year
Tyler Hanley
Robin Williams and Barry Levinson evoke memories of their 1987 collaboration Good Morning Vietnam with this insightful political dramedy But those expecting a light hearted farce will be sorely disappointed 
3
Man of the Year
Nick Rogers
Robin Williams proves to topical comedy what Lawrence Welk is to smoking jazz and a marketing bait and switch leads to a ludicrously dumb paranoid thriller It lazily hopes its conceit and comedian work Neither does 
.5
Man of the Year
Peter T. Chattaway
It will draw audiences who want to see topical humor and it will bog them down in a typical thriller before capping things off with an earnest yet cautious political statement 
2
Man of the Year
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a mess but if you re willing to pick through it there s some gold amongst the dross 
2.5
Man of the Year
Walter Chaw
Its screenplay needs not another run through the typewriter but a first run through the shredder 
0.5
Man of the Year
Jeffrey M. Anderson
American politics gets off easy even Chris Rock s Head of State 2003 had more guts 
2
Man of the Year
Willie Waffle
Man of the Year is only Comedy of the Year for about 45 minutes Then it becomes Failed Opportunity of the Year 
1.5
Man of the Year
Erik Childress
So haphazardly fails to recognize the ironies of its own failings that it unwittingly makes George W Bush funnier when he s TRYING to be funny 
0.5
Man of the Year
Claudia Puig
When great premises go wrong the result is movies like Man of the Year 
2
Man of the Year
Dustin Putman
The comedy is drab and predictable The satirical flourishes are so soft that they are hardly worth mentioning The thrills are diffused by tonal shifts working against them 
2
Man of the Year
Meg Jones
Man of the Year is merely a Robin Williams stand up routine wrapped in a limp script 
2
Man of the Year
Carrie Rickey
Barry Levinson director of films as diverse as Diner Bugsy and Wag the Dog is a national treasure So it is with deep disappointment that I report Man of the Year is dross 
2
Man of the Year
Matt Pais
Nothing in the film works and here s something upon which people of all political affiliations can agree Man of the Year is one of the worst of the year 
0.5
Man of the Year
Michael Phillips
Barry Levinson has written and directed in many genres But rarely has he made a film as indecisive and diffident as Man of the Year 
1.5
Man of the Year
Chris Hewitt
Many actors were paid to pretend Williams is still funny in Man of the Year 
1
Man of the Year
Phoebe Flowers
In fact there may well have been one or two funny lines in Man of the Year but by that point they were lost in the staggering repulsiveness 
1
Man of the Year
Gene Seymour
Man of the Year sets its audience up to ponder the unthinkable loses its resolve and congeals into reassuring kitsch 
2
Man of the Year
Phil Villarreal
The Eleanor stuff makes the comedy move more methodically than Tucson s Downtown renewal efforts 
2.5
Man of the Year
Josh Larsen
What is it about Robin Williams that he often appears in these wild misfires pictures that are so full of promise yet so disastrous in execution 
1.5
Man of the Year
Sean McBride
The deadly serious corporate malfeasance story doesn t mesh well with Williams politically humorous antics 
2.5
Man of the Year
Nick Schager
There s nothing about Man of the Year that s quite as fantastic as its depiction of moribund Saturday Night Live as culturally and politically relevant 
1
Smart People
Roger Moore
When you toss this many balls in the air some are bound to hit the ground 
2
Smart People
Kevin Craft
Unfortunately Smart People has nothing original to say about its characters dilemmas but is content to tread waters that previous films have navigated with more humor and insight 
1
Smart People
Susan Tavernetti
Award winning commercial director Noam Murro helms a fine cast playing all too familiar roles 
2
Smart People
Jonathan W. Hickman
Cutesy early and then becomes more complicated 
3
Smart People
David Nusair
succeeds more as an actor s showcase than as a fully realized consistently compelling film 
2.5
Smart People
Austin Kennedy
It wanders all over the place before ending abruptly With the talent involved it seems like such a waste 
2
Smart People
Lori Hoffman
Dennis Quaid is the college professor of your nightmares in the dryly humorous laid back comedy Smart People 
3
Smart People
Sean O'Connell
As much as I enjoyed Quaid s introspective turn his co stars play characters lifted straight out of Screenwriting 101 
2
Smart People
Pete Hammond
REALLY smart people will probably wait for the DVD release 
2
Smart People
Kyle Smith
Smart People is an indie film that plays the jangle jangle same chords strum strum as a lot of other heartfelt comedies about too wise children and codgers taking humanity lessons 
3
Smart People
Jeffrey Westhoff
Without a clear cut plot to lead him first time director Noam Murro gets muddled in the perpetual sadness of too many characters 
2.5
Smart People
Linda Cook
Here s a gentle little movie about bright people who haven t a clue about personal relationships 
3
Smart People
Greg Maki
Not as clever and sophisticated as it thinks it is 
2
Smart People
Kam Williams
Juno 2 and just as inspired 
3
Smart People
Gary Brown
I absolutely loved Smart People 
4
Smart People
Larry Ratliff
If you enjoy glib offbeat humor the smartest thing you might do all day is buy yourself a ticket 
3.5
Smart People
Mike McGranaghan
Smart People has its finger on an idea that has become an adage some folks are book smart but life dumb I found the film fascinating 
3
Smart People
Claudia Puig
Though the principals are so appealing with their smart comical exchanges the film s forced situations keep it from being the clever engaging tale it aspires to be 
2.5
Smart People
Ken Fox
Quaid s great Page and Church are even better and Parker proves there s life beyond Sex and the City 
3.5
Smart People
Peter Howell
Just one person saves Smart People from being completely wretched It s the presence of Thomas Haden Church 
1.5
Smart People
Chris Hewitt
It s a semi infuriating movie and yet I think I d recommend it 
2.5
Smart People
Moira MacDonald
Nobody does steely quite like the basso voiced Page her Vanessa is a sort of Young Republican version of Juno 
3
Smart People
Peter Rowe
You wouldn t want to live with this clan but they re fun to visit 
2.5
Smart People
Carla Meyer
An amiable dramedy that never quite kicks into gear 
2.5
Smart People
Lou Lumenick
Call the cops Oscar nominees Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church steal Smart People right from under the noses of its ostensible stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Dennis Quaid 
3
Smart People
Joe Neumaier
In what world does Smart People exist Clearly not the real one though this dramedy wants to think it s filled with ironic insights about love and family 
2
Smart People
Christy DeSmith
The film brandishes the same anti intellectual cliché we ve heard time and again Extremely smart folks are inherently unpleasant uptight and unhappy Tis better to be a touch dumb 
1.5
Smart People
Duane Dudek
The characters progress is modest and halting as changing one s life always is 
3
Smart People
Connie Ogle
Smart People isn t so much anti intellectual as it is hyper ignorant of the ways in which people interact and behave 
2
Smart People
Robert W. Butler
The screenplay s stabs at witty dialogue end up sounding forced again only Church delivers his lines with anything like conviction and the film s emotions are all synthetic 
2
Smart People
Amy Biancolli
The thorny dialogue the rancorous arguments the unexplained surliness of Lawrence s son all that nasty stuff melts away covering up plot weaknesses in a warm glow of nuclear family bonhomie 
3
Smart People
Sean P. Means
Murro squeezes the script for all the awkwardness it can give as if that s the same thing as finding the funny 
2
Smart People
Jim Emerson
Parker cast as the Life Affirming Option comes across as rather drab Quaid disappears beneath his beard and into his role yet because Lawrence is such a remote character it s hard to care much Page s role is pretty thin and monotonous 
2.5
Smart People
John Beifuss
Plays like a sitcom writer s idea of a Noah Baumbach film with characters who are amusing intelligent and screwed up but not as prickly or treacherous as Baumbach s 
2
Smart People
Wesley Morris
None of the characters or the filmmakers knowledge illuminates deepens or complicates this movie in a way that keeps you from thinking longingly of Curtis Hanson s Wonder Boys 
2
Smart People
Lisa Ann Cockrel
There are a number of laughs in Smart People but the story is too disjointed and ultimately underwhelming 
2.5
Smart People
Sara Michelle Fetters
So I enjoyed the film Maybe not as much as I would have liked to or to the heights the filmmakers obviously hoped for but that tends to happen from time to time and there really isn t any more to say about it 
2.5
Smart People
Mick LaSalle
There s a gulf between what Smart People should be and what it actually is 
2
Smart People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Juno s dialogue was artificial but sounded good it was musical This dialogue sounds like writing like gears turning 
2
Smart People
Willie Waffle
You have to wade through too much muck to find the treasures in Smart People
1.5
Smart People
Rick Groen
One of those sadly dependent independent films every bit as formulaic as any Hollywood blockbuster 
2
Smart People
Christian Toto
Smart People serves up everything you d want in a shrewd indie picture but is strangely inert 
2
Smart People
Carrie Rickey
The overreaching script by novelist Mark Poirier is intermittently funny One gets the sense that Poirier was aiming for Scrabulous dialogue but his movie is barely of Boggle quality 
2
Smart People
Jeff Vice
This inconsistent but sporadically entertaining comedy drama does feel a little clinical and icy though eventually it does warm up a bit The good cast certainly helps 
2.5
Smart People
Dustin Putman
A smart film about smart people as the title promises but they are also humanely flawed Like all of us they don t hold the key to life s questions and dilemmas and all the intelligence in the world isn t going to change that 
2.5
Smart People
Michael Phillips
While Smart People wouldn t necessarily have taken off with a different leading actor Quaid s self conscious characterization calls attention to the artificiality of the story s construction 
2
Smart People
Matt Brunson
A dark comedy that turns out to be only moderately intelligent 
2.5
Smart People
Rafer Guzman
Quaid finds what is funny and endearing and worthy in the character and his performance holds this fine if somewhat fragile film together 
3
Smart People
Phil Villarreal
Poirier s dialogue filled with uncomfortable pauses and characters talking themselves in and out of philosophical quandaries is the best part of the film 
3
Smart People
Josh Larsen
The more rumpled Dennis Quaid has become the more interesting he s gotten as an actor 
3
Smart People
James Berardinelli
Those who find comfort in competently made but overly familiar stories may enjoy what Smart People have to offer For me it was too thin to truly satisfy 
2.5
Smart People
Nick Schager
Smart People is a borderline excruciating exercise in trying to replicate the eccentric charm of Little Miss Sunshine 
1
Arrowsmith
David Nusair
the film s episodic structure ensures that it rarely becomes boring though the story does lose some momentum towards the end 
2.5
The Man From Toronto
Peter Canavese
A decidedly uninspired 44 dumb action buddy comedy vapid 44 creatively bankrupt nonsense 46 
1.5
The Man From Toronto
Erik Childress
It is the year 2022 and I cannot believe we are reciting the mistaken identity undercover help government agencies plot for an action buddy comedy 46 Thanks a lot 44 John Le Carre 46 
1.5
The Man From Toronto
James Berardinelli
The Man from Toronto feels like the cold leftovers of a meal I didn t much like in the first place 
2
The Man From Toronto
David Nusair
46 46 46 exceedingly 40 and often excessively 41 hit and miss 46 46 46 
2.5
The Man From Toronto
Kevin Carr
Excellent chemistry by Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson makes for a fun film 44 even if it has some jokes that don 8217 t land even if they are tried multiple times 46 
2
The Man From Toronto
Richard Roeper
The Man from Toronto wastes the talents of Woody Harrelson and Kevin Hart 
2
The Man From Toronto
Mark Dujsik
91 W 93 e can forgive 46 46 46 91 the 93 screenplay for taking some license with believability in order to arrive at its gimmick 46 As for the actual execution 46 46 46 well 44 the human capacity for forgiveness has its limits 46 
1.5
The Man From Toronto
Odie Henderson
You know a film 8217 s in trouble when it can 8217 t be saved by a rocket launcher toting Ellen Barkin 46 
1
The Man From Toronto
Mick LaSalle
As a 110 minute diversion as a source of some laughs as an opportunity for two funny guys to be funny and to be funny with each other what s not to like Just go in not expecting much 
2.5
The Man From Toronto
Roger Moore
As likable as the two stars are 44 as experienced as each is at sharing the screen this way 44 they barely make this 8220 Man 8221 worth your trouble 46 
2
The Wild Life
Linda Cook
Where did this delightful little movie come from 
3.5
The Wild Life
Chris Knight
The best thing to be said about this pedestrian sedentary storyline is that it contains no bathroom humour But since it also contains practically no humour at all this isn t much of an endorsement 
1
The Wild Life
Josh Terry
The Wild Life is a harmless piece of second tier animation that will pass silently in the night 
2
The Wild Life
Sheila O'Malley
There s always a lot to look at The script is so so but the total lack of snark and cynicism in the film is refreshing 
2.5
The Wild Life
Stephanie Merry
It s no great shock when a movie based on a beloved book falls short of the original but few fail as confoundingly as The Wild Life 
1.5
The Wild Life
Andrew Parker
Has a handful of novel 3 D effects lots of bright colours competent animation and little else 
1.5
The Wild Life
Sean P. Means
The animation is barely serviceable with forgettable characters tedious action and visuals that call too much attention to the spotty 3 D effects 
1.5
The Wild Life
Sara Stewart
Belgians may have bragging rights on waffles but judging from The Wild Life their animated fare needs help 
1
The Wild Life
Jody Mitori
It s like the generic version of a Disney movie 
2
The Wild Life
Soren Andersen
All things considered this pitifully plotted Belgian French production represents the nadir of animated movies released so far this year a farrago of frantic action and mindless cacophony 
1
The Wild Life
Roger Moore
Not a single laugh in it 
1.5
The Wild Life
Rafer Guzman
A confused charmless take on the Robinson Crusoe story 
1
The Wild Life
Tom Russo
The animators are clearly trying to craft something bubbly but they misguidedly go all in on imitating the contemporary Disney model or DreamWorks at least rather than offering anything different 
1.5
The Wild Life
Michael Ordoña
It exists in the kids only zone where parents go to pay for their sins or hopefully get a nap 
1
Alibi
Fernando F. Croce
Alibi is awkwardly suspended between the gliding camera of silent cinema and the stagnant medium shot of early talkies 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Matthew Rozsa
Andrew Bryniarski is the definitive Leatherface as R Lee Ermey is the definitive Texas country cannibal paterfamilias in this underrated horror gem 
3.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Nick Rogers
This is the Texas chainsaw massacre not the Texas chainsaw misunderstanding Nothing castrates a bogeyman like cheap Freud psychology and Leatherface possesses no greater power than a hulking professional wrestling heel A low point in American horror 
0
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Rossiter Drake
The original Chain Saw Massacre spoke in unsettling terms to middle America s growing contempt for the 60s counter culture but no deeper meaning can be ascribed to this mayhem It s just a joyless technical exercise 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
David Keyes
an ugly film overwhelmed by transparent shock value short sighted storytelling and nihilistic undertones 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
David Nusair
unsightly pointless and thoroughly mean spirited 
.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Pam Grady
Maybe this should have been titled Night of the Living Brain Dead that describes the victims describes the killers and describes the bankrupt talents behind the butchered hack job that is this movie 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Peter Travers
Attention sadists Demand more from your gorefests than this pro forma return to the well Has mass murder ever been this dull 
0
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Jeff Vice
Revels in human ugliness 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
John Beifuss
Tries to justify its ugly sadism through some very black comedy and a revival of the Vietnam era cultural politics of the original The cannibal family represents an establishment that turns young people into not just cannon fodder but literal fodder 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Linda Cook
For me it was worthwhile just to hear R Lee Ermey call one of his victims Dumplin 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Peter Hartlaub
All you need to know about the character is he s really crazy and carries a chain saw And he s got an even crazier uncle who all but steals the film 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Frank Ochieng
Liebesman s woefully rancid and riddled prequel of the same name is basically a horrendously harried yet uneventful hollow shell of its former bloodied self 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Dustin Putman
A top notch grindhouse flick perfect for the Halloween season It s also the best this series has seen in twenty years 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Maitland McDonagh
Rest assured you ve seen it all before 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Chris Hewitt
R Lee Ermey s performance at the patriarch is impressively nutso In every other respect though this is a redundant and deeply unpleasant movie 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Stephen Whitty
No character no commentary Just slice and dice pare and scare scream and run and fall and die 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Kyle Smith
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning misses everything that made the first one eat into your spine like meningitis 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Elizabeth Weitzman
Jonathan Liebesman s prequel to Tobe Hooper s 1974 horror classic is just another trip down a very dusty road 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Rene Rodriguez
If watching people having their faces cut off getting their legs amputated and having their throats tenderly slit is your idea of a horrific good time you ll certainly get your money s worth here 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Peter Canavese
Ours is not to question why ours is but to watch em die 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Sara Michelle Fetters
Why do people climbing into an empty car after being chased around by a psycho killer never check the backseat 
.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Willie Waffle
Liebesman knows how to make us cringe whether it is the most graphic of violence or those spine tingling moments where we are painfully waiting for something to jump out of the closet at us or emerge from the darkness with a CHAINSAW 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Josh Larsen
the same time our government debates torture our movie industry produces another heinous horror flick that centers on the cruel and unusual punishment of captive humans 
0
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Nick Schager
Reducing the iconic brute to a victim of childhood neglect and abuse That s not as The Beginning s tagline boasts The Birth of Fear It s the death of it 
1.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Nick Rogers
Inventively inverting Adaptation s anxiety into light romance Fiction is one of the most intelligent lively charming and beguiling concept comedies since Groundhog Day and a perfect seriocomic splinter of Will Ferrell s big baby shtick 
4
Stranger Than Fiction
Peter Keough
Forster lards over his whimsically feeble film with sentimentality 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Joe Lozito
Though there are enough interesting moments to keep it refreshing Mr Helm s script never rises above its conceit to reach the giddy Charlie Kaufman heights to which it aspires 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
John Beifuss
Never really makes sense of its metafictional conceit but at least Marc Foster refuses to accept the current Hollywood conventional wisdom that movie comedies should be as visually bland as TV sitcoms 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Scott Nash
An amusing little quirky vehicle that not only entertains but actually contains a few thought provoking scenes 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Jonathan W. Hickman
Awfully good stuff 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
David Nusair
a Charlie Kaufman movie with actual characters and a storyline worth following 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Walter Chaw
A backhanded compliment to call it the first real disappointment of the season 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Steve Rhodes
This bland and energyless production stars Will Ferrell who sleepwalks through his part with the same stoic expression It s a performance almost guaranteed to induce slumber 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Thomas Delapa
You could imagine Stranger than Fiction as a repeat of The Truman Show as adapted by Adaptation author Charlie Kaufman Early on Harold s story clicks But Zach Helm s script reaches The End before Harold reaches his 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Sara Michelle Fetters
Original as it is winning I found the movie to be a pure joy easily one of the most entertainingly spellbinding love stories I ve had the pleasure to enjoy in quite some time 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Ross Anthony
It s a clever script with some very sweet moments and an inspiring message I liked it 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Mike McGranaghan
There may have been some room for improvement but the movie still has a lot of things to recommend it Stranger Than Fiction is funny and poignant at the same time 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Until this unsatisfying ending however the movie flows exactly right 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Mark Collette
When I left the theater I got in my car turned off my perpetually running radio and thought for a long time before I moved It s been a while since a film has done that 
4
Stranger Than Fiction
Glenn Whipp
Satisfaction comes from the small moments the simple pleasures At least that s the argument Stranger Than Fiction makes and it presents a pretty convincing case 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Maitland McDonagh
A trippy trifle from the Charlie Kaufman Michel Gondry school of pop metafiction 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Peter Howell
Stranger Than Fiction seems like an old episode of the Twilight Zone and the idea would have worked better as one of Rod Serling s half hour epistles on human foibles 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Moira MacDonald
Stranger Than Fiction is both about a novel and like a novel you eagerly await the turning of the pages 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Mick LaSalle
It doesn t coast on its premise but follows where it leads which is into some serious territory What might have been a joke with a tagged on sentimental ending becomes instead a sensitive movie that affirms the value of life 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
James Hebert
Stranger Than Fiction is subversive in its own low key way 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Carla Meyer
Hanging on a high concept never fully supported by its story Stranger Than Fiction stays aloft thanks to an exceptionally appealing cast 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Pam Grady
Stranger than Fiction would be pretty close to a perfect movie if the ending weren t so weak Actually it s still pretty satisfying but there is a perfect ending out there that surely occurred to Helm but it is missing in action 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Lisa Rose
It seems like the screenwriter may have suffered a shortage of ideas and remedied the problem by watching Charlie Kaufman films 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Kyle Smith
With its musings on free will and God the story may not be original but caring about its hero is automatic for the audience That s more than most movies can say 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Jack Mathews
It has a nifty premise and outstanding performances from Ferrell as the protagonist in progress and Emma Thompson as his blocked creator 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Connie Ogle
Stranger Than Fiction may not be the typical crowd pleaser but it s a sweet funny intelligent film that showcases just how much Ferrell can do even when he s doing less 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Robert W. Butler
Stranger Than Fiction is odd and eccentric but in the end it finds its heart After all if there s hope for a drone like Harold Crick there s hope for all of us 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Amy Biancolli
Stranger Than Fiction might be film but it moves like a novel a literate unhurried tale marked by softly wrought reflections on the self made life 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Rick Groen
So in lieu of the usual cookie cutter movie we at least get the cookie itself a nice light treat 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Terry Lawson
A comedy that takes itself too seriously to be truly enjoyed 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Jeff Vice
While some of the film s literary motifs and devices might at first be a bit confusing on whole it s pretty amusing and rewarding and certainly one of the better vehicles to star Will Ferrell 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Lisa Kennedy
Will Ferrell delivers a moving and surprisingly delicate though not so surprisingly funny turn as the lonesome bureaucrat bedeviled by a voice only he hears 
4
Stranger Than Fiction
Mary F. Pols
Stranger Than Fiction just might be the most cunning comedy of the year 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Wesley Morris
Stranger Than Fiction is uptight Writer Zach Helm is clearly pro love and happy endings but he s short on loose fresh ideas 
1.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Claudia Puig
Besides being inventive and witty Stranger Than Fiction is a tribute to the power of literature But art is not its only domain It also delves into the world of ultimate certainties death and taxes 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Steven Rea
Take a cool premise a smart director and a top flight cast then throw an ex TV sketch comedy knucklehead into the mix and voila a thinking person s dramedy that grapples with issues of fate and free will love and liberation Look out Oscars 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Duane Dudek
Stranger Than Fiction is a poetic and thoughtful rummage through the cosmic closet with a comic actor best known for less intelligent fare Now that s stranger than fiction 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Sean O'Connell
A decent premise caves under scrutiny exposing Fiction as one long setup that lacks a punch line 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Peter T. Chattaway
Not the most satisfying of films and it may not be as profound as it wants to be but there are moments here that make it well worth a look 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Matt Brunson
Stranger Than Fiction promises a heady experience but it ultimately heads for the heart instead 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Sean P. Means
In a movie full of surprises the biggest may be Ferrell s perfectly deadpan performance 
4
Stranger Than Fiction
Jeffrey Westhoff
Indulge the movie s excesses and it rewards the viewer s intelligence with humor mingled with insight warmth and painless lessons in literary theory 
4
Stranger Than Fiction
Rob Thomas
Screenwriter Zach Helm and director Marc Forster take a great out there idea and make it into something that feels true and magical 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Phil Villarreal
For much of the film Ferrell must suppress his showman instincts to pull off the schlub act That s good for the film but it s bad for fans who expect him to scream obscenities and run down the street naked 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Roger Ebert
Stranger Than Fiction is a meditation on life art and romance and on the kinds of responsibility we have Such an uncommonly intelligent film does not often get made 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Erik Childress
The link between comedy and tragedy is closer than Ferrell believes but the line isn t as clever as it should be and not nearly as profound as it believes it is 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Willie Waffle
Will Ferrell is great with a restrained earnest performance as a guy who isn t the life of the party isn t bombastic and loud but is just a shy guy trying to make it through life without getting hurt 
4
Stranger Than Fiction
Eric Melin
A movie that begins with a challenging premise but ultimately settles for a more accessible carpe diem kind of message 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Chris Hewitt
Stranger Than Fiction is a movie that brims over with characters who are too complicated prickly and interesting to fit within the boundaries of a conventional film 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Phoebe Flowers
If you ve really paid attention to Ferrell s career this role is not a stretch He brings great humanity to a character and a movie that ends up being more of a sentimental romance than the silly quirk fest you might expect 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Gene Seymour
Sometimes I think movies like Stranger Than Fiction don t experiment with narrative and character as much as cop out on them 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Josh Rosenblatt
A good movie but not a great one Stranger Than Fiction is reminiscent of the films of Charlie Kaufman 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Dustin Putman
A darkly whimsical dramedy that manages to walk the line between mainstream and unconventional 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
James Sanford
its brand of dry humor may catch Ferrell fans off guard much closer to Jim Carrey s The Truman Show or Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep s Adaptation than it is to the usual Ferrell fare 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Peter Canavese
A fantasy so it s not obligated to be logical but it should at least have internal logic and follow its own set of rules A failure to do so untethers the film 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
Matt Pais
Cute title but a snappy opening dissolves into a relatively simplistic tale of a wet noodle learning to stand up for himself 
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Sean McBride
Will Ferrell in a reserved highbrow comedy Now that is Stranger Than Fiction 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Josh Larsen
a clever ode to creative constipation on par with Charlie Kaufman s Adaptation to which it owes a great debt 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Jeanne Aufmuth
A striking implosion of incongruent themes 
2
Stranger Than Fiction
James Berardinelli
It takes a great premise and runs with it neither wasting opportunities nor going off on tangents It features strong work from both the main and supporting actors and manages seamlessly to incorporate both humor and poignancy 
3.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Peter Travers
This is a Ferrell you ve never seen before nailing a role that calls for breakneck humor in the final race against the clock and touching gravity in the love scenes with Gyllenhaal 
3
Stranger Than Fiction
Robert Keser
If the Charlie Kaufman like writing theme suggests Adaptation Zach Helm s script really says little about authorship or form settling for positing rather than explaining a capricious universe where a giant steam shovel can bite out one s living
2.5
Stranger Than Fiction
Michael Phillips
The deader the deadpan the better When Ferrell and Hoffman do their thing together a charming bit of whimsy becomes something more It becomes really really funny 
3
Angelfish
Kathy Fennessy
Peter Andrew Lee s performers are up to the task particularly Destiny Nicole Frasqueri whose gentle understated performance stands in opposition to her extroverted hip hop image 
3
Angelfish
Roger Moore
These two crazy kids and their comfort food romance West Side Story without the dancing or singing have something 
2.5
Own the Room
Arielle Bernstein
While Own the Room succeeds at offering a captivating look at its incredible subjects it also avoids more complicated questions about how we can best support young people and help them achieve their dreams 
3
An Acceptable Loss
Richard Roeper
Tika Sumpter demonstrates the screen presence of a true star and Jamie Lee Curtis creates a monster so terrifying she d have Michael Myers turning tail and running away 
3
An Acceptable Loss
Mark Dujsik
An Acceptable Loss sees mass scale horror and suffering only as a cheap plot device for a thin hollow story 
1
An Acceptable Loss
Anita Katz
The coda more brightly isn t bad but Curtis is the only reason to see this film 
2
An Acceptable Loss
Mick LaSalle
What makes An Acceptable Loss a slightly better than even proposition are not just the performances of Sumpter and Curtis but the dynamic that s established between them 
2.5
An Acceptable Loss
Sara Michelle Fetters
For all of the film s high minded aspirations it s just too silly and stupid to be able to live up to any of them 
2
An Acceptable Loss
Tomris Laffly
An Acceptable Loss feels gripping only if you compare it to a random couple of hours of C SPAN 
1.5
An Acceptable Loss
Joey Magidson
It all ends up feeling like a lesser subplot from a season of House of Cards The pacing drags the payoff is lacking and the focus is largely wayward 
2.5
An Acceptable Loss
Mike McGranaghan
An Acceptable Loss is a film that thinks it s deep and profound when in reality it s incredibly shallow 
1
An Acceptable Loss
Christian Toto
You ll laugh when you re not rolling your eyes 
2
An Acceptable Loss
Wes Greene
Writer director Joe Chappelle s An Acceptable Loss is a B movie with a morally urgent message 
2.5
An Acceptable Loss
Roger Moore
A Scandal political thriller with less suspense less sex and without virtually any fireworks 
1.5
Mercy
Michael Dequina
I d be lying if I said I were bored by this film But it s not exactly the most exciting 
2
Independence Day
Brian Eggert
The term mind numbing has never been more appropriate since sitting through Emmerich s proceedings gaps in logic and all wears down on the viewer until their brain all but shuts down 
2
Independence Day
David Nusair
One of the best summer blockbusters ever made 
3.5
Independence Day
Scott Nash
A throwback to the disaster films of the 1970s but on a global scale 
3
Independence Day
Matt Brunson
Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds 2001 Close Encounters and every other sci fi outing this side of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians it somehow manages to recycle these reference points and come up with something that works on its own terms 
3
Independence Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No one who wants to see this movie needs me to recommend it to them but if anyone wants to know I say stay home and rent one of those other movies on video 
1.5
Independence Day
Betsy Bozdech
In true summer movie style the plot is pretty preposterous but that doesn t matter Independence Day succeeds as mainstream entertainment 
3.5
Independence Day
Maitland McDonagh
Finally science fiction the way it used to be rousing cosmically xenophobic and ferociously patriotic Take that space bullies 
3
Independence Day
Mick LaSalle
The picture is ultimately fun thanks mostly to the colorful characters and the mock hero ic spirit that kicks in full throttle after the world has almost been destroyed 
4
Independence Day
James Kendrick
Big loud shamelessly corny and full of unapologetic sound of fury 
3
Independence Day
Robert Roten
It s ambitious and competently put together but with a little more ambition it could have been truly great 
3
Independence Day
James O'Ehley
Switch your brain down and enjoy it And take along a barf bag for those excruciating American patriotic scenes 
2
Independence Day
Mike Clark
Though the movie isn t too deep it s certainly a rousing state of the art cartoon capped by an aerial combat climax that to its credit isn t anti climactic 
3.5
Independence Day
Chris Hicks
What s truly amazing about Independence Day is that it moves so quickly has such a huge Wow factor in terms of special effects and is loaded with so much humor and so many amusing characters that even purists won t complain 
3.5
Independence Day
Steve Rhodes
I don t care what the other critics that I respect say This is a great film and I am happy to be pushing it 
4
Independence Day
Madeleine Williams
Slightly derivative but thoroughly crowd pleasing 
3
Independence Day
Michael Dequina
Does the hype monster ID4 live up to its massive buildup In a word no 
2.5
Independence Day
Barbara Shulgasser
Director Roland Emmerich has a knack for belaboring a point explaining everything to us in dialogue and visuals often and repeatedly and over and over 
2
Independence Day
Rob Blackwelder
Independence Day is Hollywood s poster child for the design by committee blockbuster 
2.5
Independence Day
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately and perhaps not unexpectedly it doesn t live up to the hype 
2
Independence Day
Roger Ebert
The aliens when we finally see them are a serious disappointment couldn t they think of anything more interesting than octopus men 
2.5
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Eleanor O'Sullivan
What s fresh and almost daring is that Vasquez gives each character a strong identity no cookie cutter molds here as well as being generous with good lines and big moments for each man 
3
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Barbara Shulgasser
The other characters are equally quirky and for the most part equally grating 
2
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Gene Seymour
Vasquez open hearted view toward his characters redeems even the hoariest clichés of this otherwise engaging and admirable addition to the guys night out sub genre 
3
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Bill Cosford
It s all a little too pat which is the danger in such carefully symmetric ensemble pieces But Hangin With the Homeboys was nicely made and the script has its moments many of them ripely vulgar 
2.5
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Dave Kehr
By far the best of this year s run of ethnic independent films Hangin With the Homeboys transcends its drive in title to become a compelling Cassavetes like study of male friendship 
3.5
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Michael MacCambridge
Because he knows these characters and respects them Vasquez protagonists are all fully realized 
3
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Stephen Hunter
It s superficial putting a pretty veneer on some ugly aspects of life in New York but it s attractive and its pages turn effortlessly 
2.5
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Gary Thompson
It s a fairly standard structure but one first time director Vasquez enlivens with a subtlety and skill that belies his relative lack of motion picture experience 
3
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Desmond Ryan
Vasquez takes them out for the kind of night the late John Cassavetes used to enjoy in such movies as Husbands Like Cassavetes he is at his best in finding the revealing moment of truth in a mundane remark or admission 
3
Hangin' With the Homeboys
David Hinckley
As with American Graffiti or The Lords of Flatbush this ensemble should send several folks on to bigger things Vasquez generally shows a smart touch neither light nor heavy 
2.5
Hangin' With the Homeboys
Roger Ebert
The day may come when this movie like American Graffiti and Diner will be remembered because so many in its cast went on to become famous 
3
Mr. Holland's Opus
Michael Dequina
Who knew the director of Don t Tell Mom the Babysitter s Dead was capable of making a profoundly moving drama 
3.5
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mike Clark
An overwrought Disney weeper 
2.5
Thr3e
Jonathan R. Perry
I ve seen films that said nothing in entertaining even compelling ways Thr3e is not one of them At least it s not wholesome too 
1.5
Thr3e
Maitland McDonagh
Ultimately aimed at a Christian audience looking for genre entertainment with a certain sense of propriety the film tries to serve two masters and doesn t quite deliver for either 
2
Thr3e
Chris Hewitt
It s awfully familiar right up to the ending which bogarts the ending of another recent thrill kill movie but in fairness I won t reveal that flick s identity 
2
Thr3e
Jeff Shannon
If Thr3e is any indication of what we can expect from the emerging trend of studio funded faith based movies we may find ourselves wishing The Passion of the Christ had been a box office bomb 
1.5
Thr3e
Jim Hemphill
Thr3e is an eccentric combination of horror film and religious morality play that isn t entirely successful on either level but gets by on the sheer professionalism of its makers 
2.5
Thr3e
Lou Lumenick
Suspenselessly directed by Robby Henson Thr3e commits the eighth deadly sin boredom 
1
Thr3e
Jack Mathews
It s a pretty run of the mill B suspense movie 
2
Thr3e
Jackie Loohauis
Thr3e is far short of Se7en 
2
Thr3e
Loey Lockerby
It s relentlessly mediocre and does not belong in a venue where you ll have to pay 9 to see it 
1.5
Thr3e
Lawrence Toppman
It has a triple twist ending highly appropriate for a picture whose plot depends on permutations of the number three and I ll bet at least two of those surprise you 
3
Thr3e
Russ Breimeier
A shaky narrative clumsy storytelling and unintentionally campy acting make this a frustrating movie going experience that s only worth half the stars of its title 
1.5
Thr3e
James Sanford
Perhaps on the page this was spellbinding on the screen it s frequently hilarious The embarrassing jaw droppingly dumb finale is stolen directly from a situation in director Spike Jonze s Adaptation 
.5
Thr3e
Willie Waffle
Waddell barely is competent as we listen to her monotonous line readings and wonder why she has scored any job higher on the Hollywood food chain than posing in a bikini in a Doritos commercial 
1
Thr3e
Jeff Vice
Thr3e is exploitative nonsense that cheapens the studio that released it And if that s not enough the film is completely inept in its direction story construction and performances 
1
Thr3e
Phil Villarreal
Thr3e is r3ally r3ally aw4ul 
1
Slingshot (Tirador)
Kam Williams
If you d like to get a load of what life is like in the slums of the Philippines then you ought to check out this intimate peek at the intractable state of Third World poverty 
3
Slingshot (Tirador)
Kam Williams
Hats off to Mendoza for delivering this intimate peek at the intractable state of Third World poverty 
3
Nói Albinói
Elias Savada
Kári s deadpan humor instills the film s emptiness with a warm glow 
3
Nói Albinói
Jeff Vice
The director is constantly playing off the bleakness as well as the beauty of the Icelandic surroundings 
2.5
Nói Albinói
Sean P. Means
After spending most of an hour being made to care about how Nói will solve his problems our emotional investment evaporates like dot com stock 
2
Nói Albinói
G. Allen Johnson
Who can resist a movie set in a town where the natural history museum filled with stuffed polar bears and such is the wildest place in town 
3
Nói Albinói
Marty Mapes
Meditation on loneliness and isolation not highly entertaining but offers food for thought
3
Nói Albinói
James Verniere
Like Donnie Darko and Rushmore Noi marks the arrival of a young filmmaker whose career is full of promise 
3
Nói Albinói
Ty Burr
The film is so recessive that at times it threatens to disappear into itself but director Kari saves it with delicious images of absurdity and entrapment 
3
Nói Albinói
Emily Blunt
Who knew a movie in a setting so cold could be so warm Read on 
3.5
Nói Albinói
Bob Strauss
Strictly ironic yet surprisingly touching portrait of a lost latter day Viking who wouldn t know what to do with a rudder even if he could find one 
3
Nói Albinói
Elizabeth Weitzman
The laconic Lemarquis does a solid job carrying off Kári s dryly mordant wit making this eccentric story well worth watching 
2.5
Nói Albinói
V.A. Musetto
Kari successfully meshes comedy ennui and tragedy much in the manner of Jim Jarmusch and Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki 
3
Nói Albinói
David Sterritt
Quirky heartfelt acting makes this a superior entry in the perennial teenage misfit genre 
3
Nói Albinói
Jan Stuart
Teen angst Icelandic style rendered with a slyly humorous 
3.5
Nói Albinói
Walter Chaw
A terrific picture crouched in the centre of a blasted Icelandic winter 
4
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
Joey Magidson
What this documentary does so well is give you the overall flavor of Nickelodeon 
3
Eyeborgs
James Kendrick
has an unfortunately schlockly straight to video title that undercuts what is otherwise a smart cautionary tale built on an all too believable premise
2.5
Vatel
Michael Dequina
Period costume dramas are always expected to offer opulent pageantry but in the case of Vatel that s all there is 
2
Vatel
David Cornelius
A costume drama with all costume and no drama 
2
Vatel
Mike Clark
Surprisingly tepid 
2.5
And Tomorrow the Entire World
Roger Moore
This German story when it works is fraught with the tension young people recognize as the stakes in this left right struggle 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Roger Moore
Rollicking epic and the more riveting more entertaining half of this two part epic 
3.5
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Keith Cohen
This masterpiece combines the best of Scarface The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde Vincent Cassel tackles the demanding lead role and is simply magnificent There is no shortage of action violence and 
3.5
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Rene Rodriguez
It captures the rush of crime as a way of life for a man who did and took whatever he wanted whenever he wanted simply because he could take it 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Chris Hewitt
Cassel s magnetic performance is utterly wasted 
1
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Simon Abrams
Vincent Cassel deserves better scenery to devour 
2
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Robert Levin
The film offers a close nostalgic approximation of classical Hollywood gangster cinema 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Elizabeth Weitzman
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2.5
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Jen Chaney
Much of it plays like an unintentional mash up of the numerous wrong side of the law sagas that preceded it 
2
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
V.A. Musetto
Lovers of car chases shootouts explosions and general mayhem will be turned on by director Jean Francois Richet s work 
2.5
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Mick LaSalle
The screenplay by Richet and Abdel Raouf Dafri is a superb work of condensation amplification and imagination 
4
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Stephen Whitty
It s a fine opportunity for an actor and the wolfish Vincent Cassell seizes it 
3.5
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Moira MacDonald
Richet s film is an engaging one even if it often plays like a re enacted high episodic documentary 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Steven Rea
An exhilarating old school crime pic 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Ty Burr
Mesrine Killer Instinct is a true life French gangster film so in awe of its subject that it can t fit the entire story into one film 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
James Berardinelli
Killer Instinct is generally fast paced but the need to cram about 15 years of Mesrine s life into less than two hours results in uneven patches 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Michael Phillips
Cassel clearly is having the time of his screen life His zest is infectious 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Betsy Sherman
Violent and brash as befits its subject 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Roger Ebert
The acting is macho understatement 
3.5
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Jennie Punter
While Mesrine Killer Instinct ertainly deserves a place among memorable French gangster films Richet never delivers a clear theme here let alone a plot 
3
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
Geoff Pevere
Why are we watching this And what in Little Caesar s name could possibly make us come back for Part II 
2
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
David Nusair
succeeds as a Scorsese esque bit of violent escapism 
3
Rodeo
Joe Friar
Lola Quivoron 8217 s debut feature contains many unforgettable moments and a breakthrough performance by Julie Ledru 46 Quivoron 8217 s imagery 44 bold and unexpected 44 will haunt you for days 46 Highly recommended 46 
3.5
Rodeo
Roger Moore
8220 Rodeo 8221 is so good it 8217 s almost sure to inspire a Hollywood remake 46 Catch it in the original French grit 44 because while we know Zazie Beetz can ride 44 who knows if they 8217 ll meet her quote 63 
3.5
Rodeo
Mark Jenkins
Rodeo looks like a documentary but finally makes a reckless swerve toward the mythic 
3
Rodeo
Mark Dujsik
Rodeo shows some promise of illuminating this culture and its participants 44 but that apos s mostly left unfulfilled 46 
2.5
Rodeo
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 like a Fast and Furious film that 8217 s been stripped for its flashy parts 46 
3.5
Shutterbug
Kam Williams
An overambitious production which while not quite ready for primetime due to techical flaws at least exhibits enough promise in terms of acting plot and camera angles to make this critic curious to see Papas s next picture Dante s Purgatory 
2
Too Beautiful for You
Roger Ebert
This is grown up love not the silly adolescent posturing of Hollywood sex symbols It is love beyond sex beyond attraction beyond lust It is the love of need the love that says I am a puzzle and you are the solution 
3.5
The Dead Zone
Brian Eggert
One of 91 Cronenberg apos s 93 most perceptive and complex dramas 46 
4
The Dead Zone
Kevin Carr
Over the years I have grown to love this movie It s a beautiful film with a great nuanced performance by Christopher Walken 
4
The Dead Zone
Matt Brunson
Ranks among the finest of all Stephen King adaptations 
3.5
The Dead Zone
Eric Henderson
Don t let the fact that visible breath and frosty misery take priority over exploding heads and fetus licking snow you 
3.5
The Dead Zone
Roger Ebert
The Dead Zone does what only a good supernatural thriller can do It makes us forget it is supernatural 
3.5
The Dead Zone
James Kendrick
has a meandering quality where each individual section is intriguing but they are difficult to add up to a meaningful whole
2.5
The Dead Zone
Walter Chaw
Isn t about anything really save the crushing disappointment of ambition and the unbearable lightness of being 
4
The Dead Zone
David Nusair
near perfect 
3.5
The House of Sand
Phil Villarreal
Both characters make gradual evolutions but don t blame audiences if they re too dazed and dry mouthed to notice 
2
The House of Sand
John Beifuss
At once allegorical and grimly naturalistic a contemplation of the sands of time set amid the drifting dunes of Brazil s unforgiving Maranahao desert 
3.5
The House of Sand
Jeff Vice
This beautifully photographed drama feels slow and lethargic 
2.5
The House of Sand
Michael Booth
It is a wondrous place almost of another planet and more than compensation for the effort to get there 
3
The House of Sand
David Elliott
Waddington is bothersomely casual with the time jumps and never makes their long survival quite believable 
2
The House of Sand
Marta Barber
A visual work of art and its simple story moves as effortlessly as the sands in a forsaken desert in northern Brazil 
3.5
The House of Sand
Terry Lawson
It ends up like an impressionist painting without a subject one we stare at longingly waiting for its purpose to emerge 
2
The House of Sand
Mary-Liz Shaw
The thrill of seeing this movie is in the realization that we ve seen nothing like it before 
3
The House of Sand
Steven Rea
Sensual dreamlike both intimate and epic The House of Sand is a cinematic tour de force 
3.5
The House of Sand
Amy Biancolli
Both Waddington and Soarez understand the impotence of words in this dusty setting or the potency of just the right ones 
3
The House of Sand
John Hartl
Sometimes mesmerizing sometimes tedious always superbly acted 
2.5
The House of Sand
Michael Phillips
Soarez isn t really saying much with House of Sand beyond marveling at the quirks of fate brought on by time But the acting keeps it from floating into the ether 
3
The House of Sand
Bill Stamets
It takes time for this spare narrative to show its heart but the wait is worth it 
3
The House of Sand
Geoff Pevere
If you let yourself get swept up in its ravishing imagery and if you can accept its largely non verbal poetic conceits it sticks to you like grains of the substance that gives it its name 
3
The House of Sand
Mick LaSalle
Both boring and interesting monotonous and beautiful and strangely mythic 
2
The House of Sand
Wesley Morris
In many senses the movie is of a piece with the great sudsy throwaway women s dramas from ancient Hollywood 
3
The House of Sand
Bob Strauss
The House of Sand can t disguise a fundamental conceptual thinness no matter how effective its distractions 
2.5
The House of Sand
John Anderson
If David Lean and William Faulkner had ever collaborated and brought in Henry Moore to do set design House of Sand might have been their troubling brainchild 
3.5
The House of Sand
Stephen Whitty
Montenegro and Torres work well together and the film shot in gorgeous widescreen takes advantage of the bright light 
3
The House of Sand
V.A. Musetto
Ricardo Della Rosa s sumptuous wide screen cinematography takes full advantage of the sandy vista complementing beautiful acting by Montenegro and Torres 
3
The House of Sand
Timothy Knight
Shimmering with beautiful imagery and heartfelt emotion House of Sand is a triumph 
3.5
The House of Sand
Ken Fox
After a positively thrilling first half Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington s follow up to his acclaimed 2000 debut Me You Thembadly stumbles over an unfortunate casting strategy 
2.5
The House of Sand
Walter Chaw
There s poetry in the revelation that the whole film was inspired by one photograph of a lonely shack standing against entropy 
3.5
The House of Sand
Peter Canavese
The trick plot enabling this Electra Complex situation tragedy is somewhat novel but surprisingly not enough to sustain even a 103 minute running time 
2
The House of Sand
Sara Michelle Fetters
In that instant Montenegro makes Waddington s themes as crystalline as the sand under each woman s feet the quiet passion pulsing through the actress so stirring and strong she almost stopped my heart 
3.5
The House of Sand
Steve Rhodes
Visually arresting and sounding magnificent it has but one flaw a fatal one It is dramatically inert 
2.5
The House of Sand
Nick Schager
Attuned to both the flowing passage of time and the charged silence between people 
3
The House of Sand
David Nusair
an overly pretentious utterly dull piece of work 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Mattie Lucas
It may not leave any kind of lasting impression but as a pleasant throwaway night on the couch with a bucket of popcorn you could certainly do a lot worse 
2.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Michael Dequina
The title could easily apply to star Sarah Jessica Parker for how such a charmless actor has maintained such career longevity and popularity is a marvel 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie goes nowhere says nothing and does it all with about as much stylistic flourish as a lazy yawn 
1.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Linda Cook
A serviceable comedy about women who want to have it all I Don t Know How She Does It takes a look at a working mother who faces the challenge of balancing her career and her family 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Lisa Kennedy
How nice it would have been had McKenna penned a couple of those audience addressing interludes for Richard or Jack What would these modern succesful men tell us of themselves 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Jennie Punter
The main problem is that this Boston set flick quite unselfconsciously presents itself as if it were a pop culture first to express ideas about the working mom balancing act 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Rob Thomas
One AAACK short of a Cathy comic strip 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Willie Waffle
Let s start asking how she does it when she is a single mom with three kids 10 of the income and no full time nanny This is where the movie loses us 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Chris Hewitt
The retro cattiness of Parker s mother in law and of the mothers at her kid s school feels like it time traveled from three decades ago 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Kyle Smith
A meager one joke comedy peopled by stereotypes 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is so bad it s hard to imagine anything saving it 
0.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Jody Mitori
Like its main character I Don t Know How She Does It tries to do everything but it doesn t quite succeed 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Dustin Putman
Pleasant but consistently rather bland a light low key Lifetime movie with an A list star and wide theatrical distribution 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Claudia Puig
Though it aims to be a sharply humorous look at the mommy wars I Don t Know How She Does It has nothing remotely new or comical in its arsenal 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Moira MacDonald
Leaves you wondering why nobody involved with this film seems to have ever met an actual working mother 
1.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Carrie Rickey
In describing the conflict of a woman who has it all without enjoying it all Pearson s book had teeth McKenna s screenplay has only a smile But is it ever good to laugh 
3
I Don't Know How She Does It
Hayley Kaufman
Occasionally veers so far into absurdity that it manages to make its central character capable smart working mom Kate Reddy look like a nitwit 
1.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
James Berardinelli
For roughly 70 minutes I Don t Know How She Does It comes across as smart and witty then it throws all that away in its quest for the perfect conclusion Perfect in this case is synonymous with fairy tale 
2.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Matt Pais
An endless painfully predictable film that s a few mentions of purses and closets away from being a Carrie Bradshaw 7 Years Later spinoff 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Neil Rosen
I don t why they made it 
1.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Bruce DeMara
We know how she does it The better question is Why should we care 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Michael Phillips
I Don t Know How She Does It doesn t know how to do what I think it s trying to do 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Connie Ogle
For a movie it s pretty good at that balancing act Kate works so hard to achieve 
2.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
R. Kurt Osenlund
For what it s worth Kate is Bradshaw in a blender She still can t cook but she s embraced the state of motherhood 
1
I Don't Know How She Does It
Roger Moore
The idea that working moms feel the strain of achieving some balance more than working dads is nothing new And that s true of most everything in the movie We ve been here and done that repeatedly over the past 25 years or more 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Christy Lemire
I Don t Know How She Does It suggests what might have happened to Carrie if she had two kids with Mr Big to worry about and less time to obsess over her wardrobe 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Kam Williams
An intriguing feminist manifesto suggesting that trying to be more like a man might be a waste of a woman 
3.5
I Don't Know How She Does It
Ann Lewinson
As retro as a Katherine Heigl chick flick 
2
I Don't Know How She Does It
Scott Nash
How does she do it Simple She doesn t And neither does this movie 
1.5
The Apparition
Jeremy Wheeler
Devoid of scares and energy the picture is all bumps in the night and has nothing to set it apart from its other forgettable post Japanese horror contemporaries 
1
The Apparition
Walter Chaw
The apparition because it s lame spends a lot of its time tying clothes into knots moving dressers and opening doors 
1
The Apparition
Glenn Lovell
Todd Lincoln in his directorial debut shows the restraint of a young Val Lewton Things go bad oh so slowly 
2
The Apparition
John Beifuss
Plants wither and furniture is rearranged as if the demon were an inconsiderate housesitter 
1
The Apparition
Peg Aloi
Doesn t offer anything new let alone entertaining 
1
The Apparition
Mark Feeney
The entity is a ghostly presence amid an even ghostlier absence This is truly distressed real estate 
1.5
The Apparition
Frank Lovece
For casual viewers desiring a few scares some suspense and a sustained sense of dread and malevolence you could do worse 
2.5
The Apparition
Sean P. Means
Between Lincoln s ineptitude and the vacant prettiness of Greene and Stan The Apparition becomes just a pile of false starts and dead ends that never build to anything truly frightening 
1
The Apparition
Chris Hewitt
There s a whole new genre of scary movies that might more accurately be called borey movies 
1.5
The Apparition
Joe Lozito
The only thing scary about this DOA horror attempt is that it ever got made 
0
The Apparition
Chris Cabin
The story is a worthy one but the film lacks any daring expressive touches that might have made it at the very least noteworthy 
.5
The Apparition
Roger Moore
Wafts out of the ether like the ghosts of bad movies past the very picture of the cinema s dog days of August 
1
The Apparition
Dustin Putman
May run just 82 minutes and that includes drawn out final credits but the picture s brevity can t hide what a toothless waste of potential it all is 
1.5
The Apparition
Mark Dujsik
It s so terrible that there might actually be more tension in the numbing first act of monotonous chores than there is in anything that follows 
0.5
The Apparition
Matt Pais
I don t know how you defeat ghosts but smacking them with a bat would not be my first guess 
0
For Here or to Go?
Dann Gire
It s funny romantic thoughtful even silly 
3
For Here or to Go?
Tom Keogh
For Here or to Go offers an insightful group portrait but lacks imagination in a romantic subplot and except for a requisite Bollywood style dance number is visually dreary 
2
Honor Society
Erik Childress
Angourie Rice is a star who deserves to headline more projects that take advantage of her charms 46 She gives this film an easy watchability while its script struggles to keep up and loses its way to easily foreshadowed twists 46 
2.5
Fausto
Peter Goldberg
The shadowed border between human and non human perception is one of the film s sustained topics of interrogation 
3
StreetDance 2
Jennie Punter
So slapped together it feels less like a movie than an extended montage 
1
StreetDance 2
Bruce DeMara
If you re hoping for intricate plotting suspense or even nominal character development StreetDance 2 is unlikely to waltz away with your heart 
2
The Big Animal
Ted Fry
Delightfully poetic for all of its ironic and allegorical subtleties 
3
The Big Animal
Roger Ebert
It is whimsical bittersweet wise in a minor key 
3
The Big Animal
Robert K. Elder
Memorializes a complex man and his deceptively simple work by a friend and colleague in a fitting tribute 
3
The Big Animal
Paul Sherman
A timeless tale that shows no signs of its script s age 
3
The Big Animal
Wesley Morris
It s a ludicrous yet haunting fable 
3
The Big Animal
Phil Villarreal
Indeed in this harsh world it s not so easy to have a camel 
3
The Big Animal
G. Allen Johnson
Beyond its initial one joke concept and heavy handed allegory The Big Animal doesn t have much to say and even at 72 minutes it seems a bit padded out 
2
The Big Animal
V.A. Musetto
A delightful satire from Poland 
3.5
The Big Animal
David Sterritt
A gentle witty parable of the mixed feelings some people show toward free choice when it confronts them not in theory but in everyday life 
3
The Big Animal
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A simple lovely little film that works as both a family movie and a parable about greed and jealousy and pettiness 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Brian Eggert
Hittman has made a coming of age film about a teenager who resolves to take charge of her own body and future 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Matt Brunson
One of 2020 s 20 best films 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
John Beifuss
The marketplace of ideas and the literal marketplace overlap with devastating consequences 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The screenplay which Hittman herself wrote is devoid of any superfluous information Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Dwight Brown
An enlightening script expert ensemble acting and the most revealing film ever made about a young woman s right to choose 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Mattie Lucas
A bleak haunting tale at times even recalling Cristian Mungiu s 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Max Weiss
Never Rarely Sometimes Always becomes a story of survival resourcefulness and friendship as the two girls navigate two days in the city with no place to stay and very little money It s downright Dickensian 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Rene Sanchez
A remarkable story that delivers its message through the power of its devastating moments of silence Hittman s craftmanship melds with Flanigan s extraordinary performance to create a subtle and touching tale of sisterhood Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Asher Luberto
In this harsh and heartwarming portrait of yet another female fighting for control of her life and body we are confronted with a bleak style of filmmaking that recalls another feminist triumph Barbara Loden s first and only feature from 1970 Wanda 
3
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Joe Friar
Eliza Hittman s drama churns away in repress mode led by a brilliant Sidney Flanigan who keeps you captivated as she navigates through unknown territory in her quest to get an abortion Talia Ryder is equally impressive 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Tom Meek
The narrative structure here is lean and simple buoyed by emotional depth and a pair of outstanding performances 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Josh Larsen
as if the masterful Romanian abortion drama 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days had been remade as a piece of scruffy American neorealism 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Tina Hassannia
Never hints at the quiet revolutionary nature of empathy and autonomy in empowering young women to keep themselves safe 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Walter Chaw
What Never Rarely Sometimes Always excels at is portraying how the world is incredibly challenging for young women to navigate 
2.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Jeff York
Filmmaker Eliza Hittman s feature may have been made for a fraction of what the MCU spends on Robert Downey Jr s trailer but it s more powerful than most anything at the cineplex these days 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An incredible independent drama 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Anita Katz
Hittman delivers an immersing atmospheric emotionally truthful drama about two young women braving a situation they shouldn t have to be in 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Jeff Mitchell
This troubling drama always hits the mark 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Robert Horton
A steady and sympathetic but not sentimental film about the near impossibility of getting an abortion for a teenager living in the wrong situation 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a magnificent piece of culturally observational storytelling that is purposefully raw in its depictions of female friendships in the face of extreme physical and emotional crisis 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Mark Dujsik
The best parts of writer director Eliza Hittman s film are made up of little quiet moments 
3
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
James Berardinelli
For those with a taste for serious non prefabricated dramas this is worth seeking out 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Never Rarely Sometimes Always shines as a model of a masterfully crafted dramatic polemic 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Chris Hewitt
First time actor Sidney Flanigan s performance is so detailed and varied in its restraint that we can t look away 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Ann Hornaday
With empathy and outrage that cut equally deeply Hittman reminds us This is a girl s life in a man s world 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Michael Phillips
The movie is issue driven but it gets where it s going through its characters behavior not through a screenwriter s polemics 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Bob Bloom
It s filled with wonderful moments and expertly captures the turmoil within that overwhelms many teenagers who cannot give voice to the emotions churning in their minds and hearts 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Mick LaSalle
Hittman has made a controlled and reserved film and she has placed at its center a reserved and controlled protagonist named Autumn played with restraint by newcomer Sidney Flanagan 
3
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Matthew Passantino
By nature of its topic Never Rarely Sometimes Always is bound to strike a bit of controversy but Hittman has not made a controversial film 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Lindsey Bahr
With her empathetic camera and transcendent storytelling Hittman elevates their story so ordinary seeming on the page to a great lyrical odyssey 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Joey Magidson
Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a remarkable achievement and a must see for teens It may even save lives This is one of 2020 s best Sidney Flanigan is extraordinary 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Rosalie Kicks
A critical and necessary story that knocked the wind out of me 
4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Robert Daniels
Never Rarely Sometimes Always is never anything less than a crucial and timely story of hardship and love of choice made real by a series of beautiful observations 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Ben Flanagan
Driven by the potency of its social intentions Eliza Hittman s film is so authentically felt that it becomes hyper real 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Sean P. Means
Hittman doesn t have to fill the silences with gab so she doesn t and the emotional communication between these cousins happens through glances and body language 
3.5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Brian Tallerico
With stunning performances from two completely genuine young leads this is a movie people will talk about all year 
3.5
S Is for Stanley
Roger Moore
A dull and guarded interview subject a flatly made film but the portrait in memos of OCD filmmaker Stanley Kubrick is fascinating 
2.5
Grave of the Fireflies
Chris Cabin
Isao Takahata makes survival the thematic core of the story but he never degrades his characters or fetishizes their suffering 
3.5
Grave of the Fireflies
James Berardinelli
Some movies are such singular achievements that they deserve to be seen at least once by everyone who considers himself or herself to be a lover of film Grave of the Fireflies falls into that exclusive category 
4
Grave of the Fireflies
David Nusair
a well made and heartfelt drama that s just not as engrossing as it should be 
2.5
Grave of the Fireflies
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The wonderful lasting mark of a true artist 
3.5
Grave of the Fireflies
Robert Pardi
Takahata s alternately sweeping and intimate animated feature is a moving depiction of the fates of cast off children who become casualties of war 
4
Grave of the Fireflies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very simply the gentlest and most touching war related film I ve ever seen 
4
Grave of the Fireflies
Roger Ebert
An emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation 
4
Little Indian, Big City
Roger Ebert
If you under any circumstances see Little Indian Big City I will never let you read one of my reviews again 
0
Little Indian, Big City
Andy Seiler
The French idea of a family film is a bit kinkier than what we re accustomed to 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Wesley Lovell
It s heart is in the right place but the execution isn t quite what it needs to be to excel 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Linda Cook
It s nice to see Seuss on the loose on the big screen again 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Sean P. Means
The new narrative with its cloying song numbers and an ending lifted from Wall E turns Seuss serious yet still somewhat subtle pro environmental message into a heavy handed corporate screed 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Roger Moore
Unfairly bashed by the anti environment PR machine this is a delight 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Sara Michelle Fetters
Dr Seuss The Lorax doesn t speak for anyone no one at all and if it does have a tongue it s tied itself into so many knots trying to decipher its points beyond the obvious ones of course is frustratingly impossible 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Matt Brunson
Given the extent to which it perverts Theodor Geisel s classic children s book Dr Seuss The Lorax might as well be named J K Rowling s The Lorax or F Scott Fitzgerald s The Lorax or even Jane Austen s The Lorax 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Lori Hoffman
The backstory about why trees are important and why greed is bad is fronted by a story that children can embrace with plenty of screwball comedy and numerous chase scenes 8233 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
John Wirt
The songs are a waste but this candy colored animated musical adaptation of Sr Seuss cautionary tale from 1971 otherwise is enjoyable 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
James Kendrick
manages to maintain the impact of Seuss original message about the dangers of overindustrialization amid the cacophony of additional characters and action sequences
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Scott Nash
There are some cute and funny moments but too much of it feels like filler 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A happy success 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Tom Meek
It s not WALL E but it does bear the same cross 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Robert Levin
The picture offers such a loving moving reproduction of Dr Seuss warm images that you almost wish the filmmakers had forgotten about the plot 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
David Nusair
a terminally underwhelming animated endeavor that ultimately does a disservice to its literary predecessor 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Stephen Whitty
Dr Seuss The Lorax eschews Seuss unique style in favor of less risky more generic characters It looks like something you ve seen before 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Jody Mitori
While the movie is funnier than the book the drawback of this modernized version is that it loses the timeless quality of the story on the page 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Rafer Guzman
Where The Lorax succeeds it s by letting its Seussian spirit shine through 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Jennie Punter
It s puffed up with lots of extraneous stuff Super fun for the kids but for grown ups Just fluff 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Kyle Smith
I am the critic I speak to displease The Lorax is awful like chronic disease 
1
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Michael O'Sullivan
It looks like a bowl of fuzzy Froot Loops But it goes down like an order of oatmeal 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Mark Dujsik
How many kids are going to take away Seuss actual message from a song that breaks down the logical holes of supply side economics 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Dustin Putman
A fun touching delight dripping with aesthetic wonder and the boundless reaches where only animated films can go Dr Seuss would be proud of this one 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Amy Biancolli
The whole thing is harmless 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Claudia Puig
It remains faithful to the spirit of Seuss The pro conservation anti consumerist message of the book is heartily intact And like the Seuss story the film never resorts to sermonizing 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Wesley Morris
Despite some schmaltz and pandering this is a still a nifty feat of protest whose activism now comes mostly from songs 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Jon Niccum
The Lorax captures the look and intent of Dr Seuss 1971 children s book But it never quite duplicates the underlying magic 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Cathy Jakicic
A rare example of an adaptation that actually adds dimension not to mention original songs to the work it s based on 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Chris Hewitt
The Lorax is considered one of Seuss grimmest books but the film co produced by Audrey Geisel sweetens it up with the teen romance and with abundant humor 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Christopher Lloyd
More a civics lesson than a story The Lorax is the tale of a cantankerous woodland sprite who comes across as a shrill nag 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Matt Pais
Nice and easily enjoyable for kids and ex kids 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Moira MacDonald
It s impossible not to be charmed by Dr Seuss The Lorax a 3 D animated rendering of the Seuss tale of environmental activism and the power of one person to make a difference 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Linda Barnard
From the opening song and dance production number introducing us to the plastic loving population of Thneedville to the adorably comic critters who live in the lush valley this kid pleasing movie packs a visual punch and a worthy message 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Michael Phillips
It does a few smaller things right but the bigger things not quite I ve come to fear these movies 
2
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
James Berardinelli
The result is solidly entertaining not quite as good as Horton Hears a Who or How the Grinch Stole Christmas but unquestionably better than The Cat in the Hat I now await Green Eggs and Ham and the Further Adventures of Sam I Am 
3
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax
Nick Schager
Chris Renaud crafts his action with equal doses of surreal sweetness silliness and flair and does so without ever feeling overly pushy and desperate to please 
3
Shinobi
V.A. Musetto
What a setup What a let down 
1
Horns
Brian Eggert
Horror and supernatural aficionados should seek a bloody fairytale elsewhere 46 
2
Horns
David Keyes
There is a moment late in the picture where one almost envies the position of the deceased because at least she has been provided some level of escape 
1
Horns
John Beifuss
Harry Potter is transformed into a devil literally in this horror movie with a comedic edge to match its title pair of satanic growths 
2.5
Horns
Marty Mapes
There s no plumbing the depths of this shallow version of Hell
1.5
Horns
Brad Keefe
The weird mix of humor is unsettling as it plays against another tale that centers too much on violence against women 
2
Horns
Christy Lemire
Radcliffe through his sheer presence and the piercing honesty of those big blue eyes makes this mixed up material watchable 
2
Horns
Stephen Whitty
There are a couple of decent movies somewhere inside Horns But here s the real sin Aja has no idea in hell of what they are 
2
Horns
Brad Wheeler
Campy fun but pointless 
2
Horns
Graham Killeen
The movie s hormone level anger reeks of brimstone Axe body spray and mid 1990s trenchcoat mafia egocentricity Mess with this much bull you get Horns 
1.5
Horns
Mark Dujsik
The gimmick keeps us at a distance from the real toll on these characters 
2
Horns
Mick LaSalle
The result is that a story with a couple of good ideas founders for lack of a third or fourth good idea 
2
Horns
Bruce Ingram
Horns is too long and too convoluted and it doesn t take nearly as many risks as it might have but in its off kilter way it has something to say about humankind and the nature of evil 
2.5
Horns
Peter Keough
Horns shifts from nifty Gothic thriller to obvious but meaningless allegory 
2
Horns
Claudia Puig
Radcliffe gives it his all and makes the film worth seeing But the supernatural story feels scattered 
2.5
Horns
Michael O'Sullivan
Heedless of purpose Horns charges full speed ahead anyway ramming its high concept hooey down your throat until the only heat you feel is from indigestion 
1.5
Horns
Peter Travers
Radcliffe looks ready to stretch beyond the black comedy into something grave and mysterious Director Aja shuts him down cold Horns has style to burn but there s no there there 
2
Horns
John Anderson
Will drive one to distraction with its histrionic acting multipronged approach to storytelling and infernal attempts at social commentary 
1.5
Horns
Michael Phillips
Hill s book has its ardent admirers but the mixture of black comedy gore and biblical archetypes would be a hellish challenge for anybody to translate to film 
1.5
Horns
Matt Pais
The pointless kind of weird 
2
Horns
Sara Stewart
The underlying crime at the heart of Horns is too grotesque and graphic to work with even the bleakest comedy 
2
Horns
Rex Reed
It is borderline unwatchable 
1
Horns
Roger Moore
Daniel Radcliffe grows a pair 
2.5
Horns
Chris Knight
Horns is best described as a grown up fairy tale with all the sex and violence that implies It s not Grimm but it is grim It s also an enjoyable and original story which these days is almost a kind of magical experience in itself 
3
Horns
Dustin Putman
Take out Ig s horns and snake attacks and special powers and what is left is an attentive exploration of fate and loss that flirts with profundity 
2.5
Horns
Christian Toto
Horns may bounce from fable to black comedy but that erstwhile boy wizard keeps the focus where it belongs 
3
Horns
David Nusair
a decent adaptation that benefits from Aja s slick direction and Radcliffe s tremendously charismatic performance 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Brian Eggert
Part genre experiment part Jarmusch s angry statement about the world today The Dead Dont Die uses the broad strokes of comedy and zombie horror to make sociopolitical observations 
3.5
The Dead Don't Die
John Beifuss
If his 2003 vampire movie was Jarmusch looking into the mirror the bloodsuckers were stylish hipsters with a fondness for urban decay and Neil Young the new zombie movie is Jarmusch looking out the window and being distressed by what he sees 
3.5
The Dead Don't Die
James Kendrick
Jarmusch lands some good jokes and the film as a whole is laced with an absurd sense of detached humor but there is literally nothing about the film that someone else hasn t already done better 
2
The Dead Don't Die
Matt Brunson
The Dead Don t Die feels like some sort of cinematic end of the world apocalypse If the auteur responsible for such gems as Stranger Than Paradise Mystery Train and Only Lovers Left Alive has resorted to making movies this bad then we re all doomed 
1.5
The Dead Don't Die
David Nusair
An incongruous misfire from Jim Jarmusch 
2
The Dead Don't Die
Walter Chaw
A single joke stretched to feature length The Dead Don t Die asks a few of the most interesting actors on the planet to perform in the middle school ecology pageant 
.5
The Dead Don't Die
Donovan Farley
Like most Jarmusch features Dead will severely divide audiences To me it s one of his finest works 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Roger Moore
A slow motion disaster about a slow motion disaster 
1.5
The Dead Don't Die
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is strangely Jarmusch s most listless effort in quite some time maybe ever 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Lisa Jensen
We re forced to endure long stretches of ennui between unsubtle moments that drive home the message and name that zombie celebrity spotting 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A subversive surprise a possible cult classic for brainy cineastes 
3.5
The Dead Don't Die
Kevin A. Ranson
a manufactured cult classic destined to play in the background of horror conventions until the inevitable zombie apocalypse 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Joe Friar
Think of the comedy as the bonus track of a greatest hits package featuring several Jarmusch regulars It may lack frights but not laughs and with a cast like this you can bet it s headed for midnight movie cult status 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Blake Howard
The repeated use of the word ghouls spoken by Adam Driver is worth the price of admission alone in Jim Jarmusch s delightfully bent tale of the zombie apocalypse 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Richard Roeper
The Dead Don t Die is delivered in one long deadpan note Some of the sight gags and quips are gold others are just filler but still kind of interesting in a wacky sort of way 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Brandy McDonnell
It just feels like a movie with this much talent shouldn t be so lifeless zombies notwithstanding 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Lisa Trifone
painfully self aware desperate to be funny and so utterly pointless it s weirdly enjoyable 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Dead Don t Die is far from Jarmusch s best but there s something to be said for its zonked out acceptance of extinction 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Josh Terry
Jim Jarmusch s film falls flat with the kind of third act wheeze that leaves you thinking the filmmakers just got bored and staggered away from their own movie 
2
The Dead Don't Die
Rex Reed
Avoid it at all costs if you value your sanity 
0
The Dead Don't Die
Robert Horton
Jarmusch is on something like a vacation here gathering his favorite actors and flipping the bird in the direction of modern society Despite the bitter aftertaste the film makes for strangely good company 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The actors make for great company but as they drop one by one so does our interest 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Katie Walsh
A bit too arch and remote to fully enjoy as a transportative or emotional piece of entertainment but for Jarmusch fans and zombie fans it s a fun little exercise in witnessing the auteur graft his unique sensibility onto the beloved genre 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Sara Stewart
It s a fair amount of fun but appears to have been made with minimal effort 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Mark Dujsik
F or all of the low key grandstanding and political jabs this is a one note joke making a depressing point slightly more tenable 
2
The Dead Don't Die
Peter Howell
A movie where character defines plot not the other way around although this is much more of a genre exercise than Jarmusch has previously essayed 
3
The Dead Don't Die
John Semley
The Dead Don t Die says blissfully little about the state of the world today For its slightness and silliness its concerns are grander 
3.5
The Dead Don't Die
Sean P. Means
Appropriately for Jarmusch these aren t fast zombies more like laconic zombies moving only as fast as the humor requires 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Rafer Guzman
Jim Jarmusch s rueful horror comedy delivers the laughs but they often catch in your throat 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Ty Burr
The Dead Don t Die feels like the work of an artist who hasn t just run out of ideas but may have given up hope 
1.5
The Dead Don't Die
Moira MacDonald
The Dead Don t Die isn t just deadpan it s dead 
1.5
The Dead Don't Die
Rosalie Kicks
Comprised of several great scenes but ultimately misses the mark becoming yet another zombie flick added to the ever growing pile 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Tom Meek
Truth be told Jim Jarmusch s droll genre deconstructing zom edy could have used a bit more meat on its hollow bones 
2.5
The Dead Don't Die
Ann Hornaday
The absurdism wears gratingly thin in The Dead Don t Die whose deadpan tone gives way to tiresome grindingly repetitive inertia 
1.5
The Dead Don't Die
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to figure out why this film was even made beyond the fact that it could be made that there was a loose idea and talented people willing to join in the fun 
1.5
The Dead Don't Die
James Berardinelli
This isn t Jarmusch at his best but it s more accessible than some of his films and doesn t demand more from an audience than to sit back and be amused 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Josh Larsen
bloody disgusted about the state of affairs in 2019 America 
3
The Dead Don't Die
Sam C. Mac
In Jim Jarmusch s film what starts as a subtle undercurrent of knowing humor curdles into overt self referentiality 
2
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever
Gail Pennington
There s a plot which any of us could have written in our sleep 
2
Harry and the Hendersons
David Nusair
an amiable comedy that benefits substantially from the stellar work of its various performers 
3
Harry and the Hendersons
Eric Henderson
Just as Mac and Me eventually devolved into a feature length commercial for McDonald s Harry and the Hendersons eventually emerges as a vegetarian screed 
2
A Wink and a Smile
Moira MacDonald
Elegantly shot and nicely paced A Wink and a Smile is most appealing in its depiction of the growing camaraderie of the students 
3
A Wink and a Smile
Kyle Smith
The movie is an excruciating documentary about ordinary women taking a burlesque class in Seattle 
1
A Wink and a Smile
Kam Williams
Hurray to these lovely ladies for summoning up the courage to serve up an evening s worth of genuinely erotic yet somehow simultaneously wholesome adult entertainment But enough is enough I just pray none of them are tempted to quit their day jobs 
4
Far and Away
Roger Ebert
It s depressing that such a lavish and expensive production starring an important actor like Tom Cruise could be devoted to such a shallow story 
2
Hamari Adhuri Kahani
Namrata Joshi
After taking a few steps forward Bollywood returns to the familiar rut when it comes to women centric films 
1
The Order of Myths
Marty Mapes
Separate but equal is alive and well in America see how it works at Mardi Gras in Mobile
3.5
The Order of Myths
Frank Ochieng
An affectingly insightful and well informed documentary Myths taps into a special kind of Southern tradition u2014with underlying racial overtones as a societal hovering factor 
3
The Order of Myths
Maitland McDonagh
Ostensibly about Mobile Alabama s annual Mardi Gras tradition which dates back to 1703 Margaret Brown s documentary is actually an examination of the racial divide in a city that claims there is none 
3
The Order of Myths
Kam Williams
A nice gesture but in the sequel I d like to see these refined rednecks really shaken out of their comfort zone How about taking these folks north of the Mason Dixon Line to see how the other half of the country lives before they miss out on the 21st C 
4
The Order of Myths
Andrew Schenker
In The Order of Myths just as in Manderlay the legacy of slavery lingers on far past its historical moment 
3
Red Riding Trilogy
Mark Dujsik
A byzantine labyrinth of the sordid and crooked 
4
Red Riding Trilogy
Peter Canavese
Thematically adventurous the bloody shocks that paint the town Red emerge from suburban squalor dirty streets dirty crimes and dirty politicians Blu ray 
3.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Mike Scott
It is ambitious it is gripping and it is dark It s also entirely irresistible cinema an uncompromising and hard to turn away from nightmare in three acts 
3.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Chris Hewitt
Red Riding just keeps getting creepier and creepier And better and better 
3
Red Riding Trilogy
Marty Mapes
Lies somewhere between The Wire and Three Colors
3.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Carrie Rickey
On its own each film hauntingly creates a murk of collusion pervasive corruption and 57 varieties of predation 
3
Red Riding Trilogy
Roger Ebert
This is the sort of undertaking the UK s Channel 4 excels at and is approached in the United States only by ambitious cable TV series 
4
Red Riding Trilogy
Lisa Kennedy
Red Riding Trilogy with its remarkable performances its brilliantly constructed puzzle its dispiriting cycles of violence isn t an easy ride But it is an exhilarating one 
4
Red Riding Trilogy
Ann Hornaday
Fans of Peace s books should be satisfied by their treatment here although it bears asking just how many more serial killers tortured cops and pretentious fetishistic acts of violence the film audience can withstand 
2
Red Riding Trilogy
Rossiter Drake
After the intricacies of Peace and Grisoni s stories have been illuminated we are left to contemplate their messy aftermath emotionally battered but relieved to have reached the light at the end of a very dark tunnel 
3.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie skirts the edges of a standard police procedural but it seems literally contaminated by corruption it seeps in through the edges and gets denser and ranker as the stories go along 
3.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Moira MacDonald
This ambitious unique project originally made for British television is well worth the time investment to see the three film marathon on a big screen 
3.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Mick LaSalle
With a five hour running time the hope is for an epic return on an epic investment and that hope goes unanswered 
2
Red Riding Trilogy
Peter Keough
The three films now being released as a trio in the US wallow in this brutal morass but they don t add much clarity moral or narrative 
2.5
Red Riding Trilogy
Ethan Alter
The immersive power of the entire trilogy carries the day if you go to the movies to be transported to another time and place even if that time and place is 70s era Yorkshire the Red Riding films offer that escape 
3
Red Riding Trilogy
V.A. Musetto
Direction of all three films is no more than workmanlike which isn t surprising since they were originally made for British television 
2
The Future
Sara Michelle Fetters
July is a filmmaker of distinct imagination and whimsy and while there is a great deal on her mind and a ton she wants to say her delivery of it all in my opinion at least still leaves a bit of something to be desired 
2.5
The Future
Rob Thomas
Many viewers especially her detractors can t see the forest for the twee in July s films That s certainly true of The Future but burrow down past the creepy cutesy touches and you find a film that s painfully real 
3.5
The Future
John Hartl
Provides plenty of material for July junkies as well as July detractors 
2
The Future
Lisa Kennedy
What a strange trippy touching movie The Future is 
3
The Future
Joe Williams
July is a provocative and honorably independent filmmaker but given the meager rewards of investing our time The Future wasn t worth the wait 
2.5
The Future
Mick LaSalle
At times not all the time just enough to notice July gets it backward 
2
The Future
Chris Hewitt
You may have heard that a cat narrates The Future and yes that sounds like it would be deadly But it isn t 
3
The Future
Steven Rea
July likes her rhythms to shuffle her beats to go long She is the master of sideways portent the small act with big ramifications 
3.5
The Future
David Nusair
the suffocatingly nonsensical atmosphere ensures that even July s fans will be left scratching their heads on an progressively frequent basis 
1.5
The Future
Peter Howell
A talking cat and moon and a restless T shirt distract from the story creating what July intends as interesting textures but instead come across as a form of vandalism 
2.5
The Future
Rick Groen
It can definitely grate on your nerves but at best it also gets into your mind and sticks fast 
3
The Future
Ann Hornaday
With wit and unsettling strangeness The Future takes a sitcom premise two skittish 35 year olds adopting a sick and injured cat in order to tiptoe into the responsibilities of adulthood and gives it a radical otherworldly twist 
3
The Future
Michael Phillips
The movie doesn t have much of a motor But I like a lot of it line to line and I admire where we re left at the end 
3
The Future
Ty Burr
Elements of Miranda July s The Future are so patently bizarre that you might expect the film to collapse under the weight of its own whimsy This is the July that enchants some moviegoers and has others reaching for strong liquor 
3
The Future
Matt Pais
July s vision isn t off center part of her brilliantly insightful work is arguing that there is no center 
4
The Future
Roger Ebert
On the surface this film is an enchanting meditation At its core is the hard steel of individuality 
3.5
The Future
Peter Keough
The cat keeps one engaged until July s initially twee seeming sensibility coalesces into a genuine if peculiar mood of tragedy 
3.5
The Future
Jake Coyle
July with her Chaplin eyes perhaps knows too well how to play earnest and smart But The Future feels progressively less adorned even as it grows more magical 
2.5
The Future
Dustin Putman
Falls victim to self indulgence now and again yes but there is also an empathy Miranda July exhibits toward all her on screen creations that cannot be faked 
2.5
The Future
Stephen Whitty
The whole film is so determinedly different it makes the sticky sweet bits a little easier to bear 
2.5
The Future
Sara Stewart
A T shirt creeps around on its own a little girl likes being buried neck deep in the backyard Whatevs 
2.5
The Future
Andrew Schenker
A combination of morbid self absorption and playful quirk The Future manages to botch both aspects 
1.5
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Anne Brodie
Menkes illustrates in no uncertain terms the motion picture code and detriment of the 8220 male gaze 8221 46 No secret that women have been objectified in film across the board in ways you won 8217 t be able to ignore once you see this doc 46 
3
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Marya E. Gates
Relies on bad faith arguments 44 ahistorical information 44 and cherry picked scenes used out of context 46 
1
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Clayton Dillard
Brainwashed comes dangerously close to inhabiting its own title 46 10 
2.5
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Kent Turner
At its best the film magnifies the nuts and bolts of filmmaking and how it perpetuates positions of power as it s described here 
3
A Walk in the Park
Matt Brunson
A master class in directorial prowess 
3
A Walk in the Park
Mattie Lucas
An undeniably beautiful entry in Bava s canon marking perhaps one of his most stunning visual achievements turning classical horror into something akin to poetry 
2.5
A Walk in the Park
David Nusair
a typically underwhelming effort from director Mario Bava 
2
A Walk in the Park
Ed Gonzalez
This conflict between modern medicine and superstition lends Kill Baby Kill a moral volatility that s noticeably absent from other films in Bava s canon 
4
The Nanny
Dan Callahan
A rather quiet cautious thriller that gives Davis more room for characterization than most of her later films 
2.5
A Man Among Giants
Joel Brown
Tunstall is a raw character a troubled unit It s not quite clear what Webber and Lewis are 
2
Potato Dreams of America
Bob Bloom
apos Potato Dreams of America apos is a warm and appealing 46 46 46 46 It 8217 s not only a celebration of the immigrant experience 44 but a loving portrait of acceptance and 44 ultimately 44 being true to yourself and having the courage to reveal who you really are 46 
3.5
Potato Dreams of America
Peter Canavese
Oddly put together and tonally awkward in its blend of satire and coming of age drama but it does have an appealing surrealist quality to it that makes a virtue out of its low budget 46 40 Dark Star PIctures blu ray review 41 46 
2.5
Potato Dreams of America
Soren Andersen
Two very strong performances anchor Potato Dreams of America Seattle based filmmaker Wes Hurley s thought provoking dramatization of his childhood in his native Russia and later as a teen in Seattle 
3
Potato Dreams of America
Roger Moore
A giddy gay fantasia on Russians leaving for the Promised Land a romp bubbling with wit wry commentary and visual DIY visual invention Thats how it begins anyway 
2.5
Potato Dreams of America
Randy Myers
It s entertaining and even sexy at times in ways that are distinctive and inventive 
3
Potato Dreams of America
Kent Turner
Wearing his heart and humor on his sleeve Hurley is clearly having fun all for the audience s benefit 
3
Potato Dreams of America
Mattie Lucas
So full of joy the joy of self discovery the joy of filmmaking the joy of queerness itself that it deftly overcomes its occasional tonal bumps to provide a warm and lasting impression 
3
Staten Island
Elizabeth Weitzman
DeMonaco deserves credit for wanting to do something different But what starts out as a witty tweak on tired mobster movies eventually collapses into those very same clichs 
2
Staten Island
V.A. Musetto
Best is D Onofrio as a gangster turned environmental activist he puts on a white three piece suit climbs to the top of a gigantic tree and refuses to come down 
2
Staten Island
Nick Schager
Staten Island has the stench of meat left on the counter for too long 
1.5
Skinwalkers
Linda Cook
Admittedly there s something about a bunch of hot looking Goth type vampires on motorcycles that has well a little bite to it 
1
Skinwalkers
Michael Dequina
Indistiguishable from either the horror or action product that routinely comes out of the straight to video pipeline 
2
Skinwalkers
Michael Szymanski
The film may have suffered some bad buzz earlier on but it s far better than most of the other werewolf offerings 
3
Skinwalkers
Jim Hemphill
One of the year s more pleasant surprises 
3
Skinwalkers
Ty Burr
Skinwalkers is never able to escape its fundamental preposterousness You ve seen worse but trust me you ve seen better 
1.5
Skinwalkers
Lisa Rose
On the fright scale this pack of werewolves ranks below a basket of puppies 
0.5
Skinwalkers
Rob Humanick
Skinwalkers wears its B movie badness on its sleeve like a badge of honor 
2.5
Skinwalkers
James Berardinelli
The problem with most werewolf movies isn t that they re derivative but that they re badly written badly acted or just plain silly Skinwalkers hits the trifecta all three apply 
1.5
Skinwalkers
Dustin Putman
Why make a serious no holds barred horror film about werewolves when you can make a PG 13 kiddie show free of all the elements an audience goes to see this kind of movie for 
1
Skinwalkers
Geoff Pevere
Skinwalkers announces its irony impaired comic shop geek credentials from the beginning 
1
Skinwalkers
Jason Anderson
Viewers who make it through the dire early scenes may be surprised by the quality of the later ones 
2
Skinwalkers
Maitland McDonagh
Skinwalkers adds little to the annals of werewolf lore 
2
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s a gripping story in the way we can t stop looking at a train wreck But it s not what we should remember about him 
3
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
This is strong and effective documentary filmmaking but it s only a lengthy prologue to the story on which Liz Garbus clearly wants to focus 
2
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Rick Groen
The real battle pitted Bobby Fischer against Bobby Fischer and this documentary is a revealing account of the many skirmishes in that enduring civil war 
3
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Peter Howell
How did Fischer rise so high and then tumble so far Garbus doesn t pretend to have all the answers but she shines light into dark corners 
3
The Ugly Truth
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Ugly Truth is actually a very fresh film one that could be the start of a new genre the R rated romantic comedy that appeals as much to men as to women 
3
The Ugly Truth
David Nusair
a mildly diverting yet thoroughly uninvolving romantic comedy 
2
The Ugly Truth
Matt Soergel
As a girls night out movie for those in the right frame of mind it gets some laughs even a few big ones But this opposites attract comedy is wildly uneven There are long stretches of down time and some of the humor is so crude it backfires 
2
The Ugly Truth
Michael Dequina
Formula can be fun as it is here 
3
The Ugly Truth
Jeffrey Westhoff
Allowing the characters to talk dirty adds nothing to the chick flick formula 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Austin Kennedy
THE UGLY TRUTH isn t as painfully predictable as THE PROPOSAL and it s funnier too That doesn t mean it s a complete success I never really wanted the two leads to end up with each other and the transition in which they fall in love is clunky 
2.5
The Ugly Truth
Lori Hoffman
horribly stale cookie cutter rom com that is full of fake emotions dead spots where the laughs belong and a thoroughly unconvincing storyline 
1
The Ugly Truth
Sean P. Means
There s nothing wrong with the leads Heigl and Butler except that every scene they re in plays as if they met five seconds before Luketic yelled Action 
2
The Ugly Truth
Sean O'Connell
You want the truth They don t come much uglier than this 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Linda Cook
Oh what truth there is in advertising The Ugly Truth truly is an ugly movie with an ugly message That once women realize men are only out for one thing they need to cheapen themselves to land a man 
1
The Ugly Truth
Mike McGranaghan
I liked the Gerard Butler half of The Ugly Truth the Katherine Heigl half not so much 
2
The Ugly Truth
Kam Williams
Ugly and that s the truth 
1
The Ugly Truth
Kit Bowen
Here s the REAL ugly truth The Ugly Truth is an uninspiring romantic comedy rehash 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Rene Rodriguez
Say no to Hollywood hackery and cynical demographic courting filmmaking Say no to movies made by people who condescend and treat you like bleating sheep Say no to The Ugly Truth 
0
The Ugly Truth
Cathy Jakicic
In an attempt to ride the comic coattails of the Judd Apatow comedies The Ugly Truth is full of crude and profane language but it comes across as awkwardly inappropriate rather than edgy 
2
The Ugly Truth
Robert W. Butler
The Ugly Truth is about as subtle as a boulder rolling downhill through a crowded playground 
2
The Ugly Truth
Kara Nesvig
Despite the fact that it swims in a veritable ocean of romantic comedy clichs The Ugly Truth should manage to captivate and charm men and women alike 
3.5
The Ugly Truth
Steve Rhodes
The ugly truth is that Gerard Butler s fingers across the blackboard performance makes The Ugly Truth painful to endure 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Amy Biancolli
The ugly truth about The Ugly Truth is the fact that funny though it is it could have been a whole lot funnier 
2.5
The Ugly Truth
Lou Lumenick
Romantic comedies are an increasingly debased genre but few recent Hollywood products have been anywhere near as crass and contrived as The Ugly Truth 
0
The Ugly Truth
Matt Brunson
Look it s only fair If impressionable frat boys can enjoy The Hangover this summer and impressionable teenagers can enjoy Transformers Revenge of the Fallen then why not give impressionable women their own imbecilic film 
1
The Ugly Truth
Lisa Kennedy
With its set em up knock em down series of cliches The Ugly Truth marks off the romantic comedy checklist 
2
The Ugly Truth
Chris Hewitt
The Ugly Truth stands or falls on the farce skills of Heigl I like her and I liked her in this movie 
2.5
The Ugly Truth
Jason Anderson
Opposites attract but you ll really wish they hadn t by the time The Ugly Truth is through 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Chris Kaltenbach
The Ugly Truth can t escape its own ugly truth that the central characters are written to extremes both ludicrous and tiring 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Claudia Puig
The film is so predictable that it might as well have been written as a test classroom exercise in RomCom 101 
2
The Ugly Truth
Willie Waffle
At least the funny stuff keeps you laughing once in a while but the romantic portion feels forced and becomes quite boring
2
The Ugly Truth
Mike Scott
The ugly truth about the eager to please The Ugly Truth is that Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are all wrong for each other and all wrong for this disappointingly ordinary film 
2
The Ugly Truth
Erik Childress
While it may have been directed by a man albeit one with all the talent of a water bra it s screenplay is credited to three women who have managed to make Defending the Caveman seem like the height of exposing our Martian tendencies 
0.5
The Ugly Truth
Liam Lacey
Contrived as a crossover between a female friendly romantic comedy and a male targeted anti political correctness jab The Ugly Truth veers between crude and cloying 
1
The Ugly Truth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At some point somebody in Hollywood decided that all romantic comedies would involve a meeting between subject A who is neurotic and tightly wound and subject B who is refreshingly unrestrained and free spirited 
1
The Ugly Truth
Sara Michelle Fetters
The ugly truth of The Ugly Truth is that it is yet again another in a long line of recent Hollywood romantic comedies that for some reason hates women 
2
The Ugly Truth
Keith Cohen
This must see date movie provides valuable insights into the mysteries of what makes men and women tick 
3
The Ugly Truth
Moira MacDonald
A blandly raunchy star vehicle that does its stars few favors 
2
The Ugly Truth
Peter Travers
Toss this ugly crap to the curb along with the other multiplex garbage and see a romance that gets it right I m talking 500 Days of Summer 
.5
The Ugly Truth
Stephen Whitty
Do I really have to go through it Can t we all just rewatch Woman of the Year instead 
2
The Ugly Truth
Tom Meek
The biting revelation promised by the title of Robert Luketic s fluff never bares its teeth 
2
The Ugly Truth
Carrie Rickey
Here s hoping that this unfunny comedy doesn t set both sexes back by 50 years 
1.5
The Ugly Truth
Wesley Morris
The people responsible for The Ugly Truth were also responsible for Legally Blonde That must have been a once in a lifetime thing since this new movie is only half as entertaining as the other one 
2
The Ugly Truth
Dustin Putman
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are charismatic with the right material but that right material eludes them in this bland rudderless romantic comedy 
2
The Ugly Truth
Joe Williams
Slow and odorous The Ugly Truth is mired in phoniness up to its neck And above that there s nothing 
2
The Ugly Truth
Roger Ebert
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are so pleasant in The Ugly Truth that it s a shame to spoil their party But toil and try as they do the comedy bogs down in relentless predictability and the puzzling overuse of naughty words 
2
The Ugly Truth
Matt Noller
The Ugly Truth is proof that when dealing with such movies oftentimes the only thing separating the complete trash from the sort of trash is the actors 
2
The Ugly Truth
James Berardinelli
Hollywood it seems has lost the knack of how to make a good romantic comedy 
2.5
The Ugly Truth
Ross Anthony
Despite the ages of the leads plays to younger audiences goes for the Judd Apatow crowd It s unapologetically brash crass and ugly in its truth but still funny 
2.5
Waiting for Armageddon
Ty Burr
Preaches to the un converted with a quiet worried sanity that could have used more force See it anyway just to remind yourself how many people are actively wishing for the End of Days 
2.5
Waiting for Armageddon
Peter Keough
This is an eye opening look at what 50 million fellow Americans believe 
3
Waiting for Armageddon
Lou Lumenick
Waiting for Armageddon which has nothing to do with the 1998 Michael Bay movie demonstrates that sometimes it s far more devastating to simply point the camera at your subjects and let them talk 
3
Waiting for Armageddon
Kam Williams
The scary specter of all out Holy War as a self fulfilling prophecy 
4
Waiting for Armageddon
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The putative objectivity of Armageddon isn t quite politically savvy enough to strike its realpolitik target 
2.5
I Love You, Stupid
Roger Moore
Even The Proclaimers greatest hit can t save this wilted romance 
1.5
The English Patient
Brian Eggert
The rich complexity of Minghella s approach finds an incomparable balance between classical storytelling and a modern formal treatment and therein realizes one of the most enduring beloved and unique romances ever to come out of Hollywood 
4
The English Patient
Rene Rodriguez
Much like the patient s memories The English Patient swirls around in your head refusing to recede its images lingering like snatches of a fragrance too sweet to be forgotten 
3.5
The English Patient
Dennis King
Minghella doesn t so much adapt the novel as he translates it wondrously to a different medium with its mysteries and passions intact 
4
The English Patient
Malcolm Johnson
a deliberate lengthy but always fascinating film 
3.5
The English Patient
Jeff Strickler
It took a filmmaker with Anthony Minghella s vision to even attempt an adaptation of Michael Ondaatje s The English Patient And it took a filmmaker with Minghella s talent to pull it off 
4
The English Patient
Jeff Shannon
Could this possibly be the Casablanca of the late 20th century 
3.5
The English Patient
Stephen Hunter
As a love story and an adventure story The English Patient is the fastest most powerful two hours and 40 minutes this year It s terrific 
4
The English Patient
Gary Thompson
The English Patient is a modern movie that breathes vivid new life into the cliches of old fashioned motion pictures recalling a time when movies were graceful complex and leisurely 
3
The English Patient
Dan Webster
This World War II romantic drama has the epic feel of classic cinema 
3.5
The English Patient
David Sterritt
The film doesn t gather the emotional momentum that would make it compelling as well as impressive 
2
The English Patient
Dave Kehr
The film is a smashing success on its own terms though as a transcendent love story it lacks the firm foundation in human reality that characterizes Lars Von Trier s superior Breaking the Waves 
3
The English Patient
Mark Caro
With its fine acting sumptuous visuals and levels of intrigue The English Patient boasts the elements of something greater than a love story Too bad it devotes them to something less than a great love story 
3
The English Patient
Matt Brunson
As the sensitive Hana Binoche delivers one of the most incandescent performances I ve ever had the pleasure to watch 
4
The English Patient
Judith Egerton
It s Casablanca set amid the swirling Sahara sands of North Africa and the voluptuous hills of Tuscany 
4
The English Patient
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In many ways it s just a giant book on tape 
2
The English Patient
Michael Dequina
Highly passionate and moving 
4
The English Patient
Jeanne Aufmuth
The English Patient is worth every second of its almost three hour length but it requires a substantial supply of Kleenex 
3.5
The English Patient
Margaret A. McGurk
It is testimony to the strength of this haunting story that it can sustain its fascination for every minute of its 21 2 hour plus length 
4
The English Patient
Peter Stack
Torrid witty passionate and intelligent 
4
The English Patient
James Kendrick
A huge brooding expanse of a film that intricately tangles love and tragedy and passion and anger and violence and war into one giant collage that sometimes threatens to engulf the viewer with all its complexities 
3.5
The English Patient
Roger Ebert
This poetic evocative film version of the famous novel by Michael Ondaatje circles down through layers of mystery until all of the puzzles in the story have been solved and only the great wound of a doomed love remains 
4
The English Patient
Marty Mapes
It is rare to see a movie where images and visual textures play such an important role not merely as decoration but as substance and metaphor 
3.5
The English Patient
Barbara Shulgasser
Minghella is a master of detail 
4
The English Patient
Chris Hicks
The film is enjoyable to watch even visually stunning in places but the muted emotions limit the moviegoing experience 
3
The English Patient
Mike Clark
An aerobic workout for the tear ducts 
3.5
The English Patient
Susan Stark
The English Patient is one for the ages 
4
The English Patient
Rob Blackwelder
It isn t the best picture of the year it isn t film making as it is supposed to be But it is heart breakingly poetic it is beautifully directed and acted and it is a brilliant film that is only slightly derailed by its own breadth and scope 
3
The English Patient
James Berardinelli
This is one of the year s most unabashed and powerful love stories using flawless performances intelligent dialogue crisp camera work and loaded glances to attain a level of eroticism and emotional connection that many similar films miss 
3.5
The English Patient
Steve Rhodes
By the end of the film the mysteries are resolved the characters have stolen your heart and two great romances have blossomed 
4
The English Patient
Mike D'Angelo
A fine passionate film but not in my opinion the masterpiece that it s so clearly straining to be 
3
The English Patient
Robert Roten
It didn t quite make my top 10 list but it is not bad 
3
The English Patient
Madeleine Williams
The English Patient is a labyrinthine film with plenty of mysteries and secrets all around and it is a film not to be missed 
4
Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Roger Moore
The best one can say for this is that it 8217 s footage that will be better served when it 8217 s put to use in a better financed 44 music rights included and more thorough film about these two guitar heroes who grew up under the same roof 46 
2
Where Hands Touch
Roger Moore
The longer it lasts the more insipid it gets
1
Where Hands Touch
Dwight Brown
Pity considering the filmmaker s resume and the subject matter this film should have been compelling 
2.5
Where Hands Touch
Rex Reed
Where Hands Touch is a coming of age story a saga of war and a heart rending love story about a forbidden romance that defied the odds against survival in a living hell 
3.5
Where Hands Touch
Tomris Laffly
When the complex humanizing portrayal of Nazi characters and SS soldiers enter the picture good intentions do derail fast leading to disturbing outcomes 
2
The Birth of a Nation
Matt Brunson
As a work of art it is unforgettable as a social document it is unforgivable Quality of Movie 4 stars Content of Movie 1 star 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Mattie Lucas
A film that deserves no demands to be acknowledged if for no other reason than to come to terms with the racist history it represents 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Jay Antani
a masterpiece that still packs a punch and whose standard bearing genius remains untarnished 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Thomas Delapa
What does it say about a country that one of its greatest films is also one of the most bigoted movies ever made If you can ignore the actors in blackface and the vicious stereotypes Griffith s folly is also a triumph of silent film technique 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Roger Ebert
It is an unavoidable fact of American movie history and must be dealt with 
4
El Planeta
Mark Feeney
El Planeta has much humor but the laughter tends to lurk around the edges The movie also has a fair amount of pathos 
2.5
El Planeta
Christy Lemire
A mother daughter bond shines through stark black and white cinematography and surreal humor in El Planeta 
3
El Planeta
Keith Watson
Amalia Ulman s film is a bittersweet comedy of human behavior observed with a relaxed yet intently focused eye 
3.5
El Planeta
Peter Howell
A scattershot charmer that reveals a sharp eye and curious mind 
3
Psycho
Alan French
Psycho remains one of the ten best horror films ever made Hitchcock balances comedy sex and death at a knife s edge creating a riveting story from start to finish 
4
Psycho
Matt Brunson
The legendary director s best picture 
4
Psycho
Wanda Hale
The obvious thing to say is that Hitch has done it again that the suspense of his picture builds up slowly but surely to an almost unbearable pitch of excitement 
4
Psycho
David Nusair
lives up to its reputation as one of the most entertaining and suspenseful horror films of all time 
3.5
Psycho
Bill Weber
Hitchcock s manipulative classic of pure cinema does have a heart that pumps human blood in its sublime parlor scene between Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh 
4
Psycho
Walter Chaw
I d wager there aren t any films that have been more analyzed than Alfred Hitchcock s Psycho 
4
Psycho
Phil Villarreal
The prolific adventurous Hitchcock who never tired of experimenting with his camera and tone is at his best in Psycho 
4
Psycho
Roger Ebert
What makes Psycho immortal when so many films are already half forgotten as we leave the theater is that it connects directly with our fears 
4
Psycho
Ted Prigge
It s an amazing thing watching Perkins do his schitck with the role 
4
Psycho
Paine Knickerbocker
Hitchcock has very shrewdly interwoven crime sex and suspense blended the real and the unreal in fascinating proportions and punctuated his film with several quick grisly and unnerving surprises 
4
Psycho
Dustin Putman
As a horror film it is a horrifying study in terror and as film in general it is a brilliant study in style and mood as well as the darkest regions of a person s psyche 
4
Psycho
David Keyes
No I m serious can you ever think of a horror film that pushed so many boundaries at a time when horror was nearly nonexistent in the cinema 
4
Psycho
James Berardinelli
With the exception of Halloween no latter day horror thriller has been capable of generating as many goosebumps 
3.5
Dust
Ed Gonzalez
Never feels philosophically uncommitted nor does it scan as neo colonialist exploitation 
2.5
Dust
V.A. Musetto
I never knew dust could give me such pleasure 
3
Dust
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not quirky nor is it exactly cautionary It casually mentions all the various forms of lethal stuff we could be breathing at any moment in any part of the world and then ends with a shrug 
2.5
Happy Few
Roger Ebert
You know there s something wrong with a sex movie when the good parts are the dialogue 
1.5
Happy Few
Farran Smith Nehme
Offers only dull characters playing for extremely low stakes 
1.5
Happy Few
Bill Weber
This handsome mate swapping drama never moves beyond the erotic to become incisive about the barriers built into sexual experimentation for committed couples 
2
Happy Few
Kent Turner
The inevitable happens You can count the minutes until it gets ugly 
2
Colossus and the Headhunters
Matt Brunson
Unremittingly dull 
1.5
Mood Indigo
John Beifuss
The opening scenes are filled with stop motion animation a mouse blowing soap bubbles and other delights later episodes are dark and ashen The effect is that of Pee wee s Playhouse slowly sinking into the dank tarn that claimed Poe s House of Usher 
3
Mood Indigo
Linda Barnard
Mood Indigo paints a depressing picture about romance but does so with fabulous although often exhausting style 
2.5
Mood Indigo
Ty Burr
Mood Indigo feels both overdone and undercooked a hectic but sketchy tale of oddball romance that slides inexorably into tragedy 
1.5
Mood Indigo
Steven Rea
It s hard not to take delight in Michel Gondry and his whooshing bendable universe 
3
Mood Indigo
John Serba
Whimsy underscored by the unsettlingly weird 
3
Mood Indigo
John Anderson
A mad mix of what Tex Avery Rube Goldberg and the silent film fantasist Georges Melies might have come up with if they d put their feverish heads together 
3.5
Mood Indigo
Moira MacDonald
Just the first 10 minutes of Michel Gondry s latest pillowcase of whimsy Mood Indigo has more invention than most of the movies you ll see this year 
3.5
Mood Indigo
Michael O'Sullivan
A droll demented and slightly depressive tale of doomed love 
2.5
Mood Indigo
Mark Dujsik
Everything here has some foundation in the real world but all of it is tuned to a higher frequency 
3
Mood Indigo
Bill Zwecker
The visual pop simply becomes annoying as it truly gets in the way of the storytelling 
2
Mood Indigo
Matt Zoller Seitz
Gondry has made a live action cartoon with a rather patchy plot and flat characters most of whom but Tatou and Duris especially are way too old to be playing characters who might seem immature even if they were played by teenagers 
2.5
Mood Indigo
Farran Smith Nehme
Maybe these conceits worked in print but on film it s seven layers of sugar frosted whimsy that would choke Wes Anderson 
1.5
Mood Indigo
Josh Larsen
uses handcrafted effects to heighten life s biggest moments 
3.5
Mood Indigo
Roger Moore
Inventively twee but charmless and heartless
2
Mood Indigo
Jesse Cataldo
Michel Gondry bungles his adaptation of the Boris Vian novel by indulging in homespun craftwork at the expense of plot and character detail 
2
Since Otar Left
Tom Keogh
Bertuccelli tackles Since Otar Left with the kind of ambitious imagination that makes one marvel at a natural filmmaker s unexpected and original choices 
4
Since Otar Left
Marta Barber
The finely crafted film shows the complex needs and anxieties of a three generation family living in a country that has undergone dramatic political and cultural changes 
3.5
Since Otar Left
David Nusair
deliberately paced but always interesting 
3
Since Otar Left
Marty Mapes
Competently made with occasional flashes of brilliance
3
Since Otar Left
Michael Booth
Otar and Lenin make terrific bookends on the post communist experience for average citizens 
3.5
Since Otar Left
Liam Lacey
Whatever film acting is about technique presence or truth telling Esther Gorintin got it 
3
Since Otar Left
Jeff Vice
It feels very real as if the filmmakers have recorded some actual real life moments 
3
Since Otar Left
Roger Ebert
Since Otar Left tells a story of conventional melodrama and makes it extraordinary because of the acting 
3
Since Otar Left
Allison Benedikt
A film in which fictional characters become human by talking as real people really talk 
3.5
Since Otar Left
Carla Meyer
A moving family drama 
3
Since Otar Left
Steven Rea
A story full of gentle grace notes and keen eyed observation writer director Julie Bertuccelli s first feature is at turns funny sweet sad trenchant and telling 
4
Since Otar Left
Wesley Morris
Wonderful family drama 
3.5
Since Otar Left
James Verniere
What s most memorable about the film is the performances of the three women They transform ordinary lives into a kind of domestic poetry 
3.5
Since Otar Left
Jeff Strickler
Since Otar Left could have played to broad comedy Or it could have played to tearjerker sentimentality 
3
Since Otar Left
Jan Stuart
The mulish and loving maternal sway of Eta is felt in every one of the film s lovingly articulated frames thanks to the magnificently expressive performance of the 90 year old Gorintin 
3.5
Since Otar Left
Lou Lumenick
All three actresses are wonderful but the picture belongs to the commanding Gorintin 
3
Since Otar Left
David Sterritt
Everything about this subtly directed drama enhances its pathos and humor 
4
Since Otar Left
Ed Gonzalez
Since Otar Left is meant to play out like a fable but Bertuccelli s direction isn t nimble enough to carry it off 
2
Girls Nite Out
Matt Brunson
Let apos s just say that Yogi and Boo Boo look positively dangerous 44 demented 44 and demonic when compared to this cuddly killer 46 
2
Girls Nite Out
Dustin Putman
For the devious bad guy s creative and unsettling garb alone Girls Nite Out earns more points than it otherwise probably warrants 
2.5
The United States of Football
Mike McGranaghan
A riveting important film It addresses crucial issues forcefully and unflinchingly 
3.5
Groomed
Anita Katz
Van de Pas structures her film efficiently creating despite the dark topics a highly watchable mix of facts and figures and trauma and healing 
3
Return to El Salvador
Jennie Punter
Return to El Salvador misses its mark by constantly straying from the story described in its title 
2
Return to El Salvador
Robert W. Butler
While the tone of Return to El Salvador is cautiously optimistic and generally even handed there s no escaping the lump of outrage at its center
3
Children of the Revolution
Mike Clark
Uneven but also unflaggingly lively 
2.5
Children of the Revolution
Roger Ebert
It is enormously ambitious maybe too much so since it ranges so widely between styles and strategies that it distracts from its own flow 
2
Ice Princess
Bill Chambers
It s not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but neither is it a sustenance free afternoon at the Ice Capades
3
Ice Princess
David Nusair
while star Michelle Trachtenberg delivers a sincere engaging performance there s not a whole lot here to hold the interest of anyone outside the film s target demographic 
2
Ice Princess
Vince Koehler
Seems like a lot we have seen before but it is still a good clean movie of finding your dream Come and find out as she battles with the best 
2.5
Ice Princess
Larry Ratliff
Ice Princess though somewhat clichd combines the fire of passion for a dream with the frost of unscrupulous reality 
2.5
Ice Princess
Sean McBride
Pity the poor father or the younger brother forced to tag along and watch this mediocre piece of marketing to the Cinderella set
2
Ice Princess
Angel Cohn
Aside from the extraordinary implausible nature of the plot and the infinite string of cliches Trachtenberg is surprisingly adorable even though she has absolutely no chemistry with relative newcomer Blumas 
1.5
Ice Princess
Linda Cook
Ice Princess won t leave you cold 
3
Ice Princess
Sara Michelle Fetters
Funny how things never work out like you think they should Ice Princess isn t just a surprise it s a wonder and I couldn t help but bask in blissful happiness as I watched it delicately unfold 
3
Ice Princess
Jeff Vice
Stumbles and falls every time the movie isn t on the ice And come to think of it it does a good deal of stumbling and falling when it is on the ice 
2
Ice Princess
Susan Walker
Watching this week s world figure skating championships in Moscow one wonders why the scriptwriters went to such artificial lengths There s drama enough in the sport as it is 
2.5
Ice Princess
Mick LaSalle
A cut above most pictures of its type 
2.5
Ice Princess
David Elliott
Jokes are simple crises soft payoffs insanely predictable and physics is left in the dust where theorems count their quarks But Trachtenberg rules as lovable princess 
2.5
Ice Princess
Emily Russin
If you want the real deal stay home and catch the world championships on ESPN this weekend 
2
Ice Princess
Kyle Smith
If you re wondering which way the movie is going note that it isn t called Quadratic Equation Princess 
1
Ice Princess
Sharon Chapman
Enjoy Ice Princess for the female fantasy comes true it is and save the bigger discussion for the car ride home 
2.5
Ice Princess
Amy Biancolli
Poor suffering child if something doesn t change and fast she might wind up studying physics at Harvard 
2
Ice Princess
Evan Henerson
This is a safe edgeless cinematic after school special 
2.5
Ice Princess
Connie Ogle
You probably could sit down right now and were you so inclined re create the script to a word and if you changed a few lines that would be no great loss 
2
Ice Princess
Elizabeth Weitzman
Harvard President Lawrence Summers recently touched off a firestorm by speculating on why more girls don t display an interest in science He might consider Tim Fywell s Ice Princess Exhibit A 
1.5
Ice Princess
John Monaghan
Likable but poorly crafted 
2
Ice Princess
Kit Bowen
The Mouse House factory churns out more cute with Ice Princess you may have to go get our teeth checked for fear of getting cavities from all the syrupy sweetness 
1.5
Ice Princess
Leah McLaren
Trachtenberg gives a sweetly compelling performance as Casey as does the wonderfully kooky Cusack as her mother but their charms can t save this painfully unoriginal movie from coming out of a triple toe loop and landing flat on its bottom 
2
Ice Princess
Wesley Morris
The movie paints such a gentle picture of the figure skating world that neither we nor Joan can stay resentful for long 
2.5
Ice Princess
Roger Ebert
The movie works I started by clicking off the obligatory scenes and then somehow the film started to get to me and I was surprised how entertained I was 
3
Ice Princess
Sean P. Means
There are a few conflicts but none the girl power fairytale script can t solve with clichs 
2
Ice Princess
Jeffrey Westhoff
Deals with a surprising number of complexities for a G rated film Even if doesn t address all of them satisfactorily the attempt lifts the film s scores for artistic merit 
3
Ice Princess
Willie Waffle
If you need someone to take on the horror film juggernaut of The Ring Two it might as well be Buffy Jr Ice Princess is a pleasant diversion
2.5
Ice Princess
Sue Pierman
Manages to execute surprisingly well 
2.5
Ice Princess
Dustin Putman
Ice Princess sticks closely to the mold of other sports flicks but there is a tenderness and refreshing lack of compromise assembled from its spare parts 
2.5
Ice Princess
Rob Blackwelder
The delight of Ice Princess is that there s more to every character than meets the eye 
3
Ice Princess
David Sterritt
Trite but nice this enjoyable comedy drama has good spirited warmth toward almost all its characters 
3
Ice Princess
Gene Seymour
The movie carries out its generic almost ritualized narrative with honest sentiment and engaging warmth 
3
Ice Princess
Sarah Chauncey
If Casey is such a physics whiz why couldn t she have whipped up a formula for a better movie 
1.5
Ice Princess
Carrie Rickey
The figure skating sequences thud instead of zing as though photographed by a hippo in house slippers 
2.5
Ice Princess
Chris Hewitt
Its required elements merit only a 4 8 but it gets solid 5s for presentation 
2.5
Ice Princess
Jeff Strickler
The characters have a depth that is missing in most clichd sports films 
3
Ice Princess
Phoebe Flowers
Wanting to skate doesn t mean Casey can t go to Harvard or God forbid defer a year or two But the movie overlooks that choosing instead to try to wring high drama where none naturally exists 
2
Ice Princess
Peter Canavese
Personally I hope the press notes for Ice Princess will be the only ones this year to include the phrase hunky zamboni driver but you just never know 
1.5
Ice Princess
Allison Benedikt
OK here s how we re going to do this I ll describe the central characters in Disney s new ice skating flick Ice Princess and you guess the plot Multiple choice Take your time Be smart Go 
2
Ice Princess
Nick Schager
Even for an ugly duckling makes good fairy tale Ice Princess seems to stretch believability a tad too far 
2
Ice Princess
Scott Nash
It s not the most original of concepts I know but Trachtenberg is so likable in the lead role that you can t help but root for her 
3
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
David Nusair
the movie never really becomes anything more than a stagy showcase for some fine acting 
2.5
Mr. Jealousy
Josh Larsen
Essentially a character study of one of the seven deadly sins 
3
Mr. Jealousy
Roger Ebert
Mr Jealousy isn t quite successful but it does provide more evidence of Baumbach s talent 
2.5
Johanna
Jeff Shannon
Mundrucz knows what he s doing even when it seems like he s intentionally alienating his film s already tiny target audience 
2.5
Gilles' Wife
Terry Lawson
Easy to fall into courtesy of the inviting autumnal cinematography of Virginie Saint Martin and the persuasive committed and sensual performance of the title character played by Emmanuelle Devos 
3
Gilles' Wife
Michael Wilmington
Like those 30 classics it suggests Gilles Wife seduces us with true cinematic magic rich characters great acting and that rapturous old French blend of realism and theatricality 
3.5
Gilles' Wife
Roger Ebert
I was fascinated by the face of Emmanuelle Devos and her face is specifically why I recommend the movie 
3
Gilles' Wife
Ken Fox
This is Devos show She has a face as expressive as any melodrama queen from Hollywood s golden age and for anyone who s yet to experience the power of this singular performer this is an excellent place to start 
3.5
Gilles' Wife
Jami Bernard
This is a lyrical art movie with admittedly limited commercial appeal but worth seeing for cinematic explorers 
3
Gilles' Wife
V.A. Musetto
Devos is especially adept at conveying raw emotion without saying a word Painterly cinematography by Virginie Saint Martin adds to the film s magic 
3
Gilles' Wife
Ed Gonzalez
Call it Through a Glass Fatuously 
2
Sex After Kids
Linda Barnard
There s a lot going on You may feel the need for a chart to keep the stories straight 
2
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Matt Brunson
One of the year s best 
3.5
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Mattie Lucas
Like film nerd catnip a veritable who s who of cinematic sound artists discussing their craft and process and trading war stories of their time in the industry 
3
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
James Wegg
In director Midge Costin s first feature the development of sound in the cinema is lovingly presented with a host of filmmakers and copious amounts of examples that can t help but make any viewer hear their next film differently 
4
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
James Kendrick
a fascinating engrossing and deeply informative experience
3.5
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Sean P. Means
Making Waves is a great primer for the up and coming armchair film scholar and you ll never listen to a movie the same way again 
3
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Alice Stoehr
Costin s sheer access means she turns up a number of amusing tidbits but just as many platitudes So much of the art form goes unheard 
2.5
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Mark Feeney
The blend of historical overview film clips tech info and inside business on offer is pretty irresistible 
3
Drive-In Massacre
Matt Brunson
This offers a few gory kills in between countless scenes of two hefty cops trying to ascertain 40 via mucho mumbling 41 who apos s hanging out at the local drive in theater garroting unsuspecting customers with a sword 46 
2
The Party
Roger Ebert
Edwards directs with economy for most of the way but when the living room fills up with soapsuds and the elephant he can t help lingering over the expensive scene he s produced 
3
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Kathy Fennessy
Night Has a Thousand Eyes has a sensitivity that many films of its genre lack 46 Highly recommended for classic film collections and film noir library programming 46 
3.5
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Peter Canavese
A compelling enough supernatural thriller and a kind of forerunner to M Night Shayamalan Kino Lorber Studio Classics blu ray review 
2.5
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Matt Brunson
Here s a thriller that should keep viewers alert and engaged 
3
Sugar
Anne Brodie
Two Montreal based women tricked into the murky world of the international drug trade 46 Chilling and a true story 46 
3
Bonsai
Walter V. Addiego
A melancholy story of romance and regret with moments of drollery and sweetness along the way 
3
Bonsai
Rene Rodriguez
Bonsai illustrates the unbearable lightness of loneliness in a quiet delicate manner 
3
Bonsai
V.A. Musetto
This isn t a story of Shakespearean proportions but it s a sweet peg for this complex carefully constructed gem 
3
Bonsai
Diego Semerene
Cristin Jimnez s film knows how entangled the will to know is with the will to make love 
3.5
Little Birds
Kam Williams
Quirky tale of female empowerment about coming of age on L A s mean streets 
3
Little Birds
Farran Smith Nehme
The dreamy shots of a poisoned sea in Little Birds show an imagination sorely missing from its drab plot and characters 
1.5
Little Birds
Nick Schager
Juno Temple s Lily is a damaged creature trying to fly in Little Birds a film of precious romanticized misery and squalor 
1
The Untold Story
Roger Moore
A veteran cast is trapped in a rom com that probably should have remained Untold 
1
Madeinusa
David Nusair
Well directed yet almost unbearably dull 
1.5
Madeinusa
Jeff Shannon
A familiar clash between old and new is rendered fresh and alive with an edge of menace that slowly gets under your skin 
3
Madeinusa
Rene Rodriguez
The assured debut of 29 year old writer director Claudia Llosa operates on several different levels 
3
Max and the Junkmen
Jaime N. Christley
Regarding Michel Piccoli s Max Claude Sautet s film resists judgment neither condoning nor signposting the despicable nature of his choices 
3.5
Candyman
Aprillé Morris
At its core 44 Candyman 40 2021 41 attempts to explore how Black trauma is intergenerational 46 10 10 Exploring how the atrocities inflicted on our ancestors years prior still affect our lives today 46 
3
Candyman
David Reddish
The ending of the movie doesnt quite work and comments on contemporary issues such as police violence gentrification and systemic racism dont always fit with the established mythology of the series 
3
Candyman
Brian Eggert
DaCosta builds upon the thoughtful original to investigate the politics of race gentrification and history in a manner better suited to the metaphoric potential of horror resulting in a far more decisive clarified and emotionally involving tale 
4
Candyman
John Beifuss
Nia DaCosta s reboot sequel retains the Chicago setting of its influential 1992 predecessor but relocates the shocks to a bougie artsy 2021 milieu where talent and education ultimately provide no escape or defense from the racist past or present 
3.5
Candyman
Matt Brunson
It s ironic that for a movie marinating in major issues the most imagination is exhibited in the kill scenes 
2.5
Candyman
Rene Sanchez
A smart thought provoking and chilling horror piece with an important social commentary that mends the mistakes of the 1992 film Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Candyman
David Nusair
succeeds as both a superior sequel and a better than average contemporary horror effort 
3
Candyman
Mark Meszoros
Ultimately this one does get its bloody hook into you and it may have you avoiding mirrors for a while 
2.5
Candyman
Steven Prokopy
Though it tries to be too many things in one the themes of injustice racism and being the agent of one s own story that rise to the surface are the ones that speak the loudest 
3
Candyman
Matthew Passantino
To be completely effective horror movies can t waste any time and while the Candyman mythos might feel repetitive DaCosta s camerawork and eye for the unsettling create an entertaining new product 
3
Candyman
Randy Myers
It s in the Get Out level category of relevant horror 
3.5
Candyman
Mark Feeney
Acute and skillfully made Candyman is also pointedly political 
2.5
Candyman
Linda Cook
It s succulent smart and clever 
4
Candyman
Joe Friar
DaCosta transforms the iconic horror film into a relevant modern day sequel Yahya Abdul Mateen II gives us a stirring performance as an obsessed artist driven to the brink of madness much like Jeff Goldblum s Seth Brundle 
3.5
Candyman
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s magnificent 
3.5
Candyman
Mattie Lucas
While it often paints with an overly broad brush DaCosta has created a beautifully idiosyncratic and haunting film a thing of rare and terrible beauty that is at once a singular and wonderfully off kilter work 
3.5
Candyman
Sean P. Means
What s most gripping about Candyman is the way DaCosta Peele and Co take the frame of the 1992 film and build a modern thriller that explores the horror baked into America s cycles of racial violence economic exploitation and burying the evidence 
4
Candyman
James Berardinelli
The new Candyman proves to be a worthy follow up to its namesake 
3
Candyman
Kevin Carr
There s a lot buried in this movie It has a lot to say but it also still works as a chilling creepy horror movie 
3.5
Candyman
Sheri Flanders
Just as the 1992 version began with a slow crawl along the highway the 2021 version follows the path of the el tracks then flips traveling skyward and westward through downtown in a stunning upside down shot 
3
Candyman
Doug Walker
Could benefit more from showing you what s haunting as opposed to telling you what s haunting but cleverly continues the eerie lore of the original 
3
Candyman
Leo Brady
You may be afraid to say the name into a mirror but Candyman is a reflection of terror that audiences shouldn t run away from they should embrace it 
3.5
Candyman
Robert Horton
It reminds you how infrequently even in horror movies today are willing to take a main character and make him wildly unsympathetic 
2.5
Candyman
Sonny Bunch
Candyman is overstuffed with conceits that are either clever or half baked depending on your point of view but are definitely not given the space needed 
2.5
Candyman
Jeff York
Candyman is virtually George Floyd here a victim who becomes the face of centuries of white abuse against the black community Making him more of a symbol however robs this version of a clearer and more definitive bogeyman character 
3.5
Candyman
Pamela Powell
Candyman isn t your typical bloody horror flick In fact there s nothing typical about it This is a smart and complicated story that gently exposes the ills of the past and how they continue on through the present 
3.5
Candyman
Kevin A. Ranson
As Candyman manifests his visage becomes clearer re envisioned as purposeful and necessary instead of a murdering opportunist 
4
Candyman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Ultimately the script points us towards a narratively satisfying conclusion but before we get there we pass over more than a few cinematic bumps 
2.5
Candyman
Johnny Oleksinski
There s no mistaking what Candyman is trying to say Even so the loud messages don t overwhelm the plot or characters because director DaCosta in only her second feature has made such an exciting fun movie 
3
Candyman
Josh Larsen
confused in almost exactly the way that the first film was 
3
Candyman
Walter Chaw
DaCosta does some nice aesthetic stuff with reflective surfaces and image blurring that creates in camera doubling but to no end 
.5
Candyman
Chris Hewitt
Director co writer Nia DaCosta has lots of ideas and she seems determined to cram every single one of them into Candyman 
2
Candyman
Mark Dujsik
S o many of the movie s ideas are more or less abandoned as the plot settles into a rhythm of routine and especially in its jarring rush toward a climax 
2.5
Candyman
Katie Walsh
A genuinely terrifying and artful horror film that speaks with a bell clear voice to the current moment DaCosta crafts an eerie cinematic world that is anchored by a deeply harrowing and sorrowful performance by Abdul Mateen
3.5
Candyman
Mark Kennedy
A jolt of macabre adrenaline 
3.5
Candyman
Michael O'Sullivan
As an example of scary story social critique it s a cut above Peele s Us but far less incisive than his Oscar winning debut Get Out 
2.5
Candyman
Michael Phillips
Many will find DaCosta s take on the story didactic I suppose or low on genre payoffs I m eager to see it a second time flaws and all It s alive and awake to where we are now 
3
Candyman
Richard Roeper
From the opening moments of Nia DaCosta s gory yet strikingly beautiful and socially relevant Candyman it s clear we re in for an especially haunting and just plain entertaining thrill ride 
3.5
Candyman
Brian Truitt
Hide your mirrors and look out for bees Candyman has returned more relevant and terrifying than ever 
3
Candyman
Brandon Katz
Candyman feels like a reclamation project of sorts One that will scare the pants off of you yes but also one that adds depth and resonance to the once static slasher format 
3.5
Candyman
Joey Magidson
Frankly it s worth seeing but it s not a good film per se It s a flawed film with intriguing aspects and you ll have to decide if that s worth venturing to theaters for 
2.5
Candyman
Robert Morast
DaCosta s restraint keeps it interesting There s an elegance to her storytelling always giving us just enough to keep us moving forward without signaling too much of what s to come 
3
Candyman
Odie Henderson
A fun thought provoking time at the movies 
3.5
Candyman
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some intermittently rocky storytelling the film firmly puts the title character into our racially turbulent times finding real substance in the process 
3
Candyman
Roger Moore
This is horror with grandeur a movie that pays homage to history and feels so of the moment as to seem fresh out of the lab 
3.5
Formosa Betrayed
David Nusair
a hopelessly uninvolving and thoroughly routine piece of work from start to finish 
1
Formosa Betrayed
Joe Williams
The sturdy political thriller Formosa Betrayed is laudable for adding the voice of native Formosans to the usual two sided debate that reaches the American media 
2.5
Formosa Betrayed
Jeff Shannon
It s a passionate labor of love that pointedly criticizes the U S government s failure to recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation independent of mainland China 
2.5
Formosa Betrayed
Rick Groen
Formosa Betrayed is a history lesson dressed up as an action movie The lesson is pretty interesting the movie is just the far fetched plot it hangs on 
2
Formosa Betrayed
Jen Chaney
A movie that shows us the desperation and danger of living under martial law in Taiwan during the early 80s yet somehow never delivers the emotional gut punch the subject matter deserves 
1.5
Formosa Betrayed
Roger Ebert
Formosa Betrayed begins rather awkwardly but ends by making a statement that explains a great many things 
2.5
Formosa Betrayed
Kam Williams
A riveting thriller offering an array of history lessons and teachable moments about freedom 
3.5
Formosa Betrayed
Aaron Cutler
This is a lot of Graham Greene hugger mugger the tale of a rube who believes that he can do good abroad 
2
Formosa Betrayed
Janice Page
As a political thriller Formosa Betrayed has enough suspense and intrigue to pull viewers along willingly It doesn t try too hard which is refreshing 
2.5
Formosa Betrayed
Walter V. Addiego
This is an unabashedly pro democracy message movie Judged strictly as drama it s pretty routine 
2
Formosa Betrayed
Lou Lumenick
Mostly Formosa Betrayed seems a tedious excuse for lengthy tirades against Chiang Kai shek delivered by the film s producer and co writer Will Tiao who less than convincingly plays a Taiwanese activist 
1
Formosa Betrayed
Peter Keough
A clumsy political thriller whose only purpose is to remind the willfully ignorant that all was not rosy during the Reagan years 
2
The Land Unknown
Matt Brunson
A lesser entry in Universal s robust run of 50s sci fi flicks 
2
The Tomorrow War
David Nusair
46 46 46 sporadically watchable yet predominantly mediocre 46 46 46 
2
The Tomorrow War
Brian Eggert
Everything onscreen becomes either a product of embarrassingly bad screenwriting or an homage to a better landmark in the genre often both 
1.5
The Tomorrow War
Ray Gill Jr.
The Tomorrow War plays out like an alien action movie mixtape as it shamelessly steals from every film in its genre from Aliens to Starship Troopers 
2
The Tomorrow War
Peter Canavese
Watchable and diverting but still pretty standard issue sci fi therefore likely to be forgettable with Daddy Issues Drama X 2 In its particulars pretty damn silly 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Kevin A. Ranson
Cool critters foiled by every time travel trope ever as if someone transplanted a great idea for a monster movie into the cheapest derivative script available 
2
The Tomorrow War
Rene Sanchez
An adrenaline fuelled sci fi saga that checks all the boxes of a fun and visual effects driven summer blockbuster Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Lisa Jensen
At heart this is a standard shoot em up whose bad guys are such mindless flesh eating monsters think of the original Alien times a zillion that slaughtering them in ever more elaborate action sequences becomes the movie s main objective 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Randy Myers
The Tomorrow War is the surprise of the season a stuffed to the gills battle between evil aliens and terrified humans 
3.5
The Tomorrow War
Tom Meek
Not much of it makes you give a damn and it even wastes the talents of J K Simmons 
2
The Tomorrow War
Steven Prokopy
The Tomorrow War hits most of its action and science fiction beats at the right frequency to recommend an evening watching it with the sound turned way up 
3
The Tomorrow War
Mark Meszoros
The writing just isn t where it needs to be to justify so much of what happens in The Tomorrow War 
2
The Tomorrow War
Kevin Carr
There are some fun scenes in it but it s infuriating to watch if you have any sort of background in science fiction 
3
The Tomorrow War
Walter Chaw
It has fun stupid action and extremely fun stupid science 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Dann Gire
This old fashioned popcorn summer thriller with alien invaders and time traveling heroes more than fills the bill for wild escapist fun 
3
The Tomorrow War
Robert Levin
There are some entertaining moments and the movie might have played better on the big screen but it s impossible to shake the feeling that you ve seen it all before 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Mike McGranaghan
The Tomorrow War is a great big Frankenstein s monster of a movie It s cobbled together from pieces of other science fiction films 
2
The Tomorrow War
Roger Moore
It s never that great but rarely that bad either Until that godawful finale 
1.5
The Tomorrow War
James Berardinelli
It has been said that time travel movies are easy to do badly and difficult to do well If that s the case then The Tomorrow War falls into the former category 
2
The Tomorrow War
Johnny Oleksinski
It throws Alien The Terminator and A Quiet Place in a blender And like that gross kale smoothie you made once the result is gray goop 
2
The Tomorrow War
Leo Brady
The Tomorrow War is a true two star movie constantly swinging back and forth between exciting sci fi action and a clunky big budget bomb 
2
The Tomorrow War
Christy Lemire
A blandly derivative and overlong sci fi thriller 
1.5
The Tomorrow War
Sonny Bunch
The Tomorrow War is at heart a movie about time and what we do with it Fathers must learn to spend it well 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Rob Thomas
By the time it s over it feels like tomorrow 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a massive misfire that I unfortunately never connected with on an emotional level 
1.5
The Tomorrow War
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
At 140 minutes the film may take up a lot of your time but it s not worth any of it 
1
The Tomorrow War
Mark Dujsik
It exists basically as something mostly predictable and wholly generic 
2
The Tomorrow War
Mark Feeney
The best thing in the movie is Pratt 
2
The Tomorrow War
Catherine Springer
In the end no single thing kills this movie but an entire collection of weaknesses from Chris Pratt s over earnestness to the ridiculous premise to the charmless dialogue and unimaginative video game vibe 
1
The Tomorrow War
Jake Coyle
The Tomorrow War spends most of its time in the future but its central theme is timeless the replayed tragedy that sometimes you don t come home the same from war 
2.5
The Tomorrow War
Richard Roeper
This is one of the most confounding and ridiculous movies of the year with a terrific cast sinking under the weight of a convoluted plot and medium grade CGI special effects 
2
The Tomorrow War
Joey Magidson
The Tomorrow War should entertain you plain and simple It s fun and original sci fi done well 
3
The Tomorrow War
Mick LaSalle
At its core this is just a really good monster movie All the same there s a touch of beauty to it 
3
#LIKE
Randy Myers
There s a lot to like about the shot on the cheap Like a confident debut from Pirozek 
3
Philip Roth, Without Complexes
Kyle Smith
Frustratingly little light is shed on either Roth s life or his work by this series of interviews with the novelist and a curious selection of admirers 
1.5
Philip Roth, Without Complexes
Ela Bittencourt
In spite of the film s exhaustive chronology those who deduce from its title that they re in for an unveiling or an unraveling of a major literary figure may come out empty handed 
2.5
Philip Roth, Without Complexes
Stephen Whitty
A crisply filmed document 
3.5
Woodstock
Roger Ebert
Few documentaries have captured a time and place more completely poignantly and for that matter entertainingly 
4
Daniel Isn't Real
Simon Abrams
There s not much to Daniel Isn t Real beyond a cynical generic coming of age story and a lot of unexamined second hand ideas about creativity empathy and spirituality 
2
Daniel Isn't Real
Mark Dujsik
The third act of Daniel Isn t Real searches for an answer to the mystery of Daniel and in unlocking it the movie loses itself 
2.5
Daniel Isn't Real
Pat Brown
Its performatively extreme imagery thinly masks a rather banal view of male subjectivity and inner conflict 
1.5
Ready
Namrata Joshi
I was unprepared for the unadulterated gunk I had to wade through on the screen 
1
Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of The Saxon Pub
Joe Friar
Jeff Sandmann s SXSW 2019 Audience Award winning documentary is just as much a tribute to Austin s musicians as it is to the legendary live music venue established almost 30 years ago in the state capital of Texas 
4
Taris, roi de l'eau (Jean Taris, Swimming Champion)
Mattie Lucas
The film does feature some of Vigo s visual wit but is otherwise the only film in the director s canon that is otherwise non essential 
2.5
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Brian Eggert
Whatever nonsensical artistic rationalization Six uses to justify The Human Centipede 2 44 the result leaves you feeling empty and flat 44 if annoyed by its lack of substance and scares 46 
0
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Mattie Lucas
One of the most horrific displays of sheer tastelessness the cinema has ever seen 
0
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Mike McGranaghan
Rather than trying to entertain us director Tom Six goes all out in an attempt to make us sick to offend our very sensibilities He has succeeded And screw him for that 
0
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
David Nusair
a major disappointment that admittedly ups the gore quotient but fails in virtually every other respect 
2
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Glenn Lovell
a fiendishly clever self homage that tackles the HC phenomenon head on Embracing his critics Six posits the question What might the world s most insatiable HC fan be like Scary 
2.5
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Wesley Morris
All Six is going for with the generous application of both hardware supplies to the skin and feces to the camera is a tired commentary on his shallow talents They re excremental 
0
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Roger Ebert
The film is reprehensible dismaying ugly artless and an affront to any notion however remote of human decency 
0
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Michael O'Sullivan
Dismal nauseating and yet bizarrely artful 
0.5
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
V.A. Musetto
The Human Centipede II Full Sequence is sick disgusting and vile It s also demonically funny stylish and ingenious 
3
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Peter Travers
The film is in black and white so the gore doesn t spray quite as colorfully But you ll still puke up a storm 
0
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Chris Hewitt
It is profoundly unpleasant and unfortunately part of a trilogy 
1
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Matt Pais
The film s target audience appears to be those who sit through on screen mutilation and wonder why they don t make a home version 
1
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Christy Lemire
It s hard to tell whether Six made The Human Centipede 2 to titillate his audience or to mock it And after a while it is hard to care 
1.5
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
Richard Larson
While we all have our variable thresholds for niche entertainments there s usually a support group in a church basement somewhere willing to offer at least a sense of community 
1
Inglourious Basterds
Brian Eggert
When he wrote this last line of his screenplay Quentin Tarantino must have felt the same way about Inglourious Basterds a film which embodies all the traits of a great Tarantino film yet also encompasses the director s palpable love for cinema 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Mattie Lucas
You have to respect Tarantino s vision moral aversions or not But the result this time feels like a great idea that ranged out of hand 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Matthew Rozsa
When Tarantino sent this message to moviegoers in 2009 it s unlikely that he imagined how relevant it would be in 2019 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Alan French
However despite the aspects that can make loving Tarantino a slog he has moments of true cinematic greatness that cannot be ignored 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Brandy McDonnell
From the opening moments Tarantino s films always start strong the film establishes itself as the auteur s best work 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Scott Nash
Waltz steals every one that he s in 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
David Keyes
A smart sophisticated and perplexing blend of wisdom and attitude that takes bold risks sneers at convention and then still has enough audacity to rewrite the history books for one last daring climax 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Annie Young Frisbie
The intricate plot offers a wealth of opportunities for scene stopping showpieces of all kinds from epic spectacle to intimate character work 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Leah Rozen
Basterds has multiple plot strands that eventually converge in a spectacular finale which takes place fittingly in a movie theater in Paris 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Sean P. Means
Watching Tarantino pull out his filmmaking toys and play with each of them is a thrill 
3
Inglourious Basterds
John Serba
Tarantino s ensemble converses at length in basement taverns and cinema lobbies and war rooms and the best exchanges are tricky chesslike psycho verbal games of subterfuge 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Norman Wilner
This film isn t about World War II it s about World War II movies as gleefully recounted by a giddy kid who s eaten way too much sugar 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Michael Dequina
A work that is experimental offbeat and most distinctly of a unique voice is a welcome rarity 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Perry Seibert
Although the actors are flawless it is Tarantino whose name will go hand in hand with the film he is by the modern definition of the word an auteur 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Wesley Lovell
Tarantino s visual style and flare for the fantasy make for an intriguing and colorful World War II drama 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Nick Rogers
Hitler is introduced in a cape like a comic book villain so moral relativism clearly isn t part of the plan With its intentionally brash rewriting of history Inglourious Basterds is what Quentin Tarantino s back half of Grindhouse should ve been 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Linda Cook
Gloriously directed and written Inglourious Basterds is a must for Quentin Tarantino fans 
4
Inglourious Basterds
David Nusair
As relentlessly audacious and engrossing as anything within Quentin Tarantino s flawless body of work 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Austin Kennedy
If you love Quentin get ready for a hell of a ride 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Sonny Bunch
At times Inglourious Basterds is arguably the best picture of the year full of the joy and verve and filmmaking prowess that has so marked Mr Tarantino s best work 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
John Wirt
The stylish Inglourious Basterds means next to nothing but its pure outlandishness draws eyes to the screen 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
John Beifuss
The cameo by Rod Taylor and the references to Yvette Mimieux the stars of The Time Machine are the tip offs This is Tarantino s celebration of cinema as time machine a device that can erase the years and on an imaginative level change the past 
4
Inglourious Basterds
James Kendrick
Tarantino is much less interested in the gory possibilities of the premise than he is in old fashioned suspense and tension
3
Inglourious Basterds
Lori Hoffman
a rollicking wish fulfillment revenge fantasy about getting Hitler that is presented with a graphic novel ambiance punctuated with moments of brilliant tension 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Jordan Hiller
I got the feeling that shock confusion and even disgust greeted the misinformed Jewish patrons itching for rapture 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Bob Bloom
Basterds is very audacious with comic book like characters and dialogue a B movie sensibility and a serial like disdain for logic 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Mike McGranaghan
I think this is a key work in Tarantino s career because it shows that he can pull off a masterpiece without resorting too much to his well established bag of tricks 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Kam Williams
Don t be put off by all the explicit gore for it is ultimately vindicated by the flick s disturbing self referential way of delivering a thought provoking message not only about war but about our insatiable lust for movies about war 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Phil Villarreal
By far the best World War II film I ve ever seen 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Josh Larsen
Quentin Tarantino has finally made a movie that means something though I think that s happened entirely by accident 
2
Inglourious Basterds
Brian Holcomb
This is a FILM with blood in its veins a heart in its body and a red hot engine in its chassis It is alive with ideas and a geniune belief in the power of FILM to express them 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Peter Canavese
A whole lot of movie but it s also technically mature filmmaking to a thematically juvenile end 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Gina Carbone
Quentin Tarantino has become the third Coen brother 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Kit Bowen
Revel in the Glourious ness that is Inglourious Basterds writer director Quentin Tarantino s marvelously skewed take on WWII 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Christian Toto
Quentin Tarantino s once blazing career continues to sputter thanks to his alternately brilliant and baffling Basterds 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Sara Michelle Fetters
I need to learn if this is indeed the spectacularly engaging mess I want to say it is or just a plain old mess with spectacular moments the difference between the two so razor thin a follicle of hair might actually be thicker 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Jeffrey Westhoff
Tarantino s scenes go on and on because he s in love with the sound of his character talking This gets especially maddening in Inglorious Basterds because much of the dialogue is in German so the words are three times as long 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Mike Scott
Not only does it have all the Tarantino hallmarks crackling dialog dark comedy graphic violence but it s also got Brad Pitt and dead Nazis Entertaining Immensely 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Stephen Whitty
It s these fine sequences that can make you truly regret Tarantino s snarky in joke impulses not to mention his arrogant perhaps even dangerous lack of concern with the story s moral dimensions 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Peter Travers
Will Basterds polarize audiences That s a given But for anyone professing true movie love there s no resisting it 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Matt Brunson
A celebration of film as its own entity beholden to nothing but its own creative impulses 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Mick LaSalle
The picture contains all the things his fans like about Tarantino the wit the audacity the sudden violence but this movie s emotional core and bigness of spirit are new 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Rick Groen
War reduced to pop entertainment should at least be easy to swallow but this stuff keeps getting stuck in our craw The trash that Tarantino used to elevate he now imitates 
2
Inglourious Basterds
Chris Hewitt
The movie is fun Tarantino makes clever use of language and the mechanics of making and projecting movies but his ability to juggle multiple storylines isn t as sure as it was in Pulp Fiction which Basterds resembles structurally 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Sean O'Connell
The pop art auteur s least focused film to date a rambling wreck of shrewd ideas and cinematic influences that never interlock into their own identifiable movie 
1.5
Inglourious Basterds
Duane Dudek
Whatever Inglourious Basterds lacks as a satisfying whole it makes up for in the sum total of its assertive parts 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Willie Waffle
Everything with Brad Pitt and The Basterds is awesome The rest of the movie stinks 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Michael Phillips
I don t know if I ve ever seen a revenge fantasy so willfully messed up sometimes offensively so that still manages to be worthwhile for whole sections of its 2 1 2 hours The opening is as good a sequence as Tarantino has ever created 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Keith Cohen
This has to be regarded as the most unusual movie of the year The movie is imaginative and so full of curveball ideas that you can t wait to see what will happen next 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Rossiter Drake
Is this Tarantino s masterpiece as the movie s final shot not so subtly seems to suggest I believe it s one of them In the end we re left with superior storytelling from one of cinema s most talented practitioners 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Erik Childress
After two and a half hours it s impossible to question the greatness within but hard to ignore what also makes it his most laboring and flawed feature to date 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Walter Chaw
a war film about war That s rarer than you think 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Mark Dujsik
There are no pure heroes or villains in Tarantino s vision of WWII just varying degrees of the dredges of humanity in a time and place where the shadows have free reign 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Jeff Vice
It s talky foul mouthed over the top and probably too long by at least a half hour However those who enjoy Tarantino s brand of off the wall filmmaking and those who can withstand this film s constant assault on their sensibilities will be just fine 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Claudia Puig
The outcome is gory and glorious 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Dustin Putman
Fierce fascinating literate ballsy shocking whimsical devastating brazenly inventive and nothing less than wholly hypnotic 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Ty Burr
Inglorious Basterds is an entertainment but an uneasy one it represents 153 minutes of bravura stalling after which its creator loses interest and walks away 
2.5
Inglourious Basterds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the best war movies of the decade not because it s about war but because it s about war movies 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Steven Rea
Tonally schizoid and rife with anachronisms a David Bowie song on the sound track out of era vernacular Tarantino s Third Reich folly is utterly exasperating 
2
Inglourious Basterds
Lou Lumenick
Quentin Tarantino s extremely witty revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds may be the most fun you ll have at the movies this summer 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Robert W. Butler
That isn t the way the history books tell it but after seeing this overripe wonder you may prefer Tarantino s take 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
John Hartl
Tarantino s wartime fantasies may leave history in the dust but his movie is a surprisingly satisfying contribution to movies about the Holocaust 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Peter Howell
These Basterds blend into a much richer story a hugely entertaining one with stars you don t immediately see shining 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Rafer Guzman
Tarantino is the most fearlessly inventive filmmaker alive but we knew that And while Inglourious Basterds is never anything less than ridiculously entertaining it s nothing Tarantino hasn t done before 
3
Inglourious Basterds
Rene Rodriguez
Inglourious Basterds transcends the war genre to become its own kind of unique picture A bloody blast of pure movie bliss 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Michael Sragow
It s so hollow and protracted that it transforms mayhem into monotony 
1.5
Inglourious Basterds
Roger Ebert
Quentin Tarantino s Inglourious Basterds is a big bold audacious war movie that will annoy some startle others and demonstrate once again that he s the real thing a director of quixotic delights 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Michael A. Smith
A well made film featuring one of the great performances of the year 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Joe Williams
With its exploded notions of heroism torture rack dramatics and kamikaze gusto it s a fiendishly entertaining flick 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
James Berardinelli
With Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino has made his best movie since Pulp Fiction He has also made what could arguably be considered the most audacious World War II movie of all time 
4
Inglourious Basterds
Peter Keough
It s nasty and exhilarating stuff 
3.5
Inglourious Basterds
Ed Gonzalez
Tarantino seems to be scrutinizing his obsession with the cinema by cleverly placing it into an apt historical context 
3
Taking Care of Business
Walter Chaw
A series lame jokes and clunky plot machinations that would strike as cynical were they not so obviously desperate 
0.5
Salvage
David Nusair
an ambitious yet wholly misguided horror effort 
1
Black, White and Blues
Mike Scott
a sterilized and predictable version of life that plays out like a very special movie of the week albeit one with a nice soundtrack 
1.5
Black, White and Blues
John Beifuss
Brother knew how to tell a story Michael Clarke Duncan says admiringly of Shakespeare The same can t exactly be said of this earnest calling card indie 
1.5
Pitch Perfect
Wesley Lovell
Anna Kendrick anchors a terrific cast of young women as they explore internal struggles and external threats in a cappella glory 
3.5
Pitch Perfect
Sarah Knight Adamson
Pitch Perfect isn t always on key but it s more impressive than a good karaoke performance enough so to provide plenty of laughs and entertainment 
3
Pitch Perfect
Craig D. Lindsey
The movie almost makes me consider watching an episode of Glee almost 
3
Pitch Perfect
John Beifuss
A spry B film aimed at Generation Glee 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Lori Hoffman
This take on an a capella group competition is a mild satire that provides a few good laughs and terrific performances by Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Phil Villarreal
There are so many reasons to hate Pitch Perfect and yet it s impossibly tough to do so 
3
Pitch Perfect
Wilson Morales
Pitch Perfect hits the right notes that will satisfy not just music fans of the songs but anyone who wants to have an enjoyable evening of entertainment 
3
Pitch Perfect
Matt Brunson
The movie belongs to Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy What s most refreshing about the character is that she s all about being confident and taking control a rare break from American movies that do nothing but marginalize mock or pity their plus sized women 
3
Pitch Perfect
Stephen Whitty
What we have here is a not very funny college comedy for tweens full of unappealing characters and although the musical arrangements are fun some truly unimaginative choreography 
2
Pitch Perfect
Sean P. Means
The only time the movie connects is when Kendrick Co start singing performing dynamic and energetically staged numbers 
2
Pitch Perfect
Tyler Hanley
Some films make you weep others make you squirm Then there are those that simply make you smile Pitch Perfect falls into the third category thanks to its strong script charming cast and catchy soundtrack 
3
Pitch Perfect
John Wirt
A fun young musical comedy boosted by Anna Kendrick s straight woman chemistry and multiple amusing supporting characters 
3
Pitch Perfect
Rob Thomas
It s done with freshness and style a very funny script and a lot of energy and turns out to be one of the nicest surprises so far this fall 
3
Pitch Perfect
Jon Niccum
Pitch Perfect strives to be edgy yet it never quite lets go of wanting to be comfy at the same time 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Peter Howell
Luckily the good outweighs the bad in this bright n breezy comedy about competitive a cappella singing groups 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Connie Ogle
If you re not grinning by the end of this light funny crowd pleaser consider yourself tone deaf 
3
Pitch Perfect
Willie Waffle
This is another one of those movies that feels like it emerged from the Great Hollywood Blender of Movie Ideas 
1.5
Pitch Perfect
Amy Biancolli
Pitch Perfect is major key all the way a blast of tuneful sugary cheer kicked up with enough tart humor to offset the glucose 
3
Pitch Perfect
Joe Williams
Belatedly riffing on the TV series Glee might have produced some sour notes but Pitch Perfect finds just the right tone 
3
Pitch Perfect
Michael O'Sullivan
Pitch Perfect totally gets one critical fact A cappella singing contests are both a little bit amazing and a little bit ridiculous The tone that the film strikes is a perfect balance between the two extremes 
3
Pitch Perfect
Kyle Smith
A movie that s made to be obsessed over seen 50 times quoted as devoutly as such sacred texts as Heathers and Bring It On 
3.5
Pitch Perfect
Rafer Guzman
Though likable and energetic the movie is so eager to put a finger on every pulse that it loses the rhythm 
2
Pitch Perfect
Geoff Pevere
A let s put on a show story so steeped in backlot Hollywood convention it almost embarrasses itself with the difference being it really doesn t care 
3
Pitch Perfect
Dustin Putman
Though it might sound like a hacky platitude don t be surprised if Pitch Perfect leaves a fair share of its audiences outwardly cheering 
3
Pitch Perfect
Mark Dujsik
There s plenty of reason to doubt it has enough self awareness to realize how awkward its mesh of cynicism and sincerity is 
1.5
Pitch Perfect
Claudia Puig
The spirited a cappella singing in Pitch Perfect makes a predictable feather light coming of age film irresistibly fun 
3
Pitch Perfect
Moira MacDonald
Not quite pitch perfect but it s irresistible 
3
Pitch Perfect
Peter Travers
I got a goofball kick out of Pitch Perfect Anna Kendrick is terrific in this spoofy sassy romp And I have one word for Rebel Wilson Wow 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Wesley Morris
The throwaway lines in Kay Cannon s script are so many and so expertly deployed that you basically spend the whole movie digging through the trash 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Carrie Rickey
I smiled for the first half of the movie and started laughing hysterically when a supporting character hijacked it from its stars 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Molly Eichel
Pitch Perfect has some legitimately funny moments 
2.5
Pitch Perfect
Cathy Jakicic
This unabashed dorky cool embrace of the world of a cappella is a happy surprise at every turn 
3
Pitch Perfect
James Berardinelli
Pitch Perfect looks sounds and feels like pretty much every other movie that features a singing or dancing competition 
2
Pitch Perfect
Chris Hewitt
It s music it s comedy it s fun 
3
Pitch Perfect
Matt Pais
As mean spirited as failed American Idol auditions 
1
Pitch Perfect
Roger Moore
Who knew there was this much fun left in glee clubs so long after Glee jumped the shark 
3
Pitch Perfect
Roger Ebert
It s a twentysomething song and dance movie built around rival a cappella groups That s more exciting than dueling string quartets I suppose but no the quartets would be performing better material 
2
Pitch Perfect
Christy Lemire
It s ridiculous and predictable but also just a ton of fun so you may as well give up and give in to your inner musical theater geek 
3.5
Pitch Perfect
Andrew Schenker
Jason Moore s film is more or less successful in inverse proportion to the degree that it plays its material by the book 
3
Water and Power
Fred Camper
While O Neill s proenvironment sentiments are clear the film never resolves itself into any of the simpleminded dualisms of a message picture 
4
Red Army
Mattie Lucas
Takes a strong subject and renders it toothless and forgettable 
2
Red Army
Craig D. Lindsey
Through a vivid collection of clips and interviews this enlightening rousing documentary shows us how these proud but cautious athletes have a complex love hate relationship with the place they call home 
3
Red Army
Josh Terry
Through interviews and file footage Fetisov becomes the human protagonist at the heart of a story that says as much about the USSR as it does about hockey 
3
Red Army
Marty Mapes
For the Soviet team hockey is an apt metaphor for the Cold War
3.5
Red Army
Brad Keefe
Like many of the great sports documentaries it s about more than sports And it s also one of the greats 
3.5
Red Army
John Beifuss
An always entertaining if occasionally ice thin hockumentary 
3
Red Army
John Wirt
A fascinating documentary that s more than a sports story 
3
Red Army
Sean P. Means
Through a treasure trove of archival footage and some revealing interviews Polsky deftly depicts how the squad s fortunes paralleled those of the Soviet system 
3
Red Army
John Anderson
Fascinating funny heroic moving and may even make hockey fans out of nonbelievers 
4
Red Army
Mark Feeney
It s a mark of Polsky s ambition and canniness that he braids hockey not just with geopolitics but also with personal history and human drama 
3
Red Army
Steven Rea
It s a story of global consequences and historic proportions and of astounding athleticism and synchronicity and filmmaker Polsky ices it 
4
Red Army
Michael Upchurch
Wittily edited and beautifully scored Red Army is not just a terrific film but an important one even if you don t give two hoots about ice hockey 
4
Red Army
Joe Williams
Sports and hockey in particular were a propaganda tool for the communist system which is richly illustrated here in archival footage and poster art 
3
Red Army
Mark Dujsik
There are enough pieces of this story missing or detached from context that hockey here does start to become the kind of metaphor that the movie seems to want to avoid 
2.5
Red Army
Dann Gire
Polsky combines purposeful archival footage interviews with the original players and commentaries from journalists and experts in analyzing the effectiveness of using the hockey team as part of the expansive Soviet propaganda machine 
3.5
Red Army
David Lewis
An easy to digest history lesson that still reverberates on today s geopolitical landscape As they say in hockey Polsky pulls off a hat trick 
4
Red Army
Brad Wheeler
Red Army is Gabe Polsky s compelling but skewed documentary on the Soviets less than sporting mentality when it came to the international skating and puck shooting game 
3
Red Army
Dan Schindel
I can t recall the last time I saw a documentary in which the people behind the camera were so clearly out of their depth as they are in Red Army 
2
Red Army
Godfrey Cheshire
Emotionally charged viscerally exciting and consistently enlightening Gabe Polsky s Red Army is a sports documentary like no other 
4
Red Army
Peter Travers
Deserves a big boo yah from audiences for being hugely entertaining but the thorny subject of what constitutes national identity comes through loud and clear 
3.5
Red Army
Roger Moore
An eye opening and upbeat look at the Other Side on the ice covered battleground of the once and future Cold War
3.5
Red Army
Farran Smith Nehme
The Soviet era is more interesting than the NHL years but still the film is entertaining even for ardent nonfans 
3
Red Army
Kenji Fujishima
If the Olympic Games tend to encourage an extremely nationalistic perspective in players and fans Polsky through Viacheslav Fetisov s story discovers the gray areas in playing for one s country 
3
Super Sweet 16: The Movie
Michael Dequina
The potential is there for something along the biting lines of Mean Girls but ultimately it becomes something more along the lines of Bratz 
2
A Family Affair
Wes Greene
The film gives the impression of being transmitted from someone s memory or a journal comprised of unorganized entries 
3
The Devil Has a Name
Joey Magidson
The Devil Has a Name is an imperfect attempt at a satirical dramedy 
2.5
The Devil Has a Name
Richard Roeper
The Devil Has a Name is not your average legal thriller with an eclectic mix of actors playing the heroes and villains most of them peculiar in some way 
3
The Devil Has a Name
Glenn Kenny
An angry movie that s angry about the right things But it s so angry that it gets a little crazy about it 
2
The Devil Has a Name
Mark Dujsik
Caught somewhere between a dark satire and a serious critique The Devil Has a Name is a tonally confused examination of corporate malfeasance 
2
The Devil Has a Name
Roger Moore
None of it adds up to anything with urgency about it a sense of triumph or defeat or a story coherent enough to engage the viewer 
1.5
Dear Heart
David Nusair
a slow moving drama that s been suffused with a whole host of ineffective time wasting attributes 
1.5
Rooftops
Barbara Shulgasser
Wise ought to be ashamed But chances are that if he were capable of directing the vulgar and badly made Rooftops shame is beyond him by now 
1
Rooftops
Gene Siskel
Rooftops is a film you think you know soon after it begins and you re right 
2
Rooftops
Juan Carlos Coto
It s B grade teen saga stuff but in the hands of an old pro like Wise Rooftops is fairly watchable 
2
Rooftops
Stephen Hunter
It s tempting to write that Gedrick is no Richard Beymer but strictly speaking that s not true Gedrick has about as much charisma as Beymer which is no charisma at all 
2
Rooftops
Kathleen Shea
The thing is none of this is very interesting or exciting The music is the sort of annoying undistinguished monotonous drumbeat you can hear out of any passing boombox The dance sequences are perfunctorily shot 
1
Rooftops
Roger Ebert
If the movie had gone ahead and declared itself as a musical fantasy that would have taken the curse off the cliches But it hedges its bets it pretends to be a straight narrative and then hopes to sneak in the dance stuff 
2
A Time for Dying
Roger Ebert
Too slight too flat and too unintentionally ludicrous 
2
A Woman Without Love
Ed Gonzalez
Though arguably Buuel s worst film A Woman Without Love is a perfectly routine melodrama that most directors would be happy to call their best film 
3
The Fly
Brian Eggert
The Fly is the director s most embossed work representing the body and distortions thereof in striking visual language 
4
The Fly
Matt Brunson
For all its fetishistic attention to gross out elements what primarily distinguishes the film is its love story 
3.5
The Fly
Carrie Rickey
Wildly imaginative gut wrenchingly scarifying and profoundly primal not to mention funny David Cronenberg s The Fly is a movie that whacks you in the solar plexus and leaves you gasping 
4
The Fly
Gene Siskel
As slimy and as grotesque as some of its special effects become The Fly is a far superior horror film to the top grossing film in America of late Aliens 
4
The Fly
Dave Kehr
The Fly seizes on our ingrained instinctive horror of sexuality the sense of shame that our fundamentally puritanical society can t help but teach us and by confirming our worst fears helps us for a moment to move beyond them 
4
The Fly
James Berardinelli
The Fly is almost unique for a horror movie in that it compels us sympathize with and root for the characters 
3.5
The Fly
Eric Henderson
David Cronenberg s 1986 remake of the sci fi schlockfest The Fly is celebrated as perhaps the most perfectly balanced of the director s pre prestige films 
4
The Fly
Walter Chaw
One of the saddest explorations of love and loss captured in one of the most underestimated films of the 80s 
4
The Fly
James Kendrick
Where other Cronenberg films have collapsed under the heavy weight of their own ideas The Fly succeeds 
3.5
The Fly
James O'Ehley
Finally A horror movie for adults 
4
Fightville
Kyle Smith
Fightville you had me at gladiator school 
3
Fightville
Michael Nordine
Fightville s most worthwhile material tends to lie in the space between what its subjects say and what we know to be true 
3
Fightville
Stephen Cole
If only there was more of Dustin and his colleagues back story in Fightville the fight film might have been a real knockout 
2
Fightville
Linda Barnard
The process is bloody raw and often emotional and the fights themselves shocking in their brutality as the cameras follow the young Turks who do battle for a few hundred dollars 
3
First Knight
David Sterritt
Excali BORE 
2
First Knight
Peter Canavese
Goes for a pass as a shallow but occasionally rousing swordfighting flick with a handful of thoughtful scenes has something those other pictures don t have Sean Connery as King Arthur 
2.5
First Knight
Michael Dequina
The out of place Richard Gere doesn t do justice to the fine performance of Julia Ormond 
2
First Knight
Peter Travers
Whenever Zucker stops piling on battle scenes as if he were directing Braveheart his film casts a romantic spell 
3.5
First Knight
Edward Guthmann
a handsome entertaining twist on the King Arthur legend 
3
First Knight
Madeleine Williams
Colorful but ultimately disappointing 
2
First Knight
James Berardinelli
Bad acting dumb dialogue and confusing cinematography abound creating one of the most shoddy Camelot stories to date 
2
First Knight
Joe Baltake
lushly romantic almost quaint 
3
First Knight
Roger Ebert
The movie is entertaining enough in its own way and Sean Connery makes a splendid King Arthur but compared with the earlier films Rob Roy and Braveheart this one seems thin and unconvincing 
2
First Knight
Susan Wloszczyna
I f you tingle at the sound of metal unsheathing and the sight of flaming arrows whizzing through moonlight you ll probably be swept away by this shining Knight in amour 
3
First Knight
Chris Hicks
has so many wild cliffhanger situations that you may expect the film s action to stop at some point as To Be Continued pops up on the screen 
1.5
Mugabe and the White African
Roger Ebert
In a continent where despotic rule is not uncommon there is little argument that Mugabe is the most monstrous of rulers 
3
Mugabe and the White African
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Mugabe and the White African is cinema as journalism at its most aesthetically confident and humanely satisfying 
3
Mugabe and the White African
Marty Mapes
Outrage powers documentary on Zimbabwean injustice
3.5
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Ed Gonzalez
Interesting only for about as long as it takes to realize that Fisher has honored Weine s expressionist aesthetic but hasn t improved the original s creaky plotline 
2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Maitland McDonagh
Fisher s dialogue draws heavily on the original film s intertitles and script directions and the addition of sound is a plus for moviegoers uncomfortable with the artificial embarrassment of silence 
3
Follow the Fleet
Josh Larsen
the standout numbers here ironically are the solo ones 
3
Follow the Fleet
Dan Callahan
Burdened with a dull plot but blessed with a rousing Irving Berlin score 
3
The Promised Life
Ty Burr
There is nothing Huppert can t do except save Promise from the valley of the shadow of bad French movie pretensions 
1.5
The Promised Life
Mick LaSalle
Like an old Hollywood star vehicle this French import does its job providing its lead actress with compelling emotional circumstances and its audience with arresting contexts through which to perceive her 
3
The Promised Life
V.A. Musetto
Isabelle Huppert is such a wonderful actress it s a shame that her latest film to reach our shores La Vie Promise directed by Olivier Dahan isn t better 
2.5
The Green Fog
Ty Burr
Eerie witty and unexpectedly moving 
3
The Green Fog
J. R. Jones
This collective tantrum is another reminder of why people go to the movies to see others moved 
3
Last Seen Alive
Roger Moore
And just like that 44 Gerard Butler 8217 s back to making B and C movies 63 
1.5
Last Seen Alive
Pablo O. Scholz
Brian Goodman isn t willing to plant his feet on the ground and lets his imagination fly high with some graphic very graphic violence scenes Full review in Spanish 
3
13 Going on 30
Matt Brunson
Jennifer Garner possesses the flair and instincts of a screwball comedienne 
3
13 Going on 30
Peter Canavese
Naive as its young heroine but also as good natured Blu ray 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Kam Williams
A rehash of familiar material but the engaging Garner is charismatic enough to make it magical 
3
13 Going on 30
Eric Melin
While it s the Keystone Light of Vice Versa movies it also annoyingly adds itself to the ever growing list of movies that think being kitschy about the 1980s is funny 
2
13 Going on 30
Betsy Bozdech
Alias superspy Jennifer Garner makes the most of her first starring role and discovers that love and navigating adult life really is a battlefield 
3
13 Going on 30
Jorge Avila Andrade
Garner es simple y sencillamente adorable mostrando que puede llegar a convertirse en una verdadera sper estrella 
3.5
13 Going on 30
Mark Collette
Sickeningly cute surprisingly energetic and alarmingly clever 
3
13 Going on 30
Forrest Hartman
Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner look great together and you get the feeling they like one another That goes a long way toward selling a romantic comedy 
3
13 Going on 30
Lori Hoffman
Garner s sparkle elevates 13 Going on Thirty to the level of passable entertainment
2.5
13 Going on 30
Ross Anthony
If you could roll up all the things that concern a 13 year old from the 1980 s and put them into a 30 year old well then you d pretty much have this film 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet Garner shines and with a deft supporting cast of comedically talented character actors and assured direction by director Gary Winick The Tic Code 13 Going on 30 comes up pretty much a winner 
3
13 Going on 30
Peter Debruge
Nearly perfect in its own cotton candy way 
3.5
13 Going on 30
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Garner is buoyant and clearly having a great time Too bad the filmmakers didn t put any more than the most cursory attempt into building any kind of plot around her 
2
13 Going on 30
Frank Ochieng
There s a genuine and giddy warmth that makes this charming feminine teen tale into awkward womanhood feel like an uplifting whimsical experience
3
13 Going on 30
Mike McGranaghan
Merely adequate the film has a plot so old it probably came over on the Mayflower 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Linda Cook
I thought this would be a rip off of Freaky Friday Was I ever wrong 
3
13 Going on 30
David Nusair
Garner s performance effectively keeps things interesting even when the film is going through the motions 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Sean P. Means
Whenever the movie veers toward complexity it abruptly turns tail and runs trailed by a cloud of 80s power pop songs 
2
13 Going on 30
Vince Koehler
Jennifer Garner stars in a romantic comedy with Mark Ruffalo that reminds you of Tom Hanks movie Big 
3
13 Going on 30
Moira MacDonald
You find yourself rooting for Garner and Ruffalo despite the predictability of the premise 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Mick LaSalle
Provides a lighthearted amusing and yet mostly honest version of a daydream most of us have had at one time or another 
3
13 Going on 30
David Elliott
Although director Gary Winick can put a smile on such stuff and dispose of actors without trashing them the script is a vapor mist of rinky dinks 
2
13 Going on 30
Joe Baltake
Disarming fun as it trails a little girl who almost learns too late what s important in life and tries to correct mistakes that her older self made 
3
13 Going on 30
Sarah Chauncey
The awkwardness of adolescence is timeless and regardless of your age you ll find something or many things to love in 13 Going on 30 
3
13 Going on 30
Jonathan Foreman
It s a surprisingly charming and fresh comedy that only becomes painfully saccharine in its last 20 minutes 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Connie Ogle
Garner is so appealing as Jenna that she almost makes you forget you ve already seen Tom Hanks endure similar travails in 1988 s Big 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Bob Strauss
Makes no emotional or narrative sense 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Loey Lockerby
Miraculously Garner survives all this giving a vibrant performance that actually does suggest an awkward teenager in a 30 year old s body 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Liam Lacey
The lanky action star of the cult television series Alias is assigned a tired playbook in this film but she finds room to manoeuvre in a performance that exceeds expectations 
3
13 Going on 30
Jeff Vice
It turns out Garner is a natural comedian with real presence And ultimately her convincing performance is what makes 13 Going on 30 watchable 
3
13 Going on 30
Lisa Kennedy
Often 13 Going on 30 s pleasures aren t deep so much as they are the trained responses to a push of our MTV programmed buttons 
2
13 Going on 30
Roger Ebert
You buy the magic because it comes with the territory What I couldn t buy was the world of the magazine office and the awkward scenes in which high powered professionals don t seem to notice that they re dealing with a 13 year old mind 
2
13 Going on 30
Wesley Morris
It s looking for comedy and romance in the obvious places 
2.5
13 Going on 30
James Sanford
Even when its laughs aren t as pardon the pun big as they should be 13 doesn t lose the audience and that s mostly because its leading lady is so much fun to watch 
3
13 Going on 30
Phil Villarreal
Lacks even one scene people will be talking about when today s 13 year olds are 30 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Jami Bernard
Just when you think there is nothing left to mine in the body switch genre 13 Going on 30 is an unexpected pleasure a buoyant comedy that will make you feel young again 
3
13 Going on 30
Sue Pierman
Like the song Thriller the movie strikes an overly familiar chord But it s an infectious one 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Erik Childress
God knows a thirteen year old would have more sense But that age is too sophisticated for dreck like this 
0.5
13 Going on 30
Walter Chaw
Another flick that makes you want to read the first draft of the screenplay to see exactly how much of it was sanitized for your delicate sensibilities 
2
13 Going on 30
Claudia Puig
Amusing charming and pleasantly nostalgic 
3
13 Going on 30
Terry Lawson
As fantasy formulaic as 13 Going on 30 is writers Josh Goldmith and Cathy Yuspa haven t bothered to work out the sort of details that transport us too 
2
13 Going on 30
Lawrence Toppman
The writing team of Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith don t work hard enough to be consistent 
2.5
13 Going on 30
David Sterritt
Garner gives her all which isn t enough to salvage the movie s early scenes full of too familiar situations and stereotypes 
2
13 Going on 30
Jeff Strickler
Garner is appearing in her first comedy since Dude Where s My Car And she seems to be having such a good time doing it that we can t help but be drawn in 
3
13 Going on 30
John Anderson
Unlike Hanks in Big there s little consistency to Garner s character 
2
13 Going on 30
Carrie Rickey
Garner is a delight a completely accessible personality in completely forbidding clothes 
3
13 Going on 30
Bruce Newman
Subplots make the story feel labored as if no one wanted to confront what it actually feels like to be a kid trapped in an adult s life 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Chris Hewitt
It s an appealing package and like Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan Garner seems designed for romantic comedies because we like her and want the best for her 
3
13 Going on 30
Phoebe Flowers
Garner s heretofore unexploited comedic prowess is what catapults 13 Going on 30 from passably entertaining to highly watchable 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Tony Toscano
Jennifer Garner in her first romantic comedy sparkles in this must see date film 
3
13 Going on 30
Mark Caro
The movie is as flighty and mixed up as the adolescent girl at its center 
2
13 Going on 30
Josh Larsen
like a game of reverse dress up in which an adult mugs about unconvincingly in the clothes of a little kid 
2
13 Going on 30
Willie Waffle
Yes 13 Going on 30 is a rip off of Tom Hanks s Big but it has its own merits and charm that s what the lawyers will be arguing when they get sued 
3
13 Going on 30
Rob Thomas
This is a strange sort of comedy where the big jokes don t work but the little ones do 
2.5
13 Going on 30
Rob Blackwelder
Without Garner 13 Going on 30 just wouldn t have the same charm With her it s magic 
3
13 Going on 30
Josh Gilchrist
13 Going On 30 makes no apologies for being a carbon copy of 1988 s big although it s inevitable that most audiences will wish that it did 
2
13 Going on 30
Jeanne Aufmuth
Doesn t have an original bone in its narrative body but coasts through on a large dose of Jennifer Garner charm 
3
13 Going on 30
Scott Nash
Fans of Garner s of which there are many might find it cute and funny I did not 
2
13 Going on 30
James Berardinelli
The movie may not be as good uplifting or perceptive as Big but it s one of the better teen girl themed films of the year and can be enjoyed by viewers of either gender in any age group 
3
13 Going on 30
Steve Rhodes
Should be a monster hit with tween girls but should have wide appeal as did Freaky Friday another similar picture 
3
13 Going on 30
Ed Gonzalez
In 13 Going on 30 women are allowed happiness but only if they choose the right man 
1.5
Divine Love
Rene Sanchez
Its neon infused visuals contrast divinely with the conservative theme of its story A futuristic cautionary tale that feels relevant in today s social and political climate Full Review in Spanish 
4
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
Kam Williams
A moving if belated tribute to a host of visionary iconoclasts who were unappreciated if not outlawed or outright assassinated in their time 
4
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
Bill Weber
Beneath the meditative procession of sites Gianvito layers an anxiety built into most viewers gaps in 17th to 20th century U S history 
3.5
Think Like a Man
Dwight Brown
A solid comic date movie and surprisingly romantic 
3
Think Like a Man
Jeff Beck
The only thing Story s successfully done with this film is publicize Steve Harvey s book which seems to have been the main goal all along 
1.5
Think Like a Man
Austin Kennedy
Yeah the movie is cliched and you can pretty much guess what s going to happen But the enjoyment of this film is watching the characters hang out and interact with each other 
3
Think Like a Man
Kam Williams
So laugh out loud funny that I strongly urge you to sit near the front of the theater since the audience din drowned out a lot of dialogue at the screening this critic attended 
3
Think Like a Man
Rafer Guzman
Think Like a Man is a surprisingly engaging entertaining and very funny movie 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Farran Smith Nehme
The more this alleged romantic comedy begs you to adore it the more you wish you could block its calls 
1
Think Like a Man
Ann Hornaday
It seeks to rescue contemporary black storytelling from the clutches of men in drag and misogynist moralizing 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Stephen Whitty
Yes this movie urges women to Think Like a Man But it thinks like an infomercial and for a pretty old fashioned product 
2
Think Like a Man
Kevin C. Johnson
Despite the crass book promotion the overlong film is harmless romantic fun that s well played 
3
Think Like a Man
Jennie Punter
While using the book as a plot catalyst is certainly not a bad approach to constructing a fictional story from the material the movie is bogged down from the get go with too many bits of business and a very lengthy setup 
1
Think Like a Man
Mick LaSalle
Though it is funny at times laugh out loud funny this comedy is by and for adults 
3
Think Like a Man
Willie Waffle
Even though we have too many characters and too many subplots to follow the movie still comes up short on material 
2
Think Like a Man
Mark Dujsik
When they aren t quoting the book the actors occasionally have some genuinely amusing interactions It s a shame their sole purpose is to hawk a book 
2
Think Like a Man
Claudia Puig
Even though Think Like a Man espouses something akin to the philosophy in Beyonc s Single Ladies Put a Ring on It it makes manipulation more fun than it ought to be 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Jon Niccum
A funny sprawling romantic comedy that attempts to say something significant about relationships Occasionally it has the ring of truth 
3
Think Like a Man
Peter Howell
The script ultimately resorts to just counting off comic beats as it creaks through its unfathomable two hour running time 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Mack Bates
Think Like a Man is a rare thing a studio backed romantic comedy with a who s who of young attractive talented African American actors who aren t relegated to thankless secondary roles 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Wesley Morris
Think Like a Man becomes as tedious as Valentine s Day a movie based on a holiday or He s Just Not That Into You a movie based on putdowns disguised as advice 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Carrie Rickey
It wants only to entertain and it succeeds 
3
Think Like a Man
Roger Moore
For all the laughs Harvey s thesis that women have to expect more from the arrested development crowd that make up the men of this generation rings true 
3
Think Like a Man
Connie Ogle
Think Like A Man isn t the first movie based on a self help book but it may be the best 
3
Think Like a Man
Moira MacDonald
As romantic comedies based on self help books go Think Like a Man unfolds pleasantly enough you know exactly where it s going but that s probably the case for the book as well 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Monica Castillo
Relatable moments are easily the highlights of the movie and they pop up frequently enough to make this boy s club believable 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Matt Pais
Male female relationships unfold as a constant power struggle and the guys instinctively choose lying over truth every time 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Michael Phillips
One of the more unpromising comedies of the year has turned out pretty funny 
3
Think Like a Man
Roger Ebert
Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with bad taste in literature 
2
Think Like a Man
Christy Lemire
You have to give Think Like a Man credit for not only trying to serve as an alternative to Tyler Perry style date night fare but for even going so far as to make fun of those movies for their soapy conventions 
2.5
Think Like a Man
Glenn Heath Jr.
Unfortunately like so many women have prophesied regarding the weaker gender s lack of commitment there s just not enough follow through 
2
Think Like a Man
Michael Dequina
One of the best mainstream date movies to come out in recent memory 
3.5
Being Cyrus
Namrata Joshi
Whether you like it or not will depend largely on your appetite for the weird Every single character here is eccentric does not belong to the mainstream but seems to inhabit the fringes 
3
Ride Your Wave
Simon Abrams
The movie s unabashed sentimentality never feels unbearable 
3
The Truth
Brian Eggert
Though Kore eda has changed the location and language of his characters his thematic interest in family dynamics remains firmly intact 
3.5
The Truth
Diana Cheng
Overall The Truth is a light hearted feature leisurely paced with embedded humour Koreeda s intention might be more cerebral than comical 
3
The Truth
Brandy McDonnell
In many ways The Truth treads familiar territory but Kore eda brings a deftly humorous touch to the story 
3.5
The Truth
Ty Burr
Using compassion and the slightest touch of syrup Kore eda brings his characters to a place where they realize with shock that they re finally on the same page 
3.5
The Truth
Roger Moore
A glorious star turn a film lover s movie 
3
The Truth
Jeff York
The film stands as one of the year s most exquisite plumbing the depths of an actor s life and the complexity of relationships in the fallout from it 
4
The Truth
Rene Sanchez
Although Kore eda is working in a different language and culture his latest work allows him to confirm the universality of the themes he s explored throughout his career Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Truth
James Berardinelli
The Truth is layered and offers a treat for those who savor acting on the highest level but it is a step down from his best films and may hold its strongest appeal for those who label themselves cineastes and art house movie lovers 
3
The Truth
Robert Horton
Among its other pleasures the way Kore eda keeps the film seamlessly moving between family drama and on set revelations is so easy and fluid you won t have a chance to consider how complicated all the pieces are 
3.5
The Truth
Odie Henderson
Binoche is very good here but this is definitely Deneuve s show 
3.5
The Truth
Mark Dujsik
Kore eda perhaps spends too much time fleshing out characters and relationships that have nowhere to go 
2.5
The Truth
Peter Canavese
Deneuve and Binoche as mother and daughter are worth the price of admission and Kore eda brings a thematic playfulness to bear 
3
The Truth
G. Allen Johnson
Master Japanese writer director Hirokazu Kore eda makes a seamless transition to French language cinema filming in and around Paris and successfully importing his feel for complicated family dynamics 
4
The Truth
Oliver Jones
Kore eda s film is nonetheless a quiet Gallic gift to these orphans in the dark who are forever sorting through old stories and new movies in an attempt to find beauty in both the truth and the lies 
3
The Truth
Rob Thomas
Kore eda is depicting a relationship that s more authentic than we re used to seeing in movies while letting us know that he gets the reflexive irony of presenting such a relationship in a movie that s itself about the making of movies 
3
The Truth
Kent Turner
It s Binoche who makes the film matter 
2.5
The Truth
Christopher James
We ve seen squabbles of the rich and high maintenance dramatized with more specificity and care The Truth merely exists to give Catherine Denueve a runway to ACT in all caps 
2
The Truth
Chuck Bowen
The tactility of earlier Hirokazu Kore eda imagery has been traded for a softer more luscious nevertheless melancholic dream world 
3
A Cadaver Christmas
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An indie gem that needs discovering 
3
Species
Peter Canavese
Typifies middling Hollywood schlock 58 a pulpy 44 sleazy sci fi 47 horror creature feature destined to cycle endlessly through cable airings and 44 now 44 to pad out streaming platforms 46 
2
Species
Kevin Carr
While the effects often don 8217 t hold up 44 and the script structure isn 8217 t fully formed 44 this is a great slice of 90s era sci fi paranoia 46 
3
Species
Matt Brunson
An imaginatively cast and tautly directed sci fi horror hybrid that doesn t quite escape the timeworn dictates of its plotline 
2.5
Species
Michael Phillips
It s a sex horror fantasy without laughs or life a nightmare without sense a casual pickup that should have been left at the disco 
2
Species
Jami Bernard
Despite its silly excesses of misogyny watch out for female sexuality it ll kill ya this absurdly exploitative sci fi movie is not unpleasant to watch 
2
Species
Stephen Hunter
As cheesy exploitation Species offers a few cheap thrills for the teen age boys who are too young to see it but will get in anyway For the rest of us its untidy mixture of misogyny and gore seems to represent the DNA of sleaze 
2
Species
John Wooley
It s all competent enough and the climactic scenes play out in a pretty exciting way but don t expect anything innovative here 
2
Species
Gene Siskel
Roger Donaldson directs Species with a firm pace and right up until the end he s in control of a most satisfying summer film 
3
Species
Jeanne Aufmuth
A well respected cast gives a certain cachet to Species the kind of film for which respect would normally be out of reach 
1.5
Species
Mick LaSalle
Species quickly degenerates into a kind of slasher film with Sil picking up guys and killing them If only Species were a little bit worse it would have a shot at becoming a camp classic 
1
Species
James Berardinelli
It s not top of the line but there s also quite a bit of room beneath it 
2.5
Species
Roger Ebert
For every rare film like 2001 or Close Encounters of the Third Kind with a sense of wonder about the vastness of creation there are a dozen like this which are basically just versions of Friday the 13th in which Jason is a bug eyed monster 
2
Species
Susan Wloszczyna
Ingeniously combines the schlocky fun of 50s sci fi flicks with the shock tactics of Alien and the cautionary allure of Looking for Mr Goodbar 
3
Species
James O'Ehley
This movie is to be honest an Alien clone 
2
Species
Madeleine Williams
Starts out great but the initial intelligence and suspense gives way to every possible horror movie cliche imaginable 
2
Living in Seduced Circumstances
Burl Burlingame
OK it s a low budget Misery It s made with technical panache and an interesting palette however and the actors are up to the challenge 
2
Transit
Brian Eggert
Transit is another masterpiece from the German director and an urgently relevant symbolization of the contemporary refugee crisis 
4
Transit
Cassidy Olsen
An on the road tale of stolen identity that s imbued with suffocating urgency and paranoia Transit uses many of the conventions of noir to weave a Kafkaesque narrative about how memory functions in the face of trauma and political oppression 
3
Transit
John Beifuss
In updating the story from World War II to a mysteriously Fascist occupied present day Paris director Christian Petzold transforms Anna Segher s 1942 novel into both a Philip K Dick esque alternate history thriller and a Kafkaesque neo Casablanca 
3.5
Transit
Michael Phillips
An audacious reminder that there s more than one way to adapt a so called period novel for a new era 
3.5
Transit
Steve Macfarlane
Christian Petzold s white hot existentialist noir Transit is perhaps the best World War II film since Paul Verhoeven s Black Book even if it hinges on a suspension of disbelief that ll be too far a stretch for some 
3.5
Transit
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Another remarkable film from Petzold 
2.5
Transit
Jeff Mitchell
Don t actively investigate your questions Instead just let the narrative run through you so its rewards won t pass you by 
4
Transit
Andrea Gronvall
a profound meditation on the dehumanizing condition of statelessness 
4
Transit
Rene Sanchez
By mixing past and present Petzold offers us a vital and timely reminder of the mistakes we tend to repeat as a society Full Review in Spanish 
4
Transit
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps Petzold s most enigmatic opaque work The audience often feels as lost as his characters trapped in an existential nightmare from which there is seemingly no escape 
3
Transit
Sean P. Means
The juxtaposition of the past and the present keeps us constantly off balance and make Transit a ride to remember 
3.5
Transit
Robert Horton
Fear and cruelty are never contained by a single time period 
3.5
Transit
David Keyes
Phenomenal A near perfect lament on conflicted human behaviors 
4
Transit
Anita Katz
Petzold s adaptation shifts narration duties to a minor character He s not all that omniscient but like the rest of this movie he s got lots to say 
3.5
Transit
Walter V. Addiego
It s a demanding film but gives a lot in return 
3
Transit
Mark Dujsik
While Transit comes from a 77 year old story it remains bleakly relevant today and in this re telling Petzold reminds us that such stories will always be with us 
3.5
Transit
Ty Burr
Transit could have been a comedy that Camus might appreciate The movie haunts but more in theory than in fact 
2.5
Transit
Josh Larsen
reminds us how easily the awful past can be repeated in the present 
3
Transit
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If at times the trappings of the 21stcentury break the spell the magic is still mostly there 
3.5
Transit
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a story whose fatalistic ending has the impact of something that like a repetition of the Holocaust feels simultaneously unexpected and devastatingly preordained 
3
Transit
Bruce DeMara
The dreamlike quality to the narrative just adds to the general state of confusion It s a radical concept and it mostly works 
3
Transit
Bill Chambers
The stultifying voiceover meant to nuance Georg s actions is only more evidence of Petzold s navel gazing and although it remains a nostalgic treat his classical visual sense fails to organize the unruly material 
1.5
Transit
Kate Taylor
With Transit director Christian Petzold creates a Second World War adventure that is not a sentimental costume drama and a contemporary political parable that is not a didactic sermon and produces a highly entertaining film into the bargain 
4
John Carter
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s watchable and 44 at times 44 an enjoyable film 44 just not wowing or immediately satisfying in the way so many of Burroughs 8217 readers had hoped it would be 46 
2.5
John Carter
Mattie Lucas
It s the kind of movie that reminds us why we go to the movies a kind of filmmaking that some may call naive or outdated but I would call timeless John Carter is the real deal 
3
John Carter
Craig D. Lindsey
The movie is still one tacky sight 
2
John Carter
Jeff Beck
John Carter is certainly an interesting idea for a film with a power struggle on an alien world and an outsider affecting the balance but sadly it never ends up fully working 
2.5
John Carter
Peter Canavese
An undeniable disaster of marketing Join me on a tour of media headaches and why they don t necessarily reflect the quality of the movie itself Blu ray 3D 
2.5
John Carter
Linda Cook
OK they botched the title But not the movie itself 
3
John Carter
Roger Moore
A bloated sci fi epic from Disney that s made watchable by swell effects passable performances and those little dashes of humor that reassure us that the filmmakers know this is all a lark 
2
John Carter
David Nusair
the movie s disappointingly flat atmosphere is perpetuated by Kitsch s competent yet bland work 
2
John Carter
Sara Michelle Fetters
A century in the making Disney s John Carter is a superlative cinematic fantasy that s without question the single most entertaining thing I ve had the pleasure to see in 2012 so far 
3.5
John Carter
James Kendrick
an awesome folly a misguided project of genuinely enormous proportions that feels like exactly what it is an impersonal product of franchise hungry corporate culture
1.5
John Carter
Burl Burlingame
Great fun as we endure scrape after scrape in this wild near hallucinatory landscape and director Stanton finds the right balance of cheerful solemnity and cheeky humor 
3.5
John Carter
Scott Nash
A film version of John Carter has been in the works since 1931 That means Hollywood has had 81 years to get a decent script together and this is the best they could do 
2
John Carter
Matt Brunson
There are some fantastic sights in John Carter but there s also a lot of overkill with Stanton and crew often cluttering up the visuals with the deranged frenzy of George Lucas retooling his Star Wars sagas 
2.5
John Carter
Mike McGranaghan
It isn t that John Carter is bad it s just really mediocre And mediocrity is deadly in this genre 
2
John Carter
Walter Chaw
all that s missing is a senate debate and a pod race 
1
John Carter
Alison Gang
Disney and director Andrew Stanton may have dusted off the creaky franchise and wrapped it in 300 million worth of 3 D digital effects but the final product still feels like ancient history 
1.5
John Carter
Lawrence Toppman
This hodgepodge falls together neatly because we know the film will go exactly where we want it to go right down to the intervention by a faithful comic animal sidekick a Pixar specialty 
3
John Carter
Tyler Hanley
Fortunately for viewers the film is directed by Pixar sensation Andrew Stanton Finding Nemo WALL E and the visual effects are literally out of this world 
3
John Carter
John Wirt
Directed and co written by Andrew Stanton of Finding Nemo Toy Story and Monsters Inc fame the fun but sometimes confusing John Carter may launch the next big sci fi adventure franchise 
3
John Carter
Eric Melin
Since its story inspired every mainstream fantasy right up to Avatar John Carter may seem a little old fashioned but it s a solid piece of fantasy entertainment that s equal parts corny and poignant 
3
John Carter
John Beifuss
Comical Woola a faithful dog like creature that travels at Road Runner superspeed steals every scene He s the John Carter equivalent of Uggie and the movie sad to say needs him 
2.5
John Carter
Sean P. Means
John Carter a rousing science fiction adventure adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs early 20th century pulp novels is a rare bird that s at the same time strikingly modern and engagingly old fashioned 
3.5
John Carter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
John Carter enthusiastically remains a pulp story at heart 
3
John Carter
Robert Levin
Visionary and philosophical with the sort of complex allusions to death immortality and the destruction of civilizations that you don t expect from a 250 million film 
3
John Carter
Stephen Whitty
Whenever the fighting stops and two people have to stand and talk all the air goes out of everything Suddenly it feels as if we re in an empty theater watching a dusty old sword and sandal epic 
2.5
John Carter
Bob Bloom
John Carter s biggest miscalculation is the casting of Taylor Kitsch as Carter He is too soft and wooden He lacks the gravitas needed to be an inspirational leader no matter how high or far he can jump in Barsoom s lesser gravity 
1.5
John Carter
Willie Waffle
If John Carter was a date you would be running off to the bathroom to call a friend so the friend would call you ten minutes later with an emergency so you could get away 
.5
John Carter
Rick Groen
It isn t bad so much as innocuous 250 million worth of innocuous framed by a decent start and a solid finish but sagging through the long middle like a cheap mattress 
2
John Carter
Rafer Guzman
Though messy and overlong it s an enjoyable throwback to the movie spectacles of a more innocent age 
2.5
John Carter
Ann Hornaday
Gets off to such an incoherent start that it takes almost the entire interminable two hour plus running time to catch up 
1
John Carter
Mark Dujsik
Like any template it has the skeleton but is missing the meat 
2.5
John Carter
James Berardinelli
Suffers from a convoluted plot and an anticlimactic resolution but hits enough high notes along the way to be enjoyable 
3
John Carter
Claudia Puig
The villains are overwrought and the design of Mars is surprisingly bland 
2
John Carter
Dustin Putman
Thank God that s over with one character utters near the end of John Carter No spoken words have ever been truer 
1
John Carter
Daniel M. Kimmel
The visuals are stunning the battles are exciting and the supporting cast is strong Why then did Disney stupidly do everything they could to ensure that it would fail 
3
John Carter
Mick LaSalle
There s nothing to see nothing to think about nothing to care about and nothing to feel just emptiness The emptiness is never filled over the course of 132 long barren minutes 
1
John Carter
Jon Niccum
Kitsch best known for TV s Friday Night Lights proves able to front a movie The Canadian is as reliable as Avatar lead Sam Worthington with a mix of good looks brawn and generic heroism 
2.5
John Carter
Matt Soergel
There s a lot of coming and going in John Carter and most of the time I wasn t exactly sure where they re coming from or going to 
2
John Carter
Steven Rea
There s something generic about the digitally rendered Martians whatever their stripe and skin tone and there s a corniness to the dialogue that keeps the audience from any kind of emotional attachment to the Tharks and Zodangans and their ilk 
2.5
John Carter
Gary Thompson
Carter is so good natured and so goofy that it s hard to completely dislike But impossible I think to understand 
2.5
John Carter
Ty Burr
Against the odds John Carter is itself pretty amazing an epic pulp saga that slowly rises to the level of its best imitations and wins you over by degrees 
3
John Carter
Charlie McCollum
John Carter may not be a perfect movie but it s one where you can safely plunk down your money grab your box of popcorn and come away reasonably satisfied when the closing credits roll 
2.5
John Carter
Peter Howell
It looks as if Disney simply borrowed and recycled the sets of Prince of Persia and Gladiator adding leftover props from The Phantom Menace and Cowboys and Aliens 
1
John Carter
Duane Dudek
Even genre film lovers have standards and John Carter doesn t meet them 
1.5
John Carter
Peter Keough
Like its four armed Tharks and its ten legged Calot this adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs s series of sci fi novels has too many moving parts for its own good 
2.5
John Carter
Chris Hewitt
I liked it and if you re a sci fi fantasy fan you ll probably like it even more 
2.5
John Carter
Joe Lozito
Beautifully realized visuals nearly make up for the well worn story in this Disney adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs character 
2.5
John Carter
Erik Childress
The difference with Indiana Jones or Pirates of the Caribbean is that most of their action is memorable and filtered through a charismatic hero who fills in the downtime The flat turns the story takes make it more The Adjustment Bureau meets Spaceballs 
2
John Carter
Matt Pais
Often feels silly but only occasionally fun 
2.5
John Carter
Soren Andersen
A cheesy looking the 3 D adds nothing to the picture quasi epic filled with dullish characters and chaotically staged action scenes 
1.5
John Carter
Michael Phillips
The major problem here is one of rooting interest I hate to sound like a mogul or a focus group ho but at the center of this picture is a flat inexpressive protagonist played by a flat inexpressive actor 
2
John Carter
Roger Ebert
The action sequences are generally well executed but they re too much of a muchness CGI makes them seem too facile and not tactile enough 
2.5
John Carter
Josh Larsen
has more personality than anyone should rightly expect from a two hour plus CGI heavy sci fi fantasy epic 
3
John Carter
Christy Lemire
Yes there is life on Mars in John Carter and it s deadly dull 
1.5
John Carter
Connie Ogle
John Carter manages to be a ridiculous amount of fun even if you are immune to the charms of Taylor Kitsch running around in what amounts to a stylish loincloth 
3
John Carter
Lou Lumenick
It s hard to care about anything going on in this shapeless would be franchise which lurches from scene to scene without building any real excitement 
1
John Carter
Jaime N. Christley
It s both abrupt and languorous a wall to wall exhibition of design work where nobody had the basic decency to make sure the designs were good 
.5
Father Christmas Is Back
Roger Moore
Rubbish wrapped in tinsel 
1
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Walter Chaw
Taking place in a scary netherworld where up is down black is white and Steve Guttenberg Rodney Dangerfield Lori Loughlin Pauly Shore and Richard Moll still have careers 
0
Rosemary's Baby
Brian Eggert
Rosemary s Baby builds tension with masterful patience and detail not because it relies entirely on the payoff of its devilish finale but because Roman Polanski wants to submerge the viewer in paranoia 
4
Rosemary's Baby
Eric Henderson
So long as there are men in power who are still fuzzy on the definition of rape Rosemary s Baby will endure as a cautionary tale 
4
Rosemary's Baby
Wesley Lovell
A spellbinding horror film from Roman Polanski 
4
Rosemary's Baby
David Nusair
a bona fide classic of the horror genre 
3.5
Rosemary's Baby
Michael Dequina
Polanski s most startling accomplishment is ultimately twisting something as natural as maternal instinct into something horrifying if not downright monstrous 
4
Rosemary's Baby
Roger Ebert
It is a creepy film and a crawly film and a film filled with things that go bump in the night It is very good 
4
Rosemary's Baby
Jeremy Heilman
Surely one of the best horror films ever made 
4
Rosemary's Baby
James Kendrick
a masterpiece of paranoid tension about evil lurking in the mundane
4
Cookie
Ryan Murphy
Cookie has the look and feel of a cartoon And that unfortunately is why it crumbles 
2
Cookie
David Nusair
Watchable yet entirely disposable 
2
Cookie
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of pleasant sometimes funny fairly entertaining film that you can never quite remember very well because even the filmmakers themselves haven t seen it very clearly 
2
Freud
Kathy Fennessy
a film of considerable artistic and intellectual merit and deserves recognition as something other than a production nightmare 
3.5
Freud
Matt Brunson
Here s a movie where the dream sequences appropriately enhance rather than injure the story 
3
Calendar
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The themes of voyeurism and sexual obsession family discord and isolation media and identity are for once wedded to something more universal than the relatively abstract social commentary and mannerist charades 
4
People Like Us
Michael Dequina
The formidable talent of the cast believably turns the contrivance navigating characters into yes people like us 
3
People Like Us
Matt Brunson
Best of all is Elizabeth Banks Come to think of it Banks is frequently the best thing about any movie in which she appears tell me again why she isn t a huge star 
2.5
People Like Us
Keith Cohen
This cinematic gem is the perfect counter programming to the typical noisy summer blockbusters It grabs you by the heartstrings and elicits a deeply felt emotional pull The ending will leave you in tears 
3
People Like Us
Lisa Kennedy
It s encouraging to see a wielder of studio heft test his mettle with the all too human In a season of superheroes and their nemeses Kurtzman takes on characters hurting hoping trying to rise to the occasion of family 
2.5
People Like Us
Tyler Hanley
Solid writing and strong performances by leads Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks propel People Like Us from a maudlin drama to a memorable one 
3
People Like Us
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I just wish it had had the courage to be honest rather than using a gimmick about lying 
2.5
People Like Us
John Beifuss
Kurtzman apparently doesn t see the camp humor in his sudsy melodrama instead using dim if handsome lighting and choppy editing to impose a pretense of realism on material that is hard to swallow whatever its real life inspiration 
2
People Like Us
Stephen Whitty
What they ve really done is stitch together a decade s worth of Katherine Heigl Jennifer Aniston Kate Hudson romantic comedies and then cut out all the romance and most of the comedy 
2
People Like Us
David Nusair
it s finally difficult to recall a movie leveled so definitively and so pervasively by a plot development ie it s just that hokey and unbelievable 
2
People Like Us
Joe Williams
Pine and the always watchable Banks make the best of a bad screenplay but People Like Us gives us nothing that we can relate to 
2
People Like Us
Rafer Guzman
If it weren t for the whole shared DNA problem People Like Us might have made a nice pot of romantic mush 
2
People Like Us
Kyle Smith
One of those heartfelt dramas that was obviously dreamed up to win awards but fell short and is instead being dumped before awards season 
1.5
People Like Us
Michael O'Sullivan
Ultimately the movie s fundamental truth shines through the Hollywood gloss 
2.5
People Like Us
Dustin Putman
Works in spite of its problems due to some fine performances and a bizarre dynamic that very nearly finds romance in a relationship between half siblings 
2.5
People Like Us
Peter Keough
The fact that the story is autobiographical doesn t make me feel any better about it 
2
People Like Us
Claudia Puig
The movie s soap opera quality undermines its efforts to tell a family saga with much believability 
2
People Like Us
Amy Biancolli
If not for the icky air of incest Pine and Banks would make one fine looking couple 
1
People Like Us
Gary Thompson
I didn t think I d ever see Banks top her five minutes in The Forty Year Old Virgin as the girl in the book store but she s outdone herself here in a large meaty dramatic role 
2.5
People Like Us
Chris Hewitt
Title withstanding these people are nothing like us if by us we mean real people 
2
People Like Us
Peter Travers
People Like us is saved from melodramatic quicksand by live wire acting from a touchingly vulnerable Chris Pine and a heartbreakingly good Elizabeth Banks We believe we are watching people like us 
2.5
People Like Us
Peter Howell
People Like Us is neither funny enough for comedy or serious enough for real drama 
1.5
People Like Us
Matt Pais
The movie s two star rating belongs almost exclusively to a four star performance from Elizabeth Banks 
2
People Like Us
Moira MacDonald
It s not an entirely fresh idea but always an intriguing one 
3
People Like Us
Jake Coyle
Too shiny and drenched in California glow to feel very personal It grows increasingly sentimental and by the end lays it on especially thick 
2.5
People Like Us
Roger Moore
A well acted weeper that walks an unsteady line between the emotional and the darkly comical 
2.5
People Like Us
Michael Phillips
Kurtzman hammers every scene and eye blink with a heavy hand 
2
People Like Us
Roger Ebert
I like smart movies about smart people and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together 
2.5
People Like Us
Rene Rodriguez
Do you see how colossally misguided this whole thing is 
1
People Like Us
Rex Reed
People Like Us is informed by real feelings uncorked like a lost bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon hidden away in a dark corner of a private wine cellar 
3
People Like Us
Andrew Schenker
This dry as dust enterprise bogs down in an almost total lack of energy and imagination that no amount of faux earnestness can overcome 
.5
Heroes for Sale
John Beifuss
An astonishment a no punches pulled social history of America from World War I to 1933 that covers trench warfare drug addiction Communism automation labor riots false imprisonment xenophobia bread lines and more 
4
35 Shots of Rum
Kathy Fennessy
The result marks one of Claire Denis s smaller films and one of Alex Descas s best and most subtle performances 
3.5
35 Shots of Rum
Mattie Lucas
Isn t so much a film as it is a mirror one that invites us to look inside and find ourselves drawing us into its own tremulous careworn beauty 
3.5
35 Shots of Rum
Jeff Vice
Those who go into it expecting to see a smart character piece and those who are patient will find the well acted feature rewarding even emotionally satisfying 
3
35 Shots of Rum
Robert W. Butler
A wonder of minimalism Claire Denis 35 Shots of Rum quietly observes the lives of several Africans living in a Paris suburb 
3
35 Shots of Rum
Calvin Wilson
Claire Denis an acclaimed French director makes films that defy the rules of Hollywood 
4
35 Shots of Rum
Michael Phillips
Modest in scope but very sure Rum goes down smoothly indeed 
3.5
35 Shots of Rum
Roger Ebert
I ve seen films where superheroes shift alliances and I only yawned What matters is not the scope of a story it s the depth 
4
35 Shots of Rum
Steven Rea
35 Shots of Rum is visual poetry but poetry that examines the human condition with insight and illumination 
4
35 Shots of Rum
Wesley Morris
I liked these characters and suddenly not having them in my life anymore simply because Denis has decided to start the closing credits devastated me 
3.5
35 Shots of Rum
Peter Keough
Understated beautifully acted and with an exacting soundtrack 35 Shots of Rum goes down easily but packs a subtle kick 
3
35 Shots of Rum
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Claire Denis returns with a relatively simpler more narrative based feature though without sacrificing any of her unique flow 
4
35 Shots of Rum
V.A. Musetto
Denis who has called the film a tribute to the great Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu keeps dialogue to a minimum as she delicately examines how immigration is changing the face of France 
3.5
35 Shots of Rum
Bill Weber
Perhaps as a result of channeling Ozu Denis s incipient humanism comes through more directly than in her existentially forbidding The Intruder or even her acclaimed baroque Herman Melville remix Beau Travail 
3.5
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Roger Ebert
Like all of Morris films Mr Death provides us with no comfortable place to stand 
4
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Joshua Tanzer
As Errol Morris shows us how this strange little man got into the execution business and Holocaust denial we should ask ourselves Did we create Mr Death Is he us 
3.5
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Morris most potent film 
4
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
David Sterritt
A riveting movie 
3
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Michael Dequina
Errol Morris cements his reputation as the premier contemporary documentary filmmaker 
4
The Scouting Book for Boys
Alistair Harkness
First time director Tom Harper creates a suitably foreboding atmosphere ensuring that even if the dramatic turns the film takes stretch credibility the film feels like a sincere reflection of its protagonist s world 
3
Last Holiday
Camerin Courtney
If you had three weeks left to live I wouldn t recommend you spend your precious time watching this 
2
Last Holiday
Matt Pais
Latifah is the risk taking spark in a film that takes few chances of its own 
2.5
Last Holiday
Steven Snyder
Last Holiday is more than a story that lets us escape It s a story we d like to believe could actually happen 
3
Last Holiday
Linda Cook
Note to Queen Latifah I have almost forgiven you for the inexcusable Taxi now 
3
Last Holiday
David Nusair
an admittedly inconsequential yet undeniably uplifting piece of work 
3
Last Holiday
Sean McBride
Queen Latifah has such an engaging on screen persona that she s able to make gem out of what would have otherwise been a lump of coal of a movie 
3
Last Holiday
Larry Ratliff
Last Holiday is the kind of film perfectly suited for those in the mood for something that doesn t require much more than a willingness to settle in for some warmhearted silliness On that level it s delicious 
3
Last Holiday
Frank Ochieng
Last Holiday is another anemic female empowerment fable that never really sustains its clunky momentum feels misplaced in its aimless adventurous skin 
2
Last Holiday
Sean P. Means
Latifah is as charming and sassy as always Someday she ll find a script that can match her magnificent personality 
1.5
Last Holiday
Greg Maki
Georgia is a lovable character we can t help but root for 
2.5
Last Holiday
Ken Fox
One wishes director Wayne Wang who depends far too much on madcap action to keep his movie moving had as much confidence in Latifah herself 
2.5
Last Holiday
Peter Howell
It may not be much it s a remake of a 1950 Alec Guinness film but it is as bright as a Christmas bauble 
2.5
Last Holiday
Ruthe Stein
An awful lot makes no sense in Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman s script starting with its basic premise 
2
Last Holiday
David Elliott
Instead of deft comedy with a depth charge of feeling we have now a contraption festooned with cute sparkles and tiny heart grabs 
2
Last Holiday
Carla Meyer
Last Holiday remake returns to the era of the original 56 years ago when films made all sorts of leaps to sell their concepts 
2.5
Last Holiday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film s larger arc and plot twists leave quite a bit to be desired But Wang s overall delicate touch makes Last Holiday tolerable 
2.5
Last Holiday
Pam Grady
Last Holiday is not a movie that will tax anyone s brain cells But as diversions go it is pleasant a nice escape from winter s doldrums 
3
Last Holiday
Lisa Rose
Latifah s carpe diem spirit sustains the picture even when the script is carpe dumb 
3
Last Holiday
Lou Lumenick
Last Holiday is a thoroughly mediocre dramedy 
2
Last Holiday
Jami Bernard
The Queen never lets us down 
3
Last Holiday
Connie Ogle
Last Holiday isn t much more than a fantasy but it s a sweet one and it s far more worthy of attention than such hideous garbage as Rumor Has It 
2.5
Last Holiday
Amy Biancolli
A mild fangless forgettable thing that entertains some and offends little barring one obnoxious subcontinental stereotype and a cloying urge to make everybody chipper at the end 
2
Last Holiday
Liam Lacey
The pace drags the stunt double work is obvious and the slapstick especially a ski hill scene is contrived and extended 
2
Last Holiday
John Monaghan
Track down the old movie if you crave a real meal 
2
Last Holiday
Jeff Vice
Queen Latifah s film career has been marked by a series of big brassy bold performances which is one of the reasons Last Holiday proves to be such a frustrating experience 
2
Last Holiday
Lisa Kennedy
For a movie about overcoming fear and living out loud Last Holiday s too tidy conclusion isn t a sign of hope so much as a lack of nerve 
2.5
Last Holiday
Randy Myers
Really what Holiday is about is Latifah 
3
Last Holiday
Lawrence Toppman
Last Holiday floats along on the broad shoulders of one of our most able dramatic comedians Without her it would sag like a punctured souffle 
2.5
Last Holiday
Wesley Morris
Last Holiday in its feathery good hearted way is enough to give you pause 
3
Last Holiday
Fernando F. Croce
One might gladly exercise the film s carpe diem moral by concluding that life is too short for movies like Last Holiday 
1.5
Last Holiday
John Beifuss
The film proffers both a fantasy of wealth and the reassurance that money isn t what really matters 
2.5
Last Holiday
Sara Michelle Fetters
No the movie begins and ends with Latifah and director Wang and his two writers wisely keep the focus squarely upon both her and her character s butterfly like transformation 
3
Last Holiday
Kit Bowen
Without Queen Latifah Last Holiday would have been a somewhat tedious vacation despite its beautiful setting 
2
Last Holiday
Jon Niccum
somehow the conviction that Queen Latifah brings to the project makes some of the film s dopier choices easier to forgive 
2.5
Last Holiday
Daniel M. Kimmel
more of an clair than a hearty meal for those seeking light diversion 
2.5
Last Holiday
Peter Canavese
A better way to seize the day would be to do something other than sitting through the sitcomedic Last Holiday 
1.5
Last Holiday
Willie Waffle
not a horrible movie but it often lacks the spark and magical inspiration it aspires to impart on the audience
2
Last Holiday
Walter Chaw
Georgia saves the world one Abramoff at a time 
1
Last Holiday
Claudia Puig
The frothy Last Holiday serves its purpose amusing escapism 
2.5
Last Holiday
Cathy Jakicic
While there is something undeniably enjoyable about watching someone likable enjoy themselves it s not enough to make a good movie 
2
Last Holiday
Tracy Allerton
Almost makes you want to cash in your IRA and live it up 
2.5
Last Holiday
Dustin Putman
The most fatal pitfall is a purely Hollywood ending that would be enraging if it wasn t such an obvious foregone conclusion 
2
Last Holiday
Chris Hewitt
This isn t the sort of movie that s meant to surprise but it is a movie that gets better as it goes 
2.5
Last Holiday
Jeff Strickler
The Last Holiday would be predictable even if it weren t a remake but that isn t necessarily a drawback On the contrary it actually adds a boost to the movie s feel good format 
3
Last Holiday
Roger Ebert
Last Holiday plays like a hug When a movie can do that a strange transformation takes place 
3
Last Holiday
Gene Seymour
If Last Holiday were a song it d be one of Earth Wind and Fire s brassier anthems of uplift and self realization 
2.5
Last Holiday
Jessica Reaves
We may know exactly where we re going but the journey is so much fun all but the most peevish audience members will find it impossible to complain 
3
Last Holiday
Josh Larsen
Everything that sounds wrong about this project is 
1
Last Holiday
Steve Rhodes
Vacillates between laughless humor and cheap social commentary 
1.5
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Steven Prokopy
The Christmas Chronicles 2 is all about embracing the conventions As a result it chips away at what made the original work interesting 
2
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Robert Levin
The Christmas Chronicles 2 is better than your average Christmas movie even if it offers many familiar touches 
3
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Joe Friar
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn return as Santa and Mrs Claus for another round of holiday fun for the whole family Great Christmas viewing for the whole family 
3
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Randy Myers
Chris Columbus takes over the reins as director and binges on the cheesy digital effects but his story does dash off into an exciting new direction as it revisits the origins of Santa 
2.5
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Nick Allen
Even though it succeeds at staying busy The Christmas Chronicles 2 opts more for chintzy spectacle than the inspired touch that made the original so special 
2
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Roger Moore
What insipid digitally augmented elvish drivel is this 
1.5
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Johnny Oleksinski
It is mercifully not as bad as Pixels 
2
The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story
David Nusair
a rather pointless endeavor that seems unlikely to hold any appeal for long time fans of Melrose Place 
2
In the Last Days of the City
Joe Friar
There is a poetic aura that drives El Said s visually stunning debut The performances are so natural that the film within a film feels like an actual documentary 
3.5
In the Last Days of the City
Josh Terry
Last Days of the City is a moody film only lightly guided by plot and often more concerned with atmosphere than story 
2.5
In the Last Days of the City
Shane Slater
While the film is shot with a loving warmth that conveys an almost perpetual magic hour there s a distant feeling to the film s overly studied approach 
3
In the Last Days of the City
Steve Macfarlane
But the din that erupts from the logjam creative psychic historical national is nothing if not honest 
2.5
Joshua
Federico Furzan
Far from perfect But Joshua regards the creepy factor in a realistic setting Everything that happens is uncannily possible Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Joshua
Nick Rogers
Easily written off as an Omen retread at first glance this unfairly passed over piece of slow burn terror disarmingly chipped away at ideas of parental readiness with mounting dread and gruesome humor It burrows beneath the skin and stays there 
4
Joshua
John Beifuss
Bad seed The whole dang garden is rotten in Joshua a psychological horror film that demonstrates that the poison apple doesn t fall far from the toxic family tree 
2
Joshua
Steve Ramos
Scenes that are meant to be scary end up generating laughs 
1.5
Joshua
Rob Thomas
When the film falters it s when it pulls its punches and gives us conventional horror that we can hold off at a safe distance rather than uncomfortable insights that we can unsettlingly recognize from our own household experience 
2.5
Joshua
Sean P. Means
The nerve shattering ending will have you hugging your children when you get home but only if there are witnesses present 
3
Joshua
Susan Tavernetti
Father and mother no longer know best 
3
Joshua
David Nusair
certainly succeeds in bringing a fair amount of depth to an admittedly familiar storyline 
3
Joshua
Chris Hewitt
It s subtle and it s terrific 
3.5
Joshua
Steven Snyder
A trippy film that falls somewhere between tired genre picture hilarious satire and ingenious game of cat and mouse 
3
Joshua
Dustin Putman
A haunting and evocative motion picture that stays with you 
3.5
Joshua
Geoff Pevere
Ratliff s movie almost succeeds in hurtling over the trenches it digs for itself in an increasingly ludicrous third act But not quite 
2.5
Joshua
John Hartl
Spooky relatively realistic grounded in psychology rather than displays of gore it could be just the thing to rejuvenate the fading horror genre 
3
Joshua
Bruce Newman
Sickeningly creepy 
3
Joshua
Mick LaSalle
If you ve never wanted to punch a child in the face see Joshua and discover a whole new side of yourself 
2
Joshua
Rene Rodriguez
A darkly comic squirm inducing portrait of everyday familial dysfunction amplified by an unusual element 
3
Joshua
Jennie Punter
A fascinating if chilling break from the season s usual summer movie thrills especially for parents to be 
2.5
Joshua
Terry Lawson
An unnerving thriller that has a lot more on its maniacal mind than giving us the willies 
3
Joshua
Teresa Budasi
A psychological thriller that s not only lovely to look at but also intriguing enough to keep you guessing until the end And even then you may not have figured it out 
3
Joshua
Wesley Morris
You can tell the movie wants to be a kind of Rosemary s Baby or The Omen But it wants that all too desperately 
2
Joshua
Matt Pais
Makes The Omen look like Daddy Day Care 
3
Joshua
Timothy Knight
This stylish and sophisticated film loses its way in a frustratingly vague third act that s more unsatisfying than unsettling 
2.5
Joshua
Jeff Vice
It s played in the most straight faced fashion with little humor to lighten things up The heavy handed film is almost laughable as a consequence 
2
Joshua
Peter Canavese
As the film wears on it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the dry humor from the supposed chills Consequently Joshua drifts into camp 
1.5
Joshua
Claudia Puig
A tense visually interesting tale that is ultimately a bit barren 
2.5
Joshua
Maitland McDonagh
A formulaic thriller too in love with its own intelligence to bother with the lowbrow business of being scary 
2.5
Joshua
Lisa Rose
It s not exactly light summer entertainment With its emphasis on paranoia and perversion Joshua is closer in spirit to fringe films like Eraserhead than mainstream horror movies like The Omen 
3
Joshua
Lou Lumenick
Overall it delivers some genuine old school chills something that was missing when Macaulay Culkin played a similar role in The Good Son 
3
Joshua
Glenn Whipp
A psychological horror film that s a bit light on both the psychology and the horror 
2.5
Joshua
Mark Dujsik
Shows its cards too early and then tells you what they are in case you missed them 
2.5
Joshua
Jan Stuart
All of this goes down very very slowly Joshua aspires to be a kind of Rosemary s Baby s Older Brother by way of Gaslight but it lacks the dynamism and atmosphere of either of those inspirations 
2
Joshua
Steve Rhodes
A by the numbers would be thriller that s just never scary About the best that can be said of it is that it reminds you of better movies 
2
Joshua
Elizabeth Weitzman
With deliberate pacing well placed scares and a pitch black sense of humor George Ratliff keeps us guessing until the stunner finish 
3
Joshua
Ed Gonzalez
Joshua might have been delicious if it weren t so blatantly hateful toward women queers and religion 
1.5
Richard III
Matthew Rozsa
It is a brutal reminder that while we may be able to inoculate ourselves against diseases of the body diseases of the mind will always flourish as long as fascist impulses remain undiagnosed 
3.5
Richard III
David Keyes
Richard III is the kind of movie that earns the right to interpret the bard s ideas through alternate perspectives because it does so without sacrificing its core values or integrity 
3.5
Richard III
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ian McKellen plays Richard III and he s a twisted blackened serpentine lurching spitting menacing villain with no redeeming qualities whatsoever He is so hateful it is easy to see why the Academy overlooked him 
4
Richard III
Susan Tavernetti
Bold and rousing 
3
Richard III
Marty Mapes
Ian McKellan is one of the best movie villains ever 
4
Richard III
Barbara Shulgasser
Few English actors can speak verse with the rhythmic ease and assurance of McKellen and Maggie Smith 
3.5
Richard III
Rob Blackwelder
It is ideal for crossover fodder for mainstream audiences 
3
Richard III
Ted Prigge
A fantastic flick filled with welcome life and hysterically darkly comic humor 
3.5
Richard III
James Berardinelli
While this curious clash between a near modern setting and the much older source material might seem confounding it actually serves to energize the play as well as making it more palatable to present day audiences 
3
Richard III
Madeleine Williams
Overall this version of Richard III is an entrancing interpretation 
3.5
Richard III
Chris Hicks
Flourish is the name of the game and even what seems like unintentional comedy may be more purposeful than it appears 
3
Richard III
Mike Clark
The updating is the kind of fanciful exercise far better suited to the stage than to the literal confines of the screen 
2
Richard III
Steve Rhodes
The best part of the entire movie are the sets by Tony Burrough 
3.5
Richard III
Mick LaSalle
Combines a shrewd understanding of Shakespeare with a healthy low brow approach to cinema 
4
The Bridge
Kam Williams
You never know who on the Golden Gate is about to leap to his or her death in this compelling documentary so you have to keep your eyes glued to the screen 24 tormented souls linked by suicide as a seductive alternative to their unrelenting suffering 
4
The Bridge
Kam Williams
Two dozen souls linked by suicide as a seductive and very visible alternative to unrelenting torment and suffering 
4
The Bridge
Terry Lawson
The Bridge avoids reducing its subjects to types and if the portraits painted are often recognizable the person who talks so much about suicide that those around him fail to take him seriously they are not repetitive 
3
The Bridge
Lisa Kennedy
By his use of interviews of friends and family of jumpers Steel reminds us that no matter how alone some of these people felt they weren t without people who loved them It is a tender powerful work 
3
The Bridge
Phil Villarreal
As tough as the film is to watch it s even more difficult to turn away Even though suicide is prevalent in America u2014 more than 30 000 occur each year u2014 it s swept under the rug 
3
The Bridge
Ross Anthony
Rather slow Interviews are meaningful and important Shots of jumpers are rather suspect ethically 
2
The Bridge
Ken Fox
The problem is knowing who s suicidal before it s too late and that s a big part of what makes watching director Eric Steel s footage such a harrowing experience 
3.5
The Bridge
Mick LaSalle
It s disturbing needless to say but also affecting in unexpected ways 
3
The Bridge
Pam Grady
Framing the debate as being about the Golden Gate masks the bigger problem of a society that does not do a great job at taking care of its most vulnerable citizens and that s the real scandal of The Bridge 
3
The Bridge
Lisa Rose
The interviews with loved ones keep the tragedies in context and help us process what we see The true substance of The Bridge lies in their words rather than the shots of the people they ve lost 
3
The Bridge
Lou Lumenick
The Bridge does not try to milk these tragedies which are often shot from a great distance and tastefully edited 
3
The Bridge
Jack Mathews
One of author Neale Donald Walsch s precepts is that you should never make a living doing something you hate If I d known that I might not have felt obliged to sit through every excruciating minute of this sanctimonious infomercial 
1.5
The Bridge
Mary F. Pols
The film is not good it is not average it is simply not recommendable in good conscience 
1
The Bridge
Jim Emerson
The Bridge is brave and unflinching unshakably haunting and deeply mysterious I doubt I ll forget it until the day I die 
4
The Bridge
Ethan Alter
This is one movie that s guaranteed to linger in your mind after you leave the theater whether you want it to or not 
3
The Bridge
Jan Stuart
It de romanticizes the idea of suicide by italicizing it in all its bleak brutal reality while making palpable the tortured predicament of those left behind 
3
The Bridge
Michael Phillips
Despite the proficient technique after a while you may feel you re watching a particularly scenic snuff film 
2
The Bridge
Peter Canavese
Steel assembles a scrapbook of suicide reminiscences of surviving family and friends and magnetically morbid caught on tape records of people s last living moments on Earth 
3
The Bridge
Matt Pais
If a suicide attempt is too personal for the filmmaker to try to intervene what right do we have to just sit back and watch 
1.5
The Bridge
Jeanne Aufmuth
These golden arches are the keepers of dark secrets 
3
The Bridge
Keith Uhlich
Certainly there s no denying the effectiveness of some of the material here but The Bridge never earns its parallel to Brueghel s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus 
2
Return to Horror High
Dustin Putman
The premise is admittedly pretty crafty but other than that two minute distraction Return to Horror High is certainly no great shake 
1.5
Kilometers and Kilometers
Roger Moore
It d all come off better in a film with the opening half hour whacked off and the rest subjected to a vigorous edit as well 
2
Jonathan
Glenn Kenny
Ansel Elgort s wonderful performance does appropriate honor to the ambiguity the movie is trucking in 
3
Jonathan
Joey Magidson
A cool high concept set up ends up going almost nowhere Every single time it threatens to get interesting things grind to a screeching halt 
2
Jonathan
Roger Moore
Downbeat to the level of inert 
2
Jonathan
Pat Brown
The dichotomy represented by Jonathan and John is too clean for the film s exploration of a divided psyche to ever feel particularly complex 
2.5
The Yes Men
David Nusair
the filmmakers don t have a solid plan for bringing the Yes Men s story to the big screen 
2
The Yes Men
Jay Antani
As activists the Yes Men are about as effective as an article in the satirical weekly The Onion or any episode of Phil Hendry s radio show
2.5
The Yes Men
Marty Mapes
As an activist art project it works but not as a film
2.5
The Yes Men
Rob Thomas
Jonathan Swift would be proud 
3.5
The Yes Men
Sean P. Means
The movie s humor as these protesting pranksters make their points with deadpan delivery hits its target more effectively than any bomb thrower could 
3
The Yes Men
Nick Carter
Think of a politicized version of the MTV show Punk d and you re on your way to getting the idea of The Yes Men 
3
The Yes Men
Lawrence Toppman
What we do see is unusually funny and sad 
3.5
The Yes Men
Terry Lawson
The Yes Men s political performance art is very funny and much care obviously goes into it 
3
The Yes Men
Dan Lybarger
If there is a lesson to be learned from The Yes Men it s that it s best to think of how our actions might affect others because hell hath no fury like being the butt of one of these fellow s jokes 
3
The Yes Men
Chris Hewitt
If Michael Moore were less stuck on himself if there were two of him and if they hosted Punk d instead of Ashton Kutcher the result would be The Yes Men 
3
The Yes Men
Paul Sherman
Bichlbaum and Bonanno s pranks are clever and amusing parodies of post globalizationimperialism They are however about all The Yes Men has to offer 
3
The Yes Men
Josh Larsen
Like an election special of Ashton Kutcher s Punk d 
3
The Yes Men
Tom Keogh
It is hard not to be sporadically impressed by the audacity with which they stir people some influential out of complacency about the plight of the world s poor 
3
The Yes Men
Jonathan Curiel
Achieves what any good documentary tries to It s thought provoking insightful and entertaining at the same time 
3
The Yes Men
David Elliott
You can agree with the snarking and that the targets are often worthy yet wish for wittier satire As edge goes in 2004 this goes in the direction of Johnny Carson skit reruns 
2.5
The Yes Men
Steven Rea
An issues based doc with a sense of humor It s a bit flimsy but you have to hand it to these guys They re con artists with convictions 
3
The Yes Men
Rick Groen
This sly little documentary packs a wickedly satiric punch 
3
The Yes Men
Roger Ebert
They have such colorful characters and such an alarming story to tell that the film works in spite of its imperfections 
3
The Yes Men
Wesley Morris
A likable documentary profile 
3
The Yes Men
Allison Benedikt
They ll make you hoot They ll make you think And they ll make you wonder how often you drink the Kool Aid 
3.5
The Yes Men
Rob Blackwelder
Here s hoping this documentary gets the recognition it deserves among the deluge of more serious advocacy counterparts that seem to be everywhere this year 
3.5
The Yes Men
Jami Bernard
A sobering documentary done in a whimsical style 
3
The Yes Men
Megan Lehmann
Subversively funny 
3
The Yes Men
Bob Strauss
Humorous informative and sometimes brain stumping documentary 
3
The Yes Men
Peter Travers
Subversive and diabolically funny 
3
The Yes Men
David Sterritt
While it s not a great movie it s a revealing study of how long it often takes for businesspeople to realize they re being freaked out not flattered 
4
The Yes Men
John Anderson
Suffers because its three directors make us watch far too much preparation for the Yes Men stunts there s far too much exposition about why and what they re doing and too many glitches in the process 
2.5
The Yes Men
Ed Gonzalez
It s amazing what people will swallow when guys in suits and ties are cracking the whip 
3
High School Musical 2
David Nusair
possesses few elements designed to capture and hold viewers over a certain age 
2
Hideous Kinky
Maitland McDonagh
The film s gradual slide into a darker vision of the casual selfishness and presumption that often lay at the heart of Westerners mind bending journeys to the East is subtle and quietly devastating 
3
Hideous Kinky
Michael Dequina
A picturesque travelogue of some substance 
3
Hideous Kinky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems to please the Baby Boomer generation but it didn t please me 
2
Hideous Kinky
Rob Blackwelder
Although Winslet s performance is absorbing and flushed with vitality her character is shallow and self absorbed 
2
Hideous Kinky
David Sterritt
Winslet does her most creative acting since Heavenly Creatures and director Gillies MacKinnon deserves credit for coaxing vivid performances from the children in the cast 
3
Hideous Kinky
Wesley Morris
Big ups to the seemingly selfless Winslet for throwing down without throwing her integrity away 
3
Hideous Kinky
James Berardinelli
While there are all the usual misadventures and colorful characters the mother daughter and sister sister bonds form the gel that holds everything together and gives Hideous Kinky a unique identity 
3
Hideous Kinky
Ruthe Stein
Screenwriter Billy MacKinnon had to have struggled to write convincing dialogue about searching for spiritual enlightenment Much of what comes out of Julia s mouth sounds like babble 
2
Hideous Kinky
Roger Ebert
The movie s tension comes from our own uneasiness about the mother who with the best intentions seems to be blundering into trouble 
3
Hideous Kinky
Steve Rhodes
Although the images are sometimes quite compelling the threadbare story never is 
2
Sirens
Roger Ebert
The result is a good hearted whimsical movie which makes no apologies for the beauty of the human body and yet never feels sexually obsessed Strange it s not often you smile this much during an erotic film 
3.5
Christmas Survival
Roger Moore
Why do the British hate Christmas 
1
Hunt Club
Mike McGranaghan
You can 8217 t empathize with the characters when you 8217 re chuckling at the ineptitude of the filmmaking 46 
1
Vault
Joey Magidson
Despite the unusual setting and unlikely nature of its true story Vault ends up treading very familiar territory 
2.5
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13
Brian Eggert
A touching and human documentary that recognizes how everyone 8217 s identity is unique to their experience 44 and its impact reaches far beyond Gabi 46 
3
After the Ball
Tom Keogh
If Shakespeare had a go at Cinderella and the result was later adapted for a 21st century romantic comedy it might look something like After the Ball 
3
After the Ball
Mike McGranaghan
After the Ball is one third Cinderella one third The Devil Wears Prada and one third Twelfth Night If you re going to attempt to duplicate the success of such works you ve got to be a little sharper than it ends up being 
2
After the Ball
Roger Moore
Slow footed Cinderella riff with or without the glass slipper
1.5
After the Ball
Chris Knight
I mean give writers Jason Sherman and Kate Melville points for finding a way to shoehorn the Cinderella lost slipper gag into the screenplay But then take those points away for the very same reason 
2
After the Ball
Nathalie Atkinson
Certainly the production values echo those of high end made for TV fare but the cast and amusing script more than make up for what the movie lacks in gloss 
3
After the Ball
Linda Barnard
It s pretty much a one joke effort that wants to be The Devil Wears Prada but plays more like a middling episode of a TV sitcom 
2
Shuga (Chouga)
David Phelps
Perhaps no director since Hitchcock has been quite this obsessed with glimpses and gazes 
3.5
The Good Girl
Christy Lemire
The Good Girl will finally make Jennifer Aniston a movie star 
3
The Good Girl
Joe Lozito
After languishing in second banana roles in such films as Picture Perfect and Rock Star Ms Aniston here creates a fully realized character of surprising nuance and depth 
3.5
The Good Girl
Betsy Bozdech
A wistful exploration of life s choices thanks to Aniston it resonates as both a comedy and a detailed character study 
3
The Good Girl
Scott Nash
In the long run The Good Girl will be remembered more as a chance for Jennifer Aniston to wet her acting chops than for anything else 
3
The Good Girl
Michael Dequina
Aniston shows promising signs of a post sitcom career with her convincing and understated dramatic work 
3
The Good Girl
Judith Egerton
White who has a knack for imparting a sense of humor to his screenplays created several minor characters who lighten the Retail Rodeo s claustrophic atmosphere 
3.5
The Good Girl
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales 
3
The Good Girl
Ross Anthony
First good then bothersome Excellent acting and direction 
2
The Good Girl
Mike McGranaghan
Jennifer Aniston removes her Hollywood glamour to convincingly play a drab Texas cashier teetering on the edge of depression It s one of the best performances of the year 
3.5
The Good Girl
Margaret A. McGurk
Bleak and astringent indeed yet suffused with almost radiant compassion for its poor mixed up characters 
3
The Good Girl
Jon Niccum
White usually goes beyond the surface veneer of his characters finding a lurking humanity to those that society might easily dismiss 
3
The Good Girl
James Kendrick
There s a lot of sadness but the film s grasp of small human truths and sense of low key humor keep it afloat 
3
The Good Girl
Linda Cook
Good movie Good actress But if you expect light romantic comedy good gosh will you be shocked 
3.5
The Good Girl
Forrest Hartman
The actors are offering first rate work to a second class script 
2.5
The Good Girl
Phil Villarreal
The script by Mike White who also wrote Chuck Buck for Arteta adds lightness to the mood whenever things become too intense 
4
The Good Girl
Jules Brenner
Here is a modest little film that is about something 
2
The Good Girl
Dustin Putman
Jennifer Aniston s exquisitely modulated and heartbreakingly understated performance is a revelation easily one of the year s very best motion pictures 
4
The Good Girl
Joe Baltake
A sad superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life 
4
The Good Girl
Robert W. Butler
By turns very dark and very funny 
3
The Good Girl
Jeff Vice
Truth be told this may be Aniston s best work on either the big or small screen and it s certainly a far cry from her character on the hit NBC sitcom 
3
The Good Girl
Lawrence Toppman
Doesn t have the daring lunacy of Chuck and Buck Yet it gets closer to the troubled lonely soul of its main character 
3.5
The Good Girl
Duane Dudek
An unconvincing generalization about people the filmmakers never care enough about to understand 
2
The Good Girl
Rick Groen
White hasn t developed characters so much as caricatures one dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else 
2
The Good Girl
James Berardinelli
An effective portrait of a life in stasis of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead end existence 
3
The Good Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Aniston is so good she manages to overcome the occasional nuggets of preciousness and self consciousness in the story 
3
The Good Girl
Laura Kelly
This film has plenty of bad attitude for sale but the black humor only delivers sporadically on the laughs 
2
The Good Girl
Moira MacDonald
A fine cast can t quite rise above a story without enough heart 
2
The Good Girl
Mick LaSalle
A smart arch and rather cold blooded comedy 
3
The Good Girl
David Elliott
Justine s smartness reeks of self loathing and moral vacancy Is feminism this comatose in Texas 
2
The Good Girl
Susan Stark
Aniston maintains the character s superficially simple patina even as she communicates her churning inner life It s an appealing highly disciplined performance 
3
The Good Girl
Roger Ebert
Aniston has at last decisively broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil 
3.5
The Good Girl
Chris Hewitt
These people have funny awful lives as opposed to funny upbeat and they could seem like objects of scorn if the people playing them didn t do it with such affection and grace 
3
The Good Girl
Terry Lawson
Long after you leave Justine you ll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best whatever that might mean 
3
The Good Girl
Rene Rodriguez
Aniston s performance conclusively proves something she had only hinted at before She s the Friend most likely to become a bona fide movie star 
3
The Good Girl
Steven Rea
A small smart indie pic with a twisted sensibility 
3
The Good Girl
Glenn Lovell
Think of a small town cliche or a patronizing stereotype and you ll find it here 
2
The Good Girl
Mary F. Pols
How America responds to the concept of its funny girl drained of her effervescence wearing bad sneakers and slumming it with the ordinary people remains to be seen but it s heartening to see Aniston challenging herself 
3
The Good Girl
Michael Wilmington
The movie is a dark comedy about false dreams and lost illusions and thanks to a fine cast and a smart script it s an effective one 
3
The Good Girl
Rob Blackwelder
The Good Girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming 
2.5
The Good Girl
Frank Ochieng
Ultimately Aniston s Justine Last ends up as the poster girl for unnecessary self pity and relentless self doubt Unfortunately this makes her a needlessly naive bad girl in a preachy and unresolved film 
2
The Good Girl
Leigh Johnson
Justine is flawed like all the rest of us and Aniston brings this humanity to the forefront creating one of the most realistic heroines in recent history 
4
The Good Girl
Steve Rhodes
I d love to see Aniston receive an Oscar nomination for her performance 
3.5
The Good Girl
Rod Armstrong
There s some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes 
2.5
The Good Girl
John Anderson
You wouldn t call The Good Girl a date movie an anti date movie is more like it but when it s good it s good and horrid 
3
The Good Girl
Megan Turner
The Friends star announces herself as a true big screen talent channeling despair hope confusion and wry humor as the narrative oscillates wildly between Greek tragedy and acrid comedy 
3.5
The Good Girl
Bob Strauss
Aniston s approximation of a woman on a slow drip nervous breakdown has a universal sleepwalking quality to it that clearly took a lot of thought and craft 
3
The Good Girl
Harvey S. Karten
Jennifer Aniston is the essential girl next door in this down to earth witty film of small town desperation 
3
The Good Girl
Vanessa Sibbald
The title of the film comes across like a back handed slap to the character Mike White Chuck Buck not so lovingly created 
3
Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes
Soren Andersen
Seen it before Sure you have And this horror flick has exactly nothing new to say or add to that threadbare horror clich 
1.5
Sarah's Key
Roger Moore
A film that plays as a guilty remembrance of a dark corner of French history tucked into a ticking clock thriller 
3.5
Sarah's Key
John Beifuss
The emphasis on the writer s relatively trivial if symbolic domestic woes she experiences a miracle pregnancy in the midst of her research into death detracts from the power of the wartime scenes 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Rob Thomas
It s a harrowing story of a young girl trying to survive the extermination of everyone she knows It s also a story of an upper middle class woman dealing with an unhappy marriage You just can t give these two things equal weight in a movie 
2
Sarah's Key
Matt Brunson
The performances by Kristin Scott Thomas and especially Melusine Mayance as the young Sarah are key to the picture s success 
3
Sarah's Key
Peter Howell
French director Paquet Brenner occasionally yields to melodrama particularly in the final act but he is resolute about not depicting all of his countrymen as Nazi stooges since many weren t 
3
Sarah's Key
Keith Cohen
Although a wonderful story it seems to come out in fits and starts The slow meandering pace may be a turnoff to those unfamiliar with the novel Mayance in her feature film debut takes the cake in the acting category Thomas is a 
3
Sarah's Key
Jon Niccum
Sarah s Key uses this buried historical incident as a springboard for a potent tale of survival guilt and hard nosed reporting 
3
Sarah's Key
David Nusair
a stirring emotionally wrenching drama that more than lives up to its source material 
4
Sarah's Key
Graham Killeen
A heartbreaking portrayal of the difference between disagreement and distrust 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Lisa Kennedy
Thomas performance is one of brilliant restraint and believable naturalism 
3.5
Sarah's Key
Peter Canavese
Strong work from Mayance and Thomas keeps Sarah s Key from rusting amid the sometime soddenness of the script 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Mick LaSalle
It does provide audiences with the satisfaction of seeing and hearing an important truth expressed and that s better than making you feel good That s making you feel something 
3
Sarah's Key
Wesley Morris
Luckily the movie has Scott Thomas She knows her radiance can t be helped so she uses it here like a searchlight 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Betsy Sherman
Sarah s Key is a superior woman in the present becomes obsessed with woman in the past narrative 
3.5
Sarah's Key
James Kendrick
a consistently engrossing sometimes stunning but emotionally uneven film
3
Sarah's Key
Chris Hewitt
Thomas is reliably wonderful but the movie lets her down 
2
Sarah's Key
Michael O'Sullivan
A movingly told tale of tragedy and its consequences not just for the players in the original tragedy but also for those touched by their actions in an ever widening circle of aftershocks 
3
Sarah's Key
Moira MacDonald
Sarah s Key based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay struggles with a problem it never overcomes How do you make viewers care about everyday problems when juxtaposed with the horror of the Holocaust 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Carrie Rickey
Excellent performances make the movie effective Yet the flashbacks have a depth and resonance largely absent from the modern scenes 
3
Sarah's Key
Joe Williams
When it finds the right room Sarah s Key unlocks a haunting story 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Matt Pais
Not really about Sarah or her key 
2
Sarah's Key
Roger Ebert
Sarah s Key cuts back and forth between a tragic story involving the Holocaust and an essentially trivial feel good story about a modern day reporter It s an awkward fit and diminishes the impact of the earlier story 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Stephen Whitty
This movie of Sarah s Key might have been better if it had rewritten the book and simply focused on the past 
2.5
Sarah's Key
Kyle Smith
Clunky improbable plot developments match equally inept dialogue 
1.5
Sarah's Key
Scott Bowles
Unflinching yet poignant Sarah s Key asks just how deeply you want to delve into your past 
3
Sarah's Key
Rex Reed
Painful blood curdling and ultimately heartbreaking Sarah s Key occasionally moves too ponderously for its own good but its myriad elements are coherent and easy to follow 
3
Sarah's Key
Andrew Schenker
As its narrative focuses increasingly on Julia s story and the toll her investigations take on her family life the film digs into less and less fruitful territory 
1.5
Son of the Sunshine
Kate Taylor
It is a film that shows flashes of brilliance including writer director Ryan Ward s own performance as the alienated protagonist but mainly it is a film that for all its smallness suffers from excess and confusion 
2
Space Station
Matt Brunson
It s nice to know there s actually somewhere on this earth OK above this earth where America is cooperating with other countries rather than p ing them off 
3
Space Station
Urban Cinefile Critics
Succeeds very well in its primary aim of making us gasp 
3
Space Station
John Monaghan
A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip 
2
Space Station
Liam Lacey
As a simulation though Space Station 3 D definitely takes you to a different place 
3
Space Station
Gene Seymour
It s one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing and unprecedented construction project going on over our heads It s quite another to feel physically caught up in the process 
3
Space Station
Megan Turner
This is what IMAX was made for Strap on a pair of 3 D goggles shut out the real world and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier space 
3
Downtown 81
Michael Joshua Rowin
This time capsule of bohemian New York distorts its representation of the city for reasons more loving than lazy 
3
Downtown 81
Jonathan Foreman
Amateurish in the extreme the film is a feast of bohemian clich bad writing and worse acting 
1.5
Orphans
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The characters are kept alive and unpredictable through the careful counterbalancing of their separate acting styles 
3
Orphans
Roger Ebert
Orphans is a good play about behavior that has been turned into a mediocre movie about nothing much at all That is not intended as a criticism of the filmmakers but simply as an observation about the nature of the material 
2.5
Dead Man Down
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s on the strength of Farrell and Rapace 44 their supporting cast 44 and the visual confidence of the production that leaves Dead Man Down a worthwhile voyage into neo noir territory 46 
3
Dead Man Down
James Berardinelli
Explores a common ground for noir thrillers before stumbling and imploding in a climax that feels like it might have been hijacked from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie 
2.5
Dead Man Down
Glenn Lovell
a dour little crime thriller that in the end proves more infuriating than intriguing A pity Oplev remains a talent to watch He certainly deserves another shot 
2
Dead Man Down
Michael Smith
This is murky stuff plot wise but there s something odd and original about the relationship between Farrell s and Rapace s characters in their mutual vengeance and shared pain 
2
Dead Man Down
Kyle Smith
While a mob thriller can be as nasty as it likes what it can t be is silly 
0.5
Dead Man Down
Chris Hewitt
Whoever made the trailer for Dead Man Down is a genius because that quick assembly of moments from the movie is exciting clear and clever all the things the movie is not 
1
Dead Man Down
Kam Williams
Though the wheels gradually come off the increasingly preposterous production all is forgiven on account of the convoluted adventure s compelling storyline arresting special f x and satisfying if farfetched resolution 
3
Dead Man Down
Rafer Guzman
This blend of Scandinavian gloom and Hollywood hokum never jells 
1
Dead Man Down
Rick Groen
Yep there s a whole lot going on here but this is one of those plot heavy scripts that carries its weight with confidence the intricate twists don t cheat 
3
Dead Man Down
Stephen Whitty
Perhaps if Farrell and Rapace and Oplev had all stayed in Europe and tried to do a similar script with half as much firepower and twice as much brainpower they might have had something worth watching Instead it s just something worth ducking 
2
Dead Man Down
Steven Rea
The film has been directed in a murky rhythmless fashion by Niels Arden Oplev who directed Rapace in the original and terrific Swedish language The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 
1.5
Dead Man Down
Matt Pais
What would be an example of a dead man up Weekend at Bernie s 
1
Dead Man Down
Mark Dujsik
With only the most minimal of inspection it s clear that J H Wyman s screenplay is a convoluted mess 
2
Dead Man Down
Dustin Putman
Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace are a pairing made in Hollywood heaven It s too bad Dead Man Down can t quite pull itself out of purgatory 
2
Dead Man Down
Roger Moore
Random ridiculous badly acted Maybe it would make more sense in Swedish with subtitles 
1.5
Dead Man Down
Peter Howell
The cautionary adage about weaving tangled webs in the process of deception certainly applies to Dead Man Down an overwrought thriller brought to ground by its own contrivances 
2
Dead Man Down
Sean P. Means
Rapace is eminently watchable though bringing the same fire she had in her Dragon Tattoo trilogy 
2.5
Dead Man Down
Claudia Puig
As a gritty thriller Dead Man Down doesn t stand out among its bullet riddled brethren 
2
Dead Man Down
Calum Marsh
The action merely meanders when it should be hurtling forward running in circles when one expects it to head toward a conclusion or some sense of resolution 
1
Dead Man Down
Jordan Riefe
A bleak film noir that values character over tension 
3
Dead Man Down
Ty Burr
Before this urban revenge melodrama falls apart in a clatter of plot absurdities and pretensions it has its loopy charms 
2
Chuck Berry
Sean P. Means
When the documentary is working well it s because Brewer focuses on the music and how Berry kept playing through all of his life s ups and downs reminding the world who put the swagger in rock n roll 
3
Chuck Berry
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s focus is so broad that we only come away with vague pieces of the man 
2
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The soul sucking nature of capitalism drives this brilliant film but the rich characters and the almost constant tension keep it emotionally resonant 
3.5
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Ed Gonzalez
A pivotal work in Rainer Werner Fassbinder s career because it was the first film he made after meeting and befriending his muse Douglas Sirk in 1971 
3.5
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Jeremy Heilman
Fassbinder places the audience where they can be at once sympathetic to the characters plights yet are able to be analytical when considering their actions 
4
Sun Don't Shine
John Hartl
Writer director Amy Seimetz s oddly sunny film noir is a classic tale of young lovers on the run reminiscent in tone of the darkly comic moments in Terrence Malick s Badlands 
3.5
Sun Don't Shine
Glenn Heath Jr.
Amy Seimetz s intoxicating slice of genre revisionism earns its neo prefix envisioning a brightly sinister world where desperation is the new normal 
3
Sun Don't Shine
John Beifuss
I gotta take a route that don t make sense Leo says explaining his haphazard getaway plans and his remark becomes a sort of mission statement for the lost hapless maladjusted and not particularly intelligent souls who inhabit this mumblenoir 
3
Easy Virtue
Sean O'Connell
The main reason to stop on PBS when the network airs Easy Virtue a few months from now is to witness Biel s complete departure 
2.5
5 Star Day
Mike McGranaghan
I m sure writer director Danny Buday was trying to make something profound yet he displays a chronic inability to generate momentum 
2
5 Star Day
Kam Williams
A romantic reminder of less enlightened times when asking a woman her astrological sign was actually a viable pickup line 
3
5 Star Day
Rex Reed
Mr Gigandet shows surprising sensitivity and sweetness previously untapped He s not what I expected and neither is Five Star Day 
3
5 Star Day
Kalvin Henely
Danny Buday s film is not so much skeptical of astrology as confused about it 
1
The Devil All the Time
Brian Eggert
The Devil All the Time is one of the best cast films in recent memory But all the talent and craft behind the picture cannot overcome the story s overbearing unpleasantness which is frankly exhausting 
2.5
The Devil All the Time
Mark Meszoros
Despite all it has going for it however the Southern Gothic flavored slice of noir never manages to hook the viewer 
2
The Devil All the Time
Leo Brady
The Devil All the Time is soaked in blood and dirt holy water and tears and there s not a lot of it that will wash away 
3
The Devil All the Time
David Nusair
an admittedly overlong yet consistently engrossing drama 
3.5
The Devil All the Time
James Kendrick
A deep dark dive into human depravity corruption and evil the film leaves no stone unturned in dragging us through its admittedly well photographed and paced slog of cyclical violence 
2
The Devil All the Time
Cody Corrall
There are instances of heart and significance scattered throughout the film but it too often gives into its wandering nature and stops itself from ever making a lasting impression 
2
The Devil All the Time
Sonny Bunch
A great cast is almost able to carry middling material 
2
The Devil All the Time
James Berardinelli
Engrossing but conventional a well told story whose evocative setting and vivid performances combine to produce a grim and lurid tableau 
3
The Devil All the Time
Robert Levin
To watch it is to suffer right along with its miserable characters desperate for some ray of hope or sunshine to peek through the heavy portents of death 
1.5
The Devil All the Time
Tom Meek
A faithful but overloaded adaptation Harry Melling and Mia Wasikowska also score big in small parts 
2.5
The Devil All the Time
Barry Hertz
Best to bury this Devil in an unmarked grave 
2
The Devil All the Time
Michael Medved
An intriguing collection of stars come together in a nightmarish film about the way religious faith warps the lives of countless residents of the American heartland the anti Christian bias is unmistakable 
1.5
The Devil All the Time
Jeff Mitchell
A well crafted exceedingly grim slow burn 
3
The Devil All the Time
Roger Moore
A little mystery and a lot less narration would have better served this sordid saga 
2
The Devil All the Time
Johnny Oleksinski
Holland who has been so refreshing as Spider Man gets his first opportunity to prove he can act without the help of 150 million of webs and whistles He can 
2.5
The Devil All the Time
Randy Myers
Campos has made a shattering portrait of religion and violence a knotty expressive work that bores deep into the soul of America 
3.5
The Devil All the Time
Joey Magidson
For some this will be too miserable a cinematic experience to endure For others they ll be able to get on its dour wavelength and find things to appreciate 
2.5
The Devil All the Time
Joe Friar
A Southern Gothic tale with an exceptional cast Tom Holland sheds his boyish charm for the darker role as he becomes a different type of Avenger Pattinson steals scenes as a silver tongue preacher 
3.5
The Devil All the Time
Brian Tallerico
Give me a movie that bites off more than it can chew any time over one that doesn t bite at all 
3
The Devil All the Time
Mark Dujsik
W ith the story s attention set so squarely on what and how these characters have learned the results feel equally natural and fated 
3
The Devil All the Time
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s just misery jacked up on prestige 
1
The Devil All the Time
Katie Walsh
The Devil All the Time is a gooey slice of Appalachian noir and Pollock tears the lid right off the pie that is 1950s small town Americana Underneath the golden exterior he exposes a lurid world of murder and mayhem 
3.5
The Devil All the Time
Chuck Bowen
The one form of suspense that The Devil All the Time authentically generates is curiosity as to what its general point might be 
1
The Devil All the Time
Mick LaSalle
With The Devil All the Time director Antonio Campos and co writer Paulo Campos pull off a difficult achievement They make a long and very good movie without relying on the usual things that hold together a lengthy narrative 
3
The Devil All the Time
Steven Prokopy
the resulting movie feels like a series of cautionary tales about what happens when you put your trust in others 
3
The Devil All the Time
Michael Phillips
It s worth seeing for an intriguingly cast ensemble authenticating the milieu as much as possible 
3
The Devil All the Time
Richard Roeper
Once all the pieces are in place and we see the big picture we re left with admiration for director co writer Antonio Campos ability to weave a memorably brooding film from Donald Ray Pollock s novel of the same name 
3.5
Quicksilver
David Nusair
Quicksilver fares best in its familiar yet entertaining opening stretch 
2
Quicksilver
Roger Ebert
The movie has moments when it comes to life when it threatens to tell a story about interesting people and then it wanders off into inane scenes designed only to sell records 
2
Narco cultura
Michael O'Sullivan
After watching Narco Cultura it s hard to imagine any recreational user of pot wondering whether the joint he or she just smoked isn t soaked in human blood 
3
Narco cultura
Matt Pais
The soundtrack of your death 
3
Narco cultura
Steven Boone
The people in this documentary are beautiful funny flawed desperate intelligent deluded In other words it never forgets that these are questions for all of us 
4
Narco cultura
Rene Rodriguez
Narco Cultura shows in fascinating detail how these merciless killers who have taken over the city have become Robin Hood style folk heroes 
3.5
Narco cultura
Tomas Hachard
Director Shaul Schwarz sans judgment presents us with two men who epitomize how accepted and engrained narco culture has become in Mexico 
3
Babyteeth
Brian Eggert
Murphy s confident direction ensures that her films deviations and imperfections prove endearing anchored by four excellent performances 
3
Babyteeth
Brandy McDonnell
Best known for her work on the acclaimed TV show Killing Eve Shannon Murphy definitely leaves a mark with her feature film directorial debut Babyteeth a sharp and stinging coming of age dramedy 
3.5
Babyteeth
Steven Prokopy
The vibrant Australian piece Babyteeth is an alarmingly strong drama about the sometimes strange array of people pulled into our orbit when we are at our most desperate and fractured 
3.5
Babyteeth
Allyson Johnson
Despite the heavy material Babyteeth is so purposefully consumed with the need to live in the moment that it doesn t so much drag the viewer down as it engulfs us into its emotional orbit 
3.5
Babyteeth
Rob Thomas
Fresh and thrilling and to be sure devastatingly sad 
3.5
Babyteeth
Cody Corrall
Babyteeth gives its audience a lot to chew on namely how we think about death dependency and agency It isn t a film that patronizes its sick protagonist or sees her as less than human because of a diagnosis 
2.5
Babyteeth
Lindsey Bahr
Despite a rocky and overly quirky intro Mendelsohn and Davis are equally superb as parents and partners trying to cling onto their daughter for as long as they can and drifting apart in the process 
3
Babyteeth
Robert Horton
A director s opportunity to say Look what I can do with image and sound the answer quite a lot but also a wonderful evocation of one of those youthful nights that just take off in their own ecstatic trajectory and become both ordinary and singular 
3.5
Babyteeth
Sheila O'Malley
Babyteeth avoids almost every cliche you might expect in this kind of material 
3.5
Babyteeth
Mark Dujsik
These characters are overloaded with assorted baggage Throughout the movie those characteristics seem more important to the filmmakers than the real story 
2
Babyteeth
Michael O'Sullivan
A lovely eccentric little film 
3
Babyteeth
Ty Burr
There s a lot of heavy lifting involved but the movie works 
3
Babyteeth
Katie Walsh
Murphy isn t afraid to play with color and light and text and music or to let her characters dance like no one is watching and often That energy is what puts this coming of age film into a class all its own 
3.5
Babyteeth
Joey Magidson
Babyteeth find heart and quirk in a tragic situation 
3
Babyteeth
Roger Moore
In a year without blockbusters this Aussie indie marvel stands out one of the best films of the summer 
3.5
Babyteeth
Chris Barsanti
It incorporates addiction age inappropriate romance mental illness and terminal disease into its plot without collapsing into a movie of the week black hole 
3
Survive!
Roger Ebert
Underlying this rather dumb uninspired even crude film is a true story of such compelling power that we re forced to think and respond 
0
The Girl
Carla Meyer
Numbingly dull and repetitive 
1
The Girl
Carrie Rickey
One senses more intensity in the female male power dynamic than in the female on female couplings which are stylishly shot but emotionally detached 
2
The Girl
Kevin Courrier
Instead of providing alluring personalities Zeig and Wittig create vague archetypes to make their glib ideological points 
1
Texas
Keith Uhlich
Paravidino is no young prophet but a poseur disguising the general meaninglessness of his wayward youth parable via a tarted up mise en scne and a highly attractive cast 
2
Gridlocked
Walter Chaw
Danny Glover s been too old for this shit for over thirty years now 
0
Trick
Roger Ebert
The director Jim Fall treats too many of the supporting actors as if he owes them favors It s as if he promised them big scenes if they worked cheap 
2
Trick
Michael Dequina
Sexual orientation is moot in first time feature director Jim Fall s breezy single day spanning romantic comedy 
3
Trick
Dustin Putman
Thoroughly entertains in the context of this genre but it also stands as being the most uplifting and romantic love story of the year 
3.5
Laughter
Erik Childress
Labreche Dor is terrific throughout but a pair of monologues she shares about her experience s aftermath and a scene she shares with Daoust are exceptionally powerful 
3
Escape From Planet Earth
Mike McGranaghan
Makes for a solid Family Movie Night feature 
3
Escape From Planet Earth
Michael O'Sullivan
Just like its hero and his grounded starship Escape From Planet Earth is for much of the film a decidedly earthbound adventure 
2
Escape From Planet Earth
Tom Russo
Colorful as the 3 D aliens among us comedy is to look at though Corddry is handed a role that s beige as can be and so are his castmates 
2
Escape From Planet Earth
Rob Humanick
An energetic but thoroughly watered down kiddie flick 
1.5
Escape From Planet Earth
Jordan Riefe
This might please young kids but torment discerning parents 
2
Escape From Planet Earth
Roger Moore
Mediocre But for The Weinsteins in animation That s an improvement 
2
Escape From Planet Earth
Stephen Whitty
It provides a few smiles and a decent amount of rainy day kiddie entertainment 
2.5
Escape From Planet Earth
Peter Howell
A sci fi chuckler that somehow manages to elude tedium despite being a revisionist rip of rival toons from Pixar on down 
2.5
Violeta Went to Heaven
Diego Semerene
Suffers from an overtly conventional way of depicting the life events of an anything but conventional woman a lazy flaw further highlighted by its brief moments of visual experimentation 
2
Violeta Went to Heaven
Farran Smith Nehme
The biographical bits soon feel like a distraction from the music performed by Gaviln It s heard often but not often enough 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Marty Mapes
A good old fashioned movie with a pretty star a good heart and no cynicism
3
Pride & Prejudice
Rob Blackwelder
Creatively updated and terrifically colorful 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Phil Villarreal
Marks the next step in the evolution of the burgeoning Mormon film genre 
3
Pride & Prejudice
Steve Rhodes
Falls as flat on its face as a teenage girl trying on her first pair of high heels 
1.5
Pride & Prejudice
Evan Henerson
The acting peppered with performers making their film debuts is largely awful 
1.5
Pride & Prejudice
Tony Toscano
over all the film works 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Jeff Vice
Probably won t be of much interest to those outside of its target audience 
2.5
Pride & Prejudice
Sean P. Means
Can Jane Austen adapt to Mormon Cinema The answer is a surprising yes 
2.5
The Son
Pablo O. Scholz
A film about insecurities and in which the weight of the performances are committed and emotionally mature Full review in Spanish 
3
The Son
David Nusair
46 46 46 a passable yet hopelessly erratic endeavor that could 8217 ve used some serious streamlining 46 
2.5
The Son
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s meant to be a spotlight on mental health awareness 44 but is so hamfistedly written that it only spotlights awful parents that ignore red flags the size of a football field 46 
1
The Son
Jeff Mitchell
apos The Son apos doesn apos t stand as tall as apos The Father apos 46 Still 44 Jackman delivers an impressive performance 46 
2
The Son
Chris Hewitt
With all the market research and focus groups that drive the movie world it s rare for something as poorly conceived as The Son to make it through the cracks 
0
The Son
Odie Henderson
A disappointing melodrama with a twist ending that s as predictable as it is egregious 
1
The Son
Rob Thomas
While 8220 The Father 8221 took us inside the troubled mind of its main character 44 8220 The Son 8221 keeps its title character at a curious distance 44 offering little insight into his inner torment 46 
2
The Son
Josh Bell
Rather than cultivating empathy 44 it just inspires scorn 46 
1.5
The Son
Richard Roeper
Jackman can t overcome an emotionally manipulative screenplay and an amateurish young co star 
1.5
The Son
Mark Dujsik
The Son 46 46 46 becomes a movie that keeps its most compelling elements and character at an arm apos s length 46 
2
The Son
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Be furious at this faux awards contender or guffaw through its pitch black subject matter Whatever you choose it ll still be in better taste than the movie itself 
1
The Son
Randy Myers
Tears need to be earned and The Son fails at that 
1.5
The Son
Chase Hutchinson
For all the attempts the cast make to inject the story with life 44 it never finds anything even close to emotional resonance 46 
1
The Son
Ann Hornaday
Quite simply a disappointment from its pat setup to its equally false and quite frankly cruel resolution 
1
The Son
Mick LaSalle
The actors do good work 
3
The Son
Anne Brodie
Explores the emotional fallout of divorce on a teenage boy 46 Tough going 44 provocative 44 and a reminder that children go through their parents 8217 divorces with fewer tools to cope 46 Zeller brings it home clearly
2
The Son
Erik Childress
The swing from Father to Son for Zeller is shocking 46 One went inside the mind for a horrific and sad examination and the other is practically an after school special with no interest in exploring premature mental instability other than through cliches 46 
1
The Son
Steven Prokopy
The Son isn 8217 t as complex and layered a story as The Father 44 but it 8217 s still sometimes captivating and moving 46 
2.5
The Son
Rex Reed
The Son is a bold harrowing and unflinchingly sobering film that is admittedly not for every taste but an unavoidably intelligent piece of filmmaking for mature viewers that I highly recommend 
3
The Son
Roger Moore
Jackman gives a great performance at the center of a frustrating film that never quite lets us hope that anyone involved will find answers 44 and never lets its characters 44 or the viewer off the hook even if they do 46 10 10 
2.5
The Son
Nell Minow
Well intentioned but poorly constructed 46 
1
The Son
James Berardinelli
Although there are individually powerful scenes the narrative arc feels contrived and there s a scene near the end that is unforgivably manipulative and completely unnecessary 
2.5
The Son
Mark Kennedy
If you don t have children you will likely walk out of The Son shaken and deeply moved If you do have kids you may have to be eventually pulled to your feet after collapsing into a fetal ball for several hours 
3.5
The Son
Joey Magidson
The Son is a misguided melodrama that can apos t nurture its talented cast 46 
2
The Son
Mike McGranaghan
Even with a bum ending 44 it apos s the exceptional work from the cast that makes the movie worth seeing 46 
3
The Son
Ty Burr
It plays as maddeningly glib reduction of lived experience with blame parceled out like a punishment And to what end 
1.5
The Son
Kenji Fujishima
All by himself 44 Hugh Jackman imbues The Son with a tragic power that makes even Florian Zeller 8217 s most manipulative excesses easier to tolerate 46 
2.5
The Son
Johnny Oleksinski
Please Post editors I beg you do not make me review The Third Cousin Once Removed I can t take much more chic French ennui 
1
Henry Hill
Joshua Tanzer
Writer director David Kantar has made a subtle but passionate film skillfully written and winningly performed I hope more people get a chance to see it 
3.5
The Search
Liam Lacey
The French director s follow up to his Oscar winning silent movie comedy The Artist is everything The Artist was not long unoriginal and heavy handed 
2
The Search
Peter Howell
Young Hadji s silence gives The Search what lasting power it possesses 
2
The Search
Barry Hertz
Yes it may not live up to Fred Zinneman s 1948 film on which it s loosely based but it s strong and powerful all the same a film where it s clear the director is in complete control 
3.5
The Search
Kent Turner
The film s only arresting aspect is its takedown of the Russian military homophobic racist xenophobic and barbaric 
1.5
The Basement
Dann Gire
This wince inducing endurance test makes the Saw movies appear downright moralistic 
1
The Basement
Roger Moore
No scary just excruciating Shades of Saw Every Saw movie Ever 
1
I'll See You in My Dreams
Pamela Powell
It s quite refreshing to see a film about life and all it s true ups and downs as we age This lovely romantic dramedy is perfect for the over 40 age group 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Kam Williams
Blythe Danner is delightful as a lonely dowager facing her twilight years with dignity 
4
I'll See You in My Dreams
John Beifuss
Draped in fashionable scarves and radiating effortless charm Danner is in every scene Most viewers will be able to relate to the character she plays but they also may wish both character and actress had been placed within a more challenging story 
2.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Matt Brunson
A confident feature angel kissed with an enviable cast extending well beyond just Danner and an often lovely script 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Rick Bentley
A beautiful and smart coming of old age film 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Marty Mapes
Humble drama works thanks to good characters and performances
2.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
John Hartl
Danner is clearly having a ball with this character 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Scott Renshaw
Director co writer Brett Haley s simple low key character drama gets a boost from Blythe Danner s lovely lead performance and a unique spin on the crises of purpose that can face us at any age 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Steven Rea
I ll See You in My Dreams is delicate and nuanced with writing that rejects or at least reshapes the cliches of movies about people facing the glare of their sunset years 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Julia Cooper
Endearing from start to finish is Blythe Danner in the role of Carol 
2.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Linda Barnard
Haley allows Danner to be exquisite as Carol never rushing while allowing the actress to explore every nuance of her character We casually fall in step with her grateful to be there 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Calvin Wilson
I ll See You in My Dreams is at once funny and poignant and not just for moviegoers of a certain age 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Tomris Laffly
With its sensibility firmly tapped into authentic human life and experience Brett Haley s I ll See You In My Dreams reaches deep into one s core shining its sweetly quiet demeanor and modest scale 
4
I'll See You in My Dreams
Anders Wright
The film s quiet sincerity and enjoyable layers greatly outweigh its clichés and Haley reminds us that growing older is always complicated no matter how old you already are 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Mark Dujsik
I ll See You in My Dreams may not be about much but nonetheless it has a lot to say and like its characters says it with precision 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Dann Gire
I ll See You in My Dreams could easily slip into senior citizen cliché nightmares but the screenplay by Haley and Marc Basch packs plenty of respect for this character demographic 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Ty Burr
I ll See You in My Dreams may be the first movie since 1974 s Lovin Molly to put Danner at its center the results are a minor revelation and a reminder of where the real acting talent in this family lies 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Matt Pais
Rather than loud and desperate it s relaxed and lonely a reminder of how riveting it can be to see two well drawn characters sitting and talking 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Stephanie Merry
The drama serves as a pleasant reminder that no matter how old we get we never really become experts at life And who would want to The fumbling is often the most interesting part 
2.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Michael Phillips
The actors are terrific It s too bad though that co writer editor and director Brett Haley settles for so little 
2.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Mick LaSalle
By keeping sentimentality out I ll See You in My Dreams leaves space for real emotion 
4
I'll See You in My Dreams
Rex Reed
The tender magnetism of Blythe Danner turns an intelligent sensitive story of love among the not so young into a work of art 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Roger Moore
Good cast but the stale humor and randomness of the script never allows any emotional payoff 
2
I'll See You in My Dreams
Glenn Kenny
I ll See You In My Dreams is notable for its tempered sweetness and never on the nose wisdom It makes genuine cinematic hay of scenarios that 99 out of one hundred other filmmakers would play for cheap look at the old people laughs 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Lou Lumenick
Danner shines in scene after scene 
3.5
I'll See You in My Dreams
Lindsey Bahr
Writer director Brett Haley hasn t done anything revolutionary with this refined sweet film but the world he creates feels authentic and comfortably lived in 
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Elise Nakhnikian
Highly polished yet never quite slick it devolves now and then into cartoonish cutesiness with its broadly drawn minor characters 
2.5
Smugglers' Songs
Kent Turner
An immersion into the 1760s 
2.5
Finding Kelly
Michael Dequina
Harmless to be sure but also a bit mind numbing 
2
End of the Road
Roger Moore
Interminable
1
End of the Road
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he plotting of End of the Road 46 46 46 becomes more unconvincing with every leg of the journey 46 
1.5
End of the Road
Richard Roeper
Credulity defying violent and thoroughly entertaining 
3
Submission
Rex Reed
A seriously considered film brimming with ideas worth examining 
3
Submission
Robert Horton
Acting is a precise craft but also a mysterious alchemy and when you ve gotten as good as Tucci has a seamless performance like this can transform a so so movie into a pleasure 
3
Submission
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I couldn t help but enjoy much of its tone as well as the ebb and flow of the performances even if I was troubled by the enigma of Angela 
2.5
Submission
David Nusair
Submission ultimately succeeds only as an actor s showcase 
2
Submission
Ann Hornaday
For a movie addressing themes singularly suited to this moment it s all the more disappointing when it whiffs those chances 
2
Submission
David Lewis
The film squanders some dramatic possibilities and has a truncated sense about it We are left to wonder whether something went wrong with the script or in the editing room or both 
2
Submission
Peter Travers
We could use a solid movie right now to take on gender politics with literate precision and blunt provocation Submission is definitely not it 
2
Submission
Glenn Kenny
It s lit dude catnip 
2.5
Submission
Oleg Ivanov
This tentative questioning of the sometimes unscrupulous methods and deleterious consequences of political correctness is further undermined by Ted s insipid character and general indifference to his fate 
2
Submission
Roger Moore
A sexual harassment parable whose obviousness is treated as a twist It s the players Tucci and Sedgwick especially who make it worth your while 
2.5
The Water Man
Joe Friar
Lonnie Chavis and Amiah Miller are the film s biggest assets with convincing performances as their characters deal with real life issues of loss and abuse A wonderful adventure for the whole family 
3
The Water Man
Steven Prokopy
The Water Man is an engaging creative family drama with flashes of fantasy 
2.5
The Water Man
Richard Roeper
This family friendly monster movie will delight kids move adults 
3.5
The Water Man
Sheila O'Malley
Children absorb everything good and bad all the stresses heartbreak anxiety of the adults around them Children can handle the difficult things Oyelowo knows this and respects it 
3.5
The Water Man
Federico Furzan
An honest depiction of love and maturity in a household about to be stricken with tragedy Lonnie Chavis is an admirable actor 
3
The Water Man
Mark Dujsik
T he story dives into its adventure its myth and its other distractions from the cold sad truth of this tale 
2
The Water Man
Johnny Oleksinski
A very nice movie that s a lot like a bunch of other very nice movies 
2.5
The Water Man
Randy Myers
There s a lot of heart even soul to this never overwrought production from Oprah Winfrey s Harpo Films 
3
The Water Man
Ann Hornaday
Oyelowo does a superb job of balancing the story s most somber elements with preteen adventure and moments of mordant humor 
3
The Water Man
Roger Moore
Harmless and not entirely charmless but more a collection of pretty locations good actors and a couple of kids who barely hold our interest in a journey that less interesting than the destination which isn t interesting at all 
2
The Water Man
Dwight Brown
Though Oyelowo s direction is decent the story never takes you to that special place and the son s venture into the forest rarely feels adventurous 
2
The Water Man
Johanna Schneller
What is magical though is the chance to root for a young Black male hero as he navigates a family crisis that s both specific and universal and not based on race 
3
The War Game
Jeremiah Kipp
Watkins s images are shrewd propaganda 
4
The War Game
Roger Ebert
One of the most skillful documentary films ever made 
4
Fast Five
Dwight Brown
From the opening adrenalin pumping prison bus escape to a heart pounding car theft aboard a fast moving train Fast Five throws it down from the jump 
3.5
Fast Five
Josh Larsen
achieves the sort of zen chaos that defines the Die Hard films
2.5
Fast Five
Austin Kennedy
The last 2 entries were stupid too but at least this one was well directed and features some of the most impressive stunt work I ve seen in years 
3
Fast Five
Roger Moore
Manages to be more fun than any movie with its outrageous carbon footprint has any right to be 
2.5
Fast Five
Jeff Beck
One film was enough two was plenty but five is just absurd Undoubtedly there will be several people who will flock to this film just because it has cars zooming back and forth so at least some people will be pleased with it 
2
Fast Five
Michael Dequina
The jauntier vibe makes for easier viewing between the big high speed car set pieces which are every bit as big loud and crazily over the top preposterous as one would expect and hope 
3
Fast Five
David Nusair
a frustratingly protracted piece of work that should have been so much better 
2.5
Fast Five
James Kendrick
a loud full throttled bombastic heist flick with no apologies for its obsessions with speed violence intensity 
3.5
Fast Five
Tom Meek
Though the smash bang chases make for dumb fun it all mostly cruises in a noisy neutral And with his film clocking in at over two hours director Justin Lin might have raised his own speed limit 
2
Fast Five
Glenn Lovell
People die cars collide things get blown sky high But none of it feels at all suspenseful Lin is much better at comedy relief which includes a sexy con by Gadot who beats the all hands drug czar at his own game 
2
Fast Five
Lori Hoffman
For those of us who thought Diesel and Dwayne The Rock Johnson were separated at birth these two have a best of the baldies throwdown that rocks our action loving world 
3
Fast Five
Scott Nash
So long as they re driving it s fine but whenever they stop to open their mouths it grinds to a halt 
2
Fast Five
Kam Williams
Another dazzling display of stunt driving and death defying car chases involving souped up stolen automobiles 
4
Fast Five
Eric Melin
A dumb ridiculous movie filled with enough tough guy stares and male posturing to last you the entire summer But it s also high on extreme stunts and crazy car crashes carried off with minimal aid from CGI which is actually very refreshing 
2.5
Fast Five
Matt Brunson
Stating that Fast Five is the best of the Fast and the Furious series is perhaps like claiming that the Big Mac is the best hamburger served at McDonald s It s not so much a declaration of excellence as an example of damning with faint praise 
2.5
Fast Five
Christian Toto
All together now if you loved the first four Furious films there s no reason on Earth why you won t dig Fast Five
3
Fast Five
Lisa Kennedy
The chemistry of the core cast steered by Vin Diesel and Paul Walker keeps this outing from running on fumes 
2
Fast Five
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing is an exuberant hodgepodge of homoerotic macho action and heist film clichs filled with winning dialogue and sensational if utterly unbelievable action sequences 
2.5
Fast Five
Mike McGranaghan
Watching Fast Five is like being savagely beaten for two hours and ten minutes by the staff at Advance Auto Parts 
1.5
Fast Five
Stephen Cole
Always preposterous though never actually silly knowingly funny without ever being self conscious Fast Five is a passable action flick that will more than entertain its core audience 
2
Fast Five
John Beifuss
A paean to reckless driving and fuel inefficency this fifth film in the franchise is the most spectacular and elaborate yet bringing new meaning to the term muscle car by pitting series regular Vin Diesel against Dwayne The Rock Johnson 
3
Fast Five
Bob Bloom
Fast Five is the perfect definition of a guilty pleasure movie In this film what stunt drivers and stunt people do with their machines and bodies defy the laws of physics nature and reason 
3
Fast Five
Stephen Whitty
If there were any more testosterone here Jose Canseco could have boiled down the screen and injected it 
2.5
Fast Five
Chris Hewitt
There s good stuff but it s the weakest of the Fast films 
2
Fast Five
Sean O'Connell
By shifting into a previously untapped gear it delivers the most entertaining Fast and Furious adventure while also getting 2011 s summer movie season off on the right lead foot 
3
Fast Five
Peter Howell
Something like Ocean s Eleven and its various numerations except with muscle cars and knuckleheads and without the laughs 
2
Fast Five
Kyle Smith
Instead of a vroomer we get a knucklehead Ocean s 11 
1.5
Fast Five
Mark Dujsik
Treats interpersonal bonds as a concept that it knows about but can t quite come to grips with considering all the horsepower and crashes upon which it would rather focus 
1.5
Fast Five
Dustin Putman
Sure it s supposed to just be a silly popcorn movie but treating these cardboard cutouts as people to admire and care about is dishonest and contemptible That the movie sucks besides is the final insult 
1
Fast Five
James Berardinelli
Ignoring the rules of physics doesn t make a movie more entertaining it merely makes the writing easier If a screenplay can cheat at any time it encourages sloppy authorship 
2.5
Fast Five
Mick LaSalle
The first sequel to the 2001 The Fast and the Furious that s worth watching that isn t an embarrassment or a travesty of the original picture 
3
Fast Five
Robert W. Butler
It s when the action slows down that you can feel the brain cells dying 
2
Fast Five
Graham Killeen
The Fast and the Furious 2011 model comes fully loaded with enough power under the hood to almost compensate for its lack of innovation 
2.5
Fast Five
Moira MacDonald
As a moviegoer there are times when you want say Jane Eyre and then there are times when a movie about really large men who drive cars really fast is just the thing Fast Five is that latter movie and then some 
3
Fast Five
Roger Ebert
What it all comes down to is a skillfully assembled 130 minutes at the movies with actors capable of doing absurd things with straight faces and action sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics 
3
Fast Five
Wesley Morris
Fast Five is so far the most honest Hollywood movie of the year It s also the most fun 
3
Fast Five
Peter Travers
Fast Five will push all your action buttons and some you haven t thought of So what if you hate yourself in the morning 
2.5
Fast Five
Steven Rea
Defying laws of physics laws of acting and the law of diminishing returns Fast Five delivers a ridiculously fun mix of motorized macho mayhem and multicultural bonding 
3
Fast Five
Joe Williams
Fast Five represents Yankee ingenuity of the brutally stupid kind 
2
Fast Five
Christopher Lloyd
These movies are sheer silliness improbable roadway mayhem interspersed with obligatory fistfights and gunplay all coated with a noxious layer of adolescent macho posturing 
2.5
Fast Five
Matt Pais
Well it s a more fun trip to Rio than Rio As the reckless flailing of a lot of meatheads Fast Five is essentially a food fight with sloppy Joes 
2.5
Fast Five
Nick Schager
Far less interested in vehicular craziness than the wisecracking repartee of its supporting specialists 
1.5
Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love
Brad Wheeler
The whole thing views as a bit of a filmic exercise stylish and crisply shot but a bit of a bore 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Matt Brunson
Director Mike Figgis also composed the score which during the tense scenes merely sounds like a two year old incessantly banging on random piano keys 
2
Cold Creek Manor
David Nusair
Depending on your tolerance for such films it ll either be easy or difficult to accept this unabashedly absurd story 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Frank Ochieng
Manor trickles along unconvincingly without once dispatching any genuine sense of supreme sadistic surprises For this revelation alone Cold Creek Manor certainly needs to be condemned 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Peter Travers
The only things haunting this movie are cliches 
1
Cold Creek Manor
Paul Povse
Cold Creek Manor is cautious to the point of inert 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Linda Cook
If you want a good thriller about a weirdo who creates trouble for a family rent Cape Fear Either version 
1
Cold Creek Manor
Jonathan R. Perry
A thriller as tedious as Cold Creek Manor benefits from a glass is half full philosophy Each minute we spend in unspeakable boredom means we re one minute closer to the end 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All of the characters behave like idiots at every turn even when the facts are staring them in the face 
1
Cold Creek Manor
Kit Bowen
Cold Creek Manor is one of those cases of the trailer making it look a whole lot scarier than it actually is 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Mark Dujsik
Imagine watching someone set up an elaborate chain of dominoes with a button at the end The idea is that the last domino will hit the button Now imagine the person who set it all up walks past the dominoes and pushes the button and nothing happens 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
James Sanford
Quaid and Stone look utterly ridiculous when they scream a major debit in a movie of this type 
1
Cold Creek Manor
Sarah Chauncey
Cold Creek Manor may not be the worst movie of the stinker season but it s a strong contender for the dumbest 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Dustin Putman
Almost astonishing in its thinly plotted shamelessly derivative amateurishness 
1
Cold Creek Manor
Claudia Puig
Quaid does his level best with a lame character but Stone sinks under the weight of a thankless role 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Phil Villarreal
The ill advised mansion purchase is just the first in an endless series of blunders in this half baked thriller 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Laine Ewen
It is difficult to say anything about the plot without giving away the ending simply because the ending is apparent within the first half hour of the movie 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Chris Hewitt
At first I thought Cold Creek was proceeding deliberately but then I realized it s just boring 
1
Cold Creek Manor
Erik Lundegaard
In the end what makes Cold Creek Manor work is Figgis pacing and attention to detail 
3
Cold Creek Manor
Glenn Lovell
Keeps us squirming for about two thirds of its running length 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Edward Guthmann
Hokum with a big budget gloss it s a simple formulaic nail biter 
2
Cold Creek Manor
John Anderson
Cold Creek Manor is bad on purpose It s just not bad enough 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Jonathan Foreman
Two thirds of the way through the heroes and the bad guy all start behaving with offensively unbelievable stupidity 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Jami Bernard
Simply banal unless you are renovating a house and can identify with the chill that comes from signing all those expensive change orders 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Robert W. Butler
This tepid exercise is to a good thriller what paint by numbers is to fine art 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
John Monaghan
Has just enough craft to make it worth exploring 
3
Cold Creek Manor
Michael Booth
Never achieves the promise offered by a likable family believably spooky townies and rich atmospherics 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Roger Ebert
Another one of those movies where a demented fiend devotes an extraordinary amount of energy to setting up scenes for the camera 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Ty Burr
The film is a disquieting and often very funny examination of yuppie unease in the country The problem is it s disguised as a dopey suspense thriller 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Josh Larsen
I have a feeling I know who the true bad guy is a little monster known as studio meddling 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Jeffrey Westhoff
One of those well made movies that can t find the elusive element that turns a lukewarm thriller into a scorcher 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Erik Childress
Goes from The Thin Blue Line into Cape Fear and then settling into The Ring minus the supernatural element and social commentary They just brought the well I only wish I had received a phone call seven days before to warn me 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Walter Chaw
All Cold Creek Manor seems to be interested in really is packing as many people into the theatre as possible before word spreads and optimism is slain again 
1
Cold Creek Manor
David Sterritt
Figgis brings strong visual imagination to the first hour but he can t rescue Richard Jefferies s screenplay from plot holes bigger than the manor itself 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Robert K. Elder
A logical emotionally resonant thriller 
2.5
Cold Creek Manor
Steve Rhodes
A slow and plodding would be thriller 
1.5
Cold Creek Manor
Ed Gonzalez
Cold Creek Manor is neither as funny as it should be nor is it as mysterious as its initial self reflexivity would have you believe 
2
Cold Creek Manor
Rob Blackwelder
attempts to evoke the essence of Cape Fear if Cape Fear had been written by a room full of monkeys 
1
Diggers
Carrie Rickey
Fresh as today s catch and about as tasty 
3
Diggers
Ethan Alter
When you reach the end of the film you may find yourself wondering whether these minor pleasures amount to anything more substantial and the sad reality is that they really don t 
2
Diggers
Jeff Shannon
There are many pleasures to be found in Diggers and you don t even have to dig for them 
3
Diggers
Ruthe Stein
Director Dieckmann fails to stage scenes in a compelling manner Diggers bumps along from trauma to trauma like a clam digging boat on choppy waters 
1.5
Diggers
David Elliott
No doubt there was hope for a manlier brinier My Big Fat Greek Wedding But that had better food and better jokes 
2
Diggers
Gary Goldstein
Though nothing too earth shaking happens the movie is filled with a slew of compelling scenes strongly performed under director Katherine Dieckmann s discerning eye 
3
Diggers
Lou Lumenick
A modestly charming film 
2.5
Diggers
Elizabeth Weitzman
What separates Diggers from its kin notably the Ed Burns movies is the testosterone balance of its masculine script and Dieckmann s sensitive direction Maybe we need more buddy movies by women 
3
Diggers
Bob Strauss
Observant as a movie can be about characters who aren t very interesting 
2.5
Diggers
Michael Booth
I was rooting for the Diggers clan by the time this modest film ended A talented cast of likable actors can do that for a thin script and Paul Rudd Ken Marino Maura Tierney and Ron Eldard eventually won me over 
2.5
Diggers
Paige Wiser
The prospect of change is complicated but Diggers is also a reminder of the powerful simplicity of friendship 
2.5
Diggers
Ty Burr
Sweet but you ve seen it many times before Until then it s a tragicomedy of entropy a film that wonders what happens to men when they can t do the only thing they know how to 
2.5
Diggers
Chris Hewitt
The only way the movie works is if it has charismatic performers to explore these characters and Diggers does 
3
Diggers
Michael Phillips
The best thing in Diggers besides the close up of the back end of the Vista Cruiser is the interplay between Rudd and Tierney 
2.5
Diggers
Matt Pais
A surprisingly sophisticated ensemble piece from a cast regarded more for being funny than being wise 
3.5
Diggers
John Anderson
Diggers is what it is human funny and true to itself If you even think you might know some of the people in the movie you probably do 
3
Diggers
Kam Williams
Dude where s my clam 
2
Diggers
Nick Schager
Captures the way in which love and feelings about the past can sometimes be conflicted if not downright irrational 
2.5
Diggers
David Nusair
a low key yet thoroughly entertaining drama 
3
69 Minutes of 86 Days
Bill Chambers
An exodus reduced to a road trip 
2
God Told Me To
Matt Brunson
With such efforts as Q The Winged Serpent and It apos s Alive on his resume 44 it apos s saying something to note that God Told Me To might be the most bizarre of all films from Larry Cohen 46 
3
God Told Me To
Roger Ebert
There were times when I thought the projectionist was showing the reels in random order as a quiet joke on the hapless audience 
1
God Told Me To
James Kendrick
only those who are intensely religious will be offended the rest of us can just smile at the film s simple and entertaining absurdity
2.5
Casanova Falling
David Nusair
a smug oppressively talky romcom that fails to hold the viewer s interest virtually from minute one 
1.5
Delhii Heights
Namrata Joshi
The director should watch films like Chashme Baddoor Khosla Ka Ghosla and Monsoon Wedding to learn how to make a Delhi film before shooting his mouth off 
1
Never-ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Keith Watson
Kaku Arakawa s documentary is a candid snapshot of a great artist as an old man 
3
Vice Raid
Matt Brunson
Silly if watchable 
2
The Frozen Ground
Brian Eggert
Only Patrick Murguia 8217 s on location photography of the Alaskan wilderness holds any notable merit 46 
1.5
The Frozen Ground
Forrest Hartman
The Frozen Ground isn t innovative but it is a well paced and engaging thriller that has the added appeal of a truth based narrative 
3
The Frozen Ground
Sheila O'Malley
The Frozen Ground trucks in cliche as most serial killer and police procedural films do but the strength of the acting from the leads down to people with only one or two lines helps ground the film 
3
The Frozen Ground
Lou Lumenick
A taut procedural with atmospheric location work that traces Cage s clock racing efforts to find evidence against Cusack 
2.5
The Frozen Ground
Matthew Kassel
A vague and forgettable crime thriller that would have benefited from more character development or at least a grounding of the narrative in one central protagonist 
1
The Frozen Ground
Roger Moore
Nice to see Nic Cage go back to being subtle in this solid if seldom surprising thriller
2.5
The Frozen Ground
Chuck Bowen
Taste and good intentions are only going to get one so far with a script this tone deaf and direction this ugly and monotonous 
1
And Then Came Lola
Shaula Clark
Was the world clamoring for a comic erotic lesbian tribute to Run Lola Run Maybe not but I have to hand it to directors Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler for Frankensteining this one together 
2.5
Cat People
Matt Brunson
The superb 1942 Cat People managed to provide plenty of food for thought 46 Writer director Paul Schrader apos s 1982 remake 44 on the other hand 44 has little more on its mind than kink 46 
2
Cat People
Kevin Carr
Dripping in 80s psychosexual atmosphere 44 this doesn 8217 t hold up outside of its era 44 but still offers some nice imagery and a solid soundtrack 46 
2.5
Cat People
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 at least in Kinski you can see why Schrader thought Cat People might work 46 
1.5
Cat People
Brian Eggert
Mysticism and animal sexuality mark Schrader s baroque experiment in arthouse style and commercial sensibilities a remake that takes everything inward and psychological about the 1942 original and leaves it splayed onto the screen 
3.5
Cat People
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review A curious but always intriguing blend of erotic love story and animalistic gore drenched terror tale 
3
Cat People
Mike McGranaghan
A twisted sexy horror classic 
3.5
Cat People
David Nusair
an art house experiment gone horribly wrong 
1.5
Cat People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Underrated 
3
Cat People
Roger Ebert
Cat People is a good movie in an old tradition a fantasy horror film that takes itself just seriously enough to work has just enough fun to be entertaining and contains elements of intrinsic fascination in its magnificent black leopards 
3.5
Cat People
Bill Chambers
Lumbering but titillating 
2.5
Cat People
James Kendrick
Despite its many flaws Cat People is nothing if not interesting and it has several sequences that are genuinely electrifying and audacious
2.5
Cat People
Ed Gonzalez
The late great Ferdinando Scarfiotti s elaborate set designs imagine New Orleans as a post feminist kingdom whose traditions are on the brink of destruction 
3
Josh and S.A.M.
Roger Ebert
Josh and S A M is a film that engaged my interest only sporadically because I couldn t believe its premise and what s more didn t care about the characters And yet in all fairness I d guess that this movie might be fun for younger viewers 
2
After the Fall
Roger Moore
Forgettable Bentley is bland first scene to last and thanks to its subject the film is instantly dated
1.5
After the Fall
Odie Henderson
A substandard crime drama that reeks of the Idiot Plot Syndrome 
1
After the Fall
Sara Stewart
If you can avoid dwelling on its derivative qualities After the Fall has its own case to make about how far the middle class has fallen and continues to slide 
2.5
Nazi Agent
Brian Eggert
The film remains significant as an early effort from director Jules Dassin while also boasting terrific dual performances by Conrad Veidt 
3.5
Save Me
Jeff Shannon
Allen brings such conviction to the part that it s almost possible to look past the gaps in Mark s development In the end you may not buy each step he takes but you respect Allen s attempt to make the effort seem genuine 
2.5
Save Me
Ty Burr
The first release from the gay oriented Mythgarden production company Save Me still bodes well for its evenhanded approach 
2.5
Save Me
Maureen M. Hart
A melodrama better suited to the Logo network than to theaters 
2.5
Save Me
Carrie Rickey
This earnest well acted melodrama has compassion for all of its characters who include gay men and the Christians dedicated to healing them of their brokenness 
3
Save Me
Ruthe Stein
Save Me doesn t poke fun at anyone s beliefs It takes a more nuanced humanistic approach 
3
Save Me
Peter Canavese
A film that stands the best chance of winning the hearts and minds of those who now embrace the gay recovery movement 
3
Save Me
Peter T. Chattaway
Where other films would have demonized Christians outright Save Me presents a world where gays and Christians can go their separate ways while wishing each other well 
2.5
Save Me
Ken Fox
A solid performance by the often underrated Judith Light lends considerable weight to this melodrama s controversial subject 
3
Save Me
Rafer Guzman
There are heroes battles and triumphs but no villains in Save Me a thoughtful nuanced drama about guilt stricken gay men trying to fix their sexual brokenness at a Christian recovery house 
3
Save Me
Andrew Schenker
Until about two thirds of the way in Save Me plays its central hypothesis surprisingly um straight 
2
Save Me
David Nusair
a lamentably uneven effort that s admirable in its intentions but ultimately stifled by its myriad of flaws 
2
Save Me
Pam Grady
A sensitive exploration of the motivations behind both the people conducting this dubious therapy and those seeking treatment 
3
The Assistant
Brian Eggert
The film s sharp thoughtfully composed screenplay does not need to dwell on specifics its portrait is not of Weinstein directly but the psychological implications that come with abuses of power 
3.5
The Assistant
John Beifuss
Ingeniously compact 
4
The Assistant
Ty Burr
The Assistant is a stealth bomb of a movie It barely makes a noise but it leaves a crater in your heart 
3.5
The Assistant
Josh Larsen
With her spare clinical incriminating filmmaking style writer director Kitty Green clearly communicates that something is deeply amiss 
3.5
The Assistant
Federico Furzan
Its crescendo goes nowhere near an explosive statement But this small movie portrays a tense reality that should never be denied Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Assistant
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Green has infused The Assistant with a low key and almost clinical feel that doesn t exactly draw the viewer in 
2
The Assistant
Peter Canavese
Has the benefit of relevance to the current news cycle but it s about something much larger even than the famous convicted felon who threw his weight around Hollywood 
3.5
The Assistant
Lisa Jensen
Garner has the pale porcelain face of a Renaissance angel it s almost physically painful to watch her eyes her expression her entire demeanor darken with anxiety over the course of her workday 
3
The Assistant
Roger Moore
There are a dozen ways writer director Green could have goosed the script even slightly to make this movie more of a meal 
2.5
The Assistant
Chuck Bowen
With The Assistant writer director Kitty Green offers a top to bottom portrait of incremental dehumanization and on its terms the film is aesthetically tonally immaculate 
3
The Assistant
Rob Thomas
By removing the predator from the frame Green focuses on the rest of us the ones who know and stay silent 
3.5
The Assistant
Bob Bloom
In a sense The Assistant is like an old fashioned horror movie in which all the murder and mayhem occur off screen so it is left to our imaginations about what happens behind closed doors 
3.5
The Assistant
Joe Friar
The Harvey Weinstein inspired drama delivers a powerful message with no resolution in sight Julia Garner s nuanced performance drives the powerful film 
3
The Assistant
Rene Sanchez
An unsettling and minimalistic thriller about toxic work environments that slowly gets under your skin and makes your blood boil Julia Garner s performance is phenomenal Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Assistant
Erik Childress
The Assistant has the feel of an evergreen film that conveys the stark intensity of the voiceless in our world and our silent screams to finally hear what they have to tell us
3.5
The Assistant
Robert Horton
Green s idea to leave the mogul off the screen a brilliant concept forces us to concentrate more intently on the effect of someone like this 
3.5
The Assistant
Frank Ochieng
Solidly telling in its methodical truth Green s film is unassumingly dazzling in its low key observations The Assistant is impressively potent without the overstated exclamation of acrimony 
3
The Assistant
Christian Toto
This indie takes an alternate path to Harvey s downfall but it s a road to dramatic nowhere 
2
The Assistant
Moira MacDonald
You leave The Assistant thinking about why some of us are invisible and some of us don t notice and about how evil lives in the places from which we look away 
3.5
The Assistant
Richard Roeper
No blood is shed No bodies turn up And yet The Assistant is one seriously chilling monster movie 
3
The Assistant
Sarah Hagi
The film succeeds in showing how men with power can openly do essentially whatever they want as long as their company is successful but it still left me wanting something more 
2.5
The Assistant
Anita Katz
Working realistically and with an eagle eye Green previously a documentarian delivers 87 absorbing minutes of workplace pathology as she illustrates how rottenness at the top can infect subordinates 
3
The Assistant
Jeff Mitchell
Writer director Kitty Green clearly documents empathy without empowerment 
3
The Assistant
Lisa Trifone
With the camera focused on her nearly the entire time Garner excels in a focused performance that delivers an emotional punch 
3.5
The Assistant
Mark Dujsik
The silence speaks louder and with more forcefulness than any explicit description or depiction could do 
3
The Assistant
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Even when it strays from cinematic perfection the memory of it remains carrying the film through to its very bitter end 
3
The Assistant
Tom Meek
The power dynamics of The Assistant are chilling 
3
The Assistant
Michael Phillips
The movie s a sleek icy variation on Alien vs Predator with the predator off screen and the alienated woman depicted in nearly every frame in a state of dread and wonder 
3.5
The Assistant
Michael O'Sullivan
M aking it obvious albeit ambiguous is arguably a small misstep in a film that otherwise derives all its sickening effectiveness not from what we see but from what we don t 
3
The Assistant
Mick LaSalle
The Assistant isn t a particularly enjoyable film but its message and quiet power linger for days 
3
The Assistant
Katie Walsh
A potent fable that both unearths and indicts the systems that kept Weinstein and men like him in power for so long 
4
The Assistant
Sheila O'Malley
The Assistant a very good film is especially good on power dynamics 
4
The Assistant
Jocelyn Noveck
The expressive Garner does a lot with a little She has no big speeches no tantrums no floods of tears It s the ultimate unshowy part 
3
The Assistant
Sara Stewart
By training her lens on a grind of a job demanding near invisibility Green highlights the systematic verbal abuse these young usually women endure as well as the hidden power of what they see and know 
3
The Assistant
Joey Magidson
The Assistant is a deeply upsetting look at the toll working for a monster can take Julia Garner is fantastic The film is languidly paced but the impact is undeniable 
3
The Assistant
Clayton Davis
Power is a tool that can always be referenced when citing these individuals but what The Assistant does brilliantly is that it does not allow the ones who surrounded the monster to break away unscathed and untarnished 
3
Swerve
Sara Stewart
It s enjoyable enough but low on novelty beyond the stark beauty of the sun bleached Outback landscape 
2
Swerve
Chuck Bowen
A confident and exciting genre film and that s certainly not nothing but it has a slight impersonality that marks it as either a calling card or a work for hire 
2.5
Rocaterrania
Joe Williams
lustrator Renaldo Kuhler is still alive and lucid so while this fascinating documentary is picturesque it could have done more to fill in the blanks 
3
A Girl, Three Guys and a Gun
Joe Bob Briggs
It s beautifully shot well staged well acted and it s got that independent film vibe But in the final analysis it is just a girl three guys and a gun 
1
Put the Camera on Me
Ed Gonzalez
Reminds us of how easily our adult sexual identities are encoded in our seemingly innocent childhood behaviors 
3
Blue Car
Robert W. Butler
At the film s center Bruckner more than holds her own beautifully capturing the anger uncertainty and yearnings of an unhappy kid impatient for her real life to begin 
2.5
Blue Car
Phil Villarreal
Moncrieff though seemingly incapable of lacing a story with surprises writes snappy dialogue 
2
Blue Car
Joshua Tanzer
The truest depiction I have ever seen on film of how children grow up with divorced parents Hollywood blockbuster hype notwithstanding this is actually the must see movie of the summer 
4
Blue Car
Joe Baltake
Moncrieff grabs us with details and dialogue so authentic that she often makes us feel as if we re standing on our toes and peering in the window of one of our neighbors 
3.5
Blue Car
Sean P. Means
Blue Car boasts great talent in Bruckner Straithairn and Moncrieff but that talent isn t enough to get over the obstacles in the movie s second half 
2.5
Blue Car
Josh Larsen
leaves Strathairn s possible predator frustratingly out of focus 
2
Blue Car
David Elliott
Moncrieff who studied acting has such a fine cast that she makes the nuances come together as the portrait of a brief piercing time in peoples lives 
3
Blue Car
Connie Ogle
A well intentioned coming of age film anchored by two indelible performances but weakened by an overabundance of drama 
2.5
Blue Car
Carrie Rickey
It s rare that a movie makes a viewer experience the psychodynamics of an encounter so profoundly usually theater is a better medium for that but Moncrieff has exceptional skills 
3
Blue Car
Chris Hewitt
The strength of the movie which makes sure to show the pressures its characters face so that all of them are weak but none of them is a villain is its recognition of the strength within Meg 
3.5
Blue Car
Ty Burr
It s that central dance between teacher and student that makes the movie both hard to watch and worth your attention a subtle waltz of power in which it s difficult to tell who s leading until too late 
3
Blue Car
Jeff Strickler
As bitterness piles upon disappointment piles upon loneliness Blue Car stalls under the weight of its emotional baggage 
2.5
Blue Car
Moira MacDonald
A coming of age tale acted with such honesty and directed with such quiet understanding of its troubled characters that its nearly unrelenting grimness takes on a poetic quality 
3
Blue Car
C.W. Nevius
From the rain streaked windshield to the unaffected line readings from a stellar cast there is not a shot in Blue Car that doesn t ring true 
3
Blue Car
Roger Ebert
A valuable cautionary tale 
3.5
Blue Car
Terry Lawson
A beautifully crafted and painfully sincere movie that makes most dramas about teenagers seem about as real and relevant as American Pie 
3
Blue Car
Glenn Lovell
Thanks to Bruckner and Strathairn who s queasy beyond the call of duty this is one indie that resonates well beyond the end credits 
3
Blue Car
Mark Caro
For the most part Blue Car succeeds in fulfilling Meg s assignment to touch the hidden nerve 
3
Blue Car
Liam Lacey
The movie unfolds wobbling between scenes that feel fresh and genuine and others that feel seriously overfreighted with ethical judgments 
2.5
Blue Car
Elias Savada
perhaps slight of budget but full of heart soul and a ton of acting talent all well stirred by a new director who has expertly transferred her story of family failures and teen dreams to the big screen 
3.5
Blue Car
Glenn Kenny
The movie crams a hell of a lot of dysfunction into its 88 minutes Rare are the movies that convincingly depict a small child going mad 
3
Blue Car
Bob Campbell
A cozy well made vehicle without the capacity to carry everything that writer director Karen Moncrieff piles into it 
2.5
Blue Car
Jack Mathews
A fine first film and one you won t easily forget 
2.5
Blue Car
Megan Lehmann
An unflinchingly honest coming of age portrait 
3
Blue Car
Bob Strauss
In its studied naturalistic way the movie can nonetheless resemble a week of Oprah sobfests 
2.5
Blue Car
David Sterritt
Ms Moncrieff s low key directing is matched by fine acting from Agnes Bruckner as Meg and David Strathairn as her mentor 
3
Blue Car
Claudia Puig
Has the feel of a novel in which the characters linger in one s memory well after the book has been read 
3
Blue Car
John Anderson
Intimate honest if occasionally contrived 
2.5
Blue Car
Harvey S. Karten
No mere run of the mill coming of age tale but a complex poignant drama of a teacher student relationship exquisitely acted 
3.5
Blue Car
Peter Travers
Strathairn works miracles by finding the humanity in a deeply flawed man And Bruckner is an amazement piercing the heart without begging for sympathy 
3
Blue Car
Walter Chaw
When Meg looks mournfully over a box of scattered pictures lighting the corners of her mind no doubt Blue Car already maudlin suddenly and terrifyingly becomes Purple Rain 
1
Blue Car
Steve Rhodes
Story provides such a poignant and believable characterization of Meg that it easily touches your heart 
3
Blue Car
David Nusair
Blue Car contains a fantastic and most likely star making performance by Agnes Bruckner and a script that never strikes a false or phony note 
3.5
Blue Car
Ed Gonzalez
Not unlike Robert J Siegel s Swimming this little gem plays out an awful lot like adolescence 
3
The Condemned
David Keyes
One of the most deplorable movie going experiences of my life 
0
The Condemned
Felix Vasquez Jr.
There s nothing wrong with enjoying a balls to the wall guy film where muscle bound behemoths blow shit up and fight to the death 
3
The Condemned
David Nusair
Scott Wiper s hopelessly inept directorial choices coupled with an overall vibe of ugliness ensures that the movie ultimately fares about as well as its straight to video action brethren 
.5
The Condemned
Steven Snyder
What a base and baseless film this is 
1.5
The Condemned
Linda Cook
Designed to make you cringe from its violent scenes The Condemned is a paradox of a movie Its sole purpose is to depict people killing torturing and raping each other And yet it contains a preachy theme about the kinds of people who would pay to watc
2
The Condemned
Vince Koehler
There were definitely some unexplored situations that would have made this film a lot more enthralling 
1.5
The Condemned
Sean McBride
two hours of mindless violence and then have the nerve to lecture the audience on why violence is wrong 
1.5
The Condemned
Jeffrey Westhoff
Wiper may make the point that people would pay to watch such a snuff film but he too vigorously rubs his audience s nose in it 
2.5
The Condemned
Mark Dujsik
This movie didn t just miss the boat on the condemnation of reality TV it started swimming in the other direction to try to catch up with it 
1
The Condemned
Kam Williams
Despite the transparent plotline the dumb dialogue the cheesy special f x the cornball comic relief and the self righteous sermonizing this campy B movie adds up to a cinematic experience so godawful it s great in a reverse chic sort of way 
4
The Condemned
Claudia Puig
If you thought getting voted off the island on Survivor was tough The Condemned takes that concept as ridiculously and hideously far as can be imagined 
1
The Condemned
Maitland McDonagh
Perhaps the worst aspect of this shameless rehash of better movies like Battle Royale 2000 Series 7 2001 and even The Running Man 1987 is not its astonishing dullness but its pretentions to moral rectitude 
1.5
The Condemned
Geoff Pevere
While rather preposterously hypocritical in its moral pretensions it nevertheless comes through in the no holds barred body slam department 
3
The Condemned
Ted Fry
You d be better off waiting for the DVD to enjoy this torpid turkey which is probably how it should have debuted anyway 
1
The Condemned
Mick LaSalle
You have to love an anti violence movie that has as its slogan 10 people will fight 9 people will die You get to watch Hypocrisy in and of itself isn t amusing but when it s on this grand a scale it becomes hilarious 
2
The Condemned
Pam Grady
The title is not just a description of the competitors it is also a warning as in catch this at the multiplex and know that you are condemning yourself to 112 minutes of pure punishment 
1
The Condemned
Lisa Rose
When it isn t depicting brutal deaths the film condemns audiences for flocking to see lurid entertainment If director Scott Wiper is trying to make a statement it gets lost in a mirror maze of hypocrisy and self loathing 
1
The Condemned
V.A. Musetto
The Condemned directed by Scott Wiper appropriate last name is a bad rip off of the 2000 Japanese sensation Battle Royale and the 1932 U S classic The Most Dangerous Game 
0
The Condemned
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s not only morally bankrupt but between the ludicrous script and Z level acting scrapes the bottom of the entertainment barrel too 
.5
The Condemned
Mack Bates
There are only so many ways to kill a person before it starts becoming utterly predictable making things feel boring even as they become more harsh 
2
The Condemned
Bob Strauss
There are a surprising number of decent performances in this otherwise inept action slog 
2
The Condemned
Nick Rogers
If WWE overlord Vince McMahon can extract anything good from The Condemned it s that the XFL no longer is his greatest creative failure 
.5
The Condemned
Amy Biancolli
Condemn it to obscurity if you can 
.5
The Condemned
Stephen Cole
Most TV wrestling matches are better scripted than The Condemned 
1
The Condemned
John Monaghan
The Condemned would be a lot more fun if director and co writer Scott Wiper had approached it with humor Instead he delivers this nonsense with a straight face 
1
The Condemned
Michael Booth
The Deadliest Game has played out many times on screen including with Arnold Schwarzenegger in a post apocalypse The Running Man but rarely is it aimed as squarely at the pitfalls of pop culture as in The Condemned 
3
The Condemned
Teresa Budasi
What happens in The Condemned is wrong on so many levels it s sick twisted bloody and brutal and yet it s compelling until its preposterousness busts at the seams 
2
The Condemned
Wesley Morris
Nobody rooting for the movie career of Stone Cold Steve Austin the big swaggering professional wrestler wants to hear that his debut vehicle The Condemned is execrable So those people will have to stop reading because it is 
.5
The Condemned
Sara Michelle Fetters
I d claim it was a blatant rip off of Kinji Fukasaku s fantastic 2000 cult masterwork Battle Royale but then I d have to try and compare this insipidly inert monstrosity with that explosively sensationalistic classic 
1
The Condemned
Daniel M. Kimmel
If Rodriguez and Tarantino had been smart with Grindhouse they would have dropped Tarantino s talky Deathproof and replaced it with The Condemned 
2.5
The Condemned
Willie Waffle
All about the cheesy dialogue loud pounding music and Stone Cold Steve Austin growling scowling and looking mean while the women in the movie run around in tight tank tops designed to show off their decolletage 
1.5
The Condemned
Chris Hewitt
The Condemned occupies moral ground shiftier than the San Andreas fault 
2
The Condemned
Carrie Rickey
Austin deserves better material than this So do we 
1
The Condemned
Jeff Vice
The Condemned has a nasty mean streak toward its female characters a real no no that prevents it from being simple dumb fun 
1.5
The Condemned
Michael Wilmington
Despite a slick production and good actors The Condemned is a real stinker 
1
The Condemned
Dustin Putman
A laughably heavy handed sermon railing against the modern day media s greedy thirst for exploitation as a means of entertainment 
1
The Condemned
Matt Pais
It looks like thinking hurts Austin s head and watching him hurts mine 
0.5
The Condemned
James Berardinelli
The Condemned is the latest action film from director Scott Wiper It is also a noun describing those poor viewers who end up stuck in a theater showing this film 
1.5
The Condemned
Gene Seymour
In the end it s just another commercial feature that s selling what it s condemning getting off vicariously on violence 
2.5
The Condemned
Josh Larsen
This is a B picture that wants to be smarter than its central concept and there are moments when it s even smarter than it intends 
3
The Condemned
Steve Rhodes
I d like to condemn this piece of trash to a celluloid landfill 
.5
The Condemned
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Scott Wiper makes the critical mistake of copping attitude and a conscience about the inherent pitfalls of reality TV 
1
The Condemned
Ed Gonzalez
A shameless rip on Kinji Fukasaku s Battle Royale The Condemned unseats Slow Burn as the most hilariously inane film of 2007 
1
Pearl Jam Twenty
Eric Melin
It is a huge missed opportunity on Crowe s part In his attempt to show the best traits of a band he is obviously very enamored with he s wound up with a pretty lackluster film 
1.5
Pearl Jam Twenty
Matt Pais
Crowe merely wants to capture the personalities the songs and the shows 
3
Pearl Jam Twenty
Guy Dixon
With its intimacy and this can t be emphasized enough fantastic sound Pearl Jam Twenty is like two hours spent rediscovering the band through excellent headphones 
3
Pearl Jam Twenty
Kyle Smith
In a better film Crowe would have played journalist instead of fan boy 
2.5
Pearl Jam Twenty
Steven Rea
If Pearl Jam Twenty has its share of hyperbole it s leavened with humor self deprecating commentary and a deep pockets budget s worth of great clips 
3.5
Pearl Jam Twenty
Peter Howell
Cameron Crowe s chronicle of the Seattle grunge quintet s first two decades is undeniably thorough even offshoot Temple of the Dog gets the spotlight but it s also weirdly self aggrandizing 
2
Pearl Jam Twenty
Jake Coyle
Any enterprise like this is inherently self congratulatory but the film is best considered from Crowe s perspective that of a fan 
3
Pearl Jam Twenty
Nick Schager
A loving gracefully crafted retrospective that shrewdly eschews Behind the Music conventions at most turns 
2.5
Pearl Jam Twenty
Bill Chambers
A deadly combination of fanboy friend and Richie Cunningham Crowe has zero objectivity about the band
1
Wonder Park
Steven Prokopy
Sanitized uninspired and forgettable 
1
Wonder Park
Linda Cook
It may not be Disney Land but it s worth a visit 
3
Wonder Park
Frank Ochieng
Predictable lazy minded manipulative and tediously annoying Wonder Park is a forgettable tots tale that tries to mean well but is as inviting as a closed carnival attraction under repair 
1.5
Wonder Park
Matt Brunson
Peanut the chimpanzee is particularly on the creepy side appearing less likely to play with the kiddies and more likely to whip out a razor like the capuchin in George Romero s Monkey Shines 
1.5
Wonder Park
Josh Terry
Wonder Park has enough nice elements to justify a look but not at full ticket price Parents might want to keep this one for a discount Tuesday or matinée especially in light of some of the better first run options playing in theaters right now 
2.5
Wonder Park
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all so hyperactively paced and so frenetically animated I can t say the film as a whole left me satisfied 
2.5
Wonder Park
Kristen Page-Kirby
To put it simply Wonder Park can t keep the wonder and the park on the same page 
1
Wonder Park
Matt Zoller Seitz
Melancholy in all the wrong ways this is a mostly forgettable movie that only makes a strong impression when it s disturbing or saddening in a manner the film itself seem only dimly aware of 
2
Wonder Park
Robert Horton
This movie doesn t come together But it might unintentionally generate a surplus of nightmare fuel 
2
Wonder Park
Johnny Oleksinski
If Wonder Park were a carnival attraction it would be the merry go round The animated movie has animals relentless positivity and the most predictable journey ever 
2
Wonder Park
Mark Dujsik
For a story that s about the power of imagination Wonder Park itself just coasts along on a hollow conflict a group of jokey sidekicks and a reliance on action 
2
Wonder Park
Josh Bell
Surprisingly morbid with a severe lack of wonder 
1.5
Wonder Park
Sean P. Means
Wonder Park is a colossal blunder that sparks no joy and the worst part is that Nickelodeon is apparently developing it into a TV series Again pity the poor children 
1.5
Wonder Park
Chelsea Phillips-Carr
Wonder Park brings a welcomed depth to its base plot of a girl creating roller coasters While the premise that reads like a generic fantasy adventure comedy for kids the film manages to intelligently traverse a wide range of emotions 
3
Wonder Park
Mark Kennedy
Wonder Park has a great premise about a spunky kid engineer and a world she constructs taking flight but takes a few too many dark loop de loops and crashes hard If you pass this amusement park skip it 
1.5
Wonder Park
G. Allen Johnson
Wonder Park frankly isn t very much fun It becomes so enslaved with its nonsensical plot that it forgets this is supposed to be about coming to terms with the possible loss of a loved one 
1
Wonder Park
Soren Andersen
It s colorful It s predictable And also quickly forgettable Genuine wonderment is in short supply in Wonder Park 
2
Wonder Park
Roger Moore
Fails to spark joy 
1.5
Wonder Park
Rafer Guzman
Colorful but structurally unsound Not worth the visit 
1.5
Wonder Park
James Berardinelli
Sufficiently diverting to engage kids for about 85 minutes it can function as an appetizer to an upcoming slate of high profile Disney titles 
3
Rent
Mattie Lucas
Columbus serviceable direction makes a solid film adaptation that should please fans of the original musical and maybe even earn it a few new ones 
3
Rent
Kam Williams
Recommended but only for shut ins who can t make it to a local live theater production of the play 
2
Rent
Lisa Ann Cockrel
For all the big themes Rent deals with love death injustice community it still seems a bit superficial
2
Rent
Forrest Hartman
Beautiful cinematography and great acting assure an enjoyable experience for fans of the musical but there are better options for people who don t already love it 
2.5
Rent
Collin Souter
It comes off like a sequel to the ever annoying Fame where the kids never moved out of New York or learned anything from Debbie Allen 
1.5
Rent
Sean O'Connell
What we re left with in place of directorial pizzazz is the sheer impact of the original show 
3
Rent
Lori Hoffman
Rent features an attractive cast sharp lyrics bright music and a storyline that has passed muster for over 100 years
2.5
Rent
Sara Michelle Fetters
This just might be the single most shockingly good movie I ve seen all year and with as underwhelming as much of this fall s more high profile flicks have been Rent couldn t have come at a better time 
3
Rent
Linda Cook
Rent is worth saving up for 
3.5
Rent
Thomas Delapa
The outre flip side of Friends Larson s Big Apple is smaller and seedier than most and ripe for parody 
2
Rent
Kit Bowen
Although it is indeed an entertaining and noble attempt to bring the hugely popular Broadway musica Rent to the big screen something is unfortunately lost in the translation 
2.5
Rent
Matt Brunson
Easy to like and even easier to hum 
3
Rent
Dan Fienberg
Rent needed to be directed by a Martin Scorsese or a Spike Lee a director with both a gift for gritty material and a confidence and familiarity with shooting New York City 
2
Rent
Sean McBride
while I can admire the film for its efforts Rent comes across as a somewhat lackluster performance when compared to the stage version that I so dearly love 
3
Rent
Mark Dujsik
A stylistic mess all around 
1.5
Rent
James Berardinelli
RENT is mediocre and recommended only to those who can claim a familiarity with the play 
2
Rent
John Beifuss
Rent has come to the screen too late to have any real impact 
2.5
Rent
Mike McGranaghan
Rent may not be the same transformative experience on film as it was on the stage but Jonathan Larson s creation is strong enough to withstand a shift in mediums with plenty of its appeal still intact 
3
Rent
David Nusair
that rare musical that just might appeal to folks that ordinarily shun the genre 
3
Rent
Jon Niccum
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes These opening lyrical lines of Rent also seem to describe how long it takes for a viewer to sit through the movie 
1.5
Rent
Mark Collette
In a stagy way Chris Columbus adaptation captures this Generation X attitude toward relationships with pinpoint accuracy even if it captures little raw emotion 
2.5
Rent
Susan Walker
Director Chris Columbus has done what any smart filmmaker would do with a musical and let the songs dictate his movie 
2.5
Rent
Michael A. Smith
When all is said and done Rent is a celebration of life no matter how you are forced to face it a testament that all of us should live those 525 600 minutes like each one is our last 
4
Rent
Moira MacDonald
Most of the musical numbers aren t stylized a natty tango number is an exception but based in a Hollywood gritty reality that at times feels silly 
2.5
Rent
Bruce Newman
The scourge of rock opera a musical mutation that manages to combine the least savory elements of both with the advantages of neither 
2
Rent
Ruthe Stein
If nothing else the movie reveals Jonathan Larson s musical to be an illuminating time capsule of a wild period immediately before and after the scourge of AIDS 
3.5
Rent
David Elliott
Treasuring what Larson and his young cast did Columbus has made it vital again showbizzy but only sometimes corny 
3
Rent
Carla Meyer
Rent offers rambunctious rock n roll moments not seen on screen since Hair and Fame 
3
Rent
Gary Goldstein
Don t miss Rent 
4
Rent
Carrie Rickey
In terms of its music and lyrics Rent flickers more than it flames 
2.5
Rent
Jack Mathews
Rent takes to the streets of New York and convulses in song and dance for nearly two solid hours 
2.5
Rent
Christine Dolen
Now a vastly larger audience has the chance to experience the masterwork of a prodigiously talented man who died far too young 
3
Rent
Josh Larsen
Why is it that struggling artists who sing paint or write about their struggles usually seem to produce the worst art 
2
Rent
Liam Lacey
The music and direction feel generic but the cast deserves credit for squeezing every possible drop of emotion out of the material 
2.5
Rent
Jeffrey Westhoff
You ll hear more soul in your parents scratchy collection of Ray Conniff albums 
1.5
Rent
Terry Lawson
Too often seems like a late season American Idol episode that s all Abdul encouragement without any Simon snarkiness 
2
Rent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Besides these soaring grand slam sequences the film dips too often into thudding melancholy lifeless numbers or dangling subplots 
2.5
Rent
Lisa Kennedy
Rent falls betwixt and between the odd intimacy of theater and the glorious bigness of film and vice versa 
2.5
Rent
Randy Myers
Columbus launders the grit right out of Rent choosing to give the movie the glossy and faux shadowy look of a Bud Light commercial 
2.5
Rent
Lawrence Toppman
If you fell in love with the big hearted sentimentality of Rent when you saw it onstage the film version will remind you why 
3
Rent
Wesley Morris
Yes Rent is about penniless artists who can t afford to eat or pay their electric bills But must their straits extend to the threadbare filmmaking too 
2
Rent
Kyle Lawson
If Rent works and most of the time it does so flawlessly it is because it remains Rent 
4
Rent
Walter Chaw
Broad stereotypes engaged in shallow versions of complex issues 
0.5
Rent
Phil Villarreal
There s a moment in which Roger Adam Pascal the burnout rocker singingly accuses Mimi of looking 16 She could have easily retorted You look 40 
2
Rent
Bob Strauss
If you have any appreciation for the art of the movie musical Rent is pretty much a washout 
2.5
Rent
Kyle Smith
Rent showcases the hipster trend of getting nostalgic about grime and crime it s slumtimental 
2
Rent
Angel Cohn
Ultimately the emphasis on flash disengages viewers from the story s emotional core which is the exact opposite of what Larson intended 
2.5
Rent
Roger Ebert
Those who haven t seen Rent on the stage will sense they re missing something and they are 
2.5
Rent
Peter Canavese
Afield from its off Broadway origins but the intimacy afforded by the camera and most of the original cast occasionally restore the emotional vitality of the piece 
2.5
Rent
Erik Childress
Think Angels In America crossed with Tommy created by someone with no training in the world of drama or songwriting 
1.5
Rent
Willie Waffle
Once it develops Rent is a moving emotional film with some exciting music 
3.5
Rent
Duane Dudek
The film should please fans who helped make the play a hit and its soundtrack a bestseller but it is unlikely to spread the love to many new converts 
2.5
Rent
Jeanne Aufmuth
The soul of Larson s then timely passion play is intact bring on the Sing A Long version 
3
Rent
James Sanford
Viva la vie boheme largely throws out the Hollywood rule book and remains refreshingly true to composer Jonathan Larson s Pulitzer winning original 
4
Rent
Sean P. Means
This is a well constructed and achingly earnest movie that should be put in a time machine and sent back a decade when it was relevant 
2.5
Rent
Phoebe Flowers
Without the immediacy you get from live theater you re always going to feel at arm s length listening to people sing simple bits of dialogue like I m so mad I don t know what to do or um Hello 
2
Rent
Chris Hewitt
If Columbus had a concept for the movie it s not evident and many of his decisions feel random 
2.5
Rent
Dustin Putman
An emotional exhilarating experience Rent is alive with such boundless energy and joy that it is one of the year s most purely entertaining cinematic efforts 
3.5
Rent
Jan Stuart
No amount of confident theatrical pedigree will carry a movie musical in the wrong directorial hands 
2
Rent
Michael Dequina
In a lot of ways the film treatment many fans have envisioned for years and that s the problem it doesn t quite communicate how special and affecting the material is to those unfamiliar with it 
2.5
Rent
Matt Pais
The film s reliance on too many thematically obvious though marvelously belted group songs delays evocative conversations like an overdue rent check 
2
Rent
Steve Rhodes
How is it Loud and shrill Bring earplugs Seriously 
2
Rent
Scott Nash
Mr Columbus I apologize for doubting in you 
4
Rent
Jason Clark
One would have to be made of stone not to respond to at least something in this vivid score and it sounds marvelous 
2.5
See You in the Morning
Roger Ebert
The screenplay is so scrupulous so fair so enlightened and so intelligent that real people have trouble shouldering it aside so that they can share messy human emotions Nothing is ever quite this neat 
2.5
Full of It
David Nusair
a particularly frustrating missed opportunity that should ve and could ve been so much better 
1.5
Full of It
Frank Ochieng
A prepubescent piece of piffle in comparison to a hearty belch it s obnoxious loud smelly then soon will disappear into the thin air 
1
Full of It
Peter Hartlaub
It s still better than a lot of teen comedies with much bigger budgets 
2
Full of It
Timothy Knight
While Pinkston does a serviceable job and makes an all too believable nerd he s neither charming nor funny enough to give the material the extra spark it so desperately needs to engage us 
1.5
Full of It
Connie Ogle
Anyone over 6 will grow bored with this film 
1
Full of It
Michael Wilmington
A wish fulfillment fantasy of staggering silliness both smirkingly cutesy and gratingly offensive this is one for the movie ash heap Watching it your heart goes out to the actors floundering through the cliches 
1
Full of It
Phoebe Flowers
Somehow Full of It got made and got distributed despite its nearly fanatical lack of wit or originality 
.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Brian Eggert
Its as though the filmmakers learned about the reality of the period in which their story takes place and they became so disenchanted and obsessed with historical accuracy that they forgot to make an escapist adventure 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Matt Brunson
The return to the intersection of Hollywood and vine deserved a more memorable retelling 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An intense entertaining and visually striking movie Full review in Spanish 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
Linda Cook
Tarzan swings misses 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Sara Michelle Fetters
While technical aspects are strong especially as they pertain to the motion capture effects utilized to bring the African beasts running through the jungle to life sadly this is the end of the good news 
1
The Legend of Tarzan
John Beifuss
Unlike most current superhero sagas which traffic in moral ambiguity the movie is staunchly uncynical with an entirely admirable Tarzan and Jane whose unconditional love for each other spills over to the animal kingdom 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
James Kendrick
David Yates overdirects the film to the point that he gives us vertigo long before Tarzan grabs onto a single vine
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Walter Chaw
You can find fault and easily with its prose but when it s right it s right in exactly the right way 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
John Serba
I found the film pleasantly old fashioned as long as I squinted a bit blurring the profligate modern special effects and focusing on its retro tone and intent 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
John Hanlon
Tarzan Jane and nearly everyone involved here deserved better than this unremarkable adaptation 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Mike McGranaghan
The Legend of Tarzan is indicative of a trend that s been plaguing cinema for a while now This is a prime example of a Franchise Starter It is not designed to be one movie it s designed to be at least three movies 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Scott Nash
Skarsgård looks the part but the film offers little new to justify the reboot 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
James Berardinelli
The Legend of Tarzan moves briskly and has the overall feel of one of Burroughs more entertaining stories come to the screen 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
Mark Dujsik
The movie s impatience is perhaps its defining feature 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Barry Paris
It s fun entertainment 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Robert Horton
The story is labored but the movie scoots along quickly Director David Yates who did some of the Harry Potter films has a pretty decent sense of when to stop for a pesky dialogue scene and when to mount a jungle chase 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Michael Smith
Old school adventure meets modern technology to great effect in The Legend of Tarzan the latest film version of the ape man story filled with gorgeous cinematography and even prettier stars 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
Josh Terry
Altogether The Legend of Tarzan may look great and try to take itself seriously but it s really just a popcorn movie at heart Treated as such it s plenty of fun 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult to label The Legend of Tarzan R as anything more than an ambitious failure 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Kam Williams
Aaaaaaaargh Aaaaaaaaarghaaaah Aaaaaaaaaaaargh 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
Kate Taylor
There seems little reason to resurrect Tarzan in 2016 his character or at least his creator the turn of the century American schlockmeister Edgar Rice Burroughs is racist and sexist by any contemporary standard 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Molly Eichel
Tarzan is still a story of a white man who has dominion over not just animals but also Africans and it feels icky Kudos for trying and all 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Willie Waffle
There s no Oscar for Best Abs 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Lauren Chval
You d be better off watching the cartoon 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Rick Bentley
The Legend of Tarzan is not the king of jungle movies but it is presented with such royal reverence that some people will go ape over it 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
Sean P. Means
The Legend of Tarzan has a top shelf cast stunning visual effects and a sumptuous look everything really except a reason for being 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Stephen Rebello
All the sped up and slo mo footage in the world won t disguise the weird attempt to morph the Lord of the Apes into just another comic book superhero franchise 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Bob Bloom
For The Legend of Tarzan the Lord of the Jungle is played by Alexander Skarsgard who to put it kindly is as bland and wooden as one of the CGI trees set on his soundstage Africa 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Katie Walsh
Strangely naive in the way it rewrites history feels both misguided and slapdash and the good parts aren t enough to muddle through this overly complicated and dull as dirt story 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Jeff Simon
The film seems to want to serve humanity a lot more than it wants to serve the popcorn business at the snack counter 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Jake Cole
The film s action sequences are a jumble of movement and cuts that have no discernible relation to the actual motion of the characters 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Peter Travers
Are you jarred by the anachronistic acting Troubled that the animals are all digital Pissed that you ve seen it all before At least it s watchable And Skarsgard brings his A game mind heart and body beautiful
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
David Frese
It s a summer movie Save the serious stuff for September 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Ty Burr
Filmmakers it s time to pack up Greystoke Manor Tarzan is dead 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Sara Stewart
A plodding incoherent mess starring Skarsgard and his abs which look more real than any of his CGI jungle companions 
1
The Legend of Tarzan
Peter Howell
It s possible even likely that more effort was expended on sculpting Alexander Skarsgard s abs for The Legend of Tarzan than on providing good reason why the movie was made 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Dann Gire
David Yates breathless atmospheric The Legend of Tarzan swings into theaters with a sharp personal take on one of the most enduring characters in books and films 
3.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Jeff Beck
When one thinks of Tarzan they think of fun excitement thrills and fantastic adventure even the cheesy 30s films had all of these not something dull tedious and morose like this 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Brian Truitt
While it looks great with its gorgeous computer generated foliage and realistic animals the story focuses too much on its stiff hero and a one note villain rather than the big picture ideas it raises in passing 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Rafer Guzman
Mostly the inherent silliness of the original material reduces The Legend of Tarzan to mild camp 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Rex Reed
You have to admire the sheer physical scope of this epic even if there are no animals in it 
3
The Legend of Tarzan
Soren Andersen
Legend is not a bad picture as Tarzan movies go 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Mick LaSalle
In the end what we have here is a Tarzan movie made by people who don t understand the appeal of Tarzan 
1
The Legend of Tarzan
Richard Roeper
While the talented cast and a solid director make for a serviceable and intermittently entertaining adventure there s very little about this film that screams YOU GOTTA SEE THIS 
2.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Rene Rodriguez
The Legend of Tarzan is the 857th movie incarnation of Edgar Rice Burroughs hero but it s the first one in which the production notes state no real animals were used in the making of the film as if that were something to brag about 
1
The Legend of Tarzan
Glenn Kenny
For what it s worth The Legend of Tarzan is several unpretentious cuts above the pompous leaden Greystoke of over thirty years ago 
2
The Legend of Tarzan
Stephen Whitty
As Tarzan Alexander Skarsgard has a torso that looks like it was sculpted out of marble too bad his performance is just as stony even when embracing Margot Robbie s Jane 
1.5
The Legend of Tarzan
Roger Moore
A dreamy looking film filled with fear of offending someone of disappointing audience expectations of failure 
2
Nowhere Boy
Mattie Lucas
A film of image over substance something Lennon himself spent a lifetime rejecting The film not only ignore that it betrays it 
2
Nowhere Boy
Roger Moore
Fascinating fills in a lot of blank spaces in the Beatles history we already knew 
3
Nowhere Boy
Jeff Beck
It might not have what Beatles fans are expecting from a film about the young John Lennon but it remains an interesting portrait of the early days of the future legend and is worth seeking out 
3
Nowhere Boy
John Beifuss
In this surprisingly conventional biopic the unremarkable young John Lennon seems as likely to become Peter Noone or Gerry Marsden as the second coming of Elvis 
2
Nowhere Boy
Matt Soergel
Watch for the emotion that manages to bubble up through that pasty buttoned up stiff upper lip postwar England 
3
Nowhere Boy
Robert W. Butler
The real subjects and strengths in this narrowly focused biopic are the two women who more than any one else were responsible for molding the future star s psyche 
3
Nowhere Boy
Josh Larsen
depicts the bittersweet birth of musical genius 
3
Nowhere Boy
Peter Canavese
As a broad strokes account of Lennon s complicated family dynamic trouble making youth and first tentative steps toward rock stardom succeeds as both entertainment and a rumination on the roots of one man s nascent artistry 
3
Nowhere Boy
Stephen Cole
This portrait of a Beatle as a young man also gives filmmaker Sam Taylor Wood working on a thoughtful script by Matt Greenhalgh creative room to manoeuvre introducing us to John just as he and rock n roll discover one another 
3
Nowhere Boy
Mark Dujsik
Director Sam Taylor Wood explores people living in and through music 
3
Nowhere Boy
Joe Williams
Nowhere Boy is a poignant reminder that before the world was at his command John Lennon was a bit like you and me 
3.5
Nowhere Boy
Chris Hewitt
In the end it barely matters that the Lennon we see would go on to become a gifted musician 
3.5
Nowhere Boy
Ann Hornaday
The movie succumbs to maudlin sentiment and melodrama that Lennon himself might have dismissed with one of his signature cutting remarks 
2
Nowhere Boy
Willie Waffle
The story would not be very compelling if you replaced the character John Lennon with a character named John Smith 
1.5
Nowhere Boy
Carrie Rickey
Taylor Wood captures the sounds and textures of Liverpool and Blackpool where a new beat is playing in the cafes and clubs 
3
Nowhere Boy
Claudia Puig
Director Sam Taylor Wood weaves this tale with elegance spot on costumes and production design and finely tuned casting 
3.5
Nowhere Boy
Mick LaSalle
To watch Nowhere Boy is to appreciate anew both the anger that drove Lennon and the strength of character it took for him to overcome it 
3
Nowhere Boy
Tom Keogh
Nowhere Boy is fully accessible for everyone not just fans 
3.5
Nowhere Boy
Steven Rea
Taylor Wood stresses the universals rather than the specifics of John s youth So don t go expecting a Fab Four origin story The word Beatles is never uttered But do go 
3
Nowhere Boy
Ty Burr
As sympathetic and well turned as it is Nowhere Boy only gives us more mythology 
2.5
Nowhere Boy
Roger Ebert
We reflect that even if all you need is love that isn t always all you get 
3.5
Nowhere Boy
Peter Keough
Illuminating as it might be for fans and disciples of Lennon Sam Taylor Wood s bio pic does get a bit corny 
2.5
Nowhere Boy
Rene Rodriguez
As the story of a young man struggling to find his own identity Nowhere Boy would work even if its protagonist hadn t grown up to change the world 
3
Nowhere Boy
Joseph Jon Lanthier
How could we hate or humiliate Lennon any more than he d been trained to hate and humiliate himself 
3
Nowhere Boy
Kyle Smith
Nowhere Boy gets John s teen years in Liverpool exactly right and first time director Sam Taylor Wood has made an excellent choice in casting Aaron Johnson 
3.5
Nowhere Boy
Robert Levin
Well crafted and acted especially by Aaron Johnson it hits the biographical notes but misses its subject s soul 
2.5
Nowhere Boy
Peter Travers
Nowhere Boy is smart enough not to spell it all out You can hear it in Lennon s music which plays in your head as the movie works its subtle magic 
3
Nowhere Boy
Scott Nash
Kristin Scott Thomas is my early favorite for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
3
Nowhere Boy
Erik Childress
A barren soap opera of a film that puts more emphasis on Lennon s mood swings than what made his music so great 
1.5
Unfaithful
David Nusair
an erratically paced and distinctly overlong drama that nevertheless manages to pack a punch here and there 
2.5
Unfaithful
Peter Canavese
Works precisely because it is so upsetting unusually so for a studio film and so empathetic for Connie at the hands of her attractive manipulator Blu ray 
3
Unfaithful
Betsy Bozdech
Much subtler than Lyne s previous forays into the world of infidelity and the film is the better for it 
3
Unfaithful
Jorge Avila Andrade
Lo que vale el precio es la estupenda actuacin de Diane Lane quien encarna a la perfeccin el prototipo de mujer moderna con una slida interpretacin 
2.5
Unfaithful
Wesley Lovell
Diane Lane is the best part of an otherwise unimpressive movie 
2
Unfaithful
Margaret A. McGurk
Lane cooly hijacks the movie 
3
Unfaithful
Jon Niccum
With her earthy prettiness and WASPish demeanor Lane effortlessly shifts between soccer mom and sexpot depending on the situation 
3
Unfaithful
Michael Wilmington
A movie about sexuality that really throbs with eroticism 
3.5
Unfaithful
Jeffrey Westhoff
Several uninteresting unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in Unfaithful Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me 
2
Unfaithful
James Kendrick
offers a rare opportunity in movies at any rate to explore a woman s sexuality and the tear she feels between devotion to her family and her need to feel sensual
3.5
Unfaithful
Jonathan R. Perry
works solely on the power of its lead performances and a script that manages to stay smart in spite of its director s mouth breathing clamor to film a Harlequin novel 
2.5
Unfaithful
Ian Mantgani
Has none of the crackle of Fatal Attraction 9 1 2 Weeks or even Indecent Proposal and feels more like Lyne s stolid remake of Lolita 
2
Unfaithful
Mike McGranaghan
My advice go for 80 minutes then walk out 
2.5
Unfaithful
Michael Dequina
At every turn Lane s valiant efforts are thwarted by a patch of atrocious dialogue or a questionable directing decision 
0
Unfaithful
James Berardinelli
After the plot s big turning point the movie loses its focus and can t decide whether it wants to be a melodrama or a crime thriller 
2.5
Unfaithful
Mark Dujsik
Eventually gains the sense of warning that should accompany such a morality tale but for far too long indulges in cheap unmotivated exploitation 
2.5
Unfaithful
Kevin A. Ranson
for all the mistakes this couple made the story makes the viewer suffer more than the couple on screen 
0.5
Unfaithful
Phil Villarreal
As in Belle de Jour sexuality both liberates and imprisons its characters and the supposedly unconditional love between a husband and wife is tested to the limit 
4
Unfaithful
Gary Brown
Lane s stirring performance gives the movie enough ballast to earn the unbalanced Unfaithful a recommendation 
3
Unfaithful
David Keyes
Watching Unfaithful feels like having sandpaper rubbed in your face 
1.5
Unfaithful
Dustin Putman
Takes an unflinching emotionally rattling look at the recklessness of infidelity 
3
Unfaithful
Joe Leydon
Lane memorably plays Connie as a woman caught in the throes of something that s not so much a fatal attraction as a fearsome addiction 
2.5
Unfaithful
Todd Anthony
We ve seen this stuff before 
2
Unfaithful
Ted Fry
French actor Martinez gives Paul the kind of carefree arrogance Gere had in similar roles 20 years ago He and Lane sizzle in their sultry scenes of afternoon delight 
3
Unfaithful
Mick LaSalle
Unfaithful says some true things about marriage true enough that men will be looking askance at their wives for days after seeing it 
4
Unfaithful
David Elliott
The vivid sex can t disguise the petrified fossils of countless studio melodramas about love triangles and soft rot marriages 
2
Unfaithful
Joe Baltake
Comes close to being a genuine hothouse sex film for mature audiences 
3
Unfaithful
Robert W. Butler
Simultaneously sexy and repellent it s not an easy watch but it treats adultery with a seriousness that has often eluded Lyne 
3
Unfaithful
Susan Stark
Diane Lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful 
2
Unfaithful
Terry Lawson
Diane Lane s performance in Unfaithful is so good we can only wish it were in a movie that deserved it 
2
Unfaithful
Jeff Vice
Lyne s latest the erotic thriller Unfaithful further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded 
2
Unfaithful
Steven Rosen
The uncommonly good screenplay by Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr keeps you undecided even tormented about whom to empathize with and why 
3
Unfaithful
Wesley Morris
An awesomely superficial thoroughly bland psychologically bankrupt rehash of Lyne s greatest hits 
2
Unfaithful
Sean P. Means
At about an hour in Unfaithful stops being Lane s movie and starts being Gere s and becomes a far less interesting movie 
2
Unfaithful
Rick Groen
Lyne commits the dramatist s unpardonable sin ultimately he proves unfaithful to his own premise 
2.5
Unfaithful
Roger Ebert
Instead of pumping up the plot with recycled manufactured thrills it s content to contemplate two reasonably sane adults who get themselves into an almost insoluble dilemma 
3
Unfaithful
Erik Childress
We ve seen this story more times than Connie screws Paul and is the equivalent of watching the Lifetime channel on the Champs d Elyses 
2
Unfaithful
Chris Hewitt
It s so determined to be classy and nonjudgmental that it feels sealed off from real emotions and as a result the people in it bear approximately the same relationship to actual people as wax fruit does to an apple 
1.5
Unfaithful
Duane Dudek
A poetic portrait of a situation with a mathematical inevitability told with artful precision and passionate objectivity 
3
Unfaithful
Tony Toscano
Richard Gere and Diane Lane put in fine performances as does French actor Oliver Martinez 
3.5
Unfaithful
Walter Chaw
Makes a fetish of consensual rape and Frenchmen who like Jack London and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam one part Gallic stud one part wilderness grizzle one part moony teen 
2.5
Unfaithful
Bob Strauss
Here Adrian Lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get 
3
Unfaithful
Steven Rea
Despite some fine nuanced acting Unfaithful doesn t get much deeper than a romance novel 
2.5
Unfaithful
Bruce Newman
After posing a moral dilemma worthy of serious consideration Lyne resorts to genre solutions That worked in Fatal Attraction which resolved itself as a horror film but it doesn t work here 
2
Unfaithful
Mary Kalin-Casey
Adrian Lyne aficionados are likely to be disappointed by his latest film Why Because the director s fans typically attend his movies for one of two things sex or suspense and Unfaithful doesn t have a lot of either 
2.5
Unfaithful
Connie Ogle
Despite solid performances you never get a real feel for any of the characters which makes it hard to care what happens to them 
2
Unfaithful
Mary F. Pols
Unfaithful is a better movie than the other two installments of Lyne s trilogy of cheating 
3
Unfaithful
Lawrence Toppman
As steamy as last week s pork dumplings 
1.5
Unfaithful
Ross Anthony
see review 
1.5
Unfaithful
Rob Blackwelder
Adrian Lyne has a chance to twist Unfaithful into a subtle psychological puzzle but he s far more interested in psychosexual sensationalism 
2
Unfaithful
Mike Clark
Even if you didn t know Lyne directed Fatal Attraction you would sit through this always solemn movie fearing the outcome 
3.5
Unfaithful
John Anderson
Looking for a laugh Unfaithful a study of adultery murder guilt and unresolved endings provides more than a few 
1.5
Unfaithful
Lou Lumenick
Attraction director Adrian Lyne returns to the theme of adultery with Unfaithful which despite a wonderful performance by Diane Lane is not nearly as thrilling sexy or even believable as its predecessor 
2
Unfaithful
Steve Rhodes
Never quite convincing enough to rise to the level of a cautionary tale and the sex is too choreographed for the film to qualify as a guilty pleasure 
2.5
Unfaithful
Harvey S. Karten
Standard fare made worthwhile by Diane Lane s exceptional performance 
2.5
Twentynine Palms
David N. Butterworth
It s nothing sex in a movie about nothing people doing nothing in the middle of nowhere for no reason Nicely put Joshua Tanzer offoffoff com 
2
Twentynine Palms
Jay Antani
A movie full of surfaces but with exasperatingly little to say
1
Twentynine Palms
Paul Sherman
Both the characters and the setting are a bit of a blank here so it s no surprise the movie is too 
1.5
Twentynine Palms
Ty Burr
A textbook example of how a director can strip away plot motivation character and meaning and still leave arrant pretension standing tall 
1.5
Twentynine Palms
Ruthe Stein
Muddled 
1
Twentynine Palms
Michael Booth
In Twentynine Palms writer and director Bruno Dumont takes his cultural revenge on the United States attacking countless American stereotypes and in the process reinforcing an equal number of cliches about arrogant French auteurs 
1
Twentynine Palms
John Anderson
Cannot entirely be dismissed because the director so adamantly knows what he s doing 
3
Twentynine Palms
Glenn Whipp
Filled with Meaning but completely pointless Bruno Dumont s excursion into banality may well spell the death of minimalist cinema 
1
Twentynine Palms
V.A. Musetto
At turns sexy ultra violent and sweet it will infiltrate your brain long after you ve seen it 
4
Twentynine Palms
David Sterritt
Dumont s methods are radical but there s a fascinating method to his seeming cinematic madness 
3
Twentynine Palms
Joshua Tanzer
It s nothing sex in a movie about nothing people doing nothing in the middle of nowhere for no reason I think that s the effect Dumont was going for 
0
Twentynine Palms
Ed Gonzalez
Dumont is clearly fascinated by America s wide open spaces and much of Twentynine Palms is a love poem to the way we look at the world 
4
Exit Strategy
Tirdad Derakhshani
Saleem developed Exit Strategy out of a Web series and it shows 
2
Kate Plays Christine
Matt Zoller Seitz
Whenever the leading lady is talking to us and to herself contemplating the work and what it means the movie is riveting and unique 
3.5
Kate Plays Christine
Chuck Bowen
It movingly posits acting as a metaphor for the search for connection through visceral texture rather than platitude 
4
Kate Plays Christine
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Reality and fiction tumble and blur to mind teasing levels in thought provoking meta documentary Kate Plays Christine 
3
Lady Jane
David Nusair
generally manages to put an effectively low key spin on its undeniably lurid subject matter 
2.5
7 Chinese Brothers
Rob Thomas
7 Chinese Brothers modest and unassuming wins us over too even though I can t figure out what the R E M song has to do with the movie Plus it looks like Byington could only afford 2 Chinese brothers at most 
3
7 Chinese Brothers
Tom Meek
It s a small film with some great performances and one irrefutably cute dog 
3
7 Chinese Brothers
Miriam Di Nunzio
The film never allows the audience to truly get to know any of the characters in Larry s world a world in which their uniform shirts emblazoned with company logos and their first names serve as reminders of their lot in life 
2
7 Chinese Brothers
Matt Zoller Seitz
You ve seen this movie before in different guises Byington does seem to have a vision of life though which is more than you can say for most comedy directors working at this budget level 
2.5
7 Chinese Brothers
Erik Lundegaard
Schwartzman is great at making Harry both sharply intelligent and not nearly as clever as he thinks he is You also sense in some lost look in his eye a faint realization that life is passing him by 
2.5
7 Chinese Brothers
Sara Stewart
Feels like an homage to the early work of Wes Anderson with its plinky soundtrack solipsistic banter and emphasis on uniforms 
3
7 Chinese Brothers
Roger Moore
Twee and slight but Schwartzman makes a fine poster boy for an underemployed generation turning bitter at their minimum wage futures 
2.5
Let's Be Cops
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It wasn t terrible Full review in Spanish 
2
Let's Be Cops
John Beifuss
Released the week of the Ferguson shooting the film seemed poised to probe the raw nerves of America s love hate relationship with law enforcement Unfortunately the spoofery of police power soon gives way to formula comedy and be all you can be uplift 
2
Let's Be Cops
David Nusair
Rarely as fun as one might ve hoped 
1.5
Let's Be Cops
Sean P. Means
Jokes are mostly absent and what few exist dive into the deep end of the bad taste pool Johnson and Wayans whatever comic chemistry they have on TV are hard pressed to fill the void 
1
Let's Be Cops
Christy Lemire
This notion might have worked perfectly well in sketch form but stretched out to feature length in a film that s overlong at nearly two hours it grows thin repetitive and wearying 
1.5
Let's Be Cops
Mike McGranaghan
A lazy movie that gives us too little of what COULD be funny and way too much of what will NEVER be funny 
1.5
Let's Be Cops
Cammila Collar
Filled out with supporting appearances by comic heavyweights like Natasha Leggero Keegan Michael Key and Rob Riggle Let s Be Cops moves the story along quickly enough so that things never drag 
2.5
Let's Be Cops
Tom Russo
None of this is as riotously zany as it wants to be 
1
Let's Be Cops
Peter Howell
Let s earnestly hope there is no sequel 
1
Let's Be Cops
Willie Waffle
Maybe they could show Let s Be Cops to prisoners doing life in Attica or would that be cruel and unusual punishment 
1
Let's Be Cops
Lou Lumenick
The only truly lethal weapons in the criminally unfunny action comedy Let s Be Cops are the lame script putrid direction and pair of sitcom stars mugging nonstop in frantic pursuit of laughs that have fled over the state line 
0.5
Let's Be Cops
Matt Pais
Would be a fine Redbox pick if your top three choices are out 
2
Let's Be Cops
Brian Tallerico
Despite a premise rife with potential dark humor there s too little edge in Let s Be Cops 
1.5
Let's Be Cops
Roger Moore
Loud lewd and low but the belly laughs are few and far between 
1.5
I Like It Like That
Anderson Jones
Martin pries spirited performances from her young cast She shepherds the striking Velez winningly from her stage work into an inspired film performance and she wrenches both machismo and vulnerability from Seda Rita Moreno also does a fine turn 
3
I Like It Like That
Calvin Wilson
It s a startlingly original work from a director with solid storytelling skills and visual panache 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Rene Rodriguez
This feisty comedy drama about a young couple struggling to raise a family and salvage their relationship is a remarkable first film imbued with a strong cinematic style and a depth of writing lacking in most big budget Hollywood features 
3
I Like It Like That
Jami Bernard
As the movie progresses just when you think a cliché is coming the camera wards it off by shifting to the subtler viewpoint In this way a bright urban comedy yields emotional truths about pride doubt selfhood and love 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Roger Ebert
I Like It Like That looks more unconventional than it is but Martin puts a spin on the material with lots of human color and high energy 
3
I Like It Like That
Barbara Vancheri
A lusty lively portrait of life 
3
I Like It Like That
Joe Baltake
I Like It Like That isn t quite as accomplished as Crooklyn but it comes with the same mixture of nostalgia stress and a certain urban comfort 
3
I Like It Like That
David Armstrong
Martin draws an appealing performance from Velez who convincingly conveys Lisette s mixture of pride humiliation vulnerability and growing strength Seda is fine as the none too aware man child Chino Melly at 10 is already coolly self possessed 
2.5
I Like It Like That
Johanna Steinmetz
Most of writer director Darnell Martin s debut feature about characters who are barely adult is a nerve racking screaming match This is a shame because the same story modulated in a much lower key could have been compelling rather than repelling 
1.5
I Like It Like That
Lawrie Zion
I Like It Like That offers a more interesting and unpredictable look at a distressed couple 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Bob Ross
Martin s writing gives light touches to serious events and vice versa 
3
I Like It Like That
Stephen Hunter
The movie Is a powerful vision into a world usually unpenetrated by the American cinema and worth seeing 
2.5
I Like It Like That
Terry Lawson
The strong performances Martin elicits from Velez and the rest of her cast of mostly unknowns aside from Griffin Dunne and Rita Moreno and her obvious grasp of both technique and structure mark her as a filmmaker to watch 
2.5
I Like It Like That
Rob Lowing
Like It is an odd coltishly energetic mix of simmering anger and perky quirky street colour 
2.5
I Like It Like That
Gene Siskel
Sometimes too many characters have too many epiphanies but Martin s visual style keeps us Involved 
3
I Like It Like That
Michael MacCambridge
This goulash of story lines eventually coalesces into a meaningful tale but Martin s film moves at a glacial pace through its first act 
2.5
I Like It Like That
Desmond Ryan
Martin has managed to meld a cast of varying experience from Rita Moreno to 10 year old charmer Tomas Melly into a wonderfully natural ensemble 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Bill DuPre
This is simply a witty and warm story of very real people some of them good some of them not as good but each struggling to make it against the odds 
3
I Like It Like That
Marshall Fine
I Like It Like That is fresh funny and original Give it a chance and it will win you over 
3
I Like It Like That
Sean P. Means
It s a vibrant funny and moving story of a woman s efforts to support her family and create her own identity 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Malcolm Johnson
Martin s vibrant funny deeply personal film again proves that the richest works on the contemporary American film horizon dome from the nation s poorest neighborhoods 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Gary Thompson
The movie s many lively subplots resolve themselves in unexpected and character driven ways giving I Like It Like That a kind of authenticity and believability rare in any movie today 
3
I Like It Like That
John Anderson
In addition to the energy intelligence and hormones of Darnell Martin s I Like It Like That there s a concrete sense of place 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Mal Vincent
Martin not only has a gift for writing dialogue she also has a fine eye There isn t a wasted shot in the film It s paced at the breakneck speed of an MTV video 
3.5
I Like It Like That
Monica Hayde
The film offers a matter of fact view into one urban American family 
2.5
Monster Party
Christian Toto
A brainless gore fest like Monster Party doesn t need so many steroid enhanced flourishes 
2.5
Monster Party
Dann Gire
Chris von Hoffman s Monster Party ranks as one of the better genre entries It packs much more suspense humor and shock value than the current Halloween reboot 
3
The Spiral Staircase
Mattie Lucas
A haunted house tale where the ghosts are all too human 
3.5
The Spiral Staircase
David Nusair
the majority of the film s running time is bogged down in the dull exploits of several uninteresting characters 
2
Not Today
Sean O'Connell
Jon Van Dyke s Not Today doesn t qualify as a good movie but it s built on an admirable foundation of good intentions 
2
Not Today
Tom Keogh
Writer director Jon Van Dyke offers rugged production values and his real agenda getting Christian viewers to help end sex trafficking mires the movie in self conscious angst and speeches 
1.5
Not Today
Roger Moore
Well intentioned but slow with no urgency and a lot of preaching 
1.5
Not Today
Kam Williams
This compelling modern morality play marking the noteworthy directorial debut of Jon Van Dyke amounts to a searing indictment of India s shameful caste system for its enslavement of females based on the color of their skin 
3
The Confessions
Godfrey Cheshire
The film s strongest suit is its elegant photography and confident mounting but these virtues do little to offset the script s pervasive weaknesses 
2
The Confessions
Chuck Bowen
Director Roberto And takes the form of a classical whodunit and bludgeons it with nave indignation and sanctimony 
2
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
Peter Hartlaub
Dragonslayer director Tristan Patterson makes a very purposeful documentary about the pessimistic worldview of the nation s youth and what that means for the future 
3
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
David Nusair
A terminally low rent and bottom of the barrel endeavor 
.5
A Miracle in Spanish Harlem
Mike McGranaghan
Sweet charming and life affirming Excellent performances from Kate del Castillo and Luis Antonio Ramos 
3
Toto le Héros
Roger Ebert
This is an interesting film but I would have liked it more I think if it had been more bitter and unforgiving if someone like Bunuel had directed it 
2.5
The Amazing Panda Adventure
Mal Vincent
Cuddly cubs and Bugs all in one program It should be enough even if the feature flick lacks a much needed sense of wonder 
2.5
The Amazing Panda Adventure
Susan Wloszczyna
Pandas are many things Adorable fuzzballs Voracious eaters Vanishing species But as actors they are black and white and dull all over which The Amazing Panda Adventure demonstrates all too well 
1.5
Visitor
Steve Rhodes
The hauntingly beautiful piano music the lovely cinematography and the impressive sounds of the crashing waves set a melancholy backdrop 
2.5
The Great War of Archimedes
Roger Moore
A very entertaining and offbeat spin on Japan s pre WWII history and the national mood at the time and an intriguing if somewhat far fetched what if about the country s long delusional journey into World War II 
2.5
Asako I & II
Allyson Johnson
Ryusuke Hamaguchi possesses an eye for engrossing human interaction built on minute details in friendships 
3
Asako I & II
Ty Burr
The movie keeps you guessing mostly in pleasure at both its meanings and its methods 
3
Asako I & II
Mattie Lucas
A masterfully crafted work of romantic introspection that probes deep without feeling ponderous Hamaguchi s light touch asking difficult questions and arriving at something at once hopeful and haunting 
3.5
Asako I & II
G. Allen Johnson
Asako s only appeal seems to be that she s very pretty Her depth of character she apparently keeps to herself 
1
Asako I & II
Ben Sachs
Hamaguchi keeps us guessing as to whether the characters longings are innate or instilled by something beyond them and us 
3
Asako I & II
Simon Abrams
There s just not a lot going on underneath the surfaces of these characters sensitive precise and modestly expressed feelings 
2.5
Asako I & II
Chuck Bowen
Like Happy Hour Asako I II is a parable of the grace mdash and yes happiness mdash that spring from resignation 
3
A Bucket of Blood
James Kendrick
What better way to undercut the worst of artistic pretensions than to do it with a slapdash movie produced in five days called A Bucket of Blood 
3
A Bucket of Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It was perhaps Corman s first film to establish a really rich atmosphere filled with nighttime shadows and a general edginess which only grew richer on the subsequent Poe films 
3.5
Port Authority
Leo Brady
For the majority of Port Authority it s the back and forth between kind romantic moments of Paul and Wye that succeeds 
2.5
Port Authority
Roger Moore
A somewhat affecting New York transgender romance is a little late to the guy doesn t realize the performer he s attracted is transgender party 
2.5
Port Authority
Chris Vognar
If you re looking for an immersive love story that takes you places you might not know that challenges your conception of what romance looks and feels like Port Authority is a great place to stop 
3
Port Authority
Shane Slater
This delicate drama tells a quintessential New York love story that features a compelling transgender perspective 
3
Port Authority
Odie Henderson
This type of film reaches back to the studio system days and the concept is well past its expiration date 
1.5
Port Authority
Anita Katz
An uneven but moving indie drama about love and family set in the world of New York City s kiki ballroom scene 
3
Dodes 'Ka-Den
Roger Ebert
It s a film with a rather strange surface extending even to stylistic mannerisms we don t expect from a director whose best work can be so naturalistic But underneath there s still the love and regard for characters 
3
Dodes 'Ka-Den
James Kendrick
even if the film does not stand up with Kurosawa s better known works it is still an intriguing if only semi successful experiment that suggests the great director s willingess to expand his palette
2.5
Dodes 'Ka-Den
Eric Henderson
Dodes ka den s forgotten souls enact their tribulations only in brief impressionistic strokes as apt to lapse into candy coated reverie as they are to stare down the demons of fiscal and moral poverty 
2.5
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Austin Kennedy
While the movie is harmless it lacks a certain spark to be really entertaining Lots of the jokes are flat and obvious without being awful 
2.5
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Linda Cook
Ahoy There be decent family fare among the January junk seas 
3
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Marjorie Baumgarten
As I wasn t expecting much I must say that Pirates doesn t disappoint 
2
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Larry Ratliff
The notion of no arms especially when they re sword fighting and the swords just sort of float in front of their bodies seems like a long way to go to establish unique cartoon characters 
2.5
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Claudia Puig
The trio learns that heroes come in all sizes hardly a revelation to audiences of any age 
1
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Chris Hewitt
It s a much better film than the last big screen Veggie outing with good looking character design catchy songs a wisecracking script and more skillfully disguised messages 
2.5
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Lou Lumenick
I ve seen more exciting no smoking announcements in theaters 
0.5
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Elizabeth Weitzman
Aside from the fun musical scenes the script is pretty lackluster and the animation could generously be described as old fashioned 
2
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Todd Hertz
Imparts the Bible inspired storytelling parents and kids have come to expect from VeggieTales in a less obvious but as fun as always package
2.5
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Kevin B. Lee
Pirates is a film whose insipid generic plainness is its worse offense 
1
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
Gene Seymour
The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything has just enough unassuming cleverness to keep you from checking your watch while the little people in your company get wrapped up in the color and clamor 
2.5
Seventh Son
Frank Ochieng
The mundane medieval movie Seventh Son is indicative of the cinema wasteland Bridges s gray haired evil bashing spook and Moore s wicked witch may very well deserve to have their SAG cards revoked a faceless fantasy of hocus pocus 
1
Seventh Son
Linda Cook
Seventh Son suffers from fatal Hobbit osis 
0
Seventh Son
John Beifuss
Judging from his Rooster Cogburn enunciation Jeff Bridges may literally be chewing the Dante Ferretti designed scenery in this utterly unnecessary but diverting and attractive fantasy adventure 
2.5
Seventh Son
Calum Marsh
Seventh Son is a very bad film to be sure but I d like to think its badness would have been as evident had it been whisked at once to the frontlines of Universal s summer slate emboldened by the confidence of a proper blockbuster premiere 
1
Seventh Son
Matt Brunson
Jeff Bridges gives his otherwise bland character a unique accent speech impediment delivering all of his lines as a mix of his True Grit character a belligerent walrus and a 45 rpm record played at 33 1 3 rpm 
1.5
Seventh Son
James Berardinelli
Impressive set design and visuals excessive CGI and a loud score from Marco Beltrami can t fully compensate for bland character development and a predictable narrative that rushes along on a linear trajectory 
2.5
Seventh Son
Rafer Guzman
No masterpiece but a welcome February surprise with a lively cast and rugged action 
3
Seventh Son
Glenn Kenny
One doesn t want to damn the movie with faint praise by saying it s not that bad but that s kind of the most objectively accurate description of it in all honesty 
2.5
Seventh Son
Stephen Whitty
Obviously this is not a particularly serious movie there s one scene of happy villagers leading a witch off to execution that feels remarkably like a Monty Python and the Holy Grail outtake but neither is it sloppy 
2.5
Seventh Son
Liam Lacey
Even in 3 D and shot in the mountains of British Columbia the film is a flat experience with an incongruity between its big budget ambitions and ho hum impact 
1
Seventh Son
David Hiltbrand
Seventh Son may try to harness alchemy and witchcraft but sadly there s no magic here 
1.5
Seventh Son
Mark Dujsik
Perhaps it s not so much a matter that Bridges is out of place in the material as it is that the material and the rest of the cast have no idea how to keep up with him 
2
Seventh Son
Kent Turner
The movie s imagination runs riot in the scenery sets and costumes in what is an otherwise routine centuries long feud between good and evil with paper thin motivations 
2
Seventh Son
Dustin Putman
Checks off the boxes of Swords and Sorcery Moviemaking 101 without bothering to dig deeper or come up with a new or imaginative angle to explore 
1.5
Seventh Son
Linda Barnard
A strong contender for worst movie of 2015 
1
Seventh Son
Thomas Lee
At least Moore has not played a character like Malkin in recent memory The same cannot be said for Bridges whose flawed alcoholic hero shtick is starting to wear thin 
2
Seventh Son
Claudia Puig
Seventh Son is thoroughly ill conceived a pale imitation of its more adventurous and breathtaking brethren 
1.5
Seventh Son
Matt Pais
A movie that s hard to believe anyone was passionate enough about to write make finish 
1.5
Seventh Son
Kyle Smith
I was disappointed that there were no fire breathing mummy ninjas from space but you have to save something for the sequel 
2
Seventh Son
Roger Moore
Is it bad enough to cost Julianne Moore her Oscar 
1.5
Seventh Son
Elise Nakhnikian
As is often the case in films like this Seventh Son is at its weakest when it tries to leaven its brink of disaster gravity with a little nerdy humor 
1
Peter Pan
Austin O'Connor
I t s an unfortunate time for a new version of Peter Pan to hit theaters but those who can push all those King of Pop connections aside will be rewarded 
3
Peter Pan
Ian Mantgani
It s not colourful it s not fun it s just a gaudy mess of bad aesthetic choices and cruddy CGI 
1.5
Peter Pan
Collin Souter
As smart and definitive a version as we re likely to see for a while which is fine if only because it casts an actual child actor instead of a creepy female man child 
3
Peter Pan
Tony Toscano
deliciously dark 
2.5
Peter Pan
David N. Butterworth
An earnest and enjoyable entertainment that remains loyal to its source if not to those hoping for state of the art special effects 
3
Peter Pan
Sara Michelle Fetters
So what need is there then for director P J Hogan s latest live action incarnation of Barrie s tale Not much really but I m sure glad that didn t stop him from making it 
3
Peter Pan
Ross Anthony
Magical whimsical richly colored paced to romp sprinkled with fairy dust and fun Return to your childhood with your children Fun for all ages and a good date flick too 
3.5
Peter Pan
Nick Rogers
In a time when Neverland is shorthand for scandal P J Hogan reclaims it Rife with wonderful expansions from its source material the film is alive with imagination 
3.5
Peter Pan
Michael Szymanski
It has the spectacle of a true holiday classic that will endure longer than the musical animated version 
4
Peter Pan
Frank Ochieng
Visually vibrant and mystical in its charming presentation Hogan s take on Peter Pan is an exquisite and sparkling celluloid fable that pops into life 
2.5
Peter Pan
Paul Sherman
Too impersonal and bland to be much fun 
2
Peter Pan
Carla Meyer
A dazzling retelling of the J M Barrie tale 
3
Peter Pan
David Elliott
For kids the movie is a sure thing 
3
Peter Pan
Robert W. Butler
Magical bittersweet and substantial 
3.5
Peter Pan
Sean P. Means
Even though the film employs up to date special effects its spirit may be truer to Barrie s ideal than any other film version 
3
Peter Pan
Rob Blackwelder
I felt as if I was discovering Peter Pan all over again 
3
Peter Pan
Dustin Putman
If it s family fare you re seeking see this and skip the dreadful condescending Cheaper by the Dozen You can thank me later 
3
Peter Pan
Mike Clark
Familiarity doesn t exactly breed contempt yet despite the novelty of a real boy as Peter the movie does engender a listless been there eaten that reaction 
2.5
Peter Pan
Chris Hewitt
Maxfield Parrish influenced look unhurried storytelling heartfelt performances and graceful direction make for a film as comforting and warm as sitting around the fireplace 
3
Peter Pan
Phoebe Flowers
The familiar story is not entirely bereft of flashes of reinvigoration but they re few and far between 
2
Peter Pan
Moira MacDonald
Little children may find it a bit scary but it s a warmhearted and often magical adventure 
3
Peter Pan
Tyler Hanley
This latest incarnation of the J M Barrie play is an uplifting cinematic fairytale along the lines of Labyrinth and The Neverending Story 
3
Peter Pan
Bruce Newman
If as you go into the theater you hear people coming out still chanting I do believe in fairies I do I do do not be alarmed Soon you will be joining them 
3.5
Peter Pan
Joe Baltake
Hurd Wood a newcomer brings an earnest charm to Wendy She s letter perfect in the role 
3.5
Peter Pan
David Hiltbrand
Hogan s shimmering vision of Peter Pan is rewardingly sumptuous and faithful 
2.5
Peter Pan
Lou Lumenick
Sumptuous looking and engagingly acted 
2.5
Peter Pan
Elizabeth Weitzman
Both enchantingly old fashioned and daringly modern 
3
Peter Pan
Adam Sternbergh
The promotional tag line promises a Peter Pan like you ve never seen before and that s true But moreover this feels like Peter Pan as it always should have been done 
3.5
Peter Pan
Paul Doro
Apparently the filmmakers felt characterization would only get in the way of the special effects 
2
Peter Pan
Lisa Kennedy
Action fortified touching and entertaining from its beguiling beginning to its dreamy conclusion 
3
Peter Pan
Ty Burr
Has in the young British actress Rachel Hurd Wood a Wendy for the ages 
3
Peter Pan
Glenn Whipp
The kind of whiz bang extravaganza that s OK for the under 12 set but might be a something of a slog for anyone older 
2.5
Peter Pan
Liam Lacey
Possesses effects galore although curiously little to spark the imagination 
2
Peter Pan
Terry Lawson
If this film is passed over for technical Academy Award nominations it would be a real oversight 
3
Peter Pan
Jeff Vice
To its credit this one has its share of magical moments even if they don t quite hit the highs of the Disney version 
2.5
Peter Pan
Phil Villarreal
Jeremy Sumpter so strong in the exemplary horror film Frailty 2002 is a superb Peter Pan 
3
Peter Pan
Roger Ebert
I walked in anticipating a sweet kiddie fantasy and was surprised to find a film that takes its story very seriously indeed thank you and even allows a glimpse of underlying sadness 
3.5
Peter Pan
Lawrence Toppman
Isaacs tops the cast even Richard Briers delightful Smee as an imperious ironic murderous bitter and lonely Hook 
3
Peter Pan
Jeffrey Westhoff
Simultaneously a faithful retelling of J M Barrie s beloved story and an audacious reinterpretation 
3.5
Peter Pan
Steve Rhodes
What s next Oklahoma without the musical numbers What does Hogan s version offer in place of songs A sex charged fairy tale 
2.5
Peter Pan
David Nusair
There s absolutely nothing innocent about this Peter Pan he s a leering and repulsive twerp 
1
Peter Pan
Linda Cook
This isn t the Disney fied version of Peter Pan In fact it s better than the animated classic 
4
Peter Pan
Steven Snyder
This Peter Pan is not a story but a video game Kids like video games it s true but they do not long to live inside them 
1.5
Peter Pan
Emily Blunt
All the prior Peter Pans to date have either been waifish women or a middle aged man 
3
Peter Pan
Matt Brunson
I ve never been a big fan of Peter Pan in any of its numerous incarnations so imagine my surprise as I fell victim to the rapturous spell of this new version 
3.5
Peter Pan
Peter Travers
There s nothing to crow about 
2
Peter Pan
James Berardinelli
One of the best versions of Peter Pan to reach the screen 
3
Peter Pan
Jan Stuart
Bring back Mary Martin and her spot the wires flying routine 
2
Peter Pan
Mark Caro
Works as mind tickling entertainment that never stoops to the vulgarities or frenetic pacing of most family films 
3
Peter Pan
Walter Chaw
It s not a good movie but it s almost a great one 
3.5
Peter Pan
Keith Uhlich
The film is a wash first and foremost for Hogan and cinematographer Donald McAlpine s choice to shoot entire sequences in garish singular colors 
1.5
Gosford Park
Brian Eggert
A beautifully acted intricately made and delightfully critical picture that nonetheless locates moments of humanity in a debased class system 
4
Gosford Park
Matt Brunson
Gosford Park expertly melds comedy and drama eventually adding a pinch of intrigue with a second act slaying 
3
Gosford Park
Betsy Bozdech
Masquerading as a whodunit Gosford Park is really an intricate examination of the rigid English class structure that started to transform between the two world wars 
4
Gosford Park
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s lovely to see that Altman now in his 70s still has an acid bite that would sting filmmakers half his age 
4
Gosford Park
Judith Egerton
Pret a Porter and Dr T and the Women tarnished his 90s comeback but the ornery Altman is back in top form here 
3.5
Gosford Park
Wesley Lovell
An interesting ensemble mystery 46 
3
Gosford Park
Forrest Hartman
An ambitious but off kilter film that desperately searches for but never finds its mark 
2
Gosford Park
Jon Niccum
Altman invites an artistic conundrum Should a movie be considered great if it only fits together after repeated viewings 
3
Gosford Park
Michael Wilmington
A scintillating comedy drama and one of Altman s most richly moving and entertaining pictures 
4
Gosford Park
James Kendrick
may not be Altman s greatest triumph but it is one of his finest works in years and it is one that is worth revisiting again and again
3.5
Gosford Park
Mark Dujsik
Works as a murder mystery a comedy of manners a human drama and a social commentary simply by providing a rich tapestry of characters and relationships status and class 
4
Gosford Park
Mike McGranaghan
Gosford Park earns the most dreaded label of all overrated 
1.5
Gosford Park
Marty Mapes
Sold as a murder mystery Gosford Park is less a whodunit than a who s doing what to whom
4
Gosford Park
David N. Butterworth
Altman at the top of his game 
3.5
Gosford Park
Michael Dequina
Proof positive that so many people are just too eager to lavish praise on a project that involves British accents and period costumes 
1.5
Gosford Park
Susan Stark
Disappointing is too soft a choice of words 
1
Gosford Park
Ross Anthony
Though faultless in production Gosford Park doesn t quite break away emotionally 
2.5
Gosford Park
Robert Roten
It was sort of like going to a dinner party and finding yourself surrounded by a group of insufferable snobs none of whom you would ever think of inviting to your house 
2.5
Gosford Park
Carla Meyer
Robert Altman and a ridiculously talented group of English actors have crafted an upstairs downstairs comedy of true originality a British costume film that s funny but not at all fusty 
3
Gosford Park
Roger Ebert
The kind of generous sardonic deeply layered movie that Altman has made his own 
4
Gosford Park
Jay Carr
One could go on and on cataloging the pleasures that pour forth from the screen 
4
Gosford Park
Carrie Rickey
Enormously entertaining murder mystery 
3
Gosford Park
Rob Blackwelder
Carpeted with dry wit and filled to the rafters with salacious secrets and unspoken animosity 
3
Gosford Park
Jonathan Foreman
Ranks among Robert Altman s best work ever 
4
Gosford Park
Rick Groen
Despite its little twists and departures from the norm Gosford Park is basically a crowd pleaser a slight film with a fat ensemble all keen to entertain 
3
Gosford Park
Harvey S. Karten
Maggie Smith is superb as a the most snobbish of English society women in this Upstairs Downstairs sendup 
3
Gosford Park
James Berardinelli
This isn t Academy Award material but it s good enough to provide an enjoyable afternoon or evening especially for those who love 1930s era British drama and intrigue 
3
Gosford Park
Walter Chaw
Another full frontal assault on the Hollywood studio system 
3
Gosford Park
David Keyes
In a year bursting with very few remarkable achievements Gosford Park emerges as one of the best and most engrossing features of 2001 
4
Gosford Park
Steve Rhodes
Gosford Park goes down as easily as a warm brandy after one of the seven course dinners popular at the enormous English country house where the story is set 
3
Gosford Park
Pam Grady
What is most gratifying is watching the most American of directors capture the English idiom so well 
3.5
Gosford Park
Dustin Putman
For the usually great Robert Altman this is a terribly disappointing directing effort 
1.5
Gosford Park
Ed Gonzalez
The Clue genre never looked as good as it does in Robert Altman s Gosford Park 
3.5
Ciao
Carrie Rickey
In Yen Tan s glacially paced movie every shot is relentlessly symmetrical the actors are squares in graph paper compositions 
2
Ciao
Ty Burr
It s made on the smallest of budgets and features awkward if sincere performances yet Yen Tan s film still manages to strike a series of plangent emotional truths about speaking one s heart and moving on 
2.5
Ciao
Ruthe Stein
Ciao moves at a snail s pace It feels long even at its abbreviated length 
2
Ciao
V.A. Musetto
The story is so minimal that it almost doesn t exist 
2
Ciao
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The ever static camera undercuts the poignantly understated performances with the egotism of a futon ad photographer who fancies Ozu 
2.5
Muriel
Eric Henderson
A truly frustrating tug of war between conventional narrative and fragmented presentation 
3.5
Gotta Dance
Linda Cook
I couldn t believe I found myself thinking Gosh I can t wait to get old 
3.5
Gotta Dance
Kyle Smith
Despite its engaging message and lovable stars Gotta Dance is more a TV newsmagazine segment than a full length feature 
2.5
Gotta Dance
Stephen Whitty
Although the movie s editing and photography are lively and its subjects are interesting life didn t cooperate by offering up much drama 
2.5
Matewan
Brian Eggert
A film that cannot help but spark comparisons between the 1920s coal wars and the decline of the unions over the last century 
4
Matewan
Matt Brunson
Matewan is a richly textured film boosted by Haskell Wexler s Oscar nominated cinematography and boasting a remarkable cast of established stars promising newcomers and Sayles regulars 
3.5
Matewan
Dave Kehr
Sayles must have meant his movie to stir and provoke but the self contained look of it yields something else a sense of quaintness of harmless nostalgia 
2
Matewan
Jay Boyar
The movie works the way Westerns have always worked In clear simple terms and with straightforward dramatic devices 
4
Matewan
Walter Chaw
marks a turning point in the auteur s career a transition between a teller of personal tales and a conveyor of universal ones 
3.5
Matewan
James Kendrick
Sayles is a perfectionist with a great ear and eye for historical detail and Matewan is as rich in it as a film can be 
3
Loves of a Blonde
David Nusair
Presumably the film s supposed to be a quirky and revealing slice of life but since the central character is never developed beyond the superficial it s impossible to care about her 
1.5
Loves of a Blonde
Jeremy Heilman
Forman somehow manages to craft comedy that neither veers from the challenges of realism nor reeks of shameless manipulation 
4
Loves of a Blonde
James Kendrick
a funny often moving depiction of the youthful romantic urge and the unfortunate disappointment that often follows
3.5
Road to Paloma
Roger Moore
A biker B movie backed by the WWE co written and directed by Jason Momoa can be a work of art Seriously 
2.5
Stranger in the House
Dudley Early
Raimu however is such an actor that his performances are delights to watch This performance is no exception 
2
Overdrive
Ernesto Diezmartinez
this derivative film about racing cars is at least innocuously entertaining Full review in Spanish 
1
A Master Builder
James Kendrick
even if it doesn t always work perfectly it is never anything less than engrossing and perplexing usually in equal measure
3
A Master Builder
Peter Canavese
Gregory credited as having created for the stage this version Shawn the translator adaptor and Demme the director nobly pursue their solid usually convincing but rarely exceptional concept for a manifestly challenging symbolist play Blu ray 
3
A Master Builder
Stephanie Merry
For a movie that lasts longer than two hours and is made up solely of talking it s impressive that the story never seems to drag 
2.5
A Master Builder
Kristin Tillotson
Surprisingly engaging 
3
A Master Builder
Hedy Weiss
Shawn veers away from his usual nebbishy persona here and skillfully suggests a master manipulator and shrewdly controlling womanizer driven by insecurities and guilt 
3.5
A Master Builder
Peter Sobczynski
Shawn is so commanding in the part that by the time the film ends it is almost impossible to imagine anyone else in the role 
3
A Master Builder
Richard Ouzounian
The oddly unheroic Shawn is somehow perfect as Solness a flawed contemporary man who feels his genius entitles him to run roughshod over those he loves as well as those he works with 
3.5
A Master Builder
Farran Smith Nehme
Mumblecore is not a good look for Ibsen 
1.5
A Master Builder
Chuck Bowen
Jonathan Demme makes loving sport of the trust his actors have clearly placed in him erecting for them a monument to the joys and terrors of walking an emotional high wire 
3
Das Fraulein
Walter V. Addiego
The film dwells on different ways of coming to terms with a traumatic past and it s clearly a subject dear to the heart of director Andrea Staka who grew up in Switzerland but is of Bosnian and Croatian heritage 
3
Das Fraulein
Ed Gonzalez
It seems disingenuous to call Fraulein a film when it s more like a glossy fashion magazine layout 
1.5
September
Matt Brunson
It sounds like a wacky prime time sitcom that would rule the boob tube for four years minimum Instead it s the scenario fueling Woody Allen s dreary drama 
2
September
Mattie Lucas
A perfect storm of acting writing and direction that subtly seeps into the heart and lingers long after the credits have rolled A little known but hugely powerful triumph 
4
September
Gene Siskel
The situation is a bit precious at times but the central conflict between daughter Mia Farrow and her mother Elaine Stritch is fresh and compelling 
3
September
Roger Ebert
Allen has made so many comedies that it is easy to insist that he make nothing else Actually he is as acute an author of serious dialogue as anyone now making movies and in September most of the real action goes on in the word choices 
3.5
The Rock
David Nusair
The Rock is far from the worst movie that Bay s made but given its roster of impressive performers and promising opening hour it might just the ADD afflicted filmmaker s most disappointing 
2
The Rock
Chris Kridler
Connery and Cage are a compelling team and redeem the film from ruin despite the mechanical plot an excessive body count and a miraculous recovery you ll know it when you see it 
2.5
The Rock
Gene Siskel
There isn t a shot scene or sequence in The Rock that doesn t move furiously typically with colored lights flashing into our faces or onto those of the actors 
2.5
The Rock
Gary Thompson
The movie s best asset is the old fashioned buddy movie interplay between Cage and Connery Cage as the frantic white collar lab technician who doesn t like guns Connery as the weathered resourceful old pro 
3
The Rock
Doug Thomas
You might need to take Dramamine before entering a Michael Bay movie The one time music video director has an annoying habit of finding the tightest shots editing the heck out of them and scoring the works to loud music 
2
The Rock
Michael Wilmington
Since the plot is ridiculous The Rock works best when it s most light hearted 
2.5
The Rock
Desmond Ryan
The borrowings from other movies going all the way back to the car chase in 1968 s Bullitt are heavy But Bay has three leads to lend weight and dimension to characters who are hardly original and flatly written 
3
The Rock
Dan Webster
San Francisco is awesomely beautiful Connery is his traditionally comforting self and Cage is typically eccentric especially for an action hero 
3
The Rock
Judith Egerton
The movie s extreme violence exhausting action and macho posturing make it an unlikely ticket choice for women and unsuitable for children 
2
The Rock
Jeffrey Westhoff
A huge noisy mess 
2.5
The Rock
Liam Lacey
From a helicopter s point of view The Rock is just typical big American dumb fun It s only when you look underneath at the film s underlying assumptions that you want to recoil 
2
The Rock
Michael Dequina
The Rock s ads urge you to get ready to rock After seeing this energetic action packed ride that truly does rock I can t think of better advice 
3.5
The Rock
Steve Rhodes
As an action film this movie delivers the goods but the best part is the acting 
3
The Rock
Mike Clark
A 2 1 4 hour exercise in overkill 
2.5
The Rock
Susan Stark
Excitement may be The Rock s selling point but it has plenty more to offer than you bargained for 
3
The Rock
Roger Ebert
A first rate slam bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor 
3.5
The Rock
James Berardinelli
Producers Jerry Bruckheimer and the late Don Simpson have a highly successful resume that includes Top Gun and Crimson Tide The Rock will add more luster to that reputation 
3
The Rock
Chris Hicks
By the time Cage says late in the film OK that s just about the most awful thing I ve ever seen the audience should be ready to agree 
1.5
The Rock
Madeleine Williams
Freneticaly paced action flick truly thrills 
3.5
The Rock
Barbara Shulgasser
There are parts of this action movie that are terrifically well done 
3
The Rock
Rob Blackwelder
Despite ample gunfights chases and explosions the tension in The Rock never translates into excitement for the audience 
2
The Rock
Joe Baltake
It s as tough and hard as it sounds It s also good fun 
3
The Three Caballeros
Jeremy Heilman
After the headlong launch into that abstract fantasia of color and sound it s difficult to deny the sexual nature of its characters pelvic thrusts and rampant phallic imagery Clearly this is Disney s horniest animated feature 
4
Scattered Clouds
Keith Uhlich
The cinematic equivalent of a hangover though the heady haze the film conveys is part of its charm 
3.5
Blue Story
Peter Canavese
A theatrical rap infused standard issue issue melodrama that s also vaguely reminiscent of classic 30s gangster films 
2.5
Blue Story
Jocelyn Noveck
Aside from these compelling young actors the success here is the fresh and original voice of Rapman who has said Blue Story is largely based on his own life 
3
Blue Story
Brian Tallerico
It may be rough around the edges and a bit shallow at times but no one can deny its passion 
3
Taken
Mattie Lucas
The cinematic equivalent of that guy in high school who was capable of making good grades but always coasted through with Cs 
2
Taken
Peter Travers
It s fun for about 15 minutes seeing Neeson do James Bond as Daddy Dangerous But the surprise wears off quickly 
2
Taken
Tyler Hanley
In Taken viewers are introduced to a new side of Irish actor Liam Neeson one that is relentless and likes to hit criminals in the throat a lot 
3
Taken
Sonny Bunch
Taken is a fast paced high octane action movie that doesn t take very many detours into soul searching melancholy 
3
Taken
Kam Williams
This heart stopping revenge flick written by Luc Besson is easily Liam Neeson s most memorable performance since his Oscar nominated outing in Schindler s List 
4
Taken
Sean P. Means
The script is more hard hitting and realistic than Besson s Transporter films which means youll only laugh out loud two or three times 
2.5
Taken
Keith Cohen
This briskly paced movie delivers a full payload of action and leaves you mentally exhausted You immediately recall the famous line from The Wizard of Oz that There is no place like home 
2.5
Taken
John Beifuss
A morally specious but undeniably efficient brainstem tickler the most effective action revenge thriller in years 
3
Taken
Matt Brunson
Neeson delivers a typically compelling performance in for him an atypically muscle bound role 
3
Taken
Sean McBride
Fortunately somewhat sloppy storytelling never gets in the way of this briskly paced action adventure 
3
Taken
Jeffrey Westhoff
Was Liam Neeson looking for a script with lousier dialogue than The Phantom Menace 
1.5
Taken
Christian Toto
Taken feels like an 80s action movie albeit a good one with a hero who fights with the ferocity of a dozen men 
3
Taken
James Kendrick
At virtually every turn the film feels like it s pulling punches and not delving into the potentially dangerous visual terrain its story and its attendant emotions are screaming for
2.5
Taken
Linda Cook
Calling all Transporter fans Here s a fast paced Transporter sibling starring Liam Neeson 
3
Taken
Michael Dequina
Doesn t give Neeson too much opportunity at all to get in touch with his inner Jason Statham 
2.5
Taken
John Wirt
In the preposterous but gripping Taken international scumbags mess with the wrong dad 
2.5
Taken
Lori Hoffman
The action sequences start off great but then they go too far over the edge of believability and plunge into the abyss of cartoon violence 
2
Taken
Rossiter Drake
As a righteous stand against the low level terrorists who peddle flesh in the back alleys of Europe the movie is a lurid sham as slick and soulless as the myriad thugs Neeson dispatches with implausible ease 
2
Taken
Roger Ebert
The movie proves two things 1 Liam Neeson can bring undeserved credibility to most roles just by playing them and 2 Luc Besson the co writer whose actioner assembly line produced this film turns out high quality trash and sometimes much better 
2.5
Taken
Wilson Morales
You ll get nothing new from watching this film It s the same man saves the day stuff we ve seen in the past so check your brain at the door and sit back for pure fun 
2.5
Taken
Mike McGranaghan
Look closely and you will see that Taken is not a harmless piece of action fluff It is a fraud and a mean spirited one at that 
1
Taken
Gina Carbone
Women sit back and accept your victimhood as men abduct you sell you and save you amid mindless violence that somehow got a PG 13 rating 
1.5
Taken
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole movie becomes something of a Joseph Conrad like descent into darkness and the closer Bryan comes to the truth the seedier and more oft putting the film itself becomes 
2.5
Taken
Claudia Puig
With some suspension of disbelief and a strong stomach it s possible to get taken in or at least absorbed by this adrenaline pumping action thriller 
2.5
Taken
Peter Howell
You ll miss out on a good movie if you consider Taken just another January dumping 
3
Taken
Chris Hewitt
I m not sure if the title Taken refers to the kidnapping at the center of the film or the hoodwinked feeling audiences will have when it s finished 
2
Taken
Mick LaSalle
I won t tell you Taken is great but it s great fun 
3
Taken
Steven Rea
A fleet no nonsense rescue thriller from the crackerjack French director Pierre Morel Taken is satisfying 1 for the Gaelic gravitas of its star 2 its slam bang chase scenes and bone snapping martial arts and 3 the scenic backdrops of Paris 
3
Taken
Stephen Whitty
Some movies flirt with absurdity Taken takes it to bed and then out for waffles in the morning 
2
Taken
Kyle Smith
Next out of the January dreg u lator A Liam Neeson thriller so lacking in ambition they should have called it Paycheck 
.5
Taken
Rene Rodriguez
Taken is nonsense but it s terrifically entertaining nonsense especially in the midst of the January movie doldrums It provides the reckless thrills that Quantum of Solace lacked 
3
Taken
Steven D. Greydanus
Although well crafted but improbable action set pieces cast Neeson as an essentially indomitable force the film s emotional force rests on the comparatively persuasive setup 
2.5
Taken
Amy Biancolli
If it s unrepentant violence you re after you re better off renting director Morel s 2004 collaboration syndicate with Besson District B13 
1.5
Taken
Stephen Cole
The last third of the film is a 50 year old s little boy temper tantrum 
2
Taken
Lisa Kennedy
Taken is an exploitation thriller the sort of studio pic that seizes the worst the world has to offer the sex slave outrages that The New York Times Nicholas Kristof exposed so brilliantly to bolster its rote rhythms 
1.5
Taken
Michael Sragow
In Taken an excruciating atavism of a movie father knows best in the worst way and he s ready to enforce it come hell or high melodrama 
1.5
Taken
Daniel M. Kimmel
the sort of action film that you watch with glee and then hate yourself for doing so Call it the year s first guilty pleasure 
2.5
Taken
Christopher Borrelli
Taken which tells the story of how Liam Neeson blows a gasket and flies off to France and kills 75 Albanians in 90 minutes is crisp efficient and deeply insane 
3
Taken
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a fairly gripping involving story to be sure but director Pierre Morel District B13 gives it a pretty lazy treatment 
2.5
Taken
Moira MacDonald
Mostly it s a grim violent and predictable tale of a young girl in unthinkable distress 
1.5
Taken
Wesley Morris
This is another unsavory mix of sentimentality and high octane seediness from the Luc Besson factory 
1
Taken
Robert W. Butler
Taken is a crude but effective thriller that builds tension while cooking up a full head of righteous indignation 
2.5
Taken
Jeff Vice
This is not Besson s best work The plotting is ridiculous especially a bit about possibly corrupt French police officials and what humor exists is mostly unintentional 
2
Taken
Dustin Putman
Shows how helming a PG 13 rated movie for adults without compromising the dark subject matter is done 
2.5
Taken
Linda Winer
Neeson s character calls himself a preventer because he keeps bad things from happening Not this time 
1.5
Taken
Peter Canavese
A blunt force narrative though Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes 
2
Taken
Ed Gonzalez
Would that Morel had infused the project with the same variety of style he brought to District B13 but the subtle insights of the script and Neeson s splendiferous range more than pick up the slack 
2.5
Taken
James Berardinelli
The film is never boring It is however completely preposterous 
2.5
Taken
David Nusair
a contemporary action masterpiece that surely ranks alongside the best that the genre has to offer 
3.5
The Dark
Matt Brunson
A movie that s more dorky than dark 
1.5
The Dark
Roger Ebert
This is without a doubt the dumbest most inept most maddeningly unsatisfactory thriller of the last five years It s really bad so bad indeed that it provides some sort of measuring tool against which to measure other bad thrillers 
1.5
The Architect
David Nusair
A well intentioned misfire 
2
The Architect
Kam Williams
What makes the movie satisfying is the fact that its ethnic tensions are never overtly exacerbated but rather subtly illustrated simply by the comparison of the decadent malaise of the spoiled rotten versus the neverending nightmare of the have nots 
3.5
The Architect
John Monaghan
Despite his obvious earnestness first time director and cowriter Matt Tauber is ill equipped to mine emotions this complex 
2
The Architect
Michael Booth
Too many big moments are happening to too many people for the movie to feel plausible and Tauber tries to tie many of those plots together in a way that seems contrived 
2.5
The Architect
Michael Wilmington
Given the fact that The Architect is obviously a work in the tradition of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams not to mention Henrik Ibsen it s disappointing 
2.5
The Architect
Chris Hewitt
The movie doesn t so much tell a story as scream its messages at us in a series of awkward scenes that test the actors ability to make fake o dialogue seem like something an actual person might say 
1
The Architect
Walter Chaw
I am sick to death of taking the White Guilt Trip 
0
The Architect
Tom Keogh
Painfully portentous and more solemn than Santa s funeral The Architect gets this year s prize for the movie most likely to spoil holiday cheer 
1.5
The Architect
Ruthe Stein
Despite graphic scenes of drug and crime infested buildings where people are forced to live behind bars like prisoners The Architect still feels stagebound inert when it needs to be cinematic 
2
The Architect
Maitland McDonagh
The story s structure is overly configured and writer David Greig s characters feel less like people than bullet points 
2.5
The Architect
Jack Mathews
There are too many characters undergoing life changes in the story for each to be properly developed in an 82 minute movie 
2.5
The Architect
Kyle Smith
The dull indie drama The Architect comes from the stage which is where it should have stayed 
1
The Architect
Jan Stuart
Too well meaning and self congratulatory for its own good 
2
The Architect
Ross Anthony
Each of the characters have their own quirky stories that feel as if they ll add meaning or emotional impact to the central conflict but ultimately they don t 
1
The Architect
Ed Gonzalez
Flaunts lame ghetto and dark side of suburbia clichés in self loathing standstill after self loathing standstill none of which offer a genuinely insightful perspective on modern living 
1
Story of a Love Affair
Nathalie Atkinson
The stylishness of this noirish melodrama about infidelity and postwar malaise accumulates in layers and it s not merely visual 
3.5
Story of a Love Affair
Dan Callahan
The unsurpassed beauty of Antonioni s visual art lifts his two penny story and hollow people into the exalted realm of the senses 
4
The Internship
Christy Lemire
Similar to Eddie Murphy s hard right turn from daring and profane comedy to family friendly romps Vaughn and Wilson have gone all soft and gooey here 
1.5
The Internship
David Nusair
The Internship is ultimately as lazy and pointless and overlong a comedy that one can easily recall 
2
The Internship
Linda Cook
A can do attitude and a fresh spin on the fish out of water theme make The Internship fun 
3
The Internship
Sean P. Means
It speaks volumes when a Will Ferrell cameo goes on too long without generating any laughs while a walk on by Josh Gad as a headphones wearing outcast steals the movie in two minutes 
2
The Internship
Scott Nash
They should have done a Google search to find a better script 
2.5
The Internship
Matt Brunson
Aside from an uproarious scene involving Professor Charles Xavier yes that Professor X the laughs are mostly low key but at least they re there which automatically places this above many guffaw free films of its genre 
3
The Internship
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Google logo appears so often you shouldn t have to pay to see this movie Google should pay you 
1.5
The Internship
Willie Waffle
Hits all of the typical notes you expect and only succeeds in making us laugh and care because Vaughn and Wilson are in it 
2
The Internship
Nour Habib
The comedic magic that Wilson and Vaughn brought to the screen when paired up in the 2005 hit Wedding Crashers seems to have dwindled Their interactions are still fun to watch just not as funny 
2
The Internship
Lisa Kennedy
Today s weather forecast in Mountain View Giddy with a chance of delirious 
3
The Internship
Kirk Baird
While it s nice to have a Vaughn and Wilson buddy up again we can only wish they d crashed another comedy instead 
2
The Internship
Andrew Schenker
Shawn Levy s occasionally uproarious warm hearted comedy is about different generations educating each other but it never seems rote 
3
The Internship
Phil Villarreal
Having already paid for itself with corporate pounds of flesh and not bothered forwarding the cash to buy a laugh or two The Internship is happy to take your money and dismiss you with a Google Wave 
1
The Internship
Peter Canavese
Although Vaughn s riffing skills remain in fine form as do Wilson s the story makes every obvious and conventional choice 
2
The Internship
Austin Kennedy
Kind of like when Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor tried to recapture the magic of SILVER STREAK and came out with ANOTHER YOU THE INTERNSHIP is that kind of a failure Avoid at all costs 
1
The Internship
Rob Thomas
Once I realized that The Internship wasn t going to be that good it wasn t that bad 
2
The Internship
Linda Barnard
The Internship is a big wet kiss to Google wrapped in a buddy comedy that asks us to believe that nobody over 40 knows anything about computers or the online universe 
2
The Internship
Jen Chaney
The fact that this overlong often preposterous comedy succeeds at all which it does only occasionally proves that the Vaughn Wilson charm can still work a measure of magic 
2
The Internship
Liam Lacey
Though by no means a good movie The Internship floats along for fairly well for about half its length thanks to the easy interplay between the two stars and a certain melancholic topicality 
2
The Internship
Stephen Whitty
The film becomes just one big product placement with callow co stars and by the numbers plotting 
2
The Internship
Mark Dujsik
Y et another reminder that improvisation is hardly a sturdy foundation for a feature length movie even one that s just an advertisement for a multinational corporation 
2
The Internship
Forrest Hartman
The film takes product placement to a new level as it is essentially a recruiting ad for Google Get past that and it s also a consistently funny comedy 
3
The Internship
Dustin Putman
Pleasant On occasion Laugh out loud funny Rarely The Internship seems content to settle on middle of the road Such mediocrity wouldn t pass muster at Google and it doesn t here either 
2
The Internship
Dann Gire
The Internship eventually warms up with some big hearted good will and affable chemistry between its two main stars who make their performances appear to be totally improvised 
2.5
The Internship
Moira MacDonald
Levy s so busy showing us the riderless cars and cheery Google bikes he forgets to have his movie make any sense 
2
The Internship
James Berardinelli
Everything about it feels stale the actors the story the comedy everything And to make matters worse that everything goes on for an interminable two hours 
1.5
The Internship
Steven Rea
It would be kind of charming if this Google recruitment film this 119 minute commercial for Googliness weren t so downright creepy 
2.5
The Internship
Cynthia Dickison
This is a movie that skates by on the sheer likability of its stars there are genuine laughs in the script co written by Vaughn 
2.5
The Internship
Rafer Guzman
It s a well timed comedy about unemployment technology and the generation gap and its comforting main message is that the world will always need the kind of guy known as a people person 
2.5
The Internship
Ty Burr
Here s why Google is so successful It s figured out a way for Twentieth Century Fox to make a two hour Google commercial disguised as a summer comedy 
2
The Internship
Jason Buchanan
The Internship shows such a cringe worthy lack of chemistry and inspiration that it s hard to believe we re watching a reunion of the stars featured in one of the 2000s biggest comedy hits 
2
The Internship
Chris Hewitt
Most of the time it seems like the actors are making up their own dialogue and not in a genius Christopher Guest way but in a sloppy retell jokes we ve seen in better movies way 
1
The Internship
Peter Travers
The Internship takes a padded two hours to tell a thin story that buries its charm in emo mongering and Google plugs 
2
The Internship
Kyle Smith
Director Shawn Levy s work has as always all the edge of a tub of margarine he s the guy who did Night at the Museum And The Internship has the air of a promotional video for Google 
1
The Internship
Michael Phillips
It feels 20 minutes over full at least Cut out half of the Flashdance and X Men references and you re halfway there 
2
The Internship
Matt Pais
The polar opposite of The Social Network depicting innovation and intelligence as if they re merely the fruits of ideas burped out by an aging slacker who doesn t know when to shut up 
0
The Internship
Roger Moore
Surfs along on the goodwill Vaughn and Wilson plainly have for each other and that we have for them 
3
The Internship
Claudia Puig
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the worst interns since Monica Lewinsky 
2
The Internship
Jocelyn Noveck
The premise like the whole movie is far fetched but enjoyable 
2.5
The Internship
Charlie McCollum
Somehow much if certainly not all of the film works Levy largely avoids the cynical and the crude which is refreshing Some bits are legitimately funny 
2.5
The Invisible Front
Dann Gire
Once it gets going The Invisible Front slaps us in the face with just how savagely the Soviets treated Lithuanians they believed to be part of the resistance
3
The Barber
Tirdad Derakhshani
An ambitious if wildly uneven character study that relies on a taut script snappy dialogue and a few well placed plot twists 
2.5
The Barber
Roger Moore
Well cast well played sharply cut but it talks talks talks you to death in the third act
2
Sunrise
David N. Butterworth
Ninety years on Sunrise still packs a wallop technically even if its storyline is a tad melodramatic 
3
Sunrise
Matt Brunson
It s the brilliant imagery and ground breaking techniques that make it such a timeless achievement 
4
Sunrise
Michael Phillips
Rich strange and gorgeous F W Murnau s Sunrise shows what an artist of the late silent era could accomplish cinematically backed by an open checkbook and fueled by the highest aspirations even in the simplest of morality tales 
4
Sunrise
Josh Larsen
One of those seminal works without which modern movies wouldn t exist 
4
Sunrise
Wesley Lovell
One of the finest romantic dramas of all time 46 
4
Sunrise
Roger Ebert
F W Murnau s Sunrise 1928 conquered time and gravity with a freedom that was startling to its first audiences To see it today is to be astonished by the boldness of its visual experimentation 
4
Sunrise
Jeffrey Westhoff
One of the most luminous experiences you will have in a movie theater 
4
Sunrise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sunrise is an incredible achievement and perhaps the greatest silent drama ever made 
4
Sunrise
James Berardinelli
Sunrise is often rightfully noted for its technical achievements but what is often overlooked is its emotional power 
3.5
Susan Slept Here
John Beifuss
One scene finds Debbie Reynolds using the golden head of the trademarked Oscar statuette as a makeshift hammer to crack walnuts In Hollywood that may have been as shocking as the sight of the desecrated statue of the Virgin Mary in The Exorcist 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David Nusair
a marked departure for the watchable yet thoroughly bland series 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Matt Soergel
Turning 13 suits our intrepid Hogwarts students just fine in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Dan Webster
You could call this one Harry Potter Grows Up At the very least the transition from Chris Columbus to Alfonso Cuaron has helped propel J K Rowling s hero from childhood into the difficult teen years 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Leah Rozen
This is easily the best Harry Potter film yet though a few qualifiers need to be added to that endorsement 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter Canavese
Cuarn filigrees his film with brilliantly outsized projections of Harry s fears and underlying realities Blu ray 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Joe Lozito
Regardless of its cinematic shortcomings the Harry Potter film series still has a ton of life in it 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kam Williams
A menagerie of menacing and morphing computer generated special effects make the movie worthwhile 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Betsy Bozdech
Azkaban is the first Potter movie to really tap into its hero s anger and the film benefits from it 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter T. Chattaway
Cuarn has produced the most terrifying and darkly humorous movie adaptation of Rowling s stories to date giving it a visual flair sorely missing in the previous installments 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jay Antani
Director Cuarn s imagery delights again and again
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Wesley Lovell
Just like Hagrid when he s faced with the certain death of his faithful pet Buckbeak the audience falls into the emotional trap that Cuarn creates 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
James Kendrick
Comes very close to soaring 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jorge Avila Andrade
Est llena de magia diversin y personajes que Cuarn ha vuelto ms que entraables Felicidades Alfonso Enhorabuena 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lori Hoffman
the most emotionally effective film in the HP series 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Judith Egerton
The third time is less charming and more serious yet Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban easily meets our requirements for a bewitching adventure 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kevin A. Ranson
A new filmmaker provides his take on the third book by author and creator J K Rowling providing a darker tone that meets the book halfway for its wiser student wizard 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves with a new confidence It s less scrubbed and disinfected and throbs with a more nightmarish excitement 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Steven Snyder
A shining improvement over the first two Potter installments and in a comment I never thought I d say I would actually love to see Azkaban again 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David Keyes
The Prisoner of Azkaban is basically a routine vehicle that plods its way through details without giving much incentive to feel engaged by the specifics 
2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Josh Larsen
feels at once more magically childlike and grimly grown up 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
James O'Ehley
The Potter movies have an endearing and light hearted spirit of whimsy from which a certain other recent fantasy trilogy more overwrought overlong and overrated could have greatly benefited 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Tony Toscano
no matter what I say you re still probably going to see it anyway 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Larry Ratliff
Cuarn uses his enchanting vision to send Rowling s third installment down its dark wondrous often captivating road in grand style and with a generally steady pace 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Marty Mapes
The most magical thing is how much older and bigger our young movie stars are
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Mike McGranaghan
Now that the groundwork has been laid the series is free to really explore some compelling themes 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite a stronger appreciation for the characters psyches Prisoner of Azkaban gets messy when Cuarn feels rushed 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David N. Butterworth
Cuarn s involvement should have made this the best of the series but Prisoner once again falls prey to author Rowling s tendency towards a lack of sophistication 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Frank Ochieng
a whimsically solid entry Cuaron creates a Harry Potter universe that is visually more stunning and sardonic in content a viably entertaining creepy coming of age saga
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
John Beifuss
As in Princess and Mama Cuaron explores the secret lives of young people forging identities in an adult world that alternately wants to ignore and to control them 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Elias Savada
All hail Harry Potter 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Vince Koehler
The third edition of this classic tale brings thrills chills and a new direction 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jonathan R. Perry
The darkest most heavily plotted and handsomely crafted film of the three but what s missing without Chris Columbus in the director s chair is the gee whiz sense of wonder 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Michael Sragow
With Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron has wrought a wondrous fantasy that s light on its feet and full of heart This movie targets the funny bone and tingles the spine 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Claudia Puig
Thanks to director Alfonso Cuaron a dazzling storyteller with a keen eye for whimsical detail the third film in the Potter franchise is a visual delight 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Moira MacDonald
A marvelous adventure 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Mick LaSalle
A different kind of Harry Potter movie a better kind 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David Elliott
A big marvelous entertainment we can feel proud to love 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Joe Baltake
Until an even more impressive chapter comes along Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban looms as the apex of the phenomenal new film franchise based on J K Rowling s celebrated series of novels 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Rene Rodriguez
As good a movie as anyone will ever make out of J K Rowling s revered novels about the boy wizard 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Bob Strauss
Scarier funnier filmed with real style 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
James Sanford
the most atmospheric heartfelt and elegantly eerie installment so far mischief managed marvelously 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Terry Lawson
Easily the most clever emotionally affecting and involving of the adaptations so far 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jeff Vice
The best of the films to date 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Michael Booth
Cuaron has done what few sequel caretakers ever manage refreshing the characters and stories for a long potential run 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lawrence Toppman
Alfonso Cuaron has never made a special effects movie before and he s careful to balance the ooh ahh moments with human interaction 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Wesley Morris
It s far less self conscious about how to please an audience and isn t as slavishly interactive with its source material 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Forrest Hartman
A masterpiece 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sean P. Means
The first of the series that really accomplishes what Rowling s books do so well respect the intelligence and imagination of Harry s young audience 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Austin O'Connor
Cuaron s dark touch gives the latest chapter a fresh bolt of energy and at last a rush of inspiration 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sarah Chauncey
Pardon the pun but when it comes to Harry Potter films the third time s a charm 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
James Verniere
Here finally is a Harry Potter movie I d happily see again 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Rick Groen
In a series that s episodic by definition too many of these episodes lack any climax or payoff 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sara Brady
An adaptation worthy of Rowling s marvelous creation a chapter that spins the story to ever more thrillingly dark treacherous heights 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jon Niccum
Those who feared the franchise might grow as stale as Batman or Alien need not worry as Cuarn proves there is still a little magic left up Potter s sleeve 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Phil Villarreal
While voluptuously bringing to luscious life the kid lit world of witchcraft wizardry and bizarre creatures has script and plotting as bland as the Hardy Boys 
2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Collin Souter
The best book in the series is now the best film in the series We all have a better movie in our heads but I had a blast seeing what lurked inside Curon s 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Guylaine Cadorette
the most multifaceted and intriguing Harry Potter film yet 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Bob Bloom
Director Alfonso Cuaron has created a darker more sinister world for Harry while also opening up more of the grounds around Hogwarts 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Erik Childress
At some point you have to start asking with all the mystical potions and gifts of foresight how do these wizards keep fingering the wrong people for these crimes 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Duane Dudek
The literal sensibility that director Chris Columbus gave to the first two Potter films has been replaced by Cuaron s richly cinematic one 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Linda Cook
This time Harry Potter is in a movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban not just a translation of a novel 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Maitland McDonagh
Cuaron leaves his mark without betraying the source material 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Chris Hewitt
Everything they screwed up in the first two Harry Potter movies they fix in the new one 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Chauncey Mabe
Almost everything about this movie looks and feels right 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Glenn Lovell
It s much darker in mood and look than its predecessors and it moves much faster refusing to coddle or spoon feed those who haven t seen the first two movies or read the books This is both asset and detriment 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
James Berardinelli
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban proves that a new director with a different perspective can freshen a series that could otherwise resort to stale repetition 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Steven Rea
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban offers what neither of its predecessors for all their wand waving and witch brooms had real magic 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
John Anderson
Prisoner of Azkaban sustains the good vibe of Harry Potter s previous screen appearances while also being blessed with a wand s worth of Cuaron s movie magic 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Nick Rogers
It is perfect evidence for the obvious truth Potter fans must face The only great Harry Potter movies will be those we create in our minds as readers 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lou Lumenick
Harry Potter and the Wizard of Azkaban is precisely the kind of invention the franchise needed 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jami Bernard
An entrancing experience for Potter fans 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jeff Strickler
Younger children might be put off by the darker tone of this movie but the franchise s new direction holds promise 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David Sterritt
Stretching the PG rating to its breaking point Mr Cuaron has directed the creepiest and scariest Potter picture yet and to my mind the best 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Mark Caro
Until now Harry Potter has been a great book character and a functional movie hero With Cuaron leading the way Harry has burst from the printed page to soar on screen 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Roger Ebert
The world of Harry Potter remains delightful amusing and sophisticated 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Scott Nash
The Potter movies come of age 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sean McBride
This latest film is a lot darker in tone and thanks to the new director Alfonso Cuaron it s also a great deal scarier 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Matt Brunson
Cuaron s resume all but guarantees he ll be given the free ride that Columbus never enjoyed Yet the truth is that while far from a dud this is the weakest of the films 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Walter Chaw
Troubling and turbulent as any coming of age saga worth its agony must be It feels absolutely true and absolutely magical 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Steve Rhodes
It isn t worth sitting through almost two and a half hours of a movie without enough for anyone other than a certified Potter fan 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jeanne Aufmuth
Alfonso Cuarón has fashioned J K Rowling s imaginative text into a visually and emotionally satisfying stunner 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Willie Waffle
Our wee little wizard is growing up so fast Much like the child actors in the Harry Potter movies have grown up this film and story have grown with them 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Rob Blackwelder
Depth of character cunning humor and hair raising chills come shining through the visual blitzkrieg of special effects Far and away the best Harry Potter movie yet 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter Travers
Not only is this dazzler by far the best and most thrilling of the three Harry Potter movies to date it s a film that can stand on its own even if you never heard of author J K Rowling and her young wizard hero 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Michael Szymanski
A darker scarier more mature film than either of its predecessors in my book better too 
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Dustin Putman
Assured visually triumphant filmmaking that isn t simply a joy to look at but also bewitches with its tightly conceived plotting 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Ross Anthony
Pace acting composition cinematography moody lighting score create a magical cinematic experience with greater depth grit and maturity than the previous two 
3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Ed Gonzalez
Anxiously paced and happily embellished The Prisoner of Azkaban trades in conflict of the internal variety It s also the first Harry Potter film worth a damn 
3
Alphabet City
Roger Ebert
Maybe in another movie these actors could have made their characters come alive In Alphabet City everything is smothered in the concept 
1
You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story
V.A. Musetto
Documents Wilson s amazing story 
3
You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story
David Sterritt
Offbeat and entertaining 
3
Tadpole
Michael Dequina
Oscar s romantic plight plays well for subtle pathos in addition to laughs 
3
Tadpole
Tyler Hanley
In a summer wrought with action adventures and dramatic epics it s a refreshing change to trust in the teachings and maturity of a 15 year old 
3.5
Tadpole
Duane Dudek
It lacks the lushly romantic sensibility that made Woody Allen s similarly themed and unfortunately prophetic Manhattan seem plausible 
2.5
Tadpole
Joe Baltake
The terrific performances of Weaver and Neuwirth notwithstanding little of this is very amusing And it doesn t help that the film is visually offensive 
2
Tadpole
Steve Rhodes
An hilarious romantic comedy 
3
Tadpole
Tony Toscano
A delightful coming of age story 
4
Tadpole
Robert W. Butler
The players are clearly having a ball never grasping for laughs but rather generating them through a keen sense of their characters 
3
Tadpole
Jeff Vice
Tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling and downright creepy subject a teenage boy in love with his stepmother 
3
Tadpole
David Nusair
one of those plotless flicks that manages to squeak by on charm and charisma 
2.5
Tadpole
Collin Souter
Stuffy full of itself morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about 
1.5
Tadpole
Frank Ochieng
The cast is simply terrific and they help roll this storyline to its intended completion Stanford brings an inquisitive richness to his role as the Benjamin Braddock ish Oscar a compelling study of boy to manhood and all its uneasy discoveries 
3
Tadpole
James Berardinelli
The top notch cast brings the story to life with aplomb 
3
Tadpole
Joe Leydon
A smart succinct and subtly funny comedy of manners 
3
Tadpole
Mick LaSalle
Tadpole will delight audiences for its comedy 
3
Tadpole
David Elliott
Both calculated and breezy spoofing romantic film cliches while indulging in some of those tactics Tadpole is a frisky swimmer 
3
Tadpole
Rene Rodriguez
A low budget affair Tadpole was shot on digital video and the images often look smeary and blurry to the point of distraction Then again in a better movie you might not have noticed 
2
Tadpole
Susan Stark
Most folks with a real stake in the American sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant 
1
Tadpole
Terry Lawson
A movie that gets by on charm even when it s tippytoeing in taboo territory 
3
Tadpole
Steven Rosen
Although it s short Tadpole has a long lasting effect 
3
Tadpole
Wesley Morris
Tadpole was written in wisps and watery double entendres by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller and the movie is so benign that its proceedings are beside the point 
2
Tadpole
Ray Conlogue
Tadpole is smart and sophisticated entertainment whatever its shortcomings and it deserves to be encouraged 
2.5
Tadpole
Roger Ebert
The film has other problems than credibility It ends with unseemly haste it underlines its points too obviously and its camera moves when it should be still 
2
Tadpole
Walter Chaw
No amount of hype will turn this murky pre frog into anything resembling an indie prince 
2
Tadpole
Rob Blackwelder
ripe with New York atmosphere and understated indelibly human comedic tension 
3
Tadpole
Carrie Rickey
In the hands of most other actors Oscar would come off as a pretentious prig Stanford makes him seem pathetically comically charmingly real 
3
Tadpole
Chris Hewitt
The movie could use a few more points Tadpole s main character remains muddled at least one scene in his journey is missing 
2
Tadpole
Bruce Newman
Seems precious when it means to be precocious and pretentious when it can least afford to be 
2
Tadpole
Mary F. Pols
Stanford assumes the role of Oscar with rare conviction and makes such a disconcertingly appealing 15 year old that it s a relief to know he was actually 23 when he shot the movie 
3
Tadpole
Loren King
Weaver and Neuwirth are the sparks in this film as they project a maternal sexiness and sincerity that s entirely believable 
3
Tadpole
Claudia Puig
Tadpole is an irreverent and witty comedy in which the events aren t predictable but are well paced 
3
Tadpole
Jeffrey Wachs
This often hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high minded appeal 
3.5
Tadpole
Jan Stuart
A sparkling cosmopolitan comedy that plays fast and loose with sacred cows of family values 
3.5
Tadpole
Bob Strauss
smart funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty just above average off Broadway play 
2.5
Tadpole
Lou Lumenick
An indie triumph 
4
Tadpole
Vanessa Sibbald
Based on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller the film gets great laughs but never at the expense of its characters
4
Tadpole
Harvey S. Karten
Lighten up Sophocles Oedipal conflicts are nothing more than a subject for light comedic entertainment 
3
Talking to Strangers
Dave Kehr
Talking to Strangers makes no attempt to cozy up to its audience to provide the comfort of conventional values or a guided linear narrative form It s a confrontational film 
3.5
Beyond the Call
Peter Canavese
Adrian Belic s straightforward film shows the men in action and allows them to tell in their salty no B S way their own stories of how and why they do what they do 
3
Beyond the Call
G. Allen Johnson
The scenery is marvelous but Belic is a bit too admiring of his subjects 
2
Beyond the Call
Teresa Budasi
The film is a pointed lesson in every little bit helps 
3
Eat This New York
Chris Hewitt
Everyone who ever thought about opening a restaurant should watch Eat This New York 
3
Eat This New York
Paul Sherman
This unfocused and at times obnoxious movie comes off more like an excuse for directors Andrew Rossi and Kate Novack to kiss up to swankier Manhattan restaurateurs 
2
Eat This New York
Janice Page
So how s the food The camera never even goes up close That s the kind of restaurant documentary this is 
2
Eat This New York
Megan Lehmann
A documentary with a terrific name but a blurry premise 
2
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Mattie Lucas
Each new discovery is as pleasurable and as thought provoking as the last adding up to a deeply resonant cinematic experience that continues to grow in estimation upon further reflection 
3.5
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Wesley Morris
It runs 157 minutes and I can t say you don t feel them You do but in the way you would reading a very good book in an uncomfortable chair 
3.5
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Michael O'Sullivan
A movie of such dark smoldering intensity that it s easy to forget that half of it takes place in near darkness 
4
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Sean P. Means
The pace is sometimes grindingly slow and at more than two and a half hours Ceylan s exploration of its characters shifting views on the truth can become wearying 
2.5
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Josh Larsen
as if a lush landscape painting is being invaded by the cinema 
4
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Roger Ebert
Ceylan doesn t slap us with big dramatic moments but allows us to live along with his characters as things occur to them 
3.5
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Liam Lacey
A gorgeously shot crime story with emotionally layered characters and an indelible atmosphere of unease 
4
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Peter Howell
This painstaking but gorgeously realized police procedural by Nuri Bilge Ceylan the Turkish poet of the long take nods to Sergio Leone s Once Upon a Time in the West 
3.5
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Mick LaSalle
It is colossally memorably and audaciously boring but if you stick with it and I am not advising this something may happen 
2
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Mike Scott
A beautiful bore 
2
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Robert Levin
The film offers shifts in perspective that express deep humanist overtones and the conviction that life can t be seen or understood in simple terms of black and white 
3.5
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Stephen Whitty
There is very little overt drama The camera waits and watches like a vulture 
3
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
V.A. Musetto
Patient viewers will be rewarded as long as they pay attention 
3
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Andrew Schenker
Nuri Bilge Ceylan has to be the least kinetic of working filmmakers and not simply in the sense of static camerawork or lack of narrative momentum 
1.5
Monika
Mattie Lucas
Monika s piercing gaze so full of defiance and inner turmoil seems to dare the audience to judge her for her actions while at the same time embodying a kind of tragically wasted youth 
4
Monika
Bryant Frazer
In the annals of Early Bergman Summer with Monika is The Big One The irony is that it s among the slightest of his works 
3
Monika
James Kendrick
Bergman s key international breakthrough
3.5
The Concert
Joe Williams
The Concert builds beautifully from a farcical premise that requires a suspension of disbelief to a musical climax that washes away our cynicism in a wave of honest tears 
3.5
The Concert
Greg Quill
Benefits from clever editing and a credible cinematic representation of the ineffable power of music to ignite the human spirit Sadly the magic is way too long in the making 
2
The Concert
Chris Hewitt
I was annoyed by the thickness with which it layers on the schmaltz and the obviousness with which it tells its jokes 
1
The Concert
David Neff
At the end of the concerto the concert hall resounds with applause and Gavrilov utters the film s next to last word Amen The final word Bravo That s my judgment as well 
3
The Concert
Rachel Saslow
The Concert was so unfunny I had to consult IMDB com to make sure that it was indeed listed as a comedy 
1.5
The Concert
Mick LaSalle
It ends in a place of transcendent emotion that sends everyone out of the theater in a swirl of transport 
3
The Concert
Moira MacDonald
It s as if the movie simmers unevenly for an hour and a half and suddenly bursts into glorious flame 
3
The Concert
Carrie Rickey
The Concert is a breakneck melodrama that milks laughs and wrings tears 
2.5
The Concert
Mark Dujsik
The final sequence very nearly redeems the movie s previous mishandling of characters and missteps in tone 
2.5
The Concert
Wesley Morris
Even though the grand finale is not without some arm twisting The Concert is a passable sometimes skillful farce 
2.5
The Concert
Brett Michel
Enjoy laughing uproariously at cartoonish Russian stereotypes 
1.5
The Concert
Kent Turner
The film slavishly trades on ethnic stereotypes from the mild Russians stewed in vodka to the wince producing the ever resourceful merry band of Gypsies 
2
The Concert
Sara Michelle Fetters
This was a movie that made me feel sheer unabashed delight and when it was all over all I wanted to do was sit back relax and marinate in the uplifting joy I was currently reveling in 
3
The Concert
Kyle Smith
An art house trap the cinematic equivalent of one of those salads that turns out to have more calories than a Big Mac 
1.5
The Concert
Robbie Collin
What a hopeless stinker we ve got here Unfunny crushingly stupid borderline racist and yet I still didn t go for it 
1
The Concert
Ricky D'Ambrose
Milhaileanu has attempted u2014and I think fairly successfully u2014to turn Tchaikovsky into something slicker more lustrous and scintillating than his music is or ought to be experienced as 
2
Bottom of the World
Roger Moore
An indie mystery thriller that s all puzzle and no heart 
1.5
Young Frankenstein
Austin Kennedy
It s a wonderful iconic comedy Mel Brooks masterpiece 
4
Young Frankenstein
Josh Larsen
Say this for Brooks he saw women as comedic equals and they continually proved him right 
4
Young Frankenstein
Peter Canavese
A deathless comedy classic Blu ray 
4
Young Frankenstein
Phil Villarreal
Hey our man Brooks never claimed to have good taste Bless him 
4
Young Frankenstein
Roger Ebert
It shows artistic growth and a more sure handed control of the material by a director who once seemed willing to do literally anything for a laugh It s more confident and less breathless 
4
Young Frankenstein
Ross Anthony
Delightfully daft 
2.5
Young Frankenstein
Wesley Lovell
A comic twist on the traditional Frankenstein story 46 
3.5
Young Winston
Roger Ebert
It is dignified occasionally exciting filled with lots of walk ons so eminent British actors can play eminent British statesmen and more or less faithful to the facts But it s nothing more than that 
2.5
Election
Ty Burr
The film s violence erupts in rare staccato bursts all the more horrifying for coming out of nowhere 
3
Election
Bill Stamets
Election feels routine at times though less formulaic than other genre exercises from Hong Kong The depiction of crime customs is sociologically detailed 
2.5
Election
Robert K. Elder
Director To s talent for documentary style realism and navigating complex political systems sets him apart though his nationalism puts him squarely in the mainstream 
3
Election
V.A. Musetto
Nobody familiar with director To will be surprised by the way he presents stylish violence in innovative and humorous ways 
3
Election
Stephen Whitty
There is social commentary to be sure but there are also some solid action thrills 
3
Manhood
Phil Villarreal
The film doesn t preach it asks questions Then it mourns that there appear to be no correct answers 
3
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story
Sarah Rodman
Cure for Pain is a loving and candid look at Sandman s life and artistry 
3
Selah and the Spades
Sarah Knight Adamson
Selah is a fully written and expertly directed character she s a force to be reckoned with She s strong beautiful bold and driven by power 
3.5
Selah and the Spades
Josh Larsen
Any movie that mixes the DNA of Mean Girls Brick and School Daze has my attention 
2.5
Selah and the Spades
Barry Hertz
It s impassioned informed and sometimes furious work that could find Poe being name checked herself not too long from now 
3
Selah and the Spades
James Berardinelli
It s closer to horror than the usual lightweight fare one finds in the genre 
3
Selah and the Spades
Tom Meek
The film ostensibly wants to be something of a journey built around Selah s fabulously coifed protege Paloma but the arc gets lost in the trench wars of the boarding school cliques 
2.5
Selah and the Spades
Ty Burr
Selah and the Spades showcases a talented writer and filmmaker furiously struggling to find her feet When she does the results may be something to see 
2.5
Selah and the Spades
Oliver Jones
Selah and the Spades comes off as little more than a artfully rendered location and a cool concept that is desperately in search of a story to tell that s as compelling as its trappings 
1.5
Selah and the Spades
Joe Friar
An impressive film that will be lauded for its visual style but there is much more at play here including well written characters multi layers and signs of filmmaker that doesn t play by the rules 
3.5
Selah and the Spades
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a strong visual style and a strong attitude 
3
Selah and the Spades
Rob Thomas
All that prettiness can t cover up the fact that Poe s screenplay feels half formed 
2.5
Selah and the Spades
Monica Castillo
With its creative approach to a familiar story about power struggles Selah and the Spades takes these girls and their problems seriously with all the respect their characters crave 
3
Selah and the Spades
Anita Katz
Writer director Tayarisha Poe making her feature debut brings fresh elements in this tale of teenage power and politics which suggests fare ranging from Heathers to Celine Sciamma s Girlhood with the Corleone clan acting as advisers 
3
Selah and the Spades
Jeff Mitchell
Selah and The Spades doesn t deal a winning hand
2
Selah and the Spades
Chris Hewitt
It feels like it could be one of those films like Dazed and Confused where years from now we ll look back and marvel at how many of its performers became stars 
2.5
Selah and the Spades
Pamela Powell
The artistry in this film is an element that frequently overshadows the story and performances as it pulls you into this surreal world 
2
Selah and the Spades
Katie Walsh
A smash and grab for the title held by Heathers a postmodern arch as hell highly stylized high school clique drama Like any cool new kid on the block disrupting the power structure and reaching for the crown is a time honored tradition 
3
Selah and the Spades
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Through its exploration of Selah s complexities as well as the bravado and posturing that comes with being a credible drug dealer Selah and the Spades locates a larger truth about the presentation of self and maintaining one s image 
3
Selah and the Spades
Ann Hornaday
Poe may not stick the landing with 100 percent success but along the way she builds a world of imagination daring and genuine substance 
3
True Legend
Jay Antani
suffers from an erratic narrative pace shoddy characters and an overuse of digital gimmickry all of which create the impression of an ersatz epic spectacle
2
True Legend
Liam Lacey
Somewhere between masterful and messy Yuen Woo ping offers lots of kinetic kicks but his CGI work deserves a kick in the pants 
2
True Legend
Jesse Cataldo
Opting for craziness over coherence True Legend at least expends its energy in the right place 
2
True Legend
Stephen Whitty
A silly and yet often enjoyable action film the movie isn t so much a winking homage to those late 70s Hong Kong exports as another entry 
2.5
True Legend
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It starts off spectacularly with some of the finest fastest and most graceful fight footage I ve ever seen 
3.5
True Legend
V.A. Musetto
Fans don t go to martial arts movies for the story They want action and Yuen doesn t disappoint 
3
True Legend
Peter Hartlaub
The story is painfully simplistic and it becomes quickly apparent that the narrative is a crude cement to hold together the carnage 
2
The Reunion
Kalvin Henely
What s ironic about The Reunion is that its plot though it revolves around a kidnapping set in Mexico seems blind to current events 
1
The Reunion
Michael O'Sullivan
If John Cena wants to follow in the footsteps of fellow wrestler turned actor Dwayne The Rock Johnson he might want to learn to smile Or at least to pick better material than The Reunion 
1
The Reunion
Roger Moore
A split personality action comedy that fails to please either impulse The action is wan the laughs hard to come by 
1
Confetti
Bob Strauss
Confetti comes off more like a reality TV show in which the participants just don t express their obsessive cluelessness as exquisitely as sharp writers can through trained actors 
2.5
Confetti
Carla Meyer
Just when you think you ve got Confetti completely pegged it offers a surprise or two 
2.5
Confetti
Pam Grady
Confetti may be mostly forgettable but like bubbly at a wedding the impression it leaves is light and effervescent 
3
Confetti
Peter Howell
What works for Christopher Guest s dedicated comedy troupe and it doesn t always work isn t so easy to imitate especially with actors lacking in basic improv skills 
2.5
Confetti
Moira MacDonald
There s some genuine heart here particularly in Sam and Matt s subplot 
2.5
Confetti
Duane Dudek
It is ultimately involving as a portrait of couples bound by the vulnerabilities that brought them together in the first place 
2.5
Confetti
Bruce Westbrook
As is typical of many weddings the planning drags and so does the movie 
2
Confetti
Rick Groen
With barely a laugh to be found Confetti takes the mock right out of the mockumentary 
1.5
Confetti
Terry Lawson
A British import that proves how dangerous improvisation can be when not handled with proper care 
2
Confetti
Ty Burr
Cute and exasperating and in the end not nearly lunatic enough it s a Christopher Guest movie without the fangs 
2
Confetti
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final ceremonies are also winning the Naturist Wedding in particular so surprisingly moving and emotional I actually had to dip into my purse for some Kleenex 
2.5
Confetti
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Remember the Stonehenge joke in This Is Spinal Tap Imagine that joke or something similar stretched all the way out to the edges of a 100 minute movie so thin that it s transparent 
2
Confetti
Claudia Puig
Overall Confetti is agreeable and appropriately daft though occasionally tepid and contrived 
2.5
Confetti
David Nusair
doesn t have a whole lot to offer in terms of laughs or even character development 
2
Confetti
Michael Phillips
The savvy British actors sweating for our amusement in Debbie Isitt s comedy a fairly funny mockumentary style lark about a magazine sponsored wedding competition fare better than their self generated material 
2.5
Confetti
Matt Pais
Confetti has a few great lines and a knack for sweeping you off your feet with surprisingly intimate romantic moments 
3
Confetti
Jeanne Aufmuth
A three ring circus of throttled emotion 
3
Confetti
Maitland McDonagh
Low key clever and sometimes surprisingly sharp 
3
Confetti
Peter Canavese
Weak tea with tepid gags lazy plotting and scenarios that are mostly too unpleasant to be funny 
2
Confetti
Ruthe Stein
The problem with this pretend documentary about engaged couples competing for most over the top nuptials is that it comes perilously close to what s on reality TV 
2
Confetti
Stephen Whitty
Films like weddings need a certain amount of organization and a great deal of teamwork This one seems like a dozen solo projects 
2
Confetti
Lou Lumenick
A strained ultra predictable and headache inducing mockumentary 
1
Confetti
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like the average best man toast Debbie Isitt s amiable mockumentary has many funny moments a few touching ones and some that fall just slightly flat 
2.5
Confetti
Gene Seymour
This verite style confection wears away at your resistance by way of an enthusiastic ad libbing cast of United Kingdom cutups 
3
Confetti
James Berardinelli
Confetti is an excellent study of what happens when someone botches Christopher Guest s mockumentary format 
2
Confetti
Nick Schager
No amount of zany improvisation can save a mockumentary with an inherently unfunny premise 
2
Confetti
Glenn Kenny
The wackiness of this fake doc is often pretty strained proving that while doing a wedding is hard successfully emulating a Christopher Guest ndash style comedy is way harder 
2
Pig's Law
David Nusair
particularly disappointing because it s Canadian since let s face it so few Canuck flicks wind up making their way to theaters 
1
The Parade
John Beifuss
As slick and corny and sitcom esque as La Cage Aux Folles but if its message seems obvious and unchallenging for the typical U S viewer it s not so easily digested in post Soviet Eastern Europe as recent events in Russia have demonstrated 
2.5
Non-Stop
Brian Eggert
Claiming the production is on autopilot would be shameless given the setting 44 but it 8217 s also very accurate 46 
2
Non-Stop
Frank Ochieng
Conveyor belt action suspense pieces such as Non Stop is the reliable artistic source of bread and butter for a rejuvenated Neeson on the big screen It is too bad he did not jump of this woeful pedestrian plane production with a parachute in tow 
2
Non-Stop
Sonny Bunch
Absurd thriller skimps on thrills 
1.5
Non-Stop
Linda Cook
Never coming to an airline screen near you Non Stop is a silly but engaging action movie starring Liam Neeson as Bill Marks a federal air marshal 
2
Non-Stop
Lori Hoffman
He elevates the otherwise B movie thriller Non Stop into a tense enough action picture 
2.5
Non-Stop
John Beifuss
The premise is sure fire but director Jaume Collet Serra s grip on the material is not as tight as the cabin pressure moments of sentiment and unnecessary back story relieve the claustrophobia and stall the momentum 
2.5
Non-Stop
David Nusair
Rarely as compelling as its premise might ve indicated 
2
Non-Stop
James Kendrick
Neeson effectively redeems the potentially ludicrous murder mystery set aboard an airplane during a transatlantic flight with a compellingly gruff performance
2.5
Non-Stop
Jason Buchanan
A high flying whodunit that will keep you guessing until the very end 
3
Non-Stop
Marty Mapes
Offers some suspense but a suspension of disbelief is required
2.5
Non-Stop
Bob Bloom
If it were not for Liam Neeson s overly earnest performance you d think you were watching an Airplane like spoof 
1
Non-Stop
Leigh Paatsch
Yep this might be nothing more than a D list Die Hard but it is a hefty chunk of big dumb fun nonetheless 
3
Non-Stop
Sam Fragoso
My lasting wish is that Neeson now 61 retires this grating schtick soon His Golden Years are nigh and his undeniable talents need not be wasted any longer 
2
Non-Stop
Kam Williams
Cells on a plane 
4
Non-Stop
Matt Brunson
This film isn t straight up fisticuffs and firearms as it also contains an old fashioned mystery in the whodunnit vein Hence it s more Murder on the Orient Express and less Snakes on a Plane 
3
Non-Stop
Glenn Lovell
an airborne game of cat and mouse Non Stop comes with as many suspects as passengers Think of it as Ten Little Indians at 30 000 feet 
2
Non-Stop
Robert Levin
Non Stop takes itself way too seriously 
2.5
Non-Stop
Chris Knight
Non Stop is the kind of forgettable action movie that February was made for but it works because it doesn t aspire to be more than it is 
3
Non-Stop
Carla Meyer
Were it not for the Sept 11 allusion Non Stop could be a guilty pleasure But that allusion so destructive to the film s quality so unnecessary to its plot squashes much of the pleasure 
2
Non-Stop
Jeffrey M. Anderson
On a pure gut level Non Stop cooks up some terrific swift suspense and it s all rooted in that appealing hangdog face of Neeson s 
3
Non-Stop
John Serba
Neeson gives a smart performance in what s ultimately a pretty dumb but entertaining movie 
2.5
Non-Stop
Dave McGinn
The problem is that Non Stop tries to be something it s not It has one too many scenes that border on ludicrous and the big reveal barely makes sense 
1.5
Non-Stop
Rob Thomas
At one point Moore talks about how much she loves flying overseas For six hours nobody can reach you You re just living in the present The same could be said of enjoyable disposable escapist entertainment like Non Stop 
2.5
Non-Stop
Jon Niccum
Neeson proves crucial at turning the wildly implausible Non Stop into a slick gripping crowd pleaser 
2.5
Non-Stop
Steven Rea
Non Stop gets increasingly far fetched as the jet makes its way across the Atlantic 
2
Non-Stop
Susan Wloszczyna
Ridiculously entertaining in spite of its occasional lapses in real world logic 
2.5
Non-Stop
Willie Waffle
Non Stop can be downright ridiculous and stupid but it is darn entertaining 
2.5
Non-Stop
Mark Dujsik
There is hardly a beat that passes in which the screenplay doesn t introduce some new clever element or complication to the film s dizzying mix 
3.5
Non-Stop
Dustin Putman
Looking for a better movie in the same vein Try 2005 s Flightplan 2005 s Red Eye or even 2006 s Snakes on a Plane and treat this disappointing entry as the afterthought it finally becomes 
2
Non-Stop
James Berardinelli
Non Stop plays like what might happen if Michael Bay directed a screenplay developed for Alfred Hitchcock 
2.5
Non-Stop
Cathy Jakicic
The action is as advertised nonstop and well paced throughout There are a number of exciting action sequences and the suspense never flags 
2.5
Non-Stop
Claudia Puig
What it lacks in believability it makes up for in strong performances 
2.5
Non-Stop
Ty Burr
The movie s preposterous complicated and a fair amount of fun until it tries to make sense in the final ten minutes 
2.5
Non-Stop
Rafer Guzman
Non Stop may be a tad derivative you could call it Sky Hard and its ending crash lands in more ways than one When all its engines are firing however it s a heck of a ride 
2.5
Non-Stop
Chris Hewitt
Do the clues all fit together Perhaps not But for the duration of the Non Stop ride I had no problem stowing my disbelief in the compartment overhead 
3
Non-Stop
Bruce DeMara
Sure to please audiences and confound critics and cinephiles who are sticklers for plausible plotting 
3
Non-Stop
Peter Travers
Until a preposterous ending that tries to turn a popcorn movie profound by making it topical Non Stop gets the job done It s fun to watch audiences jump in their seats and go Eek 
2.5
Non-Stop
Matt Pais
If you re going to try to make a statement with a PG 13 rated Liam Neeson thriller just make the statement Don t bleep with Liam Neeson chump 
2
Non-Stop
Joe Williams
I ve never spoken this fuzzy phrase in conversation let alone written it in a movie review but it applies perfectly to the formulaic action flick Non Stop It is what it is 
2.5
Non-Stop
Mick LaSalle
I not only enjoyed Non Stop but I d watch it again Particularly on a plane 
2
Non-Stop
Michael O'Sullivan
It s the propulsive pace of the film and the nice sense of suspense it builds that help most in glossing over its failings 
2.5
Non-Stop
Michael Phillips
The movie s fun And now thanks to our annual Neeson thriller spring can come soon 
3
Non-Stop
Jake Coyle
As with so many high concept films it takes an awful lot of implausibility to keep the story airborne 
2
Non-Stop
Moira MacDonald
Primarily serving as a vehicle to demonstrate that Liam Neeson has now perfected his Harrison Ford Growl Non Stop is a by the numbers action flick that goes exactly where you think it s going 
2
Non-Stop
Lou Lumenick
All the tedium of an endless trans Atlantic flight gets packed into the 105 minutes of Non Stop a preposterous thriller providing Oscar winner turned action star Liam Neeson with his latest paycheck job 
1
Non-Stop
Mara Reinstein
Once again Neeson carries a generic outing on his weary shoulders 
2.5
Non-Stop
Roger Moore
Neeson is worth the price of admission all by himself 
2
Non-Stop
Stephen Whitty
It s both ridiculous and a little rote Neeson has worn this genre into a rut and he still has a few more action pics lined up one of them with the same director 
2.5
For Love or Money
Roger Moore
So starved of laughs or charm that it s not worth bothering wife For Love or Money 
1.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Brian Eggert
In today s trend of social media outrage and moral absolutes McDonagh considers the complexity and humanity behind those on both sides of the argument 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
David Gonzalez
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is not for the faint of heart 46 The films comedic undertone over such a serious subject may rub casual filmgoers the wrong way 46 However 44 the film is one of the years smartest 44 funniest 44 and best 46 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Matt Brunson
The first two thirds of the film are excellent but Rockwell s character a lovably goofy psychopath remains problematic throughout 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Leo Brady
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri may be a mouthful to say but it is one of the most cathartic films of the year 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mattie Lucas
Often feels well intentioned but rough around the edges McDormand is tremendous as are Harrelson and Rockwell and their conviction helps the creakier elements land 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Federico Furzan
Impressive performances and a great script are essential ingredients for this movie But the sincerity of the movie simply conquered me Full review in Spanish 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Joey Magidson
This is about as full a cinematic meal as it gets 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Robert Daniels
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri unfolds as a typical revenge vigilantly ploy and could have stayed so under normal direction and screenwriting Instead it gets turned into one of the best pictures of the year 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Pamela Powell
The film brings us into small town living and dying and all the difficulties in between 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Brandy McDonnell
Firmly grounded in a deeply affecting even wounding emotional reality 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Wesley Lovell
Actions don t have consequences but that seems unimportant in this slice of real town USA drama 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Kevin A. Ranson
not an example of what should be done but rather what not to do and how important empathizing with the pain of others can be when it s all that s left 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
David Nusair
Martin McDonagh s best movie to date 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
David Keyes
Here is one of the more pointed and thoughtful discoveries of the year 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A notable dramedy a film that never takes the easy path and develops its story in an emotionally honest way Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Peter Canavese
McDonagh s admirable shading of ostensible heroes and villains backfires as character inconsistency Nevertheless Three Billboards wickedly entertains and provokes 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Wastes an interesting premise and a solid performance by McDormand Full review in Spanish 
1.75
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Randy Myers
Sound too bleak For some perhaps But in McDonagh s careful hands it s a Cirque du Soleil like tightrope walk gracefully balancing the harrowing with the humorous 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Mixed tones can and do work but a mixed bag is a problem 
2.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Walter Chaw
Three Billboards assumes the aspect of world weary malcontent but is really just a patronizing scold 
.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Lisa Jensen
Frances McDormand commands the material instead by playing Mildred small and close her volatility and her pain are right there in her acute gaze and pursed mouth but she rarely even has to raise her voice 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Josh Larsen
A tonal disaster 
1
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
James Kendrick
McDonagh is gifted enough to make you feel like you re watching something important and penetrating rather than just bilious
2
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
John Serba
McDonagh s In Bruges is one of the great cinematic works of the new century Three Billboards doesn t come close even though it traffics in similar crackling dialogue and tremendous performances 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Max Weiss
Despite my reservations Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri is certainly memorably clever and boldly conceived And any film that allows McDormand to strut her to stuff to this degree can t be all bad 
2.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Kam Williams
Look for Frances McDormand to land another Oscar nomination for a superb performance where she convincingly conveys the profound distress of a grief stricken mother desperate for answers 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Andrea Gronvall
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri tells the story of a woman emulating God s vengeance when she might profit more by emulating his forgiveness especially toward herself 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Smith
This is bravura filmmaking steeped in rich storytelling and tense moments that I will never forget 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mike McGranaghan
A 115 minute cinematic scream of rage The picture is as weirdly cathartic as it is entertaining 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Clint O'Connor
McDormand is in fine form as the foul mouthed Mildred ready to chew up anyone in her way In a blink Rockwell goes from over the top to subtle to hateful to sympathetic Harrelson is also marvelous hiding any personal pain and fears behind a smirk 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Gary Rotstein
They might not all be the most pleasant people to spend time with in real life but on screen it would be hard to do better 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sean P. Means
Mildred is easily the most robust character McDormand has been given since Fargo and she delivers both the maternal ferocity and the undimmed grief that the role and this intensely satisfying movie require 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Josh Terry
The violence and coarseness of Three Billboards have a purpose McDonagh is searching for the humanity the nobility within his characters and thankfully though the journey is brutal eventually we find it along with him 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jeff Simon
The quality of small films currently playing in town is rather extraordinary at this moment Rejoice that Three Billboards is one of them 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
James Berardinelli
Takes the viewer on a dizzying ride through dark comedy wrenching tragedy shocking moments karmic twists and redemption 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Rob Thomas
There are moments of nasty violence that make us turn our heads away and there s a scene where a character reads a letter that is some of the most beautiful writing you ll hear in a movie this year 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Calvin Wilson
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is entertaining in a way that s practically unheard of these days 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Matthew Passantino
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is a wonder a daring mix of tones and themes that always work concurrently rather than against each other 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Gary Thompson
In fact we think we know Mildred as a classic American movie type a deeply wronged person on a relentless quest for justice Because she is righteous and because she is Frances McDormand we are reflexively with her in this 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Katie Walsh
A barn burner a bracing shot of whiskey downed while spoiling for a fight a cathartic wail against the zeitgeist of rape culture and state brutality It s a rallying cry a right hook to the jaw and wow does it ever hurt so good 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Anita Katz
Written and directed by Martin McDonagh and superbly acted by Frances McDormand and a handful of costars the film is a splendidly mixed tonal cocktail and holiday season highlight 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sonny Bunch
The first half of Three Billboards is one of the best films of 2017 a perfect mix of heartbreak and humor with a mean streak Unfortunately there s a second half 
2
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Robert Horton
This film is playing a delicate game offering observations about human nature while it undercuts our expectations about how we watch movies 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mark Dujsik
Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri is an empathetic view of humanity at its best its worst and as is most often the case in this world everything in between 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Peter Howell
McDonagh knows how to get good characters into a story but not always how to get them out of it This time he s considerably more focused letting McDormand s ferocious mother bear of a performance her best since Fargo drive the narrative 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Roeper
This is the best movie I ve seen this year 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Dann Gire
Rockwell is fearless in exploring this hissable Id with a badge down to showing us what makes him tick like a time bomb His performance should be sufficient reason to see Three Billboards 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Phillips
Three Billboards raises the stakes as it goes 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Stephen Rebello
McDonagh s movie is a four course meal with writing so sharp and performances so bold and sly that it s tough to leave the theater unmoved 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Tom Meek
But McDonagh s vision and style is something of its own and it operates on its own bloody terms 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Rex Reed
I didn t like Three Billboards but I respect McDonagh for taking his lewd vulgar screwballs in directions without a compass and leaving viewers wondering where in the world the film will go next 
2.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ann Hornaday
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is just the bitter pill the times call for offered with a loving cup to make it go down just a bit easier 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mick LaSalle
Like the best movies often do Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri leaves audiences with a complex set of emotions and with a hard to define hint of the profound 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Roger Moore
A darkly comic Jeremiad whose time has come
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ty Burr
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is quite a show and the best evidence yet that someone somewhere should erect a statue of Frances McDormand
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Moira MacDonald
McDormand carrying the movie on blue denimed shoulders is a wonder 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Kent Turner
The film offers one of the most indelible performances of the year Sandy Martin playing the frog throated and chain smoking Mama Dixon as a beer swillin coach potato Machiavelli 
3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Robert Levin
The filmmaker and his cast masterfully capture the unspoken thoughts and feelings that complicate our understanding of why they carry themselves the way that they do 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Kate Taylor
McDonagh has created a comic tragedy that ducks and feints defying expectations with many admirable and some less convincing results 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Stephen Whitty
A movie that starts strong and just builds always pushing forward yet still finding time for interesting detours 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jocelyn Noveck
Perhaps it s a result of all the other roles we ve seen this uniquely fearless actress play on stage and screen wrapped into one But you look at her face and you think This person has a moral compass Her side is the right one We will be safe there 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Peter Travers
Frances McDormand is phenomenal in this surefire awards contender from Martin McDonagh it s a renegade masterpiece that will get you good 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Brian Truitt
McDonagh In Bruges crafts an expertly structured brutal yet surprisingly rousing narrative around a woman who s ready to torch her entire life if it means catching a killer 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Clayton Davis
McDonagh encompasses equal parts of engagement humor and enlightenment It s the gold standard of a terrific script paired with even better storytelling 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jake Cole
The film is the finest balance yet of Martin McDonagh s bleak sense of humor and offbeat moral sincerity 
3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Brian Tallerico
One of those truly rare films that feels both profound and grounded inspirational without ever manipulatively trying to be so 
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sara Stewart
This rural drama is the best yet from playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh and one of Frances McDormand s greatest performances 
4
Marvin and Tige
Roger Ebert
A movie that starts strong and grows progressively cornier and more predictable 
2
Butterflies Are Free
Wesley Lovell
An interesting film about love blindness and the inherent bias in both 
3
Privilege
Peter Canavese
A bonafide cult classic and a savage social satire about government and the clergy using a pop megastar to manipulate the masses 
3
Privilege
Roger Ebert
This is a bitter uncompromising movie and although it isn t quite successful it is fascinating and important 
3.5
Privilege
Bill Weber
While not primarily intended as prophecy Watkins s tale of Shorter s reign and fall has resonances of celebrity activism from Bob Geldof to globe hopping lobbyist Bono 
3
The Short Game
Rob Humanick
This window into the world of youthful competition almost entirely disposes of social awareness in favor of routine drama 
1.5
The Short Game
Scott Bowles
Like its half pint stars The Short Game stands on the cusp of brilliance 
3.5
The Short Game
Michael Whitmer
What Greenbaum captures is compelling and occasionally uncomfortable to watch 
2.5
The Short Game
Dann Gire
Fortunately the kids personalities rescue The Short Game from a cinematic bogey 
3
Spiritwalker
Randy Myers
Just check your sense of logic at the door and surrender to this fun thrill ride 
3
Spiritwalker
Roger Moore
Confusing body switch thriller still a fun ride even if its hard to keep up with who the body switched star might be 
2.5
Two for the Money
Russ Breimeier
While there are parts of Two for the Money worth watching it s ultimately not one worth putting your money on 
2
Two for the Money
Larry Ratliff
Call it My Fair Lady with a gender switch a betting line and an over under 
2.5
Two for the Money
Jonathan W. Hickman
Two For The Money is as insincere as the phony football played in the film 
2
Two for the Money
Jeffrey Westhoff
The film is an exercise in indecision what happens when a writer develops an idea but not a story 
2
Two for the Money
Sean O'Connell
What do blackjack tables and Al Pacino movies have in common They each encourage you to gamble with your money 
1.5
Two for the Money
Linda Cook
I don t know what this film should have been called but I think that the title Two for the Money is misleading 
3
Two for the Money
James Berardinelli
Original screenwriting gives way to clichés and the resolution while offering closure seems false too much a case of the filmmakers wanting to have their cake and eat it too 
2.5
Two for the Money
Frank Ochieng
a stylish yet anemic gambling drama In short Money is about as bankable as a defective slot machine in search for its own payoff 
2
Two for the Money
Dan Fienberg
Critics are likely to interpret Pacino s work as intentional self parody because he s smart enough to know that he s played this kind of unhinged father figure too many times
1.5
Two for the Money
Christian Toto
Two for the Money lets Pacino be Pacino only one of the film s weak links
2
Two for the Money
Mike Clark
The movie has a lot of built in flash and is thus mildly entertaining though the running time grinds it down 
2.5
Two for the Money
Maitland McDonagh
Pacino is a one man three ring circus blustering capering cursing raging and weaseling his way through this predictable morality play like a trickster Satan on speed 
2
Two for the Money
Peter Howell
Pacino is having a blast and so might the viewer at least until our scenery muncher finally gobbles all the foliage mid way through the picture 
2
Two for the Money
Ted Fry
If Two for the Money maintained the same backbone as its alluring stars it could have done much more than just break even 
2.5
Two for the Money
G. Allen Johnson
Big loud glossy and entertaining 
3
Two for the Money
Arthur Salm
Sports gambling Big money big games big romance big stars Double down all in Problem is the game s crooked 
1.5
Two for the Money
Carla Meyer
In its second half Two for the Money drags like an extra innings game between teams with no chance of reaching the playoffs 
2
Two for the Money
Pam Grady
Perhaps everyone involved in making this movie can form a new kind of anonymous chapter Hackaholics Anonymous dedicated to conquering that urge to make mediocre films one day at a time 
1.5
Two for the Money
Lisa Rose
The plot is predictable and Pacino is cast in a role he can play on autopilot 
2.5
Two for the Money
Bob Strauss
Even Al Pacino can t bellow loud enough to drown out the raging stupidity that courses through Two for the Money the latest in a lamentable line of movies in which Screaming Al mentors a protege with predictable results 
1
Two for the Money
Rene Rodriguez
Why make a movie about the sports betting industry a potentially rich subject for a film and spend so little time showing us what goes on behind the scenes 
1
Two for the Money
Jack Mathews
If you re looking for a movie for a boys night out it s a winner 
3
Two for the Money
Brian McTavish
Like any winning streak it can t last And neither did my interest mostly because the movie kept telling me something I already knew Gambling addiction is sad 
2
Two for the Money
Amy Biancolli
Its rhythms belong to a sports film game game hurdles big game biggest And that at least you can bet on 
2
Two for the Money
Rick Groen
Falls somewhere on that aesthetic scale between mediocre and flat out bad 
1.5
Two for the Money
John Monaghan
I m not a gambling man but I bet I haven t fidgeted this much in a theater all year 
2
Two for the Money
Jeff Vice
The one thing the film does have going for it is Pacino But only his most die hard fans will want to stick it out 
2
Two for the Money
Lisa Kennedy
The film rides on the believable chemistry of its trio If it doesn t go all the way it certainly sprints toward a climax that feels like a gripping 2 minute drill 
3
Two for the Money
Wesley Morris
Aside from Pacino s snappy contribution the acting isn t very impressive even Armand Assante and Jeremy Piven are misused 
2
Two for the Money
Phil Villarreal
A lightweight copy of better films that explore the destructive compulsion of wagering 
2.5
Two for the Money
Erik Childress
Does earn its place amongst the list of films that understand what gambling is and how the downs of it may just be the up 
3
Two for the Money
Willie Waffle
lacks something all good movies need A FREAKING PLOT 
1.5
Two for the Money
Mack Bates
A better than expected parable inspired by actual events about the power and reach of corruption 
3
Two for the Money
Steven Rea
Two for the Money is inspired by a true story Problem is it s just not that inspired 
2.5
Two for the Money
Roger Ebert
You can see Al Pacino doing something he s done a lot lately Having a terrific time being an actor 
3.5
Two for the Money
Robert K. Elder
Pacino s bark is ultimately better than Two For the Money s bite 
2.5
Two for the Money
Chris Hewitt
There s no disguising the fact there isn t a likable character in the whole movie or even a bearable one 
1
Two for the Money
Gene Seymour
The story like Wile E Coyote runs off a cliff hangs in mid air and drops section by section into a deep canyon 
2.5
Two for the Money
Chuck O'Leary
Pacino s performance feels like an amalgam of other better Pacino performances just as the film itself seems like an amalgam of other better gambling and con artist movies 
2
Two for the Money
Steve Rhodes
Don t bet against these two fine actors Although they shamelessly ham it up the movie s biggest surprise is that we have almost as much fun as they do 
3
Two for the Money
Nick Schager
Like Barry Sanders rushing for 200 yards in a losing effort an overacting Pacino saves the sluggish film from being unwatchable 
2
Two for the Money
Scott Nash
Two for the Money is a losing proposition 
1.5
Autumn Leaves
Josh Larsen
another earnest exploration of mental illness starring Joan Crawford 
2.5
Autumn Leaves
Dan Callahan
The collision of Aldrich s tough style with the soapy material makes for a film that never loses its queasy tension 
4
Xala
Roger Ebert
It s very much worth seeing 
3
Xala
Ed Gonzalez
A cutting morality tale that blames Senegal s sociopolitical downfall both on Euro centricity and African auto destruction 
3.5
Quiz Show
David Nusair
46 46 46 engaging and periodically spellbinding 46 46 46 
3.5
Quiz Show
Michael Dequina
A marvelous performance by Ralph Fiennes 
3
Quiz Show
Monica Hayde
As a pure period piece Quiz Show delivers beautifully but Redford s foursquare documentary like approach however artful unspools a story with about as much drama as a game show itself 
2.5
Quiz Show
Roger Ebert
The screenplay by former Washington Post film critic Paul Attanasio is smart subtle and ruthless 
3.5
Quiz Show
Steve Rhodes
I have to give the film a mild thumbs up as it is an interesting story and the performance by Fiennes is worth seeing 
2.5
Quiz Show
Mark R. Leeper
With the possible exception of The Shawshank Redemption Quiz Show has the best script of any film I have seen this year 
3
Quiz Show
James Berardinelli
Crisply directed by Redford from a thought provoking script by Paul Attanasio and featuring a slew of strong performances 
3.5
Quiz Show
Peter Stack
Manages a trick that few films even dare try to take a hard look at personal and public moral issues and still provide dazzling entertainment 
4
The Maiden Heist
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable yet somewhat forgettable piece of work 
2.5
American Assassin
David Nusair
46 46 46 an above average thriller that does 44 at times 44 feel like a throwback to the 1990s 8217 similar themed fare 46 
3
American Assassin
Leo Brady
In American Assassin I was seeing all of the ingredients on the screen that could entertain but what it amounts to is a missed opportunity 
2
American Assassin
James Berardinelli
American Assassin is as generic an espionage thriller as you re likely to find 
2
American Assassin
Matt Zoller Seitz
American Assassin is not what it pretends to be 
2.5
American Assassin
Josh Terry
American Assassin is a disappointment because it feels like it could have been something more 
2.5
American Assassin
Richard Roeper
Sorry but no sale 
2
American Assassin
Jeff Simon
It s a watchable thriller not all that great but worth trying again at least one more time to smooth things out and see if something better could be made of it 
2.5
American Assassin
Sara Michelle Fetters
The gleefully violent American Assassin is a jingoistic waste of time 
1.5
American Assassin
Robert Levin
American Assassin jarringly interposes scenes of hyper realistic violence with the sort of half hearted storytelling one expects out of a movie of the genre with minimal ambitions 
2
American Assassin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
American Assassin is definitely tired and poor and will play for very few huddled masses 
2
American Assassin
Soren Andersen
Dylan O Brien is grimly focused as Rapp but there isn t a lot of electricity in his performance He gets the job done but he s no Matt Damon or Daniel Craig Their spy guy shoes remain unfilled 
2.5
American Assassin
Roger Moore
Another overlong formulaic thriller than Michael Keaton manages to steal from its younger star just like Spider Man in other words 
2
American Assassin
Peter Travers
Even when logic goes up in flames Michael Cuesta s thriller speeds ahead like a heat seeking missile Michael Keaton and new star Dylan O Brien make action fireworks seem fresh again 
2.5
American Assassin
Christian Toto
This franchise starter bows briefly to PC scolds but otherwise sticks the landing 
2.5
American Assassin
Sonny Bunch
The Keatonaissance continues in mediocre action thriller 
2
American Assassin
Kate Taylor
American Assassin offers you two competing philosophies that are equally unappetizing cold hearted government sanctioned professional killing or hot blooded vigilante professional killing 
0.5
American Assassin
Sean P. Means
What makes American Assassin worth the trouble is the triad of actors at the story s core 
3
American Assassin
Johnny Oleksinski
The casting of O Brien known mostly for the Teen Wolf TV series came out of left field but it was ultimately a smart move He s young hip and charmingly introverted 
3
American Assassin
Peter Howell
So generic is this film drawn from the vast pulp output of thriller scribbler Vince Flynn it offers a glimpse into a dazzling future when robots begin making movies 
2
American Assassin
Mark Dujsik
The plan to construct a team of agents who are in desperate need of some serious psychological evaluation is tough to swallow 
1.5
American Assassin
Michael Phillips
It s not a technical shambles the movie takes care of an action audience s basic needs But it s one of those not bad experiences I ended up resisting to its core 
1.5
American Assassin
Tom Russo
American Assasinine is frequently more like it 
2
American Assassin
Derek Smith
It s impossible to take it seriously as anything other than an Abercrombie Fitch ad posing as a political thriller 
1
American Assassin
Rick Bentley
American Assassin gets the job done in a very real feeling world 
3
American Assassin
Peter Canavese
Trapped in the 1980s when Chuck Norris ruled the roost of disposable shoot em ups This repulsive macho fantasy seems expressly designed to appeal to the readers of Soldier of Fortune Magazine 
.5
Goodbye Bafana
John Hartl
Director August once had a knack for telling stories of adolescent bonds and he makes good use of one childhood flashback and a scene in which Bafana and Mandela blend into one person For a moment he achieves a balance the rest of the film lacks 
1.5
The Swell Season
Mattie Lucas
Filled with pathos and painful truths strikingly captured by unsuspecting filmmakers who stumbled into a veritable gold mine of emotional riches 
3.5
The Swell Season
Guy Dixon
The Swell Season wins the documentary prize for beating viewers over the head with gentleness with the duo accentuated in rich photographic chiaroscuro 
3
The Swell Season
Peter Howell
A poignant documentary that tracks the fast rise and slow fall of the Hansard Irglova fairy tale through both tunes and tears 
3
The Swell Season
Lisa Kennedy
For Once lovers who needed a what happened next epilogue this one moves even as it chastises 
3
The Swell Season
Walter V. Addiego
Overall the film seems like a collection of bits and pieces and it s hard to see how it could have much resonance for non fans 
2
The Swell Season
Ann Hornaday
A documentary that is every bit as intimate and disarming as the movie that made them famous 
3
The Swell Season
Moira MacDonald
Like any home movie The Swell Season is uneven but it s full of vivid moments between two painfully honest likable people learning some hard truths about fame and love 
3
The Swell Season
Chris Foran
The intimacy that results is candid and simple as the movie that for good and ill put them both center stage in the first place 
3
The Swell Season
Kyle Smith
Like Once this film is a tender little piece of heartbreak 
3
The Swell Season
Kent Turner
And you have to ask yourself how much was the omnipresent camera another hindrance to the grind of the tour and the strain on their relationship 
2
The Swell Season
Nick Schager
Nothing more than a moderately engaging for fans only tour diary 
2
The Dark Stranger
Chris Knight
In the end the animated sequences and the actors prove to be the film s biggest charms and just enough to make it all worthwhile 
2.5
The Dark Stranger
Brad Wheeler
While Trebilcock uses creepily animated sequences to artful effect the film peaks too weakly 
2
Perfect Stranger
Matt Brunson
Ludicrous 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
David Nusair
resembles one of those made for Lifetime thrillers that seem to crop up on a weekly basis 
2
Perfect Stranger
Michael Dequina
Columbia seems to be on a one studio mission to revive that very 90s of film genres the erotic thriller or are they determined to kill it off for good considering such poor efforts as this listless Halle Berry vehicle 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Jonathan W. Hickman
A snake bit concept from the very beginning 
2.5
Perfect Stranger
Michael A. Smith
an ideal film for suspense audiences 
3
Perfect Stranger
Gina Carbone
Giovanni Ribisi throws himself into every part like each is the opening night of Hamlet on Broadway Here he goes again in Perfect Stranger a strange little movie that spends most of its time as a straightforward if silly cyber thriller before
2
Perfect Stranger
Linda Cook
Let s say you have this beautiful blue Tiffany s box And you throw in a week old banana peel an apple core and some week old Romaine Then you buy a spiffy card to go with the gorgeous container Would you then have a gift Or garbage I d say it s garb
.5
Perfect Stranger
Mike McGranaghan
Perfect Stranger makes a fatal mistake that too many modern day thrillers make it so desperately wants to fool you with its plot twists that it ends up playing unfairly 
0.5
Perfect Stranger
Gary Brown
The story introduces clever twists throughout that make no sense and the ludicrous ending leaves viewers with a collective shrug 
1
Perfect Stranger
Sean McBride
Bad script and acting make Perfect Stranger far from perfect 
1
Perfect Stranger
Kam Williams
A perfect stinker 
0
Perfect Stranger
Mark Dujsik
Tedious on just about every level 
1
Perfect Stranger
Larry Ratliff
Hear ye hear ye Films don t always have to be revolutionary slice of life cinematic art Sometimes they can just be cheesy nonsensical fun Like Perfect Stranger 
3
Perfect Stranger
Ken Fox
Even when the plot spins its wheels while waiting to reveal itself there s still plenty of atmosphere and a fairly decent performance from Berry 
2.5
Perfect Stranger
Geoff Pevere
Its shiny plastic glamour serves to endorse the very phoniness it ought to be warning us about 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Moira MacDonald
Reportedly several endings were filmed perhaps some of them make more sense than this one 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Bruce Newman
People with access to vital information just show up when the movie needs them then vanish again 
1
Perfect Stranger
Mick LaSalle
For those who are interested in Berry as both an actress and screen presence this is one of the most satisfying films she has ever made It capitalizes on her strengths and she owns the picture from start to finish 
3
Perfect Stranger
Arthur Salm
A Halle Berry Bruce Willis vehicle fresh as a Commodore 64 
1
Perfect Stranger
Carla Meyer
Willis and Berry s joint star power makes their exchanges at least moderately interesting But their characters supposed banter never reaches wittiness and the cat and mouse angle is too mild 
2
Perfect Stranger
Peter Travers
That s right it s a techno thriller that treats the already clichéd topic of Web abuse with an idiotic sense of discovery 
1
Perfect Stranger
Timothy Knight
More silly than suspenseful this sleekly produced high gloss piece of trash isn t quite in the so bad it s good category of schlock films but it comes mighty close thanks to a gonzo twist of an ending 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Lisa Rose
Layered with improbable plot twists and hypocritical commentary the movie is lurid and outdated when it wants to be hip and provocative 
1
Perfect Stranger
Lou Lumenick
Nothing can quite top the climax which arbitrarily assigns a culprit in a way that makes you question almost every single thing that s transpired up to that point And no that s not a good thing in this case 
1
Perfect Stranger
Elizabeth Weitzman
People peek through windows hack into computers and sneak into apartments without the slightest hesitation We re guilty of voyeurism too since the primary pleasure to be found is in seeing three confident leads play off each other 
2
Perfect Stranger
Cathy Jakicic
What s really irritating about Perfect Stranger is not how bad it is but how close it came to being good 
2
Perfect Stranger
Glenn Whipp
A psychological thriller in which both the psychology and the thrills are in short supply 
1
Perfect Stranger
Robert W. Butler
Perfect Stranger is so intent on fooling us with a last minute gotcha revelation that it ignores just about everything else that matters 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly cheesy exhaustive and about as stimulating as a cold medicine tablet In short take this lofty advice and try not to talk to this particular Stranger 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
John Beifuss
An artifact from an alternate universe where Halle Berry and Bruce Willis star in Basic Instinct rip offs for Roger Corman s New Horizons Home Video company 
0.5
Perfect Stranger
Amy Biancolli
Perfect Stranger isn t great art by any stretch or even art by any stretch but it is perfectly functional low to middlebrow entertainment a B movie at ease inside its own gaudy skin 
2
Perfect Stranger
Rick Groen
One of those formulaic thrillers loaded with a whole lot more plot than common sense 
2
Perfect Stranger
Terry Lawson
Everyone behaves like characters who are motivated not by emotion or logic but the to and fro of a remote control or joystick 
2
Perfect Stranger
Lisa Kennedy
Perfect Stranger the new thriller starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis is far from perfect and lame as it is not quite lousy enough to pan with joy 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Richard Roeper
Just when you thought The Reaping was the most convoluted and overwrought flashback riddled thriller starring an Academy Award winning actress in theaters along comes Perfect Stranger 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Ty Burr
A laughably overheated thriller from the once promising James Foley 
1
Perfect Stranger
Lisa Ann Cockrel
A typical episode of Law and Order is less ridden with cliché which is saying something given that the series is about as formulaic as it gets and more satisfying 
.5
Perfect Stranger
Sean P. Means
The script overloads on so many reversals and red herrings that it implicates three more suspects while you re on your way to the parking lot 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Eric Melin
Perfect Stranger is an offensively slick and soulless piece of Hollywwod crap A movie filled with scuzzy people doing scuzzy things there is not one person to care about 
.5
Perfect Stranger
Peter Canavese
By the time the big finish rolls around you ll be too jaded too worn down by the endless pointless red herrings to muster an interest in whodunnit 
1
Perfect Stranger
Daniel M. Kimmel
one of those annoying mysteries where you stick it out to the end just to see the solution 
1
Perfect Stranger
James Sanford
Slick silly and sometimes amusing in a trashy sort of way Although it constantly promises erotic interludes Stranger never gets around to delivering much of anything 
2
Perfect Stranger
Vince Koehler
Early on I found that A Prefect Stranger was far from perfect 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Bob Bloom
An insipid potboiler that strains to be some sort of sexual thriller but leaves you cold and bored instead 
1
Perfect Stranger
Erik Childress
A better ending would have Foley realizing that Todd Komarnicki is really the pen name of Ravadem Patel providing further proof that the director hasn t had his hand on a Glengarry lead since 1992 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Willie Waffle
You don t see this ending coming because it is absurd ridiculous moronic preposterous ludicrous foolish stupid and outrageous I love my thesaurus none of which is thrilling or satisfying
1
Perfect Stranger
Carrie Rickey
A cheesy affair that casts so many baited lures that they tangle each other and don t hook you 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Jeff Vice
The convoluted resolution to the murder mystery suggests the filmmakers were simply making it up as they filmed And judging by her listless almost blase performance Berry appears to be bored by the material 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Sara Michelle Fetters
It goes without saying this twist makes little if any sense but it is still an original enough whopper of one I couldn t help but be more than a tad shocked and even more than a little bit impressed 
2
Perfect Stranger
Jan Stuart
The murder clues are trotted out in dishonestly protracted fashion by screenwriter Todd Komarnicki who plants red herrings as malodorous as a fish market at 5 in the morning 
2
Perfect Stranger
Dustin Putman
Straddles the line between intrigue and blandness until it decides it s had enough and just sort of peters out 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Matt Pais
You won t react to any of the sleaze like going to a strip club right after taking a knee to the crotch 
2
Perfect Stranger
Chris Hewitt
Stranger isn t as bold as Basic Instinct which was all about goofing on what voyeurs moviegoers are The performers are too solemn only Giovanni Ribisi as a creepy reporter seems to be having fun for starters 
1
Perfect Stranger
Phoebe Flowers
Perfect Stranger is Halle Berry s latest descent into career purgatory 
1
Perfect Stranger
Michael Phillips
Fairly diverting until it starts becoming ridiculous 
2
Perfect Stranger
Josh Larsen
It s hard to choose the ickiest part of Perfect Stranger 
1
Perfect Stranger
James Berardinelli
What would happen if a late night D grade direct to cable thriller excised all of the raunchily enjoyable elements and managed to attract an A list cast The result might be shockingly like Perfect Stranger 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Phil Villarreal
Much of the film takes place in computer chats with an instant message box taking up most of the screen and Berry and Willis reading every line for those of us who are illiterate 
1.5
Perfect Stranger
Keith Uhlich
As vacuous white noise entertainments go this is one of the finest 
1
Perfect Stranger
Steve Rhodes
Halle Berry is off the scale bad but almost as bad as Berry s acting is the capricious and ridiculous script 
1
Before I'm Dead
Bob Bloom
Before I m Dead needed more spark more verve Even the sequences in which Nolan confronts his future self lack conflict 
2
Shady Grove
Roger Moore
The filmmakers are more invested in sex in the shower scenes and cute banter than the perfunctory killing to come 46 
1
All's Faire in Love
Lou Lumenick
Peaks with its animated opening credits 
0
All's Faire in Love
Chris Hewitt
Faire is as predictable as boils on a plague victim and its romantic complications are generic but the script is amusing and zounds it s nice to see Ann Margret in the supporting role of a RenFest monarch 
2
All's Faire in Love
Matt Pais
If you don t like the word penis but crack up at the use of wang ding dong wenis and wiener this is your movie 
0
All's Faire in Love
Roger Moore
Give it points on setting and a couple of the performances but the joke starved All s Faire in Love only rarely rises to the level of fair to middling 
1.5
All's Faire in Love
Peter Keough
Some name talent probably won t be putting Scott Marshall s 2009 stinker on their rsums 
1
All's Faire in Love
Nick Schager
A TV movie grade romantic farce that s practically medieval in its cornball conventionality 
.5
Juggernaut
Matt Brunson
The title doesn t provide any clues no this isn t a movie about the X Men villain but Juggernaut is a nifty British thriller that offers maximum returns on its minimalist approach 
3
Tru Loved
David Wiegand
The world is not quite as nicely rainbow hued as the film wishes it were at the end but if nothing else Tru Loved makes us hope all the more that it can be one day 
2
Tru Loved
John Hartl
Too bad it s not better because in many ways it s a coming out movie with a difference 
2
Tru Loved
Maureen M. Hart
Tru Loved is worth a look for the supporting cast alone 
2.5
Tru Loved
Roger Ebert
I m sure its heart is in the right place but it fails at fundamentals we take for granted when we go to the movies 
1
Tru Loved
Ed Gonzalez
All that s missing from this Edenic scenario is Cyndi Lauper belting Living High and Mighty 
2
Revolutionary Road
Matt Brunson
A must see for adults who don 8217 t mind getting their hands dirty on messy emotions 46 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Mattie Lucas
A powerful wrenching piece of work and an acting showcase for a tremendous ensemble cast 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Sonny Bunch
Revolutionary Road is content to stick with hoary cliches about the emptiness of middle class bourgeois life 
2
Revolutionary Road
Marty Mapes
Can t tell whether Mendes speaks through his characters or speaks about them
2
Revolutionary Road
Keith Cohen
Similar yet better domestic dramas that come to mind for comparison purposes include In the Bedroom Little Children and American Beauty 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Wesley Lovell
Suburban malaise has seldom been better looking or better acted 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Eric Melin
Solid performances took me over some of the bumps of the movie 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Kam Williams
A road to ruin paved more by mindless conformity than by good intentions 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Charles Koplinski
Revolutionary takes us down a familiar road 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Linda Cook
Suburbia never was what it s cracked up to be 
4
Revolutionary Road
Gary Brown
DiCaprio and Winslet deliver terrific performances 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Jeff Vice
Imagine if you can what Tennessee Williams might have written for a story line of TV s Mad Men and you ll get a good picture of Revolutionary Road 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
John Wirt
Mendes skillfully struck detachment sabotages pathos 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Vicky Roach
A cold and unappealing drama that is almost cripplingly middle class 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Mike McGranaghan
Revolutionary Road is a very well made film indeed and if it stings a little that is only a testament to how strong a work it is 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Michael Smith
There is great anguish and great artistry in this showcase by Winslet This is a film that hurts so good 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Robert W. Butler
It packs some dramatic fireworks but in the end not enough emotional punch 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
John Beifuss
If the film seems obvious compared to the novel it captures Yates idea that the young even naive Frank and April are play actors in their own lives 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Phil Villarreal
This cracked social mirror the director holds up to society is no pretty sight Although it s impossible to turn away 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Michael Sragow
Revolutionary Road isn t just a failed literary adaptation It s a failure of the worst kind It doesn t even make you want to read Richard Yates deservedly legendary book 
1.5
Revolutionary Road
Lawrence Toppman
Director Sam Mendes who covered similar ground in American Beauty evokes the Eisenhower years in every detail and sets a reasonable pace for the script Yet the path is so familiar that not a step along it takes us by surprise 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Amy Biancolli
Viewers in the mood for rip snorting marital combat should go ahead and partake but they must prepare to leave the theatre in a state of profound depression 
3
Revolutionary Road
Carla Meyer
Revolutionary Road an essay on the emptiness of 1950s suburban life leaves one with an empty feeling 
2
Revolutionary Road
Peter Canavese
Revolutionary Road s existential dread of unspoken feelings bubbling to the surface perhaps better resembles Tennessee Williams a towering explorer of authenticity and self delusion 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Steve Rhodes
After Winslet s amazing performances in The Reader and Revolutionary Road it s quite possible and maybe even likely that she ll get two Oscar nominations this year 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Duane Dudek
The result also has the authentic quality of real people clinging to the aphorisms and going through the motions demanded by the situation and the times all of which is bathed in lush regret by cinematographer Roger Deakins 
3
Revolutionary Road
Josh Larsen
a limp facile condemnation of suburbia though in the interest of full disclosure I moved from Chicago to the suburbs six years ago and happen to enjoy the extra trees 
1.5
Revolutionary Road
Ty Burr
Winslet gives a fearless performance here It s not her fault her husband has shrouded it in Taste 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Roger Ebert
This film is so good it is devastating A lot of people believe their parents didn t understand them What if they didn t understand themselves 
4
Revolutionary Road
Lisa Kennedy
Like its cinematic kin Frost Nixon and Doubt this too is a delicately crafted prestige project whose translation to screen doesn t deliver the original s amazements 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Liam Lacey
Sam Mendes has worked in this territory before with his Oscar winning American Beauty Revolutionary Road is a better movie because it doesn t rely on such blatant caricatures 
3
Revolutionary Road
Carrie Rickey
A devastating if flawed adaptation of the Richard Yates novel 
3
Revolutionary Road
Mick LaSalle
Revolutionary Road gets my vote as the best American film of 2008 
4
Revolutionary Road
Moira MacDonald
A heartbreakingly sad yet remarkable film from director Sam Mendes 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Chris Hewitt
Sam Mendes still better known for his theater work than as a movie director has put a decidedly theatrical spin on Richard Yates 1961 novel 
3
Revolutionary Road
Peter Howell
Somehow the film fails to inspire more than admiration never reaching the same heights of empathy achieved by less impeccable treatments of the same topic 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Gina Carbone
They should hand out complimentary razor blades at the end of Revolutionary Road But if anyone can find the refresh button on the exhausted suburban malaise genre it s Kate Winslet And she does 
3
Revolutionary Road
Sara Michelle Fetters
With kinetic ferocity the two proceed to rip one another to shreds and within the first ten minutes it becomes more than apparent the only thing hitting an iceberg here will be these two s marriage 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Michael Phillips
Sam Mendes the director of Revolutionary Road injects a few milligrams of hope into his film version of the 1961 Richard Yates novel an excoriating portrait of a mid 1950s marriage built on sticks straw and delusion 
3
Revolutionary Road
Christian Toto
Revolutionary Road hits theaters at the height of Oscar season That doesn t mean it s Oscar worthy 
2
Revolutionary Road
David Nusair
consistently elevated by the superb performances and Sam Mendes expectedly enthralling directorial choices 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Walter Chaw
you outgrow these arguments you only hope that the entertainments intended to illuminate as you get more curious have the decency to mature at the same pace
1.5
Revolutionary Road
Willie Waffle
Revolutionary Road is for those of you who think Marley Me looks like a sappy falsely cute sugary sweet concoction of junk 
3
Revolutionary Road
Michael Dequina
However familiar it may ring this very downbeat tale about dreams dashed in the name of stifling social conformity feels freshly devastating thanks to the lead pair 
3
Revolutionary Road
Jeanne Aufmuth
The build up gains slow momentum but once it finds its rhythm Rev Road is positively devastating
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Jordan Hiller
Revolutionary Road is content to be a powerful film about an ordinary troubled marriage the kind taking place in a handful of houses on your block perhaps even in your own 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Brett McCracken
A showcase for DiCaprio and Winslet s formidable talents and they are up to the challenge of playing tortured well intentioned but ultimately doomed victims of dashed dreams 
3
Revolutionary Road
Jenni Miller
Revolutionary Road isn t emotionally engaging or moving 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Stephen Whitty
The crossed signals and secret selfishness of a bad marriage are the sour heart of Revolutionary Road And it is devastating 
4
Revolutionary Road
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mendes very simply creates a period picture and thus fails to justify why the material is still relevant in 2008 
2.5
Revolutionary Road
Rossiter Drake
What is the point of Revolutionary Road besides providing a showcase for two dynamic actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to chew the scenery in an overwrought exposition of domestic combat 
2
Revolutionary Road
Dustin Putman
Extremely well acted and not without its effective interludes Mendes latest effort is done in by a final ten minutes that lessen the story s would be impact with an overload of tacked on contrivance 
2
Revolutionary Road
James Berardinelli
Revolutionary Road i is dramatically potent material and although it poses a number of philosophical questions it works best as an unsentimental examination of a marriage in crisis 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Joe Lozito
Affected overwrought misstep from director Sam Mendes tracks the brutal disintegration of a 50s era suburban couple in high style and higher melodrama 
1
Revolutionary Road
Peter Travers
Directed with extraordinary skill by Sam Mendes the film is a tough road well worth traveling 
3.5
Revolutionary Road
Nick Schager
Dutifully reproduces incidents and particulars while only rarely glancing at the underlying element of self deception of acting a part that defines said moments 
1.5
Revolutionary Road
Rob Humanick
The cinematic equivalent of watching a balloon deflate slowly agonizingly through a microscopic pinprick 
1.5
Brannigan
Matt Brunson
There s too much of an emphasis on lengthy chases and stakeouts when what we really want to see are more interactions between Wayne and his co stars 
2.5
Brannigan
Roger Ebert
It s a Western really but then most cop movies are these days I guess it s cheaper to film in a city 
2
How About You
Walter V. Addiego
While the movie is rather predictable and has a few moments that are just too heartwarming there are scenes that are both moving and humorous 
3
How About You
Wesley Morris
How About You is based on a Maeve Binchy story about the residents of an Irish retirement home 
2.5
How About You
Kam Williams
I like Dublin in December how about you 
3
How About You
Lou Lumenick
Never underestimate the value of slight but charming flicks like Anthony Bryne s How About You 
2.5
How About You
Micah Towery
Though the film misses its chance to make a real commentary on our society s treatment of the elderly as far as Christmas films go you could do much worse 
2
1776
Peter Canavese
Great screenplay based on the Broadway musical 46 Fantastic musical in an amazing 3 disc 4K 47 blu ray set from Sony 44 
3.5
1776
Matthew Rozsa
With 1776 political struggles that took place nearly two and a half centuries ago feel as fresh and immediate as the political struggles of today 
4
1776
Roger Ebert
I can hardly bear to remember the songs much less discuss them Perhaps I shouldn t It is just too damn bad this movie didn t take advantage of its right to the pursuit of happiness 
2
The Cake Eaters
Michael Esposito
In her first feature film Masterson creates a slice of life that is very believable especially if you ve ever seen The Jerry Springer Show and often endearing 
3
The Cake Eaters
Jeff Vice
The Cake Eaters mistakes characters and story quirks for character and story development 
2
The Cake Eaters
Erin Meister
There are only so many story threads an ensemble cast can hold 
2
The Cake Eaters
V.A. Musetto
With so much junk cluttering movie houses it is a shame that it took two years for this sweet intelligent drama to get a release before heading for DVD But such is the sad state of the movie business 
3
The Cake Eaters
Roger Ebert
Masterson like many actors is an assured director even in her debut working with her brother Pete as cinematographer she creates a spell and a tenderness and pushes exactly as far as this story should go 
3
The Cake Eaters
Andrew Schenker
In The Cake Eaters first time filmmaker Mary Stuart Masterson and screenwriter Jayce Bartok attempt to pack a miniseries s worth of familial drama into an 85 minute running time 
1.5
61 Bullets
John Wirt
61 Bullets effectively revisits the 1935 assassination of Louisiana s Kingfish Huey P Long 
3
That's My Face
V.A. Musetto
As enlightening for viewers as the journey was for Harris 
3
Mail Order Bride
Megan Lehmann
It took a committee of directors and scriptwriters to assemble this oafish farce brimming with creaky jokes frenzied overacting and madcap moments such as an ineptly staged pie in the face bar brawl 
0.5
November Criminals
Glenn Kenny
An ever uneasy hybrid of teen angst tale and whodunit 
1.5
November Criminals
Henry Stewart
The film advances that old Hollywood trope Blacks can t get justice unless whites are willing to get it for them 
2
Mr. Gibb
David Nusair
ultimately just misses the mark 
2
What a Man!
Farran Smith Nehme
The plot is predictable as complications line up like jets awaiting takeoff Even the camera work is predictable 
1.5
The Narrow Margin
David Nusair
46 46 46 a stripped down premise that apos s employed to watchable yet far from enthralling effect 46 46 46 
2.5
Downfall
David Keyes
an unflinching hard relentlessly honest movie that refuses to ask questions that have easy answers It is also brilliantly acted written and focused 
4
Downfall
Nick Rogers
Downfall isn t about commuting history s sentence for the Nazis but heeding its warning a gruesome sustained tension lesson about informed politics and whether those who left evil to its own devices could arrive at a place of complicit guilt 
4
Downfall
Peter T. Chattaway
Downfall is an admirably matter of fact history lesson of a movie but next to real footage of real people with real memories of those days it pales by comparison 
3
Downfall
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es un atinado recordatorio de que como humanidad debimos haber aprendido la lección pues de otra forma estamos condenados a repetir la historia para bien o para mal 
3
Downfall
Mike McGranaghan
A lot of movies have been made about Adolf Hitler but this is certainly one of the best it shows the psychology that goes on when a leader and his followers fall from power 
3.5
Downfall
Timothy Knight
While it s deeply disturbing and often difficult to watch Downfall is a towering achievement that shouldn t be missed 
4
Downfall
Phil Villarreal
Ganz enthuses a dominating passion that wilts all those around him 
3.5
Downfall
David N. Butterworth
Bruno Ganz dominates Downfall a long but never dull look at Hitler s final days in his Berlin bunker 
3
Downfall
Larry Ratliff
As unfathomable as it may seem Downfall might just summon some brief but fleeting empathy for the devil as it were 
3.5
Downfall
James Kendrick
absolutely brilliant in depicting with sharp historical accuracy how a destructive system will eventually turn on itself
3.5
Downfall
Rene Rodriguez
With a steely unblinking resolve Downfall stares into the abyss but does not pretend to comprehend it 
3
Downfall
Jeff Vice
It certainly benefits from the presence of Ganz the veteran German character actor who portrays Hitler 
3
Downfall
Sean P. Means
n the end Downfall can t cut through Hitler s enigma but it does powerfully illuminate the people drawn to him 
3.5
Downfall
John Beifuss
The film warns us to be wary of True Believers of any affiliation They gave us the mandate says Goebbels And now their little throats are being cut 
3.5
Downfall
Peter Canavese
A somber accounting crafted with impressive verisimilitude and anchored by Bruno Ganz s rock solid performance as the Führer perhaps the definitive film on its subject 
3.5
Downfall
Rick Groen
Viewed through a North American lens the movie itself seems more familiar than fascinating more innocuous than inflammatory and at 21 2 hours more tedious than anything else 
2
Downfall
Robert W. Butler
A hypnotizing experience that so completely grips the viewer that when you stumble from the theater after 2 1 2 hours you carry the unshakable sensation of having eavesdropped on history 
3.5
Downfall
Geoff Pevere
For emotional effect it trades less in the spectacle of ebbing power than the tragedy of power s mysterious thrall 
3
Downfall
Duane Dudek
A dense long and claustrophobic look at the fall of Berlin and Hitler s final days 
3.5
Downfall
Marty Mapes
The question of moral culpability raised by the movie is interesting and complex
3.5
Downfall
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ganz is astonishing tackling his unseemly subject with guts vigor and a fair share of eerie charm 
3
Downfall
Kurt Loder
Harrowingly claustrophobic and mesmerizing It drains your spirit but you can t look away 
3
Downfall
James Verniere
The film works best when the camera moves outside Hitler s bunker to the war torn city on the surface 
3.5
Downfall
John Hartl
The final scenes of chaos in mid 1945 Berlin are simply riveting 
3.5
Downfall
Mick LaSalle
There are many lessons to be gleaned from Downfall Perhaps the most important is that absolute faith in one s own virtue is not a commitment to virtuous behavior but a commitment to one s own will It s a license to commit atrocities 
4
Downfall
Terry Lawson
Succeeds perhaps too well for us to believe Hitler was some aberration who could never happen again 
3
Downfall
Lisa Kennedy
It provides a compelling glimpse at a nation wrestling with its greatest demon 
2.5
Downfall
Mary F. Pols
What Downfall has going for it is a once in a lifetime performance from Bruno Ganz 
3.5
Downfall
Roger Ebert
It is useful to reflect that racism xenophobia grandiosity and fear are still with us and the defeat of one of their manifestations does not inoculate us against others 
4
Downfall
Wesley Morris
Arresting and skillfully made 
2.5
Downfall
Steven Rea
The filmmakers mix of history and conjecture doesn t add up to anything more than reenactment 
2.5
Downfall
Chris Hewitt
Yes these people had evil in them and yes they were pathetically deluded by something they saw in Hitler the film doesn t try to explain that But when you look at them up close they don t look that different from you and me 
3.5
Downfall
Michael Wilmington
Few movies indeed have ever more completely conveyed Arendt s juxtaposition of the evil that sent millions to their graves with the stultifying banality of their murderers lives 
4
Downfall
Rob Blackwelder
Very effectively takes you deep inside Nazi Germany s crumbling heart and brings many infamous moments acutely to life but doesn t offer much in the way of new insight 
2.5
Downfall
Steve Rhodes
What works best in picture are the dialog free scenes when the music comes up and the horror of the destruction washes over the audience like waves of blood 
3
Downfall
Joshua Tanzer
We start with the human Hitler 
3.5
Downfall
Glenn Whipp
It s appalling stuff as it should be a case study in human horror that should be studied and never ever forgotten 
3.5
Downfall
Lou Lumenick
It s the well wrought details that explain perhaps better than any earlier film how an entire country bought into Hitler s genocidal madness 
3.5
Downfall
Jack Mathews
The very thought of humanizing Hitler makes me queasy If he had a good side I don t want to know about it 
2.5
Downfall
Claudia Puig
Hitler is played with pitch perfect precision by the Swiss born Bruno Ganz 
3.5
Downfall
Jan Stuart
The experience is a strange and complicated one indeed 
3
Downfall
David Sterritt
A riveting re creation of three world changing collapses those of the Nazi party of militarized Germany as a whole and of the Führer who guided them into self destructive ruin 
4
Downfall
James Berardinelli
One of the most finely crafted World War II films ever made 
3.5
Downfall
Ed Gonzalez
An exhausting soap opera of doom that cuts back and forth between what seems like 100 speaking parts and conveys a chilling vision of rats being slowly flushed down a toilet 
3
Filmworker
Brian Eggert
Perhaps best of all the documentary while probing its subject and offering a unique glimpse into a behind the scenes figure celebrates such below the line crewmembers 
3.5
Filmworker
Kathy Fennessy
Though some reviews have described Filmworker as a tragedy it s clear that the 72 year old Vitali has few regrets and there s no doubt that Kubrick s indelible work wouldn t have been quite the same without his dedicated assistance 
3
Filmworker
Matt Brunson
Filmworker serves as a reminder that it s imperative to thank or at least remember all the little people 
3
Filmworker
Robert Daniels
If there is a cult around Kubrick Vitali was the first card carrying member 
3
Filmworker
Robert Horton
A fascinating study in movie lore and human psychology 
3
Filmworker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I thought I knew a lot about Stanley Kubrick but I didn t know about Leon Vitali 
3.5
Filmworker
Dann Gire
Tony Zierra s insightful documentary Filmmaker details what surely must be the greatest Sancho Panza story in cinematic history 
3
Filmworker
Sonny Bunch
Filmworker seems to have a more jaundiced view of Kubrick than Vitali does 
3
Filmworker
Mark Dujsik
There s something both immensely touching and sad about Vitali as he is in this documentary 
3.5
Filmworker
Ann Hornaday
Filmworker s greatest value lies in pulling the lens back to allow viewers to understand film as a deeply collaborative medium one in which even the most venerated auteurs cannot accomplish their greatest feats alone 
3
Filmworker
Ty Burr
Tony Zierra s fond and slightly unsettling film is among other things a reminder of the egolessness necessary for great egos to flourish 
3.5
Filmworker
Godfrey Cheshire
As Vitali recalls these experiences we get behind the scenes glimpses of Kubrick at work on his last films though how substantive these are depends to an extent on who s interviewed or not 
3
Filmworker
David Fear
Filmworker is a portrait of an unsung hero a revealing look at how Kubrick s films were made and a psychological sketch of a would be Da Vinci determined to keep dusting and polishing someone else s Sistine Chapel 
3.5
Filmworker
Chuck Bowen
Tony Zierra interviews Leon Vitali at length and he s a commanding camera object with an obvious wellspring of longing and pain 
2.5
Nuit et brouillard
Matt Brunson
Alain Resnais Night and Fog nuit et brouillard runs barely over 30 minutes yet it manages to pack a lifetime of horrors into its half hour length 
4
Nuit et brouillard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Absolutely one of the most important historical documents ever made 
4
Nuit et brouillard
James Kendrick
Of all the films made about the Holocaust Alain Resnais Night and Fog Nuit et brouillard is quite possibly the most moving and thought provoking 
4
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
Roger Moore
Yeah you can pick up on more or less what s happening within a few minutes But I can t say it s really worth it 
1.5
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
Mike McGranaghan
It s certain to please fans but anyone curious about the MHA phenomenon could walk in cold follow the general plot and have a pretty good time 
3
I Saw the Devil
David Keyes
As a living and breathing piece of cinema it inhabits its beast in a manner that is arresting on the mind and almost cringe inducing to the eyes 
3.5
I Saw the Devil
Roger Moore
A thriller that makes you wish you knew how to scream O M G in Korean 
2.5
I Saw the Devil
David Nusair
a gritty brutal and consistently uncompromising thriller that does for the most part feel like South Korea s answer to Se7en 
3
I Saw the Devil
Rene Rodriguez
We lucky westerners get to see it in all its hair raising stomach churning glory and that s a wonderful thing 
3.5
I Saw the Devil
Calvin Wilson
A terrific but uncompromising film that s definitely not for everyone It s not just that the violence is graphic but that much of it is so mean spirited 
3.5
I Saw the Devil
Christian Toto
The guilty must pay and pay in I Saw the Devil an unrelenting Korean shocker 
3
I Saw the Devil
Mark Jenkins
Director Kim Jee woon is a born filmmaker even if this script written by Park Hoon Jung and adapted by Kim is unworthy of his efforts 
2
I Saw the Devil
Peter Keough
Although he gives lip service to the futility of revenge Kim recognizes that the appeal of genre movies and serial killing is gruesome repetition 
2.5
I Saw the Devil
Wesley Morris
As revenge fantasy I Saw the Devil is clever As comedy it s sick As moviegoing it s tedious 
2
I Saw the Devil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Constantly clever and effective 
3
I Saw the Devil
Chris Hewitt
Kim is so in control as a filmmaker I was willing to go to whatever bloody unpleasant humanity questioning place he wanted to take me 
3.5
I Saw the Devil
V.A. Musetto
When it comes to bloody revenge movies it s difficult to beat the South Koreans 
3
I Saw the Devil
Dustin Putman
Ceaseless in its goals to devastate infuriate nauseate and finally challenge audiences used to more pandering watered down treatments of tragedy and vengeance 
3
I Saw the Devil
Nick Schager
Another Korean revenge fantasy that negates its moralizing by wallowing in the ghastliness it nominally asserts is unfulfilling and destructive 
1.5
I Saw the Devil
Erik Childress
Some wonderfully sadistic moments of violence and set pieces remind us that the guy pulling the strings is the same one who brought us some of the best action scenes in years with The Good The Bad The Weird 
3
I Saw the Devil
Bill Chambers
A potentially exasperating conceit is rendered all the more so by the execution 
2
Christmas Full of Grace
Roger Moore
The proletarian vs bougie contrast still plays 44 but the laughs are too tame and too few in this tepid take on a tired formula 46 
1
The Runner
Richard Roeper
The Runner never approaches the keen insight and social satire of political films such as The Candidate Primary Colors or Bulworth 
1.5
The Runner
Diana Saenger
Cage makes us believe the good and the bad in this man 
3
The Runner
Mark Dujsik
I t might have benefited from a little more of an emotional outlook on the way of things beyond its shoulder shrugging attitude 
2
The Runner
Glenn Kenny
These plot elements and the actors have all the makings of a truly juicy and thought provoking political melodrama So it s dispiriting to see filmmaker Stark create such a weird jagged hash out of them 
2
The Runner
Tom Keogh
Cage s performance is as fuzzy as his character s sense of bearings 
2
The Runner
Matthew Kassel
A slow burning political drama that never heats up enough to draw the viewer completely in 
2
The Runner
Kyle Smith
In The Runner the latest Nicolas Cage film to roll off his one man assembly line of shoddy cinema the star looks almost as tired of acting as I am of watching his acting 
1
The Runner
Roger Moore
Higher minded than most recent Nic Cage films but so truncated it gives short shrift to the complex values the story wants to impart 
1.5
The Greatest House In The World (La Casa Más Grande Del Mundo)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
There is something of Kiarostami in the limpid gaze nothing condescending about the tribulations of a little Mayan girl 
2
Morvern Callar
Matt Brunson
Ramsay and Morton trust the audience enough to resist softening up or even explaining their central character resulting in a difficult yet ultimately rewarding piece 
3
Morvern Callar
Chris Hewitt
Ramsay is showing us one very particular type of person a live for the moment young woman who is fascinated by ugliness and pain and who like the poet Terence believes nothing human is alien to her 
3
Morvern Callar
Rick Groen
With little dialogue to assist her just the strains of that wonderfully organic music Morton still manages to suggest the internal struggle and to slowly reveal a fierce toughness that flies in the face of conventional morality 
3
Morvern Callar
Nick Carter
You ll wonder how Morvern got that way So why didn t Ramsay 
2
Morvern Callar
Ty Burr
Even if both films are about accidental sinners Morvern Callar turns out to be a very different and more difficult film than Ratcatcher 
3
Morvern Callar
Moira MacDonald
This odd poetic road movie spiked by jolts of pop music pretty much takes place in Morton s ever watchful gaze and it s a tribute to the actress and to her inventive director that the journey is such a mesmerizing one 
3
Morvern Callar
David N. Butterworth
Well intentioned but ultimately too aloof and pretentious for its own good 
2.5
Morvern Callar
Carrie Rickey
Exceptionally moving 
3.5
Morvern Callar
Glenn Kenny
A mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last 
4
Morvern Callar
Peter Travers
Ramsay and Morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling 
3
Morvern Callar
Roger Ebert
We watch Samantha Morton so closely with such fascination because she is able to embody a universe of wounded privacy 
3.5
Morvern Callar
Michael Wilmington
Ramsay as in Ratcatcher remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid 
3
Morvern Callar
Steve Rhodes
I suspect that you ll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it If you go pack your knitting needles 
1.5
Morvern Callar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Morton is completely unguarded and every moment is painfully beautifully genuine 
4
Morvern Callar
Mick LaSalle
Strange moody film that could easily have seemed like a willful wallow in the macabre but for the odd truth of Morton s performance and the psychologically penetrating direction of Lynne Ramsay 
3
Morvern Callar
Rob Blackwelder
Morton s penetrating but minute expressions of deflected grief are the picture s potent touchstones of emotional veracity 
2.5
Morvern Callar
Mary F. Pols
There was time on that second round to see the subtleties of Ramsay s portrait of grief 
3
Morvern Callar
Harvey S. Karten
Among the year s most intriguing explorations of alientation 
3
Morvern Callar
Jan Stuart
Flashy pretentious and as impenetrable as Morvern s thick working class Scottish accent 
2
Morvern Callar
V.A. Musetto
Morton deserves an Oscar nomination 
3.5
Morvern Callar
Bob Strauss
That old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar 
3.5
Morvern Callar
Rod Armstrong
A film easy to admire but difficult to like 
3.5
Morvern Callar
Ian Mantgani
It s about individual moments of mood and an aimlessness that s actually sort of amazing 
3
Morvern Callar
Walter Chaw
Drenched with sadness and entropy Morvern Callar is unhinged and fanged raw and rough hewn and another in Ramsay s slowly growing portfolio of youth smothered by their incapacity for enlightenment 
4
Morvern Callar
Jeremy Heilman
Lynne Ramsey s follow up to her terrific debut feature Ratcatcher holds up remarkably well in comparison even if it doesn t quite surpass its predecessor 
3
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Brandy McDonnell
Moonlight Sonata accomplishes a fundamental goal of art by allowing us to experience other people s lives struggles and triumphs hopefully furthering our understanding of what it means to be deaf in a world wired for sound 
3
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Michael O'Sullivan
Moonlight makes its points softly but with resounding conviction 
3
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Matt Zoller Seitz
A powerful film about parents and children though told with enough restraint that its more affecting moments might sneak up on you 
3.5
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Like Beethoven s sonata its beautiful chords resonate long afterwards 
3
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Roger Moore
Sweet and personal but it asks more interesting questions than it answers 
2.5
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Sean P. Means
With great sensitivity and an eye for touching moments filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky again mines her family and how it handles deafness 
3.5
Princesa
Marta Barber
L ed by the wooden unattractive Ingrid de Souza as Fernanda the film has no place to go but down 
1
Princesa
V.A. Musetto
Manages to tell its story based on a real character with great sensitivity 
2.5
Sold
Alan Zilberman
Sold is maudlin in a way that makes its audience paradoxically feel good albeit superficially A story of human trafficking should move us on a deeper more uncomfortable level 
1.5
Sold
Anita Katz
The film has a worthy message but doesn t present its brave young heroine s story compellingly 
2.5
Sold
Randy Myers
All of this is uncomfortable to watch Then again given the subject matter it should be 
2.5
Sold
John Hartl
Brown does his best to suggest the lighter side of the subject especially in a furiously choreographed Bollywood number that captures the heroine s rare moments of joy 
3
Sold
G. Allen Johnson
Sold is colorful and visually pleasing although there is nothing surprising in the rather predictable story But then again it was likely not Brown s intent to supply endless twists and turns 
3
Sold
Joyce Kulhawik
The film gives us a vibrant tangible sense of place the color and dust of a crowded ancient city and the layers of secrecy and corruption under which Lakshmi and those like her are trapped 
3
Who's Crazy?
James Lattimer
Thomas White s is a bizarre undisciplined romp through snowbound Belgian vistas and 60s signifiers alike 
2.5
Nico and Dani
Liam Lacey
For a movie that has been praised for its sensitive realism Nico and Dani takes some large liberties 
2.5
Nico and Dani
Roger Ebert
Could be useful to a confused teenager suggesting that we all have to choose our own paths in life 
3
Nico and Dani
James Kendrick
a moving film that for the most part is both gentle and honest in dealing with its difficult subject matter
3
Nico and Dani
Rob Blackwelder
Packed with 100 percent authentic moments of adolescence 
2.5
Nico and Dani
Edward Guthmann
Sweet and harmless but it doesn t run awfully deep 
2
Nico and Dani
Rod Armstrong
The movie may not be earthshattering but it s a much more truthful work about adolescence than recent popular teen fare 
3
Nico and Dani
Greg Dean Schmitz
What I most enjoyed about this film is that so much seemed real and uncontrived to me 
3
Operation Chromite
Chris Knight
It s your typical men on a mission movie and commits most of the typical sins including cheesy death scene dialogue melodramatic music and excess slow motion But damned if it doesn t also do enough things right to pass muster 
3
Operation Chromite
Tom Keogh
Exciting if occasionally awkward 
2.5
Operation Chromite
Mark Jenkins
The actual Operation Chromite was a surprise In the movie version you can hear everything coming from miles away 
1.5
Operation Chromite
Lawrence Toppman
A refreshing change of pace 
3
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Rob Humanick
To grant Expelled any credibility beyond the opening minutes requires nothing short of a leap of faith 
0.5
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some occasionally sloppy filmmaking I think the picture is worth a look It raises important ideas and issues asks important questions No one could argue against that right Bueller Bueller Bueller 
2.5
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Philip Marchand
Don t expect any serious debate here about God and evolution This documentary is like watching a paranoiac making fun of a hysteric 
1.5
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Liam Lacey
This film is an appallingly unscrupulous example of hack propaganda and it sucketh mightily What s more I didn t laugh once 
0
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Chris Hewitt
Might there be a way to get to God through science It s a fascinating notion and I wish the slickly produced Expelled investigated it more thoroughly 
2
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Mark Moring
The film shows that Intelligent Design should be on the table for discussion But if you re looking for ammo to argue your Darwinist friends under the table look elsewhere 
3
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Ken Fox
Surely the film s greatest offense is the utter shamelessness with which it exploits the Holocaust 
1.5
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Claudia Puig
This is propaganda a political rant disguised as a serious commentary on stifled freedom of inquiry 
1.5
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Stephen Whitty
It shows us bogus security files as if some cabal is spying on everyone It shirks the facts And it madly edits images to equate Darwin with Hitler and Ben Stein with yes Ronald Reagan Typical of all propaganda it also distorts language 
0
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Joe Neumaier
Stein s schlumpy presence is disarming though his know it all nature is at odds with his free speech posing 
1
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Josh Larsen
raises some interesting questions about evolutionary theory but does so in such a smug disingenuous and self serving manner it s hard to take the movie seriously 
2
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Sean P. Means
Either the filmmakers suckered these pro Darwinist participants under false pretenses or the evolutionists are more open to debate than Stein suggests 
1.5
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Rafer Guzman
Stein claims to denounce the tyranny of dogma then browbeats us with his own 
2
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Kyle Smith
Stein spends the first half of the movie setting himself a trap and the second half squirming in it 
2
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Nick Schager
For a film about American freedom of expression and the necessity for open dialogue it s hard to imagine Expelled No Intelligence Allowed being more one sided narrow minded and intellectually dishonest 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Matt Brunson
Forget the 12 Days of Christmas there are at least 12 000 ways that 2004 s fascistic Christmas with the Kranks earns the honor as the worst Yuletide film ever made 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Kam Williams
Some pathetically predictable plot twists and syrupy sentimentality which could only amuse a five year old lead the Kranks back to their materialistic senses in time for a Kodak moment which shouts a rather shallow Merry Capitalism to all 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There is not a single lifelike character in the entire picture 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Sara Michelle Fetters
Curtis is easily the most talented actress of her generation to never garner an Oscar nomination Unfortunately if all she keeps doing is gifting trash like this with her presence then that s the way it will always be 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Mike McGranaghan
Imagine someone telling you the joke about the chicken crossing the road repeatedly for 98 minutes You have now imagined this film 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Peter Debruge
The type of grim holiday movie that reminds you of all that is noxious and insincere about the Christmas season and then chases it down with a sickly sweet reversal 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Bob Bloom
You d have to be a Scrooge not to crack a smile during this feature 
3
Christmas With the Kranks
John Beifuss
A nightmare vision of a theist conformist America It s like Invasion of the Body Snatchers except we re expected to root for the pod people 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Mark Collette
It s a paragon of irony A film based on a novel by courtroom aficionado John Grisham could use nothing more than the cold judiciousness of an egotistical trial lawyer 
0.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Tyler Hanley
Christmas with the Kranks finds a comfortable balance between hilarious and heartwarming It s the best of both worlds and a pleasant surprise to find under the cineplex tree 
3
Christmas With the Kranks
Frank Ochieng
one of the most woefully irritating and uneventful so called comedic Yuletide yawners a seedless slapstick romp that has all the bounce of a defective pogo stick
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Larry Ratliff
Skipping Christmas will earn you a reputation as a modern day Scrooge Passing on Christmas With the Kranks makes you a wise holiday movie consumer 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
James Verniere
It often seems like a lost episode of Home Improvement minus Allen s usual TV wife 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
David Nusair
The film becomes incredibly sentimental towards the end despite the fact that it absolutely hasn t earned the right to do so 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Claudia Puig
One of the worst Christmas movies in years 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Tracy Allerton
Should you spend Christmas With the Kranks Well perhaps if you re an adolescent boy or you have nothing better to do then go for it Otherwise make other holiday plans 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Moira MacDonald
This grim holiday themed comedy is the movie equivalent of getting socks and underwear for Christmas 
.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Carla Meyer
Filled with overly processed situations it tries to sell with manic energy Kranks is canned hammy and rolling as fast as it can 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
David Elliott
Christmas With the Kranks has the special blend of dumb ideas and vulgar sentimentality that Hollywood likes to dispense at this time of year 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Joe Baltake
This one is a veritable celebration of intolerance disguised as a joyous holiday film 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Steven Rea
Avoid this lump o coal 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Lou Lumenick
A loud coarse and witless family comedy 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Jami Bernard
This movie reeks 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Connie Ogle
Even if you believe in Santa you ll never believe that this is any sort of holiday classic 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Valerie Kuklenski
There are some funny moments But they are too few 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
David Sterritt
It s possible the comedy contains some secret allegory about the Protestant Reformation but its main message is that everyone should believe and behave in exactly the same way Groupthink wins again 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
John Monaghan
Instead of a funny and relevant little bromide about capitalism conformity and forced holiday cheer the movie is about as fresh as a week old mug of egg nog 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Jeff Vice
It s hard to say which is worse in Christmas With the Kranks the lame attempts at humor or the even more lame attempts at sentimentality 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Ty Burr
Here s a film that says Christmas is a sellout that your neighbors are morons and that suburbia is a playground of fascist conformity and then it concludes that anyone who actually believes that is a heartless Scrooge 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Lisa Kennedy
In the end the beginning and the middle too the spirit of Christmas With the Kranks rings as false as the bell of a shopping mall Santa 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Roger Ebert
It s a colossal miscalculation 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Sean P. Means
Roth and Columbus serve up strained slapstick routines a slew of uninvolving characters and tritely manipulative subplots 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Kit Bowen
If Christmas means spending it with the irascible over the top Kranks then taking a Caribbean cruise really does sound like a much better deal 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Sarah Chauncey
Forget the Kranks going on vacation take your disbelief and send it on a cruise 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Phil Villarreal
Agonizingly cruel to its audience and actors alike and laden with jokes that have been done many times before and the original gags have never been done for good reason 
1
Christmas With the Kranks
Meg Jones
Unless audiences think Curtis scampering after a runaway ham is funny they ll want to skip this Christmas movie instead 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Amy Biancolli
Joyless and forced 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Allison Benedikt
Phony disingenuous family entertainment suffocated by its green bean casserole approach to Middle America spineless cardboard characters and paper thin plot twists 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Erik Childress
Not since the day I read Mein Kampf and rented Shoah have I had an experience so joyless and laugh free
0.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Jeffrey Westhoff
Chris Columbus got the bizarre idea that a Grisham book even a slight one should be turned into a Home Alone for grown ups 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Chris Hewitt
A USA network quality script cobbled together from parts of Home Alone The Grinch and National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Jan Stuart
A deadpan little satire by John Grisham has been reinterpreted as a shrill and mean spirited orgy of banana peel pranks 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Rob Blackwelder
As I write this I have just walked out on Christmas With the Kranks after roughly 45 minutes of mind numbingly humorless sitcom barrel bottom idiocy 
0
Christmas With the Kranks
Steve Rhodes
It s silly and cute consistently hitting just the right comedic note 
3
Christmas With the Kranks
James Berardinelli
As with average TV fare moments of genuine humor are rare and character development can best be described as perfunctory 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Willie Waffle
You will laugh at much of this but it s not a hearty fulfilling guffaw It s more like a Christmas snack that leaves you wanting more until dinnertime 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Peter Canavese
A mildly abrasive satire of America s holiday lockstepping which backpedals desperately into toothless humanism 
2
Christmas With the Kranks
Dustin Putman
A vile morally repugnant lump of coal One of the worst most disingenuous Christmas movies in memory 
.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Scott Nash
One of the worst Christmas movies ever made 
.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Ed Gonzalez
A Home Improvement holiday special spread out to an impossibly long 90 minutes 
1.5
Christmas With the Kranks
Walter Chaw
It s a medieval endurance ritual an act of self flagellation like wearing a hair shirt say or whipping oneself with a cat o nine tails whilst chanting the liturgy 
0
Black Coffee
Mary Houlihan
In the end there s nothing wrong with an overly positive outlook on relationships and Harris has a nice hand with bits of dialogue that do ring true 
2.5
Black Coffee
Kam Williams
A pleasant if predictable romantic romp determined to march inexorably to an implausible happily ever after finale whether you like it or not 
2
Black Coffee
Sheila O'Malley
A confused muddle with characters who often behave in ways that have no correlation to actual human behavior and language that exists in order to prop up the agenda 
1.5
David Brent: Life on the Road
Matt Zoller Seitz
Doesn t have much to add beyond a few biographical details 
1.5
David Brent: Life on the Road
Cameron K. McEwan
There s not as much ingenuity originality and spark as there was in a single thirty minute episode of The Office 
2.5
Free Trip to Egypt
Joe Friar
Tarek Mounib s documentary attempts to bridge the kindness gap between Americans and Muslims with free trips to Egypt Can we get along with Muslims Yes Other Americans Maybe 
3
White Irish Drinkers
Mike Scott
A period drama that s as predictable and cliched as green beer on St Patrick s Day 
2
White Irish Drinkers
Chris Hewitt
Under no circumstances would I recommend that you see White Irish Drinkers But if you do a good stiff belt would not be a bad idea 
1
White Irish Drinkers
Mick LaSalle
A movie that one watches with the sense of pushing it up a hill 
2
White Irish Drinkers
Anthony Venutolo
The basic outline of the plot built around a promised local concert by the Rolling Stones well if you don t know where that story is headed you haven t seen as many movies as I think you have 
2
White Irish Drinkers
Peg Aloi
This is a gritty dreamy Everyman story sure to resonate with viewers who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks 
3
White Irish Drinkers
Peter Travers
Writer director John Gray digs into his own background to create the ardent and atmospheric White Irish Drinkers The close cramped intimacy of this film is so real it stings 
3
White Irish Drinkers
Rick Groen
White Irish Drinkers is a heavy borrower deep into the pocket of pop culture s loan shark and lacking the grace to acknowledge the debt 
2
White Irish Drinkers
Kyle Smith
Saturated with atmosphere and strongly acted the movie is a far more resonant and convincing portrait of working class life than the recent awards bait phoniness that called itself The Fighter 
3
White Irish Drinkers
Linda Barnard
It s hard to pinpoint the exact moment when the mediocre White Irish Drinkers goes off the rails Maybe the problem is the predictable story just never leaves the station 
1.5
White Irish Drinkers
Ty Burr
All the good intentions in the world can t save White Irish Drinkers from playing like the baldest of retreads 
1.5
White Irish Drinkers
Rex Reed
I was immensely impressed with Mr Thurston an appealing actor with intelligence and self assurance who is going places and writer director John Gray who has already arrived with a bang 
3
White Irish Drinkers
Nick Schager
Couching clichs in self conscious nostalgia does nothing to lessen their corniness in White Irish Drinkers a coming of age saga notable only for its staleness 
1.5
White Irish Drinkers
Bill Chambers
I never could shake the feeling that this is exactly the sort of project Vinnie Chase would be hot for on Entourage 
2
White Irish Drinkers
David Nusair
a watchable if overlong coming of age story 
2.5
Children of God
John Beifuss
Contrasts the emotional storm raging within a suicidal artist with the picture perfect travelogue background of its tropical island locations 
3
The Miracle
Roger Ebert
The Miracle opens with small enchantments and a warmth of feeling and then at around the midway point gets bogged down in miscalculations that are finally fatal 
2
Crystal Swan
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What happens is a perfect metaphor for what was happening in all such places and countries at that time much of which has led to the world we live in today 
3
Crystal Swan
Diego Semerene
Throughout the film it s as if mundane objects hold the remedies for the wretchedness of everyday life 
3
See No Evil
Tom Meek
Just your basic slasher fare where a horde of teens riddled with contemptuous attitude wind up in the lair of an ax happy psycho 
2
See No Evil
David Nusair
slightly more effective than your average not screened for critics genre entry 
2
See No Evil
Jeff Vice
Sickeningly violent nonsense 
1
See No Evil
Timothy Knight
A predictably gruesome compendium of splatter movie clichés See No Evil is a reprehensible exercise in lowest common denominator filmmaking that disgusts and bores in equal measure 
0
See No Evil
John Beifuss
So undeniably nightmarish it achieves its own ugly integrity 
2.5
See No Evil
Ty Burr
See No Evil is proficient junk which makes it something of an improvement over recent horrors like An American Haunting 
2
See No Evil
Chris Hewitt
mostly an excuse for a butcher to carve up prime cuts of twentysomething meat in reverse order of cuteness 
1.5
See No Evil
Peter Hartlaub
the extreme levels of gratuitous gore also make the picture difficult to recommend 
2
See No Evil
Lisa Rose
Outside the wrestling hook See No Evil is a boilerplate bloodfeast featuring the usual mix of stylish camerawork and screaming sound cues 
1
See No Evil
V.A. Musetto
The madman is played by the single name professional wrestler Kane who has all the acting skills of a fire hydrant But why waste good acting on a contrived unimaginative story 
0
See No Evil
Elizabeth Weitzman
Grim bloody and relentless without even a spark of fun or intelligence Evil is barely good enough for late night cable 
.5
See No Evil
Linda Cook
As horror movies go I ve seen a lot worse than See No Evil Still it s a lackluster gore flick with a plot that has more holes than its evil madman leaves in his victims 
1.5
See No Evil
Peter Canavese
Amateur Hour and a Half It isn t fit for human consumption 
0
See No Evil
Dustin Putman
Faithfully derivative of the low grade entertainingly bad slasher items of two decades ago 
2
See No Evil
Frank Ochieng
a generically drab and diluted horror flick Kane s a hulking sadist with the stimulating moody disposition of a blunt meat hook 
1.5
See No Evil
Maitland McDonagh
First timer Dan Madigan s screenplay has the rhythms of a particularly simplistic video game 
1
See No Evil
Nick Schager
As shallow as a toilet bowl and twice as rank as its usual contents 
.5
See No Evil
Larry Ratliff
As misunderstood movie monsters go Kane s Jacob can t even get in the ring with bedeviled Quasimodo of The Hunchback of Notre Dame or even Frankenstein s monster 
.5
Strangers Kiss
Roger Ebert
Strangers Kiss contains two lurid melodramas the one inside the other and one of the pleasures of the movie is the way it finds two distinctive overwrought styles one for each story 
3
Clueless
Brian Eggert
With a confident irony that never robs its characters of their integrity 44 Heckerling takes Clueless into a realm that both comments on and inhabits the teen movie archetype 44 so that what 8217 s left goes beyond the genre 8217 s conventions and builds upon them 46 
4
Clueless
Gina Fattore
Overall Heckerling has perfectly captured the essence of Austen s comedy 
3
Clueless
Mal Vincent
As it is you might just go postal over the witty lines 
3.5
Clueless
Margaret A. McGurk
Writer director Amy Heckerling has pulled off an amazing sleight of hand by turning a story full of vacuous overindulged California teen agers into a light hearted comedy of manners 
3
Clueless
Jami Bernard
Heckerling s sharp eye for the wallpaper of high school life a background strewn with nose job bandages preternaturally baggy pants cell phones and her sharp screenwriter s ear for teen speak make Clueless rich affectionate fun 
3.5
Clueless
Carrie Rickey
Alicia Silverstone is pure gold 
3
Clueless
Malcolm Johnson
With its silly but cute clothes its vacant Valley vocabulary and flashes of satirical humor about family values in upscale Los Angeles Amy Heckerling s Clueless comes across as smarter than you might think 
2.5
Clueless
Robert W. Butler
Silverstone s performance is simultaneously witty and natural sweet and acerbic 
3
Clueless
Deborah Wilker
The only reason to see Clueless the new film from writer director Amy Heckerling is to drink in the beguiling screen presence of its young star Alicia Silverstone 
1.5
Clueless
Michael MacCambridge
It s a watchable bit of fluff that has enough moments of comic inspiration to qualify as a decent teen date movie in a summer that hasn t exactly been chock full of them 
2.5
Clueless
Rene Rodriguez
Heckerling shows an understanding of today s youth beyond the superficial The emotions between the gags ring true 
3
Clueless
Sean P. Means
Clueless is a satire that can t decide whose side it s on Is it an affectionate spoof on rich and self absorbed teen agers or a witty dig against the superficial culture that created them By trying to be both it winds up being neither 
2
Clueless
Steve Murray
Toothless would be a better name for Clueless 
2
Clueless
Paul Delean
Clueless is endless pointless and most seriously laughless 
2
Clueless
Jay Stone
As if 
2
Clueless
Pat Riley
Even though California speak and cellular phone jokes have been around the movie applies a fresh coat of lacquer and makes them seem original 
3.5
Clueless
John Petrakis
Thanks to Heckerling s spirited direction and cutting edge script it is like majorly and furiously golden 
3
Clueless
Lawrence Toppman
A gently zany comedy that will catch open minded viewers by surprise 
3
Clueless
Matt Brunson
Amy Heckerling s modern take on Jane Austen s Emma continues to hold up extremely well over time with subsequent viewings proving to be as enjoyable as the initial one 
3.5
Clueless
Jack Mathews
Silverstone has been getting the superstar is born treatment by the entertainment press and Clueless should make it a reality 
3
Clueless
David Sterritt
For a while it s like really cool with lots of energy and stuff but then it gets like major repetitious and you wish it was like over y know 
2
Clueless
Gene Siskel
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Clueless 
3
Clueless
Peter Canavese
Its goal is humble to walk the line between bubblegum pop that indulges trends and a halfhearted critique of shallowness I don t think this is what feminists mean by having it all 
2.5
Clueless
James Kendrick
offers some of the best humor entertainment and social insight the teen comedy genre has to offer
3.5
Clueless
Betsy Bozdech
Thanks to Heckerling s savvy use of slang and style Clueless 1995 is much more than just a silly teen movie it s a smart knowing parody 
3.5
Clueless
David Nusair
although the movie isn t quite the classic it s been made out to be it s a mindlessly diverting way to kill 97 minutes 
2.5
Clueless
Walter Chaw
Smug and self loathing 
1
Clueless
Rob Blackwelder
The movie s simple yet spot on characters and performances make the laughs timeless no matter how firmly the film is set in 1995 
3
Clueless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A very funny movie that elevates its genre 
3.5
Clueless
Michael Dequina
Sly witty comedy 
3.5
Clueless
Robert Roten
The film is funny even though it is difficult to relate to kids who live in a world that is so far apart from the norm The movie does finally connect I think because of the love story that underlies the rest of the plot 
3
Clueless
Peter Stack
By the time you skip out of the theater you ve had a great time but can t remember a single reason why 
3
Clueless
Madeleine Williams
Alicia Silverstone displays a heretofore undiscovered comic flair and adds substance to her well meaning but light headed protaganist 
3.5
Clueless
Roger Ebert
The movie is aimed at teenagers but like all good comedies it will appeal to anyone who has a sense of humor and an ear for the ironic 
3.5
Clueless
Steve Rhodes
Clueless has a witty script with one great line after another and has an exquisitely charming performance by Silverstone What more can you ask for in a comedy 
2.5
Clueless
Chris Hicks
Clueless is a comedy of course though adults in the audience who will be there only if they have wandered into the wrong auditorium may cringe from time to time But there are some amusing gags and the charming cast is more than capable 
2
Clueless
James Berardinelli
As appealing as Alicia Silverstone is and she possesses that ethereal star quality which is sadly lacking in many of today s up and coming performers her presence can t quite elevate this breezy comedy to the level of a modern classic 
2.5
Clueless
Susan Wloszczyna
Silverstone guilelessly glides through her role like a Pam sprayed charge card 
3
The Forest
Steve Rhodes
Quite successful and downright creepy too The effect is dramatically enhanced by some classic sounding movie music devised by Matt Robertson 
3
Eraser
David Nusair
46 46 46 delivers exactly what one might 8217 ve anticipated 40 and hoped for 41 based on the premise 46 
3
Eraser
Gene Siskel
Eraser is totally meaningless summertime entertainment but it means something I suppose that it has been done so well 
3
Eraser
Michael Dequina
Explosions stunts big guns and Ah nuld 
3
Eraser
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even by action movie standards this is a soulless recital of formula 
2.5
Eraser
Mick LaSalle
This is one of those movies where good guys don t miss and bad guys can t shoot to save their lives 
2
Eraser
Rick Groen
The bang for the buck ratio is high enough to appease even the thinnest wallet 
3
Eraser
Robert Roten
Eraser is not great moviemaking but it is fun 
2.5
Eraser
James Berardinelli
The premise is moderately intriguing 
2.5
Eraser
Steve Rhodes
The funniest action picture this year 
3.5
Eraser
Mike Clark
The middling result diverting while it lasts but too silly to recommend is merely this week s funhouse action pic 
2.5
Eraser
Roger Ebert
Good action fun with spectacular stunts and special effects 
3
Eraser
Jeff Vice
Extremely predictable and derivative 
2
Huckleberry Finn
Matt Brunson
Stripped of its source s thorny and highly controversial themes Huckleberry Finn opts instead to play up the slapstick with decidedly mixed results 
2.5
Huckleberry Finn
Mattie Lucas
Feels like its just trying too hard to make this story happy when its saddled with the weight of America s original sin 
2.5
One-Eyed Jacks
Matt Brunson
Brando brings Method moodiness to the standard Western protagonist 
3.5
Tom at the Farm
Terence Johnson
Tom at the Farm certainly has some flaws that are too big to ignore but in terms of genre filmmaking and acting it s a decent watch 
2.5
Tom at the Farm
Kyle Turner
With Tom at the Farm Dolan is able to weave in ideas of familial and romantic replacement and their ultimately destructive consequences 
4
Tom at the Farm
Robert Horton
There s something urgent going on with this French Canadian director and youth has a great deal to do with it 
3
Tom at the Farm
Sheila O'Malley
There s not enough structure to these different threads It could work on the stage where movement and place and time are necessarily compressed but on film it feels artificial not fully worked out 
2.5
Tom at the Farm
John Hartl
As a director of actors Dolan is especially strong at capturing ambiguous menace and sharing the screen 
3
Tom at the Farm
J. R. Jones
As in Dolan s own stories a mother s hunger for her children encompasses both loving and devouring them 
3
Tom at the Farm
Alan Zilberman
Dolan s ambivalence over his main character s mental state means we care little about him too 
2.5
Tom at the Farm
Rene Rodriguez
Despite moments of intense suspense and glints of bizarre horror Tom at the Farm is ultimately a psychological thriller a movie about the secrets we sometimes try to bury deep inside us in order to deceive ourselves 
3
Tom at the Farm
Farran Smith Nehme
Dolan s idea of how to build suspense involves shadowy close ups and keeping his scene partner out of the frame 
1.5
Tom at the Farm
Roger Moore
A chilling and utterly engrossing sado masochistic homoerotic cat and mouse thriller 
3
Tom at the Farm
Matt Brennan
Its allegory for internalized homophobia a gay man s perilous attraction to straightness itself seems in this case deeply persona 
3.5
Tom at the Farm
Rex Reed
Following an arc of dread that builds to a breathy climax Mr Dolan continues his usual theme of how people test their love and hatred for themselves and each other while he keeps your heart racing 
3
Tom at the Farm
David Berry
More than anything Tom at the Farm is a rippling pool of grief a dark parable about what it means to accept loss and move on with the main group of three passing through states of denial self abnegation and aggressively bitter confrontation 
3
Tom at the Farm
Kate Taylor
The result a sometimes awkward bit of Québécois gothic is unconvincing 
2
Tom at the Farm
Bruce DeMara
A dark and unsettling journey to the countryside 
3
Strip Down, Rise Up
Peter Canavese
What pole dancing is outside of the male gaze body positivity trauma recovery and reclaiming body and soul from toxic gender roles Life changing and very powerful 
4
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 -- The Desolate One
Mattie Lucas
Bracing angry hilarious moving and above all highly original 
3.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 -- The Desolate One
Bruce DeMara
Some of the stories are genuinely affecting But Gomes arcane storytelling style and frequent use of absurdity will require a good deal of patience from filmgoers 
2.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 -- The Desolate One
Amir Soltani
In comparison to Vol 1 the second volume The Desolate One is relatively straightforward 
4
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 -- The Desolate One
Scout Tafoya
The melancholy that falls over this chapter is hard to shake but its tempered slightly by the love Gomes has for his characters bad habits ingrained sadness and all 
3.5
Guadalcanal Diary
Walter Chaw
is interesting for a glimpse at the Hollywood propaganda machine of WWII if not for any other reason
1
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Troy Patterson
After meticulously rigging a combination of claustrophobic suspense drama and icy procedural director J Blakeson allows his movie to fall apart 
2.5
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Mark Feeney
The Disappearance of Alice Creed begins with a van being stolen and ends with a different stolen vehicle being driven away In between comes a tight efficient thriller with just three actors and at least two whopper switcheroos 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
James Berardinelli
It s refreshing to see someone putting the needs of the part over her image and this is far from a halfhearted performance It s gritty and gutsy 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Rob Thomas
Much of the fun of watching this kidnapping thriller is trying to guess what will happen next and being constantly proved wrong 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Stephen Cole
And unlike many filmmakers who make movies to take pictures Blakeson is interested in his players His three principals deliver convincingly messy ambiguous performances 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Bruce DeMara
Like all top notch best thrillers The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a suspense filled caper flick with enough twists and turns to leave the audience gasping and guessing until its final moments 
3.5
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Rex Reed
A pulsating revelation on many levels at once 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Keith Cohen
This fantastic film delivers an unexpected payoff as it wrestles with the idiom that crime does not pay This astounding low budget indie film is bolstered by great acting a cleverly conceived script and sure handed 
3.5
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Robert W. Butler
Sounds fairly simple but Blakeson has a fiendish way of twisting around his plot and characters 
2.5
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Amy Biancolli
A compact British drama that does more with three people and a few modest settings than most movies do with computerized bloat and a cast of hundreds 
4
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Marc Savlov
Delicious welcome and entirely satisfying and as an added bonus far and away the best genre fan date movie of the year 
4
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Stephen Whitty
A jolting little thriller as sharp and nasty as a switchblade 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
V.A. Musetto
J Blakeson keeps the suspense level high for the first hour or so but he then indulges in a few plot twists that strain credibility 
2
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Jay Antani
Thanks to a trio of terrific performances the script s weaknesses are smoothed over 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Andrew Schenker
Although it continually complicates its basic narrative setup J Blakeson s film has enough of the crudely exploitative to make it feel like a decisively unwholesome entertainment 
2
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Philip Kemp
As character dynamics turn increasingly toxic all three actors excel but Arterton is a revelation 
4
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Janos Gereben
The Disappearance of Alice Creed is not flawless and Blakeson occasionally ties himself in knots with his complicated plotting which often leads to Alice Vic and especially Danny behaving in a manner that forwards the plot rather than one that naturall
3.75
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Tim Robey
The film s behind the scenes hero is its cinematographer Philipp Blaubach His command of space and close ups sustains all the tension visually that s sometimes dribbling out of the script 
3
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Roz Laws
Only the pedigree of Eddie Marsan suggests there might be more to this film than meets the eye And that it might be clever enough to excuse the material 
2
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
David Nusair
never quite becomes either as stagy or as claustrophobic as one might ve assumed 
2.5
The Guns of Navarone
Matt Brunson
Beautifully paced this 156 minute classic allows enough time for character development plot complications and several exciting set pieces 
4
The Guns of Navarone
Eric Melin
The movie holds up pretty well as a rousing action picture and also throws in a couple of comments about the contradictions of war 
2.5
The Guns of Navarone
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
David Niven is the subservient but stylish chemist Miller rounding out a film that ranks among the best war movies 
3.5
Life Tracker
Kam Williams
Joe McLean makes a memorable directorial debut with this mind blowing sci fi reminiscent of such inscrutable screen classics as Memento and The Matrix 
4
The Call
Roger Moore
Shaye and Bell lift this thin over familiar material but not enough to compensate for the trite terrors that turn up the dead spots in the narrative and cardboard characters one and all are saddled with playing 
1.5
Counsellor-at-Law
Jeremy Heilman
Stupendously entertaining As a specific direct adaptation of a better than average play it could scarcely be more efficient 
4
Emanuel
Mark Dujsik
T he film is a vital testimony of grief and horror yes but also of love and forgiveness 
3
Emanuel
Brian Tallerico
A deeply religious film 
3
Emanuel
Christian Toto
A social justice detour is the only flaw in this powerful look at a community rallying after a horrific hate crime 
3
A Room and a Half
Jason Wood
Room and a Half offers an inventive and intimate portrait both of a great artist and of the post Second World War cultural world of the Soviet Union 
4
A Room and a Half
Kyle Smith
An anecdotal jumble of scenes 
2
Ghosted
Kam Williams
A compelling crime saga with supernatural overtones made all the more worthwhile by some spectacular Taipei locales and its celebration of Chinese culture 
3.5
Ghosted
Lou Lumenick
Clumsily written mostly in English with performances to match the only real mystery surrounding Ghosted is how this soporific bore got made 
1
Ghosted
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A clumsily supernatural mystery that strangely uses the fallible density of flesh as its most underscored symbol 
1.5
Marauders
Richard Roeper
It s pulp but it has real actors doing real acting in a gritty story which is a lot more than can be said for some of the much more high profile buddy cop movies of the last couple of years 
3
Marauders
Brian Tallerico
One assumes that every film has a creative impetus at some point in its production but it s incredibly hard to find one buried underneath this morally vile incompetently made thriller 
0.5
Going All the Way
Michael Dequina
This funny oddly moving little film is distinguished by some fine acting 
3
Going All the Way
Steve Rhodes
Davies steals the show with his sympathetic performance If you were ever the outcast in school or had a friend who was Sonny will undoubtedly bring back painful memories 
2.5
Going All the Way
Rob Blackwelder
We re supposed to accept that something anything is happening even though the actors are just standing there spouting memorized lines rather unenthusiastically 
1.5
Going All the Way
James Berardinelli
The only thing that sets it apart from so many forgettable period piece coming of age stories is that it has been put together with a degree of care and skill 
3
Going All the Way
Peter Stack
Even if it s too self conscious Going All the Way set in 1950s Indianapolis nevertheless has a mix of the sweet and the forlorn that somehow works 
3
Going All the Way
Roger Ebert
I m a decade younger than the characters in this movie but I grew up in a time and place not far from the film s psychic setting I recognized much 
3
The Legend of Johnny Lingo
David Nusair
there s not much here to keep older viewers engaged 
2
The Legend of Johnny Lingo
Sean P. Means
The film manages to overcome its weaknesses and its ancestry as a famously cornball Brigham Young University produced short with gentle humor and sweetness 
2.5
The Legend of Johnny Lingo
Jeff Vice
So poorly constructed that at times it feels like a series of barely connected skits only some of which work 
2
Donau, Duna, Dunaj, Dunav, Dunarea
Marty Mapes
Pilgrims and travellers take a long strange journey home on the Danube
3
Vampyrz on a Boat
Roger Moore
Maybe the weirdest thing about this is that the credited director 44 Mark Allen Michaels 44 uses the same headshot as the lead actor 44 Dallas Valdez 46 As he 8217 s terrible at both 44 this is of no consequence whatsoever 46 
0
Hockeyland
Rob Thomas
I won 8217 t spoil who wins and loses 46 But by the end of 8220 Hockeyland 44 8221 you 8217 ll be rooting for all of them 46 
3
Hockeyland
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s near impossible not to get caught up on the fervor of it all 44 and we 8217 re simply observers 59 imagine living this life 8212 that 8217 s what this movie does 46 
3
Hockeyland
Chris Hewitt
Two huge gifts a documentary filmmaker can receive are access and good timing Hockeyland director Tommy Haines had both 
3
Hockeyland
Mark Dujsik
Because the movie is split between these teams and these individuals 46 46 46 our understanding 46 46 46 is kept at an entirely superficial level 46 
2.5
Hockeyland
Roger Moore
A sometimes graceful 44 occasionally bone rattlling film that vividly captures action on the ice 46 46 46 and far more banal lives off of it 46 Despite Haines 8217 best efforts 44 the film 8217 s shift in focus once its original narrative breaks down is jarring 46 
2.5
Alaska
Mal Vincent
Alaska is one of those Don t ask Don t tell movies that persuades us to go along with the innocence and simplicity of it all 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Sean P. Means
Lynskey imbues the self doubting Amy with such lightness that she manages to make neediness appealing 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Calvin Wilson
Hello I Must Be Going is at once an intriguing character study and a refreshingly offbeat romance 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Ty Burr
The movie s sharp tongued and softhearted a Sundance kind of film that mostly sidesteps generic Sundanceyness 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Chris Hewitt
Sharp enough to point out some compelling issues without pretending that it has all the answers 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Austin Kennedy
It s harmless and there s really nothing outright awful about the movie it just could have been so much better if the filmmakers thought outside of the Sundance box for this one 
2.5
Hello I Must Be Going
Michael O'Sullivan
Succeeds almost entirely on the strength of Melanie Lynskey s heartfelt and humorous performance in the lead role 
2.5
Hello I Must Be Going
G. Allen Johnson
Sarah Koskoff s play it safe script and Louiso s heavy handed direction combine to kill the potential of Hello I Must Be Going 
2
Hello I Must Be Going
Moira MacDonald
Lynskey lets us see from deep within Amy s fog an instinctual desire to please and a sense of innocent wonderment at how she could possibly have gotten into such a mess 
3.5
Hello I Must Be Going
Matt Pais
Familiar messes that are somewhat too easily cleaned up 
2.5
Hello I Must Be Going
Roger Ebert
Much credit goes here to Christopher Abbott whose persuasive performance bridges the gap He s like a living embodiment of the cliche I love you enough for the both of us 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Dustin Putman
Carries with it a low key transcendence flourishing first and foremost through its lost and aching protagonist 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Robert Levin
Bolstered by a terrific performance from Melanie Lynskey who brings dignity and humor to what could have been a downbeat part 
3.5
Hello I Must Be Going
Stephen Whitty
This isn t a new topic for independent films ten years ago Jake Gyllenhaal was the busy boy toy in both Lovely Amazing and The Good Girl but this film handles it with fresh eyes and a gentle approach 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Farran Smith Nehme
Overall the comedy is a lovely showcase for Lynskey and the rest of the cast 
3.5
Hello I Must Be Going
Christy Lemire
Both funnier and deeper than you might expect at the outset 
3
Hello I Must Be Going
Andrew Schenker
Thanks to Melanie Lynskey s performance the movie feels like a believably worked out sympathetically presented study in thirtysomething uncertainty 
3
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Keith Watson
Director Joe Berlinger essentially allows his subject Tony Robbins to hijack the documentary for his own end 
1.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
James Berardinelli
Successfully recaptures the feeling of what made the Apollo missions so special 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Phil Villarreal
The documentary would play well in a double feature with something on the four food groups 
2.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Matt Brunson
A rousing achievement that makes us wish we could once again reach for and touch the stars 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Michael A. Smith
an entertaining and informative film that reveals so much about an event you think you already know about 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Sean P. Means
A stunning artifact a reminder of a time when Americans of all stripes could look up to the sky and feel uncynically patriotic 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Robert W. Butler
The film is a history lesson certainly but history as seen through the eyes of the men who made it 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Terry Lawson
It s a well timed tribute to American initiative and courage 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Lisa Kennedy
There s vibrant visual poetry here 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
John Beifuss
Fills you with pride for your country and your species 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Meg Jones
A fascinating funny and moving documentary possibly the best screen exploration ever of the Apollo program 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Jeff Vice
An enthralling documentary 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Eric Melin
Rather than an in depth political look at what the space program meant then and now Sington instead concentrates on getting us as close as we ll ever get to taking the trip ourselves 
2.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Jeanne Aufmuth
To say these guys still have the Right Stuff is an overwhelming understatement 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Peter Howell
A moving and masterful documentary by British filmmaker David Sington 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
John Hartl
If you ve seen such NASA boosters as For All Mankind Apollo 13 and From the Earth to the Moon do you really need to catch the latest one In the Shadow of the Moon on the big screen In a word Yes
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Leba Hertz
For those of us old enough it is another magical reminder of how these missions gave us some hope in very challenging times For those of us too young this will give you an idea of what it meant to watch those baby steps that led to one giant leap 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Steven Rea
In the Shadow of the Moon is quite simply a revelation 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Bruce Westbrook
Though Shadow could use a bit more confessionals and a bit less history it still succeeds as a reminder of America s can do spirit at its best 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Liam Lacey
A movie about the space race In the Shadow of the Moon recalls a different kind of sixties high the out of planetary experience of landing on the moon 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The real selling point is an astonishing wealth of footage from the NASA warehouses 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Roger Ebert
A researcher for this production spent years screening NASA footage that was still in many cases in its original film cans and had never been seen The film was cleaned up and restored the color refreshed and the result is beautiful and moving 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Mark Feeney
It s so simple so obvious and a revelation 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Michael Phillips
It has the air of an officially sanctioned tribute rather than a probing study but it s stirring all the same 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Matt Pais
Poignant but never sappy Moon is also very timely documenting universal achievements at a time when America isn t exactly seen as a team player 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Maitland McDonagh
David Sington s stunning documentary sweeps away the layers of cynicism and familiarity giving nine men who were there the opportunity to tell their riveting stories 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Claudia Puig
One small documentary for a filmmaker and one giant leap in inspiration for audiences 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Peter Travers
Want to know what the right stuff really is Take a look 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Gary Goldstein
One of the best documentaries of the year 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Stephen Whitty
Imagine a time when we actually could set ourselves a national goal and meet it within a decade Imagine an era when the whole free world cheered us on to do it and then celebrated with us when we did 
2.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Lou Lumenick
It s a stirring reminder of a time when anything seemed possible 
3.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Elizabeth Weitzman
Oh what stories these heroes have to tell 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Glenn Whipp
In the Shadow of the Moon stirringly relives the moment and points the way toward a future when the feeling could again be achieved 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Brandon Fibbs
An awe inspiring film suffused with reverence and wonder with the power to coax tears and goosebumps from even the most jaded viewer 
4
In the Shadow of the Moon
Sara Michelle Fetters
This isn t just a documentary it s an aria of hope and togetherness stretching from this world and into the stratosphere beyond 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
John Anderson
Such an elegant enterprise you might say it has gossamer wings 
3
In the Shadow of the Moon
Ed Gonzalez
In the Shadow of the Moon reminds us of a seemingly distant time when the United States was not so alienated from the rest of the world 
2.5
In the Shadow of the Moon
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely awe inspiring it manages to be almost as naturally funny as it is uplifting It offers viewers a nearly perfect you are there experience 
3.5
Company
Peter Canavese
This version won t be remembered as a major one it s too faithful and too wobbly for that but it s an entertaining novelty version largely justified by the casting and Gemignani s slavish devotion to the original Broadway orchestrations Blu ray 
3
The Reader
Mattie Lucas
Screenwriter David Hare deftly navigates the tricky moral waters with the same poetic eloquence he brought to The Hours 
3.5
The Reader
Kelly Jane Torrance
You can t fault the performances They re all top notch particularly that of young Mr Kross who is a real find and Miss Winslet who does her best to augment the script with her expressive face 
3
The Reader
Brandy McDonnell
Though Daldry s film comes across as too long disjointed and detached to achieve greatness to its credit The Reader asks tough questions and doesn t give easy answers 
3
The Reader
Nick Rogers
A decades spanning drama that dives into the slippery human nature of lust manipulation retribution and doubt The Reader is a phenomenally tragic story of people eternally connected never knowing whether it s by true love or unshakable regret 
4
The Reader
Peter Keough
The film lingers more on Winslet s nudity than on the nature of guilt and it offers no reason to care for the lumpen criminal or the callow lover 
2.5
The Reader
Kristin Tillotson
If Winslet carries the complex psychological intrigue of the film on her shoulders David Kross carries the heart of it on his 
3
The Reader
Keith Cohen
This movie invites you to unlock the mystery Would you be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect a secret 
3
The Reader
James Kendrick
plodding and earnestly morose
2
The Reader
Kam Williams
Springtime for Hitler the sequel 
1
The Reader
John Wirt
Built around Kate Winslet s enigmatic Hanna this impeccably staged nuanced drama is not easily forgotten 
3
The Reader
Gina Carbone
How do you solve a problem like The Reader It s deep and layered and sexy and Oscary and left no emotional impression It happened and I left 
2.75
The Reader
Bob Bloom
Outstanding performances define The Reader but all pale in comparison with Kate Winslet s Hanna 
3.5
The Reader
Robert W. Butler
Despite a quietly heartbreaking performance from Kate Winslet and a talented director and screenwriter The Reader feels more like a thumb sucker than a piece of vital moviemaking 
2.5
The Reader
Matt Brunson
Since more time is spent exposing the milky white breasts of Kate Winslet than exposing the horrors of the Holocaust viewers might be forgiven for thinking they stumbled into a big budget remake of Ilsa She Wolf of the SS 
2.5
The Reader
John Beifuss
The Reader suggests what That Nazis might have been nicer if they d spent more time reading instead of burning books 
2
The Reader
Michael Smith
Kate Winslet is the sheer force that lifts a film with a provocative concept but uneven execution to become an absorbing drama about reconciling a nation s past 
3
The Reader
Phil Villarreal
Profound but too dyslexic for its own good 
3
The Reader
Willie Waffle
Complete with clichs and plot twists that scream GIVE ME AN OSCAR you might think Tina Fey and Jon Stewart decided to write The Reader as a parody of an Oscar hopeful 
.5
The Reader
Jeanne Aufmuth
Packaged with a smart script palpable tension and enough ambiguity to keep you guessing 
3.5
The Reader
Christian Toto
The Reader is the year s latest entry in the Holocaust drama dept and it s arguably the best of the lot 
3
The Reader
Michael A. Smith
Winslets work here is stunningly heartbreaking 
3
The Reader
Michael Dequina
Solid stately and respectable but carefully specifically designed to be absolutely adored for a certain demographic that isn t me 
3
The Reader
Jeff Vice
The various twists and turns are laughable 
1.5
The Reader
Lisa Kennedy
The trial s outcome leads us into a third act that continues to give renewed rending meaning to the movie s title 
3.5
The Reader
Lawrence Toppman
A movie easier to admire than to love 
3
The Reader
Chris Kaltenbach
Finely nuanced and calibrated performances from Winslet with a convincing German accent and Kross notwithstanding this is one film audiences won t embrace nearly as emphatically as it embraces itself 
2
The Reader
Linda Cook
Although the Holocaust is not the central focus of The Reader it looms in every scene of this film about secrets deception and redemption The very core of the movie is a strange sexual relationship 
4
The Reader
Connie Ogle
Relies too much on coincidence and in an even more puzzling turn seems to suggest that illiteracy might be a valid excuse for the worst of human behavior 
2.5
The Reader
Duane Dudek
Winslet gives a searing performance one that often finds her unselfconsciously naked as a woman who is willing to share her body and heart but never the secret that defines her 
3
The Reader
Moira MacDonald
The Reader based on Bernhard Schlink s novel is a tragedy told with such precise remoteness you feel as if you re watching it from across the room 
3
The Reader
Rob Thomas
Once the main character visits Auschwitz and hears of Nazi atrocities it throws off the balance of the film and makes everything else seem trivial 
2.5
The Reader
J. R. Jones
Surrounding the Holocaust morality play is another story that s more modestly scaled and in this age of unashamed romance between older women and younger men more contemporary 
3
The Reader
Chris Hewitt
Best evidence of what a magnetic presence Kate Winslet is When her role diminishes in the second half of The Reader the movie disintegrates 
2
The Reader
Carrie Rickey
With this film Daldry proves himself the screen s reigning master at showing passion thwarted or repressed this time to a propulsive Philip Glass lite score from Nico Muhly 
3
The Reader
Roger Ebert
I believe the movie may be demonstrating a fact of human nature Most people most of the time all over the world choose to go along We vote with the tribe 
3.5
The Reader
Wesley Morris
After a sensuous introductory act The Reader descends into a series of dismaying contradictions regarding the moral toxins of the Holocaust which still pollute postwar Germany 
2
The Reader
Michael Phillips
Told coolly the novel was hugely popular as well as controversial worldwide and an Oprah s Book Club selection besides I m afraid it needed a different set of interpreters to make any emotional sense of it onscreen 
2
The Reader
Peter T. Chattaway
Moviegoers may find themselves unable to dismiss the film outright but also unable to put a finger on what the movie is really about or how it should have been about it 
2.5
The Reader
Jordan Hiller
The Reader is positively goyish in its glassy eyed treatment of Jew killing not that it aims to be anything more than an exercise in moral insurrection 
2
The Reader
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a movie that can offend just as much as it exhilarates the discussions it generates on both sides of the divide sure to be ones intelligent filmgoers would be all the better off for entering 
3
The Reader
Rossiter Drake
The film offers no facile answers only quietly forceful performances particularly by Winslet whose tense body language speaks volumes that make these characters and the tragedy that colors their lives seem achingly crushingly real 
3.5
The Reader
Peter Howell
Like a good book with missing pages The Reader seems stripped of essential meaning 
2.5
The Reader
Mick LaSalle
A film made with high aspirations and more than the usual commitment but one that after an arresting beginning changes into a passive rumination 
2
The Reader
Jenni Miller
Some are groaning about the plethora of WWII movies this Oscar season but The Reader is about the complexity of German guilt because of the Holocaust and its aftermath 
4
The Reader
Bob Strauss
The Reader isn t an act of moral imbecility like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas but it s pretty questionable all the way through 
2.5
The Reader
Rick Groen
Intellectually scant emotionally scant 
2
The Reader
Joe Lozito
A young boy in post war Germany has a torrid affair with an older woman only to find out years later that she s a Nazi war criminal in director Stephen Daldry s overwrought adaptation of the Bernhard Schlink novel 
2
The Reader
Peter Travers
Winslet s fierce unerring portrayal goes beyond acting becoming a provocation that will keep you up nights 
3
The Reader
Rafer Guzman
The Reader asks profound questions about guilt and redemption but its answers are misguided and misleading 
2.5
The Reader
Kyle Smith
Go to the theater if you want catharsis says one character I was sitting in a theater and I wanted it It wasn t there 
2.5
The Reader
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer David Hare and director Stephen Daldry don t seem particularly interested in the material rather the picture seems cranked out by a computer that has been programmed to make Oscar nominees 
2
The Reader
Claudia Puig
A slow moving but absorbing story of sexual awakening and moral dilemmas 
3
The Reader
Christy Lemire
Thankfully Kate Winslet bares not just her body but her soul with a performance that pierces the genteel polish of this high minded awards season drama 
3
The Reader
James Berardinelli
The Reader is closer to a near miss than a rousing success but on balance this is still worth seeing for those who enjoy complexity and moral ambiguity within the context of a melodrama 
3
The Reader
Dustin Putman
Tells an involving touching and unusual story and tells it well 
3
The Reader
Nick Schager
Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter David Hare exhibit a continued inability to thrillingly translate literary forms to the screen 
2
The Blue Tooth Virgin
Kam Williams
A primer on keeping the pedal to the proverbial medal when your whole world seems to have lost faith in you 
3.5
The Blue Tooth Virgin
V.A. Musetto
Brown s film consists of a series of long talky humorless takes during which the old argument about art versus commerce comes to the fore 
1.5
The Blue Tooth Virgin
Diego Semerene
For a film so keen on creating humor off the inaptness of a character s script Blue Tooth Virgin should have double checked its own screenwriting chops 
2
Patagonia Rising
V.A. Musetto
His is an important issue that needs to be discussed But it will take more than this dry doc best left to cable TV to do the matter justice 
2
Patagonia Rising
Joseph Jon Lanthier
While it might be silly to fault the doc for stopping short of a call to action for North American audiences the lack of one turns the viewer into a powerless bystander 
2
Double Happiness
David Sterritt
Mina Shum s debut film is consistently warm and amusing although its energy flags a bit as the story unfolds 
3
Double Happiness
Roger Ebert
Double Happiness is not a deep or brilliant film but that s not its purpose It establishes a chatty confiding tone right at the top and follows through like a long letter from a good friend 
3
The Salesman
Rick Groen
Marcel is not a complicated soul I mustn t give away the climax but it forces him to look beneath his public mask 
3
The Salesman
Greg Quill
A masterful observation of ordinary people squeezing what they need to get by out of unforgiving circumstances 
3
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Matt Brunson
The cluelessness of Americans abroad and the inconvenience of roadrunner paced vacations are both satirized in a gentle manner 
3
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Roger Ebert
It all adds up to not much maybe except a pleasant way to spend an evening 
2
Grand Canyon
David Nusair
a predominantly stellar endeavor from an impressively reliable filmmaker 
3.5
Grand Canyon
Roger Ebert
In a time when our cities are wounded movies like Grand Canyon can help to heal 
4
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Matt Brunson
This adaptation of William Bradford Huie s novel offers brunette Jane Russell with atypically red hair and brunette Agnes Moorehead with atypically blonde hair And that s about it for novelty value 
2.5
The Four Seasons
David Nusair
46 46 46 slightly erratic yet predominantly rewarding 46 46 46 
3
The Four Seasons
Matt Brunson
When the movie is in its groove it s a delight 
3
One Cut, One Life
Ty Burr
It s a thing of lovely imperfections profound and banal self absorbed and insightful weighted with grief and buoyed by resilience In short as messy and precious as life itself 
3.5
One Cut, One Life
Wes Greene
The doc emerges not so much as a glimpse into the mind of a dying artist than as a factual drama on how loved ones are impacted by an individual s death 
3
The Offering
Randy Myers
Park cranks up both the mood and the fear factor for a devilishly good supernatural thriller 
3
The Offering
Roger Moore
quot Yeah 44 AND 63 quot 
2
The Offering
Brian Tallerico
This throwback to a horror style that seemed more prevalent in the late 8216 00s and early 8216 10s makes me excited about what this filmmaker has to 44 sorry 44 offer in the future 46 
2.5
The Offering
Leo Brady
The Offering is high level horror and Oliver Park is a director giving us new kinds of scares 46 
3.5
Henry's Crime
Moira MacDonald
An intermittently entertaining comedy drama with a funny script and a fatal miscasting 
2.5
Henry's Crime
Roger Ebert
What s needed is someone nervous to play Henry A Steve Buscemi for example Reeves maintains a sort of Zen detachment 
2
Henry's Crime
Michael O'Sullivan
A felony of a movie tedious and improbable 
1
Henry's Crime
Ty Burr
If Henry s Crime is occasionally too pleased with itself it s also pleasantly unpredictable and it has a trio of sweet hambone performances at its center 
2.5
Henry's Crime
Peter Keough
If you had to compare it to a Russian classic Malcolm Venville s mild comedy about a nobody Keanu Reeves who gets busted for a crime he didn t commit might suggest half baked Dostoevsky or lightweight Gogol But not Chekhov 
2
Henry's Crime
Mick LaSalle
Henry s Crime is a movie that eschews the details and tries to get by on charm and it does have charm just not enough to get by 
2
Henry's Crime
Stephen Whitty
Reeves seems more laid back than loser it s hard to accept him as someone who has let half of his adult life go to waste without minding or even noticing 
2.5
Henry's Crime
Kyle Smith
Though the movie has some engagingly quirky moments everything falls into place far too easily for much suspense to build and the romance between the two leads seems as contrived as everything else 
2
Henry's Crime
Rex Reed
Close but no cigar 
2
Henry's Crime
Bill Weber
The gleam in James Caan s eye is about all that illuminates this moribund comedy about a ring of Buffalo hoods who infiltrate a Buffalo staging of The Cherry Orchard 
1
Henry's Crime
David Nusair
An affably low key comedy 
2.5
Les coquillettes
Chris Cabin
The film s most nagging element concerns the fact that it treats women s hungry and open hetero sexuality as at once outrageous and pass 
1.5
The Animation Show - Year 4
Phil Villarreal
Hits year four without losing any sizzle 
3
The Animation Show - Year 4
V.A. Musetto
A collection of 20 or so some times raunchy often offensive and always entertaining animated shorts from around the world 
3
The Animation Show - Year 4
Rob Thomas
Aside from a few misfires The Animation Show is full of visually inventive and broadly hilarious gems 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Matt Brunson
A disappointment 44 especially compared to its excellent predecessor 46 
2.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Wesley Lovell
Where The Avengers 58 Endgame lacked in its depiction of post traumatic psychological exploration 44 Black Panther 58 Wakanda Forever makes up for in its examination of grief as a motivator and the difficulty of moving on from a core part of one 8217 s own identity 46 
4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Rene Sanchez
Black Panther 58 Wakanda Forever pays homage to Boseman apos s legacy and succeeds in taking the saga into new and exciting directions 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Bruce R. Miller
8220 Black Panther 44 8221 in fact 44 is on a higher plan than most 46 It creates a world 44 inhabits it and gives reasons for its people 8217 s actions 46 It 8217 s a bold mission statement that 8217 s largely due to Coogler 46 He makes the 160 minutes worthwhile 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
David Nusair
A palpable low point for the Marvel Cinematic Universe 46 46 46 
0
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mattie Lucas
Feels overstuffed 44 filled with interesting ideas and possibilities that never fully come into focus 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
With a sleeker script Wakanda Forever runs 161 minutes Wright and Huerta Mejía might have owned the sequel the way Boseman and Jordan owned the original but their performances get lost in a rush of bland battles and baffling detours 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Dwight Brown
Wow You ll say that over and over again as this mind blowing superhero epic unfolds Wow 
4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Brian Eggert
Of course 44 the sequel was never going to be as good as Black Panther 44 but the film allows its characters and the audience to process the death of T 8217 Challa and Boseman with some catharsis 46 
2.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film about loss and grief 46 It has a great hole at its center 44 but the filmmakers have embraced that emptiness 44 and let it become part of the film 8217 s fabric 46 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Christian Toto
Ryan Coogler apos s sequel mourns Boseman 44 can apos t deliver suitable successor 46 
2.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Erik Childress
After a solid prologue 44 every single decision either misses an opportunity or pulls its punches 46 Especially when given the chance to elevate its female protagonists it then gives all the dynamics to its new villain in an overlong but well undercut sequel 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Sara Michelle Fetters
I find I respect Coogler 8217 s sequel more than I actually enjoyed it 44 and that 8217 s as disappointing a turn of events as any I could have imagined 46 
2.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Leo Brady
What it amounts to is a new 44 large sweeping epic from Ryan Coogler 44 who delivers a more grounded sequel in the Black Panther universe 46 Wakanda Forever honors 44 mends 44 and excites 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Katie Walsh
Coogler pulls off an incredible feat 44 despite some story stumbles 44 creating a superhero film that is emotionally affecting 44 politically and culturally urgent 44 and that pays loving tribute not just to T 8217 Challa but Chadwick Boseman too 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kevin Carr
This movie serves as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman as well as bringing the characters of Wakanda into a bigger 44 messier 44 and more complex world 46 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mike McGranaghan
Chadwick Boseman apos s death creates a couple problems the picture can apos t quite get around 44 but it apos s overall an ambitious 44 entertaining chapter in the MCU 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Dann Gire
The passing of a key character in Wakanda Forever should have created tears Yet it has been presented in such a pedestrian manner that it generates no heartfelt sense of loss 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Steven Prokopy
The film dances clumsily around greatness 44 instead giving us something good enough 46 Hey 44 Oscar winner Ruth Carter 8217 s costumes are still among the greatest ever created 44 and that matters a great deal to me 46 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Anne Brodie
High tension for almost three hours without subtlety or relief 59 director Ryan Coogler laid it on thick but did give us a satisfying tribute to the late 44 great Black Panther and hope for the future 46 10 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jeff Mitchell
The Chadwick Boseman 47 T 8217 Challa tributes are memorable and beautifully crafted 44 but 8216 Wakanda Forever 8217 is cluttered 44 slow 44 and largely conversational 40 during the first two acts 41 44 as the story attempts to maneuver around its star 8217 s passing 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Charles Koplinski
8220 Wakanda Forever 8221 is about reassessing yourself and your culture after disaster 44 acknowledging your strengths and building your future upon them 44 something this film models to great effect 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mark Meszoros
The late Chadwick Boseman is never far from our minds as we watch what is both a fitting tribute to him 8212 and to the character with which he had become most associated 8212 and a satisfying action filled superhero story 46 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Sonny Bunch
Black Panther 58 Wakanda Forever seems to have taken the lessons from its predecessor 8217 s success and thrown them right in the trash 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Phil Villarreal
Even with a new Black Panther 44 Wakanda still feels lost and hollow 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Odie Henderson
For all its comic book violence over the top villainy and too dark CGI at its core this is a film about dealing with loss 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ty Burr
Wakanda Forever is the first blockbuster wake and it s powered not by vibranium but by its vibrant and fully felt emotions 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Exciting though it all may be 40 and it sure is 41 44 some of it nevertheless drags 44 even as we begin to approach the answer to the central question that brought us here 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Pablo O. Scholz
Everything looks great but it is in the dramatic elements where the film shines particularly in Shuri s Letitia Wright suffering and all the women who fight for Wakanda Full review in Spanish 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chris Hewitt
Director co writer Ryan Coogler packed each of the 141 minutes of Wakanda with good stuff 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chase Hutchinson
Despite all the often empty bombast and bluster 44 it is in the moments of silence where the film still manages to strike a chord that serves as an emotional echo of what could have been 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mark Dujsik
The movie is juggling way too much for anything but the most significant details to have much weight 46 
2.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
James Berardinelli
It s a frustrating example of how financial success not creative impetus drives the existence of sequels and it illustrates how unwieldy contradictory and overstuffed the MCU has become 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Blake Howard
8220 Black Panther 58 Wakanda Forever 8221 is like interrupting that unmistakably joyous and sorrowful feeling at a wake with a live infomercial 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Peter Howell
It s both a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman and a problem for the movie that Black Panther Wakanda Forever feels his loss so keenly 
2.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Robert Daniels
8220 Black Panther 58 Wakanda Forever 8221 might have its heart in the right place but is in the wrong mindset and in the worst space 8212 at the center of a contrived cinematic universe 8212 to mourn on its own terms 46 
1.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Rafer Guzman
Chadwick Boseman is deeply missed in a sequel that still checks all the right boxes for Marvel fans 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ann Hornaday
Wakanda Forever winds up feeling hopelessly stalled covering up an inability to move on by resorting to repetitive over familiar action sequences maudlin emotional beats and an uninvolving occasionally incoherent story 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Michael Phillips
There s real emotion in the best material here The loss of Boseman was enormous So is the skill level of the actors returning and new who make the most of a pretty good sequel 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Josh Larsen
There 8217 s a smaller story about solace buried somewhere in here 44 but Phase Four has no interest in that 46 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mick LaSalle
As it stands Wakanda Forever feels as lost and forlorn as the Wakandan people 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jake Coyle
Wakanda Forever is overlong a little unwieldy But Coogler s fluid command of mixing intimacy with spectacle remains gripping 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Randy Myers
Black Panther Wakanda Forever avoids the mistakes most sequels make creating a different atmosphere and tone elevating the MCU to much higher ambitious places 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Sean P. Means
91 It 93 doesn 8217 t try to make us forget the noble T 8217 Challa and his portrayer 44 Chadwick Boseman 46 But 44 by the end 44 you 8217 re at least assured that his legacy is secure 46 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
David Gonzalez
An emotionally powerful and cathartic cinematic journey of loss 44 grief 44 and moving forward 46 Tenoch Huerta 44 Angela Bassett 44 and Letitia Wright are the vibranium of the film 58 magnetic 44 powerful 44 and lasting 46 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Moira MacDonald
You watch it wondering about the movie that never got made the story that never got finished the life cut short too soon 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Richard Roeper
Black Panther Wakanda Forever succeeds as a new adventure and as a tribute to a wonderful actor who was taken from this world decades too soon 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Dylan Roth
Though as long noisy and cluttered as any other superhero blockbuster Wakanda Forever is a sincere and effective genre mashing drama and one of the better installments in the Marvel oeuvre 
3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Johnny Oleksinski
Wakanda Forever solidifies Black Panther as Marvel s richest and most high quality franchise 
4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Brian Truitt
Director Ryan Coogler delivers a powerful follow up to the phenomenal 2018 Black Panther that s funny clever and heartbreaking impressive in its world building honest in its view of world politics and naturally packed with huge action sequences 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Joey Magidson
Black Panther 58 Wakanda Forever is a moving tribute to Chadwick Boseman and one of Marvel apos s best epics to date 46 
3.5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Roger Moore
This installment was always going to be more somber thanks to the loss of its star 46 What the film lacks is the will to make make that loss heartbreaking 46 10 10 
2
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jake Cole
Though its lugubrious and plodding narrative spins its wheels ahead of someone coming along to fill T 8217 Challa 8217 s shoes 44 lt em gt Wakanda Forever lt 47 em gt does stand out for its depictions of grief 46 
2
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Dustin Putman
A heinously inflammatory propaganda piece that gives the documentary form and even minded conservatives bad names America Imagine the World Without Her boils down to 105 minutes of uneducated ignorance 
0
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Kam Williams
Divisive D Souza Imagine an America without him 
1.5
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Sean P. Means
The ways D Souza appropriates famous figures and misreads history slavery wasn t so bad because all civilizations did it he argues at one point are ludicrous 
1.5
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Peter Sobczynski
The cinematic equivalent of one of those forwarded e mails of mostly discredited facts that you receive from an uncle 
1
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Duane Dudek
D Souza asks softball questions of those he agrees with What is your American dream he asks U S Sen Ted Cruz and leading questions of others and his narration is peppered with generalities platitudes and truisms 
2.5
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Roger Moore
Dinesh D Souza taps his Tea Party audience for more Obama bashing cash before he goes to prison for trying to buy an election 
1.5
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Mark Jenkins
D Souza controls the conversation and thus goes unchallenged when he tries to make real world points with make believe scenarios 
1.5
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Rob Humanick
Beholden to the same plethora of taboos half truths and outright lies traded en masse by mainstream conservatism for the last seven years 
0
21 Up
Ed Gonzalez
Seven Up scene stealer Neil Hughes becomes the series tragic figure in 21 Up 
3
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
David Nusair
primarily comes off as a glorified home video 
2.5
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
Erik Childress
A documentary that tells you precisely what its about in the first five minutes and then tells you the same thing for the next 85 minutes straight over and over again 
1
Starman
Josh Larsen
works because of the way Allen gazes at Bridges as if his mystery is her answer 
2.5
Starman
Matt Brunson
Offers little that s fresh but skates by on the strength of the lovely turns by Allen and especially Bridges 
2.5
Starman
Mike McGranaghan
Starman truly is one of the best genre films of the 1980s as well as one of Carpenter s best efforts 
3.5
Starman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprisingly tender funny movie from John Carpenter a man otherwise known for his intense horror genre flicks It may be the best sci fi romance hybrid ever made 
3.5
Starman
Roger Ebert
Starman contains the potential to be a very silly movie but the two actors have so much sympathy for their characters that the movie advertised as space fiction turns into one of 1984 s more touching love stories 
3
Starman
David Nusair
Carpenter is a master of framing for widescreen and Starman is certainly a forum for him to show off his prowess behind the lens 
3
Starman
James O'Ehley
Starman is more of a love story than a sci fi movie Take your girlfriend 
2.5
Science Fair
James Kendrick
an engaging entertaining and enormously insightful documentary
3.5
Science Fair
Mark Dujsik
There s a better documentary to be found somewhere within the topic the subjects and perhaps the deleted footage of Science Fair 
2
Science Fair
James Berardinelli
There s a certain amount of tension in the proceedings but as various participants point out what counts isn t so much winning as it is having the experience 
3
Science Fair
Barry Paris
Their agonies and ecstasies are equally fascinating 
3.5
Science Fair
Ty Burr
It s a movie that traffics in a rare commodity hope for the future 
3.5
Science Fair
Gary Thompson
It takes the classic Hoop Dreams Spellbound approach to the material introducing us to an appealing roster of characters a mix of favorites and underdogs all chasing a dream 
3
Science Fair
Leah Garchik
You feel you get to know each of the competitors as they make their way through the lead up and then through the fair to the awards ceremony 
3
Science Fair
Rafer Guzman
An irresistible documentary that brims with youthful spirit and high ideals 
4
Science Fair
Mike McGranaghan
The film works because it celebrates the dedication of these admirable young people You ll feel proud for them and grateful for their efforts 
3.5
Science Fair
Monica Castillo
Science Fair melts your heart almost as soon as it begins 
3
Science Fair
Roger Moore
Inspiring upbeat documentary about what isn t the most cinematic of subjects kid scientists inventing the future 
3
The Colors of the Mountain
Chuck Bowen
Arbele doesn t let anger cloud his humanity though and he never sacrifices the ambiguity of his images to score points 
3.5
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Roger Moore
What s striking is its stark modernity a lean story told with artful touches and unfussy performances all in a film that was produced at the tail end of The Darkest Hours of World War II 
3
M3GAN
Matt Brunson
Needless subplots and superfluous characters tend to distract 44 but when the malevolent AI is front and center 44 the movie really hums 46 
3
M3GAN
Robert Horton
Pleasing in its familiar 44 unsurprising lines 44 which are basically those of a Twilight Zone episode 46 I am not complaining 46 
2.5
M3GAN
Erik Childress
There apos s a real brain operating here amidst the slow burn into technological madness that Housebound director Gerard Johnstone wisely focuses on that keeps the narrative on tilt more than your usual killer doll films
3
M3GAN
Doug Walker
If you apos re not laughing at the mere picture of Megan 44 this film is not for you 46 It apos s enjoyment lies in how seriously it takes the campiness 46 On that level 44 the film is a lot of fun 46 
3 
M3GAN
Pablo O. Scholz
M3GAN owes a lot to Mary Shelley s Frankenstein James Cameron s Terminator and clearly Paul Verhoeven s RoboCop But as any teen rebel M3GAN will disobey and knows no bounds Full review in Spanish 
3
M3GAN
David Nusair
Megan progresses into an increasingly underwhelming midsection and second half 46 46 46 
2
M3GAN
Joe Friar
It 8217 s funny 44 violent 44 and the wackiest horror film since last year 8217 s wonderful Malignant which makes sense since both films were written by Akela Cooper 46 
3.5
M3GAN
Odie Henderson
The filmmakers clearly intended this to be a goofy rollercoaster ride so M3GAN is a success 
3
M3GAN
Charles Koplinski
There 8217 s a lock step nature to Akela Cooper 8217 s script but the humor teased out of it separates it from other genre entries 46 
3
M3GAN
Steven Prokopy
M3GAN is a real treat and a genuinely surprising 44 quality movie in the dumping ground that is the first week of the year 46 Lucky us 46 
3
M3GAN
James Berardinelli
Whatever goodwill the underlying thematic elements earn is at least partially discarded during the final 20 minutes when the phrase going off the rails seems like a too mild descriptor of what happens as it all falls apart 
2.5
M3GAN
Kevin Carr
A surprisingly entertaining thriller with genuinely creepy moments and some clever references to other cautionary sci fi and robotic tales 46 
3
M3GAN
Mike McGranaghan
An over the top horror movie with a very down to earth point 46 
3.5
M3GAN
Josh Bell
Nearly lives up to the expectations set by its advance online fanbase 44 delivering a fun 44 stylish variation on familiar horror movie themes 46 
2.5
M3GAN
Richard Roeper
This cheerfully dark social satire is the year s first terrific movie ride 
3
M3GAN
Walter Chaw
The movie inspires a lot of philosophical conundrums to worry over while presenting a straight line horror premise 
3
M3GAN
Dylan Roth
Generating both laughs and blood M3GAN shows why both horror and comedy are still best enjoyed in a packed theater with a game audience 
3
M3GAN
Katie Rife
Like Malignant 44 M3gan knows it apos s ridiculous 46 It fills a kiddie pool with ridiculousness and splashes around in it 46 
3
M3GAN
Sara Michelle Fetters
I 8217 m pretty positive this film and I will be friends to the end 46 
3
M3GAN
Leo Brady
In a unique mixture of comedy 44 social commentary 44 and horror 44 M3GAN is instantly a cultural and cinematic phenomenon 46 
3
M3GAN
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he film finds its broadly satirical and dementedly humorous footing 46 
3
M3GAN
Jeff York
It apos s a hoot and a holler from first moments to last 44 feeling like an instant classic 46 Shockingly 44 considering it 8217 s only the first week of January 44 it 8217 s the first great film of 2023 46 10 
4
M3GAN
Brian Eggert
Everyone involved knows what kind of movie they 8217 re making 44 and even though they conform to an oft used techno thriller template 44 they have fun coloring within those lines 46 
3
M3GAN
Carla Meyer
Look more closely into M3GAN s tech enabled eyes and you can almost make out the word franchise 
2.5
M3GAN
Chase Hutchinson
One of those films that deserves the hype and then some 
3.5
M3GAN
Michael Phillips
A pleasantly nutty thriller about a crafty high end toy 
2.5
M3GAN
Brian Truitt
A film that packs a healthy amount of absurdity alongside an insightful exploration of 21st century parenting though you might never trust Alexa ever again afterward 
3
M3GAN
Kevin A. Ranson
40 While 41 taking necessary time building up who and what M3gan is 44 the film is still a crowd pleaser 46 46 46 thrills 44 kills 44 and played straight absurdity 46 46 46 making it easy to cheer 40 M3gan 41 on before the mandatory realization no one is beyond her reach 46 
4
M3GAN
Randy Myers
Stocks up on jump scares and keeps the violence PG 13 but fails to make us care about any of the humans in the path of M3GAN
2
M3GAN
Roger Moore
There 8217 s no mincing words 44 young Ms 46 McGraw gives the movie a little pathos 44 and the damned plastic doll acts rings around Allison Williams 46 
2.5
M3GAN
Katie Walsh
The jump scares in the fun 44 funny thrill ride that is 8220 M3GAN 8221 elicit more giggles than groans 44 but there are also intriguing connections being made on 8220 M3GAN 8217 s 8221 motherboard 44 behind the glossy surface 46 
3
M3GAN
Robert Levin
A cautionary tale about a deranged dancing doll Sign us up 
3
M3GAN
Derek Smith
There 8217 s enough sardonic humor to keep the proceedings edgy enough 44 but it 8217 s hard not to wish that the filmmakers would 8217 ve taken a cue from their eponymous villain and really pushed things past the boundaries of good taste 46 
2.5
M3GAN
Joey Magidson
Absolutely ridiculous and both intentionally 47 unintentionally funny 44 M3GAN is a future cult classic 46 In the moment 63 It apos s a mixed bag 46 
2.5
Lootera
Michael Dequina
It s not at all trite to state that by the hauntingly bittersweet end everything magically falls into place for there is true magic in Motwane s mastery in crafting a such a poetic passionately felt and perfectly realized work of art 
4
Ziegfeld Follies
Mattie Lucas
There are certainly individual elements to enjoy here but the scattershot nature of Ziegfeld Follies may test the patience of even the most ardent fan of classic Hollywood musicals 
2
Ziegfeld Follies
Matt Brunson
The quality between sketches is inconsistent respectively taking the gold silver and bronze are 
2.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Matt Pais
How To Make Money showcases the hypocrisy that drives a situation where politically driven emotion typically trumps common sense 
2.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
David Lewis
Highly entertaining and informative look at the war on drugs offers a tongue in cheek manual of how to become a cartel leader But it s not just a glib exercise confronts the implications of a drug policy that many would agree is a disaster 
3
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Matt Pais
Too cute but that doesn t make this doc wrong 
2.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Geoff Pevere
Ultimately the most frightening lesson the film teaches is just how dysfunctionally impervious to defeat the so called war on drugs is 
3
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Farran Smith Nehme
It often works despite in your face graphics that occasionally do the job of resembling cheesy sales pitches a little too well 
2.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Tom Keogh
How to Make Money is full of useful insights from people who know the drug trade well including reformed dealers ex international smugglers former cops pundits lawyers and government insiders 
3.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Nathalie Atkinson
Once you ve made your point don t digress into a last minute lecture on alcohol and tobacco taxation of pharmaceutical drugs or addiction This complete shift in tone will lose the audience 
2.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Linda Barnard
The problem with Selling Drugs is it s often just a little too flip without much time given to the downside of addiction and the millions of lives ruined by drug abuse 
2.5
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Rob Humanick
The film employs a flashy text and graphics aesthetic that immediately brings to mind the satirical undercurrent of a Grand Theft Auto video game 
3
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Kam Williams
A step by step instruction video I fear might inadvertently influence some impressionable young minds to try an ill advised line of work that will only land them in a lot of trouble 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Kam Williams
Any parents wondering why they don t make wholesome family flicks anymore can stop wondering 
4
Akeelah and the Bee
David Nusair
a sporadically engaging drama 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Peter T. Chattaway
It s every bit as clichéd and predictable as you d expect but thanks to some fine performances especially from the young leads it is quite watchable 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Sara Brady
A lovely touching story Akeelah might be too pretty to be believable but it s transporting nonetheless 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
David N. Butterworth
Director Atchison succinctly separates the film s emotional core from a surfeit of cornball classism 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Forrest Hartman
Hollywood has finally realized academic competitions can be just as dramatic as athletics 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Sean O'Connell
The message remains fantastic for kids even if the director allows his events to teeter toward comical near the end 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Thomas Delapa
Atchinson has a winning touch with his young cast but he gets stung by the ethnic stereotyping and the one dimensional portrayals by his adult leads 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Matt Pais
A feel good movie that will bring you back to the days when you were excited about learning 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
John Beifuss
An 11 year old word wizard from the inner city longs for a little r e s p e c t as Aretha Franklin sings in pop music s most famous spelling test We know she ll get it what s remarkable is that writer director Doug Atchison earns our respect as well 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Jonathan R. Perry
There s never a moment when we re not certain everything will turn out OK But to suggest a film bursting with such heart and good cheer should be any other way is a crime 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Linda Cook
Here s a story of courage destiny defying the odds and oh yes a girl how can really spell 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Steve Rhodes
An uplifting film about a ghetto child who makes good but the script is marred by several extremely contrived and needlessly schmaltzy moments Spellbound is so much better 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Dan Fienberg
Atchison s film relentlessly rams warm fuzzies down your throat and you know what For all of the cliches and cringe worthy dialogue I found it nearly impossible to stay mad 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Jeffrey Westhoff
Great family films often entertain and inspire but Akeelah and the Bee teaches useful words as well 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Maitland McDonagh
Sentimental manipulative predictable and utterly charming writer director Doug Atchison s underdog tale revolves around an indifferent student who blossoms after heeding the siren call of competitive spelling 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Susan Walker
The latest spelling bee movie is a Starbucks Entertainment product and it has a made to order feel about it kind of like a compilation album 
2
Akeelah and the Bee
Moira MacDonald
Keke Palmer who s been working in television and movies for the past few years is a natural on screen 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Ruthe Stein
It s the kind of movie parents will want their kids to see as opposed to much of what s playing at the multiplex 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
David Elliott
The movie is sweetly enjoyable requiring only the ABCs of simple human identification 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Pam Grady
an engaging story of a little girl who learns to dream big 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Stephen Whitty
Akeelah and the Bee won a screenplay contest a few years ago and it reads as if its writer studied too many screenplays first 
2
Akeelah and the Bee
Kyle Smith
Akeelah and the Bee is so warm and well meaning that you may find yourself wanting to like it more than you really do 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Jack Mathews
Palmer and J J Villarreal as her unflappable fellow contestant and first blush romantic interest makes it all go down very easily 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Cathy Jakicic
makes a powerful impression 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Glenn Whipp
You expect nothing but emotional truth from Fishburne and Bassett but it s young Palmer who wins your heart with a performance that s completely free of guile and affectation 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Robert W. Butler
it s never preachy 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Rick Groen
Akeelah is derivatively entertaining in a feel good sort of way 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Kit Bowen
Akeelah musters up all the excitement it can about an underdog from the hood spelling impossibly difficult words Formulaic yes but an admirable effort 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Terry Lawson
Akeelah and the Bee is not short on inspiration emotion and uplift but would go down better without all the refined sugar 
2
Akeelah and the Bee
Jeff Vice
It s the first movie in some time actually lives up to its family friendly billing 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Michael Booth
Akeelah and the Bee carefully diagrams every cliche we ve absorbed from sports movies urban dramas mentor flicks and precocious children portraits Yet it works 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Wesley Morris
If Akeelah and the Bee is a generic well oiled commercial contraption it is the first to credibly dramatize the plight of a truly gifted poor black child 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Peter Canavese
Dramatically jerry rigged in every possible way 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Rob Thomas
Atchison finds a very clever and moving way in the final scene to illustrate the film s it takes a village message 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Sean P. Means
Palmer is so good She s a charmer bright and talented and sympathetic And she s only 12 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Roger Ebert
The story of Akeelah s ascent to the finals of the National Spelling Bee makes an uncommonly good movie entertaining and actually inspirational and with a few tears along the way 
4
Akeelah and the Bee
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is a miraculous minor masterpiece A sports saga where education not perspiration is the key to success and watching a little girl study is as thrilling as seeing Rocky Balboa train for his next fight 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Willie Waffle
heartwarming feel good story about an underdog trying to overcome the odds and achieve fantastic victory while also winning over an entire community inspired by her bravery Yep that sounds pretty good to me too 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Erik Childress
It s the kind of warm hearted surprise that transcends its trappings and winds up being more Bobby Fischer than Tyler Perry 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A few silly quibbles aside this is mainstream family filmmaking at its finest 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Josh Larsen
Keke Palmer has a studied air of concentration that keeps not just her character but the entire movie on track 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Dustin Putman
A winning and suitably uplifting way to spend a couple hours 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Laura Kelly
Here s a word for you Can you spell p r e d i c t a b l e 
2
Akeelah and the Bee
Jan Stuart
Where Spellbound generated crackling suspense in its competition climax Akeelah is virtually suspense free even with an attempt to wring a twist on its pre determined outcome 
1.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Michael Phillips
Even though their movie is more like Akeelah and the B Plus Fishburne Bassett and Palmer spell quality 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Phil Villarreal
Akeelah s predictable journey to success and self actualization bounds with depth and heart 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Matt Brunson
What sets the film apart is the manner in which it details how Akeelah s triumphs end up lifting the entire community 
3
Akeelah and the Bee
Sean McBride
you ll still be cheering for Akeelah right up until the end of the film 
3.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Jeanne Aufmuth
Utilizes every cliché in the book to hammer its point home with maximum sugar content 
2
Akeelah and the Bee
Nick Schager
A sentimental attempt to piggyback on the continued popularity of Spellbound 
2.5
Akeelah and the Bee
Carrie Rickey
Palmer soars carrying writer director Doug Atchison s film on new tween wings 
3
Easy Land
Barry Hertz
Zivkovic working with a micro budget expertly captures a Toronto that feels cold and cruel and possesses a wonderful eye for the small details of a home that has lost all or never had any love 
3
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Brian Eggert
If I 8217 m going to be watching a cartoon 44 I prefer it to be animated 46 
1
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Frank Ochieng
Still overstuffing these brutish box office egos into this pandering disjointed disaster area was not enough to sweeten the pot for this pointless piece of percolating piffle 
1
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Sonny Bunch
Retaliation takes itself about as seriously as it should Which is to say not very The dialogue is light and breezy filled with jokes and sarcastic asides 
2.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
David Nusair
It s probably not a stretch to note that G I Joe Retaliation improves considerably over its 2009 predecessor G I Joe The Rise of Cobra 
2.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Forrest Hartman
Jon M Chu is a stylish director and it s fun to watch him blow things up He also paces the material furiously For awhile this strategy works But as with most movies that don t have any substance the pomposity and spectacle grow tiresome 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Eric Melin
I was prepared for the expected amount of flag waving nonsense in this film but one sequence with a Cobra member posing as the President of the United States is so offensive it seems like it was an outtake from Team America World Police 
1
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
John Beifuss
Tea Party paranoia about Obama s alien identity and fascist agenda apparently motivated this disappointing sequel which pits the Joes against an impostor U S president Jonathan Pryce working for the evil forces of Cobra 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Lori Hoffman
Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis provide performances that should be in the hall of shame under the category Best example of going through the motions for a paycheck 8233 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Matt Brunson
The movie ricochets between interesting characters and idiotic ones between clever plot developments and ludicrous ones between smart dialogue and wait scratch that there is no smart dialogue just marble mouthed monologues and limp quips 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Mike McGranaghan
This is the second awful G I Joe movie It is even worse than the first one Perhaps there is not a good film to be made from this material 
1
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Peter Hartlaub
The filmmakers appear to have handed a dozen or so G I Joe dolls to a 9 year old watched him play for 110 minutes and then shot a scene for scene remake 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Liam Lacey
What a blast G I Joe Retaliation is And then another blast and another in a series of concussive jolts that shred any conventional sense of story as thoroughly as anything since the last Michael Bay film 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Phil Villarreal
The plot is a ludicrous mash up of half thought out ideas 
1
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Sean P. Means
Stupid is the nature of this Hasbro produced action franchise but would it be too much to ask for something that was dumb fun 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Jeffrey Westhoff
In the end the heroes collect their medals and smile as if good has triumphed over evil not sparing a thought to the allied nation across the ocean whose people will be grieving for decades to come 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Jason Buchanan
If you re going to start applying concepts like logic plausibility and classical filmmaking techniques to this explody distraction you ll probably end up laughing your way out of the theater before the main plot is even revealed 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Stephanie Merry
People may flock to G I Joe Retaliation despite its inert illogic But don t say you weren t warned As a wise man once said knowing is half the battle 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Stephen Whitty
Unmitigated nonsense to anyone but diehard fans 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Willie Waffle
G I Joe Retaliation is like Zero Dark Thirty written by 1st graders and not the ones in the gifted class 
.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Chris Hewitt
The low stakes acting is one reason Retaliation despite its nonstop violence feels as simplistic and kiddish as a Saturday morning TV show 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Richard Roeper
Like a Dumpster bin behind Tiffany s this contains nothing but well packaged garbage 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Mark Dujsik
The action sequences are assaults not only on aesthetics but also on basic logistics 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Dustin Putman
May have a grittiness to it that its predecessor lacked but it has corrected absolutely none of its problems 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Scott Bowles
A more sure footed shoot em up that finds some heart wit and perhaps enough momentum to spawn a formidable action franchise 
2.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
James Berardinelli
Everything in G I Joe Retaliation is perfunctory technically proficient but soulless It s not exciting It s boring 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Peter Howell
It s like a giant explosion on a distant planet observed but not felt 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Kyle Smith
G I Joe Retaliation has enough hoo ah to bring a satisfying blast of blockbustery summer to dreary March 
2.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Soren Andersen
As for plot and character development well um did I mention the picture has a lot of guns 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Joe Williams
Good Lord what did we do to deserve G I Joe Retaliation 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Michael Phillips
The directive behind this sequel clearly was non stop action Let s think about that phrase a second Do we really want our action movies to deliver action that does not stop Ever I get a little tired of action sequences that won t stop 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Glenn Heath Jr.
Instead of long takes which are lovingly utilized in Step Up 3D Jon M Chu opts for increasing volatility in the editing room 
2
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Matt Pais
At least once as kids we all gave an action figure s head the ol 360 degree spin Watching the confusing 3 D sequel G I Joe Retaliation you know how that toy felt 
1.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Roger Moore
Things go boom and bodies go down and the one hour and fifty minutes zip by like oh two hours and ten 
2
Fresh
Sean P. Means
The message is important yet its hard not to think that Joanes is engaging in cinematic recycling as she covers some well worn ground 
2.5
Fresh
G. Allen Johnson
Joanes point is made Eating healthy doesn t have to be more expensive 
3
Fresh
Mark Feeney
Fresh may be righteous as well as right but it s not unrealistic In the realm of advocacy documentary that s no small thing 
2.5
Fresh
Alicia Potter
If the images of poultry without beaks don t inspire a trip to Whole Foods the mouth watering harvest of an organic farm in downtown Milwaukee will 
3
Fresh
Kam Williams
A chilling contrast of the sustainable and corporate approaches to agriculture which makes a persuasive argument that your daily choices matter in terms of the long term prospects of both humanity s and the planet s survival 
4
Fresh
Diego Semerene
Ultimately a necessary genealogy of the we are what we eat cliche a welcome reminder of how eating is the inadvertent daily exercise of politics 
2.5
To Be Takei
Christian Toto
No doc could diminish George Takei s life work but To Be Takei too often takes dramatic short cuts which undermines its potency 
2.5
To Be Takei
Richard Roeper
To Be Takei is a celebration of a man of great resilience infectious humor a voracious appetite for the richness of the human experience and the best laugh in the history of laughing 
3.5
To Be Takei
David Lewis
This is a film blessed with excellent footage and plenty of nice moments 
3
To Be Takei
Odie Henderson
Conventional documentary or not I got something of positive value and insight out of To Be Takei 
3
To Be Takei
Stephen Whitty
What made and makes Takei a powerful spokesman is obvious in the film 
3
To Be Takei
Chris Knight
Kroot manages a light touch with what could be a heavy history of civic activism 
3
To Be Takei
John Hartl
Much more than a Star Trek footnote or a standard coming out story 
3.5
To Be Takei
Linda Barnard
The energetic and upbeat actor is also a same sex marriage activist and social media superstar But the outgoing man we meet onscreen also has a quieter side 
2.5
To Be Takei
Roger Moore
It s George Takei s America We re just living in it And getting his autograph 
3.5
To Be Takei
Clayton Dillard
Jennifer M Kroot plays things a bit too straight and safe by giving into basic emotional and thematic possibilities of each period in Takei s prolific early life and subsequent Hollywood career 
2.5
Barbarian
Matt Brunson
One of 2022 apos s 20 best films 46 
3
Barbarian
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a stunt that forces you to reconsider the act and experience of storytelling 46 
2.5
Barbarian
David Nusair
46 46 46 a somewhat erratic yet mostly rewarding endeavor 46 46 46 
3
Barbarian
Erik Childress
The worst of the film 8217 s limited bag of tricks is making an interesting first act moot by introducing a storyline with the character it should be focused on in what is nothing more than routine horror filtered through a couple wheel turns into a dead end 46 
2
Barbarian
Steven Prokopy
The performances are uniformly strong 44 especially from Campbell and Long 44 and if this is the direction Cregger is going now 44 I 8217 m really eager to see what he does moving forward 46 While this movie may not be great 44 it is frequently effective 46 
2.5
Barbarian
James Kendrick
a giddy unnerving exercise in narrative whiplash
3
Barbarian
Tom Meek
Barbarian is an innovative shot of horror from writer director Zach Cregger that plays gleefully with tropes and viewer expectations It s impressively crafted and makes for a riveting and genuinely chilling edge of your seat experience 
3
Barbarian
Pablo O. Scholz
Barbarian contributes to the genre an ingenious story in spite of its heavy handed blows and improbability of certain situations halfway through the film Full review in Spanish 
3
Barbarian
Leo Brady
Barbarian is a ruthless horror movie that will keep you up at night 46 It 8217 s that good 46 
3.5
Barbarian
Jeff York
Cregger knows how to shoot edit and score a film for tension Now he needs to work on placing characters in such stories who are clever enough to not insult our intelligence 
2
Barbarian
James Berardinelli
Offers a solid 100 minutes of jump scares plot twists and things that go bump in the night 
3
Barbarian
Sara Michelle Fetters
Barbarian is a leap of faith 46 It lets the viewer in slowly 44 before trapping them in a damp and dingy bunker of exploitive fright that 8217 s almost impossible to escape 46 
3
Barbarian
Joe Friar
Georgina Campbell is the heroine we didn 8217 t know we needed 46 Giving off Rosario Dawson vibes 44 the English actress delivers a strong performance 46 Grotesque prosthetic effects over CGI images add to the throwback feel 46 Scary as hell loads of fun 46 
3.5
Barbarian
Kevin Carr
A disturbing and off the wall thriller that keeps you guessing and keeps things fresh 44 which is quite a feat in today 8217 s horror landscape 46 
3.5
Barbarian
Joey Magidson
Barbarian is a lot of fun because it 8217 s aware of how to subvert your expectations 46 It 8217 s quite impossible to guess where this one is ever going 44 so giving yourself over to the story is a joy 46 
3
Barbarian
Sonny Bunch
Barbarian is a terrifyingly fun film to see with an audience and one of the most messed up mainstream movies I 8217 ve seen in years 46 
3.5
Barbarian
Brian Eggert
Even with its secrets spoiled 44 the cunning plot structure and sheer force of the filmmaking are bound to leave your nerves shattered 46 
3.5
Barbarian
Mark Kennedy
Barbarian marks the auspicious feature film debut of director writer Zach Cregger someone well versed in film tropes and with a subtle skill at social satire approaching Jordan Peele levels He will also somehow make you laugh hard 
3
Barbarian
Randy Myers
One of the best horror films of 2022 and one of the best feature debuts of the year 
3.5
Barbarian
Nick Allen
The swaths of pitch black in Barbarian are no fun to stare at 44 and your heart rate may agree 46 
3
Barbarian
Mark Dujsik
Barbarian allows Cregger to prove himself a skilled crafter of horror 46 
3
Barbarian
Roger Moore
A horror movie that gets the basics right 46 All of them 46 
3
Barbarian
Qina Liu
Barbarian is skillfully directed smartly casted and superbly acted 
4
Barbarian
Katie Walsh
One of the most brilliantly executed 44 sharply incisive and wildly scary horror films of the year 46 
3.5
Barbarian
Pat Padua
The script is more than just clever 8212 it 8217 s intelligent 44 and its characters 44 for the most part 44 are more emotionally shaded than usual 46 
3
Barbarian
Bob Strauss
For those who like some heft with their gore there s a core theme at work here what men do to drive women crazy that slithers and grows through each metastasizing depravity 
4
Flawless
Christy DeSmith
For about 100 of its 108 minutes this film treats the viewer to a stylish suspenseful roller coaster peppered with all manner of ugly money grubbing corporate types 
2.5
Flawless
Austin Kennedy
I think if the script had some tweaking this could have been a great heist film Instead it s just another mediocre one 
2.5
Flawless
Sean O'Connell
The answers to its most intriguing puzzles disappoint and the final motive provided for this near perfect scheme can only be described as flawed 
2
Flawless
Jeff Vice
It seems irresponsible if not downright stupid for the makers of any movie to call their feature Flawless But the most current film to sport that risky title has a number of serious storytelling flaws 
2
Flawless
Graham Killeen
It s a work of brilliant cut color and clarity that delivers on almost all of its ambitious promises 
3
Flawless
Marty Mapes
There are better heist films but none of them are showing at your local movie theater this month
3
Flawless
Loey Lockerby
Like the diamonds that motivate its characters Flawless has a pretty surface but not much else 
2
Flawless
Matt Brunson
If not worth its weight in gold or diamonds at least worth the price of a movie ticket 
3
Flawless
Rene Rodriguez
The inspired pairing of Demi Moore and Michael Caine as a pair of thieves in the diamond heist semi caper movie Flawless goes a long way toward overcoming the film s slack leisurely pacing 
2.5
Flawless
David N. Butterworth
Where are the truth in titular advertising police when you need them 
2
Flawless
Betsy Bozdech
For a movie about a diamond heist Michael Radford s talky 1960s set Flawless lacks sparkle despite strong period detail earnest messages and committed performances 
2.5
Flawless
Maitland McDonagh
Polished but oddly lifeless heist thriller 
2.5
Flawless
Chris Hewitt
Caine alone is worth the price of admission 
2.5
Flawless
Moira MacDonald
Those of us who ll happily watch Caine in pretty much anything will find enough pleasures here 
2.5
Flawless
Stephen Whitty
This is supposed to be a caper movie Shouldn t it have a heroine who looks as if she could you know conceivably caper 
2
Flawless
Lou Lumenick
The plot contortions that very slowly unfold under Michael Radford s arthritic direction in Flawless are not much entertaining 
1.5
Flawless
Joe Neumaier
There is a nice sense of style and appreciation for tense face to face confrontations among characters trying to ignore the temptations around them It s sort of the opposite of the current robbery flick The Bank Job all substance and no flash 
3
Flawless
Bob Strauss
Though the central mystery does hold one s interest tin eared dialogue unlikely staging and dramatic conveniences all work against our being swept up in the chicanery 
2.5
Flawless
Ty Burr
Flawless is a gimcrack a genre exercise yet it s a confidence game in the best sense of the phrase Director Radford knows the rules when to bend them when to break them and when to play by them That s an increasingly rare skill 
3
Flawless
Mary Houlihan
Flawless directed with a fine eye by Michael Radford is a diamond heist thriller that will make you nostalgic for the smart classy caper films of a certain era 
3
Flawless
Mick LaSalle
Flawless is a fictional tale but something in director Michael Radford s conscientious methodical presentation gives it the feeling of true history Watching it is like watching a historical dramatization of something that never really happened 
3
Flawless
Peter Canavese
An enthralling bauble of many facets part feminist thriller part howdunnit mystery and all good old fashioned story 
3
Flawless
Christian Toto
Michael Caine s performance in Flawless is just that As for his co star Demi Moore 
2.5
Flawless
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is slight sure but it is also a lot of fun and no amount of misplaced moralistic sermonizing at the end can steal those well earned good vibes away from me 
2.5
Flawless
Willie Waffle
a flat boring film where director Michael Radford fails to find the rhythm danger and excitement of a caper movie 
1.5
Flawless
Michael Phillips
For all its stodginess however Flawless is a reasonably good time for one reason The reason s name is Maurice Micklewhite better known as Michael Caine 
2.5
Flawless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For the most part Radford turns in a hushed marble polished heist film with a genuine sense of tension and mystery
2.5
Flawless
Josh Larsen
How can an actress with Moore s carnal screen presence be so underused by carnally minded Hollywood 
2
Flawless
James Berardinelli
It s good disposable entertainment that offers the right mix of character identification plot unpredictability and suspense to keep viewers interested throughout 
3
Flawless
Jeanne Aufmuth
Revealing when it needs to be and unpredictable when you least expect it 
3.5
Flawless
Kam Williams
As complex a mindbending crime caper as you could hope to wrap your head around 
3.5
Flawless
Nick Schager
It may not be as insensitive as Blood Diamond s inane examination of the diamond industry and its accompanying slave trade but Flawless s utilization of the issue as a mere diversionary plot point is nonetheless plenty distasteful 
2
About Endlessness
Rene Sanchez
Andersson delivers another powerful collection of short stories that explores the complexity of human emotions with his characteristic visual style and sense of humor Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
About Endlessness
Randy Myers
Roy Andersson is one of our greatest living filmmakers that you never heard of Here s your chance to dive in 
3.5
About Endlessness
Lisa Trifone
Everything in About Endlessness is kept at arm s length the filmmaker working in a series of tableaus rather than scenes 
3.5
About Endlessness
Peter Howell
Andersson is cinema s maestro of mundanity a man who can make a sigh seem as heavy as an anvil 
3
About Endlessness
Peter Canavese
Roy Andersson s specific aesthetic on full display an overcast blue gray world of personal horrors disappointing inanity and compromised beauty reminiscent of philosophical art cinema sketch comedy Works better in context with his other movies 
3
About Endlessness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This masterful film is equal parts funny sad horrifying bittersweet existential mystical and beautiful 
4
About Endlessness
Robert Horton
The unreality the way snow doesn t really look like snow in the film s most enchanting sequence but an artificial idea of snow is well suited to these No Exit sketches 
3.5
About Endlessness
Glenn Kenny
The endlessness of the film encompasses a lot of absurdity and disappointment but its notes of grace sound the loudest 
3
About Endlessness
Bob Strauss
About Endlessness is like a bunch of Debbie Downer skits directed by Ingmar Bergman just not as entertaining 
2
About Endlessness
Ann Hornaday
In static squared off shots Andersson captures the human experience in varying degrees of despair loneliness and futility 
3
About Endlessness
Mark Dujsik
The film is about the trivial the everyday and the routine About Endlessness treats them with equal concern and care because all of these moments belong to us 
3
About Endlessness
Josh Larsen
a somber almost defeated work 
3.5
About Endlessness
Carson Lund
Rather than eliciting surprise and wonder Roy Andersson channels his full stylistic arsenal in search of something far more delicate a recognition of the sublime in the prosaic 
3.5
About Endlessness
Ty Burr
The film has an epic sense of devastated wonder that can only come from standing as far back from the parade as one possibly can while still holding on to one s empathy 
3
About Endlessness
Roger Moore
Only Andersson could contemplate infinity and get across the idea of its endless tedium in a mere 76 minutes of screen time
2
About Endlessness
Alistair Harkness
That Andersson has chosen to bring his career to a close not with a bang but with an entropic whimper makes this a perfectly droll swansong 
4
About Endlessness
David Nusair
A truly singular piece of work 
3.5
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Marty Mapes
Story less tale of depression isn t helped by 3D cinematography
2
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Walter V. Addiego
Wenders has a history of employing exceptional cinematographers such as Robby Müller and here gets fine work from Benoit Debie whose glowing landscapes and interiors contribute at least as much as the script 
3
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Kate Taylor
A small but taut drama in which the beautiful physical details jumping off the screen only serve to emphasize an ill defined setting and major insufficiencies in the script and performances 
2
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Bruce DeMara
With backing from producers in no less than five countries and director of the gravitas of Wim Wenders not to mention a solid cast you d think Every Thing Will Be Fine would be more impressive than it turns out to be 
2
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Chris Knight
Wim Wenders newest drama proves that 3D doesn t have to be reserved for animated adventures and superhero stories You can tell a basic drama quite nicely in the third dimension 
2.5
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Glenn Kenny
Wenders is trying to do new things within the confines of a pretty standard European art film scenario and the viewer can see he s not approaching the material as though it s rote 
3
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Joe Neumaier
The first 3 D movie that makes you think nothing is there 
1
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Jake Cole
The premise of a terrible event unleavened by the easy out of someone being at fault should be prime fodder for Wenders s brand of poetic regret 
1
Joyland
Glenn Kenny
A picture of considerable integrity 44 passion 44 and bravery 46 
3
Joyland
Mark Dujsik
91 C 93 o writer 47 director Saim Sadiq apos s movie splits its focus in ways that diminish the impact each of these characters and their respective stories could have 46 
2.5
Joyland
Diego Semerene
Joyland 8217 s dignity is in its commitment to realism 46 
4
Joyland
Roger Moore
A moving film that judges without judgement 44 a tale set in a Pakistan that acknowledges without really accepting that people like its big city drag performers exist 46 
3.5
Joyland
Dwight Brown
As a director Saim Sadiq knows when to pause barge ahead shy away romanticize and be totally outrageous 
4
Geographies of Solitude
Anne Brodie
Filmmaker Jacqueline Mills uses a 8220 contact mic 8221 which enables us to hear the constant buzz of life 8211 in wood 44 insects crawling up a plant 8211 fascinating 46 Consider how lucky we are to be able to explore Sable Island for 90 minutes 46 
4
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Johnny Vaughan
Kidman and Downey Jr s moving performances more than make up for the film s daft script 
3
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Geoff Pevere
Stilted stylized and art directed within an inch of its life Shainberg s movie which was written by his Secretary collaborator Erin Cressida Wilson manages to be both oppressively literal and fatefully fuzzy at the same time 
1.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Rick Groen
Don t be fooled for a second by that subtitle Fur bills itself as An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus but this thing s got all the imagination of a career bureaucrat slumped in his cubicle awaiting a pension 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Thomas Delapa
Shainberg s fictive biopic is to Arbus what The Agony and the Ecstasy was to Michelangelo Accent on the agony 
1
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Lisa Kennedy
Shainberg neither sugarcoats Diane Arbus s distance from her girls nor judges it The filmmakers understand Arbus s story within the context of her time and upbringing 
3
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Matt Brunson
The more risqué elements are carefully ironed out resulting in a movie that doesn t evoke the eeriness of Arbus classic Identical Twins as much it brings to mind the harmlessness of C M Coolidge s Dogs Playing Poker series 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Michele Kenner
For those who don t know Arbus work there s little to glean from this portrait 
1.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Robert W. Butler
It s cool and detached and even its shocks feel calculated and contrived 
1.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Phil Villarreal
You develop an eye on the exit sign and a new urgency to stop wasting your time on an unsatisfying film 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Wesley Morris
The movie officially becomes the one thing Arbus s photography refused to be normal 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Jim Emerson
Fur is stuck with offering a reductive and unenlightening view of the real Arbus 
2.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Terry Lawson
If the movie is highly unlikely to connect with all who see it it will connect on a deep level to some who do in no small part because of Kidman s committed even daring performance 
3
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Moira MacDonald
Arbus whose actual work is unseen presumably because of rights issues remains an enigma and Kidman s wispy portrayal doesn t give the film the center it needs 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
David Elliott
To call Fur one of the year s best seems a little diminishing it s a classic 
4
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Ruthe Stein
The film takes enormous liberties by embellishing one small aspect of her life to the point of silliness 
1
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Chris Hewitt
Fur knows how to get under our skin and it also knows something Arbus demonstrated in her unsettling work Beauty comes from unexpected places 
3.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Jeffrey Westhoff
In Fur the filmmakers have created something more unbearable than the pretentious biopic of a suffering artist the pretentious pretend biopic of a suffering artist 
1
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Of all the what were they thinking movies of 2006 and there are quite a few Fur rises to the top of the list 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Willie Waffle
Kidman is self destructive as she puts herself in these movies with awkward scenes For Fur she has to shave Sasquatch 
1
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Erik Childress
What we basically have here in Shainberg exposing himself on screen as a wannabe auteur trying to sum up Arbus life through a complete fantasy that isn t the least bit fantastical 
1
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Jessica Reaves
A revelatory challenging and deeply affecting portrait anchored by what may be Kidman s most profoundly moving performance to date 
3
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Matt Pais
Just because a movie isn t a biography doesn t mean it shouldn t give us enough info to understand why the real person was chosen as the subject 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Jeanne Aufmuth
Gutsy ambitious and unspeakably bizarre 
3
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Glenn Whipp
You can t help but wish that someone like Todd Solondz or David Lynch had gotten the job instead 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Maitland McDonagh
A whiff of the ridiculous taints every scene 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Timothy Knight
Fur barely scratches the proverbial surface of its complex subject You ll ultimately learn far more about Arbus by studying one of her photographs than by sitting through this pretentious bore 
1.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Stephen Whitty
It only does to the artist what museums have tried to do to her art putting her in a neat little frame and sticking her on the wall another exhibit in the sideshow And it still leaves us safe and separate stranded on the other side of the glass 
2.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Kyle Smith
Like the artists who stock the Whitney Biennial with their plastic puddles of vomit Fur works feverishly to dress up clichés 
1.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Elizabeth Weitzman
Both in art and in death Arbus escaped the demeaning constraints of society By envisioning her as a flawlessly gorgeous mouse with no will of her own director Shainberg and screenwriter Wilson have dragged her back 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Ed Scheid
In one of her best performances Kidman impressively depicts the intensely emotional journey of Diane s self discovery 
3.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Claudia Puig
If you are seeking illumination about Arbus artistry or her psyche it s not here 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
James Berardinelli
Fur s misstep and it is significant is in the creature design of Lionel The resemblance to Chewbacca is uncanny He also looks a little like Lon Chaney s Wolf Man 
2.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Jan Stuart
Freighted with a risible air of pretension and gloom 
1.5
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Peter Travers
The movie feels like it s still in the darkroom 
2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Dan Callahan
In what seems like a sequel to Birth we are treated to endless silent close ups of Kidman s hard porcelain face struggling to signal girlish repression and longing for release 
2.5
The Seen and Unseen
Kate Taylor
The Seen and Unseen charts the territory of childhood trauma with notable insight and grace 
4
The Super Cops
David Nusair
a loose briskly paced endeavor that benefits rather substantially from the effortlessly compelling work of its two stars 
2.5
The Super Cops
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s a one of a kind absolutely wacky cop film and one that may never be topped again 
3
The Eclipse
Dustin Putman
Blends romance drama and supernatural horror into a truly original thoroughly unforgettable concoction 
3.5
The Eclipse
Marty Mapes
Being haunted by one s past really means something from director Conor McPherson
3.5
The Eclipse
Robert W. Butler
No this is a wonderfully nuanced tale of love and loss set in a picturesque Irish coastal town during its annual literary festival 
3.5
The Eclipse
Keith Cohen
The high caliber acting is wasted on the bland and dull story Despite an 88 minute running time the movie is excruciatingly slow and grows tiresome as nothing much happens It maintains a melancholy mood with the characters contemplating deep thoughts r
2
The Eclipse
Rob Thomas
For the most part this love triangle plays out with great warmth and delicacy While Quinn seems to be having a ball playing against type as the boozy Nicholas Hinds and Hjelje create fully rounded sympathetic characters 
3
The Eclipse
Chris Hewitt
The haunted quality of Eclipse is a holdover from McPherson s plays as is the abundance of dark piercing wit 
3
The Eclipse
Moira MacDonald
In his quiet house hung with portraits of those who have become ghosts Michael finally learns to mourn and we realize that storytelling is how a writer grieves 
3
The Eclipse
Jeff Vice
Screenwriter director Conor McPherson keeps switching directions And eventually this zigging and zagging becomes tiresome 
2.5
The Eclipse
Ty Burr
The town and surrounding landscapes make a gorgeous setting the Irish tourist board will be happy but at its heart The Eclipse is a small contained ghost story about a haunted man learning to exorcise himself 
2.5
The Eclipse
Jake Wilson
While McPherson may have an extensive reputation as a playwright as a filmmaker he s one step up from a total amateur 
1.5
The Eclipse
Leigh Paatsch
All that needs to be known is that the writing direction and performances especially from the beautifully matched leads Hinds and Hjejle are of the highest calibre and The Eclipse makes the most of every element at its disposal 
4
The Eclipse
Michael Phillips
Hinds has been ready for a role of this size and shape for years it was simply a matter of finding it and its finding him 
3.5
The Eclipse
Roger Ebert
The supernatural never seems far out of sight in Ireland and it creeps in here and there during The Eclipse a dark romance set at a literary festival in the County Cork cathedral town of Cobh I m not sure it s required but it does little harm 
3
The Eclipse
Peter Keough
The film is sparked by unexpected jolts none of them as moving as a close up of Hinds s face haunted by grief despair and loneliness 
3
The Eclipse
Rick Groen
Ultimately though it feels fleeting and slight passing across our line of vision never a full but merely a partial engagement 
2
The Eclipse
Willie Waffle
A quietly intriguing movie
3
The Eclipse
Ann Hornaday
McPherson has managed a rare hat trick in genre mash up fashioning a deeply absorbing movie that balances horror romance comedy and observant humanism with surprising finesse 
3
The Eclipse
Linda Barnard
An above average ghost tale elevated by its cast 
3
The Eclipse
Kam Williams
A literary lass finds more than she bargained for while looking for love on the Emerald Isle 
3.5
The Eclipse
Lou Lumenick
McPherson balances these disparate elements with great skill never resorting to cheap scare tactics in what amounts to a sensitive character study 
3
The Eclipse
James Berardinelli
he acting is of the highest caliber but the characters and their circumstances are underwritten 
2.5
The Eclipse
Stephen Whitty
McPherson while getting some lovely shots of the Irish seaside never succeeds in making Michael s literary interests or Lena s passionate interests seem quite plausible 
2.5
The Eclipse
Steven Rea
The Eclipse is about death and sadness rebirth and possibility The film is anchored by Hinds performance the actor brings a soulful melancholy to the proceedings 
3
The Eclipse
Bill Weber
A much duller tale than its Irish literary festival setting would suggest 
1.5
Earth Girls Are Easy
David Nusair
a larger than life premise that s employed to affable yet mostly forgettable effect by Temple 
2.5
Earth Girls Are Easy
Roger Ebert
A lighthearted and goofy musical comedy about a love affair between an extraterrestrial and a manicurist 
3
Earth Girls Are Easy
Chris Hicks
Even running out of steam as it eventually does there is zany goofball fun for the undiscriminating moviegoer 
2.5
Earth Girls Are Easy
James O'Ehley
All this could be frothy fun or irritating depending on your taste or mood 
2
Lovesong
Rob Thomas
Kim shows this conflict with remarkable restraint with meaningful glances and pained half smiles conveying much more feeling between Sarah and Mindy than the cheery things they say to each other 
3
Lovesong
Susan Wloszczyna
Kim has wisely provided her two stars with enough breathing room to bring her movie to life 
3
Lovesong
Clayton Dillard
So Yong Kim s film ultimately manages a convincing articulation of friendship between women 
3
Lovesong
Scott Renshaw
It can be a bit frustrating awaiting big emotional moments that Lovesong is reluctant to provide but the world in which it takes place feels so richly thought out that all the small moments feel that much more real 
3
Gentlemen Broncos
Ken McIntyre
Classic underdog vs smug establishment stuff you might think But it s all played out in puke slathered anti comedy sketches better suited to no budget YouTube videos than a multimillion dollar film 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Tim Robey
The film within a film starring Sam Rockwell tanks quite badly but Hess s affection for fantasy kitsch shines through brightly enough to generate real feeling 
3
Gentlemen Broncos
Josh Larsen
The question isn t why was Gentlemen Broncos abruptly pulled from theaters How in the world did the movie even get that far 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Chris Hewitt
A whole bunch of fecal scrotal and pukal jokes have been planted in Gentlemen Broncos to distract us from its lack of narrative momentum 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Steven Rea
Where do you go after rocket propelled deer statuary cyclops warriors in golf carts and Mike White with a dubbed Irish accent 
2.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Roger Ebert
Jared Hess who made Napoleon Dynamite a film I admit I didn t get has made a film I don t even begin to get 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Sonny Bunch
It feels almost mean spirited to laugh at Benjamin s travails He has done nothing to provoke them and seems incapable of fending for himself 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Sean P. Means
The deliberately low rent cheesiness of the special effects as well as the childish grossness of the humor give Gentlemen Broncos a distinctive and original flavor 
3
Gentlemen Broncos
Liam Lacey
There s a lesson behind Gentlemen Broncos the new film from director Jared Hess Don t try to mock above your talent level 
1
Gentlemen Broncos
John Anderson
What Michael Bay did for the Hollywood blockbuster with his second Transformers movie Jared Hess has now done for the low budget indie with Gentlemen Broncos namely stain an entire genre with a sense of soulless calculation 
0.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Peter Howell
The sci fi themed Gentlemen Broncos doesn t just visit Planet Quirk it crash lands upon it 
1.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Mick LaSalle
The comic performance of Jemaine Clement as the writer is the one thing to salvage from this experience 
1
Gentlemen Broncos
Jeff Vice
Filmmakers usually mature over time Jared Hess on the other hand appears to be getting more juvenile 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Peter Keough
Having peaked with his debut Napoleon Dynamite Jared Hess has settled into being a family friendly John Waters which is redundant since Waters is already rated PG 13 
2.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Dustin Putman
An uneven comedy that gets high scores for the amount of laughs it does provide My assessment Normal is overrated 
2.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Lou Lumenick
It tests your patience even at 90 minutes 
2
Gentlemen Broncos
Claudia Puig
If you didn t know otherwise you d swear that Gentlemen Broncos was made by a disaffected high school student and not a particularly talented one 
1.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I laughed a lot at Gentlemen Broncos but its funky unique rhythms often give way to all too traditional story arcs setups and payoffs 
2.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Stephen Whitty
The filmmakers must have been the most sophisticated wits in the BYU cafeteria I bet they did really funny impressions of the foreign exchange students behind their backs 
1.5
Gentlemen Broncos
Andrew Schenker
Hess still seems to see his characters as little more than objects of comedic fun 
1
Harmonium
David Lewis
Fukada never resorts to melodramatics and instead allows the carefully calibrated performances to give the movie its disquieting power 
4
Harmonium
Simon Abrams
If you treat Harmonium like a mood piece and respond to it on that level you ll find yourself thinking about it long after you watch it 
3
Harmonium
Chuck Bowen
Throughout Harmonium writer director Kji Fukada works in a rapt and lucid hyper textural style that suggests a merging of the sensibilities of Alfred Hitchcock and Yasujir Ozu 
3.5
Office Christmas Party
Brian Eggert
Office Christmas Party looks like one of those comedies that was more fun to make than it is to watch 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Matt Brunson
Office Christmas Party isn t good it isn t bad It s just there 
2
Office Christmas Party
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Everyone here is capable of more than this maybe not the directors however though I can t imagine it hurts a lot to earn a paycheck this way and maybe that s the appeal 
2
Office Christmas Party
Brad Keefe
The cast is generally likable so it s a passable comedy if that s your itch But you might want to hit the spiked nog a little before you go 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
David Nusair
the movie joins the ranks of an almost impossibly long list of substandard contemporary comedies 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Chris Knight
There is a world of difference between Ho Ho Ho and Ha Ha Ha Office Christmas Party manages a little of the first and not nearly enough of the second 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s seasonally dysfunctional in ways that cannot be overcome and while I laughed I did not laugh enough to make sitting through the film as a whole worthwhile 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Mike McGranaghan
A first rate cast and some moments of sharp humor give it enough kick to be a good time 
3
Office Christmas Party
Susan Wloszczyna
Yet another reminder that allowing your cast to madly improvise instead of actually providing a coherent script with a scintilla of logic often leads to a decline in sustained laughter 
2
Office Christmas Party
Sonny Bunch
I laughed out loud a couple of times It s not as funny as it needs to be to make it a must watch in theaters but it s not so terrible that you should avoid it at all costs 
2
Office Christmas Party
John Semley
A joyless laughless that s right not even one laugh affair that proves how indulgent and worse boring ensemble comedies such as this become when the ensemble has next to no natural chemistry and even less of a script to riff off of 
1
Office Christmas Party
Willie Waffle
Someone forgot to spike the eggnog 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Richard Roeper
Have you ever worked for a company that failed miserably despite all the wonderful and talented people working there Office Christmas Party is the holiday comedy movie version of such a business 
2
Office Christmas Party
Sean P. Means
The raunchy comedy Office Christmas Party like most parties goes along OK for a while but becomes an out of control mess by the end 
2
Office Christmas Party
Dustin Putman
A winningly acerbic respite for adult viewers looking to relieve their end of the year holiday stresses 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Peter Travers
Talk about holiday buzzkill This pooped party brings you down from all the jokes that don t land and the flop sweat pouring off good actors whose forced cheer is exhausting 
1
Office Christmas Party
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers motto seems to be Let s just see what happens 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Peter Howell
A tiny bit of invention and a few good laughs emerge Which is what you d hope from a cast featuring some of the funniest actors around among them Kate McKinnon Jason Bateman Jennifer Aniston Rob Corddry T J Miller and Jillian Bell 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Jon Niccum
Like most workplace parties the film functions better when expectations aren t too high 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Katie Walsh
The delightfully debauched holiday desecration we need this year 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Rafer Guzman
As with so many parties if you manage your expectations you might have a pretty good time 
2
Office Christmas Party
Tom Russo
They re supposed to be living out a night destined to be the stuff of company legend but audiences will be hard pressed to retain much 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Michael O'Sullivan
Office Christmas Party is an invitation to the kind of mind and conscience erasing escapism that doesn t really exist outside of movie theaters 
2.5
Office Christmas Party
Calvin Wilson
This party is a dud 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Roger Moore
Well you ve never seen Courtney B Vance like this 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Lauren Chval
The cast is great but the laughs are inconsistent and the plot is as flimsy as a Charlie Brown Christmas tree 
2
Office Christmas Party
Moira MacDonald
Office Christmas Party is one of those movies that rounds up a terrific cast and then leaves them stranded with nothing to do like well maybe some people at your office 
2
Office Christmas Party
Peter Hartlaub
It benefits from an excellent cast who seem to be all in And whenever there s a stretch of extended mediocrity it s almost always saved by an unexpected moment of politically incorrect inspiration 
2
Office Christmas Party
Peter Canavese
Well why don t you just tell me what you think Office Christmas Party is about and I ll tell you if you re right Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh Yeah you ve got it 
1.5
Office Christmas Party
Kenji Fujishima
Josh Gordon and Will Speck s Office Christmas Party generally smacks of trying too hard to earn its laughs 
1.5
Tabi yakusha (Travelling Actors)
Keith Uhlich
Naruse has an affection and love for these characters that is far removed from cruel condescension 
3.5
The Man With the Golden Arm
Kate Cameron
It is not a pretty sight and certainly not fit for the young But it is brilliantly acted by the principals 
3
The Man With the Golden Arm
Josh Larsen
Director Otto Preminger emphasizes the lurid whenever he can so that the movie plays like a blurry bleary night on its way to morning 
3.5
The Man With the Golden Arm
Scott Nash
As good as the supporting cast is though this is Frank s movie Although his best remembered movies are usually lighter fare he did prove in this and a number of other films that he wasn t just a star he was also very much an actor 
2.5
Out of Sight
Matt Brunson
Those seeking a superb adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel should watch Get Shorty 59 those who opt instead for Out of Sight will catch an occasionally meandering yarn elevated by a handful of choice scenes and an exemplary roster of supporting players 46 
3
Out of Sight
Peter Canavese
A great 44 good looking 44 old fashioned Hollywood entertainment in a gloriously film like 4K upgrade from Kino Lorber Studio Classics 46 10 46 
3.5
Out of Sight
Dave Kehr
There isn t a character in the large excellent cast that doesn t emerge with depth and precision 
3.5
Out of Sight
David Sterritt
Much of the action seems more like warmed over Quentin Tarantino than first rate Steven Soderbergh 
2
Out of Sight
Michael Wilmington
A darkly amusing and sly romantic comedy about an accident prone bank robber George Clooney who falls in love with the sexy federal marshal Jennifer Lopez on his tail 
3.5
Out of Sight
Maitland McDonagh
Faintly melancholy and alluringly fatalistic this mercurial romance passing as a crime thriller is slyly entertaining and darkly sexy 
3.5
Out of Sight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An outstanding crime film from director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Frank who adapted Elmore Leonard s novel 
4
Out of Sight
David Nusair
It s ultimately clear that Out of Sight benefits substantially from an opening stretch that could hardly be more engrossing and involving 
3
Out of Sight
Jeanne Aufmuth
This one came out of left field and knocked my socks off 
4
Out of Sight
Margaret A. McGurk
Director Steven Soderbergh gleefully lobs curves right up to the end of this sly sleek crime thriller 
3.5
Out of Sight
Jeffrey Westhoff
Clooney and Lopez are so laid back they anesthetize the proceedings 
2
Out of Sight
Mick LaSalle
Out of Sight may go down in the annals of film as the movie in which George Clooney learned to keep his head still and became a leading man 
4
Out of Sight
Rick Groen
Out of Sight isn t just a rousing piece of entertainment it s also a cinematic salvage operation 
3.5
Out of Sight
James Kendrick
Represents a piece of great moviemaking from a pulpish story that could have easily been obnoxious or unbelievable or both 
3.5
Out of Sight
Steve Rhodes
Has a cornucopia of corny characters 
3
Out of Sight
Andy Seiler
From the deadpan line delivery of stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez to the funky electric piano and wah wah guitar on the soundtrack this adaptation of Elmore Leonard s 1996 crime novel stays hip and never breaks a sweat 
3
Out of Sight
Mike McGranaghan
In a summer filled with mega hyped disappointments Out of Sight proves the undeniable value of story characterization and most of all intelligence 
3.5
Out of Sight
Madeleine Williams
With smart dialogue good characters and an excellent cast Out of Sight easily smoothes over the rough spots in the plot and delivers on both the action and romantic fronts 
3
Out of Sight
Marty Mapes
All in all this movie is a step or two above average The writing chemistry editing and momentum probably made up for any deficiencies 
2.5
Out of Sight
Ted Prigge
It s amazing that a film based on one of his novels has realized how to appropriately connect two characters emotionally with their audience 
4
Out of Sight
Michael Dequina
The impossibly glamorous and charismatic pair of Clooney and Lopez absolutely sizzle from their first moment together 
3.5
Out of Sight
Rob Blackwelder
Soderbergh plays it a little too cool not allowing the story s ironic and comedic rim shots to resonate 
2.5
Out of Sight
David N. Butterworth
Loads of fun 
3
Out of Sight
Roger Ebert
Steven Soderbergh s best film since Sex Lies and Videotape a decade ago 
3.5
Out of Sight
James Berardinelli
It s refreshing to find a picture like Out of Sight which is not only smart but a great deal of fun as well 
3.5
Out of Sight
Jeff Vice
Unlike Tarantino s plodding Jackie Brown this blackly comic and sexy thriller does its source material yet another Elmore Leonard novel justice 
3
Out of Sight
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Some reviewers have applauded Out of Sight for its nuances of character but I and others don t see any characters at all 
1
Sergio
Rene Sanchez
Ana de Armas performance is the highlight of this scattered biopic that fails to capture the legacy of its leading character Full Review in Spanish 
2
Sergio
Robert Levin
A worthy biopic in some respects but it doesn t complicate its subject enough to resonate 
2.5
Sergio
Odie Henderson
It s an acting dream part and Moura s more than up to the challenge 
3
The Three Kings
Alistair Harkness
An affectionate and thoughtful documentary about Matt Busby 
4
Arthur and the Two Worlds War
David Nusair
A mild improvement over its two predecessors 
2
Family Weekend
Dann Gire
Family Weekend is just as simpy as its plot sounds but under Alabama born director Epps making his feature directing debut this comedy skips along on good intentions with actors who put more into the characters than they deserve 
2.5
Family Weekend
Wesley Lovell
An appealing film about the rigors of parenting and misperception of what it takes to be a parent 
3
Family Weekend
Farran Smith Nehme
For a long while director Benjamin Epps goes for breakneck farce at its best this is a batty mixture of family values editorial and teen spoof 
3
Family Weekend
Stephen Whitty
We re sitting there trapped An angry little teenager s yelling at us And we re not having any fun at all 
2
Family Weekend
Claudia Puig
The kind of dark for dark s sake wannabe quirkfest that proves indie films can be just as clichd and vapid as the most soulless Hollywood movies 
1.5
Family Weekend
Dustin Putman
Who was Family Weekend made for Beats the hell out of me 
2
Love Child
Alistair Harkness
A thoroughly engrossing portrait of resilience and hope as personal issues local complications and global political shifts repeatedly challenge their simple desire to have what so many others take for granted 
4
The Velvet Underground
David Reddish
The resulting pastiche feels tailor made for The Velvet Underground a group that took influence from different genders sexualities artistic scenes disciplines mediums and cultures 
3.5
The Velvet Underground
John Beifuss
Todd Haynes documentary sculpted largely from vintage materials persuasively presents the Warhol abetted New York incubated band as avatars of an enviable rock and roll authenticity 
4
The Velvet Underground
Peter Howell
This bracing collage is pure rock bliss and a poke in the eye to old style storytelling 
3.5
The Velvet Underground
Kent Turner
The bombardment of archival footage home movies and Andy Warhol s 16mm films all enhance this dense and textured documentary 
4
The Velvet Underground
Pat Brown
Claims for the eternal qualities of any music are dubious at best but what Haynes exhibits through his own complex textured documentary is that the Velvet Underground s music remains fertile ground for inspiration 
3.5
The Velvet Underground
Mark Feeney
What makes a rock band worth attending to a half century after its breakup isn t its personalities or backstory or context interesting as those can be and here they re all highly interesting It s the music 
3
The Velvet Underground
Peter Canavese
An artfully rendered and understandably chaotic account of the New York art scene of the 1960s 
3.5
The Velvet Underground
Sean P. Means
The most appropriate documentary possible for the influential avant garde rock band An eclectic challenging and artful movie that a lot of people may not get 
3
The Velvet Underground
Jocelyn Noveck
Haynes dazzling visuals are grounded by interviews with the two living band members most extensively John Cale the Welshman and classically trained violist who formed a potent partnership with the Long Island born Reed 
3
The Velvet Underground
Rob Thomas
The Velvet Underground honors a rebellious one of a kind band by refusing to box them into a traditional rock documentary 
3.5
The Velvet Underground
Tom Meek
Fans of the iconic 60s band launched by Andy Warhol will relish this nostalgic rewind which is pretty much a straight up chronology of the band s avant garde inception 
3
The Velvet Underground
Ty Burr
The Velvet Underground is not so much a music doc as an attempt to resurrect a lost time and place and the lost men and women in it the sound and look of it the loneliness and joy 
3.5
The Velvet Underground
Robert Horton
What Haynes is really conjuring here is a kind of utopia a realm in which art is devoured and created and shared 
4
The Velvet Underground
Joel Selvin
Over the years the Velvets slim but potent catalog has been elevated into the pantheon of classic rock but only now Haynes has appropriately enshrined their deeds in a rock documentary as dark dizzying and decadent as the band itself 
3
The Velvet Underground
Dwight Brown
Haynes uses and overuses a split screen effects to display current and ancient interviews performances and other archival recordings The 1960s atmosphere on view is as vibrant as it is subversive 
2.5
The Velvet Underground
Randy Myers
Told in impressionistic avant garde flourishes that reflect the adventurous creative landscape in 1960s New York Underground is as much a statement of the times as the personalities of those involved 
4
The Velvet Underground
Rafer Guzman
The Velvet Underground eventually drifts toward nostalgia a sentiment the band probably would have despised but that s forgivable 
2.5
The Velvet Underground
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a dazzling film not just one of Haynes best but possibly the one that his whole career with all of its self aware formal and historical experiments has been building toward 
4
The Velvet Underground
Mark Dujsik
There is nothing new or particularly deep about the story told in The Velvet Underground 
2.5
The Velvet Underground
Roger Moore
A lovely warm and impressionistic sketch of the band
3
The Velvet Underground
Stephen Garrett
This is Haynes first time as a feature length documentarian and his approach is just as surprisingly conventional as it is predictably outré 
4
Sample This
Odie Henderson
For a documentary filled with such joyous danceable beats there s still a note of sadness playing through Sample This 
3
Sample This
Mark Jenkins
The movie provides a vivid sense of the period as well as an intriguing backstage look at the making of improbable pop classics 
3
Sample This
Mike McGranaghan
While a 90 minute movie about a song might seem ripe for thinness Sample This is never dull Tightly paced and packed with unbelievable twists and turns it s a truly fun experience 
3.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Linda Cook
Here s the simple truth If you like the character of Madea who is filmmaker Tyler Perry in drag you will like Perry s A Madea Christmas If you don t or if you haven t met Madea yet then this probably isn t for you 
2
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Michael Dequina
Perry s well worn play to the nosebleeds schtick drowns out anything as far as basic craft 
2
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Tirdad Derakhshani
Slapdash with dialogue and plot points that were cliches in Dickens era the pic sends up then reaffirms all the values the media sell us each holiday compassion forgiveness tolerance 
1.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Sheila O'Malley
When Madea is onscreen at least you know what universe you are in and there is something interesting and insane to watch Otherwise you are thrust into an abyss of meaninglessness 
1.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Sean O'Connell
Bah humbug 
1
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Roger Moore
Worst Madea movie ever worst movie Tyler Perry has ever made
1
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Kam Williams
Sassy sister squares off against backwoods hillbilly for lots of harmless holiday themed laughs 
3
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Dustin Putman
A hackneyed story that spoon feeds its messages to the viewer while devising just plain wrong set pieces involving a run in with the Ku Klux Klan and the crucifixion of a bratty little white girl 
1.5
Mansome
Michael Dequina
Just because the film s subject is surfaces doesn t mean it only warrants a slight surface treatment 
2.5
Mansome
Austin Kennedy
The one thing I want to do after watching this movie is to look up the product Fresh Balls Yes It does exactly what the product is called That sounds awesome 
3
Mansome
Roger Moore
You get a feeling of haste from this film as if Spurlock is onto something but maybe doesn t have the time or patience to stick with it to widen his approach and find sharper people to sharpen his material 
1.5
Mansome
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie purports to be a lighthearted look at changing notions of masculinity and appearance But unless you find something intrinsically hilarious about a man getting a pedicure laughs are scarce 
1
Mansome
Mick LaSalle
This complete waste of 82 minutes finds documentarian Morgan Spurlock taking a look at current trends in men s grooming featuring interviews with a random sampling of people who have no idea what they re talking about but they re famous 
1
Mansome
Claudia Puig
Mansome s crowning achievement is its title 
2
Mansome
Moira MacDonald
Spurlock certainly gets points for well fresh territory 
3
Mansome
Chris Hewitt
It does not shed much light on the topic it s nominally interested in 
2
Mansome
Monica Castillo
Morgan Spurlock s latest nonthreatening documentary fails to find much point in its subject men s grooming 
1.5
Mansome
Wesley Morris
It s a movie so late in noticing a shift in American male grooming that for a documentary on the subject to work Spurlock would either have to pitch it to our grandparents or be a grandparent or trace the arc of the shift and unpack it 
2
Mansome
Gary Thompson
Spurlock s glib drive by look at the recent trends in male grooming and fashion 
2
Mansome
Matt Pais
Morgan Spurlock evidently forgot that he was making a documentary not a celeb hangout session 
1.5
Mansome
Gerard Raymond
The sociological commentary and historical perspectives are superficial at best and the targets often too easy 
1.5
The Devil's Advocate
Ann Hornaday
Pacino s gleeful performance notwithstanding The Devil s Advocate descends into silly self indulgence when it should have gone straight to hell 
1.5
The Devil's Advocate
Matt Brunson
Outrageously entertaining The picture s most superlative turn comes from Charlize Theron who s a revelation in the first role to really show off her talents 
3
The Devil's Advocate
Maitland McDonagh
This supremely silly supernatural potboiler is slickly entertaining for just under two hours and absolutely hilarious for 10 minutes near the end 
2.5
The Devil's Advocate
Margaret A. McGurk
A literate meditation on human weakness and a hipped out horror movie all in one 
3
The Devil's Advocate
Jeffrey Westhoff
A hell of a lot more fun than any film bearing John Grisham s name 
3
The Devil's Advocate
Rick Groen
Hackford seems stuck in a private limbo unable to decide whether he s making a special effects flick or a pop philosophical tract 
2.5
The Devil's Advocate
Mick LaSalle
The movie s greatest strength is that it becomes more complex and rewarding as it goes along 
4
The Devil's Advocate
James Kendrick
Cackling and leering Pacino puts on a great show investing enough in his character to make him evil but not so much that we think he s truly serious 
3
The Devil's Advocate
Ted Prigge
Watching Al Pacino on screen in this film playing a role he would hopefully kill for is one of the few total pleasures of this year movie wise 
3
The Devil's Advocate
Mike Clark
As the movie approaches 2 1 4 hours it begins feeling like eternal damnation 
2.5
The Devil's Advocate
Rob Blackwelder
How often does a film climax in a 15 minute scene of dialogue so provocative that the accompanying special effects can almost be ignored 
3.5
The Devil's Advocate
James Berardinelli
A highly enjoyable motion picture that s part character study part supernatural thriller and part morality play 
3
The Devil's Advocate
Jeff Vice
Some movies seem to have been made for just one scene and disappointingly The Devil s Advocate is one of them 
2
The Devil's Advocate
Steve Rhodes
Theron s superlative acting in this supporting role fills out the storyline 
3.5
The Devil's Advocate
Michael Dequina
The film s setup is much more interesting than the overblown payoff offered by Hackford and screenwriters Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy 
2.5
The Devil's Advocate
Roger Ebert
The movie never fully engaged me my mind raced ahead of the plot and the John Grisham stuff clashed with the Exorcist stuff 
2.5
Jumper
Brandy McDonnell
Jumper can t make the leap from cool concept to good movie 
2.5
Jumper
Jonathan W. Hickman
Director Liman is a major talent He deserves better material to mold 
1.5
Jumper
Austin Kennedy
The movie isn t terrible and I certainly liked the superhero aspect of it but the romance doesn t work and it has a rushed sloppy feel throughout 
2.5
Jumper
Kam Williams
The worst sci fi concept since The Adventures of Pluto Nash placed Eddie Murphy on the moon 
0
Jumper
Peter Canavese
If Jumper too often feels like a special effects demo reel in search of a story at least the eye candy is pretty darn sweet Blu Ray 
2.5
Jumper
Rossiter Drake
As a travelogue it makes a compelling case for Rome Egypt and Tokyo as vacation destinations As a story it is stillborn 
1.5
Jumper
Matt Brunson
Highlander for a new generation a cheesy globetrotting film certain to be savaged by most critics but also a mindlessly entertaining yarn likely to lead to a string of sequels and or TV adaptations 
2.5
Jumper
Frank Ochieng
Pared down with flat footed characterizations tacked on scenic shots of worldly venues and a choppy script that isn t disciplined enough to tap into our escapist imaginations Jumper is a toothless travelogue that treks up the wrong charted route 
2
Jumper
John Beifuss
It s easy to see why audiences have embraced this critically lambasted film Its premise is irresistible 
2.5
Jumper
Jeffrey Westhoff
The opening of Jumper is so similar to the opening of Spider Man that Stan Lee s copyright infringement sense must be tingling 
2.5
Jumper
Linda Cook
Last week was oddly synchronistic for me 
2
Jumper
David Nusair
a mindlessly engaging piece of escapist fare that benefits from its uniformly able performances and refreshingly brisk running time 
2.5
Jumper
Nick Rogers
Boring bland and nasty Christensen is the new Ryan Phillippe no compliment unless you enjoy annoyingly blah detachment And Bilson is a damsel of whom you hope distress gets the better anything to shut her droning dull yap 
1
Jumper
Mike McGranaghan
It feels like Jumper might have been longer at one point then had everything but the action scenes removed What plays on the screen is therefore an empty hollow shell of a film that keeps you at arm s length 
1.5
Jumper
Rene Rodriguez
The best stuff in Jumper comes early while the movie is still busy explaining its scenario It s only when all the pieces are in place and the story actually kicks in that things start to fall apart and quickly 
1
Jumper
Jeff Vice
It s Christensen s lumberlike performance and some really dumb plotting and dialogue that the film will probably be remembered for most 
2
Jumper
Christian Toto
Jumper teleports straight to the Worst of 08 list 
1.5
Jumper
Jim Emerson
A movie so silly you may find yourself giggling helplessly even as you wish you could magically transport yourself almost anywhere else in the world but where you are in front of the screen showing it 
1.5
Jumper
Bruce Newman
The only force on Earth so dense that it apparently can t be moved even by the movie s special effects is Christensen s wooden acting 
2
Jumper
Michael Phillips
Is there something innately vexing about a story whose premise opens the door so wide to so many geographical possibilities Jumper the film goes everywhere and nowhere 
1.5
Jumper
Steve Rhodes
This mind numbingly bland production will rob you of your time and your money It has no character development or chemistry whatsoever and downright dull cinematography 
1.5
Jumper
Ross Anthony
Cool concept good acting respectable cinematography but the depth is sadly missing Jumps away from any kind of in depth dialogue and headlong into the same type of action 
1.5
Jumper
Gina Carbone
If not for Jamie Bell this should ve gone straight to video 
2
Jumper
Jack Mathews
Given its uninvolving story uninteresting characters and the presence of half man half tree Hayden Christensen the movie is wholly dependent on special effects which I rate only so so 
1.5
Jumper
Lou Lumenick
Doug Liman s Jumper takes an intriguing premise a guy who can teleport himself anywhere anytime and turns it into a totally ridiculous and incoherent sci fi adventure 
1
Jumper
Carrie Rickey
Adapted from Steven Gould s young adult novel Liman s tale of the bookish high schooler with unusual powers isn t a shot of adrenaline it s an OD 
2
Jumper
Peter Travers
It took three screenwriters to turn Steven Gould s novel into an unholy mess 
1
Jumper
Carla Meyer
Jumper takes leaps that have nothing to do with telepathic transporting They involve logic and storytelling and they doom this sci fi film 
1.5
Jumper
Maitland McDonagh
The film looks great but at a brisk 88 minutes there s no time to fill in back story and the cliffhanger ending is so abrupt that the movie seems bizarrely truncated 
2
Jumper
Claudia Puig
Short on imagination and anchored by a wan hero Jumper is a flight of fancy that never fully takes off 
2
Jumper
Sean P. Means
Liman s pursuit of action comes at a price He seems to have cut too finely removing character development and even a few characters 
2.5
Jumper
Peter Howell
Logic takes the greatest leap in Jumper a sci fi thriller that plays like a frog jacked on steroids 
2
Jumper
Stanley A. Miller II
Jumper has all the pieces of an exciting engaging supernatural slugfest exotic locations cool high tech toys and sweet special effects 
3
Jumper
Bob Strauss
It s too busy flitting all around the screen to establish the moral and personal connections that would make the story engaging let alone the narrative sense that would make it worth following 
1.5
Jumper
David Frese
Jumper is a special effect in search of a movie 
1
Jumper
Amy Biancolli
It s a paradox but science fiction has to make sense It can rest on the world s most outlandish premise but only if its internal logic holds up to scrutiny And Jumper can t make that leap 
1.5
Jumper
Rick Groen
Woefully short on script the picture ends up disappearing down the wormhole of its own premise 
2
Jumper
Lisa Kennedy
Jumper skips emotional traction or humor in what feels like a rush to the inevitable sequel or two 
2
Jumper
Lawrence Toppman
You have to take everything for granted in Jumper including the idea that Christensen and Rachel Bilson could show human emotions These stone faces stand at the center of a story that s as flimsy as taffeta 
1.5
Jumper
Wesley Morris
This movie should be playing on the CW between episodes of Reaper and One Tree Hill 
2
Jumper
Peter T. Chattaway
The film ends up promising more than it can deliver For all its epic locations Jumper remains pretty small scale 
2
Jumper
Phil Villarreal
Any movie that requires a video game to fill gaps in the story raises a red flag 
2.5
Jumper
Erik Childress
A lethargic incomprehensible event picture that is the action film equivalent of Phil Collins Take Me Home video 
1
Jumper
Josh Larsen
Director Doug Liman is after something ambitious here 
2
Jumper
Daniel M. Kimmel
Imagine how the world might be changed if people could instantaneously transport themselves anywhere If you can you have more imagination than the people behind this 
2
Jumper
Sara Michelle Fetters
Doug Liman s latest effort Jumper has so many problems so many things that are just plain haywire so many dangling intangibles left unexplained or worse unexplored trying to recap them all here would take the rest of this young millennium 
1.5
Jumper
Mark Dujsik
Makes us focus too much on its storytelling shortcomings when we should be impressed by the light and sound show 
2
Jumper
Dustin Putman
With no one to root for no adequate story development and action scenes that are the epitome of underwhelming Jumper is a lost cause 
1.5
Jumper
Willie Waffle
Christensen speaks with a horribly affected voice which is a cross between Jeff Spicoli and Al Pacino Is this supposed to sound cool and tough yet free spirited 
.5
Jumper
Chris Hewitt
Fortunately the movie possesses the sense of fun Christensen seems to have had surgically removed 
2.5
Jumper
Walter V. Addiego
As a travelogue Jumper isn t half bad with lots of juicy images of Rome Tokyo New York and other splendid places But we re supposed to be watching a sci fi action film and that s where things go south 
2
Jumper
Joe Lozito
This rare misstep from director Doug Liman about a young loner who finds he has the power to teleport ironically goes nowhere 
1
Jumper
Jan Stuart
It presumes with misguided cynicism that Rice s oafish choices reflect the smoldering fantasies of any average guy who might wish to jump himself out of an unforgiving single parent household in Ann Arbor Mich 
1.5
Jumper
Jeremiah Kipp
The lazy regard for David s moral crisis or lack thereof is pitiful 
1
Jumper
Mark Rahner
A whole lot of teleporting with a story that seems unfinished 
2
Jumper
James Berardinelli
One of the cardinal rules when making a motion picture about a superhero especially one no one has heard of is not to make the integrity of the story depend on the existence of a sequel Unfortunately that s a rule that director Doug Liman breaks 
2.5
Jumper
Kyle Smith
A movie about wormholes made from a script riddled with more holes than Hillary Clinton s campaign strategy 
0.5
Back to Bataan
Kate Cameron
The action is filled with suspense and is deeply moving at times as brave men and women risk their lives over and over again in their efforts to deceive and overcome the enemy 
3.5
Back to Bataan
Terry Staunton
It s all expertly directed by former editor Edward Dmytryk 
3
Back to Bataan
Scott Nash
I wouldn t say this is a great war movie Parts of it are terrific but all the different pieces of it never quite add up to perfection It is however a very good one and like most John Wayne movies solidly entertaining 
3
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone
Steve Erickson
Lam shows that love of cinema need not lead us into a hall of mirrors If only he could teach other filmmakers that secret 
3
Reptilicus
Matt Brunson
Awkward dubbing of foreign actors special effects that look like they cost a buck fifty laughably earnest dialogue wince inducing comic relief from a dim witted character if ever a film was made that deserved to be showcased on MST3K it s this one 
1.5
The Minister
Kent Turner
Dry as a cabernet sauvignon
2
The Minister
Elise Nakhnikian
Saint Jean may be able to laugh off a woman s rage at the government s ineptitude and apparent cluelessness but that s not so easy for the rest of us 
3
The Womb
Roger Moore
An occasionally tense but generally tedious horrors of giving birth tale from Indonesia 46 
1.5
Dream Boy
Mattie Lucas
Its third act twist comes out of nowhere and is completely unearned serving little narrative purpose and completely failing in its aim to explore the nature of homophobia and self loathing 
2
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Max Weiss
Rachel s dying isn t really about Rachel at all It s about Greg In fact everything that happens in the film is about Greg 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Anders Wright
It relies on smart writing clever ideas terrific cinematography and rich complex characters who are inhabited by three superb young actors as well as a cast of crafty veterans in the supporting roles 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Connie Ogle
There s plenty to like here but the movie focuses on the least interesting person on the screen a curious choice considering we re talking life and death 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Ty Burr
I found myself relishing the skill of the cast and laughing at the sharply turned dialogue while wincing at the self consciousness of the storytelling and the self congratulatory pop culture references 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Chris Knight
As written by Jesse Andrews based on his own novel Greg and Earl are cast as extreme loners although the friendship with Rachel makes them aware of the necessity of connecting with others In the end that s more than enough 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Robert W. Butler
The film and the performers grow on us and the production values are solid why haven t more filmmakers employed the deep music catalog of Brian Eno It all ends with a good guilt free cry 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
John Beifuss
True to the first person pronoun of its title this is an ode to adolescent self absorption presented as a not entirely flattering depiction of Greg s self centered and over dramatized vision of his narrow teenage world 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
CJ Johnson
The second and third acts are as maudlin grim and depressing as any other boy meets girl girl is dying of cancer movie and there have been quite a few of late 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Richard Roeper
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl has those handkerchief moments but the laughs far outnumber the hard and sad punches This is a movie that s grounded in reality has just enough whimsy and soars to the stars It s one of the best films of 2015 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Mal Vincent
The fine performances of Mann and Cyler fuel this little indie and could turn it into one of those minor gems that give the movies a much needed shot in the arm 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
David Nusair
ultimately unable to stave off relative mediocrity to become more than just perpetually watchable 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Linda Cook
Seldom have I referred to a movie as exquisite 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Burl Burlingame
The harsh reality of mortality interferes with the budding golden lives of young people Not just those who die but those who have to experience the bummerness of it all 
1.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Rob Thomas
I ve never seen a movie so carefully engineered to be an indie hit It s like it was created in an underground lab by corduroy wearing scientists listening to Sufjan Stevens playing over the loudspeakers 
1.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Robert Levin
It s deeply moving earning its tears through the authenticity of the emotional experiences depicted rather than by extracting them through sheer blunt force 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
John Serba
In some ways Me and Earl is The Fault in Our Stars for film critics who love Werner Herzog and Once Upon a Time in the West 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Michael Smith
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is smart and funny and meaningful the kind of movie that you may not be familiar with yet but which you might watch many times in the years to come 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Matt Brunson
This well acted well written but self consciously hip seriocomedy could use more of Earl and the dying girl instead it s all about Me Me Me 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Scott Renshaw
Me and Earl is far from a celebration of missing out on the depth and complexity of the people around you It s a reminder that a life spent skimming the surface of those people is an opportunity missed 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
John Wirt
This largely casual coming of age story doesn t adequately prepare the way for big drama and emotion which consequently comes off falsely 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Bob Bloom
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl overcomes many of the shortcomings that plague young adult films It has an honesty that is refreshing and inspired 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jeff Beck
This is one of those films that really makes you appreciate the smaller projects that come out each year There are no fancy effects propping it up no fancy camera work just a brilliantly written script and some marvelous performances 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Calvin Wilson
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a must see and one of the best films of the year 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Rick Bentley
What elevates it are the fun warm and very real performance by the young cast They make the journey one worth remembering 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Gary Thompson
If we confuse Me and Earl and the Dying Girl with other movies famously adapted from young adult cancer novels the fault is not in our stars but in ourselves 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
John Hartl
Mann is simply perfect for the role and Cooke and Cyler bring a weight to their characters that lends a necessary balance to the movie s tone 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
James Berardinelli
Affecting without being overly sentimental humorous without being inappropriately comedic and quirky without being self indulgent 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Rafer Guzman
A weepy romance that tries hard to be quirky and cool More sincerity might have helped 
2
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Peter Canavese
A disappointing film but at least for its target audience of white middle class teens and probably their parents a deeply satisfying movie 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jackson Cuidon
Its real achievement is that it tackles a topic so impossibly sentimental and pathos mired and somehow doesn t evaporate in a puff of its own self importance 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Andy Crump
an overpriced Kenneth Cole timepiece built with tween bromides 
1.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Kam Williams
A refreshingly exhilarating emotional and ultimately uplifting examination of youngsters forging an unbreakable bond in the face of a malignant force far beyond their control 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Brad Wheeler
A quirky self aware dramedy with a vibe that is at turns wiseacre and wise with tear jerking moments that are never maudlin and comic moments that are authentic 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Sheila O'Malley
A pandering self flattering mess featuring unearned catharsis lazy clichés and characters presented in broad sometimes offensive stereotypes 
1.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay by Jesse Andrews based on his novel is a hodgepodge of dishonest choices 
1.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Brian Truitt
Even though in voiceover Greg tells the audience this isn t a touching romantic story that doesn t mean director Alfonso Gomez Rejon can t have a little fun with expectation 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Dann Gire
Offers fresh takes on death memory and love And making really bad home movies 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Kent Turner
With its snappy pace and sly sense of humor this is one of the smartest YA adaptations in recent years and should appeal to a wider audience in addition to cinephiles and the book s fans 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Lou Lumenick
A funny hip touching and utterly irresistible comedy drama about a trio of high school misfits one with stage IV leukemia who bond over art films 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Ann Hornaday
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl succumbs to the same cloying too cuteness and solipsism that often plague its glib and sentimental genre But those limitations are leavened by the film s lively ultimately affecting flourishes and sprightly voice 
2.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Matt Pais
This thing is just so wonderful I almost don t want to say anything about it so everyone can just go in and have the beautiful revelation that I did 
4
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Dustin Putman
Cleverly buoyant before hitting a number of genuinely poignant notes Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is respectful and understanding of teenage behavior and the struggles life can throw no matter one s age 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Mick LaSalle
Gomez Rejon matches the wit of the script with gently witty touches such as the clever use of a fishbowl lens He also relies on his actors for long takes which give the movie a lived in naturalistic feeling 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Michael Phillips
Gomez Rejon has a seriously promising future this film is shot in a hundred different styles reflecting the sentimental and cinematic education of its protagonist 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Rex Reed
It s tender clever wise and highly recommended 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Peter Travers
Mann Cooke and Cyler deserve to be stars of tomorrow right now This film geek s dream of a movie pulls the ground out from under you but stays smartass to the end Sweet 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Stephen Whitty
An unusual story that combines get the Kleenex teen melodrama with plenty of wry film school jokes 
3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Roger Moore
Touching funny and wise And only occasionally cloying 
3.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Christopher Gray
It unites a mélange of teen film tropes into a narrative overburdened with cultural references and framing devices and undermined by a lack of attention to character 
1.5
No Escape Room
Roger Moore
Pedestrian shot selection and editing finish off any sense of urgency that the story is meant to generate 
1.5
28 Weeks Later
Brian Eggert
The sequel s pandemic facing conclusion has less faith in institutions than the original making for a bleak if urgent experience 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This sequel directed by the much more imaginative Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Intacto Intruders takes the zombie invasion in a new grim direction 
3
28 Weeks Later
Mattie Lucas
Intelligently executed having the integrity to be about the story rather than the cheap thrills 
3
28 Weeks Later
Brandy McDonnell
While 28 Days Later is undeniably violent and bloody the sequel revels in pouring on extra gore 
2
28 Weeks Later
Jay Antani
deft and stylish
3
28 Weeks Later
Peg Aloi
Every bit as visceral and provocative as the original but cinematographer Enrique Chediak s deserted London can t hold a candle to Anthony Dod Mantle s 
3
28 Weeks Later
Lou Lumenick
It s an exciting well directed thriller that while providing more than enough action and gore to satisfy genre fans also offers the political commentary that has characterized zombie movies 
3
28 Weeks Later
Joe Lozito
More of the same with decidedly mixed results 
2
28 Weeks Later
David Keyes
Weeks abandons any trace of hope it has in characters prevailing for the better It is cynical nihilistic and unflinching 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
James Kendrick
works not just because of its visual and thematic resonance with current global traumas but because it grips you on an emotional level
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Steven Snyder
Against all odds Weeks proves to be a jarring and effective follow up to its equally shocking predecessor 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Linda Cook
If had been in junior high school when I saw this movie I would have had two words for 28 Weeks Later Ew gross 
2
28 Weeks Later
Steve Rhodes
The movie is an adrenaline pumping ride which is marred by repetition and by sometimes excessive use of its signature blurry pan 
3
28 Weeks Later
David N. Butterworth
Apparently it takes Weeks rather than Days to enjoy a sprightly paced finely acted and surprisingly intelligent apocalyptic zombie horror 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Forrest Hartman
A good deal better than the average Hollywood horror film but 28 Weeks Later doesn t have the inventiveness originality or intelligence that made its predecessor one of the top horror pictures of the past five years 
3
28 Weeks Later
Gina Carbone
This film desperately needs a Cillian Murphy look a Brendan Gleeson heart a Naomie Harris spirit 
2.75
28 Weeks Later
Matt Brunson
Moviegoers can take or leave the message beneath the mayhem but what s on the surface for everyone to enjoy is an expertly crafted terror tale that s heavy on the jolts 
3
28 Weeks Later
Mike McGranaghan
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo provides a relentlessly tense pace that eerily captures the unpredictability of the zombie attacks When it was over I walked out of the theater with frayed nerves 
3
28 Weeks Later
Larry Ratliff
Zombies aren t even really zombies any more They re enraged virus victims who move extremely fast The blood lust remains but they appear to be hitting the Red Bull trough as well 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
John Beifuss
In its way it s as convincing a portrait of post disaster despair as Children of Men but with zombies 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Eric Melin
Carlyle turns into a walking joke It is the ultimate betrayal of the movie s early promise 
2
28 Weeks Later
Mark Dujsik
Even when the film s concept gets tired after the first act it is still a stylish atmospheric work of a solid craftsman 
3
28 Weeks Later
Dustin Putman
28 Days Later had its moments to be sure but 28 Weeks Later is the real deal scarier darker uncompromising and more emotionally complex 
3
28 Weeks Later
Vince Koehler
My biggest complaint is that generally with a sequel especially one produced five years later you would think there would be a recap 
1
28 Weeks Later
Walter Chaw
The first great surprise of 2007 
4
28 Weeks Later
Claudia Puig
Relentlessly grim and grisly 28 Weeks Later is not for the faint of heart But its provocative post apocalyptic theme makes for a smart and deeply unsettling film 
3
28 Weeks Later
Maitland McDonagh
Flawed but it knows where it s going and it gets there in a chilling blaze of fire blood and poisonous fog 
3
28 Weeks Later
Geoff Pevere
A fiercely effective broadening and deepening of the first movie s premise 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Mark Rahner
The social commentary is as subtle as well a George Romero movie 
2
28 Weeks Later
Peter Hartlaub
Succeeds as both terrifying horror gore fest and at times serious drama 
3
28 Weeks Later
David Elliott
The movie has some vivid shock touches and the scenes of depopulated London are queasily strange Still this is really about a grimly ravaged couple and two kids put through hell Your idea of fun Munch on it 
2
28 Weeks Later
Carla Meyer
Most affecting are moments of quietude that stand in contrast to the loud busy horror scenes Fresnadillo and cinematographer Enrique Chediak find intriguing angles to highlight the eeriness of the setting 
3
28 Weeks Later
Peter Travers
Thematic resonance makes 28 Weeks Later stick to your nightmares Hold on for a hell of a ride 
3
28 Weeks Later
Pam Grady
A brain dead action movie 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and that movie s screenwriter Alex Garland serve as executive producers this time around and they should be ashamed of themselves for so blatantly selling out their original vision 
2
28 Weeks Later
Carrie Rickey
A bloody button pushing shot of adrenaline 
3
28 Weeks Later
Stephen Whitty
Like the first movie it has a few ideas a few too many perhaps But new director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is so determined to keep up the pace he explores them even less than Boyle did 
2
28 Weeks Later
Jack Mathews
28 Weeks Later has a stronger story line than the original equally fine performances greater tension enough gore to satisfy the most hard core zombie fan and a narrative pace that flings us from the opening scenes to the very last image 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Duane Dudek
The focus on effects and action comes at the expense of creating engaging characters and meaningful situations 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Rene Rodriguez
28 Weeks Later doesn t just recycle the premise apocalyptic mood and insane violence of the original It adds thematic layers to its zombie milieu deepening the scares while justifying the sequel s existence 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Glenn Whipp
There s a strange lack of momentum and suspense amid all the shaky camera work and showers of blood 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Robert W. Butler
The real reason most people go to zombie movies the mayhem is so poorly staged and edited that most of the time you can t tell what s going on 
2
28 Weeks Later
Amy Biancolli
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo hurns out a straightforward cinematic gorefest that s competent and repulsive but not much else 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Terry Lawson
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has no problem re creating the first film s naturalistic sense of dread and lurking menace and embellishing it It s all shot on the run with handheld cameras mostly in the half light of ruins and sewers 
3
28 Weeks Later
Jeff Vice
Ludicrous plotting undermines the talented cast 
2
28 Weeks Later
Michael Booth
28 Weeks Later underlines the fact that when you come back from the grave you re not always looking so fresh 
2
28 Weeks Later
Bill Zwecker
While the plot is relatively predictable the pacing will keep audiences riveted and likely fascinated by the ways Fresnadillo and his team deliver death and mayhem 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Erin Meister
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo re creates the gritty and spastic look of Days while brilliantly utilizing dark space and shadow to enhance the terror 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Jeffrey Westhoff
Most post apocalyptic thrillers make you wonder if humanity will survive before the film ends This one makes you wonder how much of your own humanity will be lost before then 
1
28 Weeks Later
Sean P. Means
No mere sequel but a dark daring and politically charged follow up that dances on the edge of the apocalypse 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Nick Rogers
This sequel has more fluid action and harder meaner punches but never works our nerves like a speed bag in the way of its predecessor Plus it s too dumb to make its topical allegories any more than cursory coincidence 
2
28 Weeks Later
David Nusair
immediately establishes itself as a cousin to its predecessor in both style and tone 
3
28 Weeks Later
James Sanford
noticeably slicker and more elaborate than the original Even so it s not as eerie or consistently shocking 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Jonathan W. Hickman
Aside from some gruesome twisty kills Weeks Later overall is very predictable 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Daniel M. Kimmel
a hard driving horror film that stays absolutely true to the premise 
3
28 Weeks Later
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is almost as if the film is standing right on an audience s throat the unrelenting nature of this biological terror every bit as gripping and pulse pounding as it was in the 2004 original 
3
28 Weeks Later
Willie Waffle
most concerned with the blood and gore rather than developing the story
1
28 Weeks Later
Erik Childress
Mixing it up between outright action and blinding sequences of terror it s precisely the type of pace a sequel of this sort needs to satisfy fans
3
28 Weeks Later
Chris Hewitt
The opening is fantastic and the rest of it won t bore you even if it s a little disappointing 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Michael Phillips
Swift vicious and grimly imaginative 28 Weeks Later exceeds its predecessor in every way 
3.5
28 Weeks Later
Matt Pais
May give you nightmares and hearing damage 
3
28 Weeks Later
Lawrence Toppman
Deals with emotional concerns for half an hour Then it turns into a mindless bloodfest where it s impossible to care which characters end on the zombie gore gasbord 
2
28 Weeks Later
Phoebe Flowers
Many things happen in 28 Weeks Later but you watch all of them with a sense of detachment There is idle curiosity about who will be killed next and how but no real investment in their fates 
2
28 Weeks Later
Jan Stuart
A screeching and wearyingly hyperbolic exercise in film school nihilism that finds buried meaning in the term overkill 
2.5
28 Weeks Later
Josh Larsen
The psychological damage inflicted here is worse than any bite wound 
4
28 Weeks Later
James Berardinelli
Another week another disappointing summer sequel So it goes 
2
28 Weeks Later
Jeremiah Kipp
28 Weeks Later rolls in like a poisonous dust cloud of nihilism 
3
The Razor's Edge
Rosalie Kicks
This piece of cinema truly speaks for itself and what it has to say is incredible 46 
3.5
The Razor's Edge
Jeremiah Kipp
Goulding indulges in voluptuously lit scenes dominated by well dressed extras lots of carousing and booze catty dialogue and water fountains that upstage everybody 
2.5
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War
Bill Stamets
Yugoslavia the Avoidable War never tries to exonerate the Serbs for their transgressions but it does insist on a more complicated history than we ve been given 
2
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War
Joshua Tanzer
Horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right wing extremists 
0
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War
V.A. Musetto
Bogdanich is unashamedly pro Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side 
2
Amigo
Kelly Jane Torrance
Writer director John Sayles isn t trying to tell the story of one war or more importantly one man He s using that one man to make a political point thereby losing the humanity of his story in the process 
2
Amigo
John Beifuss
Naysayers might argue that the film s anti war message is so obvious it doesn t bear repeating but if that s the case why do we tolerate so many unnecessary wars 
3
Amigo
Connie Ogle
A reflection on power and betrayal on the thin line between acting as your conscience demands and protecting obligations close to your heart 
3
Amigo
Mike Scott
A nuance free emotionally stunted historical drama 
2
Amigo
Chris Hewitt
When John Sayles wants to tell a story he makes fine movies such as Lone Star and The Secret of Roan Inish When Sayles wants to prove a point he makes dreck like Amigo 
1
Amigo
Michael O'Sullivan
Amigo might be the talkiest war movie ever made 
1.5
Amigo
John Hartl
You could argue that the chief villain of the ambiguously titled Amigo is language which is used quite deliberately to mock and mislead and betray 
3.5
Amigo
Burl Burlingame
Amigo is probably too didactic and period bound to find a wide audience and the Americans who would benefit most from it are likely to be confused by it 
2
Amigo
Robert Levin
In its quiet way Amigo builds to a devastating portrait of war s terrible cost 
3
Amigo
Stephen Whitty
By choosing Rafael as its hero Amigo looks not only at a little known part of American history but at a rarely examined type of movie character 
3
Amigo
Lou Lumenick
The overlong Amigo has its heart in the right place but its approach to complex issues is too simplistic to win over unconverted minds 
2
Amigo
Walter V. Addiego
A heavy handed attack on U S imperialism with little to compensate in the way of character interest and genuine drama 
2
Amigo
Peter Travers
John Sayles a filmmaker by trade a provocateur by nature means to stir things up with Amigo That he does and more power to him 
3
Amigo
Fernando F. Croce
Frustratingly sacrifices cinematic expressiveness and human nuance in favor of anachronistic on the nose parallels 
2
Amigo
Kam Williams
A cinematic history lesson connecting the dots between Manifest Destiny and The Bush Doctrine 
3.5
I Was a Simple Man
Roxana Hadadi
A 100 minute spell of beauty and melancholy intimate and grand in equal measure 
3.5
I Was a Simple Man
Sean P. Means
Yogi lets us appreciate the beauty of Hawai i and the literally haunted mood it casts over Masao s final days and his eventual peace 
3.5
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Bruce DeMara
Goes beyond cultural anthropology exploring how queer activism briefly allied itself to the punk movement before becoming its own movement with the gay liberation movement 
3
Running Brave
Roger Ebert
It s well made but it s not electrifying One thing about Rocky is that it wasn t reluctant to pull out all the stops Running Brave has been made with a certain gentle restraint that may work against it 
2.5
Amanda
Kent Turner
Mikhaël Hers s Amanda is moving yet unsentimental which is quite an achievement considering it deals with a 24 year old uncle tentatively cementing his bond with his seven year old niece 
3
Used People
Roger Ebert
Used People tells the sort of romantic fable we would all like to believe in but this is not the movie to make us believe in it 
2
Residue
Odie Henderson
Even when I found the stylistic choices irritating I couldn t deny that they were intentionally deployed by a confident filmmaker in full control of his craft 
3
Residue
Ann Hornaday
Merawi Gerima makes a stunning feature debut with Residue a moving homage to the Northeast Washington neighborhood where he grew up 
3
Residue
Roger Moore
Pointed politically aware and beautiful to behold 
3
Narcopolis
Sara Michelle Fetters
Narcopolis never rises above mediocre as far as story is concerned building to a supposedly slam bang stunner of a finish that s nowhere near as inspired as I think the director intends it to be 
2
El Condor
Roger Ebert
Lee Van Cleef s last words in El Condor are What am I doing here Amen brother 
1.5
Island in the Sky
Matt Brunson
Solid 
3
Flowers in the Attic
Juan Carlos Coto
Flowers in the Attic is 95 minutes of incomparable boredom 
0.5
Video Games: The Movie
Brian Tallerico
Video Games The Movie doesn t just preach to the choir it puts that choir on a pedestal and costumes it in golden robes 
2
Video Games: The Movie
Linda Barnard
A by the books documentary that gives the history of video games bracketed with the voices of spirited members of the vast community of gamers Video Games The Movie is aimed squarely at its target audience 
2
Video Games: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Video Games The Movie is breezy and entertaining but it s also obvious and simplistic This is Video Games 101 when the people most likely to be interested in seeing it will want to learn something much more 
2.5
Video Games: The Movie
Justin Clark
Jeremy Snead s doc comes off more as a commercial for a grand overarching product that isn t finished being developed 
2
While You Were Sleeping
David Nusair
an increasingly compelling and charming romantic comedy 
3.5
While You Were Sleeping
Dennis King
It s practically certain to lull moviegoers into a pleasant state of dreamy bliss 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Scott Nash
The heart of the film s charm is Sandra Bullock 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Steven Rea
Compared to While You Were Sleeping even the half baked scenario of the Marisa Tomei Robert Downey Jr romance Only You looks witty and inventive 
2
While You Were Sleeping
Gary Thompson
The movie seems better suited to a holiday release While You Were Sleeping arrives at the peak of spring the only season that can make Christmas seem like an unwelcome visitor 
2
While You Were Sleeping
Dan Webster
While You Were Sleeping may not be a film for the ages It likely won t even rank among the presummer season s biggest hits But it is worth noting for it may mark the birth of a star 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Stephen Hunter
It s a long and frustrating wait but While You Were Sleeping delivers all you can ask of a romantic comedy the deluxe payoff 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Jami Bernard
A cute premise with engaging leads but little else to keep you awake 
2
While You Were Sleeping
Michael Wilmington
It plays like a movie dreamed up by people in a studio marketing department who d decided to bare their souls 
2.5
While You Were Sleeping
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the first romantic comedy I ve seen in a long time that by the third act doesn t forget about being funny 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Michael Dequina
A welcome ray of sunshine 
4
While You Were Sleeping
Jim Shelby
Turteltaub wisely plays his strength by giving us extended close ups of Bullock who is at once canny and vulnerable rising above this workmanlike comedy 
2.5
While You Were Sleeping
Peter Stack
A lighthearted charming nougat for romantics 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Steve Rhodes
A gem of a movie 
3
While You Were Sleeping
Roger Ebert
A feel good film warm and good hearted 
3
While You Were Sleeping
James Berardinelli
A perfect example of this unoriginal but enjoyable type of film making 
2.5
While You Were Sleeping
Madeleine Williams
Interesting twist on the romantic triangle 
3
Hunky Dory
Lou Lumenick
The golden hued cinematography a filming clich that really needs to be retired and the sometimes slack direction by Marc Evans are minuses 
2
The Last Days
Elinor J. Brecher
It offers powerful testimony to the ravages of hatred and the resiliency of the human spirit 
3
The Last Days
Elias Savada
A handful of mesmerizing stories a film full of hellish irrational memories a future filled with hope of faith in life renewed 
3
The Last Days
Roger Ebert
A harrowing journey 
3.5
Whirligig
James Adams
While the acting s uniformly fine the dialogue occasionally smart and funny Whirligig feels too schematic with an ending too pat and tidy 
2
Girl Unbound
Shane Slater
A triumphant profile of a young woman who is confident and brave 
3
The Seventh Day
Mitchell Beaupre
Mixing the subject matter of The Exorcist with the structure of Training Day is a pretty intriguing starting place for a movie 44 but Lange unfortunately struggles at times to make the most out of these unconventional ingredients 46 
1
The Seventh Day
Mark Dujsik
The Seventh Day mostly digs into its absurd setup and a series of predictable futile scare attempts 
1.5
The Seventh Day
Roger Moore
The failures pile up quickly after a promising first act and The Seventh Day doesn t hold the interest past day two 
1
In Defense of Food
David Wiegand
From obsessiveness about constipation that led to protein terror through the low fat no fat sideshow Americans have continued to search for the elusive magic bullet It doesn t exist and never will Pollan says in his convincingly argued film 
4
District B13
Scott Nash
When Belle is in motion the movie excels 
2.5
District B13
Gerry Shamray
Genre fans will get a kick from the martial arts action and that s all District B13 needs to do 
3
District B13
Forrest Hartman
In his feature directing debut cinematographer Pierre Morel has delivered an adrenaline packed picture that sold its brains to the devil in exchange for spectacular fight and chase scenes 
3
District B13
Michael Szymanski
District B13 is an apocalyptic action message movie with a distinct French flare 
2.5
District B13
Duane Dudek
The highly stylized result feels barren of both texture and imagination 
2.5
District B13
Rob Thomas
For a film that s so light on its feet B13 seems rooted in what s really happening on the ground 
3
District B13
Jeff Vice
It s not exactly brain fodder But it is fun 
3
District B13
Sean P. Means
If you can ignore the plot holes and the usual Besson misogyny the action is a real kick 
2.5
District B13
Barbara Vancheri
Like a fortune cookie District B13 has a social message tucked inside But lovers of violence drenched action and action drenched violence won t mind having their consciences tweaked while their mouths drop open 
2.5
District B13
Kam Williams
Forget about MI 3 or X Men 3 or any other film franchises If you only see one film this summer you need to get out more but District B13 is the flick you better not miss 
4
District B13
Susan Tavernetti
Numbness starts to set in Frenetic action wrapped around a razor wire thin script will do that to you 
2.5
District B13
John Beifuss
By the time the heroes start breaking necks at breakneck speed Morel has employed so many cool digital editing tricks and effects that we no longer trust our eyes We can t be sure of the integrity of the stars athleticism 
2.5
District B13
Lori Hoffman
this film starts at roadrunner speed and rarely slows down 
3
District B13
Phil Villarreal
Morel lathers up a thunderous tornado of exhilarating destruction There s hardly a moment to pause for breath blink or wipe the sweat off your brow 
4
District B13
Thomas Delapa
It just goes to show you that mais oui the French can kick it with the Asians and Americans when it comes to junky kung fu flicks 
1
District B13
Ethan Alter
The sheer ridiculousness of the story is part of the fun of this French import which was produced by Luc Besson and stars two stuntmen turned um stuntmen with dialogue 
3
District B13
Bruce Westbrook
District B 13 is bad sci fi but it succeeds as mindless action 
2.5
District B13
Liam Lacey
The creator of films such as The Transporter The Fifth Element and La Femme Nikita can be counted on for movies that are big stupid and often just skillfully demented enough to be fun District B13 obliges on all accounts 
2.5
District B13
Terry Lawson
When a film is this entertaining it doesn t have to be all that original 
3
District B13
Lisa Kennedy
Terse taut and willing to pack on some philosophical weight District B13 wastes no time in shouting Action 
3
District B13
Wesley Morris
Like its stunt work the movie is both ridiculously hyperactive and a muscular feat of absolute confidence I don t expect to have a more adrenalizing time at the movies this summer 
3.5
District B13
Geoff Pevere
The French made futuristic adrenaline pumper District 13 doesn t really grab you by the short hairs until it shows you why David Belle is the movie s star 
2.5
District B13
David Elliott
District B13 is so busy kicking glass that s a euphemism that you want fragments to keep on flying 
3
District B13
Maitland McDonagh
It s a high voltage kick that s never lets up energized by sheer bravura stunt work 
3
District B13
Ruthe Stein
Note to moviegoers If you can still be entertained by a thriller that unabashedly borrows from others of its ilk and don t mind reading subtitles you could do worse than District B13 
2
District B13
James Berardinelli
District B13 is one of those films where you appreciate the artistry of violence then forget about it as soon as you get into the car and head home 
2.5
District B13
James Emanuel Shapiro
Right from the opening credit sequence District B13 makes it loud and clear that you re going to like this movie 
3.5
District B13
Stephen Whitty
District B13 is a fine snappy little picture that s one part Escape From New York one part martial arts flick and mostly silly fun 
2.5
District B13
Lou Lumenick
District B13 looks great but don t let those subtitles fool you At heart it s every bit as proudly dumb as its American counterparts 
2
District B13
Elizabeth Weitzman
A scrappy action flick that shifts into high gear immediately and never slows down this rousing French import aspires to no higher goal than flashy entertainment In that regard it succeeds entirely 
3
District B13
Bob Strauss
It all plays out like a Jackie Chan cop comedy crossed with 1 000 French comic books and minus the humor 
2.5
District B13
Kurt Loder
District B13 speaks the international language of brilliantly choreographed mayhem and could be the action movie to beat this year we ll see if any other director comes close to equaling its delirious rush The picture is 85 minutes long and
3.5
District B13
Emily Blunt
The story s a bit overdramatic 
2
District B13
Chris Hewitt
District B13 may have nothing new to say but boy does it say it fast 
3
District B13
Laura Kelly
Luc Besson may have brought us Jean Reno s hauntingly conflicted Professional and Anne Parillaud s downtrodden yet deadly Nikita But he didn t try very hard when coming up with District B13 
1.5
District B13
Jan Stuart
The latest attack of excess from French action impresario Luc Besson 
2
District B13
Michael Wilmington
The movie doesn t make a lick of sense but it s done with such zest and skill and such incredible stunt work and action choreography by co stars Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle that the absurdities don t sabotage it 
2.5
District B13
Peter Canavese
While women may certainly apply it s primarily the guys who will find District B13 irresistible 
2.5
District B13
Ed Gonzalez
Leito Damien attempt to refurbish the veracity of the French motto Liberty Equality Fraternity in the same way Morel Besson try to restore the integrity of the action film 
3
District B13
David Nusair
larger than life 
3
District B13
Erik Childress
One of the best adrenaline rushes since we saw Lola running for 90 minutes 
3.5
Surrender Dorothy
David N. Butterworth
Whatever happened to Kevin DiNovis 
3
Bed Sitting Room
Roger Ebert
All of the characters are mad of course but that s not the point this isn t a heavy handed anti war parable but a series of sketches that gradually grow more and more grim 
2.5
Incendiary: The Willingham Case
James Kendrick
starts as a meticulous deconstruction of injustice but ends up feeling more like an elaborate preaching to the choir anti Perry campaign film
2.5
Incendiary: The Willingham Case
Kyle Smith
Raises interesting and important questions but suffers from poor organization and glosses over or ignores inconvenient facts 
2
Incendiary: The Willingham Case
Stephen Whitty
It s a sobering look at the danger of fallible people making irreversible decisions 
2.5
Incendiary: The Willingham Case
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Incendiary exposes a crucial social dialectic without affixing a relatable if reductive human face to the center 
2.5
Incendiary: The Willingham Case
Ann Hornaday
A gripping appalling and finally galling tick tock of justice denied in modern day Texas 
3
Every Brilliant Thing
David Wiegand
Play and performance are spot on but they are also more than they seem to be 
3
Repeat Performance
Matt Brunson
A splendid fantasy cum noir 46 
3.5
The Skull
Matt Brunson
A sporadically entertaining terror tale 46 
2.5
The Skull
Lucius Gore
While the film drags in parts and can t be counted as a classic it s a rock solid Amicus production and a must see for fans of that studio s work 
3
9 Star Hotel
Bill Stamets
A little voiceover commentary might add more than the sound of his panting 
2.5
9 Star Hotel
Ken Fox
Haar s powerful and terribly sad film speaks volumes not just about life in contemporary Israel but in the U S as well 
4
9 Star Hotel
Nick Schager
9 Star Hotel is an empathetic portrait of a particular human circumstance but without greater context it ultimately feels like only half the story 
2
Alfie
David Nusair
Alfie when you get right down to it isn t a terribly likable character something that certainly makes it difficult to actually care about his fate 
2
Alfie
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Paradoxically the single aspect of the 66 film that s wholeheartedly retained in the remake is its least realistic attribute 
1
Alfie
Lori Hoffman
Law while less riveting than Caine does a fine job is this grown up romp about modern sexuality
3
Alfie
Linda Cook
It seems that Michael Caine is passing the acting baton however indirectly to Jude Law 
2.5
Alfie
Matt Brunson
The key to this movie s success rests in the central performance by Jude Law this easily represents his best acting to date 
3
Alfie
Mark Collette
If there is such a thing as the postmodern relationship then director Charles Shyer has come maddeningly close to objectifying it with Alfie 
2.5
Alfie
Vince Koehler
The music in the film was fantastic and I waited through the end credits to hear the signature song 
3
Alfie
James Berardinelli
The question of Why more than What s it all about still lingers where this remake is concerned 
2.5
Alfie
Dan Lybarger
If there was ever a film that begged not to be remade the 1966 black comedy Alfie is screaming to be left alone in a loud Cockney accent 
1.5
Alfie
Peter Canavese
Alfie smacks its dog with a rolled up newspaper and then feels guilty about it This one has star power and nothing else y know what I mean 
2
Alfie
Sara Michelle Fetters
But with Dionne Warwick subtly warbling that theme refrain over the famous studio logo all my hesitation melted away a good ten minutes later What s it all about How about a remake that s worth the price of admission 
3.5
Alfie
Nick Schager
Jude Law turns on the caddish charm in Alfie but there s little swing to this toothless update of the minor late 60s film 
1.5
Alfie
Scott Nash
No it s not as good as the original but that doesn t mean you can t enjoy it 
3
Alfie
Aaron Hillis
Charles Shyer s remake du jour is a charmingly chic dramatically weak ode to the post Metrosexual Revolution 
2.5
Alfie
Moira MacDonald
Alfie the remake despite fine work by the cast yes there are people in the movie other than Law but not so s you d notice doesn t really work it ultimately has nothing to say and no reason to exist 
2.5
Alfie
Mick LaSalle
The new script raises the emotional stakes of the old scenes it retains cuts plot elements that can t be updated and creates new story lines that are just as effective as those it replaces 
3.5
Alfie
David Elliott
What s it all about in 2004 Considerably less than in 1966 in the Michael Caine version 
2
Alfie
Joe Baltake
It lacks the harsh biting punch of its memorable 1966 predecessor And perhaps there was no other way to do it 
3
Alfie
Peter Travers
The women Alfie betrays played by Marisa Tomei Jane Krakowski Nia Long and Sienna Miller Law s offscreen love and an actress of beauty and intelligence give him so many deserved post feminist whacks that you almost pity the guy 
2
Alfie
Megan Lehmann
Law tries hard to make his Alfie likable but he s working against the orchestrations of the narrative and merely comes off as feeble a one dimensional Eurotrash jerk with outmoded ideas about women and troubles that don t amount to a hill of beans 
1.5
Alfie
Jack Mathews
The major difference between the two movies is that Caine s Alfie represented a threatened breed of opportunistic man while Law s comes off as a typical commitment challenged bachelor 
2
Alfie
Glenn Whipp
As pointless as it is stylish Charles Shyer s breezy restrained remake of the 1966 Michael Caine hit begs not the question What s it all about but rather Why bother in the first place 
2.5
Alfie
Eric Harrison
Alfie is a bore 
2
Alfie
Rick Groen
It leaves Jude Law hanging out to dry He looks like the young Michael Caine he talks straight to the camera like the young Michael Caine but this time our hunk has got zilch to say 
1.5
Alfie
Terry Lawson
What the new Alfie turns out be all about is Jude Law perfectly cast in the role played by Caine 
3
Alfie
Jeff Vice
While Law s performance here may not be as career defining as Caine s he s still charismatic and will hold your attention And both Long and Sarandon hold their own with him 
3
Alfie
Lisa Kennedy
Alfie is embodied quite nicely by Jude Law who is still a cad but more of a lad than Caine ever seemed 
3
Alfie
Lawrence Toppman
Jude Law s considerable charm as the philandering limo driver whose heart is the last to be broken goes a long way toward making this needless film palatable 
2
Alfie
Wesley Morris
It s a steep task to consider Alfie anything other than a Vanity Fair pictorial 
1
Alfie
Roger Ebert
Law s best scenes are when he doggedly tries to keep smiling as his lifestyle grows grim and depressing 
3
Alfie
Sean P. Means
I m still not convinced that the world needed a remake of Alfie but after watching the movie I m certain Jude Law needed it 
3
Alfie
Jeffrey Westhoff
While this new Alfie is far from PC giving him even an ounce of sympathy misses the point 
2
Alfie
Sarah Chauncey
Alfie is a total knockout of a movie stylish well crafted and well performed It also manages simultaneously to be a cautionary tale for Casanovas everywhere 
3.5
Alfie
Larry Ratliff
Law is a talented actor trapped in a male model body He makes us care about this cad we shouldn t give a flip about through his ability to charm and disarm 
3
Alfie
Erik Childress
Alfie plays more like a Republican cautionary tale from the 80s warning against illegitimate parenting abortion and diseases that infect your penis 
2.5
Alfie
Steve Rhodes
This ode to the joy of chain smoking would make a great cigarette infomercial if tobacco companies were still allowed to show such things 
2
Alfie
Mike Clark
Though he s highly irresponsible this Alfie is not quite a calculating heel which makes the material go down easier while blunting the point 
2.5
Alfie
Rene Rodriguez
Alfie is such smooth crisp entertainment you barely even notice it has nothing new to say 
3
Alfie
Bruce Newman
The newly remade Alfie does for Jude Law what the 1966 original accomplished for Michael Caine It makes him a star 
3
Alfie
Mack Bates
From the perspective of pure entertainment Alfie is never boring and always easy on the eyes 
3
Alfie
Jan Stuart
Early on this urbane update tells us what we ve learned in the intervening decades women are from Venus Alfies are from Mars then proceeds to restate that view of the solar system ad nauseum 
2
Alfie
Steven Rea
The movie feels creaky and anachronistic 
2
Alfie
David Sterritt
Law is lively and Shyer keeps the action hopping with help from the movie s original gimmick of having Alfie keep up a running monologue to the audience 
3
Alfie
Chris Hewitt
The 14 karat golden boy is incredibly appealing probably too appealing as Alfie 
2.5
Alfie
Phoebe Flowers
Like its title character Alfie is a touch too immature to ever fully win you over 
2.5
Alfie
Kit Bowen
What s it all about Alfie Unfortunately in this mediocre remake of the 1966 original not a whole lot 
2
Alfie
Sid Smith
Not only delights and provokes but twists and tweaks the plot with just the right amount of 21st Century flavor 
3.5
Alfie
Walter Chaw
An underdog story about over dogs 
1.5
Alfie
Phil Villarreal
Law chronically aware of his own charm doesn t mimic Caine s performance he rei nterprets the character and sparks it with a new life making Alfie thoroughly his own 
3
Alfie
Rob Blackwelder
The women Alfie dallies with are not doormats which is another very welcome departure from the 1966 film 
3
Alfie
Willie Waffle
I couldn t get enough of this movie Alfie is one of the best movies I have seen all year and Jude Law should get another Oscar nomination
4
Alfie
Dustin Putman
A gratifying early surprise of the autumn movie season an intelligent and wise film that finds vast entertainment value in one man s own existential crises 
3
The Five Heartbeats
Walter Chaw
A once or future VH1 movie that rocks 
1
The Five Heartbeats
Roger Ebert
This is not only a biography with music but also a thoughtful look at the way five young men from a poor but nurturing black neighborhood find success and deal with it 
3
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Roger Moore
Skiing sledding gags a Roomba run amok bit there s just enough going on to keep the littlest kids interested And a tiny dollop of heart helps 
3
Shorts
Sean O'Connell
An imaginative but shamefully unsophisticated fantasy 
1.5
The Interrupters
Mattie Lucas
This is essential issue based documentary filmmaking without the usual ham fisted histrionics 
3.5
The Interrupters
John Beifuss
Chronicles one year in the life of a city grappling with violence when Chicago was labeled a war zone Laments a funeral home director How can the President of the United States be a black man but I m still burying black kids 
4
The Interrupters
Josh Larsen
A cry of hope from communities of despair 
3.5
The Interrupters
Liam Lacey
Where James s film excels is as direct experiential cinema without narration onscreen interviews or acknowledgment of the presence of the camera it is an intensely dramatic window into a world 
3
The Interrupters
Peter Howell
A sobering but not hopeless look at how the Windy City is attempting to turn around a rising tide of street shooting through the work of a unique group called CeaseFire 
3.5
The Interrupters
Chris Hewitt
I don t get to vote on the Nobel Peace Prize but my imaginary vote would go to the Violence Interrupters the real life stars of the documentary The Interrupters 
3.5
The Interrupters
Stephanie Merry
Realistically inspiring and thankfully not overly dramatized 
3
The Interrupters
Wesley Morris
The immediacy and caprice of violence in The Interrupters are just as strong as in nearly every documentary I ve seen about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 
4
The Interrupters
Chris Faraone
There will be tears shed over this deep look at Chicago s grisliest streets and the benevolent soldiers who fight to keep them safe 
2.5
The Interrupters
Burl Burlingame
If this were a fiction movie out of Hollywood we d be hooting at the preposterousness of it all I mean really 
3
The Interrupters
Moira MacDonald
Through understanding and fearlessness this brave trio shows us the world can be changed tiny step by tiny step 
3.5
The Interrupters
Walter V. Addiego
The Interrupters is an intense and chilling documentary about peacekeeping troops in a war zone 
3
The Interrupters
Lisa Kennedy
Tense moving and at times brain draining 
3.5
The Interrupters
Rene Rodriguez
A heartbreaking empowering documentary about inner city violence 
3.5
The Interrupters
Matt Pais
One group s brave amazing attempt to stop the shootings 
3.5
The Interrupters
Roger Ebert
It is difficult to imagine the effort day after day for a year of following this laborious heroic and so often fruitless volunteer work 
4
The Interrupters
Kam Williams
A riveting documentary which chronicles the efforts of several intrepid community organizers to bring an end to black on black crime in the City of Chicago 
4
The Interrupters
Kyle Smith
The movie is more a situation than a narrative and it s repetitive and depressing 
3
The Interrupters
Lauren Wissot
A tour de force of editing that s similar in novelistic scale to Steve James s high school basketball epic Hoop Dreams 
3.5
Trapped
Roger Moore
A darker than dark noir whose Feds always get their man messaging is so heavy handed it borders on parody 46 But Bridges and Payton 44 director Fleisher and DP Roe turn this Secret Service recruiting docudrama into something special 46 
2.5
Trapped
Mattie Lucas
Takes a lot of narrative chances by building the film around a cast of almost entirely unlikable and unscrupulous characters and it pays off 
3
The Zombies of Sugar Hill
John Beifuss
Unlikely to scare anybody but it s a haunted treasure chest s worth of 1970s style slang and racial provocation I hope they re into white trash quips the heroine feeding a gangster to the hogs 
2.5
The Unfamiliar
Roger Moore
The whole affair is entirely too prissy to scare anybody 
1.5
City Hall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As City Hall comes together it at least becomes clear that these public servants are truly interested in helping their constituents trying to be as fair as possible to as many as possible 
3.5
City Hall
Mattie Lucas
Our government may be in disarray but Wiseman ever the curious optimist finds something beautiful in its evolution 
3.5
City Hall
Sean P. Means
Here over four and a half hours Wiseman shows us not only see how much Boston s government is overseeing but we re seeing how many dedicated people are doing that work 
3.5
City Hall
Steven Prokopy
Wiseman s skillful editing and deliberate pacing allows the viewer to feel as if they are taking part in the process and not just observing it 
4
City Hall
Tom Meek
City Hall captures all that we are were and can be though it s an eerie pre Covid snapshot of our fair Hub 
3.5
City Hall
Anita Katz
A humane and vital picture of democracy at work 
3.5
City Hall
Asher Luberto
City Hall is sort of like watching a puzzle being put together in real time only the pieces are people meetings ideas and industries and the final picture is of a stable democracy 
3
City Hall
Mark Feeney
What Frederick Wiseman has been doing for all these years and in all these films is trying to make art of decency and process In the good ones he s succeeded City Hall is one of the very good ones 
3.5
City Hall
Kathleen Sachs
Frederick Wiseman s documentary offers a hopeful look at political institutions 
4
City Hall
Nadine Smith
Certain sequences stretch to the point of tedium But Wiseman always finds a way to bring his vast collection of threads and tangents back together 
3
City Hall
Ann Hornaday
At 4 1 2 hours City Hall is a demanding film But it rewards that commitment with an experience that is both hypnotically beautiful and subtly encouraging 
3.5
City Hall
Peter Sobczynski
Even in a filmography with more than its fair share of impressive achievements it deserves consideration as one of Wiseman s greatest 
4
City Hall
Angelo Muredda
Though it clocks in at a hefty 275 minutes City Hall is never a slog unfurling as a series of fleet wry vignettes that guide us in and out of different chambers of the titular institution 
3.5
City Hall
Keith Uhlich
Its provocations can seem savage at a glance but they emerge from an observational tranquility that is uniquely Frederick Wiseman s own 
3.5
The Earrings of Madame De ...
David Nusair
a lifeless all too theatrical period piece that s hardly able to engender the lush romantic vibe that Ophuls is clearly striving for 
1.5
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Matt Brunson
The cyclical nature of chance and coincidence takes on epic proportions here as Ophuls masterfully transforms what initially seems like a borderline bedroom farce into a full blown tragedy 
4
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Josh Larsen
exquisite both in its lavish craftsmanship and in the way it captures the acute joy and pain of romantic love 
4
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Gabe Leibowitz
The tracking shots effortlessly glide down corridors into rooms through gardens They particularly shine during two dancing scenes where the smooth movements of the partners are echoed by the graceful camera capturing every move in perfect sync 
4
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Jeff Vice
Rich in story and character 
3.5
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Rob Thomas
The brilliance of Earrings is in the precision with which Ophuls carefully strips away all the luxury until what we see is not the extravagance but the wounded tragic marriage that the extravagance is meant to hide 
3.5
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s powerful stuff but Ophuls graceful gliding camera movements provide a sense of beautiful inevitability 
4
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Fernando F. Croce
Evanescence is an integral part of cinema and no other director captured it as lyrically and yet as savagely as Ophls 
4
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Jeremy Heilman
Surely one of the most cruelly tragic and sublimely funny melodramas of all time 
4
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Roger Ebert
One of the most mannered and contrived love movies ever filmed It glitters and dazzles and beneath the artifice it creates a heart and breaks it 
4
The Big Sick
Brian Eggert
The Big Sick feels authentic yet familiar endearing and consistently funny a curious mix that provides a real life example of how Nanjiani and Gordon s life together imitates art 
3.5
The Big Sick
David Gonzalez
The Big Sick falls under one of my favorite criteria in film watching unexpected surprises 46 
4
The Big Sick
Matt Brunson
Generously laced with wit and wisdom 
3
The Big Sick
Jason Fraley
Kumail Nanjiani Zoe Kazan Ray Ramano and Holly Hunter are so funny that they yank the rom com genre right out of a coma 
4
The Big Sick
Federico Furzan
A comedy that evolves into drama and feels relevant in the process This is an incredible but true story Full review in Spanish 
3
The Big Sick
Joey Magidson
In a very real sense you ll laugh and you ll cry in equal measure 
3.5
The Big Sick
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s a pity that The Big Sick didn t get released in Peruvian theatres I m sure people looking for something different entertaining intelligent and deeply personal would have enjoyed it Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Big Sick
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The Big Sick stars Nanjiani as himself or a version thereof joined by Zoe Kazan Ruby Sparks as Emily Together they have a genuinely sweet chemistry 
4
The Big Sick
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Indeed the Allenian influence is omnipresent in this romantic comedy Full review in Spanish 
3
The Big Sick
David Nusair
The Big Sick proceeds into a palpably puffed up midsection that s rife with overlong sequences and somewhat needless digressions 
2.5
The Big Sick
John Serba
It has moments that are deeply serious and some that are deeply funny but it never truly commits to those dramatic peaks and valleys 
3
The Big Sick
Mike McGranaghan
The Big Sick is one of the best romantic comedies of our time A work of 100 sincerity 
4
The Big Sick
Bob Bloom
The movie is no fairy tale it rings sincere because it shows the warts and blemishes that make perfect love nearly impossible but allows true love to climb its way to the top of relationship mountain 
4
The Big Sick
Matt Hanson
It is first and foremost a romantic comedy one that should be enjoyable regardless of your political views Hysterical heartbreaking and ultimately heartwarming you d be hard pressed not to fall in love with The Big Sick 
4
The Big Sick
James Berardinelli
It s funny touching and perceptive 
3.5
The Big Sick
Roger Moore
Always engaging if overlong formulaic and anti climactic 
2.5
The Big Sick
Josh Terry
The Big Sick is a sweet film even with some rough edges and it will be fun to see more from Nanjiani in the future 
3
The Big Sick
Rob Thomas
We know where things are going But frankly we know where most movies are going It s how it gets there and the company we get to keep along the way that makes The Big Sick such a winner 
3.5
The Big Sick
Robert Horton
The material may be at the sitcom level but watching these performers play off each other is pure pleasure 
3
The Big Sick
Sean P. Means
Where some movies would just settle for some good laughs this one does that and warms the heart too 
4
The Big Sick
Calvin Wilson
The Big Sick has a lot of charm 
3.5
The Big Sick
Max Weiss
All the characters are flawed but sympathetic the film has a true generosity of spirit 
3.5
The Big Sick
Robert W. Butler
It s hard to overstate just how effectively The Big Sick balances its romantic inclinations against life or death drama or how its comedy co exists with potential heartbreak 
3
The Big Sick
Moira MacDonald
Mostly the movie works for the reason that all the best rom coms do you fall in love a little bit with Kumail and Emily and want them to stay together 
3.5
The Big Sick
Gary Thompson
All of the thoughtful characters missing from the last ten comedies you ve seen They re here 
3.5
The Big Sick
Richard Roeper
All the best romantic comedies get even better upon repeat viewings I m fully confident The Big Sick will pass that test the next time I see it which will be very soon 
4
The Big Sick
Anita Katz
It s a slightly messy often funny and humanity filled alternative to summer blockbusters 
3
The Big Sick
Barry Hertz
Like all Judd Apatow supervised productions it s about 10 minutes too long but that is a small complaint when weighed against Nanjiani and Co s remarkable achievement 
3.5
The Big Sick
Mark Dujsik
Nanjiani and Gordon have written a comedy that yes does recognize the seriousness of the situation but also focuses on the uncomfortable awkward and difficult nature of it too 
3
The Big Sick
Peter Howell
Hilarious and heartbreaking with no clear trajectory frequently catching viewers off guard it s a rom com of both heart and brain about a couple tested by illness and clashing cultures 
4
The Big Sick
Ann Hornaday
It s a movie that not only puts human imperfections and incongruities on display but also revels in them 
4
The Big Sick
Michael Phillips
The movie treats the people on screen generously and it s a romantic comedy with surprising depth of feeling glancing on all sorts of things race religion tolerance understanding the competitive peculiarity of stand up comedy 
3.5
The Big Sick
Chris Hewitt
There are a lot of reasons to love The Big Sick in addition to its intelligence and complex characters It s hilarious from start to finish 
3.5
The Big Sick
Dann Gire
Despite its pandemic sounding title The Big Sick delivers a fresh funny endearing and surprisingly emotional story of romance and survival not necessarily in that order 
4
The Big Sick
Mick LaSalle
The Big Sick with ease and seeming effortlessness makes us care a lot of about these people together and separately And their journey is odd enough to be interesting 
3
The Big Sick
Peter Canavese
Functions not only as a boilerplate rom com that s consistently amusing and possessed with charming leads but also as a heartwarming drama 
3
The Big Sick
Rick Bentley
One of the best romantic comedies to hit theaters in a decade 
3.5
The Big Sick
Robert Levin
It s painstakingly authentic in its evocation of what sometimes feels like the entire conceivable range of emotions That s because Nanjiani and Gordon are sharp writers with a knack for underpinning deadpan dialogue with understated emotions 
3.5
The Big Sick
Bob Strauss
The often slick just occasionally slack Sick is first and foremost an autobiography and while it s been designed to deliver maximum laughs and emotion a quirky authenticity hovers over even its most manipulative moments 
3.5
The Big Sick
Christy Lemire
Again and again Showalter finds that laughter through tears sweet spot often in the unlikeliest of places 
3.5
The Big Sick
Katie Walsh
It s an exceedingly high degree of difficulty to hit the perfect chord of humor and heart plucking the heartstrings just so blending laughter and tears and The Big Sick strums them just right 
4
The Big Sick
Peter Travers
Comic Kumail Nanjiani and his wife co screenwriter Emily V Gordon carve this heartfelt love story out of her health crisis and their own culture clash relationship Not just the funniest romcom in ages it s one of 2017 s best films 
3.5
The Big Sick
Stephen Whitty
There s a great deal of real life here even beyond the initial situations The jokes many of them lifted from Nanjiani s own routines are often edgy and politically engaged The couple s tensions are honest 
3.5
The Big Sick
Peter Goldberg
Michael Showalter s The Big Sick puts a thoughtful spin on the rom com though maybe it s more accurate to call the film a rom com interrupted 
3
The Big Sick
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Big Sick definitely gets extra points for its real life factor 
3
Dr. Butcher M.D.
Matt Brunson
Zombie Holocaust could easily have been called Cannibal Holocaust had another Italian gorefest from the same period not already snagged that title 
2
Monte Walsh
Roger Ebert
as lovely a Western as I ve seen in a long time The movie is rough but it is almost always tender 
4
Night Across the Street
Mattie Lucas
A gentle whisper a finely tuned rumination on life and death endings and beginnings that proved remarkably prescient 
3
Night Across the Street
Tom Keogh
Elegiac witty and deeply reflective Night Across the Street strikes a mature and complex tone 
3
Night Across the Street
Kent Turner
The film s like wandering unescorted in someone else s mind It becomes more beautifully melancholic as you remember it 
3
Night Across the Street
Jaime N. Christley
Across the film s second half as is sometimes his wont Ruiz begins to cast aside the genteel tradition of quality trappings misleadingly suggested by the first act and indulges in the lurid fancy of pulp fiction and horror 
3
Geri's Game
Steve Rhodes
The effect is rather like speed reading through a Roald Dahl novel 
3.5
Inescapable
Robert Levin
The movie suffers from the conflict between its potboiler instincts and the filmmaker s understandable need to acknowledge the brutality of Syria s secretive regime 
2
Inescapable
Farran Smith Nehme
The plot unfolds at a nice clip but at no point does director Ruba Nadda evade expectations 
2
Inescapable
Chuck Bowen
The film spins its wheels for almost an hour until collapsing under the weight of exposition that renders the mystery nearly besides the point 
1
Inescapable
Rick Groen
This soft fiction pales before the hard facts 
2
The Fox
Roger Ebert
A quiet powerful masterpiece 
4
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
Matt Brunson
One of the interviewees laments how the scene was later overrun by violent right wing skinheads and white supremacists but in these early years the vibe was a positive one 
3
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Does an excellent job of fleshing out the story and giving it a backbone 
3.5
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
Kathy Fennessy
The DC punk scene 1976 1984 takes the spotlight in James June Schneider and Paul Bishow s long gestating crowd funded documentary 
3
Web Junkie
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is fascinating and often darkly funny but it s hard not to wish for some actual analysis to flesh out the many scenes of grim people in gray rehab 
2.5
Web Junkie
Steve Macfarlane
Without a frame of footage nor a single interview presented from outside the camp the documentary shows a capitalist nightmare that accords its victims zero wiggle room 
3
Web Junkie
Kam Williams
A tough love remedy for internet addiction designed for impressionable young minds which prefer virtual reality to relating in the flesh 
4
Web Junkie
Peter Howell
Web Junkie could almost be viewed as absurd comedy if it weren t so grimly serious 
2.5
Troy
Mattie Lucas
With all the over the top costumes and sets it looks more like a television movie of the week than a big summer event flick 
2
Troy
Joe Lozito
It s coherent at least But only barely Its special effects are pretty and it has a cool soundtrack though it s over used But boy is the writing terrible I mean terrible 
1
Troy
Kam Williams
All the cast members even Mr Pitt adopt the obligatory British accent sans contractions employed by the historical drama genre even though the action takes place in Ancient Greece 
2
Troy
James Kendrick
a throwback to the old Hollywood sword and sandal epics of the 1950s but with more blood
2.5
Troy
Jorge Avila Andrade
Espectacular relato pico que a pesar de su falta de emotividad es un claro ejemplo de cine de calidad 
3
Troy
Judith Egerton
Troy is a Classic Comics version of The Iliad but when it comes to Hollywood summer spectaculars and sandal epics Troy suffices 
3
Troy
Wesley Lovell
The film is good for many of its concepts but fails to really capture the narratives desperation 
2.5
Troy
Sean McBride
the marriage of drama and action is tenuous at times but all in all this is a pretty impressive grown up summer blockbuster 
3
Troy
Lori Hoffman
the gladiator epic as a male stripper fantasy with Brad Pitt removing his armor as much as possible 
1.5
Troy
Vince Koehler
The digital work is superb with the huge battle scenes looking very realistic 
2.5
Troy
David Nusair
there s just something exciting about watching two men attack each other with crude weapons 
3
Troy
Tony Toscano
For all its hype Troy is just another war movie wrapped in a bigger prettier box 
2.5
Troy
James Sanford
crammed with near campy moments and dialogue that often suggests The Young and the Restless 1200 B C ultimately seems as inauthentic as a gyro from Taco Bell 
2.5
Troy
Linda Cook
Gladiator it isn t But it s a good solid popcorn munchers action flick all the same 
3
Troy
Mike McGranaghan
A prime example of Hollywood epic making at its most misguided 
2
Troy
Matt Brunson
Forget the topicality if you want anyway it s only there if you scratch the surface What isn t buried is the movie s larger than life zeal 
3.5
Troy
Sara Brady
Recalls an age when Hollywood not only gambled on but flourished with grandiose epics and casts of thousands and brings megawatt star power to what is at root a brilliantly told story 
3
Troy
John Beifuss
Says Hector No son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler The bootleg of this movie is sure to be a big seller in Fallujah 
3
Troy
Frank Ochieng
As physically stimulating as Troy purports to be in content the mental aspect of this film has all the charge of a defective catapult 
2
Troy
Dustin Putman
Reminiscent of a cheesy Harlequin romance that just so happens to have lots of big battles and expensive effects 
2
Troy
Jonathan R. Perry
Maybe they found the text by Homer of Simpson rather than Homer of Asia Minor Mmm 8230 breastplates 
2.5
Troy
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is also unfortunately a mysteriously cold production filled with stagy melodramatic characterizations doing little to bring these classic and timeless characters to life 
2.5
Troy
Sean P. Means
If you feared Pitt would be too lightweight more Pacific calm than Aegean storm his performance here will convince you 
3.5
Troy
Forrest Hartman
Sweeping and dramatic Troy is an epic in the truest sense and short of Mel Gibson 8217 s Passion it is the best film to hit theaters this year 
4
Troy
Moira MacDonald
As summer movie entertainment Troy delivers the Trojan horse and then some 
3
Troy
Mick LaSalle
All Hollywood and no Homer but within its limits it s a vigorous entertaining movie 
3
Troy
David Elliott
For a summer epic this is depth and the terrible ordained finish with that tricky Trojan horse still stirs us 
3
Troy
Joe Baltake
Petersen has made an action epic for grown ups the kind we haven t seen for oh 40 years 
3.5
Troy
James Berardinelli
All of the visual majesty that hundreds of millions of dollars can buy cannot obscure the perfunctory and unsatisfying development of the major characters 
2.5
Troy
Timothy Knight
Although the sheer scale of this production is undeniably impressive there s little grandeur or sweep to this would be epic which lacks both the visceral power and genuine pathos of Ridley Scott s Oscar winner Gladiator 
2
Troy
James Verniere
If buff and burly Bronze Age warriors and sword and sandal style bone crushing and bloodletting are your idea of fun Troy is a worthy destination and serviceable movie epic 
2.5
Troy
Jonathan Foreman
The lackluster ensemble hired by the director is overwhelmed by the generally impressive sets and crowd scenes aided by computer generated images by the task of playing epic heroes and by David Benioff s rambling tone deaf screenplay 
1.5
Troy
Jack Mathews
There are breathtaking vistas taut political intrigues dangerous romantic liaisons and one of the greatest wardrobes ever assembled for a costume drama 
3
Troy
Glenn Whipp
Director Wolfgang Petersen and screenwriter David Benioff decided to excise the gods from Greek mythology and simply give us a collection of buff dudes and simpering women characters that would be at home hangin in The O C 
2
Troy
Robert W. Butler
A war movie with a cast of thousands a few moments of genuine drama lots of familiar faces graphic violence and enough glistening male thighs to attract a female audience along with the action geeks 
3
Troy
Rick Groen
Such a tame and timid epic it s all meek to me 
2
Troy
John Monaghan
The real strength of Troy rests in how everything on screen appears within the realm of possibility 
3
Troy
Jeff Vice
Troy may not be the stuff of legends but on the whole it s still a very good action adventure movie 
3
Troy
Lisa Kennedy
Thanks to Bana and O Toole Troy partakes in the power and pleasure of a story with such classic pedigree 
3
Troy
Roger Ebert
The movie sidesteps the existence of the Greek gods turns its heroes into action movie cliches and demonstrates that we re getting tired of computer generated armies 
2
Troy
Ty Burr
What s missing from the experience is the poetry only a director can bring to an enterprise this sprawling 
2
Troy
Jon Niccum
Coming off the fakery overkill of last week s Van Helsing it s refreshing to see computer imagery used to improve a story instead of BECOMING the story 
3
Troy
Phil Villarreal
The muted leering tones detract from the subjects the film tries to handle seriously 
2.5
Troy
David Keyes
Like a Trojan Horse Troy is built on a shell that at first glance is appealing but reveals its deception when you least expect it to 
2
Troy
Duane Dudek
It is good old fashioned sword and sandal storytelling with multiple close ups of sweaty hunks but is classic only by Hollywood s diminished definition of the word 
3
Troy
Erik Childress
It s lost in a sandstorm of directionless mediocrity Wolfgang Petersen had a thousand to choose from and missed every boat completely 
1.5
Troy
Claudia Puig
A gripping well told adaptation of one of the oldest human dramas 
3
Troy
Bruce Newman
An action picture of stunning scope and stirring spectacle with a love story between two callow nitwits that is its Achilles heel 
3
Troy
Carrie Rickey
When the film focuses on the Trojans it s splendid But when Troy attempts to sort out the competing agendas of the Greeks it drags 
3
Troy
Rene Rodriguez
Despite all its oversized spectacle the movie feels small and unimportant just the latest in a growing trend of large scale ancient war epics 
2.5
Troy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new epic Troy isn t a bad film nor is it particularly good It s merely uninspired uninteresting and unimportant 
2
Troy
Lawrence Toppman
What do you get if you start with the first great narrative of Western civilization then remove all the psychological complexity and profound characterization 
2
Troy
Jeff Strickler
The opening scene involves two thousand man armies marching determinedly toward each other across a field the size of Rhode Island And that s one of the more modest battles 
2.5
Troy
Bob Bloom
Troy s sword and sandal spectacle is tempered by the human drama of men who fight to protect their homes or for their honor or to gain immortality and glory through deeds 
3
Troy
David Sterritt
This is hardly an Iliad adaptation for the ages But if you re hankering for sand sandals and swordplay this could be the movie for you 
3
Troy
Phoebe Flowers
The first genuinely satisfying purely entertaining popcorn movie of the year 
3
Troy
Chris Hewitt
Eyes blazing O Toole s work is the highlight of the flawed but enjoyable Troy 
2.5
Troy
Kit Bowen
Greedy kings lusty virgins buff heroes a cast of thousands huge battle sequences and a face that launched a thousand ships Troy has it all and then some 
3.5
Troy
John Anderson
It does possess the aura of the ancient at least within the parameters of the Hollywood epic 
2.5
Next
Tom Meek
Tamahori and the phalanx of writers implode Dick s intriguing premise into a pedantic thriller 
2
Next
Scott Nash
Next isn t a great movie but I enjoyed it anyway 
2.5
Next
Janos Gereben
Philip K Dick is credited as the source of the film That poor giant of SciFi has been more abused posthumously than anyone else of his genius 
2
Next
Tyler Hanley
Despite a distracting hairdo Nicolas Cage delivers a solid performance in this fast paced actioner 
2.5
Next
Jorge Avila Andrade
El vidente es una de esas películas que se pueden ver sin problemas pues es bastante entretenida pero que al final deja el sentimiento de que al espectador se le quiso tomar el pelo 
2.5
Next
Linda Cook
An erratic illusion of a high quality film Next sometimes stumbles over its own sleight of hand tricks 
2
Next
Matt Brunson
A monumental copout on the level of those overused It was all a dream stories that our fiction writing professors would urge us not to pen back in college 
1.5
Next
David Nusair
Thoroughly ridiculous yet basically entertaining 
2.5
Next
Mark Dujsik
Until its trigger happy metaphysically impossible to decipher and anticlimactic copout of an ending the movie is a successful entertainment albeit a minor disposable and completely forgettable one 
2.5
Next
Kit Bowen
Tired of really bad action movies starring Nicolas Cage Sigh So are we 
1
Next
Gary Brown
The movie itself is a standard sci fi thriller that compared to others will hardly overwhelm but the storyline and brevity 96 minutes kept me engaged from start to finish 
3
Next
Vince Koehler
I would have liked to see a little more of Cris abilities to see the future than just another sappy love story 
2
Next
Ross Anthony
A sweet love story gets sabotaged by an action film with way too many shots fired far too many vehicles blown up 
1
Next
Steve Rhodes
When NEXT is good it s very good but when it s bad it s horrid 
2.5
Next
Eric Melin
Featuring a bare bones script that relies completely on the strength of its premise and not its characters Next also has the courtesy to not overstay its welcome 
2.5
Next
Claudia Puig
Once you know the rules it s hardly worth playing Especially when you find out you ve been tricked 
1.5
Next
Ken Fox
Lazy incoherent adaptation of Dick s strange short story 
1.5
Next
Peter Howell
Colossal waste of time 
1.5
Next
Moira MacDonald
Late in the movie Cris shouts at a bad guy I ve seen every possible ending here None of them are good for you It s as if he s talking to the audience and alas he s right 
1.5
Next
Mick LaSalle
It explores different facets of its premise and transforms itself into a fairly competent suspense thriller 
2.5
Next
Arthur Salm
Not overly ambitious Next nonetheless keeps you thinking guessing and entertained 
3.5
Next
Pam Grady
Next is tasty but only in an empty calorie sort of way 
3
Next
Steven Rea
Cage is cool quiet and a touch melancholy as Johnson carrying the burden of his gift with a brooding brow and a ready punch line 
3
Next
Lou Lumenick
Next which makes National Treasure look like a model of narrative logic is almost beyond criticism 
1.5
Next
Jack Mathews
A routine action film with strange bits of surreal time flopping mixed in 
2
Next
Duane Dudek
The torpid Next may actually trump Paycheck as the worst film based on a story by the late highly regarded science fiction writer Philip K Dick 
2
Next
Connie Ogle
Next begins to seriously embarrass itself and its stars once it rolls to its climax 
2
Next
Evan Henerson
Next is a series of artfully choreographed linked pursuits with Moore convincing as the hard nosed leader of the pursuit team 
2.5
Next
Robert W. Butler
At least Next has a sense of humor which helps soften though not enough the ridiculous premises on which the enterprise rests 
2
Next
Wesley Morris
Watchably absurd popcorn flick 
2.5
Next
Sara Michelle Fetters
At any rate with Spider Man 3 hitting theaters next Thursday I don t need a crystal ball to foresee this one disappearing from theaters and hitting DVD in a matter of weeks 
2.5
Next
Peter T. Chattaway
While some moviegoers will want to talk about some of the really cool concepts the film explores others will want to rip the movie apart 
2.5
Next
Peter Canavese
The earnestness of Cage and tough as nails Moore backfires in the face of godawful dialogue and a very poorly established central conceit 
1.5
Next
Daniel M. Kimmel
a popcorn movie and it s a lot of fun if you just go along for the ride 
3
Next
James Sanford
The ending of this film is not just a colossal cheat it s a hard slap in the face to anyone who has invested his or her time in watching it The preview audience responded with groans of disbelief and derisive laughter 
1.5
Next
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tamahori turns in a very sloppy production 
2
Next
Willie Waffle
Jessica Biel puts in an Oscar worthy performance to make us believe a hot babe like her would be interested in a balding creepy guy twice her age like Nic Cage so give her some props 
2.5
Next
Ed Gonzalez
After the sleekly aggressive audio visual assault of Déjà Vu Next s B movie ness is almost charming 
2.5
Next
Dustin Putman
Slickly produced but much ado about nothing Next keeps one s interest only to laugh in your face for caring 
2
Next
James Berardinelli
The film fails to play by a consistent set of rules and while it s possible to justify that endgame twist that doesn t mean it s a good idea Some viewers will feel cheated by what Next does and it s hard to blame them 
2.5
Next
Jan Stuart
Time is of the essence in the new sci fi thriller Next and all the major players wear expensive watches to prove it 
2
June & Kopi
Roger Moore
I don t want to oversell this because this story is small child simple slim to trite But it is surprisingly touching And if you ve got pre school kids they can follow June Kodi without understanding one language or reading subtitles in another 
2.5
Nine Months
Margaret A. McGurk
Nine Months is a fast funny winner 
3.5
Nine Months
Michael Dequina
Breezy undemanding and ultimately forgettable 
2.5
Nine Months
Roger Ebert
Nine Months is one of those movies where the outcome is abundantly clear to everyone but the hero who remains in the hapless position of playing dumb because if he didn t there wouldn t be a plot 
2
A Song of Love
Fernando F. Croce
A revolutionary vision of emancipation through sensuality Un Chant d Amour is a song of love both universal and eternal 
4
Redline
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Mindless auto racing film a drag for teens and up 
1
Redline
Pam Grady
This is one of those movies in which virtually no one comes out unscathed 
1
Redline
Terry Lawson
An idiotic action thriller vanity project and testosterone filled guilty pleasure whose sole purpose is to show off a fleet of million dollar Ferraris and Lamborghinis belonging to fledgling movie mogul Daniel Sadek 
1
Redline
Linda Cook
Well at least you can look at the cars 
.5
Redline
Lisa Rose
The cars in the film are treated with more respect than the women 
0.5
Redline
John Anderson
Redline isn t exactly a car wreck mainly because it s far less exciting and you can in fact look away 
1
Redline
Jonathan Perry
Everything you d expect it to be and yet so much less less character development less believability and most unforgivably less escapist entertainment 
1
Redline
Elizabeth Weitzman
Although the movie s artistic merits are virtually nonexistent Sadek does understand his audience most of whom are unlikely to be acquainted yet with two key aspects of the film driver s licenses and women 
1.5
Redline
Peter Hartlaub
Do yourself a favor and stay home Griffin s 21 second wrecking the Enzo video on YouTube is more exciting and better directed and better acted than anything in Redline 
0
Redline
Rob Humanick
Redline continues the mind boggling trend of films that choose to justify their existence by piling on layer after layer of meaningless excess 
.5
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
James Kendrick
the first half is structured as a kind of lumbering black comedy before the ghouls are unleashed 44 which 44 despite the general amateurishness of the production 44 pack quite a punch
3
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
Matt Brunson
The dialogue whiplashes between amusing quips and 40 mostly 41 leaden chitchat 46 But the final act 44 a full fledged rip off of Night of the Living Dead 44 is effectively staged 46 
2.5
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
Jeremiah Kipp
Clark s first film is memorable only for its catchy title 
1
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Michael Phillips
The result asserts the two headed truism Artists in many countries will always find grim sometimes deadly opposition and those same artists will continue to risk everything to remain alive inside 
3
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Rob Thomas
Manuscripts Don t Burn is one of the best films I ve seen this year and one of the hardest to watch 
4
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Peter Keough
Unlike Rasoulof and Panahi s previous more metaphorical films this one confronts its subject head on with unflinching candor 
4
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Godfrey Cheshire
Its chilly muted colors claustrophobic framings and understated performances by an excellent cast recall 70s American suspensers such as The Conversation and Klute 
3.5
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Kent Turner
The film observes rather than thrills methodically demonstrating this is how it happens This tone and the even keel direction avoid the trappings of a screed It s actually a quiet but angry film 
2.5
ZigZag
David Nusair
the film suffers from an overly meandering pace and a central character that s just not all that interesting 
2
ZigZag
Gene Seymour
The movie despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places is wry and engrossing 
3
ZigZag
Megan Turner
The character of ZigZag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him 
2
Play
Marty Mapes
Asks questions that are impolite in a progressive liberal society like Sweden
3.5
Play
Kent Turner
Confronting the viewer with issues of race it s an unsettling night at the movies and yet absorbing with a deliberately controversial script that tiptoes away from the inflammatory 
3
The Long Way Home
Steve Rhodes
The strength of the film lies in the footage that Harris was able to assemble and the stars he signed up to read from the diaries and letters of the time 
3.5
Fear of a Black Hat
Anderson Jones
What Rusty Cundieff who wrote directs and stars in the film doesn t realize is that satire isn t just parody it also requires razor sharp insight 
2
Fear of a Black Hat
Peter Travers
The best hip hop film of all 
3
Fear of a Black Hat
Emanuel Levy
Inspired by This Is Spinal Tap this mockumentary exposes the trials of a hardcore rap band N W H Niggas With Hats with wild irreverent humor and exuberant music 
3
Fear of a Black Hat
Michael Snyder
As it recounts the history of N W H the film also manages to lampoon rap music and its archetypes as well as poking fun at the venal self serving music business types looking to grab easy money from the scene 
3
Fear of a Black Hat
Roger Ebert
Not as fearless and sharp edged as it could be but it provides a lot of laughs and barbecues a few sacred cows 
3
Fear of a Black Hat
James Berardinelli
This movie is not tightly scripted or elegantly produced but it is for the most part highly entertaining For those who have been waiting for a sequel to Spinal Tap this may be the best alternative 
3
Life After Beth
Brian Eggert
In the long tradition of zombie metaphors 44 the whole movie stands as an allegory for dealing with the heartache of loss 44 be it the loss of life 44 or simply a bad breakup where the other party seems to become a raging monster afterward 46 
2.5
Life After Beth
Matt Pais
A funny and weird showcase for DeHaan s effortless appeal and a chance for Plaza to go bonkers CGI free 
3
Life After Beth
John Beifuss
Love means never having to say you re wormy 
3
Life After Beth
Rene Rodriguez
Life After Beth starts feeling more conventional the wilder and darker it gets 
2
Life After Beth
Dann Gire
For a romantic zombie comedy Jeff Baena s Life After Beth comes up way short on laughs scares action and political insights into our culture 
1.5
Life After Beth
Michael Phillips
Baena co wrote I Heart Huckabees and while he has a sense of humor the jokes here tend to be meager and tend to dribble on 
2
Life After Beth
Matt Brunson
When it comes to the overstuffed annals of undead cinema from A Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies to Z Zombies on Broadway this anemic effort rests near the bottom of the heap 
1.5
Life After Beth
Courtney Shea
Among many missteps is a total tonal identity crisis Plaza has described Beth as a zom com rom dram N B This remark is more clever than anything in the movie it describes 
1
Life After Beth
Tirdad Derakhshani
Halfway through the story loses momentum becoming a listless predictable Saturday Night Live skit 
2.5
Life After Beth
Moira MacDonald
The movie runs out of steam though not blood long before it s over 
2
Life After Beth
Ann Hornaday
Life After Beth may have revived the ultimate girlfriend from hell but it s still wan listless and derivative in bringing her to undead life 
1
Life After Beth
Kristin Tillotson
A quirky spirit pervasive throughout and great supporting cast including Anna Kendrick make it a semi satisfying zomb edy 
2.5
Life After Beth
John Serba
Jeff Baena s blend of horror offbeat comedy and heartsick romance works in fits and starts but ultimately feels derivative 
2.5
Life After Beth
Christy Lemire
Life After Beth gets into the well tread zombie comedy territory in a clever and inspired way Then it doesn t get out of it nearly so skillfully 
2
Life After Beth
Stephen Whitty
A nicely strange and often strangely fun movie and unlike most of the summer s comedies a film with some brains Even if it only wants to eat them 
3
Life After Beth
Claudia Puig
Starts with promise and has some darkly funny scenes but grows listless repetitive and plodding the cinematic equivalent of a zombie 
2.5
Life After Beth
Matthew Kassel
Even if Life After Beth is a unique entry in the zombie canon it still registers as overkill One gets the sense that Mr Baena should have let this one die 
2
Life After Beth
Lou Lumenick
Nowhere near as funny as you d expect with its stellar cast 
2
Life After Beth
Roger Moore
Starts out far more interesting and entertaining than it turns out to be 
2
Life After Beth
Ed Gonzalez
Jeff Baena s film at heart is just another overly familiar story of a boy struggling to get over his first love and who s rewarded for his troubles with a less volatile replacement model 
1.5
Life After Beth
Dustin Putman
Cloaking tragedy in a veil of humor without compromising the truth of its thematic eulogy to love and loss the film runs the gamut of emotions It s droll It s mournful It s adorable and surreal and eerily burrows its way under the viewer s skin 
3
Lair
Roger Moore
Any chance the movie has of coming off is tossed away in an incompetently mis ordered finale that guts whatever suspense was building
1.5
The Most Beautiful Couple
David Nusair
Filmmaker Sven Taddicken undeniably does an effective job of initially capturing the viewer s interest and attention 
3
The Most Beautiful Couple
Brad Wheeler
A German thriller about rape and revenge keeps its cool even if the characters occasionally don t 
3
Call Northside 777
Jeffrey M. Anderson
James Stewart gives a hard edged performance as a jaded newspaper reporter who turns a classified ad into the story of the century 
3.5
Call Northside 777
Matt Brunson
James Stewart s brusque characterization provides Call Northside 777 with its edge 
3
Call Northside 777
David Nusair
None of Jimmy Stewart s usual charm is present 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Carrie Rickey
Li fails to stoke much heat in Sun Zhou s pretentious and symbolic love triangle 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Sean P. Means
Zhou Yu s contradictory impulses as well as a convoluted narrative structure make Zhou Yu s Train a rough ride 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Jeff Vice
The whole thing would be pretty painful if not for the presence of Gong who makes some of it watchable 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Rob Thomas
Most I suspect will walk out of the theater wondering why they had to work so hard for so little reward 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Marta Barber
Beautiful to look at but aimless as a broken compass 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Laura Kelly
When the sum of this film s parts are measured it is nothing more than a celebration of the exquisitely beautiful Gong Li 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Chris Hewitt
Has a tiny little point living solely by one s emotions can be a painful time waster but it makes that point within a needlessly tricky structure and with too much time spent on images that amount to pretty poetic filler 
1.5
Zhou Yu's Train
Wesley Morris
This is one of those languid numbers where slow motion and there s lots of it is meant to signify poetry and a line like I know my lake is artificial but it s full of water is supposed to seem lyrical 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Paul Sherman
Even the Chinese star with the soulful face can t make Zhou Yu s Train any less dreary than its confused script dictates 
1.5
Zhou Yu's Train
Liam Lacey
Much of the rest that goes on in Zhou Yu s Train feels needlessly overinflated 
2.5
Zhou Yu's Train
David Nusair
Director Sun Zhou clearly has a lot of talent imbuing the film with an epic sensibility but this story just isn t terribly interesting 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Roger Ebert
A pointlessly convoluted version of a love story that would really be very simple if anyone in the movie possessed common sense 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Carla Meyer
The back and forth approach can be confusing but it doesn t obscure the picture s chief ideas 
3
Zhou Yu's Train
Jeanne Aufmuth
At turns evocatively elliptical and artistically manipulative this ode to self discovery is visually stunning but altogether too exasperating 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Joshua Tanzer
A nimble playful piece of moviemaking and still somehow a bit of a drag 
2.5
Zhou Yu's Train
Moira MacDonald
Watching Sun Zhou s romantic drama Zhou Yu s Train is like reading a poem not a great poem or an entirely clear one but one that occasionally blooms into beauty with images that can take the reader s breath away 
2.5
Zhou Yu's Train
V.A. Musetto
Breathtakingly filmed 
3
Zhou Yu's Train
Jack Mathews
A ticket to this movie is a season s pass on that train and you must complete every ride 
1.5
Zhou Yu's Train
Bob Strauss
A perceptive honest and yes romantic inquiry into the difficult nature of love in modern rapidly changing China Or anywhere at anytime really 
3
Zhou Yu's Train
John Anderson
Deeply felt but overly hyperbolic romance 
2
Zhou Yu's Train
Ed Gonzalez
This is disaffection for disaffection s sake imagined by a Robert James Waller no less 
1.5
Zhou Yu's Train
Kim Linekin
The heartbreak comes early and often as it should but so do inane maxims 
2
The Mothman Legacy
Roger Moore
Lacking original source material this Legacy is impossible to accept as a journalistic documentary and not entertaining enough to pass for mockumentary 
1.5
Requiem for a Dream
Federico Furzan
As fascinating as it is disturbing It s still a harrowing visit into a world not often revealed with such honesty even if it feels artistic Full review in Spanish 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Nick Rogers
Dream glamorizes nothing en route to a near nauseating finale which feels like a rollercoaster car hitched off the track and hurtled into hell s depths A decade later it still follows through with full force on its cautionary stomach punch 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Matt Noller
A gut wrenching formally adventurous masterpiece or an ugly flashy piece of empty headed propaganda 
2
Requiem for a Dream
Joe Lozito
Yes visually this is an exhilarating unique film But it is also a singularly difficult and challenging film to watch 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Phil Villarreal
There s a wholehearted commitment in every frame toward synthesizing the feeling of hopeless addiction It s in the writing It s in the chaotic cinematography It s in the actors eyes 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Steven Snyder
It s the type of experience that you will never cry at in the theater but will cry at long after as the message fully sinks in 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Ted Murphy
This harrowing look at the perils of addiction whether it be food television fame sex or drugs and alcohol has to rank as one of the year s most genuinely disturbing films 
3
Requiem for a Dream
Margaret A. McGurk
As he did in his stunning debut director Darren Aronofsky shows himself to be keenly tuned into the imagery of the living hell 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Collin Souter
will leave those who decide to take the chance feeling winded by the time the credits roll Maybe even terrified 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Jeremy Heilman
Unfortunately I think Requiem for a Dream film fails to successfully meld style with substance 
2
Requiem for a Dream
Rich Cline
An audacious tale of addiction and self destruction that starts as a quiet examination of normal life and then builds to a crescendo of unspeakable horror It s a remarkable film in every way worthy of any kudo heaped upon it 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Jules Brenner
If this film doesn t convince a drug addict to abandon their habit no outside influence can be expected to Pure and simply this is Requiem For a Nightmare 
3
Requiem for a Dream
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una cinta de esas que se quedan grabadas fuertemente en la mente provocando lo que casi ninguna cinta de esta época de verano consigue hacer pensar y reflexionar
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Emily Blunt
You re going to see real actors in their highest form 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Wesley Lovell
91 Requiem for a Dream is 93 dirty and realistic 44 all the things necessary for a brilliant drug movie 46 
4
Requiem for a Dream
James Kendrick
a masterpiece of subjective filmmaking
4
Requiem for a Dream
Ian Mantgani
You can t walk out of this movie If you want to leave you ll run 
4
Requiem for a Dream
David Keyes
a brilliant achievement for both the filmmakers and the actors 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Glenn Lovell
Both bleak and bleakly funny appalling in its excesses and exhilarating in its execution 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Robert Roten
It is one hell of a scary ride 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Unfortunately once Requiem for a Dream accumulates all this elaborate and suggestive paraphernalia it plummets in an inexorable almost mechanical spiral 
2
Requiem for a Dream
Mike McGranaghan
Aronofsky rewrites the language of film to create a dizzying journey into the abyss The best film of 2000 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Mary Kalin-Casey
More than a mere poster piece for D A R E this Dream is a spiritual nightmare 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Michael Dequina
Aronofsky doesn t merely make one bear witness to four characters harrowing descents into drug addiction he forces one to experience their euphoric highs and above else their shattering lows 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Susan Stark
It s a downer and far more because of Aronofsky s vanity than because of Selby s brutally candid story 
1
Requiem for a Dream
James Berardinelli
Requiem for a Dream gets under your skin and stays there 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Roger Ebert
Aronofsky brings a new urgency to the drug movie by trying to reproduce through his subjective camera how his characters feel or want to feel or fear to feel 
3.5
Requiem for a Dream
Bob Graham
A phantasmagoria of self destructive obsession that is so visually astounding it becomes its own saving grace 
4
Requiem for a Dream
Rob Blackwelder
You ll leave the theater very shaken but at the same time spectacularly impressed 
3.5
Dorm of the Dead
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Has all the ingredients to be a cult horror comedy and really has no idea how to bring them together to form coherence cogency and entertainment 
1.5
The Wake of Vanport
Kam Williams
This touching collection of truly heartfelt remembrances paint a poignant portrait of a short lived idyllic oasis 
4
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Matthew Rozsa
If you are familiar with Hamlet and can appreciate subtle jokes about the possibility that your entire life is pointless this movie is a hoot 
4
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Roger Ebert
As a movie this material freely adapted by Stoppard is boring and endless It lies flat on the screen hardly stirring 
0
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Chris Hicks
At a full two hours in length there are just too many stretches where little or nothing is going on 
2
Samurai I
Gabe Leibowitz
Aggressively plunging into a rich story and never relenting Hiroshi Inagaki s Samurai I Musashi Miyamoto provides the same snappy pacing and riveting battle sequences that made Akira Kurosawa legendary 
4
Liliom
Walter Chaw
A major work a masterpiece 
4
The Doorman
Leo Brady
The Doorman may be dumb fun but it might answer the call for exactly what you need 
2.5
The Doorman
Jay Horton
The Doorman is hardly the first ill conceived variant of Die Hard However this latest iteration might well be the laziest 
2
The Doorman
Simon Abrams
A movie that s well versed in clichés and basically watchable but never really good 
2
The Doorman
Roger Moore
Fight choreography aside Ruby Rose doesn t bring her A game to this B movie Die Hard knock off 
1.5
Yellowbeard
Roger Ebert
Yellowbeard seems almost to have exhausted itself with its casting This movie contains half the population of most of the movie comedies of the last decade 
1.5
Hard Labor
Diego Semerene
The allegorical possibilities of a disintegrating wall point to a film that could have been 
1.5
Franc
Steve Rhodes
A Capraesque good spirited view of humanity 
2.5
Key Largo
Matt Brunson
This is surprisingly staid for a Huston film Still the top notch cast punches it across and the swirling storm raging outside the hotel provides an interesting backdrop 
3
Key Largo
Josh Larsen
First seen soaking in a tub while chomping on a cigar Robinson arises from the water to put a stranglehold on the film 
3
Key Largo
Wesley Lovell
Trapped in a country estate by an impending storm a mobster attempts to lay low before escaping from the police but takes a risky gambit holding Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall hostage 
3.5
44 Pages
Roger Moore
Soft as a plush toy and edgy as a Highlights advertorial 
2
My Little Sister
Brian Eggert
Stars Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger elevate the story and give performances that capture the despair anger and hopelessness that a grave illness can spread 
3.5
My Little Sister
Roger Moore
My Little Sister may tell a simple sad story but it has everything we treasure in great screen performances 
3
My Little Sister
Mia Vicino
Despite some genuinely tear jerking moments My Little Sister ultimately boils down to a navel gazing surface level study of an insufferable privileged family 
2
My Little Sister
Ty Burr
It s a bracing trip a work of daredevil nerve that serves as its own reward 
3
My Little Sister
Mark Dujsik
This story is at its most effective and affecting when it concentrates on the central bond but it s not really a story about that 
2.5
My Little Sister
Ann Hornaday
Written and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond with superb control and insight My Little Sister never goes precisely where the audience expects 
3
Soul Survivors
David Nusair
a dead zone of a movie 
1
Soul Survivors
Ian Mantgani
When it thinks it is building atmosphere and mystery it s really just meandering and suffering from dank cinematography 
1.5
Soul Survivors
Michael Dequina
An exercise in spinning wheels a muddle of images ideas and characters that don t go anywhere let alone make any sense 
0
Soul Survivors
Carla Meyer
Survivors is a truly awful mix of bad direction nonsensical story line and dialogue that appears to have been made up on the spot 
0
Soul Survivors
Kevin Courrier
Soul Survivors is such a numbingly opaque and enervating movie experience that even Jeepers Creepers seems poetic and luminous by comparison 
1
Soul Survivors
Dustin Putman
If most thrillers were as original and well made as this one we d all be very lucky 
3
Soul Survivors
Rob Blackwelder
A pathetic parade of standard issue jumps and frights that can t raise a single goosebump 
1
Soul Survivors
Steve Rhodes
A by the numbers horror movie whose only real scare comes from the sudden blast of a starter s pistol at a swim meet 
1.5
Sister Act
Roger Ebert
The trailer has high energy and whammo punchlines The movie is sort of low key and contemplative and a little too thoughtful 
2.5
She Ball
Dwight Brown
Wish this salute to WNBA wannabes was better There is definitely and audience for it 
1.5
Now You See Me
Brian Eggert
Now You See Me may boast incidental pleasures courtesy of an all star cast 44 but the film 8217 s oft repeated line 8220 the closer you look 44 the less you 8217 ll see 8221 ultimately proves true 46 
2
Now You See Me
Kelly Jane Torrance
Now You See Me is a rarity a summer movie that manages to entertain without killing off a single of its viewers brain cells 
4
Now You See Me
David Keyes
Surprisingly delightful audience entertainment unburdened by overzealous special effects and loud soundtrack cues and driven by a story that well just likes the idea of being smart 
3
Now You See Me
Linda Cook
It can t cover up its weak finale with sleight of hand Still Now You See Me puts on a nice show particularly in its first half 
2
Now You See Me
David Nusair
a missed opportunity that never lives up to its strong opening 
2
Now You See Me
Wesley Lovell
An intriguing premise wrapped in mystery that takes the audience into unexpected outcomes and pleases along the way 
3
Now You See Me
Michael Smith
This will be best enjoyed by those willing to be hoodwinked along with the characters 
2.5
Now You See Me
Sean P. Means
It s only during the too long finale that the wheels fall off and the script reveals itself to be not as smart as it pretends to be 
3
Now You See Me
John Beifuss
The movie initially dazzles but ultimately succumbs to the Houdiniesque straitjacket of its increasing implausibility 
2.5
Now You See Me
John Wirt
There s flash energy and an exciting chase sequence There s also much to do about magic tricks that aren t so enchanting 
2
Now You See Me
Mike McGranaghan
I didn t care all that much about the implausibility or plot holes because the movie is start to finish fun 
3
Now You See Me
Mark Dujsik
The structure requires a lot of patience to see through to the end and the lack of an actual reason to care about the game tests that patience 
2
Now You See Me
Matt Brunson
The movie is nothing more than an empty spectacle hopelessly riddled with gaping plotholes narrative coincidences and a final twist that couldn t have been more preposterous had it revealed that Chewbacca was actually Luke s father 
2
Now You See Me
Willie Waffle
You have some fun along the way 
3
Now You See Me
Erik Childress
Characters acting falsely just to fool some imaginary 3rd party who may be looking on like The Purple Rose of Cairo is as bad as a living room magician from pre school telling their spectators to close their eyes while they hide the ball Only not as cute
1.5
Now You See Me
Chris Knight
The movie finds a bit of redemption in its excellent cast who do what they can with the lacklustre script But in the end what Now You See Me is missing is simply that ineffable spark called magic 
2
Now You See Me
Scott Bowles
Boasting a terrific cast and a flimsy plot whose logic disappears faster than a rabbit in a hat Now struggles to pull off its cinematic sleights of hand 
2
Now You See Me
Abhimanyu Das
There s nothing behind all this sturm und drang but a lineup of insubstantial ciphers all false fronts and empty words in a pretend world not quite conducive to emotional investment 
2
Now You See Me
Eric Melin
A slick piece of populist entertainment with an extra layer of fun guesswork built in because its characters are constantly explaining how magic tricks and misdirection work essentially giving you the answers while daring you to figure it out 
2.5
Now You See Me
Peter Howell
The more you see of the movie and the more elaborate the tricks get the less you are inclined to believe that humans rather than machines are in charge of the illusions 
2
Now You See Me
Liam Lacey
All too quickly the smoke clears and Now You See Me proves to be less than meets the eye 
2
Now You See Me
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Much of what makes Now You See Me so entertaining in a gaudy disposable Vegas act sort of way is its ever escalating ridiculousness 
3
Now You See Me
Austin Kennedy
So we have a fun cast and a neat premise But about halfway through the movie I found myself wondering WHY everything was happening 
2.5
Now You See Me
Dustin Putman
A synthetic sleight of hand that divulges plenty of tricks but never quite settles on a satisfactory endgame Now You See Me moves sluggishly through its paces while managing to waste just about every actor in its top flight ensemble 
1.5
Now You See Me
Perry Seibert
Now You See Me never comes up with an ending that justifies the incessant misdirections that make up the bulk of the film 
2.5
Now You See Me
Peter Canavese
So preposterous in its particulars so ludicrous in its lowdown that you re liable to kick yourself silly for having bothered to play along 
2
Now You See Me
Stephanie Merry
The outrageous setup more than suffices and the film gets a lift from offbeat characters 
2.5
Now You See Me
James Berardinelli
With Now You See Me director Louis Leterrier has taken a page out of the book of his characters use sleight of hand so viewers are distracted from some rather obvious screenplay deficiencies 
3
Now You See Me
Stephen Whitty
The movie may think it s pulling a rabbit out of a hat But it s more like a turkey 
1.5
Now You See Me
Peter Travers
It takes a certain dark magic to make the talent of a top cast disappear right before your eyes Now You See Me does just that 
1.5
Now You See Me
Sara Stewart
Perhaps the requisite summer film explosion scene is just classic misdirection per every magician s handbook Look over here and maybe you won t notice this movie doesn t make any sense 
1.5
Now You See Me
Mark Feeney
Big noisy slick and empty 
2
Now You See Me
Steven Rea
The movie wants to be Ocean s Eleven with top hats and wands but the rapport between Now You See Me s principals doesn t come close to approximating Clooney and company s or Sinatra and company s cool 
2.5
Now You See Me
Duane Dudek
What is really going on is revealed in a twist of an ending I didn t see coming because I was long numbed into indifference 
2.5
Now You See Me
Matt Pais
Fun for a while then it s gone 
2.5
Now You See Me
Roger Moore
Not much up its sleeve
2
Now You See Me
Moira MacDonald
Now You See Me despite some compelling moments is one of those movies you watch while thinking about other movies that you re not watching 
2.5
The Aviator's Wife
Roger Ebert
It also contains a wonderful quiet wit and a view of its characters that could be called affectionate anthropology 
3.5
Beyond Silence
Steve Rhodes
The movie s one genuine tragedy is so obviously announced and reannouced that you get tired waiting for it to happen 
2.5
Beyond Silence
Roger Ebert
Beyond Silence is one of those films that helps us escape our box of time and space and understand what it might be like to live in someone else s 
3.5
Man Up
David Nusair
A top notch romantic comedy 
4
Man Up
David N. Butterworth
Pegg and Bell click and that s enough to carry the picture 
2.5
Man Up
Matt Pais
The kind of romantic comedy that reminds you why the genre continues to wheeze and sputter and die 
1
Man Up
Nathan Rabin
Bell and Pegg are utterly defeated by a screenplay that favours plot over characterization to an almost surreal parodic degree 
1.5
Man Up
David Berry
Honestly it would be nice if on occasion a film like this at least tried harder than making the main character somewhat dissatisfied and assuming that would be enough to get everyone identifying with her 
1.5
Man Up
Linda Barnard
Aside from the silly title and disappointingly pat ending even the rom com averse will find something to love about Man Up 
3
Man Up
Christy Lemire
There are enough twists turns and strange little bumps in the road to make this well traveled journey to romantic comedy bliss surprisingly worthwhile 
3
Man Up
Sara Stewart
A lot more fun than many heftier supposed rom coms thanks to the timing and chemistry of its leads 
3
Man Up
Roger Moore
Surprisingly predictable until that instant halfway in when the surprises show up and the sparks start to fly 
2.5
Man Up
Kenji Fujishima
Lake Bell and Simon Pegg s star wattage isn t enough to distract from the sense that their characters are almost exclusively defined by their single ness 
2
Benjamin
Kathy Fennessy
The laughs flow easily though deft dialogue and Morgan apos s crack timing 44 and Amstell dodges most of the clich 233 s associated with the gay rom com 44 like over the top gal pals and cartoonishly clueless parents 46 I enjoyed it 46 
3
Jungle Captive
Matt Brunson
Rondo Hatton portrays Moloch the Brute he s the best thing in this lackluster effort 
2
The Princess Bride
Brian Eggert
Few films have ever walked the thin line between earnestness and irony so flawlessly 46 
4
The Princess Bride
David Nusair
it s ultimately not difficult to see why The Princess Bride has become something of a classic in the years since its 1987 release 
3
The Princess Bride
Josh Larsen
somehow spoofs the conventions of fantasy romance without teetering into irony 
3.5
The Princess Bride
Carrie Rickey
Patinkin the most dazzling movie swordsman since Errol Flynn steals the movie with his athletic grace and delivery of lines like My name is Inigo Montoya Prepare to die 
3
The Princess Bride
Dave Kehr
The film works well enough providing its fair share of laughs and thrills and in technical terms it is by far Reiner s most professional job of direction 
3
The Princess Bride
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
A film of remarkable forwardness honesty and humor built like all fairy tales around one message summed up late in the script True love is the greatest thing in the world 
3.5
The Princess Bride
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the hottest cult videos of the 1980s and a family classic besides enjoyed by new generations of youngsters as well as their parents 
4
The Princess Bride
Phil Villarreal
The lesson it most effectively demonstrates is that cinema has the power to turn you into a kid again As we wish 
4
The Princess Bride
James Berardinelli
Since its release more than 15 years ago The Princess Bride has often been copied but never equaled 
4
The Princess Bride
Roger Ebert
It is filled with good hearted fun 
3.5
The Princess Bride
Betsy Bozdech
It s the ultimate cracked fairy tale blending true love edge of your seat action and clever humor into a timeless movie that just gets better every time you watch it 
4
The Princess Bride
James O'Ehley
Post modernist fairy tale There is no other way to describe this genuinely funny and fun comedy 
3
Sweet Virginia
Barry Hertz
A lot to take in too much really 
2.5
Sweet Virginia
Peter Howell
Director Dagg and sibling screenwriters Benjamin and Paul China ratchet up the tension So does the eerie score by another set of siblings Will and Brooke Blair who previously teamed for the horror thriller Green Room 
3
Sweet Virginia
James Kendrick
A lot of the mechanics are boilerplate familiar to the point of being rote but the manner in which they re assembled and played out by director Jamie M Dagg and his expressive cast of weathered character actors largely redeems them 
3
Sweet Virginia
David N. Butterworth
Uniformly fine performances highlight this brooding Alaskan small town noir 
2.5
Sweet Virginia
Glenn Kenny
All that said the movie is well put together enough so that if you re not entirely tired of its clichs it might constitute a tolerable entertainment I d rather watch Double Indemnity for the 15th time 
2
Sweet Virginia
Mark Dujsik
The connections feel a bit too circumstantial 
2.5
Sweet Virginia
James Berardinelli
It starts with a bang ends with a bang and those scenes bookend some solid character moments and tense atmospheric filmmaking This small gem is worth seeking out 
3.5
Cost of a Soul
Jesse Cataldo
It s always refreshing to see a newcomer with so much energy but the chaos that takes over Cost of a Soul ultimately feels wasteful 
2
Cost of a Soul
Kyle Smith
Kirkpatrick keeps stomping on the drama pedal while blowing the clich horn yielding scene after tired scene of predictable developments as the principals keep shoving guns into mouths and screaming obscenities 
0.5
Cost of a Soul
Carrie Rickey
A haunting and remarkable feature debut 
3
Hitler's Hit Parade
David Sterritt
Ordinary Germans whiled away their leisure hours with sentimentalism and nostalgia even as their government committed one atrocity after another 
4
Hitler's Hit Parade
Stephen Whitty
If not as informative as it could be Hitler s Hit Parade remains truly disturbing as we see an entire cultured population led astray by bread and circuses and popular nonsense 
2.5
Hitler's Hit Parade
John Anderson
With no intertitles narration or timeline Hitler s Hit Parade is more art film than documentary it s a mistaken strategy 
2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Jeff Vice
Anyone except Young devotees may find this one a yawn inducing experience 
2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Sean P. Means
Little more than a video vanity project as fuzzy as Young s guitar chords but not nearly as moving 
1
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Chris Riemenschneider
It s dreadfully boring 
1.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Tom Moon
Young might have been thinking high concept but on the screen Greendale devolves into overwrought save the planet for another day screeds and Sunday school homilies 
2.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Ty Burr
Beware of stoner rock stars talking politics 
1.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Jason Anderson
Unlike anything you ve ever seen or maybe even wanted to Young s movie is furious fascinating and utterly fresh 
3
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Jan Stuart
What is intended as a multileveled evocation of Young s values approaches parody a Christopher Guest like goof on flower children who stayed too long at the fair 
1.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Lou Lumenick
This is a patience testing curiosity strictly for the veteran rocker s hard core fans 
1
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Elizabeth Weitzman
There s no denying the poignancy and power of Young s commitment to old fashioned and he seems keenly aware out of fashion political activism 
2.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
David Nusair
you d probably be better off picking up the Greendale soundtrack and using your imagination to provide accompanying images 
2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Chris Macias
On its own the Greendale film is tough to navigate especially for those who haven t heard the accompanying album or seen the Greendale concert 
2.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Joe Brown
Sitting through Greendale in a Dolby equipped theater at high volume with bone penetrating bass is an ideal way for Young fans to experience the rustic grandeur of the master s latest album 
2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Brad Kava
83 minutes of dark grainy images grew irritating quickly 
1.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Kevin John Bozelka
The ceaseless 4 4 lumber of Young s perennial backing band Crazy Horse combined with the aggressive grunginess of the imagery bespeaks commitment and a sense of purpose 
3
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Walter Chaw
On the sleeve enough to ultimately prove a little embarrassing 
2.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Michael Booth
It s both too obscure and too obvious to be a very good film 
2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Michael Wilmington
An odd but sometimes lovable little mixture of great rock n roll and charmingly primitive filmmaking 
2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Glenn Whipp
A low fi movie masterpiece that vividly captures both the grim realities and hippie idealism in Young s absorbing song cycle 
3.5
To Rob a Thief
Michael Dequina
However derivative the film may be director Menendez and writer Henrickson infuse a zippy energy and a fair amount of personality into this tale 
3
To Rob a Thief
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ladron leans far too heavily on a lifeless script and sluggish pacing to get its well worn point across The film s been theres and done thats are widespread 
2
To Rob a Thief
Tim Cogshell
Painfully didactic storytelling 
2
To Rob a Thief
Claudia Puig
The con they carefully plan is perilous and close to impossible but the outcome is surprisingly heart warming and satisfying 
3
To Rob a Thief
Maitland McDonagh
This good natured genre piece gets the job done while sneaking in a couple of pointed observations about contemporary Latino immigrant life 
3
To Rob a Thief
Ruthe Stein
Needlessly complicated and kind of silly 
2
To Rob a Thief
Peter Debruge
The movie is primarily about fantasy and everything is exaggerated to such a degree that you play along 
1.5
To Rob a Thief
Bruce Westbrook
If you want dangerous schemes to be light hearted entertainment you ve got to make allowances Besides the payoffs are worth it in any language 
3
To Rob a Thief
Bill Stamets
International talents converge for an entertaining genre exercise 
3
To Rob a Thief
Michael Phillips
It s refreshing to see a bit of escapism that takes place in contemporary Southern California as seen and lived by those uninterested in aping the Ocean s 13 vibe of ice coolness 
3
To Rob a Thief
Matt Pais
Such a Spanish translated mash up of Ocean s Eleven and Out of Sight that George Clooney may want to call his attorney 
2
An Education
Troy Patterson
Nick Hornby wrote the screenplay by inflating a fragment of Lynn Barber s memoir failing to disguise the thinness of the material 
2.5
An Education
Mattie Lucas
Treats the issues it raises as black and white rather than really exploring them in a satisfying way 
2.5
An Education
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s Lone Scherfig s subtle direction and Mr Hornby s thoughtful script that make An Education such an interesting film though 
3.5
An Education
Michael Dequina
Carey Mulligan announces herself as a major name to watch 
3
An Education
Josh Larsen
An unusually nuanced and mature depiction of one of those hoary movie fantasies the older man who gets the much much younger woman 
3.5
An Education
Scott Nash
It s not a perfect movie but it is an enjoyable one 
3
An Education
Christian Toto
Carey Mulligan deserves serious Oscar consideration for her work in An Education 
3
An Education
Lori Hoffman
As a fan of the great kitchen sink dramas and British coming of age films of the 1960s I loved this throwback to that glorious time in British filmmaking 
3
An Education
Peter Canavese
The film s greatest strength may well be how Sarsgaard s David in concert with Hornby and Scherfig seduces the audience along with Jenny promising the world and leaving temptingly unlocked a Pandora s Box of social ambiguity 
3
An Education
Mike Scott
In a film marked by strong performances Carey Mulligan is a show stealer with a career making performance that relies as much on charm as on acting ability 
3.5
An Education
Nick Rogers
Here you see a family collectively come to appreciate the strength of a heart scarred over and the blossoming of a woman and actress Carey Mulligan who learns that pie in the sky predictions for a future can sock even the most sensible among us 
3.5
An Education
Bob Bloom
The screenplay by author Nick Hornby is exceptional Witty observant and wise 
3.5
An Education
Rob Thomas
Mulligan completely owns An Education giving one of the most self assured breakout performances in years And the best thing is that the movie an elegant and sharply observed coming of age story measures up to her performance 
4
An Education
Jeff Vice
In what is her first but certainly not last starring role Mulligan is so natural that you wonder why it took filmmakers so long to give her a role this substantive The 20 something is sure to be on the mind of Oscar and other awards voters 
3.5
An Education
Matt Brunson
Coming of age movies are a dime a dozen but one as exemplary as An Education deserves nothing less than the opportunity to command top dollar on the open market 
3.5
An Education
Keith Cohen
This cinematic gem is an ironclad lock to be nominated for best picture of the year 
3.5
An Education
John Beifuss
The message proves surprisingly conventional but its delivery is entirely pleasurable 
3.5
An Education
Sean O'Connell
A handsomely crafted and beautifully acted awakening story that s predictable but consistently rewarding 
3
An Education
Sean P. Means
Mulligan perfectly balances on the line of girlhood and womanhood shifting naturally from schoolgirl innocence to Audrey Hepburn like sophistication just by putting up her hair 
3.5
An Education
Joe Williams
The combination of a literate script an adroit cast and an economical style is simple addition that achieves an alchemical feat the best film of the year 
4
An Education
Ann Hornaday
A beguiling little film that with deceptive restraint and forthrightness opens up worlds of roiling contradictory emotions 
3
An Education
Moira MacDonald
The movie belongs to Mulligan whose Jenny looks like Audrey Hepburn when she puts her hair up and dons a black dress and like every teenage girl who s had her heart broken when she cries 
4
An Education
Chris Hewitt
Simultaneously an education and a thrill 
3
An Education
Duane Dudek
Scherfig and Hornby craft a portrait of an era whose innocence is overstated without resorting to sepia tinged nostalgia The result is a snapshot of how we become who we become as a vibrant and affectionate act of memory 
3
An Education
Rene Rodriguez
An Education argues that life and the human heart are far too complicated merely to be studied They need to be experienced 
3.5
An Education
Dustin Putman
A resonant coming of age story at once tough and delicate that signifies how much times have changed in the proceeding fifty years and in other ways how much they have stayed the same 
3
An Education
Camerin Courtney
A slightly incomplete though mostly rewarding education 
3
An Education
Liam Lacey
An Education is as the title suggests about Jenny exploring her own desires and shortfalls and it s too smart a film for easy answers 
4
An Education
Lisa Kennedy
The film is gentle with its judgments Or most of them 
3.5
An Education
Peter Howell
The point here is not to judge past missteps by modern standards but rather to point out how easy it is to allow dreams to overtake reality 
4
An Education
Roger Ebert
Mulligan makes the role luminous when it could have been sad or awkward She has such lightness and grace you re pretty sure this is the birth of a star 
4
An Education
James Berardinelli
One of 2009 s finest motion pictures an open and honest look at sexual politics and a woman s place in the world during the early1960s 
3.5
An Education
Sara Michelle Fetters
I laughed and I cried and while saying those things is probably a cliché the simple fact is that despite the somewhat familiar nature of the plot this film is anything but 
4
An Education
Mick LaSalle
Hornby s humane and humorous screenplay is true to the film s title In short order young Jenny finds out important truths about identity glamour and how adults really think and live 
4
An Education
Mark Dujsik
A living breathing affectionate look at all the possibilities and pitfalls of growing up 
3.5
An Education
Ty Burr
A star may or may not be born in An Education but an actress most surely is 
3
An Education
Brett Michel
Mulligan might well remind you of Audrey Hepburn more than 50 years ago in Roman Holiday 
3.5
An Education
Kyle Smith
Despite the lingering aroma of Victorian rot shrouding 1961 An Education is excitingly young 
3.5
An Education
Claudia Puig
Through stellar performances clever writing and exquisite cinematography the story is fresh and thoroughly captivating 
3.5
An Education
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An above average example of the coming of age genre 
3
An Education
Peter Travers
A quiet miracle of a movie that quickly disabuses you of the idea that you ve seen it all before 
3.5
An Education
Erik Childress
The first two acts are the best with the radiance of Mulligan s performance putting all eyes on her and subsequently seducing us into her discoveries 
3
An Education
Ryan Stewart
The emotional maturity of a sheltered teen in post war austerity Britain is thoroughly tested in An Education 
3
An Education
David Nusair
the film s appeal ultimately lies in its irresistibly evocative visuals Nick Hornby s snappy clever dialogue and in particular the splendid performances from an almost flawless cast 
3
Colossal
Erik Childress
The kaiju began as a metaphor but the way Nacho Vigolando turns it on his head with the personal struggles beset by alcoholism is funny and unnerving in equal measure 46 Anne Hathaway amp Jason Sudeikis give career performances here 46 
4
Colossal
Brian Eggert
Colossal is unique and admirable for its ambition making it even more disappointing that it fails to put its concept and characters to better use 
2.5
Colossal
Leo Brady
With Colossal the best advice I can give is for you to know nothing about it going in stick with it and bask in this film s brilliant originality 
3.5
Colossal
Federico Furzan
Depression and paranoia as literal as possible Colossal is so weird it s pretty hard to describe What a beautiful movie Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Colossal
Christopher James
Even as an irresponsible drunk Hathaway remains not only root able but someone to empathize with 
3.5
Colossal
Pamela Powell
There s a lot of laughter suspense and fun as the film asks the viewer to suspend belief on a most entertaining trip you won t soon forget 
4
Colossal
John Beifuss
Entirely original writer director Nacho Vigalondo s movie scores points about the catastrophes unwitting Americans enable overseas through their voting choices among other things and also says something about sexual harassment and male privilege 
3.5
Colossal
Roger Moore
Colossal pretensions and colossal length for such a threadbare morality tale 
2
Colossal
Eric Melin
Vigalondo challenges audiences to consider the real issues and perspective that lie beneath what s actually happening onscreen Doing that deepens the experience and makes it a sneakily subversive film that demands to be considered seriously 
3.5
Colossal
John Serba
You can sense the vigor and vision in the final work a desire to tell a familiar story in an unusual fashion and it s sneakily funny poignant provocative and surreal 
3
Colossal
Michael Smith
We all have moments in life in which we feel like a monster That high concept resonates in this fantasy meets black comedy gem an art house curiosity about personal failings redemption and giant monsters that seems destined for cult status 
3
Colossal
Jeff Simon
It s all patent nonsense of the most foolish kind which is exactly what makes the movie s straight ahead delivery as entertaining as it is 
2.5
Colossal
Rob Thomas
It s very funny but it s also kind of scary and not in the way one would expect a movie featuring monsters flattening a city to be scary 
3.5
Colossal
Barry Hertz
Clearly a movie designed for niche audiences it will not strike everyone the same way But for those who embrace Vigalondo s wild wavelength the rewards are innumerable 
3
Colossal
Tina Hassannia
Colossal may not have the marketing potential to make a billion dollars at the box office but it might just teach you something and give you a good time in the process 
4
Colossal
Max Weiss
With a few false moves the film could ve been an embarrassment Instead it s nothing short of a triumph for all involved 
3.5
Colossal
Peter Howell
It s a sci fi horror psychodrama comedy thriller revenge romance film and that jumble of a description not only works it does so in spectacular fashion 
3.5
Colossal
Jay Horton
So much of the film is done so well and so thoughtfully with such seriousness of intent pulsing through the batshit concept that audiences can t help but expect a climactic mission statement of higher purpose that never arrives 
2
Colossal
Peter Canavese
We find ourselves with Gloria knee deep in an allegory of id You can hope and pray otherwise but your inner demons will always come out some way somehow some day 
3.5
Colossal
Robert Horton
Once Colossal sets its conceptual hook it pushes its zany premise into authentically uncomfortable territory It s actually about something 
3
Colossal
Sonny Bunch
Colossal has been sold as a quirky indie romantic Kaiju comedy romkaicom but is instead a dark meditation on the dangers of alcohol abuse and violence against women 
2.5
Colossal
Richard Roeper
From its weird little prologue to a nearly perfect ending Colossal is a trip in multiple meanings of that word 
3.5
Colossal
Rafer Guzman
It s a brilliant concept executed by writer director Vigalondo with a perfect balance of pop culture irony and sincere storytelling 
4
Colossal
Mark Dujsik
It s a smart and funny film but it s also an unexpectedly perceptive one 
3
Colossal
Jon Niccum
Vigalondo keeps this wacky premise from self destructing by virtue of his patience Each new plot beat gets doled out slowly so that the viewer can savor the mystery en route to what exactly is going on 
2.5
Colossal
Ann Hornaday
In this observant entertaining wildly imaginative movie just about everything has more than one meaning 
3
Colossal
Michael Phillips
With a few trims the film could be entirely different and blandly realistic But Colossal wants more 
2.5
Colossal
Ty Burr
Vigalondo extends our modern egotism and entitlement the idea that my problems are the world s problems until it becomes the stuff of surreal farce and then he brings it back down to size 
3.5
Colossal
Mick LaSalle
Colossal is a high wire act and throughout you may wonder how the movie will make it to the end without slipping and falling Suffice it to say it does 
3
Colossal
Gary Thompson
What had been loose limbed and affable curdles into something unpleasant and disturbing It left me wondering where the good movie went 
2.5
Colossal
Rex Reed
I d like to tell you how rabid illogical far fetched and stupid Colossal is but words fail me at last 
0
Colossal
Robert Levin
It s a study in contrasts a B movie on one hand and an earnest drama with a mean streak on the other and neither mode is fleshed out enough to really matter But the ambition is inspiring 
2.5
Colossal
Matt Zoller Seitz
The entire cast is quietly superb and the movie always knows exactly what it is and what it wants to say 
3.5
Colossal
Peter Travers
Nacho Vigalondo s giant creature run amuck fantasy is a brilliantly bizarro satire of gender politics featuring Anne Hathaway in a funny fierce fully committed performance that demands to be seen 
3.5
Colossal
Brian Truitt
Colossal is as refreshingly different a monster movie as it is a clever timely take on bullying domestic abuse and toxic masculinity 
3
Colossal
Stephen Whitty
Its symbolism never goes beyond its own symbols just as its moments of comedy have everything except jokes 
2.5
Colossal
Bill Chambers
Oscar is such a thorough portrait of toxic masculinity that the movie hardly has time for anything else 
2
Colossal
David Nusair
Impossible to classify and gleefully so 
2.5
Colossal
Steve Macfarlane
When the film s whirligig plotline goes off rail in the heady final act Oscar and Gloria s origin story bends over backward to justify a magical realist conceit that was more fun without explanation 
2.5
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Christopher Kompanek
Talking head interviews interspersed with reenactments reminiscent of cheap true crime shows are the filmic equivalent of a polo shirt and khakis blandly acceptable but uninspired 
2
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Tony Bravo
As an interview subject Blahnik can be elusive although his descriptions of his favorite creations throughout the years will no doubt be extracted as brand poetry for future advertising campaigns 
3
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Mark Dujsik
The main takeaway of Manolo The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards is that Manolo Blahnik makes really great shoes 
1.5
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Matt Fagerholm
The film follows in its subject s footsteps to a fault and it does so in rubber heels 
1.5
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Diego Semerene
Michael Roberts s documentary is an unabashed exercise in deifying its subject matter with superlatives and hyperbole from the mouths of talking heads which ultimately results in the cheapening of the artist 
1
Birdman of Alcatraz
Matt Brunson
Burt Lancaster goes from coiled tension in the first half of this exemplary motion picture to beatific acceptance during the second part 
3.5
The Marine
Linda Cook
Brimming with testosterone The Marine explodes and punches its way onto the screen 
2
The Marine
Pam Grady
This brain damaged action mistake is about as understated as a mortar blast 
2
The Marine
Wesley Morris
The Marine proves a poor showcase for the homeboy charisma Cena shows week in and out with the WWE 
1
The Marine
Peter Hartlaub
The genius of the film is in its unapologetically obvious crowd pleasing moments 
3
The Marine
Susan Walker
Such bizarre touches remind one of the appeal of WWE televised bouts 
2
The Marine
Collin Souter
A big hilarious stupid meathead of a movie destined to be a huge hit on The Violence Channel 
2.5
The Marine
Rob Humanick
While The Marine s real world connections to the War in Iraq are brief and incidental to its minimal plot that fact doesn t make its reductive attitudes any more pleasant to swallow 
.5
The Marine
John Monaghan
These guys don t much about making movies but they know how to stage a smack down 
2
The Marine
Ken Fox
Absurdly over muscled WWE star John The Franchise Cena makes his bid to be the next Schwarzenegger in this lunkheaded but entertaining action flick 
2
The Marine
Evan Henerson
There s not much about The Marine that s even slightly diverting Including alas John Cena the film s villain dispatching star 
1.5
The Call
Frank Ochieng
There is a particular twist and or spoiler alert that cannot be revealed but let s just say that it still cannot compensate for much of The Call s stillborn material that plays like an annoying cellphone ringtone 
2
The Call
Dwight Brown
This film is a whole lot scarier than you think it s going to be 
3
The Call
Phil Villarreal
Berry s character s brutal though improbable determination keeps the intensity high 
2.5
The Call
Lori Hoffman
Even though the finish of the film is beyond the reach of believability somehow it didn t spoil the suspense that preceded it 8233 
2.5
The Call
Nour Habib
Everyone watching The Call will realize just how implausible its plot is But even so this thriller is thoroughly gripping 
2.5
The Call
Mike McGranaghan
Two thirds terrific and one third routine 
3
The Call
Kenneth R. Morefield
It all looks the same Casey laments which might unfortunately be taken as meta commentary on the boilerplate movie she finds herself in 
1
The Call
Matt Brunson
There s something cheerfully stupid about thrillers like The Call wherein a protagonist who s seemingly as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes eventually becomes as dim witted as Forrest Gump 
2
The Call
Glenn Lovell
this claustrophobic little shocker starts out with promise but soon falls prey to idiotic plotting It winds up as a lesser variation on Silence of the Lambs Sorry wrong number 
2
The Call
John Beifuss
I never knew I wanted a movie in which a heroic 911 operator played by Halle Berry rescues the Little Miss Sunshine girl from a Culture Club loving serial killer until I saw The Call a project so ridiculous it turned my disbelief into elation 
2.5
The Call
Jason Buchanan
It s precisely the kind of tense fare that plays best to a crowded house and benefits greatly from the direction of a filmmaker who knows how to tighten the screws on his squirming audience 
3
The Call
James Berardinelli
This is as brain dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I Q of a rutabaga 
1.5
The Call
Stephen Whitty
It s a lot better than you might expect a movie like this to be 
3
The Call
Sara Stewart
I ll say one thing for The Call Its ending is actually a bit of a surprise Just when you think it couldn t get any stupider pow 
1.5
The Call
Ann Hornaday
Can t someone come up with screenwriting software that signals when a script has made the fatal slip from hyped up suspense to sheer ludicrousness 
2
The Call
Willie Waffle
The first hour is MARVELOUS It s that last half hour that becomes ummm problematic which is just a nice way to say the movie s last half hour STINKS 
2.5
The Call
Mark Dujsik
In between the extended prologue and ridiculously out of character third act of The Call there is a clever little thriller 
2.5
The Call
Bob Bloom
These unilateral changes throw the entire film off kilter and turns what was an exciting thriller into a ridiculous and clichd mini slasher film 
1.5
The Call
Dustin Putman
Too good for too long to not be worth recommending but it s disappointing to see so much potential squandered just for a dishonest twist and some cheap thrills 
2.5
The Call
Mick LaSalle
If it were any more intense would require a complete physical and medical clearance for admission into the theater 
3
The Call
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
A sputtering so so B thriller with a neat hook but very little personality 
2
The Call
Jeff Beck
Whatever the intent was what we get is one of the most hilarious and unbelievable thrillers made in the last few years 
2
The Call
Mack Bates
Even though it stars Oscar winner Halle Berry there s not much in The Call to set it apart from the women in peril movies that fill cable TV thanks in large part to an unbelievably wrongheaded ending 
2
The Call
Claudia Puig
The Call cribs from so many other psychological thrillers that it might as well be called The Girl With the Lovely Bones Cellular Silence of the Lambs 
2
The Call
Bruce DeMara
Thinking about seeing The Call You may want to put that on hold 
2
The Call
Ty Burr
Maybe Anderson wants to sell out but he s not very good at it 
2
The Call
Steven Rea
The film is at once shamelessly transparent manipulative and far fetched and impossibly suspenseful You ll want to take a shower afterward that s how icky you ll feel 
2
The Call
Chris Hewitt
It s not entirely credible but it s entertaining anyway 
3
The Call
Calum Marsh
Brad Anderson s film is defined by an often frustrating combination of cleverness and stupidity 
1.5
The Call
Matt Pais
Just the kind of white knuckle junk you want it to be 
3
The Call
Roger Moore
It damn well works Until Halle Berry hangs up 
2
Three Peaks
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What results is a harrowing entirely gripping high stakes high altitude drama where microaggressions lead to macro results 
4
Three Peaks
Michael O'Sullivan
There s just enough closure to its inconclusive climax to allow you to relax even if it doesn t give you much to terribly ponder during the drive home 
2.5
Three Peaks
Mick LaSalle
The double impulse at the heart of Three Peaks is ultimately self defeating 
2
Three Peaks
Matt Zoller Seitz
Three Peaks is so thinly conceived and executed that for the most part it fails to justify its existence as a stand alone feature 
2
Three Peaks
Shane Slater
Three Peaks seems to betray its characters for the sake of forced drama 
1.5
Three Peaks
Rex Reed
An exceptional film well worth savoring 
3
Three Peaks
Chuck Bowen
The film ably plumbs the fears of a well meaning man who tries his best to play by the rules of middle aged courtship 
2.5
Three Peaks
J.R. Kinnard
Director Drei Zinnen with an assist from cinematographer Axel Schneppat manifests the fears of this struggling family in every mountain snow drift and dying tree 
3.5
The Honor Farm
Mike McGranaghan
Stylish well acted and unique 
3
Stage Fright
James Kendrick
At times Stagefright transcends both its low budget economics and its well worn genre requirements and achieves something sublime that can only be described as Hitchcockian 
3
Stage Fright
Fernando F. Croce
Stagefright proceeds as a rather earthbound taster of winky genre self reflexivity 
2.5
Barakah Meets Barakah
Kent Turner
one of the more pointedly political Middle Eastern films that have played the festival circuit recently and that s saying something 
2.5
Barakah Meets Barakah
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Mahmoud Sabbagh has infused Barakah Meets Barakah with an irresistible breeziness that does generally speaking compensate for the rough around the edges vibe 
2.5
The Nomi Song
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Nomi Song is pieced together from photos performance footage and talking head interviews but director Andew Horn has taken great care to fashion a strong story arc 
3
The Nomi Song
Tom Keogh
Compassionate and critically astute 
3
The Nomi Song
Ty Burr
Amusingly and wistfully records how the artist and his crowd tried to make a success of it beyond the Mudd Club and other downtown haunts 
3
The Nomi Song
Chris Hewitt
The German native s weirdness makes David Bowie a Nomi admirer look like Josh Groban and the movie honors that by indulging in its own brand of effective strangeness 
3
The Nomi Song
Neva Chonin
Horn does more than simply pay homage to a late artist He uses his subject to revisit the euphoria of artistic and musical culture at a crossroads and in the process brings it briefly and poignantly back to life again 
3
The Nomi Song
Timothy Knight
Sketchy and unsatisfying 
2.5
The Nomi Song
Debra Birnbaum
A thorough if predictable Behind the Music episode 
2.5
The Nomi Song
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like most cult bios this barely skims its subject s private life Fortunately there are copious clips of Nomi s mesmerizing performances 
2.5
The Nomi Song
Ed Gonzalez
Andrew Horn compellingly chronicles Ziggy Stardust cum Dieter avant gardist Klaus Nomi s ability to tap into a missing link in the New York music scene 
3
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
James Kendrick
never overtly gory but it has an overall atmosphere or depravity that is hard to shake off Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe would be proud 
3
Ping Pong
Tom Keogh
Braced by spiky humor but tempered by sentimentality Ping Pong might have been a disposable teen comedy if not for the Japanese film s unexpectedly thrilling action sequences and subtly profound observations about competition and the human spirit 
3
Ping Pong
Michael Wilmington
The movie has some of the feel of a good graphic novel and offers a lot of Japanese pop pleasures as well The images are eye catching and highly colorful the pacing is fast and the story and the characters are simple grabby and archetypal 
3
Ping Pong
Bill Stamets
An overlong exercise in sport as character builder 
2
Ping Pong
Matt Pais
Table tennis That s pretty much it For two hours 
2.5
Ping Pong
Ed Gonzalez
Kudo neatly codes allusions to yin yangs into his frames stressing time and again that the game of ping pong is not about winning so much as it is a matter of social camaraderie and blissful self reflection 
2.5
Ping Pong
Joshua Tanzer
Surprisingly wonderful Ultimately transcends the ka plink ka plink ka plink of little plastic balls on wooden tables it becomes an elegant tango of the mind and soul 
3.5
Ping Pong
Steven Rea
A deft delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming obstacles sports movie triumph 
3.5
Military Wives
David N. Butterworth
Painfully formulaic of its crowd pleasing ilk 
1.5
Military Wives
Pamela Powell
The music is quite catchy as the group prepares for its final competition but at the heart of this is the need for friendship and support especially during times of uncertainty and a little distraction can be important too 
3
Military Wives
Sean P. Means
Yes Military Wives is as formulaic as a movie can get But the ingredients come together nicely and Horgan especially shines as the no nonsense sergeant s wife with a hidden rock band streak 
3
Military Wives
Rene Sanchez
Despite its conventional formula its powerful and inspirational message is just what we need in times like these Full Review in Spanish 
3
Military Wives
Sara Michelle Fetters
The entire cast is aces especially Thomas 
3
Military Wives
Christy Lemire
Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan do their best to elevate Military Wives from a simple tune to a symphony but the notes just aren t there on the page 
2
Military Wives
Mark Dujsik
Military Wives is like a well oiled machine of shifting tone 
3
Military Wives
Barry Hertz
There is so little surprise here and so little effort into at least maintaining the façade of invention that you might as just well sit down and write the narrative beats yourself 
2
Military Wives
Christian Toto
This earnest dramedy inspired by real women gets the gravitas right but where are the laughs 
2.5
Military Wives
Ty Burr
There s nothing in Military Wives you haven t seen before but these are times of comfort food and this formulaic comedy drama so determined to be uplifting that your up may be lifted in spite of itself 
2
Military Wives
Peter Canavese
Corny and predictably formulaic but it s buttressed by two skilled performances and let s face it it s nice 
2.5
Military Wives
Mike McGranaghan
Military Wives certainly doesn t reinvent the wheel It does however manufacture the wheel nicely leading to two hours of good hearted often touching entertainment 
3
Military Wives
Mick LaSalle
Its formula inevitably rises up like a wave and submerges everything Thomas is trying to do 
2
Military Wives
Derek Smith
The film seems almost content to have you forget about everything that inspired it in the first place 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Brian Eggert
Almost nothing about the film works 44 and it leaves us wondering why anyone involved thought this was going to be funny 46 
0.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Leo Brady
There are quite possibly a million reasons why Seth MacFarlane s second movie A Millions Ways to Die in the West is not a good movie but you only need one it s not funny 
1.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
John Beifuss
Although hardly Blazing Saddles the movie is pretty funny when it depicts the Old West as a place of such general depressing awfulness it can sink a person into a disgusting awful dirty cesspool of despair 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Wesley Lovell
Seth MacFarlane is tedious but Charlize Theron saves the day 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
David Keyes
It forces characters into situations that are silly without reason and expects the premise to substantiate a lot of bizarre twists that seem to exist out of total conceit 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Michael Dequina
Theron s endearing rapport with MacFarlane the actor helps smooth over whenever MacFarlane the writer director goes a little overboard with his penchant for toilet humor 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Robert Levin
MacFarlane is one of the few male comic creative talents to have honed a style that stands against the Judd Apatow school of realism but the movie just doesn t quite work 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Kam Williams
The Old West re imagined as fodder for the coarsest of gross out fare 
1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Scott Nash
The comedy is hit and miss with just enough hits to make it worth watching once 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
James Berardinelli
A Million Ways to Die in the West feels like about 80 minutes of material was padded out to 110 minutes 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Matt Brunson
MacFarlane is content to act like a monkey flinging its own poop at everyone in close proximity and most of the material unshackled from anything of import is either stretched beyond the breaking point or witless in the first place 
1.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Mike McGranaghan
Quite clever and the fact that you never really know what the film is going to toss your way is part of the fun A solidly goofy romp 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Jeffrey M. Anderson
MacFarlane s Million Ways has an equal affinity for both the laughs and the Western landscape 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Bob Bloom
The script squanders many opportunities for real laughs and it continually plays it safe with sophomoric humor that would create giggles in middle schoolers 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Peter Travers
But for all its hit and miss jokes there are lots of ways to die laughing at this Western raunchfest 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
John Serba
The laughs come a decent enough clip but McFarlane s satirical sights are slightly off He could ve aimed a little higher a little more often 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
John Wirt
Raunchy and irreverent A Million Ways to Die in the West proves there are a million ways to laugh in the West 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Rob Thomas
MacFarland just can t go toe to toe with the likes of Liam Neeson or Charlize Theron Parts of West look like those old Oscar intros where Billy Crystal would be spliced into actual movies 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
David Nusair
off kilter and persistently irreverent 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Willie Waffle
MacFarlane s best jokes come from that crazy yet very true statement as we see all of the ways someone can die in the godforsaken dirt bowl that is the Wild Wild West 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Brian Tallerico
A failure on nearly every level A Million Ways to Die in the West almost approaches so bad you need to see it categorization 
1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Steven Rea
This movie feels like it has a million jokes and every single one arrives with a lethal thud 
1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Peter Canavese
Within spitting distance of good lesser than the sum of its parts due to deficits of ambition invention and commitment 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Dustin Putman
Even when A Million Ways to Die in the West takes a tumble it never loses its winsomely sunny eager to please disposition This 151 and the pleasure of watching the movie s charismatic actors mix it up 151 makes it all worthwhile 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Mark Dujsik
A Million Ways to Die in the West has a clever and sometimes hilarious setup but it has no idea how to follow through on it 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Carla Meyer
The Old West apparently offered too many outhouses and too much horse manure for MacFarlane to resist over mining that particular vein 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Jason Buchanan
As refreshing as it may be to see MacFarlane unleashed from the shackles of contemporary pop culture he s still sent to the gallows by a script that he should have shot down 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Peter Howell
Your mileage may vary depending on your enthusiasm for his smirking frat boy comedy 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Ty Burr
There s nothing about this plotline that doesn t feel like a retread and MacFarlane I m sorry to report still seems like the funniest guy in the writers room rather than a genuine movie star 
1.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Soren Andersen
What s to hate Let me count the ways The laziness of the writing The numbing overreliance on poop and pee jokes The long arid stretches between anything resembling a joke 
1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Michael O'Sullivan
The real problem with A Million Ways to Die in the West is one of editing There are a million jokes in it but only 500 000 of them are funny 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Dann Gire
MacFarlane gets away with comic murder in A Million Ways to Die and he does it by being a little bit naughty and a little bit raunchy But most of all by being adorably cute In a bad boy sort of way 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Rafer Guzman
It s another example of MacFarlane s ability to mix poop jokes with romance foul language with sweet sentiment offensive humor with boyish charm 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Jon Niccum
What helps the picture work and makes some of the unnecessarily graphic bits easier to forgive is the interaction between the two leads 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Joe Williams
Round these parts when a movie promises a million laughs but only delivers a dozen chuckles that s a hanging offense 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Rene Rodriguez
There are enough laughs scattered throughout A Million Ways to Die in the West that while you re watching it the movie seems like a passable comedy By the time you get home though you can barely remember the jokes 
1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Brad Keefe
Is this the next Blazing Saddles No But there are enough silly laughs sprinkled throughout if you re into this brand of comedy 
2.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Michael Phillips
What we have here is a failure of craft MacFarlane can t direct action or even handle scenery well 
0.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Mick LaSalle
MacFarlane is after something beyond absurdity He gets to the crux of the matter that life in the West was cheap at least as portrayed in the movies and he tells us often hilariously that this is nothing we should celebrate 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Graham Killeen
Jumbling frat house humor with nostalgic period sets and costumes is like writing a punchline to a Frederic Remington painting Only less hilarious 
2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Matt Pais
Too often diarrhea into a hat feels like a metaphor for what MacFarlane s doing with the movie 
1.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Claudia Puig
Plot details can be scattershot but it succeeds thanks to an outrageously comical deconstruction of Hollywood Westerns and an appealing cast of characters 
3
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Steve Macfarlane
All the whiny point scoring is such an explicit appeal for audience sympathy that the dialogue feels derived from a malnourished stand up routine 
1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Kyle Smith
MacFarlane is just passable as a leading man but as a director and co writer with two others he has a wider comic imagination than Blazing Saddles For every so so gag there are three genius ones 
3.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Roger Moore
MacFarlane s leading man career begins and ends with this
1.5
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Stephen Whitty
It s well made often and outrageously funny and manages to keep up the pace and interest for nearly two hours Clearly there s more to MacFarlane than a bad Oscar show Ted and some Fox TV toons 
3
Pieces
David Nusair
Virtually every aspect of Pieces is inept aside from moments of gore which are admittedly quite spectacular 
1
Pray for Rain
Roger Moore
Ludicrous Lucas Oil man financed propaganda picture in which California s water crisis isn t due to climate change or development or poor water policies but evil environmentalists 
1
MAFIA INC
Mark Dujsik
Director Podz aka Daniel Grou and screenwriter Sylvain Guy weave an intriguing and complex tale from these familiar elements 
3
MAFIA INC
Roger Moore
Workmanlike There s nothing flashy about retelling this mostly true story 
2.5
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Josh Bell
Filmmakers Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine are only partially successful 44 delivering a sometimes awkward mix of biography and cultural anthropology 46 
2.5
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Bob Bloom
The film details Cohen 8217 s complexities and his continual search for spirituality 44 which he tried to achieve in life 44 his poetry and his music 46 And we all are better for it 46 10 
3.5
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Brian Eggert
Reveals how every artist surrenders their art upon its creation 44 for better or worse 46 
2.5
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Peter Canavese
Fascinating exploration of an enigmatic artist and his creative process 46 
3
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Lisa Trifone
The arc of that bit of this story is nothing less than fascinating 44 learning as we do how close this song came to never actually seeing the light of day 46 
3
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Ty Burr
If you re a Cohen fan I am it s worth a watch for the many archival interviews in which the singer feints and sidesteps with his trademark graveyard humor 
3
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Ann Hornaday
An illuminating if occasionally too obliging documentary 
2.5
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Simon Abrams
A lot of substantial or just different material might have enriched this documentary 8217 s tidy fall and rise story 46 
2
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he film gets at the heart of how quot Hallelujah quot has survived until now and will surely continue to endure for the foreseeable future 46 
3
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Roger Moore
Narrowing the focus to this song elevates the film and its subject and makes it a fascinating window into a creative life 44 lived in curiosity 44 looking for answers and groping 8212 for seven years 8212 just to come up with a song that explains it all 46 
3
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Lindsey Bahr
It s an interestingly stitched together film that starts at the end and rewinds to the beginning of his songwriting career to trace how he got there It feels in some ways like two different films 
2.5
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Mike McGranaghan
This in depth look at how the titular tune worked its way from obscurity to ubiquity is a testament to the power of music 46 
3
Roxanne
Erik Childress
Steve Martin had already established himself as one of the great humorists of our time but with Roxanne he revealed a genuine romantic who channeled the magic of Cyrano into one of the great romantic comedies of the 1980s 46 
3.5
Roxanne
Henry Sheehan
Using that happy sad tension Martin voices the impolite uncool hunger that is fashionably stifled and dismissed 
3
Roxanne
Richard Freedman
Martin is very funny in the role and most ingenious about finding modern equivalents for the various bits of business in the original play Yet the nagging question remains Why 
2.5
Roxanne
David Nusair
an entertaining yet undeniably forgettable romcom that benefits substantially from the stars charismatic work 
2.5
Roxanne
Walter Chaw
for all the things this movie is it s probably Martin s fault 
1.5
Roxanne
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Steve Martin s winning performance and his brilliant screenplay make up most of Roxanne s success but Fred Schepisi s direction completes it 
3.5
Roxanne
Roger Ebert
All of the corners of this movie have been filled with small funny moments 
3.5
In the Beginning
Kent Turner
The exploitation of the hopes of those who have nothing to lose produces the queasiest feeling outside of a horror movie 
3
Dhoom
Michael Dequina
Technical sheen is certainly one of the better aspects of the film but it can only go so far when others aren t quite up to par 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Brian Eggert
Perhaps it 8217 s wrong and narrow minded to hope that the Wachowskis would only live up to their original film 44 but their brand of mythology expansion narrows the possibilities and limits the viewer 8217 s enjoyment of this universe 46 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Wesley Lovell
It s amazing how such a brilliant opening film can devolve into nothing but uninteresting fight scenes and unnecessary visual effects 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Lori Hoffman
The Matrix Revolutions has successfully dodged the bullet that The Matrix Reloaded aimed at the franchise 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
James Verniere
Watching this you may be reminded of what Gertrude Stein once observed about the benighted state of Cal ee fornia there is no there there 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
David N. Butterworth
Hey it s better than The Matrix Reloaded 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Jorge Avila Andrade
Como capítulo final de una trilogía adorada por millones cumple con lo que ofrece a pesar de que deja varios cabos sueltos Por lo menos es mejor cinta que Recargado 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
John Beifuss
Owes more to The War of the Worlds than the war of ideas that made the first Matrix stand out 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Ian Mantgani
It is not about conclusiveness but about solving the immediate struggles of its own stupid sci fi details 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Michael Szymanski
A satisfying action packed conclusion to one of the most incredible sci fi mythologies put on film 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Steven Snyder
This third one is unfocused a little bit of this a little of that a pot of hot water that boils over a few times but remains for the most part at a light simmer 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Linda Cook
What a fizzle for a feature film trilogy and the third installment of a boxed set 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Kevin A. Ranson
for all the characters you met when you found out what the Matrix was you ll want to see how their stories conclude 
3.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Matt Brunson
As a joyride of a movie this one delivers the goods But on a human level it s clear that the Wachowskis allowed the series to get away from them 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Mike McGranaghan
What started off as hip cool and intelligent has become loud bombastic and stupid 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Bob Bloom
It all seems so cold so technological This final chapter should have been the most human the most emotionally charged of movies but it ultimately leaves you dazed and confused 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Frank Ochieng
a frantic and ponderous piece that is content enough to go through its wooden stage and whimper out with a deadening bang a mind bending misguided mess
2
The Matrix Revolutions
David Nusair
one of the more entertaining mindless action flicks to come around in a while 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Katrina Onstad
Even the Wachowski brothers don t seem to know how to get out of this six hour labyrinth they ve constructed 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unlike Reloaded the storytelling in Revolutions is far more streamlined and self assured It s also a clunky colossal bore 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Mark Dujsik
Thus ends the Matrix trilogy not even with the dignity of a whimper but with the timid finality of a dull thud 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Joe Baltake
This final installment is both too much of a good thing and too little 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Josh Larsen
while being an even thornier thicket of existential philosophy than Reloaded it offers little visionary action between the brain cramps 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Jon Niccum
The Wachowski team is on a fast track to eclipse George Lucas for the title of Most Promising Filmmaker Who is Now a Complacent Hack 
1
The Matrix Revolutions
Dustin Putman
A woeful sloppy misbegotten load of crap In other words it makes its two predecessors look like examples of modern cinematic masterpieces in comparison 
1
The Matrix Revolutions
Marty Mapes
Merely an ending instead of a grand satisfying conclusion
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Jonathan R. Perry
Keanu Reeves improves marginally over his laughably stone faced slog through Reloaded his emotional range upgrades from a spatula to at least that of a lint brush 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Vanessa Sibbald
The two sequels to The Matrix have been a complete let down leading me to wish that the Wachowski brothers had stopped while they were ahead
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Nick Rogers
It closes on a satisfying note that provides the necessary answers But the Wachowskis should close the rabbit hole and never return to The Matrix 
3.5
The Matrix Revolutions
David Keyes
Though inferior to its predecessors Revolutions does manage to keep the eyes intrigued for two hours of solid and well photographed action sequences 
3.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Robert W. Butler
An unmitigated disaster 
1
The Matrix Revolutions
Glenn Whipp
While Reloaded and Revolutions might be technically proficient they are largely devoid of the kind of wonder and storytelling that hooked us the first time 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Liam Lacey
Over all The Matrix Revolutions the third and last of the film cycle envisioned by Andy and Larry Wachowski mostly feels as hackneyed as the first film felt fresh 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Terry Lawson
The Matrix Revolutions is not a bad movie It s just a maddening one 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Jack Mathews
Noisy repetitious and bloated with the Wachowski brothers jumbled digital age philosophy 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Lou Lumenick
What Gertrude Stein famously said about Oakland applies equally to Revolutions after all the secrets are revealed there s no there there 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Jeff Vice
There s little real emotional investment here despite the Wachowski Brothers efforts to convince us otherwise 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Lisa Kennedy
The Matrix Revolutions leaves us with something to chew on for years to come 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
David Sterritt
This is a sequel that only a die hard fan could love But those fans will love it very very much 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Steven Rea
The sibling masterminds abandon all humor and most invention for a series of Mr Wizard cosmic cliches 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Timothy Knight
Intriguing frequently confusing but mostly entertaining Matrix Revolutions wraps up the trilogy s narrative loose ends in a reasonably satisfying fashion 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Roger Ebert
In a basic and undeniable sense this is a good movie and fans who have earned their credit hours with the first two will want to see this one and graduate 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Carla Meyer
If only filmmakers Larry and Andy Wachowski could have saved themselves from their own machines Their computer generated imagery goes from dazzling to deadening 
1
The Matrix Revolutions
Lawrence Toppman
The first Matrix stood alone brilliantly The second carried on the story intriguingly but left gaps the third needed to fill Instead Revolutions raises questions without answering any 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Mark Rahner
The laws of physics don t apply within the Matrix but the law of diminishing returns does 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Phoebe Flowers
Everything that has a beginning has an end we are told by several characters and by the movie s tagline itself But it s hard to imagine that this conclusion is more satisfying than any that fans could conceive in their own minds 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Ty Burr
True believers will be reaching for the red pill but it s still not quite enough to convert the heretics 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Chris Hewitt
So tedious and unoriginal that it s more like The Matrix Repetitions with one numbing battle sequence after another all of them looking like outtakes from the last Star Wars 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Mike Clark
This come down of a series capper is so arch and pompous amid its clanks and collisions that you can only snicker at the verbal wind that obscures the din of marauding machinery 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The problem with The Matrix Revolutions comes from writer director team Larry and Andy Wachowski whose script sounds as if it were doctored by Ed Wood 
1
The Matrix Revolutions
Sean P. Means
The fight scenes come as close to recapturing the ooh ahh factor of the original 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Glenn Kenny
Everything that has a beginning has an end Right or maybe right 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Leigh Johnson
The Matrix trilogy is so named for a reason The most compelling aspect of the movies is that way cool space Revolutions spends too little time there 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Phil Villarreal
Watching the movie is sort of like finishing off a filet mignon dinner with Pop Rocks 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Duane Dudek
A satisfying if not totally comprehensible conclusion 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Erik Childress
Time will tell whether or not the hardcore Matrix fans will be walking out with chants of Jedi 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
James Sanford
The Wachowskis lean so heavily on concepts and designs from Aliens that you half expect to hear Bill Paxton wailing Game over maaaaan in the background 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
James Berardinelli
Overlong and underwhelming The Matrix Revolutions reinforces the thinking that it s a rare movie series in which the final chapter is the strongest 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Glenn Lovell
Revolutions makes good on its creators promise to fuse Kafka Alice in Wonderland the New Testament and The Wizard of Oz 
3.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Peter Travers
The Matrix Revolutions sucks 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Wachowskis focus so much on resolving the final conflict between good and evil that they neglect the main characters 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
John Anderson
Confronting Matrix Revolutions you need your own veil of unreality just to wade through the misappropriated metaphors 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Scott Nash
The eye candy makes up for the weak dialogue and wooden acting 
3
The Matrix Revolutions
Mark Caro
You could react on a gut level to the first movie s idea But that basic premise has been all but lost by Revolutions amid the philosophical smoke thrown up by the writing directing Wachowski Brothers 
2
The Matrix Revolutions
Rob Blackwelder
The eye popping heart stopping last hour and a half of Revolutions more than makes up for everything plodding and ponderous that has taken place since the original 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Walter Chaw
Drunk on itself and the possibilities of cinema to present allegory in grandiloquent gestures and crushing self importance 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Jeanne Aufmuth
Only hardcore fans will delight at the surface slick to which the brothers Wachowski have succumbed to conclude their philosophical opus 
1.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Steve Rhodes
It s actually at its best when it s the most pretentious Its loud and repetitive action sequences are impressive enough but we ve seen them all before 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Ed Gonzalez
The Wachowskis lay on the spiritual allegory thick but the film s fragile better than here hopefulness is genuinely unsettling 
2.5
The Matrix Revolutions
Ross Anthony
Revolutions effects don t break any new ground 
2
Spies
Elliott Stein
Spies is one of Lang s best films That means one of the best films ever made 
4
Spies
Keith Uhlich
This is the Fritz Lang method pose a question then answer it though never in any sort of predictable rhythm 
4
Sense and Sensibility
Mal Vincent
Screenwriter Thompson and director Ang Lee maintain a rare balance The actors as well as the writer and director constantly let us know that they know better than these characters 
4
Sense and Sensibility
David Nusair
Filmmaker Ang Lee working from Thompson s screenplay delivers an exceedingly and often excessively deliberate drama that s rarely as engrossing or involving as one might ve expected and hoped 
2
Sense and Sensibility
Michael Wilmington
This movie made with love and wit reminds us how much charm liveliness passion good sense and sensibility Jane Austen provides 
3.5
Sense and Sensibility
Matt Brunson
This exquisite endeavor remains the finest Jane Austen adaptation to date 
4
Sense and Sensibility
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unlike most of the usual rolling hills costume period drama Merchant Ivory type century old novel movies Sense and Sensibility succeeds quite handily 
3.5
Sense and Sensibility
Michael Dequina
A little funny a bit sad and all around entertaining 
3.5
Sense and Sensibility
Jeanne Aufmuth
Enduring love heartbreak undying passion and bitter betrayal What more could you ask from Jane Austen and for that matter from a film 
4
Sense and Sensibility
Robert Roten
A host of fine performances support the great screenplay photography and editing of the film 
4
Sense and Sensibility
Roger Ebert
Sense and Sensibility is an enjoyable film and yet it left me somehow unsatisfied 
2.5
Sense and Sensibility
Mick LaSalle
An exuberant well crafted film that gets the audience involved on a gut level 
4
Sense and Sensibility
James Berardinelli
Told with deft skill and a pleasantly humorous romantic touch 
3.5
Sense and Sensibility
Susan Stark
It s bliss 
4
Sense and Sensibility
Madeleine Williams
Wonderful adaptation of Jane Austen s novel 
3.5
Sense and Sensibility
Steve Rhodes
A soap opera of the highest caliber 
3
Sense and Sensibility
Mike Clark
The movie is good fun boasting a dozen vivid characters and two that moviegoers will take to heart 
3.5
The Temp
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratic thriller that ultimately fares best in its briskly paced and engrossing first half 46 46 46 
2.5
The Temp
Walter Chaw
The Temp manages to involve and entertain in a crafty B movie way even if what it is is only a fraction of what it promises 
3
The Temp
Chris Hicks
As another entry in the don t trust anyone paranoia thrillers that have taken over the fright genre of late The Temp is one of the dumbest 
1.5
The Temp
James Berardinelli
The Temp is as unimaginative as thrillers get with a plot by numbers script and insipid direction 
1.5
The Lost
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Makes a great case for being a cult classic 
2.5
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Brian Eggert
A formative marker in Minghella s transition from television to a resounding if too short career in film Truly Madly Deeply is an often funny but mostly touching film of rich characterizations 
4
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Ryan Murphy
Despite its grim subject matter Truly Madly Deeply is life affirming its true to life dilemmas to be savored and learned from 
3.5
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A wonderful bittersweet little romantic comedy 
3.5
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Michael Dequina
A truly madly deeply romantic film 
3.5
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Jeremy Heilman
Truly Madly Deeply is an odd duck of a movie that never really gets off the ground 
2
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Chris Hicks
Inspired moments are few and far between 
2.5
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Roger Ebert
All of these passages of the movie are convincing in a strange way This is sort of a Ghost for grownups 
3
My Spy
Sarah Knight Adamson
Family friendly comedy that I d actually like to see a sequel in the works 
3
My Spy
Tom Meek
The chemistry between the leads and focus on a young girl dealing with social issues at school bolsters what otherwise would be a pat comedy 
2.5
My Spy
Matthew Passantino
It all just seems so tired 
1.5
My Spy
Peter Canavese
Belongs to that dubious and very practiced subgenre of action comedy that awkwardly marries an impossibly precocious tyke to a macho man getting him in touch with his sensitivity and the kid in touch with casually normalized fatal violence 
2
My Spy
Richard Roeper
The holes in this forgettable borderline creepy film are as big as the canyon in Naperville 
2
My Spy
Sean P. Means
Director Peter Segal can t decide whether to make a movie for action hungry teens or humor seeking little kids and ends up making an undigestible catastrophe that neither group will love 
1.5
My Spy
Katie Walsh
One can t help but think the story would have worked so much better as a drama or some kind of Man on Fire actioner with Coleman s chops and Bautista s brooding presence 
2
My Spy
Christy Lemire
If you re stuck at home with some bored smart alecky kids of your own this ll put a smile on everyone s faces at least for a little while 
2.5
My Spy
Mark Dujsik
The problem here isn t the pleasant stuff It isn t the twisted and violent stuff either It s distinctly the combination of the two 
2
My Spy
Mike McGranaghan
Little more than a compendium of lazy tough guy is softened up by a cute kid cliches that s too violent for young children and too childish for fans of action movies 
2
My Spy
Derek Smith
Peter Segal s film is pulled in so many different directions that it comes to feel slack 
1.5
My Spy
Zaki Hasan
It knows exactly what it wants to be and how to get there and is made more engaging than it probably has any right to be thanks to the oversized charisma of its oversized star 
2.5
My Spy
James Berardinelli
My Spy is one of those action comedies that fails both in terms of action and comedy 
2
My Spy
Roger Moore
Not much here for adults but the magnificent walking talking pratfall taking sight gag that is Dave Bautista Well cast 
1.5
A Letter to True
Rene Rodriguez
If you don t have a dog waiting for you at home after seeing A Letter to True you ll want one 
3
A Letter to True
Phoebe Flowers
A lovely evocative documentary 
3
A Letter to True
Evan Henerson
Weber is a sly raconteur with great names to drop and his doggie footage is a kick 
1.5
A Letter to True
Chris Hewitt
Like a blog True is a rambling discourse into the heart and mind of its creator a series of disassociated musings that aren t intended for a wide audience 
3
A Letter to True
Jonathan Curiel
A collage of everything that s important to Weber But what s important to a rich successful photographer filmmaker with time and money on his hands is not necessarily important to anyone else 
2
A Letter to True
David Sterritt
It s all deliberately homemade and raggedy and that s where its charm comes from along with the delightful old music score 
4
A Letter to True
Lou Lumenick
About as exciting as watching someone else s home movies albeit beautifully photographed ones 
1.5
A Letter to True
Jami Bernard
It s a colorful collage with a few choice tidbits amid run of the mill kibble 
2
A Letter to True
John Anderson
A sublime simplicity lies at the heart of A Letter to True Bruce Weber s combination cinematographic poem and paean to canine worship 
3
Out-Takes From the Life of a Happy Man
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Jonas Mekas s camera is never passive often seeming to feed upon sensation that energizes it to the point of jittery transcendence 
3.5
Little Shop of Horrors
Brian Eggert
One of the more delightful aspects of Little Shop of Horrors is how well it blends tragic characters and bloody murder with a genuine heartfelt romance an unlikely balance 
4
Little Shop of Horrors
Matt Brunson
Ellen Greene shows off her formidable singing ability while Steve Martin is hilarious as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello 
3
Little Shop of Horrors
Jeremy Heilman
The film represents a rare example where Hollywood has applied itself rigorously to material that might somehow seem beneath it with wholly satisfying results 
4
Little Shop of Horrors
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t labor its jokes or insist on its virtuoso special effects but devotes its energies to seeming unforced and delightful 
3.5
Little Shop of Horrors
James Berardinelli
I have seen a lot of musicals probably more than most people under the age of 50 and few are as lively and fun as Little Shop of Horrors 
3.5
Big Trouble
Matt Brunson
A big mess 46 
2
Big Trouble
Travis Hoover
From the depths of the files marked for completists only comes John Cassavetes Big Trouble a film that defies all but the most determined attempts to fit it into the master s canon 
2
Flirting With Disaster
Brian Eggert
Russell 8217 s deceptively wise film sustains those insane 44 out of touch moments of behavior and prolongs them 44 making the experience torturously funny 44 but rewarding on multiple levels 46 
4
Flirting With Disaster
Mal Vincent
It s well worth the trip that this wacky lot maps 
3.5
Flirting With Disaster
Roger Ebert
There are conventions in this sort of story and Russell seems to violate most of them He allows the peculiarities of his characters to lead them away from the plot line and into perplexities of their own 
3.5
Flirting With Disaster
Susan Wloszczyna
Hang on and prepare to laugh continually 
3.5
Better Living
Michael Dequina
If this is Better Living I d hate to see it get any worse 
0
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
If you didn t see it in the theatre lucky you the best thing to do is to avoid it as if it were infected with the T Virus Full review in Spanish 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Jeff Beck
It s loud bland gory and has very little to offer in the way of story Don t tell me you were actually expecting something else 
1.5
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Jay Antani
The occasional flashes of imagination aside Afterlife epitomizes what movies written largely by software and marketing committees look like
2
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sean P. Means
Your level of enjoyment of this depends on how much you like Anderson s slo mo decapitations and other forms of gory special effects 
2.5
Resident Evil: Afterlife
John Beifuss
By this time only aficionados will be keeping up with the series mythology the rest of us will have to accept or reject this sequel as an exercise in unbridled surreal nonsensical action cool as much a head trip in its way as Koyaanisqatsi 
3
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Linda Cook
It s the least like a video game so Afterlife is the best of the lot 
2
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Tirdad Derakhshani
Resident Evil Afterlife lacks the humanity interesting characters funny one liners that made its predecessors enjoyable B movies 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
James Kendrick
There is not a single shot or moment that is anything other than derivative and the fact that the momentum is constantly interrupted with egregious slow motion makes it feel that much longer and therefore more insufferable 
1.5
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Shaula Clark
Just hearing the audience gasp from vertigo during the opening zoom out shot is almost worth the price of admission 
3
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Scott Nash
More of the same but if you enjoy this kind of thing that s not necessarily a bad thing 
2.5
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Simon Abrams
Afterlife lacks tension dread angst humor you name an emotion it s not there 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Kam Williams
More insulting than the stereotyping and the horrifying horror clichés is the fact that the formulaic tale even has the nerve to end on a cliffhanger setting us up for yet another sequel Fool me once shame on you Fool me five times I don t think so 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Mike McGranaghan
While the movie itself is no great shakes the 3D is awesomely fun 
2.5
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Wilson Morales
Resident Evil Afterlife 3D is more disappointing than the previous films only because they added nothing new than having derivative slow motion sequences bad acting and an incoherent storyline 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a lot of whiz with very little bang and by the time the forgone cliffhanger conclusion rolled around I was teetering on the edge of boredom so fully that the incredulity of the last scene didn t bother me near as much as it should have 
2
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Roger Moore
It s a humorless movie of morphing zombies they take on beastly attributes phoned in performances and trite dialogue 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Joe Lozito
Like one of its lumbering undead this video game franchise is hard to kill The fourth entry is less about zombie mayhem than about progressing a larger story arc if anyone still cares 
2
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Dustin Putman
It s boring It s derivative It s chaotic It s a franchise that s been running on fumes for eight years With this entry the fuel gauge has finally hit empty 
1
Resident Evil: Afterlife
James O'Ehley
At this point I feel pretty darn guilty for ever thinking the original 2002 Resident Evil installment was any type of mindless fun 
1
Saigon Bodyguards
Barry Hertz
For most audiences around the world Saigon Bodyguards will come across as more a curiosity than anything else 
2
Saigon Bodyguards
Bruce DeMara
Like good Vietnamese cuisine Saigon Bodyguards is pho fresh and hot 
3
The Domino Principle
David Nusair
a stirring thriller that succeeds despite a narrative that is to put it mildly rather far fetched 
3
Puffball
Geoff Pevere
Everyone in this soggy tale of maternal reproductive instincts gone berserk is wisely attired in Wellingtons at one time or another but it can t save them from sinking in the spreading sludge 
1.5
Dabangg
Namrata Joshi
Pretty much a tame and inconsequential affair 
2
Beauty Shop
Kam Williams
This bottom feeder s sophomoric locker room approach to black white gay straight and male female issues cannot be undone by a saccharine storybook ending 
1
Beauty Shop
Michael Dequina
Diverting but overly episodic never quite hangs together as a feature 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Vince Koehler
A very funny story that will make you laugh Enjoy this new comedy from MGM 
3
Beauty Shop
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s thin Kate Lanier and Norman Vance Jr s screenplay is virtually nonexistent and there isn t a single thing that happens I didn t see coming from over a mile away and yet I still thoroughly enjoyed myself 
3
Beauty Shop
Sean McBride
a nice enough story just not funny or memorable enough to make it into a winner 
2
Beauty Shop
Frank Ochieng
As a crackling cultural feminine empowerment piece Beauty Shop is about as well rounded as an unshaped Afro hairdo
2
Beauty Shop
Nick Rogers
The camera observes big bootied women a fine guy who might be gay and Alicia Silverstone s terminally white dancing but it doesn t exactly count as observational humor 
2
Beauty Shop
Larry Ratliff
Beauty Shop won t change any lives Like highlights on top of a familiar do though it ll brighten things for a while 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Kevin Allison
Who d have thought that two sequels in the hair cutting set up would still be fun 
3
Beauty Shop
Mike McGranaghan
The film has a lot of good things around the edges but its core lacks the spark that would make us want to return again and again to Gina s salon 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Greg Maki
A carbon copy of Barbershop only with a female cast 
2
Beauty Shop
Linda Cook
Queen Latifah s back on track She has a long way to go to equal her role in Chicago in which she both starred and sang But Beauty Shop is a better than average outing 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Josh Larsen
the makeover as therapy 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Sean P. Means
A cramped sitcomlike vehicle but Queen Latifah s royal presence makes this little Ford Fiesta ride like an Escalade 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Jeffrey Westhoff
Without a real story even a personality as indomitable as Queen Latifah can carry a movie only so far 
2
Beauty Shop
Kit Bowen
Despite Queen Latifah and its boisterous cast s best efforts to style the perfect social comedy Beauty Shop doesn t quite cut it 
2
Beauty Shop
Dustin Putman
Although not a chore to sit through the whole thing seems rather clunkily thought out and offers precious little worth remembering once the end credits have rolled 
2
Beauty Shop
Christian Toto
Shouldn t Queen Latifah be able to find better projects than an unnecessary spinoff like Beauty Shop 
2
Beauty Shop
Michael Wilmington
It s a bouncy funny picture that I enjoyed one that mostly eludes the perils of sequelitis and spinoff itis a lusty comedy about the importance of looking good and getting the right scissors in the right hands 
3
Beauty Shop
Claudia Puig
Overall the parts don t come together and jell as well as they did in the Barbershop films 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Chris Hewitt
Starring the endlessly likable Queen Latifah the force behind Beauty Shop is girlfriend power 
3
Beauty Shop
Phoebe Flowers
Worth visiting 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Carla Meyer
It s like that fateful moment during a haircut when the scissors slip and that fun rock n roll shag suddenly becomes a mullet 
2
Beauty Shop
Ruthe Stein
Playing an eccentric beautician who changes her look everyday the incandescent Alfre Woodard shows she s as adept at comedy as drama 
3
Beauty Shop
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
This spinoff lacks the repartee and thought provoking social commentary of the original and its sequel Instead we get dumbed down characters and juvenile booty jokes 
1.5
Beauty Shop
Steven Rea
The loose lively spirit of the performances breathes life into the cliches 
3
Beauty Shop
Bob Strauss
You already know if you like this kind of thing or not But if you do there s little not to like 
3
Beauty Shop
Connie Ogle
Has nothing new to say but it has a lot of fun covering the same old territory 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Mack Bates
The movie finally manages to find its groove in the when director Bille Woodruff steps aside and allows his talented cast to mine the material for all it s worth 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Bruce Westbrook
Needs highlights and a trim 
2
Beauty Shop
Jami Bernard
All jokes and plot points are telegraphed You couldn t miss the clues even if your head was in the sink 
1.5
Beauty Shop
Liam Lacey
A dull script and slack direction 
1.5
Beauty Shop
Geoff Pevere
Looks feels and unfolds with measured sitcom familiarity right down to the storming of characters through the shop s doors and the relentless crossfire of sassy putdowns 
2
Beauty Shop
Terry Lawson
Thanks to Queen Latifah it manages to keep its comic shape even with the wind of familiarity blowing around 
3
Beauty Shop
Michael Booth
The result is not so much a follow up as a newly conceived comedy and a good one at that 
3
Beauty Shop
Mary F. Pols
Funny warm and relaxingly good natured the kind of movie that invites us to check personal woes at the door 
3
Beauty Shop
Ty Burr
A formulaic but extremely good natured comedy 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Roger Ebert
It s refreshing how most of the movie is essentially about the characters their stories their lives 
3
Beauty Shop
Lisa Rose
The film resides in the realm of mediocrity dreadful in spots enjoyable on occasion and disposable throughout 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Lou Lumenick
There is much to enjoy in the struggles and triumphs of Latifah s Gina Morris 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Sarah Chauncey
Fun sassy and the only mainstream Hollywood comedy you ll ever see that features Maya Angelou quoted throughout 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Tyler Hanley
Barbershop has been given a cinematic sex change operation 
2
Beauty Shop
Willie Waffle
Beauty Shop has plenty of funny moments along with randy outrageous dialogue but not much of a plot 
1.5
Beauty Shop
Phil Villarreal
I can t authoritatively say that Silverstone s slack jawed forced twang performance is the worst in film history I can only guess and hope that this is so 
1
Beauty Shop
Walter Chaw
More than just racial slapstick and cheap Maya Angelou jokes 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Rob Blackwelder
The laughs come fast and easy in Beauty Shop but the minimal effort plot keeps getting underfoot 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Peter Canavese
You may not get krunked with Beauty Shop but you know what you re getting into It s sitcom ready material that delivers on its promise 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Steve Rhodes
No matter how many jokes about big booties Beauty Shop tosses at us it s nothing more than Barber Shop Lite 
2
Beauty Shop
John Beifuss
Ice Cube and his investors continue their box office gentrification of the inner city As obvious and visually bland as a sitcom but likable 
2.5
Beauty Shop
Nick Schager
About as fresh as a Jeri Curl 
1.5
Strangers With Candy
Mark Dujsik
In spite of its demented flavor the movie surprisingly doesn t push the envelope the way the series did 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Betsy Bozdech
Will resonate most with fans of the TV series but even the uninitiated will enjoy its cracked sense of humor and jabs at teenage life 
3
Strangers With Candy
Betsy Bozdech
Amy Sedaris suits up as everyone s favorite former prostitute drug addict turned high school student in the long awaited and quite funny big screen version of the cult TV series 
3
Strangers With Candy
Sean O'Connell
Walks a fine line of comedic self awareness and only on occasion loses us in a haze of condescending wit 
3
Strangers With Candy
Matt Brunson
The key to its success at least whatever success it can muster is the manic work of Amy Sedaris 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Geoff Pevere
I laughed my gluteus maximus off while watching 
3
Strangers With Candy
Liam Lacey
Audiences should find the film brilliant or repellent At the most interesting moments it s a bit of both 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Jeff Vice
The film is probably destined to be a cult success at best since the TV program was an acquired taste and could be a little much even when limited to 30 minutes 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Sean P. Means
The highlight is Sedaris unflinching as she throws herself into Jerri s clueless optimism 
3
Strangers With Candy
Phil Villarreal
It s a one joke film that thinks its joke is funnier than it is and runs it into the ground but not before getting a few laughs 
2
Strangers With Candy
David Elliott
Jerri up close with her geek grin and potty mouth is testing 
1.5
Strangers With Candy
Paul Doro
That the filmmakers struggle dragging the idea out to feature length is hardly surprising 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Ward Triplett III
We get Colbert and we get Sedaris as Jerri Blank for just a little while longer That s enough for us 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Bruce Westbrook
Some things were meant to be seen in small doses or on small screens For all its subversive perks and quirks Strangers is one of them 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Rob Thomas
If Steve Martin was right and comedy is not pretty then Amy Sedaris Jerri Blank must be the funniest character on the planet 
3
Strangers With Candy
John Beifuss
The series unflagging cynicism was a dead end that now seems callow and perhaps even insincere considering the political engagement displayed by co creator Stephen Colbert in his new persona as a faux conservative news commentator 
2
Strangers With Candy
Larry Ratliff
The school is like none you ve seen on screen before Mary Katherine Gallagher would love love LOVE it as do I 
3
Strangers With Candy
Phoebe Flowers
Sure you may cringe or shudder or even wonder when your tastes became quite this puerile but Strangers With Candy is a long awaited treasure of ludicrousness with very few dead spots 
3
Strangers With Candy
Dustin Putman
Flaws and all Strangers with Candy has one invaluable thing going for it the utterly fearless and downright brilliant comic performance of Amy Sedaris 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Mark Rahner
Maybe a half hour dose was just right because the film s pacing is torpid and many of the jokes fall flat 
2
Strangers With Candy
Mick LaSalle
It s so brilliant in places that it can make a viewer root for it but that s not exactly the same as enjoying it not really 
2
Strangers With Candy
Bob Strauss
The movie would be hilarious if it had the courage to really wallow in the dysfunctional dementia it pretends to champion 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Darel Jevens
The gags are many and more often than not they work 
3
Strangers With Candy
Wesley Morris
The show s brilliant conceit seems mild In its own way this is just another teen movie 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Jeffrey Westhoff
Strangers With Candy is Nacho Libre for the self proclaimed cool kids 
2
Strangers With Candy
Willie Waffle
filthier and more offensive than you can imagine so I laughed I laughed alot 
3
Strangers With Candy
Carrie Rickey
I liked this movie better when it was called Rock n Roll High School and starred the Ramones and Mary Woronov 
2
Strangers With Candy
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many movies based on TV shows Strangers With Candy feels like an actual movie it has shape and the clever dialogue goes deep 
3.5
Strangers With Candy
Jessica Reaves
Easily the wittiest most ridiculous and best written comedy of the year 
3
Strangers With Candy
Matt Pais
A deliciously quirky laugh out loud pleasure for anyone with a taste for the absurd 
3
Strangers With Candy
Claudia Puig
The offbeat film starts off hilariously But as the very thin plot centering on a science fair unfolds and celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker Matthew Broderick Allison Janney and Philip Seymour Hoffman arrive everything becomes less funny 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Jack Mathews
The jokes are so sketchy and silly it quickly passes the point of wretched excess 
2
Strangers With Candy
Peter Canavese
The outlandish gags are usually good for at least a chuckle and Colbert s left field satire classes up the enterprise but multiplying the tight sitcom half hour by four may not be a science experiment worth repeating 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sitting in the theater it was like everyone was in on the joke but me and while moments of hilarity managed to hit me over the head a time or two I still couldn t help but wonder what all the fuss was about 
2
Strangers With Candy
Pam Grady
Sedaris is scary brilliant at inhabiting Jerri s lost soul It s just that a little Jerri goes a long long way and at feature length that is too long 
2
Strangers With Candy
Ken Fox
Either Sedaris and company have lost their will to truly outrage or they re hoping to reach a wider audience with less offensive material 
2.5
Strangers With Candy
Lisa Rose
A subversive confection Strangers with Candy sends up after school specials cheerfully debasing the genre 
3
Strangers With Candy
Stephen Williams
Quickly no taste leads to bad taste and dumb leads to dumber 
0
Strangers With Candy
Kyle Smith
This movie is worse than flying from JFK to Singapore in the middle seat between two chatty Scientologists It s worse than do it yourself rhinoplasty It s even worse than college improv 
0
Strangers With Candy
Monica A. Reyhani
It doesn t live up to the premise of an after school special parody but neither fans of the TV series nor newbies with an appreciation of absurd comedy will be disappointed 
3
Strangers With Candy
Ed Gonzalez
Easily the most quotable movie of the year 
3
Expo 67: Mission Impossible
Bruce DeMara
Canadians can be justifiably proud But put the flags down and just watch an engrossing and well executed documentary 
3.5
Juarez 2045
Norman Gidney
Cartel 2045 never fully succeeds in what it is trying to do yet is still mildly entertaining aiming for campy grindhouse absurdity without the wit or brevity 
3
Risen
David Nusair
an exceedingly erratic drama 
2.5
Risen
Sara Michelle Fetters
With so many horrible faith based features littering the multiplex ranging from the ho hum Heaven Is for Real to the inept God s Not Dead to the perfectly dreadful War Room it s nice to have one that treats its audience with respect 
2.5
Risen
Linda Cook
What a faith based movie should be Compelling intelligent and thoughtful 
3.5
Risen
Chris Knight
Fiennes commits to the role striking the perfect balance as a non believer who still just wants to get to the truth of this whole business with Jesus and His devout followers 
2.5
Risen
John Hanlon
A unique perspective on the resurrection makes this Biblical production truly stand out 
3.0
Risen
Matt Brunson
Risen is measured enough to appeal to filmgoers of all persuasions in other words no one had the bright idea of casting Rush Limbaugh as one of the disciples or hiring Ben Stein to serve as the voice of God It s just too bad it s not a bit better 
2.5
Risen
Scott Renshaw
The narrative essentially inserts Clavius in the middle of Acts of the Apostles and neither his character nor the variation on familiar Biblical episodes capture the same sense of discovery 
2.5
Risen
Mick LaSalle
Whatever your religious affiliation you will come away thinking that if all this did actually happen it probably happened something like this 
3
Risen
Josh Terry
As faith based films go Risen is one of the better ones 
3
Risen
Rick Bentley
Risen uses the Bible as a basis for a story about finding faith As long as you look at the movie from that perspective then it will accomplish its purpose of creating dialogue about being a believer 
2.5
Risen
Peter Canavese
Near total lack of narrative tension Competent acting and direction handily stave off artistic disaster but Risen has been constructed not so much to inspire as to renew the already faithful 
2
Risen
Eric Henderson
It s an episode of Without a Trace Jerusalem presented with all the panache of a Trinity Broadcasting Network TV special 
1.5
Risen
Christian Toto
If Risen had simply told of Christ s resurrection from a fresh perspective it would be worth your while It does much more 
3
Risen
Phil Villarreal
Yet another case of the book being better than the movie 
2
Risen
Willie Waffle
Sold as an action thriller but really about the resurrection of a man s soul 
2
Risen
Kate Taylor
The film features a lush historical setting and some satisfying action scenes but the dialogue is often laughable a mix of the pseudo archaic with oddly contemporary lingo 
1
Risen
Tirdad Derakhshani
While it descends too often into the melodramatic it s a solid smart picture and a welcome addition to the genre 
3
Risen
Bob Bloom
Director Kevin Reynolds best known for directing such Kevin Costner turkeys as Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Waterworld fails to sustain a promising premise 
1.5
Risen
Richard Roeper
Fiennes sticks with the brooding stoic performance even when Clavius is undergoing some major changes It s not his best work 
2
Risen
Peter Howell
It s intended primarily for an audience of Christian believers but genuine drama precedes the preaching 
2.5
Risen
Kyle Smith
A low IQ affair that supposes that the Gospels will sound more convincing if seen through the eyes of a skeptic Instead it seeks to improve the New Testament by putting a layer of Naugahyde upholstery on it 
1.5
Risen
Matt Zoller Seitz
An old fashioned Biblical spectacular with fresh blood in its veins 
2.5
Risen
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s argument could have had a more meaningful less obvious impact if it had left room for at least some doubt without needing to go so far as say finding the body 
2.5
Risen
Peter Keough
We know how it turns out but seeing from the point of view of someone who doesn t know and doesn t believe adds more cogency 
3
Risen
Ann Hornaday
Viewers already well versed in the greatest story ever told might find their interest piqued by the filmmakers unconventional take It s unlikely however that Risen will preach to anyone outside the choir 
2
Risen
Roger Moore
Acted with care and compassion directed with a light entertaining touch
3
Risen
Soren Andersen
Fiennes is superb portraying a man slowly transformed by events that shake his beliefs about the world and his place in it to their core 
3.5
Risen
Kam Williams
A visually captivating Biblical drama harking back to such faith based classics as Ben Hur 1959 and The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965 
3
The Butcher Boy
Mike Clark
The movie is well crafted and tightly assembled but it s also loud and unmodulated 
2.5
The Butcher Boy
David Nusair
clumsily lurches from one irrelevant uninteresting episode to the next 
0
The Butcher Boy
Ken Fox
Owens remarkable high pitched performance and Jordan s lush visionary style are perfectly suited to the material 
3.5
The Butcher Boy
Margaret A. McGurk
A gripping portrait of an unforgettable character 
3.5
The Butcher Boy
Jeffrey Westhoff
As disturbing as it is brilliant The Butcher Boy reaffirms director Neil Jordan is most gifted when working with less money 
4
The Butcher Boy
Edward Guthmann
Instead of bathing his story in the warm lyrical glow of an Irish lament Jordan mixes domestic tragedy with fierce gallows humor and the stark horror of a Goya painting 
3
The Butcher Boy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the year s best 
4
The Butcher Boy
David N. Butterworth
You can t take your eyes off Eamonn Owens or your ears off Stephen Rea or for that matter either off Neil Jordan s entire film 
3.5
The Butcher Boy
Ted Prigge
Even if it s not as great as the films it rips off it s gonna be a cult classic nevertheless 
3
The Butcher Boy
Michael Dequina
A twisted unusual film that is bound to make just about anyone uncomfortable 
3.5
The Butcher Boy
Roger Ebert
The movie held me outside I didn t connect in the way I wanted to and by the end I was out of sympathy with the material 
2.5
The Butcher Boy
James Berardinelli
The Butcher Boy works best as a dark comedy and social satire and is somewhat less successful as a character study of a deeply troubled young boy whose violent impulses are fed by his unstable environment 
3
The Butcher Boy
Steve Rhodes
The comedy tries to be so over the top that I swear I could hear a subliminal laugh track The zany music almost demands laugher 
1.5
The Butcher Boy
Dustin Putman
What could have been a courageous unsettling character study of an emotionally disturbed young boy only manages to be an ineffective uninvolving bore 
1.5
The Butcher Boy
Jeff Vice
Much of the film rests on Owens who is more than up to the task His portrayal of a youth walking the line between sanity and madness is astonishing 
3
The Memory of Justice
Elliott Stein
As hour succeeded hour and interview was intercut with interview a numbing Chinese box effect took over 
2
Ace High
Matt Brunson
Agreeable if unexceptional 46 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Michael Dequina
Click to read review
3
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Ross Anthony
Having really enjoyed Undercover Brother I went out of my way to catch this film and ended up laughing so hard I cried at times 
3.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Claudia Puig
Highlights some of the best and raunchiest of Griffin s humor 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Ted Fry
The cross cutting feels too casual and is mostly executed in a jarringly random fashion 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
C.W. Nevius
The pacing the leather suit the raspy speed rap Chris Rock and others do it and as long as Griffin sticks with the shtick he doesn t have much to add 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
David Elliott
The special fun of this stage concert film apart from a lot of mostly good and mostly very practiced material is in how far Griffin erases the line between himself and his public ego 
3
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
John Anderson
If Pryor whose influence is so obvious here was the big wheel Griffin is something stuck between the treads 
0
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Robert W. Butler
You ve got to be impressed by the seeming effortlessness with which KC native Griffin works his audience at a Chicago theater prowling the stage like some big comedy panther and dropping laugh detonations 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Jeff Vice
Almost as funny as it is foul mouthed Almost 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Wesley Morris
Griffin s riffs lack enough insight to qualify as observations and the wit to be considered consistently funny 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Sean P. Means
Griffin claims that using the N word robs it of its power to offend but such overuse robs his comedy of the power to provoke 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Roger Ebert
Griffin is quick smart and funny and presents the critics with the usual challenge in reviewing a comedy concert What do you write about apart from quoting his funniest lines 
3
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Megan Lehmann
The comic subscribes to the unfortunately widely held belief that if it s offensive it s funny 
1.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
John Monaghan
No doubt about it Griffin is a funny guy and a brilliant mimic But this concert film like his early life might best be put behind him 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Tor Thorsen
I didn t know Richard Pryor Richard Pryor wasn t a friend of mine But it s safe to say Eddie Griffin is no Richard Pryor 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Phil Villarreal
Did I go too far Griffin asks The crowd s continued hush is answer enough 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Mack Bates
It s the hometown footage that really stands out amid the stand up With material like that Griffin and family may have a pilot for a new reality show on their hands 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Dan DeLuca
If Griffin is often boorish he also can be wickedly hilarious 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Chris Hewitt
When Griffin s target shifts to the deeply odd family that gives the movie its title the jokes are original and uproarious 
3
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Tony Toscano
shows why Griffin performs to sold out crowds on the club circuit 
3
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Loren King
Griffin isn t untalented but he seems unpolished not quite ready to carry the weight of a 90 minute concert film 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Ed Gonzalez
Griffin unsuccessfully conceals his contempt for Arabs by calling attention to the legacy of slavery and so the film repeatedly proclaims that the emperor has no clothes 
2
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Brooke Hauser
The expos portion of DysFunKtional goes more for the funny bone and less for the jugular and too often segues into America s Funniest Home Videos territory when it should linger on quieter moments 
2.5
Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family
Harvey S. Karten
Eddie Griffin proves himself to be Richard Pryor s successor 
3
Bandar Band
Barry Hertz
And just like the best of road trips it s over before you want it to be 
3
Earth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a simple propaganda piece that overcomes its flaws through graceful cinematography and editing 
3.5
Earth
Ed Gonzalez
In Aleksandr Dovzhenko s orgiastic paean to Soviet collectivism and tractor ism Earth there is nothing more beautiful than the untainted countryside 
4
Boyhood
Brian Eggert
Inside this beautiful 44 simple 44 and ambitious film is an almost documentary quality to truth that 44 despite the film apos s lack of traditional plotting 44 engages the viewer in an indescribable way 46 
4
Boyhood
Leo Brady
Boyhood is a moment of cinema that cannot be duplicated 
3.5
Boyhood
Mattie Lucas
A true honest to goodness landmark that will be looked back on for years to come as one of the defining films of our time 
4
Boyhood
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The experiment was worth the effort a magnificent and sublime cinematic experience Full review in Spanish 
4
Boyhood
Wesley Lovell
Richard Linklater s fascinating look at twelve years in the life of a young boy whose family life is far from perfect The gimmick seldom feels like one 
3.5
Boyhood
David Keyes
This is not only a great film but an important landmark in how great films can be made 
3.5
Boyhood
Jocelyn Noveck
While everything about Boyhood is done with extraordinary care the master stroke was clearly the casting 13 years ago of a little Texas boy named Ellar Coltrane 
4
Boyhood
Liam Lacey
It s like a time lapse photo of an expanding consciousness 
4
Boyhood
Perry Seibert
It s a simultaneously modest and massively ambitious undertaking so original in its conception and so successful in its execution that it deserves to be remembered as a landmark achievement 
4
Boyhood
Alissa Wilkinson
One of the loveliest things about Boyhood is how much of it makes those long forgotten strings of childhood vibrate within you It reminds you of what it was like to be a kid 
4
Boyhood
Brad Keefe
The ambition at play here even makes Linklater s fantastic Before Sunrise Sunset Midnight series pale in comparison 
4
Boyhood
Sean P. Means
It s a journey seldom seen on film that will fascinate and move you with every step 
4
Boyhood
Michael Smith
These moments are almost cliches but only because so many of us have lived these scenes in the course of our own lives and that s what makes them so powerful 
3.5
Boyhood
Scott Nash
I kept wondering what I was supposed to be enjoying about this film and I m still wondering 
2
Boyhood
Jordan Hiller
It s the gimmick film to end all gimmick films It s Linklater on a bike holding his breath crossing his eyes puffing out his cheeks going full speed at that ramp yelling Look Ma No hands 
3
Boyhood
Marty Mapes
Linklater s bold experiment pays off
3
Boyhood
John Beifuss
The effect is uncanny and heartbreaking yet exhilarating not depressing Mom sums it up when Mason celebrates his 15th birthday I m so glad you were born We d like to think she s speaking to all of us 
4
Boyhood
James Kendrick
both rewards and challenges our expectations of a coming of age narrative delivering a portrait of growing up that is both poignant and poetic
4
Boyhood
Linda Cook
Recommending a movie without a plot sounds ludicrous That is unless the movie is Boyhood and the movie was written and directed by Richard Linklater whose Before Sunrise Before Sunset and Before Midnight are beloved by so many film goers 
4
Boyhood
John Serba
A wondrous exhibition of the intangibles that make a film great tone pacing authenticity subtext But it s most masterful at capturing the bittersweet passage of time 
4
Boyhood
Peter Canavese
Cinematic poetry As that greatest of screen rarities mdash a potentially mainstream experimental film mdash the writer director earns a bit of slack in gratitude for the strange and wonderful gift Boyhood is 
4
Boyhood
Mal Vincent
This film hits you in personal ways that have more to do with your identity and memory than with the film itself 
3.5
Boyhood
James Berardinelli
An exceptionally well crafted coming of age story 
3.5
Boyhood
John Wirt
Too realistic to be inspirational but too genuine to fault Boyhood is against all odds a cohesive cinematic feat not likely to be matched any time soon 
3
Boyhood
Rob Thomas
Linklater strings these ordinary moments together like Christmas lights to make an entrancing portrait of life 
4
Boyhood
Matt Brunson
A work that easily breaks free of the shackles of just a gimmick and emerges as a superb motion picture in its own right 
4
Boyhood
Joe Williams
The closest thing to a lived life that fictional cinema has yet produced 
4
Boyhood
Carla Meyer
The film takes the audience on a visceral trip back to childhood partly because it shows a real child mature on screen What completes the effect though is masterful writing and directing by Linklater and editing by Sandra Adair 
4
Boyhood
Duane Dudek
A portrait of the process of becoming who we are and the people and events that pingpong across our path during it 
4
Boyhood
Steven Rea
Is it dumb to say Wow I don t care Wow 
4
Boyhood
John Hartl
The year s most captivating narrative experiment and possibly the most engrossing coming of age movie in the history of the genre 
4
Boyhood
Rene Rodriguez
Boyhood understands the tumult of childhood and adolescence as well as it does the hurdles and satisfaction of raising children 
4
Boyhood
Rafer Guzman
Richard Linklater s latest feels more like living a life than watching a movie It s a one of a kind experience 
4
Boyhood
David Nusair
a truly memorable and singular cinematic experience that s well worth the wait 
4
Boyhood
Mick LaSalle
Few filmmakers ever make a great movie Fewer still ever make a movie that expands what movies can express Richard Linklater does both with Boyhood 
4
Boyhood
Mark Dujsik
Here is a film that captures the essence of memory 
4
Boyhood
Ty Burr
Boyhood is a stunt an epic a home video and a benediction It reminds us of what movies could be and far more important what life actually is 
4
Boyhood
Dann Gire
It captures the essence of an American family with an accuracy and intimacy unseen in a feature film before 
4
Boyhood
Chris Knight
Forget 3D Boyhood reaches out to touch your soul 
4
Boyhood
Ann Hornaday
As a film that dares to honor small moments and the life they add up to Boyhood isn t just a masterpiece It s a miracle 
4
Boyhood
Chris Hewitt
It s close to three hours long there s almost no plot the star is someone you ve never heard of and yet Boyhood is mesmerizing 
3.5
Boyhood
Josh Larsen
chronicles the colossal significance of the everyday 
3.5
Boyhood
Matt Pais
It s easy to watch the film and recall similar moments in your own life That s not enough the film needs to inspire reflection not just recollection 
2.5
Boyhood
Randy Myers
Boyhood is a cinematic gift a compassionate and sometimes amusing drama about growing up that extracts truths out of what appear to be life s most random moments 
4
Boyhood
Dustin Putman
It is nothing short of stunning to watch Boyhood unfold Richard Linklater s magnum opus offers more than what one has any right to expect from a film while simultaneously illuminating the infinite boundaries to which cinema is capable of going 
4
Boyhood
Michael Phillips
In completing this simple beautiful project Linklater took his time And he rewards ours 
4
Boyhood
Christy Lemire
Linklater and his team have done something incredibly difficult and made it look effortless The result is easily one of the best films of the year 
4
Boyhood
Robert Levin
The minute events that Linklater puts onscreen are endowed with meaning because they re contextualized in the larger scope which streamlines the most epic experience of all 
4
Boyhood
Mara Reinstein
This is more than a groundbreaker It s a new American classic 
4
Boyhood
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film ends and the credits come up and you ask the same question that you ask at the end of an evening spent with old dear friends where did the time go 
4
Boyhood
Stephen Whitty
A marvelous minimal epic of a movie 
3
Boyhood
Claudia Puig
Boyhood is an epic masterpiece that seems wholly unconcerned with trying to be one 
4
Boyhood
Lou Lumenick
A heady film experience packed with so many telling details about life in the United States over the past 12 years and one that makes you care such much about the struggles and foibles of its imperfect characters 
3.5
Boyhood
Clayton Davis
Linklater s Boyhood is a must see film for any lover of the movies It s the type of film that was imagined when they invented film 
4
Boyhood
Peter Travers
Richard Linklater s coming of age tale is the best movie of the year a four star game changer that earns its place in the cultural time capsule 
4
Boyhood
Roger Moore
Not just a great stunt but a deep and moving portrait of childhood family and growing up The best picture of the summer
4
Boyhood
Ed Gonzalez
Richard Linklater s film is an experiment in time and one that s attentive to the audience s sense of empathy 
3
Chaplin
David Nusair
46 46 46 a fairly standard biopic that remains wholly unable to capture 40 and sustain 41 the viewer 8217 s interest 46 46 46 
2
Chaplin
Roger Moore
The decades haven t erased the sense that the longer it goes on the worse it gets 
2
Chaplin
Scott Nash
Might be of interest to fans of the great comic but as entertainment it ultimately fails 
2.5
Chaplin
Chris Hicks
Downey s surprisingly dead on impersonation of Chaplin is an absolute knockout and well worth the price of admission 
3
Chaplin
James Berardinelli
It s easy to pick out the single major flaw of Chaplin The narrative is too ambitious 
2
Chaplin
Roger Ebert
This is a disappointing misguided movie that has all of the parts in place to be a much better one 
2
Between the Lines
David Nusair
46 46 46 a freewheeling and easygoing endeavor 46 46 46 
3
Between the Lines
Tom Meek
It ll make you miss the storied Phoenix that much more 
2.5
Between the Lines
Steven Prokopy
Imagine if you dropped the cast of Return of the Secaucus Seven into a workplace drama and you have a good sense of the feel of this small but worthy movie 
3
Between the Lines
Matt Brunson
As alternative newsweeklies continue to disappear at an alarming rate soon to become as extinct as dinosaurs Between the Lines takes on an even greater nostalgic vibe than ever before 
3
Tangerine
Craig D. Lindsey
Tangerine will go on to be a gonzo offbeat Christmas story for Grinchy people who are sick of watching the usual sentimental yuletide sap during the holidays 
3
Tangerine
Kam Williams
L A s answer to Harold Kumar 
4
Tangerine
David Keyes
The movie is a judgment against those who deny people their basic human rights And considering where we have come and how far we still have to go in this fight for equality it is exactly what we deserve 
3.5
Tangerine
Calvin Wilson
Tangerine has generated interest partly because it was made using iPhones augmented by other devices But technology can only take a film so far it s the story that really matters 
3
Tangerine
Josh Larsen
has humor tawdriness and a strange persistent beauty 
3.5
Tangerine
Robert Horton
What tips the scales in justifying the movie s screwball comedy approach is the sheer human vitality of the people on screen especially Rodriguez and Taylor 
3
Tangerine
John Anderson
Smart antic comedy that s eager to offend 
3
Tangerine
Steven Rea
Baker gets great sly unforced performances from his two leads but it s not all a rollicking good time There are moments of quietude inquietude moments when a sense of wariness and loneliness settles over the women 
3.5
Tangerine
Chris Hewitt
Bold and edgy it suggests one interesting future direction for the movies 
3
Tangerine
Mark Dujsik
There s an inescapable sensation of voyeurism to the experience of watching Tangerine 
3
Tangerine
Anders Wright
Even though it s often difficult to watch Tangerine is refreshingly different from the standard theatrical fare 
3
Tangerine
Tom Meek
What Baker has cooked up here with verve can do vision and a stellar effort from a cast who feel like they genuinely inhabit the skins of their characters should register as a jewel of wonderment and is most certainly a promise of bigger things to come 
3
Tangerine
Peter Keough
In effect Tangerine offers a saccharine alternative to the uncut realism of the Safdie brothers Heaven Knows What 
2.5
Tangerine
Ann Hornaday
As one character observes in Tangerine Los Angeles is a beautifully wrapped lie Baker has created a fitting homage to artifice and the often tawdry tender realities that lie beneath 
3
Tangerine
David Lewis
This is sublime filmmaking a textbook example of how indies can tell groundbreaking stories in a way that Hollywood simply can t match 
4
Tangerine
Christy Lemire
Tangerine is a great Los Angeles movie and a great indie and a great reminder of the possibilities of creativity during a time when everything is a sequel or a reboot or a comic book spectacle 
3.5
Tangerine
Matt Zoller Seitz
Assured and immensely likable truly independent in story and style 
3
Tangerine
Peter Travers
Shot on an iPhone 5 for practically no money Tangerine jumps off the screen and wows you like nobody s business 
3.5
Tangerine
Linda Barnard
There is much humour but souls and secrets are also bared as Baker considers the nature of friendship and a street based family 
3
Tangerine
Rob Thomas
Don t judge an L A trans prostitute unless you ve walked a mile or 50 yards in her high heels That s the message of writer director Sean Baker s enormously entertaining and empathetic feature 
3.5
Tangerine
Sara Stewart
A fresh funny and acutely human comedy about a day in the life of some of Hollywood s edgier residents 
3.5
Tangerine
Mike McGranaghan
While Tangerine does a brilliant job of establishing a verite feel there s so little actual story that it becomes difficult to get involved at anything deeper than a surface level 
2.5
Tangerine
Roger Moore
Best nasty and lowdown comedy ever filmed on a cell phone 
3
Tangerine
Ed Gonzalez
Its triumph is primarily a matter of style a visionary revelation every bit as expressionistic as its main character s electric sense of shade 
3
Tangerine
Dan Schindel
Outrageous antics are often the catalyst for moments of pure empathy The cast which consists mostly of non actors is fantastic and endlessly game 
3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Mattie Lucas
There is an episodic quality to the film that doesn t quite work but Robin Wright Penn s strong central performance and Miller s capable screenplay deftly navigate the familiar trajectory of the story 
2.5
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Rene Rodriguez
There s a deliberate quality to the storytelling that makes the movie drag in many scenes and yet numerous characters flit by that we don t have time to really meet 
2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Chris Hewitt
Penn is such an intelligent performer that it s easy for us to believe everyone else in the film sees a different side a different life of the enigmatic Pippa Lee and that there are still many other sides to this fascinating character 
3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Keith Cohen
The movie holds your interest with a series of loosely connected episodes but leaves you in a frozen and distant state 
2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Provides a nice role for Robin Wright Penn but it s a film in search of a tone 
2.5
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Robert W. Butler
The results are honorable but not terribly interesting 
2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Liam Lacey
Awkward in ways both intended and not 
2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Linda Barnard
Miller has created a witty satire about society and relationships that is both funny and heartbreaking delivered by a first rate cast 
3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Lou Lumenick
Miller never really fleshes out all of these colorful characters in her emotionally facile script leaving the heavy lifting to the actors Fortunately for The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Wright is more than up to the challenge 
3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Claudia Puig
Wright gives the title character a complexity and emotional shading often missing in this kind of ensemble comedy drama 
3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Stephen Whitty
It announces that a very good actress is back and ready to start a new and interesting life of her own 
3.5
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Robert Levin
The filmmaker is powerfully aided by Robin Wright Penn who imbues Pippa with moving quiet dignity 
3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Bill Weber
Pippa Lee is conceived as a portrait of a woman s long delayed emotional blossoming but its dopey privileged set fantasy winds up as obvious as crawling through Keanu s open window 
2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
David Nusair
a solid drama that s consistently elevated by the efforts of the various performers 
3
My Kingdom
Glenn Whipp
Watching Harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death but Boyd s film offers little else of consequence 
2
My Kingdom
Emily Blunt
The film lost me and the sad twists of unrealistic mumbo jumbo crescendoing into pure mayhem ruined what could have been a thespian delight 
2
My Kingdom
Mike Clark
Whereas last year s exemplary Sexy Beast seemed to revitalize the British gangster movie this equally brutal outing merely sustains it 
2.5
Citizen Penn
Roger Moore
Perhaps some enraged hater or three will stumble across it and maybe soften their views on Penn s very serious very public charity work something most of the media and much of the country has already done 
3
Sonja: The White Swan
Rosalie Kicks
I have a brimming Rolodex of dead pals and yet there are still so many corpses I haven t met Until recently one of these stiffs was Sonja Henie I m really glad we met via this flick 
3
Bolly Double
Susan Walker
It is about as clever as one can be on a low budget with actors known only from bit parts and TV 
2
Bolly Double
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Bolly Double replicates the broad strokes of Indian film but has nothing funny or intelligent to say about it 
1
Yearning
Keith Uhlich
It is best to begin a discussion of Mikio Naruse s Yearning by focusing on its concluding image 
4
Bad Detectives
Roger Moore
Amateurish this wasn t worth releasing But here it is 
0
The Childhood of a Leader
Rob Thomas
The film is clear that no struggle is small to those who engage in it be they people or nations and the repercussions of careless decisions can be catastrophic 
3.5
The Childhood of a Leader
Rex Reed
The Childhood of a Leader is a dark and creepy work flawed but ambitious and well worth seeing 
2.5
The Childhood of a Leader
Godfrey Cheshire
That it has the courage of cryptic ness and leaves sympathetic viewers intrigued long after its final images have faded is enough to mark The Childhood of a Leader as an uncommonly promising debut 
3
The Childhood of a Leader
Farran Smith Nehme
It s an ambitious often arresting film but it lacks cohesion and the seesawing plot and motivations seem more indecisive than mysterious Still it s a promising debut 
2.5
The Childhood of a Leader
Sam C. Mac
Brady Corbet reaches for a dreary self importance akin to Michael Haneke s The White Ribbon 
1.5
Jackass 3
David Nusair
Undoubtedly the nadir of the Jackass franchise 
1
Jackass 3
Linda Cook
PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR SHOUTING BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE TO REALIZE THAT IF YOU ARE THE LEAST BIT QUEASY YOU MUST STOP READING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW LC drums her fingers and waits for the faint of heart to head elsewhere 
3.5
Jackass 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not because I hated it but because it made me physically ill a sequence right at the end so putrid and unbelievably nasty I had trouble eating or looking at my bathroom for that matter for multiple days after 
2.5
Jackass 3
Kam Williams
Dozens of eye popping displays of depravity not for the weak of stomach 
4
Jackass 3
Stephen Cole
Hey I might be flunking Calculus young viewers tell themselves but at least I m not letting someone swing a dead mackerel in my face 
2
Jackass 3
Peter Hartlaub
Jackass 3D has its moments but it lacks the ingenuity and hilarity of the previous films no doubt in large part because of the aging process 
2
Jackass 3
Michael Phillips
Die hard fans of the original series which had the good fortune to sprout before YouTube may feel as if they re getting their money s worth here though the 3 D component is awfully stingy and tends to be genital or anal based 
1.5
Jackass 3
Chris Faraone
If physical comedy s overriding purpose is to make fools laugh out loud then the first two Jackass films should be regarded alongside Buster Keaton s slapstick classics 
3
Jackass 3
Wesley Morris
What s astonishing is that the movie is not a half baked production The spectacle now looks spectacular 
3.5
Jackass 3
Nick Rogers
Though its material is starting to age in a way that its Peter Pan performers reject Jackass 3D is still gaspingly funny for most of its running time and the best fully live action digital 3D film yet Diarrhea has never looked this crisp 
3
Jackass 3
Mike McGranaghan
It s everything a Jackass fan could want projectile vomiting male genitalia and poop all flying at your face in three dimensions 
3
Jackass 3
Dan Kois
Indebted as director Jeff Tremaine is to Artaud s Theater of Cruelty and the works of Luis Buñuel Jackass 3D remains surprisingly accessible 
3
Jackass 3
Nick Schager
3D is stupid and Jackass is stupid so Jackass 3D should be a marriage made in stupidity heaven 
2.5
Jackass 3
Stephen Whitty
Too many of these sequences are merely disgusting 
2
Jackass 3
Kyle Smith
Knoxville would never admit to such loser taste but he and his friends are obviously scholars of The Divine Comedy from which they plagiarized all of their ideas 
0.5
Jackass 3
Roger Moore
They re still here suffering for their art Now it s our turn 
1.5
Jackass 3
Manohla Dargis
It just might be that America s favorite jackasses having played around with sharks in their last big screen effort have this time actually jumped one and in 3 D no less 
2
Jackass 3
Willie Waffle
While you will laugh your ass off the gang could have used the 3D better 
2.5
Jackass 3
Dustin Putman
When Louis Lumiere invented the portable motion picture camera in 1895 it is safe to say he never envisioned it would be used 115 years later for the purposes of the sort of base stomach churning idiotic gags found in Jackass 3D 
.5
Jackass 3
Peter Travers
The Jackass guys goaded on again by fearless leader Johnny Knoxville and director Jeff Tremaine don t seem as eager to outrage as they once were 
2.5
Stalag 17
Wanda Hale
Wilder has turned the original into a highly satisfactory film which we can all cheer for general excellence 
4
Stalag 17
John McMurtrie
The mystery of who the real spy is provides the drama yet the movie in many ways is a series of comic vignettes that wouldn t be out of place in M A S H 
3
Stalag 17
Wesley Lovell
When escape is the only option you do whatever you can to make it happen This is one exciting escape drama 
4
Stalag 17
James Berardinelli
One could make an argument that among 20th century directors few were more versatile than Billy Wilder 
3.5
Stalag 17
Phil Villarreal
As with many of Wilder s films you tend to forget just how funny it is u2014 the way the master director cuts tension with incisive wit and barely controlled silliness 
4
Stalag 17
Scott Nash
The thing that will stay with you about this one is clearly William Holden s performance 
3.5
Infamous
Wesley Lovell
A big city socialite and raconteur meets the small town community reeling from the recent grizzly murders of a family of four in the dazzling and involving Infamous 46 
4
Infamous
Mattie Lucas
A film riddled with flaws that culminate in a disarmingly and surprisingly moving way 
3
Infamous
Michael Dequina
Poor Toby Jones In any other year his work as Truman Capote would be in immediate awards contention 
3
Infamous
Mark Dujsik
Suffers from the recent and lingering memory of the superior Capote 
2.5
Infamous
Michael A. Smith
Last year in my review of Capote I boldly declared that Philip Seymour Hoffman would win the Oscar He did I m not going to make that same claim for Jones Instead I ll keep my fingers crossed that come nomination day Jones name is called 
3.5
Infamous
David N. Butterworth
Infamous powerhouse casting doesn t add much since most of the big names Sigourney Weaver Gwyneth Paltrow Isabella Rossellini Hope Davis Juliet Stevenson and director Peter Bogdanovich serve as little more than window dressing 
2.5
Infamous
Kit Bowen
Infamous is a thoughtful emotional and oftentimes hysterical re telling of Truman Capote s life altering experience in Kansas It might actually be better than that other Capote movie 
3.5
Infamous
Thomas Delapa
Tru or false Toby Jones letter perfect performance as Truman Capote is better than Philip Seymour Hoffman s Oscar winning turn in Capote All things being equal I d vote for Jones despite what has to be considered a case of bloody bad timing 
2.5
Infamous
Glenn Kenny
As ambitious as it is Infamous falters in execution too often to create a lasting impression 
2.5
Infamous
Larry Ratliff
Jones a little known character actor taking a major leap in name recognition with one of the finest performances of the year could easily make it back to back Oscar nominations for Capote as a character 
4
Infamous
Sean P. Means
In the most serious scenes Jones mincing mannerisms are a distraction 
2
Infamous
Peter Canavese
With a bit more discipline McGrath s wide ranging film would be the equal of its more straightforward older brother but Infamous many charms deserve their own moment in the sun 
3
Infamous
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wittier more descriptive and definitely more emotionally engaging than Futterman s there s plenty here to cheer about 
3
Infamous
Sean O'Connell
A career defining role for Toby Jones one that will wither beneath the shadow of Philip Seymour Hoffman s Oscar winning turn 
3.5
Infamous
Maitland McDonagh
Both films feature a cast of characters who are truly stranger than fiction and raise questions about the packaging of real life events that resonate more powerfully than ever in the infotainment age 
3
Infamous
Claudia Puig
It s a stellar cast but you can t help but lament the bad timing 
3
Infamous
Peter Howell
No matter how noble the competitor coming in second in a contest always feels like a lesser effort 
2.5
Infamous
Moira MacDonald
Infamous is quietly stolen by Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee 
3
Infamous
Mick LaSalle
With Hoffman it was easy to see Capote as someone truly extraordinary perhaps a genius Toby Jones doesn t have that quality though he does offer something almost as good Watching him it s easy to believe he s really Truman Capote 
3
Infamous
David Elliott
In this truth game Capote is an ace and Infamous is a compelling queen both in play for high stakes with In Cold Blood and Richard Brooks scary 1967 film of it 
3.5
Infamous
Pam Grady
Capote received many accolades Infamous deserves many more 
4
Infamous
Stephen Whitty
Even judged on its own though McGrath s movie feels slightly misjudged 
2.5
Infamous
Kyle Smith
Jones wears the title role so well that you simply forget he s acting which wasn t true of Philip Seymour Hoffman last year when he gave a performance that deserved its Oscar If Jones fails to pick up an Oscar nomination he should pitch a hissy 
3.5
Infamous
Jack Mathews
British actor Toby Jones is so physically right in the role you ll think Capote is playing himself 
3
Infamous
Bob Strauss
It makes for a warmer movie about stone cold killers and the sometimes icy realms of the upper crust So does Sandra Bullock s more active sometimes contentious portrayal of Harper Lee 
3
Infamous
Robert W. Butler
Whatever minor quibbles one may have with this film there is no getting around the excellence of Jones performance It s flabbergasting 
3
Infamous
Rick Groen
Unlike its coolly detached brother Infamous is right in your face as amusing in flashes and annoying for stretches as any shallow little tyke 
2.5
Infamous
Terry Lawson
McGrath focuses on Capote s own divided soul where massive insecurity co exists with great courage 
3
Infamous
Michael Booth
Infamous is one of the funniest sad movies in recent memory 
3
Infamous
Jim Emerson
In the end Infamous turns out to be the third best movie built around the murders of the Clutter family of Holcomb Kan in 1959 
2.5
Infamous
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ultimately as a cautionary tale about fictionalized journalism it s a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black 
2
Infamous
Ty Burr
Rarely do battling productions these two were shot mere months apart result in equally valid films but that s the case here 
3
Infamous
John Beifuss
Resembles a Vanity Fair version of Hollywood Squares with the mincing Toby Jones doing his best Paul Lynde in the center square role of Capote 
2.5
Infamous
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Both films can and should be valued equally 
3.5
Infamous
Willie Waffle
the folks with Capote got their movie out there first while everyone associated with Infamous spends a lifetime shaking like Mel Gibson getting the DT s in rehab every time the comparisons start 
2.5
Infamous
Erik Childress
Should have come first for it would have been a perfect example for screenwriting students to see the difference between a first draft and a finished product 
2
Infamous
Chris Hewitt
We see Capote s charm in Infamous which is a witty heartfelt attempt to understand his contradictions rather than a condemnation of them 
3.5
Infamous
Phoebe Flowers
Too broad to be a truly great film but it does cheerily give lie to the assumption that the limits of Capote meant there was no reason to rehash this same story 
3
Infamous
Carrie Rickey
Bullock s warm wise and penetrating presence as the To Kill a Mockingbird author Capote childhood friend assistant and conscience is the soul of McGrath s sumptuously art directed by Judy Becker and scored by Rachel Portman film 
3
Infamous
Rene Rodriguez
Infamous isn t able to convey the great sense of guilt and responsibility Capote wrestled with he needed a man who trusted him to die in order to finish his book becoming instead a more superficial and pedestrian tale of doomed love 
2
Infamous
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Douglas McGrath can t decide whether to maintain a comic or tragic tone and falls on his face halfway between them 
2
Infamous
Mary F. Pols
I walked out of Infamous and across the street into a bookstore where I purchased both Plimpton s book and Gerald Clarke s biography which served as the basis for Capote Clearly the fascination has not yet been quelled 
2.5
Infamous
Duane Dudek
While Infamous does suffer in comparison to Capote any real complaints end there 
2.5
Infamous
Jan Stuart
It s a literate and meticulously argued film in its own right but one that would be best appreciated by those who missed the first one 
2.5
Infamous
Dustin Putman
Whereas Capote was cold and atmospheric and almost surgical in its storytelling Infamous is told in a more accessible and emotionally gratifying manner 
3
Infamous
Michael Phillips
By the end Infamous more or less finds itself after trying a little bit of everything 
2.5
Infamous
Matt Pais
Should not be blamed for unfortunate timing but commended for looking at the subject in a different deeper way 
3
Infamous
Matt Brunson
Toby Jones is quite good as Truman even if he doesn t provide as many psychological shadings to his portrayal as Philip Seymour Hoffman did in his Oscar winning turn 
3
Infamous
Josh Larsen
the lip lock between Jones and Craig is the movie s kiss of death 
2
Infamous
Steve Rhodes
Toby Jones s Capote is never anything more than a silly buffoon who doesn t appear to have a brain in his head His Capote appears incapable of any literary accomplishment 
2
Infamous
James Berardinelli
Capote was at times cool and antiseptic but Infamous is warmer and more emotionally satisfying 
3
Infamous
Jeanne Aufmuth
Cunningly emphasizes the vast distinction between the idle rich and the drama s plainspoken wounded 
3.5
Infamous
Dan Callahan
Infamous is a film about flashy facades and what lies beneath them 
3.5
Infamous
Peter Travers
Jones looks more like the small impish Capote than Hoffman does he has the nasal whine down pat but his performance fails to cut as deep into the complexities of the man Neither does the movie 
2.5
48 HRS.
Desmond Ryan
Has the look of a movie that was thrown together in a couple of days and its only claim to attention is the contribution of a refugee from Saturday Night Live 
2
48 HRS.
James Kendrick
For all its vulgar language and bloodshed 48 Hrs is a genuine buddy movie in the best sense of the term 
3
48 HRS.
Peter Canavese
The chemistry of the rumpled grizzly grumpy Nick Nolte paired with the sassy funny upstart Eddie Murphy in his film debut elevates this San Francisco shot typical shoot em up buddy comedy Paramount blu ray review 
2.5
48 HRS.
Matt Brunson
Eddie Murphy makes a film debut for the ages Nick Nolte s performance is often overlooked on his resume but he s superb in the film 
3.5
48 HRS.
David Nusair
a rather disappointing buddy comedy 
2.5
48 HRS.
Walter Chaw
A genuinely tetchy risky race comedy
4
48 HRS.
Roger Ebert
The movie s story is nothing to write home about It s pretty routine What makes the movie special is how it s made Nolte and Murphy are good and their dialogue is good too quirky and funny 
3.5
La Strada
Janet Graves
Its two American stars Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart are both excellent but the picture belongs to a funny faced likable little Italian actress Giulietta Masina 
4
La Strada
Wanda Hale
It is a very fine drama the finest from Italy in a long time by far the best foreign film released here this year 
4
La Strada
Brian Eggert
Though La strada may be a painful reflection of Fellini s life it remains an enigmatic fairy tale whose interpretation is so specific to its author that one cannot help but project meaning onto it 
4
La Strada
Matt Brunson
Its poignancy is accentuated by Masina s delicate performance and Nino Rota s exquisite score 
3.5
La Strada
Jay Antani
The two lead performers are marvelous and the imagery is gorgeous with Fellini s precision cutting and dramatic lighting pointing the way to 8 1 2
3.5
La Strada
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A landmark in Federico Fellini s career 
4
La Strada
Phil Villarreal
The searing tearful tell that won Fellini his best Oscar for best foreign film and may be his finest masterpiece 
4
La Strada
Ted Prigge
Nothing short of a masterpiece 
4
La Strada
Roger Ebert
La Strada is the first film that can be called entirely Felliniesque 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Brian Eggert
Redmayne apos s physical performance astounds 44 and Jones makes a wonderfully empathetic female lead 46 If only their performances were part of a better treatment of this worthy subject 46 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Mattie Lucas
The kind of respectable middle of the road biopic that always comes out around Oscar season hoping for awards 
3
The Theory of Everything
Frank Ochieng
In many ways comparable to the Ron Howard directed A Beautiful Mind the introspective The Theory Of Everything is a marvelous calculation of time and space that even the real life Stephen Hawking can embrace with conviction 
3
The Theory of Everything
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s very little that s extraordinary about the rest of The Theory of Everything It s a soft movie glossy filled with stirring soapy music and hitting highlights but nothing in between 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
the best thing about the film are the performances especially Redmayne s and James Marsh s elegant directing Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Josh Terry
By seeing all the dimensions of Hawking good and bad you get a figure that is more human and more relatable almost because of the flaws 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Wesley Lovell
Sometimes superficial examination of the life of a genius that never adequately explains how its title applies to its content 
3
The Theory of Everything
Linda Cook
The Theory of Everything paints a brilliant portrait 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Michael Smith
The film is focused on a marriage to the degree that this is a melodrama with too many paint by numbers cliches of the biography film formula 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Brad Keefe
The story of Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane is the most unabashed kind of Oscar bait but it s also quite moving 
3
The Theory of Everything
Sean P. Means
It s the sort of slightly dry just the facts storytelling you might think a scientist would endorse 
3
The Theory of Everything
Kenneth R. Morefield
These days everything has also come to serve as a lazy synonym for no one thing in particular And while that usage may not describe Steven Hawking s theory of everything it certainly does fit the movie about his life 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Perry Seibert
This is a handsomely produced sensitively acted picture one that s eager to have you wipe away a tear with one hand while handing over gold statues with the other 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Stephen Rebello
Although it s narrow gauge and barely touches on Hawking s breakthrough theories about time space and matter it s really well made and spectacularly well acted 
3
The Theory of Everything
Jordan Hiller
It s a film about the expanding universe that seems to want to contract and contract and eventually shrink into itself and be gone 
3
The Theory of Everything
Lori Hoffman
It might be a conventional biography but the performances in the lead roles elevate it to an emotionally satisfying look at a marriage 
3
The Theory of Everything
James Kendrick
Redmayne will get the lion s share of attention for his performance but Jones s portrayal of Jane cannot be underestimated as her ability to convey the conflict between her character s fortitude and her emotional exhaustion is the film s foundation
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Eric Melin
It has the slick sheen of prestige Oscar bait and its frustrating that it views this most unique relationship one which surely has more contradictions and asterisks than 99 percent of marriages through the same lens of every other rose colored biopic 
2
The Theory of Everything
Bob Bloom
A pair of splendid performances drive the movie but like the cosmos that Professor Stephen Hawking studied in order to unravel the secrets of the universe it is cold and distant 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Willie Waffle
This is the adult classy version of The Fault in Our Stars 
4
The Theory of Everything
David Nusair
riveting subject matter that s employed to disappointingly tepid run of the mill effect 
2
The Theory of Everything
Matt Brunson
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are perfect as Stephen and Jane providing the humor strength and emotion required in any marriage whether it s a real one or a reel one 
3
The Theory of Everything
Dustin Putman
Depsite the by the numbers trajectory of its narrative the film is renewed by Redmayne and Jones impassioned turns 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Rob Thomas
It s a traditional handsome for your consideration biopic in many ways but it s also deeper than that and Marsh includes little grace notes that don t conform to the standard formula 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Jon Niccum
Director James Marsh won an Oscar for his incredible art crime documentary Man on Wire and here he proves capable of walking a tightrope between science and sentiment 
3
The Theory of Everything
John Beifuss
Operates on the theory that audiences will find more value in Hawking s expressions of Oprah level sentiment Where there is life there is hope than in his mind blowing science 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Burl Burlingame
When the full force of the disease hits Hawking is reduced to a twist tie of a human being sentenced to a life of gigantic thoughts and pathetic movements He s pretzelled 
3
The Theory of Everything
Carla Meyer
Highlighted by an extraordinary performance by Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything offers an easy introduction to Stephen Hawking for people curious about the brilliant astrophysicist but intimidated by the whole astrophysicist thing 
3
The Theory of Everything
Rafer Guzman
This is rich material for the film s lead actors and both are superb 
3
The Theory of Everything
Joe Williams
The Theory of Everything is a brainy bio that exerts a gravitational pull on the heartstrings 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Rene Rodriguez
Redmayne makes you forget you re watching an actor put himself through punishing contortions He keeps you focused on the soul of a man trapped inside a malfunctioning body 
3
The Theory of Everything
Lisa Kennedy
It also stands as a tear courting visualization of Hawking s and our precious quandary time 
4
The Theory of Everything
Mara Reinstein
Though the marriage eventually crumbles what a joy to see a relationship that s anything but formulaic 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Christian Toto
The Theory of Everything treats Stephen Hawking s intellectual accomplishments like rom com filler 
3
The Theory of Everything
Steven Rea
Redmayne should be getting a lot of notice for his performance it s palpable it s poignant Jones too is terrific 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Mark Dujsik
Surely there s more to Hawking s life than this 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Anders Wright
Marsh s movie is inspiring enough which is the unspoken point of the biopic 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Ty Burr
Hawking himself has seen this film and pronounced it broadly true and that diplomatic generalization touches on what s right about it and what s wrong 
3
The Theory of Everything
Moira MacDonald
The Theory of Everything is mostly a conventional biopic about two very unconventional people and it rests comfortably in the hands of the two actors playing Stephen and Jane 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Ann Hornaday
It s an exceptional film not because of its protagonists impressive triumphs but because it honors their struggle 
3
The Theory of Everything
Mick LaSalle
As though it were the easiest thing in the world The Theory of Everything juggles and elaborates on the three main areas of Hawking s life his work his illness and his marriage 
4
The Theory of Everything
Chris Hewitt
Follow up by looking into the real story but this is a moving film about what a complicated thing a marriage is 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Dann Gire
Movies about handicapped heroes rise or fall on the quality of the leading performance and Redmayne s soars on rocket boosters 
3
The Theory of Everything
Matt Pais
There can never be enough reminders that a person with a disease is a person not the disease 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Michael Phillips
It works best as a study of human vulnerability and love s way with us all and as such a handsomely mounted slightly hollow picture by the end becomes a very affecting one 
3
The Theory of Everything
James Berardinelli
An unremarkable bio pic about a remarkable man 
3
The Theory of Everything
Randy Myers
The Theory of Everything is not afraid to reveal honest intimate and emotionally painful moments in this couple s relationship We witness two characters who are heroic but human as they struggle to get to heart in the center of their own universes 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Josh Larsen
the noble patient served up with heavy doses of tea and sympathy 
2
The Theory of Everything
Robert Levin
A portrait that mirrors the mysteries of the vast universe with those of life on this terrestrial plane 
4
The Theory of Everything
Roger Moore
Redmayne showing us the sparkle beneath the increasingly knotted and crippled body will make you forget that he s not the real Hawking 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Simon Houpt
Time is at the heart of Hawking s work and it animates The Theory of Everything too 
3
The Theory of Everything
Christy Lemire
A strongly acted handsomely crafted film that nonetheless feels bland and unsatisfying 
2.5
The Theory of Everything
Peter Howell
This is sheer poppycock of course but it makes for fine drama and that s all Cupid and Oscar care about 
3
The Theory of Everything
Peter Travers
Stephen Hawking a genius challenged by a progressive neurological disease is a role that demands miracles of an actor And Eddie Redmayne in a landmark performance delivers them 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Claudia Puig
Marsh takes a complicated persona and reveals a range of dimensions The result is an engaging biopic that is often quite moving 
3
The Theory of Everything
Stephen Whitty
It is beautifully shot well acted and in the end tearfully inspiring 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Rex Reed
As the mathematical wunderkind who advanced a scientific theory beyond anyone s imagination the great young actor Eddie Redmayne My Week With Marilyn Les Miserables gives the most electrifying performance of the year 
4
The Theory of Everything
Ed Gonzalez
Meticulous in its adherence to conventional narrative inducement this biopic only offers a sanded down and embossed vision of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde s 30 year marriage 
2
The Theory of Everything
Clayton Davis
Starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen and Felicity Jones as Jane the two develop a masterful and sonorous dynamic that behaves as a naturalistic relationship that inhabits qualities of both love and sadness 
3.5
The Theory of Everything
Lou Lumenick
Eddie Redmayne knocks it straight out of the universe
4
My Father's Vietnam
Roger Moore
Nothing new or unique about this father s Vietnam but the memories captured here are still worth preserving 
2.5
Turbo Kid
Frank Ochieng
Combative unconventional and guaranteed to impale one s exposed guts on a spiked iron fence Turbo Kid is weird and wonderful if only for the afterglow of basking in the art of dimwitted decadence so lovingly realized in impulsive retro flicks
3
Turbo Kid
Andy Crump
Like the Sharknados of the world Turbo Kid is a purposeful attempt at making cheesy B movie trash cinema 
2
Turbo Kid
Simon Abrams
Turbo Kid isn t really more mature than its raw generic parts nor is it clever enough to disarm viewers who want to regress to childhood without feeling guilty for that naive impulse 
2
Turbo Kid
Brad Wheeler
Made for ironicists Turbo Kid in its endearingly goofy way says good things about the power reserves of our childhood an inner superhero we can call upon when needed 
2.5
Turbo Kid
Soren Andersen
The whole thing looks like it cost its writer directors Franois Simard Anouk Whissell and Yoann Karl Whissell oh maybe 1 98 
2
Turbo Kid
David Berry
There isn t a lot of anything to latch onto in Turbo Kid beyond warm nostalgia but there s something to be said for gripping hold of even a flimsy premise and squeezing it until it explodes in a flurry of goopy blood 
2.5
Turbo Kid
Linda Barnard
With nods to Mad Max and a fun synth soundtrack Turbo Kid packs plenty of retro affection and loopy fun but its over the top violence gets tiresome think Monty Python s Black Knight on endless repeat 
2.5
Turbo Kid
Mike McGranaghan
The best darn cheesy low budget 80s sci fi flick that wasn t actually made in that decade 
3
Sling Blade
Wesley Lovell
With one feature film an underutilized character actor emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the hottest properties in Hollywood Although his career has had ups and downs since its clear that a strong voice in cinema arrived 
3.5
Sling Blade
Matthew Rozsa
It is a full blooded story rich in the best and worst of elements of the human condition and one of the most satisfying cinematic experiences I ve ever had 
4
Sling Blade
Peter Canavese
Thornton brings three key ingredients to the table distinctive rich authentic Southern locations patient and painterly atmosphere and a precise and fresh character to study Blu ray 
3.5
Sling Blade
Michael Dequina
The film s many rewards cannot be described in conventional terms 
3.5
Sling Blade
Emily Blunt
A deep and thoughtful masterpiece now on director s cut dvd 
4
Sling Blade
Judith Egerton
Sling Blade derives its power from Thornton s affecting characterization of Karl Childers 
3.5
Sling Blade
James Kendrick
a Southern gothic tale of love and redemption that feels at every turn strikingly original
3.5
Sling Blade
Chris Hicks
There is a lot of rich atmosphere here and Thornton s own central performance is riveting 
3
Sling Blade
Steve Rhodes
If you like films where the acting takes center stage then Sling Blade is the film for you 
3
Sling Blade
Roger Ebert
If there were the slightest justice and curiosity in the Academy Award process Thornton s work here would get a nomination 
3.5
Sling Blade
Joe Baltake
Sling Blade does homage to Psycho without slavishly imitating the memorable parts 
4
Sling Blade
James Berardinelli
A fine motion picture 
3
Sling Blade
Walter V. Addiego
If you can adjust to Thornton s extremely mannered performance the piece is effectively chilly 
2.5
Sling Blade
Rob Blackwelder
Thornton s performance is riveting 
3
Sling Blade
Marty Mapes
This is the best movie I have seen in a long time 
3.5
Sling Blade
Madeleine Williams
Everything is overly telegraphed and you can see where the movie is going from a mile away but it is worth the journey to discover a character like Karl 
3.5
First Comes Courage
Wanda Hale
While the ending of First Comes Courage is a little far fetched You won t mind because the events leading up to that are presented convincingly thanks to Dorothy Arzner who directed this film with a great deal of skill 
3
Ballbuster
Joey Magidson
Ballbuster is one of the worst movies that I ve seen in years deeply unfunny indifferently made and downright embarrassing for its cast and crew 
1
Airplane Mode
Roger Moore
A shiny little rom com bauble from Brazil that strains and strains to find a laugh 
1.5
Mr. Magoo
Mike Clark
The movie is an insult to the intelligence of the entire human race 
1
Mr. Magoo
Ken Fox
Instantly forgettable but fun while it lasts 
3
Mr. Magoo
Roger Ebert
Mr Magoo is transcendently bad It soars above ordinary badness as the eagle outreaches the fly There is not a laugh in it Not one 
0.5
Mr. Magoo
James Berardinelli
Mr Magoo is not just an insult to the blind and near blind it s an insult to every human being who has the misfortune to suffer through this dreadfully unfunny 90 minute atrocity 
1
Mr. Magoo
Susan Wloszczyna
If you ever wanted to know how awful a Jackie Chan movie would be without Jackie Chan this is it 
1
Mr. Magoo
Steve Rhodes
Hopefully this picture will force producers to think harder about which subjects have promise and which do not 
0.5
Mr. Magoo
Peter Stack
Only a couple of good gags in its pileup of otherwise lame jokes keep the production from being an unqualified stinker 
1
Waiting for the Barbarians
Brian Eggert
The director s obvious skill behind the camera is deflated by a script more interested in teaching lessons than conveying emotion 
2.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
James Kendrick
the film s emotional core is salvaged by Rylance s deeply felt performance as the magistrate who despite lacking a name provides the film with a deep well of humanity
3
Waiting for the Barbarians
Richard Roeper
The heavy handed allegory with Johnny Depp as a ruthless government agent relies too much on abuse and would be Big Ideas 
2
Waiting for the Barbarians
Linda Cook
Waiting for the Barbarians is a grim morality tale 
3.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
Rene Sanchez
Guerra continues to explore the brutality of imperialism in his first feature film in English A contemplative tale commanded by Mark Rylance s nuanced performance Full Review in Spanish 
3
Waiting for the Barbarians
Cate Marquis
This is an impressive piece of mythic film making powerful parable about colonialism brutality toward the other and how we can inadvertently create the danger we fear 
3.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
Nick Allen
Despite the sincerity that s in every scene with Rylance s performance the movie s good intentions remain wistful and thoroughly frustrating 
2
Waiting for the Barbarians
Mark Dujsik
We don t have to wait for the point of Waiting for the Barbarians We do though have to wait for anything of value to be made of that point 
2
Waiting for the Barbarians
Jocelyn Noveck
Intermittently engrossing and always interesting but less potent than it could have been 
2.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
Sara Stewart
Sometimes it really is better to just read the book 
2
Waiting for the Barbarians
Joey Magidson
Despite solid performances great cinematography and strong themes that should resonate the emotion of it all is held too much at arm s length 
2.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
Roger Moore
You have to have a high tolerance for characters as archetypes for an author channeling Franz Kafka in his dismay at the misdirected misguided and misanthropic machinery of state to embrace a movie such at this 
2.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
Mick LaSalle
Its principal performances are superb and yet most of the movie is dead on screen 
2
Waiting for the Barbarians
Pat Brown
Ciro Guerra never quite finds an imagistic equivalent to the novel s apocalyptic mood and subtly hallucinogenic atmosphere 
2.5
Waiting for the Barbarians
Steven Prokopy
Take a chance on this one and I believe you d be unexpectedly moved 
3.5
Arabian Adventure
Matt Brunson
The live action Aladdin may boast a larger budget make that far larger but the entertainment value is of comparable quality plus this one offers Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing sorry Will Smith 
2.5
Deja Vu
Michael Dequina
With all the talk Dj Vu requires a viewer s attention and patience but it is more than duly rewarded in the end 
3.5
Deja Vu
Steve Rhodes
A dreamy romance that at its best has the magic of a fairy tale 
3
Deja Vu
Roger Ebert
Deja Vu is not a weepy romantic melodrama but a sophisticated film about smart people Foyt and Dillane make convincing lovers not because they are swept away but because they regard what has happened to them and accept it 
3.5
High Sierra
James Kendrick
a pivotal crime film that took the basic components of the gangster film and reimagined them through a more romanticized emotional lens
3
High Sierra
Matt Brunson
Roy Earle proves to be one of the most sympathetic criminals in film history which means his inevitable downfall takes on a tragic dimension not usually found in crime flicks
4
Booby Hatch
Eric Henderson
Russo and Streiner use their sex comedy to espouse the retrograde notion that the only fulfilling sexual position is one man one woman missionary 
1.5
Welcome to Sudden Death
Roger Moore
This slow footed jokey half assed remake of Jean Claude Van Damme s Sudden Death is better than it has any right to be mostly thanks to White That s still not very good alas 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Brian Eggert
The Ninja Turtles aren t engaging characters in part because the motion capture tech used to animate them will once again send chills down your spine entering the Uncanny Valley of mutants and in part because they re poorly written 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Matt Brunson
Shell shock 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Alison Rowat
It is all crash bang wallop action movie business as usual far too long and horribly repetitive in parts 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m not going to say much about the plot other than it s all as absurd and as nonsensical as it sounds 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
John Byrne
This is a vast improvement on the 2014 film and certainly sets the bar for this summer s round of blockbusters Cow a fun ga 
3.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Predictable and uninteresting goofier and less believable Full review in Spanish 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
John Serba
A heavily sugared and caffeinated spinning kaleidoscope dervish whirling like an arena sized cotton candy machine the final product quickly dissolving upon consumption 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
John Hanlon
Unabashedly fun and goofy this film offers viewers an entertaining escapist ride 
3.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Jeff Simon
Loud and overly intricate and empty of memorable content 
2.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Linda Cook
Turtles fails to come out of its shell 
.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Peter Travers
a torturous mindf k for any sentient being over the age of infancy 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Mike McGranaghan
Suitably goofy and surprisingly entertaining Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows effectively demonstrates how a movie series can fix itself when it s broken 
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Josh Terry
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows isn t so much a movie as it is a product with a really long name It s 112 minutes of CGI mayhem snappy catch phrases and a standard hero plot all pieced together in a familiar formula 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Rafer Guzman
A loud unattractive and most likely successful sequel to the 2014 hit 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Dann Gire
A generic action heavy movie that looks and feels like other Michael Bay produced CGI action movies emulating video game visuals at the expense of the characters 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Simon Abrams
This is the kind of movie that leaves you with the impression that more thought was put into catchphrases and fan service than into a compelling plot thoughtful characterizations or imaginative action choreography 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Willie Waffle
You can t say this movie is going for subtlety 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Chuck Bowen
Its openly mercenary ethos initially scan as a bracing lack of pretense in a market crammed to the gills with insidious faux sentimentality but its overstuffed relentlessness proves almost equally tedious 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Brad Wheeler
School will soon be out and so will the children for which this fast paced CGI exposition is made 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Tirdad Derakhshani
A headache inducing 135 million sequel to the 2014 blockbuster TMNT OOTS becomes intolerable after about 32 seconds 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Dustin Putman
Soulless by committee tripe An unctuously busy follow up that never takes a breather long enough to concern itself with the people 151 humans as well as reptiles 151 involved 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Mark Dujsik
We re well beyond the realms of good and bad with this material 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Sara Stewart
Despite the title the wisecracking turtles named for Renaissance painters are never allowed to shine It s a bummer dude 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Daniel Kaszor
April seems to exist in the movie mostly as a hyper competent tool to move the plot forward and for a scene that gratuitously dresses her up as a schoolgirl fetish object for no reason 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Soren Andersen
Better title When Really Ugly CG Creatures Fight 
2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Katie Walsh
More cacophonous than cinematic and loses the quirky charm of the cartoon in the avalanche of computer generated violence 
1.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Peter Hartlaub
Your 11 year old is going to love this film Then he ll grow up and wonder what he was thinking 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Lindsey Bahr
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows is a Saturday morning cartoon on Michael Bay steroids For the under 12 set that s fine For the rest of us It s something to actively avoid 
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Michael O'Sullivan
Like a well plated but nutrition free meal it registers on the senses while being bad for you 
2.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Bill Zwecker
Take one part 3 D visual bombast add a healthy dose of non stop action and sprinkle in one helluva silly storyline plus those fast talking even faster moving hard shell siblings and you have the essence of TMNT Out of the Shadows 
2.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Roger Moore
Shiny and stupid
1.5
Claire's Camera
Mattie Lucas
A fish out of water comedy that finds gentle humor in misunderstandings and barriers of language 
3
Claire's Camera
Michael Phillips
I m not entirely sure why the film works Its a blithe disinterest in telling a conventional story will leave some viewers even discerning ones feeling unsatisfied 
3.5
Claire's Camera
G. Allen Johnson
At 69 minutes Claire s Camera is among Hong s shortest movies But it feels complete just the right amount of time to spend part of a weekend at Cannes with some charmingly dysfunctional people 
3
Claire's Camera
Shane Slater
If nothing else Claire s Camera succeeds in providing dreamy escapism 
2.5
Claire's Camera
Simon Abrams
Claire s Camera is like many of Hong s best comedies before it amusing without necessarily being laugh out loud funny 
2.5
Claire's Camera
Chuck Bowen
Hong Sang soo s Claire s Camera is governed by a narrative circle that suggests relief as well as entrapment 
3.5
Goon
Brian Eggert
What stays with you is how lovably awkward and warm hearted Scott manages to be in this role 46 
3
Goon
Perry Seibert
It s the kind of small budget comedy that earns your goodwill early and easily even if it isn t breaking new ground or transcending its readily apparent monetary constraints 
3
Goon
Jeff Beck
What we end up with is a film that just isn t interesting entertaining or funny 
2
Goon
Michael O'Sullivan
Scott is reason enough to see the film which otherwise is a by the book sports comedy 
2.5
Goon
Marty Mapes
Loveable lug finds his calling as a hockey fighter
3.5
Goon
Tom Russo
The movie s unlikely sincerity can t completely offset its ugliness for less bloodthirsty viewers but it helps and it does smooth over some narrative rough edges 
2
Goon
Betsy Sherman
Scott gives a wonderfully economical performance that anchors this fast paced outing 
3
Goon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters in Goon are so pure and honest the movie sails through on momentum like a well placed slap shot 
3
Goon
Mick LaSalle
The movie is harsh nasty and vulgar like you wouldn t believe And often it s hilarious 
3
Goon
Stephen Whitty
All it wants is slapstick violence and Slap Shot profanity And it delivers both albeit not much else 
2.5
Goon
Kyle Smith
Goon easily takes the title of second best hockey comedy I ve ever seen 
3
Goon
Robert Levin
It s every bit as sharp and funny as Slap Shot 
3.5
Goon
Chris Hewitt
There s a bit of Slap Shot and a bit of Dodgeball in Goon although it isn t as sharp as either of those films 
2
Goon
Matt Pais
A hilarious foulmouthed comedy that s deceptively sweet a portrait of a bruiser who knows when to strike and when he deserves to be struck 
3
Goon
Roger Ebert
The best thing about Goon is not the hockey action or who wins and who loses It s Doug s rags to riches story 
3
Goon
Nick Schager
A second rate dude comedy in which an untalented knucklehead becomes a star through brute violence 
1
Goon
David Nusair
Goon for the most part comes off as a perpetually watchable and sporadically hilarious comedy that benefits substantially from the engaging work of its various actors 
3
Goon
Stephen Cole
What a disappointment 
2
Goon
Peter Howell
It takes hockey hooliganism to heights not seen since Slap Shot was offending the nation s finger waggers back in the 1970s 
3
Most Beautiful Island
Simon Abrams
Most Beautiful Island may take a while to get going but once it does you ll be eager to see what Asensio does next 
2.5
Most Beautiful Island
Henry Stewart
Many genre movies in which bad things happen to women end with them fighting back but here as people surely would in real life they just take the money and run 
3
Everest
Brian Eggert
The viewer truly feels transported atop Everest 44 dizzied by the heights 44 beauty 44 and impressive scope of the scenery 44 which only further immerses us in this effective tale of daring and survival 46 
3
Everest
David Nusair
Hit and miss filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur delivers a strong opening stretch that effectively sets up the scenario and various characters 
3
Everest
Sonny Bunch
This is a tale of hubris and tragedy a reminder that pushing oneself solely for the point of pushing oneself is not a particularly good use of one s time on this planet 
2.5
Everest
Max Weiss
Everest s uncanny realism is a big part of what keeps you in its icy thrall 
3
Everest
David Keyes
Over the course of a fragmented 121 minutes we find ourselves lost in just as much of a snowy fog as those of the actors who wander in and out of the frame as if uncertain as to whether the story even requires them 
2.5
Everest
Robert W. Butler
The movie s first hour is a bit slow precisely because the filmmakers refuse to inject conventional dramatic elements But it all pays off in the devastating finale 
3
Everest
Robert Levin
The picture utilizes every bit of the expanded 3 D frame to provide an immersive experience But that s combined with a real sense of brutality 
3.5
Everest
Linda Cook
It s a solid disaster film that certainly isn t the feel good movie of the year 
3
Everest
Mike McGranaghan
The really remarkable and effective thing about Everest is that on a visual level it s thoroughly convincing There is not a single moment here that looks like it was computer generated or shot against a green screen 
3
Everest
Michael Smith
The film succeeds in showing the logistics necessary in such a climb and the visuals do well in establishing where the many climbers were on the mountain and the beauty of this dangerous place 
3
Everest
Matt Brunson
Were William Castle still around and involved with this film he would have had ice strewn all over theater floors and the AC cranked to 20 degrees As it stands Kormakur does enough via sight and sound to turn the Everest experience into one big chill 
3
Everest
Katie Walsh
Ultimately Everest is an achievement of production capturing the landscape in striking IMAX cinematography It s also the compelling tale of mountains and the people who feel the need to conquer them or be conquered in the process 
3
Everest
Rafer Guzman
A white knuckle survival film with an outstanding cast 
3
Everest
James Berardinelli
Everest takes an inordinate amount of time to get the pieces in place However once the group departs base camp and begins the ascent the film sloughs off its slow pace and transforms into a gripping tale of survival life and death 
3
Everest
Glenn Kenny
In spite of the excellent technical work and the efforts of a first rate cast Everest did not exhilarate or scare me as much as leave me flatly sad 
2.5
Everest
Stephen Rebello
Everest drags you close to the world s highest mountain slams you down into an unworldly environment and rams you through the wringer for a couple of hours while relatable all too human members of a climbing expedition run into terrible luck 
3.5
Everest
Stephen Whitty
Everest is nothing but a long slow climb Without any peaks 
2
Everest
Kate Taylor
There is no tragic hero here there is no overarching explanation but a movie that offered either of those would seem pretty pat 
3
Everest
Eric Henderson
It feels less like an cautionary adventure movie or the classy Hollywood equivalent of a Reader s Digest Drama in Real Life and much more like a disaster epic 
2.5
Everest
Gary Thompson
Palpable life and death drama 
3
Everest
Anders Wright
It s clear that the filmmakers have a great deal of reverence for everyone who was on the mountain that day both those who survived and those who did not and the movie which was shot on location in Nepal looks amazing 
3
Everest
Kenneth R. Morefield
The film marches steadfastly past the comforts of melodrama and stakes its flag somewhere on the peaks of tragedy 
3.5
Everest
Mark Dujsik
The mountain isn t the antagonist of Everest That role belongs to the human body and its inability to handle what the mountain has to offer 
3
Everest
Peter Howell
So imposing is the mountain and so realistically rendered by Salvatore Totino s camera plus CGI imaging it threatens to dwarf any attempt to bring a human element to the tale 
3
Everest
Tom Russo
An all star disaster movie lineup makes a surprising showing in the mountaineering thriller Everest combining to deliver the sort of restrained drama you might expect from a much smaller film 
3
Everest
Rick Bentley
Director Baltasar Kormákur takes moviegoers on a journey that is so spectacularly beautiful and terrifying that it s the closest thing to making the journey up the mountain without going to Nepal 
3.5
Everest
Peter Travers
In 3D IMAX a dizzying visual adventure that will knock the wind out of you As personal drama not so much 
3
Everest
Richard Roeper
Filled with stunning visuals and featuring more than a half dozen of our best actors delivering solid performances even though at times it s difficult to distinguish one climber from the next 
3
Everest
Bob Bloom
At times it seems Kormákur treats the climbers and support teams as props On one level you become superficially concerned for those trapped on the mountain when the blizzard hits but the film fails to dig deep into your psyche to allow much empathy 
2.5
Everest
Dann Gire
At its core the drama plays like a high grade 1970s disaster movie pumped with eye popping IMAX 3 D imagery that does wonders for breathtakingly scenic snowscapes but not much for intimidatingly huge close ups of actors faces 
2.5
Everest
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An intense and exciting survival story Full review in Spanish 
3
Everest
Lawrence Toppman
I knew no details and found myself caught up in the drama even if parkas and goggles and wind suppressed dialogue prevented me from understanding who was who at every turn 
3.5
Everest
Michael O'Sullivan
Everest gets several things right but it fails to find a way to make the average viewer relate to the people on the mountain 
2.5
Everest
Michael Phillips
Even before the air gets fatally thin the thinness of the characterizations presents a liability 
2.5
Everest
Josh Spiegel
the film loses its way as quickly as the climbers lose their footing 
2
Everest
Lindsey Bahr
Fictionalized accounts of real tragedy are not impenetrable James Cameron made us feel for a ship full of characters we d never met Everest can t break that seal and it s a handicap 
2.5
Everest
Matt Pais
A lot scarier than Black Mass 
3
Everest
Soren Andersen
With its rigorous attention to the technical details of mountain climbing and its sensitive handling of the characters relationships it has a you are there immediacy unmatched by previous Everest movies 
3.5
Everest
Dustin Putman
Admirable in its authenticity and avoidance of sensationalism 
2.5
Everest
Clayton Davis
One half of the film is a harrowing and emotionally resonate story The other half is a massively underdeveloped story chalk full of celebrity heads that are thrust into a movie that offers no type of care and engagement for the audience to latch onto 
2.5
Everest
Roger Moore
This is what big screen spectacle used to be human epic with Mother Nature the greatest horror anybody involved faces
3.5
Olympia
David Reddish
Its a grandand often very funnytribute to an early ally voice for LGBTQ equality and to a performer as talented as she is intriguing 
3
Olympia
Roger Moore
An adoring portrait of a brassy woman made of bronze 
3
Olympia
Steven Prokopy
Olympia proves the idea that you can point the camera at interesting people and an interesting film will likely result 
3
Olympia
Nell Minow
It is a pleasure to spend time with Dukakis who is always not just open to but hungry for revelation growth and connection giving the documentary a deliciously buoyant quality 
3.5
The Battery
Mike McGranaghan
An engaging and thoughtful work of horror one that admirably puts carnage in the back seat so that something more emotional humane can do the driving 
3
I Am Legend
Linda Cook
Will Smith is a box office hero once again in I Am Legend the third incarnation of the classic Richard Matheson story 
3
I Am Legend
Marty Mapes
Botched adaptation has Will Smith and a dog if that s all you want from a movie
1.5
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Elizabeth Weitzman
Paul Auster s suffocating romance makes you feel as if you re helplessly stuck inside the head of the most pretentious person you know 
1.5
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Ed Gonzalez
The inner life of Martin Frost reeks of misogyny and the film that enshrines his egomania makes half assed aspirations to Goethe 46 
1.5
Death Valley
Matt Brunson
Director Dick Richards has fashioned a perfectly serviceable thriller that unfortunately becomes derailed by both an extended and ludicrous climax as well as an increasingly silly performance by McHattie 
2
Art Bastard
Brad Wheeler
Kanefsky paints a vivid picture of an entertaining rogue one who finally gets his due with this film 
3.5
Art Bastard
Calvin Wilson
Cenedella may never become a household name but Art Bastard argues persuasively that fame is overrated 
3
Art Bastard
Stephanie Merry
Cenedella is rough around the edges yet he remains fascinating 
2.5
Art Bastard
Sheila O'Malley
Engaging and thought provoking 
3
Day Watch
Mike Scott
Visually it mixes a gritty reality with eye popping horror fantasy but the story short circuits the film by adding a level of incomprehensibility particularly in its second half 
2.5
Day Watch
Steven Rea
Day Watch deploys head spinning cinematography and cool special effects It s a trippy affair even if it s just about impossible to track 
3
Day Watch
Joe Lozito
The ultimate downfall of the series is that it steadfastly refuses to define its own rules 
2.5
Day Watch
Forrest Hartman
Somewhere around the 45 minute mark the film transforms from cool and atmospheric thriller to indecipherable mess 
2
Day Watch
Jeff Shannon
Director Bekmambetov is a reckless and juvenile storyteller with a regrettable knack for empty spectacle 
2
Day Watch
Sean O'Connell
stylish but outrageously foolish
1.5
Day Watch
Peter Debruge
It delivers more cutting edge eye candy but defies any attempt at understanding 
1.5
Day Watch
Bruce Westbrook
A noisy incoherent droning spectacle 
1.5
Day Watch
Jeff Vice
It s more action oriented and has a lot more welcome humor than the first 
3
Day Watch
Bill Stamets
At 2 hours and 20 minutes this zippy follow up to Night Watch delivers a killer pace blasts of heavy metal vexed characters and gory allegory wherein occult terrorists suck blood cast spells and escape to a spooky zone known as the Gloom 
3
Day Watch
Josh Larsen
nearly gave me a seizure and movie wise I don t seizure lightly 
2
Day Watch
Duane Dudek
Blurs the distinction between the pretentious and the profound Still the illusion is a viscerally compelling one and begs the question of how Bekmambetov will ever top himself 
2.5
Day Watch
Chris Hewitt
Day Watch is a bit like Vegas a bunch of crazy gaudy stuff that all fits together surprisingly well 
3.5
Day Watch
Michael Wilmington
One hell of a movie 
3
Day Watch
Mark Dujsik
Answers the eternal question The world will not end in fire or ice but by a yo yo 
3
Day Watch
Malene Arpe
In comparison to Night Watch Day Watch is straightforward explaining what s gone before while telling a fantastical story and having fun doing it 
3
Day Watch
Lisa Rose
It s a playful surrealistic antidote to standard genre entertainment 
3
Day Watch
Liam Lacey
It s exhausting just trying to imagine what 46 year old director Timur Bekmambetov would do with Hollywood money Yet as puffed up as it is Day Watch is redeemed by its sardonic Slavic take on the end of the world 
2.5
Day Watch
Terry Lawson
To the credit of director Timur Bekmambetov it is possible to dive into the second chapter of the ambitious visually dazzling Russian fantasy trilogy that began with 2004 s Night Watch without feeling completely adrift 
3
Day Watch
Wesley Morris
Were I to tell you the summer s most awesome blockbuster action sequel involved a war over a piece of chalk you d laugh But it s true 
3
Day Watch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This sequel to the convoluted Night Watch offers more of the same 
2.5
Day Watch
Elizabeth Weitzman
Day Watch could have been shorter and simpler but the same might be said for any of the current Hollywood blockbusters none of which offer as many surprises 
2.5
Day Watch
Peter Hartlaub
Bekmambetov and his crafty cinematographer Sergei Trofimov have so many different tricks that you ll be smiling at the scenes that make no sense 
3
Day Watch
Maitland McDonagh
The story could easily bog down in its mix of cumulative incident and complicated interpersonal drama But with Bekmambetov at the helm it s a high energy blast 
3.5
Day Watch
Lou Lumenick
There are many stunning special effects including a car chase up the side of a building as well as the sort of wild animated subtitles that turned up in Night Watch 
2.5
Day Watch
Jim Hemphill
Night Watch was a deliriously stylish and endlessly inventive rollercoaster ride Day Watch adds emotional resonance to the mix to create an epic that s got more energy and depth than all three Lord of the Rings movies combined 
4
Day Watch
Peter Canavese
You don t need to have seen the original to pick up the user friendly sequel Take a deep breath after the intimidating opening montage and you ll be just fine 
3
Day Watch
Sara Michelle Fetters
This thing moves in so many directions and moves there so unbelievably quickly by the time I thought I had it all pretty much figured out the director had the film suddenly sprinting off into an entirely new direction altogether 
2.5
Day Watch
John Anderson
With what seems to be a freer hand and a bigger budget Bekmambetov returns with an even slicker faster paced and funnier take on the black magical sub castes born in the novels of Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasiliev 
3.5
Day Watch
Nick Schager
Aside from one stunning image of a sports car skidding along the face of a curved high rise hotel Night Watch fails to even equal its forebear s handful of flashy CG moments 
1.5
20 Centimeters
Connie Ogle
There s not much to savor in the way of plot and the film aimlessly wanders through Marietta s life 
2
20 Centimeters
Laura Kelly
The real joy of 20 Centimeters is taking in the spectacle of the song and dance from cabaret to new wave 
3
20 Centimeters
John Anderson
Director Ramn Salazar in only his second feature distinguishes himself from others who so less effectively bend genres and genders 
3
20 Centimeters
Maitland McDonagh
Monica Cervera s fearless performance as the homely Marieta whose movie made dreams of glamour will never come true is mesmerizing 
3
20 Centimeters
Timothy Knight
Unfortunately Salazar s cinematic skills do not extend to the musical realm for the song and dance numbers in 20 Centimeters are charm deprived uninspired and ineptly directed and choreographed 
2
20 Centimeters
Lou Lumenick
Director Ramon Salazar is no Pedro Almodvar try as he might 
2.5
20 Centimeters
Ed Gonzalez
The film s story may be slight but Salazar s sparkling tribute to an alternative lifestyle and unconventional female beauty is liberating 
2.5
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
David Nusair
a misfire of near epic proportions 
1.5
Fuel
G. Allen Johnson
A peppy bouncy documentary that is watchable and informative although Tickell s celebrity name dropping at times detracts from the serious message 
3
Fuel
Nick Schager
Another fervent call to arms from one side of the aisle 
1.5
Fuel
Lisa Kennedy
One of the refreshing traits of this action nudging documentary is Tickell s willingness to wrestle his own biases 
3
Fuel
Michael Dequina
Tickell makes his case in an entertaining and hence all the more effective manner 
3
Fuel
Tom Keogh
While Fuel takes persuasive swipes at the influence of oil based energy companies over domestic and foreign policy the film is more dazzling as an introduction to all kinds of clean energy alternatives many of us have never heard of 
4
The Happytime Murders
Brian Eggert
The material s limitations are reached within the first half hour 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Jeff Mitchell
The end credits feature an enjoyable 80 s singalong the most gratifying three minutes of the movie 
2
The Happytime Murders
David Keyes
90 minutes of laughless mean spirited hogwash
1
The Happytime Murders
Matt Brunson
A restaging of the Sharon Stone no panties scene from Basic Instinct allows audiences a peek at puppet pudenda if that strikes you as the height of hilarity then knock yourself out 
2.5
The Happytime Murders
Joey Magidson
Henson and company attempted something different here It didn t always succeed but enough of it works to warrant a mild recommendation 
3
The Happytime Murders
Stephen Rebello
The Happytime Murders turns out to be a place where good ideas went to die 
1
The Happytime Murders
Pamela Powell
Is it great cinema that we will hear about during Oscar season Absolutely not Is it fun embarrassingly so Yes It pushes the envelope and a few buttons but that s exactly what it promised to do 
2.5
The Happytime Murders
Josh Larsen
stymied by an obsession with the profane 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Oliver Jones
Fatally confuses crassness with subversion 
1
The Happytime Murders
Roger Moore
More a failure in execution than in concept the script and the puppet actors who co star in it aren t funny 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Sara Michelle Fetters
The pacing of this comedy is rather excruciating things moving so slowly and with such ponderous precision maintaining interest in what is happening at any given moment is spectacularly difficult at times 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Kevin A. Ranson
the dark side of puppetdom didn t only feel wrong it fell flat and felt pointless Believe it or not Happytime fails to live up to its concept by not going far enough 
0
The Happytime Murders
Robert Daniels
The Happytime Murders Good if you like puppet sex
0.5
The Happytime Murders
Mike McGranaghan
The Happytime Murders is one of those movies that sounds like a great idea until you actually see it at which point you realize it s a terrible idea 
1
The Happytime Murders
Peter Hartlaub
Although The Happytime Murders isn t much fun to watch it was clearly a blast to make 
1
The Happytime Murders
Christian Toto
Puppet bodily fluids if those three words make you smile you re in for a heckuva good time 
2.5
The Happytime Murders
Michael Smith
The Happytime Murders is a bad time at the movies 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Matthew Rozsa
I ve been on Sesame Street I know Elmo Cookie Monster is a friend of mine Happytime Murders you re no Sesame Street and you re not Avenue Q either 
2
The Happytime Murders
David Nusair
An almost astonishingly misbegotten endeavor 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Sonny Bunch
Puppets Saying dirty words Whooooooaaaaaa 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I love how fully realized the world seems carefully constructed from top to bottom Too bad the good times don t last 
2
The Happytime Murders
Barry Hertz
Thanks must go to the underpaid puppeteers who crouched ducked and manoeuvred all over Happytime s set only for their physical labour to be used in service of a Sesame Street meets Bright mess 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Phil Villarreal
Plays to the type of viewer who find that the more inappropriate demented and just plain wrong a joke is the more likely it is to leave them in stitches 
3
The Happytime Murders
Mark Dujsik
It s embarrassing to watch how such a simple idea rife with comic potential goes nowhere 
1
The Happytime Murders
Tom Russo
Once our initial LOL shock at the tone of Happytime Murders wears off we begin hankering for something more yet the movie is content mostly just to up the outrageousness piling on material as liable to make us cringe as laugh 
2.5
The Happytime Murders
James Berardinelli
Everything about the movie is stunted from the running time to the production values to the story 
2.5
The Happytime Murders
Richard Roeper
we just keep hoping the filmmakers will cut this thing short and they do and we thank them for that 
0
The Happytime Murders
Peter Howell
What starts off as an amusing idea quickly crosses the line from lewd to crude with sex jokes both visual and verbal that don t improve with repetition 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Soren Andersen
In Happytime Jim Henson s son seeks to take Muppetry to a whole new level Too bad that level is the sewer 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Sean P. Means
After watching The Happytime Murders the answer to all of the above is Who cares Henson focuses on the puppetry and bringing the puppet and human worlds together on a technical level that he fails to notice how weak Todd Berger s script is 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Brian Truitt
Hardcore puppet sex and four letter words that would make Big Bird blush sound like a googly eyed good time until you re faced with 90 unfunny minutes of it 
1.5
The Happytime Murders
Dustin Putman
A freshly imagined dark comedy with more on its mind than dirty jokes 
2.5
The Happytime Murders
Michael Phillips
The Happytime Murders is a one joke movie minus one joke 
0
The Happytime Murders
Johnny Oleksinski
A cliché ridden laughless bore that wastes lead actress Melissa McCarthy s prodigious comic talents and beats well trod territory with a mallet 
1
The Happytime Murders
Bob Bloom
The only people who will enjoy the movie are those excited by seeing puppets having sex dropping f bombs or using drugs 
1
The Happytime Murders
Glenn Kenny
The Happytime Murders isn t so much interested in immersing you in a comedic world so much as it is in having its puppets do the most outrageous things you ve never seen or heard puppets do in a movie 
2
The Happytime Murders
Robert Levin
It sinks to depths far below even the most liberal and relaxed of expectations 
0.5
The Happytime Murders
Katie Walsh
Some mildly amusing ideas shouldn t be full length feature films and The Happytime Murders falls victim to that 
1
The Happytime Murders
Rafer Guzman
The Sesame Street folks lost the lawsuit but nobody was ever going to confuse the two productions For one thing Sesame Street is funny The Happytime Murders written by Todd Berger is almost completely laugh free 
1
The Happytime Murders
Derek Smith
The film aims only to shock refusing to deliver anything in an intriguingly post ironic way in the process 
.5
Detachment
Rene Rodriguez
A loud grating wallow in dime store despair 
1
Detachment
David Nusair
an affecting and frequently engrossing drama 
3.5
Detachment
Rick Groen
The film is guilty of reverse sentimentality where the relentless unhappiness comes to seem as manufactured and artificial as the schmaltz in a romcom 
2.5
Detachment
Linda Barnard
Detachment gets an A for enthusiasm but a C for execution 
2.5
Detachment
Matt Pais
Brody expertly depicts someone broken and compassionate disillusioned and giving 
2.5
Detachment
Peter Travers
Detachment gets to you It hits hard 
3
Detachment
Stephen Whitty
It wants to be an expose of the pervasive horrors of modern life Instead it just forces us to detach as well 
2.5
Detachment
Kyle Smith
Detachment quickly gets stuck in its own world weariness 
1.5
Detachment
Dustin Putman
It s disturbing it s uncompromising it s understandably urgent and it s absolutely crucial 
3.5
Detachment
Rex Reed
Adrien Brody one of the weirdest looking actors of the millennium plays Henry Barthes a man so emotionally blocked by a lifetime of disillusion that he cannot connect with any other human being 
1
Detachment
Bill Weber
Endng in risible bathos Tony Kaye s urban high school melodrama is all about the cute teacher s crises and the girls who love him 
1
Born a Champion
Glenn Kenny
Flanery and Ranarivelo lay the groundwork for all the plot turns pretty well but of course the destination is predictable 
2
The Intruders
David Berry
The Intruders would like to be more clever than it is but it s hamstrung by a script that s a bit of a fixer upper 
1.5
Sleep
Matt Brunson
It s an ambitious undertaking perhaps a bit too ambitious as various themes all jockey for position and occasionally crowd each other out 
2.5
Sleep
Rosalie Kicks
Eccentric characters vibes of THE SHINING and witchcraft makes SLEEP a must watch 
3
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses
Roger Moore
An era defining close reading of the German Cinema s Golden Age what those classic films were saying and how what they predicted came true 
3.5
Winchester
Brian Eggert
The movie resolves to check every box of a modern supernatural horror flick and through that the surprisingly talented cast doesn t have much to do 
1.5
Winchester
Matt Brunson
There s a topical and truthful message at the center of this film it s just a shame it gets wasted in a movie as mediocre as this one 
2
Winchester
Mattie Lucas
There s so much potential in this story that it s a shame the final product turned out to be such a ludicrous mishmash of tired genre tropes 
1.5
Winchester
Federico Furzan
A horror movie should never make itself feel harmless Winchester does a very good job at being insipid Full review in Spanish 
2
Winchester
David Nusair
an especially lackluster entry within a crowded and mostly disposable horror sub category 
1.5
Winchester
Linda Cook
Winchester is just another bland horror movie far less interesting than the real mansion s history 
1
Winchester
Lisa Jensen
There s a vibe of earnest eerie elegance about it all but the whole construction never rises above the ordinary 
2.5
Winchester
Robert Levin
Everything about the movie is flat the cinematography presents the house as an abundantly ordinary collection of rooms rather than a maze like window into a haunted mind 
1
Winchester
Norman Gidney
This was a squandered opportunity What could have been a crackling psychological horror pic ends up just being a serviceable haunted house pic 
2
Winchester
Josh Terry
Winchester will make you jump but it won t really scare you and even the presence of Dame Helen Mirren isn t enough to save its clumsy story from running out of ammunition before the final reel 
2
Winchester
Peter Travers
It shouldn t happen to anyone much less a Dame not a movie of such barreling awfulness that it strands the great Helen Mirren in a gothic house of cards that collapses on actors and audiences alike 
0.5
Winchester
Rafer Guzman
The Winchester Mystery House deserves a little better than Winchester 
2.5
Winchester
Peter Hartlaub
Even the scares too infrequent for this type of film have a consistent misdirection that becomes tired and predictable The ending tries to be thoughtful but there s not enough investment in these characters to care 
1
Winchester
Mike McGranaghan
How do you take an utterly fascinating true story and turn it into something dull and predictable See Winchester to find out the answer to that question 
2
Winchester
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fans of the real house will find some things to cherish in the first half of Winchester but by the time it ends it s like a spent rifle It made a lot of noise and now it s empty 
2.5
Winchester
Robert Horton
If you can buy a vacation home by appearing in a terrible horror movie after a lifetime of working hard I say go for it 
1
Winchester
Simon Abrams
What Winchester lacks in originality its creators amply make up for in execution 
3
Winchester
Phil Villarreal
Someday when Mirren receives a lifetime achievement award there will be a montage of her performances in great films Winchester will not be a part of that montage 
2
Winchester
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers manage to waste this location by way of a predictable shallow and ultimately silly paranormal tale 
1.5
Winchester
Dustin Putman
The Winchester Mystery House is an optimally spooky place in which to set a film but not the plodding decidedly exploitative one Winchester has turned out to be 
1.5
Winchester
Roger Moore
The first major movie disappointment of 2018 
1.5
Ghost Town
James Vance
Based on the ad campaign it would be easy to pigeonhole Ghost Town as another romantic comedy with a twist but it s much more and much better than that 
3
Ghost Town
Roger Moore
The big screen s best use of the talents of the sarcastic ever put upon Mr Gervais 
3
Ghost Town
Nick Rogers
Yes there are gags about mummy penises and canine halitosis but other sublime moments recall Albert Brooks social satire heyday Given the otherworldly elements David Koepp s Ghost Town sweetly hits the heights of Brooks Defending Your Life 
3.5
Ghost Town
Matt Soergel
The pudgy Brit looks right at home here on the big screen starring in a romantic comedy in which we re asked to believe he might have a chance with Tea Leoni And you know what He makes us believe 
3
Ghost Town
Sonny Bunch
Ghost Town is funny and moves along briskly fulfilling the two most important qualities of a romantic comedy 
3
Ghost Town
Jay Antani
Gervais rapport with his equally enjoyable co stars Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni also keeps Ghost Town on solidly funny ground 
3
Ghost Town
Michael Dequina
Koepp has no real feel for romantic whimsy 
2
Ghost Town
Matt Brunson
Ghost Town is given a significant boost by the presence of Gervais whose caustic wit and no nonsense demeanor provide the picture with more of an edge than it would have received with a more conventional leading man at the helm 
3
Ghost Town
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite the high concept premise Ghost Town has a low concept feel The jokes are small sly and sometimes gentle 
3
Ghost Town
Austin Kennedy
This charming film never quite got off the ground for me I don t think it s worth a trip to the theater but might make a better DVD rental 
2.5
Ghost Town
Larry Ratliff
When I was watching this movie the other day and rethinking my way through it now all I can recall is Gervais and some other people He s that good as New York dentist Dr Bertram Pincus 
3.5
Ghost Town
Linda Cook
More of a romantic fantasy than a romantic comedy Ghost Town may well prove to be the movie of the year for Those Who Believe 
4
Ghost Town
Sean P. Means
Gervais double talking turn as Bertram a morose Noel Coward figure in the body of Lou Costello is consistenly hilarious and ultimately heart warming 
3.5
Ghost Town
John Wirt
Gervais deadpan expression and sharp comic timing are good for if not outright laughs numerous chuckles in this charming ghost story meets romantic comedy 
3
Ghost Town
Mike McGranaghan
It s terrific entertainment all the way around Do yourself a favor Go see it 
3.5
Ghost Town
Eric Melin
Gervais gives the movie its dose of cynicism but he also pulls off the tricky task of convincing an audience to love a prickly bastard 
3
Ghost Town
Christian Toto
Ghost Town relies on Ricky Gervais ability to play a rather mean lead character until suddenly it doesn t 
2.5
Ghost Town
Brandon Fibbs
Funny and heartwarming this love letter to New York City s Upper East Side is refreshingly free of flashy special effects and paranormal gags 
3
Ghost Town
Gary Brown
After a trying week in which many of us suffered damage to our homes and others were still without power Ghost Town will provide a wonderful boost if just for a couple of hours 
4
Ghost Town
Dustin Putman
Isn t bad by any means but it is so low key that it s rarely funny and difficult to get excited about 
2
Ghost Town
Kam Williams
This Ricky Gervais vehicle is likely to work for you to the extent that you enjoy laughing at the insufferably stuffy Brit cliche he has practically perfected 
3
Ghost Town
Frank Ochieng
Koepp strangely captures the cheeky charm and chippy imagination of Ghost Town that could have been deemed just another faceless formulaic fantasy 
3
Ghost Town
Tyler Hanley
Ghost Town is a fantasy charmer from its tight cast and excellent soundtrack to its complex characters and soulful climax 
3.5
Ghost Town
Claudia Puig
Sure it s a light comedy but it effectively achieves what it sets out to do amuse us and tug on our heartstrings And best of all it s written directed and acted with intelligence and wit 
3
Ghost Town
Ken Fox
The film works as a showcase for Gervais who plays an oddly likable jerk with surprising subtlety 
2.5
Ghost Town
Rob Salem
Through it all there always shone this subtle gleeful naughty schoolboy charm not quite a full on wink at the audience but a tacit acknowledgement that sometimes even total jerks can exhibit an endearing charm 
3
Ghost Town
Chris Hewitt
Ghost Town isn t terrible if it were on TV I d watch it But it s a couple of steps away from being good and many more steps away from being as good as the movies and plays it swipes from 
2
Ghost Town
Mark Rahner
Fans of Gervais awkward caustic brand of humor should be pleased to see him in a big Hollywood movie that ll make him more of a household name 
2.5
Ghost Town
Walter V. Addiego
Ghost Town a romantic comedy about the living and the dead coming to terms with each other is both very funny and a bit of a tearjerker with an on the money performance from Ricky Gervais and a nice feeling for New York in fall 
3
Ghost Town
Carla Meyer
Leoni seems genuinely delighted by Gervais cracking up with a gusto that never seems rehearsed 
3
Ghost Town
Kyle Smith
Although ghost hijinks are a very Hollywood way of dealing with the subject the twists are executed superbly right up to a climax that fits the David Mamet definition of what makes for a perfect ending It is both surprising and inevitable 
3.5
Ghost Town
Connie Ogle
The painfully awkward stubby Gervais as romantic lead is a funny enough concept but the actor s ongoing banter with Kinnear is engaging and their styles mesh entertainingly 
3
Ghost Town
Robert W. Butler
Ghost Town works so well you just want to sit back and say Ahhhh 
3
Ghost Town
Amy Biancolli
With lesser talent in front of the camera or a heavier hand behind it the film might have crashed with a thud 
3
Ghost Town
Liam Lacey
An innovative romantic comedy that is a mixture of British spice and American sugar 
3
Ghost Town
Roger Ebert
Gervais a British actor whose work on television is legion has at last found a leading role in a feature and it s a good one 
3
Ghost Town
Lawrence Toppman
It s a smooth journey across familiar territory to a safe emotional harbor always professional and occasionally delightful 
3
Ghost Town
Ty Burr
Someone once said about W C Fields that he had the rare ability to despise amusingly I can imagine no greater compliment than to say that Ricky Gervais seems at his best like a young Fields 
2.5
Ghost Town
Michael Sragow
The fun of Ghost Town starts with the title and doesn t end until the final line 
3.5
Ghost Town
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is one of those performances where you find yourself imaging the film without the star and truth be told if that were the case I can pretty much say with absolute certainty I would not have cared for it had he not been there 
3
Ghost Town
John Beifuss
Quibbles about the film ultimately are as unimportant as a bit of undigested beef a blot of mustard or a crumb of cheese Ghost Town is for real 
3.5
Ghost Town
Peter Canavese
The comic voice of Ricky Gervais comes through loud and clear and Koepp s vision of a classical Hollywood comedy creates a confluence not only of great performers but of considerable wit and heart 
3
Ghost Town
Daniel M. Kimmel
Ghost Town is given a bit of bite by Gervais It s not destined to be a classic but it is one that will make you laugh 
3
Ghost Town
Willie Waffle
It s as if Rosie O Donnell tried to slip into a Carrie Underwood sized teeny weeny bikini instead of a tasteful one piece Not enough material 
2
Ghost Town
Peter Travers
The fall movie season achieves comic liftoff thanks to Ricky Gervais a master of deadpan hilarity playing a dentist who sees dead people 
3
Ghost Town
Duane Dudek
While this idea is as ridiculous as the premise behind countless horror films that Ghost Town plays it for laughs makes it more spirited than one might expect 
3
Ghost Town
Jeff Vice
It s surprisingly charming and oddly romantic though it does have a couple of questionable moments as well 
3
Ghost Town
Steven Rea
Ostensibly a comedy but one in which the normally brilliantly funny Ricky Gervais is more dull than he is droll Ghost Town takes a familiar formula and goes nowhere with it 
2
Ghost Town
Justin Davidson
A delightful antidote to the comedic excesses of the season Ghost Town is smart sexy fun that should leave no doubt if there was any that Ricky Gervais is among the funniest men in film 
3.5
Ghost Town
Nick Schager
Gervais s steady stream of cutting bon mots and regular bouts of indignant stammering keep Ghost Town more dry and sharp than broad and squishy 
2.5
Ghost Town
James Berardinelli
Ghost Town s unwillingness to escape from a safe orbit keeps the movie trapped in mediocrity 
2.5
Ghost Town
Phil Villarreal
Gervais just owns this movie 
3.5
Ghost Town
Kyle Smith
Ricky Gervais is lethally funny talking to dead people in his big screen debut as a leading man 
3.5
Ghost Town
David Nusair
the movie remains watchable even through the sporadic lulls within the narrative something that s due almost entirely to Gervais almost ridiculously entertaining performance 
3
Ghost Town
Erik Childress
I have a little crush on Ghost Town and I ll stand by it as one of the best surprises of 2008 
3.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Walter Chaw
If nothing else inventive at the very least perverse and at moments transcendently bizarre 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Collin Souter
Occasionally clever but unworthy of being the swan song of Disney s hand drawn animation department Too loud screeching and annoying 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Laine Ewen
While Teacher s Pet lacks big budget majesty it has humor and heart 
2.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Kit Bowen
Disney s Teacher s Pet tries hard to be a musical in the form of a quirky animated kid s movie but ultimately it can t get past the inanity of it all 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Linda Cook
See Spot See Spot dream See Spot make you laugh 
3.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Steve Rhodes
Only for fans of the cartoon series but even if you love the series why pay the high price of theater tickets to see a slightly extended version of the exact same thing 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Claudia Puig
Teacher s Pet is no Finding Nemo nor even Lilo and Stitch but it is an enjoyable family film 
2.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Chris Hewitt
Instead of making you miss the lush Disney style that is now unleashed only once every couple of years the Teacher s Pet animation makes a virtue of its dashed off casualness 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Erik Lundegaard
Joy An animated feature that parents don t have to silently groan through 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Peter Hartlaub
Originality aside parents expecting a mainstream film may want to wait until another Disney cartoon featuring happy woodland creatures comes along 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Joe Baltake
You don t have to take the kids to enjoy Teacher s Pet 
3.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Timothy Knight
A small scale charmer that gives audiences a healthy dose of silliness 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Lou Lumenick
An entertaining treat that proves there s plenty of life left in traditional 2 D animation 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Elizabeth Weitzman
By deftly blending silliness and sophistication this little movie does its part to stem the technological tide 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Vanessa Farquharson
Despite the exhausting plot of dog to man and back again and musical numbers that make you want to roll your ears Teacher s Pet is worthwhile 
2.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Rick Groen
A big disappointment especially hailing from the Mouse House 
1.5
Disney's Teacher's Pet
John Monaghan
A one joke movie based on a one joke Disney TV show 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Ty Burr
Teacher s Pet barrels along on a diverting enough sugar high but in the hangover that follows you may wonder where the wonder was 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
John Anderson
A bit frantic but clever funny surprisingly sophisticated 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
David Sterritt
The movie is as adolescent as it sounds but Kahn keeps your eyes popping with truly nonstop action and some of the most outlandishly inventive effects you ve ever seen 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Robert K. Elder
A quick and easy entry point for new viewers 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Josh Larsen
I felt as if the theater had tapped into a cable broadcast coming into a house down the street 
2
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Ed Gonzalez
This completely random creation is essentially an adult s cartoon cut for a kid s short attention span 
3
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Keith Uhlich
Pitched somewhere between cringe worthy Disney treacle and the sublime discomfort of Ren Stimpy 
2.5
The Star
Walter Chaw
Nearly washed up Davis essaying completely washed up Davis 
1
The Star
Dan Callahan
A threadbare bargain basement Sunset Boulevard 
2
Parents
Roger Ebert
Because it speaks to a terror that lurks deep within our memories Parents has the potential to be a great horror film But it never knows quite what to do with its inspiration 
2
Dreamgirls
Mattie Lucas
Very much rooted in its disco era decadence but it is always fiercely vibrantly fresh
3.5
Dreamgirls
Namrata Joshi
Neither thought provoking nor entertaining enough remains largely average and underwhelming 
2
Dreamgirls
Joe Lozito
There s a joy on screen a love for the material that s palpable and contagious but the material in the end lets them down 
3.5
Dreamgirls
David Nusair
Hudson offers up a seriously underwhelming performance 
1
Dreamgirls
Sean McBride
There s no faint praise here It s the best film of the year 
4
Dreamgirls
Wesley Lovell
A stellar cast stunning sets and costumes and engaging music make this a modern musical for a new generation 
4
Dreamgirls
Jon Niccum
a mildly engrossing lecture on the pitfalls of fame drug abuse failed marriages and egos run rampant all set to the melismatic bellowing of semi catchy show tunes 
2.5
Dreamgirls
Rob Thomas
One can wish for a better truer more soulful version of the Motown saga Or one can grab a seat and be dazzled 
3
Dreamgirls
Lori Hoffman
Dreamgirls has the clout to make a Chicago like run on Oscar night 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Gina Carbone
Show Jimmy some love Oscar 
3.25
Dreamgirls
Steven Snyder
An entertaining movie made an event by Murphy an actor some have deemed a has been and Hudson a newcomer many in the industry misjudged as a never will 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Peter T. Chattaway
Hudson goes over the top then tops her over the topness and it is entirely possible the Academy will reward her for her intensity but still is this really acting 
2.5
Dreamgirls
Michael Dequina
A terrifically entertaining ovation worthy spectacle that results from the assembled efforts of a gifted impassioned invigorated creative crew 
4
Dreamgirls
Mike McGranaghan
The director combines solid storytelling top notch production design and stylish camera editing techniques to make you think of Dreamgirls as less a movie and more a performance 
4
Dreamgirls
Michael A. Smith
Murphy delivers both musically and dramatically and I will be shocked if both he and Hudson aren t nominated for Academy Awards 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Daniel M. Kimmel
while it may not hit the heights like Chicago it s the first musical since then with a shot at scoring with audiences 
3
Dreamgirls
Chris Hewitt
The result is a tentativeness that keeps Dreamgirls from becoming the great movie it almost is 
3
Dreamgirls
Moira MacDonald
Dreamgirls wraps you up in its music like a velvet coat of sound and when it s over you feel warmed happy and thoroughly entertained 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Lee Grant
A Christmas Day present to the rest of us 
4
Dreamgirls
Carla Meyer
Sometimes a splashy movie musical can be just the thing 
3
Dreamgirls
Lou Lumenick
Flaws and all Dreamgirls is certainly a lot more watchable than other recent adaptations of Broadway musicals like Rent The Producers and The Phantom of the Opera 
3
Dreamgirls
Rene Rodriguez
This glitzy infectious and unusually heartfelt musical doesn t always hang together as a satisfying narrative too many characters compete for too little screen time but its pleasures are numerous enough to override its flaws 
3
Dreamgirls
Robert W. Butler
Any way you look at it Dreamgirls works 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Amy Biancolli
Joy is defined as Dreamgirls an ecstatic dose of pure top down Motown tight harmony effervescence that takes a hit Broadway musical about a Chicago girl group and turns it miraculously into a Hollywood delight 
4
Dreamgirls
Jeff Vice
The real star here is former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson who manages to steal the movie out from under Murphy as well as some other big star performers 
3
Dreamgirls
Lisa Kennedy
It s fun It s candy With colorful costumes often effervescent tunes the original production s Henry Krieger wrote four new ones it s a champagne cocktail 
3
Dreamgirls
Ross Anthony
Soapy story line campy dialogue to song transitions balanced by top notch production hardy performances Overall good musical fun Jennifer Hudson break out rocks 
3
Dreamgirls
Lawrence Toppman
The film soars in the right places especially when powerful newcomer Jennifer Hudson sings and the charismatic supporting cast keeps it chugging forward 
3
Dreamgirls
Wesley Morris
Any director hoping to capture racism catfights and urban decay with music this square and filmmaking this haphazard is a fool 
2
Dreamgirls
Linda Cook
An excellent performance by a relatively unknown soon to be superstar forms the foundation of Dreamgirls the cinematic cover of the stage hit 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Phoebe Flowers
What director Condon cannot do is instill in Dreamgirls any beguiling qualities any magic that would make even those resistant to musicals fall under its spell 
2
Dreamgirls
Carrie Rickey
Bill Condon s screen adaptation of the 1981 Broadway sensation is if possible as dazzling and energizing as its source 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Duane Dudek
The film is constantly moving but Condon s camera feels as if it s anchored next to the energy and enthusiasm of Hudson and Murphy 
3
Dreamgirls
Jeffrey Westhoff
If only a few numbers were less screechy the movie would be solid gold 
3
Dreamgirls
Sean P. Means
Condon propels Dreamgirls like a freight train hard charging and unstoppable 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Thomas Delapa
Nightmare on 42nd Street Dreamgirls may have wowed Broadway with its ersatz Supremes hits but it only made me want to yell Stop in the name of love in my Diana Ross wig 
1.5
Dreamgirls
Sean O'Connell
Hudson isn t the only person in the movie just the best and the lightweight story about the perils of fame grows significantly heavier from a dramatic standpoint every time this veritable force saunters across the screen 
3
Dreamgirls
John Beifuss
Jennifer Hudson becomes the take no prisoners raison d etre of this extraordinarily slight soap opera dance run through a Motown for Dummies re imagining of two crucial decades of American popular music 
3
Dreamgirls
Eric Melin
It is big and showy and loud but director Bill Condon s attempts to make the movie more socially relevant than the theatrical production instead just highlight what little soul was there in the first place 
1
Dreamgirls
Phil Villarreal
Dreamgirls is a nightmare 
1.5
Dreamgirls
Josh Larsen
For the first time in a long time that familiar gleam in Murphy s eye shines over something other than the easy money of a gaseous kiddie comedy 
3
Dreamgirls
Willie Waffle
everyone walks out talking about how Jennifer Hudson is going to win that Oscar and how Urkel looks all grown up 
4
Dreamgirls
Matt Brunson
It s Hudson who owns Dreamgirls her delivery of And I Am Telling You I m Not Going is worth a standing ovation or at least a recount on American Idol all by itself 
3
Dreamgirls
Geoff Pevere
Dreamgirls may come up short in terms of originality and killer songs but it wears its big drippy camp heart on its sleeve 
2.5
Dreamgirls
Kam Williams
Jennifer Hudson s coming out party 
4
Dreamgirls
Liam Lacey
This is the first important movie musical in decades about African Americans and the first to deal with the revolution in civil rights and the mainstream success of black pop music 
4
Dreamgirls
Terry Lawson
Condon has gotten terrific performances from almost everyone here Knowles lives up to the promise she s shown in her earlier big screen warm ups And Hudson proves to be as good in her dramatic scenes as she is in the musical ones 
3
Dreamgirls
Richard Roeper
As much as I appreciated the performances from the terrifically talented cast as much as I liked Dreamgirls I didn t love it Maybe it was just a little too slick and over the top for its own good 
3
Dreamgirls
Nick Rogers
It s a laugh out loud moment when a hot R B song is forever entombed as Pat Boone style fluff But that same sort of sanitization and sterilization has been applied to this film Scrubbed clean for a shiny glow most of the soul is gone from the story 
2
Dreamgirls
Michael Phillips
Condon knew what he wanted and got it a smooth shiny showbiz fable 
3
Dreamgirls
Dustin Putman
A movie musical that certainly knows how to carry a tune but is missing a heart 
2
Dreamgirls
Matt Pais
The movie s barely good but the music The voices The soul Lord have mercy 
3
Dreamgirls
Steve Rhodes
Scream a thon 
2
Dreamgirls
Walter Chaw
This year s Brokeback Mountain in a lot of ways Dreamgirls is the movie over which it s impolite not to fawn 
2
Dreamgirls
James Sanford
a highly enjoyable frequently rousing musical soap opera undeniably entertaining and especially when Hudson takes center stage even electrifying 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Jeanne Aufmuth
Light fizzy and bubbling with musical pizzazz 
3
Dreamgirls
Maitland McDonagh
Murphy is a revelation as James and what American Idol castoff Hudson lacks in technical acting craft she makes up for in raw energy and a voice that could melt the rhinestones off a beauty queen 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Mick LaSalle
I ve been going to the movies a long time This is the first time I ever saw people sit during the closing credits just so they could cheer when a performer s name came up 
3
Dreamgirls
Timothy Knight
Dreamgirls is undermined by its stop start pacing and sketchily developed characters 
2.5
Dreamgirls
Stephen Whitty
Film director Bill Condon keeps that story on track while cramming the screen with wonderful visual touches 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Bob Strauss
Who needs catharsis when there s so much eye popping foot stomping enjoyment to absorb Dreamgirls leaves you giddy with sensory pleasure in a way that a serious Diana Ross biopic never ever will 
3
Dreamgirls
Mark Keizer
Critics and fans could spend hours arguing over director and cast but it s hard to imagine many combinations achieving greater success than what Condon has accomplished 
4
Dreamgirls
Peter Canavese
If you can be satisfied skipping along its surface Dreamgirls fulfills its splashy superficial promise of glitter glamour and sass 
2.5
Dreamgirls
Sara Michelle Fetters
Without a doubt Hudson delivers the tour de force performance of the year and any and all mileage this film gets as a major awards contender is due pretty much entirely to her 
3
Dreamgirls
Erik Childress
A cliché riddled storyline populated by unsympathetic characters and songs that repetitively bleed into one another to the point where we curse Motown for the R B movement altogether 
2
Dreamgirls
Ed Gonzalez
Compare the musical numbers from Dreamgirls with Annie Ross s smoky lived in performances from Short Cuts and the charade of this film becomes especially apparent 
1.5
Dreamgirls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie would have us believe that Hudson s multi syllabic caterwauling is better than Beyoncé s smooth pop but in actuality Beyoncé better knows how to sell a song 
2.5
Dreamgirls
Claudia Puig
Jennifer Hudson is the heart and soul of Dreamgirls When she s on the screen the movie shines When she s not the whole endeavor suffers 
3
Dreamgirls
Mark Dujsik
It s loud with lots of pretty colors but there s nothing holding back the melodrama or making it emotionally relevant 
2
Dreamgirls
Bruce Newman
Dreamgirls proves again that transforming a hit Broadway musical into an equally spectacular movie is one of the most confounding tricks in show business 
2
Dreamgirls
Jan Stuart
The corn may be as high as Beyoncé Knowles gravity defying wigs but you ll be so carried away by the penny arcade clamor of light rhythm and song you really won t care 
3.5
Dreamgirls
James Berardinelli
Dreamgirls is a wonderful entertainment a musical that while not skimping on the music delivers a multi layered storyline featuring complex characters 
3.5
Dreamgirls
Jack Mathews
When she sings And I Am Telling You I m Not Going one of the most heartfelt cries of pain ever written for a musical Hudson inscribes her name on an Oscar 
4
Dreamgirls
Peter Travers
This baby dazzles like nothing else anywhere 
3.5
The Good Lie
Michael Posner
The Good Lie demonstrates again the fatal flaw that affects too many Canadian films it s the script stupid 
2.5
A Christmas Story
David Gonzalez
For old timers like myself 44 the final scene of Ralphie sleeping with his Christmas prize will always hold true to me and brings back yearly memories of one of the easiest times of anyones life 44 their childhood 46 
4
A Christmas Story
Matt Brunson
An uproarious adaptation of Jean Shepherd 8217 s book In God We Trust 44 All Others Pay Cash 46 
3.5
A Christmas Story
David Keyes
It takes pause to recognize the collective good nature we owe to one another all year round and pays that knowledge forward with charm and wistfulness 
4
A Christmas Story
Michael Wilmington
A richly remembered tale of Christmas past 
3.5
A Christmas Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This great heartwarming comedy from the director of Porky s was a flop during its theatrical run but like It s a Wonderful Life has become a staple on cable during the holiday season 
3.5
A Christmas Story
James Berardinelli
If you re a fan of Christmas movies or films that use nostalgia as a driver A Christmas Story cannot be missed Then again if you re in either category you have probably already seen it 
3.5
A Christmas Story
Betsy Bozdech
It s impossible to watch A Christmas Story and not remember what it felt like to be a kid during the holidays 
4
A Christmas Story
Roger Ebert
There is a real knowledge of human nature beneath the comedy 
3
A Christmas Story
Steve Rhodes
The script s lack of subtlety and effective wit makes for an increasingly tiring experience 
2
A Christmas Story
Scott Nash
A Christmas Story s message is aimed at children and at the child in all of us for whom the Spirit of Christmas is alive and well 
4
Killing Them Safely
Nick Allen
Berardini s doc vigorously proves that despite their marketing Tasers are not the answer They are only means to a bigger deadlier problem 
3
A New York Christmas Wedding
Dwight Brown
This kind of romantic drama requires direction that has an innovative and quirky style The kind that could make the romance magical 
2.5
Green Zone
Jeff Beck
Green Zone simply offers up a fun entertaining ride that has you on the edge of your seat throughout most of the film If you are into the politics though you may just find it a little more interesting 
3
Green Zone
Michael Dequina
A reasonably gripping entertainment 
3
Green Zone
David Nusair
Frustratingly uneven 
2
Green Zone
Janos Gereben
Green Zone begins with Shock and Awe and Paul Greengrass tries to maintain that tone for the rest of the movie 
2
Green Zone
Linda Cook
Part political thriller and part actioner The Green Zone is a war movie that will appeal to thinking audiences and those who appreciate a rush of adrenaline 
3.5
Green Zone
Lori Hoffman
I had a horrible thought as I watched this lousy film now there is one thing that Glenn Beck and I will agree about 
1
Green Zone
Thelma Adams
Paul Greengrass s loud Damon driven documentary style thriller confusingly weaves fact and fiction and whipsaws between various conspiracy theories while the nonstop action mimics an Xbox splatter game 
2.5
Green Zone
Shaula Clark
It s an engrossing if fictionalized answer to the question How did we get here exactly 
3
Green Zone
Nigel Andrews
Competent vivid and more than tokenistically controversial in theme 
3
Green Zone
Robert Levin
A fantasy that has little to do with the way things actually happened in Iraq and even less to do with the way a soldier on active duty could ever behave 
2
Green Zone
Ethan Alter
There s something thrilling about watching a studio picture that actually expresses a strong political point of view 
3
Green Zone
Keith Cohen
The movie s major strength is the uncanny ability of the production and set designers to turn the shooting locations in Morocco Spain and the United Kingdom into a perfect replica of post invasion Iraq 
2
Green Zone
Kam Williams
A fairy tale strictly for anyone still in denial or naïve enough to believe in Santa Claus the Tooth Fairy or even Saddam s mythical Weapons of Mass Destruction It s fun to pretend 
1
Green Zone
Kit Bowen
Think of this as the fourth Bourne adventure 
3.5
Green Zone
Matt Brunson
There s nothing here that will surprise anyone who s been paying the least bit of attention 
2
Green Zone
Mike McGranaghan
While not exactly topical in the provocation department it is nevertheless a smart exciting and relevant thriller 
3.5
Green Zone
Robert W. Butler
A fast pace a nagging mystery and bone crunching action captured with director Paul Greengrass signature hand held camera and rapid fire editing 
3
Green Zone
Liam Lacey
Reduces policies that caused the deaths of thousands to the equivalent of a first person shooter video game 
2
Green Zone
Peter Canavese
Serves up soldiers spies politicians reporters and Iraqi civilians who speak almost entirely in clichés 
2
Green Zone
Sara Michelle Fetters
It also helps that despite the fact it doesn t offer up anything new the story itself is still pretty darn spellbinding 
3
Green Zone
Lisa Kennedy
Damon s the anchor a fine one at that but even he can t seem to hold the filmmakers attention for long 
2.5
Green Zone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Much of Brian Helgeland s script relies on dumb coincidence and barely believable plot devices 
2.5
Green Zone
Steven D. Greydanus
It s tidy comforting revisionism like sending Rambo back into Vietnam so we can win this time Instead of a morass in which the search for WMD simply peters out we get the closure of a smoking gun 
2
Green Zone
Willie Waffle
A better than solid action and mystery movie and I hope it s not too smart for the audience 
3
Green Zone
Sonny Bunch
Fake WMD and super shaky cam It s The Paul Greengrass Experience 
2.5
Green Zone
Ann Hornaday
A jangly noisy compulsively restless thriller on a par with the Bourne movies shot through with political critique 
2.5
Green Zone
Lou Lumenick
Politics aside and purely as a piece of genre moviemaking Green Zone is a solid example of a political paranoia thriller 
3
Green Zone
Peter Travers
Too little and too late Maybe But even in this Bourne Zone Damon and Greengrass haven t shirked their duty to enlighten and entertain 
2.5
Green Zone
Mick LaSalle
It s a tribute to Matt Damon s special quality as an actor not his star wattage but his ability to project a certain simple human decency that we care about him even when we only see the side of his head 
3
Green Zone
Peter Howell
Green Zone has an attitude it persuades in almost documentary style that the war was sold on false pretences but no one s motives in this tangled affair can be completely trusted 
3
Green Zone
Chris Hewitt
A brisk intelligent action film in which Damon comes to realize the Iraq war he s fighting was based on a lie 
3
Green Zone
John Hartl
The movie might have seemed a revelation if it had been released six or seven years ago but there s no fresh angle few surprises and no character who steps boldly forward to suggest heroism or corruption 
2.5
Green Zone
Claudia Puig
It takes a complex and important story and renders it facile Characters are etched too clearly in black and white 
2.5
Green Zone
Steven Rea
In the wake of the Oscar winning The Hurt Locker a far better film and one with a less strident less obvious agenda Green Zone arrives looking strangely anachronistic 
2.5
Green Zone
Jeff Vice
While it s watchable this convoluted and contrived speculative piece is not the ideal reteaming for Bourne Supremacy star Matt Damon and that film s director Paul Greengrass 
2
Green Zone
Wesley Morris
If tremulous 100 yard dash camerawork is Greengrass s voice this sort of movie might not be the song for him 
2.5
Green Zone
Mark Dujsik
It s intriguing material that screenwriter Brian Helgeland offers but so insistent on condemnation and vast conspiracy theories that we lose an authentic sense of damage 
2.5
Green Zone
Michael A. Smith
THIS is what The Hurt Locker should have been 
4
Green Zone
Dustin Putman
Stacked next to far better similar films like 2007 s In the Valley of Elah and 2009 s The Hurt Locker Green Zone is shrug worthy small potatoes destined to be quickly forgotten and replaced 
1.5
Green Zone
Jordan Burchette
The movie puts viewers on a war footing from minute one authentically depicting the tracer fire scattershot explosions and hostage smash n grabs that won us the Iraq war in a weekend 
3
Green Zone
Calvin Wilson
For a popcorn flick it has style and smarts And while it s not an actors film it offers solid performances 
3
Green Zone
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of Green Zone is the manner in which it interweaves fact and fiction into an engaging whole 
3.5
Green Zone
Michael Phillips
Green Zone is partly real and partly increasingly fantastic and outlandish in its wishful thinking 
2.5
Green Zone
Roger Ebert
Yes the film is fiction employs farfetched coincidences and improbably places one man at the center of all the action It is a thriller not a documentary 
4
Green Zone
Roger Moore
Green Zone isn t so much a bad movie as a misguided one 
2
Green Zone
Rex Reed
Shot by Barry Ackroyd the same cinematographer who filmed The Hurt Locker and using the same camera techniques this movie looks like outtakes from a much better film 
2
Green Zone
Nick Schager
Its rage against the U S war machine is not only five years too late but simplistic its censure screamed with all the subtlety of Shock and Awe and its schematic layout of good and evil 
.5
The Body
Roger Moore
A lean moody and superior horror thriller from Spain
3
Make-Out With Violence
Chuck Bowen
Make Out with Violence is a horror movie given the generic low budget art movie treatment 
1
Step Into Liquid
John Beifuss
Produced with an insider s knowledge and affection but surfing s moment as an exotic pop phenomenon with a big curiosity factor for landlubbers has passed 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Jeff Vice
From start to finish this documentary on the water based board sport is filled with How did they do that moments 
3.5
Step Into Liquid
Sean P. Means
Director Dana Brown s random approach lacks focus and the interviews with surf champs and hobbyists don t explain the surfing mystique 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Chris Knight
If the narration gets a little hokey at times clichéd phrases are tossed out without much thought the interview subjects are refreshingly real and you can t help but smile at their waterlogged wisdom 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Rick Groen
In any sport whether it s whacking a ball into a cup or your opponent into submission the majestic and the absurd are very close cousins and Brown is generous enough here to give us a long look at both 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Phil Villarreal
The only faults in the film are those that are basically unavoidable in extreme sports docs 
3
Step Into Liquid
Meg Jones
Captures the infectious coolness of surfing 
3
Step Into Liquid
Marty Mapes
It is almost impossible to dislike surf movies including this one
3.5
Step Into Liquid
Steven Snyder
Step Into Liquid is not a documentary so much as a love letter from director Dana Brown to his sport of surfing 
2
Step Into Liquid
Elias Savada
the best surfing film ever made 
3
Step Into Liquid
Steve Rhodes
Has a flat look blasé sound and dull colors
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Kim Morgan
Loaded with impressive IMAX style shots but surprisingly skimpy on soul 
2
Step Into Liquid
Joe Baltake
Step Into Liquid is the perfect way to end the summer 
3.5
Step Into Liquid
John Monaghan
Step into Liquid is for extreme sports fans for sure But its appeal is wide enough to leave this mild mannered movie critic itching to catch a wave someday 
3
Step Into Liquid
Chris Hewitt
There are scenes of wave riders meeting waves shot from underwater that are so gorgeous they make you feel like you re in some kind of trance 
3.5
Step Into Liquid
Mary Brennan
While Step Into Liquid has charming and even breathtaking moments it definitely flags after the halfway point 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Connie Ogle
Brown s premise is that surfing is fun anywhere and his film celebrates that idea and showcases the spectacular moves and wrecks that are an integral part of any surf movie 
3
Step Into Liquid
Janice Page
Serves up enough action and passion to stay afloat but at the end of the day it s just not the perfect ride those earlier films were 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Mike Clark
Part of the appeal is the underlying theme of the torch being passed between generations 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Peter Bernard
With goofy offbeat charm and some incredible surfing footage shot at a host of exotic locales Step Into Liquid goes beyond the average surf documentary 
3
Step Into Liquid
Terry Rodgers
If you don t surf Step Into Liquid will make you wish you did If you do surf you will be infused with stoke 
3
Step Into Liquid
Jeanne Aufmuth
Dana Brown eulogizes the stoke with stylish élan 
3
Step Into Liquid
C.W. Nevius
A bubble wash for the senses an adrenaline rush for the mind 
3
Step Into Liquid
Loren King
This lively entertaining documentary shows how surfing has evolved into an extreme sport popular the world over and yet still retains its slacker sun bleached charm 
3
Step Into Liquid
Jocelyn Noveck
88 minutes of watching people do something difficult occasionally quite reckless and unquestionably beautiful 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
Peter Travers
The best surfing documentary ever made 
3.5
Step Into Liquid
Megan Lehmann
As transporting as its otherworldly title suggests 
3
Step Into Liquid
Jami Bernard
Visually glorious 
2.5
Step Into Liquid
David Sterritt
There are some novelties like views of people surfing down sand dunes but there s also far too much self congratulation by surfers 
2
Step Into Liquid
John Anderson
Because Brown comes off as propagandizing for surfing it actually undermines his argument if you can call it that 
2
Plane
Pablo O. Scholz
The action is fast paced and the hand to hand combat is precisely choreographed Jean François Richet kept his cool in the editing room and didn t resort to strange cuts to add vertigo to the fights Full review in Spanish 
3
Plane
Jay Horton
A lack of pretension shouldn t excuse the utter absence of creative ambition 
1
Plane
Rex Reed
A first rate action thriller 
3
Plane
Sonny Bunch
Plane is the Ambulance of 2023 46 
3
Plane
David Nusair
46 46 46 a better than expected actioner that feels like a throwback to the similar themed fare of the 1980s 46 
3
Plane
Sara Michelle Fetters
Plane achieves liftoff 44 and for old school action fanatics 44 even if it doesn 8217 t stick the landing 44 watching it skid wildly off the runway into a ditch with such raucous aplomb is as ridiculous as it is wonderful 46 
2.5
Plane
Jeff Mitchell
apos Plane apos doesn apos t soar 44 but it hovers 44 entertains 44 and sticks the landing 46 
2.5
Plane
Joe Friar
French director Jean Fran 231 ois Richet who gave us the riveting Mesrine gangster films formulates a flight plan filled with thrilling shootouts 44 fight scenes 44 and characters I cared about so get out of here Awards Season and extra butter on that popcorn 33 
3
Plane
Mike McGranaghan
Going with such a bland title was an odd choice 44 given that the story is packed with thrills and excitement 46 
3
Plane
Kevin Carr
Surprisingly well made 44 this Gerard Butler action thriller paints by the numbers but is very good at painting by numbers 46 
3
Plane
James Berardinelli
Plane would have been an adequate way to waste a couple of hours lounging on the couch and munching salty snacks But as a multiplex draw Not quite even if you bring the salty snacks along 
2
Plane
Nick Allen
The biggest problem with Plane throughout is that it isn apos t wilder 59 it does not revel appropriately enough in its open dumbness 46 
2
Plane
Kevin A. Ranson
It feels shorter than it is 44 suggests more than it shows 44 and gets away with more than it should 46 Plane is oddly satisfying 46 46 46 could have been a franchise starter back in the eighties 46 46 46 in spite of being completely forgettable 46 
3
Plane
Jake Coyle
Sometimes a film without any baggage can if not quite soar at least make it to the gate on time 
2
Plane
Mark Dujsik
This is a wholly competent but only sporadically engaging thriller 46 
2.5
Plane
Randy Myers
A retro guilty pleasure one that s as predictable and as lovably dumb as the films it cribs from 
2.5
Plane
Mick LaSalle
We ve gotten too used to action as mere spectacle explosions on a video screen Plane takes time not a lot of time but just enough to make this a story about people 
3
Plane
Katie Walsh
If you go into it expecting nothing more than to enjoy watching a sweaty Butler manhandle some bad guys while Colter manhandles him 44 you 8217 ll be more than satisfied with the ride 8220 Plane 8221 offers 8212 a well executed hunk of pulpy entertainment 46 
2.5
Plane
Brian Eggert
The stripped down 44 unfussy storytelling makes Plane simplistic but entertaining 8212 and refreshingly not contingent on the artificial spectacle that dominates today 8217 s action movies 46 
3
Plane
Michael O'Sullivan
Strangely satisfying in its way flavorful and almost purist in its single minded focus on delivering empty entertainment calories 
2.5
Plane
Soren Andersen
There s nothing special about any of this but as a generic thrill machine Plane certainly delivers the goods 
2
Plane
Roger Moore
The quintessence of 8220 a really dumb movie that plays 46 8221 
2
Plane
Michael Phillips
This one s more pulp than juice but it s enjoyable 
3
She Done Him Wrong
David Reddish
Its impossible to overstate Wests influence on Western pardon the phrase culture in particular the trails she blazed for other female stars 
4
She Done Him Wrong
Matt Brunson
A pre Code gem 
3.5
She Done Him Wrong
David Nusair
As expected She Done Him Wrong boasts few positive attributes or elements worth getting excited about aside from Mae West s typically magnetic turn as the brash protagonist 
2
Night Creatures
Matt Brunson
Various disparate elements come together in a satisfying manner in this Hammer production 
3
That's What I Am
Roger Moore
The only half decent picture to come out of World Wrestling Entertainment s years long experiment with making movies
2.5
That's What I Am
Jesse Cataldo
The latest and by far most sneaky attempt to slip one of its wrestlers into multiplexes WWE Films That s What I Am is surprisingly low on testosterone 
1.5
That's What I Am
Lou Lumenick
An entertaining well made plea for tolerance 
3
That's What I Am
Rex Reed
Nothing turns out as you might expect and the plot twists provide unexpected suspense 
3
The Lodgers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Brian O Malley s The Lodgers may not be flat out scary but it gets points for its Gothic atmosphere and for its patient careful approach to a pretty good story 
3
The Lodgers
Norman Gidney
The Lodgers for all of its splendor can t seem to rise above surface references to far more effective pieces like The Others or The Orphanage We really do get a visual and aural feast But it wasn t original enough to make me forget what influenced it 
2
The Lodgers
Simon Abrams
The Lodgers disappoints on a number of levels many of which have more to do with the limitations of its creators imagination than the apparently minuscule budget 
1.5
The Lodgers
Moira MacDonald
The Lodgers is never particularly scary or even logical but it s always gorgeous to look at you can see where it s going but you might not mind watching it go there 
2
The Lodgers
David Nusair
Pretentious and pointless 
0
Miracle
Peter Canavese
Miracle capitalizes on its understanding of team dynamics the bonding of pain and gain alike the ownership of integrity over ego the satisfaction of communal accomplishment Blu ray 
3
Miracle
Chuck O'Leary
Kurt Russell is perfect as hockey coach Herb Brooks in a true story that still manages to be rousing and inspirational despite its inherent predictability 
3.5
Miracle
Jeffrey Overstreet
It takes a wonderful story and transforms it into by the numbers entertainment that doesn t show us anything new about hockey or this historic event 
2
Miracle
Mark Collette
It s not too hokey not politically correct not a mass of chewy Disney fried steak not even a miracle it s just good storytelling 
4
Miracle
Forrest Hartman
Captures all the excitement of U S hockey win 
3.5
Miracle
Bill Chambers
Invaluable proof that nothing can save a hackneyed screenplay
2
Miracle
Anita Katz
You re glad that Brooks and his team have received the big screen treatment that their story seems ideal for But it s sad to see their excellence revisited in such a mediocre movie 
2
Miracle
Lori Hoffman
It 8217 s a great sports movie that recreates an amazing moment in sports history with no frills 
3
Miracle
Linda Cook
I admit I know next to nothing about sports And I loved Miracle 
3.5
Miracle
Jonathan Rosenbaum
If you can tolerate all this phony uplift you ll also get a pretty interesting story about a shrewd Minnesota college coach named Herb Brooks 
2
Miracle
Tony Toscano
what makes the film a cut above is its spectacular camera work and well paced and meticulous attention to detail 
3
Miracle
Jeffrey Westhoff
Asking how it ends is like asking whether the boat sinks in Titanic What makes Miracle special is its respect for every event that precedes the big game 
3
Miracle
Marty Mapes
A basic feel good sports movie but if you like that sort of thing it isn t too bad
2.5
Miracle
Kit Bowen
Despite its been there done that theme Miracle stirs your emotions anyway 
3
Miracle
Michael Dequina
This middle of the road film missed a more interesting opportunity 
2.5
Miracle
Mike McGranaghan
Kurt Russell s performance ranks as one of the most compelling portraits of a coach ever committed to film 
3
Miracle
Kelly Borgeson
The puck flying stick slapping bodies slamming against the wall action couldn t be more intense
3
Miracle
Nick Rogers
Miracle is authentic and classy from its impeccably edited game re creations to its washed out game film look that s akin to what you d see on ESPN Classic 
3.5
Miracle
Dustin Putman
Amicably gets the job done while never wavering far from its often cliched path 
2.5
Miracle
James Verniere
It s a solid solidly entertaining film But the entire enterprise is a bit too square retro and harpingly on message for its own good 
3
Miracle
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a mesmerizing rollicking good time of a movie the type that puts a lump in the throat tear in the eye and a smile on the face all at the same time 
3
Miracle
Claudia Puig
Hockey fans should enjoy the movie as will fans of the underdog 
2.5
Miracle
Phoebe Flowers
Shamelessly manipulative but thoroughly enjoyable 
3
Miracle
Moira MacDonald
A better than average sports movie 
3
Miracle
Mick LaSalle
The movie s extended re creation of the game is still thrilling and nerve racking 
4
Miracle
David Elliott
Russell powers the movie along tautly 
3
Miracle
Joe Baltake
Given that we know the outcome it s amazing how much suspense Miracle engenders 
3
Miracle
Peter Travers
Miracle gives audiences something to cheer for 
3
Miracle
Sarah Chauncey
Never before has a sports movie taken so little care to ensure the audience understands the sport in question That might sound like a negative but it improves the film enormously for those who understand and love the game 
2.5
Miracle
Megan Lehmann
A by the numbers re telling of what Sports Illustrated dubbed the single greatest sports moment of the 20th century 
2
Miracle
Jack Mathews
I don t know that I ve ever felt more involved in fictional competition than I was throughout this movie and I can t tell a hockey puck from cow pie 
3
Miracle
Connie Ogle
Long on cliche and short on originality 
2
Miracle
Glenn Whipp
Miracle isn t a hockey movie or an exercise in flag waving It s really a character study of a man who dreamed big and inspired others to do the same 
3
Miracle
Robert W. Butler
A pretty solid drive delivering the uplift we expect from this sort of enterprise 
3
Miracle
Rick Groen
The climax a 20 minute dramatization of the crucial contest lacks both suspense and poetry essentially we re left to watch a clumsy recreation of a game whose outcome we already know 
2
Miracle
Terry Lawson
A fitting tribute to Brooks 
3
Miracle
Jeff Vice
A stirring sports drama 
3.5
Miracle
Roger Ebert
We know all the cliches of the modern sports movie but Miracle sidesteps a lot of them 
3
Miracle
Lawrence Toppman
An unexaggerated heartfelt but not ham fisted movie 
3.5
Miracle
Wesley Morris
Miracle successfully aims to rouse a partisan crowd 
2.5
Miracle
Phil Villarreal
This movie about a miracle matches its subject in inspiration 
3.5
Miracle
Erik Childress
There has never been as exciting a sports event filmed in the movies as there is on display in Miracle and I m including the fight in Rocky and the QB sack in Rudy
4
Miracle
Frank Ochieng
a gritty and grand feel good sporting story This is a serviceable hat trick that scores some vital goals in its high spirited gumption 
2.5
Miracle
Jeff Strickler
You don t have to know a blue line from a soup line to appreciate Miracle You ll end up cheering anyway 
4
Miracle
Dave Tianen
Miracle has the feel of a fairy tale populated by real people 
3
Miracle
David Sterritt
Miracle fails to ring true as it tries to make a sporting event an all embracing metaphor for the American way 
2
Miracle
Austin O'Connor
The story proves too perfect for even a ham handed Hollywood movie like this one to screw up
3
Miracle
Chris Hewitt
Miracle boasts a batch of lively supporting characters and the on ice action is both fast and furious 
3.5
Miracle
Bruce Newman
The first truly good movie of the year 
3.5
Miracle
Carrie Rickey
A thrilling character study but only an average action flick 
3
Miracle
Jan Stuart
Pretty standard inspirational fare 
2.5
Miracle
Josh Larsen
one of those uplifting patriotic movies you could get thrown in jail for disliking 
2.5
Miracle
Mark Caro
An effective exercise in flag waving nostalgia 
2.5
Miracle
Rob Thomas
Miracle serves as a refreshing reminder that there are other kinds of patriotism besides the you re either with us or against us variety 
3
Miracle
Rob Blackwelder
Could it be that Disney the studio that holds the trademark on triteness has developed a true flair for non patronizing fact based feel good sports movies 
3
Miracle
Ross Anthony
If you like to inspire and be inspired to work hard for your dreams then you re likely to be charged up by this film 
3.5
Miracle
James Berardinelli
Inspirational and uplifting 
3
Miracle
Matt Brunson
An acceptably middlebrow drama that asks nothing more of its audience members than to cheer at the appropriate moments 
2.5
Miracle
David Nusair
Miracle is a blatant crowd pleaser but there s no denying that it s often very effective 
3
Miracle
Jeanne Aufmuth
Has oodles of historical sentiment to work with but chooses to travel a conventional road 
2
Miracle
Steve Rhodes
In its exhilarating last act we watch our team succeed at the impossible Repeat after me U S A U S A U S A 
3
Miracle
Keith Uhlich
Kurt Russell s performance transcends the film s unilateral politics to achieve a viewer conversant three dimensions 
2
The Great Train Robbery
David Nusair
The Great Train Robbery does much like the 1975 source material tend to get bogged down in the small details regarding the titular heist 
2.5
The Great Train Robbery
Roger Ebert
Connery is one of the best light comedians in the movies and has been ever since those long ago days when he was James Bond 
3
Bringing Down the House
Greg Maki
If you ve seen the commercials for Bringing Down the House you already know the movie s best moments and most memorable lines 
2
Bringing Down the House
David Nusair
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2.5
Bringing Down the House
Jami Bernard
A comedy that successfully plays with stereotypes both racial and personal 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Mark Dujsik
At some point during Bringing Down the House I covered my face I haven t had that kind of reaction to a movie in a while 
1
Bringing Down the House
Kevin A. Ranson
Are old white guys trying to act like young black girls still funny Whoever keeps writing these kinds of scripts really needs to be hurt or at least forced to stand naked holding up a sign in NYC with their script scrawled on the front 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Matt Brunson
Just because Larry King called this One of the funniest movies ever doesn t mean the rest of us have to similarly lose control of our mental faculties Still this isn t nearly as awful as its reputation thanks mainly to its three central performances 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Forrest Hartman
Each performer charms the audience by presenting characters we like even when we shouldn t 
3
Bringing Down the House
David Keyes
In a movie as obvious as this we know exactly what is expected of people at specific intervals and it s never very funny 
2
Bringing Down the House
Collin Souter
It deserves to be buried in obscurity if not burned beyond recognition along with other comedies of its ilk including Carbon Copy He s My Girl Soul Man and Chu Chu and the Philly Flash 
.5
Bringing Down the House
Mike McGranaghan
I could never decide whether Bringing Down the House was satirizing racial stereotypes or perpetuating them 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Shankman ruins a lot of gags with poor timing brain dead cuts and uninspired staging 
2
Bringing Down the House
David N. Butterworth
The film presumes white people talking like black people to be original and they were talking jive as far back as Airplane and probably a lot earlier than that 
2
Bringing Down the House
Jonathan R. Perry
Over the last five years the unfortunate but predictable upshot of a Steve Martin appearance in a project he did not write has been cynical high concept comedies like Bringing Down the House a race relations class war romp that s as unfunny as it is o
1.5
Bringing Down the House
John Beifuss
The film dramatizes in a comic way a white upper class fear of black underclass invasion and suggests that yes maybe we can all get along 
3
Bringing Down the House
Mark Ramsey
It s side splitting knee slapping and belly aching fun the same way that a pounding headache has a good beat and you can dance to it 
1
Bringing Down the House
Frank Ochieng
exceedingly derivative and graceless a lax affair that goes for the cheap gags The architect of this particular House should deeply consider this property condemned
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Jeremy Heilman
The film only truly stumbles as it enters into its plot heavy third act which wastes a lot of energy but still can t manage to satisfy the audience s desire to see Latifah and Martin fall in love 
3
Bringing Down the House
Claudia Puig
It s a sorry situation when actors as talented and funny as Queen Latifah and Steve Martin waste their efforts in an offensive exercise that feels like a bad sitcom 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Chris Hewitt
The heart of the movie is the perfect chemistry between Latifah and Martin 
3
Bringing Down the House
Moira MacDonald
The rare film that manages to be simultaneously bland and offensive 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Mick LaSalle
This is strictly formula stuff made worse by an utterly careless depiction of the characters whose road to friendship is neither believable nor remotely accounted for 
1
Bringing Down the House
David Elliott
The movie delivers its very manufactured goods but it lacks the guts to be a meaningful comedy 
2
Bringing Down the House
Joe Baltake
The material has been done before and there s not much more one can do with it Thank God for Queen Latifah and the broad strokes she brings to it 
3
Bringing Down the House
Gary Brown
simply embarrassing 
2
Bringing Down the House
Gene Seymour
Like one of those overbearing relatives who bursts into the living room invited or not and shatters your domestic tranquility with a barrage of soggy platitudes and moldy jokes both of which he s sure you ve never heard before 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Connie Ogle
This House is built on a shaky foundation 
2
Bringing Down the House
Bob Strauss
It s obvious formulaic often very funny and oddly cheerful as it goes about debunking prejudice by playing into it 
3
Bringing Down the House
Jeff Vice
This is possibly the most embarrassing thing Steve Martin has ever been associated with 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Ty Burr
It s depressingly tame stuff 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Shirley Klass
Not only is this a cinematic travesty but it is a societal wrong 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jason Filardi s script could have been written for Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller in the 1960s with Diller in blackface Yes it s that offensive
1
Bringing Down the House
Sean P. Means
Many scenes carry a sort of contrived wackiness not seen since Bewitched went into reruns 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Lou Lumenick
There s no shortage of laughs thanks to some sharp one liners two stars at the top of their game and a solid supporting cast of veteran laugh getters 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Pam Grady
Ignore the creaky story see it for the slapstick 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Liam Lacey
A movie where each scene seems to stand in a world of its own funny tasteless stale very funny what on earth were they thinking 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
David Sterritt
The movie s real spectacle is the sight of so many talented people slogging through such idiotic material 
1
Bringing Down the House
Roger Ebert
A comedy is not allowed to end with the couples incorrectly paired It goes against the deeply traditional requirements of the audience 
2
Bringing Down the House
John Monaghan
The kind of comedy whose best bits have already surfaced in the coming attractions trailer 
2
Bringing Down the House
Kit Bowen
It s a broad comedy pure and simple but in making us laugh apparently it is also necessary to insult our intelligence 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Phil Villarreal
Has so much going for it it s all the more jarring when the laughs stop coming It s a shame the movie couldn t finish what it started 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Duane Dudek
First time director Adam Shankman and first time screenwriter Jason Filardi approach the concept with the clumsiness of people thinking about racial stereotypes for the very first time 
2
Bringing Down the House
Carrie Rickey
A gut busting stereotype busting slapstick comedy 
3
Bringing Down the House
Mark Caro
Viewers may be more likely to ride with Martin s and Latifah s good vibes than to analyze the lunkheaded racial politics but very little is fresh here 
1.5
Bringing Down the House
Erik Childress
I m ashamed that this movie exists that people got paid for it and that someone out there will eventually add it to their DVD collection 
0
Bringing Down the House
Tony Toscano
Bringing Down the House is certainly worth the ticket in 
3
Bringing Down the House
Rob Thomas
Having actresses like the matriarchal Joan Plowright say homie is shaping up to be the most irritating comedic trend of 2003 
2
Bringing Down the House
Josh Larsen
intends to unite black and white audiences and probably will by reinforcing the laziest images they have of each other 
1
Bringing Down the House
Rob Blackwelder
The film s idea of being risqu eacute is to make Martin s neighbors and law partners and most other white characters cartoonishly racist 
2
Bringing Down the House
Ross Anthony
Struggling at the outset the film actually stutters and sparks into some very funny sequences Never quite shaking itself out of the ridiculous the picture nonetheless finds a way to almost become endearing 
2.5
Bringing Down the House
Walter Chaw
That Martin even has a pink house servant costume for Latifah to wear suggests a dysfunction far more deeply embedded in the film s and our collective psyche 
1
Bringing Down the House
Steve Rhodes
Isn t slavery funny Ugh 
2
Bringing Down the House
Ed Gonzalez
And though the film s white characters repeatedly make fools of themselves they re patted on the head as if they e small children who ve just made a funny 
1
Bringing Down the House
James Berardinelli
Bringing Down the House offers proof that there are times when superior performances can salvage a mediocre script 
3
Bringing Down the House
Dustin Putman
There are enough genuine laughs to keep things fun and undemanding Queen Latifah steals the film 
2.5
Private Property
John Hartl
Allen who had a key role in Rebel Without a Cause turns Duke into a charismatic creature who takes over every scene he s in 
3
Private Property
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a disturbing film not just because of the drifters ugly plot but because of the detailed portrait of American desperation delusion and loneliness that it paints 
3
Dreamland
Randy Myers
The stylized direction along with Cole s and Robbie s performances make this worthwhile but the screenplay needed to flesh out the attraction between the two leads 
2.5
Dreamland
Mick LaSalle
Dreamland needed a movie star and it gets one in Margot Robbie 
3
Dreamland
Steven Prokopy
Dreamland feels like another pandemic second chance film that would never have gotten even this level of attention were it not for studios pushing their higher profile films into 2021 
2
Dreamland
Jocelyn Noveck
Robbie does her best to keep audiences invested in the characters and the film offers a muted vision of the period and genre but there simply isn t enough going to keep audiences moving through the molasses slow narrative pacing and pretentious staging 
3
Dreamland
Peter Sobczynski
If nothing else Dreamland affirms Margot Robbie s abilities both as an actress and as a movie star of the highest order 
2.5
Dreamland
Rex Reed
Dreamland doesn t quite work but Robbie deserves an A for effort 
2
Dreamland
Oleg Ivanov
Miles Joris Peyrafitte s ultimately succumbs to melodramatic clichés and simplistic political demagoguery 
1.5
Pop Aye
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Kirsten Tan s debut feature is a bittersweet story about the inescapable lure of the past as well as that lure s benefits and hazards 
3
Pop Aye
Christopher Kompanek
As Thana Warakulnukroh radiates a sense of unadorned humanity coupling a sense of being lost with the desire to be of service 
3
Pop Aye
Anita Katz
Pop Aye the feature debut of writer director Kirsten Tan is a conventionally structured road tale with sparkling character interactions and a delightful variation on the concept of man s best friend 
3
Pop Aye
G. Allen Johnson
A meandering slow journey with a fairly bland leading character 
2
Pop Aye
Vikram Murthi
I don t mean to damn Pop Aye with faint praise when I say that a silent elephant outshines most of his human co stars just that his mysterious yet calming nature elevates the film s occasionally humdrum substance 
2.5
Pop Aye
Clayton Dillard
Kirsten Tan s Pop Aye remains beholden to both the rhetoric and recipe of quirk fueled redemption 
2.5
Forgiveness
Matt Noller
Isn t it time to accept that narrative film may not be the best way to deal with complicated socio political issues like the Israel Palestine conflict 
2
Forgiveness
V.A. Musetto
The result is a hodgepodge of plots and styles a fault compounded by stiff acting and except for a few scenes wooden direction 
1.5
Begin Again
Charles Koplinski
Begin Again a cure for the summertime movie blues 
4
Begin Again
Pamela Powell
The story captures you from the opening scene 
4
Begin Again
Alissa Wilkinson
Begin Again is the best sort of summer movie with great performances and a solid core It s clearly a work that comes from love shared by people who enjoyed making it and that makes it fun for us to watch out in the audience too 
3.5
Begin Again
John Beifuss
The best thing about Begin Again is what it s not It s not a love story or at least not a conventional love story it s more of a friendship story between a man and a woman which is something we almost never see in movies 
2.5
Begin Again
Michael Dequina
Bonds born out of art and specifically music are nothing new in the movies but Carney conveys the uniquely exhilarating romance of the creative process behind art like no other filmmaker 
3.5
Begin Again
Linda Cook
People who love music people who love great films and people who love both are sure to love Begin Again an exquisite film by John Carney who wrought the equally superb Once 
4
Begin Again
Mal Vincent
You ll find a mismatched pair to pull for and a lot of sincerity in this musical romance by the creator of Once 
3
Begin Again
Mike McGranaghan
This is the kind of film that lifts your spirits If you ve had a bad day or are generally feeling down it will cheer you up If you re already feeling happy it will make you even happier 
3.5
Begin Again
David Nusair
breezy and consistently watchable 
3
Begin Again
Christy Lemire
The wholesome hopeful let s put on a show enthusiasm may sound hokey but it s actually infectiously joyful At the same time Carney roughs up the edges just enough to make this fairy tale seem somewhat accessible and realistic 
3
Begin Again
Chris Knight
Carney s latest isn t quite the equal of Once but who could have twice bottled that lightning 
3.5
Begin Again
John Wirt
Irish writer director John Carney is a master at depicting musicians on the cusp of something special 
3
Begin Again
Mara Reinstein
This soulful outing is sure to please music lovers And isn t that everyone 
3
Begin Again
Kate Taylor
Begin Again is a not entirely successful movie about not selling out it s a theme that must concern Carney deeply 
2.5
Begin Again
Peter Howell
Can a meaningful glance mean as much as a kiss In this film it can and that s enough 
2.5
Begin Again
Duane Dudek
No matter how thin the drama or thick the performances the film s firefly in a jar midsummer night s whimsy and heart on its sleeve optimism hath charms 
3
Begin Again
Bruce Ingram
You can t really blame writer director John Carney for trying but despite a few very nice moments this bigger slicker follow up mostly argues that Once should have been enough 
3
Begin Again
Dann Gire
Carney knows exactly what he s doing here and knows exactly what real people can t do 
3.5
Begin Again
Carla Meyer
Keira Knightley s singing voice a little too girlish a bit too breathy yet somehow still lovely is Begin Again at its essence 
3
Begin Again
Matt Brunson
With its cornball narrative and unlikely developments Begin Again is about as grounded in reality as How to Train Your Dragon 2 Yet the picture is so warmhearted and generous of spirit that it s easy to overlook its contrivances 
3
Begin Again
Mark Dujsik
Begin Again doesn t fully trust the magic Dan sees in music and as a result too often reverts to the banal of declaring what doesn t need to be said 
2.5
Begin Again
Matt Pais
Your heart and feet won t be able to resist what might be called despite the assumed objections of author Nick Hornby a High Fidelity for the iPod generation 
3
Begin Again
Joe Williams
Doggedly indie but unpretentious Begin Again is one of the best movies I ve seen about the music industry and the ways it changes people whose paths diverge 
3
Begin Again
Steven Rea
Can a song save your life And can an impossibly mushy mawkish movie make you feel good The answer to the second question anyway is yes 
2.5
Begin Again
Ann Hornaday
Begin Again may not always swing but it makes up for that in sincerity and a welcome willingness to ambush expectations 
2.5
Begin Again
Ty Burr
Begin Again is pleasantly predictable if you re in an undemanding mood If you re not it s unbearable like hearing a treasured folk song given a Hot 97 makeover 
2
Begin Again
Mick LaSalle
Carney is on to something in Begin Again some handle on a particular truth he s exploring and he remains faithful to it through the finish 
3
Begin Again
Moira MacDonald
Carney deserves great credit for the movie s clever layered structure and for resisting a few obvious plot turns along the way Lightning doesn t strike but sunshine works too 
3
Begin Again
Rafer Guzman
Begin Again is an ode to the indie rock spirit but its music written by Carney and others is as safe smooth and Starbucks friendly as Norah Jones 
2
Begin Again
Susan Wloszczyna
Begin Again makes for easy breezy entertainment 
3
Begin Again
Stephen Whitty
There s something charming even comforting about its predictability and sweet about its tone 
3
Begin Again
Claudia Puig
Ruffalo and Knightley make an engaging pair of colleagues and their musical adventure together results in an enchanting gently funny and occasionally poignant story 
3
Begin Again
Peter Travers
It s rare to find a movie that uses music to define love without sentimentalizing it But Begin Again with songs by Glen Hansard and New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander is a wonderfully appealing exception 
3
Begin Again
Kyle Smith
If Once was a bracing blast of cool spring water Begin Again is a can of Fanta If Once was a piano Begin Again is a keytar If Once was Otis Redding Begin Again is Bruno Mars 
2
Begin Again
Rex Reed
Ms Knightley isn t remotely believable as a bike riding pop singer The saving grace is Mark Ruffalo the only actor on the premises who shows any grit or passion for his character or for the music business 
2
Begin Again
Roger Moore
John Once Carney may be replaying his greatest hit here but Keira sings Keira sings 
2.5
Begin Again
Kam Williams
An enchanting musical adventure amounting to the best kept cinematic secret of the summer At least until now 
4
Begin Again
David Lee Dallas
It s a film that lives in the high and not in the comedown even though its characters are often stalled and wallowing 
3
Out 1, Noli Me Tangere
David N. Butterworth
A cineaste s wet dream All 13 hours of it 
3.5
Out 1, Noli Me Tangere
Carson Lund
Out 1 is largely a film of conversation as its prolonged rehearsal vignettes regularly give way to even lengthier scenes of verbal self analysis 
2.5
Out 1, Noli Me Tangere
Jonathan Rosenbaum
While the actors are responsible for much of the creativity these are the director s most obsessive works every shot and scene is set up more as a question than an answer hinging on the adventure and mystery of not knowing what will happen next 
4
Out 1, Noli Me Tangere
Keith Uhlich
An extended anthropological discourse a dissection of the dashed dreams and hopes of a counterculture destroying itself from within due to a misunderstood threat from without 
4
Best Sellers
Michael Medved
A clumsy effort at comedic melodrama that attempts to tug the heartstrings in a manipulative and misguided manner 
1.5
Best Sellers
Peter Canavese
A watchable comedy with an extremely contrived plot Nothing about it is believable but Michael Caine delivers a great performance 
2
Best Sellers
Roger Moore
Caine does a grand grump and Plaza reaches beyond her repertoire of eviscerating man eating side eyes They make this page turner worth sticking with until the bittersweet end 
2.5
Best Sellers
Mike McGranaghan
I m not sure what the purpose of making this movie was Nothing about it is original and because it s so thoroughly predictable from start to finish there s no worthwhile message to be gained from it 
1.5
Best Sellers
Rob Thomas
Seeing Michael Caine in Best Sellers is like finding a first edition in the middle of a rack of used paperbacks 
2
Best Sellers
Rex Reed
If there s a central message we should take home and think about it eludes me 
2
Best Sellers
Mark Dujsik
The last act change only confirms that the filmmakers aren t sure what to do with the original conceit 
2
Best Sellers
Randy Myers
Roessler s debut is an enjoyable diversion even though Anthony Grieco s screenplay could have been more pointed about the publishing industry 
2.5
Best Sellers
Chris Vognar
There s not much to recommend here besides Caine 
2
Eyes Without a Face
Brian Eggert
Eyes Without a Face remains such an enduring classic because of its rich signification its horror employs thematically haunted and evocative symbols of eyes faces and masks 
4
Eyes Without a Face
Michael Wilmington
Eyes Without a Face is a perfect example of how cinematic poetry can transform a seemingly disreputable movie genre 
3.5
Eyes Without a Face
Matt Brunson
A terror tale that s as poetic as it is horrific 
3
Eyes Without a Face
Mark Bourne
In its sedate measured virtuosity eloquently haunting imagery abuts the queasily naturalistic It s both beautiful and grisly lyric and sinister 
4
Eyes Without a Face
Chris Barsanti
It s not a masterpiece but it certainly isn t forgettable 
3
Eyes Without a Face
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Franjau concentrates on weaving an incredibly frail spell and keeps it wafting in just the right spaces throughout the film the beautiful black and white Cinemascope cinematography helps a great deal 
3
Eyes Without a Face
Wesley Morris
Outre as it is never tires as hypnotic touching ghastly fun 
3.5
Eyes Without a Face
David Elliott
Amazingly all the excesses and derangements of filming since that time have not muffled the dream force of Franju s vision 
4
Eyes Without a Face
Michael Szymanski
Told with the surrealism of a Jean Cocteau film and with the fanciful style of Metropolis and Fritz Lang this is a great classic that warrants discovery or re discovery 
4
Eyes Without a Face
Roger Ebert
Franju constructs an elegant visual work here is a horror movie in which the shrieks are not by the characters but by the images 
3.5
Beyond the Edge
Robert Levin
You can t help but wonder how much more someone like Werner Herzog could have done with the story 
2.5
Beyond the Edge
Moira MacDonald
It s all rendered in 3D with the archival footage reformatted you ll feel the Everest chill and gape at the astonishing vistas 
2.5
Love Accidentally
Kevin Carr
The story is overused by a mile and there are an absurd number of plot holes 44 this is really made for fans of harmless and mindless romances 46 
1.5
The Middle of the World
Marta Barber
Where Middle of the World becomes more appealing is in showing life along the less traveled roads of Brazil a landscape of beauty and poverty nomad lives and basic instincts in a determination to make the best of a lurid existence 
2.5
The Middle of the World
David Nusair
the problem is it s not terribly interesting 
2
The Middle of the World
Gabe Leibowitz
A moving coming of age story that invokes memories of films such as Pixote with significantly less violence and The Bicycle Thief 
3
On the Basis of Sex
David Nusair
Filmmaker Mimi Leder delivers a watchable yet hopelessly forgettable biopic 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Jeff Mitchell
This RBG feature film might be a good companion piece with the RBG documentary The doc is better 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Lisa Trifone
As biopics go On the Basis of Sex tells her story in an appropriately approachable pleasant way What it lacks in cinematic ambition it more than makes up for with admiration for its subject 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Mattie Lucas
Pleasant but often uninspired an enjoyable history lesson that is as noble in intention as it is ultimately forgettable 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Linda Cook
Here s a solid biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Call this the fast food version of her life and expect little in the way of substance 
1.5
On the Basis of Sex
Matt Brunson
The film itself may be conventional but it s also captivating and it culminates with a courtroom showdown that offers instant satisfaction yet also doesn t erase subsequent history 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Barry Paris
It s a truly beguiling and inspirational biopic of the life of U S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Brandy McDonnell
Although On the Basis of Sex sticks too closely to the standard conventions of fact based underdog movies Director Mimi Leder s storytelling has vibrancy that keeps the biopic from feeling dutiful 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Rob Thomas
While Daniel Stiepleman s screenplay fudges the facts here and there to amp up the drama enough of the real woman shines through in Felicity Jones fiery performance to make it a satisfying if formulaic film
3
On the Basis of Sex
Pamela Powell
A standout film with exceptional performances to re create a time in history that determined the future of women not only today but tomorrow as well 
4
On the Basis of Sex
Josh Terry
As a biopic On the Basis of Sex is OK Jones s performance is solid as usual though the focus on the Moritz case limits the film s ability to truly probe the depths of its subject 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Josh Bell
It s perfectly adequate as a feel good rallying cry even if it s cinematically pedestrian dramatically forgettable and politically unsophisticated 
2
On the Basis of Sex
Joe Friar
At times the film feels like a Lifetime movie but the entertainment factor is high Felicity Jones is superb as true to life superhero Ruth Bader Ginsburg 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Sean P. Means
On the Basis of Sex has the feel of a crowd pleaser though it relies heavily on the goodwill fans already share for RBG s tenacity and genius 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Mara Reinstein
The formulaic film doesn t carry enough heft for consideration as a must see Oscar contender 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Bob Bloom
The movie s major flaw is that it hews too close to the conventional tropes of the biopic genre instead it should be as groundbreaking as its subject 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Mike McGranaghan
Any small imperfections aside the magnitude of the true story and the strong work from Felicity Jones make this movie impossible to ignore 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Katie Walsh
A rather broad biopic but it beautifully argues the importance of Ginsburg s work prior to the Supreme Court and is a lovely tribute to the woman who would become the Notorious RBG 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Robert Horton
It s too bad the movie paints the opposing lawyers as such single note chauvinist pigs in order to pump up the drama because the case itself is engrossing 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Ty Burr
On the Basis of Sex is dutiful Classics Illustrated filmmaking with the villains easy to spot the goal distant but obtainable and an 11th hour speech that just may save the day 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Robert Levin
It s an old fashioned crowd pleaser in the best possible sense let s be honest if you re going to make a traditional Hollywood movie about an underdog fighting an unjust system it d be tough to find a more appropriate subject 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Richard Roeper
Well intentioned and occasionally inspirational but mostly flat and safe and cliché riddled origins story about Ginsburg s nascent career 
2
On the Basis of Sex
Maren Longbella
There is hardly a false moment here 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Chris Hewitt
If it pleases the court I d argue that there s one big problem with this honorable attempt to tell us who Ruth Bader Ginsburg is There s too much material RBG s life is not a movie it s a miniseries 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Rafer Guzman
For Bader Ginsburg s many devoted fans this glowing tribute may be just the ticket 
2.5
On the Basis of Sex
Mark Jenkins
As filmmaking it s clunky but as fan service it s more effective 
2
On the Basis of Sex
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a magnificent showcase for Jones the talented actress giving one of the best performances of her career 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Alan French
With strong direction from Mimi Leder the snapshot of the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg lets its stars show off their charisma 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Joey Magidson
The main issue is if you didn t already know why Ginsburg is an icon nothing on the screen really tells you It s a pleasant experience but also bit of a missed opportunity 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Daniel Stiepleman who happens to be Ginsburg s nephew puts the focus of this section of Ginsburg s life where it matters on the law 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Gary Thompson
Real change takes time and who would know that better than Basis director Leder also a pioneer 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Moira MacDonald
While the structure occasionally feels a bit awkward On the Basis of Sex has the kind of crowd pleasing story that skims over any minor shortcomings by its end you re ready to cheer 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Rex Reed
I raise a glass to any movie about her no matter how they tell her story Long may she reign 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Mick LaSalle
On the Basis of Sex is a serious movie that slowly earns its emotion and enlists our involvement Even before the finish it s goosebumps all around 
4
On the Basis of Sex
Barry Hertz
On the Basis of Sex falls regrettably flat 
2
On the Basis of Sex
Bruce DeMara
Leder draws lovely performances across the board bringing clarity and warmth to a complicated but important historical moment 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Rene Sanchez
Despite its conventional style On the Basis of Sex is an inspiring and moving story of a real life hero Full Review in Spanish 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The casting and acting here are the high point 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Mark Kennedy
Leder somehow makes a wonky court case about Section 214 of the tax code which deals with dependent care expenses into a nail biting thriller 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Nell Minow
Director Mimi Leder has an eye for telling detail and a sure sense of pacing 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Johnny Oleksinski
By joining the Cult of Ruth it doesn t make the main character into the complex compelling person she surely is Here Ginsburg is just an idea a symbol a meme 
2
On the Basis of Sex
James Berardinelli
On the Basis of Sex mostly avoids hero worship in recreating the shameful truth of where the country was a half century earlier and the importance of Ginsburg in the legal aspect of the shift that continues to this day 
3
On the Basis of Sex
Derek Smith
On the Basis of Sex is too often busy revering Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her confidence and brilliance to bother with presenting her as a living breathing human being 
2
On the Basis of Sex
Roger Moore
Liberalism s legal Obi Wan Kenobi gets her due in this thrilling if somewhat conventional bio pic 
3.5
On the Basis of Sex
Erik Anderson
For On the Basis of Sex which shrinks in the shadow of the successful documentary RBG from last spring missing details and character motivations become crucial missteps in a film that is still probably guaranteed to be an inspirational crowdpleaser 
2
Red Sorghum
Roger Ebert
There is a strength in the simplicity of this story in the almost fairy tale quality of its images and the shocking suddenness of its violence that Hollywood in its sophistication has lost 
3
The Aristocrats
Jay Antani
A tedious dud that sparks once or twice with big laughs
2
The Aristocrats
Eric Melin
For those of us who can handle a heaping helping of shock talk the reward of The Aristocrats lie in our ability to focus a critical spotlight on ourselves 
3
The Aristocrats
Lawrence Toppman
What makes the experience enjoyable for those who tough out the vulgarity will be insights into comedy 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Linda Cook
So this man walks into this talent agent s office wait a minute I can t even begin to think about telling The Joke 
4
The Aristocrats
Marty Mapes
A veritable who s who in American comedy with a few Brits and Canadians thrown in 
3.5
The Aristocrats
Carla Meyer
An intentionally one joke film The Aristocrats can t help but be repetitive and its endless muck and perversions can wear on a viewer 
3
The Aristocrats
Duane Dudek
It is a toxically funny exercise in vulgarity of the sort for which the First Amendment appears to have been invented 
3
The Aristocrats
Phil Villarreal
You d think that hearing the same joke told dozens of time in a row would get boring and you d be right some of the time But when a comic captures fire look out 
3
The Aristocrats
Jeff Vice
It takes an extremely open mind and a strong constitution to stomach a lot of this 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Sean P. Means
The Aristocrats is not just funny it s instructive about what people find taboo and how comedians test those limits 
3
The Aristocrats
Josh Larsen
If you can get past the obscenity although there probably is something wrong with you if you can it works as a revealing study of what in effect is so funny 
3.5
The Aristocrats
Steve Rhodes
vile and disgusting my audience lapped it up I didn t go along with the frivolity but I did groan a lot 
1.5
The Aristocrats
James Verniere
After half an hour of variations on a theme I started to experience gross out fatigue 
2.5
The Aristocrats
James Berardinelli
Like The Joke after which it is named it s easily dismissed 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Geoff Pevere
If the Marquis de Sade had set The 120 Days of Sodom in a Catskills club the result might have been something like The Aristocrats 
3
The Aristocrats
Moira MacDonald
It s very funny but it s also a bit dull 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Mick LaSalle
Like the joke the filmmakers keep their movie alive not by changing any of the fundamentals but by finding new ways to embroider the basic material 
3
The Aristocrats
Carrie Rickey
I laughed myself blue 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Rene Rodriguez
The joke itself is not very funny It s the delivery the invention and grossness each comedian brings to it that makes it funny 
3
The Aristocrats
Bruce Westbrook
Alone the jokes would become a tedious 87 minute blur But The Aristocrats also has eloquent analyses by George Carlin show stealing bits by Sarah Silverman and Whoopi Goldberg and inventive ways to keep the joke from getting stale 
3
The Aristocrats
Rick Groen
The iron rule There ain t nothing funny about analyzing comedy The bizarre exception The Aristocrats 
3
The Aristocrats
Terry Lawson
The dissection of a joke is never pretty but it has never been nastier than it is in The Aristocrats 
3
The Aristocrats
Lisa Kennedy
As The Aristocrats repeats its chorus of dirt again and again one starts to weary Call it filth fatigue 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Mary F. Pols
At the end of the film you ll probably feel you never need to hear The Aristocrats again But you ll also feel as though you ve had the ultimate comedy lover s insider experience 
3
The Aristocrats
Ty Burr
A working demonstration of the pleasures of the profane 
3.5
The Aristocrats
Jeffrey Westhoff
Provenza and Jillette are too close to the subject They think it is far more amusing than it is and worth far more time than it does 
1.5
The Aristocrats
Walter Chaw
Wholly reliant on your affection for volume repetition and the individuals involved 
2
The Aristocrats
Allison Benedikt
Though you ll laugh your head off the whole film kind of morphs into a blur with one poop sex abuse joke after another 
3
The Aristocrats
Chris Hewitt
The implication in The Aristocrats is that comedy with its improvisations and riffs is a lot like jazz 
3
The Aristocrats
Phoebe Flowers
Deeply foul and painfully funny 
3
The Aristocrats
Roger Ebert
The Aristocrats might have made a nice short subject 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Peter Canavese
Gilbert Gottfried s version at a Friar s Roast just after 9 11 reminds us that irony will never be dead It s the role of comedy to test our boundaries of comfort 
3.5
The Aristocrats
Frank Houston
The Aristocrats may not be as insightful as it purports to be but it is good for a few gut laughs if you ve got the stomach for it 
3
The Aristocrats
Aaron Hillis
Predictably redundant and not as consistently wet your pants hilarious as the project s been pitched its feature length exhibition was obviously an afterthought 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Stephen Whitty
There s something fascinating in its experiment of giving 100 comics the same joke to tell Something provocative in what it has to show us about good humor and bad taste and taboos 
3
The Aristocrats
Jack Mathews
One of the funniest films I ve seen in years 
3.5
The Aristocrats
Lou Lumenick
You ll either be screaming with laughter or be incredibly offended 
3.5
The Aristocrats
Pam Grady
Ninety minutes is a long time to devote to a single joke and while this peek into the backstage lives of comedians is fascinating up to a point Provenza and Jillette could have made that point in 20 minutes 
2
The Aristocrats
Bob Strauss
Often gut busting enlightening and completely filthy 
3
The Aristocrats
Claudia Puig
There s something oddly cathartic in observing dozens of comics being so silly and in sharing the hilarity with the theater audience unsure if they should be laughing or calling the local authorities 
3
The Aristocrats
David Sterritt
Mighty monotonous after a while 
2
The Aristocrats
Peter Travers
This killer funny documentary from Paul Provenza produces more laughs than any hundred jokes you ever heard 
3
The Aristocrats
Gene Seymour
The ante is upped and reupped by what has to be the most crowded and eclectic greenroom of comedians ever captured by roving handheld cameras 
3
The Aristocrats
Dustin Putman
The most in depth study of a single joke that has likely ever been attempted on film 
2.5
The Aristocrats
Nick Schager
It s hard to imagine a documentary more foul mouthed or jaw droppingly side splittingly hilarious 
3.5
Hammer of the Gods
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review This Blu ray disc of Hammer of the Gods looks aesthetically beautiful brought to life in all its moody fog drenched glory My only wish is that the film itself was better 
1.5
Hammer of the Gods
Dean Essner
An unbearably stupid exercise in gore that deserves to die the same cruel soulless death that nearly every character does at some point in the film 
.5
Monsters Wanted
Dustin Putman
Focused and perpetually fascinating 
3
Good Luck
Keith Uhlich
Ben Russell s documentary is a thought provoking snapshot of humanity reduced to a pale shadow by economic discontent 
3.5
The Damned Don't Cry
Josh Larsen
What a feast for Joan Crawford 
4
The Damned Don't Cry
Jeremiah Kipp
Like the star in question this diva showcase knows what it is and what it s good at 
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Michael Dequina
Without a single scare to its credit nor a particularly inspired storyline this film fails to justify its existence 
2
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Scott Nash
It will be consigned to the bin with all the other Dracula rejects 
1
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
David Nusair
46 46 46 a distressingly lackluster endeavor that squanders an appealing setup and talented roster of performers 46 
2
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Walter Chaw
Its screenplay is so rudderless and random that it might just as well have been written by the vacuous pre teens that most likely comprise its key demographic 
0.5
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Tor Thorsen
An entertaining excursion into the cheap thrills of second rate horror with plenty of bloody mayhem kitschy crucifixes and heaving bodices for the Nosferatu inside you 
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
James Berardinelli
There is very little that this film does right and I can identify nothing to justify its existence 
1
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Peter Stack
A bloody mess as a movie one with acting so lame it s likely to prompt shrieks not of horror but of derisive laughter 
1
The Translator
Roger Moore
Gripping Engrossing 
3
Tig
David Wiegand
The pile of calamities in Notaro s life was devastating but as she talks about them you come to understand that in a way surviving one challenge strengthened her to deal with the next 
4
Tig
Rob Thomas
In the end Tig isn t about anything more than herself but the combination of her sense of humor and hard won perspective on life makes it a very easy and affecting couple of hours to spend with her 
3
Versus
Janice Page
A major splatter fest 
3
Versus
Michael Wilmington
For a low budget ghost yakuza thriller Versus is a fairly impressive achievement 
3
Susana: The Devil & the Flesh
Ed Gonzalez
While the melodrama is certainly potent Susana lacks considerable bite 
3
Cuban Fury
Rob Thomas
If Cuban Fury launches Frost into bigger and better films it s worth it 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Alynda Wheat
Nick Frost amuses as a salsa dancing fool even if he has no chemistry with co star Rashida Jones 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Robert Levin
The film has enough charm and energy to subvert diminished expectations 
3
Cuban Fury
Rafer Guzman
Ultimately the film rides on Frost who carries it with charm grace and plenty of heart 
2.5
Cuban Fury
James Berardinelli
It ends up feeling a little like warmed over Strictly Ballroom without Baz Lurhmann s over the top sense of style 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Roger Moore
Predictable but cute Chris O Dowd pretty much steals it 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Susan Wloszczyna
I don t know about you but anything done with an English accent usually seems all the more tolerable for it 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Bruce Ingram
A little more fury might have been a whole lot better 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Leba Hertz
There s nothing groundbreaking in Cuban Fury but it s a pleasant diversion starring the always amiable Nick Frost with Chris O Dowd relishing his role as a slimeball 
3
Cuban Fury
Soren Andersen
It has its laugh out loud moments Most unfortunately come fairly late in the picture 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Sara Stewart
A rather unremarkable if endearing entry in the quirky rom com genre 
2
Cuban Fury
Michael Phillips
Frost has all it takes to run his own show Now he just needs a better show 
2.5
Cuban Fury
Matt Pais
If your movie doesn t believe the guy should get the girl the audience won t either 
2
Cuban Fury
Ed Gonzalez
The film is thin on concept and limited in style but the filmmakers have the good sense to let their characters remain playful and goofy throughout 
2.5
Ghostbusters
David Gonzalez
While Ghostbusters II failed to have the same effect on me 44 it will take nothing away from the greatness of this film and is one of my personal top 10 films of all time 46 Ghostbusters is the definition of a classic 46 
4
Ghostbusters
David Nusair
an erratic yet consistently entertaining summer blockbuster 
3
Ghostbusters
Joseph Gelmis
Ghostbusters is like romping through Disneyland s haunted house with Bill Murray 
3
Ghostbusters
Kathleen Carroll
Ghostbusters is primarily a showcase for Murray who slinks through the movie muttering his lines in his usual cheeky fashion and getting off an occasionally hilarious crack that proves he s thoroughly enjoying himself 
3
Ghostbusters
Scott Nash
It s almost impossible not to smile while watching it 
4
Ghostbusters
Austin Kennedy
GHOSTBUSTERS is a movie that I ve seen well over a hundred times and I m still not sick of it nor do I think I ever will It s an iconic comedy that I think has held up very well over the past 30 years 
4
Ghostbusters
Josh Larsen
If for nothing else deserves to be fondly remembered for bringing the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man into the world 
3
Ghostbusters
Eric Henderson
The movie s tongue in cheek and pre subprime satire of surging capitalist hubris is scarcely mitigated by the necessary fairy tale ending 
3.5
Ghostbusters
Peter Canavese
Dan Aykroyd s inventive comedy concept for Ghostbusters attracted an all star comedy team to bust out an classic of mainstream 80s cinema 
3.5
Ghostbusters
Roger Ebert
This movie is an exception to the general rule that big special effects can wreck a comedy 
3.5
Ghostbusters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I had a good giggle watching Ghostbusters again and I recommend checking it out for an evening of turn your brain off entertainment 
3
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America
Robert Horton
Engaging if generic in its approach And it raises issues that surely demand deeper explanation 
3
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America
Elise Nakhnikian
The film is a debater with some interesting points to make but no overall argument to contain them 
2
A Zed & Two Noughts
Jeremiah Kipp
None of Greenaway s films take place in anything resembling naturalism or realism and they don t feel modern They re like archaic storybook adaptations of Jacobean plays illustrated by Vermeer 
3
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Lisa Kennedy
Shapiro s film is fascinating even if it can t possibly answer all the mysteries propelling the work of a photographer whose interest in secrets was rooted in wondering what tales were being uncovered in his psychologist father s basement office 
3.5
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
John Beifuss
Explores the life art and working methods of Brooklyn born photographer Gregory Crewdson now know for painstakingly and expensively staged tableaux of homes and neighborhoods that require in essence a film crew to create 
3
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Sebastian Smee
Brief Encounters is a smart well constructed documentary that will enthrall Crewdson fans 
3
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Peter Keough
Ben Shapiro shot this documentary over 10 years and not only achieves a portrait of the artist but also captures the artistic process itself following Crewdson from initial inspiration to finished product 
3.5
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Farran Smith Nehme
Crewdson s work ultimately begins to seem less enigmatic than he is himself 
3
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Ela Bittencourt
Ben Shapiro s goal isn t so much a comprehensive biopic as an in the moment snapshot of creative fervent 
3.5
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Mattie Lucas
It s hard to pull focus away from the sheer majesty of the story and its stunning imagery 
2.5
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
John Beifuss
In this era of Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel the project seems rather redundant 
2.5
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Lou Lumenick
Nick Stringer s documentary about the 25 year migratory cycle of loggerhead turtles has some remarkable underwater footage 
2.5
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Roger Moore
It s a bit long to be as kid friendly as this educational and visually striking film is meant to be But it will give you a renewed appreciation for who these creatures are 
2.5
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Nick Schager
Anthropomorphizes its shelled protagonist in a manner so melodramatic as to make one cringe 
1
The Whistlers
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final cry The Whistlers makes is one of forgiveness and grace the unspoken connective pull of human understanding impossible to resist 
3
The Whistlers
Ty Burr
The effort s worth it if only for the pleasure of seeing one of the world s finest filmmakers let his hair down and play his justified paranoia for genre thrills 
3.5
The Whistlers
Joe Friar
The latest entry in the Romanian New Wave heads towards Hollywood neo noir territory Compelling funny and another great performance by Vlad Ivanov 
3.5
The Whistlers
Lisa Trifone
The Whistlers is filled with bright bold colors and colorful bold performances 
3
The Whistlers
Pat Padua
The Whistlers has more than enough sex and violence to satisfy the average action movie fan But dig a bit deeper and you ll find a mother lode of meaning just below the surface 
4
The Whistlers
Catherine Springer
The film feels like episode 5 of a series on Netflix only you missed episodes 1 through 4 
1
The Whistlers
Simon Abrams
There s not much to Porumboiu s latest beyond a surplus of plot twists and double crosses 
2.5
The Whistlers
Mark Dujsik
I f we cared too much for anyone within the story we might not appreciate how well Porumboiu plays the pieces against each other 
3
The Whistlers
Roger Moore
That rare cops and criminals picture that gives us a little to chew on and a new skill to practice Canary Islands whistling 
3
The Whistlers
Joey Magidson
Part of the appeal is how much the cast commits to the premise Vlad Ivanov and Catrinel Marlon take their roles very seriously even when they re doing some unusual things 
3
The Whistlers
Peter Howell
A great idea badly executed 
2
The Whistlers
Nathalie Atkinson
To the untrained Silbo mimics birdsong and this peculiarity is as much for absurd effect than service to story 
3
The Whistlers
David Nusair
The very sporadic inclusion of compelling sequences coupled with an admittedly memorable finale ensures that The Whistlers is ultimately at the very least watchable 
2.5
The Cemetery Club
Roger Ebert
The movie has a serious undertone lightened from time to time by scenes that don t quite seem to fit as if the revisions were designed to lighten the mood Still I liked it partly because of the honesty of the love story 
3
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Peter Canavese
An enduring film property with an unforgettable catch phrase Klaatu barada nikto and socially conscious themes Blu ray 
4
The Day the Earth Stood Still
David Nusair
remains a cut above the majority of its campy 50s brethren 
3
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Josh Larsen
dispels any notion you might have about shlocky science fiction 
3.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Bill Weber
Iconic from the get go 
3.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very good but slowish and slightly high minded 
3
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Matt Brunson
Long considered a touchstone in science fiction cinema this stood apart from most of the other 50s sci fi outings for many reasons 
3.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
James O'Ehley
Next time your parents tell you that they don t make them like they used to believe them 
3.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Steve Rhodes
From beginning to end The Day the Earth Stood Still is a lot of fun 
3
Easter Sunday
Jeff Mitchell
The film works best when Koy and his on screen family are together 44 but a distracting plot thread inexplicably and frequently separates them 46 
2
Easter Sunday
Michael Phillips
A smaller scale comedy offering a fair number of laughs and sending the audience out with an intergenerational karaoke rendition of I Gotta Feeling that hits the spot Even with its misses 
2.5
Easter Sunday
Dwight Brown
Jo Koy s vibrant spirit leaves a lasting impression 
2.5
Easter Sunday
Erik Childress
When all else fails 8211 and literally everything but one line fails 8211 Jo Koy resorts to just solving problems with stand up comedy and cutaways to laughter that are the equivalent of an applause sign until it compounds into a near murder kidnapping 46 
1
Easter Sunday
Ray Gill Jr.
Easter Sunday reflects on the realities of generational assimilation but it never loses sight of the inherent humor that only family can expose 
4
Easter Sunday
Mike McGranaghan
I honestly don apos t know what the point of Easter Sunday was supposed to be 46 Then again 44 the filmmakers don apos t seem to have been entirely sure about that 44 either 46 
1.5
Easter Sunday
Leo Brady
Easter Sunday has a myriad of problems 44 none of them having to do with the lead 44 but everything to do with what passes as 8220 good comedy 8221 today 46 
2
Easter Sunday
Steven Prokopy
The caper elements of the movie are mostly tedious 44 but the family dynamic is genuinely sweet and hard not to be moved by 46 
2.5
Easter Sunday
Jocelyn Noveck
One can t help leaving with a smile Food family a big karaoke scene and a spotlight on an immigrant community underrepresented in Hollywood There are worse ways to spend 96 minutes 
2
Easter Sunday
Nell Minow
The entire cast is excellent 44 including a surprise Filipino guest star 46 It apos s a pleasure to see their jubilance in bringing their culture to screen 44 which shines even in the script 8217 s weakest moments 46 
2.5
Easter Sunday
Mark Dujsik
Koy plays a supporting role here 46 46 46 to the sheer number of complications and obstacles and throwaway gags 46 46 46 
1
Easter Sunday
Pat Padua
Even if you don 8217 t get all the ethnic jokes 44 there 8217 s plenty of family drama that anybody will recognize 44 no matter their background 46 
2.5
Easter Sunday
Roger Moore
The script apos s low hanging fruit laughs and trite Hollywood choice to have Koy play a struggling comic gives the film the feel of a sitcom pilot 46 
2
Easter Sunday
Michael Phillips
The folks on the screen are the whole show and this genial showcase for standup comic Jo Koy has the advantage of showing off a wealth of Asian Pacific American talent pretty badly undervalued by establishment Hollywood 
2.5
I'm the One That I Want
Steve Rhodes
Her comedic grammar requires every funny line to be screamed with such ear piercing shrillness
2
The Raft
Richard Roeper
Blinded by his ego acting like the captain of the Bounty Genoves apparently never realized the experiment was valuable and was yielding interesting if surprising results 
3
The Raft
Steven Prokopy
The Raft revives the journey and the memories in a way that seems shockingly relevant at a time when no one on earth seems to get along 
3.5
The Raft
Simon Abrams
In The Raft less authorial control doesn t necessarily make for a better story 
2.5
The Raft
Christopher Gray
The film uses Santiago Genovés s experiment to scrutinize memory and capture the feeling of life under a very curious sort of dictatorship 
3
Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?
Sal Cinquemani
Mother May I Sleep with Danger miraculously doesn t buckle under the self serious weight of its myriad references 
3
Sk8 Life
Geoff Pevere
With its likeably tentative performances hyped up pacing and blending of DV based visual styles Sk8 Life often feels more like a reality based MTV show 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Mattie Lucas
Its scares are undeniably effective but the overall product lacks a real hook to pull in the audience 
2
Paranormal Activity
Roger Moore
Fun as a communal experience in a crowded theater Scary Not that often 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Peter Keough
Oren Peli in his feature debut has a few jolts in store and the natural performances of the cast and the aura of reality provided by the video format keep the tension high 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Walter Chaw
It s a good try 
1
Paranormal Activity
Roger Ebert
It illustrates one of my favorite points that silence and waiting can be more entertaining than frantic fast cutting and berserk f x For extended periods here nothing at all is happening and believe me you won t be bored 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Lori Hoffman
It has a few good scares but one has to sit through nearly 80 minutes of mind numbing tedium before the payoff 
1.5
Paranormal Activity
Jay Antani
effectively scary
3
Paranormal Activity
Michael A. Smith
As the days progress we begin to notice a growing sense of terror one that builds until the film s end 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
David Nusair
the filmmaker s inability to draw the viewer into the unabashedly spare storyline is exacerbated by an almost egregiously uneventful opening half hour 
2
Paranormal Activity
Michael Dequina
Fun creepy unpretentious little haunted house rides like these are so hard to come by these days that slight overpraise is understandable 
3
Paranormal Activity
Rossiter Drake
There are few surprises in Paranormal Activity from its beginning to its ho hum ending But there are enough jolts in the night to keep you alert and otherworldly intrusions that make the skin crawl 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Josh Larsen
The time counter clicks away in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and you ll find your eyes clinging to it like a life preserver 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Kit Bowen
Whoa nelly this is about the most frightening movie I ve seen in a long time 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Mike McGranaghan
Paranormal Activity goes on the short list of films that totally completely freaked me out 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Nick Rogers
Good horror films command a surplus of attention They don t cater to its deficit Depressingly overused sensory cues clue the audience into whenever something spooky s happening as if saying it s time to stop Tweeting or texting An overhyped bust 
2
Paranormal Activity
Sean P. Means
A chilling minimalist shocker shot in a week for an initial budget of merely 11 000 that scares and entertains better than movies made for 10 000 times more 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Tirdad Derakhshani
Peli is to be congratulated for pulling off such an audacious project but he needs a sharper sense of timing The film s pacing is uneven which weakens the suspense 
3
Paranormal Activity
Lou Lumenick
Like legendary producer Val Lewton in the 40s director Oren Peli who shot Paranormal in seven days in his own home understands that what s most frightening is what you don t see but merely suggested 
3
Paranormal Activity
Rene Rodriguez
As far as communal experiences at the multiplex go the film delivers 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Justine Elias
It s like watching a YouTube clip of your irritating neighbors knee deep in muck as they argue the effectiveness of plumbers 
2
Paranormal Activity
Linda Cook
Ten years after The Blair Witch Project flew onto the screen now comes Paranormal Activity another movies based on fictitious found video 
3
Paranormal Activity
James Kendrick
absolutely bone chilling
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Sean O'Connell
Far more effective during its nighttime scenes
3
Paranormal Activity
John Beifuss
Maybe we shouldn t have the camera Katie asks raising the interesting if undeveloped notion that the plugged in generation s endless self regard and intentional surrendering of privacy invites discontent disruption even disaster 
3
Paranormal Activity
Willie Waffle
Peli is daring the audience to look for activity beyond the door frame catch a shadow moving across the floor or watch something get tossed across the room to wake up the couple It s brilliant 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Mark Dujsik
Undeniably scary 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Peter Howell
The people most scared by Paranormal Activity may be the makers of high priced special effects who will have to explain to studio bosses how a kid with 15 000 and one or two cameras can create such effective terror 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Eric Melin
There is a certain amount of suspension of disbelief that you must accept in order for the movie to work for you 
2
Paranormal Activity
Rob Humanick
Paranormal Activity only occasionally rises above the status of a cute haunted house tour or hayride 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Christian Toto
Paranormal Activity lives up to a good three quarters of the hype That s a better equation than most of today s limp horror hits can boast 
3
Paranormal Activity
Gina Carbone
Sorry The emperor is naked It was just an OK indie horror film with more shaky camerawork Is this really the highest standard we can set 
2.5
Paranormal Activity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A satisfying terrifying experience 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Peter Hartlaub
A few people in the audience were laughing during the first half of the film No one was laughing during the long walk out of the theater 
3
Paranormal Activity
Chris Hewitt
It s unsettling and smart and it delivers what it promises but it s also the sort of slow burn movie that is likely to disappoint viewers if they go after hearing for weeks that it s one of the scariest movies ever made 
3
Paranormal Activity
Claudia Puig
This unsettling ultra low budget tale capitalizes on our innate fear of things that go bump in the night and adds a supernatural element that will effectively terrorize even the toughest among us 
3
Paranormal Activity
Ted Fry
After the disturbing experience of squirming through this astonishing movie you ll be wide awake with lights blazing and may never want to sleep again 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Sonny Bunch
This is a terrifying picture one that capitalizes on the unseen horrors that litter our nightmares once the lights go out 
3
Paranormal Activity
Dustin Putman
The viewer walks out of Paranormal Activity wishing there was more to it while acknowledging all the same that the film s cumulative impact is formidable permeating long after the lights have come up 
3
Paranormal Activity
Peter Travers
With a 15 000 budget too puny to empty a petty cash drawer the no frills Paranormal Activity comes packed with thrills 
3
Paranormal Activity
Sara Michelle Fetters
Here s all you need to know about the new low budget independent horror movie Paranormal Activity It s freakin scary 
4
Paranormal Activity
Rob Thomas
The sneak preview audience was gasping and shrieking throughout A couple of teenage girls had to leave the theater midway through and sat huddled on a bench in the lobby It s that freaky 
3
Paranormal Activity
James Berardinelli
his is a tale of the supernatural but its strength is that it is rooted in the ordinary That s what makes it creepy 
3.5
Paranormal Activity
Lucius Gore
An instant classic of the mockumentary genre
3.5
Herb and Dorothy
Brandy McDonnell
The Vogels are charming subjects whose love of art lights up the screen 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Joe Williams
The movie gives us an eyeful but the unexamined irony is that the nice old couple can t sell the rest of us on why it s good 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Lisa Kennedy
Sasaki balances her subjects yarns with insights into the cultural moment that shaped them and vice versa in particular the shift from abstract expressionism to the sparer gestures of minimalist and conceptual art 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Alicia Potter
As director Megumi Sasaki s leisurely yet absorbing documentary tells it the crusty postman and the mild librarian emerged as the Fred and Ethel Mertz of modernism championing the early careers of such artists as Sol LeWitt and Christo 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Wesley Morris
It s impossible to leave this movie believing that the Vogels are weirdos or naifs A wealth of artists and curators testify to their strong eye unwavering enthusiasm and clear judgment 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Walter V. Addiego
This easygoing movie fully captures the couple s charm and offers a unique look at the 60s and 70s New York art scene 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Carrie Rickey
Megumi Sasaki s convivial Herb and Dorothy is both a double portrait of the diminutive couple now in their 90s and 80s and a sketch of the art and artists collected by these vest pocket Rockefellers 
3
Herb and Dorothy
Jay Antani
First time filmmaker Megumi Sasaki s documentary Herb Dorothy is as simple and straightforward as the subjects of its title 
3
Murder at 1600
Mal Vincent
Eventually the film sinks to no more than a series of routine chases and shootouts 
2
Murder at 1600
David Nusair
a forgettable 90s thriller 
2
Murder at 1600
Michael Dequina
If this sounds like a by the numbers formulaic government conspiracy thriller it is 
2.5
Murder at 1600
Roger Ebert
The last third of the film is a ready made action movie plug in 
2.5
Murder at 1600
Susan Wloszczyna
Murder is a fairly diverting game of whodunit like a big screen version of Clue until it sinks into routine thriller antics and wraps up preposterously 
2.5
Big Driver
Lori Rackl
Like some of King s other tales it loses its way devolving into a rape revenge fantasy whose potency is diluted by silly gimmicks like a talking GPS system with a mind of its own 
2
The Magic Life of V
Rosalie Kicks
When life gets hard sometimes you gotta LARP A wonderful moving story about having the courage to face your issues head on 
3
The Magic Life of V
Sean P. Means
Demons come in all forms and the subject of The Magic Life of V Tonislav Hristov s moving documentary has some big ones to slay 
3.5
Aftermath
Dustin Putman
No one will be anointing Aftermath a feel good triumph anytime soon but there are flashes of unanticipated sensitivity and disquieting inspiration that cannot be denied 
2.5
Aftermath
Tirdad Derakhshani
There s very little that actually thrills in this well constructed if underwhelming film that works best as a how to vid for nuclear war minded DIYers 
2
Aftermath
Mike McGranaghan
There s a compelling idea at work here as well as an admirable willingness to explore the darkest reaches of that idea Those things are however continually undone by a misguided script and weak direction 
1.5
Aftermath
Sara Stewart
Director Peter Engert to his credit delivers a believably awful scenario nine people trapped underground for a month are mostly going to pace cry and argue Unfortunately this makes for wearying watching 
2
Holy Man
Maitland McDonagh
Good intentions abound but we all know where they lead 
2
Holy Man
Jim Shelby
Murphy is the only thing that isn t deadeningly predictable here but it might still be worth the price of a ticket to see him continue to have such fun being a movie star 
2
Holy Man
Margaret A. McGurk
Oh brother what a preposterous package it uses to deliver its warm and fuzzy message about What Really Matters 
1.5
Holy Man
Rob Blackwelder
I love movies I d rather watch movies than do almost anything else So if I write that I walked out on a movie what could be a more clear statement 
0
Holy Man
Michael Dequina
Who knew that in 16 years Eddie Murphy who made such a brash raucous big screen splash in 48 Hrs would become cuddly 
1
Holy Man
Mike McGranaghan
It s a PG rated mediocrity that instead of aiming to be hilarious aims to be nice 
2
Holy Man
Mick LaSalle
About halfway through Holy Man the terrible reality sets in Oh no they mean for us to take this seriously 
1
Holy Man
Steve Rhodes
In a movie that is generally as mild as milquetoast there are nevertheless many parts that parents will find objectionable 
1.5
Holy Man
Roger Ebert
This screenplay was in no shape to be filmed perhaps the filmmakers assumed that the mere presence of Eddie Murphy would repair its wrongs and give them a big opening weekend 
2
Holy Man
James Berardinelli
While Murphy probably has what it takes to make the comedian to serious actor transition he needs to do what Martin Williams and Carrey did hold out for a good script 
2
Holy Man
Madeleine Williams
There s precious little comedy here in this tired romantic comedy set amid a television age satire 
1
An L.A. Minute
Mike McGranaghan
A poorly written clumsily directed unrealistically plotted fiasco Kiersey Clemons still lights up the screen but even her considerable talents can t keep this thing afloat 
1
Ikiru
Brian Eggert
A heartbreaking masterpiece that will inspire self reflection even a severe alteration of lifestyle in every viewer the beautiful Ikiru is among the greatest most life affirming motion pictures ever made 
4
Ikiru
Dorothy Masters
Kurosawa is implemented with satirical brilliance and fine human interest Lassitude in bureaucracy and skullduggery in politics are here to stay he concedes and only does the soul of man transcend his frailties 
3
Ikiru
James Berardinelli
A thoughtful existential meditation about the meaning of life and what constitutes a life well lived Ikiru is almost guaranteed to prod the viewer to examine his or her own mortality and ponder how in the end the scales will tip 
4
Ikiru
Josh Larsen
Talk about a movie that earns its tears 
4
Ikiru
Ron Reed
This may be the definitive portrait of a man who examining his life discovers that it may not be worth living 
4
Ikiru
Phil Villarreal
May not be the first movie you think of when ticking off the list of Kurosawa s best films but it is the one that stands defiantly as his deepest best acted and most watchable 
4
Ikiru
Steven Snyder
I go to the movie theater every week in hopes that someone out there still wants to make a film like Ikiru 
4
Ikiru
Michael Wilmington
If you have never seen it you should If you have seen it before your admiration will only increase 
4
Ikiru
Robert W. Butler
Simultaneously an intensely human story a timeless snapshot of postwar Japan and a scathing satire of the bureaucratic mind set 
3.5
Ikiru
Ty Burr
There has never been a smarter more compassionate film about imminent death 
4
Ikiru
Roger Ebert
I think this is one of the few movies that might actually be able to inspire someone to lead their life a little differently 
4
South West Nine
Ian Mantgani
Surprisingly entertaining even though we can see the joins 
3
The Legend of 420
Roger Moore
A jokey piece of pro pot advocacy that goes down as easily as a THC laced brownie 
2.5
The Bothersome Man
Chris Hewitt
Like the Swedish Norwegian Kitchen Stories it s a thoughtful Scandinavian film with a bent sense of humor 
3
The Bothersome Man
Ken Fox
An absurdly funny dystopian allegory that can proudly hold its own next to Truffaut s Fahrenheit 451 and Terry Gilliam s Brazil 
3.5
The Bothersome Man
Kam Williams
A deliberate thought provoking existential meditation on the curse of creating a neverending heaven on Earth 
3
The Bothersome Man
Ed Gonzalez
There are several ways to take this bothersome trifle none of which are at all resonant 
1.5
The Bothersome Man
Michael Wilmington
Made with formidable assurance a compelling look quiet skill and impressive economy 
3
Scream and Scream Again
Matt Brunson
A movie that offered the titanic teaming of horror superstars Vincent Price Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing should have been a classic instead we re saddled with this sloppy and mean spirited endeavor 
2
Scream and Scream Again
Roger Ebert
This is another of those absurd Vincent Price horror movies impossible to dislike because they ask only that you share their sense of the absurd The fascinating thing about this one is that it makes absolutely no sense at all 
2
No Place Like Home
Roger Moore
Everything you expect from such an obvious and unoriginal Lifetime Original Movie and less until its finale 
1
Valley of Shadows
David Nusair
An intriguing if rarely completely successful piece of work 
2
Storm Catcher
Michael Dequina
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0.5
Beautiful Creatures
Kelly Jane Torrance
You might think of Beautiful Creatures as just another Twilight wannabe I prefer to think of it as the showcase that a great British actress has been waiting for 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Wesley Lovell
A startlingly good exploration of good evil and the perseverance of love 
3.5
Beautiful Creatures
Mike McGranaghan
I found myself growing incredibly bored by the film Nothing was new or fresh enough to earn my interest 
1.5
Beautiful Creatures
Robert Levin
Everything is so low key it doesn t really stick which is strange when you consider that the movie is about nothing less than a supernatural war over a teenage girl s soul 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Matt Brunson
For all the vitriol directed at the shaky Twilight series all of its entries are definitely better than this dull and insipid movie 
1.5
Beautiful Creatures
Michael Smith
The wow factor is incredibly low Stormy skies blowing winds and turning teen boys into raging horndogs are part of the natural world and don t require much in the way of witchcraft 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Willie Waffle
Supposedly meaningful themes end up lost in the shuffle of endless pointless dialogue and attempts to use some mysterious supernatural elements to excite our imaginations 
1
Beautiful Creatures
Alison Gang
A clumsy mess of supernatural hooey that conveniently shifts its rules and reasoning whenever the story needs a shove in the direction of its inevitable showdown 
1
Beautiful Creatures
Cammila Collar
Tween girls and sexually unsatisfied adult women gird your loins it s time for another epically romantic teen fantasy franchise and this one is really good 
3
Beautiful Creatures
Kent Turner
If the film survives the poxes and put downs from fans it will be due in no small part to the breezy charms of actor Alden Ehrenreich as Ethan He has the looks of mid 1950s Tony Curtis and a goofy affability 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Gary Thompson
It s a lot funnier than it sounds The whole enterprise in fact is like a slightly snarky version of Twilight with a little gender mandering 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Peter Travers
As supernatural types Oscar winners Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson overact so strenuously and with such outrageously awful Southern accents that you fear the damage this crock may do to their reputations 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Liam Lacey
Within the needlessly complicated script and CGI special effects overkill there are some promising moments 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Connie Ogle
A clear bid to ignite a franchise capable of filling the hole left in teenage hearts by the end of the Twilight saga 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Stephen Whitty
The original young adult book had even more going on but filmmaker Richard LaGravenese has tried to simplify it Even so the movie s mythology seems confused if not outright contradictory 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Peter Howell
If only we could hope that Beautiful Creatures would stick to a single film or a maximum of one sequel before its modest charms wear out 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Steven Rea
Beautiful Creatures tries terribly hard to establish its own mythology of magic and witchcraft and Southern fried adolescent angst 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Michael O'Sullivan
A movie so schizoid in its extremes of pleasure and pain that it s hard to know how to weigh its contradictions or even where to begin separating them 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Kyle Smith
The comedy defuses and deflates the drama frustrating those who would be swept away by belief 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Mick LaSalle
This is silly stuff but powerful all the same 
3
Beautiful Creatures
Graham Killeen
Too bad Ehrenreich and Englert have so little chemistry it often appears director Richard LaGravenese shot their scenes with stand ins 
2
Beautiful Creatures
David Nusair
a hopelessly misguided attempt to cash in on Twilight s massive success 
1.5
Beautiful Creatures
Dustin Putman
Not romantic enough to make the viewer gush and not imaginative enough to work as pure fantasy the film falls into a mediocre rut that it doesn t pull out of 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Chris Hewitt
Frankly the main couple in Beautiful Creatures is a bore but the stuff surrounding them is good for some campy fun 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Michael Phillips
Irons and Thompson whose Oscars aren t likely to get any company for their supporting turns here at least bring the zest generally lacking from writer director Richard LaGravenese s dutiful adaptation 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Claudia Puig
This romp into the occult has a potent sense of humor That comic edge and strong dialogue raises the movie s quality over most teen romances 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Rafer Guzman
In the end Beautiful Creatures has one overarching problem It s boring 
1.5
Beautiful Creatures
Mark Dujsik
The relationship is an endearing one enough so to at least carry us through the initial revelations and developments of the movie s actual plot 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Joe Williams
The derivative script and skimpy effects don t convey either the power or the problems of being a young witch 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Ty Burr
I kind of dug Beautiful Creatures even if I like most of you am ready to drive a stake into the entire My boyfriend girlfriend is a vampire werewolf alien zombie Sasquatch genre 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
James Berardinelli
The weaknesses of Beautiful Creatures ultimately outweigh the strengths but the conviction of the central relationship is good enough to keep things from becoming laughably bad even if it all comes apart toward the end 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Richard LaGravenese introduces characters and loses track of them builds toward a mildly daring ending and backs cravenly away from it even seems to contradict himself 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Moira MacDonald
You want this star crossed couple to stick together come what may and that s rare enough at the movies 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Christy Lemire
A strong cast of likable and yes beautiful actors can only do so much with the formula in which they re forced to work 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Richard Roeper
It s first and foremost a semi plodding teen romance with supernatural overtones 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Daniel M. Kimmel
Sure it s another movie looking for a supernatural metaphor for adolescent anxieties but it does so while reminding us just how raw teenage emotions can be 
3
Beautiful Creatures
Matt Pais
Ehrenreich and Englert feed the heat between these two and you actually care about this potentially doomed relationship getting a fair shot 
2.5
Beautiful Creatures
Kam Williams
A viable jumpstart of yetta nudder escapist fantasy franchise 
3
Beautiful Creatures
Peter Keough
LaGravanese at times spins striking images a scene in which Ethan walks into a magical time warp is particularly nightmarish But he also has a weakness for clichés I guess he s been taking lessons from the wrong books 
2
Beautiful Creatures
Roger Moore
One liners drawl from the lips like Spanish moss dripping from the oaks in a script so witty it attracted Oscar winners Emma Thompson and Jeremy Irons and Oscar nominee Viola Davis in supporting roles 
3
Beautiful Creatures
Calum Marsh
Beautiful Creatures basically spits in the face of a legacy of literature founded on feelings of exclusion and social alienation 
0
Rush Hour 2
Margaret A. McGurk
A gaudy whirling dervish of escapist fun 
3
Rush Hour 2
Mark Dujsik
The action scenes are still good but the comedy itself is very slight 
2
Rush Hour 2
Walter Chaw
a series of high decibel Chris Tucker improvisations alternating with a series of truncated Jackie Chan action moments 
2
Rush Hour 2
Andrew Howe
Gives mindless entertainment a bad name 
2
Rush Hour 2
James Kendrick
tries to coast along on the good will created by the first movie without adding a single dash of originality creativity or daring
1.5
Rush Hour 2
Mike McGranaghan
There really isn t a whole lot to say about Rush Hour 2 because it s pretty much on par with the original 
3
Rush Hour 2
Michael Dequina
Chan does his thing Tucker does his and everyone who buys a ticket gets exactly what they paid to see 
3
Rush Hour 2
Dustin Putman
Practically a carbon copy of its predecessor 
2
Rush Hour 2
Harvey S. Karten
A shame that Brett Ratner couldn t give more time to the absolutely stunning Zhang Ziyi 
2.5
Rush Hour 2
Robert Roten
This sequel is like most sequels a watered down version of the first film 
2
Rush Hour 2
Ed Gonzalez
Where fools rush in 
1.5
Rush Hour 2
Wesley Morris
As long as it s entangled in multi culti absurdity Rush Hour 2 is actually a better time than the first one 
2
Rush Hour 2
Kevin Courrier
Provides a little dance in its step to lift it above the shrill or the innocuous 
3
Rush Hour 2
Marty Mapes
They could make ten Rush Hour movies and Chan Tucker and Ratner would die rich men I would die a happy moviegoer 
3
Rush Hour 2
Roger Ebert
How can a movie allow Tucker to be so obnoxious and make no acknowledgment that his behavior is aberrant 
1.5
Rush Hour 2
Ross Anthony
Stop and Go 
2
Rush Hour 2
Tor Thorsen
An enjoyable alternative in a summer of disappointments 
2.5
Rush Hour 2
Jonathan Foreman
The overall pace is slack enough to make the movie s 93 minutes feel twice as long 
1.5
Rush Hour 2
Susan Stark
Director Brett Ratner efficiently delivers on audience expectation at every turn 
2
Rush Hour 2
Carrie Rickey
Primarily appeals to those who don t tire of ethnic jokes and to Chanatics as we Jackie diehards style ourselves 
2
Rush Hour 2
James Berardinelli
Everything about Rush Hour 2 is obligatory from the action to the tiresome banter 
2
Rush Hour 2
Robert K. Elder
Succeeds as a slightly convoluted paint by the numbers buddy action comedy with fast funny banter and well choreographed fight scenes 
2.5
Rush Hour 2
Erik Childress
Rush Hour 2 is just par for the course in this year of familiarity and mediocrity 
2
Rush Hour 2
Steve Rhodes
Director Brett Ratner is never able to get the pacing right with long slack sections slowing the momentum between funny moments 
2.5
Rush Hour 2
Rob Blackwelder
The banter between Chan and Tucker hasn t an ounce of spirit and even the action scenes feel stale and lethargic 
2
Rush Hour 2
Jeanne Aufmuth
Chan and Tucker s relationship is an unfortunate chemistry based on racial insults 
1.5
My Life So Far
Michael Dequina
Quite endearing 
3
My Life So Far
Ross Anthony
Not a world shaker but pleasant enough 
2.5
My Life So Far
David Sterritt
Should appeal to audiences tired of the summer s flashier fare 
2
My Life So Far
Elias Savada
My Life So Far fills its short time very well 
2.5
My Life So Far
Roger Ebert
These are characters for whom tone is more important than content 
3
The Perfect Family
Roger Moore
So tone deaf and wrong footed that you 8217 d feel annoyed at the filmmakers 44 if you weren 8217 t already busy pitying them 46 
1
Shopping for Fangs
Steve Rhodes
So amateurishly bad that it could almost be a parody of indie films 
1
Edge of Eternity
Matt Brunson
Movies that include a scene set inside and often atop a cable car 40 Moonraker 44 Night Train to Munich 44 Where Eagles Dare 44 etc 46 41 generally deliver an audience spike in adrenaline dependent on one apos s acrophobia 44 and Edge of Eternity is no exception 46 
3
The Color of Paradise
Roger Ebert
Because they do not condescend to young audiences Majidi s films of course are absorbing for adults as well and there is a lesson here Any family film not good enough for grownups is certainly not good enough for children 
3.5
The Color of Paradise
Michael Dequina
The entire film is memorable in its sweet simplicity 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Bill Chambers
Walk Hard brings the funny and a keen observational sense
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Linda Cook
You ll laugh hard during Walk Hard 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Christian Toto
The musical biopic gets a much needed smackdown in the fitfully hilarious Walk Hard
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
John Beifuss
The latest from the Apatow comedy factory abandons the relative realism of Knocked Up and Superbad for Mad Magazine esque Airplane style spoofery 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Michael A. Smith
this is the best batch of songs written for a comedy since Paul Williams penned the tunes for Ishtar 
3.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Eric Alt
There are certainly a lot of laugh out loud moments which is more than can be said about a lot of alleged comedies 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Carrie Rickey
Reilly is recklessly funny 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Claudia Puig
Cox rocks 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Sean O'Connell
It s afraid to leave its comfort zone and its primary joke wears thin in a hurry 
1.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Vince Koehler
Paul Rudd stole this performance in the Beatles sequence and had to be one of his best comical pieces to date The only reason I could recommend this film is to see this scene 
1
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Mike McGranaghan
This one pokes some fun at the conventions of the musical biopic genre instead of just replicating famous scenes from other films and that s a much more satisfying way to go because it actually has a perspective on the topic 
3.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Peter Howell
Walk Hard is the kind of movie that you want to love and not just like but liking it is good enough 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Sean P. Means
It restores the good reputation to the genre spoof which has been so long sullied by juvenile garbage like Scary Movie 
3.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Eric Melin
Reilly is fantastic the music is right on and the commentary is obnoxiously accurate so while Walk Hard may not go to 11 it s definitely worth a seven or an eight 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Carla Meyer
Walk Hard doesn t know when to quit 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Lou Lumenick
In a season filled with so many feel bad movies don t underestimate the appeal of something as silly as Walk Hard 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jack Mathews
There are a few too many lazy jokes played off Dewey s last name but not nearly enough to wipe that grin off your face 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Glenn Whipp
The comic brilliance of Walk Hard is so ingrained in its subject matter that it probably won t be appreciated until years after the fact 
3.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Loey Lockerby
At least it s not as bad as it could have been 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Liam Lacey
In a season loaded with serious films about war and loss there s bound to be an audience out there looking for some undemanding holiday laughs 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
John Monaghan
This smart new spoof works because its makers obviously love the genre they have so much fun sending up 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Roger Ebert
Instead of sending everything over the top at high energy like Top Secret or Airplane they allow Reilly to more or less actually play the character so that against all expectations some scenes actually approach real sentiment 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Wesley Morris
It s the Flintstones vitamin of spoofs 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Toddy Burton
The songs written by a slew of artists including Reilly Apatow and Kasdan are genuine ridiculous and often very funny 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
At this point I m starting to think co writer and producer Judd Apatow can do no wrong 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Frederica Mathewes-Green
If only for the music numbers this movie deserves a standing ovation Much of the credit goes to John C Reilly an actor with a rubbery face and the voice of an angel 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Willie Waffle
Very funny when focused on being a parody but goes for the cheap laughs and shock jokes too often
1.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Mark Dujsik
So is it a satire or a spoof 
2
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A sharp parody worthy of MAD Magazine It runs through every tired showbiz biopic plot point with a shiny new skewer 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
David Nusair
almost entirely devoid of elements designed to hold the viewer s interest 
2
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jeff Vice
Reilly is likably goofy which goes a long way to redeeming the film 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Michael Phillips
While Walk Hard makes for a fine soundtrack it s less entertaining as a movie 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Dustin Putman
A bawdy rib tickling anything goes spoof of such recent music biopics as Ray and Walk the Line and here s the kicker it s actually a better movie than both of those 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Gene Seymour
An erratic but enjoyable goof from the Judd Apatow hit making machine 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Ross Anthony
An SNL sketch may have been a better vehicle for such a spoof On the big screen it ends up having a film life of its own becoming a music bio pic in order to sustain 
2
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Mick LaSalle
Walk Hard is 100 minutes of fun and for pure uncomplicated enjoyment it s the movie to see right now 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Lawrence Toppman
There s a laziness to the entire affair as if the writers never went further than a first draft and never found anything unfunny enough to trim or remove 
1.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Bruce Newman
Milks the pat formulations of its brethren such as Walk the Line for all the laughs they re worth And then some 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Peter Canavese
That the picture walks and sometimes crosses the line into the products it parodies is a measure of its zealous thoroughness and also its central pitfall 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Phil Villarreal
Rolls out a procession of one liners toe tappingly hilarious songs stunning sight gags and dead on parodies all with tear inducing humor providing an easy ride to comic bliss 
4
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Josh Larsen
Reilly has an absolute sincerity especially in the many musical numbers that s essential for something this goofy 
3.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Matt Brunson
That savory mix of satire and sentiment that worked well in Apatow s two summer hits is largely missing here 
2
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
James Berardinelli
Walk Hard is a disposable film that offers its share of small pleasures and amusements 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Steve Rhodes
The songs are as great as the story is cute and imaginative 
3.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Joe Lozito
Raunchy often hysterical parody of overplayed musical biopics ironically sags just when its targets do but hits several right notes thanks to the sturdy presence of John C Reilly as a none too subtle riff on the Man in Black 
3
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Nick Schager
The film gets some mileage out of mocking fatuous biopic conventions 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Peter Travers
The tricky thing about parody movies is that the jokes get old fast and they re hit and miss Walk Hard is guilty on both counts How lucky that when the jokes do hit they kick major ass 
2.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Kyle Smith
Hey bay buh There s a whole lot of funny goin on in Walk Hard It s got sex and drugs and Elvis and giraffes and Members Only jackets 
3
Up on the Glass
Roger Moore
Dawdling dramatically flat and drably acted thriller
1
Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Henry Sheehan
The absurdity of trying to assert one s identity by subjugating another s is the delightfully cruel premise 
3
Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Ryan Murphy
Like Luis Bunuel s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Bartel s Beverly Hills attempts through wicked irony to break down class barriers that separate us all 
3
Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Roger Ebert
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills sounds more like an anthology of punch lines from famous anecdotes about the rich and the boring 
2
Incubus
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The serial killer is nothing but a Freddy Kreuger clone with a hint of Mindbender and Lawnmower Man for good measure while Reid doesn t do much to escalate the tedious writing 
2
Cradle of Champions
Roger Moore
Watchable but Showtime slick and boxing picture predictable 
2.5
Promises
Joshua Tanzer
If there s one big point to Promises it s that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other 
3.5
Promises
Marta Barber
A gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war torn Jerusalem 
3
Promises
Loren King
Beautifully crafted and brutally honest Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of prejudice 
4
Promises
Jeff Vice
Promises is one film that s truly deserving of its Oscar nomination 
3.5
Promises
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A powerful and heart rending documentary 
3.5
Promises
Mick LaSalle
Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible That in itself is extraordinary 
4
Promises
Erik Lundegaard
It s sobering particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily or soon 
3
Promises
Glenn Whipp
Gives us a view of life in and around Jerusalem that is intensely personal and immensely heartbreaking 
3.5
Promises
John Anderson
If you like peace you ll like Promises 
2
Promises
Loren King
Beautifully crafted and brutally honest Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people 
4
Promises
Megan Turner
Keeps its word 
3.5
Promises
Terry Lawson
Many insightful moments 
3
Promises
Harvey S. Karten
A stunning and informative nonfiction drama that looks at the Arab Israel conflict from the mouths of babes 
3.5
French Connection II
Ann Guarino
Bound to be numbered among the best of the year 
4
French Connection II
Walter Chaw
The last ten minutes are the best thing about it that final shot is one of the best of the 70s and it s no coincidence that in this ten minutes Frankenheimer returns to his technician passions 
2.5
French Connection II
James Kendrick
you can t help but feel a sense of disillusionment because the finality of it is so harsh and so sudden that it draws your attention less to the idea of justice served than it does to the brute simplicity of violent retribution and the ultimately cycl
3
French Connection II
Peter Canavese
More conventional than its predecessor but it s still unconventional by the cop thriller standard set by a wash of anonymous lesser films Blu ray 
3
French Connection II
Roger Ebert
I kept wondering why French Connection II hadn t stayed on location in New York where Popeye belonged instead of going to Marseille a place it s patently clear no sane superior would ever send him 
2.5
The Life of Reilly
KJ Doughton
It holds wrenching emotional power in its naked warts and all history of one man s life 
4
The Life of Reilly
Jonathan W. Hickman
Unfortunately I never caught Nelson live but this film has to be the closest thing to it 
3.5
The Life of Reilly
Michael Phillips
Director Barry Poltermann s sweet little evocation of a show business career captures Reilly at the twilight of an extraordinary life in Reilly s words 
3
The Life of Reilly
Chris Hewitt
Reilly conjures a self portrait that is insightful hilarious and completely devoid of self pity 
3
The Life of Reilly
Moira MacDonald
There s a genuine wonderment and breathless joy in Reilly s delivery that hints at what a fine stage actor he must have been particularly when he describes going to a movie for the first time or his thrill at first getting the lead in the school play 
3.5
The Life of Reilly
Rick Groen
The Life of Reilly is a tender tale of semi triumph 
3
The Life of Reilly
Geoff Pevere
In this rippingly entertaining documentary of Reilly s celebrated autobiographical monologue Save It for the Stage the unfailingly witty shamelessly bitchy Reilly gets to set the record straight about a number of things 
3
The Life of Reilly
Lou Lumenick
Reilly looks frail but holds the audience spellbound in Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson s valuable record of the final performance of the autobiographical show that he toured for five years 
3
The Life of Reilly
Elizabeth Weitzman
One could say there are two kinds of people those who appreciate Charles Nelson Reilly and those who don t know enough about him This engaging documentary will charm the former and educate the latter 
3
The Life of Reilly
Ty Burr
This charming bittersweet 90 minute monologue consists of the actor telling tales of his childhood and early years when he was an ugly duckling from an uglier family 
3
The Life of Reilly
Maitland McDonagh
Thank goodness Frank L Anderson and Barry Poltermann decided to document actor and TV personality Charles Nelson Reilly s autobiographical one man show 
3
The Life of Reilly
David Wiegand
Written by Reilly and Paul Linke the film is both revealing and evasive You want to know more about his personal life than you ever find out 
3
The Life of Reilly
Jan Stuart
An exuberant story it is at least as digested and heightened in this truncated performance filmed before an audience at the end of the show s L A engagement 
3
The Life of Reilly
Ed Gonzalez
The funniest and most poignant documentary of the year is The Life of Reilly the final will and testament of the great Charles Nelson Reilly 
3
The Life of Reilly
Evan Henerson
Assembled from Reilly s final performance of Save It for the Stage in North Hollywood Life of Reilly is as charming and disarmingly affecting as the man himself 
3.5
El topo
James Kendrick
its mixture of genre revisionism religious mysticism and shocking visuals felt new and wild and meaningful at least to those who wanted to see it that way 
3
El topo
John Beifuss
Alejandro Jodorowsky may be full of it but I m thankful that he spread it whatever it is across the screen in El Topo 
3.5
El topo
Jeff Vice
As perplexing as large parts of it are the film certainly isn t boring And it s kind of fun trying to figure out what it s all supposed to mean 
2.5
El topo
Ty Burr
This is gutbucket Luis Buuel surrealism on the cheap and it hasn t dated well the blood is patently fake and the gunshots are dubbed 
2
El topo
Fernando F. Croce
El Topo would be part of the revolutionary post 60s movement of Antonio das Mortes and The Last Movie if its private mythology didn t belong so obviously to its maker s acid subconscious 
3
El topo
Roger Ebert
Jodorowsky dazzles us with such delicate mythological footwork that the violence becomes distanced somehow and we accept it like the slaughters in the Old Testament 
4
Eight Miles High!
Rob Thomas
Once your main character walks into a room and finds her boyfriend cheating on her with another woman while a chimpanzee in a dress looks on you ve pretty much lost your shot at a serious movie 
3
Eight Miles High!
Roger Ebert
It has few human insights and those of the most obvious kind But it is not boring That goes for something 
2.5
Eight Miles High!
Michael Phillips
The attractive but bird brained German biopic Eight Miles High brings up the question of tone and it never comes close to answering it The film s tone is utterly indistinct beyond fatuous adoration of its subject 
2
Eight Miles High!
V.A. Musetto
Has little to offer beyond titillation and pretty landscapes 
1.5
Eight Miles High!
Kam Williams
You will marvel at just how naked the beautiful and talented Natalia Avelon remains scene after scene 
3.5
Eight Miles High!
Andrew Schenker
If most of the film locates Obermeier s quest for freedom in a series of surprisingly drab drug fueled hookups then the final section generates slightly greater interest by suggesting an alternate route of exploration 
2
Inside Job
Jay Antani
As a documentary this is a clear eyed steadily building prosecution against Wall Street But in the end Ferguson s film is just a moot trial in which the defendants have already escaped scot free 
2.5
Inside Job
Linda Cook
I ve been angry pretty much since the fall of 2008 Or should I say The Fall of 2008 I know so many people who have lost jobs lost their homes lost their savings I won t go on and on All I could think of was Didn t someone see this coming 
4
Inside Job
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though I can t claim it s a work of cinematic artistry nor that I would ever want to see it again Inside Job is an absolutely crucial work of journalism that every American needs to see 
3.5
Inside Job
Mike Scott
As he goes about his admirably nonpartisan expose Ferguson misses the opportunity to hammer home the big picture problem behind the meltdown 
2.5
Inside Job
Keith Cohen
This terrific film is fascinating to watch This 108 minute movie will make audiences smarter and elicit angry reactions 
4
Inside Job
Rob Thomas
Here s a tip for Wall Street investment bankers Don t hang around the lobby after a screening of Inside Job 
4
Inside Job
John Beifuss
It s no accident that the title suggests a cops and robbers heist film 
3
Inside Job
Robert W. Butler
There s no way that Inside Job can be described as an enjoyable night at the movies not unless unbridled greed rampant arrogance and eager malfeasance leading to the collapse of the republic is your idea of a good time 
3
Inside Job
Graham Killeen
Anybody who owns a wallet a purse a mattress or combination safe should see Inside Job 
3.5
Inside Job
Roger Moore
This scathing expose should be enough to alarm people all over the political spectrum 
3
Inside Job
Rene Rodriguez
Inside Job is densely packed with information charts and graphics but the film is propelled by an angry fiery pulse 
3
Inside Job
Sara Michelle Fetters
Large portions of it had me twisting and turning in my seat to such a degree I m sure it would have been distracting had someone been sitting behind me a lot of what Ferguson documents so damning and ill inducing they re difficult to describe 
3
Inside Job
Liam Lacey
A trained economist might challenge his analysis but there s no question that Ferguson who holds a PhD in political science and is a former business consultant is a formidable interviewer 
3
Inside Job
Peter Howell
It should have you leaving the theatre in the same angry mood that fuelled Toronto Mayor elect Rob Ford s Stop the Gravy Train mantra 
4
Inside Job
Carrie Rickey
A damning indictment of the individuals and institutions who made money while customers lost their shirts 
3.5
Inside Job
Ann Hornaday
Inside Job traces the history of the crisis and its implications with exceptional lucidity rigor and righteous indignation 
3.5
Inside Job
Mick LaSalle
There s such a thing as smart angry and such a thing as stupid angry and after seeing Inside Job audiences will be smart angry 
4
Inside Job
Chris Faraone
It s the feel bad film of the year 
4
Inside Job
Mark Dujsik
Director Charles Ferguson holds the entire system to an accountability that seems an unattainable goal in the real world 
3
Inside Job
Chris Hewitt
The clarity and intelligence with which it deals with such tricky concepts as derivatives and leverage make it invaluable 
3
Inside Job
Wesley Morris
This is a work of sustained nonpartisan rage Its anger is always simmering never all consuming Ferguson knows what it is he wants to say and the movie goes about its point making with lawyerly precision 
4
Inside Job
Michael Phillips
Ferguson takes the time to be clear about what he s arguing and whom he s blaming for what With just two feature length talking heads docs Ferguson has done a great deal to restore confidence in the genre 
3.5
Inside Job
Roger Ebert
An angry well argued documentary about how the American financial industry set out deliberately to defraud the ordinary American investor 
4
Inside Job
Aaron Cutler
If No End in Sight took on the tone of a tragedy then Inside Job becomes dark despairing comedy 
3.5
Inside Job
A.O. Scott
By the end Mr Ferguson has summoned the scourging moral force of a pulpit shaking sermon That he delivers it with rigor restraint and good humor makes his case all the more devastating 
4
Inside Job
Kyle Smith
The endless skein of talking heads and bar graphs make no attempt to be cinematic and will have even the most excitable viewers struggling to stay alert 
1
Inside Job
Gayle MacDonald
Get ready to get angry but also squirm with delight 
4
Down by Law
Derek Smith
Its soul is the same as all Jarmusch films but here he digs a bit deeper into the roots of his own methodology and that to which he is opposed 
4
Down by Law
James Kendrick
Thoroughly cinematic 
3.5
Down by Law
Roger Ebert
A true original that kind of grows on you 
3
Frequency
David Nusair
It s an appealingly out there premise that s employed to perpetually captivating effect by filmmaker Gregory Hoblit 
3.5
Frequency
Nick Rogers
Gregory Hoblit s best film generates Spielbergian fascination with temporal drama of twisting timelines infused with personal conflict and situational tension It blends Back to the Future s rush with Backdraft s firefighting and a dash of Zodiac 
3.5
Frequency
Betsy Bozdech
As long as you re willing to suspend your disbelief this is one heck of an entertaining way to kill a couple of hours 
3
Frequency
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like a kid who builds and details a lovely sand castle on the beach and then stomps all over it the movie is completely destroyed in the last 15 minutes 
2
Frequency
Scott Nash
Good action lots of suspense Dennis Quaid and an intriguing Time Travel concept What more could you ask 
3
Frequency
Jeffrey Westhoff
Creates an ingenious twist for the time travel story 
2.5
Frequency
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Gregory Hoblit has managed to bypass the bulk of the schmaltz and inject real tension 
3.5
Frequency
Wesley Lovell
8220 Frequency 8221 is an interesting movie that will appeal to a wide audience 44 but reality is checked at the door for this solely escapist movie 46 
2.5
Frequency
Margaret A. McGurk
The plot may be out and out absurd But the action packed script Mr Hoblit s fast paced direction and the array of engaging performances made Frequency easy to embrace 
3
Frequency
Mick LaSalle
A fairly wonderful movie about fathers and sons and the mystery of time 
3
Frequency
Liam Lacey
Movies sometimes end up looking like a head on collision between opposing impulses Frequency is that kind of movie 
2
Frequency
James Kendrick
A satisfying thriller because it is about something more than just the mechanics of its plot It has a good story and characters to go along with the suspense which makes it that much more interesting and involving 
3
Frequency
Lou Lumenick
My head says Frequency has a 31 2 star first half and 21 2 star second half averaging out to three stars But my heart says Don t miss this one 
3
Frequency
Steve Rhodes
This is an intense and fast paced film that sometimes literally takes your breath away 
3.5
Frequency
Jason Anderson
Even though audiences who appreciated the chilly restraint of The Sixth Sense may be put off by Frequency s sappiness and silliness those who give in to its loony charm should enjoy the ride 
3
Frequency
Shay Casey
Quaid and Caviezel carry off their parts easily it s a rock solid job from both actors 
3
Frequency
James O'Ehley
More intelligent and clever than most of this year s sci fi efforts and worth watching if you happen to enjoy time travel stories 
2.5
Frequency
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si quieren dejar volar su imaginacin y pasar un rato sumamente agradable les dejar un buen sabor de boca
3
Frequency
Rob Blackwelder
Frequency s downward spiral is such a tremendous slap in the face that it all but negates the sound intelligent and engrossing first hour of the movie 
2
Frequency
Madeleine Williams
For a movie like this to work it has to set certain ground rules but Frequency plays by ear and the result is a discordant symphony 
2.5
Frequency
Roger Ebert
There may be holes and inconsistencies in the plot a nd I don t much care anyway because the underlying idea is so appealing 
3.5
Frequency
Emily Blunt
It s touching interesting and thrilling Hmmm Like a real movie should be Kudos to director Gregory Hoblit I think he intertwined timelines and storylines perfectly 
3
Frequency
Andy Seiler
The movie s whole concept is ludicrous hard to accept even on its own contrived terms But if you are willing to suspend disbelief the film is enjoyable 
2.5
Frequency
Pam Grady
For the most part Frequency delivers engrossing suspenseful entertainment 
3
Frequency
James Berardinelli
The only way this Twilight Zone wannabe movie works is that if after buying into the premise you turn off your mind suspending all rational thought processes 
2
Frequency
David Keyes
Frequency leaps out of nowhere and slams face first into a solid wall crumbling on impact 
1.5
Frequency
Michael Dequina
Proves that having an inspired idea is only half the battle in making a good movie 
2
Frequency
Gary Brown
Becomes nothing more than a formulaic story involving a serial killer on the loose while the ending proves to be a major letdown 
2.5
Frequency
Bob Bloom
An implausible but entertaining fantasy that taps into one of man s primal fantasies the what if scenario 
2.5
Taxi Blues
Roger Ebert
It is clear from the energy in the story that Lounguine has been waiting a long time to get his hands on the camera and his point of view swoops and soars through Moscow like a bird released from its cage 
3
Night Sweats
Bob Bloom
While Night Sweats keeps you involved and arouses your curiosity about the cause of the disease the movie s very limited budget handcuffs the film as it uses few sets and locales around New York City 
2.5
Night Sweats
Roger Moore
An intriguing but cut rate thriller that unfortunately looks it 
1.5
Elysium
Brian Eggert
The result disappoints not only because it fails to meet our admittedly unrealistic hopes that it might live up to Blompkamp 8217 s first 44 but because 44 ironically enough 44 the outcome isn 8217 t as polished as his sophomore effort 46 
2.5
Elysium
Mattie Lucas
The action sequences are so frenetically edited that they lack cohesion leaving the film without a narrative drive 
1.5
Elysium
Frank Ochieng
In the futuristic socialist saga Elysium the audience pretty much are drawn to the similar Blomkamp blueprint an elaborate and exquisite sci fi entertainment drenched in visual wonderment with a meditative message about social inequality 
2.5
Elysium
Sonny Bunch
It seems to me that Elysium has its heroes and villains confused 
2
Elysium
Wesley Lovell
While not the slam dunk that his first film was Neill Blomkamp has created a compelling vision of a wealth dominated future 
3.5
Elysium
Marty Mapes
The rich have better insurance in solid but flawed action film
3
Elysium
David Keyes
In a handful of aspiring filmmakers that have hard things to say about the state of our world and the histories we may be doomed to repeat here is one who isn t afraid to confront the future head on and match it with hardened criticism 
3
Elysium
James Kendrick
the film s allegorical terms are decidedly unstable and arguably compromised by the presence of Damon a traditional white leading man as the film s savior figure
2
Elysium
Linda Cook
A worthwhile look at a dystopian not so distant future Elysium is an action packed science fiction drama that s more serious than much of the other summer fare 
3
Elysium
Matthew Kassel
Like Max the movie has to keep moving and Mr Blomkamp lets you fill in the gaps yourself as it progresses Or not 
2
Elysium
Kam Williams
An underwhelming sci fi adventure more akin to After Earth than District 9 
1.5
Elysium
Matt Brunson
Blomkamp crams his tale with reams of topical material It s potent stuff or at least it would be if the movie surrounding it didn t take so many shortcuts 
2
Elysium
David Nusair
Though it boasts many similarities to Blomkamp s entertaining but uneven debut 2009 s District 9 Elysium comes off as a far more successful sci fi outing that s been hard wired with unexpectedly hypnotic sequences 
3
Elysium
Bob Bloom
Elysium has hefty pretentions that are undercut by lack of details some poorly conceived characters and a lack of wit Too many questions are left unanswered 
2
Elysium
Willie Waffle
Lets the desire for typical movie tropes get in the way of a smarter movie 
2.5
Elysium
Mike McGranaghan
I have a soft spot for sci fi movies that use the genre to investigate societal issues this one does it extremely well It s more provocative than political 
3.5
Elysium
John Beifuss
Blomkamp has taken note of the growing gap between the world s have and have nots and made it literal 
3.5
Elysium
Carla Meyer
The violence in Elysium is stark and cruel befitting a film about a divided society 
3
Elysium
Sean P. Means
Blomkamp deftly balances the action requirements with the issues and fills in the background with enough detail to make this multicultural dystopian split between the haves and have nots feel logical and familiar 
3.5
Elysium
Ben Kenigsberg
In a summer of antiseptic effects spectacles Elysium stands out for its grime and intensity as well as the bluntness of its class allegory 
3
Elysium
Chris Hewitt
It s an exciting and fast paced film where the clock is always ticking toward some imminent disaster But it s also a moving film because its basic dilemmas are real world ones 
3.5
Elysium
Adam Nayman
A cautionary tale about the dangers of squandering resources that wastes its own talent 
1.5
Elysium
Jason Buchanan
This time backed by a bigger budget and a more experienced cast Blomkamp proves that his vision is indeed capable of sustaining a larger scale story by delivering a carefully balanced mix of social commentary and innovative sci fi action 
3
Elysium
Phil Villarreal
It all looks so darned real you d swear it was filmed on location of a 15 year old s hyperactive sci fi addled brain 
3
Elysium
Eric Melin
The world building is fantastic and detailed When there is violence it is gory and brief used to shocking and sometimes campy whether intended or not effect 
3
Elysium
Christian Toto
Dopey Pollyanna politics meet hackneyed storytelling Elysium has it all 
2
Elysium
John Serba
The plot and character clichs in Blomkamp s screenplay are easier to accept thanks to his eye for visual detail 
3
Elysium
Stephen Whitty
It s like one of those bad Star Trek episodes when Gene Roddenberry stopped everything on the bridge so he could lecture us about the Cold War 
2.5
Elysium
Mark Dujsik
It doesn t help that Max is an unsympathetic hero who becomes a transparently inconsistent one 
2
Elysium
Soren Andersen
Few mainstream moviemakers have painted as sprawling and densely detailed a portrait of humanity in extremis as Blomkamp does here 
3
Elysium
Steven Rea
Among the slew of recent futuristic hell in a handbasket spectacles Elysium takes the cake 
3
Elysium
Peter Howell
Damon s presence greatly alleviates the been there feel of this Elysium excursion which starts to run out of steam when the usual explosive heroics kick in 
2.5
Elysium
Rafer Guzman
The movie is both sloppy in its details and too literal in its thinking A less blunt allegory might have made for sharper entertainment 
2.5
Elysium
Dann Gire
Damon s credibility and dedication to his character give Elysium a solid but squandered foundation 
1.5
Elysium
Ann Hornaday
Blomkamp s admirable if obvious egalitarianism too often devolves into simplistic wish fulfillment Still his formidable visual imagination is on full display 
2.5
Elysium
Jon Niccum
Despite some terrific action scenes Elysium is held back by its predictable plot questionable casting and overly glossy presentation It feels like an enormous missed opportunity 
2.5
Elysium
James Berardinelli
I departed the theater satisfied with what I d seen but wanting more 
3
Elysium
Duane Dudek
For a film that wears its empathy and social conscience on its sleeve Elysium is a disappointingly hollow experience 
2.5
Elysium
Rob Nelson
What s great about Elysium is that it invites and even encourages discussion and debate while delivering proficiently at the levels of plot action and special effects 
3.5
Elysium
Joe Williams
This vision of a violent future makes Elysium well worth seeing even as the conventional violence of the thriller finale makes it a missed opportunity 
3
Elysium
Mick LaSalle
Elysium is an action movie made for people thinking about something besides things blowing up Damon shows you everything without trying to show you anything at least without seeming like he s trying He s like looking into clear water 
3
Elysium
Michael Phillips
Damon has an awfully good nose for material even when Elysium grows allegorically simplistic or familiar the script avoids pounding cliche and Blomkamp and his design and effects teams give us a plausibly harsh idea of things to come 
3
Elysium
Peter Canavese
There s a tough mindedness there that s admirable even if it s preaching to a mall multiplex choir But one wishes Blomkamp were less concerned with his Halo style run and gunning and more interested in the subtler repercussions 
2.5
Elysium
Peter Travers
Elysium delivers sci fi without dumbing it down It s a hell raiser with a social conscience 
3
Elysium
Ty Burr
An expertly made slice of future shock that breaks no new ground whatsoever 
2.5
Elysium
Josh Larsen
captivated me with its depiction of a not so far off future and the technology that governs it 
3
Elysium
Dustin Putman
A great looking entertainment that could have reached new classic status with a longer cut that allowed the characters to breathe expand and deepen 
2.5
Elysium
Claudia Puig
Elysium is a sporadically engaging tale as well as a potent commentary on immigration and health care policies 
3
Elysium
Rene Rodriguez
Furiously exciting sci fi carefully considered and loaded with allegories and social commentary 
3
Elysium
Jocelyn Noveck
If Elysium doesn t nearly live up to District 9 it shows enough panache to leave us waiting enthusiastically for his next effort 
3
Elysium
Charlie McCollum
For all its flaws Elysium is an often absorbing and largely entertaining film from a young director with a great future That makes it worth seeing if not a complete success 
2.5
Elysium
Matt Pais
Overloads with plot and under delivers on texture 
2.5
Elysium
Roger Moore
Not exactly original but more proof that Blomkamp is on his way to being the only sci fi filmmaker who matters 
3
Elysium
Kyle Smith
Putting on his Very Serious face for what ought to be a romp Matt Damon is exactly the wrong choice for a role that 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger would have played with a twinkle in his eye 
1.5
Elysium
Chris Cabin
For those who ve hankered this summer movie season for splattering body explosions Elysium provides a not exactly healthy fix 
2.5
Going Off Big Time
Ian Mantgani
The filmmakers don t seem to comprehend the intimacy of cinema or how perceptive audiences are 
1.5
How I Won the War
Roger Ebert
I got no impression from this film that Lester really personally cares very strongly one way or the other about war It was only a currently fashionable subject a good excuse to make a movie 
2
Any Crybabies Around?
Roger Moore
The tradition depicted is fascinating funny and macabre But the film feels incomplete a 110 minute movie that doesn t quite finish its story even though it meanders through the middle acts getting to the payoff 
2
The Swenkas
Phil Villarreal
By the end of the film it s clear Sabelo comes to understand what the Swenkas are all about but do we 
2.5
The Swenkas
Elizabeth Weitzman
Jeppe Ronde s unusual documentary is unabashedly superficial But it s an approach that works better than you might imagine 
2.5
The Swenkas
Ken Fox
This is a beautifully shot wonderfully moving film and whoever thought of setting the scenes of the Swenkas displaying their plumage to Happy Trails and vintage Henry Mancini tunes is a genius 
3.5
The Swenkas
V.A. Musetto
The Swenkas are a charismatic group and Ronde takes full advantage You can t help but love them especially when they go swanking Beautiful cinematography and a sweet soundtrack with among others Roy Rogers and Tommy Dorsey add to the charm 
3
Screamers
Matt Brunson
I can t vouch for the edited U S version known as Screamers but the Italian original Island of the Fishmen is low rent fun 
2.5
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
Peter Canavese
Another calculated carefully curated puff piece about a pop star trapped in their gilded cage 
2
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
Gilles LeBlanc
Even the staunchest pop hater can t help but be impressed at the spectacle Mendes puts on for his loyal troops 
3.5
I Capture the Castle
Rob Thomas
A quirky and handsome family drama that nicely captures the pangs and pleasures of adolescence 
3
I Capture the Castle
Elias Savada
Castle captures a coming of age story and the changing romantic and economic relationships between family friends and paramours It s a diamond in the rough 
3
I Capture the Castle
Connie Ogle
The filmmakers can t seem to unearth the novel s inherent lightheartedness and instead treat too many events with earnest seriousness trampling the original story s lively spirit in heavy handed drama 
2
I Capture the Castle
Jeff Vice
Feels every bit as oppressive and joyless as the rather odd choice of homes in which many of the film s characters live 
2
I Capture the Castle
Sean P. Means
It s not a bad movie mind you just a spotty and rather aimless one loaded with dreary and uninvolving characters 
2.5
I Capture the Castle
Terry Lawson
Dollops on the usual romantic family and class conflicts with a very heavy ladle which pretty much smothers the whimsical mood Fywell strains so hard to attain 
2
I Capture the Castle
Sue Pierman
A richly colored intricately textured film that revels in slow but mesmerizing character development 
3
I Capture the Castle
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not that the whole thing isn t perfectly charming on certain levels Both Garai and Byrne are quite nice as the two impassioned sisters 
2.5
I Capture the Castle
Vic Vogler
Never shies from indulging us and our desire for a gentle and generous world that doesn t slip into easy answers 
3
I Capture the Castle
Carla Meyer
A delightful coming of age movie that teeters on contrivance but never topples 
3
I Capture the Castle
Glenn Lovell
Flat and suspenseless 
2.5
I Capture the Castle
David Elliott
A page turning soaper 
2
I Capture the Castle
Chris Knight
A charming story with a most satisfying conclusion 
3.5
I Capture the Castle
Ray Conlogue
Beautifully filmed silliness and fetchingly acted tweeness 
2
I Capture the Castle
Roger Ebert
It would be fun to be a member of the Mortmain family maybe the younger brother who shows every sign of growing up to be Harry Potter 
3.5
I Capture the Castle
Wesley Morris
A clear headed straightforward version of Dodie Smith s 1948 novel 
3
I Capture the Castle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of those movies in which the main characters talk endlessly about the great passions and burning fires of love but the movie itself is so timid and restrained that it might make your eyelids feel heavy before it makes your heart feel light 
2.5
I Capture the Castle
David Sterritt
One of the season s most captivating surprises 
3
I Capture the Castle
Michael Wilmington
A classy English film that lovingly re creates a teenage girl s coming of age in the 1930s 
3
I Capture the Castle
Jeffrey Westhoff
A newcomer who exudes confidence Romola Garai steadily guides us through the story s early comedy and the surprising betrayals that follow 
3
I Capture the Castle
Walter Chaw
Its chief selling point is damning with faint praise its complete inoffensiveness 
2
I Capture the Castle
Megan Lehmann
Overly mannered and schmaltzy 
2
I Capture the Castle
Jami Bernard
A sweet lovely if perhaps overlong movie 
2.5
I Capture the Castle
Glenn Whipp
The versatile Garai holds the movie together making even the more ridiculous passages of voiceover work into something heartfelt and believable 
2.5
I Capture the Castle
Timothy Knight
A sunny wonderfully romantic alternative to the special effects driven summer blockbusters I Capture the Castle is the essence of charm 
3.5
I Capture the Castle
Gene Seymour
It may be best to think of I Capture the Castle as a kind of comfy chair with a few frayed edges and telltale leaks in its upholstery Perfect furniture in other words for a lazy summer afternoon 
2.5
Rocco and His Brothers
Mattie Lucas
Even at nearly three hours long Rocco and His Brothers is a fleet footed intensely realized work
3.5
Rocco and His Brothers
Clayton Dillard
It s vital about violence being bred from systemic blind spots where miniscule souls are tasked with the impossible 
4
Rocco and His Brothers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Visconti s greatest achievement is how he mixes realism and melodrama 
4
Rocco and His Brothers
Jeremy Heilman
A stirring and expansive family epic 
4
Le jour du mineur (The Coal Miner's Day)
Michael Phillips
At its strongest The Coal Miner s Day extracts universal truths from shrewdly chosen details 
3
Try Harder!
Nick Allen
This smart savvy documentary does a great job in putting faces and stories behind students who are seen as computers 
3
Try Harder!
Sean P. Means
Lum s film makes a strong argument that a school like Lowell by being so laser focused on college admissions denies their kids the thing some colleges want most A well rounded life 
3.5
Try Harder!
Randy Myers
The agonizing process trying to get into the best college imaginable is depicted vividly in Bay Area filmmaker Debbie Lim s irresistible documentary 
3
Try Harder!
Lisa Trifone
I had the urge to reach through the screen and give one or all of them a good big hug 
3
Question One
David Lewis
We ve all heard the arguments many times before Here it s between the lines that count 
3
Question One
Moira MacDonald
An often fascinating examination of politics as personal 
3
Question One
Chris Hewitt
Even if you already know where you stand it s interesting to see how the other half thinks 
2.5
The Good Heart
Mattie Lucas
A solid film buoyed by great performances despite its flawed denouement and unnecessarily sappy message that seems tacked on as an afterthought 
2.5
The Good Heart
Rob Thomas
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name And they re always glad you came The bar in The Good Heart is emphatically not that place 
3
The Good Heart
Mark Feeney
Cox doesn t so much chew the scenery as inhale it Dano looks on in awe Who can blame him For that matter who can blame Cox 
1.5
The Good Heart
Peter Keough
Icelandic writer director Dagur Kári embraces the deadpan absurdist comedy of Finland s Aki Kaurismäki and Norway s Bent Hamer but in place of the usual laconic antihero he offers Cox s bellowing Beethoven maned troglodyte 
3
The Good Heart
Mick LaSalle
It s a strange thing this type of whimsy Kari offers us ideas in place of characters and yet he expects us to see through these ideas to the real life conditions they represent and then to respond to them in kind 
1
The Good Heart
Chris Hewitt
You know those movies where two very different people meet and you re so intrigued by both of them that you hope they ll form an unlikely friendship Well The Good Heart isn t one of them 
1
The Good Heart
Mark Dujsik
Moves unstoppably toward frustration 
1.5
The Good Heart
Stephen Whitty
But the film has no grasp of reality And worse it has no feel for poetry settling for pat contrasts between the two men and taking its cardiac imagery to an absurd and literal conclusion 
1.5
The Good Heart
Michael Phillips
As robust and clever an actor as Cox is he can t make Jacques any less of a blowhard Kari s wit simply doesn t come through in English at least with this script 
1.5
The Good Heart
Roger Ebert
I will not I must not tell you what happens at the end of this movie except to say I was stupefied that anyone in modern times i e since 1910 would have the gall to sell such cornball at retail 
1.5
The Good Heart
Kyle Smith
The movie begins to wear out its welcome even before a conclusion of breathtaking corniness 
2
The Good Heart
Andrew Schenker
This sense of temporal suspension enhanced by a slight fuzziness to the cinematography is the fim s most endearing quality Otherwise it s nothing more than a soggy tale of redemption in the face of mortality 
1.5
My Blueberry Nights
Josh Larsen
an awkward exercise in translating Wong kar Wai to a Western setting 
1.5
My Blueberry Nights
Mattie Lucas
In the end the cinematography and music give off a sultry smoky vibe that borders on intoxicating Wong never backs it up with anything of meaning 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Philippa Hawker
As visually lush and distinctive and enveloping as you would expect from a Wong Kar wai film with space for performances that have impact 
3
My Blueberry Nights
Christian Toto
My Blueberry Nights proves Norah Jones isn t ready for a movie career quite yet 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Austin Kennedy
The story had promise but it ends up being half baked by a director who wants to show off that he went to film school 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Matt Brunson
Wong s Hong Kong efforts are steeped in romanticism but here something clearly got lost in translation 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Jeff Vice
The ensemble drama has some modest charms which includes a surprising old fashioned sweetness and interpretation of romance 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Peter Howell
A flaky disaster 
1.5
My Blueberry Nights
Liam Lacey
The casting problem starts with the movie s lead Norah Jones 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Larry Ratliff
Norah Jones doesn t merely hold her own in a pouty screen debut of note she looks comfortable and purrs with the confidence of someone who belongs 
3
My Blueberry Nights
Chris Hewitt
A moody beautiful romance 
3
My Blueberry Nights
Rene Rodriguez
The bad news about My Blueberry Nights is that it feels like an exaggeration to call it an actual movie 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Michael Phillips
Only in flashes does Wong Kar Wai let you forget about the relentless meticulous beauty long enough to lose yourself inside it 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Moira MacDonald
Wong Kar Wai s strange pastry filled reverie My Blueberry Nights is not for those who like movies in which things happen rather it s for those in a mood to float sometimes deliciously 
3
My Blueberry Nights
Mick LaSalle
Few directors regularly exploit so well film s capacity for capturing the present and the past in the same instant Wong is plugged into a special zone that feels that joy of experience and the pain of recollection simultaneously 
3
My Blueberry Nights
Christy Lemire
For all its implied weightiness and melancholy My Blueberry Nights is a confection that leaves you feeling empty 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Ty Burr
My Blueberry Nights is Wong Kar Wai s first English language movie Perhaps not coincidentally it s also his worst movie 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Jim Emerson
It s a store bought bakery window display cake infused with flavor essences and color enhancers Is there a cinematic MSG that intensifies the sweetness of eye candy 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Steven Rea
The Hong Kong director s efforts to transplant things to a distinctly American tableau fail Prettily but miserably 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wong s beautiful frames filled with windows lights and colors and a dazzling array of sounds from distant thunder to tinkling bracelets establish his all important mood
3.5
My Blueberry Nights
Claudia Puig
Mostly My Blueberry Nights is irritating and plodding saved only slightly by Law s lively performance 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Steven Boone
Jones displays some acting chops but the character she creates with Wong has all the personality of a museum tour guide 
2
My Blueberry Nights
V.A. Musetto
The biggest problem is Wong s decision to cast Norah Jones as Elizabeth a New Yorker who hits the road after a love affair goes bad Jones in her first movie can t act There I said it 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Betsy Bozdech
Wong Kar Wai s dreamy film boasts strong performances but ultimately feels more like a wistful character study than a heartfelt romance 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Elizabeth Weitzman
Setting out a grandly romantic dish Wong encourages us to indulge And then he leaves us hungry for something more 
2
My Blueberry Nights
Bob Strauss
Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai has made some of the smartest most moving and tactilely gorgeous tales of romantic dislocation ever put on film His first American movie My Blueberry Nights is not one of those 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Brandon Fibbs
My Blueberry Nights is like a short film that goes on for too long It is a flimsy if inoffensive addition to Wong Kar Wai s canon an insignificant diversion at best 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
Ken Fox
Despite its flaws the film has the same dreamy romantic melancholy that distinguishes Wong s best films 
3
My Blueberry Nights
John Anderson
It may not be what you expect But with Wong Kar wai it seldom is 
3
My Blueberry Nights
Glenn Kenny
One hopes that having possibly purged his romanticized preconceptions about the U S Wong comes back sometime gets comfortable with his setting and forges a unique vision 
2.5
My Blueberry Nights
James Rocchi
My Blueberry Nights may be a bit more interested in look than feel it conveys blue as a color far more effectively than it conveys blue as an emotional state but it s a feast of beauty while it gracefully unfolds on screen 
3
The Reluctant Dragon
Austin Kennedy
This isn t really so much a movie as it is just an excuse to show the movie going audience some of what goes into making an animated film And you know what That s absolutely fine by me 
3
Cliffhanger
David Nusair
Cliffhanger kicks off with an enthralling sequence detailing a perilous rescue attempt within the aforementioned Rocky Mountains 
3
Cliffhanger
Christopher Harris
it has truly awe inspiring stunts and special effects and many of its suspense sequences will leave you with your heart in your mouth 
3
Cliffhanger
Jeff Shannon
The fact that so much money was lavished on such a thick headed project represents the height of fiscal ineptitude but this is the kind of roller coaster ride for which eager audiences will gladly check their brains at the turnstiles so go figure 
2
Cliffhanger
Steven Rea
The cinematography and gravity defying stunt performances are exhilarating The story alas is pure routine 
2.5
Cliffhanger
Gary Thompson
An unexpectedly average adventure movie 
2
Cliffhanger
Gene Siskel
Take away the mountains and what you have is a howlingly bad action film with a cornball villain out to steal a massive amount of United States currency from federal agents 
1
Cliffhanger
Dave Kehr
Like the roller coaster ride Cliffhanger clearly wants to be the film sends you out pleasantly rattled and wobbly of gait 
3
Cliffhanger
Stephen Hunter
The movie could also use more zing in its writing 
2.5
Cliffhanger
Peter Canavese
As preposterous as this Die Hard on a mountain flick is Cliffhanger remains one of the zestier big budget action pictures of the nineties Blu ray 
2.5
Cliffhanger
Robert Roten
It is a big scale action adventure with plenty of blood and blasts It resembles some Shakespeare plays only in that by the end of the story almost all the characters are laying in pools of blood 
3
Cliffhanger
James Berardinelli
Whether Cliffhanger will bring Stallone s name back into the top echelon of action movie stars has yet to be determined but if this film can t the task may be impossible 
2
Cliffhanger
Chris Hicks
When Cliffhanger is doing its Vertigo thing it is an incredibly effective thriller with an opening scene that is so intense audience members will work up a sweat and strain their fingers gripping the armrests on their theater seats 
3
Cliffhanger
Roger Ebert
Cliffhanger is a device to entertain us and it works especially during those moments when Stallone is hanging by his fingernails over a three mile fall and the bad guys are stomping on him 
3
Cliffhanger
David N. Butterworth
Cliffhanger is everything you d expect from a summer blockbuster starring Sylvester Stallone big predictable and dumb as houses 
2
Meerkats
Linda Cook
Want to experience drama Danger Action And superlative cuteness Look no further than Meerkats 3D a marvelous National Geographic documentary
4
Fastball
Barbara Vancheri
As the boys of summer prepare to take the field again Fastball is a briskly paced welcome warm up beer and peanuts not included 
3
Fastball
Peter Howell
With Kevin Costner narrating Hock illuminates and entertains as he sketches portraits of the greats from original fireballer Walter Johnson to the indomitable Nolan Ryan 
3.5
Fastball
Tom Keogh
Filmmaker Jonathan Hock goes beyond anecdotes to the larger role of the fastball in baseball the way the game changed when the pursuit of velocities exceeding a batter s reaction time became a Holy Grail 
4
Fastball
Chris Knight
Fastball will change the way you watch the game without ever diminishing the sport s mystery and grandeur 
3.5
Fastball
G. Allen Johnson
For baseball fans it delivers the high heat For the non fan there may be a little too much inside baseball 
2
Fastball
Roger Moore
A fascinating and entertaining attempt to answer baseball s Big Question Who was the fastest ever 
3
The Dig
Steven Prokopy
The Dig is most definitely a learning experience but it s also a chance to observe a place that seemingly stands apart from the rest of the country 
3
The Dig
Mark Meszoros
While short of a classic The Dig is lovely in more ways than one and works its way into you 
3
The Dig
Tom Meek
It s a staid affair with palpably controlled performances by Mulligan and Fiennes Ben Chaplain and Lilly James strike a compelling couple brought in to help out 
3
The Dig
Sarah Knight Adamson
The Dig is an exhilarating reenactment of a historical coastal English countryside dig with heartfelt performances by all 
3.5
The Dig
Peter Canavese
A stately English drama in a lot of ways and yet whenever you think it s going to zig it sort of zags Interested in the past and how it works its way into the future One to watch 
3.5
The Dig
Diana Cheng
Director Simon Stone has chosen to turn a spectacular archeological find into a lyrical visual narrative that is elegiac and ponderous in tone 
3.5
The Dig
James Berardinelli
Had the narrative stayed the course established in the early goings it might have been unremarkable but satisfying As it is there s too much of the former and too little of the latter 
2.5
The Dig
Pamela Powell
The Dig is a work of art both visually and emotionally thanks to a beautifully complex script masterful direction and of course a talented cast lead by incomparable lead actors 
4
The Dig
Sheila O'Malley
Told with simplicity and grace and a sensitivity to the pastoral Suffolk landscape of wide fields and wider skies The Dig is often quite thrilling 
3
The Dig
Ty Burr
This kind of movie is often about the barriers of class being leveled by mutual interests and struggle and while The Dig is most definitely not a romance it is in one sense a love story 
3
The Dig
Richard Roeper
With some of the location filming taking place in Suffolk not far from the actual dig site director Simon Stone provides splendid visuals the rolling hills are beautiful 
3
The Dig
Leo Brady
The Dig has all of the tools of a well produced piece and sadly is something that should have been left deep in the ground 
2
The Dig
Randy Myers
Overall this is a bit of a snoozer 
2
The Dig
Robert Levin
The Dig is an affecting rumination on the ways in which history intertwines with and shapes the present with excellent performances by Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes 
3
The Dig
Dan Rubins
The Dig clearly relishes in having found so many fascinating real people arriving at one place at once 
3
The Dig
Jeff York
It manages to be compelling and important without ever laboring to appear big Its strength lies in its modesty and that in itself is quite the find in any movie season 
3.5
The Dig
Joe Friar
The imperturbable film holds a treasure trove of cinematic delights for the viewer including graceful performances by Mulligan and Fiennes in this reimagined true story based on the 2007 novel by John Preston 
3
The Dig
Mick LaSalle
It s lovely to encounter a big scale performance from a child that is in no way annoying 
3
The Dig
Mark Dujsik
T he characters and conversations never quite reach the degree of significance that the filmmakers believe they possess 
2
The Dig
Michael Nordine
Stone handles this thematic bedrock with all the care of an archaeologist brushing his latest find as it emerges from the dirt 
2.5
The Dig
Johnny Oleksinski
It s an intimate film that moves at the deliberate careful pace of an excavation and in so doing uncovers a few gems along the way 
2.5
The Dig
Roger Moore
Touching and richly rewarding as entertaining as any movie about archeology could be without a bullwhip 
3
The Dig
Michael O'Sullivan
The Dig is about the yearning so human and yes so elusive and so futile to fix the past so that it can be preserved 
3.5
The Dig
Lindsey Bahr
It s very easy to get swept away by it all 
3.5
Star Trek
Mattie Lucas
With its soaring space battles gorgeous cinematography and a grand score by Michael Giacchino Star Trek is in many ways the quintessential summer blockbuster 
3.5
Star Trek
Dann Gire
J J Abrams Star Trek reboot beams a fresh set of dilithium crystals into a science fiction film franchise that has been eking by on cinematic life support since 1991 s The Undiscovered Country 
3
Star Trek
Al Alexander
Abrams also avoids the pitfalls of the three Star Wars prequels by making it a thrill to meet these familiar characters before they became the stars of the stars 
3.5
Star Trek
Leah Rozen
There s much wit here bang up action scenes and a twisting plot that will make sense to those who truly care to follow it May this latest incarnation of the series live long and prosper 
4
Star Trek
Scott Nash
If you re a self confessed Trekkie as I am you can t help but compare this cast to the original cast I was surprised how easily I accepted Zachary Quinto as Spock and Karl Urban seems to channel Deforest Kelly at times 
3
Star Trek
David Keyes
For the first time in all my encounters with the Enterprise and the Federation I actually cared about several of those important figures seated at the ship controls 
3
Star Trek
Jason Buchanan
Fun funny exhilarating and occasionally touching Star Trek gives Gene Roddenberry s enduring sci fi series a much needed shot in the arm 
3.5
Star Trek
Nick Rogers
Although given the Starship Enterprise s keys geek culture maven J J Abrams warps the vessel like he stole it in a sleek stylish reboot stuffed with jailbreak momentum deft pacing dense plotting passionate principles and perfect casting 
3.5
Star Trek
Jordan Hiller
One could melt into the luxury of the experience Mr Abrams provides and objectively appreciate every penny spent in the budget as there is not a false or cheesy speck to be found on screen 
4
Star Trek
Jeffrey Gantz
This Star Trek will be exploring the cinematic universe for many years to come 
3.5
Star Trek
Matt Soergel
Standing in contrast to the angst ridden lumbering and dark vibe favored by so many action flicks it has plenty for fans and almost as much for those who couldn t tell a tribble from a tricorder 
3.5
Star Trek
Sonny Bunch
An incredibly satisfying popcorn picture Star Trek hurtles forward with propulsive energy
3.5
Star Trek
Mike Scott
Six and a half years after Hollywood left the Enterprise crew for dead Kirk is back baby and he s better than ever 
3.5
Star Trek
Wesley Lovell
While entertaining as a space soap opera the film dismantles much of what made Star Trek once great 
3
Star Trek
Emily Blunt
Director J J Abrams has made summer 2009 an event 
4
Star Trek
Greg Maki
Youthful fast paced thrilling funny and fueled by an adventurous spirit 
4
Star Trek
Jay Antani
a skilfully constructed studio picture that boasts a casting coup on par with The Lord of the Rings 
3
Star Trek
Charles Koplinski
A bold entertaining reboot 
3.5
Star Trek
Lori Hoffman
Beam me up Scotty this Trek rocks 
3.5
Star Trek
Ross Anthony
A fiery dynamo Big action snappy direction good acting respect for the past This is the summer blockbuster to see 
3.5
Star Trek
David Nusair
immediately establishes itself as a contemporary reboot done right 
3.5
Star Trek
Eric Melin
has a lot of humor but is very serious about its premise about as good as Hollywood blockbusters get 
3.5
Star Trek
Michael Smith
Set phasers for fun May this Trek live long and prosper 
3.5
Star Trek
James Kendrick
successfully crafts a new beginning that both honors the series previous incarnations but also charts its own course using a clever time traveling narrative that essentially creates an alternate Trek universe
3.5
Star Trek
Matt Brunson
Abrams whole approach to this revamped Star Trek Be playful be unpredictable and full speed ahead 
3.5
Star Trek
Kam Williams
A splendid space saga so spellbinding I won t complain about their resurrecting that infuriating infinitive splitting catchphrase To boldly go where no one has gone before 
4
Star Trek
Kyle Smith
Barely competent J J Abrams has a TV soul 
2.5
Star Trek
Bill Weber
This Star Trek essentially turns out to be a war film with the occasional philosophical timeout to discuss love friendship and duty until the next bone crunching fistfight or multi weapon rumble with the Romulans 
2.5
Star Trek
Wilson Morales
With director J J Abrams on board the newest movie in the series is not only action packed but also filled with surprises 
3.5
Star Trek
Keith Cohen
The unpredictability of this alternate reality gives future screenwriters a free hand to go where no one has gone before 
3
Star Trek
Walter Chaw
a Luddite picture wary of the future and reliant on something so simple as being human to be the salvation of the human race 
3.5
Star Trek
Gina Carbone
Sacrilege alert It may even be better than The Dark Knight 
3.5
Star Trek
Jeffrey Westhoff
J J Abrams muscles aside Trek s ponderous aspects with a rip roaring storyline and enough action to qualify as a galactic James Bond movie
3.5
Star Trek
Mike McGranaghan
The first Star Trek movie that feels fully realized It s smart enough to be accessible to everyone while retaining enough respect for the franchise s legacy to please diehard fans 
3.5
Star Trek
Christian Toto
Star Trek might annoy purists but everyone else will be glad to see Spock and co again 
3
Star Trek
John Beifuss
Fun but like most of the previous movies it doesn t approach the quality of the best episodes of the original Star Trek or Star Trek The Next Generation 
3
Star Trek
Sara Michelle Fetters
What I do have a problem with is sacrificing plot for speed for thinking that grand spectacle and a great sense of pop culture are all that you need to make a new journey with the crew of the Enterprise work 
2.5
Star Trek
Steve Rhodes
Don t be surprised if you feel just like me when you leave the theater I was ready and eager to see my newfound friends in their next space adventure 
3.5
Star Trek
Carla Meyer
Abrams Star Trek strikes a beautiful balance with enough allusions to Trek mythology to please longtime fans and enough 21st century verve to wow even those viewers who know nothing of Star Trek 
3.5
Star Trek
Joe Williams
The wit and youthful energy that s been infused into the new Star Trek should enable this venerable franchise to live longer and prosper more handsomely 
3.5
Star Trek
Mick LaSalle
In going back to tell the Enterprise story from the beginning Star Trek presses collective emotional buttons people didn t even know they had At its best the effect is like seeing life panoramically past and future simultaneous and magnificent 
3
Star Trek
Rob Thomas
Abrams has approached the source material with the right spirit of loving irreverence and set the stage for what hopefully will be a rebirth of an enduring franchise A five year mission doesn t feel nearly long enough 
3.5
Star Trek
Lisa Kennedy
You needn t know the secret handshakes or utter the Vulcan blessing live long and prosper to gain admission to and enjoy summer s first thrill ride 
3.5
Star Trek
Sean P. Means
The time travel plotline not only fuels this exciting movie but jump starts the old franchise into new directions It allows this Enterprise crew to boldly go where not even Star Trek has gone before 
3.5
Star Trek
John Wirt
The greatest prequel ever told 
4
Star Trek
Peter Canavese
It s this Star Trek s greatest stroke of genius to conceive of Kirk and Spock as two rebels looking for a cause 
3.5
Star Trek
Daniel M. Kimmel
captures the spirit of the original series and makes watching these characters fun again 
4
Star Trek
Bob Bloom
What Abrams has done is pay tribute to the legacy of Star Trek while taking it in a direction that will surely re energize and resurrect a moribund property 
3.5
Star Trek
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All in all the material is strong enough and exciting enough that not even Abrams fumbling can entirely ruin it and it s certainly better than the last two series entries 
3
Star Trek
Willie Waffle
This is a different Star Trek It s hipper It s hotter It s going to be the biggest movie of the summer and no corny little one liners will do it justice 
4
Star Trek
Peter T. Chattaway
For those who want a thrilling ride Star Trek should do the trick It has just enough old school stuff to keep longtime fans intrigued even if a bit disappointed 
3
Star Trek
Linda Cook
Fascinating 
4
Star Trek
Duane Dudek
The result is not a great film but it is great fun 
3
Star Trek
Jeff Vice
This Trek is an exciting constantly entertaining feature that helps kick off this year s summer movie season in spectacular fantasy 
3.5
Star Trek
Michael Sragow
The new Star Trek arouses an instant affection that sometimes rises to ecstasy and never entirely wears out 
3
Star Trek
Rene Rodriguez
Take note George Lucas This is how it s done 
3
Star Trek
Jeff Shannon
You couldn t ask for a less ponderous more rollicking time 
3
Star Trek
Chris Hewitt
This non Trekkie thinks you d have to look back almost as far as Raiders of the Lost Ark to find an adventure this consistently thrillingly joyfully fun 
3.5
Star Trek
Peter Howell
Phasers set on stunning 
4
Star Trek
Claudia Puig
hen it comes to sheer spectacle Star Trek as re imagined by J J Abrams delivers 
3
Star Trek
Amy Biancolli
Abrams redo isn t just a blast from the past It s a blast 
3.5
Star Trek
Liam Lacey
It s also a pleasure to report that not only have Gene Roddenberry s ideas stood up pretty well over the decades so have Spock s ears 
3
Star Trek
Michael Phillips
The new Star Trek motion picture seeks to extend a lucrative brand with a young demographic But it s a real movie breathlessly paced bordering on manic but propulsively entertaining 
3
Star Trek
Erik Childress
For nearly its first hour I felt I was witnessing Abrams hitting every beat just right only to see him and his writers spend the final hour getting just about everything wrong 
2
Star Trek
Dustin Putman
Pulsates with a life and fire that the former series entries never quite equaled So much is going on in each frame that one sits smiling for the duration drinking in the images while yearning for a repeat viewing 
3
Star Trek
Michael A. Smith
even if you ve NEVER seen Star Trek you ll be hooked 
4
Star Trek
Joe Lozito
J J Abrams boldly takes the Trek franchise where it hasn t gone in a long time to box office gold 
3.5
Star Trek
Carrie Rickey
The happy result is action friendly nerd friendly and fundamentally optimistic 
3.5
Star Trek
Roger Ebert
The Gene Roddenberry years when stories might play with questions of science ideals or philosophy have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action 
2.5
Star Trek
Josh Larsen
Fans will be thrilled though not nearly as much as Paramount Pictures shareholders 
3
Star Trek
Robert W. Butler
As rousing as a Klingon war chant and more fun than an engine room full of tribbles 
3
Star Trek
Rafer Guzman
That jolt of energy may resuscitate the franchise its breathing however feels shallow 
2.5
Star Trek
Phil Villarreal
For the first time in 15 years Star Trek actually matters 
3.5
Star Trek
Peter Travers
Summer officially hits warp speed 
3.5
Star Trek
Lou Lumenick
Smart epic and eye popping 
3.5
Star Trek
Ty Burr
Trading on affections sustained over 40 years of popular culture Star Trek does what a franchise reboot rarely does It reminds us why we loved these characters in the first place 
4
Star Trek
Robert Levin
The final frontier of space is once again the place to be 
3.5
Revolución
Andrew Schenker
Given such a broad concept the possibilities for treatment remain almost limitless but it s interesting to note that the first two episodes lay out the twin poles for approaching the stated thematic 
2
Villisca
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Axe Murders of Villisca never comes alive and as such no matter how much potential as a filmmaker I think Valenzuela might possess watching this film proves to be nothing more than a serious waste of time 
1.5
The Fan
David Nusair
a lesser entry within Scott s exceedingly erratic filmography 
2
The Fan
Michael Dequina
An entertaining piece of work if not the most original 
3
Getting Even With Dad
John Hartl
The new summer movies don t get much more formulaic than this bald attempt to capture the audience that can t wait to see the next three or four installments of Home Alone 
2
Getting Even With Dad
Gary Thompson
When toddlers are tipping the punchlines it s time for rewrite 
2
Getting Even With Dad
Carrie Rickey
This seems to be the work not of screenwriters but of Hollywood marketing executives who believe movies are popular because they tell audiences what they want to hear 
0.5
Getting Even With Dad
Stephen Hunter
Culkin is Culkin cute and malleable absolutely empty absolutely precious absolutely irritating 
2
Getting Even With Dad
John Petrakis
Perhaps blackmail isn t an easy subject to warm up to or robbery the best ground to rebuild a relationship on but with a little care some added ingredients and a bit more spice Getting Even With Dad could have been a satisfying film 
2
Getting Even With Dad
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie with broad ambitions It wants to be a caper a comedy a romance and a showcase for MacAulay Culkin That s too much of a stretch 
2
Getting Even With Dad
James Berardinelli
The dysfunctional family in this film is little more than a shameless plot device to introduce a lame father son bonding adventure 
2
Let Me Be Me
Roger Moore
As this biography of a man with autism progresses and we notice who most of those outside the family are giving testimonials to Kyles treatment and his prognosis are from the same institute Let Me Be Me prompts a wary raised eyebrow of skepticism 
2.5
Good Funk
Roger Moore
There s not much to it but like its title it s a character study with a groove 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Mattie Lucas
Ben Stiller does his usual loser shtick and computer animation dumb laughs urinating monkeys anyone and slapstick abounds 
2
Night at the Museum
David Nusair
lightweight and inoffensive 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Betsy Bozdech
Kids who don t care about the finer points of cinematic storytelling in other words most of them will certainly enjoy the film as will older viewers with a taste for the fantastic 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Vince Koehler
Overall this was a good show for the kids and family 
3
Night at the Museum
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stiller correctly plays straight man to the army of CGI beasties but also to some of the world s best comics 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Jonathan R. Perry
An inquisitive mind s thirst for understanding runs counter to your enjoyment when a film s heart is usually in the right place but its brain is on permanent vacation 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Thomas Delapa
all the warmth of an Ice Age fossil 
1.5
Night at the Museum
Bill Zwecker
A film that veers often without much direction between a family friendly comic romp and an attempt to touch our souls with heartfelt emotion 
2
Night at the Museum
Mark Dujsik
The waste of talent especially of two comic veterans is occasionally sad to watch 
1
Night at the Museum
Gina Carbone
For all the money it must ve taken to get the effects and the cast make sure you let your funny people be funny 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Mike McGranaghan
Night is definitely hampered by the fact that it has no viewpoint on history Some satirical ideas would have elevated it onto a higher comic plane 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Gary Brown
There isn t much to this concoction aside from special effects gone amuck 
2
Night at the Museum
Linda Cook
What s more fun than A Night at the Museum Well in this case sitting on the steps of any real museum 
1
Night at the Museum
Steve Rhodes
Jumanji Lite
3
Night at the Museum
Sean P. Means
A movie both kids and adults can enjoy And you thought those went the way of the woolly mammoth 
3.5
Night at the Museum
Bob Bloom
This is basically a movie for youngsters who will enjoy watching a T rex skeleton scampering around the museum like a big puppy 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Matt Brunson
If nothing else this should command the attention of kids who have grown tired of having their pictures taken with Santa 
2
Night at the Museum
Kit Bowen
Ben Stiller and gang still manage to give the delightfully entertaining Night at the Museum a little edge 
3
Night at the Museum
Ken Fox
Ploddingly directed by Shawn Levy the man behind 2006 s terrible Pink Panther remake it s so devoid of enchantment that one can t help but coldly notice the implausibilities 
2
Night at the Museum
Geoff Pevere
Fun for the whole family Probably not but certainly for those members who are only permitted to hang out when the lawyers say it s okay 
2
Night at the Museum
Moira MacDonald
The movie despite some lavish special effects feels perfunctory and generic Kids may well enjoy it the 7 year old with me giggled all the way through adults may squirm 
2
Night at the Museum
Ruthe Stein
Like the institution it portrays Night at the Museum comes alive after dark It s a perfect movie to take the kids to Who knows it might even inspire them to want to visit an actual museum 
3
Night at the Museum
James Berardinelli
It might be fair to give Ben Stiller an A for effort but to call what he does in this movie acting is a misnomer He does a lot of running around occasionally falling down or bumping into things 
2
Night at the Museum
Pam Grady
This is one film in which the CGI and other effects blend seamlessly into the production and special kudos should go to production designer Claude Paré whose job it was to create this fanciful rendition of the Museum of Natural History 
3
Night at the Museum
Lou Lumenick
The special effects are far more inspired than the comedy in Night at the Museum which strands several generations of performers in a highly derivative script and hackneyed direction 
2
Night at the Museum
Jack Mathews
Really young kids may like the noise and chaos of the movie but the real museum on Central Park West has its own A Night at the Museum program that sounds a lot better 
2
Night at the Museum
Connie Ogle
Night at the Museum based on a kids book by Milan Trenc is so wonderfully energetic it doesn t leave much time for questions 
3
Night at the Museum
Bob Strauss
All the exhibits come to life after dark That s about it Aimed at kids 
.5
Night at the Museum
Loey Lockerby
Night at the Museum will at least give you a chance to see Andy Hardy beat the snot out of Zoolander That alone should be worth the price of admission 
2.5
Night at the Museum
John Monaghan
The special effects rule yet they don t overpower simple character driven slapstick 
3
Night at the Museum
Michael Booth
Though far less ambitious than Jurassic Park Night at the Museum is also far less terrifying than Jumanji It is happy where it is and the audience I saw it with seemed to appreciate that 
3
Night at the Museum
Sara Michelle Fetters
Levy doesn t help His directorial style appears to be from the Jackson Pollack school the filmmaker apparently throwing everything he can think of up onto the screen and then hoping that some of it sticks 
2
Night at the Museum
Lawrence Toppman
The museum s design is wonderfully realistic which makes the adequate effects and shabby cinematography disappointing 
1.5
Night at the Museum
Ty Burr
Night at the Museum in fact is stuffed with smart performers doing graciously silly work and all director Shawn Levy has to do is manage traffic 
3
Night at the Museum
Josh Hurst
A two hour romp through goofy humor history buff in jokes kooky physical comedy and high speed chase scenes They just don t make em like this anymore 
3
Night at the Museum
Nick Rogers
Rarely entertaining the movie is at least instructive The statute of limitations on loud dumb movies with Robin Williams and computer generated animals is 11 years It bypasses brand name coattails right to the level of a straight to DVD sequel 
1.5
Night at the Museum
John Beifuss
The liveliest museum piece here is 86 year old Mickey Rooney who doesn t look a day older than the film s resurrected mummy but is a lot more entertaining 
2
Night at the Museum
Daniel M. Kimmel
a funny diverting holiday offering that will be quickly on its way to video in the New Year 
3
Night at the Museum
Dustin Putman
Night at the Museum isn t an utter disaster but it is a dreary special effects laden fantasy adventure with zero thrills and only intermittent heart 
2
Night at the Museum
Willie Waffle
Your kid probably is dying to see it but show your young one you love him or her by purchasing tickets to Charlotte s Web instead 
1
Night at the Museum
Josh Larsen
another one of those family films that believes keeping kids in a constant state of agitation is the same thing as keeping them entertained 
1.5
Night at the Museum
Jeff Vice
Stiller is clearly comfortable playing this kind of put upon character and his performance here is less forced than some of his recent work 
3
Night at the Museum
Mack Bates
Entertaining enough that kids might not even mind the history lessons along the way 
3
Night at the Museum
Chris Hewitt
The oft humiliated Stiller is in familiar territory a monkey named Dexter does the humiliating here but Museum has a sweetness most of his movies don t 
3
Night at the Museum
Laura Kelly
in it s own dependable amiable and yes predictable way this Ben Stiller comedy gets the basic job done 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Jan Stuart
A pea brained fantasy comedy with a riot of kid pleasing special effects 
2
Night at the Museum
Jeff Strickler
Night at the Museum is a high concept comedy that skimps on things such as plot and character development but holds nothing back when it comes to high energy silliness In other words it s vintage Ben Stiller in his wacky mode 
3
Night at the Museum
Michael Phillips
The writers are content to let the magical beings simply run around and crash into things I got a Jumanji headache about 30 minutes in 
1.5
Night at the Museum
Nick Schager
Night at the Museum fails to hit a completely comfortable stride 
2
Night at the Museum
Laine Ewen
After a slow start this feel good family film is a nice postcard from the Big Apple that may benefit New York and the Museum of Natural History as much as it does 20th Century Fox 
2.5
Night at the Museum
Sean McBride
has enough flash to satisfy audiences simply looking for a bit of holiday escapist fun 
2.5
The Pit
Simon Abrams
There are a lot of ideas swimming around in The Pit but most of them aren t arranged well enough to demand your attention 
2
Rescue Dogs: The Movie
Sean P. Means
One wishes someone had rescued this woeful production before it totally went to the dogs 
1
Rescue Dogs: The Movie
Roger Moore
Harmless but charmless
1.5
Autumn Spring
John Monaghan
Worth a look for anyone in the mood for a story about an old man who lives by Dylan Thomas advice about not going gently into the night 
3
Autumn Spring
Moira MacDonald
A gentle story of love and kindness 
3
Autumn Spring
Walter V. Addiego
Director Vladimir Michalek and writer Jiri Hubac deftly suggest the pathos of old age while avoiding the saccharine and the morbid 
3
Autumn Spring
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A lovely comedy about old age marriage men and women 
3
Autumn Spring
Sean P. Means
A movie that chooses not to mourn the elderly prematurely but rather celebrate the possibilities available to anyone with cunning a wrinkled face and a lot of free time 
3
Autumn Spring
Jeff Vice
Director Vladimir Michalek and screenwriter Jiri Hubac manage to strike a good balance between the comic and dramatic story elements and the story isn t quite as predictable as you might think 
3
Autumn Spring
Phil Villarreal
The accolades are much owed to Brodsky who builds Frantisek into the oldster we d all like to think we ll one day become 
3
Autumn Spring
Ty Burr
Marks an expansively funny memorial for Brodsky 
3
Autumn Spring
V.A. Musetto
A charming mix of Walter Mitty and About Schmidt 
3
Autumn Spring
David Sterritt
Provides a compassionate look at problems of old age that Hollywood rarely bothers to treat seriously 
2
Autumn Spring
John Anderson
Blithely bittersweet comedy is a paean to personal freedom and to the glories of 60s Czech cinema 
3
Autumn Spring
James Berardinelli
Manages the rare achievement of provoking audience members to tears and laughter during the course of its 95 minute running time 
3
Autumn Spring
Nick Schager
Director Vladimr Michlek dexterously balances the film s rueful somberness with infectious optimism 
3
Autumn Spring
Harvey S. Karten
A subtly comic tale that in effect takes About Schmidt forward by 15 years 
3
Hellraiser: Hellworld
David Nusair
moronic 
1
Hellraiser: Hellworld
Walter Chaw
The weakest kind of equivocal garbage 
1
Fools
Roger Ebert
How can I possibly describe how awful Fools is and in how many different ways The task approaches impossibility 
1.5
A Wedding
Elliott Stein
An unhinged merry go round that is far from merry and does not go round 
2
A Wedding
Roger Ebert
This is the sort of material that easily lends itself to farce and when it does Altman cheerfully follows But he leads in other directions as well 
3.5
Mac
Jeff Simon
Turturro the fine actor has enlisted other fine actors to fill minor roles he s a promising director with a fine eye 
3
Mac
David Nusair
Turturro does a fantastic job of establishing this blue collar world 
2.5
Mac
Roger Ebert
Mac he represents something real in the modern American character and at the end of the film we feel that Mac s qualities are needed in an age when people would rather make money out of money than houses out of lumber 
3.5
StarDust
David Nusair
a totally superfluous cinematic experience 
0
The Basket
Michael Dequina
This type of maudlin medicinal family film is a dime a dozen on the tube where it belongs 
2
Dor
Namrata Joshi
Why did Kukunoor have to step in as an actor again His sleazeball Chopra is totally unreal 
2
American Animal
V.A. Musetto
It is well acted and features witty repartee Look for more good things to come from this talent 
3
American Animal
Kalvin Henely
It may be baked with the same ingredients that come in your standard mumblecore starter kit but because of Matt D Elia s indebtedness to other movies the film follows a different recipe altogether 
3
THX-1138
David Nusair
devoid of even the most basic exposition designed to draw the viewer into its oddball futuristic landscape 
1
THX-1138
Russ Breimeier
Enhancing the film with special effects and a clearer presentation Lucas has turned something that was relatively unwatchable into something that can endure as a sci fi classic 
3
THX-1138
Walter Chaw
It s colorization in sheep s clothing don t you be duped into thinking otherwise 
3
THX-1138
James Kendrick
Austere cerebral and sometimes maddeningly cold it would seem that THX 1138 is the visual and tonal opposite of the space western Star Wars 
3
THX-1138
Timothy Knight
In spite of its flaws THX 1138 holds up remarkably well 
2.5
THX-1138
Rob Blackwelder
One of the slowest and most deliberately minimalist science fiction films ever made 
3
THX-1138
Leighton Walter Kille
Lucas described THX as an artifact from the future and we re supposed to struggle for understanding That s part of its hypnotic undertow 
3
THX-1138
Peter Hartlaub
This new highly polished upgrade is a nice gift for science fiction fans 
3
THX-1138
Eric Melin
Robert Duvall is a worker drone in a futuristic nightmare man Until he stops taking his pills and sees how groovy the world can be Trippy 
2
THX-1138
John Monaghan
One of those rare titles that has improved with age 
3
THX-1138
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The most remarkable thing about THX 1138 is its unsettling sound design pieced together by Lucas and Walter Murch 
3
THX-1138
Roger Ebert
The movie s strength is not in its story but in its unsettling and weirdly effective visual and sound style 
3
THX-1138
Peter Canavese
May be a naively simple variation on that other George Orwell but it remains a dazzling triumph of creativity and style over financial limitations 
3
Detour
Michael Dequina
Phoned in direct to video actioner 
1.5
Ace in the Hole
Brian Eggert
Today Ace in the Hole represents an artistic zenith in Wilder s career where his skill as a filmmaker and thorough condemnation of the human race converge into biting social commentary that stands apart from his more commonly known hits 
4
Ace in the Hole
David Nusair
a slow moving yet progressively absorbing drama 
3.5
Ace in the Hole
Roger Ebert
In a lesser movie Tatum would share our sympathy for the pathetic man Here he s on a parabola in that direction but wants it to intersect with the moment of his own greatest fame 
4
Ace in the Hole
Walter Chaw
It s the most scabrous uncompromised work from Billy Wilder who never made a movie that wasn t kind of an asshole 
4
Ace in the Hole
Matt Brunson
One year after scandalizing Hollywood with his bilious classic Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder was up to his old tricks with Ace in the Hole which did to journalism and to the average American what his previous picture had done to Tinseltown 
3.5
Ace in the Hole
Ed Gonzalez
Not unlike Fritz Lang s equally misanthropic Scarlet Street Ace in the Hole plays the squashing of one man s human spirit for societal weary gravitas 
4
Film School Africa
Roger Moore
Smart thoughtful and hopeful documentary about a film school start up with a lot of South Africa about it 
2.5
Mondocane
Peter Canavese
A bit on the nose at times and under cooked in its overall conception 44 but it apos s visually arresting 44 well acted and invests you with a strong rooting interest 46 
2.5
Mondocane
Mark Dujsik
91 A 93 story with so much political potential gradually becomes more and more formulaic 44 until the underlying ideas stop mattering 46 
2
Mondocane
Roger Moore
This grim slice of sci fi 8212 the title means 8220 Dog 8217 s World 44 8221 by the way 8212 delivers violence 44 suspense in a Dickensian 8220 Oliver Twist 8221 package that maybe needed a few more days of workshopping the screenplay 46 
2
Kung Fu Panda
Tom Keogh
There s something about the look of Kung Fu Panda that is so novel and pleasing Perhaps it s just that we haven t seen this vintage Far East world in a computer animated movie before 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Brett Michel
The thin script light on length and surprise heavy on tike pleasing jokes and action gives the ancillary anthropomorphized animals so little to say you ll hardly recognize Angelina Jolie s Tigress or even Jackie Chan s Monkey 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Chris Knight
Kung Fu Panda offers little in the way of cartoon novelty Even the battle scenes given the recent advances in live action wirework and blending of stunt performers and special effects are too little kung fu too much ho hum 
2
Kung Fu Panda
Wesley Lovell
Despite the traditional animation platitudes the film is entertaining and well voiced 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Amy Biancolli
The aphorisms creak The plot s an open book But all of those clichés are part of the joke in this ebullient ursine coming of age tale about a humble panda destined for greatness 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Lori Hoffman
a solid animated flick for kids and for any adults who are singing Kung Fu Fighting to themselves as they enter the multi plex guilty as charged 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers mix Black s good humor with breathtaking animated martial arts sequences 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
John Beifuss
The most visually stunning cartoon yet from DreamWorks 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Frank Ochieng
Willingly raucous and revved up for your escapist consideration do welcome this plump yet profoundly prancing panda into your thrill seeking heart 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Matt Brunson
It has more in common with Dr Seuss than the dubiously titled Dr Seuss Horton Hears a Who 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Larry Ratliff
Black blasts through Po though and lands on the furry character s visual surface with all vocal cylinders revving 
3
Kung Fu Panda
David Nusair
if nothing else the filmmakers should be commended for their refusal to pepper the proceedings with crass jokes and pop culture references 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
David N. Butterworth
Jack Black puts the POW in Kung pao 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Linda Cook
At first I growled at the panda 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Austin Kennedy
Kid s will enjoy this movie but I think Kung Fu geeks will like it even more It s one of the most action packed movies in theaters now 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Kam Williams
An animated cross of Rocky and The Karate Kid certain to delight this generation of tykes afresh 
4
Kung Fu Panda
Mike McGranaghan
There s an old saying about how a great musical will leave em dancing in the aisles Well this movie provides the kung fu equivalent of that 
4
Kung Fu Panda
Gina Carbone
If Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons stumbled onto the steps of Wayne Manor and Alfred said he was destined to be Batman you d get something of the are you serious fanboy awe of Kung Fu Panda 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Claudia Puig
Everything that happens in this dull tale of Po a paunchy panda who becomes a zealous kung fu fighter is telegraphed well in advance 
2
Kung Fu Panda
Maitland McDonagh
Beautifully animated the celebrity voice performances are terrific and the action sequences negotiate the fine line between being physically convincing and becoming too intense for the young children who are the filmâ TM s primary audience 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Peter Howell
Neither as original as Ratatouille nor as funny as Shrek 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Chris Hewitt
The jokey title sells this clever old fashioned film short 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Mick LaSalle
Kung Fu Panda gets across important and inevitable plot information in ways that are novel and unexpected Things simply don t happen the way they usually happen in animated stories 
2
Kung Fu Panda
Willie Waffle
After this movie pandas might be the new penguins And you know Kung Fu Panda is going to be good because TALKING ANIMALS ARE FUNNY 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Stephen Whitty
A relatively harmless bit of animated fun 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Kyle Smith
The animation is dazzling so lovingly detailed you can make out individual hairs on the titular beastie and full of bright Chinese images 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Cathy Jakicic
Imaginatively done full of peril surprise and even humor 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Rene Rodriguez
The movie has lean to the point simplicity which is refreshing in an era when so many films take needlessly bloated talky routes into their story for more on this see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Glenn Whipp
DreamWorks Animation s best movie since Shrek 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Robert W. Butler
Kung Fu Panda is one gorgeous movie If only the story and comedy were half as absorbing 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Lisa Kennedy
With loads of laugh lines Kung Fu Panda plays with the ying yang tension of sincerity and irreverance And it never shirks a popcorn tenet kernels of wisdom must be tasty 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Lawrence Toppman
Manic but hilarious Kung Fu Panda kicks its way onto the scene with irresistible force 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Ty Burr
Kung Fu Panda illustrates the dilemma CGI movies find themselves in They re suspended on a rickety bridge between product and moviemaking and the boards of our interest are beginning to rot away 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Christian Toto
Kung Fu Panda gets a big kick from the vocal trio of Jack Black Dustin Hoffman and Ian McShane 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Sara Michelle Fetters
Move aside big green ogre Shrek but this tale of a karate chopping roly poly panda might just be the best animated feature the studio has ever produced 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Nick Rogers
To paraphrase Kung Fu Fighting mercifully heard only once and in tweaked end credit form by Gnarls Barkley Kung Fu Panda is as fast as lightning and a little bit frightening but done with expert timing 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is one kid s movie where the grownups shouldn t have to fight over who has to take the children Instead everyone should get in on the fun 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Carolyn Arends
A good natured entertaining romp and in my experience not a bad kid discussion starter You can t ask much more from an animated panda kung fu movie than that 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Erik Childress
Dreamworks is bringing old school to the new school with Kung Fu Panda which quietly lumbers around in its first half before proving itself a worthy master of the art in its action packed second 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Roger Ebert
It s elegantly drawn the action sequences are packed with energy and it s short enough that older viewers will be forgiving For the kids of course all this stuff is much of a muchness and here they go again 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Stephen Cole
It s a howl and amazement for anyone under 12 As is often the way with middling kids movies parents who grow tired of the film are treated to a satisfying consolation prize watching their children have fun 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Scott Nash
This is a nice little cartoon Not a classic but certainly enjoyable 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Dustin Putman
A snappy amusingly witty family comedy Kids will undoubtedly love the film while adults won t feel talked down to 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Nick Schager
Kung Fu Panda is generally content to simply coast along on a few Zen platitudes and regularly scheduled Po pratfalls 
2.5
Kung Fu Panda
Steven Rea
While its storyline might seem familiar in fact very familiar if you ve seen the recent live action Jackie Chan Jet Li hit The Forbidden Kingdom there s enough invention and irreverence to make the film feel fresh 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Jeff Vice
While the movie might not be as artistic as say one from Disney Pixar it features better combat scenes than much of its live action brethren including the recent Forbidden Kingdom 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Rafer Guzman
This is well worn territory from the cuddly slapstick to the Chinese wisdom but the movie redeems itself with some surprisingly smart and tender moments 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Joe Lozito
Sticking to a tried and true formula hapless underdog discovers he s the Chosen One still proves effective when it s done with a snappy pace eye popping animation and a cast of game comedic vocal talents headed by Jack Black 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Josh Larsen
Outside of Japanese anime and maybe Pixar s The Incredibles I can t think of another animated feature packed with this much exhilarating ingenious action 
3.5
Kung Fu Panda
Sean McBride
A nice little adventure that will keep the kiddies entertained for an hour and a half Mom and dad will find some nice moments as well 
3
Kung Fu Panda
James Berardinelli
This is a solid family film material although one suspects the children will get a little more out of it than their parents 
3
Kung Fu Panda
Ross Anthony
Oh heck this is my favorite film of the year so far A Action depth fun comedy profound messages and it s visually gorgeous 
4
Kung Fu Panda
Peter Canavese
The movie s crackpot message To make something special you just have to believe it s special may best be proven by the existence of this funny unpretentious more than bear able crowd pleaser 
3
Before I Disappear
Tom Keogh
Before I Disappear would be a better movie if would be triple threat talent Shawn Christensen got out of his own way 
2
Before I Disappear
John Wirt
Before I Disappear suffers from a bland disinterested tone In the end few will care when all of these people disappear 
2
Before I Disappear
Roger Moore
An enchanting gritty and funny short becomes a feature film with its charms intact 
3.5
Before I Disappear
Nick Prigge
Even at its most compelling it remains inconsistent and superfluous a lesson that sometimes a movie can feel more fully formed in 19 minutes rather than 90 
2.5
What Goes Up
Michael Phillips
About as cruddy as a cruddy little indie can get especially given a cast that should ve known better 
0
What Goes Up
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing feels like a premeditated attempt at a Sundance sensation a mix of cast members and ideas from Juno and Hamlet 2 spiced up with the now obligatory 80s references 
1.5
What Goes Up
Nick Schager
What Goes Up s point that Americans create icons to fulfill their own screwy needs is made through contrived and nonsensical plotting 
.5
The Human Race
Roger Moore
Utterly generic but reasonably well played and directed
1.5
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Matt Brunson
Less an exercise in stark horror and moody ambience the defining traits of the classic 1932 adaptation Island of Lost Souls starring Charles Laughton as Dr Moreau and more a straightforward adventure yarn with a sci fi bent 
3
The Island of Dr. Moreau
James Kendrick
feels more like a made for television film than a theatrical feature despite the lush widescreen cinematography and relatively large scale action sequences 
2.5
Carnival of Souls
Kathy Fennessy
It apos s hard to imagine female driven horror films 44 like Alejandro Amen 225 bar apos s The Others or David Robert Mitchell apos s It Follows 44 without its precedent 44 but Carnival of Souls exerts a haunting 44 strangely affecting spell all its own 46 
4
Carnival of Souls
Lawrence Toppman
Harvey achieves a mood of dreamlike unease 
2.5
Carnival of Souls
Matt Brunson
One of those unique horror movies where the low budget gritty footage and rough performances combine to create not only an unsettling atmosphere of dread but also a study of existential angst in the face of unimaginable horror 
3.5
Carnival of Souls
Federico Furzan
A bold film that plays like a perfect nightmare for everyone who s used to standard structures in genre cinema Still scary after decades Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Carnival of Souls
TV Guide Staff
A chilling ghost story with artistic pretensions 
3.5
Carnival of Souls
James Kendrick
demonstrates that the quality of scary filmmaking is not directly proportional to the size of the budget
3.5
Carnival of Souls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is a triumph of mood over character 
4
Carnival of Souls
Chris Hicks
Modern horror filmmakers could learn something from Carnival of Souls Harvey s technique may be crude but he knew how to use the materials at hand to create atmosphere making this film very much worth a look 
3
Carnival of Souls
Roger Ebert
It depends on crisp black and white photography atmosphere and surprisingly effective acting 
3
Carnival of Souls
Dustin Putman
A nightmarish puzzle It s aged very well 
3.5
Camille Claudel
Roger Ebert
Adjani is possessed in this movie It is not one of those leisurely costume dramas in which people in beautiful costumes move through elegant rooms Her eyes always look haunted 
3.5
The Fisher King
Christopher James
The relationship between Jack and Perry feels lived in Yet the movie s relationship to the themes of mental illness mass shooting and homelessness are clumsier 
2.5
The Fisher King
Matt Brunson
There are two terrific performances at the center of The Fisher King and neither belongs to Robin Williams 
2.5
The Fisher King
Wesley Lovell
It s sometimes hard to follow the action but you have a bit of fun trying to figure it all out 
3
The Fisher King
Chris Hicks
Terry Gilliam is one of the movies most fascinating and frustrating directors 
3
The Fisher King
Roger Ebert
The Fisher King is a disorganized rambling and eccentric movie that contains some moments of truth some moments of humor and many moments of digression 
2
The Fisher King
Steve Rhodes
I found the Jeff Bridges character to be a total loser His character taught me nothing other than it is pretty awful spending a lot of time with an alcoholic dead beat even if he is only on a movie screen 
0
Adventures in Wild California
Ross Anthony
If you think you ve been spoiled by the glorious 3D Imax think again This 2D production still has the awesome power to suck you in and send you reeling 
3.5
Normais
Marta Barber
This heavy on slapstick film is imperfect many details don t add up but it still is a lot of fun 
2.5
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Roger Moore
You ve got our attention pal You just haven t delivered the funny 
1.5
I Accuse
Fernando F. Croce
Fertile to a fault 
3
6:45
Roger Moore
A live the same day over tale in mystery thriller form more interesting as a problem solving exercise than entertaining more watchable than good 
2
6:45
Matt Brunson
An accomplished terror tale that s both exciting and unsettling 
3
Horses: The Story of Equus
Chris Hewitt
Horses covers a lot of ground some worthy and some not but it is best when it s reminding us that horses are at their most beautiful when they re doing what they want to do which is to run like the wind 
3
Horses: The Story of Equus
Jeff Strickler
You don t have to be a horse lover to appreciate Horses But after watching this docudrama it s easy to understand how people become horse lovers 
3
Horses: The Story of Equus
Ross Anthony
The two contrived accidents aside the tale feels true warm hearted and told with love and care for the animal 
2.5
Thank God It's Friday
Roger Ebert
The movie in fact isn t as much fun as a night at a disco because the editing is so nervous that we never get one sustained musical number that s allowed to build to a satisfying climax 
1.5
Thank God It's Friday
Eric Henderson
There is a transvestite who takes about eight hours in the men s bathroom to electric shave his bust making him the only gay in this disco aside from Debra Winger s AC DC dance partner 
1
Teen Witch
David Nusair
there s not much else here to keep viewers over a certain age engaged 
2
Lux Æterna
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Far too many movies feel like commercials but it s exceedingly rare to find a film birthed as an ad that wrestles loose into artistic oblivion God knows what Saint Laurent thought it was getting when commissioning a film from Gaspar Noé 
2
Lux Æterna
Simon Abrams
A vigorously realized doodle 46 
3
Lux Æterna
William Repass
If the film within the film is a vapid fetishization of womens martyrdom Lux Æterna is a willful exercise in repulsing its own audience 
2.5
Games of Love and Chance
Tom Keogh
Mostly a monotonous din of kids trashing one another 
2.5
Games of Love and Chance
Jan Stuart
Kechiche extracts breathtakingly disciplined performances from all of his first time actors and truly magical ones from Forestier as the prematurely full blown diva Lydia and Sabrina Ouazani as Frida her motor mouthed partner in theatrical crime 
3.5
Games of Love and Chance
V.A. Musetto
A work of drama it s more realistic than any TV reality show 
3
Games of Love and Chance
Ed Gonzalez
L Esquive consistently teeters on the brink of tragedy but dares to end on a chipper note 
2.5
The Guitar
Lou Lumenick
A bizarre art house equiva lent of The Bucket Lisy 
2
The Guitar
Joe Neumaier
Some new directors often opt for minimalism in the hope that less is more This doesn t work for Amy Redford Robert s daughter who transitions from actress to filmmaker with The Guitar 
1
The Guitar
Ed Gonzalez
Without its weirdo visual flourishes The Guitar would be completely reprehensible 
1.5
The Sundowners
David Nusair
the film s lack of plot never becomes as pronounced as one might ve feared 
3
Big Legend
Roger Moore
Dully and slow footed Bigfoot thriller
1.5
Open City
Matt Brunson
One emotionally powerful scene follows another 
4
Open City
Michael Phillips
Today it doesn t feel like a documentary at all It s a street opera caught on camera during wartime a story performed by a mixed cast of amazing professionals and earnest non professionals 
4
Open City
Oleg Ivanov
Roberto Rossellini s film owes part of its emotional power to its mixture of politico religious symbolism and quotidian humor 
4
Open City
James Kendrick
its rough newsreel like aesthetic gives the story s undeniably melodramatic tensions and clear cut depictions of good and evil a sense of gritty reality and true gravity
4
Open City
Phil Villarreal
Tthe lasting impact of Rossellini s work is incalculable 
4
Open City
Michael Wilmington
Remains a film of electric drama and high emotion as well as a major turning point in film history 
4
The Spiders
Roger Moore
Seen today 44 8220 The Spiders 8221 can seem a pretty primitive affair 46 Racial attitudes and racial depictions flirt with being cringeworthy 46 46 46 It 8217 s still fascinating to any film buff to see the sort of ambitious work Lang was attempting in his 20s
2.5
The Spiders
Mattie Lucas
Even in 1919 Lang s mastery of the medium was clearly visible 
3.5
Widows' Peak
Mal Vincent
Not since The Crying Game have audiences huddled so steadfastly to keep a secret Widow s Peak is great fun 
3
Widows' Peak
Roger Ebert
Widow s Peak is another of those sly witty quietly ribald comedies that have been coming out of Ireland in the last few years 
3.5
To Leslie
Anne Brodie
Her performance makes you weak in the knees 46 It is deep 44 precise 44 and woundingly real 46 Sustaining figurative nakedness as Riseborough does is a championship feat that could win her the Oscar 46 10 
4
To Leslie
Tom Meek
No matter it s nice to see the British born Riseborough someone told me British actors are wildly adept at Southern accents and from this I d say so get the spotlight with a little help from her friends 
3
To Leslie
Mike Scott
Even before the opening credits are finished rolling 44 Riseborough grabs the audience by the lapels and dares them to look away for the next two hours 46 
3.5
To Leslie
Kevin Carr
Definitely it has some excellent performances 44 but it does wallow a bit in white trash misery 46 
2.5
To Leslie
Randy Myers
A thoughtful indie that doesn t wallow in despair as it gives us a downtrodden character who s used up her second third and even fourth chances yet still deserves another a shot of redemption 
3.5
To Leslie
Roger Moore
Great work 44 a top drawer performance 46 The film 63 It doesn 8217 t move the needle 44 doesn 8217 t improve on the many 8220 rock bottom looking to climb out 8221 tales that came before it and seems pat and pre ordained in many of its story beats 46 
2.5
To Leslie
Erik Childress
Andrea Riseborough 8217 s incredible performance is one of the year 8217 s best in a film that avoids the trappings of unforgivable misery and instead draws our empathy into the real struggle of coming back from addiction 46 
3.5
To Leslie
Matt Zoller Seitz
An impressive character portrait 46 
3.5
To Leslie
Richard Roeper
To be sure Leslie is her own worst enemy but she has a disease and there s still time maybe just enough time for her to find the path to recovery We hold deep hope for that redemption 
4
To Leslie
Mark Dujsik
Both the narrative and 91 Risborough apos s 93 performance 46 46 46 solidly establish the tragic cycles of addiction and self loathing 46 46 46 
3
To Leslie
Joey Magidson
To Leslie capably highlights the talents of both Andrea Riseborough and Marc Maron 46 
3
To Leslie
Kent Turner
Riseborough subtly and swiftly shifts gear going from one to 11 in seconds 
2.5
White Squall
Mal Vincent
Once you get through all the cliches of the calm waters there is a 20 minute movie somewhere within the two hour running time 
2.5
White Squall
Jeanne Aufmuth
Dead Poets Society goes to the high seas in this overly ambitious tale of 13 young men aboard a floating prep school vessel Their rite of passage is the core element in this all spit and no polish production 
2
White Squall
Robert Roten
This is a very solid film with strong acting performances to boost it excellent photography and a good soundtrack 
3
White Squall
James Berardinelli
This film offers just about everything including a twenty minute white knuckle sequence and a chance to shed a few tears In short it s first rate entertainment 
3
White Squall
Steve Rhodes
This picture has nothing original to say and the acting is way below par Imagine making a show about kids and then not putting in a single kid or adult for that matter that you care about 
0.5
White Squall
Peter Stack
Although only slightly more than two hours the film seems becalmed for days in what seems a dramatic doldrum 
2
White Squall
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the movie for the sheer physical exuberance of its adventure 
3
White Squall
Madeleine Williams
The visuals throughout the movie are exhilarating and the squall scene in particular is pulled off spectacularly if a bit chaotically The scene is so powerful it almost washes away the taint of familiarity almost 
3
White Squall
Mike Clark
Far too much of this handsomely mounted adventure is devoted to routinely dramatized adolescent minutiae 
2.5
White Squall
Chris Hicks
The script is slow and tired We ve seen it all before and the change of setting has little impact 
2
The Eternal
David Nusair
The Eternal is just silly and not the least bit scary 
1
The Sheik and I
Chuck Bowen
The film is ultimately more concerned with Caveh Zahedi s attempts to pursue a variety of dull passing fancies than with any larger agenda 
1
The Sheik and I
John Hartl
As a documentary about East West tensions and freedom of speech during the Arab Spring it s frequently fascinating 
2.5
Farewell, My Queen
Kelly Jane Torrance
Almost as soon as the queen played fittingly by Germanic actress Diane Kruger appears the screen sizzles 
3
Farewell, My Queen
John Beifuss
Sidonie is a character who literally eavesdrops on history becoming the audience s first person yet second hand source for such significant events as the storming of the Bastille 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Roger Moore
History doesn t let us feel much sympathy for Marie Antoinette But Farewell My Queen almost has us rooting for her and those who love her by its finale 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Chris Foran
As a portrait of a world ending it s frequently compelling stuff 
2.5
Farewell, My Queen
Bruce DeMara
Jacquot has chosen wisely in casting La Seydoux in the key role of Sidonie whose luminous but watchful eyes suggest a soul wise beyond her years 
3.5
Farewell, My Queen
Bob Bloom
At 99 minutes Farewell My Queen provides a glimpse into the early stages of the French Revolution told from the perspective of those who mostly lost their heads because they were too blind to see beyond their own wants and needs 
3.5
Farewell, My Queen
Joe Williams
Farewell My Queen is a layer cake of royal pleasures rote protocols and revolutionary politics For skeptics who thought this story had grown stale let them eat their words 
3.5
Farewell, My Queen
Steven Rea
Although it was shot at Versailles and its actors are dressed to the 18th century nines Farewell My Queen has a loose reportorial intimacy about it 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Stephanie Merry
The foreboding and chaos contrast neatly with the lavish costumes and sets 
3
Farewell, My Queen
John Anderson
We know what will happen of course but Jacquot still manages to create tension as well as a semi soap opera among the let them cake eaters of post Enlightenment France 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Moira MacDonald
Farewell My Queen is worth a look simply for its look 
2.5
Farewell, My Queen
Mark Feeney
The guillotine s blade is as yet nowhere to be heard But you can feel Jacquot s pleasure is slicing and dicing this material in novel ways 
2.5
Farewell, My Queen
Chris Hewitt
If you have a thing for French royalty this is an intriguing new take 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Patrick Z. McGavin
Jacquot subtly shifts the movie s force and moral inquiry towards Seydoux and her alert performance provides a melancholy humanity 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Robert Levin
With attractively costumed actors and a no expenses spared approach the movie is the closest we ll get to experiencing Versailles alongside the queen 
3.5
Farewell, My Queen
Matt Pais
Notions of sexual politics social ambition and ordinary folks transformed by attire and a title remains relevant in any era 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Roger Ebert
Benoit Jacquot s engrossing film tells a story we know well seen from a point of view we may not have considered 
3.5
Farewell, My Queen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfolds with urgency Its intense focus is on events of given moments rather than events of history 
3.5
Farewell, My Queen
Stephen Whitty
Just in time for Bastille Day this is a nice corrective to the new wave madness of Sofia Coppola s Marie Antoinette 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Kyle Smith
Jacquot s lavish dcor and costumes are like the perfume the women use instead of bathing They may cover up the willful carelessness at the center of the project but it s still there 
2
Farewell, My Queen
Claudia Puig
Deftly captures the sense of impending revolution from within the mirrored halls of Versailles 
3
Farewell, My Queen
Jesse Cataldo
Control is the operative element in Benot Jacquot s work with the main caveat being that when someone has it someone else does not 
3.5
Friendsgiving
Sean P. Means
Unfortunately the only laughter heard during Friendsgiving are from the cast in the outtakes over the closing credits At least somebody had fun 
1.5
Friendsgiving
Mark Dujsik
Friendsgiving is just a messy exercise of extraneous excess 
1.5
Friendsgiving
Randy Myers
A quartet of funny performances Malin Akerman Kat Dennings Jack Donnelly and San Francisco native Aisha Tyler make it worthwhile but you can t help but wish it was seasoned with more wit 
2
Friendsgiving
Joey Magidson
Kat Dennings is really funny but she alone can t make this tonally off comedy work 
2
The Recipe
Burl Burlingame
A runaway killer is captured by the police because he s moony about some bean paste stew he s eaten His last request before execution He wants some more of that stew 
3
Space Dogs
Steven Prokopy
By sticking primarily to the dogs POV a world that we as humans are familiar with suddenly becomes unfamiliar and nerve wracking 
3
Space Dogs
Pat Brown
The film draws us through its play toward darker too seldom considered sides of human and doggy nature 
3.5
Space Dogs
Mark Dujsik
The connective tissue between the past and present is superficially about the animals On a deeper and unspoken level though it s about us 
3
Persuasion
Kenneth R. Morefield
For a film as esteemed as it is it has always felt overshadowed by its proximity to BBC s beloved production of Pride and Prejudice 
3
Persuasion
Susan Tavernetti
Following the novel with unhurried fidelity the film is as faithful to Austen as Anne Elliot is to the man of her dreams 
4
Persuasion
Peter Stack
Austen fans Prepare to be swept away 
4
Persuasion
Mike Clark
Vanessa Redgrave has never been more likable on screen than in her buoyantly athletic turn here 
3
Persuasion
Roger Ebert
Much of the movie s emotional work has to be done by faces and eyes while other people speak of other things and to see that happening is frustrating because it happens so slowly and romantic because it happens at all 
3.5
Persuasion
Madeleine Williams
Enjoyable but dry adaptation of a Jane Austen romance 
2
Persuasion
Steve Rhodes
Persuasion is a perfect movie 
4
Breaking Fast
David Reddish
Breaking Fast benefits from assured direction by Mosallam and from a charismatic leading performance by Sleiman 
3
Breaking Fast
Matt Zoller Seitz
A movie that proves you don t have to reinvent the wheel to build a new road 
3
Breaking Fast
Randy Myers
Breaking Fast is a lovely antidote to the disharmony of these times a soothing comforting story about the importance of connection and understanding 
3
Breaking Fast
Roger Moore
A West Hollywood rom com so cute it flirts with cutesy almost cloying when it isn t being cute but always damned adorable in the bargain 
2.5
Not Forgotten
Marjorie Baumgarten
The plot is a tightly wound mystery that gradually reveals itself saving most of its surprises for third act revelations 
3
Simon
Maitland McDonagh
Simultaneously genuinely funny and uncompromisingly serious 
3
Simon
V.A. Musetto
If you go to the movies to ogle topless young women Simon is definitely for you If on the other hand you want something more cerebral with your 10 ticket and overpriced snacks stay clear of this Dutch melodrama 
1.5
Memories of Tomorrow
Michael Dequina
Ken Watanabe makes his character s whirlwind of fear anger and defeat painfully immediate 
3.5
Memories of Tomorrow
Roger Ebert
Memories of Tomorrow is the first movie I ve seen about the disease that is told from the sick person s point of view 
3.5
Memories of Tomorrow
Michael Phillips
Watanabe brings ferocious commitment to the sort of role that many an American awards body has been known to champion 
2.5
Memories of Tomorrow
Glenn Whipp
Tear jerking comes with the territory but the filmmakers generally rise above formula particularly in its depiction of the central marriage 
3
Memories of Tomorrow
Maitland McDonagh
Veers regularly into disease of the week territory but is rescued by the powerhouse performances of Ken Watanabe and Kanako Higuchi 
3
Memories of Tomorrow
V.A. Musetto
Sensitively directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi from a well constructed script 
3
In the Land of Women
Sandra Hall
Kasdan s gift for the smart crack is consistently undercut by a well developed taste for schmalz 
3
In the Land of Women
Joe Lozito
Writer director Jonathan Kasdan he of the much loved short lived Freaks and Geeks is no stranger to quirky characters But why is it then that the characters in Land especially the high schoolers ring so false 
2
In the Land of Women
Linda Cook
Here s a Cameron Crowe film that oddly enough wasn t directed by Cameron Crowe 
3
In the Land of Women
Vince Koehler
Despite Adam s glorious performance the show stealer was Olympia Dukakiswho was hilarious in every scene From claiming she was dying every second to answering the front door with no pants She stole the show for me 
3.5
In the Land of Women
Matt Brunson
Engaging if underwhelming 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Eric Lurio
The acting is good which really is no reason alone to spend good money on seeing this throwaway picture in the theater 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Lisa Ann Cockrel
While it catches something of the romantic zeitgeist of this time much in the way The Big Chill did in the early 80s I suspect this won t have the same stamina 
2.5
In the Land of Women
John Beifuss
The peculiarly male self centeredness seen here is repulsive and astonishing Meg Ryan s breast cancer the grandmother s dementia the teenage girl s angst All these traumas primarily exist to help a young man find himself 
2
In the Land of Women
Steve Rhodes
The characters all speak just slightly above a whisper as if everything they say must be so extremely important that we are required to sit up and listen very carefully 
2
In the Land of Women
Elizabeth Weitzman
A movie with one awkward identity crisis 
2
In the Land of Women
Dustin Putman
A poignant study in empathy and ultimately rebirth 
3
In the Land of Women
Mike McGranaghan
Although there are individual scenes that are beautifully conceived and scripted the work as a whole doesn t quite gel 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Claudia Puig
The film belongs to Brody an endearing screen presence 
3
In the Land of Women
Ken Fox
Smart and funny in ways many people no longer expect from American comedy 
3
In the Land of Women
Larry Ratliff
Kasdan perhaps living out some of his own angst through Brody s befuddled writer character knows how to explore the inner workings of human nature 
3.5
In the Land of Women
Susan Walker
This potentially saccharine weepy has an authentic ring thanks to Jon Kasdan s script and a cast capable of delivering clever lines that sound just about right for whatever situation they re in 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Moira MacDonald
In the Land of Women is a pretty enough place to visit particularly the design mag interiors of Ryan s character s home all precisely coordinated to match her eyes but as a movie it appears to have nothing to say 
2
In the Land of Women
Mick LaSalle
Brody s apparent ease in his own skin and his skills as a listener make Carter an engaging fellow and make it understandable why as soon as he moves to town people start confiding in him 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Carla Meyer
In the Land of Women exhibits enough kindness and empathy throughout that it passes the test of a slice of life movie You miss these people once the film ends 
3
In the Land of Women
Betsy Bozdech
Wistful and uneven Jonathan Kasdan s drama is like Garden State by way of a John Hughes movie but less engaging than either 
2
In the Land of Women
Gary Goldstein
Kasdan could use a few more screenwriting lessons from his Oscar nominated father but he s off to a decent start 
3
In the Land of Women
Kyle Smith
One of those films in formed by intimate personal experience the experience of seeing Garden State 
1
In the Land of Women
Mack Bates
A solid effort with an insightful script and strong performances 
3
In the Land of Women
Connie Ogle
There may be no logical answers but even so this trip to Kasdan s land of women ends up being more of a good idea than a bad one 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Evan Henerson
Apart from leaning a bit much on his soundtrack and letting Olympia Dukakis indulge her crazy granny jones Kasdan does his work with a largely steady hand 
3.5
In the Land of Women
Robert W. Butler
Kasdan has drawn such terrific performances from his players that the film s shortcomings are excusable 
3
In the Land of Women
Amy Biancolli
Why make a garrulous movie about people in crisis if Olympia Dukakis winds up muzzled Of all the troubled gabbers in Kasdan s film the prickliest and most proficient is wasted in a few brief scenes 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Liam Lacey
With dialogue that is often precious though occasionally thoughtful Kasdan has made a film that s not bad just irritating 
2
In the Land of Women
Terry Lawson
A sincere smart and modest movie 
3
In the Land of Women
Lisa Kennedy
Kasdan is the son of director Lawrence Kasdan So while he should know better he can be forgiven his many rookie errors Why Because in creating Carter and getting nuanced work from Brody he has shown promise 
2
In the Land of Women
Richard Roeper
Lip locking lapses aside Carter s relationships with Sarah and with Lucy are rooted in the sharing of ideas and dreams and disappointments and fears 
3
In the Land of Women
Wesley Morris
No one is conniving or desperate enough for the movie to become a decent melodrama And the conversations are too stale to culminate in interesting romance 
2
In the Land of Women
David Nusair
while the movie is littered with precisely the sort of problems one generally associates with a first effort the filmmaker does a nice job of infusing the proceedings with just enough authenticity and heart to maintain the viewer s continued interest 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Daniel M. Kimmel
a charming quirky film that doesn t break new ground but has some lovely performances 
3
In the Land of Women
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kasdan s clueless psychological insight leaves Ryan stranded 
1.5
In the Land of Women
Willie Waffle
One of those talking about their feelings movies but one the audience can connect with due to the strong dialogue and even stronger acting
3
In the Land of Women
Carrie Rickey
The film belongs to Brody irritating and endearing and relatable in ways that actors rarely are 
3
In the Land of Women
James Berardinelli
It s the kind of production that s pleasant to watch because it allows viewers to spend some time with believable characters who face regular problems but do so without becoming boring or overly familiar 
3
In the Land of Women
Ethan Alter
The scent of narcissism wafting off the screen in Jonathan Kasdan s dreary directorial debut is so overpowering you d be wise to walk into the theater wearing a gas mask 
1.5
In the Land of Women
Jeff Vice
This is not an awful movie but it fails to capitalize on some real opportunities that could have made it better and deeper 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Mark Dujsik
The kind of movie where everyone has problems people reveal their deepest longings and fears to a person they just met and every scene seems to start with the phrase I have to tell you something 
2
In the Land of Women
Chris Hewitt
Kasdan has talent and intelligence but he hasn t quite figured out how to tackle this story 
2.5
In the Land of Women
John Anderson
These are purely movie creatures entities that may in fact arise from pods and exist only in relation to other movies and movie creatures 
1
In the Land of Women
Michael Phillips
In the Land of Women doesn t for a moment feel messy and chaotic where it counts 
2
In the Land of Women
Lawrence Toppman
Kasdan s script mines familiar ground without finding gems That s too bad because it s blessed with honest unflinching performances from three leads 
2
In the Land of Women
Matt Pais
Manages to appreciate the boldness and the beauty of women without getting too girly about it 
2.5
In the Land of Women
Phil Villarreal
As Phyllis Dukakis is every bit as effervescent as she was in her Oscar winning supporting role in Moonstruck 1987 
3
In the Land of Women
Nick Schager
So pillow soft that its most jarring element is the countenance of Meg Ryan whose once warm sunshiny face has been nipped and tucked into a rigid feline Joker grin 
1.5
2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary
Peter Keough
Each film some more artful than others offers a taut packet of upsetting emotions anger grief outrage and horror with only tentative glimpses of hope Why watch them Because you must not look away 
3.5
The Whales of August
Mattie Lucas
A quiet unassuming masterpiece that deserves to be cherished 
4
The Whales of August
Roger Ebert
Here is a quiet film of a conventional story a star vehicle designed to show everyone to advantage 
3
The Way of the Gun
Jack Mathews
McQuarrie s script has some wonderfully ripe gangster dialogue and as you d expect the characters and situations are never quite who and what they seem But the payoff is blunted by the preposterous and unnecessarily gory shootouts 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Katherine Dillin
Packaged with solid acting an edgy western setting and a complex yet intriguing weave of stories this movie ends up being pretty entertaining 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Dennis King
Before it fires off a few too many volleys of bullets for its own good The Way of the Gun rolls out as a noirish contemporary crime drama with a cool retro Western air 
3
The Way of the Gun
Ann Hornaday
Far more troubling than technical deficiencies is the cynicism of The Way of the Gun which trots out the cliches of gratuitous violence and nihilism without considering them in a fresh or critical way 
1
The Way of the Gun
Nick Rogers
It boastfully claims roaring bloodletting gunfire to do Sam Peckinpah proud Joe Kraemer s throbbing percussive score proving timpani should get more melodies and any number of quotable slick dialogue snippets Swaggering verbose soulful and badass 
4
The Way of the Gun
Rick Groen
Both the picture and its nefarious plot seem self consciously calculated 
2
The Way of the Gun
David Nusair
The movie has a bunch of great individual scenes but as a whole the thing never gels 
1.5
The Way of the Gun
Margaret A. McGurk
A wild gory tale full of violence to be sure But it is also full of intrigue and the distinctive stamp of a born storyteller 
3
The Way of the Gun
Ron Weiskind
As for those plot twists I m still trying to untangle some of them Were most of them really necessary 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
James Kendrick
replaces Tarantino s hip polish with a grave existentialism that is more reminiscent of Sam Peckinpah or the early films of William Friedkin
3
The Way of the Gun
Emily Blunt
The violence is a bit much but the name says it all The actors are all on the mark 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Jorge Avila Andrade
Buen intento que se queda en el camino
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Robert Roten
It s not a bad action film but slogging through this pointless determinism slows it down 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Michael Dequina
If one looks past the carnage one can see a solid entertainment further distinguished by fine performances 
3
The Way of the Gun
Susan Stark
Before you rush out to see what all the noise is about though know that The Way of the Gun mounts more aural bullets swagger and pretense than substance 
1
The Way of the Gun
Shay Casey
Ambles on with a lot of perfectly good individual scenes but no real point 
2
The Way of the Gun
Michael Wilmington
In a way McQuarrie almost seems motivated by the same things that drive his killers desperation and loot 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Rob Blackwelder
In The Usual Suspects McQuarrie s manifold plot of collective collusion all came together in the shocker finale But in here the complexities never congeal They just serve as a backdrop for an exercise in vacant movie cool 
2
The Way of the Gun
Pam Grady
Missing the compelling characters and exuberance that made Usual Suspects such a kick 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Roger Ebert
At first you re surprised when you get the rug pulled out from under you Eventually if you re a quick study you stop stepping on it 
2.5
The Way of the Gun
Peter Stack
Rotten pretentious movie full of minimalist dialogue and self consciously arty cinematography 
1
The Way of the Gun
James Berardinelli
The Way of the Gun will be too bloody for many viewers but for those who aren t turned off by the high level of violence McQuarrie s first venture behind the camera offers an involving experience 
3
Idle Hands
Michael Dequina
Too precariously straddles the line between fun and cheese often going a bit too far over the top 
2
Idle Hands
Jim Shelby
Is it a spoof or is it just stupid or is it a stupid spoof 
1
Idle Hands
Margaret A. McGurk
The attempts to extract comedy from this grim raw material are leaden blood soaked disasters 
0.5
Idle Hands
Liam Lacey
Its mixture of slapstick humour and gore produced by the flying fingers gives new meaning to the phrase digital effects 
1.5
Idle Hands
James Kendrick
When it s over you may feel like cutting off your own hand for having paid good money at the ticket counter 
1
Idle Hands
Elias Savada
Idle Hands is all thumbs Ten of em black and blue and bloodied all pointed down in deference of the Siskel and Ebert rating system Yuck 
0
Idle Hands
Steve Rhodes
Has all the old jokes you ve seen before recycled one more time 
1.5
Idle Hands
Dustin Putman
It may not be a great movie but it s one of the most amusing times I ve had at the multiplex this whole year 
2.5
Idle Hands
Susan Stark
Excruciatingly unfunny 
2
Idle Hands
James Berardinelli
I admit to having chuckled once that s why the movie gets a generous one star instead of none 
1
Idle Hands
Roger Ebert
Idle Hands samples other teen horror movies like a video DJ with a tape deck exhibiting high spirits and a crazed comic energy It doesn t quite work but it goes down swinging with a disembodied hand 
2.5
Idle Hands
Bob Graham
When a movie sets out to be awful and achieves its goal does that make it a success 
1
Idle Hands
Bob Bloom
If an original thought found its way into this horror comedy it would die of loneliness 
0
Idle Hands
Rob Blackwelder
Even under the best of circumstances there s nothing redeemable here 
0
Champions (Campeones)
Shane Slater
The film is too entertaining to resist 
3
Pom Poko
David Nusair
A consistently and thoroughly interminable animated endeavor 
1
Pom Poko
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fun funny and sad commentary on society Asian society and the environment 
3
Pom Poko
Walter Chaw
Comes a point where cultural specificity is such that there s really no point in defending something that just doesn t translate 
1.5
Bullshot
Roger Ebert
Material like this is so zany so willfully implausible that unless the actors play it with reckless abandon it looks odd not funny 
1.5
Witnesses
Federico Furzan
A humiliating movie experience It s so bad it s offensive to its cast its crew and its viewers Full review in Spanish 
0
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Kate Taylor
The real time effect is compelling as its languor and its repetitions gradually reveal the deep cultural misunderstanding that is going on 
3
White Settlers
David Nusair
An often excessively familiar horror effort 
2
The Crime of Father Amaro
John Beifuss
A muckraking tale of priestly corruption hypocrisy and illicit love that smothers its reformist protest beneath a sweaty cassock of sexual soap opera and overheated religious symbolism 
2
The Crime of Father Amaro
Sean P. Means
Cut through the layers of soap opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Jeff Vice
This rather unfocused all over the map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens or if it were subtler or if it had a sense of humor 
2.5
The Crime of Father Amaro
Robert W. Butler
Truth be told The Crime of Father Amaro isn t very compelling 
2
The Crime of Father Amaro
Chris Hewitt
Don t hate El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it s anti Catholic Hate it because it s lousy 
1
The Crime of Father Amaro
Nick Carter
It s hard to be certain without the benefit of detailed cultural context but one gets the hunch that Carrera himself isn t all that clear about where he draws the line between the dramatic and parodic 
2.5
The Crime of Father Amaro
Steven Rosen
Overall this is a juicy movie but certainly not a trashy one 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Terry Lawson
Provides further evidence that Latin American directors are becoming increasingly adept at injecting social issues into popular entertainment 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
John Hartl
The story line may be 127 years old but El Crimen del Padre Amaro couldn t be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the Catholic establishment 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Edward Guthmann
This is basically high class melodrama Mexican soap opera on a Cadillac budget but Bernal is subtly effective as Amaro 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Wesley Morris
Lavishly exhilaratingly tasteless 
3.5
The Crime of Father Amaro
Marta Barber
Carrera gets solid performances from the strong cast led by Garca Bernal 
2.5
The Crime of Father Amaro
Glenn Lovell
You may not believe everything you see But you won t nod off either 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Harvey S. Karten
An anticlerical indictment that one ups Moliere s Tartuffe 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Jan Stuart
Predictably melodramatic 
2
The Crime of Father Amaro
Bob Strauss
Compulsively watchable no matter how degraded things get 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Megan Turner
Bernal s transformation from naive priest to tortured adulterer to hard nosed careerist is riveting 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Roger Ebert
A melodrama a film that doesn t say priests are bad but observes that priests are human and some humans are bad 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Rob Blackwelder
A substantive parable about an honorable young priest corrupted by desire temptation ego and ethical turpitude within the Catholic Church 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Rod Armstrong
Though some liberties were presumably taken in order to set the action in the present there is nonetheless the disturbing suggestion that where the Catholic church is concerned little has changed where much needs changing 
3.5
The Crime of Father Amaro
Michael Wilmington
Eventually moves and stirs you even if it often resembles those steamy Mexican TV dramas soap operas called telenovelas 
2.5
The Crime of Father Amaro
James Berardinelli
The source of fascination is observing how the characters develop and understanding the underlying influences that affect every action and decision 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Jeanne Aufmuth
Has difficulty choosing and maintaining an even pitch 
2
The Crime of Father Amaro
Steve Rhodes
Watching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good 
2
The Crime of Father Amaro
Ed Gonzalez
A box office sensation in its native homeland El Crimen del Padre Amaro unravels like a quintessential Mexican telenovela 
3
The Crime of Father Amaro
Jeremy Heilman
It never builds its laundry list of wild incidents into something that s either emotionally engaging or a potent political attack 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Mattie Lucas
Replaces wonder with action and straightforward allegory with muddled theological apologetics that leave much to be desired 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Mike Scott
The body count is high the running time is particularly long for a children s film and the themes are fairly heavy But like Wardrobe it s a lush and mostly entertaining production 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Peter Keough
Most of C S Lewis s peculiar magic is lost 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
David Nusair
the opening hour essentially proceeds at a crawl 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Wesley Lovell
An improvement over the original Prince Caspian better catches the nuances of the source material but continues to ignore some of the more potent statements 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
John Beifuss
Marred by the dull performance of the movie s pinup ready title swashbuckler and the relative charmlessness of the English schoolchildren the Hogwarts Sorting Hat would have kicked these kids to the curb 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Austin Kennedy
I really wanted to like this movie and Andrew Adamson has made a polished looking film but I had a tough time getting into it 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Matt Brunson
That rare sequel which improves upon the original 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Mike McGranaghan
This sorry sequel is so boring so unimaginative and so blandly by the numbers that it s almost like an affront to the very audience members who made the original a worldwide hit 
1
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Willie Waffle
It lacks the kind of rich details and memorable dialogue that would elevate it to amazing status but the action is good
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
David Keyes
continues in the tradition to create vivid imaginary and enthusiastic interpretations of the most memorable children s books of the past century 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Michael A. Smith
Prince Caspian sounds like he is channeling Walter Koenig better known as Ensign Chekov on Star Trek 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Eric Melin
This movie just can t put it all together I m blaming it squarely on the storytelling 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Ross Anthony
Surprisingly good filmmaking but a kid s film Could it be that any important lessons here get lost in all the warring 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Wilson Morales
With the main cast and the voice of Liam Neesam as the voice of Aslan back as well as the creatures and CGI effects there s enough adventures and suspense for the entire family to enjoy 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Kam Williams
A praiseworthy sequel aided immeasurably by the continuity and chemistry of the return of all the principal cast members and above all by the sort of special effects spectacles the tykes are likely to want to see again and again 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Peter T. Chattaway
In steering the film closer to his own vision director Adamson steers it away from C S Lewis s and so it loses some of the book s core spiritual themes 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Gina Carbone
Puss in Boots Gimli and Jesus Christ walk into a bar The bartender noticing how down they all look asks what s wrong 
3.25
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Steve Rhodes
The magic is gone 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Linda Cook
Is there nothing Peter Dinklage cannot do u2026and do it well 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Greg Maki
Prince Caspian is any indication there is the potential for greatness should the remaining chapters follow it to the screen 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Christian Toto
The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian dials down the spirituality but cranks the level of action to 11 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Phil Villarreal
They re necessary eat your shredded wheat watching for any movie lover and are worlds better than all those middling Harry Potter films 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Maitland McDonagh
Chockablock with intense battle sequences and suffused with a sense of paradise lost Prince Caspian is a worthy successor to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Chris Hewitt
At least we re already acquainted with the kids so we know their story but Caspian loosely based on C S Lewis novel misses the opportunity to deepen it 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Stephen Whitty
What s important here is that Narnia and its fascinating all ages mix of pagan myth and Christian symbolism of boy s own adventures and Round Table heroics is back 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Kyle Smith
Another classic saga of deeds dastardly and swashes buckled The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian doesn t quite equal the first film but some may find this one a less insistent piece of pure entertainment because it isn t so overtly Christian 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Bob Strauss
Prince Caspian has pretty much something for everyone built into it Little of it may be exceptional but much of it goes beyond the usual PG standard in thoughtfulness and craftsmanship as well as carnage 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Amy Biancolli
The struggles remain but director Adamson has tweaked the plot rejiggered the character dynamics and piled on the epic warfare By the end I had overdosed on surly Peter pouty Caspian and over digitized shock and awe 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Philip Marchand
Something human is missing here amidst all the centaurs and talking bears and mobile trees It s the art of storytelling which knows when to allow characters time for heartfelt interaction when to build suspense when to mount a climax 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Jeff Vice
On whole this fantasy adventure does feature more action and is more exciting arguably than its predecessor the 2005 film adaptation of C S Lewis s Chronicles of Narnia book The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Lisa Kennedy
Like the finest fantasy epics The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian invites us into a rich realm and at two plus hours holds us there for a goodly spell 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Jim Emerson
With bigger battles and scarier monsters than its predecessor the new movie flaunts grander visual effects and with one notable exception a dash more individuality than the initial installment 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Lawrence Toppman
The magical creatures and sprawling battles have been beautifully produced and shot and the thunderous final conflict shakes the Earth 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Ty Burr
A muscular fantasy epic that marks a filmmaking improvement if not a leap in dramatic inspiration over 2005 s The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Caspian reveals this series as conceived ever more clearly as a junior league Lord of the Rings 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Sean P. Means
If you and your children enjoyed your first visit to Narnia you ll be satisfied by the second trip 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
John Wirt
Much of what makes the first Narnia movie work is literally missing in action in the spiritless sequel 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Nick Rogers
It s like the Little Golden Book version of Gladiator a mostly bloodless but mostly barbaric PG film with R rated aspirations Worse yet it s even more wearisome than its predecessor drained of magic or emotion by a plodding pace 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s basically a war with arguing strategy sessions and long boring battle sequences and very little in the way of character development humor or joy 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Rick Groen
Why oh why are these sequels always bigger and louder and longer and bad 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Peter Canavese
Adamson is willing to jettison Lewis quaint I d say loveable whimsy and mythical acumen in favor of more martial sequences that ll sucker in the Lord of the Rings crowd 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Sean McBride
lives up to expectations although it doesn t quite scale the heights set by the original film 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Daniel M. Kimmel
a solid fantasy blockbuster that suggests they re very much in it for the long haul 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Dustin Putman
What once felt both magical and foreboding now seems rather dreary and perfunctory 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Sara Michelle Fetters
If returning to Narnia is going to keep feeling and looking like this maybe Disney would be better off just keeping this series of books solidly closed 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Nick Schager
C S Lewis meets Teen Beat 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Carrie Rickey
Prince Caspian is an elaborately presented feast that will taste familiar to the tween and teen audience for whom it is served 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Duane Dudek
The equivalent of Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith in the series of films based on the fantasy novels by C S Lewis 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Robert W. Butler
None of this is earthshaking but Prince Caspian is a largely satisfying experience not too serious and not too silly with just the right wow factor 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Michael Phillips
I realize the first film The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe made almost 745 million worldwide Well some things make tremendous profits simply by showing up and getting the trains to run on time 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Claudia Puig
Though the movie could have ended a few scenes earlier it is still a journey well worth taking 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Mick LaSalle
It s a dragged out exercise with no epic scale and no spirit worth talking about 
1
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
John Monaghan
This new Narnia has more of everything especially action and top notch effects but loses some of its soul in the process 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Tom Keogh
Adamson makes it all quite handsome in a downbeat way 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Peter Travers
If anything this sequel could have used more hellfire You leave feeling covered in a blanket of bland 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
James Berardinelli
While not as strong in terms of plotting or character development Prince Caspian is nevertheless a better cinematic experience than its predecessor if only because it feels more confident and polished 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
John Anderson
Prince Caspian has the same problems as its predecessor a C S Lewis story line rendered anemic and a cast of sweet but unengaging principals 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Joe Lozito
It s back to Narnia in this second and only slightly more meaty adaptation of the C S Lewis fantasy franchise 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Josh Larsen
ultimately about how the good handle their goodness and how they sometimes fail 
3.5
Paths of Glory
Matt Brunson
Arguably the greatest antiwar film ever made 44 Stanley Kubrick apos s Paths of Glory feels like a mule kick to the stomach no matter how many times one has seen it 40 in my case 44 too many to recall 41 46 
4
Paths of Glory
Brian Eggert
The directors most humanist film 
4
Paths of Glory
Janet Graves
Flashes of angry humor and a final gleam of hope relieve grimness 
4
Paths of Glory
Matthew Rozsa
For those who like to contemplate politics and philosophy through well written narrative drama it is a welcome distraction 
4
Paths of Glory
David Nusair
The strong decidedly unconventional conclusion confirms Paths of Glory s place as a fairly striking drama from Kubrick 
3.5
Paths of Glory
Wesley Lovell
Stanley Kubrick often spoke out against war in his film using violence as a weapon against the audience s sensibilities Never was he more convincing as here 
4
Paths of Glory
James Kendrick
watching it is to watch the birth of the one of the greatest filmmakers of the second half of the 20th century
4
Paths of Glory
Thomas Delapa
Working with a big budget for the first time Kubrick superbly marshals the battle scenes But the behind the scenes military wrangling seems so regimented and preordained that there s not much left to respond to 
2.5
Paths of Glory
Roger Ebert
Songs at the ends of dramas usually make us feel better They are part of closure This song at the end of this movie makes us feel more forlorn 
4
Paths of Glory
Michael Wilmington
Both a terrifying grim look at battle and an excruciatingly tense courtroom thriller Together it s a devastating indictment of war as conducted by opportunists and liars 
4
Paths of Glory
Marty Mapes
Kubrick devastates with relentless storytelling about the corruption of power 
3.5
After the Wedding
Rob Thomas
There are certainly some big emotional moments here that vibrate with emotional intensity but they always stop short of sheer theatrics and it doesn t feel like any of them are unearned 
3
After the Wedding
Duane Dudek
After the Wedding has a dignity of purpose that is made to feel authentic by the performances 
3
After the Wedding
John Beifuss
The odd cropping of the closeups is Bier s way of acknowleding that the slices of life we see onscreen can t begin to convey the complicated messiness of existence 
3.5
After the Wedding
Daniel M. Kimmel
a powerful drama about secrets At times it threatens to veer into soap opera but the filmmakers and actors keep it true 
3.5
After the Wedding
Loey Lockerby
After the Wedding is a sad film in many ways but it s also surprisingly uplifting Thanks to director Bier and her cast any tears shed in the audience will be perfectly natural 
3
After the Wedding
Jeff Vice
The plotting in After the Wedding is melodramatic even a bit soap operatic Yet unlike many Hollywood features and TV soaps the material is done in a way that seems refreshingly real and honest 
3.5
After the Wedding
Sean P. Means
It s Mikkelsen who anchors the movie as his moody Jacob tries to reconcile his past mistakes with his current passion for his students in India 
3.5
After the Wedding
Michael Booth
You leave the movie feeling exhausted argumentative and exhilarated surely the sign of a powerful film in any language 
3.5
After the Wedding
Matt Brunson
Initially threatening to turn into the most shameless of melodramas it instead builds upon its rickety foundation with such dexterity and grace that it eventually emerges as a deeply moving experience 
3
After the Wedding
Laura Kelly
An emotional masterpiece whose end is impossible to guess 
3.5
After the Wedding
Chris Hewitt
Just when we start to find these people interesting and credible the plot tosses us something we don t believe for a minute 
1.5
After the Wedding
Moira MacDonald
Director Bier s careful touch and the skill of the cast make After the Wedding an emotional and often lovely film It s mostly a series of two person scenes delicately filled in with character details 
3.5
After the Wedding
Mick LaSalle
There are no guarantees with this sort of thing but it really is possible that one or two scenes in After the Wedding will stay with you for the rest of your life 
4
After the Wedding
Bill Stamets
Sounds like a soap opera But Danish director Susanne Bier builds a high minded melodrama from this plot material 
3
After the Wedding
Michael Phillips
For once the bigger the emotion the truer the moviegoing experience 
3.5
After the Wedding
Ty Burr
Life s a mess it says but you can t sweep up the dirt until you ve taken a good hard look at it 
3
After the Wedding
Geoff Pevere
Even when Bier s movie ventures in deepest contrivance it pulls you along like a willing puppy on a gently tugged leash 
2.5
After the Wedding
Bruce Westbrook
In my book it s high camp a thrill ride for emotion junkies 
2
After the Wedding
Terry Lawson
Mikkelsen Lassgard Knudsen and Christensen seem to burrow into the deepest parts of their hearts and souls to turn the stuff of soap opera into a search for the real self 
3
After the Wedding
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The handheld digital camerawork provides an ultra realistic immediate feel but also highlights the film s cautious dramatic sidestepping 
2.5
After the Wedding
James Berardinelli
This is a fine tale of families and secrets and its seemingly cold exterior gives way to something unexpectedly warm and soft inside 
3
After the Wedding
Jeanne Aufmuth
Handsome drama that reveals depth beneath its polished veneer 
3
After the Wedding
Kam Williams
A paradoxical if ultimately plausible portrait of a fractured family which deals with baby daddy drama in a way which puts similar relatively flip Hollywood fare to shame 
3.5
After the Wedding
Ken Fox
A thoughtful exploration of paternity and responsibility Much of the film s success lies in Bier s sensitive direction but credit is also due to the fine cast particularly Mikkelsen 
3.5
After the Wedding
Stephen Whitty
A deceptively unadorned movie that ends in huge untidy and enormously satisfying emotions 
3
After the Wedding
Lou Lumenick
Director Bier has lots of surprises up her sleeve to keep After the Wedding humming for two solid hours 
3
After the Wedding
Elizabeth Weitzman
The characters may suffer once the bride walks down the aisle but director Bier writer Jensen and their first rate cast work together like a match made in heaven 
3
After the Wedding
Glenn Whipp
The filmmakers pile on a heap of life s complications but for all the recriminations the movie remains involving because of its convincing compassion for its characters 
3
After the Wedding
Jan Stuart
Crisply written and acted soap opera from Susanne Bier but vague in its intentions 
2.5
After the Wedding
Rene Rodriguez
After the Wedding ends up feeling far weightier than it first appears with its plot contrivances and unlikely coincidences generating such a messy range of emotions they end up feeling a lot like real life 
3
After the Wedding
Ed Gonzalez
The wunderkind Jensen s scripts are all schematic and prone to stock characters but they are soap operas after all and After the Wedding is beautifully performed by its eager cast 
2.5
After the Wedding
Pam Grady
As in any good melodrama After the Wedding indulges in its share of tears but it s also surprisingly hopeful 
3.5
After the Wedding
Jennie Punter
At two hours After the Wedding stretches out family flux too thinly and waits too long to reveal the final devastating secret that we already know 
2.5
Knives Out
Brian Eggert
Sharp and funny Knives Out exceeds expectations by proving to be more than its surface implies even as Johnson demonstrates his first rate skill in the story s maneuvers and charades 
4
Knives Out
Wesley Lovell
A predictable whodunit that seems to want to act as homage to the great mystery features of the past but ends up feeling like a recycled plot from a lesser Agatha Christie novel 
2.5
Knives Out
Jason Fraley
Rian Johnson Looper delivers a star studded romp that rises above the standard Clue whodunnit by revealing the culprit early on then watching the aftermath 
3
Knives Out
Alan French
Featuring fascinating energy and political commentary laced throughout 44 Johnson proves he has plenty to say as a filmmaker and writer 46 
3.5
Knives Out
Federico Furzan
A great genre film that shows the importance of fine writing in today s era Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Knives Out
James Kendrick
a deliriously engrossing murder mystery that wears its old fashioned bona fides on its stylish highly self aware sleeve
4
Knives Out
Linda Cook
Knives Out is a sharp funny whodunit 
3.5
Knives Out
David Nusair
Filmmaker Johnson delivers a blisteringly paced opening stretch that effective establishes the picture s multitude of oddball quirky figures 
3
Knives Out
Mattie Lucas
A mischievous and wildly entertaining film 
3
Knives Out
Kevin A. Ranson
In spite of such a complex story with so many great characters Johnson makes it look too easy as it effortlessly unfolds 
4
Knives Out
Steven Prokopy
This is an easy movie to adore and watch over and over 
3.5
Knives Out
Matt Brunson
It s murder by death in Knives Out a delightful mystery further buoyed by a marvelous performance from Daniel Craig 
3.5
Knives Out
Jake Coyle
Knives Out in the end believes earnestly in the whodunit it just wants to turn it inside out To say more about that would spoil the fun But keep an eye here and elsewhere on de Armas 
3.5
Knives Out
Matthew Singer
It s tempting to see Knives Out as a political allegory but it s best taken at face value as a wickedly entertaining diversion from the actual rich old men with shitty families that are part of all our lives right now 
3
Knives Out
Josh Larsen
Deception or rather misperception is built into the film s very form
3.5
Knives Out
John Wenzel
Knives Out deserves to be explored as a world of it own as Johnson balances moral conscience and black humor expertly within the constraints of the murder mystery genre 
3.5
Knives Out
Mike McGranaghan
You hang on every line of dialogue savor every shot and wait breathlessly to see where things will go next The film is pure entertainment from start to finish 
3.5
Knives Out
Jeff York
Filmmaker Rian Johnson knows Agatha Christie s oeuvre so well that he s able to honor it and screw with it too ripping apart its pieces moving them around and making the hoary conventions of the procedural genre feel almost completely fresh and vital 
4
Knives Out
Sara Michelle Fetters
Rian Johnson s latest is a satirically malevolent gold mine that refuses to follow the rules of the genre its narrative exists within 
3.5
Knives Out
Brandy McDonnell
Knives Out is an enticing addition to Johnson s filmography and a welcome appetizer before he goes back into orbit for more Star Wars adventures 
3.5
Knives Out
PG Staff
Johnson has fun with his screenplay giving this talented group of actors their scenes of high drama and bad behavior 
3.5
Knives Out
Tom Meek
The script by Rian Johnson does what it needs to with just the right amount of red herrings plot twists and deft humor 
3
Knives Out
Phil Villarreal
A heck of a lot of murderous fun 
3
Knives Out
Chris Hewitt
In the end what s most fun about Knives Out is how fresh it feels 
3
Knives Out
Sean P. Means
The breakout is the Cuban born Ana de Armas who brings wit and fire to the role of Marta the lamb in the den of vipers and a character so refreshingly honest that lying makes her puke 
3.5
Knives Out
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
For those looking for a well crafted good time the movie more than delivers 
3.5
Knives Out
Mark Dujsik
Without sacrificing any of the fun and thrills of a murder mystery Johnson toys with the basic structure and expectations of a well worn genre 
3.5
Knives Out
Peter Howell
Knives Out is as much a toon as it is a hat tip to the elaborate mechanics of an Agatha Christie mystery It s silly and suspenseful in equal measure 
3
Knives Out
Bob Bloom
One of the insights writer director Johnson brings to the movie is a political and cultural awareness of what is going on in today s society a denigration and suspicion of outsiders 
3
Knives Out
Michael Smith
I left not caring what the future held for a single one of these characters 
2
Knives Out
Josh Terry
The story is clever enough to keep you on your toes and a fantastic cast fills in all the gaps with especially enjoyable performances from Chris Evans and Daniel Craig 
3.5
Knives Out
Brian Truitt
Johnson brilliantly reinvented crime noir with a high school bent in his 2006 directorial debut Brick and Knives Out marries the problem solving of Sherlock and Columbo with the nuttiness of Clue 
3.5
Knives Out
Joey Magidson
Knives Out deftly takes classic elements of the whodunit genre and sees Rian Johnson give it a really clever new spin Daniel Craig Ana de Armas and Chris Evans shine 
3.5
Knives Out
Pamela Powell
This incredibly smart and funny film with standout performances from actors who are having as much fun as the viewer is sure to be tops on not just critics lists but yours as well 
4
Knives Out
Katie Walsh
The class warfare picture by way of Agatha Christie that we never knew we needed but we do now more than ever 
3.5
Knives Out
Mick LaSalle
Knives Out shows the sure hand of a serious talent 
4
Knives Out
Johnny Oleksinski
The fun in Knives Out is watching an ensemble of super serious actors getting to misbehave 
3
Knives Out
Ann Hornaday
Once the game is afoot in Knives Out its step is never less than light swift and sure 
3
Knives Out
James Berardinelli
It s exceptional escapist entertainment for those who don t mind a little spice sprinkled into their cozy mystery 
3.5
Knives Out
Moira MacDonald
Knives Out is a kick By the time it was finally revealed whodunit I just wanted to start over and play again 
3.5
Knives Out
Rosalie Kicks
Knives Out is a reminder that one can indeed have fun at the movies 
3
Knives Out
Max Weiss
This film is just flat out fun 
3.5
Knives Out
Ty Burr
Knives Out plays fast and it plays farcical but it also plays fair Most of all it plays like a dream 
4
Knives Out
Rex Reed
Maybe I m just jaded but to me there isn t a genuine thrill in sight Still I found it an enjoyable enough way to pass the time between clichés 
3
Knives Out
Rafer Guzman
A frothy whodunit 70s style with a cast of today s A list stars Great fun 
3
Knives Out
Michael Phillips
Writer director Rian Johnson s fizzy Agatha Christie riff Knives Out succeeds as a throwback with more than mere nostalgia on its mind 
3.5
Knives Out
Roger Moore
A proper whodunit as twist turny as you might expect and as amusingly edgy and cutting as its title suggests 
3
Knives Out
Rene Sanchez
A fun thrill ride from beginning to end Johnson s fresh spin on the classic whodunit formula delivers the right amount of laughs and surprises A breakout performance from Ana de Armas Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Knives Out
Robert Daniels
What s that I hear It s as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced The sound of deflated haters never sounded so sweet as seeing Rian Johnson s The Last Jedi followup the wildly hilarious whodunit Knives Out 
4
Knives Out
Dwight Brown
There are plot twists aplenty but none add up to much 
2
Knives Out
Barry Hertz
This is a dizzy zippy and surprisingly politically astute murder mystery comedy that hits all its beats with flair before turning around and knifing conventional thinking in the back 
3.5
Knives Out
Brian Tallerico
Directing a wildly charismatic cast who are all in on what he s doing Johnson confidently stays a step or two ahead of his audience leaving them breathless but satisfied at the end 
3.5
Knives Out
Jake Cole
The actors hammy performances only compound the amusement of watching a dynasty propped up by largesse fall to pieces at the very thought of actually having to earn their way in life 
3
Skylines
Steven Prokopy
Skylines knows what its priorities are action and gooey alien stuff and leans into them about as hard as it can 
3
Skylines
Mike McGranaghan
The movie feels derivative of other sci fi films as it cobbles together elements that are reminiscent of Starship Troopers Pacific Rim Aliens and Predator among others 
2
Skylines
Nick Allen
O Donnell s sequel doesn t affirm a grandiose or interesting vision so much as one that is eagerly ready for hire 
2
Skylines
Mark Dujsik
The first sequel may not have set a high bar but it definitely set a higher bar than this installment can clear 
2
Skylines
Roger Moore
Slow a joked up mash up of District 9 and Starship Troopers 
1.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Mattie Lucas
A work of mad genius a deliriously entertaining journey into the darkness of the human soul that ends up surprisingly being one of the most hugely enjoyable films of the year 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Kelly Jane Torrance
his movie isn t perfect Yet Mr Herzog and writer William M Finkelstein have crafted an extremely entertaining film a genre piece that at times looks made for the art house 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Peter Travers
Is redemption possible for this bad lieutenant At one point he orders that a dead man be shot again because his soul is still dancing If you find God in that line then welcome to your movie heaven 
2.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
John Beifuss
Despite the snake slither swimming through the bars of a flooded cellblock the injured alligator and the iguanas that seem to be crooning Johnny Adams Release Me star Nicolas Cage may be the most reptilian presence here 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Rob Thomas
Although it shares a title and a certain seedy charm with Abel Ferrara s 1992 Bad Lieutenant this remake really marches to the beat of its own jittery crack addicted drummer 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Chris Foran
Sometimes director Werner Herzog a master for nearly four decades at blending the bizarre and the mundane does let you in on Cage s motives But just as often he delivers a life and a world of random mayhem 
2.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
John Wirt
Nicolas Cage goes off the deep end even more than usual in the crazily entertaining Werner Herzog helmed Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call New Orleans 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Linda Cook
No one can breathe life into a crazed character like Nicolas Cage can 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Jeff Vice
Cage s increasingly crazed and manic performance is very watchable 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Roger Moore
Cage who usually goes gonzo with gusto underplays this monster That spoils the fun 
2
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Mike Scott
A depraved perfect storm of cinema 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Chris Hewitt
The script has some scuzzy jokey appeal and I like it that instead of trying to hide them Herzog tosses the movie s ridiculous coincidences right in our faces as if daring us to duck 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
John Hartl
Like the late Klaus Kinski who so often played crazies in Herzog s earlier movies Cage is in your face all the way Laughing maniacally lying with no sign of a conscience he pushes the character s frequent tantrums beyond over the top 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Wesley Morris
Frankly the story isn t remotely as interesting as Cage Nothing is 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Carrie Rickey
A one of a kind experience that boasts a twice in a lifetime performance from Nicolas Cage 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Claudia Puig
Despite his strangely receding hairline bug eyed demeanor and hunchback stance Cage somehow avoids making this police lieutenant a caricature 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Peter Keough
The iguanas are like the frogs at the end of Paul Thomas Anderson s Magnolia only better 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Sara Michelle Fetters
But it has energy it has a gonzo go for broke attitude and it also has a Cage willing to do just about anything to keep things interesting three items many films would fall all over themselves to possess 
2.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Rick Groen
Add director Werner Herzog to the mix a guy who knows a thing or a hundred about obsessive protagonists and we re in for quite the ride wild and weird and blackly comic 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Linda Barnard
It s Cage s best work in years 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Kyle Smith
There can only ever be one Bad Lieutenant Harvey Keitel 
2.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Ann Hornaday
Like a jumpy coke fueled Pied Piper Cage takes viewers to the very precipice of depraved self abasement while preserving just enough self conscious humor to keep from tumbling in 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Peter Hartlaub
It s a rare and precious thing when a filmmaker gets funding for a script that features a coked out OxyContined out sleep deprived Cage with a 44 Magnum in his waistband spewing lines like Shoot him again his soul is still dancing 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Stephen Whitty
Even when the movie is not working it s never less than eye catching It s also a perfect setting for Cage s curiously compelling art 
2.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Michael Phillips
Herzog has found his ideal interpreter a performer whose truth lies deep in the artifice of performance ladies and gentlemen Nicolas Cage at his finest 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Roger Ebert
No one is better at this kind of performance than Nicolas Cage He s a fearless actor He doesn t care if you think he goes over the top If a film calls for it he will crawl to the top hand over hand with bleeding fingernails 
4
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Jake Coyle
Cage dives headlong into the madness It s plain fun to see the actor give himself so fully to a character after several years of mostly forgettable action movies 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
James Berardinelli
It s perhaps 2 3 of a good movie and 1 3 of material that feels out of place or is derivative 
2.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Fernando F. Croce
It may not have the wounding thrust of Ferrara s but it shares with that film a bottomless compassion for its crazies to say nothing of the exhilaration of seeing a fearless director and a fearless actor pushing each other beyond extremes 
3
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Robert Levin
It s powerful material for Werner Herzog a premier chronicler of the madness of men and Nicolas Cage who brings a fevered intensity to every project he takes on 
3.5
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
David Nusair
a surprisingly compelling piece of work that ll undoubtedly and deservedly earn itself a cult following in the years to come 
3
Knife Fight
Sara Stewart
Meanders aimlessly around too familiar territory 
1.5
Knife Fight
John Barber
An improbable fantasy in which the people who make political advertising emerge as chisel jawed heroes of democracy 
1
Knife Fight
Bruce DeMara
U S politics provides more than ample fodder for sharply observed satire Someone needs to tell Guttentag that requires a scalpel not a dull edged butter knife 
1.5
Knife Fight
Rex Reed
With so many characters and so many issues Knife Fight seems overlong but it s still above and beyond most movies that try to puncture the balloons of political hypocrisy The writing is sometimes awkward but the actors are uniformly convincing 
3.5
Knife Fight
Nick McCarthy
Bill Guttentag exaggerates the absurd lengths advisors go to win an election and yet ultimately aggrandizes their behavior 
1
Savior for Sale: Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece?
Roger Moore
More thorough more blunt has more edge and takes a firmer stand on the Lost Leonardo than The Lost Leonardo 
3
Feds
David Nusair
46 46 46 an appealingly familiar premise that 8217 s employed to agreeable yet forgettable effect 46 46 46 
2.5
The Automatic Hate
Moira MacDonald
Australian actress Adelaide Clemens shines in Justin Lerner s nicely paced indie drama thriller 
3
The Automatic Hate
Roger Moore
An over sexed and overly obvious Southern Gothic potboiler transplanted to rural upstate New York losing something in the translation 
2
Twist
Roger Moore
Call it a 8220 bad movie 8221 that plays 44 because that 8217 s all this shoots for 46 
2
Twist
Leo Brady
When it comes to doing Charles Dickens novels it seems like a flashy and cool thing to revive his work with the times but it ultimately ends up pointless 
1.5
Twist
Mark Dujsik
The director fails to realize how transparent the movie s shallow gimmick is or how repetitive the constant running jumping and climbing turns out to be 
1
All My Puny Sorrows
Jeff York
In the end 44 the film not only entertains but illuminates the human condition 46 It 8217 s an honest and moving work 44 full of artistry and bravery 46 
3
All My Puny Sorrows
Sheila O'Malley
While the adaptation is in many ways quite skilled the pace of All My Puny Sorrows is so stately and the overall tone so reserved that it results in an emotionally muted film 
2
All My Puny Sorrows
Roger Moore
It never quite lapses into glib or draining the way most screen treatments of this subject and this debate do 
2.5
All My Puny Sorrows
Kate Taylor
Director Michael McGowan struggles to deliver Toews s inimitable voice and only occasionally produces breakthrough scenes where humour and sorrow merge 
2
Munyurangabo
Roger Moore
Never alters its sedate almost somnambular pacing But this debut feature shows the promise that Minari realized and is certainly worth checking out 
2.5
Munyurangabo
Mattie Lucas
A searing and unforgettable portrait of a nation in transition as seen through the eyes of those whose lives were irreparably changed 
4
Munyurangabo
Mike Scott
The result is an achingly authentic film as stirring as it is relevant 
3
Munyurangabo
Wesley Morris
The finished film which was completed in about 11 days has the tidiness and optimism of a fable But it showcases certain hard facts of life in a war torn country whose scars have yet to heal 
3
Munyurangabo
Carolyn Blick
You wouldn t think a movie with so many cultural elements to draw on would have to steal from Disney 
2
Munyurangabo
Roger Ebert
It is in every frame a beautiful and powerful film a masterpiece 
4
Munyurangabo
John Hartl
It s the latest in a long and worthy line of low budget partly improvised neorealist movies that mix fiction with documentarylike qualities 
3
Munyurangabo
Walter V. Addiego
Munyurangabo a simple naturalistic parable about a journey to the countryside by two young men reflects on the chances of peace and reconciliation for survivors of Rwanda s bloody recent past 
3
Munyurangabo
Nick Schager
There s a patient attentiveness and inquisitiveness to Munyurangabo that seemingly springs at least in part from the cultural divide between Korean American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung and his native Rwandan cast milieu and language 
3.5
Getaway
Frank Ochieng
the wheeling and dealing of Getaway is all too familiar in its wasted gas guzzle gumption of throwaway excitement and stimulation it cannot change the fact that it has hit a creative speed bump and in a worst way possible 
1
Getaway
Brad Keefe
If you like car crashes and bizarre casting pairings have I got a movie for you If you like good movies yeah not so much 
1.5
Getaway
Mike McGranaghan
Getaway should be required viewing for any filmmaker considering making a car chase movie It offers a virtual step by step tutorial on what not to do 
1
Getaway
Linda Cook
If the title ended in an exclamation point this movie s very title would be a warning Getaway which is nothing so much as an hour and a half car chase is preposterously silly 
0
Getaway
Chris Knight
Ethan Hawke can drive He can also act I m just not sure he can do both at the same time 
1.5
Getaway
Scott Nash
Not even bad enough to be enjoyable It s just plain bad 
1
Getaway
James Berardinelli
Getaway is pretty much a 90 minute car chase That s it 
2
Getaway
Bob Bloom
Getaway will actually have you laughing at several points The problem is I don t think that was the filmmaker s intention 
1.5
Getaway
Rob Thomas
The good news about Getaway is that it always uses real cars and drivers The bad news is that it does not always use real actors or writers 
1
Getaway
Matt Zoller Seitz
The characterization and dialogue are atrocious the filmmaking is fashionably busy and there s a lazy cynicism to the picture that sours its thrills 
1.5
Getaway
Kirk Baird
It s an excuse for a 90 minute orgy of car chases and crashes that thoroughly tests the audience s endurance and patience 
1.5
Getaway
Peter Travers
For 89 minutes that feel like 89 hours cars speed out of control and crash doing only PG 13 damage The damage to your brain while watching it is incalculable 
0
Getaway
David Hiltbrand
Don t be alarmed if you walk out of Getaway feeling confused It s not you This grainy clustered video game of a movie makes no sense 
0.5
Getaway
Geoff Pevere
By the time the movie actually arrives at its finest moment a nearly two minute single shot from the Mustang s hood as it chases the villain s van through dense traffic you ve become so numb to speed and sensation that you may barely notice 
2
Getaway
Mark Dujsik
T his vehicle undergoes so much damage over the course of one night in Bulgaria that we can only assume it was forged by the gods themselves at the top of Olympus 
1.5
Getaway
Phil Villarreal
The real getaway here was the one the filmmakers pulled on the studio having heisted giant paychecks for minimal work or thought 
1
Getaway
Peter Hartlaub
You ve probably seen this movie before watching a child play with his toy Hot Wheels cars after eating multiple bowls of sugary breakfast cereal 
1
Getaway
Mary Houlihan
After a while it all becomes mind numbing How many chase scenes and car crashes they do all start to look alike can one person take 
2
Getaway
Tom Russo
It s hard to remember another action entry that expends so much energy on frenetic blacktop choreography and attention deficit editing with so little to show for it 
1
Getaway
Christy Lemire
Getaway might have been enjoyable as a mindless bit of dumb late summer entertainment if it had been vaguely coherent 
1.5
Getaway
Stephanie Merry
Getaway could have been an excellent two minute film 
0.5
Getaway
Kyle Smith
Getaway is so bad that what s most surprising about it is that Nicolas Cage didn t manage to star in it 
0.5
Getaway
Scott Bowles
A car chase clunker that can t escape its own noxious emissions 
1
Getaway
Peter Howell
The only real benefit of Getaway is pointing out the likely winners of the next Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple Come on down Hawke and Gomez you certainly deserve it 
0.5
Getaway
Frank Lovece
Not a single moment in this automotive snuff film isn t ridiculous and its only mystery is why the estimable Ethan Hawke agreed to star 
0.5
Getaway
Cathy Jakicic
As a moviegoer I am not against car chases but I generally like some movie wrapped around them 
1.5
Getaway
Loey Lockerby
Even video game designers come up with better story lines than this 
2
Getaway
R. Kurt Osenlund
Though always speeding forward in some gear of ridiculousness the film is a lot more fun when it s completely nonsensical before its baddie s motives and harebrained plot are funnel fed to the viewer 
1
Getaway
Dann Gire
The dumbest action movie of the millennium so far 
0.5
Getaway
Jason Buchanan
It might just be the longest 90 minutes you ll spend in a theater all summer 
2
Getaway
Michael Phillips
So mechanical and derivative not even the abducted spouse routine can stoke the audience s rooting interests 
1.5
Getaway
Jake Coyle
The action all at nighttime is messily and crudely filmed The plot mechanics are often laughable 
0.5
Getaway
Chris Hewitt
It s meant to be dumb summer fun They got the dumb part right and it is summer but what with the unpleasant characters and inane twists they forgot to supply the fun 
1
Getaway
Soren Andersen
The movie equivalent of a continuous closed loop 
1.5
Getaway
Matt Pais
Believes in logic like the VMAs believe in music 
1.5
Getaway
Roger Moore
And thus does a summer that started with a silly car chase picture end with a far sillier car chase picture
1.5
Getaway
Dustin Putman
The bottom line is there is a heaping helping of destruction on hand but it s hard to be too critical when a film dares to be as preposterous yet flashy as this one 
2
Getaway
Peter Canavese
Getaway does inspire escapism as its title implies but not in the way the filmmakers had in mind rather you rsquo ll be looking for the exits 
1
Getaway
Rene Rodriguez
The Shelby Mustang driven by Hawke isn t just the fastest car in all of Bulgaria It also has the ability to heal itself like Wolverine 
1
Getaway
Kam Williams
A high octane thriller that might be best described as Taken meets Speed meets Ransom Unfortunately the execution leaves a lot to be desired 
2
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
David Gonzalez
There is no denying Borat 58 Subsequent Moviefilm is one of the best and most entertaining films of the year 46 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Mark Meszoros
All in all if you judge Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on how well it accomplishes its brave boundary pushing brand of comedic entertainment it s hard not to think of one of Borat s best known catchphrases Great success 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Leo Brady
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is a shocking success answering a call at a time when audiences need to laugh 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sean P. Means
What s most astonishing in the new film is how many people either don t know what Baron Cohen is up to or don t care enough to stop being their deplorable selves 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Matthew Passantino
The slapdash construction of the movie causes it to crumble as it progresses over the course of a long 95 minutes because it never really has a novel idea it just wants to coast on shock and timeliness 
1.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Joe Friar
The shock value may have worn off but Baron Cohen s cringe watching satire is stronger than ever 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Eric Vilas-Boas
Underneath it all it s got an empathy and an urgency the first Borat seemed to lack thanks to its focus and the family at its center That s very nice 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Mattie Lucas
Not only is it deeply funny it s also disarmingly moving a damning yet hopeful portrait of America in 2020 that leaves us feeling that maybe just maybe there s a light at the end of the tunnel 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Angrier funnier and smarter than the original 
4
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Christian Toto
Sacha Baron Cohen unwisely attempts a sequel to a modern comedy classic 
1.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Robert Levin
What we get instead of the familiar indictment of garden variety casual racism is a blistering summation of what might be deemed the alternative facts era 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ty Burr
Borat may be the Little Tramp s evil twin but he s also Forrest Gump s smarter brother and he knows exactly what s in that box of chocolates and how they re making us sick 
2.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
David Nusair
a better than expected sequel that hopefully marks the start of an ongoing franchise 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Regardless even if the sequel doesn t quite feel like the explosive cultural dirty bomb that the first movie did Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is still a tonic for those that care to partake 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Berardinelli
Like it or hate it the second Borat film like the first one offers the captivating quality of a train wreck or fatal car crash even when you re horrified you can t look away 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Jeff Mitchell
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is a good success 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Gilles LeBlanc
There s no shortage of attempts to shock albeit with diminishing returns if this isn t your first subjection to Borat 
2.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Jeff York
Cohen is not only challenging the antiquated norms of our nation but also the expectations of an audience not quite ready for how far he will push them as well 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Steven Prokopy
The film feels smarter more cohesive and far more dangerous than the first one 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Bob Bloom
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is a feature with no middle ground Fans of Cohen most likely will embrace it while more traditional and yes conservative filmgoers will most likely despise the film and Cohen 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Baron Cohen and Bakalova make a terrific team 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Tom Meek
The real revelation here is Bakalova as Borat s daughter seamless in her audacious pranking With Baron Cohen there s always a puckish nod and wink in his eye with Bakalova it s smooth and natural with nothing contrived 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Mark Dujsik
T he sequel again holds up a mirror to the state of our politics society and culture This time though the world won t be laughing at Kazakhstan 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Michael Phillips
I laughed at a good deal of the movie but a good deal more of it left me with Cohen s intention probably the taste of ashes in the mouth 
2
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Chris Hewitt
Unlike the first movie this one is a satisfying narrative not a collection of skits 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Peter Howell
He s still funny the humour is still gross the cultural and political revelations are even nastier and the cinematography and screenplay seem even more improvised 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Keith Watson
Too often the film teases big wild comedic set pieces that end up deflating almost instantly 
2.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Roger Moore
The Rudy Giuliani sting is icky and funny and is being somewhat oversold 
2.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Mick LaSalle
Not everyone will like this movie But a case could be made for its coarseness and excess as a reflection of our current moment 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Johnny Oleksinski
What hasn t changed a bit is Baron Cohen s escaped from the asylum performance and Borat is still one of the most lovable and abhorrent characters ever 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Matt Zoller Seitz
A deliciously unstable comedy 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Joey Magidson
Though not quite as hilarious as the last one this is still very funny with a few surprise appearances by real life public figures that I d dare not spoil 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sean P. Means
Tutar turns out to be a key addition to the cause giving Borat s casual sexism only described verbally in the first movie a human target 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a comedy of outrage and horror that elicits laughter not as a cure for what ails us or even a temporary balm but a close cousin of the feeling you get sharp pain followed by relief when a Band Aid has been ripped off an open wound 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Richard Roeper
Borat is an idiot but Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ends on a pretty smart note 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Jake Coyle
The Borat sequel will make you laugh and squirm as much as it will send shudders down your spine 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Mike McGranaghan
The sequel rarely reaches the gasp inducing hilarity of the original When it does hit the mark though the laughs are still pretty big 
3
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Brian Truitt
The absolute commitment to the over the top Borat persona continues to be admirable 
2.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Barry Hertz
An essential piece of 2020 culture distilling the mania of this cursed year into a compact 95 minutes of jaw dropping cringe comedy 
3.5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Josh Larsen
tries to expose people who have already been walking around the past four years with their pants down 
2
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Peter Canavese
SPOILER FREE Laugh out loud funny transcends offensiveness by holding a mirror up to the very worst of human impulses making us laugh at crimes against humanity not because the satirists don t care but precisely because they do 
3.5
Smiles of a Summer Night
Eric Melin
Bergman s classic sparkles with wit and innuendo in a way that most modern romantic comedies can t even come close to 
3.5
Necessary Roughness
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Necessary Roughness ultimately fares a whole lot better than one might ve initially anticipated 
3
Necessary Roughness
John Hartl
For every sharp one liner about a pampered college football team that s so corrupt it could use its yearbook photos as mug shots there s a brain numbing plot development that s straight out of a desperate sitcom 
2
Necessary Roughness
Gary Thompson
Necessary Roughness has the right kind of rambunctious spirit for this kind of picture even if it s not quite as inventive as similar movies like the recent baseball send up Major League 
2.5
Necessary Roughness
Desmond Ryan
The shameless commercialism and hypocrisy of big time college football is a target as inviting as a receiver wide open in the end zone But the muddled huddle that is Necessary Roughness is one long fumble strewn with offensive lines 
2
Necessary Roughness
Clifford Terry
An amiable comedy 
2.5
Necessary Roughness
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t try to pump itself up into more than it is a good humored entertainment 
3
The Damned
Jesús Chavarria
A horror film that has few scares brings nothing new to the genre and you ll forget as soon as you leave the theatre Full review in Spanish 
1
The Damned
Carson Lund
From its first draw of blood onward it bolts down a foreseeable slasher movie trajectory laying on thick the dramatic irony while constantly inventing new reasons to punish its characters for old iniquities 
1
The Stoneman Murders
Namrata Joshi
Even the filming is 80s style rough and refreshingly devoid of technical flourishes 
3
Bless the Child
Dave McCoy
A biblical thriller so predictable and preposterous that everyone involved should be banished to the confessional for their sins 
1
Bless the Child
Ann Hornaday
By turns lurid risible and offensive 
1
Bless the Child
David Sterritt
Often trite and predictable but grudgingly likable in the end 
2
Bless the Child
Michael Dequina
Winning an Oscar has changed Kim Basinger and not in a good way 
0
Bless the Child
Scott Nash
It s one of those movies that is so bad that if you watch it in the right frame of mind you can actually enjoy it You just have to revel in its badness 
1.5
Bless the Child
Jeffrey Westhoff
Any movie where the villain is a combination of Danny Bonaduce and L Ron Hubbard has at least has one thing going for it 
1
Bless the Child
Joe Mader
Forgive them Lord Russell et al know not what they do 
1
Bless the Child
Kevin Courrier
It makes the battle between good and evil look trite familiar and boring 
1.5
Bless the Child
Jorge Avila Andrade
Árido guión cuya resolución deja mucho que desear apegándose a los clichés tradicionales de Hollywood
1.5
Bless the Child
James Kendrick
It has its effective moments but at the same time it is too obviously derivative of other thrillers 
2
Bless the Child
David Keyes
In times when special effects can show us anything is it so much to ask to make several thousand crawling rats look at least realistic 
2
Bless the Child
Rob Blackwelder
Basinger continues to prove her Oscar win for L A Confidential was a fluke 
1
Bless the Child
Susan Stark
Bless the Child is rubbish 
1
Bless the Child
Pam Grady
An adequate but unspectacular fright fest 
2
Bless the Child
Dustin Putman
A very bad movie 
1
Bless the Child
Carrie Rickey
The unintentional effect of movies like Bless the Child is that they are enough to make agnostics out of true believers 
1
Bless the Child
James Berardinelli
From an acting standpoint you won t find more wood this side of a lumber yard 
1
Bless the Child
Edward Guthmann
A schlocky thriller that might appeal to less discriminating members of the mall crowd 
2
Bless the Child
Maitland McDonagh
Those bat winged CGI demons and red eyed rats of hell should have been banished to a video game before they could transform this solemn shocker into a silly spook show 
2.5
Bless the Child
Elias Savada
There s an old saying Bless the Child spare the Audience And you d wished the producers thought about this before spending millions on this lame turkey 
0.5
Avenging Angelo
David Nusair
The movie occasionally resembles a movie of the week complete with romantic montages set to sappy rock ballads 
2.5
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Wesley Morris
It s the perfect image for a man whose vivid music appeared to be fighting its way into sharper focus 
3
Shrek 2
Matt Soergel
It s a close call as to which one s better 
3.5
Shrek 2
Dan Webster
It s not often that a sequel is richer and deeper than the original creation especially when we re talking about the offerings of Hollywood But Shrek 2 is the exception 
3.5
Shrek 2
Leah Rozen
If fall movies were this consistently clever there would never be reason to hesitate before plunking down hard earned bucks at the multiplex 
3.5
Shrek 2
Mark Dujsik
One couldn t ask for a better sequel than Shrek 2 
3.5
Shrek 2
Jeffrey Overstreet
It ends up not so much an extension of Shrek s story as an improved retelling It s critique applies to any culture that has codes of behavior and appearance 
3.5
Shrek 2
James Kendrick
a familiar but funny story of matrimonial turbulence and interfamilial discord with a few twisted fairy tale twists of course
3.5
Shrek 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Perfecto ejemplo del cine del nuevo milenio as como uno de los logros ms importantes en la historia del celuloide Es simple y sencillamente genial e inolvidable 
4
Shrek 2
David N. Butterworth
Twice as irreverent twice as flatulent and at times twice as much fun as the original 
3
Shrek 2
Kevin A. Ranson
Shrek has become a shill peddling everything from breakfast cereal to M M s But is the ready made blockbuster to the original really all that or just more of the same 
2
Shrek 2
Wesley Lovell
The first film had an innocence that made the story feel more real and topical Shrek 2 feels very fantastic and improbable 
3
Shrek 2
David Keyes
thoughtful extensive focused and energetic without actually being a retread of the past
3.5
Shrek 2
Sean McBride
Filled with silly gags and pop culture references this is a fast paced gem of a movie that will leave you grinning from ear to ear 
3.5
Shrek 2
Vince Koehler
The Shrek gang is back and the new film is better than ever 
3.5
Shrek 2
Peter Debruge
The humor is so satisfying in its moment to moment pleasures that it s almost unsportsmanlike to criticize the bigger picture 
3
Shrek 2
Dan Lybarger
The Oscar winning ogre is back for another adventure and thankfully the folks behind this one haven t forgotten what made the first Shrek such an entertaining flick 
3
Shrek 2
Michael Sragow
Apart from Antonio Banderas sizzling bout of self parody as Puss in Boots who boasts a slashing trademark and Latin bravado akin to Zorro s Shrek 2 is mostly just dreck squared 
2
Shrek 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not a classic by any means but so what It isn t like every hotly anticipated movie has to be after all 
3
Shrek 2
James Verniere
Often very amusing thanks to a droll script by co director and co writer Andrew Adamson Shrek and others and a terrific roster of supporting players 
3
Shrek 2
Forrest Hartman
One viewing isn 8217 t enough There 8217 s layer upon layer of visual gags and in many cases they 8217 re funnier than those in the dialogue 
4
Shrek 2
David Elliott
Cute cute cute is pretty much the defining description of Shrek 2 
3
Shrek 2
Jon Niccum
There is a fine line between name dropping a product or TV show for laughs and genuinely writing something that is funny on its own merit
2.5
Shrek 2
Jonathan R. Perry
Once or twice a decade a moment comes along that s so through the roof rupture your hernia funny that it reaffirms my faith in comedy Shrek 2 has several of those 
4
Shrek 2
Emily Blunt
Shrek 2 serves up a heapin helping of merriment and mayhem within a spectacular concoction of animated brilliance READ ON 
3.5
Shrek 2
Tony Toscano
Shrek 2 proves a sequel not only can be good but can be great 
4
Shrek 2
David Sterritt
At its best this Shrek sequel draws up a brilliant new blueprint for all ages animation blending fairy tale whimsy with edgy social satire 
3
Shrek 2
Susan Tavernetti
Shrek 2 casts a magical spell while turning traditional myths upside down Fairytales like this can come true for me and for you 
4
Shrek 2
John Beifuss
Clearly it s a problem when a movie s least interesting characters are its title hero and his signficant ogre 
2.5
Shrek 2
Nick Rogers
Still flashy funny and irreverent balanced with a keen understanding of its lead characters that makes it more than just franchised eye candy 
3.5
Shrek 2
Josh Larsen
the villain this time around is Fairy Godmother herself who acts like a magically powered plastic surgeon 
3.5
Shrek 2
Frank Ochieng
What s amazingly gutsy about Shrek 2 is its ability to dare to duplicate the infectious wit of its Academy Award winning predecessor
3.5
Shrek 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
None of the jokes stand on their own as jokes they depend on the usual boys bathroom humor and on pop culture references that range from a bit outdated to very outdated 
2
Shrek 2
Connie Ogle
Somebody warn Ellen Degeneres that her brief reign as best supporting cartoon voice is now in jeopardy 
2.5
Shrek 2
Duane Dudek
Lively and fun 
3
Shrek 2
Glenn Whipp
It s sharp funny and has a twisted sensibility that manages to be just right for every age group 
3.5
Shrek 2
Robert W. Butler
Every bit the equal of the first film 
3
Shrek 2
Jami Bernard
Delivers more fun than there is slime in a green ogre s swamp 
3.5
Shrek 2
Rick Groen
The Shrek franchise is alive and well Model 2 is zippier sleeker with ever improving graphics vast commercial potential and the same sly ability to reach out and hook the whole family 
3.5
Shrek 2
Sarah Chauncey
It s even more clever than the first Shrek with even more advanced animation and a larger cast that is equal to the original winning trinity of Mike Myers Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz 
4
Shrek 2
Joe Baltake
This fractured very showbizzy deconstruction of fairy tales is in many ways the Godfather Part II of animations it tops its successful predecessor 
4
Shrek 2
Mick LaSalle
The animation is still startlingly good and that as well as the occasional bursts of wit keeps Shrek 2 afloat 
2
Shrek 2
John Monaghan
The sequel to the 2001 computer animated hit is just as fast funny and smart as fans were hoping it would be 
3
Shrek 2
Glenn Lovell
The thrill isn t quite gone but almost 
2.5
Shrek 2
Jeff Vice
One of the all too rare movie sequels that s better than the original 
3.5
Shrek 2
Moira MacDonald
It may not be great art but it s funny stuff for all ages and that s a rare treat 
3.5
Shrek 2
Lisa Kennedy
Shrek 2 proves that winning writing trumps scenery chewing any day 
3.5
Shrek 2
Phoebe Flowers
A welcome return even if it won t leave you entirely happy ever after 
2.5
Shrek 2
Ty Burr
A frenetic and very enjoyable 93 minutes at the movies for child and parent alike 
3
Shrek 2
Sean P. Means
Kids will enjoy this fast and funny comedy but the parents will get more of the jokes 
3.5
Shrek 2
Phil Villarreal
Shrek would tell Kermit to shove it Sure it s easy being green 
3.5
Shrek 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
Not as funny as the first film but the story is richer more emotionally complex and better written 
3
Shrek 2
James Berardinelli
A respectable effort and a solid example of family friendly entertainment 
3
Shrek 2
Scott Nash
Funnier than the original 
4
Shrek 2
Joe Lozito
With more of an epilogue than a sequel Dreamworks manages to squeeze a few more drops of humor out of William Steig s beloved ogre 
3
Shrek 2
Linda Cook
The big green guy s still got it 
3.5
Shrek 2
Mike McGranaghan
Shrek 2 absolutely lives up to the original in every way It s just as sweet just as heartfelt and just as hilarious 
4
Shrek 2
Matt Brunson
In a movie filled with imaginative bits Puss In Boots emerges as the cat s meow 
3
Shrek 2
Erik Childress
Shrek 2 is exactly what we want in our sequels respect for its origins growth in the characters and an honest attempt to replicate its laugh quotient 
3.5
Shrek 2
Kit Bowen
Shrek 2 may not be as fresh and new as the original but you still can t stop yourself from lovin the big green ogre anyway 
3
Shrek 2
Angel Cohn
The spirit that made the first film such a charmer survives intact 
3.5
Shrek 2
Peter Travers
Shrek 2 brims with perverse pleasures that show no respect for the rules of kiddie cartoon form 
3.5
Shrek 2
Carrie Rickey
A sequel as exhilarating and riotously funny as 2001 s top grossing original 
3.5
Shrek 2
John Anderson
Not quite as sparkling as the first but it gets nuttier as it goes along 
3
Shrek 2
Lou Lumenick
So gorgeously animated and so thoroughly entertaining for all ages that only an ogre would complain it s not quite as fresh as the original 
3.5
Shrek 2
Jeff Strickler
This sequel is above average in terms of energy cleverness and production values But the original computer animated blockbuster was so far off the scale that it s hardly fair to expect this one to measure up 
3
Shrek 2
Mark Caro
A solid if not groundbreaking yarn 
3
Shrek 2
Roger Ebert
Shrek 2 is bright lively and entertaining but it s no Shrek 
3
Shrek 2
Claudia Puig
As funny sweet and engaging as the first film 
4
Shrek 2
Rob Blackwelder
Predicated entirely on Three s Company quality contrivances requiring all the characters to behave like jackasses in order for the plot to advance 
2
Shrek 2
Austin O'Connor
This is joyous filmmaking proof that not all fairy tales have to end 
3.5
Shrek 2
Steven Snyder
the sequel has come close to rivaling the original and you will leave ready to see it all again I don t imagine I ll be writing that compliment often this summer 
3.5
Shrek 2
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lampoons a number of fairy tale conventions but engages in the conflict and warmth of un enchanted humanity 
3.5
Shrek 2
Dustin Putman
Blazes across the screen with mature rapid fire wit genuine warmth and rainbow colored visual beauty 
3
Shrek 2
Walter Chaw
DreamWorks the supposed anti Disney is producing product the unfortunate equal of their archenemy 
1.5
Shrek 2
Steve Rhodes
Another don t miss gem from DreamWorks 
3.5
Shrek 2
Willie Waffle
Shrek 2 is one of the great movies of all time 
4
Shrek 2
Ross Anthony
The film is amusing from start to finish but one pseudo video taped segment of KNIGHTS a COPS spoof rocks the theater It s hands down or handcuffed hilarious 
3.5
Shrek 2
Keith Uhlich
Credit Shrek 2 for being the rare sequel that more or less equals its predecessor the first film was garbage and so is the second 
1
No End
James Berardinelli
No End functions both as a compliment and a precursor to the director s most lasting works 
3.5
Fate Is the Hunter
Mattie Lucas
Becomes a kind of collection of moments some listless some sublime in a film that actually feels startlingly contemporary 
2.5
Bill Frisell: A Portrait
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Can a movie qualify as a portrait if it reveals next to nothing about the family personality and psyche of the man it portrays 
2
Let the Corpses Tan
Bruce DeMara
Let the Corpses Tan is more style than straightforward storytelling But oh what style 
2.5
Let the Corpses Tan
Mark Dujsik
I t s a ride with early thrills that eventually become routine through repetition 
2.5
Let the Corpses Tan
Sean P. Means
If you prefer something a little more coherent this movie can t help you 
2.5
Let the Corpses Tan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
seems obsessed with capturing the weirdness of the European cinema of the past but without much of an idea where it stands in the present 
2.5
Let the Corpses Tan
G. Allen Johnson
The second half of the movie is in near darkness making even the stylish visuals hard to decipher What little interest you have in the characters is effectively extinguished as well 
1
Let the Corpses Tan
Simon Abrams
While I often enjoy loud meaningless displays of stylistic excess this one quickly wore me down 
2
Let the Corpses Tan
Chuck Bowen
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani get so lost in their catalogue of fetishes that they lose grasp of the snap and tension that drive even a mediocre heist narrative 
2
Let the Corpses Tan
Mark Medley
It s a profoundly weird film but hypnotic nonetheless 
3.5
My Architect
Kam Williams
What makes this movie riveting is not its subject but the huge hole evident in the biographer s soul a space he desperately tries to fill by speaking with those once close to his father 
3
My Architect
Joe Baltake
Movies about acrimony between mothers and daughters are a dime a dozen But it s difficult to find one about the tensions between fathers and sons 
4
My Architect
Chris Hewitt
Kahn and cinematographer Robert Richman work miracles capturing the majesty and beauty of Kahn s buildings 
3.5
My Architect
Duane Dudek
As My Architect blossoms into a reunion of Kahn s human and artistic legacy we see how changing light and passing time animate all our lives 
3.5
My Architect
Marty Mapes
Students of architecture will probably find more to like than students of filmmaking
2
My Architect
Laura Kelly
Appeals on several levels The son s journey is compelling but there s also the draw of celebrity The fact that he had a famous father who dreamed big and built even bigger 
3
My Architect
Marta Barber
It is a stunning work that captures with elegance and touches of lyricism the challenge of finding the man through the artist 
3
My Architect
Timothy Knight
A highly personal and deeply satisfying look at an enigmatic and often maddening genius 
3.5
My Architect
David Elliott
One of the best films ever made about an artistic force 
4
My Architect
Adam Sternbergh
A rough hewn film that s studded with lyrical provocations and moments of the purest beauty 
4
My Architect
Liam Lacey
Meeting this engaging emotional articulate cast of characters who surrounded Louis Kahn the viewer can t help but enjoy his passion and folly 
3
My Architect
Jeff Vice
May be just interesting enough to hold the interest of most audiences 
3
My Architect
Roger Ebert
What a sad film this and how filled with the mystery of human life 
3.5
My Architect
David Nusair
The movie could ve played like home movies at director Nathaniel Kahn s house but never does primarily because of the universality with which Kahn imbues the film 
3
My Architect
Sean P. Means
Nathaniel Kahn s first person account meanders from interview to interview building to building 
3
My Architect
Michael Wilmington
A quiet inspiring study of the vagaries of genius the blindness of commerce the pain of family conflicts and the almost sublime power of great architecture or great art 
4
My Architect
James Verniere
In searching for his father a hurt neglected and previously unknown son has made an impressive work of art 
3.5
My Architect
Wesley Morris
We re in a moment of boys reconsidering their dads Both Big Fish and The Barbarian Invasions invoke similar relationships But My Architect unlike those two movies parries rose tinted pretensions with stronger senses of history and truth 
3.5
My Architect
Mick LaSalle
Those buildings are remarkably photogenic particularly the government building in Bangladesh which is a masterpiece an ideal mix of modernity and ancient splendor 
2
My Architect
Bruce Newman
My Architect assesses the geometric precision of the structures Kahn built and the moral ambiguities of the ones he tore down Then it sets us free to decide who he really was 
3
My Architect
John Hartl
One of the most moving nonfiction films in recent memory 
3.5
My Architect
Glenn Whipp
A portrait of an eccentric genius that manages to be both rigorous and rhapsodic sometimes at once 
3.5
My Architect
Carrie Rickey
My Architect Nathaniel s rapturous and rigorous portrait reconciles the great artist with the lousy paterfamilias 
4
My Architect
Jami Bernard
An honest emotional documentary about a man who defied being truly known 
3
My Architect
David Sterritt
One of the most brilliant and touching nonfiction films in recent memory 
4
My Architect
V.A. Musetto
An immensely enjoyable portrait of a strange looking non comforming genius who loved women as much as designing masterpieces but was never able to commit to them 
3.5
My Architect
John Anderson
A worthy if flawed film 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Cassidy Olsen
This young adult tear jerker is bogged down by cliche and a lack of vision buoyed only by a fresh performance from lead actress Haley Lu Richardson and an honest conversation about the loneliness of disease 
2
Five Feet Apart
Steven Prokopy
I blame the writing for this colossal miscalculation but I ll forever associate one of the most gifted young actors working today with this schmaltzy nonsense she and the other actors raise the material to a degree but that s about as good as it gets 
2
Five Feet Apart
David Nusair
It becomes clear early on that Five Feet Apart benefits substantially from the almost unreasonably charismatic work of its two stars 
3.5
Five Feet Apart
Frank Ochieng
A treacly teen romancer has all the compelling poignancy of a broken charm bracelet wrapped around in the sweetness and sacrificial sorrow of its corny convictions
2
Five Feet Apart
Roger Moore
Schmaltzy manipulative sure But the engaging young stars make it work 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Josh Terry
The plot twists make cystic fibrosis feel like more of a device to get the tears rolling than an altruistic focus It s too bad because Five Feet Apart has enough going for it to suggest that it might have been better than the usual tearjerker routine 
2
Five Feet Apart
Reginald Ponder
Five Feet Apart gives us a love story with heart While some of it can be telegraphed the writers give us insight into cystic fibrosis Haley Lu Richardson with Cole Sprouse bring enough authenticity making it worth the risk of getting a little closer
3.5
Five Feet Apart
Mike McGranaghan
Haley Lu Richardson cements her status as one of the most inordinately talented actresses of her generation 
3
Five Feet Apart
Michael O'Sullivan
Richardson may be the best thing about this Velveeta slathered heap of lukewarm cliche but she is merely a vicarious vehicle for thwarted teenage longing directed at the bad boy dreamboat heartthrob of countless high school girl fantasies 
2
Five Feet Apart
Matthew Passantino
We ve seen worse movies of its kind but ultimately Five Feet Apart will make you wonder haven t we seen enough 
2
Five Feet Apart
Pamela Powell
Five Feet Apart is a heavy handed and forced romantic drama that may lure in young teens but is sure to lull adults to sleep 
1
Five Feet Apart
Chelsea Phillips-Carr
A melodrama without any bite to it Five Feet Apart is clichéd and exploitative 
1
Five Feet Apart
Michael Smith
Those seeing the heartfelt Five Feet Apart may laugh they may cry and they might even swoon sometimes all at the same time 
3
Five Feet Apart
Christian Toto
This teen romance can t avoid a crush of convenient calamities before the end credits roll 
3
Five Feet Apart
Nell Minow
It is tempting to dismiss this story as sick lit but director Justin Baldoni balances the compelling specifics of CF with the larger questions we all face 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Johnny Oleksinski
Sprouse and Richardson make for one of the more adorable pairs in recent films You not only want what s best for them but believe it can actually happen 
3
Five Feet Apart
Robert Horton
Richardson gives a rich performance she creates an authentic deglamorized human being 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Kam Williams
Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse manage to generate convincing chemistry in challenging roles where they can t touch each other 
3
Five Feet Apart
Mark Dujsik
This movie gets so much right that it s a genuine shame the filmmakers stumble so much in the third act 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Oliver Jones
The honesty of the actors and their commitment to each other bails the movie out They manage to find truth in a highly manipulative situation and that s something even the least stardust sprinkled among us can appreciate 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Rob Thomas
Five Feet is often understated and modest and very upfront about the hard truths of living with a serious chronic illness It also features two appealing lead performances One of those performances is good the other is truly great 
3
Five Feet Apart
Sean P. Means
I t s Richardson with whom critics fell in love as the architecturally savvy teen in the indie darling Columbus who really shines as Stella her smile and sass and vulnerability make this often manipulative melodrama feel like a breath of fresh air 
3
Five Feet Apart
James Berardinelli
Even amidst the sniffles and tears there s a sense that the experience could have been more wrenching and emotionally honest had the filmmakers showed a greater trust in their material and audience 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Keith Watson
In the film hardly any fact about cystic fibrosis is raised without being doubly even triply underlined for viewers 
2
Five Feet Apart
Michael Phillips
First time feature director Justin Baldoni treats the tidy if increasingly shameless script as sincerely as possible albeit with as many hackneyed montage sequences as possible 
2
Five Feet Apart
Mick LaSalle
At 116 minutes Five Feet Apart is too much of a just OK thing All the same I want to see Haley Lu Richardson s next movie 
2.5
Five Feet Apart
Rafer Guzman
A first rate teen romance with engaging characters and appealing stars 
3
Five Feet Apart
Gary Thompson
The two leads here make the premise plausible and resonant 
2.5
Get on the Bus
Michael Dequina
A stirring heartfelt entertainment from the first frame to the last 
4
Get on the Bus
Susan Tavernetti
Enough lively banter and music good humor and serious issues are aboard to make the 3 000 mile journey worth joining 
3
Get on the Bus
Mick LaSalle
It s two hours of men sitting on a bus talking but the talk is alive Lee keeps the scenes short so that nothing ever resolves completely 
3
Get on the Bus
Jeff Vice
It takes far too many dead end detours is devoid of real characters and can be justly accused of being both sexist and anti Semitic 
2.5
Get on the Bus
Rob Blackwelder
There s nothing quite like watching a film in which every person on the screen offers up their heart and soul for the sake of the picture and that s just what happens here 
3
Get on the Bus
Mike Clark
If the movie finally doesn t know when to quit its flaws are those of enthusiasm and heart 
3.5
Get on the Bus
Steve Rhodes
Most of the show is a talkfest heading no place in particular Only the bus has a direction 
2.5
Get on the Bus
Roger Ebert
If the movie s central sadness is that we identify with our own group and suspect outsiders the movie s message is that we have been given brains to learn to empathize 
4
Get on the Bus
James Berardinelli
An involving intimate portrait of a group of men gathered for a common purpose 
3
Cobalt Blue
Roger Moore
An Indian Call Me By Your Name a sexual coming of age tale with fruit Slow and as obvious as a sloppy kiss between teenagers 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Matthew Rozsa
It feels like a fable 46 
3.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Christy Lemire
Here s a slice of advice Go to the video store and rent the original 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Garth Franklin
A little stylised but still a genuinely creepy tale worth watching 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Austin O'Connor
M ay be the most literal example in movie history of squeezing blood from a stone 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Paul Sherman
Another pointless remake and it turns a horrific movie into generic slush 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Peter Travers
All the bad rehash mojo from Friday the 13th to The Blair Witch Project has infected Scott Kosar s script 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ian Mantgani
There s a simple philosophy behind a movie like this Add more squishing add more screaming and it ll be better Or at least it ll make more money 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Michael Szymanski
Rarely do re makes ever need to be done and rarely are they ever any good This one is better 
4
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Matt Brunson
A feeble retelling that guts the integrity of the original and wears its own cynicism like a ragged mask 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Addison MacDonald
Biel rises above the rest of the cast as a compelling protagonist in a role that mostly requires her to scream and run around in a tight tank top 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
James Kendrick
Updated in sleek visually intoxicating but rather meaningless fashion 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mark Dujsik
Perhaps it s my fault that I m unwilling to accept this new type of horror movie and this review is evidence of my stubbornness 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Linda Cook
Let s get this based on a true story thing straight once and for all 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
David N. Butterworth
While it can t really compare to Tobe Hooper s brilliant original this Michael Bay produced remake is surprisingly decent 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Nick Rogers
Not without memorable visuals 44 a handful of macabre 44 original ideas and B movie jumps 44 but after awhile 44 the gore and the game plan 40 run 44 chase 44 maim 44 repeat 41 cease to be campy and grow oppressive 46 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Steve Rhodes
A barfola it is happiest when the audience is the most nauseated 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kim Morgan
Though not bad looking the look here conveys nothing like the simultaneously open air and claustrophobic beauty of its predecessor 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sara Michelle Fetters
While lacking the kinetic intensity of its predecessor this incarnation of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gets the job done 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
John Beifuss
Extremely effective but because we still have the original it has no reason to exist 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Walter Chaw
Most resembles not Tobe Hooper s 1974 masterpiece but James Cameron s 1986 masterpiece Aliens 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All of those outraged holier than thou reviews Revolting A waste of time that wrongly came out about the original in 1974 could be correctly applied to this new version 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jonathan R. Perry
a curious form of cinematic matricide worthy of kabuki drama is being committed here the offspring is rising up to disembowel its celluloid parent visiting cruel punishment on Tobe Hooper for the unforeseeable sins that have sprung from the genre h
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mike McGranaghan
Too many production values get in the way here Shock horror movies shouldn t have sizable budgets and familiar faces in the cast 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kevin A. Ranson
people who don t like scary movies are really going to hate this one 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Frank Ochieng
As for Nispel s polished but run of the mill hedonistic remake of Chainsaw this blood stained offering is about as fun and adventurous as counting roadkill along a dark country pathway 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dustin Putman
This updated version strikes a glaringly inferior note from beginning to end However judging it on its own merits exposes it to be a pretty good stylishly crafted slasher flick 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Phoebe Flowers
Really nothing more than clever exploitative marketing But taken alone it s a reasonably satisfying diversion 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ted Fry
Mainly it s a vapid vicious thrill ride that washes away immediately 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Peter Hartlaub
Unlike movies such as Seven there isn t enough style in the new The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to justify the bloodbath and it s riddled with too much been there done that to endure as a classic 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lou Lumenick
A splatterfest remake that relentlessly assaults the senses and mind with no discernable redeeming social value 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Robert W. Butler
While the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was genuinely creepy this one is simply explicit 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Liam Lacey
Gruesome enough what it lacks is a distinctive revolting personality of its own 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Terry Lawson
It is nearly as tense and nasty as the original and to be fair features far better acting most notably by Jessica Biel who is compelling even when she isn t about to burst out of her wet T shirt 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jeff Vice
A lame re do of the 1974 cult classic that lacks not only the gritty and grim charm of the first film but also features little in the way of shocks thrills or chills 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lawrence Toppman
I don t know if Nispel and Scott Kosar who make their feature film debuts here are the worst director and writer in the world though they might well represent the United States if anyone holds a competition 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Wesley Morris
This is easily the most gruesome most pointless episode of Scooby Doo ever 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jeffrey Westhoff
The original movie has been ripped off so many times over 29 years that a genuine remake comes off as a copy of the copies 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Emily Blunt
What s scarier then a faceless chainsaw wielding psycho Right A redneck inbred faceless chainsaw wielding psycho 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Glenn Whipp
Marcus Nispel s modern take ramps up the gore eliminates the subtext and delivers a run of the mill modern slasher movie that isn t even scary much less unsettling 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Roger Ebert
A contemptible film Vile ugly and brutal 
0
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jack Mathews
For the new generation of slasher fan the remake is a true gross out with plenty of satisfying frights For the rest of us it s one more chapter in a neverending story 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sean P. Means
The blood and other body parts are plentiful and some special effects shots like a pull back through a woman s freshly cored skull are beyond gratuitous 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Chris Hewitt
So creepily obsessed with the specifics of torture and pain that it s not much fun 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
David Nusair
slowly but surely wears out its welcome 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mike Clark
Junky and disposable but fast most of the time 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Glenn Lovell
That it escaped the straight to video bin suggests that Hollywood s contempt for today s youth audience has reached a new level 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
James Berardinelli
There s nothing extraordinary or groundbreaking here but the film delivers with enough consistency to warrant a qualified recommendation for those seeking a few extra scares at this time of the year 
2.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Phil Villarreal
She screams He chases She runs We yawn 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jackie Loohauis
All we really get is a Chainsaw that sputters before it splatters leaving the sleepy audience anxious to saw logs 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
David Sterritt
A lot more violent and a tad less creepy than the 1974 original the much changed remake delivers enough gory belligerent mayhem to keep horror fans screaming 
2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Gene Seymour
It s so caught up in concept and layout that it frequently forgets to push the jolt buttons 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Robert K. Elder
An effectively scary slasher film 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Tony Toscano
One of the best remakes I ve seen 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jeanne Aufmuth
Grossly lacking in the social political subtext of the original but surprisingly effective on a sheer horror scale 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ed Gonzalez
Not only is this useless revision ignorant of history it panders to its modern audience with look Ma visual brouhaha 
1.5
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Jim Brunzell III
Writer director Diao Yinan s brilliant and beautifully stylized Chinese noir transfixes the viewer with its cynical cops hazardous settings and a mysterious aura of days gone by before delivering a devious denouement 
4
Lost Rivers
Liam Lacey
There s a gadfly quality to the film in its seemingly arbitrary choice of cities and its soft enviro bliss approach to the tough subject of water engineering though some of the digressions do pay off 
2.5
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Lisa Trifone
This mish mash of notes doesn t always harmonize nicely but in the end the film serves as a strong endorsement for Ben Hania s artistic vision 
2.5
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Peter Canavese
An interesting satire on the Art World and International Relations with a provocative premise a tart sensibility and a well acted ensemble 
3
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Anita Katz
The Syrian refugee crisis meets the western art market in The Man Who Sold His Skin writer director Kaouther Ben Hania s uneven but compelling and Oscar nominated social satire refugee condition tragicomedy and love story 
3
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Bob Strauss
The Man Who Sold His Skin may not be entirely believable but its many great metaphors for multiple social ills create their own withering truth 
4
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Michael O'Sullivan
At times The Man Who Sold His Skin plays like a cultural parody but its aim is dead serious and more sobering 
3
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Tomris Laffly
While it hardly breaks new ground The Man Who Sold His Skin still manages to be a breezy watch with an assured filmmaker gently steering it through a rough around the edges tale 
2.5
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Kaouther Ben Hania s film is bursting with moral ethical and political ideas 
3
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Roger Moore
This Tunisian satire has the cleverest movie plot of 2020 political and playful romantic and ironic 
3.5
Bedazzled
Kathleen Carroll
What I had hoped would be a gloriously novel spoof breaks down into a series of comic sketches Some of them are inspired one or two deserve to be damned 
3
Bedazzled
David Nusair
the film suffers from too many 70s era flourishes and extreme overlength 
2
Bedazzled
Roger Ebert
In films of this sort too often the camera records the fun instead of joining in it However that is certainly not the case in this magnificently photographed intelligent very funny film 
4
The Innocents
Federico Furzan
A classic that s still as effective as it was half a century ago Stylish and scary filmmaking at its best Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Innocents
Walter Chaw
Having Truman Capote adapt Henry James s The Turn of the Screw two taxonomists of beasts in the jungle of the Id is an act of genuine inspiration 
4
The Innocents
James Kendrick
the beauty enhances the dread by intensifying our sense of how feeble even the most luminous of surfaces can be in hiding the horrors beneath which is appropriate for a film awash in Freudian subtext
4
The Innocents
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant atmospheric supernatural thriller with a superb central performance by Deborah Kerr 
4
The Man
Kam Williams
A derivative readily forgettable insult to the intelligence 
0
The Man
David Nusair
watered down and egregiously silly 
2
The Man
Linda Cook
Whenever I see cruddy movies such as The Man I figured that the actors either owed somebody a favor or signed a contract 
.5
The Man
Sean P. Means
Did the film reels for The Man arrive at theaters with a white label with a blue stripe and the words action comedy in block letters 
0
The Man
Paul Schrodt
Like the Ghosts of Christmas Past Showtime and Taxi seemingly haunt every shot of Les Mayfield s shrill white cop black cop buddy movie 
.5
The Man
Mark Collette
Did the odd couple buddy cop genre officially die somewhere around the third Lethal Weapon installment 
1.5
The Man
Gary Brown
Do you value your time and money enough to spend 80 minutes waiting for two flatulence jokes 
1.5
The Man
Mike McGranaghan
The often funny chemistry between Jackson and Levy makes it worth a look but you d probably be happier paying to see it on video 
2.5
The Man
Hanh Nguyen
It s essentially a buddy comedy that we ve all seen before 
2
The Man
James Verniere
At 83 minutes long The Man is as endless as a bad dream 
1
The Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How far must these vets have fallen to endure two farting scenes a peeing in the pool scene and repeated use of the phrase you re my 
.5
The Man
Josh Larsen
a buddy comedy with a fatal misunderstanding of the concept of a comedic duo 
1.5
The Man
Claudia Puig
In Roy Orbison terms enduring this movie is like working for The Man 
1.5
The Man
Tyler Hanley
There are only a few genuine laughs in The Man separated by long moments of pondering the many ways you could have spent your 90 minutes and nine bucks 
2
The Man
Geoff Pevere
At what point do you know that a movie isn t just bad it s off the scale surrender all hope no turning back bad 
1
The Man
Ted Fry
At a zippy 83 minutes including an ingenious title sequence that sets up the crime The Man could be a lot worse But with this kind of talent it should be a lot better 
2.5
The Man
Mick LaSalle
The Man arrives in theaters today with a sheet over its head and a tag on its toe 
1.5
The Man
Timothy Knight
The Man basically flatlines whenever Levy s off screen becoming the most disposable buddy comedy in years 
2
The Man
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately the movie is pretty trashy itself getting most of its laughs from Jackson s habit of interrogating people by running them down in his car and then beating them with a phone book 
1.5
The Man
Lou Lumenick
The Man is yet another screwed up mess that will give audiences another excuse to shun the multiplexes this weekend 
1.5
The Man
Jami Bernard
Using the comic genius Levy simply for his bushy eyebrows is like using a Ming vase as a doorstop 
1.5
The Man
Connie Ogle
I can t imagine how bored you would have to be with your life to find such a movie entertaining 
0
The Man
Bob Strauss
It s all marginally funny exciting and suspenseful emphasis on the marginally 
2.5
The Man
Amy Biancolli
The Man is a vehicle of canned comedic setups that yield a slight buzz of low level odd coupling amusement and a few welcome spasms of belly laughs 
2.5
The Man
Rick Groen
The Man definitely has a plan And it still fails 
2
The Man
John Monaghan
The Man is so slapdash that two major characters are revealed to be the same person a move prompted more by budgetary concerns than clever scripting 
1
The Man
Ty Burr
The Man is 83 minutes of flatulence perfumed proof 
1
The Man
Dan Lybarger
It takes filmmakers of rare skill to make the reliable Eugene Levy unamusing and to reduce Oscar nominee Samuel L Jackson to a series of angry poses 
1
The Man
Willie Waffle
this movie was so bad I woke up the next morning with a horrible cold The germs must have jumped into my body as I sat mouth agape at how dreadful this movie is 
0
The Man
Peter Canavese
I bow to the Buddha nature of Jackson and Levy the average moviegoer in me can see the entertainment value in The Man Just not 9 bucks worth 
2
The Man
Larry Ratliff
Eugene Levy the most hilarious character actor on the planet teams with stone faced Samuel L Jackson wonderfully 
3
The Man
Sue Pierman
It s Levy and his chemistry with Jackson that keeps The Man from being ho hum 
3
The Man
Gene Seymour
The formula that powers The Man is so rusty from overuse that you can practically hear it creaking and sputtering 
2
The Man
Rob Blackwelder
A boring all you can regurgitate buffet of buddy movie cop movie banality it would collapse under the weight of its own generic stupidity without Jackson and Levy 
1
The Man
Dustin Putman
The Man lacks charisma comic verve and a reason for existing 
1
The Man
Jeff Strickler
The humor isn t all that funny by comedy standards you re more likely to smile than laugh and the action scenes are low key by adventure conventions 
2.5
The Man
Chuck O'Leary
Joins titles like Flashback Bulletproof and Nothing To Lose as one of the most instantly forgettable odd couple movies ever produced 
2
The Man
Roger Ebert
The inescapable fact about The Man is that this movie is completely unnecessary 
1.5
The Man
Robert K. Elder
As long as airlines need sub par comedies The Man will have a home flying the friendly skies On the ground it goes nowhere 
2
The Man
Frank Ochieng
scattered traces of bickering bantering and belligerence without an ounce of constructive energy to make this sassy salt n pepper actioner a palatable diversion
2
The Man
Chris Hewitt
It s a lot like the sweet salty contrast in chocolate covered peanuts You re not going to get much nourishment from those peanuts but that s not their job 
2.5
The Man
Steve Rhodes
Gosh aren t fart jokes funny 
1.5
The Man
James Berardinelli
Cop buddy comedies demand a framework for their antics and that s where The Man stumbles 
2.5
Music From the Big House
Rob Thomas
How do we reconcile the horror of their crimes with the humanity of their music Big House could have gone much deeper in tackling this question but it does open the door 
3
Music From the Big House
Peter Howell
This is utterly sincere and there is lasting value in getting violent men to turn their energies to peaceful expression When you re singing you re not angry Chiarelli says 
3
The Getaway King
Roger Moore
In Polish with subtitles 44 or dubbed into English 44 8220 The Getaway King 8221 is a thoroughly charming rogue packed into a perfectly entertaining caper comedy 46 
3
In Fabric
Simon Abrams
Strickland frequently tests viewers patience but his off putting sensibility is powerful enough to make In Fabric as mesmerizing as its subject salesmanship as a sinister inescapable form of hypnosis 
3.5
In Fabric
Federico Furzan
Strickland s cinema is just not for me I find no connection between his wonderful style and stories But I know there s something there I will discover soon Full review in Spanish 
2
In Fabric
Tom Meek
In Fabric is a unique experience best taken in with logic left at the door 
2.5
In Fabric
Ty Burr
In Fabric is bespoke horror for a discerning and self selecting clientele 
2.5
In Fabric
Walter Chaw
In Fabric is a work of great intelligence and craft but most of all it s a diagnosis like so many of the films in this the first disastrous years of our corpulent lord Trump of the tumours that will kill us 
4
In Fabric
PG Staff
In Fabric overwhelms viewers with a compelling sensory package using evocative synth music lurid sex scenes and stylish camerawork The writer and director is so obsessed with style that he spreads himself too thin 
2
In Fabric
Mark Dujsik
Does it make sense When you re dealing with a killer dress does it have to 
3
In Fabric
Peter Howell
Is In Fabric amusing terrifying or instructive That cackle you hear with another twist of the dial is Strickland s maniacal laughter 
3
In Fabric
Roger Moore
A devilish dose of macabre masochistic guilt for everything you bought on Black Friday and just in time for Christmas 
3.5
In Fabric
Barry Hertz
In Fabric is a beautiful unpredictable nightmare for those drawn to giggle in the dark 
3
In Fabric
Chuck Bowen
Strickland s film is another fetish object that rues the perils of fetishism 
3
In Fabric
Bob Bloom
In Fabric is original It also is creepy stylish maddening and funny It has something to say and Strickland teases you by having you try to figure out what that is 
3.5
In Fabric
Joey Magidson
In Fabric plays by its own rules Peter Strickland takes an item you rarely think of as horror fodder and not just goes for unsettling terror but laughs along the way 
3
In Fabric
Frank Ochieng
takes on a whole new meaning to making a startling fashion statement Strickland s sense of warped imagination meshed with an indescribable styling for extravagant color schemes and sinister tampering makes for a flashy flamboyant frightener
3
Transpecos
Brad Wheeler
A taut 86 minutes of moral dilemmas a drug deal gone wrong and a very bad day in the lives of three border guards 
3
Transpecos
Oleg Ivanov
Violence in Transpecos is sparse but the filmmakers use it with a narrative precision that highlights the unforgiving consequences that accompanies every choice in this desolate borderland 
3
Dashcam
Randy Myers
Working with miniscule budget writer director Christian Nilsson upstages his better financed moneyed counterparts with this gripping political thriller 
2.5
Dashcam
Roger Moore
An idea that should have worked and sadly it s not even good enough for proof of concept so that Nilsson could remake it with a bigger budget and more compelling actors 
1.5
Original
Bill Weber
A twee Danish comedy that alternates trite New Age psychological moves with outbursts of cartoonish violence 
1.5
Paulie
Maitland McDonagh
The story is rooted in real feelings and relationships and parents will find as much to enjoy as children 
3.5
Paulie
Margaret A. McGurk
It features smart emotional storytelling skillful filmmaking and solid yuk worthy jokes 
3
Paulie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Paulie isn t a complicated film but it is heartfelt And for a change parents in the theater won t feel embarrassed by the things their children are laughing at 
3.5
Paulie
Peter Stack
Paulie has elements of a good weepy but overall it never quite gels beyond being a passable novelty 
2
Paulie
Roger Ebert
The film is aimed at children I suppose although I don t think they ll like Paulie all that much I didn t 
2
Paulie
Jeff Vice
This live action comedy has its faults in particular a couple of out of place flatulence jokes but it s also more clever and kind hearted than you might expect 
3
Paulie
Steve Rhodes
A movie that never quite lives up to its promise but manages to charm nevertheless 
0.5
Paulie
Walter V. Addiego
Director John Roberts is abetted by some good acting particularly from the always outstanding Rowlands 
3
The Iran Job
John Beifuss
An honest and open portrait of work friendships and relationships in a troubled and lively nation blessed with a vibrant culture and cursed with an oppressive religious regime 
3
The Iran Job
Odie Henderson
I confess to being a sucker for sports movies the ones with the Big Game at the end The Iran Job has all the requisite elements of that cinematic subgenre but strives for something deeper 
2.5
The Iran Job
Diego Semerene
Though there s something refreshing and disturbingly familiar about Kevin Sheppard s spontaneity he s certainly not the most interesting thing about the film 
1.5
Raging Bull
Matt Brunson
The true power of De Niro apos s performance rests in his ability to worm his way into this lug apos s twisted psyche and air out his personal demons for all to see 46 
4
Raging Bull
James Kendrick
Much has been made about De Niro 8217 s physical transformation 44 but the real strength of his performance is in his eyes 58 his stare 44 which is unrelenting and eventually terrifying 46 
4
Raging Bull
Peter Canavese
A touchstone for cinematographic greatness and the possibilities of screen acting 44 as well as an apos instant classic apos of the boxing movie genre 46 
4
Raging Bull
John Lapsley
Raging Bull is a film hampered by the emotional unattractiveness of its anti hero But it is an extraordinarily skillfully made picture which features a memorable performance by De Niro and a documentary tour de force by Scorsese 
3.5
Raging Bull
Brian Eggert
Jake La Motta driven by jealousy self hatred and complexes enough to enthrall any Freudian theorist comes to life through Robert De Niro s greatest performance 
4
Raging Bull
Larry Vitacco
Scripters Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin would have you believe LaMotta spent most of his life either throwing punches or yelling his head off at whoever was nearby In short La Motta s life hardly warrants screen treatment 
2
Raging Bull
Kathleen Carroll
Raging Bull ultimately has a numbing effect on the brain as if one s head had been pummeled by La Motta s so called girlish fists 
2.5
Raging Bull
Matthew Connolly
Scorsese might never again find a subject as ideal as Jake LaMotta the Bronx based boxer whose public bouts and private demons Raging Bull chronicles with such bruising acuity 
4
Raging Bull
David Nusair
While there s no denying that it s very well acted and flawlessly filmed Raging Bull is nevertheless sporadically engaging but mostly overrated 
2.5
Raging Bull
Ty Burr
The film that many consider the finest of its decade 
4
Raging Bull
Phil Villarreal
Scorsese and De Niro built up such a rapport that the actor became an extension of the director s vision 
4
Raging Bull
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The boxing sequences have little to do with reality but cinematically they explode 
4
Raging Bull
James Berardinelli
There s no room for romanticism in the ring with inky black blood staining the canvas During fight sequences the director also uses a number of point of view shots designed to show the world however briefly from La Motta s perspective 
4
Raging Bull
Roger Ebert
It s the best film I ve seen about the low self esteem sexual inadequacy and fear that lead some men to abuse women 
4
Testament of Youth
Anita Katz
Vikander who is Swedish is a vibrant heroine and believable as an English girl with a force of conscience intelligence and purpose 
3
Testament of Youth
Michael Smith
Testament of Youth is a woman s vision of war which is one we ve rarely seen 
3
Testament of Youth
Sean P. Means
Vikander s soulful performance brings Vera Brittain s anguish and determination alive 
3
Testament of Youth
Robert Horton
So dull so respectable so full of nice touches and pretty things Testament of Youth seems like just the kind of film the real Vera Brittain would have no patience for 
2
Testament of Youth
Lawrence Toppman
A feeling of oppressive sadness of colossal waste on the battlefields of France and the Low Countries lifts Testament of Youth above the ranks of generically touching war movies 
3
Testament of Youth
Moira MacDonald
Though the movie at times feels oddly unfinished you wonder what Miranda Richardson in a tiny role as an Oxford professor is there for it s artful and moving 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Joe Williams
As a story it evokes a word that no battlefield nurse would ever apply to her experiences sterile 
2
Testament of Youth
Connie Ogle
Testament of Youth isn t a typical biopic it s a heartfelt manual on forging ahead 
3
Testament of Youth
Gary Thompson
Even in this grisly place Testament is strangely and effectively lyrical 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Chris Knight
Testament of Youth keeps its touch light there s a kind of inevitability to Vera s circumstances that must have rankled her even as it made her path clear And that path is grimly fascinating 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Linda Barnard
This is Vikander s film and she is very good here 
3
Testament of Youth
Mick LaSalle
In World War I a generation learned that war was not the answer In World War II another generation learned that pacifism was not the answer It would seem that there just isn t an answer 
3
Testament of Youth
Michael O'Sullivan
Vikander s performance is a subtle tour de force of feeling and restraint made all the more remarkable by the whiplash highs and lows of this true but melodramatic tale 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Matt Pais
Seeks poetry doesn t find it 
2
Testament of Youth
Godfrey Cheshire
An intimate epic Testament of Youth has great historical sweep yet remains focused on the human vicissitudes experienced by Vera and her circle 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Thelma Adams
Lithe and serious Alicia Vikander stars in the gossamer and gritty female driven WW1 period drama Adding in Game of Thrones Kit Harrington gives this PBS style drama added John Snow oomph 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Rex Reed
The book is still is in print to this day selling like crumpets at high tea The movie is a proud collation of its reflected glory Don t miss it 
3.5
Testament of Youth
Peter Travers
Vikander and Harington provide the spark this World War I epic needs to get us through the tribulations and tragedies that pile on with numbing regularity 
3
Testament of Youth
Kyle Smith
The film is elegantly done mainly because it wisely expends most of its energy on Alicia Vikander s face 
2.5
Testament of Youth
Timothy E. Raw
The film s inferno of horrors are undoubtedly visceral but psychologically implosive rather than entrails exploding 
3
Testament of Youth
Roger Moore
Long handsome and sober memoir about the events that created a famous pacifist a little on the emotionally chilly side 
3
Yves Saint Laurent: Time Regained
Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite the excess of information the films are so unfocused we never get to know the man behind the gowns 
2
Yves Saint Laurent: Time Regained
V.A. Musetto
Enlightening and enjoyable 
3
Yves Saint Laurent: Time Regained
David Sterritt
Uncovers less than one might wish about Saint Laurent s enigmatic personality but fashion buffs will get an eyeful 
3
Castro
Josh Larsen
Tati on speed and attuned to the particular economic realities of late 2000s Argentina 
2.5
Champagne
David Nusair
an awfully slight premise that s employed to mostly watchable yet entirely forgettable effect by Hitchcock 
2
A House Made of Splinters
Ty Burr
Even as it looks out over these small wrecked lives the movie holds out hope in the patience and affection of the shelter s staff and the unquenchable spirit of the children 
3
A House Made of Splinters
Brian Tallerico
Wilmont apos s film edges into emotional exploitation at times 44 but the raw moments he captures in this facility are a testament to the trust he clearly built with everyone there 46 
3
A House Made of Splinters
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he heartbreaking realities of this situation are never lost 46 
3
Buba
Roger Moore
Bad movies are often propped up by incessant 44 over explaining 44 8220 here 8217 s where the ironic deadpan jokes are 8221 voice over narration 44 and director Arne Feldhusen lets this script trap him in exactly that fashion 46 
2
The Black Dahlia
Matt Brunson
Until it derails while heading into its final turn 44 The Black Dahlia represents Brian De Palma apos s most assured moviemaking in at least a decade 46 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Mattie Lucas
If Ed Wood ever made a film noir picture this is what it would look like 
1.5
The Black Dahlia
Jeff Simon
This movie isn t more than 10 minutes old when that question pales next to these How can you make a movie this bad with a double Oscar winner Swank How can you use Scarlett Johansson so stupidly 
1
The Black Dahlia
David Keyes
Most of us come to the shadows of modern noirs to be swept up in the guilt and intrigue not to be abandoned in the thick of nonsense 
0.5
The Black Dahlia
Kam Williams
With skeletons flying out of the closet at every turn this overplotted mess unfolds more like a dumb daytime soap opera than a well crafted crime thriller 
1
The Black Dahlia
Michael A. Smith
Filled with atmosphere and attitude to spare The Black Dahlia is film noir at it s finest 
4
The Black Dahlia
Greg Maki
De Palma does little more than retrace his steps 
2
The Black Dahlia
David Nusair
De Palma s lamentable decision to reign in his wild directorial flourishes certainly doesn t do the film any favors 
2
The Black Dahlia
Jonathan R. Perry
After two hours of meandering convoluted indulgences and loose ends The Black Dahlia reveals a kinder gentler Brian De Palma He should be a good guy to have around 
3
The Black Dahlia
Garth Franklin
An over cooked ham of a film overstuffed with vampish performances and a narrative far too convoluted for its own good
1.5
The Black Dahlia
Forrest Hartman
The story is all over the place leaving viewers with a complicated and disjointed picture that touches on interesting points without fleshing any of them out 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Sean McBride
features amazing production design and a fascinating story at first the film does eventually fall apart at the end 
3
The Black Dahlia
Carla Meyer
Highly stylized and overburdened with plot yet always engaging 
3
The Black Dahlia
David N. Butterworth
A slick but empty period noir De Palma can do better than this 
2
The Black Dahlia
Lori Hoffman
Hillary Swank gives a Lauren Bacall edge to her femme fatale 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Jim Lane
the convoluted story never really takes hold and eventually it all dissolves into low camp and unintentional self parody 
1
The Black Dahlia
Steven Snyder
The Black Dahlia sadly is a whale of a groaner 
2
The Black Dahlia
James Berardinelli
This is far from one of the director s better efforts and should be avoided by all those who are not sworn De Palma boosters 
2
The Black Dahlia
John Beifuss
Reaffirms De Palma s status as American cinema s cruelest social satirist 
3.5
The Black Dahlia
James Sanford
doesn t skimp when it comes to dishing up plot twists and complications if you take a bathroom break at the wrong time you will never catch up on who is embroiled in what 
3
The Black Dahlia
Thomas Delapa
De Palma should have called this sleazy murder mystery The Really Big Sleep 
1
The Black Dahlia
Mike McGranaghan
The film gets worse the longer it goes on as Brian De Palma slowly loses confidence in his story and starts trying to compensate for it by engaging in overwrought melodramatics 
2
The Black Dahlia
Scott Nash
L A Confidential this isn t but still worth a look although you might as well wait for the DVD 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Sara Michelle Fetters
The director is more interested in seeing how many outrageously dazzling tricks he can pull off with his camera than he is in constructing a coherent or plausible storyline 
2
The Black Dahlia
Russ Breimeier
It s unusual to see a movie start off so strongly only to collapse so badly by the finale It begins like L A Confidential but ends like a bad direct to video release 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Dustin Putman
Words cannot possibly do justice to what a total monstrosity this film is 
0
The Black Dahlia
Claudia Puig
What it accomplishes with its stunning cinematography and set design is undercut by a lack of coherence 
2
The Black Dahlia
Peter Howell
Black Dahlia wilts from a surfeit of incident and a shortage of credibility owing to a script by Josh Friedman that eventually turns to soap and performances that approach the hilarity of a Guy Maddin melodrama 
2
The Black Dahlia
Jeff Shannon
Despite some weaknesses The Black Dahlia remains curiously fascinating 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Mick LaSalle
With the exception of Aaron Eckhart De Palma s actors can t live up to the period or the atmosphere 
2
The Black Dahlia
David Elliott
If few people break out laughing it s because the fun is sordid and because connecting the plot dots can induce a stupor 
1
The Black Dahlia
Peter Travers
De Palma throws everything at the screen but almost nothing sticks 
2
The Black Dahlia
Pam Grady
It s not the most captivating James Ellroy adaptation ever made but it s worth a look 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Carrie Rickey
Josh Friedman s screenplay doesn t so much distill the flavor of James Ellroy s hard boiled writing as serve up indigestible chunks of verbiage 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Stephen Whitty
A wrongheaded collaboration between two opposites that has too little of James Ellroy s mad passion and too much of Brian De Palma s irresponsible style 
1.5
The Black Dahlia
Lou Lumenick
Visually dazzling but ultimately disappointing 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Jack Mathews
The convoluted plot would be exhausting even if it were believable It isn t 
2
The Black Dahlia
Rene Rodriguez
Brian De Palma spent three years struggling to get The Black Dahlia made which helps explain why the movie has the feel of something that was left in the oven too long It s both overcooked and undernourishing 
2
The Black Dahlia
Glenn Whipp
What on paper seems to be the perfect marriage of maker and material turns out to be a bust in its finished form a stagnant movie that revisits the ghosts of Los Angeles noir past without adding much to the canon 
2
The Black Dahlia
Robert W. Butler
Almost nothing works in this incoherent and uncompelling movie 
1.5
The Black Dahlia
Bruce Westbrook
Dahlia seethes with atmosphere and Hollywood s underbelly is always worth an ogle 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Rick Groen
No wonder The Black Dahlia has the suffocated tint of a face starved for oxygen this isn t film noir it s film bleu 
2
The Black Dahlia
Terry Lawson
It s easier to navigate the highway system of modern L A than keep track of the ever shifting tone and direction of The Black Dahlia and the cast appears at least as perplexed as we are 
2
The Black Dahlia
Jeff Vice
Dahlia feels like two completely different movies accidentally smooshed together It doesn t work though it does become more entertaining as it gets more ludicrous and convoluted 
2
The Black Dahlia
Michael Booth
The zoot suits and fedoras look great but without a script or hard eyed private detective in sight it s merely a production designer s exercise 
2
The Black Dahlia
Mary F. Pols
De Palma doesn t seem to know what to do with these actors 
2
The Black Dahlia
Richard Roeper
Such a shame that The Black Dahlia collapses into a gruesome pile of steaming camp in the last half hour 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Wesley Morris
Since The Black Dahlia more or less tells the story of an actress a heinously murdered one at that it makes sense that the first thing you notice about this so so adaptation of James Ellroy s novel is the shoddy acting 
2
The Black Dahlia
Sean P. Means
The noir tension and jolting violence fall apart in the finale 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Delves into a visceral place slashing through logic and proceeding from a purely physical lascivious standpoint 
4
The Black Dahlia
Rob Thomas
The Black Dahlia is so cavalier about its plot and characters so palpably uninterested in giving the audience a coherent resonant story that De Palma s noir exercise becomes an exercise in frustration 
2
The Black Dahlia
Peter Canavese
As the character drama bogs down in Hartnett and Johansson s maudlin mumbling De Palma starts to focus on shoehorning in a punchy setpiece or stylistic outrage 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Daniel M. Kimmel
A n interesting failure In the end it doesn t quite work but you probably won t be sorry you saw it 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Walter Chaw
Without some serious gravitas the picture flies apart under the strain of Ellroy and De Palma s complementary psychoses 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Willie Waffle
The early Oscar buzz is dead on arrival You ll be laughing by the end and not in a good way
.5
The Black Dahlia
Eric Melin
It is the style stupid the dialogue the gloominess the shadows the doomed destiny that prevails over everything This is right in line with these noir ideals but tells the story with bravura and a technical prowess not available in the 1940s 
3.5
The Black Dahlia
Josh Larsen
Most Brian De Palma movies as abhorrent as they are have an ironic sense of purity The Black Dahlia is a jumbled mess 
1.5
The Black Dahlia
Michael Phillips
The Black Dahlia set in the 1940s exists to make L A Confidential look like God s gift to noir by comparison 
1.5
The Black Dahlia
Meg Jones
Not quite as good as the film made from another Ellroy novel L A Confidential The Black Dahlia is a stylish noir in the same vein with rat a tat tat hipster dialogue tough guys hoods dirty cops gangsters and molls 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Matt Pais
When you need persistence and passion in a role Josh Hartnett is not your man 
2
The Black Dahlia
Chris Hewitt
A film as vivid outrageous and thrilling as Hollywood itself 
3.5
The Black Dahlia
Sean Piccoli
Such a baroque incoherent mess it fails to please as a period piece or a murder mystery 
1.5
The Black Dahlia
John Thomason
De Palma has finally made a movie in which his bravura filmmaking aesthetic complements an intriguing story rather than smokescreens a mediocre one 
4
The Black Dahlia
Gene Seymour
In reaching for tragic grandeur and psychological complexity the movie takes on a lot of baggage that it can t quite carry 
2
The Black Dahlia
Nick Rogers
If only the story could have the same grimy buildup as the windows through which Brian De Palma looks with voyeuristic glee He makes the final act a graphic tumble into mayhem that focuses only on the tragedy s sex and blood not its mental anguish 
2.5
The Black Dahlia
Jeanne Aufmuth
There s something irresistible about this convoluted puzzler a bracing who dunnit ness that has its female leads to thank for its sleazy fancy 
3
The Black Dahlia
Keith Uhlich
The tragedy of Black Dahlia is that there is no finality for anyone solving the mystery so to speak counts for next to nothing 
4
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Greg Maki
There are so many built in jokes in the title of Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd that I don t even know where to begin 
0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
David Nusair
just re watch the original instead 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
David Keyes
instead of chuckling or even smiling at what material is thrown at us we stare off without so much as cracking a smile 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Elias Savada
It s the dumberest movie I ve ever seen 
.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Nick Rogers
Dumb and Dumberer apos s problems are many 44 but 44 first and foremost 44 it apos s a prequel 46 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Laine Ewen
The easiest way to write a review of Dumb and Dumberer might be to say that it lives up to its title 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Completely worthless 
0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Jonathan R. Perry
Why Lord why 
0.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Linda Cook
I really really wanted to like this movie But some things are impossible 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Dustin Putman
Nothing more than a cheap looking desperate attempt by New Line Cinema to ruthlessly suck the pockets dry of every fan of its infinitely superior predecessor 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Mike McGranaghan
If I sat down and watched Dumb and Dumber for a fourth time I would certainly laugh at it more often than I laughed at this amiable but unnecessary sequel 
2
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Frank Ochieng
one of the most rancid disappointments ever to be hatched as an intentional piece of flavorless entertainment Undoubtedly this dispiriting dreck has all the allure of a pepperoni induced burp 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Steve Rhodes
Merely stupid and not the least bit funny 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Claudia Puig
The movie should have been called The Dumbest because it no doubt will emerge as this summer s most inane release 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Chris Hewitt
It s gleeful unembarrassed idiocy and darned if it isn t pretty funny 
2.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Moira MacDonald
You can t say Dumb Dumberer doesn t come with a built in warning right in its title Heed it 
0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Mick LaSalle
Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd sounded like a bad idea and the movie removes all doubt 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
David Elliott
Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd may be the dumbest at least this year Sad for those who recall its very popular and funny parent 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Peter Travers
Christian Olsen to mug so hard as Lloyd that he looks like Carrey being demonically possessed by Jerry Lewis 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Eleanor O'Sullivan
All in all Dumb and Dumberer is a slap happy time at the movies if you enter with bottom feeder expectations 
2.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Jack Mathews
For those who recall the laxative overdose sequence in the original D D as a comedy classic there s a gag here about a melted Hershey bar that I thought might make the preview audience soil itself Bear that in mind 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Katrina Onstad
Dumb and Dumberer s worst offence is that it constantly reminds you how much funnier the original was it s like watching a stoner re enacting Monty Python and getting the jokes totally wrong 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Sue Pierman
Laughs are in short supply unless you consider copious amounts of bathroom humor and silly sight gags accompanied by an 80s soundtrack as hilarity 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Loey Lockerby
For some reason a large portion of the film s humor consists of the boys smearing and slobbering food all over the place This is marginally cute when toddlers do it but it s just disgusting in anyone over the age of 3 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Jeff Vice
It takes a certain kind of talent to come up with a movie that makes Dumb and Dumber look like a cinematic masterpiece 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Wesley Morris
Believe me you re better off at home alphabetizing your old comic books talking to your parents or watching paint dry 
.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Sean P. Means
A tired gagfest that is nearly as stupid as its main characters 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Jeffrey Westhoff
Relies on double entendres so obvious they wouldn t get a chuckle from Beavis and Butt head 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Liam Lacey
Feels like the longest movie ever made 
0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Bob Strauss
It really is a shame that such hard working talented kids weren t afforded the inspired humor they deserved to riff on 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Megan Lehmann
Even dumberer than the original 
2
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
John Monaghan
More moronic than the original 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
James Berardinelli
Usually Hollywood waits until August to empty its cinematic septic tank into multiplexes This year the flood has started early And no movie could be more aptly compared to raw sewage than this film 
0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Walter Chaw
There is no audience for this film because retarded monkeys don t have money 
0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Phil Villarreal
Whenever you have to draw on the former Full House dad for comedic salvation you re seriously hurting 
2
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Tony Toscano
I can t hate this film enough 
.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Steven Rea
As prequels go Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd is right up there with Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace long lumbering and endlessly unfunny 
1
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
John Anderson
The level of humor is needless to say idling on level 00 in the parking garage of the mind 
1.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
David Sterritt
In all it s a pleasant surprise if not a great comedy 
3
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Mark Caro
So excruciatingly awful the word dumb could sue for slander 
.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Ross Anthony
the No tag backs scene into the Slushy speed sipping scene had me laughing so hard that I could barely see the screen through the tears in my eyes 
2.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Rob Blackwelder
Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd couldn t be dumberer if Harry and Lloyd had written the script themselves 
0.5
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Ed Gonzalez
Sans the original s entire creative life force it shouldn t come as a surprise that this prequel allows the lame gross out to trump all romantic poignancy 
.5
Unsilenced
Roger Moore
A Chinese polemic against Chinese one party state suppression of the Falun Gong religious and spiritual exercise movement as subtle as a cudgel and almost as artful 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Matt Brunson
The Zookeeper s Wife is an accomplished picture offering a fascinating history lesson even as it remains wholly topical 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Sarah Knight Adamson
I appreciated the historical importance of this film and the stellar acting by the entire cast 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Federico Furzan
It s actually better than the advertisements made it look It s still a war movie showing a unknown and pretty relevant conflict Full review in Spanish 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Jeff Mitchell
Chastain commands every scene with a strong feminine spirit as Antonina an important voice during the darkest times of war 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Facts alone do not compelling drama make When the most moving scenes in a Holocaust drama are when the animals are shot you have a problem 
1.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
John Hanlon
Jessica Chastain brings this true story to life with a subtle and poignant performance 
4.0
The Zookeeper's Wife
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet entirely misbegotten endeavor that squanders a good cast and searing true life setup 
1.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
Linda Cook
The Zookeeper s Wife based on the non fiction book by Diane Ackerman is a poignant tale of survival that happened at the Warsaw Zoo in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland and on through the early 1940s 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Max Weiss
Despite its flaws The Zookeeper s Wife is the kind of handsomely mounted melodrama that will inspire many to bemoan the fact that they don t make them like this anymore 
2.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
Rex Reed
It doesn t burn through the conscience and haunt you forever like Schindler s List but in spite of its laid back reluctance to shock and horrify it s never trivial or boring 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Caro s overall approach to the film finds a respectable balance between horror preaching and sentimentality 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Rick Bentley
The film is the latest to look at the evils committed during World War II but feels fresh because Caro keeps the focus on small moments 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Josh Terry
The Zookeeper s Wife may not rank with the best of its genre but as a unique perspective on the Holocaust it is a moving celebration of the people who fought against it 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Zookeeper s Wife is excellent the Zabinskis story an important lesson in heroism that proves to be as entertainingly compelling as it is fascinatingly essential 
3.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
James Berardinelli
If it s remembered at all it will be seen as a missed opportunity to tell a powerful story 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Robert Horton
Chastain does something admirable here She doesn t play Antonina as some kind of ahead of her time superhero but as an unassuming woman whose steady moral center allows her to persevere in the face of danger 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Stephen Whitty
It s held together by the fierce as always Jessica Chastain who burrowing deep into a slight Slavic acccent brings Antontina to trembling big hearted life 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Roger Moore
A righteous story clumsily told 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Christian Toto
Jessica Chastain s For Your Consideration close ups are the worst reason to see The Zookeeper s Wife
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Kate Taylor
A film that prefers tastefully underplaying Holocaust clichés to building its own legitimate drama 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Sara Stewart
Overall Caro seems to be making a pointed narrative choice In the war movie genre those who quietly tend to the vulnerable don t always get their due 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Michael Smith
The intelligent choices of the director and the nuanced performance of Jessica Chastain make this important story one worth watching 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Sean P. Means
The Holocaust and the plight of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto is given a thoughtful lyrical treatment in The Zookeeper s Wife a drama that deftly employs the talents of star Jessica Chastain and director Niki Caro 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Bruce DeMara
Chastain is an appealing protagonist radiating an aura of determination in the face of uncertainty and adversity and getting the Polish accent just right 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Mark Dujsik
Angela Workman s screenplay is more concerned with the quantity of the story s details than the quality of a focused narrative 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Chris Knight
Its 14A rating in Ontario means it could function as an introduction to the Holocaust for more mature children without completely scarring them And it remains an incredible tale of humane behaviour countering a beastly evil 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Peter Travers
True story drama about a Polish wife who helped shelter Jews from the Nazis in her family zoo can t escape clichés but does boast an excellent lead performance from Jessica Chastain
2.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
Christopher Schobert
While The Zookeeper s Wife never lands an emotional knockout punch there s a decency in the actions of Antonina 379 abi 324 ska and Jan 379 abi 324 ski that s downright heartwarming 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Katie Walsh
The film s flaws in pacing are easily overlooked in the shadow of Chastain s moving performance as well as the performances of those around her Caro unspools an evergreen tale about the clarifying power of empathy to diffuse fear and hatred 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Stephanie Merry
A fitfully engaging conspicuously cleaned up Holocaust drama that while well acted all around gets bogged down by its insistence on hewing to formula 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Rafer Guzman
An engrossing if somewhat glossy drama based on a real life heroine 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Ty Burr
It s all well intentioned and plushly mounted and fundamentally decent and the history lesson may send moviegoers back to Ackerman s book 
2.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
Calvin Wilson
The Zookeeper s Wife is little more than an old fashioned melodrama but for some moviegoers that will be enough 
2.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Frankly it s the kind of movie that if it were any good would have been released in November as quintessential awards bait 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Gary Thompson
The movie is so dutiful and tactful that it sometimes feels mechanical constrained by its story rather than inspired by it 
2.5
The Zookeeper's Wife
Mick LaSalle
The Zookeeper s Wife achieves its grandeur not through the depiction of grand movements but through its attentiveness to the shifts and flickers of the soul 
4
The Zookeeper's Wife
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately the movie gets by on the power of its characters goodness we want to believe that we faced with a chance to make a difference would risk our lives the way Antonina and Jan did 
3
The Zookeeper's Wife
Sheila O'Malley
The Zookeeper s Wife has many lovely and moving moments but fails to capture the many layers of this unique story relying instead on plainly stated metaphors 
2
The Zookeeper's Wife
Kam Williams
A bittersweet biopic belatedly paying tribute to an unsung heroine who selflessly put her life on the line in the face of unspeakable evil 
4
The Zookeeper's Wife
Kenji Fujishima
It imbues a pessimistic view of the seemingly bottomless depths of human cruelty with sorrowful tragic force 
2.5
Dance Party USA
Ken Fox
Dramatically simple but emotionally complex 
3
Dance Party USA
Ed Gonzalez
A film of easy set ups and resolutions Dance Party USA is best when observing how crisis is metabolized 
2.5
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Roger Ebert
To see the movie for its story is an exercise in futility But it works well as gesture and flamboyance a stage for outsize tragic figures 
3
Samba
Peter Keough
Unfortunately the material flounders from the broadly farcical to the bombastically melodramatic 
2.5
Samba
John Anderson
Samba tries to be too many things to too many people although you can t say it doesn t have heart 
2.5
Samba
Ben Sachs
Gainsbourg and Sy play off each other wonderfully emphasizing how these characters relate to each other as people their scenes together feel emotionally honest even though one can barely imagine them happening in real life 
3
Samba
Mark Jenkins
Samba is loosely plotted and is at least 20 minutes too long It seems ready to end half a dozen times before it finally does with ironic payoffs for Samba and Alice that are too glib to be satisfying 
2
Samba
Michael Phillips
It s easy to enjoy what the cast does on screen it s harder to buy the nutty mood swings and as written Gainsbourg s generic trainwreck of a character 
2
Samba
Mick LaSalle
Sy is terrific in this As Samba he just seems like a really good guy honest hardworking ethical and also emotionally strong He s someone you would want in your country 
3
Samba
Dann Gire
A sincere and well acted romance tinged immigration drama 
3
Samba
Matt Pais
A weird mix of a formulaic story of slow blooming love and a sometimes piercing view of being forced to live off the grid 
2
Samba
Sheila O'Malley
One needs only to watch his performance in Samba to see Sy s old school natural star power in its purest form He s the perfect leading man 
2.5
Samba
Nick Prigge
Even as Samba struggles to hold onto his identity the film becomes entangled in an identity crisis of its own 
2.5
Alien 3
Brian Eggert
A film to feel conflicted about but ultimately admire from a minimum safe distance 46 
3
Alien 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The general perception was that since Fincher s film was not Aliens it was not any good But it s an amazing film on many levels switching 180 degrees to a grungy dreary mood 
3
Alien 3
David Keyes
It all happens with equal confusion and intrigue under the umbrella of a low tech style so chilling in its presence that it becomes a character all on its own 
3
Alien 3
Wesley Lovell
A large step down from the original two films the third is still entertaining and iconic 
3
Alien 3
Michael Dequina
The advertisements promise 3 times the suspense 3 times the danger 3 times the terror The only thing Alien3 has triple of is the word f k 
1.5
Alien 3
Ed Gonzalez
The soulless Alien is essentially an amalgam of power shots 
1.5
Alien 3
Gabe Leibowitz
Manages to get the job done if you temper your expectation to a modest level 
2.5
Alien 3
Vincent Canby
Alien 3 belongs to that branch of fantasy comics best exemplified by the Road Warrior movies in which the iron and space ages meet for dizzy results 
2.5
Alien 3
Steve Rhodes
Reeks with despair and hopelessness 
1
Alien 3
James Berardinelli
Barely watchable and not especially enjoyable 
1.5
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Michael Dequina
The sappy tagline It s all about loving your parents hardly does Johar s skillful delicate balancing act any justice 
3.5
The First Deadly Sin
Roger Ebert
Who would have thought in all honesty that Frank Sinatra had this performance still left in him 
3
Marihuana: The Devil's Weed
Mattie Lucas
Has the distinction of being one of the most unintentionally hilarious of these sanctimonious issues of today films of the period due to the sheer outlandishness of its plot 
1
Gable and Lombard
Roger Ebert
The movie takes a fan magazine approach to filmmaking it s all dressing rooms and autograph hounds and world premieres 
2
Eureka
David Nusair
A typically oddball effort from Nicolas Roeg 
2
Eureka
Matt Brunson
Eccentric even by Roeg standards this goes overboard with the histrionics and even the slight supernatural tinge that defines Roeg s films is clumsily handled here Yet there are some thought provoking ideas and exchanges and the acting is impeccable 
2.5
Mutiny of the Worker Bees
Roger Moore
Be content with the movie s two laughs or find yourself something else to Netflix 
1.5
Parallax
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The low budget movie rests on its earnest performances the actors grappling with the heavy dialogue admirably 
3
Parallax
Roger Moore
I mean we all love a mystery but come on 
1.5
Quadrophenia
Matt Brunson
Manages to be both quintessentially British and irrefutably universal 
3.5
Quadrophenia
Eric Melin
Director Franc Roddam shot the film with a gritty realistic feel and the themes of youthful rebellion and confusion are absolutely timeless magnified by the specificity of the setting rather than being limited by it 
3.5
Quadrophenia
Peter Canavese
An anti musical based on The Who s 1973 rock opera concept album all the more brilliant for this seemingly counter intuitive approach Blu ray 
3.5
Back to the Future Part III
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A good conclution for the famous trilogy fun but not as good as the other two entries Full review in Spanish 
3
Back to the Future Part III
Matt Brunson
The weakest of the three 1990 s third entry is also the most conventional 
2.5
Back to the Future Part III
James Kendrick
avoids many of the previous sequel s narrative and logical pitfalls and reengages more successfully with the simple direct pleasures that made the 1985 original such a hit
3
Back to the Future Part III
James O'Ehley
It manages to recapture the sense of fun that made the first Back to the Future so memorable and enjoyable 
3
Back to the Future Part III
Roger Ebert
Makes a few bows in the direction of time travel complexities and then settles down to be a routine Western comedy 
2.5
Puss in Boots
Craig D. Lindsey
It doesn t rely on annoying pop references or scenes of shameless schmaltz Credit is probably due to executive producer Guillermo del Toro 
3
Puss in Boots
Roger Moore
Banderas vocally vamps this up in ways he never gets to do in live action films 
3.5
Puss in Boots
Jeff Beck
Puss in Boots is light breezy family entertainment that features top notch voice work from the entire cast 
3
Puss in Boots
Michael Dequina
Puss proves more than capable and deserving of the solo spotlight his outsize bravado machismo ego spilling out beyond the big screen in fiercely funny feline fashion 
3
Puss in Boots
Sara Michelle Fetters
Puss in Boots kind of surprised me Far more witty then I expected it to be nicely animated and featuring a charming story of forgiveness and redemption that belies its Shrek inspired fractured fairy tale roots this movie more than won me over 
3
Puss in Boots
John Beifuss
Unlike most digital cartoon featues this is an utterly unpretentious film devoted almost entirely to comedy and action with little moralizing 
3
Puss in Boots
Matt Brunson
For the most part the stale wisecracks are on the order of First rule of Bean Club You do not talk about Bean Club 
2
Puss in Boots
Scott Nash
Banderas is a delight as Puss
3
Puss in Boots
Stephen Whitty
An almost purr fect little film that even a dog owner can enjoy 
3
Puss in Boots
Lisa Kennedy
It would overstate matters to say Puss in Boots leaves its cat holding the bag we had to get that in But it also leaves its hero awaiting a richer fable one befitting his charms and his portrayer s talents 
3
Puss in Boots
Randy Myers
I for one hope this darn cat and his friends return for another adventure 
3
Puss in Boots
Jennie Punter
It s the morally cracked Humpty who provides the film s emotional trajectory Puss in Boots is a fun feline frolic with just a little egg on its face 
3
Puss in Boots
Michael O'Sullivan
Almost shockingly good And not just because a lot of you will approach it with lowered expectations 
3
Puss in Boots
Claudia Puig
With his impeccable comic timing and lyrical Spanish accent Banderas swashbuckling charmer is an undeniable treat 
3
Puss in Boots
Lou Lumenick
Basically this toon is a tired riff on Sergio Leone s spaghetti Westerns punctuated by more puns and cat jokes than you can shake a litter box at 
1.5
Puss in Boots
Mark Dujsik
Supporting characters are sometimes best left as just that 
2
Puss in Boots
Dustin Putman
Where are Shrek Fiona and 151 gulp 151 Donkey when you need them 
1.5
Puss in Boots
Jon Niccum
Visually this project ranks among the best animated efforts to embrace the 3 D craze 
3.5
Puss in Boots
Sue Pierman
As the voice of Puss Banderas still displays heroic charisma And even in animated form he and Hayek make sparks as they dance fight flirt and face adventure together 
3
Puss in Boots
Ty Burr
Puss in Boots doesn t break any new ground in the storytelling department and its reliance on go go go state of the art action sequences grows wearying by the end but the movie has a devilish wit that works for parent and child alike 
3
Puss in Boots
Chris Hewitt
Shrek goofed around with what we know about beloved fairy tales while Puss is more interested in playing with the conventions of Westerns and specifically Sergio Leone Westerns You could think of it as The Good the Bad and the Kitty 
3
Puss in Boots
Joe Williams
Even if they don t provide much lift these boots were made for amusement 
3
Puss in Boots
Matt Pais
Labors to create an alternate history from childhood treasures I ll keep mine the way I remember them thanks 
2
Puss in Boots
Moira MacDonald
I left dreaming of a world in which cats could tango and when s the last time a movie did that 
3
Puss in Boots
Linda Barnard
The cat came back Good thing too 
3.5
Puss in Boots
Peter Keough
A mad scientist in The Skin I Live In and a talking cat in Puss in Boots is there anything Antonio Banderas can t do 
3
Puss in Boots
Christy Lemire
For quick lively family friendly entertainment Puss in Boots works just fine even in 3 D which is integrated thoughtfully into the narrative and doesn t just feel like a gimmick 
3
Puss in Boots
Jaime N. Christley
As handsome as any animated movie you can name but it doesn t even have the slick narrative efficiency of one of the Kung Fu Panda movies 
2
Infernal Affairs II
Ed Gonzalez
Less show offy than Infernal Affairs its prequel is also considerably over plotted 
2
Yourself and Yours
Mattie Lucas
One of Hong s most lovingly nuanced works a film filled with longing and regret that finds great beauty in the in between moments 
3.5
Yourself and Yours
Simon Abrams
An exhausting and mostly frustrating display of emotional scab picking 
2
Yourself and Yours
Walker MacMurdo
Although Lee Yoo young s subdued performance as the film s lead is compelling even Joe Swanberg completionists will struggle to find insights here 
1
Yourself and Yours
Sam C. Mac
Yourself and Yours s commitment to its various extreme ambiguities is a crucial facet of the film s success 
3.5
Superman vs. the Elite
Rob Vaux
Great story or bad art You can t get one without the other in Superman vs The Elite and that s a crying shame 
2.5
Superman vs. the Elite
Peter Canavese
The conflict between The Elite s way of doing things and Superman s sets up a might makes right allegory wrestling with national and global politics as well as on a more personal level civilian tolerance of capital punishment Blu ray 
3
Superman vs. the Elite
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A forgettable Superman vehicle and one I won t be re visiting any time soon 
2.5
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
Michael Dequina
Sporadically amusing camp mess 
2
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
Susan Tavernetti
Robert Altman may be the most inconsistent American film director alive 
1.5
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
James Berardinelli
Despite some delicious moments this sluggish overlong halfhearted satire feels like a movie that wanted to go somewhere but never got there 
2.5
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
Roger Ebert
Altman and his writer former Chicago Sun Times reporter Barbara Shulgasser should have gone further and been meaner too many of his jokes are generic slapstick instead of being aimed squarely at industry s targets 
2.5
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
Chris Hicks
It seems like a very long wait to get to the various punch lines 
2.5
Uncle Peckerhead
Sara Michelle Fetters
Uncle Peckerhead is something of a gleefully gory hoot 
2.5
Uncle Peckerhead
Kevin A. Ranson
While by no means perfect and focused upon an 1980s slasher vibe this tale of zero level punk heroes and villains vying for scraps with a box of homemade mix tapes strikes the right power chords blending fun and gore 
3
Sunset Story
Debra Birnbaum
Gabbert expertly delivers a far more powerful message with honesty humor and palpable respect 
3
Sunset Story
John Anderson
Besides being funny about themselves and their contemporaries the women provide a window on the social evolution of the United States over the past century 
3
Sunset Story
David Sterritt
Utterly unsentimental deeply moving 
4
Sunset Story
Michael Wilmington
A wonderful documentary by Laura Gabbert that may make you laugh and cry and may change your mind about age and aging 
3.5
Bullitt
Roger Moore
Fifty years later and the closest anyone has ever come to this is simply stealing plot points here 44 an action beat there 44 and wishing that their leading man was a tenth as cool as Steve McQueen 46 
3
Bullitt
David Nusair
seems to have established the template for a certain kind of cop movie and television show 
3
Bullitt
Roger Ebert
McQueen is great in Bullitt and the movie is great because director Peter Yates understands the McQueen image and works within it He winds up with about the best action movie of recent years 
4
Galveston
Roger Moore
A good cast wasted on an aimless violent and somewhat sordid on the road on the lam melodrama 
2
Galveston
James Berardinelli
Bleak and gripping Galveston offers a compelling experience for those who don t demand pure escapism and are willing to sample the darker side of cinema 
3
Galveston
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film equivalent of a familiar not too special song that s been brilliantly re arranged and performed 
3
Galveston
Mark Dujsik
T he film abandons its thriller trappings and becomes a study of how these characters as unlikely as the pairing may be need each other 
3
Galveston
Joey Magidson
Foster delivers reliably good work here 
3
Galveston
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Pick your narrative poison to go with it or resist I did the former with deep enthusiasm until a particularly cruel plot twist at the end pushed me to the latter position 
2.5
Galveston
Keith Watson
The film is a slow directionless anti thriller that never manages to build tension or establish any stakes 
2
Life of Crime
Robert Levin
An abiding insignificance looms over the film but it s a fun 98 minutes 
3
Life of Crime
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To put it more plainly it s more of a little misdemeanor than a big crime but it gets the job done 
3
Life of Crime
Glenn Kenny
Well worth seeing particularly for Leonard people 
3
Life of Crime
Liam Lacey
All this is more amusing in theory than practice partly because Leonard s world of wiseguys and slapstick violence has become so familiar the caper movie default mode 
2.5
Life of Crime
David Hiltbrand
Life of Crime is like an errant golf putt that appears headed for the hole but just keeps rolling and rolling all the way off the green In other words just missed by a mile 
2
Life of Crime
Stephen Whitty
A loose cynical kidnapping caper set literally and emotionally in the 70s right down to its main title typography it s a small treat 
3
Life of Crime
Tom Russo
The cast does capable work but you ll wish the movie concentrated more on the comedy which has some zing rather than the straighter elements which quickly start to drag 
1.5
Life of Crime
Jon Niccum
Life of Crime may have a hard boiled title but this comedic thriller provides rather innocent amusement 
2.5
Life of Crime
Michael O'Sullivan
Life of Crime feels like a rambling car ride through the countryside with friends The scenery is great and the passengers are diverting but you keep wondering where the driver is headed 
2
Life of Crime
Steve Macfarlane
Down to its too crisp rubber Nixon masks Daniel Schechter s film revels in obnoxiously self aware period detail 
2
Life of Crime
Michael Ordoña
Life of Crime is well made and acted especially by Hawkes and Fisher if it s not exactly gripping or noir ish 
2
Life of Crime
Sara Stewart
Director Daniel Schechter Supporting Characters moves the plot along in a loose unhurried manner letting the cast enjoy Leonard s delicious dialogue 
3
Life of Crime
Roger Moore
Not great Elmore Leonard but not bad Even with Jennifer Aniston starring 
2.5
Life of Crime
David Nusair
bland and hopelessly forgettable 
2
Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)
Roger Moore
So gossamer light and cute that you don t realize how good it is until it punches you right in the heart 
3
The Black Cat
Matt Brunson
The interplay between Karloff and Lugosi is mesmerizing 
3.5
The Black Cat
Jeremy Heilman
One of the best in Universal s storied horror cycle 
4
The Black Cat
Joshua Vasquez
The Black Cat s impressionist wasteland is composed of equal parts severe allegory and pulp poetry 
4
Hotel Splendide
Steve Rhodes
A fascinating film that s almost funny 
2.5
A.P.E
Matt Brunson
The heroine is an actress who terrifyingly shrieks like one of the victims in The Last House on the Left before inexplicably turning into Mae West and purring at the great ape Be gentle big fella 
1.5
Darwin's Nightmare
Kam Williams
Contrasts European greed and decadence with the fallout visited upon Africa due to the relentless rape of its natural resources in the name of profit 
4
Darwin's Nightmare
Jay Antani
absolutely brave unflinching
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Rob Thomas
If Sauper wanted to dream up a metaphor for the corrosive effects of globalization he couldn t think of one much better than the Nile perch 
3.5
Darwin's Nightmare
Phil Villarreal
Sauper s camera which would fog up if it had tear ducts looks over Tanzania s nastiness with gloomy forthrightness 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
John Monaghan
The movie prefers to show snippets of life and let the audience make the connections Many of these scenes prove memorable 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Moira MacDonald
The words Being poor is like being old are scrawled on the door of a shack like this movie it s a howl waiting to be heard 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Bob Strauss
The most depressing and important movie you ll see this year 
3.5
Darwin's Nightmare
G. Allen Johnson
Sauper s documentary is meant to reveal first hand the devastating effects of globalization at least an irresponsible form of it on a poor foreign culture and for the most part it succeeds 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Michael Booth
Becomes Errol Morris s bad dream a documentary apparently uninterested in any factual basis for its arguments 
1
Darwin's Nightmare
Elizabeth Weitzman
Sauper captures a world in which life and death are treated with equal practicality and disregard 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Gene Seymour
With a roving eye and an attentive heart Sauper s film takes in everyone involved in this miasma 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Kyle Smith
The documentary tries to pin Africa s suffering on capitalism but dances around the real problem 
2.5
Darwin's Nightmare
Peter Howell
Strange and terrible are the ways of man 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Jennie Punter
A haunting beautifully made reality check 
3
Darwin's Nightmare
Ed Gonzalez
A horrifying vision of globalization gone terribly amuck 
3
Hitting Home
Sean McBride
Sorry Beyonce fans but Obsessed is clearly an Ali Larter film Sorry Ali fans but she s not very good in this film 
1.5
Realive
James Berardinelli
One of the year s best science fiction titles 
3
Realive
Nick Allen
A special kind of botched sci fi film experiment 
1
Realive
Roger Moore
Thought provoking and smart sci fi romance that manages such a gloomy tone that you can t warm up to it 
2.5
Realive
David N. Butterworth
Realive feels a little sterile and its performances are hit and miss But its thought provoking conceit keeps you engaged until the very and largely ironic end 
2.5
Spivak
Roger Moore
Hapless rom com a Swingers that doesn t swing 
1
We Summon the Darkness
David Nusair
46 46 46 a palpable misfire that squanders its strong first act 46 
2
We Summon the Darkness
Federico Furzan
Yeah it s raunchy and campy but there s nothing wrong with that It s just as fun as it should be Full review in Spanish 
2.5
We Summon the Darkness
Linda Cook
We Summon the Darkness draws forth gory horror 
3
We Summon the Darkness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A sturdy little cat and mouse thriller 
3
We Summon the Darkness
Steven Prokopy
The film manages to pull off something of a surprise switcheroo early in its fairly short running time and it does so successfully 
2.5
We Summon the Darkness
Glenn Kenny
The proceedings are not entirely unamusing in their lurid way but they re also not nearly as clever as the filmmakers believed or hoped they would be 
2
We Summon the Darkness
James Berardinelli
The twist reveal happens too early in the proceedings bursting the mystery bubble and resulting in a long drawn out anticlimactic second half that s disappointingly generic 
2.5
We Summon the Darkness
Mark Dujsik
When Alan Trezza s screenplay finally gets to the meat of his horror comedy s story it rushes through and simplifies the bulk of that story s potential 
2
We Summon the Darkness
Mike McGranaghan
Enormously fun to watch thanks to sharp dialogue good performances and a devilish sense of mischief 
3
We Summon the Darkness
Joey Magidson
Alexandra Daddario is great here though all three of the leading ladies turn in memorable work in a film that knows how to have a good time 
3
We Summon the Darkness
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film s cat and mouse antics play out with no sense of escalation or invention 
1
We Summon the Darkness
Christian Toto
This 80s horror throwback is too dumb and distracted to truly offend or scare us
2
We Summon the Darkness
Roger Moore
Take away the twist which you ve guessed and which anybody seeing the trailer or even the poster could figure out and We Summon the Darkness only summons tedium 
1.5
Balls of Fury
David Keyes
On some subterranean level it s a study of how celebrity agents can coerce a talented veteran actor into participating in one of the most painfully unfunny comedies ever made 
0.5
Balls of Fury
Jeffrey Westhoff
A good natured easy to take goof 
3
Balls of Fury
Eric Lurio
The last must see comedy of the summer 
3
Balls of Fury
Michael Dequina
Without a particularly funny nor compelling lead the hits in the already scattershot script are weakened to say nothing of the misses 
2
Balls of Fury
Kam Williams
A breakout role for Dan Fogler who comes across as a combination of Johns Belushi and Candy exhibiting the former s unbounded enthusiasm and the latter s ever endearing charm Just remember to check your brain at the box office 
3.5
Balls of Fury
Frank Ochieng
Look it could have been worst if the premise involved yak racing so we need to thank our lucky stars this paddle swinging piece of piffle leaves much to be desired 
2
Balls of Fury
Timothy Knight
A top contender for the summer s worst comedy 
1
Balls of Fury
Connie Ogle
While it s sporadically amusing Balls of Fury scores fewer points for humor than it could have 
2
Balls of Fury
John Beifuss
Both Balls and Rush Hour 3 include scenes in which the lead characters walk gingerly because of an unfortunate um butt circumstance yet such lowbrow antics are much easier to take in the movie that DIDN T cost 140 million 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Daniel M. Kimmel
a second rate comedy that too often goes for the cheap laugh and then fails to get it However if you re very undemanding you just might have a good time 
2
Balls of Fury
Ross Anthony
Opens without a pulse fires intermittent blanks throughout musters up momentum with a silly sense of humor that eventually just barely wins over its audience 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Sean McBride
It s high camp and silly but not nearly funny enough to drive the audience to frequent bouts of laughter 
2
Balls of Fury
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director and co writer Robert Ben Garant can t deliver a single joke without forecasting it 
1
Balls of Fury
Walter V. Addiego
The real trouble is that it s supposed to be an outrageous comedy but in fact it s fairly tame and not all that funny 
2
Balls of Fury
Steven Rea
While Balls of Fury is slightly more sophisticated in its comic strategies slightly remains the operative word 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Kit Bowen
The surprisingly funny Balls of Fury s tagline may read A Huge Comedy with Tiny Balls but it has some big brass ones too 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Linda Cook
The concept is kind of funny Christopher Walken is kind of funny The only thing wrong with the movie is that it isn t funny and that s bad news for a comedy 
1
Balls of Fury
James Rocchi
Balls of Fury may be fairly specialized How many sports flick martial arts parodies can you name off the top of your head but even with that weird backhand spin it scores more than a few points 
3
Balls of Fury
Willie Waffle
relies on so many kicks and blows to the crotch you might think you are watching some sort of strange DVD Mommy and Daddy keep hidden in the bottom of a dresser drawer with a weird leather mask
1.5
Balls of Fury
Rob Salem
The movie s big lug of a lead Dan Fogler could be dismissed as a poor man s Jack Black 
1.5
Balls of Fury
Chris Hewitt
There are laughs in Balls but not nearly enough of them 
0
Balls of Fury
Moira MacDonald
there are plenty of funny bits but the movie runs out of ideas long before its end
2
Balls of Fury
Gene Seymour
Christopher Walken has joined the legion of stand up comics student actors and bar stool mimics trolling for laughs by doing bad Christopher Walken impressions 
2
Balls of Fury
Lisa Rose
Something of a surprise Balls of Fury serves up sports thrills and a good amount of laughter 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Mack Bates
Unfortunately it loses its sense of humor as it gets more desperate to find its way to the end 
2
Balls of Fury
James Sanford
There were more good laughs in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resignation speech than there are in Balls of Fury a smorgasbord of ethnic stereotypes a few slaps at prissy gays and an excess of weak gags 
1.5
Balls of Fury
Jeff Vice
It s clear that Balls of Fury is trying to be dumb funny But Balls of Fury is much dumber than it is funny 
2
Balls of Fury
Roger Ebert
Don t expect me to explain the rules and purposes of the tournament if it has any I was preoccupied with observing the sheer absurdity of everything on the screen 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Lou Lumenick
Christopher Walken does not actually show up in Asian drag until halfway through Balls of Fury not enough to salvage this mostly unfunny extremely silly pingpong comedy 
1
Balls of Fury
Claudia Puig
The gags are either obvious lame ineptly timed or repeated so many times as to render them devoid of humor 
1.5
Balls of Fury
Ken Fox
Insistently ludicrous 
2
Balls of Fury
Elizabeth Weitzman
Lennon Garant and Fogler are masters of the prolonged punch line extending a joke so far that it hits funny whizzes into the stands then bounces back The same come to think of it could be said for their movie 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Mark Feeney
Balls of Fury also scores points so to speak for coming up with its own sports context Talladega Nights had NASCAR Blades of Glory had the world of figure skating Ping Pong has rec rooms 
2.5
Balls of Fury
Kamal Al-Solaylee
It may look episodic and disgracefully low budget in places but there s also a theatrical quality in the way scenes are blocked and punch lines delivered 
3
Balls of Fury
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pretty sad if you ask me but seeing as how a good portion of the audience found plenty to laugh about maybe my normal critical pings aren t anything to pong home to mother about this time around 
2
Balls of Fury
Sean P. Means
Any movie that ends with Christopher Walken joining in a group singalong of Pour Some Sugar on Me deserves a little love 
3
Balls of Fury
Larry Ratliff
Fogler resembles a hybrid of the late John Belushi and Superbad co writer and co star Seth Rogen with many of the funny parts missing or at least muted 
1.5
Balls of Fury
Eric Melin
It is a pretty remarkable feat when the most memorable thing about a feature length movie is its vast collection of vintage Def Leppard t shirts 
1
Balls of Fury
Josh Larsen
this is two parts Blades of Glory and one part Enter the Dragon though it s missing Will Ferrell s absurd improvisational humor and well Bruce Lee 
2
Balls of Fury
Mark Dujsik
When the jokes should be riotously funny they re merely amusing when they should at least get a chuckle they re just dead spots 
2
Balls of Fury
Dustin Putman
Balls of Fury is precisely the kind of dud that gives a bad name to films opening over the lazy Labor Day weekend 
1
Balls of Fury
Matt Pais
Taking no risks at all while avoiding anything too offensive Balls of Fury has neither balls nor fury 
2
Balls of Fury
Nick Schager
To put this miscalculation in terms the filmmakers will understand they don t Armageddon it 
1.5
Terms of Endearment
Dann Gire
There s something enlightening and disturbing about a motion picture that is so well written so well acted and so wise and knowing in its scope that you become swept up in the lives of its characters 
4
Terms of Endearment
Roger Ebert
The most remarkable achievement of Terms of Endearment which is filled with great achievements is its ability to find the balance between the funny and the sad between moments of deep truth and other moments of high ridiculousness 
4
Terms of Endearment
Gene Siskel
Terms of Endearment is one of the few American movies of the last few years to tell a genuinely epic story of a woman 
4
Terms of Endearment
Robert W. Butler
Terms of Endearment is a marvel Just when you thought Hollywood incapable of making a film without fantasy along comes an offbeat idiosyncratic picture that charms its way into our hearts pries open our tear ducts and excites our funny bones 
3.5
Terms of Endearment
Bill Cosford
The story is manipulative to the edge of cynicism and perhaps beyond 
2
Terms of Endearment
Bill Morrison
Terms of Endearment is the year s funniest movie and the saddest Does it fulfill the promise of those early reviews from New York Oh does it ever If anything it s better than we were led to believe 
4
Terms of Endearment
Joseph Gelmis
James L Brooks who created The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi for television makes a prodigious leap to the front ranks of America s most accomplished film directors with Terms of Endearment 
3.5
Terms of Endearment
Kathleen Carroll
It takes all of perhaps five minutes to fall in love with the leading characters in Terms of Endearment and from that point on the audience is just putty in the extremely capable hands of writer director James L Brooks 
4
Terms of Endearment
John Stark
Terms of Endearment represents what Hollywood does or used to do best Entertain The drama told with comedy is full of rich characters whom you like and care about 
4
Terms of Endearment
Candice Russell
Brooks proves himself to be an actor s director He understands the nuances of behavior between characters It is these small moments that make Terms of Endearment worth seeing in spite of its meanderings 
2.5
Terms of Endearment
Susie Eisenhuth
Not for some time have I observed the decks so awash the air so pitifully rent by lamentations To be fair Terms Of Endearment gives the formula a far classier workout 
3
Terms of Endearment
Wesley Lovell
Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger are fantastic as a mother and daughter who individually face life s challenges and end up stronger because of it 
4
Terms of Endearment
Michael Szymanski
A heartfelt sobby strongly acted character driven story the film is small in scope but deep in meaning and emotion 
3
Terms of Endearment
James Kendrick
While some aspects of the film have not aged all that well it still plays with sincerity and emotional resonance
3.5
Barfi!
Namrata Joshi
Perhaps one day we will see the disabled in all their hues in stories that truly are theirs not churned out for our easy digestion 
2.5
Barfi!
Michael Dequina
A moving work that is at once bittersweet and uplifting and altogether charming 
3.5
Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life
Steve Rhodes
It is a close call but the documentary skimmed the surface too much for me to be able to recommend it 
2
Lucha Mexico
Matt Fagerholm
At a time when the physical toll of punishing sports is being reevaluated in film it s difficult for me to get much enjoyment out of the theatrical machismo and unsettling masochism on display here no matter how staged it may be 
2
Lucha Mexico
Roger Moore
Intimate but overly familiar behind the scenes look at Mexican wrestling and those who star in it 
2.5
The French Guy
David Nusair
a thoroughly unpleasant experience 
0
The Go-Between
Roger Ebert
Joseph Losey s The Go Between is about class distinction and its warping effect upon the life of one small boy Losey and his screenwriter Harold Pinter are terribly observant about small nuances of class 
3.5
Man From Reno
Peter Howell
A story that yields its secrets slowly but sinuously making the most of its language and cultural differences 
2.5
Man From Reno
Scott Marks
Boyle known best for a string of winning romantic comedies Surrogate Valentine Daylight Savings now finds himself making a successful leap to the dark side with this decidedly hard Boyled genre picture 
4
Man From Reno
Michael O'Sullivan
If you can hang on for close to two hours with almost no resolution it s worth the ride 
2.5
Man From Reno
Anita Katz
Fujitani s Aki is a charmingly curious touchingly sad consistently smart noir heroine Serna a longtime character actor excels as the small town sheriff treading an unfamiliarly cruel landscape He never seems stock 
3
Man From Reno
Mick LaSalle
Instead of building toward a climax the film drifts off into nothingness with a last scene that will send people shuffling out of the theater thinking Who cares 
2
Man From Reno
Kam Williams
This inscrutable adventure proves a pure delight to unravel from beginning to end 
4
Man From Reno
Glenn Kenny
An intricately even densely plotted mystery thriller that casts an unusual spell from its opening scene 
3
Man From Reno
Dan Schindel
Man from Reno seems primed to become a cult hit and fans will be justly singing its praises for many years to come 
3
Man From Reno
Walter Chaw
All of Man of Reno is charming So terribly terribly charming 
2
Tapeheads
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tapeheads plays with the same kind of off kilter energy that Repo Man has but lacks the complete abandon of the former 
2.5
Tapeheads
Roger Ebert
All of these elements have been lifted off the shelf of exhausted cliches given a quick dusting and plugged directly into the movie 
1.5
WR: The Mysteries of the Organism
Roger Ebert
An ideological juggling act with Makavejev at the center deadpan yet always with his eyes slightly widened at the bizarre variety of human experience 
4
The Guilty
David Nusair
the ending has one of the best twists I ve seen in a while 
3
Beeswax
Kate Taylor
It is typical of Bujalski s finely wrought observation of their lives that the film ends as it began with a moment in which Lauren is poised indecisively on the cusp of a decision 
3.5
Beeswax
Greg Quill
Ultimately a dull story about dull thirtysomethings whose dull issues are conveyed in a prying cinema verit style implying drama and meaning in the mundane details of their dull lives 
2
Beeswax
Peter Keough
Don t expect intensity of any kind in Bujalski s films the emotions range from mild annoyance to bemusement but within that minimal palette he s a master 
3
Beeswax
Sukhdev Sandhu
A relentlessly talky and meandering slough of claustrophobia passing itself off as an intimate life study 
2
Beeswax
Simon Kinnear
It takes real talent to make something so studied feel this souffl light especially in the Hatchers charming naturalism 
3
Beeswax
Henry Barnes
A step forward but a sluggish one 
2
Beeswax
Lisa Kennedy
Beeswax reminds viewers that in talkative films much can go unspoken For writer director Andrew Bujalski these betwixt between hem haw spaces are the places to be 
2.5
Beeswax
Walter V. Addiego
There are viewers and critics who simply can t abide mumblecore But give this movie a chance Bujalski has a serious talent for finding resonance in the mundane 
3
Beeswax
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I ve seen all three of Andrew Bujalski s feature films and I think they just keep getting better and better they have grown warmer 
3.5
Beeswax
V.A. Musetto
Beeswax ranks as one of the most mature mumblecore exercises yet a sure sign that the movement will live on despite its misguided detractors 
3
Beeswax
Andrew Schenker
With Beeswax Andrew Bujalski continues his project of crafting intensely observed dialogue driven character pieces that make use of nonprofessional actors and privilege the seemingly empty moments in conversation 
3
Cold Turkey
Matt Brunson
The script for Cold Turkey is fairly ragged but the movie deserves credit for its willingness to wallow in the murky depths of black comedy 
3
Cold Turkey
Roger Ebert
Even if you don t smoke you ll find Cold Turkey funny 
4
Psycho II
Matt Brunson
A person would have to be as crazy as Norman Bates to even think about helming a sequel to Psycho but the shocking truth is that this intelligent follow up in no way soils the memory of its classic predecessor 
3
Psycho II
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review A psychologically scary and handsomely mounted thriller 
3
Psycho II
David Nusair
A surprisingly decent sequel to Alfred Hitchcock s landmark slasher 
2.5
Psycho II
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s an obvious cash grab and an attempt to capitalize on the slasher craze of the early 1980s 44 but a strong performance by Anthony Perkins and some clever twists helps this rise above run of the mill sequel fodder 46 
2.5
Psycho II
Roger Ebert
It is a craftsman like piece of filmmaking with a suitably flaky performance by Perkins but it isn t really a sequel to Psycho It continues the story but not the spell 
2.5
The Hit List
David Nusair
ultimately a fair degree more entertaining than the majority of its DTV brethren 
2.5
The Rachel Papers
Betsy Bozdech
Certainly fresher and more interesting than much of the teen dreck the United States was putting out at the end of the 80s 
2.5
Waldo on Weed
Roger Moore
The most adorable piece of cinematic advocacy for legalizing pot ever filmed 
3
Fear X
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As the film builds director Refn skillfully allows Harry to get both closer and farther away form his goal like an optical illusion 
3
Fear X
Lou Lumenick
A pretentious unsatisfying and ultra slow moving thriller 
1.5
Fear X
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fortunately Turturro s subtle turn keeps our emotional connection solid even when the story skates on thin ice 
2.5
Fear X
John McMurtrie
The story in the end is less than satisfying and unfortunately doesn t match the movie s eerie style 
2
Fear X
David Sterritt
This thriller is ingeniously woven with motifs suggesting the difficulty of seeing and understanding truth and substitutes psychological chills for commonplace gore 
4
Fear X
Ed Gonzalez
Nicolas Winding Refn evokes grief as a Lynchian put on 
2
Noise
Roger Moore
We 8217 re no clearer what it 8217 s been about at the end than we are at the beginning 46 
1
The Shooting Party
Roger Ebert
There is nothing new in the message of this film but a great deal of artistry in its telling 
3
Amin
Roger Moore
A multi layered if somewhat melodramatic portrait of immigrant life in modern Europe 
2.5
Scarlet Road
Erik Childress
The best aspects of the film involve Rachel and the clients a true human interest story that should reach beyond any moral objections one has towards however people want to label her 
3
Showgirls
Margaret A. McGurk
Perhaps you have been tempted by the hype over this movie s rating to go see what all the fuss is about Crush that impulse 
0
Showgirls
Matt Brunson
The movie is pretty bad but I prefer it over the other 1995 release written by Showgirls scripter Joe Eszterhas the truly dismal Jade 
1.5
Showgirls
Gene Siskel
Is it sexy Not when you re laughing 
2
Showgirls
David Keyes
It is a long ambitious and shocking exercise that aims so high and with such detached logic that we are driven to watch on in the same manner that eyewitnesses watch on at a train wreck 
2.5
Showgirls
Eric Henderson
Showgirls is one of the most honest satires of recent years 
4
Showgirls
Michael Dequina
Tasteless tawdry and guaranteed to leave you rolling in the aisles the best bad filmmaking Hollywood has to offer 
0
Showgirls
Barbara Shulgasser
Verhoeven a Dutch filmmaker whose early works include the dazzlingly intelligent and anarchic The Fourth Man has clearly lost his soul in Hollywood 
0
Showgirls
James Berardinelli
One of the worst films of the year 
0.5
Showgirls
Joe Baltake
Showgirls approximates the feeling of someone sleazy putting the make on you Its brand of sexual harassment makes you feel dirty and not at all flattered 
1
Showgirls
Roger Ebert
A waste of a perfectly good NC 17 rating 
2
Showgirls
Susan Wloszczyna
The script is as hoary as it is whore y whipping out every backstage cliche as he recycles his Flashdance plot into Trashdance 
2.5
Showgirls
Madeleine Williams
Sloppy writing and wooden acting remove any sense of class from the production and what s left is simply an excuse to watch topless dancing 
0.5
Play It as It Lays
Roger Ebert
Play It as It Lays is an astringent cynical movie that ultimately manages to spin one single timid thread of hope 
4
On the Come Up
Dwight Brown
Bravo to Lathan for making On the Come Up shine bright like a diamond 
3
On the Come Up
Josh Wise
Jamila C 46 Gray lends credibility to Brianna Jackson 44 who happens to be searching for just that 46 She plays the damn role 46 
3
On the Come Up
Robert Daniels
Sanaa Lathan 8217 s cliched 44 visually inert directorial debut On the Come Up is both dishonest and manipulative 46 
1
On the Come Up
Johnny Oleksinski
Lathan who s had a long and fruitful career as an actress in TV shows like The Affair does well in her first go as a director 
2.5
Cruel Intentions
CSM Staff
The cruelest intentions of this film are aimed at its audience who gets only lame comedy and unconvincing drama as it wallows in its sordid subject matter 
.5
Cruel Intentions
Jami Bernard
It s easy to see why the director thought his Cliff Notes approach to literature would work 
2
Cruel Intentions
Malcolm Johnson
Yet after Cruel Intentions evolves into a boy gets girl boy loses girl saga it staggers towards a half baked climax and an absurd aftermath 
1.5
Cruel Intentions
Dennis King
The film plays out as a lurid mean spirited and entertaining piece of teen tomfoolery 
2.5
Cruel Intentions
Chris Kridler
Despite the last 10 minutes there s much to like in Cruel Intentions 
3
Cruel Intentions
Paul Robicheau
The story of sexual manipulation and emotional coldness becomes a mean teen romp around 
2
Cruel Intentions
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s cinematography set design and costume design are all extremely elegant and the beautiful young actors are shown off to maximum effect like expensively bred horses 
2.5
Cruel Intentions
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite its highly descriptive dialogue Cruel Intentions features no nudity I doubt teenage boys will be satisfied just to hear Buffy talk dirty 
1
Cruel Intentions
Bob Graham
It is maliciously entertaining up to a point 
2
Cruel Intentions
Rick Groen
This is the filmic answer to a pack of Spice Girl cards 
2
Cruel Intentions
James Kendrick
The movie as a whole sometimes pushes its own limits and truth be said it is pretty sleazy at times But it s enjoyable in a trashy Wild Things kind of way 
3
Cruel Intentions
Steve Rhodes
Relief finally comes in the form of ending credits 
1.5
Cruel Intentions
Michael Dequina
Gellar exudes a captivatingly carniverous carnality 
3
Cruel Intentions
Mark Caro
You may come to realize that if a bomb suddenly blew up everyone on screen you wouldn t particularly miss anyone 
2
Cruel Intentions
Dustin Putman
What an ingenious concept 
3
Cruel Intentions
Bob Bloom
You may not like what you see but you will enjoy it 
3
Cruel Intentions
Mike McGranaghan
I m surprised by how much fun I had watching it 
3
Cruel Intentions
Madeleine Williams
The film stumbles a bit at its conclusion modified from the book but in a way that seems jarringly false Still you could certainly do worse than Cruel Intentions which though clumsy at times at least is not brain suckingly vapid 
2.5
Cruel Intentions
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Neither the characters nor the events are exactly the same as those of the novel but some of the same spirit comes across 
2
Cruel Intentions
Rob Blackwelder
I fully expected it to be dumbed down beyond all recognition I expected Dangerous Liaisons 90210 But I can admit when I m wrong 
3
Cruel Intentions
Susan Stark
The film is pitched too high and too rich to make a solid connection with most young viewers 
2
Cruel Intentions
James Berardinelli
The likes of Glenn Close and John Malkovich have given way to unconvincing actors who can t grasp the concept that roles of this complexity require more than good looks 
1.5
Cruel Intentions
Jeff Vice
First time writer director Roger Kumble has misinterpreted the source material s stinging sense of irony replacing it it with pure camp in an effort to get cheap laughs And it will get laughs just not the way he intended 
1.5
Cruel Intentions
Roger Ebert
Smart and merciless 
3
Cruel Intentions
David Keyes
The themes are intact and for some fans of the original story that should be all that matters 
3
ATM
Jeff Beck
E ven at the script stage someone ought to have noticed how many holes were present in this story 
2
ATM
David Nusair
An increasingly ludicrous thriller 
1.5
ATM
Stephen Whitty
None of it builds to anything or engenders any real suspense 
1.5
ATM
Kyle Smith
Not much about the movie makes sense though there are occasional schlocky thrills 
1
ATM
Nick Schager
If both good and evil characters don t behave in ways that make sense vis vis their circumstances any sense of terror quickly dissipates 
1.5
ATM
Glenn Lovell
a tidy reasonably effective Canadian release in the tradition of Phone Booth Buried and other tight squeeze thrillers The twist ending would have amused no less a connoisseur than Hitchcock 
3
ATM
Dustin Putman
There are too many forehead slapping moments too much overt contrivance and an anticlimactic conclusion that doesn t add up to as much as one hopes or expects 
2
Pootie Tang
Steve Rhodes
Its humor tires not too long after the beginning credits have finished rolling 
1
Pootie Tang
Wesley Morris
Mostly an amusing exercise in black vernacular searching for a point 
2
Pootie Tang
Tor Thorsen
Sorry Lance but Rudy Ray Moore you ain t 
1.5
Pootie Tang
Roger Ebert
Not bad so much as inexplicable You watch in puzzlement 
0.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I know exactly nothing about skateboarding but this wild exuberant documentary puts it all in perspective outlining a crew of 12 surfers turned skaters who pioneered the sport and some say the art form 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Susan Tavernetti
The straight cuts illustrate how the Zephyr team s revolutionary riffing style was both an extension of surfing and aesthetically beautiful 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Margaret A. McGurk
Despite its lack of perspective on history or the evolution of the sport Dogtown and Z Boys does what documentaries do best It makes even viewers who have never touched a skateboard feel a part of the action 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Michael Wilmington
Few sports films catch their time place and sport so well 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Tor Thorsen
Seeing how 99 of movies are designed to keep you on your keester you have to respect one that inspires you to get off your ever widening behind and do something real 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Dan Lybarger
Peralta s filmmaking is nearly as audacious as his skating The movie often looks like an underground document 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Liam Lacey
Blatant promotion aside the chronicles of Dogtown make for fascinating insider cultural history 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Rene Rodriguez
An informative nostalgic trip back to a fascinating era told by those who knew it best 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Peter Bernard
At times however Dogtown and Z Boys lapses into an insider s lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow or care about 
2
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Joe Baltake
About nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self made celebrity athletes a low down version of the American dream 
4
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Duane Dudek
This documentary by Stacy Peralta makes a convincing case on behalf of skateboarding of all things as a catalyst for this change and for some delinquent youths in a derelict Los Angeles neighborhood as its agents 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Jeff Vice
the subjects are all charismatic and interesting any of them could have been the focus of their own documentary
4
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Sean P. Means
Delivers a thrilling view of an era when a group of kids almost by accident defined cool for a generation 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Carrie Rickey
An exhilarating breathless must see chronicle of the skateboarder revolution and evolution 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Terry Lawson
When these guys were headed down the street at 50 m p h you got out of the way 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Roger Ebert
The film has an infectious enthusiasm and we re touched by the film s conviction that all life centered on that place that time and that sport 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Joe Leydon
Fascinating 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Melanie McFarland
A wonderful demonstration of how employing the aesthetic values of a subject can produce a raw jagged exciting style in cinematic nonfiction 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Edward Guthmann
Exhilarating but blatantly biased 
2
Dogtown and Z-Boys
James Hebert
An account that s as raw and colorful as the misfits it mythologizes 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Steven Rosen
Watching Dogtown is like discovering a secret history of America 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Jonathan Perry
Does a terrific job of evoking the electric magic of an extraordinary era 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Chris Hewitt
The people in Dogtown and Z Boys are so funny aggressive and alive you have to watch them because you can t wait to see what they do next 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Mike Antonucci
Peralta captures in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago the essence of the Dogtown experience 
4
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Rob Blackwelder
This flick is about as cool and crowd pleasing as a documentary can get 
3.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Mike Clark
Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has a flashy editing style that doesn t always jell with Sean Penn s monotone narration but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
John Anderson
Unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm you re going to feel like you weren t invited to the party 
1.5
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Glenn Whipp
The movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate surf culture the L A beach scene and the imaginative and sometimes illegal ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Michael Phillips
A thrilling look at the mostly unknown history of the original extreme sport 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Megan Turner
You don t need to know or care about the skateboarding culture to enjoy this free wheeling ride through a dog eared section of 70s era Los Angeles 
2
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Steve Rhodes
Energetic and fun film the most memorable parts of the movie are all of the editing tricks 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Emily Blunt
This is one fantastic enthralling film 
4
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Ed Gonzalez
Dogtown and Z Boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become the punk kids revolution 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Walter Chaw
Dogtown Z Boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean 
3
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Greg Dean Schmitz
The rebellion the rock music and the frenetic introduction to skating culture all combine to make this one of the most entertaining and fun movies of the year 
4
No Down Payment
Matt Brunson
Alcoholism infidelity bigotry and misogyny are among the topics tackled in this engaging sudser 
3
Whole New Thing
Kyle Smith
The movie is both amusing and disturbing as it explores Emerson s lurching efforts to bond with his teacher 
3
Whole New Thing
Ken Fox
Toronto based filmmaker Amnon Buchbinder tackles the sensitive subject of adolescent sexuality in this winning coming of age character study set in a wintry small town in Nova Scotia 
3
Whole New Thing
Jack Mathews
These knots are all tied by the end but not memorably so 
2
Whole New Thing
Rafer Guzman
promises slightly more than it delivers but still comes together nicely 
3
Whole New Thing
Pam Grady
The cast is uniformly excellent but Webber in his first feature role is a stand out delivering a subtle performance that offers a fully realized portrayal of a smart sensitive confused and sometimes bratty and obnoxious youth 
3.5
Whole New Thing
Ed Gonzalez
Evinces an Ed Zwickian dramatic tenor that would probably scan better on ABC 
2
Whole New Thing
Geoff Pevere
There s a trick to making us care about people who so consistently do the wrong thing and it involves asking a certain amount of forgiveness of the characters and of ourselves 
3
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer
Chris Hewitt
Sicilian tyke Arturo grows up hearing there is no such thing as the Mafia and seeing everywhere he looks evidence to the contrary 
2.5
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer
Steven Rea
The line between ha ha funny and sorrowful reverence has been crossed more deftly than you d think 
3
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer
Peter Keough
Some of this is moving and some of the shtick is weirdly hilarious but despite Diliberto s apparent sincerity his attempt to accomplish too many things at once ends up with him accomplishing nothing much at all 
2.5
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer
G. Allen Johnson
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer is original winning entertainment and well executed No pun intended 
4
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer
Andy Crump
The more Diliberto expands The Mafia Only Kills in Summer s elements of corruption the more the film picks up steam 
3
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer
Oleg Ivanov
Individual politicians detectives and mafiosi come and go so quickly that the audience doesn t have enough time to become emotionally invested in their lives and deaths 
2
Kon-Tiki
Peter Canavese
With a man against the elements adventure like this one the emphasis is and should be largely on spectacular depiction of the environment and the directors make use of the biggest budget yet afforded to a Norwegian film Blu ray 
3
Kon-Tiki
Cathy Jakicic
Kon Tiki has a grand old fashioned feel a man against nature adventure that feels like it was made in not just set in the optimistic post World War II era 
3
Kon-Tiki
Marty Mapes
An adventure film driven by curiosity
3
Kon-Tiki
Steven Rea
Kon Tiki is a widescreen man against nature epic beautifully shot and boasting seamless stunning visual effects 
3
Kon-Tiki
John Hartl
How much is fiction and how much is deliberate confusion 
3
Kon-Tiki
Rafer Guzman
Upbeat and less exciting than you might wish though it could be a good adventure film for older kids 
2.5
Kon-Tiki
Jon Niccum
The film unfolds with earnest majesty characterized by sweeping camera moves shot by Geir Hartly Andreassen and orchestra swells But the sheer beauty also creates distance 
3
Kon-Tiki
Connie Ogle
A thrilling introduction to one of the more remarkable adventures of the post World War II world 
3
Kon-Tiki
Chris Knight
It all combines to create a great true life adventure of a type no longer seen in the world 
3.5
Kon-Tiki
Rick Groen
Most everyone loves a ripping good sea yarn so why doesn t Kon Tiki rip 
2
Kon-Tiki
Linda Barnard
Part history lesson part classic adventure tale and often stunning to watch 
3
Kon-Tiki
Ty Burr
Kon Tiki is stalwart and uplifting and there are passing moments of wonder 
2.5
Kon-Tiki
Chris Hewitt
The voyage features some spectacularly exciting encounters with wildlife difficult negotiations among the men and one stunning vista after another of sunny blue gorgeousness 
2.5
Kon-Tiki
Donald Liebenson
While the wind goes out of its sails a few times along the way this is a ravishingly photographed old fashioned man against the elements adventure epic propelled by human scaled heroics 
3
Kon-Tiki
Roger Moore
An old fashioned true life adventure yarn old fashioned in all the best ways 
2.5
Kon-Tiki
Kyle Smith
It s a terrifically engaging throwback to the uplifting irony free outdoorsy 60s Disney yarns 
3
Kon-Tiki
Jeff Beck
Kon Tiki ends up being a little underwhelming lacking the strength that such a story deserves There are parts of it that work pretty well but sadly more often than not it leaves you feeling adrift 
2.5
Kon-Tiki
Rex Reed
One of the goals of a great outdoor epic is to keep you breathless with wonder Technically dramatically and cinematically awesome Kon Tiki delivers in spades 
3
Kon-Tiki
Chuck Bowen
It lacks the fire and eccentricity that we want from our stories of adventurers driven by obsessions that could be seen as egotistical or just plain bonkers 
2
Kon-Tiki
Kam Williams
A fitting tribute to the enviable exploits of the legendary Thor Heyerdahl 
4
Family in Transition
Roger Moore
Intimate and revealing documentary about a sex change and its impact on a family a brisk film that becomes somewhat abrupt in its later stages 
2.5
Mortal Engines
Steven Prokopy
Once we dive into the players and the events that have shaped them Mortal Engines is undeniably derivative of countless Hero s Journey based stories and hopelessly lacking in creative energy 
1.5
Mortal Engines
Matt Brunson
The plot is both daft and derivative and the commonplace YA elements end up overtaking the welcome WTF moments by the end But the world building is spectacular and almost makes this worth the price of admission 
2.5
Mortal Engines
Gary Thompson
A movie desperately short on emotion despite a bombastic score designed to cue them 
2.5
Mortal Engines
Katie Walsh
Visually it s busy hefty and propulsive but emotionally and thematically it s as light as air These engines could have used a bit more in the tank 
2
Mortal Engines
Kevin A. Ranson
the tepid main character of Hester is played underwhelmingly by newcomer Hera Hilmar a far cry from the Katniss Everdeens or Tris Priors in this genre as meaningful as your average Michael Bay Transformers sequel big loud pretty and hollow 
2
Mortal Engines
Sara Michelle Fetters
As interesting as this world is and as spectacularly realized as much of it might be at a certain point all of the missteps can t help but take an almost catastrophic toll 
2.5
Mortal Engines
James Berardinelli
One of the most impressive examples of world building in recent years surpassing such contenders as Valerian Cloud Atlas and even the recent Star Wars episodes 
3
Mortal Engines
Christian Toto
It s like nothing we ve seen before save the woke elements and Star Wars call outs 
2.5
Mortal Engines
Anne T. Donahue
Fortunately all of it is brilliantly and efficiently explained in an interesting and compelling way Just kidding 
1.5
Mortal Engines
Josh Terry
The visuals are fantastic and the world building leaves plenty to explore If Mortal Engines is by any chance successful enough to spawn a sequel let s just hope the story does a better job of staying in its own lane 
3
Mortal Engines
Robert Horton
There s a lot to look at here but not much to think about The story beats are so broad and the characters so bland that this movie wears you out well before the big finish despite the quirky touches 
2.5
Mortal Engines
Sara Stewart
Most of Mortal Engines is a wearying blast of CGI and genre cribbing 
1.5
Mortal Engines
Glenn Kenny
How did this truly crummy movie get made 
1.5
Mortal Engines
Michael O'Sullivan
The story is bloated and despite flashes of imagination overly familiar 
1.5
Mortal Engines
Mark Dujsik
Mortal Engines provides the look of a unique and striking world but in failing to go deeper than that it doesn t give us a convincing one 
2
Mortal Engines
Bruce DeMara
There is almost no character development the dialogue is stilted and the story itself is rather absurd 
2
Mortal Engines
Soren Andersen
Mortal Engines hasn t much in the way of originality other than its rolling city to distinguish it from other better post apocalyptic tales 
1
Mortal Engines
Sean P. Means
Mortal Engines rises and falls mostly rises on Weaving s cunning 
3
Mortal Engines
Rafer Guzman
An elaborate adventure epic with a fresh new cast and an appealing steampunk style 
3
Mortal Engines
David Lewis
There is fine craftsmanship on the screen and the acting is competent but the movie never quite reaches magical heights 
2
Mortal Engines
Chris Barsanti
After a while it all starts to feel like a showreel for the film s special effects team than an honest effort to tell a story 
1.5
Mortal Engines
Roger Moore
Fascinating eye candy that grinds to a halt in a third act instant 
2
Mortal Engines
Brian Truitt
The storytelling execution is just not totally there a flat tire on the highway to being the next big thing 
2.5
London Road
Chris Knight
It s an experiment you re unlikely to see the likes of again and a surprisingly upbeat take on a terrible tale sweetening the despair without diminishing its power 
3
London Road
Barry Hertz
Once Rufus Norris s film gets going it quickly reveals itself as a vibrant almost revolutionary work 
3.5
London Road
Bruce DeMara
What starts out like a documentary soon morphs into something quite odd but strangely compelling a social commentary of sorts about everyday people confronting a shocking and monstrous reality close to home 
2.5
London Road
Soren Andersen
All in all a brilliant piece of work 
3.5
London Road
J. R. Jones
London Road is a commanding at times hypnotic experience 
4
London Road
Mark Dujsik
What we have here is a pretty damning sociological study that happens to be set to music 
3
London Road
Pat Padua
London Road comes across as no more than tabloid karaoke 
2
London Road
Roger Moore
It doesn t all work but hey Tom Hardy SINGS 
2.5
London Road
Matt Zoller Seitz
These are the sorts of choices that a stage director makes when he is adapting a dark modern musical for film and has technique but no actual vision It s toolkit filmmaking 
2
London Road
Farran Smith Nehme
Mesmerizing 
3
21 Hours at Munich
David Nusair
undoubtedly a vast improvement over Spielberg s nigh unwatchable Munich 
2.5
Rock Bottom
Maitland McDonagh
It s not a pretty picture and it s hard not to come away hoping the best but expecting the worst for Corcoran s personable subjects 
3
The Fittest
Steve Rhodes
Always cute and sometimes downright hilarious 
2.5
Double Jeopardy
David Nusair
a slightly overlong yet mostly engrossing thriller 
3
Double Jeopardy
Judith Egerton
The script not rooted in logic leaves certain plot elements unexplained And when the ending arrives it s no surprise 
2
Double Jeopardy
Steve Rhodes
As a comedy with a couple of likable leads the movie delivers 
2.5
Double Jeopardy
Mark Caro
The picture itself is so nonsensical you don t understand why anyone would actually make it 
1.5
Double Jeopardy
Ross Anthony
It just doesn t flow giving the feel of too many writers and or directors 
1
Double Jeopardy
Jonathan Foreman
Visual lushness is almost the only indication that the movie was directed by the same Bruce Beresford who made Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy 
2.5
Double Jeopardy
Michael Dequina
The hook is all there is with nothing equally as interesting or surprising left to fill in the blanks 
2
Double Jeopardy
Susan Stark
Piles one loony twist on another with dizzying abandon when it s not bogged down drinking up scenery that has been exploited to a fare thee well on the big screen 
1
Double Jeopardy
Dustin Putman
A well made thriller to be sure but just about as banal as they come 
2
Double Jeopardy
Roger Ebert
This movie was made primarily in the hopes that it would gross millions and millions of dollars which probably explains most of the things that are wrong with it 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Brian Eggert
Wyatt has delivered what must be called the best Planet of the Apes film since the original 46 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Mattie Lucas
A breath of fresh air not only in the world of summer movies but as a reboot in general 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Jeff Beck
Had the second half of Rise of the Planet of the Apes not descended into silliness perhaps the film would have been a more worthy addition to the Apes legacy 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Sara Michelle Fetters
Somewhat shockingly the modern interpretation of mankind s downfall is actually pretty darn good 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Jordan Hiller
Only in a world where James Franco portrays Will Rodman a brilliant biochemist working for a pharmaceutical company can apes get the best of mankind 
2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Eric Melin
It stays true to the central metaphor of the original films and takes its time setting the story up so that when the apes finally do run amok we are totally invested in the story 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
David Roark
The original centered itself around some weighty ideas involving race politics and social class Those same ideas may exist here but director Wyatt doesn t really care 
1
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
John Beifuss
The familiar contagion plotline prevents the film from achieving the allegorical charm or cautionary impact of the 1968 original 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Michael Dequina
Andy Serkis once again gives a master class in expressive nuanced powerful physical acting 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
John Wirt
While 2011 s Rise of the Planet of the Apes doesn t achieve the near classic quality of 1968 s original Planet of the Apes it s close 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Lori Hoffman
while it has its moments of silliness the central premise of it s not nice to fool Mother Nature is well developed 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
a shrewd entertaining and even thoughtful film that is easily the best Apes film since the original
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Kam Williams
A feel good flick which proves that primates are people too 
4
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes may be my favorite summer popcorn movie 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
David Nusair
a fine start to a promising new series 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Glenn Lovell
A sort of How did they get so brainy backstory Rise disposes of the allegorical trappings and nuclear Armageddon theory of the original Now we identify with the ape army as organized and led by Caesar 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Matt Brunson
Created by WETA Digital and played by Andy Serkis Caesar is a CGI triumph although there s still an artificiality about the look that keeps the figure at a distance personally I found Serkis s performance in King Kong to be more effective 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Christian Toto
Consider Rise of the Planet of the Apes a belated apology for Tim Burton s misbegotten 2001 remake 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Mike McGranaghan
If you ve been underwhelmed by many of summer 2011 s big event movies treat yourself to one that actually exceeds all expectations 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Wilson Morales
With WETA s work and Andy Serkis performance Rise of the Planet of the Apes is one of the most thrilling films of the year 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Walter Chaw
Perverse terrifying hilarious in exactly the right way smart enough emotional enough and at the end uniquely satisfying in any number of hard to quantify ways 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Lisa Kennedy
Tthe movie has some plot point missteps But it seldom puts the brakes on a story that moves toward a furious ape human rumble not in a jungle but atop the Golden Gate Bridge 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Alison Gang
Gives contemporary audiences the chance to embrace this cultural phenomenon on their own terms with near total seriousness and superior special effects 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Stephen Whitty
What isn t here are any of the joys of the classic film 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Williams
It s faint praise to say that this is the best of the Planet of the Apes movies because the evolution of special effects and makeup was predictable But the unexpected strength of the film is its heart 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rick Groen
The running time is efficient the direction is clean the story is simple but resonant the effects are understated yet impressive and the near wordless star of the show puts on an acting clinic 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Willie Waffle
Some of the best special effects I have seen in 20 years 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Chris Hewitt
Take the rise in the title Rise of the Planet of the Apes to heart As in rising action 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Kyle Smith
They probably should have called it Beneath the Dignity of the Planet of the Apes but Rise of the Planet of the Apes is tolerable if you ll just keep in mind that the original feature was an overachieving B movie 
2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Michael O'Sullivan
The filmmakers seem to have spent so much attention and presumably money on getting the primates right that they completely forgot about the people 
2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Bob Bloom
The real stars of the movie are the CGI artists who have brought Caesar and the other primates to life 
3.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Mark Dujsik
A reminder that the most valuable special effects are the ones that convey a soul hiding behind artificial eyes 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dustin Putman
Should be commended for following the apocalyptic plot threads to their logical destination 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Jon Niccum
The movie does a fine job of making one actively root for the apes to win 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Claudia Puig
With its skillful blend of live action and motion capture technology it s a handsomely made prequel to familiar monkey business 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Mick LaSalle
It is not what could be fairly called a bad movie but neither is it fine enough to be a good one with its lineup of dull characters and a limp story that functions like a conveyor belt 
2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Michael Phillips
Swift and nimble like the rising ape at its center Rise of the Planet of the Apes is gratifyingly free of the usual big budget blockbuster weight and volume 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Travers
Rise of the Planet of the Apes rises and at times even soars all thanks to what human actors in league with computer technology can now achieve to bring the apes to life 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Lozito
If you re looking for a prequel to the Planet of the Apes franchise you re not going to do much better than this one 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ty Burr
You may like me skulk into the new Rise of the Planet of the Apes expecting the worst And you may like me be genuinely surprised by where this movie takes you 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Steven Rea
In the oeuvre of Planet of the Apes pics four sequels to the original and the 2001 Tim Burton directed remake Rise is certainly not the most interesting nor the most inventive But it s not risible either 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
James Berardinelli
The central problem with Rise of the Planet of the Apes is that it feels more like a piece of something larger than a complete motion picture 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ed Gonzalez
Faced with the horror of half assed material from which he can t escape James Franco allows himself to be steamrolled by his pet monkey 
2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Matt Pais
Either make the apes progression of power intense and frightening or ridiculous and fun Trying for both doesn t work 
2.5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Moira MacDonald
An odd blend of silly popcorn entertainment and sometimes startling poignancy 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Roger Ebert
One never knows exactly where the human ends and the effects begin but Serkis and or Caesar gives the best performance in the movie 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Howell
Wyatt s version scripted by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver who previously teamed for The Relic pays tribute to the original series without being bound by it 
3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Josh Larsen
offers one of the richest character arcs I ve seen in quite some time And I m talking about the chimpanzee 
3.5
State Property 2
Stephen Whitty
Seeing two truly rich characters battling for supremacy can have the power of a symphony Seeing two posses of dull thugs blasting away at each other has all the appeal of a CD single with a skip 
1.5
State Property 2
Terry Lawson
Dash s film is less the stuff cults are made of than fantasies 
2
State Property 2
David Hiltbrand
Dash can t decide whether he s making New Jack City or Friday 
1
State Property 2
Kyle Smith
You may call the film blingsploitation but its fun loving hoodlums know who s fooling whom 
3
State Property 2
Elizabeth Weitzman
At least Dash corralled every artist he knew into playing cameo roles so bored or confused fans can bide their time star spotting the likes of Mariah Carey Kanye West and Angie Martinez 
1
State Property 2
Ed Gonzalez
State Property 2 s daisy wheel of violence represents a reckless glorification of thug life 
1
Eli
Federico Furzan
It s undeniably bold but Eli feels like a trap that ultimately forgives its prey It s too safe of a horror movie Full review in Spanish 
2
Eli
David Nusair
A mostly interminable horror flick 
1.5
Eli
Brian Tallerico
We have no real idea what s going on through most of Eli which results in a film that is more often confusing than frightening 
2
Full River Red
Roger Moore
Longtime fans of one of China 8217 s greatest living filmmakers won 8217 t want to miss this one 46 It isn 8217 t every day that Zhang Yimou jokes around 46 You 8217 ll want to be there for every bloody punchline 46 
3
Full River Red
Simon Abrams
A few snappy comedy routines and a perpetually escalating mystery plot ensure that Zhang 8217 s latest never slows down nor retraces its steps long enough to feel monotonous 46 
3.5
Home Again
Bruce DeMara
All three actors acquit themselves well particularly Bent as Dunston a soulful man trying to leave his violent past behind 
3
Home Again
Kate Taylor
Rather improbably two of the three are handed happy endings so the requirements of drama do belatedly trump political lessons in Home Again 
2
Blame It on Rio
Matt Brunson
An empty headed screwball comedy 
2
Blame It on Rio
Roger Ebert
This movie is clearly intended to appeal to the prurient interests of dirty old men of all ages 
1
Along Came a Spider
Matt Brunson
Plotholes cripple the film 
2
Along Came a Spider
Margaret A. McGurk
Director Lee Tamahori and screenwriter Marc Moss treat their star and his character with all due respect and manage to turn out an engrossing entertaining movie in the process 
3
Along Came a Spider
David Nusair
A decent if entirely unmemorable followup to Kiss the Girls 
2.5
Along Came a Spider
Jon Niccum
Lee Tamahori keeps the pacing lively enough that he doesn t allow the audience time to linger on the many plot implausibilities
2.5
Along Came a Spider
Liam Lacey
There are popcorn movies and then there are movies like this one which by its conclusion make you want to toss your empty popcorn bag at the screen 
2.5
Along Came a Spider
Mark Dujsik
Gives Morgan Freeman a chance to once and for all prove that he could walk through a garbage heap and convince you it smells nice 
2
Along Came a Spider
Walter Chaw
You begin to feel like the butt of some absurd joke or embroiled in a wilfully obscure Buddhist koan What is the sound of one movie sucking 
1.5
Along Came a Spider
Marshall Fine
It s as if Moss has studied every bad cop show on TV since the beginning of the medium then distilled what he d heard into this screenplay 
2
Along Came a Spider
Jorge Avila Andrade
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2.5
Along Came a Spider
Michael Dequina
Sinks the fledgling franchise to new depths and quite possibly past the point of no return 
1.5
Along Came a Spider
James Kendrick
certainly competent as a suspense thriller but it never achieves any level beyond that
2.5
Along Came a Spider
David Keyes
so little makes sense and so much is left up to speculation that there isn t even an urge to get involved 
1.5
Along Came a Spider
Robert Roten
Aside from Cross and Rose none of the other characters in the film are very interesting 
2.5
Along Came a Spider
Mike McGranaghan
As with a magic show you know you are being fooled but you sit back and enjoy the illusion anyway 
3
Along Came a Spider
Rob Blackwelder
The kind of movie with so many suspension of disbelief high hurdles that any police officer federal agent or audience member with a stitch of common sense would likely snicker all the way through 
1.5
Along Came a Spider
Greg Dean Schmitz
what surprised me however is that ACAS knows about the criminal mastermind stereotype and throws us a twist that turns the whole film on its head 
3
Along Came a Spider
Harvey S. Karten
Psych 101 meets Phil 101 in a sophomoric thriller 
2
Along Came a Spider
Ross Anthony
Though a web is one of nature s most fascinating spectacles watching a spider weave one can be less than thrilling 
1.5
Along Came a Spider
Wesley Morris
Mindless 
1
Along Came a Spider
James Berardinelli
Sink under the weight of its own preposterousness despite the best efforts of the always effective Morgan Freeman to stave off disaster 
2
Along Came a Spider
Susan Stark
No matter how average the script the direction or the company any movie that stars Freeman is worth two hours and nearly 10 bucks 
2
Along Came a Spider
Roger Ebert
Man are you gonna be talking when you come out of this movie Saying things like but why and if she and wouldn t he and how come as you try to trace your way back through the twisted logic of the plot 
2
Along Came a Spider
Steve Rhodes
From the gripping action sequence that opens the movie until the last twist director Tamahori keeps the audience on the edge of their seats 
3
Along Came a Spider
Mary Kalin-Casey
Spider revisits too many worn out tuffets 
2.5
Along Came a Spider
Erik Childress
Where Kiss the Girls fell apart in the last ten minutes Along Came a Spider unweaves in the entire third act 
2
Along Came a Spider
Michael Wilmington
Freeman and even Alex Cross deserve better employment 
2.5
Along Came a Spider
Dustin Putman
Not completely agreeable but nonetheless it manages to somehow remain a strong entertainment 
2.5
Mountain
Matt Brunson
As an ocular treat Mountain is tremendous As an aural assault it is decidedly less so Perhaps akin to small children it is a film that should be seen but not necessarily heard 
2.5
Mountain
Joe Friar
The visually stunning documentary from director Jennifer Peedom deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible Even then the majesty of these wonderous landforms that reach for the heavens seems restrained by the rectangular partition 
3
Mountain
Mark Dujsik
Jennifer Peedom s Mountain is less a documentary and more an audio visual experience of images words and music 
2
Mountain
Walter V. Addiego
An exhilarating vision of many of the world s highest and most gorgeously photogenic peaks and the intrepid sorts who set out to conquer them 
3
Mountain
Peter Keough
The fusion of Beethoven s Emperor Concerto with an aerial shot of two human specks crossing an infinite blue and white ice sheet might elevate your spirit but only if Dafoe keeps still 
2
Mountain
Susan Wloszczyna
The mountains are alive with the sound of chamber music as well as Willem Dafoe s distinctive vocal intonations as a narrator in the essay style documentary Mountain 
3.5
Mountain
Gayle MacDonald
A visual and musical spectacle that showcases the majesty of nature and man s helplessness to it 
3
Two/One
Joey Magidson
Filmmaker Juan Cabral presents a muddled philosophical thesis about identity one that begins promisingly yet quickly loses its intrigue 
2
Into the Deep
Mark Dujsik
91 It 93 leaves us questioning far too much about the characters and their decisions 46 46 46 
1.5
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Roger Ebert
The sound is first rate for one thing and director Pierre Adidge has some idea of why Cocker electrifies a crowd 
3
Rich Hill
Kam Williams
The Rust Belt s New Normal depicted as a desolate depressed dystopia dotted with street urchins a tad too nave to appreciate their dire life prospects 
3
Rich Hill
Bob Bloom
As filmmakers Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo show these are not bad boys but troubled youths attempting to survive in environments in which it seems the cards are stacked against them 
3.5
Rich Hill
Liam Lacey
The confluence of poverty dysfunctional parenting and poor educational prospects makes the oft idealized small town life look like an incubator for failure no matter how high and spectacular the Fourth of July fireworks fly 
3
Rich Hill
Linda Barnard
The spare haunting score and intimate use of the camera brings us directly into the desperate lives of a country s poorest people struggling to find even occasional pride and sense of belonging 
3.5
Rich Hill
Michael O'Sullivan
Rich Hill doesn t just make you feel like you know these boys it makes you care about them 
4
Rich Hill
David Wiegand
What makes this elegy worth watching is the unfettered access to Andrew Appachey and Harley teenagers who are dealing with a hardscrabble existence in which role models are nowhere in sight 
2.5
Rich Hill
Loey Lockerby
Palermo and Tragos make it impossible to judge these kids or their parents There is no glossing over of anyone s failings just a straightforward acknowledgment that this is how life has turned out All that matters now is moving forward 
3.5
Rich Hill
Tirdad Derakhshani
Instead of drowning us with statistics they show us real lives flesh and blood people 
3.5
Rich Hill
Ty Burr
Rich Hill doesn t analyze or point to conclusions the only agenda is reminding us that these boys exist and millions like them and their sisters 
3.5
Rich Hill
Joe Williams
Perhaps the saddest thing about the film is the thought that nobody raised in Rich Hill could have made it 
3.5
Rich Hill
Kyle Smith
The title is a woozy irony The three high school boys portrayed in the documentary Rich Hill will never be rich though this gently heartbreaking film certainly is 
3.5
Rich Hill
Larisa Kline
There is something strange lingering throughout the film hope 
3
Rich Hill
Godfrey Cheshire
It emerges as an artistic statement as multi faceted nuanced and hauntingly original as any of its fictional counterparts 
4
Pixels
David Nusair
46 46 46 a fun 44 innovative premise that is 44 for the most part 44 employed to underwhelming and frequently tedious effect 46 46 46 
2
Pixels
Brian Eggert
The humor is juvenile and inane 44 the characters are unbelievable and over the top 44 and the overall temperament is childish 46 
1.5
Pixels
Frank Ochieng
Sure Pixels tries to recapture the glory days of 80s video game mania and wrap it into an off kilter disaster comedy that awkwardly borrows heavily from another 80s iconic big screen laugher we affectionately recognize as Ghostbusters 
1.5
Pixels
Tara Brady
It s a neat idea for a parody disaster film but it s wholly lost in this melange of underwritten characters and awful dialogue 
2
Pixels
John Beifuss
Poisoned by a noxious sexism that even Pac Man not to mention Ms Pac Man would find hard to swallow 
2.5
Pixels
Neil Rosen
Overall it is not a total misfire as some kids may like it However Sandler who is talented needs to start making some better movies 
2
Pixels
Richard Roeper
Pixels is devoid of cynicism and it has a cheerfully cheesy vibe and it s the kind of movie you ll forget about a week after seeing it 
2
Pixels
Linda Cook
There are two kinds of film fans Those who like Adam Sandler s sense of humor and those who don t 
1
Pixels
Lisa Kennedy
Nostalgia is a wonder and a cheat The right touchstone can make the most discerning movie goer forgive a film as lazy as Pixels Almost 
2
Pixels
Jessica Gibson
The movie can stuff in as many beloved arcade game characters as it wants but it will never compensate for its lazy storytelling awful characters blatant misogyny and deeply unsettling moral code 
0.5
Pixels
David Keyes
Though it ought to have inspired something tremendously amusing the movie functions like a rally of egos down at the story conference workshop 
1.5
Pixels
James Berardinelli
This is a film in which a viewer can be forgiven for rooting for the old video game icons to annihilate humanity God help us if the best savior we can muster is Sandler 
1
Pixels
Sean P. Means
Pixels is proof that you should never give a good idea to Adam Sandler for the same reason you don t let a toddler prepare an expensive lobster dinner because it s wasteful and will end with an unpalatable mess 
1.5
Pixels
Matt Brunson
Often playing like Ghostbusters if it had been made by Billy Bob Thornton s Slingblade character Pixels is sloppy in virtually every department 
1.5
Pixels
Glenn Lovell
soulless high concept comedy that aspires to be the new Ghostbusters Lacking a scintilla of imagination and charm it s more like a sci fi Deuce Bigelow All that s missing Rob Schneider on the sidelines urging You can do it 
1
Pixels
Willie Waffle
They should have gone full Sharknado campy 
.5
Pixels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It even has a few laughs and a few nostalgic riffs But eventually like an old arcade game the whole thing feels two dimensional and all surface 
2.5
Pixels
Mike McGranaghan
It s an undeniably silly picture but it s lovingly silly which makes it go down a lot more smoothly than you d expect 
3
Pixels
Scott Renshaw
Mostly this is a messy attempt to make a movie for 10 year olds built entirely on Gen X nostalgia requiring expository descriptions of every video game premise between the tossed off pop culture references 
1.5
Pixels
Rafer Guzman
Often fun and fanciful though kids may not get the endless 1980s references 
2.5
Pixels
John Serba
A collection of 1980s references in search of jokes 
1.5
Pixels
John Semley
Pixels is a movie without wit without jokes with nothing to say but plenty to regurgitate 
0.5
Pixels
Peter Sobczynski
When one considers how good this material might have been if placed in the right hands to see it squandered this way makes it almost more painful to view than the typical Sandler stinker 
1.5
Pixels
Anders Wright
All of this is in 80s speak like grody to the max 
1
Pixels
Mark Dujsik
T he statement and Kevin James as the President of the United States is the funniest thing about these actors presence here 
1
Pixels
Tom Russo
Pixels may feel flatter to kids of the 80s than it does to moviegoers too young to have known Pac Man from Ant Man 
1.5
Pixels
Peter Howell
While the concept is a cut above the usual Sandler swill the comedy isn t The script might as well have been penned by the same clueless aliens doing the invading 
2
Pixels
Jon Niccum
A sharper movie would have nailed these peripheral details but they re handled with lazy Sandlerian indifference 
2.5
Pixels
Chris Knight
A mildly amusing nostalgia trip and probably the funniest movie ever to feature both James and Adam Sandler Not a high bar 
2.5
Pixels
Joe Williams
Long before you ve gotten a nickel s worth of entertainment out of this dumb unfunny flick you ll be wishing for the flashing sign that says Game over 
1.5
Pixels
Dann Gire
With all this talent and built in market appeal why is Pixels such a shrill and shallow movie experience starved of wit intelligence emotion and snappy pacing 
1.5
Pixels
Kyle Smith
You get the feeling the boys spent the nine figure budget on trips to Hooters 
0.5
Pixels
Lawrence Toppman
A top contender for this year s title of Silly Satisfying Summer Cinema 
3
Pixels
Stephanie Merry
Sandler doesn t appear to be trying terribly hard and Gad gets sucked into that humor vacuum going after laughs with a palpable desperation and adopting Sandler s signature move of yelling for no apparent reason 
1.5
Pixels
Katie Walsh
Pixels is a blast of energetic fun the novelty of nostalgic video game characters as space invaders sustains the film thanks to the spectacularly executed and original effects 
2.5
Pixels
Peter Travers
I see Pixels as a 3D metaphor for Hollywood s digital assault on our eyes and brains Not funny Just relentless and exhausting 
1
Pixels
Moira MacDonald
Theoretically this could have been a lot of fun particular for those with fond memories of 80s video gamery 
1.5
Pixels
Dustin Putman
Unapologetically ridiculous and most definitely slight but neither of these traits takes away how fun it is Younger viewers may not understand most of the references but they will quickly be caught up in the pure adventure of it all as well 
2.5
Pixels
Peter Canavese
Resembles its own remarks about predictable patterns in the circuitry of arcade games here is a series of crass caricatures obvious setups and payoffs not to mention a woman problem further suffocated by overweening commercialism 
1.5
Pixels
Mick LaSalle
Though Pixels may be hard to respect or fully endorse it s also impossible to dislike 
2
Pixels
Rick Bentley
Pixels ends up having too many glitches to make it worth your quarters 
2
Pixels
Matt Pais
Sandler s character so frequently and lazily insults people that his name should be Judgy McDickFace 
0.5
Pixels
Roger Moore
Not the worst idea for a kid friendly comedy It might have worked had they built it around Dinklage and dumped Sandler and his cronies Dan Patrick et al 
1.5
Pixels
Stephen Whitty
You can see the calculations of the filmmakers Hey let s put in a cute kid Let s add a funny animated sidekick but you can t see why they wanted to make this film in the first place 
1.5
Pixels
Christopher Gray
This is a Happy Madison production and as such it s exhaustively lazy outside of its righteous dedication to the valorization of the man child 
1
Oldboy
Brian Eggert
A visceral brand of storytelling told with rich visuals impassioned functionality and poetic purpose 
4
Oldboy
Josh Larsen
seems to be about the awfulness and inhumanity of vengeance But watch how the film moves 
0.5
Oldboy
Nick Rogers
Banzai violence kin to Cast Away about a man at time s cruel whim Oldboy is an endurance test worth taking Its conclusion is the most sadistic and destructively wrathful since Seven and the point of no return has rarely shocked this much 
4
Oldboy
Felix Vasquez Jr.
One of the best imports I ve seen in a while 
3.5
Oldboy
Joe Lozito
Director Chan wook Park keeps the suspense going for as long as possible 
3
Oldboy
Maitland McDonagh
This is absolutely not a film for all tastes but it s a masterpiece of pitiless power whose audacious ambiguous climax strikes a note of insane romanticism as haunting as it is perverse 
4
Oldboy
Joshua Tanzer
Three couples were talking out loud as the film started But before I could give them the traditional New York Shut the Up the movie shut them the up for me 
4
Oldboy
David N. Butterworth
Wow 
4
Oldboy
Laura Kelly
Nightmarish Oldboy alternates between the captivating and the sickening 
3.5
Oldboy
Duane Dudek
It is the second in a trilogy of vengeance films for Park and has the jagged eloquence of an irrational impulse carried to an irresistible extreme 
3
Oldboy
Rob Thomas
A movie critic doesn t get to say this very often so he should take the opportunity when he can You have never seen anything like Oldboy before 
4
Oldboy
James Kendrick
a deeply passionate movie but its passion is the kind that gets splattered on walls
3.5
Oldboy
John Beifuss
The hero of this Kafkaesque nightmare could be anybody who feels abused raging against fate or God and discovering only absurdity and more horror 
3.5
Oldboy
Jeff Vice
Parts of the movie are luridly enthralling and its ugliness is strangely appealing at least to people with a high tolerance for such things Yet it pushes too many buttons and is filled with so many false endings that eventually it becomes tiresome 
2.5
Oldboy
Sean P. Means
So inventive its plot doesn t just twist but forms itself into a Mobius strip 
3.5
Oldboy
Phil Villarreal
A virulent heart shattering Korean revenge opus that deals out Promethean punishment to its central character 
3.5
Oldboy
John Hartl
The script reveals itself as an absurdly convoluted tale of betrayal and revenge 
2
Oldboy
Michael Sragow
Despite its director s skill at staging trash with dash Oldboy is too long and portentous to be an enjoyable B movie 
2
Oldboy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even if for some reason astute viewers do predict the ending Oldboy still fills the screen with enough show stopping images to put an entire circus out of work 
3.5
Oldboy
Rob Blackwelder
Fills the screen with enough show stopping images to put an entire circus out of work 
3.5
Oldboy
Geoff Pevere
While one might argue that it loses credibility and impact as it reaches further along the ledge of outrageous tummy churning plot developments there s no denying the turbulence it creates 
3
Oldboy
Walter V. Addiego
Deserves to be seen because of its relentless energy the acting by Choi Min sik that strikes a genuinely tragic note amid the mayhem and cartoonish excess and the director s clear conviction that this wild story will resonate 
3
Oldboy
David Elliott
Much of it is well made capably acted and photographed 
3
Oldboy
Mary F. Pols
I watched every frame attentively and my mind was engaged with the story but my heart was never in it 
3
Oldboy
Ty Burr
For a while though this is as invigorating and as darkly funny as modern rogue moviemaking gets 
3
Oldboy
Jeanne Aufmuth
Carefully crafted chaos cloaked in gloriously gruesome color 
3.5
Oldboy
Marty Mapes
There is a beautiful symmetry about the story
4
Oldboy
Terry Lawson
A revenge film like none you have seen 
3
Oldboy
Walter Chaw
Reaps its full portion of machismo s horrors and hosannas 
4
Oldboy
Rudy Joggerst
May be a cinematic highlight right now but it is destined to become a classic in years ahead 
4
Oldboy
Peter Canavese
The director s Fincher esque style may finally beat out intellectual substance but it s a fair fight grounded in the existential horror of essential emotional truths 
3.5
Oldboy
Jan Stuart
You will either feel mollified by the hysterically moral denouement or feel offended by the filmmaker s strategy of debasement which reduces the audience to the mongrel like prostration of its protagonist 
2.5
Oldboy
Roger Ebert
Oldboy is a powerful film not because of what it depicts but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare 
4
Oldboy
V.A. Musetto
An adrenalin rush that will keep you buzzing for days 
4
Oldboy
Bob Strauss
It is not a pleasant movie but it s close to a great one 
3
Oldboy
Peter Travers
An explosively exciting psychosexual revenge drama from Korean powerhouse Park Chanwook that makes movies feel alive again 
3.5
Oldboy
James Berardinelli
Oldboy is consistently compelling 
3
Oldboy
David Sterritt
A cat and mouse game as mysterious as it is sinister 
3
Oldboy
Michael Wilmington
It s a movie of such jaw dropping violence wild improbability and dazzling style it overpowers all resistance 
4
Oldboy
Glenn Kenny
I don t think it s a stretch to say that once the picture gets into Hollywood s bloodstream it could well prove to be as influential as John Woo s 1989 crime thriller The Killer 
3.5
Oldboy
Rene Rodriguez
Old Boy may be too extreme for its characters to truly engage you but it is safe to say you will not be bored 
3
Oldboy
David Nusair
the movie just isn t that good 
2.5
Oldboy
Jeremy Heilman
Even if Old Boy only intermittently coheres into a whole there are enough must see moments here that the film is sure to become a cult hit 
2.5
Oldboy
Ed Gonzalez
The suffocating Oldboy s existentialist angst promises sophisticated returns only to spiral into callous Identity territory 
2
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Matt Brunson
Norman centers on a man who by all logic should be too insufferable and impossible to follow Yet thanks to Joseph Cedar s writing and Richard Gere s emoting Norman Oppenheimer is instead a figure worthy of attention and sympathy 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Jeff Mitchell
Gere and Cedar make Norman a definite BUY 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Rob Thomas
Cut beneath the financial wheeling and dealing and Norman is a surprisingly thoughtful film 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Lisa Jensen
The story feels a bit hollow As sympathetic as Gere often is his character is written as an empty archetype who can t quite sustain the whole movie 
2.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Mark Sommer
It s wholly unexpected just as Gere s understated and thoughtful portrayal of Norman s ambitions insecurities and delusions will be for some viewers 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s an achievement in plotting that s an utter failure of character writing 
2
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Moira MacDonald
Gere who somehow seems to make himself physically smaller here creates a character both infuriating and endearing 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Roger Moore
Gere is brilliant in this character study satire of Manhattan s Mobius loop of Jewish power influence and interests 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Calvin Wilson
Norman may be a mere wannabe but Norman is a small gem 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Ann Hornaday
Is Norman a macher a schnorrer or a mensch Thanks to the filmmaker s sensitive touch and Gere s sympathetic performance he gets to be all three And that calls for mazel tovs all around 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Peter Canavese
Norman s thoughtful dramatic construction built around a central symbol of a pair of shoes addresses politician s voracious desire to go places ever outpacing forethought of where that ambition will take them 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Simon Houpt
Gere delightfully soft shoes his way through Norman surfacing the character s loneliness without unduly exploiting it 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Chris Knight
Gere almost 70 but still spry manages to be at once likeable and infuriating in the role of Norman We may question the means to that moderate rise but surely he doesn t deserve such a tragic fall either 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Peter Howell
Gere deserves to be remembered at awards time 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Ty Burr
Gere revels in the nuances of the role in its attention to both detail and larger affect this really is one of his finest performances 
2.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Gary Thompson
In Norman Richard Gere gives the most maddening annoying performance of his career all by design 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Anita Katz
An entertaining lead performance engages us in the manic world of a protagonist who in real life we d want to shoo away But too much plot and not enough cohesiveness undermine the movie s emotional impact and narrative clarity 
2.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Richard Roeper
Gere s work in Norman is to be treasured It s one of the best performances in any movie this year 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Dann Gire
Norman possesses no core values we can detect no personal history we can be sure of and no sense of ethics we can confirm Tragically we can t empathize with such a shape shifting character we know so little about 
2
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Rex Reed
Mr Gere saves the day investing Norman with sad quirky mannerisms and a variety of desperate character revelations that make him tragic and lovable at the same time 
2.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Michael Phillips
Gere has never been better more alive on screen 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Mick LaSalle
Gere cast against type couldn t be better In a career of only good performances this is one of his best 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Christy Lemire
In Richard Gere s deft veteran hands Norman Oppenheimer is consistently completely fascinating You may not be able to root for him but you can t help but feel for him 
3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Jordan Hoffman
A minor New York masterpiece 
4
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Stephen Whitty
The result is a rewarding study of a man trying desperately to escape his own insignificance and a beautiful nuanced piece of acting by Richard Gere 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Peter Travers
Gere tones down his star charisma and hits a new career peak as a Jewish fixer on the ropes in Joseph Cedar s compulsively watchable character study 
3.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Kenji Fujishima
Writer director Joseph Cedar charts Norman s rise and fall arc with the attention to detail of a procedural 
3
The Amityville Horror
Peter T. Chattaway
The best thing I can say about Andrew Douglas s remake of The Amityville Horror is that it gave me a reason to track down the original film 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Kurt Loder
The movie s only aspiration is to be a jacked up re jiggering of a name brand horror classic It sets out to be not just schlock but pre chewed schlock 
1
The Amityville Horror
Jorge Avila Andrade
Douglas logra varios momentos de tensión en los que si se va al cine con la suficiente intención de disfrutar la película llega a generar uno que otro buen susto 
3
The Amityville Horror
Roger Ebert
The problem with The Amityville Horror is that in a very real sense there s nothing there 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
James Kendrick
there is so much effort to explain everything to supply reasons for things that don t need them and therefore cannot sustain them that the film folds in on itself
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sorry gang but 2005 s variation on 1979 s original is no more successful or scary than that bizarrely popular film was 
1
The Amityville Horror
David Keyes
The remake does absolutely nothing to modify or improve upon its predecessor which makes it completely pointless 
1
The Amityville Horror
Peter Canavese
Begin by blaming leads that lack charisma outside of their model bodies move on to the cheap technique of pounding soundtrack blasts arrive at the comically clichéd script 
.5
The Amityville Horror
Larry Ratliff
Only the eerie relationship with youngest daughter Chelsea and an imaginary friend with a bullet hole in the forehead rings up any real psychological terror 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Greg Maki
It s come to this a horror movie devoid of scares suspense mood atmosphere everything a successful horror movie needs 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Douglas rushes through everything building a monotonous anxious hum without mixing it up or giving the audience a break 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Matt Brunson
I ve seen episodes of Sesame Street that were more frightening than this generic junk 
1
The Amityville Horror
Frank Ochieng
Douglas feels like conjuring up a cliched creep show that has all the eerie vibes of a creaking screen door in need of some oil on its rusty hinges 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Mike McGranaghan
The Amityville Horror throws one gruesome image after another at the audience without the benefit of any context It doesn t help that the acting is really bad 
1
The Amityville Horror
Tyler Hanley
The snore inducing lack of real thrills and a storyline that seriously strains believability make Amityville harder to watch than it is to pronounce 
1
The Amityville Horror
Collin Souter
It has the right idea to remake a movie that was bad and try to make it better It succeeds quite a bit in that respect but that s not saying much 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Scott Nash
Anything but a horror except in terms of good storytelling 
.5
The Amityville Horror
Jonathan R. Perry
Michael Bay should have been strung up by his Buster Browns for getting the Big Idea of exploiting the DeFeo tragedy for a new generation Let this family rest in peace 
1
The Amityville Horror
Christian Toto
This Horror is slick supernatural and stale
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Michael A. Smith
The shocks are many and well delivered I dare you not to jump at least once 
3
The Amityville Horror
Nick Schager
A smorgasbord of strobe lights screeching soundtrack noises and silly specters 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Peter Howell
Brevity is the single best thing about it 
2
The Amityville Horror
Moira MacDonald
In theory this should all be scary but it just isn t You giggle at the B movie cheesiness of it 
.5
The Amityville Horror
Ruthe Stein
It retains the cheesy look of the 1979 original pure schlock not gussied up to appear to be anything else 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
David Elliott
When characters are this stupid in a story it s either a comedy or an insult for asking viewers to be just as stupid in response 
0
The Amityville Horror
Carla Meyer
Is it scarier than the original No despite souped up visuals by commercial and music video director Andrew Douglas making his feature film debut 
2
The Amityville Horror
Peter Travers
This house springs so many FX shocks it plays like a theme park ride Result It s not scary just busy 
1
The Amityville Horror
James Berardinelli
In a ghost story the narrative doesn t have to be a model of originality or coherence but it needs to support the scares In The Amityville Horror the writing is so bad that it detracts from the boo moments and creepy interludes 
2
The Amityville Horror
Lisa Rose
The startling thing about the remake is that it s one of the better horror films to hit screens in recent months thanks to its refusal to take itself too seriously 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Lou Lumenick
Shoddily made boring and most shockingly without a single decent scare 
0
The Amityville Horror
Bob Strauss
It doesn t exactly just lie there it s too smash edited and over cameraworked for that but it does represent just how flavorless commercial horror product has gotten 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Connie Ogle
Moviegoers are more cynical now than they were in 1979 and most will laugh off the moments meant to be tense You can t really blame them 
2
The Amityville Horror
Jack Mathews
A cut to order MTV hack attack Audiences will be stunned not because they have been frightened but by how obvious and safe the whole thing is 
2
The Amityville Horror
Bruce Westbrook
Like good drive in fare from the 70s this is all about sensation 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Rick Groen
A sustained if wildly unco ordinated assault on our senses our emotions are clearly not on his battle map complementing those feverish jump cuts with a cliché of equally stunning proportions 
0
The Amityville Horror
Josh Larsen
it all seems a bit silly when things easily could have been avoided simply by moving out 
2
The Amityville Horror
John Monaghan
The latest in a long line of cheap horror film remakes that combine familiar names and stories with slash cut editing and computer generated effects 
2
The Amityville Horror
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately it s not awful in the sort of way that allows it to be dumb fun nor does it provide any scares or laughs intentional or otherwise that might make it watchable 
1
The Amityville Horror
Lawrence Toppman
The movie starts losing brain cells almost at once 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Wesley Morris
Not content to remake an old mediocre horror movie this Amityville takes its cues from current mediocre horror movies too This one is frightening only if you can t remember the last throwaway movie that leaned on all the same tricks 
1
The Amityville Horror
Sean P. Means
Anyone who would enjoy this garbage probably delights in pulling the wings off flies 
0
The Amityville Horror
Sean O'Connell
On almost every level this remake is a marked improvement 
3
The Amityville Horror
Jon Niccum
These aren t things that go bump in the night unless bump means knocking you over the head with a sledgehammer 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Sarah Chauncey
Despite its flaws The Amityville Horror is good at scaring the popcorn out of your hand 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Nicole Perri
The additional gore and short attention span editing might make Amityville more appealing to today s audience but the film can t scare up more than a few frights 
2
The Amityville Horror
Chuck O'Leary
With the new Bay produced remake of The Amityville Horror a middling horror film from 1979 has been remade into something truly atrocious in 2005 
1
The Amityville Horror
Willie Waffle
has everything you want from a scary movie and Reynolds is a star waiting to break out
3
The Amityville Horror
Steve Rhodes
Unless this is your very first horror movie you are much more likely to be bored to death than scared to death 
1
The Amityville Horror
Erik Childress
When we hear mom uttering he tortured Indians on my land like an Irish Frontierswoman from the 1800s its time to wrap things up as quickly as possible
2
The Amityville Horror
Duane Dudek
Its more potent quality is as a portrait well crayon drawing actually of the tendency of the traumatized male psyche toward violence 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Claudia Puig
In this Amityville the performances are bad the special effects ho hum and it s not even particularly scary 
1
The Amityville Horror
David Sterritt
This remake stays close to the eponymous 1979 horror movie it s based on except for being precisely 10 000 times scarier 
3
The Amityville Horror
David Hiltbrand
Despite Andrew Douglas tightly focused direction this is a cheap calculated scare 
2
The Amityville Horror
Dustin Putman
Why bother ratcheting up suspense with unseen forces and horrors of the psyche when you can just show actors in makeup instructed to look spooooooky 
1.5
The Amityville Horror
Gene Seymour
The movie is a procession of unregenerate B level goosing But there s definitely a smirk beneath the muck 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Phoebe Flowers
It s also the first utterly jaw clenchingly scary movie of the year 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Chris Hewitt
You might think The Amityville Horror is just a copy of the 1979 original but there s much more to it than that It s also a knockoff of at least four other movies and one music video 
1
The Amityville Horror
Kit Bowen
OK I admit it movies about demonic houses scare me a little I mean we ve all at one time or another stared long and hard at the attic and or basement door haven t we 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
David Nusair
46 46 46 watchable yet entirely disposable 46 46 46 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Nick Rogers
Shorter and sillier than the original but easily more entertaining this version feels like less like a documentary of supernatural events than a piece of nasty pulp horror 
2.5
The Amityville Horror
Walter Chaw
When filmmakers leave nothing to the imagination you re left with the product of their imaginations 
0.5
The Amityville Horror
Phil Villarreal
Things don t go bump in the night in this movie they wake you up introduce themselves and pull up a chair for a cup of coffee 
2
The Amityville Horror
Sean McBride
I ll go so far as to say that the new Amityville Horror is better than the original film a great example of just how effective genre filmmaking can be when it s done right 
3
Gaslight
Wesley Lovell
Gaslight may have been well regarded in its day having won two Academy Awards alongside its Best Picture nomination but its the films entry into the modern lexicon through the term gaslighting that has refined its place in cinema 
4
Gaslight
Matt Brunson
Director George Cukor successfully implements the proper atmosphere of claustrophobia and dread aided by Joseph Ruttenberg s camerawork and the Oscar winning set design 
3.5
Gaslight
Josh Larsen
Overwrought to contemporary eyes perhaps but still troubling and in its own way powerful 
3
Gaslight
Eric Henderson
Gaslight ultimately adds up to very little in the psychological mind department 
2.5
Gaslight
James Berardinelli
Beautifully filmed in a gloomy atmospheric black and white Gaslight exhibits all the classic visual elements of 40s film noir 
3
Children of the Corn
Walter Chaw
Well directed if stolid 
2.5
Children of the Corn
Matt Brunson
A promising premise is ultimately no match for slapdash visuals effects dunderheaded protagonists and amateurish performances from some of the younger actors 
2
Children of the Corn
David Keyes
This is not a story that was ever destined to work on film 
1
Children of the Corn
Peter Canavese
It s a look it has to be said corny B horror flick with a certain je ne sais WTF about it Blu ray 
1.5
Children of the Corn
Collin Souter
It just gets sillier and sillier with each passing year 
2
The LEGO Batman Movie
Brian Eggert
The sequel is the very definition of too much of a good thing 
2
The LEGO Batman Movie
David Gonzalez
Despite the films flaw of its rapid pacing of jokes 44 The LEGO Batman Movie may not be the Batman film we wanted but surely the Batman film we needed 46 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Matt Brunson
What initially appears to be a facile if fun piece of entertainment actually deepens as it progresses 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Sarah Knight Adamson
The Lego Batman Movie is fun and funny but not quite as awesome as its predecessor 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
George M. Thomas
A word of advice lower your expectations and take the children anyway 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Wesley Lovell
This may be the most thought provoking Batman movie to date If not it s certainly the most vital look at the psychological makeup of the character 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Walter Chaw
A low bar for inauthenticity and by the third or fourth joke about how corny the old TV show is you remember the old TV show had more meta intelligence in any ten minutes of a given episode than the whole of this exhausting exercise 
1.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
David Nusair
a fairly misguided endeavor that grates more often than it entertains 
1
The LEGO Batman Movie
John Serba
Exists to let the air out of Batman s balloon of pretention real loud and fast so it makes that awesome flatulent BLAPALAPALAP noise 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
John Beifuss
A dizzying bouncing batarang of colorful and kaleidoscopic digital animation that lacks the alternate world Lego centricity that made the earlier feature distinctive in theme as well as design 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
John Hanlon
Like The LEGO Movie this film is exciting fresh and a pure delight for the whole family 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
James Kendrick
the hectic pace and sensory overload feels like a cover if they throw enough stuff at us we won t care how much of it doesn t work because we can t keep up anyway
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Fast funny and pleasingly drunk on the joys of mockery this animated superhero spoof takes its not so dark knight on a zany adventure that should bring a smile to Adam West s face 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Linda Cook
Bam Biff 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Regardless of your age gender or other defining characteristics if you are even remotely interested in Batman you can have a grand old time at this funny charming picture 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Subversive intelligent and very funny LEGO Batman is a refreshing satire of the Batman story Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Josh Larsen
confirms my contention that Batman is the most compelling of all superhero characters 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Chris Knight
Funny frantic entertainment that zips along for 104 minutes and won t leave you humming some dreadful earworm of a song No assembly required 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
As spinoffs go this one has more than its fair share of super moments and with so many seemingly sturdy building blocks in place I m curious to see how the studio will continue to piece these LEGOs together in the future 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maybe this is what Zack Snyder s DC Universe needed a little color a little zing a little cleverness a little humor and a little heart 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Stephen Rebello
Although the second Lego movie doesn t deliver the surprisingly deep emotion or high wire brilliance of the Phil Lord and Chris Miller directed first let alone the relentless earworm Everything Is Awesome it will do very nicely 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
James Berardinelli
Overall The Lego Batman Movie offers enough action and silliness to enthrall children while providing sufficient pop culture and Batman through the years references to keep adults entertained 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Christian Toto
If you fondly remember Bat Shark Repellent Spray have we got a movie for you 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Roger Moore
The novelty s worn off and it s kind of a drag at 104 minutes but it s still amusing 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Barry Hertz
Basically it s a standard issue Batman narrative arguably better than 50 per cent of history s other Batman films that just happens to take place in a Lego fied world 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Michael Smith
There is real warmth that develops in these relationships with a depth that is balanced by the rapid fire humor mix 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Katie Walsh
Quite possibly the best Batman movie ever made if not a close runner up to Batman Returns 
4
The LEGO Batman Movie
Mark Dujsik
The LEGO Batman Movie takes itself and its hero seriously enough that it s one of the better cinematic Batman adventures without sacrificing an onslaught of pinpoint humor 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Peter Howell
First time director Chris McKay late of the Cartoon Network s Robot Chicken throws at the screen seemingly everything his committee of screenwriters scripted 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Kyle Smith
The movie slams the comedy pedal to the floor racing through so many visual and verbal gags that it begs to be watched more than once 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Christopher Schobert
This mini Dark Knight might not be the Batman we deserve but he s certainly the one we need right now 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Rob Thomas
Somehow along the way it ends up being one of the better Batman movies whether made of flesh or plastic 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Bob Bloom
The LEGO Batman Movie is a colorful fast paced confection that will entertain children and adults It brings some light to the usually dark DC cinematic universe 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Susan Wloszczyna
It soon becomes apparent that not everything is quite as awesome this time around 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Jody Mitori
Michael Keaton and Christian Bale are the best George Clooney and Ben Affleck are among the worst But Will Arnett is by far the funniest 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a story with heart heady humor and action parts that snap together with a satisfying click like well you know what 
4
The LEGO Batman Movie
Jeff Beck
With more concentration on the emotional foundation this could have been a great animated adventure to rival its predecessor but with a focus that s more on the flashy action it ends up being a somewhat plodding experience 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Tom Russo
Bat mythology has rarely been riffed on as comprehensively or with such goofy randomness 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Peter Travers
The Lego Batman Movie animated with love and lunacy is the funniest Caped Crusader movie ever 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Tony Hicks
Will Arnett is the greatest Batman ever and The LEGO Batman Movie may be the greatest Batman movie ever 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Moira MacDonald
Kids will enjoy the vivid colors and clever use of Lego shapes the characters shake hands by interlocking their pieces as well as the dialogue which has the cheery slapdash feel of having been written by extremely clever 12 year olds 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Cameron K. McEwan
This is a movie that will be enjoyed heartily and repeatedly Oh and you ll be surprised at just how funny watching Batman wait on his microwave is 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Michael Phillips
I enjoyed it well enough 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Dann Gire
The creators of The Lego Batman Movie could never have anticipated that their manic animated kids toy comedy would become the most prescient overtly political movie of the 21st century so far 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Richard Roeper
I ll take Lively Plastic Animation over Wooden Live Action any day 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
David Frese
Even though it s squarely targeting kids and the parents who accompany them Lego Batman serves as a refreshing palate cleanser after the dour Batman v Superman and the often inchoate Suicide Squad 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Rick Bentley
The movie is enough fun that it will be a good one to buy on DVD That s the only way to enjoy all the jokes and see the massive amount of characters who populate this latest brick built world from LEGO 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Rene Rodriguez
This thoughtful funny deconstruction of comic book movies is steeped in a deep affection for the genre 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Rafer Guzman
Though this spinoff has less heart than The Lego Movie the nonstop pace and dazzling animation once again by Animal Logic should make it a crowd pleaser 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Peter Hartlaub
The Lego Batman Movie is less awesome than its predecessor but it s a clever well paced self aware and completely satisfying kind of less awesome 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Peter Canavese
Full to bursting with Easter Eggs for longtime Batman fans Zany frantically paced and busy busy busy For some that will be a bit exhausting especially in brain fatiguing LEGO construction block animation 
2.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Brian Truitt
The not so Dark Knight returns in the joyously bonkers The Lego Batman Movie and he s not only the hero we need right now but also the one we deserve 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Dustin Putman
It s conceptually ambitious It s insatiably energetic The writing is abuzz with shrewd wit Best of all it triumphantly stakes a claim on the legacy of Batman while standing apart as its own singular entity 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Stephen Whitty
Maybe Warner Bros should make all their DC movies with Legos 
3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Kam Williams
A mix of mirth and mayhem so mesmerizing it s easy to forget you re watching LEGO figures More fun than a barrel of monkeys not that anybody still gets a kick out of watching primates at play 
4
The LEGO Batman Movie
Phil Villarreal
Will Arnett has somehow become the greatest Batman of all time by simply using his voice 
3.5
The LEGO Batman Movie
Jake Cole
The film is an unbroken chain of one liners sight gags and pop culture references and the hit to miss ratio is high 
3
The Core
Kevin Carr
Bombastic and ridiculous 44 this bonkers action movie is a lot of fun as a throwback to science versus nature thrillers of the past 46 
2.5
The Core
Matthew Rozsa
Although the acting is top notch 44 the rest of quot The Core quot is too clich 233 and bloated to be enjoyable 46 46 46 the bigger problem with quot The Core quot is that the information that it presents to audiences as legitimate science is 44 quite simply 44 bunk 46 
1.5
The Core
David Nusair
pervasive mediocrity 
2
The Core
Lori Hoffman
The Core ain 8217 t your grandma 8217 s journey to the center of the earth 
3
The Core
Greg Maki
The Core is really nothing more than a special effects show but for the most part they aren t exactly special 
1.5
The Core
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sadly that s not the case Cooper Lane and Jon Rogers script is paint by numbers at best and Amiel directs as if his attention is firmly rooted somewhere else like on his next project 
2
The Core
Wesley Lovell
What the film suffers from is a lack of direction a lackadaisical pace and effects that don t get the blood pumping 
2.5
The Core
Tyler Hanley
Call it Armageddon inside out 
1.5
The Core
Jorge Avila Andrade
Simple pelcula palomera de la cual no se van a acordar nada a los cinco minutos de haber abandonado la sala de proyeccin 
2.5
The Core
David Keyes
a generally watchable but somewhat disjointed effort that always knows where it is going even if the destination itself lacks all the luster of a true disaster epic 
2.5
The Core
Mike McGranaghan
When we are living in a post terrorism era and in a current war situation it s kind of nice to sit down and watch a movie in which everyone is worrying about something we in the audience really don t have to worry about 
3
The Core
Ian Mantgani
It ends up going on and on 
2
The Core
Josh Gilchrist
The film is an enjoyable vestige of the B movies of yesterday not just in storyline but in cheap looking effects But with an 85 million budget one wonders why the filmmakers voluntarily chose to make it look cheap 
2.5
The Core
Frank Ochieng
Despite the boisterous production values of this overwrought and unevenly irreverent disaster B movie The Core never really shows us anything worth exploring under its nonsensical albeit volatile crusty surface 
2
The Core
Mark Dujsik
I d be willing to recommend the movie if not for the moments in which the screenwriters try and add some kind of depth to the story through its characters moments that are awkward even for this material 
2.5
The Core
Jonathan R. Perry
A dumb insanely predictable apocalyptic thriller that somehow manages to be enormously entertaining 
3
The Core
John Beifuss
Old fashioned heroism and self sacrifice Good guys who use brains not brawn No kissing 
3
The Core
Tony Toscano
It was just plain fun and entertaining 
3
The Core
Mark Ramsey
Why all these strange happenings It seems our electromagnetic field is falling apart And so by the looks of her is our Sally Field 
1
The Core
Steve Rhodes
It s hilariously bad but hilarious nonetheless 
3
The Core
Dustin Putman
Preposterously dumb and often more dull than not 
1.5
The Core
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The details in the film leave a lot to be desired and the script rips open many more holes than it seals up 
1.5
The Core
Claudia Puig
Jules Verne this isn t but it makes for fairly diverting escapist fare 
2
The Core
Chris Hewitt
The Core would be a better movie if it were worse 
1.5
The Core
Peter Bernard
The screenplay is so hackneyed that you can call out which of the heroic crew will be the next to go 
2
The Core
Moira MacDonald
Scientists may shudder but at least some good actors are getting work 
2
The Core
Mick LaSalle
The Core works because the characters are idiosyncratic enough to seem authentic but not so zany that they seem contrived 
3
The Core
David Elliott
The Core a splurge of teamwork on screen and behind it is so crazily improbable that it becomes madly believable 
3
The Core
Joe Baltake
I never thought I d see the day when I would write that someone like Qualls acts circles around Tucci Jenkins or Lindo some of our best actors 
2
The Core
Peter Travers
Unblushingly tacky and derivative 
2
The Core
Duane Dudek
The Core is a bore 
1.5
The Core
Glenn Whipp
This engagingly idiotic disaster movie can be a hoot at times although it runs out of steam about a half hour before it s over 
2
The Core
Robert W. Butler
A dumb movie made enjoyable by witty performances and snappy dialogue 
2.5
The Core
Jeff Vice
The moon may not be made of cheese but The Core sure is 
2.5
The Core
Lawrence Toppman
You d have to go back to 1950s B movies maybe to Bugs Bunny s encounter with Marvin the Martian to find sillier science 
1.5
The Core
Wesley Morris
The Core is such a feat of go for broke heroism and you gotta be kiddin me ridiculousness that it almost qualifies as a feel good diversion with just a quarter of the runaway jingoism of your average disaster extravaganza 
3
The Core
Josh Larsen
essentially a pleasure cruise through a quarry 
2
The Core
Guylaine Cadorette
Like the terranauts grinding their way through Earth s layers to get to the planet s core The Core laboriously plods through the storyline to get to its climax and both are equally uneventful 
2
The Core
Sean P. Means
Employs technology that lands on the you gotta be kidding scale just above Buckaroo Banzai but below Austin Powers 
3
The Core
Liam Lacey
The only pressing burden in this deep interior world is the question What in or on Earth is a cast this good doing in a movie this ridiculous 
1
The Core
John Monaghan
The Core follows such a familiar path that you can predict not only which crew members are going to be martyred but in what order 
2
The Core
Lou Lumenick
No one s going to confuse The Core with art or even a good film but it s 25 minutes longer than The Hours and I had at least 25 times as much fun 
2.5
The Core
Roger Ebert
I have such an unreasonable affection for this movie indeed that it is only by slapping myself alongside the head and drinking black coffee that I can restrain myself from recommending it 
2.5
The Core
Nick Schager
A lumbering mishmash of recent disaster flicks that s as aggressively loud and obnoxious as it is tiresomely stupid 
1.5
The Core
Phil Villarreal
This film will self destruct 
1.5
The Core
Erik Childress
Fire Water Air Earth Whatever Everyone is so out of their element with The Core that not even Milla Jovovich could save it 
0.5
The Core
Glenn Lovell
For all its predictability and cornball heroics this adventure is as sleek and efficient as its inner spacecraft 
3
The Core
Tor Thorsen
In the realm of guilty pleasures few are guiltier than The Core 
2.5
The Core
Steven Rea
The Core is unabashed Hollywood spectacle but with a cast of up from indie actors that makes the cataclysmic kitsch all the more fun to behold 
3
The Core
Jeffrey Westhoff
Everyone involved knows how far fetched the plot is so they present the adventure with a playful sense of humor 
3
The Core
Michael Wilmington
Good science fiction awakens a sense of awe and even mediocre sci fi sometimes manages wonder But The Core does neither 
2
The Core
Bob Bloom
The film s only unknown is in what order the crew members will make their ultimate sacrifice so their comrades can complete their mission 
1.5
The Core
Walter Chaw
A sense of its own ridiculousness doesn t go all the way in assuaging its bad taste 
2.5
The Core
Matt Brunson
The pedestrian script isn t as compelling as the special effects 
2.5
The Core
Rob Blackwelder
The exact same shopworn characters die in the exact same order The simplest laws of physics are utterly ignored The Core is beyond idiotic 
0.5
The Core
James Berardinelli
So howlingly awful that it has unwittingly found a place in that elite group of films that can claim to be so bad they re good 
2.5
The Core
Ross Anthony
Well acted and fun makes a great springboard for conversation in any science class and a good old fashioned night out at the movies 
2.5
Clover
Cate Marquis
CLOVER is not as clever as it thinks it is but it benefits from a strong cast 
2
Clover
Simon Abrams
While Clover may not be original it is pretty watchable 
2.5
Clover
Mark Dujsik
The main issue is that director Jon Abrahams never decides upon the movie s tone 
2
Clover
Roger Moore
Precious little of it connects makes sense or leads anywhere 
1
Tyler Perry's What's Done in the Dark - The Play
Kam Williams
Though essentially a recording of the stage production this film is still recommended provided you understand that the thespians are over enunciating and exaggerating their body movements to engage folks watching in the theater not on a screen 
2
Rage
Joseph Jon Lanthier
If the performances were more accomplished or if the murder mystery storyline were less marginal or if u2014the simplest fix u2014the film were simply shorter we might not feel as weary about spending time with these fashion insiders 
2.5
The Band's Visit
Mattie Lucas
For all of its dry wit and visual gags The Band s Visit is ultimately a poignant slice of life about people from totally different backgrounds and cultures forging unexpected connections and healing old wounds 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Hannah Brown
It s both quintessentially Israeli and an enjoyable experience that will touch audiences no matter what their background 
4
The Band's Visit
Mike Scott
Not so much a story about Jews and Arabs finding a way to get along as it is a nonpolitical story about people discovering the humanity in others in all their scared awkward beauty 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Peter Canavese
One of the film s prime strengths is its wordless willingness to let the principal characters express themselves through music and mime to overcome cultural barriers DVD 
3
The Band's Visit
Austin Kennedy
This foreign film is a sweet lower than low key story of an Egyptian police band that arrives in the wrong Israeli town 
3
The Band's Visit
John Beifuss
The formality and the deliberate pace suggest the influence of Laurel and Hardy and Jacques Tati 
3
The Band's Visit
Lori Hoffman
Despite the cultural divide between Arabs and Israelis subtract politics from the mix and their shared humanity shines through in Eran Kolirin s gentle film 
2.5
The Band's Visit
Robert W. Butler
Arab Israeli relations get the warm fuzzy treatment in The Band s Visit a wonderfully appealing Israeli film that should have been up for a foreign language Oscar 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Larry Ratliff
It ll be a long time before the image fades of members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra in their powder blue regalia lining up formally as they struggle to maintain their dignity 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Ty Burr
It s a small profoundly satisfying movie that keeps echoing long after it s over 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Duane Dudek
The Band s Visit reveals that the strangest places are rich in dreams joy and hope and that strangers can share them 
3
The Band's Visit
Roger Ebert
A quiet sympathetic film about the loneliness that surrounds us 
4
The Band's Visit
Sean P. Means
Director writer Eran Kolirin creates some charming vignettes little gems in a small but sweet movie 
3
The Band's Visit
Marty Mapes
Sunny and light Could have been much more if it had wanted to 
2.5
The Band's Visit
Jeff Vice
These are characters the feel believable and are engaging 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Jessica Reaves
You can watch The Band s Visit for its political idealism or you can watch it for entertainment value alone In either case it doesn t disappoint 
3
The Band's Visit
Phil Villarreal
While Kolirin clearly loves his characters you can sense a general tone of condescension in the way they think and interact 
3
The Band's Visit
Arthur Salm
The Band s Visit blends gentle comedy and softly aching pathos into a low key deeply affecting wonder a sort of alternate universe version of Aki Kaurismki s raucous 1989 hoot Leningrad Cowboys Go America 
3.5
The Band's Visit
James Berardinelli
A drama about isolation and communication The Band s Visit is characterized both by strongly delineated characters and low key comedy 
3
The Band's Visit
Jeanne Aufmuth
In turns tender and awkward yet always with an eye towards the universal language of hope 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Carrie Rickey
Every frame of this low key delight is about foreignness 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Rick Groen
What a lovely first feature this is from Israeli director Eran Kolirin brief at a mere 80 plus minutes but never in a rush never loud always willing to wait for the emotion to bubble up quietly from the situation 
3
The Band's Visit
Peter Howell
There s just one thing wrong with The Band s Visit it s fiction not a documentary You want a story as warm as this to be real because good news is scarce from the Middle East 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Steve Rhodes
An inconsequential little movie that is worth seeing solely because of its touching and genuine characters 
2.5
The Band's Visit
Pam Grady
Eran Kolirin s fish out of water comedy drama is a real treat often funny and genuinely moving 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Jordan Hiller
The film leaves us with the notion that music sweet simple notes arranged in brilliant order is one language where even Jews and Arabs can find harmony
2
The Band's Visit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When The Band s Visit ends we feel refreshed and fulfilled 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Walter Chaw
The laughter I think comes from a recognition of the shape of our own regrets 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Ken Fox
A remote Israeli desert town is the setting for this droll endearing comedy about an accidental cultural exchange that very quietly says some very important things about contemporary Arab Israeli relations 
3.5
The Band's Visit
V.A. Musetto
Kolirin doesn t go for belly laughs He prefers subtle wry humor much in the fashion of Finland s Aki Kaurismaki 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Glenn Whipp
Both a soulful mood piece and beautiful exploration of cross cultural communion 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Nick Schager
A tender poignant allegory for Arab Israeli tensions that never makes a single overt gesture toward articulating its larger concerns 
3.5
The Band's Visit
Jan Stuart
Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin has made a sly and bewitching chamber comedy that underscores the decency of its characters while sidestepping the gooey let s join hands imperative of its premise 
3.5
Mousa
Roger Moore
An Egyptian robot as revenge thriller that takes from 8220 The Terminator 8221 and imitates 44 in ways both obvious and subtle 44 the effects 44 story beats 44 action tropes and trendy vehicles popular in La La Land action cinema of the moment 46 
1.5
Phantom Lady
David Nusair
compelling subject matter that s employed to somewhat erratic yet mostly rewarding effect 
3
Phantom Lady
Matt Brunson
The first half is phenomenal But it s not too difficult to figure out the killer even before he s revealed at the film s halfway point and his prominence during the second half undermines the intrigue 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Joey Magidson
Teen Titans Go To the Movies is often a riot If some of the sillier moments and action beats are clearly aimed at little kids so many of the jokes are adult in nature while never dirty 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Alan French
The best way to describe the movie is super silly It never really takes itself too seriously and despite a couple dark jokes for adults never really gets bleak 
2.5
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Linda Cook
Teen Titans Go to a wacky enjoyable movie 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Marsha Lederman
While the kids at the screening I attended laughed hysterically at the fart jokes the parents chuckled at the slightly more sophisticated humour and the adult geeks howled at the deeper pop cultural references 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The plot is pretty predictable but the silliness that swirls in and around each familiar twist is fresh and funny 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Josh Terry
Though it shares in the spirit of that kind of movie it isn t quite as sharp or effective but if you go in with modest expectations Teen Titans Go To the Movies should make for a pleasant surprise 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Christian Toto
If you re not well versed in pop culture minutiae you ll miss some of the movie s best gags 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Mark Dujsik
It s a broad funny satire of comic book movies and the culture s current obsession with them 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Roger Moore
Puerile 
1.5
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Josh Bell
The characters and the tone are so affable and engaging that the movie is never less than pleasant to watch 
2.5
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Keith Watson
Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath s Teen Titans Go To the Movies is a spastic Mad magazine style parody of comic book movies for the age of superhero overload 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Carla Meyer
Teen Titans never reaches that sweet spot where adult and kid humor align in a single gag 
2
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Sean P. Means
Teen Titans Go to the Movies sticks a pin in the super inflated pomposity of comic book movies and the people who get so worked up over them It s a reminder that these movies are supposed to be fun and this one certainly is 
3.5
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Brian Tallerico
An infectiously goofy film but also deceptively smart about why we love comic book heroes and the amount of stupidity we re willing to accept within the genre 
3
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Kam Williams
An irreverent spoof of the superhero genre that s certain to delight the whole family 
4
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
Mark Kennedy
Teen Titans GO to the Movies might be aimed at fans of the manic and underrated Cartoon Network show but any parent who tags along will likely chortle as the film gleefully skewers the world of superheroes and the film industry itself 
3
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Leo Townsend
Snow White Walt Disney s much anticipated feature length cartoon is here at last and it is a pleasure to report that as screen entertainment and as an artistic achievement it is a remarkable piece of work 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Rene Rodriguez
It s easy to see the filmmakers loved the Queen her scenes scenes contain some of the movie s most ambitious artwork Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs also demonstrated that animation shines brightest when accompanied by song 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Lawrence Toppman
The animators add details where they re not crucial Notice the ends of the stairs in the dwarfs cottage carved to resemble owl heads 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Bill DuPre
Who wants to pan a classic Oh all right At the risk of being banished from the Magic Kingdom I ll come right out and say it Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a bore 
2.5
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Bill Chambers
Such a quixotic undertaking in historical context that it was obviously made by someone with something to prove 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Matt Brunson
The animation is spectacular the songs are catchy the dwarfs are delightful and the movie is revolutionary in that it was the first full length animated feature But let s face it Snow White has to be the most passive heroine in film history 
3.5
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
James Kendrick
the film s overall effect is undeniable not only on the history of cinema as a whole but in each new viewing that reveals another dimension or additional detail the sum total of which is one of the true cinematic masterpieces
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Eric Henderson
It is Snow White s afterbirth that merits both canonization and destruction 
2
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Peter Canavese
One of the most important films in the history of popular cinema and film fans must never forget the incredible achievement it was in 1937 Blu ray 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Betsy Bozdech
Snow White is a lot more than historically significant eye candy it s a heck of a story too 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Scott Nash
More important historically than it is entertaining 
2.5
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Roger Ebert
To one degree or another every animated feature made since owes it something 
4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
David Keyes
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs may not be the fairest of them all but being the very first of them all is reason enough to admire the effort 
3.5
The Closed Circuit
Marty Mapes
Shocking recent corruption in Poland makes for a tense political thriller
2.5
Coven of Sisters
Roger Moore
A horror story in which the real horror is but a metaphor for what women are up against 44 seemingly everywhere 46 
2.5
Diablo
Christian Toto
He s got the DNA for westerns but Scott Eastwood still needs some seasoning if Diablo is any indication 
2
Diablo
Odie Henderson
An early candidate for the 2016 worst movies list 
1
Diablo
Mike McGranaghan
Diablo is the first new film I ve seen in 2016 I ll be surprised if I see one that s worse all year 
0.5
Diablo
Chuck Bowen
It inelegantly attempts to infuse a standard revenge western with the gravitas of a war veteran s coming home odyssey 
1
Diablo
Roger Moore
An obvious twist wrecks the story and a good supporting cast upstages the Younger Less Charismatic Eastwood in every scene 
1.5
Paprika
Troy Patterson
Though Kon sometimes hits on startling visions ripped straight from your head last night he s ultimately more interested in film theory than the Freudian sort evoking dreams in a way that s most faithful to dream sequences 
3.5
Paprika
Larry Ratliff
Solely as a magical mystery tour of sights sounds and surrealism however it s a unique animated blast to the senses 
2.5
Paprika
John Beifuss
Offers both eye candy and mind candy it s a thoughtful visual treat 
3
Paprika
Janos Gereben
Kon is a spectacular filmmaker although not quite of the same warm humanistic nature as Hayao Miyazaki 
3
Paprika
Jeff Vice
The mostly 2 D animation is top notch quality and it is a fascinating idea 
2.5
Paprika
Rob Thomas
Just go with it drink in the rich and innovative images and wish that you could remember your own dreams as well as you ll remember Paprika 
3
Paprika
Walter Chaw
This is how post modernism should always behave like an acid trip narrated by Derrida 
4
Paprika
Robert W. Butler
Paprika probably won t win many converts to anime but the faithful should be satisfied 
2.5
Paprika
Bruce Westbrook
Is it sci fi Fantasy Idiocy Mostly it s a droning mess pretty to look at but confounding to the point where you just don t care any more 
1.5
Paprika
John Monaghan
Especially for fans who understand how movies are put together Paprika grabs you from the get go in a series of flowing images and transitions that follow the skewed logic of a dream jumping from a three ring circus to a swinging jungle vine 
3
Paprika
Michele Kenner
The standard stuff of B movies comes to life under Kon s playful imagination 
3
Paprika
Peter Howell
As a showcase of the limitless power of the imagination Paprika never fails to delight the eye and engage the mind We are never sure exactly whom we should be cheering for or even if we re rooting for real characters or their avatars 
3
Paprika
Liam Lacey
We re so used to current cautious commercial formulas it comes as an enjoyable shock to see something like Satoshi Kon s Japanese film Paprika which reminds us that with animation almost anything you can imagine can be represented 
3
Paprika
Carrie Rickey
This one jacks you into cyberspace involving you psychically and physically 
3.5
Paprika
John Hartl
What keeps the picture percolating is the stream of hallucinatory images both nightmarish and oddly alluring that Kon conjures 
3
Paprika
Mick LaSalle
This is without question a unique and superior achievement 
3
Paprika
Paige Wiser
My advice Enter your own dream state and surrender your brain 
3
Paprika
Josh Larsen
the experience is as beautifully baffling as any that you ll have wide awake 
3
Paprika
Michael Wilmington
The movie keeps flooding us with strange scary imagery 
3
Paprika
Chris Hewitt
Paprika tries to do too much and doesn t do any of it especially well 
2
Paprika
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A spectacular experience full of bizarre frightening and beautiful dream logic 
3
Paprika
Jeanne Aufmuth
An animated fever dream sure to haunt long after the lights have come up 
3.5
Paprika
David Elliott
Paprika is a fertile delta of forms and colors wildly inventive shape shifting jiggly with fat jokes 
3.5
Paprika
Ty Burr
You stagger out of this one both grateful and ready for a deep and dreamless nap 
3.5
Paprika
John Anderson
That the supposed bad guys are actually intent in preserving the sanctity of dreams adds to the disorienting exhilaration of Kon s best work yet 
3.5
Paprika
Peter Canavese
Kon marries visual dazzle to unblinking pop existentialism in ways that make viewers heads hurt so good 
3.5
Paprika
Steve Rhodes
Paprika is for dyed in the wool anime fans only Others will likely see it for what it is a pretentious piece of animated nonsense 
1.5
Paprika
Maitland McDonagh
If less thematically dazzling than Millennium Actress it s suffused with a giddy sense of the seething mutable landscape of the mind 
3
Paprika
Stephen Whitty
The anything goes dream logic is confusing and the question of why late in the game the nighttime fantasies start becoming real is left mostly unexplained 
2.5
Paprika
Lou Lumenick
I can t claim to have followed the story line of Paprika any better than I did Pirates of the Caribbean but this mind blowing adult animated adventure from Japan is half the length and maybe five times as much fun 
3
Paprika
Elizabeth Weitzman
Whatever it is you re looking for comedy horror parades of singing frogs and dancing kitchen appliances you ll find it in Satoshi Kon s anime adventure a jaw dropping feat of imagination 
3.5
Paprika
Pam Grady
The latest eye popping and surreal anime from Satoshi Kon Tokyo Godfathers 
3
Paprika
Peter Travers
Fiercely provocative Paprika shames Hollywood s use of animation as a kiddie pacifier 
3
Paprika
Keith Uhlich
The idea of cinema as irrepressible bogeyman might be Kon s own confession 
3
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World
Kam Williams
A brilliant examination of Chinese culture and cuisine which subtly uncovers a telling microcosm of the myriad contradictions that the communist nation has manifested en route to its embrace of elements of capitalism 
4
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World
David Nusair
46 46 46 an interminable misfire 46 
1.5
Magnifico
David Sterritt
Amiable though much too long 
2
Magnifico
V.A. Musetto
Director Maryo J De los Reyes and writer Mitchiko Yamamoto shamelessly press viewers emotional buttons But the film is so well made and the performances so accomplished that it doesn t matter 
3
She Never Died
Anne T. Donahue
To put it plainly after watching even a few minutes of She Never Died it s clear that any of us would be lucky to watch Oluniké Adeliyi read the phone book her weekly grocery list or nod even a friendly hello 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Federico Furzan
A very good show about friendship and humanity in a great fictitious world Full review in Spanish 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Mattie Lucas
Gorgeously animated and accompanied by a rousing score by John Powell How to Train Your Dragon is a delightful adventure with a surprising dose of heart 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Brandy McDonnell
How to Train Your Dragon boasts stunning visuals particularly the gorgeous and exhilarating dragonback flying scenes which are worth the extra cost for 3 D tickets 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Tom Horgen
What we have here is an exhilarating epic that mixes comedic and touching moments with some of the best action sequences ever created with CGI animation 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Perry Seibert
On sheer visual terms though How to Train Your Dragon more than delivers it s the kind of movie that will stick in the memory of kids who might want to make movies when they grow up 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Jeff Beck
We may have seen such a story before several times before actually but somehow the creative team behind this film still manages to make it feel fresh while keeping us engaged in its plot 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Michael Dequina
Exuberant execution infectious humor and overwhelming charm 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Scott Nash
The humor while quite often aimed at children is light and funny enough but without hurting the action at all 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
James Berardinelli
Technically proficient and featuring a witty intelligent surprisingly insightful script How to Train Your Dragon comes close to the level of Pixar s recent output while easily exceeding the juvenilia Dreamworks has released in the last nine years 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Jordan Hiller
HTYD takes a bold chance and attempts to entertain adults not by being cute gimmicky thematically challenging or infused with pop culture shout outs it does so by being imaginative heartfelt and beautiful in fiery flourishes 
4
How to Train Your Dragon
Wesley Lovell
Fun exciting and inventive With more films like this and Kung Fu Panda DreamWorks could become a serious competitor in the animation field 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Matt Brunson
Craig Ferguson contributes some good moments and how odd is it to see Gerard Butler involved in a film that doesn t suck 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Sean P. Means
The tone moves smoothly from cartoony humor to exciting action and the visuals including some soaring flight sequences augmented with subtle 3 D are wondrous 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Janos Gereben
It is quite simply a good story told in an entertaining imaginative and heartfelt way Now come on DreamWorks was that really so difficult 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Linda Cook
Here s a smart tale with a social conscience that just happens to be told with animation and it s in 3D to boot 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Michael Smith
Deserving of the highest praise for a family film I walked out ready to see it again but with my kids in tow the second time around 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
John Beifuss
The dragon designs are wonderful the action is exciting and the anti warmongering message is timely and persuasive 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
James Kendrick
the film s ethical structure is not hammered onto the narrative but rather flows effortlessly out of it merging story and theme in ways that are both exciting and deeply touching
4
How to Train Your Dragon
Kit Bowen
Training dragons never looked more fun 
4
How to Train Your Dragon
John Wirt
Following a slow overly verbal start this dragon tale takes flight 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Gina Carbone
Is it breaking new ground the way Pixar does No it s not quite that ambitious It just wants to entertain for 98 minutes I was wowed That s what I was hoping for and that s what I got 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Sara Michelle Fetters
How to Train Your Dragon is a fun filled frolic through the skies as seen through the eyes of a kid both young and old will be able to relate to its ultimate destinations ones many viewers will thrill to again and again and again 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Lori Hoffman
How to Train Your Dragon is an enchanting and touching family film 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Limara Salt
A sweet David vs Goliath tale that has the heart that most animated films don t bother to attempt to find 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Josh Larsen
There are only a couple of quiet moments but the movie makes the occasional calmness count 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Mike McGranaghan
An animated movie with the courage to take itself seriously and entertain you by being genuinely good as opposed to tricking itself out with pointless hipness 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Adam Keleman
Dragon s tolerant heart brings back new life to the otherwise stale DreamWorks animation department 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Stephen Cole
This dog can hunt On the ground Way way up in the air Swimming through clouds breathing fire Imagine Old Yeller on a hundred pep pills 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Robert W. Butler
Parents should enjoy it and kids will absolutely love it 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Amy Biancolli
How to Train Your Dragon uses its whiz bang technology to amplify feelings as well as dimension and scale The big optical wow is only the half of it 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Peter Canavese
The 3D is justified mostly by flying sequences that are certain to fuel the dreams of many a child 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Lisa Kennedy
One of the pleasures in this wise emotionally bold PG ride is there s nary a wink nudge or nod to popular culture 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Russ Breimeier
A rousing adventure for families but it s the animation that truly makes the film fly higher than others in the genre 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Willie Waffle
Has all of the right amounts of sweetness and fun even if the story is simple 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Mike Clark
At a time when Hollywood seems to be releasing everything this side of Dead Sea Scrolls documentaries in 3 D How to Train Your Dragon is a briskly paced computer animated entertainment that uses the format to maximum effect the way Avatar does 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Kyle Smith
The one interesting aspect of the movie apart from the design is that it puts so much effort into projecting a moral such as it is 
2
How to Train Your Dragon
Sean O'Connell
The production s magnificent vibe of friendship and the power of teamwork harkened back to the timeless relationship forged between Henry Thomas s Eliott and Steven Spielberg s E T 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Linda Barnard
With its messages about acceptance respect and tolerance How To Train Your Dragon also brings some lessons of its own including some valuable tools for doing battle with dragons should the need arise 
4
How to Train Your Dragon
Chris Hewitt
Dragon has a timeless quality which is a good thing because we re probably going Advertisement Quantcast to need its hopeful message even more 10 years from now than we do today 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Stephen Whitty
It all adds up to a pleasant adventure and one that doesn t insult parents or children Lucky kids will find someone to take them this weekend Even luckier adults will find someone to take 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Dustin Putman
The concentration isn t on comedy 151 and thank goodness there are no farting dragon jokes 151 but on the drama that comes with an underdog going against the grain and standing up for what he believes in 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Mark Dujsik
There s a level of purity to the storytelling of How to Train Your Dragon that s rather refreshing 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Claudia Puig
It s a thrilling action adventure saga with exhilarating 3 D animation a clever comedy with witty dialogue a coming of age tale with surprising depth and a sweetly poignant tale of friendship between man and animal 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Michael A. Smith
Baruchel gives Hiccup just the right level of emotion when dealing with his father while Butler is in full 300 mode bellowing his orders loud and clear 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Mack Bates
How to Train Your Dragon is a visual marvel and not just because it s in 3 D 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Tom Russo
By Odin they make it work 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Steven Rea
It The notion of having a pet dragon just like a pet whale or a pet lion is a scenario that should appeal to children of all ages 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Jeff Vice
For its handful of faults Dragon is one of the better movies to emerge from this still young year 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
John Hartl
Baruchel Ferguson and Butler supply a contagious sense of eccentricity that spreads to the supporting cast especially the Viking teens played by America Ferrera and Jonah Hill 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Rene Rodriguez
How to Train Your Dragon doesn t have the depth and resonance of a classic but the picture s modesty is refreshing and its artistry is awe inspiring the lighting and cinematography are particularly impressive 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Michael Phillips
The superb cinematographer Roger Deakins served as a visual consultant pushing the palette to an unusually burnished and sophisticated level Kids may not notice the visual texture consciously but adults will Or should 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Roger Ebert
It devotes a great deal of time to aerial battles between tamed dragons and evil ones and not much to character or story development But it s bright good looking and has high energy 
3
How to Train Your Dragon
Roger Moore
It s more coming of age dramedy or everything about your world view is wrong message movie than it is a comedy And that seems like a waste of a funny book some very funny actors and some darned witty animation 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon
Peter Travers
Kid stuff Maybe But How to Train Your Dragon from the book by Cressida Cowell works enough miracles of 3 D animation to charm your socks off 
3
Skills Like This
Susan Dunne
The movie as a whole is better than it deserves to be 
3
Skills Like This
Lisa Kennedy
Director Miranda shows real skill here 
2.5
Skills Like This
Walter V. Addiego
Overall it s less clever than director Miranda seems to think 
2
Skills Like This
Tom Keogh
Miranda a busy and successful director of commercials shoots it all with slick economy and efficiency 
2.5
Skills Like This
Jonathan W. Hickman
The movie is so well made that it s hard not to like this often funny movie regardless whether one takes the story too seriously 
2.5
Skills Like This
Kam Williams
As charming an offbeat romantic comedy as anybody could hope to make on a micro budget 
4
Skills Like This
V.A. Musetto
Berger and director Monty Miranda would have been better off concentrating on the Max Lucy love affair and Max s nonviolent petty crimes instead of throwing in Max s two best buddies and their efforts to reinvent themselves 
2
Skills Like This
Nick Schager
The film s portrait of bank robbing as a solution to twentysomething aimlessness seems quaint when viewed through the filter of today s economic hardships 
2
American Dreamz
Peter Keough
American Dreamz takes some good shots develops some inspired absurdity and takes on more targets than it knows what to do with 
2.5
American Dreamz
Michael A. Smith
A comedy that delivers in every way American Dreamz easily gets my vote 
3
American Dreamz
Forrest Hartman
Viewers are left with nearly two hours of dull rather obvious gags 
2
American Dreamz
Carolyn Arends
In a way this film talks out of both sides of its mouth lampooning and loving its targets at the same time But most viewers I suspect won t mind 
3
American Dreamz
Collin Souter
It has the good sense to hold up a mirror to ourselves only instead of making us feel guilty and stupid it makes us feel inclusive and in on the big joke 
3.5
American Dreamz
Barbara Vancheri
The payoff delivers but the set up is too long and involved 
2.5
American Dreamz
Matt Pais
No legitimate characters or performances here just impersonations of the easy target clods that grace the stage of American Idol and White House press conferences 
1.5
American Dreamz
Allison Williams
A supporting cast mdash including Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Coolidge mdash are tragically underused and what little material they re given has been dumbed down 
1.5
American Dreamz
Linda Cook
Somewhat silly and more than somewhat tasteless American Dreamz isn t as smart as it thinkw it is 
1.5
American Dreamz
Thomas Delapa
Weitz s rousing satire is no dream It s the mad mad real world of America in the year 2006 
3
American Dreamz
Sean O'Connell
Pokes fun at a program that doesn t take itself seriously cutting down easy targets like an eighth grade bully picking fights with first graders 
1.5
American Dreamz
Matt Brunson
This isn t a black comedy it s more like a whiter shade of pale 
2
American Dreamz
Sean McBride
doesn t seem to have anything poignant to say opting instead to recycle broad generalities that have already been run into the ground on late night talk shows 
2
American Dreamz
Scott Nash
When the most sympathetic character in the movie is a potential suicide bomber you know something s wrong 
2
American Dreamz
Phil Villarreal
You won t know whether or not to recommend it to your friends They ll ask you if it was good or bad and you ll only be able to respond with yes 
2.5
American Dreamz
Mike McGranaghan
What s interesting about the movie is that while it s only moderately funny it s extremely amusing It held my interest throughout 
3
American Dreamz
James Sanford
has as much acidic bite as a marshmallow sundae It beats a drum turns on a neon sign demands your attention and then forgets what it wanted to say in the first place 
2
American Dreamz
Frank Ochieng
The off the cuff slaphappy material feels too stretched out and relentlessly spotty to emphasize any pinpoint intellectual political humor Slight in its sarcastic overtones 
2
American Dreamz
Maitland McDonagh
Paul Weitz s satirical farce gets the details right while missing the big picture 
2
American Dreamz
Geoff Pevere
Like a commander in chief who s too good naturedly dumb to be dangerous the writer director is ultimately too forgiving to do much bruising Or maybe too calculating which kind of blurs into the same thing 
2.5
American Dreamz
Moira MacDonald
American Dreamz is often a lot of fun thanks to Weitz s cast 
2.5
American Dreamz
Mick LaSalle
American Dreamz is the rare case of a movie that gets better as it goes along 
3
American Dreamz
David Elliott
The topics of American Dreamz are very broad but the targeting is often lasered 
3
American Dreamz
Sean P. Means
Weitz suffers what can only be called a failure of will He backs off when he should be bearing down 
2
American Dreamz
Pam Grady
As the movie reaches its delirious climax with the American Dreamz finale that brings all the disparate characters together it s purely delightful You might hate yourself for laughing at a some of the jokes but you will laugh 
3
American Dreamz
Lisa Rose
It s a disappointing effort from witty writer director Paul Weitz American Pie In Good Company He tries to weave a subversive tapestry a la Nashville but only tells a story full of holes 
1.5
American Dreamz
Lou Lumenick
A cartoonish unfocused and mostly unfunny satire that doesn t come within a hundred miles of hitting its two main targets 
1.5
American Dreamz
Jack Mathews
The devilishness of satire is in the details and Paul Weitz s script just isn t as funny or as consistently sharp as it should be 
2.5
American Dreamz
Duane Dudek
Ultimately it neglects to pin the tail on the donkey that deserves it most an audience that wouldn t recognize caveat emptor unless it was the name of an American Idol contestant 
2.5
American Dreamz
Rene Rodriguez
Most of American Dreamz has a curiously dated been there feel It s a redundant comedy like hearing the same tired joke for the 100th time 
1.5
American Dreamz
Bob Strauss
Much like I feel in the voting booth every four years the political satire American Dreamz rendered me frustrated and confused 
2.5
American Dreamz
Kit Bowen
OK so American Dreamz tries a little too hard to be satirically witty and bitingly political But darn it it still makes you laugh in spite of yourself 
2.5
American Dreamz
Robert W. Butler
American Dreamz has plenty of laughs You ll leave the theater feeling not outraged but actually rather cheerful 
2.5
American Dreamz
Amy Biancolli
In American Dreamz the people are stereotypes and the context is fake It s broad it s thin it s a big easy target And ultimately its dreamz are hollow 
2
American Dreamz
Stephen Cole
A random episode of American Idol offers more comedy and drama not to mention more disturbing insights into contemporary popular culture than American Dreamz 
2
American Dreamz
Terry Lawson
American Dreamz is as forgettable and lacking in insight as the great majority of dreams that trespass on our subconscious 
1
American Dreamz
Jeff Vice
To employ terminology that might be used by Simon Cowell the brutally honest American Idol judge American Dreamz is bloody awful 
1.5
American Dreamz
Michael Booth
American Dreamz pulls off that rare feat of shooting at dozens of big targets and hitting so many of them that we want to stand up and cheer because someone even tried 
4
American Dreamz
Randy Myers
Dreamz is amusing enough but be prepared for comedy that s more crass than class If you want refinement see the more clever Thank You for Smoking 
2.5
American Dreamz
Lawrence Toppman
The writer producer director of American Dreamz makes nearly every mistake in the satirical book His targets are either too easy or too dated He s inconsistent in his attitudes toward them His stereotypes are stale 
1.5
American Dreamz
Ty Burr
American Dreamz is a political satire that s eerily emblematic of the moment we re living in smart spring loaded with pop culture references and far too good natured to do any lasting damage 
3
American Dreamz
Eric Melin
The sheer audacity is admirable and often times very funny 
2.5
American Dreamz
Rob Thomas
It has the sunny deceptively breezy tone of something like Dick or maybe one of the great Michael Ritchie satires of the mid 1970s like Smile or The Candidate 
3.5
American Dreamz
Sara Michelle Fetters
It all culminates in a climactic showdown during the reality show s frivolous final that s so terribly staged and written I nearly slapped my forehead in disbelief 
2
American Dreamz
Jeffrey M. Anderson
American Dreamz succeeds partially because it feels so good to see these parade floats skewered and deflated But the real triumph here is that Weitz bothers to take aim at all 
3
American Dreamz
Jon Niccum
The film is tailor made for the vast audience that can t wait to watch Fox s Idol each week while still intellectually grasping what a glossy hunk of junk it is 
2.5
American Dreamz
Peter Canavese
Not everything works in this semi audacious challenge to the American Dream but Weitz consistently and amusingly hits the broad side of the barn 
3
American Dreamz
Daniel M. Kimmel
Watching viewers reacting to an attack on the president as just another reality show suggests that 9 11 didn t change things as much as some people have claimed 
3
American Dreamz
Erik Childress
If its opening scenes are like an asthma attack within an iron lung Weitz stabilizes the material and begins massaging the satire with the brand of human interest that made his other works so distinctive 
3.5
American Dreamz
Willie Waffle
Grant is a brilliant comedian with an ability to be hilariously selfish and egocentric without turning off the audience 
3
American Dreamz
Emily Blunt
The story while no Dr Strangelove is very poignant as a satire on politics and modern culture 
3
American Dreamz
Claudia Puig
American Dreamz lampoons the public s appetite for mindless entertainment and easy distraction from serious concerns 
3
American Dreamz
Michael Phillips
Director Paul Weitz s best work comes with plenty of breathing room But American Dreamz is too busy and plotty to afford much of that The characters end up competing for screen time 
2
American Dreamz
Roger Ebert
American Dreamz looks like a sitcom plays like a sitcom and is a sitcom and also the riskiest political satire since Wag the Dog 
3
American Dreamz
Gene Seymour
Everybody s so good you find yourself wondering why the movie isn t funnier or riskier 
2.5
American Dreamz
Dustin Putman
A toxic love letter to hate 
1
American Dreamz
Josh Larsen
will undoubtedly come under fire for being all over the place but that s like complaining a trapeze artist shouldn t be performing so far up in the air The movie exhilarates precisely because it takes random high altitude risks 
3.5
American Dreamz
Steve Rhodes
So do you think the war on terror is one big joke Even if you do this is comedy that for all its heavy handed political satire just isn t funny 
1.5
American Dreamz
Jeremiah Kipp
One wonders whether American Dreamz is attempting to satirize pop culture or merely recreating it 
1.5
American Dreamz
Ross Anthony
With such acting talent and some of the creators of much better films you may be expecting more than a good farce However the farce is pretty much what you re getting here 
2.5
American Dreamz
Jeanne Aufmuth
A broad based lampoon that envelops too much material and tries far too hard to please 
2
American Dreamz
James Berardinelli
Is it possible to satirize something that in and of itself often crosses the line into self parody 
2.5
Easy Rider
James Kendrick
unlike earlier films that exploited the sensational nature of their subject matter and did little else Easy Rider borrowed its attitude and aesthetics from the various European new waves and sought to be about something 
3
Easy Rider
Walter Chaw
like all great films with a finger firm on the pulse of the entire spirit of the age it predicted in terms brutal and eloquent the end of the whole fucking thing 
4
Easy Rider
Emily Blunt
On the outside this small film was an easy going tale of drug dealing motorhead joint token fringe hippies rollin down the highways 
4
Easy Rider
Roger Ebert
It plays today more as a period piece than as living cinema but it captures so surely the tone and look of that moment in time 
4
Going Places
Matt Brunson
An enormous hit in France and a lightning rod of controversy when it debuted stateside 46 
2.5
Going Places
Roger Ebert
There are laughs in it yes but how could anyone take this as a comedy 
1
We Are Living Things
Carlos Aguilar
91 We Are Living Things offers 93 a truly original angle on tropes associated with immigrant stories 46 
3
We Are Living Things
Roger Moore
As a rule 44 I apos m fonder of movies that have a bit more going on 46 But this odd 44 moody movie in a minor key has a mesmerizing quality that engages in different ways 46 
2.5
Joyride
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s impossible not to get drawn in by an Olivia Colman performance 44 so for that reason alone 44 I watched and reviewed it 46 But I 8217 m not proud of myself 46 
2
Joyride
Monica Castillo
It may not come together as smoothly as the best feel good movies of its kind 44 but there apos s an unwieldy charm to Joyride that makes the trip memorable 46 
2.5
Joyride
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he gimmicky storytelling 46 46 46 crams these two characters together and seemingly keeps them there against their will 46 
1.5
Winter in Wartime
David Nusair
there s a lack of momentum here that prevents the viewer from connecting to the material on a frustratingly continuous basis 
2
Winter in Wartime
Marty Mapes
A child witness to war movie gets lost in a convention driven screenplay
2.5
Winter in Wartime
Eric Melin
Shot beautifully and it evokes its setting well but sometimes the movie relies a little too much on plot trickery and not enough on the emotional state of its main character 
2
Winter in Wartime
Peter Canavese
Spielbergian touches a good enough mainstream drama but one can t help but feel it s a missed opportunity to give Terlouw a more textured treatment 
2.5
Winter in Wartime
Rob Thomas
Sometimes familiarity is a good thing and Koolhoven combines two familiar kinds of stories the resistance drama and the coming of age drama in a compelling way 
3
Winter in Wartime
Keith Cohen
The acting is superb with Lakemeier the anchor surrounded by a talented ensemble The soundtrack is effective in ratcheting up the suspense Other strengths are the cinematography sound and production design 
3
Winter in Wartime
Loey Lockerby
Director Martin Koolhoven adapting Jan Terlouw s 1972 novel maintains the constant tension of a world where every stray word or glance could lead to tragedy 
3
Winter in Wartime
John Beifuss
Visually unremarkable and worse than that when Koolhoven tries too hard During a dramatic execution scene the film shifts to slow motion and the soundtrack becomes awash in angelic choral harmonies the effect is kitschy and bathetic 
2.5
Winter in Wartime
Barbara Vancheri
Young Lakemeier who plays Michiel makes his feature film debut and rises to the challenge of scenes that would test the older more experienced performers who surround him 
3
Winter in Wartime
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a wonderfully realized human adventure the tragedy and heartache inherent in warfare coupled with inner bursts of heroism magnetically brought to life first frame to last 
3
Winter in Wartime
Joe Williams
It s got a grown up artfulness but Winter in Wartime could become a lot of boys favorite movie 
3
Winter in Wartime
Michael O'Sullivan
What makes Winter really special is its complex exploration of the theme of heroism 
3
Winter in Wartime
Steven Rea
Winter in Wartime benefits from top notch production values and a sturdy performance from its young lead Martijn Lakemeier 
3
Winter in Wartime
Chris Hewitt
Winter makes a complicated war look ridiculously simple 
1
Winter in Wartime
Ty Burr
There s the potential for rich psychological head games here and Winter in Wartime flirts with them before giving itself over to contrivances 
2
Winter in Wartime
Rick Groen
View the Second World War through a child s eyes and the result isn t hard to predict a loss of innocence tale Winter in Wartime is the boilerplate version with the already dramatic facts of the era ramped up to melodramatic levels 
2
Winter in Wartime
Linda Barnard
Perhaps best suited to young teens who will get a peer s view of life during wartime that will make them question what they would do were they to face similar circumstances 
2.5
Winter in Wartime
Leba Hertz
Koolhoven is able to strip away both visually and mentally our idealized cinematic notions of how the resistance fighters lived It s a lonely existence It s stark and it s scary And it makes for a compelling movie 
3
Winter in Wartime
Stephen Whitty
A few of the performances are fine But this is still a story we ve heard before Only this time as it s being told someone s playing his favorite records far too loud 
2.5
Winter in Wartime
Kyle Smith
Winter in Wartime may serve as a useful way to introduce teens to what World War II in Europe was like 
3
Winter in Wartime
Rex Reed
Carefully written sensitively directed and beautifully acted 
3
Winter in Wartime
Andrew Schenker
Winter in Wartime is nothing more or less than a skillfully directed good looking coming of age tale 
2.5
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam
Roger Ebert
What Couturie and his researchers have done is amazing 
4
Kingdom
Roger Moore
Bad Ass 
2.5
Brainstorm
David Nusair
an ambitious yet disastrously unfocused misfire from a thoroughly talented filmmaker 
2
Brainstorm
Matt Brunson
This doomed effort fails to generate much excitement either visually or conceptually 
2
Brainstorm
Roger Ebert
The characters take such a secondary importance to the gadget that we never feel much for them 
2
Thieves
Roger Ebert
Techine involves us in a subtle gradual process of discovery each piece changes the relationship of the others He is so wise about these criminals he makes the bad guys in most American films look like cartoon characters 
3.5
Thieves
Mike Clark
Deneuve gives one of her best performances ever though she s not exactly the movie s focus Of the many pleasures here one is trying to guess just who the dramatic focal point is 
3.5
Decade of Fire
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie is as much a reclamation or restoration project as an expose 
3.5
Decade of Fire
Joshua Minsoo Kim
Decade of Fire s purpose is to make known how those in the Bronx must continue to fight even today against forces hellbent on their erasure 
3
Personal Best
Peter Hartlaub
Robert Towne s direction can be frustrating at one point Donnelly and Hemingway run up a sand dune for what seems like five minutes but the result is 50 percent more realistic than the average sports film 
2
Personal Best
Roger Ebert
This is a very physical movie one of the healthiest and sweatiest celebrations of physical exertion I can remember 
4
Liar Liar
Matt Brunson
There are several moments of inspired lunacy on full display 
2.5
Liar Liar
David Nusair
a briskly paced comedy that relies heavily on Carrey s unabashedly and occasionally overbearingly broad performance to propel the thin overly familiar narrative forward 
2.5
Liar Liar
Stephen Hunter
Carrey unique among American stars doesn t need story or writing to delight He needs only room and Liar Liar gives him plenty 
3
Liar Liar
Maitland McDonagh
A sickly soft swirl confection of low laughs and smarmy sentiment 
2
Liar Liar
Michael Dequina
Carrey truly works his off to get a laugh 
3
Liar Liar
Leonard Schwarz
Strong on premise the film is short on plot 
3
Liar Liar
Robert Roten
While the ending is a little too syrupy for my taste it is still a very funny film mostly because of Carrey s antics 
3
Liar Liar
Peter Stack
Jim Carrey makes a wild and remarkable comeback to cheerfulness 
3
Liar Liar
Rick Groen
As Carrey s celebrated rubber does its patented act the flick turns into a gyrational marathon mildly funny but seriously exhausting 
2.5
Liar Liar
James Kendrick
While the humor is absolutely hilarious the sentiment is overly sappy and several times that conflict risks sinking this otherwise sturdy vehicle 
2.5
Liar Liar
Rob Blackwelder
Unevenly acted hatched from a one joke premise and trading precariously on a single performance Liar Liar shouldn t be as funny as it is 
2.5
Liar Liar
James Berardinelli
All in all Liar Liar is pretty good fun and it represents one of Carrey s most entertaining movies to date 
2.5
Liar Liar
Barbara Shulgasser
What s best about this script is the premise a lawyer who doesn t lie 
3
Liar Liar
Roger Ebert
I am gradually developing a suspicion or perhaps it is a fear that Jim Carrey is growing on me 
3
Liar Liar
Chris Hicks
Liar Liar is hysterical 
3
Liar Liar
Marty Mapes
The funniest movie I have seen in a very long time 
3.5
Liar Liar
Susan Wloszczyna
Truth be told the rapid fire Liar directed with unfussy flair by Tom Shadyac is a one joke movie But it s a doozy 
3
Liar Liar
Steve Rhodes
I hate slapstick because it usually dissolves into mindless stupidity but Carrey manages to take this brand of humor to a new level 
3.5
Liar Liar
Joe Baltake
Essentially the actor is miscast here Unlike Robin Williams he isn t good with children In fact you don t even sense that he likes his child co star There s no apparent rapport 
2
Liar Liar
Susan Stark
This is Carrey s most mature and mainstream comic turn with flashes of introspection and tenderness 
4
Click
Joe Lozito
For all its competing aspirations the movie just never clicks 
2
Click
Kam Williams
Back to the Future Back to the drawing board 
1
Click
Michael A. Smith
It s kind of a reverse It s A Wonderful Life as Mike see s what happens to those around him when he pushes a button 
3
Click
Russ Breimeier
Click has its heart in the right place but its head in the toilet and thus works against itself despite some great moments 
2.5
Click
Larry Ratliff
Click goes clunk when the screenwriters lather on the sentiment too thick
2.5
Click
Ross Anthony
The film just doesn t click 
1
Click
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sways too far one direction into the vulgar and too far the other into the maudlin 
2
Click
Michael Dequina
I ve never been a fan of Sandler s humor but if the alternative is him struggling mightily to convey angst bring on the You can do it callbacks and Rob Schneider cameos 
1.5
Click
Gina Carbone
The first half is typical juvenile Sandler shtick and the second aims for the heart with the kind of bittersweet nectar the emotionally diabetic will reject 
3
Click
Matt Brunson
The comedy isn t as pointed as desired and the drama isn t as maudlin as expected yielding decidedly mixed results 
2.5
Click
Frank Ochieng
A painfully generic and gimmicky comedy Relentlessly interminable predictable and drowsy in concept Sandler s man child routine has already run its course ad nauseam 
1
Click
Jonathan R. Perry
A few substantial laughs with that patented Sandler undercurrent of cruelty lead to one of the most depressing descents into mawkish sentiment I ve ever seen in a comedy 
1.5
Click
Mike McGranaghan
It s a flawed film but most people go to Adam Sandler movies to just unwind and have fun It works at that level 
3
Click
Tyler Hanley
Fans of Sandler shouldn t skip past this surprising treat a soulful and silly comedy with plenty to pause and appreciate 
3
Click
John Beifuss
A film of its digital age It s aware that the moviegoer sometimes reaches for a remote control device that isn t there like an amputee experiencing the itch of a phantom limb 
2
Click
Linda Cook
It s a Wonderful Click Back to the Click A Click Carol 
1.5
Click
Sara Michelle Fetters
This comedy is a disaster on almost every level Sandler insufferably mugging his way through it 
1.5
Click
Bob Bloom
Screenwriters Steve Koren and Mark O Keefe decide to go Capra cornish on us and throw in some maudlin dramatics trying to make Click a contemporary It s a Wonderful Life 
2
Click
Steve Rhodes
Click a movie with an endlessly cute concept is a theatrical dud thanks to yet another sleepwalking performance by comedic megastar Adam Sandler 
2
Click
Connie Ogle
All things considered if I could get my hands on this remote I d rewind back to the first time I watched Happy Gilmore just to remember what funny really is 
2
Click
Claudia Puig
This is not a truly awful movie but it s not worth wasting money on 
2
Click
Maitland McDonagh
Ultimately you have to ask yourself how willing you are to be put through the emotional wringer by a slob comedy or preached to about personal priorities by Hollywood multi millionaires 
2
Click
Geoff Pevere
Click is about an immature man s bumpy collision with maturity and that s the perfect subject for the stubbornly frat based talents of Adam Sandler 
2
Click
Ted Fry
Even with its attempt at deeper meaning and visual flair those who don t look forward to Sandler s infantile humor and vacuous screen persona will find Click exceptionally bad entertainment 
0.5
Click
Mick LaSalle
One of the best American films of the year so far The filmmakers take what might have been just a gimmicky premise and pursue it meticulously following wherever it leads Along the way they create a shrewd and moving metaphor for the way people live 
4
Click
David Elliott
The name of the film is Click but that could also be the sound in your head the early warning that you ve been had again stung by another dud 
1
Click
Pam Grady
If Adam Sandler really could control his career with the click of a button this might be the chapter to skip 
2
Click
Steven Rea
This rickety Sandler vehicle finds the comedy star steering through a charmless fantasy of self discovery 
1.5
Click
Lisa Rose
With its lurching blend of scatology sentimentality and sci fi the movie is a mess It s also sexist bigoted and misanthropic Of course those qualities used to be part of the star s charm 
1
Click
Lou Lumenick
Rarely have I wanted to fast forward through a movie as much as Click a treacly and not funny enough Adam Sandler comedy about a man who uses a magical remote control to fast forward through life 
1.5
Click
Jack Mathews
The film s overall problem is that it asks thoughtful moviegoers to appreciate its good intentions while ignoring its appeal to the basest of adolescent tastes 
2.5
Click
Paul Doro
Click follows the Sandler formula to a T This is too bad because for a while it is a genial diversion that uses its high concept premise for solid laughs 
2
Click
Bob Strauss
It may all boil down to a cautionary tale that borrows shamelessly from It s a Wonderful Life but when the comic energy is cooking Click is diverting enough 
2.5
Click
Robert W. Butler
Click has been horribly written ploddingly paced and indifferently performed And it makes the mistake of taking itself seriously 
1.5
Click
Amy Biancolli
Watch Click a kind hearted comic fable about a working father s prolonged supernatural comeuppance and tell me it doesn t yank the same chains as It s A Wonderful Life 
3
Click
Rick Groen
Click is a premise in wandering pursuit of a movie About two hours later it calls off the search and doesn t so much end as stop 
2
Click
Josh Larsen
By the time Michael has tearfully attempted to correct his mistakes with his now grown children and wife even Sandler s biggest detractors will be longing for the aggressive idiotic company of Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison 
1.5
Click
Terry Lawson
Everything about Click is so predictable that when it is released on home video you will be able to watch it in a lot less than the 98 minutes it takes to see it in the theater 
2
Click
Jeff Vice
After he teased us with some recent supposedly more mature performances in Punch Drunk Love and Spanglish Sandler has simply reverted to his expected juvenile form here 
1.5
Click
Michael Booth
Click is a 95 minute illustration of the difference between funny and laughable 
1
Click
Roger Ebert
The movie is being sold as a comedy but you know what This isn t funny 
2
Click
Lawrence Toppman
Through all the infantile jokes the film s heart shines through 
3
Click
Ty Burr
Click gets its laughs and then sucker punches us with sentiment if it doesn t quite represent the new improved Adam Sandler it shows him almost desperately trying to figure out who that might be 
2.5
Click
Nick Rogers
It s no bummer or mind bender but it might as well be the Requiem for a Dream of Adam Sandler s rowdy resume George Bailey never would have farted in Mr Potter s face so it s clearly not a wonderful life But it s decent enough 
3
Click
Sean McBride
The two halves don t mesh into one fully satisfying movie
2.5
Click
Dan Fienberg
While Sandler shouldn t be advised to shun movies with heart he needs to recognize the difference between genuine emotions and this sort of decidedly unfunny mawkishness 
2
Click
David Nusair
While Adam Sandler remains a performer of endless charisma his choice of material is growing increasingly questionable as the years pass 
2
Click
Daniel M. Kimmel
The movie plays like a cross between Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and It s a Wonderful Life 
4
Click
Erik Childress
Instead of high concept turning into comedy gold with a touch of sentiment we get a childish load of staleness that farts in the face of its Capraesque pursuit 
2
Click
Willie Waffle
Click sells itself as an Adam Sandler comedy full of immature humor and it is but the last 30 minutes are brilliant heartbreaking and emotional 
3.5
Click
Dustin Putman
Plays to the lowest common denominator for so long that it can never quite redeem itself when the tone suddenly dims and turns into a tearjerker 
2
Click
Chris Hewitt
A sour comedy about an unpleasant guy that morphs into a sour drama about an even less pleasant guy 
0
Click
Phoebe Flowers
The biggest problem with Click is not that it isn t funny but that the moments worthy of laughs often feel isolated from the sloppily assembled plot 
2
Click
Bruce Newman
As a comic Adam Sandler has never had an original thought or if he did he probably assumed he had stolen it from somebody he just didn t know who 
1
Click
Peter Travers
I have a soft spot for the low comic high jinks of Adam Sandler including Happy Gilmore and even the unfairly maligned Waterboy But Sandler has a sappy side that makes me puke I damn near choked on Click 
1
Click
Stephen Williams
Walken is so adept and natural as Sandler s guiding light and his tormentor that he seems to be ad libbing It s an artful endearing performance 
2.5
Click
Michael Phillips
Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner play Sandler s parents and they redeem what they can of Click although no one could salvage the ruthlessly sentimental later passages 
1.5
Click
Matt Pais
Tunes into two channels a low brow comedy station on which dogs hump stuffed animals and a cautious network whose heart relies on a conventional wake up call for a workaholic 
2
Click
Phil Villarreal
The comic genius is evolving toward Bill Murray territory that of a bright soul beaten and worn down by life with a humorous shine tantalizingly repressed 
3
Click
Jeffrey Westhoff
It is basically a lowbrow and secular rehash of A Christmas Carol although Sandler creates a character more hateful than Ebenezer Scrooge 
1.5
Click
Nicole Schmuelien
Yet another uninspired Adam Sandler goof fest with a long suffering leading lady mildly bawdy gags and a predictable ending 
1
Click
James Berardinelli
It accomplishes what it sets out to do tell an occasionally amusing occasionally affecting drama about how adults often lose sight of what matters 
3
Click
Nick Schager
A misbegotten version of It s a Wonderful Life by way of Bicentennial Man 
1
Click
Garth Franklin
Half your typical Sandler comedy albeit light on the laughs the other half an overly preachy sentimental sci fi take on Capra s It s a Wonderful Life 
1.5
To Be Heard
Glenn Heath Jr.
Because of Anthony s constant erratic behavior To Be Heard is often held hostage by his flaky antics and aggressive behavior 
2.5
Any Which Way You Can
Roger Ebert
Any Which Way You Can is not a very good movie but it s hard not to feel a grudging affection for it 
2
Two Lovers and a Bear
Christy Lemire
Beautiful and thoroughly unpredictable you never know where Nguyen is going with this story including the chilling sci fi horror direction he heads in toward the film s climax 
3
Two Lovers and a Bear
Simon Houpt
Viewers have two choices Give yourself over to the experience and you ll be transported stand back and you ll feel nothing but chill 
2.5
Two Lovers and a Bear
Peter Howell
It s a story of amour fou which Maslany and DeHaan portray with affecting realism notwithstanding the presence of a bear that speaks with the voice of legendary Canuck actor Gordon Pinsent 
3
Two Lovers and a Bear
Chris Knight
Two Lovers and a Bear is a richly philosophical tale 
2.5
Dashing in December
David Reddish
Dashing in December features its own mix of snowy mountains men on horseback romantic meet cutes as well as scenes of rugged men line dancing rustic Rocky Mountain ranches and emotional disclosures to equine friends 
2
Adult Beginners
James Kendrick
has all the trappings of a generic indie coming home heart warmer but one of the best things I can say about it is that it manages to sidestep or at least complicate most of its clichés
3
Adult Beginners
Robert Levin
More well meaning than your everyday multiplex paycheck grab but in other ways not much less cynical 
2
Adult Beginners
Brad Wheeler
A satisfying enough slice of semi content suburban life 
2.5
Adult Beginners
Linda Barnard
Adult Beginners has no agenda for subtlety 
2
Adult Beginners
Moira MacDonald
Adult Beginners is one of those agreeable small scale movies that doesn t seem particularly ambitious its only goal is to charm and it does so irresistibly 
3
Adult Beginners
Walter V. Addiego
Adult Beginners has enough going on to work as a mostly unchallenging time passer and nothing more 
3
Adult Beginners
Tomris Laffly
This film finds itself in an unfortunate spot in its involuntary thematic and release date proximity to The Skeleton Twins 
2
Adult Beginners
Peter Travers
It s a sitcom setup that husband and wife screenwriters Jeff Cox and Liz Flahive manage to almost cover with a fresh coat of funny and touching 
2.5
Adult Beginners
Glenn Kenny
If you re a big booster of any of the lead actors I m something of a Cannavale partisan myself this will be worth your time 
2.5
Adult Beginners
Matt Pais
New ideas people Not asking too much here 
2
Adult Beginners
Michael Phillips
The relative success or failure of Adult Beginners directed with a steady nonjudgmental hand by Ross Katz depends on how funny you find Kroll I find him funny ish 
2
Adult Beginners
Peter Keough
Fittingly the film has an adult beginning before slowly sinking into infantile platitudes 
2
Adult Beginners
Molly Eichel
It s all very low stakes We know how this is going to turn out But it is a pleasure watching Kroll and Byrne to the end 
3
Adult Beginners
Dann Gire
Adult Beginners begins with a promise of lifelike spontaneity before it succumbs to rotely written domestic clichés old wounds that must be healed timely epiphanies and grossly personal affronts dismissed way too lightly 
2
Adult Beginners
Stephanie Merry
It glides along the surface where conversations that include the question Are you really happy pass for bonding 
2.5
Adult Beginners
Steve Macfarlane
Given its played out subject matter and hoary coming to terms narrative arc one s ability to enjoy the film hangs on a tolerance for the ever popular on screen man child 
2.5
Adult Beginners
Lou Lumenick
The pleasant but forgettable Adult Beginners strains a bit too hard for a happy ending and tends to lay on the schmaltz and metaphors like the swim class that gives the film its title with a trowel 
2
Adult Beginners
Lindsey Bahr
Perhaps it could have benefited from a little more of the comedic energy and subversive spirit that Bryne Kroll and Cannavale have all proved more than capable of in previous roles 
2
Adult Beginners
Roger Moore
Amusing here and there but entirely too predictable especially in casting Kroll as a classic Nick Kroll Summer s Eve sort of character 
2
Adult Beginners
David Nusair
An affable for the most part little comedy 
2.5
H4Z4RD
Kat Hughes
68 Kills and Cheap Thrills set within the confines of a car 44 H4Z4RD is a non stop juggernaut of high octane ferocity that will have the viewer clinging on for dear life 46 
3
The Trip to Greece
Brian Eggert
Winterbottom Coogan and Brydon leave us to appreciate the simple pleasures of food travel and humor through the framework of human history and culture 
3.5
The Trip to Greece
Blake Howard
Even thinking about how damned unexpectedly penetrating and existentially resonant this movie and the series is I want to well up 
4
The Trip to Greece
Matt Brunson
The comic banter between the pair is pure gold which makes it more of a shame when the film turns dark and dramatic 
3
The Trip to Greece
Tom Meek
A talky travelogue cum side of comedy that feels very Anthony Bourdain it s not a dish for all but another healthy serving for fans of the first three Trip films 
3
The Trip to Greece
Sean P. Means
The way Coogan and Brydon try to laugh past the graveyards of antiquity and in their own lives is what makes The Trip to Greece such a moving experience 
3.5
The Trip to Greece
Steven Prokopy
It seems almost impossible for these movies to be anything but satisfying and wholly entertaining 
3.5
The Trip to Greece
Robert Horton
Retreats to the usual formula pleasant enough if a little tired 
3
The Trip to Greece
Mark Dujsik
An air of melancholy has existed beneath the vacations before but it especially permeates in this one 
3
The Trip to Greece
Mark Feeney
What makes Steve and Rob so funny is that they re so human petty insecure rivalrous as well as charming and hilarious Nothing s more human than sadness not even laughter and laughter The Trip to Greece has to offer in plenty 
3
The Trip to Greece
Peter Canavese
Foodie undertones tony tourism overtones gorgeous locales and fun allusions to Ancient Greek culture as Brydon and Coogan reach the end of their own ten year odyssey 
2.5
The Trip to Greece
Glenn Kenny
A gift for any fan of the prior three 
3
The Trip to Greece
Michael Phillips
It s probably best to call it after this one But I remain astonished at the rewatchability of these Trip to films 
3
The Trip to Greece
Mick LaSalle
The Trip to Greece isn t nonstop hilarity but if you get into the rhythm of it it s laidback and pleasing It s an enjoyable trip in good company 
3
The Trip to Greece
Barry Hertz
But by this Trip s end the journey becomes a bit too much to stomach whether you re stuck at home or not 
2.5
The Trip to Greece
Bob Bloom
Their patter is so unforced and natural and not just because this is their fourth go round They make you feel as if they are personally connected and enjoy each other s company 
3
The Trip to Greece
Josh Larsen
the laughs are plentiful but there s also more than a dash of formula 
3
The Trip to Greece
David Robb
The series s ambient preoccupation with death is foregrounded more than ever before with this film s main dramatic subplot 
3
The Trip to Greece
Roger Moore
I think this fourth and final outing in their trilogy is the funniest since the first 
3
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
David Nusair
The Do Deca Pentathlon doesn t quite possess enough plot or substance to wholeheartedly warrant the full length feature treatment 
2.5
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Eric Melin
You ve seen overgrown man child characters in plenty of Will Ferrell movies but The Do Deca Pentathlon is funny without playing for laughs 
2.5
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Michael Dequina
The wisest choice of all is to cast talented unknown actors who make these characters and the absurd goings on feel that much more real and hence all the more funny 
3
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Perry Seibert
Even though their films maintain an improvised feel none of the sequences linger once they make their dramatic point the next one starts Couple that efficiency with the movie s short running time and you ve got a small simple and successful indie 
3
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Stephen Whitty
There s a joke here obviously in the spectacle of two out of shape adults making fools of themselves at sporting events Unfortunately it s the only joke and it eventually wears thin 
1.5
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Kyle Smith
A decent idea for an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond The Do Deca Pentathlon falls short as a movie 
1
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
John Hartl
If it were any shorter it would lack depth If it were any longer it would most likely seem a strain As is there s an emotional honesty here that registers quickly and often 
3
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Roger Ebert
You begin the film thinking you have a pretty good idea where it s going and you find out not even Jeremy and Mark really know 
3
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Andrew Schenker
In Jay and Mark Duplass s film the fragile middle aged male ego is indulged massaged and finally critiqued 
1
Superman Returns
Mattie Lucas
One blockbuster that actually delivers 
3
Superman Returns
Namrata Joshi
The man doesn t have an ounce of charisma and at best can only be described as an expressionless log of wood In retrospect I d settle for our own delectable Hrithik 
2
Superman Returns
Peter Keough
None of which would register if Routh weren t a Superman whom if we don t need we can at least feel for 
3.5
Superman Returns
Joe Lozito
Ignore the hype ignore the budget ignore the expectations sit back relax and let Superman return 
3.5
Superman Returns
Kam Williams
The Man of Steel as a morally compromised and ethically challenged figure has the potential to be quite compelling but if and only if he is portrayed as confronting his demons in a more meaningful way 
1
Superman Returns
Michael A. Smith
Resembling Reeve both physically and vocally Routh certainly has large red boots to fill And he fills them admirably
3
Superman Returns
Forrest Hartman
After nearly 20 years in hiding one would expect Superman s return to be special Alas the most noteworthy thing about director Bryan Singer s new movie is the hype surrounding it 
2.5
Superman Returns
Peter T. Chattaway
The film s weaknesses aside there is no denying that Singer has pulled out all the stops in his bid to make the biggest loudest summer blockbuster possible 
2.5
Superman Returns
Jordan Hiller
In a time where the youth of this nation are fighting and dying to defend this country the film argues that each one of us can be super under the right circumstance 
3
Superman Returns
Wesley Lovell
A good start at revitalizing a dead series Get rid of Kevin Spacey for the sequel and you might have something spectacular 
3
Superman Returns
Jorge Avila Andrade
Romántica emocionante trepidante mística y entrañable es un digno homenaje al héroe más grande del mundo y un perfecto ejemplo de que el cine sigue siendo la fábrica de sueños pues ahora más que nunca es posible creer que un hombre puede volar 
3.5
Superman Returns
Collin Souter
The plane taking off flying and nearly crashing into the earth almost serves as a metaphor for the entire Superman Returns experience 
2.5
Superman Returns
Larry Ratliff
Spirited and somewhat bittersweet Superman Returns remains a fascinating and very entertaining ride most of the way u2014 though it s probably at least 20 minutes too long for optimum interest 
3.5
Superman Returns
Mark Dujsik
The Man of Steel returns in body but not quite in spirit 
2.5
Superman Returns
Ross Anthony
The film struggles to find its own rhythm most of time but eventually finds it in the climb to climax and resolution Some great action I like the new suit 
2.5
Superman Returns
Gina Carbone
There s no spark No life A chuckle here or there but no romantic tension no wit no inspiration 
2.25
Superman Returns
Lori Hoffman
an enjoyable if overly long tribute to the original spirit of the comic books and the series of films that starred the late Christopher Reeve 
3
Superman Returns
Michael Dequina
When you clamor for Supes and director Bryan Singer to deliver a knockout rush of blockbuster excitement they instead settle for being merely entertaining 
3
Superman Returns
Greg Maki
With so many superheroes flooding the market the world may not need Superman but the movies are a better place now that he s back 
3.5
Superman Returns
Frank Ochieng
resonates with energizing purpose and reminds moviegoers why Superman was such an escapist treat when it first hit the big screen almost three decades ago 
2.5
Superman Returns
Steven Snyder
The lasting accomplishment of Superman Returns is that it manages to free itself from the mountain of expectations weighing it down 
3
Superman Returns
David Keyes
Sidelines the prospect of solid character exploration in favor of a plot so silly and clumsy that even children would find reason to roll their eyes at it 
2.5
Superman Returns
Linda Cook
I take this whole Superman thing pretty personally 
3.5
Superman Returns
Jonathan R. Perry
With child s eye exuberance Bryan Singer brings an obvious respect even reverence for the mythology of America s most enduring superhero and his cinematic legacy 
3.5
Superman Returns
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is probably about as good a Superman epic as you can get without taking some crazy universe shaking chances This one s a safe but solid start maybe the next one will take it to a new level 
3
Superman Returns
Thomas Delapa
Look Up in the sky It s a bird it s a plane no it s the biggest turkey of the year featuring a would be Superman so wooden he might as well be acting in a pine box lined in kryptonite 
1.5
Superman Returns
Garth Franklin
A good performance by Routh solid production values and great action can t overcome a heavy handed script weak characters and poor pacing
2
Superman Returns
Eric Melin
By emphasizing Superman s virtual omnipotence and also his sense of eternal heartbreak and loss Singer s epic and lyrical movie has the same poignancy of a classic Greek tragedy 
3.5
Superman Returns
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bryan Singer delivers the beautiful new Superman Returns an impeccably made film but with little inside 
3
Superman Returns
Matt Brunson
For fans of Donner s 1978 model the pleasures begin immediately 
3.5
Superman Returns
John Beifuss
If Singer respects Superman he is downright reverent toward Superman and this continuity with Donner s film is what s right and wrong with Returns 
3
Superman Returns
Sean McBride
a lot to admire but not much to get excited about 
2.5
Superman Returns
Geoff Pevere
World saving all powerful hero to everyone stuff must be lonely work and Singer s Superman bears the responsibility with the slightly clenched dutifulness of someone who s immortal enough to accept his destiny but human enough to suffer the weight 
2.5
Superman Returns
Timothy Knight
Long thought to be impervious to everything except Kryptonite the Man of Steel ultimately falls victim to another even more insidious force a frustrating hit and miss screenplay 
2.5
Superman Returns
Rick Groen
It s clear that Superman Returns wants to lay claim to being a true successor to the first film not a sequel so much as a full blooded offspring But these bold hopes are tempered by a risk free strategy 
3
Superman Returns
Jeff Vice
As the title character relative newcomer Routh impresses he s clearly trying to channel Reeve And Spacey is obviously having fun playing a villain and is considerably more menacing than Gene Hackman was in the same role 
3
Superman Returns
Frank Houston
Like many superhero movies Superman Returns relies on special effects to create the swooshing sense of exuberance that should also be a part of the storytelling 
2.5
Superman Returns
Michael Booth
The main point of Superman Returns is that Singer spends 2 1 2 hours avoiding a franchise size fumble 
3
Superman Returns
Emily Blunt
Look up the sky it s a bird it s a plane no it s Brandon Routh manly manning up the horizon in form fitting tights 
2.5
Superman Returns
Dan Fienberg
Overlong and occasionally unfocused it may have flaws but like its formerly unknown star it weathers its early uncertain steps by providing memorable moments of its own 
3
Superman Returns
Bob Bloom
Seeing that big red S on the big screen again is an exciting experience Welcome home Supe We missed you 
3.5
Superman Returns
Tyler Hanley
Although Singer s take on Superman is slightly reminiscent of Peter Jackson s remake of King Kong epic breathtaking and a bit over indulgent Returns is a welcome addition to the cinematic superhero library 
3.5
Superman Returns
Kurt Loder
The bittersweet love story is interesting and the digital action looks as costly as it obviously was but despite the considerable amount of time that Superman spends flying around the sky his return never really takes off 
2
Superman Returns
Jon Niccum
It s a bird It s a plane It s a downer 
2.5
Superman Returns
David Nusair
the most effective and flat out entertaining installment in this ongoing series 
3
Superman Returns
Phil Villarreal
He remembered the cape the spandex the shiny boots and the big red S on his chest but wait Where s the personality 
2
Superman Returns
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s a summer popcorn movie no question but it looks great has laughs and thrills and even a few moments of genuine drama 
3
Superman Returns
Willie Waffle
Shame on Honeycutt Gleiberman McCarthy and Corliss for giving away the big twist but even their idiotic and unprofessional decisions can t stop you from loving the movie Put on your red cape and tight red underpants and get in line RIGHT NOW 
4
Superman Returns
Maitland McDonagh
It s stately elegant too long a little dull and fanatical in its fidelity to the earlier films resurrecting everything from John Williams theme and the goofy futuristic credits treatment to the late Marlon Brando 
2.5
Superman Returns
Robert W. Butler
When it was all over something was missing Oh yeah The fun 
2.5
Superman Returns
Duane Dudek
It is easily the best superhero film since Spider Man 2 and strongly resembles the 1978 film Superman 
3.5
Superman Returns
Moira MacDonald
Superman Returns should swoop away with a big chunk of the summer box office and deservedly so 
3.5
Superman Returns
Chris Hewitt
It fulfills the minimum requirements for summer blockbusters without going the extra mile as last year s Batman Begins did 
2.5
Superman Returns
Carla Meyer
Singer maintains a tone that s serious but inflected with enough comic touches so that the picture never grows too dark 
3.5
Superman Returns
Steven Rea
This Superman is good Very good 
3.5
Superman Returns
Jack Mathews
The movie has an undercurrent of personal drama that leaves you with a lump in your throat and an urgent need to see Superman return again 
4
Superman Returns
Lou Lumenick
A beautifully crafted emotionally resonant and heavily nostalgic Man of Steel guaranteed to appeal to several generations of Superman fans 
3.5
Superman Returns
Lisa Rose
Singer gets the details right but the big picture is uneven 
2.5
Superman Returns
Josh Larsen
I m battening down the hatches as I write this sticks and stones may break my bones but fanboy e mails will never hurt me because the truth is Superman has always struck me as a generic character 
2
Superman Returns
Glenn Whipp
Superman Returns is a comic book movie for people who like virtuous superheroes soap opera storylines and blatant messianic allegories 
2
Superman Returns
Amy Biancolli
The world needs him all right and it should welcome his Return 
3.5
Superman Returns
Terry Lawson
Singer has succeeded beyond anyone s expectations and establishes himself as someone to whom any film aiming for taste and intelligence could be trusted 
4
Superman Returns
Lawrence Toppman
The film has such an expansive likeable spirit that you feel petty quibbling about details 
3
Superman Returns
Roger Ebert
This is a glum lackluster movie in which even the big effects sequences seem dutiful instead of exhilarating 
2
Superman Returns
Ty Burr
A generally thrilling entertainment that s not quite the grand slam you want it to be 
3
Superman Returns
James Sanford
elaborate adventure rich in suspenseful action sequences does not revitalize the Superman saga in the same way Batman Begins overhauled the Batman legend but it s an entertaining update 
3
Superman Returns
Sara Michelle Fetters
The director and his writers do a slam bang job of bringing the superhero into the 21st Century allowing the audience to see this last son of Krypton as they ve never done before 
3.5
Superman Returns
Sean P. Means
Not since Gus Van Sant s shot for shot Psycho remake has a commercial filmmaker strived so laboriously to step in another filmmaker s footprints 
3
Superman Returns
Erik Childress
Winds up failing on such a colossal level that the dispensing of parts three and four takes on an ignorance that rivals the reign of the Salkinds 
1.5
Superman Returns
Dustin Putman
A majestic and exhilarating blockbuster that captures for the first time in the series the sheer awe inspiring feeling of what it might be like to fly 
3
Superman Returns
Steve Rhodes
Brandon Routh in a charisma free performance makes a superhero super boring and with his airbrushed appearance makes Superman look like a department store mannequin 
1.5
Superman Returns
Claudia Puig
It s good to have him back even if he is a bit more fragile 
3
Superman Returns
Mick LaSalle
An action sequence isn t just about spectacular visions but about making audiences care about those visuals about what they mean for the characters There Superman Returns comes up short 
2
Superman Returns
Walter Chaw
The saddest most desperately lonesome and melancholy mainstream film in recent memory 
4
Superman Returns
Bruce Newman
Singer has brought the venerable superhero soaring back to life by delivering a satisfying blend of action story and character development If the movie is half an hour longer than it needs to be there also are moments when you wish it would never end
3
Superman Returns
David Elliott
Using an old hero and basically old ideas Superman Returns rises above the franchise fatigue of been there done that 
3
Superman Returns
Sara Brady
This Superman is like nothing you ve ever seen before but it tickles something primitive and comforting at the back of the mind Gorgeously detailed and meticulously realized it s a homecoming of a movie 
3
Superman Returns
Jeffrey Westhoff
Its deliberate lack of originality is demoralizing 
2.5
Superman Returns
Phoebe Flowers
At every turn in Superman Returns is a sense of respect for all that s preceded it 
3.5
Superman Returns
Gene Seymour
Superman Returns is pop mythology reinvigorated with intense grandeur infectious energy and fierce conviction by director Bryan Singer 
4
Superman Returns
Michael Phillips
In isolated moments Singer honors the myth and finds a fresh way to dramatize it The director is scheduled to do a sequel to be released in 2009 Maybe in that one we ll get more magic along with the reverence 
2.5
Superman Returns
Matt Pais
High flying super fun entertainment that s perfect for summer 
3
Superman Returns
James Berardinelli
Superman Returns is near the top if not at the top of the superhero movie pile It offers nearly everything romance action humor and plenty of goose bumps For Superman many happy returns 
3.5
Superman Returns
Nick Rogers
Love triangles maternal and paternal instincts and overcoming vulnerability are given graphic novel seriousness But the film never detours into something so solemn so as not to be a good time A bit shy of great but another fine modern superhero movie 
3.5
Superman Returns
Keith Uhlich
Superman Returns is a pleasant enough piece of hackwork anonymous in all the right ways so that it neither offends nor thrills 
2
Superman Returns
Peter Canavese
Like his superhero director Bryan Singer carries an Atlas like burden but with thorough fan friendly fetishism Singer honors the Superman mythos 
3
Superman Returns
Peter Travers
That S on his suit has a whole new meaning He s a Soul man 
3
Sick of Myself
Walter Chaw
Sick of Myself could easily be read as a poet of the devil s part but I think that s the easy way out of the vicious self examination it invites 
3.5
Fubar 2
Mike McGranaghan
Gets better as it goes along although I was never rolling on the floor with laughter 
2.5
Fubar 2
Liam Lacey
Though the energy flags a little in the film s second half overall the comedy feels nervy and original 
3
Fubar 2
Linda Barnard
As with the 2002 movie that introduced us to the pair director Michael Dowse who co wrote the script with Lawrence and Spence makes it clear that these are loveable losers 
3
The Final Season
David Nusair
manages to overcome the entirely underwhelming nature of its first act 
2.5
The Final Season
Bob Bloom
Most of the townspeople are archetypes In fact you get the feeling the town is populated by character actors and not real people 
1
The Final Season
Linda Cook
It never hits a home run But Final Season an adequate movie about an above average baseball team isn t a loser either 
2
The Final Season
Frank Ochieng
Inspirational but overly cliched with its pseudo earnestness In short this heartland based hokum about a high school baseball team is definitely corn off the cob 
2
The Final Season
Vince Koehler
The tagline should be changed from How Do You Want To Be Remembered to How Do You Want To Be Forgotten You will find yourself forgetting too 
1
The Final Season
Ken Fox
It moves along at a brisk pace the ball games are skillfully done and its point about the need for local decisions like the closing a school to be made at the local level is a point well made 
2.5
The Final Season
Chris Hewitt
Ever notice that sports movies that mean to inspire us with the message that winning isn t everything almost always end up with a victory 
1.5
The Final Season
Ted Fry
Perhaps if Disney had gotten their hands on it The Final Season would have gotten the spitball polish it needs 
1.5
The Final Season
Mick LaSalle
Why is it enjoyable to watch sporting events depicted when we know how the games will end how they have to end Where does the tension come from Why do we care when we know already 
2
The Final Season
Timothy Knight
So relentlessly earnest and maudlin it makes Hoosiers look like a Martin Scorsese film The Final Season is the latest and worst sports themed underdog story to get the big screen treatment 
1
The Final Season
Rene Rodriguez
Belying the claim there s no longer any truth in advertising The Final Season is exactly the formulaic by the numbers movie it appears to be These Tigers deserved better 
2
The Final Season
Ty Burr
The US corn surplus is in no way eased by The Final Season an Iowa high school baseball saga that goes heavy on the inspiration sports movie cliches and high fructose syrup 
2
The Final Season
Sean P. Means
This hackneyed drama wrests from Field of Dreams the trophy for most syrupy Iowa centric baseball movie of all time 
1.5
The Final Season
Brett McCracken
Unabashedly builds on stock sports movies of the past the tagline could have been Friday Night Lights meets Field of Dreams and follows formulas to an almost comical degree 
2.5
The Final Season
Mark Dujsik
A sports movie hodgepodge neither inspiring nor competent 
1
The Final Season
Steven Rea
The Final Season is as corny as an Iowa farm field but as the World Series rolls around fans of the sport might want to check out this tried and true tale of overcoming adversity beating the odds and banding together for a righteous cause 
2.5
The Final Season
Paul Kosidowski
Fresh faced and plain spoken it finds its way into your heart with a quiet sincerity that s as refreshing and satisfying as a good farmhouse cooked meal 
3
The Final Season
Jeff Vice
It takes forever for the film to even get to the start of the baseball season But once it does it s pretty engaging 
2
The Final Season
Nick Schager
In The Final Season high school baseball gives a small town its pride and identity And quells teenage rebellion And helps foster two separate romances And cures cancer 
1
The Final Season
Dustin Putman
Characters speak in dime store odes to the sacred game of baseball The emotions are of the maudlin heart on your sleeve variety The music score swells even when the scene doesn t call for it The climax is set at the big game You get the picture 
2
The Final Season
Tasha Robinson
The film s climactic baseball game does crackle with nail biting energy but the 90 minute lead up is full of hokey sentiment and unearned gushiness 
1
The Final Season
Phil Villarreal
It s funny how almost every sports film based on a true story is based on the same story 
2
The Final Season
James Berardinelli
Sports movies have become so generic and so common that it takes something unusual or affecting to spark an audience The Final Season has neither 
2
A Night in Casablanca
Walter Chaw
An undercooked espionage spoof that takes meek aim at Casablanca a time or two but generally just plays like the mercenary piece of garbage that it is 
1
State of Siege
James Kendrick
Rather than playing into the prejudices and biases of any one political stripe State of Siege boldly dares to look at both sides finding both fault and virtue 
3.5
State of Siege
Judith Egerton
A political thriller with a cautionary message but it doesn t carry out its mission 
2.5
Diplomacy
Tirdad Derakhshani
Arestrup and Dussollier are mesmerizing as they attack and parry argue and counterargue They reminisce about their lives before the war and wax poetic about their families then engage in battle again 
3.5
Diplomacy
Anders Wright
You know after all what the end result will be but Diplomacy is strong enough to keep the situation intense and important 
3
Diplomacy
James Berardinelli
Diplomacy will work for those who appreciate dialogue based character films in which plot is of secondary importance 
3
Diplomacy
Leba Hertz
Although we know what happens Diplomacy keeps up the suspense and pulls off surprises as Choltitz s decision reaches its inevitable ending 
4
Diplomacy
Michael O'Sullivan
Its minor thrills come not from not knowing what will happen but from watching the cagey choreography of two acrobatic minds 
2.5
Diplomacy
Tom Russo
Tere s a fair amount of talking in circles even with the film s brisk running time The dialogue also reflects the material s stage origins in ways that don t always translate well 
2
Diplomacy
Rafer Guzman
Well orchestrated and superbly acted Though we know the outcome the fate of Paris seems anything but guaranteed 
3
Diplomacy
Carson Lund
The film isn t really fooling anyone into feeling doom laden suspense Paris after all is still standing but the principal performers sell the momentousness of the drama 
2.5
Diplomacy
Farran Smith Nehme
The film s a little too flashy and theatrical with too neat ironies As a duel between acting talents though this is first rate 
3
Diplomacy
Godfrey Cheshire
Benefits greatly from the razor sharp theater honed skills of two formidable French actors Niels Arestrup and Andr Dussollier who created the roles on stage 
3
Restless
David Nusair
46 46 46 doesn apos t boast a whole lot of attributes designed to capture and retain one apos s interest 46 46 46 
2
American Buffalo
Matt Brunson
Mamet s strafing dialogue still hits its marks but director Michael Corrente never manages to turn this into anything more than a static filmed play 
2.5
American Buffalo
Roger Ebert
Because the film never really brings to life its inner secrets it seems leisurely and toward the end it seems long 
2.5
Do Donkeys Act?
Barry Hertz
It is a well known maxim in movie making that any project can be improved by the presence of Willem Dafoe 
3
Do Donkeys Act?
Chris Knight
They ve done an amazing job recording donkeys in action without any of the standard documentary conventions 
3.5
The Last Man on Earth
Matt Brunson
Will there ever be a truly fine adaptation of Richard Matheson s novel I Am Legend For now this will do edging out Will Smith s fairly interesting I Am Legend and far outpacing Charlton Heston s terrible The Omega Man 
2.5
The Last Man on Earth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Feels just a little shabby and tired but still effectively conveying the mood 
2.5
The Last Man on Earth
Walter Chaw
It s actually an exceptional film in an exceptional year for film a beautiful occasionally stunning piece about loneliness and alienation 
3
Enlighten Us
Brian Tallerico
It s the very complexity of this situation that makes for fascinating TV along with Carchman s respect for all the players and a refusal to turn Enlighten Us into an answer movie 
3
Date Night
Federico Furzan
Boring but effective comedy that agonizes until the end to keep things together Full review in Spanish 
2
Date Night
Sarah Knight Adamson
Date Night is a fun romp in New York City that explores issues of everyday life while adding some romance and openness about marriage 
4
Date Night
Mattie Lucas
Carell and Fey use their comedic talents to keep the film on track 
2.5
Date Night
Jeff Beck
As believable as the story is it s strange that the filmmakers didn t do more with the talent they had on hand 
2.5
Date Night
Michael Dequina
Levy knows better to simply stay out of the dynamic duo s way and let them do their proven thing 
3
Date Night
John Beifuss
Shawn Levy tries to smash the fun with an unnecessary over the top car chase but the stars are so likable they keep our interest on track 
3
Date Night
Brett McCracken
Fey and Carell are as good a tag team comedy duo as Lucy and Desi maybe even Tracy and Hepburn charismatic comedians who have amazing chemistry together 
3
Date Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a somewhat engaging devil may care attitude to it all that s hard to dislike and at just under 90 minutes Levy never allows the proceedings to drag on to the point they d become annoying or tiresome 
3
Date Night
Sean P. Means
What holds Date Night together are the ways Carell and Fey get laughs and their effortless ability to convey the ups and downs of the Fosters marriage 
3
Date Night
James Kendrick
feels like it was written by a computer program and when it works it is only because of the canny casting of its leads
2.5
Date Night
Matt Brunson
A likable lark that just makes the cut due largely to the appeal of stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey 
3
Date Night
Roz Laws
You have to take a few infeasible plot leaps but the chemistry between the leads and their sheer likeability factor carry them through the silly slapstick 
4
Date Night
Lori Hoffman
Carell and Fey worked well as a team despite the limitation of the vehicle
2
Date Night
Janos Gereben
What the film turned out to be is a good movie but not a great one 
2.5
Date Night
Tom Meek
Levy despite the wit and chemistry of his leads and a killer line up of cameos James Franco Mark Ruffalo Mila Kunis manages to make the whole thing feel like a one season sit com crammed onto a DVD 
2
Date Night
Kam Williams
The perfect date movie 
4
Date Night
Eric Melin
One minute its forced slapstick the next it s a bullet riddled car chase and neither works 
2
Date Night
Kit Bowen
Definitely go on this Date 
3.5
Date Night
David Nusair
the affable vibe inevitably gives way to an emphasis on increasingly over the top action sequences 
2
Date Night
Sean O'Connell
Unapologetocally funny Here s hoping enough couples chose it as their date night fodder so the naturally entertaining Carell and Fey get to do it all over again And soon 
3
Date Night
Rossiter Drake
Carell and Fey are gifted comedians as anyone familiar with their TV work can attest They both deserve a better outing than Date Night 
2
Date Night
Linda Cook
It pales in comparison to Scorsese s brilliant After Hours But the theme is the same Crazy things can happen when ordinary people go outside of their comfort zones 
3
Date Night
Mike McGranaghan
Somehow in an act of sheer alchemy this silly preposterous absurd story has been turned into one of the funniest movies I ve seen in many months 
3.5
Date Night
Keith Cohen
The blooper outtakes over the end credits are funnier than the entire movie The standout cameo belongs to J B Smoove playing a 
2
Date Night
Robert Levin
The film achieves the impressive feat of squandering Steve Carell and Tina Fey 
2.5
Date Night
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Date Night isn t brilliant or hilarious but it s something perhaps even more rare It s consistent brisk and charmingly lightweight 
3
Date Night
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore on The Dick Van Dyke Show Carell and Fey are witty together sexy together and most important of all believable together 
3
Date Night
Christian Toto
Date Night is worth hiring a sitter to see but only for the Fey Carell connection 
2.5
Date Night
Rick Groen
Tina Fey is really funny Steve Carell is really funny Date Night stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell Ergo Date Night must be really sorry I wish it worked that way almost as much as the studios do But no 
2
Date Night
Robert W. Butler
Date Night is an OK comedy But that s not good enough 
2
Date Night
Peter Canavese
Much as I would prefer to see the subtler Carell of Dan in Real Life comically negotiate a struggling marriage to Fey we re in a land of gunfire and super computers 
2.5
Date Night
Lisa Kennedy
The screenplay by Josh Klausner proves that the easy laugh isn t always the best 
2
Date Night
Willie Waffle
The premise might be a little outrageous and stolen from a great episode of Seinfeld but it is funnier than I expected 
3
Date Night
Michael O'Sullivan
In the hands of say a Greg Kinnear and a Sarah Jessica Parker the thing could be a disaster It s not Not by a long shot 
3
Date Night
Lou Lumenick
A reasonably amusing way to pass Saturday night with a significant other 
2.5
Date Night
Peter Howell
Watching Carell and Fey in action trading quips and dodging gunfire as they attempt to make their way home to white picket fence suburbia makes you wonder why it s taken so long to bring these two gifted comics together 
3
Date Night
Chris Hewitt
We re here because we want to see Fey and Carell 
3
Date Night
Erik Childress
Carell and Fey continue to prove that they can hold our attention with a combination of goofball wit impeccable timing and a direct commitment to the stories they are trying to tell with their characters 
3
Date Night
Mark Dujsik
Two comedians walk into a thriller 
2.5
Date Night
Michael A. Smith
But the hidden gem here is Wahlberg who is introduced as a one time real estate client of Claires who has a penchant for not wearing shirts 
3
Date Night
Joe Lozito
Harmless action comedy rests on the considerable comedic shoulders of its two stars but generates few real laughs 
2.5
Date Night
Dustin Putman
That rare high concept action comedy that not only earns every one of its fairly consistent big laughs but also provides a certain amount of pathos too 
3
Date Night
Peter Travers
Here s proof that Tina Fey and Steve Carell could squeeze laughs out of a phone book 
2.5
Date Night
Mick LaSalle
Josh Klausner wrote the screenplay but it really does seem as though some of its funniest lines were ad libbed Either that or Klausner deserves credit for tailoring a screenplay so completely to his actors so as to make it seem that they wrote it 
3
Date Night
Claudia Puig
This is the rare screwball comedy that is superbly paced cleverly plotted and hilarious from start to finish 
3.5
Date Night
Moira MacDonald
Date Night could have been another The Bounty Hunter a DOA movie star romantic comedy mixed with implausible action adventure But instead it s the happiest of surprises a genuinely sweet funny movie 
3
Date Night
Jeff Vice
For all the problems Carell and Fey keep us interested in finding out what happens to their characters We want them to make it out of Manhattan safely and for them to have some actual fun 
2.5
Date Night
Carrie Rickey
Carell and Fey mine the humor of predictable characters acting unpredictably and frequently they strike gold 
3
Date Night
Stephen Whitty
If Date Night doesn t itself quite justify a date night really do you know what sitters charge these days it ll be a fun rent in six months 
2.5
Date Night
Wesley Morris
Date Night manages to live down to its store brand title But it might have worked as a serious comedy about two people trying to resex their marriage and air their mounting grievances 
2
Date Night
Alison Gang
Imagine it Liz Lemon and Michael Scott Married with kids I want to go to there 
3
Date Night
Joe Williams
This shrill caper is more like a blind date between fingernail and chalkboard 
2
Date Night
Josh Larsen
Aside from the part where Steve Carell climbs onto the hood of a sports car during a high speed gun fight Date Night is funny because it s true 
3
Date Night
Nick Schager
Steve Carell and Tina Fey s partnership as the lynchpins of NBC s Thursday night schedule is crudely translated to the big screen in Date Night a creaky comedy only tolerable thanks to its stars likeability 
1.5
Date Night
James Berardinelli
As dynamic as the duo of Carell and Fey might be they prove unable to reverse the trend of padded and forgettable action comedies 
2.5
Date Night
Michael Phillips
As Date Night revels in how danger and near death experiences can reignite a marriage it revels equally in how Carell and Fey can make a formulaic movie seem fresh simply by virtue of their respective comic chops 
2.5
Date Night
Rene Rodriguez
You leave the theater satisfied yet strangely displeased That s what happens when good actors are stranded in a lame movie that is not worthy of their talents 
2.5
Date Night
Roger Ebert
A movie like Date Night encourages Hollywood comedy to occasionally dial down and realize that comedy emerges from characters and situations and can t be manufactured from manic stunts and overkill 
3.5
Date Night
Steve Persall
Once again proof that must see TV doesn t guarantee can t miss movies 
2
Dragonslayer
Stephen Cole
Like many good documentary filmmakers Tristan Patterson is a talented eavesdropper who lets characters articulate overriding themes 
3
Dragonslayer
Peter Hartlaub
In following this scattered character around Dragonslayer director Tristan Patterson makes a very purposeful documentary about the pessimistic worldview of the nation s youth and what that means for the future 
3
Dragonslayer
Nick Schager
Is Josh Skreech Sandoval the least deserving documentary subject ever 
.5
The Black Balloon
Mattie Lucas
This is standard Hallmark fare but to its credit it never tries to hide from that 
2
The Black Balloon
Mike Scott
It s a well meaning film marked by Luke Ford s sensitive portrayal of a disabled character But the main character is bland imparting the same vibe on the rest of the film 
2.5
The Black Balloon
Christian Toto
The Black Balloon is neither Rain Man nor The Other Sister This Aussie charmer charts its own course 
3
The Black Balloon
Alicia Potter
Wakefield anchors the well paced quieter moments 
3
The Black Balloon
Walter V. Addiego
The film s vision is neither a grim wallow nor falsely cheerful It s compassionate but unblinking and in the end we can t help but admire the genuine strength of how its characters accept their special challenge 
3
The Black Balloon
Graham Killeen
The Black Balloon is marked by the fiercest bravery you re likely to encounter on screen this year 
3
The Black Balloon
Michael Phillips
At its sharpest Elissa Down s feature directorial debut is guided by intense rough edged emotional swings that feel authentically alive even when the script settles for tidiness 
3
The Black Balloon
Roger Ebert
The Black Balloon establishes this family with a delicate mixture of tenderness and pain 
3
The Black Balloon
Phil Villarreal
The outlines are broad and obvious and Thomas such a bore that The Black Balloon loses air 
2.5
The Black Balloon
Ted Fry
There are wrenching scenes that are brutally stark yet there remains a steady sense of calm that is touching and sensitive without ever turning sentimental 
3
The Black Balloon
Ty Burr
Structurally and cinematically The Black Balloon sticks to the coming of age basics but director Down has a gift for conveying time and place 
3
The Black Balloon
Chris Hewitt
Collette aside there is no wow factor in The Black Balloon just a not bad story told with better than average skill 
2.5
The Black Balloon
Jake Wilson
A writer director portrays life with an autistic brother to heartwarming effect 
2
The Black Balloon
Lou Lumenick
This small gem has a very satisfying ending 
3
The Black Balloon
Nick Schager
Elissa Down s semi autobiographical film always manages to counter its indie clichés with a sober sense of the volatility that comes from living with an autistic individual 
2.5
Willow
Brian Eggert
In the wake of series like The Lord of the Rings and the later Harry Potter entries Willow cannot help but feel catered to children with little awareness of how much it borrows from other sources 
2.5
Willow
Gene Siskel
There isn t a single major character in the film who is engaging 
2
Willow
James Berardinelli
Willow feels like the kind of movie that might have worked considerably better on the printed page 
2.5
Willow
Dave Kehr
It takes forever for the story to get started and once it does it holds few surprises 
2
Willow
Jack Garner
Time worn myths and legends get a zestful entertaining reworking in Willow 
3.5
Willow
David Nusair
a decent fantasy epic that never quite lives up to the promise of its engaging first act 
2.5
Willow
Rob Vaux
There s a sunny feeling here that s impossible to deny a warm inviting tone unseen in more recent fare 
3
Willow
Betsy Bozdech
If you like fantasy flicks director Ron Howard s take on executive producer George Lucas story is an action packed adventure with a nice message about heroes coming in all sizes 
3
Willow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This solid three star adventure provides the missing link between Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace 
3
Willow
Walter Chaw
It works better as a portfolio for ILM techies than an example of such hoary entertainment standards as acting screenwriting plotting and direction 
1
Willow
David Keyes
I absolutely loved this movie from beginning to end And for some oddly strange reason I never could really tell why I enjoyed it so much 
4
Willow
Roger Ebert
At the story level Willow is turgid and relentlessly predictable 
2.5
The Reluctant Debutante
Matt Brunson
A comedy with bursts of inspired lunacy 
3
Mad Love
Matt Brunson
An appropriately lurid thriller 
3
Freedom to Die
Eric Melin
One of the best anti war movies ever it s unusual to see German soldiers portrayed in a human light much less courageous teenagers who think they are doing the right thing 
3.5
Freedom to Die
James Kendrick
a devastating portrayal of enthusiasm for the glories of war fueled in equal parts by youthful naivet and political indoctrination crashing against the realities of human bloodshed
3.5
Freedom to Die
Peter Canavese
That it is Hitler doing the exploiting has little relevance to the overriding theme of tragic history humanity remains doomed to repeat sending naive young men and at some times and places boys to their ends 
3.5
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Matt Brunson
Truly this man was the son of God John Wayne drawls evoking his Western persona so strongly that you half expect Walter Brennan to pop up alongside him as his sidekick Gimpus Maximus 
2
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Collin Souter
Don t let the title fool you It s all hype The gratuitous cameos make it hard to take the movie seriously 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
David Nusair
populated by original characters that re almost always interesting to watch 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Joshua Tanzer
A dry dim looking film that s more about clever structure than meaningful stories 
2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Margaret A. McGurk
A deft bracing web of coincidence fate and consequence 
3.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Linda Cook
Just what makes us happy anyway 
4
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Josh Larsen
The overall result isn t drama as much as it is a dissertation 
2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Phil Villarreal
The dialogue is more vibrant and thoughtful than what you ll find in most movies and gimmick free 
4
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Collin Souter
Thirteen Conversations will probably reach some people and in turn maybe even make the world a better place We can hope 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Jeff Vice
Those who are more patient and looking for more from a movie will be rewarded with a thoughtful film that asks more questions than it gives answers 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Liam Lacey
Smart serious and deftly composed 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Loren King
Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness but Thirteen Conversations About One Thing for all its generosity and optimism never resorts to easy feel good sentiments 
3.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Dustin Putman
Captures the resourcefulness and fragility of human nature with a consistently sharp eye that proves truly mesmerizing 
3.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Rob Thomas
The script by Sprecher and her sister Karen is a clockwork marvel and offers some talented actors their best roles in years
4
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Duane Dudek
A work of intricate elegance literary lyricism and profound common sense 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Moira MacDonald
Thirteen Conversations may occasionally frustrate but it brings rich thoughtful rewards 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Joe Baltake
Smart and alert Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a small gem 
3.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Susan Stark
Frequently stilted and annoyingly abstruse as it is enlightening 
2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Terry Lawson
One of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Rene Rodriguez
Nothing fantastic or supernatural ever happens but you can still feel cosmic forces at work behind the scenes conspiring to repeatedly test the movie s characters doling out reward and punishment in equal doses 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Mary F. Pols
A pretentious drama 
2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Roger Ebert
The movie is brilliant really It is philosophy illustrated through everyday events 
4
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Chris Hewitt
Happiness is a topic as amorphous as it is sentimental but 13 Conversations is grounded in the kinds of concrete emotions and images we can all relate to 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Carrie Rickey
It shows how in the cosmic scheme of things disconnected acts and people do connect And that they inalterably change each other 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Jeffrey Westhoff
The sisterly writing team of Karen and Jill Sprecher create that deadly form of cinema the play mistaken for a movie 
2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
David Elliott
The movie has a soft percolating magic a deadpan suspense 
4
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Joe Leydon
At once intriguingly allusive and rigorously precise very much like an anthology of well crafted short stories 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Mick LaSalle
A major achievement and something to get excited about 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Jeanne Aufmuth
13 Conversations holds its goodwill close but is relatively slow to come to the point 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Rob Blackwelder
An intelligent earnest intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you re getting its metaphysical point 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Pam Grady
This is a movie full of grace and ultimately hope 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Gene Seymour
Even if the working parts in Conversations aren t all up to snuff the movie does succeed in leaving you attentive and prepared for any stirring in the outside world that will affect your day 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Lou Lumenick
Coulda been a contender 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Bob Strauss
Thirteen Conversations might have been as deep as it clearly aspired to be had more of its folks been designed like Gene to represent more than one thing 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Walter Chaw
A decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Steve Rhodes
As writers the Sprechers are able to capture the minutia and politics of the office world perfectly 
3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Ed Gonzalez
What with all the blanket statements and dime store ruminations on vanity the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time 
2.5
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Harvey S. Karten
A theatrical story of ideas a comical and poignant investigation of what it takes to be happy 
3
The Syrian Bride
Chris Hewitt
Riklis performs a delicate balancing act juggling a half dozen plotlines each of which is made vivid by his terrific cast 
3.5
The Syrian Bride
Jeff Strickler
Political dramas and soap operas don t have much in common which makes this hybrid as surprising as it is entertaining 
3
The Syrian Bride
Carrie Rickey
An engrossing absurdist comedy 
3
The Syrian Bride
Ruthe Stein
A thoughtful and engaging film set in the turbulent Golan Heights 
3
The Syrian Bride
Marta Barber
This Israeli film gives us an honest look at situations we never see in the news It may have too many flaws to be a good film but for its content it is a winner 
2.5
The Syrian Bride
Bob Strauss
It s a lovely little film that puts a big big bite on some very large issues 
3.5
The Syrian Bride
John Monaghan
The movie charms while making a bold statement about the borders that governments and individuals construct to keep each other apart 
3
The Syrian Bride
Roger Ebert
The real interest in the film enters by the side door through supporting characters 
3
The Syrian Bride
Michael Phillips
Comes by its sweetness honestly And while multinationalism is no guarantee of quality this film is a true multinational affair 
3
The Syrian Bride
Duane Dudek
There is comedy of an absurdist sort in the film by Israeli director Eran Riklis and Palestinian screenwriter Suha Arraf 
3
The Syrian Bride
Tom Keogh
In the assured Jean Renoirlike sympathetic handling of director Riklis Zohar individuals deserve empathy while the socio historical forces crushing them demand scorn 
3
The Syrian Bride
Ty Burr
Amal becomes the heart of The Syrian Bride and Abbass its most poignant treasure 
3
The Syrian Bride
Elizabeth Weitzman
Eran Riklis and his co writer Suha Arraf take impressive care to create a sensitive and thoughtful examination of each character and country s deeply held bias 
3
The Syrian Bride
Ken Fox
Eran Riklis remarkable film explores the combined effects Middle Eastern geopolitics and age old repressive conventions have on a 25 year old bride 
3.5
The Syrian Bride
Jan Stuart
The lapses are eclipsed by an abiding empathy toward his characters 
3.5
The Syrian Bride
V.A. Musetto
Tackling serious issues with humor and understanding the film portrays Mona s woes as a microcosm of the entire mess in the Middle East 
3
The Syrian Bride
Nick Schager
The inability to communicate becomes in The Syrian Bride a problem both political and personal 
2.5
The Syrian Bride
John Terauds
It all comes together in a potent cinematic mix one that lends a deep humanity to a part of the world in dire need of greater understanding 
3
The Syrian Bride
Rick Groen
A classic case of a film without a focus 
2
The Syrian Bride
Joshua Tanzer
What do you suppose happens when a woman in the Golan Heights decides to marry a man on the other side of the Syrian border What happens is an international incident 
3
Lads & Jockeys
Kalvin Henely
Director Benjamin Marquet makes his documentary as much about his and his archival images as the sentiments audiences bring to them 
2.5
The Mangler
Brian Eggert
Somewhere between the over the top performances Hooper s unique blend of unrelenting comic horror and the sheer weirdness of it all The Mangler urges our viewership along for the duration of its runtime 
3
The Mangler
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s still something interesting about it perhaps because of Hooper s sure touch or perhaps because of the lead performance by Ted Levine 
2.5
The Mangler
Walter Chaw
Junkyards and common sense were made for stuff like this 
1
Ted Bundy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material and he can t help throwing in a few of his own touches 
3
Ted Bundy
Megan Turner
A trashy exploitative thoroughly unpleasant experience 
1
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Marty Mapes
Packs an emotional punch but that only partly makes up for the lack of a good story
2.5
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Jeff Vice
Ghosts of Cite Soleil is a curiously unfocused rambling film that never really settles on exactly what it wants to say or exactly which stories it wants to tell 
2.5
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Sean P. Means
Leth gets us so close to life in Cité Soleil that we practically can hear the bullets and smell the garbage 
3.5
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Rene Rodriguez
Ghosts of Cite Soleil is too brief and limited in scope to provide a complete picture of Haiti s turbulent history but its images of how so many of its citizens live and die on a daily basis is both heartbreaking and unforgettable 
3
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Ted Fry
More horrific than any tale from the crypt Hollywood could conceive 
3
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Bob Strauss
When it comes to depicting hell on Earth Ghosts of Cite Soleil burns right through the eyeballs and straight into the soul 
3
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Kam Williams
Fascinating stuff but this portrait of these scary altar boys is probably the last thing that Haiti s Board of Tourism wants to see in circulation 
4
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Jim Hemphill
Consistently riveting thanks to the sense of sheer terror that infuses its best moments 
3
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Elizabeth Weitzman
An indelible documentary which dives into the brutal heart of a place most people would avoid at all cost 
3
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Rafer Guzman
The director Asger Leth isn t terribly organized but he puts us smack in the middle of everything petty squabbles horrible riots casual shootings even a love triangle 
3
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Ken Fox
Danish filmmaker Asger Leth s gritty documentary is an all too real and rarely seen glimpse into the dark side of Aristide s Haiti 
2.5
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Robert Keser
Its apparent complexity is all visual patchwork 
2.5
Baby on Board
David Nusair
46 46 46 a seriously underwhelming comedic endeavor that suffers from an almost total lack of genuine laughs 46 46 46 
1.5
My Last Round
Kent Turner
The overall tone for the quiet but mercurial Chilean film My Last Round is positively funereal 
2.5
Black Friday
Brian Tallerico
An easy watch in a B movie marathon but you ll have forgotten it by the time you re done with the Thanksgiving leftovers 
2
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Mike Scott
Jenkins apos film doesn 8217 t play like your standard biography 46 It 8217 s more intimate than that 44 more personal and far more revealing than most works about the jazz giant 46 
3.5
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Focuses on Armstrong apos s personality 44 his legacy and cultural impact 44 and the way he used his fame and influence to break down some of the first barriers caused by racism 46 
3.5
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Randy Myers
It has something new to say and says it with poise polish and compassion 
4
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Steven Prokopy
This movie could have been twice as long and still not covered what it should have 44 but as is 44 it still manages to pack a punch and make its case for Armstrong being one of music 8217 s greatest talents 46 
3
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Matt Zoller Seitz
It apos s biographical jazz that permits digressions and gives itself the freedom to jump around as it pleases 46 
3
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Mark Dujsik
Louis Armstrong apos s Black amp Blues presents a vital conversation and a fine biography without allowing one mode or one side of the conversation overtake the other 46 
3
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Mark Feeney
There are many marvelous moments in the documentary 
3
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Dwight Brown
The magical sounds Satchmo created gave people joy and so will this deeply affecting bio doc 
4
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Ty Burr
Watch this documentary especially if all you know of Louis Armstrong is What a Wonderful World You can catch up with the rest of the grooves later 
3.5
Stomp the Yard
Vince Koehler
You will never see stomping like this as I m sure it took months of training to pull off all these incredible dance scenes 
3
Stomp the Yard
Kam Williams
A United Negro College Fund PSA for anyone interested in obtaining a Ph D in bling and booty calls A mind is a terrible thing to lose 
0
Stomp the Yard
Ross Anthony
Enjoyed Drumline and even Step Up so I took a look at Stomp Columbus Short as DJ is strong as well as some of the steppin but after the 1st act the film loses its edge 
1.5
Stomp the Yard
Linda Cook
You know I ve never been ashamed to admit I m a sucker for a dance movie 
3
Stomp the Yard
Kit Bowen
Despite its predictability all that stompin in this Yard will get you moving in your seat 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Ken Fox
Anyone who s seen the far superior Drumline or any sports movie at all for that matter will experience a nagging sense of deja vu upon viewing this one 
2
Stomp the Yard
Susan Walker
Perhaps director Sylvain White hoped that this laughably melodramatic film might find its way into the pantheon of urban dance films But seen against such films as Rize and You Got Served it s a step in the wrong direction 
2
Stomp the Yard
Tom Keogh
Typical of dance movies there s a bit of story to fill the gaps between energetic sessions of movement Director Sylvain White captures loads of feverish step action with stylishly jittery camerawork muted colors and claustrophobic framing 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Mick LaSalle
The film introduces too many elements doubles back on itself repeats and repeats the same information starts and stops includes needless tangential riffs finds artificial means to stretch the running length and is in every way a flabby mess 
2
Stomp the Yard
David Elliott
Director Sylvain White has a good cast but directs the fiercely macho dances in a choppy video buzzed manner that breaks up patterns and fuzzes some steps 
2
Stomp the Yard
Timothy Knight
Unlike Spike Lee s School Daze Stomp the Yard barely explores the social dynamics of its university setting beyond the fraternities step competition 
1.5
Stomp the Yard
Stephen Whitty
The cast adds little Columbus Short a dancer turned actor can move well but he mugs too much for the camera when he s supposed to be having fun and barely holds the screen when he s not 
2
Stomp the Yard
Kyle Smith
The movie starts with furious team dance offs but these aren t as interesting as they should be Camera trickery keeps slowing down or speeding up everyone s movements which destroys the amazement factor raised by the documentary Rize 
2
Stomp the Yard
Elizabeth Weitzman
What we get is scene after scene of exhilarating routines all leading up to the big finale And with two furiously intense teams ready to dance each other off the stage it s an absolute winner 
2
Stomp the Yard
Mack Bates
It s a shame that nearly everything in the middle of Stomp the Yard is so predictable because the opening and closing dance competitions are filled with amazing moves and other surprises 
2
Stomp the Yard
Connie Ogle
It s impossible not to warm up to actor Colubmus Short s quiet intensity and you can t beat the ferocious performance battle that rocks the stage in the film s final showdown Don t be surprised if you leave the theater stomping your feet 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Brian McTavish
Some viewers may feel as if they re sharing in the struggle and splendor that leads to a national step dancing tournament But the more you ve seen this sort of inspirational tale before the less likely you are to be interested in its parade of clichés 
2
Stomp the Yard
Liam Lacey
The plot is stale though some of the moves are fresh in Stomp the Yard a Flashdance like fable about a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who brings his street wise gangster style to the world of competitive fraternity step dancing 
2
Stomp the Yard
John Monaghan
Are the dancers at least amazing It s hard to say because novice director Sylvain White never gives us a decent look at them It s hard to see much when shots are delivered like lightning flashes 
2
Stomp the Yard
Lisa Kennedy
The film s makers get just how rich even ecstatic these subcultures of movement can be It s aggravating then to see how easily they trip up that vitality with uninspired storytelling 
2
Stomp the Yard
Mary Houlihan
A nod must be given to choreographer Dave Scott who skillfully blends the dance styles into an explosive whole Seeing Stomp the Yard for these bits alone is well worth it 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Wesley Morris
Columbus Short another pop choreographer sounds like Vin Diesel but he moves like a bee When he dances he makes sure every girl in the theater goes home stung 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately this remarkably entertaining form of dance of flying bodies and pinpoint rhythmic precision is almost undermined by the shockingly intrusive handling of former music video and commercial director Sylvain White 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Willie Waffle
They should just call this one You Got Served Again 
1.5
Stomp the Yard
Claudia Puig
Director Sylvain White goes by the book except in the early scenes where he gives new meaning to the concept of a shaky camera Initially the camera work is so frenetic as to be off putting and dizzying 
1.5
Stomp the Yard
Michael Phillips
The results are corny beyond measure Yet there s something sweet about them 
2.5
Stomp the Yard
Dustin Putman
Too transparent and unintentionally silly to accept all of its faux sincere message making 
1.5
Stomp the Yard
Chris Hewitt
If it s the dancing that interests you the movie to watch is the krumping documentary Rize It s 90 minutes of fantastic dancing with no stupid dialogue to mess it up 
2
Stomp the Yard
John Anderson
Fairly ludicrous utterly predictable chest beater about a black university obsessed with step dancing Greek letter life and romance 
1.5
Stomp the Yard
Matt Pais
Just when you think Stomp the Yard has used every cliché in the book it pulls another one out of its Blockbuster rental bag of tricks 
2
Stomp the Yard
Phoebe Flowers
Even though Stomp the Yard is at heart kind of undeniably silly the rival frats are rather Sharks Jets it s an irresistible brand of silliness 
2
Stomp the Yard
Ed Gonzalez
The film stumbles whenever it fraudulently gives daily life at Truth University the sound and sheen of a Coldplay music video 
2
The Brawler
Roger Moore
Perfunctory with plainly under rehearsed and poorly shot boxing sequences 
1.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Michael Dequina
What really sneaks up is how involved one gets into these characters and their complicated relationships 
3
The Man From Elysian Fields
Joe Baltake
A terrifically engaging provocative movie 
3.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Jeff Vice
The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances but the result is disappointing 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Sean P. Means
When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger s sex life it already has one strike against it 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Nick Carter
If you can look past the leaps in logic and take it in as a morality tale about the consequences of unprincipled affections then Elysian Fields can offer its share of blissful moments 
2.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Josh Larsen
would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie s edges 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Roger Ebert
A rare comedy of manners witty wicked and worldly and one of the best movies of the year 
4
The Man From Elysian Fields
Michael Wilmington
Moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured 
2.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Robert W. Butler
Everything about the production is tasteful and carefully modulated but there s no spunk here 
2.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Elias Savada
The Man From Elysian Fields is a cold bliss less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves 
1
The Man From Elysian Fields
Moira MacDonald
The story s so preposterous that I didn t believe it for a second despite the best efforts of everyone involved 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Steven Rosen
One wishes Elysian Fields gave us more 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Wesley Morris
Even as make believe Elysian Fields offers a stupefying estrangement from reality 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Glenn Lovell
Nothing not a single character gesture or exchange rings true When you think about it that s some accomplishment 
1
The Man From Elysian Fields
Carrie Rickey
Garcia Coburn and particularly Jagger surprise throughout 
3
The Man From Elysian Fields
Todd Anthony
Labored pretentious riff on American Gigolo 
1.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Marta Barber
Too many improbabilities and rose colored situations temper what could ve been an impacting film 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Peter Travers
Jagger the actor is someone you want to see again 
3
The Man From Elysian Fields
Steve Rhodes
Both Garcia and Jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters who are alternately touching and funny 
3
The Man From Elysian Fields
Edward Guthmann
It s a listless predictable effort occasionally redeemed by witty lines and charismatic performers 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The weirdest thing about The Man from Elysian Fields is that the actors manage to overcome the bad writing with solid performances 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Megan Turner
Lasker s canny meditative script distances sex and love as Byron and Luther realize they can t get no satisfaction without the latter 
2.5
The Man From Elysian Fields
Pam Grady
The real crime in Elysian Fields is that it completely misses more compelling stories 
2
The Man From Elysian Fields
Bob Strauss
Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since well Performance 
3
The Man From Elysian Fields
Harvey S. Karten
Andy Garcia in a terrific restrained performance as a writer who takes a gig as a gigolo to make ends meet so to speak 
3.5
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Matt Brunson
It s occasionally too bland for its own good but Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House succeeds on the strength of its trio of stars and their delivery of some biting quips 
3
Hank and Jolene
Roger Moore
An aimless 44 airless slice of black and white whimsy that reaches for twee and falls well short of the mark 46 
1
Touch of Evil
Fred Camper
But as masterful as Welles s filming is what makes Touch of Evil a staggering masterpiece is the global quality of his style 
4
Touch of Evil
Matt Brunson
This dazzling achievement has the rare good fortune of being one of those films that somehow seems to improve with each subsequent viewing the highest compliment indeed given that it only takes one showing to evaluate its substantial worth 
4
Touch of Evil
Brian Eggert
Touch of Evil remains a masterpiece in its repaired state 
4
Touch of Evil
John Beifuss
Inspired in part by the McCarthy hearings the movie has lost none of its timeliness The morality of surveillance technology is among its many themes 
4
Touch of Evil
Michael Wilmington
Having the Touch of Evil envisioned by our most creative filmmaker is a wondrous gift no movie lover should miss 
4
Touch of Evil
Wesley Lovell
Orson Welles masterwork of greed treachery and revenge 
4
Touch of Evil
Josh Larsen
When druggies stash Leigh in a hotel room and throw a party the movie threatens to turn into Reefer Madness albeit with the visual panache of Citizen Kane 
4
Touch of Evil
Jeanne Aufmuth
Dark sinister and not altogether comprehensible this is nonetheless an intriguing study of the art of filmmaking 
3
Touch of Evil
Steve Rhodes
Whether TOUCH OF EVIL is a masterpiece as many have called it or just an intriguing confusing and avant garde B movie is the question 
3
Touch of Evil
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One of a few monumental 1950s swan songs marking the end of the great epoch of traditional studio filmmaking 
4
Touch of Evil
Roger Ebert
The film has always been a favorite of those who enjoy visual and dramatic flamboyance 
4
Touch of Evil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of the truly great works of the American cinema and it shows just what kind of excellence movies are capable of 
4
Touch of Evil
Andy Seiler
a dark and extravagant crime drama
4
Touch of Evil
Rob Blackwelder
Touch of Evil is arguably the best B grade movie ever made 
4
Touch of Evil
Peter Stack
Touch of Evil is a savvy starter because Welles astonishing cinematic invention and his persuasive presence as star are prime noir at tractions 
3
Touch of Evil
Ted Prigge
Welles has really created a wonderful little pot boiler here setting up atmosphere deepening the characters touching on themes and of course doing some really nifty camerawork that s still astounding 
4
Dead Again
David Nusair
46 46 46 an intriguing premise that 8217 s employed to mostly watchable yet undeniably hit and miss effect by Branagh 46 46 46 
2.5
Dead Again
Gene Siskel
Branagh s contemporary American accent is annoying and the film s constant inter cutting of past and present lives becomes laughable 
1.5
Dead Again
Erik Childress
Dead Again was a fresh breath of air into the genre by exorcising the elements of a bygone era into a resurrection of how entertaining a great mystery can be 
4
Dead Again
James Kendrick
Outlandish and theatrical Dead Again is an engaging piece of entertainment 
3.5
Dead Again
Chris Hicks
Suffice it to say that if Dead Again is not a great film it s certainly one wildly entertaining ride 
3
Dead Again
Roger Ebert
I am a particular pushover for movies like this movies that could go on the same list with Rebecca Wuthering Heights or Vertigo 
4
Dead Again
Ted Prigge
A film that is filled to the brim with energy bravaura and unbridled passion a film that speaks only in broad strokes and leaves one feeling completely satisfied by its wild conclusion 
4
Dead Again
James Berardinelli
An achievement that rivals Hitchcock s best work and stands out as one of the most intriguing and memorable thrillers of the 1990s 
4
Raise the Titanic
Roger Ebert
Raise the Titanic is almost a good movie It has some wonderful moments but they re bogged down in two moronic subplots 
2.5
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
David Nusair
it s hard not to get a kick out of watching a character battle over a cup of water with a baboon 
2.5
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Roger Ebert
Uys s style sheds a sweet and gentle light on this new comedy which is a sequel to the surprising international success and I think a better film 
3
Dangerous Beauty
Wesley Lovell
This film can be seen on the small screen 44 since it 8217 s not big 44 but make sure you have some good resolution on your TV or you 8217 ll miss some of the more elegant work of the year 46 
3
Dangerous Beauty
Michael Dequina
By the time the end credits roll though Dangerous Beauty has become as trite and by the book as its title 
2
Dangerous Beauty
Steve Rhodes
Like some ribald tale from the Playboy Channel but with most of the sex scenes edited out 
2
Dangerous Beauty
Roger Ebert
Most movies are made by males and show women enthralled by men This movie knows better 
3.5
Hot Seat
Peter Canavese
A ludicrous action fantasy full to bursting with lunkheaded macho banter and every cliche in the cat and mouse cyber thriller handbook 46 
1
Hot Seat
Michael Medved
Silly and stupefying 46 46 46 it apos s easy to remain ice cold toward HOT SEAT 46 
1
Hot Seat
Mark Dujsik
91 S 93 creenwriters Leon Langford and Collin Watts clearly didn apos t think about how their premise would function as a movie 46 
1
Hot Seat
Roger Moore
Instantly awful even if it never quite crosses over into hatefully bad 46 
1
Whirlybird
David Reddish
Both admirers and detractors of Zoey Tur will find no shortage of ammunition here as Yoka does a remarkable job at keeping his film objective and with some of the most incendiary documentary footage on record 
3.5
Whirlybird
Mike McGranaghan
Whirlybird is an enlightening look at both the evolution of televised news and how professional ambition caused a previously solid marriage to fail 
3.5
Whirlybird
Nell Minow
We cannot help wishing as we do so often in watching what passes for news these days that this story was told with more insight context and well focus 
2.5
Oliver!
Wanda Hale
l m going to stick my neck out and say it s the best musical I have ever seen 
4
Oliver!
Wesley Lovell
An intense and inspired musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic story about an orphan s amazing ordeal on the streets of the big city 
4
Oliver!
Peter Canavese
Makes an epic impact fully exploiting cinema to chase the intensity of a live musical while also allowing time for intimate expression of character 
4
Oliver!
Roger Ebert
This isn t a watered down lollypop It s got bite and malice along with the romance and humor 
4
Oliver!
Michael Szymanski
A great family musical spirited and youthful with moments of true sadness tragedy and joy full of rosy cheeked dirty faced angelic voiced boys with plenty of mischief inside them 
4
Goodnight Mommy
James Kendrick
doesn 8217 t have much that is unique or original to offer visually 44 but its dramatic conflict is potent enough to carry us through to the eventual revelation we may or may not see coming
3
Goodnight Mommy
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough thriller that 8217 s never quite as engrossing or enthralling as one might 8217 ve hoped 46 46 46 
2.5
Goodnight Mommy
Tom Meek
Matt Sobel s remake of a 2014 psychological thriller by Austrians Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala about twin boys questioning the identity of their mother can t fully recreate the icy chill 
2
Goodnight Mommy
Peter Canavese
A mixed bag 44 but there are definitely moments where the performances 44 direction and photography sync up for an effectively moody atmosphere 46 
2.5
Goodnight Mommy
Robert Levin
This is not a bad movie but it s so relentlessly grim that it s hard to recommend 
2.5
Goodnight Mommy
Peter Sobczynski
One of the most patently unnecessary films of the year 46 
1
Goodnight Mommy
Mark Dujsik
As a remake 44 Goodnight Mommy seems to go out of its way to miss the point of its predecessor 44 and on its own 44 it apos s a pretty ineffectual thriller 46 
1.5
Goodnight Mommy
Brian Eggert
Fans of Watts are encouraged to give the remake a casual viewing if only to witness how she elevates a lackluster film 46 160 
2
Anita
Loren King
Set in Buenos Aires it s an unsentimental portrait of one lost soul among the city s outcasts 
3
Anita
Miles Howard
Much of the credit is due to Ms Manzo whose performance is so authentically realized that it eclipses Carnevale s uneven art design and occasionally clunky camerawork 
3
Pretend We're Kissing
Brad Wheeler
The likable indie flick will connect with both hip cynics and those with rosier hopes 
3
Pretend We're Kissing
Barry Hertz
Whatever your thoughts on the film s central up and down relationship though you can t help but fall in love with the way Sadowski frames the scenery 
3
Pretend We're Kissing
Bruce DeMara
There s just enough kooky appeal and wit to make Pretend We re Kissing a romantic comedy that s also a cautionary tale 
2.5
The Climb
Peter Stack
John Hurt infuses the part with wicked humor a mix of wisdom and despair He creates a beautiful portrait of a man who can t wait to be done with life 
3
The Climb
G. Allen Johnson
It s properly nostalgic beautifully made and has a little something for everyone 
3.5
Red Desert
Jaime N. Christley
Thematically Red Desert is a distillation of Antonioni s preferred themes and imagery alienation anxiety modern life and industrialized landscapes 
3.5
Red Desert
James Kendrick
a multi layered treasure that offers much but never easily
4
The Big Picture
David Nusair
generally feels like a short that s been awkwardly expanded to feature length 
2
The Big Picture
Betsy Bozdech
In the end although Nick s journey is satisfying and often funny it lacks the punch of Guest s later work 
2.5
The Panama Deception
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Panama Deception makes us acutely aware of the wider problem of evaluating any information we get in the news 
3
The Crowd
Fernando F. Croce
Plot in The Crowd is structured as the progression of a life with all the undulations of ups and downs driven by the director s faith in human emotion 
4
The Crowd
Walter Chaw
A stalwart repository for many of the themes and images of German Expressionism 
4
The Crowd
Mick LaSalle
What s extraordinary is that what could have come off as a case study instead packs a consistently strong emotional punch 
4
Flanders
Roger Ebert
This film has few tangible pleasures such as some somber shots of Demester walking far away in a field Its achievement is theoretical 
3
Flanders
Michael Phillips
The harsh and lovely achievement of Bruno Dumont s Flanders is its mixture of the concrete and the abstract It isn t about a specific war It s about conflict of every stripe in any time 
3.5
Flanders
Jeff Shannon
Anything but comforting With its depiction of bestial behavior and shocking wartime violence it s the kind of film that polarizes viewers through the raw power of its imagery 
3
Flanders
Wesley Morris
This is not a film of youth or wisdom it s not even a film of real intelligence And so we flit between war and relative peace with no insight or feeling or compelling style 
1.5
Flanders
Mick LaSalle
Don t fight this movie Just release and get onto its wavelength 
3
Flanders
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unpleasant exercise about the pointless dehumanization of war as well as the pointlessness of sex and perhaps even the pointlessness of existence itself 
1
Flanders
Bob Strauss
Flanders is an affecting slice of French miserabilism 
3
Flanders
Ken Fox
It s as though director Dumont decided to distill all that s good about his work into one potent and satisfying feature and the result ranks among his best efforts to date 
3.5
Flanders
V.A. Musetto
Bruno Dumont You either love the French filmmaker s abstract and minimalist approach or you hate it Count me among the former 
3.5
Flanders
Pam Grady
Why would anyone want to spend time with these characters in the first place 
2.5
Flanders
Aaron Hillis
Dumont s ideas and insights have narrowed with this picture his relaxed pacing now lethargic his physically and mentally thick characters too familiar and his ice water shocks a bit predictable It would seem self parodic if it weren t so damn tragic 
2
Flanders
Jeremiah Kipp
The idea of home as the root of all our desires exists in counterpoint to the war scenes and Flanders seems to wonder about those desires 
3
Supercop
Anthony Puccinelli
Supercop could become GoldenEye What s most depressing is that audiences might not mind 
1
Supercop
Gary Thompson
A movie that shows Chan in top form 
3
Supercop
Desmond Ryan
If you re tired of burned out coppers in Hollywood s blockbusters try this offbeat hero from Hong Kong 
3
Supercop
Michael Wilmington
Sly and Schwartzy eat your hearts out Chan s the man 
3
Supercop
Stephen Hunter
By its second half Supercop cranks up into such an extravaganza of fighting blowing things up spin kicking punch throwing and death defying that it all but takes your breath out of your lungs and packs it up for shipment to Hong Kong 
2.5
Supercop
Robert Roten
Don t go into this film expecting a lot of deep meaning or heavy emotions but if you like action films you will be entertained 
3
Supercop
Jeffrey Westhoff
Supercop is punctuated with action sequences not even the Bond films can touch 
3.5
Supercop
Michael Dequina
Chan and Yeoh s spirited verbal sparring packs as strong a kick as their martial arts moves 
3.5
Supercop
Mick LaSalle
Supercop is a chance to get a full strength blast of Chan 
3
Supercop
John Hartl
An astonishingly fluid and funny movie that makes most American action pictures seem lethargic 
3.5
Supercop
Rob Blackwelder
Supercop while a little slow out of the gate is even more furious fun than Rumble 
3
Supercop
Madeleine Williams
If its action you crave Supercop has it 
2.5
Supercop
James Berardinelli
Supercop is a better movie than Rumble in the Bronx in large part because it s funnier 
3
Supercop
Susan Stark
A wild and free wheeling action film vastly superior to this year s Rumble in the Bronx in both plot and action 
3
Quantum Hoops
Jonathan W. Hickman
Quantum Hoops is a terrific film 
3.5
Quantum Hoops
Kyle Smith
Revenge of the Nerds minus laughs plus inspirational music equals Quantum Hoops 
1.5
Quantum Hoops
Maitland McDonagh
The combination of David Duchovny s wry narration and the genuine charm of Greenwald s subjects is pretty tough to resist 
3
Quantum Hoops
Ed Gonzalez
Scratching your head because you don t know why David Duchovny provides narration for Rick Greenwald s Quantum Hoops Hint the truth is out there 
2
Quantum Hoops
Ted Fry
While it may not be the most absorbing subject for a feature documentary the hoop dreams of a brainiac team that wants to win just once does make for an amusing diversion especially with another season of college bracket fever upon us 
2.5
Quantum Hoops
Wesley Morris
Couldn t the film have told the story of a single season or explored what it means for a team of genius scientists and math whizzes not to crack the code of their failure We get glimpses and glosses but never a story 
2.5
Quantum Hoops
Leba Hertz
A fascinating look into student life of the past and present 
4
Quantum Hoops
Marty Mapes
America loves its athletes but the scholars are just as driven determined and successful
3
Quantum Hoops
Evan Henerson
These teams may be genuinely awful or simply overmatched but director Greenwald honors them their brainy players and their Job like coaches alike 
3
Before and After
Mike Clark
Despite Meryl Streep Liam Neeson and the usually estimable Edward Furlong this nonevent huffs and puffs to attain even the level of an ordinary motion picture 
2
Before and After
Roger Ebert
It s one of those movies where you want to call out helpful advice to the screen which would save the characters a lot of trouble 
2
The Land That Time Forgot
Matt Brunson
A higher budget and a longer running time would have made this even better but even as it stands it s a satisfying film in the Saturday matinee mold 
3
Being Flynn
Kelly Jane Torrance
Being Flynn is unremittingly awful 
1.5
Being Flynn
Roger Moore
Paul Weitz s gritty sweet but mostly unsentimental film of Flynn s book puts a flawed unpleasantly realistic face on homelessness and gives Robert De Niro his best role in a decade 
3
Being Flynn
Chris Hewitt
De Niro s blustering doesn t help and neither does the sentimental take on his possibly insoluble problems 
2
Being Flynn
Peter Canavese
It s simply difficult to throw in with the film s reality if not its essential story then its details Being Flynn feels indie art directed instead of observed 
2.5
Being Flynn
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable adaptation of Flynn s true life memoir 
3
Being Flynn
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s captured a corner of a my imagination getting me to think like I haven t in ages and for all my mixed feelings those are traits I ll happily celebrate now and until the end of time 
2.5
Being Flynn
Joe Williams
He might be guilty of showboating but De Niro s knockout performance is a declaration that the star of Raging Bull isn t ready to hang up his gloves 
3
Being Flynn
Rafer Guzman
Weitz digs diligently for emotional truths and makes the most of his excellent cast 
3
Being Flynn
Rick Groen
I m happy to report that De Niro hasn t lost his chops At least not quite 
2.5
Being Flynn
Peter Howell
Heads downward in every sense of the word 
2
Being Flynn
John Hartl
For a movie that deals with suicide homelessness and cocaine addiction writer director Paul Weitz s latest family drama feels strangely bland 
2.5
Being Flynn
Gary Thompson
What keeps you watching is its gritty look at life in a homeless shelter the sort of unexpectedly compelling slice of life context that made The Soloist so compelling and so tough to watch 
2.5
Being Flynn
Carrie Rickey
What s so satisfying about Weitz films like this one is how his lost boys and lost adults find themselves in the awkward dance of intimacy 
3
Being Flynn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It takes a great deal of skill to pull off an effective comedy drama with generous amounts of both laughter and tears Being Flynn is admirable for trying but it doesn t quite succeed 
2.5
Being Flynn
Willie Waffle
If you love watching De Niro Being Flynn is the movie for you 
2.5
Being Flynn
Michael O'Sullivan
A little more nuance would benefit the film which eventually starts to feel belabored even bleak 
2
Being Flynn
Mark Dujsik
F or all the effort to balance the lives of father and son it s the father s story that s more intriguing 
2.5
Being Flynn
Mick LaSalle
A handful of acting moments aside Being Flynn is a drama without much in the way of rewards 
1
Being Flynn
Ty Burr
Being Flynn is earnest to a fault and it offers the now rare sight of De Niro giving an actual performance 
2
Being Flynn
Thomas Page McBee
As he falls deeper into drunken hallucinatory despair we see in De Niro s long looks in the mirror and slouching frame how aware he is of his own true colors This may be his best performance in decades 
3
Being Flynn
Matt Pais
Functions decently as About a Family without properly exploring the dad and son individually 
2.5
Being Flynn
Roger Ebert
To summon up his most iconic role must represent De Niro s faith in this film 
3
Being Flynn
Stephen Whitty
Yes it has a fine performance by De Niro Yes it briefly brings us into the middle of a homeless hell 
3
Being Flynn
Lou Lumenick
The real coup de grace for this would be serious minded drama is the sledgehammer subtle direction of Paul Weitz 
1.5
Being Flynn
Robert Levin
The film is so bent on reflecting its abrasive main characters psychological states that it s often insufferable 
2.5
Being Flynn
Claudia Puig
Weitz began adapting Flynn s book for the screen eight years ago It s too bad that he didn t figure out in the ensuing years that it was not worth his efforts 
2
Being Flynn
Christy Lemire
Ultimately being either Flynn doesn t seem terribly appealing 
2
Being Flynn
Rex Reed
Being Flynn is the kind of Dante nightmare actors find fun to play but it s hell for an audience to watch 
2
Being Flynn
R. Kurt Osenlund
If Robert De Niro knew what was good for him he d certainly distance himself from this director and find a new path 
1
Bert Stern: Original Mad Man
Peter Keough
An effusive sad visually gorgeous and illuminating portrait of the artist 
3
Bert Stern: Original Mad Man
Chris Hewitt
Mad Man presents a tantalizing overview of Stern s work as a photographer confidently placing him among the greats in his field But Stern as a person Not so great 
3
Bert Stern: Original Mad Man
Moira MacDonald
It s a documentary that s filled with beautiful images but nonetheless feels unfocused 
2
Bert Stern: Original Mad Man
David Berry
There are myriad problems with Bert Stern Original Mad Man not the least of which is a title that shamelessly and needlessly gropes for relevance by attempting to cozy up with Don Draper and co 
1.5
Bert Stern: Original Mad Man
Caroline McKenzie
Rote rushed and utterly uninterested in the power of Stern as an innovator of image making it effectively the opposite of the output of the artist it attempts to document 
1.5
Little Women
Mal Vincent
All the reasons that Louisa May Alcott s book has survived for more than 125 years and remains a best seller are preserved in this film version 
3.5
Little Women
Edward Guthmann
Meticulously crafted and warmly acted 
3
Little Women
Roger Ebert
Little Women grew on me 
3.5
Little Women
James Berardinelli
It s the performances that make this movie special 
3
Little Women
Steve Rhodes
The characters are two dimensional stick figures They do absolutely no wrong 
1.5
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Ann Hornaday
This well researched dive into mid century social history treats viewers to a cornucopia of delicious photographs to accompany Cunningham s narration plunging us into a world that feels both immediate and heartbreakingly gone forever 
3
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Steven Prokopy
Bozek s film is a fitting moving and lovely tribute to a true artist in his field 
3
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Glenn Kenny
Far reaching but concise 
3
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Keith Watson
The film undermines Cunningham s egalitarianism by linking him directly with the kind of elite snobbery and wealth fixation he abhorred 
2
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Roger Moore
This is street fashion photographer Bill Cunningham at his lightly guarded offhand charming and modest best
3
Tommaso
James Kendrick
a portrait told in broad strokes that are sometimes too broad but more often than not find some real power and insight in the details in between
3
Tommaso
Steven Prokopy
Although Tommaso is rough around the edges and sometimes difficult to endure because of its brutal honesty it s also remarkably delicate and revealing
3.5
Tommaso
Robert Horton
In a basic way Tommaso is about being an artist and the trade offs and negotiations that go along with that 
3
Tommaso
Walter Chaw
Tommaso is an extraordinary work of both extreme arrogance and excessive humility the deconstruction of a selfish man a narcissist perhaps beset by demons of self loathing and too much time spent in furious introspection 
4
Tommaso
Ty Burr
As such it s a glossy overlong intermittently arresting tour of an aging artist s fears and fancies as his wild ways are domesticated 
2
Tommaso
Matt Zoller Seitz
If this film were a person I would risk my life to save it 
4
Tommaso
Mark Dujsik
Tommaso is an increasingly unsettling dissection of a man s mind as it s driven to the brink by anxiety frustration envy and entitlement 
3
Tommaso
G. Allen Johnson
Dafoe nearly saves all of this 
2
Tommaso
Peter Canavese
Both character study and confession film as self therapy but I d be lying if I said I didn t find it fascinating 
3
Tommaso
Chuck Bowen
Abel Ferrara s film is about that precise feeling of living with an itch unscratched 
3
Tommaso
Roger Moore
It s pretentious and indulgent But as with most Ferrara films it makes for an interesting trip into a seriously unconventional mind visualized by an always unconventional storyteller 
2
Banging Lanie
Roger Moore
When the edgiest thing about your teen sex comedy is the title the best you can offer in praise is that s a nice first effort 
2
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections
Richard Roeper
Our jaws drop as we learn stunning truths about America s messy outmoded and far too vulnerable voting system 
3
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Don t just be afraid be terrified Listen to these experts collective angst and demand action It may already be too late 
4
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
David Nusair
ultimately about as enthralling as a low rent Saturday morning cartoon 
2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Frank Ochieng
The terminally cutesy Chihuahua is just another demonstratively derivative kids narrative that barks up the wrong creative tree a forgettable fleabag farce 
1.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Linda Cook
Awwww chihuahua 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Nick Rogers
It s a happy report that the preview s bark is far worse than the movie s bite There is a Chihuahua brigade fronted by Placido Domingo no less but thankfully no musical numbers It s a modestly charming old dog family film with few new tricks 
2.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Austin Kennedy
Kids movies over the past few years have proven they can be just as good as grown up films WALL E but this one brings us back to the drawing board 
1.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Sean McBride
For the seven year olds out there this is a perfectly fun movie and there s nothing that a cranky film critic can say to sour the experience 
2.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Sean P. Means
The script s one original idea a lost Aztec city populated solely by militant chihuahuas comes too late to save this dog of a movie 
1
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Brandon Fibbs
In a year light on family films this may be a good bet Exciting adventure admirable messages and good clean fun but be warned its bite is worse than its bark 
2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
John Beifuss
If celebrity purebred Tinkerbell sees this canine consciousness raiser there could be a putsch in Paris Hilton s purse 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Chris Kaltenbach
It s hard to go wrong with a movie full of talking dogs But the makers of Beverly Hills Chihuahua sure try 
1.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Wesley Morris
For most of Beverly Hills Chihuahua all I could think about was Drew Barrymore What might she have been up to while she recited her lines for Chloe the spoiled yet sad looking live action Chihuahua that speaks in her voice 
1
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Lawrence Toppman
Disney is now content with the likes of the wholly inoffensive uninventive Beverly Hills Chihuahua whose canine antics will divert undemanding youngsters and adults who believe the simple absence of profanity sex and violence counts as a virtue 
2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Stephen Cole
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is hardly Best in Show when it comes to Disney dog movies 
2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Glenn Whipp
A Lady and the Tramp for the Taco Bell set Beverly Hills Chihuahua fits nicely into the long line of Disney dog movies designed to delight children and animal lovers 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Sue Pierman
A live action movie with a boatload of cute pooches that despite bewitching effects and a charming voice cast buries its sentiment in a too tangled tale 
2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Kyle Smith
The film is Beverly Hills Chihuahua The audience is the fire hydrant 
1.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Carla Meyer
It s still only October but I ll go ahead and say it Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the best film of 2008 starring a purse dog 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Walter V. Addiego
Depending on your tolerance for talking Chihuahuas this live action comic offering from Disney could make for a fun family night out 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Tom Keogh
Chihuahua turns out to be a pretty good family comedy that is more than the sum of its effects 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Chris Hewitt
Most movies in the talking dog genre yes unfortunately there are enough of them to be a genre feature dogs doing stand up shtick But the pooches in Beverly Hill Chihuahua have character and so does the movie 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Linda Barnard
Aside from some obvious racial stereotypes and voices that occasionally stray into Frito Bandito territory Chihuahua has charm to spare for the adults while offering plenty to keep young pups enthralled 
2.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Claudia Puig
Ticket buyers older than 8 should simply close their eyes and ponder a more stimulating concept Beverly Hills Cujo 
2.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Sara Michelle Fetters
If I were six maybe even seven I think I would have adored Walt Disney Picture s talking dog comedy Beverly Hills Chihuahua 
2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Willie Waffle
some will think this is a cute funny movie and the rest of us will go running and screaming from the theater begging God to take away our eyesight so we never have to see it again
0
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Nick Schager
An unfunny uninventive live action variation on animated Disney animal adventures Lady and the Tramp Oliver and Company and The Aristocats 
1.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Carrie Rickey
Sublimely silly and oddly poignant Beverly Hills Chihuahua that s right the one with the talking canines is Lady and the Tramp for lap dogs Roots for pooches Legally Blonde told from Bruiser s point of view 
3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Dustin Putman
A painfully unfunny virtually charmless talking animals pic What did the lovely Jamie Lee Curtis see in this project that she felt warranted coming out of semi retirement for 
1
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Rafer Guzman
A surprise charmer that mixes family friendly slapstick with shrewd adult humor 
3
The Sunshine Makers
G. Allen Johnson
Feilding Mellen clearly sees them as counterculture heroes As our national attitude toward drug laws evolves The Sunshine Makers makes that case fairly well 
3
The Sunshine Makers
Roger Moore
A light and lively history of LSD and its most infamous manufacturers a true tall tale told with a twinkle in its eye 
3
Saturday Fiction
G. Allen Johnson
Gong gives it her best shot but there s only so much she can do 
1
Saturday Fiction
Sam C. Mac
The hegemony of history is rigid but Lou Ye is still able to disrupt it in the form of its representation 
3.5
Escape From Pretoria
Mark Dujsik
As it turns out removing the politics from an inherently political thriller only leaves the routine mechanics 
2
Cold Fever
Michael Wilmington
Like Iceland itself Cold Fever may seem a trip most audiences initially will reject as too distant too strange too icebound They re wrong Once seen this cold feverish wonderland is never forgotten 
3.5
Cold Fever
Dave Kehr
The film has an engagingly hip sensibility that never descends into snobbery and an underlying seriousness that lends a touch of poetry to the self consciously bizarre proceedings 
3
Cold Fever
Marty Mapes
I suppose its quirkiness is a little formulaic an American outlaw and his girlfriend run from the Iceland police and its production value is pretty low but the scenery is great and the story isn t something you ll see every day 
3
Cold Fever
Roger Ebert
An odd and beautiful film about a pilgrimage to a desolate land 
3
Cold Fever
Mick LaSalle
Cold Fever serves a useful function right there It shows an Icelandic winter close up and it s a lot more fascinating than you might expect 
3
My Father My Lord
Jeff Shannon
An impressive debut by 37 year old Israeli writer director David Volach My Father My Lord squeezes more humanity into 72 minutes than most Hollywood movies can muster in two hours or more 
3
My Father My Lord
Tasha Robinson
Director David Volach makes every moment count by holding tight close ups on the faces of his extraordinarily tender expressive cast framing them with an elegant beauty 
3.5
My Father My Lord
Walter V. Addiego
It s an affecting portrait of family life that gives way to a profound depiction of faith shaken to its roots 
3
My Father My Lord
Ty Burr
David Volach has created a drama that in retrospect feels positively biblical 
3.5
My Father My Lord
Joe Neumaier
A boy questions his father s devout life and teachings 
1
My Father My Lord
V.A. Musetto
My Father My Lord lasts just 73 minutes and I spent the first hour or so wondering what the director writer David Volach was getting at in his nearly plotless feature debut 
3
My Father My Lord
Ken Fox
Writer director David Volach elegantly shot and scored debut is a bold intimate look at Israel s extremely insular ultra Orthodox Jewish or Haredic community largely seen through the eyes of an intransigent rabbi s young son 
3.5
My Father My Lord
John Anderson
A beautifully made film one that possesses a troubling visual sense of spiritual corruption 
3.5
My Father My Lord
Ed Gonzalez
Its gripping sense of empathy parlayed through a Sokurovian fixation on faces and the love and fear transmitted between beaming sets of eyes practically burns a hole through the screen 
3
Emperor of the North
Matt Brunson
Doesn t match the high octane likes of such Aldrich efforts as The Dirty Dozen The Longest Yard or even the offbeat early career twofer of The Big Knife and Ten Seconds to Hell but it s a compelling piece of tough guy strutting in a minimalist setting 
3
Emperor of the North
Roger Ebert
The movie itself isn t sure where the basic conflict lies Is it between Marvin and Borgnine or between Marvin and the young punk he travels with Even in the movie s key fight scene this confusion remains 
2.5
Lonely Hearts
Katherine Monk
While it s not brilliant Lonely Hearts has a strange enough beat to keep it interesting Roberts and D Angelo pull silent truth from their characters using their bodies and facial expression 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Roger Moore
Davidson may know Big Time is strictly small time But he never lets on that he does never lets up and never lets us notice how thin the entertainment surrounding him is 
2
Big Time Adolescence
Steven Prokopy
It s Davidson s performance that will keep you glued to the screen he s funny loaded with personality and exhibits traces of emotional depth
3
Big Time Adolescence
Joe Friar
Davidson proves he can handle a lead role and deliver the laughs in a groundbreaking performance 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Robert Levin
This is a sweet and touching movie that makes perfect use of Pete Davidson and is far smarter than you might assume it to be 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Matthew Passantino
What s refreshing about Jason Orley s Big Time Adolescence is the way he brings characters to the screen and infuses them with honesty even if we ve seen their journey in other films before 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though the subtext of all that could go wrong is serious the film has a jaunty tone about it including some solid jokes that keeps the narrative moving briskly forward 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Nick Allen
Even when Big Time Adolescence starts to become ordinary it always has a freshness from its on screen talent and from the promise of Orley s directorial eye 
2.5
Big Time Adolescence
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Jason Orley s debut is funny but it s also surprisingly insightful about why these characters do the things they do and let it get so out of control 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Joey Magidson
Big Time Adolescence zigs where other coming of age stories would zag 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Sara Stewart
I imagine your age will be inversely proportionate to how quickly you start to find all of this upsetting 
3
Big Time Adolescence
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film is at its weakest when it has to do drama since the fallout of Mo and Zeke s actions feels perfunctory and tossed off in the rush to an ending a hasty come down after the proverbial party 
2.5
Big Time Adolescence
Sean P. Means
I enjoy Pete Davidson on Saturday Night Live as much as the next person but the coarse coming of age comedy Big Time Adolescence is proof that Davidson s abrasive stoner persona is best consumed in small doses 
2
The Night Clerk
Walter Chaw
Yeah The Night Clerk is awful 
.5
The Night Clerk
Pamela Powell
Tye Sheridan s deft portrayal of someone on the spectrum takes us into an interior world previously unknown to us and by the end of the film we have emotionally connected with him 
3.5
The Night Clerk
Rex Reed
For an alleged psychological thriller The Night Clerk has no thrills suspense or tension 
1
The Night Clerk
Brian Tallerico
Forget the half baked investigation and quarter baked love story the real mystery here is how this movie is so boring 
1.5
The Night Clerk
Mark Dujsik
Cristofer s quick transformation of this story into a thriller doesn t help the filmmaker find the balance in the portrayal of his central character 
2
The Night Clerk
Sara Stewart
Using autism as a plot device walks a fine line between empathetic and exploitative and The Night Clerk is wobbly in that respect 
2
The Night Clerk
Joey Magidson
The Night Clerk thinks it s both smarter and more twist laden than it is The story itself comes closer to B movie territory than prestige indie material 
2.5
The Night Clerk
Roger Moore
If this thriller lacks much in the way of tension and suspense if it loses track of the crime while it tries to flesh out the title character a fine cast lifts the material and makes it worth your trouble 
2.5
The Night Clerk
Christian Toto
Thrillers rarely allow for as much in depth character work as this indie film but the lack of dramatic sparks can t be overlooked 
2.5
The Night Clerk
Rosalie Kicks
THE NIGHT CLERK was not a complete waste of my time but I found it to be a watch from your couch kinda flick 
2.75
This Old Cub
Michael Booth
The problem with the movie for anyone but Cub crazies is that son Jeff gives us no perspective 
2
This Old Cub
Peter Canavese
From the labor of love file This Old Cub focuses on what Santo means to the Cubs organization and the bleacher bums and what the team and the fans mean to Santo 
3
This Old Cub
John McMurtrie
A heartfelt tribute to both the player and the man 
3
This Old Cub
Rob Thomas
It s hard to imagine a public figure letting anybody but a family member capture these private moments on film 
3
This Old Cub
Linda Cook
I barely knew who Ron Santo was before I saw this Now he s one of my new heroes 
4
This Old Cub
Erik Childress
If you have to live vicariously there are probably few people better to do it through Because hometown bias aside Ron Santo is in the hall of fame of life 
3.5
This Old Cub
Mark Caro
An intimate moving if at times repetitive tribute to the former Cubs third baseman and current radio commentator 
3
Bloodsucking Bastards
Brian Tallerico
I m forgiving of DIY productions that work without much of a bottom line but there are some basic film techniques that still need to be considered and don t cost a dime 
2.5
Bloodsucking Bastards
Dann Gire
Fans of gory fied movies will not be disappointed by the crimson geysers to be witnessed late in the movie when the narrative pace finally climbs above comatose and the blood bags outnumber the sentences in the screenplay 
1.5
Bloodsucking Bastards
Clayton Dillard
It evinces a qualified kind of courage in its anonymous convictions parodying a world that barely ever existed by barely existing itself 
2
Bloodsucking Bastards
Roger Moore
A semi funny farce about the modern workplace with vampires that takes entirely too long to show us where it s going
1.5
Bartleby
Jeff Vice
It s a film that hinges on its casting and Glover really doesn t fit the part 
2
Bartleby
Phil Villarreal
You will likely prefer to keep on watching 
3
Bartleby
Dan Lybarger
Director Jonathan Parker gets points simply for trying to tackle the writings of Herman Melville 
3
Bartleby
Moira MacDonald
An intriguing near miss 
2.5
Bartleby
David Elliott
If Melville is creatively a great whale this film is canned tuna 
1.5
Bartleby
Carrie Rickey
Except for Paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for Bartleby s pain the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion 
2
Bartleby
John Monaghan
The movie like Bartleby is something of a stiff an extra dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes 
2
Bartleby
Joe Leydon
A much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation writer director Anthony Friedman s similarly updated 1970 British production 
3
Bartleby
Mike Gregory
Co writer director Jonathan Parker s attempts to fashion a Brazil like hyper real satire fall dreadfully short 
1.5
Bartleby
Charles Savage
Though this film can be clumsy its ambitions are equally and admirably uncommercial 
2.5
Bartleby
Rob Blackwelder
under rehearsed and lifeless
1.5
Bartleby
Bob Strauss
While Glover the irrepressible eccentric of River s Edge Dead Man and Back to the Future is perfect casting for the role he represents Bartleby s main overall flaw 
2.5
Bartleby
Gene Seymour
Uneven and half baked 
2
Bartleby
Roger Ebert
I admire it and yet cannot recommend it because it overstays its natural running time 
2.5
Bartleby
Megan Turner
File under B for boring 
1
Bartleby
Ed Gonzalez
Jonathan Parker s Bartleby should have been the be all end all of the modern office anomie films 
1.5
Bartleby
Harvey S. Karten
Is office work really as alienating as Bartleby so effectively makes it 
3
Spark: A Space Tail
Barry Hertz
What exactly happened to director Aaron Woodley 
1
Spark: A Space Tail
Chris Knight
If you re unlucky enough to see Spark remember that while in space no one can hear you scream your voice will echo in a movie theatre But chances are your fellow patrons will sympathize 
1.5
Spark: A Space Tail
Kathryn Laskaris
Think Zootopia Goes to Space but with flatter jokes 
2
Spark: A Space Tail
Josh Terry
There s a fine line between homage and a lack of original ideas Unfortunately Spark A Space Tail falls on the latter side of the equation 
1.5
Spark: A Space Tail
Peter Sobczynski
An utterly lifeless and profoundly unoriginal animated effort that is desperately lacking the very thing in its title 
1
The Sex Trip
Roger Moore
A gender boxy switch comedy that demonstrates that sometimes a tired old idea is still tired 
1.5
Beyond the Rocks
Keith Uhlich
It goes without saying that the discovery and restoration of the 1922 Gloria Swanson Rudolph Valentino melodrama Beyond the Rocks is a cause for celebration
3
Beyond the Rocks
Marta Barber
It is the only film in which two of the great stars of the era Gloria Swanson and Rudolf Valentino appeared together If only to see their on screen chemistry no film buff should miss it 
3.5
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Christian Toto
The franchise reboot is gross and guileless a romp through B movie mayhem with zero apologies Consider yourself warned 
3
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Walter Chaw
Really there s no amount of forced levity that can make this movie seem all right 
1.5
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Simon Abrams
Sadly more boring than offensive despite its superficially controversial high concept premise 
1.5
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Kevin A. Ranson
When the end comes it feels too soon a classic set em up knock em down overkill horror as fans like it 
3
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Keith Uhlich
It all feels cheap and looks cheap a far cry from what S Craig Zahler can do when overseeing a film s words as well as its images 
2
Like Me
Dustin Putman
Director Robert Mockler s technical ambitions are bold but as a cautionary tale about real world desensitization in a social media age it lacks any fresh insights 
2
Like Me
Chuck Bowen
Like Me is exhilarating because of Robert Mockler s willingness to deviate from his satire so as to surprise himself with seemingly spontaneous emotional textures and tangents 
3
Blades of Glory
Peter Keough
No guts and no glory and not much in the way of comedy either 
2
Blades of Glory
Kam Williams
A no harm no foul feelgood flick where everybody gets an 11th hour dispensation since Jimmy was really straight all along 
3
Blades of Glory
Joe Lozito
Ferrell doesn t need a great script or direction to be funny The man just is funny 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Emily Blunt
You may need diapers if you don t normally wear them to view this Let the world rest a while and enjoy the silliness 
4
Blades of Glory
Linda Cook
Blades of Glory will have Will Ferrell fans dizzy with laughter Silly uneven but hilarious when it s funny the show might remind his fans of Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 
3
Blades of Glory
Jonathan W. Hickman
Will Ferrell is funny Just looking at him makes you chuckle Jon Heder is funny looking Together they make an amusing duo And Blades of Glory is a funny film 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Matt Brunson
For a similar film that offers more laughs by taking it to the limit rent the Farrelly brothers 1996 bowling gem Kingpin 
2
Blades of Glory
Lisa Ann Cockrel
While I still think Will Ferrell is a hilarious guy these Blades are disappointingly dull 
2
Blades of Glory
Mike McGranaghan
A star studded broad comedy designed to make you forget your cares and have 93 minutes of good goofy fun On that level it succeeds as beautifully as a well executed triple axle 
3
Blades of Glory
Ross Anthony
Some scenes are funny some not That balance ought rate a flat out B but there were a handful of scenes that were so funny that they tied me in knots so B
2.5
Blades of Glory
Scott Nash
Light and silly and maybe not on a level with Ferrell s funniest work but still entertaining 
3
Blades of Glory
Gary Brown
There are some clever and raunchy sight gags but after a fast start Blades of Glory loses its edge 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Josh Larsen
You need a perfectly timed double take to work with Will Ferrell and Jon Heder thankfully possesses a formidable one 
3
Blades of Glory
Frank Ochieng
Predictably goofy minded and off centered Blades is a desired guilty pleasure for Ferrell fans that want to park their funnybones at the nearest skating rink 
2.5
Blades of Glory
James Sanford
herky jerky from beginning to end an increasingly tiresome string of sight gags about men groping other men punching each other in the crotch and practicing silly routines 
2
Blades of Glory
Claudia Puig
Some of the best lines are featured in the TV commercials making you wish the premise had lived up to its promise 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Geoff Pevere
Blades of Glory is only slightly less funny if you ask ignorant old me than watching real figure skating It s your coin 
1
Blades of Glory
Moira MacDonald
A silly spoof that s often unexpectedly sweet 
3
Blades of Glory
Bruce Newman
They don t quite nail it 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Ruthe Stein
It s worth the admission price just to watch Ferrell and Heder both more than 6 feet tall take turns lifting each other and to see Heder s ankles wrapped around his co star s neck 
3
Blades of Glory
David Elliott
On ice the movie is often fairly funny Off it the garish outfits the genitalia jokes the beer slob gags about gays the women as cheap laughs even the cute guest cameos start to shiver and melt 
2
Blades of Glory
Carla Meyer
Equal parts inspiration perspiration and hairspray Blades of Glory is silly and enjoyable but not as consistently funny as Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Ferrell s last sports spoof 
2.5
Blades of Glory
James Berardinelli
Blades of Glory is a feeble satire that doesn t do much that s incisive or interesting and the tame PG 13 rating keeps the raunchiness in check 
2
Blades of Glory
Pam Grady
If there was an Olympics for purely fun movies this would skate away with one of those pretty medals 
3.5
Blades of Glory
Steven Rea
Dumb with a capital D Blades of Glory takes its almost fleshed out sketch comedy idea as far as an ice skating buddy movie with we re not gay jokes and a psycho stalker can go 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Lisa Rose
Two actors with unique personas Ferrell and Heder make a good combo delivering winningly funny wordplay and skate moves 
3
Blades of Glory
Kyle Smith
You know those one joke Saturday Night Live sketches that start to age after six minutes Blades of Glory is one joke that lasts 93 minutes costs 11 and could involve sitting next to a guy who retells the movie into his cellphone 
1.5
Blades of Glory
Jack Mathews
Blades is not quite Talladega Nights on Ice but it s a lot of fun 
3
Blades of Glory
Sue Pierman
Critics may accuse Ferrell of making a career out of insider sports comedies with Blades hot on the heels of Talladega Nights but it s still a funny well rounded package that lets the talents of other cast shine too 
3
Blades of Glory
Rene Rodriguez
Eventually the film s limitations catch up with it and you start feeling like you ve seen all this before maybe just not told exactly the same way 
2
Blades of Glory
Bob Strauss
The directors haven t quite managed to make Blades of Glory feel that different from most commercial Hollywood comedies even with all that help from the sport itself 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Brian McTavish
Ferrell s best laugh out loud vehicle since Anchorman 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Amy Biancolli
Blades of Glory is too broad to be satire and not mean enough by half in any case competitive figure skating already does a pretty good job spoofing itself 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Liam Lacey
As with the recent hit middle aged road comedy Wild Hogs Blades of Glory tries to work maximum comic mileage from heterosexual men s fear of proximity to other men s penises 
2
Blades of Glory
John Beifuss
Stupid is as stupid does and Blades of Glory does stupid right 
3
Blades of Glory
Terry Lawson
Ferrell scores again in Blades of Glory a comedy that would not seem to need making 
3
Blades of Glory
Lisa Kennedy
The comedy plunges so deep into lame lamé it comes out on the side of fangless fun 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Mary F. Pols
Both fun and edgy It s crowd friendly comedy that still knows how to push against the borders 
3
Blades of Glory
Misha Davenport
I d try to avoid the usual cliche of saying this is a fine 10 minute Saturday Night Live sketch that s padded with another 80 minutes of filler but if this unclever and mostly unfunny film doesn t bother to put in any effort why should I 
2
Blades of Glory
Lawrence Toppman
It s one of Ferrell s lightest least edgy movies and you d need a microscope to find things at which to take serious offense 
3
Blades of Glory
Wesley Morris
As long as it s near the ice Blades of Glory sticks a lot of its landings 
3
Blades of Glory
Sean P. Means
If you liked Anchorman or Talladega Nights you ll get the same thing here with Ferrell s locker room brand of humor 
3
Blades of Glory
Nick Rogers
It isn t terrible just terribly lazy How many comedians would play two different sex addicted lunkheads named Chazz in two different movies Some funny bits here and there but Will Ferrell s sports shtick is badly glazed over 
2
Blades of Glory
Tyler Hanley
Although Will Ferrell does supply most of the film s intermittent laughs the ridiculous concept and poor execution put Blades at the bottom of Ferrell s otherwise winning resume 
2
Blades of Glory
Vince Koehler
How do you put fire ice together and get gold It takes a lot of work and in the midst of all the great one liners you have a solid comedy 
3.5
Blades of Glory
Steve Rhodes
Completely and shamelessly silly the movie elicits more than enough big laughs to make even the most cynical and parsimonious moviegoer feel like he got his money s worth of entertainment 
3
Blades of Glory
Peter Canavese
The script s failure leaves a heavy burden on the cast and how well they compensate is both a testament to their talent and a waste of it 
2
Blades of Glory
Kit Bowen
Yes Will Ferrell is once again playing a macho jerk in dire need to learn some life lessons in spandex and ice skates no less But honestly can anyone else do it better 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Greg Maki
Having to watch so many wonderful comedic actors suffer through it makes it all the more depressing 
1.5
Blades of Glory
David Nusair
the latest in a seemingly endless line of unremarkable comedies featuring Will Ferrell 
2
Blades of Glory
Daniel M. Kimmel
Ferrell and Heder have yet to prove themselves as great actors but they are great clowns working the material for all it s worth 
3
Blades of Glory
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ferrell makes up for everything with his flawless delivery both subtle and outrageous 
3
Blades of Glory
Sara Michelle Fetters
Listen I m not going to tell you I loved this thing Even if I did I m pretty positive those who have read me for a while would probably figure out pretty darn quickly I m lying through my teeth 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Mark Dujsik
More concerned with forcing random humor within its setup than finding the real humor that s there 
2
Blades of Glory
Willie Waffle
All of the requisite parts are there silly outfits crazy hair outrageous dialogue and Jenna Fischer from The Office stealing my heart with every wholesome sweeter than a Cadbury Egg smile 
3
Blades of Glory
Erik Childress
Blades of Glory is not quite Anchorman or Talladega Nights but a good enough entry to round out Ferrell s humbled arrogance trilogy 
3
Blades of Glory
Nick Schager
Ferrell s testosterony shtick fails to tweak any notions of athletic masculinity because it s only used as a conventionally humorous juxtaposition for ice skating s mocked femininity 
2
Blades of Glory
Walter Chaw
Exhausted and riddled with bad timing 
1
Blades of Glory
Jeff Vice
It does feature a few guilty laughs throughout and a couple of really big laughs toward the end 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Ken Fox
The movie really should be much funnier than it actually is 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Jeff Strickler
This is a one joke movie A chubby klutz doing a lutz But Ferrell does klutzy so well that it s just as funny during the last reel as in the first one 
3
Blades of Glory
Glenn Kenny
Even the surprises aren t particularly surprising here But the comic performers all deliver 
3
Blades of Glory
Peter Travers
Blades takes a hard fall long before it can even nab a medal for fluff 
2
Blades of Glory
Michael A. Smith
Ferrell is the rare screen comedian who doesn t mind sharing the wealth and the laughs with his co stars and here he has surrounded himself with some funny people 
3
Blades of Glory
Matt Pais
Blades of Glory doesn t reinvent the wheel in fact its knowledge of the wheel probably doesn t extend beyond of cheese and of Fortune 
3
Blades of Glory
Chris Hewitt
A lot of Blades feels as outdated as the old scoring method it uses but that real figure skating has banished 
2
Blades of Glory
Dustin Putman
An acerbic satirical and richly comic escapade or should that be ice capade 
3
Blades of Glory
Rafer Guzman
The plot isn t much but that s OK The directing team of Will Speck and Josh Gordon throw their jokes at the wall in rapid succession and most of them stick 
3
Blades of Glory
Michael Phillips
It may not take Ferrell in any new directions but it proves that in the right context looking like Kurt Russell s puffy brother in flaming Spandex on ice can give a guy an edge 
3
Blades of Glory
Phil Villarreal
The directors make bold choices that keep the audience guessing For instance there s no groin punch joke until 40 minutes in For a Will Ferrell movie that s a record 
3.5
Blades of Glory
Sean McBride
The film will be a hit but I m still disappointed that the film skates by on the bare minimum of effort 
2.5
Blades of Glory
Steven Snyder
It s the new Will Ferrell movie Need we say more 
3
I Am
Ed Gonzalez
Can t decide if you want to remake 400 Blows or The Piano No prob recreate both as one film 
1.5
Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words
Randy Myers
Mock s film employs archival film and audio footage of the late U S Supreme Court justice and her appearances at schools receptions and in court and is an air tight testament to Ginsburg s wit intellect and reasoning 
2.5
The 6th Man
Susan Wloszczyna
This clumsy combo of cloying family drama and fantasy enhanced courtside clowning is designed to draw tears and cheers But jeers are more likely 
1.5
The 6th Man
Roger Ebert
Presumably The Sixth Man is intended to appeal to basketball fans Is there a basketball fan alive who could fall for this premise I m not talking about the ghost that s easy to believe I m talking about the details of the game 
1.5
Abuse of Weakness
Mick LaSalle
Abuse of Weakness is 20 minutes of a great movie and another 85 minutes of nothing much 
2
Abuse of Weakness
Peter Keough
The film s title refers to the French legal term for taking advantage of a person of diminished capacity The story though suggests other interpretations 
3.5
Abuse of Weakness
Peter Sobczynski
This examination of power greed emotional manipulation and simple need is gripping and powerful to behold even if you don t know the story behind the story 
4
Abuse of Weakness
Kam Williams
A cautionary tale depicting a shocking example of man s inhumanity to wo man 
3.5
Abuse of Weakness
Sara Stewart
The plot though never less than engaging occasionally tests believability until you remember it s drawn from Breillat s life 
3
Abuse of Weakness
Ela Bittencourt
Catherine Breillat s scripting of Maud as fatally distant from her family willfully independent but more believably abandoned is haunting 
3
Abuse of Weakness
Kent Turner
The physical demands of the role offer a new opportunity for Huppert who is otherwise on automatic pilot aloof and disdainful 
2
Collisions
Zaki Hasan
Collisions is a timely examination of a relevant subject and that timeliness makes it worthy of viewing and discussion even when the execution falls shy of the intended mark 
2.5
Camille 2000
Eric Henderson
With Camille 2000 Metzger began to let his experimental impulses emerge 
3.5
Camille 2000
Roger Ebert
According to a press release here on my desk Radley Metzger has seen John Huston s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 103 times That was not enough 
1
Bless the Beasts and Children
Roger Ebert
Is it in favor of buffalo Against parents who cause their children to become neurotic In favor of neurotic kids because they re more sensitive than well adjusted kids An argument for gun control 
2
The Mandela Effect
Federico Furzan
A horrible waste of a good premise and a very good opportunity Full review in Spanish 
1
The Mandela Effect
Roger Moore
A fascinating if heartless failure skimming the surface of the conspiracy not doing justice to the tragedy 
2
Valse Sentimentale
Nick Schager
Director Voulgaris puts considerable effort into making Valse Sentimentale as aesthetically hideous as possible 
.5
Collaborator
David Nusair
the movie s various problems are exacerbated by a complete and total absence of suspense or tension 
2
Collaborator
Adam Litovitz
Morse and Donovan hold us rapt in this clearly told tale about identity confusion 
2.5
Collaborator
Peter Howell
What really matters is the interplay between two fine actors the icy Donovan and the fiery Morse 
2.5
Collaborator
Farran Smith Nehme
Both characters are riveting and they even manage to earn most of the freight that Donovan loads onto his heavily ironic title 
3
Collaborator
Chris Cabin
The banter is playful and brazenly self aware but the ideas are a bit stale and don t lead anywhere emotionally substantial or narratively spontaneous 
1.5
The Last Stand
Brian Eggert
A movie whose only purpose is to serve as Schwarzenegger 8217 s comeback vehicle 46 After this 44 he 8217 ll need another comeback 46 
1.5
The Last Stand
Mattie Lucas
Serves as both an entertaining action film and a sort of exploration of tried and true values still operating in a modern world 
3.5
The Last Stand
Sonny Bunch
The Last Stand is not a character study It s not a dramatic masterpiece It s a slam bang action flick and a good one 
3
The Last Stand
John Serba
A throwback action movie that invokes 1980s nostalgia in all the right ways 
3
The Last Stand
Lori Hoffman
Surely the former governor of the state could have come across a better script for his return to the big screen in a starring role 
2
The Last Stand
Linda Cook
No he doesn t demonstrate a lot of Terminator style moves But hey he doesn t have to Schwarzenegger now in his mid 60s just needs to tote some weapons seek revenge and utter a few one liners which is exactly what he does in The Last Stand 
3
The Last Stand
John Wirt
An entertaining if not particularly longed for return for the 65 year old action icon 
2.5
The Last Stand
Robert Levin
There isn t much of a story here though it s great to see Arnold back where he belongs 
2.5
The Last Stand
John Beifuss
Satisfied customers may include undiscriminating action fans Luis Guzman completists and Wayne LaPierre one bad guy meets his reward when he trespasses on the property of a shotgun toting granny 
2.5
The Last Stand
Peter Keough
That Second Amendment sure kicks ass 
2.5
The Last Stand
Glenn Lovell
Kindergarten Cop has been demoted to daycare Basically a spaghetti Western outfitted with assault rifles and rocket launchers Last Stand should satisfy the Schwarzenegger faithful 
1.5
The Last Stand
Bob Bloom
The Last Stand is pure throwback action genre with car chases explosions enough firepower to arm a Third World nation and enough bloodshed to make Quentin Tarantino smile 
3
The Last Stand
Tom Russo
Not the most iconic choice for Schwarzenegger to announce that he s back but not one that s completely prefab either 
2
The Last Stand
Jason Buchanan
Schwarzenegger s legacy deserves better than this and so do his fans 
2.5
The Last Stand
Christian Toto
Schwarzenegger is older and creakier than we remember but that s part of The Last Stand s folksy charm 
3
The Last Stand
Connie Ogle
Director Jee woon Kim I Saw the Devil handles the action sequences effectively if not spectacularly though The Last Stand could have dispensed with the occasional attempts at sobriety and cut straight to the chase or chases 
2
The Last Stand
Richard Roeper
To call The Last Stand gratuitously violent is to pay the movie a compliment It s sort of the whole point 
3
The Last Stand
Rick Groen
Dig just a shade beneath the surface trade in the text for the subtext and a more interesting picture emerges a little richer sadder almost poignant 
3
The Last Stand
Sara Stewart
It just seems to want to gin up a lot of high fiving for a lot of shooting and right now is the least palatable time I can think of for that 
2
The Last Stand
Stephanie Merry
It persistently tries to drag the audience down to its mindless level 
1
The Last Stand
Willie Waffle
The Last Stand isn t striving to be a significant artistic venture and succeeds at that goal 
1
The Last Stand
Mark Dujsik
The Schwarzenegger character in The Last Stand seems more physically vulnerable and is more emotionally exposed 
3
The Last Stand
Austin Kennedy
For a movie that advertises itself as a movie starring Arnold Swarzenegger he sure spends a lot of time off screen 
2.5
The Last Stand
Dustin Putman
To call the ho hum and inconsequential The Last Stand a B movie is to give it too much credit only on rare occasions does it deserve even a C 
1.5
The Last Stand
David Nusair
The Last Stand is primarily an overlong and erratically paced misfire that s simply not in the same league as Schwarzenegger s past efforts within the action genre 
2
The Last Stand
Mick LaSalle
The Last Stand is the movie equivalent of an idiot who to avoid scorn starts acting like an even bigger idiot so as to get in on the joke too 
1
The Last Stand
Rafer Guzman
The Last Stand Arnold Schwarzenegger s first star vehicle in more than a decade is not a sci fi film though it does travel back in time 
2
The Last Stand
Steven Rea
Almost certainly The Last Stand will not be Schwarzenegger s last For better or for worse and this is somewhere right in the middle he is back 
2
The Last Stand
James Berardinelli
The humor keeps it from becoming completely generic but there s still nothing of particular interest here 
2.5
The Last Stand
Soren Andersen
Arnie is as he likes to say back And he keeps lumbering onward thrashing and bashing about in a movie with an itty bitty dino sized brain 
1
The Last Stand
Peter Howell
The hilarity is muted by the really excessive amount of violence People don t just die in The Last Stand they explode like blood bombs 
2
The Last Stand
Joe Williams
The Last Stand is such a false start it could terminate Schwarzenegger s comeback before it begins 
1.5
The Last Stand
Chris Hewitt
It s bloody good 
3
The Last Stand
Matt Pais
A movie winking at its hero s age is only fun when we can root for an unlikely burst of energy without worrying about the big guy breathing too heavily to deliver his lines 
2.5
The Last Stand
Roger Moore
There are filmgoers nostalgic for this sort of fascist gun fetishist drivel Not me Give me Seven Psychopaths any day 
1.5
The Last Stand
Christy Lemire
Kim keeps things moving briskly and the members of the strong supporting cast don t seem to mind that they re playing flimsy types Everyone s just here for a mindless good time 
3
The Last Stand
Calum Marsh
One of its most refreshing aspects is its acceptance of both western and action film conventions on their own terms refusing to regard itself as operating outside of or superior to the genre 
3.5
West of Zanzibar
John Beifuss
Chaney plays a stage magician whose signature trick is to transform a beautiful woman into a skeleton This is an absolutely brilliant and economical visual evocation of the relationship between sex and death the erotic and the morbid 
3.5
Ten9eight
Willie Waffle
Showcases entrepreneurs even Michael Moore would celebrate high school kids with really great ideas like cake on a stick 
3
Ten9eight
Justin Moyer
Whether it s credulity or audience cynicism Ten9Eight Shoot for the Moon has a problem and good vibrations won t solve it 
2
Ten9eight
Robert W. Butler
It s all very uplifting It might even move some youngsters to start their own businesses 
2.5
Ten9eight
Ty Burr
Less a documentary than a relentlessly upbeat nonprofit infomercial 
2
Ten9eight
Peter Keough
There s no build up or suspense leading to the final showdown and the details of the projects fly by without registering 
2
2016: Obama's America
Roger Moore
The film flutters to the ground like so much GOP convention confetti all assertions few facts and little substance other than the conspiratorial right wing talking points that are D Souza s bread and butter 
1.5
2016: Obama's America
Brett Michel
This unsubstantiated mess isn t much of a movie or a documentary 
0
2016: Obama's America
James Kendrick
The evidence is highly selective and varies widely in effectiveness but D Souza mounts his argument with a kind of calm intensity that gives it some credence for a while at least 
2
2016: Obama's America
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie seems destined to irritate the president s supporters while mobilizing his detractors even as it is doomed to win precious few converts It s a textbook example of preaching to the choir 
1.5
2016: Obama's America
Mark Feeney
Viewers may do some headscratching This can be a very strange movie 
1
2016: Obama's America
Chris Hewitt
2016 Obama s America is the sort of paranoid conspiracy theory thriller I m always a sucker for But it s not as entertaining when it purports to be the truth 
2
2016: Obama's America
Steven Rea
The film asks the question If Obama wins a second term where will we be in 2016 then posits some disturbing answers Disturbing but dubious 
2
I Am
Jay Antani
a well meaning metaphysical inquiry that hits all the right sentiments but manages precious little substance
2
I Am
Rob Thomas
Unfortunately while Shadyac the person may have gone through a life altering transformation Shadyac the director hasn t improved much 
2
I Am
Mike Scott
It s admirably optimistic and it s hard to argue with free hugs but the world is a whole lot more complex than Shadyac seems to realize 
2
I Am
John Beifuss
The feature film equivalent of one of those Coexist bumper stickers you know the ones where the X is a Star of David the O is a peace sign and so on 
1.5
I Am
Roger Moore
What I Am is wanting is a sense that it actually wrestles with anything that it can stand up to a contrary point of view that the film s 76 minutes are so utterly lacking 
2
I Am
Robert W. Butler
Looking for proof that humans are hard wired for compassion and altruism Look no further 
3
I Am
Steve Ramos
Despite some beautiful travel photography from cameraman Roko Belic and swift editing by Jennifer Abbott I Am remains a personal diary that leaves the casual moviegoer out of the experience 
2
I Am
Josh Larsen
I believe Shadyac had a meaningful epiphany I m not sure it s that meaningful for the rest of us 
2
I Am
Joe Williams
An open heart can be a recipe for ridicule particularly in a culture where consumption is mistaken for a moral imperative 
3
I Am
Carrie Rickey
Happily the frisky Shadyac does not sermonize He is a puckish Sherpa to the frontiers of science and faith 
3
I Am
Chris Hewitt
I Am will probably remind you of a Michael Moore movie and of the fluff ball documentary What the Bleep but it s better than that makes it sound 
2.5
I Am
Roger Ebert
I m not an ideal viewer for a documentary like I Am which involves the ingestion of Woo Woo in industrial bulk When I see a man whose mind is being read by yogurt I expect to find that man in a comedy starring oh someone like Jim Carrey 
2
I Am
Wesley Morris
A film about this problem should have some larger point to make some narrative to construct something personal to tell us This film has only whiffs of each 
2
I Am
Gerald Peary
Spoiler Shadyac eventually discovers that the secret of life is Love 
1.5
I Am
Russ Breimeier
I Am is less about Shadyac s radical lifestyle change than it is an exploration of humanity s shortcomings and wasted potential for good 
3
I Am
Mark Jenkins
There are great filmmakers Chris Marker and Nanni Moretti come to mind whose cinematic essays render their first person musings utterly compelling Shadyac is not in their league 
1.5
I Am
Alison Gang
No matter what you take away from director Tom Shadyac s philosophical treatise I Am you have to admit its timing is eerily apt 
2.5
I Am
Stephen Whitty
Shadyac seems pleasant and sincere he looks a little like Weird Al Yankovic might if he became a storefront preacher but as you watch his film I Am you may well become a doubter 
1
I Am
Kyle Smith
In a heartfelt cinematic essay Hollywood director Tom Shadyac declares I Am the source of humanity s problems Considering he made Patch Adams I agree 
0.5
I Am
Andrew Schenker
Whatever case the subjects make for a more benevolent view of human nature it s hard to avoid taking an oppositional stance to their testimony when it s being so relentlessly shoved down our throats 
1.5
I Am
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Now comes the slight and highly enjoyable documentary I Am It takes on many of the same issues with less depth but with a great deal more hope 
3.5
I Am
Walter V. Addiego
Shadyac should be applauded for his quest Whether the result amounts to anything is less clear 
1
I Am
John Hartl
Here s a rare feel good documentary that earns its somewhat cockeyed optimism 
3
Lila Says
Sean P. Means
Director co writer Ziad Doueiri captures the tenderness of young love and the volatility of Lila s sexual openness a bottle of nitro that even Doueiri can t handle 
2.5
Lila Says
Larry Ratliff
Lila says what s on her mind And what s on the frankly speaking flirtatious blonde s mind is sex 
3
Lila Says
Steve Rhodes
West Side Story with the songs replaced by Lila s sexual chatter 
2.5
Lila Says
Chris Hewitt
Lila comes across as a Larry Flynt fantasy of a compliant temptress 
1
Lila Says
Moira MacDonald
Though beautifully photographed there s something creepy at the heart of Lila Says 
2
Lila Says
Jonathan Curiel
Mostly succeeds in conveying the real life risks that disgruntled teens will take to prove they re more powerful more sexy and more in control than they really are 
3
Lila Says
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doueiri has an unerring sense of place as well as an ear for talk and silence 
3
Lila Says
Jessica Reaves
In the end Lila Says is far less interesting than its premise primarily because we never know what anyone is really thinking 
2.5
Lila Says
Wesley Morris
An underdeveloped exercise in carnal awakening that thinks its characters are far more special than they ever prove to be 
1.5
Lila Says
Glenn Whipp
A pretty slight coming of age story that hides its message of hope in a stream of dirty talk 
2.5
Lila Says
Elizabeth Weitzman
You won t be as easily impressed 
2
Lila Says
Kyle Smith
Thanks in part to the glow of mystery Doueiri gives her it s impossible to take your eyes off Giocante and her arsenal of ruthless smiles 
3
Lila Says
Jan Stuart
You can see where this one is going early on but that does not diminish the shock and allure of Giocante s unrelenting provocateur 
3
Lila Says
David Sterritt
Superbly acted especially by Giocante as the teasing 16 year old instigator 
3
Lila Says
Ed Gonzalez
Like Spanglish it uses a college entrance essay as its framing device which is not to say it hawks a nave liberal s vision of assimilation and cultural identity 
3
Lila Says
David Nusair
director Ziad Doueiri does manage to paint an indelible portrait of this small town and it seems clear that he s destined for bigger and better things 
3
Barren Lives
Fernando F. Croce
Like Ford s The Grapes of Wrath another oft misread seditious text the film seems primed for a revolution 
3.5
Boatman
Robert Roten
This isn t a slick film but the black and white photography is striking in its impact 
2
Bleeding Heart
Christian Toto
Bleeding Heart shows that all the asanas in the world can t change a man with hate in his heart 
3
Bleeding Heart
Clayton Davis
Bleeding Heart is a fascinating film though a tad predictable If nothing else it recognizes the underappreciated work of Jessica Biel and Zosia Mamet and places writer director Diane Bell at the forefront of exciting indie filmmakers 
3
The History Boys
Sean P. Means
The final delight of The History Boys is realizing that these charming young actors will now graduate to new things 
3
The History Boys
Sean O'Connell
The unique duplication of stage cast to screen cast might be the most exciting thing about this conventional classroom exercise 
2
The History Boys
Matt Brunson
The dialogue in Bennett s script is more riveting than the situational developments 
2.5
The History Boys
Rene Rodriguez
A funny thing happened to The History Boys on the way to the screen The players are the same the dialogue is pretty much identical but the vibrancy of the play its exhilarating immediacy has been muted 
2.5
The History Boys
Loey Lockerby
It forces you to think about complicated issues while still being witty and engaging You can t even say that about most teachers let alone most movies 
3
The History Boys
Bruce Westbrook
The film becomes a sermonette on tolerance But with its one sidedness it fails to practice what it preaches 
2
The History Boys
Jeff Vice
Character actor Richard Griffiths ensures that the film is watchable enough 
2.5
The History Boys
Lawrence Toppman
Lust love death and homosexuality an inevitable topic in British school pictures each hold the verbal field awhile but most of the discussion centers around the nature and value of learning 
3
The History Boys
Terry Lawson
The History Boys is a movie that asks questions like What is education really for anyway and asks them in an altogether witty brainy way It turns history into what it really is the story of our lives 
3
The History Boys
Moira MacDonald
It s a rare pleasure to see a film that assumes literacy on the part of its audience 
3
The History Boys
Michael Booth
There are no spontaneous moments on screen The characters aren t reacting to each other they re waiting for the cut to deliver a line they ve had memorized since the play played the London National 
2
The History Boys
Chris Hewitt
History Boys fails because Nicholas Hytner who also directed it onstage didn t rethink it for the movies 
1
The History Boys
Hedy Weiss
An exuberantly free spirited but faithful movie version of Alan Bennett s masterful hit play about education class sex love death memory and that often equally fantastical thing we call history 
3.5
The History Boys
Wesley Morris
This is achingly perceptive writing that director Nicholas Hytner working with the same superb cast that performed in London and on Broadway brings to life 
3.5
The History Boys
Michael Phillips
If you take The History Boys as a filmed record of a somewhat unexpected stage phenom foremost chances are you ll relax into and let some performers take it from there 
3
The History Boys
Glenn Kenny
There s no one today writing English dialogue as sharp as Bennett s and hearing it delivered expertly is a pleasure worth sitting through some dodgy montages for 
3
The History Boys
Peter Howell
Flunks its most crucial test the need to properly adapt a stage play to the screen medium 
2
The History Boys
Rick Groen
It s chatty it s wordy but a passion for the well written word lies at the thematic heart of the thing and cinematic flourishes would only clog the arteries 
3
The History Boys
Mick LaSalle
The History Boys is hit and miss with each scene There s no through line in the sense that the audience never really is made to care about the things the characters care about 
2
The History Boys
Pam Grady
It is still an excellent adaptation Bennett s wit and the fine cast surviving and ultimately triumphing in the transition from the theater to the multiplex 
3.5
The History Boys
Peter Canavese
The greatest adventure and saddest irony taught alike by teachers to students and students to teachers is that the big picture of history is writ small and ruthlessly unforgiving in each life indeed in every moment 
3.5
The History Boys
Mary F. Pols
Having created this moral confusion for the audience Bennett sweeps it all away with a mushy sentimental ending that would seem tidy if we weren t all too aware of the pile of dirt the playwright left under the bed 
2.5
The History Boys
Lou Lumenick
The History Boys is essentially filmed theater with minimal and usually clumsy attempts to take the action out of the classroom 
2.5
The History Boys
Jack Mathews
Even with multiple trips outdoors and crosstown gropes on Hector s motorcycle The History Boys is a play pretending to be a movie 
2.5
The History Boys
Stephen Whitty
The play however has been heavily cut and the boys blend together as director Nicholas Hytner masses them in groups and Bennett provides only the barest of descriptions 
2
The History Boys
Claudia Puig
The History Boys is an erudite sharply written film with consummate performances but its origins on the stage are all too obvious 
3
The History Boys
Ken Fox
Alan Bennett s sentimental play about a group of young Oxbridge hopefuls comes to the screen mostly intact plus a few new scenes written by Bennett himself 
2.5
The History Boys
Jan Stuart
Griffiths brilliantly rumpled academic with recklessly roving hands is matched by the disarming Samuel Barnett as a sad sack gay student and the bull s eye precise Frances de la Tour a battle weary standard bearer for feminist history 
3.5
The History Boys
Jason Clark
The heavy lifting is left mainly to the performers who virtually all make the grade It s the director that could use a little detention 
2.5
The History Boys
Peter Travers
Director Nicholas Hytner brings Alan Bennett s London and Broadway smash to the screen with the original stage actors and brings out the frisky best in all of them 
3
Kalifornia
Jay Boyar
Pitt and Lewis have made an unfortunate choice for their first big screen collaboration In fact the flashes of acting brilliance that they show in this messy often pretentious production are its only real points of interest 
2
Kalifornia
Matt Brunson
What makes Kalifornia intriguing is the manner in which these characters all relate to one another Where the film suffers is in its obliviousness toward its own obviousness 
2.5
Kalifornia
Mike McGranaghan
Parts of it seem intent on being a thriller while others are played as though the story is a dark comedy Consequently you aren t always sure whether to laugh or tense up 
1.5
Kalifornia
James Kendrick
Brad Pitt s performance is crucial and he rips into the character with a frightening sense of unhinged egomania violently subverting the Redford lite pretty boy image with which so many wanted to associate him
3.5
Kalifornia
Roger Ebert
Kalifornia is terrifying and horrifying yes but also unflinchingly honest and so well acted that for most of the film I abandoned any detachment and just watched it as if I were observing the lives of real people 
4
I Think I Love My Wife
Mark Dujsik
Rock s humor is once again in its diluted form here 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Linda Cook
Here s a French sex comedy starring Chris Rock Yes really Chris Rock 
3
I Think I Love My Wife
Lori Hoffman
The big problem is the movie is not funny 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean McBride
some witty social observations but there are also some slapstick scenes that feel as if they were taken from a completely different movie 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Matt Brunson
I m sure Rock meant well but the next time he feels the urge to improve upon the French he should try his hand at baguettes 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Kam Williams
I think I hated this movie 
0
I Think I Love My Wife
Susan Tavernetti
The plot is one big tease 
1
I Think I Love My Wife
Larry Ratliff
If Rock wants to spread his wings fine Just don t call it a comedy when it s something like I Think I Love My Wife I don t think I love it much 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Nick Schager
Just because this union of artist and material isn t a complete mind bender doesn t mean that it works 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Claudia Puig
Very little that s clever romantic or witty in this formulaic romp 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Ken Fox
Lost in a series of crude mean spirited scenarios that includes a stupid Viagra gag and ends with a lip synched musical number that reeks of creative desperation The sole bit of inspiration is the Rohmer esque Fin and it s a welcome sight 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Linda Barnard
Saddled with the weight of an unfocused cliché ridden script a tiresome voice over narration that drones on and on and acting by Rock that s as wooden as Pinocchio I Think I Love My Wife staggers in predictable circles for 94 long minutes 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Moira MacDonald
I Think I Love My Wife has little to say and it doesn t have enough laughs to work as pure comedy Rock the writer director isn t doing Rock the actor any favors here nor is he doing many for the audience 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Ruthe Stein
As uneven as I Think I Love My Wife often is it still has an emotional resonance lacking in most films about relationships By dealing with temptation in even a quasi realistic way it affirms that like comedy monogamy is hard 
3
I Think I Love My Wife
David Elliott
The movie lays on gag situations that smack of fillers 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Carla Meyer
Chris Rock s direction of I Think I Love My Wife isn t especially noteworthy His screenwriting with comedian Louis C K is all over the map 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Pam Grady
In the end it is not the sexism and misogyny that truly ails I Think I Love My Wife if the movie was actually funny Rock probably would get away with all of that it s just that it s so tired The humor falls flat The situation is hardly novel 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Carrie Rickey
Rock fails to develop the characters caught in their conjugal and singleton traps As usual his observational humor zings and stings but this is a movie not stand up 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Lisa Rose
Rock is so fixed on crude jokes he neglects to create realistic characters and a story that s compelling to follow 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Lou Lumenick
Chris Rock who famously mocked Jude Law s movie career at the Oscars ought to watch out for his own after his second dud in a row as an actor director the screamingly unfunny romantic comedy I Think I Love My Wife 
1
I Think I Love My Wife
Frank Ochieng
the edgy Rock doesn t bring any of his desired brand of caustic wit to his choppy and disposable romantic comedy ends up dripping in mechanical life crisis lameness 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Duane Dudek
Despite a few snappy one liners the film and its humor are episodic and unfocused 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Glenn Whipp
Comes up a bit short on both laughs and psychology 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Loey Lockerby
The anger that once made Rock s comedy so funny and provocative has become simply mean spirited 
1
I Think I Love My Wife
Amy Biancolli
I Think I Love My Wife slogs through drama and comedy as though both were a duty as onerous as a sexless marriage Rarely do characters display anything approaching logic unless their 180 degree turnarounds are part of a geometry proof 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Terry Lawson
This film has no more insight and less originality than Rock s completely gag driven comedy 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Jeff Vice
This insincere even phony film is so laugh challenged that it practically defies its description as a romantic comedy It s neither romantic nor funny 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Richard Roeper
Rock finally provides hope he will develop into a genuine force on the big screen The script is sharp and quick and Rock s direction is sure handed and occasionally inspired He gives us a workday New York that feels real 
3
I Think I Love My Wife
Lawrence Toppman
The movie completes the trilogy of middlebrow ineptitude that began with Earth and continued through Head of State to Wife the weakest of these puny pictures It proves conclusively that a comically castrated Rock is useless 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Wesley Morris
if only the movie were as stinging as his stand up 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surprisingly mature 
3
I Think I Love My Wife
Jeffrey Westhoff
Perhaps Rock tries to stretch himself further than his talents currently allow but next time he could pull off something masterful 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean P. Means
Rock looks more discomforted by the crowd pleasing requirements of Hollywood moviemaking than Richard does by his wedding ring 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Sara Michelle Fetters
Listen I m not about to say Rock has won me over completely What he has done is force me to reevaluate his skills both behind and in front of the camera 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s the sort of film that suggests that Rock could end up in Wild Hogs 2 somewhere down the road And that s not a compliment 
1
I Think I Love My Wife
Kit Bowen
I Think I Love My Wife is mainly just another Chris Rock routine tied up in a fancier more adult bow 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
James Berardinelli
One of the best things about I Think I Love My Wife is that the film takes the time to develop the three principals beyond the stereotypes that underlie the characters 
3
I Think I Love My Wife
Peter Travers
Mixing Rock with ooh la la turns out to be as appetizing as chalk and cheese 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Willie Waffle
Rock keeps going and going and going until this movie absolutely falls apart You know it and feel it as Rock and Torres break into song 
1.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Michael Phillips
You can enjoy the cast in I Think I Love My Wife but it s too bad they don t have more notes to play 
2.5
I Think I Love My Wife
Chris Hewitt
There s an undercurrent of misogyny in Wife which is odd since it ultimately wants to be a celebration of marital happiness 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Jan Stuart
Rock s depiction of women as either pouting spoilsports nagging frigid soccer moms or man eating vixens harkens back to the pre feminist 60s 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Matt Pais
The film might be a wake up call for couples not ready for the future but it does a better job of enjoying temptation than saluting the strength to resist closing the deal 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Phoebe Flowers
There are just enough great lines to keep this uneven comedy from devolving into a complete mess but it never coalesces into anything of substance or real quality 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
J. R. Jones
Rock s crowd pleasing gags tend to clash with Rohmer s sly moral comedy 
2
I Think I Love My Wife
Josh Larsen
The women in Richard s life are the problem for him and for the film 
2
Take My Eyes
Jeff Shannon
Approaching potentially unpleasant subject matter with humor intelligence and deep compassion for its flawed yet infinitely human characters Take My Eyes is almost certain to rank as one of the year s best films 
3.5
Take My Eyes
Michael Wilmington
An extraordinarily truthful and piercing drama about spousal abuse 
3.5
Take My Eyes
Roger Ebert
What makes the movie fascinating is that it doesn t settle for a soap opera resolution to this story with Pilar as the victim Antonio as the villain and evil vanquished It digs deeper and more painfully 
3.5
Take My Eyes
Ty Burr
This small somber drama says things to battered women they probably already know What it says to their abusers of any country or culture they can t afford to ignore 
2.5
Take My Eyes
Ken Fox
Harrowing psychologically astute drama about domestic abuse 
3.5
Take My Eyes
V.A. Musetto
The story isn t exactly new but Bollain an actress in her own right keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichs 
3
Take My Eyes
Jan Stuart
The performers are luminous 
3.5
Take My Eyes
Ed Gonzalez
Icar Bollan s Goya winning Take My Eyes approaches the horror of domestic abuse from a uniquely critical angle 
2.5
Take My Eyes
Rene Rodriguez
An uncommonly perceptive and balanced drama about a topic often treated in movies especially thrillers as a mere plot device 
3
Hype!
Matt Brunson
The pièce de résistance is the footage of Nirvana in a dingy bar performing Smells Like Teen Spirit for the very first time 
3
Hype!
John Hartl
The first time director Doug Pray doesn t linger long on anything but the movie is so crisply and intelligently edited that you never feel you re being rushed through it 
3.5
Hype!
Dan Webster
An edifying enjoyable and ultimately light hearted look at the way that things have always gone 
3
Hype!
Jim Farber
The film makers themselves don t seem to understand the deep cultural resonances created by this hype Worse they endorse the selfishness of the Seattle ites who apparently want all this good stuff for themselves 
2.5
Hype!
Tom Moon
Between these lulls is a compact interesting chronicle of an extraordinarily fertile local music community and what happens when its talent becomes a worldwide commodity overnight 
2.5
Hype!
Greg Kot
The movie depicts a Seattle that is a good deal more complex and fun than the one that survives in most media overviews a welcome antidote to woe is Kurt nostalgia 
3.5
Hype!
Gary Thompson
Seattle is overrun with record company executives and with journalists eager to over analyze the most banal details of grunge culture Can any form of music survive this process 
3
Hype!
Margaret A. McGurk
An energizing dive into a strange strange slice of rock history 
3.5
Hype!
Steve Rhodes
I am one of the least likely people on this planet to be recommending a documentary about the grunge movement in Seattle Nevertheless this review will do precisely that 
3
Hype!
Edward Guthmann
The filmmakers also made a wise choice in not overlaying Hype with the judgmental edge of a narrator They merely allow the participants to tell their remarkable story through music and words 
3.5
Hype!
Jane Ganahl
The fascination of Hype is watching a bandwagon hurtling out of control fueled not so much by those on board as those pushing it from behind 
3.5
Hype!
Roger Ebert
A smart ironic documentary 
3
Scissors
David Nusair
a weak entirely ineffective riff on the collective works of both Alfred Hitchcock and Brian De Palma 
1
Little Lili
Marta Barber
A film that adapts the basic Russian classic and then breaks away in more ways than just the setting 
3
Little Lili
Roger Ebert
Miller a French director of dry humor and great skill has taken the Chekhov outline and updated it to present day France substituting the cinema for literature 
3
Little Lili
Michael Wilmington
Like the play it s acutely perceptive universally empathetic and humane 
3.5
Little Lili
V.A. Musetto
Talky pointless exercise 
1.5
Little Lili
Jack Mathews
Miller takes Chekhov s themes and checks them off but he never gets under his egocentric characters thin skins 
2
Little Lili
David Sterritt
Splendidly acted and directed 
3
Little Lili
Ed Gonzalez
Bloodless and impersonal 
2
Little Lili
David Nusair
By the time La Petite Lili s credits roll we haven t learned a single thing about these people 
2
Little Lili
Walter Chaw
Drenched in a golden sadness 
3
Bug Buster
David Nusair
flat out interminable for much of its running time 
.5
Unforgivable
Lawrence Toppman
Though the movie lasts a reasonably brief 107 minutes Tchin is in no hurry to reveal his characters We re still learning about them in the last few scenes and our loyalties and attractions change 
3
Unforgivable
Tirdad Derakhshani
An exquisitely crafted brilliant confusing disordered maddening and wonderfully flawed film that tries to show life as it is lived 
3
Unforgivable
Mick LaSalle
It creates the lived in sense of being in the world of the characters 
3
Unforgivable
John Hartl
Bouquet and the waterways of Venice are the chief charms of Tchin s movie which is otherwise one of his less convincing efforts 
2.5
Unforgivable
Roger Ebert
What makes the film involving is that it doesn t depend on the mechanical resolution of the plot but on the close observation of its effects on these distinctive characters 
3.5
Unforgivable
Michael O'Sullivan
The way Techine holds them up to the film s unforgiving light they sometimes seem less like people than like insects in a jar 
2
Unforgivable
John Anderson
Techine lavishes upon us not just scenery and characters but complications and emotional turmoil in pursuit of subtlety If this seems perverse it most certainly is 
3.5
Unforgivable
Peter Keough
The pervasive morbidity of Venice holds the narrative together and a melancholy that companionship parenthood and art can t console 
2.5
Unforgivable
Ty Burr
An elegantly rambling Franco Italian affair about the ways we do each other wrong while trying to do each other right 
2.5
Unforgivable
Stephen Whitty
There s something in this story that lingers too like the Venetian sunset as we watch these people rich and poor acting foolishly selfishly sometimes even hurtfully 
3
Unforgivable
Farran Smith Nehme
Both Venice and Bouquet are photographed to ravishing effect and like the city Judith is meant to suggest something trapped into being a fantasy for others 
3
Unforgivable
Bill Weber
The layered character driven drama may subvert expectations of a sunny Venetian noir but observes its five principal characters with a probing egalitarian eye 
3
Men & Chicken
Matt Bobkin
Men Chicken is gratuitously weird but not at the expense of crafting an intriguing narrative 
3
Men & Chicken
Nathalie Atkinson
It s a twisted existential grotesque that wrings thought provoking pathos and even affection for the lunatics running the menagerie no mean feat 
3.5
Men & Chicken
Ty Burr
You can t accuse Men Chicken of false advertising There are men and there are chickens 
2.5
Men & Chicken
Ann Hornaday
Jensen positions Men Chicken as a fablelike ode to humanism and tolerance but his obsession with brutish sexuality and mean slapstick humor makes that claim feel unearned and glib 
2
Men & Chicken
Sheila O'Malley
What does all of this add up to Damned if I know But it s fun to see a film that plays by its own rules to such a degree that any comparison to anything else falls apart 
3
Men & Chicken
Chuck Bowen
An admirably bizarre and beautiful genre mixtape but Anders Thomas Jensen s empathy for his characters gradually impedes his imagination 
2.5
Men & Chicken
David Nusair
A major disappointment 
2
A Month in the Country
Matt Brunson
A Month in the Country is a movie of morsel sized pleasures yet there s a sizable joy to be had in catching Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh at the start of their long and impressive careers 
3
Rollercoaster
Matt Brunson
An enjoyable thriller co written by Richard Levinson and William Link the team behind TV s Columbo 
3
Gold Diggers
David Nusair
shockingly unfunny 
1.5
Gold Diggers
Kelly Glover
Taking a trip to the retirement village and clipping grandma s toenails might be more pleasant that watching this film 
1
Gold Diggers
Lou Lumenick
This is the spectacularly inept directing debut of writer producer Gary Priesler who is said to have 12 other movies in development God help us 
0
Gold Diggers
Linda Cook
Please Louise next time less sleaze 
0
Gold Diggers
Sean P. Means
Writer director Gary Preisler just plods through lame grossout jokes most of them neutered to get a PG 13 that turn 87 minutes into an eternity 
0
Gold Diggers
Erik Lundegaard
Don t waste your money Please Spare our culture some last semblance of dignity by ignoring National Lampoon s Gold Diggers altogether 
0
Gold Diggers
Peter Hartlaub
Imagine a horrible parallel universe where Pauly Shore is allowed to direct a remake of Harold and Maude 
0
Gold Diggers
Robert Dominguez
It all makes Nat Lamp s recent Van Wilder look like an instant classic 
1
Gold Diggers
Jeff Vice
If you re given the choice between seeing National Lampoon s Gold Diggers and death you d be wise to choose death 
1
Gold Diggers
Janice Page
Not only is there nothing thoughtful or interesting about this latest ultra crass contribution to the Lampoon shelf there s not even anything very funny 
1
Gold Diggers
Dustin Putman
A crass hateful product of loathsome characters and an even uglier story It s shocking that such a cesspool of nothingness has found its way into theaters at all 
.5
Gold Diggers
John Monaghan
What could have been National Lampoon s Harolds and Maudes grows dumb and dumber 
1
Gold Diggers
Mack Bates
For those who need proof that the National Lampoon brand of humor ain t what it used to be National Lampoon s Gold Diggers does more than illustrates how far the mighty have fallen 
1
Gold Diggers
Josh Larsen
a long way from Harold and Kumar 
1
Gold Diggers
Chris Hewitt
In the way it humiliates its actors and rips off its audience a more accurate title would be National Lampoon s Contempt 
0
Gold Diggers
Achy Obejas
For the most part The Gold Diggers is not even chuckle producing At best it might warm a cockle or two or provoke a bit of a smile 
1
Gold Diggers
Erik Childress
There s no sense of comic timing and director Gary Preisler wouldn t know screwball from a set of anal beads 
0.5
Garden Party
Kyle Smith
Slow ride to nowhere 
0.5
Garden Party
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bit like Robert Altman s Short Cuts 1993 taking a look at a cross section of Los Angeles characters though it runs less than half the length and conversely half the depth 
2
Garden Party
Sara Michelle Fetters
The result is a movie impossible to pigeonhole and one even more difficult to describe and to say there hasn t been anything else quite like it this year certainly wouldn t be a lie 
3
Garden Party
Ed Gonzalez
A tapestry of intersecting Hollywood lives that illuminates nothing except for writer director Jason Freeland s obvious fondness for Short Cuts 
1.5
Garden Party
Kam Williams
Not exactly a feelgood drama but nonetheless an eye opening peek at the ugly underbelly of a merciless metropolis that could care less about the fate of the least of its brethren 
3
Beautiful Son
Burl Burlingame
Objectivity and distance aren t what documentarians are all about The result of that tension has resulted in this passionate and yes beautiful film 
3
The Whale
Mike Scott
A congenial though slow starting look at an amazing animal 
2.5
The Whale
Stephanie Merry
There s no denying that filmmakers Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit captured spectacular shots of both wildlife and picturesque scenery of evergreen lined water under vibrant pink sunsets 
3
The Whale
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film potently address the interconnectedness between seemingly divergent species in fascinating ways 
2.5
The Whale
Stephen Whitty
This is not Free Willy nor unfortunately is there quite enough here to sustain a feature length documentary 
2.5
The Whale
John Hartl
A gorgeous and provocative film that consistently rises above its Flipper ish genre 
3
Naughty Girl
James Kendrick
a slight mediocre Technicolor French riff on screwball comedies
2.5
Foodies
David Nusair
simply doesn t have enough material to warrant the feature length treatment 
2
Secret of Water
Kam Williams
A cautionary eco expose amounting to a persuasive case that clean free flowing H2O in abundance is critical to preservation of life on the planet 
3
Somewhere in Queens
Dwight Brown
You will laugh You will cry You ll be happy that Ray Romano invited you to break bread with the Russo Family the blue collar folks living large in Queens NY 
3
Somewhere in Queens
Joey Magidson
Somewhere in Queens has a number of things to say about family 44 middle age 44 and first love 44 which is a lot to pull off 44 but Ray Romano has a deft touch 44 pulling off something lovely 46 
3
The Kings of the World
Rene Sanchez
A poignant journey where dreams and reality 44 kindness and cruelty 44 and the vestiges of a painful and violent past coexist on the same path 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
The Kings of the World
Roger Moore
Compelling viewing 44 a movie that will annoy 44 amuse and upset you in equal measures 46 
3
(A)Torsion
Steve Rhodes
So sweet 
3
Waterloo
Roger Ebert
Bondarchuk is so overwhelmed by the thousands of Russian cavalry troops he s been given to play with and by his 25 million budget and by his obsession for aerial photography that his leading characters turn out scarcely more human than his extras 
2
Twilight Portrait
Kenji Fujishima
Twilight Portrait as infuriating as it sometimes is in the moment is ultimately haunting in its ambiguities 
3
The Optimists
Bill Weber
This autumnal statement compensates for its fixed despair with bracing wit and a willingness to see acceptance of misery as the best of all possible options 
3
Boat Trip
Walter Chaw
As painful as you imagine it is 
1
Boat Trip
Geoff Carter
Gooding s performance here isn t as energetic as it is desperate 
0
Boat Trip
Nick Rogers
No one comes off worse than Cuba Gooding Jr whom the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences could sue for defamation had the movie s advertisements put Academy Award winner before his name 
.5
Boat Trip
Dan Lybarger
A lot of movies aim for the lowest common denominator Boat Trip is merely low 
1
Boat Trip
Steve Rhodes
Poor Cuba Gooding Jr After his surprising and deserving Oscar win in Jerry Maguire his career has gone absolutely nowhere 
1
Boat Trip
Jonathan R. Perry
The best I can say of this sinking ship is that it s an equal opportunity offender there s something here to infuriate you whether you re a heterosexual homosexual black white Hispanic Swedish Swiss aristocrat Joe Sixpack disco diva war veteran
0
Boat Trip
Linda Cook
Boat Trip should be towed away on a garbage scow 
0
Boat Trip
Frank Ochieng
Is it really going out on the limb by observing that co writer director Mort Nathan s monotonous romantic comedy Boat Trip is enough to make a starfish seasick One might have to consider abandoning this ship of fools and be quick about it
1.5
Boat Trip
Emily Blunt
A treasure chest of side splitting funnies 
3
Boat Trip
David Keyes
Quick someone find an iceberg 
0
Boat Trip
Chris Hewitt
A lame gender mixed mistaken identity cross dressing comedy 
0
Boat Trip
Carla Meyer
Flouncing and preening Gooding works hard to sell the movie s penile puerile jokes his strain so evident that it borders on sad 
1
Boat Trip
Jerry McCormick
Seems more like a voyage aboard the Titanic than a split your sides laughing comedy 
1
Boat Trip
Sue Pierman
This project should have been deep sixed before it even left port 
1
Boat Trip
Connie Ogle
Boat Trip isn t all that funny but it s consistent at least in its relentless pursuit of idiocy 
1
Boat Trip
Bob Strauss
Whether you re gay or not Boat Trip simply doesn t make a sea vacation look like very much fun 
1.5
Boat Trip
John Monaghan
There is no limbo contest on this ship but you have to wonder How low can Gooding go 
2
Boat Trip
Gary Brown
Only once during the 95 minutes of Boat Trip did I laugh and that was in response to my own joke while writing the review of this pathetic loser of a film 
0
Boat Trip
David Sterritt
Switch your travel reservation to another theater 
1
Boat Trip
Roger Ebert
This is a movie made for nobody about nothing 
.5
Boat Trip
Wesley Morris
There has been some concern that Boat Trip the new Cuba Gooding Jr Horatio Sanz comedy might be harmful to gay men This is not entirely true Boat Trip is bad for everybody 
2
Boat Trip
Megan Lehmann
Fairly cringe inducing 
1.5
Boat Trip
Ray Conlogue
In a week when travesties like the Gwyneth Paltrow stewardess movie remind us that almost nobody in Hollywood remembers what the hell a comedy is Boat Trip s skill and modest ambition inspire nostalgic reverence 
3
Boat Trip
Michael Szymanski
It s a wigged out Love Boat where anything goes and you ll laugh as you see the characters take titanic turns along the way 
2.5
Boat Trip
Guylaine Cadorette
The most objectionable thing about this film is not its crude humor or its cartoonish stereotypes but the fact that it actually tries to deliver a moral with its story 
1
Boat Trip
Pam Grady
There are moments of genuine hilarity but those are few in a movie that presents the potentially explosive subject of the uneasy relationship between gay and straight men but then plays it as safe as any Afterschool Special 
2
Boat Trip
Claudia Puig
A trifling atrocity 
1.5
Boat Trip
Patrick Z. McGavin
The movie s offenses are too numerous to catalog 
1
Boat Trip
Jeffrey Westhoff
I can think of one thing worse than Boat Trip and that would be drowning But just barely 
1
Boat Trip
Josh Larsen
Of course the heroes eventually learn to overcome their homophobia enabling the movie to safely revel in its own 
1
Boat Trip
Rob Blackwelder
A gay themed movie aimed squarely and exclusively at stupid straight people 
0.5
Boat Trip
Ed Gonzalez
As for the three or four endings none are as pathetic as watching Gooding Jr putting another nail in his career coffin 
1
Boat Trip
Ian Mantgani
This movie must be pretty bad if even a Swedish tanning team can t earn it a good review 
2
The Accused
Kathy Fennessy
Cinematographer Milton R Krasner employs an Alfred Hitchcock like look with nighttime scenes so dark that it can be hard to make everything out Notably most of the principal cast had or would work with Hitchcock 
3
The Accused
Peter Canavese
A good and unusual noir in a decent special edition blu ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics 
3
The Accused
Matt Brunson
Wendell Corey s copper is both a heinous and a ridiculous character but everything else clicks 
3
Sky High
Roger Moore
Even the film s most ingenious heist armored cars on a ferry isn t handled with the sort of snap crackle and pop you expect from a thriller these days 
1.5
My Voyage to Italy
Matt Brunson
Scorsese s exuberance as a die hard movie buff is as always positively infectious 
3
My Voyage to Italy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Scorsese s documentary becomes less a clip show and more a private diary about exploring his Italian heritage and widening our horizons through world film 
4
My Voyage to Italy
Edward Guthmann
Directed co written and narrated by Scorsese it s a deeply personal love letter to Italian cinema to his family to the power of film to illuminate and change our lives 
4
My Voyage to Italy
Jeremy Heilman
Its passion is contagious enough to allow you to ignore the film s omissions 
3.5
My Voyage to Italy
Michael Dequina
Leave it to Martin Scorsese to make a four hour documentary on Italian cinema that doesn t feel like a glorified on screen film studies course 
3.5
My Voyage to Italy
Ed Gonzalez
Voyage like 8 1 2 to Fellini is Scorsese s pure expression of love for a constantly evolving cinema 
3.5
Premature
Michael Dequina
The beats may be familiar here but the music so to speak is fresh and engrossing 
3
Premature
Odie Henderson
A romantic and richly drawn conversation starter 
3
Premature
Mark Dujsik
We never get a sense of Ayanna as her own individual person 
2
Premature
Robert Daniels
Rashaad Ernesto Green s innocently composed Premature deeply inhales love with each earnest breath 
3
Premature
Johnny Oleksinski
Premature doesn t break much new ground But it sure breaks hearts 
3
Premature
Katie Walsh
Questions of art and the reasons to create it are threaded throughout though the message never overbears the delicacy of the love story at hand 
3
Premature
Roger Moore
A lively lovely and lived in slice of Harlem life that looks sounds and feels right even when what we re seeing is over familiar to the point of cliche 
2.5
Premature
Joey Magidson
Rashaad Ernesto Green has a keen ear for realistic dialogue Mixed with his artistic filmmaking Premature has style and a strong sense of self 
3
Ghost Train
Maitland McDonagh
The occasional eerie moment can t elevate this routine piece of by the numbers J horror above the pack 
1.5
Ghost Train
Rob Humanick
Ghost Train s opening shot recalls the roaring spirits of Sam Raimi s Evil Dead films but it is unfortunately the sole example of what might have otherwise been a favorable comparison 
1.5
The Man From Planet X
Matt Brunson
Forget the Lubitsch touch what we have here is the Ulmer touch 
2.5
In Safe Hands
Kent Turner
The film is more on point when it stays focused on baby Théo and his development 
2.5
Days and Nights
Anders Wright
Those who are familiar with the comedic drama are likely to find Camargo s ideas interesting if a bit obligatory while those who have neither read nor seen The Seagull may just come away thinking of it as a pretentious art film 
2
Days and Nights
Diego Semerene
The drama over dinner comes in small analgesic portions and the secrets feel canned and the dialogue is too pretty to be believable 
1.5
Days and Nights
Farran Smith Nehme
The cast so packed with talent that Jean Reno and Cherry Jones barely register is stuck with stagey dialogue Juliet Rylance in the Nina part has a particularly hard time 
2
Days and Nights
Roger Moore
A Chekhov modernization adaptation that doesn t quite come off despite a generally accomplished cast 
2
The Iron Ministry
Christopher Gray
Though J P Sniadecki doesn t elucidate any broad structural motive his film gradually adopts an engrossing rhythm among its clatter of steel and ambient chatter 
3
An Unfinished Life
Namrata Joshi
Redford and Freeman try their level best to raise the film above its innate mediocrity they do strike a nice on screen rapport but can do little beyond that 
1
An Unfinished Life
Kam Williams
A modern day Western from Lasse Hallstrom which doesn t measure up to the best of the three time Oscar nominee s work but is nonetheless a beautifully filmed panoramic production with a plot compelling enough to recommend 
3
An Unfinished Life
Carolyn Arends
An Unfinished Life takes us on the journey from the stifling prison of resentment to the freedom and healing of reconciliation It s a trip worth taking 
3.5
An Unfinished Life
Xan Brooks
There s something strangely poignant about watching Robert Redford trying to be Clint Eastwood 
2
An Unfinished Life
Larry Ratliff
The long delayed project churns out more cheese than a Wisconsin dairy especially in the final reel 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Forrest Hartman
Ranks among the best movies of 2005 
4
An Unfinished Life
Jeffrey Westhoff
An Unfinished Life is a star vehicle but one that successfully downplays celebrity 
3
An Unfinished Life
Peter Howell
The picture has no discernible reason for being It s impossible to identify with characters who seem so fond of their own misery they can t be bothered to communicate even the most basic facts about themselves 
2
An Unfinished Life
David N. Butterworth
A sedentary well acted but awfully familiar feeling Lasse Hallstrm drama 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Liam Lacey
By the conclusion the movie turns into the ursine answer to Free Willy veering dangerously close to New Age parody 
2
An Unfinished Life
Walter Chaw
Speaks clear and forlorn to how a company that backed Pulp Fiction could one day also back Cold Mountain 
1
An Unfinished Life
Sean P. Means
Redford is a comfortable fit for this setting So is Freeman even if he s relegated to his usual role as the wise voice in the ear of the grizzled white guy 
3
An Unfinished Life
Jeff Vice
Life is watchable due in no small part to Redford and Freeman 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Rob Thomas
Hallstrom specializes in middlebrow literary adaptations about quirky communities full of secrets but he may have gone to Barnes Noble for inspiration one too many times 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Duane Dudek
Enough sweetly tentative moments to commend it as passable family entertainment 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Linda Cook
Lasse Hallstrm who also directed the amazing The Cider House Rules has created a film that takes its time that allows you savor it rather than gulp it down 
3
An Unfinished Life
James Verniere
Outweighing this film s problems which apparently held up its release are the performances of its terrific cast 
3
An Unfinished Life
Brian Marder
With every attempt to create another small poignant but quirky story about relationships director Lasse Hallstrom misses the mark with his casting Jennifer Lopez and Robert Redford in the same movie is every bit as awkward as it sounds 
2
An Unfinished Life
Peter Keough
An Unfinished Life is a foregone conclusion 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lasse Hallstrom yawns out another awards contender 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Dan Fienberg
Redford looks like he s got an electric shaver with the trimming length set to crazy How much of Einar s sanity could be restored with a razor and a trip to SuperCuts 
2
An Unfinished Life
Josh Larsen
You can easily imagine Redford and Freeman during camera setups wisely discussing the movie An Unfinished Life could have been 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Sean McBride
Redford and co star Morgan Freeman act circles around their much younger supporting cast 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Peter Travers
Redford and Freeman have a relaxed rapport watch their expressions when Griff asks them if they re gay but the script keeps giving them unspeakable lines to utter 
1.5
An Unfinished Life
Carla Meyer
The chief issue however is the inability of Redford Lopez and Freeman to fully inhabit their characters They are always watchable and often engaging but they bring elements to their roles that keep us from completely believing them 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Mick LaSalle
The grizzly may have mauled Mitch but by the end that metaphor has mauled us 
2
An Unfinished Life
Jeff Shannon
Hallstrm specializes in tales of pent up longing and hesitant reconciliation but this cinematic Hallmark card is too prettified and predictable for his reliably delicate touch 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Timothy Knight
This earnest and contrived story of an aging rancher estranged from his daughter in law meanders predictably towards the inevitable reconciliation without ever feeling genuine 
2
An Unfinished Life
Stephen Whitty
An Unfinished Life means well but it s hard to give it much credit beyond that 
1.5
An Unfinished Life
Kyle Smith
Days of Our Lives in coveralls 
2
An Unfinished Life
Bob Strauss
The scenery has more definition than the people 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Rene Rodriguez
This is certainly not a movie worth going out of your way for but don t be surprised if you happen to come across it on cable one rainy Sunday afternoon and find yourself watching it to the end 
2
An Unfinished Life
Robert W. Butler
An Unfinished Life is so good that it makes you believe in Hollywood again 
4
An Unfinished Life
Jack Mathews
It s no great thing but in their heyday as Oscar campaigners they could have made Redford a contender 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Michael Booth
It s a good story well told honed just short of a distracting sheen 
3
An Unfinished Life
Terry Lawson
There is never much doubt how An Unfinished Life will finish yet it is kept dramatically and emotionally involving by the actors who approach the characters and the story honestly and sincerely 
3
An Unfinished Life
Mary F. Pols
Not to belittle grief but at a certain point the movie starts to feel like a giant pity party 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Wesley Morris
Excruciatingly tasteful 
2
An Unfinished Life
Willie Waffle
An Unfinished Life is a solid movie with good acting performances but it lacks the emotional punch one would expect from this sort of tale
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Peter Canavese
Provides a useful contrast to good dramas Redford and Freeman should have invested their chops elsewhere 
2
An Unfinished Life
Claudia Puig
An Unfinished Life doesn t succumb to the emotional dumbing down that has become the norm in movies 
3
An Unfinished Life
Jan Stuart
An inspirational family drama for the terminally uninspired 
1.5
An Unfinished Life
Jeff Strickler
An unabashedly sudsy soap opera that overflows with warm fuzzies It s also really well done 
3
An Unfinished Life
Chris Hewitt
Whereas the tiny moments in Unfinished are excellent the big picture is out of focus 
1.5
An Unfinished Life
Tracy Allerton
A well crafted film 
3
An Unfinished Life
Dustin Putman
Likably old fashioned and consistently well acted An Unfinished Life is a small low key pleasant but ultimately slight entertainment 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Steven Rea
Everything about An Unfinished Life s screenplay is cliched and predictable but the actors manage to elevate the proceedings above and beyond shameless soap 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Roger Ebert
The film is modest and heartfelt dealing directly with straightforward material 
3
An Unfinished Life
Michael Phillips
In this careful dot to dot prestige picture everybody learns their lessons on cue the abusive ex gets his comeuppance and the bear played by Bart the Bear who nearly murdered Mitch is freed from confinement by Einar and Griff 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Phil Villarreal
You almost want to flip the screen over and see if there s a Hallmark logo imprinted on the other side 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
Rob Blackwelder
Another sleepy sweeping soft serve melodrama from director Lasse Hallstrom the story arc seems to have been drawn on graph paper rather than written in a script 
2.5
An Unfinished Life
James Berardinelli
An Unfinished Life isn t original but for those who enjoy this sort of drama it s an opportunity to remember how in the right circumstances on screen characters can touch our hearts 
3
An Unfinished Life
Nick Schager
A prototypical WE channel mushfest 
1
An Unfinished Life
Scott Nash
Oscar worthy performance from Redford
3.5
The Fall of Fujimori
Ed Gonzalez
Covers much of the same terrain as Pamela Yates s State of Fear but with considerably less insight 
2
The Fall of Fujimori
Jan Stuart
The Fall of Fujimori couldn t happen along at a more pregnant moment for America as we agonize over how far we are willing to let our own leaders fudge the rules to stamp out terrorists 
3
The Fall of Fujimori
V.A. Musetto
Fujimori is such a charming gentleman that I m kind of sad he s a world class sleaze 
3
At War
Matt Fagerholm
An exhausting film to watch in the best sense venting our anger at the dehumanizing forces in society until we are left drained contemplating our impending challenges with newfound clarity 
3.5
At War
Jesse Cataldo
The film is content to bluntly affirm that corporate attempts at compassion are always secondary to providing profit to shareholders 
2
At War
Roger Moore
Bracing but despairing French labor docu drama 
2.5
At War
Kent Turner
The overall directorial style is by the numbers Though some scenes build in tension they take a while to get there 
2
Whispering Pages
Michael Wilmington
It s an art film that makes as little concession as possible to mass tastes But if you accept that oddness Whispering Pages can be a subtly beautiful and rewarding experience 
3.5
Trumbo
Brian Eggert
Ultimately the story of an underdog besting a bully and who doesn t love stories like that 
3
Trumbo
Pamela Powell
Trumbo is beautiful and eloquent as it tells a tale of politics relationships loyalty and human nature 
3.5
Trumbo
Lisa Jensen
Bryan Cranston plays Trumbo with an edgy raging wit 
3.5
Trumbo
Sara Michelle Fetters
Trumbo is a solid effort made close to unmissable thanks in large part to Cranston s magnificence the resulting biopic a gripping return to a Hollywood of yesteryear where the themes being examined couldn t be more appropriately timely 
3
Trumbo
Kam Williams
A timely reminder of our First Amendment rights which which simultaneously settles the score in favor of a disgraced Freedom of Speech proponent 
3
Trumbo
Scott Nash
There s a good story in here somewhere 
2.5
Trumbo
John Serba
Potentially treacherous material for Cranston but he avoids character clichés and delivers a richly entertaining riff on the man who offered no apology for who he was and what he believed in 
3.5
Trumbo
Peter Canavese
Plays not as straight hagiography but rather as a portrait of a flawed hero Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping with Trumbo s wit 
3
Trumbo
John Beifuss
Its Saturday Night Live esque parade of improbable celebrity impersonations kept me entertained You d probably have to attend a Halloween party hosted by Turner Classic Movies to find a less convincing John Wayne Kirk Douglas or Edward G Robinson 
2.5
Trumbo
Matt Brunson
One of the year s best films Trumbo is alternately poignant amusing infuriating and always thought provoking It s also a potent wake up call for anyone not too lethargic to heed its alarm 
4
Trumbo
Kate Taylor
We are left with the painful irony that a film about a screenwriter so good that Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger couldn t live without him suffers from a dull and slow moving script 
2
Trumbo
Robert Levin
A great cast is hampered by a directorial approach that is more committed to period verisimilitude than a mining of the psychological depths 
2
Trumbo
Peter Howell
Trumbo is a blast even if the screenplay perversely lacks the energy of its title character who is played with great wit and brio by Breaking Bad s Bryan Cranston 
3
Trumbo
John Wirt
Trumbo leaves a door open for someone sometime to make a better movie about the blacklisted screenwriter who lived long enough to be vindicated and honored 
2
Trumbo
Tom Meek
It feels like you need a bit of a Google search now and then to anchor it but in there pinning it all together handily is Cranston who carries the film as effortlessly as Trumbo cranked out scripts for schlock projects 
3
Trumbo
Rob Thomas
Trumbo is surprisingly fun to watch with Jay Roach s energetic direction paired with Bryan Cranston s showstopping performance as blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo 
3
Trumbo
Steven Rea
It s a period piece full of colorful characters natty costumes jaunty music 
3
Trumbo
Anders Wright
Sadly while the casting and acting of much of Jay Roach s film is great on the whole it isn t up to Trumbo s caliber 
2.5
Trumbo
Soren Andersen
Roach s direction is pedestrian He turns the picture into an earnest primer of the issues of the era and a road map of how Trumbo slowly resuscitates his career 
2.5
Trumbo
Ty Burr
Cranston s performance is the motor that runs Trumbo and that motor never idles never flags in momentum or magnetism or idealistic scorn 
3
Trumbo
Kristin Tillotson
Cranston shows Trumbo s public and private sides giving full measure to his eccentricities without devolving into caricature 
3
Trumbo
Mark Dujsik
There are lectures aplenty here and all of them lecture us on the same point 
2
Trumbo
Richard Roeper
Trumbo is a corny well made B movie about an A list screenwriter who had to take jobs writing B movies after he was blacklisted but eventually worked his way back to writing A movies with Kirk Douglas a k a Spartacus as his champion 
3
Trumbo
Dann Gire
Bryan Cranston star of AMC s cult series Breaking Bad melds aristocratic gravitas with working class sentiment as the titular Dalton Trumbo 
3
Trumbo
Michael O'Sullivan
The logistics of how Trumbo survived fronting a stable of other blacklisted writers and churning out his own work under various aliases make for a great yarn 
2.5
Trumbo
Mick LaSalle
Cranston s connection with Trumbo s struggle and frustration and with his streak of canny practicality couldn t be stronger 
3
Trumbo
Matt Pais
Trumbo may not be filling but in certain snappy moments it s awfully tasty 
2.5
Trumbo
Rex Reed
Bryan Cranston brings the complex personality of Trumbo to life with substance and humor 
3
Trumbo
Roger Moore
Warm and witty but essentially an R rated TV movie history lesson 
3
Trumbo
Godfrey Cheshire
It s another of those simplistic made to order films about the Hollywood blacklist in which the blacklisted movie folks are all innocent in every conceivable way 
2.5
Trumbo
Alissa Wilkinson
Once in a while it s fantastic But Trumbo mostly suffers from the now agreed upon affliction we might call Important Biopic Syndrome 
2
Trumbo
Stephen Whitty
Trumbo was hauled out of Congress shouting about American concentration camps How do you fail to find the drama in that Roach and McNamara find a way 
2.5
Trumbo
Charles Bramesco
one thing is certain Dalton Trumbo would ve never written something like Trumbo 
2
Trumbo
Peter Travers
Sounds like a biopic slog and sometimes it is But Cranston is a powerhouse as Trumbo in his glory speaking truth to power 
2.5
Trumbo
Steve Macfarlane
Like Jay Roach s Game Change and Recount the film s patina of relative apoliticism masks or enables its blandness of inquiry 
2
Trumbo
Lou Lumenick
It s a cracking good story and Cranston does a great job portraying a man who made great sacrifices for his principles 
3.5
Frank & Lola
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Much like Elvis Nixon Michael Shannon stars in another small scale film focused mainly on two characters and excels at it 
3
Frank & Lola
Rex Reed
As an exercise in voyeurism this is a movie that sleeps on its feet Shannon is too good for this nonsense and Poots has got to do something about that disastrous name 
1
Frank & Lola
Matt Zoller Seitz
Frank and Lola ultimately feels like less of a compelling free standing work than a promise of better movies to come 
2
Frank & Lola
Chuck Bowen
Frank Lola occasionally benefits from the weird energy shared between Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots 
1.5
Frank & Lola
Roger Moore
Lurid and melodramatic in the extreme but as in Nocturnal Animals Michael Shannon is reason enough to see it all by himself
2.5
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
Roger Ebert
Few adults are going to find the process bearable The target audience is possibly children and younger adolescents That s why I found it surprising that Mr Payback shovels as much barnyard material into its plot as possible 
0.5
After
Glenn Kenny
Kind of irritating in is purposeful disingenuousness and determined challenges to plausibility 
2
After
Sara Stewart
There s a fairly far fetched twist that feels out of place in this realism based drama 
1.5
After
Wes Greene
Throughout After the filmmakers crank the trials of the film s Valentino family up to 11 sans irony or subversion 
.5
Look Away, Look Away
Bob Bloom
To his credit O Connor gives voice to both sides of the issue those who see nothing wrong with the emblem on the flag as well as those who see it as a racist reminder of slavery and Jim Crow throughout the state s history 
3.5
Detroit Unleaded
Kyle Smith
Big of heart but small of impact the Arab American rom com Detroit Unleaded has all the kick of watered down ethanol 
1.5
Detroit Unleaded
Steven Boone
The filmmaker s cart is tugging frantically at a lazy horse 
1.5
Detroit Unleaded
Tina Hassannia
It compellingly engages with the specific problems of a cultural group rarely represented in American film but it too easily and abruptly resolves its main characters problems 
2.5
A Woman, a Part
Allyson Johnson
It s the dynamics between these characters and their feelings of discontent that elevates A Woman a Part from an intelligent character study to a film that unveils emotional introspection at every given turn making for something evocative and timely 
3.5
A Woman, a Part
Glenn Kenny
A Woman a Part mixes passion and ambivalence to create a work with ambiguities that seem earned and lived in 
3
A Woman, a Part
Clayton Dillard
The film s depiction of friendship seldom pushes past insights predicated on a fundamental tension between characters 
2
Leave No Trace
Brian Eggert
Granik brilliantly delivers the viewer into the characters spatially and socially secluded world making otherwise normal crowded living environments seem oppressive and even dangerous by comparison 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Matt Brunson
If Leave No Trace isn t quite as formidable as Debra Granik s Winter s Bone it s still a potent drama marked by a superlative turn from teenage actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie 
3
Leave No Trace
Brandy McDonnell
Director Debra Granik presents a nuanced thought provoking story about life on the fringes and along the way discovers and nurtures another star caliber young talent in McKenzie with Leave No Trace 
4
Leave No Trace
John Beifuss
As the father s doomed ideal collapses the movie s conflict resolves into two competing universal impulses the desire to be noticed and the desire to disappear 
4
Leave No Trace
Federico Furzan
Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie astonish us in this emotion train which displays a primitive conflict that nowadays must not be uncommon Review in Spanish 
4
Leave No Trace
Joey Magidson
Ben Foster has rarely been better than he is here 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Joe Friar
Foster and McKenzie are fantastic The authentic performances drive this beautiful story filled with hope and heartbreak The audience is rooting for these two in a world that can be very harsh 
4
Leave No Trace
Robert Daniels
Leave No Trace in the biggest of ironies leaves the greatest of traces upon us 
4
Leave No Trace
James Berardinelli
Occasionally uplifting and sometimes heartbreaking it is nothing less than sublime 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Rob Thomas
There s a patience and care to the way Granik makes movies an appreciation for detail and nuance that makes them bracingly different from any other movies being made 
4
Leave No Trace
Josh Bell
All of the movie s relationships even those that last for a single scene are quietly affecting 
3
Leave No Trace
Lisa Jensen
This is a family drama not a Social Studies discourse and in that respect it succeeds with quiet grace 
3
Leave No Trace
Josh Larsen
a movie that s willing to whisper 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Josh Terry
Leave No Trace s exploration of powerful themes like the power of community and the kindness of strangers turns what appears to be a sad story on the surface into something very worthwhile 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Gary Thompson
Tolstoy s observation that all happy families are alike gets overturned in Leave No Trace 
3
Leave No Trace
Bob Bloom
The movie directed and co written by Debra Granik speaks volumes about family ties in assured but hushed tones 
4
Leave No Trace
Sean P. Means
Leave No Trace will leave an indelible mark on audience s memories 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Richard Roeper
Leave No Trace is further evidence Granik is one of the most talented directors around and Ben Foster ranks among the finest and most intense actors working today 
4
Leave No Trace
Peter Howell
It speaks in hushed voices makes few fast moves and requires the viewer to infer a lot about its characters and also to fear for their safety 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Leave No Trace gets across its simple beautiful ideas as lightly as poetry 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Mark Dujsik
T he impact of this story is subtle gradual and filled with insight 
3
Leave No Trace
Calvin Wilson
Leave No Trace isn t a popcorn flick but serious film buffs will find much to appreciate 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Chuck Bowen
In Leave No Trace director Debra Granik continues to refine a style of tranquil intensity The film s images have a rapt and pared down power with emphases that are never quite where you expect them to be 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Michael O'Sullivan
Foster and McKenzie are almost symbiotic here with the young actress a native of New Zealand delivering a startlingly confident performance that is by every measure the equal of Foster s 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Peter Travers
Debra Granik s drama about a damaged war vet Ben Foster living off the grid with his teen daughter brilliantly played by breakout star Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie is hypnotic haunting and one of the year s best
3.5
Leave No Trace
Carla Meyer
Whether this insular relationship can survive in the larger world is the source of such consistent compelling tension that you do not notice until this close to two hour film is nearly over that it contains almost no exposition 
4
Leave No Trace
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is the acting of the two leads that makes the film special 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Tom Meek
The film s so tight and intimate and quiet you feel as if you re at the campfire sipping pine needle tea with Tom and Will 
3
Leave No Trace
Sheila O'Malley
An immensely moving portrait of a father and daughter who love each other and who can t bear to be apart 
4
Leave No Trace
Robert Horton
The beautifully observed details of this heroine s journey are heartbreaking 
4
Leave No Trace
Ty Burr
The movie shines a gentle but insistent light on America s underclass and walking wounded the people in the cracks just getting by 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Anita Katz
While there s sadness in the movie it s countered with hope and Granik s faith in humanity proves contagious 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Katie Walsh
When civilization feels threatened starting over in the woods seems not only appealing but maybe even necessary Especially when seen though Granik s discerning eye How lucky we are to have her work 
4
Leave No Trace
Brent McKnight
Harrowing and enthralling in equal measures it s a challenging and rewarding experience 
3.5
Leave No Trace
Lindsey Bahr
Their journey from here may not be all that surprising but it s a testament to the actors and director that it remains riveting throughout 
3.5
Leave No Trace
J.R. Kinnard
Minimalistic deliberate and largely silent Leave No Trace clings to each word like an endangered species It demands patience from the audience but that patience is richly rewarded 
3.5
Apu Trilogy
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Apu Trilogy is a masterpiece no cinephile can afford to miss 
4
Illtown
Michael Dequina
Will leave viewers grasping for a meaning 
2.5
Seven
David Nusair
46 46 46 a propulsive and frequently enthralling thriller that benefits from its raft of engrossing 44 mesmerizing attributes 46 46 46 
4
Seven
Margaret A. McGurk
A disturbing and suspenseful trip to the dark side 
3
Seven
Gene Siskel
Worth seeing if you can look past the gruesome details 
3
Seven
David Keyes
For nearly every movie about a sadistic criminal that would come after some part of us recalls the words of Detective Somerset who may be one of the first men in mainstream cinema that dares to ask why we easily dismiss serial killers as lunatics 
4
Seven
David Sterritt
Although the story isn t original it s powerfully directed by David Fincher and Morgan Freeman gives another of his superbly understated performances 
3
Seven
Michael Wilmington
Unfortunately most of the scenes in Seven are unlikely which means that by the end of the movie the duo is battling not just an insane killer but an off the wall screenwriter 
2.5
Seven
Jami Bernard
There s none of the humor that takes the sting out of slasher movies and certainly none of the psychology and depth that made The Silence of the Lambs such an intellectual thriller 
1
Seven
John Hartl
Were it not for the gravity and thoughtfulness of Morgan Freeman s performance as a retiring policeman and the third act appearance of its bizarre villain Seven would be unendurable 
2
Seven
Desmond Ryan
The reason to see Seven which is decidedly not for the faint of stomach is not for the punishment of sin but the many virtues of Freeman s contribution 
2.5
Seven
Stephen Hunter
The investigation and the clues that lead to the murderer are well thought out and continually provocative As a narrative the film is quite involving 
2.5
Seven
Gary Thompson
For all of the portentous atmosphere Seven runs on a routine cop show plot 
2
Seven
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Seven remains first and last a stylistic exercise and its message like most messages nowadays is to remain exactly where we are 
3
Seven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you think you know where the story is going think again This movie has an unconventional ending worthy of the anti hero movies of the Seventies 
3.5
Seven
Jim Shelby
The angles the faded tones the close ups and quick cutting to intense music were all so unusual and disconcerting I was caught off guard I immediately felt both mesmerized and at risk And that was just during the opening credits 
3.5
Seven
Robert Roten
Both Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman give great performances in this film 
3
Seven
James Kendrick
An unsettling serial killer police procedural that for two hours gets under your skin viscerally until it delivers the final blow with an unexpected ending that is as bold and shocking as it is terribly logical 
4
Seven
Susan Stark
When s the last time you saw a movie in which The Divine Comedy figured as a significant plot point 
3
Seven
Ted Prigge
dark brooding occasioanlly funny satirical smart and entertaining 
4
Seven
Roger Ebert
Good as it is it misses greatness by not quite finding the right way to end 
3.5
Seven
James Berardinelli
Seven is unnecessarily gory and runs for a little too long but neither of these elements detracts much from the film s enjoyability unless you have a weak stomach 
3
Seven
Edward Guthmann
Hannibal Lecter say hello to John Doe 
3
Seven
Mike Clark
Focus Freeman and film craft make Seven difficult to dismiss as a stylish exercise but employing this grisly subject matter for an exercise of any kind is a queasy way to go 
2.5
Seven
Steve Rhodes
Along with the camerawork the sets by Arthur Max were depressingly and shockingly perfect 
3.5
Seven
Madeleine Williams
Grisly and disturbing but very very good 
4
Seven
Rob Blackwelder
Shaky camera shots dark sets and a disturbing script that takes its characters to the extremes of emotion all contribute to the film creating a unsettled feeling that stays with you for a couple hours after the credits roll 
3.5
Frankie
Rene Sanchez
Isabelle Huppert is marvelous in this intimate and melancholic story about life and love the present and the uncertainty of the future to come Full Review in Spanish 
3
Frankie
Lisa Jensen
There are moments when we understand that deeply felt emotions are being conveyed but Sachs keeps everything so subdued at such a stubbornly low key register that we don t feel them as deeply as we should 
2
Frankie
Roger Moore
A lovely but downbeat and dull showcase for Isabelle Huppert
2
Frankie
Nathalie Atkinson
Sachs manages this day in the life without cumbersome exposition thanks to the texture of this casting all while keeping the disparate concerns of three generations moving 
3
Frankie
Ty Burr
It s a little too late but it s also surpassingly lovely an aching frame around the human muddle before we go home for good 
2
Frankie
Jeff Mitchell
Huppert sports tall platform shoes steps into a forest and successfully walks on a long winding woody path so there s that 
1.5
Frankie
Richard Roeper
Alas as whole Frankie plays like one of Woody Allen s lesser European set films 
2
Frankie
Steven Prokopy
It s disappointing to have a film set in such a beautiful location seem devoid of romance or any kind of passion 
1.5
Frankie
Mark Dujsik
By that finale we re no more attached to these characters than we were at the start 
2
Frankie
G. Allen Johnson
Frankie never takes a risk never explores the characters problems in any meaningful way it feels all surface 
2
Frankie
Mark Lieberman
T hanks to a superb cast and a welcome strain of comedic energy Frankie turns out to be more than a pretty travelogue with melodrama 
3
Frankie
Katie Walsh
The plot of Frankie like so many of the characters meanders aimlessly at times but like an expensive vacation it s utterly lovely to experience and surprising when it s over 
3
Frankie
Diego Semerene
ability to turn even the sappiest of scenarios into a nuanced tour de force 
2.5
Frankie
Christopher James
Fans of Isabelle Huppert and Ira Sachs should find themselves spending a pleasant afternoon with Frankie 
2.5
Frankie
Kent Turner
The scenery here is not just part of the show it s the main event 
2.5
Frankie
Peter Howell
Any film that wastes the great Isabelle Huppert is a crime 
2
Frankie
Tomris Laffly
What a thorough pleasure to be in the company of Frankie a film that feels like a sumptuous beach read on a lazy sunny afternoon 
3
Folks!
Michael Upchurch
The film s appeal will depend largely on whether you feel like laughing at senile dementia and automobile accidents 
1.5
Folks!
Dave Kehr
Director Kotcheff treats material that might have been effective as dark nightmare comedy as something bright bouncy and frivolous an approach that kills all the laughs and turns shock into mere tastelessness 
1
Long Time Running
Brad Wheeler
In the end and this may well be the end Long Time Running is about perseverance both the band s and Downie s 
3.5
The Almost Man
Glenn Kenny
My problem finally and this is something I rarely actually complain about was that I didn t care 
2
The Almost Man
Steve Macfarlane
Martin Lund s script is perspicacious in making Henrik s bad choices understandable enough emotionally but also nudges the audience toward wishing the man would wise up 
2.5
The Almost Man
Kam Williams
A droll dramedy examining the male metamorphosis from bachelor to family man 
3
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Roger Moore
Its contrived plot twists and less interesting narrative never let us shake the feeling that this is as unnecessary a sequel as has ever come down the slipway 46 
1.5
I Am a Soldier
Kent Turner
Director Larivire s emotional hook centered on an illegal puppy mill is original and undeniably attention getting you will certainly want to stay for the credits to make sure no animals were harmed 
2
The Forty-Year-Old Version
David Reddish
Always interesting and downright hilarious at times we found its mix of observations about neurosis and the art life original and very smart Blank gives a splendid performance in the leading role 
4
The Forty-Year-Old Version
John Beifuss
A confident debut 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Josh Larsen
challenged me to think about what I praise in Black art and why 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Linda Cook
Theater buffs will applaud the perspective on how a play is written produced and finally performed all to great comedic effect here 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Lindsey Bahr
The Forty Year Old Version makes a compelling case for another set of lists The 40 Over 40 They deserve it just as much if not more 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Tom Meek
It s a solid first effort that goes on a bit too long over two hours when more rapid jabs in a smaller ring would pack more of a punch 
2.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Lisa Trifone
At turns funny thoughtful tender vulnerable sharp and always insightful it s a story that works beautifully 
4
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Joe Friar
It s funny authentic and thrives on Radha Blank s tour de force performance Radha s debut film can be compared to a thirst trap in a good way It s appealing you watch it you like it It s also 100 legit 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Sheri Flanders
The 40 Year Old Version deftly offers a fresh and exciting perspective on a tired film trope 
4
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Pat Brown
Radha Blank s remaking of herself contains an uplifting unpretentious truth about aging It s never too late to make a new start 
3
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Nell Minow
The Forty Year Old Version is brimming with sharp but often understated humor and a deep experience of making art 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Sidebar platitudes and all Blank s writing still proves effective and affecting Just like her onscreen incarnation she deserves our full attention 
3
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Joey Magidson
Radha Blank is going places no doubt about it Her acting as well as her directing and writing have a vibrancy that demands to be noticed 
3
The Forty-Year-Old Version
James Berardinelli
The Forty Year Old Version provides a megaphone for a new voice in cinema 
3
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Pamela Powell
The Forty Year Old Version finds and implements the right rhythm and pace to tell a familiar and relatable story of a woman trying to find her own voice as she recalls her youthful goals 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Ty Burr
All in all quite impressive for a debut Let s hope we don t have to wait another 40 years for the next one 
3
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Ann Hornaday
Peppered with amusing person on the street commentary set off in their own smaller frames this is a woman s interior monologue brought to life as both candid semi autobiographical memoir and cinematic fantasia 
3
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Aparita Bhandari
Radha Blank is hilarious and candid in this must watch film 
4
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Katie Walsh
Blank approaches these heavy duty questions about art and identity with featherweight touch and her voice is so cutting compassionate and clear it s like oxygen 
3.5
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Sean P. Means
Blank herself is charismatic witty and funny and it s too bad her movie blurs the line between self empowering and self indulgent 
2.5
Treasure Island
David Wiegand
Treasure Island may move at a snail s pace but it s a modestly entertaining snail 
2.5
Dead Poets Society
Kurt Jacobsen
We never are privy to Keatings s personal life nor do we quite grasp why such a talented individual is devoted to pedagogy 
1
Dead Poets Society
Gene Siskel
A refreshing if obvious drama 
3
Dead Poets Society
Hank Gallo
On the surface Robin Williams appears to be giving his standard performance as Prof Keating witty sincere and lovable But there s much more here 
3.5
Dead Poets Society
Josh Larsen
I can t help but melt underneath this movie it chisels away the cynic and gets at the sap 
3.5
Dead Poets Society
James Plath
As consistent and nearly as understated a performance as Robin Williams would give later in Good Will Hunting 
3
Dead Poets Society
Sarah Chauncey
One of the best ever depictions of WASP dysfunction and prep school life 
4
Dead Poets Society
David Keyes
It s a tearjerker where the tears come not from the heart but from the aching mind we cry not because of the sad situations but because of its ludicrous attempts at being sad 
1.5
Dead Poets Society
Roger Ebert
Not the worst of the countless recent movies about good kids and hidebound authoritatian older people It may however be the most shameless in its attempt to pander to an adolescent audience 
2
Ida Red
Roger Moore
Genre pictures thin on surprises and big on grit sink or swim on their forward momentum This Tulsa filmed B movie gangland thriller never has that 
2
Ida Red
Glenn Kenny
Swab wants to get to Heat but he can t get anything up to a proper temperature 
2
Ida Red
Mark Dujsik
T he movie overlooks the one element that might have elevated it above formula these characters 
2
From Dusk Till Dawn
David Nusair
Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez working from Tarantino s screenplay opens From Dusk Till Dawn with an electrifying pre credits sequence revolving around a robbery gone horribly wrong 
3.5
From Dusk Till Dawn
Phil Villarreal
Like a Cheesecake Blizzard It s a pulpy mess loaded with empty calories but it s so divine that once you start you can t help but shovel it into your mouth until the last drop brain freeze and diet be damned 
4
From Dusk Till Dawn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a B movie albeit a largish budget B movie but with an undeniable B movie spirit 
3.5
From Dusk Till Dawn
Mick LaSalle
The picture shows what happens when a writer Tarantino and a director Rodriguez come together and reinforce each other s worst tendencies and misconceptions 
0
From Dusk Till Dawn
James Kendrick
This movie is just too much fun not to like 
3
From Dusk Till Dawn
James Berardinelli
It s great fun but certainly not great art 
3
From Dusk Till Dawn
Chris Hicks
The film is so flamboyantly gory and disgusting so vulgar and in your face obnoxious with so many offensive subplots and wacked out elements that you may give up long before you need to reach for your second headache tablet 
1.5
From Dusk Till Dawn
Madeleine Williams
Fans of the genre will like it especially in the no holds barred second half Others are advised to avoid this one 
2
From Dusk Till Dawn
Andy Seiler
As the bloodsuckers attack our heroes again and again you feel like you re watching a video game from dusk to dawn 
2
From Dusk Till Dawn
Rob Blackwelder
From Dusk Till Dawn was probably spawned from an all night bender during which Tarantino and Rodriguez thought it would be fun to see if they could make a deliberately lame movie with someone else s money 
2
From Dusk Till Dawn
Michael Dequina
A fun tongue in cheek gorefest that both spoofs and celebrates the glories of B grade exploitation vehicles 
3
From Dusk Till Dawn
Walter V. Addiego
The filmmakers references their winks and nods to the audience are far more diverting than the picture itself 
2
From Dusk Till Dawn
Joe Baltake
The sickest most perverted movie within memory Guiltily I liked it But what the hell is it 
2.5
One December Night
David Nusair
surprisingly watchable 
2.5
East of the Mountains
Simon Abrams
Tom Skerritt s low key warmth gives director S J Chiro and screenwriter Thane Swigart a charming nuanced performance that s worthy of their considerate and moving adaptation 
3
East of the Mountains
Soren Andersen
It s a small scale intimate movie solidly anchored by Skerritt s disciplined deeply felt work It s one of the best performances of his career 
3
Malcolm X
James Kendrick
Washington 8217 s commanding central performance and the intensity with which the story is told make the film feel both brisk and invigorating 44 challenging our notions of history and what it means to be black in America 44 then and now 46 
3.5
Malcolm X
Matt Brunson
In Malcolm X 44 Denzel Washington delivered the best lead male performance of the 1990s 46 
3.5
Malcolm X
Josh Larsen
Given the keys to the Hollywood kingdom with Malcolm X Lee both met its tony standards and set it on fire 
4
Malcolm X
Peter Canavese
Spike Lee called 1992 s Malcolm X the picture I was born to make and star Denzel Washington referred to the titular civil rights leader as the role of a lifetime They re both right Blu ray 
4
Malcolm X
Eric Henderson
Finds Lee s tendencies towards gadflyish social outrage folded into the fabric of the typically reactionary biopic genre 
2.5
Malcolm X
Michael Dequina
Not a mere movie but a cinematic event 
4
Malcolm X
Robert Roten
Malcolm X I m happy to say is educational but like good food is not hard to swallow 
3.5
Malcolm X
Roger Ebert
This is an extraordinary life and Spike Lee has told it in an extraordinary film 
4
Muppets From Space
Michael Dequina
A wild and funny tale 
3
Muppets From Space
Dustin Putman
Let me make things clear I still like the Muppets but an increase in quality is in serious need 
2
Muppets From Space
James Berardinelli
Muppets from Space proves that without a solid script a Muppet movie can be just as bad as any other dud 
2
Muppets From Space
Roger Ebert
The new Muppets movie lacks the kind of excitement the first ones generated 
2
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Robert W. Butler
A slight but charming French heart warmer that gives Omar Sharif his best role since well since Lawrence of Arabia 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
John Beifuss
Charming but sentimental 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Sean P. Means
The movie s two halves are larded with European coming of age cliches and never meld into a satisfying whole 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jeff Vice
Thanks to Sharif s performance this French language import is made quite watchable 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Rob Thomas
Since there s no real world grit to go with the grace the story comes off as shallow and unaffecting 
2
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Duane Dudek
His performance is a vivid reminder that Sharif 71 is still out there and capable of doing fine work when it is offered to him 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Steven Rea
Tender but never sappy Monsieur Ibrahim brings two people of vastly different age and background together in ways that are touching and telling 
3.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
James Verniere
A mystery at heart about identity fatherhood religion and how early transistor radios transformed young people s lives On that level it is utterly engrossing 
3.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
David Nusair
Anchored by two superb performances the film becomes slightly more engaging than it has any right to 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Liam Lacey
Pierre Boulanger who plays Moses has an intelligent awkward boyish charm but most of the interest comes from Omar Sharif 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Ty Burr
An appealing breeze of the French New Wave blows through the film 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Lisa Kennedy
A delicate tender tale about how a good father can show up at unlikely times bridging uneasy cultures and in doing so help a fragile bud of a boy bloom 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Chris Hewitt
Ibrahim transcends the cliche with the delicacy of the two central performances 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jeff Strickler
We ve seen it dozens of times Cute kid disarms perpetually grumpy old man But the touching French drama Monsieur Ibrahim turns one of Hollywood s oft worked formats inside out It s the old man who is cute and the kid who is the sourpuss 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Deeply felt and deeply affecting 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Kim Morgan
If Sharif s enigmatic layered performance isn t enough for you then Adjani as France s most famous sex goddess should fill your plate Viva La France 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
David Elliott
Wry supple endearing 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Ruthe Stein
Sharif imbues this seemingly simple man with the wisdom that age brings the lucky ones his Ibrahim is a subdued Zorba the Greek 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jeff Shannon
How often do you come across a soothing unassuming film as gentle as this 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Roger Ebert
Its best scenes come as the characters are established and get to know one another 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Josh Larsen
a sweet parable about making your own family 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sharif is a joy 
3.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Michael Wilmington
Takes a provocative subject friendship and love between a Jew and a Muslim and makes it seem natural and wondrous 
3.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jeanne Aufmuth
Could have played as a docile father son buddy picture but it s much more 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Steve Rhodes
A little gem that is certain to touch your heart 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Mike Clark
An easygoing coming of age movie 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
James Berardinelli
The character interaction is pleasant but there s only so much Sharif and Boulanger can do with the underwritten screenplay 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
David Sterritt
While the story is sentimental heartfelt acting makes its impact less manipulative 
2
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Marta Barber
It is a treat to see Sharif back on the screen and Boulanger is a pleasure to watch 
2.5
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
V.A. Musetto
Coming of age movies are usually pretty dismal so it s refreshing to discover Monsieur Ibrahim one that s worth recommending 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Jami Bernard
Omar Sharif certainly doesn t disappoint in Monsieur Ibrahim 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Glenn Whipp
A beautiful little gem of a movie 
3
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran
Bill Chambers
A coming of age movie in the vein of though superior to a Tony Gatlif special
2.5
Lockout
Brian Eggert
Almost every scene or story element feels familiar in one way or another 44 so much so that enjoying the movie on its own terms becomes impossible 46 
1
Lockout
Rob Humanick
Lean fun smart without overthinking things and always equipped with a one liner Lockout is refreshingly free of the bull that plagues so many genre films 
2.5
Lockout
Michael Dequina
The action beats while decently handled actually lingers shorter in the memory than the force of Pearce s surprisingly light and lively personality 
3
Lockout
Linda Cook
Loud longing to be rated R and at times just plain silly Lockdown left me wanting to see another Transporter flick 
2
Lockout
Walter Chaw
It s the movie version of Kevin Costner the great big dimwit you like anyway 
2
Lockout
Michael C. Walsh
It s Pearce s film and he chews and spits the one liners like a hardened wise ass Han Solo would be proud 
3
Lockout
Sara Michelle Fetters
Seriously this picture is a mess What s worse is that given the simplistic straight forward nature of the premise it by all rights shouldn t be 
1
Lockout
Erik Childress
I suspect many people will be on board as I was with Lockout for about 5 minutes Fortunately anyone can go to YouTube and see them without seeing what comes next 85 minutes of shoddy plotting direction and full on boredom 
1
Lockout
Stephen Whitty
The tag team of filmmakers seems to have only two ideas having stupendously ugly characters shove their mugs into the camera or staging action sequences so dizzily you have no idea what s going on 
1.5
Lockout
Willie Waffle
It is amazing to watch Pearce who might be one hundred times better than the rest of Lockout 
2.5
Lockout
Michael O'Sullivan
Lockout is meat and potatoes filmmaking at its most basic 
1.5
Lockout
Kyle Smith
It s the kind of movie where someone tumbling in space above the earth s atmosphere opens a parachute and lands gently on earth without even gasping for a breath 
0.5
Lockout
Rick Groen
It does a splendid job of putting the pale into imitation and draining the life out of derivative 
2
Lockout
Rafer Guzman
There s cheap and then there s this rip off 
1.5
Lockout
Mick LaSalle
Most of the time Lockout is pleasant enough not something to recommend to a friend but enjoyable in the moment 
2
Lockout
Robert Levin
What could have been a smart Kubrickian enterprise or at the very least a top of the line sci fi piece instead aspires to little more than stock C grade action schlock 
2
Lockout
Mark Dujsik
Every time Pearce is off screen the premise s silliness starts to seem exactly that silly 
2.5
Lockout
David Nusair
Lockout is simply unable to become the fun and fast paced thriller that its creators have clearly intended 
2
Lockout
Dustin Putman
A decidedly derivative and tough to swallow sci fi actioner that reminds of something Jean Claude Van Damme would have made in the early 90s the film is very nearly saved by Guy Pearce 
2
Lockout
Scott Bowles
A putrid film that comes dead weighted with hammy one liners and a plot so silly it borders on comedy 
1.5
Lockout
Linda Barnard
If he s poking fun at the genre Besson has a way to go thanks to the distractions of a muddled story and silly ending that defies physics and all the laws of nature 
2
Lockout
Tom Russo
First time writer directors James Mather and Stephen St Leger have put some thought into all of this always a bonus in a no brakes thriller especially one of Besson s 
3
Lockout
Steven Rea
Lockout is genre all the way The film wears its colors proudly but it also alas wears out its welcome 
2.5
Lockout
Michael Phillips
The editing by Eamonn Power and Camille Delamarre appears to have been handled while running from one gate to another in an airport somewhere 
1
Lockout
James Berardinelli
I kept waiting for Nicolas Cage to show up Or Katherine Heigl Or god forbid both 
1.5
Lockout
Connie Ogle
Pearce gets into his groove swiftly owns it and remains entertaining The rest of the movie however would work better as a video game 
2
Lockout
Matt Pais
Has ambitions only of stupid fun and completely ridiculous logic bending action The fun part comes and goes 
2.5
Lockout
Roger Moore
Guy Pearce goes into low Earth orbit to get his cool back in Lockout a silly sci fi B picture made fun by his star turn 
2
Lockout
Roger Ebert
Snow is an overwritten hero who talks like a sitcom character Every line is a wisecrack a gag or what he fondly thinks of as a witticism 
2.5
Lockout
Daniel M. Kimmel
a solid SF action movie that may not challenge audiences but it doesn t treat them like idiots either 
3
Lockout
Jake Coyle
Cavalierly conceived generically titled and derivatively plotted It feels like a missed chance because Pearce and Grace came ready to play 
2
Lockout
Nick Schager
Who cares about subpar computer generated work when Guy Pearce is a one man cartoon badass spectacle all to himself 
2.5
The Cell
Deborah Hornblow
The Cell is not for everyone but some will find it a portal to some extraordinary sights 
2.5
The Cell
Dennis King
Even if The Cell doesn t stand up to deep examination it s nevertheless a strongly engrossing thriller that delivers ample chills and thrills with its hellish Hieronymus Bosch like images alone 
2.5
The Cell
Chris Kaltenbach
The Cell looks spectacular If only it never opened its mouth 
2.5
The Cell
Katherine Dillin
The story s not clever or scary so much as it is unpleasant and grisly with scenes of stabbings an evisceration and other such lovely excesses 
1.5
The Cell
Jami Bernard
Like anyone s imagination the movie s landscape is littered with half remembered pop artifacts what s different is that Tarsem a commercial and video director here making his feature debut sticks the protagonists in a garden of unearthly delights 
3
The Cell
Nick Rogers
Sigmund Freud s description of the id as a cauldron full of seething excitations could just as easily apply to this literal exploration into the darkest filthiest corners of a serial killer s mind A chilling journey into dark religious iconography 
4
The Cell
Michael Dequina
A by the numbers story becomes the incidental backbone of one of the most visually arresting films of recent memory 
3
The Cell
Joe Lozito
What could have been a by the numbers serial killer mystery becomes a beautiful tour de force of film magic 
3
The Cell
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Cell may be another repellent serial killer movie but at least it tries something different 
1.5
The Cell
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The cop serial killer part of the story written by Mark Protosevich offers absolutely nothing of interest 
2.5
The Cell
Jeanne Aufmuth
This is a mind bending acid trip of a movie fresh disturbing and inimitable 
3.5
The Cell
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie looks so good that its dazzling appearance hides some shortcomings 
3
The Cell
Marty Mapes
The plot is a formulaic ditty where the cop uses a beautiful woman as bait to trap the killer It has very little to do with surrealism or desert photography 
2.5
The Cell
Jules Brenner
There are those who will hate it but hating it is a reaction to its subject matter not its accomplishment as a step into an adventurous movie landscape 
3
The Cell
James Kendrick
as flashy and visually inventive as the film is its greater importance lies in the way it explores the duality of serial killers in a way most films won t dare 
3.5
The Cell
James O'Ehley
I can t remember the last time I was so impressed by a film as seriously flawed as The Cell 
3.5
The Cell
Ian Mantgani
The Cell is a horror film that knows what it means to be horrifying 
3
The Cell
Jeff Vice
Rendered in an ultimately hollow style that can t conceal the story flaws of which there are many 
1.5
The Cell
Ross Anthony
I m not sure what to think 
2.5
The Cell
Shay Casey
By the end we re not a whole lot closer to understanding Stargher than we were at the beginning of the film 
2.5
The Cell
James Berardinelli
The Cell becomes the first serial killer feature in a long time to take the genre in a new direction 
3
The Cell
Bob Graham
There is an emotional vacuum at the center of this picture 
0
The Cell
Roger Ebert
One of the best films of the year 
4
The Cell
Susan Stark
The trippy highly mannered widely referential imagery is certainly its strongest selling point despite wonderfully grounding and on the rides bizarre work by Lopez 
2
The Cell
Emily Blunt
Really it s because Vincent D Onofrio is in this that it s a must see heck on on DVD
3
The Cell
James Verniere
If Hannibal Lecter were to try his hand at window dressing for NeimanMarcus the results would probably look like this 
2.5
The Cell
Rod Armstrong
Whereas The Matrix s visuals were almost always in service of the story the images here are merely trailer fodder to draw in ticket buyers 
1.5
The Cell
David N. Butterworth
Where s the story There really isn t one But for most of The Cell it won t matter just sit back and enjoy the creepy dazzling ride 
2.5
The Cell
Dustin Putman
A disturbing evocative journey into the human mind the film recalls your spookiest dreams most forbidden fantasies and darkest past memories strung together in an unforgettably bold visual palette 
3.5
The Cell
Rob Blackwelder
The movie is so relentlessly unpleasant and so utterly full of itself that it doesn t succeed in doing anything more than invoking a Pavlovian retch reflex 
2
The Cell
David Keyes
Steeped in gorgeous and vibrant texture with occasional shades of gray helping to underscore the nightmarish plight that keeps the characters penetrated The Cell is a brilliant candidate for one of the year s best movies 
3.5
Traps
Steve Rhodes
Although the movie is uneven in parts and its political logic is dubious at best it does well what it set out to do 
2.5
The Trial
Michael Phillips
A singular two hour experience as dynamic and strange as anything Welles made 
3.5
The Trial
James Kendrick
A singularly unique though somewhat flawed literary adaptation that mixes that modern and the baroque with luminous black and white photography 
3
The Trial
Robert Roten
Orson Welles considered this his greatest film and that s saying a lot from the director of Citizen Kane generally regarded as the greatest film of all time 
3
The Trial
Roger Ebert
Above all a visual achievement an exuberant use of camera placement and movement and inventive lighting 
4
The Trial
Edward Guthmann
The more Joseph tries to understand the more impenetrable it becomes 
3
The Trial
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Trial plays closer to an actual nightmare than just about any other film I ve seen 
4
Violent City (The Family)(Città violenta)
Matt Brunson
A Charles Bronson vehicle that hardly ranks among his best 46 
2
Violent City (The Family)(Città violenta)
Eric Henderson
Charles Bronson gets screwed over in Violent City In fact he gets screwed over so many times that the film loses track of its internal timeline 
2
Chaos
V.A. Musetto
Hideo helms with such style and suspense that it doesn t matter if all our questions are ultimately answered 
3
Chaos
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nakata brilliantly uses interior and exterior light and plants little visual cues like rain spattering on a flooded surface that tie the jumbled story bits together 
3.5
Chaos
John Petrakis
It s a difficult film to follow and figure out I ve only seen it once and yet there is something mesmerizing about the way director Nakata whips the tale to a frenzy and drags us in 
3
The Donut King
Brad Wheeler
I t s a fine yarn spiced up with moments of hip hop animation and pop culture references all packaged nicely in something like the hot pink doughnut boxes that the cruller maestro Ngoy supposedly invented 
3
The Donut King
Steven Prokopy
It s incredible watching him be so honest and positive about the complete breakdown of his professional and personal worlds 
3
The Donut King
Nick Allen
A heartwarming albeit scattered documentary 
3
Crocodile Gennadiy
Brad Keefe
Almost Holy is bleak but ultimately hopeful and wholly fascinating Documentary fans should take note 
3.5
Crocodile Gennadiy
Sean P. Means
Beautifully shot by John Pope the story is sometimes caught in an endless loop of despair but Mokhnenko s tough love optimism for the orphans and for a country caught up in war and rebellion shines through 
3
Crocodile Gennadiy
Peter Hartlaub
This documentary isn t about heroes and villains or determining right and wrong It s about hope in the face of hopelessness and what drives a man to keep trying to change the seemingly unchangeable 
3
Crocodile Gennadiy
Odie Henderson
To the filmmakers Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko is a bit of a superhero I found myself leaning that way too 
3.5
Crocodile Gennadiy
Chuck Bowen
Steve Hoover s documentary affords one an unusually intimate glance at the collapsed infrastructure of the former Soviet Union 
3
Crocodile Gennadiy
Roger Moore
A charismatic subject sympathetically portrayed in a structurally clumsy documentary 
2.5
Crocodile Gennadiy
David N. Butterworth
All Hail the Republic of Pilgrim 
3.5
Trauma
Walter Chaw
Once lawless Argento s pictures feel inconsequential now Light and aimless 
2
Trauma
Ed Gonzalez
See it for the killer decapitation set pieces 
2.5
The Seer and the Unseen
Nick Allen
Nature is the most fascinating element of The Seer and the Unseen but Dosa is more focused on Ragga and the elves 
2.5
Black Site Delta
Kam Williams
A Dirty Half Dozen tailor made for folks who appreciate scene after scene of incessant slaughter 
2
Violette
Elliott Stein
Violette sits there on the screen a stylish lump 
1
Violette
Eric Henderson
Violette doesn t so much rejuvenate the sex death equation that had been in place since Louise Brooks opened Pandora s Box as it does struggle to remember why women want sex in the first place 
2
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
G. Allen Johnson
Loaded with silliness and eye candy 
1
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
Tom Keogh
Eating Out 2 is the kind of sex comedy that can get pretty raw but it remains playful and smart enough to keep one interested Performances count for a lot 
3
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
Bill Stamets
Director Phillip Bartell crafts some quips but the momentum falters when he goes maudlin 
1.5
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
Michael Wilmington
cheerful but one note 
1
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
Chris Hewitt
No one who saw the wretched Eating Out was demanding a sequel but it s here and it s a lot better 
2.5
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
Ed Gonzalez
The film relishes in capturing those fluid days of youthful abandon when everyone s sexual agency was up for grabs 
2.5
Jesus of Montreal
Roger Ebert
It s an original and uncompromising attempt to explore what really might happen if the spirit of Jesus were to walk among us in these timid and materialistic times 
3.5
The Kid Detective
David Nusair
a solid debut for a promising filmmaker 
3
The Kid Detective
Sean P. Means
The Kid Detective carries a high your mileage may vary quotient Ask me in a week and I might hate it Ask me in two weeks and I may defend it to the ends of the earth 
2.5
The Kid Detective
Barry Hertz
Brody makes pitifulness compelling even dashing We want Abe to succeed because we want Brody to succeed 
3
The Kid Detective
Erik Childress
Disillusionment comes with most good detective yarns but that was never a feeling on the other side of the screen watching Abe get ensnared in such an entertaining tale 
3
The Kid Detective
Roger Moore
Morgan s script takes its time getting on its feet saunters through the middle acts and quietly sets up and delivers a finale that starts surprising and turns shocking and then more shocking 
3
The Kid Detective
Nick Allen
A quirky dirge that knows what can be funny but doesn t follow up on it 
1.5
The Kid Detective
Mark Dujsik
It could have been an easy joke but The Kid Detective instead takes a hard look at its trapped in the past sleuth 
3
The Kid Detective
Johnny Oleksinski
Laughter and enjoyment is stifled by the constant question of whether we re allowed to laugh or enjoy anything at all 
2
Gospel Hill
Kam Williams
A Sunday school parable about the difference between good versus evil Can I get an Amen 
2.5
Blind Date
George Morris
Rambo the family Great Dane provides the film with some of its funniest visual and aural gags 
4
Blind Date
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Increasingly contrived and longwinded at just 95 minutes this is the kind of film that has been helmed with skill despite lackluster material 
2
Blind Date
David Nusair
tedious 
2
Blind Date
Bill Chambers
Settles into the quick react rhythm of modern sitcoms 
1.5
Blind Date
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie that serves as a reminder that comedy is agonizingly difficult when it works and even more trouble when it doesn t 
2.5
As Good as Dead
Roger Moore
If the best action star not to be invited into 8220 The Expendables 8221 universe keeps slinging stuff like this against the wall 44 maybe eventually something will stick 46 
1.5
Mexican Bus Ride
Ed Gonzalez
Acknowledges and celebrates those sometimes miraculous moments pit stops if you will one must face on one s ascent to enlightenment 
3
Fools Rush In
David Nusair
completely bland and hopelessly generic 
2
Fools Rush In
Michael Dequina
A fun no brainer that successfully casts a sweet romantic spell 
3
Fools Rush In
Roger Ebert
Fools Rush In is a sweet entertaining retread of an ancient formula in which opposites attract despite all the forces arrayed to push them apart 
3
Fools Rush In
Mike Clark
Take away the ethnic pregnancy angles and we ve seen this premise countless times all the way back to the spate of post World War II romances about returning veterans and the mates they married in a blink 
2
Bridge to Terabithia
Kim Brown
Thanks to its subtle touches and strong character development Bridge to Terabithia is not only entertaining for the family but for anyone who wants to leave reality behind for a little while 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Christy Karras
A movie that shows kids the value of imagination and gets them talking with their parents is good even if it s tough 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Jennie Punter
Bridge to Terabithia is not only faithful to the novel but also stands to become a beloved family movie 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Alicia Potter
The screenplay retains the gritty emotion of its source but gets ponderous in the iconic third act 
2
Bridge to Terabithia
Walter Chaw
sort of awful but it goes places most conventional children s entertainments fail to go
2.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Kam Williams
A bittersweet if ultimately uplifting coming of age tale touching on a litany of themes including fantasy friendship and family 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Joe Lozito
The filmmakers do a nice job keeping the enchantment level high while pardon the phrase keeping it real 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
David Nusair
there s a third act twist that brings some much needed gravity to the proceedings 
2.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Wesley Lovell
A magical tale that doesn t become maudlin when many films of its ilk could have A beautifully touching performance from AnnaSophia Robb
4
Bridge to Terabithia
Linda Cook
You can t tell a book by its cover and you can t tell a movie by its trailer 
3.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Sean McBride
It s not often that a kiddie flick will elicit genuine emotion in the audience
3
Bridge to Terabithia
John Beifuss
A family film that is more convincing honest and intense than most adult movies 
3.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Matt Brunson
It s for bright inquisitive children and attendant adults who subscribe to the theory that imagination is one of the most wonderful tools available 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Sara Michelle Fetters
This handsomely mounted adaptation of Katherine Paterson s Newberry award winning novel is an intelligently layered drama of creative inspiration and adolescent friendship 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Valerie Kuklenski
Director Csupo succeeds in keeping his main characters well rooted in their daily lives and his restraint in creating Terabithia is commendable With no gratuitous rainbows elves or unicorns it somehow is believable 
3.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Jeffrey Westhoff
As much as anything Bridge is about how powerfully friendship can transform children 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Mark Dujsik
What a wonderful sorrowful film 
4
Bridge to Terabithia
Frank Ochieng
Csupo ushers in an exciting and emotional action adventure product that enchants and motivates the active imagination Terabithia radiates with engaging enthusiasm 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Claudia Puig
The story is a pleasant enough diversion with a positive message about seeing the troubled person behind the bully and the importance of keeping an open mind 
2.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Angel Cohn
Actors Robb and Hutcherson are the keys to the film s success She has a refreshingly offbeat charm and he smoothly handles emotional material that would be too daunting to many more experienced actors 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Susan Walker
For all that Bridge to Terabithia does to encourage children to exercise their imaginations and pursue the arts the movie s producers give only glimpses of the wonderful creatures and magical kingdom dreamed up by two children 
2.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Tom Keogh
There s a lot to recommend Bridge for a young crowd Hutcherson and Robb have excellent chemistry Jesse s palpable hunger for his father s approval is quietly poignant and a third act tragedy deepens and sweetens everything 
2.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Peter Hartlaub
Despite its small scale Bridge offers a lot of things you won t see in most children s movies including honest dialogue actions that have consequences and some truly moving moments 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
David Elliott
The adroitly calibrated life lessons include a chill gulp of death and Terabithia proves to be soulful even healing What most delivers is the efficiently just right cast the charmed bonding of kid stars Robb and Hutcherson 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Timothy Knight
Any film celebrating the power of imagination is always welcome Due to its rather pedestrian execution however The Bridge to Terabithia ultimately comes up short 
2.5
Bridge to Terabithia
Steven Rea
Bridge to Terabithia the movie like the book is buckets of tears sad Director Csupo and company manage to get that the simple power of a story about kindred souls about loss about the limitless possibilities of a lively mind just right 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Kyle Smith
Terabithia has buckets of gentle sincerity Since there aren t any dumb jokes or hip visuals it s easy to get caught up in the simple messages Be good to your sister don t be a bully use your imagination in a pinch 
3
Bridge to Terabithia
Elizabeth Weitzman
Everyone involved genuinely seems to believe in the power of imagination to enliven and enlighten the darkest realities and that s a magic this film captures beautifully 
3
A Goofy Movie
Jackie Potts
Wisely this fast paced movie has enough colorful characters and rollicking gags to keep the tykes from getting bored 
3
A Goofy Movie
Peter Stack
An incoherent mess that jumps from one unlikely brainless crash bang situation to another 
1.5
A Goofy Movie
Roger Ebert
Let s round it off to three and call it a day 
3
A Goofy Movie
Steve Rhodes
If they wanted to make a movie about Goofy then they should have found a better script for him 
1.5
Ecstasy (Ekstase) (Rhapsody of Love) (Symphony of Love)
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a little dull today but it s still interesting from a historical perspective 
3
In the Army Now
Gene Siskel
Whatever Shore wants to do in the movie business is his business but the feeling here is that he could expand his audience beyond the teen set if he were to laugh at himself a little bit more 
2
In the Army Now
Gary Thompson
If this guy is funny and evidently a constituency exists somewhere probably France then his appeal is inscrutable to me and millions of other Americans 
1
In the Army Now
Jeff Shannon
Being an appealing shallow goof off can wear thin and Shore seems incapable of carrying a movie even when it s a 90 minute knock off like this 
1.5
In the Army Now
Stephen Hunter
This is Hollywood combat at its most irritatingly banal 
1
In the Army Now
Michael Wilmington
The movie s best performance is given by a camel 
0.5
In the Army Now
Roger Ebert
The screenplay work by five writers based on a story by three others seems to have been rewritten often enough that any individuality has been lost 
1.5
In the Army Now
Chris Hicks
For the uninitiated Shore s screen persona is somewhere between Jim Varney and Jim Carrey if you drained them of all their energy and personality 
1.5
The Strongest Man
Matt Pais
Like the waves of the ocean its characters occasionally and semi fearfully embrace The Strongest Man continually goes in and out connecting and drifting away 
2.5
The Strongest Man
Scott Renshaw
It s uneven goofy and personal in all the ways that independent comedy can be both delightful and occasionally befuddling 
2.5
Jumbo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wittock who makes her feature debut brings a wonderfully naïve awestruck mood to the movie It s probably no mistake that Jeanne s hairstyle resembles Amelie s they re both wide eyed observers of life s small mysteries and wonders 
3
Jumbo
Carlos Aguilar
Though curiously charming Jumbo behaves like love at first sight that doesn t think about the consequences of the ardent now or the larger long term picture 
2.5
Jumbo
Mark Dujsik
Wittock s story is almost absent of any form of psychological inspection 
2
Jumbo
Joey Magidson
Jumbo just can t go anywhere beyond its initial premise It s a shame too since there s so much promise within it 
2
Jumbo
Mike McGranaghan
Crazy as it may seem Jumbo is one of the more touching screen romances I ve seen in a while 
3
Jumbo
Rosalie Kicks
For some this premise may seem a bit outlandish a woman literally falling head over heels for an amusement park ride One needs to see beyond the synopsis as peculiar to find there is no wrong way to love 
3
Jalla! Jalla!
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many broad comedies Jalla Jalla has real affection for its characters and that makes it a winner 
3
Jalla! Jalla!
Ray Conlogue
It s a first feature from a young director and still has a bit of film school gawkiness about it But there s talent here and probably better films to come 
2
Brother
Anne Brodie
10 Clement Virgo apos s Brother is beautifully made 44 and performers give their all an exquisitely painful and provocative experience that cuts deep 46 The limitations of poverty missed opportunities and dashed hopes are staggering and Brother becomes an elegy 46 10 
4
Brother
Shane Slater
Brother is a cinematic rendering that is deeply felt 46 
3
Brother
Peter Howell
A world is revealed brilliantly 
3.5
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2015
Dan Schindel
Feast is completely airless 
2.5
Pilgrimage
David Nusair
46 46 46 fares especially well within its larger than life yet compelling opening stretch 46 46 46 
2.5
Dangerously Close
Gene Siskel
It surely does not contain any socially redeeming value 
0
Dangerously Close
Carrie Rickey
The movie revels in the kind of sadism it criticizes 
1
Dangerously Close
Roger Ebert
This movie lacks the courage to admit what it is really about 
0
Open Grave
Wesley Lovell
Conventional performances cannot inhibit this twisted creative horror feature about a houseful of guests with no memories of their past 
3
Open Grave
Glenn Lovell
another genre head scratcher from Lpez Gallego who last brought us Apollo 18 It won t impress the more literal minded fans of World War Z or The Crazies 
1.5
Open Grave
Christy Lemire
Where the story leads is so disappointing and hackneyed it makes the entire journey feel like an enormous waste of time 
2
Open Grave
David Lee Dallas
Individual moments linger but the film is merely a rough draft of a thriller 
1.5
SuperGrid
Brad Wheeler
A satisfying enough bullet strewn B movie set in postapocalyptic Western Canada 
2.5
Secret Society of Second Born Royals
Linda Cook
A solid enjoyable romp and probably the beginning of a franchise that blends Disney royalty and superheros with a new spin 
3
Secret Society of Second Born Royals
Brian Tallerico
It is the most bare bones superhero movie I ve ever seen entirely unambitious in its world building characters and structure 
1.5
Secret Society of Second Born Royals
Johnny Oleksinski
If you re going to make a superhero movie today you gotta have a budget Secret Society perhaps had Microsoft Paint 
1
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Roger Ebert
There s no tragedy in this movie no sense of the vast scale of suffering outside the bunker 
1
Reflection
Roger Moore
The old saying that times of great stress and trauma produce great art is being proven with understated minor masterpieces from Ukraine like Dombass Bad Roads and Reflection 
3.5
The Angel
Lisa Trifone
Though it suffers from a bit of a self indulgent runtime it s inherently a highly engaging portrait of a young man entirely devoid of a conscious and the people who enable his grizzly escapades 
3
The Angel
Michael Phillips
Too little of El Angel escapes a second hand been there killed that feeling 
2
The Angel
Christopher James
The film is well done in establishing its mood However it never succeeds in keeping the characters interesting 
2.5
The Angel
Walter V. Addiego
The movie is made with skill but it s so relentless in backing away from any psychologizing or moralizing or just about anything else that might give us a handle on what makes this monster tick that it finally feels like an empty horror show 
2
The Angel
Monica Castillo
It s a hell of a story spruced up and splashed on a big colorful screen with a lot to show but little to say 
2.5
The Angel
Joey Magidson
El Angel makes its bones by being a stylish look at a notorious criminal even if it s never interested in digging too deep 
3
The Angel
Mark Dujsik
The reason El Ángel is so simultaneously fascinating and terrifying is that it communicates his thinking so effectively 
3
The Angel
David Nusair
a deliberately paced and often excessively spare narrative that s almost entirely devoid of standout interludes 
2
Safety Last
Eric Melin
a briskly paced thrill comedy with memorable gag after memorable gag and a surprising dark streak 
3.5
Safety Last
James Kendrick
The climb has both comic and dramatic weight because it is both a thrilling exercise in physical humor and a thematically rich evocation of the pressures men feel to succeed lest they be viewed as less than a man
4
Safety Last
Scott Nash
I laughed more at some of the scenes with Harold in the store than I did at the climb itself 
3
Safety Last
Roger Ebert
The Glasses character in Safety Last would have blended with the background of the department store where he worked if it had not been for action imposed upon him But what action 
4
Safety Last
Peter Canavese
On video Safety Last is a certified treat but in packed movie houses with audiences invariably gasping and giggling on every cue it s a near religious experience Criterion Blu ray 
4
40 Days and 40 Nights
Betsy Bozdech
A large part of the film s appeal stems from watching Pearl Harbor pin up Josh Hartnett shed his usual grave demeanor in favor of bawdy comedy and an earnest grin 
2.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Emanuel Levy
This tedious romantic romp is based on a single idea a hunk Josh Hartnet abstaining from sex for the duration of Lent extended to the limits of a feature length picture 
1
40 Days and 40 Nights
Greg Maki
They could have easily made yet another gross out comedy but instead the laughs are born of clever writing and likable characters 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Margaret A. McGurk
Mean spirited ugly little movie 
1
40 Days and 40 Nights
Forrest Hartman
A sex comedy starring Josh Hartnett is almost guaranteed a mainstream following But that hasn t kept Lehmann from giving 40 Days the look and feel of a spirited independent comedy 
3.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Michael Wilmington
You may feel like taking a vow of abstinence yourself at least from Hollywood youth sex comedies 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Jonathan R. Perry
An admittedly raunchy but smart satirical poke at sexual politics in the information age It s also funnier than we have any right to expect 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Jeffrey Westhoff
The script boils down to 90 minutes of dirty jokes Most of them are funny and some are hilarious 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Ian Mantgani
This is a movie full of sex jokes but they don t involve mechanics and fluids so much as the nature of sex and the way it governs young life 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Michael Szymanski
Then there s the seen that before scene of poor Matt walking around with a protrusion he seems blithely unaware of that seems to go to some preposterously immense proportions 
1
40 Days and 40 Nights
Mark Dujsik
A dulling experience The movie screams been there done that and offers nothing new to the table 
1.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Collin Souter
Why do screenwriters demean women in these movies by having them find these lunk headed doofuses so attractive 
1
40 Days and 40 Nights
Kevin A. Ranson
Not the funniest film ever on this subject but a nice statement and satire on relationships today 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
James Kendrick
it is essentially a slightly more mature gross out comedy
2.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Charles Savage
The material may be lightweight but it s been shaped into a film that deserves to become a classic in an admittedly lightweight genre 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Mike Clark
It has a way of wearing out what s supposed to be knockabout farce 
2.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Mike McGranaghan
For all its outrageous humor 40 Days and 40 Nights actually has something to say about the value of emotional intimacy over physical intimacy 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Joe Leydon
Events proceed on a thoroughly predictable course in Robert Perez s formulaic screenplay 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Dustin Putman
Immature predictable and annoying 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Sean P. Means
Director Michael Lehmann cannot decide whether he is making a lewd and manic farce or a lovey dovey romance 
1.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Geoff Pevere
It does nothing to challenge the self centredness of the smug little world it depicts and everything to endorse it 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Todd Anthony
Maybe you ll work up more sympathy than I did for this great looking kid who encounters no difficulty whatsoever seducing any female he desires 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Moira MacDonald
A fluffy dopey but occasionally likable romantic comedy 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Carla Meyer
The slapdash and vulgar second half saps the good will engendered by some funny gags and heartthrob Josh Hartnett s heart tuggingly earnest performance 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
David Elliott
The laughs are sitcom shaped 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Joe Baltake
It s the filmic equivalent of the young men it represents guys who think talk and brag about sex without ever really getting any 
1.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Tor Thorsen
The first movie since Chasing Amy to successfully balance gentle romance and raunchy comedy 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Jan Stuart
The underpinning misogyny of 40 Days and 40 Nights is only exceeded by its cynicism 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Lou Lumenick
Eyeball gougingly awful 
0
40 Days and 40 Nights
Gemma Tarlach
Highly flawed but crudely funny 
2.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Liam Lacey
Without the defence of teen ignorance 40 Days is little more than soft core sleaze 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Steven Rosen
An American Pie variation without the affection for its characters or original humor 
1.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Glenn Whipp
Unrelenting in the number of ways it can get its one joke wrong 
1.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Ross Brooks
A lighthearted romp that delivers laughs and a thought or two along the way 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Roger Ebert
The details are fresh and writer Rob Perez s dialogue about sex has more complexity and nuance than we expect 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Jay Carr
A one joke sex comedy that seems to go on about 38 days and 38 nights too long 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Jeff Vice
With a cast this attractive and this darn likable you sort of wish 40 Days and 40 Nights wasn t quite as dirty minded and sex obsessed as it is 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Walter Chaw
It s dangerous stuff that shouldn t be dismissed lightly 
2.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Erik Childress
It s just a shame that someone wasted their fluids creating a number of the people responsible for this absolute mess 
1.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Terry Lawson
A truly wretched sex comedy or should we say non sex comedy 
1
40 Days and 40 Nights
Chris Hewitt
Shows that smutty and adorable don t mix 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Bruce Newman
Even Hartnett can t overcome the lameness of the movie s increasingly obvious attempts to make horniness seem funny 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Mary F. Pols
Pushes the envelope in the same goodhearted way the first American Pie did relying on a pitch perfect cast of characters to deliver some memorable one liners 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Rob Blackwelder
delightfully surprising freshness and soul where all the hackneyed conventions usually are 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sex is the star here and she shines 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
James Berardinelli
This is as stupid as movies come 
2
40 Days and 40 Nights
Steve Rhodes
Probably would have succeeded if it hadn t been for the casting of the leads Josh Hartnett and Shannyn Sossamon two beautiful but bland actors 
2.5
40 Days and 40 Nights
Harvey S. Karten
Proves that a comedy based on sex need not be ham fisted to be effective 
3
40 Days and 40 Nights
Ed Gonzalez
The misunderstandings are all thankfully low on the Three s Company scale while Hartnett and Sossamon s chemistry is undeniably potent 
2.5
3 Days With Dad
Mark Dujsik
To say that 3 Days with Dad loses its way is an understatement 
2
3 Days With Dad
Roger Moore
The comedy is hit or miss but the humanity almost saves it 
2
Mystery, Alaska
Michael Dequina
With so many characters and plotlines it seems that TV king Kelley mistook this big screen assignment for another network pilot 
1.5
Mystery, Alaska
Jeffrey Westhoff
No matter how stale the storyline these actors breathe fresh emotion into it 
3
Mystery, Alaska
John Petrakis
There is no denying Kelley s ability to write a funny one liner or pen a poignant speech but this frustrating film has the potential to be much more than it is especially with the collection of able actors on hand 
2
Mystery, Alaska
Ross Anthony
For as cold as it gets up north these people sure make a warm picture 
3.5
Mystery, Alaska
Susan Wloszczyna
If you drop the c in hockey you get a perfect description of Mystery Alaska 
2
Mystery, Alaska
Dustin Putman
The film s aspirations were higher in the planning stages than what was translated to film 
2
Mystery, Alaska
Lou Lumenick
Doesn t quite achieve its goal but this overgrown little movie does offer solid laughs engaging performances and a captivating setting 
3
Mystery, Alaska
Steve Rhodes
At neither a comedy nor a drama does it come close to succeeding 
1.5
Mystery, Alaska
Susan Stark
The Detroit Red Wings season begins Saturday Why enrich Disney s coffers for a shameless piece of cinematic junk like Mystery Alaska when you can see the real thing 
1
Mystery, Alaska
Elias Savada
This latest hockey opus is standard polar fare Picket Fences on ice so to speak 
1.5
Mystery, Alaska
Peter Stack
Mystery Alaska is a raucous come from nowhere sports movie that scores big 
3
Mystery, Alaska
Roger Ebert
Mystery Alaska is sweet pleasant low key inoffensive and unnecessary 
2.5
Misery Loves Comedy
Nina Garin
With so many subjects it s obvious the director is going for quantity but it doesn t work especially the scenes with Matthew Perry a funny actor is much different from a professional stand up The overall tone feels scattered and self important 
2
Misery Loves Comedy
Moira MacDonald
Are they miserable No everyone seems to be having a great time Are they funny Um not so much 
2
Misery Loves Comedy
David Lewis
For the most part this is a pretty safe discussion about a very unsafe art form We can only imagine what s in the outtakes 
2
Misery Loves Comedy
Matt Zoller Seitz
While genial and never dull the film is all over the place a classic example of trying to do and say too much 
2.5
Misery Loves Comedy
Sara Stewart
Pollak obviously had fun but you get the feeling the best bits never made it in 
2
Misery Loves Comedy
Drew Hunt
Commingling industry shoptalk with introspective insights and wrangling testimonials the film casts an incredibly wide net but doesn t reveal much of anything 
1
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist
Pablo O. Scholz
Here delinquents are almost heroes Full review in Spanish 
3
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Walter Chaw
A summation of the director s work in so many ways that one is tempted to point the neophyte to it ahead of better known Herzogs 
4
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Ed Gonzalez
Death did not want Dieter Dengler whose life often sounds like that of a fairy tale character thrust into an existential wonderland 
3.5
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Edward Guthmann
Little Dieter just slightly out of the realm of the ordinary but not enough to stand among the remarkable mystical works that Herzog has delivered in the past 
2
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Jeff Vice
There are a lot of current motion pictures that have had difficulty creating even one compelling character Little Dieter Needs to Fly has just one subject but his life could make several interesting movies 
3.5
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Roger Ebert
Herzog starts with a balding middle aged man driving down a country lane in a convertible and listens questions and shapes until the life experience of Dieter Dengler becomes unforgettable 
3.5
The Last Right
Roger Moore
Contrived as it often seems The Last Right is just unpredictable enough to pass muster just cute enough to charm and just romantic enough to get by 
2.5
The Pied Piper
Dan Callahan
Jacques Demy s version of The Pied Piper is as distanced and uncertain as his masterpiece The Young Girls of Rochefort is ecstatically sure of itself 
2
Fade
Maureen M. Hart
Arthur provides some overly mannered narration via a journal he s been keeping but that also offers few clues to how much of what we re seeing is real or imagined 
1
Mamma Roma
Bill Weber
Pasolini s second film showcases Anna Magnani with a minimum of sentimentality in a bleak pitiless Eternal City of the early 60s 
3.5
Mamma Roma
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Mamma Roma remains a delicate and at times beautiful work 
3
The Republic of Love
Liam Lacey
The charisma of the cast goes a long way to bring warmth to this story of winter love 
2.5
The Republic of Love
David Nusair
remains entertaining because of the two stars both of whom give incredibly charismatic performances 
3
BEAUTY
Michael Dequina
Ironically for a story revolving around identity there is not a solid one in evidence here 
2
BEAUTY
Diandra Reviews
By all means 44 Beauty is a rich 44 but subtle love story 46 For all its fanciful editing and music cuts 44 it is a rather quiet look at someone about to live the life they were always told they were supposed to live 46 35 diandrareviews
3.4
The World or Nothing (El Mundo o Nada)
Angelo Muredda
This is funny stuff Veninger s camera rarely failing to marvel at the visual novelty of a pair of sensitive men with equally limber frames identical daily outfits and matching chrome domes 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Brian Eggert
A very manipulative film 44 designed for maximum emotional impact in sometimes transparent ways 46 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Mattie Lucas
It seems to constantly be teetering on the maudlin but under Daldry s assured direction it becomes something quite wonderful 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Clayton Davis
Horn dives into one of the most complex character s I ve seen created for a child and shakes loose 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Probably one of the most exploitative and heavy handed films concerning 9 11 I ve ever seen 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Roger Moore
The mysteries aren t that mysterious and some may have a hard time embracing its abrasive hero 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Linda Cook
s it a movie about loss Definitely Is it a movie about 9 11 Sort of Will you reach a for a tissue while you watch Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Probably 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
James Kendrick
continues Daldry s trajectory of increasingly indigestible pretension although he exchanges earnest morbidity for a mixture of cloying sentimentality and offbeat humor
1.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Kam Williams
Extremely tacky and incredibly unimaginative 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Mike McGranaghan
As directed by Stephen Daldry this adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer s novel hauls out memories and images from 9 11 in an attempt to create fake sentiment and to accentuate its own sense of self importance Quite frankly I found that offensive 
1.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Sara Michelle Fetters
I won t say Extremely Loud Incredibly Close is perfect but I will say I adored and loved it with all my being nonetheless 
4
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
David Nusair
Oskar remains hopelessly unsympathetic virtually from start to finish 
1.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Mike Scott
It is at times extremely touching and incredibly moving Unfortunately at other times it also is fairly flawed and slightly disappointing 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
John Beifuss
From its wordy title to the impressive vocabulary and compulsive list making of its possibly autistic young narrator hero this is a motion picture that never liberates itself from the printed page 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Matt Brunson
The Guys 25th Hour and United 93 paid tribute to the heroes of that fateful day this picture mainly pays tribute to its ability to pat itself on the back 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Matt Pais
When people jumped from the burning towers of the World Trade Center no pretty piano music accompanied their fall 
0.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Eric Melin
Horn s nonstop barrage of words fits the character but he s supposed to be filled with terror and anxiety and it just comes across as overly confident Some of the most crucial emotional scenes suffer 
1.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Peter Canavese
Except as a tool for pediatric grief counseling Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close amounts to a fetishization of its own trappings the boy NYC 9 11 more interested in Oscar than Oskar 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
John Wirt
More irritating than touching healing or any of the positive things one would guess such a story and cast would produce 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Matt Soergel
If you care to join him on that adventure you ll likely find it incredibly affecting a multi hankie story expertly made If you don t You ll resist the film s manipulations and don t all films manipulate perhaps quite vocally 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Alison Gang
Yes Daldry extracts a few tears in the process but the increasing number of precious touches leaves you feeling pandered to and clumsily manipulated 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Lisa Kennedy
If imagining a city where people open their doors or don t to a boy with a key and a ton of questions is sentimental then it is vitally beautifully so 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Ann Hornaday
Stephen Daldry s extremely labored and incredibly crass adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer s novel 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Willie Waffle
One of the most emotional movies you will ever see in your life 
4
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Bob Bloom
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is grim but also uplifting as it defines how finally coming to grips with the inexplicable can be cathartic and how though the person is gone the memories always live on 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jon Niccum
Some will find this 9 11 themed family drama powerful and imaginative others cloying and infuriating The reality lies somewhere in the middle 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Mick LaSalle
The difficulty is mainly with the story which despite all the emotion hovering around it remains thin and uninvolving 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Moira MacDonald
It s a genuinely moving and often lovely piece of work beautifully acted and ultimately earning its tears 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Gary Thompson
This is a story invented to exist in a book and you can feel it resisting the jump to screen 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Wesley Morris
The movie forgoes Foer s ambitious tweeness and presents Oskar s outbursts and moodiness that precociousness as a disorder 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Carrie Rickey
Not for moviegoers who hold that heartstring plucking is a betrayal of the contract between director and audience 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Rich Heldenfels
Terribly uneven moving in places but very frustrating in others 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Lawrence Toppman
Whenever the film totters toward sentimentality young Horn snatches it back 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Chris Hewitt
It s extremely moving and incredibly compassionate 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Duane Dudek
The youth s pain is palpable and the film will stir viewers still wounded by that day and those who have suffered loss in general 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Joe Williams
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is supposed to promote healing but as they say in New York close but no cigar 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Michael Phillips
Tom Hanks Sandra Bullock Max von Sydow Zoe Caldwell Viola Davis Jeffrey Wright John Goodman thanks for your honest efforts in the service of a fundamentally dishonest weepie 
1.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Roger Ebert
No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9 11 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Rene Rodriguez
You need lots of gifted people chasing after the same bad idea to make a movie as colossally misguided as this one 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Brett Michel
Too soon For Stephen Daldry s 9 11 drama the right time is never 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Josh Larsen
an uncomfortable combination of movie precociousness and real world catastrophe 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Rick Groen
With one exception the quest is lumbering at best and precious the rest of the time 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Rafer Guzman
Horn delivers a star turn as Oskar a child trying to make sense of a tragedy that still baffles us all 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not a masterpiece mind you and I m not calling for any new Oscar nominations here but it s worth seeing and might brighten up a wintry afternoon a bit 
3
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Peter Travers
Solidly crafted impeccably acted and self important in the way that Oscar loves Extremely Loud is also incredibly close to exploitation 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Robert Levin
The movie successfully reflects turmoil looking at the world from the specific standpoint of a child who s ill equipped to comprehend it trying to survive as best he can 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stephen Whitty
Slightly Sappy Annoyingly Whimsical a movie which confronts the unspeakable and emerges merely unreal 
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Lou Lumenick
It s Oscar mongering of the most blunt and reprehensible sort 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
R. Kurt Osenlund
Stephen Daldry abandons every lick of restraint in his efforts to play the audience like a syrup greased harp 
1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Dustin Putman
Stalwart and precious independent minded yet pat The star is Thomas Horn a first time performer as expressive and truthful as today s best and longest working actors 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Claudia Puig
While flawed and sometimes overwrought Extremely Loud Incredibly Close s tale of the effect of 9 11 on a sensitive boy is worth seeing particularly for its lead performance 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
James Berardinelli
An emotionally powerful cinematic testimony about that horrific late summer day 
3.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Rex Reed
Maybe if it had manipulated me less it would have moved me more 
2.5
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
David Germain
A cloying exercise in sentimentality the film also winds up extremely annoying even infuriating 
2
Red Dog
Brandy McDonnell
It s a surprisingly poignant tale of a motley crew of bouncers bartenders and strippers who became the first family for a toddler and his single mother 
3.5
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Leah McLaren
The movie fails to pull off all its trick moves 
2
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Sean P. Means
Picks up the history of skateboarding where Stacy Peralta s Dogtown and Z Boys leaves off 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Jeff Vice
Stickler has to be resourceful to tell this tale and her storytelling methods are competent 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Chris Hewitt
Stickler does such a fine job of depicting the skill and thrill of skateboarding she also helps us understand that Gator s downfall really came about because he hit the top of his sport at the exact moment it was about to change into something else 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Rene Rodriguez
Even when sketched in broad terms Rogowski s downward spiral makes for compelling viewing and to her credit director Stickler never romanticizes her subject 
2.5
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Rob Thomas
Stickler deftly weaves Gator s tragedy in with an entertaining larger story of how skateboarding captured youth culture 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Michael Booth
By focusing on the self immolation of the thoroughly despicable skateboarding star Mark Gator Rogowski Stoked makes us all question the eternal chase for popularity and acceptance that takes up so much of daily life 
3.5
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Allison Benedikt
An unflinching documentary 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Ty Burr
The calculus of a craze s honest genesis heady peak exploitation and burnout is so familiar by now as to be numbing but Stoked makes it fresh because it has the primary sources at hand 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Moira MacDonald
The rise and fall of a pop culture hero seems hardly noteworthy these days yet Helen Stickler s documentary Stoked The Rise and Fall of Gator resonates with a tale so dark it s difficult to shake 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Peter Hartlaub
Excels as both a tragedy and a celebration of skateboarding showing how mass marketing legitimized the sport while fueling Gator s demise 
3
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Megan Lehmann
Works effectively as a comprehensive biopic and as a cautionary tale with wider applications about the dangers of going too far too fast 
3
Three Outlaw Samurai
James Kendrick
duly impressive in both its strong unadorned narrative pacing and its rich cinematography
3
Morlang
Marta Barber
An engrossing psychological thriller 
3
Morlang
Megan Lehmann
Penning who also co wrote the script based on a real life scandal from the Netherlands tangles up his timeline so thoroughly that any suspense is strangled out of the story 
2
Morlang
Ty Burr
Chilly slow absorbing 
2.5
Morlang
James Verniere
Spins a tangled web of adultery betrayal and professional and personal jealousy in the heady world of European high art 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Matt Brunson
Just about the most unusual and inventive biopic one could ever hope to see 
3.5
The Beaches of Agnès
Josh Larsen
In The Beaches of Agnes life and cinema share the same space 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Joe Williams
As evidenced in The Beaches of Agnès Varda is too venerable to be hip and too wholly alive to be venerated 
3.5
The Beaches of Agnès
Rob Thomas
You might not be able to write a book report on Varda after seeing her movie but you do feel like you ve spent a long leisurely afternoon with her 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Mick LaSalle
Filmmakers don t usually do documentaries about themselves but Agnes Varda s The Beaches of Agnes is good enough to start a trend 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a unique funny recollection of a life through memories and moments 
4
The Beaches of Agnès
Wesley Morris
Varda recalls her childhood her adulthood her politics and how both her films and her two children were born She doesn t just show us she takes us inside of it all inside of her It s a reverie 
4
The Beaches of Agnès
Moira MacDonald
The warm elfin filmmaker makes a fine companion through this vivid story of a life well lived reminding us at the end of how we create our own safe havens within our families 
4
The Beaches of Agnès
Chris Hewitt
By the end of Beaches of Agnes we ve learned an incredible amount about how this fascinating woman mines her own life for her art 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Rene Rodriguez
Replete with clips and anecdotes The Beaches of Agnes is a treat to anyone who already cherishes Varda s films and a perfect primer for those who haven t yet discovered her work 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Carrie Rickey
A captivating cine memoir impressionistic and surrealistic surveying Varda s formidable career as a still photographer filmmaker documentarian and life force 
4
The Beaches of Agnès
James Adams
This is a lovely quirky and not a little poignant film from Agnès Varda at 81 the still spry grande dame of the Nouvelle Vague that revolutionized French and world cinema in the late 1950s and early 60s 
4
The Beaches of Agnès
Greg Quill
Intensely personal and universally adaptable The Beaches of Agnès is at once Varda s gift to posterity and to a world that that undervalues the small and seemingly insignificant events through which we drift unconsciously but which leave a mark 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Robert Levin
A characteristically colorful poignant work full of exquisite compositions and dreamlike reflections that serves as an ideal encapsulation of the Vardian sensibility 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
V.A. Musetto
A sentimental whimsical autobiography 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Eric Henderson
As insistently wry as it is haunting 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Peter Keough
This trip down memory lane achieves more than just nostalgia 
3
The Beaches of Agnès
Roger Ebert
Varda has a way of never explaining very much and yet somehow making it all clear She does this by not treating her life as a lesson in biography but as the treasured memories of friends 
4
Future Weather
Peter Howell
Smart casting redeems the film 
2.5
Future Weather
Chuck Bowen
The film is ultimately enjoyable despite its faults at least partially because it represents an earnest honest attempt to empathize with struggling American working class women 
2.5
Future Weather
Matt Pais
Neither a disposable piece of formula nor an engrossing tale that makes the most of its standard parts 
2.5
Future Weather
Roger Ebert
When a movie shows a couple of bright kids excited about a mussel it s hard to say no 
3.5
Brotherhood
David Nusair
a passable thriller that is disappointingly uninvolving for the duration of its refreshingly brief running time 
2
Brotherhood
Stephen Rebello
Here s a tough twisty relentlessly paced little indie in which a college frat hazing looks pretty much like a gang initiation 
3
Brotherhood
Glenn Heath Jr.
The obvious motif of victory and power becomes the steroids to Brotherhood s raging physicality 
.5
Supernova
David Reddish
Quiet thoughtful and with an ending bound to spark debate Supernova deals less with issues of queerness than issues of love 
3
Supernova
Peter Canavese
A believable convincingly acted and moving account of a same sex relationship which deals in a mature manner with the heartbreak of dementia Blu ray review 
3
Supernova
Mia Vicino
Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci playing a loving couple on an RV trip in the English countryside is exactly as tender and intimate as it sounds 
3
Supernova
Dann Gire
In Harry Macqueen s restrained and elegantly subtle love story Supernova both Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci turn in incandescent performances 
3
Supernova
Rene Sanchez
Firth and Tucci offer two powerhouse performances in this moving drama that explores its delicate subject with such intimacy and restrain Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Supernova
Randy Myers
Never does Supernova try to bite off more than it can handle as it winds toward an inevitable but beautifully rendered destination 
3
Supernova
Max Gao
Supernova is a moving look at the emotional toll that dementia can have on the powerless sufferer and their selfless caretaker revealing that one can never have too much time with their loved ones 
3.5
Supernova
Sara Michelle Fetters
Supernova annihilated me 
3.5
Supernova
Bob Bloom
Supernova works because of Firth and Tucci these two splendid actors are so natural and comfortable around each other that you accept the depth of their relationship 
4
Supernova
Kevin Carr
I would watch the two of these guys as actors deciding what they re going to eat at McDonalds They are so good It s just a joy to watch the two of them act 
4
Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women
Kate Taylor
The film gives us little first hand evidence about the lives the students will live after marriage and Carlebach s as Neidik remarks is chaotic and overburdened 
2
Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women
Linda Barnard
It s an unfettered look at a once hidden and often misunderstood world told through the lives of a small group of young women 
2.5
The Show
Susan Wloszczyna
A must for fans and anyone wondering about these supposed corrupters of youth 
3
Their Finest
Brian Eggert
Scherfig balances what in another directors hands could be an uneven mixture of tones carefully maneuvering around the pervasive wartime trauma to find romantic funny and touching moments 
4
Their Finest
Khari J. Sampson
Although it can t quite live up to the title it winds up working anyway Like its protagonist it s a small triumph of female empowerment 
3
Their Finest
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Their Finest is that thing you didn t think you needed yet another World War II story yet are so happy to have found 
4
Their Finest
Lisa Jensen
Their Finest realizes it may not be able to achieve all of its conflicting objectives as the bombs rain down around them But Lone Scherfig s film continues to engage and surprise us with its wit skill and heartfelt emotion 
3.5
Their Finest
Christian Toto
It s a romantic tribute to a bygone era when filmmakers happily made propaganda to help the war effort 
3
Their Finest
Sara Michelle Fetters
Arterton is excellent her chemistry with Claflin absolute perfection the two actors disappearing into their respective roles 
3.5
Their Finest
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s hard to give the polite nod to light fare that suddenly reduces its lightness to rubble 
2
Their Finest
Roger Moore
In its own way an utterly sublime and sentimental look at WWII the ways movies were made back then and the role women were to come to play in the workforce of the civilized world 
3
Their Finest
David Nusair
It s immediately clear that filmmaker Lone Scherfig along with scripter Gaby Chiappe isn t looking to cultivate an atmosphere of subtlety here 
1
Their Finest
Josh Terry
Balancing wit and romance against a life or death drama can be a tricky balance Their Finest stumbles a little around the middle but recovers well enough to produce a satisfying film 
3
Their Finest
Sean P. Means
Their Finest is a fond look at a time of British pride and pluck when a woman could find her inner resources and get the job done The Ministry of Information would have loved it and ordered five more just like it 
3.5
Their Finest
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Scherfig s touch here is vivid and rich like a tapestry She stays at ground level and avoids any kind of pandering to the audience 
3.5
The Farewell
Marta Barber
A gentle film about a lion of a man who as a communist was forced to leave Germany lived almost penniless in Europe and America during the war and returned to his homeland in 1948 
3
The Farewell
V.A. Musetto
The movie is full of fine performances led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel his wife 
3
Bury the Hatchet
Mike Scott
A lovely and lyrical homage to a unique tradition in an already unique city and one of the best and most affecting A to Z accountings of what that tradition truly means I ve seen the film three times I ve cried three times 
4
Laura
Brian Eggert
Onscreen Tierney plays an icon who entrances everyone around her but the performer s life off camera lends the role tragic insight that makes the film unforgettable 
4
Laura
Josh Larsen
piles up the intrigue and obsession 
3.5
Laura
Wesley Lovell
This interesting film noir has more working for its final half than in its first 
3
Laura
Walter Chaw
A camp classic of a very particular variety 
3
Laura
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This kooky film noir is so beautifully directed by Otto Preminger that all its protruding elements seem to slide delicately and accurately into place 
4
Laura
David Nusair
slightly overrated 
2.5
Laura
Matt Brunson
A genuine classic not only of film noir but of film period director Otto Preminger s adaptation of Vera Caspary s novel lathers the murder mystery with a heavy dollop of kinkiness 
4
Laura
Nick Schager
A masterfully complex and frequently campy portrait of all consuming romantic self delusion 
4
Laura
Roger Ebert
The materials of a B grade crime potboiler are redeemed by Waldo Lydecker walking through every scene as if afraid to step in something 
4
Laura
Steve Rhodes
Both old and new viewers are in for a treat 
3.5
Life Is Beautiful
Wesley Lovell
8220 Life Is Beautiful 8221 is quite entertaining and well acted for the most part 46 Benigni isn 8217 t extremely impressive in the lead role 44 nor is Cantarini very effective 46 The plot contains various elements seen in other films and not done much better 46 
2
Life Is Beautiful
CSM Staff
Exceptional well crafted uplifting 
4
Life Is Beautiful
Jordan Hiller
The film s title which very well could have been a straightforward declaration prior to the war becomes a source of twisted irony once we witness Guido pull down the grate outside his humble bookshop and the words JEWISH STORE are seen sprayed across th
4
Life Is Beautiful
Judith Egerton
Benigni s point made with tender sensitivity is that a child s innocence is worth protecting 
4
Why Did You Kill Me?
Randy Myers
A layered look at justice from the viewpoint of a survivor nursing deep and painful regret 
3
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Brian Eggert
Builds to a finale that feels less like the culmination of three films than a last minute justification for another sequel in an overlong unwanted franchise 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Frank Ochieng
Hence The Divergent Series Allegiant is an over stuffed mechanical continuation of a familiar film franchise trying desperately to fulfil its colorful action packed whimsy left over by its pumped up predecessors 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Kevin A. Ranson
okay for all ages who want something pretty to look at but no reason to use their brain except for a dopamine surge over tasty concession stand snacks 
1
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Brandy McDonnell
The biggest problem is that Allegiant fails to leave viewers wanting more so as a set up for next year s big finale Ascendant it falls flat 
2.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Sara Michelle Fetters
Allegiant a tedious exercise in futility even fans of the series will have a hard time finding anything worthwhile to talk about once it comes to an end 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Wesley Lovell
While ill advised in many many ways if you re already invested in the saga there s still enough action and passion to sustain that interest at least until the final chapter 
3
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
John Beifuss
Contains some wonderful science fiction production design but its increasingly rococo plotting and growing character roster dilute the power of author Veronica Roth s original premise 
2.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
John Serba
This series drags on and continues and lingers and keeps on truckin and if I sound redundant believe me it s absolutely in the spirit of the movies 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Lou Lumenick
By this point none of the pieces fits and absolutely nothing makes any sense 
0
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Linda Cook
Allegiant continues its confusing tale 
1
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Walter Chaw
two full hours of things happening solely because they re the next thing
0.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Michael Smith
The Divergent Series Embarrassment would have been a better title for the lazy misguided weak womened mess of a third film in a series that doesn t conclude for another year If anyone still cares by next summer 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Scott Nash
Isn t this series over with yet 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
John Hanlon
The Divergent series wasn t strong to begin with but this latest entry reaches a new low point 
0.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Christy Lemire
A nightmarish landscape that s meant to be frightening or at least unsettling ends up being hilariously cheesy instead 
1
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Matt Brunson
How about we just dub it The Divergent Series Regurgitant and call it a day 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Sean P. Means
All in all Allegiant feels like a place holder for when the real action starts in the book s second half 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Barbara Vancheri
With some exceptions dragging out these adaptations seems to be more about money than creative solutions to fat novels 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Robert Horton
For all its faults Divergent has the virtues of speed and a pretty nifty design 
2.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Rick Bentley
The bigger problem is that the franchise is moving further and further away from the elements that made the first film passable 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Josh Terry
It has a few nice moments but feels more like an exercise in extending a narrative than a vehicle for building a dramatic conclusion 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Allyson Johnson
This tour of the borders of dystopia takes itself seriously but the audience would prefer walking into something exciting and fresh instead 
1
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Christian Toto
It s amazing what adding a Dumb and Dumber cast member can do to a teen franchise 
3
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
James Berardinelli
Allegiant exemplifies what happens when a book or movie exists solely for the purposes of placating fans and maintaining a revenue stream 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Peter Travers
egregiously padded piffle
1
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Willie Waffle
If you haven t caught the Divergent fever by now consider yourself lucky and please tell me where I can find the remedy 
.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Julia Cooper
The movie desperately wants a sleek and goth inspired aesthetic in the spirit of Rick Owens What it ends up with is more of an unfortunate Anne Klein meets The Jetsons reality 
1
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Dustin Putman
In its current form Allegiant too often sags and meanders It feels like it is unfinished and spinning its wheels precisely because it is 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Dann Gire
Dramatically Allegiant feels tired and tuckered out 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Mark Dujsik
In what has become something of a running theme for this series it s the payoff that falls flat 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Steven Rea
The worn and weathered third installment in the four part film adaptation of Veronica Roth s postapocalyptic dystopian YA books 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Peter Howell
The third and most useless chapter of the continuing sci fi bloatfest called The Divergent Series 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Bill Zwecker
The special effects are among the more positive aspects of Allegiant but those alone cannot rescue this highly flawed sequel 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Tom Russo
This setup creates real anticipation about where the story might be headed at least for those who haven t read Roth s books Frustratingly though the movie devolves into a derivative muddle by the second act 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Katie Walsh
Despite all the brawling shooting and kissing that goes on these films are entirely bloodless 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Chris Knight
Part two due out in a year and called Ascendant will answer all the remaining questions except the obvious one Why do they keep turning last chapter books into bloated two part sequels 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Loey Lockerby
Allegiant may share a title with the last book in Veronica Roth s Divergent trilogy but unfortunately for all of us it is not the final movie 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Michael O'Sullivan
Nuance subtlety feeling anything that might help an audience relate to what is happening rather than passively experience it like a roller coaster apparently are luxuries this movie could not afford 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Michael Phillips
It s a pretty dull picture I must say because it s my duty to say it And it s a pretty dull picture I must say because something about its particular grade of dullness may cause memory loss 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Mick LaSalle
Except in the highly visual or action sequences Robert Schwentke s direction has a peculiar quality in which you can almost hear him yelling Action and Cut 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Kent Turner
No one in the A list cast such as Naomi Watts and Octavia Spencer will put this film at the top of a resume 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Connie Ogle
The film moves jerkily in fits and starts squandering its promising setup and bogging down in explanation 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Susan Wloszczyna
Allegiant is basically a thumb twiddling place holder that relies on crashes attacks and subpar effects rather than dramatic substance 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Randy Myers
The second to last entry in what is a so so franchise The Divergent Series Allegiant is squirrelly chasing from one big concept to another without satisfactorily executing most of them 
2
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Soren Andersen
A picture that crams elements of eugenics and dystopian fantasizing into a turgid sci fi movie full of howling mobs seemingly endless shoot em up episodes clunky looking special effects and unconvincing relationships 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Matt Pais
By far the worst made installment of the franchise all green screen and fake action and bland performances 
1.5
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Roger Moore
Have they broken Shailene Woodley 
1
Thoroughbreds
Brian Eggert
Makes his audiences feel something for characters incapable of empathy
3.5
Thoroughbreds
Matt Brunson
Taylor Joy and Cooke are top notch 
2.5
Thoroughbreds
Sarah Knight Adamson
Although disturbing to watch we can t look away due to a director s sharp lens 
3
Thoroughbreds
Federico Furzan
Teenage angst from a different perspective that falls into the hands of a director that doesn t channel closure soon and dwells in an overlong conversation Full review in Spanish 
2
Thoroughbreds
Mattie Lucas
A disturbing and powerful critique of Randian Objectivism whose social Darwinism celebrated a culture of selfishness 
3.5
Thoroughbreds
Karen M. Peterson
Anya Taylor Joy and Olivia Cooke prove they are going to stick around awhile And hopefully this will be only the first of many interesting films from Cory Finley 
3
Thoroughbreds
Robert Daniels
Sterile Cerebral Methodical Those are the best words to describe Writer and Director Cory Finley s Thoroughbreds 
3
Thoroughbreds
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Thorouhbreads is a story centered on the interaction of two characters that start as antagonistic to end up being viciously complementary 
2.5
Thoroughbreds
Josh Larsen
A Heavenly Creatures riff though with much less imagination and far thinner psychology 
2
Thoroughbreds
David Nusair
A rather unremarkable debut 
2
Thoroughbreds
Max Weiss
I would argue there s some humanity creeping around the edges of Thoroughbreds and even a screwed up love story of sorts You just have to remind yourself that all narrators aren t reliable 
3
Thoroughbreds
Roger Moore
These two hugging each other is the most unnatural screen act since that kid had sex with a peach in Call Me By Your Name 
3
Thoroughbreds
Gayle MacDonald
Thoroughbreds is not for the faint of heart It s a psychological thriller that explores what human nature is capable of when drained of all empathy and remorse surviving instead on practised smiles crocodile tears and self serving impulses 
2.5
Thoroughbreds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie is truly messed up and I thoroughly enjoyed it 
3.5
Thoroughbreds
Rob Thomas
It s a testament to the twisted brilliance of Finley s film that a scumbag drug dealer becomes its moral center 
3.5
Thoroughbreds
Christy Lemire
Finley remains true to his vision and it s a thrilling spectacle to behold 
3.5
Thoroughbreds
Peter Travers
Set in the opulent WASP y world of teen divas with killer instincts Cory Finley s deliciously depraved satire skewers an empathy drain that he sees as sadly emblematic of modern life 
3
Thoroughbreds
Mark Dujsik
It s mostly a joke that runs its course pretty quickly 
2
Thoroughbreds
James Berardinelli
Although there are a few missteps the movie boasts a deliciously dark tone that makes for compelling viewing 
3
Thoroughbreds
Calvin Wilson
Although the film is a bit too schematic in its updating of film noir it also signals a talent to watch And Finley elicits fine work from his cast 
3
Thoroughbreds
Michael Phillips
A fidget An averted glance An exasperated darting look These are the building blocks of noir and Thoroughbreds is confident enough to establish Finley as a talent to watch 
3
Thoroughbreds
Tom Russo
More than a pure actors director Finley shows himself to be a theater product with a strikingly clear cinematic vision 
3
Thoroughbreds
Gary Thompson
It does grab and hold your attention thanks to the frighteningly good rapport between Taylor Joy and Cooke 
3
Thoroughbreds
Moira MacDonald
Thoroughbreds often feels like a very very expensive B movie but it s all reasonably watchable thanks to the elegant cinematography and Cooke s amusing way of playing teenage amorality 
2.5
Thoroughbreds
Tom Meek
First time director Cory Finley orchestrates the cloistered black comedy with veteran aplomb and while that s a testament to the filmmaker s skill the success of Thoroughbreds hangs entirely on the deft performances by Anya Taylor Joy and Olivia Cooke 
3
Thoroughbreds
Carla Meyer
It starts out strong but ends up basic lacking the complexity of Heavenly Creatures or even Wild Things 
2
Thoroughbreds
Pat Padua
A vicious satire of the upper class and its discontents Thoroughbreds paints a dark picture of a generation that because it has been denied nothing has come to value nothing 
3
Thoroughbreds
Keith Watson
Cory Finley s screenplay is full of sharp exactingly timed exchanges whose rat a tat rhythms exert a spellbinding pull even if the dialogue at times comes off as artificial and mannered 
2.5
Last Night
Michael Dequina
The humor does not negate the scenario s anguished heart brought to wrenching life primarily by the extraordinary Oh 
4
Last Night
Jeff Strickler
McKellar is a good storyteller and he demonstrates a clever albeit dark sense of humor But much of it goes for naught because of the movie s sterile patina 
2
Last Night
James Berardinelli
Last Night succeeds where so many other films have failed because it concentrates on the element that its predecessors have ignored the human factor 
3
Last Night
Joshua Tanzer
The final countdown when people are doing the things that most define them in their infinite variety as human beings is exhilarating yet packed with significance 
3.5
Last Night
Rod Armstrong
While Last Night sometimes misses its mark its small pleasures are definitely still worth seeking out 
3
Last Night
Wesley Morris
A shockingly eloquent nearly moving feat of Y2K trendiness 
3
Last Night
Steve Rhodes
The beauty of the production is that it is easy to see parts of yourself in every character s reaction to the crisis 
3
Last Night
Peter Stack
A wry treat 
3
Last Night
David Nusair
As opposed to the moronic Armageddon Last Night treats the subject at hand with maturity and believabilty 
3.5
Last Night
Roger Ebert
As the final hour approaches for the characters in Last Night there are moments of startling poignancy 
3
Brighton Beach Memoirs
David Nusair
a deliberately paced yet mostly compelling drama 
3
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Matt Brunson
The usual savory Simon mix of humor and pathos never really goes beneath the surface 
2.5
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Jordan Hiller
The general measure of audience enjoyment for a film based on Simon has everything to do with one s tolerance for the playwright 
2.5
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Roger Ebert
The stage version of Brighton Beach Memoirs seemed much more alive than this film 
2
Chapter & Verse
Roger Moore
Earnest but over familiar ex con tries to go straight in Harlem tale 
2
If the Shoe Fits
David Nusair
often excessively low rent 
1.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
Matt Brunson
It s an irresistible story but the movie suffers from clunky dialogue and a barrage of mismatched performances that represent just about every school of acting known to man 
2.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s just too much great stuff here for this version of the Dumas story to be summarily dismissed 
3
The Man in the Iron Mask
Mike Clark
To these nonteen ears and eyes the kid is no more real in either guise than his phony flowing locks And the romantic scenes fizzle next to Titanic s steamy roll in a Rolls 
2.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
Michael Dequina
Leonardo DiCaprio times two What more could you want Perhaps more thrilling swash and buckle 
2.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
Jeffrey Westhoff
Though a fine actor DiCaprio is no Errol Flynn With his choirboy face and chess club physique he is scarcely fit to play swashbuckling hero or villain 
2
The Man in the Iron Mask
Steve Rhodes
Unless you have a thing for DiCaprio you re better off renting any of the other adaptations 
2
The Man in the Iron Mask
James Kendrick
a well made adventure film that doesn t have much adventure
2
The Man in the Iron Mask
Roger Ebert
Once all the pieces of the plot were in place I was at least interested if not overwhelmed I could see how with a rewrite and a better focus this could have been a film of Braveheart quality instead of basically just a costume swashbuckler 
2.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
Andrew Howe
Features acting which is beyond reproach 
3
Daisies
Josh Larsen
wreaks havoc with an explosive playfulness that wouldn t be out of place in a Looney Tunes cartoon 
3.5
Daisies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Daisies starts out like a bad 1960s student art film but its colorful anarchy grows on you 
3.5
Daisies
Ela Bittencourt
The film s daisies are young girls who have reached pubescence and are fully aware of their sexual power but aren t ready to embrace it so they test it first 
4
Love, Marilyn
Nathalie Atkinson
The monologues are like exercises from the star s beloved Actors Studio performances of emotional facets For the most part these are effectively stark tender childlike and raw 
3.5
Love, Marilyn
Rick Groen
Remove the comma from the title and Love Marilyn plays like the command it is 
3
Love, Marilyn
Peter Howell
Do any fresh revelations or insights remain a half century past Monroe s overdose death at age 36 
2
Love, Marilyn
Lou Lumenick
It was a mistake to ask anyone to dramatically read a chicken recipe Monroe prepared for Joe DiMaggio one of her husbands or some of the other scribbles included here 
1.5
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Peter Canavese
Makes a great case for The Bee Gees place in pop music history 
3.5
The Wicker Man - Final Cut
Stephen Whitty
If not quite the holy grail of horror films than a holy terror just as well lying lovingly in wait 
3
The Brain that Wouldn't Die
Erik Childress
The bright Technocolor look that cinematographer Kevin Forrest brings to the film is the one true positive in this otherwise wasted effort that eventually just runs out of winks 
1
Another Road Home
Ted Fry
From the milk we drank together something of my blood my life is in you Musa tells Danae and explains more about this moving portrait than any political debate could 
3
Another Road Home
Laura Kelly
It s a documentary of Upstairs Downstairs dimension 
2
Another Road Home
Sean P. Means
The filmmaker veers into self indulgence but Obeidallah s drive to give his kids a better life even at the risk of abandoning their homeland is touching 
2.5
Another Road Home
Ty Burr
Slim heartbreaking film 
3.5
Another Road Home
John Monaghan
Elon uses quiet and silence to great effect 
3
Another Road Home
Allison Benedikt
Layered loving and deeply personal 
3
Another Road Home
Ross Anthony
Though at times a bit incomplete this documentary is still quite endearing engaging and extremely educational in matters of politics and heart 
3
Another Road Home
Glenn Whipp
Elon shines a light on Israeli Palestinian relations in ways that are profound human and hopeful 
3
Another Road Home
V.A. Musetto
Well intended and often poignant film that unfortunately too often bogs down in too much talk by its participants 
2.5
Another Road Home
David Sterritt
It s unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood usually veiled by politics common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples 
4
Another Road Home
John Anderson
What s remarkable about her film in addition to its many moments of genuine spontaneity and emotion is how much she learns along the way about families patriarchy intellect and anger 
3
Pure Hearts
Steve Rhodes
Pure Hearts is a real gem A small picture certainly but a treasure 
3.5
A Sexplanation
Peter Canavese
Full of wisdom 46 
3
A Sexplanation
Randy Myers
Sexplanation doesn t go beyond being titillating but it does make significant points
2.5
Saint Omer
Rob Thomas
When Nina Simone 8217 s cover of Janis Joplin 8217 s 8220 Little Girl Blue 8221 appears at the end of the film 44 it expresses a sadness in these women is almost overwhelming 8212 a sadness they share 46 
3.5
Saint Omer
Michael Phillips
Diop has turned a straightforward premise into the stuff of unassuming unexpected and authentic poetry 
4
Saint Omer
Ty Burr
Saint Omer works on both an emotional and an intellectual level the here and now and the mythic 
4
Saint Omer
Sheila O'Malley
What a powerful film 46 
4
Saint Omer
Roger Moore
While there are things to be explored and pondered in drab quot Saint Omer 44 quot Diop apos s organization of her message and lack of prioritization of simple courtesy to the viewer information we need in order to follow the story 46 46 46 leaves a lot to be desired 46 
2
Saint Omer
Jocelyn Noveck
A film that exists somewhere in the space between documentary and scripted narrative between truth and fiction Most crucially it s a film so original in approach that one feels only Diop could have made or even conceived of it 
3.5
Saint Omer
Mark Dujsik
Saint Omer asks too many difficult and troubling questions for any straightforward resolution 46 46 46 
3
Saint Omer
Emily Zemler
The film carefully walks the line between astute intellectual observation and emotionally harrowing contemplation 
4
Saint Omer
Josh Larsen
There are many ways to transfix the camera 46 46 46 
3.5
Saint Omer
Pat Brown
If courtroom dramas are usually about taking a stand 44 Saint Omer shows us that the most impactful truths often go unspoken 46 
3.5
Saint Omer
Dwight Brown
The eye catching artistry and beguiling music should claim top billing 
3
A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovic
Maitland McDonagh
Even the casual viewer can see the marks a troubled life left on Shostakovich in the juxtaposition of a vigorous owlish young pianist performing in the 1930s and the exhausted old man glumly shaking hands and making speeches four decades later 
3
The Man Standing Next
Mark Dujsik
Woo s screenplay is clever in the way it uses a straightforward premise as a hook for the deeper and more troubling elements of this story 
3
Guardian of Hell
Matt Brunson
This amateurish production s greatest sin isn t its excess but its insistence on triggering viewer boredom 
1.5
Pain & Gain
Frank Ochieng
registers with all the smoothness of a lumpy protein shake going down a sore throat Yes there is plenty of Pain and questionable Gain for Bay s revved up farce of calisthenics cretins 
2
Pain & Gain
Sonny Bunch
Not for the kiddies this immensely entertaining flick is a hard R romp through seedy South Florida 
3
Pain & Gain
Michael Dequina
The closest Michael Bay s natural style for flash really feels like an organic extension and expression of the material s narrative and characters rather than mere surface gloss 
3
Pain & Gain
David Nusair
just another palpably excessive endeavor from a filmmaker lacking in anything resembling restraint 
2
Pain & Gain
John Serba
Michael Bay takes a stab at crafting politically incorrect satire but his tone is so mean spirited it churns the stomach 
1
Pain & Gain
Sean P. Means
Sometimes you only know it s a comedy because familiar comic actors Tony Shalhoub Rob Corddry Ken Jeong and Rebel Wilson pop up amid the mayhem 
0
Pain & Gain
Eric Melin
His slow motion prowess and action film chops add a surreal element but Bay s camera leers at the world the same way his characters do He wants to celebrate his heroes at the same time he s making fun of them but his delivery gives him away 
2
Pain & Gain
Linda Cook
Why Michael Bay tried to make a dark comedy out of a heinous true crime is beyond me 
1
Pain & Gain
Peter Travers
In between scenes of the muscleheads torturing their victim Bay indulges his taste for treating women as sluts and grisly brutality as a nifty excuse for a cheap laugh 
0.5
Pain & Gain
Lori Hoffman
Bay applies his action on steroids style to a movie about guys actually demented from doing too many steroids taking his cinematic excesses to the next level 
1
Pain & Gain
Scott Nash
A dark comedy about muscles murder and the American dream 
3
Pain & Gain
Matt Brunson
Not able to get out of the way of a promising movie Michael Bay with the apparent support of scripters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely smothers the project in the sort of juvenile hijinks we had hoped he would skip this time around 
2
Pain & Gain
Willie Waffle
Full of great performances and sometimes is amazingly compelling 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Mike McGranaghan
Watching Pain Gain is like having a stand up comedian scream his entire act right into your year After a while it just becomes obnoxious and oppressive 
2
Pain & Gain
Cammila Collar
It s wild and engrossing and it bears repeating completely true You can look up the entire stranger than fiction news story that it s so painstakingly based on in the Miami New Times but do yourself a favor and see the movie first 
3
Pain & Gain
Kirk Baird
There s undeniable humor in this comedy of errors of three bumbling criminals and Wahlberg Johnson and Mackie strike the right tone in their performances 
3.5
Pain & Gain
Christopher Lloyd
Overlong dull and dimwitted Pain Gain ends up fetishizing the warped muscle culture it set out to lampoon 
1
Pain & Gain
Stephen Whitty
It may be the best movie Michael Bay s ever made And suggests that if you just kept his toys put away a little longer someday he might even make a better one 
3
Pain & Gain
Soren Andersen
Skillfully made genuinely funny and appalling for making light of true horror 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Liam Lacey
The combination of the words Michael Bay and steroids should be enough to give any moviegoer pause 
2
Pain & Gain
Michael O'Sullivan
The whole thing is played for laughs that almost never come 
1
Pain & Gain
Austin Kennedy
PAIN GAIN is a big middle finger to all the Michael Bay haters out there It s crass crude vulgar raunchy gross gratuitous and I loved every minute of it 
3.5
Pain & Gain
Mark Dujsik
This is sleazy abrasive entertainment and that s a compliment without backhand 
3
Pain & Gain
James Berardinelli
This isn t great cinema but it s vastly entertaining in an overblown in your face sort of way 
3
Pain & Gain
Linda Barnard
Pain Gain brings fun to the multiplex with its story of knucklehead bodybuilders with pumped up dreams and 98 pound weakling brains 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Chris Knight
Words I thought I d never type I have a newfound respect for Michael Bay 
3.5
Pain & Gain
Ty Burr
Plays like Fargo for idiots 
1
Pain & Gain
Loey Lockerby
Pain Gain is good enough to be disappointing which represents some kind of progress for Bay 
2
Pain & Gain
Kyle Smith
A dizzying lowlife saga that s fast smart wicked sort of ambitious and blazingly ironic 
3.5
Pain & Gain
David Hiltbrand
Bay doesn t seem to realize the film has gotten away from him He s still trying to maintain the same jaunty tone even after the content s gone gruesome 
2
Pain & Gain
Rafer Guzman
You may feel the grisly laughs sticking in your throat 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Jeffrey Westhoff
Pain Gain is still a bad movie It s just not the same bad movie Bay has been making for the past 15 years and that has to count for something 
2
Pain & Gain
Joe Williams
In telling a true story about hapless thugs who are the embodiment of Michael Bay fans the director has made the most fiendishly enjoyable movie of his career 
3
Pain & Gain
Simon Abrams
As ambitious and vibrant as it is ugly and scattershot Pain Gain is the most charming Michael Bay movie in a long while 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Chris Hewitt
It s stylish but there s not much there 
2
Pain & Gain
Claudia Puig
A badly constructed blood spattered caper that comes unglued early on 
2
Pain & Gain
Michael Phillips
After an hour of Pain Gain it felt more like Pain Pain 
1.5
Pain & Gain
Matt Pais
Johnson s never been funnier while Wahlberg a perfect choice for the part again excels at finding charm in even someone whose behavior becomes repulsive 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Josh Larsen
I can t help but wonder if Pain Gain is the reason Michael Bay was put on this earth 
3.5
Pain & Gain
Dustin Putman
Michael Bay has helmed his most confident grown up feature to date 
3
Pain & Gain
Rene Rodriguez
This is easily Bay s best movie the work of a filmmaker with a cracked sense of humor that he is able to share with the audience 
3
Pain & Gain
Nick Schager
An outrageous based on real life tale that s perfectly suited to director Michael Bay s insanely overblown stylistic and thematic temperament 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Roger Moore
Not bad but it s obvious Bay doesn t have the lighter touch this story even at its ugliest required 
2.5
Pain & Gain
Kam Williams
A reminder that while crime does not pay it does sometimes serve as fodder for lurid headlines and hilarious hijinks 
3
The Alps
Jeff Vice
Even though the film was shot and is being shown in the 2 D format and not in IMAX s sometimes gimmicky 3 D one The Alps is still not for those who have a fear of heights 
3
The Alps
Ross Anthony
Wonderful cinematography great music by Queen pace suffers a bit near the end 
3
The Alps
Bruce Westbrook
An eye popping tribute to the European range that s heaved heavenward since bulging from the Earth eons ago during continental drift 
3.5
The Alps
Carla Meyer
A film whose story is framed by tragedy and the haunting human obsession that followed it And that s what makes its stunning and highly vertiginous visuals all the more dramatic and relevant to the non climber 
3
Porto
Mattie Lucas
Creates a world of textures and feelings rooted in New Wave aesthetics that linger like wisps of smoke slowly fading into the night air 
3.5
Porto
Rex Reed
It s a typical example of the kind of empty lunk headed movies that are made these days by directors who think it s interesting to watch two people walking down the street carrying boxes 
0
Porto
Matt Zoller Seitz
Less than meets the eye and ear 
2.5
Porto
Carson Lund
Gabe Klinger s influences feel secondary to the film s larger grappling with a timeless emotional enigma namely infatuation and the question of how such a mighty force can also be so fleeting 
3
The Lost World
Matt Brunson
A sizable success in 1925 the film remains a thrilling adventure yarn 
4
The Lost World
Mattie Lucas
A grand old fashioned adventure and special effects showcase that makes a direct appeal to the young and the young at heart 
3
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Matt Brunson
This earned an Oscar for Best Cinematography though had a Best Makeup award existed back then surely Don Cash would have been a contender for superb work that allowed a then 41 year old Wayne to convincingly pass for someone a quarter century older 
3
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Wesley Lovell
A film more notable for its gorgeous cinematography than for its plot 
2.5
Fake It So Real
Roger Ebert
Fake It So Real filled me with affection for its down and out heroes a group of semi pro wrestlers in Lincolnton N C 
3.5
Fake It So Real
Ryan Lattanzio
An engrossing documentary that lends humanity to independent pro wrestling s savage theater of machismo 
3
Fake It So Real
Chuck Bowen
These wrestlers have a number of striking similarities which can be boiled down to one true commonality They all felt like freaks 
2.5
Fake It So Real
John Beifuss
An entertaining documentary portrait of the barely professional essentially hobbyist wrestling scene in Lincolnton North Carolina a scene replicated in scores of American communities where wannabe Rocks battle on YouTube and in tiny veteran centers 
3
Restoration
David Nusair
an episodic drama that doesn t to a progressively predominant extent contain much in the way of forward momentum 
2.5
Restoration
Jeanne Aufmuth
Robert Downey Jr can do no wrong by me and his expressiveness and irreverence are what make this film work Seen through his eyes the changing currents of the times are navigable only with large doses of dark humor and compassion 
3.5
Restoration
Peter Stack
The movie takes on a somber fitful atmosphere of straining epic proportions But it strays into an episodic bog that leaves it gasping for dramatic life 
2
Restoration
Chris Hicks
Two movies for the price of one 
3
Restoration
Roger Ebert
Restoration avoids the pitfalls of pious historical reconstructions and plunges right into the cauldron 
3.5
Restoration
James Berardinelli
Solid entertainment especially in a season when Hollywood s releases are repeatedly causing grimaces 
3
Restoration
Steve Rhodes
An incredible exercise in style 
2.5
Restoration
Mike Clark
What virtues the movie has are cosmetic 
2
Restoration
Rob Blackwelder
Somewhere in this potentially fascinating story of a man s life the director caught epic fever and his characters got buried in breadth and depth of his ambition 
2
Meshes of the Afternoon
Josh Larsen
Deren took the dreamlike intellectual surrealism of Un Chien Andalou and made it intimate 
4
Waydowntown
Joshua Tanzer
A subtly brilliant satire 
3.5
Waydowntown
Jay Carr
The film s snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone 
3
Waydowntown
David Sterritt
A smart and creative comedy that skewers cheaply dehumanizing architecture and self absorbed yuppie mentalities in a series of skillfully assembled scenes 
3
Waydowntown
Pam Grady
You wouldn t want to live waydowntown but it is a hilarious place to visit 
3
Waydowntown
Lou Lumenick
Burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast 
2
Waydowntown
Steve Rhodes
A film with a great premise but only a great premise 
2
Waydowntown
Ed Gonzalez
Burns comic sensibility is patently absurd but his message is pathologically frightening 
3.5
Waydowntown
Harvey S. Karten
Often self consciously surreal this award winner scores high for originality 
2.5
The Preppie Connection
John Hartl
The movie needs the audacity of a Trainspotting to lift it above the norm 
2.5
The Preppie Connection
Kyle Smith
Toby is so un self aware that his journey seems like mere obtuseness what the film has to say about youthful degeneracy is less than zero 
1.5
Aroused
Michael O'Sullivan
Too many times Aroused arouses curiosity without really satisfying it 
2
Aroused
Matt Pais
It s tough not to wish Anderson who fortunately moves away from initial obvious statements about how sex sells tried harder to get the full story 
2.5
Aroused
Kam Williams
An eye opening expose about the surprisingly conventional concerns of some of the most hyper sexualized women in the world 
3
Raltat
Roger Moore
An interesting 9 11 story broadly acted and rather flatly told 
1.5
Point and Shoot
Marty Mapes
An OCD American s bold quest for manhood but why does it have to be filmed to count 
3
Point and Shoot
Mark Dujsik
Point and Shoot is a study of overcompensation 
3
Point and Shoot
Joe Williams
For better or worse this is an affluent American s view of the world and in the post mortem interview segments director Marshall Curry does little to broaden the conversation 
3
Point and Shoot
Steven Rea
Point and Shoot is as much about the collective movement toward Me ism as it is about VanDyke s assiduously self crafted journey Either way it makes for a great story 
3
Point and Shoot
Walter V. Addiego
You could look at the movie simply as a remarkable adventure tale but if there s a larger point it s not crystal clear 
2
Point and Shoot
Anders Wright
VanDyke is an interesting enough character that it wouldn t surprise me to see a fictional version of his life made at some point one with bigger and better production values 
3
Point and Shoot
Chris Knight
The latest documentary from Marshall Curry Oscar nominated for Street Fight and If a Tree Falls The Story of the Earth Liberation Front is a simple tale that s anything but 
3.5
Point and Shoot
Ann Hornaday
VanDyke might have set out to give himself a crash course in manhood but Point and Shoot gives us a crash course in the myriad and contradictory things the word has come to mean 
3
Point and Shoot
Peter Keough
It poses questions about the meaning of masculinity adulthood and identity in a culture in which experience is reduced to image nothing is real unless it has been recorded and everything that is recorded is just a performance 
3.5
Point and Shoot
Brad Wheeler
Point and Shoot is a riveting documentary and a disturbing portrait of a pampered American s crash course in manhood 
3.5
Point and Shoot
Linda Barnard
Spoiled self obsessed VanDyke only achieves brief flickers of awareness in his quest to complete the crash course in manhood that eventually led him to fight alongside Libyan rebels in 2011 
2
Point and Shoot
Roger Moore
Finally a combat documentary that gets at the appeal war has to the young and testosterone fueled 
3.5
Point and Shoot
Simon Abrams
More often than not Curry doesn t give us much to judge his subject by beyond anecdotal details and non committal introspection 
1.5
Point and Shoot
Clayton Dillard
In abandoning a more vigorous discussion of class and race based senses of entitlement Marshall Curry reveals his goals to be less critical or rigid than passively honorific 
2
Bad Karma
Walter Chaw
It occurs to me in all honesty that if you rent this thing you deserve what you get 
0
After Sex
Liam Lacey
Narcissistic skin deep cautionary tale about the dangers of middle aged married women having flings with young men 
2
After Sex
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film we have come to admire Rouan s courage as a performer and a filmmaker in following Diane s mania as far as it will go 
3
After Sex
Mike D'Angelo
Don t make a movie about your own failed love affair because no matter how painful and traumatic it may have been for you personally it will seem maudlin and self indulgent onscreen especially if you cast yourself in the lead role 
2
After Sex
James Berardinelli
Weak superficial and unconvincing it turns what could have been a searing experience into a trite overwrought melodrama 
2
After Sex
Steve Rhodes
an unusual film about human sexual relations both because it s told completely from the woman s perspective and because it shows graphically but always tastefully the heat of passion 
3
Sirens
Joe Friar
Amid a revolution in the Middle East 44 friendship 44 love 44 and thrash metal clash in Rita Baghdadi 8217 s spirited documentary 46 Rock on 33 
4
Sirens
Sheila O'Malley
A collage of yearning 44 ambition 44 and what can only be called gumption 46 
3
Sirens
Roger Moore
Pretty damned metal 44 I have to say 46 
2.5
Sirens
Max Weiss
Lilas is a fascinating figure straight out of a work of fiction 
3
Cellular
David Nusair
a rather irresistible premise that s employed to briskly paced and often engrossing effect 
3
Cellular
Agnieszka Tennant
Neither Macy nor Basinger nor the intriguing setup nor the bursts of situational wit can rescue this thriller from joining the category of movies that are so bad they re good 
2
Cellular
James Berardinelli
Using the clever premise it packs a lot of thrills into a short space while keeping the level of tension consistently high 
3
Cellular
Sara Michelle Fetters
Much like writer Larry Cohen s other telephone thriller Cellular is an exuberantly silly more than a bit over the top B movie thriller told with far more flair than it probably deserves 
2.5
Cellular
Mark Collette
Richard Dean Anderson would be proud 
2.5
Cellular
Matt Brunson
Even if it overstays its welcome Cellular turns out to be a nifty thriller buoyed by solid performances and catchy riffs of humor 
3
Cellular
Mike McGranaghan
Good acting solid direction and some genuine cleverness carry you right over the plot holes 
3
Cellular
Vince Koehler
The last half hour of the film is fantastic with some of the best action sequences I have ever seen Newcomer Chris Evans shows he has what it takes to be a real action star 
3
Cellular
John Beifuss
A Sorry Wrong Number for the driving while talking generation 
2
Cellular
Linda Cook
Cellular has an uneven ring 
2.5
Cellular
Christian Toto
Don t hang up on Cellular the silly setup gives way to an oft thrilling adventure 
2.5
Cellular
David Keyes
fueled by an exhilarating rush of adrenaline utilized often and consistently at several points of the narrative 
3.5
Cellular
Nick Schager
It s Ellis s dedication to providing an unrelenting series of silly B movie set pieces that makes the ridiculous Cellular ring 
2.5
Cellular
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Instead of actually coming up with ideas that work the filmmakers have decided to quickly barrel right over them in the hopes that the audience won t notice 
2
Cellular
James Verniere
If you suspend your disbelief and hang on Cellular is a fun ride 
3
Cellular
Jeffrey Westhoff
A quick efficient thriller that gets right to the point 
3
Cellular
Tom Keogh
A plucky thriller that also serves as a satire on today s instant gratification phone culture 
2.5
Cellular
Ruthe Stein
As the brand of thriller where ordinary people are in peril and forced to take extraordinary risks Cellular is distressingly predictable and not a tad scary But as a parody of the genre it s a scream 
2
Cellular
David Elliott
Ellis up from stunt work but not very far hangs onto the whopper moments for dear life even if cheap laughs outweigh a mother s pain 
1.5
Cellular
Timothy Knight
If Cellular were an actual telephone it would work about as well as two tin cans and string 
1.5
Cellular
Tyler Hanley
Cellular is the year s first feel good thriller 
3
Cellular
Megan Lehmann
Highly improbable maniacally action packed 
2
Cellular
Jami Bernard
There is nothing more to the movie than the usual thrills 
2
Cellular
Bob Strauss
A well detailed fevered fantasy of how one sunny day in L A can go terribly entertainingly wrong 
3
Cellular
Robert W. Butler
A goofy thriller that unfolds on a planet that looks like Earth but that operates by a completely different set of rules 
2
Cellular
Eric Harrison
Logic has nothing to do with Cellular but it s so quick moving and fun we don t care 
3
Cellular
Rick Groen
Now you might think there d be at least a few chills in such a dire predicament but several car chases a bunch of dirty cops and any number of bogus plot twists later you d be proved wrong 
1
Cellular
Jeff Vice
You d be able to laugh the whole thing off if it weren t so mean spirited at times 
1.5
Cellular
Austin O'Connor
It isn t terrible even if there are too many moments that rely on the central characters being either extremely stupid or unforgivably forgetful 
2
Cellular
Roger Ebert
This is one of the year s best thrillers Better than Phone Booth for my money and I liked that too 
3.5
Cellular
Wesley Morris
A ludicrous little abduction thriller that boasts an entertaining cocktail of gunpowder suspense adrenaline and cheese 
3
Cellular
Sean P. Means
Macy s performance is a textbook example of how one good actor can transform a below average movie into a pleasant experience 
2.5
Cellular
Walter Chaw
At last a film for all the yahoos with a cell phone soldered onto their ears 
1
Cellular
Connie Ogle
It s all silly of course and you will laugh at the film more than you ll laugh with it But Cellular does offer a certain mindless pleasure and makes fun of itself 
2
Cellular
Terry Lawson
So removed from reality we have to suspend even the suspension of disbelief 
2
Cellular
Lawrence Toppman
Who d have thought Larry Cohen could come up with not one but two fast forceful and sometimes funny thrillers about people whose lives depend on not hanging up a telephone 
3
Cellular
Chuck O'Leary
The fast paced Cellular is an amalgam of familiar elements with one original plot device thrown together into a very entertaining stew 
3
Cellular
Chris Hewitt
The sort of swift entertaining nonsense that s perfect for the drive in 
2.5
Cellular
Sue Pierman
More entertaining than it has a right to be 
2.5
Cellular
Peter Canavese
We here at New Line Cellular have the plan for you 92 inflexible real time minutes that are sure to pump up your fast paced action packed lifestyle 
2.5
Cellular
Stephen Humphries
Dilutes any suspense by cramming its plot with contrivances 
2
Cellular
John Anderson
Too inept to work as what it seems to be and not clever enough to work as a spoof which if you re feeling charitable is what you assume they intended 
1
Cellular
Michael Wilmington
Another outlandishly cliched L A set movie thriller high on action low on sense 
2
Cellular
Nick Rogers
Funny exciting and smart as much as it can be Cellular is every bit the telephone based heartstopper Phone Booth failed to be 
3
Cellular
Willie Waffle
This movie shows you why I have caller ID on my cell phone Cellular is a fun exciting thriller with a sense of humor and storytelling 
3.5
Cellular
Phil Villarreal
The set pieces throb with radioactive shock and the actors just strap on the lap bars hoist their arms into the air and go along for the ride 
3
Cellular
Steve Rhodes
A fun film Cellular is a comedic thriller with good energy and good laughs 
3
Cellular
Sean McBride
turns out to be an exciting thriller despite the fact that it s just a desperate woman talking on the phone to a random stranger
3
Cellular
Rob Blackwelder
has all the earmarks of a genuinely smart thriller rewritten by a studio lapdog script doctor who was told it didn t have enough car chases and comic relief 
2
Cellular
Dustin Putman
A taut crowd pleasing thriller in which the improbable if canny premise is overlooked in exchange for what is an exceedingly fun ride 
2.5
Tampopo
Matt Brunson
What is it about food that brings out the best in filmmakers all across the globe 
3.5
Tampopo
Mattie Lucas
A wild and uniquely Japanese culinary fantasia but it s also not particularly cohesive 
2.5
Tampopo
James Kendrick
The film doesn t always work as a whole but its individual moments often come close to touching the sublime 
3
Tampopo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s one of the greatest food movies of all time taking time to appreciate the look and feel of the noodle soup 
3.5
Tampopo
Tina Hassannia
Tampopo is a thriving celebratory and delightful classic that will leave you ravished by the end for ramen Asian cuisine or really any form of sustenance 
4
Tampopo
John Semley
It unfolds as a series of madcap effortlessly charming comic vignettes centred around food and food culture in mid 80s Japan 
3
Tampopo
Candice Russell
Food glorious food its life giving sensual aromatic and filling properties are celebrated in the wacky Tampopo This Japanese film is without precedent no matter what country you are talking about 
3.5
Tampopo
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Itami s humor and invention is such that we never have a chance to feel deprived His stylistic palette and sense of fun are so wide ranging that he can oscillate between brightness and darkness to articulate one gag 
3
Tampopo
Desmond Ryan
Tampopo is among many other things the first spaghetti eastern and one of its particular charms is that it celebrates as much as satirizes No movie gourmet with exotic tastes should miss it 
3
Tampopo
Gene Siskel
It s a funny story beautifully told 
3.5
Tampopo
Jay Antani
a pleasant enough time passer
2.5
Tampopo
Roger Ebert
Tampopo is one of those utterly original movies that seems to exist in no known category 
4
Boys Don't Cry
David Nusair
undoubtedly benefits from Swank s searing justifiably lauded performance 
2.5
Boys Don't Cry
Michael Dequina
The shock is not in the tragic ending but the devastating emotional effect Kimberly Peirce is able to achieve through mere nuance 
3.5
Boys Don't Cry
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una pelcula difcil y por momentos amarga pero retrata una parte de la vida y la sociedad que es muy compleja de entender y de aceptar
3.5
Boys Don't Cry
Jay Carr
Boys Don t Cry not only revisits the crime but convinces us we re being taken inside it 
4
Boys Don't Cry
Roger Ebert
The first time I saw the movie I was completely absorbed by the characters Only later did I fully realize what a great film it is a worthy companion to those other masterpieces of death on the prairie Badlands and In Cold Blood 
4
Boys Don't Cry
David N. Butterworth
Teena Brandon s downfall was not that she chose the wrong identity but that she opted to hang out with the wrong group of people 
3
Boys Don't Cry
Steve Rhodes
Rather than being moved you just feel sick 
1.5
Boys Don't Cry
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What either of these movies has to do with real events probably remains difficult to determine for anyone but a specialist but as mythologies they both have plenty of staying power 
2
Boys Don't Cry
Mike Clark
Peirce seems to have researched her subject with grad school thesis intensity 
3.5
Boys Don't Cry
Mark Caro
A stirring emotionally true testament to foolish bravery as well as shameful evidence of the severity with which it is so often punished 
3.5
Boys Don't Cry
Jonathan Foreman
A haunting superbly made film 
3.5
Churchill
Kate Taylor
The script written by neophyte Alex von Tunzelmann is appalling its plot simplistic and its dialogue alternating between misplaced bits of contemporary psycho babble and improbable grandiloquence 
1
Churchill
Peter Howell
Cox makes an impressive Churchill an imposing man of physique and intellect who closing in on 70 has been laid low by age and circumstance 
2.5
Churchill
Chris Knight
Alex von Tunzelmann s insipid screenplay takes every opportunity to portray the British Prime Minister as a doddering fool with his head stuck in the last Great War 
1
Churchill
Roger Moore
Nicely humanizes an icon shows us the man s flaws but never amounts to much more than a stage play of shouted arguments with very pretty settings 
2
Churchill
Gary Thompson
Its succession of Big Moments takes its toll the movie is exhausted and so are we 
2
Churchill
Godfrey Cheshire
A load of utter rubbish from first frame to last 
.5
Churchill
Mark Dujsik
This is a transformative performance in a movie that unfortunately doesn t come close to matching it 
2.5
Churchill
Colin Dabkowski
Even Cox isn t talented enough to overcome much of Alex von Tunzelmann s script which brims with sentimentalism as the English sea brims with blood 
2.5
Churchill
Richard Roeper
The problem is the man we see onscreen only rarely comports himself like one of the greats Far too often he actually seems like the smallest man in the room 
2
Churchill
Chuck Bowen
The film simplifies Winston Churchill s legacy for the dubious purposes of narrative momentum and emotional lift 
2
Churchill
Alan Zilberman
Biography at its most useful disabuses us from myth but Churchill has no such ambitions As both history and entertainment it s a drag 
1.5
Churchill
Ty Burr
Winston Churchill may not have been a paragon in life but in this film and this performance he s more sinned against than sinning 
1.5
Churchill
Mick LaSalle
As a portrait of the man it s not only incomplete but misleading 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Brian Eggert
It apos s one of the most intelligent films of 2014 44 and yet 44 despite its lofty intellectual ambitions 44 never for a moment does the film skimp on its blockbuster thrills or summer movie requirements 46 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Mattie Lucas
In a world where simple black and white morality is popular there are few Hollywood films especially with this large a budget that could ever tackle such complex thematic material 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Sonny Bunch
Director Matt Reeves has an eye for striking imagery 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Tom Meek
Nothing to go ape about but a good way to cool your heels in the heat 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Kenneth R. Morefield
It is better than Rise of the Planet of the Apes Not by much though and not where it counts the most It s better on the level of spectacle but the storytelling remains shaky at best 
2.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Sean P. Means
The science fiction thriller Dawn of the Planet of the Apes creates a palpable atmosphere of existential dread 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Robert Horton
Dawn gets the spectacle going in the late battle But the story is so thin it develops very little tension along the way Even odder the film is really corny 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Michael Smith
The look of the film is so impressive in fact that it makes one think that the filmmakers decided to let everything else more or less take care of itself 
2.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
John Beifuss
Et tu Koba 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Wesley Lovell
A most engaging sequel in one of the most thrilling reboots in cinema history 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
David Nusair
both a stellar sequel and an above average blockbuster 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
treats the material with a respectable sense of philosophical and sociological sensitivity while still maintaining the pulpy pleasures of its post apocalyptic sci fi conceit
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Walter Chaw
I don t think Dawn will change a goddamn thing though I m inspired by the attempt 
4
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Mal Vincent
This is not one of the smartest science fiction flicks it relies on sheer action which should be enough for the target audience 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a sequel of a reboot to be sure but it may be the finest hour of the entire series 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Matt Brunson
Director Matt Reeves does an exemplary job of working on the nerves ensuring that audience members feel tense tingly taut and basically every which way but loose 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Brad Keefe
If you want to be entertained and stretch some of those brain cells you strained trying to make sense of Transformers watch this movie 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Lori Hoffman
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a movie that walks a tightrope between serious and silly and never completely loses its balance 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Scott Nash
Unlike most reboots this one continues to entertain 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Linda Cook
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is an intelligent war movie with themes of politics leadership trust and betrayal 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Clayton Davis
Actually thinking about it Dawn of the Planet of the Apes isn t just a summer blockbuster it s a full on dramatic epic 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Glenn Lovell
a fairly monotonous sci fi adventure Serkis and Kebell peering out from beneath digitized fur and prosthetics impart far more emotion than their human counterparts 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Mike McGranaghan
The most insightful engaging political movie to come around in a long time 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
John Wirt
A great Apes movie 
4
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Lisa Kennedy
For all its high end special effects and its Shakespearean ambitions Dawn fumbles its emotional moments and forces its action 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
John Serba
Surprisingly a CGI ape learning what it means to be an ape can be riveting stuff 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dave McGinn
It s incredible It sets the standard for blockbuster action movies and manages to be even better than its predecessor 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Steven Rea
Maybe that s the sad takeaway of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes that peace is futile conflict inevitable No matter the species we re all doomed 
2.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Willie Waffle
Premature climaxing dampens the mood 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Phil Villarreal
Has me Done with the Planet of the Apes 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Matt Zoller Seitz
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is loud smart and ferociously committed to its premise and it leaves an intriguingly bitter aftertaste 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dustin Putman
For all of Caesar s complexity Dawn of the Planet of the Apes lacks intimacy and personality in all that surrounds him 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
James Berardinelli
This installment inches events closer to a merge point with 1968 s Planet of the Apes while maintaining its own unique identity It is in every way superior to Rise of the Planet of the Apes 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Mark Dujsik
What we re really observing is the operation of a civilization through these remarkably rendered apes 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rafer Guzman
The tone is dire the visuals dark and doomy the pace epically slow Like so many sequels it s everything the first film aspired not to be 
1.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Howell
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the best and brainiest blockbuster of the summer the kind of movie you hope for when you pay your money and buy your popcorn 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Jason Buchanan
A potent blend of sci fi spectacle and substance Matt Reevesí exhilarating interspecies war drama Dawn of the Planet of the Apes may be the best film in the franchise since the 1968 original 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Soren Andersen
Reeves directs with great dynamism and his scenes of masses of apes swinging through treetops and swarming through San Francisco streets are rousingly staged 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Ty Burr
Here s a thought for the inevitable next film in this series Ditch the humans Stick with the apes They re a lot more interesting 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Chris Knight
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes asks us to allocate our compassion and revulsion equally among its various species I haven t felt this kind of simian sympathy since the golden age of Roddy McDowall 
4
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Claudia Puig
An exciting and engrossing blockbuster with weighty themes it raises important moral questions as it keeps viewers riveted 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Kristin Tillotson
Dawn is that rare sequel that makes a pretty good predecessor Rise of the Planet of the Apes seem almost unnecessary 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rene Rodriguez
Watching an army of apes riding horses heading into battle is undeniably cool but that s the only thing the movie gives you Neat eye candy 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Williams
The most metaphorically and morally evolved film of the bunch 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Jon Niccum
Dawn isn t just a rousing summer sequel it s a testament to Hollywood s fundamental ability to make something from nothing 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Mara Reinstein
Don t know how the special effects team pulled this off don t want to know 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Mick LaSalle
When a movie is inconclusive when it s heading nowhere there s no telling what should be emphasized and what should be glossed over Everything is of equal unimportance 
2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dann Gire
Every 3 D scene in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes screams epic Actually more than epic EPIC 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Carla Meyer
The thought that these animals are digital creations crafted via CGI from human actors motion capture acting does not occur until close ups reveal humanlike expressions Otherwise the scenes seem to show living breathing beings in their habitat 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Michael O'Sullivan
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes works both as allegory and action adventure film 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Jake Coyle
Hail Caesar 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Chris Hewitt
The most thrilling entertainment of the year 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Josh Larsen
an enthralling portrait at once intimate and epic of two civilizations on the brink 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Michael Phillips
The film despite its bloat and its overfondness for scenes of massacre feels as if it were made by actual humans 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Kyle Smith
For two hours of breathless drama you forget you re watching actors grunting like chimps and hope two rival civilizations can work together 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Daniel M. Kimmel
While several of the summer s films have had plenty of battles and destruction this is the one that leaves us with something other than a conventional happy ending 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Tony Hicks
You have good guys and bad guys on both sides The audience isn t meant to root for apes vs humans as much as for certain characters It s one of the film s best qualities 
3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Travers
Within the fertile area between promise and execution Dawn is dynamite entertainment especially in the rousing first hour 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Steve Macfarlane
This is a summer blockbuster contingent on grand bargains tactical retreats and a ferocious inevitable shock and awe campaign 
3
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Roger Moore
It s the Ape ocalypse 
3
Team Marco
Roger Moore
If you ve got three generations in your house for the holidays and need something everybody can watch you could do worse 
2
Team Marco
Randy Myers
Julio Vincent Gambuto s charmer is a rare live action family film winner one that s funny sweet and certain to make you tear up a little 
3
The Bank Job
David Nusair
it s difficult for the most part not to get drawn into the progressively over the top twists and turns contained within 
3
The Bank Job
Mattie Lucas
May not be the best evocation of 70s filmmaking of recent years but it is still a very good middle of the road kind of entertainment that is hard not to like and respect 
3
The Bank Job
Nick Rogers
As some characters brazenly assert colonial imperatives race and class commentary abound and The Bank Job eventually takes a vividly violent turn But its subtext of history s long con doesn t keep the film from hitting great heist high points 
3.5
The Bank Job
Austin Kennedy
THE BANK JOB is like a good movie trapped under ice You can see it wants to be good on the surface but just can t seem bust through 
2.5
The Bank Job
Sean O'Connell
Bustles along to its central theft then treads water until it can map a proper end game 
3
The Bank Job
Tyler Hanley
Following three theatrical bombs British actor Jason Statham hits pay dirt with this compelling picture about the famed 1971 Baker Street bank robbery in London 
3
The Bank Job
Gina Carbone
It s not the best heist flick but it s fast gritty tense and includes a toffee nosed British politician with a poncy accent putting on pink undies and an S M collar while being beaten by hookers 
2.75
The Bank Job
Matt Brunson
Brimming with satisfying twists and populated with colorful characters this represents a Job well done 
3.5
The Bank Job
John Wirt
Unlike the many heist movies obsessed with high tech gadgetry and beyond human stunts The Bank Job in more ways than one gets down and dirty 
3.5
The Bank Job
Linda Cook
The Bank Job is a heist movie that will have your mind working overtime and loving every minute of it 
3.5
The Bank Job
Mike McGranaghan
The Bank Job is smart and it s exciting and it s fun at the same time 
3.5
The Bank Job
Sara Michelle Fetters
The first half is particularly strong and while none of the pre heist team building or preparations are anything we haven t seen many times before these scenes are handled with such dynamic virtuosity they almost feel original and new 
3
The Bank Job
Dustin Putman
Worth a recommendation for adult audiences in search of something that won t insult their intelligence Granted The Bank Job won t enhance anyone s IQ either but sometimes a pulpy slice of crime thriller theatrics is all you need 
2.5
The Bank Job
Wesley Morris
It s something new for heist pictures a movie that can t even rip off its predecessor with any panache 
2
The Bank Job
Lawrence Toppman
Statham fans weaned on the adrenaline flowing through The Transporter and Crank may feel short changed but the rest of us can appreciate the unassuming old fashioned craftsmanship of The Bank Job 
3
The Bank Job
Rick Groen
Thanks to the twin pens of screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais what a jam packed and misanthropic fiction this is 
2.5
The Bank Job
Michele Kenner
It s a routine treatment of a heist too outrageous to be believed even if it is based on a true story 
2.5
The Bank Job
Kyle Smith
With its cockneys and coppers and the caper that comes a cropper the movie is fully engaging on several levels 
3
The Bank Job
Stephen Whitty
There s nothing here as lively as In Bruges or as arty as the recent London to Brighton But if we are in a mini renaissance of U K thrillers even the so so The Bank Job is a good reminder of what made them work to begin with 
2.5
The Bank Job
Carrie Rickey
All in all the film written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais feels both absolutely of the 1970s and absolutely fresh 
3
The Bank Job
Steven Winn
The movie plunges into this rank choppy water and churns through it with a busily whirring story line and clear sense of purpose The ride becomes its own satisfying reward complete with the bumps and lurches along the way 
3
The Bank Job
Jim Emerson
No worse than its generic title And no better 
2.5
The Bank Job
Mark Rahner
Blending suspense humor period detail interesting characters and bringing together a complex plot in an immensely satisfying way director Roger Donaldson really pulled one off this time 
3.5
The Bank Job
Sean P. Means
Isn t the point of a heist picture that there s somebody either a jauntily plucky bunch of robbers or one honest cop worth rooting for 
2
The Bank Job
Chris Hewitt
The falling apart of this caper is much odder and more intriguing than the setting up but by the time The Bank Job gets there it has already fallen apart 
2
The Bank Job
Claudia Puig
Well paced smartly told and unpretentious this solid British heist thriller also has moments of invention and imagination
3
The Bank Job
Peter Howell
This may be just another bank job like many you ve seen before but here s the payoff it s a heist that actually looks real for once 
2.5
The Bank Job
Daniel M. Kimmel
an entertaining and highly serviceable caper movie 
2.5
The Bank Job
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Donaldson has never found much of a cinematic voice but his extensive experience serves him well on this finely tuned heist film 
3
The Bank Job
Willie Waffle
It s a welcome treat to see Statham in a movie you aren t ashamed to buy tickets to see 
3.5
The Bank Job
Sean McBride
There s a charming retro vibe to The Bank Job a historical crime caper with more comic hues than violent flourishes 
3
The Bank Job
Peter Canavese
Tunneling underground notwithstanding a heist movie shouldn t feel this much like drudgery 
1.5
The Bank Job
Gene Seymour
The Bank Job is fun to watch while both the heist and its often bloody consequences unravel in front of you 
3
The Bank Job
Jeff Vice
Ultimately we re not really interested in seeing whether there are any happy endings for any of these people 
2
The Bank Job
Maitland McDonagh
Lurking behind a criminally bad title is a surprisingly tight clever twisty heist tale 
3
The Bank Job
Josh Larsen
No one is going mistake Jason Statham for Daniel Day Lewis but the action specialist still deserves better material than he s usually given 
3
The Bank Job
James Berardinelli
The Bank Job is smart well paced exciting entertainment for adults something that is more of a rarity than it should be 
3
The Bank Job
Nick Schager
I give in Regardless of his limited acting range and penchant for choosing the goofiest projects available Jason Statham is pretty awesome 
2.5
The Bank Job
Peter Travers
Director Roger Donaldson keeps the suspense crackling By the end you ll want to know more about a heist that literally did shake the empire 
3
56 Up
Sean P. Means
Apted now 72 has said he ll keep calling on his subjects every seven years until he or they are dead Whether the subjects show up or not I for one will be in line when 63 Up comes around 
3
56 Up
Ann Hornaday
The original documentary was intended to illustrate how the country s deeply ingrained class system inscribed itself on the aspirations and inner lives of its young people But the successive movies have been far less polemical 
3
56 Up
John Beifuss
We might say that 56 Up serves much the same function as Amour but it responds to the inevitability of decline with compassion not dread 
3
56 Up
Steven Rea
What ultimately is so compelling about 56 Up is the universality of the experiences We were all once children And we all will die And in between there is everything else 
4
56 Up
Mick LaSalle
We feel good refreshed and depressed in watching these people get older also embarrassed in moments and cautioned about the passage of time 
3
56 Up
Austin Kennedy
I think the best thing about this movie and the entire series is that it forces the viewer to think about their own lives It s kind of an awakening experience 
3.5
56 Up
Moira MacDonald
Apted himself now in his early 70s says he hopes to continue the series further Long may it live 
4
56 Up
Ty Burr
Time has been neither kind nor cruel to the 13 men and women profiled in 56 UP It has just been time which is what this groundbreaking series is about 
3.5
56 Up
Chris Hewitt
56 Up is well worth seeing 
3
56 Up
Gerald Peary
56 Up is still moving and philosophic though not as exciting as earlier episodes which had more drama 
3
56 Up
Roger Ebert
We are all older now and this series proves it in a most deeply moving way 
4
56 Up
Alison Gang
Apted possesses the unsettling ability to shape perceptions of their lives and personalities from inside an editing suite a fact that the members of his flock begin to recognize at varying points throughout their adult years 
4
56 Up
Roger Moore
The latest and perhaps greatest installment in a great documentary series Moving amusing and eye opening 
4
56 Up
John Anderson
Apted creates a graceful back and forth from the earlier films to the present and the experience of seeing people who have lived so much on screen is quite profound 
3
56 Up
Stephen Whitty
56 Up is a rather bittersweet chapter as age begins to further narrow those possibilities already defined at birth And it hints that 63 Up if we get there may be sadder still 
3
56 Up
Kyle Smith
56 Up is as good a point as any to get hooked on the magnificent half century series of documentaries 
4
56 Up
Steve Macfarlane
The series is both a testimonial to the vagaries of chance and an endlessly cyclical study into the implications of being studied 
3
56 Up
Peter Howell
More than ever in this seventh edition the Up people seem to be fulfilling Henry David Thoreau s observation that most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them 
3
Lamb
Robert Horton
Lamb clearly wants to make a thoughtful exploration of two lost people yet the intentions get waylaid by the sheer weirdness of the situation 
2
Lamb
Tirdad Derakhshani
Partridge portrays David with immaculate timing and meticulous attention to detail We feel for the character s pain but never quite trust him 
3
Lamb
Rob Thomas
The film s more difficult trick is to make us care for Lamb even as we recoil at how he near he gets to a moral precipice The friendship between the two characters may be wildly inappropriate but that doesn t mean it doesn t have value to them 
3
Lamb
David Lewis
Partridge has a strong screen presence but the potential power of his storytelling approach is negated when emotions get mushy in the third act That s when we figure out that this film doesn t know exactly what it wants to say 
2
Lamb
Matt Zoller Seitz
Lamb is empathetic and untrustworthy haunting but often unpersuasive In the end it s hard to say what the film s point is But it lingers in the mind 
2.5
Lamb
Clayton Dillard
Ross Partridge seems flatly fascinated by Lamb s pathology without trying to understand its formation from environmental factors 
1.5
World Traveler
Vanessa Sibbald
The subtlety of how the story is told is beautifully done
3
World Traveler
Jeremy Heilman
Whatever complaints I might have I d take its earnest errors and hard won rewards over the bombastic self glorification of other feel good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor s Club any time 
3
World Traveler
Jennie Punter
With no real redemption at the end of the road it is nothing more than a beautiful empty journey 
2
World Traveler
Moira MacDonald
Yes I suppose it s lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture perfect life but World Traveler gave me no reason to care so I didn t 
1.5
World Traveler
Steven Rosen
World Traveler written and directed by Bart Freundlich isn t going to be Crudup s breakthrough hit But it does have a wonderful fascinating performance by him 
3
World Traveler
Walter Chaw
A poky and pseudo serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise 
1.5
World Traveler
Laura Kelly
It s a road trip drama with too many wrong turns 
2
World Traveler
Joe Leydon
Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested or at least conscious I could feel my eyelids getting very heavy 
1
World Traveler
Mick LaSalle
A dreary movie 
1
World Traveler
Susan Stark
The theme is familiar and at bottom sophomorically self conscious Yet finally World Traveler takes something like a hold on you because it extends the Crudup character s experience not only across generations but also across the genders 
2
World Traveler
Roger Ebert
One senses in World Traveler and in his earlier film that Freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers and circles it obsessively without making contact 
2
World Traveler
Jay Carr
Crudup s screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy existential exploration of why men leave their families 
2
World Traveler
Terry Lawson
I was more personally affected by World Traveler than by any other film I have seen in recent months 
3
World Traveler
Carrie Rickey
A vignette enlarged to panoramic scale 
2
World Traveler
Mary F. Pols
The movie while beautiful feels labored with a hint of the writing exercise about it 
2.5
World Traveler
James Berardinelli
It believes it s revealing some great human truths when in reality it s churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile 
1.5
World Traveler
Rod Armstrong
Though writer director Bart Freundlich s film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent child relationship it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup s anchoring performance 
3
World Traveler
Jan Stuart
The setup feels a little been there done that but the writing is often piercing and there are unsparing characterizations by Julianne Moore and James LeGros 
3
World Traveler
Bob Strauss
Basically the Flee Adult Responsibility Find Freedom but Also Trauma Along the Highway script that every film school grad student writes but most of which thankfully never make it to production 
2
World Traveler
Steve Rhodes
Not only does Freundlich give us little reason to care about his story it doesn t even give us much motivation to stay awake 
1.5
World Traveler
Lou Lumenick
It s clotted with heavy handed symbolism dime store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long 
1.5
World Traveler
Ed Gonzalez
The film s needlessly opaque intro takes its doe eyed Crudup out of pre 9 11 New York and onto a cross country road trip of the Homeric kind 
2
World Traveler
Ross Anthony
eventually arrives at its heart as simple self reflection meditation 
2
The Box
Roger Moore
A lean 44 quiet and disturbing parable about global capitalism as it is practiced in much of the Third World 46 
3
The Box
Rene Sanchez
Although it packs suspense and many questions in its interior the film doesn t manage to fully explore its interesting and urgent social themes Full Review in Spanish 
2
Rio Lobo
Matt Brunson
A fun Western 
3
Rio Lobo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
John Wayne is great to watch and the train holdup sequence that leads the film is genuinely exciting 
3
Rio Lobo
Roger Ebert
In this case the story itself doesn t matter much We go to a classic John Wayne Western not to see anything new but to see the old done again done well 
3
Smoking Causes Coughing
Walter Chaw
Smoking Causes Coughing resolves as the closest a film has come in a long time to nailing the cheeky vibe of Monty Python s The Meaning of Life 
3
Smoking Causes Coughing
Simon Abrams
8220 Smoking Causes Coughing 8221 moves unhurriedly from moment to moment 44 which makes its perpetually strung out jokes even funnier 46 
3
Smoking Causes Coughing
Mark Dujsik
91 F 93 ilmmaker Quentin Dupieux apos s insistence on making absurdist art gets in the way of the promise of some clever storytelling 46 
2
Smoking Causes Coughing
Roger Moore
The gimmick and the satiric target here are broader and the punches miss the mark far more often than they land 46 But if you 8217 re blitzed enough 8230 
1.5
Smoking Causes Coughing
Joey Magidson
Smoking Causes Coughing is a bizarrely comedic superhero misadventure with enough laughs and overall strangeness to be worth a watch 46 
3
Smoking Causes Coughing
Leo Brady
Smoking Causes Coughing is one of the funniest movies of 2023 and a delightful parody that is desperately needed 46 
3.5
Smoking Causes Coughing
Mike McGranaghan
Smoking Causes Coughing is a random assortment of ideas thrown into a blender and turned into a delicious cocktail of insanity 46 
3
Smoking Causes Coughing
William Repass
Smoking Causes Coughing isn 8217 t just an anti superhero superhero film 44 but 44 thanks to Tristram Shandy like levels of discursivity 44 something akin to an anti film 46 
3
2nd Chance
Leo Brady
A constant factor of 2nd Chance is that it was a world of denial 46 Bahrani is breaking away those shells 46 He has made a documentary that speaks truthful and beyond just a simple subject 46 
3.5
2nd Chance
Richard Roeper
There s something irresistible about the story of the former pizza guy who invented the modern concealable bulletproof vest and Richard Davis isn t about to let the doubts about his origin story 
3
2nd Chance
Pat Padua
quot For the most part 44 8220 2nd Chance 8221 is right on target 46 But in the end 44 its aim isn 8217 t quite true 46 quot 
2.5
2nd Chance
Christy Lemire
It apos s the interviews in the film 8217 s epilogue that give this film greater depth and shading and elevate it to unexpected emotional heights 46 
3
2nd Chance
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Mixing hard facts 44 surprising humor 44 pure absurdity 44 and deeply poignant moments 44 Bahrani takes us on a journey into the financial ups and downs 44 emotional highs and lows 44 and often twisted mentality and ethics of Davis and his merchandise 46 
3
2nd Chance
Chuck Bowen
2nd Chance a terrific American tall tale as well as a cautionary tale and a ripping good yarn 46 10 10 
3
2nd Chance
Kent Turner
An absorbing 44 cringey 44 and multidimensional look at a self made entrepreneur 46 
3
2nd Chance
Steven Prokopy
A remarkable illustration of the warped nature of the American Dream 
3
2nd Chance
Mike McGranaghan
An engrossing portrait of a complex contradictory guy who did one undeniably good thing then used that thing to justify a lot of not so good stuff 
3.5
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
John Beifuss
The film was somewhat radically reworked for a TCM special edition the original is like an old school monster movie that teases the audience before finally giving fans the spectacle they crave Elvis tearing down the house in all his jumpsuited glory 
3
Xtreme
Roger Moore
Maximo the made man with a mean streak played by stunt man actor Teo García is a brutally efficient killer The movie he conceived and others built around this character is a standard issue mixed martial arts mob revenge tale far less efficient 
2
Hacks
David Nusair
there s no denying that Hacks is one of the funniest movies to come along in a long while 
3
The Baby Formula
Stephen Cole
Director Alison Reid s film is too content to play the kooky in laws for easy sitcom chuckles Nor does Reid really make much out of the film s mockumentary format dropping the premise in the film s final reel 
2
Women Without Implants
Steve Rhodes
Although it is a short film there are several great scenes 
3
The Kingdom
Matt Brunson
The Kingdom quickly devolves into a standard us against them revenge flick 
2.5
The Kingdom
Mattie Lucas
A sad waste of a subject rife with possibility a dumbing down of complex themes into violent action fodder for the masses
2
The Kingdom
Christian Toto
The Kingdom unapologetically shows U S agents knocking off terrorists 
3.5
The Kingdom
David Nusair
There s exceedingly little within The Kingdom that s been designed to capture and hold the viewer s interest 
2
The Kingdom
Jeffrey Westhoff
The film s American heroes are depicted as pig headed offensive bullies who claim the moral high ground but in the end can solve their problems only with guns and car chases 
1.5
The Kingdom
Rob Thomas
It s more like an action movie a very well made one that has a subscription to Newsweek 
3.5
The Kingdom
Sean O'Connell
Resembles Team America World Police It has better looking puppets but suffers the same amount of string pulling 
2
The Kingdom
Michael Dequina
The real star is Berg who with his fairly short list of directing credits has proven to be one of the more reliable and versatile talents working behind the camera today 
3
The Kingdom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Kingdom is topical but remove the setting and you re left with a relatively brain dead thriller 
2
The Kingdom
Susan Tavernetti
A tense thinking person s thriller 
3.5
The Kingdom
Jonathan W. Hickman
A thriller for our modern times 
3
The Kingdom
Gina Carbone
The film is edited for ADHD patients off their meds and even includes a glorious opening sequence with Middle East for dummies info graphics to quickly get us up to speed on the U S Saudi Arabia oil history Michael Moore would be jealous 
2.5
The Kingdom
Kam Williams
A combination flick part psychological thriller part pyrotechnic patriotic spectacular which works somehow despite considerable conceptual flaws Sweet revenge in the desert 
2.5
The Kingdom
Rob Nelson
One could say director Peter Berg shoots first and asks questions later if at all 
2
The Kingdom
Gary Brown
While the overall story stretches credulity and Arab geography for the most part is ignored for entertainment value The Kingdom rules 
3
The Kingdom
Kit Bowen
Part CSI part Syriana part Jack Ryan story The Kingdom is an action thriller that switches things up but still keeps you on the edge of your sea
3
The Kingdom
Russ Breimeier
Sometimes fun sometimes powerful but ultimately flawed It promises action but only delivers a little decrying it while delighting in it 
2.5
The Kingdom
Sean P. Means
Peter Berg shows he s more than capable of making a tight timely multilayered political drama at least for about 40 minutes 
3
The Kingdom
Mike McGranaghan
You would think that a movie dealing with terrorism the oil conflict and global hostility would feel a lot more vital and stimulating than this 
2
The Kingdom
John Beifuss
Berg tries to appeal to the post 9 11 action fan who wants to cheer a vengeful us vs them bloodbath while also furrowing his brow over the waste of it all 
2
The Kingdom
Claudia Puig
It attempts to say something profound about the war on terrorism and the human tendency toward an us vs them mentality But the finale feeds on a sense of bloodlust and then tries to pull back to show us the error of maniacal revenge 
2.5
The Kingdom
Ken Fox
It may come on like Syriana but it boils down to little more than a diverting episode of CSI Riyadh 
2.5
The Kingdom
Peter Howell
The Kingdom may be the most potent counter programming of the year even though it has no patience with such sissy pants concerns 
3
The Kingdom
Chris Hewitt
From a moviemaking point of view The Kingdom is close to flawless a model of bluntly efficient story telling 
3.5
The Kingdom
John Hartl
The Kingdom does suggest the potential to mix action and the complexity of Middle East politics in a revealing fashion It simply fails to establish its central characters properly 
2
The Kingdom
Bruce Newman
The movie pretends to be a dramatic exploration of the gulf of mutual suspicion that has grown from the oil alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia In the most superficial way imaginable it does that 
2
The Kingdom
Mick LaSalle
After outdoing himself in the opening sequence director Peter Berg who appears briefly as an FBI honcho overdoes everything that follows 
2
The Kingdom
Carla Meyer
Handheld camera work and jumpy editing render The Kingdom unsteady throughout But the film doesn t topple until it visually evokes the Daniel Pearl case 
2.5
The Kingdom
Pam Grady
It is evident that Berg may someday make a truly great movie The simplistic jingoistic The Kingdom is not it 
2.5
The Kingdom
Stephen Whitty
Whether or not Americans are ready for a popcorn thriller about real life terrorism is yet to be seen But that s basically the sort of solid episodic TV level at which the film operates 
2.5
The Kingdom
Lou Lumenick
A xenophobic overblown revenge driven action thriller that exports the Rambo mentality to the contemporary Middle East 
1.5
The Kingdom
Jack Mathews
Does it feel real No Is it fun Yes Will it win the war Hey I see light at the end of the tunnel 
2.5
The Kingdom
Connie Ogle
Though its violence is searing and brutal the film shows a conscience and a brain and if it explains things a bit simplistically at times so much the better 
3
The Kingdom
Robert W. Butler
Sinks into a jingoistic action film cliché 
2.5
The Kingdom
Amy Biancolli
It s clear that Berg wants to humanize the Saudis but I suspect much of this nuance will get blown to smithereens in a firestorm of bullets 
2.5
The Kingdom
Terry Lawson
A lot of satisfying entertaining action pictures have only an artificial brain to power the machinery The Kingdom is the opposite It s a smart picture with much to say But in the end it elects not to say it 
2
The Kingdom
Lisa Kennedy
Actor director Peter Berg s action loaded idea embracing political thriller starring Jamie Foxx doesn t skirt post 9 11 tensions 
3
The Kingdom
Sid Smith
The Kingdom has a heart and a viewpoint It s a thrill ride with a lingering thought or two in its wake But the explosions breakneck chases daredevil escapes and predictability about which side will be victorious remain its foremost mission 
2.5
The Kingdom
Lawrence Toppman
The movie isn t nearly as complex and challenging as Syriana yet critics who dismiss it as jingoism miss the point 
3
The Kingdom
Nick Rogers
Even in clearly diluted form the film wrestles or at least grapples and slaps with questions and interpretations of the Middle East It s passable buddy cop formula with a better director s cut waiting for DVD 
3
The Kingdom
Ty Burr
A taut slickly made thriller 
2.5
The Kingdom
John Wirt
The Kingdom uses explosive current events as the starting point for a fictional film that strains to stir emotions seemingly instill tolerance and be a bloody action flick It s a manipulative mannered film that often fails 
2
The Kingdom
Liam Lacey
A barely coherent compendium of Middle East fantasies fears and doubts 
2
The Kingdom
Carrie Rickey
Propelled by The Kingdom s sheer velocity I was with it for its thrilling first two acts It doesn t hurt that the gallows humor humanizes the characters of the ensemble 
2.5
The Kingdom
Erik Childress
The climactic showdown between the baddies who just can t let our heroes go without incident is a non stop guns a blazing assault that Berg delivers with the panache of the great action directors
3
The Kingdom
Willie Waffle
none of the three parts of this movie get a sufficient chance to breathe grow add some depth and complexity or grab our attention for more than a few minutes at a time 
2
The Kingdom
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I wish Berg and Carnahan would have dove a bit deeper for all they don t accomplish what they do deliver is still worthy of rousing applause 
3
The Kingdom
James Rocchi
From bloody opening to bleak coda The Kingdom pulls off something unexpected and unsettling It s a popcorn movie that leaves the taste of ashes in your mouth 
3
The Kingdom
Duane Dudek
As an exercise in eye for an eye wish fulfillment this laser like focus on the bad guys is something of a relief although inevitably a fiasco in a best laid plans sort of way 
3
The Kingdom
Jeff Vice
The whole movie feels like it was designed to be a nearly two hour counterpoint to the nightly news 
2
The Kingdom
Dustin Putman
A message movie without a soul or a solid cinematic framework to make the impact it intends 
2
The Kingdom
Jan Stuart
Screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan wants us to know that there are good Arabs and bad Arabs but he panders to our basest 9 11 anxieties 
2
The Kingdom
Josh Larsen
the movie s ending shoves any rah rahs right back into your throat 
3
The Kingdom
Sean McBride
one of those films that tries to be a little bit of everything and for the most part succeeds even if audiences may not be able to survive the cinematic whiplash 
3
The Kingdom
James Berardinelli
The film is smart and engaging and if it plays a little on our fears of the next big terrorist attack it does so without feeling exploitative 
3
The Kingdom
Marshall Fine
It s an adrenaline rush that tickles the brain cells 
3.5
The Kingdom
Steve Rhodes
Hello seasickness Incapable of holding a camera steady the filmmakers are certain to keep audiences dizzy but it may help keep viewers awake in this thinly scripted tale 
2
The Kingdom
Phil Villarreal
This is fertile ground for an invigorating exploration of Saudi American interaction but the whole thing eventually devolves into a run of the mill shoot em up 
2.5
The Kingdom
Linda Cook
What may at first appear to an espionage thriller unfolds as a Middle Eastern murder mystery in The Kingdom an interesting adults only fiction piece set against the all too real backdrop of current events 
3.5
The Kingdom
Kyle Smith
The Kingdom is the anti Syriana yes it says the Middle East is very very complicated but Americans have solved tougher problems thanks very much 
3
The Kingdom
Nick Schager
Take some notes Dubya Jamie Foxx has the anti terrorism tactics you ve been craving 
.5
The Kingdom
Peter Travers
Director Berg stages every ambush gun battle and car chase as if his life depends on it The Kingdom could have been a jingoistic CSI Riyadh and sometimes it is 
3
The Kingdom
Vince Koehler
A jaw dropping look into something many Americans like me are all too unfamiliar with 
4
Mother/Android
Randy Myers
Even though its personal backstory is touching this weird apocalyptic survival thriller lacks thrills and even elicits unexpected laughter at what are supposed to be its most poignant moments 
1.5
Mother/Android
Kevin Carr
Whenever you deal with post apocalyptic movies they tend to be about a bunch of dirty humans in the woods trying to find their way around 
1
Mother/Android
Tomris Laffly
There is some panache to the film s visuals and a lot of heart in the actors collective dedication but Mother Android feels like a bland mash up of genre staples to forgettable effect 
1.5
Mother/Android
Roger Moore
With Moretz here to ensure it s at least a story we invest in this nothing special dystopia manages the bare minimum that fans should expect from films of this genre 
2
Mother/Android
Mark Dujsik
T he humanity of this story is thin at first and snuffed out entirely once the gears of predictable plotting and action start in motion 
1.5
Rampage
Brian Eggert
Neither deliciously campy nor elevating the material Rampage feels like it checks every box mandated by the studio s publicity department while leaving everything onscreen achingly boring unless you re an 8 year old boy 
0.5
Rampage
Jason Fraley
In a script filled with bad dialogue one line actually broke me up When science messes the bed I m the guy they call to change the sheets In that case to quote The Rock this movie is a 500 pound bag of monkey crap 
1.5
Rampage
Matt Brunson
Every which way but satisfying 
2
Rampage
Federico Furzan
These kind of films generally survive due to an intelligent use of special efffects Rampage does not Full review in Spanish 
1
Rampage
Robert Daniels
The Rock has a magnetism and genuine personality that makes him perfect for the action genre 
2.5
Rampage
Peter Howell
It s not a good film it s actually a supremely silly one But with Dwayne Johnson once again flexing his pecs in the cause of popcorn distraction it s not entirely bereft of amusements either 
2.5
Rampage
David Nusair
Rampage opens with a stunningly entertaining pre credits sequence that feels like the climax of an entirely different movie 
3.5
Rampage
Kevin A. Ranson
It s a throwaway but a fun one think Sharknado with a bigger budget and superior production design fit for a popcorn matinée 
3
Rampage
John Serba
To its credit it doesn t take itself seriously and when you need a movie to not take itself seriously you cast Dwayne The Rock Johnson as your lead 
2.5
Rampage
Mike McGranaghan
Sometimes it feels as though movies are made because the technology allows it not because anyone is especially excited about telling a story Rampage absolutely comes off like that 
2.5
Rampage
Josh Terry
Rampage just takes itself a hair too seriously to qualify as a true turn off your brain romp 
2
Rampage
Sara Michelle Fetters
While much better than it has any actual right to be Rampage is still hardly the city destroying monster smash it maybe could have been 
2
Rampage
Christian Toto
How much dumb fun can you handle cuz Rampage brings it by the bucket full 
2.5
Rampage
Peter Travers
Dwayne Johnson takes on jumbo aggressive mutated creatures in an epic cheesefest featuring a silverback gorilla named George who flips the bird at The Rock Wrong target George It s the movie that deserves the finger 
2
Rampage
Brian Tallerico
When Johnson is doing that movie action star thing he does so well and giant animals are going enormous mano a enormous mano there s undeniably goofy fun to be had You just have to be patient during the downtime 
2.5
Rampage
Phil Villarreal
Don t overthink it Just sit back chuckle and gape at the gloriously improbable thrills 
3
Rampage
Sonny Bunch
I dunno man it s got The Rock and a monkey fighting a giant flying wolf what more do you want 
2.5
Rampage
Kate Taylor
Rampage doesn t have much to offer The plot is cursory the dialogue is repetitive and the psychology is cheap 
1
Rampage
Calvin Wilson
Clearly this is a star vehicle and the eminently likable Johnson is unquestionably a star Through sheer force of personality he elevates Rampage into something reasonably entertaining 
2.5
Rampage
Bob Bloom
Rampage is a guilty pleasure outing easily digested It s like a visit to a cinematic amusement park a nice diversion to simply pass the time away 
2
Rampage
Mick LaSalle
Obviously this makes no sense but if you worry too much about sense you will never really love movies or appreciate a star like Johnson 
3
Rampage
Richard Roeper
Rampage might not be the worst movie of the year so far but it s a contender for most pointless 
1.5
Rampage
George M. Thomas
Rampage is what happens when a superstar actor has the clout to take a pet project and release it onto the screen 
2
Rampage
Mark Dujsik
It s all absurd yet the filmmakers barely if ever acknowledge that indisputable fact 
2
Rampage
James Berardinelli
The problem with Rampage is that it s not content to be mindless fun There s too much exposition and too many needless human villains 
2
Rampage
Tom Russo
The engaging dynamic between our hero and his gargantuan computer generated pal is the movie s best surprise with silly and straight bits both working mostly as intended for director Brad Peyton 
2.5
Rampage
Roger Moore
Every bit as stupid as it looks 
1
Rampage
Eric Henderson
It s a wonder that a video game from the 1980s could efficiently set its premise up in a single cut scene but a major Hollywood production in 2018 can t seem to get beyond mere exposition in its 107 minute running time 
1.5
Rampage
Sara Stewart
It s big bloated and if you give in to the familiar charms of its jacked leading man not unenjoyable 
2.5
Rampage
Gary Thompson
Both San Andreas and Rampage are directed by Brad Peyton and they share a bland disaster movie sameness you get a lot of Johnson flying around in a helicopter surveying damage trying to warn people of impending natural disaster 
2
Rampage
Michael Phillips
Nobody goes to a movie like Rampage for the poetry but truly this is a terrible screenplay credited to four writers and tonally all over the place 
1.5
Rampage
Kristen Page-Kirby
At times Rampage almost hides its problems It s just funny enough just exciting enough and just visually impressive enough What it never is though is anything more than just enough 
1.5
Rampage
Moira MacDonald
Only two things need to be said about Rampage It s really terrible and I enjoyed it immensely 
2.5
Rampage
Rafer Guzman
It s all a hoot energetically directed by Brad Peyton now on his third film with Johnson and filled with inventive special effects that turn downtown Chicago into a jungle gym for the towering creatures 
3
Rampage
Brian Truitt
While surprisingly dark and a smidgen too earnest at times Rampage wraps silly spectacle around its emotional core a bromance between man and beast 
2.5
Rampage
Kam Williams
Not only breathtaking stunts but perfect comedic timing from a beefy action star at the top of his game 
4
The Manitou
Matt Brunson
The Manitou is absurd insane and yeah kind of awful but there s nevertheless a high watchability factor 
2
The Manitou
Roger Ebert
El sleazo profoundo trasho zilch 
1
The Way West
Matt Brunson
The sort of Western that s typically described as sprawling the picture packs a lot of incident into its 122 minute running time but only select bits deliver much of a punch 
2.5
Angelo, My Love
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that could not exist without the people who are in it and of how many movies is that true 
3.5
Con Artist
Diego Semerene
While we may have learned to properly code our insecurities in the fabric of everyday life Kastabi is ironically in the business of unabashed honesty 
3
Subspecies
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s definitely a Full Moon gem 
3
Aloft
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
All that Aloft wants to do is to tell a story about a son and his mother surrounding it with spiritual themes and metaphors involving falconry Full review in Spanish 
3
Aloft
John Beifuss
An atmospheric but vague movie that functions like a therapy session counseling acceptance and forgiveness via a storyline that seems pinched and forced in relation to the wide open spaces of the images 
2
Aloft
Rob Thomas
For much of the film the audience is busy connecting dots between the two storylines to figure out what happened between mother and son But the lines that get drawn are unsatisfying 
2
Aloft
Scott Renshaw
A story that s meant to be about profoundly heartbreaking life moments somehow winds up feeling purely theoretical 
2
Aloft
Moira MacDonald
Connelly with her signature brand of serene toughness does tragedy very well but she doesn t really have a character to play here just an endless series of tight close ups and troubled expressions 
2
Aloft
Brad Wheeler
The truth is elusive and so is Aloft Maybe viewers will figure it out cleaner than this reviewer did And maybe the best answers aren t served on platters 
2.5
Aloft
Bruce DeMara
It s a meditative and intriguing tale filled with mystical imagery that never reveals all of its secrets That s a good thing 
3
Aloft
Dann Gire
Aloft marks an unrelentingly grim indie drama filled with so much loss unhappiness and despair that it suffocates these characters 
1.5
Aloft
Chris Knight
Given its leitmotif of falcons in flight one might expect a more soaring entrance but the film s obtuse plotting grounds any such description 
1.5
Aloft
Michael O'Sullivan
The characters in Aloft seem to float over their strong passions like birds riding on columns of air without ever alighting 
2
Aloft
Matt Pais
I d call Aloft a slog but it s not that enjoyable 
1
Aloft
Anita Katz
Unfortunately the material isn t stirring meaningful or graspable despite the initial intrigue Llosa generates and her ability to make bleakness striking 
2
Aloft
Mick LaSalle
One problem with Aloft is that the audience is never made to care about Ivan All we know is that he s repellent 
1
Aloft
Peter Canavese
At times one feels there s an interesting film here struggling to break free free as a bird but what s made it to screen sends eyes aloft in its symbolism and its character dynamics 
1
Aloft
Sara Stewart
Llosa s tableaus are also striking there is a suggestion here that this is an impoverished futuristic wasteland but their back story is elusive to the point of meaninglessness 
1.5
Aloft
Roger Moore
A lovely dull cheat that makes you work to solve puzzles that aren t worth solving 
1.5
Aloft
Jesse Cataldo
The film s worst quality is its underhanded attempt to convey a complex recounting of one family s ordeal while fudging all the pertinent details 
1.5
Drive Me Crazy
David Nusair
one of the worst teen dramas to ever emerge out of Hollywood 
1
Drive Me Crazy
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite its terrible title Drive Me Crazy proves more substantial than bubble gum The story is less comedy than drama populated by teenage characters who are you had better sit down for this believable 
3
Drive Me Crazy
Steve Rhodes
Even if their acting in this movie isn t much Hart and Grenier seem to be having a good time Too bad the same can t be said of most of the audience 
1.5
Drive Me Crazy
Ross Anthony
solid acting and dialogue but no unpredictable twists 
2.5
Drive Me Crazy
Dustin Putman
The film is little more than adequate not a total washout but nothing that hasn t been recycled a thousand times before and done more ambitiously 
2
Drive Me Crazy
Roger Ebert
Despite my affection I can t quite recommend Drive Me Crazy The good stuff needs more energy behind it 
2.5
Drive Me Crazy
Michael Dequina
The fact that I was waiting for a Britney Spears song to play speaks volumes about how incredibly boring this film is 
1
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Whang Yee Ling
A debut feature director with a distinctive voice fluent in local lore making a forthright statement on maternal ambivalence 
3
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Randy Myers
Announces the welcome arrival of a new horror filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera who knows how to tell a damn good multi layered story that has a purpose and a vision 
3.5
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Rene Sanchez
An unsettling Mexican drama with horror elements about motherhood and the weight of the expectations imposed by society 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Huesera 58 The Bone Woman is not for the faint of heart 46 
3.5
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Katie Rife
91 Huesera 93 accomplishes a lofty goal for genre cinema 58 Taking a familiar formula and turning it into a personal statement 46 
3.5
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his film feels unique among 8212 and maybe even a bit more honest than 8212 others in what apos s gradually becoming a pretty consistent subgenre of horror 46 
3
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Wes Greene
The film is a sensitive character study disguised as an unnerving exercise in body horror 46 
3
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Joe Friar
Pregnancy can be an intimidating ordeal 44 but when you throw in the supernatural it becomes spine chilling as in Michelle Garza Cervera 8217 s chilling debut feature 46 A standout performance by Natalia Soli 225 n 46 
3
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Steven Prokopy
Using culturally specific folklore and with a gripping lead performance by Solon 44 the filmmaker makes a worthy and gripping tale of motherhood under attack 44 certainly making it one of the more effective and deeply felt horror offerings of the year 46 
3
All That Breathes
Randy Myers
It soars as high as the birds it depicts while telling a compassionate story of two Muslim brothers trying to do their part in making the world a better place It s astonishing 
4
All That Breathes
Brian Eggert
A documentary that argues for Nature within a larger ecosystem 44 equalizing humanity with the rats 44 fungi 44 and scavenger birds 46 The lack of human ego on display is inspiring 46 
3.5
All That Breathes
Chris Vognar
All That Breathes is the kind of immersive documentary experience other filmmakers and film lovers would do well to study 
4
All That Breathes
Shane Slater
Shot in a largely observational v 233 rit 233 style 44 All That Breathes artfully ties together the social and ecological concerns which plague Delhi 46 
3
All That Breathes
Michael O'Sullivan
A strangely uplifting film which is more of a meditation on the interconnectedness of life than an assemblage of facts 
2.5
All That Breathes
Brian Tallerico
All That Breathes blends a verit 233 style character study with gorgeous nature cinematography while never losing the film 8217 s overall commentary on how man interacts with nature 8212 or merely chooses to destroy it through inaction 46 
4
All That Breathes
Rania Richardson
ALL THAT BREATHES is a nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi 44 India 44 as two brothers rescue injured black kites and ponder the interconnectedness of existence 46 
3
All That Breathes
Pat Brown
Shaunak Sen 8217 s documentary is both otherworldly and humanizing 44 as if it were bridging a gap between different forms of existence 46 10 10 
3
The Tourist
Roger Moore
A creaking star vehicle for two stars who should have known better and maybe had a little chemistry 
2
The Tourist
Jeff Beck
The Tourist is very entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable from the very start and doesn t let up until the screen goes black which is something that very few films are able to pull off nowadays 
3.5
The Tourist
Eric Melin
I m afraid the stars vacation videos are probably more interesting than this poorly handled mistaken identity caper which isn t funny enough to be a comedy or dramatic enough to be a thriller 
1.5
The Tourist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whenever Jolie entered a room I found my attention wandering to the European extras whose heads keep turning to watch her They seemed far more enchanted by her than I was Maybe you had to be there 
2
The Tourist
Lori Hoffman
Even Hitchcock might have had trouble lighting a match under these two actors 
2
The Tourist
Kenneth R. Morefield
Tepid romance and sluggish action can t match the beauty of Venice 
1.5
The Tourist
Peter Keough
Except for the opening surveillance sequence you d never guess that Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck also directed the Oscar winning The Lives of Others 
1.5
The Tourist
James Kendrick
consistently flat and uninspired as if everyone is working on a different page
2
The Tourist
Linda Cook
Beautiful people in exotic locations provide a serviceable espionage romp in The Tourist 
2
The Tourist
Matt Soergel
It bides time while watching extras watching Jolie do her fashion model strut her famous lips pursed just so It doesn t help that she is so icily imperious that she seems more like a creepily gorgeous space alien than an actual human being 
2
The Tourist
Wilson Morales
The only thing worth noting is that the film is beautifully shot but too bad The Tourist is a just a lifeless boring romantic mess 
1
The Tourist
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I did enjoy much of Depp s performance and while Jolie emanated a radiant beauty that jumped right off the screen neither generated a bright enough spark to make up for the script s numerous shortcoming 
2
The Tourist
Keith Cohen
The movie changes tones like a chameleon and is unable to decide if it wants to be a thriller a romance or a comedic parody It never amounts to much and runs on empty through most of the 104 minute running time Don tbe among the 
2
The Tourist
Mike McGranaghan
Fraudulent where it should be smart impotent where it should be sexy and dull where it should be exciting The Tourist is a big star misfire of epic proportions 
1.5
The Tourist
Matt Brunson
A multiplex trip that s only slightly less annoying than a case of Montezuma s revenge 
1.5
The Tourist
Peter Canavese
Venice is pretty alright but like its namesake or for that matter like a kidney stone The Tourist is just passing through 
1.5
The Tourist
David Nusair
a watchable yet forgettable piece of work 
2.5
The Tourist
Peter Travers
In a year of craptaculars The Tourist deserves burial at the bottom of the 2010 dung heap 
0
The Tourist
Christian Toto
The Tourist is as beautiful as it is soulless 
1.5
The Tourist
Liam Lacey
What should have sizzled fizzles 
2
The Tourist
Robert W. Butler
The Tourist is memorable for one thing at least It s the first movie to make Venice look boring 
1.5
The Tourist
John Beifuss
Johnny Depp is such a talented chameleon that when he portrays someone who is supposed to be boring he actually is boring 
2
The Tourist
Calvin Wilson
So deficient in the genre s essentials such as witty dialogue intriguing characters and surprising yet credible plot turns that you re embarrassed for everyone involved 
2
The Tourist
Stephen Whitty
Too bad most of the fun on screen seems to be reserved for the people who actually made The Tourist while all we get is a postcard 
2.5
The Tourist
Chris Hewitt
A movie that is glamorous and handsome but no more so than a six page Vanity Fair fashion spread shot on location on the canals of Venice and starring these two overqualified model stars 
1
The Tourist
Willie Waffle
Pretty people Pretty scenery Pretty bland 
2
The Tourist
Lou Lumenick
Von Donnersmarck who brilliantly depicted government surveillance in East Berlin before the fall of the wall in his earlier German film astonishingly can t even find a way to make Interpol s spying interesting here 
2
The Tourist
John Anderson
The high wattage of stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie cast the film in a spotlight that would be unflattering for most movies least of all an insubstantial tension free thriller like this 
1.5
The Tourist
Michael A. Smith
Enjoyable but light on substance 
2.5
The Tourist
Mick LaSalle
There are all kinds of bad movies in the world but it s really only stardom that can create the exact variety of cinematic abortion we find in The Tourist 
1
The Tourist
Dustin Putman
If the film were any less significant it would simply evaporate from existence 
1.5
The Tourist
Claudia Puig
It may be the only movie ever to feature a bad performance by Johnny Depp one of the best actors working in films Who knew he could be wooden and unconvincing in a role 
1
The Tourist
Wesley Morris
The good news is that Jolie and Depp accessorize nicely together He rarely gets to spar with women in his weight class and his slovenly approach to stardom might be the antidote for Jolie s solemnity 
2
The Tourist
Steven Rea
Think about adding To Catch a Thief or Charade to your Netflix queue instead 
2
The Tourist
Lawrence Toppman
Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie benchmarks for sexual arousal in other movies have zero emotional and physical chemistry in The Tourist 
1.5
The Tourist
Peter Howell
As a thriller The Tourist makes a good travelogue 
1.5
The Tourist
Sean O'Connell
A frothy bit of cloak and dagger intrigue where the cloak isn t billowy enough to cover the script s multiple plot inconsistencies and the dagger s about as dull as a butter knife 
1.5
The Tourist
Moira MacDonald
The Tourist is like a beautifully decorated shop window with no shop behind it 
2
The Tourist
Rene Rodriguez
The Tourist gets sillier as the plot crawls along its pace so slow that the movie could well put Ambien out of business once it starts showing up on late night cable TV 
1
The Tourist
Michael Phillips
The Tourist is a facsimile of a masquerade of a gloss on Charade and on all the lesser cinematic charades that followed in the wake of director Stanley Donen s 1963 picture 
2
The Tourist
Nick Schager
When not simply functioning as a sorry excuse for a thriller The Tourist also operates as the Angelina Jolie Ego Trip Show 
1
The Tourist
Roger Ebert
The plot is preposterous So what you need is a movie that floats with bemusement above the cockamamie and actors who tease each other 
2
Until the Night
Erik Childress
Until the Night immediately invokes thoughts of Sex Lies and Videotape
3
Out of Time
Matt Brunson
It s the performance by the largely unknown well outside of Star Trek Enterprise fans John Billingsley that remains the freshest ingredient in this otherwise negligible piece of pulp fiction 
2
Out of Time
David Nusair
tremendously entertaining throughout 
3.5
Out of Time
Austin O'Connor
I have a policy about life insurance policies in movies like this Don t be the beneficiary Just don t do it Nothing good ever comes of it 
3
Out of Time
Walter Chaw
Only good enough to remind of the kind of filmmaker that Franklin has been and hope springing eternal could be again 
2.5
Out of Time
Greg Maki
Denzel Washington has never made better use of his screen persona than he does in Out of Time a slick crime thriller from director Carl Franklin 
3
Out of Time
Jonathan R. Perry
Without Denzel Washington s charm the cocked head the sly toothy grin and eyes that scream trust me a thriller as lame and preposterous as Out of Time would just sink back into the lethargic swamp of sweat soaked neo noir that seems to seep in e
2.5
Out of Time
Frank Ochieng
the dreary formulaic plot supported by scattered pedestrian performances doesn t reinforce the distinctive urgency and edginess this uneven crime caper valiantly tries to promote 
2
Out of Time
Mark Dujsik
We laugh at each new twist and turn but we re also fascinated by how the hero will get himself out of each new dilemma 
3
Out of Time
Matt Brunson
Negligible piece of pulp fiction 
2
Out of Time
Linda Cook
Out of Time moves so swiftly that you won t look at your watch during the two hours that this taught thriller unfolds 
3
Out of Time
Paul Povse
A peppy and perspiring timewaster but we don t mind 
3
Out of Time
David N. Butterworth
Washington s performance and the clever manipulations of the script by David Collard keeps Out of Time taut and credible 
3
Out of Time
John Beifuss
Skillful straight ahead storytelling 
3
Out of Time
Bob Bloom
The movie is like one of those little kids puzzles with only six big pieces it doesn t take much to fit them together 
2
Out of Time
Sara Michelle Fetters
But where before the duo were able to set the screen ablaze with sexy passion and old fashioned double dealing noir intrigue this time they re stuck playing with a paint by numbers water color set 
2
Out of Time
Dustin Putman
The film never digs beyond its skin deep roots 
2
Out of Time
Michael Szymanski
Carl Franklin seems to have been trying for a long time to recreate the noir thriller success of his early film One False Move but has never come even remotely close 
1.5
Out of Time
Claudia Puig
Out of Time seems out of another time and place 
2
Out of Time
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Franklin ramps the heart thumping pace up and keeps it there for so long the film feels like a success 
2.5
Out of Time
Phoebe Flowers
While it breaks no new ground Out of Time seizes familiar story lines and gussies them up just enough to make the movie a worthwhile experience 
2.5
Out of Time
Moira MacDonald
A well performed perfectly watchable thriller that s nonetheless as generic as its title 
2.5
Out of Time
Mick LaSalle
A shrewd thriller 
3
Out of Time
David Elliott
Dynamic but obsessively remote from reality Out of Time is like a drive in movie for a car junkyard The motor races but the tires are flat while the characters are given sizzle by their cell phones 
1.5
Out of Time
Joe Baltake
Washington has never been more of a movie star than he is here 
3.5
Out of Time
Peter Travers
It s a kick to watch Denzel Washington do a movie just for the hot sexy fun of it 
3
Out of Time
Sarah Chauncey
The movie s path is mostly tedious and convoluted but occasionally it ventures into compelling territory 
2
Out of Time
Carrie Rickey
The most purely entertaining thriller since No Way Out 
3
Out of Time
Kit Bowen
Even though it portends to be full of twists and turns you re really not going to be terribly surprised by what goes on in Out of Time 
2
Out of Time
Duane Dudek
Franklin s subtle use of local color adds verisimilitude to a scenario that is a quart or two low on reality 
2.5
Out of Time
Lou Lumenick
Incredible but fun noir 
3
Out of Time
Jami Bernard
A solid thriller full of surprises 
3
Out of Time
Katrina Onstad
It s nice to see a thriller that doesn t rely on the gimmick no Memento twist in sight just straight ahead bullets and bravado old style 
2.5
Out of Time
Rene Rodriguez
Out of Time isn t entirely memorable and it contains enough plot holes to drive a train through but the movie is almost all pleasure stand up Hollywood entertainment without a trace of pretense served straight up 
3
Out of Time
Rick Groen
You gotta figure something s wrong when the best part of a Denzel Washington movie is John Billingsley 
2
Out of Time
Jeff Vice
This dramatic thriller wastes some good performances some snappy dialogue and some surprisingly tense pacing by falling back on some conveniently convoluted plotting and unlikely character development 
2
Out of Time
Ty Burr
An overly constructed little thriller that squeezes a fair amount of suspense out of its far fetched plot 
2.5
Out of Time
Josh Larsen
The middle 40 minutes offer some of the most intense moviegoing of the year Too bad the bookends are complete nonsense 
2
Out of Time
Bob Strauss
While the story s many manipulations can t help but put us on edge there is very little in the way of exciting action 
2.5
Out of Time
Glenn Lovell
What little mystery finds its way onto the screen isn t much of a mystery at all By Act 2 we know who did what to whom and why 
2
Out of Time
Lisa Kennedy
A taut bit of business 
3
Out of Time
Chris Hewitt
Stylish suspenseful and spiked with sly wit 
3
Out of Time
Terry Lawson
Even folks who figure out the twist early on may find themselves clutching the armrests as Out of Time begins to run out of time 
3
Out of Time
Roger Ebert
S uspension of disbelief always necessary in a thriller is required here in wholesale quantities But in a movie like Out of Time I m not looking for realism I m looking for a sense of style brought to genre material 
3
Out of Time
Marty Mapes
It s still not original or artistic but it s effective at getting your blood pumping
2.5
Out of Time
Phil Villarreal
A blah title for a surprisingly taut energetic film which just begs to be called Run Denzel Run 
3
Out of Time
John Anderson
Gripping crime thriller that reunites Devil in a Blue Dress star Denzel Washington with director Carl Franklin and in many ways reinvents the genre 
3.5
Out of Time
David Sterritt
A serviceable picture but hardly a top notch vehicle for Washington s remarkable gifts 
2
Out of Time
James Sanford
Screenwriter Dave Collard doesn t give the movie much of an ending the story s rough edges are miraculously smoothed over thanks to some fortuitous personality changes but most of Time is enjoyably taut 
3
Out of Time
Michael Wilmington
Out of Time doesn t really make sense but it s fun to watch 
3.5
Out of Time
Jeff Strickler
Out of Time takes its time getting going but once it finally reaches cruising speed it moves along nicely 
3
Out of Time
Jeffrey Westhoff
The ending is several shades too blanc for true noir but director Carl Franklin leads us through a satisfying labyrinth of easy corruption and hard consequences 
3
Out of Time
Ross Anthony
Denzel has made better pictures 
1
Out of Time
Steve Rhodes
Cute but way too predicable 
2.5
Out of Time
Rob Blackwelder
Until its unfortunate surrender to a formulaic finish Out of Time is one taut twisty and creatively startling noir thriller 
3
Out of Time
James Berardinelli
Out of Time is a generic thriller with nary a surprise in store for the experienced film noir viewer 
2
Out of Time
Jeanne Aufmuth
A roller coaster ride of a thriller steeped in suspense and the kind of hair raising twists that have gone the way of quick gratification filmmaking 
3.5
Out of Time
Ed Gonzalez
Out of Time is no less inconsequential than Matchstick Men but works hard to make the audience part of its con and not a victim of it 
2.5
Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians
Kam Williams
A cinematic treat likely to leave you eager to see what Professor Arboleda cooks up next 
4
A Terrible Beauty...
Rick Kogan
It is about bullets flying and bodies falling but it will capture you on a deeply personal level 
3.5
A Brother's Kiss
Roger Ebert
Since what happens to the characters as adults is more or less preordained what makes the movie work is the conviction of the performances 
3
Hard to Be a God
David N. Butterworth
Aleksei German s immersive cinematic vision is like the mucky muddy parts of Monty Python and the Holy Grail scrutinized lionized and revitalized to the nth degree call it The Knights Who Say Nyet 
3
Hard to Be a God
Rob Thomas
It s the sort of masterpiece that s worth suffering through 
4
Hard to Be a God
Luke Goodsell
Where is art Where is renaissance an ogre wonders in one scene before leering into the camera with a conspiratorial rotted tooth grin The answer is easy right here 
4
Hard to Be a God
Glenn Kenny
Not only an unforgettable individual masterpiece but probably one of the capital G Great Films 
4
Hard to Be a God
James Lattimer
The film is willfully and easily distracted by petty arguments tables of rotten food and a seemingly endless cascade of bodily fluids 
4
Alex and the Gypsy
Roger Ebert
Alex and the Gypsy takes a strange disjointed story and tells it with enough style that the movie sometimes works in spite of itself 
2.5
Cargo
Christopher James
It s easy to see how one makes a compelling short in this world Making a feature length film takes more than a cool concept and themes of fatherhood 
2.5
Cargo
Roger Moore
Adds absolutely nothing to the over exposed escape from zombies quest genre save for the Australian setting 
1.5
Cargo
Brian Tallerico
Perhaps the highest compliment I can pay it is that I think George A Romero himself would have liked it 
2.5
Cargo
Josh Wise
Cargo makes the mistake of benching its menace banishing the undead to blurred shots on the horizon while doggedly pursuing its theme 
2
The Out-of-Towners
David Nusair
a fairly straight forward premise that s employed to somewhat repetitive yet mostly engaging effect 
3
The Out-of-Towners
Scott Nash
Jack Lemmon Sandy Dennis and a gritty New York City make this worth watching 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Dwight Brown
Earnest performances by Morris Chestnut and Monica Calhoun anchor the film 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Linda Cook
I never thought I d see a faith based R rated movie but here it is in The Best Man Holiday a sequel to a movie from 14 years ago It does have an R rating but its characters all have a deep abiding faith 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Wilson Morales
Here s a film that delivers what the fans have been waiting for You will laugh you will cry but you will be totally pleased by the end result 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The enormously appealing characters still generate genuine warmth and laughs 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Geoff Pevere
A movie that does to your emotions exactly what one player does to another on the big Christmas game day slams them to the ground and stomps them silly 
2
The Best Man Holiday
John Wirt
There s much heart and humor in The Best Man Holiday but also jolts from laughter to tears in the blink of a false eyelash 
2
The Best Man Holiday
Willie Waffle
With this much chemistry and this much talent in one movie you have a winner no matter how predictable or sappy the whole thing becomes 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Odie Henderson
The Best Man Holiday has the potential to become a staple of Christmastime movie watching in the hood 
3.5
The Best Man Holiday
Kyle Smith
The mix of raunchy sex comedy and Christian faith doesn t quite come off 
2
The Best Man Holiday
Kevin C. Johnson
Though not so warm and fuzzy as some fans may expect The Best Man Holiday is a more than fitting return that improves upon the original in unexpected ways 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Dann Gire
Lee moves The Best Man Holiday along on greased wheels 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Mick LaSalle
The people in The Best Man Holiday not just the actors but the characters they play deserved a better script than this 
2
The Best Man Holiday
Claudia Puig
Only a few charming tidbits are nestled snugly in this over stuffed Christmas stocking 
2
The Best Man Holiday
James Berardinelli
The problem is that it doesn t aim particularly high and when the tears have dried and the cheers have subsided there s a sense that what the movie offers is disappointingly ephemeral 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Jon Niccum
The Best Man Holiday provides the ensemble with enough laughs and commotion to keep this wedding reunion enjoyable even though a cheese ball third act threatens to annul the entire enterprise 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Ann Hornaday
The Best Man Holiday possesses all the strengths and weaknesses of banal high gloss mainstream entertainment It s boringly bracingly gratifyingly conventional No shame in that game 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Peter Keough
Luckily there s a lot to keep us entertained before things take a turn for the worse 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Chris Hewitt
There are plenty of things wrong with The Best Man Holiday and yet the end result is a satisfying movie 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Linda Barnard
The Best Man Holiday is akin to getting a massive gorgeously wrapped Christmas present and opening it to find a pair of socks 
2
The Best Man Holiday
Mack Bates
While it s still no Big Chill the sequel will mostly satisfy fans of the original Best Man especially since it brings back the entire cast of the first movie 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Michael Phillips
The hangout factor with this cast is considerable And the movie while nothing visually special earns its queen sized dose of pathos honestly 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Matt Pais
The better paced sequel again capitalizes on a unified cast and this time the fun jumps off the screen 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Soren Andersen
The actors play their characters with such depth of feeling that they make even the most clichd and hokum drenched situations resonate with unexpected levels of emotional authenticity 
3
The Best Man Holiday
Jocelyn Noveck
It s like a reunion If you already know these characters you re good If you don t you ll be standing against that wall alone with that wine in a paper cup 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Michael Dequina
Lee does leave everything wide open for a third go round but if this proves to be the last visit with these nine he and the cast have made a graceful full circle bookend to what will now be a lasting pair of films 
3.5
The Best Man Holiday
Kam Williams
Let s just hope it doesn t take Malcolm Lee 15 years to shoot another sequel 
4
The Best Man Holiday
Roger Moore
An amusing and most welcome if maudlin and overlong sequel to the sleeper hit of 1999 
2.5
The Best Man Holiday
Chris Cabin
The sexism isn t quite as noxious as one might find in Tyler Perry s films but that s as far as the compliments go when it comes to this overextended and deeply crude sermon 
.5
The One and Only
Gene Siskel
The One and Only is really two stories at odds with each other 
2
The One and Only
Stanley Eichelbaum
A silly old fashioned comedy directed with canny relish by Carl Reiner 
3
The One and Only
Roger Ebert
It s a pleasant movie it has some genuinely funny moments it owes a lot to Kim Darby s innate charm and it proves that a little Henry Winkler can go a long way 
2.5
Ayurveda: The Art of Being
Ray Conlogue
If Ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating sleeping and stress reducing contemplation it is clearly a good thing 
2.5
Ayurveda: The Art of Being
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Nalin Pan doesn t do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works No question 
3
Ayurveda: The Art of Being
Lou Lumenick
It would work much better as a one hour TV documentary 
2
Snowtime!
Lou Lumenick
Aimed at very young audiences the cheerier remake with voice work by Sandra Oh as the young architect of a snow fort and a song by Cline Dion is more distinguished by its charming animation than how it handles the storyline 
2
Snowtime!
Chris Knight
The overall tone is sweet and simple Besides eight million French Canadians can t be wrong 
3
Snowtime!
Soren Andersen
Snowtime is by turns ribald there s a flatulent dog boisterous there s charging through the snow with wooden swords wildly waved tender there s a boy grieving quietly for a father killed in a real war and yes tragic 
2.5
Snowtime!
Miriam Di Nunzio
That s the charm and the quandary of this film Sophisticated in its look and feel on the one hand the warm hues and tones evoke a warmth that defies the wintry cold it s almost too retro for its own good on the other 
3
Snowtime!
Mike McGranaghan
Snowtime explains the topic of war in a safe manner that tempers things with a healthy dose of fun and laughter It s like a really good Newberry Medal winning book 
3
Snowtime!
Tom Russo
Despite a few diverting moments and some ambitiously dramatic themes this one is simply too uneventful and too populated by thinly sketched characters to keep its target audience engaged 
1.5
Snowtime!
Michael O'Sullivan
Snowtime is off puttingly grown up for the audience it seems to court while also simplistic to the point of tedium for anyone much older 
2
Snowtime!
Dann Gire
Snowtime wants to be much more than a Saturday morning animated distraction 
3
Snowtime!
Brad Wheeler
War is manufactured fun but sombre for a moment in this lively animated remake of La guerre des tuques The Dog Who Stopped the War a beloved French Canadian film from 1984 
3
Snowtime!
Linda Barnard
Directors Jean Franois Pouliot and Franois Brisson infuse the toon with simple charm and try to avoid sappier approaches to storytelling especially during the furiously fun battles 
2.5
Snowtime!
Scott Renshaw
By the time the story takes a dark turn towards war is bad lecturing much of the loose silly appeal of the early sequences fades into the white backgrounds 
2.5
Vegas: Based on a True Story
Nick Schager
The film s scenario unavoidably devolves into a treatise that though timely feels a tad too on the nose 
2.5
Nowhere in Africa
Matt Brunson
This Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film expertly blends two popular types of movies to create one seamless motion picture experience 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Kam Williams
Very moving well written and better acted but bitterly realistic 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Betsy Bozdech
Those who missed Nowhere in Africa in theaters no small number most likely will find it just as compelling on the small screen 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Caroline Link adapted Stefanie Zweig s expatriate memoir gracefully languidly and with full understanding of its heroine 
3
Nowhere in Africa
Jeff Vice
Merely watchable 
2.5
Nowhere in Africa
Sean P. Means
A beautifully shot and honestly melancholy drama marred by a meandering script that has trouble deciding whose story is being told 
2.5
Nowhere in Africa
Ian Mantgani
It s poignant capturing the feeling of a young person s scattered memories 
3
Nowhere in Africa
Robert W. Butler
Populated with personalities so completely rendered that they re as believable as the people next door 
4
Nowhere in Africa
John Beifuss
generates its power through first rate performances believable character behavior and an accumulation of convincing detail 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Phil Villarreal
Don t expect to see the best foreign language picture made in 2002 
3
Nowhere in Africa
Marty Mapes
This biography is well made but has nothing new to offer
2.5
Nowhere in Africa
Joe Baltake
There s a wealth of material here all sorts of fascinating details that more than fill up the film s generous two hours plus running time 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Duane Dudek
A penetrating look at what was lost in ways that are subtle but profound 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s beautifully shot and too long and contains pained references to the Holocaust it s a movie tailor made for awards rather than for personal reasons 
2.5
Nowhere in Africa
Steve Rhodes
Running an epic length it tells a solid but not particularly exceptional story 
3
Nowhere in Africa
Jeanne Aufmuth
Large in scope and swelling with sentiment 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Edward Guthmann
A well acted exquisitely photographed plot jammed movie that sinks into melodrama and reveals too little about the African culture and landscape in which it s set 
2
Nowhere in Africa
David Elliott
This very fine movie is neither tourism nor special pleading and its emotions are impeccably developed 
4
Nowhere in Africa
Chris Hewitt
It focuses too much on the mother 
2
Nowhere in Africa
Glenn Lovell
An instant family classic to be shared and enjoyed by parents and mature teens 
4
Nowhere in Africa
Erik Lundegaard
If there s a love story here it s the Redlichs and the director s love for the stark beauty of Africa 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Ty Burr
There s a lot more to Nowhere in Africa too much actually Yet even if the movie has at least one act too many the question that runs through it of whether belonging to a place is a matter of time or of will remains consistent 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Liam Lacey
Nowhere in Africa isn t really a dull film so much as an oddly quaint one that seems to find a comfortable perspective about drastic circumstances 
2
Nowhere in Africa
Cary Darling
A good story exceedingly well told 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Carrie Rickey
Your next movie destination should be Nowhere in Africa 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Dennis Michael
Kohler s performance drives the film and helps the audience appreciate Africa for what it represents to her family a second chance to live life the right way 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Roger Ebert
It is so rare to find a film where you become quickly simply absorbed in the story You want to know what happens next 
4
Nowhere in Africa
Michael Wilmington
A lovely film with a deeply humane perspective 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Bob Strauss
A physically gorgeous movie that finds deep psychological insights where most filmmakers just go hunting for big game 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Jan Stuart
A ravishing page turner of an adventure that defies as many expectations as it fulfills 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
Mike Clark
This is one of the best films about a person coming to the viewpoint of another only to see that person have a change in attitude 
3.5
Nowhere in Africa
David Sterritt
Although the plot stretches thin at an overlong 141 minutes writer director Caroline Link never lets the picture s African setting distract attention from the human values she wants to explore 
3
Nowhere in Africa
Lou Lumenick
Mediocre interminable soap opera 
2
Nowhere in Africa
Harvey S. Karten
Germany s Oscar entry is a terrific example of the stresses of cultural displacement 
3.5
Bhaji on the Beach
John Hartl
The scenes in Blackpool are vibrant funny and finally quite complex and powerful 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Michael Wilmington
Chadha has a great eye and there s scarcely a frame of Bhaji on the Beach that doesn t offer up something beguiling or entrancing 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Linda Deutsch
The unique script written by Meera Syal from a story conceived by Chadha gives each actress a chance to shine 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Sean P. Means
It s a well balanced movie that performs a rare triple feat to make you laugh feel and think 
3.5
Bhaji on the Beach
Donna Larcen
Bhaji on the Beach is an ambitious film that doesn t always work Yet there is enough there to warrant a look 
2
Bhaji on the Beach
Robert W. Butler
Bhaji on the Beach delivers a satisfying emotional punch 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Rene Rodriguez
You can see what Chadha was after here but despite some nice scenes of generational conflict between the women the muddled end result falls short of her ambitions 
2
Bhaji on the Beach
Stephen Hunter
It s an old standby brilliantly re imagined the journey movie in which a slice of society climbs aboard the old iron pooch and sets off for a destination 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Joe Baltake
This is another all woman intergenerational cross cultural comedy drama cut from the same bolt of cloth as Herbert Ross Steel Magnolias 1989 and Wayne Wang s The Joy Luck Club 1993 only one that s less exacting and silky than its predecessors 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Robbie Roberts
Director Gurinder Chadha writer Meera Syal and a heavenly ensemble prove how rewarding character based low budget filmmaking remains in this day of computer generated special effects blood baths and conflagrations 
3.5
Bhaji on the Beach
Scott Rosenberg
Meera Syal s screenplay treads lightly through such potential melodramas finding surprises and contradictions that add depth to their colorful surfaces 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Steven Rea
The charm dissipates as a confrontation between Ginder and her estranged husband turns brutal and alas not terribly well directed 
2.5
Bhaji on the Beach
Leonard Schwarz
Fortunately director Gurinder Chadra while showing compassion for her characters and concern for their problems treats their physical and emotional journey as comic the day at the beach it actually is 
2.5
Bhaji on the Beach
Roger Ebert
The film s director Gurinder Chadha uses the day trip as a way to look at issues in the British Asian community where old traditions and new ways make for uncomfortable situations 
3
Bhaji on the Beach
Peter Stack
The film is played out as social commentary comedy steeped in serious issues 
2.5
Bhaji on the Beach
James Berardinelli
For the most part the characters are richly drawn and this helps to maintain balance among the different stories 
3
Morgana
Erik Childress
Her own personal fears of being unworthy in a world fixated on archetypes of beauty say enough about the potential degradation of the life she has chosen Morgana s scope is precisely what it needs be and more pointedly exactly where she wants it to be 
3
The High Life
Diego Semerene
The High Life paints a portrait sometimes tainted by art house film affectations of an urban hell in which men are despicable when powerful and depressingly impotent when not 
2.5
Chasing Comets
Roger Moore
A damp dishrag of a footy comedy from Down Under 
1.5
It's All True
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If only a documentary like this one existed for every unfinished Welles film 
4
It's All True
Eric Henderson
It s All True is an essential piece in the Welles puzzle 
3
It's All True
Roger Ebert
Because Welles is arguably the most magnetic and mercurial of all American directors the film would be interesting on any grounds but it is also impressive because of the long raft sequence shown here in an essentially complete state 
3
Little Fish
Lisa Rose
A small film with a big cast Little Fish is notable for its performances 
2.5
Little Fish
Timothy Knight
While it may be too oppressively downbeat for some viewers Little Fish nonetheless represents another triumph for Blanchett 
2.5
Little Fish
Maitland McDonagh
Fiercely loose and less ragged than it first appears this story of persistent addiction and fragile recovery plays out in Sydney Australia s blue collar suburbs and features powerhouse performances by its stars 
3.5
Little Fish
Kyle Smith
If you say you d watch Cate Blanchett in anything here s your chance to prove it 
1
Little Fish
Peter Howell
The tension never falters as we gaze in wonder at Tracy seen floating literally in a swimming pool and figuratively through life and wondering if she will plunge into the deep end once again 
2.5
Flower Drum Song
Peter Canavese
A big 44 epic movie musical with a remarkable re creation set of San Francisco apos s Chinatown and for its time 40 1961 41 unprecedented casting 46 A net win 40 certainly for then 44 but in some ways also for now 41 for onscreen Asian American representation 46 
3
Flower Drum Song
Matt Brunson
It 8217 s not considered essential Rodgers amp Hammerstein like Oklahoma 33 or The Sound of Music 44 but it apos s worth a look 46 
3
Sam and Joe
Walter Chaw
Amateurish and lit like a hospital ward 
0.5
Kundun
Matt Brunson
Mesmerizing as visual pageantry but anemic when it comes to allowing access to this man or his religion 
2.5
Kundun
Mike Clark
The film is in many ways a remarkable achievement but also a singularly undynamic entry in the director s canon 
3
Kundun
Sandra Contreras
Vigorously directed sensual and hypnotic Scorsese s film is a visually extraordinary meditation on ritual nature and humanity 
3.5
Kundun
Michael Dequina
Scorsese s rich tableau of image and music bears a potent emotional weight 
3.5
Kundun
Judith Egerton
Scorsese skillfully indulges his propensity for obsessive detail Visually the direction is varied and exhilarating
3.5
Kundun
Margaret A. McGurk
Kundun is original moving inspiring and one of the best movies of the year 
4
Kundun
Mike D'Angelo
The first and final half hours of Kundun are so exquisite so magical so obviously perfect that I can almost forgive the long long long long exceedingly lengthy hour or so in between during which nothing but nothing is happening 
2.5
Kundun
Peter Stack
Stunning odd glorious calm and sensationally absorbing director Martin Scorsese s Kundun is a remarkable piece of work with vital colors and a wrenching message 
3
Kundun
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Throughout the film cause and effect the mainspring of most narratives is replaced by a sense of spiritual synchronicity 
4
Kundun
Roger Ebert
I admire Kundun for being so unreservedly committed to its vision for being willing to cut loose from audience expectations and follow its heart 
3
Kundun
James Berardinelli
While Kundun boasts impressive cinematography by Roger Deakins and an effective score by Philip Glass the images and music aren t enough to hide the picture s essential hollowness 
2.5
Kundun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kundun is a great movie and it s one of the best of 1997 
4
Kundun
Gemma Files
Not exactly Goodfellas is it But even Kundun s stillest moments have their own febrile kind of energy whether they revolve around a mandala of sand or a field of corpses 
3
Kundun
Jeff Vice
The material deserved much better treatment than it receives in this shallow drama which plays out more like a bunch of pretty looking but empty snapshots than a feature film 
2
Kundun
Rob Blackwelder
For a commanding drama about the tribulations of Tibet through the eyes of her benevolent leader Kundun is the way to go 
3
Kundun
Steve Rhodes
As I watched the minutia of the young Dalai Lama s life feeding the fish learning geography buying sheep and watching the rats in the palace I began to miss The Postman 
1.5
Kundun
Marty Mapes
On top of it all is the cinematic mastery of Martin Scorsese who gives the film a strong beautiful consistent look 
3
Kundun
Ted Prigge
What s left over is a deeper knowledge of the Dalai Lama and a film that is hypnotically engaging 
3.5
Kundun
Barbara Shulgasser
Martin Scorsese is certainly one of the great living movie directors Sadly this does not mean he can t make a mistake Kundun is a mistake 
2
Kundun
Madeleine Williams
The end result might be beautiful but it is distant and slow It s like looking at an exquisite flower from a hundred yards away for over two hours straight 
2.5
After the Wedding
David Nusair
an exceedingly deliberate endeavor that is for the most part unable to wholeheartedly grab and sustain the viewers interest and attention 
2
After the Wedding
Joe Friar
The polished version of Susanne Bier s 2006 film resolves itself too easily but the performances by Williams and Moore shouldn t be missed 
3.5
After the Wedding
Mattie Lucas
This thing is a slog a ponderous self important prestige drama whose overwrought histrionics never approach anything resembling actual human emotion 
2
After the Wedding
Rob Thomas
Two of our best actresses never develop the on screen sparks together that we re expecting that indeed would seem the entire point of making the movie in the first place 
2
After the Wedding
Josh Terry
After the Wedding has a way of getting lost in its own drama and losing the interest of the audience in the process 
2.5
After the Wedding
Bob Bloom
After the Wedding is a decent movie because of the work of its quartet of actors They pump it up providing more tension and verve than you expect 
2.5
After the Wedding
Leah Pickett
The movie s biggest issue blooms from its core it doesn t seem to know what kind of movie it wants to be 
2
After the Wedding
Richard Roeper
For a supposed tearjerker this film is so tone deaf my guess is there won t be a wet eye in the house 
2
After the Wedding
Lisa Trifone
Despite the best efforts of the two women charged with holding up the whole messy affair this version of the film is boring and misguided at best convoluted and manipulative at worst 
1
After the Wedding
Cate Marquis
It is a family drama but one filled with complicated people and difficult choices where there are no good guys or bad guys just flawed people striving to make the best of the circumstances It is a refreshing approach 
3.5
After the Wedding
Rafer Guzman
A beautifully acted drama with a tantalizing mystery at its center 
3
After the Wedding
Roger Moore
Worth seeing for the clinic the great cast especially Williams puts on in this melodramatic remake 
2.5
After the Wedding
Moira MacDonald
Is After the Wedding a great movie No not especially Are these two women treasures of cinema Absolutely 
3
After the Wedding
James Berardinelli
After the Wedding is competently made and appealing in an exaggerated soap opera tinged fashion but as is often the case with remakes the original is the stronger version and the next generation version fails to make a strong case for its raison d être 
2.5
After the Wedding
Jeff Mitchell
The movie shines whenever Williams and Moore appear together on screen although Williams is especially haunting on her own 
3
After the Wedding
Peter Howell
After the Wedding went from being the Sundance 2019 opener to an August leftover which may tell you all you need to know 
2
After the Wedding
Barry Hertz
Freundlich s version flips the genders of the story s two main characters but does little else to justify the time and resources spent on remaking Bier s world 
2.5
After the Wedding
Mick LaSalle
These women are powerhouses and After the Wedding lets them share the screen It s impossible to dislike a movie that does that 
2.5
After the Wedding
Michael O'Sullivan
A mesmerizing double master class in acting 
3
After the Wedding
Joey Magidson
Despite some wonderful acting After the Wedding ends up just an indie version of what happens with most remakes falling short of the original mark 
2.5
After the Wedding
Matt Zoller Seitz
Freundlich s script keeps hopscotching right past the good stuff 
2
After the Wedding
Rex Reed
As a director Bart Freundlich knows how to frame a scene and enhance visual beauty with a sharper edge but his writing leaves gaps in the plot that raise more questions about logic than he satisfactorily answers 
2
After the Wedding
Mark Dujsik
It is quite simply a study of these characters performed with emotional precision by the cast as they do their best to adjust to this new reality of life 
3
After the Wedding
Robert Levin
just not a recipe for a compelling cinematic experience 
2
After the Wedding
Mike McGranaghan
Good performances in a story that keeps you invested even if it never entirely blows you away 
3
After the Wedding
Pat Brown
The film diverts us away from its hint of a social message using a series of tired twists and turns that don t signify much of anything 
1
After the Wedding
Sean P. Means
Freundlich puts a fresh gloss on the 2006 Danish film directed by Bird Box s Susanne Bier with a not so simple gender flip 
3.5
Love Comes Lately
Ruthe Stein
One of the best compliments to be paid a movie based on fiction is that it compels you to read other things by the author Love Comes Lately is likely to elicit such a response 
3
Love Comes Lately
Wesley Morris
The idea s not terrible and no filmmaker has bothered with Singer for years but this movie chooses to reduce the author s soulfulness to mirrored tales of lonely randy seniors all of whom Tausig plays In one sense it s a disservice 
2.5
Love Comes Lately
Stephen Whitty
Love Comes Lately a new English language film from the German director Jan Schutte has the good sense to begin with three very good short stories by the modern master Isaac Bashevis Singer 
3
Love Comes Lately
Kyle Smith
The plight of the aged is worthy of consideration but a series of AARP fantasies do not a story make 
1.5
Love Comes Lately
Joe Neumaier
As fast paced as a canasta game in Boca Raton Love Comes Lately drags on through a plot so contrived it could be a parody of one of Woody Allen s middle era comedies 
1
Love Comes Lately
Kam Williams
Eighty is the new Forty 
3
Love Comes Lately
Nick Schager
Swinging from solemn drama to farcical humor at a moment s notice the proceedings rarely feel surefooted 
2
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Lisa Trifone
Von Trotta builds a film that s a bit like a motorbike with sidecar she s off an an adventure and we re invited to hop in and sit shotgun for it all 
3
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Peter Keough
Peripatetic and provocative 
3
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you love cinema then you must love Ingmar Bergman and this documentary will justify your love 
3.5
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
G. Allen Johnson
Bergman fans will love this film but the great thing about Searching for Ingmar Bergman is that budding cineastes who are curious about his work will find much value in it as well 
4
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Sheila O'Malley
An engaging and accessible look at one of the most important figures in cinema 
2.5
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Pat Brown
Margarethe von Trotta s documentary reminds us of the reasons for Bergman s continued influence on cinema today 
2.5
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Roger Moore
Director von Trotta lets her ego get in the way here and there but this is still a good overview and dissection of the seminal Swedish filmmaker
3
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Barry Hertz
Although Von Trotta skips around Bergman s filmography a bit haphazardly and touches upon his romantic proclivities in a frustratingly brief manner there s little room to go wrong when a film is seemingly 50 per cent composed of Bergman s own footage 
3
Seamless
Lou Lumenick
Seamless is pretty dry stuff that verges on an infomercial despite cameo appearances by Sarah Jessica Parker and Mizrahi himself 
2
Seamless
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fashion is something you either get or you don t and whether you ll want to lay down 10 for Douglas Keeve s insider documentary depends entirely on whether you d spend your last few bucks on the new issue of Vogue 
2
This Time Tomorrow
Kate Taylor
Rodriguez s vision of family life takes on stronger thematic resonance even as her film avoids any clear ending or even narrative impetus 
3
This Time Tomorrow
Bruce DeMara
There aren t any big revelations here just a gentle exploration of the daily rhythms of life 
2.5
This Time Tomorrow
Diego Semerene
Throughout we keep waiting for some shoe to drop as Rodriguez s close ups are so quiet so insistent that they suggest something is cracking within 
3
Death Ranch
Roger Moore
As splatter films go I ve seen worse 
1.5
Through the Olive Trees
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A must see 
3
Through the Olive Trees
James Kendrick
On a purely intellectual level it is fascinating film in relation to the others in the trilogy but viewed on its own it doesn t have much to offer 
2.5
Through the Olive Trees
Mattie Lucas
Warm humane and wryly funny a bemused reverie on love and romance in an ever evolving Iran 
3.5
Through the Olive Trees
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Patient and observant with a brilliant awareness of various layers of creation and creativity it s a great film 
4
Through the Olive Trees
Jeremy Heilman
The third film in Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami s unofficial trilogy extends the themes present in the previous two films to the point of emotionally numbing if intellectually admirable redundancy 
2.5
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Josh Larsen
confirms that Marilyn Monroe should always be thought of as a comedian first 
4
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Christian Blauvelt
If there s a single film that could shatter Laura Mulvey s theory of the male gaze it s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 
3.5
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
My personal favorite of Marilyn Monroe s films 
4
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Scott Nash
If I had to pick a single movie that best captures the charm of Marilyn Monroe it would have to be this one 
3
The Wedding Guest
Jeff Mitchell
Depending on your expectations this deliberately slow paced thriller might serve as a satisfying I do or a disappointing I don t 
2.5
The Wedding Guest
Roger Moore
A thriller that ambles along when it s supposed to be antic that takes too many shortcuts in plot and character development 
2
The Wedding Guest
Sean P. Means
The plot is a bit thin and lacking in big action moments But the chemistry between the tightly wound Patel and the poker faced Apte a fast rising Bollywood star is electrifying and one hopes they each have more opportunities to smolder on the screen 
3
The Wedding Guest
Lisa Jensen
Patel s uncompromising presence gives the movie its backbone It s too bad he wasn t given more of a part to play 
2.5
The Wedding Guest
Joe Friar
Despite the film s rom com sounding title this is a straightforward thriller that holds the audience in suspense by keeping them in the dark Patel and Apte are on the same wavelength acting in harmony Satisfying but not filling 
3
The Wedding Guest
Peter Canavese
I ll be damned if I can detect a pulse Proves deliberately withholding as if to punish us along with its unlikeable characters for expecting too much 
1.5
The Wedding Guest
Sara Michelle Fetters
I did love that first half of the film something fierce while Patel s performance is so stellar it makes me want to urge people to watch this independent effort in the theatre even with all of my reservations 
2.5
The Wedding Guest
Soren Andersen
The Wedding Guest is a thriller without thrills 
2
The Wedding Guest
James Berardinelli
There s too much of a sense of missed opportunity here 
2.5
The Wedding Guest
G. Allen Johnson
Like the best noirs The Wedding Guest is an efficient crime thriller that clocks in at around 90 minutes It s a B movie with style the stuff that dreams are made of 
3
The Wedding Guest
Michael O'Sullivan
A satisfyingly unpredictable meditation on female agency in a culture in which women are too often treated as a man s possession 
3
The Wedding Guest
Joey Magidson
Dev Patel does what he can with this slow burn thriller but the burn is ultimately far too slow leading to a dud of an ending 
2
The Wedding Guest
Monica Castillo
Patel who also served as a producer on the film may be looking into graduating from playing stock supporting characters and into more challenging lead roles The Wedding Guest makes a very compelling case for a promotion 
3
The Wedding Guest
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
So much works for so long that the ending disappointment is almost an afterthought The Wedding Guest offers enough prior party favors to make the whole affair worthwhile 
3
The Wedding Guest
Mark Dujsik
F ilmmakers have difficulty grasping a pretty basic notion Just because a story features a man and a woman that doesn t mean they have to fall in love 
2
The Wedding Guest
Rex Reed
Nothing ever happens and the two leads have the chemistry of olive oil and water 
1
The Wedding Guest
Sara Stewart
Apte s character stays largely an enigma throughout but her palpable frustration with the men and culture around her plus the chance to vicariously visit Goa that jewel of an Indian seaside getaway makes The Wedding Guest worth an RSVP 
3
The Wedding Guest
Mark Kennedy
So The Wedding Guest might not completely work as a thriller or a satisfying rom com but for anyone missing India or planning to go it s a film worth getting lost in 
2.5
Donkeyote
Chris Knight
It s a moving tale by turns heartbreaking and hilarious 
3.5
A Proper Violence
Kam Williams
A raw and riveting low budget whodunit 
4
A Proper Violence
Glenn Heath Jr.
There s absolutely no fresh perspective here just more juiceless samplings of what s already been cooked to death 
1
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Brian Tallerico
A movie that needs to just go off the rails at a certain point and arguably doesn t do so until its disappointing final scene 
2
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Mark Dujsik
By the end we have a general idea about what the filmmakers are trying to say and an even vaguer notion of what did or didn t happen 
2
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Chuck Bowen
Jacob Gentry s film punches through all the layers of homage to arrive at a place of true horror 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Mattie Lucas
Genre cliches abound but while his back of tricks may be decidedly old hat Oplev keeps the film consistently entertaining throughout 
2.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
David Nusair
The final result is an adaptation that s just about as successful as its literary predecessor with the film occasionally exceeding the book in a few areas 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Roger Moore
A chilling detective tale a horrific sexual abuse drama and an overlong emotional tie up every loose end melodrama that is sure to be half an hour shorter when Hollywood remakes it without Swedish dialogue and probably without the cool Swedish edge 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Rob Thomas
A Hollywood version would have gone right for a blood spattered prologue while this Swedish version faithful to the best selling book by Stieg Larsson slowly builds its chills creating an overwhelming feeling of dread 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Lawrence Toppman
The picture reduced to a black and white kind of manhunt is visually black and white as well It s set in the snowy landscape of rural Sweden where the self effacing and pale faced Blomkvist blends into the wintry scenes 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
John Beifuss
A lurid painstakingly rendered episode involving the girl s sexually abusive probation officer is redundant and suspect it offers a chance to identify with a leering abuser even as it encourages a lust for revenge 
2.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Sean O'Connell
Reminiscent in tone and execution of a well worn Agatha Christie novel as it should be 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Lori Hoffman
The film belongs to Noomi Rapace who creates one of the most fascinating screen creations in recent memory
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Mike Scott
Built in the Hollywood tradition it s a dark and relentless thriller and one of the most engaging and accessible foreign films to come along since Tell No One 
4
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Rene Rodriguez
Rapace s haunting enigmatic Lisbeth is the element that leaves you eager for the next two installments She s fantastic and so is the movie 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stephen Cole
A bracing survey course on the mystery genre set in a Scandinavian landscape as cold as a killer s kiss 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Peter Howell
Appreciation of the film relies more on the performances than the problem solving and Rapace delivers a complicated and deliciously contrary performance that tattoos Lisbeth Salander straight onto the brain 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Jeff Vice
Director Niels Arden Oplev and two credited screenwriters have trouble resolving all of this and putting a somewhat happier spin on the story and characters at the end 
2.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Keith Cohen
Salander is one of the strangest and most eccentric female heroines you will ever encounter 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Robert W. Butler
Good detective stories need a solid mystery sure but they also thrive on unusual characters The Swedish Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has a whopper 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Duane Dudek
The story that was so compelling on the page about the disappearance of a teenage girl 40 years earlier feels simplified and literal 
2.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Joe Williams
It s the tender rapport that develops between Lisbeth and the older Blomqvist that sustains our interest in this violent overlong film 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Janos Gereben
Girl is very much a movie without concession or restroom breaks go prepared The downside is that too much is not enough the relentless frequently unlikely rush of events may astonish but doesn t allow much emotional involvement 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Lisa Kennedy
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo grapples with far more than whodunit And it does a handy job of answering that question too 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Walter Chaw
all a little too much like an entry in the Ilsa She Wolf of the SS series 
1
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Sara Michelle Fetters
For a full 152 minutes I sat in the theatre spellbound and while I knew a lot of time was passing not once did I ever want to leave my seat as I was for all intents and purposes glued right to it 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Claudia Puig
Stieg Larsson s best selling crime novel has all the makings of a cinematic thriller As directed by Niels Arden Oplev in Swedish with English subtitles Tattoo is mesmerizing 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
V.A. Musetto
A finely plotted stylishly photographed and brilliantly acted whodunit that clocks in at 2 1 2 hours but never seems long 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Michael O'Sullivan
It s the rare 2 1 2 hour film that doesn t make you look at your watch once The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is such a film 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Chris Hewitt
Rapace whom I ve never seen before captures those contradictions so magnetically that whenever she was off screen I found myself wishing the movie would just stick with her 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stephen Whitty
There s nothing calming about director Niels Arden Oplev s style which is fast and furious and smartly mirrors content 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Walter V. Addiego
Those who stick it out will see an especially dark murder mystery that presents Swedish society as corrupt and profoundly antagonistic to women 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Peter Travers
If you ignore The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo from the global bestseller by the late Stieg Larsson because it s in Swedish with English subtitles you probably deserve the remake Hollywood will surely screw up 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Moira MacDonald
Told with a jolting lurid energy The Runaways feels oddly off balance 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Steven Rea
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is rife with nightmarishly violent and horrific behavior It s intense graphic frightening And yes exhilarating 
3.5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Wesley Morris
It s easy to forget how dissatisfying so much Hollywood trash is until you see a good imported version 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Roger Ebert
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a compelling thriller to begin with but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story 
4
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Peter Keough
Veers from Visconti s The Damned to Jonathan Demme s The Silence of the Lambs without the decadence or the thrills of either In this case the victim is Larsson 
2
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Ed Gonzalez
You watch this slick headache inducing piece of trash in constant awe of how much lower it could possibly go 
1
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Tim Cogshell
A dark and brooding story that only gets more disturbing over the course its 152 minute runtime 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Barbara Vancheri
Moves like a Maglev mystery train operating with speed sharply drawn characters and enough secrets and turns for an HBO miniseries 
3
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
James Berardinelli
It unfolds not with the breakneck velocity of a typical movie of this sort but with the gradual unforced character based focus of a novel 
3.5
Love Field
Roger Ebert
Maybe I m wrong but I think this basic situation would have worked better as a simple human story instead of being tricked up with so many Hollywood formulas and gimmicks 
2.5
Music From Another Room
Dustin Putman
Assembles an astonishing cast of gifted actors and then alas chose to do very little with them 
2
Road
Namrata Joshi
Road is a racy road movie a tingling thriller an unusual love story and also a disturbing comedy Most of all it s a character exposition 
3
Road
V.A. Musetto
This isn t your usual road thriller however When you least expect it the cast breaks into sexy MTV style musical numbers that may or may not have something to do with the plot 
1
Ximei
Roger Moore
A moving account of a real social justice warrior speaking out on behalf of AIDS patients like herself infected by the greed and incompetence of the People s Republic 
3
The Other Side of Heaven
Walter Chaw
To call The Other Side of Heaven appalling would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be 
0
The Other Side of Heaven
Robert K. Elder
Captures a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters 
2.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Steve Rhodes
The movie s messages are quite admirable but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity 
2.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Melanie McFarland
As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer the rest of us will be lulled into a coma 
1.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Edward Guthmann
Handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism 
2
The Other Side of Heaven
Lou Lumenick
Obstacles are too easily overcome and there isn t much in the way of character development in the script 
2
The Other Side of Heaven
Connie Ogle
If the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you the simplistic Heaven will quite likely be more like hell 
1.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Sean P. Means
By no means a great movie but it is a refreshingly forthright one 
2.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Carrie Rickey
It is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs 
2.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Chris Hewitt
So relentlessly wholesome it made me want to swipe something 
1.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Harvey S. Karten
Insufferably naive 
1.5
The Other Side of Heaven
Jeff Vice
Davis has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces 
2.5
Heat
Kevin Carr
Hard hitting and full of spirit 44 Heat delivers on the action as well as the nuanced characters 44 raising it above the standard 90s cop drama 46 
3
Heat
David Nusair
One of the best crime movies ever made 46 46 46 
4
Heat
Matt Brunson
Mann ups the ante on all of the formulaic elements by instilling them with a grandiloquence they may not even deserve 
3.5
Heat
Mal Vincent
The movie is lacking in both heart and soul but it makes up for it with sheer voyeurism 
3
Heat
Brian Eggert
In Heat all the meticulous authenticity and coolly portrayed characters inherent to a Michael Mann picture fulfill a crime epic of incredible scale and ambition 
4
Heat
Michael Wilmington
When Pacino s loud bruised cop and De Niro s canny crook stare at each other you can read something spent and weary in their eyes and voices The heat is hell So are their jobs but somebody s got to do them 
3.5
Heat
Steven Rea
So why doesn t Heat with its elaborately staged tautly edited robberies its killer cast edgy score and elegant cinematography offer more satisfaction It s the script stupid 
2.5
Heat
Dave Kehr
An odd though often entertaining blend of The Asphalt Jungle and Oprah a traditional cops and robbers story weirdly fitted out with long earnest discussions of interpersonal relationships 
3
Heat
Gary Thompson
A movie with two powerhouse performances and enough bad dialogue it runs two hours 45 minutes to clog a Pentium processor 
3
Heat
John Hartl
Heat becomes consistently more interesting as it forges on toward the 180 minute mark 
3.5
Heat
Stephen Hunter
This is glandular not intellectual movie making but it s at the highest end of technical expressiveness 
3.5
Heat
David Sterritt
The performances are persuasive but the plot rattles on much too long 
2
Heat
Dan Webster
If overall Mann stretches a bit the numerous successes are nevertheless worth watching 
3.5
Heat
Peter Canavese
A stealth epic 44 framing an urban jungle and making its own kind of contemporary history by pairing acting giants Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino in what has arguably become the preeminent cops and robbers movie 46 91 4K Blu ray 93 
4
Heat
Peter Travers
Robert De Niro s last great role before he devoted himself to self parody 
3
Heat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Heat Heat has an intoxicating seductive look and feel and if viewers can check their brains at the door it succeeds on a surface level 
3
Heat
Jeremiah Kipp
Echoes the tradition of American individualists 
4
Heat
Michael Dequina
An insightful dramatic look at the relationship between cops criminals and the women in their lives 
3.5
Heat
Jeanne Aufmuth
Pacino and De Niro are saddled with roles that leave little room for exploring the territory beyond their trademark styles but the chemistry is electric and it s a flat out thrill to see them together on the screen for the first time 
3
Heat
Robert Roten
There have been plenty of cops and robbers stories like Heat over the years but seldom has the formula been done so well 
3.5
Heat
James Kendrick
Heat could have easily fallen into cop robber cliches but Mann lifts it to a higher level with intense character development and interrelated plot lines 
3
Heat
Madeleine Williams
Director Michael Mann has created a masterpiece 
4
Heat
Roger Ebert
Michael Mann s writing and direction elevate this material It s not just an action picture 
3.5
Heat
Barbara Shulgasser
There isn t much to recommend this movie until Pacino and De Niro finally share the first of their two scenes together 
2
Heat
Chris Hicks
F ans of the two stars will probably find it worth their while 
2.5
Heat
Susan Stark
Boosters and touts use the term major movie so often that it s more likely to generate yawns than excitement at this point Back to basics Heat is a major movie With major stars Doing major acting 
3
Heat
Steve Rhodes
Heat runs sometime crawls 2 51 but there is really only enough material for two hours 
2
Heat
Mike Clark
For a film that deserves Oscars for photography editing sound and arguably scoring Heat is packed with unforgettable subcharacters 
4
Heat
James Berardinelli
a colossal disappointment 
2
Heat
Edward Guthmann
This is the first time De Niro and Pacino have acted together and each gives a strong watertight performance 
3
Heat
Joe Baltake
Heat has an impressively strong script by Mann and he backs it up with gorgeous filmmaking 
4
Guns of the Trees
Chuck Bowen
The film is but one deliberately imperfect piece of a vast slipstream 
2.5
Guns of the Trees
Roger Ebert
What Jonas Mekas has made in this film perhaps without fully intending to is a documentary of a style of life 
3
Dancing Arabs
Linda Cook
What makes us who we are and what divides us is examined in A Borrowed Identity a heart tugging drama about Jewish and Palestinian Israelis and cultures that can both collide and embrace 
3.5
Dancing Arabs
Peter Keough
Identity demonstrates its boldness not with stylistic originality but with political acuity 
3.5
Dancing Arabs
Stephanie Merry
Under Riklis s direction the film s first act lulls the audience into a sense of familiarity before plunging into a darker reality The effect is shattering 
3
Dancing Arabs
David Lewis
Unusually delicate sometimes funny often dramatic and ultimately profound 
4
Dancing Arabs
John Anderson
Riklis is a director of enormous grace and handles the various character dynamics with sensitivity 
3
Dancing Arabs
Godfrey Cheshire
A Borrowed Life emerges as one of the most engaging and polished of recent Israeli films and as such is well worth the attention of anyone interested in the cultures and issues it limns 
3
Dancing Arabs
Clayton Dillard
It lacks a formal rigor to match its thematic heft preferring a digestible naturalism that serves its plot points in plain uncomplicated sight 
2.5
Dancing Arabs
Simon Houpt
Riklis working from an adaptation of a popular novel by the Arab Israeli writer Sayed Kashua is wryly perceptive of the ways each side exoticizes and demonizes the other 
3
Dancing Arabs
Chris Knight
Director Eran Riklis does what he can to dial down the didacticism but the screenplay s sometimes simplistic message of why can t we all live together tends to undermine him 
2.5
Dancing Arabs
Bruce DeMara
Nicely balanced between levity and poignancy Kashua s script provides a twist at the end that is certain to provoke strong reaction from both sides of the historical divide 
3
Skull World
Chris Alexander
Really what makes McConnell s study of Sommer and the secret society in which he reigns so great is that he doesn t judge his subjects 
3.5
Skull World
Adam Nayman
Skull World tries to differentiate itself by focusing intently on a single box warrior in lieu of a more panoramic view but Justin McConnell s film isn t particularly interesting as a character study 
1.5
Skull World
Mike McGranaghan
An enjoyable frequently funny documentary You ll never look at cardboard the same way again 
3
RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Kamal Al-Solaylee
A forceful vibrant and immensely entertaining call to action 
3
RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Greg Quill
A half baked poorly argued assault on the very notion of the sanctity of intellectual property posing as cutting edge cinema 
2
Door Mouse
Roger Moore
There apos s no urgency to any of this 46 46 46 Whoever advised Law to play the part this quiet and 8220 cool 8221 to the point of chilly should sit down and watch a few Bogart noirs 46 
2
Michael Collins
Wesley Lovell
Jordan 8217 s attention to detail and his ability to paint enemies and friends in differing 44 complex shades 44 exemplifies why his work as a director was frequently and criminally underrated 46 
4
Michael Collins
Michael Dequina
Instead of being a slow dull historical drama it is actually an exciting action drama 
3.5
Michael Collins
Judith Egerton
A way to relate pivotal events to an audience who probably knows little about the Irish republic s creation 
3.5
Michael Collins
Janet Maslin
Played with great magnetism and triumphant bluster by Liam Neeson the film s Michael Collins easily lives up to his nickname 
3
Michael Collins
Peter Stack
Handsome but curiously cold considering the emotional heat of Anglo Irish matters Fortunately Liam Neeson commands almost every frame 
2
Michael Collins
James Kendrick
Liam Neeson was the only man Jordan ever wanted to play this role and for good reason 
3.5
Michael Collins
Rob Blackwelder
The action emotion and tension of Michael Collins don t transcend the screen in a way that will engage the uninitiated 
2
Michael Collins
James Berardinelli
While Michael Collins does distort elements of history most of the changes and compressions are dramatically effective 
3.5
Michael Collins
Steve Rhodes
The acting is brilliant as is the direction 
3
Michael Collins
Madeleine Williams
Michael Collins is a brilliant epic tale whose implications are felt even today 
3.5
Michael Collins
Chris Hicks
The film is crammed with hurried details but at the expense of exploring serious ideas or better defining the characters 
2.5
Michael Collins
Barbara Shulgasser
A filmmaker of Jordan s capability is not likely to make anything less than a competent watchable movie and that Michael Collins is 
3
Michael Collins
Roger Ebert
Collins who died at 31 was arguably the key figure in the struggles that led to the separation of Ireland and Britain He was also on the basis of this film a man able to use violence without becoming intoxicated by it 
3
Late Bloomers
Roger Ebert
It offers shallow pleasures and the satisfaction of seeing two actors in performances better than the film deserves 
2.5
Late Bloomers
Lou Lumenick
It s a delight to see William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini given an age appropriate showcase that doesn t involve heavy artillery 
3
Beyond Re-Animator
Lucius Gore
This director s work has varied from the sublime The Dentist to the awful Faust This lies somewhere in between more toward the good than the bad 
2.5
Beyond Re-Animator
Walter Chaw
On the bright side Yuzna brings back special effects maestro Screaming Mad George 
1
Beyond Re-Animator
David Nusair
Director Brian Yuzna is clearly having a lot of fun with this admittedly absurd material and makes the smart decision of having his actors play things straight 
2.5
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Frank Ochieng
stretched its one time legitimate creepy credibility into a tired and tacky frightfest that overstayed its welcome Basically audiences needed another Paranormal Activity installment much like a creaky skeleton needs its share of body fat 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Sonny Bunch
Paranormal Activity s shtick has clearly run its course 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
John Beifuss
Presented in 3D the special effects are more elaborate than usual but the regressive provocative idea that filmmaking and film watching open windows on unhealthy influences especially among the young remains undeveloped 
2.5
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
David Nusair
it s ultimately difficult to recall a franchise that so completely failed to stick the landing 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Roger Moore
Ugly ineptly written clumsily acted Ugh 
1
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Peter Howell
This series jumped the shark maybe that should be jumped the dark following its not bad third chapter 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Peter Sobczynski
The sixth time is not the charm with this load of hooey that tries to make up for its lack of legitimate scares or basic narrative clarity by adding the alleged miracle of 3 D into the mix 
0.5
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Willie Waffle
The whole Paranormal Activity series probably ran its course a couple movies back but that doesn t stop capitalism from churning 
2
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Dustin Putman
There was a fleeting time when Paranormal Activity was the hottest ticket around for the Halloween movie season a time capsule hitting the bull s eye of a particular cultural and cinematic zeitgeist The magic they once held sadly is no more 
1.5
Red Doors
Mike McGranaghan
A smart observant and very entertaining film 
3
Red Doors
Ty Burr
Not surprisingly the three Wong sisters and their father could exist in separate movies their short stories are interesting but not convincingly knit together Think of Red Doors as a promise and hope that director Georgia Lee keeps it 
2.5
Red Doors
Tim Cogshell
This family drama is balanced between equal measures of dark humor and pathos so that Red Doors floats gently between sentimentality and cynicism It s a lovely little film and well done 
2.5
Red Doors
G. Allen Johnson
A gentle pleasant film about people you genuinely like 
3
Red Doors
Maitland McDonagh
Like many first time writer directors she packs five films worth of drama crises and revelations into one and often lapses into sitcom triteness 
2.5
Red Doors
V.A. Musetto
the script falls victim to the stereotypes and cliches so often found in movies about Asian American families 
2
Red Doors
Elizabeth Weitzman
Red Doors feels like a first time film quirks are overplayed while themes remain underdeveloped 
2.5
Red Doors
John Anderson
Well shot well written film 
3
Red Doors
Ed Gonzalez
The director attempts a disquisition on the beast of ethnic assimilation except her point is obvious only in the way she lazily cobbles her story together from the worst indie movie clichs made fashionable in the wake of American Beauty 
1.5
Only Angels Have Wings
James Kendrick
a delight in the way it supplies drama and suspense via the dangers of flying in remote South America with the humor and romance of opposites attracting 
3.5
Only Angels Have Wings
Matt Brunson
A typical Howard Hawks production which means it s aces all the way 
3.5
Only Angels Have Wings
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cary Grant one of cinema s greatest actors gives maybe his finest performance here It s hard to say there are dozens 
4
Only Angels Have Wings
Zach Campbell
A bizarre and gorgeous film to say the least this masterwork based on a story fragment written by Hawks in 1938 titled Plane from Barranca embodies a fantastic range of opposite states of mind and being 
4
Troop Beverly Hills
Malcolm Johnson
Long strives coyly and cutely to become a Lucille Ball of the opulent 80s But despite her winsome presence Troop Beverly Hills proves an uphill downhill trek 
1
Troop Beverly Hills
Barbara Shulgasser
Even relieved by the occasional witty line delivered impeccably by Long the thing is still an empty old fashioned worn out rag of a situation comedy 
2
Troop Beverly Hills
Juan Carlos Coto
Didn t Long read this script Didn t Long s agent read this script 
1
Troop Beverly Hills
Dave Kehr
Seemingly endless and punishingly unfunny 
1
Troop Beverly Hills
David Nusair
the film eventually does wear out its welcome due primarily to its wildly uneven structure and Jeff Kanew s ostentatiously 80s directorial choices 
2
Troop Beverly Hills
Roger Ebert
Instead of being a merciless evisceration of the lifestyles of the rich it s a little morality play in which Long transforms herself into a warm and useful person Nobody within a mile of this project seems to have possessed an ounce of irony 
2
The Full Monty
Michael Dequina
Leaves the audience smiling and giggling all the while painting a convincing and touching portrait of the downtrodden in England 
3
The Full Monty
Thomas Delapa
A crowd pleasing blue collar comedy half funny and half sad 
3
The Full Monty
Judith Egerton
The briskly paced high spirited movie is complemented by a funny score that includes the old disco hit You Sexy Thing 
3.5
The Full Monty
David N. Butterworth
It all comes off this summer 
3
The Full Monty
Roger Ebert
From this grim working class prospect The Full Monty creates a lovable comedy 
3
The Full Monty
Susan Wloszczyna
It s a familiar show biz routine but one that s spangled with happy surprises and sharp acting 
3.5
Super Capers
Frank Ochieng
A woefully toothless send up of superhero silliness Indeed Super Capers is in need of its own creative rescuing 
1.5
Super Capers
Keith Cohen
The movie s only strength is the fabulous comic book MAD magazine cartoon imagery by humorous illustrator Tom Richmond 
1
Super Capers
Robert W. Butler
The first 10 minutes of this mirthless mess was interminable and it didn t get any better I d feel cheated if I d rented this one from the red box at Mickey D s 
0
Super Capers
Kyle Smith
Featuring the production values of a commercial for a local used car dealership in Cedar Rapids Iowa Super Capers is a pathetic grab bag of spoofs 
0
Super Capers
Graham Killeen
Nothing here works 
1
Super Capers
Nick Schager
Super Capers doesn t ever come close to justifying its existence 
0
Super Capers
Joe Williams
You d have to have X ray vision to find a semblance of a plot here yet you d have to be blind to overlook the cheapness of the special effects and the ineptitude of the direction 
1
Twelve
Roger Moore
As desperate as we all are to see a little baseball the little baseball with a movie wrapped around it that is Twelve isn t going to fill the bill 
1.5
Infernal Affairs
David Nusair
an erratic yet generally rewarding endeavor 
2.5
Infernal Affairs
G. Allen Johnson
Everything you d want in a police action thriller powerhouse performances Grade A production values a good script and suspenseful direction 
4
Infernal Affairs
Josh Larsen
has an intensity usually reserved for Greek tragedy 
3.5
Infernal Affairs
Allison Benedikt
Beauty in its consistent washed out blues and silvers grace in its understated intense male performances and energy in its unyielding commitment to tone and tension 
3.5
Infernal Affairs
Roger Ebert
What makes it special is the inner turmoil caused by living a lie If everyone you know and everything you do for 10 years indicates you are one kind of person and you know you are another how do you live with that 
3
Infernal Affairs
Chris Hewitt
A blistering thriller and an intelligent character study and a comic take off on the conventions of thrillers 
3.5
Infernal Affairs
Phil Villarreal
Infernal Affairs is the combustible Hong Kong fever dream that would emerge from a night spent watching Heat and Donnie Brasco back to back 
3.5
Infernal Affairs
Terry Lawson
Asia is seizing another of our taken for granted creatively neglected staples the cop movie and again shows us how relevant and entertaining it can be when given proper respect 
4
Infernal Affairs
James Verniere
The performances and plot make it worth seeing and the film presents a valuable opportunity to sample the original while we wait for what will surely be a must see remake 
3
Infernal Affairs
Mike Clark
It offers a fairly fresh variation on a done to death genre 
3
Infernal Affairs
V.A. Musetto
It overflows with psychological intrigue something often missing from such offerings 
3
Infernal Affairs
Jami Bernard
The movie s engine is the relationships and the characters inner lives all of it boiling with emotional intensity 
3.5
Infernal Affairs
Timothy Knight
A consistently engrossing thriller 
3
Infernal Affairs
Jan Stuart
It s hard to resist the charismatic teaming of Tony Leung and Andy Lau as a cop and a criminal wearing like hats for cross purposes 
3
Infernal Affairs
Glenn Kenny
This is a real grabber 
3
Infernal Affairs
Peter Travers
This is a movie that gets its hooks into you early and no chance is it letting go 
3.5
Infernal Affairs
Ed Gonzalez
Infernal Affairs could be the syllabus for The Effects of Michael Mann Tony Scott and the American Police Procedural on Asian Cinema 
2
Infernal Affairs
Elvis Mitchell
This stripped down noir about a pair of detectives leading undercover lives signals a new era for Hong Kong filmmaking 
3.5
Fast Food, Fast Women
Joshua Tanzer
Audience insulting Our heroine has faced no difficulty learned nothing earned nothing but she has a lovely fairy tale ending that s supposed to make us leave the theater happy 
0.5
Fast Food, Fast Women
Rob Blackwelder
There is warmth and empathy at the core of this movie that can overcome everything about it that s frustrating 
2.5
Fast Food, Fast Women
Pam Grady
This small romantic comedy should be applauded for its pleasures 
2.5
Fast Food, Fast Women
Jonathan Foreman
Despite a script that occasionally calls for some embarrassingly awkward lines Kollek s cast generally acquits itself well 
2
Fast Food, Fast Women
Roger Ebert
There s nothing wrong with Fast Food Fast Women that a casting director and a rewrite couldn t have fixed 
1.5
Pet Graveyard
Roger Moore
Has very little graveyard no Pet at all and nothing to do with a certain Stephen King horror tale about to open That aside it s not scary either 
1
The Believers
Andrew Sarris
There is a depressingly surprising ending in tune with the current tendency to let the forces of darkness prevail for the sake of profitable sequels Invincible evil seems to sell like hotcakes in today s marketplace 
2
The Believers
Barbara Scharres
Ultimately though The Believers is like a tiresome card trick 
1
The Believers
Matt Brunson
An exceptionally well made horror yarn that really gets under the skin 
3.5
The Believers
James Kendrick
a solid piece of genre work that manipulates its familiar material in interesting ways
3
The Believers
Chuck O'Leary
An intense gripping and serious horror film Has aged quite well since its theatrical release 
3
The Believers
Roger Ebert
An awesomely silly tasteless and half witted movie 
1.5
J.R. "Bob" Dobbs & The Church of the SubGenius
Mike McGranaghan
An entertaining overview of an intentionally wacky underground phenomenon 
3
Superhost
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gillam is as scary as she is enchanting and even though shes likely to stab you with a hunting knife before the night is out gosh darn it if spending a few minutes with her is almost worth the risk of evisceration 
2.5
Superhost
Brian Tallerico
It s slight even in its short run time but it s anchored by an impressively unhinged performance from Gracie Gillam 
2.5
Superhost
Steven Prokopy
It s a highly watchable work for sure but don t anticipate any big scares to give you nightmares when you sleep 
2.5
Superhost
Leo Brady
Superhost is the perfect mixture of dark comedy uncomfortable scares and new age storytelling 
3
Superhost
Randy Myers
Superhost makes for a fun undemanding watch with three committed performances and a delicious cameo from scream queen Barbara Crampton 
2.5
Armstrong
Steven Prokopy
Armstrong is a worthy biography and a solid way to mark the anniversary of the Moon walk 
3
Armstrong
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie is sleek smart and reasonably thorough and it offers the enticement of never before seen home movies provided by Armstrong s family 
2.5
Ju Dou
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Visually stunning with ravishing uses of color and beautifully modulated lap dissolves 
3
Ju Dou
Roger Ebert
The film appealed to me for two reasons First because of its unabashed lurid melodrama in which the days are filled with scheming and the nights with passion and violence Second because of its visual beauty 
3.5
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Scout Tafoya
Yen s Ip Man will be sorely missed if this is indeed his last match but at least he walked into the sunset on an exuberant and heartfelt note 
3.5
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Derek Smith
The film is overstuffed with characters and subplots that ultimately have little to do with Ip Man and his legacy 
2
VooDoo
Simon Abrams
You really must see this film if only to sate your morbid curiosity It s not exactly good but it is pretty inspired in a very unclean very unsound way 
3
Standing Tall
Peter Howell
This drama of how a little monster struggles to find a place within society has a few strong scenes and a hint of potential stardom for Paradot whose character Malony rages for humanity as well as himself 
2.5
Standing Tall
Brad Wheeler
A smartly written evenly wrought drama 
3
Standing Tall
Mick LaSalle
It s a preening piece of work aiming to flatter and please while masquerading as something hard hitting and daring And because of all that it s a bore 
1
Standing Tall
Mark Jenkins
As a shaper of stories Bercot is not yet as assured as those directors But she knows how to elicit authentic performances whether from veterans like Deneuve or a first timer like Paradot His Malony may not be likable but he s altogether believable 
3
Standing Tall
Rex Reed
Standing Tall shows the misery and pain of youngsters in rebellion against the social construct that made them that way as well as the frustration of the public servants who work overtime to give them hope 
3
Standing Tall
Susan Wloszczyna
Earnest can mean serious and sincere But in this case it too often means repetitive and plodding 
2
Standing Tall
Kent Turner
Director Bercot s empathetic and clear eyed film has a consistency of purpose 
3.5
Standing Tall
Clayton Dillard
The film quickly devolves into a contemptible exploitative presentation of sociological matters 
1.5
Mad as Hell
Godfrey Cheshire
Being innocent of much television and online content this reviewer had never heard of Uygur or TYT but found the film s account of them engaging enough to leave him intrigued and impressed with both 
3
Mad as Hell
Roger Moore
Interesting recounting of the Cenk Uygur story that s sorely in need of voices from outside his inner circle people who might think he s just a professional contrarian and opportunist 
2.5
Mad as Hell
Wes Greene
The doc is too enamored with Cenk Uygur and his convictions that it hews more closely to being a conventional and one sided biographical portrait 
2.5
All Things Must Pass
John Wirt
Director Colin Hanks lets his affection for his subject run over The film probably is for record aficionados only 
2.5
All Things Must Pass
Brad Wheeler
We learn of the party hearty environment and family like vibe of a world where it was cool to write off cocaine as a business expense And we see the hubris and myopia that doomed the industry 
2.5
All Things Must Pass
Rob Thomas
This is Tower s story and Hanks tells in a way that will resonate with both grizzled music veterans who have hung onto their physical collections and millennials wondering what all the fuss was about 
3
All Things Must Pass
Lawrence Toppman
Hanks makes the rookie mistake of covering the same points too thoroughly the film could be 10 to 15 minutes shorter but you can see why he lets entertaining interviewees ramble a bit 
3
All Things Must Pass
John Hartl
Colin Hanks makes his feature directing debut with this irresistible documentary about the evolution of the music business 
3.5
All Things Must Pass
Mark Feeney
Lively and loving 
3
All Things Must Pass
David Lewis
Overall this is an assured effort informative bittersweet and appealing for both the young and the not so young 
3
All Things Must Pass
Carla Meyer
The film never lapses into hagiography partly because Solomon is too authentic a presence 
3
All Things Must Pass
Odie Henderson
Any movie that begins and ends with the sound of a phonograph needle hitting vinyl knows the audience sweet spot it s aiming for and for those folks All Things Must Pass is a rousing success 
3.5
All Things Must Pass
Roger Moore
Good but overly corporate too reliant on interviews with the staff and the famous customers 
2.5
Cocaine Angel
Maitland McDonagh
Scrappy and defiantly deglamorized this chronicle of a couple of long useless days in the life of a down and out coke addict oozes miserable authenticity without giving you a reason to care 
2
Cocaine Angel
V.A. Musetto
Movies about addicts are a dime a dozen but Cocaine Angel does its own thing mixing humor with bleakness and resisting the too common urge to romanticize addiction 
3
Cocaine Angel
Ed Gonzalez
If this film was intended as a joke consider me fooled 
1
Moana
Mattie Lucas
While the sounds don t always fit perfectly it s remarkable how natural they often seem providing a more accessible portrait of Savai i even if it is no longer 100 authentic 
3
Moana
Tom Keogh
A fascinating portrait of South Seas life albeit embellished 
4
All My Friends Hate Me
Randy Myers
A distressing comedy on alienation that might even give you pause to get back together with the old gang you used to hang with 
3
All My Friends Hate Me
Mark Dujsik
It s neither particularly funny nor especially suspenseful 
2
All My Friends Hate Me
Roger Moore
A dark cringe of a comedy wincingly painful if not always painfully funny 
3
All My Friends Hate Me
Mike McGranaghan
If you ve ever felt like you ve outgrown your pals this is a movie for you 
3
Wild Oats
Roger Moore
The laughs in this insomnia cure come in the first act
1.5
Yelling to the Sky
Kyle Smith
This is grim bleak material that at times is monotonous but its woe feels authentic 
2.5
Yelling to the Sky
Michael Nordine
The film avoids most of its genre s pratfalls though it also shows little interest in transcending them 
2
I Used to Be Darker
Adam Nayman
Porterfield s film doesn t offer much in the way of plot but the ways the characters bounce off one another in small spaces are precisely observed and the actors have a lot of soul 
3.5
I Used to Be Darker
Peter Howell
Unfolds like a music album with emotive songs supplying information that doesn t need repeating in the lean screenplay which the director co wrote with Amy Belk 
3
I Used to Be Darker
Marty Mapes
Slow scenes at the beginning turn into the pace of life
3.5
I Used to Be Darker
Walter Chaw
a celebration if you can call something this downbeat celebratory of what film should act like and look like when you leave it alone 
3
I Used to Be Darker
John Hartl
The visual style of third time director Matthew Porterfield Putty Hill Hamilton is emphatically lyrical beginning with a widescreen shot of a Maryland Ferris wheel that suggests a celebration of Americana 
3
I Used to Be Darker
Peter Keough
Nuanced performances by the non professional cast and a haunting soundtrack help fill in the deliberate narrative gaps 
3.5
I Used to Be Darker
Simon Abrams
It s hard to appreciate an intentionally blurry portrait of a family that s so impressionistic that all you can see of its already withdrawn characters are their shadows 
2
I Used to Be Darker
Jesse Cataldo
The songs performed here function as the creative end point of emotional trauma revealing pain gradually transfigured into art 
3
Guidance
J. R. Jones
A wicked comedy 
3
Guidance
Tom Keogh
This is a writer director to watch 
3
Guidance
Diego Semerene
The unapologetic lack of political correctness never goes beyond a one dimensional and tentative provocation 
1.5
Guidance
Roger Moore
Pat Mills has concocted a subversive silly and oh so comically Canadian version of failed actor turned guidance counselor 
2.5
Guidance
Brad Wheeler
The film is not significant but it is principled and sweetly subversive And like high school if you re not careful you might just learn something from it 
2
Guidance
Linda Barnard
Entertaining often darkly comic and certainly more amusing than similarly themed rotten role model comedies 
2.5
Cyber-Seniors
Raju Mudhar
There is nothing earth shattering here but it is enough to make you feel bad if you have ever gotten short tempered while doing technical support for your parents and grandparents 
2.5
Cyber-Seniors
Steve Macfarlane
The film is too standard issue in its making to probe beyond the rough outlines of a success story 
2
Belgica
Scott Renshaw
Belgica rarely reaches the point where the central relationship can maintain the same degree of interest 
2.5
Belgica
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Belgica has a restless pulsating rhythm all its own treating expertly cut musical montages as a vital storytelling technique in between its quieter moments of fallible human interaction 
3
Umrika
Roger Moore
A film of genuine surprises and tiny delights even though it bogs down and loses its urgency when the quest that drives it falls into the background 
3
Would You Rather
Wesley Lovell
An ungainly horror film that tries to twist the genre in a new direction but fails utterly There are some truly horrific scenes but nothing worth remembering afterwards 
1.5
Would You Rather
David Nusair
It s a striking yet simple premise that is for the most part employed to watchable if unspectacular effect by director David Guy Levy 
2.5
Would You Rather
Bill Chambers
A Frankenstein abomination that mates Dinner for Schmucks with Saw 
0.5
Would You Rather
Dustin Putman
February or not Would You Rather is an instant contender for feel bad movie of the year but please do not read this as a criticism 
3
Would You Rather
Sara Stewart
Director David Guy Levy s witless homage to the Saw franchise and its ilk 
0
Love and Other Four Letter Words
Michael Dequina
There s not quite enough here to smooth over some more contrived plot turns nor enliven the stock rom com outline 
2.5
Love and Other Four Letter Words
Kam Williams
Despite the plot s predictability this formulaic sitcom written by its talented star Tangi Miller is well enough executed with the help of a colorful supporting cast to be rated a worthwhile rental 
2
The Night Holds Terror
David Nusair
erratic yet generally rewarding 
3
Wish Upon a Star
Betsy Bozdech
All in all you could definitely do worse in picking a movie for the tween set hear that Mary Kate and Ashley 
2.5
Oklahoma City
Brandy McDonnell
Oklahoma City is timely and vital viewing 
3.5
The Pickle
Roger Ebert
The Pickle is a very confused film and many of its problems are symbolized by Mazursky s decision to include footage from the fictitious Pickle in his film The film within a film is not only unbelievably bad but bad in an unfunny way 
2
The Masque of the Red Death
Matt Brunson
Perhaps the best of the Poe Corman Price pics with Vincent delivering a potent performance as Prince Prospero 
3.5
You Will Know What to Do With Me
Luis Gamboa
A film that makes you think analyze and inmerse yourself into and if you do it right it becomes a great cinematic experience Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Funny People
Mattie Lucas
A wise and moving look beneath the mystique of celebrity 
3.5
Funny People
Michael Dequina
Apatow marries his edgier raunchier humor with some more serious thoughtful ideas and a gentler touch 
3
Funny People
Sonny Bunch
Funny People is a poignant examination of the loneliness caused by solipsism and self centeredness and the difficulty of breaking out of the inertia we create in our lives
3.5
Funny People
Jeffrey Westhoff
Comes mighty close to becoming something few film critics dreamed they would declare an Adam Sandler masterpiece 
3.5
Funny People
Austin Kennedy
If you don t mind spending alot of time with some interesting characters check it out Just don t expect a focused story The first half of this is still really good though 
3
Funny People
Josh Larsen
as interested in dissecting the psychology behind the jokes as telling them 
3.5
Funny People
Lori Hoffman
a dark comedy that doesn t provide nearly enough laughs to make us embrace the nasty vibe
2
Funny People
Sean P. Means
Funny People clicks best when the emphasis is on the funny not on the people 
3
Funny People
Rossiter Drake
It s no pleasure to report that Funny People self destructs on the screen In the end Apatow might have been wise to heed his own words Comedy is for funny people not the mean spirited self obsessed dopes we re left with here 
2
Funny People
John Wirt
Judd Apatow gives old pal Adam Sandler a deep but still funny script that lets the comic actor go where he s never gone before 
3
Funny People
John Beifuss
Messy self indulgent intriguing but it only really comes alive when it focuses on the competitive friendship of the actor roommates played by Seth Rogen Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman 
3
Funny People
Michael A. Smith
a perfect compliment to what is now the Apatow trilogy 
3.5
Funny People
James Kendrick
feels like too little that s been strung out too far
2
Funny People
Ross Anthony
Gangly long somewhat disjointed but still very funny I found Funny People surprisingly emotional and even poignant 
3
Funny People
Kam Williams
Has its moments but when bad things happen to funny people they might not be that funny anymore 
2.5
Funny People
Linda Cook
Here s a drama with comedians in it 
3.5
Funny People
Kit Bowen
Get ready to have your Funny bone tickled doused in sentiment and then tickled again 
3
Funny People
Gina Carbone
Sandler and Apatow hitting the heavy drama button is like Darth Vader and Voldemort joining forces to throw a tea party But a good one 
3
Funny People
Sara Michelle Fetters
Being on the doorstep of death gives George a glimpse of the person he is but that doesn t necessarily mean he is going to change his ways discovering the answer to that question one of the things that makes the movie soar 
3.5
Funny People
Mike McGranaghan
Hilarious while also being poignant and wise Funny People is hands down my favorite movie of the summer 
4
Funny People
Michael Phillips
The film comes dangerously close to stalling however once George and Ira visit George s ex stuck in an untrustworthy marriage By the time Ira implores Can we just go you feel the same way 
2.5
Funny People
Willie Waffle
After the first part you want to hug Apatow and Sandler for giving you such an amazing treat Then we get the second part and want to punch Apatow and Sandler 
3
Funny People
Kyle Smith
In going for a rethink of All That Jazz with comedy instead of Broadway Judd Apatow s Funny People turns out to be one of the most absorbing films of the year 
3.5
Funny People
Matt Brunson
What does it say that Eric Bana generally a dour stick in the mud in such titles as Hulk and Munich ends up delivering the funniest performance 
2
Funny People
Stephen Whitty
The funny thing is though that Funny People is well funny It s also richly layered with complicated people and a mad collection of celebrity cameos from Eminem to Andy Dick 
3.5
Funny People
Michael Posner
It s at once dark and sentimental and at 146 minutes hugely indulgent 
2
Funny People
Jeff Vice
Both Sandler and Rogen give confident assured performances that are better than any of their recent work would suggest 
2.5
Funny People
Mick LaSalle
Funny People is a true brass ring effort a reach for excellence that takes big risks 
4
Funny People
Chris Hewitt
Flaws aside Funny People is an entertaining messy overstuffed with life movie 
2.5
Funny People
Lisa Kennedy
Apatow continues to celebrate comedy s traditions raunchy and otherwise 
3
Funny People
Peter Howell
Presented with an opportunity to make an honest dramatic statement about loneliness fate and life choices Apatow turns to penis jokes stunt casting and white picket platitudes 
2.5
Funny People
Claudia Puig
Funny People nimbly intersperses humor and reflection It is a rumination on mortality fame and life choices punctuated with Apatow s trademark raunchy humor 
3.5
Funny People
Michael Sragow
Funny People is like Terms of Endearment done in a milieu where the most endearing compliment anyone can give refers to penis size 
2.5
Funny People
Christian Toto
Apatow s Funny People feels like an exercise in self loathing 
2.5
Funny People
Erik Childress
Sandler has turned in his best performance to date and Apatow has joined the ranks of other distinguished writer directors like James L Brooks and Cameron Crowe 
3.5
Funny People
Bob Bloom
Funny People is a serious comedy edgy and a bit dark with characters whom you find amusing most of the time and appalling at others 
3
Funny People
Keith Cohen
There is not a single character in the entire movie worth caring about The most genuine laughs come when the cast plays the peanut butter game A person lies on the kitchen floor spreads peanut butter on his or her face and has a dog lick it off 
2
Funny People
Walter Chaw
a movie about freaks and geeks written by a famous millionaire married to Leslie Mann is it any wonder that it loses its way 
1
Funny People
Joe Lozito
This isn t the type of comedy we ve come to expect from Judd Apatow And that s fine But while this labor of love is at times bittersweet and raucously funny it s also an over long meandering mess 
2.5
Funny People
Peter Travers
Apatow scores by crafting the film equivalent of a stand up routine that encompasses the joy pain anger loneliness and aching doubt that go into making an audience laugh 
3.5
Funny People
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Adam Sandler knocks one out of the park with his rich performance in a role that could be called fictional autobiography 
2.5
Funny People
Steven Rea
Funny People turns out to be fairly predictable and not so rough In a thoroughly satisfying way 
3
Funny People
Ted Fry
Considering all the funny people who contributed to the creative mix of Funny People it s a crying shame this good hearted comedy doesn t deliver more genuine laughs 
2
Funny People
Ty Burr
The problem is that Apatow is stuck between gears That and there s probably no one around him to say no at this point 
2
Funny People
Dustin Putman
Needlessly over bloated lumbering from one scene and subplot to the next without any sense of urgency or forward motion Once Judd Apatow realizes that less is sometimes emotionally and substantively more he and his films will be all the better for it 
2
Funny People
Lance Gould
The film also triumphs as an insider s homage to an art form playing at times like a survey of comedy history 
3
Funny People
Robert W. Butler
The film s nexus of mortality and humor from the gut provides plenty of diversion 
3
Funny People
Rene Rodriguez
This is Apatow s emotionally darkest least genial film and an exceptionally good and subtle Sandler embraces the duality of his character a man beloved by the world who secretly hates everyone 
3
Funny People
Joe Williams
The collaborative effort is overlong and wrongheaded in some of its sympathies but it s one of the shrewdest show business comedies in years 
3
Funny People
Rafer Guzman
Funny People veers wildly in tone and style with jarring cameos Ray Romano Eminem and a third act that mimics one of John Cassavetes improvised experiments Apatow may deserve to be taken seriously but for now he s still kidding around 
2.5
Funny People
James Berardinelli
It s refreshing to see Apatow branching out and trying something off the beaten path but in this case his sense of ambition may have caused him to lose his way 
2.5
Funny People
Roger Ebert
It could have easily been a formula film and the trailer shamelessly tries to misrepresent it as one but George Simmons learns and changes during his ordeal and we empathize 
3.5
Funny People
Jeanne Aufmuth
A newer more mature chapter in the Apatow book and I like what I see 
3
Funny People
Robert Levin
A work of earnest self reflection that candidly looks at the A list world Apatow and his cohorts have begun to inhabit at this particular stage in their lives 
3
Funny People
Andrew Schenker
The Adam Sandler persona is subjected to careful dissection and revealed at last as a self obsessed a hole whose childlike whimsy and offhand charm can no longer make up for a lack of regard for anything outside of his limited worldview 
2.5
Cane Fire
Robert Daniels
An unhurried 44 patient documentary 44 one that trusts its audience to follow along rather than relying on cheap gimmicks to manipulate emotions 46 
3.5
A Place Called Los Pereyra
Jennie Punter
The conflicts that can arise from well intentioned acts of charity are examined in intimate respectful and poetic detail in A Place Called Los Pereyra 
3
The Swarm
David Nusair
The Swarm s arms length vibe is perpetuated by its pervasive assortment of inept incompetent elements 
1
The Swarm
Matt Brunson
As an adult I recognize that The Swarm is well not good but I can now enjoy it as a so bad it s brilliant endeavor 
1.5
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
David Nusair
a frequently captivating portrait of a far more interesting and fascinating figure than one might ve initially anticipated 
4
New Jersey Drive
Gene Siskel
A thoughtful dense and ultimately sad mosaic of street life 
3
New Jersey Drive
Roger Ebert
The movie is expert on how cars are stolen it takes about 10 seconds It is also expert on how a smart and essentially prudent kid ends up inside a lot of stolen cars and gets into a lot of trouble 
3
See You in Valhalla
Michael O'Sullivan
As deadly as its funereal subject matter 
1.5
See You in Valhalla
Roger Moore
Steve Howey as a stoner sage gay Hawaiian personal trainer almost makes this worth watching all by himself 
2
See You in Valhalla
Mike McGranaghan
Contains an excess of self impressed quirkiness that serves no real purpose and goes nowhere 
1.5
Murder at the Vanities
Matt Brunson
There are many oddball touches in this occasionally creaky but always entertaining romp 46 
3
The Manor
David Nusair
A terminally uninvolving documentary 
1.5
The Manor
Linda Barnard
A shockingly honest and often heartbreaking film 
3
The Manor
James Adams
A fine directorial debut at once frank and compassionate 
3
Wonders of the Sea
Roger Moore
Pretty but at this point routine documentary about the colorful life under the sea threatened by human activity 
2.5
Wonders of the Sea
Brad Wheeler
A combination of state of the art cinematography and old fashioned documentary storytelling this gorgeous film is 3D visually but frustratingly two dimensional otherwise 
2.5
Wonders of the Sea
Bruce DeMara
A film that displays the beauty and complexity of the world beneath the waves while issuing an urgent clarion call for action 
3
Tusk
Brian Eggert
The material never quite commits itself tonally 46 Some scenes feel like a grotesque chiller 44 others play like your usual Smith brand comedy 46 When Smith tries to combine these two tones 44 the unbalanced result is more awkward than enjoyable 46 
1.5
Tusk
Joey Magidson
It s weird fun and surprisingly touching a film that works way better than it has any right to 
3
Tusk
Sonny Bunch
Kevin Smith has lost his mind 
1
Tusk
David N. Butterworth
Yes Tusk is a stunt a comedic dare and a fake looking one at times which only seems to help not hinder its cause But the darkness at the film s heart is real and gross and truly disturbing 
3
Tusk
David Keyes
Mere words cannot adequately describe Kevin Smith s film only obscene gestures 
0.5
Tusk
Brad Wheeler
If Kevin Smith was stoned when he thought up his excellent walrusian nightmare then marijuana is the best creative medicine 
4
Tusk
Peter Howell
Excess is Smith s middle name so the show goes on and on 
1.5
Tusk
David Nusair
the movie which is never boring deserves some credit for going places that one might not have expected it to go 
2.5
Tusk
Walter Chaw
He s puerile He can t help it 
1
Tusk
Josh Larsen
may have germinated as a goofy conversation on his podcast but Smith follows it all the way through to its bloody bewildering end 
2
Tusk
Linda Cook
The audience for this truly unique exercise in film I refuse to call it a movie consists mostly of Kevin Smith fans There s a little bit of The Human Centipede here mixed with more than a dollop of Misery 
3
Tusk
John Beifuss
For all the cornball Canadian comedy that interrupts the horror the cry of Coo loo coo coo coo coo coo coo is less relevant here than Goo goo goo joob 
2.5
Tusk
Rob Thomas
When it sticks to that do it on a dare spirit especially in its absolutely bonzo third act Tusk can be a lot of fun 
2.5
Tusk
Peter Travers
If you re a Kevin Smith junkie as I am you ll appreciate the verbal pinwheels he spins around the horror genre in Tusk 
2.5
Tusk
Simon Abrams
Had Smith been more disciplined the film s deliberately absurd plot twists might have been more alienating and funny 
2
Tusk
Tirdad Derakhshani
A schizoid horror comedy with an identity crisis shifting uncomfortably between shocking body horror and puerile Jackass level cringe humor 
2
Tusk
Stephen Whitty
Most filmmakers start by making movies with their friends just for their friends Kevin Smith is the only filmmaker who seems to want to end that way 
1.5
Tusk
John Serba
The film is sloppy and malformed its sputtering comedy eclipsed by remorseless weirdness Maybe that s its charm maybe that s its failure 
2.5
Tusk
Rafer Guzman
Kevin Smith of Clerks delivers a weird in joke inspired by one of his podcasts You probably had to be there 
1.5
Tusk
Mark Dujsik
For everyone who isn t in on the joke the movie is an incomprehensible oddity 
1
Tusk
Kevin C. Johnson
It has a game cast it s watchable fun sick sad and has to be seen to be believed 
3
Tusk
Michael O'Sullivan
Tusk seems to harbor no grander ambitions than to create a gross out gag 
1.5
Tusk
Rob Nelson
Kevin Smith s Tusk is an odd animal indeed a movie that morphs early from stoner comedy to stoner horror flick and then as if stoned declines to evolve any further 
2
Tusk
Thomas Lee
You don t feel like you wasted your time with Tusk But that s the best compliment you can probably give a film like this 
2
Tusk
Michael Phillips
Good trash or stupid trash I d say roughly half and half 
2
Tusk
Dustin Putman
Tusk is deeply weird and spectacularly wonderful 
3.5
Tusk
Duane Dudek
It s great that Smith is still in the game but here s hoping for more the next time he steps to the plate 
2.5
Tusk
Brad Keefe
It s the most WTF movie of 2014 And I liked it a lot 
3
Tusk
Matt Pais
Smith comments on a society he thinks no longer reacts other than by pointing laughing and not thinking He s challenging us to prove him wrong 
3
Tusk
Erik Lundegaard
The most disgusting and pointless movie I ve seen Emphasis on pointless I spent half the movie sick to my stomach 
0
Tusk
Kyle Smith
There s a fine horror film inside Tusk but it s only 20 minutes long The rest is just blubber 
1.5
Tusk
Roger Moore
Tusk has comeback buzz coming out of the Toronto Film Festival Perhaps that buzz came from the city s crack happy mayor Rob Ford 
1.5
Tusk
Thelma Adams
A revolting creepy and enthralling metamorphosis movie that toys with the audience s ideas of horror and retribution while presenting a stream of verbal and visual jokes with a great turn by Michael Parks Kevin Smith is back 
3.5
Tusk
Ed Gonzalez
It suggests the worst possible gene splice of a barbed Terrance and Phillip South Park appearance Fargo s blithe condescension and the smuggest of Quentin Tarantino pastiches 
1.5
Major League: Back to the Minors
Michael Dequina
Unwatchable drivel 
0
Sherlock Gnomes
Josh Terry
Most of Sherlock Gnomes just feels like B side filler built on a weak idea that can never really justify the effort This one might keep the kids occupied in a pinch but parents shouldn t have a tough time finding better options 
1.5
Sherlock Gnomes
Roger Moore
Cynical
1.5
Sherlock Gnomes
Rafer Guzman
There s some potential for literary humor among the kid oriented jokes here but alas Sherlock Gnomes doesn t have nearly the wit or charm of the original 
2
Sherlock Gnomes
Nick Allen
With little wit to its name Sherlock Gnomes becomes far more tedious than playful 
2
Sherlock Gnomes
Keith Watson
Arthur Conan Doyle s legendary characters feel as if they ve been air dropped into a universe where they don t belong 
1
Sherlock Gnomes
Mark Dujsik
Like its predecessor Sherlock Gnomes doesn t do anything subversive or imaginative with its material 
2
How to Be
David Nusair
An astonishingly irrelevant piece of work 
1
How to Be
Steve Rhodes
Filled with British humor so dry that it s down right parched Still if you re a big fan of Robert Pattinson I suspect you won t be disappointed 
2
The Banger Sisters
David Nusair
46 46 46 generally fares a whole lot better than the viewer might 8217 ve initially anticipated 46 46 46 
3
The Banger Sisters
Sheila Norman-Culp
No Oscar performances in this bunch just a string of funny moments in a film that accepts our flaws 
3
The Banger Sisters
Michael Dequina
Watching movies like this it s easy to understand actresses common complaint about the quality of roles for women of a certain age 
2
The Banger Sisters
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ejemplo de una cinta en que no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y por momentos deplorable 
1.5
The Banger Sisters
Margaret A. McGurk
Shot through with belly laughs and bawdy energy it boasts Goldie Hawn s best performance in years 
3
The Banger Sisters
Mike McGranaghan
Director Bob Dolman was at least smart enough to cast two actresses capable of finding the note of truth in this story and playing it beautifully 
3
The Banger Sisters
David Keyes
what point is there to a film about friendship when you don t have a clue as to where the friendship should actually go 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
James Kendrick
more than anything a disappointment given its strong cast and interesting premise
2
The Banger Sisters
Steve Rhodes
It s a movie that delivers a few good laughs and that s about it 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Peter Travers
Hot idea Tepid execution 
2
The Banger Sisters
Linda Cook
Just another fish out of water story that barely stays afloat 
2
The Banger Sisters
Collin Souter
What we have in The Banger Sisters is half of a good movie struggling to fit into half of a mediocre one The scenes between Hawn and Rush work best 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Mark Dujsik
There s something with potential here but the movie decides like Lavinia to go the conservative route 
1.5
The Banger Sisters
Frank Ochieng
The Banger Sisters occasionally exhibit a raw sense of sexuality that compliments the alluring maturity of bombastic babes Sarandon and Hawn Still these ravishing relics just couldn t pull off a noteworthy tune to the same old song and dance
2
The Banger Sisters
James Berardinelli
There are many things that solid acting can do for a movie but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them 
2
The Banger Sisters
Dustin Putman
Worth seeing for Goldie Hawn alone and this is by far the juiciest role she has been blessed with in ages 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Gary Brown
What s really sad is to see two Academy Award winning actresses and one Academy Award winning actor succumb to appearing in this junk that s TV sitcom material at best 
2
The Banger Sisters
Sean P. Means
So predictable you can set your watch to it The Banger Sisters is enlivened by the fun loving byplay of its Oscar winning stars 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Joe Leydon
The movie is worth seeing only to savor Hawn s self mocking ebullience as a character who comes off as a grown older version of the sexy kooks she played three decades ago 
2
The Banger Sisters
Todd Anthony
Simply put there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn 
1.5
The Banger Sisters
Ted Fry
Sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies but fails loudly in execution 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Mick LaSalle
What The Banger Sisters offers in place of an eloquent statement is the charm of two actresses at the top of their game in flashy roles and a smart script that s decidedly more coarse than sentimental 
3
The Banger Sisters
David Elliott
It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus if the lines work the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged 
3
The Banger Sisters
Joe Baltake
The film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom wisdom that comes with experience It has fun being grown up 
3
The Banger Sisters
John Anderson
The script Please 
2
The Banger Sisters
Susan Stark
Hawn Sarandon and Rush are quite simply a fabulous trio of originals They bring far more to The Banger Sisters than it deserves 
2
The Banger Sisters
Jeff Vice
Dolman making his feature filmmaking debut somehow manages to make a relatively short movie seem overlong 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Steven Rosen
A shrewdly observed relatively subtle and gentle satire that exudes genuine empathy and understanding for all its varied characters 
3
The Banger Sisters
Wesley Morris
Plays like a television pilot 
1
The Banger Sisters
Josh Larsen
a surprisingly touching drama about finding that balance between our past and present selves 
3
The Banger Sisters
Jonathan Foreman
It s both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant 
1.5
The Banger Sisters
Pam Grady
A breezy comedy that brazens its way through its complete implausibility with a big heart and a pair of amiable lead performances 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Rick Groen
Dolman confines himself to shtick and sentimentality the one bald and the other sloppy 
2
The Banger Sisters
Roger Ebert
Hawn and Sarandon hit the ground running and are so funny and goofy that they distract and delight us 
3
The Banger Sisters
Phil Villarreal
When the groans outnumber the laughs you know you re watching a bad comedy 
1
The Banger Sisters
Michael Szymanski
The Banger Sisters seem like it s a sequel to what would have happened to Thelma and Louise if they hadn t driven off that cliff 
3.5
The Banger Sisters
Mack Bates
Hawn and Sarandon form an acting bond that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare 
3.5
The Banger Sisters
Tony Toscano
However ironic it is in a film about women changing it s the male lead played by Geoffery Rush who goes through the most metamorphosis 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Chris Hewitt
It s entirely due to Sarandon and Hawn that this is such a good natured likable movie 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Terry Lawson
Hawn giving her best performance in a long long time and Sarandon who is almost incapable of bad acting are funny and believable 
3
The Banger Sisters
Carrie Rickey
An exhilarating estrogen flick for those losing theirs and contact Viagra for everyone else 
3
The Banger Sisters
Jeffrey Westhoff
A drama filmed like a comedy with the wrong actresses in the wrong roles 
2
The Banger Sisters
Connie Ogle
A likable cheerfully off color comedy 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Mary F. Pols
The combination of Sarandon and Hawn playing women who are honestly and obviously middle aged and willing to ponder their pasts with clear eyes keeps The Banger Sisters afloat 
3
The Banger Sisters
Mark Caro
A lot of fun with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers 
3
The Banger Sisters
Rob Blackwelder
All leather pants augmented boobs Hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative handbag clutching Sarandon 
2.5
The Banger Sisters
Ed Gonzalez
Hawn s lively spirit and nasty potty mouth makes The Banger Sisters easier to swallow 
2.5
The Dirty Kind
Roger Moore
An early candidate for the worst movie of 2019 
0
Nanking
Robert W. Butler
A deft and dramatic melding of talking head documentary historic photos and film footage and readings by a cast of actors the film is a devastating depiction of man s inhumanity to man It is also about how some of us are brave enough to say No 
3.5
Nanking
Sid Smith
Sheds light on particular wartime atrocities largely neglected in the collective memory 
3
Nanking
Chris Hewitt
A brutal introduction to events that should be better known 
3
Nanking
Tom Keogh
Nanking doesn t tell us why decency and compassion completely break down from time to time It just tells us something terribly modern and all too familiar 
3
Nanking
David N. Butterworth
A harrowing look at how war takes its terrible toll on the innocent 
3
Nanking
Bruce Newman
Anyone who sees Nanking should know going in what a brutal story it is but no one should miss it because of a restrictive rating 
4
Nanking
Walter V. Addiego
The filmmakers employ a powerful technique of interspersing newsreel footage with wrenching on camera interviews of survivors and sequences of actors reciting from the letters and memoirs of the Westerners on the scene 
3
Nanking
Janos Gereben
The story of Nanking is told simply and well it speaks for itself 
3.5
Nanking
Elizabeth Weitzman
A somberly effective look at one of the most shameful events in human history 
3
Nanking
Gene Seymour
Nanking submits yet another reminder if any more were needed of how wickedness in the 20th century achieved dimensions previously considered unimaginable or unbearable 
3.5
Nanking
Ken Fox
An important contribution to a historical record that tragically is still far from complete 
3.5
Nanking
Lou Lumenick
A powerful documentary 
3
Alma's Rainbow
Carrie Rickey
What Alma s Rainbow lacks in shapeliness of script it makes up for in the common sense and uncommon humor of its principals 
3
Alma's Rainbow
Jackie Potts
Directed by Ayoka Chenzira Alma s Rainbow intelligently explores the relationships among the three women as they grapple with their sexuality 
2.5
Alma's Rainbow
Jami Bernard
It fails more often than it succeeds but its heart is in the right place 
2
Alma's Rainbow
John Anderson
Alma s Rainbow is about sisterhood in all its twisted and occasionally destructive permutations The film may be flawed but it does has something to say 
2.5
Alma's Rainbow
Roger Hurlburt
Alma s Rainbow is ambitious and occasionally fun Unfortunately director Chenzira s meandering script becomes diluted and confusing when it should have simplified an essentially interesting story 
2
Alma's Rainbow
Roger Moore
The 8220 coming of age 8221 scenes are mere tropes 44 but every scene that has Rainbow getting unsolicited advice 8212 about life 44 8220 boys 44 8221 getting her first period 8212 from the ladies of the salon has a richness that makes up for that 46 
2.5
Maharadhi
Namrata Joshi
It s unable to let go of the staginess Wish the static energy could have been harnessed into something dynamic 
2
Jexi
Linda Cook
This is an average comedy about a smart aleck phone 
2
Jexi
Zaki Hasan
Jexi feels hopelessly out of step with the moment Despite its subject matter it s a flip phone movie in a smart phone world 
1
Jexi
Roger Moore
Might have been more at home on Netflix where Adam Devine is only a screen prompt away from back to menu banishment 
1
Jexi
Rob Thomas
The best joke of the movie inadvertently is the giant glass walled offices that the staff reporters all have Meanwhile in the real world I finally got a cubicle by a window and it s only taken me 20 years to get it 
2
Jexi
Monica Castillo
Unfortunately the phone can t fix all of the movie s problems 
2.5
Jexi
Mark Dujsik
T he phone is funny The owner isn t 
1.5
Wing Chun
Michael Dequina
Funny entertaining stuff thanks to some great fight scenes and wire stunts and the force of nature that is Michelle Yeoh 
3
Kate & Leopold
David Nusair
Kate Leopold kicks off with an engrossing stretch detailing Jackman s character s exploits in the past and his initial discovery of Liev Schreiber s time traveler 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Matt Brunson
It s rare to come across a time travel tale as listless as this one 
1.5
Kate & Leopold
Scott Nash
Nearly the only big name romantic comedy to come out this year Kate Leopold is the perfect date movie this Christmas and the perfect way to escape from the stress of everyday life 
3.5
Kate & Leopold
Barbara Vancheri
Kate Leopold celebrates all things good manners chivalry courtship finely prepared food carefully chosen flowers integrity 
3
Kate & Leopold
Joe Lozito
Surprisingly effective romantic comedy with Hugh Jackman at his most charming and Meg Ryan proving yet again why she has become the watermark against which all other female romantic leads are compared 
3
Kate & Leopold
Betsy Bozdech
As everyone who s ever sighed over a Disney movie knows it s awfully hard to resist a good fairy tale especially when Prince Charming looks and talks like Hugh Jackman 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jackman commands Kate and Leopold as no actor has commanded a romantic comedy since Steve Martin in Roxanne 
3
Kate & Leopold
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kate Leopold is mostly harmless Both Jackman and Ryan have a warm delicate chemistry Their affair is easily believable as the two delicately dance around love 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es como un chocolate aunque no aporta nada sustancial es un deleite pasajero que bien vale la pena disfrutar 
3
Kate & Leopold
Ian Mantgani
The characters emerge as human rather than wow us with easy gags
3
Kate & Leopold
Frank Ochieng
Witless and relentlessly cliched this whimsy whoopie cushion of a lame romantic fable is as soggy as a Jackie Collins novel that fell into a jacuzzi 
1.5
Kate & Leopold
Mark Dujsik
A simple pleasure the kind of entertainment romantic comedies are prone to provide 
3
Kate & Leopold
Robert Roten
While the time travel plot is downright silly fine performances and excellent romantic chemistry rescue the story for the most part 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Emily Blunt
I have two words for you Hugh Jackman Really who cares what the story s about 
3
Kate & Leopold
Michael Dequina
Put Ryan and Jackman together and they fail the simple Alka Seltzer chemistry test plop plop fizzle fizzle and no what a relief it isn t 
2
Kate & Leopold
Marty Mapes
Kate Leopold is the perfect film product Tastes great and won t go to your thighs 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Elias Savada
a semi sweet time traveling yuletide log It may sit well on the fire for 2 hours but its love struck ashes aren t anything to keep up on the mantle 
2
Kate & Leopold
Carla Meyer
It s as if the actress agreed to take another America s sweetheart role but her spirit didn t 
2
Kate & Leopold
Walter Chaw
It s a stupid film but not a malicious one 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Dustin Putman
The most unromantic romance of the year 
1.5
Kate & Leopold
Harvey S. Karten
Time travel lite a fluffy and enjoyable romance
3
Kate & Leopold
Carrie Rickey
The irresistible force that is Hugh Jackman or was it his swoony Leopold swept me off my seat and into the movie 
3
Kate & Leopold
Roger Ebert
One of the reasons the movie works is because we like the goodness of the characters 
3
Kate & Leopold
Claudia Puig
Too bad director co writer James Mangold couldn t come up with anything fresher and more worthy of Jackman s suave grace 
2
Kate & Leopold
Jonathan Foreman
Even by movie standards the time tripping in K L doesn t work 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Rick Groen
A Hollywood formula flick with the life sucked out of it 
2
Kate & Leopold
Michael Wilmington
An oppressively cute Manhattan time travel romantic comedy that s lost in time space and cliches 
1.5
Kate & Leopold
Steve Rhodes
Kate Leopold is is as gracious and charming as its hero Leopold Hugh Jackman the third Duke of Albany 
3.5
Kate & Leopold
Betsy Bozdech
As Leopold Jackman is the perfect mix of rogue and gentleman 
2.5
Kate & Leopold
Erik Childress
I seriously doubt it would have even gotten past the internet phase of Miramax s Project Greenlight 
1.5
Kate & Leopold
Ross Anthony
Fanciful and imaginative creative and backed with high power production at all levels The reviewer stands to applaud
3.5
Kate & Leopold
Rob Blackwelder
Kate and Leopold might warm the easy heart but it will most certainly numb the brain 
2
Kate & Leopold
James Berardinelli
Delivers the kind of warm familiar mixed brew of romance humor light drama and pleasant character interaction that has made many of Ryan s similar endeavors successful box office performers 
3
Kate & Leopold
Ed Gonzalez
You re sucking the life out of American cinema says a market research exec to Meg Ryan s titular Kate 
1.5
Ad Astra
Brian Eggert
Ad Astra is rooted in a human drama that unravels somewhere between Earth and the rings of Neptune two stations as distant as the storys father and son 
3.5
Ad Astra
Jason Fraley
There may be alien life out there but sometimes we have to appreciate the life right in front of us 
3
Ad Astra
Sarah Knight Adamson
Fantastic realistic space travel with a Mad Max tone and cinematography that is out of this world pun intended I enjoyed the sci fi trip to space 
3.5
Ad Astra
David Keyes
The movie is an audacious agonizing engrossing meditation on personal isolation 
3.5
Ad Astra
Linda Cook
A morality tale reminiscent of 2001 A Space Odyssey 
3
Ad Astra
Federico Furzan
A powerful sci fi drama that surpasses its technology question and manages to stay focused on a human conflict that feels relevant Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ad Astra
James Kendrick
It is that most intriguing of science fiction epics the kind that uses the vast reaches of space to turn us inward and remind us that what really matters is often what is right in front of us 
3.5
Ad Astra
Steven Prokopy
Ad Astra is a beautifully shot film that should only ever be viewed on the biggest screen possible 
3
Ad Astra
David Nusair
A typically idiosyncratic James Gray effort 
3
Ad Astra
Matt Brunson
If Apocalypse Now airlifted Joseph Conrad s Heart of Darkness and released it smack in the middle of the Vietnam War then Ad Astra takes hold of the material and blasts it into outer space It s a bold and dazzling slice of science fiction 
3.5
Ad Astra
Rene Sanchez
Brad Pitt is sensational in Ad Astra a space voyage that becomes a man s personal quest to find answers to his existential doubts Full Review in Spanish 
3
Ad Astra
Josh Larsen
zooms further in the more it zooms out 
3
Ad Astra
Bob Bloom
The film is more a father and son story and a voyage of reconnection and reconciliation 
3.5
Ad Astra
Robert Daniels
James Gray s Ad Astra as a reflection upon loss and masculinity is as illuminating as the sun personal in its careful inspection and a repressed masterpiece 
4
Ad Astra
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gray is such an exquisite cinematic craftsman it s unlikely I could have torn my eyes away from the screen even if I had wanted to try and do so 
3
Ad Astra
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Easier to admire than adore 
3
Ad Astra
Mike McGranaghan
Ad Astra is one of those movies that probably needs to be seen twice in order to fully absorb its themes Fortunately it s something you d want to see more than once 
3.5
Ad Astra
Ann Hornaday
In a mesmerizing minimalist performance Pitt forms the gravitational center of a film that takes its place in the firmament of science fiction films by fearlessly quoting classics of the genre as well as those outside it 
3.5
Ad Astra
Jeff York
Filmmaker James Gray s latest movie is as intellectual as it is visceral It s a film that is also thrilling and profoundly moving 
4
Ad Astra
James Berardinelli
The film s geography takes us on a cross solar system journey but the real trajectory is deep into the human experience finding meaning in life and coming to grips with being left behind 
3.5
Ad Astra
Josh Terry
Ad Astra might offer more in terms of meaning while disappointing audiences who were expecting a little more in terms of action 
3
Ad Astra
Jake Coyle
Gray has a gift for shrinking massive set pieces and enlarging private dramas 
3
Ad Astra
Brian Tallerico
This is rare nuanced storytelling anchored by one of Brad Pitt s career best performances and remarkable technical elements on every level It s a special film 
4
Ad Astra
Christian Toto
The actor s sublime turn makes this sci fi saga a worthy addition to the genre 
3
Ad Astra
Phil Villarreal
Lost its heart and mind somewhere in the asteroid belt 
2
Ad Astra
Robert Horton
The way the film plugs in its science fiction elements willy nilly without particularly caring about them is an issue 
2
Ad Astra
Ben Sachs
In drawing on and amplifying ideas that have appeared elsewhere in his work James Gray heightens Ad Astra s sense of familiarity making the future seem like something out of the past 
3
Ad Astra
Mark Dujsik
The plot is mostly an excuse for the filmmakers to take us on a tour of these worlds They re genuine marvels 
3
Ad Astra
Peter Howell
Stellar acting along with the pretty pictures overrides the film s structural limitations 
3
Ad Astra
Michael Phillips
The stakes in Ad Astra feel more theoretical than urgent Pitt however manages some genuinely moving revelations of character under duress 
2.5
Ad Astra
Tom Meek
Ad Astra is like a 5 Hour Energy drink a sharp pure blast of wow until you come down and it leaves you empty and wanting 
2.5
Ad Astra
Walter Chaw
Ad Astra is one half imagistic masterpiece and one half that director s commentary where all they re doing is listing what s on the screen and repeating the dialogue 
2
Ad Astra
Rosalie Kicks
This daddy drama is nothing more than Brad Pitt taking a bunch of taxis in space 
2
Ad Astra
Carson Lund
In a future where the plagues of civilization have only evolved into new shapes and sizes it asks in a roundabout way if there s anything worthier of exploration than our own relationships 
3.5
Ad Astra
Johnny Oleksinski
When somebody asks Brad Pitt what he did this summer here s how he should respond Resuscitated my acting career 
3.5
Ad Astra
G. Allen Johnson
Director James Gray reaches and his visually striking movie is mostly a success despite a dud of an ending 
3
Ad Astra
Barry Hertz
I still left Ad Astra feeling the best kind of dizzy my perspective shifted my footing unfamiliar the world something imperceptibly new 
4
Ad Astra
Mara Reinstein
The big payoff is the cinematic equivalent of a black hole 
2.5
Ad Astra
Mark Feeney
An impressively crafted yet increasingly listless enterprise 
2
Ad Astra
Moira MacDonald
Beautiful eerie and always just a bit out of reach James Gray s Ad Astra is an intriguing if not entirely satisfying space odyssey 
3
Ad Astra
Katie Walsh
With story so huge yet intimate and earnestly sincere Ad Astra is remarkably composed Gray keeps a steady hand on the controls capably landing this spacecraft 
3.5
Ad Astra
Oliver Jones
Combined with the film s lavish technical achievements Pitt s classic movie star sturdiness makes Ad Astra a memorable filmgoing experience even as the story it tells slips off into the ether 
2.5
Ad Astra
Mattie Lucas
Whether it s over the rainbow or beyond the reaches of Neptune Gray can t help but remind us that nothing is so grand and mysterious and worth our time as love 
3.5
Ad Astra
Rafer Guzman
Ad Astra may reach for the stars but its own gravitas pulls it down 
2
Ad Astra
Joey Magidson
If Bruce Springsteen wrote a tale of space travel it might be something like this so engrained in the story is the idea of the sins of the father being visited upon the son 
3.5
Ad Astra
Brian Truitt
Pitt is undoubtedly luminous as the brightest star of Ad Astra an engaging and even hopeful exploration about the consistency of human feelings no matter where you are in the galaxy 
3
Ad Astra
Roger Moore
Like too many imitation Space Odysseys it flunks that most basic test It doesn t make us care what happens 
2
The Other Woman
Sonny Bunch
Kate Upton busts out in buoyant debut turn 
2.5
The Other Woman
Michael Dequina
Mann is the one who practically makes the picture winning most of the laughs with her expert timing quirky delivery and general go for broke abandon 
3
The Other Woman
David Nusair
An exceptionally incredibly lazy piece of work 
1
The Other Woman
Linda Cook
Make no mistake about it This is a mean spirited movie But because the whole idea of the show is about women set on revenge it remains funny and breezy despite its shallow characters It follows in the female footsteps of Bridesmaids 
3
The Other Woman
Claudia Puig
The vapid story and its intended humor meanders and loses its way in predictable sit com style 
2
The Other Woman
Scott Nash
It should have come with a laugh track so you d know where the jokes are supposed to be 
1
The Other Woman
Matt Brunson
Scatological humor aside there are enough bright elements in The Other Woman that allow the film to occasionally rise above the mire and chief among them is Leslie Mann 
2.5
The Other Woman
Mike McGranaghan
The Other Woman is as insightful about infidelity as Kim Kardashian would be about nuclear physics What a detestable piece of crud this picture is 
1
The Other Woman
Chris Knight
The saving grace is the presence of Mann and Diaz who long ago appeared in the same film 1996 s She s the One also about infidelity and strike sparks in this one 
2.5
The Other Woman
Lisa Kennedy
Granted it would be nice to have a ladies night out at the multiplex but no one need be this desperate 
1.5
The Other Woman
John Serba
Its first half is a forgivably clichd comedy for adults fluidly paced Its second is a relentless display of juvenilia a graceless hop from one awful scene to the next 
2
The Other Woman
Sean P. Means
There s only one thing I can say to the scattershot scatterbrained comedy The Other Woman This isn t working out and I need to start seeing other movies 
1.5
The Other Woman
Peter Canavese
If this is girl power we re experiencing rolling blackouts 
1.5
The Other Woman
Liam Lacey
This is more feminish than feminist but arguably a tottering stiletto heeled step forward 
2.5
The Other Woman
Mark Dujsik
The Other Woman does not completely insult the female sex but that s not for a lack of trying 
0.5
The Other Woman
Christy Lemire
While The Other Woman raises some thoughtful questions about independence identity and the importance of sisterhood ultimately it would rather poop on them and then throw them through a window in hopes of the getting the big laugh 
2
The Other Woman
Steven Rea
Thank goodness for Leslie Mann 
2
The Other Woman
Willie Waffle
Maybe it just lacks a good Taylor Swift song to give it that vibe of vengeance it needs so badly but I think it s more than that 
1
The Other Woman
Jon Niccum
Few movies have gone off the rails on a crazy train more disastrously than this comedy 
2
The Other Woman
Dustin Putman
Pertly humored and touching in spots without becoming too soapy the film s entertainment value plain and simple goes a long way in smoothing over its problem areas 
2.5
The Other Woman
James Berardinelli
Has it come to this for director Nick Cassavetes 
1.5
The Other Woman
Perry Seibert
The Other Woman is loaded with likable performances but the script by first time screenwriter Melissa Stack adheres so slavishly to conventional Hollywood wisdom that the movie never feels as fun as it should 
2
The Other Woman
Moira MacDonald
The Other Woman plays like The First Wives Club crossed with an exceptionally well groomed female version of The Hangover which is to say there s not much to it but it s featherweight fun while it lasts 
2.5
The Other Woman
Carla Meyer
There s self awareness all around in Other Woman until it flies out the window in favor of high jinks 
2
The Other Woman
Stephen Whitty
The only thing missing from this steaming casserole in fact is the one crucial ingredient A sense of humor 
1.5
The Other Woman
Jake Coyle
Cassavetes seemingly tries to sap any energy that Mann and Diaz give the film Any time music kicks in terrible filmmaking results usually in montage form 
2
The Other Woman
Rafer Guzman
In this battle of the sexes comedy neither sex feels very real which may be why there s so little to laugh about 
2
The Other Woman
Peter Howell
The only clichs missing to complete the set are the funny gay friend and the meddling mom but the studio is probably saving them for The Other Woman 2 
2
The Other Woman
Ty Burr
It s The First Wives Club rewritten for younger less demanding audiences or a 9 to 5 with absolutely nothing at stake 
1
The Other Woman
Ann Hornaday
A movie as generic and forgettable as the sofa size art on its characters walls 
1.5
The Other Woman
Michael Phillips
Line to line it s fresher than any number of guy centric Hangover spawned affairs despite director Cassavetes lack of flair for slapstick 
2.5
The Other Woman
Mick LaSalle
Audiences looking for a nonstop laugh riot may be disappointed but the big laughs are there and they benefit from the movie s underlying sincerity 
3
The Other Woman
Chris Hewitt
The Other Woman ends up like gnocchi It s oddly shaped but there s good stuff in there 
2.5
The Other Woman
Connie Ogle
Goofy ridiculous with more gross out humor than is strictly necessary but still funny It falls into the category of Girlfriend Films as in go with your girlfriends and leave your date partner spouse at home with the PlayStation or the NBA playoffs 
3
The Other Woman
Matt Pais
Most regretful of all should be Diaz who next time will shred a script once she reads Then she gets hit in the face by a large dog s balls 
1
The Other Woman
Jordan Osterer
The film is clearly wary of either being too saccharine or taking itself or the notion of compulsive infidelity too seriously though its schadenfreude is unwavering 
1.5
The Other Woman
Sara Stewart
Mann and Diaz give it their all and you can see how they might be a good comic team with better material Mann a goofy foil to Diaz s savvy urbanite 
1
The Other Woman
Roger Moore
Diaz and Mann make a great new comic duo with Mann landing laugh after laugh after laugh 
2.5
Somebody to Love
Roger Ebert
The writing is quirky and amused with itself and Perez throws herself into this role as if the world depended on it 
3
Price Check
Stephen Whitty
Walker finds a few fresh veins to mine and some nice performances 
3
Price Check
Kyle Smith
A hilarious Parker Posey provides her customary blast of brittle energy in Price Check an engaging corporate comedy 
3
Price Check
R. Kurt Osenlund
The script is teeming with informed jargon about the business of supermarket pricing and with actors like Posey as its vessel the dialogue rings with an unlikely blend of fascination and farce 
2.5
Monster
Lindsey Bahr
Despite some shortcomings though Monster remains a worthy watch if just for Harrison s performance 
2.5
Monster
Lisa Trifone
A few moments of emotional resonance do elevate to something quite effective 
2.5
Monster
Ty Burr
Myers wanted us to feel for the kid but also to ponder the spectrum between action and inaction and where responsibility and thus guilt might fall on it In the end the movie gets that too 
2.5
Monster
Richard Roeper
Director Mandler and cinematographer David Devlin nimbly switch filters to reflect various stops along the timeline 
3
Monster
Mark Dujsik
I ts final point basically undoes every other point the movie has attempted to make 
2
Monster
Christy Lemire
There s very little to its characters rendering their struggle superficial and hollow 
1.5
Monster
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Good intentions and worthwhile moments aside Monster can t quite rise above its significant flaws 
2
Monster
Pamela Powell
Monster takes us into the ugliness of prejudice poverty and the criminality associated with it all It s a film to remember and maybe to better understand our current times 
3.5
Monster
Chris Vognar
If Monster occasionally shows its YA roots with flashes of simplicity it also tells a lean propulsive story with style and grace 
3
Ganges: River To Heaven
Rob Thomas
Ganges is intriguing no matter what you believe in 
3
El Edificio De Los Chilenos
Kalvin Henely
What probably seemed obvious and familiar to director Macarena Aguil seems vague and confusing to us 
1
The Red and the White
David Nusair
frustratingly esoteric and inaccessible 
1
The Red and the White
Jeremy Heilman
A war film unlike any other 
4
French Cancan
Jeremy Heilman
Little can prepare us for the dazzling set piece that closes the film 
3.5
The Errand Boy
Eric Henderson
The self reflectivity of The Errand Boy is so pervasive it truly becomes the content of the film 
3.5
House Party
Kevin Carr
Harmless and fun 44 this is a nice romp through 90s hip hop culture 46 
3
House Party
Juan Carlos Coto
It s a view often lost in Hollywood s Wonder Bread world That s why the Hudlins are a welcome pair They celebrate modern black culture with no needless apologies 
2.5
House Party
Chris Hicks
What is most appealing about House Party and what sets it apart from many movies in the same genre is that there is an energy and exuberance a joy of living being celebrated here that is absolutely infectious 
3
House Party
Roger Ebert
House Party is silly and high spirited and not particularly significant and that is just as it should be 
3
Barfly
Candice Russell
Director Barbet Schroeder brilliantly creates a world unknown or invisible to most filmgoers 
3.5
Barfly
Richard Freedman
What s exciting about this raucously funny offbeat salute to booze as a lifetime vocation is Mickey Rourke as its central soak Henry a part closely modeled on poet novelist Charles Bukowski 
3
Barfly
Gene Siskel
Both characters are the kind of people who want to be left alone That s what you may feel like after you spend a few minutes with them 
2
Barfly
Roger Ebert
The result is a truly original American movie a film like no other a period of time spent in the company of the kinds of characters Saroyan and O Neill would have understood 
4
Antebellum
Brian Eggert
What works best and worst about Antebellum is wrapped up in its secrets and how the writer directors deal with them
3
Antebellum
Matt Brunson
Unwieldy enough to highlight its narrative deficiencies and ugly enough to wonder if there s actually any target audience for such an undertaking in the first place 
2
Antebellum
Lindsey Bahr
In the end Antebellum will inspire conversation just probably not the one the filmmakers anticipated 
2
Antebellum
Craig D. Lindsey
seeing more Black pain is really something we don t need right now We already see it on our damn phones every waking moment 
1.5
Antebellum
Sean P. Means
The lack of suspense in that central twist is what ultimately destroys our interest in Antebellum 
2
Antebellum
Tom Meek
The cinematography by Pedro Luque and period sets are stunning and Monáe carries it all off successfully But overall the film s more intriguing for the horrors it touches upon than the sense of eerie thrills it tries to conjure 
2.5
Antebellum
Jason Fraley
Critics can argue that the gimmick has been done before but it still could have worked in a new social context if the pacing was right Can we get a tightened director s cut for Halloween 
2.5
Antebellum
Pamela Powell
Antebellum is a film that keeps your eyes glued your attention rapt and your heart pounding until that final moment that makes everything crystal clear 
3.5
Antebellum
Ty Burr
With luck Monáe will be cast in more roles as smart as she is This one is merely clever a grimly provocative entertainment whose greater meanings are gone with the wind 
2
Antebellum
Doug Walker
If you re looking for the left s equivalent of Pure Flix this would be a great double feature with the remake of Black Christmas 
1.5
Antebellum
Steven Prokopy
When the true nature of Antebellum is finally revealed it might be shocking to some but it made me question the purpose of the entire exercise 
2
Antebellum
Richard Roeper
A well made drama on slavery s horrors builds to an exasperating ending After all the sadistic violence the big twist is a big bust 
2
Antebellum
Christian Toto
Janelle Monae does what she can to hold this cinematic turkey together 
1.5
Antebellum
Jeff York
The film ends up as a misjudged amalgam of horror and history stumbling over its themes of the black experience and female empowerment and ending up cringe worthy to watch 
1.5
Antebellum
Mark Dujsik
All of the concept s potential though is squandered in the final act of Antebellum which elevates action over ideas 
1.5
Antebellum
Sara Michelle Fetters
Antebellum is noticeably striking in several ways but it s also sickening and disheartening in so many more 
1.5
Antebellum
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The premise here is ripe for brilliant and opportune exploitation Instead we just get to watch bad things happen to good people 
1
Antebellum
Johnny Oleksinski
Despite some issues this Janelle Monáe film is a breathless watch 
3
Antebellum
Rafer Guzman
Poor pacing and a confused screenplay keep this horror thriller from living up to its potential 
1.5
Antebellum
Christy Lemire
While Antebellum is dazzling to the eyes it also leaves an icky taste in your mouth in its leering exploitative depiction of violent slavery movie tropes 
1.5
Antebellum
Matthew Passantino
Any of Antebellum s narrative shortcomings are outweighed by expert craftmanship 
2.5
Antebellum
Randy Myers
Antebellum s message that America s racist past is thriving in the present couldn t be more pertinent or urgent but the execution here is overdone 
2
Antebellum
Joe Friar
Bush and Renz strike while the iron is hot at a time when the country is divided and the BLM movement is front and center Monáe is superb but the fascinating premise is diluted by the execution 
3
Antebellum
Jeff Mitchell
An effective and challenging thriller and don t watch the trailer go in blind 
2.5
Antebellum
Ann Hornaday
Antebellum looks like it might deliver a timely reckoning with the most pernicious undersides of the American myth Instead it offers viewers an intriguing idea that s simultaneously undercooked and awkwardly overstated 
1.5
Antebellum
Mick LaSalle
There was definitely something here But none of it made it onto the screen 
2
Antebellum
Josh Larsen
Part period piece part horror flick part Shyamalanesque piece of chicanery 
3
Antebellum
Mike McGranaghan
This may be the most intelligent and provocative horror film of the year 
3.5
Antebellum
James Berardinelli
The movie never loses sight of its twin objectives maintain suspense and emphasize a message about the enduring pernicious power of racism 
3
Antebellum
Roger Moore
A gorgeously shot but dawdling and ditzy parable on race and the patriarchy told in three acts 
2
Antebellum
Henry Stewart
This is film that employs imaginative twists to illuminate the racism that s entrenched in American history and society 
3
Antebellum
Sarah-Tai Black
Antebellum is a film that lives smugly within its final reveal and what s worse this reveal is more groan inducing than anything else 
2
Antebellum
Brian Truitt
The movie itself overcomes its imperfections with a higher cause to its horror 
3
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Roger Ebert
Most movies have a dominant quality and in Rosalie Goes Shopping that sought after quality is Reassurance 
3
Coupe de Ville
David Nusair
mostly affable yet entirely forgettable 
2.5
Coupe de Ville
Roger Ebert
There is something deadening about the kind of formula picture where you know with absolute certainty what is going to happen and how and why 
1.5
The Seven Year Itch
Josh Larsen
Monroe takes over the movie the minute she appears onscreen wearing impossible outfits and telling the most ridiculous stories with the lightest touch 
3
The Seven Year Itch
Bill Chambers
All told the screenplay s butchery lends a mesmerizing vagueness to the proceedings 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Peter Canavese
This 4K HD 25th Anniversary blu ray steel box re issue is more about the packaging than anything of an overblown not very interesting movie 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s all testosterone and swagger and tries so hard to be cool that it s just the opposite 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Joe Lozito
It runs out of gas 
2
The Fast and the Furious
David Nusair
ultimately entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Steven Snyder
A film that stays true to what it tries to be 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Michael Szymanski
The plot gets ridiculous as it s slowly revealed that one of them isn t what they seem to be at first and continues to get more preposterous but with better car crashes 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious
Jim Shelby
Though it might as well be called The Dopey and the Deafening this is the kind of overblown junk food that summer flicks are all about 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Margaret A. McGurk
Melodramatic preposterous excessive this movie is all that Yet it is also magnetically appealing 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Jon Niccum
Cohen uses speed the way most filmmakers use lighting or color 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Fast and the Furious is the perfect movie to watch on DVD You can hit a few buttons and check out the three action scenes worth seeing surrendering only 10 minutes of your life 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Collin Souter
Finally a REAL drive in B movie It s a bad movie alright but in the best possible way 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Blake French
not a movie as much as it s an audiovisual assault 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious
Mark Dujsik
Overly populated with beautiful women tough guys and fast cars What else could you ask for As it turns out quite a lot 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious
Jules Brenner
All in all a better movie than one might suspect 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Ian Mantgani
This is the cinematic equivalent of the atomic bomb roaring snarling and flashing until we react It s often annoying but more often it s exhilarating and so I guess I must recommend it 
3
The Fast and the Furious
David Keyes
just a basic retread of every car movie that came before it 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Mike McGranaghan
A guilty pleasure
3
The Fast and the Furious
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es entretenimiento de alto octanaje que lo hará pasar un buen rato pensando en otra cosa y hará que su pulso cardíaco se eleve al máximo
3
The Fast and the Furious
Steve Rhodes
Frequently feels like a long music video advertisement for some new cars aimed at the youth market 
1
The Fast and the Furious
Michael Dequina
Vin Diesel can t compensate for the bad dialogue formulaic plotting and gradually diminishing interest of each race chase scene 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious
Gary Brown
If you are like me and actually prefer the seemingly vanishing genre of film that involves two people having an intelligent conversation on screen you ll want to steer clear 
2
The Fast and the Furious
James Kendrick
loud and dumb but also entertaining and at times even exhilarating
3
The Fast and the Furious
Robert Roten
It seems to be a pointless story without a true conflict or a true resolution 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Mick LaSalle
It s a formula movie to be sure but it s Formula One 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Rod Armstrong
The characters are thinner than Courteney Cox and the serious moments fall thuddingly flat but the R P M s are so high that it doesn t matter too much 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Susan Stark
The disconcertingly but finally happy surprise of the picture comes with the way it persuades you to its perverse point of view 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Roger Ebert
It delivers what it promises to deliver and knows that a chase scene is supposed to be about something more than special effects 
3
The Fast and the Furious
Liam Lacey
Doesn t manage to deliver the wild ride it promises 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Marty Mapes
All in all The Fast and The Furious is good fun 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Mark Caro
There s some undeniable appeal to watching a well oiled built for speed machine operating with its pedal to the metal 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Ross Anthony
Often crossing the double yellows into hokey terrain Furious can still be a satisfactory cheap ride 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Erik Childress
It may just be too bad to be so bad it s good 
2
The Fast and the Furious
Rob Blackwelder
Nothing more than a shiny object designed to entertain the simpleminded 
1.5
The Fast and the Furious
James Berardinelli
This movie has guilty pleasure written all over it 
2.5
The Fast and the Furious
Dustin Putman
If anything the action leaves a cursory adrenaline rush When the movie is over though don t expect to think about it again because you won t 
2
Whore
Roger Ebert
Liz is played by Theresa Russell the actress you call when you need great skill combined with great courage 
3
BuyBust
Simon Abrams
So often bogged down by pseudo naturalistic long takes and generic cop robber power dynamics that it makes one wonder what the point of watching such a film is 
1.5
BuyBust
Roger Moore
Uneven but brawling and bracing Filipino riff on The Raid a drug bust gone epically wrong 
2.5
Upgrade
Brian Eggert
Even though it plays like a 90 minute episode of Black Mirror it would be a pretty good episode 
3
Upgrade
Matt Brunson
With its emphasis on technology slightly futuristic setting and fondness for disturbing developments Upgrade feels like an episode of Black Mirror that somehow managed to break free from its Netflix surroundings and emerge unscathed on the big screen 
3
Upgrade
Federico Furzan
Genre cinema does not get better than this This feels like cyberpunk mixed with horror and action Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Upgrade
John Beifuss
It may be ersatz Verhoeven and Cronenberg lite but so what I was smitten by its unpretentious old school economy and its unexpected visual panache the digital effects and camera moves are ingenious simple and fun 
3.5
Upgrade
Joe Friar
An entertaining sci fi thriller that recalls those 90s B movie favorites 
3
Upgrade
Walter Chaw
Upgrade is more than just superior action sequences it s a film about caregivers for the recently disabled and the frustration and despair of a person losing his independence 
3
Upgrade
Stephen Rebello
As a launching pad for Marshall Green and as a break from summer blockbuster fatigue it s a lifesaver 
3
Upgrade
David Nusair
It s a solid premise that s employ to watchable and occasionally enthralling effect by filmmaker Leigh Whannell 
3
Upgrade
Bruce DeMara
Writer director Leigh Whannell gives us a glimpse of the near future and it s both fascinating and terrifying 
3.5
Upgrade
Ben Sachs
Upgrade s smooth turn into intellectual provocation may be the most surprising thing about it 
3
Upgrade
Sara Michelle Fetters
This R rated throwback is a burly enterprise chock full of fresh ideas and assertively vicious thrills and chills 
3
Upgrade
Roger Moore
Clever
2.5
Upgrade
David Fear
Resistance is futile High grade grindhouse glee is your reward 
3.5
Upgrade
James Berardinelli
The movie is tasteless disturbing and misanthropic but it s also entertaining if you re in the mood to see a wronged man do all sorts of heinous things to those responsible for his current predicament 
2.5
Upgrade
Simon Abrams
Upgrade an irresistibly gory science fiction melodrama is B movie schlock done right 
3
Upgrade
Tom Meek
It s not nearly as sharp or socially biting but does have a fresh whimsical take on tomorrow 
2.5
Upgrade
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s good dumb fun and pretty smart about it to boot 
3
Upgrade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not too much to suggest that a movie like Upgrade with its low budget lack of stars and hands on practical effects while still being exciting and visual enough to see on the big screen fills a much needed void 
3.5
Upgrade
Mark Dujsik
Upgrade does come close to doing something a bit different and that makes it sporadically rousing and ultimately disappointing 
2.5
Upgrade
Michael Phillips
The movie pumps a lot of blood and viscera with the occasional witty rejoinder 
2.5
Upgrade
Isaac Feldberg
A kinetic sci fi riff fashioned from scrap metal and human entrails nervily updating Cronenbergian body horror for the iOS era 
3
Upgrade
Gary Thompson
It s a funny concept helped by Marshall Green s blended look of pleasure and consternation at being the vessel for an invincibility that he enjoys but cannot control 
2.5
Upgrade
Peter Hartlaub
Whannell is clearly enjoying writing and directing his own project and it shows in the finished product 
3
Upgrade
Rafer Guzman
Upgrade is hugely enjoyable and delivers just about everything it promised In another summer of computer generated blockbusters it s a handmade blast of entertainment 
3
Upgrade
Dann Gire
Whannell energetically directing from his original screenplay whips the story along at Jason Bourne velocity turning its sizable plotholes into enjoyable speed bumps 
3
Upgrade
Kam Williams
A timely cautionary tale about Artificial Intelligence you don t want to miss 
4
Upgrade
Mark Jenkins
Although writer director Leigh Whannell s themes are as predictable as his premise the action scenes are efficient and effective 
2
Upgrade
Derek Smith
It serves up its cautionary tale with a schlocky blend of dark humor breakneck action and unsettling body horror 
2.5
Lisztomania
Mike McGranaghan
While it may lack narrative sense this is without a doubt one of the most unpredictable and hypnotic viewing experiences you could ever hope to have 
3
Lisztomania
Roger Ebert
It s a berserk exercise of demented genius and on that level I want to make my praise explicit it functions and sometimes even works Most people will probably despise it 
3
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Roger Moore
Lump this one among the lesser musical lights of The Studio Era and move on 
2
Star Maps
Dustin Putman
Simply isn t tightly enough written or plotted to be satisfying despite some notable performances 
2
Star Maps
Roger Ebert
Star Maps reads like a collision involving three or four scripts in different stages of development 
2
The Double-D Avenger
Joe Bob Briggs
Not since Beach House have I been so moved 
2.5
Back Roads
Monica Castillo
Ambitious but unrefined Alex Pettyfer s directorial debut Back Roads is a raw movie overburdened by heavy handed drama 
1
Back Roads
Rick Bentley
This was a big gamble for Pettyfer who could have just coasted along in big budget films where actions often speak louder than the dialogue His willingness to take a chance pays off 
3.5
Back Roads
Roger Moore
Turgid and sordid rural murder mystery melodrama
1.5
The Lords of Salem
Brian Eggert
Neither suspenseful nor disturbing as intended 44 The Lords of Salem may resist Zombie 8217 s previous shock fest style 44 but his detour into goat sacrificing Satanism doesn 8217 t prove any more watchable 46 
1
The Lords of Salem
Frank Ochieng
Nevertheless hallucinatory hogwash such as Salem will continue to dog Zombie as a campy conductor of sluggish horror oriented hogwash 
1
The Lords of Salem
Sonny Bunch
Lords of Salem may be a misfire but it s an interesting one from an auteur with much to offer a genre that has devolved into a sodden mass of jump scares 
2
The Lords of Salem
Jeff Beck
The Lords of Salem presents an even bigger mess than usual As the film progresses you get inklings of a plot here and there but one never wholly materializes making for an incoherent and extraordinarily dull affair 
1
The Lords of Salem
Jason Buchanan
Zombie s moody shocker finds the part time singer still floundering to find his voice as a filmmaker while offering clear cut evidence that it takes more than a deep love of the horror genre to become a great horror director 
2
The Lords of Salem
Stephen Whitty
It s all meant to be monstrous unspeakable blasphemous horror but it comes across more like a slightly dirty drawing passed in seventh grade religion class 
1.5
The Lords of Salem
V.A. Musetto
Movies by Rob Zombie the goth rocker turned cult filmmaker aren t for everybody But he couldn t care less 
3
The Lords of Salem
Austin Kennedy
It s brave bold ambitious and not very good 
1.5
The Lords of Salem
Roger Moore
Dull and incompetent And I m not just talking about his wife 
1
The Lords of Salem
Rafer Guzman
Rob Zombie film scholar I m convinced Rob Zombie filmmaker Mmmyeah not so much 
0.5
The Lords of Salem
Tom Russo
A portrait of vengeful occult torment that pushes hard to redefine the meaning of witch trials 
2
The Lords of Salem
Dustin Putman
Though admirable for moving away from director Rob Zombie s comfort zone by focusing on mood and atmosphere over jump scares and a body count the viewer walks away feeling the one thing horror should never elicit indifference 
2
The Lords of Salem
Simon Abrams
Instead of retreating into his manic hyper allusive style of psychedelic grindhouse friendly pastiche Zombie tested his considerable skills and made something different 
3
The Lords of Salem
Rex Reed
So bad it s hilarious 
1
The Lords of Salem
Nick Schager
Rob Zombie understands horror as an aural visual experience that should gnaw at the nerves seep into the subconscious and beget unshakeable nightmares 
4
Everything Strange and New
Diego Semerene
The film does something quite amazing in allowing the kind of bottled up emotional dynamic that heterosexual masculinity requires to finally express itself in speech 
3
Everything Strange and New
Walter V. Addiego
The images are sometimes heavy handed and the same can be said of the film as a whole 
2
Cockroach
Kate Taylor
The film gives some context for the millennial generation s frustration with living in a dense and expensive global financial centre that seems dedicated solely to work and which is now losing the freedoms that may have made that bearable 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Brian Eggert
Lonergan balances unrecoverable anguish with tender warmth in Manchester by the Sea a film that considers a character unable to forgive himself and hesitant to engage with anyone ever again 
4
Manchester by the Sea
David Gonzalez
Manchester by the Sea is a study of guilt and the complexity of recovering from it 46 A modern day tragedy that will surely bring tears but also bring hope that Lee may one day say goodbye to his past and forgive himself 46 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Matt Brunson
The sort of understated under the radar drama that can use all the help it can get to stand out in an increasingly overcrowded marketplace 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Sarah Knight Adamson
Despite the misery involved in this highly emotional film the finely tuned script along with outstanding performances is reason enough to see this 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Mattie Lucas
Takes us to a place that few films have ever gone with a depth and maturity that is a rare commodity in modern cinema 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Lisa Jensen
Manchester By the Sea is a life sized story about recognizably human characters whose dilemmas stay with us 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
David Keyes
The movie is pulsating with urgency and feeling not deadened by the suggestive framework of its premise I could not take my eyes off any of these people 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
John Serba
Lonergan and his cast perfect the art of the verbal squabble funny and sad vibrant and testy It feels like life 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s not an easy movie and the slow pace might bore some viewers but it s the perfect film for those who are looking for a mature and believable story Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Brad Keefe
There s warmth and a relief of humor to balance the weight making Manchester not just an emotional punch but a deeply entertaining one It s one of the year s best films 
4
Manchester by the Sea
James Kendrick
its virtues far outweigh its problems but Manchester by the Sea still feels like a film that isn t quite there
3
Manchester by the Sea
Kam Williams
An emotionally engaging tale of redemption certain to garner its share of accolades over the course of the awards season 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Linda Cook
One of the finest films of the year or any year for that matter 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Michael Smith
The thing about a Kenneth Lonergan movie is that it feels like you re watching people not actors You re watching a world unfold and not some form of fiction 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Eric Melin
The most textured emotionally complex screenplay of the year by some distance Lonergan s filmmaking redefines epic He has found something big and universal in the small specific characters he shows us at hauntingly close proximity 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Jeff Simon
It is to be sure one of the most affecting films of this surprising year It s about how very much emotion some lives are required to contain silently while for all the world they function day to day 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Barry Paris
There s no facile feel good redemption here But there may be hope 
3
Manchester by the Sea
James Berardinelli
Unforced acting couples with a nuanced insightful script to tell a story that although seemingly simple is achingly complex 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Sean P. Means
Manchester by the Sea paints a rich and touching portrait of a family s grief and one man drawn back to deal with the past he tried to put behind him It s a movie that will resonate in the heart long after the credits roll 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Robert W. Butler
Yeah it s heavy It s also unexpectedly funny deeply moving and almost unbearably wise when it comes to the labyrinthine workings of the human heart 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Rob Thomas
The film is deeply sad at times but leavened with dry humor and the fragile hope that some people can suffer tragedy and survive Life goes on even when you think it shouldn t 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Ty Burr
The sadness of Manchester by the Sea is the kind of sadness that makes you feel more alive rather than less to the preciousness of things 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Mick LaSalle
Affleck is magnificent but the movie is something less than that because it can t completely overcome some built in challenges Even so Manchester by the Sea deserves honors for being so different and for working on the mind in a particular way
3
Manchester by the Sea
Mike McGranaghan
A sensitive and occasionally stinging look at how death disrupts life 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Sara Michelle Fetters
Manchester by the Sea is a stunner delivering in ways that defy easy description 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Sonny Bunch
Lonergan s script and direction are pleasingly subtle studded with nice little moments that help us understand the characters and help them understand each other 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Kate Taylor
Its initial enigma seems to need no explanation yet once deciphered the film does not falter but moves only deeper into the emotional territory it charts 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Max Weiss
Kenneth Lonergan s Manchester By the Sea is the best film I ve seen in 2016 But I m honestly not sure I can watch it again 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Chris Knight
Manchester by the Sea may take its time making itself heard but you can count on it 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Bob Bloom
Casey Affleck gives the finest performance of his career It is a measured portrait of a man so overwhelmed by shame and hurt that he seems to simply go through the motions of living 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Josh Larsen
a portrait of a man who deals with grief by submerging it into the marrow of his bones 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Moira MacDonald
Not everything broken this wise movie reminds us can be mended 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Calvin Wilson
Manchester by the Sea is one of the best films of the year 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Rene Rodriguez
Manchester by the Sea is the latest installment in a body of work from an artist fascinated by how life marches on with or without us and how we scramble to keep up Not everyone can though 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Rafer Guzman
A heart wrenching drama anchored by Affleck who notches up yet another subtle stunning performance 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Roger Moore
Honest
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Anita Katz
Lonergan doesn t write dialogue that spells out details of the harrowing event He leaves it to outstanding actors to convey the effect of the experience via facial expression and body language 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Dann Gire
Lonergan capitalizes on Affleck s vulnerability in a textured cliche free portrait of human survival without a conventional ending 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Peter Canavese
In its broad strokes Manchester by the Sea doesn t explore anything new but Lonergan is the master of telling behavior and conversational nuance 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Peter Howell
One of the year s best pictures 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Kenneth Lonergan s film is a marvel of compassion and character specific observation 
4
Manchester by the Sea
David Nusair
a fairly fascinating character study 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Tirdad Derakhshani
An achingly graceful heartfelt working class story about loss grief and family obligations 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A movie this deep and emotionally resonant a movie about grown ups without any kind of sales pitch in mind is a beautiful and rare thing 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Ann Hornaday
Manchester By the Sea is a film of surpassing beauty and heart Even at its most melancholy depths it brims with candid earnest indefatigable life 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Kent Turner
Watching actor Casey Affleck who looks like an eternally youthful choir boy fight his inner demons is worth the price of admission alone 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Stephen Rebello
With Manchester by the Sea writer director Kenneth Lonergan has delivered a quietly devastating sucker punch of a film about the persistence of hope in the face of unfathomable loss 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Robert Levin
It s a magisterial achievement a piece that captures the deepest recesses of the soul as they re found within the sort of ordinary man that s typically invisible on the big screen 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Matt Zoller Seitz
The funniest movie about grief ever made but that s far from the only remarkable thing about it 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Peter Travers
No film this year has moved me more with its humor heart and humanity Engrave the name Casey Affleck on the Oscar for Best Actor right now so extraordinary and engulfing is his performance 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Rex Reed
An exemplary film of such exceptional wisdom beauty clarity sensitivity and emotional depth that I had to rub my eyes to believe it 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Brian Truitt
Manchester by the Sea is a deeply affecting and wickedly funny masterpiece showcasing the maturation of men from the broken man and his nephew at its heart to the drama s phenomenal filmmaker 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Clayton Davis
Williams maximizes each instance of her screen time In as little as six minutes she sets the screen on fire almost unrecognizable in the player she portrays 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Christopher Gray
The film gradually comes to its sense of exquisitely calibrated hardened intimacy 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Walter Chaw
I ve wondered often since seeing Manchester by the Sea how Lee is doing Well I hope 
4
Manchester by the Sea
Scott Renshaw
Lonergan weaves his way through many shades of grief wise enough to understand that it never takes only one form 
3.5
Manchester by the Sea
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 Manchester by the Sea finds the truth in each new moment even as the viewer longs for signs of hope that may never come 
3
Manchester by the Sea
Matt Pais
Manchester by the Sea plants a lot of seeds but it doesn t grow 
2.5
Manchester by the Sea
Kyle Smith
Manchester by the Sea is precise in its vision universal in its application It s one of this year s few great films 
4
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Betsy Bozdech
Too often plays turned movies become films like To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday 1996 slow talky excuses for actors to emote like crazy 
2
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Michael Dequina
Tries too hard to make the audience cry practically each emotional moment is highlighted by the soft musical sounds of a harp and wind section 
2.5
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Roger Ebert
The movie lurches to its sentimental conclusion via several dead end plot ideas that are introduced but not developed 
2
Now You See Me 2
Brian Eggert
Nothing more than a glitzy empty bauble 
2
Now You See Me 2
Sarah Knight Adamson
It should ve at least entertained its audience with some cool magic tricks Instead it is boring nearly humorless and pointlessly complex 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
Pamela Powell
Basically a duplication of the 2013 original with absolutely no thought and energy put into creating anything unique or genuine 
1
Now You See Me 2
Brad Keefe
It s fun to watch that great cast even if they all have done and deserve to do better 
2
Now You See Me 2
Matt Brunson
Those who dismissed Now You See Me as dumb will most likely label Now You See Me 2 as dumber as it features the same types of narrative strokes that made that unexpected hit such a dopey undertaking 
2
Now You See Me 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I was never amazed just disappointed Full review in Spanish 
2
Now You See Me 2
John Beifuss
The cinematic sleight of hand remains the same The antic pace the byplay among the magicians and the blithe disinterest in plausibility almost distract us from the pointlessness of depicting stage magic via a medium built on trickery 
2
Now You See Me 2
Roger Moore
Love the naked pandering to the Chinese movie market 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
Lauren Chval
Somehow even when the literal curtain is pulled back the plot still doesn t make any sense 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
John Hanlon
There are a few fun moments here but not enough to overcome the film s many flaws 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
James Berardinelli
Based solely on merit Now You See Me 2 is a sequel that should never have been made 
2
Now You See Me 2
Mike McGranaghan
Now You See Me 2 like its characters uses misdirection to distract an audience It goes in ten different directions simultaneously all in the hope that it will seem like you have seen something that you really haven t 
2
Now You See Me 2
Christian Toto
Presto Change o You just lost two hours of your precious time 
2
Now You See Me 2
Barry Paris
Now You See Me 2 is full of entertaining action packed nonsense but this prestidigitation is less presto than largo In the end these card sharks lack teeth 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
Robert Horton
More of a hang out joint than a movie perhaps but maybe that s the quality that made the first film a surprise hit in 2013 As long as it keeps poking fun at itself this franchise will do all right 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
David Nusair
A mild improvement over its underwhelming predecessor 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film is mainly horseplay wasted motion and talk talk talk with a few good action scenes 
2
Now You See Me 2
Peter Canavese
Not only can the center not hold but there is no center to begin with The story mostly speeds along at an obnoxious rate and pitch the better to misdirect from the next dumb abracadabra plot twist but good luck hanging in for over two hours of it 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
Brad Wheeler
Just as cheerfully outlandish as the caper flick s precursor with the acceptance of fancy tricks and misdirection twists dependent on an audience s love of a good hoodwink 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
Bob Bloom
The problem with this sequel is that it lacks suspense and catches no one unawares 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
Rick Bentley
It s not perfect But it is a lot of fun especially because of Ruffalo and Caplan who bring very different but equally strong elements to the movie 
3
Now You See Me 2
Sean P. Means
Director Jon M Chu doesn t have the action chops of Louis Leterrier the first movie s director but he brings some flash to the illusions 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
Chris Knight
This one features most of the same actors which means the cast is just as smart But the script it s the screenwriting equivalent of your least favourite uncle pulling a nickel out of your ear 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
Richard Roeper
More than once characters in Now You See Me 2 make references to pulling back the curtain And what s behind that curtain is just as much of an incomprehensible jab at the audience as everything else in this film 
1.5
Now You See Me 2
Steven Rea
What it doesn t have is any kind of real magic 
2
Now You See Me 2
Mark Dujsik
It s frustrating as hell because the game this time is never convincing surprising logical or even comprehensible 
1
Now You See Me 2
Mark Feeney
Why make a sequel Well why not This one is more fun 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
Jon Niccum
This sequel exhibits all the subtlety of Criss Angel directing a boy band video 
2
Now You See Me 2
David Lewis
There s no arguing that there s a clever concept that anchors the Now You See Me franchise expect more sequels but razzle dazzle and the art of misdirection can take you only so far 
2
Now You See Me 2
Rafer Guzman
Twice as preposterous and half as fun as the original 
2
Now You See Me 2
Sara Stewart
Horsemen reappear in London world holds its breath blares a newspaper headline in this sequel rather overestimating the world s fascination with magicians as well as its recall of the first movie 
2
Now You See Me 2
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is at times almost sinfully fun assuming you have a taste for self indulgently logic free hedonism 
2.5
Now You See Me 2
Calvin Wilson
Chu is more craftsman than poet but the charismatic ensemble cast engages in the trickery with style 
3
Now You See Me 2
Dann Gire
Even after the heroes explain their most elaborate and complex tricks you still need a hit of Advil to combat the confusion and headaches the explanations inspire 
2
Now You See Me 2
Michael Phillips
My main problem with these movies is insufferably old fashioned With so much digital effects work guiding so many of the action scenes the simple pleasures of sleight of hand are all but lost 
2
Now You See Me 2
Peter Travers
This longer louder sequel to 2013 s Now You See Me adds up to what one character calls a sack of nada You wish the Horsemen would make you disappear 
2
Now You See Me 2
Moira MacDonald
Try to remember this movie a few days after seeing it and you ll find that like magic it s disappeared 
2
Now You See Me 2
Kam Williams
The ever escalating magical feats make great fodder for an eye popping blockbuster even if what s served up on screen is purely a product of cartoon physics 
3.5
Now You See Me 2
Katie Walsh
Maybe if the filmmakers had edited down some of their ideas this illusion would feel seamless and breathtaking rather than frenzied and winded 
2
Now You See Me 2
Ed Gonzalez
The sheer amount of people and incident indifferently presented throughout this film suggests only an obligation to quota filling 
1.5
My Friend Victoria
Clayton Dillard
The film disappoints in its refusal to allow for deeper articulations of racism beyond well visible and verbal displays of racism 
2
American Made
Brian Eggert
Regardless of its exciting story and sharp ending the film contains almost no lasting consequence and feels more like an adventure than the story of a real world scandal rather troublingly so 
2.5
American Made
Matt Brunson
Just when it seemed as if we had lost Tom Cruise to the ranks of paycheck cashing automatons no longer interested in applying themselves on screen along comes American Made to show there s still some life left in the maverick actor 
3
American Made
Mattie Lucas
It s the inherent ridiculousness of it all that makes the film so compelling and Liman uses Cruise s smarmy sense of charm to maximum effect 
3
American Made
Federico Furzan
Curiously effective and engaging when portraying the realistic side of this fantastic true story Full review in Spanish 
3
American Made
Rosalie Kicks
The use of Tommy C s winning smile reminiscent from his Risky Business days is about the only thing this movie got right for me 
2
American Made
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet hopelessly slapdash endeavor that could and should have been so much better 
2
American Made
John Hanlon
Tom Cruise seems to be having a great time playing this real life figure but the film never goes beyond the superficial elements of this man s life 
2.0
American Made
Linda Cook
American Made was made for Cruise 
3.5
American Made
John Serba
Cruise is terrific and entertaining freewheeling and funny and many years into his career he still carries himself like one of Hollywood s top guns 
3.5
American Made
Kam Williams
Kudos to Cruise a proven master at consistently cranking out satisfying cinematic fare certain to keep you glued to the edge of your seat 
3
American Made
James Kendrick
Cruise gets to toy with his trademark cockiness in ways that are consistently amusing and we re quickly reminded of why his star persona has proved so indelible for so long 
2.5
American Made
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The director star dynamic made a hit of their first movie together Edge of Tomorrow and it s what makes American Made work too 
3
American Made
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Light fun and exciting Full review in Spanish 
3
American Made
Josh Terry
American Made is the kind of movie that insists reality is much more implausible and entertaining than fiction 
3.5
American Made
Rex Reed
Without realizing it American Made is a wincing metaphor for Tom Cruise s movie career which come to think of it is exclusively and embarrassingly American made too 
2.5
American Made
Jeff Simon
Enjoyment is virtually guaranteed Misgivings are optional They re for the walk out into the parking lot and after 
3
American Made
Mike McGranaghan
It s no masterpiece but it makes a complex story breezy and engaging 
3
American Made
Sara Michelle Fetters
If it isn t always as focused or as deep as I wanted it to be that does not make the finished feature any less invigorating this romp into arrogant American excess a tragic flight of fancy well worth taking 
3
American Made
Michael Smith
The outrageous exploits make the presentation a natural for fast paced energy and hijinks and Cruise looks like he s having the time of his life hustling everyone including himself at times 
3
American Made
Peter Canavese
Seal s story is a fascinating one worth investigating As played by Cruise he s like Maverick gone to seed 
3
American Made
Robert Horton
This is a black comedy and irony isn t Cruise s most natural mode yet by playing Seal as a slightly dimwitted cheeseball on the make he gets into the movie s you can t make up this stuff spirit 
2.5
American Made
Mark Dujsik
Cruise s performance here is decidedly and admirably calm 
3
American Made
Phil Villarreal
The film s high may be fleeting but it provides quite the buzz while it lasts 
3
American Made
Christian Toto
Is Tom Cruise trying to apologize for his Reagan friendly need for speed 
2.5
American Made
Sonny Bunch
An intermittently amusing and muddled retelling of the beginnings of the Iran contra affair 
2.5
American Made
Simon Houpt
There s an aspirational pleasure in seeing Cruise now in his mid 50s jump through these hoops He knows we prefer him when he shades his easy charm with self doubt and Barry has a pleasingly sweaty desperation But not enough 
2.5
American Made
James Berardinelli
American Made is breezy and fun and makes its points without subjecting the viewer to a browbeating 
3
American Made
Sean P. Means
American Made feels way too sprightly too jokey for a movie about a guy who despite his rationalizations was a well paid drug mule 
2.5
American Made
Peter Travers
The film may be fact based but that doesn t stop it from feeling generic like you ve seen it all before The big difference is that Cruise is spreading his starshine over this one and that still counts for something 
2.5
American Made
Rafer Guzman
Cruise doesn t seem fully suited to the role of lovable reprobate but he knows how to capture an adrenaline rush and his charisma is as ever undimmed 
3
American Made
Sara Stewart
It s nice to be reminded that Tom Cruise has the chops to play somebody other than Tom Cruise Action Hero 
3
American Made
Peter Howell
Just when it seems it may be time to close the book on Tom Cruise s acting career something comes along to suggest new chapters are possible 
3
American Made
Calvin Wilson
American Made is a stinging critique of U S foreign policy disguised as a freewheeling action comedy 
3.5
American Made
Richard Roeper
Mostly there s Cruise who at 55 looks a decade and a half younger and can still fill a cockpit with star power some 30 years after Top Gun 
3.5
American Made
Mick LaSalle
Unable to present a protagonist that makes sense American Made tries something else It insists that the world doesn t make sense thus Barry is just going with the flow and getting carried along by events 
2
American Made
Ty Burr
American Made really does deserve to be on a double bill with Top Gun and I m betting Cruise knows it 
3
American Made
Brian Truitt
American Made points out an unfortunate time in our history when government shenanigans ran amok internationally and people did bad things in the name of greed and power But hoo boy does Tom Cruise have fun with it 
3
American Made
Michael Phillips
As is at two hours it s fairly entertaining even when it doesn t quite work 
2.5
American Made
Keith Watson
Doug Liman may effectively maintain a madcap energy through to the end but unlike Adam McKay or Martin Scorsese he isn t all that interested in explicating the complex inner workings of vast criminal enterprises 
2
American Made
Simon Abrams
American Made sells a toxic shallow anti American Dream bill of goods for anybody looking to shake their head about exceptionalism without seriously considering what conditions enable that mentality 
2
American Made
George M. Thomas
Based on a true story it s not difficult to figure out this will unravel but watching it and Cruise s performance in the process offers much enjoyment 
3
American Made
Michael O'Sullivan
Even as Cruise keeps us rooting for Barry Liman reminds us that this is a story of bad guys 
2.5
American Made
Josh Larsen
can be filed in the category of Tom Cruise performances that function as self critique 
3
American Made
Gary Thompson
It s all punctuated with the famous Tom Cruise grin which hasn t changed since Risky Business
3
American Made
Soren Andersen
There s something oddly joyless about the whole enterprise Its overweening cynicism leaves a curdled aftertaste 
2
American Made
Dann Gire
What does work well is Tom Cruise s winning performance as a corrupt capitalist whose love of country and family ranks considerably lower than cash and adrenaline buzzes He s an anti hero we actually like 
3
American Made
Roger Moore
Flippant fun and damning 
3
American Made
Stephen Whitty
It gives Liman a chance to stage a few tense aerial sequences it gives Cruise the opportunity to re establish his brand of aggressive good humor and carefree make that careless adventure They know what they re doing 
3
The Postman
Mal Vincent
This however is a one man show and it all belongs to the sorrowful mellow face of Troissi who turns in one of the best performances of this movie year 
3.5
The Postman
Michael Dequina
Works on so many different levels as a tribute to the power and beauty of poetry as a tale of brotherhood and as a charmingly quirky romance 
4
The Postman
Steve Rhodes
An extremely slow but heart warming little picture 
2.5
The Postman
Roger Ebert
The actors make this good hearted little film into a quiet meditation on fate tact and poetry 
3.5
Another Happy Day
Mick LaSalle
Combines some of the stock elements of a family film with an extra something a go for the jugular quality a kind of Ingmar Bergman like honesty and viciousness that brings it up a notch 
3
Another Happy Day
Moira MacDonald
Another Happy Day becomes increasingly difficult to watch despite its intelligence and strong cast You wish this family well but you re grateful to see the last of them 
2.5
Another Happy Day
Stephen Whitty
Sam Levinson has proven that he can get a movie made Good for him But he still has to prove that he has a story to tell 
2
Another Happy Day
Kyle Smith
If you liked Rachel Getting Married or Margot at the Wedding you probably have good taste so you should avoid this one 
1
Another Happy Day
Rex Reed
It s good to see so much talent and feeling in one movie and Another Happy Day has plenty of it 
3
Another Happy Day
Nick Schager
Rarely has a tale been more thoroughly ugly in every respect and to no meaningful end 
.5
Amazonas
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The documentary is an interesting although sometimes repetitive reflection on motherhood and the obligations and demands it raises 
1
Illicit
Richard Roeper
None of us learned anything 
2
Torn
Sean P. Means
What the film reveals through archival footage Jenni reading Alexs letters and interviews with his mom his brothers and Anker is that some wounds never heal until they are opened up and examined 
3
Loving Couples
Roger Ebert
A dumb remake of a very old idea that has been done so much better so many times before that this version is wretchedly unnecessary 
1
Sin Alas
Terence Johnson
On the one hand it s a wonderful look into a culture that we don t particularly see at times searingly acted On the other hand it is an at times incomprehensible mixture of memory and modern day that goes off the rails 
2
Sin Alas
Sheila O'Malley
Sin Alas is emotional and dense thought provoking and intelligent and it s all held together by music Lima s poem colors sounds 
3.5
Sin Alas
Clayton Dillard
The film s Cuban specificity comes to seem like an opportunistic locale for reenacting a decidedly art cinematic legacy 
2.5
The Night of the Iguana
Matt Brunson
Although it apos s often ignored or outright forgotten 44 The Night of the Iguana is actually one of the better screen adaptations of a Tennessee Williams work 46 
3.5
The Night of the Iguana
Walter Chaw
Would play well on a double bill with Huston s The Misfits 
4
Stakes
Joe Bob Briggs
One great thing about these vampires is that when they DO finally die they just sort of go up in a cloud of steam saving hundreds of dollars in needless gore effects My kinda movie 
2
Papillon
Brian Eggert
The film critiques a society from French penal codes to the larger prison system that openly endeavors to take away a man s resolve until he is nothing 
3.5
Papillon
Roger Ebert
An expensive exhaustive 150 mintue odyssey that doesn t so much conclude as cross the finish line and collapse 
2
600 Miles
Jorge Iván Morales
Violent and reflective makes a statement about gun trafficking Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Attack!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The great tough Robert Aldrich with his harsh black and white edgy frames and stark close ups takes on a play by Norman Brooks and turns it into a ferocious portrait of men under pressure whose worst enemy is cowardice 
3.5
Attack!
Matt Brunson
Jack Palance is so intense you almost expect your own blood vessels to burst 
3
Jigsaw
Matt Brunson
The true mystery of Jigsaw is why this exemplary movie isnt more well known 
3.5
Night Watch
Joe Lozito
This muddled mess about the forces of what else dark and light can barely hold itself together long enough to rip off far better science fiction movies 
2
Night Watch
Mark Dujsik
I liked it and if your tastes run as occasionally goofy as my own you probably will too 
3
Night Watch
Forrest Hartman
The film is fascinating albeit sluggish until the final reel At that point the vampire hunter hero makes a crucial decision at odds with everything we know about his character 
2.5
Night Watch
Todd Hertz
Intriguing enough to build hope that the trilogy s next two parts can make this a reverse Matrix saga A series that becomes more clear and compelling as it goes forward 
2.5
Night Watch
Matt Pais
Overly busy very silly and at times kinda cool 
2
Night Watch
Kurt Loder
We feel we re watching an impressive feat accomplished under severe limitations which is interesting but maybe not quite impressive enough to eyes grown jaded from too much Hollywood product 
3
Night Watch
Daniel M. Kimmel
Audiences who are hungering for something different and who want to be scared and thrilled should put Night Watch high on their must see list 
3
Night Watch
John Beifuss
The Cold War re imagined as an eternal balancing act between good and evil 
3.5
Night Watch
Piet Levy
Its spectacle alone is worthy of a look and the surprisingly powerful third act bodes well for the franchise s future 
2.5
Night Watch
Matt Brunson
If the presentation of a movie s subtitles is its strongest asset then we re in trouble 
2
Night Watch
Thomas Delapa
Quick someone stuff this stiff in its crypt back in the former USSR 
1
Night Watch
Sean O'Connell
Borrows its structure and characterization from The Matrix its central conflict from both Underworld films its fashion sense from Blade and its Euro tech metal soundtrack from the first XXX with Vin Diesel 
2
Night Watch
Philip A. Stephenson
The twist at this first third s conclusion so Greek that Sophocles is probably filing suit is poignant morally ambitious and unrepenting In a good way 
2
Night Watch
Carla Meyer
Despite its epic framework blaring rock music and record breaking box office success in Russia it s just another pedestrian vampire film 
2
Night Watch
Amy Biancolli
What a rabid beast is Night Watch What a pungent Russian fantasy horror cheeseathon 
1.5
Night Watch
Jeff Vice
A cinematic concoction that almost defies description or genre classification 
2.5
Night Watch
Michael Booth
Night Watch was one of the most popular movies ever released in Russia That just proves there s no accounting for taste in film or in human sacrifice 
1.5
Night Watch
Lawrence Toppman
It s a must see for anyone who s willing to risk logic and accept a mundane conclusion to enjoy the fruit of a creative mind 
3
Night Watch
Sean P. Means
All that matters is the onslaught of hallucinogenic images copious bloodshed and editing that would make a meth addict say Dude slow down 
2
Night Watch
Walter Chaw
The world s most convoluted and expensive game of Calvin ball 
1
Night Watch
Chris Hewitt
The coolest part is those closing credits in which the entire movie is recapped in three minutes Somehow those three minutes seem more compelling than the 110 that preceded them 
2
Night Watch
Phil Villarreal
The fast paced film is a whole lot of Russian rushin 
3.5
Night Watch
Michael Wilmington
Even though you couldn t call it a great science fiction movie on the level of Tarkovsky s Solaris and Stalker it s often a great heart pumping blow you to the walls movie experience 
3.5
Night Watch
Peter Howell
While the movie s inspirations might be glam Hollywood action fantasies Night Watch fairly wallows in damp post Soviet decay 
2.5
Night Watch
Liam Lacey
Though Night Watch is impressive at creating atmosphere the movie is an impenetrable narrative tangle with plot strands running in every direction 
2.5
Night Watch
Jeff Shannon
If Director Bekmambetov had any skill in actually telling a story his kitchen sink trilogy would be something to celebrate It presently qualifies as a dubious achievement 
2
Night Watch
Steven Rea
Although it doesn t have Kate Beckinsale her guns ablazin vamped out in the latest vampire slaying couture Night Watch is vastly more fun than the similar themed Underworld pics 
3
Night Watch
Peter Debruge
Night Watch works better as a demo reel for the state of Russian effects work than as a first installment in an epic trilogy 
2.5
Night Watch
Terry Lawson
The original plan was to remake Night Watch in English and then thought was given to dubbing it Thankfully both ideas were scuttled as the film s Russian ness and its allusions to post communist fears and frustrations add greatly to its appeal 
3
Night Watch
Wesley Morris
Night Watch is shabby chic with hints of Russia s great silent cinema past 
3
Night Watch
Josh Larsen
assaultive in the manner of the worst Hollywood action flicks 
2
Night Watch
Erik Childress
An overhyped underthought vortex of boredom that knocks the credibility of fantasy geekdom down another few dungeon levels 
1
Night Watch
David Nusair
virtually every aspect of Night Watch feels artificial and nonsensical 
0
Night Watch
Claudia Puig
Ultimately it s a formulaic predictable take on a Hollywood staple the vampire horror film That s a pretty tired genre no matter what language it s told in 
2
Night Watch
Chauncey Mabe
An impossible to follow story crammed full of cursed women wily bloodsuckers Highlander style warriors vortexes of crows incoherent fight scenes and more music video inspired action than any one movie can comfortably contain 
2
Night Watch
James Berardinelli
The film has the twin virtues of being bold and dizzying but it features a cramped and chaotic narrative that concludes with a climax that doesn t justify the build up 
2.5
Night Watch
Roger Ebert
I confess to a flagging interest in the struggle between the forces of Light and Darkness It s like Super Sunday in a sport I do not follow like tetherball 
2
Night Watch
Maitland McDonagh
While it echoes a host of CGI heavy action oriented supernatural thrillers it manages to retain its own distinct identity Although this first chapter in a three part tale is inevitably overburdened with back story it ends on one hell of a cliff hanger
3
Night Watch
Ruthe Stein
A wildly entertaining fantasy thriller that propels Russian cinema into the 21st century 
3
Night Watch
Lisa Rose
Night Watch is narratively confused if visually robust The picture doesn t work as a standalone story but it sets the stage for a potentially interesting second chapter 
2
Night Watch
Kyle Smith
Entire horror flicks could be built around the ideas Night Watch throws away monsters who are visible only in mirrors evil toys sprouting spider legs May the two planned sequels be equally cool 
3
Night Watch
Jack Mathews
To learn the actual outcome of the epic battle we ll have to wait for Leg 2 Day Watch which has already been shot and Leg 3 Dusk Watch which will be produced in English by Fox Wake me when they re here 
1.5
Night Watch
Bob Strauss
All kinds of shape shifters and vengeful lover ghouls are on the loose Add that to typically chaotic Moscow traffic and you ve got a nonstop fright fest 
3
Night Watch
Dan Fienberg
I don t remember an iota of the plot a memorable performance or anything emotional or thematic but I m not surprised that every studio wants a piece of Bekmambetov 
2.5
Night Watch
Peter Canavese
The slick colorful nicely acted Night Watch is all I ask and never get from Hollywood s monochromatic humorless vampire pictures 
3
Night Watch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Underneath all the sound and fury there s very little to care about 
2.5
Night Watch
James Emanuel Shapiro
The events in Night Watch carry greater weight because they have a natural historical progression to them 
2.5
Night Watch
Scott Nash
It s like Harry Potter with a Matrix sense of style only for adults 
3.5
Night Watch
Nick Schager
The preponderance of elaborate mumbo jumbo becomes an unbearable drag 
1.5
Los Reyes
Ben Sachs
Los Reyes is a charming calming film though it s also somewhat one note 
3
Los Reyes
Keith Watson
The film is a quietly radical attempt to view the world from a non human perspective 
3
Los Reyes
Rob Thomas
Los Reyes resists the urge to anthropomorphize them and yet we feel like we come around to seeing the world through their tired eyes 
3.5
Los Reyes
Alan French
The slice of life documentary makes for a fantastic exploration While it suffers from pacing issues at times Los Reyes stands out as an incredible work of art 
3
Mississippi Masala
Michael MacCambridge
While some of the subplots meander Nair does a good job at sustaining the key ones The film though ultimately rises less on its screenplay than on the strength of the powerful presence of Washington and the sensual Choudhury 
3
Mississippi Masala
Stephen Hunter
A two hour film with the density and humanity of a Dickens novel a wide cast of believable and lovable characters a tone that varies from farce to lust to love to hate all built from the dreams and memories and aspirations of people 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Lawrence Toppman
Sooni Taraporevala s script never loses its sense of humor She and director Mira Nair who collaborated on Oscar nominated Salaam Bombay understand the exile s life 
3
Mississippi Masala
Dave Kehr
Though Mississippi Masala is by a conservative estimate the 4 000th film to appropriate Romeo and Juliet as a metaphor for racial intolerance Nair s film feels amazingly fresh and lively 
3
Mississippi Masala
John Scalzi
Mississippi Masala is thoughtful funny and considering its budget of 5 5 million about a quarter of the typical Hollywood release strikingly well done 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Robert W. Butler
If the film suffers from a lack of passion in retrospect one marvels at the many variations with which Nair explores her themes of prejudice and racial solidarity 
3
Mississippi Masala
Robbie Roberts
This is literate filmmaking that sweeps across time and space like an epic but searches for dramatic treasures in the nuance of character development 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Jack Mathews
The most powerful films are those magic carpet rides that transport us to places we ve never been introduce us to cultures we ve never known I have in mind Mira Nair s extraordinary Mississippi Masala 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Kathleen Carroll
The movie is both wonderfully tender and wryly funny Nair perfectly captures the contrasting lifestyles She treats all her characters with such playful affection and obvious sensitivity that they are hard to resist 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Noel Taylor
Nair s touch is light and true and her film is as much about the impossibility of going home as it is with the clash of cultures 
4
Mississippi Masala
Gary Thompson
It s a funny appealing story of two unlikely lovers and one that challenges many of our ideas about culture and race 
3
Mississippi Masala
Carrie Rickey
When Denzel Washington nibbles Sarita Choudhury s mouth in Mississippi Masala the theater is so quiet you can hear the Raisinets settling in their boxes and butter trickling down the popcorn Has there ever been a sexier screen couple 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Joe Baltake
The result is like a beloved old stew a family recipe that s been shot up with some hot exotic spices 
4
Mississippi Masala
Terry Orme
An intelligent look at the complexities of racism is combined with a sensual love story by director Mira Nair 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Barbara Shulgasser
Occasionally Nair can lean on a point a bit too heavily The leave taking scenes in Uganda make for a rather belabored prologue to the real action of the film But her sure touch with the details of social decorum carries the film through 
3
Mississippi Masala
Wallace Baine
It is a powerful and provocative film that examines love in the context of family culture and prejudice presented in an appealing naturalistic style 
4
Mississippi Masala
Bruce R. Miller
It s a passionate film that s empowered by two touching star performances and a nifty supporting turn by Roshan Seth 
3
Mississippi Masala
Jeff Simon
To see Mississippi Masala is to be overjoyed that the world still has some filmmakers like Ms Nair who make movies from life and not from other films and television The texture of Mississippi Masala is quirkishly human not cultural and received 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Bill Cosford
Mississippi Masala is full of good will but it s not preachy and its story of romance in an ethnic broth is fascinating when it s working right 
3
Mississippi Masala
Malcolm Johnson
The colors of human life are bountifully and boldly illuminated in Mira Nair s Mississippi Masala a bittersweet and hot love story pairing an African America carpet cleaner with an Indian motel maid in the old new Deep South 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Betsy Bozdech
The film s message isn t hard to miss but Nair tells Mina and Demetrius s story so thoughtfully and affectionately that it doesn t matter 
3
Mississippi Masala
Roger Ebert
Surprisingly funny and cheerful at times 
3.5
Mississippi Masala
Chris Hicks
This is a film with something to say something discriminating adults should find both entertaining and enlightening 
3
Caché
Brian Eggert
What makes Cache different is how brilliantly Haneke transforms the viewer into the author and participant but then also weaves those intentions into the thematic consequence of the picture 
4
Caché
Tom Meek
Another great French mystery that s more psychological than thrilling 
3.5
Caché
Nick Rogers
Coming from a guy who sliced private parts onscreen long before Lars von Trier Cache is restrained But Michael Haneke skillfully slowly twists the knife on those who would so carelessly forget a decision that forever altered the life of someone else 
4
Caché
Matt Pais
Chillingly reminds us that in life love family and politics we never know the full story And someone is always watching 
3.5
Caché
Marty Mapes
Challenges the audience to get involved in the story
3.5
Caché
Rob Thomas
Thrillers often betray their audiences in order to entertain them In Cache it s the footage itself that betrays us 
4
Caché
Matt Brunson
To borrow the words of Winston Churchill this film is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma and it s equally powerful whether one is watching it in the moment or reflecting on its mysteries three months later 
3.5
Caché
John Beifuss
The mystery becomes multilayered and metaphysical more about the untrustworthiness of our senses our memories and our official histories than the mechanics of the plot 
3.5
Caché
Carla Meyer
Haneke s political message though thought provoking isn t enough to sustain a story that once its central mystery is solved lacks a heart 
3
Caché
Robert W. Butler
Once the lights come up plenty of question marks still are floating around waiting for answers that will never come 
2.5
Caché
Lisa Kennedy
Contrarian that he is Haneke does a much finer job forcing questions than providing an answer 
3
Caché
Thomas Delapa
Haneke s French video mystery reveals its secrets slowly so slowly in fact that you almost wish it came with a fast forward button 
2.5
Caché
Amy Biancolli
Haneke s patient tip toed assault turns Caché from a little movie about spooked haute bourgeois media personalities into a sneaky and effective exposé on the artifice of film 
3.5
Caché
Terry Lawson
One thing that cannot be argued is Haneke s ability to attract the best actors in cinema perhaps by promising to take them places they have never been 
3
Caché
Jeff Vice
Those who are patient will find the film quite effective in its look at the world s sense of heightened paranoia by examining the notion that in today s society no one is safe even at home 
3.5
Caché
Chris Hewitt
While you re watching it Cache is a very good movie Afterward when you re thinking about it it becomes a great one 
4
Caché
Phil Villarreal
Both Auteuil and Binoche superbly craft world weary characters who feel alienated and objectified The pathos seeps through the screen 
3
Caché
David N. Butterworth
Daring and spine tinglingly effective Michael Haneke s Caché does just about everything right until its incongruous final scene 
3
Caché
Kevin B. Lee
Caché is about how the way we look at people a spouse a child a homeless person a security guard reflects our own humanity exactly the sort of thing the best works of cinematic art aspire to reveal 
4
Caché
Rene Rodriguez
What really makes Hidden so involving is Haneke s sometimes maddening insistence on keeping things vague 
3
Caché
Walter Chaw
The quality of pointed inquiry is not completely in vain whatever ugliness scatters before the shining of that light 
4
Caché
David Elliott
a riveting movie 
3.5
Caché
Randy Myers
a mesmerizing and unnerving thriller one with a sharp political bite 
4
Caché
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What is it about Haneke s films that make them click To take a wild guess it must be the coiled violence inherent in every frame 
3.5
Caché
Jeanne Aufmuth
Turns screws and perpetuate guilt in riveting Hitchcockian style 
3.5
Caché
James Berardinelli
While Caché offers food for thought the last third is muddled 
2.5
Caché
Wesley Morris
Haneke has a deceptively random way with narrative The scenes don t follow one another in conventional fashion 
4
Caché
Josh Larsen
It doesn t just scare you it messes with your head 
4
Caché
Michael Wilmington
A thriller with a powerful political subtext 
4
Caché
Roger Ebert
When Caché played at Cannes some critics deplored its lack of a resolution I think it works precisely because it leaves us hanging 
4
Caché
Steve Rhodes
Tedious or tense it s all in the mind of the beholder and in the hands of the director The talented Haneke keeps you so absolutely mesmerized 
3
Caché
Peter Travers
By the final riveting and static images fear and guilt have become almost palpable You won t be able to look away 
3.5
Caché
Maitland McDonagh
A master of the icy yet visceral shock Austrian born Michael Haneke often turns his formidably unpleasant imagination to the movie equivalent of a cruel prank But in Cache Hidden the subject matter is worthy of his nastiness 
3
Caché
Stephen Whitty
Cache never achieves any sort of emotional catharsis or even resolution But then Haneke s subject isn t catharsis or resolution It s repression and the willful amnesia of the wrongdoer 
3
Caché
V.A. Musetto
Hidden masterfully unfolds in Hitchcockian fashion 
3.5
Caché
Glenn Whipp
Cache is one of those movies you could spend hours examining analyzing and above all arguing about with others 
4
Caché
Peter Canavese
Haneke s exploration of willful ignorance guilt and history takes hold and doesn t quite let go when the lights come up 
3.5
Caché
Jami Bernard
It s not the usual whodunit but if you re open to having your cage rattled you won t be disappointed 
3.5
Caché
Gary Goldstein
From its challenging opening to its sphinx like conclusion Haneke is firmly in command of his material 
3
Caché
Jan Stuart
a brilliantly sinister mystery fraught with guilt deceit and denial 
4
Caché
Claudia Puig
The film is almost claustrophobically personal and yet fascinatingly broad in scope an ambitious undertaking by director Michael Haneke 
3.5
Caché
Joe McGovern
A mind blowing modern allegory in the exceedingly persuasive guise of an art house thriller 
4
Caché
David Nusair
surprisingly suspenseful and gripping 
3.5
Caché
Peter Howell
Austrian director Michael Haneke regularly makes films that provoke and disturb but this is his first one in memory to work as a genuinely engaging thriller instead of an existential statement about violence or the absurdity of life 
3.5
This Much I Know To Be True
Erik Childress
Even with a passing familiarity to the works of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis 44 the enveloping 44 haunting passion of just the first few songs presented here is enough to turn one into a fan eager to seek out the entire catalog 46 
3.5
This Much I Know To Be True
Chuck Bowen
The accumulating effect of this airy and resonant film 8217 s formal devices is that of a heartbroken artist learning to reengage with society 46 
3.5
This Much I Know To Be True
Brian Tallerico
This Much I Know to Be True is masterfully directed 44 an example of when a filmmaker and a musician are working in unison creatively instead of just going through the motions 46 
3.5
La Bamba
Tony Mastroianni
La Bamba is a movie with a few rough edges but it has so much vitality you can t help being grabbed and held by it 
3
La Bamba
Juan Carlos Coto
Valdez s simple yet elegant visual style is on target and his script uses the elements of Valens life to the fullest almost creating an underlying poetic rhythm to the film 
4
La Bamba
Hal Lipper
This is too staid too sluggish an effort It is too reverent 
2
La Bamba
Carrie Rickey
Almost everyone in La Bamba is perfectly cast but none more so than De Soto who plays Ritchie and Bob s mother with the vitality and ferocity usually associated with lionesses Equally good is Elizabeth Pena 
3
La Bamba
Stephen Hunter
The movie really leaps to life when Ritchie performs Valdez is very good at capturing the excitement of a live performance or recording session 
3
La Bamba
Bruce R. Miller
Ritchie Valens may be the focus of La Bamba but Rosana De Soto is the film s standout 
3
La Bamba
Scott Ross
More than a week after seeing the film I cannot shake La Bamba s people its vitality the freshness of its vision and the profoundly honest way it views the milieu of its characters and the larger American canvas surrounding them 
3.5
La Bamba
Malcolm Johnson
Sensual swaggering yet deeply hurt by his mother s preference for Ritchie and by his own failures Morales playing of Bob Morales delivers a depth and passion entirely missing from the tepid Romeo and Juliet saga of Ritchie and Donna 
2
La Bamba
Robert W. Butler
What s remarkable is that Phillips holds his own against Morales scene stealing angst Playing nice guys is usually a thankless task but Phillips makes Valens innocence an asset rather than a liability 
3
La Bamba
Bill Cosford
As for the singer the fire is hidden and La Bamba seems familiar from its opening minutes as if Valens were a life already well chronicled 
2.5
La Bamba
Wayne Robins
The result is a movie that leaves one feeling modestly entertained the music is irresistible but disappointed by the writer director s emotional overkill 
2
La Bamba
David Barton
It is just a little too neat The film is so tight that the viewer has a hard time getting inside emotionally speaking Plot devices that must have seemed nifty in conception are just a bit too perfect There isn t enough to catch us with our guard down 
2
La Bamba
Chris Chase
The picture is full of good songs energy and innocence You don t have to be a Ritchie Valens worshipper to like it 
3
La Bamba
Michael Sragow
Luis Valdez loads La Bamba down with more mythic portents and underlying meanings than Valens comet of a career can contain 
2.5
La Bamba
Gene Siskel
The movie works surprisingly for reasons that have nothing to do with Valens small list of hits La Bamba is really just a very good family story about a pushy mother proud of one son derisive of another 
3
La Bamba
Dave Kehr
Melodrama is inherently a broad genre one that projects inner psychological conflicts onto towering outside forces and in the overall thrust of his film Valdez excels in conveying a world dominated by a gigantic impersonal power 
3
La Bamba
Roger Ebert
The best things in it are the most unexpected things the portraits of everyday life of a loving mother of a brother who loves and resents him of a kid growing up and tasting fame 
3
Return of the Secaucus 7
Walter Chaw
a peculiarly literate lack of focus indicative of a brilliant novelist moonlighting at this point as a filmmaker 
2
Winter's Tale
Mike McGranaghan
Exquisitely awful I was reminded of M Night Shyamalan s Lady in the Water in that both are attempts at building a magical fantasy world by someone who has no clue whatsoever how to go about the task 
1
Winter's Tale
David Nusair
quite striking and engrossing 
3
Winter's Tale
Linda Cook
Winter s Tale not to be confused with Shakespeare s play is a beautiful mess 
1
Winter's Tale
Robert Levin
Almost every scene in Winter s Tale has some form of a what were they thinking moment 
0.5
Winter's Tale
Scott Nash
I wanted to like this movie I really did 
2
Winter's Tale
Matt Brunson
Anyone who has enjoyed past films that subscribe to the magical realism concept or even those who miss the grand romantic gestures often seen in movies from Hollywood s Golden Age should love at least half of the picture That would be the first half 
2.5
Winter's Tale
James Berardinelli
On a purely narrative level Winter s Tale missteps early and often Its earnestness is its downfall resulting in opportunities for unintentional humor 
2
Winter's Tale
Sheila O'Malley
The film version of Winter s Tale probably won t please anyone neither fans of the book nor those who have never read it 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Perry Seibert
It s a credit to Goldsman s abilities as a director and producer that he surrounded himself with so much talent but his movie never sweeps us away like a story about love transcending time and mortality should 
2
Winter's Tale
Peter Travers
Winter s Tale is preposterous twaddle Use it as a date movie only if you don t love the one you re with 
0
Winter's Tale
Jocelyn Noveck
It might all make more sense to fans of the book But you shouldn t have to have read the book to be able to see and enjoy the movie 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Steven Rea
Winter s Tale is the kind of really bad movie that may still be quite easy to like or even love if you abandon all senses ye who enter here 
2
Winter's Tale
Willie Waffle
I thought Labor Day had the most ludicrous plot of the year but it looks like freaking Hamlet next to Winter s Tale 
0
Winter's Tale
Claudia Puig
Not only is the story of magic angels demons and predetermined destiny preposterous but the characters are also unconvincing and the dialogue sanctimonious 
2
Winter's Tale
Chris Knight
While Farrell does his best with the wonky storyline it s all he can do not to laugh out loud at some of its preposterous turns Audiences need not feel so constrained 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Chris Cabin
Fantasy is heavily dependent on vision which Mark Helprin had in spades but the look of Akiva Goldsman s fantasy is limp timid and occasionally outright awkward 
.5
Winter's Tale
Peter Howell
Enduring this soppy muddle of twinkling stars fluttering wings refracted points of light and destiny led swooners is like being forced to listen at length to a crazy person at a street corner read out old Hallmark greeting cards 
0.5
Winter's Tale
Kristin Tillotson
Like the frozen expanses of its most dramatic settings Winter s Tale is mostly hard glittering surface 
2
Winter's Tale
Ty Burr
How do you adapt Winter s Tale Mark Helprin s epic 1983 magical realist novel into a movie If you re writer director Akiva Goldsman you take a meat tenderizer and hammer away until all that s left is romantic fantasy mush 
2
Winter's Tale
Dustin Putman
An astounding failure of babbling sticky sweet moralizing inexcusable plot holes and discrepancies and a central romance that not for a second comes to life Winter s Tale is a handsome production but the film is also a bit of a disaster 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Chris Hewitt
You ll either buy into the fairy tale conventions of the story or reject them and I suspect that die will be cast for most moviegoers within the first 10 minutes of the movie 
2.5
Winter's Tale
Dann Gire
Winter s Tale offers grand overtures of imagination and romance with woozy visual effects that overpower the characters and render its Dan Brownish plot comically incoherent 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Stephanie Merry
Winter s Tale is ambitious with its otherworldly ingredients and temporal leaps It s not always a success but the movie has one thing going for it spot on casting 
2
Winter's Tale
Graham Killeen
Winter s Tale perfectly portrays the confusion of falling in love and not knowing all the rules because you lost your Dungeons Dragons manual and never took Comparative Religions 101 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Jon Niccum
Its high production values are in constant competition with its cheeseball special effects 
2
Winter's Tale
Michael Phillips
Goldsman has stripped the source material for parts and for its through line eliminating various characters as is the case with any adaptation What s left is sincere ridiculousness 
1.5
Winter's Tale
Mick LaSalle
Winter s Tale has a magic white horse and these days you just can t see enough of those 
3
Winter's Tale
Moira MacDonald
It s a pretty film full of magic and miracles a flying horse a child saved a man made immortal by love a mortal character who by my count is at least 104 years old but still working as a newspaper editor but alas it just doesn t gel 
2
Winter's Tale
Peter Canavese
Runs on Judeo Christian good versus evil mythology and the firm belief that love conquers all especially if you have a magic flying horse I know that sounds pretty awesome but 
1
Winter's Tale
Matt Pais
Hilariously terrible in any season 
0.5
Winter's Tale
Rex Reed
Oblique unstructured and demented Winter s Tale aims to cast a dreamlike spell but it s more like a nightmare 
1
Winter's Tale
Roger Moore
Nobly intended but the charms of this bit of magical realism evade us and evaded the filmmakers too 
2
Winter's Tale
Kam Williams
A searing supernatural exploration of the human soul suggesting not only that love is real but that miracles happen too 
4
Croc
Matthew Rozsa
It is no Crawl but if you want to enjoy a brainless natural horror film it is silly enough to work on its own terms 
2.5
Seconds
Brian Eggert
Perhaps the director s most personal film Seconds holds a deeply human message and marvelous cautionary tale ever hopeful to viewers who heed its warning 
4
Seconds
Kate Cameron
Too utterly fantastic to be credible 
2
Seconds
Matt Brunson
Frankenheimer fashioned a trippy motion picture that was clearly ahead of its time even if just by a few years the 1970s would be crammed with post Watergate paranoia pictures such as The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor 
3.5
Seconds
Eric Melin
No other film I ve seen quite captures the feeling of being trapped like Seconds does Frankenheimer puts it all together with splintered editing that is as bold as it is disorienting 
3.5
Seconds
James O'Ehley
Features some great technical credits with rich black and white cinematography and deep focus from James Wong Howe 
4
Seconds
David Nusair
a progressively tedious piece of work 
2
Seconds
James Kendrick
spins an intriguing web for the first half then slowly slackens to the point of near absurdity before tightening for a crackerjack ending that is as horrifying as it is logical
3
Seconds
Walter Chaw
Frankenheimer s paranoia trilogy is like a Darwin chart of the evolution of the American Bogeyman 
4
Something Short of Paradise
David Nusair
an extremely blatant riff on Annie Hall 
1.5
Children of a Lesser God
Roger Ebert
The performances are strong and wonderful 
3
Preaching to the Perverted
David Nusair
The majority of Preaching to the Perverted is just unpleasant to sit through 
1
Billy the Kid
Ty Burr
Billy the Kid refreshingly reminds us what a big fat lie most depictions of teenagers are in American movies and TV 
3
Billy the Kid
John Monaghan
The best documentaries take you places you don t normally have access to 
3
Billy the Kid
Ross Anthony
Opens as a study on a teen with some social behavioral issues The film makes sure never to label then gently tangents from the study into a sweet spontaneous love story 
3.5
Billy the Kid
Chris Hewitt
Watching Billy the Kid duplicates as much as any movie probably can the fascinating process of trying to figure out someone you ve just met 
3
Billy the Kid
Phil Villarreal
Without a hint of irony he spouts off I hope the next film I m in is action So do I 
3.5
Billy the Kid
Jeff Vice
Billy may come off as an odd duck but he s not mean or too peculiar Actually he s pretty likable which is why you ll probably find yourself rooting for him to get the girl and to be happy for a change 
3
Billy the Kid
V.A. Musetto
Nobody ever said growing up a small town geek was easy I know from personal experience and so does Billy Price the subject of director Jennifer Venditti s affecting documentary Billy the Kid 
3
Billy the Kid
Ken Fox
Jennifer Venditti s documentary profile of 15 year old Kiss fan Billy is truly something special 
4
Billy the Kid
Ed Gonzalez
Billy suggests Child is Waiting s autistic Rueben only having been given a chance at a normal life by a mother who never succumbed to the shame that grips Gena Rowland s Sophie throughout Cassavetes s drama 
3
Mr. Saturday Night
Roger Ebert
It s a very personal project Crystal not only stars but co wrote the screenplay and makes his directing debut This is like an autobiography of how he might have turned out 
3
A Thousand Clowns
Matt Brunson
With a cast this good and dialogue this witty the film holds onto its modest charms 
3
Pizza
Mike McGranaghan
The characters in this movie don t talk like real people they all talk like overly clever screenwriters 
1.5
Pizza
Tom Keogh
It s Sparks television s Complete Savages and Embry Can t Hardly Wait who carry this dual coming of age tale with engaging if often raw performances 
3
Pizza
Maitland McDonagh
Embry and first time actress Sparks have charming chemistry but Christopher s slight screenplay wears out its welcome long before the film which runs a scant 80 minutes is over 
2.5
Pizza
Kyle Smith
Among slacker comedies Pizza is never much more than mildly amusing it isn t as witty as Slacker or as uproarious as Harold Kumar Go to White Castle but it s a keeper 
2.5
Pizza
Jack Mathews
At the end of her spontaneous date she says it s been the best night of her life It will not be one of yours 
1
Pizza
Nick Schager
If Pizza were an actual pizza it would be half pineapple half broccoli At times this coming of age comedy is quirkily saccharine at others good for you sophistic 
1.5
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Roger Ebert
He s taken Jean Giraudoux s late 1940s play jacked it up with some easy references to nuclear testing and radical students and attempted to pass it off as relevant 
2
Journey to the South Pacific
John Hartl
Images of dynamited fish and rising sea levels blend with a strong sense of native commitment to keeping the oceans clean 
3
President
Matt Fagerholm
A purposefully infuriating documentary 
3.5
Grave Encounters
Brian Eggert
The procession of clich 233 scenes is presented with an undeniable amount of horrific energy 44 marked by some interesting changes in the setting and creepy creature design 46 
3
Grave Encounters
Nick Schager
Grave Encounters can t even pretend to be anything other than hopelessly derivative 
1.5
Wild Bill
Matt Brunson
Jeff Bridges delivers an intense performance but an animated Ellen Barkin seems to have wandered over from the set of a sitcom 
2.5
Wild Bill
Mattie Lucas
Not just an elegy for the myth of the Old West it s an elegy for a time and a place that never really existed in the first place 
3
Wild Bill
Steve Rhodes
The characters are interesting as caricature but not as real people There is no one in the show that the audience cares whether they live or die 
1
Wild Bill
Mike Clark
The movie itself is a lot of deadwood in the competitive holiday season 
2
Wild Bill
Roger Ebert
The movie tries for poetry and elegy in its closing scenes and we can see where it s headed although it doesn t get there 
2
The Hole
Brian Eggert
Dante apos s touch 40 aside from including a mandatory cameo by Dick Miller 41 walks a fine line between going too far and exploring dull general audience fare 44 a line he 8217 s been walking with considerable success his entire career 46 
3
The Hole
Jeremy Wheeler
Sadly the picture is just too mild for its own good 
1.5
The Hole
Bill Chambers
Loses its flavour faster than chewing gum 
2
Argentina
Clayton Dillard
Carlos Saura s direction feels less like the work of a masterclass DJ of a specific musical culture than that of a great artist dutifully hopping from one former hit to the next 
2.5
23 Blast
Christian Toto
23 Blast has a tiny budget and an uninspired script but the bond between the leads is worth cheering 
2.5
23 Blast
Mark Dujsik
We start to wonder if there s really anything even slightly worthwhile let alone Very Important about this story 
1
23 Blast
Sandie Angulo Chen
Although the Bakers and Hoovers connection to small town Kentucky lends the movie a sweet homegrown touch it s hard not to wonder whether it would ve been more compelling and less cheesy in more experienced hands 
2
23 Blast
Rafer Guzman
Another inspirational film that rarely strays from the playbook but first time director Baker gives it some life 
2
23 Blast
Mick LaSalle
From the director to the actors there s an ease with the style here as well as a lack of self consciousness about the fundamentalist religious culture of the characters 
3
23 Blast
Matt Pais
Turns a true story into a momentum free accidental comedy that makes both football and serious injury excruciatingly boring 
1
The Substitute
David Nusair
an appealingly larger than life premise that s employed to watchable yet consistently and disappointingly hit and miss effect 
2.5
The Substitute
James Berardinelli
Aside from a lot of only moderately satisfying violence The Substitute comes across as rather lame 
2
The Substitute
Chris Hicks
The silliness of The Substitute escalates as the film progresses so that by the end there have been plenty of laughs during serious scenes 
1.5
The Substitute
Madeleine Williams
A poorly written and barely acted but crowd pleasing revenge flick 
2
The Substitute
Mick LaSalle
Those who appreciate the irony of a killing machine turned loose on a pack of nasty students will find The Substitute a source of nonstop delight 
3
The Substitute
Roger Ebert
The title changes the actors change and the superficial details of the story change but it is always about exactly the same thing heavily armed men shooting at one another 
1
It
Brian Eggert
When the scary things emerge from the dark and turn out to be digital specters it s not all that terrifying More effective is our investment in the characters and their fates 
3
It
David Gonzalez
It like Pennywise is a being of its own a blend of The Goonies and A Nightmare on Elm Street 46 
4
It
Federico Furzan
A solid adaptation that is also a wonderful modern horror film Full review in Spanish 
3.5
It
Matt Brunson
It should be seen 
3
It
Mattie Lucas
It cleverly and sometimes chillingly asks us to consider what we are truly afraid of and how those fears make us who we are 
3
It
Frank Ochieng
Also this titillating tale of cautionary kiddie chaos may be one of King s formidable movie adaptions since the effective tension filled off the wall brilliance of 1990 s Misery 
3
It
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite it s problems It is a lot of fun until it forgets to be interesting 
2.5
It
John Beifuss
Unpretentious and scary with a crack ensemble of kids led by future Amy Adams Sophia Lillis 
3.5
It
David Nusair
the decision to keep the creepy clown front and center throughout slowly but surely drains him of his effectiveness 
2.5
It
John Hanlon
This wonderfully dark story offers a mix of solid laughs and great scares and really brings this Stephen King novel to life 
3.5
It
Linda Cook
It ll scare the living It out of you 
3.5
It
John Serba
The young cast s uniformly strong acting is a boon for It they easily shift from comic to earnest handling the raunchy bickering and heavy dramatic moments with equal conviction 
3
It
David N. Butterworth
With carefully crafted chills well developed characters and a strong storyline It deserves a place in the canon of stellar Stephen King adaptations 
3
It
James Kendrick
captures the unique qualities of King s storytelling which often melds abject horrors with a sense of real life minutia good humor and a love of popular culture
3.5
It
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end Muschietti s film is a big fat gorgeously produced love letter to King s epic novel 
3
It
Walter Chaw
The motor that drives It is the dread that there s no safety net that the world is chaos and the only bridge keeping us above it is the ties we use to bind us 
4
It
Glenn Lovell
Skarsgard s purring Pennywise is the stuff of indelible beddy time nightmares but this fusing of small town Americana and childhood neuroses lags feels cobbled together from other fright films
2
It
Matthew Rozsa
I m writing this not so much as a critic but as an ordinary moviegoer experiencing Proustian transport via an old fashioned scary movie executed by a team of filmmakers and actors at the top of their game 
4
It
Katie Walsh
It s such a great performance that you wish Muschietti had eased up on the CGI and just let Skarsgård do the talking 
3
It
Josh Terry
Most of the time director Andy Muschietti telegraphs his passes settling for content that looks scary more than it is scary 
2.5
It
Sonny Bunch
Stephen King s scariest book earns a solid if minor adaptation
2.5
It
Mike McGranaghan
The best major studio horror movie in years The film is certainly scary but also funny exciting and even a little heartwarming 
4
It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sometimes a picture on a wall can give someone the creeps It gets its power to produce actual spine tingles from these images not necessarily from the fear of a machete wielding killer but things that are coming to get you 
3.5
It
Phil Villarreal
It hasn t quite got that it factor 
2.5
It
Peter Travers
You ll scream bloody murder 
3
It
Christian Toto
Here s how the new It finishes what the TV version started 
3.5
It
Bob Bloom
It succeeds because the kids are relatable and director Andy Muschietti spends as much time in letting us get to know the kids as he does on the terrifying events that propel them to band together and take action 
3
It
James Berardinelli
What is it about clowns anyway 
3
It
Ryan Porter
Muschietti s It strikes a nice balance between sleepover ready gross outs tiptoeing through raw sewage for example and tender coming of age storytelling 
3
It
Mark Dujsik
The story of the kids is good enough that the film works as a twisted variation on a coming of age tale 
3
It
Jeff Simon
I liked the kids but this one s mostly for King fans and horror film lovers 
3
It
Josh Larsen
like walking through the world s creepiest haunted house 15 times in a row 
2.5
It
Stephen Rebello
The movie earns its R rating less by bloodletting than by long slow buildups creepy shadows and half glimpsed things that go bump in the night in sewers and derelict old houses That s a good thing 
3
It
Norman Gidney
This is a worthy entry into the King cinematic universe and one that I hope to see more of with the promised second half if this one does well enough Despite minor flaws IT is still effective where it counts 
3
It
Michael Smith
Director Andy Muschietti delivers that kids on a mission vibe well enough to recommend the first chapter of It 
2.5
It
Calvin Wilson
If you re looking for a film that s guaranteed to have you gripping your seat this is It 
3.5
It
Michael O'Sullivan
Call it a symphony of orchestral meta horror an elaborate waking nightmare in which you as the dreamer are constantly reminded of what the film is trying to do and yet are powerless to stop it 
3
It
Kam Williams
I can t pass a sewer anymore without half expecting Pennywise s frightening face to appear 
4
It
Kevin A. Ranson
If The Dark Tower was the underwhelming studio trimmed Cliff s Notes YA version of that Stephen King story this is the R rated unabridged directors cut vision of this one 
4
It
Christy Lemire
Despite the many terrifying moments they endure in their quest scenes that will leave you trembling and giggling at once It is even more powerful in the warm easy camaraderie between its young stars 
3
It
Tom Russo
The kids gradual discovery of the clown s lethal doings is tense enough but again all the red nose and fangs stuff isn t as absorbing as the ode to pubescence dynamic 
2.5
It
Peter Hartlaub
Muschietti understands the Spielberg ian rule that creating a recognizable and convincing backdrop makes the supernatural thing in the foreground feel tangible and believable 
4
It
Sara Stewart
The literal ghouls here take a back seat to the subtler ones which are really where It shines darkly 
3
It
Soren Andersen
The more Muschietti piles on the CG terrors heavy on the red stuff and the more he shows of the demonic doings of the clown Pennywise the less terrifying Pennywise becomes 
1.5
It
Eric Henderson
It cashes in on trendy retroism the remedial brash distant second cousin to nostalgia instead of utilizing the perspective of to borrow from Joni Mitchell seeing clowns from both sides now 
2
It
Gary Thompson
You almost wish the movie had jettisoned the horror elements entirely and converted It into what it feels like it wants to be something more like King s Stand By Me with a teen girl in the mix 
2.5
It
Karen D'Souza
As a child of the 80s this reviewer had high expectations for this classic horror fable and director Andy Muschietti mostly manages to live up to them 
3
It
Maria Sciullo
It s scary and funny but by the time all is said and done It falls short of being a classic 
3
It
Rick Bentley
These young performers manage to play their characters as heroes while never relinquishing the elements that make them seem like the kids next door 
2.5
It
Rafer Guzman
What makes this It work so well is the way it pulls us back into our own childhoods with a cast of young characters and the shared experiences some horrifying some hilarious that bind them together 
3
It
Peter Canavese
Strong performances and production carry the day This pop culture psychodrama still works and linked up to its pending sequel should add up to a bit more than the sum of its parts 
3
It
Barry Hertz
Andy Muschietti s It is Stephen King distilled in its purest form namely terrifying 
3
It
Michael Phillips
What do we have here really We have a story that feels not so much freshly imagined as dutifully recounted 
2
It
Dustin Putman
Hits the ground running as a deliciously entertaining legitimately shuddersome horror feature but it excels as something altogether more profound a cathartic fable constellating the twilight of childhood innocence 
3.5
It
Clayton Davis
It fashions and establishes itself as one of the new age horror classics for audiences to relish for decades 
3.5
It
Roger Moore
Not the most original tale and it drags through the middle acts but the most hellish depiction of childhood this side of Schindler s List is something to behold 
2.5
It
Brian Truitt
The infamous clown is plenty freaky though it s the youngsters bursting with hormones and one liners who make It one of the better Stephen King adaptations 
3
It
Stephen Whitty
The new version of King s classic demonic clown story delivers two of the author s signature pleasures an emotional re creation of those beleaguered years of childhood when it was us against the adults and a truly visceral sense of horror 
3.5
It
Sean P. Means
Since the adult characters are nearly as inconsequential as the grown ups in Peanuts the movie rises and falls on the strength of its young ensemble The seven are consistently good with solid chemistry and a natural way with sarcastic banter 
3
It
Richard Roeper
When a film of this magnitude has so many young characters front and center in the lead roles so much depends on the casting and in this case there s not a single misstep 
4
The Waiting Room
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Waiting Room is an important look into what is fast becoming one of our most important institutions But that s all it is a glimpse 
2.5
The Waiting Room
Moira MacDonald
A moving portrait of people doing their jobs under very difficult circumstances and in virtually every moment we see doing them with efficiency wisdom and compassion 
3.5
The Waiting Room
Chris Hewitt
A dramatic and inspiring look at a piece of the U S health care problem 
3.5
The Waiting Room
Lisa Kennedy
The level of frankness and vulnerability of those featured suggests just how compassionate a filmmaker Nicks who acted as his own cinematographer must be 
2.5
The Waiting Room
Bruce DeMara
Both a depressing indictment of a system that prioritizes health care based on insurance coverage and at the same time uplifting if only because of the extraordinary professionals who keep it going barely 
3
The Waiting Room
Ann Hornaday
Eloquently portrays the faults and limitations of the American health care system even as it punctures some of the most toxic stereotypes surrounding it 
4
The Waiting Room
Wesley Morris
The movie observes the general misery of needing serious medical treatment and the particular awfulness of needing medical treatment you can t pay for 
3.5
The Waiting Room
Brett Michel
If people believe Mitt Romney s assertion that emergency rooms are a solution for the uninsured this is a powerful rebuke 
3.5
The Waiting Room
Mick LaSalle
This is human drama at its most intense and universal This is the rare film that can change the way you think and see the world 
4
The Waiting Room
Randy Myers
The Waiting Room doesn t have the answers but it does tap into the heart and soul of what s so critically at stake 
3.5
The Waiting Room
Elise Nakhnikian
Documents emotionally charged interactions between patients and hospital staff without any signs that the subjects are being made to feel self conscious or that they re behavior is being affected 
3
My Life to Live
Jay Antani
truly exhilarating
3.5
My Life to Live
Peter Canavese
A fine example of Godard s experimental affronts to cinematic conventions his exploration of the human condition and his concern for social issues Blu ray 
4
My Life to Live
James Kendrick
contains the best of Godard both the intellectual and the emotional
3.5
My Life to Live
Steven Rea
Godard frames and edits his shots moves the camera uses music and deploys his actors in ways that still seem radical even as several generations of directors since have cribbed and stolen from him 
3.5
My Life to Live
Roger Ebert
This is a great movie and I am not surprised to find Susan Sontag describing it as one of the most extraordinary beautiful and original works of art that I know of 
4
Behaving Badly
Roger Moore
Lacking the charm bad boy naughtiness or wicked wit necessary to pull that off Wolff just isn t that guy 
1.5
Behaving Badly
Sheila O'Malley
Selena Gomez is adorable and manages to float away unscathed But other than that it s an unfunny comedy populated by irredeemable sociopaths 
1
Behaving Badly
Kam Williams
A misfiring misadventure not even recommended for diehard Selena Gomez fans 
1
Behaving Badly
Roger Moore
A game supporting cast and a miscast leading man add up to a half hearted randy teen farce
1.5
Behaving Badly
Nick Prigge
Rick s ultimate journey becomes less about atonement than simply getting the girl and moral reclamation reveals itself as the vehicle by which to peddle a bunch of people behaving badly 
2
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jack Mathews
This comedy drama about a dysfunctional family of eccentric geniuses is exactly the kind of movie America could use It s funny poignant laced with irresistibly flawed characters and focuses on the power of love in a family 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Dennis King
Anderson truly comes into his own as an original voice with a unique storytelling agenda with this fresh studiously peculiar film 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Matt Soergel
Anderson likes his characters too much to see real cruelty befall them you likely will too 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Chris Kaltenbach
Anderson who co wrote the screenplay with Wilson maintains a straight deadpan tone throughout the film 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
David Sterritt
Anderson s cinematic style gets more adventurous from one movie to the next 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
David Ansen
Tenenbaums doesn t quite jell but it s a beautiful near miss 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Matt Brunson
Its laughs are like stealth bombers sneaking up on us to the extent that we suddenly find ourselves chortling even as we re wrapped up in the movie s unexpected air of melancholia 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Nick Rogers
What remains Wes Anderson s most poetic film is the story of a family fractured by envy and fumbling for empathy at the insistence of a patriarch perfectly played by Gene Hackman with affection and antagonism 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Josh Larsen
Forget Max Fischer this is Wes Anderson s opus 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Joe Lozito
Mr Anderson and Mr Wilson are gifted artists and I look forward to seeing them produce something that strives for more than just sustaining their own hype 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Steven Snyder
Surpasses expectations 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Ross Anthony
Indulges in a set up that bleeds far into the film Scattered the production lacks build Hopes that oddity will be enough to entertain and sometimes it does 
2
The Royal Tenenbaums
Judith Egerton
Wes Anderson poses a strong challenge to the Coen brothers when it comes to slightly surreal screwball comedies 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Greg Maki
As great as Hackman is he can t save the film single handedly 
2
The Royal Tenenbaums
Margaret A. McGurk
Ever wish you could have followed Alice down the rabbit hole Drop in on the Tenenbaums you ll get the same result 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jonathan R. Perry
A flawed gem of darkly comic luster 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jeffrey Westhoff
No one derives such exquisite humor from emotional pain as Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Collin Souter
Takes a sad song and makes it the best film of 2001 Real genius 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Robert Roten
The leisurely indifferent pace of the film is probably why it is rated so poorly among young viewers It does have its rewards 
2.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Andrew Howe
There are so many unexpected delights that you can forgive Anderson and Wilson for failing to craft a coherent whole 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Ian Mantgani
Annoying but inventive
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jeremy Heilman
The characters are wonderful and Anderson obviously loves them 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Frank Ochieng
In writer director Wes Anderson s brilliantly dysfunctional family comedy The Royal Tenenbaums he delightfully skewers the indelible psychology of an overachieving bunch engagingly irreverent and deliriously slick
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Stacie Hougland
Dysfunctional family movies have been done to death but Anderson paints these characters with meticulous originality 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Mark Dujsik
If the dysfunctional family is a distinctly American pop culture cornerstone Anderson has created a small opus of the American family 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Marty Mapes
Wes Anderson tries a little too hard to be offbeat
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Michael Dequina
There s no mistaking The Royal Tenenbaums for being anything other than a Wes Anderson film and that is most certainly a compliment 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
James Kendrick
the film s most incredible achievement is that it leaves you not only smiling but with a sense of hope for this screwed up clan
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Gary Brown
The movie goes into the history of the three siblings who really arenâ TM t that interesting or funny for that matter Not funny enough to sustain the movie anyway 
2.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Dustin Putman
The comedy is threadbare the drama plays like an afterthought and there are too many characters to thoroughly develop any one of them 
1.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
David N. Butterworth
Wes Anderson s and Owen Wilson s wild wooly and wonderful follow up to their surprise 1998 hit Rushmore 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rob Blackwelder
You could probably watch this film 10 times over and still discover different levels of its multifaceted wit with each viewing 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jules Brenner
It s not for everyone but for an audience in tune with this borderline brand of comedy it s something to see 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Walter Chaw
A mellifluous labyrinthine thing indescribably delicious and ambitiously literate 
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
Mick LaSalle
A film like no other an epic depressive comedy with lots of ironic laughs and a humane and rather sad feeling at its core 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rick Groen
Wonderfully free wheeling and delightfully mad yet brought off with a fluid confidence that somehow makes the disjointed parts magically cohere 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Roger Ebert
It s proof that Anderson and his writing partner the actor Owen Wilson have a gift of cockeyed genius 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jay Carr
Mostly you sit around waiting for it to be funnier or at least funny more often 
2.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Steven Rea
A devastatingly funny portrait of a wildly dysfunctional clan 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Mark Caro
In honing their unique comic sensibility Anderson and Wilson have delivered the year s best American comedy 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Steve Rhodes
A spectacularly unfunny film a bomb of colossal proportion 
1
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jeanne Aufmuth
This is quirky theater infused with comic highlights and an unfortunate number of lowlights 
2.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Maitland McDonagh
How charmed you are by the quirky Tenenbaums will determine how much you enjoy their tortured efforts to work things out 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Pam Grady
For all of its flaws The Royal Tenenbaums still towers over most of what Hollywood euphemistically refers to as entertainment 
2.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jonathan Taylor
Consistently quirky and original filmmaker Wes Anderson Rushmore delivers his most accessible film yet 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Harvey S. Karten
Energetic dark comedy with a touching role by Gene Hackman as a father seeking redemption from his family 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Tony Toscano
A delightfully dry comic surprise 
3.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
James Berardinelli
Rarely if ever side splittingly funny but there are so many clever moments that nasty chuckles and devilish smiles come at frequent intervals 
3
The Royal Tenenbaums
Ed Gonzalez
Wes Anderson s The Royal Tenenbaums unfolds like a regal fairy tale 
4
The Mindfulness Movement
Matt Fagerholm
Meditation could potentially emerge as one of the definitive remedies of our time and it is sorely deserving of a better cinematic analysis than this bliss faced bore 
1.5
Repeat
Roger Moore
More engrossing that it has any right to be
1.5
Vodka Lemon
Kam Williams
Worthwhile for the cinematography alone which is nothing short of inspired such as the love scene shot through the pale pattern of a lace curtain which dissolves almost imperceptibly into the whiteout of a steady blizzard 
4
Vodka Lemon
Ty Burr
This is frostbitten Fellini a film that finds fresh beauty and contentment in the wake of centuries of conquering armies 
2.5
Vodka Lemon
Rob Thomas
The film ends on a surreal image of such remarkable whimsy and good cheer that it will keep you warm for a while after the credits roll 
3
Vodka Lemon
Marta Barber
Despite some banalities and Romen Avinian s slightly overdone Hamo Vodka Lemon is a fresh breath of air warmer than the icy village in which it takes place You ll leave the theater with a wink and a smile 
3
Vodka Lemon
Jonathan Curiel
Director Hiner Saleem has created a magical movie that veers even within scenes from love story to tragedy to comic relief 
3
Vodka Lemon
Lisa Kennedy
Saleem nourishes his tale of the widower Hamo and widow Nina with a greening bud of romance And he has wit and warmth to spare for all the movie s denizens 
2.5
Vodka Lemon
Robert Dominguez
Vodka moves about as fast as the distant ice caps melt 
2.5
Vodka Lemon
V.A. Musetto
He s in no hurry to tell the story and viewers drawn in by the warm hearted tale and charmingly eccentric characters will be in no hurry for the closing credits 
3.5
Vodka Lemon
David Sterritt
Diverting but minor 
2
Vodka Lemon
Ed Gonzalez
Anyone who can powerfully evoke the ecstasy of lovemaking with a shot of gently falling snow is a talent to watch 
3
Vodka Lemon
Bill Chambers
Vodka Lemon is a self confident work that disarms existential misery with humour without trivializing a soul 
3
Vodka Lemon
Joshua Tanzer
Bleak but made with love the film puts a warm human face on what is really a colossal tragedy 
3
Last Call
Roger Moore
There are messy movies and shambolic comedies and then there s whatever the hell Last Call is supposed to be 
1
Nobody Walks
Chris Foran
A bushel full of familiar indie film devices held together by honest writing and charming performers 
2.5
Nobody Walks
Roger Ebert
What we have here is a household ripe with seduction lust betrayal and repression all kept below the surface by increasingly strained good manners 
2
Nobody Walks
Walter V. Addiego
The direction is decent and the film is handsome But it s finally frustrating enigmatic in a way that suggests emptiness more than mystery 
2
Nobody Walks
Kyle Smith
A lackluster indie drama 
1
Nobody Walks
Rex Reed
The actors are all completely wasted in this dumb travesty of fumbling unfocused oversexed numbskulls who work in the movie business 
1
Nobody Walks
Christy Lemire
Artfully constructed but hollow at its core Nobody Walks makes it impossible to stop watching while simultaneously making it impossible to care about what s happening 
2
Nobody Walks
Jesse Cataldo
The whole thing comes out feeling kind of featureless beaten flat by its own sense of fairness 
2
Nobody Walks
Roger Moore
Like a lot of films in the chatty genre labeled mumblecore Nobody Walks glides by on little money few incidents and a lot of conversations some of them without words 
2.5
Nobody Walks
David Nusair
a misfire that feels long even at 83 minutes 
2
Nobody Walks
Liam Lacey
Has the fragranced whiff of a missed opportunity 
2
Nobody Walks
Mike McGranaghan
Nobody Walks is like mumblecore with stars 
1.5
Nobody Walks
Ty Burr
Sensitively written nicely shot expertly acted and intelligently ambiguous Nobody Walks still manages to send you out with a shrug 
2
Nobody Walks
Linda Barnard
The characters especially Kolt s Italian tutor demonstrate they have the impulse control of toddlers 
2
Alien Resurrection
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s an abomination that 44 like its central monster 44 deserves to be sucked out into space from a tiny opening and forgotten for all time 46 
0.5
Alien Resurrection
Mike Clark
Weaver obviously knows her role by now but Winona Ryder is as much of an action hero as Julie Nixon would be going way out of her element 
2.5
Alien Resurrection
David Keyes
This is not a Hollywood space thriller at all but an intergalactic fantasy driven by the same cheerfully eccentric impulses that have informed a myriad of high spirited French filmmakers 
3
Alien Resurrection
Wesley Lovell
A blend of surrealist humor unintentional self parody and groan inducing moments this is easily the nadir of the franchise 
2
Alien Resurrection
Judith Egerton
Moviegoers who expect more surprise and mystery from the grisly and suspenseful sci fi Alien series will be disappointed 
3
Alien Resurrection
Ed Gonzalez
The much maligned last part in the Alien quadrilogy should be approached as the comic book actioneer that it is 
2.5
Alien Resurrection
Margaret A. McGurk
The film is so insistently formulaic there is hardly a moment when you don t know exactly what s going to happen 
2
Alien Resurrection
James Kendrick
Jeunet creates some scenes of genuine suspense and some of the action packs a real punch 
2.5
Alien Resurrection
David N. Butterworth
Murky and unworthy especially of its director 
2
Alien Resurrection
Madeleine Williams
About as good a sequel as you could expect for an aging franchise 
2.5
Alien Resurrection
Rob Blackwelder
One of those rotten sci fi horror movies in which nonsense abounds
1
Alien Resurrection
Michael Dequina
A welcome return to the series roots as a wild reckless thrill ride 
3
Alien Resurrection
Ted Prigge
I s a very good film which never fails to entertain 
3
Alien Resurrection
Steve Rhodes
Being sometimes grotesque but never scary the movie gives up and decides correctly that it can be a very funny space comedy 
2.5
Alien Resurrection
Roger Ebert
There is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder 
1.5
Alien Resurrection
James Berardinelli
If you consider Alien and Aliens to be the main course then Alien Resurrection is leftovers 
2.5
Alien Resurrection
Susan Stark
In mood tone and imagery this fourth installment in the esteemed horror series is a fascinating film under director Jean Pierre Jeunet But it s virtually impossible to follow 
2
Alien Resurrection
Peter Stack
This film should be an amazing thrill ride but it has the emotional impact of a bowling ball at rest 
2
Alien Resurrection
Marty Mapes
The wrong script for their particular style of moviemaking 
2
Zalava
Kent Turner
Amiri has mashed together a story of demonic possession and romance with devilishly dark satire The director takes chances that pay off 
3
The Fan
Matt Brunson
Many of the risible moments come courtesy of the scenes in which stage star Sally Ross Bacall is preparing for a new musical the glimpses we see of the kitschy show designate it as the unholy lovechild between 1980 s Xanadu and 1983 s Staying Alive 
1.5
Cry of the City
David Nusair
a deliberately paced drama that grows more and more compelling as it unfolds 
3
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Peter Keough
An intelligent subtle documentary 
3
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Clayton Dillard
The documentary is an attempt to capture something of Akerman s infectious spirit and thirst for worldly experience as both an artist and a human being 
3
The Hungry Ghosts
Simon Abrams
The authenticity of Imperioli s understanding of spiritual revolution makes the screenplay which unevenly vacillates between displays of schmaltzy sentiment and inept skid row melodrama almost bearable 
1
The Hungry Ghosts
Lou Lumenick
The Hungry Ghosts is vanity cinema at its most tedious 
1
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
Kam Williams
A cinematic primer on how to make a mark on the world 
4
Ghost Town
Nick Schager
Zhao Dayong s Ghost Town paints a haunting trifurcated portrait of people set adrift by forced large scale economic and cultural transformations 
3
Ghost Town
A.O. Scott
In spite of its length the film feels foreshortened as if every vignette or incident every character encountered for a few moments contained the germ of an unwritten novel 
4
Ghost Town
Ethan Alter
Superficial is one word that can t be used to describe Zhao Dayong s Ghost Town 
3
Bruiser
David Nusair
Bruiser is clearly meant to operate as both a social satire and horror flick but it s effective in neither realm 
1.5
Bruiser
Walter Chaw
A fairy tale worth telling for Romero who even in his minor failures exposes by example the dearth of significance and heart in the majority of today s lifeless knock offs 
3
The Model
Diego Semerene
The film unapologetically warns us at every turn that fashion is nothing but a business fueled by naivet and rape 
3.5
Died Young Stayed Pretty
Chris Faraone
Concentrated in such alterna scenes as Boston Austin and Seattle this repulsive bunch of poster artists exude more counter culture geek clichs than Comic Book Guy 
2
Died Young Stayed Pretty
John Monaghan
The poster makers mine the outer limits of violence and misogyny with a garish pop art palette 
3
Died Young Stayed Pretty
Rick Groen
Yaghoobian proves she has a flair for the telling detail every bit as keen as her subjects 
3
Died Young Stayed Pretty
Adam Keleman
From an outsider s perspective Died Young is thorough diving into minor specific details like the silkscreen process used by many of the artists 
2.5
Died Young Stayed Pretty
Jason Anderson
Though Died Young Stayed Pretty could have used some serious streamlining it still succeeds as a showcase for some of this decade s most arresting examples of graphic design 
2.5
Died Young Stayed Pretty
Wesley Morris
It s apparent that Eileen Yaghoobian has almost no control over Died Young Stayed Pretty Ostensibly her documentary is about the demise of rock concert poster art But few of the artists have anything enlightening to say about their craft 
2
Died Young Stayed Pretty
V.A. Musetto
Yaghoobian s nonlinear editing is as offbeat as the posters with non sequiturs and strange asides She lets scenes run a few seconds longer than most directors would to good effect 
3
Kraben rahu
Joshua Minsoo Kim
Manta Ray functions as an oblique portrait of writer director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng s anger about the Rohingya refugee crisis in Thailand 
3
Beware the Gonzo
Kyle Smith
Beware the Gonzo is a thoroughly amateurish effort at capturing clued in and smartass teens 
0.5
Beware the Gonzo
Kalvin Henely
A dramedy set in the present day that doesn t seem to know much about the present day 
2
Blaze
Roger Ebert
Blaze is the affectionate story of two colorful people who had the nerve to stick together even though that didn t suit everybody s notions of propriety 
3.5
America
J. R. Jones
Awesome battle scenes are woven into the story of a family caught up in the currents of history What s missing is the strong personal feeling that Griffith whose father fought for the Confederacy brought to his story of Reconstruction 
2
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Walter Chaw
Innocuous stuff lighter than air and as insubstantial 
2
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Steve Rhodes
It says nothing you have not heard before but it is a simple sweet and life affirming show to watch 
2
The Florida Project
Brian Eggert
The charm wrenching emotion and compassion that Baker finds in his characters are enhanced by his unique touches of humor and unlikely optimism 
3.5
The Florida Project
Matt Brunson
The best picture of 2017 with Willem Dafoe delivering the performance of the year 
4
The Florida Project
Jeff Mitchell
My 1 movie of 2017
4
The Florida Project
Mattie Lucas
A warm winning heartbreaking and deeply moving portrait of those for whom the childlike wonder and happiness that Disney World represents is always in sight but forever out of reach 
4
The Florida Project
Federico Furzan
A heartbreaking depiction of realism among the cardboard castles of Florida This is a fantastic movie Full review in Spanish 
4
The Florida Project
Erik Anderson
Newcomer Brooklynn Prince is pure magic a firecracker of intensity and confidence this girl is a star 
4
The Florida Project
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Baker follows these characters through a series of neo realist episodes in their absolute precariousness and in their most contagious freedom Complete review in newspaper Reforma in Spanish 
3
The Florida Project
David Nusair
a misbegotten endeavor that s as pointless as it is infuriating 
1
The Florida Project
David Keyes
Baker has made a movie that cuts out the melodrama of after school specials and found the profound contemplation lurking underneath 
4
The Florida Project
Linda Cook
A little film with a big message one of the best of 2017 
4
The Florida Project
John Beifuss
Heir to the traditions of Huck Finn the Our Gang shorts and other tales of feral children Sean Baker s Tangerine followup transforms the strip malls and short term motels of Disneyfied Orlando into a magical playground of discovery and peril 
4
The Florida Project
John Serba
One of those films that makes you feel like you re eavesdropping on others lives It s raw and authentic heartbreaking and funny profoundly humane 
4
The Florida Project
Mike McGranaghan
There s an abundance of authenticity up on the screen which ensures that you don t know what s coming until it happens and you don t know how hard it ll hit you until it already has 
4
The Florida Project
Lisa Jensen
It s a great idea for a story that s been plucked too soon and put up on screen before the details in the script had a chance to ripen 
2.5
The Florida Project
Sara Michelle Fetters
a funny gut wrenching emotionally complex masterwork of the human condition that exudes warmth and humility in every frame 
4
The Florida Project
Max Weiss
Quite simply one of the best films about childhood ever made 
4
The Florida Project
Jeff Simon
You ll weep for these kids and try to hope for their future 
4
The Florida Project
Gary Thompson
The Florida Project though dances deftly around kitchen sink realism and instead looks at this pastel world through the eyes of characters too young to know or care that they aren t rich 
3
The Florida Project
Gary Thompson
An engaging humane little movie 
3
The Florida Project
Barry Paris
Mr Dafoe turns in his best most touching performance in years 
3.5
The Florida Project
Rob Thomas
How can one of the most joyful films of the year also be one of the saddest 
4
The Florida Project
Walter Chaw
The Florida Project is painfully good Sean Baker has arrived 
4
The Florida Project
Moira MacDonald
You feel as if you ve slipped inside of Moonee s enchanted world while at the same time seeing the harsh reality of Halley s That contrast is devastating right up to a final sequence that s sure to break your heart in two 
3.5
The Florida Project
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Director Sean Baker s luminous odyssey overflows with wit and joy 
4
The Florida Project
Sean P. Means
The Florida Project is a poetic mass of contradictions a delicately graceful and harrowingly gritty drama that presents an innocent child s eye view of a troubled adult world a place of heartbreak and poverty in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom 
4
The Florida Project
Bob Bloom
The performances by the children especially Brooklyn Prince are magical and unforgettable You will think of them long after you leave the theater 
3.5
The Florida Project
Tom Meek
One surprising thing about The Florida Project is how rife it is with hope even as it s weighed down by the hapless unsustainable situation of its protagonists 
3.5
The Florida Project
Richard Roeper
It s film that ll make you wince at times and you ll most likely not want to see twice but seeing it once is an experience you ll not soon forget 
3.5
The Florida Project
Peter Howell
Alexis Zabe s rapturous cinematography reminds us that magic is where you find it You don t need a golden ticket to Mickey s kingdom although you can see it from here 
4
The Florida Project
Mark Dujsik
Baker has made a surprisingly joyous film from this despairing situation 
4
The Florida Project
Ann Hornaday
Dafoe delivers his finest performance in recent memory bringing to levelheaded unsanctimonious life a character who offers a glimmer of hope and caring within a world markedly short on both 
3
The Florida Project
Michael Phillips
Dafoe has never had a role this warm and sweet and he plays it for low keyed honesty The kids and the adults some non professionals all become part of a bright purple beehive 
3.5
The Florida Project
Ty Burr
The Florida Project is in nerve guts heart and mind one of the finest films of 2017 
4
The Florida Project
Dwight Brown
perfectly set up and disappointingly executed story about down on their luck folks who call a motel in Orlando home 
2.5
The Florida Project
Rex Reed
The impression is a disturbing film of energy and compassion that left me with an inescapable sadness from which director Baker offers no way out 
3
The Florida Project
Mick LaSalle
As it stands there s a greatness in it but also stretches of emptiness Still this is an original piece of work and no one who sees it will forget it 
3
The Florida Project
Robert Levin
Few movies about children capture the very essence of youth the precious intersection of innocence and wonder that so often co exists along the margins of a darker reality 
4
The Florida Project
Josh Larsen
a triumphant exercise in cinematic empathy that also serves as a subversive societal challenge 
3.5
The Florida Project
James Berardinelli
The Florida Project achieves something rare and magical presenting existence from the perspective of a young child while at the same time providing enough clues that viewers are able to decipher what s really going on 
3.5
The Florida Project
Peter Travers
Director Sean Baker crafts one of the best and toughest films about childhood ever and gives a never better Willem Dafoe a clear shot at an Oscar 
3.5
The Florida Project
Lindsey Bahr
Dafoe s warm and generous performance is simply astonishing 
4
The Florida Project
Stephen Whitty
Shots are held just long enough for us to ponder all the details strong closeups bring the characters emotions uncomfortably near 
3.5
The Florida Project
Clayton Davis
The Florida Project s great find is Bria Vinaite who seems to run the line between Taryn Manning s work in Hustle Flow and Elisabeth Shue s hooker with a heart of gold in Leaving Las Vegas 
2.5
The Florida Project
Roger Moore
Harrowing and magical one of the best pictures of 2017
4
The Florida Project
Angelo Muredda
When Florida Project works it works beautifully but one never quite shakes the nagging feeling that this insistence on finding joy and momentary pleasure amidst hopelessness is the province of storytellers more privileged than their precarious subjects 
3
The Florida Project
Shane Slater
The Florida Project is one of this year s most warm vibrant films 
3
The Florida Project
Ed Gonzalez
Sean Baker spends much of the film investing the minutia of the down and out lives within this little ecosystem with a bittersweet energy and significance 
3.5
The Florida Project
Brian Tallerico
A film of small notes that combine to form something major the kind of movie that sneaks up on you and sticks with you
4
The Florida Project
Barry Hertz
Sean Baker mostly crafts a tiny adventure of absorbing wonder 
3.5
The Florida Project
Kent Turner
Bring Advil You ll need it 
2
Instructions Not Included
Roger Moore
Overlong overly broad and overly familiar But not without its charms
2
Instructions Not Included
Michael O'Sullivan
The film s counterintuitive success is largely due to Derbez who demonstrates why he is beloved both south and north of the border 
2.5
After Dark, My Sweet
Chris Hicks
This is the real thing from start to finish 
3
For Love or Money
David Nusair
a watchable yet disappointing effort from an otherwise reliable filmmaker 
2.5
For Love or Money
Roger Ebert
For Love or Money stars Michael J Fox one of the most likable stars in the movies in a romantic comedy so lightweight that his charm has to carry the whole enterprise 
2
Joan the Maid: The Prisons
Jeremy Heilman
Stripped of much of the incident that one would expect from an expansive biopic but still remarkably satisfying Rivette s two film epic finds a psychological realism that s only enhanced by his unorthodox approach 
4
The Craft
Matt Brunson
The early going is interesting amusing and even clever but such cinematic niceties give way to a disappointing second hour 
2
The Craft
Mal Vincent
At an over long 100 minutes it s not likely to cast a spell over anyone 
1.5
The Craft
Michael Wilmington
What can you say about a movie that seems to have been conceived like a trailer and written in exclamation points and gets stolen by the cinematographer 
1.5
The Craft
Rob Blackwelder
The focus is on the girl s emotions and tries to address modern teenage issues peer pressure rape drugs etc but eventually turns into nothing but a low impact horror movie 
2.5
The Craft
Susan Wloszczyna
If only The Craft were as fresh as its enchanting lead quartet 
2
The Craft
Madeleine Williams
Amusing but unmemorable 
2
The Craft
Roger Ebert
The plot in short is beneath our interest What is intriguing is that the four actresses succeed in playing their characters as realistic modern teenagers the underside of the coin from Clueless The movie s failure is one of imagination 
2
The Craft
Dave Kehr
With its sense of what can be accomplished on a small budget The Craft suggests the classic B horrors of the 40s particularly The Cat People and The Seventh Victim 
3
Inside Lara Roxx
James Adams
Eventually one concludes that Inside Lara Roxx is no exercise in prurience bur rather a bearing witness 
3
Inside Lara Roxx
Linda Barnard
It s a portrait of a vulnerable woman looking for answers and a sense of peace who returns to Canada shattered by the offhanded way she is treated 
3
Flora and Ulysses
Michael Dequina
Goes down easy with audiences of all ages even if only the youngest of the lot is likely to remember it for long 
3
Flora and Ulysses
Pamela Powell
And yes Flora Ulysses certainly follows a predictable arc but the style of storytelling immerses you into Flora s world and we suspend all belief and just enjoy the ride 
3.5
Flora and Ulysses
Mike Scott
Built in the mode of Alexander s Very Bad Day it s sweet it s silly it s wholesome and it boasts just the right amount of comforting predictability 
3
Flora and Ulysses
Kevin Carr
It s sweet and it s heart s in the right place 
3
Flora and Ulysses
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fairly typical second tier Disney complete with most of the annoyances attributed to such a thing but it also demonstrates a decent amount of charm and spirit 
2.5
Flora and Ulysses
Mark Dujsik
The film has a kind and gentle heart which comes as a bit of a surprise considering how strange its premise characters and sense of humor are 
3
Flora and Ulysses
Nell Minow
The superhero power of this movie comes from its endearingly offbeat characters goofy humor and gentle insights about finding optimism even when things go wrong 
3.5
Flora and Ulysses
Leo Brady
Kids might be entertained by Flora Ulysses but I was not impressed no matter how far the squirrel can fly 
2
Flora and Ulysses
Mike McGranaghan
The worst kind of family movie one filled with cheap humor phony emotions and a ton of product placement 
1
Flora and Ulysses
Mark Meszoros
Children aren t as likely as adults to mind the herky jerky storytelling and lack of cleverness that pervade this comedy adventure adapted from 2013 Newbery Award winning book Flora Ulysses The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo 
2
Flora and Ulysses
Roger Moore
I laughed a few times at this herky jerky not that quirky adaptation of Kate DiCamillo s hit kid lit novel 
2
Tango Shalom
Tom Meek
The film has a warm amiable energy and a dash of hokey verve but also comes off as light and one note 
2
Tango Shalom
Caroline Madden
Tango Shalom is a truly unique and sprightly comedy that offers a positive portrayal of an often criticized brand of faith 
3
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Richard Roeper
Not that Frank is without talent or without charm He s still out there performing and he s got a hell of a voice and he sure has a way with a story 
3
The Tingler
Matt Brunson
Perhaps William Castle s most outrageous film The Tingler also stands as one of his best 
3
The Tingler
Mike McGranaghan
Well made and anyone with an appreciation for the fright flicks of yesteryear will certainly recognize it as a work of significant note 
3
One-Way to Tomorrow
Roger Moore
A bit of a jolt to Western expectations about what a Turkish rom com might be It s not a laugh riot but not reserved oppressive not remotely Iranian Egyptian or Palestinian in its sartorial or sexual mores either 
2.5
Everyone Says I Love You
Ruthe Stein
Listening to the others sounding like a spouse in the shower makes one wonder How bad could Barrymore be that she had to be dubbed 
2
Everyone Says I Love You
Mike Clark
If it doesn t quite mandate a viewer song burst this sweet conceit ought to glue a grin on your face until its crucial next to last scene hits a clunker note 
3
Everyone Says I Love You
Rob Blackwelder
It s just great dumb fun as a musical should be 
3
Everyone Says I Love You
Steve Rhodes
A delightful and infectiously happy movie 
3.5
Everyone Says I Love You
Roger Ebert
It would take a heart of stone to resist this movie 
4
Everyone Says I Love You
Janet Maslin
It s a world of both serene privilege and surreal possibility and it offers a delightful and witty compendium of the film maker s favorite things 
4
Everyone Says I Love You
Chris Hicks
Who would have thought that Woody Allen could graft the trappings of an old fashioned musical comedy onto his own nebbish angst ridden film style and come up with something as wonderful as Everyone Says I Love You 
3.5
Everyone Says I Love You
James Berardinelli
It s difficult not to be impressed by what Allen has achieved with this film successfully reviving the musical comedy in such a thoroughly delightful fashion 
3.5
Everyone Says I Love You
Marty Mapes
Woody Allen s musical comedy 
3.5
Everyone Says I Love You
Michael Dequina
A trifle yes but a cute and enjoyable one at that 
3
Home
Diego Semerene
Unable to recognize how sufficient the visuals themselves are its music gets increasingly over dramatic epic like 
2
Home
Ethan Alter
Less interesting as a feature length movie than it is as a filmmaking and distribution experiment
2.5
Home
Kent Turner
Even scarred landscapes have a harsh beauty suitable for framing 
2
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Stephen Hunter
Loud callow jejune infantile puerile and annoying as hell 
1
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Jeff Shannon
3 Ninjas was a surprising box office hit with the Saturday matinee family crowd earning the highest cost to profit ratio of that year and instantly mandating this all too unnecessary sequel 
1.5
3 Ninjas Kick Back
John Petrakis
Fantasy is one thing 3 Ninjas Kick Back is something else entirely junk food laced with testosterone 
1
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Emanuel Levy
Clearly made with an eye on the international market this movie is set for the most part in Japan shrewdly adding a female ninja to the three boys thus broadening the potential demographics 
1
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Roger Ebert
Who was this movie made for Not for me that s sure but I have a hunch younger kids will find it satisfying 
2.5
Ask No Questions
Christian Toto
The haunting film showcases repressive Chinese policies and much worse 
3.5
The General Line
Mattie Lucas
The now famous scene in which Eisenstein juxtaposes footage of a newly working milk machine with a gushing water fountain is a kind of visual symbolism that Eisenstein employs frequently throughout his films 
3.5
Nothing Lasts Forever
Glenn Kenny
It 8217 s pretty fascinating stuff 46 
3
Nothing Lasts Forever
Anne Brodie
Raden apos s hilarious 44 searing takedown of the diamond myth 59 she calls the lack of disclosure of fakes fraud 46 And DeBeer apos s sale of Black Boxes to detect synthetic diamonds is quot security theatre quot 46 This excellent doc examines the changing concept of diamonds
4
Nothing Lasts Forever
Kent Turner
The tart tongued talking heads 44 especially designer Aja Raden 40 8220 Everything could be faked 8221 41 44 take no prisoners 46 
3
Never Goin' Back
Rob Thomas
Never Goin Back is one of several movies this year including Flower and Assassination Nation which let teenage girls be just as gross as their male counterparts You wouldn t think gags about throwing up and constipation could be so empowering 
3
Never Goin' Back
Joey Magidson
Never Goin Back suggests a bright future for filmmaker Augustine Frizzell 
3
Never Goin' Back
James Berardinelli
Augustine Frizzell s debut forces us to spend nearly 90 minutes in the company of two unbearably dumb protagonists 
2
Never Goin' Back
Mark Dujsik
I n the end it seems that the filmmaker lands on the protagonists side whether they actually learn anything or not 
2
Never Goin' Back
Mick LaSalle
Never Goin Back is happily silly and low down and willing to indulge in gross humor while presenting a story about friendship and about the consequences of growing up with no money or prospects 
4
Never Goin' Back
Sonia Rao
Never Goin Back owes much of its watchability to the actresses natural chemistry Together they paint a portrait of adolescent friendship so vibrant that it makes up for much of the movie s structural flaws 
2.5
Never Goin' Back
Richard Roeper
A rude crude rambling raucous sometimes quite gross and often very funny and endearing slice of lives we don t often see portrayed on the big screen 
3
Never Goin' Back
Glenn Kenny
It s breezy benignly outrageous equal parts grotty and sweet 
3
Never Goin' Back
Peter Goldberg
Frizzell uses that kinship as a jumping off point to a funny and surprisingly tender if at times frustratingly uneven film 
2.5
Never Goin' Back
Roger Moore
Embrace the raunchy randomness of these broke girls and the idiots they hang with
2.5
Regression
David Nusair
a pervasively inept and thoroughly endless piece of work 
0
Regression
Dustin Putman
Deriving inspiration from a certain famed Arthur Miller play and reframing it for the era of rampant media invoked Satanic Panic fears Regression provocatively blankets its elegiac mystery in a malignant pall of diabolical foreboding 
3
Regression
Drew Hunt
It spends a lot of time considering the fear of knowing which may explain why Alejandro Amenbar didn t seem to know what kind of film he was making 
1.5
To Save a Life
Roger Moore
One of the biggest problems in most Christian genre movies is their lack of edge a reluctance on the part of the filmmakers to show ugly reality 
1.5
To Save a Life
Todd Hertz
Will the vague messages get across Will viewers take anything out other than a missive to be kind and inclusive Some certainly will Some won t 
2.5
To Save a Life
Rob Thomas
What s worthy about To Save A Life comes purely from its nutritional value and if a teenager becomes a more empathetic person as a result of seeing it then it s worth it for him A lot of his friends though might be too bored to get to the redemptio
2
To Save a Life
Linda Cook
This faith based movie wasn t meant to vie for an Academy Award It s a think piece for adolescents church groups and counselors 
3
To Save a Life
Lou Lumenick
To Save a Life would be bland and boring even as a half hour after school special 
1
To Save a Life
Robert W. Butler
Writer Jim Britts and director Brian Baugh know what they want to say but ultimately fall short of delivering the full blooded drama they re after And at two hours the film is way too long 
2
Cyrano de Bergerac
Roger Moore
It s so quick and quotable than when it slows down shortly after the coached courtship begins it s like too much air has been let out of the balloon 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Mattie Lucas
It follows a familiar plotline with familiar twists and while Carell and the gang valiantly try to transcend the material even they can only go so far 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Jeff Beck
Don t believe the misleading trailers There s more to laugh at than they would have you believe 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Rene Rodriguez
You know you re in trouble when the best thing in your movie is a bunch of dead rodents 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Kam Williams
A mediocre sitcom serving up a half baked TV dinner Check please 
1
Dinner for Schmucks
Sean P. Means
The Hollywood need for closure for hugs and happiness even when the material cries out for savage wit ultimately dooms Dinner for Schmucks 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Linda Cook
You won t feel like a schmuck if you see this comedy but you may not feel it s a truly wise investment of your time and money either 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Eric Melin
It saddles some great comic talent in a lame sitcom plot with a feel good lesson that s about as obvious as it is inappropriate 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
James Kendrick
its primary virtue is its sheer and relatively unpredictable ridiculousness
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
John Wirt
Carell charms in a scene or two but otherwise this is far from a pleasant night out 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
David Nusair
one of the most disastrous would be comedies to come around in quite some time 
1
Dinner for Schmucks
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a whoa of anger and frustration A whoa bordering on shocking hysteria at how people so amazingly talented could come together and produce something of such colossal waste 
1
Dinner for Schmucks
Lisa Kennedy
The movie has a slew of goofball moments that don t add up to a consistently hilarious outing 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Mike Scott
These aren t the kind of laughs that will add points to your IQ You may actually lose a couple by the time it s all over But that s OK because the goofy Dinner for Schmucks doesn t require much brain strain to appreciate 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Keith Cohen
Laughter has been shown to be the best medicine for the human heart So do yourself and your health a big favor by seeing this laugh riot before the spoilers rush in and give away all the punch lines 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Mike McGranaghan
Dinner for Schmucks has a certain rhythm to it I chuckled pretty regularly then every so often something hilarious would happen and I d be full on laughing 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If this were a movie about characters rather than overcooked situations and desperate slapstick and a lot shorter we might have had something 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Kam Williams
A mediocre sitcom serving up a half baked TV dinner Check please 
1
Dinner for Schmucks
Matt Brunson
Despite its squishy center the film still manages to sport a prickly exterior that leads to countless scenes of squirm inducing hilarity the sort of curdled comedy more often found in an indie effort than a mainstream studio offering 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Christian Toto
With apologies to Vin Scelsa Dinner for Schmucks is an idiot s delight
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Liam Lacey
With moments of fitful hilarity the pairing of Paul Rudd Steve Carell and a talented cast of secondary actors there s plenty here to keep summer comedy fans satiated if not entirely satisfied 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Ann Hornaday
Dinner for Schmucks may be as broad as the proverbial groaning board but Rudd and Carell bring out its most toothsome delights 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Lou Lumenick
Dinner With Schmucks may actually be the funniest movie currently in the marketplace but that s pretty much by default 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Peter Howell
In adapting Francis Veber s 1998 French farce Le Dîner des cons The Dinner Game Roach and his writers David Guion and Michael Handelman have completely defanged it 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Chris Hewitt
Turns out Dinner for Schmucks is better when you say it in French 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Claudia Puig
Where the French leads were nasty Steve Carell and Paul Rudd have an inherently likable quality even when playing a foolish sap and a cutthroat businessman 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Stephen Whitty
Most of the problem is in the performance of Steve Carell 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Bob Bloom
Dinner for Schmucks is one of the funniest movies of the year Anyone who sees it and doesn t laugh should check their pulse 
3.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Matt Soergel
It has room for a dozen or so comedians to cut loose many of them at the final dinner party Before that though it gets best use out of a killer trio who throw everything they ve got into this broad comedy 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Rob Thomas
If the dinner is mean spirited the movie really isn t The tone is more sweet than savage and the schmucks are actually treated with some respect 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Sean O'Connell
Starts strong And even ends strong It s that saggy aimless middle section that might leave an unsatisfied taste in your mouth 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Willie Waffle
One good scene in search of an entire movie 
1.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Steven Rea
Jay Roach has cast his picture with standout comic talents 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m not sure just how brilliant a movie about smart people laughing at idiots can possibly be but I am sure that the filmmakers considered the audience a bunch of idiots before filming ever started 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Mick LaSalle
It s funny from the beginning and it stays funny even as it beats scenes to death and overstays its welcome 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Simon Abrams
Dinner for Schmucks is the type of fatuous American comedy that hopes you ll excuse its narrative s logical inadequacies because it s just a comedy stoopid 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Erik Childress
Despite a promising cast and writers clearly recognizing where the original needed extensive improvement they can t entirely get away from the Veber curse and it infects the middle hour until its almost impossible to recover 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Phil Villarreal
Makes you wish Steve Carell would retire from movies instead of his role on The Office 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Dustin Putman
It s easy to laugh at a dumb person but not so much if that person has deeper handicaps Even if that was not the intention of the filmmakers that is unfortunately how it is received 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Rossiter Drake
The fault isn t Carell s It lies with a script that fails to understand its characters and hypocritically decries their boorishness while unself consciously parading its own a comedy of bad manners that insults nothing except our intelligence 
1
Dinner for Schmucks
Duane Dudek
Steve Carell is perilously close to becoming Robin Williams 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Ty Burr
A number of bits don t work some of the characters wear out their welcome but the whole suckers you into an agreeable state of idiot bliss 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Robert W. Butler
Something s wrong when dead rodents generate a film s biggest laughs 
2
Dinner for Schmucks
Moira MacDonald
Give these two a better script and you just might have a comedy classic Instead we have here a tolerable near miss enough to keep the hunger pangs away until a real meal arrives 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Joe Lozito
A perfectly stupid and ultimately forgettable comedy from director Jay Roach that will nonetheless have you laughing even as the film dissolves from your memory 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Alison Gang
A pleasant enough excursion into the growing genre of male bonding cringe comedy though not an entirely memorable one 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Justin Strout
This being a Steve Carell vehicle these moments of elevated humor coexist alongside crass gags but not as uncomfortably as you might think 
4
Dinner for Schmucks
Roger Ebert
The genius of this version depends on the performance by Steve Carell who plays Barry Speck as a man impervious to insult and utterly at peace with himself He s truly a transcendent idiot 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Josh Larsen
just funny enough but not because of star Steve Carell 
3
Dinner for Schmucks
Peter Travers
When Hollywood decides to remake French farce by Francis Veber the result can be a champagne cocktail or pâté de merde Dinner for Schmucks falls somewhere in the middle What makes the soufflé rise is the actors 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Michael Phillips
I think I ll be in the minority on this one but you know comedy Nothing s more personal 
1.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Peter Keough
When the most endearing character is a mouse corpse dressed in a tiny suit you suspect that the rest of this Dinner might not agree with you 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
James Berardinelli
The film is sporadically amusing but gives the impression it should be generating more laughs than it does 
2.5
Dinner for Schmucks
Roger Moore
Like a four star desert at the end of a hit or miss four course meal the finale is worth the wait 
3
Holly Star
Roger Moore
Katlyn Carlson of The Jim Gaffigan Show doesn t so much act as look cute and mug A lot 
1
Star Time
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It isn t very profound or nuanced as analysis its insights are more a manner of poetics than polemics But to find poetics at all in this branch of filmmaking is reason enough to pay attention 
3
Chain Lightning
Matt Brunson
Humphrey Bogart made so many great films at Warner Bros that it s disappointing his final collaboration with the studio turned out to be one of his weaker efforts 
2.5
Bar Bahar
Joe Friar
A trailblazing film that is focused on strong independent women exploring their sexuality identity and place in a society run by men who are not ready to abandon old fashioned traditions 
3.5
Bar Bahar
Pat Padua
Although In Between depicts a nation in crisis it s a crisis that s viewed through the intimate lens of family dinners where generations struggle over conflicting values 
2.5
Bar Bahar
Gayle MacDonald
In Between highlights how difficult it will be to make substantive change in the world s most patriarchal societies 
3
Bar Bahar
Bruce DeMara
There s a double meaning to the title of this intriguing and defiantly feminist film out of the Middle East 
3.5
Bar Bahar
David Lewis
An engaging revelatory slice of life In Between follows three Palestinian women in Tel Aviv kind of a Sex and the City and Girls for the Arab set 
3
Bar Bahar
Anita Katz
the film proves captivating as well as timely 
3
Bar Bahar
Susan Wloszczyna
What is most intriguing about In Between is how each woman is allowed to make mistakes and learn from them without any judgment on Hamoud s part 
3.5
Bar Bahar
Mark Matousek
It s most affecting when its characters are at their least guarded but as Nour Salma and Laila are hurt by those closest to them the film pulls back toward more formulaic expressions of conflict 
2
Bar Bahar
Rob Thomas
In Between is an energetic and poignant film about three women in different places yet bonding as they try to find their place in the world together 
3
Bar Bahar
Kent Turner
Though there are moments of lightness this is no Arabic Sex the City it goes to darker places Tough and touching an intimate gem 
3
Death Wish
Matt Brunson
Although it 8217 s about as complex as any random episode of My Mother the Car 44 it 8217 s nevertheless effective agitprop 46 
3
Death Wish
Roger Ebert
The movie has an eerie kind of fascination even though its message is scary 
3
Death Wish
James Kendrick
Even those who disagree with its knee jerk vigilante ideology have a hard time denying its impact because the film digs deep and works on an almost subconscious level 
3
Ben
Matt Brunson
A terrible follow up with an insufferable protagonist 
1.5
Ben
Mike McGranaghan
Ben is to Willard what Aliens is to Alien 
3
Ben
Roger Ebert
Ben also talks in his new movie It s hard to understand what he says however because all he does is squeak in various octaves 
1.5
Frownland
Kevin Harley
Imagine a less upbeat Taxi Driver remixed mumblecore style 
4
Frownland
Roger Ebert
Frownland is like a shriek for help It centers on an extraordinary performance that plays like an unceasing panic attack To call it uncompromising is to wish for a better word 
3.5
Frownland
Michael Phillips
Nerve rackingly funny director Ronald Bronstein s microbudget indie features a protagonist for whom each attempt at communication turns into a rhapsody of strangulated verbiage 
3.5
Frownland
Tom Keogh
It s impossible to watch this grotty sometimes unbearably undisciplined yet genuinely tragic movie and not think about the first films directed by John Cassavetes and Paul Morrissey 
2.5
Frownland
Bill Weber
The anomic gloom that envelops Frownland a miserabilist micro budgeted 16mm freak show fatally impedes its seeming aspirations to the mercurial grit of Cassavetes 
1
The Lost City
Jeff Vice
While the soundtrack of Cuban dance music is superb this historical drama is leaden and simply too long winded for its own good 
2
The Lost City
Duane Dudek
The result has a potluck rather than persuasive integrated quality 
2.5
The Lost City
Phil Villarreal
For a tribute to a lost city Garcia has made a lost film 
1
The Lost City
John Beifuss
Book ended by fine songs in between Garcia offers more than two hours of clumsy Coppola Scorsese karaoke 
2
The Lost City
Bruce Westbrook
It s handsome and heartfelt but mired in murky politics plot inertia musical montages and painfully pointed symbolism 
2
The Lost City
David Germain
Garcia needed better guiding hands and eyes in the editing room to jettison the many parts that bog down the story 
2
The Lost City
Geoff Pevere
Turgid lumpy and almost unwatchably dull 
1
The Lost City
Liam Lacey
Unfortunately Garcia is inept as a director His scenes are shapeless and bloated with self important speeches 
1.5
The Lost City
Terry Lawson
The movie has too many stories to tell and tells none of them very well 
2
The Lost City
Thomas Delapa
Our cue that Garcia is acting is when he furiously bats his eyes in his smoldering emotional scenes Either that or he s allergic to the smoke from all those Cuban cigars 
1.5
The Lost City
David Elliott
The coming CD not the DVD should be the keeper 
2.5
The Lost City
Michael Booth
A pretty bauble a trinket offered when the stakes of barter were life and death 
2
The Lost City
Jeff Shannon
As a musical fever dream of paradise lost The Lost City is a flawed success boasting just enough truth and admirable purpose to justify the hazards of Garcia s passion 
3
The Lost City
Chris Hewitt
You can see why Garcia was drawn to this material but he hasn t had much luck shaping it into a film 
2
The Lost City
Mick LaSalle
The Lost City has a subject a setting and a historical backdrop but in the foreground it has a relatively passive protagonist Fico whose passions are understated and whose fortunes inspire only minor concern 
2
The Lost City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overdirected yes but it s an epic passionate portrayal 
3
The Lost City
Roger Ebert
Feels like the distillation of countless conversations and family legends rehearsed from time immemorial by Cubans who fled their homeland and sought to re create it in their memories 
3
The Lost City
Wesley Morris
It s the sort of epic that aspires to tell Cuba s modern political history and celebrate its people without introducing us to a single believable character 
1
The Lost City
Peter Canavese
Musical handsome poignantly nostalgic The Lost City is a lot of things but what it s not is incisive 
2.5
The Lost City
Michael Wilmington
Throbbing with music seething with anger and romance The Lost City is a film that breaks your heart bewilders alienates and ravishes you by turns 
3
The Lost City
Jeanne Aufmuth
Handsomely executed but hopelessly flawed 
2.5
The Lost City
Maitland McDonagh
Garcia s aching nostalgia for the glittering Havana of his dreams is palpable but he winds up painting by the same doomed romance against a backdrop of revolution numbers as piffle like Dirty Dancing Havana Nights 
2.5
The Lost City
Lisa Rose
a lost movie that seems like it takes 16 years to end 
1.5
The Lost City
Jami Bernard
How the movie s politics will sit with the audience aside one of the problems in this overlong melodrama is the distracting casting of Bill Murray as a wisecracking sidekick and Dustin Hoffman as mobster Meyer Lansky 
2
The Lost City
Glenn Whipp
The sprawling two hours 23 minutes epic meanders in places and its mix of tones and templates do not always serve its narrative But the movie comes from the heart filled with a passion that carries it through its rougher patches 
2.5
The Lost City
Lou Lumenick
The Lost City manages to make Havana Sydney Pollack s disastrous 1990 attempt at a Casablanca homage set against the Cuban revolution with Robert Redford look good by comparison 
1
The Lost City
Gary Goldstein
Noteworthy and well intended The Lost City isn t exactly a lost opportunity just a sincerely limited one 
2.5
The Lost City
Ed Gonzalez
Garcia offers the film to the Cuban community as something we should all be happy to see but his esteem does not excuse the film s aesthetic mediocrity cultural ignorance and colossal self absorption 
1.5
The Lost City
Rene Rodriguez
Despite the strong emotional connection many Miamians will feel toward the movie The Lost City falls far short of the sweep complexity and passion it strives for 
2
Attack Force
David Nusair
even the most ardent Seagal fan would be hard pressed to sit through this monstrosity of a production in just one sitting for the record it took me almost a dozen 
0
Citizen Koch
Michael O'Sullivan
If you have a shred of idealism left it s hard to watch Citizen Koch without a mounting sense of despair and outrage over the influence that money has come to wield over modern elections 
3
Citizen Koch
Peter Keough
Citizen Koch is preaching to the choir Which might not be a pointless exercise seeing how the choir failed to show up for the last midterm election in 2010 and might need extra motivation not to repeat that mistake this November 
2.5
Citizen Koch
Brad Keefe
It has about four good ideas for a feature documentary though none of them quite lands 
2
Citizen Koch
Joe Williams
Most of the movie is a backgrounder on the Citizens United case in which a deeply divided Supreme Court opened the door to truckloads of campaign cash from tycoons and corporations 
2.5
Citizen Koch
Rob Thomas
The documentary Citizen Koch is uneven and scattershot at times but when you re target is as big and fat as corporate money in politics you can afford to be a little scattersot and still hit your mark 
2.5
Citizen Koch
Duane Dudek
A fluid recap of familiar events through a partisan lens 
2.5
Citizen Koch
Roger Moore
OK but it drifts off base and gets a bit lost in Wisconsin
2.5
Citizen Koch
Wes Greene
Like their earlier Trouble the Water Carl Deal and Tia Lessin portray men and women yearning for a simple place in society as they become casualties to the self involvement of larger forces 
3
Highwater
Peter Hartlaub
Everyone is a saint in Brown s eyes and few are especially interesting as a result 
2
Highwater
Jeff Shannon
Serving as director co editor and narrator Brown turns the obsession of top ranking surfers into a universally appealing celebration of excellence on the treacherous North Shore of Oahu 
3
Highwater
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Brown s work here evinces the technically deficient and emotionless curiosity of a sellout 
1.5
Highwater
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Dana Brown s main talent is the way he blends stunning cinematography and crisp editing into you are there immediacy 
3
Highwater
V.A. Musetto
Surfing devotees might be impressed but other viewers will be left wondering what all the fuss is about 
1.5
The Girl
Mattie Lucas
A stylistic triumph that ultimately doesn t add up to more than the sum of its parts but remains a lyrical and evocative mood piece that manages to resonate even when you know it shouldn t 
2.5
The Girl
Diego Semerene
In the film girlhood is too premature a demand on a child who just wants to well play 
4
The Girl
V.A. Musetto
The Girl a beguiling creation bodes well for the future for the helmer and his waif like star 
3
Caucus
Barbara Vancheri
Caucus allows moviegoers to tag along like a silent observer forbidden from asking questions in the run up to the Iowa Caucus in January 2012 
3
Formula 17
V.A. Musetto
Neophyte director DJ Chen s formulaic film leaves little doubt 
2
Formula 17
Elizabeth Weitzman
The only real surprise about this cheerful gay romance is that such a silly movie was such a smash hit in its native Taiwan 
2
Tenderness of the Wolves
David Keyes
Part of what distances us from indulging the story s approach is our inability to see him as the madman painted by history books His crimes are so simplified even reduced 
2.5
Tenderness of the Wolves
Roger Ebert
A nasty little melodrama lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor It s the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy but we don t walk out on 
2.5
Possible Loves
Marta Barber
A charming and somewhat engaging film 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Michael Dequina
Light and disposable entertainment to be sure but that trademark dry Gervais wit keeps the proceedings engaging enough 
3
The Invention of Lying
Peter Canavese
There s clear comic potential in the film s high concept and a fair amount of it is realized 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Josh Larsen
A wry case for atheism The Invention of Lying would have sent many Americans into an uproar if anyone had bothered to see it 
3.5
The Invention of Lying
Frederica Mathewes-Green
It feels in spirit like a fable in the mold of films like It s a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street I just wish it were better 
2
The Invention of Lying
Nick Rogers
The Invention of Lying is like Groundhog Day although not in the way it intends to be Watching the film feels like you re reliving the same lame scenes over and over powerless to change what happens in this profoundly disappointing comedy 
2
The Invention of Lying
James Kendrick
a terribly unwieldy vehicle built on an inherently funny premise that just can t sustain what Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson eventually want to heap on it
2
The Invention of Lying
Eric Melin
I ll bemoan the ending forever or until they change it on DVD but right now I m still wondering how a movie with this radical a subtext got made at all 
3
The Invention of Lying
Linda Cook
For a self avowed atheist Ricky Gervais certainly focuses a lot on spirituality in his movies 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Sara Michelle Fetters
What was really clicking in a sort of Albert Brooks meets Woody Allen sort of way suddenly runs out of steam the laughs still there just now fewer and much further between 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Sean P. Means
Gervais is reluctant to use his satiric bite to go for the throat Instead he just nibbles the edges of his premise before retreating into romantic comedy convention 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Mike McGranaghan
A funny cleverly conceived heartfelt expression of a point of view that is not nearly my own 
3
The Invention of Lying
Christian Toto
The Invention of Lying gleefully deconstructs the standard rom com but it hasn t a prayer as an anti religious screed 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Kam Williams
A persuasive comedic argument against the existence of God or a blasphemous reinvention of Jesus as a shameless con artist You be the judge 
1
The Invention of Lying
Keith Cohen
Comparisons can be drawn to the much funnier and more entertaining Liar Liar and Yes Man that both starred Jim Carrey 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Robert Levin
The emotions feel earned and the blending of tones recalls Lubitsch and Wilder 
3
The Invention of Lying
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like many movies that try to stretch a sketch idea to 90 minutes or more Lying starts to sputter early on 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Robert W. Butler
All this is very very funny 
3
The Invention of Lying
Liam Lacey
The result is an erratically funny but often frustrating comedy with an interesting premise hobbled by internal inconsistencies and uneven writing 
2
The Invention of Lying
Michael Sragow
The cascade of ideas proves to be both pleasurable and frustrating As the movie retreats into a happy ever after ending even its outrageous lies seem more like little white ones 
3
The Invention of Lying
Stephen Whitty
The small town Massachusetts settings are certainly fresh and some of the involuntary confessions are fun But all in all itâ TM s not a great comedy And thatâ TM s no lie 
2
The Invention of Lying
Claudia Puig
By adhering to the romantic comedy formula The Invention of Lying stops short of being truly inventive But enough sequences are fresh and inspired to make this a comedy honestly worth catching 
3
The Invention of Lying
Linda Barnard
To tell the truth The Invention of Lying is a funny movie that fails to deliver on its first half potential 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Justin Strout
The Invention of Lying Iâ TM m happy to report is true And it is a romantic comedy in the best sense of the term 
4
The Invention of Lying
Kyle Smith
Marketed as a romantic comedy The Invention of Lying turns out to be a dour shouty atheist manifesto 
2
The Invention of Lying
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie backs down from anything really savage here It winds up by spending most of its time solving the romance which frankly just isn t as interesting 
2
The Invention of Lying
Mick LaSalle
The Invention of Lying in addition to being very funny and inventive is an attempt at a genuine statement about life social discourse and morality 
3
The Invention of Lying
Peter Travers
It s no fun watching Gervais work out a tired fantasy of turning hot babes into chubby chasers We want Gervais in all his merry malicious glory That s no lie 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Mark Dujsik
Its later digression in tone and reliance on formula are alternately incompatible and lesser than what comes before it 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Ross Anthony
Honestly I enjoyed the ever amusing Ricky Gervais and there is an oddly emotional moving mom son scene but the film sadly isn t so amusing 
1
The Invention of Lying
Chris Knight
What you might not expect and what I m here to proclaim as fact is a fascinating atheistic viewpoint that not only runs through the movie but drives the plot forward 
3
The Invention of Lying
Dustin Putman
Perhaps bites off more than it can comfortably chew but isn t without a pleasing portion of food for thought for viewers tired of being unchallenged by mainstream studio fare 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Moira MacDonald
Someday Gervais will make a screen comedy both brilliant and consistent in the meantime The Invention of Lying will pass the time 
3
The Invention of Lying
Ty Burr
With The Invention of Lying the British comic actor Ricky Gervais has come up with a wickedly funny idea for a movie and then purged the wickedness right out of it 
2
The Invention of Lying
Joe Lozito
This high concept comedy about the first person to develop the ability to lie is wildly uneven but features a few laughs cameos galore and an indictment of organized religion that would make Bill Maher proud 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Connie Ogle
It also runs out of steam abruptly as if there were nowhere else to go but Gervais wickedly sly concept lingers quite awhile after the final chuckle And that s the truth 
3
The Invention of Lying
Roger Ebert
Gervais who co directed and co wrote with Matthew Robinson walks a delicate tightrope above hazardous chasms 
3.5
The Invention of Lying
Nick Schager
The Invention of Lying sets its sights high before settling for comfortable lovey dovey convention 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Joe Williams
The Invention of Lying is an ambitious attempt to smash the wedding cake and eat it too but to say it succeeds would be stretching the truth 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
James Berardinelli
The Invention of Lying feels a little too much like a wasted opportunity 
2.5
The Invention of Lying
Erik Childress
The Invention of Lying deserves to take its place as a modern American comedy classic right alongside such worthy counterparts as Groundhog Day and Idiocracy 
4
The Invention of Lying
David Nusair
certain sequences work a whole lot better than others 
2.5
The Mummy
Josh Larsen
Karloff s eyes glow with otherworldly menace 
3
The Mummy
Scott Nash
Dated but interesting if only to see the origin of the many Egyptian films that were to follow it 
2.5
The Mummy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film lacks the usual number of chills and thrills that one would expect from a horror film but this one draws you in with its mood instead 
3
No Hard Feelings
Shane Slater
There s an undeniable sense of poetry to its visual and verbal expressions of youth 
3
Tooth & Nail
Dustin Putman
A well acted professionally lensed post apocalyptic thriller 
2.5
Stay Awake
Joanne Laurier
Competently made with affecting flashes 44 Stay Awake tends to be somewhat predictable and passive 46 As such 44 it does not break new ground 46 The filmmakers 44 however 44 should be given credit for tackling a social ill of enormous dimensions 46 
2
John Wick
Brian Eggert
For all of its familiar plot elements 44 the movie knows when to step back 44 let Keanu do his thing 44 and watch the impressive fight and gunplay choreography throughout 46 
3
John Wick
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
it s exciting the fights are impressively choreographed direction is very stylish and it s excellent on a technical level Full review in Spanish 
3
John Wick
Josh Larsen
depicts a man who unleashes his mourning on the world 
3
John Wick
Sonny Bunch
John Wick is the platonic ideal of a disposable action movie It gives you everything you want nothing you don t and gets you in and out of the theater 
4
John Wick
Tom Meek
Overall Wick is a whimsical but satisfying shoot em up Not all of the bullets hit the mark but that s not really the point 
2.5
John Wick
Mal Vincent
Perhaps all action movies should be directed by stuntmen 
3
John Wick
Sean P. Means
The action mounted by Chad Stahelski a veteran stunt coordinator making his directing debut is unrelenting ultraviolent and after a while as monotonous as Reeves one note performance 
2
John Wick
Stephen Rebello
It s a modest movie yes but it s got style know how hits the spot and knows enough to keep Reeves kicking ass constantly but saying little Satisfaction pretty much guaranteed 
3
John Wick
Jason Buchanan
Instead of complimenting one another the direction and plotting effectively end up cancelling each other out which makes this promising action throwback a faint echo of the past rather than an invigorating retro blast 
2
John Wick
Lori Hoffman
A classic revenge fueled action pick with the classy Reeves giving it more heft than perhaps it deserves 
3
John Wick
John Wirt
Doesn t leave a single cliché unturned 
1.5
John Wick
John Beifuss
Stylized almost to abstraction and sometimes to distraction such flourishes as fancifully designed subtitles diminish the intensity this superior revenge film presents life as a series of pitiless brutal and lethal negotiations 
3
John Wick
Linda Cook
Keanu Reeves is back And he s angry 
3.5
John Wick
Glenn Lovell
as close to a pure adrenaline rush as you re likely to find at the moment Forget the Bogeyman Reeves titular character is the Baryshnikov of professional killers 
3
John Wick
Matt Brunson
A flagrantly formulaic picture one which feels as if it should have starred Chuck Norris back in 1986 
2
John Wick
Scott Nash
A hyper violent slice of entertainment 
3
John Wick
James Berardinelli
John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days 
3
John Wick
Brad Keefe
A get what you expect movie of the highest order but it pulls off some of the slickest sickest video game style action I ve seen this year 
3
John Wick
Mike McGranaghan
John Wick is little more than 101 minutes of Keanu Reeves running around shooting people in the head because they spoiler redacted That s literally all there is to it 
2.5
John Wick
Peter Travers
John Wick is the kind of fired up ferocious B movie fun some of us can t get enough of 
3
John Wick
Chris Knight
So it s that kind of movie walking a thin line between extreme violence and farce Reeves has slipped off that tightrope more than once of late but he s got perfect balance in this one 
3
John Wick
Christy Lemire
While the body count grows numbing and repetitive John Wick actually is more compelling in the aesthetically heightened specifically detailed world it depicts 
3
John Wick
Rob Thomas
John Wick breathes life into a genre that one might have thought was exhausted and I wouldn t mind seeing it launch a franchise as long as all the same players are in place I just hope that next time Wick doesn t buy a cat 
3
John Wick
David Nusair
By the time the seemingly endless climax rolls around John Wick has confirmed its place as a generic actioner 
2
John Wick
John Semley
This is a film where every human being is a sack of meat waiting to be tenderized 
0.5
John Wick
Peter Howell
This movie is so over the top you can t track it on radar 
2.5
John Wick
Lou Lumenick
It gets old fast 
1.5
John Wick
David Hiltbrand
Director Chad Stahelski handles the frenzied fusillade with flair The action scenes in John Wick while brutal are also rather breathtaking 
2.5
John Wick
Mark Dujsik
The film is really a study of efficiency not only in its characters and plotting but also in how its hero works 
3
John Wick
Tom Russo
It s all sharp stuff from Stahelski and writer Derek Kolstad and Reeves finds decently tailored material in their mix of busy physicality spare drama and wickedly dry humor 
2.5
John Wick
Bruce Ingram
Stahelski has created an impressively distinctive self contained world for John Wick that emphasizes sophistication and stylishness 
3.5
John Wick
Anders Wright
A vicious action flick that s both preposterous and enjoyable the sort of movie you might not want your preteen kids to see but that you ll probably take some guilty pleasure in 
3
John Wick
Michael Ordoña
More than a few oohs and aahs will accompany Reeves dynamic dance of death 
3
John Wick
Dann Gire
Adorned with a shiny suit sharp toed shoes and matted unkempt hair Reeves moves like a greased bullet through this action film beaming with vibrant life even though it mostly deals with death 
3.5
John Wick
Chris Cabin
The film is thematically thin and it has a tendency to embrace the action genre s more obnoxious elements but there s a proudly no nonsense air to its nonsensicality 
2.5
John Wick
Graham Killeen
Meet John Wick If the name doesn t ring a bell his fists will 
3.5
John Wick
Joe Williams
Sorry Keanu but you stole my time and you murdered my brain cells 
1.5
John Wick
Rafer Guzman
Imagine a combination of Unforgiven and Men in Black and you re getting close 
2
John Wick
Stephanie Merry
Brawls that are exciting in the beginning become dull as each sequence attempts to outdo the last But John Wick has a more interesting story and better fights than most not to mention if too briefly a puppy 
2.5
John Wick
Soren Andersen
Keanu unleashed Gunbattles without end 
2.5
John Wick
Claudia Puig
John Wick adds little to the revenge thriller genre save for a few stylish shots 
1.5
John Wick
Rene Rodriguez
Where have you gone Keanu Reeves 
2
John Wick
Roger Moore
Keanu s best role in years is shockingly one that doesn t require a lot of talking 
2.5
John Wick
Walter Chaw
Cool The film sweats cool 
3.5
Charlie
David Nusair
surprisingly dull 
2
Mosquita y Mari
John Beifuss
Unreels with outstanding compassion and tenderness and authentic detail 
3
Mosquita y Mari
Farran Smith Nehme
Guerrero s attitude toward the teenagers understanding and affectionate without being cloying is what holds your interest 
3
Mosquita y Mari
Kalvin Henely
Most of what transpires between the two girls feels as internal as something you only keep to yourself 
3
Mosquita y Mari
Kam Williams
To think that in just one generation we ve gone from Chico and the Man to Chica and the Girl 
4
For No Eyes Only
David Nusair
With Rear Window and Disturbia so readily available For No Eyes Only comes off as a hopelessly superfluous effort that is in the end unable to justify its very existence 
2
Letters to Santa: A Muppets Christmas
David Nusair
an entirely needless piece of work 
2
I Trust You to Kill Me
David Nusair
it s difficult to overlook the film s sporadic bursts of effectiveness including of course the infamous episode in which Sutherland drunkenly tackles a Christmas tree 
2.5
I Trust You to Kill Me
Peter Hartlaub
It doesn t seem like a single scene was filmed without the main characters being aware that the cameras were on and there is almost no dramatic tension 
1
I Trust You to Kill Me
Maitland McDonagh
Boyer dutifully follows Sutherland and the band around hotels and documents a series of shows devoting generous screen time to DeLuca s tormented repertory but overall the drama stays between the lines 
2.5
I Trust You to Kill Me
Elizabeth Weitzman
More vanity project than full fledged film Manu Boyer s modest chronicle is best left to diehard Kiefer Sutherland fans 
2
I Trust You to Kill Me
Kyle Smith
A European tour by Rocco DeLuca and the Burden an utterly generic blues rock bar band that Sutherland thinks is brilliant is the subject of the film 
2
Blaze
Barry Hertz
Hawke is more fascinated with passion than profile And here that s more than enough 
3
Blaze
Joey Magidson
If you love music this flick is for you Armed with Dickey s larger than life turn as Blaze Foley Hawke makes this a fascinating character study 
3
Blaze
Joe Friar
Ethan Hawke brings the life of underrated musician Blaze Deputy Dog Foley to the big screen with Arkansas native Benjamin Dickey in the lead role The result is one of the most authentic films about Texas that flawlessly captures the Austin music scene 
4
Blaze
Carla Meyer
Dickey would have made a strong impression regardless But it turns out he can act and sing and has a genuine magnetism that combines with an endearing quality to create a highly appealing screen presence 
2.5
Blaze
Richard Roeper
Hawke tells Foley s story with heart and style and that s going to make Blaze Foley even more of a legend and deservedly so 
3.5
Blaze
Rob Thomas
Featuring a mesmerizing central performance by Ben Dickey Blaze avoids the clichés of the traditional biopic instead creating a mood piece that feels like living inside one of Foley s songs in all its beauty and sadness 
4
Blaze
Robert Horton
Blaze looks and sounds great some of its images have a sensitively chosen yet offhand texture that seems to spring straight out of a vintage country song 
3
Blaze
Mark Dujsik
The man is neither lionized nor condemned here Instead the film simply feels like a simple life simply lived 
3
Blaze
Sean P. Means
Hawke captures Blaze and Sybil s romance in gauzy golden tones a love affair crystallized in a Terrence Malick magic hour loop 
3
Blaze
Michael Phillips
Hawke s fascinated by the tug of war between artistic freedom and domestic responsibility and he s found clever ways to deal with that theme while zigzagging through Foley s life of music alcohol cocaine and women 
3.5
Blaze
Ty Burr
The movie is Hawke s fourth and best feature as a director it s immensely touching and only deceptively shapeless 
3
Blaze
Anita Katz
The Blaze Townes relationship a partnership in substance abuse as well as musical collaboration needs more development But Hawke s unconventional methods result in a vital multidimensional moving consideration of an artist 
3
Blaze
Gary Thompson
He wrote and sang eloquently of love and its longtime companion loneliness Blaze touches on the experiences that informed that material 
2.5
Blaze
Ann Hornaday
The great singer songwriter Townes Van Zandt used to say there are two kinds of music the blues and zip a dee doo dah Both are on full florid display in Blaze an absorbing illuminating film about the late musician Blaze Foley 
3
Blaze
John Wirt
A deeply personal explanation of a gifted flawed artist the film earns empathy for the legend it reveals 
3
Blaze
Oliver Jones
Every one of the relationships depicted crackles with history tension and love This a film about how we tell stories about the dead and who gets to craft these legends 
4
Blaze
Chuck Bowen
Blaze s first hour is a free floating refreshingly exposition free exploration of an aloof talent who s never quite there 
2.5
Blaze
Josh Larsen
gives plenty of space to Foley s sad lonely music yet as a piece of evangelism the film didn t convince me 
2
Blaze
Karen M. Peterson
Ben Dickey is phenomenal in his first film He is quite a find and embraces the role of care and compassion It is a film that proves Ethan Hawke is as good off screen as he is on 
4
Blaze
Brian Tallerico
At its best Blaze feels like a cinematic translation of not just Blaze Foley s life but his music anchored by two incredibly likable lived in performances 
3.5
Road Head
Roger Moore
If it all didn t end a lot more unpleasantly than it begins this might be a fun genre dive a Rubber or House of 1000 Corpses with less carnage and more comedy 
1.5
The Book of Life
Jeremy Heilman
Hartley always underplays things even when the world s about to end 
3.5
Indignation
Lisa Jensen
We never connect to him as an individual to care about he s a stick figure created to bear the brunt of all the angst directed at the outsider in an unforgiving social order 
2.5
Indignation
Max Weiss
Indignation may indeed be the best of the Roth adaptations but it also illustrates just how difficult adapting Roth can be 
3
Indignation
Rob Thomas
Indignation starts off quiet and staid But there are forces gathering under the surface ready to capsize Marcus carefully laid plans and the film ends with the weight of classical tragedy 
3.5
Indignation
Michael Smith
Indignation is a literate film for adults to appreciate The period costuming and production design is gorgeous James Schamus directing debut is a promise of things to come 
3
Indignation
Roger Moore
A Proustian parody of 1950s potboilers that s dry dated and not nearly as droll as Roth no doubt intended 
2
Indignation
Bob Bloom
Indignation is a very literate and compelling drama Its major flaw is that writer director James Shamus tries to cover too much ground 
3
Indignation
Robert Horton
There s something glorious about a conversation that goes on and on and on especially in an age where the conventional wisdom in movies is to keep it short and to the point 
3
Indignation
Sean P. Means
Indignation is as finely calibrated a drama as one can find and Schamus finds the exact spot where he can tap the glass to make the whole world shatter around us 
3.5
Indignation
Mark Sommer
The production design period wear and Jay Walden s violin propelled score all hit the right notes in this sad tune Most of all so do the charged and revealing performances of Lerman and Gadon 
3.5
Indignation
Moira MacDonald
Indignation is an elegant debut for longtime producer Schamus a visit to the past with both sunshine and darkness 
3
Indignation
Anita Katz
Though it could use more dramatic juice Indignation succeeds as absorbing intelligent grown up cinema 
3
Indignation
Amy McNeill
It s a shame that his try is ultimately too dismal to properly register 
2
Indignation
David Nusair
Indignation is an engaging and often haunting drama that benefits substantially from the career best work of its three central actors 
3.5
Indignation
Kate Taylor
Writer and director James Schamus turns Indignation into a minor period piece a precise but seemingly pointless evocation of the stultifying conventionalism of an American university campus in the 1950s 
2
Indignation
Anders Wright
The movie has a nice exquisite feel to it as though you re watching something that is smart but delicate at the same time 
3
Indignation
Peter Howell
Schamus gets the suffocating look of 1951 American academia just right with its sweaters and skirts and with a rose motif worthy of Citizen Kane What s missing is any real drama or purpose 
2
Indignation
Bill Zwecker
This is one helluva compelling film that presents us with several of the very best performances of the year 
4
Indignation
Tom Russo
Despite the material s fit the story s relentlessly downbeat tone is challenging 
2
Indignation
Rafer Guzman
A beautifully realized adaptation of Philip Roth s novel about minor decisions and major consequences 
3.5
Indignation
Ann Hornaday
Thoughtful and reserved perhaps even to a fault Indignation winds up packing a wallop far greater than its modest parts might suggest 
2.5
Indignation
Michael Phillips
The movie respects Roth s coming of age reverie while ever so gently questioning it or at least tilting it sideways 
3.5
Indignation
Mick LaSalle
Like the best wines and the best films there s a complexity to the finish so that it reverberates with meanings beyond the obvious Indignation has the disconcerting quality of truth and is an altogether adult piece of work 
4
Indignation
Peter Travers
Schamus delivers Philip Roth to the screen with his claws intact It s riveting cinema Lerman and Letts give performances that will knock the wind out of you 
3.5
Indignation
Stephen Whitty
Some of what s cut is missed there s less of Marcus father and of Marcus gay roommate but on the other hand nothing here feels unnecessary 
3.5
Indignation
Glenn Kenny
Drawing superb performances from each and every one of his actors Schamus meticulously makes every shot and every gesture contained within that shot count 
4
Indignation
Kyle Smith
In its portrait of American youth as a high stakes affair instead of the extended play date it is today Indignation is devastating haunting and important 
3.5
Indignation
Oliver Jones
Finally a Phillip Roth book has been properly adapted into a movie 
3.5
Indignation
Carson Lund
James Schamus s screenplay is rich with culturally specific details that deepen these forking moral predicaments 
3.5
Indignation
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 The stilted staginess of the proceedings and a lack of cathartic resonance leave each scene feeling labored 
1.5
The Hole in the Ground
Federico Furzan
A forgettable flick that manages to be enough for a morning watch Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Hole in the Ground
Ernesto Diezmartinez
We are in very familiar terrain certain type of horror centered on the mother child relationship Full review in Spanish 
2
The Hole in the Ground
David Keyes
The Hole in the Ground shows a promising talent finessing the notes of his song without formulating it into plausible music 
2
The Hole in the Ground
Chuck Bowen
The film s unoriginal solution to its mystery is redeemed by the streamlined ambiguity of Lee Cronin s images 
3
The Hole in the Ground
Nick Allen
It becomes frustrating to see Cronin populate his genre film with more and more familiar elements handling them as mere jump scare material and without adding a signature of his own 
2
White Girl
Bill Zwecker
Frequently difficult to watch White Girl is the powerful feature debut of a filmmaker with original vision and clear talent and a movie that proves a lead actress can possess the gift of transformative performance skills 
3
White Girl
Mark Dujsik
What comes through in White Girl is a generic cautionary tale 
2
White Girl
Pat Padua
White Girl vividly charts what is at times a violent culture clash But it is the young lovers desperate attempt to bridge the gap between their worlds that makes the film so deeply moving 
3
White Girl
Robert Levin
After awhile scenes depicting Leah s ceaseless pursuit of pleasure start to feel less like important character details and more like punishment 
2.5
White Girl
Peter Travers
Is there anything less shocking than a movie that thinks it s shocking See White Girl if only for the all stops out performance of Morgan Saylor as a college student on the yellow brick road to cocaine and near constant sexual debasement 
2.5
White Girl
Sheila O'Malley
Director Elizabeth Wood s style is immersive and raw although to what end is not clear 
2
White Girl
Katie Walsh
A wild nightmare of girlhood in New York City a compendium of the miseries and ecstasies of being female Sex and the city never seemed so horrifying 
3.5
White Girl
Sara Stewart
The film s endless scenes of debauchery and exploitation don t really yield much of a take away 
2
White Girl
Diego Semerene
It s an entertaining and unapologetic tale of female risk taking filled with clever camerawork but the characters remain shallow 
2
White Girl
Sean P. Means
Saylor grows up in a big way here pouring body and soul into an intense unflinching story of a 19 year old descending into an urban nightmare 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Namrata Joshi
It is not so bad as to make you dash for the door But you would not have missed much if you never entered the hall at all 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Michael Dequina
Bullock and Grant like the viewing audience appear to be waiting for some memorable payoff that Lawrence fails to come close to delivering 
2.5
Two Weeks Notice
Scott Nash
Light fluffy and enjoyable 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Susan Tavernetti
Despite Bullock s comic flair and Hugh Grant s charming turn as a bumbling billionaire they can t carry this romantic comedy just on witty repartee 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es la tpica pelcula romntica que se puede disfrutar si se entra a la sala sabiendo que se van a ver clichs y el tpico final feliz 
3
Two Weeks Notice
David Nusair
Instead of focusing mostly on the budding relationship between the two leads the movie throws in useless subplots and needless distractions when all we really want is to see Grant and Bullock fall in love 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Jonathan R. Perry
The respective charms of Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant have worn threadbare 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Joe Leydon
This is an old fashioned frankly formulaic star vehicle built for two and it brings out the best or at least the most appealing in its pampered passengers 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Tony Toscano
a guiltless film for nice evening out 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Marty Mapes
The shallow characters and simple writing make the movie seem like a cartoon
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Steven Snyder
For once a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love struck somebodies but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Gary Brown
A really tired affair 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Shirley Klass
Romantics will be loyal to this movie but they are after all romantics 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Dustin Putman
This is Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant s show all the way and they make the most out of a tried and true formula 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Chris Hewitt
Bad news Donald Trump is in Two Weeks Notice and he s not even the most annoying thing in the movie 
1
Two Weeks Notice
Moira MacDonald
Some day Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant will make a perfectly charming romantic comedy together Until then we have Two Weeks Notice to remind us that bad things can happen to good ideas 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Mick LaSalle
wo Weeks Notice is very much a movie that rides on its co stars but it rides nicely 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Joe Baltake
The film is more perky than actually funny 
2.5
Two Weeks Notice
Sean P. Means
The romance is shoehorned into the final 20 minutes as if it were a contractual obligation 
2
Two Weeks Notice
John Anderson
Feels like three But Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock have some wonderful moments together as the airhead boss and the drudge who becomes a swan 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Lou Lumenick
What seems like a dream team on paper is more of a tedious nightmare on celluloid where Bullock and Grant are trapped with their well worn screen personas in a dumb ultra predictable movie 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Jackie Loohauis
The resulting film has warmth rather than spark but that ultimately doesn t matter Two Weeks Notice is an enjoyable bit fluffy silly and fine for the season 
2.5
Two Weeks Notice
Connie Ogle
Not even Grant s shoulders are broad enough to lift a scattershot script that defies explanation in any sort of linear way 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Glenn Whipp
A romantic comedy that s both funny and warmhearted 
3
Two Weeks Notice
David Frese
While the ending is a foregone conclusion the journey is more clever than cute 
2.5
Two Weeks Notice
Stephen Cole
Though Bullock and Grant more than pass their chemistry test Two Weeks Notice isn t much of a movie 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Susan Stark
Apparently romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just doesn t figure in the present Hollywood program 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Terry Lawson
Grant and Bullock are so good together that you can easily imagine them doing this again a la Tracy and Hepburn in another flimsy concoction 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Jeff Vice
Here s a romantic comedy in which the stars actually have some believable chemistry 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Roger Ebert
Walking into Two Weeks Notice at the end of a hectic day week month and year I wanted it to be a typical romantic comedy starring those two lovable people Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant And it was 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Wesley Morris
A transparent feel gooder 
2.5
Two Weeks Notice
Steve Rhodes
Some actors have so much charisma that you d be happy to listen to them reading the phone book Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock are two such likeable actors 
3
Two Weeks Notice
Jeffrey Westhoff
Succeeds only because Bullock and Grant were made to share the silver screen 
3
Two Weeks Notice
James Sanford
What should have been a painless time killer becomes instead a grating endurance test 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Betsy Bozdech
A formulaic romantic comedy that never quite makes up for in charm what it lacks in originality 
2
Two Weeks Notice
David Hiltbrand
Writer and director Marc Lawrence keeps the film whistling along at such a giddy and relentless sitcom pace that you tend to overlook the fact that the leads have all the chemistry of a blind date 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Mark Caro
Thin and utterly lacking in tension 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Josh Larsen
Like strangers who have been set up on a blind date Grant and Bullock squirm their way through the exasperatingly inept Two Weeks Notice 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Walter Chaw
Two Weeks Notice will find its audience of middle class women infatuated with the Pretty Woman fantasy of Richie Rich finding the needle of gold in the dishevelled haystack 
1.5
Two Weeks Notice
Rob Blackwelder
The picture hobbles along using the considerable charisma of its stars as a crutch But we ve all seen Grant s bewildered byronisms Bullock s cute n clumsy routine before 
2
Two Weeks Notice
Ross Anthony
Unique dialogue and chemistry overcome the tedium of the oft told tale Grant Bullock are both lovable 
3
Two Weeks Notice
James Berardinelli
What can I write about Two Weeks Notice that I haven t written about every mediocre romantic comedy to come down Hollywood s pipeline 
2.5
Two Weeks Notice
Harvey S. Karten
Predictable witless down to its moronically embarrassing toilet scene inspired by adolescent comedies 
1.5
A Dog's Way Home
Linda Cook
Dog lovers will find this fetching 
3
A Dog's Way Home
Josh Terry
Dog lovers and kids might be able to look past A Dog s Way Home s various shortcomings but altogether this is just a decent idea that could have used some more work 
2
A Dog's Way Home
Oliver Jones
Cameron s tale grossly oversimplifies complex issues to the point that it reduces much of the film s social justice message to meme ready empty headed pap 
2
A Dog's Way Home
Kam Williams
Don t be surprised if you just can t resist the transparent attempts to tug on your heartstrings despite the fact that this is a flick which telegraphs it punches 
3
A Dog's Way Home
Dann Gire
A Dog s Way Home caters to kids instead of challenging them especially near the end 
2.5
A Dog's Way Home
Katie Walsh
When the story lags these are the flaws that pester and even the cute factor of A Dog s Way Home can t obscure its narrative weaknesses 
2
A Dog's Way Home
Tomris Laffly
A good dog movie with its heart in the right place 
3
A Dog's Way Home
Dustin Putman
Certainly manipulative but also ultimately affecting the picture knows exactly how to wrap audiences around its furry little paw Stone hearted cynics need not apply 
2.5
A Dog's Way Home
Roger Moore
Sentimental but joyless for very young children only 
2
A Dog's Way Home
Mark Dujsik
T his movie might have worked significantly better if the screenplay didn t have the dog narrating the whole of its experiences 
2
A Dog's Way Home
Jeff Strickler
A Dog s Way Home doesn t do anything new with the formula but it does deliver exactly what it promises a movie that s cute with just enough tension to not scare youngsters 
2.5
A Dog's Way Home
Rafer Guzman
It s a dog of a movie alright 
1
A Dog's Way Home
Joey Magidson
Manipulative or not this tale made me cry almost uncontrollably One specific tragic moment and one of happy release had me openly sobbing 
3
Berlin Syndrome
Federico Furzan
A good yet harmless take on a situation that we ve seen before Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Berlin Syndrome
Christy Lemire
Australian director Cate Shortland creates a dreamlike sense of place within a nightmare scenario with this taut and strongly acted thriller 
3
Berlin Syndrome
Mark Dujsik
Berlin Syndrome is a discomforting psychological thriller It s discomforting in an effective way As for the psychology it skimps perhaps a bit too much 
2.5
Berlin Syndrome
Roger Moore
Squanders good performances and a can t miss set up by dwelling on the captor s point of view and meandering to a wholly unsatisfying finale 
2
Berlin Syndrome
Christopher Gray
Until its hasty climax the film is rewardingly patient and psychologically cogent 
3
Six Million and One
Kam Williams
A bittersweet tale of survival as well as a priceless history lesson for the ages illustrating man s capacity for inhumanity to his fellow man 
4
Six Million and One
V.A. Musetto
The siblings react with humor and horror to what they discover So will many viewers of this self indulgent but engaging work 
2
Despicable Me 3
Matt Brunson
A constantly ka chinging cash register disguised as a major motion picture the utterly banal and utterly boring Despicable Me 3 is largely the animated equivalent of the current Transformers The Last Knight 
1.5
Despicable Me 3
Jeff Mitchell
Too many storylines not enough Minions 
1.5
Despicable Me 3
Federico Furzan
Pretty decent sequel that delivers and doesn t deny the fact that maybe it depends too much on the now independent minions Full review in Spanish 
3
Despicable Me 3
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Perhaps the film is not harmless since if you go we may then get a Despicable Me 4 set up of course at the end of this one and that is a sobering thought indeed 
1
Despicable Me 3
David Nusair
The Despicable Me series palpably runs out of steam with this repetitive and somewhat tedious entry 
2
Despicable Me 3
Wesley Lovell
The series is sliding with fewer interesting characters and less compelling family dynamics 
3
Despicable Me 3
Linda Cook
An average outing for this franchise that s wearing thin 
2
Despicable Me 3
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Despicable Me 3 eschews forced wholesomeness and delivers a truckload of dumb fun which in an age when even witless entertainments like The Mummy arrive swollen with pomposity is a minor miracle 
3
Despicable Me 3
Kam Williams
90 minutes straight of the sort of overstimulation kids of the Attention Deficit Generation crave 
3
Despicable Me 3
Mike McGranaghan
You d think franchise fatigue might start to set in by now Nope The movie is just as satisfying as its predecessors 
3
Despicable Me 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Despicable Me 3 is easily the least interesting film in the trilogy the fact all involved are having such difficulty coming up with many original ideas speaking volumes 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Josh Terry
Despicable Me 3 is the kind of movie that will get laughs in the moment but will be forgotten as soon as the next big screen spectacle arrives to take its place 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Peter Travers
Steve Carell doubles your fun in Despicable Me 3 voicing feuding twin bros Carell is the life of the party and the main reason this animated blast of slapstick silliness packs appeal beyond the PG crowd 
3
Despicable Me 3
Christopher Schobert
It depends on who you ask But make no mistake a film with a climactic dance fight set to Madonna s Into the Groove can t be all bad 
2
Despicable Me 3
Rick Bentley
It s pretty and sweet but there s little inside 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
James Berardinelli
It s a perfectly reasonable option for a family movie outing and isn t so bad that adults will cringe 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Robert Horton
Feels like three different ideas patched together and played out in disconnected skits 
1.5
Despicable Me 3
Kate Taylor
By the midpoint the movie which is directed by three different people franchise regular Pierre Coffin gets help from Éric Guillon and Kyle Balda is dragging badly 
2
Despicable Me 3
Mark Dujsik
There s little reason to invest in these subplots and they become too significant a distraction from Gru s reunion with his brother 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Dann Gire
Sooner or later it was bound to happen that the Minion movies would run low on smart inventiveness and genuine emotions by substituting quantity for quality 
2
Despicable Me 3
Peter Howell
Here s some Despicable Me math third movie plus Gru times two plus one new supervillain not much of anything 
2
Despicable Me 3
Bob Bloom
Despicable Me 3 is not as good as the first two franchise movies but that is usually expected as sequels basically follow a reverse Darwinian curve devolving instead of evolving 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Rafer Guzman
Not the freshest formula you say Perhaps but it s hard to argue with success 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
George M. Thomas
Despicable Me 3 relies on its familiar formula while adding just enough of something new to make it all work 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Michael O'Sullivan
Despicable Me 3 disappoints if only mildly not because it s bad but because it only aspires to be good enough 
2
Despicable Me 3
Peter Sobczynski
Has so little on its mind other than presumably making hundreds of millions of dollars that you half expect the ticket sellers to hand out copies of Comcast s latest earnings report along with the 3 D glasses 
1.5
Despicable Me 3
Jocelyn Noveck
One gets the sinking feeling that the ideas are starting to slowly run out When Despicable Me 4 arrives a few years hence let s hope it s regained a bit of that unicorn magic 
2
Despicable Me 3
Tom Russo
Whenever the dialogue goes flat look for a cut to Gru s Minions randomly but amusingly jamming to everything from jailhouse rock to Gilbert Sullivan 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Rick Bentley
The third film is more like a series of different vignettes more intent on introducing new characters than capitalizing on what made the first two movies work 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Jon Niccum
A restless movie that gets distracted as easily as the Minions themselves 
2
Despicable Me 3
Keith Watson
If all this wackiness is only occasionally laugh out loud funny the 80s references feel particularly played out it s nonetheless executed with good natured breeziness 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Mara Reinstein
Explain again why this madcap franchise is a cultural phenomenon worth a zillion dollars 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Gary Thompson
What keeps the movie watchable for the most part are the one off flourishes built around incidental characters 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Soren Andersen
It s the Minions to the rescue in Despicable Me 3 
2.5
Despicable Me 3
Roger Moore
Utterly out of ideas 
2
Despicable Me 3
Katie Walsh
The whole thing might as well all be written in Minions chatter It s wacky but somehow dull 
1.5
Despicable Me 3
Stephen Whitty
Despicable Me 3 feels a bit like a rebuilding episode introducing new characters and clearly setting us up for the inevitable Despicable Me 4 But it s still low pressure fun 
2.5
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
David Nusair
a singular completely unforgettable experience that could hardly pack a more potent emotional punch 
4
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Steven Prokopy
I m dying to see this again not to figure out his tricks but to figure out the man doing them 
4
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Peter Canavese
An elegantly constructed one man philosophical magic show 
3
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Richard Roeper
The virtuoso applies an extraordinary personal touch to his highly focused hocus pocus 
3.5
The Country Teacher
Calvin Wilson
It s the kind of film that Hollywood used to excel at but no longer seems interested in making 
3.5
The Country Teacher
Michael Upchurch
The film boasts subtle performances and curious situations with unpredictable outcomes 
3.5
The Country Teacher
Mike Scott
A meaningful though patient drama built upon beautiful shots a gentle humor and a great performance from Pavel Liska 
3
The Country Teacher
David Wiegand
The film is graced with lovely performances by Pavel Liska as the teacher Zuzana Bydzovska as Marie and Ladislav Sedivy as the boy 
3
The Country Teacher
Chris Hewitt
Teacher is a comedy drama that feels real and humane and keeps finding ways to surprise us because its characters are as complicated as real people tend to be 
3
The Country Teacher
Mark Feeney
Liska who looks like a Central European version of the young Harvey Keitel has a kind of pitch perfect opacity 
2.5
The Country Teacher
Steve Ramos
The stunning pastoral setting at the core of The Country Teacher provides a sly backdrop for the troubled triangle at the heart of the heartfelt drama Czech writer director Bohdan Slma 
3
The Country Teacher
V.A. Musetto
Directed by Bohdan Slma it deals with weighty issues loneliness sexual identity love straight and gay in a quiet intelligent fashion 
3
The Country Teacher
Nick Schager
Bohdan Slma s direction for The Country Teacher a film characterized by beautifully long languorous takes has an assured expressiveness that s at odds with the story s bumpy narrative 
2
Ricky
Roger Ebert
The story begins in gritty realism ends in pure fantasy and leaves out most of the alphabet as it makes its way from A to Z 
2
Ricky
Bill Weber
Ricky s quicksilver changes of mood and genre make for an engaging puzzle but its last notes of transcendence seem insufficiently earned 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
John Monaghan
The movie is both frightening and ironically funny sometimes both 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Jeff Shannon
Subject matter dominates over filmmaking craft in Rachel Boynton s somewhat sloppy but otherwise riveting documentary 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Michael Wilmington
Politics and mass communication are the volatile subjects of Rachel Boynton s information packed documentary 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Phil Villarreal
It s tough not to root for them to succeed That s a testament to Boynton s skill with the narrative 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Ty Burr
It s a galling and provocative experience to viewers of any political persuasion and a reminder to the left of how easily idealism can run amok 
3.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Glenn Whipp
Boynton asks That s the democracy we want to export For well paid political consultants like Carville it s a rhetorical question 
3.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Chris Hewitt
It takes awhile to get to its point but it has one 
2.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Jessica Letkemann
This unlikely pairing of relentless U S pollsters and a Bolivian election is a fascinating glimpse of the Americanized marketing of international politics and vice versa 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Timothy Knight
Without ever getting strident or sanctimonious the film vividly demonstrates the potential hazards of trying to export American style democracy overseas 
3.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Jack Mathews
Gani is certainly no hero and his American strategists come off as the worst sort of interlopers 
2
Our Brand Is Crisis
Ken Fox
What s suspenseful and so troubling is seeing exactly how far the progressives of GCS are willing to go to put a decidedly unpopular candidate back in office regardless of what it will mean for the future of the country and for Bolivian democracy 
3.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Gene Seymour
Boynton maintains a relatively level tone and clear eye and thus allows her audience to ask some hard questions about whether our democratic process translates all that clearly in other countries 
3
Our Brand Is Crisis
Kyle Smith
Boynton isn t interested in telling a story only in the atmosphere of political consultancy But we already knew this kind of thing happens in American politics Why shouldn t Bolivia be entitled to sophisticated polling advice 
1.5
Our Brand Is Crisis
Ed Gonzalez
Our Brand is Crisis looks to remind well meaning people like Carville and Rosner to put the humanity in brand marketing 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Rene Sanchez
Regina Hall is superb in this humorous and sharp mockumentary that explores the double standards of a religious congregation 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Erik Childress
Satires do not get limper than this one joke 40 i 46 e 46 look at all we 8217 ve bought 41 film that wastes the comic potential of Regina Hall and Sterling K 46 Brown 46 Mishapen at every turn 44 this movie misses a multiple mile target by forgetting to bring the ammo 46 
1
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Sara Michelle Fetters
Honk for Jesus 46 Save Your Soul 46 is a chronicle of a woman at a crossroads 44 analyzing life 44 love 44 and God in excruciating detail 8212 and not necessarily in that order 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Leo Brady
In director Adamma Ebo 8217 s feature debut 44 it 8217 s a tale of many parts 44 where the comedic stuff is gold 44 the dramatic stuff is fine 44 and the final result is ultimately successful 46 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Joe Friar
Hall and Brown knock it out of the ballpark with first rate performances as they take on organized religion 46 The film 8217 s serious overtone 44 pertinent to the story 44 isn 8217 t a smooth transition from the comedy 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
apos Honk for Jesus 46 Save Your Soul 46 apos is very funny 44 but it apos s also fearlessly confident in its stance on hypocrisy 44 refusing to buckle or compromise 46 And yet it apos s not so dark that we don apos t find humanity in its two main characters 46 
3.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Kevin Carr
This skewers the hypocrisy replete in prosperity gospel with sharp performances 44 but it pulls a couple too many punches 46 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Odie Henderson
When Ebo concentrates on the satirical aspects that mock the hypocrisy she 8217 s exposing 44 Honk for Jesus 46 Save Your Soul 46 hilariously fires on all cylinders 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Ty Burr
The two leads go at their roles with gusto and I m happy to watch Hall in anything but unless you re truly surprised by the idea that there s corruption and hypocrisy in organized religion this is a case of shooting Jesus fish in a barrel 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Jeff Mitchell
Ebo makes bold choices that turn her straightforward comedy into an arthouse picture 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Rafer Guzman
An uneven but engrossing comedy drama in a mockumentary format 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Mark Feeney
Much of writer director Adamma Ebo s debut feature takes the form of a mockumentary It s a tired even distracting device especially when used erratically as it is here 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Katie Walsh
A bracing and bold film that blends documentary style filmmaking into a traditional narrative to create a bone dry comedy and social commentary that 8217 s one part 8220 The Office 44 8221 and two parts 8220 The Eyes of Tammy Faye 46 8221 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
This is satire delivered via sledgehammer 46 
1
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Kenneth R. Morefield
Comedy 44 in other words 44 is the land of embarrassment 44 but Honk For Jesus is a detailed map of the land of shame and guilt 8212 the least funny emotions there are 46 
1
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Josh Bell
Both Hall and Brown give fantastic performances that carry the movie past its bumpy shifts in tone 44 and Hall in particular is remarkably adept at integrating the comedy and the drama 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Randy Myers
A mess Honk for Jesus goes off the rails too often and makes some puzzling choices 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Peter Canavese
Worth seeing through to the bitter end 46 46 46 finds its soul when Ebo allows the satire to curdle into tragedy and the very real pain of its characters 46 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Mark Dujsik
The result is a story 46 46 46 that never quite figures out what it wants to say about these characters and the specific brand of religious swindling they represent 46 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Roger Moore
Brown and Hall elevate this low hanging fruit simply because they have to 46 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
James Berardinelli
The movie lacks a strong narrative and none of the characters escapes from their caricature molds However there are still things to like about Honk for Jesus not the least of which are the performances of leads Regina Hall and Sterling K Brown 
2.5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Jake Coyle
Honk for Jesus has an empty airless chamber piece quality sticking largely to small scenes around the edges of the church that mostly trade on Lee Curtis and Trinitie s obvious hypocrisy 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Michael O'Sullivan
Honk picks some low hanging fruit But it also as it turns out leaves a sour aftertaste in the mouth 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Christian Toto
Regina Hall 44 Sterling K 46 Brown deserve better than this bland 44 one note takedown 46 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Mike McGranaghan
Here apos s more proof that Regina Hall is one of the best 44 yet most underrated actors around 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Brian Eggert
What unfolds is a comic portrait that gradually causes the audience 8217 s smile to drop in reflection of the greed and exploitation on display 46 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Josh Wise
After a while 44 you want to know what line of inquiry the film is pursuing what greater paths it 8217 s wandered to 46 
2
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Soren Andersen
A stunning cinematic accomplishment 
4
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Mick LaSalle
Honk for Jesus Save Your Soul contains some of the best acting you ll see all year 
4
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Lisa Trifone
For combining social satire with genuine belly laughs delivered by an impressive cast Honk for Jesus is in a word divine 
3
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Dwight Brown
Looks low budget Feels low rent 
2
The Silence of the Lambs
Lawrence Toppman
As played by Anthony Hopkins in the performance of his film career the amoral psychiatrist dominates the picture a remarkable feat since Jodie Foster is the top billed star and also does a superb job 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Michael MacCambridge
The other thing that gives Silence its special charge is Hopkins powerfully ingratiating performance as the formidable villain Every second he s on the screen you can t help but feel uncomfortable 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Candice Russell
A bone chiller of superior intensity 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Even accepting that the movie s cruelty will be its calling card there s still the void created by no clear point of view character It s nobody s movie in particular the opposite of Michael Mann s Manhunter 
2
The Silence of the Lambs
Jack Garner
Jonathan Demme s The Silence of the Lambs is a terrific and terrifying thriller a superbly crafted white knuckle ride into evil psychosis 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Terry Lawson
Do not be deceived by The Silence of the Lambs pastoral title this is one large toothed lion of a suspense movie shocking smart and savvy 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Joe Baltake
The dark tones and tense nervousness are further enhanced by Demme s oblique choreography of the action and cinematographer Tak Fujimoto s doom laden compositions and camera angles 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Malcolm Johnson
Starling played by a tight lipped Foster with intelligence fierce commitment and a half erased rural Southern accent and Lector acted by Hopkins with glowing eyes and a caressing English purr come together in a common pursuit 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Bill Cosford
It s a tough little B movie but there s more to gross you out in one of Harris paragraphs than in all of Demme s two hours 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Bob Ross
In an age of cheap chases and absurd body counts this is one provocative exception 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Michael Sragow
Rather than dwell on the violence Demme relies on a well constructed plot to keep viewers involved even when they avert their eyes You identify more with Foster s diminutive FBI woman than with any over muscled action hero 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Scott Ross
The Silence of the Lambs is a fever dream of a movie beautiful and terrifying arid surreal 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Stephen Hunter
Working from Thomas Harris shocking and very scary novel Demme goes straight to the heart of madness 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Noel Taylor
The Silence of the Lambs is a psycho thriller for the constitutionally strong Demme is an uncompromising film maker Given the raw material he sees no reason to dilute it Harris s readers should feel well satisfied 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Michael D. Reid
It s one of the most terrifying horror films seen in recent memory but this isn t the result of severed heads and bloodletting Rather the goose bumps and queasiness are aroused by the psychological terror emanating from the twisted mind of a madman 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Tom Ryan
Remarkably for all its forensic detail The Silence Of The Lambs is as much a film about a young woman s discoveries about herself as it is a gruesome thriller about tracking a serial killer 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Rob Lowing
Silence Of The Lambs is being called the Psycho for the 90s It s an apt description like Psycho Silence will set new standards of excellence for its genre 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Brian Eggert
Beyond its serial killer setup Clarice s journey for identity which draws from classical structures and supplies an inspired variation on them is what makes The Silence of the Lambs so rewarding time after time 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Matt Brunson
One of the all time great thrillers Demme directs this for maximum suspense yet the film also works as a multilayered feminist tale with Foster s resourceful agent emerging as a beautifully conceived character 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Josh Larsen
the distinguishing factor is the sense of humanity Demme brings to this inhumane material 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Hal Lipper
It is perhaps Hopkins greatest achievement that when he tells Starling he s having an old friend for dinner the audience smiles with morbid anticipation 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
David Nusair
It s ultimately rather remarkable just how engrossing The Silence of the Lambs remains for the duration of its 118 minute running time 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Mattie Lucas
A film far ahead of its time Maybe even of our time as well It feels somehow prescient timeless a dark portrait of humanity s very worst coupled with the hopeful idea of what we could be 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Eric Melin
Demme s use of close ups is remarkable and not something that s translated into contemporary film language too often anymore Faces eyes hands they re everywhere making the suspense personal and therefore way more frightening 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Dennis King
The Silence of the Lambs with its dark Freudian subtext its Poe like air of foreboding and its chillingly gritty characterizations is simply a very tough and very scary little movie 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
John Hartl
Jonathan Demme s hypnotic adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel has a seriousness and intensity that s been entirely lacking in horror movies lately 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Desmond Ryan
Hopkins cumulative screen image is one of civility and decency and the association adds to the withering macabre effect of his murderer It is a remarkably lucid portrait of lunacy 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Dave Kehr
More than a disappointment the film is an almost systematic denial of Demme s credentials as an artist and filmmaker It s a gnarled brutal highly manipulative film that at its center seems morally indefensible 
1
The Silence of the Lambs
Gene Siskel
Foster s character who is appealing is dwarfed by the monsters she is after I d rather see her work on another case 
2
The Silence of the Lambs
James Kendrick
All of the film s most enduring aesthetic qualities and themes essentially what sets it apart from so many imitators and established it almost immediately as a canonical film are contained in those riveting first 20 minutes 
4
The Silence of the Lambs
Dan Webster
Foster follows up her Oscar winning role in The Accused by playing a determined young woman with an unhappy past from West Virginia and Hopkins is a sight This guy is so scary he even hisses with style 
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Roger Ebert
The popularity of Jonathan Demme s movie is likely to last as long as there is a market for being scared 
3.5
The Silence of the Lambs
James Berardinelli
There is little doubt that the most memorable aspect of The Silence of the Lambs is Anthony Hopkins incomparable performance as Lecter 
3.5
Unlawful Entry
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an amazingly sharp nasty little thriller that takes a silly situation and squeezes it to the core vicious as a heart attack 
3
Unlawful Entry
Michael Dequina
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3
Unlawful Entry
Roger Ebert
The movie is a thriller with all the usual trappings of a thriller but the director Jonathan Kaplan is able to place the story in a plausible world 
3
Unlawful Entry
Chris Hicks
A taut thriller much of the way Unlawful Entry suffers from some serious lapses in logic 
2.5
Out in the Silence
Rene Rodriguez
Out of the Silence is proof that the best way to combat prejudice is to speak out and make your case no matter how daunting the opposition 
3
American Dharma
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Unfortunately Morris keeps his rebuttals to a career minimum in American Dharma bad timing considering his subject is an active fire starter not a regretful dried out war hawk 
2
American Dharma
Tom Meek
Throughout the film which boasts a smart score and does a brilliant job of interweaving film and news clips with public opinion overlaid via the Twittersphere Errol Morris affords his subject a long leash perhaps too long 
3
American Dharma
Ty Burr
The movie s worth taking in though as a shaky confrontation with a very American kind of demon one weaned on the shallow heroic lies of Hollywood individualism furious that life rarely works that way and willing to wreck the house in response 
3
American Dharma
Richard Roeper
Kid glove treatment of the former Donald Trump advisor is surprising coming from the hard hitting interviewer of Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld 
2
American Dharma
Lisa Trifone
Whether or not American Dharma is worth your time is ultimately up to you and whether you enjoy giving space in your life to controversial figures 
2
American Dharma
G. Allen Johnson
Bannon has trafficked in racism far right conspiracy theories and other controversies during his career Morris brings up some of it but rarely nails Bannon with a tough follow up question 
2
American Dharma
Peter Sobczynski
A frustratingly hollow look at Bannon that is ultimately so benign in its portrayal of the man that it comes closer to an example of fan service than a full takedown 
2
American Dharma
Pat Brown
The film feels rather like listening to the arsonist calmly explain why he set the fire as we continue to watch it rage 
2
American Dharma
Joey Magidson
The most frustrating part of American Dharma is that Morris lets Bannon off too easily When he critiques him Bannon either doesn t respond or ducks the questions 
2.5
Hush
Mike Clark
Hush is recycled junk campy fun at times but total trash 
1.5
Hush
Maitland McDonagh
A trashy overwrought thriller 
1.5
Hush
Michael Dequina
If only TriStar had hushed writer director Jonathan Darby when he made the pitch for this insulting thriller 
0
Hush
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hush will always find a place at sadists film festivals 
1
Hush
Margaret A. McGurk
A mystery without surprises a thriller without thrills It s too bad really because the movie has a few strong points 
1.5
Hush
Madeleine Williams
The old formulas are around for a reason but that doesn t mean they taste fresh 
1.5
Hush
Mike McGranaghan
With a little more plausibility Hush could have been a thriller worthy of Hitchcock rather than just another potboiler 
2
Hush
Steve Rhodes
Only the delightful acting by Gwyneth Paltrow as the daughter in law breathes any life into it 
1.5
Hush
Ruthe Stein
Lange seems at a loss to know how to convey Martha s malevolence and writer director Jonathan Darby offers almost no guidance 
1
Hush
James Berardinelli
Hush has three very simple problems it s incredibly dumb it s incredibly boring and it s incredibly predictable at least up to the stupefying ending 
1
Hush
Roger Ebert
Hush is the kind of movie where you walk in watch the first 10 minutes know exactly where it s going and hope devoutly that you re wrong 
2
Hush
Barbara Shulgasser
An absurdly bad mixture of Rosemary s Baby and any Bette Davis movie from the 1960s
1
City on Fire
David Nusair
a misbegotten endeavor that s rarely if ever able to live up to the potential afforded by its seemingly foolproof premise 
1.5
My Best Friend's Girl
David Nusair
ultimately falls prey to the melodramatic silliness that one has come to expect from the romantic comedy genre 
2
My Best Friend's Girl
Austin Kennedy
It works much better as a comedy but by the end the romantic aspect has taken over and there s not much humor to be found after the first half 
2
My Best Friend's Girl
Larry Ratliff
this is a verbally poisonous comedy that rattles the sensibility cage 
2.5
My Best Friend's Girl
Linda Cook
Mean crass and tasteless My Best Friend s Girl is only pretending to be a romantic comedy 
.5
My Best Friend's Girl
Charles Koplinski
An insulting wholly unpleasant excuse for a comedy 
1.0
My Best Friend's Girl
Sean McBride
It s a movie that ultimately fails because it features characters that are so unlikeable that it s difficult to care whether they form a love connection or not
1.5
My Best Friend's Girl
Frank Ochieng
Raunchy and wretched profoundly unfunny and sophomoric sludge meaningless material that wouldn t be suitable for lining your pet parrot s birdcage 
1
My Best Friend's Girl
Wesley Morris
The inexplicable romantic comedy career of Dane Cook marches on 
1
My Best Friend's Girl
Stephen Cole
An ugly strictly for meatheads comedy that can only be recommended to couples who wear matching Tie Domi Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys out on a date 
1.5
My Best Friend's Girl
Maitland McDonagh
It lacks the courage of its swinish convictions and abruptly acquiesces to bland rom com clichs three quarters of the way to its appointed end 
1
My Best Friend's Girl
Claudia Puig
It borrows from much funnier movies such as Hitch Wedding Crashers and My Best Friend s Wedding Never has a romantic comedy seemed less romantic or less comedic 
1
My Best Friend's Girl
Dustin Putman
A light smattering of funny moments can t save this misogynistic feel bad romantic comedy 
1.5
My Best Friend's Girl
Rob Humanick
My Best Friend s Girl ultimately fails to measure up to its own standards 
1.5
My Best Friend's Girl
James Berardinelli
My Best Friend s Girl isn t just a misfire it s a misfire compounded by a chain of miscalculations and it s hard to figure out who this could appeal to except perhaps Dane Cook s fan club 
1.5
My Best Friend's Girl
Rafer Guzman
The movie spends a lot of time trying to be cute vulgar and cutely vulgar But it forgets about character plot and believability 
1.5
Sator
Randy Myers
Here s a shivery treat for horror connoisseurs more interested in mood and atmosphere than blood and guts 
3
Sator
Anita Katz
Acting as writer director cinematographer editor and composer Graham has made a deeply personal and thoughtfully conceived movie that fictionalizes his family s struggles with mental illness into an unusual horror narrative 
3
King of the Jungle
Jonathan Foreman
One of those films that feel drunk on their own virtue 
2
King of the Jungle
Ed Gonzalez
Some Latin boys go to hell while others just need a loving home 
2.5
King of the Jungle
Harvey S. Karten
Features John Leguizamo in a tour de force rain man performance as a mentally challenged 25 year old
3
Mateo
Kam Williams
An uplifting testament to the notion that it s still possible for a sinner to find his true calling and turn his life around after first paying his debt to society 
3
Underground Zero
Bill Stamets
It s a loop of hyperbolic news show graphics 
2
Underground Zero
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The results vary wildly from long and rambling to minor masterworks 
3.5
Underground Zero
Mick LaSalle
It s not just that it s a good movie I think we need it 
3
eXistenZ
Judith Egerton
Brave moviegoers and fans of writer director David Cronenberg will find funny dialogue and grotesquely engrossing scenes in his latest sci fi horror tale 
2.5
eXistenZ
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fans may find certain similarities between eXistenZ and Videodrome bothersome but both films are the real thing 
4
eXistenZ
Walter Chaw
An evolution for the filmmaker that will reach maturity in the quiet devastatingly economical eloquence of Spider 
3
eXistenZ
Jeff Vice
If you thought The Matrix was an incoherent but mind blowing experience along comes eXistenZ to blow it out of the cinematic waters 
3
eXistenZ
Michael Dequina
What matters to Cronenberg is the imaginative trip on which his film takes its audience and the eerie feeling of unease it leaves with them at the end 
3
eXistenZ
James O'Ehley
Purely as a virtual reality thriller it works well and hard sci fi fans will be glad at having seen it 
3
eXistenZ
David Keyes
eXistenZ the newest film under Cronenberg s name is one of the more calm and least daring of his movies It s also one of the best 
3.5
eXistenZ
James Berardinelli
Because of the potential of the idea and Cronenberg s reputation as a film maker it s a real disappointment to watch eXistenZ fall apart the way it does 
2
eXistenZ
Bob Graham
This darkly sexual sci fi horror variant by Cronenberg makes The Matrix look like child s play 
4
eXistenZ
Roger Ebert
The Matrix is mainstream sci fi but eXistenZ written by Cronenberg is much stranger it creates a world where organic and inorganic are not separate states but kind of chummy 
3
eXistenZ
Madeleine Williams
eXistenZ is well thought out to a point 
2.5
eXistenZ
Steve Rhodes
The story is such a mind trip that most of the audience will be equally and pleasantly confused 
3
Rich and Strange
Matt Brunson
Rich and Strange is indeed a thematically rich and occasionally strange movie 
3
Rich and Strange
Ted Prigge
Definitely not one of Hitch s best films but it is definitely worth a viewing or two 
3
Skidoo
Roger Ebert
Preminger seems unable to invest his film with any lightness or spontaneity 
2
Goodbye to Language
Ty Burr
I m attaching four stars more out of helplessness than critical acumen by the way if the film is beyond language it s certainly beyond a traditional rating system 
4
Goodbye to Language
Ann Hornaday
Throughout this enigmatic film s short running time I couldn t for the life of me make out what Godard was trying to say 
2
Goodbye to Language
Brad Keefe
The reason to buy a ticket is to take the ride though and seeing what 84 year old Godard does when given an extra dimension is intensely fascinating 
3
Goodbye to Language
Bill Stamets
Jean Luc Godard is the acknowledged mascot if not master of intellectual cinema In Goodbye to Language 3D the 84 year old auteur reprises his longstanding suspicion that words are worthless 
3
Goodbye to Language
Michael Phillips
Shooting on various low and medium grade digital cameras Godard turns Goodbye to Language into a rumination on memory communication everyday life and sexual tension 
3.5
Goodbye to Language
John Semley
Compared with Captain America or whatever Goodbye is revolutionary But so what 
2
Goodbye to Language
Peter Howell
It leaves me almost speechless slightly mystified strangely wistful and perhaps with a mild case of eye strain but delighted nonetheless 
3.5
Goodbye to Language
Thomas Lee
Goodbye to Language seems like an appropriate title if it s meant to suggest that logic and sanity have completely disappeared from this world 
1
Goodbye to Language
Chris Knight
Reviews of Jean Luc Godard s latest film generally include the phrase not for everybody So the potential viewer has to ask herself or himself Am I everybody Turns out I m not 
2.5
Goodbye to Language
Matt Zoller Seitz
Watching it is I would imagine as close as we ll get to being able to be Godard sitting there thinking or dreaming It s a documentary of a restless mind 
3.5
Goodbye to Language
Lou Lumenick
Lots of luck figuring any of this out before dozing off 
0
Goodbye to Language
Steve Macfarlane
Cinema is a vernacular of domination and quaking with revelations both formal and personal the film attests that Godard has spent his career apologizing for it 
4
Goodbye to Language
Kent Turner
It s something of a miracle that a filmmaker still has the capacity to wow an audience with the aid of those bulky glasses 
2.5
Get the Grift
Roger Moore
A half amusing somewhat brash and certainly chatty loud and in your face Brazilian con man comedy 
2
Ghost Tropic
Ty Burr
The film is unexpectedly beautiful and hushed the soundtrack unadorned except for occasional passages of Brecht Ameel s acoustic guitar and the cries of nighttime birds 
3
Ghost Tropic
Keith Watson
Bas Devos s film is a street lit trek through the eerily empty avenues and byways of a city at sleep 
3
Recipe for Disaster
David Nusair
About the only element in the film that might appeal to viewers past puberty is Larroquette s performance which is expectedly enjoyable 
2
The Prom
Wesley Lovell
Taking the vainglorious Broadway actors out of the equation 44 Pellman and DeBose have a sweet 44 intoxicating relationship bolstered by an amazingly supportive 44 hardly recognizable Tracey Ullman and an only slightly out of his depth Keegan Michael Key 46 
3
The Prom
Mark Meszoros
Like many a stage musical the new musical film The Prom can be broken into two acts And as with many a show that has graced stages from Broadway to London s West End its first act is a lot more entertaining than its second 
2.5
The Prom
Leo Brady
The Prom was just not the dance that I wanted to attend It s better to just stay home instead 
2
The Prom
Rene Sanchez
Its message of inclusion and acceptance is commendable but it gets frequently lost in between its uninspiring musical numbers and superfluous subplots Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Prom
Sarah Knight Adamson
I enjoyed James Corden s performance as well as all of the cast lavish sets and costuming 
3
The Prom
Lisa Trifone
It s an eye popping affair in more ways than one but whether that s an altogether positive critique depends more on how much substance one demands of their otherwise flashy movie musicals 
2.5
The Prom
Peter Canavese
Aggressive in its goodwill and tries a bit too hard to dazzle you rather than tend to the core of its outspokenly inclusive story but a fun flashy and colorful musical nonetheless 
3
The Prom
Jake Coyle
The Prom works hard to be a good time and I hope it is for many who could use one 
2.5
The Prom
Tom Meek
The stars pop but The Prom never gets to the core of the effect on the poor teen Emma s emotional sojourn is lost in the sea of glitz 
2
The Prom
Roger Moore
An amusing sometimes giddy let s put on a show musical caught up in lip service about reaching out across America s divides without a prayer of changing a single mind 
2.5
The Prom
Sara Michelle Fetters
A mixture of heartfelt melodrama and schlocky treacle ridden nonsense this movie both gave me a headache while it also produced a couple of honest tears 
1.5
The Prom
James Berardinelli
Despite its awkward and uneven elements The Prom offers enough high energy moments to be seen as a passable motion picture adaptation of the stage play written by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin 
2.5
The Prom
Randy Myers
The Prom glimmers and pops with glitz and it s an awful lot of fun even when it lags 
3
The Prom
Rafer Guzman
A toothless satire of celebrity self righteousness that occasionally falls into its own trap 
1.5
The Prom
Michael Phillips
The material wildly uneven in quality went to work on my inner sap even as my outer sap kept inching the chair further from the screen to better approximate 8th row orchestra section 
2.5
The Prom
Barry Hertz
It is a night to remember for good and bad 
3
The Prom
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Prom is billed as a musical comedy because people sing in it while making funny faces but beyond that the relative levels of comedy and musicality ought to be subjects of debate 
2
The Prom
Mick LaSalle
What might have been a smug smarty pants musical turns out to have a heart big enough for everybody 
3
The Prom
Mark Dujsik
Murphy can t distract us from the story s missteps and often steps all over himself trying to make everything as big a spectacle as possible 
1.5
The Prom
Peter Marks
Lovers of musicals will groove on the shamelessness of its footlights worship 
3
The Prom
Mike McGranaghan
A bombastic bore 
1.5
The Prom
Johnny Oleksinski
The story is more moving here than it was at the theater which comes as a surprise 
3
The Prom
Sean P. Means
It s Pellman in her first leading role who utterly charms us as Emma gathering up her courage and showing her resilience in the face of her town s intolerance 
3.5
The Prom
Dan Rubins
Ryan Murphy s vibrant film adaptation makes a closer to seamless whole of the story s disparate parts 
3
The Prom
Joey Magidson
The Prom ultimately succeeds due to the delightful vibe and strong message at its core 
3
The Prom
Brian Truitt
Instead of being preachy about acceptance and loving each other no matter our differences though it does boast of one foot stomping gospel hoedown in a mall The Prom lets its infectious jubilance and lovable irreverence do the job 
4
Prizzi's Honor
Matt Brunson
Since first catching the film during its original run repeated viewings have always yielded the same reaction sheer joy at the intricate plotting and delightful performances yet pronounced disappointment in a problematic climax that leaves a bad taste 
3
Prizzi's Honor
Mattie Lucas
A dark comedy to be sure but it all ends on a surprisingly dour note that it never quite earns 
2.5
Prizzi's Honor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I think it s just about a great movie and certainly one of director John Huston s best 
4
Prizzi's Honor
Wesley Lovell
Almost every possible mob film has been made but this one still feels inventive and engaging 
3.5
Prizzi's Honor
Betsy Bozdech
Watching the two stars work together is a large part of Prizzi s appeal they have the talent to make the most of John Huston s sure handed direction and it shows 
3
Prizzi's Honor
Roger Ebert
This is the most bizarre comedy in many a month a movie so dark so cynical and so funny that perhaps only Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner could have kept straight faces during the love scenes 
3.5
Latter Days
Duane Dudek
Overall generalities about the main characters a tendency to reveal them through monologue rather than behavior and a lack of curiosity about the Mormon youth s core beliefs keep Latter Days from feeling genuinely personal or particularly substantive 
2.5
Latter Days
Marty Mapes
What would happen between a hedonistic fairy and an earnest but curious Mormon 
2
Latter Days
Carla Meyer
Renders its gay and religious characters so stereotypical that neither lifestyle appears attractive 
1
Latter Days
Steven Rea
A fairly flat predictable tale 
2.5
Latter Days
Chris Hewitt
The whole Mormon gay thing would be plenty for one movie without also sticking in AIDS the betrayal of friends and actors trying to get their big break 
2
Latter Days
Sean P. Means
Writer director C Jay Cox has created a tender gay love story and then buries it under shrill diatribes plot clichs and one note characters 
2
Latter Days
Jeff Vice
Even those who aren t immediately put off by the film s brazen attacks on religion and in particular the LDS Church will likely be bored by this clumsy incredibly contrived comedy which has little charm 
1
Latter Days
Moira MacDonald
It s more melodrama than drama or love story and Cox who wrote Sweet Home Alabama seems to have never met a stereotype he didn t like 
2
Latter Days
Wesley Morris
Such a well meaning but unambitious work that it s tempting to take it seriously even as you dismiss it 
2.5
Latter Days
Michael Szymanski
Romantic and funny this story takes a few twists and turn in ways that you don t expect 
3
Latter Days
Rene Rodriguez
A well intentioned but horribly trite drama about acceptance and fulfillment that plays like an after school special with naughty words and sex thrown in 
1
Latter Days
Roger Ebert
Everyone in this movie has been ordered off the shelf from the Stock Characters Store and none of them wandered in from real life 
2.5
Latter Days
Michael Wilmington
Surprisingly dowdy looking shot more like a scruffy little naturalistic slice of alternative L A life than the star crossed lover s daydream it mostly is 
2
Latter Days
Valerie Kuklenski
Sounds like the kind of movie that might appeal to I dunno maybe all seven openly gay Mormons and not many others 
2.5
Latter Days
Lou Lumenick
Cox who wrote Sweet Home Alabama again trades heavily in stereotype and coincidence for his directing debut 
2
Antboy
John Hartl
You gotta love a movie that calls itself Antboy Unless alas you also have to sit through this Danish dubbed in English kiddie movie 
2
Casablanca
Matt Brunson
Rick and Ilsa 46 Laszlo and the letters of transit 46 Captain Renault and his charming corruptibility 46 quot As Time Goes By 46 quot quot Here apos s looking at you 44 kid 46 quot You know the routine 46 So round up the usual accolades for one of the greatest films ever made 46 
4
Casablanca
Brian Eggert
It continues to fascinate audiences in a way that is beyond explanation except to resolve that the picture seems to result from and fully encompass that somewhat fantastical notion of Movie Magic 
4
Casablanca
Michael Wilmington
Nobody lights a torch like Ingrid Bergman s Ilsa or carries one like Humphrey Bogart s Rick 
4
Casablanca
Matt Brunson
Rick and Ilsa Laszlo and the letters of transit Captain Renault and his charming corruptibility As Time Goes By Here s looking at you kid You know the routine So round up the usual accolades 
4
Casablanca
Jeremiah Kipp
The film has a peculiar magic to it and because of its pace the richness of its sense of detail often goes unnoticed 
4
Casablanca
Steven Snyder
It is one of the most timeless of all movies in terms of topic emotion acting and motivation 
4
Casablanca
Bob Bloom
It is a true timeless classic and will stay so as long as time goes by 
4
Casablanca
Wesley Lovell
One of the best screenplays ever filmed 
4
Casablanca
Phil Villarreal
The movie gods kissed the production with a confluence of brilliant writing photography and acting with all parties collaborating at their ultimate peak of potential 
4
Casablanca
Walter Chaw
Wars come and go but that sense of cascading entropy is eternal 
3
Casablanca
Michael Szymanski
It s one of the three I d take to a desert island with me to watch over and over again The romance between all three of the main characters jumps out at the screen 
4
Casablanca
James Berardinelli
The greatest pleasure anyone can derive from this movie comes through simply watching it 
3.5
Casablanca
Jeffrey Wachs
Casablanca is a must have DVD It is a nearly flawless presentation of a film that has set the standard for timeless 
4
Casablanca
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When it all comes down to the end I think I d rather be curled up in front of Casablanca 1942 than just about anything else It s like a warm blanket a hot cup of tea or a cuddly old dog 
4
Casablanca
Roger Ebert
Seeing the film over and over again year after year I find it never grows over familiar It plays like a favorite musical album the more I know it the more I like it 
4
Casablanca
Scott Nash
This movie is like Hamlet in that even if you haven t seen either one of them you are probably familiar with much of the dialogue 
4
Burning Bodhi
Kam Williams
A trendy Millennial Generation variation on The Big Chill which gives that beloved classic a real run for its money 
4
Burning Bodhi
Roger Moore
Clever dialogue delivered by callow characters in a trite treatment of young people dealing with the death of a friend 
2
Anchor and Hope
Roger Moore
A good cast and novel setting is wasted on this tired and slow gay having a baby romance that lacks the warmth or wit to draw us in 
2
Paradise Hills
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s no tension as to where things are going to end up the final images leaving me cold 
2.5
Paradise Hills
Richard Roeper
Give it up for Paradise Hills for swinging for the fences when it comes to bat bleep crazy 
3
Paradise Hills
Joey Magidson
I wish there was more to grab on to here The cast is solid though everyone involved has done better work It s in the third act where things crumble 
2.5
Paradise Hills
Monica Castillo
There are a few good ideas and a few good twists at the end but it s not enough to make up for the rookie mistakes that undercut its potential 
1.5
Paradise Hills
Mark Dujsik
The plot s revelations and thematic concerns serve as a shallow counterpoint to the visual intricacies of the world Waddington has built 
2
Paradise Hills
Mike McGranaghan
The movie creates a fantasy world that s like Alice in Wonderland meets Guillermo del Toro meets THX 1138 
3
Paradise Hills
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Alice Waddington s sci fi fantasy never finds a cohesive story wrapper for its themes 
2
Paradise Hills
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite flaws the film is still watchable for much of its length even if it never quite lives up to the promise of its respectable cast 
2
Paradise Hills
Sean P. Means
The writers steal from the best with elements of Ira Levin s The Stepford Wives and Patrick McGoohan s surrealist 60s series The Prisoner at play here 
3
Paradise Hills
Karen M. Peterson
Even if this doesn t break any new barriers Alice Waddington s voice is a welcome one and it will be fun to see where she goes next 
2.5
Dances With Wolves
Bruce R. Miller
Dances With Wolves is Costner s crossroads Amazingly he emerges from it a better actor and an extremely good director 
4
Dances With Wolves
Stephen Hunter
How much easier if the movie were crummy and could be dismissed But damn its smarmy soul it s beautifully watchable a return to the visual vernacular of the western epic and all its old fashioned scenic values 
3.5
Dances With Wolves
Tom Gearhart
Magnificent It s the only word to describe Kevin Costner s Dances with Wolves An epic in the grand tradition it is a movie of breathtaking sweep and noble aims and the story it tells is at once stirring and heartfelt 
4
Dances With Wolves
Dann Gire
At times Dances with Wolves comes dangerously close to becoming a stodgy historical drama And yet deftly inserted humor and strategically placed heart tugs keep Dances with Wolves in step It s a bravura piece of David Lean filmmaking 
3
Dances With Wolves
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Dances with Wolves is a flawed but stunning film and a remarkable debut for first time director Costner 
3
Dances With Wolves
Michael MacCambridge
Costner always an underrated charismatic actor deserves his due He set out to make a movie about an America long gone and American wounds too long forgotten He has succeeded grandly and gracefully 
3.5
Dances With Wolves
Lawrence Toppman
The story has comfortable familiarity like a once heard fairy tale unfolding as we expect and desire Yet Costner s direction makes it fresh 
3
Dances With Wolves
Malcolm Johnson
Whatever its flaws however this is a grand and caring film that every lover of the medium should see It is admirable for many reasons including the madness of its conception and execution 
3
Dances With Wolves
Robert W. Butler
The cynic in everyone wants to dig in its heels and stubbornly resist But on a purely emotional level Costner s directing debut is extremely satisfying 
3
Dances With Wolves
Michael D. Reid
Dances with Wolves is a near miraculous achievement on several fronts Working from a screenplay by Michael Blake based on his book Costner shows himself to be a masterful director who is equally at home behind and in front of the camera 
4
Dances With Wolves
Jack Garner
By putting the spotlight on centuries of injustice toward the Native American and by turning the issue into an entertaining moving and thought provoking human tale Costner has made the most effective western since the days of John Ford 
4
Dances With Wolves
Bill Cosford
The result is big muscular and full of theme It s also clumsy and obvious but there hasn t been a first film of this sheer bravado since Robert Redford made Ordinary People 
3
Dances With Wolves
Bill Morrison
A deeply moving and hauntingly beautiful film directed by Kevin Costner 
3.5
Dances With Wolves
Joseph Gelmis
It s much more than good intentions It s good movie making Dances With Wolves is an exhilarating adventure in a spectacular Western landscape 
3.5
Dances With Wolves
Terry Lawson
If Dances With Wolves were analyzed scene by scene it could be reduced to a collection of clichés and romantic portraits drawn from a century of American folklore But taken as a whole it s a surprisingly satisfying even enriching movie 
3
Dances With Wolves
Jeffrey Lyons
Dances with Wolves is above all that very special experience a movie that will stay in your memory forever 
4
Dances With Wolves
Rob Lowing
Dances With Wolves is a masterpiece a rollicking big hearted Western with a conscience which tells its story in the best way possible through its people 
4
Dances With Wolves
Joe Baltake
Costner has a storyteller s instinct an eye for detail and counterculture wit And he serves the story rather than himself Dances with Wolves is unabashedly romantic even a little corny a real movie 
4
Dances With Wolves
David Armstrong
I liked much of it and I admire Costner for making it Dances With Wolves is worth seeing it s too bad there isn t more to see all the way through this heartfelt honest effort 
2.5
Dances With Wolves
Jeff Simon
That s what people have always loved about Westerns the feeling of size which in the age before radio TV and the airplane seemed the very nature of the country 
4
Dances With Wolves
Gene Siskel
This is a big picture in love with our landscape as much as with the Sioux Indians who inhabit it 
3.5
Dances With Wolves
Dan Webster
Costner makes it a true human story portraying the range of emotions from tragedy to joy 
3.5
Dances With Wolves
Dave Kehr
The important issues raised by the film centered on the cultural racial and moral struggle that took place on the American frontier are glossed over in favor of a juvenile fantasy of male bonding around the campfire 
2
Dances With Wolves
Gary Thompson
In an age when most movies are made by people who used to shoot commercials or music videos the panoramic vistas of Dances with Wolves are an enjoyable reminder of the potential of the big screen 
3
Dances With Wolves
Desmond Ryan
This collective array of talent has yielded a western that is at once original and traditional Dances With Wolves looks back to the masterworks of the past and with its relevance to our present it deserves to be ranked with them 
4
Dances With Wolves
Candice Russell
Once in a long time a movie speaks to the truths of U S history and causes the filmgoer to see past events in a new light Dances With Wolves is such a movie 
4
Dances With Wolves
Peter Canavese
Costner went for broke with his large scale Panavision epic Blu ray 
3
Dances With Wolves
James Kendrick
a nuanced and thoughtful portrayal of cultures both clashing and finding common ground
4
Dances With Wolves
Wesley Lovell
An epic film that without its lead might have been better 
2
Dances With Wolves
Bob Bloom
No one can doubt Kevin Costner s sincerity or vision 
3
Dances With Wolves
Roger Ebert
The movie is a simple story magnificently told It has the epic sweep and clarity of a Western by John Ford and it abandons the contrivances of ordinary plotting to look in detail at the way strangers get to know one another 
4
Dances With Wolves
James Berardinelli
It s a rousing adventure a touching romance and a stirring drama 
4
Big Man Japan
Burl Burlingame
An affectionate parody of Japanese giant monster hero shows to make points about the unraveling of Japan s cultural heritage 
2
Big Man Japan
Christian Toto
Big Man Japan shows a good mockumentary needs more than killer concept to make us howl 
2
Big Man Japan
Roger Ebert
Very funny in an insidious way 
3.5
Big Man Japan
G. Allen Johnson
The film written directed and starring stand up comic Hitoshi Matsumoto has like most superheroes a tragic flaw It isn t funny 
1
Big Man Japan
V.A. Musetto
At nearly two hours Big Man Japan is clever in a sick sort of way but overlong It needs judicious editing more mockumentary fewer superhero antics 
2
Big Man Japan
Stephen Whitty
It s as much fun as an old popcorn throwing kiddie matinee of Destroy All Monsters and far funnier intentionally than most superhero movies are accidentally 
2.5
Big Man Japan
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
Matsumoto and Mitsuyoshi Takasu trade the grand for the gargantuan the battle drama for the video game fight 
2.5
Big Man Japan
Kam Williams
Blending the best elements of Hancock Godzilla and This Is Spinal Tap Big Man Japan is likely to work for you to the extent you re willing to endure special effects almost as cheap as those in the original bad B flicks being lampooned 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Kelly Jane Torrance
The mawkish possibilities inherent in the story are mostly averted thanks to the high quality of acting 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Christian Toto
The Secret Life of Bees features another buzz worthy turn by Dakota Fanning 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Matt Brunson
Prince Bythewood largely stays away from grandiloquent gestures designed to manipulate audience emotions relying instead on sound storytelling and a set of accomplished performers to punch across the story s humanist appeal 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Sean P. Means
The melodrama and Mark Isham s score are as thick and as sticky as August s honey but not nearly as sweet 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Linda Cook
Well you d have to expect a movie with the name The Secret Life of Bees to be overly sweet wouldn t you 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Carrie Rickey
The filmmakers give Latifah and Fanning room to create characters that breathe in the sweet smell of clover and breathe out the contented sigh of independence 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Austin Kennedy
This does have strong work from Fanning and Hudson but it s just a TV movie with spruced up production values for the big screen 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Jessica Reaves
Sweat and good intentions however will take you only so far And they take Bees right up to the threshold of entertaining u2014but not one step further 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
Kam Williams
A well acted optimistic tale of female empowerment set against the backdrop the Civil Rights Movement 
4
The Secret Life of Bees
Dustin Putman
If the historical backdrop which the film is set in is well portrayed it is the shaggy dog plotting that is the problem 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
John Beifuss
It will be embraced by those moviegoers who find solace in its redemptive themes
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Priya Jain
What makes up for those missteps is the fact that the story isn t just Lily s Prince Bythewood gives the Boatwrights a point of view on her presence and it s interestingly complicated 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Claudia Puig
Those who were moved by the book are likely to find this adaptation affecting and emotionally satisfying 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Susan Walker
Quite a bit of honey is applied to make the awful truths palatable but The Secret Life of Bees curtails the sappiness with performances especially Fanning s that are grounded in reality 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Chris Hewitt
There s plenty wrong with The Secret Life of Bees but the durnblasted thing got to me anyway 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Moira MacDonald
Okonedo is at times heartbreakingly good as May who carries a deep well of pain inside her Keys is nicely fiery as June who takes time to warm up to the visitors 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Ruthe Stein
Prince Bythewood makes you care about the characters and hope they live happily ever after 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Wilson Morales
What makes The Secret Life of Bees an entertaining and poignant film is the chemistry between the cast that translates on screen 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Nina Garin
There are lots of honey as romantic metaphor scenes creating the feeling of an after school special But the theme that ultimately shines through is Lily s desire to find unconditional love 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Sara Michelle Fetters
The director shades everything with a sensitive yet firm glow hinting at the mystical but never pushes these feelings to a point where they could potentially annoy 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Lou Lumenick
Price Bythewood has encouraged fairly broad performances from these formidable actresses for characters who aren t terribly well developed in her script 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
Duane Dudek
Although the lessons seem slight and sometimes even elementary this does not make them any less heartfelt or sincere 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Rene Rodriguez
This is woefully familiar material and Prince Bythewood overdirects the film draining it of the messiness of real life in favor of a syrupy sweetness that threatens to drown you 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
Bob Strauss
It comes across more as a connect the dots Southern literary concept than as a tale of real damaged people bonding on a persuasively deep level 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Robert W. Butler
You could laugh it off except these actresses sell like there s no tomorrow 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Amy Biancolli
The Secret Life of Bees is a deeply felt well intentioned film about race and reverence in the summer of 64 Like the ambrosia at the center of the plot it moves slowly and tastes sweet 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Rick Groen
None of this as you might guess is shot through a glass darkly 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
Camerin Courtney
With meaty themes and compelling characters Bees is a rich emotional exploration of the redeeming power of love and the transforming comfort of home 
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Jeff Vice
Everybody deserves better than The Secret Life of Bees That includes the filmmakers the cast the crew the audience you name it 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
Lisa Kennedy
The Secret Life of Bees maintains a smartly calibrated balance between the personal and the historic between nature and culture 
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Wesley Morris
Prince Bythewood demonstrates a lovely gift for capturing the unsaid 
3
The Secret Life of Bees
Chris Kaltenbach
Love and family may not be able to overcome everything but you couldn t prove that by The Secret Life of Bees a refreshingly clear headed film version of Sue Monk Kidd s best selling novel 
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Willie Waffle
A movie that knows exactly what it wants to be and mines that territory until you start to cry whether you want to or not
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Steve Rhodes
Slow and earnest with dreamy sleep inducing music it proves to be a remarkably inconsequential film even if it does possess a few dramatic moments 
2
The Secret Life of Bees
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film lurches from terrible tragedy to happy montage and back again never attempting to rise above a typical weepie 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
David Nusair
a pleasant unexpectedly enthralling endeavor that manages that rare feat of actually improving upon its source material 
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Roger Ebert
As a realistic portrayal of life in rural South Carolina in 1964 The Secret Life of Bees is dreaming As a parable of hope and love it is enchanting 
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
James Berardinelli
It s hard to imagine that The Secret Life of Bees won t be part of many Oscar conversations It has the intelligence craftsmanship and heart to win over both critics and regular movie goers 
3.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Phil Villarreal
The movie slogs like honey dripping off a butter knife It doesn t help that Prince Bythewood slams the audience with heavy handed symbolism 
1.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Jeanne Aufmuth
Show me the nuance and scratch the false sincerity 
2.5
The Secret Life of Bees
Nick Schager
There s a whole lotta healing in The Secret Life of Bees Big Racial Issues too And down home heartwarming platitudes set to acoustic guitar ballads by female singers 
1
Akilla's Escape
Odie Henderson
Akilla s Escape is undone by its own lack of faith in the viewer opting to explicitly tell rather than rely on its fine actors to show us who their characters are 
2
Akilla's Escape
Mark Dujsik
C o writer director Charles Officer s film is less about the plot and more about its protagonist 
3
Akilla's Escape
Peter Howell
Terrific performances from poet actor Saul Williams Slam as a dealer in need of redemption and Thamela Mpumlwana who takes on two different roles make this saga special 
3
Akilla's Escape
Dwight Brown
The action scenes are never up to the standards of a good crime action thriller Tighter editing and a more fine tuned script would have helped 
2
Akilla's Escape
David Nusair
success is due almost entirely to Officer s stylish direction and an ongoing smattering of compelling sequences 
2.5
Akilla's Escape
Barry Hertz
Akilla s Escape may only cover one very bad night in the life of a city but its power will stick with you for days even weeks 
3.5
Randy and the Mob
Matt Brunson
Arch in a way that his previous feature was honest it s a clumsy attempt to lay an overcoat of forced cornpone whimsy on a drab storyline involving mobsters 
1.5
Randy and the Mob
John Beifuss
The influences of a strange outside world rub up against and sometimes abrade Southern tradition and a good ol boy s increasingly fragile sense of self in this dry gentle sometimes silly and sometimes very funny comedy 
3
Randy and the Mob
Jonathan W. Hickman
Slow cooked to perfection
3
Frantic
Richard Freedman
There are so many good things in Frantic that one feels irritated the movie as a whole isn t better than it is It s certainly miles better than Polanski s most recent effort the disastrous Pirates but not as good as it should be 
2.5
Frantic
David Nusair
a solid consistently entertaining piece of work that boasts a typically stellar performance from Harrison Ford 
3
Frantic
Peter Canavese
Curiously and effectively weds the unlikely adventure of a thriller to the plodding realism of daily life Blu ray 
3
Frantic
Roger Ebert
Even with its excesses Frantic is a reminder of how absorbing a good thriller can be 
3
A Silk Letter (Baekseo)
Adam Nayman
Considering the gravity of the subject matter Kang Sang woo the writer director of the Korean drama A Silk Letter has a pretty good sense of humour 
3
Cool as Ice
Terry Lawson
It s all as passé and unoriginal as its star whose brief blast of popularity at least proves Americans are wising up After all Pat Boone stuck around for years 
1
Cool as Ice
Jack Garner
The plot of the Vanilla Ice movie Cool As Ice is as simple and obvious as the rap star s wooden acting 
1.5
Cool as Ice
Ward Triplett III
Cool as Ice a monument to vanity plays like something rushed to the screen to squeeze a few more bucks out of Ice before his fame drips away for good Even the most forgiving teen ager will see through a numbingly obvious plot 
1
Cool as Ice
Terry Orme
Vanilla Ice the rapper not the flavor at Baskin Robbins makes the leap to movie star in Cool As Ice and the jury is in Stick to concerts 
1
Cool as Ice
Joe Baltake
Truth is I don t know what this him is about I sat there for every one of its 93 minutes which seemed eternal and still can t figure it out 
0
Cool as Ice
John Anderson
About as def as a doorknob 
1
Cool as Ice
Carrie Rickey
Ice achieves one of two expressions snarl with shades or snarl without 
1
Cool as Ice
Jim Farber
Ultimately you can t even call it a movie It s more like a series of fashion spreads stitched together lying there flat 
1
Cool as Ice
Malcolm Johnson
When this dumb exploitation film was green lighted the boy was hot By now he has softened into a puddle with a slight vanilla flavor 
0
Cool as Ice
Matt Brunson
It occupies its own special corner in multiplex hell 
1
Cool as Ice
David Nusair
a best forgotten relic of the 1990s 
1.5
Cool as Ice
Mike McGranaghan
So bad that it s borderline fascinating 
1
Cool as Ice
TV Guide Staff
Favorite lines Drop that zero and get with the hero You live your life for someone else you ain t livin 
1
Cool as Ice
Chris Hicks
At least supermodel Naomi Campbell had sense enough to merely sing under the opening credits rather than try something out of her league 
0
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
James Kendrick
a particularly sharp unrelenting portrait of how groups and individuals anywhere at any time can be demonized to the point of inciting physical violence
3.5
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
Peter Canavese
A deeply disturbing study of mass hysteria a lasting cultural document of a shameful memory and a culturally specific but widely relevant snapshot of that late 60s moment of student rebellion being met by violent institutional crackdowns Blu ray 
3.5
Jawaani Jaaneman
Aparita Bhandari
A breezy dramedy that delivers some laughs at the beginning Jawaani Jaanmen is let down by a tired script that doesn t deliver enough of an emotional punch at the end 
2.5
The Perfect Weapon
Matt Fagerholm
A profoundly disquieting exposé on the urgent threat of cyber warfare 
3
Mission of Honor
Roger Moore
An entertaining gloss on real history and a pretty good digital updating of the WWII aerial combat thriller 
2.5
Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire
Mark Jenkins
The documentary is predictable stylistically stolid and about as focused as a pellet gun blast 
1.5
Lachenite obuvki na neznayniya voin (The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes)
Roger Ebert
It is unlikely that we will ever get an American feature film quite this subjective this experimental 
3
Lloyd the Conqueror
Rick Groen
Lloyd the Conqueror is nothing if not brave Then again since Lloyd the Conqueror is also not funny not even remotely brave will have to do 
1
Cyrus
David Nusair
a well acted yet wholly uninvolving and downright unconvincing piece of work 
2
Cyrus
Josh Larsen
this muted farce benefits from the pitch perfect performances of its cast 
3.5
Cyrus
Rob Thomas
It s hard to imagine how no budget filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass could have made a better transition to the big leagues or at least the Triple A league of indie filmmaking at Fox Searchlight than with Cyrus 
3.5
Cyrus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers manage to capture a world of lived in homes not quite urban and not quite suburban tired old cars and tired people 
3
Cyrus
John Wirt
A brilliant small film that deals with big issues in a beguiling way 
3
Cyrus
Mike Scott
It is funny it is heartfelt it is nicely written beautifully acted and it is the Duplass brothers most mature most complete film yet 
3
Cyrus
Linda Cook
More drama than comedy Cyrus is about the love triangle that includes a man his lover and her son the unlovable title character 
4
Cyrus
Robert W. Butler
The real revelation is Hill Usually cast as a scruffy type here the portly actor is fastidiously clean cut and well groomed a façade of normalcy that makes his anger and insecurity all the more disturbing 
2.5
Cyrus
Jeff Vice
Co screenwriters director Jay and Mark Duplass are smart enough to balance the darkly comic elements with equally effective dramatic moments 
3.5
Cyrus
Matt Soergel
Wonderfully acted kind of creepy drolly funny and quite content to be unlike most stories out of Hollywood 
3
Cyrus
Kam Williams
Oedipus wrecks 
4
Cyrus
Matt Brunson
For all its edginess this isn t a cruel comedy by any means 
3
Cyrus
John Beifuss
In part Cyrus is about the weirdness of families the behaviors secrets humor and traditions that might be hard for outsiders to understand 
3
Cyrus
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most troubling Cyrus is powered by a deep vein of humanism one that offers hope to even the weirdest among us 
3
Cyrus
Duane Dudek
A shrewd and subtle film about two men who are more alike than they know 
3
Cyrus
Joe Williams
Cyrus is not the jokey polished production you would expect from its Hollywood cast and LA setting but audiences who are comfortable with discomfort should find it funny 
3
Cyrus
Rene Rodriguez
Cyrus sounds like the sort of comedy in which people end up dropping buckets of paint on each other s heads but the Duplasses treat the characters and their dilemma with utmost seriousness a technique that gives the movie its uncomfortably comic vibe 
3
Cyrus
Roger Moore
Nobody can play beaten and amusing better than Reilly and no one is better at playing broken accessible beauty than Tomei 
3
Cyrus
Lisa Kennedy
Delightfully demented and unique 
3.5
Cyrus
Chris Hewitt
Cyrus would be a richer funnier film if it made the effort to figure out all three of its main characters but it is still an entertaining comedy I guess two out of three ain t bad 
3
Cyrus
Moira MacDonald
Cyrus stays with you for a while after it s over like an odd unexpected party guest who nonetheless leaves an indelible impression 
3
Cyrus
Rick Groen
The questions here are good it s the answers that feel like a cheat 
2
Cyrus
Willie Waffle
a movie caught in some weird in between place that makes the viewer feel a bit icky inside 
1.5
Cyrus
Mark Dujsik
The comedy works in large part because it is void of a mean spirited tone and Cyrus never passes judgment on either John or Cyrus 
3
Cyrus
Dustin Putman
Even when we feel as if we ve seen it all before there is a distinct realness about the narrative that lifts things above the mundane 
2.5
Cyrus
Mick LaSalle
The Duplasses are showing how modern Americans think talk and live 
3
Cyrus
Michael Phillips
A comedy of discomfort that walks a wonderful line between reality based emotional honesty and engaging humor it demonstrates the good things that happen when quirky independent style combines with top of the line acting skill 
3.5
Cyrus
Peter Howell
The Brothers Duplass find humor and a lot of truth in those moments between spoken words when the flick of an eyelid the pulse of a vein or the purse of the lips can betray things that might otherwise not be stated 
3.5
Cyrus
Ty Burr
It s too slack to shock The film has its moments but it shows the Duplasses poised on the edge of the big time with nothing to say and no real interest in risk 
2.5
Cyrus
Peter Keough
Elliptical nuanced and non judgmental with hilariously genuine dialogue and exquisite performances all of it observed with the probing eye of a Frederick Wiseman documentary 
3.5
Cyrus
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t eagerly jump from one payoff to another but attunes itself to nuance body language and the habitual politeness with which we try to overlook social embarrassment 
3.5
Cyrus
Kit Bowen
The Duplass Brothers demand your undivided attention Thanks to their sincere way with words and experience with examining distressed relationships you will gladly give it to them 
3.5
Cyrus
Peter Travers
It s outrageous twisted fun when boy meets girl plus one 
3.5
Cyrus
Stephen Whitty
What s here is good enough to make you wish the Duplasses had gone even a little further 
3
Cyrus
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thankfully an increase in both star wattage and finances has not distracted the brothers one single bit their darkly acerbic comedy one of the better u2013 and funnier u2013 motion pictures I ve had the delight to view this year 
3.5
Cyrus
John DeVore
It wants to be a serious movie about relationships but it also has a responsibility to the boxoffice so at times it reaches for an outrageousness that betrays its attempts at humanity 
2
Cyrus
Nick Schager
Jay and Mark Duplass inch closer to successfully infusing comedy of awkwardness with pained pathos in Cyrus a big studio mumblecore hybrid of Mr Woodcock and the Martin Short Charles Grodin vehicle Clifford 
3
The New Daughter
David Nusair
Frustratingly uneven 
2.5
The New Daughter
Ethan Gilsdorf
Does tread with clunky boots upon well worn horror movie territory Every ominous sign is preceded by full moons slithering fog and thunderclaps 
2
Joe Dirt
David Nusair
none of it is funny 
2
Joe Dirt
Joe Mader
Nothing written here will stop this film from being a huge hit but don t say you weren t warned 
1
Joe Dirt
Rick Groen
A comic named David Spade stars in a movie called Joe Dirt and that s about as funny as things get here 
1
Joe Dirt
Robert Roten
While Spade did succeed in winning my sympathy it wasn t worth sitting through all those bad jokes and weak comedy sketches to get to that point 
2
Joe Dirt
Michael Dequina
There s no mistaking that you ll get anything other than entertainment of the lowest brow 
0
Joe Dirt
Emily Blunt
A pathetic attempt at moviemaking 
0.5
Joe Dirt
Mike Clark
Were nature to take the course they both seem to want the movie could end in 15 minutes And it would still be too long 
1
Joe Dirt
Rob Blackwelder
An astoundingly incompetent debacle of a movie Joe Dirt is definitive proof that some Hollywood studios will greenlight anything anything if they think the highly desirable 14 29 male moron demographic will spend money to see it 
0
Joe Dirt
Robert K. Elder
Killed by blah characters lame jokes and clichs you can see coming a mile away 
1
Joe Dirt
Dustin Putman
Woefully unfunny 
1.5
Joe Dirt
Edward Guthmann
Joe Dirt knows its audience and doesn t stint on the flatulence jokes poop jokes leg humping dogs and moments of homo panic 
1
Joe Dirt
Roger Ebert
Joe Dirt doesn t waste any time letting you know where it stands 
1.5
Joe Dirt
Tor Thorsen
Joe Dirt plays like a stupid Saturday Night Live skit that refuses to die 
0.5
Joe Dirt
Steve Rhodes
Last week s Tomcats is a comedic masterpiece next to Joe Dirt 
1.5
Joe Dirt
Ross Anthony
While the big laughs aren t nearly as numerous as you might hope chuckles sprout everywhere like weeds in the dirt 
2.5
Cyrano
Matt Brunson
Borrowing from Sesame Street the Word of the Day is flat when it comes to this movie 
2
Cyrano
Erik Childress
One of the best versions of Edmond Rostand s tale of hopeless romanticism complete with soulful song performances and a performance by Peter Dinklage for the ages 
4
Cyrano
Rene Sanchez
An opulent and emotive reinterpretation of a classic that dazzles with its musical numbers and with Peter Dinklage s extraordinary performance Full Review in Spanish
3
Cyrano
Lisa Trifone
an overstuffed under directed mess of a musical that even the uber talented Peter Dinklage who is easily the best thing about the movie cant save no matter how hard he tries 
1.5
Cyrano
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A play about characters failing to express themselves hardly suits the most expressive of all genres but that didn t stop director Joe Wright who has transformed Schmidt s baffling revision into a baffling film 
2
Cyrano
Max Weiss
This Cyrano is a beautiful bummer 
3
Cyrano
Sean P. Means
Their voices arent Broadway musical perfect even though Dinklage and Bennett played the roles together onstage but the vulnerability of their voices suits the material better 
3.5
Cyrano
Jeff Mitchell
Dinklage and Bennett might cause tears to fall onto your popcorn 
3
Cyrano
Mike McGranaghan
A stirring version of Cyrano de Bergerac that s filled with passion and soul 
3.5
Cyrano
Johnny Oleksinski
Every time the characters in Cyrano began to sing I emphatically begged them to stop 
1.5
Cyrano
Joe Friar
Wrights return to love is charming and enchanting as Dinklage Bennett and Harrison make for a splendid trifecta of romance The modern songs by The National juxtaposed with the classical setting result in a fun contrast 
3.5
Cyrano
Ty Burr
You won t come out humming the tunes because honestly there are none You probably will come out wanting to see Peter Dinklage take the lead in more movies though and I hope someone in Hollywood hears you 
2.5
Cyrano
Sheila O'Malley
Cyrano gets the big things right and Dinklage embodies it all 
3
Cyrano
Mark Meszoros
for Cyrano a musical adaptation of Edmond Rostands 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac to receive but one well deserved Academy Award nomination is a head scratcher 
3.5
Cyrano
Rob Thomas
Dinklage is certainly the best thing about the movie playing Cyrano de Bergerac with a mix of swaggering charisma and tender vulnerability 
3
Cyrano
Randy Myers
The production values are first rate and the singing makes the film swell with passion and longing 
2.5
Cyrano
David Reddish
Bennett Dinklage and Harrison all give fine performances and yes even though we knew exactly how this Cyrano would end it still felt like a twist of the knife 
3
Cyrano
Katie Walsh
Schmidt s musical adaptation makes this earnest tale even more nakedly emotional while Wright s typically ravishing filmmaking visualizes its swooning disorienting headiness 
3
Cyrano
Chris Hewitt
Making it a musical keeps it light on its feet mostly and its take on the relationships feels fresh 
3
Cyrano
Don Aucoin
With its overly solemn by the numbers approach Cyrano doesn t make a strong enough case for another go at the story The music most certainly doesn t 
2
Cyrano
Ann Hornaday
Joe Wright gives Cyrano de Bergerac a timely smartly conceived refresh with Cyrano his adaptation of an adaptation of Edmond Rostand s 1897 play 
3.5
Cyrano
Jeff York
This CYRANO is a charmer particularly Dinklage His take on the role measures just as cleverly as any of those other Cyranos who preceded him Hes all heart and he might just quietly break yours too 
3
Cyrano
Lindsey Bahr
Truly romantic movies seem to be a rarer and rarer thing in contemporary cinema and like Max Ophüls and Jacques Demy before him Wright is almost peerless in his ability to make an audience swoon and suffer in maximalist splendor 
3.5
Cyrano
Mick LaSalle
In the end the most valuable aspect of Cyrano is that it shows that Peter Dinklage can do anything 
2.5
Cyrano
Michael Phillips
At his best Wright asserts his intoxicating visual instincts for the flow and glide of a busy scene full of extras animals alleyways all of it He s well suited to this genre 
2.5
Cyrano
Moira MacDonald
Exactly what you d expect from the director of 2012 s Anna Karenina It s crowded and whirling and wildly over the top theatrical to the extent that you almost need to go lie down after it s over 
3
Cyrano
Joey Magidson
Not only is Cyrano vibrant when it could have been dry its so good that its the best version of the story so far It firmly places Cyrano de Bergerac alongside other classic love stories of our time 
3
Cyrano
Roger Moore
Lets just say the Academy can suck eggs This is gorgeous and if it isnt my favorite Cyrano Jose Ferrer one more bow if you please its still a damned fine interpretation 
3
Cyrano
Wesley Lovell
Cyrano is another fascinating effort from the Atonement filmmaker although it doesnt quite fit amongst his best works 
3.5
Cyrano
Kevin Carr
This is overall a good movie but not as good as Peter Dinklage s performance is 
2.5
Cyrano
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Worth seeing for Peter Dinklage s brilliant performance 
3
Cyrano
James Berardinelli
Merely a handsome looking period piece with too many mediocre songs and a major downer of an ending 
2
Cyrano
Mark Dujsik
Cyrano changes just enough about this classic story that it feels renewed 
3
Cyrano
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There may be much that is familiar but with this version Wright nevertheless manages to be both reverent and innovative with more than a dash of panache 
3
Cyrano
Chuck Bowen
As is typically the case with Joe Wright s films one is left both exhilarated and exhausted wishing that he had been more interested in the material at the center of his house of flourishes 
2
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Lisa Kennedy
Nina s Heavenly Delights hints at better simmered versions of similar dishes 
2
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Walter V. Addiego
A lightweight and sentimental exercise that succeeds at little except maybe inspiring the viewer to go out and find a decent curry 
1
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Kyle Smith
This movie s heart is in the right place which is one way of saying it s terrible 
1
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Rob Humanick
It s ironic how a film whose outcome depends on the difference between technical perfection and perceived artistic greatness would itself prove a slave to shallow screenplay mechanics deprived of nuance 
1.5
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Kam Williams
You know a cross cultural gender bending dramedy has issues when its most memorable moment is a blasphemous bouncy Bollywood musical finale featuring a female impersonator 
1.5
Pennies From Heaven
Larry Vitacco
It s a mix of a pathetic soft core potboiler and a musical extravaganza of yore that leaves a sour taste at its conclusion 
2.5
Pennies From Heaven
Roger Ebert
Pennies from Heaven is dazzling and disappointing in equal measure 
2
Stand Tall
Steve Rhodes
A story with a strong narrative drive and an enlightening script 
3
Artifact
Mike McGranaghan
Works as an accounting of a good band making an album during a bad time but it works even better as an indictment of a business practice that screws the people who actually make the product 
3.5
The Walking Deceased
Dann Gire
A self congratulatory collection of feeble meta awareness just dopey enough for adolescents to mistake for clever comedy 
0.5
The Walking Deceased
Roger Moore
Zombie movies are horror s low hanging fruit and zombie parodies the lowest of low hanging parodies Whatever its shortcomings hhy would anybody spend more than it cost to make this one 
1.5
The Walking Deceased
Ed Gonzalez
This juvenile horror comedy spoof is primarily if unintentionally a cautionary tale about the perils of allowing brahs to make movies 
.5
Men on the Bridge
Kalvin Henely
If director Asli zge has said something about modern day Istanbul she s done it in fairly broad strokes that may be too far apart for the sake of a discernible narrative
2
Casablanca Beats
Sarah Knight Adamson
Inspiring and powerful utilizing the words you have to change it because you didn t choose it is the heart of the film 
3.5
Heaven on Earth
Peter Howell
A less assured filmmaker would have trouble reconciling reality with magic realism but writer director Mehta turns kitchen sink drama into soaring metaphor 
3
Heaven on Earth
Liam Lacey
At best magic realism is an intoxicating blend of the sweet and the bitter in Heaven on Earth it s a head on collision with no survivors 
2
Echotone
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A representative if frustratingly impressionistic regional cultural update on Austin s now epochal music scene 
2
Wild Africa
Ethan Gilsdorf
Blurry footage of lions caught in a downpour feels curiously melancholic Perfectly framed thousands of flamingos filmed in Kenya s Lake Bogoria are reduced to works of abstract graphic design 
2.5
Stray Dog
Tom Keogh
It would be easy to say Granik offers a portrait of redneck life in Stray Dog but even allowing for Hill s guns and skepticism about government it s clear such an oversimplified cultural cliché can t begin to describe the reality here 
3
Stray Dog
Peter Keough
Without voice overs or interviews or other narrative cues it offers vignettes from Hall s life a mosaic portrait of a part of America that is misunderstood dismissed exploited and wooed by outsiders 
3.5
Stray Dog
Mark Dujsik
Stray Dog largely succeeds because Granik s technique complements her subject Both he and the film are modest in their goals and cherish the value of honesty 
3
Stray Dog
Elise Nakhnikian
Ron Stray Dog Hall proves to be a welcome antidote to stereotypes about burly bearded red state RV dwellers 
3
At the Max
Ross Anthony
Good music good camera work big screen Keith Richards is in heaven 
3.5
At the Max
Roger Ebert
No other musical film in my experience has so overwhelmed the eyes and ears drawing us into the feeling and texture of a rock concert 
4
Lethal Weapon 3
David Nusair
erratic yet entertaining sequel 
3
Lethal Weapon 3
Walter Chaw
Lethal Weapon 3 is inexcusable crap but it s sort of intriguing inexcusable crap 
0
Lethal Weapon 3
Matt Brunson
The franchise is back to its middling ways with Lethal Weapon 3 a sporadically entertaining entry 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 3
Michael Dequina
A lethal dose of action thrills and comedy 
3
Lethal Weapon 3
Robert Roten
It would be nice if the films were less violent and more original but we are stuck with the formula 
2.5
Lethal Weapon 3
Chris Hicks
When you have actors of the caliber of Glover and Gibson doing this it s bound to boost things a notch or two 
3
Lethal Weapon 3
Roger Ebert
They know what they re doing and how to do it but we miss the sense of invention that brightened the earlier movies 
3
The Freebie
Rene Rodriguez
A sly examination of the fragility of love 
3
The Freebie
Tirdad Derakhshani
A not too funny not too sad largely improvised dramedy about two nice people who both succumb to the seven year itch and live to regret it 
2.5
The Freebie
Mick LaSalle
Aselton gets a lot said in 78 minutes I think the main thing she says is something never overtly spoken that life is essentially a lonely experience even when we re surrounded by activity and even if we never shut up 
3
The Freebie
Moira MacDonald
Though the dialogue explores some interesting territory the couple remain elusive and a little dull we never learn anything about them beyond the subject at hand so they seem to exist in an odd screenwriting exercise vacuum 
2
The Freebie
V.A. Musetto
Katie Aselton has achieved the seemingly impossible She s turned a movie about sex into a boring talky snooze 
1.5
The Freebie
Andrew Schenker
The director calls on the whole range of documentary techniques to signify the sort of laying bare of the truth that her intimately detailed screenplay can t quite manage 
1.5
Chick Fight
David Nusair
an often excessively familiar premise that s employed to watchable yet forgettable effect 
2.5
Chick Fight
Mike McGranaghan
Yet another riff on the Karate Kid formula with little to distinguish it 
1.5
Chick Fight
Christy Lemire
Not only does Chick Fight trot out sexist character tropes it also wallows in trite boxing movie cliches 
.5
Chick Fight
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If one can stomach harmless silliness with a feminist twist Chick Fight lands a pleasant enough punch 
2.5
Chick Fight
Randy Myers
The intriguing premise and hip to the cause cast especially Dulce Sloan as a lesbian cop and Alec Baldwin as a drunken fight instructor make this featherweight exercise an enjoyable but unremarkable diversion 
2.5
Chick Fight
Ty Burr
It s a very dim GLOW 
1.5
Chick Fight
Roger Moore
Saying it works is a tad generous considering how utterly predictable it is But for a bad movie it s a fun 
2
The Traveler
David Nusair
Even by the questionable standards of the straight to video arena The Traveler comes off as an unwatchable and thoroughly aggravating cinematic experience 
.5
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Andrew Howe
An unusual concoction washing down elements of Rain Man and The Mechanic with a healthy dose of independent filmmaker swagger 
2.5
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Matt Brunson
He was Forrest Gump with an IQ a decent person who stood on the sidelines of practically every artistic renaissance this country experienced over much of the 20th century 
3.5
Broken
David Nusair
a decent short that s disastrously been expanded to feature length 
2
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Glenn Whipp
Originally made for AMC its solid collection of clips does illustrate one salient point Depicting evil poorly is a sin unto itself 
3
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Moira MacDonald
Anker s film is an important one shining a light on that red stain and how we saw it filtered through Hollywood s lens 
3.5
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Ty Burr
Daniel Anker s film faults Hollywood both for ignoring the Holocaust during the war years and for trivializing it later It s a mixed message that coheres largely thanks to Anker s archival spadework and his luck in securing interviews 
3
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Ken Fox
Daniel Anker s 90 minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject Hollywood s complicated often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 
3
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Paul Schrodt
The most dispassionate account of the Holocaust in the last 20 years 
2
Doomsday
David Nusair
Filmmaker Neil Marshall delivers a blisteringly paced opening stretch that effectively establishes the movie s dystopian landscape and the rough and tumble protagonists 
3
Doomsday
David Keyes
a Whitman s sampler of bizarre story ideas and visual gimmicks congealing around a premise that is so straightforward that it affords them no groundwork for stability or realization 
1.5
Doomsday
Matt Brunson
One s enjoyment of Doomsday might stem from how much one admires a blatant homage to the 1980s 
2.5
Doomsday
Christian Toto
Doomsday might seem novel if you ve never seen The Road Warrior Aliens Escape from New York or any other post apocalyptic flick before 
2
Doomsday
Lucius Gore
A tribute to the early 1980s anarchy actioners The Road Warrior and Escape From New York Neil Marshall s Doomsday also blends elements from 28 Days Later for a fun and ultra violent action sci fi kinda horror film 
3
Doomsday
Austin Kennedy
The movie doesn t disguise the fact that this is a loving homage to early 80 s science fiction cult classics 
3
Doomsday
Nick Rogers
Likely to be the year s most entertaining film withheld from critics Neil Marshall s latest finds him pigging out at a B movie buffet of bangers and mash His alchemy of anarchy in the U K is exhilarating and playfully perverse 
3.5
Doomsday
Chris Hewitt
A series of loosely linked action scenes Doomsday plays out more like a video game than a movie 
2
Doomsday
John Beifuss
Delivers the exploitation goods and then some but it s so utterly derivative it represents a depressing step backward for Marshall 
2.5
Doomsday
John Wirt
If Doomsday was designed to be trash cinema the filmmakers achieved their goal and then some 
1
Doomsday
Rudy Joggerst
Doomsday is an anarchic trip down memory lane 
3.5
Doomsday
Sean McBride
With my apologies to Tina Turner Mad Max gets a big dose of girl power and the results aren t pretty 
1.5
Doomsday
David Hiltbrand
Most fantasy action films blow their budgets in the first half hour and limp home with their makeup smeared Doomsday is unusually patient smartly saving most of its fireworks for the later innings 
3
Doomsday
Larry Ratliff
Neil Marshall once regarded as a filmmaker to watch is inching precariously close to being one to forget 
1
Doomsday
Philip Marchand
If you can accept this farrago of nonsense and enjoy simulated beheadings and lopped off hands and massive spurts and splashes of blood this may be the movie for you 
1.5
Doomsday
Jan Stuart
Much as one might admire the British health care system as presented in the documentary Sicko even Michael Moore would have to admit they have a hard time over there coping with apocalyptic viruses 
1.5
Doomsday
Rob Humanick
Totally earnest but in complete awe of its predecessors 
2.5
Doomsday
Wesley Morris
Marshall reveals himself to be a terrific showman of chaos and comic savagery This is Baz Luhrmann s Mad Max 
3
Doomsday
Gina Carbone
Even the two fanboys behind me who almost reached orgasm during the Speed Racer preview laughed and yelled What when shown both a gimp and a medieval pit fight 
2.25
Doomsday
Kam Williams
Neil Marshall should be ashamed for foisting such a disappointing follow up to The Descent on his fans 
0
Doomsday
Dustin Putman
Soulless impersonal and shamelessly derivative this dime a dozen sci fi garbage is such a depressing step down for Neil Marshall that one can hardly believe it was made by the same guy responsible for the rightfully acclaimed The Descent 
1
Doomsday
Linda Cook
Here s a gorefest that also includes a little story line 
1
Doomsday
James Berardinelli
Doomsday typifies the kind of movie that gets dumped into theaters during the late winter a regurgitated storyline no big stars and no real prospects at the box office 
2
Doomsday
Mike McGranaghan
You know all those referential spoofs we ve been getting lately Epic Movie Scary Movie Meet the Spartans etc Well Doomsday is like one of those except played completely straight 
2
Doomsday
Ken Fox
Marshall delivers what he promises and Mitri makes for a cool kick arse heroine in the Ellen Ripley mold 
2.5
Doomsday
Josh Larsen
The survivors have made it a priority as they have in so many post apocalyptic action flicks to store up provisions of mascara and hair dye 
1
The Stepford Wives
David Nusair
a predominantly misbegotten endeavor 
2
The Stepford Wives
Peter T. Chattaway
As comedies go it s actually fairly funny albeit in a light superficial way which either hides or exposes the fact that the plot is a thick tangle of mutual contradictions 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Wesley Lovell
The Stepford Wives is a terrific comedy but a lousy motion picture 
2
The Stepford Wives
David N. Butterworth
A confused production replete with weak jokes and embarrassing stereotypes earn the film one star but I ll throw in an extra half star for Kidman s engaging performance 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Frank Ochieng
Oz s toothless vehicle is never able to capture the dark humor of its calculated convictions has no apparent rhyme or reason to its meandering madness
2
The Stepford Wives
Lori Hoffman
the satire is weak and the execution is inept 
2
The Stepford Wives
Linda Cook
Slice the last 10 minutes of The Stepford Wives and I think you d have a decent movie 
1
The Stepford Wives
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In a year jam packed with remakes we have yet another bad one 
2
The Stepford Wives
Matt Brunson
A ham fisted attempt at social commentary that s further undone by last minute tinkering on the part of its creators 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Vince Koehler
Don t try to figure the logic of the ending Just sit back and enjoy a funny movie 
3
The Stepford Wives
Mike McGranaghan
Whatever behind the scenes problems there were are not apparent on the screen and enough things work to make the film worthwhile 
3
The Stepford Wives
Steve Rhodes
Works only in spurts like a robot with a faulty power supply 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Chuck O'Leary
Premise of the original was far fetched enough without writer Paul Rudnick and director Frank Oz turning everything into an over the top cartoon 
2
The Stepford Wives
John Beifuss
Redundant and gutless as phony prefab and programmed as its robotic housewives It actually subverts the feminist message of the novel and first film 
2
The Stepford Wives
Erik Childress
A film with shadows of promise that you can feel is so stitched together that the continuity watchers just lost track and eventually gave up 46 
2
The Stepford Wives
Jonathan R. Perry
Zeitgeist cinema for all the wrong reasons a vapid superficial film for a vapid superficial era The studio sanctioned Scooby Doo ending is simply unforgivable 
2
The Stepford Wives
Bob Bloom
The Stepford Wives is bright and entertaining but seems that with the assembled cast and the talent behind the camera much potential was wasted 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet for all the laughs something is off 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Disappointing 
2
The Stepford Wives
Jon Niccum
an often audacious movie that is just too serious about being campy 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Sean P. Means
A tepid satire one afraid to really attack its targets 
2
The Stepford Wives
James Verniere
This Stepford Wives has a fair share of laughs But it has little resonance or meaning 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Mick LaSalle
Before it degenerates into a complete mess it s an entertaining mess and something about its willingness to please maintains the audience s goodwill throughout 
2
The Stepford Wives
Arthur Salm
A comedy with the screenwriting assignment awarded to Paul Rudnick who delivers per a subclause in the contract a pretty decent one liner every couple of minutes 
3
The Stepford Wives
Joe Baltake
Rudnick outdoes himself with the number of one line zingers and moments of visual humor he relentlessly slings at us all filtered through a summery froth 
3.5
The Stepford Wives
James Berardinelli
If the film is to work on any level even a comedic one it s necessary for the viewers to sympathize with Joanna and Walter However the script and scattershot performances keep them at arm s length 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Pam Grady
Neither the wit of the dialogue nor the excellence of the performances can overcome the emptiness of the story or its lack of imagination 
2
The Stepford Wives
Megan Lehmann
Its tonal schizophrenia gets the best of it the material careens wildly between sly comedy and creeping suspense with some ill advised detours into Borscht belt humor 
2
The Stepford Wives
Jack Mathews
Rudnick has written some of the year s sharpest comic dialogue for this threesome Kidman Bette Midler and Roger Bart 
3
The Stepford Wives
Evan Henerson
Brisk occasionally snarky and genuinely fun 
3
The Stepford Wives
Robert W. Butler
Rudnick utterly fails to find an emotional center for the film 
2
The Stepford Wives
Jeff Vice
Rudnick s screenplay is filled with smart dialogue and funny pop culture references including some well observed parodies of reality TV programming 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Lisa Kennedy
Often feels off forced even 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Roger Ebert
Rudnick and director Frank Oz don t do anything radical with the original premise but they choose comedy over horror and it s a wise decision 
3
The Stepford Wives
Wesley Morris
Rudnick specializes in hurling poison darts Here he throws armloads of them and a surprising number hit the board 
3
The Stepford Wives
James Sanford
Not unlike a Hummer the flashy Stepford squanders plenty of precious natural resources while chugging down the road to nowhere 
2
The Stepford Wives
Austin O'Connor
Let s just do everyone involved with The Stepford Wives a favor and wipe it from the slate 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Liam Lacey
It is essentially a Stepford movie A pretty clone with its brains removed lurching about robotically and reciting predictable inanities 
1
The Stepford Wives
Emily Blunt
Stepford Wives is a superb souffl of smiles and a succulent serving of summer style suburban spoof Read on 
3
The Stepford Wives
Duane Dudek
It has been steam rolled onto the screen by director Frank Oz camped up by playwright screenwriter Paul Rudnick and sent into the world with little concern for continuity or narrative 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Kit Bowen
The Stepford Wives may not be as perfect as Stepford s manufactured denizens but supported by a fabulous cast it produces some genuine belly laughs just the same 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Mike Clark
You feel some of the strain in this immaculately shot designed and costumed farce but it s fast and the cast is lively 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
David Sterritt
The remake transforms Levin s cautionary tale into a confused confection that s too busy snickering over suburban foibles to provoke any thoughts about gender politics or even about entertaining skirmishes between the sexes 
1
The Stepford Wives
Rene Rodriguez
A sporadically amusing occasionally funny but ultimately bland and pointless time killer 
2
The Stepford Wives
Lawrence Toppman
A Frankenstein s monster of a movie clumsy patched together from parts that don t align properly desperate to be loved destined to be chased by mobs with pitchforks those will be the critics until it stumbles into its grave 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Glenn Lovell
The Stepford Wives has been Stepfordized into a big budget star heavy commodity complete with computer effects and not so subliminal product placements 
2
The Stepford Wives
Chris Hewitt
After a promising beginning and wayward middle Stepford pulls itself together for a snappy finale 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Phoebe Flowers
As a clone of a movie about clones The Stepford Wives leaves out too much of the sinister nature of the original and doesn t add quite enough new humor to be wholly satisfying 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Peter Travers
The sting is gone 
2
The Stepford Wives
Carrie Rickey
At its best this is a CQ as in chuckle quietly comedy rather than an LOL as in laugh out loud affair 
2
The Stepford Wives
John Anderson
All the efforts of director Frank Oz and writer Paul Rudnick to make the story funny feel slightly desperate and very strained 
2
The Stepford Wives
Willie Waffle
This film is like me asking a woman out on date It s trying very hard and seems to be on the verge of success but it ends in disaster no matter how earnest the approach 
2
The Stepford Wives
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Stepford Wives fails to find a comfortable tone The humor is never black enough the plot never important enough 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Michael Wilmington
Trying to be more antic and cuttingly funny it misses the premise s shivery tension 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Josh Larsen
In this Stepford the threat isn t so much tradition minded men but corporate mother hens such as Martha Stewart the ones who want to bake their cakes and eat them too 
2
The Stepford Wives
Sean McBride
a muddled movie that half heartedly tries to land somewhere in between horror and comedy 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Tony Toscano
wily and engaging 
3
The Stepford Wives
Rob Blackwelder
Writer Paul Rudnick plies the picture with witty wisecracks but happily shrugs off opportunities to explore the profuse potential for truly wry wit and social commentary 
2
The Stepford Wives
Dustin Putman
A welcome new spin a brash style and more big laughs than expected on an old tale that still holds quite a bit of relevance 
2.5
The Stepford Wives
Walter Chaw
A Stepford Wife itself scrubbed clean of controversy stupid and servile and only ugly for the details and rationale behind its creation and the fact of its existence 
1
The Stepford Wives
Jeanne Aufmuth
Falls as flat as a Stepford souffl 
1
The Stepford Wives
Steven Snyder
What a gutless and apologetic film this is Hollywood has never met a good idea that it couldn t eviscerate 
1.5
The Stepford Wives
Nick Schager
Substituting horror for hilarity this satiric jumble of half baked social commentary and hit or miss jokes is an exercise in meta self consciousness 
1.5
So Much Love to Give
Roger Moore
The middle acts discovering the infidelity work better than the self rationalizing and logistics packed opening or the tepid revenge of the finale 
1.5
The Song of Sway Lake
Matt Brunson
Between its music and its mood there should be enough here to sway audiences into giving it the benefit of the doubt 
2.5
The Song of Sway Lake
James Berardinelli
The problem is that there s not much of a story to be enfolded by this atmosphere or at least nothing that s compelling 
2.5
The Song of Sway Lake
Glenn Kenny
The attractiveness of the scenery and a quiet dignified performance by Ms Peña in what could now be her last movie appearance wind up being the main redeeming values here 
2
The Song of Sway Lake
Mark Dujsik
I t s a compelling way to tell a story but in keeping us at a certain distance from its characters the movie never connects on an emotional level 
2.5
The Song of Sway Lake
Christian Toto
Patient but not slow luminous but rarely confusing this is an indie gem well worth your time 
3
The Song of Sway Lake
Walter V. Addiego
Filmmaker Gold might have been better off keeping a tight focus on the sparring interchanges between Ollie and his grandmother for what they tell us about past and present 
2
The Song of Sway Lake
Roger Moore
Poetic nostalgic summer romance that s all about nostalgia itself its rewards and its traps 
3
The Song of Sway Lake
David N. Butterworth
Sway Lake mostly works as a bittersweet love song to the complexities of family and the seductive allure of an idealized past 
2.5
The Song of Sway Lake
Derek Smith
Despite Ari Gold s knack for visual flourishes that capture a sense of place seemingly outside of time The Song of Sway Lake plays like several disparate melodies overlapping one another 
2
The Girl in the Sneakers
Rick Groen
There s much to recommend this movie but not enough to propel it into the lofty orbit we ve come to expect from Iran s cadre of talented directors 
2.5
The Girl in the Sneakers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie succeeds thanks to Ahangarani s suberb performance 
3
Love Is the Drug
Ted Fry
It s almost impossible to identify with any of these kids even Jonah whose motives seem so worthless and whose behavior turns so unpleasantly erratic 
2
The Zone
Ed Gonzalez
If the insult of La Zona is not as significant as Paul Haggis s Crash that s because director Rodrigo Pl doesn t trivialize a society s racial dynamics only its class relations 
2
The Zone
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slow moving drama 46 46 46 
1.5
The Sword of Doom
David Nusair
there s no real flow or sense of pacing at work here 
2
The Sword of Doom
Nick Schager
A film defined by its meticulously precise construction 
3.5
Marriage Story
Brian Eggert
Marriage Story has much more on its mind than other films about divorce which elevates it beyond the limits of its well treaded subject matter and into a realm of extraordinary filmmaking 
4
Marriage Story
Tom Meek
Something of a first world dilemma on paper but wholly relatable in execution 
3
Marriage Story
David N. Butterworth
Writer director Baumbach coaxes the very best out of his players This is why I love Scarlett and Adam 
4
Marriage Story
Jason Fraley
Don t be fooled by the title Marriage Story should be called Divorce Story That would better prepare you for the highly realistic yet emotionally draining experience of Noah Baumbach s latest film 
3.5
Marriage Story
David Keyes
Here are two likable actors swimming upstream in a current that wants to drown them in detestable melodrama and for nearly every scene they occupy shared space we find ourselves praying for psychological intervention 
2
Marriage Story
Wesley Lovell
This haunting portrait of a marriage falling apart has a realistic yet pensive approach 
4
Marriage Story
James Kendrick
Baumbach approximates it well but never quite achieves Bergman s mastery of interior drama 
3
Marriage Story
Federico Furzan
An endearing and extremely dramatic love gone awry story that feels very relevant to today s disconnected society Full review in Spanish 
4
Marriage Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Marriage Story is a definite step up for this filmmaker 
3.5
Marriage Story
Matt Brunson
Marriage Story is a magnificent movie perhaps the best of its kind since Ingmar Bergman shot his Scenes from a Marriage back in 1974 
4
Marriage Story
Alan French
Marriage Story has earned its reputation as a complicated look at divorce Johansson earns the standout status and Driver should continue to build on his strong body of work
3
Marriage Story
Mike Scott
Built around award worthy performances from Adam Driver Scarlett Johansson and a crackerjack supporting cast it s among Baumbach s most enjoyable films to date 
4
Marriage Story
Sarah Knight Adamson
With the sharp heartfelt realistic script the stellar performances by Adam Driver and Scarlet Johannsson and Laura Dern all will no doubt be nominated for an Academy Award 
4
Marriage Story
Roger Moore
It s good but it s no Scenes from a Marriage or Husbands and Wives or hell Company for that matter It s just Netflixable 
2.5
Marriage Story
Mattie Lucas
A remarkable feat of raw nerve acting intuitive writing sharp direction and a deeply empathetic sense of humanity 
3.5
Marriage Story
Brandy McDonnell
Baumbach deserves kudos for highlighting the adversarial nature of divorce court but his odd storytelling decisions too often undercut the human dynamics he s trying to explore 
2.5
Marriage Story
Asher Luberto
the film also benefits from two of the best performances this decade from its leads as well as a minimalist style that makes it seem as if the events were unfolding in real time The result is timeless 
4
Marriage Story
James Berardinelli
At its best this movie is searing It pinpoints many of the little talked about aspects of divorce that seem the least significant but hurt the most 
3
Marriage Story
Michael Smith
For all of its focus on the process of divorce Marriage Story is really an expression of love 
3.5
Marriage Story
David Nusair
it s certainly not a stretch to label the picture a high water mark within Baumbach s erratic body of work 
3.5
Marriage Story
Robert Horton
At times harrowing but often blazingly funny 
3
Marriage Story
Joe Friar
Devastating to watch as Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver tear each other down as Baumbach revisits divorce a second time Unforgettable performances 
4
Marriage Story
Moira MacDonald
Johansson and Driver are remarkably heartbreakingly good in every scene showing their characters journeys to an unflinching camera letting the gap between them get wider yet unable for their son s sake to completely walk away 
4
Marriage Story
Sean P. Means
Baumbach s most assured emotionally mature and heartbreaking work to date a tender yet lacerating drama of divorce and its aftermath 
3.5
Marriage Story
Marissa De La Cerda
By the end you re rooting for both Charlie and Nicole hoping they find their own happiness despite all the bad things and the pain they caused one another 
3.5
Marriage Story
Jeff Mitchell
Noah Baumbach s film vows to leave a mark 
3.5
Marriage Story
Peter Howell
It s not quite as bleak as a Bergman film although the late Swedish auteur is clearly an influence on Baumbach as well as on Robbie Ryan s austere cinematography But it leaves similar scorch marks upon the mind and heart 
3.5
Marriage Story
Ty Burr
You may find yourself crying for them occasionally I did 
4
Marriage Story
Josh Larsen
has an ugly honesty you ll rarely find outside of the films of John Cassavetes 
3
Marriage Story
Jeff York
Ultimately Baumbach doesn t fix the blame of the marriage failure here but rather he showcases the characters fixing their lives as they re forced to adapt to it 
4
Marriage Story
Richard Roeper
I m not buying every chapter of this Marriage Story but there s enough material here to warrant a look 
3
Marriage Story
Anita Katz
This is a moving and mesmerizing movie 
3.5
Marriage Story
Lisa Trifone
In his choice to take us through the storm Baumbach both acknowledges the mess of it all and reminds us that we re strong enough to survive it 
3
Marriage Story
Mark Dujsik
Marriage Story wants us to see these people as they are and this process for what it can do and it hurts 
3.5
Marriage Story
G. Allen Johnson
Noah Baumbach is the writer director and to watch such an incisive deep feeling script be given life by actors at the top of their game is to rediscover movies as a powerful medium of personal expression 
4
Marriage Story
Ann Hornaday
Maybe there s nothing terribly new in Marriage Story But it manages to make you forget that very fact in surprising affecting singular and revelatory ways 
3.5
Marriage Story
Michael Phillips
The performances at the heart and center of it though fill it up to the brim The results are full and lived in Johansson and Driver knew what they had to do with this elemental material and its wild mood swings 
4
Marriage Story
Rex Reed
The divorce part fades in and out of focus while the marriage part unravels in flashbacks Sometimes they drag on so long you can t tell the difference Still it s intelligent enough to like it a lot in retrospect 
3
Marriage Story
Matthew Passantino
It might seem like an unpleasant sit but Baumbach s sensitive and intricate touches make Marriage Story a leading contender for the best movie of the year 
4
Marriage Story
Rania Richardson
Noah Baumbach digs deep to explore the facets of modern uncoupling in MARRIAGE STORY 
4
Marriage Story
Lindsey Bahr
Marriage Story is such a perfect blend of writing unflashy direction spot on performances and score by Randy Newman that you hardly even notice all the individual ingredients making up the whole Its triumph is that it just feels like life 
4
Marriage Story
Sara Stewart
Don t let its sweet title fool you Director Noah Baumbach s latest may just be the best war movie of the year 
3
Marriage Story
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By the end though we have been through the wringer we are better for the catharsis Such is the role of art in our lives and great art like this offers true enlightenment 
4
Marriage Story
Joey Magidson
Marriage Story is devastating Baumbach brilliantly and perceptively digs in to what brings a couple together as well as what breaks them apart Driver and Johansson stun 
3.5
Marriage Story
Brian Truitt
Like the Saving Private Ryan of divorce dramedies 
4
Marriage Story
Bob Bloom
Marriage Story is a melancholy movie that details the trauma of divorce but it also offers a ray of hope Life goes on Baumbach is saying as festering wounds eventually heal and a new normalcy develops 
3.5
Marriage Story
Rene Sanchez
Driver and Johansson offer career best performances in Baumbach s intimate and touching divorce story Prepare to have your heart shattered into million pieces Full Review in Spanish 
4
Marriage Story
Dwight Brown
In 136 engaging minutes Noah Baumbach relives every tortured moment and slight in the couple s less than idyllic marriage 
4
Marriage Story
Jake Cole
Throughout the subtle glimpses of a couple s lingering affection for one another complicate the bitterness of their separation 
3
Marriage Story
Brian Tallerico
Charlie and Nicole are as fully realized as two people in a domestic drama have been in years 
4
Marriage Story
Barry Hertz
This is hilarious heartbreaking cinema a work that will make you burst out laughing one moment and leave you tearing your hair out the next 
4
Marriage Story
Clayton Davis
Baumbach extracts the very best from his stellar ensemble in particular stars Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as the two spars in a significant demonstration of acting and commitment leaving both as winners 
3.5
Marriage Story
Walter Chaw
Marriage Story respects not only its cast enough to give them room to fully inhabit a person and that person s space but also its audience enough to resist easy manipulations and the instinct to want to switch sides 
4
Michael Clayton
Mattie Lucas
A deliberately paced endlessly riveting highly suspenseful work that captivates and thrills with an assured hand 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Scott Nash
If I had to sum this movie up with one word it would be tense 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Michael A. Smith
The cast is outstanding with Clooney giving the strongest performance of his career which says a lot since he already has an Oscar
3.5
Michael Clayton
Peter Canavese
A straight ahead suspense melodrama complete with villain and a climax with satisfyingly clean lines But Gilroy constantly elevates the material with surprise gifts Blu Ray review 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Jeffrey Westhoff
Gilroy s goal is to create a smart literate thriller and while Michael Clayton is smart and literate it isn t thrilling 
2.5
Michael Clayton
Gina Carbone
This is a crackerjack story with sharp writing genuine twists perfect whip smart acting and a subplot for Clooney s character that actually works instead of just feeling like padding 
3
Michael Clayton
Michael Dequina
The perfectly cast Clooney gives the term star vehicle a good name 
3
Michael Clayton
Greg Maki
The movie requires patience from the audience In return it doesn t cop out with a cheap twist or turn at the end 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Nick Rogers
George Clooney wastes nothing in his best performance and the film is as breathtakingly efficient Specifics and surprises unfold with methodical care and attentive adult audiences can savor one of the smartest classiest legal thrillers ever made 
4
Michael Clayton
Linda Cook
This isn t a thrill a minute But Michael Clayton is indeed an entertaining thriller although it s a slow paced one that s told mostly in flashback 
3
Michael Clayton
Mike McGranaghan
I ve seen a lot of legal dramas over the years this is one of the best if not the best of them 
4
Michael Clayton
Kam Williams
Erin Brockovich 2000 meets A Civil Action 1998 but featuring a flawed hero with blood on his hands and an ace up his sleeve 
4
Michael Clayton
Vince Koehler
Audiences beware you will be drawn in by Clayton and will be wondering days later why films are not all this good 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Lisa Kennedy
Confident in the story s power and the moviegoers intelligence Gilroy uses only one explosion to own our rapt attention 
3
Michael Clayton
Kit Bowen
Filled with wonderfully conflicted characters Michael Clayton is a masterful legal thriller that never misses a beat A true diamond in the rough 
4
Michael Clayton
Janos Gereben
Shot and edited well featuring a large talented cast Michael Clayton should provide entertainment
2.5
Michael Clayton
John Beifuss
The film is stealthy like its characters it creeps up on you 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Eric Melin
Gilroy has crafted a smart thriller that revolves around a corporate cover up but doesn t burrow into hair splitting details and stays away from cliché 
3
Michael Clayton
Sean P. Means
Gilroy ratchets the tension so imperceptibly that you don t notice how taut the action is That is until you notice your fingernails are embedded in the armrest 
4
Michael Clayton
Brandon Fibbs
A deliberate and measured look at what happens when you wake up one day and realize you can no longer recognize the man staring back at you from the bathroom mirror 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Daniel M. Kimmel
a top notch film that entertains thrills and if you ll let it makes you think 
4
Michael Clayton
Steve Rhodes
Some of the strongest performances this year including a rarely better George Clooney in a performance likely to be remembered at Oscar time 
3
Michael Clayton
Duane Dudek
Clooney s lined unshaven world weary face graying hair dark circles under his eyes and wary gravitas all deepen the cautionary tone of a film that would be considerably less engaging without him 
3
Michael Clayton
Jeff Vice
Despite all the film s plentiful talk it never feels overplotted or convoluted or really all that talky In fact it s a rather taut well plotted and directed feature 
3
Michael Clayton
Phil Villarreal
With Clooney in the driver s seat the film tumbles forward in a snapping elastic band of tension and shuddering revelations The movie starts off grippingly and only grows more intense and thrilling 
4
Michael Clayton
Lori Hoffman
Michael Clayton is an intelligent thriller that takes time to explore little crevices of character along the way 
3
Michael Clayton
Matt Brunson
There are no real surprises in Michael Clayton just the awareness of a job well done 
3
Michael Clayton
Sean McBride
a mystery thriller that is truly delightful to savor 
3
Michael Clayton
Willie Waffle
made my jaw drop as I realized I was in for something special
4
Michael Clayton
Jeanne Aufmuth
A resonant throwback with deep roots to the political thrillers of the 1970s slick smart and saturated in dramatic paranoia 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Dustin Putman
Once the narrative edges toward meeting up with where it began Michael Clayton becomes riveting stuff all the way until the gratifyingly acidic ending 
2.5
Michael Clayton
Maitland McDonagh
And while Gilroy deploys the occasional exploding car the film s climax is all words angry carefully sharpened words with the stopping power of large caliber bullets 
2.5
Michael Clayton
Geoff Pevere
While the plot is complex in the telling it unfolds onscreen with propulsive fascination 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Moira MacDonald
This is Gilroy s first film as director I can t wait to see what he s got next 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Mick LaSalle
The ultimate showcase for the defining male lead of our time 
3
Michael Clayton
Stephen Whitty
It s about issues of personal responsibility and moral duty 
3
Michael Clayton
Lou Lumenick
There are more than ample rewards for discerning adults Some of the best dialogue in a recent movie and a gallery of unforgettable performances 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Jack Mathews
Every performance in this film is spot on 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Rene Rodriguez
The movie s plot may be familiar but its hero is a unique and memorable creation 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Glenn Whipp
contains several great scenes that will stick in your mind long after the credits roll 
3
Michael Clayton
Ty Burr
Clooney for his part allows his movie star looks to go flabby and soft all things being relative of course and he buries the performance way down in his gut 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Pam Grady
Michael Clayton is a riveting suspenseful rip roaring entertainment 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is terrific and for fans hungry for an intelligently constructed pot boiler reminiscent of The Parallax View and All the President s Men this one should ease their starvation perfectly 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Roger Ebert
It is just about perfect as an exercise in the genre I ve seen it twice and the second time knowing everything that would happen I found it just as fascinating because of how well it was all shown happening 
4
Michael Clayton
Josh Larsen
George Clooney does something unusual in Michael Clayton He looks uncomfortable 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Liam Lacey
Instead of the typical John Grisham style connect the dots legal thriller we get a film that s idiosyncratic with a time shifting structure a surfeit of subplots and characters 
3
Michael Clayton
Erik Childress
Despite an exceptional performance by Clooney Michael Clayton is like watching a drawn out third act that left the really compelling stuff back in the first two 
2.5
Michael Clayton
Carrie Rickey
The filmmaker best known as the scribe of the Bourne trilogy wears both director and writer hats here and the results are electrifying 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s such a skilled job of directing and writing that the pages and pages of technical talk and lists of names and numbers all sound like actual dialogue 
3
Michael Clayton
Michael Phillips
It s one of the most satisfying films of the year recalling a classy breed of studio film more common in the 1970s and the early 80s 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Jan Stuart
It s invigorating and impressive on a formal level but ultimately wearying 
2.5
Michael Clayton
Joe Lozito
Solid complex character study from the team that s single handedly championing the genre This one finds the ever improving George Clooney as a legal fixer 
3
Michael Clayton
Ross Anthony
While in the theatre seat I had a great time didn t want the film to end But when it did end the aftertaste wasn t as sweet 
3
Michael Clayton
Peter Travers
Deliberate demanding and character driven Michael Clayton flies in the face of what sells at the multiplex 
3.5
Michael Clayton
Nick Schager
There s sincerity in Gilroy s belief in man s aptitude for recognizing the error of his ways as well as in his acknowledgement that realignments of one s moral compass often require great application 
2.5
Michael Clayton
James Berardinelli
Michael Clayton builds to a fitting conclusion and doesn t need surprise twists or cheap theatrics to get to that point 
3
Michael Clayton
Kyle Smith
So the crazy people are the truly sane ones Does this sound more like a complex 70s thriller or a dizzy 60s dream 
2
Michael Clayton
David Nusair
a very effective first effort from a promising new filmmaker 
3.5
The New Guy
Chris Kaltenbach
Maybe the only thing revelatory about The New Guy is how redemptive a good heart can be to even the most derivative film Be prepared to smile 
2.5
The New Guy
Greg Maki
No words can describe how truly awful this movie is 
0.5
The New Guy
David Nusair
The New Guy s no worse than other teen recent teen aimed flicks like Slackers but that s not exactly a compliment 
1.5
The New Guy
Tyler Hanley
Too little Griffin and too much toilet humor equals too bad for The New Guy 
1.5
The New Guy
Ian Mantgani
Tries too hard to be funny in a way that s too loud too goofy and too short of an attention span 
1
The New Guy
Walter Chaw
What begins as a potentially subversive take on the inner city school problem becomes the unlikely film that would be better with more Eddie Griffin 
1
The New Guy
Michael Wilmington
This is a truly awful movie made from one of the worst scripts in memory The New Guy has been on the shelf for more than a year and it s clear the reason for the long wait wasn t perfectionism More likely it was embarrassment 
1
The New Guy
Michael Dequina
One sits there wondering if all the fizzled and obvious gross out and slapstick gags are supposed to be funny 
0
The New Guy
Renee Graham
So wrongheaded that this one couldn t even have looked good on paper 
1
The New Guy
Mike McGranaghan
Two really hysterical moments in a movie that is otherwise embarrassingly unfunny 
1.5
The New Guy
Phil Villarreal
Shouldn t have been allowed to use the word new in its title because there s not an original character siuation or joke in the entire movie 
2
The New Guy
Gary Brown
I feel sorry for all of the people who will get suckered into sitting through this rancid mess this week 
1
The New Guy
Kevin A. Ranson
the same tired old gags modernized for the extreme sports generation There s already been too many of these films 
2
The New Guy
Donna Domino
OK maybe I m a snob who s seen too many foreign films but Dude this flick is like so totally lame o 
1
The New Guy
Dustin Putman
The type of dumbed down exercise in stereotypes that gives the teen comedy genre a bad name 
1.5
The New Guy
Maitland McDonagh
Lame derivative comedy 
1
The New Guy
Todd Anthony
How many times must we watch the same stale story about the high school loser who undergoes a miraculous transformation into Joe Cool 
2
The New Guy
Eli Sanders
The film s thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes drag the movie down 
2
The New Guy
Carla Meyer
Lame haphazard teen comedy 
1
The New Guy
Gene Seymour
An unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years 
1.5
The New Guy
Jeff Vice
More of the same old garbage Hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now 
1
The New Guy
Glenn Whipp
A Meatballs for the bare midriff generation 
2
The New Guy
Michael Phillips
The only way to tolerate this insipid brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers 
1
The New Guy
Sean P. Means
You know after only 10 minutes that this atrociously unfunny high school comedy is a dud 
0
The New Guy
Rick Groen
An occasional one liner rises to the level of near wit Most everything else ranges from routine to heavy handed 
2.5
The New Guy
Jonathan Foreman
Uneven with long sections that are completely unfunny 
2
The New Guy
Roger Ebert
It makes little sense fails as often as it succeeds and yet is not hateful and is sometimes quite cheerfully original 
2
The New Guy
Dan Lybarger
For a movie that extols breaking from the pack The New Guy stays well within the herd 
1.5
The New Guy
Tor Thorsen
Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable Something like scrubbing the toilet Or emptying rat traps Or doing last year s taxes with your ex wife 
.5
The New Guy
Sue Pierman
Everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones 
1.5
The New Guy
Tony Toscano
It made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen 
0
The New Guy
Chris Hewitt
Badly written and amateurishly put together 
1
The New Guy
Steven Rea
Every so often a movie comes along that confirms one s worse fears about civilization as we know it The New Guy is one of them 
0.5
The New Guy
Terry Lawson
In The New Guy even the bull gets recycled 
2
The New Guy
Charles Savage
This is nothing but familiar territory 
1
The New Guy
Rob Blackwelder
As soon as we ve seen Qualls entire comical cool jerk repertoire the movie plum runs out of ideas and putters along on fumes until the closing credits 
2
The New Guy
Steve Rhodes
Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful 
1
Rafiki
Joe Friar
Writer director Wanuri Kahiu s coming of age drama represents a milestone for African filmmakers as the vibrant love story celebrates LGBTQ themes with a sense of celebration and fun despite the conservative views of her native country 
3.5
Rafiki
Tom Meek
For Westerners her portrait affords a look inside a culture and a country we re not normally exposed to To all it s a potent reminder that such practices of open oppression still exist 
3
Rafiki
Ann Hornaday
For its formal simplicity and directness Rafiki is a small revelation not least because it marks the breakthrough of a filmmaker of such exhilarating cheerfully courageous vision 
3
Rafiki
Odie Henderson
A lyrical ode to finding a kindred spirit amidst an uncaring majority 
3
Rafiki
Peter Howell
Rafiki hardly breaks new narrative ground but Kahiu s fluid direction and wholly empathetic performances by Mugatsia and Munyiva make the movie special 
3
Rafiki
Pat Brown
The film s slotting of two African women into a familiar romantic structure represents a radical and important upending of contemporary Kenyan sexual mores 
2.5
Rafiki
Erik Anderson
Kahiu in just her second feature imbues the material with such richness of color and mood music and location that the minor contrivances never outweigh the breakthrough of the film s very existence 
3
The Mimic
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An uneven but meritorious horror film that begins from a classic premise the family as the origin and or victim of evil Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
1.5
Copycat
David Keyes
The movie creates an atmosphere that is tense and rousing without descending into caustic nihilism 
3
Copycat
Peter Canavese
Gives Weaver equal billing with everyone s favorite Southern spitfire Holly Hunter Teaming up these heavyweights is the genius notion of Copycat a solid serial killer thriller elevated by phenomenal acting Blu ray 
3
Copycat
David Nusair
A striking consistently engaging thriller 
3.5
Copycat
Michael Dequina
Boasts fine performances by Hunter and Weaver but it s the inept work of the villains that keeps it from really coming alive 
2.5
Copycat
James Kendrick
The main problem with Copycat is that the film itself is a copycat and it never manages to transcend what it lifts from other films 
2
Copycat
Rob Blackwelder
For a decent adrenaline rush without the churning stomach this is the right kind of murder movie 
3
Copycat
Mike Clark
Copycat despite two tough babe leads to kill for flies in more directions than scattered kitty litter 
2
Copycat
Roger Ebert
Copycat doesn t have the dark tones of Seven or that movie s distinctive look But in its own way it is as effective It creates original characters and makes them more important than the plot We care and that s the key 
3.5
The Fall
Mattie Lucas
The Fall is Tarsem s imagination unleashed brilliantly original and gloriously imperfect and the world is a better place for it 
3.5
The Fall
Brandy McDonnell
Singh s film is sometimes confusing and fractured but strong performances unusual visuals and the story s resonance make The Fall worth taking 
3.5
The Fall
Walter Chaw
I wonder if it s unforgivable heresy to say The Cell is badly underestimated and due for revisionism while The Fall despite its relative obscurity is badly overestimated 
1.5
The Fall
Nick Rogers
Something like a Sir David Lean epic crossed with trippy offshoots of tall tales of Zorro Ali Baba and Pecos Bill rolled into one The Fall is a sun kissed companion to Guillermo del Toro s Pan s Labyrinth A brilliant follow up from Tarsem Singh 
4
The Fall
James O'Ehley
An elaborate and heavily symbolic feature length fantasy sequence 
3
The Fall
John Beifuss
May not do much for its director s resume but it certainly must have filled out his passport 
1.5
The Fall
Daniel M. Kimmel
a one of a kind movie about the power of storytelling 
2.5
The Fall
Eric Melin
As fantastic as the story sequences in The Fall are we are grounded by the fact that characters we believe in have created them and they have happened right there in front of our eyes 
3.5
The Fall
Austin Kennedy
After four years of shooting and two years of sitting on the shelf THE FALL is finally released And it s worth the wait 
3
The Fall
Rob Thomas
One of the most distinctive looking films ever to play in a theater a dark fantasy overflowing with mesmerizingly weird images at every turn 
3.5
The Fall
Chris Hewitt
It looks spectacular but a book of The Fall photographs would be just as compelling as the movie 
2.5
The Fall
John Hartl
Pace and Untaru generate an unforced chemistry that makes them pleasant company for a couple of hours but they almost work against the movie s need to establish narrative tension They appear to be having such a good time that Roy s self destructive impu
2.5
The Fall
Peter Hartlaub
An achingly beautiful movie and a triumph of location scouting with more cosmopolitan spectacle than the past three Indiana Jones and James Bond movies combined 
3
The Fall
James Berardinelli
Sometimes looking good isn t enough 
2
The Fall
Kathie Smith
The Fall is a technically dazzling film that instantly gratifies the eye but falls short of appeasing the head or the heart with its visual excesses 
2.5
The Fall
Duane Dudek
Singh s aesthetic is like a pungent flavor or a fragrance that lingers in the film s Escher like folds overwhelming logical narrative and emotional clarity 
2.5
The Fall
Rene Rodriguez
This is a stunning coffee table book but it s not really a movie 
2
The Fall
Amy Biancolli
A bewitching movie rich in ideas and humanity and it reminds us that fiction is real to the one who imagines it Adults might read with detachment but kids know the truth It matters who lives and who dies in a story It matters for them and for us 
3.5
The Fall
Lawrence Toppman
Gorgeous inert and dull 
2
The Fall
Roger Ebert
Tarsem s The Fall is a mad folly an extravagant visual orgy a free fall from reality into uncharted realms Surely it is one of the wildest indulgences a director has ever granted himself 
4
The Fall
Jeanne Aufmuth
There s a decent little movie lurking somewhere deep inside this visual panoply that positively chokes on its own symbolism 
2
The Fall
Steven Rea
Dazzling and delirious The Fall is a celebration of cinema of old fashioned storytelling and globe hopping spectacle 
3.5
The Fall
Jeff Vice
A rather messy mix of fantasy goofy humor and visually arresting sometimes distracting costume and set designs 
2
The Fall
Michael Phillips
Some filmmakers can imagine everything and select nothing and while it s clear as a bell Tarsem has more talent than almost any 10 directors put together in The Fall he s basically showing off with every new wondrous image 
2
The Fall
Sara Michelle Fetters
One watches the movie greedily wanting more eager to see what the director has up his sleeve next anxious to experience each of the plot s subtly exciting nuances 
3.5
The Fall
Josh Larsen
deserves three and a half stars for its dazzling opening sequence alone 
3.5
The Fall
Matt Brunson
Tarsem filmed his epic adventure in well over a dozen countries generating plenty of Frequent Flyer Miles for himself but offering nothing to audiences hoping for more than just visual extravagance 
1.5
The Fall
Claudia Puig
The Fall is aptly named not only because it pertains to a tragic descent but because viewers will feel as if they have plunged headlong into an alternate universe with this dazzling adult fairy tale 
3
The Fall
Maitland McDonagh
Tarsem Singh s visual sense is stunning but he s also attuned to the darker corners of children s imaginations 
3
The Fall
Lou Lumenick
This is a feast for the eyes and a famine for the brain 
2
The Fall
Brandon Fibbs
The Fall is wholly beguiling an utterly transportive piece of filmmaking as dazzling in its visual audacity as it is in its spartan simplicity 
3.5
The Fall
Ed Gonzalez
Shunning logic and compassion The Fall is a bedtime story impeccably designed to flatter its own maker 
1.5
The Fall
David Nusair
plagued by unreasonably amateurish performances and lackluster scripting 
1.5
Uncut
Peter Debruge
Explicit Yes Exciting Not so much 
1
Uncut
V.A. Musetto
Holds the Guinness record for the longest filmed shot of a penis If such a distinction turns you off stop reading now But if you re up for some oddball filmmaking continue 
2
Citizen Dog
David Nusair
unabashed fantasy 
2.5
Comala
Rene Sanchez
Comala is a fascinating emotive and very intimate documentary that explores the ghosts secrets and generational patterns of a Mexican family Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Comala
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This sort of cinematic exorcism was made not to take revenge on that father whom he hardly ever met or dealt with but as a necessary personal affirmation of who he is and where he came from 
2
Amy Schumer Growing
Verne Gay
Mostly solid material that yokes the old Schumer with the new 
2.5
Mon Oncle Antoine
Roger Ebert
That Mon Oncle Antoine is such a fine film only underlines the tragedy of the director s later life What he left behind is a film to treasure 
4
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
David Nusair
the latest in a long line of underwhelming Adam Sandler comedies 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Michael Phillips
The ideas and some of the individual bits in Zohan work but the crudeness of the execution undermines the results 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Amy Biancolli
Zohan is both exponentially stranger than Larry and about twice as amusing 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Lori Hoffman
You Don t Mess with the Zohan has bumped Click from the top of Sandler s list as his worst movie ever 
0
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Michael Drakulich
Why does Adam Sandler continue to make these comedies that aren t funny Because your neighbor s 13 year old kid keeps going to see them 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Sean P. Means
The script has a couple of actually funny gags but hack director Dennis Dugan messes up the delivery in service to Sandler s titanic ego 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Kyle Smith
If Munich is the disease the Zohan is the cure Some hard little grains of truth make this Sandler s funniest movie since The Waterboy 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Frank Ochieng
Director Duggan serves up a scattershot satire that is about as funny as a Palestinian landmine at an Israeli kiddie birthday party Broad offensive and thinly veiled 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Matt Brunson
When it s funny it s very very funny but when it s bad it s downright awful 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Larry Ratliff
Sandler can still do it when it comes to silly 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Sean McBride
despite all of the film s problems there are still plenty of very funny moments and Zohan is one of Sandler s more enjoyable characters 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Linda Cook
When I think of movies that have a locker room mentality I think of movies like this one another sleazy dirty minded offering from Adam Sandler 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Mike McGranaghan
You Don t Mess With the Zohan tries to mix high brow satire with low brow gross out humor The combination kills the story s pacing 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Austin Kennedy
The movie has surprisingly little energy Sandler seems to think all he needs to do is talk in a phony middle eastern accent to generate laughs but what he s saying should also be funny too right 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Gary Brown
nearly two hours of mind numbing junk 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Kam Williams
Adam Sandler takes on terrorism as Israeli agent turned hair stylist in raunchy shock comedy 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Gina Carbone
So I smelled it smelled it smelled it and took it and you know I thought it was pretty good 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Moira MacDonald
This is one of those movie ideas that leaves you wondering what other ideas exactly were rejected in favor of this one on the grounds of being too lame 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Willie Waffle
A 2 hour opus of sex sex sex sex sex and more sex Even drunken frat boys will be screaming Enough already we get it 
0
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Claudia Puig
If one note jokes that drag on too long or are worked into the ground aren t enough to trigger comic nausea then perhaps the myriad uses of hummus will do the trick in You Don t Mess With the Zohan 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Ken Fox
Zoolander and the Austin Powers films are essentially one joke comedies but the basic joke is funny Within the first minute even before Sandler catches a fish in his ass crack it s clear that Zohan s only joke isn t 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Philip Marchand
There s a lot to be said for consumerism as a salve for historic wounds Of course there s also a drawback to our free market ways we get shoes made in China and movies like You Don t Mess with the Zohan 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Chris Hewitt
The movie may not win Sandler many new fans but it s a baby step toward making comedies with a bit more substance than say The Waterboy 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Mick LaSalle
What might have been an ambitious effort becomes another lousy Sandler movie endless and tiresome with a handful of funny moments 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
James Berardinelli
The result is another flabby comedy that gets its biggest laughs from thinly covered penises and bare buttocks 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Stephen Whitty
The direction by Dennis Dugan is flabby and dull like most of the hacks for hire who end up bringing a Sandler opus to the screen and whose chief qualification seems to be the ability to shout Great Adam Great 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Lou Lumenick
How much you like this will depend upon your appreciation for repeated jokes about hummus gays Zohan s crotch and his fondness for older women 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Christian Toto
You Don t Mess with the Zohan is the best Adam Sandler comedy in ages but for only the film s first 20 minutes 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Rene Rodriguez
Essentially You Don t Mess With the Zohan isn t all that different in tone and sensibility from Sandler s previous films but he s really trying in this one and the effort pays off 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Rob Lowman
Zohan skirts any real issues but maybe crass and messy is more reflective of the times and situation 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Jason Heck
It s at its best when Adam Sandler is catching fish with his buttocks just like most of his movies 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Lisa Kennedy
Evidently there s something even harder to pull off than Middle Eastern peace a steady run of jokes that deserve our laughter if You Don t Mess With the Zohan is an indicator 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Roger Ebert
Sandler works so hard at this and so shamelessly that he battered down my resistance 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Lawrence Toppman
True Sandler fans will want to know only where Zohan stands on the A S scale with Happy Gilmore at the top and Little Nicky at the bottom I d put it closer to the latter than the former 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Wesley Morris
If You Don t Mess With the Zohan isn t the bravest movie ever made about current Arab Israeli relations it s at least the bravest movie ever made about current Arab Israeli relations featuring a former Mossad agent who shags Lainie Kazan 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Peter T. Chattaway
Any positive messages are practically drowned out by the film s relentless crude humor much of which is too dumb to be all that funny 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Sara Michelle Fetters
More this thing might just be the most disgustingly unforgivable entry in the actor s shockingly successful yet monstrously terrible career 
.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Daniel M. Kimmel
The notion that both sides are equally responsible for the intentional killing of civilians requires total ignorance of what s actually transpiring in the region 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Peter Travers
Given the missed opportunities for sharpening silliness with satire it s impossible not to mess with the Zohan 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Rick Groen
Mess with The Zohan if you like but be prepared for the consequences This picture is to comedy what carpet bombing is to aerial warfare The onslaught is so relentless that occasional direct hits on the funny bone are a statistical guarantee 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Peter Canavese
Methinks the kids to whom this superhero movie will most appeal won t be able to separate the stereotypes from the political wishful thinking 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Bob Bloom
The movie paints crude and insulting portraits of Israelis and Palestinians going in for the basest stereotypes that would only bring a smile to the face of a Klansman 
0
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s too long with too many plot threads too many penis jokes and hummus jokes and too many unexpected celebrity cameos 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Dustin Putman
A desperate miserable experience 
1
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Sue Pierman
Someone needs to tell Adam Sandler enough is enough 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Carrie Rickey
While Zohan purveys the familiar Sandler mix of Jewvenile humor and geriatric love it s less about a manic manchild than it is a raunchily wholesome message movie that deploys stereotypes in order to smash them 
2.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Jeff Vice
Sandler has shown some spark in more dramatic roles so it s disappointing to see him return to his one note form 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Rafer Guzman
Crude idiotic ridiculous in other words flat out hilarious and Sandler s funniest film in years 
3
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Phil Villarreal
The whole style of humor seems dated 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Josh Larsen
It s as if Sandler took a trip to Israel and came back with 6 000 jokes about hummus the 6 000 penis jokes he didn t have to go anywhere to find 
1.5
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Michael A. Smith
When I watched Zohan I felt like I was watching two different films both of them not very good 
2
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Nick Schager
Zohan is against all odds Sandler s funniest effort in close to a decade Not exactly a monumental feat given the junk he s recently made a mint foisting on the American public but still 
2.5
Jane Eyre
Roger Moore
Pretty as a postcard a postcard of a dark grey gloomy windswept moor
3
Jane Eyre
David Nusair
The end result is a decent adaptation of a hopelessly uninvolving novel with the movie s minor success due almost entirely to Fukunaga s striking directorial choices and Wasikowska and Fassbender s magnetic performances 
2.5
Jane Eyre
Neil Smith
A bold choice of director striking visuals and a Rochester to rival Orson Welles ensures this doesn t feel like just one more highbrow period piece or stodgy great book adap 
3
Jane Eyre
Peter Canavese
The slow boiling romance convinces thanks to Wasikowska and Fassbender s unwavering seriousness and commitment to selling the story Blu ray 
3
Jane Eyre
Matt Soergel
A spooky sexy streamlined adaptation 
3.5
Jane Eyre
John Beifuss
Shooting in the Midlands director Cary Joji Fukunaga conjures an authentically mysterious beautiful milieu while scripter Moira Buffini preserves the elaborately polite however menacing and formal language that is one of the novel s chief delights
3
Jane Eyre
John Wirt
Beyond being a great new interpretation of a classic novel Jane Eyre is a superb second feature from Fukunaga a director who s on track to becoming a major contemporary filmmaker 
4
Jane Eyre
Bob Bloom
The movie lacks the larger than life emotional grandeur that the gothic romance is supposed to elicit 
2
Jane Eyre
Robert W. Butler
This may be the most psychologically dangerous film version yet of Charlotte Bronte s novel 
3
Jane Eyre
Rafer Guzman
If the motion picture industry had existed in 1847 the year Charlotte Bront s novel appeared it might have produced an adaptation much like this one 
2
Jane Eyre
Mike Scott
With strong performances and striking well conceived visuals in Fukunaga s hands Bronte s tale of love and woe becomes one well worth repeating 
3
Jane Eyre
Sue Pierman
Fukunaga s interpretation takes great pains to accurately capture the period in its language and costumes 
3
Jane Eyre
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a movie that has delved into the nooks and crannies of the author s brain unlike any other before it that I have seen and for that reason alone I do call it a triumph and a motion picture most definitely worth the time to experience for one s self 
3
Jane Eyre
Chris Hewitt
Wasikowska and Fassbender are wonderful together They have a joking flirtiness that seems just right for a time when public kissing would have been as off limits as public nudity today 
3
Jane Eyre
Connie Ogle
An atmospheric absorbing version of the classic romance between an abandoned plucky orphan and a wealthy mysterious older man with a seriously Gothic secret 
3
Jane Eyre
Carrie Rickey
By opening their movie with the mature Jane the filmmakers forge an emotional bond between her and the audience 
3
Jane Eyre
Karen D'Souza
True aficionados will doubtless wish the film etched every aspect of the Bront experience but that s a quibble in light of the movie s intoxicating charms It s impossible not to fall in love with this Jane 
3.5
Jane Eyre
Josh Larsen
What is the one image you remember from reading Charlotte Bronte s Jane Eyre Got it Well it s missing from this latest adaptation 
2
Jane Eyre
Alison Gang
When Wasikowska and Fassbender come face to face his light eyes burning white heat her porcelain neck quivering beneath his possessive grip the atmosphere is explosive 
3
Jane Eyre
Ann Hornaday
While qualifying as the most gorgeously appointed and finely detailed version of the novel so far still lacks the element of essential fire to make it come fully even subversively to life 
2.5
Jane Eyre
Willie Waffle
Wasikowska and Fassbender deliver the fight the dialogue and the melodramatic plot twists 
3.5
Jane Eyre
Jeffrey Gantz
Fukunaga does more than most to flesh out her days with Rivers and his sisters He keeps Bront s theme of religious repression ever present and he still finds time to watch Jane quietly as she cuts flowers and thinks 
4
Jane Eyre
Rick Groen
Anyone who savours shades of grey will have a feast 
3
Jane Eyre
Mark Dujsik
A handsome production It plays the novel s beats with a special kind of dexterity 
3
Jane Eyre
Mick LaSalle
Careful respectful and even enjoyable and yet dry singularly humorless and played without the lavishness of spirit that makes sense of Gothic melodrama 
2
Jane Eyre
Dustin Putman
Feels strikingly unnecessary Why watch the same tale spun for a tenth time when you could be watching one of the previous nine 
2
Jane Eyre
Moira MacDonald
Some of us are Jane Eyre addicts and the new movie version directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga gives us just the right fix 
3.5
Jane Eyre
Ty Burr
This is one of the better Jane Eyres I ve seen onscreen a conception that forsakes movie groomed glamour for a plainer less compromised beauty 
3.5
Jane Eyre
Michael Phillips
To no one s surprise the story still works like Gothic gangbusters thanks in part to reliable back court support from Judi Dench as Mrs Fairfax and Sally Hawkins as Jane s venal guardian 
3
Jane Eyre
Peter Howell
Luminous in The Kids are All Right and Alice in Wonderland Wasikowska makes drab seem rad in director Cary Fukunaga s insightful rendering of Bront s gothic love story a new classic version of this oft told tale 
3.5
Jane Eyre
Matt Pais
Multiple men demonstrate extreme sudden affection for Jane This apparently is what happens when there are only two women in a village and one is Judi Dench 
2.5
Jane Eyre
Roger Ebert
Mia Wasikowska from Australia is a relative newcomer who must essentially carry Jane Eyre and succeeds with restraint expressing a strong moral compass 
3.5
Jane Eyre
James Berardinelli
A better barometer for the necessity of Cary Fukunaga s film however might be its less than literate box office competition Applying that consideration maybe we do need this Jane Eyre after all 
3
Jane Eyre
Robert Levin
It marks a vivid return to a world defined by antiquated social mores and timeless emotions 
3
Jane Eyre
Lou Lumenick
After 160 years this is a story that still grips the heart and the mind 
3
Jane Eyre
Ethan Alter
This particular screen version never generates a lot of heat or intrigue
2.5
Jane Eyre
Peter Travers
Cary Joji Fukunaga has reanimated a classic for a new generation letting Jane Eyre resonate with terror and tenderness 
3
Jane Eyre
Rex Reed
You gotta hand it to Charlotte Bront One hundred and sixty four years since she gave hyperkinetic Victorian schoolgirls their first sleepless nights she s pulling them in all over again 
3
Jane Eyre
Bill Weber
Despite the well trod dramatic territory of Bront s classic Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender stand out amid the windswept moors and woeful secrets 
3
Feast of July
Margaret A. McGurk
Feast of July in movie form suffers from the same weakness as the H E Bates novel on which it is based To wit For all its melodrama sexual tension and violence the story is a bore 
2
Feast of July
Roger Ebert
My problem with the film was that none of the characters is really interesting 
1.5
Daughter of the Dragon
Irene Thirer
Direction is better than fair if extremely theatrical And photography is expert 
2.5
Raining in the Mountain
Matt Brunson
A repetitive nature dings the film but vivid characters and robust action set pieces help overcome any lulls 
3
Raining in the Mountain
Roger Moore
A 1979 jewel that s been newly restored in ways that preserve the look sound and feel of the age of the times a moment in time caught amid the emergence of Hong Kong cinema 
3
Rio 2
Michael Dequina
So much is going on here yet nothing of consequence feels like it s happening 
2
Rio 2
Alynda Wheat
The derivative Rio 2 is a riot of color with groovy music but not a single original moment to its name 
2.5
Rio 2
Peter Canavese
Rio was pretty generic to begin with and the follow up doesn t fly far from the nest it s the vocally virtuosic amorous aria Poisonous Love that is the picture s hands down highlight 
2
Rio 2
Rafer Guzman
The movie has one goal to amuse the most children with the least amount of effort 
1.5
Rio 2
Sean P. Means
Like a taxidermist s turkey overstuffed and lifeless 
2
Rio 2
Liam Lacey
Where the film excels in an even more pronounced way than the first film is in the choreographed animation for the musical numbers 
3
Rio 2
Susan Wloszczyna
Rio 2 ends up being not so much about the birds as mostly for the birds 
2
Rio 2
Willie Waffle
How is this rated G 
2.5
Rio 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
It ll keep the kids content for a couple of hours though it s likely to bore the grown ups 
2
Rio 2
Mark Dujsik
If the original movie was forgettable for the most part Rio 2 at least has the dishonorable advantage of being memorable for the wrong reasons 
1.5
Rio 2
Dustin Putman
A misguided sequel that seems meandering and carelessly thrown together with no attention paid to its mixed messaging and detrimental alteration in location Rio 2 takes a property that was already on the mediocre side and cuts it at the knees 
1.5
Rio 2
Bill Zwecker
It s as good as the first one and sure to please both the kiddies and adults with its two tiered humor 
3
Rio 2
Tom Russo
The story flows but not always freely thanks to its manufactured feel 
2
Rio 2
Bruce DeMara
Those who enjoyed the adventures of Blu and Jewel and company in the first Rio are going to find the sequel an equally pleasing diversion 
2.5
Rio 2
Stephanie Merry
All in all though the movie feels at once too busy and too derivative That s no easy feat but it s also one sequel makers probably shouldn t aspire to 
2
Rio 2
Jessica Herndon
With so much going on it s a wonder this kids movie is only five minutes longer than the original But for the music and brilliantly picturesque look it s worth the 3 D ticket 
3
Rio 2
Michael Phillips
The movie s an acceptable if tiring baby sitter 
2
Rio 2
Peter Hartlaub
It s like the last Hobbit movie so much time passes between side plots that you have to jog the memory when a minor character appears again Who s that toucan again Is he a bad guy 
2
Rio 2
Jon Niccum
More characters more montages more singing more dancing more preaching it s certainly more exhausting 
2
Rio 2
Claudia Puig
Rio 2 teems with colorful animated splendor and elaborate musical numbers but its rambling hectic if good hearted story is for the birds 
2
Rio 2
Kyle Smith
Rio 2 is not what I would call Amazon prime but it s got enough silly songs and daffy critters to keep the little ones happy 
2.5
Rio 2
Roger Moore
More characters more actors more songs More pandering fewer laughs 
2
Rio 2
Eric Henderson
The net effect is a shapeless would be diversion in which things just happen independently a string of effects missing any cause 
1
The Dog Lover
Glenn Kenny
The movie is shamelessly manipulative on several levels and the cast members do their respective bits effectively 
2
The Dog Lover
Dann Gire
The Dog Lover looks less like a cheesy drama destined for the Lifetime Channel than it does a piece of anti government propaganda In this movie at least the businessman is the underdog 
2
Chasing the Blues
Roger Moore
A promising obsessive record collecting premise and milieu squandered
1.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Nour Habib
The acting talent in this film is minimal Forced dialogue and frequent lame jokes weigh down this Madea film making the nearly two hour feature unbearably long 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Dustin Putman
Unambitious and evaporates almost as rapidly as it plays out but at least it knows what it is and only has one aim to divert viewers for two hours 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Roger Moore
A big step backwards for a star who has better things to do 
1
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Brett Michel
In short a real drag 
0.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Mark Feeney
Reviewing a Tyler Perry movie is a bit like reviewing the weather report 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Calum Marsh
The film remains buoyed by the same open heart that makes Tyler Perry s best work so endearing 
3
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Kam Williams
Madea goes mainstream 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
Peter Howell
As the incredibly awkward title suggests Tyler Perry s Madea s Witness Protection is less a movie than it is an exercise in product branding 
1.5
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Jeff Vice
The documentary is effective though at times it s a challenge to watch 
3.5
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Sean P. Means
The documentary tends to focus more on Dallaire s plight than that of the massacred Rwandans but it remains a powerful testament 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Robert W. Butler
An overpowering film that will leave viewers shaken and ashamed 
3.5
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Michael Booth
We never get a satisfying re creation of the events for which Dallaire now suffers 
2
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Tom Keogh
Offers a rare and privileged portrait of a heroic man profoundly troubled by a terrible experience 
3.5
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Phil Villarreal
Terrible to watch And that s exactly why it needs to be seen 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Lou Lumenick
The filmmakers follow this compassionate and articulate man as returns to Rwanda a decade later to revisit his demons 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Glenn Whipp
Shake Hands With the Devil gives us the flip side of Hotel Rwanda 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Stephen Whitty
His story is worth telling and worth remembering for what it tells us about the West s brutal disinterest in Africa and the United Nations inability to do even its most basic job of keeping the peace 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Jack Mathews
Dellaire s final bit of self abuse is to blame himself for his failure to shame the world to action 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
David Sterritt
Wrenching on both personal and political levels 
4
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
John Anderson
Romeo Dallaire seems to be the only human in the world with a conscience That it s eating him alive makes Shake Hands required viewing perhaps even at the UN 
3.5
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Ty Burr
It gives us a man who could have stopped the carnage 800 000 murdered in 100 days but whose hands were bound at the highest level He knows this it haunts him and if it doesn t shame you it should 
4
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Ed Gonzalez
Extols the power of truth over fiction 
3
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Geoff Pevere
Like Dallaire s bestselling autobiography which provides the movie s basis the film is part therapeutic personal exorcism and part passionate humanitarian indictment 
3
What Time Is Left
Mark Feeney
There s a callowness to What Time Is Left that s understandable in a first film but dismaying in light of the subject of that film 
2.5
Devil's Whisper
Roger Moore
Interesting enough to be almost adequate 
2
Gayby
Sara Stewart
Harris a talented comic actress who looks more like a real person than a Hollywood facsimile of one makes every scene she s in shine 
3
Gayby
R. Kurt Osenlund
While Jonathan Lisecki is well in tune with his film s niche market his knack for comedy both visual and verbal is universally hilarious 
3.5
Revolution
Carrie Rickey
Either as unintentional parody or truncated epic you can start this Revolution without me 
1
Revolution
Joe Baltake
Mixed in with the film s graphic action sequences which are as beautifully shot as they are unwatchable are a lot of feverish feeble inch deep platitudes about freedom and justice 
1
The Matrix Reloaded
Brian Eggert
The film entertains despite its structural shortcomings 44 as the Wachowskis have created a cinematic world that 8217 s a pleasure to experience 44 even though it 8217 s not as satisfying as its predecessor 46 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Namrata Joshi
The sfx bombardment can t hide a lack of sense and substance 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Peter Canavese
The encoded bloom is off the digital rose in The Matrix Reloaded Blu ray 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Michael Dequina
Offers some phenomenal action sequences that more than deliver on the jaw dropping promise shown on the trailers 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Joe Lozito
As a movie its pacing is off its characters are thin and its plot is well questionable at best But as a science fiction phenomenon it is art 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Sara Michelle Fetters
A smorgasbord of speed noise exhilaration violence and unmitigated how did they do that glee this might be the car chase to end all car chases even with the supremely cheesy techno music 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Scott Nash
Entertaining enough to make it worth the price of a movie ticket 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Judith Egerton
Reloaded can t match the initial thrill sensation in the first What it does do is expound on the original with considerable style and move the story forward 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Greg Maki
It is a satisfying continuation of the epic story begun in The Matrix and sets the stage for what should be a grand finale 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Wesley Lovell
In an attempt to turn The Matrix into a state of the art trilogy The Wachowski Bros have posed new questions that viewers hope will be answered in the final chapter 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Ian Mantgani
There are levels on which it works and levels on which it doesn t but all of them hold our attention 
4
The Matrix Reloaded
Jorge Avila Andrade
Simplemente es una mediana cinta de acción que quizá encuentre su lugar cuando llegue la parte final de la historia 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
David N. Butterworth
Andy and Larry Wachowski s eagerly awaited sequel comprises equal parts style and stupidity 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Nick Rogers
The Matrix Reloaded is the same genius material 44 only this time with a small handful of flaws 46 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Bob Bloom
For all its technological brilliance the brothers script undercuts the illusion as the dialogue sounds as if it should be delivered comic book style in balloons over the actors heads 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
James Kendrick
The questions raised by the film about the nature of reality and the extent of control available to those who can manipulate it are truly frightening if you give them enough thought which is what makes this film and its predecessor surprisingly unique 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Tony Toscano
To simply say the Matrix Reloaded is better than the first is too easy 
4
The Matrix Reloaded
John Beifuss
The low point occurs when the unwashed masses of Zion celebrate Neo s return with what appears to be the previously unknown Dirty Dancing rave sequence from One Million Years B C 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Mike McGranaghan
Instead of developing a story that you can get involved in the filmmakers simply obsess over the minutia of their own creation 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
David Elliott
Viewing The Matrix Reloaded is like being eaten alive slowly by a machine Some machine parts are impressive and you can slip into a sort of trance as you are noshed 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Jami Bernard
Early in the movie Morpheus warns a new character that he s got to have faith All things considered The Matrix Reloaded justifies that faith 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Jonathan R. Perry
Hopefully November s release of Revolutions will reveal a clarity of purpose and a satisfying end to the saga In mid May I can only go by what I see on the screen And it s a muddled overreaching occasionally engrossing mess 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
David Sterritt
So let s cut to the chase Is the second Matrix movie worth the wait Not quite 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Jon Niccum
All the philosophical metaphysical rambling doesn t alter the fact that this latest Matrix is a visual movie pure and simple 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Kevin A. Ranson
crafted with a careful hand repeat viewings may be necessary to take it all in darn the luck huh There s plenty of possibilities to ponder after the credits roll
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Frank Ochieng
visually vigorous and devoutly exhilarating a frenetic fable that s thankfully rousing and robust undeniably rapid exotic and marvelous in its impressive viewing 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Collin Souter
Pretty damn spectacular Still smart still amazing still innovative and it contains one of the greatest chase scenes ever filmed Sci fi fans philosophy majors and action movie buffs have every reason to be happy 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Gary Brown
The Matrix Reloaded is a real kick the second time around 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
David Keyes
When it comes to visuals The Matrix Reloaded doesn t disappoint in fact the movie is probably the most realistic looking special effects feature ever made 
4
The Matrix Reloaded
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s the technical wizardry that keeps The Matrix Reloaded going at all which should not be the case 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Carla Meyer
A worthy sequel 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Joe Baltake
The world created so vividly by the Wachowskis is still brand new but not nearly so intimidating or alienating 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Rick Groen
Judged strictly by the story line this one plays like what it is a rather meandering second act that advances the plot only slightly and doesn t pretend to be a complete or self sufficient film 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Jeff Vice
At times the action here seems a little too choreographed for its own good But admittedly that s a minor thing considering how stunning some of it is 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Lisa Kennedy
A kinetic digital feat 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Lawrence Toppman
One dazzling if overlong bridge 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Glenn Whipp
It s safe to say that anyone buying a ticket to the film purely to see more crazy cool high wire kung fu and learn how the Wachowskis and visual effects supervisor John Gaeta top the bullet time effect will come away from Reloaded smiling 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Emily Blunt
Ultimately like a long theme park ride 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Sean P. Means
Everything The Matrix was and more That is its strength and its failing 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Forrest Hartman
Like the martial arts movies it draws on Reloaded uses plot points as excuses to move from one piece of fight choreography to the next 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Dustin Putman
The Matrix Reloaded is no better or worse than its predecessor improving upon certain aspects the characters and action scenes while lacking some of the stronger elements of the first film the overall imagination and ingenuity 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Phil Villarreal
We re in glorious new territory here 
4
The Matrix Reloaded
Rob Thomas
The Wachowskis cleverly fiddle with their formula pulling back each curtain only to show us another curtain 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Marty Mapes
Walks the line between impossible to take seriously and impossibly seriously fun 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Mark Dujsik
If there s one thing The Matrix Reloaded fortifies it s that the Wachowski brothers are born filmmakers through and through 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Bruce Newman
This picture never accumulates the sense of shared adventure that the first one did and though the special effects are even better than before they cannot be new twice 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Duane Dudek
This is probably the film that devotees had hoped for but it will certainly flummox bystanders sucked into the multiplex by the hype 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Jeffrey Westhoff
Once the action gets started and unfortunately that takes a while Reloaded is nearly as invigorating as the original 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Michael Szymanski
Matrix Reloaded is a smart exotic erotic intriguing action film a superhero sci fi film for adults 
4
The Matrix Reloaded
Mike Clark
Reloaded seems less tired than X2 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Chris Hewitt
The eye popping special effects in The Matrix Reloaded possibly the coolest boldest and most fluid ever put on screen should please even jaded moviegoers 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Todd Anthony
More special effects More fight sequences More chases More stunts More neo philosophical babble But more in this case adds up to less 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Mark Rahner
Reloaded piles on much more fighting and firepower but lacks the impact of the original 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Peter Travers
Eyes will pop nerves will jangle thoughts will be provoked and other summer blockbusters will shrink in comparison But to quote from one of the few cultural touchstones not referenced in this film Houston we ve got a problem 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Tor Thorsen
By itself The Matrix Reloaded is deeply flawed but ultimately entertaining 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Carrie Rickey
While I enjoyed it immensely Reloaded didn t upgrade my system like the first one did 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
John Anderson
Much anticipated sequel to The Matrix is both phenomenally talky and loaded with action and effects How can this be It s long 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Lou Lumenick
While it s exhilarating fun as an overall piece of storytelling this reboot never really hits the heights of the ultra cool The Matrix which re invented the rules for sci fi epics in 1999 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Rene Rodriguez
As a piece of razzle dazzle shut your mouth and slap you silly eye candy Reloaded more than delivers But where s the head candy Where s the complexity Where are the goods 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
David Frese
A pretty good amusement park ride 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
James Berardinelli
On balance The Matrix Reloaded does an admirable job of filling the niche it s supposed to that of an action oriented science fiction adventure 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Terry Lawson
Reloaded might not have the power to change the way you see the world but it just may change the way you look at movies 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Mark Caro
For such a rich visual movie Reloaded tells far more than it shows 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Linda Cook
In the immortal words of Neo Woah 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Roger Ebert
An immensely skillful sci fi adventure 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Ty Burr
The thrill isn t gone from the sequel but the surprise is and it hurts more than you d think 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Erik Childress
If the level of great admirer falls somewhere under the blinding enthusiasm of the Wachowskis are visionaries clan then color me a member But even the clinical system of the Matrix has some bugs to repair from time to time 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Rob Blackwelder
One incredibly cool kung fu melee one jaw dropping 100 mph against traffic freeway chase and way way too much pseudo philosophical yappity yappity yap 
2
The Matrix Reloaded
Mark Ramsey
There s virtually no one in Zion over the age of 30 except for esteemed character actor Anthony Zerbe and he s so far past 30 he couldn t find his way back if 30 left a trail of Scotch Highballs 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Jeanne Aufmuth
Be prepared for sensory overload when you enter the world of eccentric auteurs Andy and Larry Wachowski 
3
The Matrix Reloaded
Walter Chaw
So magnificently punch drunk on its own sense of the messianic that it s possible to appreciate this great sloppy bloated beast as something of a masterpiece of high camp 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Steven Snyder
The Wachowski Brothers with their vision of this mysterious future world and a new era of cinema have kicked off 2003 s blockbuster summer with a ten megaton explosion 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Steve Rhodes
The X Men series is just candy for kids compared to The Matrix trilogy a sci fi series for grown ups 
3.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Glenn Kenny
For those who go in knowing at heart it s just a Joel Silver produced sci fi film with some presumptions it ll be fine 
2.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Ed Gonzalez
Philosophically inconsequential but at least submit to the film s sure to be classic highway sequence cheesy techno music and all 
1.5
The Matrix Reloaded
Ross Anthony
Whether you get 20 or 100 of the intellectualizing even if there s no sense in fighting software with military hardware Kung Fu it s simply a marvel to watch 
3.5
Intermission
Nick Rogers
Intermission is a bloke and smoke spin on Love Actually It s for women seeking a romantic comedy that doesn t reduce relationships to cutesy poo homilies By adding shootouts and car chases it s slso for guys who are just not that into goo either 
3.5
Intermission
Betsy Bozdech
Intermission feels fresh Perhaps that s because it s not a quirky romp about a colorful bunch of wacky characters with a so crazy it just might work idea 
3
Intermission
David Nusair
the performances keep things moving even through some of the more superfluous moments 
2.5
Intermission
Stephen Cole
Such are the dangers of teaching foreign cultures to yelp like Reservoir Dogs 
2
Intermission
Forrest Hartman
Attentive viewers will be rewarded with several intriguing story lines a host of fine performances and a darn good time at the movies 
3.5
Intermission
Duane Dudek
Intermission may be more Love Actually familiar than Robert Altman intricate but is ultimately engaging on its own terms 
3
Intermission
Phoebe Flowers
Enjoyable and surprisingly touching 
3
Intermission
Carrie Rickey
Intermission bursts with the energy of a documentary filmed on the run with a stolen camera 
3
Intermission
Matt Brunson
It s a sign of a well written movie when all of the individual episodes carry equal weight 
3
Intermission
Robert W. Butler
A solidly acted ensemble piece that wants to emulate the edgy shock comedy of Trainspotting and Snatch but never quite finds its groove 
2.5
Intermission
Timothy Knight
An apt name for this inconsequential effort You ll definitely want to take a break from watching it 
2
Intermission
Sean P. Means
It s a little like watching Love Actually remade as a gritty crime drama an odd juxtaposition of styles but one that crackles with kinetic energy 
3
Intermission
Phil Villarreal
The dialogue sparkles with wit and energy and the plot constantly twists and turns in entertaining spirals 
3.5
Intermission
Jeff Vice
A lot like love itself sometimes messy sometimes sweet sometimes bittersweet sometimes even painful 
2.5
Intermission
Terry Lawson
One of those films that should keep you entirely entertained but that disappears from memory almost immediately 
3
Intermission
Chris Hewitt
Constantly changing from happy to sad from familiar to bizarre and every second feels genuine inevitable and revelatory 
3.5
Intermission
Joe Baltake
Crowley nimbly juggles all of these characters and gives his slight film a bouncy knockabout quality 
3
Intermission
John Hartl
The cast is strong enough to overcome the more frantic moments and lend some weight to the characters 
2.5
Intermission
Ruthe Stein
Often unsettling random acts of violence outnumber those of kindness But it s also touching startlingly original and even profound 
4
Intermission
David Elliott
We have more than sufficient junky cynical entertainment of our own so why import this 
1
Intermission
Roger Ebert
A virtuoso act from beginning to end juggling violence and farce coincidence and luck characters with good hearts and others evil to the core 
3.5
Intermission
Jeffrey M. Anderson
O Rowe and Crowley emphasize the general hopelessness in these people s lives but still give the movie enough spice and drive to lift it above the gloom 
3
Intermission
Erik Childress
Intermission is a mixed bag but is certainly a worthy effort for one s attention 
3
Intermission
Glenn Lovell
There are some genuinely funny moments There also are some genuinely horrifying ones The problem is they never really mesh 
2.5
Intermission
Mark Caro
If Intermission isn t profound it s got boisterous humor and energy 
3
Intermission
Paul Sherman
It generally succeeds as Ireland s answer to the delightfully depraved Scottish movies written by Irvine Welsh 
3
Intermission
Glenn Kenny
Shirley Henderson Colin Farrell Colm Meaney my film star crush as if she isn t everybody else s Kelly Macdonald and more and they all look like they re having a ball 
3
Intermission
Jeanne Aufmuth
A quirky Irish six degrees of separation tale that chooses the roundabout route to happily ever after 
3
Intermission
John Anderson
Working off a very funny and intricately formulated screenplay by Mark O Rowe what Crowley gives us is an entertaining example of Irish Alt cinema alt standing for both alternative and Altman 
3
Intermission
Lou Lumenick
First time director John Crowley and novice screenwriter Mark O Rowe both Irish theater veterans make impressive movie debuts as they sketch a huge gallery of colorful characters beautifully portrayed by a top drawer cast 
2.5
Intermission
Jack Mathews
It s as if Crowley a theater director took Pulp Fiction as his guide without understanding its appeal 
2
Intermission
Bob Strauss
The movie s machinations wear you out more than its jokes tickle your fancy 
2.5
Intermission
Ty Burr
A spiky comic treat 
3
Intermission
Emily Blunt
Intermission is the equivalent of the rare and coveted royal flush It is an acting royal flush The storyline has been done 
3
Intermission
David Sterritt
It s surprising that so much material so many moods and such an interesting cast end up making such a small unmemorable splash 
2
Intermission
Steve Rhodes
A mean spirited movie with not just one character you don t like but a whole host of people you couldn t care less about 
1.5
Intermission
Joshua Tanzer
The results are fairly pleasing owing to a few inspired plot surprises keep your eye on the kid in the red jacket and the winning personalities of the actors 
2.5
Weekend of a Champion
Drew Hunt
The film is at its most fascinating when Jackie Stewart authoritatively and pedagogically discusses the nuances of his trade 
2.5
Love Like Poison
Kent Turner
The discomforting coming of ager Love Like Poison could never have been made in the U S It mixes sexual candidness with the fraught transition from adolescence to adulthood 
3
The Lesser Blessed
Geoff Pevere
Part of the long march of misunderstood movie adolescents that leads from the frozen Canadian North straight down to James Dean s Los Angeles in Rebel Without a Cause 
2
The Lesser Blessed
Bruce DeMara
Doron has assembled a uniformly solid cast starting with an impressive debut by Evans whose brown eyes are both soulful and watchful It s a performance that commands our attention and empathy 
3
The Lesser Blessed
Roger Moore
A decently acted coming of age drama that scores points for its setting a Canadian Indian reservation high school 
2.5
Twas the Night
Roger Moore
The worst Christmas film of them all 
0
Beneath Hill 60
Leigh Paatsch
A drab and derivative screenplay simply fails to build a single worthwhile or credible character 
2.5
Tantura
Shane Slater
Tantura ultimately makes astute observations about post truth politics and the ways in which those with power can wrongfully define history 
3
Jack
Judith Egerton
It seems unlikely that a Francis Ford Coppola movie starring the outrageous hyperkinetic Robin Williams could be bland but Jack is 
2
Jack
Roger Ebert
Williams works hard at seeming to be a kid inside an adult body and some of his inspirations work well But he has been ill served by a screenplay that isn t curious about what his life would really be like 
1.5
Chasing a Dream
Laura Bennett
The sheer visual impact of In a Dream is breathtaking 
3
Chasing a Dream
Jeff Shannon
Call it forgiveness or codependency but this highly personal film speaks to all of us in the universal languages of art and love 
3
Chasing a Dream
Joe Williams
Because Jeremiah lacks the investigatory zeal to pursue the subplots which also include his father s madness and his older brother s drug addiction this lovely film is more evocative than illuminating 
3
Chasing a Dream
Jeff Vice
When it works it s well When it doesn t it seems unfocused and nearly loses our interest 
3
Chasing a Dream
Kenneth Baker
Isaiah s work frequently rewards the camera s roving attention but his self absorption and lack of self insight make him a sad subject even for as forgiving a study as In a Dream 
2
Chasing a Dream
Kyle Smith
The tedious documentary In a Dream tells you much more than you could ever want to know about an ob scure Philadelphia artist called Isaiah Zagar 
1
Chasing a Dream
Steven Rea
In a Dream captures a family imploding Their lives are laid bare in broken bits like the ceramic that Isaiah uses for his art and they come together in In a Dream with sadness and beauty rage and insight 
3.5
Blink
David Nusair
an interesting premise that s employed to mostly engaging effect 
3
Blink
Roger Ebert
Blink is an uncommonly good thriller 
3.5
Ray Meets Helen
Chuck Bowen
After 15 years away from the cinema Alan Rudolph reminds one of the suggestive potency of his films 
3
Cruel but Necessary
Steve Rhodes
Too often however I kept thinking of the missed opportunities and wished that the writer would have taken more risk with the characters 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
Matt Brunson
A funhouse freak show that s more interested in delivering old fashioned chills than in wallowing in misogyny masochism and mutilation 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Leah Rozen
Hell is scary but also wonderfully wacky 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Jason Buchanan
Leave it to Sam Raimi to breathe some new life into the genre most closely associated with lame sequels and lifeless remakes 
3
Drag Me to Hell
David Keyes
After a certain point the movie becomes our own cinematic damnation from which there is no escape 
1.5
Drag Me to Hell
Kim Brown
Drag Me to Hell is plenty frightening and the effects pass the gross out test two times over But this screenplay includes some signature comedic moments that play with the genre and its tired cliches to create something much more interesting 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Tyler Hanley
Director Sam Raimi returns to his Evil Dead roots for this tongue in cheek gorefest one part spooky chiller one part campy chuckler 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
Betsy Sherman
Raimi embraces hoary clichés like Gypsy curses and gateways to Hades in this cautionary tale for financial professionals 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Josh Larsen
This certainly qualifies as an auteurist work but I prefer my Sam Raimi diluted 
2
Drag Me to Hell
Peter Canavese
Raimi puts his pent up energy to good use in Drag Me to Hell an unpretentious horror hoot that s scary and funny in equal measure Blu ray 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Michael Dequina
Raimi announces off the bat that a decade and change of toiling in mainstream studio projects has not killed the enfant terrible 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Sonny Bunch
Sam Raimi revels in blurring the line between horror and comedy with gleeful disregard for the emotional well being of his audience
3
Drag Me to Hell
Mike Scott
Sam Raimi returns to the horror game with a film boasting a satisfying originality a device too often missing from the horror film toolbox and wicked depraved wit 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
Sean P. Means
Things fall apart somewhat in the predictable finale but Raimi shows he hasn t forgotten how much fun it is to get scared to death 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Sean O'Connell
Proves Raimi still knows how to crawl under an audience s skin 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
John Beifuss
The Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed advised THIS RECORD SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD Prints of this film must be stamped with a similar order Tension is created by ear smashing NOISE to create a hell on earth feeling of temporary insanity in the viewer 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Roger Ebert
Drag Me to Hell is a sometimes funny and often startling horror movie That is what it wants to be and that is what it is 
3
Drag Me to Hell
John Wirt
Seethes with atmosphere and characters that echo the hallmarks of Universal horror 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Eric Melin
walks a narrow path between campiness sincerity and sudden bursts of shock and aaaah 
3
Drag Me to Hell
James Kendrick
good malicious fun that revels in its own absurdity lack of lofty ambitions and determination to drag you down with it
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Kam Williams
A spine tingling adventure guaranteed to elicit blood curdling screams and to make you jump out of your seat when you least expect it 
4
Drag Me to Hell
Nick Rogers
Gleefully goosing the juice on this ride Sam Raimi delivers his best film in more than a decade The brothers Grimm would take pride in this cautionary fable flooded with formaldehyde flies and more funky denture action than seemingly possible 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Gina Carbone
Sam Raimi had me at the ticked off talking goat but he gave me so much more 
3.25
Drag Me to Hell
Linda Cook
Drag Me to Hell scared the daylights out of me That is when I wasn t laughing at the dark humor that only Sam Raimi can concoct 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Keith Cohen
Raimi with the precision of a surgeon pulls all the right strings He effectively uses sound effects first and then follows up with scary nightmarish visuals Being a devoted fan of The Three Stooges growing up Raimi has an appreciation for comedy to rel
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Christian Toto
Drag Me to Hell More like sauntering through purgatory 
2
Drag Me to Hell
Kit Bowen
Watch Sam Raimi get his horror groove back 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Raimi knows that we know the usual rhythms for these things and he deliberately plays with them holding a scary note for an extra long time or waiting an extra beat before cutting loose 
4
Drag Me to Hell
Mike McGranaghan
If The Exorcist were re imagined by Bugs Bunny this is what you d get Drag Me to Hell is a head trip for the ages 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Robert W. Butler
Yeah Drag Me to Hell is schlock cinema But it s schlock cinema with a Ph D 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Kyle Smith
Drag Me to Hell is pure cheese Goat cheese 
2
Drag Me to Hell
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is a brazen shot of attitudinal viscera pumped directly into the audience s vein as if it were heroin the film as nasty a scare tactic as any likely to see domestic 2009 theatrical release 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Amy Biancolli
Is it as hilarious as the Evil Deads Almost 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Chris Hewitt
It s good clean bile soaked fun 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is a movie that will have you scream laugh and squirm 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Peter Howell
Apart from the evocative title which is a great nod to 50s drive in fare the film is as predictable as a meal beneath the golden arches 
2
Drag Me to Hell
Willie Waffle
A movie that is campy frightening and one of the most memorable of the summer because it is so different from everything else
4
Drag Me to Hell
Annie Young Frisbie
It s creepy and gory not to mention theologically suspect and will give all but the most stalwart horror fans an unshakable case of the screaming meemees 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Greg Maki
Has some fun with its premise and characters 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Michael Phillips
This hellaciously effective B movie comes with a handy moral tucked inside its scares laughs and Raimi s specialty the scare laugh hybrid Moral Be nice to people 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Scott Nash
Despite certain events being obvious there are still some genuine shocks and scares to be found as well as quite a few laughs 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Erik Childress
Raimi s fans will no doubt be pleased that he s whipping out the greatest hits But just the same it s the greatest hits package equivalent to Peter Gabriel s best of album not including In Your Eyes 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
David Nusair
ultimately stands as a refreshing alternative to the myriad of Asian horror remakes that have been flooding the marketplace as of late 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Peter Travers
There s no truth in the title Drag Me to Hell is horror movie heaven 
3
Drag Me to Hell
John Hartl
The characters are so innocuous and they re played with so little verve that you don t feel a strong identification when their lives are wrecked 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
Jeff Vice
Drag Me to Hell proves two important points about the horror genre A horror movie can be rated PG 13 and still be scary and a horror film can be every bit as fun as the big and loud supposed popcorn movies 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Michael Sragow
Drag Me To Hell is quick and lowdown delightful It s also a graveyard or two up in class from the torture films that in recent years have redefined horror for the worse 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Stephen Whitty
If all you want are shocks and bumps and screams and laughs and a couple of they did NOT just show that jawdroppers then Drag Me To Hell is definitely the funhouse ride for you 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Wesley Morris
Raimi succeeds at giving literal moviemaking a good name while providing diabolic catharsis for many a disgruntled homeowner 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Dustin Putman
Deliciously scary and wickedly tongue in cheek Drag Me to Hell is devilish fun that cinema lovers of all kinds owe themselves to experience So entertaining it ought to be a crime 
3.5
Drag Me to Hell
Steven Rea
With the same twisted humor Raimi displayed in Evil Dead and Army of Darkness his Drag Me to Hell is wickedly jolly and disturbingly frightening often at the same time 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Liam Lacey
An unabashedly schlocky expertly executed blend of jack in the box jolts and humour 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Rene Rodriguez
The wait for a truly scary movie for a rambunctious slam bang all out slap you sideways horror picture is finally over 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Rafer Guzman
A near brilliant comedy disguised as a quickie horror flick Sam Raimi s Drag Me to Hell is the year s most frightfully hilarious movie so far 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Kevin C. Johnson
A junky but entertaining throwback 
3
Drag Me to Hell
James Berardinelli
Parts of it are entertaining although I m not convinced they re enjoyable entirely for the reasons intended by the filmmakers 
2
Drag Me to Hell
Rossiter Drake
Rather than inviting the gag reflex with scenes of severed limbs and graphic torture Raimi takes a manic tongue in cheek approach to horror that seems to revel in its own absurdity Needless to say he s been missed 
3
Drag Me to Hell
Robert Levin
The freewheeling spirit that infused The Evil Dead is absent here 
2.5
Drag Me to Hell
Ryan Stewart
A giddy procession of intermittently successful jump scares and make you vomit sight gags strung together by a story so elemental it could be rendered in mural form on a funhouse wall 
2.5
Monsters, Inc.
Brian Eggert
Monsters 44 Inc 46 is another in a long line of Pixar films that show how an animated motion picture can be great entertainment 44 but also so much more 46 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Betsy Bozdech
A fun fast paced story with plenty of wit and brightly colored eye candy 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Matt Brunson
A timeless toon tale 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Josh Larsen
the movie becomes a giddy kiddie inversion of time and space 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Roger Moore
This didn t need 3D to work It long ago passed the kids wear out the DVD rewatching it test 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Nick McCarthy
Not even the opportunistic 3D ification can squander the pure delight of the film s meticulously detailed world of ragtag creatures 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Stephen Whitty
Most of the charm of Monsters Inc comes from its vocal cast 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Rob Salem
The movie itself stands up well even from an adult two dimensional perspective 
3
Monsters, Inc.
David Nusair
A typically engrossing Pixar effort 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Nick Rogers
Though Monsters Inc relies more on spinning plates plot than its Pixar peers this romp retains the charm and heart of the animation juggernaut s forte adding extra to ordinary hopes in this case leaving great impressions on the kids we love 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Kam Williams
A charming cartoon classic coming courtesy of a successful collaboration by the good folks at Disney and Pixar 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Peter Canavese
From its jazzy main titles to its gentle fadeout Monsters Inc has something that money can t buy It s likeable Blu ray 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A classic tale about love friendship and surpassing the odds to find a common ground in a lonely world 
3
Monsters, Inc.
David N. Butterworth
The complexities of the script while clever will likely fly over the heads of most within its target demographic 
2.5
Monsters, Inc.
Betsy Bozdech
It s an inventive fast paced tale that while perhaps not as keenly clever as Toy Story or its sequel never fails to entertain 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Steven Snyder
An undeniably entertaining success For children parents babysitters and lovers of imagination Pixar continues to be a godsend 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Wesley Lovell
Another humorous entry in the Pixar collection 44 though their overall quality seems to be slipping 46 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Margaret A. McGurk
I have no idea what the creative minds at Pixar Animation Studios do to keep themselves in touch with their inner kids but if they could bottle it the world would be a better place 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Forrest Hartman
Monsters Inc reminds us that studios desperately need to put the same amount of effort into live action features that they do their animated counterparts 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Jeffrey Westhoff
An irresistible bear hug of a movie 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Blake French
works rather well until it introduces this annoying little girl as a plot device 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Jeremy Heilman
I don t mind flights of fancy in a film but I do like a consistent tone This film fails to deliver one 
2
Monsters, Inc.
Mark Dujsik
A wonderfully imaginative and very funny film that shows not only another leap in technology for Pixar but also an impressive maturation of their storytelling abilities 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Ian Mantgani
Puts playful spin on childhood legend
3
Monsters, Inc.
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es un pequeño paso adelante respecto de la animación por computadora pero un gran salto en cuanto a la diversión de alto calibre 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Michael Dequina
A film that families will revisit in their living rooms many times over for many years to come 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Emily Blunt
Simply adorable 
3
Monsters, Inc.
David Keyes
On an artistic and creative level Monsters Inc may be the most visionary intricate and offbeat product released by Pixar 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Mike McGranaghan
Monsters Inc breaks ground as a computer animated feature while still remaining true to the concepts of characterization and story 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Jason Anderson
Witty and imaginative Monsters Inc could be Pixar s best yet 
4
Monsters, Inc.
James Kendrick
strikes a near perfect balance between absolute hilarity and effective sentimentality
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Robert Roten
This is a pleasant amusing and entertaining film 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Gary Brown
The chase scene through a conveyor belt full of closet doors is the highlight of the film 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Harvey S. Karten
Dazzling to look at but lacking the social message of last year s marvelous Chicken Run 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Dustin Putman
A wildly imaginative quality family film that both children and adults will be able to enjoy equally 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Lou Lumenick
A worthy competitor to DreamWorks Shrek for the first Best Animated Feature Oscar 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Liam Lacey
Apart from one lovely scene where the monsters and child climb over a moving assembly line of doors leaping in and out of different realities Monsters Inc fails to develop the poetic richness of its metaphor 
2.5
Monsters, Inc.
Roger Ebert
Monsters Inc is cheerful high energy fun and like the other Pixar movies has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Jay Carr
Skillfully done and more than passably enjoyable 
2.5
Monsters, Inc.
Marty Mapes
Not that the monster puns aren t funny 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Phil Villarreal
The humor is this film s redeeming quality and it carries its burden well plopping in slapstick and burp jokes for the kids and a scathing satire of factory workplaces to make adults giggle 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Joe Lozito
The mad geniuses at Pixar have once again created a unique original and downright funny fantasy for all ages 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Mary Kalin-Casey
Adding another cinematic gem to their collective resume Pixar proves they can make scary monsters look warm and fuzzy and make humans feel that way too 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Ross Anthony
Speaking purely from an adult perspective Monsters is real entertainment It tickled me to tears See it 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Rob Blackwelder
The best kids of all ages movie of the year yes even better than Shrek 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Walter Chaw
Make no mistake that Monsters Inc would be a fine work nonetheless but only half the film in any other time 
3
Monsters, Inc.
Steve Rhodes
a terrific choice for the whole family but compared to all of the previous Pixar films it s a bit of a disappointment 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Erik Childress
Monsters Inc is hilarious exciting miraculous to look at and is easily one of the best films of the year 
4
Monsters, Inc.
Jeanne Aufmuth
Every bit as constructively clever as it is technologically brilliant 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
James Berardinelli
Reaffirms the fact that a good animated film can be every bit as stimulating and emotionally satisfying a motion picture as a high quality live action endeavor 
3.5
Monsters, Inc.
Ed Gonzalez
Monsters Inc is a humbling reminder of what it s like to fear imagine and hope 
3.5
Snow Cake
V.A. Musetto
A heartfelt but utterly predictable indie drama 
2
Snow Cake
John Hartl
It s essentially a vehicle for a dedicated cast but occasionally it s more than that 
2.5
Snow Cake
Claudia Puig
Weaver makes Linda her own alternating between off putting brashness engaging honesty and bursts of spontaneous childlike behavior 
3
Snow Cake
Maitland McDonagh
Marc Evans small scale drama focuses on the offbeat relationship between a chronically depressed man and an autistic woman and with a lesser cast it would be insufferable 
2.5
Snow Cake
Ty Burr
Overly forced a shade too whimsical but filling a void other words and other movies haven t the nerve or errant taste to confront 
2.5
Snow Cake
James Hebert
Snow Cake reflects a sense of the almost infinite ways autism manifests itself in all its baffling and fascinating and sometimes agonizing realities 
3.5
Snow Cake
Glenn Whipp
Weaver s performance as Linda will likely move you to tears though whether they re tears of rage joy or sorrow will depend on your tolerance of the esteemed actress s overly mannered technique 
2.5
Snow Cake
Pam Grady
If anyone ever had any doubt that great actors can elevate a movie they need look no further than Snow Cake for the proof that they can 
3
Snow Cake
Jack Mathews
Moving but at times overearnest 
2.5
Snow Cake
John Anderson
It is Weaver whom director Marc Evans uses for maximum shmaltz who is the shiny object dangled before our eyes And she is certainly something to watch 
2.5
Snow Cake
Stephen Whitty
Snowcake features one smart pared down performance Unfortunately it s trapped in a stupid overcrowded story 
2
Snow Cake
Ross Anthony
A gentle film with a warm heart mostly sad circumstance Brings awareness to Autism and it has its moments of beauty but I couldn t help wanting more 
2
Snow Cake
Ed Gonzalez
Like I Am Sam it is easy to laugh at Marc Evans s Snow Cake because sincerity appears to have had nothing to do with its creation 
2
Snow Cake
Geoff Pevere
Snow Cake is a small movie in the best sense It s character focused precise in its arc and just roomy enough to let its performers breathe and expand at the languid pace the material demands 
3
Snow Cake
David Nusair
Low key yet thoroughly engaging 
3.5
Quick Change
David Nusair
agreeable and periodically hilarious 
3
Quick Change
Matt Brunson
While audiences had no problem watching Bill Murray in the army at a summer camp on a golf course or in a library busting ghosts they apparently drew the line at watching him in clown makeup 
3
Quick Change
Roger Ebert
At least something works often enough that the movie announces Bill Murray is back and is funny again 
3
Quick Change
Chris Hicks
A delightful romp that generously allows the unknowns who dot the large supporting cast to garner the biggest laughs 
3
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
What would Claude Lanzmann have done Full review in Spanish 
2
Death Racers
Felix Vasquez Jr.
While it is a flinging piece of swill Death Racers has a lot of potential to be great and that greatness shines through once or twice through the ninety minute tedium 
2
Maybe Someday
Randy Myers
Every character in this precisely envisioned story is complex and carrying lots of emotional baggage Maybe Someday is a slice of life served up by pros 
3
Tristana
Kelly Jane Torrance
How an innocent can become a devil is just one of the many wondrous things Buñuel in his genius shows us 
3
Tristana
Josh Larsen
With Tristana Buuel depicts sexual liberation as a snake that eats its own tail 
3.5
Tristana
Ty Burr
As much as this tale of bent love runs in the ruts of its maker s obsessions it has an undertow that s impossible to shake 
3.5
Tristana
Budd Wilkins
Flanked by late period masterworks that represent the culmination and perfection of Buuel s long cherished obsessions the film is often relegated to the role of overlooked middle child 
3
Tristana
Roger Ebert
A haunting study of a human relationship in which the power changes hands 
4
Tristana
Ed Gonzalez
Fans of the director are likely to see Tristana as a routine facsimile of both l and Viridiana 
3
Buck Run
Christian Toto
This impeccably crafted indie offers a humble look at Very Small Town USA but little else 
2.5
Trophy Wife
Mattie Lucas
It s sophisticated without being stuffy and witty without being pretentious an utterly enchanting homage to the great comedies of yesteryear 
3
Trophy Wife
Roger Moore
Deneuve and Depardieu daft and funny and feather light
3
Trophy Wife
Jay Antani
Catherine Deneuve continues her run as world cinema s most gracefully aging actress 
3
Trophy Wife
David Nusair
a failed farce that seems unlikely to please even Ozon s most ardent fans 
2
Trophy Wife
Rick Groen
The film is still worth watching and the one fabulous reason why can be summed up in two celebrated words Catherine Deneuve 
2.5
Trophy Wife
Chris Foran
A breezy smart and sometimes surprising commentary on capitalism gender roles and idealism disguised as a romantic comedy 
3
Trophy Wife
Peter Howell
A charming diversion from Ozon s more serious films of late 
2.5
Trophy Wife
Keith Cohen
This cinematic gem offers an understanding of human nature while satirizing the age old battle of the sexes and outdated class distinctions Another winning ingredient is the endearing musical score from composer Philippe Rombi 
3
Trophy Wife
Matt Brunson
Primarily an excuse for audiences to once again spend quality time with those two titans of Gallic cinema Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu 
3
Trophy Wife
Chris Hewitt
It underscores how much has changed for women and how much hasn t But Ozon seems more interested in diverting us than making us think too hard 
3
Trophy Wife
Robert W. Butler
Who knew that beneath her coolly gorgeous exterior Catherine Deneuve is actually funny 
3
Trophy Wife
Mike Scott
There s a handful of delightful moments but most of it feels 30 years too late to carry any sort of fist pumping resonance
2.5
Trophy Wife
Mark Jenkins
Fortunately for both Ozon and the viewer the title character is played by Catherine Deneuve who can very nearly carry a film by herself 
2.5
Trophy Wife
Calvin Wilson
If you re looking for a frothy comedy Potiche definitely has its charms 
3
Trophy Wife
Roger Ebert
It has been years since I sensed that Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu were acting 
3
Trophy Wife
Moira MacDonald
Potiche is a pleasant occasionally musical romp and a welcome chance for Deneuve to carry a movie 
3
Trophy Wife
Steven Rea
It s light larky stuff But the underlying message of empowerment and equality is nothing to sneeze at 
3
Trophy Wife
Ty Burr
A star vehicle in which the star is everything and the vehicle is nearly an afterthought and only a legend extending her time on film with pleasure and grace could make that worth your while 
2.5
Trophy Wife
James Berardinelli
Deneuve is unquestionably the single most compelling reason to see this production 
3
Trophy Wife
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ozon juggles all this like a theatrical farce with bold colors and bold hairstyles It is of course based on a play but Ozon keeps it from getting too big or too locked down 
3
Trophy Wife
Mick LaSalle
It s funny broad and never stops moving It s made to please and succeeds 
3
Trophy Wife
Stephen Whitty
This isn t just a film set in the 70s It feels like a 70s film we re only now getting to see 
3
Trophy Wife
V.A. Musetto
You can t blame the stars who after all these years go together like say love and marriage It s just that the script which Ozon adapted from a play is lightweight and better suited to stage than screen 
2
Trophy Wife
Rex Reed
Delightfully relevant Deneuve gets her best role in years and she plays it to the hilt 
3
Trophy Wife
Bill Weber
So soon after Deneuve and Depardieu s sublime work in Andr Tchin s Changing Times Ozon s froth looks especially trivial 
2
Trophy Wife
Kent Turner
An adaptation of a 1970s play it offers tribute to the comedies of that decade Cousin Cousine Pardon Mon Affaire 
3
Tony Takitani
Ed Gonzalez
Ichikawa evokes the heady and suffocating effect of the past playing irrevocable catch up with itself 
2
Tony Takitani
Chris Hewitt
The Japanese movie is tranquil smoothly connecting its scenes with gradual pans from one image to the next accompanied by spare music that sounds like early morning and loneliness 
3
Tony Takitani
Kristin Tillotson
An ethereal modern fable without a moral Tony Takatani seeps into the soul and lingers For filmgoers in search of a quietly absorbing escape it might be the perfect holiday movie antidote 
3
Tony Takitani
Bruce Westbrook
Though it falters as a narrative Tony Takitani sticks in the mind with its poetic contemplativeness 
2.5
Tony Takitani
Sean P. Means
The pacing is reserved to the point of being funereal and the Ryuishi Sakamoto score is likely to lull you to sleep 
2.5
Tony Takitani
Jeff Shannon
Like a cultivated orchid the delicate product of careful attention and an appreciation for fleeting beauty 
3
Tony Takitani
Phil Villarreal
This is the sort of film you re pretty sure you won t like but see anyway out of vague curiosity and emerge from its spell somehow changed 
3
Tony Takitani
Michael Wilmington
It s a film for specialized tastes quiet delicate But it suits those tastes beautifully 
3.5
Tony Takitani
Steven Rea
Tony Takitani fablelike and beautiful requires a certain amount of patience but its small peculiar charms work their way into your soul 
3
Tony Takitani
Neva Chonin
Whether you view it as a metaphor for a country or a singular study of the human condition Tony Takitani explores the borders between solitude and loneliness hunger and consumption memory and loss 
4
Tony Takitani
Wesley Morris
This is a wisp of a film that despite its simplicity is hardly slight 
3
Tony Takitani
Elizabeth Weitzman
A quietly simple fable that hits you hardest after it s over 
3
Tony Takitani
V.A. Musetto
The camera effortlessly glides from scene to scene revealing faultlessly framed shots that consist mostly of just one or two people their backs often to the camera 
4
Tony Takitani
David Sterritt
The movie s underlying theme is the complex relationship between objects and memories worked out through a taut compelling story and superbly understated acting 
4
Tony Takitani
Jan Stuart
A haunting and exquisitely composed ode to the cellblocks that people build for themselves prisons of loneliness and dependency routine and material substitutes 
3.5
My Brother Is an Only Child
Carrie Rickey
The film which argues that blood brotherhood is stronger than political brotherhoods vibrates with their youthful energy and ardor 
3.5
My Brother Is an Only Child
Phil Villarreal
Despite the awards pedigree the drama is a bit of a slog at times with Accio taking seemingly ages to come of age but nobody said growing up was easy 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Rob Thomas
Only Child is both funny and heartbreaking and incredibly adept at shifting between lighter and darker tones 
3.5
My Brother Is an Only Child
Philip Marchand
The linkage in this movie between politics and family dynamics is a point well taken but the movie whose sense of frenetic activity going nowhere is captured by Luchetti s buoyant camera does go on and on before anyone learns anything 
2.5
My Brother Is an Only Child
Rick Groen
Sometimes under a torrent of social pressures water runs faster if not thicker than blood and even the strongest bonds drown in the flood 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Chris Hewitt
My Brother Is an Only Child is a buoyant handsomely crafted film 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
John Hartl
That it clicks is largely due to the daredevil chemistry of the actors playing the brothers who can be a handful whenever they re together 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Walter V. Addiego
Director Daniele Luchetti s strategy is to personify the long standing divisions of his homeland in a pair of siblings but make the characters so vital that we don t feel we re being browbeaten with political allegory 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Ken Fox
This smart engaging film shows how much political convictions are often rooted in the inchoate passions and early disappointments of youth 
3.5
My Brother Is an Only Child
Wesley Morris
In a sense the movie is about Accio s appreciation of the practical limits of ideology and the practical uses of rebellion and it s a poignant realization 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Sara Michelle Fetters
A hit in its native country it just didn t translate for me and sitting there taking it in I was absolutely dumbstruck who in their right mind would actually want to sit through the darn thing 
2
My Brother Is an Only Child
Sid Smith
The fey illogic in the title of My Brother is an Only Child hints at the style of this funny sad film which flips from dark to light moods and back with suave unpredictable dexterity 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Bob Strauss
Yep it s your typical shouty Italian movie though this time presented with sharp humor and an effortless cinematic verity by director Daniele Luchetti 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Lou Lumenick
My Brother Is an Only Child is a politically charged family drama set in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s think The Best of Youth director Daniele Luchetti collaborated with that epic film s writers at a more butt friendly running time 
3
My Brother Is an Only Child
Ed Gonzalez
My Brother Is an Only Child moves so playfully and briskly you may not notice its glibness which may have been director Daniele Luchetti s intent 
2
Union Pacific
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a bit graceless compared to other Westerns of the day especially John Ford s Stagecoach both were inspired by stories by Ernest Haycox but it works in a kind of old fashioned broad spirited way 
3
Underworld
Michael Szymanski
it s a decent ride if like those bad over priced carnival rides you don t expect too much 
2
Pascali's Island
Caryn James
Slow and stately Pascali s Island never gets beneath its own superficial gentility 
2
Pascali's Island
Roger Ebert
It is a mood piece meditative in which even the melodrama of the plot grows out of the flawed souls of the characters Everything in a film like this depends on performance and it is hard to imagine how it could have been better cast 
3
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Richard Roeper
A strange and original and at times surprisingly lovely bit of folklore 
3
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Tom Meek
The Man Who Shot Hitler is a high quality spectacle 
2.5
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Kam Williams
An amusing mix of fantasy and revisionist history bordering on cheesy that s strictly for the very gullible 
2
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Glenn Kenny
I suppose there are some who will get off on this movie s competence and uber sincerity but I found the premise one or two bridges too far Sam Elliott junkies too are sure to be delighted 
2
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Mark Dujsik
Robert D Krzykowski s debut feature is a melancholy examination of the utter loneliness of a man whose adventures are fantastical but as he sees them without any meaning 
3
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Joey Magidson
This is a really tremendous movie From the bold concept to Elliott s performance it s just a deliciously full cinematic meal 
3.5
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Walter Chaw
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot isn t a product of a vision it s the product of wanting attention without upsetting anyone 
1.5
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Robert Daniels
Elliott plays Calvin Barr a retired soldier tottering off into antiquity and legend 
3
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Mike McGranaghan
Mythic and meaningful A special work that hits you in unexpected ways Sam Elliott gives yet another stellar performance 
3.5
Everyone Else
Rob Nelson
Like Cassavetes A Woman Under the Influence Ade s film is as unpredictable and ambiguous as it is raw 
4
Everyone Else
Wesley Morris
It s about private emotional phenomena the tiny tremors and imperceptible shifts that bring a couple closer together or drive them apart almost without their noticing 
3
Everyone Else
Peter Keough
Maren Ade s moody character study evokes such classics as Voyage to Italy Knife in theWater and L Avventura in its romantic ennui 
3
Everyone Else
Steven Rea
This is a film that will surely try the patience of some but there s wisdom here jagged shards of wisdom at the very least 
3
Everyone Else
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Everyone Else is a rare movie that concentrates more on genuine characters and emotions more than it does visual style 
3.5
Everyone Else
Walter V. Addiego
It s an impressive achievement The film reveals things about each person s inner world and how it looks to the other without making us feel as if we re lost in a house of mirrors 
3
Everyone Else
Dan Kois
All that s certain is that we re getting to know these two characters exceptionally well and that their tics and flaws are as recognizable as our own 
3
Everyone Else
Robert W. Butler
All this makes for a hugely insightful drama but not a particularly endearing one 
2.5
Everyone Else
V.A. Musetto
The well acted pleasantly lensed drama doesn t recall Hollywood s generic approach to fragile couples and that s just fine with me 
3
Everyone Else
Kam Williams
Love in the time of lipstick on the collar 
3.5
The Last Survivors
Roger Ebert
Among the most idiotic films ever made 
0.5
Marooned in Iraq
Duane Dudek
A sorrowful road comedy set in a place where hardship and humor are brothers in arms 
3
Marooned in Iraq
Jonathan Curiel
It s a movie that works on many levels including symbolic and metaphorical 
4
Marooned in Iraq
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ghobadi does a professional job of melding these disparate parts together carefully using the hard scraggly Kurdistan landscape and the overhead sounds of war as tie ins 
3
Marooned in Iraq
Glenn Lovell
It puts a face and name to people and events we hear about nightly on CNN 
4
Marooned in Iraq
Bob Strauss
The Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi made an impressive feature debut with the tragic tale of child smugglers A Time for Drunken Horses Events in his second movie Marooned in Iraq are even more heart rending 
4
Marooned in Iraq
John Anderson
Often very funny and poignant 
3
Marooned in Iraq
David Sterritt
This peripatetic yarn is less resonant than Ghobadi s beautiful A Time for Drunken Horses but it has enough energy to keep your eyes popping and your toes tapping 
4
Marooned in Iraq
Ed Gonzalez
Less shrill than Samira Makhmalbaf s Blackboards Bahman Ghobadi s latest is also less didactic 
3
Three Days in Auschwitz
Soren Andersen
Filmed during three separate trips to the Auschwitz site starting in 2010 the result is a movie so intensely personal that it amounts to an extended selfie 
2.5
Under Control
Joseph Jon Lanthier
There are images here that seem culled from some obsolete collective nervousness 
3
Awake
Roger Moore
A thriller that promises to start quickly and find a fresh twist or two by the end and fails at both 
1
Sharkwater Extinction
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film is so effective at generating outrage that one wishes it had taken a few steps back sometimes to put more context around the offenses and crimes that it shows us 
3
Sharkwater Extinction
Peter Howell
Stewart s third film is also his best with scenes of marine genocide that should make us all weep tears of rage 
3.5
Sharkwater Extinction
Brad Wheeler
Stewart believed people would rally to the shark cause if only they knew the gravity of the situation The film is now made the word is out and Stewart more than did his part 
3
Tideland
Joe Lozito
Now I like pushing boundaries as much as the next guy When it s done well as in say Todd Solondz wonderfully dark Happiness it can be searingly challenging But in the case of Tideland it s just uncomfortable to watch 
0
Tideland
Kam Williams
This macabre fairy tale a bizarre blend of surrealism and eccentricities might be best described as a kinky cross of Psycho and Alice in Wonderland 
2
Tideland
Phil Villarreal
Tideland is frustrating for the way it refuses to coalesce You watch the film feeling abused and exploited never knowing whether there s a bottom to this rabbit hole 
2
Tideland
Jeff Shannon
Honest unflinching and worthy of reappraisal 
2.5
Tideland
Chris Hewitt
Well I m Chris Hewitt and I have a confession to make I hated this film 
0
Tideland
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps once we leave these squeamish times Tideland will emerge like one of Welles later films as a misunderstood classic 
3
Tideland
Ruthe Stein
Pointless and an excruciating bore 
0
Tideland
Ty Burr
The movie itself feels like an overstuffed burrito Nicola Pecorini s cinematography has verve but no visual sense and the film s self important pace turns deadening over the long haul 
1
Tideland
Peter Canavese
When Jeliza Rose announces in the first scene Today we re all going on a great trip know that it s to the center of an emotional black hole 
2
Tideland
Walter Chaw
A diary of pain and a chronicle of the armour of mythology an imaginative mind expels to salve it away 
3.5
Tideland
Susan Walker
A triumph of costuming and production design over plot theme and main characters 
1.5
Tideland
Bob Strauss
It s yet another example of the undeniably imaginative filmmaker Time Bandits Brazil 12 Monkeys frittering away a movie with ugly visuals and even more unpleasant behavior 
2
Tideland
Jennie Punter
The film drags in the middle and feels excruciatingly slow and repetitive in the final stretch 
2
Tideland
Michael Wilmington
It s crazy dangerous and sometimes gorgeous a feast of nuttiness that takes you for a while over the edge 
3
Tideland
Ken Fox
Terry Gilliam s uncompromising adaptation of Mitch Cullin s disquieting novel of adolescent fantasy and madness further cements Gilliam s reputation as a unique visionary artist while reducing his audience to only the most adventurous 
2.5
Tideland
Kyle Smith
An endless pointless drone with characters like bacteria and dialogue like an untuned radio 
0
Tideland
Timothy Knight
There s no cinematic Wonderland awaiting the unfortunate moviegoer who follows Terry Gilliam down the rabbit hole into the drearily awful Tideland 
0.5
Tideland
Stephen Whitty
Ugly and misjudged 
1
Tideland
Elizabeth Weitzman
A murky swamp of a movie 
1.5
Tideland
Jan Stuart
Gilliam drains any remaining signs of life and humanity from his adult characters underscoring their grotesqueness with expressionistic camera work and shock tactic effects 
1.5
Tideland
James Berardinelli
What we get sadly is easily the worst production Gilliam has ever been involved in either behind the camera or in front of it Tideland is by turns a complete bore and a creepy experience And I don t mean creepy in a positive sense 
1.5
Tideland
Nick Schager
Fittingly ending with a train wreck Tideland careens about wildly to only slightly rewarding effect 
2
So Much So Fast
Jeff Vice
A very compelling human story 
3.5
So Much So Fast
Sean P. Means
Ascher and Jordan bring their personal knowledge to bear on the Heywoods plight sometimes asking wistfully whether it is ultimately any different from any other family s trouble 
3.5
So Much So Fast
Ty Burr
It is harrowing heartbreaking cheering and unforgettable 
4
So Much So Fast
Timothy Knight
A humbling and inspiring chronicle of one man s tireless efforts to save the life of his terminally ill younger brother 
3.5
So Much So Fast
V.A. Musetto
It retains an upbeat air of hope and even humor as two brave men battle fate 
3
So Much So Fast
Jan Stuart
Affecting slightly overextended film 
3
So Much So Fast
Ken Fox
Jamie s desperation however is understandable as is his anger at the pharmaceutical establishment that continues to fail ALS sufferers 
3.5
So Much So Fast
Nick Schager
Ascher and Jordan s poignant and often humorous portrait covers two perspectives of of a tragic equation 
3
So Much So Fast
David Nusair
There s absolutely no denying the overall effectiveness of So Much So Fast 
3
The Ghouls
Mark Dujsik
Come for the murky action and stay for the shudder inducing feeling of nostalgia for Mao s Cultural Revolution It s a very odd movie indeed 
1.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Sonny Bunch
The first 13 minutes of the film lay out an absolutely wonderful little horror story 46 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 has the explicit immediacy of Saving Private Ryan and the bureaucratic 44 bird 8217 s eye view of Paths of Glory 46 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ty Burr
Remarque wrote his novel hoping it would be the last word on war for anyone who has never seen a war movie maybe this should be their first 
3.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Pablo O. Scholz
Sanguinary unafraid to depict the soldier s mutilation wounds and desperation but also their solidarity Full review in Spanish 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Edward Berger uses a fluid 44 wide eyed 44 epic style that might otherwise be called quot beautiful 44 quot but it captures shocks and cold astonishments 46 
3.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Brian Eggert
Although its 8220 war is hell 8221 argument is familiar 91 46 46 46 93 the production is often so gorgeously mounted and performed that the familiar quality of its themes and situations remains of minor concern 46 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hernán Ferreirós
It s in the friendships lost in battle and the soldiers transformation from fresh faced bucks into leathered individuals that the film resonates Full review in Spanish 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Roger Moore
I found 8220 1917 8221 more visceral and engaging 44 8220 War Horse 8221 more moving 46 At this point 44 the novelty of this nightmare has worn off 44 its ability to shock modern audiences by recreating the cold 44 gory realities of 8220 The Great War 8221 is gone 46 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Johnny Oleksinski
It s sensory overload tough though rewarding viewing 
3.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Leo Brady
All Quiet on the Western Front is a powerful 44 breathtaking experience 44 and a reminder once again that war is indeed pure hell 46 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Steven Prokopy
Bloody beyond belief 40 the image of a soldier stabbing himself to death in the neck rather than die slowly from injuries is one that will not leave my brain soon 41 44 but it 8217 s as powerful an antiwar statement as has ever been attempted in any format 46 
3.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erik Childress
A film with some undeniably powerful moments 40 and a great score 41 that somehow get overshadowed by a less involving narrative and shots inspired by other war films that distract more than mesmerize 46 
2.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Richard Roeper
Even as Paul and his mates alternate between quiet moments of reflection and sudden and deadly outbursts of battle Germany s political and military hierarchy already knows the war has been lost 
3.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Mark Dujsik
All Quiet on the Western Front is an ambitiously mounted production 44 filled with horrific sights and suggesting even more terrifying notions 46 46 46 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Joey Magidson
All Quiet on the Western Front is an intense ode to the futility of war 46 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Oliver Jones
For a film focused on getting the technical realities of war correct it is Berger s feel for and patience with the moments that these horrors disrupt that make this portrayal so singular 
3.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glenn Kenny
All Quiet on the Western Front is state of the art in shoving your nose in realistic seeming carnage and possibly inducing hearing damage in laying on the ear splitting aural experience of a fire fight 46 
2
All Quiet on the Western Front
Anne Brodie
Two other versions of Remarque 8217 s novel are out there and this one 44 the most expensive German film in the history of Netflix offers a graphic 44 truthful 44 modern take that will shake seen it all audiences to the core 46 
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Randy Myers
The most potent cinematic adaptation yet a wrenching but rewarding experience in every imaginable way 
3
All Quiet on the Western Front
Michael O'Sullivan
Yes it s handsomely shot but there are long sequences where little happens True to life perhaps but slow 
2.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Mick LaSalle
There are dull stretches interrupted by moments of terror but that s not really a complaint for a movie such as this 
3
What Now Mama
Tomas Hachard
The repetitive rhythms of Joaquim Pinto s daily routines provide the film with a feeling of serenity that stands in contrast to the man s underlying anxiety 
3
The Comeback Trail
Kevin Carr
The star studded cast can 8217 t save this incompetent would be comedy that doesn 8217 t even understand how movies are made 46 
0.5
The Comeback Trail
Joey Magidson
The Comeback Trail will play better on cable Perhaps that s really minor praise but that s about the best one can hope for here 
2.5
Moon
Matt Brunson
With Ziggy Stardust for a father Major Tom for an uncle and presumably the spiders from Mars for assorted in laws is it any wonder that Duncan Jones chose a science fiction project to mark his feature film debut 
3.5
Moon
Kelly Jane Torrance
Suffice it to say Mr Rockwell more than carries the film with a nuanced performance that speaks volumes about the fears of alienation and corruption that always seem to accompany our literature about the future 
3.5
Moon
David Keyes
A cue to the responsibility of filmmakers in a time when most seldom trust their audiences to think about answers and asks questions that paralyze us in intricate fascination long after the final shot has left an imprint 
4
Moon
Jay Antani
Intriguing imaginative and thematically ambitious Moon gives ample proof that Jones is a serious talent pushing his concepts into intellectually and spiritually challenging territory 
3
Moon
Josh Larsen
Sam Rockwell should have been nominated for Best Actor at least twice 
3.5
Moon
Peter Keough
Moon entertains by posing a puzzle whose solution opens into disturbing existential truths and paradoxes 
3.5
Moon
Nick Rogers
Sam Rockwell s work is a light on the dark side of Moon It s not that the man behind the curtain isn t worth attention it s that he s just not as interesting It s predictably plotted but unpredictably mournful and elegiac a la Philip K Dick 
3
Moon
James Kendrick
an intriguing existential space oddity
3
Moon
Mike Scott
With the sci fi genre descending to disappointing new CG assisted lows this summer yes I m talking to you Michael Bay Moon is a perfectly timed little space oddity 
4
Moon
Christian Toto
Moon gleefully steals from other superior sci fi flicks but still manages to make a statement all its own 
3
Moon
John Beifuss
A throwback to the relatively thoughtful adult oriented science fiction films that briefly were in vogue in the late 1960s and 1970s 
3
Moon
Keith Cohen
This unique cinematic doozy is a refreshing alternative to the mindless summer blockbuster fare 
3
Moon
Rene Rodriguez
Most contemporary sci fi movies come on with all CGI guns blazing trying to blow the roof off the theater Moon settles for trying to blow your mind instead 
3
Moon
Robert W. Butler
Moon is darn good science fiction 
3
Moon
Michael Sragow
All this wouldn t matter if Sam Rockwell didn t anchor this cleverly claustrophobic spectacle 
2.5
Moon
Duane Dudek
In much the same way we take for granted the fact that science drives our lives in countless and invisible ways Moon takes a satisfyingly pragmatic approach to the extraordinary 
3
Moon
Jeff Vice
What makes this science fiction thriller really work is that it favors a more cerebral style of storytelling There are clear nods to such sci fi classics as 2001 A Space Odyssey 
3
Moon
Calvin Wilson
Ultimately Moon isn t quite the transcendent experience that it clearly strives to be But as ambitious science fiction it achieves liftoff 
3
Moon
Dustin Putman
Esoteric and a little frightening a serious minded sci fi rumination for viewers who strive for more out of their genre pieces than pyrotechnics and jive talking scraps of metal 
2.5
Moon
Sean O'Connell
Comparisons to 2001 or even Ridley Scott s Alien aren t far fetched 
3
Moon
Stephen Cole
Watching Moon is kind of like seeing a booster rocket thrust seventies sci fi films deeper into orbit 
3
Moon
David Nusair
46 46 46 one of the most entertaining and flat out engrossing sci fi efforts to hit theaters since Steven Soderbergh apos s woefully underrated 2002 Solaris remake 46 
3.5
Moon
Michael Upchurch
With its artful use of old school miniatures rather than computer graphics Moon engages the eye as much as the mind Here s a canny director who doesn t let technical prowess overwhelm his sure resourceful sense of human drama and character 
3.5
Moon
Chris Hewitt
By the end I was totally hooked into Sam s attempts to figure out what was happening in his weird mind And I had forgotten all about 2001 
3.5
Moon
Peter Howell
The under appreciated Rockwell finally gets a leading role make that roles worthy of his considerable talent 
3.5
Moon
Steven Rea
In the end Moon raises disturbing ethical questions about science and bioengineering but it s the emotional questions the film poses about memory about family about identity that really resonate 
3
Moon
James Berardinelli
Moon is closer to what die hards expect when they hear the term sci fi and its existence reminds us that serious movies within this genre are not dead they re just hiding 
3.5
Moon
Steve Rhodes
Rockwell s performance is a real tour de force 
3
Moon
Mick LaSalle
As a piece of entertainment Moon is a failed experiment Yet though it never becomes enjoyable or gets even within hailing distance of fun it has some interesting ideas 
1
Moon
Peter Canavese
Jones has a very interesting existential idea here and though he frustratingly doesn t exploit its every possibility he does give a great actor an opportunity for a tour de force performance 
3
Moon
Wesley Morris
Written and directed by the first time director Duncan Jones Moon devotes itself to the mystery of the multiplying Sams It s a modest melancholic undertaking and a little virtuous too 
2.5
Moon
Roger Ebert
Moon is a superior example of that threatened genre hard science fiction which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence of one kind of or other including digital 
3.5
Moon
Robert Levin
Rockwell excels at the burdensome task of playing against himself 
3.5
Moon
Kyle Smith
Though we love pretentious grand sci fi this film feels kind of thin just a corporate scandal philosoph cal show 
2.5
Moon
Sara Michelle Fetters
Moving at its own leisure yet suspenseful pace the movie is a mediation on what it means to be human the central themes familiar yet intoxicating all at the same time 
3
Moon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A science fiction movie based on actual ideas 
3.5
Moon
Claudia Puig
An intelligent evocative and deceptively low key sci fi adventure 
3
Moon
Peter Travers
Director Duncan Jones son of David Bowie working from a script by Nathan Parker pulls off sci fi miracles on a 5 million shoestring Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement 
3.5
Moon
Nick Schager
An assured mesmerizing tale of intergalactic loneliness self inquiry and man s innate enduring hunger for life 
3.5
Wrong Turn 2
David Nusair
a first act that fares quite a bit better than one might ve anticipated 
2
Wrong Turn 2
Lucius Gore
This might be the best revenge horror film in years 
3
Wrong Turn 2
Walter Chaw
As the first half is so abominable color me surprised that the second half is actually good in a nominal way 
1.5
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Megan Lehmann
Director Francisco de Lombardi fills his sensual film with plenty of gorgeous shots of the lush landscape and its equally exotic miniskirted fauna 
2.5
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Jonathan Curiel
A pedestrian film that provides little more than a superficial treat 
2
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Joe Baltake
Pantaleon y las Visitadoras which has three distinct acts each of which works as a self contained little film runs a whopping 138 minutes But it remains enjoyable even as it grows darker 
3
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a long time the moive gets by on kooky erotic charm 
3
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
John Petrakis
Goofy but enjoyable 
3
House of My Father
Kelly Jane Torrance
Ferrell is funny as usual and plays off surprisingly well against Bernal and Luna who are frequent collaborators in more than one language 
2.5
House of My Father
Linda Cook
What a strange concept for a movie It s funny in parts but I have no idea which audience this movie was intended for 
2
House of My Father
Rob Thomas
How strange is this movie The scene in which Ferrell s character is visited by a talking white lion and escorted into a Fellini esque dream sequence was the one time I felt I was in familiar Ferrell territory 
3
House of My Father
Roger Moore
Ferrell hurls himself into the melodramatic heavy breathing telenovela style of acting And surrounded by actors who know the genre and get the joke Efren Ramirez from Napoleon Dynamite among them this send up works 
3
House of My Father
David Nusair
a consistently disastrous and aggressively unwatchable cinematic endurance 
0
House of My Father
Sara Michelle Fetters
Give Will Ferrell the guy certainly doesn t sit on his laurels 
2.5
House of My Father
Peter Travers
Ferrell is an hombre loco Mi gusta 
2.5
House of My Father
Willie Waffle
I can t say the world was crying out for a parody of Spanish language Telenovelas but this is the best one you will ever see 
3
House of My Father
Stephen Whitty
A product as cheap empty and worth of a good beating as a piata 
1.5
House of My Father
Rafer Guzman
For a movie with basically one idea spoofing the telenovela Casa is determined to take it as far as possible 
2
House of My Father
Rick Groen
Really Casa de mi Padre is a skit blown up to a feature flick amusing for a while until its welcome wears out 
2
House of My Father
Sara Stewart
As a full length feature Casa is simply a funny concept that starts to go stale around the 10 minute mark 
2
House of My Father
Michael O'Sullivan
It s perfect for a short clip on FunnyorDie com Padded out to feature length with a bunch of other slight and unmemorable laughs it wears thin 
1
House of My Father
Dustin Putman
A loopy trifle that sticks around and is best remembered in hindsight this could very well be a cult hit in the making 
2.5
House of My Father
Amy Biancolli
It s really strange and it s really subtitled 
2
House of My Father
Claudia Puig
This very funny spoof of telenovelas and classic Mexican westerns is decidedly offbeat and absurdly daffy 
3
House of My Father
Gary Thompson
Probably too strange for mainstream tastes but a movie sure to have a cult movie afterlife 
2.5
House of My Father
Ty Burr
It s a solid short film stretched to Silly Putty thinness 
1.5
House of My Father
Steven Rea
Ferrell as he s done in Anchorman Talladega Nights and Step Brothers walks undaunted through the amiable absurdity delivering his not exactly mellifluous espaol in earnest flurries as the dialogue and the bullets fly 
3
House of My Father
Monica Castillo
Casa de mi Padre is an unorthodox entry in the stoner comedy fauxsploitation genre but it might feel at home on Ferrell s Funny or Die website 
3
House of My Father
Matt Pais
This occasionally amusing feature length skit doesn t give enough people enough funny lines to say in any language 
2
House of My Father
Rene Rodriguez
Hearing Ferrell shout Alejate O te doy una paliza con estas manos is a lot funnier if you speak Spanish and much less so if you re stuck reading subtitles 
2.5
House of My Father
Soren Andersen
They set out to make a bad movie They succeeded 
1
House of My Father
Peter Howell
It s audacious given the huge resistance of Americans to subtitled films It s also a good idea If only it were funnier 
2
House of My Father
Roger Ebert
The movie is only 84 minutes long including credit cookies but that is quite long enough 
2
House of My Father
Christy Lemire
Cute but not much more But maybe it s better if you ve had a couple margaritas with friends beforehand 
2
House of My Father
James Berardinelli
A movie of this sort could easily wear out its welcome early Yet Ferrell and company transform the one joke concept into a surprisingly subtle train of gentle jabs at an entire defunct school of filmmaking 
3
House of My Father
Diego Semerene
This is one of those nasty little films that tries very hard to obscure its misogynist and racist premise through pseudo political critique 
0
Bonhoeffer
Jeffrey Overstreet
Today s church needs Bonhoeffer s example and teaching and Doblmeier s project makes a worthy contribution to our understanding of this great man 
3
Bonhoeffer
Chris Hewitt
When its subject is as fascinating as Dietrich Bonhoeffer a movie doesn t need bells and whistles 
3
Bonhoeffer
Ty Burr
It never quite escapes the classroom and church group and it seems a little too content to view Bonhoeffer as a martyr 
2.5
Bonhoeffer
V.A. Musetto
The life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer the pacifist theologian in Germany who spoke out openly and strongly against Hitler would make one hell of a movie Unfortunately Martin Doblmeier s documentary Bonhoeffer isn t it 
1
Bonhoeffer
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though structured as the biography of the late German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer Martin Doblmeier s engrossing documentary also offers a well researched history of his times 
3
Bonhoeffer
John Anderson
Strong inspiring profile of the valiant and enigmatic World War II era Protestant theologian 
3
Bonhoeffer
David Sterritt
What s missing is a thorough exploration of Bonhoeffer s innovative ideas and a probing examination of how he reconciled his passion for pacifism with his growing conviction that assassination is justifiable in some case 
2
Bonhoeffer
John Petrakis
A well crafted film 
3.5
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Steven Prokopy
The documentary is a deeply personal experience while also feeling a bit like it s only skimming the surface of what these two did and could have accomplished together 
3
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Leo Brady
By the end the final true revelation of Blood Brothers is that Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali will always be connected and that brotherhood can never be broken 
3
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Sheila O'Malley
An informative and engaging documentary 
3
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Zaki Hasan
A broad overview of an interesting unexplored time that while feeling a bit cursory at times still manages to engage in a worthwhile and compelling discussion about these two historical figure s intertwined legacies with several decades of hindsight 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Sean P. Means
Kids may enjoy it But kids also would enjoy an all candy dinner which is why grown ups have to step in and help them make better entertainment choices 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Sara Michelle Fetters
The bottom line is that if you re under the age of 10 or you somehow enjoyed the god awful 2007 original then you are more likely than not to enjoy this one too 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
John Beifuss
Richard Widmark is dead but his spirit improbably lives on in this squeakquel in which the allegedly adorable harmonizing rodents cause an old lady in a wheelchair to roll down a steep flight of stairs 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Kyle Smith
It s far from the most unpleasant kiddie flick I ve sat through this year although I would be misleading you if I promised you lots of laughs 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Scott Nash
Instead of paying for celebrity voices that are rendered unrecognizable why not pay for better writers 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Jason Clark
The story is so paper thin one surmises it was scrawled on soggy toilet paper somewhere
0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Jason Heck
As tedious as it is inevitable Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel is as ho ho hum as can be 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Liam Lacey
Every time an adult ended up in traction or broke wind the three year olds in the audience were freshly ecstatic 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Roger Moore
Whatever slim charms there were in the nostalgic musically cute and slapstick friendly first film of chipmunk mania are squished right out of The Squeakquel like so much rodent roadkill 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Linda Barnard
It s one that will keep little moviegoers happy without driving their parents too squirrelly 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Michael O'Sullivan
At one point Cross s character takes a full frontal hit in the groin from an errant toy motorcycle 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Chris Hewitt
It s mildly amusing and the climax is pretty exciting but all in all I m not sure the Squeakquel was strictly necessary 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
David Hiltbrand
The whole thing is rather insipid But Thomas makes it smoother and more palatable than it deserves to be 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Dustin Putman
Non discriminating little kids will squeal with delight but don t expect them to learn anything other than the phrases Dutch oven and pole dancing 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Peter Hartlaub
Despite its success as a babysitter for preschoolers it s a not a very good film 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Jeff Vice
Watching talented funny people like Zachary Levi David Cross and Wendie Malick go from one demeaning and painfully stupid situation to the next is excruciating 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Lance Gould
It could be the most aggressively terrible movie of the year 
0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Ty Burr
Little kids will love it You ll need a hazmat suit 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Charles Williams
If the Chipmunks don t make you smile you re nuts 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Claudia Puig
It seems as if no professional actors were hired in the making of this motion picture 
2
Middle Age Crazy
Larry Vitacco
A witty script and top flight performances keep Middle Age Crazy a notch above the usual run of the mill comedy dramas about the hardships both real and imagined of turning 40 
3
The Road to Freedom
Ethan Gilsdorf
Unfortunately beyond orchestrating crane shots sweeping over lush jungles and rice paddies newcomer Brendan Moriarty is fairly clueless as a director 
1
The Road to Freedom
Walter V. Addiego
The problem is that the film though heartfelt isn t very good 
1
John Rabe
Burl Burlingame
A serious large budget treatment of Rabe s exploits and a moving terrific film about trying to maintain one s decency amidst horrors 
3
John Rabe
Christian Toto
John Rabe preserves history while painting a portrait of a most complicated hero 
3
John Rabe
Michael O'Sullivan
It is a tale of a true hero even if in its minor details it s less than entirely true For a movie with ambitions as big as John Rabe that doesn t just make it good That makes it epic 
3
John Rabe
V.A. Musetto
There are many powerful moments including a mass beheading before the film turns into a sappy Frank Capra esque affair 
2
John Rabe
Andrew Schenker
In Gallenberger s film the Chinese are allowed onscreen as victims only 
2
John Rabe
Nick Hasted
A great story that needs to be seen 
3
The Homesman
Mattie Lucas
A defiant rejection of genre cliché with a resonance that is hard to shake 
3
The Homesman
Michael Smith
The Homesman is a dark complex story of gender issues and changing conventions on the frontier and in an era that sees this genre fading Jones has made a Western winner 
3
The Homesman
Robert W. Butler
With his sophomore effort The Homesman Jones gives us a revisionist Western that defies expectations at every turn It s a genuine art film in the vein of Aussie productions like The Proposition 
3.5
The Homesman
Stephen Rebello
The Homesman isn t dull It s too peculiar for that But neither does it make you want to saddle up and ride off with either of its two leading characters either 
2.5
The Homesman
John Wirt
Horses wagons occasional Indians and villainous white settlers don t stop The Homesman from transcending the western tag In ways both simple and deep it s a stark tender heartrending universal tale 
3.5
The Homesman
Rob Thomas
Jones isn t interested in making a movie about archetypes he s making a movie about people And people can surprise you The Homesman certainly surprised me and still haunts me 
3.5
The Homesman
John Beifuss
A thoughtful Western that suggests insanity may be as logical a form of refuge rebellion and self expression as any for desperate women now as well as then condemned to emotional isolation unpaid hard labor and sexual servitude by loutish men 
3
The Homesman
Rene Rodriguez
Parts of The Homesman are a slog to sit through but the movie ends on a note of absurd comedy that also breaks your heart suggesting that some people no matter the circumstances are incapable of change 
2.5
The Homesman
Josh Larsen
increasingly resembles a vanity project 
2
The Homesman
Bob Bloom
It is Swank s performance that holds you Her Cuddy is God fearing determined courageous and outspoken all of which covers desperation to be loved and accepted 
3
The Homesman
Chris Hewitt
In the pile up of melodramatics that clutters his movie it s hard to tell for sure what Jones is trying to say 
2
The Homesman
Calvin Wilson
Swank an Oscar winner for Boys Don t Cry and Million Dollar Baby is outstanding getting to the essence of Mary Bee s pride and pain And in the showier role Jones impressively peels away layers of rambunctiousness to reveal George s humanity 
3
The Homesman
Moira MacDonald
Swank and Streep are big stars with famous faces and yet disappear into their roles these characters convey both quiet strength and gentle kindness 
3
The Homesman
Chris Knight
As we ve already seen to what lengths ordinary people can be driven by the frontier life nothing should still surprise us It s to the film s credit that it manages to do so regardless 
3.5
The Homesman
Ben Sachs
As the protagonists near their final destination The Homesman offers a critique of civilization that s almost as pessimistic as its critique of frontier life suggesting that in every corner of America there have always been more losers than winners 
3
The Homesman
Geoff Pevere
It s as stubbornly and cantankerously eccentric as both its wagon drivers not to mention driven to blaze its own trail through the narrative and mythological landscape of America s defining story form 
2.5
The Homesman
Steven Rea
At a certain point The Homesman will take you by surprise By the end it will take your heart 
3
The Homesman
Mark Dujsik
In its subdued way The Homesman is a melancholy tale of lost souls who find temporary unity only to end up where they began 
3
The Homesman
Kent Turner
Maybe no other film this year has so many mood swings from the heartfelt to the horrific 
3
The Homesman
Peter Howell
The Homesman is a western hard and true one that probably comes closer to depicting the hardships of frontier life than any number of more conventional oaters 
3
The Homesman
Ty Burr
For a movie headlined by two Oscar winning Hollywood stars and directed and co written by one of them The Homesman is awfully close to outsider art 
3
The Homesman
John Anderson
Wanders along the lonesome trail then heads off into the underbrush 
2
The Homesman
Stephanie Merry
Some recent interviews with Jones paint him as a bit of a curmudgeon But he s right to push back against being put into a box The Homesman succeeds mainly because it and he don t neatly fit into one 
3
The Homesman
Mick LaSalle
Few will regret having seen The Homesman and yet it s not exactly an enjoyable experience 
2
The Homesman
Matt Pais
Has a better sense of scenery than story 
2.5
The Homesman
Michael Phillips
Right or wrong The Homesman belongs to Jones and Swank and for Western aficionados it s worth seeing 
2.5
The Homesman
Jake Coyle
The melancholic balance isn t always quite right and the momentum wanes when it should be gaining 
2.5
The Homesman
Thelma Adams
Director Star Tommy Lee Jones confounds making brilliant American cinema on the back of the blockbuster dime from Men in Black the Fugitive and Ameriprise ads Hilary Swank goes spare and true paired with Rodrigo Prieto s restrained camerawork 
4
The Homesman
Robert Levin
A studied and thoughtful examination of the unfair pressures faced by women on the frontier that also reconsiders the ways they ve been classically portrayed in the Western 
3.5
The Homesman
Sheila O'Malley
The Homesman doesn t play things safe and that s a welcome change 
3.5
The Homesman
Stephen Whitty
A strange and beautiful movie full of odd touches a knife fight in the middle of a desolate wasteland a gravestone made from a bed s headboard a piece of embroidery that stands in for a much missed keyboard that haunt after the film s done 
3
The Homesman
Claudia Puig
The Homesman aims for a story that s poignant and told sparely but comes across as mawkish tedious and self indulgent 
1.5
The Homesman
Peter Travers
This fem centric Western from actor director co writer Tommy Lee Jones walks the tightrope between comic and tragic Jones and Hilary Swank ignite combustibly 
3
The Homesman
Lou Lumenick
Title and director notwithstanding Tommy Lee Jones The Homesman is very much a feminist Western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it was for even a strong and determined woman to survive in frontier days 
3
The Homesman
Rex Reed
A grand shocking saga of a movie The Homesman is the kind they don t make much anymore 
3.5
The Homesman
Roger Moore
Epic intimate allegorical and ornery 
3.5
The Homesman
Christopher Gray
If there s any ambiguity to be found in the film s prolonged last gasps which reach for tragedy but only sow more epistemic confusion it s of a mawkish and unpalatable variety 
2.5
Hal
Lisa Trifone
Hal is a fittingly well built tribute to a man who s best known for his masterful films And as a primer for a decade s worth of must see films particularly for those among us who profess to know a thing or two about the art form it s essential 
2.5
Hal
Ty Burr
Hal is a soft edged memorial that should direct you or re direct you to some terrific and tough edged films 
3
Hal
Nell Minow
It must have been daunting to make a film about a master editor and filmmaker but Scott has clearly learned from her careful attention to Ashby s films 
3.5
Hal
A.J. Serrano
Just before the documentary slips into hero worship Amy Scott pries beneath the calm surface of her bearded and bespectacled subject to reveal the silent rage that fueled his work 
2.5
Hal
Rob Thomas
The film is an affectionate ode to Ashby but isn t blind to his flaws the sort of complex but forgiving treatment that I m sure Ashby would have liked 
3.5
Youth Without Youth
Troy Patterson
The first half of Youth has the tension of a crack thriller But director Francis Ford Coppola has rigged things so that the suspense story melts into a New Age puddle 
3.5
Youth Without Youth
Ty Burr
Youth Without Youth is pretentious as hell but so goofily in love with the idea of itself that you feel protective toward it the way you would toward a platypus that has lost its way 
2
Youth Without Youth
Walter Chaw
Very much a film of this era its director returning after a ten year absence from the cinema with a peculiar little masterpiece about things unrecoverable in time 
3.5
Youth Without Youth
Matt Brunson
This pretentious impenetrable and deadly dull film never resonates as anything more than an aging filmmaker s feeble grasp at his own lost youth 
1
Youth Without Youth
John Beifuss
Coppola was more efficiently mystical when he wasn t trying so hard 
2
Youth Without Youth
Carla Meyer
So much of Youth Without Youth is impenetrable and not in a way that makes you want to solve the puzzle but in a way that makes you want to knock the puzzle pieces off the table and flee the room 
1.5
Youth Without Youth
Phil Villarreal
It would be easier to sit back and rest on his legend rather than press on as an average filmmaker which is what Coppola has become 
3
Youth Without Youth
Steven Rea
Youth Without Youth is so beautiful in fact that it almost transcends the epic bunkum of Coppola s script But almost doesn t count even when it is uttered in ancient tongues 
2.5
Youth Without Youth
Rob Thomas
If making Youth Without Youth helped to clean out the pipes for Francis Ford Coppola and spurs him on to do better films then that s great The film has served a purpose 
2
Youth Without Youth
David Nusair
nothing less than a complete mess that often resembles an arty student film 
1
Youth Without Youth
Rene Rodriguez
Although it s easy to admire what Coppola was attempting to do with Youth Without Youth the movie fails on such a thorough and complete level that to call it a noble attempt isn t really fair It s really a colossal miscalculation 
1
Youth Without Youth
Rick Groen
How s this for a ringing endorsement Watching Youth Without Youth Francis Ford Coppola s first film in nearly a decade is like taking a philosophy exam 
2.5
Youth Without Youth
Geoff Pevere
Not so much a bad movie as a dispiritingly unnecessary one especially by a once great director Youth Without Youth ultimately boils down to a long autumn stroll around the block to a place everyone winds up at some time or another 
2
Youth Without Youth
Michael Phillips
Too much of the film is a muddle and it feels like work not play 
2.5
Youth Without Youth
David Elliott
Coppola has conviction even with the airiest elements The churn and sweep of time memory karma the whole enchilada of fate give the story a weirdly compulsive charm 
4
Youth Without Youth
Moira MacDonald
Meandering and often incomprehensible 
1.5
Youth Without Youth
Roger Ebert
Youth Without Youth proves that Francis Ford Coppola can still make a movie but not that he still knows how to choose his projects 
1.5
Youth Without Youth
Chris Hewitt
Virtually every scene is suitable for framing if not necessarily for watching 
2
Youth Without Youth
Josh Larsen
If Coppola had started his career with this sort of mush we might never have gotten Apocalypse Now or The Godfather 
1
Youth Without Youth
Maitland McDonagh
Coppola s eye for vividly composed images is undiminished but the story is an unfocussed hodge podge of mystical musings and Twilight Zone ish occurances 
2
Youth Without Youth
Claudia Puig
The craftsmanship is undeniably polished It s just too bad the story is so plodding and pretentious 
2
Youth Without Youth
Mick LaSalle
Youth Without Youth is lush and heartfelt but compelling only in fits and starts 
2
Youth Without Youth
Kyle Smith
I don t want to say this thing is complicated but Tom Stoppard just called to beg for an explanation I apologize for all the elements I m leaving out but my editor ordered me to keep this piece under 40 million words 
2
Youth Without Youth
Jack Mathews
The year s most bizarre novelty item 
1.5
Youth Without Youth
Glenn Whipp
Too passionately well crafted in places to dismiss outright too sloppy and nutty to hail as a full fledged comeback 
2.5
Youth Without Youth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In some ways it s as unremarkable as The Rainmaker but in other ways it s far too astonishing and complex to be easily dismissed 
3
Youth Without Youth
Gene Seymour
There s just enough greatness scattered in Youth Without Youth to make you wonder why there can t be more 
2.5
Youth Without Youth
Steve Rhodes
A mess of a movie it meanders along with a few nice moments here and there Never believable and rarely compelling it just plods along 
2
Youth Without Youth
Nick Schager
The director treats his material as if it were Last Year at Marienbad yet his story s particulars are too goofy and too incompatible to result in something haunting or beguiling 
1.5
Without Time or Reason
Marta Barber
Sin ton ni son is a Spanish language phrase meaning without rhyme or reason and obviously Sin ton ni Sonia has neither 
2
Sugar Town
Roger Ebert
Sugar Town knows its characters It inhabits two overlapping worlds in Los Angeles the world of people who were famous once and those who will never be famous but dream of nothing else 
3
Sugar Town
Ross Anthony
strums a strong steady beat that might get you swaying but lacks enough bass action to prompt a boogie 
2
Sugar Town
Michael Dequina
A fun if lightweight romp 
3
Resurrection
David Gonzalez
Rebecca Hall is back with a vengeance with Resurrection 46 A film filled with Cronenberg esque tension and feels that will quench a cinephiles 8217 thirst 46 
3.5
Resurrection
David Nusair
46 46 46 an underwhelming and palpably repetitive misfire that spins its wheels to a mostly frustrating degree 46 46 46 
1.5
Resurrection
Leo Brady
Resurrection is a horror film in the mind 44 on display in the amazing performance from Hall 44 and awakening an endless tension for audiences to experience 46 
3.5
Resurrection
Tom Meek
Andrew Semans psychological horror pic is a WTF slow burn that works mostly because of the bravura performances by leads Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth 
2.5
Resurrection
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s powerful evidence that Hall might be one of the finest actors working today 46 
3
Resurrection
Peter Canavese
Walks an unsettling line between realism 46 46 46 and something else 46 Creepy 44 spooky 44 unsettling and powered by excellent performances 46 
3
Resurrection
Glenn Kenny
Hall s intensity should surprise no one familiar with her past work but here she seems to stretch out on the edge of an existential razor to an extent that you may worry for her as much as you do for the character 
2.5
Resurrection
James Berardinelli
At over 100 minutes it feels too long and there s a law of diminishing returns in effect Once we recognize the underlying dynamic the movie becomes less of a story and more of an acting directorial exercise 
2.5
Resurrection
Erik Childress
Rebecca Hall continues to impress and Tim Roth has never been creepier in a tightly wound terror show that is all the more frightening if you accept everything at face value rather than as a psychological mindbender 46 
3.5
Resurrection
Michael Medved
The main character is profoundly unlikable 46 46 46 and the film becomes seriously gruesome with distasteful 44 gut churning scenes of violence 46 
1.5
Resurrection
Jeff York
While Hall is compelling 44 the script by writer 47 director Andrew Semans lets her down 46 Too much of the story is unrelatable 44 turning a character we should be sympathizing with into one that the script turns repellant 46 
2
Resurrection
Randy Myers
Resurrection is a cagey horror social commentary hybrid that sticks like Krazy Glue to your psyche 
2.5
Resurrection
Mark Dujsik
It apos s daring 44 disturbing 44 and weird 44 to be sure 46 46 46 
3
Resurrection
Sheila O'Malley
A diabolically intense psychological thriller 44 with two riveting central performances from Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth 46 
3
Resurrection
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is no reviving this miserable corpse 46 
1
Resurrection
Michael O'Sullivan
Roth and Hall are both excellent and carry the film for the first hour or so she with her mix of instability and steel and he with his diabolical charm But the story eventually morphs from a stalker drama into something much much harder to swallow 
2
Resurrection
Michael Phillips
Hall makes Maggie s past and present states scarifyingly real The film is often good never for a moment is Hall s performance anything less 
2.5
Resurrection
Roger Moore
A paranoid thriller so cryptic and metaphorical that it borders on obscurant 46 
2.5
Resurrection
G. Allen Johnson
Resurrection is MeToo horror at its cringiest 
3
Resurrection
Dwight Brown
An aimless drama that deteriorates into an inane psychological thriller 
2
Resurrection
Steven Prokopy
There comes a point in Resurrection a film whose screenplay made the 2020 Black List when reality and delusion are indistinguishable so were left with no choice but to ride this terror wave to its conclusion 
3.5
Resurrection
Joey Magidson
Rebecca Hall has nailed this kind of a role before but that takes nothing away from how good she is here 
3
Resurrection
Mark Hanson
The film is one of the more intrinsically frightening evocations of a traumatized mind since Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me 
3
Resurrection
Ty Burr
Mesmerizing in its hold with a fine performance by Grace Kaufman as the heroine s stressed out teenage daughter and a 10 minute monologue by the star that s one of the more remarkable things she s ever done 
3
Resurrection
Mike McGranaghan
The movie builds to one of those gut punch endings where you walk away dazed by where the story has taken you In short it s a stunning picture 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Joe Lozito
A fascinating look at the tenuous nature of filmmaking and Mr Gilliam s own quixotic obsession with the project 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Linda Cook
The only person who has jousted at more windmills than Don Quixote seems to be Terry Gilliam 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Collin Souter
Lost In La Mancha will have you alternately wincing laughing and finally weeping at the thought that we may never see this potentially brilliant movie 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Rene Rodriguez
A fascinating record of how the movie fell apart piece by piece with everything short of a natural disaster conspiring against the filmmaker 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Jeff Vice
An absolute must for fans of Terry Gilliam 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Sean P. Means
A surreal and epic tale of a lost cause Cervantes himself would nod in appreciation 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Phil Villarreal
There s no higher message here just the pleasure of watching hotshot producers filmmakers and actors bicker with one another with insurance companies with fate 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Rick Groen
Gilliam himself is a joy to behold His wit stays sharp even as his fortunes dull and the conditions that conspire against him only prove the mettle in our man of La Mancha 
2.5
Lost in La Mancha
Brooke Hauser
A stunning documentary 
4
Lost in La Mancha
Marty Mapes
This simple making of story becomes an unmaking of documentary
3
Lost in La Mancha
Chris Hewitt
Gilliam is a complicated wily presence in all the scenes cajoling his collaborators to join him in his vision and our skepticism about whether this project is worthy of his vision only increases the pathos and humor of the project 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Duane Dudek
Fulton and Pepe filmed it all and inadvertently captured lightning in a bottle in the process 
3
Lost in La Mancha
David N. Butterworth
Anyone the slightest bit interested in the filmmaking process should see this film 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I d like Lost in La Mancha more if it didn t take the easy but misleading route of dovetailing Gilliam s frustrations into Welles s and then dovetailing both into Quixote s 
2
Lost in La Mancha
Joe Baltake
Plays like a doomed love story a film about a love ultimately unfulfilled 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Roger Ebert
Some films end with a whimper this one banged into a stone wall 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Ty Burr
Works best as an entry in the genre of Hollywood schadenfreude pioneered by the 1991 Apocalypse Now documentary Hearts of Darkness 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Mark Caro
You can interpret Lost in La Mancha as a sort of triumph of the creative spirit 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Vanessa Sibbald
While the troubles spelled disaster for Gilliam s film it makes Lost in La Mancha a fascinating study of how precariously films are made 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems more suited to the extras side of a DVD than a theatrical release 
2.5
Lost in La Mancha
Emily Blunt
Filmmaker Terry Gilliam is a genius in a chitty chitty bang bang meets Orson Welles way 
4
Lost in La Mancha
Edward Guthmann
Captures one of the wildest most heartbreaking episodes in Gilliam s career 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Peter Travers
Fulton and Pepe have created an extraordinary document 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Rod Armstrong
An entertaining film in its own right 
3
Lost in La Mancha
John Anderson
Unfortunately Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe have made rather underwhelming work of Gilliam s overwhelming problems 
2.5
Lost in La Mancha
Glenn Whipp
Think of it as a Project Greenlight only with a filmmaker who s actually talented and you get the idea of the illuminating journey the movie affords 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Megan Turner
When Gilliam is finally forced to admit defeat it is nothing short of heartbreaking for audiences too as the few shots that made it into the can hold such promise 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Ross Anthony
What sparks this solid work into full ironic splendor is the calamity of fiction striking like lightening all over real life Kudos Well done Thank you to Pepe Fulton for finally giving us Quixote 
3.5
Lost in La Mancha
Steve Rhodes
Your jaw will probably be stuck permanently in the open position as you sit awestruck watching the disasters roll in 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Ed Gonzalez
Gilliam s impassioned demand for the impossible is seen as his Achilles Heel 
3
Lost in La Mancha
Walter Chaw
There is no better indictment of the bankruptcy of artistry in big budget cinema than the failure of Terry Gilliam 
3.5
Night Raiders
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A solid dystopian drama that as is often the case with formula is more about the present than the future 
2
Night Raiders
Simon Abrams
While this sort of wan rebellion yarn seems to have been designed with a general audience in mind there s nothing here that s so culturally specific or emotionally focused as to earn our emotional investment 
1.5
Night Raiders
Angelo Muredda
For all its strengths in world building it hasn t quite worked out some of the complexities of its dystopia 
3
Night Raiders
Barry Hertz
Night Raiders should become the most talked about Canadian film of the year And for good reason 
3.5
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
Rick Bentley
What makes this new release so good is the combination of the compelling story that mirrors the comics and the use of the kind of art deco style animation that made the animated Batman TV series so strong 
4
The Con Is On
Matt Zoller Seitz
The kind of movie that seems to think a heap of outrageous details equals a characterization 
1.5
Paranoid Park
Mattie Lucas
Captures the essence of high school life better than most teen movies could ever dream 
3.5
Paranoid Park
V.A. Musetto
An intriguing mind altering skateboard elegy 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Austin Kennedy
I would say that there is a really good 50 minute movie tucked away inside here but Van Sant insists on padding it with material that doesn t belong 
2.5
Paranoid Park
Rossiter Drake
In a film where dialogue comes at a premium Van Sant allows his camera to do the talking and when it rests too long on one subject the commentary feels like overstatement Elsewhere Paranoid Park is eloquent in its terseness 
3
Paranoid Park
Rob Thomas
I don t know what s more surprising that director Gus Van Sant has made yet another movie about the lives of disaffected Portland teenagers or that he s pulled it off one more time with Paranoid Park 
3
Paranoid Park
Phil Villarreal
That there s nothing definitive to wrap your arms around is frustrating And intriguing 
3
Paranoid Park
Duane Dudek
Paranoid Park is different in that it also has a narrative a mystery in fact that gives it a dramatic tension Van Sant s recent films have lacked 
3
Paranoid Park
Rene Rodriguez
Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant s mesmerizing new movie melds the dreamy languor of his last few films with a page turner of a plot 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Sean P. Means
Van Sant opens a window onto the teen life but the insights have less depth than a skateboard wheel s imprint 
2.5
Paranoid Park
Chris Hewitt
The narrative is as speedy and graceful as the skateboarders it lingers over in Paranoid Park where their daredevil moves are often shot in dreamily beautiful slow motion 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Ted Fry
Gus Van Sant s capper to a trilogy of experiments in elliptical narrative and lyrical structure is a masterful triumph of art craft and empathy for the complicatedness of being a real teenager 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Lee Grant
Paranoid Park is only 84 minutes a long slow 84 minutes with delusions of grandeur 
2.5
Paranoid Park
Amy Biancolli
Regarding Paranoid Park as an elongated short rather than a feature helps a bit because it s a miniature in spirit a small format portrait of psychic malaise that just happens to last 84 minutes 
2.5
Paranoid Park
Carrie Rickey
Intriguing and obliquely involving 
2.5
Paranoid Park
Peter Schilling
Alex goes to school has a girlfriend eats junk food and is almost as much of a zombie as anything George A Romero has ever conjured up Only less appealing 
2
Paranoid Park
James Berardinelli
Paranoid Park while still off the beaten path is less self absorbed and pretentious than anything Van Sant has crafted since Finding Forrester 
3
Paranoid Park
David Wiegand
For some of the way it seems like a kind of skateboard whodunit Soon enough we understand it s much more than that And by then we know we re in for a ride to remember 
4
Paranoid Park
Wesley Morris
Paranoid Park the new Gus Van Sant movie is slight but fascinating 
3
Paranoid Park
Michael Phillips
Van Sant has made his best film in many years I didn t realize it until a second viewing These things sometimes happen especially if the first encounter was in the middle of a film festival 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Jim Emerson
Paranoid Park is graced with those peculiar Van Sant touches of discovery and absurdity delightful because they re at once so right and so inscrutable 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Sara Michelle Fetters
Partially shot by the great Christopher Doyle Hero In the Mood for Love and moving with an enigmatic poetic grace that s undeniably compelling the film is hardly a difficult sit 
2.5
Paranoid Park
Josh Larsen
Van Sant s teens are angels slowly sullied by a demonic world 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A vivid powerful attempt to get close to one boy s tortured soul 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Dustin Putman
Yet another accomplished stylistically courageous work from a filmmaker whose willingness to take chances and pull them off is his finest attribute 
3
Paranoid Park
Ken Fox
It s all confusing woozy and slightly stoned and feels very much like adolescence 
3
Paranoid Park
Ken Dubois
The real reason to see Paranoid Park is to check out how Van Sant s visual style is evolving as he s one of the few big directors willing to try something unusual often with tremendous results 
3
Paranoid Park
Elizabeth Weitzman
The story s fractured structure and Christopher Doyle s dreamlike cinematography make for a striking mood piece 
3
Paranoid Park
Peter Travers
The result a defiant slap at slick Hollywood formula is mesmerizing 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Peter Canavese
A study in isolation and yes paranoia The mesmerizingly beautiful images often in slo mo glide to evoke Alex s primary pursuit of skating 
3.5
Paranoid Park
Akiva Gottlieb
A fully subjective probe into the consciousness of a young man and a generous display of artistic empathy 
3.5
Paranoid Park
David Nusair
few concessions have been made for neophytes to his particular brand of filmmaking 
2
Adieu Godard
Ty Burr
Not all of the movie s many slapdash levels click into place but if you ve got a thing for the aging enfant terrible of French cinema and an adventurous spirit Adieu Godard is making the rounds 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Brian Eggert
Bay 8217 s direction and the script are chaotic and unfocused 44 challenging attentive viewers to find cohesion where there is none 46 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Mattie Lucas
A completely unhinged whirlwind of epic action that is truly astounding 
3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Roger Moore
By a thin margin the best film in the series Funnier But that s not saying much 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jeff Beck
Bay having seemingly learned nothing from the last film allows just about all of the same mistakes to be made yet again 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Canavese
Intensely juvenile casually sexist and blatantly stupid in ways that few if any over the age of T for Teen or bereft of a Y chromosome could enjoy 3D Blu ray 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Transformers 3 is the archetype of a summer blockbuster all explosions and chest swelling bravado and snarky sidekicks and big guns and hot chicks and hero shots 
3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Wesley Lovell
Better than the second film in the franchise this film is still as hollow and unimportant as its predecessor 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
James Kendrick
Michael Bay s latest adolescent fantasy for grown men is a moderate improvement over both of its predecessors which is about the best thing it has going for it 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
David Nusair
The Transformers series comes to a merciful close with this hopelessly anticlimactic installment that is as expected just as underwhelming and unwatchable as its predecessors 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
John Wirt
The film s bigger longer louder battles don t create more excitement 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Glenn Lovell
Hews to The Rule of Three darker in tone more frenetic assumes insider knowledge on the part of series aficionados and most importantly it ups the ante in sophisticated CG battle effects 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Matt Brunson
Bay s fascistic tendencies aren t quite as pronounced as in the last installment but there isn t anything this man won t do for the sake of arousing himself 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Kam Williams
Mindless escapist fare designed with the attention deficit millennials in mind 
3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Linda Cook
t won t transform your world or provide you with a new philosophical insight Transformers Dark of the Moon is an action packed war movie 
3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Mike McGranaghan
Perfectly fun action effects and 3D use marred by some lazy storytelling 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Wilson Morales
Dark of the Moon is a slight improvement over the last film and one can only go into seeing it as mindless fun 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Christian Toto
Dark of the Moon is just as loud dumb and illogical as you expect But when those neat 3D action sequences kick in none of that matters 
3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Eric Melin
The action scenes with fighting robots are amazing and I d say they upped the ante again But if Bay knows that s all we came for why do we have to wade through another 90 minutes of insulting lowest common denominator stuff just to enjoy those scenes 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
John Beifuss
Bay is the master of fascist kitsch and the special effects sequences here are eyeball stinging masterpieces progressive rock album cover cartoons that prophesy the extinction of humankind 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Lisa Kennedy
One can argue that summer is built for spectacle Now if only it could be truly spectacular too 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Rob Thomas
I would say that this movie objectifies women except for the obviously deep respect and affection it shows for objects 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sean P. Means
An empty headed special effects monstrosity that s just as incoherent offensive and stupid as Revenge of the Fallen 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Travers
Watching Transformers Dark of the Moon makes you die a little inside Is this the future of movies God help us Michael Bay you ve done it again 
0
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Lori Hoffman
I m not the target audience so I take my pleasure watching the quirky performances delivered by the great pros brought in to provide the human element especially Alan Tudyk 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Scott Nash
Empty soulless special effects laden extravaganza that wows the eyes but does nothing for the heart or mind You were expecting something else 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Brian Orndorf
Built as an apology but remains slavish to some of the nonsense that made the previous picture unbearable On the plus side no Transformer testicles for this round 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Keough
Maybe 3D does have a purpose it makes Michael Bay s third Transformers movie worth watching 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Dustin Putman
Transformers Dark of the Moon cannot be recommended when all is said and done Considering how much more disastrous it could have been however this is one instance where two stars is almost something to celebrate 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Rossiter Drake
The runaway success of the franchise which has long raised its middle finger at our collective intelligence would seem to suggest otherwise but if Dark of the Moon is the final chapter of this inane trilogy it is also the least insulting 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Wesley Morris
The more action sequences locations actors historical events machines effects monosyllables weapons and American flag close ups the movie shoves in its mouth and ours the less we re able to taste 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sara Michelle Fetters
I will say that on a purely technical front Bay has outdone himself The CG effects are some of the most seamless and photorealistic I ve ever seen while his pushing of the 3D boundary is at times stunning 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Amy Biancolli
Bay provides his usual Bayisms bloated close ups manly slo mo visual hyperbole and glamour shots of a hot babe standing amid the wreckage 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Walter Chaw
It s war propaganda for the twenty teens the rape justification is just Chantilly 
0
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Matt Soergel
There are obviously so many people working so hard for so many jaw dropping moments that you wonder why no one thought to capture some of the original s charm Who would complain 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Joe Lozito
This third installment in the noisy interminable and in all ways robotic series is not quite as unforgivably bad as the last one but that doesn t make it good 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Howell
By my watch Transformers 3 is about 45 minutes too long and that s the dull middle section before everybody starts wrecking Chicago in a reprise of The Blues Brothers 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Tirdad Derakhshani
The overwhelming sci fi action spectacle is a merciless sensorial assault that leaves you with something akin to post traumatic stress disorder 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Willie Waffle
The ultimate Michael Bay movie It has moments of absolute greatness next to moments of utter epic monumental failure which leaves you with a movie you can enjoy 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So bad in so many ways Bay has turned in his longest movie outside of Pearl Harbor 2001 and arguably his most soul sucking to date 
.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Roger Ebert
Transformers Dark of the Moon is a visually ugly film with an incoherent plot wooden characters and inane dialog It provided me with one of the more unpleasant experiences I ve had at the movies 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Liam Lacey
Don t worry about remembering the characters the movie certainly doesn t 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Mark Jenkins
What does Optimus Prime see in the whiny Sam Witwicky Why do both the Autobots and Decepticons keep departing Earth only to reappear a few scenes later And what is the evolutionary advantage of pretending to be a car anyway 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jaime N. Christley
As with any auteur there is for better or worse the question of the image 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Chris Hewitt
The action in Dark of the Moon is clear and it doesn t feel like an assault because it s broken up with humor a smidge of romance and even a little mystery In other words this is exactly what a summer movie should be 
3.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Ted Fry
Exposition like this starts sounding like so much gibberish but Dark of the Moon makes it bloom on its own terms fusing an actual semblance of reason into all those supercool action sequences 
3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Claudia Puig
A vague story is cobbled together around the increasingly mind numbing special effects and convoluted action sequences But by the end of the 2 1 2 hour plus slog it s hard to even remember where it began 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Joe Williams
One small step for action movies one giant leap into the abyss of mindlessness 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
James Berardinelli
In the future maybe Bay should abandon using a screenwriter altogether and just fill up 90 minutes with disconnected images of robo carnage 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Mark Dujsik
This is not spectacle it is commotion 
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Erik Childress
To get to the much ballyhooed final act you have to suffer through a painful 95 minute comedic train wreck of flaunted jingoism and insulting anachronisms 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Matt Pais
Bay wants both a noisy metallic war and an intergalactic slow motion ballet but Transformers constantly creaks when it should soar 
2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Christopher Lloyd
I ll give Michael Bay credit for crisper more lucid action scenes But the plot is still a hot mess of endless exposition double crosses people running hither and fro without much reason and a lot of unnecessary humans 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Stephen Whitty
Being able to go to the movies and not think is fine but that s different from going to a movie that assumes you can t think 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Michael Phillips
A work of ineffable soullessness and persistent moral idiocy 
1.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Roger Moore
The funniest best executed film in the talking bleeding Earth protecting robots that look like cars and trucks series Moon delivers the popcorn in gigantic fist fulls of fun 
2.5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Josh Larsen
like watching a chainsaw tear apart a toy box 
1
Ovid and the Art of Love
Nick Allen
Sometimes it s too corny for its own good but it believes deeply in its own take on the historical figure and effectively layers 31 BC Rome on top of contemporary Detroit 
2.5
Starry Eyes
David Nusair
an ambitious and sporadically engaging misfire 
2
Starry Eyes
Simon Abrams
Starry Eyes may leave you feeling hopeless but its bleak vision of masochistic perfectionism is clear eyed cogent and devastatingly unsettling 
3
Starry Eyes
Dustin Putman
It has often been said that Hollywood changes people Starry Eyes disturbingly unforgettably takes this adage to the literal brink then pushes far beyond it for chillingly good measure 
3.5
Die Mommie Die!
Betsy Bozdech
There s a fine line between classic camp and trying too hard and Die Mommie Die tightrope walks its way across that line very precariously 
2.5
Die Mommie Die!
Joe Baltake
It plugs ahead on the stamina and sheer nerve of its author star 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Chris Hewitt
A loving homage to every movie Joan Crawford ever barreled her shoulder pads through 
2.5
Die Mommie Die!
Michael Booth
How can you not like a movie where characters spout ridiculous dialogue such as You can t discard me like one of your false eyelashes and believe every word they re hissing 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Peter Travers
Picture Far From Heaven done as a farce with a drag queen in the Julianne Moore role Or don t picture it Die is still hotly hilarious 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Moira MacDonald
The reason to watch Die Mommie Die isn t for its story but the zing in its actors eyes 
2.5
Die Mommie Die!
Ruthe Stein
Die Mommie Die winds up neither hilarious nor a credible spoof of a genre intent on spoofing itself 
2
Die Mommie Die!
Timothy Knight
A wickedly funny parody 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Megan Lehmann
Occasionally stagy and flat Die is worth seeing for Busch s grand performance 
2.5
Die Mommie Die!
Jami Bernard
A brilliantly pitch perfect sendup of a particular type of cheesy movie 
2.5
Die Mommie Die!
Evan Henerson
Nobody wears a frock like Charles Busch and as it happens nobody writes like him either Which makes for a strangely irresistible combination 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Terry Lawson
What could have been a one gag movie turns out to be one of the funniest comedies John Waters never made 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Roger Ebert
Drag queens are no longer funny just because they re drag queens we ve lost the nervousness about gender that once made us need to laugh at a man in drag 
2
Die Mommie Die!
Wesley Morris
Busch is such a tenaciously subversive entertainer that you appreciate the movie despite Mark Rucker s iffy directorial strategies 
3
Die Mommie Die!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rucker and Busch try hard to pour on the melodrama and the camp but the results are too restrained and self conscious 
2
Die Mommie Die!
Allison Benedikt
Busch muffles his drag performance suffocating the humor and the cleverness of the plot is given too much responsibility as if the filmmakers were actually expecting this movie to be appreciated as a thriller 
1.5
Die Mommie Die!
Emily Blunt
Die Mommie Die is one of the funniest films of the year Mind you it sure isn t the usual toilet trodden road trip snorfing anti cerebral crapitini we are force fed 
4
1982
David Nusair
benefits substantially from the periodic inclusion of electrifying moments 
2.5
Beyond the Door II
James Kendrick
essentially a modern updating of the traditional Gothic potboiler it fits neatly into Bavas extensive body of work which repeatedly played with the gray area between reality and illusion
3
Beyond the Door II
Matt Brunson
The awful emoting by David Colin Jr as the boy remains a constant problem 
2.5
The Force
Peter Sobczynski
A strong film that tackles a charged subject in a fair and even handed manner The Force will give viewers of all social and political persuasions much to think about afterwards 
3.5
The Force
Keith Watson
Though initially compelling Peter Nick s documentary is fundamentally without a clear perspective on its subject 
2
The Force
Anita Katz
The documentary is stimulating viewing 
3
The Force
Peter Hartlaub
Nicks doesn t deal in heroes and villains the police and the community activists all get nuanced portrayals But when mistakes are made no one gets off the hook either 
4
The Force
Sean P. Means
Good intentions run into bad habits in The Force a compelling documentary inside the troubled Oakland Police Department 
3.5
Das alte Gesetz (This Ancient Law)
Mattie Lucas
A film about a specific place and time with a very specific audience in mind that also reads like a disarmingly contemporary exploration of the eternal clash between tradition and modernity 
4
Women in Love
Matt Brunson
The story occasionally grows choppy and diffuse yet the visual splendors never fail to take command 
3
Women in Love
James Kendrick
If you find your interest waning as the film moves on it is likely due to exhaustion of trying to generate empathy with characters who constantly evade such connection So much of the film feels written and performed but rarely lived 
2.5
Women in Love
Keith Watson
Ken Russell is interested in using the novel s sexually charged characters as figures to be placed into a series of fevered tableaux 
2.5
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar
Kent Turner
What sets the film apart from other examinations of young women confronting narrow mindedness is that the three fight back becoming disruptors 
3
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Rise and fall of a gangster or rather of a trio of young women with no future 
1.5
Three the Hard Way
David Nusair
46 46 46 unabashedly fun and silly 46 46 46 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in China
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tsui s camera lurches pinwheels and whirligigs all over the place to catch every move perfectly 
3.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Wesley Lovell
Another fun and wild romp with the Barden Bellas 
3.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Pamela Powell
Pitch Perfect 2 is a predictable repeat of the original with updated music dance and competition 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Bruce Andriatch
By the end you are likely to feel just as you did when you saw the original entertained and slightly embarrassed that you found yourself cheering for our misfit melodic heroines 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Max Weiss
Say what you will about the film s wielding of stereotypes it genuinely loves its characters 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Linda Cook
The singing in Pitch Perfect 2 is professional exuberant and enjoyable The script is well not But even though it s a messy screenplay it works more often than it doesn t 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
John Wirt
Energetic but underachieving follow up to 2012 s fun musical comedy 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
James Berardinelli
It is badly written inexpertly directed poorly acted erratically paced and features music of dubious worth 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Mike McGranaghan
For whatever it lacks formally as a film Pitch Perfect 2 wins you over with its joyous infectious spirit 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Mara Reinstein
Anna Kendrick s Beca a mash up maestro spends the movie looking like she d rather scale a fish than scale her vocals Maybe because Kendrick is nearly 30 and she s still playing a college student 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Christy Lemire
Stop me if you think you ve heard this one before 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Kam Williams
A road to redemption paved with wisecracks and wonderful harmonies 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Matt Brunson
As before an ingratiating cast some catchy musical arrangements and a raft of killer quips make for an irresistible combination 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Sean P. Means
Banks has a sense of humor that runs toward the randomly offbeat but she also lives and breathes the Bellas ethos of female empowerment and fun 
3.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Scott Renshaw
I ve yet to figure out the magic ratio where how much I m laughing at a movie balances how much I m cringing 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
John Serba
There are worse cinematic crimes than being an amusing mess 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Josh Spiegel
there s a sense of desperation to the proceedings whereas the first film felt so light and surprising 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Peter Canavese
Though the thrill of invention is gone there s enough comic fertility and accumulated goodwill to sustain Pitch Perfect 2 through to its splashy and socially optimistic finale 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Susan Wloszczyna
As second rounds of comedies go Pitch Perfect 2 definitely is not perfect Its script is more than a smidge pitchy 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Willie Waffle
I didn t like the first one and I don t like this one 
1
Pitch Perfect 2
Brad Wheeler
What we have is an update that is tighter slicker and fine tuned in more ways than one no doubt music to the ears of the fans of a flowering franchise 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Dustin Putman
All things considered a lesser Pitch Perfect film is ultimately still brighter funnier and more clever than most of today s studio comedies 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Nina Garin
It s aca awesome 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Jon Niccum
For an obligatory sequel Pitch Perfect 2 delivers material that s much more sharp than flat 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Mark Dujsik
I f a musical can t even trust the music what s the point 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Tom Russo
Actress turned director Elizabeth Banks delivers a comedy that s slightly broader than the first film and just as infectious 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Bruce DeMara
There are just too many moments when jokes fail to ignite and Banks answer seems to be throw in another song 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Rafer Guzman
Inspired musical numbers an uninvested Kendrick and too many ethnic jokes make this comedy a mixed bag 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Molly Eichel
The sameness of the two movies doesn t make the second feel like a re tread If anything it feels comfortable 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Dann Gire
If Pitch Perfect 2 offers a lighter plot and less romance this time around that s OK 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Alissa Wilkinson
It was almost inevitable though that the sequel couldn t match its original and this too experiences a bit of sophomore slump largely because the plot is just all over the place 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Claudia Puig
While just a jot less fun than its predecessor Pitch Perfect 2 is a worthy sequel in tone even if the story feels padded with a few too many montages 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Peter Travers
There s no effing fun in a summer where you can t sing along with the Barden Bellas So thank the aca gods for this spirited sequel in which familiarity does not breed Glee style contempt 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Mick LaSalle
As of today this is the most delightful movie out there 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Joe Williams
Second verse not as good as the first 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Brad Keefe
Almost everything I loved about the original is missing here even though the sequel tries to mimic it 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Stephanie Merry
A comedy that if not always better than the first is certainly more uproarious 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Radheyan Simonpillai
These movies hit the four quadrant notes that blockbusters require There may not be massive explosions but the charm and voices among the ladies in the cast are its own special effect 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Moira MacDonald
As before it s great fun to hear the singing watch the choreography and enjoy the camaraderie of the extremely well coiffed Bellas all of whom are first rate at bantering and hair flipping Next time though can we try another key 
2.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Kyle Smith
There are a half dozen hilarious scenes the Barden Bellas new nemesis is awesomely weird and you could hardly find a more endearing group of college students played by 30 year old actresses 
3
Pitch Perfect 2
Matt Pais
Characters constantly exhibit needless unexamined cruelty toward others whether it s a close friend a co worker or a collegiate mascot I thought this was supposed to be fun 
1.5
Pitch Perfect 2
Michael Phillips
For big fans of the first Pitch Perfect the sequel will not aggravate or offend But I swear in one party sequence Kendrick appears to be stifling a yawn 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Roger Moore
Still in tune still somewhat funny but the thrill for trills is gone 
2
Pitch Perfect 2
Richard Larson
Even stronger than its predecessor which didn t quite go as far in terms of representing these young women in a wider context 
3
The Perfect Date
Roger Moore
Obvious But the banter s winning and the leads damned adorable together 
2.5
Justice League: Doom
Brian Eggert
Doom has enough character development to engage 44 just as a good two part episode of the Justice League animated series would have 46 
3
Justice League: Doom
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I hope to see more from this group in the future 
3
Justice League: Doom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This lean animated feature includes some exciting suspenseful action scenes some complex themes and even some humor it s all amazingly economical given the 77 minute running time 
3
The Fifth Season
Walter Chaw
I love the effigies in the piece constructed by the townsfolk as ideas of order in a Wallace Stevens poem 
4
Blood Father
Brian Eggert
Gibson commands the screen and elevates the proceedings proving along the way that hes still a movie star 
3
Blood Father
Roger Moore
Like some of Mel s other B pictures Blood Father delivers the goods And that s all it ever promises to do 
2.5
Blood Father
Frank Ochieng
Sure the film has its share of scattered clichés that befall a jumpy road flick Still one cannot deny the reflective and raucous vibes that emanate from rag tag pulpy Blood Father 
3
Blood Father
David Nusair
It is in the end impossible to label Blood Father as anything less than a massive missed opportunity 
2
Blood Father
Glenn Lovell
Mad Mel s return taut tailor made actioner that brings star s career full circle Our advice to Gibson Continue along this path Solid no frills vehicles like this will rally your original base 
3
Blood Father
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film works that s it and for genre fans this is one ferocious underground throwback worth putting forth the effort to see 
3
Blood Father
Mark Dujsik
As an actor Mel Gibson is an expert at digging and filling up a well of rage that at any moment seems ready to overflow and drown anyone in the vicinity 
3
Blood Father
Glenn Kenny
An efficient and pleasurable bad man tries to go good exposition that gives Mel Gibson ample opportunity to flex his now somewhat grizzled movie star muscle 
3
Blood Father
Chuck Bowen
Jean François Richet s film shrewdly capitalizes on Mel Gibson s off screen embarrassments and controversies 
2.5
Furious 7
Brian Eggert
Your brain cells will be pummeled into submission over the course of an overlong two hours and seventeen minutes 59 your tolerance for subpar acting will be tested 44 and then some 59 but those in the mood for such diversions will be delighted 46 
2
Furious 7
Leo Brady
Furious 7 is something to see strictly for the pure adrenaline and entertainment 
3
Furious 7
Pamela Powell
This constant bombardment just becomes boring 
1.5
Furious 7
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s an interesting mixture it s dumb and over the top but also due to Walker s death emotional and solemn Full review in Spanish 
3
Furious 7
Sonny Bunch
Furious Seven is constructed of clichés You do whatever you gotta do and lines that aspire to be clichés There s a billion things that s wrong but not in this moment 
1.5
Furious 7
Robert W. Butler
Holding it all together is Diesel who comes off as a steroid stoked Buddha even in the midst of chaos he calmly delivers proverbs in a rumbling basso Everyone s looking for the feel but what s real is family Whatever 
2.5
Furious 7
Eric Melin
The actors are completely secondary The hoops they jump through to get to the next action scene are just that The expositional dialogue starts only after the action scene has because they know we don t care why they re there We re already with them 
3
Furious 7
David Nusair
The Fast and Furious franchise hits its nadir with this overlong and aggressively over the top entry 
1.5
Furious 7
Kam Williams
A captivating combination of camaraderie and cartoon physics tempered by just enough nostalgia to tug at your heartstrings 
4
Furious 7
Linda Cook
Once you ve defeated gravity in one scene why not just keep doing it 
3
Furious 7
Sean P. Means
Wan and Morgan stuffing another plot into the main plot like a cinematic turducken justify a series of jaw dropping car stunts in settings such as Azerbaijan and Abu Dhabi 
2
Furious 7
John Beifuss
With heroes like these who needs terrorists 
2.5
Furious 7
Robert Levin
It s becoming increasingly hard to outright dismiss this franchise even if every nuanced critical bone in my body would love to do so 
3
Furious 7
Bob Bloom
Furious Seven is not the best movie in the series It is a fine farewell tribute to Paul Walker and a dizzying popcorn feature 
2.5
Furious 7
Matt Brunson
For now let s just marvel at how much mileage the studio has gotten out of what are basically 1950s style B programmers supercharged for contemporary audiences 
2.5
Furious 7
Josh Larsen
The ending of Furious 7 is downright touching 
3
Furious 7
John Wirt
Fabulously stacked with furiously over the top in a good way action Call it Car Wars 
3
Furious 7
Stephen Rebello
It s bananas a loud crackpot joyride and you ll love every messed up minute of it 
3
Furious 7
Mike McGranaghan
Has a lot of the same problems as its most recent predecessors The dialogue is flat the action scenes are over edited so that it s not always clear what you re looking at and situations often get so implausible that it becomes a distraction 
2.5
Furious 7
John Serba
James Wan directs Furious 7 like a boy tossing his Matchbox cars and action figures down the steps 
2
Furious 7
Odie Henderson
This is an immensely entertaining movie and if the filmmakers are wise they ll quit on this high note 
3.5
Furious 7
Willie Waffle
Furious 7 has so much adrenaline and testosterone that women who see the movie could become pregnant 
3
Furious 7
John Semley
It s all entertaining enough I suppose But there s a twisted coldness under the action that s anxiously concealed by the characters refrains of the importance of family and sticking together and other ostensibly nice stuff 
2
Furious 7
Chris Hewitt
It s not the best Furious but it s far from the worst 
2.5
Furious 7
Molly Eichel
It s all dumb but it s wonderfully comfortably dumb in just the right way 
3
Furious 7
Peter Howell
A remarkably satisfying and entertaining action movie one of the best in the series Put your brain in neutral and enjoy the ride 
3
Furious 7
Mark Dujsik
Furious Seven may only be good by way of the Howard Hawks Rule but nonetheless it s damn good at what it sets out to do 
3
Furious 7
Tom Russo
The movie doesn t hold together as well as the previous chapter but that s really a function of expanding the cast still further 
3
Furious 7
Anders Wright
A number of the sequences verge on the obscene in terms of credibility and if you thought these films disregarded the laws of physics in the past well Wan has simply gone ahead and dispensed with them 
2.5
Furious 7
James Berardinelli
Furious Seven provides what viewers have come to expect from the long running The Fast and the Furious series a string of high octane physics defying action scenes loosely connected by a narrative that occasionally makes rudimentary sense 
3
Furious 7
Barry Hertz
Furious 7 is incapable of being indictable it s pure popcorn escapism brashly dumb and knowing at the same time Like its central muscleheads the film is aware it s breaking all the rules 
3.5
Furious 7
Carla Meyer
The ramrod serious Diesel and Statham sell the dialogue anyway So do the more lighthearted Johnson and Tyrese Gibson Johnson and Gibson wring laughs from obvious jokes The acting champ of 7 though is Michelle Rodriguez 
2.5
Furious 7
Michael Smith
When a film is this exciting in its action set pieces and this meaningful in its quiet moments the filmmakers are getting it right 
3
Furious 7
Joe Williams
The grunted catch phrases the implausible escapes the plot holes the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats it s all pitched at a particular audience like a dog whistle that fully grown humans can t hear 
2
Furious 7
Dustin Putman
It took seven movies but Furious Seven can be counted as the franchise s first unequivocal success a go for broke extravaganza of gripping tension unbelievably wild stuntwork and a beating heart that doesn t feel prefabricated 
3
Furious 7
Jen Chaney
Furious 7 buzzes with a frenetic energy so contagious there s no sense in resisting it Like its predecessors this film has no shame about being its high octane gloriously ridiculous self 
2.5
Furious 7
Michael Phillips
Furious 7 is not as zippy as Fast Five my favorite of the ones I ve seen but it has its satisfactions its global audience is built in as well as strapped in and ready to ride 
3
Furious 7
Peter Travers
This one sticks with you Forget the plot bumps muscle acting and tweet length dialogue Finishing the film in Paul Walker s honor clearly brought out the best in everyone 
3.5
Furious 7
Rene Rodriguez
In Furious 7 the unstoppable Fast and the Furious franchise sputters and stalls edging from spectacular tongue in cheek B movie fun to soulless insulting inanity 
2
Furious 7
Stephen Whitty
It s the kind of movie in which the endlessly antagonistic villain and hero express their boiling hatred by driving head on into each other s rides At high speed Twice 
3
Furious 7
Mara Reinstein
Hey action flicks aren t supposed to make you cry 
3
Furious 7
Matt Pais
Alternately entertaining and annoying 
2.5
Furious 7
Moira MacDonald
Delivers the goods and then some 
3
Furious 7
Mick LaSalle
Here and there we get the imaginative and outrageous stunts this series is famous for but mostly the movie plods along muscling through without much life or spirit 
1
Furious 7
Roger Moore
Head slappingly stupid
1.5
Furious 7
Claudia Puig
Furious 7 offers edge of the seat excitement with outlandish action sequences inventive stunts hilarious cartoonish moments and even some touching emotion 
3
Furious 7
Dan Schindel
if the series gives in to its worst impulses going forward we fans have a good satisfying stopping point 
2.5
Furious 7
Steve Macfarlane
It lays bare that the franchise s most radical asset is also its most conservative an overriding emphasis on above all else the on screen family 
3
Furious 7
Sara Stewart
Car racing vengeance logic defying stunts and stuff blowing up Too much stuff blowing up really We came for the cars and their reckless gorgeous drivers we can get explosions anywhere 
2
Insomnia
Brian Eggert
Nolan crafts an expertly balanced drama with a surprising emotional underpinning that transcends what it means to be a good detective thriller 46 
3.5
Insomnia
Jami Bernard
Insomnia is not so much about the murder mystery as it is about Will s internal struggle with what s right and what s possibly okay 
3
Insomnia
Matt Soergel
Insomnia proves that Memento wasn t a fluke Nolan is a major talent with many more good films ahead of him 
3.5
Insomnia
Chris Kaltenbach
Christopher Nolan s Insomnia adds 11 minutes to the Norwegian movie of the same name and manages to make everything that was fleeting and tantalizing in the original weighty literal and dull 
1.5
Insomnia
Christian Toto
Pacino can t be accused of sleepwalking through Christopher Nolan s brilliant Insomnia 
3.5
Insomnia
Joe Lozito
Director Christopher Nolan sure does like to mess with the senses 
3
Insomnia
Maitland McDonagh
Fans of the original will miss its relentless dyspepsia but Nolan s intention was clearly to cast the material in a more conventional Hollywood mold without turning it into namby pamby nonsense and he succeeds admirably 
3
Insomnia
Margaret A. McGurk
Insomnia is not a flawless movie but it is the kind of thriller that gets under your skin an effect that plenty of sleekly crafted films never manage to achieve 
3
Insomnia
Ian Mantgani
The film is more interested in being a character study than using a complex web of events to gyp us around 
3.5
Insomnia
Jon Niccum
The talented Nolan won t need to lose any sleep over whether he lived up to expectations 
3.5
Insomnia
Mark Caro
It s a crafty story told with more style and gray areas than your average thriller 
3
Insomnia
Forrest Hartman
It s a thinking man s movie in the blockbuster season and an excellent counterbalance to the comic thrills of Star Wars and Spider Man 
3.5
Insomnia
Greg Maki
Everything fits together and complements every other aspect of the film from the visuals of the desolate landscape to the sharp editing to the moody music 
4
Insomnia
Kevin A. Ranson
It s paced well filmed well and acted well and it looks like everyone managed to pick up their paychecks well too 
2
Insomnia
Jeffrey Westhoff
Takes the killer s mind games with the detective to a disturbing level Not since Seven has the bad guy so successfully undermined his pursuer s moral center 
3.5
Insomnia
James Kendrick
Nolan shows that his achievement in Memento was no fluke although this time around he plays it safer
3
Insomnia
Elias Savada
a noble nail biter a killer thriller than shows us that the fine battle lines between trusted cop and conniving criminal can be shaken and blurred and thoroughly enjoyed 
3.5
Insomnia
Jason Anderson
Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity 
4
Insomnia
Mike McGranaghan
Not only is Insomnia one of the most intense police procedurals ever filmed it s also one of the most riveting moral dramas I ve ever seen 
4
Insomnia
Mark Dujsik
Nolan has not made a poor movie but he has made a poor remake 
2.5
Insomnia
Dustin Putman
A skillfully complex and engrossing character study A challenging piece of work that does not just thrill but provokes thought out of its attentive evocations 
3.5
Insomnia
Phil Villarreal
The tense interplay between Pacino and Williams alone makes the film worth watching 
3
Insomnia
Emily Blunt
Insomnia certainly won t put you to sleep 
2.5
Insomnia
Jeremy Heilman
The Hollywood remake feels oddly castrated when compared to the original 
2
Insomnia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Registers as a superb intricate emotional thriller complete with an ending that complements the film s intelligence 
3
Insomnia
Mike Clark
This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise Al Pacino loathing Robin Williams 
4
Insomnia
Todd Anthony
It proves quite compelling as an intense brooding character study 
3
Insomnia
Moira MacDonald
Pacino his creased face looking like it s been aged in a smokehouse is wonderfully bleary as the increasingly confused Dormer 
3.5
Insomnia
Mick LaSalle
A haunting psychological drama 
3
Insomnia
Arthur Salm
A fairly classy thriller 
3
Insomnia
Joe Baltake
It ll keep you wide awake and very tense 
3.5
Insomnia
Pam Grady
Nolan delivers a psychological thriller that is taut with suspense and visually stunning even if it doesn t exactly break new ground 
3
Insomnia
Carrie Rickey
With Insomnia his third feature Nolan 32 has proven himself a precocious master of the thriller 
3
Insomnia
Jan Stuart
That rare instance where Hollywood improves upon a movie from foreign soil 
3.5
Insomnia
Lou Lumenick
A four course gourmet alternative to summer popcorn flicks serving up the meatiest performances Al Pacino and Robin Williams have given in many years 
4
Insomnia
Duane Dudek
Given all the resources in the world Nolan a director for hire here responds by stretching his legs rather than his imagination 
2.5
Insomnia
Rene Rodriguez
Proves the 32 year old Nolan is the real deal a gifted storyteller who knows how to use style mood and composition to illustrate his characters inner lives along with their actions 
3
Insomnia
James Berardinelli
Insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original but it doesn t disgrace it either 
3
Insomnia
Rick Groen
When all else is said and done Insomnia runs on the pure adrenalin of Pacino s performance 
3
Insomnia
Susan Stark
Atmospheric and deeply attuned to nuance Insomnia is a thinking ticket buyer s murder mystery 
4
Insomnia
Jeff Vice
This English language redo actually manages to better flesh out the characters and explain some fuzzy motivations which makes it a definite improvement on the original 
3.5
Insomnia
Steven Rosen
Nolan and cinematographer Wally Pfister know how to mix riveting action with psychological drama 
3.5
Insomnia
Bob Strauss
Williams devious subtly psychotic turn here is some of the finest work of his career and beautifully matches in their scenes together Pacino s uncharacteristically whispery portrayal of a man losing every one of his bearings 
4
Insomnia
Roger Ebert
Unlike most remakes the Nolan Insomnia is not a pale retread but a re examination of the material like a new production of a good play 
3.5
Insomnia
Wesley Morris
It s a psychological thriller with actual thrills and actual psychology 
3
Insomnia
Sean P. Means
In a movie brimming with visual flair Nolan also leaves room for his actors 
3.5
Insomnia
Walter Chaw
There s nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought 
2
Insomnia
Chris Hewitt
It s a cat and mouse game but Insomnia feels original because Pacino is both cat and mouse 
3.5
Insomnia
Tony Toscano
An intelligent cat and mouse thriller with Pacino and Williams taking turns at being the cat 
3.5
Insomnia
Terry Lawson
Nolan has proved that he s as adept with a straightforward and well plotted thriller as he is with a idiosyncratic ingenious one 
3
Insomnia
Lawrence Toppman
How often can you say a remake is better than the original especially a Hollywood remodeling of a quirky foreign film 
3.5
Insomnia
Glenn Lovell
Proves the best read most unsettling of its type since The Pledge 
3
Insomnia
Mary F. Pols
Pacino fans ought to go nuts for this performance since it s one of his best in years 
3.5
Insomnia
Erik Childress
Both a picture in the Hitchcockian tradition designed to purely tingle your senses a thinking person s drama that constantly defies you to ask What would you do 
4
Insomnia
Harvey S. Karten
A thinking person s detective story with an intriguing cat and mouse game between perp and investigator 
3
Insomnia
Rob Blackwelder
While Insomnia is in many ways a conventional even predictable remake Nolan s penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends it stimulating depth 
3
Insomnia
Ed Gonzalez
Dormer s eerie descent into the film s Alaskan burb feels like the start of a very eerie episode of Fantasy Island 
2.5
Insomnia
Jeanne Aufmuth
The hook is the drama within the drama as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight 
3
Insomnia
Steve Rhodes
The tense and atmospheric film has plenty of twists although many of them are easy to guess The treat is watching veteran actor Pacino at work 
3
Insomnia
Peter Travers
Thoughtful gripping and steeped in action that defines character 
3
Clara's Ghost
Tomris Laffly
Throughout Clara s Ghost you can t help but think that you re watching a quaint home video that would appeal to the members of the subject family only 
1.5
Clara's Ghost
Rick Bentley
The film pushes the viewer to dive deep into the tale of a fractured family It is one of the most pleasant surprises of the year 
3
Clara's Ghost
Chuck Bowen
Bridey Elliott avoids the smug pitfalls of narratives concerned with privileged people drinking themselves into a stupor 
3
Clara's Ghost
Robert Daniels
None of the scenes have any urgency and from shot to shot it s rarely clear what the end goal of the scene is 
2
The Great Alaskan Race
Rex Reed
Not a perfect film but breathtaking enough to linger in the memory 
3
The Great Alaskan Race
Sean P. Means
Too often The Great Alaskan Race is as much a slog as anything the sled dogs have to navigate 
2
The Great Alaskan Race
Roger Moore
Historically accurate if whitewashed and dramatically lacking account of the famous sled dog rescue of Nome Alaska from a diptheria epidemic 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To put it plainly Carlo Carlei s version of Romeo and Juliet is the worst Shakespeare movie adaptation I ve ever seen 
1.5
Romeo & Juliet
Nathalie Atkinson
It s all such a prettily spoken blur to care much 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Susan Wloszczyna
Turning what should be a hanky required tragedy into a headache inducing travesty is no small feat 
1.5
Romeo & Juliet
Jake Coyle
Pretty on the outside but lacking something more than a menagerie of lush brunette heads 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Stephen Whitty
If you really love this story go see the Franco Zeffirelli version or a good production of West Side Story And if you truly love Shakespeare read any of a dozen of his other plays instead 
1.5
Romeo & Juliet
Liam Lacey
Here s betting the new film version of Romeo and Juliet probably won t inspire a new generation s passion for Shakespeare 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Austin Kennedy
If you re going to adapt a story that has been told countless times you better direct the hell out of it Instead the filmmakers have just made something mediocre And that my friendS is a sin in the world of filmmaking 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Mark Dujsik
T he central romance has been reduced to a series of stares and long passionate kisses and the lines in between them start to come across as interruptions 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Connie Ogle
Director Carlo Carlei s film is not particularly imaginative in terms of context but it offers proof that this material never tarnishes that with the right sort of movie magic even a traditional telling can be thrilling 
3
Romeo & Juliet
Stephanie Merry
If there is one novelty in director Carlo Carlei s take on the world s best known ill fated lovers it s that the words aren t entirely Shakespeare s It s a fresh approach indeed but maybe not the wisest 
1.5
Romeo & Juliet
Mick LaSalle
Viewers who go into Romeo and Juliet cold may be forgiven for coming away thinking Shakespeare was a really lousy writer 
1
Romeo & Juliet
Richard Ouzounian
Douglas Booth is a handsome fellow in a mushy peas kind of way but Hailee Steinfeld Oscar nominated for True Grit neither looks appealing nor acts with any distinction here 
1
Romeo & Juliet
Joe Williams
Shakespeare s play evokes the poetry of undying love but this Romeo and Juliet is prosaic 
2
Romeo & Juliet
James Berardinelli
In a way it s like the cover of a favorite pop tune inferior to be sure but nevertheless pleasantly familiar 
2.5
Romeo & Juliet
Soren Andersen
Verona we have a problem And thy name is Juliet 
2
Romeo & Juliet
R. Kurt Osenlund
Not even when the doomed Juliet reaches for Romeo s dagger do you feel a single vicarious pain in your gut 
2
Romeo & Juliet
John Anderson
The lovers provide no palpable passion And without that there is very much woe But not much point 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Claudia Puig
While there is a pleasantness about this faithful Shakespearean reboot there also is some woeful miscasting and a lukewarm feeling about the straightforward production 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Sara Stewart
Seventh grade English teachers rejoice You have a new movie to show the class that day you come in hung over and can t deal 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Ty Burr
An interminable unintentionally hilarious misfire apparently aimed at a youth audience weaned on Gossip Girl 
1
Romeo & Juliet
Steven Rea
It makes Baz Luhrmann s 1996 contempo update the one with Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio and the plus sign in its title look like some kind of masterpiece 
1
Romeo & Juliet
Michael Phillips
The most excellent and lamentable tragedy Romeo and Juliet has been turned into a film that is lamentable without the excellent part 
1.5
Romeo & Juliet
Matt Pais
But soft 
2
Romeo & Juliet
Peter Canavese
Please steer away your loved ones from this tone deaf travesty this misbegotten farrago this offensive rank charmless near lifeless anti romantic twaddle a classic tale told by an idiot Want to know what I really think 
0
Romeo & Juliet
Roger Moore
Lovely But fatally miscast 
2
Grain In Ear
Walter Chaw
It s a visually and structurally arresting piece 
2.5
Atarrabi & Mikelats
Keith Uhlich
A challenge inherent to a parable of this sort is that evil being so seductive can make good seem dull or prissy by comparison 
2.5
Cousin Jules
Ty Burr
Cousin Jules is one of those rare experiences that s rooted in the past yet feels very much of the moment 
4
Cousin Jules
Farran Smith Nehme
A uniquely rewarding movie 
3.5
Cousin Jules
Jesse Cataldo
Approaching his lifestyle with ambivalence the film still accords Jules enormous respect showing an almost holy appreciation for the beautiful process of his blacksmithing work 
3.5
What Lies Below
Tom Meek
the eerie ride becomes bad camp 
1.5
What Lies Below
Roger Moore
For a dumb genre pic What Lies Below is as goofy and fun as it is wet and weird 
2.5
What Lies Below
Leo Brady
What Lies Below may be rough around the edges but it certainly has a lot of fun parts to sink into 
3
What Lies Below
Simon Abrams
What Lies Below mostly coasts on its never fully exploited main scenario what would you do if an attractive eccentric tried to be your stepfather 
2
What Lies Below
Peter Canavese
Well produced thriller with a generally trashy side to it if you re in the mood and some legitimate interest in the actual science of its science fiction 
2
Last Film Show
David Gonzalez
Pan Nalin 8217 s Last Film Show celebrates cinema and the cinematic experience 46 A film that captures the emotional impact film can have on someone and it 8217 s one of the most beautiful films of the year so far 46 
3.5
Stolen Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s to director Li s credit that she tells the story as plainly and unobtrusively as possible 
2.5
Fever Dreams
Matt Brunson
Folks interested in the grab bag of anthology shows from the late 1980s through the 1990s might take a shine to this independent feature film 
2.5
Fever Dreams
Tom Meek
A lo fi series of vignettes in the mode of Creepshow that ll tickle the genre bone of those with a yen for the horror cum comedy schtick 
2.5
A Walk to Remember
Matt Brunson
This was greeted with savage reviews upon its initial release 44 but it apos s actually one of the better Mandy Moore movies 44 one of the better Nicholas Sparks adaptations 44 and one of the worthier faith based flicks 46 
2.5
A Walk to Remember
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This is a great romantic tearjerker 
3
A Walk to Remember
Betsy Bozdech
The hardest part about watching the sappy preachy teen hanky fest A Walk to Remember is deciding who to blame for it 
1.5
A Walk to Remember
David Nusair
Those raised on idealized romances the Ken and Barbie kind where love conquers all will no doubt love this sappy tale 
1
A Walk to Remember
Robert K. Elder
It s sad that Moore s first major cinematic outing scrapes the bottom of the melodramatic barrel 
1
A Walk to Remember
Jeffrey Westhoff
Faithful without being forceful sad without being shrill A Walk to Remember succeeds through sincerity 
3
A Walk to Remember
Frank Ochieng
This is for those who appreciate their Dawson Creek fix supersized on the big screen Taking a Walk to this pandering afterschool premise will make some cry indeed but unfortunately for the wrong reasons 
1.5
A Walk to Remember
Mark Dujsik
A soap opera for young adults who should be at school when all the television ones are on 
2
A Walk to Remember
James Kendrick
hopelessly and willfully square yet for what it is and what it aspires to be it s not at all bad
2.5
A Walk to Remember
Michael Dequina
You will be longing to guzzle a bottle of Pepto Bismol after being subjected to this 90 minute sap and crap fest 
0
A Walk to Remember
Dustin Putman
Far from perfect but its heart is in the right place innocent and well meaning 
2.5
A Walk to Remember
Tony Toscano
A cumbersome and cliche ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man 
.5
A Walk to Remember
Ed Gonzalez
As camp and sermon the film is shamelessly undercooked 
2
A Walk to Remember
Octavio Roca
A story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously It is also beautifully acted 
3
A Walk to Remember
Tor Thorsen
A gob of drivel so sickly sweet even the eager consumers of Moore s pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crme brle 
1
A Walk to Remember
Lou Lumenick
The bland leading the bland 
2
A Walk to Remember
Susan Stark
Plays like the old disease of the week small screen melodramas 
1
A Walk to Remember
Bill Pearis
IHOPs don t pile on this much syrup 
1
A Walk to Remember
Jonathan Perry
In their zeal to create a character who embodies a wholesome positive adolescent ideal the filmmakers have invented an 18 year old girl with no self doubt no emotional weakness no character flaws and a crystal clear complexion 
1.5
A Walk to Remember
Kevin Courrier
The kind of inspirational story that has the opposite effect It puts you in a stupor 
2.5
A Walk to Remember
Roger Ebert
A love story so sweet sincere and positive that it sneaks past the defenses built up in this age of irony 
3
A Walk to Remember
Ross Anthony
salvageable bad boy falling for the relentless believer in good 
2.5
A Walk to Remember
James Berardinelli
The target audience may enjoy the film but there s little hope than anyone other than 11 15 year old girls will be willing to endure Shankman s curdled concoction 
2
A Walk to Remember
Carrie Rickey
An idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15 year old romantic in everyone 
3
A Walk to Remember
Rob Blackwelder
lacks a single moment of emotional sincerity or even a hint of chemistry between its leads 
1.5
A Walk to Remember
Steve Rhodes
At least Moore is a real charmer 
2.5
A Walk to Remember
Walter Chaw
If you don t know every single plot point and twist after the first twenty minutes you ve done the sensible thing and left after the first ten 
1
A Walk to Remember
Jeanne Aufmuth
As delivered by these two fine young actors the story is rendered poignant and evocative 
3
Tip Top
Kenji Fujishima
Instead of finding one consistent tone and sticking to it Serge Bozon allows the wildly hilarious and the grimly serious to uneasily coexist exulting in the resultant clash 
3
Misbehaviour
Brian Eggert
While Misbehaviour boasts an impressive cast and just enough relatable frustration to warrant enjoying the viewer could imagine a more rugged version of the same story 
3
Misbehaviour
Steven Prokopy
There s still something lacking in Misbehaviour There s no real sense of danger or consequence 
2.5
Misbehaviour
Randy Myers
Overall it s highly enjoyable with strong sequences involving mothers and daughters 
3
Misbehaviour
Richard Roeper
Keira Knightley and Jessie Buckley achieve both laughs and drama 
3
Misbehaviour
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Remains ambitious enough to offer more than one correct side to a still pressing issue and thankfully leaves more wiggle room than the standard bathing suit allows 
3
Misbehaviour
Sheila O'Malley
The separate storylines help the film avoid the mistakes made in similar movies particularly those dealing with feminist history 
2.5
Misbehaviour
Mark Dujsik
There are many viewpoints in Misbehaviour and the film gives each of the worthy ones a voice 
3
Misbehaviour
Barry Hertz
Misbehaviour is a film that makes its characters compete with each other for screen time and resonance and social messaging Ultimately no one goes home a winner 
2
Supernova
David Nusair
46 46 46 a familiar yet promising setup that 8217 s employed to predominantly underwhelming effect 46 46 46 
2
Supernova
James Kendrick
a half baked science fiction rip off that manages to be both excruciatingly simplistic and utterly incoherent at the same time
1
Supernova
Shay Casey
Honestly though what do you expect from a film with about a dozen writers and a director who had his name removed and replaced with a pseudonym 
1.5
Supernova
Elias Savada
a flatulent space bomb There may not be air in outer space but you can smell this one a galaxy away 
0.5
Supernova
Michael Dequina
As lost as the audience gets no one in the auditorium can come close to the bewilderment exhibited by the cast 
0
Supernova
Steve Rhodes
One suspects that most of the people associated with this film will be filled with regret that they ever had anything to do with it 
1.5
Supernova
Dustin Putman
You can either get angry at having part of your night wasted or you can heartily laugh and make fun of it on the drive home from the theater 
1.5
Supernova
David N. Butterworth
Script goes supernova black holes abound 
2
Supernova
Tor Thorsen
This tepid trek makes Saturn 3 look like 2001 
0.5
Supernova
Jorge Avila Andrade
Desarrolla prcticamente el mismo guin que otras realizaciones de ciencia ficcin recientes
1.5
Supernova
Peter Stack
Supernova though predictable isn t half bad 
2
Supernova
Jonathan Foreman
A perfectly enjoyable sci fi thriller 
2.5
Supernova
James Berardinelli
Often it can be argued that there s the kernel of a good story buried somewhere in a bad screenplay Not here 
1.5
Supernova
John Anderson
A decent enough thriller 
2.5
Supernova
Ross Anthony
simple but well paced 
2.5
Supernova
Rob Blackwelder
A victim of Sphere syndrome 
2
Hit and Runway
Michael Dequina
Sympathetic performances by the leads and surprisingly convincing sentimentality 
3
Hit and Runway
Rob Blackwelder
Has an endearing charm despite the fact that it just screams my first feature 
2.5
Hit and Runway
Pam Grady
This meditation on male friendship aims straight for the heart and hits home 
3
Hit and Runway
Steve Rhodes
Most of the comedy is flat and obvious 
2
The Cut
Vanessa H. Larson
Akin uses a visually compelling yet sober almost restrained aesthetic that differs from the more full throttle approach of some of his previous work 
3
The Cut
Tirdad Derakhshani
Despite its visual beauty and Rahim s extraordinary and silent performance the film never quite manages to connect on an emotional level 
2.5
The Cut
Simon Abrams
The Cut is not an optimistic film but it presents a scenario rich enough to make you want to be optimistic 
3.5
The Cut
Carson Lund
Fatih Akin falls back on convenience and contrivance to streamline the thornier specificities of his grand scale narrative 
2
Room 314
Rob Humanick
Its creative impulses are an empowering example of do it yourself filmmaking even if its encounters are subtly nuanced as often as they are unnecessarily schematic 
2.5
Room 314
Maitland McDonagh
While the cast is uniformly committed some are able to make more of the material than others 
2
Tokyo Story
Christian Blauvelt
In this exquisite merging of specific and universal infinite and infinitesimal Tokyo Story perhaps most clearly illuminates that Ozu is not the most Japanese of filmmakers but the most human 
4
Tokyo Story
Roger Ebert
It ennobles the cinema It says yes a movie can help us make small steps against our imperfections 
4
Tokyo Story
James Kendrick
constantly bursts with life and meaning despite the fact that very little happens in the conventional narrative sense
4
Tokyo Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Could easily change your life 
4
Ludwig
Roger Ebert
Perhaps only Visconti who seems obsessed with the gloomy side of decadence could have made Ludwig II of Bavaria seem boring 
1
Chris Rock: Tamborine
Verne Gay
There s a new world order out there Looks like Chris Rock yes Rock got the memo too 
3
George of the Jungle 2
David Nusair
It s hard to really criticize George of the Jungle 2 since it s clearly not intended for adults 
2
George of the Jungle 2
Bill Chambers
If the film weren t so pockmarked with scatology and hostility it might actually be a somewhat accomplished tribute to Jay Ward s cartoon
2
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Brian Eggert
The viewer is torn between the admirable high energy presentation and how incongruous it all seems when reflected upon as a whole 46 
2
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Frank Ochieng
A Fantastic Fear Of Everything is a cockeyed and chewy treat for a Pegg related vehicle that gleefully registers on the side of unsettling cheekiness 
2.5
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Dann Gire
Simon Pegg is a very talented comic actor but you would never guess that in this claustrophobic strained stream of consciousness sinking cinematic showboat 
0.5
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Drew Hunt
Strands of Simon Pegg s amiable persona are found in the film s more tolerable bits but even this seasoned vet s unique voice is lost amid the glut of references to other work 
1
Interview With the Vampire
Gene Siskel
Director Neil Jordan has always had an affinity for underdogs and he has created a film that can be viewed as empathetic to any oppressed group Homosexuals may claim it as their emotional story
3.5
Interview With the Vampire
David Nusair
the movie s aggressively overlong running time often does threaten to negate its positive attributes 
2.5
Interview With the Vampire
Scott Nash
Beautiful to look at and dripping with atmosphere
3.5
Interview With the Vampire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Given that this is basically a Reader s Digest condensed version the movie does a pretty good sweep job 
3
Interview With the Vampire
Michael Dequina
A borderline effort 
2.5
Interview With the Vampire
Monica Hayde
It s an intensely dark tale the cinematography the tone the dialogue but for those who enjoy dark humor Jordan has brilliantly inserted a few divine moments of comic relief 
4
Interview With the Vampire
Steve Rhodes
I got bored silly and totally disgusted 
1
Interview With the Vampire
Rob Blackwelder
Cruise will surprise Anne Rice fans as he did the author herself 
3
Interview With the Vampire
Chris Hicks
Whatever one s preconceived notions might have been about Cruise as Lestat he is very powerful in the role and literally takes charge every time he s on the screen 
2.5
Interview With the Vampire
James Berardinelli
When Interview with the Vampire works it s as compelling and engrossing a piece of entertainment as is available on film today When it falters the weaknesses seem magnified 
3
Interview With the Vampire
Roger Ebert
My complaint about the film is that not very much happens in the plot sense 
3
LEGO Batman: The Movie -- DC Superheroes Unite
Mike McGranaghan
Beautifully animated and utterly charming 
3
Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours
Kalvin Henely
Just as Rirkrit Tiravanija had done in the 90s when he converted New York City galleries into live kitchens he changes one s relation to a movie theater to a space for meditation 
3.5
Crossing Arizona
Lisa Kennedy
The filmmakers point is undeniable Two governments have deftly pitted working and hoping to work folk against each other to cruel effect 
2.5
Crossing Arizona
Phil Villarreal
A penetrating in depth film on the ugly issue 
3.5
Crossing Arizona
G. Allen Johnson
No hour and a half documentary can do much more than scratch the surface of the issue but Mathew and DeVivo provide an excellent primer and some human faces on the front lines 
3
Ladyworld
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kramer crafts an aura of unnerving apocalyptic certitude that grows in power as events progress the final scene a breathlessly haunting coda that sent chills racing up and down my spine 
3
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Sonny Bunch
Dogs have often been useful components of American propaganda films but Sgt Stubby kicks it up a notch placing a pooch in the center of all the action 
2.5
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Josh Terry
Combined with some stiff low grade animation and questionable voice performances from the supporting actors it s hard to recommend Sgt Stubby An American Hero in spite of its good intentions 
2
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Roger Moore
Tame and tepidly told but a genial and generally accurate account of a famous war dog mascot 
2.5
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Kam Williams
Is this merely an innocent inspirational buddy flick or is it an Army recruiting tool targeting innocent tykes Or both Hard to tell 
1
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Linda Cook
Everyone should stand up and cheer for Sgt Stubby 
4
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Susan Wloszczyna
By the moment when George S Patton shows up and perches a proud Stubby atop his tank as the battle draws to a close I had long surrendered 
3
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
G. Allen Johnson
Sgt Stubby An American Hero is a cute and scruffy movie 
2
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Mark Dujsik
This is World War I as seen through the lens of a children s story and for what it is the film is surprisingly effective 
3
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Bruce DeMara
A tale that has plenty of warmth and charm and even a reasonable amount of suspense that is sure to appeal to its audience 
3
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Rafer Guzman
Sgt Stubby should work well for very young viewers whose imaginations will fill in the gaps 
2.5
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Pat Padua
This tale of canine courage is just appealing enough that many civilians with a soft spot for a stray will not hesitate to enlist 
2.5
Cuba: Island of Music
V.A. Musetto
Cuba Island of Music is enjoyable as a primer in Afrocentric music and dance As a political statement however it s pretty much of a dud 
2
Cuba: Island of Music
Jack Mathews
Feels more like a home movie than the work of a veteran documentary filmmaker lecturer and college professor 
1.5
Cuba: Island of Music
David Sterritt
The analytical discussions don t run very deep but eyes will shine and toes will tap whenever this picture is shown 
3
Cuba: Island of Music
Ed Gonzalez
Keys seems to understand that the global appeal of Cuban music is directly proportional to its multiculturality 
3
Downhill Racer
Matt Brunson
The sort of somber minimalist drama that can only be found in the cinema of the late 1960s and early 70s 
3
Downhill Racer
James Kendrick
could be lumped into the convenient category of uplifting sports drama but in fact is a challenging deconstruction of all the underdog clichs associated with that genre
3
Downhill Racer
Fernando F. Croce
Downhill Racer stands as lean condemnation of the calculating underdog clichs Rocky would bring make the norm 
3
Downhill Racer
Roger Ebert
The best movie ever made about sports without really being about sports at all 
4
Summertime
Shane Slater
The moderate highs and lows of Delphine and Carole s may not go down as a classic love story But the sincerity of its actresses including Nomie Lvovsky as Delphine s quietly observant unyielding mother keeps you fully invested in their journey 
3
Summertime
Kyle Smith
Two dull people have a dull love affair in Summertime a French drama that drags on like an August afternoon 
1.5
Summertime
Glenn Kenny
What makes Summertime really refreshing is that it doesn t treat its central romance as anything but wholly normal despite the attitude of other characters or indeed the tenor of the time in which it is set 
3
Summertime
Diego Semerene
Catherine Corsini depicts feminists in lighthearted ways at once humorously caricatured and sensitively human 
2.5
Tarzan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An exciting accomplished work that ranks with the wonderful Johnny Weissmuller movies 
3
Tarzan
Jeanne Aufmuth
How does Disney do it 
4
Tarzan
Margaret A. McGurk
An exhilarating adventure with an aching emotional tale at its heart 
3.5
Tarzan
Jeffrey Westhoff
Disney s finest achievement since 1942 s Bambi a film it resembles in many ways 
4
Tarzan
Peter Stack
So far the most entertaining film of the year 
4
Tarzan
Liam Lacey
Travels light moves quickly and leaves very little in its wake 
2.5
Tarzan
James Kendrick
a fast paced visual marvel with heart and a bit of humor
3.5
Tarzan
Greg Dean Schmitz
With this new rollercoaster ride three dimensional approach Disney has indeed heralded a new age in animation 
4
Tarzan
Susan Wloszczyna
With Tarzan Disney returns to the fertile ground of its reigning animated triumph The Lion King and unveils its most vibrant and virile hero in ages 
4
Tarzan
Mary Kalin-Casey
A tightly knit roller coaster ride of treetop excitement 
3
Tarzan
David Keyes
Here we have animation at its very best the hero swings through the trees on vines as if he is on a roller coaster 
3
Tarzan
Steve Rhodes
It is the movie s animation a technological tour de force that uses computers to enhance not replace traditional drawings that almost upstages everything else 
3.5
Tarzan
Rob Blackwelder
This is a Tarzan unlimited by what human actors are capable of physically and in terms of authenticity it makes all the difference in the world 
3
Tarzan
Ross Anthony
A wild action comedy for kids and adults of all ages Go see it 
3.5
Tarzan
Susan Stark
Disney s Tarzan is animation gold 
4
Tarzan
Jeff Vice
The best cinematic version of Edgar Rice Burroughs ape man tales since Johnny Weissmuller first put on the loincloth 
3.5
Tarzan
James Berardinelli
From a purely visual standpoint this may be the most impressive of all of Disney s traditionally animated features 
3
Tarzan
Roger Ebert
Something deep within the Tarzan myth speaks to us and Disney s new animated Tarzan captures it 
4
Tarzan
David N. Butterworth
Not without its engaging moments 
2.5
Tarzan
Dustin Putman
Everything a quality animated feature should be intelligent accessible to both kids and adults and most important genuinely fun 
3
Tarzan
Michael Dequina
A highly enjoyable adventure that takes risky devations from The Formula and for the most part succeeds 
3
Tarzan
Bob Bloom
A visual delight that will leave you breathless as you soar through the primordial jungle with the legendary ape man 
4
Tarzan
Bill Chambers
As yawn inducing as most of his live action brethren 
2
Tarzan
Marty Mapes
It never wowed me and won me over 
2
Tarzan
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mantiene un ritmo y una agilidad visual impresionantes
3
Special
Christian Toto
Special offers a unique spin on the superhero template but rarely soars beyond its sly premise 
2
Special
Lou Lumenick
Rappaport does a yeoman s job in this tonally confused oddity 
1.5
Special
Nick Schager
This fantasy battle between good and evil is merely a cute minor idea with little depth and even less conscious purpose fit for a 15 minute short rather than a feature length narrative 
1.5
Camping Trip
Roger Moore
The oddest blend of 8220 Look what we 8217 ve learned now 8221 showing off and rank filmmaking incompetence I 8217 ve seen in ages 46 
1
Camping Trip
Bob Bloom
But as the movie progresses 44 the air of menace increases 44 as does the threat of violence 46 And when it does happen 44 instead of being shocking 44 it is diluted by being presented in slow motion 46 This 46 46 46 emphasizes and tempers the horror of the brutality 46 
2.5
Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet
Ed Gonzalez
Mostly confirms how closely entwined modern art practices are with intellectual wankitude 
2
The Mole Agent
Rene Sanchez
Equal parts heartwarming and devastating The Mole Agent is an extraordinary non fiction piece about solitude and senectitude Full Review in Spanish 
4
The Mole Agent
Lisa Trifone
Alberdi s warm and moving film is a welcome reminder of the life left to be lived in our seventh eighth decades and beyond 
3
The Mole Agent
Anita Katz
It all adds up to an uplifting and engaging blend of spy entertainment personal journey social statement and thoughtful reflection 
3
The Mole Agent
Sean P. Means
Throughout The Mole Agent Alberti gives us tender vignettes of elderly people contemplating the short time they have left in this world The film also gives us in Sergio a graceful reminder that no one is too old to make the most out of life 
3.5
The Mole Agent
Rosalie Kicks
A swift documentary that serves as a reminder that it is never too late to pursue a dream no matter how outlandish it may seem to everyone else 
3
The Mole Agent
Nick Allen
The documentary succeeds with its tenderness while vividly reminding us how easily society can forget its elders 
3
The Mole Agent
Mark Dujsik
Sergio may be a terrible spy but he is a loving and loveable human being whose empathy for his new friends is infectious 
3
The Mole Agent
Pat Brown
That Maite Alberdi s camera itself is present in The Mole Agent as a quasi ethical concern suits the way Sergio as he shuffles through the home s hallways gradually comes to be uncomfortable with his own surveillance 
3.5
Passenger Side
Liam Lacey
Simple and smart Canadian director Matt Bissonnette s Passenger Side is what s known in theatre circles as a two hander a two person play in which everything depends on dialogue and performance 
3
Passenger Side
Peter Howell
Bissonnette achieves a hypnotic effect with Passenger Side L A slides by in a daze at once inviting and threatening Michael and Tobey are just two Canadian dreamers in a city where dreams often die 
2.5
The Spine of Night
Mitchell Beaupre
The story and universe help the film land an impact 44 but The Spine of Night draws you in immediately with its absolutely breathtaking hand rotoscoped animation 46 
2.5
The Spine of Night
Kevin Carr
It throws a lot at you and it s really out of the box and bizarre but it s a neat movie and it s worth seeing 
3
The Spine of Night
Randy Myers
Spine is a throwback to the go for broke days of Heavy Metal but unlike that multistoried fantasy this one tells a cohesive tale 
3
The Spine of Night
Simon Abrams
The Spine of Night feels like a heroic mash note to the formerly frowned upon taboo of watching this sort of black light van art epic only it s now a couple decades later and not at all better 
2
The Spine of Night
Mark Dujsik
T hrough its thoughtful narrative and impressive artwork the film is an arresting experience 
3
The Spine of Night
Roger Moore
Reasonably good looking but somewhat shapeless despite a simple quest narrative a film that changes points of view and never sets the viewer up to identify with any of them 
2
The Spine of Night
Rafael Motamayor
There is very little in terms of actual plot or pathos but that s not why you watch this film 
3
The Spine of Night
Mattie Lucas
Beautiful edgy incomprehensible and mesmerizing all at once a singular achievement if an oppressive one consumed by the vastness of its vision but so full of complex lore than it will likely lose all but the most die hard fantasy fans 
2
The Spine of Night
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Enjoy every step of it or not and I loved quite a few it is uniquely its own thing each frame to be celebrated for the magic therein 
3
The Spine of Night
Mike McGranaghan
Mind bogglingly violent and pleasingly edgy 
3
The Hornet's Nest
Mike McGranaghan
As clear eyed a portrait of modern warfare as you re likely to see 
3.5
The Hornet's Nest
Tomas Hachard
It becomes clear pretty quickly that Mike and Carlos Boettcher s insider perspective allows for close to no context beyond what their cameras directly capture 
1
The Hornet's Nest
Burl Burlingame
It s worth pointing out that two dozen journalists have been killed in the line of duty on Afghanistan s front lines bringing the war back home And they can t shoot back 
3.5
The Hornet's Nest
Brad Keefe
This is as close to war as many of you are likely to get and the tension as bullets whiz by on an Afghan hillside is palpable 
3
Mother
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Mother improves considerably as it progresses 
3
Mother
Mattie Lucas
Buoyed by Kim s powerful performance Bong crafts a unique story of motherly love and devotion and turns it into one fantastic thriller 
3.5
Mother
Peter Canavese
Mother s success partly owes to Bong s twisty mystery script but the South Korean film wouldn t fly without the achingly intense performance of Kim Hye ja Blu ray 
3
Mother
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bong directs with an amazing clarity both in his images and in the logic of his storytelling 
3.5
Mother
Keith Cohen
This movie directed by Bong Joon ho The Host takes you in unexpected directions It is virtually impossible to figure out whodunit with the bizarre twists Kim gives an absolutely amazing performance displaying a 
3
Mother
Robert W. Butler
As a mystery Mother dishes a couple of shocking turnarounds but its real value is as a character study of a woman whose desperate love pushes her to decisive action even if the source of her devotion isn t worth it 
3
Mother
Duane Dudek
Superficially a Hitchcock type thriller Mother is really a visually rich detail filled character driven mystery with a powerful central performance 
3.5
Mother
Mike Scott
Starts out as a comedy transforms into a quirky Agatha Christie whodunnit and finishes with an unpredictable Hitchcockian flourish 
3.5
Mother
Rene Rodriguez
You ve never met a mother quite like this one 
3
Mother
Roger Moore
It is Hye ja Kim that carries Mother making her mother of a Mother an all suffering all enduring victim who acquires more spine and subtler shadings as the story deliberately patiently reveals its secrets 
3
Mother
Lisa Kennedy
Bong is a talent to heed 
3.5
Mother
Rick Groen
It s deliriously creepy 
3
Mother
Michael O'Sullivan
As with director Bong Joon ho s previous film The Host Mother also is a movie about a monster Only this one wears an apron 
3
Mother
Roger Ebert
The film is labyrinthine and deceptive and not in a way we anticipate It becomes a pleasure for the mind 
3.5
Mother
Peter Keough
It s the finest work yet by a filmmaker who knows how to turn the toxins poisoning our lives into a figment of savage power and delight 
3.5
Mother
Amy Biancolli
An alluring piece of work an artful whodunit that melds shrewd plotting with resourceful camera work and sympathetic characters that are fascinatingly morbidly off 
3.5
Mother
Ty Burr
You never know where Mother is going to go next All you know is that you re in the hands of a master with an appreciably bent sense of humor 
3.5
Mother
James Berardinelli
There are twists aplenty and if some of the deductions arrive too easily as a result of contrived clues and convenient witness testimony those credulity hurdles are easily vaulted in the name of a good story 
3
Mother
Joe Neumaier
Though diligently paced and sharp to look at the mysteries inside Mother are finally bloodless 
2
Mother
V.A. Musetto
Bong realizes the treasure he has in Kim and allows the camera to fixate on her in wide shots of glowing fields and in unforgiving close ups 
3
Mother
Ethan Alter
By far the most memorable thing about Mother is Hye ja s impassioned performance
3.5
Mother
Fernando F. Croce
Bong is less interested in shocks than in the synergy between the country s vast fields and the equally mysterious inner landscape of the dazed matriarch making her way across them 
3
Mother
Bill Chambers
Its wizardly craft provide s further evidence that Bong is one of the most formidable filmmaking talents to have emerged this decade 
3
Vigilante
Walter Chaw
There s a certain laudable doggedness in its creation I guess
1.5
Vigilante
David Nusair
A typically inept effort from William Lustig 
1
Vigilante
James Kendrick
jets past moral qualms and cuts right into our most feverish sense of righteousness
2.5
Hereafter
Federico Furzan
Eastwood s entry in the supernatural genre barely works Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Hereafter
Sarah Knight Adamson
The film is NOT for everyone as it strikes raw nerves If you can enjoy it for the cinematography Eastwood s directing and the amazing locations then you just might enjoy it as much as I did 
3
Hereafter
Mattie Lucas
As an understated melodrama it works just fine as an exploration of human ideas of life after death it comes up strangely short 
2.5
Hereafter
Roger Moore
Clint Eastwood s late life late career fascination with mortality death and grieving devolves at long last into a cheap parlor trick in Hereafter 
1.5
Hereafter
David Nusair
an engaging sporadically enthralling drama that ranks as one of Eastwood s better efforts as of late 
3.5
Hereafter
Sophie Ivan
Psychic Damon says A life that s all about death is no life We say A film that s all about death is no film 
1.5
Hereafter
James Kendrick
the climatic interweaving of the narrative strands feels profoundly anticlimatic delivering a modicum of emotional payoff but little else
2
Hereafter
Linda Cook
Somber and thought provoking Hereafter is a think piece a serious film that provides no answers but does supply viewers with a lot of what ifs 
3
Hereafter
Mike McGranaghan
Hereafter is an entertaining film That said it would have been even better had it picked any one of the plot strands and focused exclusively on it 
3
Hereafter
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a movie that opens with a bang and goes out with a somber and for me quite poignant whimper the human story at its core one I couldn t tear my eyes away from 
3
Hereafter
John Wirt
A meandering pointless disappointment from the normally exceptional Eastwood 
2
Hereafter
Mike Scott
This is a movie that is at its root a romance wrapped up in an 80 year old master director s musings about what happens to us when we die 
3.5
Hereafter
Scott Nash
A finely drawn human drama it just fails to go far enough with the supernatural elements 
3
Hereafter
Kam Williams
Harry Potter style hocus pocus only aimed at folks who came of age in the era of the Ouija board 
1
Hereafter
Matt Brunson
Hereafter unfolds with the patience of a good book a factor likely to turn off more antsy audience members Yet those who don t flinch at its meditative rhythms will find much to appreciate 
3
Hereafter
Keith Cohen
Flat lines in less than an hour and doesn t deserve an afterlife on either DVD or cable television The movie s only strength is the spectacular computer generated special effects of the tidal waves triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 
1
Hereafter
Robert Levin
Long winded ponderous and without much in the way of compelling drama 
2
Hereafter
Robert W. Butler
Here a mature filmmaker at the top of his game muses on life after death But this is no starry eyed gullible wallow in the bathos of eternal bliss 
3.5
Hereafter
Lisa Kennedy
The film is a deeply compassionate decidedly secular and somewhat plodding meditation on what matters now and what lies beyond this life 
3
Hereafter
Tyler Hanley
Hereafter is deep and deliberate It requires patience and emotional maturity from its audience Those willing to give it will be rewarded with a cinematic experience that is complex heartfelt and spiritually uplifting 
3.5
Hereafter
Lawrence Toppman
Coincidences and improbabilities aside the script sometimes borders on the absurd 
2
Hereafter
John Beifuss
The problematic concept keeps Hereafter earthbound but the film contains four sequences that affirm Eastwood s mastery including the opening tsunami which is not only spectacular but somehow intimate thanks to the focus on the character of Marie 
2.5
Hereafter
Bob Bloom
Hereafter asks several questions and wisely does not offer any answers Those the director and screenwriter leave to the viewer 
3.5
Hereafter
Eric Melin
It works best when it stays away from all the preachy overtones of other multi character dramas like Crash but it does stumble a bit in an attempt to spell everything out too conveniently 
2.5
Hereafter
Matt Soergel
Two pounds of story flopping around in a 10 pound bag 
2
Hereafter
Willie Waffle
Starts off with a shocking emotional opening scene but that s the last exciting and interesting thing to happen in the movie 
1.5
Hereafter
Chris Hewitt
Eastwood seems to have become M Night Shyamalan It s a good thing since Shyamalan has been doing such a lousy job of it 
3
Hereafter
Alison Gang
Hereafter is the perfect example of an intriguing concept in need of some collaborative brainstorming between a talented writer and a visionary director followed by a few rewrites 
1.5
Hereafter
James Berardinelli
It s safe to say that as a director Clint Eastwood shows no fear 
3
Hereafter
Michael O'Sullivan
It starts out with a tsunami and ends up standing in a puddle 
2
Hereafter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eastwood shows off filmmaking so fluid and skilled that it makes you weep with joy 
4
Hereafter
Michael A. Smith
Filmed with a master s eye Hereafter continues the streak of outstanding films directed by Clint Eastwood 
4
Hereafter
Sean O'Connell
Feels like the beginning of a discussion one Eastwood likely has with his peers as they age 
2.5
Hereafter
Moira MacDonald
One of those movies that works better on a second viewing it s a gentle loosely structured tale of lost souls that ll wash away if you let it 
2.5
Hereafter
Mick LaSalle
Eastwood s directorial output from Mystic River on constitutes the 21st century s first cinematic marvel and Hereafter is among the best things he has ever done 
4
Hereafter
Duane Dudek
Hereafter made in the ghostly image of the concept it explores lingers after it s gone 
3
Hereafter
Dustin Putman
A movie of this sort should never leave the viewer cold and that alas is what this one does 
2
Hereafter
Steven Rea
It s optimistic Hokey even But it s beautiful too 
3.5
Hereafter
Ty Burr
Eastwood s latest is serenely even masterfully eccentric the sort of movie that begins with a tsunami and ends with a kiss 
3
Hereafter
Michael Phillips
Hereafter is a solemnly reassuring film made by major talents working intriguingly outside their comfort zones 
2
Hereafter
Peter Keough
Forget Dirty Harry this might be Clint Eastwood s most controversial and divisive film ever 
3
Hereafter
Ethan Alter
The finished product so often feels like an early draft of a movie that s in dire need of further revision 
2
Hereafter
Christopher Lloyd
Hereafter is less concerned with the metaphysics of existence after we die contrasted with the CGI playground of The Lovely Bones than the earthly tribulations of people still alive who struggle to cope with the brush of Death s hand 
3
Hereafter
Rene Rodriguez
Eventually you realize the movie isn t comprised of much more than premise greeting card wisdom and coincidences and its two hours start to grow long 
2
Hereafter
Phil Villarreal
Riiight Who s up for some Parcheesi 
1.5
Hereafter
Josh Larsen
There are moments when you want to nudge Hereafter to make sure it s awake 
2
Hereafter
Roger Ebert
Clint Eastwood s Hereafter considers the idea of an afterlife with tenderness beauty and a gentle tact 
4
Hereafter
Stephen Whitty
It s meant to make us ask All right what comes after But it leaves real Eastwood fans only wondering Okay what comes next 
2.5
Hereafter
Kyle Smith
The movie drags yet it feels like it s missing an hour It features three characters on three continents who barely interact with one another And after 130 minutes it stops without concluding 
2
Hereafter
Liam Lacey
The viewer waits at first expectantly and later with increasing irritation as the disparate story strands are forced together in the are you kidding finale 
2
Hereafter
A.O. Scott
It has the power to haunt the skeptical to mystify the credulous and to fascinate everyone in between 
4
Hereafter
Claudia Puig
This is no tale of paranormal activity It offers no clear cut answers on life after death Rather it calmly examines death grief and melancholy packing an unexpectedly profound emotional gut punch 
3.5
Hereafter
Peter Howell
Hereafter makes no grand statement about life after death It s just Eastwood pondering the subject as any thoughtful person might and inviting us to think along with him It s hard to pass up so sincere an offer 
3
Hereafter
Peter Travers
Hereafter set to a resonant Eastwood score truly is haunting 
3
Hereafter
Joe Lozito
Clint Eastwood s somber meditation on life after death is every bit as ponderous as you d expect In the hands of this superlative director it s also very watchable 
3
Hereafter
Rex Reed
Shifting gears to a softer gauzier mood Clint Eastwood s Hereafter finds the masterful icon charting new terrain 
3
Hereafter
Nick Schager
Clint Eastwood crafts a Babel all his own with Hereafter a trifurcated tale of death grief and the great beyond that finds the director succumbing to eye rolling corniness 
1
Hitch
Rossiter Drake
Does everyone fall in love after the third date In his world they do 
2.5
Hitch
Russ Breimeier
Fans of movies like The Wedding Planner and You ve Got Mail looking for a charming date movie with lots of laughs will fall in love with Hitch 
3
Hitch
Ross Anthony
Very likeable and enjoyable for the most part even endearing the film stumbles a bit in the telling Hitch just barely swings into a B on charm 
2.5
Hitch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Smith s knockout comic performance with its perfect pitches and pauses ultimately saves the day 
3
Hitch
Austin O'Connor
James comes crashing nervously into the movie like a fat guy who went through the wrong door and ended up on the fashion show catwalk He s perfect 
3
Hitch
Willie Waffle
Hitch will make dorky husky guys like Kevin James and myself feel some hope that we too can date women who look like models
3
Hitch
Jonathan R. Perry
Merely cute when it could be affecting pleasant when it could be relevant 
2.5
Hitch
David N. Butterworth
Reminds us sweetly charmingly and humorously what Will Smith used to be like before he became an overnight action sensation 
2.5
Hitch
Sean P. Means
Smith and Mendes unfortunately fizzle rather than spark a near fatal flaw in a romance that depends on its leads chemistry to succeed 
2.5
Hitch
Christian Toto
Hitch wastes both Will Smith and Kevin James with yet another convoluted romantic fable
1.5
Hitch
Lori Hoffman
Will Smith began his acting career as a prince and he remains one of the most engaging adorable actors on the planet 
3
Hitch
Sean McBride
Will Smith and Kevin James keep the whole thing going thanks to the chemistry of their oddball pairing
3
Hitch
Mark Dujsik
For a fairly typical romantic comedy Hitch is a mildly entertaining diversion that ultimately becomes engulfed in its formulaic trappings 
2.5
Hitch
Michael Dequina
To play off of the Heavy D Aaron Hall classic now that Smith has found a love story what is Hollywood gonna do with him I look forward to finding out 
3
Hitch
Linda Cook
Whaddaya know Kevin James actually is the star of the new Will Smith movie 
2.5
Hitch
Mike McGranaghan
Hitch falls into that weird gray area of movies I sort of liked but sort of didn t 
2.5
Hitch
Sara Michelle Fetters
By no means is this one of Smith s better performances but he s such a likeable self effacing not to mention good looking performer it s not exactly difficult to watch him work 
2
Hitch
Liam Lacey
The movie s last two minutes in which they all do goofy dances and have no dialogue or script to get in their way is easily the highlight It s the previous 113 minutes of plot that cause problems 
2.5
Hitch
Frank Ochieng
Although somewhat predictable labored and gimmicky Tennant s narrative is given a boisterous boost by its charismatic leading rogue in Will Smith 
2.5
Hitch
James Verniere
A smart romantic comedy and a fabulous showcase for its leads and New York City setting 
3
Hitch
Terry Lawson
Smith and Mendes are terrific together He brings her game up so high you d think she has had as many good parts as Smith 
3
Hitch
Lisa Kennedy
Manages time and again to deliver familiar notes that it then jazzes up 
3
Hitch
Amy Biancolli
Here s hoping this first romantic comedy won t be his last Or the best 
2.5
Hitch
Peter Howell
Will Smith has always had an easy time grabbing the spotlight 
2.5
Hitch
Glenn Whipp
You can almost see the filmmakers flailing their arms desperately manufacturing contrivance upon contrivance to separate and reunite the movie s unlikely pair 
2
Hitch
Robert W. Butler
More like a skit that doesn t know when to pack it in 
2
Hitch
Connie Ogle
Will Smith proves that if he ever wants to stop fighting screen robots aliens or drug dealers he is more than able to fill the rom com leading man shoes 
3
Hitch
Paul Doro
It s amiable enough but it s likely that even the easiest to please of viewers won t be overly impressed 
2
Hitch
James Berardinelli
Even though a little less Hitch might have been a better thing the Fresh Prince keeps the proceedings from becoming too stale 
3
Hitch
Moira MacDonald
Faint praise it may be but those looking for a cute date movie this weekend could do far worse As could Smith for that matter 
2.5
Hitch
David Elliott
Smith with one tweak or twinkle too much could become too smug too princely but is almost totally appealing 
3
Hitch
Carla Meyer
Director Andy Tennant and screenwriter Kevin Bisch establish a breezy tone and offer up a New York that exists only in the movies in the best most escapist sense 
3
Hitch
Tracy Allerton
Be prepared to be charmed fall in love several times and laugh yourself silly It s the perfect date movie just in time for Valentine s Day 
3.5
Hitch
Jack Mathews
From the very opening when Hitch begins explaining to the camera that love sometimes needs an outside assist to get started he owns the audience 
3
Hitch
Lou Lumenick
To enjoy this film it helps to check your brain at the box office 
2
Hitch
Jeff Vice
In the end the two halves of the movie feel as if they are forced together leaving messes that Tennant and screenwriter Kevin Bisch never really clean up 
2.5
Hitch
Lawrence Toppman
Marvelous Will Smith and his mostly watchable supporting cast soldier on bravely but they re marching straight into quicksand 
2.5
Hitch
Roger Ebert
The premise is intriguing and for a time it seems that the Date Doctor may indeed know things about women that most men in the movies are not allowed to know but the third act goes on autopilot just when the Doctor should be in 
2.5
Hitch
Ty Burr
Every so often you simply want a movie set in movie land featuring attractive people saying things that if not witty at least don t need a laugh track to prop them up and you want it to play fair within the context of its tiny universe 
2.5
Hitch
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hitch is one of those movies common in the 1930s but rare today where we envy how the stars speak so urbanely in everyday conversation
3.5
Hitch
Aaron Hillis
a klutzy long winded far fetched and not all that funny affair that somehow flashes an unobjectionable charm when expectations are kept low 
2
Hitch
Greg Maki
Adds up to far more than the formula typically allows 
3.5
Hitch
Bob Bloom
Hitch is a film propelled by the charisma of its actors especially Will Smith and Kevin James 
3
Hitch
Sarah Chauncey
Couldn t we please have at least one movie that isn t European where the fat gal gets the hot guy 
2.5
Hitch
Larry Ratliff
The date doctor operates like an overly eager comic intern That s the only real glitch in Hitch 
2.5
Hitch
Steve Rhodes
A romantic comedy that s easy to fall in love with 
3
Hitch
David Nusair
Screenwriter Kevin Bisch emphasizes tired jokes and stock situations over anything resembling reality something that s exacerbated by a seriously overlong running time 
2
Hitch
Walter Chaw
Knows its formula well enough to run its finger along the grooves quick and smooth 
2.5
Hitch
Mike Clark
Director Andy Tennant is actor friendly throughout giving his performers including a sweet turn by Julie Ann Emery as Mendes best friend a chance to breathe in their roles 
3
Hitch
Dustin Putman
Too many false endings and time issues aside Hitch is difficult to discount when it handles the rom com formula better than most of its insufferably dumbed down ilk 
2.5
Hitch
Peter Travers
Smith and sexy Mendes spar nicely but they don t spark In movies that s the kiss of death 
2
Hitch
Gene Seymour
The sour subplot in which Sara s dark side mistakes Hitch for a cad staggers to a gummy resolution throwing a wet blanket reminder that romantic comedy indeed romance itself isn t what it used to be 
2.5
Hitch
Carrie Rickey
For women it purveys the dream that men really really care about what they think For men it holds out the fantasy that babes are attracted to geeky men who really really care about what they think What s not to like 
3
Hitch
David Sterritt
Hitch suffers from a good joke deficit that even Smith s charm has trouble balancing 
2
Hitch
Chris Hewitt
James and Smith are terrific together 
2.5
Hitch
Michael Wilmington
It s an equal opportunity fizzle 
2
Hitch
Kit Bowen
Will Smith finally makes the leap into romantic comedies with the delightful if somewhat predictable Hitch Will baby what took you so long 
3
Hitch
Jeanne Aufmuth
Smith charms his way through piled on platitudes and social faux pas with his groove intact 
2.5
Hitch
Nick Rogers
Forget Will Smith and Eva Mendes You ll hope for a hook up on future films between Smith and the very funny Kevin James Their chemistry saves an otherwise mediocre movie 
3
Hitch
Josh Larsen
self deprecating moments make Hitch work largely because they tie into the movie s belief that the appeal of a perfect man lies in his imperfections 
3
Hitch
Phil Villarreal
Men may be from Mars and women from Venus but Hitch hails from the planet GetMeSome 
2.5
Hitch
Rob Blackwelder
A bright and sharp witted if predictable romantic comedy 
3
Hitch
Matt Brunson
A warm and witty comedy that unfortunately runs itself into the ground during its final act 
2.5
Hitch
Steven Snyder
It is a romantic comedy released for Valentine s weekend no less that is willing to look at the darker underside of dating
3
Hitch
Nick Schager
By the time Smith offers up his unnecessary race against the clock mea culpa Hitch s cupid s arrow has already veered way off course 
2
Hitch
Scott Nash
The real chemistry isn t between Smith and Mendes it s between Smith and James 
2.5
Hitch
Peter Canavese
An urban fantasy with florid observations about life and love Sometimes competent direction and a brace of star power are enough 
2.5
White Elephant
Steven Prokopy
There are a few jewels shining through this jumbled and messy work 44 with a high body count and not much else 8212 a valiant effort 44 but not quite worth the effort 46 
2
White Elephant
Roger Moore
Judging from the inane script 44 the unhurried direction 46 46 46 and by the destruction wrought when machine guns tear up cars 44 houses and people 40 nothing graphic enough to be 8220 honest 41 44 it 8217 s obvious that the budget here went to actors and ordinance 46 
1
Godzilla 1985
Roger Ebert
The fatal flaw in Godzilla 1985 is that it is a bad movie with aspirations of being a good bad movie 
1
Victor Crowley
Kevin A. Ranson
If you re binging the entire franchise this is a worthy installment and a clear indication that more is to come 
3
Objective, Burma!
Mattie Lucas
One of the finest American war films to be released during WWII 
3
Objective, Burma!
Matt Brunson
Most of the World War II films that were produced and released during the conflict understandably leaned heavy on the propaganda which makes Objective Burma seem all the more unusual and remarkable 
3.5
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Peter Canavese
Strikes familiar notes of how the true savages are the Englishmen but in the end the princess gives herself over to an Englishman and literally drifts away in the wrong direction of history Blu ray 
1
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Michael Dequina
A slapdash effort with none of gorgeous colors and animation of the first film and little of its emotional resonance 
2
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Betsy Bozdech
It may not push the envelope when it comes to style or technique but Goldwyn is an engaging look at a true mogul and the cinematic era he helped define 
3
Dillinger
Tom Meek
Leachman plays Anna Sage the famous lady in red who alters fates 
3
Dillinger
Roger Ebert
Dillinger is the film we may speculate that John Milius was born to make violent tough filled with guns and blood 
3
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Roger Moore
The most interesting portion of this film is footage itself 44 much of it quite grim 44 and the search for these German cannisters of film 44 seeing snippets of how it was gathered up and edited
2.5
Close Quarters
Rene Sanchez
An incendiary study about the dangerous effects of machismo culture in Mexican society Full Review in Spanish 
3
Expulsion
Roger Moore
Stay in this universe Watch a different movie Ever seen Primer Rent that instead 
0
Going Ape!
Austin Kennedy
Now I LOVE bad movies But this is so bad that it can t even be good in a so bad it s good way It s just plain bad
.5
Same Boat
Matt Zoller Seitz
An acutely observed comedy about smart sarcastic bitter people stumbling into attraction 
2.5
Same Boat
Roger Moore
The laughs are few and far between in this travelogue cruise ship misadventure that seems more promising as the starting point for a remake 
1.5
The Politics of Fur
Ed Gonzalez
Juicily satiric of the typical self indulgence that motivates Queer as Folk 
2.5
Sweetness in the Belly
Chandler Levack
This is a well crafted Bechdel passing film that prioritizes an intersectional female friendship yet Lilly remains nothing but our Trojan horse into the 1980s Ethiopian refugee crisis 
2.5
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
David Nusair
a fantastic premise that s employed to watchable yet thoroughly erratic effect 
2.5
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Chris Hicks
A funny silly even exciting adventure for younger audiences with a nice pro family message that doesn t get in the way 
3
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Roger Ebert
The special effects are all there nicely in place and the production values are sound but the movie is dead in the water 
2
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
David N. Butterworth
Except for the demise of an endearing ant the film keeps everything in perspective and is amusing and light hearted throughout 
2.5
The Survivors
Roger Ebert
It s an aimless self indulgent confusing comedy that never comes to grips with its material 
1.5
Exemplum
Christian Toto
Compelling tale of a priest 8217 s fall from grace offers something fresh 44 vital 46 
3
Exemplum
James Berardinelli
It points to Roland as having taken a promising first step The open question of course is whether he has other stories to tell and where that next step may take him 
2.5
Journey From Zanskar
Chuck Bowen
Journey from Zanskar maintains a level headed matter of fact tone that humanizes the Zanskaris without stooping to crass exploitation 
2.5
Journey From Zanskar
Jennie Punter
Through this small story Journey from Zanskar illuminates the challenge of preserving what s left of Tibetan culture 
3
So Pretty
Kent Turner
A low key languid slice of life take on a queer intellectual household in Brooklyn 
2.5
The Visitor
Randy Myers
The Visitor keeps humming along even as it goes totally bonkers near its final act 
2.5
The Visitor
Christian Toto
Thriller keeps us guessing until fateful revelations sink an already soggy story 46 
2
The Visitor
Kevin Carr
While effectively made 44 this movie retreads common tropes that leave the viewer with few 8211 if any 8211 surprises 46 
1.5
The Visitor
Roger Moore
A Southern Gothic horror tale of modest ambitions and equally modest frights and quot delights 46 quot 
1.5
Jaffa
David Nusair
an engaging sporadically enthralling little drama 
2.5
Seed of Chucky
David Nusair
Though saddled with as egregiously silly a feel as its immediate predecessor Seed of Chucky nevertheless comes off as a somewhat superior sequel 
2.5
Seed of Chucky
Jeremiah Kipp
With Seed of Chucky director Mancini distances himself from the previous Chucky films and admits his true love for camp 
3
Seed of Chucky
Linda Cook
Seed of Chucky plants more laughs than terror in its audience 
2
Seed of Chucky
Chris Hewitt
Career lows don t get much lower than Jennifer Tilly s in Seed of Chucky 
1
Seed of Chucky
Carla Meyer
Were there an award for most bizarre and dispiriting comedy horror hybrid featuring killer dolls the latest installment in the Child s Play series would have it locked up 
1.5
Seed of Chucky
John Monaghan
A horror movie franchise that has sunk to the lower depths of self parody 
1
Seed of Chucky
Roger Ebert
Seed of Chucky is actually two movies one wretched the other funny 
2
Seed of Chucky
Jack Mathews
Horror fans will be appalled by the frivolity of the beheadings amputations and blunt force trauma 
2
Seed of Chucky
Wesley Morris
Seed of Chucky couldn t be more entertaining in its grubby way 
3
Seed of Chucky
Christian Toto
Seed of Chucky doesn t even rise to the straight to video standards of shlock horror
.5
Seed of Chucky
Leah McLaren
This movie is about the opposite of political correctness It s about rooting for the bad guy and the black ending and shouting at the screen whenever you feel like it If you like that sort of thing go see it If you don t then don t 
2
Seed of Chucky
Frank Ochieng
A less than mediocre macabre parody without a probing pulse to back up its wayward wit and or wickedness A sluggish and pointless scarefest reaching for cryptic credibility
1.5
Seed of Chucky
Dustin Putman
It s never scary 151 and doesn t try to be 151 but it sure does have a pitch black smile inducing charm 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
David Gonzalez
Fighting with My Family gives us a story with enough heart and laughs that is sure to win over audiences and maybe 44 just maybe 44 create a few new wrestling fans in the process 46 
3.5
Fighting With My Family
Steven Prokopy
Above all else the film is surprising and appealing at every level and if you think this is a story you wouldn t care about in a million years then it s especially built for you 
3.5
Fighting With My Family
Jeff Mitchell
Don t fight it this underdog story is a good movie 
3
Fighting With My Family
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Florence Pugh is called to be a big star and this entertaining movie is another sign that she is on the right track Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Bob Chipman
It s a hard movie to dislike and I suspect it ll find more than a few fans who never thought they d like a wrestling movie 
3
Fighting With My Family
Linda Cook
Fighting with My Family is a winner 
3.5
Fighting With My Family
David Nusair
a decent yet fairly forgettable entry within the inspirational sports genre 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Mick LaSalle
Though it s set in the world of wrestling Fighting With My Family can be understood by anyone who has ever wanted anything intensely which is everybody 
3
Fighting With My Family
Stephen Rebello
Thanks to a smart script charming performances and captivating story the film is a delight
3
Fighting With My Family
Matt Brunson
One need not be a wrestling fan to enjoy this film a guaranteed crowd pleaser sure to entertain even those who just always assumed that Hogan was the surname of The Incredible Hulk rather than a lord of the rings superstar in his own right 
3
Fighting With My Family
Sonny Bunch
The purest form of filmmaking as myth making 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Josh Terry
A multifaceted story that is surprisingly engaging and sincere especially juxtaposed against the corny bravado and crudity of its pro wrestling context 
3
Fighting With My Family
Rob Thomas
Whether you re an ardent fan of pro wrestling or like me lost interest when Hillbilly Jim retired his overalls in the 1980s Fighting with My Family is an openhearted and inviting comedy drama 
3
Fighting With My Family
Mark Dujsik
It s a nice ad for the wrestling franchise but thankfully the film is even a better story about how difficult it is to hold on to a dream in the face of cold hard reality 
3
Fighting With My Family
Mike McGranaghan
Has enough humor and humanity to keep you hooked whatever your feelings on World Wrestling Entertainment 
3
Fighting With My Family
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Merchant finds a steady sturdy combination of hard working class English edge innit and heartfelt sentiment he gets close to The Full Monty territory without outright copying it 
3.5
Fighting With My Family
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a layer of unforced sensitivity to this film that is enchantingly sublime Merchant bringing a level of lived in authenticity that s wonderful 
3
Fighting With My Family
Pamela Powell
This is a film that is perfectly balanced with humor drama and heart while it punctuates how a family deals with life s ups and downs and picking up the pieces of shattered dreams 
4
Fighting With My Family
James Berardinelli
Fighting with My Family is as likable as it is generic Pugh s performance is the best thing about the movie but the story despite Merchant s comedic flourishes feels stale at times 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Moira MacDonald
Resist it at your peril 
3
Fighting With My Family
Barry Hertz
There are few shocks along the way but all the obligatory ups and downs are given decent weight by Pugh as well as Nick Frost and Lena Headey as her beyond the mat parents And for most of the film s run time that s enough 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Peter Howell
Upending expectations may be the biggest victory of all for this movie 
3
Fighting With My Family
Roger Moore
Featherweight and formulaic but fun 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Tom Russo
It s the mark of many a standout sports movie that you don t necessarily have to be a fan to enjoy the story The real life pro wrestling portrait Fighting With My Family is a hugely entertaining case in point 
3
Fighting With My Family
Gary Thompson
Fighting With My Family has the familiar structure of a fish out of water comedy But it has real feeling as well built around a platonic love story centered unusually on brother and sister 
3
Fighting With My Family
Michael Phillips
Nothing much held me back from enjoying writer director Stephen Merchant s engaging charismatically acted underdog fable 
3
Fighting With My Family
Richard Roeper
It s quite a trick to pull off such an authentic sports movie about a world in which every match really IS fixed 
3.5
Fighting With My Family
Johnny Oleksinski
Plenty of family comedies include some grappling but there s just one I can think of that boasts a piledriver 
3
Fighting With My Family
Jake Coyle
It s a compelling and likable cast Frost in particular is a standout and Merchant keeps the film for all its sports movie clichés mostly lively good hearted and consistently funny 
3
Fighting With My Family
Joey Magidson
The movie is funny heartwarming and will literally make you stand up and cheer Usually that s just a cliched critic s quote but here it s just plain the truth 
3
Fighting With My Family
Peter Goldberg
The film in the end falls prey to the sports biopic s worst tendency its harried attempt to condense its subject to a few easy to parse moments of struggle and triumph 
2.5
Fighting With My Family
Robert Daniels
Fighting with My Family is a defining wrestling film wrapped in feel good vibes 
3
Fighting With My Family
Karen M. Peterson
The filmmaking is pretty standard and it hits all the expected plot points but Fighting with My Family has a tremendous amount of heart It s the kind of feel good movie that families can enjoy together 
3
Fighting With My Family
Nick Allen
Even though Fighting with My Family is undoubtedly about branding the WWE as a fantasy factory its biggest strengths are its wit and surprisingly big heart 
3
Fighting With My Family
Sean P. Means
Writer director Stephen Merchant the co creator of The Office has crafted a smart funny sharp and emotionally charged story about family ties the business of sports entertainment and an underdog tale of pushing through self doubt 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Wesley Lovell
Top Gun 58 Maverick is a little bloated at times and could have used a bit of trimming 44 especially in its third act 44 but there 8217 s no denying the magnetic energy the film brings to the viewer 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Matt Brunson
It contains just as many formulaic narrative sops and expected character beats as the original 44 but the streamlining of the simple storyline provides a breeziness that befits and benefits the picture 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough sequel that ultimately falls right in line with its watchable yet far from flawless predecessor 46 46 46 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Chase Hutchinson
If a more cheesy sensibility is what you are looking for 44 then you apos ll likely enjoy the hell out of this film 46 
1.5
Top Gun: Maverick
James Kendrick
bears some residual traces of its predecessor 44 but it also shines in its own right 44 bringing to its title character a surprisingly effective sense of gravitas and emotional endurance
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Federico Furzan
An impressive action sequel that stays away from everything other than pure escapism 46 And that apos s great 33 
3.75
Top Gun: Maverick
Erik Childress
Practically a beat for beat remake of the original with a non existent screenplay that has so little interest in exploring the man of its title decades later that the film may as well be set in 1987 46 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Matthew Passantino
The effects second to Cruise are the star of the show 44 but quot Top Gun 58 Maverick quot surprises in its quieter moments 46 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Ross Anthony
Cheesy at times and faulted 44 but absolutely exhilarating and emotionally moving 46 A marvelous quot in theatre quot movie experience 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The aerial footage is indeed the best you have ever seen up to this point 46 Even on a standard 2D screen 44 it feels like you apos re up there 44 hanging on for dear life 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Sarah Knight Adamson
A stand alone classic the layered emotional elements added depth and texture to the familiar 44 beloved characters while paving the way for the next generation
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
After the airless thrills of recent superhero films Top Gun Maverick is like a lungful of oxygen but it has soul to go with its spectacle 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Dwight Brown
All the visuals glisten are well composed perfectly lit and many are bigger than life due to cinematographer Claudio Miranda s Life of Pi penchant for closeups 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Dann Gire
To paraphrase Maverick Don t think Just watch 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Walter Chaw
After the grand flying sequences and explosive finale the only victory Maverick s won is the faith and love of the people in his life And that s all in all enough 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Peter Howell
It s the action that sells the popcorn and this film really delivers on that front especially when it s time to put the impossible bombing raid into play 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Sean P. Means
The tag teamed script 8212 where 44 I 8217 m guessing 44 Cruise 8217 s go to screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie had a big influence 8212 deepens Maverick 8217 s emotional stakes 44 and those of the other pilots 44 in ways the first movie never could 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
James Berardinelli
Top Gun Maverick is one of those rare breeds a sequel that s better than the original 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Megan Basham
Top Gun Maverick is nostalgia for Reagan s America writ large across our collective imagination The movie itself may not realize how much it speaks to a longing for more confident days 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Kevin Carr
If you want to be treated to the aesthetic and the feel and the characterization they had in the first movie 44 you apos re absolutely getting this 46 Everything is there 46 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Rex Reed
Goes with popcorn like butter I liked it in spite of myself 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Richard Roeper
Even as you see all the plot twists coming Tom Cruise s charms and the spectacular aerial action still take your breath away 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Leo Brady
Tom Cruise continues to defy the odds 44 soaring above the laws of age and gravity 46 He feels the need for speed and delivers something to cheer about 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Jeff Mitchell
During the biggest 44 boldest moments and there are plenty of them Maverick 8220 takes it right into the Danger Zone 44 8221 and yes 44 this film will 8220 take your breath away 46 8221 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Sonny Bunch
What lt i gt Top Gun 58 Maverick lt 47 i gt asks 44 then 44 is this 58 apos What would lt i gt Top Gun lt 47 i gt look like if it were 44 y 8217 know 44 a good movie 63 apos 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Mark Meszoros
Top Gun 58 Maverick may not be the ideal sequel to Top Gun 46 However 44 given the events of the last few years 44 it may be the one we need 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Linda Cook
It apos s not even the weekend yet 44 and quot Top Gun 58 Maverick quot is already taking off 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Jeff York
Some of this movie is fun 44 but too much of it is overly slick 44 and a lot of it feels dated 44 far too close to the aesthetics of the original 46 Still 44 its incredible aerial photography is breathtaking throughout and probably worth the price of admission 46 
2
Top Gun: Maverick
Mike McGranaghan
I love Top Gun 46 Top Gun 58 Maverick is even better 46 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Chris Hewitt
Maverick satisfies by delivering exactly what it promises 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Rob Thomas
I 8217 ll just say it 8212 it 8217 s better than the original 8220 Top Gun 46 8221 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Sara Michelle Fetters
I loved Top Gun 58 Maverick 46 This sequel hasn 8217 t lost that loving feeling 46 It 8217 s the best of the best 44 making this return flight to the danger zone a rapturous aerial extravaganza that frankly took my breath away 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he spectacle on display is genuinely 44 well 44 spectacular 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Steven Prokopy
The film is about how a guy well past middle age can still kick ass 44 and this is a message that Cruise wants to deliver as loudly as Pete quot Maverick quot Mitchell 46 Message received 46 I just wish it had been in a better movie 46 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Tom Meek
Maverick is more about soul finding than chest beating while there s some of the latter it s reserved mostly for the new young guns 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Max Weiss
All in all I have to hand it to Cruise director Joseph Kosinksi and all the folks behind Top Gun Maverick They channeled 80s nostalgia into a clever exciting and fun package that reminds us why we loved those cheesy movies to begin with 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Scott Greenstone
A soaring movie if not a particularly self aware one But is that what you were expecting from a sequel to Top Gun 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Ann Hornaday
Like the hyper competent aces at the story s core this is a movie that defines its lane early and sticks to it with finesse unfussy style and more than a few sneak attacks of emotion 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Bob Bloom
Cruise displays a maturity as Maverick 44 not wanting to repeat the mistakes of his younger self 46 Cruise has not shed Maverick 8217 s cockiness 44 but he has tempered it 46 40 He 41 shows you moments in which you see the weight of Maverick 8217 s past weigh him down 46 46 46 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Randy Myers
Top Gun Maverick nails the landing as one of the best summer blockbusters you ll ever see Popcorn movies just don t get much better or more thrilling than this 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Katie Walsh
This is a Maverick movie through and through 46 Tom Cruise isn 8217 t done with 8220 Top Gun 8221 yet 44 and he 8217 s not letting go of big 44 emotional and deeply human blockbuster moviemaking without a fight 46 He 8217 s indeed the hero that the movies need right now 46 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Rafer Guzman
A triumphant follow up to one of the 1980s flashiest blockbusters 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Michael Phillips
It may help to have hated the original but I liked this one even though it s not so very different from the first 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 again playing a guy who apos s the best at everything 44 drama oozes from the same character with the on screen realization his plot armor doesn apos t extend around everyone else he apos s responsible for 44 and movie stardom doesn apos t get any more meta than that 46 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Brian Eggert
A Hollywood sequel that improves upon its predecessor in every conceivable way 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Rene Sanchez
Top Gun 58 Maverick has all the ingredients of a perfect summer movie 46 A sequel full of nostalgia 44 emotion and adrenaline 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 pathetically pandering or deeply satisfying 44 depending on your relationship to the original movie 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Roger Moore
A sentimental stroll through 1986 8217 s 8220 Top Gun 8221 8212 a sentimental stroll at Mach whatever 44 pulling seven 44 eight or nine 8220 G 8217 s 8221 along the way 46 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Mark Feeney
Speed is one thing Clarity is another Top Gun Maverick has both 
2.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Johnny Oleksinski
This is a worthy often exemplary follow up to the 1986 classic It s everything a summer movie should be 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Christian Toto
Satisfying sequel hits nearly all the marks while outdoing the original 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Tomris Laffly
A breathless 44 gravity and logic defying sequel 46 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Mark Kennedy
A textbook example of how to make a sequel 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Roger Friedman
If this doesn apos t bring people back to theaters 44 nothing will 46 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Brian Truitt
Whether you re feeling the need for speed for the first time or haven t lost that loving feeling since 86 the Danger Zone is still a pretty spectacular place to visit 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
Mick LaSalle
If you haven t been to the movies in a while Top Gun Maverick is a way to get back in It s pretty much what going to the movies is all about 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
Joey Magidson
Top Gun 58 Maverick is so much better than it arguably has any right to be 46 One of the year 8217 s best films so far 44 it 8217 s a sequel that 8217 s an improvement upon the original in nearly every manner 46 
3.5
Top Gun: Maverick
EJ Moreno
Top Gun Maverick is the definition of 8220 they don 8217 t make them like this anymore 46 quot A throwback to when summer blockbusters mattered 59 the perfect mix of heart 44 spectacle 44 and action 46 
3
Top Gun: Maverick
David Gonzalez
Top Gun 58 Maverick took my breath away 46 An adrenaline rush tailor made for the summer blockbuster season 46 It gives cinephiles jaw dropping aerial combat sequences 44 and packs an emotional punch that makes Top Gun 58 Maverick the event of the summer 46 
4
Top Gun: Maverick
Jake Cole
The film fully surrenders to the grandiose fun that 8217 s marked the best of Tom Cruise 8217 s recent star vehicles and reaffirms Joseph Kosinski as a blockbuster craftsman par excellence 46 
2.5
The Walking Stick
Roger Ebert
That s the problem at the moral heart of the movie did he or didn t he 
2.5
Get the Hell Out
Bill Chambers
Though Get the Hell Out s playful impulses are somewhat refreshing for the genre they ultimately distract from its cliched rote trajectory rather than subvert it 
2
Get the Hell Out
David Nusair
An absolutely interminable horror comedy 
0
Get the Hell Out
Barry Hertz
Cold and cruel reality often has a way of working its way into the bloody pleasures of a zombie movie But few genre flicks have mimicked our current reality more than Get the Hell Out 
2.5
When Is Tomorrow
Josh Rosenblatt
Purposefully disheveled and expertly ramshackle as if its filmmakers decided to celebrate their monetary limitations rather than fight them a bold move artistically and a clever one dramatically 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Steven Prokopy
The meat of the film comes in the short profiles of the handful of titles discussed by those who made or starred in them 
2.5
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Joey Magidson
The documentary is a lot of fun for those who love this sort of cinema 
3
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In spite of itself the documentary is nonetheless a pleasant diverting affair 
2.5
Amy
Matt Brunson
One of the central tragedies dissected in Amy is that Winehouse loved two vile reprehensible men her father and her husband to such a degree that she allowed them to continually use her and abuse her 
3
Amy
Leo Brady
Amy is done with respectful and informal excellence If it succeeds at anything and it succeeds at many things it s that it shows that Winehouse deserved better treatment from everyone 
3.5
Amy
Brandy McDonnell
Unflinching but never heartless or sensational Amy even challenges the conventional view that the silencing of Winehouse s signature voice is the most tragic part of her story 
3.5
Amy
Max Weiss
Kapadia s documentary which uses home video archival footage and clips of concerts and old and new interviews feels a bit like a horror film except the inescapable monster is fame 
4
Amy
David N. Butterworth
What a voice What a waste 
3
Amy
Josh Larsen
A cinematic shaming 
3.5
Amy
Kam Williams
A melancholy deconstruction of the rise and demise of a talented but troubled pop diva 
3.5
Amy
Mal Vincent
Her voice is amazing Her delivery is original She demands a recognition of her suffering 
3
Amy
Namrata Joshi
Kapadia leaves you with is an incredible feeling of sadness irrespective of whether you knew and liked her music or not 
3
Amy
Dann Gire
Amy offers no shocking revelations or critical evaluations of the singer her life and music It s mostly a celebratory work laced with the acidic realization that nobody wanted to be a speed bump on the singer s road to self demise 
3.5
Amy
John Serba
Culling from a variety of disparate sources director Asif Kapadia assembles a portrait illustrating her consistency of character 
3.5
Amy
Christy Lemire
A mesmerizing yet devastating look at a singular talent 
3.5
Amy
Peter Travers
It s Amy s words her music her voicemails her home videos her friends her family her tormentors and her timeless incandescence Look listen and weep 
3.5
Amy
John Wirt
Heavy with grief and the knowledge that a daughter friend and musical genius has been lost Amy is a tough watch 
3.5
Amy
George Varga
It should serve as a sobering lesson for any young person whose dreams of music fueled stardom are not tempered by an awareness of the accompanying dangers 
3.5
Amy
Miriam Di Nunzio
The film is often uncomfortable to watch prompting that little voice inside each of us to scream out Somebody help her 
4
Amy
Lisa Kennedy
One thing is for certain It will be much harder to hear that handful of powerful lush carnal songs on Back to Black without the wallop of melancholy 
3
Amy
Ty Burr
Amy doesn t depart from the standard behind the music template but it does deepen the format immeasurably through the intimacy of its archival materials and the focus of its approach 
3.5
Amy
Steven Rea
The film is remarkable not just for the immense talent there to see in Winehouse s performances but the fact that there is so much to see 
4
Amy
Paul de Barros
Amy Asif Kapadia s documentary about the short tragic life of British retro soul singer Amy Winehouse is a heartbreaker 
3.5
Amy
Mark Dujsik
In a way Amy gives Winehouse a final act of defiance to force us to see her for who she was instead of what everyone wanted her to be 
3.5
Amy
Peter Howell
Kapadia s illuminating compassionate and tragic doc goes way up and way way down with the gone too soon Amy Winehouse 
3.5
Amy
Rafer Guzman
A loving but honest portrayal of a doomed talent 
3.5
Amy
Chris Knight
Amy presents the singer in a way that makes her death seem at once inevitable and yet heartbreakingly avoidable Viewers may feel the desire to reach out take this fragile woman by the shoulders and shake some sense into her 
4
Amy
Ann Hornaday
In Kapadia s assured and careful hands the film becomes less a portrait of a tragic artist whose downward spiral was exacerbated by opportunistic family members and colleagues than a discomfiting mirror held up to her audience 
4
Amy
Brad Keefe
The best music documentary in a decade it s heartbreaking but essential viewing 
4
Amy
Walter V. Addiego
Amy is a film about the waste of a great talent and you dread the inevitable ending 
4
Amy
Michael Smith
There s too much of an Are we all at fault for Amy s death argument being posed that doesn t hold up 
2.5
Amy
Luke Goodsell
A sad air of familiarity and a creeping sense of ghoulishness conspire to sink Asif Kapadia s Amy 
2
Amy
Jordan Levin
You don t need to be a fan of British singer Amy Winehouse to be moved by the documentary Amy a devastating examination of the deadly effect that celebrity culture media and drugs can have on artists 
4
Amy
Matt Pais
Separates fame and success person and star 
3
Amy
Rick Bentley
It hasn t been that long since her death but Amy feels timeless partly because of Winehouse s intoxicating sound and partly because her tale has become an unfortunate norm in the creative world 
3
Amy
Rex Reed
Watching Amy is a torturous but endlessly hypnotic experience 
3
Amy
Michael Phillips
Amy makes you wonder about a lot of things one being the oldest cliche in show business the one about the high price of notoriety whether you have the money to cover the bill or not 
3.5
Amy
Susan Wloszczyna
A highly absorbing sensitively told and ultimately devastating documentary directed by Asif Kapadia 
4
Amy
Stephen Rebello
Amy gives ample evidence of the brilliance of its subject s massive talent and it respects her by leaving her an enigma allowing the viewer to decide whether the blazing star could have been saved from chaos and ruin What a loss 
4
Amy
Sara Stewart
It s clear the smart passionate singer knew her own mind and the consequences of what she was doing to her body But her tragic end and the highly publicized chaos leading up to it shows self awareness wasn t enough 
3
Amy
Roger Moore
A post mortem on the singer s short unhappy life that finds and names its villains 
3
Amy
Kent Turner
A tribute and less an exposé although it is that too One of the few who comes off well here is Tony Bennett ever a gentleman 
3.5
Amy
Chris Cabin
For the most part the documentary succeeds in conveying a galvanizing sense of what made Winehouse so immediately engaging 
2.5
Return With Honor: A Missionary Homecoming
Sean P. Means
Screenwriter Tracy Garner drops some clunky dialogue and cardboard characters but Tanner s portrayal of Rowe s spiritual quest earns the movie points for sincerity 
2.5
Return With Honor: A Missionary Homecoming
Jeff Vice
In the process of trying to provide audiences with a serious inspirational message the makers of Return With Honor eventually turn this earnest but misguided film into an unintentional comedy 
1.5
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Ken Fox
Burns devotes the bulk of the film to Warhol s 60s work giving serious attention to the radical often underacknowledged silent films he shot with the participation of the drag queens speed freaks and high society types who populated the Factory 
3
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Elizabeth Weitzman
We need all four hours and even more to understand the man who so prophetically divided the world into 15 minute increments 
3
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Gene Seymour
To say that this may well be the best biographical film we may ever get about its subject does not in any way diminish the achievement of documentary maker Ric Burns 
3.5
Cargo 200
Nick Schager
Balabanov imbues his uncompromisingly matter of fact horror show material with a shrewd politicized consciousness 
3.5
The Fallout
Joanne Laurier
No one wants a movie neatly wrapped up with a bow 44 but perhaps looking at the broader world might be in order 46 
2
The Fallout
Michael Medved
The strength and depth of the characterizations from the thoroughly impressive cast will make a real connection with the audience 
3
The Fallout
Randy Myers
The Fallout tells a story from the perspective of the survivors and it s an urgent voice we need to listen to 
3.5
The Fallout
Robert Levin
The filmmaker takes on a wrenching subject and shapes it into a movie that never looks away even as it remains painstakingly focused on communicating the impact of those horrors in moments that might otherwise seem ordinary 
3.5
The Fallout
Mick LaSalle
A movie like The Fallout is hard to end How do you end it At what point do you end it To Park s credit she comes up with something simple powerful and just right 
3
The Fallout
Richard Roeper
This is a special film 
3.5
The Fallout
Sarah Knight Adamson
Excellent filmmaking with a focus on the different modes of grieving 
3.5
The Fallout
Mattie Lucas
It s that razor sharp exploration of the fickle messiness of trauma told with such heart that really makes the film stand out 
3.5
The Fallout
Mike McGranaghan
An excellent performance from Jenna Ortega is overshadowed by a clunky script that takes a simplistic approach to the subject of school shootings 
2
The Fallout
Michael Frank
The Fallout deserves recognition for its ability to handle the trickiness of high school loss and the anxiety that follows an event that would be cataclysmic in anyone s life 
2.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Leo Brady
Director Bonnie Cohen and Jon Shenk do an impressive job making a sequel that continues to prove that climate change is the most important matter that all humans must make a priority 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Ernesto Diezmartinez
a kind of environmental travelogue with the recovering politician and environmental activist Al Gore Full review in Spanish 
1.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Matthew Rozsa
Would I still recommend An Inconvenient Sequel Sure although I doubt there is much one could glean from this movie that couldn t be obtained by rewatching An Inconvenient Truth 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Mark Sommer
Is a follow up really warranted Oh yeah 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Rob Thomas
It was the best of times it was the worst of times for climate change activists Best of times because the use of renewable energy has been growing by leaps and bounds Worst of times because well have you seen the news lately 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Roger Moore
Shockingly upbeat 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching An Inconvenient Sequel is edifying and valuable just not so much so to warrant anything more than a matinee ticket price 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Josh Terry
Inconvenient Sequel is a piece of unabashed propaganda complete with a social media recruitment pitch over the closing credits 
2
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An Inconvenient Sequel is a more personal film finding Gore in moments of self reflection 
3.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Peter Howell
There s more doom and gloom but also hope for meaningful change to be found in Al Gore s followup to his Oscar blessed 2006 doc that sounded the alarm about global warming 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Mark Dujsik
T he end result feels like a runner taking a leisurely victory lap at the very start of a race as the rest of his or her opponents sprint toward the finish line 
2.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Calvin Wilson
An informative documentary that s certain to bolster awareness of an ongoing cause for alarm 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Richard Roeper
Directed in disjointed and sometimes unfocused fashion by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk An Inconvenient Sequel Truth to Power is nonetheless worth a viewing 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Michael O'Sullivan
Covers much of the same ground of the first film but with a tone that feels at times midway between a sense of resignation and despair 
2.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Mark Feeney
Unlike so many advocacy documentaries this one lets the other side speak its piece It also reminds viewers of the single biggest change since Truth how much better organized and entrenched climate deniers have become 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Dann Gire
This doc doesn t possess the power and sway of its urgent articulate and motivational 2006 original doc 
2.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Gary Thompson
Truth to Power doesn t want to drown viewers in data but more fact finding would have helped the movie s purported message of progress and hope 
2
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Mick LaSalle
Just as raw information this is interesting stuff and it s amplified by Gore s delivery a unique mix of self deprecating folksiness geekiness and evangelical zeal 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Peter Travers
Truth to Power sprawls when it most needs to focus diluting the power punch of the original with too much bobbing and weaving But it s hard to argue that the crusade isn t still vital 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Soren Andersen
A progress report of sorts from Al Gore the message of which in essence is I m still here and so is the issue I ve been championing all these years 
3
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Rafer Guzman
That feeling of familiarity tends to overshadow the more interesting and persuasive portions of this film 
2.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Scout Tafoya
The best An Inconvenient Sequel can offer is the formidable image of Gore nearly 70 refusing to stand down It s inspiring but even the filmmakers have to know it s not enough 
2.5
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Derek Smith
The film is usually transparent in its unbridled and excessive adulation of Al Gore 
2
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Katie Walsh
Surprising vital fascinating edifying and absolutely crucial viewing for all of us who plan to continue inhabiting this planet for a while 
3.5
Old Fashioned
Linda Cook
Just because it s clean doesn t mean it s a good movie 
1.5
Old Fashioned
Glenn Kenny
It s incredibly rare to see an American movie with a Christian perspective that s more invested in philosophizing and empathizing than in eschatological pandering and for that alone Old Fashioned deserves commendation 
2.5
Old Fashioned
Dann Gire
Old Fashioned feels like a familiar work of juvenilia something similar to those terribly insightful relationship dramas your college roommate wrote on lonely nights 
2
Old Fashioned
Roger Moore
Hipper than your typical faith based drama but the romance is such chemistry starved hokum that the movie doesn t deliver 
1.5
Old Fashioned
Mike McGranaghan
Old Fashioned is excruciatingly dull It s like watching a movie in slow motion I had to force myself to stop looking at my watch because it was discouraging how little time had gone by whenever I checked 
1
Old Fashioned
Carson Lund
Any masochistic joy that can be derived from watching the film owes to seeing it take its bullheaded conceit to its logical artless extreme 
.5
Old Fashioned
Kam Williams
A refreshingly principled parable proving that a picture championing chastity can be every bit as entertaining and enjoyable as one promoting promiscuity 
4
I Am Human
Roger Moore
A pretty good film of the What will they think up next variety 
2.5
In a Better World
Mattie Lucas
Bier handles tricky emotional territory with great skill creating a solid drama with the heart of a great thriller 
3
In a Better World
Josh Larsen
the two child performances are the emotional lynchpin of the movie 
3.5
In a Better World
Roger Moore
A most deserving Oscar winner and a film that could provoke discussion anywhere it is shown anywhere people of any age are being bullied
3.5
In a Better World
Eric Melin
It would have worked better if it weren t so obvious and manipulative About halfway through it plays more like a diagram of lessons learned than a movie about real people dealing with complicated problems 
2
In a Better World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In addition to being safe and non threatening Bier s film finds time to throw in mentions of cancer and divorce and images of poor children starving in Africa It s pretty much a recipe for an Oscar 
2
In a Better World
Rob Thomas
Although In A Better World wraps up its story a bit too neatly it doesn t offer easy answers to the tough questions embedded in the story about revenge and forgiveness 
3
In a Better World
John Beifuss
The ironies of the schematic storyline become somewhat pat but the movie asks tough vexing questions about the responsibilities of parenthood and citizenship 
3
In a Better World
Amy Biancolli
Susanne Bier s latest meditation on grief and the boundaries of family which won this year s foreign film Oscar is a tough piece of work subtle in some ways obvious in others viscerally affecting throughout 
3.5
In a Better World
Keith Cohen
Acting laurels belong to Nielsen and Rygaard who are both making their screen debuts Persbrandt stands out among the adults with a very emotional performance The outstanding cinematography gives the film a distinctive look 
3
In a Better World
Robert W. Butler
Is it more manly to fight back or to turn the other cheek This film will have you debating such issues long after the lights come up 
3.5
In a Better World
Matt Brunson
In a Better World recently won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which means this Danish drama places a distant second to Melissa Leo s scenery chewing in The Fighter as the least deserving recipient at this year s ceremony 
2.5
In a Better World
Lawrence Toppman
The movie provides no answers let alone easy ones 
3.5
In a Better World
Joe Williams
Despite some weaknesses as both a film and a parable In a Better World is a potent provocation 
3
In a Better World
Duane Dudek
The film s portrait of the power of forgiveness and the way two broken worlds and lives can help form a whole one is stirringly sincere 
3
In a Better World
Lisa Kennedy
An ethically ambitious morally thoughtful and deeply vexing drama about the fragility of civil order and the menace of the lawless 
3
In a Better World
Rick Groen
This encasing parable is brand new and immediately provocative 
3
In a Better World
Chris Hewitt
In a nutshell Boys who have a rough time become bullies and they grow up to be adult bullies who may find themselves in positions of political power and all together now that s how wars start 
2
In a Better World
Roger Ebert
I admired Bier s Things We Lost in the Fire and her Danish and American versions of Brothers but here her method is too foregrounded 
2.5
In a Better World
Peter Howell
Bathed in a golden light that contrasts with the film s dark emotional currents In a Better World brilliantly dramatizes the vexing problem of trying to do right in a world of situational ethics 
3.5
In a Better World
Carrie Rickey
An urgent and compassionate thriller about the vicious cycle of aggression and revenge 
3
In a Better World
Wesley Morris
The more its makers draw cheap contrasts between savagery and civility the less civil and more savage toward them you begin to feel 
1.5
In a Better World
Matt Pais
Intense questions remain about how to make sense of and respond to cruelty and if humanity has its limits If the devil is bleeding do you help him or watch him die 
3
In a Better World
Peter Keough
Both sides have a point Which is lost in Bier s treacly resolution involving hugs and pop psychology 
2
In a Better World
Ann Hornaday
Methodically paced and superbly staged to create a mounting sense of dread In a Better World plays like a testosterone overdose by slow drip 
3
In a Better World
Kent Turner
The screenplay throws in more twists than its generic title would imply though the audience will know how it ends about 15 minutes before the orderly conclusion 
3
In a Better World
Stephen Whitty
If this is what Denmark dismisses as safe middlebrow fare please export it here 
3.5
In a Better World
Kyle Smith
Director Susanne Bier s chilly morality play is slow to get started but once established its three parallel stories comment provocatively on one another 
3
In a Better World
Peter Travers
Despite detours into sentiment and preaching In a Better World is an emotional powerhouse 
3
In a Better World
Ethan Alter
Bier s latest film which just took home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is not the strongest example of her considerable talent 
2.5
In a Better World
David Nusair
a dramatic masterpiece that surely stands as the crowning achievement in Bier s consistently enthralling filmography 
4
In a Better World
Ed Gonzalez
Without its patronizing third world sequences In a Better World would have only been a somber self serious film about the ethics of violence with them it becomes a politically arrogant one 
1.5
Bound by Flesh
John Wirt
Stranger than fiction and fascinating 
3
Bound by Flesh
Rick Kogan
Likely to stay with you forever 
4
Bound by Flesh
Tom Keogh
Both tragic and almost incomprehensibly strange 
3
Bound by Flesh
Stephen Whitty
They were just people which is why their story may not be that unique and may even hide a few lessons for everyone 
2.5
A Touch of Class
Roger Ebert
A Touch of Class is a sharp edged often very funny dissection of a love affair between two possibly incompatible people But then it gets serious with itself and ends on a note that doesn t satisfy us 
3
Back to the Future
Wesley Lovell
8220 Back to the Future 8221 is a film you need to see 46 Whether you 8217 re 9 or 90 44 you will enjoy this movie 46 It 8217 s old fashioned entertainment 46 
3.5
Back to the Future
Joseph Gelmis
Back to the Future is the best comic strip movie I ve seen this year It s well made lighthearted and is exactly the right length to give you excitement and laughs and a few surprises and then it s over leaving you feeling good 
4
Back to the Future
Tom Meek
The play on culture swaps is neatly done and director Robert Zemeckis keeps it all fairytale like and family friendly 
3
Back to the Future
Matt Brunson
The 1985 original in which Marty and Doc zoom 30 years back to 1955 remains the best 
3.5
Back to the Future
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A great mix of fantasy humor and drama with a light tone but not in a ridiculous way and with well built characters you can identify with Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Back to the Future
Lou Lumenick
Zemeckis and Gale have cannily chosen the time periods which are funny as much for their similarities political and materalistic as their contrasts music fashions language 
4
Back to the Future
Kathleen Carroll
Kids and parents alike are gonna dig this wonderful fantasy 
3.5
Back to the Future
Gene Siskel
Zemeckis and Gale give us two priceless scenes in which the young time traveler simply regards his parents to be with wonderment delight and empathy And we cannot help but share that emotion and relate it to our own lives 
4
Back to the Future
James Kendrick
an undeniably fun film one whose clever plotting memorable characters and deft balance of both wistful nostalgia and celebration of the here and now deserves comparisons to The Wizard of Oz
4
Back to the Future
Josh Larsen
Thompson s funny carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth once our moms might have been prowling teens too 
4
Back to the Future
Eric Henderson
Probably the most carefully scripted blockbuster in Hollywood history 
3.5
Back to the Future
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unqualified success boasting an incredibly sharp screenplay and tons of appeal 
3.5
Back to the Future
Roger Ebert
Shows not only a fine comic touch but also some of the lighthearted humanism of a Frank Capra 
3.5
Back to the Future
Steve Rhodes
Fox s portrayal of a character with whom all ages can empathize is central to the film s timeless and magical allure 
3.5
Back to the Future
James O'Ehley
Good clean family fun even as the ultimate Oedipal wish 
3.5
Back to the Future
James Berardinelli
One of the mid 80s most enduring and enjoyable confections an infectious mix of comedy fantasy satire excitement and nostalgia 
3.5
Back to the Future
Scott Nash
Crispin Glover and Christopher Lloyd are both standouts 
3.5
The Forsaken Land
Michael Wilmington
A stark lyrical and affecting portrait of war s aftermath as seen from the edges of the old conflict 
3.5
The Forsaken Land
V.A. Musetto
At the final credits you don t really know much more about these folks than you did at the opening credits But you ve done a good deed for your eyes 
3
The Forsaken Land
Marta Barber
With little dialogue and long takes depicting Sri Lanka s desolate landscape and even more desolate people The Forsaken Land comes close to being unbearable to watch 
1
Mr. Soul!
Chris Vognar
Mr Soul is like a wrinkle in time a time capsule that needed to be opened In uncovering rare gold it s a film that reminds us just how much we don t know 
3
Mr. Soul!
Robert Horton
Style itself is one of the film s subjects not just because of the gloriously out there early 70s flair and flare but because of the defiant Black is beautiful aesthetic being championed fashion as political act 
3.5
Mr. Soul!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The doc s real draw is the amazing archival footage 
3.5
Mr. Soul!
Glenn Kenny
One hopes more than one viewer of the film sees Soul as more than just a relic to be cherished but as an inspiration 
4
Mr. Soul!
John Beifuss
Like the more celebrated Won t You Be My Neighbor this is a documentary about a public television programs that offered a utopian vision of a community built on love creativity and respect 
3.5
Mr. Soul!
Dwight Brown
In today s socially and politically tumultuous times SOUL and its forward thinking MC seem so prophetic 
3.5
Backdraft
Bill Cosford
Until Backdraft no one had mastered the effects necessary to show what it s like inside a burning building Now someone has 
2.5
Backdraft
David Nusair
a top notch thriller trapped within a poorly paced and needlessly bloated piece of work 
2.5
Backdraft
David N. Butterworth
Ron Howard s film is one of smoke eaters crispers and torches and it bestows a renewed respect on a profession all too often taken for granted 
3
Backdraft
Roger Ebert
The scenes involving fire are so good they make me recommend the movie anyway despite its brain damaged screenplay 
3
Welcome to the Rileys
Roger Moore
Kristen Stewart ever runs out of Snow White sequels this is what her post Twilight career should look like 
3
Welcome to the Rileys
David Nusair
a consistently watchable piece of work that benefits substantially from its stellar performances 
3
Welcome to the Rileys
Keith Cohen
Surprising twists lead the story in unexpected directions The actors get credit for making you care about these characters The audience develops a temporary bond during the 110 minute running time 
3
Welcome to the Rileys
Robert W. Butler
The film works because its stars make up a trifecta of terrific performers who overcome the clichs inherent in their characters 
3
Welcome to the Rileys
Connie Ogle
Welcome to the Rileys sets out to be a study of grief and how to overcome it but it rings too false to offer much hope or entertainment 
2
Welcome to the Rileys
Steven Rea
It s as if Tony Soprano and Bella Swan had landed the two leads in somebody s amateur theater company and this is what the lucky audience gets 
2
Welcome to the Rileys
Christopher Lloyd
The story sounds ridiculous hokey even But James Gandolfini Melissa Leo and Kristen Stewart inhabit their roles with such an unstudied validity that we don t for a moment think of them as movie characters behaving for the camera 
3.5
Welcome to the Rileys
Michael O'Sullivan
Welcome to the Rileys Thanks but no thanks 
0.5
Welcome to the Rileys
Mike Scott
It s surprising in the lovely notes it consistently hits and the simmering sweetness it achieves despite the dark seedy framework propping it up
3
Welcome to the Rileys
Robert Levin
These are complex believable characters wholly deglamorized and bestowed with the layered complications that define real life 
3.5
Welcome to the Rileys
Stephen Whitty
The kind of movie performers often hail as a labor of love And audiences just find labored 
2
Welcome to the Rileys
Lou Lumenick
Audiences tend to avoid Kristen Stewart s non Twilight movies like vampires fleeing daylight Believe me it s their loss 
3
Welcome to the Rileys
Claudia Puig
Stewart s idea of inhabiting this part seems to be to scowl a lot and let her hair go unwashed The Twilight star doesn t have the depth or emotional agility to go toe to toe with Gandolfini and Leo 
2.5
Welcome to the Rileys
Peter Travers
The actors and admirably sensitive director Jake Scott son of Ridley can t compensate for Ken Hixon s long slog of a script 
2
Welcome to the Rileys
Ty Burr
The story line invites such horselaughs that writer Ken Hixon and director Jake Scott handle it too gingerly as if at the end of tongs 
2
Welcome to the Rileys
Rex Reed
You just wonder what Jake Scott the director son of Ridley Scott and Ken Hixon the confused and inconsistent screenwriter were smoking Whatever it is I ll have what they re having 
2
Welcome to the Rileys
Peter Keough
Almost as embarrassing as Black Snake Moan all the more so because nobody involved in the film seems to recognize how icky it all is 
1.5
Welcome to the Rileys
Andrew Schenker
A compendium of bad ideas and worse filmmaking Jake son of Ridley Scott s Welcome to the Rileys is forever peddling its psychologically reductive message until at the end it fairly screams it out 
1
Welcome to the Rileys
Erik Childress
Thanks to an earnest performance by James Gandolfini anchoring it we can almost forget the weight of Kristen Stewart dragging it down with every hair flip and tug 
2.5
The Sinking of Santa Isabel
Steve Rhodes
Quirky is good I like quirky but you need more than just an excess of cuteness to make a movie worthwhile 
1.5
They Came to Blow Up America
John Beifuss
Alarming images aside the movie s actual message is one of reassurance Like Spike Jones comedic patriotic wartime hit it heils right in Der Fuehrer s face 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Mal Vincent
In today s economy Gigolo opens a new service option but the movie s concept works better when played for absurdity 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
David Nusair
Fading Gigolo peters out significantly in the buildup to its utterly underwhelming final stretch 
2
Fading Gigolo
Adam Nayman
The preposterousness of this plot marks Fading Gigolo as a vanity project but it s hard to take Turturro too much to task when he hits so many other grace notes in between blowing his own horn 
3
Fading Gigolo
Linda Barnard
A story that pretends to be about sex but is actually focused on revealing the true nature of intimacy 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Marty Mapes
Turturro s ensemble comedy drama makes the unlikely pluasible
2
Fading Gigolo
John Beifuss
If it s hard out here for a pimp as Juicy J DJ Paul and Frayser Boy assured us how much harder must it be when said pimp is Woody Allen Surprisingly not that hard judging from Fading Gigolo 
2
Fading Gigolo
Matt Brunson
This initially promising picture finds itself fading well before the end 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Christian Toto
It s like a Woody Allen movie same music same shtick but without the uneasy moral takeaways 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Rob Thomas
The male escort subplot turns on Fiorevante setting up a three way with Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara for 2 000 That s 2 000 that they re paying him 
2
Fading Gigolo
John Hartl
The chemistry is just right between Allen and Turturro who immediately register as best friends for life and between Stone and Turturro whose mutual awkwardness gives way to a goofy form of passion 
3
Fading Gigolo
Duane Dudek
A more accurate title for this midlife crisis black comedy would substitute fading with aging 
2
Fading Gigolo
Joe Williams
While Allen emerges from this mash up relatively unscathed Turturro as an implausible male prostitute gets maimed at the intersection of comedy and drama 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
James Berardinelli
A slight movie but enjoyable nevertheless even if its brevity hints at something that given more time to breathe could have been a richer more rewarding experience 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
David Hiltbrand
Fading Gigolo gets an extra star merely for showcasing the egg cream the Brooklyn beverage that is the nectar of the gods Shalom 
3
Fading Gigolo
Peter Canavese
At times thuddingly earnest at times jazzily goofily endearing Turturro s romanticism keeps undercutting the humor before it has a chance to get satisfyingly irreverent Call it comoedia interruptus 
2
Fading Gigolo
Michael O'Sullivan
As a filmmaker Turturro evokes a sense of this community that s surprisingly nuanced and rich 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Matt Pais
The delusional sleazily written Fading Gigolo a study of loneliness that should itself have been isolated from society left me feeling shocked and dirty 
1
Fading Gigolo
Dann Gire
Apparently only Woody Allen can make a Woody Allen movie At least a good one 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Mick LaSalle
Aside from Allen Fading Gigolo is a rather grim movie 
2
Fading Gigolo
Glenn Kenny
It s not really a home run but as an aging urban dweller it hit some notes both antic and plangent for me If you re a fan of any of the cast members it might well do the same for you 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Rafer Guzman
Turturro has many dots that he never connects here 
2
Fading Gigolo
Claudia Puig
A slight comical and intermittently affecting film about loneliness and desire 
2.5
Fading Gigolo
Kyle Smith
I couldn t figure out what these two movies one larkish but trivial the other emotionally ambitious have to do with one another Neither apparently could Turturro 
2
Fading Gigolo
Jocelyn Noveck
We ll take messy and interesting over neat and uninteresting any day especially when a movie has as much heart as this 
3
Fading Gigolo
Rex Reed
John Turturro is a gifted and charming actor but he has a fatal desire to be a film director and is cursed with no talent whatsoever for the job 
2
Fading Gigolo
Roger Moore
Turturro s attempt at an old school Woody Allen comedy mostly without the laughs 
2
Fading Gigolo
Kenji Fujishima
The question of why one should actually work up any emotional investment in what happens to these people is never really answered much less asked in the first place 
1
Io sto bene
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The movie starts off very well and the acting is pretty good but the shift between past and present doesn t make much sense Messy to say the least 
1
Radioflash
Sean P. Means
The pacing feels sluggish in some places and jumpy in others which doesn t give Sharbino s Reese an honest chance to earn her action hero conclusion 
2
Radioflash
Mark Dujsik
Radioflash is less a cohesive story than it is a series of ideas cobbled together 
1.5
Vamps
Andrew Schenker
A sense of anachronism is what provides the film with its melancholy heart 
3.5
Chlorox, Ammonia and Coffee
Ed Gonzalez
Considerably less miserable than Free Radicals but it s also more schematic 
1.5
Chlorox, Ammonia and Coffee
Steve Rhodes
Exhaustion is what I felt after trying to keep up with these mile a minute montages 
2.5
Hollow
Christian Toto
Like found footage horror movies You ll change your mind after enduring the British import Hollow
1
The Constant Gardener
Mattie Lucas
A political conspiracy thriller of the highest order 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Joe Lozito
Mr Fiennes drawing his lips inward and adding just a slight quaver to his voice gives his finest performance in almost a decade 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Dan Lybarger
The Constant Gardener has strengths that aren t apparent until the final credits start rolling 
3
The Constant Gardener
Peter T. Chattaway
Fiennes does a brilliant job of communicating his character s inner turmoil through subtle facial expressions and inflections of his voice 
3
The Constant Gardener
Jordan Hiller
Beyond the superb and elegant performances depicting a complex and real relationship between a husband and wife Gardener stands out because its backdrop is Africa 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
David Edwards
A haunting and highly intelligent thriller 
4
The Constant Gardener
Forrest Hartman
Novelist John Le Carre pens intelligent thrillers and when tackled by the right director they translate to intelligent films like this one 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Scott Nash
I m not sure if it s just luck or if Le Carre has had a hand in it himself but every author should be as lucky as he has been with movie versions of their novels 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
David N. Butterworth
Meirelles s technique bravura camerawork coupled with crisscross editing makes what might have been a straightforward political thriller his own 
3
The Constant Gardener
James Kendrick
A somber angry cynical slow burn of a political potboiler that is also against all odds an effectively moving love story 
3
The Constant Gardener
Frank Ochieng
an astoundingly gripping conspiracy thriller there is an unblinking complexity about the socio political climate that smothers this fetching African campus
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Matt Brunson
What s most startling about the movie is the gale force of its love story 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Larry Ratliff
As Fiennes straps on toughness courage and understanding he is also molding one of his finest performances 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Jonathan R. Perry
Meirelles paints the squalor and misery of rural East Africa on a striking canvas sometimes to the disservice of what he wants his film to tell us 
3
The Constant Gardener
Joshua Tanzer
It would be nice to see Meirelles apply himself to looser earthier fleshier films in the future 
3
The Constant Gardener
Mike McGranaghan
This is one of those rare movies that feels genuinely alive it s about something substantial and there wasn t a moment when I wasn t involved 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Linda Cook
The Constant Gardener fairly blooms with award potential in a lush serious romance that s also a political thriller 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Pam Grady
Meirelles has performed a minor miracle He s made a film that introduces us to a little known world which hums with suspense and which celebrates the power of love And he has created something that is irresistible 
4
The Constant Gardener
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fiennes does more with silence than almost any actor I ve ever seen An early scene where he learns of his wife s death is stunning the emotions passing through him as he slowly waters the plants in his office as multifaceted and profound 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Phil Villarreal
A disappointment but only because we know the director is capable of so much more 
3
The Constant Gardener
Ross Anthony
The film is engaging still it never connects with much more than a curiosity The emotions run but not deep 
1.5
The Constant Gardener
Willie Waffle
it s one of those movies you shouldn t see if you loved Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Nick Rogers
Patience pays off in this immensely satisfying rapturously urgent thriller romance Fernando Meirelles breaks from traditional trappings for one of the year s best movies 
4
The Constant Gardener
James Verniere
A gorgeous often gorgeously brutal film with great performances from a talented cast a genuinely urgent and relevant subject and a director capable of astonishing artistry 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Mick LaSalle
The Constant Gardener is beautifully structured an artful mix of forward motion and flashbacks 
4
The Constant Gardener
Bruce Newman
The director s fluttering hand keeps the ground constantly shifting beneath our feet which is just what this beautifully wrenching adaptation for the screen requires 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Chris Hewitt
A political drama that assumes you ll be able to keep up 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Moira MacDonald
Smart well crafted and satisfying 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Carla Meyer
The filmmakers extra effort to ensure authenticity results in that rare feature film that informs as well as entertains 
4
The Constant Gardener
Steven Rea
The filmmaker s assurance and vision in reimagining the novel are downright inspiring 
4
The Constant Gardener
Jeff Strickler
Viewers who like real world issues interwoven with their fiction much in the style of author John Le Carr whose novel is the basis for this movie should find plenty to chew on 
3
The Constant Gardener
Connie Ogle
An intriguing thriller for grown ups 
3
The Constant Gardener
Bob Strauss
At least the folks who made this visually striking sometimes heartrending swift and tense adaptation of John le Carre s novel try to say something significant about the current state of the developing world 
3
The Constant Gardener
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Constant Gardener doesn t self destruct implode or fall to pieces the way other movies do when they end badly It just loses its form and drifts away 
2
The Constant Gardener
Terry Lawson
A character driven drama of actual import that delivers a message and dramatic punch but with a visual edginess and narrative ingenuity that is in the service of the story as opposed to the filmmaker s cleverness 
4
The Constant Gardener
Lawrence Toppman
They compel us to care about impoverished women used to test dangerous drugs about doctors and preachers and reporters who fight an uphill battle for them even about introverted Justin a civil servant who resorts to desperately uncivil behavior 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Ty Burr
If it sends audiences home to log on to the Amnesty International website terrific but that still doesn t make it a very good movie 
2.5
The Constant Gardener
Jack Mathews
A slick fast paced production with first rate performances and an emotional punch you won t soon forget 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Duane Dudek
The film has a dimension and depth that suggests it s once again that time of year when it is safe for adults to return to the cineplex 
3
The Constant Gardener
Rick Groen
Yes the cast is certainly seductive and the direction often beguiling yet ultimately we re left with a distinct sense of abandonment of a story insufficiently told 
2.5
The Constant Gardener
Jeff Vice
Simply befuddling 
2.5
The Constant Gardener
Sean McBride
awell acted film with an impressive literary pedigree but it s Meirelles and his directorial style who really makes the film into something special 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Roger Ebert
This is one of the year s best films 
4
The Constant Gardener
Robert K. Elder
A sweaty vital masterpiece that s always one step ahead of its audience 
4
The Constant Gardener
Peter Howell
It harkens back to an era when movies about socially relevant causes came without irony and with the conviction that wide exposure could bring about needed changes In other words this isn t your usual multiplex offering 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Claudia Puig
A masterwork of suspense romance and political intrigue It is a taut and gripping thriller that dazzles the eyes and engages the brain in a way that few recent films have come close to approaching 
4
The Constant Gardener
Jan Stuart
It is comforting to know that in his tireless commitment to doing Chekhov and Ibsen on the London stage Fiennes hasn t forgotten how to be a movie star 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Kyle Smith
Its creeping pace will bore many viewers but it ll inspire more than a few to march in the streets 
3
The Constant Gardener
Josh Larsen
The personal and the global are at frustrating odds 
2.5
The Constant Gardener
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fiennes alone drums up enough support to keep viewers from leaving the theater but Meirelles can t find a decent pace for the overall film 
2
The Constant Gardener
Dan Fienberg
Under the weight of its own self imposed expectations Gardener cannot help but fall short on many counts particularly its emotional connection 
3
The Constant Gardener
Erik Childress
Places us within the mindset of love lost which then provides us the motives to direct our outrage at the pencil pushers who are responsible 
3
The Constant Gardener
Rob Blackwelder
A preachy but gripping socio political thriller directed by Fernando Meirelles with the same unblinking sweaty ground level grittiness he brought to City of God 
3
The Constant Gardener
Sean P. Means
Meirelles takes the same street level viewpoint of City of God to the impoverished HIV stricken population of Kenya s slums and villages 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Kit Bowen
The Constant Gardener is a masterful mixture of suspense Third World strife and a heartfelt love story for the ages 
4
The Constant Gardener
James Berardinelli
The Constant Gardener is a movie with something to say and it speaks its message loudly and with eloquence 
3
The Constant Gardener
Peter Canavese
A bit staid in its thriller mechanics but engaging in its drama amusing in its fragments of bone dry wit and suspenseful in its dual mystery 
3.5
The Constant Gardener
Steve Rhodes
A triumph of style over storytelling 
2
The Constant Gardener
Walter Chaw
Romantic sure and it would have been without sinking the Titanic 
2
The Constant Gardener
Ed Gonzalez
Though not as preposterously enraged as The Interpreter the film still chooses to fan the flames of liberal guilt from a safe distance 
1.5
The Constant Gardener
Peter Travers
Prepare for a thrilling ride 
3.5
Digging Up the Marrow
Simon Abrams
Here s hoping Green s next film is just 90 minutes of Ray Wise talking to an imaginary friend 
1.5
Digging Up the Marrow
Wes Greene
In the end Adam Green reminds us that he s all to eager to go for the easy thrill 
2
Digging Up the Marrow
Dustin Putman
Could have used another polish on the screenplay level but there is a cleverness to its conception and warranted confidence in its tension that cannot be refuted 
2.5
The Image You Missed
Peter Goldberg
The film finds Dónal Foreman exploring the suggestive gaps that exist between his own biography and that of his father 
3
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Roger Moore
Not every shabby cheap DIY touch is cute But for laughs it s hard to go far astray when Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway 
2.5
Running on Empty
David Nusair
completely compelling and entirely rewarding 
3.5
Running on Empty
Ryan Murphy
The dramatic possibilities are endless For some reason however Lumet patches his film together with a quilt of cliches 
2
Running on Empty
Michael Sragow
The feel indifferent movie of 1988 
1.5
Running on Empty
Hal Lipper
Running on Empty for all its implausibilities and pseudo radical bourgeois banter is an unusually engaging movie 
3
Running on Empty
Kathleen Carroll
The movie has definite flaws but it is genuinely moving thanks in part to River Phoenix s sensitive performance as the teenage son 
3.5
Running on Empty
Dave Kehr
A John Hughes ish teen drama unaccountably complicated by politics and method acting 
2
Running on Empty
Roger Ebert
These are people who have made a choice and are living with the consequences and during the course of the film they will have to re evaluate their decisions 
4
Return to Paradise
Roger Moore
Scenic 46 46 46 dated 46 46 46 but it packs a lot of code challenging and societal mores testing into its 100 or so minutes 46 
2.5
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Matt Brunson
Although the template is finally running out of steam there are still enough gags worth catching 
2.5
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Michael Dequina
Click to read review
3.5
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
James Kendrick
While Naked Gun 33 1 3 has its share of solid laughs it still feels a bit lacking 
2.5
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Roger Ebert
It occurred to me watching the film that what Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley do here is not easy and is done well It would be fatal to the movie if either one ever betrayed the slightest suggestion that they know funny things are going on 
3
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Chris Hicks
Some of this is funny but an awful lot falls flat and the film ultimately wears out its welcome long before it s over 
2
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
James Berardinelli
It s sad to see what started out as such a lively and creative series descend to this a feeble attempt to stretch a few pedestrian jokes into a feature length film 
2
Renegades
Simon Abrams
It s B movie neophytes trying to sell a slick but hollow scenario for a high concept genre hybrid American Renegades might look good on paper but it s pretty tiresome on the screen 
2
Lost in Thailand
Omer Mozaffar
This film races with such high energy that the humor continues to satisfy if only because the characters are so likeable 
3
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Jason Fraley
The movie is structured differently from Jackass The Movie which was a hilarious array of pranks edited together Instead it strings the gags together between a fictional storyline which doesn t work nearly as well 
2
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Linda Cook
It will make you laugh your cares away 
3
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Roger Moore
The guys did tickle me against my will a few times 
1.5
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
If you re going to make a feature length film version of a TV prank show you need to go big or go home The makers of Impractical Jokers The Movie should have gone home because they sure didn t go big 
1.5
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Nick Allen
Impractical Jokers The Movie never provides any good reason for its pranks to be packaged in a movie but it does speak to the fruitfulness of its concept 
2
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Joey Magidson
Impractical Jokers The Movie will certainly play best to fans of the show However the comedy won t be lost on anyone since friends ribbing each other is universal fun 
3
Mixtape
Roger Moore
A little gem
2.5
Mixtape
Nell Minow
The film s moments of the girls enjoying their friendship have an appealing freshness that almost matches the quality of the bangers on the soundtrack 
3
Peyton Place
Matt Brunson
Slick and satisfying 
3.5
Peyton Place
Janet Graves
Dealing with some rough material and several interlaced plots this closeup of small town life still has taste dramatic urgency and emotional warmth 
4
Peyton Place
Mattie Lucas
Once you fall in love with Peyton Place you may never want to leave 
3.5
Peyton Place
Eric Henderson
The elements and storylines that ended up watered down are to the detriment of the film s overall effect 
2
Dragons Forever
Matt Brunson
A crackerjack action yarn 46 
3.5
Three Days of Rain
Roger Ebert
In the genre of interlocking stories about lonely lives Three Days of Rain is only a sketch compared to the power of Rodrigo Garcia s Nine Lives which continues to grow in my memory 
2.5
Three Days of Rain
Jami Bernard
The ends of each story work beautifully but getting there requires traveling some washed out roads despite the imprimatur of executive producer Wim Wenders 
2
Three Days of Rain
V.A. Musetto
A well written and acted drama that s also unrelentingly grim 
2.5
The Nightingale
Brian Eggert
To watch the film is to accept a merciless confrontation with colonial violence It s also a step toward healing 
4
The Nightingale
David Nusair
Filmmaker Jennifer Kent delivers a gritty unflinching portrait of the Australian outback that s certainly quite compelling throughout 
2
The Nightingale
Federico Furzan
It s a compelling movie but Kent s vision is too brutal I couldn t get past its violent nature to digest the historic approach Full review in Spanish 
2
The Nightingale
Matt Brunson
Its unrelenting and repetitive brutality is tough to stomach and for some will stumble over into exploitation territory at heart this is a revenge thriller from the 1970s 
2
The Nightingale
Rene Sanchez
Kent s sophomore feature is a brutally compelling piece about empowerment and freedom Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Nightingale
Brandy McDonnell
A twisty slow burning thriller The Nightingale is both shockingly violent and profoundly poignant as it unflinchingly counts the costs of cruelty retribution and colonialism 
3.5
The Nightingale
Mattie Lucas
An uncompromising howl of righteous fury anchored by a haunting performance by Franciosi whose grim determination comes to represent the plight of all oppressed peoples who have at long last had enough 
3.5
The Nightingale
Barry Paris
All hail the shocking boldness of contemporary Australian filmmaking See it at your own emotional risk 
3
The Nightingale
Robert Horton
The testy relationship between Clare and Billy not vengeance is at the core of the film There s nothing conventional about this ad hoc partnership between people traumatized in different ways 
3.5
The Nightingale
Sean P. Means
Hard to sit through and harder to forget The Nightingale is a brutal and poetic tale of revenge and hardship in 19th century Australia 
3.5
The Nightingale
Richard Roeper
Once in a great while The Nightingale reminds us that even in the most hopeless and unforgiving times some people retain their humanity 
3.5
The Nightingale
Lisa Trifone
It is brutal and intense devastating and unflinching It is also essential and features perhaps one of the best performances of the year 
4
The Nightingale
Cate Marquis
The Nightingale is an impressive film beautifully shot and acted a gripping thriller but a film with something to say 
4
The Nightingale
Mark Dujsik
This simple plot is merely the backbone of a much larger much more nuanced examination of various levels of cruelty and horror as well as grief and trauma 
4
The Nightingale
Gary Thompson
As Clare s rage melts away so does the story s narrative momentum leading to the movie s enigmatic poetic and not entirely satisfying conclusion 
2.5
The Nightingale
Michael Phillips
With The Babadook and now The Nightingale Kent joins the ranks of a few dozen precious filmmakers able to transport us somewhere awful and beautiful challenging us every step of the way 
3.5
The Nightingale
Josh Larsen
works best as a ghost story 
3
The Nightingale
Tom Meek
The arc of The Nightingale essentially follows a pat revenge narrative but the innovative Jennifer Kent once again shoots something masculine and familiar through a different lens 
3
The Nightingale
Rafer Guzman
A flawed but compelling combination of historical drama and revenge thriller 
2.5
The Nightingale
Carla Meyer
Just as she did in The Babadook Kent maintains tension for so long at a stretch that you do not notice you have forgotten to breathe until it finally eases up 
3
The Nightingale
Ty Burr
The Nightingale strives to be an epic and pulls it off even if there are one or two false summits before the final scenes It s painful to watch because the truth is often painful especially when so many myths of empire have accreted around it 
3.5
The Nightingale
Ann Hornaday
It s clear that Kent seeks to turn her gaze not just on the subjects of the past but the audience of the present turning our own desires at their most coarsely visceral and crassly sentimental back on ourselves 
2.5
The Nightingale
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As a metaphor for the ravages of colonial butchery The Nightingale is as powerful as it is somber 
3.5
The Nightingale
Kent Turner
If Kent s first film The Babadook 2014 had a sinister undercurrent her new and more multifaceted film unleashes it in full force 
3
The Nightingale
Walter Chaw
As it is it s a really good feel bad movie that finally makes you feel kind of good 
3
The Nightingale
Joe Friar
The evil that men do in Jennifer Kent s The Nightingale is far more frightening than any monster from her 2014 horror debut The Babadook Brutal and chilling 
3.5
The Nightingale
Sheila O'Malley
While The Nightingale is obviously a labor of if not love then rage for Kent it left me cold even with the two wonderful performances at its center from Aisling Franciosi and Baykali Ganambarr 
2.5
The Nightingale
Matthew Passantino
The Nightingale isn t a fist pumping revenge flick even when certain beats might make it feel that way Kent is a much deeper filmmaker 
3
The Nightingale
Katie Walsh
Despite all the bleak brutality enacted on screen Kent can t help but offer a sliver of freedom for Billy and Clare When they lift their voices in songs in screams in sobs there s an undeniable glimpse of resistance and hope 
4
The Nightingale
Joey Magidson
Violence is a constant in this movie Jennifer Kent takes all of the emotions that well up when vengeance is needed and splashes them across the screen 
3
The Nightingale
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The violence of Jennifer Kent s film doesn t seem to build upon its themes so much as repeat them 
2.5
The Nightingale
Oliver Jones
Kent provides the ultimate response to and corrective for every colonization myth we have ever been force fed whether by grade school textbooks or widescreen Westerns 
3.5
The Pink Cloud
Michael O'Sullivan
The Pink Cloud is prescient and mildly affecting if also susceptible to the question Is it too soon to be watching a pandemic allegory while we re still living through a pandemic 
2
The Pink Cloud
Ciara Wardlow
The intentionality and editorial eye that make the style of this film so compelling feels sorely lacking from the script which is at once scattered and repetitive 
2
The Pink Cloud
Mark Dujsik
Because of its attention to these characters and their distinct outlooks on life The Pink Cloud is about much more than the experience of quarantine 
3
The Pink Cloud
Joey Magidson
If the opening title card of The Pink Cloud didn t state that the film was written in 2017 and film in 2019 you never would have believed it 
3
The Pink Cloud
Roger Moore
The movie runs out of points to make long before a conclusion we easily anticipate arrives 
2
The Pink Cloud
Steven Nguyen Scaife
After a while writer director Iuli Gerbase s boldly mundane take on forced isolation gives way to a regular sort of mundanity 
2
The Pink Cloud
Rosalie Kicks
For a feature debut this story strikes me as incredibly courageous and I can t wait to see what comes next for Iuli Gerbase 
3.5
The Pink Cloud
Walter Chaw
I took solace that although The Pink Cloud offers the sweet release of death there remains enough to living that not everyone takes it immediately 
3.5
The Pink Cloud
Randy Myers
Every element of Gerbase s feature works the music the acting and the screenplay 
3.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
David Elliott
Ace noir title OK noir movie 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Dan Lybarger
Hodges and Preston have a commendable attitude but with the thin story and shallow characters even the right idea doesn t seem as interesting as it should be 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Jeff Vice
Predictable to a fault 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Sean P. Means
Too often sleepwalks to its inevitable finish 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Judith Egerton
In the end it is the complex aura surrounding Owen s character that stay with the viewer long after the threads of the story have unraveled in one s mind 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Rene Rodriguez
Languorous elliptical and dull 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Phil Villarreal
Hodges films are grinders and chiselers Dry and satisfying 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Phoebe Flowers
Maddeningly shapeless 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Rob Thomas
While Get Carter had the visceral nastiness of an electric guitar solo I ll Sleep When I m Dead is more like a mournful jazz riff atmospheric and unresolved 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Duane Dudek
While Croupier was taut and focused I ll Sleep When I m Dead though atmospheric is vague and meandering 
2.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Chris Hewitt
Owen has some very un Bond like accessories here a hillbilly beard a sleeping bag a chainsaw but his commanding performance keeps I ll Sleep solid 
2.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Jeff Strickler
This is Owen s picture He broods he seethes he plots Sometimes he even speaks but it s not necessary One glance from Will is enough to send chills down anyone s spine 
3.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Walter Chaw
A scarred up bare knuckled fighter in Palookaville pretty in its pug ugly grace and dangerous too 
3.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Moira MacDonald
Those with the patience to adapt to its pace will find rewards 
2.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Terry Lawson
Stylish as it may be it s as though someone has already remade Get Carter badly and Hodges is set on showing how it should have been done 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Lisa Kennedy
The pleasures that even a brutal intelligent thriller should deliver are in short supply 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Carla Meyer
Mood and portent can conceal any number of flaws in movies about the thug life 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Ty Burr
Feels undernourished in plot characterization and dialogue and what should play with minimalist high tension is allowed to sag lower and lower until it simply grounds out 
1.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
James Verniere
Conceptually flawed but full of jazzy smoky densely noirish atmosphere 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Roger Ebert
There is a tangible pleasure in following enigmatic characters through the shadows of their lives 
3.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Precisely the kind of film that should be seen by insomniacs at some ungodly hour of the night The title itself supports this theory 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Josh Larsen
the sort of showcase for Owen that earned him the dead end job of King Arthur 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Glenn Lovell
I always sleep when I m deadly bored 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Bob Strauss
Undone by murky motivations rhythmless dialogue that often sounds like treatise dissertations a particularly unpleasant and unconvincing homophobic subtext and a stonewall lead performance from the usually charismatic Owen 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Gene Seymour
Works to shake free of noir directives to the point where it loses direction altogether 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Jack Mathews
This plodding British revenge thriller has less energy than a pint of Bass that has sat out overnight 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Lou Lumenick
An atmospheric but sluggish and needlessly confusing British contemporary film noir that may indeed leave some audience members struggling to stay awake 
2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Nick Schager
Hodges working from a bleak Trevor Preston script is fascinated by the aspirations desires and base compulsions that propel society s murderous fringe population 
4
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
James Berardinelli
This is a movie that will put ADD sufferers to sleep while simultaneously rewarding those who have the patience to see it through 
3
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
David Nusair
the story unfolds too slowly to hold much interest 
2.5
Beaches
Jeffrey Lyons
Once in a while it s okay to enjoy a movie for its own sake to let it work you over emotionally to make you cry when you know you re supposed to cry and laugh when you know a laugh is coming Beaches is such a movie 
3
Beaches
Gene Siskel
Barbara Hershey is wasted in a boring role 
2.5
Beaches
Dave Kehr
For all of its insistence on the open even gushing expression of feeling Beaches finally seems a little bit sneaky 
2
Beaches
David Nusair
it seems obvious that certain audiences will get a whole lot more out of it than others 
2
Beaches
Roger Ebert
Maybe the problem is with the flashbacks Maybe if the whole story had simply been told from beginning to end it would have felt less like one of those 1950s tearjerkers with the rain blowing in through the window and getting the curtains all wet 
2.5
Jake Speed
Matt Brunson
One of the worst of the many 80s action flicks 
1
Vampires
Erik Childress
There is the occasional dark droll observation but when they try to wring an actual plot out of the material we are thrust into a long final stretch that feels like an extended what are they doing now epilogue from Christopher Guest s movies 
2.5
The Prey
Farran Smith Nehme
It s watchable but absolutely no big deal although you wouldn t know that from the drum heavy score so loud and militaristic that someone could reuse it for a documentary about the Battle of the Bulge 
1.5
The Prey
Tom Keogh
A sharp if dramatically underwhelming French thriller 
2.5
The Prey
Peter Keough
Loopy dumb and entertaining 
2.5
The Prey
Rex Reed
A slick suspenseful adrenalin rush disguised as unexpected nerve wracking fun 
3
The Prey
Chuck Bowen
A trim and exciting beach read of a movie 
3
Stung
Dustin Putman
Boasts a lively level of showmanship which carries it through its rather predictable narrative course 
2.5
Stung
Andy Crump
It s a creature feature calibrated to satisfy much simpler old fashioned pleasures 
2.5
Stung
Simon Abrams
Stung is the worst kind of neo exploitation film the kind that encourages you to root for a good guy who is essentially a man child until crisis mode kicks in and he abruptly becomes Badass Grownupmin 
1
Stung
Chuck Bowen
The filmmakers maintain a tone that s mostly ideal for the contemporary equivalent of a drive in movie of reverent parodic irreverence 
2.5
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Sara Michelle Fetters
Jokes fall continually flat while any scene calling for even a modicum of dramatic heft is obnoxiously unimpressive 
1.5
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Glenn Kenny
Writer director Zach Golden making his feature debut does all right by the silly but warmhearted character dynamics and the retro diner humanism 
2.5
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Roger Moore
Like Tucker and Dale vs Evil without the evil without charismatic stars without a laugh in it 
1
Mr. Holmes
Kam Williams
A refreshingly cerebral interpretation of the sleuth cuts a sharp contrast to Robert Downey Jr s relatively bombastic version of the iconic character 
3
Mr. Holmes
Robert W. Butler
It s only at the end when the ancient detective finally recognizes the simple comfort of holding another person s hand that Mr Holmes finds its emotional footing Better late than never 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
John Beifuss
A handsome and often charming showcase for an ideally cast and proboscically enhanced Ian McKellen 
3
Mr. Holmes
David Keyes
An essay on the human identity in which a figure we have come to recognize as immortal is brought off the pages of a book and into the sphere of a finite existence that can be cruel confusing and often filled with paralyzing loneliness 
3
Mr. Holmes
Linda Cook
Class and refined Mr Holmes might get lost in the midst of the summer explosions and action 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Scott Nash
Finely acted but ultimately disappointing epilogue to Sherlock Holmes career 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
John Wirt
A story about an old man striving to make the best of the remains of the day Mr Holmes succeeds most of all through forceful performances by Ian McKellen Laura Linney Hiroyuki Sanada and spunky junior cast member Milo Parker 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
Matt Brunson
Honors the Arthur Conan Doyle legacy as much as the engrossing BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and certainly more than those daft action romps featuring Robert Downey Jr as Indiana Holmes 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Peter Canavese
McKellen dazzles Mr Holmes spins a tale about the falsely drawn lines between stories and our perceptions of real life between celebrity image and genuine persona and between upper and lower classes 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Stephen Rebello
If you re up for something slow steady muted and nicely acted Mr Holmes might be up your alley 
3
Mr. Holmes
Robert Horton
Ian McKellen was surely made to play Sherlock Holmes that lanky figure and cultivated voice are ideal for the deerstalker hat the pipe and the highbrow cogitating 
3
Mr. Holmes
Jessica Gibson
Director Bill Condon does an excellent job balancing the familiar with the intriguing in Mr Holmes 
3
Mr. Holmes
Scott Renshaw
Plenty of Hollywood movies are built around a star playing a pop culture character and there are far worse things than the result of someone thinking Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes 
3
Mr. Holmes
Susan Wloszczyna
An intriguing if only semi satisfying Sherlockian enterprise 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
Stephen Whitty
The best of it as in Condon s other movies are the details of emotions fleeting but just as quickly caught true concern camouflaged by flashes of impatience unutterable despair masquerading as simple grief 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Sean P. Means
An intriguing take on the famous detective in his twilight years 
3
Mr. Holmes
Mark Dujsik
This Holmes is a bland old chap whose most significant characteristics are defined by what he is not 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
Linda Barnard
Mr Holmes adds another version of the beloved character to the Sherlock canon less a mystery solved than a character explored fascinating in many small ways thanks to superb work from McKellen 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
John Anderson
McKellen is masterful in a multilayered tale that navigates the no man s land between memory and fiction 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Steven Rea
Mr Holmes is about how the past defines us It is also very much about regret and trying to put things right 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Anders Wright
What is actually happening over the course of the movie isn t as interesting as watching McKellen inhabit this character so it s good news that he appears in virtually every single scene 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
Miriam Di Nunzio
McKellen is brilliant throughout his piercing blue eyes revealing the gallantry of youth and the sadness of a life s worth of memories slipping further away 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Rene Rodriguez
Sherlock Holmes may have never really walked the earth but Mr Holmes humanizes him to such a degree you walk out of the theater practically convinced you ve just watched a biopic 
3
Mr. Holmes
Moira MacDonald
It s a gentle examining of life near its end And with McKellen at its center his face as gloriously long and complex as a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle plot it s also a master class in acting 
3
Mr. Holmes
Lawrence Toppman
Audiences who want Holmes to do more than pause thoughtfully and point with his cane may fidget But those of us who ve long awaited a performance true to the original character will find it here 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Peter Keough
Director Bill Condon and screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher are clueless and come up with an incoherent implausible contrived mishmash 
2
Mr. Holmes
Stephanie Merry
McKellen is impeccable as the aging investigator who has always prized logic over emotions And the young Parker holds his own in every scene he shares with his elder 
3
Mr. Holmes
Chris Knight
It s great to see McKellen s nuanced take on Holmes imbuing the great man s decline with quiet pathos 
2.5
Mr. Holmes
Michael Smith
On all accounts the simplest deduction here is that McKellen is magnificent as Mr Holmes 
3
Mr. Holmes
Chris Hewitt
Mr Holmes skips nimbly between at least four different time frames but it s always clear exactly where we are and exactly why Holmes memory has sent us there 
4
Mr. Holmes
Mick LaSalle
Mr Holmes plays out at one steady pace without any alteration in velocity but it always gives us something some interplay of characters worth noting some insight into the great detective s personality 
3
Mr. Holmes
Rex Reed
I found the whole thing pokey and plodding but there s no denying the fact that even when sitting through Mr Holmes seems numbing Mr McKellen is a force so powerful he s his own reward 
2
Mr. Holmes
Lou Lumenick
Amply rewards McKellen and Holmes fans willing to go with its leisurely pace 
3
Mr. Holmes
Peter Travers
Ian McKellen magnificent as Sherlock brings us a riveting character study of a lion not going gentle into winter 
3
Mr. Holmes
Randy Myers
McKellen puts an indelible stamp on Holmes He gives us a more seasoned crankier Holmes a former detective who s trying to stop a decaying mind from turning his own life into an unsolved mystery 
3.5
Mr. Holmes
Roger Moore
Great performance in a thin mystery 
3
Mr. Holmes
Chris Cabin
Bill Condon ignores the delights and hardships of becoming an artist in lieu of simply presenting the long touted liberating effects of art 
1.5
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Moira MacDonald
You leave Cooking in Progress with respect for a man who followed his vision and with fascination at the idea of food as artistic expression 
2.5
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Walter V. Addiego
If you re passionate and open minded about food you ll be fascinated 
3
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Chris Hewitt
As it lingers over chefs chatting and organizing it requires more patience than say an episode of Top Chef But I bet adventurous eaters will be intrigued 
2.5
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Wesley Morris
We re made to marvel at slow cooked freeze dried unappetizingly bagged food the way some mushrooms when delicately sliced evoke fruit and some crustaceans resemble side sleeping snooze bar slappers 
3
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Jennie Punter
El Bulli barely registers a pulse stronger than a book s 
2
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Linda Barnard
The flat camerawork and lack of a story beyond the framework of six months in the city lab and six months at El Bulli gives us little to sink our teeth into 
1.5
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
V.A. Musetto
A tasty documentary by Gereon Wetzel 
3
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Jesse Cataldo
The documentary glosses over practical concerns instead choosing mute reverence for the magisterial Ferran Adri and his bizarre methods 
2.5
Amal
Linda Barnard
There is nothing obvious about the story which moves carefully and unpredictably taking us through the streets of Delhi with a view from the back of a rickshaw 
3.5
Amal
Jason Anderson
Most of the actors invest their characters with enough warmth to render them fully human 
3
Viktoria
Peter Keough
The film coheres and builds momentum its striking images in the service of a poetic narrative 
3
She Creature
David Nusair
all we really want out of this movie is a bad mermaid killin lots of folks But we don t get that until the final 15 minutes 
1.5
She Creature
Walter Chaw
Because Bram Stoker s Dracula was published seven years prior to the events of She Creature Angus and his merry crew have no excuse for not foreseeing their inevitable fates 
1
Roh
Roger Moore
More chilling than frightening and just cryptic enough about what s really happened and what is really happening to keep the viewer engaged 
2.5
Deep Blood
Matt Brunson
What s surprising about Deep Blood is its relative restraint particularly coming from the man behind such titles as Erotic Nights of the Living Dead Cop Sucker and Paprika The Last Italian Whore 
2
The Queen and I
Jason Anderson
It s a quiet testament to the ways that human connection can trump ideological differences 
3
I Hate Sao Paulo
V.A. Musetto
Using a first rate cast and script combined with jump cuts and vivid shots of Sao Paulo Barros delivers a thought provoking message about the high price of materialism and political dissent 
3
I Hate Sao Paulo
Elizabeth Weitzman
Dardo Barros gains points for sincerity and good intentions even if his intimate drama never quite reaches its potential 
2.5
Flower
David Gonzalez
What I immediately loved about Flower is that Winkler does not shy away from letting the audience know where he is taking his film from the opening moments 46 
3.5
Flower
Joey Magidson
In a perfect world Zoey Deutch would be in contention later on this year for a Best Actress nomination 
3.5
Flower
Robert Daniels
Bin it in the same place you put your bouquet from Valentine s Day 
0.5
Flower
Sara Michelle Fetters
Deutch burns up the screen in ways that are so passionately multifaceted I was dumbstruck by all of the emotional nuances she was able to mine with such aggressively calming ease 
3
Flower
Barry Hertz
Everyone here is simply a mismanaged thing to be moved around an isn t that shocking storyboard as needed It s a shame as Deutch shows real commitment to a role that demands the exact opposite 
1.5
Flower
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Yes people act out when they re unhappy Usually however their efforts are not reduced to pop psychological pablum like this 
1.5
Flower
Mark Dujsik
The protagonist of Flower takes some warming up to and even then we re never entirely on her side 
2
Flower
Bruce DeMara
Deutch s portrayal of Erica is truly impressive giving us a fully fleshed character who s both vulnerable and remorseless 
3
Flower
Tom Russo
It s hard to see the point of it all 
2
Flower
Stephanie Merry
Flower can t quite nail the necessary tone aiming for dark but missing the comedy 
1.5
Flower
David Lewis
Flower is clearly not everyone s idea of a bouquet but it s willing to take chances and push buttons It s a film that reflects our times even if it makes us uncomfortable to acknowledge it 
3
Flower
Matt Zoller Seitz
If you could pour the worst tendencies of American independent cinema over the last twenty years into a gigantic soup tureen and let it simmer overnight this film would be the unappetizing result 
.5
Flower
Chuck Bowen
Flower is a sentimental work of faux nihilism pandering to children who re just discovering alienation 
1.5
The Blair Witch Project
Christopher Borrelli
The Blair Witch Project is the most effective and unsettling horror movie in quite a long time Just to clarify after seeing this you will not sleep well Invest in a night light 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Brian Eggert
The Blair Witch Project lost me the first time after the screen cut to black during subsequent viewings I have been even less engaged 
2.5
The Blair Witch Project
David Nusair
a typically erratic found footage thriller that ultimately fares best in its opening and closing portions 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Jami Bernard
The very crudeness of the film stock and technique contribute mightily to the feeling that things are out of control disoriented and possibly subject to unnatural laws 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Dan Webster
It is a triumph of intelligence over special effects guerrilla filmmaking over Hollywood spectacle 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Desmond Ryan
You can dismiss The Blair Witch Project as a trick Or you can give in to the treat and savor that rarest of accomplishments in a field notorious for tedium and repetition an original horror movie 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
David Sterritt
Its shaky camera work and fuzzy images get monotonous after a while and there s not much room for character development within the very limited plot 
2
The Blair Witch Project
John Hartl
Using the most modest means Sanchez and Myrick manage to tell a compelling story create recognizable characters and hold our attention even when there s literally nothing on the screen 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Ann Hornaday
This terrifying ghost story is guaranteed to haunt filmgoers long after they ve persuaded themselves that it s only a movie 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Wesley Lovell
Now we have a new brand of horror to admire 46 The horror we do not see 46 No underscore 44 no gore 44 just plain fear of the unknown 46 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Lucius Gore
Blair Witch should go down in history as proof that it doesn t take a big budget to make a great movie in fact it may not even take a budget at all 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Joe Lozito
The three actors manage not only to capture some beautiful footage but also to spout believable and consistent dialog without digressing into the standard Scream pop culture references 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an original and admirable effort 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Maitland McDonagh
Gorehounds and smirking fans of the nudge nudge wink wink school of self referential horror may be disappointed but that s their loss 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Jeanne Aufmuth
The most frightening film to come along since The Exorcist 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Liam Lacey
What can anyone say about The Blair Witch Project that hasn t been trumpeted from a thousand Web sites already 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie blows the doors off typical Hollywood fare because it is powered by genuine imagination 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Jeffrey Westhoff
The combination of the distant noises and the raw fear in the voices will throw a chill into anyone s blood 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Edward Guthmann
There s no denying the terror in The Blair Witch Project It s fierce it s palpable and it gets deep under the skin 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Ed Gonzalez
Little is answered and righly so Myrick and Sanchez understand that myth by nature strives on that which is unknown 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Jim Bartoo
Who s afraid of the big Blair Witch Almost everyone 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Andrew Howe
See it enjoy it forget it 
2
The Blair Witch Project
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es un aviso para los grandes estudios de que lo que importa no es el dinero sino el talento que haya detrás de una buena historia 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
James Kendrick
one of the most uniquely frightening buzz worthy features to come out in years
4
The Blair Witch Project
Madeleine Williams
It seems flimsy and a bit superficial at first but by the end you ll be hearing noises and looking over your shoulder 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Jeff Vice
Perhaps never before have so many hackles and goose pimples been raised from so little in the way of onscreen action 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Roger Ebert
At a time when digital techniques can show us almost anything The Blair Witch Project is a reminder that what really scares us is the stuff we can t see The noise in the dark is almost always scarier than what makes the noise in the dark 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Ross Anthony
Admittedly I wouldn t have seen it without the popularity 
2.5
The Blair Witch Project
Susan Wloszczyna
Blair Witch oozes spellbinding primal fear 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Steve Rhodes
Scary Not for a second Even so the next project by these two directors is something to look forward to At least they are willing to take risks 
2.5
The Blair Witch Project
Susan Stark
A picture like The Blair Witch Project just takes your breath away 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Marty Mapes
It really is the scariest movie in quite a long time 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Tor Thorsen
Witch is a lesson in how to create pure psychological terror in audiences and is a welcome departure from the Scream school of skewered teen horror flicks 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Dustin Putman
To see The Blair Witch Project is not to simply watch it but to experience it In the annals of films that can intoxicate terrify and leave one s spirits distinctly rattled only the best of the best can match it 
4
The Blair Witch Project
David Keyes
The film is a redefining moment in the horror genre the first since The Exorcist that has generated enough courage to challenge what we regard as terrifying 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Michael Dequina
A diverting work of great ingenuity and invention 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Bob Bloom
One of the most harrowing films you will ever have the fortune of viewing 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Eugene Novikov
This may not be a masterpiece but it s a refreshing digression from the pretension that indie filmmaking tends to represent and from the horror movie clichés that make this movie s companions so dull 
3
The Blair Witch Project
Cornell & Petricelli
Unfortunately Blair Witch is far from being an antidote to rampant special effects over dependence 
1
The Blair Witch Project
David N. Butterworth
An innovative idea marred by poor execution 
2
The Blair Witch Project
James Berardinelli
Sanchez and Myrick deserve credit not only for attempting something different but for succeeding so brilliantly at it 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Wesley Morris
Crucial to the film s eerieness is the use of natural sound 
3.5
The Blair Witch Project
Mark Caro
What becomes especially impressive about Blair Witch is how relentlessly it sticks to its vision 
4
The Blair Witch Project
Jonathan Foreman
The creepiest and most original horror film since John Carpenter s classic Halloween 
3.5
Peter von Kant
Rob Thomas
Overall 44 8220 Peter Von Kant 8221 feels like too much of a winking pastiche to really engage on an emotional level 46 
2
Peter von Kant
Peter Canavese
Ozon apos s gender reversal of Fassbinder apos s The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant straddles camp 44 but it apos s colorful and makes a bit more of the obsessive relationship between artist amp muse 46 
3
Peter von Kant
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Given that Rainer Werner Fassbinder s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a signature work of 70s European cinema a remake isn t a ridiculous idea But the original certainly deserves a more illuminating interpretation than the one offered here 
2
Peter von Kant
Matt Zoller Seitz
Francois Ozon apos s Peter von Kant is an odd 44 chilly film 44 even by this director apos s standards 46 
3
Peter von Kant
Steven Prokopy
A fitting tribute to Fassbinder 44 done without simply lifting his style 44 and in the process 44 making it something wholly unique and timely 46 
3.5
Peter von Kant
Randy Myers
A smashing melodrama 
3
Peter von Kant
Michael O'Sullivan
At times this admiring but uninspired making of movie feels like the cinematic equivalent of the Karl Marlene character fawning to the point of sycophancy 
2
A...holes
Diego Semerene
It begins as a clever pseudo mumblecore provocation with shades of Bruce LaBruce only to quickly turn into indefensible nonsense 
1.5
Gremlins
David Nusair
a genuine classic that holds up remarkably well all these years later 
3.5
Gremlins
Matt Brunson
The visual effects are imaginative yet the jokey tone too often throws the entire film off 
3
Gremlins
David Keyes
There is satire here a sense of silly but thoughtful consideration on the Christmas traditions and how easily all the relatable facades crumble as a consequence of simple illusions being so easily shattered 
3
Gremlins
Michael Wilmington
A horror comedy about cute little Christmas toy pets who turn into murderous monsters wreaking havoc on a Norman Rockwellian town 
3.5
Gremlins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Taking a second look back at Joe Dante s career I realize he was actually one of the most interesting American directors working 
3
Gremlins
Roger Ebert
At the level of Serious Film Criticism it s a meditation on the myths in our movies Christmas families monsters retail stores movies boogeymen At the level of Pop Moviegoing it s a sophisticated witty B movie 
3
Gremlins
Ian Mantgani
A movie that lives inside our memories of movies and tramples all over them with a crazed subversive joy 
4
Siddharth
Liam Lacey
Simple but engrossing Canadian director Richie Mehta s Siddharth is the story of an Indian father searching for his missing son and offers a window into the lives of India s working poor that goes beyond the familiar issues of food and shelter 
3
Siddharth
Linda Barnard
Tension builds along with hopelessness but Mehta avoids making judgments or giving easy answers about the circumstances that led to Siddharth being sent off to work 
3.5
Siddharth
Peter Keough
Though at times Siddharth can resemble a well photographed report on India s social and economic ills Mehta subtly employs different styles to sustain the poetry poignancy and drama 
3
Siddharth
Stephanie Merry
Siddharth provides something more valuable than a tidy resolution a glimpse of the complicated nature of life a world away 
3
Siddharth
Tirdad Derakhshani
A spare lean and decidedly unsettling account of the ugly reality of child labor and child abduction in India 
3.5
Siddharth
John Anderson
Part of what makes Siddharth so troubling and moving is the difficulty we have situating our sympathies 
3.5
Siddharth
David Lewis
It all feels very real 
3
Siddharth
Odie Henderson
A sense of hopelessness invades every frame of Siddharth yet its story is not emotionally manipulative 
3
Siddharth
Wes Greene
A well intentioned story of an impoverished father searching for his missing child is muddled by an ambitious sociological agenda in Richie Mehta s film 
2
Siddharth
Kent Turner
Shot on the fly throughout India Siddharth was inspired by a conversation the director had with a Mumbai rickshaw driver whose son had vanished without a trace 
3
Oloture
Roger Moore
Hand held camera chases emotionally fraught close ups arresting compositions and a script that gives a familiar story a distinctly African flavor make Òlòt 363 ré a thriller you not only endure but marvel over and embrace 
3
Bacurau
Brian Eggert
The result screams Western sci fi paranoia and political outrage in the same breath 
3.5
Bacurau
John Beifuss
A politicized thriller in which bloodthirsty recreation represents an acute form of racist hubris and colonialist exploitation 
3.5
Bacurau
Tom Meek
What begins as a portrait of a remote village in Brazil gets increasingly dark as the lens is pulled back and the plot becomes increasingly gonzo 
3
Bacurau
Josh Larsen
A wild disturbing sci fi Western 
3
Bacurau
Ty Burr
It resonates And despite the beauty of the weathered local faces this movie celebrates it resonates for anyone anywhere watching it 
3.5
Bacurau
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bacurau is definitely weird a quasi Western mashed up with psychedelic sci fi and political satire 
3
Bacurau
Lisa Trifone
Bacurau is a dark dystopian statement on the depths of depravity that humans are capable of and often without too much needed to push them to it 
3
Bacurau
Mark Dujsik
T he film is a friendly warning for any system that would underestimate the perceived lowest of its population 
3
Bacurau
Michael Phillips
For a fascinating hour or so Bacurau ushers us into this strange forbidding yet vibrant part of a world gone to hell 
3
Bacurau
Joe Friar
It s the kind of film you come across while channel surfing on a lazy Saturday afternoon and suddenly it s one of your favorites High Plains Drifter meets Tarantino 
3.5
Bacurau
Robert Horton
Nudists with blunderbusses 
3.5
Bacurau
Monica Castillo
Bacurau never wastes a chance to leave a mark on its audience 
4
Bacurau
Joey Magidson
Bacurau defies simple descriptions Mixing action adventure drama mystery horror and sci fi there s few roads this film doesn t opt to at least partially explore 
3.5
Bacurau
Rene Sanchez
Captivating and enigmatic Bacurau is a genre bending adventure that carries a strong political and social message Full Review in Spanish 
3
Bacurau
Peter Howell
Survival classic The Most Dangerous Game gets a nod from this thriller by Kleber Mendonca Filho Neighboring Sounds and Juliano Dornelles and so does the sci fi horror genre 
3
Bacurau
Barry Hertz
Part siege movie part rural drama part gore soaked freak out Bacurau is the one instance where it s the destination not the journey that matters 
3.5
Bacurau
Sam C. Mac
The film succeeds as a stingingly personal missive aimed squarely at Brazil s right wing president 
3
Down in the Delta
Gene Siskel
Director Maya Angelou the celebrated author makes an impressive filmmaking debut by pacing her story slowly enough to make Woodard s transformation credible 
3.5
Down in the Delta
Alicia Potter
The film serves up many clunky moments in part the result of Angelou s green camerawork and the story s earnest attempt to cram in too many issues As in Angela s verse however the themes of heritage and humanity resound 
3
Down in the Delta
Robert W. Butler
This is a big hearted film about finding one s roots crammed with old fashioned pleasures solid acting and sentiment that never cloys 
3
Down in the Delta
Melissa Morrison
Down in the Delta coheres in time for the big finish transcending what s stale to become genuinely touching as it draws generations of a family together The performances are hugely responsible And Woodard as Loretta is the story s beating heart 
3
Down in the Delta
Stephen Whitty
Down in the Delta doesn t have the imagery of Maya Angelou s poetry or the rigor of her prose but the magnetism of her name has drawn a remarkable cast of performers 
3
Down in the Delta
Ann Hornaday
Fraught with uneven pacing labored dialogue and a movie of the week plot Maya Angelou s directorial debut resonates with so much honesty and pulses with so much emotional and historical truth that it overcomes every technical limitation 
3
Down in the Delta
John Petrakis
The material is sturdy but so familiar that it cries out for a director with cinematic fervor to bring much needed juice to the project Maya Angelou does her soothing best but the result looks and feels like an ambitious movie of the week 
2.5
Down in the Delta
Jeff Vice
A talented cast which includes Alfre Woodard Al Freeman Jr and Esther Rolle in her final big screen performance helps salvage this otherwise clichéd drama from award winning poet and author Maya Angelou 
2.5
Down in the Delta
Terry Lawson
If Down in the Delta has the eyes on the prize pacing and the inspirational lilt of a made for TV family drama it comes by it honestly 
3
Down in the Delta
Malcolm Johnson
It looks well on the big screen though already seen on television s Showtime Woodard is thus ineligible for an Oscar nomination but this is one of the most involving and deeply wrought performances by an actor of boundless variety 
2.5
Down in the Delta
Rene Rodriguez
What the movie lacks is the sense of poetry you d expect Angelou to have brought to the material Down in the Delta is a simple tale so simply told it seems better suited for television 
2
Down in the Delta
Todd Lothery
The lessons Delta teaches are good if obvious lessons The way in which it teaches them is to put it charitably simplistic This isn t so much a movie as an after school special for grownups 
2
Down in the Delta
John Anderson
The camera movement seems literally to be by the book But Alfre Woodard is majestic as Loretta even when she s at her lowest particularly when she s at her lowest and Al Freeman Jr who doesn t work enough has never been better 
3
Down in the Delta
Jami Bernard
The movie s rhythm is a little off particularly during transitional scenes But Angelou has coaxed beautifully natural unselfconscious performances from her actors 
3
Down in the Delta
Desmond Ryan
In the hands of Maya Angelou America s most beloved living poet Down in the Delta gets down to a level of primal feelings and territory that eludes far more experienced filmmakers 
4
Down in the Delta
Joe Baltake
The film has Angelou s personality It s quiet restrained and dignified It also feels somewhat like a filmed play 
3
Down in the Delta
Sean P. Means
Though well acted especially by Woodard and Freeman Down in the Delta is stifled by its piety If Angelou could handle images as well as she weaves words the movie s art would match its intentions 
2
Down in the Delta
G. Allen Johnson
Down in the Delta is fairly simple stuff with acting that at times sinks to the dialogue of agreement level of those after school specials But it will go down in history as the first film to be directed by Maya Angelou and it isn t a bad one at that 
2.5
Down in the Delta
Joe Holleman
The film s best asset is the acting with strong performances from the ensemble especially from Woodard in the role of a woman whose wild ways threaten to ruin her family 
3
Down in the Delta
Bob Ross
The writer provides a straightforward story The director gives it eloquence with expressive economy of word and motion A first class cast does the rest 
3.5
Down in the Delta
John Beifuss
Down in the Delta is so thoroughly predictable and visually unexciting that it unreels more like an ABC Afterschool Special or a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation than a feature film 
2
Down in the Delta
Michael Dequina
Not particularly groundbreaking and neither is its message but it s all done with sensitivity and intelligence by Angelou 
3
Down in the Delta
Judith Egerton
Employs too many redundant stagy flashbacks to tell the story of Loretta s ancestors 
2.5
Down in the Delta
James Berardinelli
With its rich characters and flawless performances Down in the Delta is a fully satisfying emotional experience that offers all we might expect from an individual of Angelou s accomplishments 
3.5
Down in the Delta
Roger Ebert
Year after year in film after film I ve seen Alfre Woodard at work She is on that very short list of people who rarely seem to appear in anything unworthy 
3.5
Down in the Delta
Elias Savada
Angelou s pen remains mightier than her camerawork 
2
Down in the Delta
Peter Stack
Down in the Delta with its old fashioned charm and classy look ultimately digs deeply into enduring truths about family ties hard work and the value of simplicity in a world cluttered with distractions 
3
Let Fury Have the Hour
Walter V. Addiego
If passion were all that mattered Let Fury Have the Hour might be the film of the year 
2
Let Fury Have the Hour
V.A. Musetto
The film is one sided and at times unfocused but it makes a lot of sense politically 
2
Let Fury Have the Hour
Kenji Fujishima
On a political level the film is far from a Godardian dialectic so the view of history that emerges is to say the least blinkered 
2
The Goldfinch
David Nusair
a deliberate and somewhat erratic drama that ultimately fares better than one might ve anticipated 
3.5
The Goldfinch
Mike McGranaghan
A dull dreary picture that never seems sure where it s going but takes two and a half hours to get there anyway 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Diana Cheng
Unfortunately Hobie s antique lesson for young Theo is a metaphor for the adaptation Other than a visual representation of the major plot of the novel the film is a reproduction that lacks authenticity and liveliness 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Rene Sanchez
Despite its amazing cast The Goldfinch is an emotionless and incoherent drama about fate and love Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Matt Brunson
The first 90 minutes of this 150 minute movie are for the most part involving and handsomely mounted but the film implodes in the final hour 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Dwight Brown
Veteran actor Jeffrey Wright gives the only spot on performance but even he can t save a silly storyline from itself 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Sean P. Means
The Goldfinch could be the best pedigreed train wreck in years 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Steven Prokopy
Oh this one is shit 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Mattie Lucas
A remarkably shallow film one that never has the courage to address the issues of childhood trauma it raises instead reaching for surface level platitudes centered around a poorly conceived macguffin 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Roger Moore
A sprawling ungainly but perfectly watchable mess about loss and grief guilt and regret set in a world of art and antiques Beethoven and bespoke suits 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Pamela Powell
The Goldfinch bites off more than it can chew as it spins in circles uncertain as to what direction to take 
1
The Goldfinch
Maria Sciullo
The Goldfinch is a crazy quilt of scenes that faithfully tells Tartt s story But while the book unfolds in first person mostly linear fashion the screenplay by Peter Straughan might baffle anyone unfamiliar with the novel 
2
The Goldfinch
Lindsey Bahr
The Goldfinch is stoic and sad occasionally brilliant and more often confusing 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Tom Meek
Like the chained bird in Fabritius painting John Crowley s screen adaptation is hindered from taking flight by its ambition scope and eddies of emotional indifference 
2
The Goldfinch
Robert Horton
Somehow the deep thoughts on the immortality of art don t sit well with gunplay that seems to have crept in from a so so NCIS episode 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s possible I liked the motion picture as much as I did thanks to my affinity for Tartt s novel 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Richard Roeper
Luke Wilson and Sarah Paulson are wonderful actors but they are stuck playing broad caricatures more suited to a particularly crass old episode of Two and a Half Men than a film with such lofty ambitions 
2
The Goldfinch
Mark Dujsik
Handsomely mounted but vapid in almost every other regard The Goldfinch relates the events of a story and pretty much ends its ambitions there 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Rex Reed
Chaos reigns 
2
The Goldfinch
Max Weiss
It s handsomely mounted respectful to a fault well acted and totally bloodless 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Josh Terry
To get the story to fit together too often Goldfinch relies on implausible chance meetings and frequently its most interesting action happens off screen only to be recounted through a character s expository dialogue 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Johnny Oleksinski
In simultaneously successfully shoving in every little thing and thus ruining the book director John Crowley and writer Peter Straughan have killed two birds with one stone 
1
The Goldfinch
Rafer Guzman
Though often entrancing the movie isn t saying quite as much as it thinks it is 
2.5
The Goldfinch
James Berardinelli
Although Peter Straughan s stripped down regurgitation of the story is faithful to Tartt s narrative in the broadest sense of the word it lacks elegance and depth 
2
The Goldfinch
Katie Walsh
Simpering and dull devoid of tension an overwrought and uninvolving film that is both a personal drama and a crime mystery but also neither of those things and nearly nothing at all 
2
The Goldfinch
Ty Burr
The Goldfinch John Crowley s film adaptation of Tartt s novel lands unsatisfyingly in the middle 
2
The Goldfinch
Peter Howell
A movie as inert as the famous oil painting it is titled for 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately The Goldfinch feels like a series of often elegant moments in service to a story that never quite comes into focus 
2
The Goldfinch
Peter Hartlaub
Watching The Goldfinch is like reading a novel where someone ripped out every third page from front to back 
1
The Goldfinch
Ann Hornaday
Overstuffed overlong and utterly uninvolving this is a movie that feels as morbidly trapped as the poor little bird of its title 
1
The Goldfinch
Chris Barsanti
Enough of the individual moments pulled from the rag and bone shop of Donna Tartt s sprawling mystery narrative make an emotional impact that the story s structural issues fail to register as much at first 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Brian Tallerico
A beautiful but shockingly hollow experience 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Barry Hertz
The Goldfinch should have never flown away from its literary perch 
1.5
The Goldfinch
Angelo Muredda
That makes it one of the most conspicuously flat prestige failures in recent memory a film only a festival audience paying for the honour of seeing Nicole Kidman gingerly waving up to the balcony could love 
1
The Goldfinch
Robert Levin
Fortunately director John Crowley and screenwriter Peter Straughan know their way around prestige material and the picture never feels like it s blatantly calculated for golden statues 
2.5
The Goldfinch
Brian Truitt
The Goldfinch tries hard to be a masterwork like the painting that shares its title but ends up feeling more like a forgery 
2
Mary Shelley
Karen M. Peterson
It s unfortunate that such a fascinating life should be confined to a film of such limited scope 
2
Mary Shelley
Kent Turner
The author has the spotlight all to herself in the latest film retelling of the origins of Frankenstein 
2.5
Mary Shelley
Bruce DeMara
The movie is still well executed but at two hours not even Fanning s persuasive performance can elevate it to being more than a moderately interesting historical drama 
2.5
Mary Shelley
Robert Horton
When your Polidori is deeper and more poetic than Shelley and Byron your movie has a problem 
2
Mary Shelley
Moira MacDonald
The film though handsome and well acted reduces Mary Shelley s accomplishments it s almost over by the time Frankenstein gets written with little attention paid to its author s creative spark 
2
Mary Shelley
Josh Terry
Fanning is excellent as Mary emoting maturity and growing wisdom juxtaposed against fading youth and innocence 
3
Mary Shelley
Mick LaSalle
There s nothing internal about Fanning s performance to suggest that Mary is an artist with something she needs to say and that must be said 
2
Mary Shelley
Richard Roeper
Mary Shelley is a dull tame and disappointingly conventional biopic that almost never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity 
2
Mary Shelley
Mark Dujsik
I t starts to feel like Mary playing second fiddle to her work and the man she loves 
2.5
Mary Shelley
Ty Burr
The director and her star make their point under the meticulously appointed cover of the film s 18th century setting but they make it plainly cleanly and with fire 
3
Mary Shelley
Robert Levin
It s undercut by the hazy magical realist aesthetic the general insufferable nature of the men and the fact that a work that strives to be a serious feminist piece too often feels like gothic romantic fiction 
2
Mary Shelley
Rex Reed
Respectable but dull and tedious 
2.5
Mary Shelley
Susan Wloszczyna
Don t expect anyone to shout It s alive as they depart the theater 
1.5
Mary Shelley
Katie Walsh
Celebrates Mary Shelley for the trailblazing woman that she is but hews far too close to convention to truly represent her life 
2.5
Mary Shelley
Roger Moore
Overlong but generally well cast well acted and handsomely mounted Shelley biopic
3
Mary Shelley
Mark Medley
It s somewhat amusing especially Tom Sturridge who turns Lord Byron into poetry s version of Jack Sparrow but immediately forgettable 
2
Mary Shelley
Jake Cole
In its final act the film abandons its fruitful investigation of belief systems in favor of a simplistic articulation of Mary s inspiration 
2
10,000 B.C.
Matthew Rozsa
It is a solidly good movie a sincere Valentine to the best Stone Age fantasy fiction 
3
10,000 B.C.
Mattie Lucas
A prehistoric train wreck 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Nick Rogers
Some backgrounds look as though Roland Emmerich and crew broke into a museum after hours and filmed in dioramas Rather than a disaster film this was just plain disaster a departure from Emmerich s usually effective milieu and his most moronic movie 
.5
10,000 B.C.
Mike Scott
Brace yourself for a mammoth disappointment 
1
10,000 B.C.
Austin Kennedy
People expecting a fun action movie will be severely disappointed If you get drunk with some buddies and go to make fun of it you might like it more But that doesn t make it a good movie
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Willie Waffle
A disaster that can t even get the computer generated images right 
0
10,000 B.C.
Walter Chaw
It s a film that countryman Uwe Boll would have made had he the budget and the cinematographer
0
10,000 B.C.
Lori Hoffman
I enjoyed the movie so it qualifies as a mammoth guilty pleasure
2.5
10,000 B.C.
James Kendrick
it is hard to be enthralled with the dusty warmed over romantic fixations of what is essentially a very handsome cave couple
2
10,000 B.C.
Matt Brunson
A blind man is brought up on a slab from beneath the earth where he has spent years cooped up in cramped quarters with nothing to keep him entertained After spending two hours in a darkened theater watching 10 000 B C I could relate 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Eric Melin
Making prehistoric people talk and behave just like modern people in a 10 000 B C setting makes actors look silly Their costumes are silly the settings are silly and the whole movie is unintentionally funny 
1
10,000 B.C.
Mike McGranaghan
If Mel Gibson remade Apocalypto and cast it with the Geico cavemen he might end up with something akin to 10 000 B C 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Sean McBride
Good special effects are expensive so the filmmakers are forced to use unimpressive actors to fill in the spaces between the CGI creations 
2
10,000 B.C.
John Beifuss
A sweeping odyssey into a mythical age of prophesies and gods according to the press notes it s also a sweeping odyssey into a mythical age in which snow is referred to even by Ice Age veterans as the great white rain 
2
10,000 B.C.
Linda Cook
On a Neanderthal level 10 000 B C works 
2
10,000 B.C.
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is just stupidly lazy storytelling nothing more and certainly nothing less and I d tell the director to be ashamed of himself but I m pretty darn positive he didn t even notice he did anything wrong 
1
10,000 B.C.
Dustin Putman
10 000 B C is a load of crap dressed up with pretty background vistas The film is terminally lifeless something that a so called event picture should never be 
1
10,000 B.C.
Ken Fox
Too dumb to take seriously but just silly enough to be sort of fun 
2.5
10,000 B.C.
Peter Howell
This much delayed film cries out for consideration for Worst CGI Most Annoying Narrator Lamest Dialogue and Dumbest Action Hero 
1
10,000 B.C.
Claudia Puig
Even a cameo by Pauly Shore in Encino Man would liven up this bombastic bore 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Chris Hewitt
10 000 B C is a movie of woolly mammoths and fuzzy thinking 
2
10,000 B.C.
Peter Travers
The best acting comes from woolly mammoths man eating ostriches and a saber toothed tiger and those babies are digital It s the human actors who look fake 
1
10,000 B.C.
James Berardinelli
10 000 B C isn t only brain dead it s completely dead It s inert and without a heartbeat 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Stephen Whitty
Yabba dabba don t 
1
10,000 B.C.
Lou Lumenick
While the special effects are top notch the humans are dull the dialogue is ridiculous and anyone expecting a repeat of the action in 300 is going to be sorely disappointed with this bloodless PG 13 adventure 
1
10,000 B.C.
Joe Neumaier
The less said about historical accuracy the better 
1
10,000 B.C.
Duane Dudek
The characters may speak English but the narrative is gibberish 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Bob Strauss
Hey CG mammoths And lots of em And some raptor dodo thingies that move exactly like Spielberg s dinosaurs Still looks cool enough Could ve used some more of the saber toothed tiger though 
2
10,000 B.C.
Robert W. Butler
A strong camp sensibility is just about the only thing that might have saved this lumbering beast 
0.5
10,000 B.C.
Amy Biancolli
The mammoths are cool The squealing killer ostriches perhaps inspired by ancient phorusrhacid fossils are idiotic but okay they re idiotic 
1
10,000 B.C.
Liam Lacey
If you thought 300 was silly think of 10 000 BC as 33 333 times sillier 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Ty Burr
I saith to you that I had a strangely good time and whether that is from laughing at 10 000 B C or laughing with it I knoweth not although I strongly suspect the former 
1
10,000 B.C.
Sean P. Means
There have been funny movies about prehistoric times but for real gut busting laughs it s hard to top the ridiculousness of 10 000 B C 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Peter T. Chattaway
It promises spectacle and action but fails to deliver all that much of either and ends up being so dull it can t even be enjoyed for its camp value 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Peter Canavese
Our favorite Teutonic huckster presumes that prehistory means that anything narrative goes hey who can prove him wrong 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Christian Toto
10 000 B C takes a prehistoric approach to storytelling 
2
10,000 B.C.
Daniel M. Kimmel
it s laughably bad which means that if you can approach it as a really stupid film you just might find yourself enjoying it 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Carrie Rickey
Would that Emmerich took as much care with his human characters as with inanimate objects and CGI animals 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Mark Dujsik
The kind of movie that people will discover new and hilarious ways to mock for years to come 
1
10,000 B.C.
James Rocchi
In an age where audiences reward blood and thunder films at the box office greenlighting 10 000 B C must have seemed logical I can imagine someone pitching the film by saying It s like 300 plus 9 700 
1
10,000 B.C.
Nick Schager
Roland Emmerich is partial to cutting edge special effects and stone age storytelling meaning that 10 000 B C a dim witted CG extravaganza set in prehistoric times is something like his ideal project 
1.5
10,000 B.C.
Peter Hartlaub
While the movie is completely ridiculous at least it s fun to think of all the high school students who are going to mistake this movie for an accurate historical record and get F s on their next pop quiz 
1
10,000 B.C.
Jan Stuart
An epic adventure of such towering testosterone counts and ceaseless tedium you can almost feel the hair growing on your chest as the bags collect beneath your eyes 
1
10,000 B.C.
Michael Phillips
Sometimes you have a hankering for a slab of 10 000 year old cheese Here it is on a cracker 
3
10,000 B.C.
Phil Villarreal
I can t figure out exactly when the film 10 000 B C is set but it s definitely ancient times Like before they had cars guns or tabloid blogs And definitely before they had cohesive plots or dialogue that made sense 
2.5
Blue
Matt Brunson
The first film in the trilogy remains my favorite 46 
3.5
Blue
Peter Canavese
Kieslowski implies not for the first or last time a form of divine intervention or destiny at work Blu ray 
4
Blue
James Kendrick
Binoche apos s performance is brilliantly understated 44 and she conveys with minimal dialogue and outward affectation a woman who is internally in turmoil
4
Blue
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Juliette Binoche stars in Blue which was once considered the weakest of the trilogy but holds up better than one would have suspected 
4
Blue
Michael Dequina
A fascinating mood piece 
3.5
Blue
James Berardinelli
A powerful motion picture 
3.5
Blue
Roger Ebert
A challenge to the imagination 
3.5
Himalaya
Chris Fujiwara
Valli s touch as an artist is too light and his dramatic sense too timid to make the film much more than a collection of pretty pictures 
2.5
Himalaya
Susan Stark
An especially valuable alternative to standard summer movie fare 
3
Himalaya
Roger Ebert
A film of unusual visual beauty and enormous intrinsic interest 
3
Himalaya
John Petrakis
Juxtaposes breathtaking cinematography with an ancient almost epic story 
3.5
Himalaya
Steven Rea
More than an entertaining ethnographic study It s human drama high and mighty 
3
Himalaya
Mick LaSalle
That these Tibetans can be so relaxed and natural in front of a camera playing versions of themselves but not themselves speaks well of the whole culture 
4
Himalaya
Steve Rhodes
Maybe with some big Hollywood stars the film would seem a bit trite but with these honest straightforward actors the story is completely engrossing 
3.5
Hamlet
Kate Cameron
Altogether Hamlet is one of the most impressive films ever made and so far as Shakespeare s work is concerned it need never be done again on stage nor for the screen as the Olivier production may stand for all time as THE Hamlet 
4
Hamlet
Wesley Lovell
Olivier s Hamlet is terrific to watch and his performance is great but like the play the film is somewhat tedious 
3
Hamlet
Michael Szymanski
If you want to study Shakespeare and how it should really be done then watch Laurence Olivier 
3
Hamlet
James Kendrick
a bold well paced tragedy that helped expand audience notions of what Shakespeare on screen could be like
3.5
Hamlet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Olivier s direction of the film is inspired 
3.5
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Brian Eggert
Just when you thought it was impossible to love a film any more than you already did along comes Memory The Origins of Alien 
4
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Kathy Fennessy
It was an attractive work in terms of the cinematography editing and graphic design That can t be said about all making of documentaries especially those made by inexperienced or under funded filmmakers 
3
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Federico Furzan
Great and informative entry in the world of moviemaking documentaries Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Joey Magidson
Taking such a granular approach to the work provides real detail to Alien but also reveals some shortcomings 
3
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Matt Zoller Seitz
It has a complex and rigorously argued set of theses that all come together at the end 
4
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Mark Dujsik
I t seems to forget that there s a whole lot of film remaining after the most famous scene 
2
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Mike Scott
Much more than some filler doc destined to be a bonus feature on a future home video release it digs satisfyingly deeply into the film s genesis and its lasting impact on us 
3
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Mike McGranaghan
Even if you ve absorbed all the DVD Blu ray supplementary materials and read comprehensive books like Alien Vault there s stuff in this doc that will probably be new to you 
3.5
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Roger Moore
An Eye opening deep dive 
3
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Alan French
With the 40th anniversary of Alien around the corner Memory delivers as a love letter and film essay to O Bannon Scott and Giger s collective imagination 
3
You People
Walter Chaw
You People doesn t treat race as a puzzle to solve I m glad these kids are gonna take their shot 
3
You People
Kevin Carr
It tries to be a modern Guess Who 8217 s Coming to Dinner 44 but the script comes off as half baked and too niche in today 8217 s modern world 46 
1.5
You People
Peter Canavese
A tightrope act to have a conversation about race when your priority is to get laughs 46 Great cast 44 but by its climax you feel like the movie apos s the hammer and you apos re the nail 46 
2.5
You People
Leo Brady
Director Kenya Barris 40 Black ish creator 41 makes his feature film debut with what he hopes would be a new age Guess Who 8217 s Coming to Dinner and instead makes a film so insufferable that it challenges you to not turn it off 46 
1
You People
Robert Levin
Here s a recipe for success great actors including Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis Dreyfus plus an affecting story and lots of droll awkward comedy 
3
You People
Pablo O. Scholz
You People is the type of comedy where differences are painted with broad strokes both visually and with dialogue Full review in Spanish 
2
You People
Brian Tallerico
A movie that so rarely rings true it starts to make your skin crawl 46 
1
You People
Mike McGranaghan
A pleasant 44 well meaning film with a wonderful cast that isn apos t as edgy as it thinks it is 46 
2.5
You People
Anne Brodie
Deeply uncomfortable conversations on culture are the crux 46 46 46 46 this particular culture war plays out 46 46 46 heed the warnings about personal integrity and remember empathy 46 
2
You People
Michael Phillips
Without Murphy s deadpan steely reactions to the latest affront You People would be all strain and little gain 
2
You People
Odie Henderson
You People is so tame in its take on race that it makes Guess Who s Coming to Dinner look like Spike Lee s BlacKkKlansman 
1.5
You People
Roger Moore
God 44 I have MISSED this version of Jonah Hill the riffing 44 slanging 44 offending 44 hip hop quoting 44 quot best joke in the room wins quot Jonah 46 
2.5
You People
Mark Dujsik
Co writers Jonah Hill 46 46 46 and Kenya Barris 46 46 46 probably have good intentions with this material 44 but it apos s difficult to really see them beneath the layers of cheap jokes and the broad characterizations 46 
1.5
You People
Pamela Powell
8220 You People 8221 doesn 8217 t pull any punches as the writers present a buffet of racist and stereotypical statements and lean hard into it 46 
3
You People
Mark Meszoros
When you scrape all of the heavy stuff away 44 to its rom com bones 8212 this is ultimately a movie about a guy and a gal who fall in love 8212 You People should work for a wide range of folks 46 
2.5
You People
Mark Kennedy
Hill and black ish creator Kenya Barris have written a rom com with teeth a film not afraid to air long simmering cultural grievances 
3
You People
Michael O'Sullivan
A very very fresh and funny love story starring Jonah Hill and Lauren London has all the bones of its rom com antecedents 
3.5
You People
Mick LaSalle
It didn t have to be this way It shouldn t be this way 
1
You People
Richard Roeper
Sinks under the weight of its obviousness and a consistently heavy handed approach despite the sometimes stylish and well paced direction from Kenya Barris and an incredibly talented cast 
2
Honeymoon
Frank Ochieng
Honeymoon is edgy atmospheric and perceptively smart in its low key hair raising commentary on marital isolation and alienation 
3
Honeymoon
David Nusair
an atmospheric and occasionally frightening chiller that ultimately doesn t quite add up to much 
2.5
Honeymoon
Dustin Putman
A skin crawling thriller without compromise Honeymoon is unpleasant whip smart and mesmerizing 
3
Honeymoon
Brian Tallerico
I wish the film withheld more information from its audience to raise the overall tension but it s a solid genre pic made so primarily by two entirely committed performances from its talented leads 
3
Honeymoon
Chuck Bowen
It waffles between dramatizing youthful self absorption and succumbing to it and this tonal instability comes to mirror the domestic discord that s revealed to be its real subject 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Brandy McDonnell
Despite a few smiles Hamlet 2 is a slow slog to the final curtain 
2
Hamlet 2
Michael Dequina
Moments of demented inspiration as the ridiculously catchy ditty Rock Me Sexy Jesus are few and far between 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Christian Toto
That sound you hear is Shakespeare spinning in his grave after watching Hamlet 2 from the Great Beyond 
2.5
Hamlet 2
David Nusair
Buoyed by Steve Coogan s unapologetically go for broke performance 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Charles Koplinski
The play s the thing in Hamlet 2 
3.5
Hamlet 2
Sean P. Means
Brady and Fleming who co wrote the script build to a feverish finale 15 minutes of pure transgressive laughter when Hamlet 2 is finally performed 
3.5
Hamlet 2
Sean McBride
a wildly uneven satire not nearly as controversial or as funny as you might have expected 
3
Hamlet 2
Mike McGranaghan
There s something admirable about a comedy that celebrates the provocative nature of art even if that comedy doesn t quite provoke as much as it could have 
3
Hamlet 2
Linda Cook
Anyone who has ever been involved in amateur theater or for that matter who has been involved with anyone involved in amateur theater will applaud Hamlet 2 
3
Hamlet 2
Daniel M. Kimmel
It is not going to be for every taste but it is easily the funniest movie to be released this year 
4
Hamlet 2
Duane Dudek
The result is comparatively mild in a summer of comedies so politically incorrect that one of them earned a boycott 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Willie Waffle
Will just go down as a quirky film released at a time when bigger movies were starting to wind down and this was worth taking a chance on 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Eric Melin
It was beaten to the punch by Christopher Guest s Waiting for Guffman which despite its off the cuff nature actually gets these people feels more dangerous and has way better songs 
2
Hamlet 2
John Beifuss
Constructed from leftovers 
2
Hamlet 2
Ken Fox
It s a lot of fun thanks to Coogan and a strong supporting cast 
3
Hamlet 2
Chris Hewitt
It s not awful but it has given itself a really tough act to follow 
2
Hamlet 2
Moira MacDonald
Hamlet 2 is a likable movie even as it careens around like a wagging tail but it s just too uneven 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Ruthe Stein
It has an edge and degree of sophistication not seen in most summer comedies 
3
Hamlet 2
Carla Meyer
Coogan brings an innocent quality to Dana who knows he lacks talent but loves the craft so much that he hangs on however he can 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Stephen Whitty
It has some hilariously humiliating jokes Coogan really has no fear and some surprisingly pointed real life humor Elisabeth Shue you are a genuine sport 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Kyle Smith
I am not fond of listening to characters scream unfunny lines meant to send up the blandness of everyday people 
0.5
Hamlet 2
Peter Canavese
It s Coogan s show in a grotesquely overstated performance that makes sense for the character but isn t always easy to watch 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Roger Ebert
The movie is an ideal showcase for the talents of Coogan 
3
Hamlet 2
Bob Strauss
Shakespeare might well have loved the ironic way that that character trait plays out 
3
Hamlet 2
Amy Biancolli
The more self righteous it gets the more pious it is about offending people the less it works as a theatrical parody 
2
Hamlet 2
Rick Groen
Let s just say that when the parody looks indistinguishable from the parodied something s gone awry 
2
Hamlet 2
Jeff Vice
At times Coogan seems like he s trying so hard to make this material funny that you worry for his health 
2
Hamlet 2
Lisa Kennedy
Why so vulgar 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s interesting that in a year so horrific for comedy in three successive August weeks The Pineapple Express Tropic Thunder and now this Hollywood finally remembered how to be funny again 
3
Hamlet 2
Peter Howell
If promotional hype of Falstaffian proportions has you convinced that Hamlet 2 is a Shakespearean romp or a musical involving a rocking sexy deity some elucidation is in order 
2
Hamlet 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Coogan gets in some funny line readings from time to time but there s too much emphasis on his likeability for him to be truly funny 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Rafer Guzman
Hamlet 2 is a tour de force from Coogan the director in Tropic Thunder who s never been more wonderfully wildly unhinged 
3
Hamlet 2
Dustin Putman
This is an uproariously crowd pleasing satire one that embraces its R rated subversiveness without ever feeling dirty or mean spirited 
3
Hamlet 2
Michael Phillips
Steve Coogan is the whole show in Hamlet 2 and while director and co writer Andrew Fleming is strictly rudimentary in terms of technique and style his British star pockets every available laugh plus a few unavailable ones 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Josh Larsen
There is some really dark stuff going on underneath all the outrageous goofiness 
2
Hamlet 2
Claudia Puig
Its sharply funny moments make its lack of consistency all the more evident The movie ends up feeling like a collection of moments rather than a coherent quirky comedy 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Carrie Rickey
In Andrew Fleming s Hamlet 2 the laughs are wan and intermittent There s something rotten in the state of Arizona 
2
Hamlet 2
Peter Travers
It s Coogan s breakthrough star performance that holds it all together He s sensational 
3
Hamlet 2
Matt Brunson
As long as the picture remains focused on the efforts to mount Hamlet 2 it follows the Bard s lead by making sure that in the words of the melancholy Dane himself The play s the thing 
3
Hamlet 2
Phil Villarreal
Set in Tucson but shot in Albuquerque the movie depicts the city as a lowly slum ridden burg with a liquor store on every corner and impoverished schools In other words they get it exactly right 
3.5
Hamlet 2
James Berardinelli
Despite the richness of the premise for comic invention however Hamlet 2 remains a rather mediocre experience offering sporadic laughs but never achieving the level of consistent humor necessary to make this memorable 
2.5
Hamlet 2
Austin Kennedy
Even though the film has a sloppy feel to it Steve Coogan s brilliantly conceived comic performance is worth the price of admission 
3
Hamlet 2
Andrew Schenker
Hamlet 2 belongs firmly to Steve Coogan which is fortunate since none of the film s supporting players prove to be the least bit memorable 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Federico Furzan
A terrible sequel that does nothing to gain its value Full review in Spanish 
1
Shrek Forever After
Sarah Knight Adamson
Shrek Forever After is humorous off beat and just silly enough for all to have an enjoyable time 
3
Shrek Forever After
Mattie Lucas
The fun seems gone and the now requisite end credits musical number seems like a relic from 2001 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Jeff Beck
Shrek Forever After feels more like a direct to video release than one that should have been put in theaters 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Wesley Lovell
It s not as engaging as the original but a nice step up from the disappointing third installment 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Alissa Wilkinson
The key as Fiona points out is to know when you have everything and be grateful It s a worthy conclusion to the tale We can all live happily ever after 
3
Shrek Forever After
Sean P. Means
This final chapter doesn t try too hard u2014 save for the finale u2014 to become an after school special the way the dreadfully dull Shrek the Third did 
3
Shrek Forever After
James Kendrick
doesn t do anything the previous installments hadn t already done for better or for worse
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Mike McGranaghan
The weaknesses of the picture suggest that there really isn t anywhere else to go beyond this but as long as they stop now the series can always be remembered as a pleasurable one 
3
Shrek Forever After
Mike Scott
All the edge all the wit all the refreshing originality that made the earlier films in the franchise so enjoyable have been all but drained from the swamp this go round 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
John Beifuss
The winking nonstop pop culture references are as annoying as ever but the witch army is cool and there s no denying that Donkey Puss in Boots the Gingerbread Man Pinocchio and the other supporting characters are pretty funny 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Eric Melin
It cuts back on the rapid fire pop culture references that dominate the other films to focus on the story but unfortunately the story isn t all that interesting 
1.5
Shrek Forever After
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is one grim fairy tale 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Kam Williams
A dumbed down ripoff strictly for the tyke demographic too young to notice that the flick s a thinly veiled retread 
1
Shrek Forever After
Linda Cook
The fairy tale that has charmed adults and children is now in its fourth and possibly final installment 
2
Shrek Forever After
Matt Brunson
Its primary function will be to serve as a babysitter once it hits DVD 
2
Shrek Forever After
Joe Williams
It s no classic but Shrek Forever After is a pleasant reminder that every time a cash register rings this ogre turns angelic 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Robert W. Butler
It feels narratively overcooked and comically undernourished a pale shadow of the earlier entries 
2
Shrek Forever After
Amy Biancolli
Shrek Forever After wanders far far away from the infectious and propulsive zing that we ve come to expect over the past nine years 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Stephen Cole
The shout line on the Shrek Forever After poster says it best It ain t ogre till it s ogre 
3
Shrek Forever After
Lisa Kennedy
Directed with zest by Mike Mitchell from a script by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke and shot in 3D this final Shrek sequel has plenty of verve 
3
Shrek Forever After
Lawrence Toppman
Forever After feels like a tired yank on the udders of a cash cow that s nearly dry 
2
Shrek Forever After
Matt Soergel
Shrek still mopes around too much But he recovers nicely with a good bit of help from his friends Donkey and Puss as fine a pair of sidekicks as filmdom has produced 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
John Wirt
Shrek s It s A Wonderful Life plus lots of action and Donkey teeth in 3 D 
3
Shrek Forever After
Christian Toto
Let Shrek Forever After be the final Shrek chapter so the franchise can end on a reasonably high note 
3
Shrek Forever After
Bob Bloom
Shrek Forever After lacks the charm and freshness of the original It does entertain though because of its winning recipe of popular characters humor and storytelling 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Sean O'Connell
It s mildly entertaining infused with the pleasant nostalgia you experience visiting friends you only get to see every few years But the laughs aren t there anymore 
2
Shrek Forever After
Robert Levin
The fourth Shrek runs out of steam from the start cribbing from its predecessors in a last desperate attempt to evoke some of that old magic 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Janos Gereben
If you had a tough time getting through Shrek the Third you ll probably have an even tougher time with Shrek Forever After Oh but it s in 3 D That should make things pop but it didn t make much of an impression sort of like the rest of the animati
2
Shrek Forever After
Willie Waffle
They ought to be happy they found a way to go out on top with a good movie Please don t follow through with the idea of doing a 5th Shrek movie 
3.5
Shrek Forever After
Michael O'Sullivan
After a disappointing third outing this Shrek brings the cycle of fairy tale themed films to a fine finish 
3
Shrek Forever After
Kyle Smith
After the frantic spurt of fairy tale allusions and jokes in the first three Shreks this one inches along with a few mostly pointless action scenes and the occasional mild pun 
1
Shrek Forever After
Alison Gang
Fresh funny and for once a sequel worthy of summer blockbuster status 
3.5
Shrek Forever After
Chris Hewitt
A sunny sweet and satisfying animated comedy 
3
Shrek Forever After
Stephen Whitty
For once I hope the filmmakers haven t ruled out another sequel As Shrek Forever After proves there s life in the big green guy yet 
3
Shrek Forever After
Peter Canavese
What saves Shrek Forever After from utter mediocrity isn t its high priced superstar voice talent but veteran animator Dohrn who steals the show by making Rumplestilskin the best oily runt since Danny DeVito last dispatched a taxi 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Mark Dujsik
The series exits hopefully on the right note It s not because it comes close to the achievement of the first two films but because it gets out before we turn from amused detachment to fed up annoyance 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Michael A. Smith
So fear not Shrek Forever After is not a S wreck But unfortunately it s not S great either 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Rob Salem
It now requires nothing less than the retroactive destruction of Shrek TM s idyllic family life to inject some necessary conflict back into the franchise If you can TM t fix something that isn TM t broke your only recourse is to break it 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Claudia Puig
In the fourth and ostensibly final installment Shrek and company still have some appeal but the energy is lacking and the fun feels forced 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Dustin Putman
Having seen Shrek Forever After only four days ago it has already begun to slowly fade from memory whereas the original remains fresh in my mind as if it were just viewed yesterday What does that tell you 
2
Shrek Forever After
Sara Michelle Fetters
They rewrite the series history with style and panache and while they don t break any new ground they still manage to make Shrek and his cronies worthy of revisiting 
3
Shrek Forever After
Peter Travers
It s the characters that pull us in when familiarity flatlines our interest 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Cathy Jakicic
Shrek Forever After ends presumably the Shrek saga on an up note thanks to a fresh take on a classic plot twist 
3
Shrek Forever After
Jeff Vice
With the exception of the third film this is the least funny of the bunch 
2
Shrek Forever After
Janice Page
Shrek Forever After is being billed as the last of four big screen romps featuring the lovable slime green ogre with the cheesy Scottish accent And to see this final installment is to know It s time 
2
Shrek Forever After
James Berardinelli
As It s a Wonderful Life knock offs go this one isn t half bad 
3
Shrek Forever After
Moira MacDonald
All of this would be extremely irritating and easy to dismiss as cynical manipulation of the moviegoing public except for the fact that even recycled Shrek is still pretty funny and that kids will thoroughly enjoy it 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Steven Rea
The quick wit and multitiered pop culture referencing that made the inaugural Shrek so much fun doesn t feel so quick or multi almost a decade down the line 
2.5
Shrek Forever After
Josh Larsen
as fun and witty as its predecessors but the movie has a completely different reason for being 
3
Shrek Forever After
Brett Michel
If the screaming kids in the theater don t get to you then the not too jolly green ogre s three burping farting and also screaming offspring will 
1
Shrek Forever After
Roger Moore
Dreamworks seems bored with the ogre who laid the golden egg 
2
Shrek Forever After
Rene Rodriguez
The first summer movie thus far to deliver on its promise to put on a good show 
3
Shrek Forever After
Phil Villarreal
You can see the ending and even the fantastically corny final line coming the whole time but when they finally do they still hit hard 
3.5
Shrek Forever After
Nick Schager
Shrek Forever After isn t offensive just innocuous and unnecessary a supposed final chapter to a series that should have ended two installments ago 
2
Yes Man
Sonny Bunch
Mr Carrey s performance is a return to the rubber faced roles that dominated multiplexes in the mid to late 90s and that s not necessarily a good thing 
2
Yes Man
Peter Canavese
The writers pay lip service to the dark side of yes but don t do enough to explore what could have made the film more than a bouncy entertainment Blu ray 
2.5
Yes Man
David Nusair
Jim Carrey s most entertaining comedy since 1997 s Liar Liar 
2.5
Yes Man
Sean McBride
we won t be awarding points for originality but sometimes the familiar can be just fine
2.5
Yes Man
Michael Dequina
May not deliver the huge laughs one may expect but there are a fair amount of chuckles and a whole lot of surprisingly effective sweetness 
3
Yes Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Reed takes on a fun but not exactly brilliant screenplay and turns in a comedy funny enough to while away a couple of pleasant hours this holiday season 
3
Yes Man
Eric Melin
Either you re in the mood for some mid nineties Jim Carrey comfort food that s high on sugar and low on content or you re not It s as simple as that 
2
Yes Man
Michael Smith
Falls squarely into the category of seen Carrey do this before and it s surprising how few laughs there are on his character s path to self improvement 
2
Yes Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
The problem is as refreshingly original as this can sometimes be the film still tends to stall out again and again mainly due to its own inability to maintain focus 
2.5
Yes Man
Matt Brunson
Is Yes Man worth seeing Yes but feel free to wait for the DVD 
2.5
Yes Man
Mike McGranaghan
There is nothing new or ambitious about Yes Man It is intended to be a textbook Jim Carrey silly comedy and honestly that s just fine by me 
3
Yes Man
Linda Cook
I had to give this movie two ratings One of the scenes is simply briliant The rest u2026isn t 
2
Yes Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
Much of the time we are watching a middle aged man hoping to recapture the glory of his youth Yes Man is Carrey s cinematic substitute for a little red sports car 
2
Yes Man
Sean P. Means
Is Jim Carrey in his first full blown comedy in three years still funny Yes 
3
Yes Man
Daniel M. Kimmel
It won t change your life and may occasionally make you wince but for those who want to go to the movies to escape it does the trick 
2.5
Yes Man
Stephen Whitty
It s a small nice return to form by Jim Carrey 
2.5
Yes Man
Kyle Smith
The first time I saw Yes Man I thought the concept was getting kind of stale toward the end As it turns out that was only the trailer 
1.5
Yes Man
Sue Pierman
Deschanel and Carrey have surprising chemistry She can match him shtick for shtick while Carrey draws from his Serious Actor skills to add warmth to the romance part of the story 
2.5
Yes Man
Rene Rodriguez
Yes Man is fine as far as Carrey comedies go but it s even better as a love story that just happens to make you laugh 
3
Yes Man
Bob Strauss
Yes Man is a nice movie about the benefits and limits of approaching life with an upbeat attitude but a comedy that was actually hilarious would ve had the same effect and been a lot more entertaining 
2
Yes Man
Steve Rhodes
What saves the movie other than the occasional good laugh is the charming work done by Carrey s co star Zooey Deschanel 
2.5
Yes Man
Rafer Guzman
Despite some brief vulgarity this Carrey comedy has charm and surprise a worthwhile message 
2.5
Yes Man
Carrie Rickey
Given the gloom of this season s holiday releases it is positively cheering just to see a character turn his frown upside down 
2.5
Yes Man
Peter Travers
If you re thinking yuck you re right 
2
Yes Man
Carla Meyer
This PG 13 rated film is perfectly appropriate for any 13 year old who has served time in an adult prison 
1.5
Yes Man
Mick LaSalle
The comedy to the extent there is any consists mainly of Carrey s verbal asides and strained reactions to people The script gives him very little to work with 
1
Yes Man
Moira MacDonald
Yes Man is a typical Carrey vehicle schematically it s a lot like Liar Liar but it s better than most of them due to a top notch supporting cast 
2.5
Yes Man
Chris Hewitt
It s a fairly appealing romantic comedy ending mind you and it s in keeping with the rest of the film I enjoyed it but I didn t buy it for a second 
2.5
Yes Man
Peter Howell
Some of it is funny Much of it isn t The committee written plot seems tired and recycled 
2
Yes Man
Rick Groen
Yes Man puts him back in the same old quandary and once again Carrey lacks an identity Alas this time he also lacks a script 
2
Yes Man
Jeff Vice
It s a lazy comedy that relies on crudity and on other easy cheap humor and jokes rather than trying to do something that s actually clever 
2
Yes Man
Wesley Morris
It s a cynical attempt ultimately to make obnoxious people palatable by throwing them into a tub of romantic comedy 
2
Yes Man
Michael Sragow
If ever a movie mistook a premise for a plot it s this one Some films suffer from a surfeit of one liners This picture evaporates midway through because the story itself is a one liner 
2
Yes Man
Bob Bloom
Yes Man is enjoyable because Carrey after making his fateful decision instills such childlike exuberance in his character whether it is learning to pilot a plane play the guitar or speak Korean 
3
Yes Man
John Beifuss
When a girl who makes life happen meets a guy who needs to embrace the possible well the result ought to be harder to swallow than this generally agreeable romantic comedy 
2.5
Yes Man
Michael Phillips
Yes Man starts out wobbly but ends up quite nicely primarily because Carrey has a wonderful acting partner in Zooey Deschanel the singer actress with the saucer eyes and unpredictable behind the beat comic timing 
3
Yes Man
Christian Toto
Yes Man rediscovers Jim Carrey s comic mojo but it won t be enough to restore him as King of Film Comedy 
2.5
Yes Man
Erik Childress
Much like the self help guru it enables it exists solely to get your money like a good little follower and then ask you to ignore the doubt that comes with having plunked down exorbitant theater prices for a barely average comedy 
2
Yes Man
Willie Waffle
has its entertaining moments to make you giggle but part of me feels a little sorry for Carrey
2
Yes Man
Charles Koplinski
A film for our time in the Frank Capra tradition 
3.5
Yes Man
Loey Lockerby
A movie about taking risks should not be this safe 
2
Yes Man
Claudia Puig
The combination of the familiar scenario and his broadly comic style seems stale 
2.5
Yes Man
Dustin Putman
A high concept comedy that you can practically set your watch to It s pleasant enough yes but it s also exceedingly predictable and the screenplay forces conflict upon the plot at the sacrifice of the characters IQs 
2
Yes Man
Roger Ebert
Jim Carrey works the premise for all it s worth but it doesn t allow him to bust loose and fly 
2
Yes Man
Phil Villarreal
There s also satisfaction in more of the same and that s exactly what Carrey dishes out in this return to form 
3
Yes Man
Josh Larsen
another chance for Jim Carrey to unleash his inner anarchist and I was surprised to realize how much I ve missed the guy 
3
Yes Man
James Berardinelli
It s pleasant to watch something a little less intellectually taxing between all the would be Oscar contenders Yes Man is that movie undemanding light and enjoyable on its own terms 
3
Yes Man
Nick Schager
That stink emanating from the vicinity of Yes Man is desperation 
2
Yes Man
Michael A. Smith
A retread of much funnier films Yes Man is another in a long string of comedies whose better scenes have come from better movies 
2.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Kelly Jane Torrance
Birbiglia s genius is in finding it in all too real situations and then going further and teaching us something about them while we laugh at his and hence our own foibles 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Michael Phillips
The film acts as both a diary of a sidewinding comic stylist finding his style almost by accident and a reminder to all post collegiate boyfriends and girlfriends that OK probably isn t good enough for either party 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Roger Moore
It s slight 
2.5
Sleepwalk With Me
John Wirt
Even if comedian Mike Birbiglia doesn t have more stories worth telling on film he s done one movie that sneaks up on an audience and earns its attention 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Eric Melin
It isn t the typical romcom with a happy ending and rosy outlook all around but it spins its wheels in familiar territory too often and takes a lazy approach to its central relationship even as its sleepwalking scenes hit all the right notes 
2
Sleepwalk With Me
John Beifuss
An amusing but innocuous movie that wants to be liked loved perhaps even hugged Birbiglia isn t shy about exposing his love handles 
2.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Keith Cohen
The movie is hilariously funny and witty Although messy at times Matt s relationship with Abby is sweet and endearing The sleepwalking incidents are the weakest links in the narrative because it is difficult to show on screen the vividness of 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Alison Gang
It s not the most novel character arc in the world but sometimes a story doesn t need to break new ground Sometimes it s enough for it to feel comfortable maybe even familiar and make you smile 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Joe Williams
Notwithstanding its storytelling stumbles Sleepwalk With Me points in a positive direction for this likable comedian s career 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Steven Rea
A smart neurotic slice of life comedy about a stand up comic with confidence issues commitment issues and career issues 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Gary Thompson
Sleepwalk with Me puts a laudably offbeat new spin on the familiar story of the slacker guy with the commitment problem 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Chris Hewitt
Sleepwalk With Me is a good movie but it could have been a great one if it cared as much about the woman as it does the man 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Chris Foran
Birbiglia s easygoing style makes even his oft told tales affecting on the big screen 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Sean P. Means
Like any good stand up comic Birbiglia works best when playing off an audience or in this case the camera 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Robert Levin
Mike Birbiglia adeptly navigates the comic self mocking confessional terrain 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Amy Biancolli
It all adds up to a fine funny exercise in disheveled self deprecation a self portrait of a guy who can t control a major portion of his life 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Ann Hornaday
Birbiglia proves to be as engaging a presence on the screen as he has been all these years onstage and over the radio waves 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Dustin Putman
The real find above all else is Mike Birbiglia himself He s as sure of a natural in front of the camera as he is behind it 
2.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Claudia Puig
The semi autobiographical tale is appealingly low key and alternately funny and melancholy informed by Birbiglia s casual delivery 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Wesley Morris
Sleepwalk With Me traps Birbiglia inside his own head He desperately needs a movie or cable series that wakes him up and sets his material loose on the outside world 
2
Sleepwalk With Me
Charlie McCollum
It is a likable warm film that brings a welcome reassurance Even if you fail spectacularly as a comedian or as a human being it really can turn out OK in the end 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Roger Ebert
I like this movie More important I like Mike Birbiglia in it Whether he has a future in stand up I cannot say but he has a future as a monologist and actor 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Matt Pais
Familiar problems with a funny likable spin much like Birbiglia s easygoing anecdote filled comedy style 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Sara Stewart
A thoughtful adaptation of Birbiglia s hit one man off Broadway show 
3
Sleepwalk With Me
Perry Seibert
Sleepwalk With Me sets itself apart from other movies about standups The moral he learns is to face up to the truth or else he ll be miserable That s a life lesson that will hit home with anyone not just comedians 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Drew Grant
Sleepwalk holds together as a story that like a particularly good episode of This American Life is both laugh out loud funny and somewhat melancholic 
3.5
Sleepwalk With Me
R. Kurt Osenlund
The funny thing about the movie isn t its failure to launch humor but the weird mess of life that rushes in despite it 
2.5
Sleepwalk With Me
Erik Childress
Birbiglia has a very matter of fact charm about him and gives the simplest of observations wonderfully sardonic weight 
3
Unfinished Song
Sean P. Means
Redgrave like her character is a dynamic presence when she s there and sorely missed when she s gone 
2
Unfinished Song
Cathy Jakicic
It boasts two beautiful performances from Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Joe Williams
The crescendo of two resonant careers makes the false notes of Unfinished Song forgivable 
2.5
Unfinished Song
John Anderson
Shamelessly sentimental cute to a fault but the acting is first rate 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Moira MacDonald
The gentle story of a marriage and of how music can help make a broken heart whole again 
3
Unfinished Song
Connie Ogle
Unfinished Song is full of predictably poignant moments you d be lucky to survive the film dry eyed 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Susan Wloszczyna
Such predictable ingredients get stale all too quickly 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Chris Knight
If Mr Holland s Opus and the senior singers documentary Young Heart had a baby this would be it 
3
Unfinished Song
Rick Groen
Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp and those voices their solos contain this picture like carved book ends vintage and lovely and still so profoundly of use 
3
Unfinished Song
Stephanie Merry
It s worth a watch if just for Stamp s complex performance Just don t forget to bring some tissues 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Linda Barnard
Blends the premise of TV s Glee with liberal splashes of recent older skewing audience pleasers Quartet and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in predictable fashion 
2
Unfinished Song
Peter Keough
Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave as well as supporting actors Christopher Eccleston and Gemma Arterton raise Unfinished Song Paul Andrew Williams s entry in the golden age genre from mawkish to genuinely heartwarming 
3
Unfinished Song
Walter V. Addiego
Get out your handkerchiefs for an unabashed tearjerker that has some surprisingly potent moments Buried in all the shameless sentiment is a touching family story and good performances from veterans Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Dann Gire
Stamp s Arthur becomes the core of Unfinished Song His risky performance takes no emotional prisoners as he dares us to hate an incorrigible old coot who can t see the good things before his own eyes 
3
Unfinished Song
Peter Canavese
If you re an inveterate softie looking to hydrate your eyes yes can t bear the thought of missing good work by Redgrave and Stamp maybe low tolerance for having your intelligence insulted or dreadful renditions of Love Shack it s a definite no 
2
Unfinished Song
Michael Phillips
When it s over you may notice red marks on your throat so determined is Unfinished Song to strangle the audience into emotional submission 
2.5
Unfinished Song
Matt Pais
Aims for zany and strikes out constantly 
1.5
Unfinished Song
Roger Moore
Manages a tear or two and enough laughs to get by even if from first scene to last the strain to stop just short of cloying shows 
2
Unfinished Song
Robert Levin
Vanessa Redgrave is so great she turns Cyndi Lauper s insipid True Colors into the ultimate love ballad 
3
Unfinished Song
Stephen Whitty
It s all very predictable including the competition the group enters the tragedies along the way and the final big hugs all around ending 
2
Unfinished Song
Claudia Puig
The movie works mostly because of the artistry of its stellar cast and heartfelt script by writer director Paul Andrew Williams 
3
Unfinished Song
Lou Lumenick
Stamp could not be better as a man set emotionally adrift when he loses the love of his life 
3
Unfinished Song
Peter Travers
In the film a comment is made about the power of a voice being not in technique but in the journey it took to get there Stamp and Redgrave and living embodiments of that philosophy 
3
Unfinished Song
Rex Reed
In the end director Paul Andrew Williams fails to resist sentimentality but classy acting and distinguished production values never sink to the level of soap opera 
3
Unfinished Song
R. Kurt Osenlund
Part end of life romance part grossly manipulative mush the film tries to stare grief and mortality in the face while practically shitting rainbows 
1
Unfinished Song
David Nusair
a crowd pleaser along the lines of such similarly themed fare as Calendar Girls and The Full Monty 
2.5
Margot at the Wedding
Mattie Lucas
Baumbach s flair for dialogue and keen observation are still in top shape 
3.5
Margot at the Wedding
Michael Dequina
The raw real centerpiece is the relationship between Kidman and Leigh whose performances drive the film 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Wesley Lovell
Noah Baumbach stumbles in his first film since the intriguing The Squid and the Whale The performances are outlandish and the story is all over the place 
1.5
Margot at the Wedding
Phil Villarreal
I was reminded of the rap battles in 8 Mile only with the characters in Margot taking turns at spitting out insult laden monologues in an effort to sound the most pretentious 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Sean P. Means
I could never decide whether I hated this movie or the people in it and wound up splitting the difference 
2.5
Margot at the Wedding
John Beifuss
Like Margot herself the film is contrived and self conscious and perhaps not entirely aware of its alienating effect yet beneath the clever surface squirms something damaged and real 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Jeff Vice
An at times grueling dysfunctional family comedy drama that is not for the emotionally squeamish 
2.5
Margot at the Wedding
Matt Brunson
For all its supposed dramatic heft Margot at the Wedding ultimately proves to be as weighty as cake frosting 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A self indulgent self aware and smug piece of crap and possibly one of the worst of 2007 
1
Margot at the Wedding
Rene Rodriguez
Kidman s performance keeps you transfixed all the way through because she delves into her character s damaged psyche so fully you re constantly fascinated to see what biting acidic thing she will say next 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Robert W. Butler
Margot at the Wedding is a good film that s painful to sit through and Margot is a protagonist who s virtually sympathy free 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Duane Dudek
Margot is all mood swings and cries for help that everyone can hear except the person making them It is Squid sapped of empathy and desperate for love 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Jordan Hiller
Baumbach is not interested in weddings or preparations for weddings He is not interested in much else but throwing his audience into the fire and giving us that dirty nasty taste of family dysfunction in all its seething glory 
2.5
Margot at the Wedding
Lawrence Toppman
Baumbach creates interesting psychologically accurate characters but he doesn t know when to stop 
2
Margot at the Wedding
David Elliott
It s a movie in which everyone wants answers without being able to formulate the questions 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Frank Ochieng
Synthetically dull manipulative and emotionally clunky Baumbach s mawkish melodrama is a pretentious and garrulous character study that sits idly in its moping gibberish 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Steve Rhodes
Rarely does a new director make such a rapid descent going from mesmerizing to excruciating in the span of just two films 
1
Margot at the Wedding
Eric Melin
Do you need to have likeable characters to have a good movie No and especially not when the characters embody scary traits that are so familiar but so little explored 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Walter Chaw
A Dorothy Parker poem come to life 
3.5
Margot at the Wedding
Mike McGranaghan
Have you ever been in a really uncomfortable situation where people were fighting and then you were glad to get away from it but also kind of fascinated by what you saw Well this movie is the equivalent of that 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Jonathan W. Hickman
There are times when Margot at the Wedding is almost impossible to watch And I think writer director Noah Baumbach wants it that way 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Geoff Pevere
There s no question Baumbach has a way with words and actors Kidman Leigh and Jack Black are terrific 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Rick Groen
These characters don t seem illuminating at all just damned annoying and ultimately dead boring 
2
Margot at the Wedding
David N. Butterworth
A huge disappointment after Baumbach s sublime Squid and the Whale Ugly murky and mean 
1.5
Margot at the Wedding
Dustin Putman
Simply put to spend time with these people is unpleasant and without a payoff or an emotional release to reward the audience s efforts 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Mick LaSalle
Margot at the Wedding is Noah Baumbach s best yet 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Maitland McDonagh
It s a shame to see such dedicated performers flay their psyches in the service of such fundamentally shallow material 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Chris Hewitt
It s the sort of all talk all neurotic movie that will infuriate some people but I found the conversations vivid and powerful 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Moira MacDonald
Essentially it s 90 minutes spent in the company of some excruciatingly unpleasant personalities and dimly lit ones at that 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Glenn Whipp
Baumbach s follow up to The Squid and the Whale contains all of that film s self involved screw ups but this time he provides little reason to bother watching aside from taking in Kidman s rather astounding ability to scramble up a tall oak tree 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Roger Ebert
The characters are into emotional laceration for fun They are verbal articulate self absorbed selfish egotistical cold and fascinating They ve never felt an emotion they couldn t laugh at 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Ty Burr
Margot at the Wedding is a broader work than Baumbach s last movie and it s funnier too even as you gasp at the misbehavior 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Jeffrey Overstreet
Margot at the Wedding is a story told from a perspective that s as viciously condescending and critical as Margot s own worldview 
1.5
Margot at the Wedding
Willie Waffle
proof a movie with too much talking is a good thing when you have great dialogue characters and actors
4
Margot at the Wedding
Josh Larsen
Family dysfunction has its own language and writer director Noah Baumbach is proving to be the movie master of just such linguistics 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Michael Phillips
Baumbach s achievement stings It also has the sureness of tone and direction of a Chekhov story 
4
Margot at the Wedding
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Because the nastiness is all surface it makes the characters seem unlikable 
2.5
Margot at the Wedding
Carrie Rickey
The defining metaphor of Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach s dysfunctional family seriocomedy is a battle scarred Volvo with faulty brakes 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Jeanne Aufmuth
Noah Baumbach knows his way around an honest exploration of family and friendship and Margot serves to reinforce the point 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Stephen Whitty
In its sharp characters and unexpected moods Margot at the Wedding is something like a small gift for audiences 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Lou Lumenick
I ve had root canals that were more enjoyable than Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach s hugely pretentious ugly and annoying follow up to The Squid and the Whale 
1
Margot at the Wedding
Jack Mathews
Margot has no sense of balance or nuance or even mitigating psychological weight 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Sara Michelle Fetters
Baumbach also showcases a singularity of vision that is both laudable and mesmerizing and even as his characters turn your stomach to knots taking your eyes off of them is pretty much impossible 
2.5
Margot at the Wedding
Claudia Puig
A parade of uninteresting characters cruelly betraying one another without motivation 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Gene Seymour
Along with its genteel rage and sour whimsy the ultimate grace of Margot at the Wedding is to make its onlookers feel that no matter how dysfunctional their families are there are those who have it much worse 
3
Margot at the Wedding
Peter Travers
It s the people not the plot driving this comedy of appalling manners And Baumbach with acute intelligence and annihilating wit writes people with flaws we can if we re honest recognize as our own 
3.5
Margot at the Wedding
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately Baumbach s follow up to The Squid and the Whale the pretentious and talky Margot at the Wedding is more likely to contract than expand his appeal 
2
Margot at the Wedding
Kyle Smith
In paying homage to Eric Rohmer the master of bourgeois moral dilemmas Noah Baumbach has in many ways improved on perfection 
4
Margot at the Wedding
Ed Gonzalez
Like Malcom s mustache it s all meant to be funny though the effect is more like drowning 
2
Margot at the Wedding
David Nusair
unappealing and flat out annoying 
1.5
Edmond
Marta Barber
Quintessential David Mamet brainy playful engaging 
3
Edmond
Jeff Vice
Gordon s direction here lacks any subtlety as does this bitter material 
2
Edmond
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gordon can t quite get a handle on this odd material and fails to moderate Macy s performance 
2.5
Edmond
Michele Kenner
Even William H Macy s raw spare performance cannot save Edmond from distastefulness almost beyond imagination 
2
Edmond
Wesley Morris
The last handful of scenes featuring Bokeem Woodbine as an acquaintance of Edmond s are worth the price of a ticket 
3
Edmond
Jeremy Heilman
A consistently stimulating viewing experience 
3.5
Edmond
Chris Hewitt
It s a wordy script and in its own profane way a beautiful one but it s the words that aren t said that are the most crucial 
3
Edmond
Jeff Strickler
As with most Mamet scripts this includes multiple monologues and the cast delivers them with fervor But the delivery can t conceal that these diatribes are directed at topics that no longer are pertinent 
2.5
Edmond
Phil Villarreal
A sex and violence filled romp that sprays David Mamet s staccato dialogue like rubber bullets over the audience 
3.5
Edmond
Bob Strauss
While all involved deserve credit for getting even limited financing to film such an off putting work they ve mainly just proven that some things are better left on the stage 
2.5
Edmond
Bill Stamets
Makes little sense as a character study and borders on nonsense as a screed on race in America 
2
Edmond
Michael Wilmington
The most effective Mamet play adaptation I ve seen since James Foley s blistering 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross 
3.5
Edmond
Lisa Rose
A thriller that s dated pointless and sludgy slow even clocking in at 76 minutes 
1
Edmond
Jack Mathews
Edmond is too self absorbed for us to care much about his fate but like the proverbial train wreck you can t tear your eyes or your ears away from the spectacle 
2
Edmond
Gary Goldstein
It plays like a hodgepodge of barely connected short films that all happen to star the same actor 
2.5
Edmond
Kyle Smith
It may be too bleak for most and as befits a movie based on a one act play written by Mamet in 1982 it can be speechy 
2.5
Edmond
Maitland McDonagh
Mamet s paranoid rant is as bilious as ever but time has overtaken and defanged it 
2.5
Edmond
Kurt Loder
William H Macy Joe Mantegna and a number of other true pros manage to keep straight faces all the way through this woozy self important stew of lurid nonsense 
1
Edmond
Peter Canavese
By design nasty brutish and short functions as drama because shock crosses through sensationalism to a kind of purity in the character study of a man in desperate need of repair 
3
Edmond
Erik Childress
Edmond plays like Eyes Wide Shut meets Falling Down with a dash of Fight Club although Mamet s original play debuted way back in 1982 before any of those films existed
3
Edmond
Gene Seymour
Despite the best efforts of all concerned what seemed explosive and provocative two decades ago now comes across as schematic and artificial 
2.5
Edmond
Jeremiah Kipp
Like Paul Haggis s Crash the characters speak their minds so fully or lie about their feelings so transparently that the stuff which should be bubbling under the surface is constantly rising in fiery tirades 
2
Concrete Night
Kristin Tillotson
Black and white bleak never has looked more beautiful 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Mattie Lucas
Doesn t ever figure out exactly what it wants to be 
2
The Last Kiss
Peter Canavese
The Last Kiss isn t afraid of exploding romantic conventions um at least not at first Blu ray 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Felix Vasquez Jr.
One of the most underrated films of 2006 with a criminally under appreciated performance from Casey Affleck 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Betsy Bozdech
Like the darker more unsettling Closer The Last Kiss gives its audience particularly those in relationships of their own plenty to think about 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Peter Travers
Only the most rabid chick flick fan will fail to notice that it s the movie that s all wet 
2
The Last Kiss
David Nusair
a compelling surprisingly moving look at the ups and downs of contemporary relationships 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Forrest Hartman
If similar ideas hadn t inspired a dozen or so other films Last Kiss might have been an exciting movie 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Carla Meyer
According to the movie that crisis which once beset people at midlife now comes earlier because life moves so fast Oh so that s what they re calling immature male behavior these days 
2
The Last Kiss
Jim Lane
At its basic level it s yet another tale of post adolescent boys who won t grow up and the women who try to love them 
2
The Last Kiss
Scott Nash
You ve heard of the Romantic Comedy Well this is a Romantic Depressive 
2
The Last Kiss
James Sanford
a comedy drama that is smart enough to dodge the usual roadblocks that stall other films of this genre 
3
The Last Kiss
Thomas Delapa
Considering Bilson s sweet and cheeky performance it won t be the last you see of her 
2
The Last Kiss
Matt Brunson
To a startling degree this version retains many of the prickly elements that made the original so memorable 
3
The Last Kiss
Daniel M. Kimmel
for the twenty something crowd Older viewers may enjoy the performances but the agonizing of the characters will likely bring about a been there done that reaction 
2
The Last Kiss
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a highly perceptive drama with no good guys and no bad guys instead choosing to fill its running time with real people facing real issues all of them searching desperately for the best road leading to solace in their ever complicated lives 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Claudia Puig
the movie occasionally reveals truths about relationships that while not earth shattering are nonetheless entertaining and worth considering 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Maitland McDonagh
veterans Danner and Wilkinson effortlessly make Anna and Stephen more interesting than all the youngsters combined 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Susan Walker
It s easy to see from the above that The Last Kiss is a movie scripted from a male point of view to capture that elusive young male demographic 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Moira MacDonald
The Last Kiss takes a serious look at what s too often described glibly as early midlife crisis and it shows some courage in not tying up its stories neatly at the end 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Ruthe Stein
There s nothing formulaic in this story of four buddies on the cusp of 30 torn between settling down and opening themselves up to more adventures 
3
The Last Kiss
David Elliott
The Last Kiss uses a lot of cellphones but it never gets the wake up call to become a real story 
1.5
The Last Kiss
D. Scott Apel
it s the best date film in eons if you re 29 or older 
3
The Last Kiss
Steven Rea
it would be nice to have some insight and some artistry along with the same old same old The Last Kiss dispenses none of that 
2
The Last Kiss
Lisa Rose
The Last Kiss is interminably bleak It doesn t win laughs or offer catharsis The film only lowers your spirits and never seems to end 
1.5
The Last Kiss
Lou Lumenick
a middling remake of a mediocre Italian comedy pandering to the chick flick crowd 
2
The Last Kiss
Jack Mathews
paints itself into a corner from which it cannot escape 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Connie Ogle
when it comes to exploring our peculiar blindness as to what s important in our lives the film is a disturbing but accurate road map 
3
The Last Kiss
Bob Strauss
I found it trite loud and overheated although not without insight into how that generation behaves 
3
The Last Kiss
Rick Groen
credible resolutions aren t Haggis strongest suit 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Terry Lawson
improves on the original in just about every way thanks to just about everybody involved starting with director Tony Goldwyn and a cast headed by Zach Braff and the ubiquitous Jacinda Barrett
3
The Last Kiss
Jeff Vice
a considerable improvement on the conclusion of the original Italian film 
3
The Last Kiss
Lisa Kennedy
For all the hurting and hollering The Last Kiss rarely pushes its emotions from scripted to authentic 
2
The Last Kiss
Mary F. Pols
If The Last Kiss were truly honest it might make a statement about young people compromising and settling 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Jessica Reaves
a smart witty sexy take on the perils of becoming an adult 
3
The Last Kiss
Bill Zwecker
an intelligent and often very entertaining picture that deals with so many aspects of human relationships 
3
The Last Kiss
Ty Burr
As with Garden State and Elizabethtown The Last Kiss is an iPod playlist in search of a movie and what it loses in honest drama it will surely make up for in sales of the CD 
2
The Last Kiss
Lisa Ann Cockrel
I think the movie would have done well to balance the romantic angst with at least one couple that was cheerfully together and had a healthy relationship over a long run 
2.5
The Last Kiss
John Beifuss
Watching these privileged young people fret over the the banal soap opera of their protected lives made me want to don a bandana and join a gang of socialist revolutionaries 
1
The Last Kiss
Sean P. Means
Though there are moments of wry humor the plight of these characters is treated quite seriously 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Something of a slavish point for point adaptation 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Erik Childress
An American drama with European sensibilities right up to an ending which on the surface feels like a grand romantic gesture but whose triumph opens up a door of far gloomier and irrevocable consequences 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Willie Waffle
a movie that has periods of good in between alot of meaninglessness and unimportance 
2
The Last Kiss
Eric Melin
The Last Kiss is a melodrama about impending adulthood that is seriously lacking in laughs 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Josh Larsen
Who would have thought that the Hollywood version of a European film would be grittier and more downbeat than its predecessor 
3
The Last Kiss
Fernando F. Croce
As if Hollywood films needed any outside help to celebrate arrested narcissism along comes The Last Kiss Tony Goldwyn s Americanization of the spurious Gabriele Muccino whinefest of the same name 
1
The Last Kiss
John Anderson
What happens in The Last Kiss may be a pitfall of translation A European movie in which unhappiness reigns usually employs enough sense of the absurd to make it all palatable Here it s just unremittingly sad 
2
The Last Kiss
Mack Bates
an American remake of a European original that works 
3
The Last Kiss
Chris Hewitt
occasionally stumbles onto something interesting 
1
The Last Kiss
Dustin Putman
Says little about growing up and relationships that hasn t been covered 151 and better 151 in virtually hundreds of other pictures on the same subjects 
2
The Last Kiss
Phoebe Flowers
Nothing in The Last Kiss is particularly revelatory but strong performances Braff continues to cement his status as an unlikely heartthrob make it a pleasure to watch 
3
The Last Kiss
Jason Ferguson
a patently offensive love story where you root for the guy not to end up with the girl 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Jeff Strickler
If you re going to take viewers down a familiar path you d better make sure the trip is led by intriguing characters Give the makers of this comedy drama credit for that 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Matt Pais
A weirdly likable movie that gives an absolute beatdown to the notion of procreation and marriage 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Phil Villarreal
Braff who is strong and relatable just as he was in Garden State continues to evolve as a leading man 
3
The Intouchables
Jeff Beck
It just goes to show that good writers and actors can work wonders with clichd premises 
3
The Intouchables
Rob Thomas
When Hollywood gets around to remaking the hit French film The Intouchables it won t be much different 
3
The Intouchables
John Anderson
If you loved The Bucket List you ll be exclaiming Incroyable 
2.5
The Intouchables
John Beifuss
The notion that the French are possessed of superior discriminating taste is made suspect by the success of The Intouchables 
2
The Intouchables
Peter Canavese
With its brash humor and emotional generosity The Intouchables has crowd pleaser written all over it but there s no mistaking the queasy racial implications 
2
The Intouchables
Matt Brunson
The film s examination of class differences is often heavy handed and condescending Thankfully the superb lead performances hold everything together 
2.5
The Intouchables
Duane Dudek
Although it is sentimental and formulaic complete with music and fashion montages hookers and pot smoking along the Seine something about The Intouchables transcends clich 
3
The Intouchables
Joe Williams
The easygoing posture and strong casting keep The Intouchables from stumbling over vexing questions of race class and disability 
3
The Intouchables
Robert Levin
Features characters worth caring about actors who are adept at making you feel for them and an inspirational narrative centered on meaningful affecting human growth 
3.5
The Intouchables
Michael O'Sullivan
More than a little unrealistic 
2
The Intouchables
Stephen Cole
The Intouchables works as a crowd pleaser not because it s true but because it s a plausible enchantment 
3
The Intouchables
Mick LaSalle
Some of the elements in the film are inexplicable and some are undeveloped but there are a handful of nicely crafted set pieces 
2
The Intouchables
Ann Lewinson
It manages to be feel good thanks to music from Earth Wind and Fire and clear eyed 
3.5
The Intouchables
Wesley Morris
I checked the production materials for The Intouchables and failed to find confirmation that any of this was inspired by 1987 s Disorderlies in which the Fat Boys push old Ralph Bellamy around to his heart s content 
2
The Intouchables
Steven Rea
It s the classic odd couple buddy movie setup only it ll pull at your heartstrings whether you want it to or not 
2.5
The Intouchables
Chris Hewitt
The movie rests squarely on the chemistry of its two leads and I defy anyone not to be delighted by the both of them 
2.5
The Intouchables
Matt Pais
Centers on a great splendidly acted character who shouldn t be seen as a racist stereotype just because say he doesn t want to sit through a four hour opera Neither do I 
3
The Intouchables
Peter Howell
You don t have to completely buy into the premise of The Intouchables to appreciate the very good acting by Cluzet and Sy 
2.5
The Intouchables
Rex Reed
It has warmth humor and an understated sweetness that is not to be taken for granted 
3
The Intouchables
Roger Ebert
The Intouchables has an element of truth that it never quite recognizes 
2.5
The Intouchables
Michael Dequina
Omar Sy s bonafide star quality is truly intouchable 
3
The Intouchables
Roger Moore
That rare French import that aims no higher than adorable and hits its target every time 
3.5
The Intouchables
Kent Turner
You ll wearily throw in the towel and the take no prisoners performance of Omar Sy will win you over against your better judgment 
2.5
The Intouchables
Stephen Whitty
Two very different men joined for purely businesslike purposes finding their way to an intuitive interdependent and quietly fulfilling union 
2.5
The Intouchables
Farran Smith Nehme
From It Happened One Night to Trading Places it s yet another entry in the category of rich people need ordinary folks to show them how to live it up 
2
The Intouchables
Claudia Puig
An exuberantly charming French buddy comedy that proves an audience will suspend disbelief and follow an unlikely story as long as it s superbly crafted 
3
The Intouchables
Jason Buchanan
Occasionally sentimental yet far from maudlin it succeeds because both of the characters are fully realized and the lead actors share a playful rapport that convincingly transcends class and culture 
3
The Intouchables
Peter Travers
What I see in The Intouchables is a tasty bonbon spiked with mirth but light on malice Omar Sy and Franois Cluzet are superb actors 
2.5
The Intouchables
Christy Lemire
Cluzet has the daunting task of trying to strike a powerful contrast while acting only from the neck up and he pulls it off with stoic bemused grace 
3
The Intouchables
James Berardinelli
Enjoy this movie for what it is the kind of motion picture that can cause Champaign like giddiness and don t obsess over how true to life this work of fiction is 
3.5
The Intouchables
Joseph Jon Lanthier
A cheeky dream drama about the friendship between a rich white quadriplegic and a penurious black job seeker the premise of The Intouchables alone nearly renders analysis redundant 
1.5
The Italian Job
David Nusair
a seriously lazy would be blockbuster that s nevertheless affable and breezy enough to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
The Italian Job
Michael Dequina
It is in Gray s spirited execution that such by the book formula makes for a brisk slick entertainment hits the summer movie spot 
3
The Italian Job
Joe Lozito
Gray adds some zip to this remake of the 1969 Michael Caine caper flick but despite two clever action sequences and some uncharacteristically tight performances from his cast most notably Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg the con remains the same 
3
The Italian Job
Josh Gilchrist
The Italian Job might have been an enjoyable ride if it had even an ounce of creative intelligence 
2.5
The Italian Job
David N. Butterworth
F Gary Gray s The Italian Job isn t Art but it is rather Cool 
2.5
The Italian Job
Sara Michelle Fetters
He just doesn t hold your attention and while he can be downright stunning in supporting roles just check out Three Kings or Boogies Nights for proof there he s just not leading man material 
2.5
The Italian Job
James Kendrick
It does exactly what we expect it to do very well charming us with style wit and the simple boldness of real life car chases 
3
The Italian Job
Frank Ochieng
Although some will predictably succumb to Gray s overly kinetic and slick looking heist caper this stylized action packed robbers flick fails to steal anything worth value within this repetitive genre 
2
The Italian Job
Tyler Hanley
Solid direction by F Gary Gray a scintillating cast of supporting players and plenty of screen time for everyone s favorite little engine that could the MINI Cooper all push The Italian Job above and beyond typical remake requirements 
3
The Italian Job
Tony Toscano
The Italian Job is a slick well done smart remake and well worth your time to see 
3
The Italian Job
Peter Travers
A tricked out remake of a heist flick that was already flat and formulaic in 1969 
1
The Italian Job
Jonathan R. Perry
A superior entry in the exhausting oeuvre of genre classics given a slick spit and polish for the next generation think Ocean s Eleven if that s your bag shift your brain into first but not neutral and enjoy 
3
The Italian Job
Mike McGranaghan
Every once in a while a film comes along that is just so much pure fun that I kind of hate to see it end This is one of them 
3
The Italian Job
John Beifuss
When an armored truck vanishes on Hollywood Boulevard it s a nifty metaphor for the way this relatively unheralded flick is likely to steal millions in box office gold from under the noses of such glamorous competitors as X2 and Matrix 
3
The Italian Job
Linda Cook
Let us now ponder the allure of the star of this movie The new Mini Cooper 
3
The Italian Job
Elias Savada
Sure some people are in it for the money We re here for the fun Go watch The Italian Job and on the way home pick up a six pack of MINI Coopers They ll fit in the closet
2.5
The Italian Job
Guylaine Cadorette
Director F Gary Gray delivers a thoroughly enjoyable movie with engaging characters and fast paced action sequences involving almost every form of transportation possible 
3
The Italian Job
Scott Feschuk
The genre and the premise and the template are the true stars of this film And none of them lets us down 
3
The Italian Job
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Crisp uncluttered and wildly playful 
3
The Italian Job
Gary Brown
Less than riveting 
2
The Italian Job
James Sanford
probably the most lavish car commercial you ll ever pay to see 
3
The Italian Job
Forrest Hartman
This isn t exactly brainy material but it s perfect escapist filmgoing
3
The Italian Job
Chris Hewitt
A likable movie that is one lead actor away from being lots of fun 
2
The Italian Job
Erik Lundegaard
This is Wahlberg s third remake of a 60s film in three years and it s time he left that poor decade alone 
1.5
The Italian Job
Mick LaSalle
This is pure entertainment but smart entertainment plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good movie energy 
3
The Italian Job
David Elliott
The best remake since The Thomas Crown Affair got a delicious new lease on life 
3.5
The Italian Job
Joe Baltake
It took me 30 years to forget the first Italian Job but only about 30 minutes for the new one to fade from memory But it s fun while it lasts 
2.5
The Italian Job
Connie Ogle
The Italian Job may not be the most memorable film you ll see all summer but it s a fairly good alternative to many of the prequels and sequels we have ahead of us 
2.5
The Italian Job
Robert W. Butler
Any film that wastes Edward Norton while boring us with Mark Wahlberg has its priorities all messed up 
2.5
The Italian Job
Rick Groen
This is the zippy remake that Ocean s Eleven wanted to be and wasn t quite 
3
The Italian Job
Jeff Vice
It s lacking the sense of whimsy that was so plentiful in the 1969 original Still it is a little bit fun and it moves quickly enough that the huge plot holes and missing transition scenes are not as glaring as they might otherwise be 
2.5
The Italian Job
Lisa Kennedy
The Italian Job has a decent enough heart and thanks to Seth Green and Mos Def some funny moments It s just not racing with enough adrenaline 
2
The Italian Job
Roger Ebert
This is just the movie for two hours of mindless escapism on a relatively skilled professional level 
3
The Italian Job
Wesley Morris
A movie so eagerly and infectiously living for the moment that it barely follows the contours of the 1969 British caper flick that inspired it 
3
The Italian Job
Glenn Whipp
I just wish the movie hadn t kept getting in the way of watching the cars 
2
The Italian Job
John Monaghan
The talented cast and competent direction keep you rooting for these good thieves even when common sense urges you to keep your cool 
3
The Italian Job
Scott Warren
Above all The Italian Job is a feature length commercial for the Mini Cooper 
2
The Italian Job
Emily Blunt
Get out and see this 
3
The Italian Job
Jack Mathews
A slicker faster paced high tech upgrade that lifts the sprightly spirit and the main action set piece from the original while developing its own twists and a new ending that though a bit too pat and eager to please is a vast improvement 
2.5
The Italian Job
Jon Niccum
Filled with easy to like characters innovative action sequences and a story rife with momentum the movie is as endearingly zippy as the BMW MINIs the heroes use to pull off their scam 
3
The Italian Job
Mark Dujsik
What sets The Italian Job apart or at least makes it a successful effort is a sense of uncertainty during the film s splendidly crafted bookend robbery sequences 
3
The Italian Job
Mike Clark
A lazy and in name only remake of 1969 s G rated Michael Caine heist pic 
2
The Italian Job
Lou Lumenick
Watching The Italian Job in a theater makes you long for a fast forward button to skip past 90 eyeball glazing minutes of generic caper plotting and cut to the chase as it were 
2
The Italian Job
Kevin John Bozelka
A robbers and robbers film that fails to distinguish itself from any of the others 
2.5
The Italian Job
Erik Childress
The film goes exactly where you expect it to go without offering much in the way of surprises and I still smiled from credit to credit 
3
The Italian Job
Phil Villarreal
Memo to the studio honcho holding remake rights to Easy Rider Don t take any calls from Mark Wahlberg 
2
The Italian Job
Josh Larsen
a lot like the Mini Coopers it features slight but sleek 
3
The Italian Job
Tor Thorsen
The new Italian Job takes a rollicking caper comedy and turns it into another dull thriller 
2
The Italian Job
Bruce Newman
The Minis rule the road for 14 minutes in The Italian Job and not a second of it is anything but screeching fun 
3.5
The Italian Job
Stephen Humphries
The movie fails to understand the key ingredients of a great heist 
2
The Italian Job
Jeffrey Westhoff
The new version has no higher goals than to provide a fun lightweight crime caper like they used to make before Kaiser Sze started everyone brooding 
3
The Italian Job
Todd Anthony
The clever opening and rousing finish will stay with you long after the memory of Norton s tonsorial folly fades 
3
The Italian Job
Steven Rea
The Italian Job zooms along with confidence smarts and some of the coolest car chases this side of the Indy 500 
3
The Italian Job
Jan Stuart
Screenwriting couple Donna and Wayne Powers have managed to downgrade what was only a half decent 1969 crime flick to begin with 
1.5
The Italian Job
Jeff Strickler
Smart quick paced and entertaining 
3
The Italian Job
Rob Blackwelder
Crafty and cracking with terrific tension The intricacies and unforeseen snags of the plot are at least as exciting as the car chases 
3
The Italian Job
Michael Wilmington
This movie has more personality and humor than most films of its recent type 
3
The Italian Job
Walter Chaw
The film almost certainly unintentionally comments upon itself as the rough imitation of life looking good but undead all the same 
2.5
The Italian Job
Bob Bloom
This breezy B movie is diverting and fun as you watch the gang overcome all the obstacles placed in their path It s an easily digestible outing 
2.5
The Italian Job
Spyder Darling
Gets the audience into the sensational if superficial story and lets Wahlberg get even with naysayers who predicted he d never work again after The Truth About Charlie 
3
The Italian Job
Ross Anthony
Clever in a rather implausible sort of way this unevenly constructed picture is still entertaining 
2.5
The Italian Job
James Berardinelli
The Italian Job isn t a masterpiece but it gets the job done 
3
The Italian Job
Steve Rhodes
There may not be many wow moments in it but the movie rarely flags and consistently delights 
3
The Italian Job
Dustin Putman
If there has to be more heist pictures in Hollywood The Italian Job gets the formula right Straight forward fast paced and very hip the movie goes down with ease as an early summer diversion 
2.5
RoboCop
Brian Eggert
A smarter than average actioner that may not be as fun or edgy as Verhoeven 8217 s 44 but manages to do what remakes so often strive and fail to accomplish 58 It achieves a new take on an old classic and does so with enough innovation to warrant its existence 46 
3
RoboCop
Frank Ochieng
For Padilha s run of the mill RoboCop the metal head crime stopper is barely worth his arresting appeal 
2
RoboCop
Sonny Bunch
The new Robocop is a generic shoot em up for much of the film one no different than any other 
1.5
RoboCop
Mal Vincent
An impressive supporting cast does the best it can with small and somewhat undefined stereotypes 
2.5
RoboCop
Brad Keefe
This RoboCop spends more time developing the man behind the machine making him more complex and less detached at least at first 
3
RoboCop
David Nusair
A typically inferior remake 
2
RoboCop
James Kendrick
blandly inoffensive It s like they took the original and sanded off all the sharp corners and rough edges to make something slicker but also undeniably rote 
2
RoboCop
John Beifuss
Padilha protracts Murphy s existential ordeal so that the revenge plot that motivates the action becomes secondary to Murphy s struggle to hold onto his identity even as political corporate and scientific interests seek to erase it 
2.5
RoboCop
Burl Burlingame
RoboCop was released more than a quarter century ago Two sobering things about this juicy remake are how little has changed since then and how much of it has come true 
4
RoboCop
Linda Cook
Everyone is curious about remakes while simultaneously asking Why remake a perfectly good movie With RoboCop the answers are a little easier to figure out than with a lot of other reimagined tales 
3
RoboCop
Matt Brunson
There are basically two ways to approach RoboCop a movie I wouldn t buy for a dollar even on picture perfect Blu ray 
1.5
RoboCop
Jason Buchanan
Despite Padilha and Zetumer s best efforts to make the story their own this ambitious remake ultimately crashes like a corrupt hard drive 
2
RoboCop
Peter Travers
This Robo reboot tries fiercely to update the satirical punch and stylistic perversity Paul Verhoeven s 1987 original It s a futile gesture 
2
RoboCop
Chris Hewitt
Padilho again displays a knack for raising the emotional and intellectual stakes without losing track of the action or suspense 
2.5
RoboCop
Roger Moore
The least effective remake in a week of movie remakes heartless humorless and dull 
1.5
RoboCop
Sam Fragoso
Jose Padilla s RoboCop is a galvanizing action picture that doesn t settle for merely retelling Verhoeven s original narrative but updating it both visually and thematically 
3
RoboCop
James Berardinelli
It retains the central ideas and themes of the original while updating and rearranging the narrative to lose a derivative feel 
3
RoboCop
Willie Waffle
Shouldn t I be exempt from seeing the remakes if I already lived through the horror the first time I demand to invoke that clause if they remake Weekend at Bernie s 
1.5
RoboCop
Rafer Guzman
It s all rather surprisingly well acted Kinnaman and Oldman are better than they even need to be but RoboCop is missing a crucial ingredient fun 
1.5
RoboCop
Dustin Putman
Glumly self serious harmfully sanitized to a PG 13 rating and absent of any detectable personality at all 
0.5
RoboCop
Chris Knight
A 21st century reimagining of the human machine interface that is sometimes much smarter and often just as stupid as the bombastic 1987 original But it manages the balance well enough to be consistently entertaining It s the illusion of cinematic genius 
3
RoboCop
Peter Canavese
Has a soup ccedil on of military industrial complexity Judged on its own merits this RoboCop pump fakes in some interesting directions without getting to fully explore any of them 
2
RoboCop
John Serba
Strip away its cinematic history and you may not be wasting your time But you ll be much better served to visit or revisit Verhoeven s original 
2.5
RoboCop
Joe Williams
Compared to the humor in the Iron Man movies or the vigilante themes in the recent Batman series this reboot 65279 has little to offer 
2
RoboCop
Ann Hornaday
For all its playfulness the new RoboCop can t help but lack the novelty of the original s jolting mixture of dumb smart irony and visceral pulp 
1
RoboCop
Michael Phillips
This is at heart a pretty sad movie Verhoeven wouldn t be caught dead making you care about anything in his RoboCop Padilha is after something different 
3
RoboCop
Glenn Kenny
An ostensibly mindless entertainment that doesn t content itself with mere sensationalism but goes out of its way to insult whatever intelligence the audience might have 
1
RoboCop
Jake Coyle
This RoboCop has updated the dystopia with some clever ideas and better acting while at the same time sanitizing any satire with video game polish and sequel baiting 
2.5
RoboCop
Eric Henderson
Ultimately the film is like the Faux News programming it caricatures at face value a deck stacking simulation of a dialogue it isn t even remotely interested in opening 
1.5
RoboCop
Claudia Puig
Though this Robo reboot resonates to some degree with its depiction of military drone strikes the film sidesteps deeper questions about the intersection of technology law enforcement and politics 
2
RoboCop
Duane Dudek
RoboCop fails to provide the tactile boots on the ground sensibility that can elevate speculative fantasy into gritty reality 
2.5
RoboCop
Peter Howell
The revamped RoboCop has a lot in common with the Ford Edsel history s most notorious automotive misfire 
2
RoboCop
Mick LaSalle
RoboCop is no canned remake of the 1987 action film It s a reimagining that responds to everything that has changed in American life over the past 27 years addressing new threats and exploiting new anxieties 
4
RoboCop
Ty Burr
The film doesn t embarrass itself or dishonor its predecessor which is something 
2
RoboCop
Robert Levin
Joel Kinnaman s performance is a major letdown a one dimensional effort in which his robotic side triumphs over the human one It s an apt metaphor for the movie as a whole 
2.5
RoboCop
Soren Andersen
There are plenty of high tech gunbattles in this Robo which make it a real pulse pounder But it s the intelligence behind the gunplay that makes it distinctive 
3.5
RoboCop
Kyle Smith
This is a superhero film for grown ups that reflects a moment when drone usage is hotly debated and it s no longer ridiculous to contemplate a man who might have several metal limbs 
3
RoboCop
Josh Larsen
If you were worried about this reboot lacking the wit of the original those fears are allayed as soon as the MGM lion opens its mouth 
2.5
RoboCop
Matt Pais
An action movie in search of more than a body count Leave your bloodlust at home And when you get there throw it in the garbage disposal 
3
RoboCop
Stephen Whitty
Like RoboCop himself it doesn t seem quite as truly organically alive as it once did But it sure looks sleek and moves pretty fast And if you don t think too much it almost feels like the real thing 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Kevin A. Ranson
Pugh 44 Styles 44 and Pine pour themselves into their roles 46 46 46 grinds to a halt in the third act when we get the presumed twist 46 46 46 it defies logic no one would take it farther 46 A captivating idea whose explanation rips you out of it 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Sean P. Means
The set up is so well handled that it 8217 s aggravating when Wilde reveals the twist 8212 which I won 8217 t here 44 because of 8220 spoilers 8221 and because if I start lamenting where it goes wrong 44 I may never stop 46 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Jeffrey M. Anderson
91 It apos s 93 a good looking movie 44 and it has its moments 44 but overall 44 I felt like the quot 1950s type suburbia are hiding something sinister quot theme was just too shopworn 46 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Matt Brunson
Actress Olivia Wilde follows her winning directorial debut 44 2019 8217 s Booksmart 44 with a movie that 8217 s scriptstupid 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
James Kendrick
finds enough intriguing and compelling means of dramatizing and turning its domestic horrors inside out that it remains engaging right up until the final frames
3
Don't Worry Darling
Mattie Lucas
Thematically it apos s all over the place 44 never quite figuring out how to synthesize its ideas in a coherent or satisfying way 46 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Rene Sanchez
Despite its compelling premise and Florence Pugh apos s remarkable performance 44 the film loses steam as it delves into its mysteries and secrets 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Tom Meek
Ambitious if overwrought and undercooked 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Mark Meszoros
An engaging and unsettling keep you guessing drama 8212 at least until its rushed climax 46 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Hallucinatory sensual and delectably disturbing 
4
Don't Worry Darling
Phil Villarreal
I enjoyed my time with the movie 8212 which is sumptuously shot and well acted 8212 and would watch it again to see how my knowledge of the outcome would shape my appreciation of it 46 10 10 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Lisa Trifone
There are worse ways to spend one 8217 s time than enjoying another solid performance from Pugh 46 There are also better ways to spend one 8217 s time than with Don 8217 t Worry Darling 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Erik Childress
Like a Black Mirror episode missing the context of its own convictions 44 the film 8217 s big reveal is worthy of Shyamalan at his worst and possibly the outright dumbest since 2019 8217 s Serenity 46 
1.5
Don't Worry Darling
Keith Garlington
The film has its flaws 46 But if you tune out the noise and give it a shot 44 I think you 8217 ll find there 8217 s a lot to like 46 
3.5
Don't Worry Darling
Joe Friar
While the science fiction and horror elements could have used a boost 44 Wilde 8217 s thriller succeeds on various levels 46 Pugh is very good while the cinematography and set design are impeccable 46 Also enjoyed John Powell apos s score 46 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Mike McGranaghan
Don apos t Worry Darling is an example of a great actress doing superior work in a movie that doesn apos t deserve her 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Dann Gire
Don t Worry Darling has everything going for it except a compelling screenplay 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Richard Roeper
A cheap parlor trick Pugh gives her all to even the weakest scenes but leading man Styles struggles to keep up 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Max Weiss
That said while the film isn t adding anything new to the conversation about gender imbalance in our society it s a conversation we need to keep having again and again and again 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Kevin Carr
Slick looking but clunky and derivative 44 it 8217 s clear that Olivia Wilde thought she was making a much smarter movie than she was 46 
1
Don't Worry Darling
Joshua Axelrod
It s a decently atmospheric psychological thriller propped up almost entirely by Pugh s dynamic central performance but the rest is a jumbled mess of well intentioned but poorly executed ideas 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Ty Burr
Don t Worry Darling doesn t lose air slowly it deflates with a bang as if running over a nail 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Sonny Bunch
Spoiler 58 there 8217 s reason to worry 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Chris Hewitt
We spend about 90 minutes feeling like we re way ahead of a movie that is proceeding much too slowly to a revelation we ve already revealed to ourselves 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Emily Zemler
An evocatively shot compellingly acted psychological thriller that manages to be just original enough to stand apart from its obvious influences 
3.5
Don't Worry Darling
Peter Howell
Looks fabulous the 1950s never shone so brightly but doesn t have an original thought to ponder a logical path to pursue or thrills beyond the swirl of a swizzle stick 
2
Don't Worry Darling
James Berardinelli
Although the first 75 minutes of Don t Worry Darling are passably entertaining the final half hour is so badly composed that it destroys the meager goodwill generated by the earlier parts of the film 
1.5
Don't Worry Darling
Roger Friedman
This is what we take away 58 Florence Pugh is a star 46 She is luminous 46 This is her movie 46 She owes Wilde a lot because Pugh is a small woman who seems statuesque in 8220 Don 8217 t Worry Darling 46 8221 She holds the center of this film and never lets go 46 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Pablo O. Scholz
The film makes unthinkable decisions such as not covering up its plot holes Full review in Spanish 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Leo Brady
Some of the judgment has been just 44 the final result isn 8217 t as great as the narrative 8217 s potential 44 but if all the extracurricular stuff hadn 8217 t happened there might be a different reality for Don 8217 t Worry Darling 46 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Josh Larsen
A stylish 44 saucy entry in the apos stepford wife apos subgenre 46 46 46 
3.5
Don't Worry Darling
Christy Lemire
Let 8217 s just say you 8217 ll have questions afterward 44 and those post movie conversations will probably be more thoughtful and stimulating than the movie itself 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Mark Dujsik
The story is more about the game it apos s playing than exploring and dissecting the underlying ideas the movie has in mind 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Pamela Powell
The actors 44 overlaid on this beautiful visual canvas 44 find just the right tone to bring us an edgy 44 and tension filled mystery 46 
3
Don't Worry Darling
Rafer Guzman
An ambitious dystopian thriller that falls short of its ideal 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Michael Phillips
Silberman and Wilde should ve seen the problems with their story and its central rusty hook literal years before filming started 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Mark Feeney
It doesn t tell viewers anything they don t already know It does remind them of things they might prefer to ignore 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Johnny Oleksinski
We re a mile ahead of the plot by minute one with 121 still to go 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Jake Coyle
Though it s a compelling starting framework for Don t Worry Darling every little revelation is bluntly over the top sapping the movie of any mystery 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Joey Magidson
Don apos t Worry Darling starts out with lots of promise but soon goes off the rails 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Ann Hornaday
A movie that s not a disaster but not particularly distinguished a movie that in the end will wind up being as forgettable as its own bizarre publicity 
1.5
Don't Worry Darling
Katie Walsh
Wilde brandishes a sword of Betty Friedan inspired feminist critique 44 but loses her tenuous grasp on this unwieldy tool 44 and rather than delivering an incisive blow to nostalgic misogyny 44 she slices the whole project to ribbons in front of our eyes 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
EJ Moreno
All the pieces are here for a great film 44 but by the time the credits roll 44 all you can see are the missed opportunities 46 At least 44 this is another showcase of Florence Pugh apos s talents 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Soren Andersen
With the exception of Pine the performances are undistinguished Pugh seems oddly disengaged from Alice She doesn t own the part And Styles work is often tinged with hysteria 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Brian Eggert
Offering more questions than answers 44 but not in a way that makes the film more interesting for what it conceals 44 Don 8217 t Worry Darling is missing something 46 
2
Don't Worry Darling
Jake Cole
The film has the swing for the fences ambition that should have at least made it a noble and compelling folly 44 but its repetitiveness frustratingly undercuts its grandiosity 46 
1.5
Don't Worry Darling
Roger Moore
The film apos s original sin might be how drunk the filmmakers get on the universe they create 44 dragging and dragging a less and less interesting pastiche of 8217 50s life on for so long that the more exciting third act comes as a refreshing 44 too delayed jolt 46 10 10 
2
Don't Worry Darling
David Gonzalez
Don 8217 t Worry Darling is ripe with worry 46 A puzzle in which its pieces don 8217 t quite fully fit as its inconsistent third act reveal will leave cinephiles wondering 44 8220 what could have been 63 8221 
2.5
Don't Worry Darling
Brian Truitt
A twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller 
2.5
Gold
Brian Eggert
It s a dark comedy a satire of capitalism gone wrong a critique of corporate greed and a human drama about a loser who thought he finally made it big And moreover the film does none of these modes well 
1.5
Gold
Matt Brunson
The maxim states that all that glitters is not gold and that s certainly true In the case of Gold it s more like a shattered disco ball promising dazzlement but delivering only a few fleeting glints of illumination 
1.5
Gold
John Serba
The performance is hyperbolic and testicular in the sense that McConaughey seems to be summoning the character from deep within his id and gonads 
2.5
Gold
Linda Cook
Gold is all right all right all right 
3
Gold
David Nusair
a tedious and often interminable drama that feels like a stale rehash of other better movies 
2
Gold
Michael Smith
I like this character and Kenny is a character in every sense of the word The trouble is that Kenny is the film s only character that is truly fleshed out 
2
Gold
Sara Michelle Fetters
Good intentions and lofty ideals don t end up meaning a single thing substantive making the finished feature nothing more than celluloid pyrite barely worth the cost of a rental let alone a full blown first run multiplex ticket 
2
Gold
Rob Thomas
It s not boring But it doesn t shine either 
2.5
Gold
Robert Horton
Each shot is a formal arrangement of color and composition actually each shot is practically a floral arrangement given how pretty it all looks 
3
Gold
Robert Horton
McConaughey is unleashed and the result ain t pretty 
2
Gold
Peter Travers
McConaughey deep dives into his role as a mad dog prospector like a starving man sitting down to a feast As a movie Gold is slim pickings But McConaughey keeps you riveted 
2.5
Gold
Christian Toto
Matthew McConaughey torpedoed his looks for this 
2
Gold
Roger Moore
Corny balderdash built around the dullest McConaughey turn in years 
1
Gold
Sonny Bunch
As fun as McConaughey is to watch I m not quite sure he s enough to save Gold 
2
Gold
Barry Hertz
Not even all of McConaughey s substantial powers can overcome director Stephen Gaghan s lacklustre vision or the screenwriters muddy narrative 
2.5
Gold
Rafer Guzman
Gold mostly works It s just a few ounces shy of solid entertainment 
3
Gold
Peter Howell
Gold is more of a bronze 
2
Gold
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay seems disinterested with just about every aspect of this story 
1.5
Gold
Dann Gire
McConaughey s impassioned portrait of a capitalistic risk taker can t overcome Gaghan s lethargic pacing and studied style despite the screenplay from two writers on Lara Croft Tomb Raider 
1.5
Gold
James Berardinelli
Despite its uneven tone the film is compelling and perhaps more importantly relevant even though the actual historical events occurred two decades ago 
3
Gold
Richard Roeper
It s McConaughey s great big performance and the fine work by the outstanding cast that carries the day in Gold an uneven and overlong but nonetheless entertaining American Dream saga 
3
Gold
Kyle Smith
Gold is designed less to tell a coherent story than it is to set up McConaughey for an Oscar nomination 
2
Gold
Michael O'Sullivan
The most ironic thing about Gold is this For all its efforts the movie seems to know it s sitting on a gold mine of a backstory but it just can t figure out how to get the stuff out of the ground 
2
Gold
Calvin Wilson
Gold is a major disappointment a film of admirable ambition but woefully underwhelming execution 
2
Gold
Mick LaSalle
For most of the year bad movies have the same general ailments But in January they have exotic diseases They have things wrong with them that you ve never seen before 
1
Gold
Ty Burr
The movie s an easy engaging watch even if it s literally all over the map 
2.5
Gold
Moira MacDonald
Gold is one of those movies that sounds like much more fun than it actually is 
2
Gold
Mike McGranaghan
To paraphrase the comedy Tropic Thunder you never go full McConaughey In Gold Matthew McConaughey goes full McConaughey 
2
Gold
Katie Walsh
You re along for the ride with the fully committed McConaughey who swings for the fences with his bold acting choices and studious lack of vanity and he manages to create a seamless inhabited performance 
3
Gold
Tirdad Derakhshani
A promising if ultimately disappointing cautionary tale about the power of greed to twist the human soul 
2.5
Gold
Stephen Whitty
It s a movie built solely around its star Except its star can t hold it together 
1.5
Gold
Brian Truitt
Nothing in Gold is quite golden though at least Matthew McConaughey with a lack of hair and an abundance of beer gut shines 
2
Gold
Peter Canavese
In its broader themes of selling a story to investors and the blinding power of money Gold has little new to offer but in its particulars finds deposits rich enough to make the trip worthwhile 
2.5
Gold
Kenji Fujishima
The film finds no treasure of gleaming originality in its energetically told but crushingly clichd anti capitalist parable 
1.5
The Lion King
Sean P. Means
Disney newest animated feature is an explosion of color and emotion This tale of a lion cub growing up to avenge his father s death is filled with primal themes and deep feelings 
3.5
The Lion King
Marylynn Uricchio
The Lion King is classic first rate Disney an animated musical for all ages that will roar its way to huge grosses and take its place among Disney s best 
3.5
The Lion King
Jay Stone
The Lion King Walt Disney s 32nd full length animated film is a glorious hodgepodge a jumble of styles emotions and ideas that turn into something wonderful This is Disney animation at its best and at its most sentimental 
4
The Lion King
Matt Brunson
This often dark tale about a lion cub holds real emotional resonance 
3.5
The Lion King
Dan Webster
A majestic achievement 
4
The Lion King
Dennis King
Disney can take pride in this lion of a movie 
3.5
The Lion King
Bill Wedo
Even the inescapable hype cannot diminish the fact that this is one great film 
4
The Lion King
Desmond Ryan
The Lion King complete with jaunty songs by Elton John and Tim Rice is undeniably and fully worthy of its glorious Disney heritage It is a gorgeous triumph one lion in which the studio can take justified pride 
4
The Lion King
John Hartl
It s perhaps the closest Disney has come to creating a consciously mythical entertainment in the style of Star Wars Yet like that film it keeps its sense of humor and fun 
3.5
The Lion King
Gene Siskel
It bears repeating that The Lion King is quite entertaining as children s fare goes these days But Disney has established a standard so high on animated features that anything less than a classic leaves you feeling that something s missing 
3
The Lion King
Stephen Hunter
Although it s state of the art one might say that in terms of its values it s the best animated film of the 19th century 
3
The Lion King
Katherine Monk
It s the stuff of classics and every shred of this movie matches the intent and soulful message of personal growth and evolution which is why it remains the emotional triumph it is 
3.5
The Lion King
Roger Moore
The exclamation point on a great run of classic Disney animation 
3.5
The Lion King
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie oozes life has vitality and momentum in spades and for those who have only experienced the film at home this two week limited engagement absolutely cannot be missed 
3.5
The Lion King
Linda Cook
Yes it s a Disney film But if you re a grown up don t let that stop you from sinking your teeth into The Lion King There s more depth humor and dignity to this show than you ll see at almost any other movie so far this year 
4
The Lion King
Peter Canavese
It s not hard to understand why The Lion King s good vs evil adventure and high spirited comic passages haven t lost their appeal Blu ray 
3.5
The Lion King
Jesse Cataldo
Art History stands out as one of Joe Swanberg s most visually and conceptually accomplished experiments 
3
The Lion King
Ty Burr
The story line is a Joseph Campbell hero quest so stripped down to its basics as to become dull 
2.5
The Lion King
Josh Larsen
Disney does Shakespeare and not too badly either 
3.5
The Lion King
Rob Humanick
Although far from the worst offender in Disney s canon The Lion King is nevertheless host to many of the less savory qualities common to the studio s output 
2.5
The Lion King
TV Guide Staff
This tale of a lion cub s coming of age in the African veldt offers a less memorable song score than did the previous hits and a hasty unsatisfying dramatic resolution 
3
The Lion King
Michael Dequina
Makes up for its shortcomings in the musical department with a strong dose of mature drama 
4
The Lion King
Scott Nash
Some of the animation is quite beautiful although some of it seems quite crude by today s standards 
3
The Lion King
Bill Chambers
The Lion King s huge take unfortunately bronzed its blunders along with its charms 
2
The Lion King
Ed Gonzalez
The Lion King is loaded with hoary biblical references ray of lights burning bushes and Shakespearean shout outs but that s all they are 
2
The Lion King
Linda Cook
No wonder The Lion King is Disney s pride 
4
The Lion King
Shellie Iliff
Overall The Lion King s sarcastic humor and powerful visuals make it well worth the trip to the theater 
3.5
The Lion King
Robert Roten
I found it a little disappointing 
3
The Lion King
Ross Anthony
I cringe at the site of Scar smile at Rafiki and rise to believe in Simba breathing in deeply the encouragement his story has for all of us 
3.5
The Lion King
Chris Hewitt
Aside from minor tinkering this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 except that it looks even better 
4
The Lion King
Marty Mapes
Forget the musical The Lion King is now in IMAX Too bad it sends the wrong message to anyone who sees messages in cartoon animals singing Broadway numbers 
2.5
The Lion King
Mary Kalin-Casey
There s simply nothing like it 
4
The Lion King
Steve Rhodes
Technically an amazing and dazzling movie 
3
The Lion King
Roger Ebert
A superbly drawn animated feature 
3.5
The Lion King
James Berardinelli
There clearly has been a conscious effort to please adults as much as children Happily for those of us who generally stay far away from cartoons they have succeeded 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Brian Eggert
It entertains by finding an equilibrium between diversionary thrills and emotional substance 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Matt Brunson
The jokey demeanor that informed the first film remains even if writer director James Gunn forces too many gags But the freshness of the characters remains intact and the actors continue to interact in a manner that supports the narrative spine 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Leo Brady
With vibrant colors of the multiple planets creatures and space opera like battles Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is an eye popping visual rock concert 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Sarah Knight Adamson
More of the same but that s not necessarily a bad thing 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Khari J. Sampson
Like the first film Vol 2 is colorful and full of wit and action 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Pamela Powell
They kept what worked in the first volume the music and the humor and expanded upon it 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
George M. Thomas
glides right along in its galactic groove Just move with it 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Rick Bentley
The film is still loaded with strong special effects and a must have soundtrack This makes the sequel good but lacks the element of surprise that made the original film so much fun 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
David Nusair
A marginal improvement over its lackluster predecessor 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
John Beifuss
The film needs more id and less Ego Nothing that appears shocking reckless or impulsive is allowed to disrupt the strategic storyboarded faux chaos of the project s blockbuster imperative and Marvel Cinematic Universe orthodoxy 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Linda Cook
It s as wild and wildly funny as the original 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Wesley Lovell
This is how you keep sequels fresh and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs to take especial notice 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
David Keyes
A sequel that has charm and uproarious laughs but doesn t seem at all interested in doing much else with the personalities it assembles 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
James Kendrick
the jokes and throw away gags and irreverent potshots at popular culture and action movie clichés and hero fantasies that felt so smooth and natural the first time around here feel more forced
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kevin A. Ranson
feel sorry for whatever comes out in the next weekend or two hoping to make money We all knew this was critic proof You already watched it didn t you 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Allyson Johnson
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 taps into that childlike glee that comes with sitting in a dark movie theater ready to see favorite characters travel worlds and fight off aliens 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
John Serba
It s a little bit funnier and shows a smidgen more technical panache than the first but sticks to its successful formula and therefore satisfies in much the same way 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Jeff Simon
After watching all that jaunty kidcom adventure stuff I kept getting the feeling that there was a 70 s after school special locked up inside this movie and struggling mightily to get out 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Michael Smith
Don t walk don t run Walkman your way to this out of this world blast of entertainment 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Walter Chaw
Feels like a parody of Guardians of the Galaxy 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It adroitly balances art and entertainment character and sensation laughter and poignancy and the personal with the packaged 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Mike McGranaghan
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 takes everything that worked so well the first time around and amplifies it establishing itself as one of the most satisfying sequels of recent years 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gunn s vision continues to be the most inspired of any director currently working inside of Marvel s universe and like a dancing Baby Groot I m pretty sure at this point I d jive right along to any beat he chooses to lay down next 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Thelma Adams
The reunion of the Guardians cements Pratt s mega stardom He has a shaggy young Kurt Russell vibe think Big Trouble in Little China And Russell himself is a great addition to the ensemble providing a dose of kick back kick ass action
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Phil Villarreal
What could easily devolve into CGI slapstick manages to stick to the ribs in the two films and counting franchise 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
John Wenzel
Here s hoping the inevitable Vol 3 rebuilds some of the first film s heart because Vol 2 feels like hollow spectacle however gorgeously rendered 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Robert Horton
The fun of the movie is in the characters and their wisecracks Five years ago I would not have predicted that the former pro wrestler Bautista would become one of my favorite comic actors but we live in strange times 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Bob Bloom
Beneath its fast paced story great visuals and a toe tapping mixed tape soundtrack Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is a story of family in all its dysfunctional glory 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Christian Toto
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is the first MCU film to talk down to its audience 
1.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Sonny Bunch
Second verse same as the first But when the first verse was as good as Guardians of the Galaxy it s hard to complain too much 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Barry Hertz
Often loud occasionally obnoxious and so consistently convinced of its own awesomeness that it will not it cannot stop pointing out everything that makes it so utterly wonderful 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Josh Larsen
insists on trying to wear big boy blockbuster pants 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Tony Norman
If ever a movie exemplified the paradox of expectation it is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Clint O'Connor
It s overwrought and overlong Whereas the first Guardians soared this one kind of lumbers toward the finish line 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Clayton Davis
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is fun no doubt Action packed and completely enjoyable We re just waiting for the evolution of Marvel to take place 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Eric Melin
Like Let s Twist Again it can t play the same familiar chords with lesser lyrics and expect the same results It isn t quite the revved up rallying call for outcasts that the first one was so this sequel is best approached with lower expectations 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Richard Roeper
Like many a sequel to a slam bang much liked mega hit Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 isn t quite as much fun not quite as clever not quite as fresh as the original but it still packs a bright and shiny and sweet punch 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Inferior to its predecessor but not by much fortunately Full review in Spanish 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Sean P. Means
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 builds on the first movie s strong foundation with a friendly cast notably Pratt Bautista and Saldana and fun action sequences It s good enough to make a fan look forward to Vol 3 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Mark Dujsik
A n entertaining space adventure that cares more about jokes than action sequences and that ultimately cares more about its characters than the jokes 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Jon Niccum
Like the classic rock soundtrack powering this picture the hits outweigh the misses yet there are times when one is tempted to press the fast forward button 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Max Weiss
Watching it is akin to the experience of being trapped in a room with a Golden Retriever that is repeatedly licking you in the face You ll emerge slightly happy somewhat dazed and covered in slobber 
2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Peter Howell
Like a visit from amusing friends who stay a bit longer than expected it s easy to forgive the indulgence 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Calvin Wilson
Vol 2 might have been a bit more focused Still it s an imaginative romp that once again reflects Gunn s unique and irreverent sensibility 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Sara Stewart
If it s overstuffed in the way of most sequels well at least it s stuffed with good cheer 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Jeff Beck
Trying to make a sequel that was going to be as good or feel as fresh as the original was a near impossible task but Gunn has managed to deliver a film that s a hell of a lot of fun to watch while also giving it depth and heart to spare 
3.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Dustin Putman
Joyous silly heartfelt and occasionally majestic Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is alive and thriving a smart thrilling sweet natured kickoff to the 2017 summer movie season 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ty Burr
The sharp comic timing and devil may care breeziness of the original only return intermittently and the new film s emphasis is on family feuds and forgiveness It s heavy on the feels There are hugs 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
James Berardinelli
Volume 2 can claim to be bigger and better than its predecessor although it still suffers from some of the narrative sleight of hand issues that kept Guardians of Galaxy from achieving greatness 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Gary Thompson
The underdog panache of the original has ebbed and now begins the tedious world building and brand building that becomes necessary when you make 700 million at the box office 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Michael O'Sullivan
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is a toe tapping eye popping indication that summer is here and that it might not suck after all 
4
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Michael Phillips
It s stupid smart bits that make up for the more routine aspects of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Chris Hewitt
There s enough there to make Vol 2 worth seeing I just hope the creators go back to being weirder and looser in Vol 3 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
AP Kryza
Vol 2 isn t the jolt that the first one was but between all the action and its surprisingly poignant finale it s a welcome addition 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Dann Gire
Frenetic and frequently funny Vol 2 moves so mercifully fast that we hardly notice the narrative potholes 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Rick Bentley
The best thing Gunn has going for him is that even when he gets off the best beat for the movie his cast is so talented and breathes so much life into their roles that they can cover up any small dark holes in this Galaxy 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Roger Moore
It s Gamora s universe and Saldana s movie something you notice whenever it lurches to a halt often or you re confronted by Pratt s lackluster acting
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Mick LaSalle
Guardians 2 throws a lot into the pot but it keeps all the elements clear and finds ways to have fun at every turn 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Jake Cole
Its unique action scenes and the palpable chemistry of the lead actors continues to make this Marvel s most entertaining franchise 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Soren Andersen
It s a rare misstep for the usually sure footed folks behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe 
1.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Brian Tallerico
The rare Hollywood CGI orgy that doesn t take itself deadly seriously like the current plague of superhero movies and wants to be as purely entertaining as possible 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Peter Canavese
The pivotal realization that in the end using your heart beats using your head works as a pithy instruction manual for this diverting but disposable adventure 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Peter Travers
Vol 2 still has the loosey goosey feel of a rogue epic that the kids made when the grown ups weren t watching Only a turd blossom could resist it 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Rafer Guzman
Any action film that sets its opening sequence to ELO s Mister Blue Sky can t be all bad but the Guardians franchise will need more than an excellent vinyl collection from here on out 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Mara Reinstein
For the sequel writer director James Gunn has doubled down on all his once nifty novelties Strip them away and what remains is a bloated semi mess 
2.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Stephen Whitty
Apart from the pleasure in seeing old characters in new ways there s also all the eye candy surrounding them Marvel has never stinted on special effects but this film is practically psychedelic 
3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Brian Truitt
Just like the first one Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is a winning and wonderfully relatable gem of crazy 
3.5
The World to Come
Brian Eggert
Fastvold s approach is perhaps too eager to articulate what the characters conceal 
2.5
The World to Come
Peter Canavese
Literary stately soft spoken period piece which never quite solves its problem of ethos and thematic tediousness but does possess a cumulative power all its own Wolfe Video blu ray 
3
The World to Come
Randy Myers
Waterston and Kirby give it their all and their passion on screen is electrifying 
3
The World to Come
Anita Katz
A moving engrossing period drama about the plight of two farming women trapped in unhappy marriages 
3
The World to Come
Leo Brady
The World to Come has commendable attributes but I was expecting so much more 
2.5
The World to Come
Roger Moore
Lovely as it sometimes is and impressive as the cast may be it holds too few surprises and dramatic peaks to make it a stand out in a genre that s fast becoming old hat
2.5
The World to Come
Steven Prokopy
The World to Come is chilling thought provoking and heartbreaking 
3
The World to Come
Bob Bloom
The World to Come is a decent movie but lacks intensity It seems to want to say something meaningful but like the movie s farmland much gets buried in the mud 
2.5
The World to Come
Richard Roeper
Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby are beautiful together in the 19th century rough country love story 
3
The World to Come
Tomris Laffly
You long for something evocative and warm throughout The World to Come only to leave it with a minor shiver 
2
The World to Come
Mark Dujsik
The romance becomes more obvious as the story and relationship progress So too does the complication of the husbands each of whose presence feels increasingly unnecessary 
2.5
The World to Come
G. Allen Johnson
Waterston and Kirby do achieve an intimacy that operates as a warm fire warding off the chilliness around them It s too bad we were left out in the cold 
2
The World to Come
Michael O'Sullivan
Instead of denaturing the ardor the ecstasy the rapture the ultimate tragedy of the story Fastvold s light hand only intensifies it 
3
The World to Come
Sean P. Means
Director Mona Fastvold builds unbearable tension in the unspoken thoughts Abigail directs toward Tallie and the slight glances Tallie returns in Abigail s direction 
3.5
Intensive Care
Christian Toto
The film s lively star helps you forgive the story s considerable flaws 
2.5
Intensive Care
Kevin A. Ranson
more like a demo reel than an actual film look what Tara Macken can do driven to see how many stunts they can work in first and how any of it makes any sense second 
1
Dead Funny
David Nusair
particularly bad even by McCarthy standards 
.5
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Kenneth R. Morefield
We desperately need substantive theologically informed debate about the goals of public policy and the likelihood of achieving them through various political systems A renewed interest in Niebuhr is a small but welcome step in that direction 
4
Things Change
David Nusair
an exceedingly appealing setup thats employed to mostly engrossing effect 
3.5
Things Change
Roger Ebert
Things Change is a neat little exercise in wit and deception 
3
Snow Days
Jonathan Foreman
James character is a charmless boring lump and it s very hard to care if he gets the girl or not 
1.5
Snow Days
Harvey S. Karten
An adorable Sundance type screwball comedy about how a prolonged friendship can play havoc with romance 
3
The Layover
Rex Reed
If this is the kind of garbage kids are watching and absorbing with glee today no wonder the country is in such a mess 
0
The Layover
Richard Roeper
William H Macy is great William H Macy knows funny How could William H Macy direct such an unholy mess 
1
The Layover
Mark Dujsik
At the last minute The Layover tries to become about female empowerment but it would have to actually like women for that to work 
1.5
The Layover
James Berardinelli
An unpleasant unwatchable example of why people no longer love romantic comedies 
1
The Layover
Derek Smith
The film was clearly conceived and written by men who have no interest in approaching female friendships with any degree of complexity curiosity or respect 
.5
Heroes
Gene Siskel
The big lie of Heroes is that you can make your pain disappear the truth I suspect is that at best one can only suppress or channel one s pain in another direction 
2
Heroes
Jeanne Miller
The poorly written script by James Carabatsos and the weak direction by Jeremy Paul Kagan tend to obscure the charm of the two protagonists and to leave a viewer unmoved by their plight 
2
20 Weeks
Christopher James
Opening up the couple s life and taking a more straightforward approach to the material could have made the film immensely more impactful 
2
The Suspect
Matt Brunson
This unsung treat is one of those films where Heaven help us our sympathies rest entirely with a murderer 
3
Young Plato
Joe Friar
A wonderful documentary that makes you wonder why philosophy isn apos t taught at every school 46 10 This isn 8217 t a Hollywood version of a true story 44 it 8217 s the real deal 46 Truly inspiring 46 
4
Young Plato
Michael O'Sullivan
Young Plato is a fascinating sometimes funny and often touching film It s easy to see why the directors were drawn to McArevey and his school 
3
Young Plato
Roger Moore
A guardedly optimistic film showing us 46 46 46 the Platonic Ideal 44 a school with a small enough teacher to student ratio 44 with respected 44 committed and compensated educators 46 46 46 teaching children to reason 44 debate and think for themselves 46 
3
Young Plato
Ross Anthony
Powerful 44 engaging 44 inspirational and important 46 46 46 The headmaster 44 hell bent on growing thinkers instead of fighters 44 serves up the philosophy of ancient Greeks 46 Great conversation starter 46 
3
I Spit on Your Grave
Roger Ebert
This is a film without a shred of artistic distinction It lacks even simple craftsmanship There is no possible motive for exhibiting it other than the totally cynical hope that it might make money 
0
I Spit on Your Grave
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anyone seriously interested in the social impact of film should see this 
3
I Spit on Your Grave
David Nusair
mostly dull and ridiculously over the top 
0
I Spit on Your Grave
James Kendrick
stark simpleminded and direct
2.5
I Spit on Your Grave
Dustin Putman
One of the most underrated motion pictures ever made 
3
I Spit on Your Grave
David Keyes
Here it is with grotesque and repugnant tastes the worst movie of 1980 
0
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Chris Hewitt
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye assumes a great deal of built in interest in the title figures I suspect most people will not have 
2
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Michael O'Sullivan
A frustrating if fitfully fascinating documentary about the singer writer and performance artist known as Genesis Breyer P Orridge and his wife Lady Jaye Breyer P Orridge 
1.5
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Wesley Morris
This is a manic overmedicated and remembered elegy It s also private personal and obscure a ballad meant more for its subjects eyes and ears than ours 
2.5
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Miles Howard
The blas result feels like a great disservice to P Orridge who conducts himself with genuine grace 
2
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Guy Dixon
It s rare for a documentary style to match its subject so ideally 
3
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Linda Barnard
Archival performance footage gives the doc historical weight but P Orridge often comes across as an attention seeking diva as he endlessly mugs for whatever camera is around 
2
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
David Lewis
Rarely do films offer such intimate insights into the inner workings of a true artist 
4
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Diego Semerene
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye tries so hard to keep up with the quirkiness and theatricality of its subjects that it ends up canceling them out 
2
What We Left Unfinished
William Repass
Mariam Ghani s documentary spurs audiences to consider the politics that underlies any artistic activity 
2.5
What We Left Unfinished
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The result is a fascinating deep dive into a strange period in the history of a part of the world still very much at the center of the global stage today 
3
Going Overboard
David Nusair
a slapdash and thoroughly amateurish piece of work that suffers from a total dearth of positive attributes 
0
The Maggie
Roger Moore
Gorgeously shot whimsically scripted and acted a dated delight from start to finish 
3.5
The Maggie
Matt Brunson
Ealing films stand out because the wit has bite and consequently the stories have sting Rarely though are they mean spirited which isn t the case with The Maggie 
2.5
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
David Nusair
it s ultimately not terribly difficult to discern why Truth or Consequences N M has all but been forgotten in the years since its 1997 release 
2.5
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Michael Dequina
It s a derivative setup and the entire film s turn of events is just as unoriginal but taken at face value as a thriller it works 
3
Shoes
Mattie Lucas
Mary MacLaren s performance is incredible her striking features look like something out of a Victorian painting and Weber uses her look of broken innocence to her advantage 
3.5
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Lou Lumenick
More compelling than Cimino s long winded epic 
3
Who Done It?
Matt Brunson
Those expecting the double entendres and other naughty bits that later became Hill s trademark won t find any of that here 
2.5
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
Maitland McDonagh
Director Dornford May s straightforward filmmaking neither glamorizes Khayelitsha and its residents nor plays up the contrast between the silky score and their hardscrabble lives 
3
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Dornford May deftly balances the details of his setting with the universality of his themes exploring every dusty corner of a village thrumming with tension between patriarchal leaders and strong willed women 
3.5
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
V.A. Musetto
A vivacious film that is a treat for eyes and ears 
3
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
Kam Williams
Set in locales ostensibly picked without concern for cinematic pretense this crowd pleaser conveys a sense of everyday life in South Africa while simultaneously serving up an endearing variation of a magical opera for the ages Bravo 
4
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
Ed Gonzalez
Though not the best film version of Bizet s famous opera Carmen Mark Dornford May s Berlin Bear winner from 2005 may be among the most loyal 
2.5
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
Jennie Punter
The main attraction is the performance of Carmen by the magnificent Pauline Malefane who also translated the libretto into Xhosa 
3
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
Susan Walker
Tells a complicated story gives unique voice to a classic piece of music and opens a window on contemporary South Africa in a pleasing symmetrical fashion 
3
The Whole Wide World
Gene Siskel
I felt like I was watching two different movies 
2.5
The Whole Wide World
Susan Wloszczyna
Invest some patience and you ll be richly rewarded with rolling frontier vistas butterscotch sunsets and a sweet melancholy romance that will sneak up on you and grab your heart 
3
The Whole Wide World
Roger Ebert
Novalyne is Renee Zellweger who was magical as Tom Cruise s romantic partner in Jerry Maguire and is charming here too as a small town school teacher who dreams of being a writer 
3
Berkshire County
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Outside the lead and the main antagonist the acting gets really dicey Marcus had me wincing but not of fear 
2
Berkshire County
Joe Lipsett
When the bodies start to fall and the blood begins to flow Berkshire County delivers the horror What audiences may not expect is the sly feminist critique hidden among the pig masks circular rooms and home invasion 
3
Berkshire County
Brad Wheeler
One suspects the actual events involved first time director Audrey Cummings at one point in her life watching better babysitter thrillers such as Halloween or When a Stranger Calls because Berkshire County is nothing close to original 
1.5
Berkshire County
Chris Knight
There s nothing really new in Berkshire County it s as if the filmmakers went to a historic market for their script ideas 
1.5
Swashbuckler
Roger Ebert
It s been a long time since Hollywood gave us a decent pirate movie and that by itself is one reason for liking Swashbuckler 
3
Deathgasm
Dustin Putman
Deathgasm is perhaps too busy for its own good and not always seamlessly plotted but the movie s infectious sensibilities are hard to deny 
2.5
Deathgasm
Soren Andersen
An unhinged horror comedy 
2.5
Deathgasm
Brian Tallerico
The director and his stars commit to the insanity of their project 
2.5
Deathgasm
Andy Crump
Deathgasm isn t just for lovers of metal and horror enthusiasts it s a movie made for any misunderstood loners 
3
Deathgasm
Mike McGranaghan
Deathgasm combines the visual flair of Edgar Wright s Scott Pilgrim vs the World with the manic gory energy of Sam Raimi s Evil Dead 2 In the horror comedy pantheon this movie most definitely rocks hard 
3
Deathgasm
Chuck Bowen
Director Jason Lei Howden has a flair for punchlines that are funny for reasons that are essentially impossible to describe 
2.5
Sadie
Robert Horton
Plays as a kind of dark slightly unreal fairy tale like a Roald Dahl yarn where the kids take things just a little too far for comfort 
3
Sadie
Moira MacDonald
Its honesty and power makes it feel large you live among these characters in their weary trailer park aching for them 
3.5
Sadie
Robert Daniels
Sadie solely serves as a breakout performance from Sophia Mitri Schloss who utterly disappears in the lead role 
2
Sadie
Tomris Laffly
Sadie shares its protagonist s most defining attribute a frustratingly manipulative nature 
2
Sadie
Mark Dujsik
T here s considerable tension in wondering what other lines Sadie may be willing to cross in the futile hope of keeping her broken family together 
3
Sadie
Derek Smith
Sadie remains a clear eyed portrait of maternal love teenage turmoil and the singular type of tight knit bonds formed out of necessity in many cases in low income communities 
2.5
Sadie
Roger Moore
A tad child actressy and melodramatic but with a magnificent working poor reality
2.5
Sadie
Melanie McFarland
You live among these characters aching for them 
3.5
The Clan
Ed Gonzalez
Rumble Fish as directed by Franois Ozon 
2.5
The Clan
Neva Chonin
A luscious yet ultimately empty film 
1
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Mattie Lucas
While Eliopoulos film is hardly revelatory it offers an engaging overview of the life of one of the brightest stars the world has ever seen 
3
Children of Paradise
Brian Eggert
Few films are as grandly romantic as Marcel Carne s 1945 picture a rich melodrama released at the height of French cinema s Golden Age 
4
Children of Paradise
Eric Melin
The movie isn t necessarily realistic it s about the theater after all but its unusually cynical center keeps it from becoming so much sentimental mush while delivering the heartbreak that audiences so crave 
3.5
Children of Paradise
Roger Moore
Thanks to this glorious new restoration We ll always have THIS Paris 
4
Children of Paradise
Rene Rodriguez
Shot in 1943 during World War II Children of Paradise overcame so many seemingly impossible obstacles that today the film seems enchanted 
4
Children of Paradise
Mark Feeney
What ultimately defines the film though what makes it unforgettable is its tragic gravity 
4
Children of Paradise
Jeremy Heilman
Carne s backstage backdrop has clearly set the standard for most theater bound films 
4
Children of Paradise
Ed Gonzalez
Carné s France unlike the fiddle dee dee of Victor Fleming s cotton pickin South is a poetic realist s wonderland 
4
Children of Paradise
James Kendrick
Leaves one with the seemingly contradictory yet deeply moving impression of both reality and dream 
4
Children of Paradise
Roger Ebert
All discussions of Marcel Carne s Children of Paradise begin with the miracle of its making 
4
Children of Paradise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the most rewarding films I ve ever seen 
4
A Question of Faith
Steve Rhodes
Within the confines of the thin storyline the actors did their best But sometimes even your best isn t quite enough to save the day 
2.5
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Brad Wheeler
What we learn from the enjoyable punditry of siblings art world associates and former lovers is that the gorgeous provocateur was consumed with fame and that everything and everybody was a means to that end 
3
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
David Wiegand
Look at the Pictures mirrors what Mapplethorpe did with his own life and career It uses the pictures to tell a version of Robert Mapplethorpe while leaving us with the nagging feeling that there was much more to him than met the eye 
3
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Justine Elias
The directors do well when allowing Mapplethorpe s friends family colleagues and the artist himself via archive interviews to frame the conversation 
3
My Happy Ending
Katie Walsh
The premise of 8220 My Happy Ending 8221 is somewhat slight 44 but there 8217 s nothing insubstantial about a woman coming to a profound realization about her life thanks to a surprising encounter with unexpected new allies
2.5
My Happy Ending
Rob Thomas
When it connects 44 particularly with a magnetic lead performance by Andie MacDowell 44 the film is moving and thoughtful and 44 believe it or not 44 funny 46 10 
2.5
My Happy Ending
Katie Rife
8220 My Happy Ending 8221 can 8217 t even do a tearjerker right 46 
1.5
My Happy Ending
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his is tough and troubling subject matter 44 and the great disservice of 46 46 46 91 the 93 movie is that it seems unwilling to acknowledge that fact for far too long 46 
1
My Happy Ending
Mike McGranaghan
From start to finish 44 the film feels strained and unconvincing 46 
1.5
Who the ... Is Jackson Pollock?
Phil Villarreal
Who the is this filmmaker One to keep an eye on 
3
Who the ... Is Jackson Pollock?
Kyle Smith
The movie is an entertaining stroll through a colorful gallery of characters including in villain mode former Metropolitan Museum of Art director Thomas Hoving 
3
Who the ... Is Jackson Pollock?
Elizabeth Weitzman
By the time it s over you ll be inspired to scour your own attic for undiscovered treasures 
3
Who the ... Is Jackson Pollock?
Ariella Budick
For the film the verdict is beside the point Moses uses the plucky Horton s battle to make an oblique argument about class and his target is the art world Goliath 
3
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Gene Siskel
Even on the mechanical level in which it was made the number of jokes that don t work far outnumber the ones that do 
2
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Candice Russell
What this one lacks is broad barreled fun which is the essential element in a spoof 
1.5
Under the Rainbow
Mike McGranaghan
I maintain that while it may be a failure it s an ambitious failure 
2.5
Jumpin' Jack Flash
David Nusair
works as neither a comedy nor a spy caper 
2
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Roger Ebert
Whoopi Goldberg is the only original or interesting thing about Jumpin Jack Flash And she tries but she s not enough 
2
Beautiful Girls
Michael Dequina
Not a whole lot goes on but what does go on is engaging enough to merit a look 
3
Beautiful Girls
Kim Williamson
With only a few lapses Scott Rosenberg s script is so good it outshines his much praised Things to Do in Denver When You re Dead 
4
Beautiful Girls
Edward Guthmann
It s the women who break the monotony of this dudes in flux saga 
2
Beautiful Girls
Peter Travers
In a relationship that skirts bad taste Hutton and Portman make tender movie magic giving this big screen spin on Friends its only moments of true romantic yearning 
3
Beautiful Girls
James Berardinelli
Borrowing heavily from other better films director Ted Demme and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg give each of their male protagonists a case of commitment angst 
2
Beautiful Girls
Steve Rhodes
With better editing Jeffrey Wolf and directing Ted Demme the movie could have survived the script but alas it was not to be 
2
Beautiful Girls
Barbara Shulgasser
The truth is it s just not fun to watch people make excuses for themselves 
1
Beautiful Girls
Roger Ebert
What s nicest about the film is the way it treasures the good feelings people can have for one another 
3.5
Beautiful Girls
Madeleine Williams
While apt at times often it seems overwrought and muddled 
2.5
Beautiful Girls
Chris Hicks
A routine entry in the genre with nothing in particular to recommend it aside from an attractive cast 
2
Beautiful Girls
Mike Clark
The movie lacks the stature or consistency to be truly beautiful but you know it is kind of cute 
3
Shy People
Gene Siskel
It s a bit precious despite an almost convincing performance by Hershey 
2.5
Shy People
Roger Ebert
Shy People is one of the great visionary films of recent years a film that shakes off the petty distractions of safe Hollywood entertainments and develops a large vision 
4
Shy People
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One doesn t want to say too much more about a film that makes and provokes its own discoveries 
3
It's a Boy Girl Thing
David Nusair
the film does possess enough heart and laughs to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Matt Brunson
A diabolically clever comedy 
3.5
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Mattie Lucas
As scathing a critique of the British upper classes as the cinema has ever given us disguised as a light comedy with a charming exterior 
3.5
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Mark Bourne
It was Voltaire probably who said that if Alec Guinness did not exist it would be necessary for Ealing Studios to invent him 
4
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Thomas Delapa
A droll and delicious black comedy one of the Ealing Studios regal postwar hits 
3.5
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Ed Gonzalez
A class can be taught comparing British and American manners using only Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Family Jewels 
3
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Roger Ebert
Despite its murders and intrigues its betrayals and blood feuds Kind Hearts and Coronets has a dry and detached air 
4
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
Roger Moore
An infuriating film that captures environmental racism at its most obvious
3
The Last Ride
Eric Melin
A romantic what if version of the story interesting only as a cultural artifact dramatically inert
1.5
The Last Ride
Paul de Barros
Alas The Last Ride doesn t deliver much insight into Williams or the lifestyle that killed him 
2
The Last Ride
Rex Reed
It s a fascinating film that I enjoyed thoroughly 
3
The Last Ride
Chuck Bowen
A typical wax museum reproduction of the American South in which every detail is Southern in bold all caps and not a single scene over the course of the film s 102 minutes rings true 
1
Year of the Dragon
Matt Brunson
Defenders claim it s a blow against racism and sexism while detractors insist it embraces racism and sexism One s opinion will perhaps depend on whether the viewing ends with admiration for its technical prowess or annoyance at its narrative ugliness 
2.5
Tekkonkinkreet
Maitland McDonagh
Anime enthusiasts will want to take a look but the film is too uneven to serve as a good introduction to the form 
2.5
Tekkonkinkreet
Jim Hemphill
Since the movie more or less abandons all pretense of naturalism somewhere around its midpoint in the end the expressionistic frenzy of light movement and color that takes over is enough to make it worth seeing 
2.5
Tekkonkinkreet
Lou Lumenick
Somewhat resembles Paprika another recent piece of Japanimation But director Michael Arias a Tokyo based American doesn t fuse his striking graphics to a story anywhere near as satisfying 
2
Tekkonkinkreet
Elizabeth Weitzman
The dazzlingly intricate backgrounds are a marvel and though the jam packed story occasionally trips over its own sentimentality it quickly rights itself every time 
3
Tekkonkinkreet
John Anderson
Far less cartoonish than say Pirates of the Caribbean 3 And its characters are the most poignant and convincingly human of the summer 
3
Tekkonkinkreet
Paul Schrodt
The movie is a collection of disparate anime parts that never really comes together 
2
The Forgotten Kingdom
Jay Boller
Director Andrew Mudge s expansive film combines death romance poverty mysticism philosophy and friendship while holding steadfast to its realism it sticks with you 
3
Notfilm
Peter Keough
Though not as polished as Film Lipman s Notfilm might be that rare instance where the critical commentary is of more interest than the work itself 
3
Notfilm
James Lattimer
Ross Lipman s gloriously egalitarian approach to culture means that his complex argumentation never becomes inaccessible 
3
Notfilm
Tara Brady
Notfilm offers Beckett academics a rare chance to hear the man speak and Lipman s investigation is commendably rigorous 
3
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Kelly Jane Torrance
We ll never know what one of history s monsters thought But The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu manages somehow to get us into his twisted mind nonetheless 
3.5
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Ann Hornaday
Uses Soviet era lies to uncover buried truths about its subject 
3.5
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Michael Nordine
The conviction that this is a documentary that needed to be made and presented just so is ultimately quite persuasive 
3.5
The Trigger Effect
David Nusair
a fascinating and terse look at the breakdown of common decency during a time of crisis 
3
The Trigger Effect
Michael Dequina
One bad idea sets off a series of more bad ideas until the film becomes unsalvageable 
1.5
Defending Your Life
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Most of these scenes are hilarious there s an especially riotous montage offering excerpts from 164 misjudgments over a 12 year period 
3
Defending Your Life
Brian Eggert
There are many superlatives and hyperbolic statements in this appreciation of Brooks film but it s just that kind of comedy It makes you smile endlessly and warms your heart 
4
Defending Your Life
James Berardinelli
While even the best frantic comedies often lose steam around the 90 minute mark Defending Your Life is able to keep going for nearly two hours without wearing out its welcome or provoking a bout of fidgeting 
3.5
Defending Your Life
Matt Brunson
Arguably writer director Albert Brooks best movie 
3.5
Defending Your Life
David Nusair
Albert Brooks best movie 
4
Defending Your Life
Emanuel Levy
Though visually impressive the film shows problems with tonality which veers from outright comedy to earnest therapy session the seize the day lesson is not strong enough for a full length picture 
3
Defending Your Life
Ted Prigge
One of the funniest and most clever comedies that I ve seen released this decade 
4
Defending Your Life
Roger Ebert
The movie is funny in a warm fuzzy way and it has a splendidly satisfactory ending 
3.5
Maryam
David Elliott
It s a very sincere work but it would be better as a diary or documentary 
2
Maryam
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It takes this never ending confusion and hatred puts a human face on it evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding 
3
Maryam
Jonathan Curiel
It is enthralling and evocative despite some flaws 
3
Maryam
Walter Chaw
captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity overnight is robbed and replaced with a persecuted other 
3
Maryam
Loren King
Uncannily in tune with contemporary global events 
3
Maryam
Steve Rhodes
The film is powerful accessible and funny You won t miss its messages but you ll be entertained as well 
3
Maryam
Pam Grady
Maryam is a small film but it offers large rewards 
3
Maryam
Roger Ebert
Maryam is more timely now than ever 
3.5
Maryam
V.A. Musetto
Serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and perhaps unwittingly relating it to what is happening in America in 2002 But hard to believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour 
2.5
Maryam
Harvey S. Karten
A film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story 
3
Maryam
Ed Gonzalez
Most impressive though is the film s open ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters emotional wounds 
3
We Don't Care About Music Anyway
Tom Keogh
We Don t Care deftly compensates for the missing element in a film about performance art immediacy 
3
Enter the Void
Peter Howell
In visual terms it s a whiz bang marvel of swooping and soaring camera work and psychedelic imagery lit by the gaudy fluorescence of Tokyo s seamier nightclubs 
3
Enter the Void
Stephen Cole
If you yourself are stoked for a lurid oversexed stupid with Freud Midnight Movie extravaganza a trip to El Topo via Mulholland Drive there are worse ways to spend 2 1 2 hours 
2.5
Enter the Void
Rene Rodriguez
I hated that will be a common refrain among people leaving showings of Enter the Void Don t be surprised though if you find yourself still thinking about the movie the next day 
3
Enter the Void
Rob Thomas
Enter the Void isn t a movie It s an illegal substance ingested through the senses 
3.5
Enter the Void
Jen Chaney
It s certainly an immersive experience that s decidedly difficult to shake The problem is that it s also the most excruciating sit in recent cinematic memory 
1
Enter the Void
Ty Burr
As chowderheaded as some of its underlying pretensions are the movie s still an astonishing work of cinema alternately brilliant and disgusting naïve and inspired tedious and sublime 
3
Enter the Void
Peter Keough
At times stunningly beautiful at others shockingly banal Enter the Void passes over the mystery of death for mysteries more mundane and generic 
2.5
Enter the Void
Robert W. Butler
Work of art or huge practical joke Can t say but you ve never seen anything remotely like Enter the Void 
3
Enter the Void
Chris Hewitt
You will definitely feel something even if it s outrage 
3.5
Enter the Void
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Essentially Enter the Void is like Ghost without the romance humor or suspense 
2
Enter the Void
Sara Michelle Fetters
For all my hesitation and reluctance to embrace it personally I can t wait to watch it again 
3
Enter the Void
Walter V. Addiego
Gaspar Noé has followed up his 2002 Irreversible an unwatchable exercise in provocation with Enter the Void an unbearable exercise in provocation 
1
Enter the Void
Dustin Putman
A big gorgeous sprawling heartbreaking stroke of genius a motion picture as seminal as it is sublime You can rest assured that you haven t seen anything like it before 
4
Enter the Void
Tirdad Derakhshani
An accomplished daring even great film 
3
Enter the Void
V.A. Musetto
From the rapid fire purposely unreadable opening credits to the final baby POV shot of a birth this is a dazzling and brutal exercise in cinematic envelope pushing 
3
Enter the Void
Mark Dujsik
Pulls its thin material far beyond the breaking point 
1.5
Enter the Void
Ed Gonzalez
Even though Enter the Void is stylistically wearying and stupefyingly transparent as a disquisition you can t doubt that Noé is a dazzling synthesizer of image and sound 
2
Enter the Void
David Nusair
an anti climactic disappointment 
2
SXTape
Dustin Putman
It is difficult to become fully absorbed in goings on when the characters keep having to deal with plummeting IQs 
2
Life's a Breeze
Linda Barnard
Life s a Breeze spins a sitcom plot into passable yet predictable entertainment 
2
Life's a Breeze
Brian Tallerico
As amiable and windswept as its title promises for better or worse 
2
Life's a Breeze
Stephen Whitty
A small sweet film the sort of unexpected pleasure movie fans often find at a small film festival or on some second tier cable channel 
3
Life's a Breeze
Wes Greene
A rigidly predetermined film that runs on the fumes of hackneyed plot points squandering at nearly every turn a humanistic study of a family s struggle to maintain a tenable bond with one another 
2
Superman III
James Berardinelli
The plot is nonsensical as if different scenes were written in isolation without any conception of how to connect them together 
1.5
Superman III
Matthew Rozsa
See this movie for Richard Pryor Play on your cell phone during the rest Frankly it s what Gus Gorman would want you to do 
3
Superman III
Michael Dequina
Apparently Richard Lester s intent was to turn Superman into a joke A really bad joke 
1.5
Superman III
Peter Canavese
Reeve continues his traditions of graceful flying moves confident carriage and twinkly warmth Sadly none of it is enough to save Superman III from being at home only in a junkyard 
2
Superman III
Roger Ebert
It s a cinematic comic book shallow silly filled with stunts and action without much human interest 
2.5
Superman III
James O'Ehley
Among the worst in the series 
1.5
Chaplin of the Mountains
Farran Smith Nehme
There s a simplicity and directness in Chaplin of the Mountains that keeps it aloft its wholehearted sincerity feels much fresher than any number of slicker more cynical films 
2.5
Mockingbird Lane
David Wiegand
Kids will like Mockingbird Lane well enough 
2.5
The Myth of Fingerprints
David N. Butterworth
Kudos is as kudos does 
3.5
One Cut of the Dead
Brian Eggert
With an outrageous meta conceit One Cut of the Dead captures the independent filmmaking experience in all its horrible but ecstatic glory 
4
One Cut of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As eye poppingly fresh and startling as Sam Raimi s Evil Dead films were in the 1980s 
4
One Cut of the Dead
Simon Abrams
You have to want to invest in his characters in order for One Cut of the Dead to really take off 
2.5
One Cut of the Dead
Christian Toto
This Japanese horror comedy might be the most original zombie film to date but it s still overrated 
2.5
One Cut of the Dead
Mike McGranaghan
Clever hilarious and deeply deeply satisfying 
3.5
One Cut of the Dead
Bill Chambers
The rallying spirit here is as moving as any Rocky triumph and it s compounded by the surprisingly sweet father daughter story at the movie s core 
3
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Peter Canavese
The dichotomy of Rickles customary matador theme entrance and tongue in cheek but true theme song I m a Nice Guy captures Rickles secret of success you gotta love him 
3.5
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Nick Schager
Confirms that Rickles s enduring popularity as the high priest of putdowns can be chalked up to an admirable national trait to not take ourselves too seriously 
2.5
The Tinder Swindler
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Throughout her reportage Morris doesn t judge any of the victims but rather outlines terrifyingly how easily it could happen to virtually anyone 
3.5
The Tinder Swindler
Randy Myers
Swindler will make those already suspicious about dating apps delete them in a hurry 
3
Mystery of the Maya
Chris Hewitt
Whether on the ground or shot from a helicopter its views of Mayan civilization are terrific 
3
Zinda
Namrata Joshi
Even the love making is tortuous and unpalatable In retrospect the brutality and gruesomeness in Zinda makes the violence in James seem tame and juvenile Watch it to know the definition of gratuitous gore 
2
Tears of Gaza
Andrew Schenker
There s no coddling the audience in Vibeke Lkkeberg s verit heave of disgust as the full consequences on the Palestinian people of Operation Cast Lead are made sickeningly clear 
3
Open Windows
Dustin Putman
A vise gripped suspenser that reminds in its best moments of Brian De Palma in his professional prime 
2.5
Open Windows
Brian Tallerico
It s nonsense but it s glorious nonsense 
3
Open Windows
Chuck Bowen
Timidity and perhaps fear of visual confinement of lingering emotional engagement closes Nacho Vigalondo s most promising windows 
2
Feral
David Nusair
the lowest of the low in terms of direct to streaming horror flicks 
0
Feral
Sara Michelle Fetters
But the movie isn t good In fairness it also isn t bad It s just instantly forgettable 
2
Feral
Mark Dujsik
The only advantage these not too bright kids have is that the zombies spend a lot of time posing and growling 
1
Feral
Glenn Kenny
Director Young shoots his unimaginative opus with an eye of getting all the value of the gore makeup department s work on screen In this respect he does a bang up job 
1
Feral
Mike McGranaghan
Well acted and a solid example of how to build tension by first creating characters the audience can get invested in 
3
Three Monkeys
Mattie Lucas
A darkly lyrical film filled with muddled morality family angst and shady deeds 
3.5
Three Monkeys
Michael Phillips
Three Monkeys is the latest eyeful from director Nuri Bilge Ceylan one of a handful of international directors deserving of the title artist 
3.5
Three Monkeys
Mike Scott
Three Monkeys proves again that Nuri Bilge Ceylan has the eye of an artist with a soul to match If only his storytelling skills were equally represented 
2.5
Three Monkeys
Roger Ebert
An elegant exercise with four characters trapped by class guilt and greed 
3
Three Monkeys
Walter V. Addiego
There are enough ponderous moments that you may find yourself resisting the heavy mood 
2
Three Monkeys
V.A. Musetto
This is powerful filmmaking for discerning viewers 
3
Three Monkeys
Bill Weber
If you re looking for an adultery and revenge fueled family melodrama so subdued that it keeps a hit and run fatality cuckoldry and murder entirely off screen Three Monkeys is your movie and Nuri Bilge Ceylan your not so genre inclined auteur 
2
Three Monkeys
Peter Howell
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan takes a step towards the mainstream with a fiercely executed drama that hopefully will expand the ranks of his admirers 
3.5
Three Monkeys
Jeff Shannon
Long masterfully executed shots accompanied by minimal dialogue and a richly expressive soundtrack subdued performances punctuated by violent bursts of emotion and a confident trust in the combination of stark realism and unadorned melodrama 
3
Three Monkeys
Liam Lacey
Ceylan s approach is oblique emphasizing the after effects more than the actions with a lot of frozen painful moments between the characters 
3
Kaaterskill Falls
V.A. Musetto
You just know something terrible is going to happen But when it does you re entirely unprepared 
3
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Roger Ebert
I didn t feel as if the two characters were really acting out of their own spontaneous impulses instead they seemed to be guided by the writer and director 
2
Rape For Profit
Soren Andersen
A work of impassioned advocacy 
3
Don't Make Me Go
Chase Hutchinson
Without spoiling its ending 44 which itself spoils everything that preceded it 44 it takes such a sudden swerve in the final act that the entire film is left reeling and scrambling to make sense of what happened 46 
1.5
Don't Make Me Go
Peter Canavese
On paper this hacky plot must have sounded terrible but the actors sell it 44 making their characters elicit empathy and the entire concept believable 46 
3
Don't Make Me Go
Erik Childress
Director Hannah Marks made a film called After Everything that outlined the challenge of living with cancer which works far better than this infuriating one about keeping it a secret 46 
1.5
Don't Make Me Go
Dann Gire
Did screenwriter Vera Herbert think she could somehow soften the narrative train wreck of her own creation 
1.5
Don't Make Me Go
Brian Tallerico
It apos s easy to take the ride with Max and Wally because of the two performers who bring them to life 46 
3
Don't Make Me Go
Mark Dujsik
Herbert apos s screenplay possesses a pretty formulaic gimmick and structure 44 but even so 44 the heart of this film 46 46 46 remains centered on these characters 46 46 46 
3
Don't Make Me Go
Nina Metz
It s not an unpleasant film by any means But it s not one that makes a case for itself either 
2
Don't Make Me Go
Joey Magidson
Don 8217 t Make Me Go is cleverly navigating territory other films have done before 44 managing to make it feel new in the process 46 Hannah Marks 8217 ability to invest you in her characters is once again evident 46 
3.5
Li and the Poet
Roger Ebert
There is not much happiness in the lives of these two people but they have each other 
3.5
Li and the Poet
Kent Turner
Quietly moving and unassuming
2.5
The Island
Matt Brunson
The biggest flaw is that the pirates aren t particularly frightening or imposing instead coming off as Peter Pan s Lost Boys all grown up to riff from Kentucky Fried Movie they aren t tough and ruthless so much as they re rough and toothless 
1.5
My Baby's Daddy
Jonathan R. Perry
In all its harrowing witlessness it ironically proves the healing power of laughter 
0.5
My Baby's Daddy
Linda Cook
Here s a little stinker with smelly diapers 
.5
My Baby's Daddy
Liam Lacey
The antic energetic performances are game but they re overwhelmed by erratic pacing and disorganized writing 
2
My Baby's Daddy
Christian Toto
This Baby deserves a spanking 
1
My Baby's Daddy
Steve Rhodes
A completely laughless comedy it wants to be a mild message movie about the responsibilities of knocking up one s girlfriend 
1.5
My Baby's Daddy
Glenn Lovell
It feels both forced and mean spirited to say nothing of out of step with the hip hop generation 
1.5
My Baby's Daddy
Carla Meyer
It starts with implausible characters and descends into potty jokes not just involving babies racial stereotypes and a criminal lack of originality 
1
My Baby's Daddy
Timothy Knight
2004 s barely begun and already we have a prime contender for the year s worst movie 
0.5
My Baby's Daddy
Jack Mathews
How these guys are broken by their babies is hit and miss comedy but the film s element of truth keeps it from sailing off the screen like the gas from its oh so many flatulence jokes 
1.5
My Baby's Daddy
Megan Lehmann
The finished product looks like it was thrown together during a lunch break by a drunk person 
1
My Baby's Daddy
James Sanford
a screenplay as meticulously crafted as a vintage Edsel If the sight of soiled diapers and the sound of flatulence move you to merriment you ll dote on every moment 
1
My Baby's Daddy
Guylaine Cadorette
This genreless film drifts without direction from a comedy to a spoof to a drama 
1.5
My Baby's Daddy
Dustin Putman
There is no good reason to make a trip to see My Baby s Daddy but at least it goes down painlessly enough and isn t a complete wash 
2
My Baby's Daddy
Ed Gonzalez
There s no time to be insulted by the endless string of racial jokes considering how infuriatingly literal the film is 
1
My Baby's Daddy
Peter Travers
Diapers even from three babies can t stink worse than this 
1
My Baby's Daddy
Chris Hewitt
Not so memorable 
2
My Baby's Daddy
Phil Villarreal
Makes you laugh out loud feel dumb for cracking up at the imbecilic jokes then relieved when you notice everyone next to you is laughing even louder than you 
3
Foxhole
Marya E. Gates
Fessenden 8217 s tripartite chamber piece Foxhole has its heart in the right place and wears its influences unabashedly on its sleeve 46 
3
Foxhole
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 n the end 44 the movie feels like a lot of gimmickry 44 plenty of showiness 44 and a bit of skill that amounts to little except the obvious 46 
2
Pay 2 Play: Democracy's High Stakes
Rob Thomas
Sometimes watching Pay 2 Play is like playing Monopoly with a six year old they re into the game for a while but then their mind wanders away to focus on the cat or that they really want some ice cream 
2.5
Pay 2 Play: Democracy's High Stakes
Michael O'Sullivan
Ennis is an optimist at heart and his belief that one person can make a difference is infectious if naive 
2.5
My Life as Abraham Lincoln
Rob Humanick
Caught somewhere between an overwrought and interminable student film and an affectionately incompetent Ed Wood production After two viewings I don t know entirely how to feel about the experience and that to me says it s an essential one 
2.5
Joe
James Kendrick
a fascinating and frustrating cinematic experience a mishmash of incongruities confusion and cynicism
2.5
Beaufort
Mattie Lucas
There is no preaching or pontificating here just young men with a lifetime ahead of them forced to wait in hell while their fates are decided for them by men in air conditions rooms 
3.5
Beaufort
Wesley Morris
The soldiers feel stuck and so do we 
2
Beaufort
Jeff Vice
It doesn t come like a full length filmed history lesson at all In fact it s a pretty fascinating sometimes disturbing tale about the emotional and physical toll of combat 
3.5
Beaufort
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Clearly something has gone MIA in moving from the small pictures into a cohesive big one 
2.5
Beaufort
Linda Barnard
As long as soldiers have gone into battle they have struggled with the rightness of their actions and their purpose in the field no matter how firm their resolve at the outset 
3
Beaufort
Rob Thomas
Even if they do finally get to leave the film s dispiriting message seems to tell us in eight centuries there will probably be a new set of soldiers guarding Beaufort 
3.5
Beaufort
Marty Mapes
Culturally specific war movie leaves non Israelis wondering what we missed
2.5
Beaufort
Nell Minow
Director Joseph Cedar gives a surreal dreamlike quality to many scenes underscoring the soldiers isolation 
3.5
Beaufort
Mick LaSalle
The audience becomes disheartened long before the protagonist does and so a full hour before the movie has ended the audience has received the message digested it and is ready for the fadeout 
2
Beaufort
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cedar prefers to let his expansive set and hard boiled characters tell the story from a ground level rather than implying a commentary It s as if a weight were lifted and the 132 minute film moves like a breeze 
3
Beaufort
V.A. Musetto
Cedar who was born in New York and now lives in Israel has a mission of his own to show the folly of war He succeeds even if the claustrophobic filming sometimes makes viewers feel as closed in as the Israeli troops 
3
Beaufort
Bill Weber
Director and co writer Joseph Cedar loses all goodwill accumulated by his competent plausibly close knit cast with heavy handed use of clichs 
1.5
Enemy at the Gates
Margaret A. McGurk
While Enemy at the Gates aims to do justice to history it trips and falls on its own romantic pretense 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
David Nusair
Enemy at the Gates is a good movie that could have been great if not for the inflated running time 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Jon Niccum
Time and again the movie feels like it s working toward a Hollywood moment but always retreats before succumbing to the opportunity 
3.5
Enemy at the Gates
Mark Dujsik
Intelligently crafted and thrilling 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Marty Mapes
The real story is the tense calculated exciting strategizing of the two snipers 
3.5
Enemy at the Gates
Andrew Howe
A waste of talent on this scale would in a just world earn Annaud and Godard a well placed bullet apiece 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Ian Mantgani
It s hard to get involved in drama when that drama shouldn t be there in the first place 
2
Enemy at the Gates
Cornell & Petricelli
With his uncanny gift of leading us from the unfamiliar to the intimate Jude Law claims his place among Hollywood s leading character actors as he captures our imagination with the innocence vulnerability and perseverance of Vassili 
4
Enemy at the Gates
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pudo haber sido una mucho mejor cinta de no ser por uno que otro elemento que cae dentro del clich hollywoodense 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Michael Dequina
It certainly looks the part of an important film but inside it s not prepared to follow through on its grand ambitions 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
David Sterritt
A movie that s likely to be its own worst enemy once audiences come into its cross hairs 
1
Enemy at the Gates
Robert Roten
With such a grim subject for a movie one would expect the movie itself to be dark and grim and it is 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Emily Blunt
What the actors couldn t manage a few lessons with an accent specialist Can you even imagine Schindler s List with proper British accents No Of course not 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Mike McGranaghan
Enemy at the Gates gives its standoffs historical weight It really does matter who wins as the fate of Stalingrad rests in the balance 
3.5
Enemy at the Gates
Erik Childress
The sniper sequences and I mean all of them are done with incredible precision and tension arguably the best we ve ever seen 
3
Enemy at the Gates
James Kendrick
essentially an old fashioned war epic complete with a romantic triangle and thunderous battle sequences on an epic scale 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Greg Dean Schmitz
An effective war epic that will take its unique place in the genre as a respectful Western telling of a distinctly Eastern battle 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Mike Clark
The story hits and misses for more than two hours following its opening artillery bloodbath 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Mick LaSalle
After Enemy at the Gates teases us with the promise of something big it s hard to be happy with a small scale story 
2
Enemy at the Gates
Susan Stark
Although it is not without flaw Enemy at the Gates makes its point in compelling fashion 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Roger Ebert
It s remarkable 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Tor Thorsen
The plot is pure Hollywood bunk 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
James Berardinelli
As fascinated as I was by the historical backdrop against which the struggle occurs I found it difficult to care one way or another about which characters lived or died 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Michael Wilmington
Elaborate exciting and lavishly shot 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Steve Rhodes
A fascinating piece of history and an intriguing picture 
3
Enemy at the Gates
Ross Anthony
A very nice piece of work 
2.5
Enemy at the Gates
Jeanne Aufmuth
A big hip hip hooray for our boys in Red
3
Enemy at the Gates
Bob Bloom
It would have been much improved if the filmmakers had shown the courage of Vassilli and jettisoned the familiar subplot and concentrated on the hunter and the hunted 
2.5
The Finger
Roger Moore
The drifting meandering film that tells this story is never so far adrift that it loses its New World Old World Italian Spanish charm 
2.5
The Finger
John Beifuss
Whimsical and sentimental yet like the title digit it exerts a strange fascination 
3
Ballet 422
Kam Williams
Revealing documentary offering a backstage peek at the intense training practice and choreography of the New York City Ballet 
2.5
Ballet 422
Rick Bentley
Watching the documentary Ballet 422 is like standing in front of a Picasso without knowing anything about the artist the subject or the context The work is beautiful but a little more knowledge would bring a lot more depth to what is being viewed 
2.5
Ballet 422
Moira MacDonald
It s filled with delicious moments particularly for dance fans 
3
Ballet 422
Ellen Dunkel
There are few titles and no interviews or narration Entire scenes go by without anyone speaking Instead Ballet 422 is a very intimate look at the process 
3
Ballet 422
Stephanie Merry
For fans of dance Ballet 422 will produce plenty of pleasures But as with great ballet great movies always benefit from a little drama 
2.5
Ballet 422
Martha Schabas
What makes Jody Lee Lipes documentary so interesting even transfixing at times is the fact that nothing is editorialized or explained There are no interviews or voice overs 
3
Ballet 422
Calvin Wilson
At its core Ballet 422 addresses a universal theme The importance of having a dream and the courage and dedication to make it come true 
3
Ballet 422
Anita Katz
As a performance procedural the film contains necessary dramatic thrust and abounds with engrossing detail 
3
Ballet 422
Robert Levin
The film conveys the magnitude of these efforts with low angles and tight close ups giving a full picture of the challenges in a dance spectacle coming together 
3
Ballet 422
Glenn Kenny
The members of the team creating Peck s ballet are master illusionists But they re also people with jobs and the movie does an excellent job of showing the commonplace workaday atmosphere that is in fact a big part of that business we call show 
3
Ballet 422
Farran Smith Nehme
A delightfully immersive look at how a ballet is created Jody Lee Lipes documentary is a stark contrast to the psycho theatrics of something like Black Swan 
3
Ballet 422
Roger Moore
Pretty but totally devoid of drama tension or anything that would make this behind the scenes peek cinematic 
2
Ballet 422
Chuck Bowen
Jody Lee Lipes shapes the footage into an intimate symphony of poetically shaped bodies that contrast poignantly with uncertain faces 
3
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Roger Ebert
The greatness of the film resides entirely in the Cagney performance 
4
Starred Up
John Beifuss
The intention seems to be to create a ferocious film without an iota of fakery 
3
Starred Up
Robert Levin
Just about the most uncompromising prison movie imaginable 
3
Starred Up
Walter V. Addiego
Director David Mackenzie has empathy for the characters but also knows how to ratchet up the tension and make the scene of mayhem pack a wallop 
3
Starred Up
Ann Hornaday
Starred Up manages to be sympathetic not only because of O Connell s galvanizing turn but also Asser and director David Mackenzie s unwavering commitment to portraying his character with as much compassion as brutal honesty 
2.5
Starred Up
Matt Pais
A clear sense of why Anton Yelchin doppelganger Jack O Connell soon may be a household name 
3
Starred Up
Josh Larsen
captures the madness of a societal menace without ever losing sight of his humanity 
3.5
Starred Up
David Hiltbrand
The raw emotions on display need no translation David Mackenzie directs the film in a piercingly realistic style 
3
Starred Up
Mark Dujsik
There s a nasty cycle suggested by the way this prison operates 
3
Starred Up
Ben Sachs
This is strong medicine yet it s also exhilarating 
4
Starred Up
Peter Travers
Starred Up is a small indie film in danger of slipping through the cracks at the Hollywood driven multiplex Finding it in theaters or on VOD is well worth the effort 
3.5
Starred Up
Brian Tallerico
We ve seen many visually arresting films in recent years and character studies are as common as film festivals but it s the remarkable blend of the two here that makes Starred Up devastating 
3.5
Starred Up
Elise Nakhnikian
The cautious optimism with which it answers questionsa about rehabilitation and forgiveness is credible because the characters and setting feel so thoroughly authentic 
3.5
Starred Up
David Nusair
Starred Up at the outset holds a tremendous amount of promise 
2
The Castle of Cagliostro
Josh Larsen
shows signs of the distinct fertile imagination that would flower in masterpieces like Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro 
3
The Castle of Cagliostro
Walter Chaw
Missing is a sense of completion and the deeper examination of themes that one will come to associate with the director s work 
3
The Castle of Cagliostro
Marc Fortier
Cagliostro is a film first and an anime second 
3
Dancemaker
CSM Staff
A splendidly entertaining visit with the world s greatest modern dance choreographer and members of his brilliant troupe focusing on the hardships as well as the rewards of their highly exacting profession 
3
Dancemaker
Peter Canavese
Though the dances themselves are sometimes histrionically shot or overedited Diamond ultimately succeeds in putting Taylor s best foot forward in this wholly memorable film 
3.5
Before You Know It
Tom Keogh
A bittersweet documentary that follows three gay men in different parts of the country who feel time and change breathing down their necks 
3
Just a Sigh
Stephanie Merry
Just a Sigh lives up to its name It disappears without a trace 
2
Just a Sigh
Marci Schmitt
Just a Sigh charms with its scenes of street musicians philosophical debates and headstrong romance as much as it poses dilemmas of fate and desire 
3.5
Just a Sigh
Chris Cabin
When Bonnell allows his two magnificent leads to work at the sparse dialogue he invokes a powerful elemental sense of frank sexual discussion and high end flirtation imbuing the relationships with a maturity that s loathsomely rare in films today 
2
Norman
Joel Brown
Byrd and Jenkins earn the film its critical points but the screenplay has too many moments that feel network TV bland 
2.5
Norman
Lou Lumenick
There s a winning emotional truth in the father son scenes in this Spokane shot sleeper directed with skill and sensitivity by Jonathan Segal 
2.5
Norman
John Hartl
The director Jonathan Segal skillfully builds on the tension that this situation creates though he can t quite make Wingate s ending click Still Segal is so good with his actors that you may not mind 
3
Norman
Roger Ebert
For me Richard Jenkins is the heart of Norman How often I ve admired him even in unworthy roles he has such strength he never seems the need to try 
3
Norman
Bill Weber
A would be dark self congratulatory dramedy that lacks both transgressive laughter and honest engagement with its themes of death and teen depression 
1.5
Norman
Nina Mashurova
The trapped animal look in Norman s eyes feels more and more like an appropriate reaction 
2
The Fearless Freaks
Jeff Vice
What really fuels the movie however aside from the constant buoyant presence of the band s leader Wayne Coyne is its warts and all approach 
3
The Fearless Freaks
John Monaghan
Wildly entertaining 
3
The Fearless Freaks
V.A. Musetto
So darn watchable that it could turn someone who never heard of the Flaming Lips into a devoted fan 
3.5
The Fearless Freaks
Joan Anderman
Cobbles together an appropriately whacked out portrait of the band s surreal and haphazard career trajectory 
3.5
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
Joseph Jon Lanthier
More than an appreciation for Kerouac himself One Fast Move engenders an appreciation for the mellifluousness of Kerouac s prose read atop footage of briny California waves 
2.5
The Belly of the Sea
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This movie works more like an experimental theater piece I wish Villaronga had made it that way In this way surely I would not have seen it 
1
The Rider Named Death
Ty Burr
Shakhnazarov s film effortlessly captures the times and the author s conflicted yet unyielding attitude yet it never draws any conclusions the film remains under glass It s watchable nevertheless 
2.5
The Rider Named Death
V.A. Musetto
You have to wonder why Shakhnazarov one of Russian s most experienced filmmakers didn t take more care with the script 
2
The Rider Named Death
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are few real revelations to be found among these curiously dispassionate radicals making the overall experience sort of like seeing the movie instead of reading the book 
2.5
Grudge
Roger Moore
A Turkish cop thriller that unravels its mystery with varying degrees of urgency springing a couple of third act twists that land as genuine surprises 
2
Mayhem Motel
Joe Bob Briggs
These may be the most obnoxious disgusting people ever to be seen in one place at one time and since Kempter says his two main influences are John Waters and Gummo we don t have to wonder why they start killing one another 
1.5
Run
Hal Lipper
Run does however have the best death by a mechanical track rabbit scene ever recorded That should be worth a footnote in the annuals of Hollywood when Run is long forgotten 
1
Run
Roger Ebert
As a kind of action cartoon the movie may work as a diversion for undemanding audiences But it s really no more than a pinball machine a brainless exercise in how to use action as a substitute for thought 
1.5
Hugo Pool
Michael Wilmington
It s as if Downey Sr s irreverence and off the wall humor couldn t quite co exist with the heartfelt tribute he intends to make here to his wife and her fellow Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis sufferers 
2
Hugo Pool
Maitland McDonagh
A series of strenuously oddball vignettes masquerading as a movie 
1.5
Hugo Pool
James Berardinelli
Like David Mamet and relative newcomer Quentin Tarantino Downey writes some of the best dialogue around and his script sparkles with it 
3.5
Hugo Pool
Madeleine Williams
Robert Downey Sr directs this overly self consciously wacky day in the life comedy Unfortunately even with plenty of talent attached the film goes nowhere 
1
On My Skin
Roger Moore
Damning indictment of Italian legal indifference and medical indolence 
3
Score: A Hockey Musical
David Nusair
a well meaning yet utterly misguided effort 
2
Score: A Hockey Musical
Stephen Cole
A 1930s style boy meets girl boy loses girl songfest With sticks skates and a puck 
3
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Walter Chaw
Eh 
2
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
James Sanford
If you re actively searching for the year s most offensive comedy look no further 
.5
Secret Things
Chris Hewitt
Soft core cornography 
2
Secret Things
John Monaghan
While some might mistake it as a bitter view of sexual politics and empowerment it s also pretty crass filmmaking 
2
Secret Things
Rob Thomas
Ridiculous and pretentious and just plain nutty
1.5
Secret Things
Roger Ebert
The film is well made well acted cleverly written photographed by Wilfrid Sempe as if he s a conspirer with the sexual schemers 
3
Secret Things
Walter Chaw
Part sexual odyssey more a sexual inferno part trenchant sociological exposé 
3.5
Secret Things
John Hartl
There comes a moment in all truly terrible movies when you sense that you couldn t possibly be co existing on the same planet as the filmmakers 
1
Secret Things
James Verniere
The film is interesting sexy and at times silly 
2.5
Secret Things
Michael Booth
Deteriorates into a silly farce that lands somewhere between Kubrick s Eyes Wide Shut and Guccione s Caligula 
2
Secret Things
Ty Burr
You couldn t nail a particular kind of modern French film better if you tried explicit sex bad behavior and shrieking pretention all in one lumpy shock the bourgeoisie package 
1.5
Secret Things
David Sterritt
A female buddy film with bite 
3
Secret Things
Gene Seymour
For those who like their erotic melodramas frosty and lavish Secret Things is as elaborately whipped up as such treats ever get 
3
Secret Things
Ed Gonzalez
Happily and ridiculously over the top Secret Things is a war of anarchic sexual primitisim 
3.5
Secret Things
Mick LaSalle
It plays rather like a humorless version of Barbara Stanwyck s tongue in cheek classic Baby Face 
2
Secret Things
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It still may well deserve consideration as a first class exploitation flick 
3
Secret Things
Timothy Knight
An overheated melodrama that plays like an art house version of the gloriously awful Wild Orchid 
2
Butcher's Crossing
Ross McIndoe
If its characters were more boldly drawn 44 Butcher 8217 s Crossing could have been a major addition to the neo western canon 46 
2
Butcher's Crossing
David Nusair
Butcher 8217 s Crossing benefits from a seriously commanding Cage performance 46 46 46 
2.5
Ravage
Joey Magidson
It all builds to an ending that you ll never forget for better or worse More Bruce Dern would have been better too but it s a treat whenever he shows up 
3
Here and There
Robert W. Butler
A quietly amusing minimalist tale of a grouch who finds he s still capable of pleasure 
3
Here and There
Rob Thomas
In a way the fact that the grey austere Serbian city is such an odd choice for the middle age romance Here and There is one of the film s charms 
3
Here and There
V.A. Musetto
The Here and There script is borderline clichd and it makes getting a US visa seem way too easy 
2
Here and There
Christian Blauvelt
Here and There feels exactly like an amateur effort from a first time director 
2
Ivanhoe
Mattie Lucas
Staid humorless and utterly lacking in dramatic weight existing mostly to showcase its elaborate costume and set design and little else 
1.5
Ivanhoe
Matt Brunson
Occasionally playing like an inferior version of 1938 s The Adventures of Robin Hood but faring quite well on its own terms thankyouverymuch 
3
Tarzan II
David Nusair
it seems fairly obvious that adults will find Tarzan II tedious and tiresome 
2
Black Narcissus
Brian Eggert
This is an uncommonly beautiful and evocative film even for Powell and Pressburger 
4
Black Narcissus
Tom Meek
Surprising and compelling in ways you might not expect 
3.5
Black Narcissus
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Michael Powell was right when he called Black Narcissus an erotic film but the attraction is pure Pygmalionism 
4
Black Narcissus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
You could say it s the most sensual nun movie ever made 
4
Black Narcissus
James Kendrick
While the thematic elements of desire and the constant battle between the spirit and the flesh are intricate elements of Black Narcissus the film will probably be best remembered for its impressive visuals 
3.5
Retroactive
James O'Ehley
Sure it remains standard action movie fare but is one of the better examples of the genre 
3
Lead Me Home
Randy Myers
Sprinkled in are officials comments but this is mostly the unhoused s story to tell and that s a smart decision 
3.5
Trouble Every Day
Brian Eggert
For Denis whose Trouble Every Day is arguably her only venture into the New French Extremity the film might represent an intentional purge to clear out the sexual anxiety and violence against the body that linger under the surface of her work 
3
Trouble Every Day
Chuck Bowen
There s possibly no other living director as in sync with the politics of touch as Claire Denis 
4
Trouble Every Day
Walter Chaw
A tone poem of transgression 
4
Trouble Every Day
Chris Fujiwara
Trouble Every Day is a success in some sense but it s hard to like a film so cold and dead 
2.5
Trouble Every Day
David Elliott
It s an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise 
1.5
Trouble Every Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even horror fans will most likely not find what they re seeking with Trouble Every Day the movie lacks both thrills and humor 
2
Trouble Every Day
Mick LaSalle
Here the love scenes all end in someone screaming Maybe there s a metaphor here but figuring it out wouldn t make Trouble Every Day any better 
1
Trouble Every Day
Mark Rahner
I m not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence This erotic cannibal movie is boring 
1.5
Trouble Every Day
Jeremy Heilman
Ultimately the message of Trouble Every Day seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life s stasis 
4
Trouble Every Day
Ed Gonzalez
Rarely has skin looked as beautiful desirable even delectable as it does in Trouble Every Day 
3.5
Trouble Every Day
Pam Grady
Though it goes further than both anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here but a tasty performance from Vincent Gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary 
2.5
Trouble Every Day
John Anderson
a film that is profoundly disturbing yet hauntingly unforgettable 
3.5
Trouble Every Day
V.A. Musetto
Nothing Denis has made before like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni could prepare us for this gory perverted sex soaked riff on the cannibal genre 
3
Trouble Every Day
Michael Dequina
Had the film boasted a clearer more memorable the creepiness would have gotten under the skin 
2.5
Reaching for the Moon
Christy Lemire
It s hard not to admire the intentions of a movie that depicts two exceptional women living exactly the way they wanted together outside the expected societal norms of the time But the tone of the film itself feels unfortunately conventional 
2
Reaching for the Moon
Walter V. Addiego
Despite its worthy subject this feature by veteran Brazilian director Bruno Barreto has a bluntness that s at odds with Bishop s personality and work 
2
Reaching for the Moon
Diego Semerene
Bruno Barreto s insistence that this pass for a product that Hollywood might have spawned smoothens a journey built on sharp edges 
1.5
The Pest
Ken Fox
Even surrounded by unbearable sloppiness Leguizamo is fascinating to watch 
1.5
The Pest
James Berardinelli
It s the kind of movie where every paying customer deserves to receive a handwritten apology from the producers 
0
The Pest
Mick LaSalle
Obviously someone must have told Leguizamo he s a comic genius Whoever did that isn t his friend 
0
The Pest
Madeleine Williams
A revoltingly bad stinker that is easily in the running for the worst film of the decade 
0
Being Canadian
Roger Moore
Lightly amusing if over familiar summary of every Canadian stereotype we know and love 
2.5
Being Canadian
David Berry
Cohen s not trying to do anything resembling a serious examination of the country of course but even wink nudge examinations of identity could at least use a few new jokes 
1
Skipped Parts
David Nusair
the movie comes off as one long attempt to shock 
2
Russ Meyer's Vixen
Roger Ebert
Vixen is the best film to date in that uniquely American genre the skin flick In a field filled with cheap dreary productions Meyer is the best craftsman and the only artist 
3
Easier With Practice
David Nusair
an erratic yet rewarding little indie 
3
Easier With Practice
Kyle Smith
Geraghty s wounded pup appeal keeps the movie alive even as it heads for a dreary even more implausible than the setup third act Writer director Kyle Patrick Alvarez though usually finds the right tone and appears to have a promising future 
2.5
Easier With Practice
Diego Semerene
Not much seems to have changed in the world of urban heterosexuals since Hal Salwen s 1995 techno prophetic classic Denise Calls Up 
3
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Jeff Beck
There are some decent performances here particularly from Jill Scott but they just can t save the clichd material from weighing down the whole film 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Kam Williams
Renaissance Man Tyler Perry proving he still has his finger on the pulse via yet another madcap marital melodrama apt to resonate with the collective conscious of the black community 
4
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Janos Gereben
One trip to this well was enough The cast returning from the first film is good enough but the story is shrill and unnerving By the time a tacky ending arrives the audience is ready for something a little lighter and a little brighter 
2
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Linda Cook
Not as clever or as dramatic as the first outing Why Did I Get Married Too still is an enjoyable outing for the ensemble created by Tyler Perry 
3
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Michael Smith
It shows a maturing in Perry s work from the pandering of his men are all dogs films 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Chris Faraone
Like most of Perry s treasures Why Did I Get Married Too seems to have been shot with no script and on a single take the majority of dialogue overheard at your local mall s food court is leagues more entertaining 
1
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Wesley Morris
If Perry s cinematic vision remains less than 20 20 his sagacity gets stronger by the movie 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Jen Chaney
It plays like an empty but diverting beach read Your brain recognizes that the dialogue for example doesn t come from any place that remotely resembles relationship reality 
2
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Rob Humanick
For the prolific Tyler Perry Why Did I Get Married Too is nothing if not more of the same 
2
Beginners
Brian Eggert
Mills has delivered a moving film worth celebrating 44 one whose idiosyncrasies are nothing short of charming 44 and whose small story is eclipsed by its considerable heart 46 
4
Beginners
Matt Brunson
In any other movie 44 the key character of Arthur 44 a soulful Jack Russell terrier 44 would draw all the attention away from the two legged protagonists 44 but the performances by the three leads are so superb that everyone is able to share in the glory 46 
3.5
Beginners
Roger Moore
Plummer who won an Oscar for this is that rare actor lucky enough to manage half a century of undiminished dash and elan on screen 
3
Beginners
Wesley Lovell
Life begins at death A funny engaging romantic dramedy about never being too late to find happiness 
3.5
Beginners
Eric Melin
Mills frames the tale with enough melancholy and self reflection to give Beginners more than its fair share of observational truths 
3
Beginners
Connie Ogle
The film is not about a straight man s struggle to understand how his father is gay it s about learning that happiness is always possible if you re brave enough to keep your heart open 
3.5
Beginners
Duane Dudek
If few things are more tragic than lives wasted in regret and denial then the converse is true Little is more life affirming than the discovery of dignity and meaning 
3
Beginners
Roger Moore
Beginners is warm and revealing and bittersweet if a trifle all over the place stylistically and thematically 
3
Beginners
Calvin Wilson
A strange and beautiful film 
4
Beginners
Lisa Kennedy
Wwhile there s plenty of melancholia there is also sweet wonder and celebration in writer director Mike Mills semiautobiographical tale of a straight son coming to terms with his own love s possibilities after his father comes out of the closet 
3.5
Beginners
Rick Groen
It s an embarrassment of emotional riches some pure and crisp others cloying This is a film that delights one moment and the next gets bogged down in its morass of feelings 
2.5
Beginners
Peter Howell
An affecting film by Mike Mills that makes a virtue of its own awkwardness 
3
Beginners
Chris Hewitt
It s a quiet little gem 
3.5
Beginners
Peter Canavese
Cuts the whimsy with melancholy its case of the cutes isn t terminal 
3
Beginners
Carrie Rickey
It s a movie about untangling roots in order to grow 
3
Beginners
James Berardinelli
An effective portrait of a damaged individual uncertain about the meaning of love and commitment and the two key relationships in his life that teach him lessons about both 
3
Beginners
Ann Hornaday
You know you re in the hands of a superbly gifted filmmaker when he can pull off a talking dog 
4
Beginners
Mark Dujsik
Joyous in the places we re accustomed to misery 
3.5
Beginners
Dustin Putman
Meaningful yet told with a light hand touching yet a little undernourished 
2.5
Beginners
Moira MacDonald
Mike Mills wistful wonderful Beginners feels a lot like life it ll make you laugh it ll make you cry well me anyway and by its end you ll feel as if you ve learned something 
3.5
Beginners
Mick LaSalle
Beginners is the story of adults who are beginners at love but who are slowly scene by scene moving forward in their journey 
3
Beginners
Michael Phillips
Many cherish this film To me the cuteness feels pushy 
2.5
Beginners
Roger Ebert
It s a hopeful fable with deep optimism and a cheerful style that kids itself 
3.5
Beginners
Wesley Morris
This is a bright looking movie with a long face that seems to have learned nothing about life from death but clichés 
2.5
Beginners
Matt Pais
What a delicately and charmingly off center movie 
3
Beginners
Peter Keough
As it turns out nothing drastic happens nor are they drowned in darkness but Mills does evoke a mood of melancholy and poignance and suggests with rueful fatalism how the burden of memory jostles with the delight of falling in love 
3
Beginners
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a marvel of storytelling and character telling a relatively familiar and potentially melodramatic tale in a way that feels different new and profound 
4
Beginners
Diego Semerene
Beginners is all about human ambiguity contradiction shades of gray and the inherent imbrication of the joy of having something and the terror of losing it 
4
Beginners
Stephen Whitty
All the gimmicks in the storytelling can t camouflage the fact that the story itself was never quite worked out 
2
Beginners
Lou Lumenick
Certainly grows on you despite all of the twee touches 
3
Beginners
Claudia Puig
Laurent and McGregor are the year s most appealing screen couple their scenes together so realistic they seem improvised 
4
Beginners
Peter Travers
Delicate business is being transacted in this touchingly personal and altogether extraordinary film from writer director Mike Mills Beginners is one from the bruised heart 
3
Beginners
Rex Reed
Even the clichés in this warm mood piece seem unpredictable and without contrivance 
3
Beginners
David Nusair
the pervasively uneven atmosphere is essentially heightened by the ongoing emphasis on off the wall elements 
2.5
What's New, Pussycat?
David Nusair
The movie s almost excessively thin storyline however becomes more and more of a hindrance as time progresses 
1
Night People
Matt Brunson
An intelligent Cold War thriller 
3
Final Cut - Ladies and Gentlemen
Moira MacDonald
It s a cast of thousands and yet somehow the narrative emerges this unique film is both a simple story and a vast love letter to cinema 
3.5
Nate & Margaret
Calum Marsh
Nathan Adloff s Nate Margaret is an endearing hopeful and quietly radical film 
3
Nate & Margaret
Roger Ebert
Here is a sweet delicate story about friendship 
3
Back to Burgundy
Joe Friar
Cédric Klapisch s passion for wine gives the film an authenticity that usually accompanies a documentary Viewers get a behind the scenes look at the process while getting familiarized with the story s rich characters 
3
Back to Burgundy
Pat Padua
For most of the movie Klapisch deftly choreographs the human drama 
2.5
Back to Burgundy
G. Allen Johnson
A film so rich and pleasurable you d be forgiven if you thought about it each time you have a glass of red 
4
Back to Burgundy
Sheila O'Malley
When the film focuses on the wine making process in the progression from vine to bottle it s a fascinating and detailed look at a very specific subculture 
3
Back to Burgundy
Wes Greene
Cédric Klapisch correlates wine s complex arrangement of flavors to the complexity of memory itself which it should be said is the most nuanced of the filmmaker s wine metaphors 
2
Telling Lies in America
Roger Moore
Same old Eszterhas Same line of BS 
1.5
Telling Lies in America
Roger Ebert
Kevin Bacon s work as the disk jockey is one of his best performances 
3
Skin Deep
Matt Brunson
Skin Deep is overall a letdown coming from this talented filmmaker 
2.5
Skin Deep
Juan Carlos Coto
Of course having Ritter around helps Eight seasons of television s Three s Company certainly perfected his slapstick style 
2.5
Skin Deep
David Nusair
a decidedly familiar premise that s employed to middling effect by writer director Blake Edwards 
2
Skin Deep
Matt Brunson
It would take a tremendous performance to make such a vile character interesting and a miscast John Ritter isn t up to the task 
2
Skin Deep
Roger Ebert
There s wit rudeness satire lust and pathos all effortlessly rolled up together 
3
The Dinner
Roger Moore
Not as good as The Hollywood Version filmed with Richard Gere and Steve Coogan but it still makes for an engrossing immersion in families under stress siblings still rivals when the stakes years later are at their highest 
2.5
Who Will Write Our History
Mick LaSalle
The film has problems despite the inarguable worthiness of the material 
2.5
Who Will Write Our History
Mark Dujsik
Who Will Write Our History tells the story of the archive but it misses the more important point to tell the stories for which the archive was created 
2.5
Who Will Write Our History
Matt Fagerholm
Regardless of its missteps Grossman s film should be seen as a necessary introduction to a multitude of stories warranting greater analysis 
2.5
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 but it 8217 s an engaging and entertaining film that ultimately alters our expectations of Streisand as an actor and as a director 46 
3.5
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Gene Siskel
Barbara Streisand s direction is solid save for a needless run on ending over the final credits and cinematographers Dante Spinotti and Andrzej Bartkowiak make New York City sparkle 
3
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Roger Ebert
This is a moving and challenging movie fascinated by the murky depths that separate what people want from what they say they want and what they think they should want 
3
Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action
Jeff Shannon
The message of Fierce Light is not as focused as it could ve been it s essentially a loose compendium of inspiring examples to follow but that doesn t make it any less urgent 
3
Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action
Kate Taylor
Mainly preaching to the choir 
2
Hellfighters
Matt Brunson
The suds from all these soap opera shenanigans theoretically should have been enough to douse all the fires seen throughout this draggy picture 
2
Hellfighters
Roger Ebert
A slow moving talkative badly plotted bore 
1.5
The Alphabet Killer
Rossiter Drake
Although Schmidt and Malloy have devoted meticulous attention to Megan s manhunt which is engrossing and briskly paced for the better part of 85 minutes their final act seems less like a canny trick than a copout 
2
Den of Thieves
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
and entertaining cop movie an exercise in action and suspense that could ve been better if Gudegast had removed some of the fat to the story Full review in Spanish 
3
Den of Thieves
Linda Cook
O Shea Jackson steals the show in Den of Thieves 
2
Den of Thieves
Sonny Bunch
I couldn t help but enjoy myself in the theater 
2.5
Den of Thieves
James Berardinelli
Den of Thieves delivers an above average cops and robbers heist film 
3
Den of Thieves
David Nusair
An erratic yet ultimately rewarding actioner 
3
Den of Thieves
Rafer Guzman
Den of Thieves may not be as moody as To Live and Die in L A or as clever as The Usual Suspects but it works well on its own terms As for Butler it s like discovering him all over again 
2.5
Den of Thieves
Sara Michelle Fetters
Den of Thieves is way too derivative of similar motion pictures most notably Heat and features a script that continually presents the majority of its characters as short tempered nincompoops 
1.5
Den of Thieves
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A pretty good tighter shorter movie might have been rescued from this dumb disagreeable behemoth but nobody bothered 
1.5
Den of Thieves
Brad Wheeler
The film falls apart in its numerous implausibilities 
1.5
Den of Thieves
Richard Roeper
What might have been a slick smash mouth fast paced piece of entertainment clocking in at 90 or 100 minutes somehow turns into a bloated half baked pie that drags on for 2 hours and 20 minutes 
2
Den of Thieves
Mick LaSalle
First time director Christian Gudegast also wrote the film and you can tell in the sense that there was clearly no one there to look at the script and say Come on 
1
Den of Thieves
Derek Smith
Den of Thieves displays a reverence for the taut and moody tension building tactics of Heat but it s unable to bring emotional resonance to its action sequences 
2
Den of Thieves
Mark Dujsik
Den of Thieves tells a story of generically bad cops and fundamentally bland robbers 
2
Den of Thieves
Peter Howell
Here s the real crime Who shot the editor 
2
Den of Thieves
Gary Thompson
Gudegast is using the Heat homage the way a magician uses a flourish to distract you from the other story he s telling I confess to getting a kick out of watching it play out 
2.5
Den of Thieves
Glenn Kenny
Gudegast is clearly an avid student of heist pictures and he layers this one with a lot of spectacular complications even while he muddles the average viewer s potential rooting interest 
2.5
Den of Thieves
Michael Phillips
It s a sidewinding but often suprisingly effective LA crime thriller It s also saddled with the wrong leading man 
2.5
Den of Thieves
Roger Moore
Bloody minded and long winded B movie thriller with Butler chewing up his shot at Training Day 
2
Sundown
Mike McGranaghan
Sundown is effective as the story of a kid who is too easily influenced by his friend and who makes a very stupid mistake in pursuit of a girl It is not effective when it turns violent or starts including an abundance of homophobic and transphobic humor 
2
Sundown
Alan Zilberman
The best thing about Sundown is that it s too dumb to be offensive 
0.5
Mercury Rising
Malcolm Johnson
Fortunately as directed with muscle and heart by Harold Becker this tale of an angry die hard and an orphaned autistic boy caught in a deadly government plot ranks at least as high as John McTiernan s first collaboration with an embattled Willis 
3
Mercury Rising
David Nusair
A solid 90s thriller 
3
Mercury Rising
Michael Dequina
At one point this was titled Mercury Falling and that is a far more apt name for this ice cold thriller 
1.5
Mercury Rising
Gary Brown
There s a lot of action but the thriller part of the movie never emerges 
1.5
Mercury Rising
Mick LaSalle
Mercury Rising is a Bruce Willis action movie which means that most of us know what it will be like going in and the only question is whether it s a good one or a lousy one Answer This is a good one 
3
Mercury Rising
Madeleine Williams
The film goes to extraordinary lengths to pad in as many convenient coincidences as possible 
1
Mercury Rising
Elias Savada
It doesn t work at all Call it Witless or call it Die Hardly 
0.5
Mercury Rising
David N. Butterworth
Stock footage 
2
Mercury Rising
Roger Ebert
Mercury Rising is about the most sophisticated cryptographic system known to man and about characters considerably denser than anyone in the audience 
2
Mercury Rising
Craig Marine
It helps that there s a fair amount of suspense and some decent gunplay but there s not much reason to see it on the big screen unless you just love that over used whup whup sound effect of rotating helicopter blades 
2
Thesis
Jeremy Heilman
It only manages to be startling in passing 
1.5
The Only Good Indian
Robert W. Butler
The reach of Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott C S A exceeds his grasp with The Only Good Indian 
2
Darkness Falls
Matthew Rozsa
It is hard to imagine that Liebesman is at fault His Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel is one of the best horror films of the 21st century Yet here he whiffs 
2
Darkness Falls
Scott Nash
Exactly what a horror movie should be fun scary fast paced and with jump moments galore 
3.5
Darkness Falls
Nick Rogers
Darkness has fallen and it can apos t get up 46 
1
Darkness Falls
Sara Michelle Fetters
Call it a one star film warranting a two and a half star review mainly for keeping a tired film critic partially amused It might not be a recommendation but it s the best I can do 
2.5
Darkness Falls
Tyler Hanley
Irritating sound effects cheap scare tactics and a comically bad script all add up to the year s first senseless cinematic attack on the senses 
1
Darkness Falls
Matt Brunson
The tagline reads Evil Rises Darkness Falls but they clearly forgot the third caveat Slumber Ensues 
1
Darkness Falls
Peter Travers
Do you really need me to tell you how scary this horror show isn t 
1
Darkness Falls
Margaret A. McGurk
The kind of movie that gives horror a bad name 
0.5
Darkness Falls
David Keyes
Depending exclusively on countless endeavors of the past to emit its energy the picture would serve as a worthwhile experience only to those who have never seen a horror movie in their life 
2
Darkness Falls
Frank Ochieng
Director Jonathan Liebesman helms a ridiculously familiar and arbitrary cheesy horror tale that doesn t effectively challenge the simple conventions of the fright genre 
1
Darkness Falls
Marty Mapes
Darkness Falls breaks even at least for horror fans if not for horror snobs
2
Darkness Falls
Jonathan R. Perry
Every manufactured Boo operates on a logical void in this latest no budget teen targeted music video exploitation of childhood night terrors 
1.5
Darkness Falls
Kevin A. Ranson
There are more than a few images in this film that may linger once the theater empties just imagine how much money parents could save if they let their little ones watch this 
2.5
Darkness Falls
Mark Dujsik
Darkness Falls has pushed my tolerance for Hollywood horror movies to the edge 
1
Darkness Falls
Collin Souter
The adults in Darkness Falls are all nameless faceless personality less voice phantoms with caucasian host bodies I m also getting tired of PG 13 kiddie horror I see dumb people 
1.5
Darkness Falls
Michael Szymanski
Of course though the climax takes place in a lighthouse no subtlety there and every person of authority the cop the lawyer the doctor are all incapacitated 
2
Darkness Falls
Dustin Putman
As amateurish as first time director Jonathan Liebesman is with handling his performers and their roles he is a clear technical expert heightening a distinguishable foreboding atmosphere while delivering thrills and chills at a clip rate 
2.5
Darkness Falls
Linda Cook
There s no bite to this 
.5
Darkness Falls
Steve Rhodes
The horror genre isn t dead yet even if schlock movies like this one keep trying to bury it 
1.5
Darkness Falls
Gary Brown
Something tells me John Agar would be looking down with pride at Darkness Falls 
0.5
Darkness Falls
Chris Hewitt
When Darkness Falls boredom rises 
1.5
Darkness Falls
Guylaine Cadorette
Darkness Falls casts a pall over its genre rather than do it justice It should however appeal to horror fans looking for a cheap thrill 
2
Darkness Falls
Carla Meyer
Announcing her presence with a phlegmy wheeze the Fairy strikes swiftly and sometimes even scarily thanks to Stan Winston s ace special effects But the movie s premise telegraphs her appearances and eliminates suspense 
1
Darkness Falls
David Elliott
The story has editing in place of atmosphere noise in place of subtlety 
1
Darkness Falls
Steven Rea
Stephen King without the snap David Lynch without the kink teen horror without the teen hormones Darkness Falls falls apart in a crescendo of creepy crawly hoo ha 
2
Darkness Falls
Gene Seymour
If you need to be really scared of the dark you re better off making up stuff from the shadows in your own room 
1.5
Darkness Falls
Connie Ogle
More silly than scary it s the horror movie to give horror movies a bad name 
1
Darkness Falls
Jeff Vice
Darkness Falls is the perfect horror movie for those who find the Tooth Fairy scary 
1
Darkness Falls
Janice Page
Sadly the makers of Darkness Falls can t find that flair even with a bag of high powered flashlights 
2
Darkness Falls
Rick Groen
Pretty much the whole of this unholy horror flick is shot under cover of night the small town in New England kind where the woods are deep and the barometer always points to rain 
1
Darkness Falls
John Monaghan
Knowing that they don t have the scariest movie around it would seem as if the filmmakers have vowed to make it the loudest 
1
Darkness Falls
David Nusair
Though Darkness Falls isn t anywhere close to as frightening as last year s The Ring or Signs it s certainly a continued step in the right direction for the horror genre 
2.5
Darkness Falls
Jonathan Foreman
Could just as well have been titled Dumb Then Dumber for the way its plot makes decreasing sense even by the low standards of B horror flicks 
1
Darkness Falls
Sue Pierman
Darkness Falls has some chilling scares and spooky scenes but not enough of them to keep your interest or to reward all the effort the movie puts you through 
1.5
Darkness Falls
Jeffrey Westhoff
The story and characters are so thin that Darkness Falls has nothing to offer but the entertainment value of child endangerment 
1
Darkness Falls
Walter Chaw
There s only so much sustainable interest things jumping randomly out of dark corners can hold for most sentient beings 
2
Darkness Falls
Rod Armstrong
There s a lot that s familiar in Darkness Falls and not much that s good 
1.5
Darkness Falls
John Petrakis
A lamebrained attempt at horror that is just a derivative pastiche of ideas lifted from other bad films 
.5
Darkness Falls
Rob Blackwelder
so unoriginal in its execution that it serves to prove two things 1 this genre is played out and 2 as long as crap makes money studios will continue to make crap 
2
Darkness Falls
Ed Gonzalez
Its unbearably loud and witless disposition conjures images of studio heads wanting to numb young test audiences into submission 
.5
Darkness Falls
Mark Ramsey
Darkness Falls marks the first time foreplay is implied in the phrase I need to get this gravel out of your scalp 
1
Deep Cover
Matt Brunson
Fishburne and Goldblum make an excellent and unexpected team 
3
Deep Cover
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Duke elevates it to the next level touching on race identity and economics in a way that other films of the 1990s did not 
3.5
Deep Cover
Roger Ebert
What sets Deep Cover apart is its sense of good and evil the way it has the Fishburne character agonize over the moral decisions he has to make 
3.5
A Champion Heart
Roger Moore
A bland harmless little nothing of a girl and her horse tale
1.5
Minimal Stories
Jeff Vice
It s the surprising but effective payoff to Don Justo s journey that has the most emotional pull which is due in no small part to newcomer Benedicti s performance 
3
Minimal Stories
Jeff Shannon
The vision of Intimate Stories is amusingly warm hearted without being cloying or sentimental the landscape may be harsh but the performances are inviting 
3
Minimal Stories
Wesley Morris
Like the performances the movie is a small scale feat of naturalism 
3
Minimal Stories
Steven Rea
While the Argentine filmmaker takes his time his film isn t tedious 
3.5
Minimal Stories
V.A. Musetto
Has no profound statements to make but it does provide warm and fuzzy comfort 
3
Minimal Stories
Elizabeth Weitzman
As stripped down as its title this gentle Argentinian road movie makes much out of very little 
3
Minimal Stories
Gene Seymour
Tender gently luminous road movie 
3
Minimal Stories
David Sterritt
Gentle humanistic delicious 
4
Minimal Stories
Ed Gonzalez
Quiet and unpretentious the film s humanism isn t confrontational exactly but it s unmistakable nonetheless 
3
Learn To Swim
Roger Moore
Olajide apos s is a brooding performance that makes us come to him 44 the way the great ones 8212 the ones whose acting is like great improvisational jazz 8212 often do 46 
3
Learn To Swim
Aparita Bhandari
Just like a jazz tune the film establishes an image elaborates on it and brings it back to a more or less satisfying close 
3
The Territory
Sarah Knight Adamson
quot The Territory quot presents a myriad of information with an up close and personal look into the daily struggles of indigenous people 44 so much so that it apos s hard to simply look away 46 
4
The Territory
Joe Friar
The doc plays more like a thriller directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga 46 Murder 44 kidnapping 44 and politics enter the storyline making this a captivating watch elevated by the documentary 8217 s principal subjects whose quandaries are heartfelt for all sides involved 46 
3.5
The Territory
Peter Canavese
In the efficient and consistently engrossing 84 minutes of The Territory 46 46 46 Alex Pritz illuminates the terrible plight of Brazil apos s Indigenous Uru eu wau wau people 44 a worrisome situation with implications for all of humanity 46 
3
The Territory
Ty Burr
The Territory has the pulse of a suspense film and the urgency of a populist drama 
3.5
The Territory
Randy Myers
It s an exceptional documentary that finds hope amid despair 
4
The Territory
Bob Strauss
The Territory takes a fresh look at the ethnographic documentary That s because its subjects shot key elements of the film themselves 
3
The Territory
Nick Allen
The Territory succeeds and struggles in nearly equal measure 44 while always dedicated to it its main advocacy 46 
2
The Territory
Mark Dujsik
The Territory does present a fairly thorough dissection of the conflict here 46 
3
The Territory
Pat Brown
Alex Pritz 8217 s documentary provides an affecting look at indigenous lives at the frontline of deforestation in the Amazon 46 
3
Herman's House
Farran Smith Nehme
Bhalla builds a damning picture of what s happening to Wallace But he avoids pure rant 
3.5
Herman's House
Kalvin Henely
An involving documentary that doesn t offer a convincing argument against solitary confinement for those who may not fully realize what s objectionable about it 
2.5
Herman's House
Kam Williams
A fascinating biopic as much about a possible miscarriage of justice as about a case of arrested development who looks like a little girl playing house with an imaginary mate 
3
Herman's House
Adam Nayman
Herman s House is conventionally produced but it does right by its two uncommon subjects 
3
Herman's House
Peter Howell
Wallace is heard but not seen in the film a decision by Toronto director Angad Singh Bhalla that serves art more than it does the story 
2.5
The Return of Jafar
David Nusair
nothing less than a huge disappointment for fans of the original 
1.5
The Return of Jafar
Michael Dequina
65 tedious minutes of forgettable songs and boring so called adventure 
1
Design
Marty Mapes
When good these segments provide you a history of the object of the designer or of the material
2.5
Lost Nation: The Ioway
Linda Cook
I have an idea for a new verb Rundle It means to perfectly complete a project by working diligently 
4
Bodysong
Wesley Morris
Remarkable for its beauty and its violence 
3
The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia
Walter Chaw
the film we re invited to handle is elusive and dangerous
4
2 Days in the Valley
Stephen Hunter
Around and around it goes and only Herzfeld knows where it will stop Fortunately he s as astute a plotter as he is observer of the human condition 
3
2 Days in the Valley
Marty Mapes
This movie isn t bad for mere entertainment but it s overshadowed by other better movies in the same genre 
2.5
2 Days in the Valley
Mick LaSalle
Funny pathetic sad absurdist writer director John Herzfeld plays it any number of ways and makes them all work 
3
2 Days in the Valley
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Herzfeld s marriage of dark humor with graphic violence isn t compatible and his occasional moral statements about cheapened life stick out like sore thumbs 
2.5
2 Days in the Valley
James Kendrick
2 Days in the Valley is witty and bracing in its own right and it shouldn t be buried under extraneous comparisons to Pulp Fiction 
3
2 Days in the Valley
Michael Dequina
Herzfeld was obviously shooting for Pulp Fiction meets Short Cuts but the film is more like Four Rooms meets Prt Porter 
2
2 Days in the Valley
Jeff Vice
Herzfeld an award winning television writer and director didn t craft either a compelling story or create characters with any real depth 
2
2 Days in the Valley
Roger Ebert
The plot underlies even the most inexplicable scenes and eventually links even the most widely separated characters but what makes the movie fun is the dialogue and the behavior 
3
2 Days in the Valley
Steve Rhodes
Herzfeld s characters border on the bizarre and yet each is endearing 
3
2 Days in the Valley
James Berardinelli
It s pure entertainment nothing too serious nothing too deep with an artistic sensibility 
3
2 Days in the Valley
Madeleine Williams
A jumbled hodgepodge with an excess of plot masquerading as hip thriller 
2
2 Days in the Valley
Rob Blackwelder
As a joy ride 2 days in the Valley is like a drive down Sunset Boulevard in a convertible Cadillac so very Valley it s shallow but fun 
3
Tron: Legacy
Michael Dequina
A simple sci fi thrill ride in terms of action visuals and unpretentious fun 
3
Tron: Legacy
Roger Moore
It s a legacy of TRON that its sequel has to be as slow and dense as humorless and emotionally sterile as its original 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Jeff Beck
While it wasn t everything I was hoping it was going to be Tron Legacy ended up being a fascinating visual experience 
3
Tron: Legacy
Peter Canavese
Basically a fanboy s dream honoring what s worth honoring about the original while adding as much as the premise will bear Blu ray 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Kam Williams
Worth its while for the next generation special f x alone especially when witnessed in 3D 
3.5
Tron: Legacy
Rafer Guzman
Like the original Tron Legacy obsesses over technology and style but forgets important details like character and plot 
2
Tron: Legacy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tron Legacy is spectacular and ridiculous much like its spectacular and ridiculous predecessor Tron 1982 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Linda Cook
The Tron Dude abides 
3
Tron: Legacy
Tyler Hanley
Legacy is sort of a one trick pony After you get past the neon glow costumes whizzing Frisbee weapons and cyberspace backdrop there really isn t much to get excited about 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
James Kendrick
even more enmeshed than its predecessor with questions of human computer interaction and philosophical conundrums but these questions become so dense and filled with shorthand mumbo jumbo that they cease to capture the imagination by the third reel 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Eric Melin
Even the action scenes didn t have any thrill to them this movie doesn t involve you at all 
2
Tron: Legacy
Sara Michelle Fetters
At a certain point no amount of blue red orange yellow and white color motifs can hide a tired narrative that continually drifts of into sentimentality so ripe you can smell it three screening rooms away 
2
Tron: Legacy
Mike McGranaghan
Like its predecessor the movie has enough dazzling visuals and awesome action to generally compensate for a story that often feels a little thin 
3
Tron: Legacy
Rossiter Drake
Buoyed by its story sometimes convoluted but hard to resist Legacy is a worthy sequel both in its fantastic look and its admirable sense of wonder 
3
Tron: Legacy
Matt Brunson
Most viewers will be wanting their quarters back 
2
Tron: Legacy
Stephen Whitty
It is genuinely exciting to see where this brave new world of CGI and 3D is leading But on the whole this isn t really much of a legacy or even as much fun as a round of Space Invaders 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Alison Gang
Kosinki s most imaginative 3 D contraptions are stunning though it s unfortunate that they don t show up until we ve slogged through a slow dreary middle bursting with overblown political themes 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Claudia Puig
For a far more thought provoking tale about the virtual realm try The Social Network 
2
Tron: Legacy
Joe Williams
It s a triumph of streamlined design but TRON Legacy never enters the fourth dimension where it s worth a plugged nickel to humans 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Lisa Kennedy
TRON Legacy proves once again that movies can be incubators for exciting technological and F X advances while leaving our need for narrative unsatisfied 
2
Tron: Legacy
Liam Lacey
Another weak story with sub B movie dialogue partly compensated for by intensely conceived geometric design and special effects 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Wilson Morales
The film is visually dazzling but the main problem is that the script was left of the drawing board There are endless questions never answered even if one were to ask 
2
Tron: Legacy
Wilson Morales
The film is visually dazzling but the main problem is that the script was left of the drawing board There are endless questions never answered even if one were to ask 
2
Tron: Legacy
Christian Toto
Tron Legacy validates those who spent the last 28 years defending the original film as a story worth telling 
3
Tron: Legacy
Russ Breimeier
For a movie showcasing flashy action the pacing is pokey weighed down by dull flashbacks and clichéd discussions about embracing the digital frontier blah blah blah 
2
Tron: Legacy
John Beifuss
A coffee table book consisting of full color screen grabs from Tron Legacy would be stunning But experiencing these images in motion over 125 minutes is more endurance test than revelation 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Bob Bloom
The movie has plenty of action but it is hampered by fits and starts Dead spots where characters simply stand around and spew expository dialogue abound 
2
Tron: Legacy
Peter Travers
Director Joseph Kosinski has a recipe for adventure that should delight gamers Non techies are on their own 
3
Tron: Legacy
David Nusair
a breathtaking special effects extravaganza that generally manages to outdo its big budget cinematic brethren in terms of excitement and audaciousness 
3
Tron: Legacy
Chris Hewitt
Tron Legacy How about Tron Tedious instead 
1
Tron: Legacy
Kyle Smith
For all of its buggy storytelling Tron Legacy plugs into your cerebral cortex and makes it sizzle 
3
Tron: Legacy
Willie Waffle
Is it really a legacy when barely anyone remembers the first movie and most of those who do remember it do not do so fondly 
1.5
Tron: Legacy
Michael O'Sullivan
Tron Legacy may be nice place to visit but you wouldn t want to live there 
2
Tron: Legacy
Mark Dujsik
Implementing a color scheme of black on different shades of dark gray with bright neon highlights of blue or red the movie is a drab and depressing thing to look at 
1.5
Tron: Legacy
Walter Chaw
A Clockwork Orange as imagined by a Commodore64 
1.5
Tron: Legacy
Michael A. Smith
an entertaining film that tries to make up for its lack of substance with some pretty impressive action set pieces 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Lawrence Toppman
Joseph Kosinski is so happy playing with expensive computers that he neglects to give this movie a heart larger than a peach pit 
2
Tron: Legacy
Amy Biancolli
The sheer size of the thing works against it The effects are absolutely spectacular but they blow the goofy cheesy quotient straight through the roof 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Robert W. Butler
An eye catching 3 D roller coaster ride propelled by a plot and characters of not even passing interest 
2
Tron: Legacy
Duane Dudek
All sensation and no feeling 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Carrie Rickey
Legacy is a two hour light show with a lot of flash a little style and not one byte of narrative originality 
2
Tron: Legacy
Wesley Morris
The legacy of the title appears to be that of George Lucas Which of course should be the last thing an admirer of Tron wants to see Bill Gates taking over Apple 
2
Tron: Legacy
Tom Keogh
There s such a hollowness and lack of conviction within this new film s veneer of a story that it s impossible not to find your distracted thoughts bouncing around chaotically 
1.5
Tron: Legacy
Dustin Putman
It sure is pretty but it s also woefully empty headed as steely in emotion as it is in its environment 
2
Tron: Legacy
Christopher Lloyd
Occasionally self indulgent and silly the sequel is an undeniably entertaining flick a cornucopia of eye candy and family friendly violence 
3
Tron: Legacy
Peter Howell
Like the 1982 sci fi curiosity that spawned it TRON Legacy is an almost movie 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
James Berardinelli
They had 28 years and this is the best they could come up with 
2.5
Tron: Legacy
Rene Rodriguez
Curiously TRON Legacy makes the same mistake the original did All the best stuff comes in the first act 
2
Tron: Legacy
Michael Phillips
It s a sullen affair dominated by a grim visual palette that intrigues for about 30 minutes 
2
Tron: Legacy
Roger Ebert
Both Tron films made so many years apart can fairly lay claim to being state of the art 
3
Tron: Legacy
Josh Larsen
It must have taken a lot of computers to pull this thing off too bad the movie talks like one of them 
3
Tron: Legacy
Peter Keough
On the plus side in the new Tron the war machines no longer look like giant floating staples But the action scenes are the usual hyper edited splatter 
2
Tron: Legacy
Nick Schager
Joseph Kosinski s would be franchise restarter is if nothing else aesthetically striking 
2.5
The War of the Roses
Jonathan Rosenbaum
DeVito s taste for unorthodox camera angles and striking camera movements occasionally verges on overreaching but for the most part admirably serves the action 
3
The War of the Roses
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film just keeps getting darker and more claustrophobic like sliding down the center of a spiral 
4
The War of the Roses
Walter Chaw
A sharply observed look at how optimism turns to dread the dangers of possession and a coda for a decade too often guilty of all of the above 
3.5
The War of the Roses
James Kendrick
a brilliant piece of visual virtuosity
3.5
The War of the Roses
Roger Ebert
It s to the credit of DeVito and his co stars they they were willing to go that far but maybe it shows more courage than wisdom 
3
The War of the Roses
Chris Hicks
What put me off is the uneasy blend of the film s mean spirited nature and the zany slapstick that accompanies it There also seems to be a superficial lack of foundation for some of the things the characters do 
2.5
Beyond the Clouds
Fernando Gonzalez
With its long shots and weighty silences the movie is a rewarding meditation on the pleasures and mysteries of observing by a great director 
3.5
Beyond the Clouds
Jonathan Rosenbaum
There are a lot of beautiful things in Beyond the Clouds the style the settings the bodies of young men and women many of them beautiful in the vaguely blank way that models are 
3
Beyond the Clouds
Edward Guthmann
It s the compelling sense of mystery of the endless search and its undercurrent of loneliness that sets this great filmmaker apart 
3
Beyond the Clouds
Steve Rhodes
A slightly erotic and decidedly offbeat movie Beyond the Clouds has a strong attraction that is hard to put into words A frustrating film it is simultaneously bizarrely fascinating and soporifically unsatisfying 
3
Beyond the Clouds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The moments that work in this movie and there are many remind us that most other films of today still have a long way to go 
4
The Goddess of 1967
Andrew Howe
You may be surprised to find yourself revisiting key scenes for days afterwards 
2.5
Havana Suite
Ed Gonzalez
Perez evokes a day in the life of 10 Habaneros as a symphony his subjects are notes spread out across a music staff rising and falling to the identity of a city 
3
Havana Suite
Rene Rodriguez
A portrait of people in a permanent state of waiting who with only one poignant exception refuse to let go of their dreams 
3
The Awakening
Christian Toto
The Awakening is a handsome well acted thriller with a script that s never cringe inducing So why did it sneak its way onto home video with no fanfare 
3
The Awakening
Sean P. Means
Rebecca Hall captures Florence s flinty intelligence and the vulnerability that emerges as she slowly discovers the school s dark secrets 
3
The Awakening
Moira MacDonald
Though the story spirals a little out of control in the film s final scenes The Awakening offers the low key pleasures of an old fashioned thriller and a lovely central performance 
3
The Awakening
Roger Ebert
Whatever 
2
The Awakening
Matt Pais
Pretty good but more pretty than good 
2.5
The Awakening
Claudia Puig
The cast is anchored by two wonderful actresses Imelda Staunton and Rebecca Hall whose talents are squandered on this lackluster horror drama 
2
The Awakening
Stephen Whitty
When these sudden surprises work as in A Beautiful Mind or The Others you re too stunned to swallow that next handful of popcorn when they don t you re tempted to throw your whole box at the screen 
2
The Awakening
Chris Berube
A dull British import that never lives up to the pretensions of its period setting 
2
The Awakening
Sara Stewart
An enjoyably old fashioned ghost story in the vein of The Others and The Orphanage 
3
The Awakening
Mark Jenkins
The Awakening is nonsense but with its posh British cast and colors drained to near gray it s very solemn nonsense 
1.5
The Awakening
Dustin Putman
Delivers a series of well chosen jolts and unsettling ideas Otherwise gee it really is quite a lot like countless other pictures that have come before it 
2.5
The Awakening
David Lewis
A lot of tension and buildup leads us to well it s hard to say 
2
The Awakening
Peter Howell
It s routine stuff as horror setups go especially if you ve seen such obvious influences as The Orphanage and The Others 
2
The Awakening
Chris Cabin
The film takes pains to ensure that the story feel like laborious toil rather than a trip through the dark side of the ethereal 
1
The Awakening
David Nusair
an egregiously familiar ghost story that simply isn t able to wholeheartedly justify its existence 
1.5
Streetwise
Matt Brunson
It s a grim world and a grim film 
3.5
Streetwise
Roger Ebert
Streetwise is surprising for the frankness of the material it contains How did the filmmakers get these people to say these things to allow the cameras into their lives 
4
Flinch
David Nusair
Flinch is a really terrible thriller and not just because of Judd Nelson s performance 
0
Spring
Federico Furzan
Spring is fantastic This is a perfect date movie Full review in Spanish 
4
Spring
John Beifuss
Sort of like Before Sunrise but with tentacles 
3
Spring
Linda Barnard
While not perfect low budget Spring takes welcome risks with the creature feature genre 
3
Spring
Brad Keefe
If it hits your sweet spot like it does mine it combines two familiar things in wildly original ways This is my Weird Date Night pick of the week 
3.5
Spring
Tom Keogh
This oddball film s mashup innovations often come at the price of storytelling discipline and to some extent common sense 
2
Spring
Simon Abrams
An ambitious and often enchanting genre hybrid 
2.5
Spring
Josh Spiegel
A profound and unshakable sense of unease pervades the entirety of Spring from the opening scene all the way to the unexpected finish 
3
Spring
Chuck Bowen
It bridges the cautionary elements of a horror film with the wish fulfilling platitudes of a touristy romance 
2
Spring
Walter Chaw
I can only imagine discovering Spring as a teenager I m glad I discovered it at all 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Craig D. Lindsey
Be prepared to find yourself trying to find sympathy and compassion for the Siegels 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Josh Larsen
their plight plays like the financial crisis in miniature Or perhaps it s in macro 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Matt Brunson
A powerhouse documentary the film shifts from simply being a fly on the wall look at material decadence and moral decay into a study of a family trying to hold itself together during a trying period 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
John Beifuss
It is a comedy that aspires to tragedy and a metaphor for a nation collapsing beneath the incompatible intolerable pressures of excess and inequity 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Chris Foran
For all their garishness the Siegels are pretty likable even if attempts to make you sympathetic to their plight fall short 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It contains some useful information I suppose but I did not like these people I hope never to meet them and I wonder if the world wouldn t be a better place without them 
2.5
The Queen of Versailles
Joe Williams
Although it s a guilty pleasure The Queen of Versailles is artful enough that both the prosecution and the defense could invoke it when the peasants cry Off with their heads 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Moira MacDonald
This rags to riches to almost rags again queen has an endearing knack for looking on the bright side You find yourself by the end wishing her well 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Rick Groen
More than a social morality tale this is a character study with the title well chosen 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Mark Dujsik
It would be easy to look at this with smug satisfaction but director Lauren Greenfield is impassive 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Rafer Guzman
The Queen of Versailles ought to be required viewing for anyone who blames the rich for yanking the rug out from under America s economy 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Chris Hewitt
The pride gluttony and inexplicable romance in the tale are almost Shakespearean 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Rene Rodriguez
By the end the movie has pulled off a small miracle You become absorbed in the lives of these people for who they are and not what they own 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Matt Pais
In director Lauren Greenfield s tremendous documentary packed with terrific details greed is not good It is a slow self inflicted wound whose pain hits hard and fast 
4
The Queen of Versailles
Roger Ebert
What I left with was not hatred I disapprove of the values they represent but I also find them fascinating and just slightly lovable 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Alison Gang
A tragicomic indulgence of schadenfreude with the sophistication of a Kardashian reality show 
2
The Queen of Versailles
Ann Hornaday
The Queen of Versailles turns out to be a portrait appalling absorbing and improbably affecting of how even within a system seemingly designed to ensure that the rich get richer sometimes the rich get poorer 
4
The Queen of Versailles
Kam Williams
A dysfunctional family documentary which invites the audience to take pleasure in the misfortunes of some decidedly decadent 1 ers 
4
The Queen of Versailles
Amy Biancolli
Through a clear lens unclouded by politics or blame it offers insight into the hazardous American practice of living beyond our means 
4
The Queen of Versailles
Gary Thompson
There are improbably involving human stories here 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Ty Burr
There s more going on here than classist derision and the filmmaker uses her footage to try to sort out her feelings 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Steven Rea
The Queen of Versailles combines the voyeuristic thrills of reality TV with the soul revealing artistry of great portraiture and the head shaking revelations of solid investigative reporting 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Robert Levin
It transforms from a mocking portrait of exorbitance into a sympathetic depiction of a family struggling with their own version of what most of us have gone through 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Stephen Whitty
Dig into your popcorn and get ready for some snide schadenfreude 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Lou Lumenick
The Siegels make the Kardashians and Donald Trump look like tasteful pikers when it comes to egregiously conspicuous consumption sheer hubris and utter refusal to take responsibility for their actions 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Claudia Puig
Director Lauren Greenfield s timing turned out to be extraordinarily fortuitous in its depiction of how the mighty also fall in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Christy Lemire
These are not horrible people just ones who flung themselves enthusiastically toward the American dream as so many do 
3.5
The Queen of Versailles
Roger Moore
With every shopping spree every limo ride to McDonald s Mrs Siegel underlines the cliche that money cannot buy you taste Or class 
3
The Queen of Versailles
Budd Wilkins
Lauren Greenfield s film evolves from an ode to entitled obliviousness to a more evenhanded character study tracing the fault lines that develop within the Siegel family 
3
Godsend
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems a shame to waste any of these actors on a movie with no higher aspirations than educing a few second rate chills 
2
Godsend
Stefan Ulstein
The script is long on the Big Issues but comes up short in compelling dialogue It needed a couple more drafts 
2
Godsend
James Kendrick
None of it is compelling in the least because it s readily apparent that all aspects of the plot serve no real function other than to create creepy kid scenes 
1.5
Godsend
Linda Cook
Never has a fascinating setup for a movie failed so miserably as it does in Godsend 
.5
Godsend
Tony Toscano
Not quite twisted or compelling enough 
1.5
Godsend
Marty Mapes
A bland story with nothing going for it but a moderately timely premise
1.5
Godsend
Vince Koehler
A creepy film about illegal cloning 
1.5
Godsend
Frank Ochieng
a flaccid frightfest that is all clumsy thumbs a murky melodrama of crushingly half hearted proportions
1.5
Godsend
David Nusair
the film often resembles one of those cheesy straight to video thrillers which usually feature Eric Roberts and Kelly Rutherford 
1.5
Godsend
Dustin Putman
Opts to waste its potential in favor of a barrage of cheap jump scares and clumsy plotting 
2
Godsend
James Sanford
It s impossible to imagine the Almighty actually endorsing the kind of shoddy workmanship that has turned The Bad Seed into what ought to be titled The Bad Stem Cell 
1
Godsend
Sean P. Means
Director Nick Hamm settles for substandard horror shocks and endless shots of Bright doing his best I see dead people look 
1.5
Godsend
Moira MacDonald
It s hard to be frightened when you re snickering 
1
Godsend
Mick LaSalle
Godsend goes nowhere and takes the whole cast with it 
1
Godsend
David Elliott
Godsend is one of the collapsing duds that should cause not only critics to despair not about bad movies but that the makers believe any audience deserves this 
1
Godsend
Peter Travers
Every scare is telegraphed Every surprise is recycled from a better thriller Even the devil would send this one back 
1
Godsend
Gene Seymour
Soupy tedious mess 
1.5
Godsend
Lou Lumenick
Lame leaden and unthrilling 
1
Godsend
Jack Mathews
Next to The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle this is the worst movie De Niro has ever been in 
1
Godsend
Rick Groen
Save for a few asides about moral trespassing and a cliche or two about opening Pandora s Box the script isn t interested in that thorny debate 
2
Godsend
John Monaghan
A mix of A I The Bad Seed and a dozen other films Godsend isn t god awful but it s not all that clever either 
2
Godsend
Glenn Whipp
The film is all set up with very little payoff 
1.5
Godsend
Timothy Knight
A nonsensical and overwrought update of The Bad Seed 
1.5
Godsend
Rene Rodriguez
An unsatisfying overly restrained bore 
1
Godsend
James Verniere
Seems less sent by God than hellbent for the remainder bin at your local video store 
1
Godsend
Jeff Vice
There s at least one idea out there for a thoughtful provocative movie on the subject of human cloning Unfortunately Godsend isn t it 
1.5
Godsend
Michael Booth
Godsend certainly leaves future filmmakers room to improve the next copy 
2
Godsend
Roger Ebert
A bad thriller 
2
Godsend
Lawrence Toppman
Director Nick Hamm builds up a little atmosphere in the early going but Mark Bomback s script undermines him at every turn 
1.5
Godsend
Wesley Morris
Has the sensitivity of a cactus the ingenuity of a square wheel and the integrity of a CEO 
.5
Godsend
Aaron Hillis
Godsend overflows with missed opportunities making barely half assed attempts to explore the great dramatic implications of human duplication 
1.5
Godsend
Josh Larsen
could have gone in numerous intriguing directions and it chooses the worst one of all of them 
2
Godsend
Jeffrey Westhoff
The biggest problem is De Niro He looks bored and he clearly doesn t believe in his character Maybe this isn t him but his evil clone 
1
Godsend
Guylaine Cadorette
a typical horror pic clone 
2
Godsend
Erik Childress
Have we been suckered into another cloned idea that should have been aborted at the minute of conception 
1.5
Godsend
Rob Blackwelder
It seems a shame to waste any of these actors on a movie with no higher aspirations than educing a few second rate chills 
2
Godsend
Willie Waffle
It is horrible Godsend has earned its place next to Gigli Marci X and Freddie Got Fingered in the movie hall of shame 
0
Godsend
Claudia Puig
A poor man s Shining with some lame Sixth Sense and Omen elements thrown in 
2
Godsend
Duane Dudek
Godsend serves as a warning that just because you can clone another film doesn t mean you should 
2
Godsend
Phoebe Flowers
Easily the dumbest thriller to be released since last month s Taking Lives 
1
Godsend
Steven Rea
A murky thriller 
2
Godsend
David Sterritt
How could such a high octane cast produce such low octane horror 
1
Godsend
Robert K. Elder
Downright scary in some places Godsend might be more potent if it wasn t watered down by religious trope predictability 
2
Godsend
Emily Blunt
When bad movies happen to good people Read on 
2
Godsend
Keith Uhlich
From God s rear end to our cinema screens plops the latest pile of obsequious Hollywood the aptly and ironically titled Godsend 
1.5
Godsend
Steve Rhodes
So full of ridiculous moments that it s hard to hold down the laughter 
1.5
Godsend
Walter Chaw
A cheat of the worst kind 
2
Godsend
James Berardinelli
I m still waiting for a movie that offers a real story about cloning this isn t it 
1.5
Godsend
Jeanne Aufmuth
A bargain basement thriller lacking both thrills and chills 
1
Felicia's Journey
Dustin Putman
Turns into a sort of poetry flowing gently from one scene to the next 
3
Felicia's Journey
Michael Dequina
A deeply haunting film that only grows moreso upon reflection 
3.5
Felicia's Journey
Roger Ebert
You leave Felicia s Journey appreciating it A week later you re astounded by it 
3.5
The Mackintosh Man
Roger Ebert
The movie is irritating in its refusal to make things clear if spy movies are going to work like clockwork they have to be put together with some care 
1.5
U2 3D
Austin Kennedy
If you are a die hard U2 fan you will LOVE LOVE LOVE this A very cool experience 
3
U2 3D
Rossiter Drake
By the time Bono turns to the camera reaching out to his audience in a typically theatrical plea for peace love and understanding one half expects his outstretched hand to surge through the screen and seize one of your own 
3.5
U2 3D
John Wirt
Not better than the real thing but close 
3.5
U2 3D
Linda Cook
You too can be there 
4
U2 3D
Duane Dudek
U2 is a great band but 3 D doesn t make them greater 
3
U2 3D
Adam Schubak
Political agenda aside U2 put on a hell of a show And with 3 D glasses every seat is the best seat in the house 
3
U2 3D
Ross Anthony
The 3D is less than rock solid but the experience and sound mix are a pleasure 
2.5
U2 3D
Collin Souter
An elegant dazzling and graceful concert film that captures the true spirit of a U2 show 
3.5
U2 3D
Jack Mathews
The concert itself is spectacularly produced with Jumbotrons providing backdrop and long curving runways that allow Bono and other band members to move far out into the crowd 
3
U2 3D
Joel Selvin
Having these enormous almost disembodied figures endlessly cascading through space is more distracting than illuminating 
2
U2 3D
Janos Gereben
It is a spectacular musically and visually superb experience certain to enchant any classical music fan if only the fan is not too fanatic to stay away 
3
U2 3D
David N. Butterworth
Arguably it s Even Better Than the Real Thing 
3
U2 3D
Jan Stuart
U23D only just begins to tap the potential of performance film in three dimensions but the possibilities are thrilling to contemplate 
3
U2 3D
Ted Fry
It s an incredible performance captured in a medium that attains a unique aesthetic of immediacy and humanity from the powerful rock quartet 
3.5
U2 3D
Kyle Smith
The 3 D effects not only make you feel that Bono and crew are within arm s reach but also this is a new trick layer the pictures to simulate shifting your focus from foreground to background 
3.5
U2 3D
Chris Hewitt
Effortless magic happens all the time in U2 3D and you don t need to be a fan of the band I m not to love it 
3
U2 3D
Edna Gundersen
In many ways delivers an experience that s even better than the real thing 
4
U2 3D
Jennifer Van Evra
Once you get past the Whoa dude that s awesome moments after the first couple of songs the 3 D isn t quite as dazzling what s left is a solid U2 concert film that spans the group s sprawling quarter century catalogue 
3
U2 3D
Brett McCracken
The experience of sight and sound that one encounters in U23D is undeniably breathtaking The next best thing to actually being at a live concert 
3
U2 3D
Glenn Whipp
U2 3D may feel at times like a truncated greatest hits parade but short of being right in the thick of it you won t feel or see those hits delivered more directly 
3
U2 3D
Jeff Vice
U2 3D is the next best thing to being at one of the group s shows and a ticket will cost you about a tenth as much 
3.5
U2 3D
Chris Riemenschneider
U2 3D doesn t make you feel like you re there in the crowd It makes you feel like you re floating above the fans and riding their energy wave like a surfer during hurricane season 
3
U2 3D
Joe Lozito
Thanks to some impressive and vastly improved 3D technology this concert film documenting the Vertigo tour is about as close as you ll get to being on stage with U2 
3
U2 3D
Michael Phillips
While U2 3D doesn t rank with Stop Making Sense or The Last Waltz in the realm of top shelf concert films it s enjoyable and a fine fat eyeful 
3
U2 3D
Ed Gonzalez
Anyone who owns Rattle and Hum knows that U2 is a great live act but what s the point of U2 3D beyond simulating a front row view of one of their concerts 
2
Riot Girls
Anne T. Donahue
At least in Riot Girls we have Nat and Scratch to keep us afloat But you do leave the film asking yourself what any of us are doing to fight against those same things 
3.5
Extra Ordinary
Brian Eggert
A promising debut feature from the writer director team of Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Extra Ordinary is just clever funny and referential enough to earn a modest cult following 
3
Extra Ordinary
Pamela Powell
Extra Ordinary is a quirky yet exceptionally engaging film thanks to a succinct script and skilled performances 
3.5
Extra Ordinary
Lisa Trifone
A treat of a movie that effortlessly mashes up comedy romance horror and adventure 
3.5
Extra Ordinary
Richard Roeper
For all the Blood Moon horror movie hijinks and unwelcome visitors from the beyond and from hell Extra Ordinary is at heart a warm and inviting Comfort Food Movie 
3
Extra Ordinary
Mark Dujsik
T his movie s approach is having about a dozen good but underdeveloped ideas competing for attention and laughs 
2.5
Extra Ordinary
Karen M. Peterson
This is the kind of movie that will hold up well on repeat viewings as we find new bits we missed the first time or three 
3.5
Extra Ordinary
Joe Friar
The horror rom com is over the top zany as The Exorcist meets Spinal Tap with a delightful cast It s a riot 
3.5
Extra Ordinary
Roxana Hadadi
When Extra Ordinary finds the right wavelength for its wackiness the script and the cast effectively straddle the line between gross out gore and silly small town melodrama 
3
Extra Ordinary
Zaki Hasan
Armed with wit and charm to spare Extra Ordinary is joyful and creative and deserves to find an audience in this world or the next 
3
Extra Ordinary
Roger Moore
Entirely too ordinary too much of the time But wisps of profane Irish wit intrude and tickle 
2.5
Extra Ordinary
Rosalie Kicks
I think you will have a hard time not having a sense of delight and amusement by the time the credits roll 
3.5
Extra Ordinary
Mike McGranaghan
Hilarious occasionally gory and oddly sweet this is one of the year s comedic highlights 
3.5
Stockholm
David Nusair
a good enough look into the origins of a real life psychological phenomenon 
2.5
Stockholm
Sean P. Means
Hawke and Rapace the original Lisbeth Salander manage some chemistry in their scenes together when not being held hostage to the creaky plot mechanics 
2
Stockholm
Michael Phillips
The situation as presented here isn t unbelievable exactly It s just oddly dull Hawke is not 
2.5
Stockholm
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its emotional purpose showing how Bianca could possibly form a connection with Lars is effectively achieved 
3
Stockholm
Richard Roeper
If you re going to skim along the surface of a story such as this you d be hard pressed to cast someone better suited to the role of the clearly doomed but still irresistible charmer than Ethan Hawke 
3
Stockholm
Eric Melin
Few actors do quiet desperation quite as effectively as Hawke and his performance anchors the movie in that feeling making it an entertaining flick that works on a couple different levels even if there s not a big overarching theme 
2.5
Stockholm
Robert Horton
Hawke never tips completely into cartoon territory in the end there s something human about this idiot 
3
Stockholm
Mark Dujsik
Budreau illuminates why especially in this particular case such a bond might not be as strange as it may seem 
3
Stockholm
Soren Andersen
Thanks to the excellence of its two key performances Stockholm is an uncommonly effective thriller one with a heart and a brain 
3
Stockholm
Pat Padua
For the most part Budreau pulls off an entertaining dramatization of events thanks largely to his charismatic lead 
2.5
Stockholm
Simon Houpt
Budreau asserts a kind of tortured primness as if chastened by the realization that this all actually happened to real people And they seem to be having more fun than we are 
2
Stockholm
Rex Reed
Beware of any film that begins with the words based on an absurd but true story 
2
Stockholm
Brian Tallerico
It s a bit tonally inconsistent and ultimately doesn t add up to much it kind of slips through your fingers the minute it s over but Stockholm is just light on its feet enough to keep you entertained while you re watching it 
2.5
Stockholm
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Stockholm is worth a brief visit if not a long stay 
2.5
Stockholm
Chuck Bowen
Forget Dog Day Afternoon as the film doesn t even clear the bar set by F Gary Gray s tense and exciting The Negotiator 
2
Stockholm
Joey Magidson
If you like Hawke s smaller turns this is another one to seek out 
3
Mob Town
Matthew Passantino
The most frustrating aspect is the film s final act The movie took its time mounting Croswell s case only to rush the finale 
2
Mob Town
Roger Moore
Make it a comedy make it about the catering make it more an Analyze This sort of mob movie then you ve got something 
1.5
Rocky III
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Working behind the camera again Sylvester Stallone keeps things going in an effective way expanding on the familiar characters and hitting all the right beats 
3
Rocky III
Peter Stack
This is the stuff of comic books and corny American movies credible colorful entertainment seemingly meat headed but maybe meatier than we thought 
3
Rocky III
Matt Brunson
Rocky III marks the point where the series starts to get silly but the end result is so enjoyable that it s hard to carp too much 
3
Rocky III
David Nusair
probably the most effective of the bunch 
3
Crazy Horse
Matt Brunson
The movie might as well be about the Burger King down the road considering that it tells us virtually nothing about this legendary Parisian club 
2
Crazy Horse
Rob Thomas
Take away the nude women and the office politics are pretty familiar 
3
Crazy Horse
Joe Williams
Wiseman is a still prolific luminary of what has been dubbed direct cinema a documentary style in which the director intrudes as little as possible and conducts no on camera interviews 
3
Crazy Horse
Walter V. Addiego
If nothing else you ll surely relish the extravagant rhetoric used by Ali Mahdavi the club s artistic director to describe what is basically a tasteful nudie revue 
3
Crazy Horse
Chris Hewitt
I wish its running time were more like its costumes 
2
Crazy Horse
Matt Pais
In more than two hours Wiseman should teach us the history and the current personalities behind the club not just save us the airfare of going there 
2
Crazy Horse
Michael Phillips
The performers who spoiler alert look pretty good are neither sentimentalized nor unduly ennobled by Wiseman 
3
Crazy Horse
Roger Ebert
The Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris is famous for its erotic chic revues but I found nothing either erotic or chic in this reduction of body parts to geometrical displays 
3
Crazy Horse
Moira MacDonald
It s a fascinating behind the scenes view right down to the delivery man who blandly deposits a bag of takeout backstage 
3
Crazy Horse
Michael Dequina
Genuine smarts and seductive sexiness need not be mutually exclusive 
3.5
Crazy Horse
Ty Burr
Wiseman s are the movies to show to the aliens when they arrive 
3
Crazy Horse
Peter Keough
A fine complement to Wim Wenders s Pina without the 3D but with lots of tasteful T A 
3
Crazy Horse
Kam Williams
Girls Gone Wild Paris style 
3
Crazy Horse
V.A. Musetto
Sexploitation and art blend uneasily in Crazy Horse by the renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman 
2
Crazy Horse
Andrew Schenker
Crazy Horse is the story of the interplay of commerce and art the possibility of the latter always reliant on the support of the former 
3
From Prada to Nada
Jennie Punter
It s just predictable rom com fare in need of a lot more spice 
2
From Prada to Nada
Jason Anderson
The broad humour and cultural caricatures in the film s opening moments will be especially dispiriting to any English literature professors in the audience 
2
Tales From the Hood
Anderson Jones
Director Rusty Cundieff manages to amuse more often than horrify This tends to make his Tales more ready for prime time than the big screen but more entertaining than a silly haunted house ride at a summer carnival 
2.5
Tales From the Hood
Matt Brunson
It ingeniously employs the multi saga format popularized by the likes of Dead of Night and Tales from the Crypt as a springboard for an examination of real problems facing African American communities 
3
Tales From the Hood
Brian Eggert
In each macabre tale Cundieff reconsiders the past through a new method of evaluation and representation using grim horror stories to capture a glimpse of modern and historical reality 
3.5
Tales From the Hood
Mike McGranaghan
A landmark genre picture 
3
Tales From the Hood
Dustin Putman
One of the smartest genre offerings of the era and quite possibly the best anthology of its decade 
3.5
Tales From the Hood
Michael Dequina
Both fails to be the witty satire that it was promoted as being and the serious scarefest it actually aspires to be 
1
The Friendship Game
Roger Moore
A scene here or there benefits from List 8217 s professional skills 46 She 8217 s a 8220 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8221 alumna and veteran of TV 8217 s 8220 Cobra Kai 46 8221 With 60 credits to her name 44 she knew more about what she was doing than anybody else on set 46 
1
The Friendship Game
Mark Dujsik
The Friendship Game sets out to do something different 46 46 46 only to become overburdened by the game of its own inexplicable plotting 46 
2
The Friendship Game
Mike McGranaghan
This is one of the most maddening 44 unpleasant to sit through films of the year 46 
1
Zabriskie Point
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a fan of Antonioni s other works I d have to say that of the ones I ve seen Zabriskie Point ranks near the bottom 
2.5
Zabriskie Point
Roger Ebert
Antonioni has no feeling for young people He has tried to make a serious movie and hasn t even achieved a beach party level of insight 
2
The Mexican
Jordan Hiller
The Mexican coasts along throwing at us double agent double crossings intrigue witty one liners and some evocative scenery 
2
The Mexican
Judith Egerton
I left hoping that I never see either of them again in anything 
0
The Mexican
David Nusair
Gandolfini is especially good as the hitman with a heart of gold 
3
The Mexican
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Mexican turns violent in the last half hour betraying the sense of fun 
2.5
The Mexican
Mark Dujsik
The real surprise here are the scenes between Roberts and Gandolfini 
3
The Mexican
Michael Dequina
An example of how trying to accommodate the best of both worlds results in the most confused mess 
2
The Mexican
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una pena que se haya desperdiciado el talento y carisma de sus estrellas principales con un final tan barato y carente de imaginacin
2.5
The Mexican
Blake French
a surprising delight 
3
The Mexican
Mike McGranaghan
The Mexican is just different enough to really capture my interest 
3
The Mexican
James Kendrick
the movie s romanticism is somewhat comical and far fetched but beating beneath is guns and blood exterior is a vein of authentic emotion that gives the story an added edge 
3
The Mexican
Mike Clark
It s tough to believe anyone could read this script and fail to realize the movie wouldn t end up going anywhere 
2
The Mexican
Bob Graham
Where is Elmore Leonard when we need him 
1
The Mexican
Mary Kalin-Casey
A quirky melange that defies simple definition and stands to be one of the most offbeat romantic comedies ever crafted 
3
The Mexican
Susan Stark
At a time when action and effects dominate the movies it s plain refreshing to run into a picture that rolls around playfully in the language 
3
The Mexican
Roger Ebert
Gandolfini comes in from left field and provides a character with dimensions and surprises bringing out the best in Roberts 
3
The Mexican
James Berardinelli
A mixed bag the comedy is generally effective and some of the drama works but the adventure and romance elements are dead on arrival 
2.5
The Mexican
Erik Childress
A huge star pairing vehicle in search of a road Any road 
1
The Mexican
Steve Rhodes
Pitt Roberts and Gandolfini prove to be a thoroughly enjoyable crowd pleasing combination 
3
The Mexican
Rob Blackwelder
The first sublime cinematic bonbon of 2001 
3
The Mexican
Ross Anthony
A pretty darned good film 
2.5
The Mexican
Dustin Putman
A quirky smart gem of a movie that is not only fun to watch but has quite a few meaningful things to say about life love and death 
3
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Glenn Kenny
While not an earth shaker this documentary is an amiable informative look at a guy who is shaping up to be yes one of the major American directors of the last fifty years 
3
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Carson Lund
The documentary is just more of what we ve come to expect from director Richard Linklater s expanded fanverse 
2
Hold the Dark
Federico Furzan
Even when Saulnier fails to wake up the monster his movie hides Hold the Dark delivers a decent thriller event Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Hold the Dark
James Kendrick
There are a lot of big heady themes woven throughout the story none of which are ever fully developed but rather are left as tantalizing ambiguous nods toward deeper philosophical wells 
3
Hold the Dark
Josh Larsen
A werewolf movie that isn t a werewolf movie but really kind of is 
3
Hold the Dark
Joey Magidson
Provided you ve enjoyed Saulnier s previous flicks Hold the Dark should again tickle your dark fancy 
3
Hold the Dark
Walter Chaw
Holding the dark is the perfect analogy for defining what s essentially indefinable 
4
Hold the Dark
David Nusair
an incredibly deliberate and subdued drama that s been punctuated with admittedly electrifying moments 
2
Hold the Dark
Robert Daniels
Saulnier s lens has become more defined and his pursuit of the shot intenser Saulnier s pursuit of the shot gives the film not just an authenticity but encapsulates the mood of the adapted screenplay 
3
Hold the Dark
Roger Moore
A moody bloody rural Alaska thriller that goes wrong every time it loses track of Jeffrey Wright and reality 
2
Hold the Dark
Mark Dujsik
It s easy enough to explain what Hold the Dark is about As for what the movie is About that s much more difficult to deduce 
2.5
Hold the Dark
Barry Hertz
It makes for intriguing and often gripping viewing but delivers a more confounding experience than is necessary 
2.5
Hold the Dark
Bruce DeMara
A bold mesmerizing and journey into a land of shadows and mystery that will leave a deep and unnerving impression 
3.5
Hold the Dark
Chuck Bowen
Hold the Dark s ludicrous seriousness comes to feel like a mask for what s essentially a genre story of murder and mayhem 
1.5
Hold the Dark
Brian Tallerico
A brutal slog of a film admirable in its fearlessness in terms of dark subject matter but the brutality doesn t feel worth it in the end 
2.5
New in Town
Kelly Jane Torrance
Unfortunately the film quickly devolves into a mess of cliches 
2
New in Town
David Nusair
the picture s mild success is due almost entirely to the cast s exceedingly appealing work 
2.5
New in Town
Kam Williams
A transparent fish out of water romantic comedy by A Danish director which won t work with an American audience 
1
New in Town
Tom Meek
Danish director Jonas Elmer doesn t quite understand romantic nuance 
2.5
New in Town
Julian Roman
It pains me to admit and I may be distinctly in the minority here but I really liked this film 
3.5
New in Town
Keith Cohen
This fish out of water romantic comedy offers nothing new and sticks to a comfortingly predictable formula 
1.5
New in Town
Stephen Silver
All it does is mine stereotypes about the small town Upper Midwest that were starting to get cliched when The Music Man was first staged in 1957 
0
New in Town
Linda Cook
Here s a perfect example of bad timing The release of New in Town 
2
New in Town
Michael Dequina
The sight of the Gold Circle Films logo at the top of a romantic comedy released at the beginning of the year is a most dire signifier of impending cinematic doom 
0
New in Town
Matt Brunson
The sort of inane rom com drivel that Hollywood recycles on a regular basis 
1
New in Town
Gary Brown
I heard sustained laughter through the first two thirds of the movie Then it crashes and burns because the script strip mined from other similar themed efforts runs out of ideas and jokes 
2
New in Town
Thelma Adams
He s a little bit country she s a little bit rock n roll and it s all totally contrived The movie may be called New in Town but it s an old Hollywood love story that doesn t improve with age 
2
New in Town
Michael A. Smith
In the words of Blanche New In Town is only okie dokie artichokie 
2.5
New in Town
Christian Toto
New in Town is better than standard rom com fare dontcha know 
2.5
New in Town
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that feels like a clock radio with a stuck snooze button the clichés as ripe and as annoying as that never ending buzzer trying to wake a person up first thing in the morning 
2
New in Town
Jason Buchanan
It has a certain Midwestern charm that settles calmly in the stomach making the viewer feel warm comfortable and quick to smile 
2.5
New in Town
Olivia Putnal
Although it wasn t quite the comedy we had hoped for the idea behind it is pretty cute we just wished the laughs weren t so awkward and forced 
1.5
New in Town
Claudia Puig
It follows a particularly abhorrent Hollywood formula Ridicule the friendly rural folks show how stupid they are then by the end place their small town values and inherent decency on a pedestal 
1
New in Town
Greg Quill
There s a Capra esque joy in this small and unpretentious movie 
3
New in Town
Chris Hewitt
Zellweger and Connick are likable in the lead roles and J K Simmons is a low key gas as a plant supervisor 
3
New in Town
Peter Hartlaub
There should be a special Oscar for good actors who still give their all when they re in bad movies 
2
New in Town
Lou Lumenick
With the recession getting worse by the day it s asking an awful lot for audiences to laugh at a romantic comedy centering on corporate layoffs 
0
New in Town
Rick Groen
Poor Renée Her character may find a cozy hearth but she s definitely left way out in the cold 
2
New in Town
Michael Sragow
As a comic fable for hard times New in Town is irredeemably moronic 
1
New in Town
Lisa Ann Cockrel
A romantic comedy for our fiscal moment when so many people are facing job insecurity and loss This context gives a rather lighthearted romance some actual gravitas 
2.5
New in Town
John Beifuss
In one scene the townsfolk candles in hand gather around an outdoor Christmas tree to sing about Jesus at the end of the performance I kind of expected them to lead Zellweger the outsider off to a large wicker man 
1
New in Town
Michael Phillips
New in Town is The Pajama Game without the songs the laughs or the bare knuckled realism 
2
New in Town
Peter Canavese
The recipe of New in Town isn t secret and it tastes like pablum to me 
2
New in Town
Carrie Rickey
New in Town is so choppy that it would seem to have been edited with a pickax 
2.5
New in Town
Peter Travers
The thudding sounds you hear at New In Town are jokes landing like lead balloons and conking the life out of the actors 
1
New in Town
Willie Waffle
Most of the comedy revolves around Lucy s status as the fish out of water who doesn t belong in this town Some of it is hilarious Some of it is obvious 
2
New in Town
Moira MacDonald
There s nothing fresh here it s a Bridget Jones meets Baby Boom fish out of water opposites attract kind of thing 
2
New in Town
Ty Burr
You ve seen New in Town before and you ve seen it done better 
2
New in Town
Robert W. Butler
We ve learned not to expect much from movies released in January New in Town only proves the point 
2
New in Town
Jeff Vice
Zellweger doesn t look thrilled with what she s doing Meanwhile Connick really tries to sell us on their burgeoning romance with mostly unsuccessful results 
1.5
New in Town
Dustin Putman
The culprits are the stereotypical screenplay and the hacksaw editing It s pretty clear that a whole lot of material is currently gathering dust on the cutting room floor 
2
New in Town
Sue Pierman
It s all predictable yet comfy If you re looking for lighthearted entertainment you ll find it here 
2.5
New in Town
John Anderson
You can see where this is going all the way from Duluth 
2
New in Town
Joe Lozito
Strained lighter than air romantic comedy about a corporate executive who falls for the smalltown snowbound locals she s sent to layoff Like its heroine it never warms up 
2
New in Town
Roger Ebert
Am I giving too much away This is the kind of movie that gives itself away 
2
New in Town
Phil Villarreal
It s a given dis one is more fer da ladies than da fellas and some of da dialogue is pretnear hard da swallow 
2.5
New in Town
James Berardinelli
The movie has little to recommend it and more than a few things to encourage those who pursue quality cinema to stay away 
1.5
New in Town
Nick Schager
Like the odious stepchild of Fargo New in Town gleefully offers up citizens of rural snowbound New Ulm Minnesota as a collection of funny speaking Jesus loving tapioca making misfits deserving of nothing less than outright mockery 
0
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Walter Chaw
The rare filmmaker documentary that actually illuminates critical approaches to the artist s work 
3
Voices of Iraq
Jonathan Curiel
It s an approach that even the war s harshest critics should find interesting 
4
Voices of Iraq
Lou Lumenick
It s impossible to say if what the makers of this experimental documentary have assembled is a representative sample of these home movies but on balance it s vastly more flattering to the Bush administration than Fahrenheit 9 11 and its ilk 
2
Voices of Iraq
Jack Mathews
The lack of more than a handful of Iraqis decrying their personal losses and the chaos that has ensued makes it hard to trust the sincerity of the filmmakers 
1.5
Voices of Iraq
John Monaghan
Maybe my skepticism comes with the timing the movie arrives just days before the presidential election 
2
Voices of Iraq
Chris Hewitt
The movie conveys a sense of what it would be like to live in a place where bombs could drop next door 
3
The Wild Life
Matt Brunson
Practically every character is unremittingly dull while Chris Penn s bad boy party animal is insufferable from first frame to last 
1.5
The Jackal
Mal Vincent
As suspense it s suspenseless 
2
The Jackal
David Nusair
The less than engrossing vibe is at least tempered by the effectiveness of the three leads work and a smattering of compelling sequences 
2.5
The Jackal
Mike Clark
The international pursuit grows borderline monotonous but there is a jump in pacing during the Washington D C climax 
2.5
The Jackal
Michael Dequina
The simple chase set up is promising but the follow through is curiously lethargic and suspenseless 
2
The Jackal
Chuck O'Leary
A fast paced underrated reworking of the often sluggish Day of the Jackal Willis is good as the villainous title character More enjoyable than anyone wanted to admit 
3
The Jackal
Roger Ebert
The Jackal is a glum curiously flat thriller about a man who goes to a great deal of trouble in order to create a crime that anyone in the audience could commit more quickly and efficiently 
1.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Jeff Beck
Although Fuqua has already done this material he is at least able to make some of it engaging just not enough to recommend sitting through a runtime of over two hours to find it 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Michael Dequina
Paints with grimy authenticity a despairing warts and all portrait of cops and criminals turning the idea of the title on its head and then some 
3.5
Brooklyn's Finest
James Kendrick
For all its powerful moments of which there are many it feels too calculated and pre programmed in its downward spiral 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Dwight Brown
Watching the dirty badges in this gritty urban tale lose their shine is absolutely riveting 
3.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Linda Cook
A great cast and a mediocre script create an average show in Brooklyn s Finest the gritty grownups only story of three flawed police officers whose lives intersect 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Sean P. Means
The movie doesn t tell us anything we haven t heard before and more eloquently in other movies 
1.5
Brooklyn's Finest
John Wirt
Not great police drama or film noir but engrossing 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Sara Michelle Fetters
Walking out of the theatre I felt pummeled Fuqua going out of his way to give me the bumps and bruises of a prizefighter way best their prime who climbed back into the ring for all the wrong reasons 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
John Beifuss
Violent profane ambitious pretentious overcooked and entertaining 
3.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Kam Williams
All roads in this cleverly concealed triangulated tale serendipitously lead to some godforsaken projects in Brownsville where live ammo is routinely employed as the ghetto equivalent of a calling card 
4
Brooklyn's Finest
Christian Toto
Brooklyn s Finest is an entertaining rehash of every cop movie cliche committed to celluloid 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Matt Brunson
Brooklyn s Finest certainly isn t Hollywood s finest 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Wilson Morales
With Richard Gere Don Cheadle Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes leading the charge there s enough intensity and well acted performances to wet your appetite Finest is New Jack City meets The Wire 
3
Brooklyn's Finest
Robert W. Butler
A smothering pall of corruption and futility 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Mark Dujsik
Follows a recognizable footing but the film s conviction to examine the reasons as much as the results keeps it from becoming simplistic morality fare and makes it a thoughtful character study of three men under the heaviest strain 
3.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Liam Lacey
As directed by Antoine Fuqua the film is well acted occasionally hair raising but ultimately made from stale material 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Willie Waffle
Excels when focused on its amazing cast
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Thelma Adams
Antoine Fuqua s follow up to Training Day is a bloody and sexually explicit drama that unravels like episodes of The Wire but without that series dense plotting and insight into human nature
1.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Alissa Wilkinson
Despite its strengths Brooklyn s Finest has weaknesses that keep it from being great It s simply not as tight as a three pronged narrative needs to be 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Mike Scott
It s got good acting and moments of great intensity but Fuqua s overly episodic film feels like three marginally related stories rather than one cohesive tale 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Chris Hewitt
Fuqua is interested in the pressures that make cops go bad and his characters are as startled by their own behavior as we are 
3
Brooklyn's Finest
Linda Barnard
There s nothing particularly original here in this grime and grit saga but the weak material is elevated by the cast 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Kyle Smith
Brooklyn s Finest may well have a future on cable as a drinking game At one sip per cuss word though few viewers will still be conscious for the ending 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
John Anderson
At no time will the viewer be under the impression that the performers are engaged in anything but a recycling project regurgitating 50 years of corrupt cop movies Fuqua is striving for gritty street cred and instead delivers a clone 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Mick LaSalle
A melodrama about three cliches in search of a bloodbath 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Peter Travers
Brooklyn s Finest is a cop movie so shallow dumb derivative and infuriating that it feels like a parody of bad cop movies 
0
Brooklyn's Finest
Graham Killeen
What s intended as Greek tragedy most resembles Andy Samberg s Dear Sister short from Saturday Night Live 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Tom Keogh
Ultimately Brooklyn s Finest is engrossing in the same way a halfway decent made for television movie is 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Steven Rea
Fuqua s sucker punch of a picture is taut noir of the first order 
3
Brooklyn's Finest
Stephen Whitty
While it s true that the characters here are types the frazzled family man the tortured undercover agent the just punching a clock loser Fuqua gets some great actors to inhabit them 
3
Brooklyn's Finest
Ty Burr
Brooklyn s Finest is a billy club sandwich three separate cop dramas piled one on top of the other separated by layers of dramatic cheese and compressed until the condiments run together 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Joe Holleman
In the end audiences will be neither shaken nor stirred Just bored and confused 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Michael Phillips
It s a movie you truly want to like because it reminds you of movies you did most of them made by Sidney Lumet 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Peter Keough
Somebody must have drawn up a computer program on Crash like multi narrative screenplays because it s infected the system and won t go away 
1.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Roger Ebert
The film has a basic strength in its performances and craft but falls short of the high mark Fuqua obviously set for himself 
3
Brooklyn's Finest
Roger Moore
You can see why the actors were drawn to this good characters nice monologues a few explosive scenes But in keeping all of them happy and still making room for his own excesses Fuqua loses any sense of pacing 
1.5
Brooklyn's Finest
James Berardinelli
Fuqua develops the atmosphere with sufficient grit to generate a degree of narrative drive and momentum during the final 30 minutes but it takes an inordinate amount of time to get to that point and it s debatable whether the payoff is worth it 
2.5
Brooklyn's Finest
Rene Rodriguez
By turning Brooklyn s Finest into a morality tale Fuqua lets the movie slip right through his undeniably talented fingers 
2
Brooklyn's Finest
Andrew Schenker
Watching an Antoine Fuqua film can be exhausting the Training Day helmer directs every scene as if it s the most important thing that ever happened 
1.5
Reefa
Randy Myers
Reefa is timely and needed 
2.5
Reefa
Peter Canavese
A solid social drama based on a true story about the problem with policing reminiscent of Fruitvale Station 
2.5
Ticket to Write: The Golden Age of Rock Music Journalism
Roger Moore
Plays like a cheap video rough draft a proof of concept for the more polished Creem documentary to come 
2.5
Hunter Killer
Matt Brunson
If the new motion picture Hunter Killer were real life it would merit four stars Unfortunately the film isn t a striking example of cinema verite but rather a complete piece of fiction As such it s a rampaging mediocrity 
2
Hunter Killer
David Keyes
Far from being earth shattering but competent enough to be worth a glance on a weekend matinee 
3
Hunter Killer
Roger Moore
A mediocre thriller saddled with unfortunate geo political timing as well 
1.5
Hunter Killer
Robert Daniels
You ll find more enjoyment watching a plastic yellow submarine sink to the bottom of a bathtub than watching this film 
1.5
Hunter Killer
Andrea Chase
A curiously inert attempt at an action film played out in a form reminiscent of a barely competent industrial film rather than a taut suspense flick 
2
Hunter Killer
Mike McGranaghan
In every way it looks and feels like something slapped together for VOD in the hopes that viewers with a fetish for military equipment will drop six bucks to rent it 
1
Hunter Killer
Richard Roeper
All the actors are sunk by playing caricatures prone to spitting out leaden often unintentionally humorous dialogue 
2
Hunter Killer
Monica Castillo
Butler s performance or lack thereof keeps Hunter Killer from breaking any ground in the field of war movies 
2
Hunter Killer
Phil Villarreal
It s a crackling and majestic war movie that navigates rough seas with aplomb making you realize maybe dad is onto something 
3
Hunter Killer
Michael Phillips
It s less a submarine picture and more a noisy oddly structured mashup of Russian military coup Navy SEALs rescue operation and Gerard Butler s ability to clench his jaw three clicks past the setting fully clenched 
2
Hunter Killer
Mark Dujsik
This much mediocrity in one sitting eventually starts to wear far too thin 
1.5
Hunter Killer
Robert Horton
This movie embraces its hairy old hokum so thoroughly that it creates a pretty fun contraption 
2.5
Hunter Killer
James Berardinelli
Hunter Killer won t win any awards for acting or writing but generates suspense when it needs to and tells an engrossing Tall Tale 
3
Hunter Killer
Katie Walsh
While Hunter Killer bounces between serious and silly it never quite finds a suitable place to land 
2
Hunter Killer
David Nusair
an aggressively by the numbers actioner that squanders a talented roster of actors and seemingly can t miss setup 
1
Hunter Killer
Christian Toto
When Gerard Butler sets his jaw in an action movie it doesn t get un set mister 
2.5
Hunter Killer
Soren Andersen
The plot has a lot of moving parts but Marsh fits them together adroitly to deliver a thriller that s consistently exciting and thoroughly preposterous 
3
Hunter Killer
Rafer Guzman
Generic big screen genre fiction Cliched but watchable 
2
Hunter Killer
Mick LaSalle
The movie is overlong at times confusing and it s self important with a soundtrack that keeps telling us we feel things that we don t Still if you like this kind of movie it s not a bad use of two hours 
2.5
Hunter Killer
Derek Smith
The film is a second rate airport thriller that makes The Hunt for Red October seem like nonfiction by comparison 
1.5
What Just Happened?
Sonny Bunch
Worth seeing especially for people interested in the inner workings of the Hollywood machine but don t go in expecting a laugh a minute 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Peter Keough
Based on the Art Linson autobiography this half baked insider parody tries hard to be madcap 
2
What Just Happened?
Kam Williams
More understated than sidesplitting this biting satire of showbiz offers an amusing enough inside peek at what life might be like in Tinseltown to remain recommended its mostly inside industry jokes notwithstanding 
3
What Just Happened?
Marty Mapes
Polished coherent rich with internal consistency and sacrilegious for believers in The Movies
2.5
What Just Happened?
Frank Ochieng
Although slightly scathing in its cynical look at highly paid Hollywood hacks rambunctiously jumping through artistic creative hoops Happened is impishly on the spot in its aimless ribbing at movie wheeling and dealing madness 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Duane Dudek
This is the cannibal conga line that is the Hollywood food chain 
3
What Just Happened?
Matt Brunson
Perpetually keeps losing sight of the important targets 
2.5
What Just Happened?
John Beifuss
The Park City premiere in January probably echoed with appreciative knowing chuckles The local auditorium where the movie opens today however is probably just going to echo 
1.5
What Just Happened?
Rob Thomas
The world may not have needed another inside baseball Hollywood satire but What Just Happened rings true capturing that quietly frantic feeling that a lot of veteran Hollywood players like Levinson and Linson must feel now and then wondering if toda
3
What Just Happened?
Austin Kennedy
The movie slumbers along as it ends up nowhere Considering everyone involved this is a disaster of epic proportions What just happened indeed
1
What Just Happened?
Christian Toto
What Just Happened is second rate satire but a first rate example that De Niro can still be great on screen 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Lisa Kennedy
In some ways What Just Happened feels like an attempt to if not make amends for moviemaking myopia at least show how easily the contagion takes hold 
2
What Just Happened?
Rick Groen
What Just Happened has already happened and to everyone but Levinson that shouldn t be surprising 
2
What Just Happened?
Amy Biancolli
The sharpest Hollywood satire since The Player 
4
What Just Happened?
Rene Rodriguez
The problem with Hollywood movies about the Hollywood film industry is You ve seen one you ve seen them all 
2
What Just Happened?
Chris Hewitt
Rich soulless Hollywood types screw each other over in What Just Happened And we re supposed to care 
2
What Just Happened?
Peter Howell
You d probably need a veteran Hollywood psychiatrist to explain Tinseltown s fascination with its own muck 
1.5
What Just Happened?
David Nusair
an utterly disappointing misfire 
2
What Just Happened?
Jeff Vice
This goofy sporadically amusing satire is a career bounce back of sorts While director Levinson is not completely back on his game here at least the film might make us forget about 2006 s disastrous Man of the Year 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Steven Rea
There are cutting laughs along the way and Keener plays the hard nosed studio chief with an insider s acumen but really Entourage is better than this 
2
What Just Happened?
Phil Villarreal
If you want to get a peek under the hood of Hollywood or just want to see Bruce Willis in a big scruffy beard What Just Happened certainly delivers 
3
What Just Happened?
Claudia Puig
It s a bit too inside to appeal to wide audiences though there are some funny scenes 
2
What Just Happened?
Moira MacDonald
A movie that s perfectly good and yet not good enough 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Mick LaSalle
If ultimately What Just Happened emerges as slightly less than the sum of its parts those parts are very good indeed 
3
What Just Happened?
Peter Travers
It s a tossup Your call 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Lou Lumenick
A fairly toothless Tinseltown expose 
2
What Just Happened?
Glenn Whipp
Even giving the film points for veracity one is left with the movie s inherent fatal flaw Who gives a rip 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Ty Burr
Eventually it just stalls 
2.5
What Just Happened?
Michael Sragow
De Niro holds this film together not with bluster or dynamism but with humanity In revealing the weakness of a man who lives by the exercise of power he restores his strength as an actor and makes you care beyond measure for what just happened 
4
What Just Happened?
Alissa Wilkinson
Though the movie is darkly funny most people outside the movie business won t find themselves laughing too much 
2
What Just Happened?
Peter Canavese
A scathing insider look at Hollywood De Niro gives one of his most winning performances of recent years 
3
What Just Happened?
Roger Ebert
There s not a whole lot in What Just Happened that would be out of place in a good SNL skit 
2
What Just Happened?
Rafer Guzman
Hollywood loves to satirize itself using its own medium But with few exceptions The Player comes to mind the laughs are rarely as wicked as they should be and the skewers barely break the skin So it is with What Just Happened 
2.5
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Michael Dequina
Adults shouldn t have to sit through it unless they really feel they must 
2
Firestarter
Matt Brunson
George C 46 Scott apos s casting hints at the dichotomy at play in this schizophrenic project 46 Like the movie itself 44 he apos s eminently watchable but also scarcely believable 46 
2.5
Firestarter
Chuck O'Leary
A scene stealing performance by a menacing George C Scott and a terrific musical score by Tangerine Dream elevate this entertaining companion piece to 1978 s The Fury 
3
Firestarter
Roger Ebert
The film s crucial flaw is the lack of a strong point to the story A little girl has her dangerous power some government agents want to examine her others want to destroy her and things catch on fire That s about it 
2
Somewhere in the Night
David Nusair
an engaging noir 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Michael Dequina
Stale for anyone older than the preschool set 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Roger Moore
A Sarah Palin joke A Charlie Sheen wisecrack Is this a Chipmunks movie or a Letterman monologue 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
John Beifuss
If you can t get enough of aggressively cute animated rodents shaking their fuzzy tails while singing helium voiced covers of funk and hip hop dance hits and spouting clichd urban catchphrases Oh no she di int then this squeakquel is for you 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Sara Michelle Fetters
The opening 20 minutes or so play like nothing more than a widescreen Carnival Cruise commercial everything so glossy and superficial you can almost feel the spray tan ooze down your arm 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Jennie Punter
The obvious nods to Castaway Lost and other pop culture references are barely worth a grin 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Lou Lumenick
You usually have to go to an Adam Sandler movie or the Quad Cinema to see something as incompetently made as Alvin and the Chipmunks 
0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Sean O'Connell
Chipwrecked serves up more of the derivative chaos that floats this franchise s boat 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Dustin Putman
There simply isn t enough material to withstand a feature length running time in between the musical numbers 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Peter Hartlaub
It s an uninspired and instantly forgettable film But it completely succeeds by its own standards an 87 minute rainy day distraction that will probably make a zillion dollars 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Claudia Puig
Maybe for the next installment they can go off to college and find something better to do than making these silly movies 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Joel Brown
You know there is something wrong with a movie when even David Cross in a giant pelican suit isn t funny 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Chris Hewitt
I briefly fantasized about how it might have perked up last week s New Year s Eve if Zac Efron or Hilary Swank had a romance with one of the chipmunks of either gender 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Jaime N. Christley
They die horribly 
.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Matt Pais
By the time the gang performs a rendition of Ain t No Stoppin Us Now I wanted to reply Well you don t have to rub it in 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Tom Keogh
In the end I d rather hang onto fond memories of my Eisenhower era record squeaky voices and all 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Linda Barnard
87 minutes of high pitched singing shenanigans bad behaviour and family bonding enlivened by a decent Sarah Palin joke 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Jake Coyle
Puns like these would be unforgivable coming from a human From high pitched rodents they prompt calls for an exterminator 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Tom Meek
Overall Mike Mitchell s assault will appeal only to the under 10 set and send everyone else running for ear plugs 
2
Guilty
Namrata Joshi
What also works wonderfully is the film s sense of the place Noida be it the residential colony the flat or the cop station feels utterly real 
3
Oh God! You Devil
Matt Brunson
It takes a cute idea George Burns plays both God and Satan and then surrounds it with a bad movie 
1.5
The Professor and the Madman
Nick Allen
We ll never know where Shemran s movie truly lost its way but its current form of saving face by sounding smart will make viewers want to simply move on from it just like its star and director and have 
1.5
My Dog Tulip
Mattie Lucas
This is no typical boy and his dog movie this is a joyous and warmhearted work of art 
3
My Dog Tulip
Roger Moore
A wonderful animated movie for anyone who s ever experienced dog ownership at its most glorious and most embarrassing 
3
My Dog Tulip
Mike Scott
As embraceable as it is Tulip often feels as if it would have been a better animated short than a feature 
2.5
My Dog Tulip
Amy Biancolli
It s an oddity this film a wry wobbly cartoon made expressly for grown ups featuring quirky hand drawn animation and very little dialogue outside the central voiceover 
3
My Dog Tulip
Joe Williams
The scratchy animation reminiscent of Jules Feiffer s beatnik era doodles is a homey complement to Plummer s autumnal narration 
3.5
My Dog Tulip
Rene Rodriguez
A beautifully illustrated love letter to dogs and the people who own them 
3
My Dog Tulip
Michael Phillips
A marvelous animated feature full of quiet joy honest sorrow wisdom and a wealth of clinical detail both excremental and reproductive all rendered in a charming style approximating the dog drawings of James Thurber 
4
My Dog Tulip
Roger Ebert
It is told from and by an adult sensibility that understands loneliness gratitude and the intense curiosity we feel for other lives man and beast 
4
My Dog Tulip
Chris Hewitt
Stay through the tender closing credits which acknowledge all of the dogs that contributed barks to the film s soundtrack 
3
My Dog Tulip
Michael O'Sullivan
It s hard not to feel a certain affection for a tale that is so unapologetic about just that affection 
2
My Dog Tulip
Wesley Morris
For the most part the images undulate They often appear to be melting That or they re streaked or smeared and wholly unruly 
3
My Dog Tulip
Steven Rea
Like the best of Disney s animated films down through the years the Fierlingers cartoon celebrates its medium and transcends it There s great storytelling here 
3.5
My Dog Tulip
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The animation style is gentle and simple with pointed humor and plenty of breathing room 
3
My Dog Tulip
Stephen Whitty
Sometimes quiet pleasures like having a big dog snoozing at your feet just within petting reach are the best 
3
My Dog Tulip
Lou Lumenick
Dog lovers won t want to miss My Dog Tulip Adult dog lovers that is 
3
My Dog Tulip
Kent Turner
A delightful sermon for the choir 
3
My Dog Tulip
Ed Gonzalez
The film s animation an emulation of The New Yorker cartoon style may be undistinguished but the filmmakers use of color or lack thereof and movement is rife with surprise 
2.5
The True Memoirs of an International Assassin
Brian Tallerico
It s not action packed enough not funny enough and the characters aren t memorable enough 
2
Igor
Jonathan W. Hickman
It is a pale impostor lacking in the three dimensional feel of Burton s animated classics 
2
Igor
Austin Kennedy
This is what happens when you combine THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS with SHREK It should have been called DRECK 
1.5
Igor
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The parts of the whole are far too mediocre to really soak in and laugh with in the end 
2
Igor
Linda Cook
What a strange little movie is Igor 
3
Igor
Sean P. Means
The character design looks like warmed over Tim Burton and the computer animation is flat and inexpressive 
2
Igor
Todd Hertz
By the time kids are old enough for some of the film s content I m not so sure they ll care about the lackluster Igor 
1.5
Igor
Dustin Putman
A blind children s chorus singing I Can See Clearly Now is among the highlights of this otherwise forgettable animated feature 
2
Igor
Susan Walker
Igor like the Frankenstein s monster at the centre of its tired plot looks like something cobbled together out of used very used parts 
2
Igor
Chris Hewitt
Tim Burton have you misplaced your sketchpad Because I think Igor found it 
2
Igor
Peter Hartlaub
While much of the banter between the characters is inventive the plot turns are predictable complete with a romantic misunderstanding straight out of The Karate Kid and 20 other films 
2
Igor
Lou Lumenick
Pieced together from Tim Burton and various other sources with more desperation than inspiration 
2
Igor
Michael Phillips
My kid went with it and I had a fairly good time as I waited for the reappearance of a marble mouthed peasant tart voiced by Jennifer Coolidge Half the time her line readings are hilarious and it s impossible to know why 
2.5
Igor
Janice Page
To convince you that it s full of surprises the movie throws in Louis Prima songs where they don t belong and it riffs on classic monster movie cliches mostly by spinning them into newly unfunny cliches 
1.5
Igor
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not quite as alive as I d wish this is still a movie with more electric creativity then a lot of other stuff I ve seen this year and as far as kids are concerned this is one experiment worth letting them conduct by themselves 
2.5
Igor
Daniel M. Kimmel
Y oung viewers who like a mix of slapstick and watered down scares they ll have a fine time Adults will be left rolling their eyes and checking their watches 
2
Igor
Liam Lacey
A Frankensteinian mishmash of parts with drawings that are derived from Tim Burton grafted onto a script filled with Shrek style sarcasm 
1
Igor
Nick Schager
Director Anthony Leondis peppers his tale with a host of leaden cinematic references children will almost surely miss which is just as well since virtually every film related gag directed at adults feels like a pitiful attempt at knowing cleverness 
1.5
Igor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some of the nasty jokes may seem shocking with young ones around but they ll keep adults awake through the utterly painfully familiar three act snoozefest 
2.5
Igor
Claudia Puig
While this is no WALLE or Ratatouille it does bring to mind Monsters Inc and some of the visual flair of Burton s The Corpse Bride 
2.5
Igor
John Anderson
Director Tony Leondis and screenwriter Chris McKennna have mined everything from Young Frankenstein to Sleepy Hollow to Japanese anime to the German Neo Expressionists to create that rare thing a cartoon for adults 
3
Igor
Josh Larsen
I think we need a No Child Left Behind Act for the movies 
1.5
Km. 0
Rob Thomas
Km 0 could be called Sex Actually 
3
Km. 0
Sue Pierman
A quaint interesting little film 
2.5
Km. 0
Chris Hewitt
Because so many people are involved most of them are stock characters but they are indelibly written and acted and there isn t a person in this movie you won t like 
3
Km. 0
Ted Fry
Sexy bold exotic and fun in some ways but still stuck with a lackluster style and pedestrian plot that brand it as everyday entertainment fare 
2
Km. 0
Jeff Strickler
The actors attack their roles with a lot of energy and the story moves along at a brisk pace That s a big plus because if it ever slowed down we d have too much time to think about how silly it is 
2
Km. 0
Marta Barber
One shallow film that quickly returns to where it started Zero 
1.5
Km. 0
John Monaghan
The writer director team of Juan Luis Iborra and Yolanda Garcia Serrano stage the lunacy like a season s worth of Spanish TV sitcoms strung together into a single feature 
2
Km. 0
Beth Wood
These snippets about people falling in love or changing each other s lives in a few hours don t have enough soul or depth to add up to much more than zero 
2
Km. 0
Walter Chaw
The picture is currently in limited release no tragedy if it stayed that way 
0
Km. 0
Ty Burr
If it s ultimately hard to care for these sweet little cartoon characters as the directors move them about their checkerboard it s also difficult to kick 
2.5
Km. 0
Edward Guthmann
A bland contrived soap opera 
2
Km. 0
Glenn Lovell
One of the happiest surprises of the year 
3
Km. 0
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmaker character has the nerve to walk around making little film frames with his fingers as it to say what a great shot in a film that has none 
1.5
Km. 0
Ellen Fox
What s the point of watching if everyone feels like a pawn in a script 
2
Km. 0
Megan Lehmann
The artifice of this construct could be forgiven if the multiple hookups that ensue were not quite so sudsy and the characters less one note 
1.5
Km. 0
Jack Mathews
A light footed comedy that suggests that for even the most desperate love is just around the corner 
2.5
Km. 0
Jan Stuart
If Km 0 is long on logistics it s short on logic 
2
Black Belt
Burl Burlingame
Like a 1962 martial arts movie influenced by the landscape of American Westerns and relying on A to B storytelling villains and heroes unfettered by backstory or motive 
2.5
Steel
Madeleine Williams
It s no masterpiece but it isn t an absolute disaster either 
2
Steel
Chris Hicks
It s really just a silly excuse for Shaq to play superhero and dodge exploding cars and fireballs 
1
Steel
James O'Ehley
Its sappiness and excruciating sentimentality weighs it down 
1
Steel
James Berardinelli
The concept may not be bad but there are times when the execution borders on embarassing 
2
When We Were Kings
Reece Pendleton
Gast does a nice job of building the suspense leading up to the fight fleshing out the story with some good color commentary 
3
When We Were Kings
Matt Brunson
At the time it was a given that Foreman was going to slaughter Ali in the ring the beauty of this movie is that it shows in amazing detail the process through which Ali stepped up to the challenge and succeeded against all expectations 
3.5
When We Were Kings
Judith Egerton
I pick it to win the Oscar for best documentary feature 
3.5
When We Were Kings
Margaret A. McGurk
When We Were Kings has given us a joyous poignant portrait of a man and a time steeped in pride soul and high hopes 
4
When We Were Kings
Edward Guthmann
By portraying the young Ali as hero and moving beyond the media image of the poetry spouting peacock Gast reminds us that Ali didn t follow the path of earlier black superstars or earn his stripes by conforming to white society s expectations 
4
When We Were Kings
Marty Mapes
A good example of able filmmakers staying out of the way of a very interesting subject 
3
When We Were Kings
Madeleine Williams
A thoroughly entertaining documentary about a clash between boxing legends 
3
When We Were Kings
James Berardinelli
You don t have to be a sports fan to enjoy this All you need is an appreciation of recent history and a desire to learn more about an event that had far more importance in the world s eyes than any other heavyweight bout in the history of boxing 
3
When We Were Kings
Roger Ebert
There is a palpable tension as the two men step into the ring that is not lessened because we know the outcome 
3
When We Were Kings
Steve Rhodes
Leon Gast s ability as a filmmaker is perhaps best demonstrated when he manages to make the strategy and the execution of the fight both lucid and interesting He does this through a series of interviews that are done in voice over during the fight 
3
When We Were Kings
Mike Clark
Immeasurably enriched by extensive location footage shot by director Leon Gast 22 years ago 
4
When We Were Kings
Jonathan Rosenbaum
With the odds seemingly stacked against him and surrounded by press performers crooks and charlatans of every stripe Ali triumphed and he did so by staying true to his vision and trusting in his own talents 
3
When We Were Kings
Mike D'Angelo
Ali s a riot and this film made me laugh more frequently than most of the outright comedies I ve seen this year 
3
When We Were Kings
David Armstrong
Ali didn t fumble often and neither do Gast and Hackford This is a love match of filmmakers and subject Together they go the distance 
4
Playtime
Brian Eggert
This kind of film exists on a level all its own 
4
Playtime
Eric Henderson
Sure Tati s script may have been small but there s such depth of content in each setup 
4
Playtime
Peter Canavese
Utterly unconventional and strikingly unique it begs not to be watched in the same manner as a conventional narrative film Like a great painting it is meant to be savored pored over observed from different angles and revisited in time Blu ray 
4
Playtime
Roger Ebert
Playtime is a peculiar mysterious magical film 
4
Playtime
Derek Smith
It is a new way of seeing the world around us both life affirming in its vision and brilliant in its satire 
4
Playtime
Josh Larsen
recreates a supposedly perfect metropolis and then watches as it comes undone by man s inherent folly 
3.5
Playtime
Michael Wilmington
Bravo M Hulot And watch that umbrella 
4
Playtime
G. Allen Johnson
Tati s attempt to answer this question In the midst of an increasingly impersonal world how do we keep our humanity 
4
Playtime
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Playtime leaves you smiling and feeling good about the way we humans have of demolishing order wherever we go 
4
Playtime
James Kendrick
simple yet profound observations of human life in the increasingly alienating modern world
4
Restless
Roger Moore
Director and co writer Rgis Blondeau turned in a version of A Hard Day thats 15 minutes shorter than the Korean original by Seong hun Kim Blondeau must have left all the parts that helped it make sense 
1.5
Clifford's Really Big Movie
James Plath
So how big is Clifford s Really Big Movie Maybe too big for a toddler s britches 
2.5
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Timothy Knight
Modest in the best sense of the word this traditional animated film adheres closely to the gentle easygoing tone of the hugely popular PBS series 
3
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Evan Henerson
The messages are honest and not slathered The characters are kind amusing and by now quite familiar author Norman Birdwell created Clifford and friends some 40 years ago 
3.5
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Louise Kennedy
It s not dreadful just dull 
2.5
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Lou Lumenick
Little more than a supersized version of the popular PBS animated series that s stopping briefly in theaters en route to its natural habitat video 
2
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Chris Hewitt
Retains the gentle low key appeal of his books and TV series 
2.5
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Gene Seymour
How exactly does one lose a dog as red as a plum tomato and as big as an airplane hangar This big screen version of the animated PBS series offers a pallid yet reasonably painless reply 
2
Clifford's Really Big Movie
David Sterritt
The movie is tamer than tame in every respect which makes it great for little kids if not for the grownups who bring them 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Ann Lewinson
For the real Mavericks stick with Stacy Peralta s documentary Riding Giants 
2
Chasing Mavericks
David Nusair
an almost epically unwatchable drama that stands as an obvious low point in the careers of both Apted and Hanson 
.5
Chasing Mavericks
Jason Buchanan
Like most amateur surfers Hanson and Apted get off to a shaky start in Chasing Mavericks but once they find their balance they ride the incredible wave of Moriarity s uplifting tale with the sure footing of the seasoned pros they truly are 
2.5
Chasing Mavericks
Sean P. Means
The inspirational part becomes a letdown in the finale when the movie tells us as gently as possible about Moriarity s life after Mavericks but Moriarity s good natured determination shines through 
3
Chasing Mavericks
James Berardinelli
For Hanson and Apted this is a rather inconsequential effort 
2.5
Chasing Mavericks
Linda Barnard
The heart pounding surfing scenes are epic but the script can barely keep its head above the waves in the dramatized biopic Chasing Mavericks 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Willie Waffle
They should have just called it Karate Kid Surf s Up 
1.5
Chasing Mavericks
Michael Posner
When every frayed plot device you ve predicted makes its inevitable appearance at least you ll have the majestic waves off the California coastline to comfort you 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Lou Lumenick
Neither Curtis Hanson nor the fellow veteran director who replaced him when Hanson took ill Michael Apted can do much with the hokey sequences on land 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Michael O'Sullivan
The tsunami of schmaltzy melodrama threatens to swamp the proceedings which at heart are actually kind of thrilling and inspirational 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Claudia Puig
With the massive power and mesmerizing curl of the giant waves Chasing Mavericks is at its best offshore 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Mick LaSalle
Chasing Mavericks moves as fast as a runner in waist high water and wears out its welcome 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Joe Williams
Granted both directors have been adrift for the past decade but even someone with water in his ears should have sensed that this script needed a rescue 
2.5
Chasing Mavericks
Wesley Morris
A family movie of aggravating blandness 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Roger Moore
The film captures the majesty and violence of the big waves and gives us a taste of their allure 
2.5
Chasing Mavericks
Peter Canavese
There rsquo s a nobility in a well made teen movie not least because of the rarity of the breed this sports movie concerned with the physical emotional and moral development of a young man fruitfully aspires to the likes of Breaking Away 
2.5
Chasing Mavericks
Rafer Guzman
Chasing Mavericks invents minor conflicts but avoids major problems coming off less like a biographical drama than a visit from a guest lecturer during Sunday school 
1.5
Chasing Mavericks
Chris Cabin
Throughout Chasing Mavericks directors Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted fail to tap into surfing s joy and wildness its ability to transform a man on various levels 
1
Chasing Mavericks
Chris Hewitt
No matter how much lame macho talk there is about appreciating life after you ve faced death it s difficult to be moved by a guy who s facing danger that would be entirely preventable if he would just stop paddling right into it 
2
Chasing Mavericks
Mark Conley
Chasing Mavericks trained its glossy big budget Hollywood lens on the surfing culture and did something unheard of It got it right 
3
Chasing Mavericks
Roger Ebert
Chasing Mavericks is made with more care and intelligence than many another film starting with its template might have been 
3
Chasing Mavericks
Matt Pais
Jay s hard work and persistence is inspiring This kid s attitude is contagious 
3
Trouble in the Peace
Peter Howell
A sea of poignant pictures and muttered observations 
2
Serial
Roger Ebert
for all of that Serial just isn t very good I think maybe that s because the characters are seen almost exclusively as caricatures 
1.5
Dog Gone
Robert Levin
The movie offers what it promises But it could have been more 
1.5
Dog Gone
Rex Reed
It s a tearjerker with mature intentions 
3
Dog Gone
Nell Minow
As aww inspiring as the human and dog moments in the movie are 44 it is the human encounters along the search that are the heart of the film 46 
3
Dog Gone
Roger Moore
It isn 8217 t a very good movie 46 But if you and your kids love dogs 44 you 8217 d be cheating yourself by missing it 46 
2
Dog Gone
Phil Villarreal
A harder edge and tougher read on the material might have conjured more of an emotional connection 46 
2.5
Stepfather III: Father's Day
David Nusair
hopelessly anti climactic and downright needless 
1
Gun Shy
Tom Meek
Sandra Bullock brings her sassy bubbly schtick as a costar 
3
Gun Shy
David Nusair
Gun Shy is not boring as much as it s forgettable 
2.5
Badland
Ross Anthony
Some good performances But the overall disturbing atmosphere of the film is more than I prefer That said I appreciate the effort to raise awareness of PTSD 
1.5
Badland
Rob Humanick
Until the mess in the Middle East has found its way to a resolution we can continue to expect films like Badland as part of the collateral damage in the War on Terror 
1.5
Badland
Ken Fox
Clocking in at just under three hours writer director Francesco Lucente s earnest attempt at making an Iraq War era Coming Home says many things at once without much perspective or clarity 
2.5
Badland
Kyle Smith
The year s dullest movie has arrived the deeply silly Badland which is as dead as winter and twice as long 
.5
Badland
Jack Mathews
Possibly the worst idea for a movie this century 
1.5
The Forgotten Woman
Susan Walker
Director Dilip Mehta has done a fine job of getting the message out to the world 
3
The Forgotten Woman
Jennie Punter
Both the beauty and the horror of The Forgotten Woman are that it looks and feels like time travel 
3
The Lavender Scare
Godfrey Cheshire
A stirring depiction of gay travails during the Cold War that s as shocking as it is illuminating 
3.5
The Lavender Scare
Roger Moore
How Red Scare era Cold War persecution gave birth to the Gay Rights Movement Fascinating 
3
Metal Lords
Peter Canavese
Mostly a straightforward garage band teen movie reminiscent of Linda Linda Linda 2005 Plays like a passion project with a strong nostalgia factor 
2.5
Metal Lords
Mark Meszoros
Its charming at times and always appropriately heavy metal worshiping but its more clunky than head banging 
2
Metal Lords
Robert Levin
Play your favorite Rage Against the Machine album instead 
1
Metal Lords
Simon Abrams
The film may be cinematic comfort food but its creators do earn our trust and nail all the essential beats they need to along the way 
3
Metal Lords
Roger Moore
School of Rock meets Game of Thrones thats what they were going for Not that they get there in any sort of explicit sense But its still funny 
2.5
Metal Lords
Mark Dujsik
It s a sweetly sincere story about the troubles of being an outsider and the joy of finding one s place 
3
Metal Lords
Mike McGranaghan
Imagine Judas Priest recording a concept album based on a John Hughes movie and you ve got Metal Lords I adored every minute of it 
3
Metal Lords
Derek Smith
Metal Lords betrays rather than upholds the values of the very kids it wants to revere 
1
Metal Lords
Robert Morast
Metal Lords is engrossing and fun with a perfect tone and not because of the metal riffs that surge through it 
3
Zero Effect
David Nusair
Filmmaker Kasdan working from his own screenplay delivers a lackadaisically paced drama that remains entertaining throughout 
3
Zero Effect
Mike Clark
Zero Effect drones on for two hours unraveling a convoluted blackmail plot of zero interest 
1.5
Zero Effect
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A strong debut and a very fun movie 
3
Zero Effect
Janet Maslin
Both Mr Pullman and the slyly restrained Mr Stiller keep their characters entertaining even when Mr Kasdan s interest is elsewhere 
2.5
Zero Effect
Roger Ebert
This is one of those movies that creeps up on you insidiously gathering power By the end I was surprised how much I was involved 
3.5
Zero Effect
Ruthe Stein
Kasdan is onto something but he needs to develop it If he tries to bring Daryl Zero back for a sequel maybe he ll have a better idea of what to do with his eccentric private eye 
2
Zero Effect
Elias Savada
This hip blend of Sherlock Holmes and Howard Hughes is an offbeat suspense comedy 
3.5
Zero Effect
Michael Dequina
An intriguing character study of its protagonist disguised as a conventional comic mystery 
3
Zero Effect
James Berardinelli
It turns out to be disappointingly ordinary 
2.5
We the Animals
Joe Friar
Not everyone can relate to the childhood exhibited in Jeremiah Zagar s We the Animals but to those who can the film is one of the most authentic coming of age depictions to grace the screen 
4
We the Animals
Alan French
Part coming of age tale part sexual exploration and part magical realism The result is an impressively subtle film that is both heartbreaking and brilliant to watch unfold 
3.5
We the Animals
Lisa Jensen
Manages a very deft balance between powerful evocative visual style and the casual poetry of Torres narrative voice using minimalist dialogue documentary realism and fanciful animation to tell a simple seeming yet complex and moving tale 
3
We the Animals
Mark Dujsik
We the Animals ultimately falters enough as the story gives more direct attention to Jonah and his burgeoning sense of identity 
2.5
We the Animals
Sean P. Means
We the Animals captures the joys and pains of growing up better than anything since Richard Linklater s Boyhood as it preserves the moment when a boy realizes he s different than his parents and siblings 
3.5
We the Animals
Ann Hornaday
Zagar builds a world that is simultaneously deeply authentic and dreamlike the perfect combination to express a child s deeply felt but inherently distorted view of the universe he inhabits 
4
We the Animals
G. Allen Johnson
One of the best of the year so far 
4
We the Animals
Gary Thompson
Surely the most lyrical work of cinema to feature an AMC Pacer 
3
We the Animals
Sheila O'Malley
Any potential sentimentality is obliterated by the film s tone and by the performances It works best when it s most impressionistic 
3
We the Animals
Barry Hertz
For his first narrative feature the documentarian Zagar displays a thrillingly sensitive eye for the curiosity and caution that exists in every young child s heart and how it is so simple for the world to crush that 
3
We the Animals
Robert Levin
We the Animals is a coming of age movie in which the formative experiences at hand are defined by intense primal sensations rather than specific waypoints in a predetermined narrative 
3
We the Animals
Chuck Bowen
In We the Animals director Jeremiah Zagar sustains a tone of wounded nostalgia fashioning a formalism that appears to exist simultaneously in the past and present 
3
We the Animals
Roger Moore
The Florida Project set in Pennsylvania a memoir both brilliantly specific and depressingly universal 
3.5
We the Animals
Brent McKnight
Adapting Justin Torres autobiographical novel Jerimiah Zagar crafts a haunting singular coming of age story 
3.5
We the Animals
Max Weiss
Jeremiah Zagar s dreamy coming of age film based on Justin Torres semi autobiographical novel casts a hypnotic spell 
3
We the Animals
Dwight Brown
The film never recovers from the irritating tonal shifts even with the good performances 
2
Contes Immoraux
Roger Moore
Quaint ponderous pretentious and perverse
1.5
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Roger Moore
Why make this rushed sloppy and generic piece of Israeli triumphalism now Who stands to gain 
1.5
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Mark Kennedy
A large part of the problem is the casting of Chris Evans as the leader of the Israeli spy ring that set up the hotel He is most known for playing Captain America and seems not to have put aside his shield for this film 
0.5
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Brian Tallerico
It turns real heroes into generic tropes and real victims into manipulative props 
1
Believer
Sean P. Means
Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons shows humility and heart in this moving doc 
3.5
Life
Roger Moore
Underrated both the vivid Hollywood history tale itself and the performances especially Dane DeHaan as screen icon James Dean 
2.5
Life
Anders Wright
It really is the work of Pattinson and even more so DeHaan that makes Life a success 
2.5
Life
Brad Wheeler
A moody leisurely and occasionally frustrating piece of work 
3
Life
Glenn Kenny
The actors and their exchanges ring true and by the time the film reaches its lonesome conclusion the resonances are eerie 
3
Life
Richard Roeper
I loved Ben Kingsley s over the top work as studio head Jack Warner who in one scene explains the lay of the land to Mr Dean in a manner that would inspire envy from Don Corleone This guy isn t messing around 
3
Life
Peter Howell
It ends up demystifying Dean perhaps by accident but no less regrettably 
2
Life
Chris Knight
Life misses the mark by perhaps a sixtieth of a second but that s enough 
2.5
Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border
Marsha Lederman
The cinematography is stunning the images horrifically powerful but Mr Reyes s point would be better served if he pulled back a bit on the poetic narration 
3
Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border
Oscar Moralde
The film although it positions itself in dialogue with contemporary debates about the border eschews a clearly delineated historical narrative 
2.5
Quintet
Bill Chambers
A baffling film whose ultimately hollow idiosyncrasies speak to Altman s self destructive streak more than they constitute an applicable allegory
2
Incredibly Small
Matt Pais
The movie unlike many other minimalist relationship dramas understands the way people teeter between college life and the real world without much to hang on to 
3
The Woman With the 5 Elephants
Mattie Lucas
Transcends the documentary form and attains its own sort of artfulness a quiet and lyrical study of a truly remarkable human being 
3
The Woman With the 5 Elephants
V.A. Musetto
Vintage newsreels and family photos add depth to this meditative film 
3
The Woman With the 5 Elephants
Jesse Cataldo
The film eventually reveals itself as a specific appreciation of a job done well rather than a rosy eyed celebration 
3
Captain Phillips
Brian Eggert
Greengrass puts you through the trauma and leaves you almost as shaken as the film 8217 s protagonist when it apos s over 46 
4
Captain Phillips
Tom Meek
There s too much waiting and overly dramatic reflection But the film does finish with a thrilling flourish and the details of the cat and mouse games at sea are quite riveting 
2.5
Captain Phillips
Mattie Lucas
Mainstream films this good deserve to be celebrated because they don t come along nearly as often as they should 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Sonny Bunch
A gripping action thriller one that hews closely to the events as they occurred and offers a glimpse into the fight for survival endured by all parties to the crime 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Clayton Davis
Bring your defibrillator and a bottle of Xanex to make it through the picture as your heart will be beating outside of your chest 
4
Captain Phillips
David Keyes
The script adapted from the book written by the actual protagonist is not romanticized or glossed over with overreaching sentiment and Greengrass direction matches it with a style that is consistently tenacious 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Sean P. Means
Not only a riveting drama about quiet heroism but an eye opening look at a clash of cultures 
3.5
Captain Phillips
David Nusair
a fascinating true life tale 
4
Captain Phillips
John Wirt
Awards worthy work by director Paul Greengrass and leading man Tom Hanks 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surprisingly it s a very effective and entertaining thriller with a few moments even better than that 
3
Captain Phillips
Jason Buchanan
Captain Phillips not just an exceptional tale of grace under pressure but an actively engaging experience as well 
3
Captain Phillips
John Beifuss
The situation is emblematic of the inequality that was the impetus for the pirates crimes Even in waters off the coast of their African homeland they are as inconsequential as corks in the wake of the roused American behemoth 
3
Captain Phillips
Marty Mapes
Harrowing hijacking puts you through the wringer
3
Captain Phillips
Lori Hoffman
Tom Hanks performance is the anchor that keeps the dull bits from overwhelming Captain Phillips 
2.5
Captain Phillips
Christy Lemire
The entire performance is one of the greatest in Hanks prolific varied career a role that gives him a massive arc and the opportunity to show great range 
3
Captain Phillips
Michael Smith
By the end of the film we really don t much about the men on board or the hijackers or even Phillips himself He s simply an ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation but perhaps more ordinary than most 
2.5
Captain Phillips
Burl Burlingame
Of course it s a true story at least the kind of true story that Hollywood wishes it could have made up 
3
Captain Phillips
Glenn Lovell
Splattered with his captors blood Phillips in the end is at loss for words he seems as shame faced as he is relieved a fascinating metaphorical comment on U S firepower and Third World bullies 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Matt Brunson
It s a pleasure watching the two actors go head to head with Abdi s intensity playing off Hanks anxiety 
3
Captain Phillips
Mike McGranaghan
Captain Phillips delivers 134 of the most intense minutes of cinema you ll see this year 
4
Captain Phillips
Robert Levin
If the film doesn t represent a new challenge it s still a leap forward for Paul Greengrass and further proof that he has mastered the art of the docudrama 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Peter Canavese
May be obvious and it may be clumsy but it s also at least a little bit thoughtful and there s never a dull moment 
3
Captain Phillips
Peter Travers
This is acting of the highest order in a movie that raises the bar on what a true life action thriller can do 
3.5
Captain Phillips
John Serba
The denouement is one of the most powerful stretches of film you ll see all year Such derivations from formula make the film an affecting experience 
4
Captain Phillips
Carla Meyer
Greengrass has used his hand held cameras to lend Phillips great senses of immediacy and place making us privy to the thought processes and interpersonal conflicts among the pirates and the ship s captain and crew 
3
Captain Phillips
Rob Thomas
It s not just the camera that shakes you up 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Susan Wloszczyna
For those whose idea of a pirate is Capt Jack Sparrow or Long John Silver for that matter this real life account will be a rude awakening as to what constitutes a 21st century model 
3
Captain Phillips
Liam Lacey
Captain Phillips manages to expose us to a few things that are unusual in a thriller including sympathy for the enemy and in Hanks s performance the frailty that is the other side of heroism 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Willie Waffle
Hanks is very good but I don t know if this is Oscar worthy work 
4
Captain Phillips
Bob Bloom
Captain Phillips is riveting a movie anchored by strong performances in which the human drama is as compelling as the overall story arc 
4
Captain Phillips
Claudia Puig
Hanks deftly captures Phillips blend of bravery heroism and abject terror in a wonderfully minimalist performance one of his best 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Rene Rodriguez
Director Paul Greengrass treatment of this material and Tom Hanks extraordinary performance makes the movie required viewing for the informed and uninformed alike 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Mark Dujsik
The film tells a story of courage but not in broad idealistic strokes 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Ann Hornaday
Yet another Greengrass masterpiece And it reveals why there have been so many Behind the director s dispassionate unfailingly rigorous lens lies an enormous unfailingly compassionate heart 
4
Captain Phillips
Mick LaSalle
Another highlight in Tom Hanks Americana gallery the story of a seemingly regular guy who turns out to be something more than a regular guy thus giving hope to regular guys everywhere 
4
Captain Phillips
Rafer Guzman
This is the kind of gripping thriller for the age of globalization that director Paul Greengrass has been honing in movies like United 93 and The Green Zone 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Chris Knight
Captain Phillips shouldn t be as tense as it is after all the protagonist lived to tell the tale but it s a remarkably taut story of an individual s reaction to an extreme situation 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Dann Gire
The big moments in Captain Phillips belong to Hanks who renders an insightful portrait of a regular decent guy dealing with life or death emergencies 
4
Captain Phillips
Steven Rea
We watch these films and wonder about ourselves about who we are why we are here what we would do 
4
Captain Phillips
Duane Dudek
A jarringly intimate simulation of how we interact with the world on a personal level 
3
Captain Phillips
Joe Williams
Freighted with weighty issues Captain Phillips is a film worth debating 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Jon Niccum
Hanks is susceptible to hokiness when handed lesser material such as The Terminal and The Da Vinci Code Here he is exactly what he needs to be credible 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Mara Reinstein
Sometimes the most awe inspiring superhero movies are the ones culled from fact based events This gripping thriller is an excellent example 
4
Captain Phillips
Peter Howell
A survival saga that raises the pulse and tweaks the conscience 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Chris Hewitt
Hanks blends in with the large Captain Phillips ensemble beautifully emphasizing that the real star of Captain Phillips is the remarkable story we re being told 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Michael Phillips
Capt Richard Phillips is all business and so is Hanks portrayal 
3
Captain Phillips
Matt Pais
As with the stunning United 93 director Paul Greengrass expertly and frighteningly disintegrates the line between truth and re enactment 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Ty Burr
Director Paul Greengrass creates an aura of urgency so compelling so rooted in detail that we temporarily forget what we know and hold our breaths for two plus hours of tightening suspense 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Moira MacDonald
You won t forget Captain Phillips in a hurry nor will you forget Hanks who in midcareer still finds ways to dazzle us anew 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Stephen Whitty
Basically this is a crime story that slowly builds to a very good second half and a drama with a fine performance at its heart And that s how it should really be seen 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Dustin Putman
As a scrupulously devised adventure thriller there is enough that works well to overlook its stumbles At the trusty center is Hanks anchoring the picture with the captivating unforced prowess of only the very best thespians in the biz 
2.5
Captain Phillips
Rex Reed
Under the trigger ready direction of Paul Greengrass everything pays off handsomely in a series of well timed encounters that keep you on the edge of your seat 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Jocelyn Noveck
What Greengrass excels at is action taut and visceral and it happens as soon as the captain suddenly looks at a screen and sees two small dots moving toward the ship 
3.5
Captain Phillips
James Berardinelli
An intense experience that will leave many viewers exhausted by the time the 2 1 4 hour running time expires 
3.5
Captain Phillips
Lou Lumenick
One of the year s best films 
4
Captain Phillips
Roger Moore
A true story more heroic than you might have realized brilliantly brought to the screen
3.5
Captain Phillips
Kam Williams
Shades of Cast Away with Tom Hanks being tortured by sadists as opposed to talking to a volleyball for over an hour while waiting for the cavalry to arrive 
3
Captain Phillips
Charlie McCollum
Captain Phillips will grab and hold your attention from its first few minutes to its startling conclusion 
3.5
Captain Phillips
R. Kurt Osenlund
It works too hard to keep matters on an even we re all more alike than different keel which is just one part of its chief problem of forcefully conveying information and intent 
2.5
Halloween: Resurrection
David Gonzalez
Halloween 58 Resurrection is an embarrassment to a franchise that I hold near and dear to my heart 46 A franchise that has entertained viewers for the past 40 years and its fans deserved more than this film 46 
.5
Halloween: Resurrection
Joe Bob Briggs
He comes he kills he fries he stirs again He s about as scary as Perry Como 
0
Halloween: Resurrection
David Nusair
46 46 46 progresses into a middling narrative that grows less and less interesting as it unfolds 46 46 46 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Ian Mantgani
Only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives still with the boiler suit and white mask which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry 
1.5
Halloween: Resurrection
Steve Rhodes
The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored 
1.5
Halloween: Resurrection
Mark Dujsik
Cannot revive a franchise that has been worn out since its first sequel 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Mike McGranaghan
There s only one way to kill Michael Myers for good stop buying tickets to these movies 
1.5
Halloween: Resurrection
Tony Toscano
Simply a re hash of the other seven films 
1.5
Halloween: Resurrection
Chris Hewitt
Not scary but mildly satisfying anyway 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Edward Guthmann
A cheesy thing that opened Friday without any advance screening 
1
Halloween: Resurrection
Tor Thorsen
If this is the resurrection of the Halloween franchise it would have been better off dead 
1
Halloween: Resurrection
John Monaghan
Generic slasher movie nonsense but it s not without style 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Glenn Lovell
No it s not as single minded as John Carpenter s original but it s sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels 
3
Halloween: Resurrection
Forrest Hartman
The latest episode of the Halloween franchise is a bad film It is not however so bad that the faithful should be discouraged from attending 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Lou Lumenick
It s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X look positively Shakesperean by comparison 
0
Halloween: Resurrection
James Berardinelli
There s no evidence of craftsmanship or energy Everything from the plot to the execution is plodding and obligatory 
1
Halloween: Resurrection
Dustin Putman
At the bottom rung of the series entries 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Loren King
Like its parade of predecessors this Halloween is a gory slash fest It can t escape its past and it doesn t want to 
1.5
Halloween: Resurrection
Phil Villarreal
Guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this it s not scary in the slightest 
1
Halloween: Resurrection
Rob Blackwelder
While the camera gimmick is put to good use once the bodies start piling up the movie fails in several ways not the least of which is it s never even a little bit scary 
2
Halloween: Resurrection
Jennie Punter
Its premise is smart but the execution is pretty weary 
1.5
Witnesses
Michael Phillips
Spanning a year beginning in the summer of 1984 The Witnesses offers the considerable satisfaction of a beautifully acted ensemble piece built on the foundation of a serious subject u2014the dawn of the AIDS crisis u2014handled just so 
3.5
Witnesses
Wesley Morris
Witnesses takes us back to the turmoil in the Balkans But the movie is not directly about the war It s a cleverly told murder mystery 
3
Witnesses
Marta Barber
More than a thriller the film is a portrait of the passions that drive ordinary people to kill and even worse to accept the killing as something honorable 
3
Meet Bill
Austin Kennedy
As the movie goes on you actually end up rooting for this schmuck to take charge of his life and in a way the movie is sort of inspiring 
3
Meet Bill
Chris Hewitt
Clunky and smug Meet Bill isn t convincing for one moment 
1
Meet Bill
David Nusair
46 46 46 basically entertaining yet entirely forgettable 46 
2.5
Postales
Rob Humanick
Throughout the film writer director Jash Hyde avoids Paul Haggis s patronizing white liberal attitude toward class warfare 
3
The Bronze
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately director Bryan Buckley s toothless and raunchy comedy does not quite land on its feet smoothly enough to earn a decent score from the sideline judges 
1.5
The Bronze
Brad Keefe
Dark comedy doesn t play with everyone and the overall tone hops around too much But did I have a blast watching it Yup 
3
The Bronze
Linda Cook
No wonder Bronze didn t bring home the gold 
2
The Bronze
John Beifuss
The keen character work that is the movie s most impressive feature too often is overwhelmed by the twin bugaboos of R rated vulgarity and unearned sentiment 
2.5
The Bronze
Matt Brunson
The Bronze immediately puts up a wall by making Hope Ann Greggory an utterly repellent character one so grating that the promise of spending 90 minutes with her seems tantamount to a stint on Death Row 
1.5
The Bronze
Rafer Guzman
A crude yet cuddly comedy written by a star of The Big Bang Theory 
2.5
The Bronze
Sean P. Means
You may know Melissa Rauch as the squeaky voiced Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory but that won t prepare you for the ferociously funny performance she gives in the tartly raunchy comedy The Bronze 
3
The Bronze
David Berry
Credit where it s due The Bronze does not waste any time diving into how aggressively unpleasant former Olympic bronze medalist Hope Ann Gregory Melissa Rauch really is 
1.5
The Bronze
Mark Dujsik
The character would be bad enough but it s the way The Bronze tries to turn her into some kind of wounded troubled soul that really irritates 
1
The Bronze
Glenn Kenny
This ostensibly edgy comedy didn t wring a single laugh out of me until maybe fifteen minutes before the finale 
1.5
The Bronze
Christian Toto
Melissa Rauch gives us an anti heroine for the ages in The Bronze Now about that script 
2.5
The Bronze
Rob Thomas
The Bronze wants to be an all arounder and medal in crass comedy romantic comedy celebrity satire and sports movie It probably should have picked one and specialized 
2
The Bronze
Stephen Whitty
I wouldn t want to live next to Hope but it is fascinating to watch her And every so often it s refreshing to have a movie that dares to say you know no matter what all the screenwriting gurus tell you some characters never change 
3
The Bronze
David Nusair
with the film in the end generally satisfying Rauch s presumed goal of separating herself from her squeaky Big Bang Theory character 
2.5
The Bronze
Roger Moore
One great joke sex with a gymnast is not the path to comic gold Or silver 
2
The Bronze
Kate Taylor
The Bronze often feels like an extended skit but Hope is so refreshingly unladylike and the movie is so refreshingly cynical about gymnastics that the results are surprisingly amusing 
3
The Bronze
Rick Bentley
The Bronze is the worst sports comedy since The Benchwarmers 
0.5
The Bronze
Steven Rea
Rauch is so committed to her snotty bitter up speaking protagonist that she finds the real humanity lurking there 
3
The Bronze
Richard Roeper
The problem with The Bronze isn t that Melissa Rauch s Hope Ann Gregory is such a nasty foul mouthed terrible little human being It s that she s not as funny as the film thinks she is 
2
The Bronze
Tom Russo
All this plays out with a crudeness ranging from tedious to delirious 
2
The Bronze
Peter Howell
This is one movie that gets better as it goes along even as it fails to fully hit the high bar of making us care about a very nasty individual 
2
The Bronze
Dann Gire
Despite a full throttle performance by Rauch who has the character s natural athletic swagger down pat Hope is one tough cookie to hang around for 100 minutes 
2
The Bronze
Stephanie Merry
When it comes down to it The Bronze is just another movie about overcoming arrested development It s not as funny as it tries to be but for a few fleeting minutes it leaves an impression 
1.5
The Bronze
Mick LaSalle
As it stands The Bronze is just clumsy caught between the same conflicting impulses it tries to depict the compulsion to be outrageous and the desire to be loved 
1
The Bronze
Gail Pennington
There are some laughs in The Bronze but more time in which we might wish it would end already 
2
The Bronze
Matt Pais
Main characters don t have to be likable but there has to be a rooting interest and I don t mean rooting against them 
1.5
The Bronze
Moira MacDonald
I found myself admiring The Bronze But admiring isn t quite the same as liking This film is a comedy wrapped in barbed wire approach with caution 
2.5
The Bronze
Drew Hunt
The prevailing attitude behind the film can be boiled down to a simplistic idea the cruder the better 
1
The Reckoning
Jeffrey Overstreet
It s a film with a lot on its mind perhaps too much As it is philosophical dilemmas spread through the film like a plague until they finally claim its life 
2.5
The Reckoning
Meg Jones
A well done murder mystery 
3
The Reckoning
Phil Villarreal
All that black combined with the mundanity of the second act induces us to close our eyes 
2
The Reckoning
Marty Mapes
The interesting insights give way to undercover constables and gut spilling villains
2
The Reckoning
John Beifuss
Collapses under the weight of unlikely melodrama and over pretty visual flourishes 
2.5
The Reckoning
Jeff Vice
It s nothing new to see a film that is better in concept than execution or a film that wastes a talented cast Sadly The Reckoning does both 
2
The Reckoning
Sean P. Means
That rare period drama that enlivens a historical era rather than feeling mired in it 
3.5
The Reckoning
Terry Lawson
A thoughtful clever and well acted diversion 
3
The Reckoning
Walter Chaw
A whored up take on In the Name of the Rose itself no fresh Irish rose come to think of it 
1
The Reckoning
James Verniere
Less interesting than preposterous 
2.5
The Reckoning
Rob Blackwelder
Why would the people of this village pay to see the still fresh horror of a child s brutal murder fictionalized for them like some Middle Ages Movie of the Week 
2
The Reckoning
David Elliott
The story tumbles awkwardly 
2
The Reckoning
Carla Meyer
Celebrates the craft of acting both in its story and in fine performances by Paul Bettany Willem Dafoe and Brian Cox 
3
The Reckoning
Misha Berson
Once the actors set up shop and Nicholas gets obsessively involved in proving Martha s innocence melodrama and ponderousness encroach 
2.5
The Reckoning
Connie Ogle
The filmmakers expertly capture the 14th century in wrenching detail all its bleakness and misery down to the dirt caked fingernails of peasants and priests alike 
2.5
The Reckoning
Lawrence Toppman
It s made with seriousness intelligence and craft and filmgoers who aren t put off by the slow pace of life in 1380 should see it 
3
The Reckoning
Dan Lybarger
As The Reckoning shifts from being a simple period drama to a whodunit thriller it actually loses energy 
2
The Reckoning
Chris Hewitt
Basically it s Law Order Medieval Victims Unit 
3
The Reckoning
Glenn Lovell
An ambitious but ineptly plotted British import that attempts to fuse The Seventh Seal with a period whodunit like The Name of the Rose 
1.5
The Reckoning
Laura Kelly
One big unsatisfying sloppily edited mess 
1.5
The Reckoning
David Nusair
impressive visually but completely dull storywise 
2
The Reckoning
Liam Lacey
Overstuffed and in its own way preachy 
2
The Reckoning
Roger Ebert
The Reckoning has just a little too much of the whodunit and the thriller and not enough of the temper of its clash between cultures but it works maybe because the simplicity of the underlying plot is masked by the oddness of the characters 
3
The Reckoning
Wesley Morris
A listless avenger drama 
2
The Reckoning
Josh Larsen
makes dull pretentious work out of provocative material 
2
The Reckoning
Steve Rhodes
It s not a particularly successful film but it is a lovely and well acted one 
2.5
The Reckoning
Timothy Knight
What had been an intriguing character driven narrative steeped in gritty period detail like The Name of the Rose degenerates into the art house cinema equivalent of C S I without that series narrative drive and economy 
2.5
The Reckoning
Robert K. Elder
The central conceit of let s save lives by putting on a play seems not only artificial but also hollow 
2.5
The Reckoning
Megan Lehmann
Top notch cinematography and set design that perfectly capture a hardscrabble medieval milieu along with artful but sluggish direction by Paul McGuigan make this a superficially faultless production that somehow lacks juice 
2
The Reckoning
Jack Mathews
Has so many ideas working in it that they all but suffocate its thin plot 
2
The Reckoning
Glenn Whipp
Everything in this film is spelled out to the point of tedium 
2.5
The Reckoning
Mike Clark
A comparably lively wrap up comes maybe 100 minutes in which is mighty late for an already near quaint drama to be getting its jump start 
2
The Reckoning
Gene Seymour
Fine cast delivers the goods but the murkiness is thick and finally overpowering 
2
The Reckoning
David Sterritt
The story never gathers much dramatic momentum despite an impressive cast and a lot of dank Middle Ages atmosphere 
2
The Reckoning
Joe McGovern
Scottish director Paul McGuigan is fast approaching Baz Luhrmann status in the wasteland of stylistic braggadocio 
2
Catch That Kid
Forrest Hartman
If screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas atempted to write a servicable script it isn t obvious 
1
Catch That Kid
Frank Ochieng
an implausible hyperactive giddy go cart caper this junior sized Mission Impossible wannabe is nothing but an overwrought knockoff that doesn t measure up
2
Catch That Kid
Linda Cook
Hmm A mixed bag of messages for kids 
2
Catch That Kid
Timothy Knight
It s doubtful that anyone involved in Catch That Kid ever considered this anything more than a paycheck 
1
Catch That Kid
Jeffrey Westhoff
I want to hear Jack Valenti explain why this movie is acceptable for young children and the PG 13 rated Whale Rider is not 
1
Catch That Kid
Kit Bowen
The only thing to catch in this film is perhaps a cold from sitting in the theater with the tweener set 
1.5
Catch That Kid
David Nusair
If you ever thought it was impossible to make a dull heist movie Catch That Kid is here to prove you wrong 
1.5
Catch That Kid
Megan Lehmann
Freundlich directs his first big studio film on autopilot trudging through the motions and displaying little understanding of what appeals to young uns 
0.5
Catch That Kid
Dustin Putman
Falls into the trap of so many other family pictures by alternately pandering and condescending to its pint sized target audience 
2
Catch That Kid
Mike Clark
The young actors are irredeemably bland and two of the adults are hammy enough to make James Brown seem controlled 
1
Catch That Kid
Erik Lundegaard
Despite its high concept director Bart Freundlich keeps the film grounded in reality 
2.5
Catch That Kid
C.W. Nevius
Granted this is a kids movie and disbelief must be suspended but director Bart Freundlich never seems to find the tone he wants 
2
Catch That Kid
Rick Groen
The children are engaging yet the script and direction are not 
2
Catch That Kid
John Monaghan
A misguided attempt at creating an adult style heist movie with a pint sized cast 
1
Catch That Kid
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly lowbrow and hopelessly contrived 
1.5
Catch That Kid
Lisa Kennedy
A miniaturized action pic 
2
Catch That Kid
Roger Ebert
Well made straightforward and entertaining 
3
Catch That Kid
Ty Burr
A slick little package that will seem patently ridiculous to anyone past adolescence even as their younger brothers and sisters eat it up 
2
Catch That Kid
Sue Pierman
Parents might want to think twice about whether they want their kids to see a film that will teach them that crime does pay 
1
Catch That Kid
David Sterritt
You ll tune out quickly unless you re 11 
2
Catch That Kid
Chris Hewitt
Plays like Mission Impossible The Xbox Years and which contains dialogue swiped from Austin Powers and The Simpsons 
1
Catch That Kid
John Anderson
Has enough character and high tech hardware to make it watchable if not much more than that 
2
Catch That Kid
Ellen Fox
It s a juicy premise but the enactment is so dumbed down that you couldn t possibly fault your jaded children for yawning and rolling their eyes 
1.5
Catch That Kid
Josh Larsen
If 20th Century Fox was so intent on making a facsimile couldn t the studio at least have bothered to change the toner 
1.5
Catch That Kid
Steve Rhodes
The underwritten movie is low on energy and even lower on logic 
1
Catch That Kid
Walter Chaw
The only surprise is that it doesn t wear out its welcome before it s over 
2
Catch That Kid
Scott Nash
Where Spy Kids took the spy genre to adolescent levels Catch that Kid does the same for the heist movie 
2.5
Catch That Kid
Chris Barsanti
Now that the Spy Kids trilogy has whiz banged to an end Fox saw the need to exploit the film s kiddie superspy chic and yay family message 
2
Altiplano
Robert W. Butler
Writer directors Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth are less interested in telling a conventional story than in dispensing poetic impressions And boy do they 
3
Altiplano
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Hypnotically braids strands of Incan mythology Catholic voodoo and campesino outrage to style a sympathetic outsider s portrait of South American mysticism 
2.5
Breaking the Rules
Roger Ebert
Breaking the Rules is a movie about a guy who finds out he has a month to live and decides to spend it in the worst buddy movie ever made 
0
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Eric Henderson
The really frustrating thing about Tomatoes is the toothlessness of its satire 
.5
Indie Director
Chris Alexander
There s an energy though an attitude and a kind of New Wave middle finger to convention that I find wildly appealing 
3
13TH
Josh Larsen
a thoroughly persuasive and artfully crafted argument 
3.5
13TH
Rania Richardson
With clarity and focus Ava DuVernay traces a history of inequality that has resulted in the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world in her documentary 13TH 
3
13TH
Michael Phillips
It s a crazy amount of ground to cover but only rarely does 13th sacrifice clarity for cinematic energy 
3.5
13TH
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an absolute must see 
3.5
13TH
Kam Williams
A searing indictment of the criminal justice system as a shameful vestige of chattel slavery 
4
13TH
Oliver Jones
Manages to capture the depth and insidiousness of more than a century of cultural societal and economic oppression along racial lines and then condenses it into a brisk 100 minute package that could literally slip right into your pocket 
3
13TH
Peter Travers
Note to the Academy The Oscar for this year s Best Documentary belongs to 13th Ava DuVernay s incendiary indelible and indispensable document about the myth of racial equality in America 
4
13TH
Odie Henderson
An unflinching well informed and thoroughly researched look at the American system of incarceration specifically how the prison industrial complex affects people of color 
4
13TH
Clayton Davis
In the most literal explanation of the film s brilliance it very well could be one of the defining documentaries this century It s among the very best ever made 
4
13TH
Roger Moore
Damning arguments about the impact of the Prison Industrial Complex are somewhat muted by repetition and some poor stylistic choices by director Ava DuVernay 
2.5
13TH
Steve Macfarlane
As with Selma filmmaker Ava DuVernay has fashioned a work of pummeling and clear eyed intelligence 
3.5
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Matt Brunson
There are several choice skits in this uneven parody 
2.5
The Harvest
Federico Furzan
A decent story of betrayal only furnished in a teen oriented drama Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Harvest
Mike McGranaghan
It s not perfect but The Harvest earns a few points for ambition 
2.5
The Harvest
James Kendrick
eschews cheap scares and boo moments in favor of constant psychological pressure
3
The Harvest
Glenn Lovell
Secret Garden meets Misery anyone McNaughton s first feature in too long has much to recommend it including a deceptively bucolic setting and a shriek worthy performance by Morton No wire hangers EVER 
2.5
The Harvest
Peter Sobczynski
A smart and strong genre work that makes up for a relative lack of gore and viscera with plenty of tension and suspense and a number of impressive performances 
3.5
The Harvest
Rex Reed
Nothing wrong with a little gore as long as the result is a few goosebumps This one is no scarier than running out of ink in the middle of a midterm exam 
1
The Harvest
Chuck Bowen
Director John McNaughton once an agile orchestrator of seemingly incompatible tones has retained his talent for teasing insinuation 
3
Groove
Michael Dequina
Harrison s eye for detail paints a fairly vivid slice of life picture 
3
Groove
Jeffrey Westhoff
A Frankie and Annette picture for the rave crowd 
2
Groove
James Berardinelli
Most of the performances are stiff and the awkward dialogue is made even worse by the way in which it is delivered 
2
Groove
Tom Long
Manages to both capture the spirit of a counterculture and reflect on the essentially conventional lives of those who lose themselves in the buzz 
3
Groove
Tor Thorsen
Both a perfect introduction to the rave experience for the uninitiated and a celebration of electronica for experienced headz 
3
Groove
Peter Stack
One gets the impression that going to a rave is a lot more fun than watching one And avoiding raves altogether seems like an even better plan 
2
Groove
Roger Ebert
Like drug movies from the 1960s it s naive believing that the problems of the straight life can be solved by dropping out and tuning in 
2
Masai: The Rain Warriors
Michael Wilmington
The beauty and excitement of Masai The Rain Warriors comes partly from our sense that we re intimately entering a whole rich new world whose people and customs were previously foreign to us 
3
Masai: The Rain Warriors
Ross Anthony
I quite enjoyed this Lord of the Rings style Masai adventure tale It s in spoken Masai subtitled in English Authentic and warm 
2.5
Masai: The Rain Warriors
Ed Gonzalez
Good hearted but dull and a slave to its director s outsider looking in bias 
2
Insect Woman
James Kendrick
an intriguing albeit rough edged portrait of the struggles of womanhood in modern Japan
3
The Pool
Greg Quill
Patekar s ability to convey stoic forbearance with so little apparent effort is one of the marvellous rewards of this intricately textured and compelling film 
3.5
The Pool
Stephen Cole
A miraculous American made Hindi film that is every bit as tranquil as the blue green reservoir that serves as its abiding metaphor 
4
The Pool
John Hartl
It s a movie about a time a place and a situation that isn t going to change soon Director Smith takes his time to establish the people the landscape and the striking contrast between the lives of the very rich and the very poor 
3.5
The Pool
Michael Phillips
It s a bit schematic and sweet natured perhaps to a fault yet the faces linger 
3
The Pool
Chris Hewitt
It s a beautiful little movie 
3
The Pool
Michael Hardy
Many directors claim to value local color but few have gone as far or achieved such impressive results as has Chris Smith in The Pool 
3.5
The Pool
Walter V. Addiego
It doesn t sound like much but in the hands of director Chris Smith this setup makes for a good small scale observational picture about young people finding that the world is a larger place than they imagined 
3
The Pool
Ken Fox
This unassuming yet hugely ambitious undertaking reveals a filmmaker with an impressive range and depth of feeling that is only now becoming apparent 
4
The Pool
V.A. Musetto
A charming and enjoyable movie 
3
The Pool
Ed Gonzalez
The Pool conveys a sense of having been made not found but Smith avoids mawkishness and has an ear for how young people speak and relate to one another 
2.5
The Times of Harvey Milk
Gene Siskel
The Times of Harvey Milk is anything but a dispassionate documentary 
3.5
The Times of Harvey Milk
James Kendrick
a finely structured and deeply moving portrait of not just a man but as the title suggests the times in which he lived and how he affected and was affected by them
3.5
The Times of Harvey Milk
David Nusair
tremendously entertaining and surprisingly moving 
3.5
The Times of Harvey Milk
Roger Ebert
This is an enormously absorbing film for the light it sheds on a decade in the life of a great American city and on the lives of Milk and Moscone who made it a better and certainly a more interesting place to live 
3.5
The Times of Harvey Milk
Matt Brunson
A richly detailed film that takes the story beyond White to create a vivid impression of a specific time and place 
3.5
The Times of Harvey Milk
Eric Henderson
It s one thing for a documentary to claim a person great it s something else entirely to convince the audience they have an active role in fulfilling his legacy 
3.5
Mega Time Squad
Sara Michelle Fetters
Makes sense right Of course it doesn t but that s all part of the genre stew that van Dammen has cooked up for the audience to enjoy 
3
Mega Time Squad
Odie Henderson
I still retain a tween boy s affection for movies that dare to be this goofy 
2
Mega Time Squad
Robert Daniels
Mega Time Squad is an event that should be repeated 
3
Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident
Amy Biancolli
Try as he might strut as he does toward climactic showdowns with ruthless adversaries Chan s character remains an incongruous muddle Same goes for the movie 
2
Drive Thru
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I m still gasping in horror hours after watching this 
0.5
Little Italy
Richard Roeper
My favorite groaner moment takes place during a backyard barbecue where everyone drinks Peroni beer and makes sure the labels face the camera 
1.5
Little Italy
Sara Michelle Fetters
I find it difficult to find this slice of cheesy romance to be entirely inedible 
2.5
Little Italy
David Nusair
An often excruciatingly irrelevant piece of work 
1
Little Italy
Barry Hertz
A movie whose idea of both romance and comedy is permanently stuck in 1985 like a moldy slice of gabagool oh marone 
1.5
Little Italy
Bruce DeMara
The movie is not without charms thanks to a host of fine supporting performances and some decent chemistry between the two romantic leads 
2.5
Operation Dumbo Drop
Mike Clark
Photographed by the great Russell Boyd but looking drab and washed out for 108 minutes the movie just gets by on heart and a conversation stopping finale 
2.5
Operation Dumbo Drop
Roger Ebert
The story is so sentimentalized so sanitized into a family comedy that I do doubt the reality was anything like this 
2.5
Operation Dumbo Drop
Steve Rhodes
Slow and tedious All of the actors seemed to be on autopilot 
1
Kelly's Heroes
Peter Canavese
A strange but mostly satisfying hybrid of WWII actioner and anti war satire Blu ray 
3
Beirut
Matt Brunson
Responsible for penning the likes of Michael Clayton and the Matt Damon Bourne series writer Tony Gilroy adds more intrigue to his resume with this tense drama 
3
Beirut
Jason Fraley
After years as Don Draper Jon Hamm shows a new side as a U S diplomat in Tony Gilroy s intricate political thriller 
3
Beirut
Sarah Knight Adamson
No doubt this is Hamm s finest role to date after his Mad Men series 
3.5
Beirut
Robert Daniels
But while the philosophy of Beirut is lacking the film is generally entertaining 
2.5
Beirut
David Nusair
A progressively ineffective thriller 
2
Beirut
Sara Michelle Fetters
Beirut a handsomely mounted Middle Eastern Bridge of Spies I almost couldn t help but enjoy 
3
Beirut
Peter Travers
Jon Hamm adds movie star class and a world weary Don Draper touch to this mediocre spy thriller containing plot twists you may think are reductive of the Muslim world You re not wrong 
2.5
Beirut
Barry Hertz
Beirut is as solid a film as Hamm is a performer 
3
Beirut
Josh Terry
Taken as a suspenseful thriller Beirut is a tense and engaging film with just enough action to get the job done 
3
Beirut
Richard Roeper
This is an old fashioned spy thriller and as such it succeeds 
3
Beirut
Bruce DeMara
The film s biggest asset is the powerful performance by Jon Hamm as Skiles a tortured man who struggles to find his way through a labyrinth of violence and betrayal 
3.5
Beirut
Roger Moore
Hamm s terrific in this thoroughly entertaining spy thriller Pity Bleecker Street has it That means nobody will see it 
3
Beirut
Calvin Wilson
Hamm brings a poignant world weariness to Skiles and Pike brings to her role a persuasive grittiness 
3
Beirut
George M. Thomas
While it doesn t rise completely to Argo s level it possesses some of the dramatic chops and thrills to match 
3
Beirut
Rob Thomas
Beirut is both an entertaining ride for grown ups and a sobering history lesson 
3
Beirut
James Berardinelli
Damn is it good to watch a movie that expects the audience to pay attention and that doesn t pander to the least common denominator 
3
Beirut
Brian Tallerico
This is Hamm s best leading role to date a reminder of how good he can be when he s given the right material 
3
Beirut
Ann Hornaday
It may be a mostly pessimistic portrait of its time and place but it offers hope if only that movies of its style scope and smarts can still get made 
3
Beirut
Mark Dujsik
What s missing is a genuine sense of history of actually helping us to understand the conflict in the background 
2.5
Beirut
Mara Reinstein
Beirut is not a deft character study It s not a heart pumping thrill a second action flick either It languishes somewhere in the middle making it a mildly frustrating viewing experience 
2.5
Beirut
Mick LaSalle
This is a good movie for Hamm and also for Pike who in her recent films has too often been either a madwoman or a victim of circumstance and sometimes both 
3
Beirut
Gary Thompson
None of these Western characters is very admirable by design and the movie warns against intelligence community overconfidence and the meddling that arises from it 
3
Beirut
Kam Williams
A raw super realistic tale of revenge set in a godforsaken kill zone not on this critic s bucket list 
4
Beirut
Mark Matousek
Brad Anderson s Beirut doesn t quite make foreign espionage look fun but it shows how it might appeal to the sort of masochist who s also an adrenaline addict 
2.5
The Little Vampire
Michael Dequina
Yes the movie will hold the tots attention But should that be ample reason to subject your children to such a shoddy product I don t think so 
2
The Little Vampire
James Berardinelli
Bram Stoker F W Muranu and Bela Lugosi would turn over in their graves if they found out 
2
The Little Vampire
Roger Ebert
The costumes are neat the photography is great all the pieces are on hand but they don t fit 
2
The Little Vampire
Rob Blackwelder
A quick sloppy production of a throwaway script it suffers from a pungent collective apathy that wafts off the screen from the cast and crew 
1
The Little Vampire
Mick LaSalle
The results are predictable and only mildly entertaining 
2
The Little Vampire
Mary Kalin-Casey
Offers a few more treats than tricks 
3
The Wedding Planner
Michael Dequina
Not so much a movie than just another tool in the entertainment world domination plot concocted by the burgeoning big butt blessed multimedia phenomenon nicknamed J Lo 
2
The Wedding Planner
David Nusair
The script recycles every clich you could possibly imagine and then some 
1.5
The Wedding Planner
Jon Niccum
Its manner is as light as wedding cake frosting and its lead performances are as poised as the bride and groom at the top of the cake 
2.5
The Wedding Planner
Mark Dujsik
May be one of the most cheerfully unamusing movies in a long time 
1.5
The Wedding Planner
Jorge Avila Andrade
Su complaciente y sentimentaloide final termina por fastidiar una historia que de por s ya tena problemas 
1.5
The Wedding Planner
Mike McGranaghan
This is exactly the kind of movie that thinks it s funny for someone to be demolished by a speeding dumpster 
2.5
The Wedding Planner
James Berardinelli
Occasionally so inept and embarrassing that it s almost physically painful to sit through 
1.5
The Wedding Planner
Susan Stark
The work of la Lopez who is as gifted as she is gorgeous and by McConaughey a dreamboat when he s at ease is more than compensatory 
2
The Wedding Planner
Bob Graham
Too often it comes up with sappiness where it needs sass 
2
The Wedding Planner
Roger Ebert
There are times when the movie s contrivance is agonizing 
2
The Wedding Planner
Tor Thorsen
All frosting and no substance 
2
The Wedding Planner
Rob Blackwelder
This review is one of the harshest I ve ever written and I can feel myself only getting meaner 
1
The Wedding Planner
Dustin Putman
A distressingly lifeless romantic comedy 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Kam Williams
Hillbilly Heaven if you even want to go there 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Mary Lasse
Don t bother with this movie If you re just itching for more Dukes stick to the original series on DVD 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Walter Chaw
The only thing The Dukes of Hazzard has in abundance is hate 
0
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jonathan R. Perry
Satire by satirists who just don t get it approaching the silly outlaw charm which satirized itself in the TV show with the subtlety of an F5 tornado in a trailer park 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Sean O'Connell
Mental garbage a picture that s so foul we question its reason for existing 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
James Kendrick
Stupid meandering generally unfunny attempt 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Sara Michelle Fetters
I ve seen enough car wrecks this year and while this one doesn t take the cake it s still nothing more than a junkyard distraction blindly driving nowhere 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jeffrey Westhoff
If this is how Bo and Luke translate to the big screen I d hate to see the movie versions of Coy and Vance 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Sean McBride
dumb mindless filmmaking at its most mediocre But so was the TV show 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Kurt Loder
Fan s of the TV series will likely want to see this just to find out if it s a travesty Others however will surely wonder what they re doing watching this movie 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Linda Cook
A coupla times this here s kinda funny But the rest of the time it s dadburn dumb
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Mike McGranaghan
The biggest hurdle for The Dukes of Hazzard is that the humor is extremely hit or miss 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Joe Williams
The Dukes of Hazzard does such a textbook job of pandering to Bubba Q Public that it ought to run for political office 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Mike Clark
You can t blame the millions who will fantasize about Gen Sherman burning the movie s negative but when it comes to the home market this will be a good one for its target audience to pass out to 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Peter Howell
Delivering exactly what it promises car chasing girl gazing and yee hawing it takes the high road to low art by remaining faithful to the TV series that spawned it 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Ted Fry
The Dukes of Hazzard is just plain awful 
.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Mick LaSalle
In stiff competition for the lamest thing ever put on celluloid 
0
The Dukes of Hazzard
David Elliott
Haws follow hees as hayseeds rip around in fast cars churning dust and making faces very close to the camera 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Carla Meyer
Great it ain t but it entertains for stretches 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Lisa Rose
For a movie that posits itself as a celebration of rebel excess Dukes is pretty tame 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jack Mathews
Why fans of the series would pay good money to see something they can see free in TV reruns escapes me 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Connie Ogle
There s no reason for these good ol boys to be in a movie this bad 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Bob Strauss
An episodic cartoony romp 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
David Frese
Mindless piffle 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Rick Groen
In lieu of a movie we get a series of car chases rudely interrupted by the occasional smattering of dialogue 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jeff Vice
Fans of the television show will find a lot to like here So will fans of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Michael Booth
Purports to be a remake of a TV show but is more accurately a remake of Jessica s vapid modeling career 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Mary F. Pols
In the age of media immediacy well connected computer systems and helicopter pursuits to say nothing of the same watchful government that spawned the Patriot Act all this seems nonsensical 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Lawrence Toppman
Broken Lizard s biggest mistake is to update this story to the present 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Frank Ochieng
intentionally mindless and as reckless as an open moonshine jug left on a steaming heater shamelessly uneven and not very smart about its heralded idiocy
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Sean P. Means
Broken Lizard brings a subversive streak that sneaks some genuine humor into what would otherwise be an assembly line collection of car chases and frat boy ogling 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Terry Lawson
Hard to imagine a movie more mind numbingly pointless and instantly forgettable 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
James Verniere
Half the jokes land on the screen like dead armadillos 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Wesley Morris
The Dukes of Hazzard is a cheap greasy time at the multiplex 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Timothy Knight
At one point in the film Scott turns to Knoxville and says There s a lot of smart people out there With The Dukes of Hazzard Warner Bros is apparently banking on the opposite to be true 
0.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Kyle Smith
Has some of the same fratty energy as Wedding Crashers 
3
The Dukes of Hazzard
Allison Benedikt
Not even a sexy toned and blossomed blond can distract from the vapid ugliness that is The Dukes of Hazzard 
.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Mack Bates
Meanders from one overblown action sequence to the next without bringing along for the ride the goofy charm of the show on which it s based 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Peter Travers
There s a stink coming off the big screen Dukes of Hazzard that even fans of the TV series 1979 to 1985 won t be able to shake out of their nostrils 
0
The Dukes of Hazzard
James Sanford
can t decide whether it s saluting the series or spoofing it the yee haws start to give way to yawns 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not intolerable or offensive so much as it is just plain stupid 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Kit Bowen
This foolhardy Hazzard upgrade may be appealing to its TV fans Or it could just remind you how ridiculous it was the show ran for six seasons in the first place 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Marty Mapes
Will the boys fall into Boss Hogg s trap How will they get past the roadblock 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Larry Ratliff
Over here Dukes Park the General Lee in the weeds between the big screen Beverly Hillbillies jalopy and the McHale s Navy PT 73 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jon Niccum
When a movie s misogyny is battling its racism for screen time you know the project is in trouble 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Erik Childress
Injecting enough solid laughs and car chases to make Dukes precisely what it is an uncomplicated Friday night distraction 
3
The Dukes of Hazzard
Willie Waffle
It s simple kinda crass and more fun than jumping into the creek while Daisy is skinny dipping 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Chris Hewitt
Features low rent humor and high speed chases 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Chuck O'Leary
Stupid enough to make Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 and Cannonball Run 2 suddenly seem like paragons of wit and high comedy 
1.25
The Dukes of Hazzard
M. K. Terrell
The plot involves the boys attempt to thwart Hogg s secret plan to turn Hazzard County into an open coal mine but it s really just an excuse for endless car chases 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Dustin Putman
A black hole of a movie without anything original to do or interesting to say That it isn t outright terrible only makes its utter pointlessness all the more glaring 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Peter Canavese
Remember friends don t let friends go to The Dukes of Hazzard sober 
1.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Phoebe Flowers
It s dumb as rocks and thoroughly unnecessary 
.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
James Berardinelli
Straight viewing could result in brain damage 
.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Steven Rea
A weird moonshine and marijuana fueled yee haw fest based on the 80s TV show 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Gene Seymour
It s as dumb as a bag of hammers and as cheesy as well macaroni and cheese But it s a movie that knows how inconsequential it is at the outset and doesn t care much whether you can party with it or not 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Roger Ebert
A lame brained outdated wheeze 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Josh Larsen
offers the same nostalgia value as using the theme song as your ring tone 
0
The Dukes of Hazzard
Nick Rogers
The Balladeer always sang that the mountain might get the Duke boys someday With this movie they crash the General Lee into it and explode 
.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Scott Nash
Bound to make you smile even if you do feel guilty about it afterwards 
2.5
The Dukes of Hazzard
Ed Gonzalez
Even as the film tediously tends to its arbitrary plot Chandrasekhar displays almost oneiric reverence for the iconography of the TV show 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Phil Villarreal
Heck suck the exhaust fumes from a 1969 orange Dodge Charger But whatever you do no matter how big a fan you were of the show do yourself a favor by skipping the movie 
1
The Dukes of Hazzard
Rob Blackwelder
Too much blah blah not enough Yeeehawww 
2
The Dukes of Hazzard
Steve Rhodes
Herbie for adults 
2.5
Four Times That Night
David Nusair
A seriously underwhelming sex comedy 
1.5
The New Year Parade
Roger Ebert
Quinn photographed his film over four years and yet as his own editor has mastered what must have been hours of material into a story so convincingly embedded in the band and parade that it would have been impossible to create it just for a film 
3
Golden Slumbers
Kalvin Henely
It puts value back on people who ve historically been undervalued both by the Khmer Rouge and by lack of mention cinema history at large 
3
Sitting on the Edge of Marlene
Brad Wheeler
Sitting on the Edge of Marlene loses its way occasionally but its aim is ultimately true 
3
Sitting on the Edge of Marlene
Bruce DeMara
Next time out Valine needs to find a story with greater nuance and range A film of such unrelenting darkness makes for a dreary cinematic experience 
1.5
Khoya Khoya Chand
Namrata Joshi
It engages and involves you but intermittently 
3
The Shack
Alison Rowat
Playing like an afternoon TV movie made by a God channel this has to be the strangest film of the year 
1
The Shack
Roger Moore
Insipid
1.5
The Shack
Katie Walsh
If Octavia Spencer is God then Lord take me to church 
2
The Shack
Josh Terry
At times The Shack is able to provoke real thought and introspection But as a movie it struggles with issues of structure and execution which no doubt happened in the book to film transition 
2.5
The Shack
John Semley
Based on the sleeper bestseller by Canadian author William P Young The Shack offers an enlightening if dispiriting vantage on contemporary non denominational Christianity 
1.5
The Shack
Peter Sobczynski
The Shack wants to be a sincere exploration of faith and forgiveness but somehow manages to be both too innocuous and too off putting for its own good 
1.5
The Shack
Sean P. Means
The Shack is a simplistic schlocky Sunday school lesson that will likely be appreciated only by those who already believe it The choir will enjoy the preaching even if it falls on deaf ears with everyone else 
2
The Shack
Chris Knight
Believers may not find enough to engage them in what amounts to a two hour sermon about what they already know while ye of little faith ye know who ye are will feel harangued 
2.5
The Shack
Peter Hartlaub
The Shack is unshakable in its religious message and that s admirable in a cynical world But viewed objectively as cinema it s just not a very good film 
1
The Shack
Bruce DeMara
At more than two hours the film is too long and the storyline too faith infused to be truly redemptive for a broader audience 
2
The Shack
Rick Bentley
This is a faith based movie that uses a heavy hand to pound viewers with its religious messages That s a shame because when the film isn t preaching the story of how someone deals with great loss is touching and moving 
2.5
The Shack
Richard Roeper
The Shack is a well acted and sometimes moving but far too often slow paced and unconvincing spiritual journey 
2
De Goede Dood
Liam Lacey
A Good Death doesn t hide its stage roots though this isn t a liability 
2.5
Diary of the Dead
Jonathan W. Hickman
Once again the master of the independent genre film manages to bring something fresh and worthy to the table 
3
Diary of the Dead
Austin Kennedy
Everything that CLOVERFIELD did right this does wrong 
1
Diary of the Dead
Lucius Gore
Probably the best zombie movie since 1978 s Dawn of the Dead 
3.5
Diary of the Dead
James Berardinelli
Not only the most satisfying motion picture Romero has made in a long while but one of the best of his career 
3
Diary of the Dead
Charles Koplinski
Diary of the Dead Bites the Hand that Feeds Us
3.5
Diary of the Dead
Rossiter Drake
The results are about what you might expect from a student filmmaker operating without a budget or a script crude and amateurish with occasional and possibly unintentional flashes of brilliance Diary is no different 
2.5
Diary of the Dead
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Romero s film is ugly but then reflections on society always are 
3.5
Diary of the Dead
Jeff Vice
George A Romero s Diary of the Dead proves there s still some life left in the veteran filmmaker s long running zombie movie series 
2.5
Diary of the Dead
Steve Ramos
Fails to come up with anything fresh or particularly frightening 
2
Diary of the Dead
John Beifuss
Disappointing but also bracing and it ends with the question that has motivated all Romero s work Are we worth saving 
3
Diary of the Dead
Mark Dujsik
A fine concept executed with disappointing ends 
2
Diary of the Dead
Eric Melin
It plays like Cliff s Notes of the political themes Romero has already explored more effectively with his other movies 
2
Diary of the Dead
Dustin Putman
Never scary but frequently cartoonish in its sour humor Diary of the Dead can t even figure out if it wants to be taken seriously or as a poor unfunny spoof 
1
Diary of the Dead
Maitland McDonagh
A polarizing meditation on life and death in the infinitely mediated world of blogs file sharing and incessant virtual connection 
3
Diary of the Dead
Peter Howell
Romero turns his no frills production into an asset 
2.5
Diary of the Dead
Peter Hartlaub
It s one of the least scary films that Romero s made but still entertaining and very very gory 
3
Diary of the Dead
Kyle Smith
A movie in which victims wander as aimlessly as their undead stalkers 
2
Diary of the Dead
Elizabeth Weitzman
It seems sacrilegious to dismiss a zombie movie by Romero who s been blending horror and satire since 1968 s Night of the Living Dead But his latest approach feels uncomfortably behind the curve 
2
Diary of the Dead
Rene Rodriguez
Shot on a low budget with mostly unknown actors Diary of the Dead isn t exactly involving on a dramatic level You really never care who lives or dies a fatal flaw for any horror film 
2
Diary of the Dead
Liam Lacey
There are zombie movies and then there are George Romero films 
3
Diary of the Dead
Michael Phillips
The way Diary of the Dead chooses to deliver its gore you know you re in the hands of a grown up uninterested in the excesses of the Saw or Hostel pictures 
3
Diary of the Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
Romero may have something to say but if he s going to be saying it like this the only zombies he s going to find are the ones past out in the theater from disappointed disgust 
2
Diary of the Dead
Christian Toto
George A Romero s Diary of the Dead goes light on the fright but heavy on the polemics 
2
Diary of the Dead
Josh Larsen
Fortifying your horror film with an intellectual subtext is all well and good Romero was one of the first to show how this could be done but you might want to also make sure it s frightening 
2
Diary of the Dead
Jim Emerson
You may not believe in zombies but the unnamed dread in the air of Diary of the Dead is recognizably believable because we live with it now 
3
Diary of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here the zombies are less a threat than the information age itself 
3.5
Diary of the Dead
Steven Rea
Moderately scary moderately amusing intermittently dull and obvious Diary of the Dead is not groundbreaking nor even ground quaking 
2
Diary of the Dead
Michael A. Smith
if you re doing to destroy the population of the Steel City you may as well do it with some style The true Death of Death here is apathy 
2
Diary of the Dead
Peter Travers
This one belongs with the leaders of the scare pack Isn t it time that we give Romero his due It s hardly an accident that Stephen King Quentin Tarantino Guillermo del Toro Simon Pegg and Wes Craven recognize Romero as a master He is 
3.5
Escapes
Peter Hartlaub
A half dozen true Hollywood stories are presented in Escapes all offered in a matter of fact style that seems detached from typical celebrity brand building and false humility 
3
Escapes
Michael O'Sullivan
Escapes is an eccentric portrait of a not especially eccentric or even terribly interesting subject 
1
Escapes
Chuck Bowen
A preoccupation with the totemic materiality of cinema runs through Michael Almereyda s documentary 
3.5
A Perfect Day
David Nusair
the film s emphasis on sentimental and downright heavy handed elements becomes overwhelming
1.5
Nosferatu
Kate Cameron
The action of the picture is so disconnected as to make the continuity confusing However this one certainly holds interest for its extreme weirdness and its unusual photography 
2
Nosferatu
Matt Brunson
Nosferatu remains the best vampire movie of all time It possesses a strain of sheer dread not captured by any subsequent bloodsucker film 
4
Nosferatu
Matt Brunson
Nosferatu remains the best vampire movie of all time It possesses a strain of sheer dread not captured by any subsequent bloodsucker film 
4
Nosferatu
Michael Wilmington
It s not just a great horror movie It s a poem of horror a symphony of dread a film so rapt mysterious and weirdly lovely it haunts the mind long after it s over 
4
Nosferatu
Scott Nash
Contains some truly iconic moments but too much of it i e any scene without Orlock is less than stellar 
3
Nosferatu
Dustin Putman
A landmark motion picture 
3
Nosferatu
Rob Humanick
Watching Nosferatu is like standing in the same room as death itself 
4
Nosferatu
Thomas Delapa
Murnau s horror masterwork features a treasure trove of silent film techniques unearthly locations and a truly horrid vampire played by Max Schreck 
3.5
Nosferatu
James Kendrick
A groundbreaking gothic film whose creative camerawork and dark cinematography is still copied in the movies of today 
3.5
Nosferatu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Brilliant artistry 
4
Nosferatu
David Keyes
an achievement that reminds us that the simple structured approaches towards the legend of Dracula are the ones that really terrify 
4
Nosferatu
Ted Prigge
One of the most haunting atmospheric films I ve ever seen 
4
Nosferatu
Roger Ebert
It doesn t scare us but it haunts us It shows not that vampires can jump out of shadows but that evil can grow there nourished on death 
4
Nosferatu
James Berardinelli
As vampire movies go few are more memorable than Nosferatu which is not only the first screen version of Dracula but in some ways remains the best 
3.5
Book of Love
Pamela Powell
Sit back and pour a glass of wine to watch Book of Love escaping into a land of unrealistic yet entertaining love 
2.5
Book of Love
Christy Lemire
A bilingual romantic comedy that offers a clever premise but never truly delivers on it in satisfying fashion 
1.5
Book of Love
Mark Dujsik
The screenwriters toss aside their one genuinely funny conceit far too early 
1.5
Book of Love
Phil Villarreal
At a cumbersome 105 minutes it sputters and stumbles rather than gliding along like better films of its ilk 
2
The President's Last Bang
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I found it muddled and un engaging 
2
The President's Last Bang
Janice Page
what the film lacks in depth it makes up for in Hong Kong style punch with vivid cinematography and powerfully choreographed action 
3
The President's Last Bang
Laura Kelly
In the end it s probably best to say glad I saw it but not sure I got the most out of the experience My advice Do a little history homework first 
2.5
The President's Last Bang
Robert W. Butler
The President s Last Bang has been extremely well made and its cast deftly walks the thin line between reality and parody Perhaps the players do it a bit too well 
2.5
The President's Last Bang
Jeff Vice
The off kilter humor is a welcome contrast and the performances are strong particularly by Baek as the increasingly unhinged patsy 
3
The President's Last Bang
Ted Fry
The President s Last Bang comes off as all too ridiculously believable 
3
The President's Last Bang
Sean P. Means
The gallery of Park s cronies and sycophants are presented as buffoons but as the violence starts the narrative thread gets hopelessly tangled 
2.5
The President's Last Bang
Walter Chaw
An alchemical brew of balls and technical brilliance 
4
The President's Last Bang
G. Allen Johnson
Im Sang Soo is film by film challenging the way modern South Koreans think and behave 
3
The President's Last Bang
V.A. Musetto
Im deftly mixes slapstick with political intrigue in this darkly buffoonish exercise which struck a raw nerve with the South Korean government 
3
The President's Last Bang
Jami Bernard
Bizarrely droll 
3
The President's Last Bang
Ed Gonzalez
A marvel of design if not insight 
2
Confessions of a Womanizer
Dann Gire
The dialogue lacks zing and wit Character arcs become character flatlines 
1
Alleged
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible not to wonder just what Hines originally set out to accomplish with this pedestrian mess 
.5
Crime in the Streets
Janet Graves
The well worn subject of juvenile delinquency here is freshened up by an honest approach and strong acting 
3
Legend of the Village Warriors
Chris Hewitt
The acting is facial expressions visible from 100 feet overdone and the choppy editing makes for awkward storytelling However the battle scenes which make up at least half the movie are killer 
2
Legend of the Village Warriors
G. Allen Johnson
Jitnukul can direct action and every slice of the blade thwack of the arrow and the glistening of sweat on near naked bodies makes Bang Rajan a mostly pleasurable diversion 
2
Legend of the Village Warriors
Jeff Shannon
It s a humid rough edged epic that occasionally finds startling beauty amid devastating carnage 
3
Legend of the Village Warriors
V.A. Musetto
Features scrumptious looking jungle battles with a cast of thousands not to mention elephants and water buffalo 
3
Legend of the Village Warriors
Elizabeth Weitzman
While co writer director Tanit Jitnukul s vision is unapologetically graphic and slightly marred by an artistic awkwardness this is a rare and worthwhile glimpse into another nation s historical legend 
3
Legend of the Village Warriors
David Sterritt
The story suggests a more violent Seven Samurai full of jungle mayhem and eloquently filmed action movie suspense 
3
Legend of the Village Warriors
Janice Page
Yes Bang Rajan introduces Westerners to a slice of history worth noting but its stirring lesson is told in a way that s too long too brutal and too clunky to recommend enthusiastically 
2
Legend of the Village Warriors
Robert K. Elder
The dramatic ploy is so disjointing it s not often clear if Jitnukul s narrative is in the past or present 
2
Legend of the Village Warriors
Nick Schager
Jitnukul s film canonizes sacrificial plight and serves as a stirring act of national self definition 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Mary Lasse
For childhood s sake take your little guys and gals to see this movie you won t be disappointed 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the most delightful family friendly animated films in some time 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Christy Lemire
During a time in which wall to wall pop culture references have become the standard in animated family fare it s refreshing to find not a single drop of irony here 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Scott Nash
A cute little cartoon that ought to please very young children 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Bill Chambers
If I can t say I m looking forward to the next one neither can I ignore the medicinal properties of Pooh s latest big screen outing 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Willie Waffle
Pooh s Heffalump Movie is a simple innocent winner with amazing vocal talent entertaining music and an important lesson for kids 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The purple elephant like creature sports a sweet little British accent and a contagious laugh He more than justifies his presence 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jonathan R. Perry
Comfort food for the family a winning frequently funny tale of love camarederie and understanding set in a visual universe as arresting as it is idyllic 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Michael Dequina
As fare for families with young children this is a completely pleasant and harmless time pass but other viewers should simply pass 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Billy Heller
While kids older than 8 may be too jaded to sit through this cute flick at just over an hour it may be the perfect fit for first time filmgoers 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Sean P. Means
Neither the life lesson on tolerance nor Carly Simon s treacly songs can weigh down the bouncy fun of this colorful and kid friendly adventure 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Vince Koehler
There is some wonderful music by Carly Simon and this pleasant outing is perfect for the kiddies 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Linda Cook
Wonderful things can come in small packages And Pooh s Heffalump Movie is one of them 
3.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Tyler Hanley
Oh bother 
2
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jennie Punter
A kind of family fare that is rare on the big screen these days 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Frank Ochieng
a quaint and sweet toothed animated film that sends a constructive message a zesty fun filled fantasy punctuated by catchy tunes and contemplative forethought
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Claudia Puig
Pooh s Heffalump Movie is a charmingly sweet experience for very young moviegoers that also may make their parents smile 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Susan Walker
Heffalump certainly seemed to satisfy a rapt audience of young children at a Saturday morning screening and who can argue with that 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Ted Fry
The perfect way to spend a pleasant hour or so introducing a child to the experience of going out to the movies 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Peter Hartlaub
Adults will become fidgety in the first 15 minutes nervously checking their watches to see when the next Pixar movie is coming out 
2
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Pam Grady
Bring a watch You ll be checking it often 
2
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Elizabeth Weitzman
Sticking closely to formula Disney delivers a sweet script and charming storybook backgrounds with serviceable if sappy songs from Carly Simon 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Glenn Whipp
The baby Heffalump Lumpy is funny and adorable and carries the film 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
John Monaghan
Sure this should be straight to video Disney but it s still charming harmless fun 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Wesley Morris
Pooh s Heffalump Movie with its message of tolerance and open mindedness is a fine afternoon at the megaplex And it will make a welcome addition your home library when it s released on video 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Pooh s Heffalump Movie exists to introduce a new character that can be sold as a stuffed animal at Disney Stores 
2
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Larry Ratliff
Pooh s Heffalump Movie isn t just the best of the bunch since 2001 As the silly ol bear with the sweet tooth would say It s a hunny 
3.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Chris Hewitt
Comforting and warm as a tummy full of oatmeal 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jan Stuart
Pooh s Heffalump Movie is the cinematic equivalent of being tucked into bed with a fable and a glass of water 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Jeff Strickler
It s as gooey as a jar of honey and just as sweet 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
David Sterritt
Perfect for the very youngest viewers 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Monica Eng
A beautifully animated romp through the world of Pooh as created by A A Milne 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Josh Larsen
enfolds young viewers like a favorite blanket 
3
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Steve Rhodes
A delightful cinematic trifle a lushly illustrated and sweetly told tale that is aimed squarely at the ten and under set 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Peter Canavese
All in good fun In the absence of anything better it s a fine outing for the young uns 
2.5
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Ed Gonzalez
This isn t Spirited Away and while critics are bound to call the film innocuous it is I suppose this is precisely what s so endearing about it its innocence 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Matt Brunson
A fascinating film that often feels oddly unformed and uninformed 46 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Peter Canavese
Moody 44 down and dirty Cronenberg another boundary pushing movie about boundary pushing where the director continues to be fascinated by outre subcultures and kinks 46 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
David Nusair
An often astonishingly tedious endeavor 46 46 46 
.5
Crimes of the Future
Erik Childress
A lot of new flesh that feels like the old stuff as Cronenberg ruffles with some new ideas of our physical and mental evolution 44 but the story rambles when it should take hold and too many ideas are left dangling 46 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Mike McGranaghan
A complex 44 disturbing work that left me spellbound 46 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Dann Gire
Crimes of the Future sparks with originality and the horror of daring ideas But the execution like an electric chair on the fritz diminishes the shock 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Rene Sanchez
Visceral and provocative 44 Crimes of the Future is Cronenberg at his finest 46 A futuristic story that questions human nature and its instincts to evolve and adapt 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Sara Michelle Fetters
Crimes of the Future is a futuristically retro slice of body horror that left me speechless 46 It is a twisted descent into madness 44 refusing to coddle its audience or offer up a single happy ending 46 I wouldn 8217 t have had it any other way 46 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Angelo Muredda
That attention to the will of the misbehaving body described accurately by one prudish character as insurrectional is a classic Cronenberg conceit 
4
Crimes of the Future
Sonny Bunch
The provocative weirdness serves a purpose 44 as one would expect from David Cronenberg 46 
3
Crimes of the Future
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Despite being pure Cronenberg Crimes of the Future is a bit of a Cronen bore 
2
Crimes of the Future
Rex Reed
Crimes of the Future is a load of crap I would like to find a more civil way to describe even a sick and depraved barf bag of a movie like this one but it defeats every reasonable attempt to try 
0
Crimes of the Future
Kent Turner
If audiences do flee to the exits 44 it is most likely for the airless 44 glum atmosphere and the murky 44 metaphorical screenplay 46 
2
Crimes of the Future
Jeff Mitchell
At 79 years young 44 Cronenberg has more innovative and distressing thoughts for the big screen 46 quot Long live the new flesh 46 quot 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Brian Eggert
A fascinating and inspired look at the transformational reality of the body 8212 an urgent and personal treatise on art that echoes Cronenberg 8217 s twentieth century work and finds him at his most contemplative and parabolic 46 
4
Crimes of the Future
Robert Horton
Halfway through 44 I was ready to relegate this movie to the middle level of Cronenberg 8217 s career 59 the rhythm felt off 44 and various jokes weren 8217 t landing 46 By the time its final shot came onscreen 44 I was pretty enchanted 46 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Ty Burr
If you re reading this and snorting in disbelief I invite you to consider that Cronenberg is bleakly chortling right along with you 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Leo Brady
Crimes of the Future is a new organ in the body 44 pumped with passion 44 and a curiosity to find out what we consider to be beautiful art 46 It 8217 s David Cronenberg and it 8217 s incredibly fascinating 46 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Johnny Oleksinski
The film fizzles out in the end 
2
Crimes of the Future
Tom Meek
The driving force of Crimes is Mortensen s weary yet soulful performer pasty wan vampirelike and forever in a cloak like a grand wizard There s a heaviness he bears from a clear physical and emotional toll 
3
Crimes of the Future
Kathy Fennessy
Crimes of the Future proves more open ended than previous relationship centered Cronenberg films 44 like the underappreciated M 46 Butterfly 40 1993 41 or his terrifying and heartbreaking adaptation of George Langelaan apos s 1957 short story The Fly 40 1986 41 46 46 46 
3
Crimes of the Future
Brian Truitt
Cronenberg has crafted a story that brings together what we do to our bodies to feel and look good though that s sometimes in the eye of the beholder and the synthetic materials that play a key role in both our modern lives and environmental crises 
3
Crimes of the Future
Lindsey Bahr
It may be more mystifying than illuminating when all is said and done but it is certainly a uniquely captivating experience with wildly imaginative creations interesting performances challenging ideas and one of the best scores of the year 
3
Crimes of the Future
Mark Dujsik
Cronenberg seems a bit too comfortable to keep this material at 46 46 46 superficial levels 46 
2
Crimes of the Future
Ann Hornaday
Takes an intriguing premise only to muddle it up within a tedious story equally tiresome characters the director s fetishistic go tos self conscious opacity and blunt obviousness 
1
Crimes of the Future
Michael Phillips
What makes Crimes of the Future work has everything to do with texture 
3
Crimes of the Future
Mark Feeney
Crimes of the Future is very much in the Cronenberg tradition coldly tactile and scrupulously gruesome with an ick quotient high enough to merit screening in operating theaters 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Steven Prokopy
Although I rarely begin any review with a criticism 44 I will say that my biggest issue with Crimes of the Future is that there apos s very little within it that Cronenberg hasn apos t covered before and better 46 
3
Crimes of the Future
Richard Roeper
David Cronenberg s unsettling but thought provoking dystopian nightmare 
3
Crimes of the Future
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 asks familiar 44 Cronenbergian questions 46 
2.5
Crimes of the Future
Joey Magidson
Crimes of the Future presents David Cronenberg again mixing gore and social commentary 44 but it apos s not quite as out there as the premise would suggest 46 
3
Crimes of the Future
Peter Howell
Cronenberg sardonically comments on cosmetic surgery environmental destruction and the feeling of all artists himself included that putting your work before the public is akin to being operated on in the city square 
3.5
Crimes of the Future
Mick LaSalle
Crimes of the Future is certainly odd and therefore fun to talk about but as a piece of dramatic art it runs into problems right away 
1
Crimes of the Future
Mark Hanson
David Cronenberg stares upon humanity 8217 s need to evolve toward some kind of survival with a serene 44 godlike assurance 46 
3
Crimes of the Future
Tomris Laffly
Provocatively feverish stuff from the dearly missed vintage annals of Cronenberg 46 
3
Tap World
Stephanie Merry
The movie is at its best when Hargrove shows rather than tells Anyone can appreciate these artists in motion all of whom prove the infectious appeal of a dance that doesn t just respond to rhythm but creates its own 
2.5
Electra Glide in Blue
Matt Brunson
A movie that 44 depending on one apos s point of view 44 is either the anti Easy Rider or a simpatico companion piece to Easy Rider 46 
3.5
Electra Glide in Blue
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet pervasively uneven and dated piece of work 
2
Reminiscing in Tempo
Maitland McDonagh
This puff piece is shapeless repetitive and feels much longer than it is 
2
Reminiscing in Tempo
Ed Gonzalez
Reminiscing in Tempo is simply not in sync with its subject matter 
2
Love at The Twilight Hotel;
Jennie Punter
While it could have used a narrative device to propel the mostly talking head material Love at the Twilight Motel is a thoughtful film that hits raw nerves 
2
The Boy Who Could Fly
Johanna Steinmetz
The unevenness in tone here makes watching The Boy Who Could Fly a little like hitting airpockets in a puddlejumper 
2
The Boy Who Could Fly
David Nusair
Filmmaker Castle has infused The Boy Who Could Fly with an exceedingly and often excessively deliberate pace that prevents the viewer from connecting to the material throughout 
2
The Boy Who Could Fly
Roger Ebert
Here is a sweet and innocent parable about a boy who could fly and about a girl who could fly too 
3
The Marquise of O...
Elliott Stein
This picture all gussied up into stage tableaux looks like a Goethe House Gala performed in Bloomingdale s Show Rooms 
1
Zombie for Sale
Roger Moore
A hoot cleverly conceived amusingly executed comically satisfying 
3
Man About Town
David Nusair
Binder s reliance on increasingly melodramatic elements effectively negates the film s few positive attributes 
1.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Robert W. Butler
All the dots are there but Malkovich and Shakespeare who adapted his book for the screen are very stingy about providing the connecting lines 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Forrest Hartman
As complicated and turtle slow as any picture you re likely to see and there s no emotional or intellectual payoff to reward the viewers who struggle to keep up 
1.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Steven Snyder
Suddenly the film s contrivances make sense and its shortcomings are nearly made up for in a final haunting sequence 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
John Beifuss
Just the type of carefully wrought somewhat chilly rather pretentious and extremely intelligent effort one would expect from Malkovich 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Duane Dudek
A haunting and deliberate complex and occasionally convoluted dance between fanaticism and stoicism 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Jeff Vice
Malkovich was the wrong choice of director Nothing here has the punch it deserves 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Sean P. Means
Intertwines the genres of romance and thriller like a double helix and the sensitive and crafty Malkovich never cheats one strand for the other
3.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Josh Larsen
Malkovich has managed to wrestle formidable source material onto the screen 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Rob Thomas
A thoughtful political thriller that has a lot to say about how terrorism works and fanaticism spreads 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Joe Baltake
While The Dancer Upstairs may have nothing else to remind us of Malkovich it does have a certain mystique itself 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Rene Rodriguez
It thrives on the hush before the explosion instead of its aftermath and it s that eerie sense of expectation that gives the film its thick aura of suspense 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Lisa Kennedy
Moving melancholy and yes political 
3.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Terry Lawson
Reflects its director being intelligent and elegantly turned out but distant 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a wishy washy picture Malkovich should have whole heartedly embraced either the politics or the pulp 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Moira MacDonald
The film may strike some viewers as slow paced it certainly struck me that way at least some of the time but it s a pleasure seeing actors particularly Bardem given time to breathe 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Mick LaSalle
An adult piece of work made up mainly of quiet emotional scenes and detailed performances 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
David Elliott
Wonderfully located but sometimes remote film 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Ty Burr
Far from perfect but completely unique the film could best be described as a paranoid South American metaphysical political thriller you heard me and whatever its failures they re not ones of nerve or imagination 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Emily Blunt
The Dancer Upstairs is highly recommend this for any film viewers willing to give a script time to unfold 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Chris Hewitt
You may find yourself wishing Dancer had more energy but then Bardem s performance and the oddball jokes get their hooks into you 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Steven Rea
An elegant and intelligent drama 
3.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Glenn Lovell
Smart upmarket entertainment 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Peter Travers
From this tangled web Malkovich weaves something delicate and devastating 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Jeanne Aufmuth
The core investigation offers little urgency and a less than satisfying payoff 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Glenn Kenny
Malkovich is more interested in hitting notes of elegiac lyricism than delivering socko action this is a thriller that means to get under your skin rather than make you leap from your seat 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Liam Lacey
After an initially engrossing start it stumbles through a series of implausible coincidences and murky events barely held together by the magnetic performance of Javier Bardem 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Roger Ebert
It moves with a compelling intensity toward its conclusion 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
David Nusair
Though Malkovich does a nice job in establishing the look and feel of this country his lack of restraint in trimming the story s excesses is what ultimately turns the film into an overlong bore 
1.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Bob Strauss
Much like the film s quizzical romance its mystery aspects often lead to head scratching 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Jack Mathews
It s sober deliberate self consciously mysterious and no fun at all 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Megan Lehmann
Although Malkovich has a good eye for composition and a deft way with rat a tat dialogue Dancer sags in a few too many places 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Joshua Tanzer
Squanders the intensity of its strongest moments by running away from its own political implications not to mention by being in the wrong damn language 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Leigh Johnson
The Dancer Upstairs finds just the right balance between private drama and the political world and may open some eyes to the value of independent thought 
3.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Pam Grady
A good film but with another run through the editing room it could have been great 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
David Sterritt
Bardem is easily up to his part of the job but Malkovich has a weakness for unfocused mood setting and cinematic meandering that dilute the movie s emotional strength 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Mike Clark
Bardem marvelously underplays here as a man getting resigned to lifelong weariness in both his personal and professional lives 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
John Anderson
Javier Bardem is terrific as usual in a film that hovers between genres albeit with considerable grace 
3
The Dancer Upstairs
Michael Wilmington
A promising film rather than a fully realized one an ambitious but cloudy tale through which the warm rays of a luminous intelligence and sympathy occasionally glint 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
James Berardinelli
Little other than the love story subplot to energize the proceedings many viewers will find that for all its grace The Dancer Upstairs moves too slowly 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Steve Rhodes
Director John Malkovich does a slow motion Costa Gavras 
2
The Dancer Upstairs
Ian Mantgani
Stretches are terrific but the slow pacing becomes methodical and the final stretches which should be lingering and reflecting on emotional threads simply end up ponderous 
2.5
The Dancer Upstairs
Harvey S. Karten
Though character driven there is heart pounding tension in this spy story John Malkovich s directorial debut 
3.5
Legion of the Dead
Walter Chaw
Sort of like how I imagine Samuel Beckett would read while huffing accelerant 
0.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Federico Furzan
An unnecessary sequel that has nothing to do with the fantastic spirit the first Goosebumps adaptation had Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Josh Terry
The premise is weak and moviegoers are left with a lot of Halloween themed mayhem with no substance but that mayhem may be right up the younger kids alley 
2
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Roger Moore
Half the laughs half the frights
1.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Sarah Knight Adamson
Parents proceed with caution as Slappy may be too scary for the younger set although generally a fun Halloween family film for all ages 
3
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Sara Michelle Fetters
Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween didn t scare up any of my interest my ghostly indifference to Sarah Sonny and Sam s collective plight a most frightening outcome to say the least 
2
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Christian Toto
Horror purists may scoff but the second entry in the franchise delivers exactly what budding genre fans deserve 
3
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Nell Minow
The cinematic equivalent of a fun size candy bar 
3
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Kate Taylor
The safely scary and often amusing formula holds 
3
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Mark Dujsik
Such genre pieces almost always follow the law of diminishing returns T his series skips the diminishing part and jumps right into the arena of diminished 
1.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Dustin Putman
Involving thoroughly atmospheric and altogether satisfying For 90 minutes it celebrates the season of the witch with celebratory imagination and mirthful energy to spare 
2.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Nick Vadala
Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween though fun comes off more like a direct to video adaptation of the original s story than a stand alone addition to the franchise 
2.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Sean P. Means
All the humor and charm that anyone tries to muster gets sucked into the whirlwind of animated monsters thrown at the screen 
1.5
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Peter Hartlaub
Go with modest expectations and a kid who can t wait to see the film and you ll have a pretty good time 
2.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Duane Dudek
An energetically told tale with eccentric characters to spare and a nostalgically bittersweet tone 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Peter Debruge
treats its audience like a bunch of attention deficit disorder cases 
2
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Jeff Rusnak
It s a rags to riches story that shows how American money and imagination revolutionized not just a team but the entire sport of soccer back then and still to this day 
3.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
David Elliott
New York went bust so did the team yet scattered seeds for smarter soccer growth later 
2.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Terry Lawson
Once in a Lifetime would have benefited greatly from historical and outside perspective but the story on screen is such a kick that even monotone narrator Matt Dillon gets caught up in the excitement 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Chris Hewitt
The movie is ultimately too long and too this no name player was traded for that no name player detailed for casual viewers 
2
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Moira MacDonald
An energetic and often enjoyable documentary particularly for soccer fans 
2.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
G. Allen Johnson
Once in a Lifetime does a wonderful job of showing that this collection of foreigners playing a foreign sport forged one of the great American sports stories 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Wesley Morris
The movie is only so so borrowing a little from the VH 1 school of popumentary but lacking the snazzy production values 
2.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Glenn Whipp
A slick gossipy documentary that pulses to the strains of James Brown Parliament and the Love Unlimited Orchestra as it glosses over facts to make its questionable case for the Cosmos 
2.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is not an exercise in fabricated nostalgia but a raucous chronicle of defeat snatched from the jaws of victory 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Willie Waffle
Crowder and Dower wonderfully coax the participants to tell us everything and present it in a very entertaining engaging and informative way that will have fans and non fans laughing all the way
3.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Kevin M. Williams
You don t need to be a soccer fan to like Cosmos fans fall for this captivating tale told in Rashomon like style 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Matt Pais
Aptly portrays the country s brief love affair with soccer and acknowledges that it will continue to thrive whether we re paying attention or not 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Maitland McDonagh
Crowder and Dower s film is a refreshing reminder that without the Cosmos brief and shining moment in the sun suburban soccer leagues would be as rare as collegiate boccie tournaments 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Gary Goldstein
A colorful time capsule of 1970s New York the doc s jauntiness is enhanced by its many charismatic characters and a funky wall to wall soundtrack 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Lisa Rose
The documentary offers enough color and depth to hold your interest and leave you keen to see the World Cup finals 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Lou Lumenick
No Hollywood scriptwriter would dare make up a tale as outrageously unlikely but as it happens true as the one so entertainingly told in the documentary Once in a Lifetime The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Jack Mathews
Once in a Lifetime performs a belated autopsy on the Cosmos and the North American Soccer League and basically concludes that they died of impatience 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Peter Canavese
An enlightening look back at how the world s sport briefly took off in the US 
3
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Stephen Williams
Told in a breezy fast cut style and backed by a boisterous soundtrack that ranges from Puccini to James Brown Lifetime focuses on the players on the field and off that made the Cosmos such a super if short lived team 
2.5
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Nick Schager
The film is an uncanny reflection of soccer itself intermittently engaging but generally a dramatically inert bore 
1.5
Get Carter
Brian Eggert
Get Carter is the volatile gangster film that solidified the British culture s embrace of the genre 
3.5
Get Carter
David Nusair
the movie s faults are generally rendered moot by Caine s perpetually and impressively electrifying turn as the vicious protagonist 
2.5
Get Carter
Roger Ebert
A tense hard boiled crime movie that uses Michael Caine for once as the sure possessor of all his unconscious authority 
3
Jules and Jim
Josh Larsen
playfulness is the defining characteristic even if what it largely entails is a tragic gender gap of fatal proportions 
4
Jules and Jim
James Kendrick
complicates any easy sense of what true freedom really entails
4
Jules and Jim
Chuck Rudolph
Jules and Jim is sad yet humorous breathless yet contemplative universal yet hermetic 
3.5
Jules and Jim
Roger Ebert
There is joy in the filmmaking that feels fresh today and felt audacious at the time 
4
Awake
Rossiter Drake
Writer director Joby Harold s debut is stylishly self assured and suspenseful enough to quicken the pulse 
3
Awake
Linda Cook
Is this goofy misguided movie enough to keep you Awake Probably but only if you re laughing during this unintentionally comical drama 
1.5
Awake
Mike McGranaghan
The movie offers twist upon twist upon twist with no actual plot 
2.5
Awake
Liam Lacey
With a couple of more drafts to mend the plot holes and restructure the middle act Awake could have been saved 
2
Awake
Chris Hewitt
I m sure if I saw Awake again I d find plot holes you could drive a monster truck through but on first viewing I thought it was slick goofy entertainment 
2.5
Awake
Bruce DeMara
The plot has more holes in it than a tea bag and the film should come with a warning label don t go see with anyone with even a modicum of medical knowledge because they ll surely spend the film huffing and rolling their eyes skyward 
2
Awake
Jan Stuart
If you have an ax to grind with someone who harbors a morbid fear of surgery you couldn t design a better revenge than taking them to see Awake 
1.5
Awake
Sean McBride
apart from the squirm inducing premise there s not much else going on in the movie 
2
Awake
Jack Mathews
Possibly the worst movie of 2007 and certainly the worst movie ever made featuring the spirits of dying people discussing their futures and sharing mortal flashbacks 
0
Awake
Wesley Morris
The movie tries going for a laugh or two It even makes stabs at irony But since none of the story is suspenseful remotely believable or at the very least cheaply entertaining who cares 
1
Awake
James Berardinelli
The way characters interact with each other and the manner in which the master plan unfolds will stretch the credulity of even the most generous viewer 
2
Awake
Roger Ebert
Accuracy is not the point Suspense is And from the moment Clay realizes he is not fully under anesthesia and can hear and feel everything that is happening the movie had me 
3
Awake
Gary Brown
You ll laugh out loud when you see the operating room which looks like something out of an early Woody Allen comedy 
1.5
Awake
Dustin Putman
So screechingly obvious by the 15 minute mark that all the viewer is left to do for the remainder of the running time is wait around for the slow witted machinations of the script to catch up 
1.5
Awake
Gina Carbone
Silly but fans of Christensen and Alba should be pleased 
2
Awake
Ken Fox
What a waste Check out Hitchcock s Breakdown or Aldo Lado s 1971 Italian giallo Long Night of the Short Dolls for a far better treatments of the same subject 
1.5
Awake
Josh Larsen
I can t think of less business savvy premise for a movie than that of Awake 
1.5
Rooms for Tourists
Maitland McDonagh
This spare downbeat shocker shows considerable promise within the scope of its own modest ambitions 
2.5
The Golden Dream
Mick LaSalle
For most of its running time it s a bit of a slog To some degree it s a rewarding slog and yet even then not entirely 
2
The Golden Dream
Stephanie Merry
What these kids endure could easily read as melodrama on the page but the movie with its shaky camera work and amateur cast including extras who were actual migrants maintains a stark realism 
3
The Golden Dream
Kent Turner
The point of view is effortlessly empathetic In a year where there have already been numerous films showcasing great non professional casts this one joins the ranks 
3
Being Evel
Glenn Kenny
It doesn t illuminate the guy s character beyond what s obvious Nor does it bestow much depth upon Knievel 
2.5
Being Evel
Roger Moore
Warts and all but joyous and laugh out loud audacious 
3
Being Evel
Anders Wright
Meticulously researched and interestingly presented Being Evel works because just as it looks as though it might devolve into a sycophantic bit of hero worship it changes gears and looks at the other side of the icon 
3
Being Evel
Moira MacDonald
It s ultimately a pretty sad story and definitely not a flattering one 
3
Being Evel
Sean P. Means
A fast and fun ride through the life of one of America s strangest icons 
3
Being Evel
Christian Toto
Imagine how high Evel Knievel would have soared in our social media age 
3
Just Anybody
David Nusair
an entirely needless cinematic experiment 
.5
The Journals of Musan
Burl Burlingame
A journey through a world of moral and ethical conundrums makes a sobering couple of hours and also a lively discussion afterwards for amateur Christian theologians 
2
The Journals of Musan
Kent Turner
The film features one of the most beautifully directed scenes I ve seen in a long time
3
The Journals of Musan
Kenji Fujishima
If The Journals of Musan indicates anything it s that people for the most part either can t or simply aren t willing to comprehend the circumstances behind others actions 
3
Happy Face
Tom Meek
Franchi s movement is not all upswing it moves in some very dark and perverse ebbs 
3
Happy Face
Randy Myers
It s an uncompromising feature that doesn t shy away from hard conversations 
3.5
Happy Face
Roger Moore
A challenging uplifting and life affirming Canadian dramedy that arrived to little fanfare a couple of years back but which deserves to finally find its audience as it hits the major streaming services 
3
Now & Later
Kam Williams
The most sexplicit romp you ll encounter in theaters this year guaranteed 
3
Now & Later
V.A. Musetto
Sex or politics Politics or sex Director writer Philippe Diaz can t decide what Now Later should be about So he mixes the two and comes up with a murky mess 
1
Now & Later
Ed Gonzalez
Shrilly over written and artlessly directed by Philippe Diaz and with the same presumptuousness he brought to the documentary The End of Povery 
1
The Mod Squad
Chris Kridler
Fans of the TV show say it was cool The movie is kind of cool too but it tastes like cold leftovers after an hour and a half of stupidity 
2
The Mod Squad
Jami Bernard
Whatever countercultural kick the original Mod Squad had going for it it has long since faded like a favorite pair of blue jeans the kind you remember fondly but wouldn t dream of wearing again 
1
The Mod Squad
David Sterritt
Everyone works hard but the results are sadly short of style and personality or irony and intelligence 
1
The Mod Squad
Mark Caro
Maybe someone thought a new Mod Squad would be hip but it s just a big jive turkey 
1
The Mod Squad
Sandra Contreras
No one expects much from movie adaptations of TV shows but complete incoherence and boredom is a bit too much to bear 
1.5
The Mod Squad
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mindless stylish fun 
3
The Mod Squad
Jim Shelby
This is a pristine example of incoherent storyline mixed with poor editing and limp writing 
2
The Mod Squad
Jeffrey Westhoff
The first big screen resurrection aimed squarely at a generation that probably never heard of much less watched the original TV show 
1
The Mod Squad
Bob Graham
Plays like a 90 minute version of the old television show That s not necessarily bad 
2
The Mod Squad
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of movie that isn t even worth renting when it comes out on video because with the possible exception of Michael Lerner and Omar Epps dancing to show tunes you ve seen it all before 
2
The Mod Squad
Roger Ebert
The Mod Squad has an intriguing cast a director who knows how to use his camera and a lot of sly humor Shame about the story 
2
The Mod Squad
Rob Blackwelder
If it looks like a bad 70s cop show sounds like a bad 70s cop show and has a plot like a bad 70s cop show what s the point of making a feature film Just watch a bad 70s cop show if you can find one 
2
The Mod Squad
Dustin Putman
A terminally thin virtually motionless action film 
2
The Mod Squad
Michael Dequina
A study in how a surefire idea gets botched in the execution 
1
The Mod Squad
Elias Savada
The Mod Squad is 1 Sexy 2 Cool 3 Mod 4 None of the above 5 And then some 
0
The Mod Squad
Eugene Novikov
Some may call this escapist fare I call it escape as quickly as you can fare 
1.5
The Mod Squad
Ross Anthony
The film starts out promising but ends up forgetting its promises 
.5
The Mod Squad
Steve Rhodes
Lame and lifeless 
1
The Mod Squad
Madeleine Williams
Subject yourself to this mindless movie in quantities larger than 30 seconds and you ll certainly regret it 
1
The Mod Squad
Jeff Vice
Not only is this lurid action thriller lacking wit and excitement it almost makes its source material look good by comparison 
1.5
Six Figures
Steve Rhodes
Underwritten and underacted the movie drags from one long scene to the next Since the characters all suffer from repressed emotions we never come to care about any of them 
1.5
Six Figures
Peter Howell
Without making its intentions explicit or resorting to extremes it presents a devastating portrait of the hazards of modern living where the relentless quest for success and wealth can push the psyche over the edge 
3
Six Figures
Jason Anderson
A smart and steely first feature by Calgary filmmaker David Christensen 
3
Hide & Seek
David Keyes
Not so much a study of characters as it is a simplified examination of behaviors all of them too far out of context to be the source of any significant dramatic depth 
2
You'll Get Over It
V.A. Musetto
Does anybody care 
1
You'll Get Over It
David Sterritt
The story s celebration of honesty is commendable even if the treatment of homophobia is no deeper than the hero s swimming pool 
2
Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa
Roger Moore
The conceit adventures of young and curious and inventive Leonardo Da Vinci is a good building block for a film Just not this one 
1.5
Ariel Phenomenon
Linda Cook
This is one of the most well researched 44 thought provoking documentaries you ever will see 46 It may change your worldview 46 
4
The Conscientious Objector
Steve Rhodes
Beautiful powerful and deeply moving 
3.5
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Maitland McDonagh
A down under fable with a sweet country music twang 
3
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
V.A. Musetto
Who knew Miranda Otto could sing like that 
2.5
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Michael O'Sullivan
Fans of Greenaway s work a mix of the brainy the controversial and the grotesque won t necessarily be surprised by any of this They may however be disappointed at how little of it actually works 
1.5
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Robert Horton
The style is stilted and sexually explicit and Greenaway doesn t quite manage to make the intriguing subject maintain interest 
2.5
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
John Hartl
This interpretation may not be strictly factual but it s a persuasive narrative and it brings out the strongest instincts in Greenaway whose most popular movie remains The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover 
3
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Ty Burr
The film s hyperactivity ultimately wears you down Is it possible to give a movie Ritalin Eisenstein in Guanajuato makes you want to try 
2.5
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Godfrey Cheshire
Greenaway hasn t made a really good film in a quarter century so the disappointments of Eisenstein in Guanajuato come as no surprise 
2
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Carson Lund
What comes through clearly by the end of the film is the act of one artist s eccentric generosity breathing new awareness into the life of another 
3
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Keith Uhlich
Comes to us wrapped in hand woven shawls of struggle and perseverance 
3
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Maitland McDonagh
While sumptuously beautiful the film is often stilted and undermined by some painfully amateurish performances that no good intentions can smooth over 
2.5
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
V.A. Musetto
The writing acting and direction are so amateurish that the only thing you ll care about is escaping the theater 
1
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Elizabeth Weitzman
The director approaches the enormity of his task with an earnest enthusiasm offering a likable alternative to the assembly line banality of so many family films 
2.5
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
John Anderson
Ambitious heartfelt and grand in both its ideas and its pride of place the Middle East the film suffers from its virtues 
2
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Ty Burr
In story structure performances pacing and dialogue the film s the work of a first timer In its deep love for an ancestral culture it shines 
2.5
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Jonathan Curiel
Rough around the edges it s still a formidable movie that s stunning visually 
3
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Eric Harrison
An accomplished first film that manages to comment on the current situation in the Middle East while dealing movingly and in very human terms with the importance of heritage and history in contemporary life 
3
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Kevin Crust
An overall satisfying experience 
3.5
All the Bright Places
Joey Magidson
Brett Haley one of the most underrated storytellers in the business along with writer Liz Hannah makes All the Bright Places a deeply impactful and moving experience 
3.5
All the Bright Places
Roger Moore
Schmaltzy a moon eyed teen romance that doesn t know when to drop the mike 
1.5
All the Bright Places
Christy Lemire
Elle Fanning and Justice Smith are gorgeous together and have lovely chemistry 
3
All the Bright Places
Johnny Oleksinski
In the grand scheme of YA films Bright Places is top shelf 
3
Henry V
Dave Kehr
There is a great deal of value in Branagh s version not least in his own lead performance as a soft indefinite Henry who defines himself over the course of the play 
3
Henry V
Roger Ebert
What works best in the film is the over all vision 
3.5
Henry V
Steve Rhodes
I could go on and on about this film 
4
Open Five 2
John Beifuss
Memphis actor filmmaker Kentucker Audley comes closer than ever before to creating a feature in which the difference between what is authentic and what is contrived becomes indistinguishable 
3.5
Kill Your Darlings
Perry Seibert
Kill Your Darlings is by no means perfect but it s an ambitious and promising first film that gives a handful of young actors the chance to work with a director who has a great deal on his mind 
3
Kill Your Darlings
David Nusair
one of the most incompetent and flat out interminable biopics to come around in quite some time 
0
Kill Your Darlings
David Keyes
Lively and driven personalities are indeed what made the Beat Generation what it was and what it continues to be Kill Your Darlings seems content however to find superficial imitations of them 
2
Kill Your Darlings
John Beifuss
A muddled and silly enterprise that wastes a wonderful central performance by Daniel Radcliffe as the young Allen Ginsberg 
2.5
Kill Your Darlings
Roger Moore
A grim murder and Daniel Radcliffe s big gay sex scene don t really tell us the story on how the Beats became the beats or why they matter 
2
Kill Your Darlings
Calvin Wilson
Bursting with hipster attitude and New York atmosphere the fact based Kill Your Darlings is a coming of age chronicle that morphs into a crime story without missing a beat 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Matt Brunson
Writer director John Krokidas and co scripter Austin Bunn have crafted an interesting if patchy film that at least fares better than the woeful On the Road in allowing these iconic figures to come alive on screen 
2.5
Kill Your Darlings
Moira MacDonald
Overall the movie seems to wander like the worst excesses of free verse needing a little structure to rein it in 
2.5
Kill Your Darlings
Chris Hewitt
It s smart and stylish And this Radcliffe kid may have a career ahead of him 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Connie Ogle
Dramatizing a passion for the written word on film can be tricky but in his feverish Kill Your Darlings first time director John Krokidas brings creative desire to life with vigor and emotion 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Steven Rea
Kill Your Darlings is a tale of inspiration then but also a tale of jealousy obsession homophobia and homicide It s a whirlwind 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Linda Barnard
A stylish looking story that often presents the players as self congratulating caricatures overly proud of their own cleverness 
2.5
Kill Your Darlings
Mick LaSalle
Ultimately two points of emphasis must be pared down to one and this is where Kill Your Darlings arriving at the fork in the road makes the wrong turn 
2
Kill Your Darlings
Michael O'Sullivan
Though based on fact the film is awash in delicious and difficult ambiguities 
3.5
Kill Your Darlings
Ty Burr
That Ginsberg is played by Daniel Radcliffe might come as a shock but the movie rolls on and you realize you re in very good hands 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Matt Pais
Reminds those who saw the overwritten The Counselor that precisely chosen words can sing on screen rather than stack up until the entire film topples over 
3.5
Kill Your Darlings
Peter Canavese
A lurid yet fascinating look into Allen Ginsberg s formative influences fearlessly explores dark places and the compulsion to exorcise the shadows and remake the world through art 
3.5
Kill Your Darlings
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The strong characters and the performances that drive them make Kill Your Darlings work 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Robert Levin
The movie is fundamentally a look at how Allen Ginsberg became Allen Ginsberg so it s rife with the thrill of artistic discovery 
3.5
Kill Your Darlings
Christy Lemire
A sort of Muppet Babies version of the Beat poets 
1.5
Kill Your Darlings
Stephen Whitty
The only thing it really kills is about an hour and a half 
2
Kill Your Darlings
Peter Travers
Sex lies betrayal and murder set among the gods of the Beat Generation That s Kill Your Darlings a dark beauty of a film that gets inside your head and stays there 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Rex Reed
From the incense soaked bohemian off campus parties to the source music by Jo Stafford and the Andrews Sisters the period atmosphere evokes style But something is missing here like a clear perspective 
2
Kill Your Darlings
Lou Lumenick
The excellently acted fact inspired Kill Your Darlings is a consistently interesting origin story with impressive period details 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Claudia Puig
This multi faceted tale part murder mystery part coming of age story part intellectual disquisition of a socio literary movement is well shot assuredly directed and sharply written by Krokidas and Austin Bunn 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Jeff Beck
Kill Your Darlings succeeds in that it s much more of a character piece with a supporting narrative as opposed to the other way around 
3
Kill Your Darlings
Bill Weber
An overmatched star and a scarcity of eccentricity sink this hip lit origin story from director John Krokidas 
2
The Last New Yorker
Christian Blauvelt
Wang s geriatric bromance isn t so much a love letter to New York as it is Grumpy Old Mensches 
1.5
The Last New Yorker
Joe Neumaier
Wang tracks his guys like the documentarian he is and if the movie feels a bit canned thanks to Adam Forgash s unoriginal script classic NYC spots and a big heart make it feel like home 
2
The Last New Yorker
V.A. Musetto
Adam Forgash s script is a generic collection of schmaltz and implausibility 
2
The Last New Yorker
Stephen Whitty
There were reasons to hope that The Last New Yorker would be better than this 
2
The Last New Yorker
Kam Williams
A measured minimalist masterpiece which is mostly a sweet homage to such rapidly disappearing Manhattan trademarks of yore as the neighborhood bar and the corner diner 
4
F*ck Love Too
Roger Moore
As bland as day old porridge 44 with all the sex appeal of an unsolicited 8220 d 42 ck pic 46 8221 
1.5
Ghajini
Michael Dequina
Aamir Khan as usual displays his fierce commitment to the role whether nimbly performing a besotted song and dance or brutally kicking all manner of ss on his warpath 
3
Casa Grande
Diego Semerene
The film uses its critique of white privilege as a means to woo the legitimizing gaze of international audiences 
1
Best Friends
Roger Ebert
So far this sounds like a series of fairly predictable scenes But they re redeemed by the writing and acting The dialogue doesn t sound like reprocessed sitcom and there are charming moments 
3.5
Best Friends
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Best Friends fares best in its compulsively watchable opening stretch 
2.5
99 Women
Walter Chaw
Plays like how a lot of Eyes Wide Shut probably should have played 
2.5
Naked Boys Singing
Sid Smith
Naked Boys live are a hoot Frozen on celluloid they re tacky 
1
Naked Boys Singing
Paul Schrodt
Naked Boys Singing is the biggest waste of d k since Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain 
1
Naked Boys Singing
Maitland McDonagh
A restaged version of the long running Off Broadway revue of the same title Naked Boys Singing delivers exactly what it promises 
2.5
Naked Boys Singing
Lou Lumenick
It s obviously not for all tastes but there s going to be an appreciative audience for any musical whose opening number is Gratuitous Nudity 
2.5
Naked Boys Singing
Kam Williams
Alternately silly and shocking yet ultimately moving this raunchy musical revue cleverly reveals the vulnerability of ubiquitous nudity as a window to the human soul 
3.5
Higher Love
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Higher Love reveals utter extremity becoming dismally banal 
3
Higher Love
Roger Moore
Sad infuriating and compelling
3
Higher Love
Erik Childress
It is never an easy watch seeing people destroy themselves like this but Oswald gives us an opportunity to get to know them mostly using Daryl s story to trace a period time well past the birth of their son 
3
The Price of Sugar
Wesley Morris
It s been conceived and executed as an instrument of human rights and a tool of shame But it s the political controversy that s at the heart of this movie the contempt that one poor country feels toward its somewhat poorer neighbor 
2.5
The Price of Sugar
Walter V. Addiego
In this compelling documentary narrated by Paul Newman Hartley comes off as a man of intense will and he needs to be 
3
The Price of Sugar
Elizabeth Weitzman
Illuminating and deeply distressing 
3
The Price of Sugar
Jim Hemphill
Uplifting and enraging in equal measures Bill Haney s The Price of Sugar is a powerful issue driven documentary that also happens to have one of the most compelling heroes of any movie this year 
4
The Price of Sugar
Nick Schager
The director s investigation has a clear sighted persuasiveness as well as a formidable complex central figure in the person of Father Christopher Hartley 
3
Hulk Vs.
Rob Vaux
It probably ranks higher than either of the live action Hulk movies at once humbler in its aims and keener in its understanding of the character 
3
Hulk Vs.
Peter Canavese
Marvel s new deal with Madhouse Studio bodes well for the future The Japanese animation giant has the chops to produce spectacular dynamic colorful stylish animation or rather anime that s an evolutionary leap for Marvel on the small screen 
3
The Thin Man
Brian Eggert
The Thin Man remains an unparalleled mixture of laughs and suspense that many have imitated but none have equaled 
4
The Thin Man
Matt Brunson
This classic clicks on all cylinders 
4
The Thin Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even after 70 years this extraordinarily entertaining romantic comedy mystery is still fresh and holds up to repeated viewings mostly thanks to William Powell and Myrna Loy s sparkling chemistry 
4
The Thin Man
Roger Ebert
The Thin Man was one of the most popular films of 1934 inspired five sequels and was nominated for four Oscars best picture actor direction and screenplay Yet it was made as an inexpensive B picture 
4
The Thin Man
David Nusair
The Thin Man is an always entertaining little movie but not much more than that 
2.5
Land and Freedom
Gene Siskel
An unsuccessful attempt 
2.5
Morning Glory
Linda Cook
Becky is cute entirely too conversational and consumed by her career And as portrayed by the equally adorable Rachel McAdams in Morning Glory she is funny sweet and endearing 
3
Morning Glory
David Nusair
An energetic and entertaining comedy 
3
Morning Glory
Keith Cohen
The movie is unevenly paced with wild shifts in tone It too often goes for the cheap and easy laugh It is entertaining enough to get a passing grade but borders on being a pilot episode for a prime time television sitcom 
2.5
Morning Glory
Matt Brunson
Morning Glory is basically Working Girl for dummies But even dummies need movies and better ones than genuine rotgut like Due Date or The Bounty Hunter and this comedy has enough charm poise and class to satisfy viewers of all IQs 
3
Morning Glory
Lawrence Toppman
McAdams is a ball of fire as the flailing unbalanced but always lovable Becky 
3
Morning Glory
Robert Levin
The film offers an appealing lead performance from Rachel McAdams and an engaging rendering of the clashes and split second decisions that complicate live broadcasts 
3
Morning Glory
Karla Peterson
Lou Grant would kick this caffeinated fluff ball to the curb within the first few minutes 
2
Morning Glory
Peter Travers
Morning Glory is a tart terrific comedy that gives Harrison Ford his best and funniest role in years 
2.5
Morning Glory
Erik Childress
One of the most confused screenplays of the year makes it the morning show equivalent of Broadcast News only with compromised standards encouraged 
2
Morning Glory
Christian Toto
Rachel McAdams proves perkier than a dozen Katie Courics in Morning Glory
3
Morning Glory
Peter Keough
Panders to the lowest common denominator 
2
Morning Glory
Thelma Adams
It plods along 
2
Morning Glory
Willie Waffle
McAdams is rolling out her best Julia Roberts impression Ford is trying to be the ultimate grumpy old man It can t be all that bad can it No but it could be better 
2.5
Morning Glory
Sara Michelle Fetters
It starts with McAdams She is beyond priceless as Becky Without question this is one of the finest multifaceted and highly nuanced performances of the year 
3.5
Morning Glory
James Berardinelli
Despite the conventional manner in which the story is resolved Morning Glory generates enough entertainment good will and genuine laughs to make it hard to dislike 
3
Morning Glory
Duane Dudek
Morning Glory becomes a lot like the morning shows it spoofs all personality and no substance 
2.5
Morning Glory
Chris Hewitt
It s pretty fun but it s nothing special 
2.5
Morning Glory
Lou Lumenick
It includes more than a few clever lines and boasts a stellar cast including the underutilized Diane Keaton 
2.5
Morning Glory
Kate Taylor
The movie does show some welcome wit as it satirizes the idiocies of morning TV until it starts repeating itself in the second half 
2
Morning Glory
Ann Hornaday
Precious little rings true 
2
Morning Glory
Robert W. Butler
McAdams goes beyond the cute young thing and makes Becky a workaholic who s a bit challenged in the love department It s not much but it s enough to keep our interest 
2.5
Morning Glory
Rob Thomas
Although the occasional montage lays things on a bit thick Morning Glory moves at an engaging pace developing a snappy rhythm that s all too rare in modern comedies 
3.5
Morning Glory
Rex Reed
For the most part Morning Glory is a delicious movie that will make you jump for joy 
3
Morning Glory
Matt Soergel
A frothy bit of entertainment that never gets tired of the glow that radiates off Rachel McAdams 
2.5
Morning Glory
Rene Rodriguez
Ford was funnier in Extraordinary Measures than he is here and that was a movie about terminally ill children 
2
Morning Glory
Peter Howell
It doesn t pay to have a good memory or high standards when appraising Morning Glory a fitfully amusing broadcast satire that unfortunately invites comparisons to sharper times and pens 
2
Morning Glory
Mick LaSalle
It s a portrait of a young woman and her world but both are undercut by one note heavy handed comic acting 
2
Morning Glory
Joe Williams
Mainstream moviemaking at its most proficient with a zippy script comfort food casting and a breakout performance by a deserving star 
3
Morning Glory
Scott Bowles
This just in Morning Glory can t decide whether to skewer the morning news or wallow in its pap 
2
Morning Glory
Moira MacDonald
Morning Glory is undeniably enjoyable as it bounces along in its messy way Michell bless him keeps the pace snappy but you just wish it were a little smarter 
2.5
Morning Glory
Dustin Putman
A good movie that could have become a great one 
2.5
Morning Glory
Carrie Rickey
In rhythm humor and performance Morning Glory is at best sporadic 
2.5
Morning Glory
Ty Burr
The movie s a pleasant and occasionally hilarious ride even if there s a bait and switch at its core 
2.5
Morning Glory
Roger Moore
Even the fluff feels recycled here 
2
Morning Glory
Michael Phillips
The rom com equivalent of a glass half full 
2.5
Morning Glory
Roger Ebert
Morning Glory is a funny entertainment to begin with and then Rachel McAdams transforms it And Harrison Ford transforms himself 
3.5
Morning Glory
Stephen Whitty
It s a good enough movie But it came this close to being great 
3
Morning Glory
Bill Weber
Best case fallout from this joyless TV land lemon Harrison Ford is driven into retirement Diane Keaton gets a morning show 
.5
Colonia
Glenn Kenny
Watson and Bruhl give it their best and Nyqvist makes a powerful villain but Colonia winds up being a movie that wants to get its way on too many levels and winds up not satisfying on most of them 
2
Colonia
Michael O'Sullivan
Although genuinely gripping at times uncomfortably so the tale of Lena and Daniel s efforts to escape from Colonia and expose its abuses suffers from a heavy handed telling 
2.5
Colonia
Oleg Ivanov
Nothing more than leftwing exploitation cinema a cheap thriller dressed up in the guise of a social justice expos 
1
Colonia
Marty Mapes
It works really well as an entertainment but more importantly because it doesn t seem to disrespect the reality of Colonia Dignidad 
3.5
Hilda Crane
Matt Brunson
The film often defaults to expected conformity 
2.5
Desperados
David Nusair
An almost prototypically lazy modern comedy 
1.5
Desperados
Peter Canavese
Another resort set rom com that strings together attempts at outrageous sexual humor while trying to convince us to have faith in a truly horrid protagonist 
1
Desperados
Robert Levin
The logical leap required to accept a premise as monumentally stupid as this one transcends mere suspension of disbelief and lands somewhere more troubling 
1
Desperados
Roger Moore
Exercise your automatic out avoid the desperation of all involved 
1.5
Desperados
Tomris Laffly
Among the most abysmal romantic comedies that came out of this century 
1
Desperados
Barry Hertz
If you like jokes that end with someone exclaiming Ow my balls then this my disturbing friend is the film for you 
2
Desperados
Johnny Oleksinski
Nothing is very funny in Desperados but plenty is yucky and or moronic 
1.5
Desperados
Mick LaSalle
There are weaknesses in Desperados jokes that are pushed too hard contrivances that seem arbitrary But if a comedy is funny it s 90 there and Desperados is funny 
3
Into Invisible Light
Brad Wheeler
The softly romantic drama Into Invisible Light is thoughtful a touch pretentious and extremely well acted 
3
Jim
Glenn Heath Jr.
It s never a good sign when a movie begins with a polished yet cold infomercial with slyly conformist undertones representing a soulless corporation selling day after tomorrow possibilities to a fearful public 
0.5
Jim
Mike Hale
Unfortunately each narrative strand is so packed with straight out of writing class dialogue that the film feels longer than its hour and 46 minute running time 
2
Chennai Express
Namrata Joshi
It calls for no cinematic celebration nor does it leave you with any major complaints and grievances 
2
Chennai Express
Danny Bowes
It s just enough of a change of pace for Rohit Shetty to seem like a radical step forward without being so much of one as to be unrecognizable as it s still funny and exciting and the visuals pop 
3
The Little Hours
Frank Ochieng
a corruptible comedy that brings its satirical cynicism to the forefront in devilish fashion Unapologetic with its indecent wry wink at unconventional Church related moral fragility a bad habit for a trio of noxious nuns on the run 
3
The Little Hours
Mark Sommer
The Little Hours is a fun romp that aims low and mostly stays there right where it belongs 
3
The Little Hours
Roger Moore
Funny enough But just an R rated Medieval comic sketch stretched to feature film length 
2.5
The Little Hours
Rob Thomas
It s funny and almost sweet in showing the gulf between the pious believers that these characters want to be and the banal flawed people they really are Hey these people survived the Black Death shouldn t they be allowed to have a little fun 
3
The Little Hours
J. R. Jones
Whether or not Baena does right by Boccaccio he definitely does right by Aubrey Plaza his girlfriend and indie comedy s reigning queen of mean 
3
The Little Hours
Sara Michelle Fetters
Baena orchestrates events with confidence and flair allowing his amazingly talented cast room to frolic as they all work in tandem to make the material come alive with a rebellious zeal that s ingenious 
3
The Little Hours
Sean P. Means
With only an outline for a script Baena counted on his cast to improvise the dialogue and it turns out all these funny people don t automatically make for a naturally funny movie 
2
The Little Hours
Barry Hertz
No matter how obvious the set up what if men and women of the cloth were rude and sexy the cast gives every scene just enough of a deadpan spin to sell it at least for the first hour 
2.5
The Little Hours
Mark Dujsik
It s easy to admire the efforts of the cast here It s much harder to admire the result 
2
The Little Hours
Richard Roeper
True The Little Hours is essentially a one joke comedy but most of the jokes under the umbrellas of that one joke are pretty damn I mean darn funny 
3
The Little Hours
Bruce DeMara
Medieval purists prepare to cringe 
3
The Little Hours
Michael Phillips
The strategy works surprisingly well I liked a lot of writer director Jeff Baena s picture it may be a one joke movie but I ve seen comedies recently that would ve killed for that many 
3
The Little Hours
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A wry delight 
3
The Little Hours
Sonny Bunch
The Little Hours has one of the worst laughs per minute per genius comic actor ratios I ve ever experienced in my filmgoing life 
1.5
The Little Hours
Ann Hornaday
The Little Hours is a bawdy bagatelle that has more than a few droll moments But it was probably at its most pleasurable and amusing in the making 
2
The Little Hours
Peter Keough
The film manages to be both crudely hilarious and bluntly satiric while also establishing sympathetic characters a sharp contemporary wit a sly dry absurdism and a Handmaid s Tale like subversiveness 
3
The Little Hours
Mick LaSalle
Though very funny The Little Hours remains low key and subtle in its effects There s no winking or nudging no straining for laughs Baena devised the material and he trusts it 
4
The Little Hours
Sheila O'Malley
A riotous medieval era sex romp played with lunatic conviction by a great cast 
4
The Little Hours
Chuck Bowen
For all its hip ludicrousness The Little Hours has a point to almost earnestly riff on how atheism has taken hold of 21st century America by rooting our nation s moors in a time of great austerity sexism classism and persecution 
3
The Little Hours
Rick Bentley
A word of warning The Little Hours is an assault on conventional religious thinking that will most likely shock those who expect this movie to show any respect toward the Church 
3
The Little Hours
Mike McGranaghan
The Little Hours is one wild and crazy movie Hysterically funny plain and simple 
3
Hero Wanted
David Nusair
inevitably comes off as yet another ineffective actioner that has direct to video written all over it 
2
Distant Constellation
Mattie Lucas
A keenly observed fantasia on the nature of time and memory 
3.5
Distant Constellation
Diego Semerene
Director Shevaun Mizrahi s documentary Distant Constellation is a master class in the art of the portrait 
3.5
Drive Hard
Stephen Whitty
It s no fresher than its title a long chase movie with Cusack as master thief and Thomas Jane as his reluctant accomplice 
1.5
Drive Hard
Tirdad Derakhshani
You know there s something fundamentally wrong with Drive Hard less than five seconds in It opens on a shot of star Thomas Jane sporting an absurd mop of a hairdo that might have been borrowed from a Raggedy Ann doll 
1
Drive Hard
Mike McGranaghan
Feels like the work of a computer program that analyzed dozens of popular movies in different genres then self generated a screenplay that tried to incorporate elements from all of them 
1.5
Drive Hard
Kyle Smith
It doesn t exactly work up a sweat devising an interesting plot villains but the badinage between the odd couple makes the time pass painlessly enough 
2
Drive Hard
Roger Moore
Scruffy low budget the driving is weak but in some weird way Jane and Cusack have chemistry and make this fitfully amusing 
2
Drive Hard
Chuck Bowen
Drive Hard is the action film equivalent of one of those folks who relentlessly speak of having it tough all over as they plan their third yearly vacation 
1
Piglet's Big Movie
Bill Chambers
Did we need another Disney flick with an anthology structure 
1.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Susannah Gora
It s a pleasure to let yourself feel no irony no cynicism nothing really but a sort of lulling contentment as you learn of the adventures had by a plucky little Piglet with a heart as big as anything 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Dan Lybarger
Piglet s Big Movie is an agreeable if fitfully entertaining introduction to Milne s characters But it s no substitute for going by the book 
2
Piglet's Big Movie
Linda Cook
It s so good to have friends regardless of how little they may be 
3.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Piglet s Big Movie like The Tigger Movie before it has an innocence and a sweetness to it that is welcome It put a smile on the face of this big kid 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Kit Bowen
Piglet s Big Movie is a delightfully entertaining film for young children showing them that even smallest person can be the big hero 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Gary Brown
a safe haven for young viewers 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Tor Thorsen
A far cry from the grand Pooh bahs of Milne s day 
1.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Laura Kelly
Disney has packaged a solid message about appreciation in a honey pot of a film that moves along quickly enough to keep the interest of younger Pooh fans 
2.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Moira MacDonald
Nothing much has changed in the 100 Acre Wood and that s how it should be for little pigs and little people 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
C.W. Nevius
This is harmless fun for the kindergarten crowd but even they will notice that the Blustery Day video they ve been playing at home is a lot better 
2
Piglet's Big Movie
Megan Lehmann
Piglet the gosh darned cute sidekick of Winnie the Pooh manages to carry this warm and fuzzy animated feature on his wee shoulders 
2.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Glenn Whipp
A warm fun and genial movie that rates as inspired entertainment for kids 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Ray Conlogue
I suggest you get out the books which for once can truly be said to be more spectacular than the movie 
2
Piglet's Big Movie
Jeff Vice
There s something about a film that espouses the virtues of loyalty compassion and hard work that is pretty appealing 
2.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Ty Burr
If you ve got some very small fry on your hands and 75 minutes to kill this is as bright colorful and fuzzy as you re going to get 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Mary-Liz Shaw
A better narrative than Tigger and more faithful to the original stories with deeper more meaningful themes 
2.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Jan Stuart
Speaking as someone who has not visited the planet of Milne in decades I was pleased to return to a place where words such as eureka and aha are central to the vocabulary expressions of discovery and affirmation 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
John Monaghan
With his typical charm and grace Piglet proves again that great things can come in small packages 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Claudia Puig
Poor Piglet doesn t gets his due on Pooh Corner nor does he in this movie 
2
Piglet's Big Movie
Tony Toscano
for Saturday afternoon viewing and to be shared with very young kids 
2.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Glenn Lovell
Piglet finally comes into his own in Disney s charming Piglet s Big Movie 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Chris Hewitt
An improvement on the loud un A A Milne like The Tigger Movie mainly because it better captures the gentle sampler quilt world of the Hundred Acre Wood 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Loren King
Not only appropriate for preschoolers but it also has enough sophistication for older kids 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Ross Anthony
Forget about deadlines taxes and politics the most important things in the world are mom cookies crayons and good friends And the only thing that can hinder a day full of directionless play and bouncing around is a bath 
3
Piglet's Big Movie
Steve Rhodes
The bland script and songs are likely to have the little ones fidgeting 
2.5
Piglet's Big Movie
Ed Gonzalez
While nowhere near as captivating as ABC s The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh this is a pleasant enough family diversion 
2.5
Restless Natives
David Nusair
Lightweight to the point of distraction 
2
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Agnieszka Tennant
This quirky docudrama speaks a more universal language Who does not feel for a child abandoned by his mother 
4
The Story of the Weeping Camel
John Beifuss
As the film unspools at its slow observational pace the effect is almost therapeutic like sinking into a warm bath 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Liam Lacey
The characters are charming the colours of the carpets in their yurts colourful and the emphasis on family inescapable 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Robert W. Butler
Its slow delicate pacing is hypnotic 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Sean P. Means
The directors without anthropomorphizing their critters evoke primal mother and child emotions that will make anyone shed a tear or two 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Jeff Vice
This look at a culture very different from ours is refreshing 
2.5
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Rob Thomas
Does for camels what Bambi did for deer 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Matt Brunson
The touching finale might insure that the camel won t be the only one doing the weeping 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Lawrence Toppman
A peaceful unforced film and it inspires a feeling of relief and joy that s hard to describe 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Chris Hewitt
Watching Camel is like watching a movie about an endangered species and I don t mean the camels 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Rene Rodriguez
A beautiful and delicate reminder of the myriad ways in which life is lived on this huge planet of ours 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Duane Dudek
Strange and beautiful tale 
3.5
The Story of the Weeping Camel
John Monaghan
Quietly moving 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Joe Baltake
This movie is for everyone 
4
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Jonathan Curiel
Like Himalaya Weeping Camel essentially lets native people tell their own unforgettable story 
4
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Roger Ebert
A joyous movie 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Wesley Morris
Movies weren t made for cats and dogs they were made to show camels Seriously try sitting through a nanosecond of the new Garfield after these monumentally hairy guys have drifted into your life 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Josh Larsen
Uneasily positioned between fictional drama and cultural documentary 
2.5
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Carrie Rickey
An entrancing story of how the neglected reconnect with the mother culture 
3.5
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Ellen Fox
Anyone who feels like they re drowning in their own polluted godless reality TV choked errand ridden consumerist life will find a momentary escape from modernity in The Story of the Weeping Camel 
3.5
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Jeanne Aufmuth
Speaks of perfect simplicity and small pleasures 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Peter Debruge
It s astonishing really just how resonant and universal the young camel s struggle for its mother s affection is not to mention how easily viewers can ascribe human emotions to the camels behavior 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Lou Lumenick
An unusual captivating and crowd pleasing semi documentary 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
David Sterritt
Gentle and amusing 
4
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Jan Stuart
It is a Zen movie experience par excellence 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Ed Gonzalez
A rhythmic ode to togetherness non cynical communication and the power of mother s milk 
3
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Steve Rhodes
Could have made a really sweet short documentary is instead a long relatively uneventful film that tries viewers patience 
2
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Emily Blunt
This is a delightful honestly fascinating piece of work Beleive it or not the camel deserves an Oscar 
4
96 Minutes
Michael Dequina
Marks writer director Aimee Lagos as a name to watch 
3.5
96 Minutes
Joe Williams
96 Minutes is a mere introduction to Sociology 101 but it s brisk enough to rustle the reading list and keep the conversation alive 
3
96 Minutes
Kam Williams
Whenever vapid Valley girls cross paths with wanton Boys n the Hood you know something s gotta give And when the dust settles it ain t going to look pretty 
3
96 Minutes
Jonathan Pacheco
The director seems to be at odds with her own film like a well meaning but controlling parent hell bent on choosing a child s college major and fraternity for them 
2
We Are Wizards
Joel Brown
The documentary sweetly focuses our attention on the way human creativity transforms everything around it Often in the nuttiest of ways true But still it s a good thing 
2.5
We Are Wizards
V.A. Musetto
Mostly We Are Wizards is a loving if flawed tribute to creativity and artistic freedom 
2
We Are Wizards
Nick Schager
How the dynamic between inspiration and creation operates is a topic that We Are Wizards tantalizingly puts forward but fails to fully examine 
2
We Are Wizards
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I still don t get the big deal with Harry Potter but the passion and love transferred through a positive outlet will appeal to anyone 
3
Take This Waltz
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Sarah Polley who also wrote and directed the great 2006 film Away from Her can make magic and then show how reality inevitably intrudes on it 
3
Take This Waltz
Roger Moore
Intriguing but wispy and built on unlikable characters doing shallow and unpleasant things 
2
Take This Waltz
Rob Humanick
Polley s sophomore feature fumbles between reality and fantasy often insightful but frequently ungrounded Dig that carnival ride though 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Jeff Beck
Films like this can and have worked before but unfortunately Polley decided to make her take on this story very plain and bland 
2
Take This Waltz
John Wirt
Margot is silly and annoying but three time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams makes her conflicted character believably real Meanwhile contrivances indie film clichs and overall misery make the movie an unhappy dance marathon 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Duane Dudek
Take This Waltz is overwrought overwritten and a little unfair to all the characters portrayed 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Rich Heldenfels
The raw and realistic look at love and marriage overcomes occasional overly artsy flourishes 
3
Take This Waltz
John Anderson
No one s a cliche no one speaks dialogue the viewer could have muttered a beat or two ahead of the movie no one hews to a mode of behavior fabricated to explain away his or her irrational behavior 
3.5
Take This Waltz
Mark Dujsik
The irony of the consequences is somewhat a foregone conclusion but Take This Waltz ensures those effects have some emotional weight 
3
Take This Waltz
John Hartl
It often feels thin and self conscious 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Steven Rea
Williams lives and breathes her role Kirby is charming and real and you actually start to ache and empathize with Rogen the emptiness and heartache he conveys when Lou and Margot finally thrash things out is crushing 
3
Take This Waltz
Matt Pais
Crushingly true 
3.5
Take This Waltz
Roger Ebert
I have great admiration for Williams as an actress but this story might have been better told with a less lovable star 
3
Take This Waltz
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A crushing but breathtaking look at romance the kind rarely if ever portrayed in movies 
4
Take This Waltz
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Take This Waltz the second feature film directed by actress Sarah Polley is a crushing but breathtaking look at romance the kind rarely if ever portrayed in movies 
4
Take This Waltz
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end it s a story of misplaced faith In what Not love exactly but in the rush of infatuation and the illusion that this feeling can be maintained indefinitely without crashing 
3.5
Take This Waltz
Mick LaSalle
At its worst Polley s style veers toward the cornball Yet in the broad outlines of her story she has clearly created something with a lot of hard truth 
3
Take This Waltz
Claudia Puig
Take This Waltz and shove it 
2
Take This Waltz
Peter Canavese
Polley rsquo s fearlessness is one of many reasons I take no pleasure in saying that Take This Waltz stumbles 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Ty Burr
A color drenched story of lust love and infidelity it suffers from a vagueness that may be the point but that feels accidental 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Peter Keough
The cast is nearly flawless especially Williams who inhabits the grey area between child like exuberance and grown up resignation better than anybody 
3
Take This Waltz
Kristin Tillotson
In Take This Waltz Polley doesn t fill the gap She just makes life on either side of it both attractive and a drag 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Chris Hewitt
To her humanism Polley has added riskier filmmaking and it pays off 
3.5
Take This Waltz
Robert Levin
Michelle Williams sublime open hearted work carries us with her as Margot experiences the pleasures and pains of that confusing journey we call life 
3
Take This Waltz
Liam Lacey
The premise is undermined by casual pacing and a protagonist who seems not 28 but 18 or younger 
2.5
Take This Waltz
Stephen Whitty
It s about the realization that sometimes before you can learn anything about other people you need to learn something about yourself 
3
Take This Waltz
Sara Stewart
This movie is bathed in bright hues with a sweaty haze it feels lush almost overripe 
3
Take This Waltz
Linda Barnard
A play of love and lust that evolves on patches of steamy pavement 
3
Take This Waltz
Dustin Putman
One of the most incisive films in recent memory about adult relationships Take This Waltz astonishes in its raw unaffected intimacy 
3.5
Take This Waltz
James Berardinelli
Take This Waltz takes a wrong term late in the proceedings as it hammers home a central theme in a hurried and awkward manner but the film s emotional truth and honesty allows us to forgive a great many flaws 
3
Take This Waltz
Josh Larsen
The movie has many true sentiments but few true characters on which to hang them 
2
Take This Waltz
Ed Gonzalez
Take This Waltz is full of chance encounters some less likely than a lobby with nine hundred windows or a bed where the moon has been sweating 
2.5
Take This Waltz
David Nusair
an erratic yet entertaining sophomore effort from Polley 
2.5
For Hannah
Matt Brunson
A solid thriller 46 
3
For Hannah
David Nusair
46 46 46 elevated by its central performances and smattering of tense 44 engaging sequences 46 46 46 
2.5
For Hannah
Bob Bloom
The main problems with For Hannah are that its tonally erratic shifting from comedy to romance to violent thriller and at 112 minutes it could have used some trims 
2.5
Poor Little Rich Girl
Jonathan Rosenbaum
By pushing voyeurism and an obsession with surfaces to an extreme Warhol expresses a deep truth about the nature of consciousness 
4
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years
Walter Chaw
Hammer Horror The Warner Bros Years is a nice piece as far as it goes though as it s about curiosities that only the most die hard fans will have seen it feels like it should be a special feature on a comprehensive DVD box set rather than a standalone 
2
The Last Mimzy
Mattie Lucas
Features moments both ridiculous and sublime contrived and inspired and somewhere in between something truly magical happens The Last Mimzy steals our hearts 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
James Vance
The adult cast is an ensemble effort filled with solid performances 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I like to refer to it as Donnie Darko sans the violence if aimed towards kids 
3
The Last Mimzy
Jonathan W. Hickman
Mimsy seems watered down and limp especially as it concludes 
2
The Last Mimzy
Kam Williams
A timely cautionary tale even if its heartwarming message gets a little garbled along the way 
2
The Last Mimzy
Rob Thomas
Perhaps those futuristic folks could send another Mimzy back in time to a better filmmaker like Joe Dante who can do a better film adaptation of Padgett s story and beat Shaye to the punch 
1.5
The Last Mimzy
Jeffrey Westhoff
The flimsy story benefits from strong performance by the adults and an adorable one by Wryn A cute kid can cover for a multitude of structural flaws 
3
The Last Mimzy
Ross Anthony
Special effects are sweet stirring without taking over the film A warm fuzzy mysteriousness However script could use some maturing the film is rough around the edges 
2
The Last Mimzy
Frank Ochieng
The Last Mimzy falls short of its expectations to grasp the aura of an escapist kiddie flick that distinctively startles and probes 
2
The Last Mimzy
Sean P. Means
The script runs through the clichd paces but with enough good humor and warmth to make this trip worth the ride 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
Gary Brown
This is a fun film for all 
3
The Last Mimzy
Kit Bowen
Whatever your expectations may be Is it about benevolent aliens from the future Supernatural phenomena it may ultimately disappoint you with its cluttered derivativeness 
2
The Last Mimzy
Claudia Puig
The movie grows muddled with too many tedious segments involving adults 
2
The Last Mimzy
Ken Fox
While the film is by no means a close adaptation it s a thoughtful and sincere interpretation that might actually get kids and their guardians thinking and talking 
3
The Last Mimzy
Peter Howell
The gentleness of the film is almost unique in this day and age It s a true family movie one that adults likely won t groan at when they are told that the problems of the future are because our precious quality of humanity had been turned off 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
Moira MacDonald
Shaye gives the film a message well worth hearing Today s kids constantly distracted by electronic devices don t spend enough time connecting with each other and with their families But this idea is buried among too many talky scenes with the adults 
2
The Last Mimzy
G. Allen Johnson
A good looking relatively ambitious movie that respects and enhances sci fi writer Kuttner s vision 
3
The Last Mimzy
Carla Meyer
The ultimate message of Mimzy seems to be Help save the world kids but do it while enjoying the movie s preferred brand of lemon lime soda 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
Jim Hemphill
While the end result of all this experimentation isn t entirely convincing or coherent it s fairly entertaining and will probably appeal to the young audience at which it s aimed 
3
The Last Mimzy
Carrie Rickey
An involving fantasy for beamish boys and girls and their parents At moments Mimzy captures the moonbeam awe of E T 
3
The Last Mimzy
Lisa Rose
The picture grows pretentious in parts and the ending is anticlimactic 
2
The Last Mimzy
Lou Lumenick
After a slightly sluggish start director Shaye directs with assurance and the kids are delightful 
3
The Last Mimzy
Elizabeth Weitzman
You d be far better off tracking down the original tale than trying to untangle Bob Shaye s choppy adaptation 
2
The Last Mimzy
Sue Pierman
Mimzy has action that makes it a bit too intense for small children but too tedious for grownups 
2
The Last Mimzy
David Kronke
A family film combining metaphysical issues mind bending special effects and children realizing how dissolute our society is becoming Sounds like a movie for precocious stoners 
3.5
The Last Mimzy
John Monaghan
Fails to balance the drama comedy and supernatural elements When Mimzy the bunny starts whispering orders this little kid s movie threatens to turn into a horror film 
2
The Last Mimzy
Jeff Vice
It doesn t help that this science fiction adventure aimed at families tries to be a little headier and mind blowing than it probably should be 
2
The Last Mimzy
Lisa Kennedy
Science in the service of wonder can save a life and a world And this pleasing teasing intelligent family flick can vastly improve a day 
3
The Last Mimzy
Mary F. Pols
The film is less geared toward the politics of today than it is to bigger questions of humanity and thus it hinges on the young actors and how well they carry that dramatic weight Both are very capable 
3
The Last Mimzy
Teresa Budasi
On the surface it sounds like an E T clone Oh if only Where Steven Spielberg s 25 year old masterpiece had heart to spare Mimzy is an emotionless empty shell 
1.5
The Last Mimzy
Ty Burr
True to the emotional reality of its young characters and young audience and flattering the latter into thinking way outside the box There are worse things to teach than intellectual ambition 
3
The Last Mimzy
Sara Michelle Fetters
The title stinks that s as big an understatement as any I ve probably ever uttered in a review but that doesn t mean the movie still doesn t have its merits 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
John Beifuss
A sometimes spooky coulda been classic with a genuine science fiction premise it s easy to imagine Professor Quatermass investigating the plot s alien toys instead of the Homeland Security operative played by Michael Clarke Duncan 
3
The Last Mimzy
Peter T. Chattaway
If this is what the guys who run the studios think movies ought to be like it s a wonder that anything good comes out of the studios at all 
0
The Last Mimzy
Larry Ratliff
The secret to time travel according to The Last Mimzy bears a computer chip corporate logo 
2
The Last Mimzy
James Sanford
a fairly suspenseful thoughtful fantasy Older viewers might detect traces of Close Encounters of the Third Kind or even Disney s Escape to Witch Mountain 
3
The Last Mimzy
Daniel M. Kimmel
that rare family film that really can be enjoyed by the whole family 
3
The Last Mimzy
Willie Waffle
a movie full of whimsical danger but never seems to be about anything even though you can feel the message desperately trying to break through the screen
2
The Last Mimzy
Mark Dujsik
A fun confection of science fiction and Eastern religious concepts wrapped into a children s film that could just as easily pass as a stoner movie 
3
The Last Mimzy
Jan Stuart
Goes about its business with a welcomely wry humor that undercuts the scenario s earnest New Age y potential If it isn t always crystal clear about what s on its mind it speaks its heart in a language that kids totally get 
3
The Last Mimzy
Dustin Putman
A tad unorthodox in today s times of fast and furious entertainment for kids but those who take a chance on it will be pleasantly satiated 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
Chris Hewitt
There s a lot for two kids to handle much less one kids movie and Mimzy s unsatisfyingly truncated ending doesn t even come close to pulling it all together 
2
The Last Mimzy
Michael Wilmington
The movie fails to supply us with an antagonist to work up some dramatic conflict Nor are the toys themselves very interesting and Mimzy is a toy bunny of no distinction 
2
The Last Mimzy
Laura Kelly
The uninspired adaptation is made worse by a painfully pat summary introduction and ending which take all the glory away from the sci fi fantasy 
2
The Last Mimzy
Steven Snyder
All great children s stories treat their target audience seriously and here Mimzy sees something simultaneously pure naive brave and tragic in its adolescent adventurers 
4
The Last Mimzy
Phil Villarreal
Watching the film filled with time travel universe saving and just crazy enough to work inventions took me back to my eighth birthday watching Flight of the Navigator with unfettered wonder 
3
The Last Mimzy
Steve Rhodes
One of the few kids movies that is so pedantically political as to attempt to show kids the evil that comes from the Patriot Act which it vilifies by name 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
James Berardinelli
The movie s poor focus and scattershot approach while not without its charms represents the kind of product that may divert children but will likely puzzle adults with its inconsistency 
2.5
The Last Mimzy
Linda Cook
Once or twice a year I just go nuts about a movie It s all I think about It occupies my mind because I m so delighted with it I imagine that I detect references to its themes everywhere I go This is that movie for 2007 
3.5
The Last Mimzy
Ed Gonzalez
As the film builds to its nail biting conclusion the children will have connected with the War on Terror and foreign philosophical belief systems in the interest of mankind s salvation 
2.5
Hammett
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A truly delightful and gorgeous homage to pulp mysteries 
3
Second Skin
Michael Dequina
The film never generates any suspense and the twists not only go in expected directions but pop up in all the expected places 
2
Second Skin
Bill Chambers
I recommend the film inasmuch as one can dime store fiction straight to video rabble 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Mattie Lucas
These kids clearly had the time of their lives making this with its gee whiz sense of humor and clever integration of animation connecting the characters to their hand drawn literary counterparts 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
John Beifuss
With their recurring characters and suburban Anytown USA setting these films represent a throwback to the assembly line days of Andy Hardy and Blondie movies They lack surprise but not laughs 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Perry Seibert
Dog Days doesn t have the emotional pull of the last installment in the franchise but it s still a vast improvement over the irritating series opener 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Sean P. Means
Greg isn t just wimpy but manipulative and selfish and no amount of after school special lessons and father son bonding in the final 10 minutes is enough to overcome that 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Linda Cook
Sure your kids will think it s funny But if they ve seen many movies they re going to know they re looking at lowbrow jokes that are cheap and easily written the kind of stuff kids tell each other in the halls at school 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over 2010 s subpar Diary of a Wimpy Kid 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Kam Williams
A comfy feelgood comedy that s fun for the whole family 
3.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Peter Canavese
Even for an episodic kiddie farce Dog Days seems overly familiar in its comic premises oh no peeing in the municipal pool and conflicts but it rsquo ll all be new to its intended audience 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Rafer Guzman
Old fashioned and small in scale the movies sometimes feel like after school specials from a bygone era which is part of what makes them so endearing 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Lou Lumenick
I d call Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days harmless if it weren t for some totally unnecessary gay panic jokes that could actually encourage bullying 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Sean O'Connell
Spending time with Kinney s characters has become an annual treat 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Dustin Putman
The third and thus far wisest installment based on Jeff Kinney s best selling books 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Mark Dujsik
At least the jokes about bodily functions are out of the way at the beginning unless one counts the family eating a pot roast that had been recently covered in dog saliva 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Amy Biancolli
Real emotions get expressed Real family harmony emerges 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Scott Bowles
It all makes for goofy fun and physical comedy that will have parents rolling their eyes 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Tom Russo
The sort of mischief that felt cutely wise alecky up to this point often just doesn t work here 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Andrew Schenker
A half hearted morality tale about taking responsibility for your actions as a sign of impending maturity 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Chris Hewitt
The warm funny Dog Days is the best of the three fine Wimpy Kid movies 
3.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Tom Keogh
It is less unified and more predictable than its predecessors and doesn t play to all the franchise s earlier strengths 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Michael Phillips
Why are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies so much less fun and funny than the best of the books created by Jeff Kinney 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Roger Moore
Not the best of the Wimpys but Devon Bostick is still a laugh a minute as Rodrick and for an hour the laughs come quick and sure slapstick stuff mostly 
2
Particles of Truth
Joshua Tanzer
Particles of Truth is a low budget indie that first seems scattered and off putting but in time reveals its writer director s considerable ability and artistic sense 
3
Particles of Truth
Lou Lumenick
One of those painfully earnest and pretentious little indies in which a pair of emotional cripples neatly resolve all of their problems within 48 hours of meeting each other 
1.5
Particles of Truth
David Sterritt
This uneven drama might have been more effective if someone with more on screen charisma than writer director Elster had played the main character 
2
Particles of Truth
Ed Gonzalez
A me me me spectacle of unexamined grief that allows filmmaker Jennifer Elster to condescend to everyone but herself 
1
Back to School
Roger Moore
The cast in this slow starting French Romy and Michelle s High School Reunion Weddng Crashers mashup almost earn it a passing grade 
2
The Wall
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The Wall tries very hard to achieve that seriousness of purpose that shouts importance with every spoken word 
1.5
The Wall
Linda Cook
The thought provoking The Wall isn t a typical war movie 
4
The Wall
David Nusair
an endeavor that even at 81 minutes simply can t sustain a feature length running time 
2
The Wall
Jeff Simon
The Wall is a stunner 
3.5
The Wall
James Kendrick
a taut grim hard edge war thriller
3
The Wall
Barry Paris
I d recommend it 
3
The Wall
Glenn Kenny
The posturing leads to an ending that s unsatisfying even on the level of pessimism it aspires to 
1.5
The Wall
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a gruesome bit of a cat and mouse entertainment that will likely appease genre hounds while it frustrates and annoys anyone looking for something more substantive 
3
The Wall
Barry Hertz
Liman elevates the material every chance he gets ensuring what could have been a bargain basement dramatic exercise looks and moves like a big budget thrill ride 
2.5
The Wall
Bruce DeMara
The Wall is the best kind of war film one that expresses both the brutality of combat and the ambiguity of conflict 
3.5
The Wall
Tina Hassannia
The Wall may be entertaining and masterfully directed notable traits for a tiny budget but it has nothing to say about war survival other than a reductive depiction of its sheer difficulty 
2
The Wall
Mark Dujsik
This is an immediate and intimate thriller consistently paced and shot with total control of communicating geography and strategy 
3
The Wall
Richard Roeper
Like the killer in Phone Booth and the entity in Lights Out and so many villains of all forms through the decades the longer we go without seeing the tormenter the more terrifying he becomes 
3
The Wall
Dann Gire
The abrupt introduction of this chatty theatrical artifice disrupts the drama s gritty realism Now it really does feel like a one set real time stage play 
2.5
The Wall
Calvin Wilson
The Wall is merely an exercise in empty intensity Watching it feels too much like being trapped in it 
2.5
The Wall
Tom Russo
Cena both looks the part and acts it and gets to spout the movie s best bit of amusingly macho off color grousing about the heat 
2.5
The Wall
Michael O'Sullivan
It s pretty darn good 
3
The Wall
Michael Phillips
The central performances by Taylor Johnson and Cena stick to the life and death business at hand which is also the stuff of blood sweat some tears but not too much corn 
2.5
The Wall
Soren Andersen
Taylor Johnson s agonized performance holds the audience s attention but his portrayal doesn t really take the character anywhere 
2.5
The Wall
Peter Hartlaub
A mostly satisfying genre souffl guided by a skilled director who seems to be all in on this minimalist filmmaking opportunity 
3
The Wall
Gary Thompson
There is potential here for something spooky and surreal like A Midnight Clear but the script feels more like an old episode of the Vic Morrow series Combat 
2.5
The Wall
Derek Smith
The Wall packs a surprisingly savage punch by boiling the exploits of battle down to its essential elements 
2.5
The Wall
Roger Moore
A combat film that s too much Phone Booth and not enough American Sniper 
2
The Fool
Farran Smith Nehme
He may be saddled with an overly ironic title role but Bystrov is terrific His cowboy squint and dogged intelligence are enough to give you hope for Russia although the movie certainly won t 
2.5
The Fool
Drew Hunt
It takes place entirely at night and the dingy color palette washed out and intentionally drab presents Russia as an almost alien landscape 
3
Darling Companion
Brandy McDonnell
There s only so many shots of beautiful vistas and charming doggies before viewers start wishing for a new cinematic companion like maybe a nice Travel Channel documentary or the Westminster dog show 
2
Darling Companion
Craig D. Lindsey
The kind of forced deceptive quasi quirky heart warmer that brings older people and rabid dog lovers to the art house Darling Companion ultimately isn t about finding the dog It s about these shrill boring ass people finding each other 
1
Darling Companion
Barbara Sullivan
Absolutely no blame for this snooze fest can be laid at the feet of the stars who do the best they can with the rough material they have been given 
1.5
Darling Companion
John Beifuss
No doubt this yarn enthralled Larry and Meg Kasdan s dinner guests but onscreen the crisis seems dull and inconsequential in part because the quest for the dog is essentially a MacGuffin that drives the blah real story about marital reconciliation 
2
Darling Companion
Rob Thomas
A couple adopt a dog Then they lose the dog Then they try to find the dog Do they end up finding the dog Egads don t let me spoil every twist and turn in this movie 
1.5
Darling Companion
Eric Melin
It s being billed as an adult drama but beware Darling Companion is a ponderous film with very little charm and a snail s pace 
1
Darling Companion
Matt Brunson
The dog is an absolute charmer would that the movie had spent its time on his adventures in the woods than on the dullards who ultimately seem incapable of finding a book in a library 
1.5
Darling Companion
Bob Bloom
The problem is like Freeway the dog Darling Companion seems to have lost its way as it just wanders looking for someplace to land 
1.5
Darling Companion
David Nusair
a passably pleasant endeavor from Kasdan that is admittedly a far cry from his earlier work 
2.5
Darling Companion
Calvin Wilson
It has a fine cast but doesn t seem to have much to say other than lamenting the unfairness of getting old 
2
Darling Companion
Jake Mulligan
As pedestrian as a stroll through the dog park Lawrence Kasdan s latest and worst film is both insulting and inconsequential 
1.5
Darling Companion
Ty Burr
It s far from a great movie an overwritten underplotted vanity project that s a distant echo of what director Lawrence Kasdan could do in his prime But it has Diane Keaton and that s enough 
2.5
Darling Companion
Jackie Loohauis
The plot itself is thin kibble indeed and the scriptwriting team of Lawrence and Meg Kasdan must bring in a gypsy psychic Ayelet Zurer as a plot device to give the film some spice 
2.5
Darling Companion
Sara Michelle Fetters
Lawrence Kasdan s Darling Companion is one of those motion pictures I wish I liked more than I actually do 
2
Darling Companion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie has a relaxed pace which is appropriate as characters learn that their everyday worries aren t as important as human connections 
2.5
Darling Companion
Chris Hewitt
Don t expect to be blown away but it s a pleasant comedy drama 
2.5
Darling Companion
Steven Rea
It s fun to watch Keaton and Kline together bickering and of course bonding all over again 
2.5
Darling Companion
Peter Canavese
Currish the film s niche audience is indiscriminate aging dog lovers people lovers should look elsewhere 
1
Darling Companion
Connie Ogle
The movie takes a simple if shattering occurrence and uses it as a way to bring a family together an old trick but one well played by director Lawrence Kasdan and his wife and screenwriting partner Meg 
3
Darling Companion
Rafer Guzman
The dog had the right idea 
1
Darling Companion
Moira MacDonald
You wonder why this fine cast which has nine Oscar nominations with four wins among them would bother with something so featherweight 
1.5
Darling Companion
Rick Groen
The film sputters and stalls and winds up behaving like the worst sort of oldster passing gas and pretending to be deep 
1.5
Darling Companion
Willie Waffle
The have given us a dog movie without a dog 
1.5
Darling Companion
Roger Ebert
It is depressing to reflect on the wealth of talent that conspired to make this inert and listless movie 
1
Darling Companion
Ann Hornaday
Lawrence Kasdan s fitfully amusing comedy drama starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline 
2
Darling Companion
Mark Dujsik
Darling Companion is barely half as charming as it imagines itself to be 
2
Darling Companion
Dustin Putman
Like an over the hill fogey sorely mistaken about still being hip this treacly comedic drama is startlingly out of touch 
1.5
Darling Companion
Matt Pais
This ponderous dramedy should make you want to sit and stay I kept wanting to say to these irritating characters No barking 
2
Darling Companion
Linda Barnard
It s the story that strains credulity a navel gazer about whether a search for a lost dog can bring an uninvolved family back together as they face life in their 60s 
2
Darling Companion
Lou Lumenick
Darling Companion doesn t amount to much more than a fairly painless way for the AARP set to spend an hour and a half watching a movie with stars their own age 
2
Darling Companion
Stephen Whitty
It feels like a film that got stuck at the pitch stage and never quite got turned into a real screenplay 
2
Darling Companion
Robert Levin
The predictably fine acting can t save the movie from the insipid writing which is centered on the less than illuminating insight that some people really love their dogs 
1.5
Darling Companion
Claudia Puig
Joseph s cynicism and wit are communicated with the spot on casting of Kline and Keaton ably conveys Beth s suppressed loneliness as well as her big heart 
2.5
Darling Companion
Jake Coyle
It feels utterly neutered a film with little on the line and a talented cast begging for a little wit and a few jokes The characters are introduced awkwardly and a strange insertion of an animated dream sequence is entirely out of place 
1.5
Darling Companion
Rex Reed
When all is said and done the dog is the only thing you care about in Darling Companion 
2
Darling Companion
Nick Schager
A lost dog drama so insufferable it makes one wish its human characters would also run off and never return 
.5
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
V.A. Musetto
The narrative easily goes back and forth in time despite its Oedipal subtext it avoids exploitation Stellar performances by Rottiers and Cattani help keep the movie on track 
3
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
Bill Weber
A smoothly fractured history of a broken mother son relationship which even in its climactic tragedy keeps messy emotions at arm s length 
2.5
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
Kent Turner
Claude Miller is a master of oh my God moments that at first seem to come out of nowhere but have been carefully calibrated and here there are plenty 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Brian Eggert
Although it has a lot of imagination 44 the lopsided outcome never balances its elements in a satisfying way 46 
2.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
S.I. Rosenbaum
The end gets a little silly but the building tension of the first two acts allows for some deliciously creepy moments and a true feeling of dread the sense of something very old and very hungry shuffling toward you in the Yuletide dark 
3.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Jason Buchanan
Helander and company have done such a wonderful job at forming the foundation of a new mythology that we can t help but want more And if we can all be good little girls and boys perhaps we ll get just that 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Michael O'Sullivan
For anyone who can look a little askance at the monster that contemporary Christmas has become this artfully made Finnish tale is I kid you not a real treat 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Roger Moore
You d better watch out You d better not swear Have a gun handy loaded for bear Santa Claus is coming to Finland 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Mike Scott
A bloody but oddly entertaining holiday ho ho horror story 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I love Christmas movies and I have seen quite a few of them but I can safely say that there s nothing else quite like Rare Exports an import from Finland 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Roger Ebert
Rare Exports A Christmas Tale is a rather brilliant lump of coal for your stocking hung by the fireside with care 
3.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Tom Russo
Too crazy Good luck telling that to the filmmakers inviting you to spend the holidays with the anti Claus 
2
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Steven Rea
Rare Exports A Christmas Tale explores the dark side of the Santa Claus myth if myth he is and finds humor and horror lurking there 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Marty Mapes
Santa Claus meets Cormack McCarthy
2.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Jennie Punter
Helander delivers a playfully dark tale with just the kind of cynical twinkle so many need during this season of maudlin heart warming movies 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Walter V. Addiego
It s dark fun in the spirit of Gremlins 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Robert W. Butler
Here s a cheery lump of coal for your stocking 
2.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Jason Anderson
Rare Exports turns out to be as heart warming as Miracle on 32nd Street albeit in its own twisted little way 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that had me giggling and gasping aloud its sights and sounds full of an inspiration and a wit I truly adored 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Chris Hewitt
The folks who think seasonal movie offerings tend to be hokey claptrap are going to love it 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Ted Fry
If you see only one fiendishly bizarre Finnish film about an evil Santa Claus and his naked band of marauding elves this holiday season make it Rare Exports A Christmas Tale 
3
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
V.A. Musetto
For grown ups looking for an alternative to the annual onslaught of ho ho ho Christmas tales the visually pleasing oddity is just the thing even if it does slow down in its middle portion before picking up again 
2.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Dustin Putman
Imaginative and twisted in equal measure but ultimately only scratches the surface of a stupendous idea 
2.5
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Nick Schager
Santa is one bad mamma jamma in Rare Exports A Christmas Tale a yuletide fable that s equal parts sincere silly and scary 
3
Cargo
Roger Moore
A human trafficking drama with an arresting setting hackneyed dialogue and a dogged determination to stick to the less interesting of the two stories it chooses to tell 
1.5
The Bad News Bears
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Matthau s perfectly restrained brilliantly comic performance holds it together 
3.5
The Bad News Bears
Roger Ebert
Ritchie directs scenes for comedy even in the face of his disturbing material and that makes the movie all the more effective sometimes we laugh and sometimes we can t and the movie s working best when we re silent 
3
The Bad News Bears
Scott Nash
Bad News Bears is one of those rare films that I loved as a child and I still love just as much as an adult 
4
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Namrata Joshi
A reasonably nice kiddie flick but fails to reach out to adults Essentially like a cartoon film utterly simplistic in every aspect characters plot or narration 
2
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Maitland McDonagh
Bollywood writer director filmmaker Kunal Kohli s spin on Mary Poppins is less cloying than its high proportion of cute orphans adorable animals and fairy dusted whimsy 
2.5
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Matthew Nestel
All of the acting is pretty high school drama class That being obvious there are some technical leaps that make for fun cinema 
3
The Last Mentsch
Linda Cook
The Last Mentsch is a compelling look at denial disappointment and destiny 
3.5
Liar
Michael Dequina
The brothers are talented filmmakers to watch but they still need to recognize the fine line between cleverness and excess 
2.5
Liar
Roger Ebert
There wasn t much I could believe The movie is basically about behavior about acting rather than about characters 
2
BlacKkKlansman
Brian Eggert
Lee s most purely entertaining film since Inside Man in 2006 BlacKkKlansman has a timeliness that taps into an imperative national conversation 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Jason Fraley
Ten years ago during our optimistic delusions of a post racial America we might have naively called such a movie over the top But arriving the same week as an actual white nationalist rally on the National Mall it s horrifically spot on 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Mattie Lucas
A haunting and harrowing letter to a racist nation that lands with all the devastating power of a nuclear bomb 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Wesley Lovell
An engaging racial drama from the master of the craft Spike Lee 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The militancy of Lee is more than obvious but BlackKklansman is not a political racial pamphlet Full review in Spanish 
2.5
BlacKkKlansman
Federico Furzan
Aside from its obviously surprising label of based on a true story BlacKkKlansman complies with the tone of Spike Lee and manages to stay real Full review in Spanish 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
John Beifuss
The film s most powerful passages are lengthy digressions that abandon the plot to mourn the role of Lee s beloved chosen art form cinema in the stoking of racism and to condemn the public political encouragement of racial violence 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Matt Brunson
The humor in BlacKkKlansman is occasionally overdone and yet it never dilutes the suspense 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
David Keyes
Sharp and perceptive unfiltered confrontational and driven by a deep dramatic current that sees reality without varnish or sanitation 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Joey Magidson
Fans of Lee s work will recognize so many of his trademarks while also getting a chance to see him tackle something new 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Joe Friar
It takes a filmmaker like Spike Lee to continually remind us how little we ve progressed in 242 years BlacKkKlansman is the ultimate form of entertainment funny emotional and timely 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Matthew Passantino
It s wild and messy thought provoking and utterly damning all while being supremely entertaining 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Alan French
With BlackkKlansman it feels like his Lee s entire career has been leading to this moment Lee was ready and delivers some of the best work of his career 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Oliver Jones
A kitchen sink and kaleidoscopic study of cultural and institutional racism in America 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
James Kendrick
funny but often mordantly so in a way that forces you to confront how racism itself is fundamentally absurd even as it stands at the core of centuries of social injustice 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Erik Anderson
A vital piece of Americana an incendiary work and Lee s best film in over a decade 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Robert Daniels
Spike Lee is one of the best directors of his generation BlacKKKlansman assures him of that title
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Pamela Powell
In my opinion it s one of Lee s best films to date appealing to all audiences who want a great story 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Dann Gire
Lee s spot on politically prescient serio comedy BlacKkKlansman shouts it again Wake up but with more urgency more intensity more scares and more laughs 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Kevin A. Ranson
Even the spelling of the film s title highlights the taboo subject and drags its ugliness into the light calling attention to past and current racism while marginalizing the racists and nothing scares them more than that 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Sonny Bunch
Cluttered and awkward 
2
BlacKkKlansman
Eric Melin
Even as he is careening from one extreme to the next Lee is able to ratchet up the tension and release it in hilariously satisfying ways never quite letting anyone off the hook Nobody in the film achieves anything that looks like a real victory 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film may be flawed but its message is not 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Tom Meek
One of Lee s most thoroughly entertaining works The cast and the crisp dialogue fire with purpose 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Josh Terry
BlacKkKlansman is pretty enjoyable as a low key police procedural but its primary function is to put a comic bull s eye on the backside of white supremacy 
2.5
BlacKkKlansman
Sean P. Means
a fascinating and intense depiction of a too fantastic for fiction story of a black police detective infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Sarah Knight Adamson
Spike Lee s film is one of the years best Ron Stallworth s memoir is told with passion admiration aptly Lee s finale reminds us of our current gut wrenching racial tensions 
4
BlacKkKlansman
David Nusair
Disappointingly erratic and rarely engrossing 
2
BlacKkKlansman
Mike McGranaghan
BlacKkKlansman is urgent and vital It stands next to Do the Right Thing as one of the best movies ever made about racial intolerance in the United States 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Brandy McDonnell
Spike Lee s BlacKkKlansman veers wildly between hilarious and harrowing thrilling and appalling smart and stylish 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Barry Paris
Not least of Klansman s virtues is its resurrection of Mr Lee s terrific gift for storytelling 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Johnny Oleksinski
Lee heightens the nervy tone with strong visuals juxtaposing a 70s blaxploitation aesthetic with the Klan s suffocating suburban décor The jumps keeps you off balance and engaged 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even though it sings with the funky energy of the 1970s BlacKkKlansman is absolutely current Among all the movies that have become supercharged by the terror of our modern times it s arguably the most essential yet 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Rob Thomas
While BlacKkKlansman has all the pleasures of a 70s genre film recalling Serpico or The French Connection Lee wants to rattle us as well as entertain us sounding the alarm about the present day parallels to today s worrisome world 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Christian Toto
Spike Lee is back And so is his inability to see racial progress in the 21st century 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Kate Taylor
Lee shifts from silly spoof to dramatic chill in a heartbeat As an entertainment that milks its audience s outrage against racism BlacKkKlansman works exceedingly well 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Mark Dujsik
Spike Lee effortlessly blends narrative and analysis with BlacKkKlansman 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Robert Levin
Finds Lee in that vintage mode it s a period piece infused with anger and sarcasm that tells a stranger than fiction true story but one that is animated by the tumultuous American present 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Peter Howell
Set in the late 1970s but informed by the here and now it s fuelled by righteous anger against racial hatred and anti Semitism leavened by scathing wit 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Richard Roeper
BlacKkKlansman is one of Spike Lee s most accomplished films in recent memory and one of the best films of 2018 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Michael Smith
There s a lot going on here and Lee massages it all into a powerful film that can be appreciated by blacks and whites men and women young and old alike 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Josh Larsen
Spike Lee using his white voice for subversive purposes 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Ty Burr
One of the director s strongest yet most entertaining works in years 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Josh Bell
The story s inherent outrageousness is more than enough to grab audiences attention without Lee adding an extra layer of shock value 
2.5
BlacKkKlansman
Rafer Guzman
Spike Lee returns to form with a true life story that works as comedy crime drama and political alarm bell all at once 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Mick LaSalle
So it has come to this Spike Lee is relevant again He s necessary again 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Walter Chaw
For all the ugly truth of BlacKkKlansman the picture is somehow light somehow fun Lee is at his angriest here and his most playful 
4
BlacKkKlansman
James Berardinelli
If you don t like Lee s oeuvre or are offended by openly political movies this isn t the film for you Others will find in BlacKkKlansman an opportunity to consider and reflect on the questions that Lee isn t afraid to pose 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Bob Bloom
Blackkklansman allows Lee to unleash his anger about the situation in 2018 America by masking it in a story of an investigation to shed light on the dark and hateful deeds of a group that is trying to soften and politicize its image 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Gary Thompson
The title promises something of a biography but I left the movie wanting to know more about Stallworth We know what he did but getting a deeper read on the man proves elusive 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Ben Sachs
Lee wants to explain how images in popular culture have social and political consequences a vital message 
3
BlacKkKlansman
Peter Canavese
Can be overtly funny in its absurdity For the most part however BlacKkKlansman isn t a comedy at all but an earnest vintage Spike Lee joint recounting history and projecting it onto our present 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Moira MacDonald
You leave this film shaken remembering what happened not so very long ago in the name of very fine people on both sides 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Ann Hornaday
BlacKkKlansman announces from the jump that viewers are in for a lush sensory treat as Lee plays with the film vernacular he s manipulated so adroitly and expressively for three decades 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Odie Henderson
Lee is firing on all cylinders here BlacKkKlansman is a true conversation starter and probably a conversation ender as well 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Clayton Davis
Headlined by a rapturous performance by John David Washington and a crackling script full of laughs and deeply moving moments BlackKklansman sizzles every moment on the screen 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Brian Truitt
BlacKkKlansman is a sobering affecting commentary on right now yet it s also a thrilling celebration of real brotherhood and not one of hate 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
John Wirt
BlacKkKlansman wades into the same comic horror suspense territory that Get Out so brilliantly explores 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Kam Williams
A sobering Spike Lee Joint suggesting that the Klan might very well rise again especially given equivocating President Trump s frustrating refusal to take sides Easily Spike s best offering in ages 
4
BlacKkKlansman
Roger Moore
Lee s most important film since Malcolm X and his funniest in decades 
3.5
BlacKkKlansman
Sam C. Mac
Spike Lee styles the film as a popular entertainment forgoing the theatrical satire typical of his late period state of the nation joints like Bamboozled and Chi Raq and settling into the accessible rhythms of the contemporary sitcom 
3
Touch the Sound
Sean P. Means
A documentary that artfully blends sound image and biography 
3.5
Touch the Sound
Tom Strini
Riedelsheimer sees Glennie as an angel of hyperawareness and possessor of special spiritual wisdom 
2
Touch the Sound
Steven Rea
Touch the Sound is remarkable not only because of Glennie s story a clinically deaf Grammy winning musician who has played with the world s great orchestras but for the way Riedelsheimer uses sound 
3
Touch the Sound
Michael Booth
It will be frustrating if you expect narrative and linear development But if you take it on as a new point of view valuable even if you don t completely comprehend it yet Touch the Sound is worth the trip 
3
Touch the Sound
Chris Hewitt
Touch the Sound is a completely joyful moviegoing experience and like the best movies it takes you to a place you ve never been 
3.5
Touch the Sound
Susan Walker
Riedelsheimer gives the viewer not only Glennie s music but her own experience of it 
3
Touch the Sound
Liam Lacey
T his is a film that leaves strong reverberations and a pleasant sense scrambled high 
3
Touch the Sound
Tom Keogh
Bold and often thrilling film 
4
Touch the Sound
Michael Wilmington
Beautifully shot and filled with gorgeous music but one of the most inspiring things about it is the way it erases the idea of Glennie s deafness as a handicap 
3
Touch the Sound
Roger Ebert
We listen to this film more intensely than is usually the case 
3
Touch the Sound
Joshua Kosman
There is a maddening sense of dislocation through much of the movie a feeling that genuinely fascinating questions have been squeezed out by woo woo philosophizing and material like Glennie s brief return to the family farm of only minor import 
2
Touch the Sound
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a spacious hauntingly meditative film that thankfully does not dwell on the implications of Glennie s deafness 
3.5
Touch the Sound
Peter Canavese
Glennie and Reidelsheimer prove equally adept at tapping into found sound and transforming it into art 
3.5
Touch the Sound
Glenn Whipp
Riedelsheimer succeeds in showing us Glennie s world as she feels it 
3
Touch the Sound
Jack Mathews
A feast for the senses 
3
Touch the Sound
Timothy Knight
Arrestingly beautiful 
3.5
Touch the Sound
V.A. Musetto
Call this a profile in courage 
3
Touch the Sound
John Anderson
Educates in exhilarating ways ways that are immediately applicable to how one lives one s life 
3.5
Touch the Sound
Nick Schager
This concentration on the physical quality of sounds is a mesmerizing corroboration of Glennie s belief that tones timbre and tempo are in everything we see 
3
Touch the Sound
David Sterritt
Exquisitely beautiful for the eyes as for the ears 
4
Euro Pudding
Jay Antani
fun irresistibly charming and very genuinely felt
3.5
Euro Pudding
Betsy Bozdech
A pleasant entertaining bit of cinema 
3
Euro Pudding
Chris Knight
It s a rarity a comedy about young adults that does not laugh at their inexperience and remains accessible even to old fogies 
3.5
Euro Pudding
Liam Lacey
A film whose limitations are the same as its appeal It s a bauble 
2.5
Euro Pudding
Robert W. Butler
We watch these young people as they experiment grow and learn and when the movie finally ends after two hours we re sorry to leave them behind 
3
Euro Pudding
Jeff Vice
There are potentially interesting characters that go underdeveloped and even more potentially fascinating ideas that are given short shrift 
2.5
Euro Pudding
Sean P. Means
Xavier the movie s center is unfortunately one of the less interesting people in L Auberge Espagnole but the lovable chaos that swirls about him makes up for that 
3
Euro Pudding
Duane Dudek
I party heartier than these generically attractive twentysomethings 
2.5
Euro Pudding
Joe Baltake
All in all Klapisch s style approximates the excitement of the French New Wave of the late 1950s 
4
Euro Pudding
Rene Rodriguez
As he did in When the Cat s Away Klapisch demonstrates an understanding for the way young people caught between the demands of adulthood and their lingering adolescence behave 
3
Euro Pudding
David Elliott
Full though shallow a swell trip to Barcelona 
2.5
Euro Pudding
Vanessa Sibbald
L Auberge Espagnole isn t a perfect or at times very even film but it s chock full of a kind of experimentation and fun rarely found in the slick polished and ready for the masses fare that the studios usually traffic in
3
Euro Pudding
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie that feels rich in possibility like the time of life it depicts and creates a sunniness that lingers long after the credits roll 
3
Euro Pudding
Steven Rea
A love song to the new Europe and a snapshot of a polyglot gang on the cusp of kind of reckless youth and responsibility burdened adulthood 
3.5
Euro Pudding
Chris Hewitt
A buoyant extremely enjoyable film that coasts along on a quality few movies manage to capture the exuberant curiosity of youth 
3
Euro Pudding
Lisa Kennedy
Now and again L Auberge makes a leap The light catches it just right and up flashes a pleasing insight about the state of the European union 
2.5
Euro Pudding
Roger Ebert
Imagine the American students in The Real Cancun as if they were literate cosmopolitan and not substance abusers and you ve got it 
3
Euro Pudding
Ty Burr
There s a reason this warm stylish human comedy was a big hit all across the Continent It conveys a new generation s conviction that borders no longer matter 
3
Euro Pudding
Terry Lawson
Could be to today s adventurous young what the films of Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer were to the children of the 60s hip entertaining and so relevant they made American movies seem trifling and phony by comparison 
3
Euro Pudding
Allison Benedikt
Klapisch forces us to notice the ordinary details we ordinarily sleepwalk through 
3
Euro Pudding
Frank Ochieng
an upbeat confection that boasts a robust celebration in spotlighting the confusion of the indelible heart set against the luscious Barcelona baroque backdrop gleefully impish
3
Euro Pudding
Claudia Puig
It energetically captures the frenzied pace of contemporary existence the complexities of life in a multicultural world the rootless joys of living in a foreign city and the heady world of possibilities one envisions while in college 
3
Euro Pudding
Mick LaSalle
It s the last year of free time The last year of hanging out The last year to spend on simply living Few movies have ever conveyed that sense so well 
3
Euro Pudding
Jack Mathews
It s a situation looking for comedy which Klapisch and his young cast only occasionally deliver 
2
Euro Pudding
Glenn Whipp
A pleasure for anyone looking back or forward to the experience of leaving home for the first time 
3
Euro Pudding
Lou Lumenick
Soft sugary and sitcomish confection 
2
Euro Pudding
James Berardinelli
A lighthearted good natured motion picture that contains enough humor to leaven the tone and keep the drama from becoming too serious 
3
Euro Pudding
Jan Stuart
The film snaps crackles and pops with visual ingenuity 
3.5
Euro Pudding
Steve Rhodes
It s a sometimes likeable little film But like a small plane that never obtains liftoff the movie seems happy to spend all of its time just taxiing around the runway 
2.5
Euro Pudding
Harvey S. Karten
A terrifically entertaining comedy illustrating the view that people of diverse nationalities can get along famously with one another 
3.5
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Matt Brunson
This enjoyable outing contains many familiar elements 
3
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Peter Canavese
The appeal of Schultz s pop philosophy hasn t faded in forty years this kind of sincerity can t be faked 
3
Planeta Burg
Janice Page
Planet of Storms is worth seeing because it s good not just get a load of those aliens good but also intelligent involving and yes ahead of its time 
3.5
The Girl on the Train
Roger Moore
Heavy handed with hammy acting silly and soap operatic struggling to keep the plot plausible and sensible it s a good looking film which is pretty much all one can say for it 
1.5
Embrujo
Jorge Avila Andrade
Carlos Carrera logra la que quiz sea su mejor realizacin hasta la fecha
3
Broadway Melody of 1940
Mattie Lucas
The final number Begin the Beguine is perhaps one Astaire s most graceful set pieces but the film itself feels rather tired and the formula for these large scale showbiz musicals that dazzled in the 1930s was beginning to wear thin 
2.5
Broadway Melody of 1940
Matt Brunson
Cole Porter contributes a handful of tunes with the showstopper being the climactic presentation of Begin the Beguine sung and staged not once but twice 
3
Assault on VA-33
Roger Moore
A half hearted half assed Die Hard in a VA hospital shoot em up 
1
Before Sunset
David Nusair
a superior sequel that accomplishes everything that one might ve hoped 
4
Before Sunset
Nick Rogers
As a romance streaked with regrets obligations and fears Sunset builds to a wistful perfect conclusion a fadeout infused with the idea that a memory s never finished as long as you re alive and one of the loveliest last line exchanges of all time 
4
Before Sunset
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Well acted very well written well told and bears yet another ending that will keep audiences wondering 
3.5
Before Sunset
Jordan Hiller
However between Delpy Hawke and Linklater a script was born and once again the couple meets this time in Paris this time for far fewer hours and in real time 
3
Before Sunset
Linda Cook
Here s an unusual sequel to an equally unusual film from nine years ago 
4
Before Sunset
John Beifuss
Linklater gives his characters something we rarely get in real life an opportunity to resolve the sense of loss and regret created by a blown chance at love and happiness 
4
Before Sunset
Steve Rhodes
What great chemistry Again 
3.5
Before Sunset
Bob Bloom
For the movie s placid external nature hides a tumultuous emotional underside filled with recriminations anger hope compassion and love 
3.5
Before Sunset
Lawrence Toppman
The ex lovers new conversation is stimulating and banal selfish and broad minded affectionate and recriminatory insightful and obtuse in short the kind of dialogue two people might have while pouring out their hearts and poring over their pasts 
3.5
Before Sunset
Phoebe Flowers
Jesse and Celine seem like real people complete with flaws and weaknesses That they become so fleshed out in such a brief running time is a testament to the script and Hawke and Delpy s acting abilities 
3
Before Sunset
Sean P. Means
Even if you haven t seen the original Before Sunset engrosses you as Hawke and Delpy pull you into the lives of Jesse and Celine merely with the power of their words 
3.5
Before Sunset
Rene Rodriguez
This is a wonderful movie 
4
Before Sunset
Jeff Vice
While the movie appears to be a simple romantic drama filmmaker Richard Linklater uses those trappings to explore some weightier topics in this case ruminations on the meaning of destiny especially when it comes to romantic relationships 
3.5
Before Sunset
Matt Brunson
This lovely film does an exemplary job of conveying the manner in which the freedom and naivety of youth inevitably fall by the wayside leaving only cherished memories 
3.5
Before Sunset
Michael Sragow
A vibrant emotional epic 
4
Before Sunset
Joe Baltake
I found myself hoping that Linklater Hawke and Delpy would revisit these characters in another 10 years And perhaps again in 20 years 
4
Before Sunset
Phil Villarreal
The best movie of the year so far 
4
Before Sunset
Duane Dudek
This 80 minute reverie unfolds like a piece of emotional origami into a seductive playful and engaging bit of conversational foreplay 
3
Before Sunset
David Elliott
By the end you are either in love again or you never were 
4
Before Sunset
Robert W. Butler
You don t need to have seen Before Sunrise to appreciate Before Sunset but as a one two cinematic punch on the subjects of love and aging these films have few equals 
4
Before Sunset
Chris Hewitt
Its perfection can be summed up in one line I like that It s more real 
4
Before Sunset
Lisa Kennedy
How often does a visual medium make such an elegant argument about the beauty of language even as it asserts its right to tell a story and move us with its vision 
3.5
Before Sunset
Terry Lawson
For all its modesty lingers in the mind like an unresolved relationship or a life altering if random moment 
4
Before Sunset
Rick Groen
A fictional romance with a factual feel a near documentary quality that makes it difficult to distinguish the actor from the role 
3.5
Before Sunset
Marty Mapes
Romantic sequel hangs together for 80 minutes and not just 3 minutes at a time
3.5
Before Sunset
Dustin Putman
One of the season s must see efforts All of the studio produced mass marketed romances out there take note this is precisely what a love story should be 
3.5
Before Sunset
James Verniere
Captures the reality of two people falling in love in a way no vacuous titanium clad polished to within an inch of its life Hollywood romance can 
3.5
Before Sunset
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Having seen Before Sunset twice and Before Sunrise again in between I can t say which film is better Both seem to fulfill an ambition Jean Luc Godard expressed in the 60s to achieve the definitive by chance 
4
Before Sunset
Joshua Tanzer
There s enough here that a thirtysomething audience mindful of the complexity of their lives and their own missed opportunities might respond to But there isn t much magic 
2
Before Sunset
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is more about an exchange of information than an exchange of ideas but the results still captivate 
3
Before Sunset
Willie Waffle
You have to be a romantic to love these movies and I fell for them hook line and sinker 
3
Before Sunset
Kit Bowen
Although a sequel may not have been entirely necessary Before Sunset does provide some closure 
3
Before Sunset
Moira MacDonald
As drama it doesn t hold up and the screenplay s so loosely structured it almost seems improvised but the affection that Linklater has for Jesse and Celine is so palpable that the movie coasts by on charm 
2.5
Before Sunset
Mick LaSalle
It has earthy and therefore sexy urban locations a splendid originality of voice a loose and distinctive visual style and it sends audiences out humming with the realness and beauty of it all But it should have been twice as long 
4
Before Sunset
Timothy Knight
Exceptionally smart and tenderly romantic 
3.5
Before Sunset
Megan Lehmann
It tells of a love affair so heady it generates goose bumps yet the story unfolds with such unfailing honesty that its characters become people we know their actions and words a reflection of our own experiences 
4
Before Sunset
Jack Mathews
The naturalistic dialogue is a masterful bit of writing 
3.5
Before Sunset
Glenn Whipp
Hawke and Delpy are splendid They love these characters and why not They wrote them 
4
Before Sunset
Roger Ebert
Before Sunset is better perhaps because the characters are older and wiser perhaps because they have more to lose or win and perhaps because Hawke and Delpy wrote the dialogue themselves 
3.5
Before Sunset
Ty Burr
It s a movie to cheer lovers and movie lovers alike an enchanting midsummer cocktail for two served at dusk on the banks of the Seine 
4
Before Sunset
Walter Chaw
There s not much on the surface for sure but its undertow is seductive and ferocious 
3.5
Before Sunset
Christian Toto
Before Sunset is all talk and audiences will be listening intently to every word of this smart romance
3
Before Sunset
David Sterritt
All told Linklater is one of today s most versatile American filmmakers and Before Sunset finds his light shining as brightly as ever 
4
Before Sunset
Bruce Newman
Proves itself well worth the nine year wait and for a sequel so squarely rooted in the first film it stands lightly on its own two feet 
3.5
Before Sunset
Steven Rea
Jesse and Celine come to life again in ways that are sad and beautiful funny and profound 
4
Before Sunset
Gene Seymour
Hawke s ruefulness seems more than earned here and thus genuine Delpy s callow winsomeness has ripened to a ruddy sheen 
4
Before Sunset
Rob Blackwelder
A modest masterpiece of modern romantic temperament and trepidation 
3.5
Before Sunset
Austin O'Connor
Emotionally it s a high wire act as dazzling as any of the CGI effects that pack all those big budget blockbusters 
4
Before Sunset
Michael Wilmington
A film of luminous delights 
4
Before Sunset
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I seriously doubt that anything left on 2004 s roster can compete with this remarkable new masterpiece from Richard Linklater It s easily the film of the year 
4
Before Sunset
James Berardinelli
Forget Spider Man s tussle with Doc Ock Forget Shrek s trek to Far Far Away And forget Harry Potter s latest attempt to endure the snipes of Snape For me the sequel to see during the summer of 2004 is Richard Linklater s Before Sunset 
3.5
Before Sunset
Glenn Kenny
This movie is basically a yakfest but an incredibly fluid and involving one 
4
Before Sunset
Jeanne Aufmuth
Filmed in real time Sunset is 80 minutes of delicious colloquy and sparkling chemistry 
3.5
Before Sunset
Peter Travers
There is something uniquely unforgettable in the way Linklater Hawke and Delpy equal collaborators on the script find nuance art and eroticism in words spoken and unspoken 
3
Before Sunset
Nick Schager
The beauty and grace of Before Sunset is its unparalleled ability to capture the idiosyncratic rhythm and cadence of everyday dialogue 
3.5
The Forest for the Trees
Michael Wilmington
An affecting very intelligent work done with an eye for realism and a heart for the lonely insulted and injured 
3
The Forest for the Trees
David Nusair
It s impossible not to emphasize with the main character 
2.5
Author! Author!
Judy Stone
A felicitously funny collaboration New York to the core 
4
Author! Author!
Roger Ebert
That unwillingness to really be about its characters is fatal to Author Author 
2
Author! Author!
David Nusair
a subdued and often exceedingly deliberate drama that nevertheless remains quite watchable for the duration of its overlong running time 
3
In a Year of 13 Moons
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One bizarre film even for Rainer Werner Fassbinder 
3
In a Year of 13 Moons
Ed Gonzalez
Comes down to a series of operatic examinations of questions pertaining to free will chance cause and effect moral responsibility self sacrifice and spiritual atonement 
4
Night Train to Munich
Matt Brunson
Often described as a film made in the style of Alfred Hitchcock Carol Reed s WWII set Night Train to Munich certainly shares common ground with the Master of Suspense s 1938 gem The Lady Vanishes 
3
Night Train to Munich
Peter Canavese
Double crosses and disguises captures and escapes make up the momentum of Reed s nicely pacy adventure Criterion Blu ray 
3
Night Train to Munich
James Kendrick
testament to the skillful manner in which British filmmakers were able to produce entertaining yarns during increasingly dark times
3.5
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It all adds up to a most entertaining and enlightening history of Black culture and racism along with a history of the movies This is essential viewing 
4
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Frank Ochieng
A revealing and refreshingly insightful documentary This is an inviting and noteworthy commentary on a particular aspect of film making that gets constantly overlooked Anyone ready for an updated version of Scream Blacula Scream 
3
Great Expectations
Michael Dequina
In the end shiny surfaces are just that surfaces with nothing necessarily underneath 
2
Great Expectations
Roger Ebert
The film is a successful translation of the basic material from one period and approach to another Especially in the early Florida scenes it seems timeless 
3
Madison County
David Nusair
Hopelessly generic from start to finish 
2
The City of Your Final Destination
Rob Thomas
Destination is another effort by director James Ivory in his long running campaign to give arthouse audiences a comfortable place to take a nap 
1.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Jeff Vice
This adaptation of the Peter Cameron novel is pretty dull and the whole thing is so lacking in energy that it becomes a chore to watch 
2
The City of Your Final Destination
Joe Williams
With a wimpy protagonist and a reticent director driving the story The City of Your Final Destination doesn t go far enough 
2.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Tirdad Derakhshani
A movie that feels as if it should have been a masterpiece As it is it s flawed uneven work but deserves careful viewing 
3
The City of Your Final Destination
Moira MacDonald
Like all Merchant Ivory films The City of Your Final Destination quietly shimmers 
3
The City of Your Final Destination
Chris Hewitt
City is a talky melodrama and some of the dialogue is oddly stiff But it s a pleasure to watch great actors dig into this literary material and the movie looks sunny and spectacular 
2.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Matt Brunson
A turgid adaptation 
1.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Ty Burr
What was intended as a tart elegy for a vanished way of life becomes a valedictory to a certain kind of filmmaking beautifully appointed intelligently played and civilized into inertia 
2.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The City of Your Final Destination clocks in as Ivory s best movie in some time but it s still far too uneven and careless to recommend 
2.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Peter Keough
Watching a James Ivory film is like entering a room aglow with plush furniture and exuding tasteful music and promising comfort and a brush with sensuality The people inhabiting that space however vary in appeal 
2.5
The City of Your Final Destination
Lou Lumenick
This long and overly genteel adaptation of Peter Cameron s 2002 novel never quite comes to a boil 
2
The City of Your Final Destination
Andrew Schenker
The Remains of the Day director has considerable trouble disentangling this latest in his long line of demure chamber pieces 
2
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Brian Eggert
It improves upon Whedon s slapdash version from 2017 resulting in a work of visual and tonal consistency a cohesive vision But that doesn t make Snyder s version a masterpiece 
2.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Matt Brunson
Is this the ultimate example of The Emperor Has No Clothes 
2
Zack Snyder's Justice League
James Kendrick
an indulgent deep dark dive into superhero mythos and Snyder leaves no stone unturned
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ultimately there was nothing for me in this longer cut that I didn t already get out of the shorter cut 
2.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Tom Meek
The original filmmaker s vision does deepen the heroes personal and collective stories nicely namely for the Flash and Cyborg At four hours it s impressively light 
2.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Linda Cook
Snyder brought it 
3.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The Justice League s more charismatic recruits provide spark and spunk but not enough to elevate the interminable action scenes which are clogged with sluggish slow motion 
1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Doug Walker
Not everything is fixed but everything is improved enough to where it s quite entertaining even at 4 hours 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Walter Chaw
ZSJL is essentially a Virgilian poem about the movements of gods among men 
4
Zack Snyder's Justice League
James Berardinelli
As with any project where the director has no checks or balances there are problems 
2
Zack Snyder's Justice League
David Nusair
A vast improvement over 2017 s Justice League 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Sean P. Means
This is the DVD special edition version of a movie we re never going to see 
2.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Kevin A. Ranson
needlessly overlong yet all the better for it It still needs a good editor and significantly fewer scenes in slow motion but Snyder s vision does restore the most important thing Whedon cut out of Justice League its heart 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Kevin Carr
Your mileage may very on this one If you re a huge Zack Snyder fan you re probably going to love it 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Leo Brady
Love it or hate it Zack Snyder s Justice League is a mega moment of cinema 
2.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Sonny Bunch
Righteous violence is Snyder s métier and there is no one on the planet better at depicting it 
3.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Richard Roeper
Is this an improvement over the more straightforward and much shorter original Not to this reviewer though I was in the minority who actually enjoyed the 2017 film 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Rafer Guzman
The result hardly an ounce of difference 
1.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ty Burr
Still a major improvement when all is said and done and Snyder has conclusively proved his point 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Johnny Oleksinski
DC should change its initials to DGAF 
1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Matthew Passantino
Fans who have been waiting for this movie are likely to be pleased but Zack Snyder s Justice League is an exercise in excess more than a truly epic movie 
2
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Christian Toto
It s no Avengers but the four hour extravaganza puts Whedon s version to shame 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Mark Meszoros
Is the new version a better film Yes A much better film No If we had to watch one again would we maybe choose the shorter funnier and messier one Maybe 
2.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Michael Phillips
I d love to say it isn t half bad but I can t because it is It s roughly 50 percent bad 
2
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Mark Dujsik
Zack Snyder s Justice League is a bigger richer and more balanced experience and it s a pretty good unexpected superhero epic on its own merits 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Roger Moore
A movie that s a lot closer to content than to cinematic art or even a movie that inspires thrills touches or moves 
2
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Phil Villarreal
The Snyder Cut manages to prove filmmaker s epic storytelling mettle while also proving that he needs an editor to whittle down his daydreams to reasonable proportions 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Mick LaSalle
Zack Snyder s Justice League may not be a great film but it has the madness strangeness and obsessiveness of a real work of art 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Siddhant Adlakha
Well it s different enough from the 2017 film to justify its existence if only as an artistic curio The broad strokes however are largely the same and the film s length feels inexcusable by the time the end credits have mercifully rolled 
1.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Wade Major
while it s indisputable thatAvengers Endgame is the better overall movie it is not an exaggeration to say that Zack Snyder s Justice League is the more ambitious and emotionally resonant one 
3.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Randy Myers
The plot might well be standard fare for superhero movies but its execution and clear vision makes this one of the most exciting blockbusters I ve seen in a long stretch 
3.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Pat Brown
The film could be taken as an intentional travesty of the superhero genre if only it weren t so tortuously tedious 
1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Joey Magidson
Zack Snyder s Justice League is still a shaggy dog but it s one with a coherent vision at its core That really does count for something 
3
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Matt Zoller Seitz
It owes as much to rock concerts video games and multimedia installations as it does to commercial narrative filmmaking It s maddening It s monumental It s art 
3.5
The Party
Josh Terry
The Party is the kind of event you wouldn t want to attend or in this case watch It s a shame to see so many first rate actors stuck in an assortment of unlikable roles 
1.5
The Party
Lisa Jensen
But worse the movie never transcends its own artifice to give us something more meaningful to ponder It s content to be a bright shiny bauble 
2.5
The Party
Rob Thomas
Potter s screenplay releases one bombshell revelation after another into the group like hand grenades rolling across the carpet 
3
The Party
Barry Paris
Potter has fashioned a smart nasty parlor piece that skewers the hypocrisies of its characters liberal mores Stagey to be sure but theatrically delightful 
4
The Party
Christian Toto
Gorgeous black and white photography and a few great zingers aren t enough to recommend this toxic Party 
2
The Party
Robert Horton
A nasty little gem 
3.5
The Party
Kate Taylor
Potter s comic dissection of the London intelligentsia s personal and political angst is completely of the moment 
4
The Party
Bruce DeMara
It s not entirely satisfying but Potter delivers a darkly delicious comedy of manners 
2.5
The Party
Moira MacDonald
It s worth attending this party if only for Scott Thomas who s never less than electric Somebody needs to put Janet and her quivering energy at the center of a superhero movie I d watch 
3
The Party
Mark Dujsik
Once the gears of Potter s melodramatic plot start into motion it becomes little more than an over the top soap opera 
1.5
The Party
James Berardinelli
Potter s script is deft breezing along quickly The comedy is low key and of a more intellectual than physical variety 
3
The Party
Anita Katz
Compactly edited The Party isn t the worst way to spend 71 minutes of viewing time 
2.5
The Party
J. R. Jones
Patricia Clarkson has seldom been in a vehicle so witty and cerebral as Sally Potter s drawing room comedy 
3
The Party
Ty Burr
Potter has assembled all the makings of an acid bath of a social satire but somehow avoids the killing blow 
2.5
The Party
Gary Thompson
It s not always as bleakly funny as you want it to be but it s certainly brave given the audience likely to be watching it 
3
The Party
Alan Zilberman
Potter s cast never overstays its welcome giving us plenty to think and talk about and in a scant 71 minutes 
3
The Party
Peter Travers
Potter s movie may be too small to leave a substantial legacy But you can t take your eyes off it as ace actors led by a deliciously acerbic Patricia Clarkson serve up hilarious verbal fireworks that knock the wind out of you 
3
The Party
Robert Levin
You simply wish there were more of this It s not something that comes around every day Shot in evocative black and white The Party resurrects a classic screwball form 
2.5
The Party
Glenn Kenny
A beautifully conceived and executed chamber comedy drama with tragedy at its core 
3.5
The Party
Lindsey Bahr
While it is wickedly funny and deft this crowd is also not one you d clamor for the company of for any extended amount of time But it is a fun experiment to be a fly on the wall for this bizarre night 
3
The Party
Oleg Ivanov
It captures the qualities of live theater that are rarely transmitted to film of being immediate alive and spontaneous as if the viewer is just a stone s throw away from the characters 
3
The Party
Ray Greene
Featuring a veteran cast in top form and running just 71 minutes this post Brexit chamberpiece hits like a fast jab to the face one that bruises and draws blood 
4
Liquid Sky
Matt Brunson
The film s throbbing music score trippy effects and commentary on sex drugs punk rock n roll mark it as a particularly spacey odyssey 
3
Liquid Sky
Ed Gonzalez
Since its unmemorable release in 1982 the Warhol esque Liquid Sky has developed a rather significant cult following 
3
Into the Ashes
Richard Roeper
a good yarn filled with arresting visuals and solid performances 
3
Into the Ashes
Peter Sobczynski
Into the Ashes tells a blood soaked story of violence betrayal and revenge that s so familiar that if one of the actors on the screen inexplicably forgot what to say a viewer could feed them their lines without hesitation 
2
Into the Ashes
Mark Dujsik
The filmmaker writes himself into a corner and decides to make himself comfortable there 
2.5
Into the Ashes
Jake Cole
Aaron Harvey is prone to pulling back from any moment that might give greater depth to his revenge tale 
2
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Joe Lozito
With Were Rabbit Mr Park establishes Gromit as the best animated canine character since Snoopy 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter T. Chattaway
Full of the British wit and kinetic action movie thrills that have made Nick Park s cartoons so popular 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
David Nusair
cute and pleasant yet essentially forgettable 
2.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wesley Lovell
Wallace Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit is an inventive pseudo thriller in the Claymation style 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Sara Michelle Fetters
The family comedy is an all around winner blowing every other animated picture this year so far out of the water they re all stuck somewhere up in the upper atmosphere unable to get back down 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Ethan Alter
Taken as a whole this is a superb film and an astonishing technical achievement 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Josh Larsen
It doesn t feel produced it feels made 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Larry Ratliff
It deserves to be the biggest thing in animated features since Shrek and quite possibly Toy Story 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
James Kendrick
There is something indescribably satisfying about the vaguely off kilter world of Wallace and Gromit and its litany of details 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Hanh Nguyen
There s none of the Hollywood cynicism or too clever winks meant to instill a sense of exclusive superiority just a sincere celebration of what makes good filmmaking and a desire to entertain 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter Keough
When Nick Park stretches his claymation to feature film length it gets a little thin 
2.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Sean McBride
wonderful characters combined with a captivating albeit very silly story
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jeffrey Westhoff
Clay superstars Wallace and Gromit could teach most flesh and blood actors how film comedy works 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Linda Cook
This film my dears is not a curse It is a blessing 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Mike McGranaghan
Satisfying family entertainment that will please fans and newbies alike 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Lori Hoffman
Park and co director screenwriter Steve Box keep the laughs and the movie references coming full tilt in 85 breakneck minutes of delicious screen comedy 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Steve Rhodes
It s all actually less funny than you d expect making one crave the time when Wallace and Gromit return to their real homeland the world of animated shorts 
2.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter Howell
The cheesy puns are as thick as rabbits in the bucolic England of inventor Wallace and his loyal mutt Gromit and that s a gouda thing 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Moira MacDonald
This movie is a treat take the kids and have a grand day out 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter Travers
Don t even try to figure out how Park can move plasticine figures around and achieve visual and slapstick miracles Just enjoy 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Timothy Knight
Wallace Gromit the Curse of the Were Rabbit is a visually dazzling wonder that will delight audiences of all ages 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter Debruge
It s uncanny how Park and co director Steve Box can milk a laugh from something so simple as an eye blink 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Robert W. Butler
But the big joys of this movie are the characters 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Bruce Westbrook
Wallace Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit soars with comic absurdities and innocent silliness while embracing old world quaintness and a sweet heart 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Liam Lacey
At first glance these lumpy creatures do not strike you as the best claymation efforts since God created Adam but Park s work is brilliantly understated 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Terry Lawson
Curse is a thoroughly entertaining romp that one hopes will make W G feel as at home here as Bart and Homer 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jeff Vice
There s more cleverness ingenuity and creativity displayed in the first five minutes of the animated comedy Wallace Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit than there has been in most of this year s live action features combined 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Michael Booth
Blessedly Were Rabbit is as much fun to watch as it must have been to write 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Randy Myers
It s refreshing to be rescued by a bright little G rated movie with a 24 carat heart 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Ty Burr
Were Rabbit is a tiny plasticine masterpiece 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Tyler Hanley
From start to finish Curse is a blessing 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Sean P. Means
The final 30 minutes is as exciting and thrill packed as any action blockbuster and as inventive as anything in Wallace s workshop 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jon Niccum
Park finds a way to turn very peculiar plots into easy to digest adventures
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Greg Maki
Truly something the whole family can enjoy 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Daniel M. Kimmel
wonderful sight gags puns movie parodies and so many throwaway jokes that you ll have to see the movie more than once to catch them all 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter Canavese
Charming inspired ridiculously entertaining 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Erik Childress
Delivers all the staples and pleasures of Park s world including the precious selflessness that Gromit exudes for his master 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Willie Waffle
Wallace and Gromit are two of the most lovably goofy characters in movie history with amazing chemistry and appeal to all ages which is quite shocking for two lumps of clay
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Marty Mapes
Impressive regardless and more so because the characters are so endearing
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Duane Dudek
Their emotionally expressive and soulful personalities burst with the flavor of a giant vegetable 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Carrie Rickey
All in all The Curse of the Were Rabbit is a comic blessing 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Walter Chaw
Only disappoints with its lack of resonance though in all fairness a cleverly animated cloud bust is all the pair ever really promised 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Dustin Putman
There seems to be a fairly rabid cult following for the quirky claymation characters of Wallace and Gromit but count me out This is a chaotic mess of a film 
1
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Michael Phillips
Most of us come from common clay Wallace Gromit do not 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Chris Hewitt
I felt my heart swelling beyond its natural size during Were rabbit 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Park and Box don t necessarily break any new ground here but their sense of pace and comic timing is still impeccable not easy when working in stop motion 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Phoebe Flowers
It s hard to believe any demographic wouldn t enjoy the ridiculously cute burrowing bounders rounded up by Anti Pesto who are fond of squealing Whee in tiny bunny voices 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jan Stuart
There is a flaccid overextended feel to the antics as if the characters had been stretched like Silly Putty til they cried uncle 
2.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Roger Ebert
Wallace and Gromit are arguably the two most delightful characters in the history of animation 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Keith Uhlich
Were Rabbit is most concerned with the connections between things specifically the ties that bind animal to human and more theoretically film frame to film frame 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Phil Villarreal
The subject matter strains under the weight of a full length film even one that runs only 84 minutes Much of the running time feels padded out 
2.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
James Berardinelli
It s one of 2005 s few non live action feature capable of engaging all members of the family 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Bob Strauss
Britcentricities still abound of course but there s something irresistibly hilarious about watching a group of dithering gardeners attempt to become a pitchfork wielding mob 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jami Bernard
Hare hare 
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Lou Lumenick
Wallace Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit demands more than a single viewing to catch everything and audiences of all ages won t mind one bit 
3.5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Frank Ochieng
a grandly infectious animated showcase that radiates with genuine wit and warmth Imaginative riotous and inherently clever 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Scott Nash
A pure delight and one of the best animated movies of this or any other year 
4
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Ross Anthony
It s simply great Go see it 
4
Gutterbug
Matt Brunson
A raw and unflinching look at all manner of societal ills 
3
Gutterbug
Federico Furzan
A character driven movie about the descension of spirit and the awakening of a young man living in a punk infested scene 
3
That's Life!
David Nusair
a meandering hit and miss endeavor that benefits substantially from its predictably stellar performances 
3
That's Life!
Roger Ebert
That s Life has many moments of truth and some good performances But it s not all of a piece not every scene seems to have been thought through on the same level Tone is everything in a film like this 
2.5
Cryo
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his story 46 46 46 starts to spin its wheels pretty early 46 
2
It
Matt Brunson
The entire project deflates just as it should be building to a crescendo and the final battle proves to be a crushing disappointment 
2.5
Frank & Zed
Walter Chaw
There s profundity in Jesse Blanchard s Frank Zed a rod puppet adventure hewing closer to community puppet theatre than to The Dark Crystal while sharing DNA with both 
3
Frank & Zed
Joey Magidson
Frank Zed is a true passion project for Jesse Blanchard and it shows 
3
The Grand Seduction
Frank Ochieng
Breezy mildly confusing and charmingly off kilter The Grand Seduction is an English language Canadian film that tickles the funnybone in its cheeky conviction detailing the desperate economic times of a financially strapped Newfoundland fishing village
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Duane Dudek
Warmhearted and thanks to Gleeson laugh out loud funny 
3
The Grand Seduction
Steven Rea
Loved Local Hero Charmed by Waking Ned Devine Then go watch Local Hero and Waking Ned Devine 
2
The Grand Seduction
John Hartl
So intricately plotted and unlikely that it verges on the exotic The Grand Seduction is nevertheless a hoot 
3.5
The Grand Seduction
Ann Hornaday
A fish out of water fable set within a fabulously scenic backdrop against which wholesome humor and a thoroughgoing humanist streak play out and intertwine with gentle unforced ease 
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Matt Pais
The attempt at lighthearted sweetness is just like the townspeople s imitation of cricket They re playing but they really don t know how 
1.5
The Grand Seduction
Roger Moore
An over familiar formula but a winning cast
2.5
The Grand Seduction
David Nusair
The original it s ultimately clear is a much much more accomplished piece of work 
2
The Grand Seduction
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s graceful and sweet and wise where it counts and often brilliantly acted and it made me laugh 
3
The Grand Seduction
John Semley
By and large the film s folksiness bucks schmaltz 
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Peter Howell
The movie equivalent of a warm blanket 
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Mick LaSalle
The Grand Seduction has a sober vibe and a methodical pace and yet there are more than a few moments that are laugh out loud funny 
3
The Grand Seduction
Claudia Puig
More bland than grand and more eccentric than seductive 
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Lou Lumenick
The frequently funny The Grand Seduction is a thoroughly pleasant way to pass a couple of hours 
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Matthew Kassel
If the film feels a bit clunky at times it rarely slips into cliché 
2.5
The Grand Seduction
Alan Jones
Like many films that contrast the simplicity of a rural community against the confusion of city life The Grand Seduction exhibits a patriarchal xenophobic attitude 
1.5
So Late So Soon
Rob Thomas
The Seidens have spent their lives following their creative muses and So Late So Soon is a touching look at the possibilities and limitations of a life devoted to one s art 
3.5
The Aeronauts
Lisa Trifone
Though more than once I found myself silently pleading with them to please just stop leaning over the side of the basket please god please I was nevertheless on the edge of my seat throughout
3
The Aeronauts
Sara Michelle Fetters
The breathtaking spectacle of it all is glorious 
3
The Aeronauts
Roger Moore
Old fashioned plucky 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Sean P. Means
The narrative ride of The Aeronauts is bumpy at times but Jones is a confident pilot who handles the story s emotional turbulence with ease 
3
The Aeronauts
Mike McGranaghan
It s still a little cheesy at times and undeniably manipulative at others It s also occasionally thrilling always well acted and unexpectedly kind of fun 
3
The Aeronauts
Anita Katz
Harper still creates satisfying entertainment old fashioned widescreen adventure style Wide shot views of clouds images of the balloon looking minuscule against the sky and a fluttering butterfly moment visually impress 
3
The Aeronauts
Monica Castillo
The thrill of The Aeronauts lies in its death defying stunts 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Josh Terry
It s visually impressive but floating under the surface is a story thin on substance and historical accuracy 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Robert Horton
Settles for high adventure rather than accurate history and if you can accept the pumped up heroics it plays fine as a family friendly escapade 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Perhaps it s fitting that a movie entitled The Aeronauts should only work when airborne but we the audience don t have the option of only watching the good part 
2
The Aeronauts
Jake Coyle
As the balloon rises the film does too Not because it achieves the kind of splendor it seems to seeking exactly but because it grows simpler and even sillier 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Jeff Simon
It s both a suspense film and an adventure film that took real 19th century achievement as a starting point and grafted 21st century gender reckonings and aspirations to the top of it 
3.5
The Aeronauts
Mark Dujsik
The Aeronauts sometimes works as a visceral experience but the human side of its tale is severely lacking 
2
The Aeronauts
Rex Reed
Both a spectacle in the air and an intimate drama about a relationship that grows under daunting conditions The Aeronauts grows on you but all attempts at character development are communicated through a series of annoying flashbacks 
3
The Aeronauts
Pamela Powell
Pairing Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones together gives us the perfect storm as their relationship is an unexpected and welcomed one 
3.5
The Aeronauts
Moira MacDonald
It s a pretty picture and a sweet adventure and sometimes that s enough 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Ty Burr
It s all CGI smoke and mirrors but the illusion holds at times you grip your seat for fear of falling out and down 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Katie Walsh
The character beats the script hits all feel so perfunctory and predictable and though the story is wrapped around a novel idea it s rather a snooze 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Johnny Oleksinski
The actually real Glaisher was joined by a guy named Henry Tracey Coxwell who writer Jack Thorne has unceremoniously scrubbed from history to satisfy a politically correct agenda Coxwell has been he rased 
1.5
The Aeronauts
Richard Roeper
Though filled with CGI effects creating arguably the most impressive hot air balloon sequences ever The Aeronauts has a distinctly old fashioned Saturday afternoon movie vibe 
3
The Aeronauts
Mick LaSalle
The result is one of Jones best showcases and she s had lots of good ones 
3
The Aeronauts
James Berardinelli
Overall this is a well acted peek back in history to an era when scientific and engineering techniques currently taken for granted were in their pioneering stages impelled forward by humanity s insatiable desire to explore and conquer new vistas 
3
The Aeronauts
Mark Lieberman
This one is at moments exhilarating but not much else 
1.5
The Aeronauts
Jake Cole
As a suspense film it s so sluggishly structured that it borders on the avant garde 
1.5
The Aeronauts
Clayton Davis
Story aside production design costumes visual effects and especially music by Oscar winner Steven Price is well worth a ticket to the theater 
2.5
The Aeronauts
Walter Chaw
The Aeronauts is an expensive project propelled by cheap emotional manipulation The jokes about hot air or gas sort of write themselves 
0
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
Roger Ebert
Swept Away is an absorbing movie it tells a story we get involved in and it s often very funny 
4
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
Jeremy Heilman
At once too simple and too convoluted to truly take off 
2
Rogue
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fox is a strong heroic presence bringing a bit more emotional depth to her performance than I anticipated 
3
Perrier's Bounty
David Nusair
boasts an impressively fast paced opening half hour that s heightened by the uniformly agreeable performances 
3
Perrier's Bounty
Jeff Shannon
This is one of those time killer movies that definitely goes well with a pint of Guinness 
2.5
Perrier's Bounty
Wesley Morris
Perrier s Bounty is all stock material full of characters that deserve more than the cliched shootouts and showdowns that befall them Even the movie s most natural impulses seem to come from a can 
2
Perrier's Bounty
Sara Michelle Fetters
A festival favorite Perrier s Bounty is one of those comedic British crime thrillers I just can t quite figure out what the fuss is all about 
2
Perrier's Bounty
Robert Levin
It s an effective genre piece propelled by the strong performances of Cillian Murphy Jodie Whittaker and especially Jim Broadbent 
3
Perrier's Bounty
Kyle Smith
Watching this movie lunge this way and that is like being at a bar while a guy with the widest smile and the busiest gestures keeps telling you all about this fantastic Martin McDonagh play he sort of remembers and how this happened 
2.5
Perrier's Bounty
Bill Weber
A would be eccentric thriller not quite saved by Jim Broadbent s spectral wacky performance 
2
Perrier's Bounty
Peter Keough
There s a point to all this drivel says Gabriel Byrne s mysterious narrator Or is the drivel the whole point 
2.5
Perrier's Bounty
Matt Glasby
There are flecks of wit and charm to be found in here but really it all boils down to second rate Ritchie 
2
The Beast Within
Larry Vitacco
The Beast Within is a real loser and not worth mentioning except to say don t waste your money 
1
The Beast Within
Matt Brunson
Forget the usual Transylvania or London settings This horror flick has the distinction of being set in scary Mississippi 
2
The Beast Within
John Beifuss
A movie that suggests that not just the chickens but the locust monsters inevitably will come home to roost in a postbellum South a Heart of Dixie haunted by its violent bigoted past 
2.5
The Desert Bride
Mattie Lucas
A hushed and restrained portrait of grief and confusion that finds if only for a moment a respite for a weary and lonely heart who discovers that it s never too late to start over 
3.5
The Desert Bride
Frank Ochieng
This low key noteworthy soul searching romancer is undoubtedly profound and passionate in its depiction Refreshingly Desert Bride s ultimate payoff is its willingness to grasp the consciousness of aging womanhood once resigned to its stagnant confines
3
The Desert Bride
Shane Slater
Garcia s nuanced performance is indeed a marvel to watch guided by Atán and Pivato s humanistic direction and storytelling 
3
The Desert Bride
Godfrey Cheshire
A road movie story that aims toward simplistic and rather formulaic romantic wish fulfillment 
2
The Desert Bride
Clayton Dillard
As two handers go the film has a moderately compelling pair of performances at its center with Claudio Rissi s take on a fun loving road warrior providing an amusing if obvious counterpoint to Paulina García s reserved homebody 
2
The Desert Bride
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A gentle film of good intentions which without much fuss works within what it humbly proposes Full review in Spanish 
3
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Betsy Bozdech
Smith plays all of Miss Brodie s highs and lows beautifully it s easy to see why everyone is drawn to her yet at the same time want to shake her for being such a drama queen 
3.5
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
David Nusair
stripped of star Maggie Smith s presence there s no doubt that the film would be a complete bore 
2
Holy Motors
Robert Levin
You ll either run with it or you won t but you can be sure you ve never seen anything quite like it 
3
Holy Motors
Michal Oleszczyk
Sadly it appears Holy Motors core audience is something of a niche that does not include any who haven t yet sold their entire soul to the art de cinéma 
1.5
Holy Motors
Peter Canavese
Holy Motors has the power to haunt as much as to amuse 
3.5
Holy Motors
Barry Paris
A mindblowing explosion of imagination and virtuosic technique from French auteur Leos Carax 
3.5
Holy Motors
Nathalie Atkinson
Léos Carax s fifth feature film his first since 1999 s Pola X is a riddle within a dream wrapped in four layers of enigma 
2.5
Holy Motors
Mick LaSalle
Cinema is full life is empty Cinema is easy life is mysterious Perhaps that s Carax s message Whatever it is he has our attention 
3
Holy Motors
Rick Groen
Surreal and often disturbing and sometimes poignant and always mesmerizing Mission accomplished 
3.5
Holy Motors
Matt Pais
It s a glorious gross absurd haunting dream and deconstruction of identity that may enthrall like a symphony or annoy like a rash 
3.5
Holy Motors
Mattie Lucas
An almost involuntary evocation of pure feeling and instinct a delirious cinematic pastiche that is a celebration of everything cinema was is and will be 
4
Holy Motors
John Beifuss
The movie is a puzzle meant to be played and enjoyed not solved As Oscar asserts We re having a ball in the back of beyond 
3.5
Holy Motors
Roger Moore
Read a dozen reviews of Holy Motors and you ll mostly get a dozen people scrambling not to admit that they don t quite get it 
2.5
Holy Motors
Marty Mapes
Mystifying and emotion stirring it demands that you bring yourself
4
Holy Motors
Rob Thomas
Holy Motors is a post apocalyptic movie if your idea of the apocalypse was the demise of 35mm film and the rise of YouTube culture 
3.5
Holy Motors
Peter Canavese
As playful as it is Holy Motors has the power to haunt as much as to amuse 
3.5
Holy Motors
Austin Kennedy
I admire the film for thinking out of the box but it just tries too hard to be weird It ends up imploding on itself due to its over ambition 
2.5
Holy Motors
Chris Hewitt
If you like a movie that dares you to keep up and that demands your willingness to let some parts of it remain mystifying Holy Motors is a ride worth taking 
3
Holy Motors
Joe Williams
Audiences who care about character and plot are liable to take the exit to a movie that makes sense 
2
Holy Motors
Tom Keogh
All this random action Carax suggests is for some vast abstract audience anxious to lose itself in imagined narratives 
3.5
Holy Motors
Rene Rodriguez
Holy Motors is wild and unfettered and playful the work of an artist who carries his love of cinema in his bones and knows how to share that affection with the audience 
3
Holy Motors
Peter Howell
This is the most exhilarating cinema ride of 2012 a marvellously mobile mystery trip 
4
Holy Motors
Mark Dujsik
A multitude of pleasures abound if one gives into the insane spell the film casts 
3.5
Holy Motors
Michael Phillips
Lavant is splendid in the film and he s essentially the entire film and yet Holy Motors is somewhat more than a contraption built for a fearless performer 
3.5
Holy Motors
Roger Ebert
Here is a film that is exasperating frustrating anarchic and in a constant state of renewal It s not tame 
3.5
Holy Motors
Wesley Morris
I don t know what Lavant is playing here because I ve never seen anything like it 
3
Holy Motors
Peter Keough
The most brilliant and exhilarating film of the year 
4
Holy Motors
Robert Levin
You ll either run with it or you won t but you can be sure you ve never seen anything quite like it 
3
Holy Motors
Jack Rodgers
While a single viewing or even three of Holy Motors isn t enough to begin to plumb the depths of its mysteries it is enough to confirm that this weird dazzling utterly unique movie is one of the highlights of 21st century cinema thus far 
4
Holy Motors
Lou Lumenick
The sort of enigmatic movie that many critics embrace because it s open to endless interpretation 
2
Holy Motors
Peter Travers
Holy Motors fueled by pure feeling is a dream of a movie you want to get lost in 
3.5
Holy Motors
Stephen Whitty
Just when you re ready to throw up your hands and walk out there s a scene of Lavant gliding around Paris like some silent movie character out of Judex or Fantomas 
2.5
Holy Motors
Ed Gonzalez
A maddening self satisfied though never smug game of spot the reference that seems intended only for a particular type of cinephile 
2.5
Dementia
Sara Michelle Fetters
Dementia is a B grade psychological thriller but it often aspires to be much more and as good as the performances are and as tight as the script might be Testin in arguably the chief reason for that 
3
Dementia
Chuck Bowen
The film doesn t quite earn Gene Jones s performance but it engenders considerable goodwill for allowing him to give it 
2.5
Dementia
Christian Toto
Is Gene Jones the best late bloomer Hollywood has to offer Dementia proves it 
3
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day Of The Doctor
Peter Canavese
NO SPOILERS A culminative reflection on the reboot s characterization of the Doctor a respectful hat tip to the decades that preceded the show s return to the airwaves in 2005 and a jumping off point for the next fifty years of Who 
3.5
Young Man With a Horn
Jeremiah Kipp
Dramatically contrived and thematically feeble 
2
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Peter Canavese
One of the less inspired animated Batman efforts but an enjoyable and generally kid friendly adventure all the same 
2.5
Tony Manero
V.A. Musetto
Shot with a hand held camera and presented in a fragmented scenario Tony Manero is the director s compelling attempt to find parallels between the Pinochet reign of terror and Ral s scruple less antics 
3.5
Tony Manero
Rob Thomas
Larrain s film is primarily a character study of Raul an unpleasant but unforgettable man who is part King of Comedy Robert DeNiro part Cape Fear DeNiro 
3
Tony Manero
Nick Schager
A magnificently deranged study of overboard pop culture fandom and authoritarian rule s destructive effect on its citizenry 
3.5
My Way
Chris Knight
The film runs for almost two and a half hours and features some brutal scenes of combat but the acting is fine and the locations scouted for two years and shot over almost six months are stunning 
3
My Way
V.A. Musetto
Just don t expect much in the plot department 
2
My Way
Calum Marsh
With an average shot length of something like 0 04 seconds Kang Je kyu s war story My Way was clearly torpedoed by overzealous slicing and dicing and what might have been a competent blockbuster is now borderline unwatchable 
1
My Way
Stephen Cole
The big budget South Korean film is a mash up of Chariots of Fire and Saving Private Ryan linked together with pounding orchestral swells The film too often gets stuck in a shooter video game groove upon entering Spielberg domain however 
2
My Way
G. Allen Johnson
My Way billed as the most expensive Korean film in history 25 million is epic packed with action and it s lousy 
1
Blessed Child
Peter Sobczynski
The film is a little too scattershot for its own good 
2
Blessed Child
Chuck Bowen
Filmmaker Cara Jones offers a poignant testament to the baggage and insecurities hounding her own life 
2.5
Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge
Mike McGranaghan
Scare Package II was made for people who love horror movies BY people who love horror movies 46 
3
The Young Lieutenant
Chris Hewitt
Still mourning the end of Helen Mirren in TV s Prime Suspect You might want to give Le Petit Lieutenant a whirl 
3.5
The Young Lieutenant
Leighton Walter Kille
you can sense Baye s struggling within the limits imposed on her 
2.5
The Young Lieutenant
David Elliott
Basically a vivid meal of characters plus coffee and wine and one gin tonic Le Petit Lieutenant keeps true to its brasserie menu 
3
The Young Lieutenant
Moira MacDonald
The film s plot revolving around a murder investigation that turns nasty ticks along smoothly and efficiently But it s ultimately more of a character drama and a reminder that great acting often has little to do with words 
3
The Young Lieutenant
Bill Stamets
Le Petit Lieutenant looks at Antoine s life with lyricism 
3
The Young Lieutenant
Michael Wilmington
Beauvois makes the milieu his own too showing us credible and affecting human beings caught up in a world that often reveals humanity at its worst 
3
The Young Lieutenant
Bob Strauss
one that will likely earn more respect from viewers than it will passion 
2.5
The Young Lieutenant
Mick LaSalle
More than any film in recent memory Le Petit Lieutenant conveys the relentless toll of big city police work 
4
The Young Lieutenant
Bruce Westbrook
Just as the French may overrate our cinema Jerry Lewis anyone we may overrate theirs Take Le Petit Lieutenant please 
1.5
The Young Lieutenant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a clipped Bressonian quality that makes it frustrating but also increasingly fascinating 
3
The Young Lieutenant
Ken Fox
Mundane real life can make for some pretty dull viewing and the only thing that enlivens Beauvois anti thriller is Baye s beautiful performance a career high that culminates in a tip of the hat to her first great director Francois Truffaut 
2.5
The Young Lieutenant
Kyle Smith
Le Petit Lieutenant keeps such a lazy pace with so many scenes that fail to move the story forward that it should be cited for failing to meet the minimum speed for a crime drama 
1.5
The Young Lieutenant
Jack Mathews
The relationship between an enthusiastic young Paris homicide detective and his middle age female supervisor is as important as the murders they are trying to solve in Xavier Beauvois taut police procedural 
3
The Young Lieutenant
John Anderson
The results while a bit overlong are engaging and real 
2.5
The Young Lieutenant
Ed Gonzalez
In spite of its improvisational roots Le Petite Lieutenant feels a little too cleverly thought out but this is still a rare police film that uses work to illuminate life 
3
Constantine's Sword
John Hartl
Jacoby and Carroll make their case skillfully carefully excerpting key scenes from Lenny with Dustin Hoffman doing a Lenny Bruce monologue on anti Jewish prejudice and The Robe 
3
Constantine's Sword
Ty Burr
Constantine s Sword speaks provocatively to history and our moment 
3.5
Constantine's Sword
Roger Ebert
But I ramble So does the movie in an insidiously fascinating way 
3
Constantine's Sword
Kam Williams
A powerful documentary which makes the case that the faith based fanaticism that has destabilized the planet has been fueled as much by the West as by radical Islam 
4
Constantine's Sword
Ross Anthony
Overall rather disorganized and uneven as a documentary but always passionate intriguing and certainly pertinent 
2.5
Constantine's Sword
Ken Fox
Director Oren Jacoby s haunting documentary joins cowriter and producer Carroll the author of Constantine s Sword The Church and the Jews A History for a fascinating dual journey 
3.5
Constantine's Sword
V.A. Musetto
The movie raises important issues but it provides few answers as it moves along in uninspired talking heads fashion 
1.5
Falling
Peter Canavese
Has a certain base competence to it but the takeaway is ambiguous as it reaches for a lyricism that never coalesces 
2.5
Falling
Rex Reed
The strength patience and universal need to forgive and bridge generational gaps Mr Mortensen is aiming for have a devastating effect 
4
Falling
Roger Moore
Lance Henriksen gives one of the great rage rage against the dying of the light performances
3
Falling
Kevin Carr
There s a lot of realism in this and that s what makes it work 
3
Falling
Joey Magidson
Falling is a look at dementia but done in a way that s unlike how almost any other movie has gone about it 
3
Falling
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s impressive work all around Mortensen has a sure hand and mostly excellent judgment 
3
Falling
Mark Dujsik
Falling mostly offers pain upon pain misery upon misery and insult upon injury Its insights end there 
2.5
Falling
Randy Myers
An endurance test that bludgeons you with endless and horrific rants from one of its hate spewing characters 
1.5
Falling
Mick LaSalle
Every so often and increasingly as the movie goes on it s borderline hilarious by accident 
1
Falling
Ann Hornaday
Viggo Mortensen makes a sensitive and assured directing debut with Falling a meditation on aging mortality and slow drip loss that will resonate deeply with anyone going through the agonies it depicts 
3
Falling
Richard Roeper
The well intentioned drama never makes the case why a decent man would stay close to his detestable father 
2
Falling
Bill Chambers
A bigger problem is that for as warmly as I feel towards Henriksen the actor he might be too convincing here there s no charisma behind Willis s bile 
2
Falling
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet mostly ineffective first feature from an otherwise talented performer 
2
Falling
Toni Gonzales
Falling is both a story about a trying child parent relationship and it s a film that you should watch 
3.5
Falling
Erik Childress
There were no positive vibes to balance what is nothing more than a pretty miserable trip down memory lane as we await the world to be rid of one more old bastard 
1.5
This Is Not a Comedy
Roger Moore
Take the title at its word 
1.5
The Good House
Joe Friar
Sigourney Weaver is terrific 44 handling the role with aplomb 46 It 8217 s a delicate balancing act with the shift from light comedy to weighty material 46 Seeing her reunite with Kline after two decades is itself worth the price of admission 46 
3.5
The Good House
Richard Roeper
You might not buy all the plot machinations but as for the sight of Weaver and Kline together again That s an easy sell 
3
The Good House
Christy Lemire
Even when the film falters 44 Weaver consistently finds room to explore the many fascinating flaws revealed by her character 8217 s addiction 46 
2.5
The Good House
Randy Myers
A smart funny and redemptive film 
3
The Good House
Rob Thomas
The film around Weaver doesn 8217 t live up to her performance 44 with cookie cutter characters and melodramatic TV movie of the week plot twists 46 
2
The Good House
Mark Dujsik
Erroneously 44 The Good House wants to be a comfortable movie 44 but even a slightly deeper look at this character and this scenario raises multiple discomforting issues 46 
1.5
The Good House
Mark Feeney
Thanks to its two leads The Good House very much succeeds as character study As narrative it doesn t fare anywhere near as well 
2.5
The Good House
Charles Koplinski
Though it may move a bit slow for some 44 8220 House 8221 proves to be an effective portrayal of a woman in denial who comes to the realization she needs some help 46 
3
The Good House
Pat Padua
Like a subpar property 44 it just doesn 8217 t show well in a highly competitive market 46 
2
The Good House
Bill Chambers
The Good House repeatedly finds Hildy breaking the fourth wall and addressing us directly High Fidelity style and Weaver can t quite sell the wine mom Ferris Bueller monologues she s asked to deliver in these moments 
1
Leaving
Andrew Schenker
This alternation between frenzy and calm is the key to Corsini s aesthetic a strategy the director employs in order to both introduce a modest tension into her otherwise tired material 
2
Leaving
Ty Burr
The only reason to see Leaving and it s not a bad reason at all is for the sight of Kristin Scott Thomas in a rare happy mood 
2
Leaving
Alicia Potter
Thomas remains a mesmerizing mix of carnality and class and through richer and poorer she keeps director co writer Catherine Corsini s bourgeois fantasy from overheating 
2
Leaving
Joe Williams
As Suzanne s stair stepping recklessness leads ever downward from secret rendezvous to public humiliations to thievery and worse Leaving trades sympathy for surprise 
3
Leaving
Michael O'Sullivan
If Leaving is a story of a broken marriage what exactly went wrong 
1.5
Leaving
Chris Hewitt
Thomas bless her remains compelling throughout But it gets harder and harder to watch the things Leaving forces her to do 
2.5
Leaving
Moira MacDonald
While Leaving is a tragedy it s also a celebration of the way a fine actor can tell us a story barely needing words 
3
Leaving
Roger Ebert
Scott Thomas walks around in jeans and a T shirt and has that Isabelle Huppert lifelong little girl look She s good Pity about the movie 
2
Leaving
Steven Rea
Corsini has her surprises And she has Scott Thomas and that s really all she needs 
3
Leaving
Mick LaSalle
There have been many adultery movies over the years but Leaving has some aspects that make it different and interesting 
3
Leaving
Robert Levin
The movie s real allure is found in the ways its star flicks her hair darts her eyes and moves tenderly slowly and passionately across each frame 
3.5
Leaving
V.A. Musetto
The plot isn t a new one remember Lady Chatterley but Corsini gives it a few twists and turns that keep matters fresh and suspenseful 
3
Leaving
Rex Reed
Kristin Scott Thomas breathes new life into a woman who was invented by Flaubert and copied by Francoise Sagan 
3
Leaving
Robbie Collin
The relationship might not be believable but you believe Kristin believes in it And as far as the film s concerned that s enough to rescue it 
3
Leaving
David Nusair
An appealingly accessible endeavor that one can easily envision being remade somewhere down the line with say Diane Lane Richard Gere and Antonio Banderas undoubtedly a comfortable fit for their French language predecessors 
3
Leaving
Mark Peranson
Compelling cinema 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Brian Eggert
While the documentary drools over what might have been it also aggrandizes Jodorowsky suggesting that no artist was purer or more revolutionary at the time
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Walter V. Addiego
Pavich shows us many images from the storyboard and even treats some to a simple form of animation to suggest how the movie might have looked 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jason Buchanan
When is a failure not a failure This isn t a riddle or a trick question but rather the unique scenario we re compelled to ponder while watching Jodorowsky s Dune 
4
Jodorowsky's Dune
Eric Melin
Jodorowsky s Dune could probably have never been as good as Jodorowsky s Dune a thoroughly entertaining and inspiring movie 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Brad Keefe
Will make you wish Hollywood would have given Jodorowsky everything he needed or that we could at least Kickstart the difference 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Rob Thomas
Why did it leave me so oddly happy this story of a beautiful dream that never came true Perhaps because there s beauty in the dreaming itself 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Aside from Jodorowsky s Dune being spectacularly entertaining and intriguing as well as flat out surprising it also contains wonderful themes worth carrying into any aspect of life 
4
Jodorowsky's Dune
Joe Williams
This documentary version of Jodorowsky s Dune is probably more entertaining than what Hollywood would have done to it with a clearer message Our lives are like sands though an hourglass so dream the impossible dream 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
John Beifuss
Entertaining from its first outrageous pronouncement of messianic intent to its final concept painting of a reticulated spaceship spilling outer space spice 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Matt Brunson
The evidence presented in this film does suggest that at the very least Jodorowsky would have made a hallucinatory one of a kind epic that for better or worse would still be heavily discussed to this day 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Sean P. Means
The most enjoyable behind the scenes look at moviemaking to come along in ages It s even better because it s about a movie that never was 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Soren Andersen
Jodorowsky is a mesmerizing presence in director Frank Pavich s engrossing picture He was 84 when much of it was shot 
4
Jodorowsky's Dune
Rene Rodriguez
Jodorowsky s Dune gives you a good sense of what might have been and judging by what we see the picture might have accomplished what the director ultimately intended To mutate young minds 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Tirdad Derakhshani
What an extraordinary dream it could have been 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Duane Dudek
A movie about the greatest movie never made and the man who never made it 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Walter Chaw
minor hyperbole
2.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
David Berry
Few of us get to change the world but fewer still have the vision and ambition of Jodorowsky and it s a heady thrill just to be in his orbit for a little while 
4
Jodorowsky's Dune
Geoff Pevere
The best way to watch this movie is as an account of an eccentric visionary maverick who could not be stopped or influenced by reason 
2.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Peter Howell
We get an idea of what could have been via the colossal illustrated screenplay still lovingly held by Jodorowsky who is every bit the dreamer in his 80s that he was in his youth 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Ty Burr
Is Alejandro Jodorowsky s Dune the most influential movie never made 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Roger Moore
Fascinating But calling it the greatest movie ever made Fanboy please 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Mark Dujsik
The film is a wealth of anecdotes told by people who are still enthusiastic about the project and still in disbelief that it failed to come to fruition 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Bill Stamets
Frank Savich s diverting documentary lets the 85 year old filmmaker revisit a saga from the mid 70s his stellar two year failure to adapt Frank Herbert s Dune for the screen 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Michael Phillips
Jodorowsky s Dune is a lovely little tribute to a major league What if 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Matt Pais
Tickles the imaginations of movie fans who see the art form as an unlimited opportunity to expand the mind 
3
Jodorowsky's Dune
Robert Levin
This documentary represents the righting of a wrong finally giving a dreamer his due 
3.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Stephen Whitty
While it overplays the poor misunderstood artist angle though Jodorowsky s Dune does at least give the filmmaker a stage 
2.5
Jodorowsky's Dune
Kyle Smith
Flash Gordon probably looked cool at the storyboard stage too If Jodo was such a genius why didn t he make some other masterpiece instead 
2
Jodorowsky's Dune
David Nusair
an intriguing and frequently fascinating documentary 
3
Walking Out
Rob Thomas
Like a snow covered mountain the film s deceptively simple surface conceals a complicated landscape underneath 
3
Walking Out
Kenneth R. Morefield
Exactly the sort of well crafted small film that should make us all grateful places like the Sundance Institute exist 
3
Walking Out
Roger Moore
Talks and talks and talks itself out of being a lean testing tale of fathers and sons and survival 
2
Walking Out
Rex Reed
You won t walk out of Walking Out 
3
Walking Out
David Fear
Walking Out settles into a comfortable survivalist story groove albeit one specifically designed to dehydrate emotionally repressed males one sob at a time 
3
Walking Out
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film works best as a simple tale of a civilized person s immersion in the natural world conveyed through scenes of physical struggle 
3
Walking Out
Mark Dujsik
A delicate story of fathers and sons 
3
Walking Out
Mike McGranaghan
A brainy emotional and captivating survival tale 
3
Walking Out
Derek Smith
Walking Out is modest in scope its concerns limited to man s attempts to live both morally and harmoniously with nature 
2.5
Walking Out
Sean P. Means
The bonds between father and son are tested to the breaking point in Walking Out a nail biter of a survival drama 
3.5
Above the Rim
Anderson Jones
Films with principally African American casts shouldn t have to mean hats cocked sideways baggy jeans around the knees slithery drug dealers and voiceless women Not even in service of a fast break Or buck 
2
Above the Rim
Roger Ebert
The movie lives easily on the streets where it is shot and the performances especially by Martin Shakur and Pinkins are convincing 
3
Above the Rim
Chris Hicks
Despite obvious weaknesses however the film gets a huge boost from several excellent performances 
3
Jumanji
David Nusair
Filmmaker Joe Johnston has infused Jumanji with an appreciatively old school feel that s reflected in its many attributes 
3
Jumanji
Peter Canavese
Like the rest of Johnston s oeuvre Jumanji puts vivid characters through paces that will quicken any child s pulse 
3
Jumanji
Michael Dequina
All the effects in the world can t disguise the thin plot 
2.5
Jumanji
Jeanne Aufmuth
The film version of Chris Van Allsburg s story is terribly frightening but thrilling as a cinematic visual experience 
3
Jumanji
Peter Stack
As a movie it s far from compelling As a thrill ride though it s a rampaging special effects and animatronics extravaganza that will make small children cringe behind their seats 
2.5
Jumanji
Joe Baltake
It s a nifty idea I guess even though it is gleefully cynical but Jumanji and whatever potential it had are undermined by Johnston s inept direction and some cheesy video digital and computer effects 
1.5
Jumanji
Roger Ebert
A gloomy special effects extravaganza filled with grotesque images generating fear and despair 
1.5
Jumanji
James Berardinelli
Apparently the producers of Jumanji wanted this film to be a Jurassic Park for 1995 s holiday season If so it s a badly misplaced and ultimately futile hope 
2
Chandu, the Magician
Matt Brunson
This programmer benefits from solid production values it was shot by the legendary James Wong Howe and co directed with Marcel Varnel by renowned art director William Cameron Menzies but the story and acting are strictly amateur hour 
2
Pressing On: The Letterpress Film
Roger Moore
A sentimental exercise in print nostalgia embracing the hand crafted artistry of those who make posters and the like the old OLD fashioned way 
3
Double Vision
Joshua Tanzer
Looks very much like a lost Chinese episode of The X Files but it s still a good weird ride starring Hong Kong star Tony Leung and American actor David Morse 
3
The Hours of the Day
Rene Rodriguez
The Hours of the Day doesn t really qualify as a thriller it s more of a clinical study than anything else but its cumulative impact is chilling 
3
Bio-Dome
Mal Vincent
At one point Pauly looks into the camera and says Sometimes stupid can be pretty cool Not this time Pauly 
1
Bio-Dome
Peter Stack
America faces the very real prospect that Pauly Shore is the most annoying comic alive 
0
Bio-Dome
Craig Marine
If you must rent it at least wait for a half price night 
1
Bio-Dome
Madeleine Williams
Wanna be comedy falls way flat 
0
The Beach
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While it thumped along I had plenty of time to ponder the other and better movies that it reminded me of 
2
The Beach
Margaret A. McGurk
Boyle takes a seriously wrong turn in the closing third of the film 
2.5
The Beach
Rick Groen
Ultimately it seems more bland than bad 
2.5
The Beach
James Kendrick
a deeply flawed adventure film with heavy themes about the fragile nature of paradise
2
The Beach
Shay Casey
The film s story goes from decent to bad to awful 
2
The Beach
Michael Dequina
DiCaprio s teen idol status may be the primary reason he gets so much ink in the press now but his talent will keep his name in the memory for years to come 
3
The Beach
Jay Carr
It s Beach Blanket Bingo revisited but with a Eurocast and more exotic locations 
1.5
The Beach
Jonathan Foreman
Leo is surprisingly masculine charming and effective in this stylish gorgeous but clumsily structured Nintendo generation update of Lord of the Flies 
3
The Beach
Mike Clark
Murky pretentious and torturously inert 
1
The Beach
Ross Anthony
Well paced acted and filmed always interesting with only a few sticky moments and rough end 
2.5
The Beach
James Berardinelli
The last 40 minutes aren t merely dissatisfying they re virtually unbearable 
2
The Beach
Mick LaSalle
The Beach taps into something powerful that can t be overwhelmed by individual moments of silliness 
3
The Beach
Dustin Putman
Not at all a bad film 151 simply a misguided one that is ruined by an amateurish screenplay that is missing three important elements a heart a brain and the nerve to be courageous in its storytelling 
2
The Beach
Roger Ebert
Watching The Beach is like experiencing a script conference where only sequences are discussed never the whole film What is it about anyway 
2
The Beach
Susan Stark
A dark muddled ambitious but derivative piece 
2
The Beach
Tor Thorsen
Leo s journey into the heart of darkness is unfortunately far from convincing 
2.5
The Beach
Rob Blackwelder
An utterly common and uninvolving amalgam of paradise photography detached pop psychology and watered down danger 
2.5
The Beach
David Keyes
The Beach is quite easily the most colorful bad movie of the year 
1.5
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Federico Furzan
A pretty solid example of how to direct a documentary regarding a case whose controversy speaks for itself Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
David Nusair
Filmmaker Alex Gibney delivers a sporadically interesting yet mostly underwhelming documentary that feels like it s missing huge chunks of the story 
2.5
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Verne Gay
It s so high gloss so weirdly hypnotic that neither Gibney nor The Inventor can get to the real human behind the image A shortcoming of the film Sure but the only one 
4
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Robert Levin
If anything this material is too rich for a single documentary 
3
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Matt Zoller Seitz
We all want something to believe in and as Gibney suggests if nothing worthy of our belief presents itself we ll make do with a ripping yarn 
3
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Chris Barsanti
Alex Gibney s documentary tells a dramatic if somewhat workmanlike story of Silicon Valley hubris meeting old fashioned scamming 
2.5
Still
John Beifuss
Takes full advantage of the ornery authority and distinctive Thomas Hart Bentonesque physiognomy of its star James Cromwell in a rare lead role 
2.5
Still
Christian Toto
An Occupy Wall Street supporter is part of the most conservative indie film you ll see all year Still Mine is a heartbreaking classic no matter your ideology though 
3.5
Still
Moira MacDonald
Bring a handkerchief or possibly a bedsheet to Still Mine this fact based beautifully acted drama could wring tears from a brick 
3.5
Still
Peter Keough
A tough minded tearjerker based on a true story 
2.5
Still
Chris Hewitt
It s a tender sharply observed drama 
3
Still
Hillary Rea
It is about a husband and wife partners through six decades grappling with issues of aging and how to spend what time together remains with grace and dignity 
3.5
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Kristin Tillotson
While this slight Canadian film has limited appeal for general audiences seniors and families affected by Alzheimer s will find much to identify with 
3
Still
Peter Canavese
Handled with care and patience by McGowan proves mightily compelling and deftly sidesteps sentimentality and cliche 
3
Still
Michael O'Sullivan
The bond between Craig and Irene is beautifully illuminated by McGowan s script and by acting that feels rich and real 
3.5
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Lou Lumenick
Still Mine eschews schmaltz and is tremendously moving 
3.5
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John Anderson
What would otherwise have been be a rather banal David Goliath story is elevated by Cromwell into something more weighty and even existentially profound 
3
Still
Rex Reed
Still Mine is Mr Cromwell s film from first scene to closing credits he is always present alive and real with a wealth of understated feelings This is the greatest performance of his rich career 
3.5
Still
Roger Moore
Beautifully acted if a tad overly sentimental in its views of old age
2.5
Still
Andrew Schenker
As far as films about couples dealing with the female partner losing her mind go Still Mine is pretty pedestrian 
1
Still
Chris Knight
Still Mine will leave viewers with a lump in the throat and a hopeful determination to face administrative adversity with as much stoicism and grace 
3.5
Still
Geoff Pevere
Still Mine is a measured but considerably moving celebration of things hand crafted traditional and built to last 
3
Still
Peter Howell
Quietly observes a love tested by infirmity and bureaucracy becoming all the stronger for it 
3.5
The Clockmaker
Roger Ebert
It s not about the killer but about the killer s father And it presents him so eloquently that it becomes one of the year s best films 
4
High Road to China
Roger Ebert
An unconvincing harmless action movie that at its best moments is a pale echo of Raiders of the Lost Ark 
2
Neon Bull
Peter Keough
Mascaro works much like his protagonist gathering together details images and scenes to create unexpected visions The narrative seems desultory and repetitive until it coalesces into some arresting if not perverse sequences 
3.5
Neon Bull
Peter Howell
Visually ravishing and sexually provocative Neon Bull offers an unforgettable portrait of a changing Brazil at once earthy and arty 
3.5
Neon Bull
Barry Hertz
The film is filthy with nuanced moments of fierce sweaty intimacy all shot with a precise eye for detail At the very least it will make you rethink your next rodeo 
3.5
Neon Bull
Walter V. Addiego
There s talent on view here but in service of a questionable proposition with the whole thing tiptoeing toward the exploitative 
2
Neon Bull
Godfrey Cheshire
The characters are given no real depth they re types more than people and the narrative has practically zero dramatic tension or development 
2
Neon Bull
Chuck Bowen
Everything in the film is understood to be a subsumed sex act with actual sex serving as a contextualizing catharsis 
3.5
Neon Bull
Kent Turner
Though comprised of a series of beautifully framed static shots it overflows with vitality you are not likely to forget it 
3
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
Mattie Lucas
A radical sledgehammer of a film a ferocious work of avant garde essay filmmaking that dares to hold a mirror up to a white audience and demand that we examine our own complicity in a racist society 
3.5
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
Brian Tallerico
It s hard to shake the idea that the live documentary approach isn t a little more satisfying for this material but it s impossible to deny the power of much of what s on display here 
3
Red
David Nusair
a briskly paced actioner thats enhanced by its proliferation of agreeably over the top set pieces and performances of an almost uniformly engaging nature 
3
Red
Mattie Lucas
A sharply funny and highly engaging action comedy that is more than carried by its four venerable stars 
3
Red
Jason Buchanan
A playful action blockbuster with a top shelf cast and a refreshingly unconventional concept 
2.5
Red
Roger Moore
Oh that RED was the giddy romp it might have been it promises to be or it thinks it is 
2.5
Red
Jeff Beck
The best reason to get out there and see it is to see these actors take on this kind of over the top material The fun they appear to be having on screen ends up being quite contagious 
3
Red
Jay Antani
The cast s efforts go about halfway to compensating for Red s lack of inspiration elsewhere 
2.5
Red
Wesley Lovell
A fun little spy thriller that twists the old adage that you can t teach an old dog new tricks and suggests that perhaps they can teach you something new instead 
3
Red
John Beifuss
The novel AARP action vibe is loose and pleasant even if the sensitive viewer can t help wishing gunplay and murder weren t so easy to accept as escapist entertainment 
3
Red
Linda Cook
Yes it s silly But Red is above average because it boasts so much serious star power 
2.5
Red
Mike Scott
A high octane dose of summer flavored fun an AARP action film that comes along just in time to add a little levity and some serious weaponry to Hollywood s serious minded fall awards season 
3
Red
Eric Melin
Action films with a sense of humor can be the best medicine sometimes at the movies It s just that this one has one joke repeated over and over again and the one liners aren t that funny 
1.5
Red
Lori Hoffman
Red has its moments including a finale that finally provides the action comedy vibe we expected all along but it still has to count as a mild disappointment
2
Red
Kam Williams
Geezer G Men gone wild 
3
Red
Mark Dujsik
It s the kind of cast that lends more credence to the material than it deserves 
2
Red
Matt Brunson
A smart slick endeavor that gets added mileage from its cast of seasoned screen vets How seasoned The arithmetic mean of the five top billed stars ages is 59 throw 93 year old Ernest Borgnine into the equation and the calculator starts to overheat 
3
Red
Christian Toto
Explosions Sight gags A bald bombastic Bruce Willis But Helen Mirren steals Red every time she opens fire 
3
Red
Peter Canavese
Stars four Oscar winning actors It s not every day that you re able to use Helen Mirren and heavy artillery in the same sentence but Red gives you the opportunity 
3
Red
Robert Levin
The winking self reflexive tone mutes any possible emotional investment 
2
Red
Sara Michelle Fetters
The truth is that I should be taking Red to task for a multitude of reasons but the reality is exactly the opposite Schwentke s opus isn t earth shattering and it certainly won t change lives but I still had a great time watching it 
3
Red
Lawrence Toppman
One of those rare action comedies that actually delivers action and comedy and one where the alleged humor doesn t consist merely of wisecracking heroes blowing away cardboard villains 
3
Red
Robert W. Butler
Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion that RED is actually about anything 
2.5
Red
Amy Biancolli
Old people who kill people are so much cuter than young people who kill people right In a movie like RED that s all we need to know 
3
Red
Russ Breimeier
A fun spin on the spy genre with the seasoned veterans showing up the more inexperienced greenhorns chances are you ll be seeing RED once the positive word of mouth hits 
3
Red
Alison Gang
Instead of remaining true to the much darker graphic novel Red goes for the funny bone using what amounts to wink and a nudge stunt casting that never gets past its own cleverness 
1
Red
Bob Bloom
The movie s biggest pleasure is seeing a bunch of old pros Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman John Malkovich and Helen Mirren having so much fun 
3
Red
Josh Larsen
There is a breath of fresh air amidst the deadening gunplay 
3
Red
Stephen Whitty
It s as if the studio simply assembled a huge pile of money in the middle of the back lot set it ablaze and started filming And I wish they had because it would have been more interesting to watch than this 
1.5
Red
Chris Hewitt
It s a slight movie but there is pleasure to be had 
2.5
Red
Kyle Smith
Red perhaps the first CIA AARP flick fits seniors with grenade launchers instead of slippers I say it s about time 
3
Red
Ann Hornaday
The one liners zing right along with the bullets in a playful pas de deux of mayhem misdirection and mordant humor 
2.5
Red
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In an industry and in fact a country that only appreciates youth it s nice to see a movie about old people 
3
Red
Erik Childress
An excruciating bore on screen without a sense of wit fun or action worth your attention With Red Schwentke earns his spot on the not to watch list and the Hoebers must be taken into custody and thrown into cinema jail 
1
Red
A.O. Scott
It is possible to have a good time at RED but it is not a very good movie It doesn t really try to be and given the present state of the Hollywood economy this may be a wise choice 
2
Red
Liam Lacey
The star turns are Red s raison d être with the winking performances filling the place of any credible dramatic tension 
2
Red
Willie Waffle
Almost becomes a can t miss film because of John Malkovich 
3
Red
Michael A. Smith
RED is a smart well directed action film that counts among its cast an incredible fourteen Academy Award nominations and four Awards 
3.5
Red
Claudia Puig
If the story made more sense and the humor were more abundant this could have been a bona fide winner Instead it falls smack in the realm of forgettably mediocre 
2
Red
Dustin Putman
Having lost all intrigue by the sub standard third act the picture becomes a sluggish chore that takes far too long to reach its dopey finish 
2
Red
Peter Howell
How it all ends up is significantly less interesting than how they get there It s a hoot to watch the elegant Mirren shift from high heels to combat boots as she gamely goes from arranging flowers to being locked and loaded 
2.5
Red
Graham Killeen
RED positively dares you not to have a good time 
3
Red
Moira MacDonald
Red is never quite the kick in the pants that it should be 
2.5
Red
Ty Burr
What might have been a guilty pleasure romp is hobbled by poor direction sloppy pacing and a story line that can t decide whether it s farce or a retread 
2
Red
Steven Rea
Too long too busy too loud and too reliant on slam bang stunt work Red s glib dialogue and sinister government scenarios begin to wear 
2.5
Red
Joe Lozito
A pitch perfect parody of over the hill action heroes nails and sustains the right tone throughout Of course when you ve got Helen Mirren stationed behind a mounted machine gun how can you fail 
3.5
Red
Michael Phillips
RED stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous though Reasonably Entertaining Diversion works too 
2.5
Red
Roger Ebert
RED is neither a good movie nor a bad one It features actors we like doing things we wish were more interesting 
2
Red
Peter Keough
As an exercise for movie stars of a certain age it sure outclasses The Expendables 
3
Red
Rene Rodriguez
Compared to such generic flashy duds as Knight and Day or The Expendables Red goes down like a flute of fine champagne Here s how it s done youngsters 
2.5
Red
Nick Schager
Red instead exhibits all the get up and go of a grandpa on the verge of an afternoon nap 
1
Red
James Berardinelli
Not to be confused with the early 90s Kieslowski film of the same name Definitely not 
3
Babylon
John Beifuss
The central M C is played by Brinsley Forde leader of the British reggae band Aswad his musical presence is just one element of authenticity in a movie that never strikes a false note 
4
Babylon
David N. Butterworth
Babylon burns with an energy and candid intensity rarely seen in mainstream movies 
3
Babylon
Joe Friar
An entertaining and culturally significant film that exposes much more than the world of reggae dancehall It s a fitting companion piece to Spike Lee s Do the Right Thing 
3.5
Babylon
Frank Ochieng
revealing and raw in its political and sociological spectrum Unapologetically radical intrusive and emotionally gripping a blistering commentary 
3.5
Babylon
Roger Moore
A dated but vivid slice of 1980s London dub reggae life beautifully restored 
3
Fall Girls
Roger Moore
There s not a single laugh in the 80 minutes of this Weekend at Bernie s knock off 
0
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Brian Eggert
Most of the movie contains some measure of digital imagery that doesnt quite look right 
1.5
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Doug Walker
Pretty wowless 
2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Ty Burr
The Witches becomes scary in new and not always fruitful ways It s rated PG but trust me it ll give younger kids the screaming meemees 
2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Kevin A. Ranson
never rises to meet Anne s energy in her too few scenes coasting on casting that fails to push the envelope further than good enough but adequate for Halloween 
3
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you ve seen Hocus Pocus one too many times and Hubie Halloween is just a little too dumb then Robert Zemeckis The Witches based on the classic Roald Dahl novel offers slick bright fun and just on the edge of spooky 
3
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Sonny Bunch
A perfectly acceptable option for families looking for some light Halloween entertainment 
2.5
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Steven Prokopy
What results is a great deal of production design lifeless chase sequences a number of special effects and Hathaway overacting 
2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Chris Barsanti
This is a sleek looking vehicle that s eager to be scary but not comfortable being ugly 
1.5
Roald Dahl's The Witches
James Berardinelli
Like far too many unnecessary remakes The Witches doesn t do enough to justify its existence 
2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Jeff York
It s a film brimming with heart and technique though Zemeckis tends to push the material to excess as is often his wont 
2.5
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Johnny Oleksinski
There is no peril there is zero allure and the effects are anything but special 
1
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Brian Tallerico
As great as it can be The Witches lacks the best world building and depth of some other Dahl material and Zemeckis can t quite figure out how to make this story richer 
2.5
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Lindsey Bahr
It s not going to be as iconic as Roeg s but it should provide some nice family entertainment at home for Halloween 
2.5
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Mark Dujsik
Zemekis takes advantage of visual effects not in that they work but in the sense that he clearly hopes they ll do most of the work for him 
2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Randy Myers
The Witches is better suited to families with younger children and boasts fancy digital effects But it s Spencer s infectious spirit that sells it 
3
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Joey Magidson
The Witches isn t actively bad but it does feel like a waste of time Everything is met with more or less a shrug and that s a shame 
2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Phil Villarreal
Consistently funny and loaded with cheeky dialogue and stunning visuals the film nails a storybook feel and will no doubt cast a spell over families looking for something new to watch together amid the pandemic 
3
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Richard Roeper
The special effects are first rate and the performances are way over the top yet entertaining but The Witches is far too disturbing for young children and not edgy enough to captivate adults 
2
General Education
Peter Canavese
What have I learned High school movies can be duller mdash and more sour mdash than previously thought possible The least generic element of General Education is its openly hostile attitude toward gay people Blu ray 
0
General Education
Lou Lumenick
Wavers between extreme silliness and unbearable earnestness 
1
General Education
Nick Schager
Too derivative to be amusing and too earnest to be parodic it assumes the form of countless other teen comedies minus any wit or drama 
.5
Commune
Bill Stamets
Commune channels a bygone era of drop outs living an American dream on the Free Love frontier This is the happy alternative to the apocalyptic California sub cultures of Charles Manson and the Rev Jim Jones 
3
Commune
G. Allen Johnson
Watching Jonathan Berman s affectionate documentary Commune about the influential establishment in Siskiyou County brought to mind the recent documentary Jonestown The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 
3
Commune
Michael Phillips
Commune gets at the central seductive paradoxes inherent in so much counterculture belief and practice 
3.5
Commune
Kam Williams
Examines what life was like at an idealized hippie oasis back in the Sixties Not exactly groovy or anybody s idea of nirvana dude 
4
Commune
Ross Anthony
An intriguing entertaining and engaging documentary My only criticism I simply wanted to know so much more 
3
Commune
Maitland McDonagh
If not a social history of the 60s it s a close examination of a quintessential 60s phenomenon that speaks volumes about the attitudes and experiences that shaped the decade 
3
Commune
V.A. Musetto
Berman blends home movies of ranch life with interviews with former residents their now grown children and neighbors of the ranch 
3
Commune
Jack Mathews
Jonathan Berman s documentary about California s famous Black Bear Ranch is a trip 
3
Commune
Ed Gonzalez
The documentary is loose limbed and not at all artful which is to say it s scarcely bourgeois and just as the Black Bear Ranch people would like it 
2.5
Commune
Jonathan W. Hickman
What is fascinating about Berman s Commune is how well it captures the passage of time and the life lessons learned from the commune experience 
3.5
Commune
Jeff Shannon
In its own quiet revealing fashion Berman s film explores the folly and faith that characterized much of Black Bear s early existence 
3
Late Bloomer
Jeff Shannon
Considering its five year production history Late Bloomer is a regrettably scattershot affair 
2.5
Late Bloomer
Roger Ebert
You have to meet the film s visual style halfway It s shot in contrasty black and white slo mo fast mo sometimes jagged cutting sometimes an erratic hand held camera that suggests the jerky way Sumida must view the world 
3
Late Bloomer
V.A. Musetto
You might not like what you see but you will appreciate it And you certainly won t forget it for a while 
3
Late Bloomer
Ed Gonzalez
Director Go Shibata s coup is never sentimentalizing Sumida s condition instead inviting our identification with him as someone just as capable of slipping into a moral abyss but the director s style can be dumb 
2.5
Hobbyhorse Revolution
Bill Chambers
I love these dorks enough to overlook that the movie s own brio never quite rises to their level 
3
Such a Long Journey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Sturla Gunnarsson keeps things going at a straightforward pace and easy distance so that we become involved in the day to day life of these characters without being too close or too far away 
3.5
Such a Long Journey
Roger Ebert
Such a Long Journey is a film so rich in atmosphere it makes Western films look pale and underpopulated It combines politics religion illness and scheming in the story of one family in upheaval and is very serious and always amusing 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Jason Fraley
Jillian Bell is uplifting as a New Yorker battling her body image 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Pamela Powell
Brittany Runs a Marathon is such an unexpected surprise of the year blending the elements of comedy and heart together with utmost skill 
4
Brittany Runs a Marathon
David Nusair
Anchored by Jillian Bell s unexpectedly impressive performance 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Rene Sanchez
A motivational and hilarious comedy about striking the right balance to enjoy life at its fullest Jillian Bell is sensational Full Review in Spanish 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Brandy McDonnell
It practically qualifies as a modern moviemaking miracle 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Josh Terry
Jillian Bell s performance as Brittany is spot on and the bumps and cracks in the road eventually lead Marathon to a third act that is worth the journey 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Roger Moore
Never quite crosses the finish line 
2
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Katie Walsh
The highest mountain Brittany has to climb is getting over herself a struggle Bell makes poignantly piercingly real in her performance and that takes the film into its darkest yet most relatable moments 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Rubén Rosario
A film that sometimes tries a little too hard to be inspirational but manages to give you all the feels all the same 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Max Weiss
By the end I was laughing and in tears fully invested in Brittany s journey as both a runner and a person 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Rob Thomas
The uplifting ending that a movie like this is aiming for is as obvious as well the finish line at the New York City marathon But writer director Paul Downs Colaizzo lets his debut film take a few unexpected detours along the way 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Bob Bloom
Brittany Runs a Marathon is a film not so much about how others see you but how you view yourself It s a movie about body shape and weight and the notions created by people who mostly judge us by how we look 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Joe Friar
The funny and savage comedy is led by a brilliant Jillian Bell in a career changing performance 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Lisa Trifone
It s all held beautifully together by Bell who proves to be a talented dramatic actress after a career built on comedy 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Robert Horton
Bell proves equal to the task of carrying a movie She s adept at the sort of glazed super irony that fuels so much TV comedy but has the ability to suggest the bruised heart beneath the exterior 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Richard Roeper
Yes Brittany can be the worst But when she s at her best she s kinda great 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Anita Katz
Writer director Paul Downs Colaizzo and his star Jillian Bell have created one of the year s most winning comic heroines in the movies 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Mark Dujsik
The film isn t inspiring because of what Brittany does It s because of who she becomes in the process 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Jeff Strickler
Like the course of the New York City Marathon this story takes some sharp twists and turns And like the runners viewers are going to have to strive to keep up 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Gary Thompson
Brittany s road to a different kind of belief is itself a bit of a marathon and the movie sometimes seems like its title character to drag its feet It s messy but with the untidiness of real life 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Michael Phillips
The movie succeeds because Bell succeeds It s gratifying to see a so called character actress with reliably deadly comic timing loosen up stretch out and learn what it means to carry a movie 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Ty Burr
Like its heroine Brittany Runs a Marathon works its way up from the easy comic 2Ks to a more nuanced drama of self confidence that s able to go the distance 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Chandler Levack
Bell draws laughter and tears out of her character s indignities but also invests us greatly in her desire to change her own life 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
G. Allen Johnson
Calaizzo s script is sharp funny and honest and nicely avoids movie cliches about obesity Bell s performance is very good both physically the actress herself lost 40 pounds for the role and emotionally 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Sara Michelle Fetters
A soaring testament to the human spirit the film is an entertaining cathartic joy that never shies away from the darker emotional complications that can arise when a person sets out try and better themselves and live a healthier life 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Monica Castillo
In much of the same way seasoned runners make a marathon look easy Bell makes leading this comedy look effortless 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Jake Coyle
Its first moments with Brittany working as an usher at an off Broadway theater are its funniest But it grows increasingly earnest That s part of the movie s charm but also what leads it a little off track 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Joey Magidson
Bell and Colaizzo do a wonderful job of presenting a real person as their protagonist There s no artifice here even if there s plenty of silliness 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Johnny Oleksinski
Brittany is a comedy so relatable for young New Yorkers you might need to take a walk after watching it 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Pat Brown
The film is inspirational only in the sense that it may inspire an uptick in Amazon searches for running gear 
1.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Dustin Putman
The tears by the end are cathartic in the best way fully earned and nourishing 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Karen M. Peterson
Brittany Runs a Marathon is one of the more unexpected delights this year 
3.5
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Robert Daniels
Brittany Runs a Marathon is a sincere and delightful pep talk for the soul 
3
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Sean P. Means
The comedy Brittany Runs a Marathon deals with a lot of weighty subjects but writer director Paul Downs Colazzo and star Jillian Bell carry it effortlessly 
3.5
Heartbeat
Roger Moore
Every scene that doesn t have Rathbone booming instructions scolding his student pickpockets or collecting their collections at day s end is an opportunity lost 
2
Lorenzo's Oil
James Kendrick
Miller imbues the film with such emotional intensity and conviction that you can t help but get caught up in their plight cheering them on through every obstacle even as we recognize that whatever victory they may attain can only be partial 
3.5
Lorenzo's Oil
Roger Ebert
It takes a heartbreaking story and pushes it to the limit showing us the lengths of courage and imagination that people can summon when they must 
4
Ghost Fleet
Alan Zilberman
By tackling their stories and what they ve endured head on it makes its point leaving a bad taste in your mouth about that discounted tuna at your neighborhood supermarket 
3.5
Ghost Fleet
Joe Friar
It sounds like the latest release from Blumhouse Productions but the documentary from filmmakers Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron is more frightening than any fabricated specter as the underbelly of Thailand s seafood trade is exposed 
3
The Beguiled
Brian Eggert
The filmmaking and sheer oddity of everything onscreen remain compulsively watchable 
3
The Beguiled
Matt Brunson
Its status as one of Eastwood s most intriguing works remains undisturbed 
3.5
The Beguiled
Josh Larsen
what begins as a swooning pastoral soon develops into a kinky Southern Gothic nightmare 
3
War, Inc.
Chris Hewitt
What is supposed to be a sharp parody is so slow we re always several steps ahead 
1
War, Inc.
John Anderson
This John Cusack driven exercise in scorched earth political comedy is neither as dark nor as timely as intended and certainly not as funny 
1
War, Inc.
Rob Thomas
If there s one thing a comedy needs it s a good exit strategy 
2.5
War, Inc.
Joe Leydon
Despite flashes of comic inspiration and an abundance of anything goes boldness this well intentioned but wobbly satire is a chaotic free fire zone 
1.5
War, Inc.
Tom Keogh
A sprawling folly this uniquely hellish war film has almost breathtakingly impressive and busy production values and is anchored by a memorably complicated performance from John Cusack 
3
War, Inc.
Reyhan Harmanci
Like the smart weapon technology it mocks War Inc aims at the right targets but misfires so severely that even the clever details get obliterated in the resulting mess 
1
War, Inc.
Ty Burr
War Inc fires off dozens of lethal dialogue squibs like War is the improvement of investments using other means but it doesn t connect them into anything that can truly rattle an audience s complacency 
1.5
War, Inc.
Michael Phillips
War Inc has that provocateur s edge and it s at least awake to the world around us 
2.5
War, Inc.
Roger Ebert
A brave and ambitious but chaotic attempt at political satire 
2
War, Inc.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The hilarious jokes and one liners make take two viewings to fully absorb but the movie also has an almost off putting cynicism 
3
War, Inc.
Maitland McDonagh
The trouble with this satirical take US involvement in Iraq penned by Mark Leyner John Cusack and Jeremy Pikser is that the real thing is equally absurd and only marginally less funny 
2
War, Inc.
Claudia Puig
Though it occasionally tries too hard the fast paced and sharply written War Inc is audacious and entertaining 
2.5
War, Inc.
Bill Weber
Even less funny than Southland Tales and not nearly as adventurous 
1.5
War, Inc.
Kam Williams
Like a campy cross of Dr Strangelove and Wag the Dog this celluloid anti war screed serves up a mesmerizing melange of action romance slapstick intrigue sentimentality and sensuality while warning of the dire prospects of a corporatized planet 
4
War, Inc.
Jordan Hiller
The film clearly intends to skewer our country and its corrupt foolhardy hypocritical self serving policies in Iraq and maybe many of the lacerations are well earned but War Inc reeks of generic Hollywood liberal grandstanding 
1.5
War, Inc.
Lou Lumenick
I love John Cusack but I can t imagine what he was thinking as the star producer and co writer of the mind boggling Iraq satire War Inc 
0.5
War, Inc.
David Nusair
A disastrously heavy handed satire 
0
War, Inc.
Philip Marchand
It all adds up to a fast pace lots of shooting and a movie that in its heart is as corrupt as the politics it attempts to satirize 
2
War, Inc.
Liam Lacey
If Harold Kumar feels deliberately dumbed down War Inc tries too desperately to show off its intelligence 
2
Blancanieves
Mattie Lucas
The kind of rare cinematic treat that makes the heart beat faster at the recognition of something truly magical in the way that only movies can provide 
3.5
Blancanieves
Frank Ochieng
Blancanieves is a welcomed deviation from the conventional follow the dots tale of the Snow White legend in comparison to the usual standby layers of big budgeted sprinkled CGI fireworks effects 
3
Blancanieves
Sean P. Means
Shooting in crisp black and white and with sparse dialogue on title cards Berger creates gorgeous scenes that evoke not only the silent era but early 30s horror including a reference to Tod Browning s Freaks that s oddly endearing 
3
Blancanieves
Wesley Lovell
The best Snow White re imagining produced in the last few years 
4
Blancanieves
Josh Larsen
recreates the broadness of early silent films without capturing their artistry 
2
Blancanieves
Liam Lacey
While the story shorn of its supernatural elements is mired in abuse and tragedy its effect is sensual and superficial 
3
Blancanieves
Michael Phillips
From Spain here s a miracle of fairy tale repurposing a version of the Brothers Grimm s Snow White set in Spanish bullfighting country in the late 1920s Writer director Pablo Berger s Blancanieves goes all the way with its concept and then further 
3.5
Blancanieves
Peter Keough
Had Berger gone deeper into Rafita s sad passion he might have passed beyond the safe frontiers of Disney and into the twisted realm of Buuel 
2.5
Blancanieves
John Beifuss
The film is to understate the matter overconceptualized 
2.5
Blancanieves
Linda Barnard
A sensual and sophisticated retelling of a beloved fairytale re imagined as a homage to European silent cinema Spanish writer director Pablo Berger s black and white Blancanieves will leave you transfixed 
3.5
Blancanieves
Marty Mapes
Succeeds in all its cinematic experiments
4
Blancanieves
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A new purely silent movie from Spain that never once speaks and doesn t need to speak What s more it seems to get the infinite possibilities of silence and how much passion can come from it 
3
Blancanieves
Chris Hewitt
The fun in the Spanish Blancanieves is the way it plays with our expectations 
3
Blancanieves
Roger Ebert
It is a full bodied silent film of the sort that might have been made by the greatest directors of the 1920s if such details as the kinky sadomasochism of this film s evil stepmother could have been slipped past the censors 
4
Blancanieves
Matt Pais
May not have much depth to its characters or particular surprise but its lovely depiction of family s ability to harm and mend has the flair of flamenco and the sorrow of opera 
3
Blancanieves
Rob Thomas
No Blancanieves isn t subtle but it s an unforgettable time at the movies 
3.5
Blancanieves
Glenn Lovell
lusty and heartfelt fiery flamenco and spirited country jig Don t go expecting a Disney fied fable Berger seasons with S M and the kind of macabre touches you d expect in vintage Browning or Bunuel 
4
Blancanieves
Rene Rodriguez
Blancanieves which won 10 Goyas Spain s equivalent of the Oscars and was a smash hit in its native Spain has traces of a kinky undertone and an uncommon willingness to embrace the darkness inherent in this fairy tale 
3
Blancanieves
John Anderson
Sensuous mischievous hotblooded retelling of the old Teutonic fairy tale 
3.5
Blancanieves
Farran Smith Nehme
The purest boldest re imagining of silent cinema yet 
3
Blancanieves
Stephen Whitty
It creates something new out of something old And it does it by treating a treasured children s story with the grown up respect it deserves and retelling it with a smile but never a wink 
3.5
Blancanieves
Nick McCarthy
Pablo Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of Snow White and only uncovers layers of gloss 
2
The Boss Baby
Matt Brunson
It becomes less interesting as it grows more convoluted 
2
The Boss Baby
Joey Magidson
The Boss Baby is the loaded diaper of animated comedies
1.5
The Boss Baby
Khari J. Sampson
I have a little brother in real life so this film should have grabbed my heartstrings and given them a good wring But it didn t 
2
The Boss Baby
Kenneth R. Morefield
As the story transitions from being about sibling adversaries to being about sibling allies it suggests that happiness lies more in sharing our blessings than in protecting our fair share of them 
3
The Boss Baby
David Nusair
The Boss Baby becomes more and more interminable in the buildup to its ineffective and predictably melodramatic final stretch 
2
The Boss Baby
Linda Cook
The main character isn t really a baby And this really isn t a comedy 
2
The Boss Baby
Sara Michelle Fetters
It just isn t all that good and honestly I don t have anything additional I feel like adding 
1.5
The Boss Baby
Robert Horton
The Boss Baby doesn t summon up the magic of Disney or Pixar at their best but then it doesn t aim for that This movie wants to be breezy and silly and it succeeds on both counts 
2.5
The Boss Baby
Christian Toto
The Boss Baby sports the silliest premise of any animated film to date You ll go ga ga over it all the same 
3
The Boss Baby
Willie Waffle
Who slipped a little skewering of the corporate culture into my kids movie 
3
The Boss Baby
John Semley
It s the rare cartoon that actually feels like a cartoon propelled by its goofiness and sheer energy and rarely bogged down by boring polemical lesson learning 
3
The Boss Baby
Mark Dujsik
Look weird is fine Have the courage to see weird through to the end though Do that at least 
1
The Boss Baby
Rick Bentley
The Boss Baby is like a diaper It starts out fresh but it sure doesn t take long for it to become a stinker 
1.5
The Boss Baby
Sean P. Means
There s a clever idea at the heart of The Boss Baby the notion that a new baby becomes the boss of the family But that sweet bit of real life wisdom gets lost in a mess of a movie that stinks like yesterday s diapers 
2
The Boss Baby
Jon Niccum
As the title character Baldwin capitalizes on delivering harsh truths with a kind of matter of fact detachment which helps carry this imaginative animated comedy beyond its wobbly premise 
2.5
The Boss Baby
Kathryn Laskaris
With its snappy pace and bright animation this movie will appeal both to parents who always suspect that the baby is the boss and to their children who know that this is a fact 
2.5
The Boss Baby
Tina Hassannia
The most disappointing thing about Boss Baby is not its ridiculous premise and name but something that Boss Baby would have surely learned in Marketing 101 Who is this movie s demographic 
2
The Boss Baby
Bill Zwecker
The filmmakers have decided to go for an old school look in the animation here an excellent decision 
3
The Boss Baby
Pat Padua
Inventive and heartwarming The Boss Baby is a lot more grown up than it looks 
3
The Boss Baby
Rafer Guzman
The voice of Baldwin as an infantile CEO is the selling point here but a few good lines aren t enough to recommend this chopped and strained comedy 
2
The Boss Baby
Tom Russo
Director Tom McGrath and team deliver some keen observations on growing family dynamics and a number of laughs but they run out of story a while before putting this one to bed 
2.5
The Boss Baby
Jody Mitori
For viewers of all ages who can overlook an over the top plot for a few good laughs The Boss Baby is sure to entertain 
2.5
The Boss Baby
Kent Turner
The filmmakers know what its core audience likes taking the book s 32 page premise and tossing it around like a rubber ball and plowing through a checklist of giggle inducing gags 
2.5
The Boss Baby
Eric Henderson
Every Republican regime gets the ludicrous devious baby saga it deserves 
1.5
The Boss Baby
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Sadly this breathtakingly ludicrous premise is undermined by the film s insultingly obvious lessons about the virtues of teamwork 
2
The Boss Baby
Peter Hartlaub
There are distracting side plots and side plots to the side plots that sabotage much of what s enjoyable about the movie In infant care terms this is a colicky film 
2
The Boss Baby
David Fear
This is harmless filler the kind designed for long car rides and cross country flights It s a cinematic pacifier 
2
The Boss Baby
Soren Andersen
Crushes all the whimsy out of Frazee s story with an avalanche of crudity 
1
The Boss Baby
Susan Wloszczyna
The Boss Baby often tries too hard and succeeds too little 
2
The Boss Baby
Roger Moore
Not everybody is going to get it But for Baldwin fans it s a hoot 
3
The Boss Baby
Peter Canavese
Fairly one note in its humor and not as lively as you would assume it would be but with all around strong voice work and a predictably sweet message about sharing the love it s all as they say good enough for government work 
2.5
Strange World
Doug Walker
It figures the best part of apos Strange World apos would be the strange world 44 but it apos s boring characters and predictable dialogue make it pretty dull 46 
2 
Strange World
Dwight Brown
Strong familial conflict magical adventures and timely social messaging make this animated feature a bit deeper than most If Strange World can find its audience those viewers will be pleased Why Because even the trees are cool 
3
Strange World
Tom Meek
Strange World channels such classic adventure fare as Journey to the Center of the Earth and Fantastic Voyage It checks all the Disney boxes though the degree of genuine conflict even across the generations feels a bit subdued 
2.5
Strange World
Pablo O. Scholz
Strange World leaves a strange feeling The visual imagery is complimented by the most realistic and least stereotyped characters Disney has ever offered but on the other hand the story is very limited Full review in Spanish 
3
Strange World
Mike McGranaghan
You really get a lot here 8211 comedy 44 action 44 family drama 44 and a sumptuous visual style 46 What more could you ask for 63 
3.5
Strange World
Kevin Carr
The look of the film is brilliant with a positively Disney esque story 44 but still has a little bit of a spark missing 46 
3
Strange World
Odie Henderson
Hall and Nguyen deliver these messages with the subtlety of a wrecking ball but the excellent voice over work plus the score by Henry Jackman make the preachiness palatable and the film fun 
3
Strange World
Steven Prokopy
The way Disney is kind of slipping this film out quietly means that you 8217 ll probably have a chance to see it on Disney 43 very soon 44 but some of the visuals warrant a big screen viewing 46 Prepare to be wowed and then forget what you saw just hours later 46 
2.5
Strange World
Bob Bloom
The movie lacks vigor and a sense of urgency 46 The script is unwieldy and most of the dialogue feels as if it were written with exclamation points 46 
1.5
Strange World
Sara Michelle Fetters
It 8217 s Disney riffing in ways that are reminiscent of The Emperor 8217 s New Groove and Lilo amp Stich 44 making this Journey to the Center of the Earth style adventure a visually imaginative treat the whole family is certain to enjoy 46 
3
Strange World
Simon Abrams
Strange World breezes through a checklist of formulaic plot points and canned emotional revelations with enough style and sensitivity to make it work 46 
3
Strange World
Mark Meszoros
This movie isn 8217 t everything it could have been 44 but at the end of the adventure 44 once you catch your breath 44 you may walk out of the theater with some food for thought 46 And a desire to call your dad 46 
2.5
Strange World
Jocelyn Noveck
Energies have been focused on the visuals and they make the experience worthwhile That and an appealing collection of human characters that look a lot more like the real world than usually seen in these films 
2.5
Strange World
Kristen Page-Kirby
The visual beauty of the film isn t enough After all pretty is as pretty does and in Strange World pretty doesn t do much 
2
Strange World
Chris Hewitt
There s a lot of plot in Strange World which takes too long to get moving as a result But the good news is that the characters are lively enough to keep us interested 
3
Strange World
Mark Dujsik
Strange World doesn apos t work simply because the movie isn apos t much fun 46 
2
Strange World
Brian Eggert
While Strange World may inspire comparisons to other movies and books 8212 a lot of them 8212 it 8217 s handled with such a light touch and momentum that it 8217 s impossible not to admire what Hall and Nguyen accomplished 46 
3
Strange World
Richard Roeper
It s no Encanto but the family friendly fun fest offers plenty of ingenious visuals and upbeat messaging 
3
Strange World
Johnny Oleksinski
A sweet science fiction family film with a loud environmentalist message that s good fun 
3
Strange World
Soren Andersen
The uneasy marriage of clunky psychodrama and overwrought special effects along with the fact that none of these characters are particularly likable make Strange World a chore to sit through 
2
Strange World
G. Allen Johnson
Strange World is a fun little ride 
3
Strange World
Brian Truitt
As part of a decently consistent Disney animated run the family friendly film offers an escape that s not that Strange in its ability to satisfy 
3
Strange World
Derek Smith
While Strange World 8217 s examination of generational tension is tender and inspiring 44 the film 8217 s sci fi elements and environmental message are more half baked in their execution 46 
2
Strange World
Roger Moore
The film 8217 s stumbling unoriginality 44 cliched characters and joyless jokes that land like flops from a constipated greenhouse gassy cow earn every ounce of ire I can summon 46 
1.5
La Lectrice
Roger Ebert
La Lectrice is a movie in love with words deliriously intoxicated by the stories and images in the pages that Marie reads 
4
Araby
Ernesto Diezmartinez
You could say that the film is not about anything but really it s about everything 
3
Araby
Ben Sachs
Araby is unmistakably contemporary in its fashions settings and physical behavior the similarities to the past seem found rather than manufactured 
3
God of the Piano
Roger Moore
A spare and provocative debut feature one that sucks you in even as Itay Tal introduces more challenging ideas than he could possibly address fully in 80 spare minutes 
3
The Kids Are Alright
Tom Meek
Classic performances abound driven by energy and a synergy that s beyond perfect 
3
Steven Tyler: Out on a Limb
Roger Moore
A fun concert film too often interrupted by unilluminating and fawning behind the scenes flattery 
2.5
Vampire in Venice
Matt Brunson
Nosferatu in Venice is an unholy mess It s also oddly watchable if only to see fine actors trapped in impossible situations 
2.5
The National Parks Project
Guy Dixon
The collection clearly aims to be a totemic statement a link between Canada s thriving indie arts culture and the land to commemorate the centenary of the country s national parks service 
3
Moment of Contact
Roger Moore
8220 The truth is out there 46 8221 And a lot of hucksters are going to keep cashing in on vague 44 credulous claptrap like 8220 Moment of Contact 8221 until somebody hands us actual 8220 proof 8221 about what 8217 s going on 46 
1.5
Take Out Girl
Roger Moore
An indie thriller with promise if not quite the pace and polish it needs to deliver the drama excitement and heartbreak
2
Stargirl
Mattie Lucas
Its themes of being unique and true to yourself feel lost in a film that s trying so desperately to fit in 
2.5
Stargirl
Richard Roeper
A Disney high school comedy drama musical that I believe would have made the late great John Hughes proud 
3.5
Stargirl
Sheila O'Malley
The best thing about Stargirl is that Big Star s yearning ode to adolescence Thirteen is played in its entirety not once but twice 
2
Stargirl
Steven Nguyen Scaife
It comes across like yet another casualty in the long line of stories about men having their eyes opened by their angelic girlfriends 
2
Acts of Violence
Peter Sobczynski
A gross creepy and generally tacky piece of claptrap 
.5
Acts of Violence
Mark Dujsik
It s a cruel and ugly movie possessing a warped political and philosophical foundation 
0
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Matt Brunson
A feeble addition to the Norman Bates canon 
2
The Heretics
Aaron Cutler
The women interviewed seem thoughtful and searching They deserve a movie that does more than take them at their word 
2.5
Traffic Signal
Namrata Joshi
It s a crooked life out there but Bhandarkar doesn t tell us anything more than what we already knew 
2
The Darwin Awards
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A delightful winning tribute to those annual kudos given to people who died from sheer stupidity thereby improving the gene pool 
3
The Darwin Awards
Ruthe Stein
The humor dissipates as we watch one weird death after another 
2
The Darwin Awards
Kam Williams
Just a voyeuristic excuse to watch people die in different ways 
0
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
Peter Keough
How exhilarating and exhausting it must be to wake up every day and be Kevin Barnes 
3
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Mark Dujsik
Danger Close exclusively paints with broad narrative strokes 
2
Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl
Roger Moore
Meandering uneven
2
Donnybrook
Joe Friar
The rural and sometimes riveting thriller implodes as predictability takes over It resembles a film that would have been released by Golan Globus under Cannon Films in the late 80s early 90s 
2.5
Donnybrook
Rene Sanchez
The downfall of the American dream observed through a hyper violent lens A tale of brutality and sorrow that lacks an emotional punch Full Review in Spanish 
2
Donnybrook
Joey Magidson
This film is as bleak as it gets There s nothing wrong with that except Donnybrook never is able to develop an entry point You re on board with its brutality or not 
2.5
Donnybrook
Sara Michelle Fetters
I couldn t get any of what I just saw out of my head for hours after I had viewed it 
3
Donnybrook
Odie Henderson
I like my sleaze 100 pure this movie is covered in Sleaze Whiz 
1
Donnybrook
Katie Walsh
Anchored by a quartet of fierce performances Donnybrook is an intense visceral tone poem a rumination on money and drugs and bloodshed as a means of making ends meet in the heartland of modern America 
2.5
Donnybrook
Sara Stewart
A pointless exercise in gratuitous violence that imagines itself deep because it s got an opera heavy score 
1
Donnybrook
Chris Barsanti
The film knots several strands of new millennium despair into something that very nearly approximates greatness in its first half 
2.5
Donnybrook
Kate Taylor
The apocalyptic vision of the heartland created by Sutton and his cast based on the novel by Frank Bill is impressively convincing even if the themes are often overstated and the film itself is very hard to watch 
3
Beautiful Islands
Kyle Smith
A handsome looking if narratively inert piece of propaganda filmmaking 
2
Beautiful Islands
Diego Semerene
Beautiful Islands teases us with delightful Weerasethakul esque territory only to abruptly replace that promise of wonder with predictable sterile documentary filmmaking 
1.5
Beautiful Islands
Kam Williams
A heartbreaking expose which leaves no doubt that dramatic environmental changes are unfolding at every latitude whether they be the consequences of human overconsumption of fossil fuels or merely the hand of God 
3
Design for Living
Walter Chaw
The Lubitsch Touch indeed edged and between the ribs before you know it s being brandished 
4
Design for Living
James Kendrick
beneath the sublime surface of Lubitsch s best films beats a human heart full of recognizable desires fears flaws and longings which is precisely what sets his work apart from its sleazier more mundane counterparts
3.5
Design for Living
Eric Melin
A daring movie that satirizes sexual mores and heaps irony upon irony If Hollywood tried to remake this movie today they would probably take the mnage trois set up and strip away all the depth 
3.5
The All-Americans
Roger Moore
A winning fly on the wall portrait of Latino Americanness as reflected in East LA s greatest high school football rivarly 
3
Family Fundamentals
John Petrakis
In the end Dong shows how each of the spurned children must learn to move on without parental compassion or approval But he leaves the door open suggesting perhaps someday the parents will embrace their loved ones yet again 
3
Family Fundamentals
David Sterritt
The film discusses important social and personal issues although the interview subjects don t always have enlightening things to say 
3
Family Fundamentals
Moira MacDonald
A moving and important film 
3
Family Fundamentals
Carla Meyer
An earnest heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives It s also heavy handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views 
2
Family Fundamentals
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dong makes a valiant effort to understand everyone s point of view and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up 
3
Family Fundamentals
V.A. Musetto
Just how these families interact may surprise you 
3
Family Fundamentals
Walter Chaw
An incendiary deeply thought provoking look at one of the most peculiar and peculiarly venomous bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy
4
Family Fundamentals
Loren King
Without heavy handedness Dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions 
3.5
Clip
Diego Semerene
A raw sophisticated and stomach turning look at what it means to be a young woman in Serbia what it means to be a woman tout court 
3.5
Waking the Dead
Scott Nash
Crudup and Connelly outperform the material 
3
Waking the Dead
Michael Dequina
The specter of the film lingers long after it s over and the memory of it grows more affectionate 
3
Waking the Dead
Rick Groen
Waking the Dead may put you to sleep 
2
Waking the Dead
Dan Lybarger
The result Keith Gordon s gamble is a movie that intrigues and occasionally frustrates anyone willing to take a chance on it 
2.5
Waking the Dead
Rob Blackwelder
Absolutely gripping from its very first frame 
3
Waking the Dead
Ross Anthony
It s kind of like oatmeal Without honey or milk it tastes rather bland but sticks to your ribs all day 
2
Waking the Dead
Steve Rhodes
The movie is so comatose that audiences will want to shake it or do something to wake it up 
1.5
Waking the Dead
Mike Gregory
Succeeds as both a romantic fantasy that feels real and as an interrogation of how our personal lives can intersect and influence our political stances 
3.5
Waking the Dead
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I can cite only one unequivocal reason for seeing Waking the Dead and that s Jennifer Connelly 
2
Waking the Dead
Roger Ebert
When we invest emotional capital we deserve a payoff 
2.5
Waking the Dead
Mick LaSalle
A film teeming with riches 
4
Waking the Dead
James Berardinelli
Waking the Dead is bad in just about every way that a movie can be bad 
1.5
Nanook of the North
Jay Antani
absolutely brilliant
4
Nanook of the North
Roger Ebert
Nanook is one of the most vital and unforgettable human beings ever recorded on film 
4
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Nathalie Atkinson
A remarkably incurious feature length documentary it takes everything Guccione s friends family and associates have to say at him at face value 
1.5
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Simon Houpt
It s dispiriting to see Guccione subjected to this paint by numbers biographical documentary 
2
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Peter Howell
The film s talking heads format grinds on at times but at least the quotes are good and occasionally even shocking 
2.5
Electric Shadows
Phil Villarreal
Like a Chinese version of The Notebook every bit as sappy and shameless only with crazier ingredients and 10 percent less saturated sentimentalism 
3
Electric Shadows
Maitland McDonagh
Xiao s bittersweet film is superficially a swoony love letter to the cinema But her valentine has a hidden sting rooted in some hard truths 
3.5
Electric Shadows
V.A. Musetto
Dreamy lighting soft colors and lilting music mix with an agreeable cast 
3
Golden Arm
Catherine Springer
What gives Golden Arm its luster is the chemistry between Holland and Sodaro and the deliciously appealing performances each one delivers 
3
Blank City
Linda Barnard
As maddeningly undisciplined as the movie community she s exploring but it still stands as a worthy historical document of NYC s recent past and the birth of a new way of making films 
2.5
Blank City
Stephen Cole
As well as unearthing flavourful clips from films only determined cineastes have seen War Is Menstrual Envy You Killed Me First French filmmaker Cline Danhier has reassembled many of the era s crucial players 
3
Blank City
Roger Ebert
This doc is interesting and worthy but it is unlikely to send you seeking most of the films sampled in it That was then this is now and it was fun while it lasted 
3
Blank City
Michael O'Sullivan
The biggest shortcoming of Blank City is that despite its vivid portrait of the time period we never get much sense of what the actual movies are like 
2
Blank City
John Beifuss
The grainy Super 8 and 16 mm esthetic invests the New York films with a bruised and distressed grandeur that is much more pleasing to the eye than the smoothness of the DIY no budget movies of the current video era 
3
Blank City
Steven Rea
The real reason to see Blank City is to catch snatches of the now decades old films priceless DIY numbers that capture all the wild energy humor and rage of if not a more innocent time then certainly a cooler one 
3
Blank City
Mick LaSalle
Blank City shows a succession of engaging intelligent middle aged people showing some very bad home movies that they once hoped were something more 
3
Blank City
Ty Burr
Blank City can t help but feel a little unfocused and it definitely isn t sure where to call it quits but it s there for the moments that matter 
3
Blank City
Gerald Peary
Blank City is not a great documentary Too much is covered way too rapidly Interviews are cut short making room for samplings from No Wave movies 
2.5
Blank City
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The juxtaposition between the studiously aging talking heads and their bleakly youthful counterparts is often jarring 
3
Blank City
V.A. Musetto
Though the area was filled with crime drugs and derelict buildings the Lower East Side nurtured a vibrant underground film scene 
3
Blank City
Ethan Alter
While Blank City s overall tone is celebratory Danhier doesn t entirely shy away from some of the less admirable aspects of her subjects lives 
3
The Concorde: Airport '79
David Nusair
46 46 46 a satisfying capper to a remarkably consistent series of films 46 
3
The Concorde: Airport '79
Matt Brunson
The Concorde Airport 79 is not only the worst picture in the Airport series it s one of the worst of all 70s disaster flicks and that s really saying something 
1
The Loveless
David Nusair
Filmmakers Bigelow and Montgomery working from their own screenplay deliver a meandering uneventful drama that grows less and less interesting as it progresses 
2
The Loveless
Matt Brunson
An acceptable turn by Willem Dafoe and nice photography by Doyle Smith are the only assets to this inert drama 
1.5
The Loveless
Walter Chaw
A minor classic of a certain attitude 
3
Hostel Part II
Lucius Gore
This second film definitely shows Roth s absolute courage as a director He didn t pull any punches with this follow up 
3
Hostel Part II
David Nusair
marks a substantial leap forward in terms of Eli Roth s directorial abilities 
3
Hostel Part II
Johnny Vaughan
Cue the blood gushing finale which has a few surprises up its sleeve I wasn t a fan of the original and despite Hostel Part II s slicker look I m still not 
2
Hostel Part II
John Beifuss
The emphasis on the wealthy hunters who run and patronize the death club suggests a gorehound revamp of The Most Dangerous Game 
3
Hostel Part II
Peter Hartlaub
The movie is almost totally devoid of suspense which is one of the marks of a true exploitation film Why waste time with a bunch of false scares and tension when you can go straight to the pain and suffering 
2.5
Hostel Part II
Aaron Hillis
Hostel Part II fails in what amounts to its only distinct purpose to smugly push the envelope of depravity farther than anyone else 
1
Hostel Part II
Dustin Putman
Whereas the first film began as a college kid s wet dream and ended as a nightmare Hostel Part II is cloaked in a pall of dread and darkness from frame one Even the lighter moments in the first act seem like taunting harbingers of doom 
3
Hostel Part II
Scott Bowles
Any semblance of suspense quickly gives way to buzz saws drill bits and sickles And the movie ends so abruptly one has to think the filmmakers ran out of either money or prosthetic body parts 
1
Hostel Part II
Chris Hewitt
It s beautifully put together and it builds to a satisfying climax in which Roth implies that if men are capable of great violence and women are capable of great violence then that would include just about all of us sitting in the audience too 
3
Hostel Part II
Jim Hemphill
Hostel Part II has something that most bigger budgeted and more heavily promoted sequels don t the ambition to not only repeat the experience of its predecessor but to expand and improve upon it 
4
Hostel Part II
Lisa Rose
It s something of an accomplishment to stage deaths so disgusting the main reaction is nervous laughter 
2.5
Hostel Part II
Kyle Smith
All it has to say is Here s human purée served fresh and hot come and get it 
1.5
Hostel Part II
Elizabeth Weitzman
Smarter and tougher than its predecessor 
3
Hostel Part II
Bob Strauss
Roth theoretically ups the prurient ante by making the ugly American tourists in a Slovakian death factory girls instead of guys But Part II is oddly less engaging and likely will be even for all of those cinematic sadists 
2
Hostel Part II
Bill Stamets
Roth ratchets up the retch factor 
2.5
Hostel Part II
Wesley Morris
Roth might have chutzpah but sadly he doesn t have any interest in actually scaring us The moviemaking is driven only by contempt he wants to nauseate us into submission 
1
Hostel Part II
Mark Dujsik
Hostel was garbage Hostel Part II is that same garbage moved over about a foot on the ground 
0
Hostel Part II
Gene Seymour
Hostel II is far too shrewd and savagely witty to be caught engaging in higher seriousness 
2.5
Hostel Part II
James Berardinelli
Take away the blood and gore however and there s nothing left 
1.5
Hostel Part II
Ken Fox
Roth manages to bring something new to the formula by taking a closer look at how the operation works and who the killers are 
2.5
Hostel Part II
Nick Schager
Outrage and disgust are sure to greet its theatrical arrival but as its guiding conviction is that horror audiences desire nothing more than predictable schlock bereft of shocks or genuine terror the chief impression imparted is one of condescension 
.5
Hostel Part II
Michael Phillips
You live in a free country you put up with crud like Hostel Part II 
0
Hostel Part II
Josh Larsen
The underground torture ring dreamed up by Eli Roth for his Hostel series appears to have more employees than Disney World 
1
Hostel Part II
Peter Canavese
Cultural poison or a helluva lot of fun When it comes to a gore movie there are two ways about it 
2.5
For Greater Glory
Linda Cook
The compelling archival footage which literally made me gasp aloud and the incredible disturbing photos are amazing Unfortunately you ll see them only during the end credits of For Greater Glory 
2
For Greater Glory
Christian Toto
For Greater Glory serves as a timely reminder of just how fragile religious freedom can be 
3
For Greater Glory
Michael O'Sullivan
For Greater Glory is at times so heavy handed that the movie itself seems at war Unfortunately the enemy is not just a repressive administration but the audience 
1.5
For Greater Glory
Lou Lumenick
The sometimes painfully sincere and slow moving For Greater Glory clearly aspires to be inspirational but history won t cooperate 
1.5
For Greater Glory
Austin Kennedy
This movie either needed to be longer to expand the storylines that were lacking or shorter cutting all the stories and characters that weren t fully developed 
2.5
For Greater Glory
Mick LaSalle
It is a scattered mess as earnest as a folk song but like a folk song that goes on for two hours and 23 minutes 
1
For Greater Glory
Soren Andersen
It s a powerful visually elegant picture from first time director Dean Wright 
3
For Greater Glory
Tom Horgen
If Michael Bay woke up one day and said to himself I need to make a movie about religious persecution in 1920s Mexico I imagine it would look something like this 
1
For Greater Glory
Brett Michel
It seems to last longer than the Mexican conflict itself I saw the movie a month ago and I m not entirely convinced that it s ended yet 
1
For Greater Glory
Wesley Morris
The scenes just plod along without much to help distinguish them It s not an epic movie so much as an epic run on sentence 
1.5
For Greater Glory
Chris Hewitt
If you want to understand what s happening you might want to read up on the Cristero War before you go 
2
For Greater Glory
Matt Pais
A seemingly three year drama about a three year war 
1.5
For Greater Glory
Roger Moore
If you re making a movie aimed at people of a particular faith you might want to cut it below an R rating And if you re going to attempt an epic you need to spend more money than this 
1.5
For Greater Glory
Roger Ebert
It is well made yes but has such pro Catholic tunnel vision I began to question its view of events 
2.5
For Greater Glory
Andrew Schenker
The film is awash in blandly brown toned cinematography action scenes more violent than rousing and a whole host of bathetic subplots 
1
Summer Night
Roger Moore
Plays like the bastard child of Richard Linklater and Cameron Crowe lashing out rebelling against its parents by being charmless humorless and clueless about its own blindness and inadequacies 
1.5
Summer Night
Nell Minow
Even the generic title suggests the apathy that ultimately overtakes the storyline 
2
Summer Night
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
An enjoyable enough if rambling and slight study of twentysomething ennui 
2.5
Summer Night
Joey Magidson
There s an undeniable Richard Linklater vibe at play here and that s not just due to the Ellar Coltrane casting 
3
Men of the Cloth
Nathalie Atkinson
It s still very much worth watching for the time the camera spends in the shops capturing the slow rhythm of time consuming precise and artistic handwork performed not in romantic locales but dingy rooms and basements 
2.5
Men of the Cloth
Linda Barnard
While there are some scenes of how suits are made it s not enough to satisfy curiosity 
2
Hocus Pocus
Matt Brunson
More trick than treat 
1.5
Hocus Pocus
David Nusair
an appealingly old school Disney comedy 
2.5
Hocus Pocus
Jason Cochran
They probably should have left this misfire in the broom closet with the other wooden vehicles 
1.5
Hocus Pocus
Dennis King
This is one of the oddest releases of the summer and it s hard to imagine it finding a broad audience With the rather ghoulish deaths of children depicted it s certainly too strong for very young moviegoers 
2
Hocus Pocus
Gene Siskel
Dreadful 
1
Hocus Pocus
Johanna Steinmetz
Hocus Pocus is harmless but it s about as much fun as celebrating Mardi Gras under the influence of candy corn 
1
Hocus Pocus
Stephen Hunter
As Shakespeare would have certainly written if he d been on the movie beat Double double toil and trouble movie stink and critic bubble Hocus Pocus has no focus has no rhyme has no reason and is out of season 
2
Hocus Pocus
Carrie Rickey
Silly but irresistible 
3
Hocus Pocus
Jeff Shannon
Hocus Pocus remains a delightful family comedy spooky but never scary as it romps its merry way through the graveyard 
3
Hocus Pocus
Dustin Putman
For an 11 year old boy in 1993 already in love with horror movies Halloween and Thora Birch Hocus Pocus was my dream movie sprung to life 
3.5
Hocus Pocus
Roger Ebert
Watching the movie is like attending a party you weren t invited to and where you don t know anybody and they re all in on a joke but won t explain it to you 
1
Hocus Pocus
Steve Rhodes
The best that can be said about the acting by the witches is that it is well bizarre And rarely funny 
1
Hocus Pocus
James Berardinelli
As a family film Hocus Pocus is passable provided you don t have particularly high standards 
2
Hocus Pocus
David N. Butterworth
Strictly for kids 
2
When Jeff Tried to Save the World
Matt Fagerholm
Occasionally the dialogue can be too on the nose yet Goldberg s utter disinterest in condescension is precisely what makes her movie so lovable 
3
Spenser Confidential
Mark Meszoros
While Berg has offered better efforts from the director s chair he keeps Spenser Confidential reasonably engaging if never remotely enthralling 
2
Spenser Confidential
Jason Fraley
Spenser Confidential isn t the type of movie you d run to pay and see but fortunately you don t have to You re already paying for it with your Netflix subscription 
2.5
Spenser Confidential
James Kendrick
Too much of Spenser Confidential s mystery plays like warmed up leftovers stuff we have seen far too many times before 
2.5
Spenser Confidential
Roger Moore
If this is where the Wahlberg and director Peter Berg filmmaking team winds up making gritty jokey Spenser movies for Netflix I m fine with that 
2.5
Spenser Confidential
Tom Meek
Great shots of Boston but boy does this slack rolloff by local guy Mark Wahlberg and frequent collaborator Peter Berg leave me wanting 
1.5
Spenser Confidential
David Nusair
an entertaining drama thriller that remains pitched at the level of a fairly run of the mill television procedural 
2.5
Spenser Confidential
Robert Levin
There are many things to like about Mark Wahlberg as an actor but he s not very good when his characters have to put their thinking cap on 
1.5
Spenser Confidential
James Berardinelli
Serviceable is probably the most complimentary term I can come up with 
2
Spenser Confidential
Blake Howard
Spenser Confidential is the movie equivalent of the corpse in Weekend at Bernie s It is aggressively bad on almost every conceivable front 
1
Spenser Confidential
Joey Magidson
Spenser Confidential only vaguely recalls the classic Spenser character It s clear that no one involved cared much about the novels 
2.5
Spenser Confidential
Kristy Puchko
An insipid buddy cop mystery that feels like a forgotten artifact of the 1980s 
1
Spenser Confidential
Barry Hertz
The action is muted the production design lacklustre and the momentum engineered for frequent bathroom breaks and other household distractions 
2
Spenser Confidential
Richard Roeper
It s a fantastically over the top drive in B movie for the streaming generation 
3.5
Spenser Confidential
Johnny Oleksinski
The movie passes the time and has a decent sense of humor 
2.5
Spenser Confidential
Mark Kennedy
It s not even clear why the film is called Spenser Confidential There s nothing hush hush about it except this Everyone associated with the film might want to keep that confidential 
1
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Namrata Joshi
Days after having watched this film I m still recovering The plot is a convoluted mess and acting 
1
Two for the Road
Matt Brunson
A fierce and funny dissection of a marriage in trouble 46 
3.5
Two for the Road
Roger Moore
What a film fan sees when one closes ones eyes and imagines the definitive road picture 
4
Two for the Road
Josh Larsen
Imagine if Richard Linklater s three Before films were all rolled into one movie 
2.5
Two for the Road
Roger Ebert
A Hollywood style romance between beautiful people and an honest story about recognizable human beings 
4
Winter People
David Nusair
an often sluggish melodrama that admittedly benefits from its compelling rural atmosphere and assortment of agreeable performances 
2.5
Winter People
Roger Ebert
Winter People is the kind of movie where you sit there asking yourself questions that apparently never occurred to the filmmakers 
1
Jalsaghar
Brian Eggert
Ray approaches the subject of The Music Room with all its cultural specificity intact albeit in such a way that feels familiar and relatable to viewers across the globe who are otherwise unfamiliar with the specifics of Bengali culture 
4
Jalsaghar
Josh Larsen
a mid century ode to a man whose time has passed 
3.5
Jalsaghar
James Kendrick
both a nuanced psychological portrait of an aristocrat in decline and a showcase for India s best musical talent
3.5
Jalsaghar
Peter Canavese
A surprisingly sympathetic elegy for the feudal class or at least one of its sad representatives the notion of lost legacy informs the film s distraught last word blood Blu ray 
3.5
Jalsaghar
Edward Guthmann
A wonderful tale of pride and the fools it makes of men 
4
Jalsaghar
Roger Ebert
Newly available on video at last in a high quality print it is the story of a man who has been compared to King Lear because of his pride stubbornness and the way he loses everything that matters 
4
Jalsaghar
James Berardinelli
It s a fascinating snapshot of Indian culture in the 1930s and a cautionary tale about the dangers of an inflated opinion of self worth 
3.5
America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
Matt Pais
Roberts makes a sincere humanitarian but he s a lousy journalist 
1
America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
Roger Ebert
If you re trying to lose weight this movie will probably not help you but it reflects the stories of a lot of our lives 
2.5
America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
Kam Williams
A priceless reminder about the value of being able to accept yourself just the way you are without succumbing to the societal pressure to measure up to an unattainable ideal body type 
3
America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
Rob Humanick
The look of the film reflects a miniscule budget but it gets points for modesty and a keen sense of humor 
2.5
Making It
Roger Ebert
Like the adolescent it s about Making It has an inadequate attention span The strange thing though is that a fundamentally good movie seems to be trying to break through the B S 
2
Alex's War
Christian Toto
InfoWars 8217 Alex Jones gets his closeup 8211 sans fact checks 44 context 46 10 
1.5
Punk's Not Dead
Mike Scott
Punk s Not Dead is more than a nostalgia trip Rather than just capturing what punk sounds like Dynner shows us what it feels like what punk really means present tense 
3
Punk's Not Dead
Ted Fry
Even the title sounds like a hardheaded comeback to a proclamation nobody made 
2.5
Punk's Not Dead
Phil Villarreal
A documentary for the thinking mosher 
3
Punk's Not Dead
Stephen Whitty
The movie covers a lot of time and territory and some of its questions are great ones The biggest for true punks Is getting a big record deal a sign of ultimate success or final defeat 
3
Punk's Not Dead
Bill Stamets
Punk s Not Dead serves as a diehard s scrapbook of three decades of living punk not a eulogy for an extinct underground retrofitted as a fashion trend 
3
Punk's Not Dead
Ty Burr
Structured very loosely along chronological lines Punk s Not Dead takes core samples from musical forefathers mid period bands and snotty young kids building a jangly contradictory mosaic as it goes 
3
Mammame
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Whether arrived at by chance or design that fly and that conventional camera setup are as essential to Mammame as all the stylized artifice surrounding them and just as all the ideas in the film are subsumed in the physicality of the dance 
4
Sandy Wexler
Josh Larsen
The celebrity cameos range from the expected to the embarrassing to the downright baffling 
1
Sandy Wexler
David Nusair
Adam Sandler s almost impressively steady spiral into irrelevance continues with Sandy Wexler 
1.5
Sandy Wexler
John Serba
The screenplay is a grab bag of aimless scenes frequently getting in the way of Sandler s reasonably earnest if flimsy attempt at a character study 
2
Kékszakállú
Clayton Dillard
Like Shohei Imamura Argentinian writer director Gaston Solnicki can be understood as a cinematic entomologist 
3
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Any chance to sit down and watch these brilliant cartoons again is a cause for celebration 
3
Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde
John Beifuss
Intriguing and entertaining the film suggests visually and thematically if not in so many words that being white causes a person to become aggressive brutal and evil and that the very state of whiteness is a state of corruption 
2.5
The Longshots
Mark Bazer
The script may have taken an hour to write and I hope they got a bulk rate on generic inspirational music but Cube and his young co star Keke Palmer are plenty charismatic and Durst doesn t knock over the camera 
1.5
The Longshots
Michael Dequina
Durst s surprisingly gentle and understated direction lends the proceedings authenticity even when they cover the most pro forma ground 
3
The Longshots
Peter Canavese
That s the problem with this well intentioned celebration of the spirit of Title IX it wants so badly to be liked that it tries to blend into the crowd Blu ray 
2
The Longshots
Christian Toto
Ice Cube brings his family film A game to The Longshots
3
The Longshots
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A Disney wannabe Fred Durst s girl power sports flick is ho hum and very forgettable 
2
The Longshots
Matt Brunson
None of the scenes snap crackle or pop 
2
The Longshots
Charles Koplinski
Predictable and uninspiring 
2.0
The Longshots
Kam Williams
A pleasant if predictable tale of female empowerment ideal for the under ten set 
2
The Longshots
Austin Kennedy
This is your basic generic sports underdog movie that plays very much like an afterschool special That s not to say it s all that bad but one expects more when they re paying ten bucks on a Friday night 
2.5
The Longshots
Lawrence Toppman
We re left with an unforced sweet natured story about people who find small ways to touch others and rediscover the good in themselves 
3
The Longshots
Bob Strauss
Quite generic even down to the same treacly musical score heard in every other inspirational sports movie 
2
The Longshots
Kyle Smith
The Longshots awful title guys plays every instrument in the clich orchestra but it at least plays them well and its characters are likable enough to settle in with for a pleasant hour and a half 
2.5
The Longshots
Stephen Whitty
Its charms however slight or familiar are present and its family friendly characters and dialogue are refreshing 
2.5
The Longshots
Ruthe Stein
Anyone familiar with other inspirational sports movies knows that they lead up to a crucial game The Longshots is no exception 
2
The Longshots
Bruce DeMara
So how does the creative team behind The Longshots freshen up such a hackneyed clich ridden franchise The answer is that despite a game effort they don t 
2
The Longshots
Ken Fox
Durst keeps the story rooted in the desperation of a dying town and that gives this formulaic family fare a slight edge 
2.5
The Longshots
Claudia Puig
Former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst directs in a surprisingly dull fashion and most of the characters including Jasmine s mother and father are numbingly one dimensional 
2
The Longshots
Roger Ebert
If I ve seen one movie about a team of underdogs I ve seen a dozen But I hadn t seen The Longshots before 
3
The Longshots
Jennie Punter
Predictable course of practices winning games and overcoming personal obstacles 
2
The Longshots
John Anderson
There are few movies out right now more genuine than this Cinderella story 
3
The Longshots
Dustin Putman
A feel good family sports drama more likely to make the viewer feel sick from sugar overload 
1.5
The Longshots
Tasha Robinson
Musicians in need of a metronome could pick up a steady beat from The Longshots a thoroughly conventional sports underdog movie based on the real life first female quarterback in the Pop Warner junior football league 
1.5
The Longshots
Josh Larsen
Keke Palmer has single handedly saved another feel good drama from drowning in sap 
3
The Longshots
Nick Schager
Cube opts for dramatically earnest pathos rather than simply seriocomic shtick 
2.5
The Longshots
Sean McBride
What s the point of making a sports flick if you re going to suck all the joy out of the story 
1.5
Lady Killer
Dan Callahan
A haunting film 
4
Wanderland
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wanderland is a quaint endearingly eloquent miracle that meandered right into the center of my heart 
3
Felon
David Nusair
establishes itself as a gritty thoroughly compelling prison drama that rarely relies on the various tropes of the genre 
3.5
Felon
Maitland McDonagh
Kilmer and Dorff who was also an executive producer immerse themselves in difficult roles and the film s overall air of social commitment will surprise viewers drawn in by its exploitation movie promotion 
2.5
Felon
John Anderson
Tough brutish prison drama with an easy windup but good acting and an uncompromising take on the prison system 
3
Felon
Lou Lumenick
A good cast and disciplined direction add some distinction to Ric Roman Waugh s Felon which is basically the old tale about an innocent man corrupted by a stay in prison 
2
Felon
Jordan Hiller
While the film is violent and decidedly tragic the overall sensation of watching it is nothing you haven t experienced before with numerous films from Death Warrant to Lock Up to Oz 
2
Felon
Nick Schager
Felon flounders in convincingly resolving its protagonist s plight 
2.5
To Die (Or Not)
Steve Rhodes
The uneven script tosses around some ideas about chance and God but doesn t develop them The humor is similarly slapdash 
2.5
Haxan
Matt Brunson
Those looking for something different to watch won t do much better than this delirious Swedish documentary from the silent era 
3.5
Haxan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Begins as a documentary about witches but turns into a real honest to goodness horror film with scary images of witches devils evil spells etc 
3
Haxan
Jeremy Heilman
The film stands as a fascinating historical document and more surprisingly as a thoroughly watchable film 
3.5
Haxan
Marty Mapes
Its view of witchcraft seems dated especially compared to the new graphic novel treatment of Jack the Ripper in theaters In fact Haxan seems almost quaint which I don TM t think was the director TM s intent 
2.5
Haxan
James Kendrick
A truly unique work that still holds the power to unnerve even in today s jaded era 
3.5
Nightingale
David Wiegand
Oyelowo s virtuosic exploration of a sad broken man in the midst of a breakdown holds our attention 
2.5
Nightingale
Chuck Bowen
Nightingale is first an intellectualized puzzle and a portrait of a man losing his mind a very distant second 
1.5
The World
Derek Smith
The World is less a condemnation of the current state of the world than an attempt to explain and come to terms with it 
4
The World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Easily one of the year s best films 
4
The World
G. Allen Johnson
It s a heartbreaking beautiful movie that gains strength from its deep characterizations 
4
The World
Tom Keogh
Its rewards come with patience and concentration 
3
The World
Wesley Morris
It has a romantic power that seeps into your bones with its languid rhythms general plotlessness and fierce attention to surreal detail 
3.5
The World
Bob Strauss
Jia has a passion for long held shots that probe both character and institutional contradictions without mercy But with some compassion and much dry wit 
3.5
The World
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Flawed only by its abrupt and stylistically awkward ending The World is a tragic visionary work 
4
The World
Michael Wilmington
With rich irony The World juxtaposes the teasing grand images of the outside world s wonders with the insular community and the mundane lives of the park employees 
4
The World
Roger Ebert
I became invested in the backstage story which emerges slowly and in uncertain pieces There is integrity in a movie that refuses to pump up melodrama where none belongs 
3
The World
Walter Chaw
Outside the borders of their meticulously structured fandango is just more of the same but unmoored and drifting 
4
The World
V.A. Musetto
Jia s message is that globalization has failed to help the Chinese masses We hear you dude but did you really need 143 minutes to get your point across 
2.5
The World
Jack Mathews
The World has a pokey pace but it presents a uniquely powerful look at the new big kid in the global economy 
2
The World
David Sterritt
A brilliant if challenging film 
4
The World
Jan Stuart
Tao who shuttles between multiple ethnic costumes in the course of a typical workday embodies the film s thematic core the loss of identity in a culture that has bulldozed its own historic past to clear the way for Western style progress 
4
The World
Joshua Tanzer
It offers us nostalgia for the present Remember when we joined the global village Remember your first cell phone Remember text messaging Wow those were some crazy times 
1.5
The World
Ed Gonzalez
This place is less crossroads of the world than land of confusion 
3
Romance
Rene Rodriguez
Romance is hopeful and upbeat enough to make even the staunchest cynics swoon 
3
Spooky Buddies
David Nusair
Spooky Buddies boasts the feel of a lazy consistently unwatchable bit of kid oriented filmmaking 
0
Howling III
Matt Brunson
This is a painfully slipshod production with its eccentricity werewolf nuns pregnant lycanthropes with kangaroo like pouches Barry Humphries in full Dame Edna regalia the only thing saving it from complete ruin 
1.5
Howling III
James Kendrick
a silly semi spoof of werewolf movies
2.5
The Sea Inside
Kam Williams
Bio pic chronicles quadriplegic Ramon s Sampredo s 28 year crusade to legalize euthanasia in order that he be allowed to die with dignity 
3
The Sea Inside
Ron Reed
The film is worth seeing but only if you re prepared to set aside your aversion to its polemic in order to experience its compassion 
3
The Sea Inside
Duane Dudek
The result as imagined by Amenbar who co wrote the screenplay with Mateo Gil is like watching the human spirit flash before your eyes 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Matt Brunson
Respectable but undistinguished and it places a distant second to 2004 s other award winner about euthanasia don t ask won t tell 
2.5
The Sea Inside
Larry Ratliff
It s curious that the assisted suicide debate over a late plot twist in Million Dollar Baby didn t rage over this one After all Amenabar is dealing with a real life 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Terry Lawson
If ever there was a film that deserved to get the proverbial bump from Oscar this is it Rarely has any film so focused on death felt so vibrantly alive 
4
The Sea Inside
John Beifuss
Built around Bardem s immobile presence the film can t help but seem stolidly monumental even as it explores issues that are heart wrenchingly personal 
2.5
The Sea Inside
Phil Villarreal
The journey to death can be tremendously life affirming 
4
The Sea Inside
Jeff Vice
What really makes the film watchable is yet another terrific lead performance by Javier Bardem an actor who only gets better with age 
3
The Sea Inside
Sean P. Means
While Bardem delivers Sampedro s pleas for a dignified death with eloquence and conviction Amenabar s depiction of that life suggests the director isn t entirely convinced 
3
The Sea Inside
Robert W. Butler
The Sea Inside is a heartbreaking triumph And Alejandro Amenabar is poised to become one of cinema s great talents 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately this is one man s story told with great empathy and Amenbar deserves great credit for lifting the film above the soap opera sentimentality into which it could have easily fallen 
3.5
The Sea Inside
David Elliott
It has a striking deficit It tends to generalize from too winning a single case 
2.5
The Sea Inside
Connie Ogle
Amenbar shows us the aching depth of Sampedro s loss and makes his most eloquent statement on behalf of a man who only wanted control of his destiny 
3
The Sea Inside
Lisa Kennedy
In death is found a profound argument for life 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Chris Hewitt
A deceptively well put together film 
3
The Sea Inside
Geoff Pevere
It comes as no surprise to learn that Javier Bardem the virile and charismatic Spanish actor is capable of turning on the charisma even working only from the neck up What is alarming is realizing that the rest of the movie he s in is paralyzed as well 
1.5
The Sea Inside
Leah McLaren
Never once does this film sacrifice its moral ideas or complexity of character on the cheap altar of sentimentality 
3
The Sea Inside
Peter Travers
What could have been a preachy biopic becomes poetry in the hands of the gifted director and writer and editor and composer Alejandro Amenabar 
3
The Sea Inside
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s very simple and streamlined and all that s left is Bardem s bid for Oscar glory 
2
The Sea Inside
Walter Chaw
A miserable little gimp of the week exercise awash with clichs and platitudes that the real Sampedro would probably have found condescending 
1.5
The Sea Inside
Michael Dequina
Bardem tackles the juicy acting challenge of playing someone paralyzed from the neck down by simply pasting an obnoxiously smug serial killer creepy grin on his mug 
1.5
The Sea Inside
Kevin Allison
This film balances moments of dreamy spirituality with the salty harshness of family disputes 
4
The Sea Inside
Steven Rea
For the most part the film stays steady on celebrating one man s crusade and one family s heartbreak 
3
The Sea Inside
James Verniere
That a film about euthanasia can also be so life affirming is astounding and it mostly can be attributed to Bardem s genius 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Carla Meyer
Focuses on life not death and in doing so establishes the sanctity of individual ownership of an existence 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Pam Grady
This is a sublime drama one that for all its concern for Sampedro s struggle for death is truly a celebration of life 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Stephen Whitty
It s still just a soap opera wrapped around an argument And it s one we ve heard half a dozen times before 
2.5
The Sea Inside
Jami Bernard
Based on a true story the movie has abundant humor and uplift but it s a heartbreaker of extraordinary dimension 
4
The Sea Inside
V.A. Musetto
The film is based on a true story but that doesn t stop Amenabar from inventing certain characters and incidents to further his tearjerker agenda and court Oscar voters who love this kind of high toned schmaltz 
2.5
The Sea Inside
Bob Strauss
Bardem gives Sampedro enough vulnerability fear and touchiness to keep the character s limp feet on the ground 
3
The Sea Inside
Roger Ebert
The movie invites us to decide if we are pleased or not I agree with Ramon that in the last analysis the decision should be his to make to be or not to be 
3
The Sea Inside
Wesley Morris
It s such a repetitive and thinly constructed piece of filmmaking that the scope and complexity of Sampedro s case are turned to porridge 
2
The Sea Inside
David Sterritt
Bardem is brilliant 
3
The Sea Inside
Peter Canavese
Amenbar s lyricism and Bardem s keen projection of dignified commitment enable The Sea Inside movingly to evoke humanity affronted 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Claudia Puig
It s a potent blend of emotional and cerebral filmmaking anchored by what may be the year s most impressive performance by the supremely talented Bardem 
4
The Sea Inside
Bruce Newman
Without lifting a finger Javier Bardem gives the most stirring performance of the year 
3.5
The Sea Inside
John Anderson
Bardem who continues to make a good case that he is among a handful of the best screen actors alive is totally transformed 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Michael Wilmington
Bardem accomplishes something extraordinary Eschewing easy sympathy he creates a real person real pain 
3
The Sea Inside
James Berardinelli
Amenbar maintains a low key approach that preserves the film s emotional integrity while still making a powerful statement 
3.5
The Sea Inside
Emily Blunt
The Sea Inside is an inspiring positively mesmerizing film Javier Bardem radiates within his character providing one of film s most powerful performances to date 
4
The Sea Inside
Steve Rhodes
A manipulative melodrama wrapped up in a nice package with an attractive bow 
3
The Sea Inside
Ed Gonzalez
The Sea Inside is a four hankie salute to the Oscar gods 
1.5
The Sea Inside
David Nusair
It s Bardem s acting that makes it easy enough to overlook the film s occasional jaunts into melodrama 
3
The Sea Inside
Erik Childress
Complemented with a gorgeous musical score which he conducted Amenabar and Bardem combine to tell such a beautiful story
4
The Sea Inside
Liam Lacey
Oscar talk will start early for Javier Bardem s masterly performance here 
3.5
Life Is Sweet
David Nusair
a mostly appealing slice of life drama 
3
Life Is Sweet
Roger Ebert
Most movies begin by knowing everything about their characters Life is Sweet seems to make discoveries as it goes along it really feels as if the story is as surprising to the characters as it is to us 
4
Hatchet
David Keyes
The movie is a triumphant reminder of the plausibility of physical showmanship 
3
Hatchet
Kevin A. Ranson
In the spirit of the set em up knock em down slasher genre Hatchet plays fast and loose with tropes while adding its own bloody stylized spin and keeping things down and dirty 
3
Hatchet
Jonathan Perry
It s just not that scary even the gory sequences are predictable and boring And it certainly isn t clever or funny 
1
Hatchet
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Green s self aware comedy works quite well and builds up to a gory mess that I quite enjoyed It may not be the second coming of the slasher flick but it works 
3
Hatchet
Dustin Putman
For any self respecting horror fan Hatchet is an amusing spooky visceral smartly crafted breath of fresh air 
3
Hatchet
Lou Lumenick
A cut above average 
2
Hatchet
Terry Lawson
Green like John Carpenter Wes Craven and the get it done directors he obviously admires is smart enough to ratchet up the horror in Hatchet to a level that should satisfy party hard gore hounds and casual tourists alike 
3
Hatchet
Bill Stamets
In its gore Hatchet is not especially inventive
1.5
Hatchet
Marc Savlov
No other film in recent memory has featured such a terrifically retro maniac or revisited the heyday of Eighties gore films with such gleeful moist abandon 
3.5
Hatchet
Stephen Cole
The results can be messy 
2
Hatchet
Scott Schueller
High expectations and any discerning taste should be thrown out the window for a film of Hatchet s budget That accomplished audiences will find a gem of an intentionally bad movie 
3
Hatchet
Jim Hemphill
Like its villain its brute strength makes up for its relative lack of brains 
3
The Fountain
Brian Eggert
The real tragedy of The Fountain is that Aronofsky doesn t allow his audience to exist with his characters and the emotional weight of the stories is squandered on an overt symbolism 
2
The Fountain
Barry Paris
Wolverine Man Jackman works nobly in the three parts of his trinity 
2.5
The Fountain
Nick Rogers
Visual alchemist Darren Aronofsky s most personal work is a double helix of love and loss death entwined with life as existence s only reliable truths It offers a transfixing merger of biological imperatives and musings on creativity and tragedy 
4
The Fountain
Brett Michel
A metaphysical muddle 
2
The Fountain
Felix Vasquez Jr.
So simple so elaborate and yet so utterly brilliant 
4
The Fountain
Roger Ebert
I will concede the film is not a great success Too many screens of blinding lights Too many transitions for their own sake Abrupt changes of tone 
2.5
The Fountain
Joe Lozito
Despite its flaws it s still worth watching 
3
The Fountain
David Keyes
If one is to be left with something in the end it is the realization that its creator is fully in love with not just the result of his art but the very happening of it 
4
The Fountain
Mike McGranaghan
Beautiful and profoundly moving This is a film I want to see several more times 
3.5
The Fountain
Johnny Vaughan
If Kubrick s 2001 got your juices flowing with its stunning unexplained other worldliness this is a movie you could be mad for Or it might be just a load of old tosh 
2.5
The Fountain
David N. Butterworth
Many will extract real meaning from the film others will simply call its bluff and walk away empty headed 
2
The Fountain
Susan Tavernetti
Nothing works in Darren Aronofsky s disappointing science fiction fantasy 
0.5
The Fountain
Sean O'Connell
One of the year s best films an emotionally honest drama steeped in love and loss 
4
The Fountain
Sean McBride
beautiful but overreaching piece of cinematic poetry 
2
The Fountain
Ross Anthony
A cinematic poem With a careful artistic hand it paints images scenes more meant to invoke a feeling It s a matter of life and death 
3
The Fountain
Michael A. Smith
Let s end this Tomas exclaims at the film s beginning Too bad it takes another ninety five minutes to get the deed done 
1.5
The Fountain
Glenn Kenny
If you re a movie lover who despairs that big scale filmmaking today consists of little more than a self cannibalizing system of clichés then you need badly to see The Fountain soon 
4
The Fountain
Linda Cook
Strange sometimes unintelligible and hard to follow at times The Fountain is a psychedelic gentle meditation on love and death 
3
The Fountain
Mark Dujsik
Even with Aronofsky s unrestrained indulgence this is an intellectually and sometimes emotional stimulating experience 
3
The Fountain
Thomas Delapa
The Fountain may fill your cup as the year s most mystical movie experience But I make no promises that you ll feel any younger 
2.5
The Fountain
John Beifuss
Aspires toward the transcendence of Tarkovsky but is more likely to appeal to fans of Carlos Castaneda and peyote buttons 
1.5
The Fountain
Gary Brown
The Fountain is extragalactic romantic claptrap 
1.5
The Fountain
Scott Nash
Love it or hate it I don t know how you could be bored by it 
3
The Fountain
Greg Maki
A picture of beauty and profundity 
4
The Fountain
Rob Thomas
Simultaneously one of the most grandiose and most personal films to hit theaters this year a film that goes halfway around the galaxy to hit you where you live 
3.5
The Fountain
Jeffrey Overstreet
The Fountain is a challenging film about humanity s mad struggle to find a cure for our condition and Aronofsky is clearly a man on a spiritual journey 
3.5
The Fountain
David Nusair
Baffling yet strangely compelling 
2.5
The Fountain
Walter Chaw
As deeply emotional and damnably frustrating as any work of pure individual vision must be 
4
The Fountain
Matt Brunson
To dismiss this out of hand is to miss the overriding passion that Aronofsky pours into every frame of his wildly uneven but always watchable epic 
2.5
The Fountain
Robert W. Butler
I can t stop thinking about it a good indication that this beautiful frustrating film is tapping into something I can t put my finger on 
2.5
The Fountain
Maitland McDonagh
An intoxicatingly beautiful but painfully simplistic fable about love and death 
3
The Fountain
Peter Howell
Guys like Darren Aronofsky give auteurs a bad name 
1.5
The Fountain
Moira MacDonald
It s refreshing to be in the hands of a filmmaker with a unique vision and a pleasure to be challenged by a film s flights of imagination 
3
The Fountain
Ruthe Stein
Like the time traveler at its center it s all over the map 
1
The Fountain
Steven Rea
It s a spiritual journey about the timelessness of true love And it s a journey better not taken 
1
The Fountain
Stephen Whitty
Sitting through a foundering film can be miserable experience It s particularly painful to see a talented director miss the mark 
1.5
The Fountain
Kyle Smith
For every flaw though the movie has a strength 
2.5
The Fountain
Jack Mathews
It s often maddening because of its structure and some of its visuals are pretentious nonsense But as a story of undying love it s certainly unique 
3
The Fountain
Duane Dudek
As an act of creation The Fountain is mostly about its creator It is a reminder that obsessions are generally about the person obsessed and not the person obsessed about 
2
The Fountain
Rene Rodriguez
Despite Aronofsky s obviously earnest and heartfelt efforts this would be trippy fantasy about love and death is kookier and sillier than anything else 
2
The Fountain
Bob Strauss
Kubrick s ghost can rest soundly 
2.5
The Fountain
Amy Biancolli
Exquisitely beautiful and almost unbearably sad The Fountain is cinema as poetry romance as revelation science fiction as prayer 
4
The Fountain
Liam Lacey
Director writer Darren Aronofsky could reasonably be described as ambitious obsessive and gifted It s just too bad about his taste 
2
The Fountain
Terry Lawson
The Fountain is every bit as visionary as Aronofsky s 1998 Pi and 2000 s Requiem for a Dream but this time the vision could be one of a third grader on hallucinogens 
2
The Fountain
Michael Booth
The Fountain is either innovative science fiction or overwrought melodrama I can t quite pinpoint which I realize I m charged with reaching an opinion here but it s not easy 
2
The Fountain
Mary F. Pols
A ponderous movie rather than a profound one 
2
The Fountain
Jim Emerson
The Fountain doesn t make for smooth comfortable viewing but I d much rather watch somebody shoot for the moon when the stakes are sky high than sit back while they play it safe 
3
The Fountain
Lawrence Toppman
For the first time I felt Aronofsky s reach for cosmic concepts exceeded his grasp 
2.5
The Fountain
Ty Burr
If there were more Darren Aronofskys the multiplex would be a stranger and better place Flaws and all The Fountain believes in itself more fervently than any other movie you may see this year so fervently it doesn t need an audience s faith 
2.5
The Fountain
Sean P. Means
The visions Aronofsky imparts particularly in an ending that rivals 2001 for acid flashback trippiness make The Fountain a movie experience that can t be skipped 
3
The Fountain
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An awesome work dazzlingly inventive constantly surprising and told with a minimum of showbiz hoopla 
3.5
The Fountain
Kit Bowen
eclectic director Darren Aronofsky makes The Fountain work In a really weird way 
2.5
The Fountain
Peter Canavese
Hugely ambitious and visually commanding the kind of artful textured defiantly non mainstream gamble more filmmakers should be taking 
3
The Fountain
James Sanford
sort of like a wild combination of The English Patient and 2001 A Space Odyssey Although it s brave and beautiful The Fountain is always more impressive than it is truly touching 
2.5
The Fountain
Willie Waffle
I m all for a movie making us think but I am worried Aronofsky no matter how much I respect him as a director and writer went a little too far with this one 
2
The Fountain
Josh Larsen
Aronofsky speeds back and forth across centuries with the virtuosity of 2001 era Stanley Kubrick and it s all you can do to hang on 
4
The Fountain
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the time it was finished I was drowning in tears the emotional complexities of the denouement enough to leave me sitting in the theater stunned well after the credits had come to an end and the curtain had closed 
4
The Fountain
Claudia Puig
Though his movie is visually inventive writer director Darren Aronofsky has fashioned a ponderous overblown genre bending mess 
1.5
The Fountain
Jeff Vice
This would be science fiction epic is so overcrammed with ideas that it actually feels a bit shallow unfocused and scattered 
2
The Fountain
Eric Melin
It is an impressionistic film with death as its muse sticking out so confidently from the current crop of well anything 
3.5
The Fountain
Timothy Knight
The Fountain is not an unmitigated disaster just a disappointment from an undeniably talented filmmaker 
2
The Fountain
Dustin Putman
Next time around it wouldn t be a terrible idea for Aronofsky to allow his characters the chance to smile 
2
The Fountain
Chris Hewitt
The movie is structured like an orchestral piece with three distinct themes that gradually come together in a movement that is powerful and beautiful 
3
The Fountain
Michael Wilmington
It s an incredibly ambitious film of sometimes thrilling visual achievement but it didn t connect fully to my mind and nerves 
2.5
The Fountain
James Berardinelli
Technically this is an impressive motion picture but the fragmented story results in poor character development and Aronofsky s clinical approach limits identification 
2.5
The Fountain
Gene Seymour
Aronofsky s passion on this topic runs away with him so much that he neglects to make the characters connect in any meaningful way 
1.5
The Fountain
Matt Pais
If there s a wavelength you can ride to feel touched and enlightened by The Fountain it appears to have skipped my stop 
2
The Fountain
Garth Franklin
One can easily appreciate the sheer vision rich imagination and boldness of such a picture
2.5
The Fountain
Steven Snyder
The Fountain is his most brazen beautiful and breathtaking yet a work of spiritual gusto that might just be as close to a religious experience as one can experience in a movie theater 
4
The Fountain
Steve Rhodes
Pretentious preposterous and painfully bad The Fountain is by far the worst film in an atrocious year My wife thinks it s the worst movie that she has ever seen 
0
The Fountain
Nick Schager
In its own sappy way as daring and gonzo as Aronofsky s hyper stylized trip down heroin lane Requiem for a Dream 
3
The Fountain
Peter Travers
Folly Maybe But a risk worth taking 
2.5
The Fountain
Erik Childress
In its own quest to out puzzle the conclusion of Kubrick s 2001 The Fountain will madden audiences receptivity not for answers but coherency 
2.5
Comes a Horseman
Matt Brunson
An unusual Western 46 
3
Comes a Horseman
Mattie Lucas
Moves in fits and starts and the ending while a stark reminder of the resilience of the American west comes out of left field
2.5
Husband and Wife
Keith Uhlich
What if Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were locked together in a room and forced to fight over Mary Pickford 
3.5
Fireworks
Jaime N. Christley
Kitano uses his own face as a blank slate with which to sketch a complicated human being 
4
Fireworks
Roger Ebert
Takeshi Kitano who made it must be very serene or very angry only extreme states allow such a narrow focus 
3
Fireworks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A fascinating film 
4
Fireworks
Michael Dequina
Richly satisfying to the emotions and the senses 
3.5
Baptists at Our Barbecue
Jeff Vice
A punchier script with more quips certainly would have helped Baptists become more than merely a mild diversion and maybe more than just a local sensation 
2
Salt in My Soul
Ross Anthony
An engaging reminder of the preciousness of life 
2.5
Salt in My Soul
Grace Culhane
I challenge anyone to finish Salt in My Soul with dry eyes 
4
Son of Batman
Mike McGranaghan
Son of Batman has an engrossing take on the Dark Knight Oftentimes adding a kid to the mix is a sign of desperation but in this case it allows for some further examination of the character 
3
Andre the Giant
Alan French
Hehir s use of pop music and symphonic scores in the film is extremely strong There are perfectly timed cues throughout the picture that help transition us through storylines
3
Andre the Giant
Richard Roeper
Mostly we have a fuller understanding of why Andre s 46 years on this planet had such a lasting effect on so many people 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Matt Brunson
It does a fine job of balancing its knockabout humor with a surprisingly somber tale of how the specter of death can limit one 8217 s ability to fully embrace and enjoy life 46 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Doug Walker
Funny 44 poignant 44 beautifully animated 44 an absolute delight for children and adults 46 Hands down one of the best films of the year 46 
4 
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Rob Thomas
8220 The Last Wish 8221 consistently delivers good jokes for young and old 44 dazzling visuals 44 and an earnest message about living the life you 8217 ve got 46 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough animated endeavor that could 40 and should 41 have been so much better 46 
2.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Mike McGranaghan
Puss in Boots The Last Wish is a sequel that doesn t feel like a sequel Yes the characters are familiar the tone and visual scheme are new 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Pablo O. Scholz
Winks to film classics abound particularly in reference to Spaghetti Westerns Full review in Spanish 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Ray Gill Jr.
Kids will be swept away by a fairy tale that sincerely and movingly evokes the power of family and friendship while adults will admire how forthrightly the film confronts life beyond the endless hope of youth 
4
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Jeff York
Ultimately 44 the exploration of Puss 8217 s pain and glory 40 Remorse the Cat 63 41 made this more than just a sharp and lovely cartoon film 46 It made it one of the year 8217 s best films 44 one to be treasured by any age 46 
4
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 unmistakable nod to Sergio Leone and wallowing in Spaghetti Western tropes 8230 tapping into darker themes blood in a PG animated flick even the animation ups the ante 46 46 46 surprisingly solid and perhaps the best entry in the Shrek universe to date 46 
4
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Kevin Carr
This is a clever and energetic animated film that is loaded with laughs and thoroughly enjoyable 44 sometimes tongue in cheek performances 46 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Dann Gire
The perfectly itched Puss has boots for walking away with your heart 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Rene Sanchez
Puss in Boots apos latest installment offers tons of fun and magic 44 while delivering a powerful message about friendship and living life to the fullest 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Erik Childress
While most of the passively enjoyable first film eludes memory 44 this sequel packs a solid story that should hold the interest of all ages 44 terrific new characters 44 big laughs and the endless joy of Antonio Banderas voicing our now more mortal hero 46 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Katie Walsh
One gorgeous and dynamic fractured fairy tale
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Chris Hewitt
It s easy to recommend all of that stuff to fans of Banderas or of the off kilter fairy tale universe of Shrek but the visual aspects of the film are not as strong 
2.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Josh Bell
Proves that Puss is still entertaining to watch 44 thanks in large part to Banderas apos charismatic vocal performance 46 
2.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Christy Lemire
Puss in Boots 58 The Last Wish is as spry and light on its feet as its titular feline 46 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Steven Prokopy
As far as animation geared toward younger audiences 44 Puss In Boots 58 The Last Wish feels like older crowds were taken very much into consideration when they were writing and animating this gem 46 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Johnny Oleksinski
The No 1 reason to watch though is Banderas top notch voice performance If only more A listers treated their animated film roles as more than a pet project 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Randy Myers
DreamWorks hilariously entertaining sequel to the 2011 stand alone Puss in Boots film is such a treat 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Odie Henderson
The animation is well done the music has a lovely Spanish flair and the cast does an excellent job bringing the characters to life 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Mark Dujsik
Puss in the Boots 58 The Last Wish gives us rich characters and a smart narrative 44 featuring some considered ideas about mortality and living 46 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Lindsey Bahr
The Last Wish has enough good jokes to keep anyone amused for an afternoon at the movies The animation is exactly what you need it to be too and avoids too much of the frenetic anarchy of a lot of kids movies that mistake chaos for excitement 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Zaki Hasan
It s a perfect package of whimsy sass and sweetness 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Joe Friar
You 8217 ll laugh and cry but most of all have fun as Banderas and Hayek provide spirited vocal performances while delivering the message that we all have one life so make the most out of it 46 The groundbreaking animation is visually spectacular 46 
3.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Roger Moore
Banderas 46 46 46 is so glorious in the part that I 8217 d put the Most Special Spaniard right up there with Robin Williams as giving one of the finest vocal characterizations ever to grace an animated film 46 
3
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Kristen Page-Kirby
The bar isn t terribly high here but Puss and company clear it comfortably landing but of course on their feet 
2.5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Keith Watson
Given that big studio children 8217 s animation so often feels like it was created by algorithm 44 it 8217 s refreshing to see a kid 8217 s cartoon like lt em gt The Last Wish lt 47 em gt that 8217 s filled with too many ideas rather than too few 46 
3
Apollo 11
Brian Eggert
The film best viewed on the biggest screen available to get the full effect of the mission s size and scope reminds viewers of a time when humanity used to think big 
3.5
Apollo 11
John Beifuss
Presents the first mission to the moon as both nail biting adventure and visionary achievement 
3.5
Apollo 11
Tom Meek
The meticulously told odyssey of the first moon landing amazingly feels new alive and at times as if a script we know from history might not happen 
3.5
Apollo 11
Mike Scott
Built entirely of eye popping archival footage it faithfully recreates the 1969 moonshot and successfully recaptures the awe of it all 
4
Apollo 11
Mattie Lucas
Miller acting as his own editor crafts the film like a verité narrative offering breathtaking never before seen perspectives of the rocket launch and moon landing that play as a monument to human achievement 
3.5
Apollo 11
Steven Prokopy
Apollo 11 is vibrant full of energy and an absolutely essential telling of the momentous events which are unveiled in a way that makes is all feel thrilling and alive 
3.5
Apollo 11
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Until now the documentary For All Mankind 1989 looked to be the definitive word on the 1969 moon landing but this one easily tops it 
4
Apollo 11
Federico Furzan
A magnificent celebration of our skills for achieving the impossible and documenting it at the same time Beautifully edited to feel like a space thriller Full review in Spanish 
4
Apollo 11
Matt Brunson
Perhaps what s most stunning about this documentary is the clarity and crispness of all its footage 
3.5
Apollo 11
David Nusair
Informative yet mostly dull 
2
Apollo 11
Sarah Knight Adamson
Apollo 11 is a visual delicacy to be savored long after the extensive credits roll 
4
Apollo 11
Roger Moore
Breathtaking Definitive 
4
Apollo 11
Alan French
The footage assembled simply astounds Yet the sound design and score elements are integral to the success of the feature 
3.5
Apollo 11
Christopher James
Apollo 11 doesn t just take us to the moon it transports us to 1969 and greater contextualizes the national fascination and hunger for exploration 
3.5
Apollo 11
Jake Coyle
Apollo 11 might not tell you anything you don t already know about the moon landing But it will make you feel it and see it anew 
3.5
Apollo 11
Robert Levin
Apollo 11 is nothing short of a miracle in which the filmmaker Todd Douglas Miller crafts a vast amount of unseen NASA footage surrounding the moon landing into a gripping thriller and tribute to American enterprise 
4
Apollo 11
Matt Zoller Seitz
Apollo 11 isn t like other documentaries about the first moon mission In fact it isn t like most other movies period 
4
Apollo 11
Mark Dujsik
The power of Miller s documentary is that it feels very much in the moment 
3.5
Apollo 11
Peter Howell
It brings home with IMAX size and thunder the magnitude of the mission s achievement 
4
Apollo 11
Brad Wheeler
Todd Douglas Miller s documentary about the first moon landing is dead brilliant sure to enrage conspiracy theorists while thrilling most everyone else 
4
Apollo 11
Gary Thompson
The enlivened archival images and sound give us the sense that we are there too 
3.5
Apollo 11
Rafer Guzman
A riveting re creation of events with astonishing vividness and detail A must see 
3.5
Apollo 11
G. Allen Johnson
The mission was indeed a giant leap for mankind and now we have a documentary worthy of its subject 
4
Apollo 11
Mark Jenkins
It s a more visceral trip than any moviegoer even the armchair experts has ever taken before 
3
Apollo 11
Soren Andersen
Even 50 years later this is history that never gets old 
3
Apollo 11
Josh Terry
An inspiring and mesmerizing 90 minute re creation of the historic mission constructed out of footage shot during the monumental event You must see this movie 
4
Apollo 11
Sean P. Means
The pristine images taken from long buried government storage take us from the launch pad to splashdown 
4
Apollo 11
Johnny Oleksinski
Apollo 11 is foremost a tale of technology and humanity It s more about a country that needed a figurative lift and got it with a literal one 
3.5
The Frisco Kid
Matt Brunson
A fairly pleasant time killer 46 
2.5
The Frisco Kid
Scott Nash
It s a not a great movie and there s plenty of room for improvement but thanks to Wilder Ford and a dose of nostalgia I had fun revisiting it after all these years 
3
The Frisco Kid
Jordan Hiller
The Frisco Kid is all pratfalls and tuchus jokes aside the quintessential Torah movie 
2.5
The Frisco Kid
Roger Ebert
The Wilder character has a sweetness a niceness that s interesting for the character but doesn t seem to work with this material 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
David Nusair
a smug little documentary 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Thomas Delapa
Dick bares the graphic inconsistencies in the Hollywood ratings game especially when it comes to the great divide between violence bring it on and sex don t take it off 
2.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Peter Howell
A movie that is at once eye opening and hilarious 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jennie Punter
a head spinning mystery a brisk history of motion picture censorship in the U S and entertaining often hilarious visual proof of Hollywood s hypocrisy in his latest film 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Kam Williams
A damning documentary which indicts the MPAA as a thinly veiled arm of the handful of Hollywood studios which have come to dominate the film industry 
4
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Duane Dudek
Dick combines comic investigative stealth with documentary film shoe leather for an exposé that is as compelling as it is entertaining about a group rife with conflicts of interest whose competence is debatable and whose authority is dubious 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Michael Booth
Winds up feeling shallow padded and unrevealing 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Walter Chaw
Folks who care won t learn anything and folks who don t can t 
1.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Steve Rhodes
Fascinating and fun
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jeff Vice
Given the continuing debate about ratings it is of interest to film devotees and historians at least those who aren t offended by graphic content 
2.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Sean P. Means
The funniest part of This Film Is Not Yet Rated is the finale as Dick submits the very film we are watching to the MPAA for a rating Guess what he gets 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Terry Lawson
Although a couple of the film s conclusions are as arbitrary and questionable as decisions by the board This Film Is Not Yet Rated should be an eye opener 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jared Shimizu
Raises some probing questions about the secrecy of ratings decisions in a way that entertains and educates audiences with or without agendas to protect film integrity 
2.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
David N. Butterworth
Might I suggest a new ratings category for the MPAA NP 21 non parents over the age of 21 might want to skip this one altogether 
2.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Chris Hewitt
Content trumps form in the messy entertaining This Film Is Not Yet Rated 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Phil Villarreal
A gleefully slanted burn on the MPAA that s as deliciously entertaining as Super Size Me or Bowling for Columbine 
4
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Steven Snyder
A snapshot that should have any reasonable art lover concerned about this big homophobic gatekeeper trying to protect us apparently from ourselves 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here s hoping that the ground Dick has broken continues to be mined by others 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Moira MacDonald
Persuasively argues that the board is ineffective and crippled by conflicts of interest 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Ruthe Stein
Extremely amusing and as close a look as you re likely to get at the mysterious workings of this self appointed regulatory agency 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Thumbing one s nose at prudes can be fun but it can also be childish and ultimately patronizing 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jim Emerson
While This Film Is Not Yet Rated may not present the most effective or airtight case against the MPAA what it does dig up is damning enough 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Wesley Morris
Dick doesn t exactly blow the lid off the organization but he lifts it enough to see what an outrageously flawed outfit we re dealing with 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Josh Larsen
a much needed muckraking documentary that rakes the wrong muck at least if the filmmakers hope to inspire change 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Carrie Rickey
At its best This Film Is Not Yet Rated Kirby Dick s hugely entertaining catalog of MPAA follies inventories the inconsistencies of the institution that has rated films for 40 years 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Michael Phillips
It s fun for a while Then you realize all this Michael Moore ish folderol is weakening the movie s strongest arguments 
2.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Matt Pais
Effectively presents the MPAA as a guarded fascist regime 
2.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Michael Szymanski
Unfolding like a detective story filmmaker Kirby Dick sets out to find who is making the decision to label the movies we see
3.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Dan Fienberg
The movie is driven not by the desire to explore one or two specific aspects of the problem in any depth but to run through the long list of Dick s frustrations superficially
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
James Emanuel Shapiro
Kirby Dick s film is a scathing indictment of the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA and anyone with any interest in film should see it 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Claudia Puig
A fascinating look at the clandestine organization that passes judgment on a movie s acceptability to youthful moviegoers 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Maitland McDonagh
Ultimately Dick subordinates scholarship to passion which may be exactly what it takes to convince mainstream moviegoers that they should care about a system that shortchanges them when they go to the movies 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Stephen Whitty
The gotcha journalism backfires instead of looking like a crew of crusading reporters unmasking the powerful it just looks like a couple of practical jokers invading people s privacy 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Lou Lumenick
While This Film Is Not Yet Rated does not suggest an alternative to the ratings board it does expose this Tinseltown sham to some well deserved public ridicule 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Jack Mathews
Fascinating amusing and ultimately disturbing 
3.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Glenn Whipp
Is there a better system Probably But I don t hear Dick offering any answers 
2
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Peter Canavese
Clearly presents the charges against the MPAA the voluntary group that has systematized Hollywood censorship 
3.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Nick Schager
Dissects the current film ratings system with amusing impertinence 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Gene Seymour
This is guerrilla advocacy journalism without apology But as you watch such cheeky bravado at work something deep within you wonders whatever became of such investigative fervor among more mainstream reporters 
3.5
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
James Berardinelli
In a little more than 90 minutes Dick explores the hypocrisy of the way the MPAA treats sex nudity violence and profanity provides insight into the arbitrary and secretive ratings process and names names 
3
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Peter Travers
Kirby Dick s indispensable guerrilla attack on the film ratings system 
3.5
U Want Me 2 Kill Him?
Frank Ochieng
Gripping hypnotic and unassuming Uwantme2KILLhim takes its teen angst ridden tendencies to a whole new deceptive level a telling and toxic message in the mainstream culture of today s teen alienation and dependency on stand by technology
3
U Want Me 2 Kill Him?
Sheila O'Malley
It s effective in its way and the acting is excellent across the board But U Want Me 2 Kill Him side steps the real fascination with the story its real guts which is Why 
2
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
David Nusair
a typically low rent and flat out needless straight to video endeavor 
1.5
A House on a Hill
Elizabeth Weitzman
While it s clear that Workman is fascinated by the subject matter that turns out to be the primary problem He gets so wrapped up in creating the structure that he forgets to put much of anything inside 
2.5
A House on a Hill
Lou Lumenick
Ultimately has a somewhat unfinished quality that complements the movie s themes and Hall s haunting performance 
2.5
A House on a Hill
David Sterritt
Content and style dovetail superbly in this offbeat drama where images continually change in size and shape evoking the story s message that human experience is always a pathway not a destination 
4
SUNKA RAKU alegría evanescente
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A fascinating biopic about Roberto Behar who has had a life to say the least quite interesting 
3
The Stuff
Brian Eggert
Mostly forgotten today outside of cult circles and horror enthusiasts 44 Cohen 8217 s film conceals nothing 44 not its cynicism toward American shoppers 44 not its view of corporate greed 44 not its hatred of capitalist politics 46 
3.5
The Stuff
Rick Kogan
Peopled by leaden or hackneyed characters The Stuff is further burdened by special effects of the most pedestrian kind 
0
The Stuff
Roger Ebert
The Stuff is a wildly ambitious movie that fails because it forgets to attend to its bottom line Before you can make a clever funny satirical horror film first you have to make a horror film 
1.5
Unmade Beds
Bill Weber
Unmade Beds with its occasionally twee chronicling of pogoing in funny hats and heart to hearts between NSA lovers portrays its seekers as planets aspiring to bubblehood or at least one tandem leap into the void 
3
The Deep Ones
Mike McGranaghan
Writer director Chad Ferrin doesn t build any mystery or suspense with the story If you re going to adapt Lovecraft shouldn t focusing on those things be your primary order of business 
1
The Deep Ones
Roger Moore
If only the unintentional laughs and the intentional ones added up to something more than a vaguely canonical Lovecraft spoof 
1.5
Twitches
David Nusair
though the Mowry sisters are personable enough they simply cannot act 
1
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Mattie Lucas
Like its titular character The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is all promise and no payoff 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
David Nusair
a serious disappointment that squanders its setup and talented cast 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Forrest Hartman
A slow humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10 minute sketch than a feature film 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Carrey is the movie s ace up its sleeve He s at his frighteningly manic best If the Academy ever considered awards for comedies released in March Carrey certainly deserves one 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Eric Melin
Everything that happens after it lets its abrasive character off the hook is completely predictable but movies with this kind of pervasive silliness don t exist for their unpredictable plot lines in fact they rely on predictability 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Michael Smith
You ve seen a magician call for a volunteer from the audience and then once on stage put that person into a deep sleep right This movie does that to an entire audience 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Tyler Hanley
Wonderstone is an enticing concept but lacks the laughs to back up its potential 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Glenn Lovell
Without YouTube s David Blaine vid there wouldn t be a Burt Wonderstone You don t have to be a Houdini to escape this enthusiastically tasteless comedy Just put one foot in front of the other 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Burt Wonderstone script is credited to Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley who took on the arduous task of going through the Talledega Nights script crossing out all references to NASCAR and replacing them with references to magic 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Barbara Vancheri
The wigs oh the wigs and costumes and magic tricks only take you so far though and the movie stages a maneuver at the end but then shows us exactly how it was done after providing the basics 
2.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Mike McGranaghan
If Siegfried dumped Roy and then launched a vendetta against Criss Angel you d have The Incredible Burt Wonderstone It s a funny movie that is also more thoughtful than it initially appears 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Lisa Kennedy
This comedy about a magician who must hit bottom before rising again to the wonder of his beloved craft pulls plenty of sweet moments and a slew of laughs out of a story that might have been thin air 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Ann Hornaday
A generic fitfully funny mainstream comedy that doesn t nearly get the best from its name brand players but doesn t qualify as a desecration either 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Lou Lumenick
A veritable festival of bad toupees and repeated gags that just lie there The Incredible Burt Wonderstone runs a bit more than an hour and a half but seems much longer like it had been edited down at the last minute 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Rick Groen
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone isn t 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Rob Thomas
Some of the jokes are very funny on their own merits but if this was a real Vegas magic show much of the audience might have left midway through to see Celine Dion instead 
2.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Willie Waffle
Jim Carrey looks like he is having fun again maybe the first time he s had fun since Liar Liar 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Mark Dujsik
There are two supporting characters who are far more interesting than the titular character in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 
2.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Dustin Putman
It is rarer than it may seem for a movie to come along that inspires not only a fairly consistent stream of chuckles but also a few well earned guffaws along the way 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Mick LaSalle
It s as if Carrey has been waiting through a series of bland and corny showcases to find a role that doesn t derail or divert his intensity but embraces it 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Perry Seibert
The characters get little laughs in most of the scenes but in the larger sense it never seems like there s anything at stake 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Ty Burr
Burt Wonderstone is a lazy underwritten imitation Will Ferrell movie 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Peter Howell
No amount of smoke and mirrors can hide the burst seams frayed wires and bad hearted humour of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Claudia Puig
Perhaps it s a magical disappearing humor act that afflicts this throwaway 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Rafer Guzman
It fumbles so badly that you can almost make out the flop sweat on its brow 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Peter Travers
Magicians have been pulling rabbits out of hats for ages And yet with all this talent no one can make a decent script materialize 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
David Frese
In a film about people who perform death defying stunts the last thing you want to inspire is a yawn 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Duane Dudek
It sounds boring because it is 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Chris Hewitt
The hand may be quicker than the eye but the laughs are slower than molasses 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
James Berardinelli
The material isn t sufficiently funny to allow me to forgive the film s feeble storyline and two dimensional inhabitants 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Moira MacDonald
You watch it thinking that it should be smarter and funnier but you have a pretty good time anyway 
2.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Matt Pais
The show in the hopelessly stale shorter than it feels Burt Wonderstone didn t need to go on but it does And on and on and on 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Michael Phillips
The typical gags involve burnt flesh and the sight of someone pretending to crush a puppy to death It s not a comedy it s a wince edy 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Richard Roeper
Welcome back Hilarious Jim Carrey We ve missed you 
3
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Charlie McCollum
There s no question that you will laugh at times throughout Burt Wonderstone But if you are looking for something truly magical you will come away disappointed 
2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Chris Cabin
The film is overtly suspicious and critical of the new and only serviceably romantic about the old 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Christy Lemire
After it s over poof You ll forget you ever watched it in the first place 
1.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Roger Moore
The stars are more than game but four credited writers don t give them the gags and jokes they deserve 
2.5
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Kam Williams
A battle of competing comedy styles won hands down by the rambunctious rubber faced run a muck 
3.5
Beauty and the Dogs
Vanessa H. Larson
Beauty and the Dogs confronts issues rarely addressed so frankly at least in this part of the world with a story that is both powerful and important 
2.5
Beauty and the Dogs
Walter V. Addiego
Alas this tale of a young rape victim further brutalized by officialdom never lives up to its potential 
2
Beauty and the Dogs
Chuck Bowen
The film savors its obviousness and cruelty as badges of honor reducing itself to a technical polemic 
2
Ryder, P.I.
James Kendrick
would have disappeared a long time ago into the annals of forgotten amateur efforts except that it features a cameo by Howard Stern
1
Queen of the Nightclubs
Mae Tinee
The picture after a rather confused start shakes its wings and develops into quite a movie Its melodramatic and hokumy plot unfolds in hot jazz laden atmosphere 
2
Queen of the Nightclubs
Irene Thirer
Although Texas Guinan s name and the reams of publicity she has promoted among the columns devoted to main stem happenings may give the little box office a hand we simply can t say that the film is much of an addition to the artistry of the talkie 
2
Father Figures
Matt Brunson
It s difficult to ascertain what s harder to take in this laugh free comedy the sentimental bits or the expected dashes of witless crudity 
1.5
Father Figures
David Keyes
A movie entirely without consequence about people we don t care much for a plot of impossible silliness and situations that seem hauled through the grinder of exhausted mid tempo farce 
0.5
Father Figures
David Nusair
inoffensively entertaining virtually from start to finish 
2.5
Father Figures
Sara Michelle Fetters
None of the pieces comfortably fit with any of the ones that sit alongside of them Worse it s just didn t make me laugh and for a holiday comedy that just might be the most unfortunate misstep of them all 
1.5
Father Figures
Eric Henderson
The film which finished shooting more than two years ago before spending endless months without a release date is both meandering and bloated suggesting the Frankensteinian result of brutal test screenings 
1.5
Father Figures
Nick Allen
Father Figures is not just painfully anti charming it is transparently desperate 
1
Father Figures
John Hartl
At first Helms and Wilson seem incompatible But their journey through family secrets delivers surprising charm 
2.5
Father Figures
Mark Dujsik
Here s a comedy that features some very over the top moments and comic setups but director Lawrence Sher constantly downplays or undercuts them 
1
Father Figures
Roger Moore
Wow This is what comic purgatory must look like 
1
Father Figures
Johnny Oleksinski
Would you like to watch Wilson and a young child urinate on each other in a rest stop bathroom Thought not 
1.5
Father Figures
Brad Wheeler
A comedy that doesn t go for cheap laughs is commendable A comedy that doesn t go for any laughs at all is inexplicable 
1
Father Figures
Carla Meyer
Comedian Katt Williams in a small role as a chipper hitchhiker injects about 15 minutes worth of fun into Father Figures an otherwise mostly dreadful road comedy in which Ed Helms and Owen Wilson play twins searching for a man to call dad 
1
Decoys 2
David Nusair
an irredeemable mess that ultimately has little in common with its predecessor 
1
Farewell My Concubine
Brian Eggert
Thoughtfully considered and gorgeously rendered in a production worthy of Lean Chen s film marks the intersection between life and art politics and performance the intimate and the epic 
4
Farewell My Concubine
Jay Antani
the drama is cheesy simplistic and too stodgy in its presentation to really hold up to its historic framing and epic sweep
2
Farewell My Concubine
Roger Ebert
The film flows with such urgency that all its connections seem logical And it is filmed with such visual splendor that possible objections are swept aside 
4
Farewell My Concubine
James Berardinelli
A motion picture experience that few will soon forget after leaving the theater 
4
The Jesus Music
Sean P. Means
Some of the most touching moments of The Jesus Music come when the Erwins show performers at their low points 
3
The Jesus Music
Robert Morast
Unlike most of the genre s hand raising fans this film isn t afraid to point out Christian music s flaws and foibles 
3
The Jesus Music
Roger Moore
A mixed bag upbeat and celebratory contorting itself into a pretzel to avoid dealing with anything that might ruffle the potential audience 
2
The Jesus Music
Mike McGranaghan
The Jesus Music is an informative and entertaining exploration of a musical genre that has made an enormous impact in the business 
3.5
Road Trip
Peter Canavese
Just a cut above the typical but it goes without saying your mileage may vary Blu ray 
2.5
Road Trip
Phil Villarreal
Road Trip is a one way trip to immature comic bliss 
4
Road Trip
David Nusair
genuinely funny 
2.5
Road Trip
Mike Clark
The movie takes a slice out of the American Pie recipe book by at least making the final screen product funnier than the trailer 
2.5
Road Trip
Michael Dequina
If you don t find gags such as say jumping a car over a downed bridge funny likely you won t enjoy the string of equally unoriginal and far raunchier gags 
2
Road Trip
James Berardinelli
The movie is sloppily made but there s almost a sly charm to the sloppiness and the unevenness of the filmmaking doesn t detract from the picture s most obvious laughs 
2.5
Road Trip
Mick LaSalle
Road Trip may not be an ambitious film but it doesn t lack for imagination and the nasty edge of its comedy makes it refreshing 
2
Road Trip
Roger Ebert
Road Trip is mellow and dirty which is the wrong combination 
2
Road Trip
Dustin Putman
Strictly a wild comedy and it works surprisingly well sure to attract wide audiences that break out from the teenage crowd 
3
Road Trip
Ross Anthony
You could count the gut busting scenes on one hand and the chucklers on the other and still have a finger or two left to do with as you please 
1.5
Road Trip
Rob Blackwelder
I m a little ashamed to say I laughed my butt off all the way through it 
2.5
Road Trip
Tom Long
Road Trip is the best dumb party movie of the year if that s what you ve been craving buckle up 
3
Repossession
Roger Moore
So confused So confusing So NOT scary or edifying So why bother 
1
Bronco Billy
Matt Brunson
The good intentions are often outweighed by the awkward execution as the film frequently tilts away from reverence and into ridiculousness 
2.5
Typeface
Peter Keough
Typeface touches on notions about globalization and the nature of authenticity turning a seemingly quaint subject into a meditation on the pressing issues of the day 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Brian Eggert
Much like the Saw or Paranormal Activity franchises 44 the stories have run out but the filmmakers cannot resist making another sequel 46 
2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Pamela Powell
If you enjoy horror films that aren t too gory but are scary in a fun sort of way you re going to be thoroughly entertained by this film 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
David Keyes
Fueled by a sense of pacing and stylistic orchestration that allows the scares to build naturally in the shadows and not on a level that hammers us with endless peripheral nonsense 
3
Insidious: Chapter 3
David Nusair
it s just as clear that the lack of horrific happenings within the movie s first half is sure to test the patience of certain viewers 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Linda Cook
I hope the story doesn t end here 
3.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Kam Williams
Scary enough to teach me that I can scream louder than my wife 
4
Insidious: Chapter 3
James Berardinelli
They say the third time s the charm Not with the Insidious series it isn t 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Stephen Whitty
You need more than a few sudden noises and scary shocks to make a good horror movie But Insidious Chapter Three is at least an OK horror movie 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Christy Lemire
I leapt out of my seat and grabbed the arm of the critic sitting next to me so often and he did the same although he shall remain nameless that you d think we d never seen a horror movie before 
3
Insidious: Chapter 3
Brad Wheeler
The result is a warm hearted frightening about love and loss and yes next chapters 
3
Insidious: Chapter 3
Brian Truitt
A prequel story that puts the spotlight squarely on its leading lady and aims to be more heartfelt than horrifying 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Peter Keough
Punctuated by intermittent bogus jump scares the plot thickens into opacity 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Sean P. Means
Shaye brings warmth and depth to Elise adding some humanity to the usual haunted house terror 
3
Insidious: Chapter 3
Gary Thompson
Writer directors Wan and Whannell are best known for their grisly Saw movies but they seem to prefer the classic lines of old school horror 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Peter Howell
This prequel to the shriek hell directed and scripted by series writer actor Leigh Whannell manages to avoid the Curse of the Triple Cash Grab 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Mark Dujsik
Where Insidious Chapter 3 stumbles and it s a big deal is that the individual scenes and the whole of the movie never pay off in a satisfactory way
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Rick Bentley
A fun and chilling creep show that is more concerned with scares than being gross 
3
Insidious: Chapter 3
Michael O'Sullivan
The Insidious franchise after three attempts to exorcise its real demons still can t seem to shake what really haunts it the ghost of B movies past 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Michael Ordoña
Insidious Chapter 3 is simply not scary Not a bit not a whit Except that the audience will be terrified of the next stabbing of their eardrums at generally predictable intervals 
0
Insidious: Chapter 3
Chris Knight
Chapter 3 will no doubt resonate with Insidious fans who have been wanting to know how it all began For myself when it comes to prologues I m still holding out for the backstory on Jaws and the long rumoured Keyser Söze The Early Years 
2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Dustin Putman
The Insidious series kicked off with a terrifying bang in 2011 and since then hasn t been able to match its heightened thrills and inventiveness The law of diminishing returns regrettably continues with Insidious Chapter 3 
2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Roger Moore
A haunted house horror sequel whose finale will make you cry Rare indeed 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 3
Ed Gonzalez
In lieu of advancing a view of the dead s dominion that doesn t abide by the law of just becauses Chapter 3 is often content to wink at the ways the first two films spooked audiences 
2
15 Minutes of Shame
Richard Roeper
An invaluable nuanced and sobering documentary 
3.5
African America
Dwight Brown
Production elements cinematography music sets editing feel just about right for an indie film All performances are fine 
2.5
Clara
Peter Sobczynski
Even if you put all the Manic Pixie stuff aside Clara is still a frustrating experience 
2
Clara
Roger Moore
The writer director is like his hero so fascinated by the science that he loses the love story 
2
Clara
Brad Wheeler
The well acted Clara lacks clarity and there s nothing worse than an out of focus telescope 
2
Clara
David Nusair
Clara is in the end an earnest misfire that squanders its various positive attributes 
2
The Turning
Federico Furzan
This debacle of a film shows an strangely immature side of genre cinema a forced task that has no meaning or purpose Full review in Spanish 
1
The Turning
David Nusair
An absolutely abhorrent ghost story 
.5
The Turning
Linda Cook
Turning is incomprehensible spin on Turn of the Screw 
1
The Turning
Mattie Lucas
A thoroughly decent classically structured haunted house chiller hampered by an extremely ill conceived ending that undermines much of the goodwill built up by Sigismondi s hauntingly elegant direction 
2.5
The Turning
Asher Luberto
The atmosphere really is incredible But the rest of this horror flick is as hollow as a mannequin 
1
The Turning
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s almost as if Sigismondi and the writers are daring the audience to say nice things about their reworking of James source material 
2
The Turning
Joe Friar
Mackenzie Davis makes the film watchable while Floria Sigismondi creates the perfect goth setting but it lacks scares and an ending The soundtrack transcends the film 
2
The Turning
Roger Moore
There s no terror here None 
1.5
The Turning
Mike McGranaghan
This movie has possibly the worst ending of any major studio release I ve ever seen 
1.5
The Turning
Christy Lemire
The Turning suggests the devastation that can linger as a result of childhood trauma and its players seem game to go deeper but ultimately the film only scratches the surface of this thorny subject 
2.5
The Turning
Oliver Jones
Only The Florida Project s Brooklynn Prince makes it out of the proceedings unscathed She brings a playful naturalism to the dark imp Flora If she keeps it up she s this generation s Margaret O Brien 
0.5
The Turning
Mark Dujsik
There s no rule that a movie adaptation has to stay true to its original source but this one is just cowardly in its approach 
1
The Turning
Katie Walsh
It s less about answers and more about evoking a richly rendered gothic horror vibe while intuition bitterly battles reason It may not work for everyone but those for whom it works will find much to savor and puzzle over in The Turning 
3
Spiders
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all fairly familiar stuff 
1
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Lisa Jensen
Guess what You can fight City Hall Matt Tyrnauer s excellent documentary Citizen Jane Battle for the City shows how it s done a call to arms that could not be more timely in this chaotic political moment 
4
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Rob Thomas
Their entertaining slugfest is played against the larger backdrop over the battle of visions about what makes a great city 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Sean P. Means
A plucky intellectual takes on New York s most powerful builder in Citizen Jane Battle for the City an engrossing documentary that details a historical conflict that is being repeated around the world today 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Mark Feeney
She was also one tough cookie who appreciated a good fight A bit more internal tussle would have both better honored her spirit and made for a better documentary 
2.5
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
J. R. Jones
Most good documentaries are powered by conflict and you couldn t ask for a struggle more elemental or relevant to our time than the one chronicled in Citizen Jane Battle for the City 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Mark Dujsik
It feels like a visualized term paper 
2
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Mark Sommer
Battles over the future of New York City are at the center of the richly informative and well crafted documentary Citizen Jane Battle for the City 
3.5
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Stephanie Merry
The movie is scored like a thriller seemingly building to some terrifying conclusion And in a way it does 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Gary Thompson
In the context of today s stymied political trench wars there is inspiration to be found in Jacobs example of local activism original thinking and rational argument blossoming into useful change 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The film s focus sprawls like an unchecked suburb scratching the surface of topics from institutional racism to gentrification to community organizing to the birth of a white collar economy 
2
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Anita Katz
Whether you are familiar with Jacobs ideas or are a newcomer this documentary merits 92 minutes of your time 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Walter V. Addiego
It s a complicated tale and at 92 minutes the film is a very brief summary But it s a story that needs telling as Tyrnauer proves 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Alex Bozikovic
A gorgeous tightly written and entertaining film 
3.5
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Chris Knight
The film takes us through not just Jacobs s opposition to untrammelled car centric construction starting with a plan to push streets through Washington Square but also the kind of thinking that drove her activism 
3
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Kathryn Laskaris
Anyone interested in the way cities work should go to see this 
3
Lies We Tell
Glenn Kenny
A glum poorly organized crime drama 
2
Slipstream
Maitland McDonagh
If not exactly dull Hopkins stream of consciousness rant is nonetheless self indulgent and crammed with bits of business that never add up to anything much 
2
Slipstream
Kyle Smith
At 96 minutes this vanity insanity project runs a bit long five minutes would have been plenty 
1.5
Slipstream
Bob Strauss
Anthony Hopkins wrote and directed Slipstream It s a free form surreal meditation on stuff that evidently popped into Hopkins head while he was writing 
1
Slipstream
Josh Larsen
makes you long for a pretentious arty student short Because those are only about eight minutes long 
1
Slipstream
Roger Ebert
Leave it to a 69 year old actor to make the year s most experimental film 
3
Slipstream
Sid Smith
Slipstream is bold experimental off the wall kicky and utterly exasperating 
2
Slipstream
Gene Seymour
Say this much for Anthony Hopkins project If he s going to indulge himself as a writer director star it s probably better that he goes completely off the wall 
2
Slipstream
Ed Gonzalez
Blaring its pretense to Lynch ness Slipstream crumbles under the weight of Hopkins s self indulgence yet there is some measure of sincerity to this senseless upchuck 
2
Witness
Matt Brunson
Peter Weir s exceptionally fine Witness finds Harrison Ford earning his first and so far only Best Actor Oscar nomination 
3.5
Witness
James Berardinelli
Playing John Book allowed viewers the opportunity to see Ford the actor instead of Ford the action adventure icon It is one of the few times he has been given the opportunity to play in a straight drama 
3.5
Witness
David Nusair
a refreshingly adult story 
3
Witness
Peter Canavese
Humanizes the conflict of peace versus the arguable necessity of violence 
3.5
Witness
Roger Ebert
Harrison Ford has never given a better performance in a movie 
4
Angelo
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Directed with cold formalist distance by Schleinzer Angelo is the obvious denunciation of the appropriation exploitation of the Other 
1.5
Angelo
Nicholas Bell
Schleinzer evokes levels of toxicity which are both effective and memorable in the final frame of Angelo 
3.5
East Is East
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very funny and worth plunking down a few pennies for 
3
East Is East
Steve Rhodes
Director O Donnell continually pulls his punches The result is a movie that s kind of cute and kind of poignant which all adds up to being only kind of nice 
2.5
East Is East
Michael Dequina
One of the rare films that gets to have the best of both worlds hit serious and true emotional buttons while delivering a genuinely fun time 
3.5
East Is East
Roger Ebert
Puri plays George Khan as the Ralph Kramden of Manchester He is bluff tough big loud and issues ultimatums and pronouncements while his long suffering wife holds the family together and practices the art of compromise 
3
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
Mike McGranaghan
Upbeat and meaningful Effectively showcases how the band s work has touched lives everywhere 
3
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
Roger Moore
Hillsong s biggest worry is being underwhelming Are you ready for some bad news kids 
1.5
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
David N. Butterworth
The biggest band that nobody s heard of to quote one of its members is documented in this flashy big screen hucksterfest 
2
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
Rafer Guzman
A one note documentary on a one note band though fans may enjoy getting screen time with their favorite members 
2
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Nick Allen
In 80 minutes Sky Ladder teaches you through sight sound and dialogue about a new artistic language while making you an expert on one of its masters 
3
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Shane Slater
Macdonald vividly brings the thought provoking spectacle of Cai Guo Qiang s one of a kind work to the screen 
3
Dirty Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a fearless performance but one that doesn t forget to be genuine and real Danielle s emotional transformation stirring oftentimes powerful and in my opinion difficult to forget 
2.5
Dirty Girl
Rick Groen
Dirty Girl isn t Sorry but it s just faux grime a thin layer of bad behaviour that wipes clean with a two ply tissue to reveal the real movie beneath all shiny sentimentality 
2
Dirty Girl
Bruce DeMara
Dirty Girl broadcasts its intent to be edgy and subversive poking fun throughout at small town conservative attitudes toward sex and morality without ever achieving subversion 
2
Dirty Girl
John Hartl
The movie is all over the place searching for an identity that proves almost entirely elusive 
2
Dirty Girl
Robert Levin
It d be hard to conceive of a movie more painstakingly comprised of dramatic filler 
2
Dirty Girl
Kyle Smith
If your sensibility is pure trashy camp don t expect anyone not to laugh when you try to be earnest 
1
Dirty Girl
Stephen Whitty
Undoubtedly this movie means something to its director and screenwriter a former dancer making his feature film debut So why didn t he put more care into the period 
2
Dirty Girl
Peter Hartlaub
Social satire heartbreaking family drama and a lot of toe tapping 1980s music attempt to exist in the same space Watching this movie is like eating a hot fudge sundae and lasagna in alternating bites 
2
Dirty Girl
Dustin Putman
Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier are one of the most surprisingly sweet cinematic pairings in some time 
3
Dirty Girl
David Nusair
Dirty Girl ultimately does establish itself as an enjoyable little crowd pleaser that benefits substantially from the star making work of its two leads 
2.5
Dirty Girl
Christy Lemire
The heavy eye shadow cheesy clothes and stiffly flipped out hair feel almost too mocking rather than serving as stylistic choices that make the characters feel like real people 
2
Dirty Girl
Rex Reed
Dirty Girl is a bad movie with no insights that is broadly drawn and genuinely plagued by filthy dialogue You don t laugh You just wince and wonder how the whole thing ever got financed 
2
Dirty Girl
R. Kurt Osenlund
For a movie hellbent on marketing itself as the seedy tale of a small town tramp Dirty Girl sure has an odd way of making good on its promise 
1.5
The Price of Everything
Gary Thompson
The uneasy relationship between art and money is explored with wit and verve 
3
The Price of Everything
Mark Feeney
The implicit castigation the documentary has to offer is hard to miss So is the sense of overriding fascination Is it possible to cast a cold eye if the look being given is so wide eyed 
2.5
The Price of Everything
Chuck Bowen
The film understands that money is a defining element of art making whether or not we wish to admit it 
3
The Price of Everything
Tomris Laffly
A scrappy documentary on the increasingly currency focused machinations of the art world 
2.5
The Price of Everything
Roger Moore
A thorough occasionally wry dissection of the tulip mania that is the high end modern art market
3
El Ultimo Profeta
Jorge Avila Andrade
Buena idea pero llevada a cabo de manera irregular
2
Takin' Place
Richard Roeper
There s a lot of raucous humor some chilling moments and some insightful glimpses into the lives of special people navigating everyday life in neighborhoods where survival is always on one s mind 
3
Cube Zero
David Nusair
the most surprising thing about Cube Zero is how effective it is particularly when compared to its predecessor 
3
A Summer's Tale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rohmer gives us a concept of time passed of meals eaten of travel and weather In other words these characters are talking about their lives while they live them trying to figure it all out as it happens 
3.5
A Summer's Tale
Steven Rea
A Summer s Tale is one of those movies where it looks like nothing is happening 
3
A Summer's Tale
Ben Sachs
Few directors could say as much with as little as Eric Rohmer 
4
A Summer's Tale
Sean P. Means
This one perfectly captures the promise of summer love of flings that may not lead anywhere and probably weren t supposed to practiced by young people who believe everything good lies ahead of them 
4
A Summer's Tale
Tom Keogh
The world turns the sun rises and sets and the ocean s waves splash on idyllic beaches in Eric Rohmer s A Summer s Tale 
3.5
A Summer's Tale
John Anderson
For all his seeming facility with the opposite sex Gaspard is really a romantic idiot And aren t we all Rohmer suggests 
3.5
A Summer's Tale
Mark Jenkins
The fresh faced actors realistic dialogue and naturalistic performances suggest a casual approach but as the story progresses the filmmaker s control is increasingly evident 
3.5
A Summer's Tale
Nick McCarthy
Despite its googly eyed missive to the power of romance fueling confidence and comfort A Summer s Tale is most salient when addressing the bonds of friendship 
3.5
A Summer's Tale
Glenn Kenny
Rohmer had an almost uncanny knack for using the mercurial predilections of the young as a launching pad for smart but not oppressive philosophical observations 
3.5
A Summer's Tale
James Berardinelli
At the age of 76 filmmaker Eric Rohmer probably has a better understanding of young love than most young lovers do 
3.5
Days of the Whale
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Days of the Whale is an artist s manifesto It believes in the transformative value of creation 
3
Days of the Whale
Ann Hornaday
Propelled by a lyrical pulsing soundtrack of Colombian rock hip hop and bolero Days of the Whale is less a character study or even a love story than a vibrant study in swirling perpetual motion 
2.5
Go for Zucker
Jordan Hiller
Goebbels would have found the depiction of Jews in Go For Zucker promising 
1
Go for Zucker
Kam Williams
An irreverent frequently funny clash of cultures which mostly explores the lighter side of what it means to be Jewish 
3
Go for Zucker
Tom Keogh
A fine farce about discovering the meaning of family under peculiar circumstances 
3
Go for Zucker
Cynthia Dickison
Zany Zucker proves that German comedy is no oxymoron and that the country can at last find humor in its cultural and religious divide 
3
Go for Zucker
Chris Hewitt
Because it s from Germany and we re not onto the tricks of the lead actors the way this familiar tale plays out is a lot of fun 
3
Go for Zucker
Jessica Reaves
A diverting mildly entertaining movie far short of provoking the controversy or hysterical laughter it apparently prompted during its release in Germany 
2
Go for Zucker
Ruthe Stein
Although Go for Zucker begins with the title character running the movie just isn t up to speed 
2
Go for Zucker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A broad lowbrow affair worthy of an American Ben Stiller comedy 
2
Go for Zucker
Phil Villarreal
Levy exploits the living situation for countless oil and water gags many of which are so corny and played out that they feel as though they should be accompanied by the cheers of a live studio audience 
2
Go for Zucker
Pam Grady
There are no belly laughs here just some mild chuckles 
2.5
Go for Zucker
V.A. Musetto
Go for Zucker was a smash back home where it was hailed as the first German comedy about Jews since World War II But it will take more than that to make American audiences laugh 
2
Go for Zucker
Jami Bernard
Go for Zucker has done well in its native country as the first postwar German Jewish comedy but its humor often seems so childish and meanspirited that you wonder what director and co writer Dani Levy really had in mind 
2
Go for Zucker
Marta Barber
Go for Zucker is far from a perfect film but it brings easy laughter and joy 
3
Go for Zucker
Ed Gonzalez
Go For Zucker s humor is rooted in Jewish comic traditions but does its broad equal opportunity kvetching disguise honest to God contempt 
2
Go for Zucker
Wesley Morris
The exuberant physical comedy in Go for Zucker and the movie s entertaining sense of impropriety fail to produce a plausibly affecting finale 
2.5
Stewardesses
Eric Henderson
If anything The Stewardesses proves that the 1960s were hardly a heyday for free love on both sides of the gender divide 
1.5
The Outing
Juan Carlos Coto
The Outing has all the conventions of a low budget horror film overacting cheap special effects harsh lighting and nude teens to name a few Worst of all its story is laughable and largely derivative 
0
The Outing
Dustin Putman
The Outing is a serviceable somewhat middle of the road 80s slasher with its supernatural leanings and uniqueness of location the two key differentiating elements 
2
Shotgun Stories
Mattie Lucas
Paints an engagingly naturalistic portrait of its characters and the lives they lead that manages to be both lyrical and gritty at the same time 
3.5
Shotgun Stories
Josh Larsen
at once a small regional tale and something mythic 
3.5
Shotgun Stories
Bonnie Fazio
Writer director Jeff Nichols is one to watch He has fashioned a simple but powerful cautionary tale equal parts Southern Gothic and Greek tragedy and has given a familiar kind of material a fresh spin 
3
Shotgun Stories
Walter Chaw
I m sick of the kind of exceptional that Shotgun Stories represents 
2.5
Shotgun Stories
Maureen M. Hart
Director Jeff Nichols lets the action unfold slowly following an impromptu insult but the escalation of hatred and pain feels natural 
3
Shotgun Stories
Robert W. Butler
This low key yarn about lowbrow men isn t for everyone But whatever its faults and limitations Shotgun Stories casts a spell unlike any other movie we ve seen in ages 
3
Shotgun Stories
Roger Ebert
Few films are so observant about how we relate with one another Few are as sympathetic 
4
Shotgun Stories
Bob Strauss
It s clearly a labor of love and no doubt true to some regional ways and attitudes But jeez it s self parodic and all the more so for taking place in some uncharted corner of Dixie where nobody has the slightest sense of humor 
2
Shotgun Stories
Walter V. Addiego
An austere rural landscape festering hatred class tensions terse dialogue these are common currency in indie movies these days Shotgun Stories uses them all but manages to stand out from the crowd 
3
Shotgun Stories
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This promising debut feature is remarkable for its use of inaction the threats standoffs aborted shoving matches but very little actual violence 
3
Shotgun Stories
Lou Lumenick
Yes it s a mite pretentious and on the slow side But debuting director Jeff Nichols has an eye for small town America and a sensibility that he shares with fellow North Carolina School of the Arts alumnus David Gordon Greene 
2.5
Shotgun Stories
Glenn Kenny
It s rare that a picture that deals with as much tragedy as this one also manages to convey as much warmth to its characters 
3
Shotgun Stories
Jeremiah Kipp
Alternately terse and elegiac Shotgun Stories works best when it observes the lives of its main characters three lower class brothers from southeast Arkansas 
2.5
Lula, the Son of Brazil
Mattie Lucas
For a film that clearly loves its subject so much it s lack of fire is both curious and unfortunate 
2
Lula, the Son of Brazil
V.A. Musetto
With its 5 million budget Lula is said to be Brazil s most expensive movie yet It s a shame the money wasn t better spent 
1
Lula, the Son of Brazil
Kent Turner
But da Silva comes across as such a nice and sensible guy that you re likely to crave the ego driven rants or the paranoia running rampant in other political biopics
2
Lula, the Son of Brazil
Fernando F. Croce
This insipidly inspirational biopic of the two term Brazilian president is a safe bourgeois vision of proletarian struggle 
1.5
Quincy
Alan French
Rashida Jones teamed up with documentarian Alan Hicks to turn the camera on her father The resulting documentary presents a sincere look at the icon s life and influence 
3
Quincy
Oliver Jones
The film not only reveals little about its subject that wasn t already readily known but also provides minimal perspective or analysis of why and how he was able to develop his talent 
1.5
Quincy
Robert Daniels
At its best Quincy is an insightful skip down this man s memory and at its worst it s an hour long alter bowing to his accomplishments 
2.5
Quincy
Dwight Brown
Marriages children an aneurysm and drinking problem fill out the warts and all bio doc In so many ways Quincy is an integral part of American history 
3
Quincy
Roger Moore
Broad but slick and superficial biographical documentary only as deep as his adoring daughter was willing to go in making it 
3
Quincy
Monica Castillo
This documentary on his life s work offers a personalized glimpse into a bygone world of entertainment and the legacy of racism that black artists still grapple with today 
2.5
Quincy
Brad Wheeler
Tireless ultra talented and exceedingly charismatic he emerges as a survivor in a film that spends too much time on his accolades and not enough on deciphering what makes this treasure of an octogenarian tick 
2.5
Gosnell
Roger Moore
Properly ghoulish fact based anti abortion snooze fest sermon that preaches only to the choir 
1.5
Gosnell
Mike McGranaghan
Well acted and compelling Even without going full on graphic the film achieves real power 
3
Gosnell
Christian Toto
Gosnell delivers one of the most chilling portraits of evil we ve seen in ages 
3.5
Siempre, Luis
Tomris Laffly
It feels like two enormous but curiously unfinished movies are trapped inside Siempre Luis competing with each other for the audience s attention 
2.5
Petulia
Roger Ebert
It is the coldest cruelest film I can remember and one of the most intellectual It is lifeless heartless bloodless the expression of Lester s abstract thought about the American way of life And it is terribly effective 
4
Free Willy
Gene Siskel
With a phony kid and boring whale there isn t much to recommend in Free Willy 
2
Free Willy
James Berardinelli
Don t be put off by the dumb title Free Willy has its heart in the right place 
2.5
Free Willy
Roger Ebert
Whales are not as charismatic as dogs not as easily trained and cannot be hugged Yet Free Willy works its way around the physical reality of its animal lead and somehow becomes one of the summer s best family pictures 
3.5
The Zero Theorem
Brian Eggert
Gilliam and Rushin argue that the universe is a cold and empty place 44 waiting to be filled with our own sense of purpose 46 
4
The Zero Theorem
Mattie Lucas
Reaches for the depths of 2001 but has all the grace of Battlefield Earth 
1
The Zero Theorem
Brandy McDonnell
Although dystopian futures have hit the film franchise fast track these days director Terry Gilliam has been portending a miserable unjust future since 1985 and with biting humor and a bizarrely colorful style 
3.5
The Zero Theorem
Rob Lowman
Qohen and Bainsley are quirkily interesting though being little more than cyphers And as in any Gilliam picture there are some crazy flights of fancy but this one is never grounded enough to come alive 
2
The Zero Theorem
John Wirt
Produced quickly on a slight budget The Zero Theorem devolves into a dead end that asks that old question Is that all there is 
2
The Zero Theorem
John Anderson
Gives one the sense that the ex Monty Python ite thinks he s at a filmmaker version of the Last Chance Saloon manufacturing and recycling as fast as he can 
2
The Zero Theorem
Duane Dudek
It is another flawed and meandering mini masterpiece from a visionary filmmaker whose febrile and fertile imagination never met a narrative it can t mangle into incoherence 
3
The Zero Theorem
Matt Zoller Seitz
Every character in this movie remains stubbornly and elusively abstract We know what everybody stands for but we never really know them 
2.5
The Zero Theorem
Stephen Whitty
I m not quite sure I have a handle on what Terry Gilliam is trying to say in The Zero Theorem I m not sure he does either 
2.5
The Zero Theorem
John Serba
I m content to conclude that chaos and provocation are Gilliam s goals 
3
The Zero Theorem
Ann Hornaday
The Zero Theorem doesn t fully earn the elaborately conceived scaffolding on which its relatively tame ideas are hoisted Cosmic existential despair feels too well plumbed a cinematic subject to seem new or genuinely daring 
1.5
The Zero Theorem
Rob Nelson
Maybe The Zero Theorem doesn t add up to much on paper but particularly for Gilliam fans it s infinitely watchable 
3
The Zero Theorem
Michael Ordoña
An intellectual exercise in which you re never given all the variables to solve the problem and then you find your calculator was on acid the whole time anyway 
1
The Zero Theorem
Brad Keefe
Gilliam loves cinematic chaos and this is him at his most unhinged The results are sometimes beautiful always bewildering 
3
The Zero Theorem
Kyle Smith
Director Terry Gilliam s nearly 20 year streak of bad movies remains unbroken with The Zero Theorem yet another project whose narrative gets swallowed by its design 
1.5
The Zero Theorem
Roger Moore
More semi coherent eye candy from Terry Gilliam Lovely opaque 
2.5
The Zero Theorem
James Kendrick
Waltz twitches nervously and holds his body in such a way that suggests he is literally trying to draw up inside himself and despite the numerous obstacles to identification he comes across as strangely sympathetic 
3
The Zero Theorem
Chuck Bowen
Terry Gilliam has imposed a mix tape of his greatest hits whose greatness was debatable to begin with on a whiff of a story that might ve flourished under the maxim less is more 
1.5
The Zero Theorem
Josh Larsen
wonders if we re headed toward a world in which efficiency is valued above all else at the expense of relationships art even meaning 
3
The Zero Theorem
Chris Knight
Gilliam s latest with a script by first time screenwriter Pat Rushin may in fact be about an insane man in a differently insane reality This makes it a difficult story to grasp but a wild ride if you can manage to hold on 
3
The Zero Theorem
Geoff Pevere
At once cluttered and cavernous hysterical and static romantic and cynical The Zero Theorem works most effectively moment by moment and in the details 
2.5
The Zero Theorem
Peter Howell
As usual with Gilliam s films the production is more delightful to behold than to parse 
2
Arabia
David Nusair
Less a documentary than a promotional tool 
1
Arabia
Roger Moore
Arabia makes a pleasantly watered down primer on Saudi Arabia then and now 
2.5
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
David Nusair
a slow moving endeavor that fares especially poorly within its deliberate and excessively familiar first half 
2
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Sara Michelle Fetters
As love letters to 1970s and 80s slashers go this is one of the best I ve seen outside of 2015 s The Final Girls 
3
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Kevin Carr
It feels like an authentic camp slasher movie although there s more to it it s more than just a psycho in a hockey mask 
3
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Roger Moore
Feels kind of gassed after the giddiness of 1994 The threats terrors and manipulations are hammered home with a cudgel 
2
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Steven Prokopy
I was far more involved and entertained by this film than the first partly because the characters felt less like types and more like characters 
3
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Randy Myers
This is horror done extremely well 
3
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Mark Dujsik
T his entry is a solid chilling and thoughtful piece of horror 
3
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Leo Brady
You could claim this installment of Fear Street plays as just another Friday the 13th copy but this series is creating its own path still paying homage to horror movies of the past and becoming its own cool horror collection in the process 
3
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Nick Allen
1978 is a frustrating bummer a summer camp slasher that s afraid of campiness and one that d be a better fit for group therapy sessions than sleepovers 
2
Leviathan
Mattie Lucas
A wholly original sensory experience a once in a lifetime documentary that transcends the medium and revolutionizes the form 
4
Leviathan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It may cause impatience with many viewers but for others it can be a meditative and revelatory experience 
3.5
Leviathan
Peter Keough
With its repetitive images of netted and gutted sea life the film suggests that the beast is the human hunter himself 
3.5
Leviathan
Josh Larsen
If you get into the rhythm of Leviathan the experience can be at turns transcendent and overwhelming 
4
Leviathan
John Hartl
Gradually you realize you re witnessing a nonlinear entertainment that s setting its own rules and you ll either go with the flow or take an early leave 
3
Leviathan
Peter Howell
Edited together into a non linear and virtually wordless whole it creates a briny immersive effect that is almost hallucinatory 
3
Leviathan
Farran Smith Nehme
The adventurous souls who stick with it will find head spinning images and a cumulative impact that does in fact amount to a story 
3
Leviathan
Calum Marsh
Leviathan is a titanic achievement a visceral overload whose impact registers immediately and with great force 
4
Leviathan
David Nusair
Leviathan is about as pointless and frustrating a cinematic experience as one can easily recall 
0
Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire
David Keyes
In the final frames after enduring what amounts to the bludgeoning of an entire idea one can t help but wish the more thrilling original film was playing on screen instead 
2.5
Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire
Federico Furzan
This gets pointless with every movie that comes out Full review in Spanish 
1
Here Comes the Devil
Chris Alexander
Here Comes the Devil is one of the most interesting frightening and thoroughly alive both intellectually and viscerally works of horror and dread this critic has seen in a very very long time 
4
Here Comes the Devil
Peter Howell
An auteur like Carlos Reygadas would have taken this in a worthwhile direction and he did something like this with his significantly artier film Post Tenebras Lux 
2
Here Comes the Devil
John Wirt
The idiosyncratic jagged meets subtle style writer director Adrin Garca Bogliano demonstrates in this Mexican horror story suggests we ll be seeing more of his nightmares 
3
Here Comes the Devil
Jen Chaney
Here Comes the Devil is a horror movie The problem is that writer director Adrin Garca Bogliano can t decide what kind of horror movie he wants it to be 
1
Here Comes the Devil
Roger Moore
Better sex scenes than scary scenes Too few of either to make a difference 
2
Here Comes the Devil
Jesse Cataldo
The film is eventually revealed as less interested in subverting or playing off its influences than rigorously retracing them 
1.5
Here Comes the Devil
David Nusair
An uncommonly tedious horror effort 
1
Red Hook Summer
Josh Larsen
Is faith a saving grace or a swindle 
2.5
Red Hook Summer
Chris Hewitt
It s close to bottom of the barrel Lee 
1.5
Red Hook Summer
Lawrence Toppman
When Lee preaches in Red Hook Summer the movie bumps along though it s reasonably entertaining But when he decides to teach us about the human heart it becomes a potent experience 
3
Red Hook Summer
Mick LaSalle
The story is static for about 90 minutes then rises to action but in a way that seems impromptu either made up on the spot or ill considered 
1
Red Hook Summer
Claudia Puig
Lee s latest film feels like several intriguing ideas in search of an over arching story 
2
Red Hook Summer
Ann Hornaday
This coming of age portrait provides one more instance of Lee as one of this country s finest cinematic regionalists 
2.5
Red Hook Summer
Gary Thompson
You will have no trouble picking out the emotional contours of the movie s tumultuous final scenes and although Peters holds the drama together late game revelations raise narrative questions that are left glaringly unanswered 
2.5
Red Hook Summer
Michael Phillips
It s a scramble marked by the unruly variety of visual strategies Lee prefers 
2.5
Red Hook Summer
Roger Ebert
Here is Lee at his most spontaneous and sincere but he could have used another screenplay draft and perhaps a few more transitional scenes 
2.5
Red Hook Summer
Robert Levin
This is an illustrated lecture a jumbled rushed cinematic rant The ideas are there The story is not 
1.5
Red Hook Summer
Dwight Brown
The direction is aimless at best and changes tones with the weather 
1
Red Hook Summer
Stephen Whitty
Welcome back Spike It s good to see you again 
3
Red Hook Summer
Kyle Smith
Spike Lee now seems to be trying to be the world s oldest student filmmaker Take out the rookie mistakes from Red Hook Summer and there d be nothing left 
0.5
Red Hook Summer
Kam Williams
Picture a two hour episode of Amos n Andy on crack Holy mackerel Sapphire 
1
Red Hook Summer
Glenn Heath Jr.
The seamless juxtaposition of faith and pain innocence and guilt allows the film to transcend Spike Lee s occasional bombastic moments and become a strong examination of internal suffering 
3
Showdown in Little Tokyo
David Nusair
A hopelessly generic actioner 
2
The Brain From Planet Arous
Matt Brunson
Hilarity ensues 44 albeit not intentionally 46 
2
The Future Perfect
Clayton Dillard
The Future Perfect has the texture of a novella that keeps reworking the same idea in successively intricate ways 
3
Head Games
Chris Knight
It s certainly wholesome food for thought for anyone with kids in sports 
3
Head Games
Jake Mulligan
Seeing former NHL star Keith Primeau s teenage son light up to talk about how fighting is pretty fun gives us the conclusion the statistics can t yet provide before the games can change we need to 
3
Head Games
Michael Phillips
It s solid and interesting work in the main but Head Games can t help but feel like a come down after The Interrupters 
2.5
Head Games
Mark Dujsik
James is primarily concerned about bringing awareness and he does so with an intelligent presentation of the best data available and genuine concern 
3
Head Games
Matt Pais
Asserts this as a problem that isn t going away and especially for those who suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy is virtually guaranteed to get worse 
3
Head Games
Roger Ebert
The documentary by Steve James paints a devastating picture of the long term consequences of head injuries among pro NFL players 
3
Head Games
Perry Seibert
Head Games owes more to Michael Moore s advocacy work than D A Pennebaker s cinema verite style but in its own way it s just as powerful a portrait of what sports mean to the people who play them 
4
Head Games
Adam Litovitz
Finally there s a sports movie for people who are caught between admiration and fear of athleticism 
3
Head Games
Mike McGranaghan
An important film that every athlete or parent of an athlete should see 
3.5
Head Games
Jesse Cataldo
While Steve James s doc is persuasive on an informational level it doesn t do enough to explore the human side of its subject matter 
2
Letting Go of God
Chris Hewitt
In the end Sweeney s skills as a writer and performer trump her lack of directing oomph 
3
Love Ranch
Rex Reed
Even Helen Mirren on a bad day is better than nine out of ten American film queens polluting movie screens on any given Sunday but really this is one time she should have stayed in bed 
1
Love Ranch
Brett Michel
A worthwhile tale might lurk somewhere in Taylor Hackford s latest but this flaccid look at the early days of Reno s legalized bordello business takes a fictionalized approach to history 
1.5
Love Ranch
Roger Ebert
That the cast includes Helen Mirren Joe Pesci and Gina Gershon ought to provide redemption but the script fails to persuade me this story needed to be told 
2
Love Ranch
Liam Lacey
In theory it had all the signs of a ripe Mirren performance but she s undone by a weak script that leaves her flailing like an Olympic swimmer in a pool full of jelly 
2
Love Ranch
Mick LaSalle
Love Ranch is less than two hours long but it feels longer Much longer as in long enough for the Rostovs to marry off Natasha and for Napoleon to retreat from Moscow 
0
Love Ranch
Wesley Morris
Have you been waiting for Helen Mirren to run the best little whorehouse in Reno 
1
Love Ranch
Peter Howell
Helen Mirren s estimable talents are wasted in this soapy puddle which is directed by her husband Taylor Hackford 
1.5
Love Ranch
Michael Phillips
What could have been a juicy pulpy noir based loosely on the real life 1976 Mustang Ranch love triangle involving Joe and Sally Conforte and Sally s boxer paramour instead has the dramatic consistency of rice milk 
1.5
Love Ranch
Stephen Whitty
There s no flash no sizzle no surprise Just beefcake and cheesecake served on a plastic plate 
2
Love Ranch
Lou Lumenick
Well acted but clumsy 
2.5
Love Ranch
Dustin Putman
Feels like a television movie with a fouler mouth 
2
Love Ranch
Andrew Schenker
What happens when the worst tendencies of a poor screenplay are exaggerated by labored and unimaginative direction 
1
Wrongfully Accused
Sandra Contreras
There s something tired and rotten about this Fugitive send up right from the start 
1.5
Wrongfully Accused
Michael Dequina
An understandably tired looking Leslie Nielsen should seriously consider retirement from this tired genre 
0.5
Wrongfully Accused
Barbara Shulgasser
The rest of the cast doesn t look like it s having nearly as much fun as Nielsen is but they are all exceedingly game and that s all that matters in these movies 
2
Wrongfully Accused
James Berardinelli
A mind numbingly awful motion picture that has a better chance of making a viewer physically ill than of provoking a genuine laugh 
1
Wrongfully Accused
Jeff Vice
The only person who fares well here is York and that s because his character is killed off just minutes into the picture 
1
Wrongfully Accused
Peter Stack
Beyond stupid 
1
Wrongfully Accused
Mike McGranaghan
The constant movie references didn t make me laugh they made me want to see other movies Better movies 
0.5
Wrongfully Accused
David Keyes
When a film critic starts throwing popcorn at the movie screen something has to be wrong 
0
Wrongfully Accused
Rob Blackwelder
The epitaph of the modern spoof 
1
Shadowboxer
Michael Dequina
The raw materials for a gutsy gritty fearless fascinating thriller are here but they amount to some intriguing individual parts and not a satisfying cohesive whole 
2.5
Shadowboxer
Kam Williams
This cat and mouse caper s Swiss cheese plotline is riddled with too many holes to consider this flick as much more than a snuff film 
1
Shadowboxer
Evan Henerson
Mirren and Gooding are interesting and sexy to watch together Once she leaves the film the picture loses a bit of its uniqueness 
2
Shadowboxer
Peter Howell
Thumbs down to a movie of such vile and violent temper 
1.5
Shadowboxer
Rick Groen
Gosh it s almost too bad good to be true 
2
Shadowboxer
Chris Hewitt
Should you go Not in public But with a group of like minded friends and the DVD there might be circumstances under which you d find it hilarious 
1
Shadowboxer
Tom Keogh
It has an insistently fussy and grandiose production design that mistakes lavish textures brilliant colors and exotic backdrops for story atmosphere and style 
2
Shadowboxer
Lawrence Toppman
I d sooner sit through 32 hours of Congressional committee testimony about imported yarn than watch Shadowboxer again 
1
Shadowboxer
Jeff Strickler
Arresting performances by Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding Jr are squandered on a moody thriller that has way too much mood and not nearly enough thrills 
2
Shadowboxer
Mick LaSalle
The movie at heart is just a wallow in ugliness and unpleasantness in the service of nothing 
1
Shadowboxer
Terry Lawson
A ridiculous movie that starts off completely cracked and just gets crazier and crazier 
1
Shadowboxer
Bill Zwecker
Daniels offers a lame attempt to do what Quentin Tarantino has frequently done better and with far more cinematic artistry 
1.5
Shadowboxer
Lisa Rose
The storytelling is so overwrought humorless and misguided the film is like a noir car wreck 
1.5
Shadowboxer
Jessica Reaves
Who says critics are useless Now you don t have to see the movie unless of course you derive some satisfaction pleasure from graphic violence unforgivably cliched scripts and or repeated sightings of Gooding s bare bottom 
1.5
Shadowboxer
Peter Canavese
A rubbernecker s movie There s a new Zalman King in town and his name is Lee Daniels 
1.5
Shadowboxer
Timothy Knight
This daring film may not completely hold together but it has a bracing off kilter sensibility a mixture of mordant humor and melancholy that mostly compensates for the occasional lulls and clunky obvious moments 
2.5
Shadowboxer
Stephen Williams
Billed as film noir but because it lacks any subtlety and accentuates gratuitous violence that is more in your face than it is implied the movie is about as noir ish as Rocky 
2.5
Shadowboxer
Lou Lumenick
Not only will you want to shower after seeing this repellent movie the Rose Mikey sex scenes are especially icky you ll feel sorry for the cast 
0
Shadowboxer
Elizabeth Weitzman
If he earns no other accolades for his directorial debut a distinct likelihood Lee Daniels deserves some kind of award just for assembling the most bizarrely random cast of this young century 
1.5
Shadowboxer
Maitland McDonagh
A layer cake of weird and wild images married to a plot that s lurid ludicrous and bizarrely hypnotic 
2.5
Shadowboxer
David Hiltbrand
A strident and shocking jumble 
2
Shadowboxer
Jay Antani
After 90 odd minutes of bludgeoning us into open jawed bafflement Shadowboxer is best aborted and flushed away as one of 2006 s more unpleasant memories 
.5
Shadowboxer
David Nusair
never quite becomes anything more than a mildly diverting thriller 
2.5
The Inheritors
Austin Kennedy
I know what they were going for here but it s sloppy filmmaking with no focal point 
1
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
Robert Levin
This is a disappointingly insubstantial documentary about a significant creative phenomenon that plays as a minor cog in the Lin Manuel Miranda hype machine 
2
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
Lindsey Bahr
Although it might overestimate the audience s knowledge of this particular improv group it is somewhat extraordinary just how formative it was and how fond they still are of those early days 
2.5
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
Lily Janiak
Will hold Hamilton fans or anyone fascinated by the origin stories of artistic genius 
3
Emily the Criminal
Heidy Morales
Written and directed by John Patton Ford 44 the film showcases Aubrey 8217 s versatility and screen presence 46 Rossi is cast well as co star and sidekick 46 Cinematography by Jeff Bierman works well in evoking the moodiness of the film with cool tones 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
David Nusair
46 46 46 a wholeheartedly enthralling endeavor 46 46 46 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Joe Friar
Aubrey Plaza turns in a career high as a low grade gangster forced into the Los Angeles underworld to pay off her student loans 46 The tension is unyielding 44 the writing impeccable 44 and the cast first rate especially Theo Rossi as Plaza 8217 s mentor 46 
4
Emily the Criminal
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
While another filmmaker might have seen Emily as a cautionary tale a working woman whose life affirms the immutable laws of class Ford sees a screwed over millennial whose wrath and cunning have reached a boiling point 
4
Emily the Criminal
Brian Eggert
Plaza disappears into her role 44 resulting in a career best performance and one of 2022 8217 s most captivating screen characters 46 
4
Emily the Criminal
Tom Meek
Emily the Criminal concocts a narrative that s just as much character study and social commentary as it is a crime drama 
3
Emily the Criminal
Peter Canavese
Largely feels cut from the cloth of the neorealists 46 46 46 91 a 93 compelling dramatization of the strain the American economy puts on the indebted class of gig workers 44 and the lengths people may find themselves going to in the face of dwindling options 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Erik Childress
The first half generates some real fire before the final act decelerates into familiarity 44 but Aubrey Plaza maintains that blaze throughout and is a reason to follow all the way to the end 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Rex Reed
It s energizing to see something as keenly observed and uniquely competent as Emily the Criminal It s a tense and engaging thriller that looks and feels distinctively different 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Leo Brady
Emily the Criminal is an intense experience and an introspective look at the way forgiveness is never given 44 no matter how much you repent 46 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Kevin Carr
Surprisingly topical but not preachy 44 this movie makes its points while allowing for some interesting character moments 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Sheila O'Malley
An extremely impressive piece of work 46 
4
Emily the Criminal
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Aubrey Plaza is such an explosive device 44 a coiled bundle of skepticism and rage 44 that she blasts her scenes into life 46 This is a fully fleshed out character and a highlight of her career 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Michael O'Sullivan
Emily the Criminal may not be much of a role model but its star is something else 
3
Emily the Criminal
Michael Phillips
There s more than a kernel of truth in Emily the Criminal in nearly every interaction and each rueful acknowledgment of American capitalism s tough luck pal undertow 
3
Emily the Criminal
Mark Feeney
What Emily the Criminal really is is a character study and this is where Plaza comes in She s the really good thing the movie has going for it 
2.5
Emily the Criminal
Richard Roeper
As a desperate woman embracing her dark side Plaza does richly layered work in this neo noir thriller 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Rosalie Kicks
Aubrey Plaza gives a powerhouse performance in this action 47 thriller that exposes the society in which we all currently live 58 a place that does not offer forgiveness or rehabilitation 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Mark Dujsik
Emily the Criminal functions as a thriller 46 At its heart 44 though 44 the film is a harsh study of a character brought to and then breaking her limits 46 46 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Christian Toto
Aubrey Plaza shines 44 but tepid thriller slams capitalism in most Gen Z way possible 46 
2
Emily the Criminal
Roger Moore
The cinema apos s favorite quot naughty girl quot turns quot badass woman quot in this gritty and bitingly topical thriller set in LA apos s thriving illegal underground economy 46 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Mick LaSalle
It s becoming obvious that Aubrey Plaza can do no wrong 
4
Emily the Criminal
Wes Greene
The film may not suffer from didacticism 44 but it 8217 s at its most volcanic when it promises to blossom into a study of a generation 8217 s financial difficulties 46 
2.5
Emily the Criminal
David Gonzalez
Plazas performance 44 along with Fords screenplay 44 shows the film to be one of the highlights of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is sure to find an audience once it finds a home 46 
3
Emily the Criminal
Dwight Brown
The crime thriller genre is so routine what could make it less formulaic How about a taut script and smart direction by John Patton Ford and a gutsy performance by Aubrey Plaza 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Kent Turner
Its a highly satisfying blend of a modern day womans picture and a tidy B movie thriller The damned dont cry indeed 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Emily Zemler
Plaza s ongoing determination to bring out the authenticity of the story actually makes the film darker than it would be as a traditional thriller 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Mike McGranaghan
A shrewd portrait of a young woman searching for meaning and finding it in an illicit situation 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Ty Burr
It isn t quite as insightful as it seems to think it is but still stings on the strength of Plaza s fearlessly charismatic negative energy and the script s glib but inarguable critique of late stage capitalism 
3
Emily the Criminal
Joey Magidson
Emily the Criminal finds Aubrey Plaza at her most intense It s compelling to watch 
3
Emily the Criminal
Rob Thomas
Emily the Criminal is a smart and suspenseful crime drama that grounds its genre thrills in a scathing critique of the cruel inequities of the gig economy 
3.5
Emily the Criminal
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As a showcase for Plaza s talents as an actor the movie is almost perfect 
3
Bone Tomahawk
Brian Eggert
I loved Bone Tomahawk from start to finish It contains unconventional memorable dialogue and doesn t treat itself like low brow entertainment rather it s a grim but Fordian homage made with an uncommon confidence for a first time director
4
Bone Tomahawk
David Nusair
an engaging and often engrossing piece of work 
3.5
Bone Tomahawk
David N. Butterworth
What gives Zahler s brutal bloody and just plain bizarre film a lot of its oomph is the dialogue by turns lyrical absurd odd and inventive 
3
Bone Tomahawk
Glenn Lovell
Part revisionist oater part Hills Have Eyes splatter fest a tightly constructed trek into enemy territory that becomes increasingly tough to stomach or shake off Russell at his laconic steely eyed best 
3.5
Bone Tomahawk
Brian Tallerico
While the genre jump from John Ford to Eli Roth may be off putting to some it raises the stakes on a climax in a way that most Westerns fail to do 
3
Bone Tomahawk
Rex Reed
It s an uneasy mixture of bizarre character development arty dialogue laced with black humor and gruesome horror flick 
2.5
Bone Tomahawk
Roger Moore
A gritty genre mashup that makes a nice grisly appetizer for Tarantino s coming Hateful 8 
2.5
Bone Tomahawk
Chuck Bowen
One wishes that S Craig Zahler had more explicitly faced the cultural demons lingering within his premise attempting to exorcise them 
2.5
Our Time
Simon Abrams
The rare spiritual drama that not only feels genuinely mysterious but also appears to have been made by people who are aware of and interested in their human characters flaws 
3.5
Our Time
Christopher Gray
The film elides politics in order to earnestly consider whether love is necessarily an act of possession 
3
Our Time
Ernesto Diezmartinez
I think that the excessive duration of the film which is around three hours dilutes a good part of his discourse Full review in Spanish 
1.75
The 4th Floor
Michael Dequina
It hasn t been too long since William Hurt won his Oscar yet here he is playing boyfriend to another recent nominee Juliette Lewis in a schlocky direct to video thriller 
1.5
Cam
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s nightmarish quest for Alice to assert and establish her true identity is the stuff of all our darknesses but the digital design and the focus on alluring sex workers gives it an odd unique spin 
3.5
Cam
Cody Corrall
Horror at its best reconstructs the formula of the genre and reflects what frightens us in a particular moment Simply put Cam is about the terror of getting locked out of your online accounts and losing your manufactured identity 
3
Cam
Federico Furzan
Today s society feels a certain cynicism towards the world explored in Cam but it s no match for the terror caused by something inimaginable and improbable 
3.5
Cam
David Nusair
It s an admittedly outrageous premise that s employed at the outset to surprisingly compelling effect by director Daniel Goldhaber and scripter Isa Mazzei 
2.5
Cam
Brian Tallerico
A fascinating conversation starter driven by a great performance Turn it on 
3
Cam
Walter Chaw
There s a good short film here trapped in the body of this feature 
2
Cam
Mike McGranaghan
A bold electrifying thriller Madeline Brewer gives a brave and ferocious performance 
3.5
Mister Limbo
Roger Moore
Even a glib faux Pirandello swipe at the meaning of life and the life summation that comes with death should be deeper or at least more engrossing than this 46 
1.5
Derrida
Vic Vogler
Exhibits a devotion to its subject that just might drive you to his books and make you wish for tea with the man who wrote them 
3
Derrida
Rick Groen
The picture s charm lies in the continuing by play between the filmmakers and their subject with each side doing its best to deconstruct the other 
3
Derrida
David Elliott
The film is an intriguingly superficial view of a famously deep man 
2.5
Derrida
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whether or not you re enlightened by any of Derrida s lectures on the other and the self Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow 
3
Derrida
Edward Guthmann
Dense and thoughtful and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed 
3
Derrida
Bob Strauss
Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85 minute brush up course with the documentary Derrida Or you can do something fun tonight 
2.5
Derrida
V.A. Musetto
The result puts a human face on Derrida and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally couldn t care less 
3
Berberian Sound Studio
Chris Alexander
No one has ever inverted the European horror film with such wit eloquence and purpose to challenge its audience If you love this subgenre you ll feel like BERBERIAN was made exclusively for you I certainly know I did 
4
Berberian Sound Studio
David N. Butterworth
An intriguing and clever sounding idea that unfortunately loses its way in the translation from script to screen 
2.5
Berberian Sound Studio
John Beifuss
A movie that may whisper dark secrets into your ears at night when you re trying to forget it 
3
Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Howell
Radishes cabbages and melons meet horrific ends in Berberian Sound Studio a down the earhole psychodrama where what you hear is more terrifying than what you see 
3
Berberian Sound Studio
Moira MacDonald
Writer director Peter Strickland intriguingly weaves into the story a movie within a movie that we barely see but we hear 
3
Berberian Sound Studio
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Regardless of what you call it it s a highly accomplished intelligent and effective piece of work perhaps the best genre film I ve seen since The Innkeepers 
3.5
Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Keough
It not only exploits one of cinema s most important modes it also attempts something more difficult turning a genre movie into a work of art 
3.5
Berberian Sound Studio
Chris Hewitt
It wasn t until the movie was over that I realized it had pulled off the neat trick of creeping me out without showing even a single drop of blood 
3.5
Berberian Sound Studio
Dustin Putman
Definitely a curiosity piece but one gets the sneaking suspicion it wasn t also meant to be an inert one 
2
Berberian Sound Studio
Stephen Whitty
It s as if someone took all the raw footage from Argento s Suspiria and gave it to Antonioni to recut But in a way the disjointed dreaminess of it is the point 
3
Berberian Sound Studio
Kyle Smith
A clever elliptical slightly bizarre and altogether transfixing psychological thriller 
3
Berberian Sound Studio
Chuck Bowen
On the surface an amusing black comedy that parodies the horror movie s continual status as the cultural black sheep of the cinematic landscape but it s most prominently concerned with painting a sonic portrait of alienation 
3.5
Berberian Sound Studio
Nathalie Atkinson
The narrative rule of thumb is show don t tell but this film does the opposite to sinister effect 
2.5
Berberian Sound Studio
David Nusair
even the most astute viewer will be hard pressed to explain what the heck is going on here 
1
Da' Booty Shop
Kam Williams
For better or worse probably the latter I somehow suspect this isn t the last we ll hear from Marcello Thedford this year 
1
The Last Warning
Mattie Lucas
A deliriously entertaining mystery filled with eerie shadows kooky characters and outlandish twists that always land through Leni s sharp balance between humor and horror 
4
The Last Warning
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A spirited vibrant mystery with comedy and horror elements 
4
To Live
Brian Eggert
There seems to be a commentary and critique hidden in To Live s intertextuality and symbolism which add to the film s pleasures in the grand epic style 
4
To Live
Roger Ebert
To Live is a simple title but it conceals a universe 
3.5
To Live
Steve Rhodes
I have never seen a more anti Communist movie The horrors of this ideology were everywhere 
4
The Last Five Years
Mattie Lucas
There are some musicals that just weren t meant to be turned into movies The Last Five Years perhaps one of the most emotionally honest stage musicals in recent memory is one such show 
2
The Last Five Years
John Wirt
Despite tuneless songs Kendrick s and Jordan s bursting to wilting performances are worth the 90 minutes invested in this swiftly moving set to music anatomy of a marriage 
2.5
The Last Five Years
Sean P. Means
A heartbreaking and human scaled musical romance that burns as brightly as its two stars Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan 
3.5
The Last Five Years
Mark Dujsik
There s a tendency to try to assign blame in the aftermath of a failed romance but The Last Five Years won t or maybe can t do such a thing 
3.5
The Last Five Years
Stephen Rebello
The Last Five Years is a small bootstrap kind of movie obviously a labor of love and it works well because of the passion charisma and Broadway belts of the two leads 
3
The Last Five Years
John Beifuss
An indie musical not just in its modest production values but also in the emotional intensity of its mumblecore esque focus on the romantic and career struggles of a pair of artsy young people in a big city 
3
The Last Five Years
Dann Gire
Despite the considerable chemistry and energy Kendrick and Jordan bring to their starring crossed lovers The Last Five Years emerges as a surprisingly inert musical experience chronicling one of the most passive romantic breakups committed to film 
2
The Last Five Years
Ben Sachs
Kendrick and Jordan seem too squeaky clean to convey the full weight of the characters psychological baggage yet LaGravenese s balanced unpretentious direction allows the material to resonate all the same 
3
The Last Five Years
Ty Burr
Jordan comes out of this movie respectably while Kendrick comes out of it a star In fact she s potentially the first great movie musical star of her generation 
3
The Last Five Years
Stephanie Merry
A very funny deeply affecting portrait of love lost and found 
3
The Last Five Years
Michael Phillips
As far as I m concerned Anna Kendrick can make a musical twice annually for the next few decades 
3
The Last Five Years
Matt Pais
Great even if you hate musicals 
4
The Last Five Years
Mara Reinstein
Detailing the ups and downs of romance Kendrick and Jordan enchant on screen 
3
The Last Five Years
Barry Hertz
The film is an enchanting creation a showcase for Kendrick s rising star but also a bold shot in the arm for the musical genre itself 
3.5
The Last Five Years
Susan Wloszczyna
Even though there are relatable hurtful truths found in this uncompromising pair there isn t enough specialness in the characters or their story to make us feel for them 
2.5
The Last Five Years
Liam Lacey
This bare bones adaptation is more of a sop to the musical s fans than a fully imagined movie musical 
2
The Last Five Years
Stephen Whitty
The songs are smart and Company era Sondheimesque courtesy of composer Jason Robert Brown and director Richard LaGravenese has done a stylish fast paced job 
3.5
The Last Five Years
Linda Barnard
Musical theatre fans will rejoice but those not fond of production numbers as problem solvers will wonder what all the fuss is about 
2
The Last Five Years
Josh Spiegel
The Last Five Years by tying itself to such a high concept setup feels more inevitable than invigorating 
2.5
The Last Five Years
Jocelyn Noveck
Don t be surprised if settling into The Last Five Years with your popcorn you hear a large number of people around you singing rather than crunching 
2.5
The Last Five Years
Peter Travers
The sublime Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan work miracles giving glorious voice to their roles making it easy to overlook the failings in The Last Five Years Let it in and it knocks you back on your heels Just like love 
2.5
The Last Five Years
Lou Lumenick
Kendrick does the dramatic heavy lifting here as a woman struggling to break free from her husband s large shadow and find her destiny She nails the comedy as well 
3
The Last Five Years
Roger Moore
The engaging leads make this musical romance watchable
2.5
The Last Five Years
Matt Brennan
The film mostly skirts any connection to musical theater as though it were faintly embarrassed 
2
The Last Five Years
Dustin Putman
Small in size yet vast in profundity The Last Five Years is a sincere understated miracle of a musical 
3.5
The Last Five Years
David Nusair
a passable musical adaptation that seems geared more towards fans of the source material than to neophytes 
2.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult to envision all but the most ardent of fashion fans finding much to embrace in Valentino The Last Emperor 
1.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Mike Scott
More reality show than fashion show it s slight but still as fun as it is fashionable 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Joe Williams
This up close portrait delivers all the runway glamor and backstage gossip that fashionistas crave yet it s also unexpectedly poignant 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Jason Anderson
There s only one monarch mentioned in the title of Valentino The Last Emperor But Matt Tyrnauer s breezy and entertaining look inside the world of high fashion is very much a two man show 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Liam Lacey
Superficial but giddily entertaining 
2
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Robert W. Butler
Frequently this doc plays like a real life Fellini movie filled with beautiful people and bizarre incidents And ultimately it s an unexpectedly touching love story 
3.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Matt Brunson
If I really wanted to indulge in stargazing I d just as soon hook up a telescope in the backyard and aim it at the night sky 
2
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Kara Nesvig
As Valentino s team of seamstresses pore over a sequined white dress entirely hand sewn and finally premiere it to the designer in its flawless couture glory it s all you can do not to gasp with pleasure 
3.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Chris Hewitt
If Valentino doesn t reveal much about the man it argues convincingly that the elaborate gowns like the vintage one Julia Roberts wore to accept her Oscar will outlive him anyway 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Rob Thomas
The rich may be very different than you and me but you have no idea how different until you see Valentino 
3.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Jeff Vice
Director Tyrnauer and the movie seem blinded by Valentino s stardom and start to lose their way As a result the documentary is unfocused 
2.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Graham Killeen
Garavani s remembrances and those of lifelong friend and manager Giancarlo Giammetti evoke the smoky opulence of mid 20th century class 
2.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Sara Michelle Fetters
Together these two competing threads wrap one around the other to show us images and people we seldom get the opportunity to see their competing agendas taking on an emotional subtext that s extremely fascinating 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Moira MacDonald
A frothily entertaining documentary 
3.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Wesley Morris
True to the Valentino prerogative it s beautiful sad too a dream life moving into the unknown 
3.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Joseph M. Amodio
This documentary chronicling two years leading up to his spectacular 45th anniversary gala in 2007 by the Colosseum in Rome is as much about the brand and harsh realities of the fashion biz as the man himself 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Sylvia Rubin
A thoroughly entertaining look at the preparations for Valentino s last haute couture show and how indeed he represents the last of an era of highly trained couturiers who are being swallowed up by mergers and acquisitions 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Michael Phillips
The filmmaker s access was impressive the results moderately entertaining 
2.5
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Roger Ebert
Valentino The Last Emperor is a documentary with privileged access to the legendary designer in his studio workshop backstage his homes even aboard his yacht and private jet 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
V.A. Musetto
Valentino The Last Emperor makes no attempt at being a definitive portrait of Valentino It is content to be a breezy look at the designer s twilight years 
3
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Henry Stewart
Now is not the time to venerate kings 
1
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Marta Barber
Tyrnauer succeeds in making a documentary in which man and his creations are one and the same Yes Valentino lives in opulence but his gowns exist in that stratosphere too 
3
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Joe Baltake
When it s over Till Human Voices Wake Us is easily forgotten 
2.5
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Moira MacDonald
There s not quite enough mystery here and no amount of pretty pastoral settings can make up for that 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Chris Hewitt
The movie fails to find a satisfying way to balance the stories and Pearce s mannered performance doesn t help us enter into his elliptical journey 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Jeff Vice
It ll take a lot of energy and even more patience for anyone to get through Till Human Voices Wake Us without yawning at least once 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Janice Page
Despite being well acted and sweetly moving when it strips down to the tender poem at its heart Till Human Voices Wake Us spends too much time playing to an otherworldly suspense that simply isn t there 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Sean P. Means
What aims to be dreamlike plays more like sleepwalking and what is meant to be dark and brooding becomes gray and plodding 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Nick Carter
If Petroni wanted to leave viewers with a mixed interpretation he succeeded 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Rene Rodriguez
It s telling just how uninvolving Till Human Voices Wake Us is that by film s end you ll just be relieved it s over 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Tiffany Maleshefski
A real snooze 
1
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Catharine Tunnacliffe
A turgid pretentious piece of work that may have played well on the page but is too heavy and slow moving to work on the big screen 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
John Beifuss
Audiences are more likely to feel like a patient etherized upon a table than intrigued or mesmerized 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Terry Lawson
There s nothing really wrong with Till Human Voices Wake Us that some actual dramatic tension couldn t resolve 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Rob Blackwelder
While the scenes from Sam s past accurately and melodiously depict the tenderness of first love the modern story seems dreary and dry by comparison 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
James Berardinelli
It is undone by the twin cinematic demons of pretentiousness and torpor 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Brooke Hauser
What may have worked in writer director Petroni s script which won the American Film Institute s Screenplay of the Year award seems vague and muddled onscreen 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Mick LaSalle
All the intelligence and sincerity behind the camera and the talent in front of it Till Human Voices Wake Us stays emotionally mired because of a static screenplay that fails to express its issues dramatically 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
David Elliott
You can feel the movie s skin against your own and your heart goes out to it 
4
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Jeffrey Westhoff
Everything about Till Human Voices Wake Us is exquisite particularly the acting and the photography but little of it is engaging 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Rick Groen
Despite the strengths of the cast and the camera the whole film does seem after the fact to be less than the sum of its parts Nevertheless in mid reverie there s no denying the pleasure in falling under its little spell 
2.5
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Roger Ebert
There must still be a kind of moony young adolescent girl for which this film would be enormously appealing if television has not already exterminated the domestic example of that species 
1.5
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Mary F. Pols
A bit spooky steadily mysterious and unexpectedly moving 
3
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Bruce Newman
As romance Till Human Voices Wake Us is so passive it inspires forgetting 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Michael Wilmington
Pearce and Bonham Carter are remarkably photogenic but the movie is fitful and mannered to a fault full of watery allusions and stormy scares 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Steve Rhodes
The movie may be a near miss but it is a lovely miss 
2.5
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Michael Dequina
A more appropriate title couldn t have been given Michael Petroni s romantic drama except maybe Till Any Noise Wakes Us 
1.5
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Gene Seymour
Comes across as yet another above average Twilight Zone episode pumped with helium for the big screen 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Glenn Whipp
In what s supposed to be a journey to self discovery Till Human Voices Wake Us feels more like a trip to redundancy 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
David Nusair
Petroni s leisurely approach to the material indicates that this would ve been far more effective as a short 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Megan Lehmann
The two young actors are very engaging but the chemistry between Pearce and Bonham Carter is less than zero and there s altogether too much heavy handed watery symbolism for comfort 
2
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Harvey S. Karten
Absent a strong narrative momentum you d have to settle for nice bucolic scenery and a picture of supernatural preciosity 
2.5
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Randy Myers
It s a wicked twist filled winner 
3.5
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Tom Meek
Beasts is a frenetic and stylistic burn with much credit due to Do yeon for her fiery X factor 
3
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Mark Dujsik
Kim s storytelling is so devious in terms of structure and vibrant in terms of technique that the game is consistently engaging 
3
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Roger Moore
Even if you guess where it ll end up the circuitous way this romp of a thriller gets there is never less than pure thriller watching pleasure 
3.5
Little Mother
Eric Henderson
Little Mother must ve been an irresistible proposition for Metzger 
2
Fireworks
Josh Larsen
the explosive pyrotechnics of an id bravely laid bare 
3.5
Full Moon High
Matt Brunson
Teen Wolf benefits from a more charismatic lead Michael J Fox over Adam Arkin though the latter isn t bad but Full Moon High offers more laughs at least during the first half after which the nyuks dry up and comic rigor mortis sets in 
2
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Richard Roeper
It s to our great benefit he finally saw the light and Morita created one of the most memorable characters of the last 40 years He was indeed more than Miyagi but that alone would have earned him a special place in Hollywood history 
3
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Phil Villarreal
Catalogs Morita s tale of inspiration mystery and sadness 
3.5
You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski
Tom Meek
This is certainly for fans count me as one and something of a fitting eulogy 
3
You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski
Bob Strauss
Less than an hour long this conversational documentary with the prurient poet of Los Angeles lower depths is remarkably rich with insights into the writing craft and business sex and love humanity s lack of humanity and more 
3
Jupiter Ascending
Brian Eggert
Fresh because it considers a network of varied planetary systems so expansive that at any moment something random and new from any number of cultures 40 or subcultures 41 could appear onscreen 44 and without need or desire for adequate explanation 46 
3
Jupiter Ascending
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly meandering and incomprehensible Jupiter Ascending is an over extended costume party thrown within the confines of the cartoonish cosmos 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Sonny Bunch
The most disappointing aspect of Jupiter Ascending is surprisingly its action sequences 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Wesley Lovell
There are a lot of great ideas struggling to find their way out of this misshapen hulk of a film 
2.5
Jupiter Ascending
Michael Smith
Jupiter Ascending is my first guilty pleasure of the year and like a Snickers bar it s deliciously gooey and nutty at the same time 
2.5
Jupiter Ascending
Tom Meek
The seamless rendering of winged giant lizard henchmen and ornate spiracle space stations conjures up a transporting spectacle of wonderment that goes far to paint over the film s bland derivative blemishes 
2
Jupiter Ascending
James Kendrick
It s the kind of stuff that one can imagine working on the page in 1950 but its visual incarnation via CGI and elaborate production design results in overload
2
Jupiter Ascending
Eric Melin
Obsession with reincarnation blurry gender lines alternate realities and new modes of action are just some of the reasons that its diversions are where its at They re baked into the movie s DNA even as the screenplay tries to follow familiar tropes 
3
Jupiter Ascending
John Beifuss
Part Cinderella wish fulfillment fairy tale and part corporate culture critique Humankind is simply a resource waiting to be converted into capital sneers villainous Eddie Redmayne 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Jackson Cuidon
It s as if the Wachowskis saw what Thor got away with silly aliens dynastic rivalries re writing the history of earth elaborate mythologies and enough Freud to confuse you for a lifetime and said Hey we want to do that 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Peter Canavese
To the extent we still demand rich characters and sensible plotting the Wachowskis latest is a few planets short of a galaxy 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Christy Lemire
A lot of people spent a lot of time and a lot of money making a lot of movie but there s not much there 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Scott Nash
Stunning images silly story 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Matt Brunson
There s actually a seed of a good idea buried in Jupiter Ascending But the entire project suffers from a severe case of overkill with the Wachowskis offering too much arid exposition and too many artless explosions 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Mike McGranaghan
Two years from now when you re home with the flu and it pops up on cable you may well kill two hours watching it That s really the only circumstance under which this ridiculous mess is likely to be acceptable 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Lisa Kennedy
This sci fi inflected fantasy has many a wince worthy romantic exchange between stars Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Bob Bloom
This self indulgent stupid and most unsatisfying feature will quickly descend into the realm of historic cinematic turkeys 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jupiter Ascending is a planet sized dud 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
John Serba
Perilously close to being The Space Princess Diaries 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Peter Travers
This kind of pandering FX padding unnurtured by humor or heart is what shifts Jupiter Ascending from a shambles to a fiasco The Wachowskis wind up where you never expected to find them creatively on the ropes 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Christian Toto
Warner Bros has this critic s approval to use my quote in Jupiter Ascending s ad campaign It s not as gloriously awful as feared 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Willie Waffle
Why do people keep giving The Wachowskis money to make movies 
.5
Jupiter Ascending
Brad Wheeler
A beautiful muddle from The Matrix making Wachowski siblings 
2.5
Jupiter Ascending
Steven Rea
Technically I m an alien Mila Kunis voice overs by way of introduction to this epically kitschy space opera 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Mark Dujsik
Make no mistake Jupiter Ascending is superficially big and goofy and ostentatious The movie seems too afraid to truly express those qualities though 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Walter Chaw
only thing that could make Magic Mike more desirable to women is to turn him into a dog with eagle wings 
0
Jupiter Ascending
Lou Lumenick
A movie so jaw droppingly awful that you can t wait to see what happens next and that was without the use of mood altering substances on my part 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Anders Wright
A melodramatic space opera that wears its social commentary on its celluloid sleeve 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Chris Knight
Jupiter Ascending combines eye popping special effects with an eye rolling script for an experience that is thankfully unique 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Peter Howell
Watching Jupiter Ascending is like reading a menu of genre munchies at a drive thru B movie burger stand 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Ty Burr
The credits for Jupiter Ascending acknowledge nearly 1 600 artists technicians visual imagineers and pixel pushers who have labored mightily to bring this story to life Their efforts only reveal the underlying conceptual hollowness 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Chris Hewitt
Just to get everything in Jupiter Ascending frequently has to stop dead for a character to explain something to us that is both complicated and boring 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Mick LaSalle
Few will be sorry to have seen Jupiter Ascending The Wachowskis have devised a compelling universe and if they want to continue exploring it for a sequel or two well for once that s probably a good idea 
3
Jupiter Ascending
Stephanie Merry
There s simply not enough time to give any of these stories their due so instead each one feels abbreviated Sometimes during conspicuous editing you can almost see where more movie was supposed to exist like a narrative with phantom limbs 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Joe Williams
Instead of a cinematic drag queen like the guilty pleasure The Fifth Element Jupiter Ascending is a mutant that s mostly dog 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Jon Niccum
Provides such a tilted spin on a familiar genre that it s easy to pardon some of the labored excesses 
3
Jupiter Ascending
Claudia Puig
The story is laughably inane and uninvolving 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Chris Cabin
For a story that s made up almost entirely of hogwash Jupiter Ascending never feels as fun as it should 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Dann Gire
For all its valiant attempts to pump some Matrix magic back into science fiction films the Wachowskis ambitious interplanetary thriller Jupiter Ascending amounts to a lot of recycled hot gas 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Brad Keefe
May be the Wachowskis hottest and messiest hot mess yet It s as ambitious as it is absurd Well no it s definitely more absurd 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Rene Rodriguez
The worst movie the Wachowskis have ever made 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Jake Cole
Jupiter Ascending has nothing under its inane surface apart from a vague portentousness untethered to any real stakes 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Matt Pais
A black hole where fun goes to die 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Soren Andersen
This movie is worse than bad Let s try epically awful on for size Insanely bloated that works Me I ll settle for just plain silly 
1
Jupiter Ascending
Dustin Putman
From the tedious exposition heavy script to the thoroughly bizarre cast trapped in soulless roles the 175 million Jupiter Ascending is an interesting albeit clunky mess until it ceases holding any appeal at all 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
James Berardinelli
Jupiter Ascending feels like a truncated Cliffs Notes version of something that might have worked a lot better as a mini series Two hours is too short for this tale and the end result suffers greatly because of that restriction 
2.5
Jupiter Ascending
Josh Larsen
concludes in a gigantic fireball of insignificance 
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Michael Phillips
Visionaries often lose their way in their own visions The majority of moviemakers and movies stick to outdated predictable formulas and conventions The Wachowskis on the other hand are not afraid to strand you early and often in Jupiter Ascending 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Matt Zoller Seitz
Even if you adore the idea of the Wachowskis there comes a point when it would be foolish to deny the disappointing reality That point has arrived and the film is called Jupiter Ascending 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Stephen Whitty
We should expect a little more from the Wachowskis than this 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Roger Moore
The Wachowskis have collected their last blank check from The Warner Brothers
1.5
Jupiter Ascending
Rob Lowman
Considering some of the sci fi dreck from Hollywood in the last couple of decades Jupiter Ascending isn t that bad of a film just one we have seen before in more interesting ways 
2
Jupiter Ascending
Kam Williams
An over stimulating intergalactic odyssey evocative of The Wizard of Oz 
3
All the World Is Sleeping
Joe Friar
Melissa Barrera delivers an emotional and honest performance supported by a strong cast 46 The story segues into melodrama a few times 44 but the heartfelt film clearly depicts the struggle of opioid abuse from a fresh perspective 44 women in Latino communities 46 
3
All the World Is Sleeping
Roger Moore
As much as one wants to praise a performance and acknowledge the real life struggles with addiction that inspire such movies 44 finding something new 44 novel and powerful to say on the subject at this stage is damned near impossible 46 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mattie Lucas
Swinton digs into the icy heart of her character with a chameleon like prowess that is simply amazing 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Namrata Joshi
Incredibly engrossing but intermittently so It holds you but the grip could have been even more firm 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Steven Snyder
The bigger the scope gets the less we really care 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Joe Lozito
Certainly a feast for the eyes once the story moves to Narnia the film is never dull to look at 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Betsy Bozdech
Anyone who ever dreamed of finding their own way to a land of deep magic and talking animals is sure to get caught up in the Pevensies adventure 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jay Antani
My guess is that it will appeal to all of us in need of a jab of earnest old fashioned moralism to save the day
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
David Keyes
an engaging and visually stimulating adaptation of the first book of Lewis immortal seven part Narnia series 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Matt Pais
There s something giddily entertaining about watching married beavers bickering without the usual Disney attempt at cuteness 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Forrest Hartman
Chronicles with its wonderful sense of adventure and fast paced storytelling is among the best films of 2005 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mark Dujsik
The world of Narnia looks exactly as I had imagined it as a child 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Peter Travers
This PG rated movie feels safe and constricted in a way the story never does on the page It leaves out the deep magic of a good movie or a good sermon the feeling that something vital is at stake 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
David Nusair
effectively replicates the experience of reading Lewis book 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lori Hoffman
The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fable that captures a fully realized landscape of honor love sacrifice betrayal and forgiveness
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Matt Brunson
Viewers who enjoyed the LOTR threepeat should find similar compensations in this less ambitious undertaking 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
J. R. Jones
Long may it roar 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Thomas Delapa
What movie would Jesus see this holiday season God help us if it s The Chronicles of Narnia I m surprised Mel Gibson wasn t hired to guest direct the crucifixion scene 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sean O'Connell
A wonderful excursion that s alive with the imagination of fantasy literature and in tune with the beating heart of family cinema 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Greg Maki
The central conflict lacks the depth needed to articulate what is truly at stake the characters are inadequately developed and the story is little more than a heavy handed Christian allegory 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Linda Cook
Behold the vision of Narnia 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
David N. Butterworth
A faithful and exultant rendering of the classic children s fable Bring on Prince Caspian 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bob Bloom
It is exciting a bit scary offers some touches of humor and brings home a positive message about family trust and faith 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mike McGranaghan
In some ways it is a very good picture yet it also should have been better than it is You can feel The Chronicles of Narnia trying too hard to be the Next Big Thing 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Emily Blunt
Narnia is a visually stunning and very touching film for the family 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Tyler Hanley
If The Lord of the Rings is a shot of whiskey then The Chronicles of Narnia is a glass of milk 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jonathan W. Hickman
Narnia may thrill younger viewers but leave older ones wanting 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
John Beifuss
The climactic clash of zoological and mythological combatants is the stuff of my childhood fantasies made digitally simulated flesh It s like Doctor Dolittle as reimagined by Robert E Howard 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Peter Howell
For sheer entertainment value and the painless imparting of values about family loyalty and bravery this lion in winter roars loudly 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Maitland McDonagh
It s a ripping yarn full of narrow escapes talking animals marvelous sights and magical happenings that lead up to an epic battle between good and evil The extensive CGI work is well used and the children are exceptionally well cast 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mick LaSalle
It s a work of profound ambition and in adapting it for the screen the makers of The Chronicles of Narnia don t shy away from its demands 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Pam Grady
Swinton and McAvoy not to mention the legions of Lewis fans deserved better than this This is a not so promising start for what could become a classic series given better scripts and more competent directors 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
James Sanford
Rarely has there been such a seamless blending of digital creations and live actors a classy kick off to what should be a highly rewarding series of fantasies 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Stephen Whitty
It can be a good thing St Paul tells us to put away childish things But it is sometimes an even better thing to pick them up again 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Robert W. Butler
As the rare offering that plays well to the entire family it s a welcome addition to this holiday season 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bob Strauss
It s quite an array of fantastic visions that Adamson and the animators had to create and the very scope and depth of their mission is impressive 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Connie Ogle
Adamson seems more comfortable with animated characters than real ones 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Duane Dudek
The result is mostly engaging but rarely soars or sings with imagination poetry whimsy or the sort of surprise that can take your breath away 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Amy Biancolli
It s a sturdy adaptation and if The Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe doesn t capture the magic of C S Lewis books it comes a fair sight close to catching it 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lisa Kennedy
To its credit and power the film allows them a reach that exceeds any one religion s grasp 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Terry Lawson
One only wishes the movie had been rendered more artfully The dialogue is impossibly clunky the characters are completely one dimensional and the magic is all too mechanized to allow anyone over the age of 8 or 9 to believe in Narnia 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jeff Vice
It s more yawn inspiring than awe inspiring especially for those who haven t read the book 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Rick Groen
What constant magic it works 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jonathan R. Perry
The obvious comparison is to Lord of the Rings but when Peter Jackson creates the most awe inspiring battle scene since Kurosawa the bar is too high for Andrew Adamson 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Randy Myers
The Chronicles of Narnia so vividly captures the magic of the book that Harry Potter might just want to watch his back 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lawrence Toppman
A loving interpretation of C S Lewis s beloved parable for children and it s almost perfect in every detail 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sean P. Means
Adamson s touch is rather pedestrian as if he didn t have the confidence to let Lewis tale soar 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Ty Burr
The filmmakers make many compromises in the name of epic scope and box office appeal but they can t bend this story out of shape and they have Tilda Swinton on hand to spank anyone who tries 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sara Michelle Fetters
Scarier than Voldemort more corrosively corrupt than Sith Lord Senator Palpatine Swinton twirls her way around the character with startling ease cementing Jadis as one of the finest villains to hit screens in this or any other year 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jon Niccum
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe fares much better in its smaller quieter moments that test the mettle and morality of its young heroes
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Kit Bowen
The Chronicles of Narnia does indeed capture a certain wondrous fantastical imagination inspired by C S Lewis literary classics But the film unfortunately also suffers from Lord of the Rings envy 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Daniel M. Kimmel
Tilda Swinton may be the scariest witch since Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
James Berardinelli
On balance more of the movie works than doesn t but this isn t 140 minutes of unqualified successes 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Willie Waffle
The Chronicles of Narnia proves sometimes talking animals are not funny Sometimes they are waging a holy war and Santa Claus is giving kids weapons for Christmas 
1.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Erik Childress
By the end of Narnia I felt like I was retaught a lesson I had long since learned instead of living the dream of a new discovery Suitable in that there are clearly no small metaphors only small movies about those metaphors 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Phoebe Flowers
It achieves an overall epic sweep most movies don t even dare to attempt 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Steven Rea
That s not to say this Wardrobe isn t worth climbing into Only that along with the dollops of delight a bit of disappointment awaits on the other side 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Moira MacDonald
Grown up children who remember our own travels in Narnia will find that many of the details resonate beautifully 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Claudia Puig
The Chronicles of Narnia is a faithful rendering of a magical tale that should hold adults attention and delight young moviegoers 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dustin Putman
A grandly successful fantasy Practically flawless casting bewitching storytelling and impressive visual effects bring the beautiful troubled land of Narnia to life 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lou Lumenick
Overlong poorly paced and woodenly acted 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Elizabeth Weitzman
A generation spanning journey that feels both comfortingly familiar and excitingly original 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jeff Strickler
Andrew Adamson the director of the Shrek movies clearly feels great affection for the book and has taken pride in living up to the source 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Chris Hewitt
Watching The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is like being told a terrific story by a so so storyteller 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bruce Newman
This Lion is king 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Michael Phillips
It tells Lewis story which has its share of sticky and ponderous aspects in a predictable visually cautious way You keep waiting to be transported yet in cinematic terms the transportation never arrives 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
John Anderson
Too much too nice too boring 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Roger Ebert
The effects in this movie are so skillful that the animals look about as real as any of the other characters 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jeffrey Overstreet
This movie cannot be dismissed like preachy Christian films as religious propaganda It is best enjoyed as a symphonic and delightful fantasy 
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Jeffrey Westhoff
Adamson ushers us into Narnia with an unexpected feel for realism and honest characterization which works both for and against the film 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Josh Larsen
manages to at once unleash Lewis grandiose fantasy and corral it 
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Nick Rogers
Hoping for franchise success by visual association with other movies no matter how great the mimicry steals too much heart and spirit from this beloved children s classic 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Walter Chaw
Populated with talking beavers and mythological creatures that cast in a Christian parable should probably watch their asses 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Phil Villarreal
Praise Aslan 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Ross Anthony
Lord of the Rings and Passion of the Christ in one movie Narnia the film exceeds LOTR the film in character expression and depth but drags some in pace 
2.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Steve Rhodes
Magical and marvelous cross between the story of Jesus and The Lord of the Rings 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Peter Canavese
Though Adamson lacks Lewis storytelling confidence The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe still comes across as a quirkily diverting children s entertainment 
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sean McBride
for those children old enough to endure the violence this is a masterpiece of fantasy literature come to life
3.5
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Nick Schager
To say that it s all more than a bit simplistic and heavy handed would be a severe understatement 
2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Emanuel Levy
After his splash with the hit animataion Shrek Adamson makes an ambitious leap with his big screen adaptation of Lewis beloved book a special effects fare that succeeds in keeping its intimate family tale 
3
The Art of the Steal
Brian Eggert
The Art of the Steal is a fun 44 entertaining ride that puts more emphasis on the beauty of priceless art than its price tag 8212 a refreshing notion for the heist genre 46 
3
The Art of the Steal
David Nusair
An extremely run of the mill comedic caper 
2
The Art of the Steal
John Beifuss
There s more steal than art in The Art of the Steal a second tier caper comedy drama that pilfers its inspiration from such superior stories of crime and misdirection as The Usual Suspects and Reservoir Dogs 
2
The Art of the Steal
Sheila O'Malley
There are a handful of actors working today whose mere presence justifies whatever film they are in Kurt Russell is at the top of a very short list for me and has been so for decades 
3
The Art of the Steal
Tirdad Derakhshani
An uneven mildly amusing and highly derivative flick featuring a wonderful quirky cast as a crew of art thieves who run a complex scam on the art world and on each other 
2
The Art of the Steal
John Anderson
Snappy clever broadly comedic and too obvious for words of which there are many 
2
The Art of the Steal
Joe Williams
It s as if Sobol walked a tight rope over the falls got distracted by the view and then crawled back to safety 
2.5
The Art of the Steal
Lou Lumenick
Sobol encourages his excellent cast which includes the iconic Terence Stamp as a federal informant and Jay Baruchel as the gang s weakest link to steal scenes left and right 
3
The Art of the Steal
David Lee Dallas
An energetic but paper thin genre exercise filled with pleasant riffs on the standard heist flick but ultimately lacking in payoff 
2
The Art of the Steal
James Adams
As is often the case in these caper flicks there s too much plot for insufficient dramatic effect and alert viewers will suss out where it s all heading in the first five minutes 
2
The Art of the Steal
Chris Knight
The Art of the Steal is a con movie in many ways not least in showing us that even getting conned can be fun 
3
The Art of the Steal
Linda Barnard
Feels like a series of vignettes featuring smart quipping stars randomly strung together 
2
The Witches of Eastwick
Henry Sheehan
All in all a polished and witty bit of male sexual panic 
3
The Witches of Eastwick
Gene Siskel
Nicholson doesn t need special effects he is one himself Yet on balance the film is mostly an outrageous foul mouthed good time 
3
The Witches of Eastwick
Dave Kehr
The Witches of Eastwick is filmmaking of a very high order it s also a great time at the movies 
3.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Christine Arnold Dolan
The Witches of Eastwick is a diverting impeccably polished and excellently cast movie But its charms fade fast about as fast as it takes to leave the theater 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Bill Brownstein
A sublime albeit surreal sex farce is not an obvious assignment for a fellow who made his mark fashioning post apocalyptic mayhem movies To his credit Miller carries off the transition splendidly 
3.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Scott Ross
I found it fascinating amusing and at moments beautiful It also may be imaginative literate and adult at a time when 14 year olds seem to dictate what the rest of us get to see at the movies But it isn t Updike 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Mike McGrady
Although The Witches of Eastwick has little to say it says it with flashes of brilliance It s one of those movies in which the parts are better than the whole 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Kathleen Carroll
By placing the ball in Nicholson s court Miller allows the movie to run away with his megabuck star It ultimately disintegrates into just a routine horror flick with some cheesy looking special effects 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Carrie Rickey
Its performers either need recharges or hormonal supplements because the film is about as erotic as a tool and die catalogue 
2
The Witches of Eastwick
George Williams
It is Nicholson who delivers giving the best performance in a career filled with memorable performances boosting what might have been an average motion picture into a full blown comedy hit one of the funniest films in a long time 
4
The Witches of Eastwick
Michael Sragow
What we see most of the time is a slapstick half baked feminist fable Kate Millett rolled in a Betty Crocker batter 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Robert Trussell
Despite all the manic surface activity however this is a sterile film bereft of any real humanity or meaning except for those fleeting moments when Nicholson is at his best 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Malcolm Johnson
Witches turns out to be an amusing occasionally delicious supernatural comedy even when special effects time arrives 
2.5
The Witches of Eastwick
Bruce R. Miller
Jack Nicholson shines frequently as the devil three women conjure but can t save this disgusting picture from drowning in a cauldron of swill 
0
The Witches of Eastwick
Rob Lowing
This is pure entertainment One of the year s most enjoyable movies is presented in a big colorful package wrapped up with good acting lots of jokes and some whiz bang special effects 
3
The Witches of Eastwick
Roger Hurlburt
The Witches of Eastwick will thrill and inspire repel and infect all in the same wave of the wand 
3
The Witches of Eastwick
Richard Freedman
This is a remarkably faithful rendition on film of a most diverting novel showing that in the right hands movies can achieve all the delights of literate entertainment 
4
The Witches of Eastwick
David Keyes
Miller modulates the film from such a meticulous place that his fantasy develops with sincerity and humor great underlying chemistry and performances that inhabit the material rather than overplay it 
3
The Witches of Eastwick
Walter Chaw
at the end of the day it s just too obvious 
3
The Witches of Eastwick
Roger Ebert
There are some moments in The Witches of Eastwick that stretch uncomfortably for effects and yet a lot of the time this movie plays like a plausible story about implausible people The performances sell it 
3.5
Double Whammy
Bill Chambers
Perhaps if DiCillo s last two pictures weren t so clever Double Whammy would stand on its individual merits a little more stably 
2.5
Cave Rescue
Mark Dujsik
In narrative terms 44 it apos s too big a picture 44 perhaps 44 to make us feel anything other than a vague sense of shared humanity 46 
2
Zatoichi
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Beat Takeshi s take on the Zatoichi storyline is very entertaining and continuously original 
3
Zatoichi
Joe Lozito
The result meanders but provides a few exciting moments 
2
Zatoichi
Rob Thomas
This ain t your sensei s samurai film 
3.5
Zatoichi
Sean P. Means
Serenely beautiful and gloriously bloody 
3.5
Zatoichi
Jeff Vice
For the most part such risky maneuvers work and give the whole picture a refreshing unique feel 
3.5
Zatoichi
Duane Dudek
A revisionist re imagining of the character for modern audiences that retains and celebrates its spirit 
3
Zatoichi
Robert W. Butler
Overlong underpopulated and essentially pointless 
0.5
Zatoichi
David N. Butterworth
Part Three Stooges part Seven Samurai Zatichi is the film Quentin Tarantino tried to realize with the one two sucker punch of Kill Bill 
2.5
Zatoichi
Matt Brunson
More than just a treat for the martial arts crowd this is a boon for movie lovers of all stripes 
3.5
Zatoichi
Rene Rodriguez
This is a wonderfully odd movie proof that an artist can leave his personal stamp on any film no matter the genre 
3
Zatoichi
John Beifuss
Kitano critiques genre conventions and poses linking himself to the Jarmusch of Dead Man and Ghost Dog rather than to Kurosawa or Eastwood 
3
Zatoichi
Phil Villarreal
There s this thing about line dancing samurais they re never boring 
3
Zatoichi
Chris Hewitt
Has lots of style and little substance 
3
Zatoichi
Laura Kelly
Zatoichi is no ordinary samurai story 
3.5
Zatoichi
Marty Mapes
A vaudeville of entertainment of which revenge and swordsmanship are only two of the acts
2.5
Zatoichi
Ty Burr
Witty gruesome and artful fun 
3.5
Zatoichi
James Verniere
The chief innovation Kitano brings to the award winning Zatoichi and the samurai film genre is the use of computer generated blood spurts to go with images of the swordsman killing his opponents with lightning speed and efficiency 
3.5
Zatoichi
Carrie Rickey
A breathtakingly choreographed dance of revenge and justice 
3.5
Zatoichi
Jeanne Aufmuth
A delirious pulp musical cum waste laying siege that knows no parallel 
3.5
Zatoichi
Jeff Shannon
Aimed squarely at a samurai literate audience and its appeal beyond that is probably limited 
2.5
Zatoichi
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of film I more and more find myself seeking out a film that seems alive in the sense that it appears to have free will 
3.5
Zatoichi
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In the latter part of the film Kitano exhibits an urge to liberate Zatoichi and himself from the action movie template completely 
3
Zatoichi
Michael Wilmington
A masterpiece of wry violence and stylized mayhem 
4
Zatoichi
Timothy Knight
Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman is ultimately so entertaining with its oddball mixture of tongue in cheek humor and exciting fight sequences that you re more than willing to overlook its flaws 
3
Zatoichi
Glenn Kenny
Those so familiar with Kitano s tough guy roles that they can t credit the fact that he got his start in Japanese show business as a comedian will see a different side of him here it s his most antic film performance yet 
3.5
Zatoichi
Rob Blackwelder
Kitano has loosened up using stronger color schemes and relying less on the shock value of his editing 
3
Zatoichi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No longer the reluctant warrior who gets drawn into battle only out of necessity this Zatoichi is more than willing to kick a little behind if he s in the mood 
3
Zatoichi
Carla Meyer
Hyper violent yet emotionally powerful The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi is the rare exploitation film that values relationships over bloodshed But the bloodshed is still pretty awesome 
3
Zatoichi
Jami Bernard
Some culture specific humor that doesn t translate well and a protagonist who is downright silly always chuckling and cackling to himself in a way that gets on the nerves 
2
Zatoichi
Bob Strauss
Stone faced Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano blurs the line between insanity and genius with The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi 
4
Zatoichi
V.A. Musetto
Kitano enters new terrority with Zatoichi his first period piece and emerges victorious 
3
Zatoichi
John Anderson
With The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi Kitano not only recreates an iconic hero at a time that s ripe he explores the underlying tempi of art at large 
3.5
Zatoichi
David Sterritt
Stylishly directed and smartly acted especially by the filmmaker star who gives one of his best performances as the unerring swordsman 
3
Zatoichi
Liam Lacey
Violent capricious musical and endlessly inventive 
3
Zatoichi
David Nusair
Kitano concludes the film in such a way that one almost forgets the tedium that came before it almost but not quite 
2
Zatoichi
Peter Travers
Beat makes the character his own with a blond Iggy Pop dye job and wicked mischief flickering under his hooded lids 
3
Zatoichi
Ed Gonzalez
Kitano contemplates a strange seductive relationship between the space inside Zatoichi s head and the sounds of the world outside 
3.5
Zatoichi
Erik Childress
Everything a samurai movie shouldn t be boring long and trying to upstage Michael Flatley
1
Bomb the System
Ty Burr
Visually dazzling and dramatically trite it s virtuoso piffle 
2
Bomb the System
Tom Keogh
Thoroughly fails to convince that its handful of New York characters known as bombers graffiti mongers futilely yearning for immortality via nightly despoiling of public and private property is of any tragic interest 
1
Bomb the System
Elizabeth Weitzman
Preachy and single minded populated by a world of sympathetic heroes and hissable villains 
2
Bomb the System
Lou Lumenick
A mild slow moving drama that belatedly tries to argue that graffiti writers are political artists not an urban blight 
1.5
Bomb the System
Timothy Knight
A flashy but numbingly hollow compendium of Trainspotting inspired visual gimmicks Lough s tale of New York City bombers is formulaic in the extreme 
1.5
Bomb the System
John Anderson
Lough references Basquiat without naming him but in the end can t quite hijack the late artist s cred for his own hit and run movie 
1.5
Bomb the System
David Sterritt
Well acted and ably directed if not very probing about its subject of underclass youth 
2
Bomb the System
Nick Schager
The film s nostalgic fondness for 80s hip hop street culture is at odds with the story s supposed contemporary setting 
2
Deadwood: The Movie
Blake Howard
We ve had our chance to view the resurrection and synthesis of Milch s genius and once again Al s words are left ringing in our ears Last time it was don t go this time it s rest easy 
4
Deadwood: The Movie
Verne Gay
Just when Al threatens to become irremediably softened a New Age man for a New Age Deadwood he gets the one line that proves otherwise Fans have waited 13 years for this line It s almost worth the wait 
3
Deadwood: The Movie
Chuck Bowen
David Milch and Daniel Minahan fall prey in a fashion to the Marvel syndrome striving so hard to give the audience glimpses of each and every beloved character that they forget to mount a living and breathing truly present tense narrative 
2
Deadwood: The Movie
Brian Tallerico
A rich 110 minutes of filmmaking that rewards fans without pandering to them 
4
The Day of the Locust
Kathleen Carroll
Conrad Hall s superb photography and Schlesinger s fine sense of detail all work to recreate the mood and substance of the novel 
3.5
The Day of the Locust
Gene Siskel
Despite individual scenes of great beauty and two performances of considerable depth The Day of the Locust breaks down most every step of its splendiferous way because it is so totally obvious about its higher purpose about its ultimate meaning 
2.5
The Day of the Locust
Roger Ebert
Schlesinger has conceived his film as an epic which was a daring thing to do with such slender material 
3
Grand Theft Auto
Roger Ebert
A typical Chase n Crash made more entertaining than most because of the attractive personalities of Ron Howard and Nancy Morgan 
2
Grand Theft Auto
David Nusair
runs out of steam long before it reaches its crowd pleasing conclusion 
2
The Garden
Kate Taylor
The cinematic escape that sense one has actually visited this time this place and these people is remarkable 
3
The Garden
David Nusair
a genial far too inconsequential bit of prosaic filmmaking 
2
Vanya on 42nd Street
James Kendrick
The alchemy of Gregory s staging and Malle s direction turn what could have been an exercise in canned theater into something very nearly sublime 
3.5
Vanya on 42nd Street
Peter Canavese
A deeply moving inspirational secular sacred experience both for its beautiful embodiment of Chekhov s story of unmoored souls and for the beauty of the greatest collaborative art form practiced with pure joy and for love Blu ray 
4
Vanya on 42nd Street
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I ve never really seen anything like Vanya on 42nd Street 
4
Vanya on 42nd Street
Roger Ebert
A film which reduces Chekhov s Uncle Vanya to its bare elements loneliness wasted lives romantic hope and despair To add elaborate sets costumes and locations to this material would only dilute it 
3.5
Vanya on 42nd Street
James Berardinelli
Vanya on 42nd Street may be the most innovative and successful straight film adaptation of any play 
3.5
Vanya on 42nd Street
Edward Guthmann
A lovely intimate rethinking of Anton Chekhov s Russian classic Uncle Vanya 
3
Vanya on 42nd Street
Steve Rhodes
It is not a happy movie but it is a very thought provoking one 
3.5
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Peter Keough
Those looking for further enlightenment might want to pass on the feel good cinematic hagiography known as Awake The Life of Yogananda 
2
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Stephanie Merry
Yogananda s story is a fascinating one And although the documentary will likely attract a discrete group it has the potential for broader appeal 
2.5
It's Only Make Believe
Geoff Pevere
A so called crime movie that s curiously and unproductively resilient to any sense of real danger 
2
VS.
Roger Moore
Formulaic troubled kid saved by rap drama made winning by its cast and its novel British Southend setting 
2.5
Waiting
Scott Nash
A completely juvenile ridiculous movie filled with frat boy humor that just happens to be very funny 
3
Beyond the Ocean
Lou Lumenick
Doesn t come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago 
2
The Thief of Bagdad
Bob Ross
Scintillating delightful 1924 silent classic with Douglas Fairbanks as the romantic athletic adventurer The effects are still impressive today including a flying horse a magic carpet and giant magic creatures 
3.5
The Thief of Bagdad
Scott Nash
Technology may have changed drastically in the nearly 90 years since this movie was produced but some things never go out of style 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
Michael Dequina
The entire production bears a certain medicinal scent it may be good for you but it s not exactly tasty 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Betsy Bozdech
Yes kids there s a lesson to learn here and the movie never quite lets you forget it which is perhaps its biggest fault 
2.5
Tuck Everlasting
Matt Brunson
A movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between Highlander and Lolita 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Joe Baltake
That rare movie that works on any number of levels as a film of magic and whimsy for children a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death both pro and con for adults 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
David Keyes
the film itself kind of lags behind on the same dirt trails over and over again looking around at all the pretty sights without actually going towards them to investigate 
1.5
Tuck Everlasting
Linda Cook
As refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie overcomes its weaknesses with heart and style 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Mike McGranaghan
The film is very faithful to Natalie Babbitt s novel which is surprisingly dark it doesn t shy away from complicated issues 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Joe Leydon
Sweet but stodgy 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Chris Hewitt
Open minded kids kids who read kids who dream will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
Moira MacDonald
The film casts a spell that s hard to resist and in the end has much to tell us however old we may be about life and death 
3
Tuck Everlasting
C.W. Nevius
As Winnie Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel shines 
4
Tuck Everlasting
Jerry McCormick
As Winnie Bledel does an excellent job capturing the longing of a teen on the verge of adulthood 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Jan Stuart
Ineptly crunched film version of Natalie Babbitt s acclaimed 1975 children s book 
1.5
Tuck Everlasting
Keith Cassidy
The magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Glenn Whipp
Focuses on another never ending thing that you just can t kill as much as you d like to insipid teen romance 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Jeff Vice
Feels curiously flat and seems much too artificial 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Ty Burr
It s solid and affecting and exactly as thought provoking as it should be 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Erik Childress
There has to be a few advantages to never growing old Like being able to hit on a 15 year old when you re over 100 
3
Tuck Everlasting
David Sterritt
Kingsley as the menacing man in the yellow suit brings the picture pungently to life every time he flashes his enigmatic smile 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Lou Lumenick
Solid family entertainment a handsomely crafted and well acted new film version of Natalie Babbitt s classic 1975 children s book 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Roger Ebert
The movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Sean P. Means
It earns the overused compliment instant classic 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
Rob Blackwelder
Disney has always been hit or miss when bringing beloved kids books to the screen Tuck Everlasting is a little of both 
2.5
Tuck Everlasting
Tony Toscano
Tuck Everlasting is a kind warm and emotional film
3
Tuck Everlasting
Mary Kalin-Casey
Contrary to its title Tuck is unaffecting and completely forgettable 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Eva Simonich
The story will win audiences over but the underperforming lead actors might test their patience 
2.5
Tuck Everlasting
Terry Lawson
Fortunately we are distracted by the gorgeous production design and excellent performances with Bledel evoking a timelessness that is perfectly attuned to the film 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Carrie Rickey
Smart curious and brave Tuck Everlasting is much like its teenage heroine Winnie 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Lawrence Toppman
It s handsomely shot acted with fervor and reasonably subtle in delivering its message 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Robert K. Elder
Although bright well acted and thought provoking Tuck Everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action 
2.5
Tuck Everlasting
Josh Larsen
one of those adolescent romances that s just this side of creepy 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Ross Anthony
Though a bit of a patchwork in script and production a glossy rich green environment almost makes the picture work 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Collin Souter
The rarest of adaptations In many ways it actually improves upon the book 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
James Berardinelli
Disney s live action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
Harvey S. Karten
Just adorable 
3.5
Tuck Everlasting
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Jay Russell weighs down his capricious fairy tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning 
2
Tuck Everlasting
Steve Rhodes
Handsomely filmed and beautifully scored it will likely leave a smile in your heart and perhaps a tear or two on your cheek 
3
Tuck Everlasting
Dustin Putman
Its parts are infinitely better than its whole 
2
In a World ...
Frank Ochieng
In A World sends up the ingredients of sexism romanticism wacky family dynamics and the competing kookiness of behind the scenes Hollywood shuffling and serves it with gentle stinging absurdity 
3
In a World ...
Wesley Lovell
A fascinating look into the realm of voice over performance 
3.5
In a World ...
Kam Williams
Father daughter dramedy about an aspiring voiceover artist eager to follow in her deep voiced daddy s footsteps 
4
In a World ...
Richard Roeper
Can t wait to see what Lake Bell the filmmaker does next 
3.5
In a World ...
Duane Dudek
In a World shows that a clever idea and an engaging protagonist do not a movie make 
2.5
In a World ...
Sean P. Means
Bell s script deftly dovetails Carol s professional angst with her daddy daughter dilemma and her clumsy attempts at romance Her dialogue is bouncy and funny yet grounded in the characters neurotic normalness 
4
In a World ...
Peter Travers
It s an exhilarating comic rush called In a World and in it Lake Bell spins inspired lunacy around the subject of among other things like family dysfunction sexual healing and female empowerment voiceovers 
3
In a World ...
Claudia Puig
A clever likable comedy that sends up sexism satirizes Hollywood examines family ties and features a surprisingly tender romance at its core
3.5
In a World ...
Rob Thomas
Lean in Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg famously advised women this year To which Lake Bell would add Speak up And not with a sexy baby voice either 
3.5
In a World ...
Connie Ogle
Lake Bell s In A World desperately wants to be clever and sometimes it is But not as often as you hope it will be 
2.5
In a World ...
Moira MacDonald
It s the kind of low key movie that vanishes from memory relatively quickly But watching it is an unexpected pleasure 
3.5
In a World ...
Joe Williams
It s not only a fresh and funny spoof of the movie business it represents a real life triumph within it 
3.5
In a World ...
David Nusair
a passable yet far from flawless debut for Bell 
2.5
In a World ...
Peter Howell
This feature debut by writer director Lake Bell who also takes the lead role finds a bastion of previously unexplored male chauvinism that makes for grand mirth 
3
In a World ...
Adam Nayman
Bell summons up a rich creative voice and projects it at just the right volume Everything in this cheerful concise comedy rings out loud and clear 
3.5
In a World ...
Ann Hornaday
Bell s smart enjoyable writing directing debut in which she finally deservedly stars 
3
In a World ...
Michael Phillips
Bell s debut feature is pretty terrific 
3.5
In a World ...
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie to make you happy to see the next movie written directed and starring Lake Bell She has an engaging presence and has a distinct comic sensibility 
3
In a World ...
Peter Keough
Bell wrote and directed the film and also stars and her voice sensibility timing and pitch perfect ear for the absurd layer every scene 
3
In a World ...
Chris Hewitt
Bell has lurked around the best friend margins of Hollywood but In a World shows she s a star 
3
In a World ...
Matt Pais
A message movie guided by good sense and a good sense of humor 
3
In a World ...
Odie Henderson
In A World is too good a film to merely focus on one plot element or to present its male characters as one note villains These are complex people funny one moment and infuriating the next 
3.5
In a World ...
Sara Stewart
This is Bell s show and she proves herself a versatile comedian a first rate impressionist check out her Russian Star Wars stormtrooper and a shrewd satirist especially of her own gender 
3
In a World ...
Stephen Whitty
Mostly it s about family about sisterly bonding about domineering fathers about long lost still missed mothers About any adult child s fight to establish herself as an independent entity 
3.5
In a World ...
Roger Moore
Cute and very lightweight look inside an arcane and amusingly sexist corner of the film biz trailer voice over actors 
2.5
In a World ...
Oscar Moralde
Lake Bell holds the thing together through sheer charisma and in fact the foibles of the movie only start to show when she absents herself for extended stretches of time 
2.5
In a World ...
Erik Childress
Bell s film wants to tell the tale of Hollywood and its vocally gifted minions picking up the mantle for a new era but shockingly buries its own lead until it practically becomes an ironic parody of itself 
2
Nicotina
Terry Lawson
A frantic crime thriller that never transcends its influences to arrive anywhere interesting 
2
Nicotina
Phil Villarreal
Will have to settle for being known as the Mexican 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag 
2
Nicotina
Erik Lundegaard
It feels lightweight and forgettable 
2.5
Nicotina
Janice Page
While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience the film still does the job in a pinch and looks cool doing it 
2.5
Nicotina
Paul Sherman
Clever and entertaining 
3
Nicotina
Jack Mathews
Rodríguez keeps the story moving with multiple images quick zooms and other editing tricks that serve as reminders that Nicotina is not to be taken seriously 
3
Nicotina
Josh Larsen
We thankfully seem to have exhausted our Tarantino imitators up here but apparently they re still at work south of the border 
1
Nicotina
V.A. Musetto
Lightweight but enjoyable entertainment 
2.5
Nicotina
Bob Strauss
It leaves you with the spectacle of badly mutilated bodies and an unpleasant taste of too much hipster irony that was truly hip a decade ago when Tarantino did it right 
2.5
Nicotina
David Sterritt
Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that Run Lola Run once had a patent on 
4
Nicotina
Lou Carlozo
It arrests with violent bursts and anxious pauses until its three plots merge in a satisfying resolution its laughs caught in my throat like smoker s cough 
3.5
Nicotina
Ed Gonzalez
The smoke that powers the film s narrative is a whole lot of hot air 
2
Every Time I Die
Mark Dujsik
Every Time I Die lives up to both the evocative nature and the weirdness of its title 
3
Every Time I Die
Roger Moore
The best no budget indie thriller of the summer maybe of the year 
3
Stepfather II
Bill Cosford
One of the defining characteristics of modem horror films is that no villain is ever truly dead at least until the revenue curve is flat And so comes Stepfather II 
2
Stepfather II
David Nusair
a tiresome sequel that boasts little worth recommending aside from Terry O Quinn s expectedly electrifying performance 
2
The Sorcerers
John Beifuss
Karloff s mind control process is analogous to cinema itself an experience that allows people to embrace second hand sensation to do things vicariously the more brutal and shocking the better as in the case of some horror movies 
3
Mayhem
Federico Furzan
Try not to be entertained by this graphic tale of corporate chaos A constant laugh from start to finish Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Mayhem
Mike McGranaghan
A big crazy genre picture that isn t afraid to go for broke 
3
Mayhem
James Berardinelli
At some point just past the middle it goes on autopilot 
2.5
Mayhem
Brian Tallerico
Mayhem channels rage at an unfair society and the bullshit that trickles down from the Powers That Be into a paean to uncontrolled anger 
3
Mayhem
Mark Dujsik
The movie possesses a certain energy but it also becomes repetitive after a few too many jabs both satirical and physical 
2
Mayhem
Richard Roeper
Joe Lynch s fantastically creative subversive and Tarantino esque Mayhem stands alone as an entertainingly bloody and dark and twisted social satire but it s even more satisfying for those of us who loved Steven Yeun s Glenn on The Walking Dead 
3.5
Mayhem
Kam Williams
A righteous bloodbath in the boardroom 
4
Mayhem
David N. Butterworth
Memorable murderous fun 
3.5
Mayhem
Derek Smith
Like so many shoot em up video games that repeatedly break for cutscenes the film too often diffuses its tense energy by whipping up context 
2
Mayhem
Roger Moore
A gonzo LOL WTF of a splatter thriller 
2.5
17 Blocks
Matt Zoller Seitz
An engrossing and frequently extraordinary feature 
3.5
17 Blocks
Michael O'Sullivan
Stick with it 17 Blocks is in it for the long haul as should you be 
4
17 Blocks
Lisa Trifone
By simply observing their lives over the course of decades and without imparting any extraneous editorial insights Rothbart has crafted a documentary that is part family photo album part time capsule 
3
17 Blocks
Dwight Brown
The soul of a young man gets an enduring legacy thanks to the power of film 
4
17 Blocks
Robert Daniels
Rothbart s 17 Blocks finds its most stimulating and limpid calling as a memorializing of this family s most difficult lesson growth through healing 
3
Honeyglue
Soren Andersen
Sticky with sentimentality 
1.5
Honeyglue
David Lewis
All in all it s a mess but in some weird way it keeps you watching 
2
Honeyglue
Diego Semerene
It s more interested in borrowing terminal cancer as a narrative shorthand for intensity than investigating it as a lived experience 
.5
100 Girls
David Nusair
you could certainly do worse 
2.5
Holly
Michael Snyder
Ultimately Holly might have been more effective as a documentary 
2.5
Holly
Jeff Shannon
Despite its best intentions Holly never achieves the dramatic clarity it needs to put its human suffering into galvanizing perspective 
2.5
Holly
Peter Canavese
Moshe and co screenwriter Guy Jacobson use their white protagonist not cynically to exploit white guilt but to excavate it and examine its possibilities and failings with an anthropological eye 
3
Holly
Kyle Smith
Despite a strong performance by Livingston the film is sunk by sluggish pacing straight ahead plotting and an unresolved ending not to mention its inability to convince us that anything much can be done about sexual slavery 
1.5
Holly
Elizabeth Weitzman
Half drama half social tract Guy Moshe s feature debut is meant to illustrate the horrors of child prostitution in Southeast Asia The intentions unfortunately are more notable than the execution 
2
Sell Out!
Stephen Cole
he half dozen songs here performed mostly by Davis are lovely bits of music hall camp reminiscent of the English band Beautiful South s sharp witted ditties 
2.5
Hellraiser: Deader
Walter Chaw
You know you re in trouble when the word you use to augment your franchise moniker is a semi creepy made up word why not Hellraiser Spookeegery 
1
Hellraiser: Deader
David Nusair
unpleasant interminable 
1
A Soldier's Story
David Nusair
a slow moving drama that admittedly does suffer from a hit and miss first half 
3
A Soldier's Story
Roger Ebert
Did this movie have to be so lockstep so trapped by its mechanical plot so limited by a murder mystery 
2.5
The Reagan Show
Godfrey Cheshire
At a time when sharp ideological stances are annoyingly ubiquitous this film s lack of one is refreshing 
3
Unlocked
David Nusair
A decent yet terminally erratic thriller 
2.5
Unlocked
Katie Walsh
It would be a welcome treat to watch the Alice Racine chronicles as she travels around Europe taking out terrorist cells with her combination of interrogation and combat skills 
3
Unlocked
Rex Reed
When it mercifully ends after 98 excruciating minutes you still don t have a clue what it was all about 
1
Unlocked
Sara Michelle Fetters
while far from the sharpest cerebral spy thriller I ve ever seen it s safe to say still I enjoyed watching things play themselves out to conclusion this journey behind the espionage looking glass one I m glad I took 
2.5
Unlocked
Robert Horton
Competent but not especially inspired 
2.5
Unlocked
Peter Sobczynski
Neither good enough to justify the talents on display nor bad enough to at least make it perversely memorable 
2
Unlocked
Mark Dujsik
Unlocked is competent throughout and pretty good until all of the pieces fall into place At that point the movie reveals itself to be a routine spy thriller 
2.5
Unlocked
Mark Kennedy
Unlocked has got all the cliches you need and want 
2
Unlocked
Chuck Bowen
With its dull mixture of indifferently staged exposition and action it suggests a primitive side scrolling video game 
1
Maze
Steven Rea
In the end you just feel good about these people and that s a nice sensation these days 
3
Maze
Carla Meyer
An effective love triangle has to involve real conflict This one doesn t 
2
Maze
Lou Lumenick
The script is a predictable tear jerker 
2
Maze
Roger Ebert
The movie has a sweetness and care that is touching 
3
Maze
Steve Rhodes
Morrow paints a realistic poignant and hopeful story that will leave you dry eyed but quite touched 
3.5
The Velvet Queen
Lisa Trifone
The Velvet Queen stands alone as a thrilling peek into this very specific place on the planet at this very specific time in our global history 
3
The Velvet Queen
Mark Dujsik
The Velvet Queen is beautiful but more importantly it mirrors the serene nature of its subject 
3
The Velvet Queen
Michael Phillips
Beautiful if surprisingly gabby 
3
The Velvet Queen
Randy Myers
Besides the stunning stirring camerawork Queen one ups other adventure docs with its meditative quality 
4
The Velvet Queen
Michael O'Sullivan
Even if the idea of this film does not appeal to you please consider it anyway 
3.5
The Velvet Queen
Brian Tallerico
A calming meditative experience 
3
The Velvet Queen
Pat Brown
Long stretches of the film are simply mesmerizing but both Sylvain Tesson s written compositions and the conversation between him and Vincent Munier often lapse into clichés about the distractions and decadence of modern society 
2.5
Falling Awake
David Nusair
an affable yet thoroughly uneven piece of work 
2.5
Falling Awake
Lou Lumenick
Cisneros is an appealing actor but he and Falling Awake get buried under a welter of clichs 
1
Falling Awake
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Casts a collection of illustrious no names in a fatuous gangland epic of multicultural tensions between blacks and Puerto Ricans 
1
The Eel
Judith Egerton
Imamura composed The Eel with an artist s eye and takes his time so don t expect a fast paced American style film 
3.5
The Eel
Jeff Vice
An oddly affecting and haunting film thanks to the deliberate pacing and an appropriately enigmatic starring turn by actor Koji Yakusho 
3.5
The Eel
Steve Rhodes
Although it starts off like a sports car barreling down the highway in high gear the director shifts into neutral right after the opening credits end and coasts until almost all momentum is lost 
2
The Eel
G. Allen Johnson
In a way The Eel is very much like Black Rain and nearly as great 
3
Stalin's Wife
Elizabeth Weitzman
There s plenty of passion beneath this movie s unadorned surface 
2.5
Stalin's Wife
Russell Scott Smith
Unless you re already into this stuff it ll be hard to stay awake 
2
Stalin's Wife
David Sterritt
There s interesting material about Soviet history but searching for answers about the revolutionary s spouse turns out to be less than engrossing 
2
The City of Lost Souls
Jeremy Heilman
It feels utterly hollow despite Miike s wizardry 
2
Hotel Transylvania
Craig D. Lindsey
The movie is hardly top notch stuff 
2
Hotel Transylvania
Jason Buchanan
The concept of monsters as the good guys and humans as the villains is nothing new in the realm of movies but Tartakovsky keeps things moving along at a satisfying pace as the stellar voice cast have a field day with their iconic characters 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
James Kendrick
so frenzied and hyped in its desire to please and entertain that it starts to feel exhausting rather than exhilarating a monster mash that goes on a little too long and invited too many to the party
2
Hotel Transylvania
Matt Brunson
Initially it seems as if viewers are in for the same sort of frat boy nonsense that Sandler flings out with virtually all his live action projects Thankfully the movie soon shies away from that position and instead manages to deliver genuine laughs 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Nell Minow
The 3 D adds a vertiginous thrill to a chase on flying tables and a touch of claustrophobia to a maze of underground corridors 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Austin Kennedy
I was pleasantly surprised by how inventive and funny the first 20 minutes were Unfortunately the rest of the movie doesn t live up to those first 20 minutes 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
James Berardinelli
Not since Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein have the great Universal monsters been subjected to such dismal treatment 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Stephen Whitty
Even the animation is ugly 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania
Sean P. Means
The voice casting is uninspired as Sandler assembles his cadre of buddies for recording sessions that were probably more fun for them than they are for us 
2
Hotel Transylvania
John Beifuss
Dracula s hotel may be in the Carpathian Mountains but it might as well be in the Borscht Belt of the Catskills As in many Sandler projects the emphasis on Jewish ethnicity and identity is not just a catalyst for jokes but a motivating theme 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Rob Thomas
There s enough here for a fine half hour TV special to air around Halloween just after It s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown But not enough for a 90 minute feature 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Bruce DeMara
A fast funny and wildly inventive animated tale with enough laughs and heart to appeal to audiences of all ages 
3
Hotel Transylvania
Willie Waffle
The perfect example of a movie that is ehhh 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Amy Biancolli
The film is good goofy fun even as the plot uncorks a whole lotta nothing 
3
Hotel Transylvania
Michael O'Sullivan
Hotel Transylvania may offer a perfectly fine Halloween themed getaway for young kids but there aren t many amenities for Mom and Dad 
2
Hotel Transylvania
Sara Stewart
Tartakovsky s wit and attention to detail enliven a collection of well known ghosts and ghouls 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Rafer Guzman
Feels like a string of jokes without a story 
2
Hotel Transylvania
Liam Lacey
This comedy starring and produced by Adam Sandler feels as slapped together one of the comedian s live action buddy movies 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania
Dustin Putman
Proof positive that the makers of Hotel Transylvania did not do their research Frankenstein s monster is named Frankenstein 
2
Hotel Transylvania
Mark Dujsik
From top to bottom Hotel Transylvania feels like a rush job 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania
Claudia Puig
While it s an energetic romp there is more slapstick humor than wit at work here and a good deal of borrowing from the far more clever Monsters Inc 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Paul Doro
It s loud and boisterous and features plenty of slapstick and bodily function humor And at shorter than 90 minutes little ones shouldn t get antsy 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Tom Russo
Every generation of trick or treaters deserves its monster mash 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Tom Keogh
There s much to enjoy here in a disposable way particularly jokes about monsters having ordinary problems with kids and spouses 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Steven Rea
There s enough here to entertain and gross out the kiddie crowd and parental units too 
3
Hotel Transylvania
Jeff Beck
The film starts off well and makes you think that several different zany things could happen but sadly the writers don t take advantage of it 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Jon Niccum
A familiar but entertaining animated comedy 
2.5
Hotel Transylvania
Chris Hewitt
There s one volume in Hotel loud And one mode of humor crass 
1
Hotel Transylvania
Matt Pais
Once again proves that animated films need to cut it with the musical numbers I mean who doesn t love rapping Dracula 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania
Roger Moore
Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania where you can check out any time you like but you will never laugh With apologies to The Eagles almost never 
1.5
Hotel Transylvania
Daniel M. Kimmel
a funny and delightful horror spoof This may be the surprise of the season 
3
Hotel Transylvania
Phil Villarreal
Plus the movie openly mocks Twilight which scores it enough points to get me to drop my torch and pitchfork 
3
Hotel Transylvania
Abhimanyu Das
Yet another instance of a decent potentially thorny premise bogged down in a mess of treacly sentiment and tedious moralizing 
2
Hotel Transylvania
Kam Williams
A tyke friendly Halloween adventure teaching a universal message of tolerance via the oft repeated maxim that monsters are people too 
3
The Château
Wesley Morris
Funny even after it has run out of ideas 
3
The Château
Steve Rhodes
The uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them 
2.5
The Château
Walter Chaw
Given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece the picture begins to resemble the shapeless grasping actors workshop that it is 
2
The Château
Joe Leydon
Nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely connected string of acting workshop exercises 
2
The Château
Susan Stark
It s a likeable piece and a prime audition reel for both Rudd and Malco 
2
The Château
John Monaghan
A culture clash comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is 
2
The Château
Mick LaSalle
A culture clash comedy that in addition to being very funny captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe 
3
The Château
Tom Keogh
Thanks to The Château s balance of whimsicality narrative discipline and serious improvisation almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises 
3.5
The Château
Robert K. Elder
Limps along on a squirm inducing fish out of water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very very slowly 
1
The Château
Bob Strauss
A pleasant diversion 
2.5
The Château
Steven Rea
The Chateau belongs to Rudd whose portrait of a therapy dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms is a nonstop hoot 
3
The Château
Gene Seymour
After the setup the air leaks out of the movie flattening its momentum with about an hour to go 
2
The Château
Harvey S. Karten
Grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors 
3
Sinatra
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s far from an effective movie and farther more from an effective mini series because when all is said and done I d really rather watch a documentary 
2
Maybe I Do
Nina Metz
Gere is the movie s saving grace and somehow makes it all seem worth it 
2
Maybe I Do
Rex Reed
Diane Keaton Richard Gere Susan Sarandon and William H Macy each get a star turn at pretentious blather in this talky mediocrity 
2
Maybe I Do
Chris Hewitt
While it s swell that these actors are getting roles and heartening that Maybe I Do acknowledges that older people remain sexual beings all four leads have been in better projects that made that same point 
2
Maybe I Do
Marya E. Gates
Despite one ongoing affair 44 one possible affair 44 and one relationship on the brink of marriage 44 each coupling is as chaste and sexless as an after school special 46 
1
Maybe I Do
Charles Koplinski
It 8217 s certainly not for lack of trying 8211 were Gere 44 Keaton 44 Macy and Sarandon tapdancing with the same fervor with which they are trying to bring this script to life 44 their feet would be on fire 46 
2
Maybe I Do
Phil Villarreal
This is the sort of date movie you apos ll only wish for if you don apos t want there to be a second date 46 
2
Maybe I Do
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 hese actors seem at a loss as to how handle the clunky 44 inauthentic lines the screenplay presents to them 46 
1
Maybe I Do
Roger Moore
A bittersweet 44 wistful rom com that may not be all that it might have been 44 but isn 8217 t all that bad as it is 46 
2.5
Maybe I Do
Mike McGranaghan
The late critic Gene Siskel used to have a test 46 He would ask himself 44 8220 Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch 63 8221 In the case of Maybe I Do 44 the answer is a resounding 8220 no 46 8221 
1.5
Snowpiercer
Brian Eggert
Thoughtful 44 provocative 44 and far more enjoyable than your average blockbuster 44 Snowpiercer apos s pure entertainment value is outmatched only by its sobering commentary on the continual inhumanity of the human race 46 
4
Snowpiercer
Tom Meek
It holds great promise yet never finds its track 
2.5
Snowpiercer
Mattie Lucas
A totally unique delightfully weird romp that offers a spark of imagination that is sorely lacking in so many of our summer movies 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Lisa Jensen
The film is adapted from a three volume French graphic novel Le Transperceneige originally published in the 1980s Set in the aftermath of global environmental collapse the comic is the perfect vehicle for filmmaker Bong Joon Ho 
3
Snowpiercer
Sonny Bunch
The film s something of a mess trading swerve and style for cohesion and coherence No matter Nothing else at the multiplex right now is half as entertaining 
3
Snowpiercer
Anita Katz
Overall this is a solid distinctive and sometimes exquisitely inspired thriller and beyond 
3
Snowpiercer
Jackson Cuidon
In a world full of Divergents and Hunger Games and 2012s Snowpiercer not only has the confidence to ask difficult questions it also has the courage make the viewer answer them for his or herself 
3.5
Snowpiercer
John Semley
This is powerful stuff and all the more so for its straightforwardness 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Ty Burr
There s a righteous savagery to this movie that s almost but not quite obscured by the lushness of its imagined world 
3.5
Snowpiercer
John Beifuss
As it circumnavigates the frozen globe of the climatic post apocalypse Snowpiercer sometimes seems loaded with more allegorical freight than even a futuristic bullet train can carry Yet it remains one of the year s more impressive films 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Mal Vincent
It is the most frigid movie to come along since Dr Zhivago 
3
Snowpiercer
Wesley Lovell
A mastery of form and commentary 
4
Snowpiercer
James Kendrick
a taut social allegory about class and power cleverly packaged as an exhilarating action thriller
3.5
Snowpiercer
Eric Melin
Snowpiercer alternates between sudden violence high camp and heavy handed political allegory with breakneck speed and even when its disjoined plot mechanics seem a little too convenient it s brimming with new cinematic technique 
3
Snowpiercer
Christy Lemire
It s so hard to describe how amazing Snowpiercer is without giving away everything that makes it amazing 
3.5
Snowpiercer
David Nusair
The absolutely watchable vibe comes to an almost dead stop as the movie enters its anti climactic third act 
3
Snowpiercer
Peter Howell
You couldn t ask for a better metaphor for hell on Earth than what Bong Joon ho has wrought with Snowpiercer constant forward momentum while getting absolutely nowhere suffering all the while 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Chris Knight
Snowpiercer features uneven performances but gets great mileage from its set design the sheer audacity of the premise and the appearance of one of those movie villains who seem able to take lethal punishment without actually dying 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Lori Hoffman
Suddenly zombies nukes or a global pandemic don t seem nearly as devastating as a train ride to nowhere 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Peter Canavese
A movie movie with edgy cred and a vivid dystopian vision that while ostensibly futuristic speaks harshly to the class divide already defining us 
3.5
Snowpiercer
David Keyes
It emerges from a place of fearsome ambition dressed in the skin of a zealous summer blockbuster but equipped with a brain that far exceeds the standards of its classification 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Mike McGranaghan
Snowpiercer hits the sweet spot of working as entertainment while still having enough brains to keep you intellectually engaged It s a movie for people who love movies that play by their own rules 
4
Snowpiercer
John Serba
The element of surprise is the most effective weapon in Joon ho s directorial arsenal 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Scott Nash
One of the few surprises of the Summer and one that deserves a much wider audience 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Bruce Ingram
The future is miserably dystopian as usual in this apocalyptic sci fi thriller but at least it s thoughtful stylishly crafted high speed misery that keeps on hurtling relentlessly forward even though there s nowhere to go 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Rob Thomas
Within the space of a 60 foot by 9 foot train car Snowpiercer packs in more action inventiveness energy and ideas than most summer blockbusters that have whole galaxies at their disposal 
4
Snowpiercer
Matt Pais
It pummels forward like the train on which the action is set and you don t particularly want to reach the end 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Dann Gire
It s a bleak shocker of a movie but one laced with just enough black humor to make the harsher parts even bleaker 
4
Snowpiercer
Joe Lozito
If you can buy the premise of this Bong Joon ho graphic novel adaptation you re in for a good ride 
3
Snowpiercer
Mark Dujsik
It s a dumb idea on its surface and as we get deeper and deeper into the concept at no point does the screenplay make us believe it is anything more than that 
2
Snowpiercer
Sean P. Means
Snowpiercer delivers tension and surprises in ways that belie the conventional wisdom that blockbuster action movies must be brainless soulless enterprises 
4
Snowpiercer
Rene Rodriguez
In the thick of summer while Hollywood is busy cranking out cookie cutter superhero movies and giant robot sequels along comes Snowpiercer to show everyone how it s done 
3.5
Snowpiercer
John Anderson
A rococo exercise in mayhem boldfaced allegory and ramped up chaos It s a summer movie with a social conscience 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Dustin Putman
Snowpiercer is a rich ravishing experience a motion picture dripping in social consciousness and thematic intricacy without becoming preachy or losing sight of its other purpose as a rousing robust entertainment 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Duane Dudek
Snowpiercer is a welcome curiosity in a season of formula driven copycat genre films 
3
Snowpiercer
Tirdad Derakhshani
A formidable if perversely overlong epic Snowpiercer is a dystopian moral parable about survivors of a second ice age that wipes out virtually all humanity 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Ann Hornaday
Subtlety may not be the film s strong suit but it creates a richly imagined world as glitteringly arresting as it is savagely merciless 
2.5
Snowpiercer
Roger Moore
Thrilling visceral sci fi action pic with a sharp satiric bite
3.5
Snowpiercer
Peter Sobczynski
From a dramatic standpoint the film is equally effective in the way that it includes the expected pulpy thrills and weirdo humor but also some unexpectedly affecting dramatic moments 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Stephen Whitty
For the longest time Snowpiercer rushes forward like the bullet train itself sleek and swift and unstoppable And it takes us along for the ride 
3
Snowpiercer
Claudia Puig
Snowpiercer is a rare hybrid that perfectly blends the dazzle of a futuristic action thriller with the intellectual substance of an art film 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Soren Andersen
The train and the picture barrel along to an apocalyptic climax that will leave you shaken and chilled 
3
Snowpiercer
Peter Travers
Snowpiercer is everything Transformers Age of Extinction wishes it could be a slambam sci fi thriller with a brain a heart and an artful sense of purpose 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Mick LaSalle
It s a film that in its own peculiar way forces viewers to question their values and ask themselves how much they re willing to sacrifice for a functioning society and how much is too much 
3
Snowpiercer
Lou Lumenick
Don t miss it this is enormously fun visionary filmmaking with a witty script and a great international cast 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Josh Larsen
I m not sure where the line is between a good gonzo movie and a creative mess but I know that Snowpiercer is on the right side of it 
3
Snowpiercer
Rex Reed
If you love movies you can t afford to miss it 
3.5
Snowpiercer
Chuck Bowen
The film preaches resolutely to the choir and cinephiles in sync with the film s politics may still blanch at how snugly their interests are courted 
2.5
Amigo
Roger Moore
A film whose minimalism only heightens its suspense and narrows and sharpens the focus of its intensity
2.5
The Man From London
Peter Keough
In lieu of a story Tarr evokes the beauty of cinematic form and the exhilaration of simply watching 
3
The Man From London
Kevin B. Lee
Tarr seems to be working in a pan European purgatory through which his elaborate camera movements are more clinical than communitarian 
2.5
Marshall
Jason Fraley
It s the perfect reminder that our real heroes don t wear superhero capes but rather judges robes Will Boseman s Black Panther inspire a new generation to research Marshall 
3
Marshall
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The missteps pile up the tone descends into middlebrow pablum 
.5
Marshall
Linda Cook
What does Chadwick Boseman have to do to become a household name 
3.5
Marshall
James Berardinelli
A distinct snapshot not only of the main character but of the setting that resulted in his becoming historically important 
3
Marshall
Bob Bloom
Reginald Hudlin directs Marshall and while the trial is the movie s centerpiece thematically it also serves as a backdrop that shows segregation prejudice and racism in all its ugly incarnations is not confined to the South 
3.5
Marshall
Josh Terry
The twists and turns of the court case are good if not mind blowing and the narrow view of Marshall feels like more of a taste of a biopic than a comprehensive treatment but added together they make Marshall an entertaining tale 
3
Marshall
Stephen Rebello
You may also find yourself wanting Marshall but not Marshall to keep going but preferably in a much more incisive truthful and dangerous movie than this one 
2.5
Marshall
Max Weiss
Marshall isn t particularly interested in going deep on Thurgood Marshall the man it s more about the Marshall the myth That said what it is is just fine 
2.5
Marshall
Richard Roeper
Marshall reminds us that before the legend there was the badass young warrior 
3
Marshall
Sara Michelle Fetters
By all means see this film Just make sure to learn more about the great man at its center as soon as possible after you exit the theatre 
2.5
Marshall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Simply an important film as well as an entertaining one 
4
Marshall
Peter Travers
Charged by Boseman s dramatic lightning Marshall gives us an electrifying glimpse of a great man in the making 
3
Marshall
Katie Walsh
For a film simply called Marshall you do expect to get a wider slice of his life which is relegated to onscreen text In fact he ultimately becomes an ensemble player in his own eponymous film 
2.5
Marshall
George M. Thomas
Marshall but one of many tales related to late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall proves to be surprisingly enjoyable 
3
Marshall
Sean P. Means
Like any good courtroom thriller Marshall leaves plenty of room for dynamic performances and the cast comes through effectively 
3.5
Marshall
Mark Dujsik
This episode of Marshall s life has been transformed into a routine courtroom drama and Marshall himself has been given what is essentially a supporting role in that story 
2
Marshall
Alan Zilberman
By avoiding his most famous case while at the same time preserving history and adding pulpy thrills Marshall is more involving than any textbook or documentary could be 
3
Marshall
Eric Henderson
Marshall arguably intends for societal 20 20 hindsight to provide the bulk of perspective throughout 
2
Marshall
Gary Thompson
I don t know if Chadwick Boseman can leap tall buildings in a single bound but the superman of biopics certainly has a knack for towering figures 
3
Marshall
Calvin Wilson
Marshall is one of the freshest and most entertaining films of the year 
3.5
Marshall
Gary Thompson
Marshall overcomes some early stiffness and flat footed storytelling and evolves into an engaging courtroom drama where witness stand theatrics and Perry Mason flourishes give the movie needed narrative momentum 
3
Marshall
Michael Phillips
There s enough in Thurgood Marshall s story for another two or three movies but this one s an engaging chapter in the early morning hours of the civil rights era 
3
Marshall
Peter Keough
In this time of intensifying acrimonious racial division maybe what we could all use is an old fashioned courtroom drama that extols the virtues of justice and equality 
3
Marshall
Mick LaSalle
Marshall revisits such serious history that it feels almost disrespectful to talk about it as a fun movie but it is 
3
Marshall
Kam Williams
Thurgood at 32 but once removed as channeled by a nerdy mercenary 
2
Marshall
Moira MacDonald
Never underestimate the power of a courtroom drama the ringing questions the preening lawyers the dramatic pauses the clicking of puzzle pieces fitting together the ultimate belief in justice for all 
3.5
Marshall
Dann Gire
Marshall fits nicely into the same category as other memorable race based courtroom dramas such as Loving and even To Kill a Mockingbird 
3.5
Marshall
Mara Reinstein
Walk away from the straightforward legal drama and you will learn this towering influential titular figure was a smooth lawyer in 1940 
2.5
Marshall
Matt Zoller Seitz
It pays attention to issues of racial religious and gender discrimination without wavering from its main objective giving us an entertaining film about a couple of guys who are in way over their heads 
3.5
Marshall
Roger Moore
Fun inspiring A Movie America Needs to See Right Now
3
Marshall
Jeff Simon
It s not at all anomalous to see it on a theater screen In fact it s an extremely pleasurable anachronism from a movie era where theater audiences would often be expected to be serious minded adults in search of hero stories 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Josh Larsen
a bitterly dark comedy whose aim is uncomfortably true 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Marty Mapes
Works for those who like a little black in their comedy
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
David Nusair
an intriguing set up that s generally employed to compelling effect by Goldthwait 
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
Justin Strout
It s hard to argue with Goldthwait s assertion that society s search for spokesmen leads to false prophets but it feels like an observation well made many times over in the 90s at the height of anti celebrity culture 
3
World's Greatest Dad
John Beifuss
Too enamored of its cleverness but unusual and worth seeing 
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
Christian Toto
World s Greatest Dad is twisted dark and uncomfortable to watch but it finds a strikingly original brand of humanity in the final reel 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Lisa Kennedy
Making Kyle godawful may seem edgy even authentic But it s pure setup 
2
World's Greatest Dad
Robert W. Butler
The ironically titled World s Greatest Dad is one sick movie That s a compliment 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Peter Canavese
An amusing cynical black comedy about our national addiction to tragedy and our commoditization of grief 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Amy Biancolli
There s more going on here than the age old struggle between maturity and its surly teen antithesis 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Willie Waffle
Best when it tries to be dark but it takes too long to get there 
2
World's Greatest Dad
Tom Keogh
Ultimately Dad finds a somewhat unsatisfying and overblown way out of its intriguing ambivalence But that s the only disappointing note in an otherwise smart and observant movie about reckless acts of adult survival 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Steven Rea
For a comedy about autoerotic asphyxiation epic deception and shameless exploitation World s Greatest Dad is a surprisingly sweet and tender affair 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Wesley Morris
At times the film recalls some amalgam of Heathers and Election but its talons don t draw the same blood 
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
Joe Williams
Williams with a brave smile that belies the toxic environment emerges with a trophy as one of Hollywood s greatest survivors 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Roger Ebert
Bobcat Goldthwait makes a daring assault in World s Greatest Dad against our yearning to mythologize the dead But he loses his nerve just before the earth is completely scorched 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Claudia Puig
Though hampered by an uneven tone and a disturbing conclusion World s Greatest Dad is a bold black comedy balanced by an unexpected sense of humanity 
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
Robert Levin
The film works best for a simple reason the depth of feeling Goldthwait and Williams pour into the story of the coming of age of a middle aged man 
3.5
World's Greatest Dad
Lou Lumenick
At 99 minutes World s Greatest Dad is a tad too long and takes its sweet time to get to the point But its twisted heart is in the right place 
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
Stephen Whitty
World s Greatest Dad is a twisted comedy that refuses to let any assumption rest in peace including the one that every dearly departed is really dear at all 
2.5
World's Greatest Dad
James Berardinelli
The movie isn t perfect it suffers from an uneven tone in the first half hour but it claims the one key ingredient a satire of this nature must possess fearlessness 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Goldthwait s direction is superbly subtle and the movie plays out scene by scene in such a sweet innocuous way that you might not even realize until it s over just how dark it really gets 
3
World's Greatest Dad
Erik Childress
Robin Williams best work since his psycho double dip in 2002 with Insomnia and One Hour Photo and that s paired with Goldthwait s finest outing as both a writer and director 
3.5
World's Greatest Dad
Nick Schager
To a greater extent than Sleeping Dogs Lie it clumsily straddles the line between comedy and drama its story neither outrageous enough to be funny nor substantial enough to be moving 
1.5
World's Greatest Dad
Betsy Sherman
Williams gets laughs from his character s slow implosion even when things go well for Lance the potential for humiliation is written all over his face 
3
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Steve Rhodes
Granted this is a film aimed at the younger set say ages 3 6 but still I would have hoped for more 
2
Breaking In
Matt Brunson
It s the sort of movie that only plays well on HBO at 2 a m after roughly 10 wings and 20 beers have been consumed 
1.5
Breaking In
Christopher James
All of the makings of a campy good time are present Unfortunately the movie takes itself too seriously in all the wrong ways to be fun 
1.5
Breaking In
Carlos Losilla
McTeigue doesn t deepen the story as much as is wanted but somehow from the brutality of the prologue is able to convey all necessary motivations in and out of action Full Review in Spanish 
3
Breaking In
Linda Cook
Breaking In is a lackluster thriller 
1
Breaking In
David Nusair
James McTeigue s downward spiral into total irrelevance continues with Breaking In 
1.5
Breaking In
Josh Terry
For a film being advertised as a kind of twisted tongue in cheek option for Mother s Day Breaking In will leave most audiences thinking there are better ways to show affection for Mom 
1.5
Breaking In
Peter Travers
Just in time for Mother s Day comes a thrill free home invasion thriller about a mom Gabrielle Union who ll stop at nothing to keep four bad guys from killing her two kids Buy a ticket to this dull dim witted con job and you ll want to break out 
1
Breaking In
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s very little about this one that s even moderately exciting 
1.5
Breaking In
Mike McGranaghan
Gabrielle Union gets to sink her teeth into a fierce determined character However the potential inherent in the idea of a high tech house is barely taken advantage of 
2
Breaking In
Glenn Kenny
James McTeigue has a fleet efficient visual style that keeps the suspense set pieces percolating 
2.5
Breaking In
Sarah-Tai Black
There is a familiarity to its characters and story which doesn t do much at all in terms of reinventing the genre but very much meets its own expectations 
1.5
Breaking In
Keith Watson
James McTeigue s Breaking In is the sort of incompetently constructed thriller that gives B movies a bad name 
1
Breaking In
Katie Walsh
You wish for a few moments of camp or silliness to modulate the dynamics of this lean thriller 
2
Breaking In
Mark Dujsik
For what it is the movie almost works 
2.5
Breaking In
Mick LaSalle
Yes there s no higher purpose behind the movie just an ambition to make you enjoy being uneasy Still in its very limited way Breaking In could be called some kind of a good movie 
2
Breaking In
Lindsey Bahr
Basically Panic Room in reverse but less clever and thrilling than that Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart yarn 
2
Breaking In
Roger Moore
A ticking clock thriller in which nobody in the movie or on the set can tell time Apparently 
1
Willard
Matt Brunson
Ragged 
2.5
Willard
Mike McGranaghan
One of those movies that every horror buff needs to see 
3
Willard
Roger Ebert
What is it in this film that touches some deep buried nerve in the public psyche Why does wholesome family entertainment fade away while rats make millions 
2
On the Outs
Kam Williams
A trio of troubled Latinas linked by lawlessness in super realistic female empowerment flick not to be missed 
4
On the Outs
Bruce Westbrook
Harrowing and heartbreaking On the Outs is persuasively performed by fine actors yet has the real feel of a documentary 
3.5
On the Outs
Frank Ochieng
Granted that On the Outs doesn t explore any new realms of destitute city life but it still contains unspeakable moments of desolation and disillusionment 
3
On the Outs
Rene Rodriguez
A work of harrowing visceral power 
3
On the Outs
Glenn Whipp
The filmmakers sense of outrage is palpable matched only by the despair coursing through the movie s brief 81 minute running time 
3
On the Outs
Nick Schager
Documentarians by trade the directors use rough DV cinematography and no score to amplify their tale s sense of lived in reality 
3
On the Outs
Jonathan W. Hickman
Socially relevant and convincing On The Outs should help to raise awareness that violent crime is no longer a man problem 
3
On the Outs
Elizabeth Weitzman
What makes the film feel genuine however are the performances 
3
On the Outs
Lou Lumenick
It delivers a genuine emotional wallop 
3
On the Outs
Steve Rhodes
It will break your heart Never manipulative and unflinchingly honest it s filled with poignant images and painfully accurate dialog 
3.5
Approaching the Unknown
Federico Furzan
Painfully dull and boring movie This science fiction movie does everything but serve as a relevant take on the genre Full review in Spanish 
2
Approaching the Unknown
Glenn Kenny
It remains cool competent engaging within a narrow realm but its unknown realm never explodes into anything remarkable 
2.5
Approaching the Unknown
Sara Stewart
Claustrophobic space films certainly don t have to be funny but writer director Mark Elijah Rosenberg fails to convey any real psychological chills either with this portrait of an obsessive adventurer banging away at his imperfect machine 
1.5
Approaching the Unknown
Steven Wright
The film fails to lay down the character foundation that might have elevated the third act histrionics 
1.5
Approaching the Unknown
Roger Moore
Well acted The Martian on a budget without the suspense originality or smarts to compete with that film 
2
Get Real
Sandra Contreras
Simon Shore s feature directing debut displays considerable confidence and aplomb But his fairly hackneyed sense of storytelling seems to value accessibility above complexity so don t expect any surprises 
2.5
Get Real
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Charming and romantic enough to get by 
2.5
Get Real
Michael Dequina
Anchored by a touching lead performance by Silverstone 
3
Get Real
Margaret A. McGurk
Get Real is essentially a conventional tale of forbidden young love that derives its emotional appeal from heartfelt performances by its young cast particularly the charming Mr Silverstone 
2.5
Get Real
Rick Groen
Yes we ve heard the tale before but somehow it just never gets stale Welcome to another instalment of Romeo and Romeo 
2.5
Get Real
Jorge Avila Andrade
Película inteligente que trata sobre amor y no sobre sexo que muestra un lado poco conocido de la comunidad gay
3
Get Real
James Berardinelli
In Steven John and their friends Shore gives us individuals worth caring about in situations we can all relate to regardless of our sexual orientation 
3
Get Real
Roger Ebert
The movie is sound in all the right ways it argues that we are as we are and the best thing to do is accept that 
3
Get Real
Bob Graham
Get Real is a sweet natured coming out comedy from England that seems to be coming out about 10 years too late 
2
Get Real
Steve Rhodes
Although the picture s glossy finish and relentlessly upbeat music defuse much of the effect of the bittersweet story the unquestionably strong performance by Ben Silverstone rises above the film s limitations 
2.5
Get Real
Rod Armstrong
A film that solidly handles difficult issues with flair gentle humor and often a touching grace 
3
Get Real
Rob Blackwelder
With a little refurbishment Get Real could realize potential that gets buried in this movie by its banality 
2
Get Real
Jeff Vice
It is a very well acted piece one that is certainly leaps and bounds better than other recent films with similar subject matter 
2.5
Mademoiselle Chambon
Mattie Lucas
Brizé s direction is so confident and the performances so assured it could almost have been a silent film 
3
Mademoiselle Chambon
Rob Thomas
The main characters desires are so deeply submerged hidden not only from each other than from themselves that it s a shock when even the tiniest most tentative endearment is expressed 
3
Mademoiselle Chambon
Robert W. Butler
Stephane Brizi s Mademoiselle Chambon is a remarkably moving effort thanks to two superbly down to earth performances 
3
Mademoiselle Chambon
Brett Michel
The lovers waltz is quietly heartbreaking 
3.5
Mademoiselle Chambon
Mark Feeney
One way to think of Mademoiselle Chambon a chambon is a piece of a horse s halter is as Brief Encounter as reimagined by Eric Rohmer 
3
Mademoiselle Chambon
Rene Rodriguez
Mademoiselle Chambon is moving in spots but it doesn t stir you the way the best films about heartache do You feel for these two star crossed lovers then forget about them the moment the movie is over 
2
Mademoiselle Chambon
Mick LaSalle
Mademoiselle Chambon is about love in midlife about two souls meeting and how that can be the most beautiful thing in the world but also the most inconvenient 
4
Mademoiselle Chambon
Rob Nelson
Briz does score a nifty variation on the clichd rushing to meet destiny climax But this encounter brief indeed at a mere 90 minutes doesn t fully convince 
2.5
Mademoiselle Chambon
Michael Sragow
In Mademoiselle Chambon only the scale is modest The emotional stakes are sky high 
3.5
Mademoiselle Chambon
V.A. Musetto
Sandrine Kiberlain is a fragile beauty and wonderful French actress who is not as well known here as she should be Perhaps Mademoiselle Chambon will help rectify that oversight 
3.5
Mademoiselle Chambon
Joseph Jon Lanthier
At its most gently successful the movie is a character study with intensely baroque observations 
2.5
Altitude
David Nusair
a Twilight Zone episode that s been ungainly expanded to feature length 
1.5
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Mal Vincent
The resulting film is diverting enough in a smallish way but it has trouble deciding whether it wants to be fantasy adventure or social comment 
2
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Susan Wloszczyna
Dig if you must but this is fool s gold 
1.5
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Roger Ebert
Gold Diggers is not my cup of tea but it is sure to be enjoyed by younger audiences and although I don t think it will hold the attention of adults I do not require adults and children to be alike in all things 
2.5
Return of the Dragon
James Kendrick
hampered by a rather pedestrian plot and more problematically some awkward direction and an inconsistent tone that renders some parts of the film absurd while other parts work quite well
2.5
Return of the Dragon
Matt Brunson
The frenzied action culminates with a sensational brawl between Lee and Chuck Norris 
3
Return of the Dragon
Roger Ebert
This sort of stuff is magnificently silly and Lee to give him credit never tried to rise above it 
2
Isabelle
Barry Hertz
Every scare is telegraphed every plot turn telegraphed and almost every scene is so poorly lit that you d be forgiven for thinking Heydon shot with night vision goggles 
1
Isabelle
Roger Moore
Amanda Crew s performance is the sole saving grace in this generic and obvious demonic possession thriller And she s not enough 
1.5
The Dirt
Federico Furzan
Slapstick biography that does a pretty good job at confirming not all bands should have their own portrait in a feature film Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Dirt
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
At least The Dirt has the decency not to pretend Mötley Crüe made important music but then you re just watching a poorly lit TV movie about misogynists who had it out for hotel furniture 
1
The Dirt
Eric Melin
The authentic rule breaking storytelling strategy would have been to portray Mötley Crüe as the children they were instead of some teenage wish fulfillment fantasy that retro cons their history and sugarcoats their bad deeds 
1
The Dirt
Chuck Bowen
Like most biopics The Dirt crams so many events into its narrative as to compromise the sense that these are real characters in the here and now 
2.5
The Dirt
Joey Magidson
It s juvenile indifferently made garish in the worst way and makes just about every other biopic look better by comparison 
1
The Dirt
Rafer Guzman
A delightfully disreputable biopic about some of rock s last true bad boys 
3
The Dirt
Mike McGranaghan
No movie could ever fully capture the insanity that was Motley Crue but The Dirt comes about as close as possible 
3
The Dirt
Brad Wheeler
Presented as an unflinching story of redemption this silly sappy film lowers the bar for to musical biopics 
1
The Dirt
Brian Tallerico
You could listen to Dr Feelgood two full times during the run time of The Dirt and learn just about as much about the band as you do in this R rated Wikipedia article of a movie 
1
The Dirt
Alan French
It falls into the tropes of the musical biopic but ignores music through most of the story 
1
Australia: Land Beyond Time
Linda Cook
OK I admit it I could watch koala bears and kangaroos wandering around onscreen for hours and I would be perfectly contented You will see the koalas the kangaroos and much much more in
4
The Ritual
Federico Furzan
If you think The Ritual is like every other movie just have a little patience I assure you it s not Insanely creepy horror in the woods Full review in Spanish 
3
The Ritual
Alan French
It s still an above average horror film that doesn t stick the landing That said it s worth checking out for anyone who enjoys horror films 
2.5
The Ritual
Roger Moore
The Unseen Threat is seen too quickly and is seen to be as silly as you feared 
1
The Ritual
Simon Abrams
The most disappointing kind of bad horror movie the kind that s too smart to be this dumb 
2
The Ritual
Henry Stewart
Eventually the filmmakers reveal the secrets they d previously withheld spoiling the film s sustained mystique 
2.5
The Ritual
David Nusair
the film moves at a glacial pace and boasts few interludes designed to perk up one s waning interest 
2
The Ritual
Brad Wheeler
Directed by David Bruckner the film s horror is engaging its look handsome While thoughtfully done the entertainment value of this sombre scare fiesta isn t high 
2.5
The Treasure
Robert Horton
These recent Romanian films have sometimes been gloomy about both past and future but The Treasure sprinkles a little sugar in the medicine 
3
The Treasure
Glenn Kenny
It s good absurdist stuff a little reminiscent of the work of Aki Kaurismki albeit without that filmmaker s wooly headed whimsy 
3.5
The Treasure
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is an unusual mixture of joy and cynicism 
3
The Treasure
Steve Macfarlane
The Treasure is no thriller but there are moments here that inculcate the stakes with prisoner s dilemma paranoia 
3.5
Poltergeist III
Matt Brunson
The picture devolves into a standard light and magic show 46 
2
Poltergeist III
David Keyes
Among the well known of legendary bad movies Poltergeist III is a sequel with more scope and perspective than most 
2.5
Poltergeist III
David Nusair
falls right in line with its entirely underwhelming predecessor 
2
This Thing of Ours
Allison Benedikt
The whole operation loses its tension allowing the story to drift into amusing but familiar territory 
2.5
This Thing of Ours
Jack Zink
The action is furious and gory though not always fast and the slow between shootouts pacing doesn t generate much interest or character development 
2
This Thing of Ours
Megan Lehmann
Rings with authenticity and solid acting 
2.5
Big Eden
Liam Lacey
Too concerned with being quirky and endearing and soon runs out of local charm 
2
Big Eden
Steven Rea
Gross doesn t have the spark of a star and most everyone else seems to hail straight from central casting 
2
Big Eden
Elias Savada
a funny coming of age romantic romp set in the Montana timberwoods a thousand miles from nowhere A sure fire audience pleaser 
3
Big Eden
Jonathan Foreman
Genuinely funny and moving without a single cloying moment 
3
Big Eden
Roger Ebert
When you lay it on too thick the audience is distracted by implausibility rather than identifying with the characters 
2
Big Eden
Carla Meyer
A big warm embrace of a picture 
3
Big Eden
Rod Armstrong
A low key charmer 
3
Big Eden
Steve Rhodes
Beautifully filmed and warmly scored the movie is a treat for the eyes and ears 
3
Bitter Harvest
Leo Brady
It s a bad sign when even the prayers in this movie are crappy 
1
Bitter Harvest
Brad Wheeler
This is a story of villainous oppression unfortunately told with oppressive earnestness 
1
Bitter Harvest
Chris Knight
The story of the Holodomor is an important one but Bitter Harvest plasters over the dark history with all manner of movie shortcuts 
1.5
Bitter Harvest
Godfrey Cheshire
Almost inevitably approaching the Holodomor via a standard length dramatic feature risks reducing the cataclysm s enormity to a trivializing size and emotional impact 
2
Bitter Harvest
Sean P. Means
The script shoehorns the tragedy of the Ukrainians plight with awkward action scenes and swoony romantic moments 
2
Bitter Harvest
Curtis Cook
The film s stark portrayal of Ukrainian suffering is stymied by a trite tale of young love 
1
Bitter Harvest
Mick LaSalle
Even accounting for the difficulty Bitter Harvest is a weak effort with nothing to redeem it save for a certain base level of competence 
1
Bitter Harvest
Michael O'Sullivan
There ought to be no lack of firepower in telling this shameful tale Too often however Bitter Harvest is guilty of overkill 
1.5
Bitter Harvest
Peter Keough
Perhaps not the best backdrop for a trite love story nor does Mendeluk have quite the epic vision of David Lean in Doctor Zhivago 
2
Bitter Harvest
Tom Keogh
It looks and feels like a harmless television movie from 30 years ago perhaps because its director George Mendeluk has been churning out TV content Riddles of the Sphinx at a brisk clip since 1977 
1.5
Bitter Harvest
Oleg Ivanov
The film is an awkward mix of swashbuckling love story and polemic painted in very broad strokes 
2
Bitter Harvest
Roger Moore
Overused plot points and a bland leading man cripple this account of love and horror during the Soviet enforced famine of Ukraine of the 1930s
2
Garmento
Elizabeth Weitzman
Maher s feature debut has amusing moments but falls apart as quickly as a cheap knockoff 
2
Garmento
Lou Lumenick
A toothless dated Seventh Avenue satire with shaky script direction and acting 
1
Garmento
Ed Gonzalez
What is Garmento but a lame approximation of sexier and deadlier works like Altman s The Player 
1.5
Electroma
Marty Mapes
Visually appealing but the pace is 20x too slow
2
Electroma
Tom Horgen
Worth a look if you enjoy pretty images and a simple message wrapped in layers of artifice 
3
The Sugar Curtain
Rene Rodriguez
Steeped in a profound melancholy disillusionment and deep love of country The Sugar Curtain is a wistful ode to a Cuba that like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy existed only in the imagination 
3
The Sugar Curtain
Maitland McDonagh
Urzua s unsentimental story of shattered idealism is specific to Cuba but anyone whose path to adulthood was paved with disillusionment whether they were betrayed by faith family or institutions will understand her melancholy nostalgia 
3
The Sugar Curtain
Nick Schager
In its poignant depiction of a Cuban generation convinced that their roles as creators of a brighter tomorrow can only be fulfilled elsewhere the director s personal investigation into her past forcefully conveys a sense of national betrayal 
3
Lost Illusions
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Had Lousteau been the protagonist 44 the narrative would have sharper bite 46 As it is 44 it entertains 44 though we see Lucien 8217 s downfall coming from far away 44 telegraphed as it is from the start 46 
2.5
Lost Illusions
Pat Padua
Lost Illusions vividly depicts a time when life was more hands on when writing with pen and ink stained the skin and disgruntled audiences hurled actual rotten tomatoes at performers 
3.5
Lost Illusions
Peter Canavese
Both an impressive film and a breaking down of Restoration art and commerce and fake news 46 Well acted and beautifully filmed with energizing narration 46 A winner all the way 46 
3.5
Lost Illusions
Sheila O'Malley
The cast is excellent overall 44 with Lacoste and Dolan as the standouts 46 
3
Lost Illusions
Mark Dujsik
Lost Illusions is a smart and perceptive depiction of a specific realm within a particular part of history 46 
3
Lost Illusions
William Repass
Lost Illusions leans heavily on voiceover narration that 44 for better or worse 44 draws attention to its novelistic mode of its storytelling 46 
2.5
The Hours and Times
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Hours and Times is as fresh as vital and as creative as any independent American feature to have appeared this year 
3
The Hours and Times
Roger Moore
All these years later this landmark of Queer Cinema still has power even if it seems downright quaint 
2.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Brian Eggert
Boasts a screenplay with several genuine surprises 44 virtuoso sequences 44 and thrills to spare 46 Even better 44 it 8217 s easily the smartest entry since De Palma 8217 s original 46 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Frank Ochieng
M I Rogue Nation with its lavish set pieces and sophisticated sense of winding and grinding with the twitchy antics of Cruise leading the pack is perhaps the closest thing to resembling the elegance and excellence of the indomitable Agent 007 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
pure relentless action It s fun without being dumb full of punches and kicks and explosions that never wear out their welcome Full review in Spanish 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Sonny Bunch
Christopher McQuarrie s latest proves he s one of the best filmmakers working today 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Max Weiss
If Jason Bourne is our most brooding spy and James Bond is our suavest then IMF agent Ethan Hunt is our most intense the one most willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done Sound like anyone we know 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Wesley Lovell
Could there be a more surprisingly pleasing spy franchise than this action adventure series It doesn t allow James Bond or Jason Bourne to take all the accolades 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Richard Roeper
With Mission Impossible Rogue Nation we re getting the best Bond movie since Casino Royale in 2006 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
John Beifuss
More impressive than the airplaine stunt is a beautifully choreographed and assembled cat and mouse game of assassins at the Vienna opera which demonstrates that cunning filmmaking is the one special effect that resists being superseded by CGI 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
David Nusair
The Mission Impossible series finally runs out of steam with this overlong and often superfluous entry 
2
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Josh Larsen
The 52 year old Cruise doesn t look ridiculous at any point which in itself is ridiculous 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Christian Toto
Rogue Nation s opening scene is as thrilling as anything we ve seen from those Furious films And your brain won t hurt minutes later 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
James Kendrick
has a definite sleekness to it but McQuarrie reserves just enough grit to keep it from looking and feeling like a cartoon
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
John Serba
Although I prefer the more spirited and original Ghost Protocol I thoroughly enjoyed Rogue Nation for what it is and what it sets out to be unapologetic fun 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Radheyan Simonpillai
As far as entertainment goes Rogue Nation is second only to the original Mission Impossible 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Scott Nash
Great summer movie entertainment 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Matt Brunson
This isn t the best of the M I films as it fails to match the stylized sleekness of the first the character dynamics of III or the needle to the heart adrenaline charge of Ghost Protocol But here s a franchise that manages to retain its freshness 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Barry Hertz
Everything even Alec Baldwin s tight and itchy turn as a CIA buzzkill is mere window dressing to Cruise s attempts to kill himself on screen 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Kam Williams
The epitome of a bona fide summer blockbuster 
4
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Scott Renshaw
Like the James Bond films the entries in the Mission Impossible series are really only as good as the sum of their set pieces and they might actually have become more reliably thrilling 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Bob Bloom
The savvy Cruise makes sure he delivers what is expected of him hand to hand fights death defying leaps and car chases all the while propelling the plot forward 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Kenneth R. Morefield
It s surprisingly pleasurable a romp through a series a snazzy set pieces that are linked by familiar themes What s fun about it comes from how it s executed rather than any innovation 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Wilson Morales
Rogue Nation delivers first rate entertainment from beginning to end Certainly a non stop joyride that will continue the franchise should audiences choose to accept whimsical disbelief 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Marty Mapes
Martial arts and a sense of levity balance the many tense action scenes
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
John Hanlon
Tom Cruise is back in the exciting smart and tense fifth installment in this long running series 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Tomris Laffly
the franchise delivers its best and most entertaining chapter to date with Rogue Nation 
4
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Willie Waffle
Tom Cruise brings the intensity while Alec Baldwin does his usual Alec Baldwin thing 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Dustin Putman
If Mission Impossible 150 Rogue Nation doesn t quite have that same touch that assuredly sets it apart what it does have is a similar confident skillfulness that keeps the film humming along from one noteworthy action set piece to the next 
2.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Ty Burr
You can discuss the incongruities on the drive home while the movie s playing you re having too much fun getting manhandled by experts 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Kerry Lengel
McQuarrie delivers a tense eye popping amusement park ride that s almost as exciting as it is forgettable 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Mark Dujsik
What s most impressive perhaps is that somehow and beyond all traditional reasoning this series doesn t seem to be running out of steam 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Peter Howell
At age 53 Tom Cruise is still a credible action hero But this time Rebecca Ferguson really gives him a run for his money and his heart 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Anders Wright
Rogue Nation is a more than worthy entry into the Mission Impossible franchise one that somehow grows better with age 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Brian Truitt
The action bonanza gets a little lost in its own spycraft but offers action scenes both fast and furious and a fabulous couple of additions to the world of the IMF short for Impossible Mission Force obviously 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Stephen Rebello
It s as rousing crowd pleasing and grandly old fashioned an accompaniment to popcorn munching as we ve seen all summer 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Chris Knight
Rogue Nation has a plot with means and opportunity galore but little in the way of motive And in a year brimming with spy stories you need to bring your A game to stand out 
2
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Lawrence Toppman
I questioned nothing enjoyed McQuarrie s ingenuity in construction smiled occasionally at the jokes and admired Ferguson s performance as the most interesting femme fatale in the series 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Ann Hornaday
As much as Cruise dominates Rogue Nation it s his co star Rebecca Ferguson who emerges as the film s true and most memorable revelation 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Michael Phillips
The most assured and satisfying of the five so far 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Dann Gire
Rogue Nation comes equipped with overwritten exposition heavy dialogue that none of the IMF agents would actually say to each other outside of a movie 
2.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Chris Hewitt
It s clear that McQuarrie appreciates not only what s exciting about these movies but also what s funny 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Calvin Wilson
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation proves that a summer flick can be as smart as it is exciting 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Matt Pais
Cruise is and I say this nicely a total maniac which goes a long way toward cranking up an action sequence 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Matt Zoller Seitz
If you watched all of the Mission Impossible films in a row starting with 1996 s original would they feel like a James Bond version of Boyhood Maybe 
4
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Randy Myers
After taking a few stabs at the right formula the series has finally found its voice and Ethan Hunt and company give James Bond a real run for his blockbuster money 
3.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Moira MacDonald
The Intense Tom Cruise Face you know the expression I mean where he looks like he s about to explode and or start yelling but doesn t makes frequent appearances as does the trademark arm chopping Tom Cruise Run 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
James Berardinelli
Hopefully the reception will be positive because on the strength of this outing a sixth big screen impossible mission is warranted 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Kyle Smith
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation is a sigh of defeat Now Tom s only goal is to give us a kickboxing fight or a motorcycle chase every eight minutes and hope for the best 
2
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Rene Rodriguez
For about 90 minutes or so Rogue Nation is grandly exciting But in the final half hour McQuarrie makes a critical mistake He starts taking this enjoyable nonsense seriously 
2.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Steven Rea
There s a difference between velocity and momentum and while the chases shootouts and close quarters combat rarely flag our interest does 
2.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Peter Travers
Cruise fires up everything he has as actor and athlete showing that Mission Impossible still has gas in its tank even when its engine sputters 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Mick LaSalle
McQuarrie devises a film that s a succession of riveting sequences filmed in a way that s active and yet elegant 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Christopher Gray
It can t resist winking at how this franchise manages to defy the limits of both human endurance and its superstar s rickety public status 
3
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Peter Canavese
McQuarrie doesn t make it easy to invest in the characters here but paradoxically he does know how to make us grip our armrests as they face danger and thus the mission is accomplished once more 
2.5
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Roger Moore
Jokey derivative the weakest of the MI movies but still fun in most of the usual ways 
2
Charly
Phil Villarreal
If religious films aren t your bailiwick stay away Otherwise this could be a passable date film 
2
Charly
Joe Baltake
The film is old fashioned occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface 
2
Charly
Steve Rhodes
Beers who when she s given the right lines can charm the paint off the wall but the script goes wrong at several key junctures 
2.5
Charly
Sean P. Means
Imagine the CleanFlicks version of Love Story with Ali MacGraw s profanities replaced by romance novel platitudes 
2
Charly
Jeff Vice
The romance between the leads isn t as compelling or as believable as it should be 
2
Bolt
Mike Scott
A touch slight by Disney standards but even if it s not high art it s still warm and fuzzy fun 
2.5
Bolt
David Nusair
a fairly winning animated endeavor 
3
Bolt
Peter Canavese
Are your kids ready for an existential movie Turns out they are Disney s CGI animated action comedy Bolt is at its core a story of one individual s discovery that his sense of reality has been seriously skewed Blu ray 
3
Bolt
Tyler Hanley
Bolt is fast paced funny and beautifully animated a charming movie that would have Benji and Lassie howling in jealousy 
3.5
Bolt
Michael Dequina
There really isn t anything terribly fresh nor distinctive here 
2.5
Bolt
Kyle Smith
Essential to the proceedings is a fired up hamster who believes the dog is the superhero he plays on the magic box and is itching to help him Ring ring Who is it Destiny I ve been expecting your call 
3
Bolt
Sean P. Means
Rhino voiced maniacally by Mark Walton a Disney story artist who grew up in Salt Lake City walks away with the movie or rather rolls away with it in his little hamster ball 
3
Bolt
Michael A. Smith
With the holiday season officially underway Bolt is the perfect present for the whole family 
4
Bolt
Matt Brunson
It s entertaining while it lasts but dissipates from memory the moment it s over 
2.5
Bolt
Walter Chaw
Let s not underestimate the significance of a workmanlike Disney animation 
2.5
Bolt
Austin Kennedy
BOLT is an insignificant cartoon but undeniably enjoyable I was smiling through most of it and I imagine kids will too 
3
Bolt
Charles Koplinski
Not your grandfather s 3 D 
3.0
Bolt
Daniel M. Kimmel
arguably the best non Pixar animated film that Disney has released in some time A t best it s an amusing by the numbers effort 
2.5
Bolt
Perry Seibert
Sometimes a story is so beautifully simple that it s impossible to muck it up and the animated 3 D Bolt is a perfect example 
3
Bolt
Peter Howell
Belief may be in question for much of the movie only for the perturbed pooch but fortunately enjoyment is never a problem 
3
Bolt
Chris Hewitt
Bolt is packed with action sequences but it finds room for humor and heart too 
3
Bolt
Ruthe Stein
Although it doesn t reach the heights of Finding Nemo or The Incredibles it s a masterpiece compared with Disney s 2002 Treasure Island 
3
Bolt
Lou Lumenick
Overall it s basically a crass marketing concept closer to Beverly Hills Chihuahua than a fully conceived work of art like Wall E 
2
Bolt
Rene Rodriguez
Wall E it s not but its target kiddie audience will have no problem whatsoever adopting Bolt 
2.5
Bolt
Glenn Whipp
You won t need to keep a pack of tissue at the ready here but Bolt does have some lump in the throat moments courtesy of a vividly drawn huggable main character you grow to love 
3
Bolt
Robert W. Butler
It s smart enough to keep adults on their toes and exciting enough to keep a kid with a short attention span glued to his seat 
3.5
Bolt
Amy Biancolli
This computer animated but non Pixar adventure flick doesn t do much of anything innovative but it sports a disarming furball of a lead and enough jaunty comic turns to carry the day 
3
Bolt
Bill Zwecker
It s not a gourmet banquet on the order of Ratatouille or the first Shrek but this peppy picture is certainly more than a cinematic snack and for its 96 minute running time will not bore kids the parents or other adults joining them 
3
Bolt
Lawrence Toppman
Bolt has the magical quality of great animation the ability to touch us without the hint of preachiness or manipulation 
3.5
Bolt
Wesley Morris
The format brilliantly brings an audience that much closer to a handful of increasingly lonely yet contagiously enthusiastic animals 
3
Bolt
Chris Kaltenbach
Its script is smart its conceit a heart tugger in the finest of senses and it s the first Disney effort in way too long to be more concerned with being a movie than with being a breeding ground for product tie ins 
3.5
Bolt
Larry Ratliff
Make a little room Lady Tramp and all you Dalmatians Disney s got a new animated dog to bark about 
3
Bolt
John Wirt
No future classic but a pleasant little movie with a fiercely devoted little hero 
2.5
Bolt
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film breezes by in what feels like an instant the emotional warmth exuded by the relationships within both genuine and true 
3
Bolt
John Beifuss
Bolt s double identity allows young viewers to imagine the fun of owning a cuter version of Krypto while it also affirms Charles M Schulz s assertion that happiness is a warm puppy 
3
Bolt
Michael Smith
Other animated films that substitute brainless noise for sophistication could learn from Bolt what it means to be a picture that families will cherish for years to come 
3.5
Bolt
Joe Williams
A holiday standout 
3
Bolt
Liam Lacey
To paraphrase a line often misattributed to Samuel Johnson this Disney aspires to Pixar combination is both original and good the problem is the original parts aren t good and the good parts aren t original 
2
Bolt
James Kendrick
First time directors Byron Howard and Chris Williams give it enough charm and good natured humor to see us through the clichéd montages and predictable storyline 
3
Bolt
Willie Waffle
Has the right amount of sincerity schmaltz and silliness to make Bolt entertaining for everyone
3.5
Bolt
Peter T. Chattaway
Funny charming and a feast for the eyes It is also quite probably the best animated film made by Disney in years 
3
Bolt
Claudia Puig
Funny and heartwarming if not entirely original Bolt is bound to charm audiences of all ages 
2.5
Bolt
Cathy Jakicic
What I couldn t predict was how much I would enjoy the simple pleasures of a warm witty well written story especially when it is told with the state of the art computer animation that is easy to take for granted in these techno savvy days 
3
Bolt
Jeff Vice
The digital comedy adventure starts out pretty slow and never really finds its footing especially in regards to its needed comic edge 
2.5
Bolt
Carrie Rickey
While this charmer about a canine James Bond does not pack the emotional punch of WALL E it s frisky fun to see the white shepherd get a new leash on life 
3
Bolt
Michael Phillips
It s a seriously withholding action comedy stingy on the wit charm jokes narrative satisfactions and animals with personalities sharp enough for the big screen 
1.5
Bolt
Rafer Guzman
Familiar territory but the Disney team still knows how to bring a story to life 
3
Bolt
Dustin Putman
A warm and even perceptive family film not always original but undeniably sweet natured 
2.5
Bolt
Tom Keogh
Smart sharp original and very funny Bolt could be the model for a certain kind of midrange nonevent i e not WALL E animated family film that would be more welcome right now than such bizarre junk as the recent Fly Me to the Moon 
3.5
Bolt
Phil Villarreal
Pixar masterpieces aside it s been quite a while since Disney cranked out an animated movie worthy of its fairy dust sprinkled castle logo 
3
Bolt
Sean McBride
the film succeeds because it has genuine heart a couple of mildly thrilling action sequences and most notably a hilarious supporting performance by Mark Walton who plays Rhino the hamster 
3
Bolt
Nick Schager
Bolt is perfectly amiable but rarely brisk with neither its premise nor its execution quite inspired enough to elicit more than faint admiration 
2.5
Bolt
Kam Williams
Movie magic aplenty in animated action adventure from Disney 
4
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Mattie Lucas
Even when its credibility is stretched thin it coasts through on charm which gives it just enough points to make it not a waste of time 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Namrata Joshi
The plot is illogical to the core which one would have accepted had the film been a sheer roller coaster ride leaving you little time to notice the holes in the plot 
1
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
David Nusair
A slight improvement over its agreeable forebearer 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
John Beifuss
Absurd second installment in the Indiana Jones for idiots franchise 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Kam Williams
Over stimulating brain bubblegum guaranteed to take kids under ten straight to adrenaline heaven 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Linda Cook
This movie isn t much different from the original National Treasure 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Wesley Lovell
The gimmicks have worn off and the performances have gone stale in this uninspired sequel to a surprisingly fun adventure film 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Kimberley Jones
Less twisty than its 2004 predecessor and yet somehow more incoherent National Treasure Book of Secrets plays like a duplicate schematic of the first 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Nick Rogers
Just like the original it s too caught up in its mythological zeal and furious pacing to do much for our Indiana jones A capably filmed diversion that s breathlessly wired for whiplash but instantly forgettable 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Mike McGranaghan
I d stop well short of calling it a cinematic treasure but it s better than the first one and that s worth at least a few gold doubloons in my book 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Matt Brunson
Given the emphasis on history it reminded me of a line from the Herman s Hermits tune about that jolly historical figure Henry the Eighth Second verse same as the first 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Sean P. Means
You get the uneasy feeling that they re making it up as they go along 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Sean McBride
an exercise in silliness but it s also undeniably a great deal of fun
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Mark Dujsik
Familiarity doesn t breed contempt here but it s so familiar as to keep us from getting caught up in the scavenger hunt this time around 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Joe Lozito
Almost unconscionably lousy sequel to 2004 s equally bad Dan Brown rip off is only made worse by its staggering waste of talent 
1
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Steve Rhodes
The film is entertaining but the best part is a Goofy cartoon that is running ahead of it 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Nick Schager
Since Book of Secrets doesn t take its faux intricate story seriously there s no reason this review should either 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole film is nothing more than processed cinematic cheese but for once I was more than content to spread it over my popcorn cracker 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Eric Alt
National Treasure Book of Secrets like its predecessor would probably be a distracting piece of dumb fun if it weren t so insistent on trying to convince you that it was smart 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Claudia Puig
This sequel is what you would expect If you liked the original you ll probably enjoy this retread But be warned It bogs down in a drawn out scene near the end 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Ken Fox
It s too long and too loud and filled with historical disinformation 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Peter Howell
As much as you want to applaud the movie s winking commitment to its own Looney Tunes logic it s frustrating when lazy and illogical plot devices are used like cattle prods 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Chris Hewitt
It s a treasure hunt and frankly Book of Secrets doesn t care if the hunt is improbable 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Jeff Shannon
The movie s convoluted hide and seek plot also demands a White House break in that makes about as much sense as subprime mortgage rates 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Peter Hartlaub
This American history themed action thriller doesn t get many points for realism but it makes up ground in so many other areas that you probably won t care 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
James Berardinelli
Is it possible to enjoy Book of Secrets Obviously although its lunacy requires a level of suspension of disbelief that some will be incapable of attaining 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Kyle Smith
It s another flick about maps landmarks and buried treasure that makes The Da Vinci Code look like Tolstoy 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Jack Mathews
All you can do is sit and watch and wish there was more wonder 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Bob Strauss
It s all diverting enough and holds your interest without ever getting too exciting 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Peter T. Chattaway
You will probably want to spend some time with Wikipedia after watching this film and you may never look at famous monuments and presidential furniture in quite the same way again
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
David Frese
Some of Book of Secrets is quite ridiculous but in a film that plays fast and loose with history and reality nothing is impossible 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Kit Bowen
With just as many locales historical landmarks and secret codes as the original Book of Secrets is just as much implausible fun 
3
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Jason McBride
Tepid and predictable though the action largely is Bartha provides intermittent comic relief and Mirren is her usual droll self 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
John Monaghan
This National Treasure sequel like its 2004 original is a dumb movie about smart people that uses just enough historical trivia to make you feel like you re bettered by the experience 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Ty Burr
As long as it s galloping along the movie s perfectly good popcorn in itself a rarity these days but eventually you get down to the burnt kernels at the bottom of the bag 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Steven Rea
A thumping gabby slog 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Daniel M. Kimmel
an absurd story that invites you to sit back and go along for the ride 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Jeff Vice
We ve seen most if not all of this done before and done much better in both the first film as well as the Indiana Jones movies 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Michael Phillips
All you want from a movie like this really is a little brainless fun and it keeps holding out on you 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Dustin Putman
National Treasure Book of Secrets has the same director as National Treasure the same writers and nearly all of the same lead actors This is no surprise since it is basically the same movie 
2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Peter Canavese
The cinematic equivalent of the guy who runs up to a cop grabs the cop s hat throws it to the ground and takes a s it on it One is left a bit speechless 
1.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Jan Stuart
It s all pretty inane if you stop to think about it but director Joe Turteltaub works tirelessly to make sure we don t 
2.5
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Roger Ebert
This is a Mouth Agape Movie during which your mouth hangs open in astonishment at one preposterous event after another 
2
The Happy Housewife
Steve Rhodes
Wonderful erotic comedy that takes a sharp turn into tragedy it s touching
3
Report to the Commissioner
Roger Ebert
As long as the characters are caught up in events the movie works When the message comes along it s prefabricated 
2.5
Loving
Roger Ebert
It s not an earth shaking film but it is an amusing and intelligent comedy of manners and George Segal is fun to watch 
3
Loving
Bill Chambers
One of the great unheralded classics of the seventies 
3.5
Self/less
Brian Eggert
Tarsem loses his audience in actionized nonsense 44 leaving the story apos s best ideas to remain under developed 44 if developed at all 46 
1.5
Self/less
Pamela Powell
A high action shoot em up flick that bombards your senses as well as your common sense 
2
Self/less
Robert Levin
The letdown comes in terms of a narrative that fails to uphold the initial promise descending into a series of progressively sillier plot developments 
2.5
Self/less
Linda Cook
What at first appears to be an interesting science fiction tale transitions into a Bourne esque thriller that ends with a cheat 
1.5
Self/less
Jackson Cuidon
Self less is an excellent example of what science fiction looks like when it s bad 
1.5
Self/less
David Nusair
Tarsem Singh s most accomplished and entertaining movie since his debut 
3
Self/less
Nathan Rabin
Tarsem Singh has a reputation for making movies that are visually stunning but woefully inert and convoluted in their storytelling see The Cell and The Fall Singh s most recent film Self less lives up to at least half of that reputation 
1.5
Self/less
Sean P. Means
Rather than develop a smart premise one where all the ramifications have been thought out and explored screenwriting brothers David and Alex Pastor settle for just launching a clever idea and yoking it onto a standard chase scenario 
2
Self/less
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Singh s movies generally receive the same reviews impressive visuals pathetic storytelling Self less does not deviate The movie might have been better titled Less with no Self involved 
1.5
Self/less
Josh Spiegel
Self Less is just tired it s a direct to DVD knockoff that inexplicably got a few big names attached 
2
Self/less
Mike McGranaghan
It s sort of a decent movie and sort of a letdown Neither one all the way but both simultaneously 
2.5
Self/less
James Berardinelli
Self less begins with a promising albeit well worn science fiction premise degrades it by turning it into a generic thriller and finishes it off with a rushed disjointed ending 
1.5
Self/less
Mark Dujsik
A good idea even a morsel of one is a terrible thing to waste 
1.5
Self/less
Peter Howell
Any hope Reynolds had of reviving his stardom with Self less is as fruitless as thinking a person can swap bodies without consequence 
2
Self/less
Steven Rea
You d think a movie about transplanting human consciousness would be smarter than this 
2
Self/less
Chris Knight
Maybe it s too much to expect both thoughtfulness and thrills but I ve always been self ish that way And with so little intelligent sci fi out there it s sad to see this one s intellect crammed into an action movie body 
2
Self/less
Ann Hornaday
Self less ultimately earns its title but it could just as easily have been called Brain less Pulse less and Point less 
0
Self/less
Mick LaSalle
In essence everything good in Self less was derived from Seconds and everything bad the writers and the director came up with on their own 
1
Self/less
Dann Gire
How seriously can you take any thriller where the bad guys put prisoners in an office with a working flamethrower in the corner 
1.5
Self/less
Matt Pais
Elegantly goofy 
2.5
Self/less
Moira MacDonald
Self Less soon turns into an attractively shot yet pointless action film 
2
Self/less
Rick Bentley
Self less is built around the idea that one person s thoughts and memories can be transplanted into a better body It would have been nice to have had a better plot transplanted into this film 
1
Self/less
Scott Renshaw
Self Less didn t require a sermon but it could have used something to anchor the story more firmly as an allegory with a conscience It could have used more of Tarsem s distinctive Tarsem ness as well 
2
Self/less
Kyle Smith
Self less is a celluloid smoothie blended from dozens of familiar elements but it s neither tasty nor nutritious 
1.5
Self/less
Stephen Whitty
Like its hero it s an interesting combination and it might just surprise you in how good it can be 
3
Self/less
Brian Tallerico
The narrative outline of Self less is a philosophical theme park readymade for daring complex filmmaking And Singh and his writers never go on any of the rides 
1.5
Self/less
Roger Moore
Not the most original idea but a well executed and timely riff on the ultra rich buying immortality and having qualms about it 
2.5
Self/less
Michael Phillips
Self less hews closely enough to the premise of the 1966 John Frankenheimer thriller Seconds to qualify as an unofficial remake Then again anyone who remembers that one is not in the target audience for this one 
2
Self/less
Kam Williams
An improbable if thought provoking mind bender built on a house of cards that holds up only to the extent you re willing to go along with its preposterous premise 
3
Self/less
Ed Gonzalez
Self less noticeably lacks for aesthetic pomp 
1.5
Roommates
Roger Ebert
The pieces were in place for a nice little story but by trying to do too much with it Roommates overshoots the runway 
2.5
Zombie Flesh-Eaters
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Filled with lasting iconic imagery gruesome special effects and memorable sequences of the sub genre 
3
Zombie Flesh-Eaters
James Kendrick
Fulci is a particularly tactile director with a specially attuned sense for what sends the audience s gag reflex into overdrive
2
Zombie Flesh-Eaters
Bill Chambers
For a renowned entry in the satire compatible cinema of the undead Zombie is egregiously synthetic
1.5
Zombie Flesh-Eaters
David Nusair
the horrible acting uneven pacing and truly awful dialogue negates anything positive about the movie 
1
Lies My Father Told Me
Roger Ebert
No attempt is really made to make these people more than stereotypes but they play their roles with sufficient gusto to make them interesting 
2.5
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Ty Burr
Mitchum just is The one time hero of 1940s film noirs knows he s working with shades of gray here and that there are no heroes and not really any tough guys only the successful and the dead 
4
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
David Nusair
a top tier 1970s crime flick that boasts one of Mitchum s very best performances 
3.5
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
James Kendrick
a slow burn crime thriller that may lack flash but is heavy with presence
3.5
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Bill Weber
It s a slug s eye view of autumnal Greater Boston remote when not sleazy even when Mitchum and Boyle attend a Bruins hockey game it s in the nosebleed seats 
3.5
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Roger Ebert
Eddie Coyle is made for Mitchum a weary middle aged man but tough and proud a man who has been hurt too often in life not to respect pain a man who will take chances to protect his own territory 
4
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Ethan Gilsdorf
The film captures both the claustrophobic and melancholic mood of Giger s house and also perhaps his mind 
3
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Tom Keogh
Sallin balances enlightened perspective on Giger s mythopoeic style his feverish fusions of flesh exoskeleton and machine probing depths of the human condition with casual rhythms of his daily life 
3.5
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Ben Rayner
The spectre of imminent mortality adds a layer of poignancy to what might otherwise have been a more prosaic if still totally interesting portrait of an eccentric creator 
3
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Chris Knight
What Giger left behind continues to astonish and frighten in equal measure 
3
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Barry Hertz
Attempts to explore the darkness behind the art but mostly finds a man living out his golden years in peace 
1.5
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Steven Rea
Fails to bring Giger to life in any kind of illuminating way 
2.5
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Michael O'Sullivan
Death has always hung like a shadow over Giger and his art which has its passionate partisans but is not for the faint of heart 
2.5
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Simon Abrams
Dark Star H R Giger s World only deepens the enduring mystique that surrounds Giger s legacy 
3
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Walter V. Addiego
It s hard to imagine that the movie has much to say to viewers less than enthusiastic about Giger s imagery macabre aggressively sexual mergings of organic and mechanical forms 
2
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World
Sara Stewart
The film fails to represent how singular and influential the late Giger is in popular culture It glosses over his cinematic work 
2.5
Pecker
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I had a great time It was like skipping school stealing some comic books and reading them behind an old abandoned warehouse 
4
Pecker
Jeremy Heilman
If the rest of John Waters Pecker was as funny as its first half hour is it might have been one of the all time greats 
3
Pecker
Elias Savada
John Waters Pecker conjure up the image is a limp effort in search of a Viagra fix Too bad the main character s name isn t Cigar 
1
Pecker
Roger Ebert
Some scenes are so flat we squint a little at the screen trying to see why anyone thought they might be funny 
2
Pecker
Michael Dequina
Toss in running gags about the pubic hair on lesbian strippers and what could possibly be wrong In short the film doesn t have much of a pecker 
2.5
Wetherby
Roger Ebert
A haunting film because it dares to suggest that the death of the stranger is important to everyone it touches because it forces them to decide how alive they really are 
4
Christmas Carol: The Movie
David Nusair
there s really no reason for this version to even exist 
2
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Ian Mantgani
Ends up being involving despite the clumsy filmmaking 
2
The Flyboys
Robert W. Butler
It s like two stories unfolding in parallel universes 
2.5
The Flyboys
Sean P. Means
I like Disney style adolescent adventures and I like The Sopranos but unlike peanut butter and chocolate these are not two great tastes that taste great together 
2
The Flyboys
Jeff Vice
At times it s a rather light hearted family adventure But parts of it also become a mean spirited crime thriller That light dark contrast doesn t quite work 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Brian Eggert
Vaughn has proven himself an expert at adapting stories of such ilk 44 and here apos s another one 8212 a film that seems to belong on the comic apos s page 44 but Vaughn brings it to the screen with a hilariously depraved edginess 46 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Wesley Lovell
A stylish new take on the spy thriller genre features a staunch Colin Firth and a cheeky Taron Egerton 
3.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Frank Ochieng
Although not the most inventive take on ridiculing the spy genre with over extended finesse and sensationalism Kingsman The Secret Service is still a preferred jolting distraction at the beginning of an early stillborn movie season 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Pamela Powell
If you enjoy spy movies with humor check it out 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A good movie that had the potential of being great Full review in Spanish 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Josh Larsen
Nothing in this movie means anything 
0.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Sonny Bunch
Kingsman s deft blend of comedy and combat render it an early contender for best action film of the year 
3.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Beth Accomando
Kingsman The Secret Service delivers a raucous collision of comic book action and British espionage tropes 
3.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Scott Renshaw
Vaughn gets the most out of both his energetic cast and the undeniable genre pleasures of watching stuff like a well tailored gentlemen take on a henchwoman with swords in her prosthetic legs But there s something terribly misjudged tonally 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
David Nusair
a barely passable big budget extravaganza 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Nick Allen
However far fetched and theatrical Kingsman The Secret Service may be it s a tepid throwback 
1.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
David Keyes
A celebration of the lost art of political incorrectness 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
John Beifuss
A veritable Dinstuhl s of scrumptious eye candy but with a premise that is a throwback fantasy to an era of white supremacist colonialist world oversight The Kingsman knights are living symbols of superior Anglo civilization and they know best 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Linda Cook
Kingsman The Secret Service is an entertaining nod to spy flicks from the 1960s 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Anita Katz
More often than not as he keeps the action coming and juggles numerous topics Vaughn delivers a vibrantly entertaining good time 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Stephen Rebello
Kingsman The Secret Service isn t for the politically correct or the faint of heart But if you re on its groovy twisted wavelength it s a stone blast 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mara Reinstein
The set pieces manage to be both bold and old A bloody shoot out set in a Kentucky church however is just cold 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Scott Nash
Surprisingly entertaining 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matt Brunson
The picture cannily works on two fronts not only operating as a bona fide throwback flick but also subverting the genre in imaginative ways 
3.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
James Berardinelli
Based on a comic book Kingsman occasionally betrays its roots but Vaughn has adapted it to fit his unique approach 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
John Serba
The core story unfolds predictably but like the Kingsmen themselves with style 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If the movie had kept up this kind of pace and tone for the rest of the way I would have been a fan 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Peter Canavese
Doubles down on glib ultraviolence while pressing buttons of class consciousness and teasing out pop culture allusions and self aware witticisms But this time the postmodernism feels played out 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Bob Bloom
What makes Kingsman so entertaining is that it is totally aware of what it is doing giving you a nudge to inform you know that yes we are letting you in on the joke as well 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Peter Sobczynski
It sounds fun in theory I guess and there are some entertaining moments of rude irreverence here and there but the giddiness gets a bit tedious after a while 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Rob Thomas
I m not saying I m proud to have enjoyed a movie in which a dapper Colin Firth kills about a hundred people while the guitar solo from Freebird plays on the soundtrack I m just saying I did 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Christian Toto
Style to spare Sure Bond like flourishes Yup Yet Kingsman crumbles under the weight of its own ultra violence 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Stephen Whitty
It relishes low class ugliness 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Brad Wheeler
Kingsman The Secret Service is a lively dashing and amusing motion picture that smartly spoofs and slyly celebrates the James Bond spy film franchise 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Tirdad Derakhshani
The film tries so hard to be a clever deconstructive meta tale forever winking at the audience about its silly story that it metas itself into insignificance 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Chris Knight
The violence is intense I d go so far as to call it appalling even by Bond standards 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mark Dujsik
A movie that can t quite seem to decide if it wants to come across as superior to the perceived silliness of its inspiration or if it just wants to go with the silly flow 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Tom Russo
Kingsman The Secret Service is a youth quaking riff bursting with affection for vintage 007 action and urbanity yet one that feels wholly organic in the way it goes about selling this appreciation to a younger crowd 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Dann Gire
The joyously silly and ultraviolent black comedy Kingsman The Secret Service captures the spirit of 1960s Cold War spy movies 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Bruce DeMara
There s enough action suspense and all around fun to make Kingsman The Secret Service an unexpectedly enjoyable ride 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Rafer Guzman
The less you try to make sense of Kingsman The Secret Service the more you ll enjoy this freewheeling preposterously violent action comedy from the creators of Kick Ass 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Michael O'Sullivan
Like the rookie who knows that you have to make a few mistakes while following the master the movie shrugs off its missteps with a wink and a smile that makes them easy to forgive 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mick LaSalle
The mix of comedy and corpses in Kingsman becomes callous and clueless in addition to seeming about 50 years behind the times 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Chris Hewitt
It could be tighter but it s lots of fun 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Dustin Putman
In spite of a few questionable tonal shifts and a spare misstep here and there Kingsman The Secret Service makes a name for itself because of its buoyant frequently bawdy sense of fun 
2.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Joe Williams
Kingsman is like a high speed collision between a Jaguar and a jaywalking soccer hooligan It s ridiculously out of balance and when you re stuck in the middle it doesn t seem so funny 
1.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Claudia Puig
Its blend of breathless action with Brit irreverence is like James Bond skipping the martinis and lacing a proper cup of tea with crack 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Jon Niccum
Those of limited imagination will likely complain Kingsman is cribbing from the 007 franchise But it s really subverting it at every turn 
3.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Michael Phillips
I will say this Kingsman has some nerve however misguided 
1.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matt Pais
Starts a little cheeky but gradually becomes the entire butt first figuratively then literally Don t ask 
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Soren Andersen
A cleverly constructed homage to the Bond pictures particularly the early ones starring Sean Connery before everything got so deadly serious in the Daniel Craig era 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Peter Travers
Caught between straight up James Bond and the Austin Powers parody version Kingsman is a high octane combo of action and comedy that breathes surreal new life into the big screen spy game where Bond meets Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kyle Smith
Borrows the tone story characters and humor of Kick Ass only this time in a 007 world instead of Batman s Nearly everything it does it does poorly This one is Weak Ass 
1
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Randy Myers
If you re not averse to ridiculous violence and un PC irreverence your money will be well spent 
3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Rex Reed
Expensive derivative and boring as mattress ticking masquerading as designer fabric 
1
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Roger Moore
Austin Powers without the laughs a bloodier Bond without the sophistication or gravitas
2
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Chris Cabin
It s structured in familiar safe terms plays for very low stakes and appeals to no one so much as white male teenagers with chips on their shoulders 
1
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kam Williams
A nostalgic homage to 007 that s also the most mesmerizing movie of the year thus far 
4
Joe Kidd
Matt Brunson
Colorfully played by character actors Don Stroud James Wainwright and Paul Koslo the villainous sidekicks spark the proceedings and provide Eastwood s hero with interesting antagonists 
3
Joe Kidd
Roger Ebert
All I can tell you about Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd is that he plays a ruthless gunman of few words This isn t exactly a surprise The funny thing about Joe Kidd though is that we can t keep straight whose side he s on or why 
2
Le Mans
Walter Chaw
spectatorship as personal gratification 
4
Kiss Me Deadly
Eric Melin
The plot of the book is jettisoned for something altogether more terrifying and mysterious Possession of a box that glows from within every time it is opened however briefly If that sounds like Pulp Fiction well it is only 40 years earlier 
3.5
Kiss Me Deadly
James Kendrick
one of the most memorable of American film noir a remarkable fusion of hard boiled mystery and atomic horror
4
Kiss Me Deadly
David N. Butterworth
As volatile and disturbing today as it was some 50 years ago Kiss Me Deadly consistently surprises with its uncompromising content 
3.5
Kiss Me Deadly
Jeremy Heilman
It s a B picture Still no amount of badly post synchronized dialogue can mask the technical and aesthetic prowess that Aldrich shows here 
4
Kiss Me Deadly
Mick LaSalle
It s not a horror movie by any means but like a good horror movie it has images and tiny loose ends that make sense on a subconscious level 
4
The Swimmers
Anne Brodie
The girl apos s astounding story brings the dire straits of those escaping certain death into sharp 44 overwhelming focus and the iron will that it takes to withstand the immigration experience and go on to the Olympics
3
The Swimmers
Roger Moore
The dread El Hosaini builds into their boat crossing ordeal is real edge of your seat suspense filmmaking 46 
2.5
The Swimmers
Monica Castillo
Based on the true story of Yusra and Sara Mardini 44 Sally El Hosaini 8217 s The Swimmers is a touching portrait of their fight to survive and achieve the impossible 46 
3
The Swimmers
Mark Dujsik
The emotional highpoint of The Swimmers arrives relatively early 46 After it does 44 there apos s little that seems as consequential 46 46 46 
2.5
The Swimmers
Peter Howell
Harrowing and inspiring by turns 
3
The Swimmers
Ty Burr
Sally El Hosaini s film is at its strongest in the details of the refugees road familiar to Americans from news footage but brought to life here in all its gnawing suspense 
2.5
August Days
Jennie Punter
Although the interweaving of the three narratives gets choppy at times the film s determined forward momentum keeps the viewer engaged and hoping like the characters themselves that satisfaction or resolution will be found at the end of the road 
2.5
August Days
Steve Rhodes
Intriguing but impenetrable 
2
Of Fathers and Sons
Steven Prokopy
Nothing in this documentary was meant for Western eyes and that s why it s essential viewing 
3.5
Of Fathers and Sons
Brian Tallerico
Terki avoids too much moralizing or even authoring allowing his camera and presence to fade into the background of most scenes 
3
Of Fathers and Sons
Derek Smith
The film s verité approach risks humanizing Abu Osama but we eventually gain a complex understanding of the banality of his evil 
3
Morning
David Lewis
Orser to his credit never resorts to psychobabble cheap sentiment or emotional shortcuts 
3
Morning
Sara Stewart
It often seems like an acting workshop Behave as if you are the parent of a dead child 
1.5
Morning
Rex Reed
Mr Orser is a director worth watching His work behind the camera as well as in front of it is clean and direct unsentimental almost to the point of austerity 
3
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
David Nusair
A forgettable crowdpleaser 
2
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
Kent Turner
This mostly good humored movie offers a loopy and wild ride making it the sort of curio that fits well within a larger festival 
2.5
The Secret Six
Scott Nash
The first pairing of Gable and Harlow is the highlight of this so so film 
2.5
My Sailor, My Love
Randy Myers
Filled with sage wisdom and vulnerable people struggling to do the best that they can even when they are at their worst It s a lovely indie 
3
Plan 9 From Outer Space
James Berardinelli
I have seen high school productions with better and more professional acting 
1
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Josh Larsen
What distinguishes Plan 9 from the other contenders for worst film of all time is the movie s brazen sense of confidence 
3
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like the greatest cinema poets Wood always managed to work in his own particular pet pleasures or concerns and that odd ear bending dialogue is almost like a bizarre kind of open verse poetry 
4
College Road Trip
Jonathan W. Hickman
To put it bluntly this trip isn t worth taking for the vast majority of movie goers 
2
College Road Trip
David Nusair
precisely the sort of over the top and unapologetically silly endeavor one might ve anticipated 
2
College Road Trip
Austin Kennedy
The trailer looks like absolute garbage but the movie itself was a lot less painful than I thought It s still not good just mediocre 
2
College Road Trip
Kam Williams
Don t tase me bro 
1
College Road Trip
John Beifuss
The intended show stopper a singalong of Double Dutch Bus with a busload of Japanese tourists 
1.5
College Road Trip
Linda Cook
You know you re in trouble when a potbellied pig upstages the human actors 
1.5
College Road Trip
Sara Michelle Fetters
Look I realize a movie like College Road Trip isn t rocket science but does it really have to play to such a dimwittedly low level that non kid audiences are going to be in pain watching it 
1.5
College Road Trip
Ethan Gilsdorf
It s a dark day indeed when a movie s funniest moments involve Donny Osmond 
1.5
College Road Trip
Darel Jevens
College Road Trip is the best Martin Lawrence Raven Symone Donny Osmond vehicle ever made 
.5
College Road Trip
Jason Anderson
College Road Trip may be mawkish and predictable but some well staged gags and several memorable contributions by supporting players keep the sap from getting too sticky 
2.5
College Road Trip
Glenn Whipp
This is a family movie that parents can actually take young children to see and not cringe while they re watching 
2.5
College Road Trip
Sue Pierman
When the cutest and most amusing thing in a movie is a pet pig on caffeine you know you re in trouble 
1
College Road Trip
Kyle Smith
College Road Trip is better than most Martin Lawrence movies much as strep throat is better than malaria 
1.5
College Road Trip
David Hiltbrand
The whole project is a cloying artificial mess The slapstick comedy doesn t bite and the formulaic sentimentality doesn t grip This is strictly phi beta crappa 
1
College Road Trip
Walter V. Addiego
There s a nice pro education theme struggling to emerge from oceans of clumsy humor here so let s be generous and say the movie deserves about a C minus 
2
College Road Trip
Ted Fry
Even Donny Osmond s sparkling teeth seem a little dim compared with the unsullied gleam the movie presents as real life 
2
College Road Trip
Claudia Puig
College Road Trip is nearly as hellish as taking a long trip with a bus full of karaoke happy tourists Actually that s one of the gags 
1
College Road Trip
Philip Marchand
When all else fails and the last faint possibility of comedy has vanished the director turns on the sentiment 
1.5
College Road Trip
Ed Gonzalez
College Road Trip hurts more than just the eyes and ears it wreaks havoc on one s humane sensibilities 
0
College Road Trip
Jeff Vice
This comedy is a painful and disingenuous attempt to turn the formerly hard partying R rated comedian Martin Lawrence into a cuddly family friendly film star 
1.5
College Road Trip
Maitland McDonagh
The movie s patent lack of interest in anything but coarse slapstick only serves to make the moments when it tries to get sincere about the unique bond between fathers and their daughters even more excruciating than they would otherwise be 
1
College Road Trip
Dustin Putman
This shrill chaotic mass market drivel is the kind of absent minded family film that gives thoughtful worthwhile family films a bad name 
1
College Road Trip
Michael Phillips
Not since Bob Crane put his dubious smirk to work in Disney s Superdad a generation ago has this particular set up seemed quite so hoary 
1.5
College Road Trip
Gene Seymour
College Road Trip is the kind of movie that its audiences will use once for blowing off steam and then toss aside as if it were shrink wrap 
1.5
Before I Fall
Leo Brady
Before I Fall is a plastic phony effort of teenage melodrama that struggles to give us a reason to enjoy going back to high school for one day let alone repeat it over and over again 
1.5
Before I Fall
Pamela Powell
Before I Fall is a new take on an old film reinventing itself for today s generation 
3
Before I Fall
Linda Cook
A little Carrie a little Groundhog Day and a little essay about what makes us become cruel Before I Fall is a thought provoking movie about friendships developing a moral compass and growing up 
3.5
Before I Fall
David Nusair
a seriously ill advised adaptation of an admittedly decent young adult novel 
1.5
Before I Fall
Max Weiss
Before I Fall is one of the more pleasant surprises of the year 
3
Before I Fall
Rafer Guzman
Director Ry Russo Young seems genuinely interested in tapping into these characters and reminding us what fresh hell adolescence brings each day but the material resists her 
2
Before I Fall
Robert Levin
It all comes down to the fact that this landscape s too well tread and the central conceit should have remained retired 
2.5
Before I Fall
Kent Turner
The filmmakers don t stint on the darker layers of the source material 
2.5
Before I Fall
James Berardinelli
It takes a mediocre movie like Before I Fall to illustrate how brilliant Harold Ramis Groundhog Day is 
2
Before I Fall
Sara Michelle Fetters
The real reason the movie ends up being as enjoyable as it is has more to do with Deutch s infectious star turn more than it does anything else 
3
Before I Fall
Christian Toto
Like OMG mean girls are sooo mean What can we do about it 
2.5
Before I Fall
Robert Horton
This movie carries unexpected weight and qualifies as a pleasant surprise 
3
Before I Fall
Josh Terry
Anyone who has seen Bill Murray s Groundhog Day will instantly recognize its similarities to Before I Fall That doesn t have to be a bad thing but in this case it is 
2.5
Before I Fall
David Berry
Before I Fall would do better to understand its corrupted little angels before it tries to teach them something 
1.5
Before I Fall
Susan Wloszczyna
A story aimed primarily at teen and tween girls one that doesn t pander or preach and avoids over villainizing its characters even if a clich or two sneaks in 
3
Before I Fall
Kam Williams
A deja vu driven surrealistic morality play designed to leave you deep in reflection and weeping as you walk up the aisle 
4
Before I Fall
Sean P. Means
It s a solid performance better than teen genre movies like this one usually get and Deutch makes Before I Fall a watchable drama for teens of any age 
3
Before I Fall
Chris Knight
Before I Fall suggests like a lot of its cinematic cousins that we treat every day with the same tender touch as though anything we do might have great consequence It s probably even right 
3
Before I Fall
Mark Dujsik
Before I Fall is a teen oriented drama that uses a metaphysical dilemma to tell a surprisingly compassionate and well performed story 
3
Before I Fall
Peter Howell
A fine actress Deutch makes a compelling and empathetic protagonist even as the story veers closer into the supernatural 
3
Before I Fall
Dann Gire
As Lindsay Sage handles the heavy lifting in this cast giving what could have been a one dimensional B queen a vulnerable frightened interior protected by layers of meanness and antagonism 
2.5
Before I Fall
Ann Hornaday
The filmmakers have crafted a canny delivery system for their life lessons by way of a movie that balances escapism candor and ethics with admirable aplomb 
3
Before I Fall
Brian Truitt
While Before I Fall might not be for every grown up for starters those put off by the word bae it does work for teens looking for authenticity and a high concept story that reflects their insular world 
2.5
Before I Fall
Tom Russo
It says something about Deutch s appeal that she does manage to pull the story from the vexing hole it digs itself into 
2.5
Before I Fall
Chris Hewitt
It s fairly serious stuff perhaps because the movie was thoughtfully scripted by Maria Maggenti who wrote one of the best ever movies about adolescent girls The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love 
3
Before I Fall
Gary Thompson
There is something irresistible about this device and something about the feedback loop narrative that is particularly well suited to movies with their unique ability to fracture and reset time 
3
Before I Fall
Moira MacDonald
It s a well meaning film but you leave wishing for a Groundhog Day Mean Girls double feature and find very quickly that you don t remember anything about Sam at all 
2
Before I Fall
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A mean girl learns to play nice in this slick soulless riff on Groundhog Day that isn t half as heartfelt as it pretends to be 
1
Before I Fall
Roger Moore
An admirable teachable moments Groundhog Day knockoff
2.5
Before I Fall
Kenji Fujishima
All the film has to show for its efforts are tired platitudes about the value of altruism and living each day as it if were the last 
1.5
Letters to Father Jacob
Mattie Lucas
A searing an unforgettable evocation of one man s simple faith and compassion that finds something of the divine in simple human kindness 
3.5
Letters to Father Jacob
Jeannette Catsoulis
Transforms a picture postcard location and odd couple narrative into a pretty and pretty predictable snooze 
2
Letters to Father Jacob
V.A. Musetto
Letters could be dismissed as a soap opera but that would be unfair to this beautiful work 
3
Letters to Father Jacob
Andrew Schenker
There s something about watching tough guys break down in the movies that s damn near irresistible 
2.5
Young Sherlock Holmes
Federico Furzan
Time has not been very friendly to this teen thriller that in my household used to be fantastic Full review in Spanish 
2
Young Sherlock Holmes
Walter Chaw
Reveals that Holmes true love is tortured to death in a big budget extravaganza that provided the bastard sire for Jar Jar Binks 
2
Young Sherlock Holmes
Joshua Vasquez
There is something about Holmes s elegant haunting and whisperingly melancholic distance his analytical remove from the world that inspires a desire for glimpses of the baroque corridors of labyrinthine interiors 
3
Young Sherlock Holmes
Roger Ebert
If these story elements seem typical of Conan Doyle there is also a lot in this movie that can be traced directly to the work of Steven Spielberg the executive producer 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
G. Allen Johnson
Together these two bright stars to be carry Words on Bathroom Walls across the finish line 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Max Weiss
It s funny that a film can be both overly facile and clear eyed at the same time but Words on Bathroom Walls is just that 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Linda Cook
Smart Words on Bathroom Walls speaks to more than teens 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Sarah Knight Adamson
An excellent film on all fronts Great script tremendous acting and a realistic look at mental health and the ramifications for teens 
3.5
Words on Bathroom Walls
Jeff Mitchell
Words on Bathroom Walls draws up a compelling and empathetic story 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Sean P. Means
Freudenthal acquits himself well especially in creating visuals to make Adam s inner torment relatable to the rest of us 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Richard Roeper
Meant to dramatize the effects of mental illness the hero s three imaginary friends come off as caricature 
2.5
Words on Bathroom Walls
Nell Minow
Freudenthal has a genuine gift for working with children and teens 
3.5
Words on Bathroom Walls
Sara Michelle Fetters
Plummer mines thorny psychological territory with skillful aplomb showcasing a multifaceted internalized gracefulness that s outstanding 
2.5
Words on Bathroom Walls
Mark Dujsik
Words on Bathroom Walls treats mental illness with respect honesty and above all else empathy 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Mike McGranaghan
A very authentic portrait of what it s like to live with schizophrenia 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Michael O'Sullivan
When Words on Bathroom Walls is at its sunniest and most blithe the moral of the story feels a little more like a punchline than is appropriate 
2.5
Words on Bathroom Walls
Joey Magidson
In addition to some notable visual choices depicting Adam s mental illness the acting by Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell helps to set this one apart 
3
Words on Bathroom Walls
Derek Smith
The film reeks of the extremely idealistic notions of young love that plague many a YA adaptation 
2
Shirin in Love
Mary Houlihan
There s a glint of a clever idea here but writer director Ramin Niami s reliance on tired rom com tropes only serve to drag down the film which plays out like a Harlequin romance 
2
Shirin in Love
Soren Andersen
Too bad you must endure dialogue that s sappy and a story that s drippy 
1.5
Shirin in Love
Mark Jenkins
Although Boniadi makes Shirin nearly as likable as she s supposed to be writer director Ramin Niami s movie is crudely contrived and sloppily edited 
1.5
Shirin in Love
Kam Williams
My Big Fat Iranian Wedding 
2
Shirin in Love
Godfrey Cheshire
Shirin in Love blends tangy romantic comedy and tart social satire into a cinematic cocktail that s pleasingly off beat warm spirited and knowing 
2.5
Shirin in Love
Mike McGranaghan
An empty shell of a movie that goes nowhere invokes no warm feelings and accomplishes nothing 
1.5
Heaven
Michael Dequina
Casts a poetic otherworldly romantic spell 
3.5
Heaven
Lawrence Toppman
Blanchett is riveting 
3
Heaven
Robert Roten
A very interesting film and if you are a thinking person it will haunt you for some time after you have seen it 
3
Heaven
Jeff Vice
This dramatic thriller stretches credibility so often that it almost seems more like a fantasy 
2
Heaven
Duane Dudek
What begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life changing chance encounters 
2.5
Heaven
Todd Anthony
Too artsy by half Heaven nonetheless casts a spell that doesn t break until you leave the theater 
2.5
Heaven
Rene Rodriguez
If Heaven doesn t quite achieve the transcendent power that Kieslowski might have attained it comes close 
3
Heaven
Dan Lybarger
Tykwer is an intriguing filmmaker in his own right and his creative approach to storytelling seems a bit stifled here He sometimes reveals the same tale three different ways While it s easy to see why he d be eager to bring a coda to Kieslowski s legac
2.5
Heaven
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pocas ideas interesantes un final pseudo mstico que no corresponde al tono general del filme y que deja una sensacin de inconformidad que hace pensar ms de una vez si vale la pena ir a la taquilla y reclamar el precio del boleto 
2
Heaven
Steve Rhodes
Director Tykwer proves once again that he knows how to mesmerize audiences 
3
Heaven
Robert W. Butler
The ambiguous note on which Heaven ends would be irritating in a conventional film but here it seems curiously fitting 
3
Heaven
Marty Mapes
For audiences not bored by allegory Heaven is worth the wait
3.5
Heaven
Walter Chaw
Another love story in 2002 s remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre 
3.5
Heaven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
On the surface it s a lovers on the run crime flick but it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz s and Kieslowski s earlier work films like The Double Life of Veronique 
3
Heaven
Rob Blackwelder
Never lets go your emotions taking them to surprising highs sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches gorgeous passionate and at times uncommonly moving 
3
Heaven
Moira MacDonald
The story remains so minimal that ultimately it just isn t there 
2.5
Heaven
Edward Guthmann
Blanchett one of the great actresses working today is mesmerizing 
3
Heaven
Roger Ebert
Blanchett s performance confirms her power once again 
3
Heaven
Ty Burr
Some movies suck you in despite their flaws and Heaven is one such beast 
3
Heaven
Liam Lacey
A beautifully designed lyrical fable of a movie 
3
Heaven
Terry Lawson
We can argue for eternity if this Heaven is the one Kieslowski dreamed of but we can be grateful that Tykwer had the courage to climb the ladder Kieslowski left behind 
4
Heaven
Steven Rea
Heaven is odd and awkward in places but its lyricism and power stay with you 
3.5
Heaven
Glenn Lovell
It s not a completely successful endeavor partly because of obvious marquee casting and a New Age y finale reminiscent of Thelma Louise but it s still quite compelling 
2.5
Heaven
Mary F. Pols
Piesiewicz and Tykwer have made a movie that is spiritually and morally true to Kieslowski yet not an imitation of his work 
3.5
Heaven
Michael Wilmington
Both engrossing and moving a poem about a love that breaks barriers and passes understanding 
3.5
Heaven
Ed Gonzalez
Heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple s moral ascension 
3
Heaven
Mike Clark
A restrained Ribisi convinces as an Italian though if ever a movie needed one of the actor s whiny jags to pump it up this has to be among the rare ones 
2
Heaven
John Anderson
You might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows if you wanted to make as anti Kieslowski a pun as possible Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled 
2.5
Heaven
Glenn Whipp
A love story that is supposed to be about redemption but is really about why dead men should tell no tales 
2
Heaven
Jonathan Foreman
None of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think 
2
Heaven
Pam Grady
A thoughtful visually graceful work 
3.5
Heaven
James Berardinelli
The movie tries to be ethereal but ends up seeming goofy 
2.5
Heaven
David Nusair
Tykwer s created a film that s just as unusual as anything he s done before and is mesmerizing virtually from start to finish 
3
Heaven
Ian Mantgani
The set up suggests a backstory of angry details and that is abandoned for arty shots of outlaw lovers and a final scene that while pretty seems calculated Tykwer s destination is engaging but he leaves our initial reason for watching unresolved 
3
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
David Nusair
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves certainly boasts many of the qualities that one has come to expect from such an endeavor 
2.5
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Gene Siskel
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is an entertainment without a particular point of view 
1.5
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Desmond Ryan
Much as I admire Costner it is the very qualities of honesty honor and sincerity he projects so forcefully that encumber this Robin 
2.5
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
John Hartl
The fight sequences are explosive the physical production is impressive and the supporting performances are full of juice 
3
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Dave Kehr
No longer a study in swashbuckling bravura it is a depressive political allegory in which wit is as rare as a ray of sun in the gray British sky 
2
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Gary Thompson
Costner is not a Robin Hood for the ages but in this expensively mounted production he ll do as a Robin Hood for the summer 
3
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Stephen Hunter
In the end and only just barely Robin Hood Prince of Thieves delivers the goods chiefly on the power of a thumpingly vibrant last 40 minutes and some excellent swordplay choreography 
2.5
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Walter Chaw
The popularity of over scored let s hug bullshit like Robin Hood predicts the certainty of a one term George H W presidency better than any number of Gallup polls 
0.5
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Peter Canavese
The bones of the story are comfortingly familiar the action is rollicking and the metaphorical moustache twirling of Alan Rickman s Sheriff of Nottingham is priceless Blu ray 
3
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Roger Ebert
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a murky unfocused violent and depressing version of the classic story with little of the lightheartedness and romance we expect from Robin Hood 
2
Leto
Ty Burr
Maybe you had to be there but it s a movie s job to take us and this one gets only partway 
2.5
Leto
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is less compelling as a narrative than it is as a recreation of the atmosphere of a certain time and place 
2.5
Leto
Monica Castillo
If these bands aren t your jam you re in for a bit of a slog 
2.5
Leto
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Lovely artifact though this may be its appeal is narrow and its drama too much like the atmosphere of the shows it replicates We want to dance and instead can only sway 
2.5
Leto
Roger Moore
Gritty almost giddy and always wistful look back at a punk New Wave revolution that almost came to the 80s USSR 
3
How to Save a Dead Friend
Shane Slater
At once deeply personal and socially relevant 44 How to Save a Dead Friend is a powerful statement 46 
3
A Private War
Brian Eggert
Central to A Private War s effectiveness is star Rosamund Pike playing Colvin in a performance that volleys between admirable strength and searing vulnerability 
3
A Private War
Matt Brunson
The project s sense of realism is enhanced by the participation of director Matthew Heineman a documentarian making his feature film debut 
3
A Private War
Frank Ochieng
Resoundingly received with dramatic urgency hauntingly involving in its depiction of the scarred psyches of journalists Pike gives a powerful and revealing performance as the late Colvin that embraced her high risk occupation with abrasive enthusiasm
3
A Private War
Roger Moore
It s a crying shame more people are seeing this one of the best pictures of 2018 
3.5
A Private War
Kent Turner
In addition to its armchair analysis A Private War offers a lead performance that calls attention to itself 
2
A Private War
Mark Dujsik
Here s a film that presents its subject as she was without any attempt to soften her to lionize her or to turn her into someone she was not 
3
A Private War
Rafer Guzman
An intelligent and sophisticated biopic with a tour de force performance from Pike 
3
A Private War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Colvin continually stresses finding the personal within her stories and the movie itself fails to do just that 
2.5
A Private War
Richard Roeper
The most surprising positively surprising performance in the film comes from Jamie Dornan 
3
A Private War
Ty Burr
A reporter is never the story the story is the story But if looking at the reporter helps you see the story and the human beings the story is about then the effort may be worth it A Private War is worth it 
3
A Private War
Ann Hornaday
Heineman and screenwriter Arash Amel remind the audience not just of the humanism that drives so many reporters but also the extreme danger they put themselves in to bring us the truth 
3.5
A Private War
Moira MacDonald
A fact based feature film both celebrating and illuminating the disappearing dangerous art of the war correspondent 
3.5
A Private War
Mick LaSalle
Pike triumphs in this emotionally and physically taxing role 
3
A Private War
Michael Phillips
Pike s unblinking emphatic quality has its limitations but by the film s midpoint she rolls with every scene Fierce and alert she holds the screen 
3
A Private War
Robert Daniels
While many have praised Pike s portrayal of the famed journalist this will be a dissent Sometimes showy and intense are confused with great 
2
A Private War
Jake Cole
A Private War ultimately sides with the late journalist s assertion that the whos and whys of war matter far less in journalism than finding the right human interest angle to hook an audience 
1.5
A Private War
Nell Minow
The dramatic personal story of Colvin herself is absorbingly told here largely because of Pike s dynamic performance 
3.5
A Private War
Katie Walsh
Marie was called to bear witness and what made her a legend and what perhaps cost her life was both her boldness and her humanity as a reporter A Private War never lets you forget this woman contained both in spades 
3.5
A Private War
Rex Reed
This is a movie worth seeing a noble effort to polish the image of a superior journalist hell bent on bringing the truth to the world 
3
A Private War
Joey Magidson
Rosamund Pike is an absolute wrecking ball here She embraces this complicated character and gives it her entire soul as an actress 
3
A Private War
Clayton Davis
The spirit of Marie Colvin is felt within the film and Pike s embodiment of this hero is something we should all be proud to stand with in a climate where the soul of our humanity is deeply troubled 
2.5
Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above
Kam Williams
The question you need to ask yourself is whether you want to watch a bunch of sassy sisters playing the dozens insulting everyone within earshot for an hour and a half 
.5
Hotel Rwanda
Nick Rogers
Like Schindler s List Hotel Rwanda shows how the madness of genocide and war converted one man s context of wealth and success from capitalism to humanitarianism Don Cheadle honors Paul Rusesabagina by tapping his brave face and internal rage 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Jay Antani
potentially fantastic material unfortunately Terry George s attempt is too mired in movie of the week sensibilities to do any justice to its subject matter
1.5
Hotel Rwanda
Joe Lozito
The film belongs to Don Cheadle as Paul and not surprisingly he walks away with it 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Mark Perry
Cheadle is outstanding in his first major lead role one where he is present during practically every important moment in this story 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Rob Blackwelder
The fact based story it tells of instinctual heroism in the face of unspeakable horror is powerful enough to overcome its flaws 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Wesley Lovell
Director Terry George takes his screenplay which he co wrote with Keir Pearson and turns it into a south African Schindler s List 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Sarah Chauncey
One of the most disturbing films in recent memory 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Lori Hoffman
Cheadle embodies the humanity and bravery of a man who does the right thing despite his own terror
3
Hotel Rwanda
Mark Collette
It s all the more successful when we realize the sad truth that even a film this powerful isn t likely to change policy 
4
Hotel Rwanda
John Beifuss
Not uncompromised but still powerful 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Sean McBride
Solid acting a shocking because it s true screenplay and wisely simple direction make Hotel Rwanda into a movie that you won t soon forget 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Bob Bloom
It should be mandatory for everyone to see Hotel Rwanda The carnage it graphically shows and the lessons it painfully teaches should be burned into every soul 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Jeff Vice
Cheadle brings a needed intensity to the film his character s fear and compassion are quite vivid 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Linda Cook
This is one of those movies like Schindlers List that may give you nightmares This is one of those movies like Schindlers List that should be seen anyway 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Wilson Morales
Don Cheadle has always been a good actor but with this film he has raised his own bar to excellence 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Lawrence Toppman
An articulate plea to Westerners not to repeat these terrible sins of omission Is anybody in power listening 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Matt Brunson
For all its indignant ire the movie is more than anything a humanist saga and it s in this area where Hotel Rwanda draws its greatest power 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Michael A. Smith
this will be the film that takes Cheadle from the ranks of character actor to one of the most respected performers of his generation 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Phil Villarreal
The characters are cardboardish and even the uplifting moments of rescue seem antiseptic and set up 
2.5
Hotel Rwanda
James Kendrick
the film fits easily into the Hollywood mold in which trauma is dealt with best by a resourceful individual hero
2.5
Hotel Rwanda
Larry Ratliff
In addition to being an epic slice of riveting drama Hotel Rwanda is that rare movie that can actually make a difference 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Duane Dudek
It is a passionate and powerful cautionary portrait of what can and does happen when the world looks away 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Peter Canavese
Functions better as an emotional drama than a history lesson remains an important and at times profounding moving film 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Moira MacDonald
It has a genuine power the ability of film to beam light onto dark days of history making it impossible for us to look away reminding us of what we should never forget 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Mick LaSalle
What makes the film not just harrowing but transcendent is Cheadle He does nothing traditionally heroic He just presents a picture of basic decency showing how when combined with courage decency can result in an awe inspiring moral steadfastness 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Arthur Salm
The tears it inspires the tears it demands are earnest and earned and true 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Dixie Reid
This is the first time Cheadle has been asked to carry a film and he plays Rusesabagina as a man of grace and cunning a somewhat reluctant hero who must use his every resource to save the hundreds of desperate people depending on him 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Connie Ogle
All we can do is hope that films such as Hotel Rwanda remind us all moviegoer and politician of the terrible cost of doing nothing 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Eric Harrison
Because of the subject matter this feels like one of those films you see because it s good for you But it also is an extraordinarily moving drama 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Liam Lacey
There is much to respect in Hotel Rwanda not least Cheadle s subtly crafted performance which allows the audience a direct connection to his ethical growth 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Terry Lawson
If Hotel Rwanda does nothing more than provoke the obvious questions of How did this happen and How can we prevent it from happening again it has like the hotelier who refuses to consider himself a hero done its job 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Michael Booth
The world stayed out of Rwanda for fear of doing an imperfect job Bold filmmakers are at their best when they mature beyond that kind of paralysis 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Mary F. Pols
Sometimes a story is so essentially powerful and interesting that flaws in the actual telling don t much matter 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
David Sterritt
The subject is crucially important but the movie dilutes its impact with by the numbers filmmaking and Cheadle s one note performance displays few of his acting gifts 
2
Hotel Rwanda
Ty Burr
The twofold agenda in Hotel Rwanda is to commemorate what Paul Rusesabagina did and to shame each and every Westerner who sees the movie On both of those counts it is successful 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Steve Rhodes
In a breathtaking performance that could easily be the best performance he will ever give Don Cheadle plays Rusesabagina 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director George is so successful that even the little dramatic tricks used to tie together disparate events glide smoothly and unobtrusively with the journalistic flow 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Chris Hewitt
Sobering film 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Bruce Newman
If Schindler s List had never been made Hotel Rwanda might seem better than it does and probably better than it is 
2.5
Hotel Rwanda
Carrie Rickey
A gut punch of a drama 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Jeff Strickler
It s simultaneously haunting and inspiring 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Mike McGranaghan
Hotel Rwanda is filled with urgency there s not a single second of the film that doesn t feel intensely real 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Glenn Kenny
By turns harrowing and stirring it s a shame inducing history lesson that never feels like a lecture 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Lou Lumenick
Don Cheadle takes his rightful place among America s greatest actors in Hotel Rwanda 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Frank Ochieng
the consensus for heartbreak and rage is always at a premium high This certainly can be said for filmmaker Terry George and his blistering genocide saga Hotel Rwanda
3
Hotel Rwanda
Michael Wilmington
It s a great story But it s Cheadle who makes the movie really special delivering a memorable and utterly convincing portrayal of a truly good man 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Walter Chaw
This isn t a great film but it threatens to be an important one 
2.5
Hotel Rwanda
Timothy Knight
An uncommonly good film of considerable intelligence and passion 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Claudia Puig
One of the year s most moving and powerful films anchored by a magnificent performance by Don Cheadle 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Stephen Whitty
It does portray brilliantly the transformation of one man as he moved from servant to saint And it gives the lie 1 268 times over to the belief that one person can t make a difference 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Jack Mathews
Cheadle affects a flawless Rwandan accent and gives a performance that should shame every UN member who voted to ignore the Rwandan Tutsis pleas 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Roger Ebert
The film works not because the screen is filled with meaningless special effects formless action and vast digital armies but because Cheadle Nolte and the filmmakers are interested in how two men choose to function in an impossible situation 
4
Hotel Rwanda
James Berardinelli
Not only did it give me a better rounded perspective on the Rwandan tragedy but it introduced me to a modern hero who stood against tyranny and oppression at the risk of losing all that was dear to him 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Glenn Whipp
Raises an impassioned cry of rage at the savagery people can inflict on fellow human beings 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
John Anderson
Cheadle whose Rusesabagina is both heroic and psychologically complex is never less than utterly believable 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Jonathan W. Hickman
Takes your breath away 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Emily Blunt
Hotel Rwanda is one helluva film strong blunt moving unsettling and eye opening 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Peter Travers
Despite flaws in execution this is a film of rare courage and imperishable heart 
3
Hotel Rwanda
Willie Waffle
Hotel Rwanda and Cheadle make the events come to life for us by focusing on one man s amazing heroic struggle 
4
Hotel Rwanda
Mark Dujsik
Achieves an incendiary level of power that has the ability to simultaneously anger and shock 
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
Scott Nash
Inspires and entertains
4
Hotel Rwanda
Dustin Putman
As a dramatization of non fiction events a film that more than anything sets out to evoke distinct emotions within the viewer Hotel Rwanda is certainly effective 
2.5
Hotel Rwanda
Ed Gonzalez
Terry George s Hotel Rwanda takes a cue less from history than it does from Schindler s List 
2
Hotel Rwanda
David Nusair
it s impossible to deny the power of this true story particularly given Cheadle s Oscar worthy performance 
3.5
La Brune et moi
Bill Stamets
Bad edits include quick as blink cutaways though not in any punkish poke in the eye style The directing is comparably incompetent without any wink at DIY stardom a la Warhol 
1.5
I Never Cry
Roger Moore
An intimate darkly funny story about that moment when a smart teenager finally figures out its not all about her 
3
Dirty Wars
Rob Thomas
Dirty Wars becomes more than the sum of its facts illuminating not just the secret wars but the emotional toll that trying to uncover them takes on Scahill 
3.5
Dirty Wars
John Hartl
By emphasizing the human cost of the operation Scahill and Rowling turn blowback into much more than an abstract military political term 
3.5
Dirty Wars
Joe Williams
These wars being fought in our name may be dirty but this courageous film reminds us that as long as we have a free press they don t have to be secret 
3
Dirty Wars
Tirdad Derakhshani
Dirty Wars is essential viewing for all Americans conservatives and liberals alike It s intense and depressing It ll make you angry 
3.5
Dirty Wars
Chris Knight
Like a lot of modern political documentaries we ve yet to see the final chapter which is yet to be written But it s instructive to have a little more light shed on such history in the making 
3
Dirty Wars
Chris Hewitt
It ll open your eyes 
3
Dirty Wars
Duane Dudek
The first person style is a creative choice that may put some people off But who better to lead a tour of the denied areas than someone who has walked its dangerous streets before 
3.5
Dirty Wars
Linda Barnard
Scahill is as much a liability onscreen as he is a fascinating source 
2
Dirty Wars
Rick Groen
A remarkable documentary as important as it is compelling 
3.5
Dirty Wars
Mark Dujsik
There s plenty here about which to be outraged but that s too simple for director Richard Rowley 
3
Dirty Wars
Steven Boone
Dirty Wars becomes hard to swat away no matter how much its style conveys a sense of unconscious insecurity about its assertions 
3
Dirty Wars
Mark Feeney
Scahill s so busy Being A Reporter capital letters are definitely called for it gets in the way of what he s reporting on 
2
Dirty Wars
Farran Smith Nehme
The film will undoubtedly play well with those who already despise the covert killings but it does a disservice to the wavering 
2
Dirty Wars
Michael O'Sullivan
It s shocking stuff even if much of it has already been in the news That s mostly because of the way that Scahill strings it together into a coherent convincing argument 
3.5
The Occupant
James Kendrick
tarts as an intriguing and sharply observed portrait of middle age frustration and failure in an unforgiving culture of materialism and competition before morphing into a thriller that increasingly defies credulity
2
The Occupant
Federico Furzan
An unnecessarily convoluted films that does its job at being creepy but at what cost Full review in Spanish 
2
The Occupant
Roger Moore
When the slow burn is this slow coming to a boil it s a lot easier to just shrug and move on to another Spanish thriller that makes more sense 
1.5
Son of Paleface
Matt Brunson
A follow up to 1948 s The Paleface Son of Paleface reunites that film s potent team of Bob Hope and Jane Russell 
3
Che: Part One
James Kendrick
simultaneously a Hollywood throwback with its lengthy four and a half hour roadshow grandiosity and a challenging experiment in genre reformulation
3.5
Che: Part One
Mike Scott
It is interesting It is ambitious It is well assembled and it is beautifully shot And it is long so long in fact that Soderbergh broke his project into two parts 
3
Che: Part One
Michael Sragow
The title and length suggest a biographical epic but it s neither biographical nor epic It s as if the director Steven Soderbergh wanted to take tissue samples of Ernesto Che Guevara s political life 
2
Che: Part One
Matt Brunson
Close but no Cuban cigar 
2.5
Che: Part One
Lawrence Toppman
Through it all the title character is scarcely delineated The guy who for many of us is a scowling face on a T shirt worn by student radicals remains that way 
3
Che: Part One
Robert W. Butler
Hugely watchable practically mesmerizing 
3.5
Che: Part One
Rob Thomas
Che is a taut thriller a fascinating character study a pitiless black comedy and one of the most singularly interesting biopics ever made 
4
Che: Part One
Phil Villarreal
It s a fight with your bladder and attention span worth waging 
3
Che: Part One
Peter Howell
A potentially great title role performance by Benicio Del Toro which won him the best actor award at Cannes is buried beneath Soderbergh s stylistic tics and a defiant lack of dramatic tension 
1.5
Che: Part One
Rene Rodriguez
As absorbing as it is frustrating 
2.5
Che: Part One
Peter Canavese
A revolutionary procedural 
3.5
Che: Part One
Wesley Morris
You can smell the gun smoke and taste the cigars 
3.5
Che: Part One
Amy Biancolli
The film s last chapter is arid yet breathtaking cinema marked by despairing visuals and a climax that withers not winds to a close 
2.5
Che: Part One
Mick LaSalle
If Soderbergh s ambition was to make us feel just how dull it would be to a woods dwelling communist guerrilla he succeeded 
1
Che: Part One
John Hartl
In so many ways Soderbergh s film does the right things usually by omission Why then does it feel slightly wrong 
2.5
Che: Part One
Brett McCracken
If Soderbergh s goal was to demystify Che Guevera and de romanticize revolution he s succeeded But unfortunately the result is a film that is just not very compelling 
2
Che: Part One
Michael Phillips
Director Steven Soderbergh s two part four hour Che is part folly and part fulfillment a methodical if coolly romantic portrait of the most familiar 1960s T shirt icon outside the peace symbol 
3
Che: Part One
Steven Rea
With Benicio Del Toro delivering a fiercely indrawn and mesmerizing performance in the title role Che is neither a hagiography nor a superficial character sketch 
3
Che: Part One
Rafer Guzman
A richly detailed but emotionally blank account of Guevara s life 
3
Che: Part One
Roger Ebert
Benicio Del Toro one of the film s producers gives a heroic performance not least because it s self effacing 
3.5
Che: Part One
Walter Chaw
the curative to the Hollywood biopic formula
3.5
Che: Part One
Claudia Puig
It is worth seeing for its attention to visual detail and ambitious filmmaking but as a psychological portrait of a compelling historical figure it is oddly bland and unrevealing 
2.5
Che: Part One
Josh Larsen
If there was any hint of a devil to Che Guevara you won t find him in Soderbergh s intricately documented details 
3
Che: Part One
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s an epic film I think is only going to improve as time goes by and as cinematic revolutions go this one ranks up there as one of the ambitious director s crowning achievements 
3.5
Che: Part One
Michael Dequina
These are films that are certainly thought out clearly but not nearly felt enough 
2.5
Che: Part One
Stephen Whitty
Soderbergh s eye for detail builds over time until the film becomes as layered as some richly leaf carpeted jungle floor 
3
Che: Part One
Kyle Smith
Meet Che Guevara Just think of him as Jesus plus Abraham Lincoln with a touch of Moses and Dr Doug Ross 
1.5
Che: Part One
Bob Strauss
You couldn t ask for a more committed and demanding performance than this one But there is a richer one that eluded Del Toro And boy does that lack of character dimension make this thing an endurance test 
2
Che: Part One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The first thing Steven Soderbergh s four hour epic biopic does is to sidestep anything you might expect from a four hour biopic 
3.5
Che: Part One
Liam Lacey
A measure of the movie s strength and weakness is its reliance on Del Toro s charisma in the central role 
3
Che: Part One
David Nusair
undoubtedly possesses the feel of an overlong and distinctly self indulgent piece of work 
2.5
Che: Part One
Fernando F. Croce
Too emotionally dry to embrace but too ingenious to dismiss Che is a fascinating problematic film 
2.5
Che: Part One
Jeremy Heilman
A demanding work of cinematic structuralism that eschews most of the conventions of both the war film and the biopic 
3
She's the Man
David Nusair
there are certainly more than enough elements within the film to warrant a mild recommendation among older viewers 
2.5
She's the Man
Jessica Letkemann
Implausible as she is her voice changing artificial guy speak and penchant for causing fights makes the whole film fun and watchable 
2
She's the Man
Jonathan W. Hickman
Hollywood should give pre teens more credit they read Shakespeare and even comprehend the intricacies of the stories 
1.5
She's the Man
Steven Snyder
It s stupid dull and toothless and a classic example of why the next generation is increasingly staying away from the movie theaters Is this all Hollywood thinks of them 
1.5
She's the Man
Peter Travers
There I sit suffering total numbness of body and brain no longer having to wonder what it might be like to be buried alive in gooey marshmallow 
1
She's the Man
Linda Cook
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn t 
2
She's the Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
She s the Man is foremost an excellent showcase for Bynes 
3
She's the Man
Daniel M. Kimmel
For Bynes it s a chance to show a bit of range However if you re not a casting agent or a teenager you might want to pick another movie instead 
2.5
She's the Man
Scott Nash
Amanda Bynes is so damn likeably perky that she can even make this simplified teen comedy version of Shakespeare s Twelfth Night enjoyable 
2.5
She's the Man
James Berardinelli
As was proven with 10 Things I Hate about You it is possible to re imagine the Bard in a modern high school setting but She s the Man doesn t do it well 
2
She's the Man
Carla Meyer
It s as if this movie about a girl posing as a boy was unsure of what to be so it decided to be crass 
2
She's the Man
David Elliott
It s Shakespeare For Absent Dummies no cram notes needed 
2
She's the Man
Ruthe Stein
She s the Man has a certain charm and is sure to appeal to tweens at least the female variety 
2
She's the Man
Susan Walker
More often than not it s the slapstick elements predictably occasioned by gender confusion that get the laughs 
2.5
She's the Man
Pam Grady
Simply put this is horrible 
0
She's the Man
Lisa Rose
She s the Man is a bit of a mess 
1.5
She's the Man
Lou Lumenick
No one under 12 need rush out to see She s the Man 
2
She's the Man
Elizabeth Weitzman
A cross dressing comedy that s all dressing can only well leave you cross 
2
She's the Man
Matt Pais
Energetic but lacking the wit of 10 Things I Hate About You it requires a suspension of disbelief that only comes from taking too many soccer balls to the head 
2
She's the Man
Glenn Whipp
She s the Man like 10 Things is all about shrewd young women and the decent boys who eventually love them Its heart is in the right place 
2.5
She's the Man
David Frese
She s the Man based on the Bard s changing room farce Twelfth Night is a decent little piffle well suited for boy crazy fifth graders 
2
She's the Man
Amy Biancolli
She s the Man retains much of Twelfth Night s discombobulation and many of its names but is aimed unlike the original at the cherry lip gloss demographic 
2.5
She's the Man
Christy Lemire
As in Bynes 2003 film What a Girl Wants She s the Man wraps her up in a tidy romantic comedy package with a generically non threatening piece of Teen Beat eye candy 
2
She's the Man
John Monaghan
It s not Shakespeare It isn t even The O C But She s the Man still has enough energy to make it slightly better than the usual teen comedy throwaway 
2
She's the Man
Jeff Vice
The film is generally likable and pretty good natured but its proclivity for crude jokes and dumb slapstick eventually bring it down 
2
She's the Man
Michael Booth
She s the Man modeled on that gender bending Shakespeare masterpiece is harmless fun for the 12 year olds who should make up the core audience 
2.5
She's the Man
Allison Benedikt
As you can imagine sticking a girl dressed up as a boy into a dorm with hunky boys lusting for girls is the stuff of comic mix ups and in She s the Man we have plenty 
2.5
She's the Man
Roger Ebert
I didn t for one second believe the plot of She s the Man but I did believe for the entire movie that Amanda Bynes was lovable 
3
She's the Man
Wesley Morris
She s the Man a screwball comedy that made me wish I were 13 again because this is precisely the kind of movie I would have gone nuts for in the ninth grade 
3
She's the Man
Josh Larsen
Amidst all the gender bending farce the movie has a smart absurdist streak that allows for smaller giggles in the corners 
3.5
She's the Man
Peter Canavese
Gets by because it knows it s dorky It s happily dorky It s proudly dorky 
2.5
She's the Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
For all my trepidation a weird thing happened as I watched the movie Slowly even craftily the silly darn thing began to sneak up on me 
2.5
She's the Man
Willie Waffle
we get treated to more mistaken identities than a bad episode of Three s Company a Cindy Snow Jenilee Harrison era episode not the classic comedy of Suzanne Somers 
2
She's the Man
Claudia Puig
This is a perfectly pleasant entertaining and often witty romp with engaging performances 
3
She's the Man
Chris Hewitt
Loses the most important part of Shakespeare his insight into human behavior 
1.5
She's the Man
Connie Ogle
The humor is pretty much what you d expect 
2
She's the Man
Carrie Rickey
While I liked She s the Man I liked it better when it was called Just One of the Boys a semi forgotten 1985 farce 
3
She's the Man
Jeff Strickler
Confusion runs amok But it s all upbeat oh so cute confusion 
2.5
She's the Man
Sue Pierman
Shakespeare set to the tribal beat of the high school mating dance is entertaining stuff 
2.5
She's the Man
Dustin Putman
The thing that She s the Man deserves to be remembered for the most Concrete proof that Amanda Bynes no doubt about it has what it takes to be a movie star 
2.5
She's the Man
Jan Stuart
The machinery of Shakespeare s cross dressing lark is so airtight that it works even with the flip fidelity paid to the original by the writers of She s the Man 
2.5
She's the Man
Nick Schager
At least Andy Fickman s proto feminist romp has the wherewithal to score some of its female empowerment action to a bubblegum pop rock rendition of The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song 
2
She's the Man
Phil Villarreal
Bynes as likable and energetic as she is is about as masculine as Tinker Bell and just can t pull off the male transfer It s impossible to believe classmates might believe she s a guy but maybe they could mistake her for Velma from Scooby Doo 
2
She's the Man
Steve Rhodes
The movie s silliness is both its curse and its gift If you can make it through its cheesy first part you ll begin to be charmed by the actors and the characters they play 
2.5
Vita & Virginia
Catherine Springer
Vita Virginia just can t overcome its faults and succumbs to being another well made period piece that misses its mark 
1
Vita & Virginia
Martha Schabas
Maybe dramatizing their correspondence would have worked if it had been paired with convincing dialogue 
2
Vita & Virginia
Jeff Mitchell
Arterton and Debicki work very well individually but share no chemistry 
2
Vita & Virginia
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Still simplistic in its rendering of imagination and desire though the movie may often be it bears watching for the performances if not the story 
2.5
Vita & Virginia
Carla Meyer
The movie s editing undermines both lead performances Scenes end abruptly or seem set up for a moment that never arrives 
2
Vita & Virginia
Ty Burr
Based on what we see here the work was almost absurdly greater than the inspiration 
1.5
Vita & Virginia
Michael O'Sullivan
It hardly makes for scintillating cinema even given the whiff of scandalousness with which Button and Atkins lay out the stages of Vita and Virginia s relationship 
1.5
Vita & Virginia
Sara Michelle Fetters
There were moments in director Chanya Button s Vita Virginia where I felt like she had made this delicate painfully mesmeric drama just for me 
3
Vita & Virginia
Brian Tallerico
Vita Virginia wastes the talents of four people its two subjects and the two women that play them 
1.5
Vita & Virginia
Mark Dujsik
It s a shame that Eileen Atkins and director Chanya Button s screenplay seems uncertain as to how to frame this tale 
2
Vita & Virginia
Derek Smith
The film frequently falls back on the stately demeanor of countless other historical biopics and period pieces 
2
Vita & Virginia
Roger Moore
Flawed but fascinating and fresh way to approach Woolf and Bloomsbury benefiting from an alluring turn by Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville West 
3
The End of the Line
Chris Hewitt
A gorgeously filmed cautionary tale about how industrial fishing is depriving little guys of their livelihood and depleting the once vast supply 
3
The End of the Line
Wesley Morris
This movie wants to cover every base without thinking very deeply about them So while a lot of ground is covered in 80 brisk minutes the information presented is only abstractly useful 
2
The End of the Line
Jason Anderson
It s hard not to feel that the vital information in The End of the Line may have been more effectively relayed by Clover s original book or by a movie whose methods were less pedantic and pedestrian 
2.5
The End of the Line
Liam Lacey
Another day another film about environmental collapse 
3
The End of the Line
Roger Ebert
The End of the Line documents what threatens to become an irreversible decline in aquatic populations within 40 years 
3
The End of the Line
Andrew Schenker
As if we didn t already have enough signs of the impending apocalypse with which to contend 
1.5
The End of the Line
Carrie Rickey
The End of the Line an eco mentary that warns against overfishing baits its hook with alarmist rhetoric and aversion therapy 
2.5
The End of the Line
Joseph Jon Lanthier
As if we didn t already have enough signs of the impending apocalypse with which to contend 
1.5
What We Wanted
Roger Moore
Compact intimate melodramatic
2.5
Caprice
Roger Ebert
If Doris Day s movies never go anywhere at least they don t take all day about it 
2.5
Caprice
David Nusair
A bomb of magnificent proportions 
.5
The Meanest Man in Texas
Roger Moore
Well intentioned inoffensive but inept on almost every level 
1
The Blue Angel
Brian Eggert
The Blue Angel launched a legendary collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in Hollywood 
4
The Blue Angel
Josh Larsen
part exploitation piece part morality tale 
3.5
The Blue Angel
Kenneth R. Morefield
The classic tale of amour fou still holds up over eighty years later 
3
The Blue Angel
Jeffrey Westhoff
Besides discovering Dietrich von Sternberg created one of the few early sound films to retain the bravura cinema of the late silent era 
4
The Blue Angel
Jeremy Heilman
It s a brilliant vitriolic condemnation of pre WWII German Conservatism 
4
The Blue Angel
Roger Ebert
Intriguing for its glimpses of backstage life in shabby German postwar vaudeville and for Dietrich s performance 
3.5
EMMA.
Brian Eggert
De Wilde s mannerist visual approach won t help endear the character to skeptics as the film shows evidence of a director more interested in design style and particulars of performance than the substance and emotions at work in Austen s story 
2.5
EMMA.
Mark Meszoros
Even if you don t find all the odd little bits of beauty that lie within Emma this film will do little to distress or vex you 
3
EMMA.
Josh Larsen
a cheerful confection brightly colored briskly consumed 
3
EMMA.
Lynnette Nicholas
Autumn de Wilde s Emma is a thoughtful and charming take on Austen s classic novel Comedic undertones perfectly balance heavier themes centering the social constructs of marriage preoccupation with pedigree and excessive privilege It s a must see 
3.5
EMMA.
Matt Brunson
While this may not quite match the vibrancy of the 1996 version it certainly equals it in its emotional reach 
3
EMMA.
James Berardinelli
The movie is handsomely mounted and consistently engaging Yes the story is familiar but part of the charm is seeing how key scenes have been re envisioned by the filmmakers 
3
EMMA.
Linda Cook
Emma has the sensibility of the novel on which it is based 
3.5
EMMA.
Alan French
Emma 46 does not bring anything new to the tale 46 However 44 the bubble gum pop feel and sugary sweetness make it supremely entertaining 46 
3
EMMA.
Joe Friar
Autumn de Wilde s new adaptation of Jane Austen s misguided matchmaker is a wicked delight 
3.5
EMMA.
Lisa Jensen
Combines a savvy script from Eleanor Catton with a scrupulously assembled visual narrative from music video director Autumn de Wilde in her impressive feature debut 
3.5
EMMA.
Rob Thomas
I was hoping for an Emma with a bit more of a distinctive flavor than the many previous adaptations but once Austen s plot turns kick in the viewer is swept along as always 
2.5
EMMA.
Michael Smith
Rejoice because it s a witty sexy visually breathtaking version of the Regency era tale 
3
EMMA.
Lisa Trifone
Nearly every scene in Emma looks as if it would be as at home in an Instagram feed as it is on the big screen 
3
EMMA.
Rene Sanchez
An elegant and charming adaptation of a timeless classic guided by an irresistible performance by Anya Taylor Joy Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
EMMA.
Cate Marquis
Emma is an entertaining romp with all the costume drama trimmings and a refreshing funny new tack which should please both Austen fans and more general audiences 
4
EMMA.
Max Weiss
Emma pulls off a wonderful oxymoron It s a substantial confection I delighted in nearly every minute of it 
3.5
EMMA.
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Effervescence has its value even if it dissipates quickly 
2.5
EMMA.
Roger Moore
An unalloyed delight
4
EMMA.
Johanna Schneller
Emma is such a complete character that those around her often pale but de Wilde s casting is downright vivacious 
3.5
EMMA.
Jeff York
It s art directed within an inch of its rococo life costumed as if by peacocks and acted with enough verve to play to the second balcony it s so filled with largesse it feels more like a caricature than a romantic comedy 
2
EMMA.
Richard Roeper
The romantic tension builds nicely in a lush looking new adaptation 
3
EMMA.
Asher Luberto
Jane Austen fans rejoice 
3
EMMA.
Robert Horton
There are so many bright young actors here this movie could well become the Dazed and Confused of British cinema 
3
EMMA.
Mark Dujsik
Taylor Joy creates a fully formed and sometimes intentionally off putting character in Emma instead of merely coasting on charm 
3
EMMA.
Michael O'Sullivan
Love may or may not make the world go round but Austen s trick repeated here by de Wilde is in making us believe for a minute that matters of the heart matter more than anything else on Earth 
3
EMMA.
Ty Burr
Directed by Autumn de Wilde the new Emma note that whimsical period begins disastrously before righting itself to an acceptable tilt 
2.5
EMMA.
Chris Hewitt
The movie is fine and so is its Emma Anya Taylor Joy but the standout is Bill Nighy in the small role of the main character s hypochondriac father 
2.5
EMMA.
Pat Brown
This lively adaptation plays up the novel s more farcical elements granting it a snappy rhythmic pace 
3
EMMA.
Moira MacDonald
All this adds up to a movie filled with that simple yet rare thing pure pleasure This film is both a loving homage to Austen and a celebration of fashion and decorative arts 
3.5
EMMA.
Mick LaSalle
It s funnier than most Austen adaptations and more visually beautiful and then there s the movie s odd tone which combines a rigorous attention to period detail with an arch and seemingly modern sensibility 
3
EMMA.
Michael Phillips
The movie strains at the outset the early scenes are dominated by a brisk procession of tidy somewhat static shots set into motion by some intrusive music and editing Then rather miraculously it starts getting better and better 
3
EMMA.
Karen M. Peterson
A very pretty movie but Anya Taylor Joy s Emma Woodhouse is aloof and cold rather than happy and frivolous 
2.5
EMMA.
Sheila O'Malley
Autumn de Wilde s approach to this tale of frenzied and complicated social activity is both elegant and comedic 
3.5
EMMA.
Katie Walsh
Tart bright and utterly intoxicating 
3.5
EMMA.
Sara Stewart
All Jane Austen s heroines are clever but Anya Taylor Joy brings an unusually sharp edge to her rendition of Emma Woodhouse in Emma 
3
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Francis Coppola s stylish and heartfelt tribute to the innovative automobile designer Preston Thomas Tucker turns out to be one of his most personal and successful movies 
3
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Roger Ebert
If we re offered a movie named Tucker The Man and His Dream we leave feeling cheated if we only get the dream 
2.5
Hairspray Live!
Robert Bianco
Brimming with great songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman opened up and spread out by directors Alex Rudzinski and Kenny Leon this latest live NBC musical from Craig Zadan and Neil Meron was their best most entertaining work yet 
3.5
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
Peter Canavese
A gleeful exercise in nostalgia a fun and family friendly Batman story in its own right and a running commentary on the character s flexible interpretation 
3.5
The Playhouse
Josh Larsen
might register to modern audiences as a parable about the existential angst of multitasking 
3
The Shanghai Gesture
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sternberg was gifted at capturing the feel of an exotic city from a regular sound stage and he doesn t slouch here 
3
Dolores Claiborne
Mal Vincent
A delightful yarn 
3.5
Dolores Claiborne
Matt Brunson
The story remains compelling even as some of the particulars become obvious before they re revealed 
3
Dolores Claiborne
Michael Wilmington
It s rare to see a pop best seller come out this well in the movies 
3.5
Dolores Claiborne
Mick LaSalle
The mysteries of Dolores Claiborne are never gripping enough to consume an audience and there are few if any surprises along the way But the women are wonderful and reason enough to see the picture 
3
Dolores Claiborne
Roger Ebert
I was surprised how affecting the movie was mostly because Bates and Leigh formed such a well matched and convincing pair Does this movie creep up on you Oh my gravy 
3
Dolores Claiborne
Steve Rhodes
A character study which was very effective and a mood piece which was overdone 
3
Shottas
John Anderson
It s tough to imagine how someone could make a movie about Jamaican gangsterism that s so devoid of political content but that s hardly Silvestra s biggest problem 
1
Shottas
Stephen Whitty
Shottas has everything a bad music video should have close ups of foreign sports cars women with painful looking implants stepping in and out of hot tubs ugly men with gold teeth waving around automatics 
0
Shottas
Ken Fox
Even with its microbudget there s enough blood booty and bling to satisfy fans of the genre It s also never dull thanks to Silvera s restless pacing and a great reggae soundtrack 
2.5
Shottas
Jim Hemphill
De Palma and Scorsese breathed new life into the crime genre Silvera just embalms it 
1
Shottas
Evelyn McDonnell
Unless you love senseless violence and gratuitous shots of fake breasts you might want to listen with your eyes closed 
2
Shottas
Michael Phillips
Who says they don t write good women s roles anymore The females on view fall into two prototypes Hot Tub Chippie No 2 or Plastic Surgery Fire Sale Victim No 3 
1
Shottas
Wesley Morris
There s no Robin Hood here just a lot of hoods 
1.5
Shottas
Laura Kelly
It would have been a more worthy effort to get past the lifestyle sheen to the emotional undercurrents of men who choose violence at every turn 
1.5
Shottas
Nick Schager
Stephen Marley s vociferous reggae rap soundtrack makes painfully literal the film s The Harder They Come Get Rich or Die Tryin hybridization 
1
House Arrest
Dennis King
Borrowing liberally from both The Parent Trap and The Great Escape this misguided attempt at family farce rests on a couple of incompatible premises romantic matchmaking and imprisoned dispair 
1.5
House Arrest
Jeff Shannon
To the slim degree that it qualifies as a comedy House Arrest is a comedy with rank amateur pathos and it s totally out of touch with its own superficially treated emotions 
1.5
House Arrest
Stephen Hunter
Only Pollak and Curtis create any semblance of character in this tapestry of stereotype but the movie doesn t give them enough to do as the louder idiots take to the fore with clumsily imagined escape gambits 
2
House Arrest
Steven Rea
A headache of a movie with a Parent Trap premise that quickly devolves into clamorous farce 
2
House Arrest
Gene Siskel
One of the year s worst movies at least I hope so or it s going to be a very bad year 
0
House Arrest
Brandon Judell
MGM can make millions with House Arrest All they have to do is allow free admittance and charge 10 a head for those wanting to run out of the theater before the end credits roll 
1.5
House Arrest
Madeleine Williams
House Arrest although seemingly a well intentioned comedy is overly simplistic and falls flat 
1.5
House Arrest
James Berardinelli
A distressingly unfunny unintelligent children s fantasy about what happens when kids ground their parents 
1.5
House Arrest
Peter Stack
House Arrest is an uneasy mix of too much and too little too much vapid cuteness too little real feeling 
2
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately Dirty Rotten Scoundrels isn t quite clever enough to justify the full 110 minute running length There s a point at which it starts to feel like it has overstayed its welcome 
2.5
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Matt Brunson
Bright performances define this film as much as the big belly laughs 
3
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
David Nusair
a deliberately paced yet consistently entertaining comedy that benefits substantially from Caine and Martin s superb work 
3
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Betsy Bozdech
The kind of old fashioned lighthearted con comedy that s hard to resist 
3.5
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Roger Ebert
The chemistry between Martin and Caine is fun and Headly provides a resilient foil as a woman who looks like a pushover but somehow never seems to topple 
3
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Joey Magidson
Despite not having much in the way of a budget filmmakers Scott Conditt and Jeremy Tremp think outside the box and manage to stretch things as best they can 
3
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Truth or Dare which comes on as if it were truth and dare sets out to give us both the real offstage Madonna shot in grainy black and white and the performing Madonna during her Blond Ambition tour shot in color 
3
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Matt Brunson
Much of the supposedly raw material feels calculated but several off the cuff moments are ingratiating the backstage meeting between Madonna and Kevin Costner who deems her show neat is priceless 
2.5
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Roger Ebert
Although the movie seems happiest when it is retailing potential scandal its heart is not in sex but in business and the central value in the film is the work ethic 
3.5
Golf in the Kingdom
Peter Hartlaub
For anyone coming in cold this can be a ponderous cinematic experience 
1
Golf in the Kingdom
Chuck Bowen
Filmmaker Susan Streitfeld takes all of the mysticism at face value shutting the audience out of pleasures that are discussed but rarely shown 
0
Mon Oncle d'Amerique
Roger Ebert
The characters are sympathetic the narrative is well constructed and we care But consider one sequence In itself it is perfectly absorbing Then see how Resnais deconstructs it 
4
To Die for Tano
Christian Blauvelt
One for the Movies That Aren t Nearly as Clever as Their Directors Think They Are canon 
1.5
Monkey Shines
Walter Chaw
a lot of awful performances in the service of a lousy script 
1.5
Monkey Shines
Matt Brunson
One of Romero s best non zombie flicks this intelligent absorbing watch includes early roles for Stanley Tucci and Stephen Root 
3
Monkey Shines
Dustin Putman
Features a compelling plot and some stylish individual moments of tension during the thunderous climax but its energy is sapped and forward momentum severely lacking One patiently waits for it to take off and it never fully does 
2
Monkey Shines
David Nusair
By the time the hilarious yet memorable Carrie esque final shocker rolls around Monkey Shines has established itself as a passable horror effort 
2.5
Monkey Shines
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One of George Romero s most effective and interesting horror thrillers 
3
Monkey Shines
Chris Hicks
George Romero should stick to zombies 
2
Monkey Shines
Roger Ebert
Somewhere within this movie s two hours or so is hidden an absolutely spellbinding 90 minute thriller 
2.5
Implicated
David Nusair
Watching Implicated I couldn t help but think that maybe I should begin to curb my renting habits 
1
In My Room
Rob Thomas
Low gives a powerful performance that often requires him to be silent for long stretches just reacting to the world around him 
3
In My Room
Simon Abrams
One of the main pleasures of watching In My Room comes from feeling your way around enjoying the ambient sound design and making your own thematic connections 
3.5
In My Room
Joey Magidson
Essentially a two hander In My Room lives and dies on the acting by Hans Löw and Elena Radonicich 
3
In My Room
Carson Lund
In My Room often exhibits an interest only in the accruing of incidents giving it a this happens then this happens quality that defiantly eschews psychological shading 
2.5
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Eric Henderson
It s no surprise that Nick Broomfield finds little use for the moments of unabashed triumphalism in Houston s life as he s doggedly fixated on the humiliating swan dive 
1.5
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Stephen Whitty
A sharp well edited film 
3
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Tal Rosenberg
What Whitney insinuates is that Houston s downfall and death aren t so much attributable to drug addiction as they are to her inability to reconcile so many conflicting aspects of her personality 
3
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Richard Roeper
Whitney Can I Be Me is a nearly joyless and melancholy piece of work Because we know how it ends 
3
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I was disappointed to say the least with this period prequel without a point and characters whom appear in this time without an explanation 
2.5
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
Walter Chaw
In Canadian cinema sex is either perfunctory ugly forced or involves a dead person 
2
Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos
Roger Moore
The film s problem isn t its excesses or its fans it s when it wanders all over the place instead of focusing on the devoted metal fans 
2
Blue Bayou
David Gonzalez
Blue Bayou is a must see 46 Its a grounded 44 real life look at the current state of the immigration system in this country 46 
3.5
Blue Bayou
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Nothing in Blue Bayou not family not friendship not work lasts forever but the film reminds you that the things that are finite are the things most worth fighting for 
4
Blue Bayou
Roger Moore
A winning and quite moving look at the immigrant experience and how fragile and fraught this past decade s politics have revealed it to be 
3
Blue Bayou
Kevin Carr
I have all the sympathy for the people that this movie is about in real life but not in this incredibly pretentious overdone and overwrought format 
1
Blue Bayou
Matthew Passantino
But when Blue Bayou flirts with becoming manipulative Chon s performance does its best to bring the focus back to what matters 
2.5
Blue Bayou
Cate Marquis
Blue Bayou is a powerful film filled with strong performances and delivering an important message with a punch 
3.5
Blue Bayou
Steven Prokopy
It acknowledges that America today can be a cruel and horrible place for some who simply want to contribute and live simple lives with their family 
3
Blue Bayou
Sheila O'Malley
Vikander has never been better and Chon is open and present particularly so in the scenes with Kowalske 
2.5
Blue Bayou
Joey Magidson
Blue Bayou is a baity melodrama that sometimes goes over the top with emotions but it s all in service of an important issue 
3
Blue Bayou
Pamela Powell
Chon s heartfelt performance lets us inside opening the doors to a world most of us probably never will know 
4
Blue Bayou
Mark Dujsik
Blue Bayou gets at the sad tragic heart of both its political message and more importantly its central figure 
3
Blue Bayou
Randy Myers
It s a lovely and heartrending piece of filmmaking 
3.5
Blue Bayou
Michael O'Sullivan
Blue Bayou strikes a nerve of that there is no doubt But then it keeps poking at it pointlessly 
2
Blue Bayou
James Berardinelli
The lead performances are sterling 
2.5
Blue Bayou
Mike McGranaghan
Thanks to magnificent performances from Chon and Vikander along with important subject matter this is an emotional drama that stays with you 
3
Blue Bayou
Mike Scott
Demonstrates what can happen when a filmmaker is diligent enough observant enough and willing to immerse himself in local culture and surround himself with a largely local crew 
3
Blue Bayou
Katie Walsh
A tale of intergenerational traumas and personal redemptions that is an emotionally complicated yet ultimately cathartic viewing experience
3
Blue Bayou
G. Allen Johnson
Vikander s meaty performance which elevates the standard wife trying to keep the family together role well above cliché and Chon s intense triple threat commitment help make it a must see 
4
Blue Bayou
Pat Brown
The film s evocative imagery doesn t compensate for the story being told with such a heavy hand that it dulls rather than sharpens Justin Chon s urgent political message 
1.5
Acasa, My Home
Kathy Fennessy
Most of this unfolds so cinematically it s easy to forget you re watching a documentary until Prince Charles a conservation proponent shows up to attend the park s groundbreaking 
3
Acasa, My Home
Tomris Laffly
Ciorniciuc opens a non didactic and non judgmental window for audiences into an alternative world where parents both nurture their babies within the rules of the nature and also deprive them of their vital rights like safety and education 
3
Acasa, My Home
Roger Moore
Ciorniciuc may get his camera close but you really do get the feeling that he s taking in all this and looking it over at arm s length 
3
Acasa, My Home
Diego Semerene
The film is at its most moving when it lingers on the face of children who are impotent to return to the world they used to call home 
3
The Story of Qiu Ju
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The film s integrity is chiefly a matter of countless small but uncommon observations 
4
The Story of Qiu Ju
Roger Ebert
There is a point in the film when it begins to seem repetitive The leader will remain unbending the Qui Ju will keep appealing Then we begin to connect with the underlying story of the film 
3.5
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
David Nusair
suffers from an exceedingly distractingly low rent feel that s reflected in its myriad of attributes 
1.5
Our Man in Tehran
Robert Horton
The story s a good one already familiar if you saw Argo and it s interesting to see the real life versions of characters portrayed by Ben Affleck etc 
3
Our Man in Tehran
Mallory Andrews
the biggest problem of Our Man in Tehran is also what ultimately befalls Argo 
2.5
Our Man in Tehran
Clayton Dillard
Never is there an Iranian perspective on the proceedings giving the documentary the jingoistic bent its title implies 
1.5
Our Man in Tehran
Kenneth R. Morefield
Taylor Sheardown Clark and MacDonald all speak of their actions as though they were neither particularly heroic nor exceptional They simply asked What s the right thing to do 
4
Our Man in Tehran
Simon Houpt
Sometimes the truth can be more entertaining than fiction 
3
Our Man in Tehran
Vanessa Farquharson
Weinstein and Taylor keep things traditional when it comes to the documentary format which lets viewers feel as though they re simply gathering round the fireplace for story time 
3
Our Man in Tehran
Bruce DeMara
Through it all Weinstein the veteran and Drew Taylor making his directorial debut weave an intelligent complex and tension filled story that breathes life into historical events that are fast fading from our collective memory 
3.5
Justice League: War
Mike McGranaghan
Lots of fun DC has upped the ante on this series with War 
3
Swim Little Fish Swim
Nick Prigge
It subtly counteracts the clich that creative expression can save your life by making its protagonist a hipster Peter Pan whose creative expression is an excuse not to grow up 
3
The Patsy
Eric Henderson
The Patsy reflects a genuine affection for the artisans and jacks of all trades that make careers like Lewis s possible 
4
Kabluey
Christian Toto
Kabluey nearly implodes in the opening moments but swiftly finds its footing 
3
Kabluey
Walter V. Addiego
While it borrows from obvious sources Kabluey eventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war 
3
Kabluey
Lou Lumenick
Kabluey which has no discernible political agenda is wildly uneven and often seems like a short stretched to feature length But it s also kind of oddly endearing 
2.5
Kabluey
Stephen Whitty
The funniest movie I ve seen this year 
3.5
Sing 2
Wesley Lovell
The biggest issues with the film come down to familiarity 44 predictability 44 and a notable drop in song quality 46 
3
Sing 2
Peter Canavese
A bright colorful jukebox musical for kids lacking in any comic edge Lavish CG animation but in service of a thinly veiled garishly updated rip off of The Muppets 
2
Sing 2
Linda Cook
Sing 2 has something musical for all ages 
3
Sing 2
Kevin A. Ranson
The comeback story with Bono s Callaway is especially heart wrenching but Buster s willingness to hustle for others at his own expense is pure leadership and proof of extraordinary character fueling the story to the very end 
4
Sing 2
Kevin Carr
Once you get past the novelty of zoo animals sing popular songs there s not much story there 
2
Sing 2
Peter Sobczynski
If Sing 2 teaches young viewers anything it is to plan for a future in negotiating music licensing for films hopefully for ones better than this one 
1
Sing 2
Joey Magidson
Sing 2 is at its best when you can just admire the animation and listen to classic music The more you concern yourself with the plot the harder it becomes to sit through 
2.5
Sing 2
Mark Dujsik
What s the point It s to give us more of the same of course 
1.5
Sing 2
Johnny Oleksinski
What makes Sing 2 enjoyable are the tunes 
2.5
Sing 2
Randy Myers
Another insta charmer about overcoming fears and stepping into the spotlight that will be a hit with the entire family 
3
Sing 2
Leo Brady
Sing 2 arrives on time for Christmas but I am still struggling to find out why parents subject their children and themselves to this jukebox drivel 
1
Sing 2
Kristen Page-Kirby
A cinematic masterpiece it is not But Sing 2 is good enough 
2
Sing 2
Chris Hewitt
The turning point in Sing 2 happens about 45 minutes in when a porcupine croons a wistful version of U2 s Stuck in a Moment You Can t Get Out Of 
2.5
Sing 2
Sean P. Means
An improvement on its 2016 predecessor Sing but that s not saying a lot 
2.5
Sing 2
Phil Villarreal
This is a movie you enjoy as though it was a concert because that s what it pretty much is 
3
Sing 2
James Berardinelli
It s designed to be crowd pleasing and as a painless diversion it works even if the cynic in any viewer will recognize why it exists 
2.5
Sing 2
Mike McGranaghan
A genuine make you feel great movie with a better plot bigger laughs and more heart In every way this is a sequel that outshines the original 
3.5
Sing 2
Jake Coyle
While a laudable message for a kids movie it s drowned out by the movie s commercialized blare 
2
Sing 2
Zaki Hasan
Returning director Garth Jennings knew enough not to mess with the formula 
2.5
Sing 2
Roger Moore
There are worse ways to spend a holiday matinee than sitting with the kids watching and singing along with a Sing movie 
2
Over the Moon
Linda Cook
The latest animated musical has endearing characters eye popping colors and action galore Over the Moon is about loss legends and growing up with something for every age group 
3.5
Over the Moon
Sean P. Means
The unfussy script by the late Audrey Wells and a roster of charming songs channel the emotions of Fei Fei s journey from beloved daughter to rebel teen and beyond that Keane s visual team depicts so radiantly 
3.5
Over the Moon
Sarah Knight Adamson
The animation is both creative and eye popping colorful We travel on a space adventure filled with touching family moments and has a soundtrack of catchy memorable songs along with an adorable bunny and sweet little frog 
3
Over the Moon
Mark Kennedy
The acclaimed animator behind such powerful figures as Ariel Aladdin Tarzan and Rapunzel has a new heroine and she s going further than any of his creations the moon 
3
Over the Moon
Brian Tallerico
The best fables linger in the heart and mind This one never makes it past the eyes 
2
Over the Moon
Roger Moore
It s not quite up there with Netflix s lovely holiday offering from last year Klaus even if it is several steps above the studio s animated miss The Willoughbys 
2.5
Over the Moon
Mark Dujsik
Over the Moon has a heart wounded but hopeful but its lasting impact is the film s showcase of a fantastical world wonderful and luminous 
3
Over the Moon
Johnny Oleksinski
Longtime Disney animator Glen Keane s film goes for the heart rather than the mind where Pixar has planted its flag for decades 
3
Over the Moon
Bob Strauss
It laudably strives to work many new elements into feature animation Strange then how so much of it seems like someplace we ve been to many times before 
2
Over the Moon
Barry Hertz
But watching Over the Moon unfold over its too leisurely 95 minutes the filmmakers efforts feel rather not crass exactly But certainly off 
2
Over the Moon
Joey Magidson
From the songs to the animation itself this one soars 
3
Over the Moon
Christopher James
Legendary animator Glen Keane s first film as director has ambitions as big as its heart 
3.5
Over the Moon
Chuck Bowen
At its most beguiling director Glen Keane s animated film Over the Moon mixes the unbridled free association of playtime with an undercurrent of barbed satire 
2.5
Nightmare Man
Dustin Putman
Rough around the edges but it is also frequently funny in its adherence to clichs and does boast an energetic tone 
2.5
It's Not Me, I Swear!
Liam Lacey
Modest but resonant It s Not Me I Swear is a Quebec coming of age story that juggles elements of dark humour pathos and childhood whimsy 
3
It's Not Me, I Swear!
Peter Howell
Impeccable production values help make this family angst unforgettable Cinematographer Andr Turpin lenses with Ektachrome brilliance 
3
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Mal Vincent
Only briefly do the writers attempt any humor that is inflammatory however They go mainly for broad slapstick aiming low 
1.5
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Michael Dequina
The thin plot is merely the frame for gags and there are more a few good ones here 
3
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Barry Walters
The gags like most of the Wayanses humor range from astute satire to lowest common denominator yucks 
2
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Susan Wloszczyna
Rude crude and outrageous 
2.5
The Land of the Enlightened
Curtis Cook
This is a visually stunning film that raises questions about what s next for Afghanistan but the lack of a cohesive narrative makes it hard to care 
2
Leprechaun 2
Matthew Rozsa
Leprechaun 2 unlike the bland original film contains a lot of the things you would want to see in a horror movie about an evil leprechaun 
3
Map of the Human Heart
Michael Dequina
Visually stunning and emotionally powerful a buried treasure 
4
Map of the Human Heart
Roger Ebert
The best movies seem to reinvent themselves as they move along not drawing from worn out sources and Map of the Human Heart is one of the year s best films 
4
Map of the Human Heart
James Berardinelli
Despite its historical surrounding and a few stabs at thematic depth Map of the Human Heart has all the flavor and plot complexity of a Harlequin romance 
2
Gymkata
David Nusair
one of the most absurd and flat out silly actioners to emerge out of the 1980s 
1
The Sum of All Fears
David Nusair
The Sum of All Fears is ultimately a decent Ryan adventure that could and should have been so much better 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Peter Canavese
Though this political adventure requires substantial suspension of disbelief the witty script and mature approach keep the film on track Blu Ray 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Greg Maki
Entertaining and far more relevant than most other action adventure movies 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Margaret A. McGurk
It s all fast and loud and pulse pounding of course but nothing that we haven t seen dozens of times on screen after imaginary disasters 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Ian Mantgani
Superior genre storytelling which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
Jon Niccum
The Sum of All Fears proves that the Jack Ryan franchise still has some legs Most importantly it also has a brain 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Michael Wilmington
An implausible apocalypse without depth or resonance a cartoon of international politics presented with no James Bond like playfulness and with all the superficial realism money can buy 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Jorge Avila Andrade
El filme provoca que la audiencia piense y medite sobre el mundo en que habitamos as como en los obsoletos sistemas de gobierno que hemos creado como sociedad 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Forrest Hartman
A competent Tom Clancy thriller that s betrayed by a miscast Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Gloria Goodale
If nothing else this film may stand as a cultural testament to how times really have changed since Sept 11 and not necessarily the way we d expect 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Kevin A. Ranson
Not the biggest or best film of this summer s blockbuster season but it does hold up well under fire as long as you don t think about anything too hard 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Vanessa Sibbald
The star who helped give a spark to Chasing Amy and Changing Lanes falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer s new action film The Sum of All Fears 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Steven Snyder
post September 11 The Sum Of All Fears seems more tacky and reprehensible manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves 
1.5
The Sum of All Fears
James Kendrick
takes on a gut churning immediacy that is hard to deny
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sum is Jack Ryan s do over Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works Especially give credit to Affleck 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Mike McGranaghan
Retreads a lot of familiar elements from other international thrillers while occasionally dipping its foot into the real life horror of terrorism 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Jonathan R. Perry
Is Ben Affleck such an indispensable talent or box office draw that his presence is worth wrecking an entire film franchise to accomodate his youth 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Cory Cheney
Advance buzz for The Sum of All Fears was it was better than Red October Rest assured it s not In fact for the first hour Sum isn t better than much of anything and then boom it turns into a good movie 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Mark Dujsik
Begins as a political potboiler but is smart enough to find a place for an actual message in the midst of its intrigue 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If we re going to be swept away by a thriller of this kind we need a hero that we can depend on one who makes us feel safe Affleck s Jack Ryan doesn t have enough potency to do that 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Tony Toscano
Although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events the film works mostly due to its superior cast of characters 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Dustin Putman
With a premise that is eerily similar to the tragic events of 9 11 it wavers somewhere on the disappointing line of emotional sterility 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Gary Brown
A two hour nail biter that entertains right up to the last frame 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Todd Anthony
The film starts slowly gathers momentum and flattens audience reservations 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Erik Lundegaard
Subtract the slickness and Sum adds up to a smart thriller 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie that frankly I could not recommend to a friend and yet I find no fault in the filmmaking 
2
The Sum of All Fears
David Elliott
You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy s holes and the scripters don t deserve any Oscars But the nerve raked acting the crackle of lines the impressive stagings of hardware make for some robust and scary entertainment 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Joe Baltake
The film based on one of Tom Clancy s Jack Ryan novels published in 1991 is excellent both intelligent and thoughtful in its approach to a touchy subject and not the least bit exploitative or opportunistic 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
Jan Stuart
This engrossing characteristically complex Tom Clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Rene Rodriguez
It s a testament to how effective The Sum of All Fears really is that it sends you home feeling more scared than you were before 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Robert W. Butler
A nail biting tension machine with such a compelling plot that it would work if you illustrated it with still photos 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Susan Stark
Bold imaginative rational and persuasive an account of the lethally dangerous world we live in The Sum of All Fears is an international spy drama with visceral impact 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Jeff Vice
A less than thrilling thriller 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Steven Rosen
The explosion essentially ruined or rather overpowered the fiction of the movie for me 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Phil Villarreal
Robinson s web of suspense matches the page turning frenzy that Clancy creates 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Rick Groen
All that moviemaking money plus all those gadgets plus Ben Affleck It doesn t add up to very much 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Lou Lumenick
Plays like a cheesy 80s TV movie 
1
The Sum of All Fears
Mike Clark
A mediocre terrorist melodrama turned even punier by real life events 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Glenn Whipp
The movie deftly reinvents the Tom Clancy series 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Roger Ebert
Director Phil Alden Robinson and his writers Paul Attanasio and Daniel Pyne do a spellbinding job of cranking up the tension 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
Renee Graham
There s nothing ambiguous here no twisty plot lines no out of left field jolts Just lots of angry boys with big angry toys designed to wipe out the whole ever lovin lot of us 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Sean P. Means
It may not be the most exciting Clancy movie made but it certainly is the most human 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Marty Mapes
Evidence accumulates as in a murder mystery slowly building to an unforgettable climax
3
The Sum of All Fears
Terry Lawson
The most exciting two hours I ve spent on any would be summer blockbuster in a long long time 
4
The Sum of All Fears
Chris Hewitt
Intelligent and well made 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Carrie Rickey
I am still scratching my head at the callowness of the film s hero and at the haziness of the terrorist objective 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Duane Dudek
Has so little suspense or drama that it manages to make World War III into a PG 13 rated event 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Kevin Thomas
Absorbing and disturbing perhaps more disturbing than originally intended but a little clarity would have gone a long way 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
Erik Childress
Director Phil Alden Robinson is able to set up the film s second half with enough precision to shock us frighten us and have us gripping the theater s armrests 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
Mark Ramsey
According to Tom Clancy commercial necessities dictate that we couldn t use a villain who would represent any conceivable international market for this movie That narrowed our choices to Nazis Redcoats and Huns 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Glenn Lovell
In terms of escapist fun this one ranks right up there with a newsreel tour of ground zero in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
1.5
The Sum of All Fears
Tor Thorsen
Although it lacks the detail of the book the film does pack some serious suspense 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Mary F. Pols
Can you be entertained by a fictional tale of nuclear terrorism right now Doubtless plenty of people will find The Sum of All Fears chillingly effective Others will just find it harrowing and pointlessly painful 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Lawrence Toppman
A middlebrow hybrid that should satisfy most fans of spy movies without blowing them away 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Harvey S. Karten
Sharply written opening yields to predictable melodrama 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Walter Chaw
Aspires for a nihilistic weariness that our new reality has made nave and conventional 
2
The Sum of All Fears
Ross Anthony
Artfully shot well scripted with tremendous direction 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
Jeanne Aufmuth
In light of the most recent terrorist warnings this edgy thriller about a lost nuclear weapon reasonates with timely apprehension and dread 
3.5
The Sum of All Fears
James Berardinelli
The movie does what all good thrillers should do provide enough shocks and surprises to keep us guessing and never lets up on the suspense until the end credits arrive 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Rob Blackwelder
It s just not the thinking person s spy thriller it pretends to be 
2.5
The Sum of All Fears
Ed Gonzalez
In The Sum of All Fears Evil is fond of anecdotes and opera music speaks with ghoulish inflections and consumes only luxury food products 
1.5
The Sum of All Fears
Michael Dequina
Breathes fresh life into a durable film franchise that based on this installment still has a promising future 
3
The Sum of All Fears
Steve Rhodes
Directed brilliantly it is a great film whose power might have been missed or ridiculed before 9 11 and whose subject would have been too hard to take right after 9 11 
3.5
Tharlo
Diego Semerene
In the logic of the film for the camera to move at all would feel like a betrayal of its contemplative hunger 
3.5
Chasing Madoff
Sara Michelle Fetters
The heat is always on the volume consistently turned all the way up the whole thing a pile of more more more when a whole lot of less less less would have been far more effective 
2
Chasing Madoff
Tom Keogh
Prosserman wisely skirts the esoterica of high finance though he cleverly uses good visual devices to suggest the shocking scope of Madoff s crimes 
3
Chasing Madoff
Walter V. Addiego
If you re wondering why so many people are cynical about Wall Street the government and the system in general Chasing Madoff tells you 
3
Chasing Madoff
Calvin Wilson
The film may leave some viewers even more confused about the Madoff affair than they were in the first place 
2
Chasing Madoff
Tirdad Derakhshani
Viewers get very little about Madoff himself While the film is primarily about Markopolos it makes little sense without much insight into his nemesis 
1.5
Chasing Madoff
Roger Ebert
Chasing Madoff is not a very good documentary but it s a very devastating one 
2.5
Chasing Madoff
Stephen Whitty
The film never proves that Madoff was in league with mobsters It doesn t even detail a single threat against Markopolos his family or his friends 
2.5
Chasing Madoff
Rene Rodriguez
The story is a fascinating one but Proserman doesn t trust it to carry the film 
2
Chasing Madoff
Lou Lumenick
Jazzes up its talking heads with some of the cheesiest re creations this side of E s Hollywood True Story 
1.5
Chasing Madoff
Linda Barnard
A story as compelling as any detective yarn with an arrogant bad guy who could have come right from Hollywood and a real life hero on his tail 
3.5
Chasing Madoff
Wesley Morris
The director is Jeff Prosserman and he appears to be auditioning for some other movie 
2
Chasing Madoff
Tom Meek
Overall the film offers little insight into Madoff his shenanigans or the financial collapse of 2008 
2
Chasing Madoff
Kam Williams
A fascinating account of an unassuming hero s harrowing ordeal during a decade long effort to bring the truth about Bernie Madoff to light 
4
Chasing Madoff
Nick Schager
Laying out the means by which Harry Markopolos exposed Bernie Madoff isn t enough for Jeff Prosserman who spends inordinate energy deifying Markopolos 
1.5
Sisters in Law
Liam Lacey
Grim but inspirational 
3
Sisters in Law
Peter Keough
A skilled moving and funny look at two woman judges pushing a progressive agenda in a Cameroon courthouse 
3
Sisters in Law
Rob Thomas
a larger reaffirmation of the powerful ideal of a lawful society one where every citizen retains basic rights that should never be taken away 
3
Sisters in Law
Jeff Shannon
The courtroom scenes have a lively immediacy matched by the fiery efficiency of Ngassa and Ntuba 
3
Sisters in Law
Erin Meister
Despite the lack of an especially defined narrative arc the people are what make the movie as they should in a tale like this 
2.5
Sisters in Law
G. Allen Johnson
This is a serious film but it is also entertaining 
4
Sisters in Law
Elizabeth Weitzman
Perhaps we need a sequel which would likely be as riveting as this inspirational introduction to two courageous pioneers 
3
Sisters in Law
Ken Fox
More gripping than anything on Court TV and unexpectedly uplifting 
3
Sisters in Law
Kyle Smith
The women are meant to make us think of Judge Judy but her daytime TV show is far better assembled than this movie in which there is neither complexity nor mystery to the depressing cases we witness 
1
Sisters in Law
Gene Seymour
Many might come away from it thinking its upbeat view of how justice is dispensed in a small town in Cameroon is too good to be true 
3.5
Sisters in Law
Ed Gonzalez
A film with inadequate research but one that makes a ferocious case capped with a hopeful closing statement 
2.5
Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy Of A Terrorist
Roger Moore
Stylistically it tends to overwhelm one with faces voices facts and names but a fascinating immersion into the making of a young radical and the harm he did 
2.5
Hidden in Plain Sight
V.A. Musetto
Anti Army propaganda rather than a balanced piece of reporting 
2
#Alive
Nick Allen
Alive hardly tries to do something new and leaves its few surprises to a loud jump scare here or a nifty zombie kill there 
2.5
#Alive
Roger Moore
Zombie film as comfort food predictable but just satisfying enough to come off 
2.5
Billionaire Boys Club
John Wirt
Billionaire Boys Club would fail even if Kevin Spacey s career hadn t crashed 
1.5
Billionaire Boys Club
Mick LaSalle
As Hunt s life unravels so does the movie though the story maintains a certain baseline of interest just by virtue of being sordid 
2
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Graham Killeen
The rare documentary that puts you in a headlock to pin you to your seat Gonzo The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson is a bracing masterpiece 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Jeff Vice
As informative as parts of it are the movie is not nearly as colorful as longtime Aspen Colo resident Thompson 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
John Beifuss
In the manner of such key Thompson works as Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 the movie links entertaining personal biography with fascinating cultural history 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Phil Villarreal
Far more insightful than typical rose colored glasses eulogizing the subjects are as brutally honest about Thompson s successes and shortcomings as Thompson was as a writer 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Peter Howell
Director Gibney assembles a wealth of Thompson memorabilia and first person interviews for this often insightful and sometimes overly indulgent chronicle 
2.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Lawrence Toppman
I was curious to see why we needed a two hour documentary about the three hit wonder who cast away his career halfway through life and coasted on celebrity status for 30 years After seeing Gonzo I m still not convinced we do 
2.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Stephen Cole
An amused and affectionate look at the writer who formed a crucial link between the New Journalism of the 1960s and today s blogosphere 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Kyle Smith
At its worst the film takes a long detour into Thompson s admiration for an utterly banal 1974 Carter speech The Powerful were sticking it to The People again as a way to make us feel virtuous political and leftish 
2.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Larry Ratliff
Thompson created a rebellious niche for himself in a business that more often than you might think channels its writers into conformist routine 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Chris Hewitt
If you really want to understand and appreciate Thompson you d be better off reading his books 
2
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Joe Leydon
Neatly balancing full hearted celebration with evenhanded examination 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Peter Canavese
May not be the definitive doc for which Thompson s fans may be hoping but it is a worthy contribution to the ongoing popular legend of a distinctive American personality 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Steven Rea
Gibney also wants to honor what it was that made Thompson a celebrity in the first place his brilliant blotto writing and his ability to smell out the liars and the hypocrites and expose them for the feral beasts that they were 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Roger Ebert
It is all you could wish for in a doc about the man But it leaves you wondering how was it that so many people liked this man who does not seem to have liked himself And what about the hangovers 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Wesley Morris
The documentary doubles as a jukebox of banality 
2.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Tasha Robinson
Accessible entertaining and hugely kinetic packed with memorable songs from Bob Dylan Jimi Hendrix and many more icons of Thompson s era 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Claudia Puig
Gonzo The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson is a mesmerizing look at the mythic quality and anarchic spirit of the irreverent and rabble rousing journalist 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a full throttle blast on multiply dizzying levels Gibney lets Hunter s spirit guide him almost hypnotically through the multifarious unhinged rhythms of the man s life and work 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Peter Travers
The good doctor is family around these parts so cheers to Alex Gibney for not screwing up this mesmerizing documentary about the people places and substances that altered the mind and battered heart of the Kentucky born inventor of gonzo journalism 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Over the course of its 118 minutes the film delves into enough uncomfortable tantalizing mix and match material that even Dr Gonzo might have approved 
3.5
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Fernando F. Croce
Its heady mix of excess and inquiry doesn t really take off until the reptiles overrunning the Casino Strip go from projections of a substance lubricated brain to manifestations of journalistic fury 
3
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Eric Melin
It is at once a celebration of a genre busting writer rabble rouser and an elegy for a time period when a freak like Thompson could get access to political leaders and actually affect some kind of radical change 
3
Bright
Brian Eggert
Bright is certainly an attractive prospect given the talent involved but Ayer s aggressive and ultramasculine perspective feels tired and perhaps outdated 
1.5
Bright
Sonny Bunch
Bright is an entertaining enough high concept feature with a few glaring holes that fans of its director cop corruption auteur David Ayer will likely enjoy 
2.5
Bright
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The world building is credible but the plot couldn t be any more stereotypical and predictable Full review in Spanish 
2
Bright
Richard Roeper
Bright is basically a tired buddy cop movie dressed up in bizarre trappings 
1.5
Bright
Brian Tallerico
An absolute mess 
1
Bright
David Fear
This is what it looks like when good ideas go bad A sequel naturally has already been greenlit Go orc yourself Hollywood 
1
Bright
Derek Smith
A welter of dissonant intentions the film fails to seamlessly intertwine its elements of realism and fantasy 
1
Bright
Mark Kennedy
That old Hollywood standby the venerable buddy cop movie may have met its anguished demise this holiday season Will Smith just killed it 
0
22 Bullets
Roger Moore
A straight up genre piece with a lot of blood a few passable shootouts a half decent chase a few whiz bang editing exercises jazzing up simple dialogue scenes and one great Jean Reno speech 
2.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Wesley Lovell
An adaptation of Eugene O Neill s legendary play results in a stage bound production lifted by grand performances including the delightful Katharine Hepburn 
3.5
Rage
Mattie Lucas
A ghost story for the 21st century a fine genre film with a truly original and surprising concept 
3
Rage
Rene Rodriguez
This may be the first film ever made about the seething rage of the disenfranchised that succeeds in lulling you to sleep 
2
Rage
Andrew Schenker
If you haven t got anything new to say at least find an interesting way to say it 
2
The Shape of Water
Brian Eggert
With a narrative that resonates in unexpected ways the film offers a showcase for the talents of its stunning ensemble cast especially Hawkins who embodies innocence without becoming a symbol or losing her humanity 
4
The Shape of Water
David Gonzalez
The Shape Of Water is another success for Del Toro 44 who has yet to received a Best Director nomination at the Academy Awards but looks to be on his way to his first 46 A film that should be looked at and appreciated for its beauty and message 46 
3.5
The Shape of Water
Matt Brunson
If The Shape of Water never quite breaks out of the confines of what s basically a tale as old as time it s still an artfully executed diversion further strengthened by an excellent central performance by Hawkins 
3
The Shape of Water
Mattie Lucas
A gentle and heartrending reminder that being different doesn t mean having to live a life alone 
3.5
The Shape of Water
Kimberley Elizabeth
The Shape of Water takes us both somewhere nostalgic and unfamiliar 
4
The Shape of Water
Federico Furzan
Del Toro changes romantic cinema history with his impression about love between different beings Tears will come Full review in Spanish 
4
The Shape of Water
Rosalie Kicks
I am head over heels in love with Guillermo del Toro s latest picture 
4
The Shape of Water
Robert Daniels
So while we know Elisa has humanity Del Toro has to plead his case for the fish man 
3.5
The Shape of Water
Pamela Powell
As an actress who utters not a single word Hawkins give a profound performance creating a breathtaking understanding of her longing to be loved 
4
The Shape of Water
Kevin A. Ranson
has the seriousness and innocence of A Monster Calls while indulging in an R rated adult fantasy romance an amazing line to walk and all the better for it 
4
The Shape of Water
Wesley Lovell
A captivating ode to monster movies past with a passionately inclusive message that units a group of others in their fight against the oppressive majority 
3.5
The Shape of Water
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The Shape of Water is a fascinating experience both in an emotional and an intellectual level and one of Guillermo del Toro s best movies Full review in Spanish 
4
The Shape of Water
Linda Cook
If I had more stars to give The Shape of Water you d see an entire constellation before you 
4
The Shape of Water
David Nusair
Guillermo del Toro s best movie in years 
3.5
The Shape of Water
Kam Williams
Certainly sufficiently engaging and visually captivating to recommend for open minded fans of the supernatural 
3
The Shape of Water
John Serba
It is at the same time many things that came before it and something altogether new To experience it is to love it 
4
The Shape of Water
Lisa Jensen
Del Toro s sheer joy of filmmaking is contagious from precision chase scenes and glimpses of period TV shows like Mr Ed and Dobie Gillis cannily chosen to inform the story to his gleeful homage to vintage Hollywood musicals 
4
Americanese
Walter Chaw
It s not the glacial pace that fatigues but a lack of connection with the characters 
2
Americanese
Roger Ebert
Director Eric Byler deals with characters who have lived their years learned from them and try to apply their values to their lives Their romances are not heedless but wary and involve a lot of negotiation 
3.5
Americanese
Erik Childress
Byler was just warming up with Charlotte Sometimes and somewhere deep down not only gets people but how filmmaking can translate to those who don t 
3.5
House!
Ian Mantgani
The techniques used to keep the film interesting are exactly what spoil the drama
2.5
The Medicine Show
Steve Rhodes
For those who have been up close and personal with cancer The Medicine Show offers comic relief in a setting that always rings true 
3
Still Breathing
Madeleine Williams
If you re in the mood for a pleasant little romantic comedy Still Breathing hits all the right notes Cynicism need not apply 
3
Still Breathing
Michael Dequina
Sweet moving and with an irresistible magic all its own 
3
Almost Famous
Wesley Lovell
A simple dialogue between William and Penny Lane easily sums up the film 46 He asks her 8220 Don 8217 t you have any regular friends 63 8221 She responds 8220 Famous people are just more interesting 46 8221 
3.5
Almost Famous
Peter Canavese
Cameron Crowe s magnum opus Paramount 4K HD blu ray review 
3.5
Almost Famous
Matt Brunson
Perhaps the most flat out entertaining movie of its year 
3.5
Almost Famous
David Nusair
a deliberate yet mostly compelling drama 
3
Almost Famous
Tom Meek
Romance rock and heartbreak ensue The incredible cast also includes Philip Seymour Hoffman 
3.5
Almost Famous
Nick Rogers
Whether disappointed or elated Cameron Crowe s observations are trenchant Instinct is the greatest asset as idols let you down That first gulp of passion in a profession can quench you for years Quite often bassists and drummers have little to say 
4
Almost Famous
Joe Lozito
Most of the film is a testament to Mr Crowe s impressive grasp of the music industry its relationships and its particular definition of cool and uncool 
3.5
Almost Famous
Betsy Bozdech
Crowe s passionate ode to the 70s and his own adolescence is by turns an uproarious comedy a poignant drama a heartbreaking love story and a lively musical 
3.5
Almost Famous
Steven Snyder
The acting is unforgettable 
4
Almost Famous
Judith Egerton
Cameron Crowe got it right with his autobiographical story about a teen age writer for Rolling Stone magazine 
3.5
Almost Famous
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Suffers from a strange fakeness 
2.5
Almost Famous
Susan Tavernetti
A pleasant meandering trip through the 1970s rock scene 
3
Almost Famous
Margaret A. McGurk
Everything about the movie testifies to its maker s passion to get it right 
4
Almost Famous
Jon Niccum
Almost Famous juggles so many themes that it s a credit to Crowe s vision as a writer that the movie keeps from bursting at its thematic seams 
4
Almost Famous
Jeffrey Westhoff
Restores poignancy originality and innocence to the coming of age film a genre that had lost them all around the time the CD replaced the LP 
3.5
Almost Famous
Collin Souter
I can count the number of movies on my left hand that made me feel the way this film did throughout its entire 120 minutes 
4
Almost Famous
Rick Groen
This is the celluloid version of a glossy magazine feature easily perused modestly entertaining the kind of piece designed to please the publisher by not taxing or offending the reader 
2.5
Almost Famous
Ian Mantgani
Charged with nostalgic poignancy and sweet character portrayals
3.5
Almost Famous
Ed Gonzalez
A nostalgia factory of popular music that is less a movie than it is a vehicle for baby boomer reminiscence 
2
Almost Famous
Jorge Avila Andrade
El amor y el dolor que acompaa a sus personajes hace de la cinta una de las mejores del ao y una experiencia verdaderamente inolvidable
3.5
Almost Famous
James Kendrick
More than anything else Almost Famous is about people who are constantly trying to fill the need to belong 
3.5
Almost Famous
Susan Stark
It s easy to connect with a story like Crowe s because it is a story rooted in the human comedy in truth 
4
Almost Famous
James Berardinelli
It offers the kind of top notch entertainment that has been sadly lacking in multiplexes this year 
3.5
Almost Famous
Robert Payne
The probably most important factor behind Almost Famous genius is the wealth of magical movie moments with which Cameron dots his labor of love 
3.5
Almost Famous
David Keyes
so well made so enticing and so intelligent that there comes a moment at the end when you want to break the silence with thunderous applause 
4
Almost Famous
David Sterritt
Veterans of the 1960s and 70s will find that Almost Famous captures both the raging excesses of that era and the keen eyed alertness that allowed some savvy youngsters to survive and even profit from the scene 
3
Almost Famous
Emily Blunt
An almost perfect film 
4
Almost Famous
Steve Rhodes
The music is great the concert footage is energetic and John Toll s cinematography is luscious A completely entertaining film 
3.5
Almost Famous
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The moral education that follows is fairly predictable but Crowe follows its contours with a sharp eye for detail and genuine sympathy for the pathos of some of the delusions involved 
2
Almost Famous
Roger Ebert
Oh what a lovely film I was almost hugging myself while I watched it 
4
Almost Famous
Michael Dequina
May be almost great but that s more than enough 
3.5
Almost Famous
David N. Butterworth
Everything you d expect from a Cameron Crowe movie and more 
3.5
Almost Famous
Dustin Putman
Perfectly cast from top to bottom with many fine performances shining through 
3.5
Almost Famous
Edward Guthmann
A sweet but curiously unfulfilling story 
2
The Spectacular Now
Barbara Sullivan
Plenty of movies about teens are released every summer but very few successfully capture what it is really like to be on the brink of adulthood The Spectacular Now is one of the few that does and it does it well spectacularly 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Kam Williams
Another whimsical romantic romp from the folks who brought you 500 Days of Summer 
3
The Spectacular Now
Mike McGranaghan
One of the best modern coming of age tales told with depth and more importantly wisdom 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
John Serba
The film s utter believability on all fronts is its greatest asset 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
John Beifuss
Unfortunately an odd paradox emerges The more we learn about Aimee the more she is presented in depth as a complicated character the more she is revealed to be in fact just a prop for Sutter s rehabilitation and redemption 
3
The Spectacular Now
Sean P. Means
Together Teller and Woodley have a chemistry that Hollywood would bottle if it could 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Matt Brunson
For most of its running time The Spectacular Now appears headed for 10 Best territory this year s equivalent of 2012 s The Perks of Being a Wallflower But a late inning incident leads to a curiously rushed final act 
3
The Spectacular Now
David Nusair
Teller and Woodley infuse their respective characters with an easy authenticity that proves impossible to resist 
3
The Spectacular Now
Bob Bloom
Unlike other teen movies director James Ponsoldt has molded characters that seem real they are not exceptionally sculpted or beautiful He gets his young actors to believably express the confusion and insecurities that are prevalent among teenagers 
4
The Spectacular Now
Carla Meyer
Teller and director Ponsoldt have crafted a character who only grows more sympathetic as the complications below his sunny exterior are revealed 
4
The Spectacular Now
Rob Thomas
I think the fact that these lovers are teenagers is a bit of a distraction This is a relationship every bit as exhilarating and thorny as any adult relationship we ll see on a movie screen 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Rene Rodriguez
This adaptation of Tim Tharp s novel directed with delicate restraint by James Ponsoldt sneaks up on you It makes you laugh then it breaks your heart 
3
The Spectacular Now
David Frese
It s less like watching a movie and more like eavesdropping on what goes on between a boyfriend and a girlfriend when parents aren t around 
3
The Spectacular Now
Duane Dudek
Our expectations have been dulled by countless conventional narratives whose devices Ponsoldt fulfills and subverts in ways that turn loss and disillusionment into hope and redemption without resorting to stereotype or cliché 
3
The Spectacular Now
Joe Williams
This coming of age movie should appeal to smart sensitive young people who haven t been exposed to the better examples of the genre 
2.5
The Spectacular Now
Lisa Kennedy
So many films featuring teens seem overstimulated or familiar This one strikes a deep rich note and holds it 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Liam Lacey
By the end of The Spectacular Now you re not quite ready to let these characters go 
3
The Spectacular Now
Moira MacDonald
James Ponsoldt s The Spectacular Now hits on something few movies do an honest believable depiction of teenagers in love and out 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Ty Burr
A cleareyed disarmingly tender teenage romance that bears comparison with the best of its genre both old Say Anything and new The Perks of Being a Wallflower 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Chris Hewitt
Even if it feels like the events of the film let Sutter and Aimee down they remain people we root for until the very end 
2.5
The Spectacular Now
Steven Rea
The Spectacular Now captures the exhilaration and confusion longing and dread of young romance with raw honesty and insight Nothing rings false nothing feels cute 
3
The Spectacular Now
Peter Canavese
A mature film about immature people tenderly performed by its young leads and skillfully adapted by 500 Days of Summer screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber from Tim Tharp s YA novel 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Linda Barnard
It s rare hybrid a movie that can find an audience among both adults and teens 
3
The Spectacular Now
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie looks like any number of party time high school movies but burrows much deeper into its characters and situations leaving a satisfyingly complex portrait of a guy you might actually know 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Mark Dujsik
The Spectacular Now is a wonderful drama about damaged people and the cyclical nature of emotional injury 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Dustin Putman
Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley are one of the most appealing onscreen couples in recent memory 
3
The Spectacular Now
Stephanie Merry
The movie captures the raw excitement and heartbreak of adolescence so completely that it manages to replace a seen it all jaded heart with the butterflies that accompany fresh experiences 
3
The Spectacular Now
Mick LaSalle
Fairly close to great a lovely movie about young people that is in no way a formula picture Original truthful and moving It s not about the phenomenon of being young but about the particular characters who are as specific and vivid as actual people 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Michael Phillips
Woodley is genuinely wonderful in it And Teller s right behind her 
3
The Spectacular Now
Matt Pais
Teller and Woodley are phenomenal My heart was floating through The Spectacular Now and you know what they say about what goes up 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Josh Larsen
a remarkably precise portrait of a certain sort of high schooler 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Nathan Southern
The film eventually begins to work against itself and erodes the goodwill that it had earned 
2
The Spectacular Now
James Berardinelli
The two leads Miles Teller s Sutter Keely and Shailene Woodley s Aimee Finicky are so well drawn and believably portrayed that it s impossible not to accept them as real 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Roger Ebert
Here is a lovely film about two high school seniors who look speak and feel like real 18 year old middle American human beings Do you have any idea how rare that is 
4
The Spectacular Now
Kyle Smith
The fast talking but increasingly insufferable Teller displays little ability to modulate his performance as the movie gradually turns darker and darker 
1.5
The Spectacular Now
Robert Levin
The sojourn into John Hughes territory distracts from the film s real story which centers on a young alcoholic hurtling toward the abyss 
2.5
The Spectacular Now
Claudia Puig
A wryly funny compassionate and wise portrait of teens on the cusp of adulthood 
4
The Spectacular Now
Peter Travers
James Ponsoldt s funny and touching coming of age tale covers old ground with disarming freshness By taking it slow The Spectacular Now takes a piece out of you 
3
The Spectacular Now
Jocelyn Noveck
A pure gem of a teen romance graced with sparkling acting by its young leads Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley as high school seniors falling awkwardly in love 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Kent Turner
The director s attention to well rounded non stereotypical characterization is spread evenly throughout the ensemble 
3
The Spectacular Now
Roger Moore
Honest Real One of the best pictures of the year 
3.5
The Spectacular Now
Andrew Schenker
Given the film s early promise it s unfortunate how it turns into a largely reductive Freudian character piece in which the main character has to come to terms with his old man 
2.5
The Spectacular Now
Erik Childress
The Spectacular Now does not come close to earning that certain kind of isolation that teenagers feel certainly never coming close to equaling the year in Charlie s Wallflower existence 
2
Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth
Richard Roeper
Director producers Martin Dunn and Marie McGovern know a good story and how to tell it 
3
Filth and Wisdom
Peter Howell
Does anyone remember when Madonna was considered shocking 
1.5
Filth and Wisdom
Liam Lacey
At 84 minutes the movie feels both overpadded and underdeveloped 
1
Filth and Wisdom
Austin Kennedy
At 83 minutes it s tedious pretentious and just plain boring I kept waiting for something to happen but nothing does 
.5
Filth and Wisdom
Ruthe Stein
Nothing in this cynical bit of claptrap feels remotely real 
1
Filth and Wisdom
Ty Burr
Madonna has made a career out of toying with image and ego but this is a vanity project in the smallest sense possible 
1.5
Filth and Wisdom
Michael Phillips
Madonna shoots it all like a home movie made by someone who has been on the other side of the camera so often doing music videos reality no longer feels remotely real 
1.5
Filth and Wisdom
Steven Rea
Impossibly arty and at times narratively incoherent Filth and Wisdom still has its goofy charms 
2.5
Filth and Wisdom
Rossiter Drake
Taken as an argument for better living through hedonism Filth and Wisdom is unconvincing In the end it begs the question posed by a pop sensation of a different era Is that all there is 
1.5
Filth and Wisdom
Roger Ebert
This is a very deeply non caring movie I liked Hutz when he sang I imagine Gene Shalit ate his heart out when he saw Hutz s moustache 
2
Filth and Wisdom
Claudia Puig
Filth and Wisdom is pretentious and structurally flawed never truly coming together as a coherent work 
2
Filth and Wisdom
Lou Lumenick
Thoroughly inept in just about every aspect 
0
Filth and Wisdom
Ed Gonzalez
Scraggly and aimless a little cartoonish but highly personable 
2.5
The Changeling
Matt Brunson
Like many a fine film its stature only grows over the years 
3.5
The Changeling
Tom Meek
Scott with all his gristle and growl carries Medak s ambiance driven with his usual swagger and real life wife Trish Van Devere plays a member of the historical society with keys to the mansion s past 
2.5
The Changeling
Roger Ebert
If it only took craftsmanship to make a haunted house movie The Changeling would be a great one 
2.5
The Changeling
David Nusair
a well told ghost story 
3
Palio
Chris Knight
Palio is an exciting documentary though I d have liked it more if it had paid some attention to those who have levelled charges of animal cruelty against the race If it stops short of being a tourist promotion it s only by a nose 
3
Palio
Kate Taylor
A fascinating documentary 
3
Helvetica
Jeff Shannon
Helvetica is one of those rare films in which the exploration of a specific topic leads to expanding horizons of perception 
3.5
Helvetica
Maitland McDonagh
Though their interest sometime borders on obsessive director Hustwit s stellar roster of experts parse Helvetica s origins and implications with engaging passion and striking articulateness 
3
Helvetica
Ed Gonzalez
Helvetica makes a game attempt to understand how typefaces have been applied to contemporary modes of information and how battle lines have been drawn about their usage 
2.5
Helvetica
J. R. Jones
The computer revolution may have democratized graphic design letting anyone decorate his own desktop or MySpace page but a certain amount of conformity is necessary for society to function 
3
Helvetica
Bill Stamets
A splendid documentary about one typeface designed in 1957 in Switzerland 
3.5
Helvetica
Michael Phillips
By rounding up a great group of eloquent obsessives eager to explain their feelings about a font Hustwit has come up with 80 unexpectedly blissful minutes 
4
Chained for Life
John Beifuss
The film works as both an affectionate movie industry comedy with references to Franju and Freaks and as a provocative inquiry into the parameters of onscreen representation 
3.5
Chained for Life
Lisa Trifone
He s crafted something wholly unique as it navigates the serious and meaningful as deftly as it does the darkly funny and creepy 
3
Chained for Life
Rosalie Kicks
The movie within a movie concept is used effectively to examine our social farsightedness Add this flick to your watch list 
3
Chained for Life
Robert Horton
Pearson radiates personality and humor and his presence lifts the movie into interesting territory 
3
Chained for Life
Sheila O'Malley
A meaningful moving and often quite funny interrogation of beauty in the movies 
4
Chained for Life
Roger Moore
An instant cult film one that demands repeated viewing 
3
The Blood of Heroes
James O'Ehley
There is much worse sci fi stuff gathering dust on your video shelves but that is really no recommendation at all 
1.5
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Michael Dequina
Despite a number of corny moments the film is an enjoyable and exciting celebration of a memorable life and career 
3
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Roger Ebert
It is invariably ominous in any biopic if toward the end of the running time the hero complains of a headache 
2.5
Way Off Broadway
Jeff Vice
Looks and sounds very much like a sitcom 
1.5
Way Off Broadway
Sean P. Means
America s appetite for these yuppie filled tales has worn down but not soon enough to stop this collection of self absorbed twentysomethings 
1
Way Off Broadway
Phoebe Flowers
Despite the fact that it never seems particularly fresh Way Off Broadway is consistently funny 
2.5
Live for Life
Roger Ebert
Live for Life has all of the faults of A Man and a Women and none of the virtues and is an ugly and corrupt film which pretends to be beautiful and ethical 
1.5
Flag Wars
Ty Burr
Too cinema verite to provide the context viewers need and too focused on a few colorful individuals at the expense of the larger communities 
2
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Joshua Kosman
It s a fascinating story and well told 
3
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Steven Rea
Genius Within presents an artist who was yes eccentric the gloves the overcoat the hypochondria but also visionary curious unpredictable and funny 
3.5
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Michael O'Sullivan
Gould remains something of a riddle wrapped in an enigma But it s the questions that hang in the air and not the biographical details that the film lays out that make it so hard to take your eyes and your ears off him 
3
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Paul de Barros
In the end though the film is a trifle dull one does come away with a sense of Gould as a human being 
2.5
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Chris Hewitt
I definitely left the movie feeling I had learned things about Gould I didn t know But I also thought he had to have been a much more distinctive person than the movie made him seem 
2.5
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Claude Peck
Those who believe the private life of the artist is best left in the background may not appreciate all the candid interviews with former friends and lovers Those seeking a fuller view of Gould s life and music making will be spellbound 
3
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Eric Henderson
Ultimately Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont s portrait of Gould is bloodless and conservative in execution 
2
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Bill Chambers
That clunky arrogant title has a reach exceeding the filmmakers grasp on the sphinxlike title figure 
2
Blood: The Last Vampire
David Keyes
in the wake of an astounding battle scene that literally sweeps the breath out of its viewers the end credits begin to roll and we re left wondering that s it 
3
Blood: The Last Vampire
Marty Mapes
Blood The Last Vampire which clocks in at under 60 minutes is not only watchable it s not half bad 
2.5
Mala Mala
Kyle Turner
Mala Mala is infinitely interesting in its consideration of the power dynamics between the viewer and the subject in a less common type of gaze 
3.5
Mala Mala
Diego Semerene
The filmmakers aren t really interested in the space between what these women say and what they mean 
2
Good Kisser
Roger Moore
Soap opera acting soapy scenario soap bubbly dialogue 
1.5
Rosaline
Mike Scott
The farcical lt i gt Rosaline lt 47 i gt is by no stretch of the imagination a lean in film 46 Rather 44 it strives to be a sit back and smile charmer 46 For the most part 44 it succeeds 46 10 10 
3
Rosaline
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s all disappointingly standard issue stuff for the rom com genre 44 and needed more of a dose of sweet sorrow 46 
2.5
Rosaline
Pamela Powell
To make Shakespeare fun and fresh is no easy feat 44 but that can 8217 t happen without Dever 44 and she rises to the task with ease 46 
3.5
Rosaline
Kevin Carr
Kaitlyn Dever holds together this whimsical tale that often threatens it collapse under cliche but manages to survive to tell a cute 44 fun tale 46 
2
Rosaline
Joey Magidson
Rosaline is a lively reimagining with another star turn from Kaitlyn Dever 46 
3
Rosaline
Peyton Robinson
It allows itself to have fun 44 but it doesn 8217 t accomplish much else 46 
2
Rosaline
Mike McGranaghan
You know that thing where a movie is fine 44 but the performance from the lead actor or actress is something really special 63 That apos s Rosaline 46 
3
Rosaline
Rob Thomas
While I won 8217 t say that parting is such sweet sorrow 44 I was a little bummed when it was over 46 
3
Rosaline
Mark Dujsik
It apos s too bad the filmmakers aren apos t as convincing in giving the character her own 44 unique story through which to maneuver 46 
2
Rosaline
Phil Villarreal
Makes for a light 44 entertaining Hulu and chill evening in Verona 46 
3
Rosaline
Roger Moore
Watchable 44 reasonably well cast and handsomely mounted 44 the three letters that come to mind most often in describing 8220 Rosaline 8221 are 8220 ish 46 8221 10 It 8217 s funny ish 46 Charming ish 46 Clever ish 46 And it ends with a flourish that almost saves it 46 10 
2
The Tale
Joey Magidson
Dern has never been better than she is here in this film It s a stunning achievement made all the more powerful by the fact that she s interpreting the filmmaker s worst moments in life 
3.5
The Tale
Christopher James
The Tale deeply understands and conveys the emotional cartwheels the mind does to victims as they reframe their narrative 
4
The Tale
Robert Daniels
For Fox and for all of us The Tale is a spot in time worth finding 
3
The Tale
Richard Roeper
In a performance that ranks among the best I ve seen in any film theatrical or otherwise this decade Laura Dern essentially stands in for Fox a beautifully nuanced portrayal of a smart accomplished independent woman 
4
The Tale
Sheila O'Malley
The film is one long interrogation not only from Jennifer the character s standpoint but from a directorial standpoint 
3
The Violent Heart
Steven Prokopy
The Violent Heart comes so close to being substantial and great that it s almost worse when it makes a hard left into its revelations 
2.5
The Violent Heart
Richard Roeper
our emotional investment in these often thinly drawn characters has plummeted like GameStop stock 
2
The Violent Heart
Matt Zoller Seitz
The problem with The Violent Heart isn t that it goes too far it s that it doesn t go far enough 
2
The Violent Heart
Roger Moore
If the climax seems wanting perhaps one twist too many it still doesn t spoil the mystery we see unfold and the solutions we have time to consider
2.5
The Violent Heart
Leo Brady
The Violent Heart is a solid drama Hopefully it at least finds a place into the hearts and eyes of the hardcore romantics 
2.5
The Violent Heart
Mick LaSalle
This is what they call a mixed review and yet if you think of The Violent Heart not as a movie but as a calling card it s promising 
2.5
12 Days
Diego Semerene
With a tender and respectful gaze the documentary sheds light on the relationship between the French state and the mentally ill 
3
Men Go to Battle
Roger Moore
This deadpan dramedy plays now as what it was destined to become a one off stab at doing something different by a director co writer trying and failing to make his big break 
2
Men Go to Battle
Godfrey Cheshire
The acting here like too much of the film ends up registering as unfortunately amateurish 
1.5
Men Go to Battle
Carson Lund
It s too texturally exacting in its recreation of a transitory moment in U S history to register as a failure 
2
Men Go to Battle
Tom Keogh
It s an intriguing yet dissatisfying curiosity 
2.5
Common Wealth
Ed Gonzalez
Iglesia updates the persecution complex and Holocaust allegory of Polanski s The Tenant as a nerd empowerment ritual 
3
Keepin' the Faith: My Baby's Gettin' Married!
Kam Williams
If Keepin the Faith includes keeping the Ten Commandments especially the one about Thou shalt not steal then director Marcello Thedford is going to have to answer to a higher authority for this blatant blasphemous rip off Repent 
1
The Good German
Namrata Joshi
There s a certain distance with which you view the characters the involvement is not such that they stay with you after the film 
2
The Good German
Mike McGranaghan
While admirable as an example of directorial innovation and homage The Good German fails to connect on a basic emotional level 
2
The Good German
Phil Villarreal
It s The Good German but not The Great German 
3
The Good German
Daniel M. Kimmel
Modern sensibilities crash against period style 
2
The Good German
Matt Brunson
There s not much beyond self conscious mise en scènes and a lead actor who isn t mysterious or magnetic as much as he s simply aloof 
2
The Good German
John Beifuss
A cold movie that sacrifices so called heart to achieve a primarily technical effect an appropriate strategy for a story about death camp inmates enslaved to produce rockets for the Nazis 
3
The Good German
Thomas Delapa
Achtung Can you say It s Berlin Jake in German 
1.5
The Good German
Duane Dudek
The result is a harshly lighted high contrast monochrome that illuminates the war torn rubble with grace and poetry while allowing motives to stay hidden in the shadows 
3
The Good German
Amy Biancolli
There s a line between homage and mimicry and Soderbergh has crossed it 
2.5
The Good German
Jeff Vice
You might be tempted to classify it as an interesting failure but all the crudities and the snail s pace make it hard to get through 
2
The Good German
Michael Booth
We get no heroes not even flawed ones Clooney our marquee man chases through numbing plot contortions only because of his lust for Lena By the time The Good German ended I had barely a clue if the good ones had lived or died 
2
The Jazz Singer
Jordan Hiller
The Jazz Singer maintains its landmark status in the evolution of cinema and the arts for nothing more than doing something that had already been done before but simply on a grander scale 
1
The Jazz Singer
Scott Nash
Apart from the novelty of the few scenes with sound and the opportunity to see the most popular entertainer of his age this movie is just your average melodrama 
2.5
Blood on the Mountain
Alan Zilberman
Blood on the Mountain is unapologetic about its one sided viewpoint the lawyers academics and miners interviewed are all pro union There may be good reason 
3
Blood on the Mountain
Nick Allen
A project that many history documentaries should aspire to Blood on the Mountain has much to think about learn from and never forget 
4
Shaolin
V.A. Musetto
More action less talk should be the order of the day but it isn t 
2
Shaolin
Burl Burlingame
This is not a subtle film and certainly not a great one but it s made with bubbling brio and it s spectacular to look at It s action filmmaking of the highest order 
2.5
Shaolin
Andrew Schenker
Benny Chan s kung fu film Shaolin both benefits from and is ultimately defeated by its own epic ambitions 
2
Forty Years From Yesterday
John Beifuss
Small and affecting a chamber piece of quiet grief 
3
D.A.R.Y.L.
Gene Siskel
To be sure we re not talking about a bad movie just one that could have been so much better 
2.5
D.A.R.Y.L.
Walter Chaw
The main problem with this thing besides the direction and the writing and oh what the heck the special effects the acting and the score 
0.5
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
Moira MacDonald
Restless Creature isn t a mere celebration of a great artist it s a moving portrait of what happens when that artist confronts the possibility of not being able to make that art any more 
3.5
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
Michael O'Sullivan
What little dancing we do see is lovely to watch but it s also lovely to see a performer who once seemed to have an iron grip on the barre finally learn how to be gracious and let go 
2.5
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
Claudia Bauer
Compelling and beautifully crafted 
4
Destination Planet Negro
Christian Toto
Planet Negro scores some satirical bullseyes when it s not comparing conservatives to Hitler 
2.5
Destination Planet Negro
Kam Williams
Highly recommended provided you re in the mood for a campy low budget sci fi whose cheesy special effects are more than offset by a profusion of insightful social statements 
4
Final Analysis
Vincent Canby
The movie attempts to top each of its revelations with still another until reason bends and interest flags 
2
Final Analysis
Chris Hicks
The film s worst elements come from the filmmakers To say they ve seen too many Hitchcock films is to understate 
2
Final Analysis
Roger Ebert
Most audiences are likely to emerge dazed and a little goofy convinced they ve seen a humdinger but unable to quite describe it 
2.5
Lawless Heart
Emily Russin
A guy s flick whose charms are many and faults are few 
3
Lawless Heart
Marta Barber
A modern and mature story about love and loving a film as intelligent as it is charming 
3.5
Lawless Heart
George Varga
Like so many British movies it seems made for actors who make what they humanly can of it their expertise meshing 
2.5
Lawless Heart
Robert K. Elder
Lawless Heart is so well crafted so original that each overlapping scene swells with new life and interpretation 
3.5
Lawless Heart
Laura Kelly
Never shouts out its emotional explorations Instead it employs a soft secure voice and the viewer is lulled even more by the authentic unadorned performances of a strong ensemble 
3
Lawless Heart
Jeff Vice
There is a real honesty to this British comedy drama that is appealing and which also makes its soap opera plot a bit easier to swallow 
3
Lawless Heart
Sean P. Means
Complex but never confusing thanks to the three act structure which replays the same moments from different perspectives 
3
Lawless Heart
Phil Villarreal
The humor is hit and miss and your laughter ratio will depend on your affinity for subtle dry British wit 
3
Lawless Heart
Mick LaSalle
As it stands Tim s story rescues the movie but barely 
2
Lawless Heart
Rick Groen
It thins out until the repetitive format begins to seem well repetitive 
2.5
Lawless Heart
Glenn Lovell
It s dedicated to a fuller understanding of the human condition a deeper appreciation of everything we take for granted in even the messiest melodramas 
4
Lawless Heart
Roger Ebert
The characters are full bodied and authentic capable of surprising themselves and their dialogue is written with a good ear for how smart people try to be truthful and secretive at the same time 
3
Lawless Heart
Steve Rhodes
It s frustrating because it is so well made and acted but can never find much of anything to say 
2.5
Lawless Heart
Ty Burr
What seems like a politely repressed British drama on first viewing becomes deeper more eloquent and more piercing the more it expands in your mind s eye About three days after you see it the movie pops into three dimensional profundity 
3.5
Lawless Heart
Steven Rea
This low key affair is graced with fine performances and a decidedly grown up view of the world 
3
Lawless Heart
V.A. Musetto
It takes a while to get used to the fractured narrative but once done it is easy to put your mind on autopilot and go with the offbeat characters and events 
2.5
Lawless Heart
Ian Mantgani
Would perhaps make a watchable pilot for a drama series As a feature film it s dull 
2
Hart's War
Margaret A. McGurk
As old fashioned as it can get a throwback to cinema s Golden Age and a tribute to the flawed guilty human beings we call heroes 
3.5
Hart's War
Mark Dujsik
A compact story told with focus and assurance 
3
Hart's War
Ian Mantgani
A serious and absorbing drama with the old fashioned notion of telling a story and taking the necessary time to do so 
3
Hart's War
Robert Roten
This is a well written well acted and well constructed film Not a classic but a worthy entry into the POW genre 
3
Hart's War
Michael Dequina
The sight of the name Bruce Willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture but the film has a lot more on its mind maybe too much 
2.5
Hart's War
James Kendrick
an odd mish mash pursuing different ends at different times until by the end of the film we re not sure what it was about or how we should feel about what it s saying
2.5
Hart's War
Dustin Putman
Worse than just uneven it leaves you not caring in the least about what is essentially an important part of history 
1
Hart's War
Joe Leydon
A solid and satisfying World War II drama that cleverly commingles the conventions of POW camp adventures and military courtroom whodunits 
3
Hart's War
Sean P. Means
Director Gregory Hoblit seems to be trying to remake all of Stanley Kramer s message pictures in one movie 
2
Hart's War
Tony Toscano
A gripping and poignant movie about honor duty and loss of innocence 
3.5
Hart's War
Mike Clark
An earnest racial issues picture that might have gotten respectful critical praise in a different era say the 60s 
2
Hart's War
Chris Hewitt
A smart complex drama 
3
Hart's War
Peter Howell
As an actor s showcase Hart s War has much to recommend it even if the top billed Willis is not the most impressive player As a story of dramatic enlightenment the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired 
2
Hart's War
Moira MacDonald
S turdy if uninspired 
3
Hart's War
Carla Meyer
Hart s War contains a fatal structural flaw A racially charged court martial that takes up half the picture turns out to be a just a cover 
2
Hart's War
David Elliott
Handsomely shot by Alar Kivilo for rough textures under leaden skies this is one of those unusual films that can be macho yet not mindless 
2.5
Hart's War
Joe Baltake
The movie itself is far from disappointing offering an original take on courtroom movies a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first rate performance by top billed star Bruce Willis 
3
Hart's War
Gene Seymour
a sluggish courtroom potboiler about racism murder and due process 
1
Hart's War
Carrie Rickey
The cinematic equivalent of three dimensional chess 
3
Hart's War
Jonathan Foreman
Initially gripping eventually cloying POW drama 
2.5
Hart's War
Rene Rodriguez
Unlike A Soldier s Story which tackled the same theme within the confines of an engrossing unpredictable story too much of Hart s War feels like finger wagging 
2
Hart's War
Liam Lacey
Hart s War in trying to please everyone delivers a doubly exasperating blend of liberal and conservative pandering both a self congratulatory acknowledgment of historical racism and an affirmation that American patriotism excuses all sins 
2
Hart's War
Bill Pearis
a run of the mill courtroom drama that John Grisham could have tossed off between endorsing royalty checks 
2
Hart's War
Roger Ebert
The movie worked for me right up to the final scene and then it caved in 
3
Hart's War
Jeff Vice
A fter a pretty decent first hour Hart s War becomes increasingly ludicrous culminating with a cornball finale that will either leave you scratching your head or shaking it in disgust 
2
Hart's War
Marty Mapes
Can good filmmaking make up for a scattered script 
2.5
Hart's War
Erik Childress
Opens as promising as any war adventure film you ll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama better suited for a movie titled Glory A Soldier s Story 
1.5
Hart's War
Glenn Lovell
S olid old fashioned entertainment in which everything is much larger than life and the plot elements slide into place with clockwork precision 
3
Hart's War
Walter Chaw
If you think of the film at all after the lights come up best not to contemplate the plot which is littered with holes like P 51 rocket craters 
2.5
Hart's War
Tor Thorsen
If you can ignore Willis vanity Hart s War is worthwhile matinee or cable viewing If you can t then this is one tour of duty you shouldn t sign up for 
2.5
Hart's War
Kevin John Bozelka
E ventually every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism 
2.5
Hart's War
Terry Lawson
If suiting up for Hart s War hardly constitutes patriotic duty it s not a bad place to bivouac 
3
Hart's War
Lawrence Toppman
P roves filmmakers can still mine this genre for a streak of precious metal 
3
Hart's War
Ross Anthony
powerfully captivating first twenty minutes but from there meanders searches under barrack bunks and into hollowed out trim wood for a unified direction 
2
Hart's War
Todd Anthony
War may be hell but Hart s War is more like chess 
3
Hart's War
Michael Wilmington
Katzenbach s book collapses into phoniness at the end and the movie which alters that ending is even phonier 
2.5
Hart's War
Harvey S. Karten
That the Nazi commandment allows American POWs to conduct a court martial of another American POW makes this original and entertaining 
3
Hart's War
Rob Blackwelder
breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not so stock characters 
3
Hart's War
Jeanne Aufmuth
A study in shades of gray offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers 
3
Hart's War
James Berardinelli
This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences and it s all the stronger because of it 
3
Hart's War
Steve Rhodes
The well timed message of the movie about the meaning of honor is certainly one that resonates 
3
Hart's War
Ed Gonzalez
The only thing missing is Roberto Benigni doing his best Sammy Davis Jr impersonation Here comes the judge 
1.5
Clean, Shaven
Roger Ebert
It is a harrowing exhausting painful film and a very good one a film that will not appeal to most filmgoers but will be valued by anyone with a serious interest in schizophrenia or for that matter in film 
3.5
Jeepers Creepers 3
David Nusair
The Jeepers Creepers saga comes to a close with this hopelessly ineffective and thoroughly tedious entry 46 46 46 
1
Jingle Bell Rocks!
John Beifuss
The Christmas morning thrill of discovery is appropriately evoked in this warm and spirited if scattershot documentary 
3
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Nathalie Atkinson
The best selling singles in America have been Christmas songs and Kezin s look at the b side the business of Xmas is entertaining 
3
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Liam Lacey
As contrived and endearing as the Christmas songs it celebrates 
3
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Linda Barnard
A rambling tour of Yuletide frivolity that comes from a very serious and personal place for the writer director 
2.5
Accidents Happen
Gavin Bond
The main appeal of this modest and rambling slice of life is writer Brian Carbee TM s delicious dialogue which provides Davis with a string of amusing and acidic verbal put downs 
3
Accidents Happen
Margaret Pomeranz
I think this is an extraordinary film it s like no other I can think of in this country s history 
4
The Breakfast Club
Matt Brunson
The late John Hughes finest hour he didn t have many despite a prolific output The Breakfast Club was the best of the so called Brat Pack features as well as a seminal film for many who came of age in the 1980s 
3.5
The Breakfast Club
Federico Furzan
It s an exceptional film that has not suffered damage over the years It feels as fresh as it felt decades ago Full review in Spanish 
4
The Breakfast Club
David Nusair
impressively and consistently engrossing 
4
The Breakfast Club
James Kendrick
Hughes s poignant sometimes funny and always thoughtful drama didn t so much revolutionize the teen movie as it mined the genre for long ignored potential
3.5
The Breakfast Club
Kathleen Carroll
Hughes has a wonderful knack for communicating the feelings of teenagers as well as an obvious rapport with his exceptional cast who deserve top grades 
3
The Breakfast Club
Joseph Gelmis
Nothing really changes You hear nothing you haven t heard before But you know that for them it is happening for the first time and they deserve compassion I m not sure that s a good enough reason to see The Breakfast Club 
2
The Breakfast Club
Rafer Guzman
Rarely have on screen teens felt this authentic They bluster bicker and trade horrible insults whence the film s R rating then suddenly expose their most guarded feelings 
4
The Breakfast Club
Josh Larsen
doesn t just remember or understand what it s like to be a teenager The Breakfast Club embodies the experience 
3.5
The Breakfast Club
Roger Ebert
The Breakfast Club doesn t need earthshaking revelations it s about kids who grow willing to talk to one another and it has a surprisingly good ear for the way they speak 
3
The Breakfast Club
James Berardinelli
In The Breakfast Club Hughes has created a surprisingly enduring motion picture that is still effective 13 years after its theatrical debut 
3
American Grindhouse
Matt Brunson
Highly recommended viewing not only for grindhouse fans but for anyone with an interest in film history 
3
American Grindhouse
Chuck Bowen
American Grindhouse seems to miss the irony of what the recent proliferation of faux exploitation films actually partially represents 
2
Man-Thing
David Nusair
This is easily the worst comic book movie ever made and no I haven t forgotten about the original Punisher adaptation 
1
Hostel Part III
David Nusair
A disappointingly underwhelming sequel 
2
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Roger Ebert
I had heard the music before What the film gave me was an opportunity to see Thelonious Monk creating some of it and just as importantly an opportunity to see how those who knew him loved him 
3.5
The Grey Fox
Luke Parker
It s an adventure as bountiful as any set in a world where appreciation and innovation left the Wild West behind but allowed its sentiments to linger a little while longer 
4
The Grey Fox
Michael Phillips
As drama the story is genteel to a fault with nothing provocative or troubling to disturb our enjoyment of the scenery This limits the achievement And yet it casts a spell 
3.5
The Grey Fox
James Kendrick
a painterly marvel the kind of film that presents visual poetry in a way that feels utterly natural rather than compulsorily artistic 
3.5
The Grey Fox
Peter Canavese
A you can t make this up crime drama powered by Richard Farnsworth s iconic performance as an aging gentleman bandit 
3.5
The Grey Fox
Roger Moore
Grand in scope and intimate in feel so beautifully shot and edited as to make you miss celluloid 
3
The Grey Fox
Roger Ebert
Here s one of the loveliest adventures of the year a movie about a stubborn indomitable character who robs people because that s what he knows best 
3.5
Vera Cruz
Matt Brunson
There are no surprises in Cooper s typically solid performance but Lancaster s wily work keeps audiences guessing as to whether he ll ultimately prove to be an anti hero or an out and out villain 
3
Broken English
Sean P. Means
Zoe Cassavetes lets Nora s complicated emotional story play out and she finds in Posey a strong collaborator in catching all of Nora s tics and charms 
3
Broken English
Mike Clark
An absorbing portrait of New Zealand s ill blended melting pot 
3.5
Broken English
Roger Ebert
The situation is not original but the setting makes it seem so and the director and co writer Gregor Nicholas is alert to nuances of the characters 
3
Wonderland
Michael Dequina
Winterbottom and his cast make the characters individual journeys involving and rewarding 
3
Wonderland
Betsy Bozdech
Forget Bridget Jones If you re interested in some Brits with truly complicated emotional lives look no further than Michael Winterbottom s Wonderland 
3
Wonderland
John Beifuss
The oh wow irony of the street name seems to be the prime rationale for Wonderland 
1.5
Wonderland
Liam Lacey
Wonderland is well crafted from the editing to the acting but it often feels like a television pilot for a calculatedly hip soap opera 
3
Wonderland
Margaret A. McGurk
Wonderland is a modest tale but one that leaves a lingering sense of sweet hope in its wake 
3
Wonderland
Elias Savada
It s a wonderful feature debut script by Laurence Coriat inspired by Robert Altman s Short Cuts and with a less sprawling nod to Magnolia 
3
Wonderland
David N. Butterworth
Nobody does quiet despair quite like the British 
2.5
Wonderland
Jonathan Foreman
One of those rare films in which everything comes together 
1.5
Wonderland
James Berardinelli
A compelling and rewarding experience 
3
Wonderland
Roger Ebert
Movies like Wonderland invite me into the screen with them 
3
Wonderland
Tor Thorsen
This small scale saga is blessed with talented players 
3
Wonderland
Mick LaSalle
In the meantime Wonderland is a worthy entry in the three sisters tradition 
3
Man Who Loved Haugesund
Steve Rhodes
Fascinating film documentary about Moritz Rabinowitz who was the highest profile Jew in Norway when the Nazis invaded the country in 1940 
3
Mr. Mom
Matt Brunson
Mr Mom rarely rises above the level of a polished TV sitcom and the notion of a stay at home dad treated here as The Craziest Idea Ever had already taken root by 1983 Still it s hard to resist Keaton in this seemingly tailor made role 
2.5
Mr. Mom
David Nusair
benefits substantially from Keaton s almost unreasonably charismatic turn as the title character 
2.5
Mr. Mom
Roger Ebert
They had a great idea here It s too bad they didn t follow it through on a human level instead of making it feel made up and artificial and twice removed from the everyday experience it pretends to be about 
2
9/11
Robert Levin
Spectacularly misconceived in which the optics of a substandard disaster movie are discomfortingly applied to this unfathomable tragedy 
.5
Falcon Rising
Sheila O'Malley
A throwback to 1980s action films with strong men at the center going up alone against an unambiguously evil foe Falcon Rising is an entertaining film with a thrilling physical performance from Michael Jai White 
3
Falcon Rising
Soren Andersen
It s a straightforward vengeance tale with no other ambition than to entertain That said it has something 
2.5
Falcon Rising
Dann Gire
To the movie s detriment White doesn t get to show us what he can really do until 30 minutes into the story then again near the end when he takes on three armed baddies 
2
The Country Bears
Michael Dequina
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2
The Country Bears
David Nusair
the movie just might be worth a rental if only for the sight of watching Christopher Walken belt out a musical number using only his hand and his armpit 
2.5
The Country Bears
Frank Ochieng
a plotline that s as lumpy as two day old porridge the filmmakers paws sad to say were all over this un bear able project 
1.5
The Country Bears
Linda Cook
Stuart Little on a neighboring screen realizes his situation for what it is Are mice smarter than bears 
.25
The Country Bears
Moira MacDonald
The tots at a recent preview screening made little response to the bears but audibly appreciated a human character who made noises come out of his armpit 
2
The Country Bears
C.W. Nevius
The Country Bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers Unfortunately there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them either 
1
The Country Bears
Mary Kalin-Casey
Unlike Kermit Co the Country Bears are completely devoid of charm 
1.5
The Country Bears
Gene Seymour
After a while the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop music history has been allowed to get wet fuzzy and sticky 
1.5
The Country Bears
Dustin Putman
Stuart Little 2 and Lilo Stitch were respectable in their own right but The Country Bears is the most satisfying family film of the summer 
3
The Country Bears
Susan Stark
It s a diverting enough hour and a half for the family audience 
2
The Country Bears
John Monaghan
Entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel 
1
The Country Bears
Steven Rosen
Trying to figure out the rules of the Country Bear universe when are bears bears and when are they like humans only hairier would tax Einstein s brain 
1
The Country Bears
Valerie Kuklenski
Don t tell anybody but I m going to buy the soundtrack to The Country Bears 
3
The Country Bears
Reilly Capps
There isn t enough irony or sly humor to keep adults interested and there isn t enough adventure in the plot to keep children over the age of 4 from squirming in their seats 
1.5
The Country Bears
Forrest Hartman
When it gets right down to it the story can t keep pace with the music 
2.5
The Country Bears
Jeffrey Westhoff
The movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it 
2.5
The Country Bears
Liam Lacey
A mixture of old time kitsch and bewildering MTV influenced digressions 
2
The Country Bears
Jeff Vice
It s hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie And it s harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it 
1
The Country Bears
Roger Ebert
The formidable technical skills in The Country Bears must not be allowed to distract from the film s terminal inanity 
2
The Country Bears
Lou Lumenick
Harmless fun 
3
The Country Bears
Phil Villarreal
The disarming cornball atmosphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on 
3
The Country Bears
David Keyes
all about concept and nothing about forethought it walks and talks like an endearing fable bankrupt of the realization that it can be creepy and unsettling on the eyes 
1.5
The Country Bears
Paul Doro
Basing a feature film on a theme park attraction provides a flimsy foundation and most of the film feels like padding 
2
The Country Bears
Chris Hewitt
Disney s first attempt to make a Disney World attraction into a film the haunted mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean are soon to follow isn t great but it s surprisingly unwretched 
2
The Country Bears
Howard Cohen
Warm funny and works as a musical too 
2.5
The Country Bears
Michael Wilmington
Is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets 
2
The Country Bears
Tony Toscano
The film has a childlike quality about it But the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass 
2
The Country Bears
Josh Larsen
Like a bedtime story on acid or a Chuck E Cheese restaurant that s been commandeered by teen ravers 
1
The Country Bears
Steve Rhodes
Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers In a word yes 
.5
The Country Bears
Rob Blackwelder
An outdated Chuck E Cheese quality Disneyland attraction turn it into a trite cliche packed embarrassment of a feature film 
1.5
The Country Bears
Ed Gonzalez
Less Behind the Music than After School Special The Country Bears is thoroughly embarrassing 
1.5
Wah-Wah
Jeff Vice
Full of too much blah blah And way too much of the shrill shrieking screaming carrying on variety 
2
Wah-Wah
Sean P. Means
The lush African setting sets this coming of age saga apart it s too bad Grant didn t use it for more than picture postcard backdrops 
2.5
Wah-Wah
Paul Doro
Ralph s life at least as it s presented here isn t all that interesting and Grant fails to elevate the ordinary into anything more than that 
2
Wah-Wah
Roger Ebert
I admired the movie and was happy to see it but can think of two other films about whites in Africa that do a better job of seeing their roles 
3
Wah-Wah
Jessica Reaves
Watching it is like trying to assemble a puzzle that s missing pieces You can see the outline of a story and some shapes fit neatly together but there are undeniable holes 
2
Wah-Wah
Peter Howell
Deftly balancing the end of British colonialism in Africa against a family s painful disintegration Wah Wah marks the impressive directing debut of Richard E Grant 
3
Wah-Wah
Moira MacDonald
The actors give it a spark and Grant directs his fine cast with sureness 
3
Wah-Wah
David Elliott
Maybe the film is loyal to memory yet it loses steam while gaining speed The plot becomes a turnstile 
2
Wah-Wah
Rick Groen
What is understandably a subject of great fascination to Grant soon becomes a crashing bore to us 
2
Wah-Wah
Ruthe Stein
The characters may be based on real people but they fail to spring to life onscreen As a result their histrionics often are laughable like the over the top shenanigans in a Douglas Sirk melodrama 
2
Wah-Wah
Connie Ogle
In the end the film isn t saying much at all 
2.5
Wah-Wah
Tracy Allerton
Grant s personal experiences and his sense of British quirkiness lend the story a great deal of authenticity 
2.5
Wah-Wah
Wesley Morris
The movie in recounting all this personal and national upheaval seems curiously almost inappropriately nostalgic rather than subversive revisionist or informed 
2
Wah-Wah
Dan Fienberg
Although it s clearly a personal story Wah Wah proves as formulaic and meandering as its satirical targets are bloated and obvious 
2
Wah-Wah
Maitland McDonagh
Though the raw material is juicy stuff the details and the larger picture never come together and the cast is uneven 
2.5
Wah-Wah
Lisa Rose
The film plays like a scattered collection of memories rather than a straight story The emotional and political aspects of the movie never converge to make a point 
2
Wah-Wah
V.A. Musetto
The story lacks focus The senses blur as wives and ex wives come and go and Harry regularly falls off the wagon only to reform the next day 
1
Wah-Wah
Jami Bernard
Grant captures the essence both of boyhood rites of passage and a particular time and place for which he clearly holds affection bumps ruts and all 
3
Wah-Wah
Bob Strauss
A perfectly respectable filmmaking debut Wah Wah simply leaves us feeling that there could have been more to the story 
2.5
Wah-Wah
Jan Stuart
Switching hats from actor to writer director Grant smoothly serves up everything you expect in a coming of age tale 
2.5
Wah-Wah
James Berardinelli
As coming of age stories go Wah Wah does little to distinguish itself 
2
Wah-Wah
Brie Beazley
Wah Wah is an absorbing and passionate film Too bad it s so superficial 
2.5
Wah-Wah
Ed Gonzalez
There are worse things than catching your parents doing the dirty like watching a film reduce an African nation s black populace to window dressing 
2
Wah-Wah
David Nusair
we ve seen this sort of film countless times before 
1.5
Umrao Jaan
Namrata Joshi
The extremely slow pace is severely sleep inducing the most dramatic of scenes come across as rather inert and the long takes don t hold the audience interest 
2
Christmas Bloody Christmas
Kevin Carr
I appreciate the attention to horror movie detail and the Terminator like stamina of the villain 46 It 8217 s got some warts 44 but it 8217 s a bonkers Christmas horror movie 46 46 46 in a good way 46 
2.5
Christmas Bloody Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a gruesome slice of holiday cruelty that knows exactly what it is and doesn 8217 t try to be anything else 44 and that 8217 s exactly as it should be 46 
3
Christmas Bloody Christmas
Simon Abrams
Like Begos 8217 last couple of movies 44 Christmas Bloody Christmas plays out like a fuzzy 44 half remembered recreation of the psychotronic cinema of Begos 8217 adolescence 46 
1
Christmas Bloody Christmas
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 here apos s a lot of random build up before the repetitive carnage begins 46 
1
The Sunlit Night
Chris Hewitt
I can easily imagine people who wouldn t like it but there is something beautiful about how perfectly it locates a feeling of confusion ambivalence and grief 
3.5
The Sunlit Night
Joe Friar
Despite all indicators pointing to romantic comedy the film is devoid of romance Slate leads an exceptional cast and there are funny moments but the film gets lost in translation from the novel 
2.5
The Sunlit Night
Joey Magidson
Jenny Slate does what she can here and her reactions to some of the weirder moments on display can be amusing but her role is just too underwritten to make a difference 
2.5
The Sunlit Night
Matt Fagerholm
What remains on the screen is gorgeously photographed well acted and a little more thoughtful than one might expect 
2.5
The Sunlit Night
Mark Dujsik
The Sunlit Night feels as if a significant chunk or notable pieces of the story are missing 
1.5
The Sunlit Night
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
What occasionally quirky pleasures exist are lost in a morass of screenplay chaos Let the sun set on this one and quickly 
1
The Sunlit Night
Rob Thomas
Jenny Slate is such a winning comic actress that I d follow her to the ends of the earth We come pretty close in The Sunlit Night 
3
The Sunlit Night
Ty Burr
Taken as a whole The Sunlit Night is fey and inconclusive and whether something of more substance got cut in the post Sundance re edit or was never there to begin with is at this point moot 
1.5
The Sunlit Night
Roger Moore
Savaged at Sundance saved in a re edit There s your headline 
2.5
The Wounded Man
Austin Kennedy
The story meanders and it really doesn t make a whole lot of sense by the end of the movie 
1.5
American Primitive
Roger Moore
Maybe gay bad old closeted days nostalgia could become a thing even though it hadn t in 2009 when Wild About Harry was an American Primitive that no one was buying 
2.5
I Love You
V.A. Musetto
The director 30 year old Dalibor Matanic allows himself a few weepy moments but mostly the script stays on target accompanied by strong acting and lensing 
3
Jinn
Monica Castillo
Jinn holds several beautiful elements especially in its central mother daughter story 
3.5
All About Us
Kam Williams
A tenderhearted morality play set in the Mississippi Delta Region which offers an array of valuable insights about what really matters most in life while simultaneously delighting you for its duration 
4
The White Fortress
Randy Myers
Makes for a solemn statement particularly in the film s astonishing final moments 
3
The White Fortress
Roger Moore
A wistful aching romance with a hint of menace about it 
2.5
Jaws of Satan
Matt Brunson
While the alternate title King Cobra is more direct Jaws of Satan is more honest since this often plays like a mentally challenged version of the Steven Spielberg smash 
1.5
Empire of the Ants
Matt Brunson
Yup 44 you apos ll be rooting for the ants 46 
1.5
Sin La Habana
Heidy Morales
46 46 46 the film is a sensory treat from the visuals to the music 46 Both Acosta and O 8217 Farrill are trained dancers 44 hence they are exquisite to watch on screen 46 Yaghoubi holds her own as a complicated divorc 233 e looking for something more in her life 46 
3
Sin La Habana
Shane Slater
Sin La Habana remains a nuanced portrait of love and longing for people places and the chance to achieve one s ambitions 
3
Song of the Sea
Mattie Lucas
A breath of fresh air as rare and as beautiful as the Selkies it depicts 
3
Song of the Sea
Lisa Jensen
Every hand drawn frame of this movie is ravishing You keep finding yourself reaching for the remote in the darkened theater trying to pause the image so you can study every gorgeous detail 
4
Song of the Sea
Marty Mapes
Magic and mysticism inhabit visual style in Moore s Irish fairy tale
2.5
Song of the Sea
Rob Thomas
While the story and animation are a bit more straightforward this time the movie still contains an ocean of enchantment 
3.5
Song of the Sea
John Beifuss
The hands on hand drawn animation seems appropriate This fantasy of a brother and sister in momentary crisis welcomes the viewer with open arms into an embrace of color and emotion 
4
Song of the Sea
Moira MacDonald
Song of the Sea creates a magical world one that pulls you in and leaves you when it s over feeling changed by the journey 
3.5
Song of the Sea
Roger Moore
An Oscar contender that should ve been an Oscar winner
3.5
Song of the Sea
Mary Houlihan
Moore manages this life affirming touch without being preachy and by simply melding unusual old folktales into a new story filled with visually stunning images sure to captivate children of all ages 
3
Song of the Sea
Mark Dujsik
Moore s second film continues his aesthetic style It s like a storybook in motion 
3
Song of the Sea
Lisa Kennedy
Irish director Tomm Moore s animated beauty Song of the Sea tells the sort of story that makes you crave the flickering of firelight or wish for the warmth of a blanket pulled up to your chin while mom or dad reads a bedtime tale 
3.5
Song of the Sea
Tirdad Derakhshani
A transcendent work from Ireland s Cartoon Saloon studio that s almost wasted on kids 
4
Song of the Sea
Michael O'Sullivan
Enchants on every level story voice work drawing and music 
4
Song of the Sea
Michael Ordoña
The filmmakers evoke earned emotion with gentle hands Even the monstrous antagonist is presented in such an unadorned fashion as to make it almost normal and therefore creepier 
3
Song of the Sea
Kristin Tillotson
It s a refreshing respite from popular kids fare an extended bedtime story that has its share of harrowing moments but gradually wraps the soul in a warm blankie 
3.5
Song of the Sea
Josh Larsen
argues that grief and sadness have their proper place in the childhood experience 
3
Song of the Sea
Simon Abrams
Visually splendid but generically flat footed Song of the Sea is an animated fantasy that comes close to greatness but is rarely as clever as it is comforting 
2.5
Song of the Sea
Brad Wheeler
Inviting Very much so 
3
Song of the Sea
Haley Goldberg
They don t make movies like this anymore except when lucky us they do 
4
Shoot the Piano Player
Michael Phillips
The determined jollity of Georges Delerue s saloon piano score which later opens up to encompass a wide world of romanticism sets the tone for Francois Truffaut s audacious second feature made in 1960 
4
Shoot the Piano Player
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An affectionate tribute to the low budget crime movies that Truffaut so loved and it s one of my favorite Truffaut films 
4
Rabid
Dustin Putman
Remains effectively squirmy gruesome and even prescient nearly forty years after its release 
3
Rabid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
David Cronenberg s underrated second film continues to develop his theme of body manipulation 
4
Rabid
Walter Chaw
A strong indicator of the auteur s obsessions but lacks the sustained energy and invention of most of his other work 
1.5
Mystic India
Ethan Gilsdorf
This is an ultra romanticized vision of a crowded complicated nation 
2
Poor Boy's Game
Peter Howell
Director Clement Virgo and co writer Chaz Thorne look beyond the usual character arcs adding fresh and urgent perspective to a socially aware and emotionally intense movie 
3
Poor Boy's Game
David Nusair
certainly marks a step in the right direction for filmmaker Clement Virgo 
2.5
Dinosaurus!
Matt Brunson
Gregg Martell is a hoot as the bewildered caveman anticipating Brendan Fraser s later turn in Encino Man and the effects are similarly enjoyable 
2.5
How Jack Became Black
Christian Toto
Subversive in the very best of ways 
3.5
Identifying Features
Kent Turner
So assured and impactful is its ending that it can get away with three or four powerful twists 
3.5
Identifying Features
Kathy Fennessy
If the filmmakers have built their movie around one Mexican mother she stands for countless others who have found themselves in similar straits Recommended 
3.5
Identifying Features
Lisa Trifone
Every moment of the film is artfully realized drawing us ever further into this particular migrant experience 
3.5
Identifying Features
Tom Meek
An arcanely told narrative that feels told from the chair of a seasoned auteur 
3
Identifying Features
Mattie Lucas
A holy terror of a film a raw fiery modern Heart of Darkness that is an unforgettable exploration of what is being fled and the cruel joke of what is being run towards 
3.5
Identifying Features
Ty Burr
An austere gorgeously shot parable of chaos and loss in modern Mexico Identifying Features is an assured directorial debut from Fernanda Valadez 
3
Identifying Features
Rene Sanchez
An extraordinarily moving and captivating directorial debut about a mother s search for justice through the indifference and impunity of a fractured system Full Review in Spanish 
4
Identifying Features
Anita Katz
Identifying Features calls attention to the terror occurring in northern Mexico through a quietly compelling story about a mother searching for her missing son on terrain made deadly by the drug wars 
3
Identifying Features
Monica Castillo
Identifying Features peels back that feel good façade of the coming to America narrative for a much more painful reality one that feels freshly steeped in tears heartache and headlines 
4
Identifying Features
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Fernanda Valadez s debut feature is a fascinating troubling and ultimately devastating examination of modern day Mexico 
3.5
Identifying Features
Randy Myers
Valdez s artistic disturbing drama grows in intensity as Magdalena confronts a mother s ultimate nightmare 
3.5
Identifying Features
Roger Moore
Lyrical beautiful it lets us see the rippling trauma of this place and this time through the eyes of mothers 
3
Identifying Features
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film is as much about the act of seeing and observing as it is about not seeing about struggling to recognize that which might not clarify much at all 
3.5
Identifying Features
Josh Larsen
lets patient observation and careful framing do most of the talking 
3.5
Identifying Features
Rob Thomas
Identifying Features strips away the politics and the ideologies surrounding the border and leaves behind the white hot emotions of one personal painful story 
3.5
Scenic Route
Stephen Whitty
At the very least shows you how to make a smart cheap little movie with only two actors one main exterior set and no special effects 
3
Scenic Route
G. Allen Johnson
Kyle Killen s script is generally uninspired and fairly predictable 
1
Scenic Route
Scott Bowles
It begins with energy dulls in the middle stretches but redeems itself with a final destination that makes the trip feel worth it 
3
Lone Wolf
Roger Moore
Manages to be intriguing but seriously dull 
1.5
Candy
Roger Ebert
On the one hand it s a lot better than you might expect with scenes and lines of high comedy On the other hand it lacks the pure anarchy the abandon of Terry Southern s novel 
3
Hell and High Water
Matt Brunson
In the annals of cinematic submarine sagas this one rests toward the middle of the pack 
2.5
Hell and High Water
Fernando F. Croce
Hell and High Water more than holds its own with such other all business 50s naval flicks as The Enemy Below and Run Silent Run Deep 
3
The Slaughter Rule
Joshua Tanzer
Best movie I saw in 2002 Features a terrifyingly real performance by David Morse 
4
The Slaughter Rule
Mick LaSalle
Writer directors Andrew and Alex Smith go for emotional truth but what they come up with is often silly 
1
The Slaughter Rule
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A timid template of an indie movie that glides through all the proper turns sticks up all the appropriate signposts and never once takes a demanding or truthful step 
2
The Slaughter Rule
Evan Henerson
A keen and compassionate drama 
3.5
The Slaughter Rule
Megan Turner
Its focus on the complex relationship between an emotionally wounded youth and the sexually ambiguous older man who mentors him is a welcome detour from genre routine 
2.5
Warrior
Brian Eggert
These stars deliver the goods in abundance 44 even if audiences must suffer through some obligatory training montages to get it 46 
3
Warrior
Kelly Jane Torrance
Warrior does an excellent job of exploring what men want and expect out of family life And its stars do an even better job of bringing those needs to life 
2.5
Warrior
Roger Moore
A straight genre picture but the best MMA movie ever 
3
Warrior
David Nusair
an instant classic that manages to surpass even the original Rocky in terms of effectiveness 
4
Warrior
Michael Dequina
Familiar fight movie tropes are followed but the dramatic stakes that O Connor lends the proceedings give them uncommon involvement and an even rarer sense of suspense 
3.5
Warrior
Sara Michelle Fetters
The characters are honest and true the fight sequences are brutal and raw while the central themes being delivered in the denouement pack a major emotional wallop 
3
Warrior
Jordan Hiller
One cannot genuinely fault Warrior for the clichd elements of its story simply because reviving the clich is the whole point 
3
Warrior
Linda Cook
Not far removed from its true to life counterpart The Fighter Warrior is about two men who decide to enter a mixed martial arts competition for two very different reasons 
3
Warrior
John Beifuss
Relies on the graininess of the indie gritty shaky camera style rather than on the integrity of the narrative to convince viewers the film is more artful than cornball 
2.5
Warrior
James Kendrick
easily one of the best sports dramas in recent years
3.5
Warrior
David Roark
Even though Christ transforms hearts believers aren t promised new lives devoid of suffering Such an accurate depiction of faith is rare in Hollywood and even many faith based productions 
3
Warrior
Mike McGranaghan
If you pass on seeing Warrior simply because you don t like MMA you re denying yourself the chance to see a solid well made emotionally gripping movie 
3.5
Warrior
Matt Brunson
I had problems with The Fighter but on balance I have more with Warrior which does a nice job of mostly subverting the inevitable genre cliches but has trouble coming up with anything new to fill the void 
2.5
Warrior
Rob Thomas
The MMA bouts in Warrior are undeniably thrilling but it s the cages that Paddy and his sons have built for themselves that contain the most drama 
3.5
Warrior
Stephen Cole
Warrior is a weirdly affecting hybrid a 100 proof melodrama that s two thirds Sylvester Stallone and one third Eugene O Neill Think Rocky s Long Day s Journey into Night 
3
Warrior
Robert Levin
There are extraordinary degrees of emotion and intelligence to be found in every word spoken by Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton 
3
Warrior
Eric Melin
for all of its supposed realism and reflection of hard times in America the movie plays out as complete fairy tale nonsense It isn t a working class success story it s a working class fantasy world 
1.5
Warrior
Peter Travers
Director Gavin O Connor comes out swinging in this flawed but fiercely moving family drama Strong stuff 
3
Warrior
John DeFore
While Warrior does offer enough jaw snapping action to sate any roid ragers in the audience it works on deeper levels as well 
3
Warrior
Chris Hewitt
O Connor treats the brothers stories like two separate movies but both are cliched and we don t learn enough about the rules of mixed martial arts to be drawn into the many many bouts we see 
2
Warrior
Stephen Whitty
Nolte s performance is masterful marshalling together pain and regret and a slowly dawning comprehension in a single wince But all this film has going for it besides him are its incredibly brutal fight scenes 
2
Warrior
Kyle Smith
A cheap exploitation picture wrapped in miles and miles of stale would be Oscar scenes 
1.5
Warrior
Calvin Wilson
Warrior could have used a bit more guts But it s still a knockout 
3.5
Warrior
Willie Waffle
Even Susan Lucci is rolling her eyes at these soap opera twists and turns but Warrior is pretty good 
3.5
Warrior
Mark Dujsik
These are characters painted in such broad strokes that while the sense of their journey is there the feeling behind it winds up lacking 
2.5
Warrior
Claudia Puig
Yes the coincidences are fast and furious but both Edgerton and Hardy give powerful performances as damaged men 
3
Warrior
Soren Andersen
Choppy editing makes a hash out of the fight scenes and by the end a Neanderthal sensibility asserts itself A brotherly beating makes the heart grow fonder 
2
Warrior
Steven Rea
The two leads Edgerton and Hardy pull off their respective roles rising above the cliches and the melodrama with ferocity and focus 
3
Warrior
Wesley Morris
All the director and co writer Gavin O Connor does is apply old boxing film tricks to what is for the movies a new sport Then he doubles them 
2.5
Warrior
Michael Phillips
Every time you start resisting somehow the film makes the sale again 
2.5
Warrior
Matt Pais
One of the most emotionally involving sports movies ever surely as moving a film as possible to make about people beating the stuffing out of each other 
3.5
Warrior
Josh Larsen
The scariest man in movies right now might be Tom Hardy He somehow makes his sinews seethe 
3.5
Warrior
Sean O'Connell
Soul of a lion I jotted that down For with Warrior it seems to apply 
3
Warrior
Roger Ebert
This is a rare fight movie in which we don t want to see either fighter lose 
3
Warrior
Bruce DeMara
Lovers of the sport and macho men in general be warned Warrior is so beautifully constructed and emotionally engaging the tears are almost certain to fall Bring a hankie and or a very discreet companion 
3.5
Warrior
Brett Michel
Alas although the acting s uniformly strong and the film has kitchen sink grit to spare it errs more on the side of 1995 s Rocky IV than John Avildsen s 76 original 
2.5
Warrior
Rex Reed
Skillfully made and adrenalin fueled Warrior is nothing like what I expected It overcomes inescapable boxing and martial arts clichs and leaves you thoroughly sated energized and wanting more 
3
Warrior
Erik Childress
The way it cobbles together the multiple storylines and relationships makes Warrior a more emotionally satisfying film than The Fighter Lionsgate may want to get the train going on an Oscar campaign for Nolte 
4
Warrior
Scott Nash
There have been so many fight movies to come out of Hollywood that you wouldn t think there was room for another but turns out there is 
3
Warrior
Dustin Putman
An immature contrived sap infested drama of feuding family members feel good histrionics and mixed martial arts 
1
Warrior
Nick Schager
With Miracle and now Warrior Gavin O Conner can lay claim to being the finest sports drama director working today 
3
Warrior
James Berardinelli
Ultimately this movie is more about the dark bloody conflicts within the human heart than it is about what transpires in the cage 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Brian Eggert
The Hidden World is easily the best looking entry on visual terms and the familiar plot and themes aren t so repetitive that the basic appeal of its boy and a dog setup has lost its charm 
3
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Cassidy Olsen
The film s logic is often unclear and its insistence on some rather regressive jokes about marriage sex and body type is disappointing and pedestrian especially when compared to the comedy of the competing Lego Movie franchise 
2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Doug Walker
A few small problems that do start to add up but still a strong finish to a great trilogy 
3.5
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Federico Furzan
Not as noteworthy as the previous ones but still important in its own way A great closure Full review in Spanish 
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Wesley Lovell
A perfect conclusion to one of the best animated series in cinema 
4
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
James Kendrick
stretched pretty thin in justifying its existence
2.5
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Mattie Lucas
A moderately engaging tale of adventure and friendship filled with dazzling visuals and a glorious score 
3
Fire in the Sky
SF Chronicle Staff
D B Sweeney is persuasive as a man whose life is changed forever by an encounter with cold unfeeling aliens 
3
Fire in the Sky
Matt Brunson
As with The Amityville Horror 44 The Entity 44 and The Conjuring franchise 44 here apos s another movie that purports to be 8220 based on the true story 8221 but is more likely based on an elaborate scheme to swindle the gullible 46 
2
Fire in the Sky
Jonathan Rosenbaum
While it certainly isn t brilliant Fire in the Sky offers some fairly efficient story telling and a few effective visual and dramatic moments 
2
Fire in the Sky
Roger Ebert
The movie s flaw is that there s not enough detail about the aliens and the movie ends on an inconclusive and frustrating note 
2.5
A Fish in the Bathtub
David N. Butterworth
A nice change of pace with a genuine chemistry between the two leads 
3
La verità, vi spiego, sull'amore
Brent McKnight
Light and breezy and not particularly deep or substantive it s not without authentic easy charms as it follows the minor heartbreaks and triumphs of parenting 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Rene Rodriguez
There are moments in My Family that convey Nava s love for these characters That warmth makes My Family impossible to dislike despite its flaws 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Mark de la Viña
This Hollywood effort at unspooling this seldom heard American story is long overdue 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Gene Seymour
It is evocative well crafted and performed with verve and passion by a first rate cast of Latino actors 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Barbara Vancheri
Smits gives a wonderful performance in a film that also stars Esai Morales Edward James Olmos and actors without household names but with equal talent 
3.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Carrie Rickey
The warmth of My Family s characters and humor the lush ness of its cinematography and local color and the universality of its family and sibling conflicts make for pleasurable company 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Sean P. Means
My Family Mi Familia is a chronicle of Mexican American life but it s more than that Its a universal portrait of family ties a film to which everyone can relate 
4
My Family/Mi Familia
Robert W. Butler
Though it occasionally slips into sappiness My Family s big spirit always comes through 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Eleanor Ringel Cater
The last segment is the best so much so that one wishes Nava had left out the first two parts and concentrated on fleshing out the third section 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Chris Kaltenbach
Mi Familia is a grand filmgoing experience vivid testimony to the strength of both family and good old fashioned star power 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Michael Wilmington
There s a fearlessness about My Family that commands respect It goes after both big issues and small moments Most of all it beats with an unabashed love of family that in the end becomes admirable even inspiring 
4
My Family/Mi Familia
Malcolm Johnson
A deeply felt but meandering generational drama 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Barbara Shulgasser
My Family is so well intentioned and full of right thinking that you really want to like it but director writer Gregory Nava keeps shooting himself in the foot 
1.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Roger Hurlburt
My Family is an intimate drama about the joys hardships and legacy of three generations of a family in east Los Angeles 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Linda Cook
You ll want to shake some sense into some of these characters Others you ll want to hug Still others you ll just want to spend more time with They re as memorable as the characters in your own family 
4
My Family/Mi Familia
Bob Ross
Nava s sentimental scrapbook story follows the fictional Sanchez family from their provincial Mexican roots to Los Angeles where they find frustrations and satisfactions in uneven measures 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Terry Lawson
My Family is less of a movie than an elaborate scrap book immaculately constructed and lovingly maintained It isn t art and it isn t really a coherent history but it s wonderful to look at nevertheless 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Gene Siskel
Director Gregory Nava does manages to communicate a survival spirit that is energizing 
3
My Family/Mi Familia
Susan Tavernetti
Through the joyous rendering of Mexican culture and traditions along with touches of magical realism director Gregory Nava personalizes the family saga while tapping into universal themes 
3.5
My Family/Mi Familia
Peter Stack
For all its dramatic power there s abundant humor in the film too the humor of a culture as it blends slowly sometimes painfully into the big mix of America My Family is a beautiful sight throughout 
4
My Family/Mi Familia
Roger Ebert
Their story is the story of one Mexican American family but it is also in some ways the story of all families Watching it I was reminded of my own family s legends and heroes and stray sheep and the strong sense of home 
4
My Family/Mi Familia
Madeleine Williams
The acting is well done throughout making all the characters believable and mostly sympathetic Overall a good if a bit obvious family portrait 
2.5
My Family/Mi Familia
James Berardinelli
My Family is amazingly rich with themes that are topical yet timeless a solidly constructed story to give them vitality and superlative production values 
3.5
Bromates
Mark Dujsik
To begin with the good 46 46 46 Bromates features one pretty amusing sight gag and one very funny throwaway line 46 With that out of the way 44 here apos s a generic but formless comedy 46 46 46 
1
Bromates
Roger Moore
A lifeless and almost laughless laugher about two jilted by their girlfriends dudes who move in together
1
Two Bits
Mike Clark
If King of the Hill couldn t draw patrons despite appearing on tons of 10 best lists what s a comparably themed small change remembrance gonna do 
2
Pilgrim Song
Rob Humanick
It aims for a sense of soulful introspection that instead comes off as an unwitting parody of languid indie conventions 
1
Pilgrim Song
John Beifuss
The film makes the most of the natural widescreen wonder of its Appalachian forests and mountains and its sense of isolation is a welcome change from the familiar urbanism of most mini budgeted features 
3.5
C.O.G.
Matt Pais
Everyone in this wonderful surprise is looking for a place to belong while ultimately having to look out for No 1 And I don t mean that in the spiritual sense 
3.5
C.O.G.
Michael Phillips
Modest and good looking the film starts as dark comedy and ends in pathos Director Alvarez makes the Oregon scenery a character unto itself 
2.5
C.O.G.
David Lewis
a dramedy that keeps you guessing where the main character is going emotionally and physically as he drifts from one odd situation to the next 
3
C.O.G.
Rene Rodriguez
There are a few stretches in C O G where the movie feels like it s dawdling much like its protagonist But the wonderfully sad exhilarating ending proves this filmmaker knew exactly where he was headed the entire time 
3
C.O.G.
Kalvin Henely
As an adaptation of Davis Sedaris s short essay from his acclaimed 1997 compilation Naked it s a letdown as it doesn t exude the pop of the author s trademark humor 
1.5
Hot Fuzz
Matt Brunson
An amusing comedy that also manages to evoke memories of The Wicker Man Plague of the Zombies and other spooky yarns centering on eccentric villagers inhabiting the less traveled paths of the British Isles 
3
Hot Fuzz
Wesley Lovell
You ll never think of the cop buddy genre the same way again 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Austin Kennedy
It s a perfect spoof of the once popular action genre that s highlighted by the chemistry of Pegg and Frost 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Joe Lozito
Mr Wright is a talented filmmaker who has clearly studied the masters of the genre he s roasting 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Linda Cook
Hilarious and intelligent in every frame the brilliance of Hot Fuzz is simply arresting 
4
Hot Fuzz
David N. Butterworth
Not quite as inspired as Shaun of the Dead but near as damn it 
3
Hot Fuzz
Jeffrey Westhoff
The characters are more fully rounded than the heroes of the Bruckheimer films being aped 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Mike McGranaghan
Hot Fuzz feels like the work of a bunch of friends who sat around overdosing on action movies before deciding that they should go and make their own With some films what I ve just written would be an insult with this one it s a compliment 
3
Hot Fuzz
Eric Lurio
When a true comic masterpiece comes around that s truly a cause for celebration Start celebrating it s here 
4
Hot Fuzz
Nick Rogers
Any movie that so tightly and sincerely loves Point Break can t be bad Riotously funny and righteously explosive on its own terms Hot Fuzz is the sharpest cheekiest most rollicking action comedy since Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Sean McBride
Fans of both British humor and American action flicks will be well pleased by this charming comedy 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Walter Chaw
Like a more carefree Tarantino obviously the product of guys intoxicated by the strange wine of B cinema 
3
Hot Fuzz
John Beifuss
The sensibility is Jerry Bruckheimer at Ealing Studios and it doesn t work the British whimsy and deadpan observational humor is overwhelmed by the tiresome bloat blood and noise lifted from the spoofed source material 
2
Hot Fuzz
Kam Williams
Dispassionate dispatching of humans as cinematic road kill Bloody funny bloodletting if that s your thing 
3
Hot Fuzz
Frank Ochieng
Deliciously over the top in its comical calculations this frantic farce cuts to the chase as it rapidly delivers the pithy punches 
3
Hot Fuzz
Claudia Puig
Though it s no Monty Python Hot Fuzz is a clever over the top marriage of mayhem and merriment 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Maitland McDonagh
It s as laceratingly entertaining as its predecessor 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Geoff Pevere
What prevents Hot Fuzz from crossing over into already well travelled Naked Gun territory is the constant bouncing of high Hollywood style and the timid teatime setting 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Moira MacDonald
What will Wright and Pegg set their targets for next I don t know but I ll be watching 
3
Hot Fuzz
Peter Hartlaub
Only people who have an equal fondness for strolls through English cottage gardens and Dirty Harry movies are going to fall madly in love with the film but just about everybody is going to like it 
3
Hot Fuzz
David Elliott
Director Edgar Wright scripting with star Simon Pegg winds it up and lets it fly The result even hitting its target tends to splat 
2
Hot Fuzz
Carla Meyer
Director Wright and his co writer Pegg tap their inner Jerry Bruckheimers in this highly amusing action comedy 
3
Hot Fuzz
Pam Grady
This perfectly executed piece of movie making brilliance sets the bar awfully high for every other comedy destined to come out this year 
4
Hot Fuzz
Steven Rea
Although Hot Fuzz is a good 30 minutes too long the ending or endings are endless it is also good for long stretches of laughs 
3
Hot Fuzz
Larry Ratliff
I think they go a little gun crazy in the final reel Bullets shot from the imagination of these guys are fun Zombies were merely funnier 
3
Hot Fuzz
Lisa Rose
Hot Fuzz runs a bit long for a cop spoof but it is also one of the funniest law enforcement comedies this side of The Naked Gun 
3
Hot Fuzz
Kyle Smith
The U S audience may be stung to find beloved action clichés desecrated but these Britheimers are on to something 
3
Hot Fuzz
Elizabeth Weitzman
Pegg and Wright are armed with an endlessly impressive arsenal of attention grabbers from witty editing tricks to a wry soundtrack and a joke packed script that demands multiple viewings 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Graham Killeen
Like a creaky roller coaster rattling to its precarious summit Hot Fuzz is often thrilling because it doesn t feel quite safe Beneath the surface of this British action comedy lurks the beating heart of a slasher film that might have been 
3
Hot Fuzz
Connie Ogle
Overall Hot Fuzz could use a bit more speed to outrun its demons 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Glenn Whipp
Fuzz does for overpumped cop action what Shaun did for flesh eating brainlessness sends up the genre s plentiful absurdities in a movie that s put together better than most serious films of the same type 
3
Hot Fuzz
Robert W. Butler
Pacing problems aside Hot Fuzz is a lot of fun If only filmmakers would remember that with comedy less is more 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Rick Groen
Hot Fuzz may not be quite at its predecessor s mark but the cast sure is they re all every last one of them Shauns of the Deadpan 
3
Hot Fuzz
Terry Lawson
These bad boys are obviously having fun and so will you 
3
Hot Fuzz
Michael Booth
For a movie based on the stunted mental development and perfect action timing of American crime fighting pics Hot Fuzz has surprisingly little idea of how to get to its point or when 
2
Hot Fuzz
Mary F. Pols
It s hard to imagine much need to spoof the likes of Bad Boys II But the ludicrously charming British import Hot Fuzz is a reminder that there s always a call to dispatch the self important with humor 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Mary Houlihan
The straight faced spoof is really quite funny if you can get beyond the graphic gore and mind numbing final 30 minutes 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Ty Burr
It s to the Lethal Weapon movies what left hand driving on a country lane is to a freeway chase pokey more than a little daft but with a bloody surprise around every hedge 
3
Hot Fuzz
Kit Bowen
What those hilarious Shaun of the Dead guys did for zombie flicks they do for buddy cop movies in Hot Fuzz Be careful not to call it a spoof though 
3
Hot Fuzz
Sean P. Means
The jokes fly past like bullets propelled by Wright s rapid fire editing style and a few funny excesses in gore 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Eric Melin
A refreshing change of pace Hot Fuzz is more than a spoof flick It parodies and honors it source material at the same time and reminds us that dumb action movies are always more fun when sprinkled with a bright if not self aware sense of humor
3.5
Hot Fuzz
David Nusair
possesses an uneven vibe that s generally easy enough to overlook thanks mostly to Wright and star Simon Pegg s thoroughly irreverent screenplay and the inclusion of several enormously entertaining performances 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Dustin Putman
Hot Fuzz is rare in that it builds character development just as much as it aims for a punchline and this is one aspect that is most appreciated 
2.5
Hot Fuzz
Erik Childress
This is as brilliant a deconstruction of any genre I ve seen since Clint Eastwood s Unforgiven 
4
Hot Fuzz
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than buckling under all those old cop movies Hot Fuzz is more like the result of them 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Marty Mapes
Looks comparable to Shaun but underneath it s an inferior film
2
Hot Fuzz
Willie Waffle
the characters are brilliantly drawn to be comical but lovable at the same time the dialogue is hilarious the actors are perfect with each deadpan delivery and reaction 
4
Hot Fuzz
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is almost funny that the best action film of the year so far would also be the one that lovingly mocks that very same genre with impudent glee 
3
Hot Fuzz
Chris Hewitt
Hot Fuzz plays like a funny movie you wish were even funnier Fuzz That s Actually Quite Warm might be a more accurate title 
3
Hot Fuzz
Phoebe Flowers
When it comes to a movie as consistently hilarious as Hot Fuzz it s better to have too much of a good thing than too little 
3
Hot Fuzz
Jan Stuart
A breakneck action comedy that could put the final digit on Lethal Weapon and its kind if there is any mercy 
3
Hot Fuzz
Mark Dujsik
Deflates the pomp of the action genre s posturing with hilarious precision 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Jeff Vice
Sure to appeal to fans of action thrillers as well as devotees of Shaun of the Dead 
3
Hot Fuzz
Michael Phillips
On the strength of Shaun of the Dead his droll zombie bash the spot on Don t Scream trailer in Grindhouse and now this director Edgar Wright is one of the four or five contemporary directors of comedy worth watching 
3
Hot Fuzz
Lawrence Toppman
If you see Hot Fuzz you ll never again watch a Michael Bay film without howling with disrespectful laughter 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Matt Pais
If you don t laugh you re likely a straight faced fan of Bad Boys II and there s your first problem 
3
Hot Fuzz
Scott Nash
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg the makers of Spaced one of the greatest sitcoms of all time and Shaun of the Dead certainly the funniest horror movie ever made have done it again with Hot Fuzz 
4
Hot Fuzz
Josh Larsen
such a dead on parody of the Michael Bay school of loud senseless and bombastic action cinema that it gave me an authentic Bad Boys headache 
3
Hot Fuzz
James Berardinelli
This movie wants to tickle the funny bone while telling a story that s worth telling For the most part director Wright achieves this aim 
3
Hot Fuzz
Ross Anthony
Hysterical a laugh riot A high caliber mix of silly smart and odd humor propels this quirky story along with fervor Great Editing 
3.5
Hot Fuzz
Peter Travers
Wright brings you close to the characters as well as to the action It makes all the difference as the dream team of Pegg and Frost lace the mayhem with mirth It s a blast 
3
Hot Fuzz
Jeanne Aufmuth
The humor is dry and the satire raw 
3
Hot Fuzz
Nick Schager
Hot Fuzz supplies jokes while also striving to provide overblown shoot em up kicks a fine line straddled with aplomb thanks to a nicely modulated if overly long script 
3
Hot Fuzz
Peter Canavese
Endearingly overstuffed curiously high strung but has a pleasing sense of the absurd 
3
Circuit
John Monaghan
Like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior Circuit gets drawn into the party 
2
Circuit
Christopher Muther
Like Showgirls and Glitter the most entertaining moments here are unintentional 
1
Circuit
Loren King
It s too soap opera ish to carry the heavy weight of the morality play Shafer has fashioned 
2
Circuit
John Hartl
Kitschy flashy overlong soap opera 
2
Circuit
Bill Picture
Once again the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated and a meaty plot and well developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle 
1.5
Circuit
Rod Armstrong
A clichd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard partying lives of gay men 
2
Circuit
V.A. Musetto
Shafer s feature doesn t offer much in terms of plot or acting 
1
Circuit
Ed Gonzalez
Circuit queens won t learn a thing they ll be too busy cursing the film s strategically placed white sheets 
1.5
Kinky Boots
Matt Brunson
The sort of pleasant trifle that the Brits used to do often and do fairly well 46 
3
Kinky Boots
David Nusair
never quite as tedious as one might ve expected 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Lawrence Toppman
The betrayals reconciliations and revelations are forced on us with clockwork precision and no cliche goes unexplored 
1.5
Kinky Boots
John Beifuss
Another naughty British comedy for audiences who love Are You Being Served but don t want to know whether Mr Humphries is really supposed to be gay 
1.5
Kinky Boots
Bruce Westbrook
It s a predictable and preachy stab at a comedy with heart and its subversive silliness is eclipsed by an overwrought humanity 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Duane Dudek
Though screenwriters Tim Firth and Geoffe Dean worked from fact director Julian Jarrold makes everything feel much more contrived than fiction 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Lori Hoffman
The brilliant Ejiofor Dirty Pretty Things Serenity is fabulous as the outrageous Lola 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Sean P. Means
The only surprises come from Ejiofor who invests Lola with more depth than his eye shadow and miniskirts would otherwise suggest 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Tyler Hanley
Chiwetel Ejiofor dishes out another magnetic performance despite a storyline that wavers from innovative to obvious 
3
Kinky Boots
Robert W. Butler
Jarrold s film reportedly is based on fact but that doesn t stop it from seeming pretty preposterous 
2
Kinky Boots
Jeff Vice
There s no denying that some audience members are likely to find this predictable silliness amusing And the cast certainly seems to be buying into it 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Matt Pais
Ejiofor sure can sashay and belt out a show stopping number but Kinky Boots is too busy putting on its heels to kick em off and boogie 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Phil Villarreal
It s the acting of an earnest and capable cast that overcomes a weak screenplay with irresistible charm and surprising poignancy 
3
Kinky Boots
David Elliott
Rich in spunk humor dignity subtle emotions when needed and dressed to kill when belting songs like I Want to Be Evil in a meaty gal guy voice Ejiofor amps and vamps the contrivances appealingly 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Lisa Kennedy
Don t let the title toss you The accent on this charmer about a shoe factory owner who finds a muse of economic recovery in a drag queen rests on the boots more than the kinks 
3
Kinky Boots
Peter Howell
The movie is a bit of all right as they say down at the Nob Gobbler 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Tom Keogh
Gradually boots and transvestite jokes become window dressing for a more touching story about the bond between Lola Simon a disowned son and Charlie 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Rick Groen
Ejiofor gives us the real kinky everything else here is just an assembly line boot 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Wesley Morris
Lola at least the way Ejiofor plays her has a sad story she s eager to tell The movie never entirely figures out what to do with this 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Willie Waffle
Doesn t pack any big surprises but does leave you with a smile on your face 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Claudia Puig
It would be nice to be able to report that Kinky Boots is a kick in the pants But this conventional manipulative British import feels like a re soled pair of shoes that unquestionably have seen their day 
2
Kinky Boots
Michael Wilmington
Quite enjoyable effortlessly well done on every level even moving at times but relatively light weight 
3
Kinky Boots
Chris Hewitt
Kinky Boots has a message as Lola puts it Change your mind about someone but its characters don t seem guided by the movie s desire to teach us something 
3
Kinky Boots
Laura Kelly
For all its purported vampy pleasures Kinky Boots is a wobbly overwrought comedy 
2
Kinky Boots
Roger Ebert
With Kinky Boots we find ourselves watching another one of those British comedies in which unconventional sex is surrounded by a conventional story 
3
Kinky Boots
Maitland McDonagh
Ejiofor s polished energetic performance including several song and dance numbers enlivens what s basically comfort food in movie form but sometimes comfort food is exactly what the doctor ordered 
3
Kinky Boots
Neva Chonin
The only thing kinky about this movie is its title But maybe there s an upside to this Parents if you want to teach the kids about sexual difference without having to deal with sex here s your chance Have I mentioned it s heartwarming That too 
2
Kinky Boots
John Anderson
Kinky Boots shoehorns what should be a fresh story into the same old pair of narrative galoshes 
2
Kinky Boots
Stephen Whitty
Yet another one of those heartwarmers about Great Britain s plucky eccentrics 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Lou Lumenick
Title notwithstanding it should be noted that Kinky Boots isn t remotely racy Not only won t it offend grandma she ll probably enjoy this uplifting comedy 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite the subject matter the script and direction are disappointingly conventional though the performances are appealingly spirited 
2
Kinky Boots
Ethan Alter
Even if its premise weren t so achingly familiar the bland humor and oddly conservative depiction of this flamboyant drag queen would still make it seem like a museum piece 
2
Kinky Boots
Peter Canavese
Rigged for your pleasure everything is played up for schmaltz value or dopey laughs 
2
Kinky Boots
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An utterly vapid distillation of a true story crammed into the tired old Full Monty formula 
1
Kinky Boots
Ed Gonzalez
Somewhere Jeffrey Lyons is rolling on the floor laughing 
1.5
Kinky Boots
Steven Rea
This pleasant but predictable affair does one thing very well showcasing the versatility of Chiwetel Ejiofor 
3
Kinky Boots
Peter Travers
Kinky Boots trips on its contrived plot but this blend of trash and sass is a comfy fit 
2.5
Kinky Boots
Peter Debruge
As long as England keeps exporting these empty headed little stories about how backward and prudish its populace is it s difficult for the rest of the world to take the nation s more pressing social concerns seriously 
2
Kinky Boots
Pam Grady
Yes it s another wee British comedy at times too precious but for all that this is a fun movie that affords a rare opportunity It is not often that one gets to see an actor shed his chrysalis and transform into a butterfly before your very eyes 
3
Die, Monster, Die!
Mike McGranaghan
It s debatable whether the three acts of Die Monster Die fit together well but there s no doubt they collectively add up to one deliriously goofy B movie 
2
The Last Days of Capitalism
David Nusair
stirring compelling 
2.5
The Last Days of Capitalism
Caroline Madden
The Last Days of Capitalism is a simple yet rewarding drama featuringa jaw dropping finale withtimely social commentary that makes it worth embarking on such a talky journey 
3.0
The Last Days of Capitalism
Bob Bloom
The movie is more like a filmed play All the action what little there is and the talk a lot of that takes place in the suite 
2.5
Amy
Lou Lumenick
Nowhere near as good as Tass and Parker s best film the delightful Malcolm 
2
Amy
Harvey S. Karten
Effectively combines the genres of musical drama and comedy in a delightfully family friendly film 
3.5
My Father, the Genius
Janice Page
Scenes in circular frame effectively convey a fresh daughter s eye view of her father s nonlinear universe skillful editing keeps the whole package in balance 
3.5
Edi
Michele Kenner
First time writer director Piotr Trzaskalski takes this slight celebration of the ordinary and makes it life affirming 
3
Adam & Steve
Kam Williams
A lighthearted look at gay love and a far more honest and ultimately more touching exploration of the theme than what we got up on Brokeback Mountain 
4
Adam & Steve
Phil Villarreal
Chester could have used a major rewrite or at least some serious editing 
2
Adam & Steve
Tom Keogh
Clever liberatingly silly and sweet 
3
Adam & Steve
David Elliott
A clunky doofus a comedy of meet cutes and weak jokes 
0
Adam & Steve
Jeff Vice
Adam Steve does distinguish itself from its fellow gay comedies in exactly one way It s possibly the most low brow of the lot 
1.5
Adam & Steve
John Monaghan
Chester and the goofy Gets make a likable comedy team 
3
Adam & Steve
Kim Morgan
So awkwardly directed by star Chester that its timing and tone are hopelessly uneven 
2
Adam & Steve
Joe Brown
Plays as urban farce but thanks to first time director Chester s light touch and affectionally observant eye and ear it s also a genuinely affecting love story 
3
Adam & Steve
Ken Fox
It hits more often than it misses and the best parts are always the simplest in which the stars wing it with nothing to go on but their natural chemistry 
2.5
Adam & Steve
Stephen Whitty
One of the most fundamental rights of man is the right to simply have a frivolous good time And that s a rainbow flag that Adam Steve proudly waves high 
3
Adam & Steve
Lou Lumenick
Often charming and funny though sometimes quite gross 
2.5
Adam & Steve
Elizabeth Weitzman
Co stars Parker Posey and Chris Kattan offer minor diversions but the humor never rises to the quality any New Yorker regardless of sexual orientation would expect 
2
Adam & Steve
Bobby Hankinson
For every shtick that works there are two that don t Adam Steve is not the knee slapper it wants to be but it s endearing nonetheless 
2
Adam & Steve
Roger Ebert
There is an underlying story here and some comic ideas that in the hands of a better director or more ruthless editor could have become an entertaining romantic comedy 
2
Adam & Steve
Chris Hewitt
Like the Duran Duran videos it worships Adam Steve is so retro it s fresh 
3
Adam & Steve
Laura Kelly
Despite its unevenness Adam Steve manages to rise above the bodily function humor in ways that are silly and sincere at the same time 
2.5
Adam & Steve
Allison Benedikt
Adam Steve is a mostly bland sporadically crude by the numbers romantic comedy about two gay men in love 
1.5
Adam & Steve
Ed Gonzalez
Chester cleverly conflates the personal trauma of the titular couple s 18 year old incontinence nightmare with the national horror of 9 11 
2.5
Fatima
Roger Moore
Uneven performances and a dawdling clunky script mute the impact
2
Fatima
Sarah Knight Adamson
Fatima is a gorgeous film with inccredible performances by all cast members The beautiful majestic voice of Andrea Bocelli sets a spiritual and haunting tone of the film 
4
Fatima
Tom Meek
The film may be of interest for the devout but otherwise it s a plodding meander that tells of a slightly intriguing footnote of early 20th century history 
2
Fatima
Lisa Trifone
The child actors don t quite deliver on the demands of a script that requires they believe their lines in order to get us to believe the film 
2
Fatima
Sean P. Means
The real missed opportunity in Fatima is in the framing story decades later as Lucia played by Sonia Braga an elderly nun invites a skeptical theological scholar Harvey Keitel to interview her 
2.5
Fatima
Richard Roeper
In the flourishing faith based movie genre this is one of the better ones 
3
Fatima
Christian Toto
Fact based drama gives Christian cinema a timely shot in the arm 
3
Fatima
Sheila O'Malley
Fatima is told simply but emotionally prioritizing the sensorial reality of the children s world and the people inhabiting it This devotion to the real makes the holy vision palpable and plausible 
3
Fatima
Mark Dujsik
T he movie ultimately feels like a story of accepted and acceptable belief not of genuine faith 
2
Fatima
Barry Hertz
With its cheap CGI demons and soundtrack of wailing souls it was unintentional comedy of the highest order 
1.5
Fatima
Mike McGranaghan
The film takes faith seriously leaving you with a beautiful uplifting feeling afterward 
3
The Macaluso Sisters
Monica Castillo
Any missteps feel minor in comparison to the film s most poignant moments 
3
Poetic Justice
Stephen Hunter
In short the movie s pretty much of a mess as it struggles with big themes but hasn t figured out what to do with them 
2
Poetic Justice
Johanna Steinmetz
Poetic Justice is thoroughly watchable The director s script has bite he is fluid with his camerawork and his eye and ear for details particularly the details of female life are superb 
3
Poetic Justice
Michael Dequina
A quiet personal story that should have been louder bolder 
2.5
Poetic Justice
Roger Ebert
Yes things are hard But they aren t impossible Sometimes they re wonderful And sometimes you can find someone to share them with 
3
My Love, Don't Cross That River
Michael O'Sullivan
You will probably find yourself bawling your eyes out without ever knowing how you got to that state at the film s profoundly heartbreakingly somber conclusion 
3
My Love, Don't Cross That River
Clayton Dillard
Jin Mo young fetishizes his subjects wholly modest behaviors as cute manifestations of a pure form of human interaction 
1
The Great Flood
Mattie Lucas
Has a remarkably keen sense of time and place and Morrison immerses us in a world that feels remarkably similar to our own even through 87 years of film dirt and grain 
3
The Great Flood
Mark Feeney
Having taken the flood out of time Morrison plants it firmly in space or as firm as any dreamscape can be He s made a sort of travelog and it s destination is inundation 
2.5
The Great Flood
John Beifuss
The damage gives the images an appropriately mud spattered post disaster appearance sometimes the splotchy jumpy degradation transforms these smalltown flood scenes into abstract animated splatter paintings 
3
The Great Flood
Paul de Barros
Somehow it feels wrong to enjoy a story about so much suffering 
3.5
The Great Flood
Eric Henderson
Even in comparatively conventional mode Bill Morrison s work still benefits from the poetic potential of nature s repossession of its own elements 
2.5
Tolkien
Steven Prokopy
It s easy to derive a great deal of pleasure in Hoult and Collins together Their relationship has an innocent charm that is wonderful to witness 
3
Tolkien
David Nusair
A fairly bottom of the barrel biopic 
1
Tolkien
Matt Brunson
It gives new meaning to the term fan fiction 
2
Tolkien
Lisa Jensen
Tolkien s journey through the hell of the Somme gives the movie its action but his inner journey through the landscape of his imagination makes the trip worthwhile 
3
Tolkien
James Berardinelli
Tolkien may have been the most important modern fantasy author but the movie bearing his name won t stand the test of time 
2.5
Tolkien
Richard Roeper
If you re going to tell the story of one of the most imaginative writing minds of the 20th century why not infuse it with more imagination 
2
Tolkien
Brandy McDonnell
Although it boasts a love of beauty and art Tolkien leaves too much of the magic inherent in its subject untapped 
2.5
Tolkien
Josh Terry
You don t have to be a Lord of the Rings fan to appreciate Dome Karukoski s excellent Tolkien but fans of J R R Tolkien s fantasy novels and films will especially appreciate this sharp biographical effort 
4
Tolkien
Matthew Rozsa
For a film that seems to aspire to greatness Tolkien is done in by its lack of vision That was one quality which Tolkien himself was never accused of lacking 
2.5
Tolkien
Sheila O'Malley
Tolkien approaches its subject with maybe a little bit too much reverence but shows an interest in the development of Tolkien s ideas his passion for philology not the most cinematic of subjects his love of myths and legends 
2.5
Tolkien
Robert Horton
The movie doesn t nail its attempts to depict how hobbits and wizards and elves were born from Tolkien s youth but it does create an appealing portrait of a brainy misfit 
3
Tolkien
Michael Smith
But while the war scenes feel tacked on and the love story feels manufactured despite being true the movie can always fall back on its moments and those friends upon which the Lord of the Rings origins are constructed 
2.5
Tolkien
Mark Dujsik
The outline of Tolkien s life is accurate but in the end the story feels only like an outline 
2
Tolkien
Peter Howell
Tolkien is to filmmaking what spoon feeding is to infants 
2
Tolkien
Rex Reed
Maybe Tolkien had a fascinating life story full of anecdotes that inspired his future work but it isn t told here 
2
Tolkien
Sean P. Means
There are moments of elf magic in Tolkien when this stodgy biographical drama of the author J R R Tolkien seems about to burst free of its genre limitations to become as soaring as Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings until it seems to lose its nerve 
2.5
Tolkien
Rob Thomas
Tolkien might have been a better movie if it had been about a writer named J R R Tolbert 
2
Tolkien
Rafer Guzman
Tolkien has plenty to recommend it beginning with a more than credible performance from Nicholas Hoult in the title role 
2.5
Tolkien
Bob Bloom
Tolkien is more of a sketch of the future author s early experiences and influences rather than a fully realized canvas 
2
Tolkien
Gary Thompson
Tolkien is a little on the nose But there is also an undeniable appeal to the life art allusions that drive this earnest movie which is handsomely mounted well cast and well acted 
2.5
Tolkien
Kam Williams
Childhood angst plus wartime trauma yields escapist fantasies for the ages 
4
Tolkien
Ty Burr
Origin tales usually give us the backstories of beloved characters Tolkien by contrast dramatizes the events that created a creator 
2.5
Tolkien
Michael Phillips
With a faint plop Tolkien lands in the marshy middle ground of disappointment 
2
Tolkien
Brad Wheeler
Stately handsome and ferociously romantic the new biopic of British high fantasy writer J R R Tolkien won t be everyone s cup of tea though there is some excellent tea drinking to be had 
2
Tolkien
Roger Moore
Like the dullish first chapter of a promising Masterpiece Theatre mini series biography
2
Tolkien
Mick LaSalle
At its best Tolkien creates within the audience a sympathetic understanding of the forces that gave rise to Tolkien s works 
2.5
Tolkien
Sara Stewart
Karukoski never really succeeds in depicting the student and later soldier Tolkien as all that unusual 
2
Tolkien
Michael O'Sullivan
Tolkien is anodyne enough that no one should be terribly upset by it let alone deeply moved in any other way 
2
Tolkien
Kenneth R. Morefield
It celebrates the love of art not just the love of a particular piece of art 
2.5
Tolkien
Derek Smith
The film preaches of the love of creative freedom yet finds no original form of expression of its own 
1.5
Tolkien
Alan Corr
Tolkien at least provides welcome relief after the recent glut of film hagiographies of esteemed English writers 
3
The Big 4
Brian Tallerico
It apos s like The Three Stooges with bazookas 46 The Big 4 is way too long and talky 44 but you feel its impact when it explodes 46 
3
The Big 4
Roger Moore
A jokey 44 insanely bloody Indonesian action pic worth watching for the jokes 8212 which translate well enough 8212 and some epic throwdowns 46 
2
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Brian Eggert
It apos s an appealing 44 engaging 44 and solidly assembled picture with style to spare 44 and here apos s hoping it apos s not the last time Frank and Neeson bring Scudder to the screen 46 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Michael Smith
For all of the backstory and the marginal characters A Walk Among the Tombstones feels too much like a week spent watching CBS crime procedurals that take themselves way too seriously 
2
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Timothy Wainwright
There s a lot to like in this movie This is why it s such a shame that the whole thing was ruined by a few minutes of footage 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Stephen Rebello
This smart lean tough and yeah talky flick has been very shrewdly and knowingly directed adapted by Scott Frank who wrote The Wolverine who knows the noir conventions rain melancholy tough doomed characters paranoid plotting 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Cammila Collar
A gritty old school detective story A Walk Among the Tombstones is an above average excuse to watch Liam Neeson load handguns kick down doors and grill bad guys in a questionable American accent 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Michael Dequina
Liam Neeson reminds that he can be just as captivating to watch creating a complex character as he is beating bad guys up 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
John Beifuss
Rough hewn and weary Liam Neeson brings his very particular set of acting skills to the role of Matthew Scudder in this dark mystery thriller 
3.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Robert Levin
The picture s apparently deeply held belief in its significance ultimately serves as its undoing 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
David Nusair
A Walk Among the Tombstones opens with an engrossing stretch that effectively establishes the central character and his latest case 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Scott Nash
Liam Neeson is rescuing kidnapped girls again but this time in a darker moodier film 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Linda Cook
A Walk Among the Tombstones is plain and simple a Liam Neeson movie 
2
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Peter Canavese
What rsquo s best about A Walk Among the Tombstones is atmospheric What rsquo s worst about the film is its sense of generic luridness 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
James Berardinelli
If this is your kind of movie it s hard to find one better made 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Matt Brunson
A Walk Among the Tombstones certainly isn t bad and it will make an excellent Netflix streaming option on some chilly Saturday night in the near future 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Glenn Kenny
Besides being a dynamite thriller it gives something not insubstantial as an extra 
3.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Willie Waffle
Neeson is the best at portraying morally righteous annoyance
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Liam Lacey
Overplotted and underexplained 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Steven Rea
It has the steady pace of a police procedural with a flawed but noble hero and the colorful lowlifes that populate any hard boiled mystery scribe s world 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Stephen Whitty
Frank keeps things tense enough that we may not have time to notice one or two failings in the script 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Mark Dujsik
The movie doesn t dig into Scudder s character until the final act 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Bruce DeMara
A solid entry into the film noir genre 
3.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Rafer Guzman
A Walk Among the Tombstones feels like one of its villains spiteful sadistic and amoral 
1.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Joe Williams
Liam Neeson has a particular set of skills but choosing worthwhile projects is no longer one of them 
1.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Ann Hornaday
With luck Matt Scudder will return with more of the same patter and much less splatter 
2
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Walter V. Addiego
Neeson has so much audience good will at this point that he almost can do no wrong He s very good as Scudder and with luck and good box office this could be the start of a series 
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Claudia Puig
Audiences will be drawn to a more soulful Neeson as a downtrodden gumshoe with a strong sense of decency and dark streak of humor 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Kyle Smith
They don t make em like A Walk Among the Tombstones any more Mainly because everyone got bored with em and stopped watching em 
2
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Moira MacDonald
I found myself wishing this Walk would end far sooner than it did but that we could follow Leeson s Scudder into another story 
2.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Roger Moore
Neeson is no more Taken with this limp and jokey Man with Particular Skills thriller than we are 
2
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Chris Cabin
All of Scott Frank s thematic concerns are little more than window dressing for a run of the mill detective story in line with 90s thrillers like The Bone Collector 
1.5
K-9: P.I.
Steve Rhodes
Even if you feel like you ve seen this movie a thousand times before it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to Belushi s easy going likableness 
2.5
K-9: P.I.
Walter Chaw
If you re really renting this you re not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices you re interested in Anne Geddes John Grisham and Thomas Kincaid 
1
Dazed and Confused
Tom Meek
The magnum opus of Linklater s Austin films but in this slice of life it s high schoolers moving up and moving on 
3.5
Dazed and Confused
Eric Melin
It may have seemed like a movie that was out of time but it turned out to be perfectly in sync with the restlessness of the early 90s as well 
3.5
Dazed and Confused
Matt Brunson
Linklater examines a period when indulging in vices was viewed as a coming of age rite of passage rather than a life threatening act of immorality 
3
Dazed and Confused
Phil Villarreal
Linklater shreds the very fabric of what s expected in a teen comedy 
4
Dazed and Confused
Roger Ebert
The film s real inspiration I think is to depict some high school kids from the 1970s with such unblinking attention that we will realize how romanticized most movie teenagers are 
3
Dazed and Confused
James Berardinelli
This is light entertainment nothing groundbreaking or even especially noteworthy 
2
Dazed and Confused
Chris Hicks
For a film like this casting is everything and the players are quite appealing 
2.5
Baby Face
Josh Larsen
Stanwyck apos s Lily flips gender and power dynamics on their heads 46 
3.5
Baby Face
David Nusair
heightened by Stanwyck s absolutely spellbinding turn 
2.5
Baby Face
Ty Burr
A fascinatingly conflicted artifact of Depression era do me feminism 
3.5
Baby Face
Mick LaSalle
If you ve never seen Stanwyck in a pre Code film you ve never really seen Stanwyck 
4
Baby Face
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Inarguably one of the greatest screen actresses of the century Stanwyck gives one of her strongest performances here all fire and hunger and pain 
4
Parallel Mothers
David Nusair
Parallel Mothers benefits from Cruz 8217 s top notch work and an ongoing emphasis on admittedly spellbinding plot twists and surprises 46 46 46 
2.5
Parallel Mothers
Matt Brunson
A shattering drama whose potency is occasionally diluted by an intrusive secondary storyline 
3
Parallel Mothers
Rene Sanchez
Penélope Cruz is sensational in Almodóvar s latest melodrama one that juxtaposes motherhood and the historical past of a nation to uncover their sorrows and secrets Full Review in Spanish 
3
Parallel Mothers
David Reddish
Mysterious captivating and evasive Parallel Mothers reconfirms Almodóvar as one of the great directors working today with a story that defies easy meaning 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Sean P. Means
Cruz has never given a better performance capturing Janis s maternal joy and heartache beautifully 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Brian Eggert
Almodovar crafts a heartrending drama about a mothering impulse to treat wounds and nurture a healthy future leading to a conversation about his country s Civil War and Francisco Franco s dictatorship 
4
Parallel Mothers
Tim Brayton
A polished and classy work of great talent and somewhat less gonzo ingenuity 
3.4
Parallel Mothers
Mike McGranaghan
This sensitive story about motherhood introduces some gasp inducing twists on its way to a conclusion that leaves you choked up 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Robert Horton
It seems clearer than ever that all the handsome design is an embrace of style as a defiant and even courageous wedge against oppression conformity and whatever else you can name that threatens the spirit 
3
Parallel Mothers
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
In Almodóvar s illustrious canon Parallel Mothers is minor Its heart shatters for mothers stranded by fate men and nations but surely it could do something more attentive with the pieces 
2
Parallel Mothers
Josh Bell
The plot encompasses a series of twists that could come off as manipulative or cheesy but the actors find the truth and honesty in each new revelation 
3
Parallel Mothers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pedro Almodóvar s latest soap opera is as usual impeccably made making use of its physical spaces to both enhance and control the characters emotions Yet it still feels like one of his lesser efforts 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Moira MacDonald
Generations pass this wise movie tells us family endures 
4
Parallel Mothers
Max Weiss
There are more twists and turns in Parallel Mothers that I won t disclose but the film is mesmerizing 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Mark Feeney
Cruz is a marvel forceful passionate casually sexy There are lots of people who star in movies There are very few honest to Hollywood movie stars Cruz is one of them 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Richard Roeper
The somber meets the surreal in a gorgeous movie with one of Penelope Cruz s best performances 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Steven Prokopy
Almodóvar is skilled at taking what could easily be a soap opera like setup and turning it into something believable and emotionally volatile 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
James Berardinelli
Despite some of the seemingly obtuse screenwriting decisions made by Almodovar Parallel Mothers is a strong affecting drama that asks tough questions for which there are no neat clean answers 
3
Parallel Mothers
Randy Myers
Almodovar shows us that he s as playful adventurous and relevant as ever in this wickedly good and surprisingly emotional melodrama which tackles weighty issues of history birthright and bonds between women 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Michael O'Sullivan
Parallel Mothers is many things at once a thriller about parentage a meditation on motherhood 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Peter Canavese
Everything you ve come to expect from Pedro Almodovar a twisty story with a psychological thriller element to it lush colorful design beautiful actors and a plot that builds complication on complication 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Mick LaSalle
What keeps us glued to our seats are a series of unexpected plot turns little and surprising story moments that create curiosity and sometimes anxiety 
3
Parallel Mothers
Christy Lemire
The performances always make the film feel substantive and authentic particularly the interplay between its two very different stars 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Mark Dujsik
T he intentions and drama of Parallel Mothers don t converge 
2.5
Parallel Mothers
Lindsey Bahr
It s a gorgeous showcase for Cruz Hopefully she and Almodóvar have more than a few more films in them 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Josh Larsen
Cruz embraces a maternal side that is at once nurturing and ferocious 
3
Parallel Mothers
Roger Moore
This isn t one of the filmmaker s great films but it is a serious return to form and a movie that makes us feel the pain of women in childbirth in disappointment and in loss as intensely as he does 
3
Parallel Mothers
Jeff York
It s a film filled with symbolism sexual politics secrets and melodrama In other words vintage Almodóvar It also contains the best screen performance that Penelope Cruz has given to date 
4
Parallel Mothers
Dwight Brown
Oscar caliber screenwriting and direction and easily one of Almodóvar s best films 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Chuck Bowen
The film is a ghost story as well as a story of transference which Pedro Almodóvar understands to be one in the same 
3.5
Parallel Mothers
Joey Magidson
Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit are splendid here with Cruz again upping her game for Pedro Almodóvar 
3
The Bloodhound
Roger Moore
Knowing Poe s original story isn t much help in gleaning the meaning of this willfully obscure horror tale 
2
To the Bone
Max Weiss
A fitfully successful exploration of anorexia that plays like a slightly above average TV movie 
2.5
To the Bone
Sheila O'Malley
There are aspects of this approach that are refreshing Noxon clearly knows the territory But the end result is confusing and unfocused 
2.5
To the Bone
Chuck Bowen
One of the film s great qualities is its casualness and willingness to be simply human and to not let sociological politics dominate 
3
To the Bone
Rick Bentley
There s a pure honesty to Noxon s story and direction that makes To the Bone a tale of despair and promise gain and loss horror and hope 
3.5
To the Bone
Sean P. Means
It s a credit to Noxon s sterling wit and her great sensitivity that the movie delivers a powerful emotional punch 
3.5
Rio
Brian Eggert
This is a children 8217 s film through and through 44 with lots of pretty colors and butt jokes to entertain the 4 to 8 year old range 46 
1
Rio
Roger Moore
Comical colorful wonderfully cast and beautifully animated Rio is the first Blue Sky movie that could be compared to the best of Pixar 
3.5
Rio
Jeff Beck
This is simply a film that both kids and parents can enjoy together which according to the consensuses for other recent kids films hasn t happened for awhile so my advice would be to take advantage of it
3
Rio
Michael Dequina
Basic good natured cinematic charm isn t something that should be easily dismissed 
3
Rio
Sara Michelle Fetters
Rio is a beautifully animated family frolic sure to keep the little ones joyfully content 
2.5
Rio
John Beifuss
The urban tropical landscapes and Carnival backdrop add vibrancy to a smart romance adventure that borrows from classic Bob Hope suspense comedies and even Hitchcock s The 39 Steps 
3.5
Rio
Peter Travers
Rio is a brightly colored dizzying pinwheel of 3D animation in which nothing much happens Sounds like summer is here early 
2.5
Rio
Lori Hoffman
Rio features great vocal work from Jesse Eisenberg Anne Hathaway and Tracy Morgan and a tired plot that needs the eye popping animation to keep it flying high 
2.5
Rio
Bob Bloom
Rio is bright and bouncy and abetted by some strong vocal talent most notably Jesse Eisenberg as Blu and Anne Hathaway as Jewel 
3.5
Rio
Glenn Heath Jr.
Carlos Saldanha s sincere but uninspired romp into the glossy postcard atmosphere of Rio de Janeiro is one long courtship that ultimately falls flat 
1.5
Rio
Keith Cohen
The screenwriters have come up with a wonderful story filled with humor and romance Youngsters will be captivated by the colorful characters the toe tapping musical numbers and the breathtaking aerial backdrops 
3
Rio
Matt Brunson
Rango was crafty enough to extend an olive branch to adult viewers Rio is strictly for the kids and anyone expecting this Brazilian set film to contain any references to City of God or heck even The Boys from Brazil will be sorely disappointed 
2.5
Rio
Peter Canavese
Despite its exotic setting the personal connection of Rio bred director Carlos Saldanha the odd eye popping sequence and a lot of literal color the new CGI animated Rio turns out to be figuratively colorless 
2
Rio
Liam Lacey
The generic story elements can t spoil the real achievement of Rio which is a series of vividly choreographed set pieces 
2.5
Rio
Willie Waffle
Hathaway is pretty cool giving Jewel lots of spirit and takes the time to put in an effort to add something to the vocal performance She s not just reading her lines 
2.5
Rio
Chris Hewitt
Even though it s just a cartoon Rio captures Brazil vibrantly not just in the vividly colored jungle and the carnival parades but also in the rhythmic music which was supervised by samba maestro Sergio Mendes 
3
Rio
Nell Minow
Buoyed by local color literally with a vibrantly sun drenched palette a sensationally festive Carnival parade and a slinky samba licious soundtrack
3
Rio
Ann Hornaday
This is a movie that takes even the hoariest quest peril life lesson tropes of family animated films and imbues them with new life and rhythm 
3
Rio
Lou Lumenick
I have a feeling that older audience members will like me be getting restless during this celebrity voice driven generically plotted variation on Madagascar 
2.5
Rio
Joe Williams
Although the road to Rio was paved with good intentions this toon never truly takes flight 
2.5
Rio
Mark Dujsik
After a certain point we begin to realize that Don Rhymer s screenplay doesn t have the courage to do much more than try to breeze by on its charm 
2.5
Rio
Dustin Putman
Freed from the shackles of the overpriced unnecessary 3D it should really impress when it hits high definition Blu Ray Too bad the rest of the film doesn t match the visuals 
2
Rio
Claudia Puig
For its stunning iridescent look and infectious music Rio is a refreshing adventure worth taking 
2.5
Rio
Loey Lockerby
Despite its copycat nature it has its own irresistibly joyful energy 
3
Rio
Amy Biancolli
The humor s a little strange and the action s a little frenetic but all of it whooshes past in a swirl of tropical color and pseudo South American bonhomie 
3
Rio
Tom Keogh
Rio is strong on relationships visually novel full of fresh ideas and featuring a few vocal actors you might not have expected to be part of the fun 
3
Rio
Sue Pierman
Even with the 3 D effects and rap music Rio has a retro feel thanks to its bright colorful characters and brave heroine 
3.5
Rio
Carrie Rickey
Storks samba Toucans tumba Parrots party in kaleidoscopic formations to the music of Sergio Mendes 
3
Rio
Michael Phillips
The director Carlos Saldanha collaborated on the Ice Age trilogy What he has developed here has tons of atmosphere and less helpfully tons of over plotted chaos disguised as a story 
2.5
Rio
Thelma Adams
Vibrant and as zippy as a kindergartner on a sugar rush this 3 D animated flick will certainly please kids even if adults may find it a little snoozy 
2.5
Rio
Josh Larsen
Rio gives its young audience members what they ll like not what they deserve 
2
Rio
Matt Pais
Calling Rio creatively bankrupt is a massive understatement 
1
Rio
Christopher Lloyd
A competently made animated film crafted specifically for the toddler set who may enjoy the bright colors and boingy action Older kids and parents will find themselves if not quite bored then only modestly engaged 
2
Rio
Tom Meek
Love drives this animated 3D flight of fancy from Carlos Saldanha director of the Ice Age series and a native of the title city 
2.5
Rio
James Berardinelli
The only thing surprising about this lackluster animated production is that it attracted an A list voice cast But that s how things are today when even mediocre animation can be a big draw 
2.5
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories
Roger Moore
It s a hard story to screw up and appreciating its simple authority how quickly this one breezes by and how moving it is in the end they didn t 
3.5
Service Entrance
Keith Cohen
This delightful slice of life observation on class distinctions will make you feel good inside Luchini carries the movie as the central character with physical mannerisms that have a comedic bent Other strengths include 
3
Service Entrance
Rob Thomas
The film is better at exploring the human connection between Jean Louis and the maids as a group than it is delving into a romantic connection between Jean Louis and Maria 
2.5
Service Entrance
Chris Hewitt
It s entertaining in a French relax it s just sex kind of way 
3
Service Entrance
Moira MacDonald
A sweet yet occasionally heavy handed comedy about class relations in 1962 Paris 
2.5
Service Entrance
Michael O'Sullivan
It has drama comedy romance and class politics It also introduces an element of ethnic prejudice to the mix 
2.5
Service Entrance
Roger Ebert
The Women on the 6th Floor is a pleasant movie even tempered a romantic fantasy 
3
Service Entrance
Joe Williams
The Women on the 6th Floor shouldn t work but this efficient flick whisks away our cynicism 
3
Service Entrance
Rene Rodriguez
This is one French comedy that could have used a little more hand wringing and a little less whimsy 
2
Service Entrance
Liam Lacey
A sporadically amusing occasionally off putting French farce 
2
Service Entrance
Mick LaSalle
The period detail grounds it and gives us an interesting look into class as it existed in France some 45 years ago 
3
Service Entrance
Linda Barnard
The Women on the 6th Floor follows the well worn story pathway about relationships between bosses and servants but does so with a sense of genuine joy that mostly makes up for any lack of originality 
3
Service Entrance
Ty Burr
The Women on the 6th Floor is delicate and sensitive and utter bollocks a bourgeois wet dream made to soothe the souls and stir the loins of powerful men in midlife crisis 
1
Service Entrance
Stephen Whitty
It gives us the sort of problem free escape that poor beleaguered Jean Louis can only daydream of 
3
Service Entrance
V.A. Musetto
Sorry but I m not buying it even if the whole thing s set in the free loving 60s 
2
Service Entrance
Kalvin Henely
There s nothing remarkable going on in Jean Philippe Le Guay s pillowy Vicodin pill of a film 
2
Service Entrance
Erik Childress
Over an hour in the film would like to be some kind of reverse Ball of Fire but none of it is remotely believable nor funny Luchini is a big dud and Verbeke has a nice smile but has nowhere to take it except the kitchen and upstairs 
1.5
Service Entrance
Peter Keough
A comforting charmer 
2
Service Entrance
Kent Turner
Good natured but formulaic
2
Don Jon
Tom Meek
Joseph Gordon Levitt s directorial debut is blessed with a tremendous female ensemble Brie Larson Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson that lifts it higher than its thin rom com premise 
3
Don Jon
David Keyes
Don Jon is no kind of resonating masterpiece but it s intelligent thoughtful funny and dedicated to the cause of finding a personality and sticking with him through the excess of his addictions 
3
Don Jon
James Kendrick
a fascinating and often compelling film and a clear sign that Gordon Levitt is a filmmaker of note whose future is bright if he continues to not play it safe
3
Don Jon
Lori Hoffman
Don Jon is a solid debut but my guess is that Joseph Gordon Levitt will have some more exciting cinematic adventures for us as his career behind the camera continues
2.5
Don Jon
Christy Lemire
Joseph Gordon Levitt turns the gym tan laundry routine into an art form with Don Jon his vibrant and viciously profane directorial debut 
3
Don Jon
Scott Nash
An impressive debut as writer director star 
3
Don Jon
Josh Larsen
Technology has enabled this Don to do what the original Don Juan may have ultimately wanted to be pleasured alone giving nothing of himself 
2.5
Don Jon
Matt Brunson
It s Julianne Moore s character who most allows Don Jon to upgrade from being a humorous and perceptive movie about naughty Internet connections into a heartfelt and perceptive movie about necessary human connections 
3.5
Don Jon
Mike McGranaghan
A perceptive and often funny story with a refreshingly mature attitude about sex 
3.5
Don Jon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the kind of American movie that comes along far too rarely It s funny and entertaining but it remembers who we are as human beings does not shy away from our many flaws and finds something endearing in all of it 
3.5
Don Jon
Carla Meyer
Never before has Gordon Levitt disappeared into character as he does here 
3
Don Jon
Chris Knight
Gordon Levitt s roots in culture go deep he chalked up his first TV credit at age seven and he was already a seasoned performer when 3rd Rock from the Sun came along in 1996 With Don Jon he proves just as adept behind the camera 
3.5
Don Jon
Cammila Collar
Don Jon deals quite beautifully with the idea that real love can often be distinct from other phenomena that are commonly mistaken for love like the narcissistic desire to be loved 
4
Don Jon
Mark Dujsik
T he movie has no clear idea who this man is 
2
Don Jon
Odie Henderson
Hearing the star of Who s the Boss drop about 500 f bombs is one of the film s few pleasures 
1.5
Don Jon
Stephen Whitty
Really Don Jon could have should have gone on another 20 minutes Then again when was the last time you felt that about a romantic comedy Or any movie 
3
Don Jon
Rene Rodriguez
The movie has a keen understanding of how easily we can hurt other people by not considering them 
3
Don Jon
Mara Reinstein
GTL comparisons aside Jon s sublime journey extends well past the shenanigans along The Jersey Shore s old boardwalk 
3.5
Don Jon
Dustin Putman
Unexpectedly bold and finally endearing an impressive first directorial effort from a performer who has clearly learned a lot from being on television and movie sets all his life Gordon Levitt is the undeniable real deal 
3
Don Jon
Robert Levin
It s never boring but the film plays like a thesis on the modern condition more than a genuine depiction of a romantic relationship 
2.5
Don Jon
Moira MacDonald
By the time Jon learns that you have to lose yourself in another person a nice turn of phrase it s too late for us to lose ourselves in the movie Don Jon is already gone 
2
Don Jon
Claudia Puig
Writer director star Joseph Gordon Levitt takes an intriguing subject human attraction and nimbly probes it with wit insight and a disarming forthrightness 
3
Don Jon
Ty Burr
R rating aside it should be required viewing for every 15 year old boy on the planet 
3
Don Jon
Rafer Guzman
Rarely has a film offered such raw and honest talk with visuals too about male sexuality 
3.5
Don Jon
Stephanie Merry
The film manages to be extremely efficient conveying its points making the audience laugh getting viewers invested and even breaking our hearts in just 90 minutes 
3
Don Jon
Chris Hewitt
It s amusing but not especially insightful 
2.5
Don Jon
Mick LaSalle
Don Jon deserves praise for wearing its message lightly and yet for daring to present such a lecture in today s Internet drenched environment 
3
Don Jon
Joe Williams
Gordon Levitt s skills as an actor and those of co stars Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore keep us watching even as public place modesty makes us want to look away 
2.5
Don Jon
Lou Lumenick
One of the most adventurous actors of his generation Gordon Levitt has a good sense of just how graphically he can depict Jon s addiction and maintain the sympathy of both men and women 
3
Don Jon
Steven Rea
Not exactly an original idea But Gordon Levitt goes at it with gusto and style Give the guy some props 
3
Don Jon
Cathy Jakicic
In the end Don Jon offers the promise of progress without pat answers It also offers the promise of the future work of an undeniably talented actor turned director 
3
Don Jon
Loey Lockerby
The result is a bit confused but shows a genuine talent at work 
2.5
Don Jon
Dann Gire
Gordon Levitt is no slouch when it comes to taking risks as a filmmaker I can t wait to see what he does next 
3.5
Don Jon
Michael Phillips
It s a dark comedy about matters of the heart and how far some people go to take their minds off such matters 
3
Don Jon
Linda Barnard
Gordon Levitt demonstrates he is a filmmaker with promise who blends a good ear for dialogue with fine pacing and an eye for making a good looking picture 
3
Don Jon
Peter Travers
Don Jon is a bruisingly funny bracingly smart comic dare that marks a stellar feature directing and writing debut for Joseph Gordon Levitt who plays Jon with humor heat and sneaky heart 
3.5
Don Jon
Matt Pais
The sound of one hand clasping 
2
Don Jon
James Berardinelli
Don Jon is visually interesting without being overbearing The script finds a witty way to confront serious issues And Levitt Gordon takes on the personality of a guy straight out of Jersey Shore 
3
Don Jon
Bill Chambers
It s somewhat hypocritical that the movie has it in for romcoms but what are you gonna do 
2.5
Don Jon
Jake Coyle
Don Jon is a lark but an enjoyable one with a full hearted finale and it further reveals the considerable talents of Gordon Levitt 
3
Don Jon
Rex Reed
Gordon Levitt can act and there s a possibility he can also direct but there s no evidence in Don Jon that he can do both at the same time 
2
Don Jon
Randy Myers
Don Jon is hardly as slick as its main character fancies himself and that s OK After all as Gordon Levitt s movie takes great pains to illustrate what we constitute as perfection often proves to be a deceptive illusion 
3
Don Jon
Roger Moore
Not a great movie but a filthy funny sweet and smart one with a third act punch that will take your breath away 
3
Don Jon
David Nusair
propulsive and thoroughly watchable 
2.5
The Flower (La flor)
Simon Abrams
A theoretically interesting but consistently unrewarding formal experiment 
2
The Flower (La flor)
Keith Uhlich
The arc of La Flor s first three episodes in particular suggests someone continually working and reworking the film of their dreams adjusting the tone the approach the narrative twists and the emotional intensity on the fly 
4
Paradise
Jeremiah Kipp
It wouldn t be a stretch to compare Paradise to Alphaville what with its imagining of the modern as otherworldly or to imagine it as a capsule made by an outer space explorer who visits Earth and finds layers of mystery in the mundane 
4
What an Idiot
Chris Knight
This one is called What an Idiot and I m honestly not sure if it s referring to one of the characters or one of the filmmakers Its silliness borders on the offensive 
1
Happiest Season
David Reddish
Loaded with gorgeous winter pageantry and fine performances all around Happiest Season offers a fine way to usher in the yuletide spirit with or without gay apparel 
3
Happiest Season
Brian Eggert
By the time the movie brings everyone together for a family photo in front of the Christmas tree and you re grinning like an idiot because the scene makes you unreasonably merry you know that DuVall and her excellent cast have done something right 
3
Happiest Season
Richard Roeper
It s the movie equivalent of one of those specialty caffeinated holiday drinks like a Toasted White Chocolate Mocha or a Chestnut Praline Latte a guilty pleasure filled with sweetness and warmth but also an abundance of empty calories 
2.5
Happiest Season
Ty Burr
Watching Happiest Season is like opening the wrong present on Christmas morning You re a little bummed out and it s too late to put it back in the box 
2
Happiest Season
David Nusair
squanders an assortment of personable performances 
2
Happiest Season
Sara Michelle Fetters
This heartwarming trifle is agreeably paced and while the movie evaporates into the ether before the end credits have even concluded a hearty smile still lingered on my face long after it was over 
3
Happiest Season
Sean P. Means
Happiest Season deserves to join the pantheon of Christmas romantic comedies because it s fun witty and as sweet as gingerbread 
3.5
Happiest Season
Tom Meek
Happiest Season delivers all the holiday madness in entertaining form with a few different sides and trimmings to make the rewrap feel fittingly anew 
3
Happiest Season
Peter Canavese
There are twists here that make it quite unconventional for a romantic comedy and it keeps getting unexpectedly deep Fun funny and moving 
3
Happiest Season
Lisa Trifone
the sum of the film s very promising parts never quite add up to something one might want to find wrapped up underneath the tree 
2
Happiest Season
Lisa Wehrstedt
As a film trying to please everyone as a truthful portrayal of queer love for the LGBTQ community without being too threatening for the traditional rom com audience Happiest Season hits the mark 
3.5
Happiest Season
Chris Hewitt
Let s call it progress that Happiest Season suggests gay people are as entitled to mawkish contrived holiday movies as straight people are 
1
Happiest Season
Barry Hertz
There s nothing wrong with easy viewing comfort cinema but there s a difference between lazily entertaining your audience and insulting their intelligence 
2
Happiest Season
Lindsey Bahr
Happiest Season is a little all over the place in its tone whiplashing between over the top comedy and sincere emotional moments but it s not hard to look past some of the clunkiness 
3
Happiest Season
Tomris Laffly
Toppling a stereotypically straight and white genre does not make it beside the point whether her ensemble resembles people with recognizable human behavior 
1.5
Happiest Season
Mark Dujsik
For all this humor there is a certain sadness just beneath the surface gradually revealing itself more and more 
3
Happiest Season
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s not perfect but it s certainly entertainment 
2.5
Happiest Season
Mick LaSalle
One of the best Christmas movies of the millennium 
3
Happiest Season
Robert Levin
Happiest Season is another movie to add to the list of holiday season staples 
3
Happiest Season
Rob Thomas
With so many anonymous holiday movies being pumped out like assembly line gingerbread cookies it s a pleasure to watch one that takes the time to do it right 
3
Happiest Season
Michael Phillips
It works It s built And the people seem real or at least reality adjacent 
3
Happiest Season
Sara Stewart
Tonally Happiest Season is a bit uneven it can move from broad hijinks to high emotion a little too quickly But it also delivers wonderfully heartfelt moments 
3
Happiest Season
Roger Moore
Sentimental uneven somewhat brittle holiday message with a movie sloppily wrapped around it 
2
Happiest Season
Joey Magidson
Happiest Season is an instant holiday classic 
3.5
Happiest Season
Pat Brown
The film translates the often difficult realities of a specific kind of marginalized love into a story with broad appeal 
3
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
David N. Butterworth
A worthy baptism for those unacquainted with the genre but less fulfilling perhaps for the pre converted eager to experience more 
3
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Moira MacDonald
A pleasant ramble through little known cinematic territory 
3
Solomon and Gaenor
Michael Dequina
A beautiful gentle love story fueled by the palpable chemistry between Gruffudd and Roberts 
3
Solomon and Gaenor
Roger Ebert
The movie s ending wants to inspire tears but I was dry eyed perhaps as a response to its morose labors It is one thing to be the victim of fate and it is another thing to go looking for fate and wrestle it to the ground 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Nick Rogers
What more could one want from a third Austin Powers movie that you didn t get from two With only so much Bond baiting to be done Mike Myers trains his soft satire on himself for something that feels somewhat self loathing but still riotously funny 
3.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Betsy Bozdech
Mike Myers crew of comic characters manage to make their third big screen outing a fairly shagadelic experience 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Michael Dequina
Myers and Roach are running dangerously close to empty as far as new and genuinely funny ideas and they would be best off quitting before they fall any farther behind 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Scott Nash
Perhaps not as original as the first two movies Goldmember is still fun and funny 
4
Austin Powers in Goldmember
David Nusair
the film is dominated by jokes that aren t terribly funny and abandons the more absurd nature of the first film s comedy 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Wesley Lovell
A horrible conclusion to a previously entertaining series 46 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Jeff Strickler
The third installment in the series of super spy spoofs it s handcuffed by the ever increasing load of baggage it carries 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Margaret A. McGurk
Austin Powers in Goldmember may be a hash and a rehash but it was cooked with laughing gas 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Ian Mantgani
No longer funny because of its spoof value but because it is pantomime of the lamest order If you don t latch onto it it s embarrassing but if you have sympathy for the way Myers creates characters you may just find it infectious 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
David N. Butterworth
Better than the second and almost as good as the first 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Victor Olliver
Goldmember s worth the price of the ticket but no more sequels please 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mark Ramsey
I used to have this windbreaker that was Goldmembers Only 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Kevin A. Ranson
Whether you re new to Austin Danger Powers or a shagadelic fan of the series this one may be the last and it s a worthy sequel to end with 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Jonathan R. Perry
The video companion for The Complete Idiot s Guide to Movie Sequels 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Michael Szymanski
A funnier splashier sexier smarter and oh yeah groovier Austin than the other two 
4
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mike McGranaghan
There are two things you should know about it 1 it is not as inspired as the previous two films and 2 it is still very very funny 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
James Kendrick
once Goldmember like its predecessors in the series is played dozens of times its humor will reach the sublime level that is expected of it 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Frank Ochieng
Although the eurphoria is apparent for Austin Powers mania why risk the need of squeezing out another installment of a revered movie character dangerously looking to overstay his cinematic welcome in exhausting fashion 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Linda Cook
Third time s the charm yeah baby 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Shirley Klass
They don t make them like this anymore and I can t even think of another actor or character that could pull this off right now 
3.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Joe Leydon
That insistent scratching noise you hear throughout Austin Powers in Goldmember is the sound of filmmakers scraping the very bottom of the barrel 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mark Dujsik
There s a lot of good material here but there s also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mike Clark
The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many no question But this time there s some mold on the gold 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mick LaSalle
Goldmember delivers 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
David Elliott
It may seem harsh to chastise a comedy that just wants to be a jamboree of goofs yet the camp gaudiness of this show is oppressive 
1.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Joe Baltake
You ll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness but the point is you ll laugh 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
John Anderson
Goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Jackie Loohauis
Guilty Pleasures List you have a new chart topper 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Connie Ogle
The Austin Powers films have never ever been anything approaching high brow but the uneven Goldmember seems to take a big step toward the extremely juvenile with more scatological and fewer sex jokes 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Susan Stark
Austin and Dr Evil remain the most inventively detailed characters played by the franchise s star guiding light and principal beneficiary He s cheerful and energetic as ever 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Terry Lawson
The 60s satire that made the first movie such a hip trip is now just so much polka dotted wallpaper the jokes are now almost exclusively confined to orifices and excretions 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Jeff Vice
It s still not as funny as the first one which is probably where Myers and company should have stopped and probably would have if the movies hadn t been such huge successes 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Steven Rosen
With so many impersonations to keep track off director Jay Roach winds up moving between Myers and Myers so often that the editing feels like a crude cut and paste job 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Glenn Whipp
Easily the funniest movie of the year 
3.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Ty Burr
The most consistently funny of the Austin Powers films 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Liam Lacey
Even if the gag to wince ratio isn t high there are enough punchlines thrown here to make a sphinx smirk 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
David Sterritt
I enjoy inspired silliness as much as anyone but I found this a depressing disheartening 98 minutes 
1
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Jonathan Foreman
Uneven self conscious but often hilarious spoof 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Roger Ebert
The movie is a little tired maybe the original inspiration has run its course 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Marty Mapes
Goldmember fits right in to the Austin Powers canon
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Phil Villarreal
This is the most vulgar of the Austin Powers films but also the most immediately lovable 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Jeffrey Westhoff
The outrageous pee pee poo poo jokes from the second movie haven t gone away but the knowing spy humor from first movie has returned 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Collin Souter
It s funny but strained Now may be a good time to stick a fork in it 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Dan Lybarger
Somewhere in the back of Mike Myers mind there s probably a hope that Austin Powers lacks the resilience of James Bond 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
David Keyes
though there is an occasion when a wisecrack results in dead stares rather than laughs the result is pleasing enough for die hard fans of this ambitious spy trilogy 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Dustin Putman
Most certainly the funniest Austin Powers movie yet but it is also the most fervently uneven and charmless 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Ed Gonzalez
Though the film amounts to little more than messy sketch comedy it is far and away the funniest of the three Austin Powers films 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Carrie Rickey
Despite the firecracker energy of Beyonce Knowles on hand as Foxxy Cleopatra a tribute to bootylicious blaxploitation babe Pam Grier the film is almost a complete fizzle 
1.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Chris Hewitt
Sadly the new Austin Powers is only shagiocre 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Sean Piccoli
What started out as charming budget farce has become comedy by corporate affiliation 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Moira MacDonald
Not much else in this third Austin Powers sequel is new or memorable 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Glenn Lovell
A 14 carat stinker delivered with little sense of fun and less inspiration 
1.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Tor Thorsen
Goldmember is the most jumbled of the Powers films but it s also the funniest 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Lawrence Toppman
The funniest crassest wildest most musical most satirical and most scatological of the Powers trilogy 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mary F. Pols
Think of it as a can of Coke You open it it s fizzy and delightful If you ponder the ingredients in any depth you re just going to gross yourself out And if you leave it open for awhile it s going to go flat So drink up and don t think too much 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Michael Wilmington
A shapeless derivative but funny show 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Rob Thomas
The film ends on a blatant setup for an Austin Powers 4 but come on It s been fun and all but Oh begone baby 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Tony Toscano
The film boasts the best and funniest opening sequence ever put on film and that alone is worth the ticket price in 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Harvey S. Karten
Best of the trilogy largely because Powers restrains himself this time 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Ross Anthony
Shamelessly resorting to pee related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace still Myer s energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
James Berardinelli
Qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating 
2.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Josh Larsen
Witnessing Goldmember is akin to monitoring a patient for signs of exhaustion 
1.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Steve Rhodes
The sweetest Austin yet and the best in the series 
3
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Rob Blackwelder
The cameo packed M I 2 spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise Then Mike Myers shows up and ruins everything 
2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Walter Chaw
The chocolate factory without Charlie 
1.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Bob Bloom
There s really not much of anything to recommend about this movie except the opening After that Goldmember turns to pyrite 
1.5
Outrageous!
Roger Ebert
Russell s act is intrinsically entertaining enough and Miss McLaren s despair is convincing enough that we forgive the lack of a subtler touch in the writing and direction 
3
The Paradine Case
Matt Brunson
Rebecca the first collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and David O Selznick led to a Best Picture Oscar The Paradine Case their final film together led to a rare failure for Hitchcock and a draining of the studio coffers for Selznick 
2.5
The Paradine Case
Steve Rhodes
This one like all Hitchcock films is well worth savoring 
3
Sand Storm
Roger Moore
Exquisitely frustrating domestic drama in a novel Bedouin setting 
3
Sand Storm
Shane Slater
The screenwriting in Sand Storm is truly exemplary complimented by the vibrant cinematography and intimate direction 
3
Sand Storm
Rob Thomas
A film that makes us feel like we re eavesdropping on this family and their struggles the dramatic arc of the story only gradually becoming clear 
3
Sand Storm
Godfrey Cheshire
It s a fairly familiar critique of patriarchy from a humanist feminist perspective but one put across with some very impressive filmmaking skills by a first time director 
2.5
Sand Storm
Clayton Dillard
Elite Zexer weaves an impressively terse narrative of distinctly motivated characters but the film s core remains somewhat shapeless due to the routine dramatization 
2.5
Sand Storm
Scott Renshaw
There may be plenty of cultural specificity to Elite Zexer s story but it also proves to be wonderfully universal about the often fraught relationships between mothers and their adolescent daughters 
3.5
The Host
Matt Brunson
A monster movie for those who like a little meat on the genre s bones 
3.5
The Host
Mattie Lucas
A smartly made highly entertaining ride laced with a strange poignancy that makes it an all around wonderful movie experience 
3.5
The Host
Nick Rogers
A livid bureaucratic satire berserk creature feature and surprisingly somber drama The Host is a convulsive wild ride simultaneously eliciting squirms and giggles by mashing up finger pointing anger with The Thing s wiseass wickedness 
4
The Host
Sean O'Connell
Mixes the chemically enhanced intensity of a Godzilla sequel with the single minded mission status of Harold and Kumar 
3
The Host
Eric Melin
The origin of the film s amphibious creature may be firmly planted at the doorstep of U S hubris but The Host is strictly populist fare ironically owing much to the best of American blockbusters 
3
The Host
Rob Thomas
It packs an emotional kick that we don t expect from a movie where a giant iguana is running around with human legs dangling out of his mouth like stray pieces of linguini 
3.5
The Host
Phil Villarreal
Monster movies don t often stomp their way into theaters these days and the entertaining yet vacant Korean film The Host provides a reason why Even when they re well executed they re still sort of lame 
2.5
The Host
Steven Snyder
A delirious mix of scares laughs and surprising political critiques a movie which always seems to be running ahead of the audience and daring us to keep up 
3.5
The Host
Liam Lacey
As ebullient and bizarre as a monster that can do back flips leaving the viewer in a shock of delight 
3.5
The Host
Jim Emerson
A horror thriller a political satire a dysfunctional family comedy and a touching melodrama Bong Joon ho s The Host is also one helluva monster movie 
3.5
The Host
Lawrence Toppman
I never thought I d crack up watching a family mourn the death of a beloved daughter But I ve never seen a film quite like The Host and that s far from the most bizarre thing in it 
3
The Host
Geoff Pevere
Bravely shifting tones from the horrific to the slapstick and back again Bong Joon ho has made a movie that s comprised almost equally of family sitcom political indictment high urban paranoia and maximum geek monster movie delight 
3
The Host
John Beifuss
When the toothy petals of its slimy flower mouth unfold to engulf an unlucky victim the giant river monster in The Host looks like something imagined by H P Lovecraft and painted by Georgia O Keeffe 
3.5
The Host
Sean P. Means
The Host is that rare movie that fulfills the old movie trailer promise You ll laugh You ll cry You ll do both and then some 
4
The Host
Jeff Vice
The Host has a rather playful sense of humor That helps keep the audience off balance at least long enough to be startled and jolted 
3
The Host
Duane Dudek
The Host is not about politics or pollution but an evocative and often rollicking throwback 
3
The Host
Rene Rodriguez
Rarely plays out the way you expect Director Bong is careful to deliver the promised scares but he is also willing to overlook plot formulas to explore his own interests 
3
The Host
Terry Lawson
The film s limber and inventive director Joon ho Bong keeps The Host creeping and leaping for its entire two hours which are filled with incident after incident alternately terrifying ridiculous suspenseful and wry 
3
The Host
Larry Ratliff
Slightly subversive but entertaining The Host is a South Korean creature feature import that ll get the Godzilla juices flowing again 
3
The Host
Laura Kelly
Sort of scary Maybe Gleefully humorous with a wink toward the tradition of bad monster movies Not enough 
2
The Host
Janos Gereben
Our quirky family of ordinary heroes is on the march fighting bad guys and bad monsters And so the movie begins Have fun 
3.5
The Host
Jeff Shannon
Barely five minutes into The Host it s already clear that a classic movie monster has been superbly unleashed Its introductory rampage on the banks of the Han River instantly qualifies as one of the best monster attack scenes ever 
3
The Host
Peter Travers
Individual stories bog down the film s pace but The Host recovers quickly to redefine horror for the new millennium This you have to see 
3.5
The Host
Thomas Delapa
Can 93 of American movie critics be wrong On the soft and squishy Rotten Tomatoes website an amazing 70 out of 75 critics gave a thumbs up to The Host a hokey South Korean monster movie that makes Godzilla look like The Godfather 
1
The Host
David N. Butterworth
Slapstick and Godzilla inspired histrionics go skillfully hand in hand in this hugely entertaining creature feature from South Korea 
3.5
The Host
Frank Ochieng
Wickedly sardonic and fiercely fiendish in its perky presentation a smart and simmering creature feature that crackles with percolating weirdness and wonderment 
3.5
The Host
Dustin Putman
Retains a quirky charm that cannot be discounted Recommended not just for what it achieves but for what it attempts to 
2.5
The Host
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bong s supreme achievement is that he has made his many messages fun 
3.5
The Host
Claudia Puig
What a pleasure to watch an ambitious horror film that not only frightens but also surprises and engages us completely with its artful shifting of tones 
3.5
The Host
Maitland McDonagh
Boon s film is both funny and heartbreaking a supremely confident mix of political satire free floating paranoia fractured family dynamics and the kind of comedy that regularly reconfigures itself into tragedy 
3.5
The Host
Peter Hartlaub
A great piece of filmmaking and a legitimate science fiction horror classic 
4
The Host
James Berardinelli
The problem with the film is that the sum isn t greater than the parts and the pieces don t fuse in a way that s consistently pleasing or cinematically satisfying 
2.5
The Host
Jim Hemphill
Bong Joon ho s The Host is the best kind of genre film a movie that delivers the conventions audiences expect from a horror flick while also offering surprising new variations on the formula 
3.5
The Host
Stephen Whitty
The first good horror movie of the year 
3
The Host
V.A. Musetto
The Host is a horror movie with a difference South Korea s biggest box office hit ever the thriller by director writer Bong Joon ho is a fantastical genre buster 
3.5
The Host
Elizabeth Weitzman
Bong Joon ho s cheerfully outrageous monster movie is set to attain instant cult status 
3
The Host
Bob Strauss
Packed with politics family conflict and satiric references to some of the more absurd aspects of Korean cinema The Host never forgets to be a scary icky over the top fright fest either 
3.5
The Host
Bruce Westbrook
Monster movies tend to be as misunderstood as their creatures but dating back to 1931 s Frankenstein some haven t been about scaring us so much as enlightening us The Host does this while disgorging a lizardlike carnivore 
3.5
The Host
Michael Booth
The Host is at best a well made entertainment mixing drama with humor with enough populist touches to endear itself to audiences 
2.5
The Host
Jim Emerson
A horror thriller a political satire a dysfunctional family comedy and a touching melodrama Bong Joon ho s The Host is also one helluva monster movie 
3.5
The Host
Ty Burr
It s Godzilla with a severe case of Murphy s Law and it is never less than bizarrely delightful 
3.5
The Host
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Bong is certainly a talented craftsman worth keeping an eye on I just wasn t as captivated by this adventure as I would have liked to have been 
2.5
The Host
Josh Larsen
Godzilla lives in The Host a South Korean monster movie that combines contemporary technique with the social commentary of those old giant lizard films from Japan 
3.5
The Host
Chris Hewitt
Not a cheery movie but it is a frequently hilarious one The monster as terrifying as it is also has the timing of a crack comedian and filmmaker Bong Joon ho sees no contradiction in interrupting a tense chase scene for a wayward bit of comedy 
3.5
The Host
David Elliott
Implausibles become inane in this Godzilla Jr jubilee something just right for the DVD cheapie bins 
2
The Host
Michael Phillips
Throws a lively party with a little of everything scares laughs politics and a bit of archery 
3.5
The Host
John Anderson
Like Wes Craven director Bong recognizes the possibilities for artistic and editorial expression that lie in the fertile ground of the thriller horror slasher genre 
3
The Host
Glenn Kenny
What makes it so enjoyable is how much stuff it contains while never losing sight of its prime directive which is to thrill and terrify 
3.5
The Host
Jeanne Aufmuth
A colorful dissection of the fiendish creature genre that touches on a number of contemporary themes 
3
The Host
Kevin Courrier
The Host evolves into that rare horror film that becomes inconsolably poignant 
3.5
The Host
Nick Schager
Bong Joon ho s The Host delivers high octane thrills while cannily exploiting contemporary political fears 
3.5
The Host
James Rocchi
The Host may be lumpy and bumpy but it s also one of the freshest monster movies we ve had in decades and to any creature feature buff a rocket ride blast of the highest order 
3
The Host
David Nusair
filmmaker Bong Joon ho bogs the proceedings down with an egregiously overlong running time and an unwarranted and unwanted emphasis on the political ramifications of the monster s existence 
2
The Host
Bill Chambers
Unlike Spielberg of late it doesn t cop out
3.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Rossiter Drake
Blanchett is again director Shekhar Kapur s greatest asset His weakness is his tendency to fall back on silly melodramatic contrivance better suited to popcorn fare than to a believable meditation on Elizabethan England 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
David Keyes
fearsome and passionate with its visual flair but incredibly confused as to how it wants to address Elizabeth s life beyond what has already been realized 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
John Beifuss
The elaborate costumes and set decoration provide the only interest 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jeffrey Westhoff
Unreliable as history and misguided as a contemporary allegory Golden Age finally fails because it is a half hearted spectacle not even filmed in a widescreen format 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sean McBride
okay but more silver than gold this time out 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Gina Carbone
The script is the flowery prose of an overly earnest high school student 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Bob Bloom
The movie contains the usual palace intrigue and overblown dialogue The only line missing is the one referring to Elizabeth as a king in petticoats 
1.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Susan Tavernetti
Breasts heave and the sea storms as historical music swells in Shekhar Kapur s overwrought follow up to Elizabeth 
1
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jonathan W. Hickman
Bigger and more exciting than its intimate predecessor 
3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Michael Dequina
Cate the Great once again imbues the Queen with her captivating mix of steely strength regal dignity take no crap toughness and intimate vulnerability 
3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Matt Brunson
Makes court intrigue about as exciting as jury duty 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Linda Cook
Sometimes history doesn t have to repeat itself 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Kit Bowen
God save Cate Blanchett Without her performance this second history lesson on Elizabeth I s reign would be a little dry 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Mark Dujsik
More pageant drama than historical speculation 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Connie Ogle
Despite its title Shekhar Kapur s new film resembles tarnished copper 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth Weitzman
From its extravagant costumes to its pompous score The Golden Age is packed with distractions But the biggest of all is the story itself which works so mightily to tarnish the queen at its core 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Lou Lumenick
Expect a fast paced beautifully mounted and well acted soap opera with overripe dialogue that plays fast and loose with history just like they did in the 30s 40s and 50s and you won t come away disappointed 
3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Stephen Whitty
Even the chance to see Cate Blanchett strut and fret upon the stage shooting haughty glances left and right isn t enough reason to tour this rambling Tudor mansion full of overstuffed bedrooms and empty suits of armor 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Timothy Knight
For a narrative that s positively overflowing with dramatic intrigue Elizabeth The Golden Age is only fitfully compelling 
1.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Ruthe Stein
The danger in making a costume drama is that all of it will be as lifeless as wax figures Kapur escapes this fate by relying on sex and a luminous star capable of being at once regal and alluring 
3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Bruce Newman
Every time the camera finally settles on Blanchett s regal cheekbones it s a relief 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jeff Shannon
What compelled Kapur to film half the movie through scrims curtains screens and arches How can you appreciate human drama when you re constantly being distracted by the 16th century equivalent of Architectural Digest 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Chris Hewitt
The only thing connecting one Golden Age scene to the next is a choir of sopranos so insistent and shrill that you ll wish Elizabeth would behead them instead 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Peter Howell
Elizabeth The Golden Age places its gilded head upon the chopping block right from the opening salvo replacing its predecessor s cunning with bombast 
1.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Maitland McDonagh
History gets short shrift from screenwriters William Nicholson and Michael Hirst starting with the not insignificant fact that in 1585 Elizabeth was 52 years old but Kapur is clearly more interested in spectacle and soap opera than dusty old facts 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Claudia Puig
The movie looks beautiful enhanced by intriguing camerawork and sumptuous production design But the music is overbearing perhaps to compensate for the pedestrian script and dull history lesson 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Terry Lawson
What Elizabeth The Golden Age finally lacks is something its subject never lacked a sense of majesty 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Michael Phillips
It is a silly film about serious matters challenged by a multiple personality disorder multiple multiple personality disorders in fact but more or less saved from pure nonsense by Blanchett 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Roger Ebert
There are scenes where the costumes are so sumptuous the sets so vast the music so insistent that we lose sight of the humans behind the dazzle of the production 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Lawrence Toppman
Those of us who looked forward to this second installment of a planned trilogy may now dread the third 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Wesley Morris
Where s the political sophistication that made the first movie slightly more interesting That was a decent game of chess The Golden Age is checkers 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sean P. Means
Nobody has Blanchett s back this time as Kapur s leaden pacing and the script s soap opera touches undercut Elizabeth s glory 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sara Michelle Fetters
To call this disappointing would be a massive understatement 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Peter T. Chattaway
The Golden Age recycles much of the same basic material without offering any real insight into the woman or the times in which she lived
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Daniel M. Kimmel
a feast for the eyes and a portrait of a leader who has to rely as much on herself as anyone else when her nation is under attack 
3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Liam Lacey
Through the miracle of modern technology the film achieves alchemy in reverse turning historical gold into contemporary lead 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Walter Chaw
Just f retarded 
0.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Every so often Kapur shoots from behind a huge stone column or pillar most of these pillars exhibit more personality than the movie 
1
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Carrie Rickey
Through it all whether in muslin nightie damask gown or silvery armor Blanchett commands the screen as she commands the royal navy Her unforced majesty makes a so so film worth watching 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Duane Dudek
Director Kapur is like an American Idol contestant who mistakes a song for its high and low extremes 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jan Stuart
Silence would be a blessing to Elizabeth The Golden Age which substitutes symphonic din in place of drama 
1.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Josh Larsen
With dark eyes peering from behind white face paint and headdresses swirling above her like forces of nature Elizabeth is less a human monarch than a mythical goddess 
3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
James Berardinelli
With respect to costumes and set design this is a sumptuous affair The script is less even as is the pacing 
2.5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Peter Travers
Cate Blanchett can do anything even play Bob Dylan but she can t save this creaky sequel to her star making 1998 biopic of Elizabeth I 
2
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Ed Gonzalez
The way Elizabeth The Golden Age tells it the Spanish Armada s defeat by the British Empire was the orgasm The Virgin Queen never had 
1.5
Friday Night Lights
Garth Franklin
While the atmosphere is excellent and the general elements all strong the film sadly fails to give any real insight or depth in regards to explaining the hows and whys of the near fever over the game and its players 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Mark Moring
You ll leave the theater somewhat emotionally spent feeling like you ve been tackled by a 220 pound linebacker but it s worth the ride One of the best sports movies ever 
4
Friday Night Lights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s principles are seriously out of whack even as it angles toward a Big Life Lesson about learning to live with falling short of greatness 
2
Friday Night Lights
Collin Souter
My favorite film of 2004 
4
Friday Night Lights
Kelly Glover
The film just like the sports battles allows spectators to get caught up in the excitement and become intoxicated on the glare of the blinding stadium lights 
3
Friday Night Lights
James Kendrick
might have been a truly great deconstruction of the secular religion of football had it not come dangerously close to buying into the very myth it is trying to dismantle
3
Friday Night Lights
Bob Bloom
Friday Night Lights can be seen as Hoosiers in shoulder pads especially in the emotional connection between the townspeople and the team 
3
Friday Night Lights
Lori Hoffman
Friday Night Lights is a movie that gets the gridiron action exactly right but does not dig deeply enough into the lives of the players off the field 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
James Verniere
Bland pop Americana 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Nick Rogers
Despite minor bugaboos the film works because each play and conversation is filled with a nervy feeling of how fate could turn on its characters at any moment 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Matt Brunson
A true life yarn that was dubbed by SI as one of the greatest sports stories of all time has now been turned into one of the dullest sports films of recent years 
2
Friday Night Lights
Glenn Lovell
Friday Night Lights is the real deal a grim in your face expose of one West Texas school s fanatical sports program 
3
Friday Night Lights
Vince Koehler
The extreme close ups and use of a hand held camera part of the time was tedious but as the film progressed the excitement built to a tumultuous conclusion 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Larry Ratliff
Billy Bob Thornton and Lucas Black who could mature into a true acting force are magnificent together as the young unsure quarterback and his caring coach mentor 
3
Friday Night Lights
Linda Cook
Sometimes life just isn t fair And Friday Night Lights takes that right out onto the field 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Mike McGranaghan
It is admirable how the movie delves into the psychology of a pathological need to win A fantastic film 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Sean P. Means
Berg s choice of intense closeups and handheld camerawork gives up the bigness of the game but in exchange we get up close and personal views of how the players see the game 
3
Friday Night Lights
Christian Toto
Lights will make leave you cheering long after you digest its unflattering portrait of small town obsession 
3
Friday Night Lights
Tom Keogh
This film deserves a stronger unifying theme 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Mick LaSalle
People who like sports movies will love Friday Night Lights but so will people who don t like sports movies and would never think of seeing a high school football game 
3
Friday Night Lights
David Elliott
What curdles the film beyond rescue by good acting and rousing action is the relentless emphasis on how warlike and painful football can be 
2
Friday Night Lights
Timothy Knight
A compelling and stirring film 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
John Anderson
Electric witty sad and wise 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Lou Lumenick
The film delivers what sports fans really want 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Robert Dominguez
Filled with plenty of bone crushing helmet crashing action 
3
Friday Night Lights
Rene Rodriguez
A stand up example of how effective underdog sports movies are no matter how many times you ve seen this kind of thing before 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
David Kronke
Friday Night Lights scores 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Robert W. Butler
A movie that feels genuinely lived in 
3
Friday Night Lights
Eric Harrison
Friday Night Lights is the best football movie I ve seen and I m hard pressed to think of another film about sports any sport that surpasses it 
4
Friday Night Lights
Rick Groen
Friday Night Lights bursts through the line of those beefy sports cliches only to switch uniforms and join them 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Terry Lawson
It honors the book of the same name 
4
Friday Night Lights
Jeff Vice
Given the editing and jittery camera work it s hard to know exactly how to feel about the film Fortunately the story is just compelling enough its performances convincing enough to help 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Michael Booth
Editing out many of the body blows and personal fouls from Bissinger s hard hitting account Friday Night Lights on film tends to punt just when true insight demands going for first down 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Eric Melin
an unusually dark and serious examination of the intense pressure put on high school football players in a poor town 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Roger Ebert
The movie demonstrates the power of sports to involve us we don t live in Odessa and are watching a game played 16 years ago and we get all wound up 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Lawrence Toppman
A passably made grittily acted slice of life in Texas that veers not an inch from the norm for this sort of picture 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Wesley Morris
There s not much in Friday Night Lights that you haven t ever seen or couldn t have imagined Relative to most Hollywood sports movies however it just feels new 
3
Friday Night Lights
Josh Larsen
refuses to shy away from the way high school football can trample a kid s love for the game 
3
Friday Night Lights
Kit Bowen
Gripping Gut wrenching Sure but if you ve seen one high school football movie especially one set in Texas you ve seen them all 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Erik Childress
This is flat out the rawest most realistic piece of storytelling about the sport that I ve ever seen 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Chuck O'Leary
so ineptly and annoyingly filmed that it should be used in filmmaking classes to demonstrate how not to make a movie 
2
Friday Night Lights
Dustin Putman
A largely appealing drama the kind of sports movie that anyone even non fans of football like myself can get wrapped up in and care about 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Peter Canavese
Berg fashions a Spike Lee esque prism through which he sheds light on the game though Berg hasn t so much got game as he got highlight 
3
Friday Night Lights
Mike Clark
One of the best football movies ever 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
James Berardinelli
An emotionally fulfilling experience 
3
Friday Night Lights
Paul Doro
By abandoning all attempts to explore the town s obsession with the game opting instead for sports movie cliches and more slow motion tackling the filmmakers fall short of the goal line 
2
Friday Night Lights
Walter Chaw
As a survey of the anti intellectualism and rage at the heart of the heartland it burns with intelligence and energy 
3
Friday Night Lights
James Sanford
Not a rah rah Remember the Titans style tribute to the excitement of football Even in the movie s happiest sequences a sense of melancholia seems to be lurking nearby 
3
Friday Night Lights
Jeffrey Westhoff
In a movie where the players are ordered to give 110 percent Berg holds back 
3
Friday Night Lights
Chris Hewitt
Friday Night Lights is like a third down play that needs to pick up four yards but gets only two 
2
Friday Night Lights
Peter Travers
Berg takes you so deep into the action you can hear the bones crunch 
3
Friday Night Lights
Steven Rea
As football movies go it s a great one 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Allison Benedikt
You will watch as though you ve been rooting for the Panthers your entire life The movie is that good 
4
Friday Night Lights
Steve Rhodes
had me literally in goose bumps and with my heart going into overdrive 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Ross Anthony
Football flick that will have you crying like a little baby Powerfully directed well written with stalwart acting However gritty audio visual may abrade 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Rob Blackwelder
The games are dynamically filmed but they lack credibility as players on both teams are obviously on a script and big plays are stage managed to a ridiculous degree 
2
Friday Night Lights
Willie Waffle
Friday Night Lights is a captivating movie for anyone from the most avid football fan to the people who aren t sure how many points you get for a touchdown
3
Friday Night Lights
Phil Villarreal
After stumbling out of the huddle and getting flagged for a few false start penalties Friday Night Lights finally gets the chains moving in the second half 
3
Friday Night Lights
Nick Schager
Director Peter Berg s adaptation is the cinematic equivalent of a recovered fumble not disastrous but also not terribly good 
2.5
Friday Night Lights
Sean McBride
I ll stop short of calling it the greatest sports movie ever created but it s certainly got to be up there in the top five 
3.5
Friday Night Lights
Jeanne Aufmuth
A powerful and poignant ode to the heartache and thrill of the game 
3.5
Monster Trucks
Khari J. Sampson
Despite all the silliness I began to get used to the ride 
2.5
Monster Trucks
Kevin A. Ranson
a truck driving fantasy with a sci fi slant and a warm sense of humor a cure all for the too serious cinematic blues 
3
Monster Trucks
Linda Cook
Your little ones could do worse than seeing Monster Trucks 
2
Monster Trucks
Peter Travers
Monster Trucks is a wreck fueled by the crazy belief that noise and repetition can disguise the lack of credible writing directing acting and FX 
1
Monster Trucks
Sara Michelle Fetters
Monster Trucks is dumb that goes without saying but it isn t terrible and as January victories go that s hardly insignificant 
2
Monster Trucks
Mark Dujsik
Tripp redesigns his truck to optimize Creech s power essentially turning the creature into a prisoner forced into labor for Tripp s convenience T his is something of an issue 
1.5
Monster Trucks
John Semley
A film that makes good on its laughable low concept premise one that relies on an out of fashion moral clarity that may actually benefit its presumed child viewer 
3
Monster Trucks
Chris Knight
There isn t much for parents to do other than count how many times a particular brand of pickup product places itself before our eyes 
1.5
Monster Trucks
Dann Gire
A lot could be forgiven in Monster Trucks had Tripp and Creech established a convincing E T Elliot bond 
1.5
Monster Trucks
Rafer Guzman
Wants to be Transformers but feels more like made for video kiddie fare Tough going if you re older than 9 
1
Monster Trucks
Linda Barnard
Would have made a serviceable Saturday morning TV hour but can t get out of first gear as a feature flick 
1.5
Monster Trucks
Alan Zilberman
Long after the novelty of the premise runs out of gas it s sheer moviemaking craft that fuels this effects driven action family hybrid 
2.5
Monster Trucks
Ed Gonzalez
This is a film that pushes its female characters to the sidelines as if they had cooties 
1
Monster Trucks
David Lewis
Monster Trucks feels less like an ordeal than a well intentioned misfire made by intelligent people 
1
Monster Trucks
Susan Wloszczyna
It never made me want to sink ever deeper in my seat with despair at every plot turn as some flat out lemons do 
2
Monster Trucks
Tom Russo
Stuffing your digital star under a vehicle s hood and around its undercarriage is a tricky visual sell and Wedge s team struggles to make it work save for fleeting bits such as Creech scaling an alley 
1.5
Monster Trucks
Soren Andersen
The equivalent of a cinematic burp gassy and inconsequential 
1.5
Child's Play
Brian Eggert
Part cautionary tale about technological integration part commentary on the destructiveness of youth culture Child s Play does neither very well but it s a worthwhile horror movie 
3
Child's Play
Christian Toto
The 2019 remake is clumsy scare free and devoid of what made the original a classic
1.5
Child's Play
Federico Furzan
A fantastic ride of a movie This is a different Chucky and the era he was born in is just appropriate Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Child's Play
Linda Cook
The reboot is worthwhile with its disturbing subtext about technology 
3
Child's Play
Matt Brunson
The thought of children lining up to buy this hideous doll is only slightly more believable than the thought of 5 year olds queueing up to purchase a Che Guevara T shirt or a DVD of Antonioni s The Passenger 
1.5
Child's Play
Kevin A. Ranson
transforms an idea from a single person s evil into a destructive force of our collective making fortified with Mark Hamill s most twisted voice work to date a deliciously violent horror film that refuses to look away 
4
Child's Play
David Nusair
A better than average horror remake 
3
Child's Play
Rene Sanchez
Feels more like a parody than a re imagination of the 80s cult classic Hamill knocks it out of the park as the creepy and evil Chucky Full Review in Spanish 
2
Child's Play
Sara Michelle Fetters
The design of the Chucky doll is underwhelming The film s emphasis on over terror oftentimes works against its best interests 
2
Child's Play
Katie Walsh
Who would have guessed that a Child s Play film would leave us with less popcorn rattling jump scares and more existential questions about the role of Alexa in our lives 
2.5
Child's Play
Mike McGranaghan
A weird violent goofball fright flick 
3
Child's Play
James Berardinelli
Although Child s Play is only 90 minutes long it s one of those movies where you check your watch so often you think it has stopped 
1
Child's Play
Nick Allen
Nastier more playful and just as good if not better than the original film 
3
Child's Play
Rex Reed
It isn t scary It isn t funny It s just tired desperate and preposterous 
1
Child's Play
Roger Moore
Perfunctory
1.5
Child's Play
Mark Dujsik
W hile it s clever and occasionally biting about reliance on technology Child s Play doesn t quite live up to its potential 
2.5
Child's Play
Chandler Levack
While Child s Play is definitely new and improved I m not sure if audiences are ready for layered psychological Chucky Perhaps he needs his own prestige cable series 
3
Child's Play
Derek Smith
By the end it becomes what it initially parodies a dime a dozen slasher film with a silly looking doll as the villain 
2
Child's Play
Johnny Oleksinski
This re imagining of Chucky s origins manages to be both crazier and more level headed than the original in which the doll strolled around Chicago talking like a gangster from Guys and Dolls 
4
Child's Play
Joey Magidson
Is the movie good No definitely not Is it entertaining More than it probably has any right to be As such the film could be a bit of a guilty pleasure to some I can t recommend it 
2.5
Foul Play
David Nusair
a comfortably familiar premise that s employed to somewhat overlong yet mostly entertaining effect 
3
Foul Play
Scott Nash
Goldie Hawn charms her way through this comic Hitchcock homage 
3
Foul Play
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film clumsily and sluggishly mixes humor and suspense and fails at both 
2
Feed
Roger Ebert
This is a 76 minute movie with about 30 minutes of really interesting stuff The rest is filler or not so compelling 
2
Through the Fire
Kam Williams
Valuable not because of sebastian Telfair s ultimate triumph but because of how effectively it contrasts his achievement with the plight of so many other aspiring athletes for whom the fantasy of a pro career ultimately fails to materialize 
3.5
Through the Fire
Marty Mapes
Sebastian has the nice guy charisma of Derek Luke and he s easy to root for
3
Through the Fire
Peter Hartlaub
An entertaining and compelling account of that year even though most basketball fans will already know the ending 
3
Through the Fire
Maitland McDonagh
It s a pleasure to see the articulate disciplined Telfair succeed where so many other young men have failed but ultimately his path to success is so smoothly upbeat that there isn t much urgency to it 
2.5
Through the Fire
Susan Walker
Even if the outcome is already known by those who follow basketball Through the Fire makes for a suspenseful movie with an emotional climax that exceeds any fictional screen treatment of sports heroism 
2.5
Through the Fire
Timothy Knight
Through the Fire is a well crafted and illuminating documentary 
3
Through the Fire
V.A. Musetto
Through the Fire fails to show indignation that rich white guys are trying to get even richer at the expense of a naive black kid from the ghetto 
2
Through the Fire
Jack Mathews
A superb ultimately exhilarating account of Coney Island basketball phenom Sebastian Telfair s senior year at Lincoln High 
3
Through the Fire
Wesley Morris
What Hock s film finds is much richer and more resonant than the average exit from the ghetto tale 
3
Through the Fire
Nick Schager
Through the Fire only touches on the influence big business driven commerce wields in sports 
2
Karas: The Prophecy
David Nusair
it s hard to imagine even the most devoted anime fan finding anything here worth embracing 
0
Partners in Crime
Roger Moore
A one day 8220 Weekend at Bernie 8217 s 8221 that doesn 8217 t have nearly as much fun with its best sight gag 8212 a corpse 8212 and can 8217 t find enough laughs in that parody of femininity that drag often is to make up for it 46 
1.5
Birdwatchers
Geoff Pevere
Bechis a former political exile from Argentina with a clear anti colonialist bent may be angered by the Guarani s plight but his movie like these people is contemplative patient and forcefully determined 
3
Birdwatchers
Roger Ebert
Birdwatchers is impressively filmed and never less than interesting If it has a weakness it s that this is a familiar sermon Save the rain forest Respect its inhabitants 
3
Birdwatchers
Justin Berton
Momentarily it feels as if the Guarani could win this fight and maybe give it to globalization on the shins 
4
Birdwatchers
Ed Gonzalez
Set in Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil BirdWatchers tells a story of great friction at once eerily poetic and didactic 
2.5
Never So Few
Matt Brunson
The love story is commonplace and hampered by a noticeable lack of chemistry between Sinatra and Lollobrigida the war material is similarly humdrum until a late inning development 
2.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
David Nusair
an enjoyable enough little adventure that doesn t require one to have seen the first film 
2.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Michael Dequina
Devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special 
1
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Walter Chaw
Bolstered by an astonishing voice cast excepting Love Hewitt an interesting racial tension and a storyline that I haven t encountered since at least Pete s Dragon 
2
Strange Nature
Roger Moore
Deathly dull middle acts mute this mutants come to Minnesota creature feature 
1.5
My Summer of Love
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the film is occasionally just a little too uneventful for its own good 
2.5
My Summer of Love
David N. Butterworth
Pawel Pawlikowski s open and poetic new film proves without a shadow of a doubt that his stunning Last Resort from 2000 was no fluke 
3.5
My Summer of Love
James Verniere
One of those depressing angst and lust driven films the British do so well or poorly depending on your tolerance for this sort of thing 
2
My Summer of Love
James Kendrick
any time the film deals with religion it slips from introspection into near caricature
2
My Summer of Love
James Berardinelli
My Summer of Love is one of those promising little gems that comes along and gets lost in the hype generated by Hollywood s flood of blockbusters 
3
My Summer of Love
Geoff Pevere
Pawlikowski doesn t spend much time explaining his characters or telling us why they do what they do and that s exactly why they remain so compelling 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Jennie Punter
It is a truly refreshing grown up big screen film 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Rene Rodriguez
A portrait of adolescence at its most innocent and most resilient 
3
My Summer of Love
Terry Lawson
While the movie s young lovers happen to be female this is not a story of forbidden fervor but one that effectively captures the first flush of teenage infatuation and passion that will resonate with anyone of any sex 
3
My Summer of Love
Steven Rea
An exquisite exploration into the realms of seduction obsession deception and disillusionment 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Phoebe Flowers
My Summer of Love is less entertainment than it is a pleasant experience but Pawlikowski s adept handling of his talented cast also gives it staying power 
3
My Summer of Love
Ellen Fox
It s all very mesmerizing for them and us 
3
My Summer of Love
Ruthe Stein
My Summer of Love had me at hello 
4
My Summer of Love
David Elliott
My Summer of Love is not a kiosk for lesbian love either It s the story of two needy sexy girls willing to make confusion a way of life for one tough summer 
3
My Summer of Love
Lisa Kennedy
My Summer of Love is willfully romantic and just as smart about the dangers in that 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Mary F. Pols
That s what makes this such a strong coming of age story we feel Mona evolving but until the last few frames we aren t sure what or who she s become 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Ty Burr
My Summer of Love remains stubbornly stalled between artistic lesbian hubba hubba and such tougher fare as Peter Jackson s superior Heavenly Creatures 
2.5
My Summer of Love
Elizabeth Weitzman
Pawel Pawlikowski is helped by his young leads who make a memorable impact in this unsettling romance 
3
My Summer of Love
V.A. Musetto
Far from earthshaking but it s fun while it lasts 
3
My Summer of Love
Glenn Whipp
You won t forget these girls any time soon 
3
My Summer of Love
Kim Morgan
A coming of age tale that eschews the typical trappings of that genre by making the friendship love affair between two precocious adolescents into something powerfully obscure 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Roger Ebert
This isn t a coming of age movie so much as a movie about being of an age 
3
My Summer of Love
Peter Canavese
Press and Blunt s characterizations are expressively detailed and never rely on declamatory dialogue or excessive behavior 
3
My Summer of Love
Claudia Puig
Sometimes predictable and cliched occasionally even dull but worth watching because of the performances of newcomers Natalie Press and Emily Blunt 
2.5
My Summer of Love
Chris Hewitt
Watching it you re pulled in so completely that you begin to lose your bearings too 
3
My Summer of Love
David Sterritt
Superbly acted movingly written and directed with a tough minded lyricism rarely found in today s films 
4
My Summer of Love
Jeff Strickler
Not surprisingly for a project that relied so heavily on the actors input the characters are complex and intricately drawn 
2.5
My Summer of Love
Rob Blackwelder
The inexperienced young actresses give such unaffected performances that the film develops a voyeuristic quality as the relationship takes on the momentum of a runaway train 
2.5
My Summer of Love
Gene Seymour
Its title may promise sweet gauzy wistfulness But there s a gritty astringency to director Pawel Pawlikowski s shape shifting story of romance between two teenage girls in northern England 
3.5
My Summer of Love
Ed Gonzalez
The central relationship is tenderly conveyed but the plot soon takes a predictable antagonistic path 
2
Robin Hood
David Nusair
One of the worst animated films ever produced by Disney 
1
Robin Hood
Josh Larsen
owes much of its charm to its precise anthropomorphization 
3
Robin Hood
Matt Brunson
A dull and disjointed retelling that spends more time on the buffoonish antics of Prince John and Sir Hiss than on the outlaw archer 
1.5
Robin Hood
Eric Henderson
Robin Hood is one of the most lackadaisical Disney features of all 
1.5
Robin Hood
David Keyes
It s good for that time period from which the Disney studios were struggling to make good animated pictures 
3
#Female Pleasure
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The future is indeed female 
3.5
#Female Pleasure
Roger Moore
Oh the sexist silly and even horrific things men from different cultures do to deny Female Pleasure 
3
Airheads
David Nusair
Airheads benefits substantially from its myriad of appealing entertaining performances 
2.5
Airheads
Betsy Bozdech
While Airheads never quite delivers on its clever premise it definitely could have been a lot worse 
2.5
Airheads
Chris Hicks
This film will be quickly forgotten by anyone unfortunate enough to sit through it 
1.5
Airheads
James Berardinelli
Observing how fertile the field of heavy metal music is for satire it s disappointing to watch Airheads bumble around desperately trying to find something funny to say 
2
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Peter Canavese
If you love movies 44 you definitely want to be in this discussion 46 
3.5
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Cousins is always humble and affectionate enough to avoid excesses of snark pretension or even genre bias He s just the shepherd through the latest chapter of a 120 year dream May none of us ever wake 
4
The Story of Film: A New Generation
James Kendrick
You won 8217 t see everything 44 but you will see enough to create an impression of just how vibrant and alive to possibilities the cinema remains 44 and for that reason alone The Story of Film is worth the telling 46 
3
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Mark Feeney
Watching Story one realizes that so much of what most of us most love about the movies isn t the medium per se but its appurtenances stardom and glamour and the pull of narrative 
3
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Chris Barsanti
The films collected in A New Generation speak for themselves even when they don 8217 t necessarily slot neatly into Mark Cousins 8217 s curlicue thinking 46 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Namrata Joshi
Some of the dialogue seems to have suspiciously sprung out of a corny Deepak Chopra self help manual 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The usual cookie cutter romantic comedy material you d expect from Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Michael Dequina
So routine that just about everyone involved looks bored 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Sara Michelle Fetters
The plotting is pedestrian at best you know where it is going from the first frame and there isn t anything going on that should hold your attention for any more than a few seconds 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Jorge Avila Andrade
Carente de imaginacin mal dirigida peor actuada y sin un pice de romance es una verdadera prdida de tiempo y dinero 
1.5
Maid in Manhattan
Kit Bowen
Lopez doesn t do anything out of the ordinary In fact it looks like she may have simply cloned the same expressions she put on in her other successful romantic comedy The Wedding Planner 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Jeremy Heilman
As a romantic comedy it stands out amongst its peers The critical attacks hurled on it like those on its star seem mostly unwarranted 
3.5
Maid in Manhattan
Mike McGranaghan
During a movie season filled with dark heavy and sometimes brilliant Oscar bait it s kind of nice to get an unassuming little picture that only wants to put a smile on your face 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Forrest Hartman
Director Wayne Wang proves with Maid in Manhattan that even predictable movies can leave you feeling warm and fuzzy 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Linda Cook
It s the sweet Cinderella story that Pretty Woman wanted to be 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Jonathan R. Perry
The car battery of romantic comedies Carefully calibrated for maximum manipulative effect 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Frank Ochieng
So pick up a dust rag and tidy up your room you ll have more of an engaging experience than being subject to this baseless breezy hokum 
1.5
Maid in Manhattan
Jeffrey Westhoff
Maid in Manhattan is a Nora Ephron movie with the cutesiness replaced by genuine charm 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Dustin Putman
Succeeds where many others have failed Sweet Home Alabama being a recent example by actually being romantic and side stepping tedium 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Joe Leydon
An undemandingly agreeable trifle that should satisfy anyone in search of an old fashioned Cinderella story at the megaplex 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Michael Szymanski
It s really hard not to like Jennifer Lopez and she s a wonderful likable underdog in this 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Ty Burr
A lovably old school Hollywood confection 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Mick LaSalle
The movie would almost qualify as pleasant were it not for a certain condescension in its treatment of working class life and its offhand assumption that lives not buoyed by riches or aggrandized by fame are hardly worth living 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Joe Baltake
In the affable Maid in Manhattan Jennifer Lopez s most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly A list players 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Carrie Rickey
This sparkling Cinderella tale provides the additional kick of watching the glass slipper crack through the glass ceiling 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Gary Brown
The story is so light and sugary that were it a Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon extra heavy duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Sean P. Means
The only suspense is whether Lopez strapless ballgown or Fiennes forced smile will drop first 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Connie Ogle
Alternately politically correct and confusingly archaic with a devastating lack of romantic connection between its two stars 
1
Maid in Manhattan
Jeff Vice
So bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Roger Ebert
A skillful glossy formula picture given life by the appeal of its stars 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Margaret A. McGurk
Despite its flaws Maid in Manhattan is a perfectly serviceable date movie and a decent showcase for a leading lady who clearly is ready for better things 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
David Sterritt
A diverting trifle that will amuse you while it s on the screen then fade from memory while the final credits roll 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Phil Villarreal
It s tough to imagine this film being any better than it is 
4
Maid in Manhattan
Mike Clark
Maid in Manhattan proves that it s easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Chris Hewitt
Occasionally the script ventures into territory that makes it seem like a different kind of fairy tale But the captivating performers are more than enough to give this Cinderella story a night at the ball 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Tom Sander
Preteen and teen girls who are among J Lo s biggest fans may swoon over all this glop but more discerning viewers may just want to scrape their shoes clean 
1
Maid in Manhattan
Moira MacDonald
A Cinderella story so formulaic you ll be looking for a glass slipper 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Glenn Lovell
Made to order for the singer actress s target audience preteen girls and their obliging moms 
2
Maid in Manhattan
David Elliott
Apart from the see through script that is like a 30s society comedy dumbed down to I Am Sam s Maid the film is most marked by the flagrant waste of talent 
1.5
Maid in Manhattan
Pam Grady
A predictable Cinderella story in the Pretty Woman Working Girl mold that is undone by a preposterous plot and its stars complete lack of chemistry 
1
Maid in Manhattan
John Anderson
Trite banal cliched mostly inoffensive 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Lou Lumenick
Painless date movie 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Paul Doro
It s harmless diverting fluff But it s hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Bob Strauss
As strenuously as it strives to make all the fake standard promises to its target audience Maid in Manhattan succeeds because ultimately performance wins out over formula 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Rick Groen
These two are generating about as much chemistry as an Iraqi factory poised to receive a UN inspector 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Susan Stark
You have never seen a leading man more cynically miscast or more ill at ease with the intended career change than Fiennes in this picture 
2
Maid in Manhattan
John Monaghan
A textbook example of light holiday fare expect it to stick with you at least as long as one of J Lo s marriages 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Michael Booth
Maid in Manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road But as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans lofty expectations the movie passes inspection 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Mary F. Pols
With an ending this weak it s enough to make you forget there was anything charming about Maid in Manhattan in the first place 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Mark Caro
Everything in Maid in Manhattan is exceedingly pleasant designed not to offend It goes down easy leaving virtually no aftertaste 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Erik Childress
Anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity 
2
Maid in Manhattan
Marty Mapes
Aims for mediocrity and hits the middle of the target
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Josh Larsen
Everyone involved is pleasant enough which is probably the best way to describe the movie 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Walter Chaw
Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen by proxy mum Punish the vehicle to adore the star 
1
Maid in Manhattan
Ross Anthony
Fairy tale formula serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting dialogue comedy direction and especially charm 
3
Maid in Manhattan
Rob Blackwelder
turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Steve Rhodes
A warmly romantic comedy and a wonderful Christmas gift for viewers from The Joy Luck Club s Wayne Wang
3
Maid in Manhattan
Steven Snyder
And I then ask you if I don t believe in the characters their romance their conflicts and find the entire film predictable what is left 
1.5
Maid in Manhattan
James Berardinelli
It s badly acted blandly directed and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school 
1.5
Maid in Manhattan
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lightweight montages and fairy tale platitudes fit the narrative like a glass slipper 
3
Maid in Manhattan
David Nusair
the movie is diverting enough due to some great supporting performances and a breezy storyline 
2.5
Maid in Manhattan
Ed Gonzalez
By film s end Marisa swallows her shame and accepts her second class citizenship with pride while Marshall and America learn to love their exotic asset 
1.5
Maid in Manhattan
Harvey S. Karten
Entertaining date movie but bland and predictable 
2.5
Upstream Color
Mattie Lucas
A gorgeous utterly intoxicating Möbius strip a wholly original work of art that defies simple categorization and achieves something few modern films ever do a true sense of cinematic discovery 
3.5
Upstream Color
Clayton Davis
Shane Carruth is a talent to watch in the near future 
3
Upstream Color
Michael Phillips
Carruth s visual approach saved from abstraction by his own rapid forward leaping editing is extremely assured Seimetz is a fine and expressively haunted actress I look forward to the enigmas in Carruth s next picture 
2.5
Upstream Color
Chris Hewitt
However you watch it it s a movie that will mean more for you if you don t worry about what s happening minute by minute and instead just let your mind wander as its muted images and snippets of dreamy poetry flow 
3
Upstream Color
David Stratton
Iit s a film that I d like to go back and look at again and give it a second go 
3
Upstream Color
Margaret Pomeranz
It s not that it s not intriguing but Carruth has withheld any sense of glue or cohesion or even a clue as to what he s getting at 
3
Upstream Color
Michael O'Sullivan
Should you see Upstream Color A better question may be How many times should you see it 
2.5
Upstream Color
John Beifuss
May represent a milestone in modern indie cinema or at least a steppingstone between the smart microbudget work signified by star Amy Seimetz and the more grandiose aspirations associated with someone like dare I invoke the name Stanley Kubrick 
3.5
Upstream Color
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very few movies actually invite us in meet us halfway or offer us something Upstream Color does that in such a unique singular way that it s unlike almost any other movie I ve ever seen 
4
Upstream Color
Tirdad Derakhshani
It presents us with a glimpse of the vastness of existence of our inner nature and of nature without that is as equally dreadful enveloping and terrifying as it is beautiful 
3.5
Upstream Color
Josh Larsen
works on its own idiosyncratic wavelength one that isn t alienating but isn t quite approachable either 
3
Upstream Color
Rob Thomas
I found it one of the most invigorating and intoxicating movie experiences of the year 
4
Upstream Color
Lisa Kennedy
Sci fi might have been too familiar a word for what may induce a kind of hallucinatory melancholy in its viewers 
3
Upstream Color
John Anderson
Elliptical and utterly fascinating adventure in cinema one that defies simple explanations but worms its way into the brain 
4
Upstream Color
Robert Levin
The movie s deep emotional underpinnings are compromised by too many images that skew toward a dense abstract sensibility 
2.5
Upstream Color
Mark Dujsik
Upstream Color is an admirable workout for the mind that regrettably falls short try as it might in offering the heart a similar trial 
2.5
Upstream Color
Geoff Pevere
Upstream Color is a deliberate exercise in swooning obscurity You either go with its considerable sensory powers or you scratch a groove on your head 
3
Upstream Color
Mike McGranaghan
A reminder that cinema can still challenge you rather than just placate you 
3
Upstream Color
Jeff Shannon
Visually and sonically hypnotic it s an intensely sensory blend of internal monologue and unsettling mystery draped over a thin skeleton of plot approached so obliquely that it seems almost inconsequential 
3
Upstream Color
Chris Knight
Like Primer Upstream Color was written directed produced edited and scored by its star So there is at least one person out there who presumably knows what it all means 
2.5
Upstream Color
Peter Keough
While I feel compelled to see it again I don t have high hopes that it will make any more sense 
3.5
Upstream Color
Peter Howell
Meanings are multiple debatable and ultimately pointless What really impresses about Upstream Color is Carruth s confident navigation of this fast river of ideas 
3.5
Upstream Color
Matt Pais
Pretentious hogwash sometimes literally Coherence is not your enemy buddy but you and your movies are why some people hate independent cinema 
1
Upstream Color
Jim Emerson
Here is a movie you haven t seen before If you think you have it s probably because you swallowed a white worm that turned you into a pod person subject to total mind control and now you re having flashbacks 
3
Upstream Color
Perry Seibert
Anybody haunted by Primer s creepy overtones will instantly recognize it as the work of the same director 
3
Upstream Color
Farran Smith Nehme
This enigma delivery system from a sharp mind has enthralling moments but becomes a bit enervating in its self seriousness By the end the whole thing feels more academic than mind bending 
2.5
Upstream Color
Stephen Whitty
Upstream Color lacks both a clear point and more crucially a point of view 
2
Upstream Color
Dustin Putman
If writer director Shane Carruth were to ever find a way to get his audience to feel as well as he gets them to think he might be truly onto something extraordinary 
2.5
Upstream Color
Simon Abrams
A romance a thriller and a science fiction drama Upstream Color tantalizes viewers with an open ended narrative about overcoming personal loss 
3.5
Upstream Color
Christy Lemire
The artistry on display is indisputable and thrilling 
3.5
Upstream Color
Calum Marsh
Upstream Color is lush rhythmic and deeply sensual a film of exceptional beauty 
3.5
Losing Isaiah
Leonard Schwarz
TV movies get no worse than this 
2
Losing Isaiah
Edward Guthmann
Losing Isaiah transcends the custody issue and finds drama in the black white polarities that neither character can escape 
3
Losing Isaiah
Scott Rosenberg
Losing Isaiah raises hopes for itself by dealing with a social issue as a disturbing dilemma rather than in typical Hollywood style as a heroic cause But it s unwilling to follow through 
2
Losing Isaiah
Roger Ebert
The movie directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and written by Naomi Foner deals with all of those issues but in a finally unsatisfactory way 
2.5
Losing Isaiah
James Berardinelli
Thought provoking and dramatically solid 
3
Three Comrades
Dan Callahan
Sullavan won the New York Film Critic s prize for her role here and it was deserved if Ernst Lubitsch s The Shop Around the Corner stands as her best movie then this is certainly her best performance 
3
Jezebel
Roger Moore
So perfunctory and edge free that it plays as incomplete a movie talked into great reviews by hearing the filmmaker s personal connection to the story 
2
Jezebel
Mike Scott
A simple story about the women behind the sex trade industry women who are often scared often desperate but although often lost amid our tut tutting still human beings 
3
Jezebel
Max Weiss
Jezebel feels authentic because it is a different kind of coming of age film and a non judgmental look at an industry that is often shrouded in secrecy 
3
Jezebel
Robert Daniels
Perrier s Jezebel inserts themes relating to standards of beauty a normalization of sexual based work and female empowerment and is a simple and contained family drama and coming of age piece 
3
Plastic Man, the Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish
Walter V. Addiego
Plastic Man The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish tells a remarkable story even by San Francisco standards 
3
Chronicle of an Escape
V.A. Musetto
This film is both a warning about abuse of government power and a reassurance that justice will sometimes triumph 
3
Chronicle of an Escape
Jan Stuart
A tense and mammothly upsetting dramatization of Tamburrini s memoir gets everything that can pound in your body pounding 
3
Chronicle of an Escape
Ed Gonzalez
Plays like a feature length version of the Beastie Boys Sabotage video except the film s zealous foregrounding of polyester facial hair and wallpaper is not meant to be funny 
2
The Witch Who Came From the Sea
Walter Chaw
Straddles an exploitation line in telling a simple tale with an unexpected degree of pretense and if only occasionally artistry 
2.5
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Matt Brunson
Basically a lazy retread of the first film 
1.5
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Federico Furzan
A terrible sequel that only serves a purpose of establishing a villain Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Friday the 13th, Part 2
David Nusair
ultimately right in line with its passable yet far from memorable predecessor 
2
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Peter Canavese
Basically only for completists looking to see Jason take center stage for the first time Blu ray 
1
Friday the 13th, Part 2
James Kendrick
cannot be defended intellectually yet the film s very simplicity and directness gives it a kind of folkloric power albeit power that works only if you give yourself over to it
2.5
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Jeremiah Kipp
Friday the 13th Part 2 never aspires to be termite art 
2.5
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Dustin Putman
A solid first sequel and the truly chilling jump scare at the end gives the original s a run for its money 
2.5
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Roger Ebert
This movie is a cross between the Mad Slasher and Dead teenager genres about two dozen movies a year feature a mad killer going berserk and they re all about as bad as this one 
0.5
Shadow
Brian Eggert
Palace intrigue and ornate martial arts duels are just the surface of Shadow Zhang Yimou s stunning 2018 period epic of doppelgangers zither duets double crosses and monochrome colors splattered with blood 
4
Shadow
Sean P. Means
If you want to see a movie that stretches the visual and emotional boundaries of action films Shadow is not to be missed 
3.5
Shadow
Tom Meek
The serpentining plots within might give you a touch of head spins before the gorgeous grand spectacle of battle dueling zithers and venomous final bow 
3
Shadow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Shadow is a masterful spectacle of human frailty and intellectual dishonesty that only grows in resonance as it goes along 
3
Shadow
Gary Thompson
It all gets very bloody but the violence is secondary to the movie s ravishing beauty even with drenching rains and a restricted palette of blacks whites and shimmering silvers 
3
Shadow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a mixed bag but at least it s better than Zhang s other wuxia films I m looking at you Curse of the Golden Flower 
2.5
Shadow
Sonny Bunch
Shakespearean Chinese martial arts epic takes a little while to get going 
3
Shadow
Mark Dujsik
Shadow is a fearless gesture of high emotions and spectacular action 
3.5
Shadow
Barry Hertz
If The Great Wall felt like Yimou was turning his greatest hits into something dispassionately bland then Shadow takes the familiar and makes it feel startlingly new 
3
Shadow
Tom Keogh
It s always good to see this side of Zhang s work Shadow will not soon be forgotten 
3.5
Shadow
Roger Moore
Not one of his very best But only Zhang Yimou would think to bring an umbrella to a sword fight 
2.5
Shadow
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end Shadow suffers from a kind of shallow narcissism 
2.5
Shadow
Sara Stewart
This is one Shadow that deserves to be in the spotlight 
3
Shadow
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s filled with so many remarkable images particularly in its middle section that fans of palace intrigue and metaphorically ripe violence will find plenty to like 
3.5
Shadow
Shane Slater
Grabbing attention from the very first frame there are few films as visually striking as Zhang Yimou s Shadow 
3
Shadow
Bob Chipman
Essentially a palace intrigue melodrama stirred together with a feudal spy thriller and a gothic romance complete with secret passages and lurid identity swap twists 
3
Shadow
Rob Thomas
The first half of the film is so slow and deliberate that it almost lost me but when the second half kicks in it kicks in hard 
3
Shadow
Bill Chambers
Those first two thirds aren t just sluggish they lack for Yimou soul 
2
Only the Brave
Burl Burlingame
Only the Brave is a little movie but a good powerful haunting feature nonetheless And it s way overdue the last 442nd 100th movie was Go For Broke 1951 
2.5
Manufacturing Dissent
G. Allen Johnson
A solid well done and seemingly balanced look at Moore s work his celebrity his methods and the ethical problems in his reporting 
3.5
Manufacturing Dissent
Bill Stamets
Too bad co writers co directors Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine don t investigate and ingratiate the way their target does in his own films 
2
Manufacturing Dissent
Jessica Reaves
Manufacturing Dissent comes across less as an expose of a polarizing public figure than as the realization of a personal and not especially interesting grudge against a once admired colleague who has moved on to bigger things 
1.5
Manufacturing Dissent
Geoff Pevere
While Manufacturing Dissent provides little that is new it does place the controversy in the larger context of the contradictory relationship between the pursuit of fame and journalistic integrity 
2.5
Together
Jeff Vice
So scattered so full of pointless digressions that it never really comes together 
2.5
Together
Sean P. Means
With gorgeous images by cinematographer Kim Hyungkoo and with Chen Kaige s observation of telling details Together becomes a sweet story with a tart kick 
3
Together
Ray Conlogue
If you re in the mood for tears and triumph with a dash of exoticism Together may well be the film for you 
2.5
Together
Joe Baltake
As the movie progresses it builds in power so that by the end you re helplessly invested in the triumphs of its young hero 
3
Together
Marty Mapes
The story is never boring but it s never exciting harrowing or hilarious either
3
Together
James Berardinelli
It s undeniably a melodrama but there s enough real emotion lurking beneath the manipulative tear jerking to make the movie a worthwhile and occasionally genuinely moving experience 
3
Together
Chris Hewitt
A movie that speaks the universal language of schmaltz 
1.5
Together
Kevin John Bozelka
What makes it all work in the end is the actors especially Tang Yun as the child prodigy 
3
Together
Rene Rodriguez
Beautiful touching and shamelessly manipulative weeper 
2.5
Together
Lisa Kennedy
Liu s dreams may not be as vast or grandiose or bloody as other Chen characters but they are immense and immensely endearing just the same 
3
Together
Terry Lawson
It s disappointing to watch a filmmaker as gifted as Chen put his talents into the service of a story as blatantly sentimental stereotypical and unoriginal as Together 
2
Together
Steven Rea
Chen gets realistic and affecting performances from his cast 
3
Together
Moira MacDonald
Together features a marvelous array of both Western violin masterpieces and traditional Chinese music 
3.5
Together
David Elliott
Kaige s movie is in the long tradition of sentimental slop about musical dreamers 
1.5
Together
Roger Ebert
Together is powerful in an old fashioned big studio kind of way 
3.5
Together
Wesley Morris
Denuded of the finery of history politics and sex Chen seems innocently naked That sort of openness is the point of Together Yet the film doesn t amount to an emotionally palpable experience 
2.5
Together
Michael Wilmington
A sometimes sugary melodrama that seems at first to push every sentimental button but becomes a genuinely heartfelt picture infused with life and warmth in every scene 
3.5
Together
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ripe with transition and underscored by the haunting strains of violins 
2.5
Together
Carla Meyer
Chen s tale of a violin prodigy and his devoted dad pulls the heartstrings on cue but the movie s vivid affecting performances save it from being maudlin 
3
Together
Jack Mathews
The kind of earnest melodrama Hollywood has forgotten how to do 
3
Together
Bob Strauss
Prodigy as confused angel jobs like this and Good Will Hunting may make for uplifting fables but they sure cheapen art in order to do it 
2.5
Together
Vanessa Sibbald
watching it I was more reminded of The Red Violin particularly the sequence with the young boy than a Chen Kaige film
3
Together
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chen restrains his movie he polishes it to the point of a high glossy shine but it emerges with no imperfections to look at There s nothing to make it human 
2
Together
Aaron Hillis
It may be a crowd pleasing escapism but it s that feel good shmaltz that ultimately plays the film off key 
2.5
Together
Lou Lumenick
A four handkerchief heart tugger about paternal love that s irresistible even if it s somewhat cliched 
3
Together
Glenn Lovell
A modern day fable about what it means to be young gifted and batted around like a pingpong ball 
3.5
Together
Steve Rhodes
Save your money on the mediocre movie and buy the sublime music CD instead 
2
Together
Jan Stuart
A crowd pleaser Try crowd abductor 
3
Together
Walter Chaw
It doesn t have very much to say but doesn t offend in its inconsequence 
2
Together
Ross Anthony
A wonderfully organic film that flows on the inherently human actions of its detailed and well rounded characters 
3.5
Wing Commander
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of the most kitschy adaptation of a video game to film and one of the biggest box office failures ever Full review in Spanish 
1
Wing Commander
Wesley Lovell
The worst part of the film comes from the insipid and annoying performance of Lillard who carried his hyperactive mannerisms from 8220 Scream 8221 over to a film that didn 8217 t need them 46 
1.5
Wing Commander
James O'Ehley
f you re not very familiar with the game you ll find yourself slogging through the clichd onscreen proceedings your mind wandering to other topics mostly on how you could have better spent your ticket money 
1
Wing Commander
Madeleine Williams
I would recommend avoiding this cosmic accident even in the video bargain bins 
1
Wing Commander
Michael Dequina
My what a field day Mike Nelson and his robot pals would have had with this prime piece of sci fi schlock 
0
Wing Commander
David Keyes
The human beings are so sluggish and stupid that if Earth s fate was actually left in their hands you d rather trust the aliens 
0.5
Wing Commander
Elias Savada
Scientific fact the universe is a big vacuum Scientific corollary Wing Commander sucks 
0
Wing Commander
Wesley Morris
Wing Commander looks like it was put together by people who couldn t agree on whether or not the year 2564 would be colored with red bulbs and fluorescent cafeteria lights or costumed as if Urban Oufitters had gone to Uranus 
1
Wing Commander
Jeff Vice
No movie spawned from a video or computer game has answered the question of why someone would pay to see something on the big screen that could be played interactively on a video game system or computer 
1.5
Wing Commander
Mick LaSalle
As the movie transforms into a video game with a faux John Williams score to boot the human element turns corny then laughable 
1
Wing Commander
Dustin Putman
Staring at a blank screen would be at least fifty times more entertaining and visually stimulating than all of Wing Commander combined 
0
Wing Commander
Ross Anthony
I think kids will love this picture I enjoyed myself too half the time drawn into the film half the time laughing at it 
1.5
Wing Commander
James Berardinelli
The plot has all the depth and originality of a video game without the fun of the interactivity 
1
Wing Commander
Roger Ebert
These actors alas are at the service of a submoronic script and special effects that look like a video game writ large 
1
Wing Commander
Steve Rhodes
No video game imaginable could be this terminally boring 
0.5
Radium Girls
Sean P. Means
The production is so threadbare that it feels like the actors are playing actors and this is the movie in a movie they re making 
2.5
Radium Girls
Joe Friar
Features solid performances by the cast as first time feature directors Pilcher and Mohler blend fact with fictional characters to bring the enlightening story to the screen 
3
Radium Girls
Roger Moore
A well acted smartly reported and heartfelt if somewhat malnourished period piece about heroic women of American labor and their role in crusading for worker safety 
2.5
Radium Girls
Steven Prokopy
Radium Girls does indeed tell a horrific true story but in a way that makes every moment seem manufactured and disingenuous 
2
Radium Girls
Roxana Hadadi
The anger inspired by what happened to these women is invigorating but that fury is rarely felt from what Radium Girls offers as a cinematic experience 
1.5
Radium Girls
Mark Dujsik
There s an inherent horror to this story based on a true one The filmmakers never quite grasp it 
2
The Human Contract
David Nusair
Well made but hopelessly dull 
1
The Human Contract
Michael Dequina
A complex difficult intriguing film that digs deeper than outward appearances 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Brian Eggert
Fortunately the film never becomes a hype machine or gets caught up in the bizarre media circus around the central match The concentration remains on the players and the emotional stakes as well as what King s victory represents 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Leo Brady
With a pair of stellar performances and strong direction from Johnathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Battle of the Sexes is an absolute crowd pleasing success 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Matt Brunson
A highly engaging film that frequently keeps a light touch even as it tackles weighty subjects 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Mattie Lucas
as much a heartbreaking experience as it is a funny one That it strikes that balance so well and so gracefully is a beautiful thing indeed 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Frank Ochieng
With Battle of the Sexes screenwriter Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire has written another contemplative and intriguing film fueled with hearty cynicism off kilter frivolity and balanced relevance 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Khari J. Sampson
If you see Battle you ll be the winner whether you love Stone or not 
4
Battle of the Sexes
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a solid film and very entertaining with good performances throughout but too often marred by expositional stretches filled with on the nose dialogue 
3
Battle of the Sexes
David Nusair
the movie is ultimately unable to justify its more than two hour running time 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Ray Greene
It s the FOX SEARCHLIGHT disease a slightly 8203 risky subject gets subjected to the same developmental burnishing an X 8203 MEN film would receive and ends up feeling just as manufactured 
2
Battle of the Sexes
Linda Cook
We really HAVE come a long way baby 
4
Battle of the Sexes
John Serba
Stone s signature blend of breezy charm and deep empathy is so winning it eclipses the screenplay s broader strokes and the more heavily affected performances of her co stars 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Sonny Bunch
Shot with the verve of an after school special hammering its points with the subtlety of a carpenter banging nails it feels like a parody of an empowerment movie 
1.5
Battle of the Sexes
Lauren Terry
It s a moment in history worth retelling 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Lisa Jensen
Trailblazers like Billie Jean King deserve our thanks and the tribute she receives in this movie 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Josh Terry
The final result is a film that is much more complex than expected but also a film that viewers will likely evaluate based on its message more than its execution 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Michael Smith
Battle of the Sexes serves up a history lesson and a message of equality that is as timely now as it was more than 40 years ago but it s a bit too soft to call the film a grand slam winner 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Gary Rotstein
Despite any faults or double faults which also includes some dialogue that sounds suspiciously like too meaningful speeches Battle of the Sexes is an entertaining well performed history lesson in the sociology of the early 1970s 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
James Berardinelli
About halfway through Battle of the Sexes I found myself wishing I was watching a documentary rather than a feature film 
2
Battle of the Sexes
Sara Michelle Fetters
it is still Stone and her depiction of King that is the film s undeniably flawless element 
4
Battle of the Sexes
Christian Toto
How do you turn a great story into a mediocre one Woke it up 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Calvin Wilson
This is mainstream filmmaking at the top of its game 
4
Battle of the Sexes
Tom Meek
Battle of the Sexes is more than just an empowerment victory lap for women and others seeking equality it s a heartfelt love story or two and a fantastic time capsule resurrecting the early 70s with aplomb 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Sean P. Means
The joyous movie Battle of the Sexes covers every inch of the court as an inspirational sports drama as a riotous comedy as a tender romance and as an insightful biography of King and her pivotal role in the fight for women s equality 
4
Battle of the Sexes
Jeff Simon
It s not just an irresistible entertainment by the two directors who gave us Little Miss Sunshine and written by the writer who gave us Slumdog Millionaire and The Full Monty It s a movie with social and emotional substance 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Roger Moore
Giddy
3
Battle of the Sexes
Ty Burr
The chalk lines in Battle of the Sexes stretch into the past and future measuring how far we ve come since then and how far we have to go 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Moira MacDonald
The pace is swift and the 70s setting is rich the throbbing soundtrack the retro click of a telephone dial the bright colors and pageantry of the match 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Max Weiss
With its genius cast wonderfully calibrated emotional and comic beats and brilliant 70s mimesis Battle of the Sexes is slick commercial filmmaking at its best 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Clint O'Connor
The actual tennis is the least important element of Battle of the Sexes The film is much more interested in relationships and King s evolution Its best moments come off the court especially when King and company break off to form the WTA 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Gary Thompson
Battle of the Sexes is almost by definition predictable the outcome of its title tennis match is well known but there was one scene that made my jaw drop 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Chris Hewitt
It s worthwhile but there s a lot more to this story 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Clayton Davis
Headlined by another Oscar worthy performance from Emma Stone the film aches with an impressive and touching tale of self discovery 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Rex Reed
An exhilarating movie propelled by two mesmerizing star performances Emma Stone and Steve Carell 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
it doesn t take itself too seriously and it seems to have respect for both the story s hero and its villain 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Peter Travers
Imagine Hillary and Trump Swinging Rackets Emma Stone and Steve Carell s recreation of the media circus that was the 73 King Riggs tennis match couldn t be more relevant 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Peter Howell
Even if you ve Googled the outcome or are old enough to remember watching it on television the film s reenactment of the battle and the bluster makes for entertaining and at times riveting viewing 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Sara Stewart
It s a feel good film with a somewhat curdled legacy You could clip just about any piece of sexist dialogue here label it 2017 and pass it off as plausible 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Mark Dujsik
The movie is so intent on pointing out the sexism of the day that it more or less brushes off a key part of Billie s life as something to be addressed later 
2
Battle of the Sexes
Richard Roeper
Emma Stone does the best work of her career Her Billie Jean King is a champion on multiple levels 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Mick LaSalle
In its focus on King it s a compelling internal story demonstrating that athletic achievement is not only a matter of physical gifts At the highest levels where the pressure is greatest it really comes down to character 
4
Battle of the Sexes
Dustin Putman
A stirring affectionately felt biopic about a necessary milestone in sports history The not so secret weapon of Battle of the Sexes is Billie Jean King herself and Emma Stone s impassioned turn playing her 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Dann Gire
The depiction of the subtle romantic combustion between King and Barnett is a beauty 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Ann Hornaday
A warm earnestly entertaining film 
3
Battle of the Sexes
Michael Phillips
The movie is both fun and a mild disappointment 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Rafer Guzman
A winning combination of sports movie and civil rights story with ace performances from Stone and Carell 
4
Battle of the Sexes
Brian Truitt
While Battle of the Sexes is a reminder of the gender issues still plaguing us it wholeheartedly embraces the equality of its two excellent leads 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Dwight Brown
Emma Stone brings King s raw courage to life and the dawning of her new sexual identity is profound 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Christopher Gray
The film sacrifices some of its innate appeal by making ham out of the supposed relics of a less enlightened era 
2
Battle of the Sexes
Brian Tallerico
There s a better version of Battle of the Sexes that focuses even more fully on King villainizing Riggs and his grotesque culture of sexism in a way this movie disappointingly seems scared to do 
2.5
Battle of the Sexes
Brad Wheeler
Directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton move beyond the ready made charisma of the serve and volley shenanigans to offer a contextualized portrait of the closet lesbian King and her fight against sexism and the social mores of the time 
3.5
Battle of the Sexes
Walter Chaw
What Battle of the Sexes misses is the opportunity to make a movie that isn t a stupid self satisfied situation comedy with a big match at the end 
.5
Rock the Kasbah
Pamela Powell
Rock the Kasbah is an extremely stilted piece of work that suffocates the talents of its actors 
0.5
Rock the Kasbah
Jessica Gibson
The movie s soundtrack and colorful cinematography can t smooth talk itself past a mess of cultural insensitivities 
1.5
Rock the Kasbah
Scott Renshaw
It s staggering to see the contortions a movie will go through to take a story about a non white non American woman and make it about a white American guy 
1.5
Rock the Kasbah
Mike McGranaghan
The sillier scenes of Bill Murray traipsing through a dangerous part of the world are fun but when the story tries to get at something more serious it falls apart pretty quickly 
2.5
Rock the Kasbah
Stephen Rebello
The best thing to do is to leave the theater look the other way and pretend it never happened 
0.5
Rock the Kasbah
Stephen Whitty
It needs a smarter script It needs at least two or three perfectly engineered joke after joke sequences It needs a smart director did you really do Wag the Dog Levinson whose idea of political satire goes beyond freshman year sarcasm 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Brad Wheeler
Not Murray s best and not Levinson s either 
2.5
Rock the Kasbah
Brian Truitt
A lot of the actor s usual mercurial charm isn t used to full effect and is actually tempered when it doesn t feel like it should be 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Steven Rea
Some projects are just too misguided for the star to mug and shrug his way out of Consider Rock the Kasbah at the top or the bottom of that list 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Mark Dujsik
Bill Murray s performance in Rock the Kasbah is akin to a man throwing life preservers and lowering lifeboats aboard a quickly sinking ship 
1
Rock the Kasbah
Robert Levin
A debacle that suggests there s nothing like some good old fashioned American weaponry to solve the world s problems 
0.5
Rock the Kasbah
Peter Howell
Quite possibly Murray s worst movie ever 
1
Rock the Kasbah
Ty Burr
If it were any worse they d be screening it as evidence at The Hague 
0.5
Rock the Kasbah
Jon Niccum
Kasbah plays like a comedy penned by Donald Rumsfeld 
1.5
Rock the Kasbah
Natalie Daher
It fumbles a bit by prioritizing the goofy antics of its white cast over what turns out to be a smart depiction of non Western life 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Chris Knight
It s a lovely message of tolerance but it s trampled by a script from producer writer Mitch Glazer that emphasizes lunacy over logic and idiocy over emotion 
1.5
Rock the Kasbah
Richard Roeper
This movie is all over the place 
1
Rock the Kasbah
Peter Travers
Rock the Kasbah goes fierce to quietly touching and back to funny again 
2.5
Rock the Kasbah
Michael O'Sullivan
Levinson never seems to know what to point his camera at or when to cut and Glazer never seems to know when to leave a joke alone and let the cast work 
1
Rock the Kasbah
Michael Phillips
A white savior showbiz fable of a particularly dubious and retrograde variety 
1.5
Rock the Kasbah
David Lewis
Murray does his best to hold up the movie but there s only so much he can do Ultimately his latest fish out of water never makes it back upstream 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Susan Wloszczyna
A movie with one too many agendas especially considering it is inspired by a real life female singer who broke the gender barrier on the actual Afghan Star 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Matt Pais
Quickly goes from fun to offensive 
1
Rock the Kasbah
Soren Andersen
Murray idiosyncratic as always dominates but his performance can t save this misconceived mess 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Roger Moore
Murray a funnyman who long ago lost his fastball was foolish to entrust his comeback star vehicle to screenwriter Mitch Scrooged Glazer who never had a fastball 
2
Rock the Kasbah
Ed Gonzalez
The film quickly settles into a depressingly one note groove as a culture clashing circus act 
1
The Horseman
David Nusair
A gritty uncompromising thriller 
2.5
Shuffle
Jeff Mitchell
Shuffle deals an affecting time travel story 
3.5
Shuffle
Eric Melin
Kuenne s screenplay has some great twists and surprising moments that illuminate its main character proving that he has the chops to make more than merely genre film but the ending overdoses on saccharine and overreaches 
2.5
Shuffle
Mike McGranaghan
I m willing to overlook a film s flaws a little bit if it s clearly aiming high in what it wants to do Shuffle is indeed flawed yet it is also intriguing and different 
2.5
Murder Is My Beat
John Beifuss
Edgar G Ulmer was Poverty Row s poet laureate of despair 
2.5
Wings of Honneamise
Roger Ebert
A visually sensational two hour extravaganza 
3
Wings of Honneamise
Chris Hicks
There are moments when the English dubbing seems at odds with the visual action whether because of specific dialogue or its delivery 
2
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Mattie Lucas
Effortlessly charming and endlessly imitated Here Comes Mr Jordan is a fantasy comedy with a surprisingly complex take on the afterlife and the nature of fate 
3.5
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
James Kendrick
juggles the tones and genre shifts with an impressive deftness that makes it feel all of a piece even though in many ways it is all over the place
3
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Matt Brunson
The delightful Here Comes Mr Jordan was based on a play Harry Segall s Heaven Can Wait but it s hardly a stagebound film given its ease at hopping between numerous locales both earthy and celestial 
3.5
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Phil Villarreal
The film is surprisingly sharp edged and caustic for 1941 fare 
4
The Celluloid Closet
Matt Brunson
An excellent documentary 46 
3.5
The Celluloid Closet
Edward Guthmann
The Celluloid Closet goes all the way back to the birth of cinema to an experimental Thomas Edison short of two men dancing to trace the odd funny sad and disgraceful history of homosexual iconography on film 
4
The Celluloid Closet
Stephen Hunter
A fascinating account of how Hollywood has dealt with homosexuals and homosexuality through its history 
3
The Celluloid Closet
Steve Rhodes
Although the film will clearly appeal to homosexuals and to film buffs I believe that anyone seeing this documentary will find it an absolutely engrossing and fascinating movie 
3.5
The Celluloid Closet
James Berardinelli
Top notch entertainment not only because it s enjoyable but because it argues its case with an effectiveness that would impress even a top notch homophobic attorney 
3.5
The Celluloid Closet
Joe Baltake
Even if The Celluloid Closet isn t quite the most perfectly political piece of filmmaking that you d expect or hoped it would be it s still a pretty convincing argument and what s more likably entertaining 
3.5
The Celluloid Closet
Roger Ebert
Makes it clear Hollywood wanted it both ways It benefitted from the richness that gays added to films but didn t want to acknowledge their sexuality 
3.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Michael Dequina
Comes off less like a feature film than a failed sitcom pilot 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Kam Williams
This lackluster production fails to generate much in the way of tension and less in the way of merriment 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Forrest Hartman
Charming little comedy that amuses from start to finish 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
Vince Koehler
Ready for a timely political comedy with Gene Hackman 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie telegraphs its moves from the beginning each of its laughs calculated as if an accounting firm had prepared them using a spreadsheet and an abacus 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Matt Brunson
The comedy quotient waning from the start becomes nonexistent whenever it s placed in Romano s clumsy mitts 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
James Kendrick
a political satire that wants to be little more than a warm n fuzzy comedy
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Mike McGranaghan
I didn t dislike Welcome to Mooseport I just didn t like it enough 
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Peter Travers
Devoid of wit and point 
1
Welcome to Mooseport
Marty Mapes
22 minutes of sitcom entertainment padded out to a long 90 minutes
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Peter Debruge
Offers a charming distraction from the current campaign season by sidestepping real issues and making light of the process 
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Jonathan R. Perry
limp and dreadfully dull 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Bob Bloom
Like a politician courting voters Welcome to Mooseport steers away from anything controversial content to steer a safe inoffensive middle of the road comedic course 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Christian Toto
Hackman wins in a landslide in the otherwise mediocre Mooseport
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Frank Ochieng
we ve seen more funny flexibility from a tedious filibuster in the US Senate It s basically a political ping pong match being played clumsily without the paddles 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Dustin Putman
It doesn t have that extra spark required to make it anything but instantly forgettable 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Moira MacDonald
Welcome to Mooseport is the movie equivalent of a bowl of unadorned oatmeal It s bland a bit lumpy and though it ll tide you over until something better comes along you won t look back fondly on the experience 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Ruthe Stein
Petrie made Grumpy Old Men which appealed to the same older audience Welcome to Mooseport apparently is going after Both films suffer from a flatness and uneven pacing that make them slow going 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
David Elliott
At its best half the time the film is cute when it isn t it seems like a blank screen 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Joe Baltake
Nothing much happens in Welcome to Mooseport but for a little less than two hours you can take a vacation with some very companionable people in a truly nice place 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
Megan Lehmann
Too often the filmmakers insult the audience s intelligence with far fetched plot points not to mention an offensive stereotyping of Mooseport s residents as moronic local yokels 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Jack Mathews
Little more than a feature length screen test for TV icon Ray Romano 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Connie Ogle
A comedy so wan and spiritless that even the ringing cell phones in the theater offer more entertainment 
1
Welcome to Mooseport
Glenn Whipp
The movie s leads are completely stranded by the humorless material and a glacial pacing that s about as exciting as an all night filibuster orated by Orrin Hatch 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Loey Lockerby
Director Donald Petrie and screenwriter Tom Schulman are masters of middle of the road blandness What they provide is harmless and occasionally worth a chuckle but there s not much point in watching a movie when you already know every line 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Liam Lacey
Instead of a madcap farce the movie grinds along into a series of laboured comic bits 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Terry Lawson
To say that Welcome to Mooseport plays like a lost episode of TV s Northern Exposure does not do justice to that show 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Petrie deadens any possible momentum or energy he can t even make one of our greatest actors Gene Hackman appear presidential 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Jeff Vice
Considering all the talented people involved with Welcome to Mooseport including a great cast you can t help but wish it were funnier Even just a little bit 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Michael Booth
A soothing buddy movie 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
Roger Ebert
Hackman and Romano work well together here and Tierney does a heroic job of playing a character who doesn t know how the story will end when everybody else in the cast and in the audience has an excellent idea 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
David Nusair
Silly comedies generally don t fare all that well at over 90 minutes and Welcome to Mooseport is no exception 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Lawrence Toppman
The outcome of the election is never in doubt in this fluff and neither is the dramatic face off 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Ty Burr
A disappointingly limp small town farce played several shades too broadly by a cast that has done better work elsewhere 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Sean P. Means
Instead of letting Romano face big league pitching which I think he can handle the filmmakers reduce the rest of the cast to playing softball 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Emily Blunt
Mooseport is one of those dreaded middle of the road comedies It s a friendly nicety nice mock funny play it safe and use all the cliche s we got style deal Yech 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Jon Niccum
Welcome to Mooseport has its share of clever ideas yet the picture is packaged with so little flair that s it s difficult to love 
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Guylaine Cadorette
TV comedy king Ray Romano makes his first foray into feature film in a spectacularly unfunny comedy 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Erik Childress
If ever a film was in need of an order of Levitra it was Welcome To Mooseport ranking amongst the limpest political satires I ve ever seen
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Collin Souter
Proof that nice comedies about politics just don t work especially during an election year 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Mike Clark
Hackman could play his role in his sleep but Romano is asleep 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Phoebe Flowers
The movie is way too long way too dull and way too unfunny 
1
Welcome to Mooseport
Chris Hewitt
The movie strives for the cracked dizzy New England charm of the old Newhart show b ut the generic Mooseport has no equivalent just ye olde tedious jokes 
1
Welcome to Mooseport
Sarah Chauncey
Welcome to Snoozeport The phrase sleepy little town has a whole new meaning 
1
Welcome to Mooseport
Jeff Strickler
Welcome to Mooseport can t decide if it wants to be a political farce or a romantic comedy It s a bit of both but not enough of either 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Mack Bates
A smart but safe parable about how power can corrupt even the best of men and how complacency is not a virtue 
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
David Sterritt
Hide your welcome mat 
1
Welcome to Mooseport
Bruce Newman
Tepid comedy 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
James Berardinelli
There s not a whole lot to like about Welcome to Mooseport and considering how lively real politics can be these days you re likely to get more entertainment from watching two hours of CSPAN 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Carrie Rickey
It plays like six subplots in search of a sitcom 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
John Anderson
Mild as milk and at times slower than August traffic heading to L L Bean Good cast though 
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Mark Caro
Welcome to Mooseport isn t a belly laugh farce It s more along the lines of a My Cousin Vinny where you just enjoy almost everybody who crosses the screen 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
Josh Larsen
comedy comfort food 
3
Welcome to Mooseport
Austin O'Connor
On TV Everybody Loves Raymond On the big screen Nobody will 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Nick Rogers
If his future film choices are anything like this Everybody Loves Raymond won t just be Romano s hit TV show It will have to be his mantra of daily affirmation 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Nick Schager
Ray don t quit your day job 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Rob Thomas
Could have used three or four more passes through the funny machine 
2
Welcome to Mooseport
Rob Blackwelder
Once you get past the screenplay s fresh paint these two guys are the same stale odious infantile jerks as in every other ill conceived comedy from the last 20 years 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Walter Chaw
Romano s a small screen vampire and 35mm is his sunlight 
0
Welcome to Mooseport
Steve Rhodes
It has trouble in achieving liftoff But except for Romano the cast is so naturally funny that it s a hard movie to resist 
2.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Ross Anthony
A faulted comedy with a great pace that aims for cute and occasionally succeeds 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Scott Nash
Mooseport wears out its welcome fairly quickly 
1.5
Welcome to Mooseport
Steven Snyder
I can think of so many ways to have fun with a political story such as this Too bad the makers of Mooseport couldn t settle on just one and run with it 
2
Journey of Hope
Roger Ebert
There is enormous potential here but the film does not quite pay off and the crucial decisions taken at each stage of this story are often so stupid and foolhardy that we despair 
2.5
The Great Silence
Roger Moore
Gorgeous to look at Shane lean in its narrow focus and romance and Peckinpah bloody in its violence 
3
Contact
Federico Furzan
Zemeckis alien film about getting in touch with one s feelings has not lost a byte of magic throughout the years Foster is impeccable Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Contact
Wesley Lovell
One of the greatest science fiction films in history 
4
Contact
Michael Dequina
Magical captivating entertainment 
4
Contact
Maitland McDonagh
The result is a film far too cold blooded for summer audiences 
2.5
Contact
Judith Egerton
The story doesn t always do justice to the mind bending visual opening of Robert Zemeckis movie which features Jodie Foster as an annoyingly intense scientist 
2.5
Contact
Jeanne Aufmuth
Even the computer generated graphics are a bad fit 
2
Contact
Margaret A. McGurk
A rare find a science fiction film more interested in ideas than scary critters 
3
Contact
Mick LaSalle
When it tries to personify the struggle between skepticism and faith in the relationship between Ellie and her theologian boyfriend it becomes flat and obvious 
2
Contact
Liam Lacey
Contact which aims for awe ends up with piffle 
2
Contact
James Kendrick
For once a 90 million Summer Event Movie that gasp uses special effects to further a plot instead of just to blow things up 
3.5
Contact
Steve Rhodes
Few films glorify the unknown and relish ambiguity to the extent that Contact does 
3
Contact
Rob Blackwelder
An intellectually and theologically challenging 100 million summer blockbuster Who d have imagined 
3
Contact
Mike Clark
For an aspiring ultimate trip Contact has a flimsy dramatic grip 
2.5
Contact
Barbara Shulgasser
If there were truly anything serious important or intellectual about this movie this planet would be in big trouble 
2
Contact
Chris Hicks
A movie that wants to be taken seriously and yet which frequently stumbles into dull harebrained movie conventions Contact is still better than most of what s out there right now especially in terms of science fiction 
3
Contact
Madeleine Williams
It has been a while since Hollywood has delivered a serious science fiction drama 
4
Contact
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of motion picture that restores one s faith in what can be produced when a large budget is used wisely 
4
Contact
Roger Ebert
Zemeckis uses special effects to suggest the climactic events without upstaging them 
3.5
Contact
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The movie s CNN strategy whereby credibility is measured in TV exposure proves fatal often throwing the proceedings into a laughable tailspin 
2
Contact
Marty Mapes
Jodie Foster is great and Zemeckis knows how to use film technology without compromising a story s humanity but the real star of Contact is its author Carl Sagan 
3.5
Contact
James O'Ehley
Contact is a rarity it is a pure science fiction movie 
3.5
Genesis
Barry Hertz
The drama is an intricately constructed and intensely felt work that transcends the easy coming of age genre label that is so tempting to slap onto it 
4
Genesis
Jake Cole
Philippe Lesage s film understands that we submit ourselves to the perils of affection because of its outweighing graces 
3
Bad Dreams
David Nusair
a fairly disastrous trainwreck of a thriller that ll test the patience of even the most ardent horror fan 
1
Bad Dreams
Matt Brunson
The twist ending isn t bad but everything else is dreary and derivative 
1.5
Bad Dreams
Roger Ebert
This is another of those foul teenage vomitoriums in which the only message is that the world is evil and brutal 
0.5
The Medallion
Mark Collette
enough distractions to carry us through the doldrums 
3
The Medallion
Tyler Hanley
Amateurish effects frenetic camerawork and ridiculous villains prevent Chan s Medallion from emanating true cinematic shine 
2
The Medallion
Shirley Klass
As always Chan gets some big laughs 
2.5
The Medallion
Mark Dujsik
The lesson to learn from The Medallion is that a wire and computer assisted Jackie Chan is better than no Jackie Chan but still a bad idea nonetheless 
1.5
The Medallion
Linda Cook
Do you ever go into a movie that s so incomprehensible that you come out wondering just why someone put up the money to have it made 
1
The Medallion
David Nusair
46 46 46 a hopelessly uninvolving and periodically tedious endeavor that squanders the efforts of its charismatic star 46 46 46 
1
The Medallion
Marty Mapes
Chan s grace and Evan s comedy highlight the current chapter in the book of Chan
2.5
The Medallion
Mike McGranaghan
Jackie Chan will be back in a good movie soon and then we can forget about this misstep once and for all Oh wait I ve forgotten it already 
2
The Medallion
Frank Ochieng
another generic and labored Jackie Chan action comedy that has no real kinetic kick to its nutty conception this Medallion shouldn t be worn proudly around Chan s neck
2
The Medallion
Jeffrey Westhoff
About one quarter of The Medallion is a nifty little action thriller The rest is a mess 
2
The Medallion
Dustin Putman
Chan may still have what it takes to perform difficult stunts but he is surrounded by a cesspool of ludicrous plotting incomprehensible storytelling and characters about as sturdy as wet cement 
1.5
The Medallion
Chris Hewitt
Jackie Chan doesn t know the meaning of the word fear His writers don t know the meaning of the word original 
1
The Medallion
Erik Lundegaard
As special effects reveal how super Eddie Yang is they also reveal how ordinary Jackie Chan has become 
2.5
The Medallion
Mick LaSalle
The best of Jackie Chan s American movies 
3
The Medallion
Vanessa Sibbald
Jackie Chan has finally become a God sadly it s only in this dud of a film 
1
The Medallion
Joe Baltake
Formulaic and ultimately forgettable but quite likable 
2.5
The Medallion
Scott Huber
The Medallion is classic Chan fun incredible fights true stunts and a hero worth rooting for 
3
The Medallion
Steven Rea
As cartoonish as live action gets 
2.5
The Medallion
Bob Campbell
A B movie worthy of the term 
2.5
The Medallion
Lou Lumenick
A pretty bottom of the barrel affair 
1.5
The Medallion
Jami Bernard
Beware of Jackie Chan movies featuring the transformational powers of tuxedoes or medallions 
1
The Medallion
Chris Knight
Quite apart from the humdrum look of Jackie Chan stunts with wires and blue screens the plot is a bit of a mess 
1.5
The Medallion
Paul Doro
This summer s Master of Disguise 
1.5
The Medallion
Sean P. Means
The wire effects are shot in such a grainy fashion that they make The Medallion look like cheap costume jewelry
2
The Medallion
Charles Savage
The Medallion exposes Jackie Chan as a shrunken master 
1.5
The Medallion
Rick Groen
Casting Jackie Chan in The Medallion makes about as much sense as sticking Pamela Lee Anderson in a radio play it s just such a waste of your star s principal assets 
1.5
The Medallion
John Monaghan
Though it s far from the worst Chan movie ever made you still might be advised to wait for it on video 
2
The Medallion
Jeff Vice
Yet another Jackie Chan movie in which the out takes are more entertaining than the film itself 
1.5
The Medallion
Michael Booth
Cull your backlogged e mail catch up on magazines suss out the employee payroll but take something with you to the theater it would be a shame to waste 1 1 2 hours of your life actually watching the movie 
1
The Medallion
Lawrence Toppman
The cheapest looking least exciting least funny Chan project I ve ever seen 
1
The Medallion
Ross Anthony
Jackie Chan known for real stunts on strings is almost forgivable given that he acquires super powers but the film noticeably lacks his original creative and comical touches 
1
The Medallion
Josh Larsen
I m not sure if Jackie Chan can age gracefully his appeal depends too much on the athleticism of youth but one way for him to do it is to avoid movies such as The Medallion 
1.5
The Medallion
Roger Ebert
A disposable entertainment redeemed by silliness exaggeration and Chan s skill and charm 
3
The Medallion
Kit Bowen
Jackie Chan has just as much fun in The Medallion as he does in any of his other films but he doesn t need the overworked special effects used in it to accentuate his extraordinary talents 
2.5
The Medallion
James Sanford
best described by the title of an old cartoon series Hong Kong phooey perhaps it s finally time for Chan to consider putting quality over quantity where his films are concerned 
2
The Medallion
Peter Bernard
The Medallion is a fun film but a hokey story and schlocky special effects make it a dull gem in Chan s crown 
2
The Medallion
Phil Villarreal
Does everything it can to screw up such a simple path to success 
1.5
The Medallion
Tony Toscano
when is Chan going to realize he doesn t need cheap devises like medallions and fancy clothes to hook his audience 
1
The Medallion
Gene Seymour
As the Chan subgenre goes Medallion is threadbare stuff providing just enough kicking and screaming to make it watchable on a Saturday night 
2
The Medallion
James Berardinelli
Chan has resorted to the use of two things I thought I d never see in association with him CGI and a stunt man And those elements are all that s needed to make this movie seem like every other low budget run of the mill action film out there 
2
The Medallion
Robert K. Elder
More gimmick than actual movie 
2
The Medallion
Rob Blackwelder
feels like the return of good ol cheesy charismatic pardonably haphazard Jackie Chan even if he s finally begun accepting the ravages of age and injury relying this time on wirework and CGI 
2.5
The Medallion
Steve Rhodes
Far from his best but it s fun 
3
The Medallion
Walter Chaw
The only moment worth looking at is one where Chan drowns while putting on a brave face for its effectiveness as a pointed commentary on the artist at this point in his career 
0.5
The Medallion
Ed Gonzalez
Because the filmmakers often have so little to work with The Medallion comes across as a mix tape of sparring sounds and various visual styles 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Mattie Lucas
It s a film that has to be taken on its own merits but those merits are enough to provide a some great summer thrills 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Peter Keough
What s with the pants How is it that when a guy with a 28 inch waist blows up to the size of a Cadillac Escalade the pants remain intact 
1.5
The Incredible Hulk
Wesley Lovell
An improvement over the first Hulk feature it is still a far cry from the qualify of work achieved with Iron Man 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Amy Biancolli
In close up the Hulk is more cartoonish than scary but when he s ripping armed vehicles to shreds Kewl 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Lori Hoffman
An enjoyable aspects of the re boot is that Norton s Bruce Banner seems so physically frail that when he finally lets his inner beast out the contrast is striking 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Michael Drakulich
The Hulk is one of Marvel Comics more unsuccessfully developed superheroes He is more of a scared animal striking out at his tormentors rather than a thinking being that acts with a conscience 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Zachary Woodruff
Variety wins the day You might see Hulk fighting in an airy green pasture or a nighttime metropolis and the villains change and develop throughout the film rendering it redundancy free 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Phil Villarreal
The movie is about as good as a dumb action flick with a pathetically computer rendered monster could be 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Kyle Smith
Iron Man is easily superior to The Incredible Hulk Tony Stark s wit his flair the way everything comes easily to him and he makes the ladies purr are all the opposite of what Bruce Banner brings to the party 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
John Beifuss
Contains a property damaging clash of the titans free for all of such intensity that in the pre computer effects era it could have been visualized only in a cartoon or a comic book 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Ross Anthony
The grand acting chops of Norton and Roth fall prey to action which is more noisy than memorable and fails to carry a script lacking in impact depth and originality 
1
The Incredible Hulk
Matt Brunson
The Incredible Hulk is a more than serviceable fantasy film But on the sliding scale of recent superhero flicks it falls a bit short 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over Ang Lee s egregiously cerebral Hulk 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Mike McGranaghan
In terms of being faithful to the comic and giving us the kind of big screen superhero entertainment that we want The Incredible Hulk is definitely the more satisfying of the two 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Eric Melin
Edward Norton is a Bill Bixby kind of guy and this is more faithful to the TV show than the last film but its still hard to root for a CGI character 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Larry Ratliff
Leterrier gets his hand on this Marvel marvel at exactly the right time Special effects have finally caught up with the imagination 
3.5
The Incredible Hulk
Jeffrey Westhoff
Essentially this Incredible Hulk is a science fiction Jekyll and Hyde version of The Bourne Identity 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Daniel M. Kimmel
By the time the Hulk is battling the Abomination it s simply watching two special effects go after each other Were Norton and Roth even on the set 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Kam Williams
Can anybody smell the franchise that Marvel is cooking 
4
The Incredible Hulk
Frank Ochieng
Explosive and visually arresting in its colorful swagger a reactive and revolving roller coaster ride of demolishing proportions 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Linda Cook
This is great summer fun that sets the stage for a return of this character and more Marvel icons It s yet another monster hit 
3.5
The Incredible Hulk
Michael A. Smith
As Banner Norton gives a strong performance Like Iron Man s Robert Downey Jr Norton is a former Oscar nominee who brings a wealth of talent to a role one normally wouldn t consider him for But it s his skills as an actor that lend a human touch to
3
The Incredible Hulk
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It won t steal Iron Man s thunder but it s a damn good time 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Willie Waffle
A return to the Hulk we know from the TV show and it captures the angst of being green It s not easy being green 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Wesley Morris
In their determination to make a reliable action movie they forgot to make an interesting one 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Robert W. Butler
Part of the problem is the computer generated Hulk It s OK in the early going when the big green guy is mostly hidden by darkness or smoke But in the light of day he looks cartoonish 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Bob Strauss
A simpler story more action and some nice visuals make for a satisfying if not exactly incredible monster hero sequel 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Rene Rodriguez
Careful not to repeat the past The Incredible Hulk does a lot of things Lee s The Hulk didn t It s lighter and faster paced it s funnier and it embraces instead of ignoring the 1970s TV series that furthered the character s popularity 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Peter Travers
The latest spin on the Marvel comic book hero delivers the popcorn goods 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Christian Toto
Hulk smash But first Hulk apologize for Ang Lee movie of my life 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Mark Rahner
The relaunch of Marvel s green goliath is an improvement over director Ang Lee s ponderous 2003 Hulk in nearly every way 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Ken Fox
It s hugely entertaining and not only leaves the door wide open for a sequel but an entire universe of Marvel movies Avengers assemble 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Steve Rhodes
When it s fighting it s fun but when it isn t it s not 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Nick Rogers
One stupid Hulk movie now a stupidly entertaining Hulk movie A franchise reset with zany boneheaded breathlessness this is loose lean fast comical thrilling loud and as flirtatious with substance as necessary to avoid instant disposability 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Gina Carbone
I like him when he s angry or is it hungry Norton is no good time Downey but this Hulk smashes the 2003 film However I caution the filmmakers and Marvel to be fair to their characters and 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Russ Breimeier
The finale s slugfest plays out like the WWF gone CGI characters bash each other things go boom and how typical a lot of it is too quickly paced to follow 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Tyler Hanley
Fans furious with Ang Lee s artsy 2003 flick about Marvel s green behemoth can finally breathe a sigh of relief 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Erik Childress
If you can clock a feature film by its transformations 25 50 style and still wish that you could skip through the commercials in between precisely how far removed are you from what s come before 
1.5
The Incredible Hulk
Rossiter Drake
Leterrier and screenwriter Zak Penn dispense with the angst and focus on the smash The result is a movie that eschews dialogue or anything resembling an idea for that matter in favor of hyper violent mayhem and unconvincing CGI 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Peter Howell
The lack of character shading suggests Marvel Studios went too far in distancing itself from Lee s much reviled predecessor Could a better balance between brawn and brains not have been struck 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Roger Ebert
It sidesteps the intriguing aspects of Hulkdom and spends way too much time in dare I say noisy and mindless action sequences
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Liam Lacey
Astute fans may detect a whiff of studio formula here 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Bob Bloom
The Incredible Hulk emphasizes action and special effects But it is what fans expect and hoped for and it will not disappoint 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Charles Koplinski
An Incredible Misfire
2.0
The Incredible Hulk
Michael Phillips
Incredible overstates it but The Incredible Hulk finds a viable way to retell an old Jekyll and Hyde story dating back to the early 1960s and a Cold War that inspired its share of unruly Marvel Comics misfits 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Lou Lumenick
Like its monstrous hero The Incredible Hulk gets the job done with minimal artistry and a lot of noise 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Walter Chaw
Norton seems to resent that in the Fight Club food chain he s Edward Norton and not Brad Pitt 
0.5
The Incredible Hulk
Duane Dudek
Director Louis Leterrier who directed The Transporter films is no great stylist but he adds highly charged and acrobatically choreographed action scenes to the film s blunt force sense of melodrama and erratic continuity 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Jeff Vice
It works as a smash em up summer film and is more satisfactory than its predecessor 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Accomplished B movie director Louis Leterrier speeds things up and lightens the tone and actor Edward Norton brings more depth and range to the role 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Greg Maki
Follows Iron Man as this year s second great comic book movie 
3.5
The Incredible Hulk
Claudia Puig
The saga is uneven and there are plot holes but as a popcorn movie steeped in action it keeps our attention 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Steven Rea
Alas The Incredible Hulk is no Iron Man and a brief appearance by a devilishly goateed Tony Stark only serves to remind us of that fact 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Dustin Putman
What is so disappointing about the film is how much of a lesser experience it is than Ang Lee s Hulk 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Lawrence Toppman
A sentimental mixture of thwarted romance military conniving and brute on brute action at the end as Hulk takes on spike spined Abomination If the movie s nowhere near as ambitious as the last Hulk that s probably to the good 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Peter Canavese
The Incredible Hulk gets er done but while Hulk smash is essential it s also undeniably uninteresting when handed over to a computer 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Sean McBride
Hulk Smash But not Smash Movie 
2.5
The Incredible Hulk
Rafer Guzman
The first film s main problem dogs this one as well A dull story The villain is big and loud and Banner has a good heart but neither makes for an interesting character 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Mick LaSalle
The result is not as good as Iron Man but it s an action movie in that style willing to take its time and take advantage of the fact that it has a first rate actor at its center 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Sara Michelle Fetters
This new film might have its moments and the character might still have his angry superpowers but that doesn t make it anything close to incredible 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Josh Larsen
Can I simply come out and say what is rarely mentioned but we all know to be true The Hulk is an uninspired comic book creation 
2
The Incredible Hulk
James Berardinelli
The Incredible Hulk provides Marvel with its second superhero hit of the summer For comic book fans Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk represent a solid one two punch 
3
The Incredible Hulk
Nick Schager
No fondness for crummy old television can obscure the general faintheartedness of this saga 
2
The Incredible Hulk
Austin Kennedy
Even though I think I prefer Ang Lee s movie this is a fun summer popcorn movie that will satisfy most fanboys 
3
Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos
Wesley Morris
Deftly weaves the continent s ongoing political upheavals particularly Argentina s own roiling cauldron of extremism coups and corruption with the recollections of people mourning the missing 
3
The 6th Friend
Roger Moore
A horror picture that can t quite find the laughs it goes for and never for more than a more or two provides frights 
1
Facing Windows
Sean P. Means
Strong performances by Girotti and Mezzogiorno make director Fernan Ozpetek s dovetailed stories of forbidden love compelling and vibrant 
3
Facing Windows
Jeff Vice
A shallow melodrama that seems more suited to daytime television or one of those Lifetime cable network movies 
2
Facing Windows
John Beifuss
Aspires to be a self actualization session for stifled wives a plea for gay rights a Holocaust story and a class in pastry appreciation all at once 
2
Facing Windows
Jeff Strickler
Ozpetek ends up with a lot of balls in the air and he has to do some scrambling to keep up He pulls it off but it feels like he s making this harder than it needs to be 
3
Facing Windows
Lisa Kennedy
As the relationship progresses between Giovanna and Davide Facing Windows becomes refined with deeper truths 
2.5
Facing Windows
Chris Hewitt
The mysteries begin to clear up and the movie goes to hell 
2
Facing Windows
Steven Rea
Thanks to fine performances and a grounded script the pieces of this intriguing little puzzle all manage to fit 
3
Facing Windows
Michael Wilmington
It s a corny and utterly implausible story in many ways but like The Notebook it s an implausible romance that connects with us because of the lush style and the power of the performances 
3
Facing Windows
David Elliott
The Italians do a sort of romantic film best but they start with a big edge Italy In Facing Windows they have Rome and the warm colors and the food and a very good cast led by immensely appealing Giovanna Mezzogiorno 
3.5
Facing Windows
Rick Groen
Fluidly directed superbly acted boasting a story that wraps itself snugly around big emotional issues but stops just short of sentimentality 
3
Facing Windows
Paul Sherman
A long film that is short on payoff 
2
Facing Windows
Carla Meyer
Poignant and carefully observed 
3
Facing Windows
Moira MacDonald
A movie to treasure 
4
Facing Windows
Ty Burr
Beautiful to look at and acted with full and tempestuous conviction it still seems to be taking place in an apartment far across the way 
2
Facing Windows
David Sterritt
Gentle and life affirming if too sentimental in the end 
3
Facing Windows
Gene Seymour
It s Girotti a now deceased veteran of classic films by such great directors as Roberto Rosselini and Luchino Visconti whose polished restraint and leathery dignity lends authoritative heft to the movie s self help bromides 
2.5
Facing Windows
V.A. Musetto
Gets off to a worthy start but falls apart about halfway through 
2
Facing Windows
Jack Mathews
It s a potent tale wonderfully acted by Mezzogiorno and Massimo Girotti as the old man 
2.5
Facing Windows
Bob Strauss
As each incongruous motif is layered on like so much thematic frosting the tummy ache grows 
2.5
Facing Windows
Steve Rhodes
Watching it is like enjoying a fine perfectly flavored meal of simple ingredients that makes you want to savor every morsel 
3
Facing Windows
James Berardinelli
Probably best skipped unless you have a penchant for shallow comfortable foreign films that offer obvious messages and never attempt to challenge the viewer 
2
Facing Windows
Ed Gonzalez
Ozpetek s fairy tale hopes to get by on the good looks of its actors alone 
1.5
Black Gold
Timothy Knight
An important and timely film that may make you think twice before downing your next cup of joe 
3.5
Black Gold
Glenn Whipp
Whether due to resources or time or just plain laziness directors Marc and Nick Francis have fashioned a rather shapeless movie that raises many good points but fails to fully investigate its findings 
2.5
Black Gold
Richard Mowe
Black Gold raises issues in an engaging way without preaching or becoming a lesson in economics At the end of it all you will certainly be looking for those Fair Trade stickers 
4
Black Gold
Ross Anthony
Warm relaxing pace becomes languishing most of the beans have been spilt by the halfway mark Still it s definitely educational an effective call to action 
2
Black Gold
Kam Williams
The premise powerfully postulated here is that not only Ethiopians but millions and millions of other Africans are suffering due to the paltry prices paid by big business for natural resources which most people from developed countries take for granted 
4
Black Gold
Walter V. Addiego
The lesson is clear The system is broken and needs repair and educating consumers is part of the solution 
3
Black Gold
Janice Page
This is a documentary that gets a lot across while avoiding cliches and easy exploitation even in famine ravaged places where more horrific images must have abounded 
3
Black Gold
Rob Thomas
Black Gold also finds cause for optimism in its connections showing how if Western coffee drinkers make the right choices at their end they can positively affect the African growers at the other 
3
Black Gold
Michael Phillips
Guaranteed to make you think twice about what you re paying for what you re drinking 
3
Black Gold
Ken Fox
The film serves as a valuable explanation of the ways in which the cultivation and exportation of a particular crop can affect the welfare of fragile countries 
3.5
Black Gold
Tom Keogh
A mesmerizing documentary illuminating the human element in one corner of modern global trade 
3.5
Black Gold
V.A. Musetto
A dry but enlightening documentary 
2.5
Black Gold
Elizabeth Weitzman
Meskela s is a story worth tackling again but without the over caffeinated approach 
2
Black Gold
John Anderson
A beautifully made provocative and very righteous documentary 
2.5
Black Gold
Ed Gonzalez
A film to think about every time you order a Triple Grande Soy Latte 
3
Black Gold
Peter Howell
Nowhere near as probing as it could or should be Valuable points are blunted by too many talking heads 
2
Black Gold
Jason McBride
Black Gold a compelling documentary about the international coffee industry might discourage you from ever drinking a cup of joe again At the very least it ll make you think deeply about what s going into that cup 
2.5
Kill Switch
Simon Abrams
The worst kind of science fiction film the kind that coasts on a central gimmick instead of delivering either visceral or intellectual thrills 
2
Kill Switch
Mark Dujsik
It looks fine enough but looking fine enough can t be the extent of an entire movie 
1.5
Kill Switch
Dann Gire
The tiresome desensitizing first person shooter aesthetics in Kill Switch not to be confused with Steven Seagal s 2008 thriller diminish what modest humanity Smit s movie musters 
2
Kill Switch
Christopher Gray
Dan Stevens navigates the film s literal and thematic alleyways with the same enthusiastic befuddlement that convinced many to soldier through Legion s more impenetrable stretches 
2
Black
Liam Lacey
The kind of movie you have to respect for doing what it sets out to do 
2
Black
Jason Anderson
An appealingly rough and ready contemporary variation on Shaft in Africa 
3
Farmland
Sean P. Means
The farmers interviewed in Farmland seem sincere but the industry s backing raises some troubling credibility questions 
2.5
Farmland
Godfrey Cheshire
Farmland is essentially just masquerading as an actual documentary In reality it s a glossy corporate infomercial for American agribusiness 
0.5
Homicide
David Nusair
46 46 46 a slow moving endeavor that never quite becomes the searing 44 engrossing drama one might 8217 ve anticipated 46 46 46 
2.5
Homicide
James Kendrick
One of Mamet s strangest and most compelling films
3.5
Homicide
Roger Ebert
The movie crackles with energy and life and with throwaway slang dialogue by Mamet who takes realistic speech patterns and simplifies them into a kind of hammer and nail poetry 
4
Homicide
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The Pulitzer winning playwright s movies are often a few steps ahead of their audiences but Homicide seems to have intuitively anticipated its now exemplary status 
3
Homicide
Jordan Hiller
Homicide David Mamet s ponderous film about a Jewish cop losing his way loses its way whenever it wanders from the scene of the crime
2.5
Solitude
Steve Rhodes
When the ending surprises finally come the letdown in the audience is palpable as the twists are small and relatively inconsequential 
2
Justine
Roger Moore
The performances are just winning enough to lead us down this familiar formulaic path one more time 
2.5
Misconceptions
Mattie Lucas
Sweet funny and entertaining without being maudlin or inane 
2.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Matt Brunson
Of the countless film and television versions of the venerable Sherlock Holmes tale a story that s been interpreted by various actors from Basil to Benedict the best just might be this handsome and exciting adaptation 
3.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mattie Lucas
Cushing is a stellar Holmes nailing his balance between arrogance and charm and adding just enough menace to give the proceedings that certain sense of horror It
3
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is my favorite of the movies adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s novel and the first one in color 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Brian Eggert
Ripley gets a vulnerable compassionate interpretation from Minghella behind the camera and Matt Damon in his most intricate and affecting performance in the title role 
4
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Matt Brunson
A 10 Best achievement thanks to writer director Anthony Minghella s acute interpretation of Patricia Highsmith s novel a shooting style that wallows in decadence and danger and a choice cast completely in sync with the stringent demands of the story 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Joe Lozito
The Talented Mr Ripley is lovely wrapping without much to say 
2.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Master of Suspense would never have turned in a movie this sloppy 
2.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jeffrey Westhoff
We all knew Damon was a fine actor after Good Will Hunting but The Talented Mr Ripley takes him much further much faster than anyone could have expected 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Rick Groen
Even before its release The Talented Mr Ripley has attracted some mighty serious analytic attention 
3
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Wesley Lovell
Tom is the epitome of psychotic obsession and frightening exuberance 46 Minghella weaves his story in and out 44 but never to the glorious extent of 8220 The English Patient 46 8221 
3
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Margaret A. McGurk
The film is a little longer than it needs to be but on balance this is one of the sleekest most involving mysteries to hit the big screen this year 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bob Graham
If anybody can create sympathy for the devil the angelic Matt Damon can 
4
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Andrew Howe
A sub Hitchcockian runaround 
2
The Talented Mr. Ripley
James Kendrick
A film Hitchcock would have been proud to make which is as strong a compliment as one can give to Mingella s efforts in this uniformly first rate darkly chilling thriller 
4
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Robert Payne
A quietly disturbing visually dazzling anomaly 
4
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jonathan Foreman
Seductive and stylish 
3
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Ross Anthony
But like Ripley and his mission this gorgeous film sabotages the bizarre journey it originally offered 
1.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Steve Rhodes
Fascinating 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Michael Dequina
One of the most laid back suspense films I have seen in recent years and its pleasures are accordingly unconventional 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Dustin Putman
This a stunner of a thriller both mature in its writing also by Minghella and provocative in its inclinations and plot twists 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
David N. Butterworth
Like a filet mignon served rare The Talented Mr Ripley is an exquisite sensory experience that s cold at the center 
3
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Shay Casey
Minghella is obviously trying to pay homage to Hitchcock here and it s a shame that he misses only one thing that Hitch knew economy 
3
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Cornell & Petricelli
The film was neither dark enough to horrify nor emotionally engaging enough to really touch us and Matt Damon s acting left us both non plussed 
2.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jorge Avila Andrade
Lo que pudo haber sido una buena cinta de suspenso se convierte en otro remake ms de los que ya estamos acostumbrados a ver
2.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Roger Ebert
The movie is an intelligent a thriller as you ll see this year It is also insidious in the way it leads us to identify with Tom Ripley 
4
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bob Bloom
You will walk out of Ripley unsure of your feelings about young Tom You can be outraged by his lack of morality and shocked by his behavior but deep down in that dark place only you can see you may find a spark of admiration 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
James Berardinelli
Matt Damon is simply not convincing in this role Not only is his performance flat but he is unable to generate any sense of menace 
2.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Mike Clark
A cast with unusual depth 
3.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
David Keyes
The script and its colorful characters are fueled by passionate directing from Anthony Minghella who fuses both innocence and deadly desire for each of the players in Ripley s web of manipulation 
4
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Susan Stark
Again Minghella proves himself the most stylish and literate of film makers 
3
The Smurfs
Sara Michelle Fetters
Peyo s much cherished creations do little to nothing for me and I can t say spending a 102 minutes with them in a live action computer animated hybrid was all that high on my personal to do list 
2
The Smurfs
Linda Cook
Once in awhile a movie sets me searching for its origins That s what The Smurfs did I guessed this movie wasn t quite what their creator had in mind and I was right 
2
The Smurfs
Sean P. Means
Director Raja Gosnell plays every lame joke as broadly as possible allowing his cast notably Azaria and Sofia Vergara as Patrick s overbearing boss to overplay at every turn 
1.5
The Smurfs
John Beifuss
Wearing a CBGB T shirt Neil Patrick Harris rocks out with Clumsy Smurf to Guitar Hero Historians may want to remember this sequence when they re trying to pinpoint the exact moment that rock and roll died 
1.5
The Smurfs
Mike Scott
Na na na na na blah 
1.5
The Smurfs
Stephen Whitty
That two sequels have been announced is terrifying 
2
The Smurfs
Jennie Punter
The Smurfs mostly takes place in a grown up world of cosmetics advertising and expectant parents Without a child character to interpret and join the action it s a pretty dull way to introduce young viewers to the new blue crew 
2
The Smurfs
Chris Hewitt
I could say this until I m blue in the face and you still wouldn t believe me The Smurfs isn t half bad 
2.5
The Smurfs
Willie Waffle
It is one of the signs of the apocalypse so I must warn you ahead of time The Smurfs are skateboarding and rapping in this movie 
.5
The Smurfs
Sean O'Connell
I wouldn t smurf Gosnell s The Smurfs on my smurfiest enemy 
1
The Smurfs
Jody Mitori
The Smurfs is a lot like the characters theme song sweet repetitive and grating 
2
The Smurfs
Bruce DeMara
Kids are sure to find it smurf errific smurf ilicious or just plain smurfy Adults will happily settle for smurf ectly inoffensive 
3
The Smurfs
Lou Lumenick
A relentlessly witless and cynical children s movie packed with potty jokes product plugs and double entendres along the lines of What the Smurf 
0
The Smurfs
Dustin Putman
Won t be an awards contender anytime soon but it is altogether sweetly smurfier than anyone could have predicted 
2.5
The Smurfs
Scott Bowles
There are a handful of genuinely sweet scenes in Smurfs promptly undone by adult actors and filmmakers who must believe that the little blue troublemakers couldn t maintain a film on their own 
2
The Smurfs
Sue Pierman
It turns out that getting Smurfed isn t all it s cracked up to be 
2
The Smurfs
Ty Burr
In all the worst parts of The Smurfs can probably be summed up in two words Smurf rap 
2
The Smurfs
Roger Moore
Pop singer Katy Perry s Smurfette faces award questions about being a rare female smurf and blurts out I kissed a Smurf and I liked it 
2
The Smurfs
Walter Chaw
eventually and it s coming for all of us you stop realizing that there s a fight to be joined 
0.5
The Smurfs
Ed Gonzalez
Here comes The Smurfs movie to nail the coffin shut to remind us that there s no bigger bitch in this life than nostalgia 
1.5
The Smurfs
Matt Pais
Smurf this smurf and these smurfin jokes 
1
The Smurfs
Brett Michel
I hated this much less than I expected complains Grouchy near the end Cranky this critic disagrees 
1.5
The Smurfs
Moira MacDonald
Why does the villain Gargamel have a name that sounds like a sore throat product Why are there countless male Smurfs and only one female The mind boggles Why do they only know one song and why is it so irritating So many questions 
2
The Smurfs
Christopher Lloyd
I don t mind this sort of claptrap for kiddies if it s executed well and the filmmakers invite adults along for the journey But there s nothing to recommend about The Smurfs Every obvious joke is covered every morsel of cuteness exploited 
1.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
David Nusair
46 46 46 a thoroughly agreeable endeavor that benefits from the superb efforts of Manville and her various costars 46 46 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Pablo O. Scholz
As if she were Cinderella Ada Harris will overcome a few unfortunate events in a story with bad people that don t end up being that evil and good people that turn out to be really good people Full review in Spanish 
4
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Brian Viner
It is a half risen souffle of a film But its classy leading lady gives it substance 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Matt Brunson
Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris is only slightly more rooted in reality than 44 say 44 Jurassic World Dominion 44 but beneath the Cinderella sheen it does manage to make some salient points 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Ty Burr
It benefits from the breathtaking couture of three time Oscar winning costume designer Jenny Beavan dresses the movie treats as sacraments worthy of slowing down time and for Lesley Manville s performance in the lead 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Bruce R. Miller
Like a Powerball ticket 44 quot Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris quot conjures 8220 what could be 44 8221 not what is 46 And it 8217 s entirely delightful 46 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Sarah Knight Adamson
8220 Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris 8221 is about more than just wanting a new dress 59 it 8217 s about pursuing your dreams under impossible circumstances 46 quot 
4
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jay Horton
Ada s journey is relentlessly pleasant enough to thrill that twinkly great aunt that lives within us all 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Peter Canavese
Lesley Manville apos s the main reason to see this working class 44 Queen For A Day 44 belle of the ball fantasy 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Michael Nordine
If this inspires a few eye rolls 44 it 8217 s nothing compared to how many smiles it elicits 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Lisa Trifone
46 46 46 this fairly conservative 44 simple story elevates to something joyful and celebratory even as it acknowledges the difficult journey to get there 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Rex Reed
Manville brings her own set of dynamics to the role and scores a huge personal triumph 
4
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Rosalie Kicks
With the beautiful production design and costumes this film is reminiscent of a picture straight out of the golden age of Tinseltown 46 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Sara Michelle Fetters
Few films from the past few years have given me as much continuous pleasure as Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris 46 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Joe Friar
Lesley Manville is a delight in the fairy tale for the working class that reminds us to keep dreaming 46 I got serious Garry Marshall vibes 46 His spirit is all over this film 46 Charming 46 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mattie Lucas
Anchored by a strong turn by Lesley Manville 44 Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris is a beguiling bonbon of a movie a modest crowd pleaser with a heart a mile wide 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jeff Mitchell
This is a pleasant trip to Paris 46 Huppert essentially plays Manville 8217 s character in apos Phantom Thread apos 44 so enjoy the role reversal 46 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Kevin Carr
Lighthearted and sweet 44 this movie could charm the pantsuit off of almost anybody 46 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Leo Brady
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is darling and delightful 44 making for a perfect summer fit 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jake Coyle
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris stretches a bit to make high and low meet harmoniously but it often manages the feat thanks especially to Manville As a force of British charm you could imagine her Ada one day teaming up with Paddington 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Tomris Laffly
This mid century set treat is as pretty and heartwarming as you can imagine 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Soren Andersen
Through it all Manville treads a delicate line perilously close to making Mrs Harris cloying but somehow never oversteps 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Stories about outsiders taking on exclusive systems are nothing new 44 though the details of their struggle change with the retelling 46 8220 Struggle 8221 is the key word here 44 however 44 as it seems distressingly missing from this serio comic dramedy 46 
1.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Richard Roeper
Lesley Manville charms as the good natured London heroine 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Max Weiss
If you re allergic to this sort of thing it all sounds insufferable But the film is very good at what it does gorgeous to look at and put together with manifest affection and care by director Anthony Fabian and crew 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mark Dujsik
Manville is an absolute delight here 46 46 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Chris Hewitt
Mrs Harris is the kind of pleasingly old fashioned movie that could have come out in its late 50s time period starring Deborah Kerr or Jennifer Jones 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Odie Henderson
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris never devolves into a preachy treatise Instead it s a soothing tonic a nice little escape from the troubles of the world 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Josh Bell
Manville makes sure that Mrs 46 Harris herself is never overbearing to watch 44 but the movie around her ultimately gets far too cutesy for its own good 46 
2
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Randy Myers
Gives us an everyday superhero to root for 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Christian Toto
Lesley Manville radiates British charm in a tale that 8217 s both slow and rushed 46 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Ann Hornaday
Manville in any incarnation is one of the great pleasures of screen storytelling especially now And even at its most patronizing Mrs Harris Goes to Paris provides a generous gentle stage for her most endearing qualities to shine through 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
James Berardinelli
It s entirely inoffensive not to mention a little boring in its pursuit of a moment or two s frothy confection 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Michael Phillips
If director Fabian s touch is a little heavy and coy the actors lighten it every preordained step of the way 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Roger Moore
The best 8220 feel good 8221 movies do a little something to restore our faith in humanity 44 and this one does that 44 time and again 46 
4
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mick LaSalle
You want to know something special about this movie don t you Well it s Lesley Manville The script can be nonstop lies but she finds the truth in it 
2.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Brian Eggert
Anchored by Manville 8217 s beautifully nuanced and sunny performance 40 and those of the supporting cast 41 44 assured direction by Fabian 44 and a gorgeous production design by Luciana Arrighi 44 Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris is a surprise and a pleasure 46 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mike Scott
Director Anthony Fabian 8217 s film is an unlikely but thorough crowd pleasing charmer that offers a persuasive argument that maybe story isn 8217 t everything 8211 and that characterization 44 tone and unfailingly good humor can go a long way 44 too 46 
3
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mike McGranaghan
If you want to feel good for two straight hours 44 Mrs 46 Harris Goes to Paris is the movie to see this summer 46 
3.5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jeff York
The movie is a story about fashion that feels triumphantly out of fashion with the overblown norms of today 8217 s filmmaking 46 It wears its earnestness as well as its quiet confidence on its sleeve 44 and it 8217 s a good look for the cinema 46 
4
Lady in the Box
Steve Rhodes
The performances by the three guys are quite good but the story suffers from having been told so often 
2.5
Who Do You Love
Roger Ebert
I think more edge is needed more reality about the racial situation at the time more insight into how and why R B and rock n roll actually did forever transform societies in America and the world 
2.5
Who Do You Love
Stephen Whitty
If you re really interested in Chess Records why go to this film at all when you could be at home actually listening to Chess records 
2
Who Do You Love
Kyle Smith
A competent but unexciting lesson in the history of the blues 
2
Who Do You Love
Kam Williams
Too bad this flick lost the race to the theaters with Cadillac Records otherwise director Jerry Zaks might ve had a hit on his hands instead of a Johnny Come Lately destined to be forever thought of as a cheap imitation 
3
Who Do You Love
Jason Clark
Ambles along poorly from one ill conceived brutally edited vignette to another 
1
Who Do You Love
David Nusair
a personable downright irresistible endeavor that s sure to leave viewers humming its various ditties long after the credits have rolled 
3
Ella Enchanted
Peter T. Chattaway
The Narrator begins and ends the story talking about how fairy tales transport us to another place but the sad fact is that Ella lets us stay right where we are 
2
Ella Enchanted
Jorge Avila Andrade
El pblico seguramente quedar encantado por la inocencia el humor y la magia de una pelcula a la que seguramente el tiempo dar el lugar que merece 
3
Ella Enchanted
Ty Burr
An overcalculated fusion of Shrek and The Princess Bride with all the smarts replaced by smartass 
1.5
Ella Enchanted
Linda Cook
It s sweet it s quirky and the whole family can fall under its spell 
3
Ella Enchanted
Steve Rhodes
Wonderfully sweet and thoroughly enjoyable it s like a live action Shrek 
3
Ella Enchanted
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I wouldn t even mind watching it more than once which is the true test 
3
Ella Enchanted
Glenn Kenny
As one concerned fan of the book wrote on the Internet Movie Database after seeing the trailer The producers are changing too much things in it and making it too stupid Exactly 
2
Ella Enchanted
Vince Koehler
A contemporary fairy tale starring Ann Hathaway is enchanting funny and fun for kids and adults 
3
Ella Enchanted
Dustin Putman
Ella Enchanted is a pleasurable surprise a superior family film that is destined to entertain both children and adults 
3
Ella Enchanted
Elizabeth Weitzman
O Haver has a great time juggling silly jokes contemporary tunes and anachronisms like hand cranked escalators at the medieval mall 
3
Ella Enchanted
Ruthe Stein
Artful enough to intrigue adults and far more original than other versions of Cinderella portrayed onscreen with alarming regularity 
3
Ella Enchanted
Timothy Knight
Squanders the comic potential of the source material through poorly timed gags and hit or miss one liners 
2
Ella Enchanted
Liam Lacey
The vehicle that carries Hathaway is a bit of a mouldy pumpkin 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Roger Ebert
It s a high spirited charmer a fantasy that sparkles with delights 
3.5
Ella Enchanted
Jeffrey Westhoff
What could have been wonderful has been processed into cute but throwaway fluff It lingers like a half cast spell 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Kit Bowen
It s the MTV Teen Beat lovin teenage girls who will sing its praises the loudest 
3
Ella Enchanted
Bob Bloom
Ella embraces the conventions of the fairy tale while simultaneously gently spoofing them 
3
Ella Enchanted
Phil Villarreal
Score one for Ella Enchanted an overpowering winner in the realm of smart family entertainment 
3.5
Ella Enchanted
Moira MacDonald
Hathaway s sweetly earnest performance makes this ambitious and occasionally downright weird tale work 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Glenn Whipp
Enchanted no but I wouldn t begrudge any young girl from thinking so 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Jeff Vice
This flat footed tongue in cheek fantasy never really manages to garner more than a chuckle despite its amusing premise and at least a couple of promising gags 
2
Ella Enchanted
Michael Booth
Though slightly uneven this film version of Ella Enchanted never wavers from the magic of author Gail Carson Levine s words for girls The demands of obedience should not be used to chain their souls 
3
Ella Enchanted
Lou Lumenick
An ugly looking mismash of a fairytale 
2
Ella Enchanted
John Monaghan
A nightmarish cross between prime time WB and a renaissance festival 
1
Ella Enchanted
Claudia Puig
In its attempt to fuse a fairy tale fantasy with a modern sensibility the movie winds up a corny derivative mishmash 
2
Ella Enchanted
James Berardinelli
The movie is an embarrassment another example of Hollywood excess overwhelming and sinking an otherwise unassuming story 
1.5
Ella Enchanted
Carrie Rickey
Though its moral is to thine own self be true the filmmakers failed to listen to its spin doctored Cinderella and instead recycle elements of Shrek The Lion King and Lizzie McGuire 
2
Ella Enchanted
Jackie Loohauis
Leaden sophomoric lumpen Ella Enchanted belongs in only one place the cinder bin that spawned it 
0.5
Ella Enchanted
Kim Campbell
Adds too many gimmicks to a story that had plenty going for it already 
2
Ella Enchanted
Lawrence Toppman
The script is a patchwork quilt sometimes winsome sometimes wisecracking sometimes serious usually just silly 
2
Ella Enchanted
Chris Hewitt
A fractured fairy tale as bright and bouncy as an ABBA song 
3
Ella Enchanted
Phoebe Flowers
The movie is good entertainment for the younger than 14 set But it s not quite inventive or spectacular enough to fully charm anyone older 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Gene Seymour
Its knockabout humor grows on you as does Anne Hathaway 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Jeff Strickler
Hathaway embodies the movie s sweet atmosphere exuding a bubbly charm that will endear her to young viewers and a girl next door wholesomeness that will reassure parents 
3
Ella Enchanted
Robert K. Elder
It s glossy shiny candy that tastes oddly familiar yet lacks sugary punch 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Tony Toscano
doesn t forget that the audience is very much in on the joke 
3
Ella Enchanted
Kevin A. Ranson
mostly works thanks to the talents of Anne Hathaway undermined with unnecessary things like ogres showing butt crack 
2
Ella Enchanted
Rob Blackwelder
Has plenty of charm but had O Haver been smarter about its self awareness and more consistent with its cleverness the movie might have been able to stand the test of time 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Matt Brunson
Completely owing its body and soul to Shrek this is yet another fractured fairy tale designed for kids living in a postmodern age 
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Willie Waffle
I still liked it but Ella Enchanted is not one for the ages
2.5
Ella Enchanted
Chris Barsanti
From the very beginning the film s primary dysfunction is that it can t decide exactly how smarmy or adorably postmodern it wants to be 
2
The Possession
Brian Eggert
A PG 13 rated chiller that starts out spooky enough but gradually turns toward the clich 233 and silly 46 
1
The Possession
David Nusair
a better than expected variation on an exceedingly hoary theme 
3
The Possession
Betsy Sherman
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill give mesmerizingly out there performances as a troubled couple trying to hold it together for their young son 
3.5
The Possession
Rob Humanick
While frustratingly vague in terms of character and motivation The Possession is among the more competent of recent studio horror efforts If only that wasn t the best thing I could say about it 
2.5
The Possession
Jeremy Wheeler
Disquieting lush in style and most importantly emotionally engaging The Possession is a throwback to celebrated cinematic horror of old 
3.5
The Possession
John Beifuss
Benefits from a sympathetic lead performance by Jeffrey Dean Morgan 
3
The Possession
John Wirt
Much better than it needs to be given its late summer horror flick placement 
3
The Possession
Christian Toto
As Yogi Berra might say The Possession is deja vu all over again 
2.5
The Possession
Robert Levin
In the end The Possession is simply just another movie about a possessed demon child who does the things that demon children do 
2.5
The Possession
Mike McGranaghan
Better than you d expect but not as good as it could have been The Possession is an average film that contains a few undeniably great moments 
2.5
The Possession
Dustin Putman
Before jumping the rails by the climax director Bornedal gets it right his know how of the genre of the importance of building atmosphere and character over predictable jump scares recalls a lush adult minded style all but missing since the 1970s 
2.5
The Possession
Adam Nayman
The film is basically a compendium of possessed child clichs reaching back to The Exorcist 
1
The Possession
Rafer Guzman
Another horror movie about a little girl possessed by a demon Seriously 
2
The Possession
Lou Lumenick
The script credited to Juliet Snowden and Stiles White adheres so closely to formula that it s possible to predict not only which characters will end up dead but in what order 
2
The Possession
Mark Jenkins
Anyone who actually believes in dybbuks and other ghoulies will find The Possession terrifying For the rest of us the movie is a cleverly constructed well paced piece of hokum 
2.5
The Possession
Mark Dujsik
Whatever good will The Possession has built up begins to dissipate rapidly and we start to realize that maybe it wasn t worth struggling over in the first place 
2.5
The Possession
Linda Barnard
The obvious bid for an unwarranted sequel at the end of The Possession suggest that Raimi once hailed for his vision is now content to just milk his cows and count his cash 
2
The Possession
Peter Hartlaub
The evil spirit in The Possession should be embarrassed to call itself a demon 
1
The Possession
Tirdad Derakhshani
Danish director Ole Bornedal has made some fine films in his career The Possession isn t one of them 
2
The Possession
Wesley Morris
The Possession is morally lazy 
2
The Possession
Claudia Puig
Rather than embellish imaginatively screenwriter Leslie Gornstein seems to have re watched The Exorcist Poltergeist and The Unborn for inspiration 
2
The Possession
Chris Hewitt
The elegant closing credits are among the year s most stylish 
1.5
The Possession
Roger Ebert
The Exorcist has influenced a lot of films and this is one of the better ones 
3.5
The Possession
Roger Moore
If you see only one Jewish demonic possession movie this year 
1.5
The Possession
Chris Cabin
Remarkable only in how brazenly it embraces the tired yet proven formula that these modern ghost tales deal in 
.5
Birds of Passage
Rob Thomas
A visually arresting film that offers a fresh tragic perspective on a familiar story 
3
Birds of Passage
David Keyes
One of the most striking and profound discoveries of the year 
4
Birds of Passage
Joe Friar
Lightning strikes twice for Embrace of the Serpent filmmakers Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra Their sophomore epic will leave you breathless A masterpiece 
4
Birds of Passage
Sean P. Means
Birds of Passage boasts a talented ensemble including some fascinating character actors none more intriguing as José Vicente Cote as Peregnino the craggy word messenger who acts as an envoy between the warring families 
3.5
Birds of Passage
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Birds of Passage rises if not quite soars above its conceit at least until the end when the expected bloodbath breaks out 
2.5
Birds of Passage
Mark Dujsik
L ike in a great tragedy we can see the whole of humanity in how the foibles of these characters overwhelm their better selves 
3.5
Birds of Passage
Michael O'Sullivan
A fascinating portrait of moral decay if also as far from a documentary as you can get 
3
Birds of Passage
Bruce DeMara
Its characters are driven by their beliefs in the power of dreams and in otherworldly spirits that rule their lives Their hubris leads them to take actions that inevitably have fatal consequences It really is quite a beguiling tale 
3.5
Birds of Passage
Anita Katz
Absorbingly told through the eyes of its indigenous characters the movie isn t just a subtitled narco picture It s a remarkable portrait of a little known culture 
3
Birds of Passage
Mick LaSalle
By the middle of the movie it s as if every single plot point must wait until a tribal council convenes and pronounces on what should happen next 
1
Birds of Passage
Kent Turner
In terms of its story line it s familiar and new at the same time You ve seen other birds of a feather but this is a new breed 
3.5
Birds of Passage
Chris Barsanti
Money corrupts Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra s ethnographic crime epic would say Easy money corrupts completely 
3.5
Birds of Passage
Godfrey Cheshire
The screenwriters way of describing this world s fall from grace due to the lures of money and luxury has the power and inevitability of classic tragedy 
4
Birds of Passage
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An implacable chronicle of the decline of a family of a clan and by extension of a culture Full review in Spanish 
2
Birds of Passage
Rene Sanchez
A powerful and moving story about a community struggling between its traditions and the threats of the modern world Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Birds of Passage
Shane Slater
A fascinating portrayal of a world we ve rarely seen before 
3
Birds of Passage
David Nusair
A progressively tedious misfire 
1
Birds of Passage
Barry Hertz
The impact of modern vice upon the Wayuu is a captivating tale never told before and the final few minutes are brutal in the best possible way 
3
The Ten Commandments
Bill Chambers
De Mille places each actor and drapes each Edith Head gown with such fastidious pride it s as if the hands of history if not God himself were responsible 
3.5
The Ten Commandments
Matt Brunson
Staggering as spectacle and inspirational as a Biblical tale but it has to labor mighty hard to overcome the lamentable dialogue Oh Moses Moses you stubborn splendid adorable fool and the poor acting by virtually all of its leading players 
2.5
The Ten Commandments
Peter T. Chattaway
Still the definitive depiction of the Exodus in the popular imagination 
3.5
The Ten Commandments
Eric Henderson
My how times have changed 
2.5
The Ten Commandments
James Kendrick
Those who love it and find it spiritually moving truly deeply love it while everyone else would think it just plain vulgar if it weren t so delightfully kitschy
2
Beware of Mr. Baker
Kelly Jane Torrance
As jaw dropping as Ginger Baker s drumming is the man himself is even more rattling 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
Charles Cross
Ginger Baker is and was a train wreck Yet this film like Baker s onstage playing is always riveting and something you can t look away from 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
Matt Pais
I watched Beware of Mr Baker and longed for the time when rock was good musicians were gods and good god the parties and the playing were species of their own 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
Michael O'Sullivan
Beware of Mr Baker is comprehensive if somewhat overly glowing 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
David Lewis
This is warts and all with the emphasis on the warts 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
Chris Hewitt
Even if you have no special interest in Baker s music he s a compelling and witty subject 
3.5
Beware of Mr. Baker
Liam Lacey
Bulger tries unconvincingly to paint Baker as a difficult but admirable rebel The lingering question in the documentary is whether his musical accomplishments were worth the trail of damage 
2.5
Beware of Mr. Baker
Peter Howell
It gives Baker his musical props while at the same time demonstrating the film s title is no exaggeration 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
Roger Moore
The madman of rock drumming hasn t mellowed Or croaked That s two miracles attached to Ginger Baker s name 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
John Anderson
Any movie that starts with the subject assaulting the director Baker smacks plucky first timer Jay Bulger squarely in the face with his cane is already ahead of the game 
3
Beware of Mr. Baker
Kyle Smith
If Clapton was God guess who was the devil 
3.5
Beware of Mr. Baker
Nick McCarthy
Jay Bulger s seemingly erratic doc formally channels Ginger Baker s almost defiant refusal to lead a life that adheres to a linear narrative 
3
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Peter Canavese
For all its apocalyptic fate of the world theatrics this adaptation of the 2011 graphic novel Flashpoint by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert has an emotional core to give purpose to its crazy amounts of mayhem Blu ray 
3
The Nest
Brian Eggert
Durkin finds a kind of acceptance for his characters just as his viewers must accept that The Nest isn t a closed book of a film 
4
The Nest
Linda Cook
The Nest examines disintegration of a marriage 
3.5
The Nest
James Kendrick
the dramatic tension is so finely wrought and expertly sustained that it s hard to begrudge Durkin s choice to undermine expectations while also delivering a film with a clear moral about the tragedy of never being satisfied
3.5
The Nest
Michael Medved
THE NEST is an unforgettable cinematic experience and perhaps the best performance of Jude Law s career 
3
The Nest
Robert Horton
Everything is top notch in this film which maybe contributes to the sense that The Nest is just a little too perfectly executed somehow 
2.5
The Nest
Randy Myers
The film never overstates itself as it reaches a memorable conclusion 
3.5
The Nest
Moira MacDonald
You may not sympathize much with these people but you ll have a hard time looking away 
3
The Nest
James Berardinelli
This is either a tragedy or horror movie depending on your point of view Maybe in truth it s both 
3
The Nest
Jocelyn Noveck
The Nest is not a long film but is leisurely paced sometimes frustratingly so Writer director Sean Durkin takes his time relying on the appeal of his two leads Mostly it works because the appeal is real 
2.5
The Nest
Sean P. Means
Whether it s the routine of Rory bringing Allison her morning coffee or the way Allison stashes a wad of cash where Rory can t find it Durkin creates entire lives with small moments When the moments get bigger Law and Coon are up to them 
3.5
The Nest
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sean Durkin s The Nest is a stinging marital drama that s nothing short of superb 
3.5
The Nest
Tom Meek
There s not a lot of movement here just slow building dread and resentment Not all the pieces click but it s an effectively moody stir 
2.5
The Nest
Joey Magidson
Watching Carrie Coon and Jude Law bitterly spar is far more of a pleasure than you d expect 
3
The Nest
Ty Burr
You may want more 
3
The Nest
Steven Prokopy
The Nest is one of the most haunting and impressive works of the year
3.5
The Nest
Richard Roeper
There s beauty in the small moments of this downbeat and dark family drama 
3
The Nest
Brandy McDonnell
Despite its painstaking construction and the avid actors inhabiting it writer director Sean Durkin s sophomore film The Nest is ultimately an empty and overly feathered affair 
2
The Nest
Rob Thomas
Much like his debut Martha Marcy May Marlene it uses horror movie techniques to keeps the audience off balance and unnerved throughout 
3
The Nest
Matt Zoller Seitz
As devastating as The Nest often is the sheer beauty of individual moments is still elating 
4
The Nest
Roger Moore
A chilly domestic melodrama bathed in the tones of horror built on a brittle powerhouse performance by Carrie Coon 
3
The Nest
Oliver Jones
It looks like a horror movie swims like a horror movie and quacks like a horror movie but it isn t a horror movie So then what the hell is it 
2
The Nest
Barry Hertz
As conceived by Canadian writer director Sean Durkin The Nest is excellently engineered domestic drama with characters walking on just the right number of eggshells around each other until they crack wide open 
3.5
The Nest
Mark Dujsik
Durkin s approach to this story takes its time in developing and examining each of these characters It s also considerably generous 
3
The Nest
Bob Strauss
The Nest unfolds in the way smart people tend to express their deepest disappointments get it out regain emotional control divert for a while if you can 
4
The Nest
Michael Phillips
A less predictable emblem of 80s excess and blinkered avarice might ve turned a good drama into an excellent one This one s still worthwhile 
3
The Nest
Carson Lund
Sean Durkin s sweated over filmmaking tediously lifts a familiar tale of domestic dysfunction to the level of myth 
2
The Nest
Josh Larsen
strong performances all around including a powerhouse one from Carrie Coon 
3
A Clüsterfünke Christmas
David Reddish
A Clüsterfünke Christmas wins some very big laughs as it roasts holiday movie cliches heavy handed product placement low budgets Slavic princes Santas lost relatives and actors that sound mysteriously Canadian all get parodied here 
3
Saudade for the Future
Joshua Tanzer
A fun and affectionate look at street musicians in Brazil especially those practicing a kind of traditional rap poking fun at themselves the audience and the sadness of life itself 
3
Mississippi Damned
Steven Rea
Exceptionally fine performances elevate what could have been a pile it on melodrama into something deeper and more unsettling 
3
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
John Beifuss
As beautifully played by Howard Fisher Willow appropriately resembles a china doll with a pale face highlighted by bright red lips she is hard yet fragile projecting something of an artificial quality that hides her pain 
2.5
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Mick LaSalle
Even though Howard never quite gets it never quite releases into the role and never quite convinces she never makes a mistake either 
3
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Moira MacDonald
It s minor Williams turned minor cinema but there are nonetheless moments that resonate 
2.5
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Michael Phillips
The script is half a fortune at best and visually the picture is staid But you stick with it because it s Williams and because certainly no one since Williams has written this sort of embroidered dialogue 
2.5
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Roger Ebert
It has been filmed in a respectful manner that evokes a touring production of an only moderately successful Broadway play Understand that accept it and the film has its rewards and one performance of great passion 
3
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Markell treats the material as gospel rather than finding a way to temper it and it flares up all over the place 
2
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Lou Lumenick
Even if it were not filmed in the dreariest TV movie style by the debuting Jodie Markell this romantic melodrama set in 1920s Mississippi seems almost like a self parody of Williams earlier work 
1.5
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Bill Weber
The long delayed results don t make a great case for having dusted it off 
2
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
David Nusair
the script probably should ve stayed buried 
1.5
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
David Nusair
the picture eventually segues into a frenetic and mostly kid oriented midsection that slowly but surely drains one s interest 
2
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Michael Dequina
Expected punny dialogue and sight gags ensue but also packed in are pointed self deprecating barbs about Hollywood moviemaking and the conventions of cartoons themselves 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These complaints are mere trifles compared to the fun I had at seeing my favorite moose and squirrel again 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Jon Niccum
For the most part the film succeeds with predictable complaints stemming from the stretch marks that plague all features based on TV animated shows 
2
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Jeffrey Westhoff
The rare adaptation that celebrates the spirit of the TV show that spawned it instead of disgracing it 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
James Kendrick
a generally a fun movie especially for those who are familiar with the old cartoons
2.5
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Steve Rhodes
Pity the poor toons stuck with such two dimensional so called live action figures 
2.5
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Greg Dean Schmitz
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle appears to be one of the frontrunners for both the eye candy crowd and children s audience 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
James Berardinelli
90 minutes is too long for any incarnation of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 
2.5
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Edward Guthmann
McAnuff and his cast have a jolly time with this material 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Joe Baltake
Looms as the Howard the Duck for the new millennium 
1
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Rob Blackwelder
McAnuff and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan seem unable to get the story and the satire to co exist 
2
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Susan Stark
A sweet treat for the family audience 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Jeffrey Wachs
A fun but rather ordinary cartoon crossover dressed up with the wit of Ward s creations 
2.5
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Roger Ebert
There s a word for this movie and that word is jolly 
3
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Andy Seiler
Captures the tone and spirit of the original 
2.5
Erotique
Steve Rhodes
Pretty amateurish 
1
Lost River
Brian Eggert
Gosling seems preoccupied with the look of his film more than its substance 46 His vague ideas about moral and existential decomposition inhabit a cumbersome viewing experience that remains admirable at times 44 but never engaging 46 
2
Lost River
Brad Wheeler
Indulgent and movie like Lost River is Gosling s weird let s do this thing folly If it is a statement it is one made by borrowing the vivid styles of the actual filmmakers he seems to admire 
1.5
Lost River
Peter Howell
Designed to daze and confuse and succeeding Ryan Gosling s directorial debut is a stunner in visual terms alone 
2.5
Lost River
Chris Knight
Nothing wrong with a bit of hero worship homage but Ryan Gosling s writing directing debut is a little too self Refn rential for its own good 
2
Lost River
Luke Goodsell
While Lost River isn t some misunderstood masterpiece neither is it as awful as advertised 
2
Lost River
Brian Tallerico
Lost River is one of those weird films that I think some people will absolutely adore grabbing on to its performances imagery and ideas without really caring that they haven t been stitched together in an interesting enough way 
2
Lost River
Ed Gonzalez
The story more a tangle of violent symbolic gestures regards economic exploitation with fetishistic impossibly overdetermined abandon 
1.5
Lost River
Kent Turner
It s fitting that in the credits Gosling thanks Guillermo del Toro though perhaps he really should thank David Lynch 
2
Miss Bala
Mia Vicino
The most memorable part of Miss Bala is when Los Ageless by St Vincent plays during a party scene That rules The rest of the film sadly does not 
1
Miss Bala
Roger Moore
Not as bad as you might have heard but still 
2
Miss Bala
Matt Brunson
It s nice to see an unlikely actress going the Liam Neeson route But when it comes to Miss Bala itself the film is sure to leave audiences feeling taken 
2
Miss Bala
Frank Ochieng
Bala translated may mean bullet in Spanish but Rodriguez s gun toting gumption cannot stop Miss Bala from shooting hysterical blanks all over the place 
2
Miss Bala
Josh Larsen
weirdly sexualizes things to undermine everything the original was interested in 
1
Miss Bala
James Berardinelli
A lthough the lead character s arc remains troubled and conflicted the ending makes her seem more like a superhero than the material warrants 
2.5
Miss Bala
Joe Friar
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke s remake is a diluted version of the 2012 Mexican original Heavy on the eye candy with less substance Gina Rodriguez goes from Miss Baller to Miss Bala in the implausible thriller 
2.5
Miss Bala
Bob Chipman
I almost feel bad hoping a franchise eludes her for at least this one more attempt It s nothing personal I just can t imagine sitting through Miss Bala Returns in two years 
1
Miss Bala
Rick Bentley
Director Catherine Hardwicke gets solid performances from the actors especially Rodriguez If only there wasn t the mindset that movies made for an American audience can t end on a negative note 
2.5
Miss Bala
Mike McGranaghan
Even if it doesn t quite fulfill its potential Miss Bala is interesting enough to make it worth at least a DVD or VOD rental 
2.5
Miss Bala
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hardwicke s latest is undeniably generic 
2.5
Miss Bala
Monica Castillo
Although the new Miss Bala gives its lead character the agency to fight back and outsmart her captors the film overdoses on its own message of pop feminist empowerment 
2
Miss Bala
Phil Villarreal
More miss than baller 
2
Miss Bala
Christian Toto
It s an action movie sans action and a character study sans texture Gulp 
2
Miss Bala
Rene Sanchez
Miss Bala not only loses the realism that made the Mexican version so powerful but also its social commentary about the drug war Full Review in Spanish 
2
Miss Bala
Mark Dujsik
By the finale there s no sense of reality to Gloria and her travails 
2
Miss Bala
Katie Walsh
Achieving tonal balance between sociology and schlock is no easy task and this film doesn t pull it off 
2.5
Miss Bala
Sarah-Tai Black
It s as if the film has boiled down every post 2000s action thriller into its own particularly unseasoned overcooked and tasteless dish 
1
Miss Bala
Rob Bailey-Millado
Overall Miss Bala is a misfire but its leading lady is No 1 with a bullet And that s a beautiful sight to see 
2.5
Miss Bala
Kam Williams
A compelling cross of Taken 2008 and Miss Congeniality 2000 
4
Miss Bala
Moira MacDonald
You see Gina Rodriguez s infectious light up the sky smile only a couple of times in Miss Bala and it s just enough to make you wish that she were in a different movie 
2
Miss Bala
Bruce DeMara
Hardwicke gets the mood and pace right and handles the action scenes effectively leading to a climax that is cathartically pleasing while Rodriguez s nicely balanced performance has the audience rooting for her all the way 
2.5
Miss Bala
Mick LaSalle
It seems to promise an exploitative genre movie about gangsters and drug deals and it delivers on that but it s something more 
3
Miss Bala
Jake Cole
The Mexico of this film is merely a place of abject lawlessness whose hellishness exists only to stoke our fascination for how the protagonist grows as a person by drawing on her inner strength 
.5
Miss Bala
Brian Truitt
With the perfect cinematic vehicle Gina Rodriguez could be Hollywood s next A list action heroine Miss Bala unfortunately is not it 
2
Frankenstein's Army
John Beifuss
We never care about any of the soldiers What we do care about are the monsters and with good reason They re pips 
2.5
Frankenstein's Army
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a bravura if deeply silly demonstration of what clever moviemakers can do on meager resources 
2.5
Frankenstein's Army
V.A. Musetto
There s little more in the way of plot but that s no problem Frankenstein s Army is funny and original with innovative costumes and set designs 
2.5
Frankenstein's Army
Kenji Fujishima
The found footage gimmick mostly comes off as window dressing for what turns out to be yet another mad scientist run amok romp 
2.5
Johnny Got His Gun
Kyle Smith
Trumbo s dialogue is as subtle as a bayonet charge and as outdated while McKenzie alternately shouty and moany is not the actor to pull it off 
1
Johnny Got His Gun
Bill Weber
This incarnation of Johnny Got His Gun is a mismatch of medium text and talent 
1.5
Johnny Got His Gun
Walter V. Addiego
Whether or not you agree with the pacifist message the presentation is often overwrought and maudlin 
2
The Moderns
Matt Brunson
Clearly flawed but definitely worthwhile and it almost serves as a test run for Rudolph s other and superior film about intellectuals in the 1920s 1994 s Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle 
2.5
The Moderns
Roger Ebert
It takes place at that enchanted moment in Paris when the Lost Generation created itself and then proceeded to create promote fabricate and publicize modern literature art music and attitudes 
3
P2
Rossiter Drake
It s lurid and overblown relying on its lionhearted heroine never to play her most obvious escape card but for those with a taste for such silliness it makes for a harrowing night at the movies 
3
P2
Linda Cook
P2 won t make horror fans say P U 
2
P2
Rob Humanick
P2 trembles in the shadow of Red Eye but it s not without its virtues 
2.5
P2
Geoff Pevere
P2 feels like a vehicle lost in an after hours parking facility constantly backing up shifting gears and generally speeding around in circles in a vain attempt to get somewhere 
1
P2
Mark Rahner
P2 may be bad enough to become some other type of classic than the holiday kind 
1
P2
Walter V. Addiego
There s some ghoulish humor in P2 and a couple of scares but it s little more than the umpteenth variation of the woman locked in a house plot 
2
P2
Kyle Smith
This is one of those thrillers where the person on screen is often the only person in the theater who can t guess what ll happen next 
1
P2
Wesley Morris
Amid the dumbness and disgust for paying customers the movie does manage to cough up something I didn t expect a performance so terrible you can t quite believe it s happening Bentley s 
0
P2
Sean P. Means
Like a driver lost in a parking garage this awful splatter fest spends its time going in circles accomplishing nothing 
0
P2
David Nusair
a welcome respite from the awards season fodder currently flooding cinemas 
2.5
P2
Jason McBride
The majority of director Khalfoun s chase and fight scenes are so artlessly staged that they render suspense moot 
1
P2
James Berardinelli
A serviceable gore minded thriller a competent execution of a premise that ultimately becomes hampered by its inherent constraints 
2.5
P2
Roger Ebert
It sounds like a formula slasher film but it s actually done well 
3
P2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite its clumsy flaws P2 has one or two worthwhile ideas 
2.5
P2
Willie Waffle
Bentley doesn t have what it takes to be creepy and scary He s too pretty I have a feeling most women in the audience would be quite happy if he tied them up
.5
P2
Graham Killeen
A mostly threadbare Christmas stocking with too many plot holes to patch 
2
P2
Jeff Vice
Though the filmmakers probably believe it becomes some sort of female empowerment vehicle in the end it s really just another thriller that relishes in the victimization of women 
1
P2
Steve Rhodes
Directed without much imagination P2 is gory and gruesome yet never scary or affecting 
2
P2
Dustin Putman
Routine but skillful P2 takes a bare bones premise and uses it to string up a series of escalatingly tense situations 
2.5
P2
Jessica Reaves
The same old grim game of cat and mouse Sure we hope the mouse gets away But mostly we just want the whole thing to end 
1
P2
Josh Larsen
Goofy even when he s being grotesque Bentley turns P2 into a comedy without going so far as to make fun of it 
3
P2
Jeffrey Westhoff
The ingredients of modern horror kill the atmosphere and make P2 less scary not more 
1
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Kam Williams
50 Cent dies for our sins in disappointing screen debut 
0
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
David Nusair
a distinctly tedious piece of work 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Walter Chaw
Marcus sells dope Marcus buys a gun Marcus buys a microphone Marcus goes to prison Marcus gets shot Marcus makes a movie about his life that no one goes to see 
1
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Rich Cline
You feel this film straining to be another 8 Mile even as it never gets into the head of its central character
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a completely disheveled mess limping from scene to scene with all the urgency of a snail taking his morning constitutional 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Larry Ratliff
50 Cent digs deep He just doesn t get there enough to demand that we fully commit to this tale of a tight lipped drug dealer turned rapper 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Mark Collette
Too few answers as to how 50 Cent became who he is 
1
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
John Beifuss
No matter how accurate its rap gangland narrative there s little here that couldn t have been imagined by a screenwriter from suburban Des Moines 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Sean McBride
The 50 Cent Fan Club will fill the seats hoping to get a glimpse into their hero but Get Rich never offers any insights into what drives the man and his music 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Mike McGranaghan
Director Jim Sheridan was a good choice he understands the story s theme and he captures the gritty feel of 50 s world without ever falling into exploitation 
3
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Frank Ochieng
a chaotic and seriously cliched rags to riches rap drama that feels more exploitative than it does explosively realized in its impulsive skin 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Aaron Hillis
This would be blaxploitation blockbuster isn t about redemption through artistic expression or pursuing positive means to escape the fools game Get Rich ain t nuttin but bitches and money 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Pam Grady
Instead of offering a compelling look at a star s rise to the top against all odds they offer only more of the same old tired crime clichs 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Josh Larsen
Without his music Jackson is left stranded an artist out of water 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Nick Rogers
For a rapper who s all about branding 50 Cent should consider this His excellent breakthrough record now shares a name with his middling movie 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sheridan comes up with more than his share of superbly directed scenes but the whole thing is a mixed bag 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Forrest Hartman
Rent director John Singleton s Boyz n the Hood and director Mario Van Peebles New Jack City instead Both films address similar themes in a manner far more efficient and entertaining 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Daniel M. Kimmel
The movie debut of Curtis Jackson better known as 50 Cent has everything going for it except an original script and a charismatic star 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Collin Souter
It exists only to support the already over marketed and calculated legend that he was indeed shot nine times 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Linda Cook
Here s a street version of a rags to riches tale that is certain to appeal to all 50 Cent fans but will be all too familiar to other movie goers 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Dan Fienberg
Surrounded by solid performers like Akinnuoye Agbaje Davis Howard and Duke 50 Cent doesn t register This is his life but he s not good enough to be the hero of it 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Mick LaSalle
Director Jim Sheridan and screenwriter Terence Winter have difficulty fashioning these events into a story that has a coherent point or purpose 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Ted Fry
The story and action are serviceable but there s very little spark in the wooden screen presence of the star and the dearth of subtext or style from the director 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Glenn Whipp
That Howard came off as a more convincing not to mention skilled rapper in Hustle Flow than 50 Cent does here is among the biggest failings of Get Rich 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Carrie Rickey
The apparent turf war between director and screenwriter results in a compromised confusing tale of a young man trying to mark his turf 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jan Stuart
The film moves albeit under an oppressive cloud of deja vu 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Lisa Rose
The improbable Jackson Sheridan collaboration yields an immensely entertaining film 
3
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Lou Lumenick
The charismatic rapper is so utterly inexpressive as an actor that he s constantly getting swallowed up in his own movie 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Chris Hewitt
The premise of Get Rich would be ridiculous if it weren t close to the truth and if the movie weren t refreshingly aware of its ridiculousness 
3
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Ken Fox
Howard is the movie s sole saving grace but his presence serves as a constant reminder that his similarly themed Hustle Flow 2005 is a vastly better film 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
David Frese
50 Well as an actor he s a great rapper His inexperience shows 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Peter Debruge
For those who don t take 50 Cent s talent for granted going in there s nothing to indicate what s so special about him much less why he of all people deserves to have a movie made about his experiences 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Duane Dudek
At no time in his career has Sheridan his name is the first one on the screen after the title in case one is uncertain who was in charge been quite this far up to his neck in blarney and sentimentality 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jeff Strickler
Sometimes 50 Cent could enunciate more clearly but he does a great job of being a bad rapper early in Marcus career And most musicians will say that performing badly on purpose is one of the most difficult things for them to do 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jami Bernard
A gangsta rapper without fire in the belly isn t terribly interesting cinematically or musically 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Terry Lawson
Get Rich or Die Tryin can t be accused of not trying but neither is anybody apt to leave it feeling all that enriched 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Rick Groen
The picture can t decide what it wants to be maybe a gangster flick perhaps a musical biopic or how about a real life slice of mythic inspiration 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Randy Myers
Get Rich seems stagy and phony What a missed opportunity because the rapper s compelling story offers ample opportunity for drama 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Roger Ebert
A film with a rich and convincing texture a drama with power and anger 
3
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Michael Phillips
Sheridan s ensemble ensures that Get Rich the film comes to life around the edges if not at its center 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Lawrence Toppman
Most of the time the movie plods along like a leg weary heavyweight in the late rounds keeping the rhythm of its star 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Wesley Morris
Before we enter the theater we know he s a millionaire winner starring in a movie about how he won So it s hard to believe him when he isn t smiling 
2.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Sean P. Means
I can t say whether 50 Cent can act because it s not required of him He has plenty of charisma and is a natural force in this environment 
3
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Phil Villarreal
Get Rich or Die Tryin will always be known as the 50 Cent movie Not because of who stars in the film but because that s how much it s worth 
1.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Willie Waffle
Good news for 50 Cent He doesn t have to worry about finding a date and a tux for the Oscars because he won t be invited He s playing himself HOW HARD CAN THAT BE 
1
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Nick Schager
A reiteration of the now clichd hip hop rise to fame legend that duplicates the crime to rhyme formula of Hustle Flow 
2
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Steve Rhodes
Rambling boring and full of bad messages for our youth 
1
Homie Spumoni
Kam Williams
A narrow minded flick that squanders its potential by choosing to trade in so many superficial stereotypes promoting a backwards thinking definition of what it means to be African American 
1
The Transporter
Michael Dequina
Every bit the over the top action extravaganza it appears to be and the glee of its knowing preposterousness makes it easy to overlook its general mindlessness 
3
The Transporter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An entertaining surprise 
3
The Transporter
Nick Rogers
A serviceable Euro trash action extravaganza 44 with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom handguns 44 BMWs and seaside chateaus 46 
2.5
The Transporter
Walter Chaw
A post modern take on the heroic bloodshed genre that already had one foot in self satire 
2
The Transporter
Tyler Hanley
British actor Jason Statham injects The Transporter with a healthy dose of clout charisma and kickboxing skill 
3
The Transporter
Ian Mantgani
Statham employs an accent that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British 
2
The Transporter
Wesley Lovell
Poorly acted and incoherent storytelling with no sense of style 
1.5
The Transporter
Kevin A. Ranson
Remember the kind of movie we were hoping Ecks vs Sever or xXx was going to be This is it 
2.5
The Transporter
Mike McGranaghan
The non stop mayhem becomes tedious after a while 
2.5
The Transporter
James Kendrick
an almost instantly forgettable European action vehicle with a few relatively good bang em up sequences and a straight to video storyline
1.5
The Transporter
Frank Ochieng
This jittery junk is palatable in some doses but for the most part the adrenaline surge teeters off to the point that The Transporter in theory is just another bombastic excuse for targeting the testosterone driven masses with its showy banality 
1.5
The Transporter
James Berardinelli
It s high rent Steven Segal fights explosions and more fights but with a flair 
2.5
The Transporter
Linda Cook
Please not another boring action movie Alas too late 
1
The Transporter
Robert Roten
It moves along so fast you forget about the holes in the plot It is one of the best action films in several years 
3
The Transporter
Marty Mapes
There are some flaws like the distracting fight photography and the intrusive immature score but it has such infectious energy that it s impossible not to like 
3
The Transporter
Andrew Howe
Serves up tiresome characters a reheated narrative and emasculated action sequences 
2
The Transporter
Dustin Putman
A major waste generic 
1.5
The Transporter
Steve Rhodes
Topnotch escapist entertainment 
3
The Transporter
Chris Hewitt
As mindless action it works pretty well 
2.5
The Transporter
Mark Rahner
There s some outrageously creative action in The Transporter b ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck it s just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman 
2
The Transporter
Mick LaSalle
Routine and rather silly 
0
The Transporter
Glenn Whipp
Bring on the sequel 
3
The Transporter
Jeff Vice
Exciting and well paced 
3
The Transporter
Wesley Morris
The best movie Steven Seagal never made 
3.5
The Transporter
Erik Childress
So gloriously ridiculous and fast moving that you keep trying to convince yourself that the filmmakers were making a parody They had to be Right 
2
The Transporter
Megan Turner
Another big dumb action movie in the vein of XXX The Transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through 
2
The Transporter
Ray Conlogue
This is a film where there isn t the slightest doubt about the dramatic outcome 
2.5
The Transporter
Roger Ebert
Too much action brings the movie to a dead standstill Why don t directors understand that Why don t they know that wall to wall action makes a movie less interesting less like drama more like a repetitive video game 
2.5
The Transporter
Sean P. Means
Occasionally Yuen uncorks a cleverly off the wall fight sequence that makes you laugh at its inventiveness 
2
The Transporter
Tor Thorsen
With stars and action like this a coherent story would be nice but it s not necessary 
2.5
The Transporter
Steven Rea
It remains to be seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime land action genre but then again who says he has to 
3
The Transporter
David Nusair
The Transporter s got style and a captivating lead performance by Statham 
2.5
The Transporter
Robert K. Elder
Aside from a few dynamic fights and Statham s square jawed charisma the film is a collection of action sequences in search of a plot 
2
The Transporter
Josh Larsen
Some fancy driving a police inspector observes offering as good of praise as any for The Transporter 
3
The Transporter
Rob Thomas
The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull 
2
The Transporter
Ross Anthony
A lot of fun 
2.5
The Transporter
Rob Blackwelder
The Transporter is an action camp champ the kaplewy and kung fu fun ride is everything last summer s XXX should have been 
3
The Transporter
Ed Gonzalez
And with Jet Li or Jean Reno nowhere to be found what s the point of bringing Yuen and Besson together at last 
1.5
The Transporter
Harvey S. Karten
This hero runs on Diesel fuel 
3
The Transporter
Jules Brenner
This is pretty well balanced story material developing a couple of original characters amidst the speed and the trajectories of mayhem 
3
Qwerty
Matt Pais
Two bitter people choosing to be miserable together seemingly oblivious that geek culture has taken over society 
1.5
Qwerty
Roger Ebert
The movie is charming winning and sweet The performances are sort of lovable 
3
Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City Of Music
Sean P. Means
Engrossing as a documentary if one can keep up with all the names and subgenres that are mentioned But to get the full force find the soundtrack album and listen to it on repeat 
3
Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City Of Music
Steven Prokopy
Up from the Streets is perhaps more emotionally driven than many music documentaries 
3
Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City Of Music
Mark Feeney
If anything the film does a bit too much going for variety and breadth sometimes at the expense of depth There are a lot of bases to touch here and touching pretty much all of them means several get touched too lightly 
2.5
The Fox and the Hound
James Kendrick
not one of the studio s best efforts but nonetheless it remains a fascinating product of an era of upheaval as well as a meaningful statement about the nature of prejudice
2.5
The Fox and the Hound
Peter Canavese
Sweet but a bit dull Overall the picture is good hearted and colorful with an ending that carries a nice touch of ambiguity about the tussle of nature and nurture Blu ray 
3
The Fox and the Hound
Bill Chambers
A southern gothic and a damn good one at that
3.5
The Fox and the Hound
David Nusair
boasts an old fashioned vibe that proves impossible to resist 
3
The Fox and the Hound
Dan Callahan
A wounded and unresolved movie free of the expected Disney cutesiness and complacency 
3
The Fox and the Hound
Roger Ebert
The bottom line I suppose is Will kids like this movie And the answer is sure I think so 
3
The Fox and the Hound
Steve Rhodes
Too long given the dearth of ideas in the script 
2
Housekeeping
David Nusair
the picture s downfall is a result of its often unreasonably and breathtakingly deliberate pace 
1.5
Housekeeping
Roger Ebert
One of the strangest and best films of the year 
4
The Quarry
Roger Moore
q slow simmering tale that has glorious performances and rewards even in its noticeable shortcomings 
2.5
The Quarry
Ty Burr
There are just two key ingredients and they re not enough to make a meal 
2
The Quarry
James Berardinelli
One note portrayals skin deep characters and a glacial pace all combine to prevent The Quarry from succeeding either as a slow burn thriller or a message oriented drama 
2
The Quarry
Steven Prokopy
Both actors feel like they are rising above the somewhat underwritten material and sometimes that s enough to enjoy what you re watching 
2.5
The Quarry
Joey Magidson
Even when the script lets them down by making things incredibly obvious Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham find compelling notes to play 
2.5
The Quarry
Peter Sobczynski
While director co writer Scott Teems has the ingredients he doesn t seem to have much of any idea of how to put them together in a compelling manner 
2
The Quarry
Mark Dujsik
The Quarry never really makes its intentions clear 
2
The Quarry
Mike McGranaghan
Despite two good leading actors The Quarry is a frustratingly sluggish movie that thinks it s more profound than it really is 
1.5
The Quarry
Christian Toto
Two fine indie stars can only do so much with this frustrating but eloquent thriller 
2.5
The Quarry
Chuck Bowen
Only Michel Shannon s off kilter timing brings The Quarry to sporadic life 
2
The Element of Crime
Matt Brunson
Slow moving yet sturdy 46 
3
The Element of Crime
Jay Antani
Nearly incomprehensible but stylistically dazzling
2.5
The Element of Crime
James Kendrick
an utterly mesmerizing and completely disjointed crime thriller that is more about tone and style than it is about its fragmented narrative
3
Hybrid
Walter Chaw
A stunning documentary that itself plays as a hybrid of something dreamed up by Errol Morris and the Brothers Quay 
4
Hybrid
Elias Savada
A highly unusual hayride through the cornfields of old Hybrid showcases the odd and eccentric relics of a past culled from a family scrapbook filled barnyard cobwebs and the echoes of mislaid affections 
3
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Wesley Lovell
Their film is a long lasting tribute to comedic film history and one to be savored over and over again 46 
3
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Michael Sragow
Monty Python and the Holy Grail may be 26 years old but even in the fast moving world of pop culture it s no relic It s still the Holy Grail of crazy comedy 
4
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Matt Brunson
There s a semblance of a plot but this is really just an excuse for the boys to engage in their unique brand of humor which includes mimicry dress up dry wit slapstick and glorious non sequitors 
3.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This has to be one of the funniest movies I ve ever seen 
4
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
A wonderful charm filters through these almost collegiate efforts as if these underfunded Brits in doing their best did it better 
3.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jeanne Aufmuth
The inspired lunacy of a medieval crusade gone hilariously awry that is the magic of Monty Python 
3.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Emily Blunt
Perhaps the most original comedy or at least the most ridiculously funny historically semi accurate comedy spoof of all time
4
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jason Anderson
Still plenty of fun 
3
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
David N. Butterworth
Crammed with acres of quotable dialogue the film plows along from one inspired bit to the next 
3
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Liam Lacey
Has been so quoted and requoted that the scenes and words feel tattooed onto the psychic membrane 
3.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Steven Rea
Monty Python and the Holy Grail still stands as a gloriously silly and twisted send up 
3
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ross Anthony
A cult classic and a lot of silly fun And btw Ni 
3
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Michael Wilmington
An incredibly silly film of great humor brilliant design and epic insanity 
3.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
James Kendrick
one of the select cinematic experiences that actually gets better and better with subsequent viewings
3.5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
James Berardinelli
Represents one of the best and brightest comedies ever to shine from the silver screen 
4
Beats
Tom Meek
Macdonald and Ortega strike gold in their characters bond which is the true heart of the film 
3
Beats
Brandy McDonnell
The power of friendship and music forcefully shines through the gritty coming of age story Beats 
3.5
Beats
Joe Friar
Welsh brings authenticity to the film with a soundtrack filled with 90s rave staples In many ways the coming of age drama resembles a Spike Lee joint with shades of Trainspotting 
3
Beats
Lisa Trifone
Beats is a pulsing frenzied exploration of pushing boundaries and running right up to the edge 
3
Beats
Collin Souter
Welsh s frequently funny and moving Beats accomplishes a lot in its seemingly simple story of a fragile friendship 
3.5
Beats
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was a little shocked by just how much Beats ended up affecting me 
3
Beats
Mark Dujsik
I t s driven by youthful energy and the gradual realization that the party is almost finished 
3
Beats
G. Allen Johnson
The movie is predictable at times but also winning with a thumping soundtrack and smartly written characters 
3
Dead Heat
David Nusair
succeeds solely as a showcase for some admittedly jaw dropping special effects 
2
Dead Heat
Johanna Steinmetz
Williams and Piscopo seem to be on autopilot when delivering their lines not relating to one another not picking up each other s timing 
1
Women Without Men
Roger Moore
A great film that s aging well a work of art that sends the same messages a dozen years after its creation
3.5
Women Without Men
Mattie Lucas
The true accomplishment here is that Neshat gives voice to the voiceless and Women Without Men is an impassioned cry for freedom that echoes across generations 
3
Women Without Men
Ty Burr
It s a celebration of women s resilience in the face of absolute patriarchy an oppression that s felt on personal cultural and political levels 
3
Women Without Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Neshat seems more interested in making a statement and wrapping it in heavy melodrama 
2.5
Women Without Men
Walter V. Addiego
Women Without Men has compelling stretches but the film s formal concerns overwhelm the storytelling 
2
Women Without Men
Mike Scott
With its beautiful images and its overwhelming gravitas it feels like a movie with a message Unfortunately on the way to delivering that message it becomes weighted down by its own dreary self importance 
2
Women Without Men
Lauren Wissot
There is no dramatic leap to death but rather only a tentative embrace of a new form a new way much like Iran s short lived experiment in democracy 
2.5
Women Without Men
Rachel Saslow
The material is so relentlessly dark suicide rape eating disorders and repression all have a home here that the film will satisfy only Iranian history buffs and devoted Neshat fans 
1.5
Women Without Men
Ethan Alter
For all its formal pleasures I found watching Women Without Men to be a frustratingly uninvolving experience 
2.5
Women Without Men
Rick Groen
It s an archly poetic earnestly symbolic treatise trying awfully hard to be an important picture but not succeeding 
2
I Carry You With Me
David Reddish
Ewing in her narrative debut proves herself a gentile and empathetic director 
3
I Carry You With Me
Joe Friar
An unforgettable memoir reminiscent of Chloé Zhao s slice of life filmmaking blending actors with non actors to tell a love story based on real people and actual events 
3.5
I Carry You With Me
Sean P. Means
The audacity and generous spirit of I Carry You With Me will make viewers hearts beat in time with the story s romantic leads 
4
I Carry You With Me
Peter Canavese
A gay romantic drama that begins in Mexico and ends in New York City holding in reserve an ambitious and quite powerful documentary twist to the narrative A winner 
3
I Carry You With Me
Leo Brady
I Carry You with Me is a romantic journey filled with the trials and tribulations of love in the face of insurmountable odds that an immigrant faces on a daily basis 
3
I Carry You With Me
Bob Bloom
A sense of heartbreak hovers over I Carry You with Me one that seems to encapsulate the experience of many who left their native lands to begin a new life elsewhere and overcame the many obstacles placed in their paths 
3
I Carry You With Me
Lisa Trifone
I Carry You With Me is an epic love story about two people with an undeniable connection both to each other and to their roots 
3.5
I Carry You With Me
Jeff Mitchell
At times Heidi Ewing s film is straight up pragmatic but during others it s laced with enchantment a deeply thoughtful spell with a Terrence Malick vibe 
3.5
I Carry You With Me
Roger Moore
Packages the American Dream for those who long to come here as rewarding and justified but sometimes selfish and ill considered with trade offs that make the migrants and the viewer wonder if it all was worth it 
3
I Carry You With Me
Ty Burr
The film is a big hug but the you of the title is a homeland and it is many miles away 
3.5
I Carry You With Me
Randy Myers
If you re a sucker for love stories about couples overcoming obstacles Heidi Ewing s low key indie is a find 
3
I Carry You With Me
Ann Hornaday
Dreams make up both the form and substance of I Carry You With Me Heidi Ewing s accomplished narrative feature debut 
4
I Carry You With Me
David Lewis
Most of the time the effect is exhilarating a surreal concoction that packs a considerable punch in the film s final moments 
3
I Carry You With Me
Lindsey Bahr
Director Heidi Ewing makes a powerful narrative debut with I Carry You with Me a dreamy and tender decades spanning story about love sacrifice memory and immigration 
3
I Carry You With Me
Sheila O'Malley
I Carry You With Me is a complicated film in many ways and it covers a lot of ground but the emotions portrayed are simple and human sized 
3
I Carry You With Me
Rene Sanchez
Its groundbreaking style makes this moving story of love and resilience even more powerful Full Review in Spanish 
4
I Carry You With Me
Joey Magidson
I Carry You With Me simmers with bittersweet emotion 
3
I Carry You With Me
Dwight Brown
It s innovative amazing and hybrid filmmaking by first time director Heidi Ewing 
3.5
I Carry You With Me
Diego Semerene
Heidi Ewing s tale of immigration and deportation afflicting the lives of a Mexican gay couple flashes its reason for being at every turn 
1.5
Dolittle
Mark Meszoros
Dolittle suffers a bit from having so many characters so many moving parts 
2.5
Dolittle
Jason Fraley
His beloved Tony Stark sarcasm is nowhere to be found nor is it replaced by a Robin Williams zaniness or a Gene Wilder twinkle in the eye Instead he collects a paycheck like a disinterested Johnny Depp mumbling in a weird accent that s hard to hear 
2.5
Dolittle
David Nusair
The degree to which Dolittle eventually winds up alienating the viewer is actually rather surprising 
1.5
Dolittle
Linda Cook
Do little to see this CGI train wreck 
0
Dolittle
Alistair Harkness
Aside from an intriguing opening that introduces us to Dolittle as a grief stricken recluse living in a country mansion with a menagerie of exotic animal pals the film fails to enchant on any level 
1
Dolittle
Rene Sanchez
An unintelligible and uninspired family adventure that wastes the talent of its impressive cast Full Review in Spanish 
1
Dolittle
Matt Brunson
Not even the promise of ownership of a small Caribbean island could entice Academy members to vote for this dismal dud then again following the absurd bestowing of 11 nominations on the ridiculous Joker I wouldn t put anything past them 
1
Dolittle
Sarah Knight Adamson
Unfortunately Dolittle is a prime example of an ill advised notion that a filmmaker in this case writer director Stephen Gaghan known for his intensely violent films can effectively cross over into classic children s literature 
1
Dolittle
Noah Berlatsky
Of course it s just a children s film But silly plots often are silly because they re taking the cultural path of least resistance 
1.5
Dolittle
Mattie Lucas
Everything about it feels bland and conservative a made by committee Hollywood product that s about as generic and flavorless as movies get 
2
Dolittle
Luke Parker
Dolittle impresses neither the kid who may giggle the adult who will grunt nor the kid inside the adult who never shows up 
1.5
Dolittle
Kevin A. Ranson
Between manic and or silly scenes with too much happening and a story with not enough this mess of a movie has a very narrow audience in mind while still having its heart in the right place 
2
Dolittle
Sharon Eberson
Annoying accent and cartoonish humans aside Dolittle is a fast paced often charming adventure with some dark moments that would make the Brothers Grimm proud 
2.5
Dolittle
Josh Terry
Dolittle is cute and quirky 
3
Dolittle
Sara Michelle Fetters
I ve concluded that director Stephen Gaghan s whimsically comedic fantasy adventure Dolittle just wasn t for me 
1.5
Dolittle
Robert Horton
Hyperactive and jokey large scaled but swift moving the film perks along enough to get genuinely bizarre at times 
2.5
Dolittle
Matthew Passantino
Studios would be better off taking risks on new voices and original stories than continuing to let movies like this out into the world 
1
Dolittle
Lara Zarum
If the muddled plot and aesthetic chaos of Dolittle leaves a bitter taste in your mouth seek the antidote an episode of Planet Earth 
2
Dolittle
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Overacting aside the new Dolittle is though absolutely ridiculous in most ways a lot of fun and filled with some valuable life lessons 
2.5
Dolittle
Mark Dujsik
In Dolittle Robert Downey Jr takes over the title role with the cheer humor and charm of a somnambulist 
1
Dolittle
Steven Prokopy
Thank goodness we didn t have to wait more than a couple of weeks into the year to hit our first big budget military grade stink bomb of 2020 
1.5
Dolittle
Dewey Singleton
Dolittle is the year s first Razzie contender 
1
Dolittle
Oliver Jones
Even given his tragic backstory Downey s doctor evinces little inner life nor do his relationships with his CGI costars possess much depth He is truly a man on an island 
1.5
Dolittle
Jake Coyle
A big budget train wreck in which things go so awry that it can t even be said to be strictly for the dogs 
1
Dolittle
Sean P. Means
One can see the seams at every turn along with the grinding labor it took to get this movie over the finish line But even in its disheveled state there are moments of charm and wit 
2.5
Dolittle
Katie Walsh
Faithfully adapting Dolittle is simply a cursed endeavor 
1
Dolittle
G. Allen Johnson
If the idea was to make the film some kind of delightfully bizarre loopy trip perhaps Gaghan the screenwriter of Traffic and Syriana was not the best choice 
0.5
Dolittle
Rafer Guzman
Downey veers dangerously into Johnny Depp territory in this elaborately staged but charmless adaptation of the classic childrens books 
1.5
Dolittle
Sara Stewart
There s got to be a moment as an actor watches himself on screen pulling bagpipes out of a CGI dragon s rear end that he thinks Have I really fallen this far 
2
Dolittle
Richard Roeper
Please make it stop 
1
Dolittle
Robert Daniels
DOLITTLE I literally don t care enough to think up a good pun 
2
Dolittle
Ty Burr
I definitely don t recall a scene in which the good doctor has to perform a rectal probe on said dragon with much comic passing of gas If that strikes you as hilarious by all means go with God 
1.5
Dolittle
Michael Phillips
I wouldn t say I prefer the clunky 1967 musical to the frenetic mechanical bull of this version But I wouldn t say I don t 
1.5
Dolittle
Kristen Page-Kirby
Everyone knows that if you don t have anything nice to say you shouldn t say anything at all Less well known is the adage You can t publish a movie review that is entirely blank 
0
Dolittle
Brian Truitt
While his Welsh accent is a little all over the place Downey takes naturally to the wild style and quirky persona of a dude who talks to animals though most everything else about Dolittle just doesn t measure up to its A list star 
2
Dolittle
Derek Smith
Dolittle s inability to completely develop any of its characters reduces the film to all pomp and no circumstance 
1
Dolittle
Soren Andersen
For a fun time to dispel the gloom of January Dolittle is just what the doctor ordered 
3
Dolittle
Roger Moore
Nothing that happens here overcomes the fatal decision the star made in choosing how Dolittle speaks 
1.5
Cul-de-Sac
Roger Moore
As a thriller 44 the film is at its most nerve wracking in its score 46 Frequent Polanski collaborator Krzysztof Komeda serves up jazz pop with a keening screech 40 Theremin 63 Synthesizer 63 41 as the lead instrument 46 It gave me chest pains 46 
2.5
Cul-de-Sac
Tom Meek
The stark yet gorgeous cinematography is provided by Gilbert Taylor 
3.5
Cul-de-Sac
Eric Melin
Polanski uses all kinds of off kilter angles an close ups and his actors are absolutely fearless The pacing is a little off as there are stretches where it gets a little long but it upends convention at every turn and that s pretty thrilling 
3
Cul-de-Sac
James Kendrick
pure Polanski through and through made with no restraints and little outside influence but it stumbles on its own absurdist tendencies demonstrating how sometimes too much is too much
2.5
Cul-de-Sac
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I kind of expected the film to keep up some kind of momentum with a slam bang beginning like that It never slows down to a crawl but it never gets as good as its first ten minutes 
3
Cul-de-Sac
Roger Ebert
This much sounds like a standard horror film outline especially since Stander looks amazingly like Frankenstein But Polanski ignores the horror to concentrate instead on macabre humor 
3
The Gallows Act II
Brian Tallerico
I m not convinced anyone involved with this film really wanted to make it 
0
The Gallows Act II
Roger Moore
Lacks even the missed opportunity promise of the original and even lesss frightening 
1
Red Corner
Mike Clark
Everything is dominated by actress Bai Ling who creates a full blooded character and role model for young girls 
3
Red Corner
Roger Ebert
Red Corner is a contrived and cumbersome thriller designed to showcase Richard Gere s unhappiness with Red China which it does with such thoroughness that story and characters are enveloped in the gloom 
2
In Bloom
Stephanie Merry
The viewer becomes keenly aware that she is only getting part of the story But when the truth is so troubling sometimes part of the story is more than enough 
3
In Bloom
Peter Keough
Despite the seeming inevitability of tragedy and despair In Bloom remains true to its title 
3.5
In Bloom
Tom Keogh
The film accurately reflects the girls numbness but it is devoid of sustaining emotional impact Eka and Natia s full pain is oddly remote 
2.5
In Bloom
Farran Smith Nehme
Where the two directors Georgia s Nana Ekvtimishvili and Germany s Simon Gross excel most is in the performances they capture from the two leads 
2.5
In Bloom
Calum Marsh
The site of the action the pummeled landscape of revolution and war isn t incidental it s what their generation has inherited alongside disorder and dissent 
3
In Bloom
Oscar Moralde
The foreclosure of possibilities provided by the use of the long take assists in the indictment of chauvinism and patriarchal brutality that underpin directly and indirectly many moments in the film 
3
Living in Oblivion
Matt Brunson
The segment in which Nick Steve Buscemi attempts to film a dream sequence not unlike the famous one from TV s Twin Peaks featuring a dwarf named Tito Peter Dinklage is worth the rental purchase price alone 
3
Living in Oblivion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
DiCillo effectively uses dream sequences and black and white film to spoof the pretentiousness of indie films but remains thoughtful and clever throughout And every performance is spot on 
3
Living in Oblivion
Walter Chaw
Meaty and witty the sort of product that rewards a closer examination even as it buggers intimacy 
3
Living in Oblivion
Mick LaSalle
A very funny picture that presents the world of independent film making as a nightmare of conflicting egos budgetary squalor and incompetence 
3
The Lemon Drop Kid
Matt Brunson
Hope is in fine form 
3
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Carly Lewis
The magnitude of misinformation and the atrocities enabled by horrendous people with manipulative marketing prowess are far reaching and leviathan in their potential We should watch a documentary like this and feel overwhelmed 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Brandy McDonnell
As with the first Happy Feet the sharply choreographed and bouncy genre crossing song and dance numbers are the highlight even if some song choices are a little too on the nose 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Roger Moore
Happy Feet Two is to 2006 s Happy Feet what Babe Pig in the City was to Babe a clever and adorable original film remade with most of the charm wrung out of it 
2
Happy Feet Two
Sara Michelle Fetters
But I liked how subtle Miller and company s handling of their Global Warming and Climate Change message was this time how they don t hit the viewer over the head with their proselytizing 
3
Happy Feet Two
Mike McGranaghan
Happy Feet Two is great to look at but it goes off on odd tangents that prevent the plot from catching hold 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Phil Villarreal
This one is as stupid as it looks which is saying something 
1.5
Happy Feet Two
Steven D. Greydanus
Overshadowed by more darkness menace heartache and anxiety than any talking animal picture I can think of since Miller s last family film sequel the execrable Babe Pig in the City 
2
Happy Feet Two
Stephen Whitty
For all the noise and flapping the movie like its heroes remains flightless 
2
Happy Feet Two
Keith Cohen
This cheap knockoff has the same energy spirit of exuberance but the flimsy story is not as strong as its predecessor The movie suffers from clich ridden dialogue after exhilarating highs from a string of big musical numbers featuring 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Peter Canavese
It brings out my happy For kids facing a potentially rough adulthood it s probably a message worth hearing maybe more than once 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Robert Levin
Happy Feet Two works because the prospect of penguins singing covers hasn t lost its appeal 
3
Happy Feet Two
Kyle Smith
Happy Feet was one of the greatest and most original animated films but the sequel can t even decide what it s about for the first 40 minutes 
1.5
Happy Feet Two
Linda Barnard
We get a feeling we ve seen it all before 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Michael O'Sullivan
The gotta move protagonist of the first animated Antarctica set feature a misfit young Emperor penguin named Mumble returns for the sequel Only this time he s all grown up and a lot less fun 
1.5
Happy Feet Two
Jennie Punter
The film reminds viewers young and old that to make a positive change sometimes the little guy at the bottom of the food chain needs to stomp his feet 
3
Happy Feet Two
Lisa Kennedy
Much like its Oscar winning predecessor the story focuses on lads and dads though there are strong mama figures and daughters too 
3.5
Happy Feet Two
Mark Dujsik
If not for a few new additions to the cast and an oddly effective overarching theme of existentialism Happy Feet Two would be a wholly dismissible sequel 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Dustin Putman
Only the series bread and butter 151 the song and dance performances 151 are able to occasionally buoy the flagging energy When the music stops Happy Feet Two flounders 
2
Happy Feet Two
Mick LaSalle
The movie s bereftness of invention can be measured by how no story element builds on another Instead Happy Feet Two is plotted so that a bunch of disparate things happen until it s time to end the movie 
1
Happy Feet Two
Duane Dudek
The actual narrative something about following your heart the importance of family and global warming is bland and disjointed 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Michael Phillips
If it weren t for the comic relief provided by Will and Bill tiny shrimplike crustaceans known as krill and voiced by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon this would be a forbidding return to Antarctica indeed 
2
Happy Feet Two
Chris Hewitt
The show tune warbling penguins of Happy Feet are endangered by climate change in Happy Feet Two While I m rooting for the survival of every creature I wouldn t mind seeing this movie series become extinct 
1
Happy Feet Two
Sam Adams
It s familiar enough not to spook fans of the highly profitable first but Happy Feet Two branches out beyond prefab coming of age stories and gimmicky pop song set pieces 
3.5
Happy Feet Two
Ty Burr
Centuries from now cultural historians will look at Happy Feet Two and ask one question What the heck were they smoking 
2
Happy Feet Two
John Beifuss
Pointless and plotless though not entirely flightless a puffin named Sven passes himself off as a flying penguin 
2
Happy Feet Two
Joe Williams
Even though it mimics the original Happy Feet Two is incoherent and if there s an actual story here it s drowned out by the vapid pop songs yapping wisecracks and flapping wings of too many characters 
1.5
Happy Feet Two
Matt Pais
The script belongs at the bottom of the ocean The songs belong on Now That s What I Don t Call Music 
1
Happy Feet Two
Tom Keogh
Aside from novel and smart uses of 3D effects the new movie is largely a bore all but sidelining Williams and straining to offset the monotony of a protracted rescue story with the sour misadventures of a pair of fussy krill 
2
Happy Feet Two
Roger Ebert
For me Happy Feet Two is pretty thin soup 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Peter Keough
Lovely to look at despite the 3D and sometimes bordering on the psychedelic this crack brained morality tale blends the sublimely weird and the cloyingly awful 
2.5
Happy Feet Two
Jaime N. Christley
Like me you probably like a handful of the pop songs but would describe the experience of seeing them performed by multi million dollar anthropomorphized animals as not being too far off from watching a graphic training film on venereal disease 
1.5
Happy Feet Two
David Germain
Sticks to the formula of the original while adding enough variety to give it a life of its own 
3
Seabiscuit
Nick Rogers
It s inspiring despite a sobering thesis The future is intoxicating but progress is a kind way of rendering someone s livelihood obsolete Gary Ross probed the underdog principle s heart Success outside the comfort zone is the sweetest of all 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Peter Canavese
Writer director Ross s true believer American salesmanship u2014inspired by Frank Capra and honed in Dave and Pleasantville suits this story of American entrepreneurship optimism and resilience Blu ray 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Joe Lozito
We root for Seabiscuit of course but more out of obligation than devotion after all we paid to see him 
3
Seabiscuit
Michael Dequina
The foolproof recipe for an old fashioned crowd pleasing slice of summer counterprogramming and Gary Ross hasn t botched the ready made job 
3
Seabiscuit
Judith Egerton
Is Seabiscuit as good as Laura Hillenbrand s best selling book Not quite 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Vince Koehler
Universal has a real winner on their hands with this inspiring story about a long shot that becomes a legend 
4
Seabiscuit
Austin O'Connor
Some movies are so good the only thing that disappoints is that they are not great 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Ian Mantgani
TV movie slush 
1.5
Seabiscuit
Lori Hoffman
Despite its flaws Seabiscuit beats most of the other cinematic nags out there by a mile 
3
Seabiscuit
James Kendrick
Unfortunately too much of Seabiscuit forces its ideas on us rather than allowing us to discover them for ourselves 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Vanessa Sibbald
The film celebrates old time American value such as loyalty honestly perseverance Sure it s about winning but winning the right way 
3.5
Seabiscuit
David N. Butterworth
Solid storytelling if a little too slick and calculated guaranteed to generate a lump in one s throat 
3
Seabiscuit
Peter Travers
Ross restores the good name of crowd pleasing 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Jonathan R. Perry
What eventually keeps Laura Hillenbrand s rousing true tale of the downtrodden horse that blossomed into a spectacular champion from galloping into the winner s circle on screen is its writer director s maddening insistence that we be edified and inspired
2.5
Seabiscuit
Linda Cook
I didn t know they still made movies like that 
4
Seabiscuit
Mark Ramsey
Ten horses played Seabiscuit throughout this movie and coincidentally twelve actors played Chris Cooper 
4
Seabiscuit
Mark Dujsik
The film ultimately works so well because of its dedication to its central characters 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Josh Gilchrist
The type of storytelling which could be found in cinemas before words like sequel and blue screen became part of our popular entertainment lexicon 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Mike McGranaghan
Just as the real Seabiscuit restored the faith of a Depression era society so does Seabiscuit the movie restore my faith in the warm weather cinematic season 
4
Seabiscuit
Dustin Putman
Ultimately the highlight of Seabiscuit is its memorable performances superior to the merely passable screenplay they must support 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Steve Rhodes
It s too long and too sappy but it manages to be fine entertainment nonetheless 
3
Seabiscuit
Mike Clark
Writer director Gary Ross movie isn t grand but it s very good 
3
Seabiscuit
Joe Baltake
The best film of the summer 
4
Seabiscuit
Chris Hewitt
A handsome respectful beautifully designed film and the acting is splendid but a number of factors keep Seabiscuit from greatness 
2
Seabiscuit
Jack Zink
A lush romantic drama that echoes with hero worship 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Moira MacDonald
Its likable cast makes up for any shortcomings 
3
Seabiscuit
Mick LaSalle
A faithful loving piece of work 
3
Seabiscuit
David Elliott
It never rivals the lyrical beauty and amazing horseflesh of The Black Stallion and the races are not staged with such exalted power but Ross heats your blood because you root for the uppity equine and his human team 
3
Seabiscuit
Walter Chaw
Ponderous mainstream pap of the suspended mote school of controversy free nostalgia 
1
Seabiscuit
Lou Lumenick
This is a movie that gets it all right 
4
Seabiscuit
Jami Bernard
Seabiscuit the movie gets it right not only providing exciting saddle s eye view racing scenes but also recalling the Depression era when the Biscuit came from behind and gave the suffering nation hope 
3
Seabiscuit
Duane Dudek
Ross fair and noble account captures the spirit of the book if not the journalism 
3
Seabiscuit
Connie Ogle
A genuinely inspirational film 
3
Seabiscuit
Bob Strauss
Say what you will about Seabiscuit s overall insistence on turning life into legend Its action scenes are truly legendary in their own unique way 
3
Seabiscuit
Robert W. Butler
Writer director Gary Ross has done a masterful job of re creating the world of Depression era racing from the quiet paddocks to the chaos of race day 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Terry Lawson
What Seabiscuit lacks in weight it makes up for in its old fashioned faith that Americans will always embrace the underdog always look to a brighter future and always bet on themselves 
3
Seabiscuit
Jeff Vice
A fine little film 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Lisa Kennedy
The real find of the film is Gary Stevens as George Woolf the famous jockey who steps in at a crucial moment for his friend Pollard 
3
Seabiscuit
Lawrence Toppman
Represents the best middle of the road inspirational filmmaking Hollywood can provide 
3
Seabiscuit
Ty Burr
Seabiscuit is a triumph 
3
Seabiscuit
Sean P. Means
a Added weight seldom kept Seabiscuit from the winner s circle and the weightiness Ross Co add to the story isn t enough to keep Seabiscuit from being a moving experience 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All that and more constantly threatens to rip Seabiscuit apart but after all I m not made of stone This astonishing story got to me more than once 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Josh Larsen
As Rocky on four legs Seabiscuit works just fine 
3
Seabiscuit
Kit Bowen
Although you may have to sit through some melodramatic moments and you know ultimately how Seabiscuit turns out don t worry Sit back learn a little history and enjoy a great ride 
3
Seabiscuit
Sarah Chauncey
We ve finally got our first real summer blockbuster one that doesn t have explosions special effects or an adorable talking fish 
4
Seabiscuit
Shirley Klass
The combination of these actors is amazing 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Liam Lacey
A well crafted assemblage of pathos and rousing moments solidly acted and handsomely shot but it s far from champion material 
3
Seabiscuit
Roger Ebert
Seabiscuit will satisfy those who have read the book and I imagine it will satisfy those like myself who have not 
3.5
Seabiscuit
David Sterritt
While fans of feel good movies may make it a rousing hit it won t satisfy anyone who values the surprise and suspense of real sporting events in the world we actually live in 
1
Seabiscuit
Bob Bloom
Seabiscuit is a godsend an oasis in a summer of mindless spectacle Here is a human story an inspirational tale about real people and one special horse who conquer adversity without so much as a light saber 
4
Seabiscuit
Erik Childress
With a cast a fillmaker and a story as inspirational as this Seabiscuit should have either flown out of the gate or come charging late in the stretch rather than constantly waiting to make its move in the middle of the pack 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Tony Toscano
Tobey McGuire as Red Pollard is one of a handful of truly great performances this year 
4
Seabiscuit
Aaron Hillis
For such a pedestrian exercise in Spielbergian sentiment the somewhat stale Seabiscuit dunks into some gravy moments 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Bruce Newman
You get the feeling Ross doesn t want to entertain us so much as make us better human beings 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Carrie Rickey
Corny but effective 
3
Seabiscuit
Jan Stuart
Despite the mugging from Macy and sparks of genuine turmoil generated by the ever surprising Maguire there isn t a spontaneous moment in the whole picture 
2
Seabiscuit
James Berardinelli
Even though Seabiscuit is a little on the long side it works more often than not 
3
Seabiscuit
Phil Villarreal
The historical exposition could have been ditched entirely and left a leaner sports film 
3
Seabiscuit
Michael Wilmington
Sleek beautiful and packed with emotion not too flashy but full of heart this is a movie worthy of its unlikely yet glorious subject 
4
Seabiscuit
Jeffrey Westhoff
Striving to affirm Seabiscuit s historic impact Ross misses the joy of Seabiscuit s history 
2
Seabiscuit
Rob Thomas
A 64 color story that has been re drawn for the screen using a 16 color box of crayons But the colors it does paint are strong and vibrant 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Jeanne Aufmuth
A saccharine valentine to America s post Depression era spirit that carries its earnest shine too far over the finish line 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Peter Sobczynski
The only truly striking performance is the hilarious turn by the invaluable William H Macy it comes as a blessed relief from the otherwise draggy proceedings 
2.5
Seabiscuit
Rob Blackwelder
a film that invokes the warm gratifying can do spirit of the uplifting films that once helped people forget the Great Depression two hours at a time 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Ross Anthony
Breaking out of the gates with strong stride patient disciplined pace and confidence Seabiscuit eventually relaxes but still finishes ahead of many other summer movies 
3.5
Seabiscuit
Ed Gonzalez
Seabiscuit superficially and naively underscores the many trials and tribulations of its titular racehorse with scenes of American underdevelopment 
1.5
The Scheme
Richard Roeper
At times The Scheme goes so deep into the weeds it s tough to keep track of all the characters and the web of corruption though some charts and graphics prove to be helpful 
3
The Scheme
Brian Tallerico
Dawkins is a fascinating subject and there s filmmaking skill in how they get him to open up for the first time and detail everything that happened 
3
Working Man
Linda Cook
Working Man is the finest film of 2020 
4
Working Man
Linda Cook
The best movie of 2020 and it s only June 
4
Working Man
Pamela Powell
Working Man is a topical film with evocative performances reminding us of the importance of having a purpose in life and compassion for others 
4
Working Man
Michael Phillips
You put up with lines such as Last thing the company needs is some broken down geriatric getting left behind if performers as canny as Gerety Brown and Shire are there to humanize the characters on screen 
3
Working Man
Matt Zoller Seitz
A good movie with a big heart 
3
Working Man
Steven Prokopy
Watching two magnificent acting veterans like Gerety and Shire is a genuine treat 
3
Working Man
Richard Roeper
Writer director Robert Jury has pieced together a timely elegiac slice of Rust Belt life and of the good men and women who want nothing more than to work and provide for their families but find themselves on the outside looking in 
3.5
Working Man
Mark Dujsik
Jury s debut movie ends up losing almost all of its potential quiet power to melodrama and a sense of mission 
2.5
Working Man
Robert Daniels
Working Man is a confident expression of moving on opening up and learning to live again 
3
Working Man
Roger Moore
An intimate portrait of rust belt decline a movie steeped in a funereal gloom but built on a stoic compelling lead performance
2.5
(T)ERROR
Mark Dujsik
T ERROR becomes a frightening story about how even the most inept among the powerful still wield a tremendous amount of power 
3
(T)ERROR
Kam Williams
The domestic War on Terror uncovered as an overzealous violation of Muslims Constitutional rights 
3.5
(T)ERROR
Brian Tallerico
A film that feels depressingly essential to understanding that just because we haven t been attacked doesn t mean we re winning the war 
3.5
(T)ERROR
Sean P. Means
If Citizenfour had you paranoid at how invasive the National Security Agency can be the eye opening documentary T ERROR will scare you about how the FBI can destroy lives when it s blundering 
4
(T)ERROR
Clayton Dillard
It displays a staggering propensity for carefully examining its unauthorized scenario without succumbing to either too insular or too general a set of assertions 
3
The Adam Project
Wesley Lovell
That 8217 s probably all the audience should expect from a picture like this 44 one released direct to streaming for delivery of perfunctory content meant to bring eyes to the service 44 but not providing the level of quality one can often find at the cineplex 46 
3
The Adam Project
Chase Hutchinson
Above all else 44 it may be the only time you apos ll get to see a bullet wound be the means by which to make a fart joke in a movie 46 46 46 so at least it apos s got that going for it 63 
2.5
The Adam Project
Sean P. Means
When Levy tries to get serious and introspective as little Adam forces Big Adam to confront the psychological pain of losing his father the movie discovers a new kind of cinematic time travel by making the film slow to a crawl 
2
The Adam Project
Sarah Knight Adamson
The delightful scenes between both older and younger Adam are the films crux providing a pleasant viewing experience for families Reynolds is a natural when comedy is involved and viewing him yet again in a sci fi role is a treat 
3
The Adam Project
Matthew Passantino
There s fun to be had with The Adam Project and its spectacle is entertaining minus some terribly distracting de aging technology but the story trips over itself in the final act to a distracting degree 
2.5
The Adam Project
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is one of Levy s best a solidly satisfying entertainment all the way through 
3
The Adam Project
Kevin A. Ranson
In spite of all the been there done that tropes working against it the movie is surprising light and watchable notably due to the warm and squishy Scobell vs Reynolds banter sanitized actions scenes be damned 
3
The Adam Project
Mark Meszoros
Watch Walker Scobell for only a minute or so in The Adam Project and youll be convinced he spent hours studying Ryan Reynolds in preparation for the movie 
3
The Adam Project
Steven Prokopy
Less a shot of pure energy directly to the brain and more a film that aims for the heart 
2.5
The Adam Project
Dwight Brown
Possibilities for The Adam Project loomed far larger than what s on screen And what s on screen is never a credit to the sci fi genre 
2
The Adam Project
Michael Medved
As a celebration of the complicated bonds between parents and children THE ADAM PROJECT works well with lots of nostalgic echoes of previous blockbusters like BACK TO THE FUTURE and even E T 
3
The Adam Project
David Nusair
watchable yet predominantly underwhelming 
2
The Adam Project
Sara Michelle Fetters
I enjoyed The Adam Project its past present and future permutations an exciting joyride fit for the whole family 
3
The Adam Project
Joe Friar
The situations are predictable but thanks to the wise cracking Reynolds and his likable young costar Walker Scobell the nostalgic sci fi adventure is entertaining funny and perfect for family movie night 
3
The Adam Project
Mike McGranaghan
The story has all the time hopping action you d expect but it s grounded in genuine emotion I did not expect to get choked up twice during the movie 
3
The Adam Project
Kevin Carr
Sometimes you just want something simple you can watch with the family 
2.5
The Adam Project
Roger Moore
A noisycutesy and kid friendly mashup of a dozen more original movies
2
The Adam Project
James Berardinelli
The premise is intriguing and the cast is top notch but taken as a whole The Adam Project comes up short 
2.5
The Adam Project
Mark Dujsik
The unexpected emotional core at the heart of The Adam Project stands out and elevates the material 
3
The Adam Project
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As great as the initial creative leap may have been what follows is an unfortunate failure of imagination 
2
The Adam Project
Bob Bloom
The Adam Project keeps the human element front and center as a father and his son no matter his age learn to love and appreciate it other as well as to remember that love never dies nor is it dimmed by time 
2.5
The Adam Project
Lindsey Bahr
It s pretty satisfying popcorn fare with some genuinely affecting beats All that s missing is some Harry Chapin 
2.5
The Adam Project
Johnny Oleksinski
Who this movie is for I couldn t tell ya 
1.5
The Adam Project
Leo Brady
Shawn Levy follows up the success of Free Guy with a movie that fuses Reynolds brand of comedy into a time travel story only its not funny enough nor is it entertaining enough to spark our interests 
1.5
The Adam Project
Michael O'Sullivan
The Adam Project isn t especially smart but it does leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling Its science grade is only passing but its emotional IQ is above average 
2.5
The Adam Project
Nell Minow
A popcorn pleasure 
3.5
The Adam Project
Randy Myers
The special effects and action set pieces are impressive and the story is simply sweet swift and sincere 
3
The Adam Project
Michael Phillips
The movie has a good shot at a huge streaming audience But does it have the creative instincts of a good movie An OK one yes It s too bad The Adam Project is only that since the cast isn t dogging the assignment for a second 
2
The Adam Project
Mark Feeney
Scobell and Reynolds click as do Mark Ruffalo and Reynolds 
3
The Adam Project
Emily Zemler
It s the sort of thing you might have gathered on the sofa to watch on VHS on a Friday night in the 80s which is as much of a recommendation for the film as some may need 
3
The Adam Project
Richard Roeper
With echoes of Back to the Future The Terminator and even a little of Heaven Can Wait this is a consistently entertaining comedy actioner with a lot of heart and the perfect ending 
3
The Adam Project
Mick LaSalle
Reynolds is not doing himself a favor by acting the same way all the time especially in weak movies like The Adam Project 
2
The Adam Project
Katie Walsh
What could have been something cerebral and stimulating ends up feeling like more disposable cinema 
2
The Adam Project
Derek Smith
Ultimately the film tries so hard to do so much that it doesnt end up doing any of it particularly well 
1.5
The Adam Project
Joey Magidson
The Adam Project is the kind of film that would make Steven Spielberg proud so deep in its veins is the essence of vintage Amblin Entertainment 
3.5
Son of God
Frank Ochieng
Overall Spencer s deeply reflective yet recycled conscious driven epic seems robotic and compacted As a faith healing and feel good big screen offering Son Of God deserved much better polish and prose at the center of its pronounced pulpit
2
Son of God
Linda Cook
Its roots as a television series are obvious and it s a long way from the likes of Ben Hur or The Greatest Story Ever Told Still Son of God has a couple of sequences that make it an above average picture 
2.5
Son of God
James Kendrick
Although nicely shot and capably acted it mostly feels inert shackled into moderation and flatness by its fear of offending and possibly challenging its core audience 
2
Son of God
Duane Dudek
Cramped static and rarely cinematic 
2.5
Son of God
Kenneth R. Morefield
So to review Son of God requires as much commentary on the experience theatergoers are buying as the film itself 
2.5
Son of God
Mike McGranaghan
A satisfying inspirational experience 
3
Son of God
David Berry
For a film aimed squarely at dyed in the lamb believers it sure treats the audience like first timers 
1.5
Son of God
Geoff Pevere
By playing it so safely reverential Son of God tends to plod its way to Calvary begging to be discussed among Bible study groups and positively name checked in the Sunday sermons 
2
Son of God
Steven Rea
They have turned the Christ saga into cheese As in cheesy 
2
Son of God
Sheila O'Malley
It was made by earnest people who want to spread the word But it s a tough draught to swallow if you re not in the mood for a sermon 
2
Son of God
Stephen Whitty
The film is willing But its spirit is weak 
2.5
Son of God
Willie Waffle
The first hour is klunky However the rest of Son of God is a dramatic and compelling telling of The Passion Play especially because of Morgado 
3
Son of God
Peter Hartlaub
Never again will a Sunday school student get lower than a C minus on this material 
2
Son of God
Claudia Puig
Son of God takes no real chances opting for a moderately involving re telling of an oft told story 
2
Son of God
Peter Keough
The condensed Son of God tries to relay the messianic story plain and simple 
2
Son of God
Rafer Guzman
The movie feels duty bound to stay absolutely faithful to its sacred source material It s the classic dilemma of the proselytizer How far into the secular world can you go to deliver your message 
2
Son of God
Ann Hornaday
Don t expect to see a great film or even a very good one 
1.5
Son of God
Abhimanyu Das
The film plays for much of its length like a terrible sketch comedy with one dimensional caricatures shuffling listlessly through a succession of stilted tableaux 
.5
Son of God
Kyle Smith
I m pretty much without sin so gimme some rocks Son of God envisions a J C that s strictly J V 
2
Son of God
John Hartl
What a pleasant surprise a biblical film that doesn t turn into a gory freak show or a speculation about the marital status of Jesus and Mary Magdalene 
3
Son of God
Roger Moore
Considering that it s largely clipped together from the cable TV series The Bible this is works well Moving lighter than The Passion 
2.5
Son of God
Randy Myers
What this well intentioned film lacks in poise and polish it makes up for in what faith based audiences so hungrily seek a passionate and compassionate interpretation for family viewing that portrays the Christ story with reverence 
2.5
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Margaret Anderson
My Girlfriend s Boyfriend features a charmingly devised script with characters the viewer can grow to love 
3
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Sean P. Means
Give a cheer to Utah filmmaker Daryn Tufts who enlivens the romantic comedy clichs with an engaging spin and plenty of wit 
3
Approaching the Elephant
Christopher Gray
The film s 90 minutes are a disorienting cyclone of destructive incidents and propulsive energy 
3.5
The Big Picture
Calvin Wilson
The Big Picture ends perhaps a bit too ambiguously but there s something refreshing about its faith in the moviegoer s intelligence 
3
The Big Picture
Moira MacDonald
Director Eric Lartigau tells the story slowly less interested in suspense than in character 
3
The Big Picture
Walter V. Addiego
Takes familiar material involving a violent crime and an assumed identity and nudges it just enough to keep us interested for most of the ride 
3
The Big Picture
Michael O'Sullivan
It moves with supple muscularity toward a twisty and satisfying conclusion 
2.5
The Big Picture
Sean P. Means
Director Eric Lartigau adapting American author Douglas Kennedy s novel keeps the tension building as Paul tries to leave behind his past and warily assume another person s life 
3
The Big Picture
Ty Burr
Duris is excellent his hair and eyes growing wilder with each step of the journey and he has solid support 
3
The Big Picture
Peter Keough
A word of advice to anyone who kills his wife s lover fakes his own death assumes the dead guy s name and flees to a seaside Balkan town leave the camera at home 
3
The Big Picture
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie has the intense psychological focus of the late Claude Chabrol if not Chabrol s graceful camerawork 
3.5
The Big Picture
Calum Marsh
Like its protagonist the film sells out for the security of convention and complacency 
2
The Big Picture
Kent Turner
Actor Romain Duris brings a crucial though often overlooked ingredient for a man on the run thriller vulnerability 
3
The Big Picture
Bill Chambers
I can t discount the sheer pleasure I got from its constant gear shifting 
3.5
The Great Invisible
Robert Levin
No matter how imperfect the movie might be it never seems less than important 
3
The Great Invisible
Stephanie Merry
Brown seamlessly blends the emotional intimate stories of people with bigger pictures using the explosion as the starting point for a ripple effect that just keeps growing 
3
The Great Invisible
Sheila O'Malley
Brown s gift is in the interviews she gets which include a grieving father whose son was killed in the explosion and two oil rig workers who now suffer from a variety of maladies including PTSD and depression 
3
The Great Invisible
Nick Prigge
It effectively demonstrates how the systemic cause of the Deepwater Horizon explosion was tied as much to society s staggering dependence on fossil fuels as to the oil industry s greed 
3
The Great Invisible
James Adams
It s heartening to know there are filmmakers with a longer view untethered to the frantic rhythms of the news cycle 
3.5
Kwaidan
Brian Eggert
A film of methodical pacing theatricality and avant garde flourishes which work in harmony to acknowledge that something lies beyond any grounded understanding of reality 
4
Kwaidan
Wanda Hale
An artistic triumph for the director Masaki Kobayashi his cameramen and his art directors 
3.5
Kwaidan
James Kendrick
a visually ravishing film that employs dazzling color palettes and carefully composed widescreen photography to bring the viewer into an entirely supernatural world
4
Kwaidan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We ve grown accustomed to more violent more suspenseful and scarier stories than these but there s no questioning the quality of this film 
3.5
Wasabi
Michael Dequina
There s little tension as Reno s character is one of those invincible heroes that we haven t seen much of since the 80s 
1
Wasabi
David Nusair
as far as action flicks go you could do worse 
2.5
Wasabi
Roger Ebert
Reno does what he can in a thankless situation the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again and Ryoko Hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that 
1.5
Wasabi
Michael Wilmington
Like being trapped inside a huge video game where exciting inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again 
2
Wasabi
Moira MacDonald
Wasabi is slight fare indeed with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly like one of Hubert s punches but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn 
2.5
Wasabi
Jonathan Curiel
A silly cross cultural shoot em up the sort of movie that will work for those with some time to kill 
2
Wasabi
John Monaghan
Don t let the subtitles fool you the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action 
2
Wasabi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Reno himself can take credit for most of the movie s success He s one of the few cool actors who never seems aware of his own coolness 
3
Wasabi
Mary F. Pols
A cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip off of Besson s earlier work 
2.5
Wasabi
Tor Thorsen
One minute you think you re watching a serious actioner the next it s as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and or Sailor Moon have been spliced in 
2
Wasabi
Gene Seymour
Sleek shallow but frequently amusing 
2.5
Wasabi
Megan Turner
The spaniel eyed Jean Reno infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart 
3
Wasabi
Bob Strauss
Manages to be somewhat well acted not badly art directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling touching or yikes uproarious 
1.5
Nothing But a Man
David Hinckley
Director Michael Roemer and his co writer Robert Young strip down even the dialogue to its essence rarely using a sentence when a phrase will do 
3
Nothing But a Man
John Anderson
Nothing But a Man moves slowly and quietly toward its climax with a rare grace But then it s a rare film and a vitally important chapter in the maturing of American film 
3.5
Nothing But a Man
Stephen Hunter
Its final embrace of optimism and hope for the future is its strongest virtue 
3.5
Nothing But a Man
Patrick Kampert
Young s camera lingers on each scene evoking the timelessness that used to be characteristic of small town life and director Roemer uses fadeouts to add to the unhurried air avoiding quick cuts from scene to scene 
3.5
Nothing But a Man
Michael Atkinson
Roemer had little more than his wits and good intentions to work with and that DIY attitude makes the movie reverberate like a blues chord 
3
Nothing But a Man
Jaime N. Christley
It can t be overstated just how Nothing But a Man is militantly tone deaf to the Hollywood muzak of race relations 
3.5
Nothing But a Man
Roger Ebert
The movie is even better than I remembered it the basic drama remains strong but what s also surprising is how well the more subtle moments hold up and how gifted the actors are 
3.5
Islam: What the West Needs to Know
Bill Stamets
What viewers need to know if provoked by this film is there s far more nuance in Mary Habeck s book Knowing the Enemy Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror and Paul Berman s Terror and Liberalism 
2.5
Islam: What the West Needs to Know
Michael Phillips
Islam Spencer asserts at one point stands as the only big league religion that mandates violence against non believers Considering what has been done to whom in the name of other religions that may well end up being the funniest line of 2006 
1
Batman Returns
Josh Larsen
embraces the weirdness of the saga without a hint of hesitation 
3
Batman Returns
Dave Kehr
There are flashes of commercially oriented action and humor but the overall feeling is one of a languid depression sprung straight from the heart of its author 
3
Batman Returns
Gary Thompson
Batman has begun to exhibit more of the qualities Burton finds so interesting 
3.5
Batman Returns
Desmond Ryan
As Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands reminded us Burton always has been more absorbed by what his audience sees than by what his movies say 
3
Batman Returns
Stephen Hunter
It s not really a movie It s a painting and Burton is a painter a Hieronymus Bosch for our time The thing seems to come straight from his subconscious and unspool in dream logic 
3
Batman Returns
Matt Brunson
Retains the original s dark currents while adding some colorful new characters 
3
Batman Returns
Peter Canavese
Burton s staging is expert and his character conceptions are distinctive and gratifying 
3.5
Batman Returns
Michael Dequina
A fast funny exciting assault on the senses that outshines the overrated original 
3
Batman Returns
David Keyes
Of all the Batman pictures this is the most striking atmospheric and effective 
3.5
Batman Returns
James O'Ehley
A masterpiece 
4
Batman Returns
Roger Ebert
Odd and sad but not exhilarating 
2
The Most Dangerous Game
Matt Brunson
The film initially teases its viewers as much as Zaroff does his guests 40 we finally see what apos s in his basement 44 and it ain apos t pretty 41 before storming full barrel into the hunt 46 
3.5
The Most Dangerous Game
Roger Moore
A classic in all the ways that matter 44 and essential viewing for anybody who doesn 8217 t mind recognizing its plot 44 over and over again 44 in the 90 years of cinema that has followed 46 
2.5
The Most Dangerous Game
Jeremy Heilman
A mindless action movie but there s nothing inherently wrong with that 
3
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Matt Brunson
This ragged film never amounts to much but it s at least consistent in its eccentricities 
2.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Roger Ebert
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean sets out to be an elegy to the passing of the Old West and ends up being an elegy to the passing of bad manners 
2.5
Men Don't Leave
Roger Ebert
Men Don t Leave is the story of how a warm and believable suburban wife and mother becomes a widow who is trapped in a series of Hollywood improbabilities 
2
Déjà Vu
Kam Williams
This slight variation on the time travel theme will engage you to the extent that you are able to forgive a script which repeatedly relies on cartoon physics to explain away every improbable plot development
3
Déjà Vu
Nick Rogers
Basically entertaining but it disappointingly drops off from a promising start of spiritually poignant popular science fun and whiz bang action to an autopilot conclusion 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Linda Cook
Although it s not being touted as a science fiction movie that s most certainly the genre in which Deja Vu belongs 
3.5
Déjà Vu
Jeffrey Westhoff
Not a thing about this story withstands two second s worth of scrutiny 
1.5
Déjà Vu
Rob Thomas
Watching Washington determinedly negotiate one out there plot turn after another often with a big disbelieving grin on his face is almost enough 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Matt Brunson
By the time Carlin climbs into the time machine you realize that a Marty McFly cameo might be the only way to salvage this dreary plunge into preposterousness 
2
Déjà Vu
Mike McGranaghan
There s scarcely a moment in the film that is plausible but that s okay This is fantasy and it s fantasy that is entertaining and suspenseful throughout 
3
Déjà Vu
Jonathan R. Perry
A stylish engrossing popcorn thriller with a few unexpected rewards as long as you don t think about it too hard 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Geoff Pevere
The fleetingly satisfying Déjà Vu is ultimately a self fulfilling prophecy 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Tyler Hanley
Denzel Washington infuses this sci fi thriller with humanity and realism despite a plot that would befuddle even the creator of Star Trek 
3
Déjà Vu
Phil Villarreal
Denzel Washington is a fiery dart eyed action star Denzel Washington is a fiery dart eyed action star 
3
Déjà Vu
Robert W. Butler
Loud noisy and not nearly as smart as it thinks it is 
2
Déjà Vu
Steven D. Greydanus
If it isn t the brilliant film it could have been Déjà Vu still contains enough flashes of that film to make it entertaining while you re watching it 
3
Déjà Vu
Walter Chaw
Who woulda thunk that crap meister Tony Scott could be so in tune with the spirit of the times 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Maitland McDonagh
An utterly preposterous but entertaining sci fi action brain bender this what if tale makes high tech hay with the idea that deja vu isn t just a hiccup in the neural circuitry 
3
Déjà Vu
Moira MacDonald
The movie s saved by an appealing star a swift pace and a vivid setting 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Ruthe Stein
A needlessly complicated and confusing thriller 
2
Déjà Vu
Carla Meyer
Cheesy at moments but also well crafted and elevated by Washington s singular blend of charisma intelligence and tenacity 
3
Déjà Vu
Pam Grady
A flabby tasteless and nonsensical thriller from Tony Scott that starts off with a bang but quickly devolves into the ridiculous 
2
Déjà Vu
David Hiltbrand
Déjà Vu is well worth seeing for its visual brio particularly the boom crash opera of the ferry explosion and a chase scene in which Washington is dodging downtown traffic on two temporal planes simultaneously 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Lou Lumenick
Deja Vu starts out a lot like an expensive looking episode of CSI before morphing into a solidly entertaining time traveling romance 
3
Déjà Vu
Jack Mathews
Ed Wood notorious as the worst film director in history could have made the 80 million Jerry Bruckheimer time travel thriller Déjà Vu for about 99 95 and it would have been just as believable 
2
Déjà Vu
Paul Doro
Déjá Vu is an exceptionally average action thriller that has too little of both 
2
Déjà Vu
Rene Rodriguez
The usually enjoyable time travel paradoxes about how changing the past would affect the present coming off as more annoying intrusions than anything else 
2
Déjà Vu
Glenn Whipp
This headache inducing Back to the Future CSI hybrid will have you wanting to travel back in time to buy a ticket for another movie 
2
Déjà Vu
Rick Groen
Definition of redundant A formulaic Hollywood pic that calls itself Déjà Vu 
1.5
Déjà Vu
Terry Lawson
DéjÀ Vu is so cleverly thought out and is conceived directed and acted that the leaps in both logic and scientific theory are more fun to make than they are to ponder 
3
Déjà Vu
Bill Zwecker
Deja Vu takes you on a wonderfully twisting and turning journey that often will leave you wondering and perhaps confused but ultimately leaves you with a satisfying and totally logical explanation when the credits role 
3
Déjà Vu
Wesley Morris
Usually a Scott Bruckheimer production sends you home wanting a shower But here they ve caught the movie s unstoppable bayou spirit and send you home on a high 
3
Déjà Vu
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you stop thinking and just go with the flow there s some talented actors who are doing their best to distract you from the hokum 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Sean P. Means
When all else fails Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer pile on the car crashes and explosions and you definitely have experienced those before 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tony Scott s new film isn t as concerned with playing around or cooking up new innovations as it is in finding a new way to sell the same old chase story 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Larry Ratliff
Simply put Déjà Vu has too much explaining to do and even then the ending which I can t discuss feels like a cheat 
2.5
Déjà Vu
David Nusair
consistently entertaining and surprisingly intelligent 
3
Déjà Vu
Peter Canavese
If you can surrender to the film s crazy convictions it s a popcorn munching wild ride worth taking 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Steve Rhodes
Pure edge of the seat material 
3.5
Déjà Vu
Erik Childress
Their title can t reflect what it promises to deliver other than exposing the phenomenon of cinematic monotony an event more frequent than you could possibly believe 
2
Déjà Vu
Willie Waffle
A thrilling mind bending mystery with action that keeps your heart pumping
3.5
Déjà Vu
Josh Larsen
may be the first Tony Scott movie that makes you itchy in a good way 
3
Déjà Vu
Sean McBride
starts off with a high octane opening and seldom slows down which means that most viewers won t have time to think about the logical inconsistencies of the film s story 
3
Déjà Vu
Sara Michelle Fetters
The picture is slick entertainment to be sure but it s so expertly crafted slick entertainment that even though a part of me knows better I can t help but admitting to falling in love with it 
3
Déjà Vu
Scott Bowles
Déjà Vu cannot escape the weight of its murky science action film formula and preposterous ending 
2
Déjà Vu
Jeff Vice
Apparently someone finally gave attention deficit director Tony Scott some Ritalin because Deja Vu is the most straight forward and effective piece of filmmaking he s delivered in quite a few years 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The SF hardware enjoyable and thriller mechanics mechanical of this Jerry Bruckheimer slam banger don t mesh very well with reflection and the action trumps most evidence of thought 
2
Déjà Vu
Michael Wilmington
If you can swallow one of the most elaborate and absurd time machine gimmicks imaginable you can have a good time at Deja Vu 
3
Déjà Vu
Bruce Newman
Washington has powered through thrillers like this before always managing to make the best of dubious material 
3
Déjà Vu
Thomas Delapa
I got that eerie feeling of déjà vu about an hour in While Washington gives a big easy performance we ve seen before Jim Caviezel s mad bomber at least is no dud 
1.5
Déjà Vu
Phoebe Flowers
You want us to believe that time travel is possible fine But first get your script tight enough that the audience s disbelief isn t suspended by a single rapidly fraying thread 
1.5
Déjà Vu
Stephen Saito
While Déjà Vu is appropriately titled it s also an enjoyable mystery that ranks with the producer s Jerry Bruckheimer best 
3
Déjà Vu
Dustin Putman
When so many movies are predictable cookie cutter affairs it makes one appreciate the flawed Déjà Vu for the risks it takes and the heady imagination it implores 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Chris Hewitt
A taut involving thriller 
3
Déjà Vu
Lawrence Toppman
Give Deja Vu enormous credit for solving the main problem that has afflicted time travel movies for decades the most recent entry in the rewriting reality genre is tense well acted and smart 
3
Déjà Vu
David Elliott
At least N Orleans got production dollars from this film What do we get Lack of originality that starts with the title used for feature films in 1985 1988 and 1997 
2
Déjà Vu
James Berardinelli
Déjà Vu impresses with both the complexity of its storyline and its willingness to allow things to develop at their own pace without interjecting a lot of needless action scenes into the early proceedings to keep viewers attentive 
3
Déjà Vu
Jan Stuart
Preposterous You bet Romantic Perversely 
3
Déjà Vu
Matt Pais
Thinking about Deja Vu for three seconds makes the entire thing fall apart faster than Johnny Knoxville s Oscar chances 
2.5
Déjà Vu
Garth Franklin
A slick and enjoyable popcorn film but lacks any real depth or smarts that could set it apart
2.5
Déjà Vu
Nick Schager
Tony Scott doesn t even wait for Deja Vu to properly begin before employing the spastic visual stylings that are his calling card 
2
Mank
David Gonzalez
In the case of Mank 44 the most accurate statement that can be said is that it is one of the best films of the year 46 
4
Mank
Brian Eggert
Fincher s film both on and off screen represents an example of a triumphant artist telling a personal story and that continues to be a rare thing 
3
Mank
David Nusair
a massive disappointment that could and should have been so much better 
2
Mank
Linda Cook
It even looks like Citizen Kane 
3.5
Mank
Leo Brady
Herman Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay for one of cinema s greatest pictures and Mank captures how the pursuit of greatness can swallow a man whole 
3.5
Mank
Matt Brunson
Too much screen time is given to forced and fictional parallels between Mank s life and what ended up in Citizen Kane 
2.5
Mank
James Kendrick
For a film that wants to rescue a forgotten screenwriter from the ashbin of history and celebrate the creative process of screenwriting it is woefully simplistic in its view of the writing process itself
2.5
Mank
Wesley Lovell
As an ode to Old Hollywood the film soars As a treatise on man vs himself it s old hat 
3.5
Mank
Mike Scott
Fincher s film is snobbishly devoid of historical context lending it an ivory tower feel Luckily the superb acting and craftsmanship save it from spinning out of control 
3
Mank
Peter Canavese
Great screenplay and cast beautiful production design brilliant sound design the most grown up picture David Fincher s ever made 
3.5
Mank
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Mank may not be cheery but no one goes to Fincher for good vibes Gleeful pessimism is his drug of choice and for us it can be an improbable and exhilarating high 
4
Mank
Mattie Lucas
A film that doesn t quite seem to know what it wants to be or who it is even for 
2
Mank
Walter Chaw
Mank is about being destroyed for trying to survive while avoiding doing the wrong thing 
2.5
Mank
Kevin A. Ranson
While the average film goer may lack the requisite attention those willing to spend a little time in the monochromatic Tinseltown of olde will be rewarded with transporting performances and attention to detail 
3
Mank
Sara Michelle Fetters
Fincher s latest is a disappointing slice of Hollywood hooey 
1.5
Mank
Sonny Bunch
The fight over credit for Citizen Kane is a small and in the end uninteresting part of Mank More intriguing are the various subtexts Fincher has brought to bear 
3
Mank
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A glorious declaration of love to the golden age of movies and to one movie in particular 
3.5
Mank
Randy Myers
This is masterful filmmaking about Old Hollywood that reflects on this year s tangled election 
4
Mank
Jason Fraley
To be clear Mank is not a film for casual moviegoers Rather it s a black and white love note to cinephiles who appreciate the significance of Citizen Kane both to cinema history and its enduring political commentary on egomaniacal media moguls 
3.5
Mank
Tom Meek
Fincher Oldman and Howard et al embrace and relish the golden era but not without shining lights into the dark corners of filmmaking power and the politics of the time 
3.5
Mank
Roger Moore
Film buffs salivating over the prospect of David Fincher taking on the making of Citizen Kane may be left a tad dry mouthed by Mank 
2.5
Mank
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It is above all else a cinephile s fever dream 
3
Mank
James Berardinelli
Although Fincher s attention to detail results in a beautifully detailed and largely accurate recreation of the era it is anything but a loving or nostalgia tinted portrait
3
Mank
Jeff Beck
David Fincher s Mank ends up being something of a beautiful mess replete with visual splendor and solid performances but lacking in a strong enough foundation to make it all worthwhile 
2.5
Mank
Josh Larsen
When it settles down which is rare the movie works as an exercise in cinephile time travel 
2.5
Mank
Bob Bloom
Mank has the feel of a Golden Age Hollywood production It utilizes slow camera sweeps and pans by cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt complemented by a lush musical score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 
4
Mank
Rosalie Kicks
MANK will without a doubt find itself on my best of 2020 list I loved it 
3.75
Mank
Ty Burr
Directed by David Fincher and featuring yet another unholy disappearing act by Gary Oldman Mank is one of the year s best movies if you re the kind of person who genuinely loves movies and damn close if you re not 
3.5
Mank
Barry Hertz
Mank is overwhelmingly so very interesting But it is also something of a half masterpiece mess 
3
Mank
Matthew Passantino
It s built like an homage but feels like a eulogy Are we celebrating what once was or mourning what is no longer It seems like an attempt at both which keeps Mank at an arm s length 
2.5
Mank
Peter Howell
Mank gets to the dark heart of Hollywood s magic the way few films ever have 
3.5
Mank
Chris Hewitt
As a certified Kane head I have no problem with this but non fans may think Fincher is replicating what Mankiewicz did pouring his creative energy into a project that will leave many people cold 
3.5
Mank
Ann Hornaday
Seyfried s the beating heart of a movie that is constantly teetering on the edge of pastiche feeling more play acted than fully inhabited 
2.5
Mank
Steven Prokopy
With a dreamy score from regular Fincher collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Mank works best as a showcase for Oldman 
3.5
Mank
Richard Roeper
Arguably the best looking movie of the year David Fincher s richly layered biopic stars Gary Oldman in peak form as the hard living Herman Mankiewicz 
3.5
Mank
Mark Dujsik
As a character study and an examination of the assorted corruptions of old Hollywood the film is consistently involving 
3
Mank
Johnny Oleksinski
The best movie of the year so far 
4
Mank
Jeff York
Fincher has made a detailed and vivid character study of the writer penning the script of Kane although his film is flawed by one critical omission its failure to give the viewer any genuine sense of what Mankiewicz wrote 
2.5
Mank
Mick LaSalle
Like the era it depicts it s stylish and entertaining 
3
Mank
Michael Phillips
I like it don t love it though I do love the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross which boasts a seriously haunting main theme 
3
Mank
Glenn Kenny
Fincher has crafted an entertainment that s provocative pointed ruthlessly entertaining and in some respects particularly near the end a little bit infuriating 
3
Mank
Chuck Bowen
The film s most haunting sequences are self contained arias in which characters grapple with their powerlessness 
3
Mank
Oliver Jones
Amanda Seyfried imbues Davies with joy intelligence and a steely compassion that goes a long way towards rescuing the screen star from the skewering she received in Kane 
3.5
Mank
Lindsey Bahr
It s simply telling a story about a man behind so many of our movie memories and making a new one in the process And it is without a doubt one of the year s very best 
4
Mank
Brian Truitt
A wonderful throwback about a flawed figure who took on a hostile era in Hollywood with choice words and major chutzpah 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Brian Eggert
A fascinating last film for Hayao Miyazaki and a swan song that seems to encapsulate the animator 8217 s recurrent autobiographical strains in largely real world terms 46 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Matt Brunson
A valentine to the creative spirit 
3
The Wind Rises
Mattie Lucas
Miyazaki is a master and The Wind Rises is a tender loving farewell to a truly glorious career 
4
The Wind Rises
Sonny Bunch
In The Wind Rises as elsewhere Miyazaki s artistry is undeniable but the storytelling is flabby 
2
The Wind Rises
Walter Chaw
mature romantic grand storytelling
4
The Wind Rises
Ben Sachs
The film is one of the most rapturously beautiful that Miyazaki has made and all the more unsettling because of it 
4
The Wind Rises
John Beifuss
Possibly Miyazaki can relate to Horikoshi s dilemma He is both technician and artist engineer and dreamer and he works in a field cinema that too often promotes violence as a shortcut to a solution rather than as a last resort 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Marty Mapes
An engineer pursues his dreams in Miyazaki s latest and hopefully not last 
3
The Wind Rises
Bob Bloom
The Wind Rises nominated for an Academy Award as best animated feature is a visual delight with bright pastoral colors clouds that float like ballerinas and clear blue skies that envelop you 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Leigh Paatsch
The Wind Rises becomes all the more engrossing in its final act where the refined beauty of Horikoshi s designs is exploited by a Japanese military at the start of World War II 
4
The Wind Rises
Steven Rea
The Wind Rises has the sweep and majesty of a Technicolor Hollywood classic 
4
The Wind Rises
James Berardinelli
In terms of tone visual beauty and storytelling The Wind Rises represents Miyazaki at the apex of his abilities 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Rafer Guzman
Gorgeous wondrous and troubling 
2.5
The Wind Rises
Chris Hewitt
As long as you re willing not to ask too many questions about what s going on here Wind soars 
2.5
The Wind Rises
Duane Dudek
A soaring and lyrical work that for the first time is grounded in an all too plausible reality that is said to represent the master s final film 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Loey Lockerby
With his vivid gorgeous visuals the film was nominated for an animation Oscar and his penchant for dark fantasy Miyazaki takes a straightforward tale and gives it an unexpected sideways kick 
2.5
The Wind Rises
Joe Williams
The view is beautiful but the loftier aims of The Wind Rises fall short 
2.5
The Wind Rises
Peter Canavese
As much as it deeply understands the artistic mindset of a driven creator it also acknowledges the darker implications of a genius tunnel vision 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Sheila O'Malley
The images in The Wind Rises are breathtaking with one striking scene after another imaginative whimsical powerful 
3
The Wind Rises
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s tempting to proclaim this final work as something career capping but in reality it s a disappointingly minor effort 
3
The Wind Rises
Liam Lacey
An ode to flight and a celebration of living with one s head in the clouds 
3
The Wind Rises
Dann Gire
This is an ambitiously epic movie flooded with dreams all about dreams with dreamy animation that resembles watercolor paintings compared with the harder more metallic look of recent 3 D computer generated animation 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Chris Knight
The result is a timelessness and warmth that computer graphics have learned to mimic the difference being that Miyazaki has never strayed from the traditional in the first place 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Moira MacDonald
While it s not quite as magical as some of his previous films it makes a fitting and often moving farewell 
3
The Wind Rises
Peter Howell
Miyazaki isn t taking sides merely observing how the winds of fate often propel us into situations not entirely of our choosing and open to interpretation 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Ann Hornaday
Visually The Wind Rises is a thing of sensual contemplative poetry from the pearlescent cloudscapes and verdant countryside of Horikoshi s youth to the hulking gray factories he visits in prewar Germany as a young man 
3
The Wind Rises
Ty Burr
The movie s a gorgeous problematic anomaly in an illustrious career a case of rapturous artistic blindness 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Josh Larsen
laments World War II as a waste of Jiro s gifts of talent corrupted 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Peter Travers
The Wind Rises may come as a shock for fans of the kid friendly pro feminist deeply pacifist Miyazaki It s a big story and in this landmark film Miyazaki is up to every demand 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Michael Phillips
If this is indeed Miyazaki s farewell it s a fine one 
3.5
The Wind Rises
Peter Hartlaub
Miyazaki is arguably at the Kubrick Polanski level where his lesser films still yield great rewards Even during the moments that don t soar The Wind Rises continues tosatisfy 
3
The Wind Rises
Jocelyn Noveck
All he wanted Jiro ruminates in this film was to create something beautiful Which is at least a feat that director Miyazaki has achieved Once again 
3
The Wind Rises
Matt Pais
Astonishing beauty considerable boredom 
2.5
The Wind Rises
Roger Moore
Jiro dreams of Zeroes Lovely but an animated fictionalized and sanitized celebration of Japanese WWII fighter design is a dubious use of the medium 
3
The Wind Rises
Lou Lumenick
Miyazaki offers a vivid at times fantastical view of Japan between the wars wracked by the Great Depression a fearsome earthquake that leveled Tokyo in 1923 a tuberculosis epidemic and the rise of fascism 
4
The Wind Rises
Claudia Puig
The film like the wind it references has wonderfully soaring sequences 
3
The Wind Rises
Seongyong Cho
It is not enchanting or charming enough to be recommended and its story and characters are less engaging compared to the memorably colorful or complex characters we encountered in Miyazaki s other works 
2.5
The Wind Rises
Jesse Cataldo
A work like this serves to remind us of the shining beacons Miyazaki s left behind him the testaments to pursuing beauty in the face of so much ugliness themselves lasting reminders of the quiet rewards of determination 
4
Enter the Ninja
David Nusair
mostly tedious 
1.5
Rider on the Rain
Matt Brunson
Benefits from Clement s stark approach as well as fine turns from Bronson and especially Jobert 
3
Bitter Sweetheart
Peter Schilling
Eschewing the usual teen clichs and filled with a wonderful cast of young actors Bitter Sweetheart is a gem whose honesty makes Juno seem positively prudish 
3.5
Bitter Sweetheart
Steve Rhodes
Parents may find this comedy more tragic than funny but it s an honest and poignant one nonetheless 
2.5
Contamination
Lucius Gore
The one saving grace of this film is the excellent score by Goblin 
2
Turning Gate
Jeremy Heilman
Though it takes a while for its real emotional heft to be made apparent it eventually grows into an insightful and astutely realized examination of the ways we accumulate the emotional baggage that we carry as we move through our romantic entanglements
3
Turning Gate
Ed Gonzalez
Hong San soo s comic rendezvous Turning Gate is built on a series of repetitions that mirror the South Korean director s fascination with reincarnation 
3.5
More
Roger Ebert
Mimsy Farmer s scenes are the best in the film Unfortunately there are a lot of other scenes that go nowhere 
2.5
Losing Ground
Jesse Cataldo
The inherent tension of this scenario is ratcheted up gradually across patient theatrically composed scenes 
3
Losing Ground
Peter Keough
As a directorial debut Losing Ground astonishes with its assurance subtlety and style 
3.5
Sandstorm
Jonathan Curiel
A film of substance and poignancy 
3
Sandstorm
Steve Rhodes
An engrossing and almost incredible true story of social injustice that follows a crime gang rape from incident to trial and a bit beyond 
3.5
Valiant
Bob Bloom
Valiant is not about wins and losses it s not even a tale of a team far exceeding its expectations It is a tribute to conquering despair and pain and embracing sports to regain strength and rise above the horror that crushed a city 
3.5
Swamp Thing
Alex Keneas
It s a commando style action adventure But its idea of excitement a to be Adrienne Barbeau continually shouting for help while the Swamp Thing slowly turns 90 degrees to catch her direction 
1
Swamp Thing
James Kendrick
Sure it s kind of hokey and a bit campy and has some narrative bumbling and pacing issues but overall it is a genuinely fun diversion a contemporary man in a rubber suit creature feature that also happens to boast a decent amount of heart 
3
Swamp Thing
Matt Brunson
This campy adaptation of the DC Comics series has always been the odd title out in Wes Craven s horror filmography It s all the better for it since it s one of the few movies from this overrated auteur that I can personally stand 
2.5
Swamp Thing
David Nusair
a disappointingly thin endeavor that seems to have been designed to appeal solely to young boys 
1.5
Swamp Thing
Roger Ebert
One of those movies that fall somewhere between buried treasures and guilty pleasures 
3
Swamp Thing
James O'Ehley
What Brit writer Alan Moore made work on the printed page is as dumb as the plot synopsis makes it sounds 
1
The Free World
Roger Moore
Leads Boyd Holbrook Octavia Spencer and Elisabeth Moss are better than the clumsy third act melodramatics this drama throws at us
2
The Free World
Nick Allen
Dog metaphors prove to be only one of Jason Lew s problems as his debut The Free World is riddled with more than a few unfortunate directorial choices 
1.5
The Free World
Scott Renshaw
Every once in a while it takes a movie approximately two minutes for it to be clear that my eyes will be rolling for the next 90 
1.5
Peppermint
Federico Furzan
Action movies are almost never boring It s almost as if this movie wants to be one This is not worthy of our time Full review in Spanish 
1
Peppermint
Matt Brunson
Let s take a moment to shed a tear for Jennifer Garner a terrific actress who has received too few breaks from Hollywood 
2
Peppermint
Joey Magidson
Standards are low for mindless action fare to be sure but even so this flick falls well short of the mark 
2
Peppermint
Linda Cook
Peppermint will leave a bad taste in your mouth 
1
Peppermint
Josh Terry
Unless you re a card carrying member of the Jennifer Garner Fan Club who is determined to watch every last entry on her IMDB page there s no justifiable reason to recommend Peppermint 
1.5
Peppermint
Tom Meek
The amiable Jennifer Garner spreading her wings as an avenging angel has a lot less to work with in terms of nuance and character though the film far exceeds Taken in brutality and head count 
2
Peppermint
Lindsey Bahr
Peppermint is not some model of equality it s just violent escapism that happens to have a woman in the lead role 
2
Peppermint
Christian Toto
Dumb and Dumber Meets Death Wish 
1
Peppermint
Sonny Bunch
You could put Garner in a Taken John Wick style high concept action thriller annually and I d show up for each and every one of them 
2.5
Peppermint
David Nusair
the movie almost immediately segues into a tedious and distressingly meandering midsection almost entirely devoid of compelling interludes 
2
Peppermint
Mark Dujsik
Morel is too busy figuring out how to make the most of the body count to note what Garner could have brought to this material 
2
Peppermint
Roger Moore
STX throws money at stars and crappy ideas at the wall to see what sticks As in Mile 22 Happytime Murders and Peppermint 
1.5
Peppermint
Barry Hertz
A laughably bad melange of blood guts and racial stereotypes 
0.5
Peppermint
Bob Bloom
Peppermint is a thoroughly unpleasant movie shallow and simplistic with one dimensional stereotypical characters and a lazy very predictable plot 
1.5
Peppermint
Henry Stewart
If much of Pierre Morel s work to this point scanned as tongue in cheek this one feels like a raspberry 
1
Peppermint
James Berardinelli
Chad St John s screenplay fails because the setup is too distressing and depressing to wring enjoyment out of Garner s righteous vengeance 
2
Peppermint
Peter Hartlaub
It s all very satisfying in a visceral way like the feeling you get after finding the housefly that s been buzzing around your head since three in the morning and crushing it with a rolled up Sporting Green 
2
Peppermint
Bruce DeMara
The whole mess is wildly implausible but largely because of Garner s presence it kinda sorta works 
2.5
Peppermint
Ty Burr
Garner bulls her way through the film with determination and a minimum of facial expressions like someone who s been told to clean up something awful and just wants to get it over with 
1
Peppermint
Sean P. Means
It s admirable that Garner wants to expand beyond the bubbly romantic comedy and supportive mom roles that have been her bread and butter but it would have been nice if she had taken a knife to the script and demanded something better 
2
Peppermint
Rafer Guzman
With its bloody but bland violence Peppermint fails to deliver 
1.5
Peppermint
Richard Roeper
Stylishly directed but gratuitously nasty and cliché riddled 
2
Mr. X
Carson Lund
For a life beyond mere DVD supplementary material the film could use a dose of rigor to balance out its steady stream of congratulatory pit stops 
2.5
When I Walk
Nathalie Atkinson
It s incredibly up close and personal like an uplifting and real vlog not meant for others to see 
3
When I Walk
Noah Berlatsky
His life isn t his disease and neither after an uncertain start is his lovingly collaborative film 
3.5
When I Walk
Kam Williams
An unblinking look at a life and love irreversibly altered by the onset of MS 
3.5
Aliens
Erik Childress
A masterclass across multiple genres that is 44 unarguably 44 one of the greatest sequels and 44 even 44 films of all time 46 
4
Aliens
Brian Eggert
If more filmmakers took Cameron s approach to sequel making Hollywood s franchises might not seem so dull and homogenized today 
4
Aliens
Tony Mastroianni
Just when you think the movie is over Cameron comes back with another piece of action more daring than the last While Aliens has more than its share of special effects the heart of the film s success is its intense unrelenting and spectacular action 
3
Aliens
David Nusair
An often astonishingly engaging and entertaining sequel 
4
Aliens
Matt Brunson
An excellent science fiction horror action AND war film 
4
Aliens
Rick Kogan
Scene to scene encounter to encounter its tension builds unrelentingly So fasten your seat belts It s a blast 
4
Aliens
David Keyes
The first of these movies remains one of the great sci fi horror achievements of the modern cinema but its sequel Aliens is that rare instance where a follow up deviates from the formula and finds an effective rhythm in propelling the story
3.5
Aliens
Desmond Ryan
Aliens is a spectacular example of state of the art science fiction simply because it never tries to be overtly spectacular 
3
Aliens
Gene Siskel
Count me out of the fan club for this one 
2
Aliens
Wesley Lovell
Another defining picture in the sci fi genre A stellar achievement that s almost as good as the original 
4
Aliens
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Everything a sequel should be 
3.5
Aliens
Ed Gonzalez
The Director s Cut of the film hauntingly amplifies Ripley s disconnect from her dead daughter and her relationship to the young Newt 
2.5
Aliens
Gabe Leibowitz
Aliens never strives to be as accomplished as the original but it s wit and turbo charged battles make it a wild and electric ride one with the best replay value of the franchise 
4
Aliens
James Kendrick
the ultimate science fiction war epic
4
Aliens
Roger Ebert
The ads for Aliens claim that this movie will frighten you as few movies have and for once the ads don t lie 
3.5
Aliens
James Berardinelli
When it comes to the logical marriage of action adventure and science fiction few films are as effective or accomplished as Aliens 
4
Aliens
Ted Prigge
This is what this film does to you it leaves you completely drained just like the characters in this movie Some say that the fact that this is exhausting is a major flaw I say it s ingenius filmmaking not a shock from James Cameron 
4
American Fable
Sheila O'Malley
American Fable is ambitious maybe too much so sometimes but there s an intense pleasure in the boldness of the film s style its confidence in what it is about 
3
Man Without a Cell Phone
Chris Cabin
An irrefutably pleasant and yet terminally half hearted comedy 
1.5
Sinister 2
Brian Eggert
Overall 44 this is D level material 44 and the only genuine shock it delivers is that it didn 8217 t debut on VOD or Netflix 46 
1.5
Sinister 2
Mattie Lucas
A few chilling images and a terrific score by tomandandy can t make up for lackluster performances mainly from a completely miscast lead over reliance on jump scares and an overall sense of ennui 
1.5
Sinister 2
Frank Ochieng
Sinister II s crime is not so much the calculating presence of a haunt hipster looking to stunt the growth of bewildered housing inhabitants as it is following the pedestrian path of boofests with banal bangs of exhilaration 
2
Sinister 2
John Beifuss
The ghost children require the boys to watch home movies of murder in this way the film ritualizes the aesthetic observance of violence to quote one character that gives its particular bogeyman and the horror genre life 
2.5
Sinister 2
Eric D. Snider
The new perspective opens up possibilities but the story still feels rehashed 
2
Sinister 2
Linda Cook
The script to Sinister 2 is a mess Mostly it s boring but it s also a hodgepodge of ineffectual dialogue and setups 
.5
Sinister 2
Jackson Cuidon
This and crucially only this is what s scary about Sinister 2 that only when you most expect it something may happen on screen that ll make you twitch in your chair 
1.5
Sinister 2
Roger Moore
James Ransome is better than the not very frightening horror film they ve built around him 
1.5
Sinister 2
James Berardinelli
Although Sinister 2 continues the story begun in Scott Derrickson s creepily effective Sinister it feels more like an unnecessary retread than an organic extension of the original 
2
Sinister 2
Rafer Guzman
Creepy kids and sick jokes make for meager scares but Ransone is likable as the film s beleaguered hero 
2
Sinister 2
David Nusair
the relatively fresh non retread atmosphere is certainly a refreshing change of pace from most repetitive horror sequels 
2.5
Sinister 2
Tomris Laffly
It s possible to find some appeal here but the overstuffed Sinister 2 has simply too much cheapness on its plate 
1.5
Sinister 2
Mark Dujsik
Narratively and formally Sinister 2 is a lot of the same old same old 
1.5
Sinister 2
John Semley
Nothing in Sinister 2 comes across as believably scary 
1
Sinister 2
Dustin Putman
Sinister 2 isn t without some singularly chilling moments but it just as frequently goes awry The result sadly is a film that repeatedly reminds how and why its predecessor got so much right that this one gets wrong 
2
Sinister 2
Mike Doherty
Director Ciarn Foy crafts a tense atmosphere with his hand held cameras and the doe eyed Ransone has a self deprecating charm but poor underwritten So and So spends most of his time wandering from one jump scene to the next 
2
Sinister 2
Simon Abrams
Sinister 2 is so close to being a good movie that everything bad about it seems ten times worse 
2
Sinister 2
Katie Walsh
The whole thing has a rather goofy feel to it 
1.5
Sinister 2
Kyle Smith
A serviceable if somewhat redundant horror sequel that dribbles out its secrets slowly Sinister 2 doesn t have a particularly satisfying end it s somehow both too drawn out and abrupt but it s got creepiness galore 
2
Sinister 2
Ed Gonzalez
It merely exudes an aura of cheap manipulation by which the audience is simply asked to rank the film s characters on a d bag scale and root for their survival or destruction accordingly 
1
Heaven's Gate
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Michael Cimino s film represented a slight return to classicism to larger than life Panavision spectacle and crane shot managed majesty however contradicted by narrative bleakness 
3
Heaven's Gate
Roger Ebert
This movie is 36 million thrown to the winds It is the most scandalous cinematic waste I have ever seen and remember I ve seen Paint Your Wagon 
0.5
Heaven's Gate
James Sanford
has considerable curiosity value as an important piece of contemporary film history and as an example of how a filmmaker got it so wrong by trying so hard to get it right 
2
Heaven's Gate
Jeremy Heilman
Because of its ambition the film is sometimes sloppy but that sloppiness is forgivable because it s the exalted compelling kind 
4
Heaven's Gate
James Kendrick
Cimino s sprawling anti Western is above all a great paradox or better yet jumble of paradoxes 
2.5
Fortress
Tom Meek
Bruce Willis appeared in eight films in 2021 of which I ve have the displeasure to witness half 
1
Coming Soon
Michael Dequina
It doesn t take a genius to figure out how this film ends though it is a bit shocking how abrupt and yes unsatisfying it is 
2
Therese and Isabelle
Eric Henderson
Probably the most common misconception about Radley Metzger s films is that they are innocent 
3.5
Therese and Isabelle
Roger Ebert
There is something preposterous in the sight of two adult women Essy Persson and Anna Gael costumed and cast as schoolgirls The effect is roughly as convincing as Jonathan Winters in a Cub Scout uniform 
1.5
Blood Diamond
David Nusair
It s clear that Blood Diamond takes quite a while to wholeheartedly get going 
3
Blood Diamond
Peter Keough
After centuries of raping Africa for its resources now we exploit its misery for our amusement 
2
Blood Diamond
Joe Lozito
Beneath the shocking brutality in Blood Diamond is the story of father searching for his son which thanks to Mr Hounsou s work is nearly worth the price of admission 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Johnny Vaughan
It s DiCaprio s Oscar nominated turn that steals the show 
3
Blood Diamond
Jay Antani
in a storytelling strategy rare for Zwick we don t find ourselves laden with didactic demands but instead swept up in an exciting narrative free to process its moral equations on our own
3.5
Blood Diamond
Greg Maki
Has a greater purpose aiming to use the scenario as more than just a backdrop for a quest to find a precious stone 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Jonathan R. Perry
If ever there were a film that shouldn t end on a note of rhythmic clapping this is it What a mess 
2
Blood Diamond
Steven Snyder
It leaves a bitter aftertaste but perhaps that couldn t be avoided This isn t a feel good affair 
3
Blood Diamond
Kam Williams
High impact African action flick a flawed gem 
2
Blood Diamond
Sean O'Connell
A mainstream action adventure that happens to stand on a base of headline grabbing current events 
3
Blood Diamond
Sean McBride
great acting and the gorgeous African scenery combine to form what is easily one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Mike McGranaghan
Blood Diamond is unapologetically political but if you re going to do this kind of thing this is the way to do it The film works as a message movie yet it s also terrific entertainment 
4
Blood Diamond
Michael A. Smith
Director Zwick and cinematographer Eduardo Serra Unbreakable have managed to capture the vast beauty of Africa while maintaining a true sense of dread and horror that manages to take over the story 
4
Blood Diamond
Matt Brunson
The movie s lofty intentions are hamstrung by having to coexist uneasily with a trio of stock characters 
2
Blood Diamond
Walter Chaw
Breaks its arm patting itself on the back 
1
Blood Diamond
Jeffrey Westhoff
A top notch adventure movie with fantastic production values and the cold sharp edge of a machete 
3
Blood Diamond
Thomas Delapa
DiCaprio may not be the king of the world but he is the king of this flawed and semi precious movie 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Moira MacDonald
It succeeds well at what it sets out to do wrapping a worthy message in a compelling story 
3
Blood Diamond
Forrest Hartman
Whether or not viewers heed the moral of Zwick s film they should be wowed by his adventure story 
4
Blood Diamond
James Sanford
The early portions especially the scenes of little boys being brainwashed and bullied by their RUF captors are harrowing Unfortunately the story s power diminishes as the film goes on 
3
Blood Diamond
Kit Bowen
Blood Diamond maintains a certain level of intensity that will certainly stir the soul and perhaps inspire activism But unfortunately it also tries a little too hard to convey its message about global conflict 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Maitland McDonagh
Zwick and screenwriter Charles Leavitt are torn between the competing masters of popular entertainment and education and they wind up serving neither well 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Peter Howell
Blood Diamond is redeemed by its solid performances Chiefly from DiCaprio who is having a great year and Hounsou who is dignity incarnate 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Mick LaSalle
Some might argue that the Connelly role serves as the film s conscience That may have been the intent but as with a lot of things intended with Blood Diamond the audience isn t made to feel it 
1
Blood Diamond
David Elliott
Director Edward Zwick whose movies tend to preen swell and stretch pushes lengths past the obvious emotional closure and moral payoff 
2
Blood Diamond
Carla Meyer
Blood Diamond takes its title from jewels sold to fund murder and mayhem in conflict zones Yet it s not a message movie but an old fashioned entertaining action adventure that contains messages 
3
Blood Diamond
Peter Travers
DiCaprio is terrific but he can t save this lecture from the shame of using Africa as a vehicle for another white man s redemption 
2
Blood Diamond
Pam Grady
This unwieldy mix of action romance and politics collapses under the weight of its high minded ambitions and questionable story 
2
Blood Diamond
Steven Rea
Africa has long been exploited by the West for ivory for gold for diamonds for oil And more recently for and by Hollywood 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Stephen Whitty
Of course there are the serious titles at the end urging us to be educated consumers about the diamonds we buy because all true social change begins at Tiffany s 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Sean P. Means
Hounsou s paternal ferocity and DiCaprio s ruthless toughness provide the fire Blood Diamond needs more of to burn away the script s political overkill 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Kyle Smith
Action and message cancel each other out To put it another way this movie wants you to be appalled by the real slaughter of Africans by Africans which it blames on you but be entertained by the slaughter of Africans by DiCaprio 
1.5
Blood Diamond
Jack Mathews
Blood Diamond is in the vernacular of Old Hollywood a rip roaring adventure the kind made in the 30s with Clark Gable and the handiest leading lady on contract at MGM 
3
Blood Diamond
Duane Dudek
Zwick adds passion and social conscience to a screenplay that could be a one dimensional great white hope action film without them and creates a patchwork portrait of a beautiful but cruel land 
3
Blood Diamond
Moira MacDonald
It succeeds well at what it sets out to do wrapping a worthy message in a compelling story 
3
Blood Diamond
Bob Strauss
In short It s a mess 
2
Blood Diamond
Robert W. Butler
You can see DiCaprio and Connelly acting They re trying too hard 
2
Blood Diamond
Amy Biancolli
Blood Diamond was directed by Edward Zwick a staunchly mainstream filmmaker who seems most at ease with the language of epic storytelling If you re in the market for sweep or machismo he s your man 
3
Blood Diamond
Liam Lacey
What you will remember from the film though is the performance by Leonardo DiCaprio in his most impressive work since he was a teenaged wunderkind 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Terry Lawson
Blood Diamond has been directed with energy and style by Edward Zwick who has a long and mostly impressive history of finding large audiences for films that address cultural and social inequity 
3
Blood Diamond
Jeff Vice
Blood Diamond also has the same bothersome and somewhat patronizing quality that marred Zwick s last film The Last Samurai And it keeps repeating the same points over and over again 
2
Blood Diamond
Lisa Kennedy
In balancing its major motion picture ambitions with thoughtful intentions this compelling neo message movie offers a fresh T shirt motto for the ongoing campaigns against diamonds that help finance corruption and slaughter Do the Right Bling 
3
Blood Diamond
Mary F. Pols
Connelly exudes fiery intelligence and integrity while DiCaprio jumps into their verbal sparring matches with the aplomb of Humphrey Bogart and the sexual charge of the young Paul Newman 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Richard Roeper
Blood Diamond is a work of amazingly orchestrated chaos 
4
Blood Diamond
Ty Burr
Blood Diamond wears both its social conscience and its Hollywood calculation on its sleeve The movie wants to rouse you to action while narcotizing you with Connelly s bottomless green eyes 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Eric Melin
Conversation sounds like it is coming from the screenwriter and not the characters 
2
Blood Diamond
Rob Thomas
A serious Hollywood entertainment that keeps an audience rapt in their seats for almost 2 and a half hours and then sends them out the door with plenty to chew on 
3
Blood Diamond
Sara Michelle Fetters
Without question 2006 has turned into the year of Leonardo DiCaprio 
3
Blood Diamond
John Beifuss
A King Solomon s Mines for the troubled consciences of a post colonial age Is that why the lead African character is named Solomon 
3
Blood Diamond
Peter Canavese
I ll take Blood Diamond over Lethal Weapon 5 any day Let s call it a flawed gem 
3
Blood Diamond
Erik Childress
At least Zwick has given men everywhere an excuse for their ladies the next time they expect a bigger piece of jewelry than their friends 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Mark Dujsik
The question is not whether Blood Diamond succeeds as a mature politically minded piece of entertainment but whether it should be an entertainment in the first place 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Willie Waffle
You forget about the accent within minutes as you get wrapped up in what DiCaprio is saying and doing 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the type of movie that used to star Pierce Brosnan pre James Bond and be sent straight to video Zwick has added nothing new except to make it longer 
2
Blood Diamond
Claudia Puig
Blood Diamond is a gem in a season with lots of worthy movies 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Lawrence Toppman
There s an extraordinary subplot in Blood Diamond sandwiched between a main story meant to arouse outrage and a Hollywood clumsy finale meant to provoke a standing ovation 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Dustin Putman
There hasn t been a more entertaining and satisfying drama released to theaters in months 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Michael Wilmington
Blood Diamond is a visually sumptuous bullet train paced thriller with a really provocative theme 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Matt Pais
Whether or not a reporter and a smuggler can find love amidst all this fighting is really not the key issue in a brutal war zone 
2.5
Blood Diamond
Chris Hewitt
Kanye West s four minute song Diamonds From Sierra Leone conveys an anti diamond message more clearly and effectively than 143 awful minutes of The Blood Diamond 
1
Blood Diamond
Gene Seymour
It s hard to credit the anti exploitation message of a movie that treats its African men women and children as wholesale cannon fodder doomed but noble ciphers or sneering bloodthirsty sociopaths 
2
Blood Diamond
Phil Villarreal
The film glitters like a ruby Yeah ruby Because diamonds are bad 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Josh Larsen
Zwick s argument holds water but his storytelling suffers largely because Blood Diamond tells the wrong story 
2
Blood Diamond
Steve Rhodes
Long predictable and very simplistic Is it racist It argues that black Africans have been slaughtering each other forever and will continue to do so 
2
Blood Diamond
James Berardinelli
If only Edward Zwick s mastery of the medium had extended to pruning the screenplay and editing the final result Blood Diamond might have been a tremendous film rather than one worthy of only a lukewarm recommendation 
3
Blood Diamond
Glenn Kenny
It makes its points without too much breast beating caching its polemic within a tough minded entertainment 
3.5
Blood Diamond
Jeanne Aufmuth
Crafted for maximum entertainment 
3
Blood Diamond
Scott Nash
While it might miss the boat in trying to convey its message as an action film Blood Diamond succeeds admirably 
3
Blood Diamond
Ed Gonzalez
This trumped up melodrama whenever bored of brandishing trite homilies about the links between civil war in Sierra Leone and the international diamond trade overdoses the screen in sick splashes of violence 
1
Bad Day for the Cut
Roger Moore
A heavily accented but superior vengeance thriller set in the land of Revenge Killings Northern Ireland 
3
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fun and exciting monster flick and one I suggest you watch 
3
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!
Gemma Tarlach
The sight of a clumsy bipedal lizard knocking into what s clearly a cardboard and Styrofoam model has a quaint charm all its own 
2.5
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!
Wesley Morris
As absurd as its title and by those standards it s a hilarious success 
3
Reach the Rock
Michael Dequina
Such a glorified workshop may have its rewards for the actors but it leaves audiences with a booby prize 
1.5
Reach the Rock
Roger Ebert
It was produced and written by John Hughes who should have donated his screenplay to a nearby day care center for use by preschoolers in constructing paper chains 
1
The Ballad of Bering Strait
Elias Savada
There s an infectious hope that permeates Ballad s short breath 
3
The Ballad of Bering Strait
Bob Strauss
As one listener who calls in after a radio test play hilariously puts it They sound like Yankees Of course looked at another way could the end of the Cold War have resulted in anything more cross culturally beguiling 
2.5
The Ballad of Bering Strait
Megan Lehmann
Little is made of the cultural fusion aspect of their story and ultimately the struggle for success tale is as homogenized as the music 
2
Butter on the Latch
Kenji Fujishima
The film s more overtly observational moments never quite fuse with the more surrealistic passages to convey an organically convincing sense of a mind going on the fritz 
2.5
Luis Bunuel's Robinson Crusoe
Josh Larsen
could pass as just another literary adaptation if you weren t watching closely 
2.5
Luis Bunuel's Robinson Crusoe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is the best Crusoe I ve ever seen 
3.5
Luis Bunuel's Robinson Crusoe
Ed Gonzalez
Buuel posits a more existential relationship between Crusoe nature and most significantly the character s loneliness 
3.5
Karl Marx City
Kent Turner
Absorbing and fascinating
3.5
Karl Marx City
Jake Cole
Petra Epperlein s personal ties to the subject matter provides the documentary with a necessary anchor point 
3
Pet Sematary
Brian Eggert
At 101 minutes Pet Sematary feels like it s in a rush to get to the gore whereas the real horror of this story lies in the justifications that lead a rational man to go against everything he believes 
2
Pet Sematary
Steven Prokopy
It s a scary film that earns its scares by making us care deeply for its characters And while that isn t as much of a rarity in horror as it used to be it still feels particularly special when someone gets it as right as this film does 
3
Pet Sematary
Federico Furzan
The very definition of a useless movie This lacks any intention of being valid in a sea of remakes Full review in Spanish 
1
Pet Sematary
Mattie Lucas
If this perfunctory adaptation is all we re going to get out of some of King s most iconic works perhaps they should stay buried 
2
Pet Sematary
Matt Brunson
It s not like there wasn t any room for improvement 
2
Pet Sematary
Linda Cook
A thought provoking creepy rendition of the King tale 
3
Pet Sematary
Donovan Farley
Pet Sematary isn t perfect but its flaws are minimal enough to make it a fun and hair raising escape from the actual horrors of the world which is exactly what one wants from anything tied to Stephen King 
3
Pet Sematary
Walter Chaw
The picture s not a total failure partly thanks to Seimetz but it s hollowed out and insubstantial The cat s good though 
1.5
Pet Sematary
James Kendrick
a mediocre horror film made decidedly worse by the way it completely dismisses the novel s dense emotional terrain namely the horrific ways in which the void of abject grief can consume us to the point that we lose all rationality
2
Pet Sematary
Matthew Passantino
Pet Sematary is a suspiciously flat film where terrifying things happen to the characters but aren t properly translated to the audience 
2
Pet Sematary
Gary Thompson
The author usually isn t a fan of the movies more than 70 made from his books but he says he likes this one and it s easy to see why 
2.5
Pet Sematary
David Nusair
progressively tedious and thoroughly uninvolving 
2
Pet Sematary
Roger Moore
Neither good nor terrible just inert 
2
Pet Sematary
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pet Sematary not so much horrifying as it is frustrating and as such it doesn t do a darn thing for me 
1.5
Pet Sematary
Kevin A. Ranson
script departures are enough to argue a new edition and provide Jeté Laurence with an amazing opportunity as Ellie 2 0 While not as visceral as at could have been the case is made for this improved remake 
3
Pet Sematary
Joe Friar
Creepy visuals but no scares in the latest adaptation of King s novel What should have been a chilling finale is reduced to an almost comical visual that feels trendy as if the directors are aiming for a new series on AMC 
2.5
Pet Sematary
Mike McGranaghan
When a horror movie makes you feel like you need to go lie down for a while after you see it that movie has done a good job 
3.5
Pet Sematary
Joey Magidson
The best part about the film is Jeté Laurence who gives a very strong performance one that asks a lot of the child 
3
Pet Sematary
Karen M. Peterson
Pet Sematary is more concerned with being gross than being interesting 
2
Pet Sematary
Chandler Levack
Hidden within the deep recesses of Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmye s not that scary movie is a really compelling film about death unfortunately they re tasked with a bland way too literal script to be able to make it 
2.5
Pet Sematary
Katie Walsh
In its attempt to breathe new life into the iconic title while respectfully paying homage to its legacy the new iteration of Pet Sematary overpromises and underdelivers 
2
Pet Sematary
Rex Reed
The time has come to bury Pet Sematary once and for all 
2
Pet Sematary
Matthew Rozsa
Watching Fred Gwynne nail a Maine accent and spout cheesy dialogue is much more entertaining than this movie s monotonous series of lame jump scares 
2
Pet Sematary
Josh Terry
The film will resonate with King diehards there are multiple callbacks to the first movie along with some twists but to be clear This is pretty unsettling stuff enough that it s hard to recommend it 
2.5
Pet Sematary
Peter Sobczynski
Although Pet Sematary is a largely dreadful film it is slightly better and never as offensively bad as the first version 
1.5
Pet Sematary
Robert Horton
Distinguished only by its dour determination and a better than necessary cast 
1.5
Pet Sematary
James Berardinelli
From start to finish there s little joy to be had from Pet Sematary Those who accept this and perhaps even welcome it will find that Kolsch and Widmyer have crafted an effective and unnerving interpretation of King s novel 
3
Pet Sematary
Mark Dujsik
It ignores the horror of the human side of the story and instead looks to superficial scariness of the story s gimmick 
2
Pet Sematary
Dustin Putman
Viciously poignant and dread inducingly eerie As far as inferior remakes go it achieves a welcome unpredictability precious few manage 
2.5
Pet Sematary
Rene Sanchez
It might not fuel your nightmares but there s enough material to make you question the mystery of life after death Full Review in Spanish 
2
Pet Sematary
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Unfortunately even if the 2019 Pet Sematary is a masterpiece compared to its predecessor it all the same falls short of anything but cheap thrills 
1.5
Pet Sematary
Johnny Oleksinski
Doesn t get creative enough with the haunting images that were so memorable in King s book And when making a movie out of this story you absolutely must get creative 
2.5
Pet Sematary
Richard Larson
The story has enough pathos to fulfill the expectations of a great tragedy but the film feels like a commercial for something else entirely 
1.5
Pet Sematary
Richard Roeper
It s ugly but not scary It s creepy but not chilling It s one of the least successful adaptations of a Stephen King story since the last tPet Sematary 
2
Pet Sematary
Peter Howell
Pet Sematary still isn t very scary but it s gotten a lot more stupid 
1
Pet Sematary
G. Allen Johnson
The new Pet Sematary directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer isn t bad but seems unnecessary It s even a little bland 
2
Pet Sematary
Soren Andersen
Should have left well enough alone 
1.5
Pet Sematary
Sean P. Means
As a movie watcher and a viewer of my fair share of horror films I will say that the latest adaptation of King s creepiest misspelling delivers more dread than scares 
2.5
Life, Above All
Roger Moore
A gripping African drama about a child who has to grow up too fast who has to keep her family together and alive and has come to terms with the AIDS stigma that her neighbors place on them 
3
Life, Above All
John Beifuss
The location settings are more compelling than the filmmaking but the subject matter and the effective presence of young Khomotso Manyaka perhaps make this worth seeking out for those who are sympathetic to its subject matter 
2.5
Life, Above All
Rob Thomas
Life Above All is an incredibly sad movie that never relies on sentimentality and is as clear eyed about the story as its forthright young heroine 
3
Life, Above All
Dwight Brown
The film plays out like a modern allegory with strong life lessons This an emotionally satisfying and cleansing first hand experience about that scourge called AIDS 
3.5
Life, Above All
Rene Rodriguez
A well meaning but ploddingly earnest after school special 
2
Life, Above All
Matt Pais
There are a lot of tears in Life Above All and they re all earned 
3
Life, Above All
Roger Ebert
Life Above All earns the tears it inspires The film is about deep human emotions evoked with sympathy and love 
4
Life, Above All
Tom Keogh
There is less in your face grit in Cape Town born director Oliver Schmitz s vision for this film than there is a careful pacing of somber revelations 
3
Life, Above All
Joe Williams
In such a bleak story the redemptive ending seems rushed and unconvincing but director Oliver Schmitz has sent us a timely dispatch from a forgotten corner of the world that is honest above all 
3
Life, Above All
Michael O'Sullivan
Life Above All a deeply moving South African drama about AIDS and ostracism manages to be paradoxically both austere and uplifting 
2.5
Life, Above All
Chris Hewitt
It feels like a peek into another world 
3
Life, Above All
Ty Burr
If its allegorical underpinnings blur the film s edges the performances bring it back into focus 
3
Life, Above All
Alexandra Cavallo
A grave quietly moving coming of age tale of a young girl raised in a village where many her infant sister in this case are robbed of the opportunity to come of age at all 
3
Life, Above All
Ilya Tovbis
It has its heart in the right place but it quickly begins to bleed at the edges and soon these edges come to dominate the film s core 
1.5
Life, Above All
Bruce DeMara
A wrenching and powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of a remorseless disease and societal prejudice 
3.5
Life, Above All
Liam Lacey
Newcomer Manyaka who as Chanda carries the family s burdens on her slender shoulders is compelling she always seems to be leaning forward ready to walk head first into her next battle 
2.5
Life, Above All
Stephen Whitty
That tragedy is the real point of Life After All And if the film makes people think about that problem that s a good thing 
2.5
Life, Above All
V.A. Musetto
A downer that too often resorts to melodrama 
2
Life, Above All
Kam Williams
A convincing portrayal of the tragic plight of the HIV poor in South Africa 
4
Life, Above All
James Adams
Bernhard Jasper s cinematography under Oliver Schmitz s direction is at once funky and elegant while the scrip is inspiring without resorting to any cheap sentimentality 
3
What's the Matter With Helen?
Eric Henderson
The layers of pastiche that fuel What s the Matter with Helen multiply like Shelly Winters s titular character s fat white rabbits 
2.5
What's the Matter With Helen?
Roger Ebert
The whole movie is very 1930s right down to the phony studio streets and the 20 foot shadow that comes around the corner five seconds before the actor does 
1.5
PTU
David Nusair
all the moody cinematography in the world can t disguise the inherently dull screenplay 
1.5
PTU
Ed Gonzalez
Style doesn t trump substance in Johnny To s quickie circus act PTU because the style is the substance 
3.5
The Padre
Glenn Kenny
In a sense it s pleasant to see Nolte Roth and Guzmán settling into their roles as if they were old slippers but these great performers aren t completely outfitted to settle for Greatest Hits work 
2
Unmistaken Child
Rick Groen
This documentary is only partly a story of the chosen one mainly and more intriguingly it s a chronicle of the choosing one of the nervous young monk charged with the job of leading the search party 
3
Unmistaken Child
Greg Quill
The film is fascinating on every level as a portrait of a willing servant in a complex powerful and inscrutable religious system and a feast of spectacular sights and unusual mundane events in a corner of the world rarely exposed to prying eyes 
3.5
Unmistaken Child
Robert W. Butler
Even atheists may find their world rocked by Nati Baratz s Unmistaken Child 
3.5
Unmistaken Child
Roger Ebert
Director Baratz doesn t ask any of the obvious questions preferring to observe uncritically and if you can do the same you may find Unmistaken Child worth seeing I could not and grew restless 
2.5
Unmistaken Child
Tom Keogh
Director Baratz s access to every stage of the process from Zopa s selection of a candidate to the testing of that candidate to the blessing of the Dalai Lama himself is phenomenal almost indescribably privileged 
4
Unmistaken Child
Ty Burr
You could argue that the film would be stronger if it explained more fully and asked more questions yet Unmistaken Child stands as a window on a beautiful and mysterious world The questions it leaves hanging are for us to untangle 
3
Unmistaken Child
Walter V. Addiego
A compelling documentary about events that followed the 2001 death of the revered Tibetan master Geshe Lama Kochog 
3
Unmistaken Child
V.A. Musetto
The story unfolds in Israeli director Nati Baratz s intriguing beautifully filmed documentary Unmistaken Child which records Tenzin Zopa s search and its aftermath 
3
Unmistaken Child
Lauren Wissot
As lovely as the elegiac music and breathtaking shots of the Tibetan countryside are in Unmistaken Child they don t really move things along 
2
The Girl With All the Gifts
Brian Eggert
Most innovative is the material s acceptance that humanity doesn t inherently deserve to continue rather Nature chooses which species survive And if humanity is to be replaced by something else then so be it 
3.5
The Girl With All the Gifts
Walter Chaw
The innovation of Girl is that Melanie is in fact a monster Horror films are best when they borrow from and reflect reality There isn t anything scarier than truth dig it 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Brian Tallerico
Just when you thought the zombie genre was out of ideas along comes Colm McCarthy s smart and engaging The Girl with All the Gifts a film with echoes of George A Romero Danny Boyle and Robert Kirkman 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Barry Hertz
A wicked gory and even occasionally funny take on George A Romero 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Mark Dujsik
It s a zombie movie that possesses clearly defined characters cares about the ideas they both state and represent and has a few vital things to say 
3.5
The Girl With All the Gifts
Dann Gire
The Girl With All the Gifts finds a fresh gutsy approach to the zombie virus apocalypse movie 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Soren Andersen
An effective and surprisingly intelligent exercise in sustained horror 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Josh Larsen
a potent consideration of original sin the notion that we are all born with a propensity toward evil 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Christian Toto
The Girl With All the Gifts isn t an instant classic It s just a reminder the zombie genre isn t ready for retirement yet 
3
The Girl With All the Gifts
Clayton Dillard
The film wants to have its flesh and eat it too but even more damning is how little meat is on its bones to begin with 
1.5
The Girl With All the Gifts
David Nusair
a decent yet hopelessly erratic horror effort that could ve used a few more passes through the editing bay 
2.5
Thomas Keating: A Rising Tide of Silence
Kam Williams
A poignant portrait of a transcendent figure for the ages with a simple message that Forgiveness is at the very center of Christianity 
3.5
A Classic Horror Story
David Nusair
an almost successful endeavor that just doesn t entirely work 
2
A Classic Horror Story
Roger Moore
Classic comes a tad closer to that label thanks to a boffo finish 
2.5
Multiple Sarcasms
Joe Neumaier
The cast is uniformly appealing in out of left field ways but writer director Brooks Branch lets the story amble lazily 
3
Multiple Sarcasms
Sara Michelle Fetters
It doesn t help that Hutton s performance is strictly one note I kept waiting for him to find the man s depths to give me an understanding into his malaise that I could relate to and understand 
2
Multiple Sarcasms
Lou Lumenick
First time filmmaker Brooks Branch underutilizes an estimable cast 
1.5
Multiple Sarcasms
Tom Keogh
Multiple Sarcasms has a way of creatively meandering into unexpected pockets of comedy and poignancy heading toward some kind of eventual grace a little like real life 
3
Multiple Sarcasms
Jeff Vice
Multiple Sarcasms is a terrible title for a movie And it s even worse for a movie that s got some other serious problems 
2
Multiple Sarcasms
Nick Schager
The meaning of Multiple Sarcasms s title is a mystery but then so are many things in Brooks Branch s film 
1
John and Mary
Roger Ebert
John and Mary is supposed to be a contemporary movie I guess and yet it s curiously out of touch 
2.5
Psychic Killer
Lucius Gore
A so so supernatural thriller from the mid 1970s
2
The Rape of Europa
Joe Leydon
C ompels attention and sustains interest as an examination of Adolf Hitler s obsession with claiming Europe s art masterworks for the master race 
3
The Rape of Europa
Kam Williams
A fascinating history lesson about a generally overshadowed aspect of the Second World War 
3.5
The Rape of Europa
Chris Hewitt
The Rape of Europa is conventionally made but it doesn t need cinematic sizzle because it s packed with so many fascinating factoids 
3.5
The Rape of Europa
Phil Villarreal
The directors might have benefited by going smaller u2014 for instance focusing on two or three pieces of lost artwork and tracing their history This art documentary simply isn t artful enough 
2
The Rape of Europa
Larry Ratliff
It s a compelling journey into a soul chilling past that might not be fully sorted out for generations to come 
3
The Rape of Europa
Tim Cuprisin
The Rape of Europa presents iconic images that viewers who aren t schooled in European art will recognize That s a good way to connect with the film and understand the enormity of the pillage by Hitler and his cronies 
2.5
The Rape of Europa
Sean P. Means
The movie s three directors sap the drama out of the story with slow pacing a dispassionate accumulation of facts and a too dry narration by Joan Allen 
2.5
The Rape of Europa
Loey Lockerby
Narrated by Joan Allen the film is a remarkably comprehensive look at the cultural destruction that accompanied the slaughter 
3
The Rape of Europa
Moira MacDonald
This is a vast subject ideally suited to a series of films It s at its most moving when focusing on the small stories of individual artworks taken from their owners and restored to the families decades later 
3
The Rape of Europa
John Monaghan
As thorough as the movie is it could easily devote another hour to cases like this 
3
The Rape of Europa
Philip Marchand
There is a heart rending feeling to this documentary in part due to its sense of irretrievable loss 
3
The Rape of Europa
Roger Ebert
A startling documentary 
3
The Rape of Europa
Michael Phillips
This one has focus trouble canvassing too many countries too many issues and the filmmaking is on the ordinary side 
2.5
The Rape of Europa
Mark Feeney
Not helping matters are Joan Allen s blanched tones as narrator or the general flatness of the talking heads 
2.5
The Rape of Europa
V.A. Musetto
The directors Richard Berge Bonni Cohen and Nicole Newnham have their hearts in the right place But their film is uninspired in style and Joan Allen s narration is dry 
2
The Rape of Europa
Jack Mathews
This meticulously rich documentary chronicles the cultural scavenging of the Nazis and the heroic efforts of art patrons and ordinary citizens to hide the treasures 
3
The Rape of Europa
Ariella Budick
A fascinating account of art s fate during the rise of the Third Reich and the Second World War 
3.5
The Rape of Europa
Nick Schager
As the directors cogently and captivatingly illustrate the Americans acts of preservation and the Nazis destructiveness and inquisitiveness both ultimately confirm art s status as an intrinsic defining facet of national identity 
3
Making Mr. Right
Henry Sheehan
With one eye on contemporary life and another on life the way she d like to see it Susan Seidelman is in the mode of a classic satirist But she s an amiable one 
3
Making Mr. Right
David Nusair
Filmmaker Susan Seidelman has infused Making Mr Right with a funky irreverent feel that ultimately does prove rather difficult to resist 
3.5
Making Mr. Right
Roger Ebert
A smart quick witted wicked and genuinely funny movie 
3.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Roger Moore
Sudeikis in his first starring vehicle kind of sucks it 
1.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Michael Dequina
A consistently funny comedy that goes beyond the mere prospect of the title event 
3
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Eric Melin
There are no big statements made no wider generational revelations that we haven t seen in countless other rude comedies but the cast members chemistry and its refusal to go straight up formulaic make it an interesting diversion 
2.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Peter Canavese
Imagine if the characters on TV s beloved sitcom Friends lost their lease and decided to mark the end with an orgy gives new meaning to I ll be there for you 
1.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Stephen Whitty
Jason Sudeikis mildly annoying in small doses turns out to be greatly annoying in large ones as our hero 
1
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Calvin Wilson
Sitting through A Good Old Fashioned Orgy is like being monopolized by the most irritating person at a really boring party 
1
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Chris Hewitt
The film can t escape the feeling that it s not even interested in its own premise or that its jokey stunted characters are closer to sad than funny 
2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Kyle Smith
Chlamydia gonorrhea and Jason Sudeikis are three reasons to stay well clear of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy but they re not the only ones 
0.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Mark Dujsik
What are missing are the actual jokes and that s because the comic potential rests in the party itself 
1.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Rene Rodriguez
Feels as if it had been conceived and written on the back of a cocktail napkin then handed over to the actors in hope they could come up with some funny business No such luck 
1.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Jon Niccum
Despite a game cast and some scattered big laughs the comedy is often vulgar when subtlety is required and timid when it should go over the top 
2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Peter Hartlaub
Movies about raising children or reconnecting with lost loves can be subtle and slow paced But orgy movies need to go all out There doesn t appear to be any other way 
2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Steven Rea
I scrawled the words completely unappealing people in my trusty notebook sitting there in the dark in the early going of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy 
1.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Loren King
There s a pretty decent comedy somewhere in A Good Old Fashioned Orgy if only it wasn t so attracted to everyone else in the room 
2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Michael Phillips
There s funny and then there s funny and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy is neither 
0
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Matt Pais
Takes no risks and puts almost nothing at stake its definition of boundary pushing is flashing a few dildos and saying butthole 
1.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Tom Keogh
It s undercut by a jokey smart aleck approach to every scene that plays like disposable sitcom humor 
2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Roger Ebert
This is a comedy without wit and soul It strands fairly likable actors in a morass of the kind of dialogue only stupid characters ever say and then only when reading stupid screenplays 
1
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Peter Keough
The one to beat for worst movie of the year 
0.5
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Jake Coyle
Gregory and Huyck don t go far in exploring the weirdness and emotional difficulty that a group of lifelong friends might create in sleeping together they want so much for a carefree holiday from such concerns 
2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Nick Schager
Jason Sudeikis completes his 2011 dude comedy trilogy with A Good Old Fashioned Orgy a genial film of good old fashioned humorlessness 
1.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Steven Snyder
While most sequels have nowhere to go this sequel has nowhere it wants to go and while most movie failures are unoriginal this mess is simply uninspired 
0.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Michael Szymanski
Just rent Sexy Beast 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Mark Collette
One must ask why sequels such as this come to be 
0
The Whole Ten Yards
Judith Egerton
Please please please I m begging you Hollywood Don t even think about making The Whole Eleven Yards 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Linda Cook
Why do movies like this happen 
.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Matt Brunson
The Whole Ten Yards is so unspeakably awful that I swear I felt precious brain cells melting away as my eyes took in the horror 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
James Berardinelli
Inconsistencies in tone are minor when compared to the confusion created by the editor s butchery 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Jim Shelby
The resources wasted on this violent and unfunny sequel could make a thousand budding filmmakers weep 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Sharon Allen Burke
The gags are flat and the plot twists aren t enough to keep the film moving 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Vince Koehler
Most of this film is over the top and not very funny 
1.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Steve Rhodes
A slapstick gun comedy it has few laughs and even fewer imaginative moments It is directed broadly and badly by Howard Deutch 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Scott Nash
As a fan of the original I ll be kind The Whole Ten Yards is a bit of a disappointment 
2.5
The Whole Ten Yards
David Nusair
The Whole Ten Yards is a film that doesn t need to exist 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Dustin Putman
One of the most embarrassingly unfunny comedies to crawl down the pike in some time 
0
The Whole Ten Yards
Erik Lundegaard
The Whole Nine Yards was only about a yard short of being a worthwhile comedy back in 2000 but its sequel The Whole Ten Yards doesn t even manage to get onto the playing field 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Carla Meyer
Slap happy and slapdash Ten Yards lacks the clever twists and turns that made the original such fun 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
David Elliott
There are movies that could benefit from Three Stooges sound effects This is one 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Timothy Knight
As if we need further proof that Perry is not cut out for movie stardom either Almost Heroes or Three to Tango would suffice The Whole Ten Yards confirms it 
1.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Jami Bernard
A time waster 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Loey Lockerby
A second rate sitcom with gunplay 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Jeff Vice
It s possibly the laziest lamest comedy to come along in awhile 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Roger Ebert
This is one of those movies you look at quizzically What did they think they were doing 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Wesley Morris
The Whole Ten Yards is not as desperate unfunny and nonsensical as its title It s worse 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Jonathan Foreman
A dumb pointless sequel 
0.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Stephen Cole
Nowhere amidst all the frantic clutter do we find anything resembling the sweet nutty playing that elevated The Whole Nine Yards 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
James Verniere
A redundancy that should more honestly be called The Whole Nine Yards All Over Again 
2.5
The Whole Ten Yards
John Monaghan
If The Whole Nine Yards was a by product of the hit man genre of dark comedies launched by Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction Ten Yards is just a copy of a copy 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Bob Strauss
On a 1 to 10 scale of bad comedy 10 being the unfunniest this one rates an 11 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Jeffrey Westhoff
Making a sequel to a forgettable little film released four years ago is bad enough but The Whole Ten Yardsactually requires you to remember the first movie s plot 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Sean P. Means
The extra yard in the title is apparently the amount of rope necessary for this unwanted franchise to hang itself 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Phil Villarreal
If you find yourself pulled in with the Friday night herd to see the movie you should be in for a tolerable enough time 
2.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Guylaine Cadorette
fails to go the same distance its predecessors did in storytelling and just like the title s dubious twist on the common expression no one seems to know what it means 
1.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Mike Clark
Here s another major studio comedy that makes you want to apply for frequent misery mileage 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Sue Pierman
If you want more of the same Whole Ten Yards gives exactly that And only that 
2.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Chris Hewitt
Ten Yards regathers the cast of quirky killers and neurotic nebbishes and gives them almost nothing to do 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
David Sterritt
Strenuously unfunny 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Josh Larsen
like a morgue for laughs Dead jokes are lined up across the screen 
1
The Whole Ten Yards
Steven Rea
Where the first pic breezed along with gags and gunplay this forced follow up is artificial to the hilt fueled on a kind of trying too hard hilarity that makes even good actors look bad 
1.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Gene Seymour
The big surprise the only gratifying surprise of The Whole Ten Yards is that we re glad to see almost everyone back 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Jeff Strickler
Perry is good at physical comedy But there are only so many times Oz can take pratfalls before we start to feel embarrassed for Perry for having to milk laughs from such feeble fodder 
1.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Michael Wilmington
Marginally better directed and better written than the original Nine Yards it s still a big empty picture full of star turns artificial energy and jokes that don t quite work even if stars Willis and Perry do their best to slam them across 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Tony Toscano
If you re not familiar with the first film most of the jokes and characters in this new outing will be meaningless to you 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Ross Anthony
Though still fun silly and occasionally very funny the sequel falls a few inches short of The Whole Nine Yards 
2.5
The Whole Ten Yards
Rob Blackwelder
It s not a movie made because someone had a good idea for how to follow up the funny first film it s just a sequel for the sake of a sequel 
2
The Whole Ten Yards
Walter Chaw
I didn t laugh once because I m not amused by gay jokes anymore am sick of white comedians doing broad minstrel ethnic face and erectile dysfunction and flatulence gags 
0
The Whole Ten Yards
Willie Waffle
The Whole Ten Yards fails to work on so many levels that it s hard to know where to begin
.5
Bad Match
Roger Moore
Too short and formulaic to give us anything much to chew on twists be damned 
2
American Violet
John Hartl
While it may be about as subtle as a swinging sledgehammer it does leave its mark 
3
American Violet
Michael Dequina
Nicole Beharie Remember the name for if her stunning lead turn is any indication huge things are in the future 
3.5
American Violet
Sonny Bunch
American Violet is so compelling and intriguing that it s easy for the audience to forget they re being preached to 
3
American Violet
Robert W. Butler
Put on your outrage cap 
3
American Violet
Mike Scott
It does almost everything well from the direction to the performances But it does nothing great dragged down by an uninspired and oddly uninspiring script 
2
American Violet
Keith Cohen
Newcomer Beharie gives a polished performance that deserves awards consideration 
3.5
American Violet
Amy Biancolli
A conventional but wholly gripping docudrama 
3.5
American Violet
Jonathan Curiel
American Violet dramatizes Kelly s case and does so in a way that will leave audiences applauding in their seats and wondering how much of the film is true 
3
American Violet
Steven Rea
A torn from the headlines tale of institutional racism and injustice in the Lone Star State of not so long ago American Violet might not be subtle but it s certainly powerful 
3
American Violet
Wesley Morris
American Violet feels less like life and unreasonably more like the movies 
2
American Violet
Marjorie Baumgarten
Movingly told and packed with powerful subject matter 
3
American Violet
J. R. Jones
This flaw in the justice system might affect anyone but American Violet shows how easily it can be racialized in a place where hardened social attitudes combine with drugs and poverty to create a permanent black underclass 
3
American Violet
Kyle Smith
Its blaring earnestness and thin characters all of whom practically wear badges identifying them as good or evil fail to add nuance to a story that keeps making the same point in virtually every predictable scene 
1
American Violet
Stephen Whitty
The badly titled American Violet comes from filmmakers who had clearly made up their minds long before they had written a word And it s aimed at people who have too before they ve seen a frame 
2.5
American Violet
Lisa Ann Cockrel
A movie to be discussed with those invested in being agents of justice It raises serious questions about a system that does not protect those most vulnerable the poor 
3
American Violet
Robert Levin
Instead of telling the intimate story of one woman s steadfast perseverance against impossible imposing forces Disney opts for the bland inspirational triumph template 
2.5
American Violet
John Anderson
American Violet is a justice story with some honest justice It s nicely reassuring that it happens to be true 
3
American Violet
Roger Ebert
A docudrama that may have an outcome we already know but is a loud lesson about truth justice and the Texas Way 
3
American Violet
Bill Weber
American Violet has the necessary anger to engage its subject but also the generic topical telefilm aesthetics that often render it glib and inauthentic 
2
American Violet
Kam Williams
A movie which earns high marks simply for being the first feature film with the guts to tackle the subject of racial profiling in such an honest fashion especially given the similar allegations recently leveled at the neighboring town of Tenaha 
4
All I Desire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most certainly one of Douglas Sirk s lesser movies All I Desire lacks some of the heart rending visual flourishes of his masterworks but it nonetheless remains a pretty solid piece of soap 
3
Night of the Living Dead
Brian Eggert
Beyond discussions of social commentary and cultural reflectivity the timelessness of its allegories and the stark suggestions made by the visual presentation Night of the Living Dead is great entertainment 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Ann Guarino
The title immediately cues a tale of horror but does not prepare one for the shocking treatment of the dead The theme could not be in poorer taste 
1
Night of the Living Dead
Matt Brunson
A landmark of American cinema Intentional or not the film s sociopolitical content remains as potent as ever 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Eric Melin
It s tame of course by today s standards but that combined with he cynical racial component was viewed as an all out attack on civilized American society in general 
3.5
Night of the Living Dead
Josh Larsen
The racial subtext spoke volumes in 1968 Once the zombies start knocking only a fool would cling to segregation 
3.5
Night of the Living Dead
TV Guide Staff
One of the most nightmarish films ever made and one that s still hard to laugh off today 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Lucius Gore
Arguably the greatest horror film ever made and one of the greatest in any genre Night is also the ultimate B movie 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Jeremiah Kipp
There s a brute force in Night of the Living Dead that catches one in the throat 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Roger Ebert
I felt real terror in that neighborhood theater last Saturday afternoon I saw kids who had no resources they could draw upon to protect themselves from the dread and fear they felt 
3.5
Night of the Living Dead
Scott Nash
It s just such a perfect setup It s no wonder that the idea has been reused in sequels remakes and carried over into video games and countless other movies that ripped off the plot of this one 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Walter Chaw
A tightly edited claustrophobically framed horror film that retains along with its relevance its ability to startle and appall 
4
Night of the Living Dead
Thomas Delapa
Maybe the best movie ever made in Pittsburgh 
3
Night of the Living Dead
Jeremy Heilman
I can t underrate its intangible ability to bypass my rationale and lunge straight at my subconscious When it s really cooking it s the scariest film I ve ever seen 
4
Night of the Living Dead
James Kendrick
reinvented the American horror film
4
A Thousand Miles Behind
Roger Moore
This Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Grieving left me wanting a movie to go with the 70 minute Ducati ad 
1.5
Automata
Leo Brady
Even though this is much like past sci fi films Automata works here and has a great respect for the genre it is in 
3
Automata
Marty Mapes
Too many thoughts not enough focus in this neatly realized futurist film
2.5
Automata
Odie Henderson
Personally if I were you I d bypass it for a double feature of Cherry 2000 and Runaway 
1.5
Automata
Tom Keogh
One gets the feeling of witnessing some kind of primordial origin story about parallel destinies for the human race and the intelligent machines we make 
3
Automata
Clayton Dillard
Much like a spate of recent summer blockbusters there s a tiring sense that every single facet of the narrative has to be rendered with truculent solemnity 
1.5
Automata
Roger Moore
Good looking good leading man but in the end just another predictable empty headed Blade Runner knock off
2
Adult Life Skills
Monica Castillo
Jodie Whittaker s performance humanizes the film s troubled protagonist better than the story 
2.5
Adult Life Skills
Rex Reed
This is one of those so called British comedies that is not remotely clever or amusing even in the rare moments when you can decipher what comes out of the mouths of actors who sound like they could be from Mars 
0
Adult Life Skills
Anita Katz
Tunnard lays on the quirks so excessively that the constant eccentricity goofy attire silly toys wacky anatomical gags upstages the more richly human and satisfying material 
2.5
Adult Life Skills
James Berardinelli
Whittaker is easily the best thing about the movie When the script fails in its attempts to flesh out Anna s character Whittaker comes to the rescue She can be funny profane dour and heartbreaking Oh and quirky 
2.5
Adult Life Skills
Walter V. Addiego
Adult Life Skills is a relentlessly quirky British comedy drama that demonstrates why more is not always more 
2
Adult Life Skills
Derek Smith
The film uses the grieving process to lend the proceedings a sense of unearned emotional gravitas 
1.5
Adult Life Skills
Joey Magidson
Jodie Whittaker is terrifically showcased here taking an old cinematic premise and giving it a bit of a new spin 
3
Adult Life Skills
Roger Moore
Not much to it but twee and touching and a very nice showcase for the New Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker 
2.5
Payback
Mark Feeney
There s a splendid audacity in Baichwal trying to bring to the screen something as idea driven as Atwood s book 
2.5
Payback
V.A. Musetto
Baichwal could have devoted a single film to just BP s disgraceful behavior 
2
Payback
Rick Groen
Payback is nothing if not brave 
3
Payback
Linda Barnard
The compelling human stories are often stalled behind a logjam of interviews with experts and intellectuals that are intended to add perspective but disrupt the movie s flow 
2.5
Caterina in the Big City
Chris Hewitt
The Italian Caterina in the Big City is sloppy but it s on to something 
2.5
Caterina in the Big City
John Monaghan
Caterina in the City is a coming of age story of course but its adult characters are also well rendered 
3
Caterina in the Big City
Michael Wilmington
Though Caterina is unusually well acted and crafted for this kind of movie Giancarlo is the one character who makes the movie special 
3
Caterina in the Big City
Rene Rodriguez
Played in a manic volcanic manner by Castellitto Giancarlo is a constant source of humor and embarrassment 
2.5
Caterina in the Big City
Wesley Morris
It s not a satire it s a family drama whose social and political thoughts flicker like a neon sign on the fritz Alas sentimentality is the movie s pilot light 
2.5
Caterina in the Big City
Carrie Rickey
A warm and resonant comedy 
3.5
Caterina in the Big City
Jeff Vice
The film uses its surprisingly sly humor to win over the audience and also manages to say quite a bit about the differences between the haves and have nots of the world yet without becoming too full of itself 
3
Caterina in the Big City
Lisa Rose
Like its heroine Caterina in the Big City is delightfully unclassifiable a modest unassuming movie but a rule breaker nonetheless 
3.5
Caterina in the Big City
Rob Blackwelder
Teghil with her soft plain features and sad eyes gives a sweet honest unaffected performance that brings Virzi s themes to full bloom in the bosom of teenage anxiety 
2.5
Caterina in the Big City
Mick LaSalle
A charming and wise film about a teenage girl who moves from the Italian suburbs to the pulsing metropolis that is Rome 
3
Caterina in the Big City
David Sterritt
This dramatic comedy is an Italian style Mean Girls 
3
Caterina in the Big City
Elizabeth Weitzman
According to Paolo Virzi s vibrant coming of age drama Italian teens are just like their American counterparts except that who they vote for matters more than what they wear 
3
Caterina in the Big City
V.A. Musetto
A fluffy and fun coming of age in Rome comedy 
3
Caterina in the Big City
Nick Schager
Despite its slightly overblown histrionics Castellitto s furious performance gives the film a welcome measure of righteous indignation 
2
Caterina in the Big City
Joshua Tanzer
Caterina Va in Citta has outrageously funny scenes but it s a very dark sense of humor The film is really about personalities 
3.25
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Christopher James
As a documentary directors David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg manage to create a film that zips along There s enough ground to cover that it always feels interesting 
3.5
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Gary Thompson
As the movie explores Nye s family history we do see just how intertwined the threads of thinking and emotion can be 
2.5
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Walter V. Addiego
There s now an urgency a sense that we are in peril because fundamental truths about how the world works are being ignored and ridiculed 
3
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Peter Keough
Channeling Nye s own gift for making complex ideas simple and clear the filmmakers edit together these various aspects of Nye s life with deceptive ease drawing on interviews and archival material and following him throughout his hectic schedule 
3
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Peter Howell
Bow tied brainiac Bill Nye gets a sympathetic treatment from admiring filmmakers in this non shocking doc 
2.5
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Lora Grady
Bill Nye Science Guy offers an absorbing and entertaining portrait of both the science evangelist and the guy behind him 
3
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Mark Medley
It s a by the numbers profile complete with the requisite visit to his childhood home but partway through it becomes a rather piercing portrait of a man constantly doubting himself 
2.5
After Yang
Tara Brady
Colin Farrell 8217 s central turn 44 a lovely 44 soulful study of melancholy 44 is one of his best performances to date 46 Cinematographer Benjamin Loeb 8217 s pillow shots are appropriately contemplative 46 
3
After Yang
Erik Childress
Whatever needs to be done to get Kogonada the resources to continue making movies it is an endeavor every film lover and student of human emotional connection should sprint towards 
4
After Yang
Rene Sanchez
A meditative study on human nature the ephemerality of life and the ways in how each individual processes grief Full Review in Spanish
3.5
After Yang
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
I once heard a film critic say all great movies are about being a human being who loves other human beings That holds true in After Yang but the film is also about being a being who loves other beings human or not 
4
After Yang
Sonny Bunch
A quick gut punch of a movie one that messes with the head and the heart in equal measure 
3
After Yang
Leo Brady
In many ways its a companion piece with a movie such as Blade Runner where the motives and life of the robot is what we connect with 
3
After Yang
Brian Eggert
After Yang gives us much to consider even though it feels more ponderous and nebulous than one might prefer 
3
After Yang
Richard Roeper
Thoughtful and nicely unsettling sci fi film finds meaning in the memories of an automated companion 
3
After Yang
Josh Larsen
speaks in a hush but if you lean in to listen youll pick up on a film of rare wisdom and beauty 
4
After Yang
Mark Dujsik
The impact of After Yang is in the way it examines and embraces the inherent mysteries of memory and connection 
3.5
After Yang
Jake Coyle
After Yang may not reach the heights it s seeking but it s easy to respect it for trying to tackle profound questions and reach a register of high minded reflection 
2.5
After Yang
Mark Feeney
The movie s like a set of wind chimes with hardly any wind 
2
After Yang
Emily Zemler
The slight story unfurls with precision slowly unrolling in way that allows the emotion of the scenes to creep in It s like watching a butterfly land on your fingertips briefly and then flutter away leaving traces of itself on your hand 
4
After Yang
Ann Hornaday
Haunting but ultimately inert 
2
After Yang
Michael Phillips
Kogonada s steady often still but never static compositions may not be enough for some viewers Whatever Clearly actors respond to what he s after 
3.5
After Yang
Katie Walsh
After Yang is a uniquely contemplative exploration of grief and loss and how memory moves through us over time and generations a beautifully optimistic perspective on artificial intelligence 
4
After Yang
G. Allen Johnson
Kogonada has made a movie that is at once ambitious yet timid asking big questions but providing no answers not even clues It s a thought experiment but a thought that meanders 
1
After Yang
Steven Prokopy
At once sweeping and intimate After Yang is never anything less than fascinating and endlessly moving 
3.5
After Yang
Dwight Brown
An eerie fascinating bit of sci fi that lets audiences know how far humans should and should not go 
3
After Yang
Brian Tallerico
A powerful moving drama about what it means to be alive 
4
After Yang
Peter Howell
A gorgeous piano score by composers ASKA and Ryuichi Sakamoto I want this score completes the mood of blissful introspection 
3.5
After Yang
Joey Magidson
After Yang is subtle almost to the point of going over some heads but if you re paying attention it s all there 
3
After Yang
Mike McGranaghan
This beautiful moving story gives you as the saying goes all the feels 
3.5
After Yang
Pat Brown
The film doesn t trust us to recognize the legitimacy of the other s being without filtering it solely through the lenses of the ruling class 
2
Lbs.
Michael O'Sullivan
Lbs leaves you hungering for a few more insights and answers than it offers 
2
Lbs.
Christian Toto
Lbs tackles a common problem with uncommon dignity 
3
Lbs.
Chris Hewitt
An astonishing transformation is a big part of the story in Lbs but it is not the whole story 
3
Lbs.
Wesley Morris
Those in search of a mirror for their own weight issues will find a deluxe one here 
2.5
Lbs.
Betsy Sherman
With obesity now a pop culture as well as a medical issue Lbs offers insight as well as laughs and heartstring tugging into the struggles of a food addict 
3
Lbs.
Joe Neumaier
Truthfulness along with the movie s emotional honesty and narrative polish help tag this NY grown indie as one to seek out 
3
Lbs.
Kyle Smith
Lbs makes for an alternately sad and funny companion piece to last year s slightly funnier and darker Big Fan only with burritos instead of the New York Giants 
3
Lbs.
Diego Semerene
If you were to write an utterly predictable tale of a druggie and then replace slice of pizza for every instance of cocaine in the script you would get Lbs 
1.5
Barbarella
Rob Vaux
Barbarella couldn t exist in any era but the 1960s and its delightful over the top qualities find an ideal expression in the ridiculous excesses of the time 
3
Barbarella
Peter Canavese
Clearly inspired by 1960s Batmania the hunka hunka burning camp that is Barbarella adapted French science fiction comic books into gleefully oversexed cinematic pop art Blu ray 
3
Barbarella
Wesley Lovell
Not that the film itself isn apos t funny 44 it most definitely is 44 but it is a formless mass of crazy one liners and ridiculous situations 46 
1.5
Barbarella
Edward Guthmann
Fonda looks sensational and glides through this romp like a dazed ripe to the touch innocent 
3
Barbarella
James O'Ehley
It is an extravagant exercise in bad taste and camp While it tries to intentionally funny some of the humour merely falls flat on its face 
2
The Duel
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Duel never feels long Darcy Smith allowing events to build with a deliberate delicacy that allows the final face off between David and Abraham to explode in emotive ferocity 
2.5
The Duel
Stephen Whitty
Even when The Duel isn t very good at least it s bad in surprising ways 
2
The Duel
Rex Reed
Situations are not always convincing and motivations are so weak that whole sections of explanation seem to be missing 
2
The Duel
Tom Keogh
Despite promising elements of mixed genre thrills the film is finally the underwhelming sum of too many plot devices 
2
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Matt Brunson
Highly entertaining hugely informative but occasionally repetitive 
3
The Superdeep
Charles Kirkland, Jr.
The Superdeep is most often a formulaic mess and a little nonsensical when it s not flat out uninteresting 
2
The Superdeep
Roger Moore
Lacks urgency stakes deaths that matter the works 
1.5
DASHCAM
Simon Abrams
The point of Dashcam seems to be its timely pointlessness 46 
2.5
DASHCAM
Mark Dujsik
91 The lead character 93 is even more annoying than the inability to tell what apos s going on for stretches of the movie 46 
1
DASHCAM
Mark Hanson
Dashcam is nothing if not consistent 44 as it 8217 s every bit the empty provocation as the troll at its center 46 
2
DASHCAM
Bill Chambers
If I may offer Savage and his returning Host co writers Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd a piece of unsolicited advice log out 
1.5
DASHCAM
David Nusair
a thoroughly erratic yet periodically engaging horror endeavor 
2.5
Saving Zoë
Roger Moore
Competent but stolid mystery thriller whose ladies siblings the Marano sisters can t lift into something moving or special 
2
Dead Ringers
Tom Meek
A creepy classic 
3
Dead Ringers
Walter Chaw
Cronenberg with Dead Ringers becomes the director that Roman Polanski could have been 
4
Dead Ringers
Roger Ebert
Dead Ringers is a stylistic tour de force but it s cold and creepy and centered on bleak despair It s the kind of movie where you ask people how they liked it and they say Well it was well made and then they wince 
2.5
Nekrotronic
Sara Michelle Fetters
Nekrotronic is a bizarre fast paced hoot its slapdash devil may care storytelling dynamics oddly working for me more often than they did not 
2.5
Nekrotronic
Barry Hertz
An awkward painful mash up of horror and comedy that induces all the wrong kind of squirms Nekrotronic feels like a Z grade SyFy Channel movie that escaped its basic cable confines 
0.5
Nekrotronic
David Nusair
Exceedingly tedious virtually from start to finish 
1
Around a Small Mountain
Mattie Lucas
Rivette is an old master whose consummate craft is alive and well in his latest film 
3.5
Around a Small Mountain
John Hartl
Rivette is 82 now and his best work may be behind him 
2.5
Around a Small Mountain
Roger Ebert
Sometimes a film is simply a story we might have found interesting to live 
3
Around a Small Mountain
V.A. Musetto
The cast is first rate as is the cinematography by Irina Lubtchansky But the story co written by Rivette is paper thin and stagy 
2
Around a Small Mountain
Andrew Schenker
The film shares a lot of qualities with the director s best work 
3
Burnt
Pamela Powell
With watered down performances and underdeveloped storylines Burnt needs a bit more seasoning more time to rise and better ingredients to give us the melt in your mouth film 
1.5
Burnt
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s all too familiar too rudimentary and while the kitchen they re working in is top of the line the meal they ultimately prepare isn t that much better than a Denny s breakfast left under the heat lamps a few minutes too many 
2.5
Burnt
Max Weiss
Mostly I thought Burnt was ridiculous And yet I cannot tell a lie Its familiar beats comely cast and lively kitchen montages entertained me 
2
Burnt
David Nusair
a missed opportunity that ultimately feels like two movies ungainly stitched together at the middle ie it s both an engrossing cooking drama and all too slick character study 
2
Burnt
John Hanlon
This half baked dramedy about cooking feels more like a lackluster television pilot rather than a feature length film 
1.5
Burnt
John Beifuss
Gluttons for footage of Bradley Cooper and meticulously plated white tablecloth dinner entres may be the only consumers able to stomach this foodie road to redemption drama 
2
Burnt
Robert Horton
Burnt is an enjoyable entry in this subgenre anchored by a rangy Bradley Cooper performance and marbled with food 
3
Burnt
Mark Dujsik
Burnt can only tell us that Adam is a terrible person so many times before we start to believe it 
1.5
Burnt
Rafer Guzman
A macho foodie fantasy with Cooper as a swaggering sex god in an apron If this were a comedy it would be brilliant 
2
Burnt
Brad Wheeler
Lots of quick cuts and kitchen close ups of gas stoves buttery saucepans and stock characters concentrating preciously on haute cuisine and lots of unmoving melodrama 
1
Burnt
Nick Dent
Its best scene by far is its most uncomfortable Jones throwing a Gordon Ramsay worthy tanty and demanding that Helene apologise to a fish she has cooked badly 
3
Burnt
Katie Walsh
Burnt gets distracted by petty dramas Without enough meat on the bones of this story it s just not as satisfying as it could be evaporating quickly into thin air 
2.5
Burnt
Mick LaSalle
The real issue is that everything about Adam s journey feels half digested and tossed back up We ve seen it before It was better the first time 
2
Burnt
Tom Russo
The filmmakers have a wrongheaded expectation that we ll be endlessly fascinated by this abusive jerk s china trashing Gordon Ramsay tirades and eventual too easy mea culpa Sorry not to our taste 
2
Burnt
David Berry
For a movie about a chef who just will not shut up about how great everything needs to be he sure is stuck in a movie that otherwise screams milquetoast in both ideas and execution 
2
Burnt
Richard Roeper
You could leave halfway through the story and get an early dinner and save for the details you d pretty much know how it all works out with the movie 
2
Burnt
Stephanie Merry
It s not pretty but it captures something that few cooking movies do reality 
2.5
Burnt
Jody Mitori
With such a strong cast the film has the right ingredients but it doesn t quite make a perfect meal 
2.5
Burnt
Linda Barnard
There s a lot of talk of passion in Burnt yet it doesn t make the leap into the pure love of food explored in films like Chef The Big Night and Babette s Feast 
2
Burnt
Michael Phillips
Wells dices the action even the simplest conversation into five harried shots when one would suffice The many food prep montages are cut and paced to the same numbing rhythm 
2
Burnt
Glenn Kenny
Yet another redemption story of the Destructive Genius whom the audience is supposed to be compelled to like in spite of himself and who begins his journey with a list of things he s not supposed to indulge in 
2
Burnt
Matt Pais
A formulaic movie that advocates passion while practicing exactly the lack of imagination it laments 
1.5
Burnt
Bethany Jean Clement
For a film about a perfectionist who had a difficult childhood seeking three Michelin stars allow me to recommend For Grace the documentary about Chicago chef Curtis Duffy 
1.5
Burnt
Peter Travers
a cheerless and unappetizing plate of piffle that deserves to be smashed against a wall or at least sent back to the kitchen 
1
Burnt
Kyle Smith
The stakes are so low it s like watching 100 minutes of a slug trying to crawl over a twig 
1.5
Burnt
Rex Reed
A mildly entertaining but well acted sumptuously photographed and smartly written comedy with dark undertones about culinary addiction that can only be called delicious 
3
Burnt
Roger Moore
Overdone 
2
Burnt
Elise Nakhnikian
Everything in this by the numbers script signals that our hero must transform himself into the head of a loving and fully functional family 
1
A Good Man in Africa
Roger Ebert
This plot and the attitudes that underlie it remind me of the patronizing tone of novels set in Africa 50 years ago about colorful colonials and backward natives The movie is not overtly racist But there is an unpleasant undertone 
2
Dallas 362
Jack Mathews
Has little personality of its own 
2
Dallas 362
Lou Lumenick
Dallas 362 is basically a road movie that doesn t really go anywhere 
2
Dallas 362
John Anderson
Caan shows with his rough and tumble character dramedy precisely why actors like to work for actors 
3
Dallas 362
Akiva Gottlieb
plays more like a vanity project from a rich kid who never got to do his share of macho posturing 
2
Dallas 362
Walter Chaw
startling and elucidative
3.5
Dallas 362
Erik Childress
Scott Caan has been an enjoyable presence in movies but his confident eye behind the camera and on the page is even more noteworthy Dallas 362 is as assured a debut as I ve seen on the film festival circuit this year 
3
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Kathleen Carroll
It is an embarrassment for everyone involved particularly for Burton and Louise Fletcher who appear to be in an advanced state of catatonia as if they were silently praying for some kind miraculous release from their contracts 
1
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Alex Keneas
The mix of allegory and action found in such of Boorman s other films as Deliverance Point Blank and Hell in the Pacific proves too much for Exorcist II 
1.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Matt Brunson
Exorcist II The Heretic is a perfect mix of tedium and hilarity and it s easy to understand why audiences back in the day actually threw items at the screen you ll doubtless fight similar urges 
1
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Mike McGranaghan
Someone could make a slapstick comedy sequel to Saving Private Ryan and it would be no less faithful to the original than this picture is 
0
Exorcist II: The Heretic
David Nusair
An often astonishingly terrible and inept sequel 
.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
David Keyes
A strange and off putting experience filled with endless miscalculations in nearly every detail it attempts to build up including performances by actors who ought to have known better 
1
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Bill Chambers
Possibly the worst film ever made and surely the worst sequel ever made 
0
Ilusión
Rene Rodriguez
This is an often hilarious comedy about the fate of a man in love with art and its potential to change the world but frustrated by his lack of resources to give voice to his ideas 
3.5
Day of Wrath
Jeremy Heilman
Day of Wrath is probably the simplest of the Dreyer films that I ve seen but it is still a great work 
4
Day of Wrath
James Kendrick
Dreyer was a master of conveying emotion in a way that can only be called literary 
4
Campfire
Marta Barber
It s a story about sexism and inequalities and were it not for its hokey ending the film would ve gained even more international recognition 
3.5
Campfire
Lisa Rose
A humane portrait of a troubled household and by extension a troubled country 
3
Campfire
Elizabeth Weitzman
A good movie that could have been better Joseph Cedar s sensitive Israeli drama falters when he trades sociological observations for political ones 
2.5
Campfire
Geoff Pevere
Driven by sharply drawn characters and quietly observed incident 
3
Campfire
Rick Groen
Cedar knows that political ideology is often just the public voice given to the siren call of deeper motivations It s these more basic instincts sex loneliness jealousy fear that interest him and his observant movie is the better for it 
3
Campfire
Steve Rhodes
A poignant picture about the need to fit in and find your place in life 
3
My First War
David Nusair
the viewer is confronted with a series of entirely uninteresting and downright pointless sequences that result in an atmosphere that s aggressively uneventful 
0
Uncle Frank
Emily Blunt
Uncle Frank is a real slice of life that reminds the viewer to never neglect those subtle bits of joy all around us 
4
Uncle Frank
Steve Rhodes
I came to love Frank but I would have liked the movie a lot more if it had been about a half hour long since the good footage would have easily fit within that length 
2.5
Lucie Aubrac
Michael Dequina
Engrossing drama 
3
Lucie Aubrac
Roger Ebert
The movie has too much docudrama and not enough soul 
2.5
Strangers
Namrata Joshi
The only thing that makes the film worth a watch is the interesting cinematography the meticulous lighting the painstakingly done close ups redeem a failed attempt at story telling 
2
The Well Digger's Daughter
Roger Ebert
To call The Well Digger s Daughter an old fashioned film is to pay it a compliment Here is a love story embedded in traditional values 
3.5
The Well Digger's Daughter
Calvin Wilson
The Well Digger s Daughter is perhaps a bit too sentimental But the performances are so heartfelt that its occasional excesses are easily forgiven 
3
The Well Digger's Daughter
Chris Hewitt
Think of it as a pretty good French language bucolic entry in PBS Masterpiece franchise and you ll be fine 
3
The Well Digger's Daughter
John Anderson
What resonates is a sense of humanity that sometimes gets lost in films with less regard for traditional storytelling or respect for simple emotion 
3
The Well Digger's Daughter
Michael O'Sullivan
The Well Digger s Daughter feels decidedly almost defiantly old fashioned but not necessarily in a bad way 
2.5
The Well Digger's Daughter
Mick LaSalle
It s the first film directed by the actor Daniel Auteuil as part of a four film project to remake films by the writer director Marcel Pagnol and if the others are this good this is a project to look forward to 
3
The Well Digger's Daughter
Mark Feeney
Auteuil the director knows not to get in the way of Pagnol s plot machinery Auteuil the actor is another story 
2.5
The Well Digger's Daughter
Peg Aloi
Despite a verbose script and the kneejerk sexism of Pascal the visual beauty and narrative simplicity make the film a pleasure 
3
The Well Digger's Daughter
Kyle Smith
It s enjoyable enough as it plods along and the final act wraps things up on a fulfilling note 
2.5
The Well Digger's Daughter
Moira MacDonald
You feel yourself slowing down and relaxing as you watch there s nothing rushed or crowded about this film just a quiet story carefully told 
3
The Well Digger's Daughter
Bill Weber
Ultimately comes off as curiously anecdotal lacking the dramatic dynamism that could give Marcel Pagnol s tale new life 
2.5
Chino
Matt Brunson
This Western from director John Sturges The Great Escape proves to be a sizable disappointment 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Matt Brunson
A picture graced with four bright performances but hampered by a plot that felt recycled even back when Millard Fillmore was president 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Frank Ochieng
an espionage action comedy that meanders in its broad banality is enough reason to have Keeping Up with the Joneses classified as an aborted mission to a lesser degree 
1
Keeping Up With the Joneses
John Serba
The jokes and situations are toothless gumming on the same old comedy gruel you ve seen before 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
David Nusair
Relentlessly bland and devoid of laughs 46 46 46 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Linda Cook
Love they neighbor not the Joneses 
1
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Roger Moore
Godawful script 
1
Keeping Up With the Joneses
David N. Butterworth
Keeping Up with the Joneses is a fun silly comedy with few pretensions and an extremely likeable cast 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Tina Hassannia
Simply cannot keep up with the comedies it so clearly tries to imitate 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Josh Terry
The result is a fun and manic film that while definitely earning its PG 13 rating fills that rare contemporary void between comedies that are aimed at little kids and those that are stuffed with raunchy R rated content 
3
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Peter Sobczynski
A wildly inconsequential action comedy that contains a couple of genuine laughs but which otherwise feels like an extended version of its own television ads 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Christian Toto
Keeping Up with the Joneses clicks because it doesn t treat its suburban heroes like dimwits How refreshing 
3
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Loey Lockerby
Michael LeSieur s screenplay doesn t do anyone any favors filled as it is with cliches that got old in the 90s but Hamm can make any dialogue dryly funny Maybe he should be the new James Bond 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Julia Cooper
This story of the spies next door is wooden and slow paced with enough intrigue to lull a toddler to sleep 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Sean P. Means
The action comedy Keeping Up With the Joneses takes a solid premise and fritters it away by giving too much attention to star Zach Galifianakis 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
James Berardinelli
A paint by numbers creatively bankrupt comedy emerging from a studio system that has largely forgotten what it means to be genuinely funny 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Mark Dujsik
T he entire thing is almost saved by a quartet of performances that are much better than the material they serve 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Sara Stewart
Joneses never really upends its initial premise which is that impossibly good looking people are cooler than the rest of us That s not comedy that s Us Weekly 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Rafer Guzman
A low key good natured comedy that never quite explodes the way it should 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Alan Zilberman
It is the sort of inoffensive comedy that fails to evoke any strong reaction including laughter 
1.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Mick LaSalle
Keeping Up With the Joneses collapses in on itself 
1
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Calvin Wilson
Keeping Up With the Joneses is hardly worth the effort 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Katie Walsh
There s something not quite right this one needed more time in the oven 
2
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Tom Russo
The cast hardly stretches but they all do it agreeably enough to buoy the familiar farcical intrigue being woven by director Greg Mottola 
2.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Peter Canavese
Only in a well populated movie theater can one truly appreciate the sound of silence when Gadot s character boasts she could crack a walnut with her vagina And that my friends is the funniest joke in the picture 
.5
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Ed Gonzalez
By the time the film limps toward its Marrakech set epilogue its experiment in social osmosis is as much a failure as its B sitcom grade yuks 
.5
Prodigal Sons
Mattie Lucas
A shocking and moving family portrait a bittersweet look at sibling rivalries and how they can affect a family years after the children have grown up 
3
Prodigal Sons
Chris Hewitt
Prodigal Sons is crazily overstuffed with material but the material is so strong and so endlessly surprising I can t blame Reed for her reluctance to leave anything out 
3
Prodigal Sons
Liam Lacey
A consistently generous film 
3
Prodigal Sons
Michael O'Sullivan
Kimberly Reed started out to make a movie about starting over but then life got in the way It didn t make her job harder It made the movie better 
3
Prodigal Sons
Ty Burr
The problem with family diary documentaries is that some families have too much drama for just one movie 
3
Prodigal Sons
Gerald Peary
An engrossing unpredictable often heartbreaking family drama documentary 
3.5
Prodigal Sons
David Wiegand
Sometimes we forget that when documentary filmmakers begin a project they don t always know what they ll be filming because to state the obvious real life doesn t work from a script 
4
Prodigal Sons
V.A. Musetto
Anybody who has ever doubted that truth is stranger than fiction should see Prodigal Sons 
3
Prodigal Sons
Andrew Schenker
A testament to film s documentary function to record moments of queasy immediacy as well as to Reed s thoughtful self analysis 
3
Timothy Leary's Dead
Steve Rhodes
is as fascinating as it is one sided 
2.5
PVT Chat
Leo Brady
PVT Chat is a wild experience and a fantastic independent film 
3
PVT Chat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hozie creates an old school Scorsese and Ferrara like portrait of a grubby New York where everyone seems to be bartering for something and he gets fearless naked figuratively and literally performances out of both Fox and Vack 
3
PVT Chat
Sheila O'Malley
There are flashes of interest and even some welcome screwball elements but PVT Chat doesn t coalesce in a meaningful way 
2
PVT Chat
Mark Dujsik
Hozie seems more concerned with presenting a litany of potent themes than with assembling those ideas into or within a consistent narrative 
2
PVT Chat
Roger Moore
An unconventionally conventional movie about connecting in the sexual Facetime era one that s more intriguing than it has any right to be but less surprising than it needs to be 
1.5
PVT Chat
Jake Cole
Ben Hozie s wry observational film positions a young man s repressed sexual paranoia as a reflection of a more general social malaise 
3
I'm Your Man
Sean P. Means
Schrader doesn t overwhelm with the science fiction aspects of the story though the scene where a nightclub is populated with holograms is cleverly done instead letting the human elements unfold gracefully and into unexpected directions 
3.5
I'm Your Man
Ty Burr
Honestly if Jane Austen were alive and writing on a MacBook she might come up with something like this 
3
I'm Your Man
Cate Marquis
Both Dan Stevens and Maren Eggert turn in strong affecting performances that make the film work along with its well crafted script 
3
I'm Your Man
Max Weiss
I m Your Man is the mashup we never knew we needed the sci fi rom com It manages to be smart witty and yes even romantic while exploring a love affair between an uptight archeologist and a handsome robot 
4
I'm Your Man
Randy Myers
It s a smart film that both challenges and charms 
3.5
I'm Your Man
Mark Dujsik
I t s funny and surprisingly romantic but also thoughtful and clever with a tone that evolves from silly to melancholy and finally to bittersweet 
3
I'm Your Man
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a heady dramedy albeit without terribly many tears or laughs except those that arise perhaps unintentionally from the incongruity of Stevens being repellent 
2
I'm Your Man
Shane Slater
Schrader instead uses her perceptive screenplay to make resonant observations on human behavior and romantic traditions 
3
I'm Your Man
Peter Howell
The plot s happily not robotic addressing questions of whether circuits can match cells in determining humanity 
3
I'm Your Man
Brian Tallerico
I m Your Man may not break the mold but it operates within it with confidence and grace 
3
I'm Your Man
Barry Hertz
Schrader s new sci fi tinged rom com might be conventionally structured but it is also smoothly crowd pleasing work 
3
I'm Your Man
William Repass
The film s disarming romcom sensibilities are an unlikely yet fitting vehicle for timely ruminations on AI 
3.5
Blade
Deborah Hornblow
A futuristic gore fest that spills oceans of sticky stage blood but misses in a rather anemic attempt to pierce the heart 
1.5
Blade
Dave Kehr
Has the comic book movie reached the end of the line The glumly familiar been there done that aspect of Blade certainly suggests so 
1
Blade
Michael Wilmington
Blade is often ridiculous mostly poorly written and surprisingly poorly acted too 
1.5
Blade
Gene Siskel
What is unusual about the film is the way it combines high tech violence with the more up close and personal violence of vampires These characters and the aggressive way they attack each other justify all the film s considerable noise 
3
Blade
Michael Dequina
Ideal summer fare quite enjoyable and equally disposable 
3
Blade
Steven Rea
Blade would ve been a lot more fun if everybody had lightened up a notch 
2
Blade
Margaret A. McGurk
Within the confines of its genre it s a cut above the usual 
3
Blade
Liam Lacey
There are lots of stunts chase sequences and so much computer morphing that the effects house must have been offering it at discount 
2.5
Blade
James Kendrick
A thoroughly watchable action movie with several fright inducing scenes a good deal of black humor and some notable underlying themes that never quite congeal 
3
Blade
Rick Mortensen
An intensely thrilling comic book story 
3
Blade
David Sterritt
For most of its two hour running time it simply flings a barrage of horrors at the audience 
2
Blade
James Berardinelli
Blade has the capacity to dazzle but it also will leave many viewers dissatisfied 
2.5
Blade
Rob Blackwelder
Short of being terribly bloody and packed with special effects all the showdowns are strictly stock stuff 
1.5
Blade
Mike McGranaghan
Exciting and occasionally very spooky 
3
Blade
Elias Savada
After two grueling hours of slicing and dicing I hardly savored this time not well spent 
1
Blade
Marty Mapes
The fight scenes between Blade and the vampires are some of the best choreographed in recent memory this side of Hong Kong 
3
Blade
David Keyes
By the time the movie was over I was in awe over the visionary success that I had just scene 
3.5
Blade
Joe Baltake
There were possibilities here what with Snipes and Dorff as a typical hero and villain along with some dark underpinnings However by the umpteenth bloody showdown Blade has not only worn out its welcome but also dismantled its own franchise 
2
Blade
Mick LaSalle
Big as it is Blade is meticulous and subtle not just in its camera technique but in the way it works its themes and creates a mood 
3
Blade
Roger Ebert
Pure visceral imagery 
3
Blade
Bob Bloom
It could have used lots of sharpening 
0.5
Blade
Ann Hornaday
Much of the success of Blade is due to Wesley Snipes who plays the title character with mountain like quietude and sensual strength an effect deepened by his digitally enhanced voice 
2.5
Blade
Susan Wloszczyna
A dull Blade indeed 
2
Blade
Tom Long
Lots of exploding heads and oceans of blood moves fast and with no discernible meaning but looks good 
2
Blade
Steve Rhodes
If vampire pictures are your cup of tea this is one of the better ones 
2.5
Blade
Madeleine Williams
A pleasant enough popcorn movie that may not break any new ground but has a fun time right where it is 
2.5
Blade
Scott Nash
It s stylish and fast paced It s also a lot of fun 
3
Man of the Century
Michael Dequina
A thin gimmick to be certain but at a tick or two under 80 minutes this amiable comedy never wears out its welcome 
3
Man of the Century
Roger Ebert
Man of the Century is a peculiar delight a one of a kind movie that was obviously inspired by their love of old movies 
3
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
David Nusair
establishes itself as superior to its agreeable yet frustratingly baffling predecessor almost immediately 
2.5
This Filthy World
G. Allen Johnson
If the film proves anything it s that people don t shock as easily as they did in Waters heyday 
2
This Filthy World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s definitely a great monologue but a mediocre film 
2.5
This Filthy World
Gene Seymour
If your sensibilities can tolerate its more scatological digressions This Filthy World filmed over two nights at Manhattan s Harry De Jur Playhouse can be one of the coziest and most charming means of investing 90 plus minutes of your life 
3.5
This Filthy World
Ed Gonzalez
This Filthy World recorded over two nights at New York City s Harry De Jur Playhouse is revealing allowing the filmmaker to illuminate the evolution of his illustriously dirty career 
2.5
This Filthy World
David Nusair
even the filmmaker s detractors will likely walk away satisfied 
2.5
Key of Life
Rob Thomas
Key of Life could have been a little snappier in the pacing department but the energy level and inventiveness never flags and when the comics twists and turns come along they re beautifully executed 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Rick Groen
Not often does a film double as a literary critic but this is the Northrop Frye of docs Essentially it revises and sharpens the blunted reputation of a great writer 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Anita Li
Audiences interested in Jewish literature will find Laughing in the Darkness compelling for its deep analysis of Aleichem s works featuring a selection of experts and the writer s granddaughter Bel Kaufman 
2.5
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Joe Williams
Throughout the film Dorman uses ethnographic and silent cinema footage along with ubiquitous klezmer music to paint a picture of the era 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Misha Berson
The film adroitly sets the writer s works his triumphs and tribulations against the backdrop of a tumultuous period for European Jewry 
4
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Carrie Rickey
Dorman makes the case that Aleichem is the source from whence flows modern Jewish humor 
3.5
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Chris Hewitt
It s good but I d wait for TV 
2
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Peter Keough
Dorman s portrait is engrossing but his Ken Burns style doesn t match his subject s vitality 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Mark Feeney
This is a person you d enjoy spending time with and learning from That s certainly the case with Dorman s film 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Michael Phillips
Wonderfully rich like one of Tevye s monologues Joseph Dorman s Sholem Aleichem Laughing in the Darkness captures the spirit of a man and his times 
3.5
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Roger Ebert
There are many scholars and critics here most of them useful and pleasant who obviously love him 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Leba Hertz
There s much more to Aleichem the man and the writer than just the musings of a milkman 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Adam Bernstein
A highly accessible and sharply drawn film 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Lou Lumenick
Starts off looking like a glorified DVD extra for Fiddler on the Roof but it eventually becomes a far more gemutlich portrait of the creator of Tevye the Milkman who took the pen name of Sholem Aleichem 
3
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Andrew Schenker
The equation of biography and literary output never feels overly schematic thanks to the range of intelligent voices on hand to explain the richness and deeper significance of Aleichem s deceptively simple tales 
3
Stray Dog
Roger Moore
Kurosawa quickly grasped the conventions of the police procedural and left a firm Japanese imprint on the genre in conjuring up this tale 
3
Stray Dog
Jay Antani
Mifune is magnetic
4
Stray Dog
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s clear even this early that Kurosawa was one of the cinema s leading action directors 
4
Stray Dog
Jeremy Heilman
Akira Kurosawa s 1949 film noir transposes the bleak outlook that dominates so many American entries in the genre to postwar Tokyo 
3.5
Abe
Sarah Knight Adamson
I m a big fan of this movie the story feels so right for what s happening now with the Covid 19 virus and images we see of New York 
3
Abe
Tom Meek
Light and lean with just enough bite 
2.5
Abe
Ty Burr
A great measure of Abe s success is that it made me hungry More than that it s the first movie in quite some time to make me smile 
3.5
Abe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Abe is a pretty good food movie not without its problems but the food part of it comes through beautifully and it s overall quite satisfying 
3
Abe
Tomris Laffly
Abe could have been one unforgettable meal but instead its aftertaste is barely memorable 
2
Abe
Mark Dujsik
It s sweet but Abe is also a bit too obvious and manipulative on too many levels 
2.5
Abe
Anita Katz
Overall the film misses nearly as often as it charms 
2.5
Abe
Pamela Powell
With all the right ingredients Abe is an uplifting and entertaining film with just the right amount of zest 
3.5
Abe
Soleil Ho
The more subtle touches like the insistence on intimate handheld camera shots throughout the film work well to pull us into the child s perspective 
2.5
Abe
Johnny Oleksinski
With Schnapp s work in the title role I found myself believing that a 12 year old Brooklyn boy just might be able to solve the world s thorniest conflict with an appetizer 
3.5
Abe
Roger Moore
This moment in time feels as if it could use a little New York state of mind dramedy like Abe 
3
Winter Soldier
Thomas Delapa
For an America enduring another summer of discontent in Iraq Winter Soldier horrifically seems to prove that what s past is indeed prologue 
3
Winter Soldier
Fernando F. Croce
Like Hearts and Minds and Fahrenheit 9 11 Winter Soldier is less documentary than in the heat of conflict document too close to the bone for distance 
3
Winter Soldier
Rob Thomas
Time hasn t made it less excruciating to watch nor less essential 
3
Winter Soldier
Sean P. Means
The most chilling aspect of Winter Soldier is that 34 years down the road it feels fresh 
3.5
Winter Soldier
Lisa Kennedy
Rich with moments of excruciating eloquence 
3
Winter Soldier
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I couldn t call this film a masterpiece only indispensable 
3
El Monte
Pablo O. Scholz
Director Sebastián Caulier handles well the silence and suspense building a decidedly strange and premeditatedly hostile atmosphere Full review in Spanish 
3
Batman: Gotham Knight
Mike McGranaghan
Of all the animated superhero DVDs that have come out in the last few years this one is the best 
3.5
Small Apartments
Eric Melin
kerlund seems distracted by all the inherent quirkiness of the personalities and uses it as a crutch 
2
Small Apartments
Simon Abrams
A toxically quirky black comedy starring a morbidly obese albino who dreams of traveling to Switzerland 
1
Dog by Dog
Linda Cook
If you ve ever loved a dog I m begging you to see this 
4
Late Autumn
Moira MacDonald
Not much happens in Late Autumn and the film feels a little overlong But it has moments of real magic 
3
Apart From That
Jeff Shannon
If you re receptive to its challenge you ll find little miracles from start to finish 
3
In Front of Your Face
Mattie Lucas
Finds Hong in a somewhat more reflective and sentimental mood 46 The themes are written in a much bolder font than his usual work 44 but his style remains as delicate and ephemeral as ever 46 
3.5
In Front of Your Face
Walter Chaw
I never regret watching a Hong Sang soo movie I guess I just like his company 
2.5
In Front of Your Face
Chuck Bowen
The film is an obsessive rumination on the little squabbles and inconveniences and pleasures that add up to the bulk of our lives 
3.5
Our Hospitality
Josh Larsen
plays more like straight up adventure than the ticklish comedy Keaton had mostly been known for 
2.5
Our Hospitality
Matt Brunson
One of the silent comedian s most popular pictures 
3.5
Our Hospitality
Mattie Lucas
With Keaton s unique charm and a beautifully rendered sense of time and place it becomes a showcase for one of cinema s great comic filmmakers 
3.5
Our Hospitality
Scott Nash
This isn t one of Keaton s best despite some amusing scenes 
2.5
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Michael Scheinfeld
Aside from Severn Darden who relishes his lip smacking heavy character the cast seems disinterested even series stalwart Roddy McDowall looks bored 
2
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Roger Ebert
Battle looks like the last gap of a dying series a movie made simply to wring the dollars out of any remaining ape fans 
2
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
The only film in the series to end on a positive note 
2.5
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
James O'Ehley
For completists only and definitely counts as the worst in the entire series 
1
Annihilation
Brian Eggert
For every moment of visceral horror there are several more whose sublimity both haunts and astounds 
4
Annihilation
Jason Fraley
Annihilation boasts an intriguing premise and plenty of creative existential ideas but ultimately gives into blockbuster impulses that pale in comparison to the indie gold of Ex Machina 
2.5
Annihilation
Matt Brunson
A metaphoric mind bender that will find favor with select moviegoers while absolutely alienating everyone else 
3
Annihilation
Mattie Lucas
Takes us into a whole new world and abandons us to our own devices making for a cinematic experience that is as compelling as it is frustrating 
3.5
Annihilation
Federico Furzan
Science fiction taken to a weird core of horror Insanely weird and visually stunning Full review in Spanish 
3
Annihilation
John Beifuss
Portman s trek might as well be across the landscape of genre history It begins with a pulp magazine worthy attack by a monster alligator and ends with a trippy 2001 like alien encounter 
3.5
Annihilation
Joey Magidson
Garland displays an ability to mix big ideas stunning sci fi incredible images and gruesome violence in a way that few can 
3.5
Annihilation
Alan French
The ambitious nature of the film is present early and the structure s unconventional nature gives him the ability to inform the audience of backstory at his own pace 
3.5
Annihilation
Robert Daniels
It s an exploration of the weight of our own mistakes How the choices we make and the things we can t change fundamentally change us 
3
Annihilation
David Keyes
Here is a movie so thoroughly realized so utterly entrenched in the harrowing ordeals of its characters that their struggles touch on the very nervous system of our need to endure 
4
Annihilation
James Kendrick
an absorbing frequently powerful and at times insightful film that smartly deploys its sci fi trappings to keep us engaged while leaving us with just the right touch of ambiguity to chew on afterwards
3.5
Annihilation
Wesley Lovell
A gripping sci fi spectacular that s richly designed and filled with modest philosophical questions 
3.5
Annihilation
John Serba
A potent and suspenseful trek into heady sci fi 
3.5
Annihilation
Mike McGranaghan
A challenging sci fi masterpiece that demands multiple viewings 
4
Annihilation
Bob Bloom
Annihilation draws you in teasing you with hints but like many recent science fiction offerings frustrates audiences by obscuring its answers and cloaking them in ambiguity 
3
Annihilation
J. R. Jones
Garland s version is a worthy mutation 
3
Annihilation
Michael Smith
You might like this misguided mess of a fantasy if you like movies that keep their secrets so well for so long that the stakes lessen and you stop caring 
1.5
Annihilation
Stephen Rebello
Unlike most simplistic tidy instantly disposable Hollywood sci fi fare this one doesn t spoon feed It Kubricks us 
4
Annihilation
David Nusair
Writer director Alex Garland delivers a striking and impressively captivating opening stretch that instantly captures the viewer s attention and interest 
3
Annihilation
Josh Larsen
boldly marches into formidable territory where it might be out of its depth 
2.5
Annihilation
Linda Cook
Annihilation is an art house science fiction story 
3.5
Annihilation
James Berardinelli
This movie unlike something produced for mass audiences is about what happens in the calm moments between the loud splashy sequences 
3.5
Annihilation
Rex Reed
Annihilation is a demented science fiction comic book of a movie that makes less sense than a butterfly mating with a buffalo 
1
Annihilation
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a world one wants to crawl inside and live in for hours maybe even days at a time the dangers of doing so almost secondary to the naturalistic discoveries and environmental truths that could potentially be revealed 
3
Annihilation
Josh Terry
Annihilation maintains a persistent sense of tension that keeps things compelling and will leave you wondering if you need to see it again or just go read the source material to make sure you understood what you just saw 
3
Annihilation
Sonny Bunch
On a purely visual and visceral level Annihilation is haunting and memorable 
2.5
Annihilation
Christian Toto
Everything a modern science fiction film should be 
4
Annihilation
Brian Tallerico
In this recent wave of sci fi films it s one of the best 
3.5
Annihilation
Barry Hertz
If Garland must play by some of modern Hollywood s rules he abandons them in just about every other way 
3.5
Annihilation
Mick LaSalle
Annihilation really isn t worth seeing Still if you meet someone who has seen it have them tell you the good parts 
1
Annihilation
Katie Walsh
Bold metaphysical and just plain weird
3
Annihilation
Sean P. Means
If one goes to the movies to have one s mind blown open by the new and the challenging this is something to see 
3.5
Annihilation
Tom Meek
Annihilation holds you on the edge of your seat from start to finish 
3
Annihilation
Mark Dujsik
Here is a film that wholly embraces the concepts of the unknown and the uncertain 
3
Annihilation
Peter Keough
Garland has a David Cronenberg like flair for metastasized biology unnatural mutations and human nature in extremis But in Annihilation he doesn t seem to have figured out what any of it means 
2.5
Annihilation
Peter Howell
It s storytelling that feels like a stalking 
3.5
Annihilation
Sara Stewart
Ambitious and messy Annhilation will likely leave you with more questions than answers Mine is When can I see it again 
3
Annihilation
Norman Gidney
I can say without hesitation that Annihilation is one of my favorite sci fi horror movies of the past decade A mix of cerebral science and visceral horror 
4
Annihilation
Jake Coyle
Like virtually every science fiction before it once Annihilation which deviates greatly from the book in its third act starts solving its enigmas the spell begins to break But Garland s film is seldom not something to behold 
3
Annihilation
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
From the reprocessed story to the uninspired visual palette Garland s Annihilation never fails to disappoint 
1.5
Annihilation
Soren Andersen
The visuals are gorgeous The mood is unsettling from start to finish Annihilation is a strong sophomore effort from a very talented filmmaker 
3
Annihilation
Calvin Wilson
A science fiction flick that s at once intellectually ambitious and extremely frightening 
3.5
Annihilation
Dustin Putman
Mesmerizing and thoroughly unshakeable In spite of its title Annihilation isn t just about the end of things but also about the beginning of something else 151 an insinuation of profound and portentous consequence 
3.5
Annihilation
Roger Moore
Bleak and cryptic science fiction worth seeing and mulling over but not necessarily enjoyed 
2
Annihilation
Gary Thompson
Garland s alien biodome is a trippy mixture of tactile old school hardware and computer generated images 
3
Annihilation
Ryan Stewart
Annihilation gets momentum from the deeper it pushes into the uncertainties of ecology and the self 
2.5
Annihilation
Peter Travers
Alex Garland s bracing brainteaser has the courage of its own ambiguity You work out the answers in your own head in your own time in your own dreams where the best sci fi puzzles leave things Get ready to be rocked 
3.5
Annihilation
Michael Phillips
Garland makes a valiant go of its concerns but Annihilation feels like a short story amount of story pulled and twisted into feature length 
2.5
Annihilation
Richard Roeper
Annihilation becomes ever more trippy and challenging and thus ever more interesting 
4
Annihilation
Brian Truitt
On one hand it s a brainy take on horror tropes and on the other an empowering female led mystery with an underlying roller coaster of weird leaving nightmares in its wake 
3.5
Siddhartha
Walter Chaw
A lovely evocative piece that may come across as stodgy and obvious thirty years after its release 
3
Siddhartha
Roger Ebert
Conrad Rooks Siddhartha is a film of great grace and beauty but somehow it failed to move me 
2.5
Siddhartha
Steven Rosen
Like Chappaqua the movie doesn t live up to the legend 
2.5
Siddhartha
Janice Page
Apologies to Conrad Rooks but the only reason his 1972 film Siddhartha is getting a 30th anniversary rerelease is the appeal of seeing Sven Nykvist s amazing cinematography restored to its full splendor 
3
Siddhartha
Joe Baltake
A gentle reminder of just how much life and movies have changed not entirely for the better 
3
Siddhartha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the end Siddhartha the movie fails in its attempt to explore and question and meditate You can t be meditative while running through a field and leaping over foxholes 
2
Siddhartha
John Petrakis
Rather than living on as reminder of India in the early 1900s the film now exists as a period piece of another sort namely as a cult film of the psychedelic era 
3
Slamdance
Juan Carlos Coto
Slam Dance s advertisement proclaims It s NOT about dancing In the end it s not about much else either 
2
Slamdance
Roger Ebert
The plot of this movie is a little infuriating because it gets in the way of the people 
2
Don't Let Go
Brian Eggert
The movie never finds a balance between its concentration on character or conceit and the resulting disproportion leaves it unsatisfying 
2
Don't Let Go
Federico Furzan
It doesn t ask unnecessary questions about its probability and that s ok as long as its dramatic plot keeps working Full review in Spanish 
3
Don't Let Go
David Nusair
an inventive entertaining low budget endeavor 
3
Don't Let Go
Rob Thomas
While it s not perfect especially when it lapses into standard thriller mode writer director Jacob Aaron Estes film is satisfyingly twisty with a pair of terrific lead performances that keep us believing when the screenplay can t 
3
Don't Let Go
Steven Prokopy
I ll give Estes and his players a certain amount of credit for coming up with a mostly original storyline and executing it with a great deal of skill and clarity 
2.5
Don't Let Go
Sheila O'Malley
The central relationship drives the film forward but in its focus on whodunit and why Don t Let Go fails to pack the punch it should 
2
Don't Let Go
Henry Stewart
Would that Jacob Estes had kept the particulars of his murder mystery as intricate as the sci fi of his main characters communion 
2
Don't Let Go
Robert Horton
Its cop movie cliches and shock effects keep dragging it back into standard time 
2.5
Don't Let Go
Christian Toto
Strong performances and a killer gimmick overpower some maddening flaws 
2.5
Don't Let Go
Mark Dujsik
Don t Let Go sacrifices the genuine promise of an emotionally rich thriller for the less promising hollow thrills of a gimmick 
2
Don't Let Go
James Berardinelli
Writer director Jacob Estes has come to the project with a clever concept but his execution is weak contradictory and confusing 
2
Don't Let Go
Richard Roeper
Like Jack we d like to go back in time that s for sure Maybe we could return to about the 30 minute mark of this movie and see if there s a better path to take from there 
2
Don't Let Go
Moira MacDonald
The film s better than you d expect from a late summer offering mostly due to a strong cast led by the great Oyelowo 
2.5
Don't Let Go
Roger Moore
Say what you will but the damned contraption and Oyelowo hold your attention 
2.5
Don't Let Go
Michael O'Sullivan
Emotionally Don t Let Go works like magic Intellectually not so much 
2
Don't Let Go
Peter Hartlaub
Oyelowo and Reid have excellent chemistry as they learn blind faith in each other might be the only way they both survive 
3
I Shot Andy Warhol
Roger Ebert
Mary Harron does two remarkable things in her movie She makes Solanas almost sympathetic and sometimes moving and funny and she creates a portrait of the Factory that s devastating and convincing 
3.5
I Shot Andy Warhol
Mike Clark
Though this terrifically cast movie may prove a tad too detached even for some members of its targeted audience it covers remarkable ground in less than two hours 
3.5
I Shot Andy Warhol
Steve Rhodes
I had a lot of trouble trying to figure out why this picture was made What was the director trying to accomplish 
1.5
Sheba, Baby
Roger Ebert
Grier s latest Sheba Baby is in the passable category but I d like to see her screen personality used in a better directed film with more ambition 
1.5
Plastic Planet
Ethan Alter
Plastic Planet isn t a particularly distinguished film but it delivers a worthwhile message 
2.5
Plastic Planet
Andrew Schenker
Jumping breathlessly from one short segment to another jetting from one corner of the world to another the director aims to make up in breadth what he sacrifices in depth 
2
Sword of God
Mark Dujsik
The movie perhaps is too grim and too bleak 
2.5
Sword of God
Roger Moore
A grim tale of survival and civilization from an era when the two weren t necessarily compatible 
3
The Jazz Singer
Roger Ebert
The Jazz Singer has so many things wrong with it that a review threatens to become a list 
1
The Strange Door
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s actually a pretty limp costume movie that never really makes much sense 
2.5
The Strange Door
Matt Brunson
Minor thrills can be found in what s more of a melodrama than a horror yarn 
2.5
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Gary Thompson
The movie resorts to a mundane shoot em up finale that leaves the viewer feeling cheated and betrays the movie s PG 13 rating 
2
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Jeff Shannon
There s nothing wrong with The Gun in Betty Lou s Handbag that isn t wrong with about a thousand other commercially homogenized comedies of its kind 
2
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Stephen Hunter
There is definitely a gun in Betty Lou s handbag but is there a brain in Betty Lou s head 
2
And While We Were Here
Mike McGranaghan
An intimate study of human unhappiness and the addictive liberation that comes from casting it off Kate Bosworth displays a level of depth heretofore unseen in her work 
3
And While We Were Here
Wes Greene
Suggests a version of Roberto Rossellini s Voyage to Italy reworked as a photo diary posted on Facebook 
1
Eye of the Tiger
David Nusair
yes Survivor s Eye of the Tiger can be heard on the soundtrack a whopping and wholly unnecessary three times 
2
Megamind
Jeff Beck
Megamind has splendid visuals a good story and enough witty dialogue to turn it into an enjoyable experience that s worth checking out 
3
Megamind
Linda Cook
Megamind may not be thought provoking but it is fun And come to think of it it does give us something to ponder along the nature or nurture concepts of destiny 
3
Megamind
Michael A. Smith
Full of fun and eye popping images Megamind is what they used to call in the old days of television side splittingly funny 
3.5
Megamind
James Kendrick
while its hectic battle sequences and penchant for mass destruction will certainly keep the eyes of action junkies satiated its sly depictions of the balance between good and evil actually provide quite a bit of food for thought
3
Megamind
Matt Brunson
Megamind is perfectly fine for the kids but adults might find their own megaminds wandering at various points throughout a film that doesn t compare to The Incredibles when it comes to affectionately tweaking the superhero genre 
2.5
Megamind
John Wirt
Even if it s not great Megamind manages to be diverting 
2.5
Megamind
Mike McGranaghan
Megamind is fast and funny with excellent use of 3D 
3.5
Megamind
Alison Gang
In this refreshing twist on a familiar format director Tom McGrath combines flawless 3 D animation with a bevy of comedic talent to craft an entertaining adventure with plenty of smart grown up laughs 
3
Megamind
Brett Michel
If celebrity voices and an excess of licensed pop music are your thing you might forgive the lack of ambition here 
2.5
Megamind
Keith Cohen
Family audiences finally have something worth turning out in droves to see This 96 minute movie proceeds at a zippy pace and the audience s attention never wavers from the excitement up on the screen 
3
Megamind
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a curious concept and one worthy of a better movie than this DreamWorks dropping the ball easily crafting one of the more disappointing animated spectacles of this or any other year 
2
Megamind
Peter Canavese
The promise of extraordinary brain power isn t fulfilled 
2.5
Megamind
Lisa Kennedy
The story s the thing And this one is as subtly deep as it is ridiculously fun 
3.5
Megamind
Amy Biancolli
I do love Ferrell whose absurdist man child routine has always been a matter of taste 
3
Megamind
Bob Bloom
Megamind is a lot of fun a movie that youngsters will enjoy for its cartoonish slapstick and visuals and that adults can appreciate for its sly humor 
3.5
Megamind
Stephen Whitty
Small children are likely to be disappointed by the paucity of silly slapstick or bathroom gags while their older siblings will probably fidget at the lack of scares 
2.5
Megamind
Chris Hewitt
You ll probably laugh and you ll probably wish it were better 
2.5
Megamind
Lou Lumenick
This animated feature is what Yogi Berra called déjà vu all over again its shopworn premise most recently having served the marginally better Despicable Me this summer 
2
Megamind
Willie Waffle
It has plenty of details for us to sink our teeth into without forgetting to make the audience laugh 
3.5
Megamind
Michael O'Sullivan
Megamind is a smart funny and original treat Sweet enough to deliver a message about creating your own destiny but with just enough sour grapes not to cloy the movie delivers pure pleasure from start to finish 
3.5
Megamind
Rick Groen
The plot is rich the execution poor 
2
Megamind
Dustin Putman
May be worth seeing but interested viewers would do well to either find a theater showing it in two dimensions or just wait for the inevitably superior Blu Ray release 
2.5
Megamind
Peter Travers
What this raucous 3D animated fun house lacks in originality think bastard child of The Incredibles and Despicable Me it makes up for in visual and vocal wit 
2.5
Megamind
Sean O'Connell
Not exactly ingenious but certainly an entertaining way to spend an afternoon at the theater with the family 
2.5
Megamind
Peter Howell
If it s difficult to find novelty in Megamind it s also hard not to like 
2.5
Megamind
Claudia Puig
Megamind has some funny moments silly mispronunciations and comical socio political references But it suffers from being the second animated movie this year to feature a dastardly villain for a hero 
2
Megamind
Duane Dudek
The bonus in Megamind is a thoughtful and heartfelt look at the thin line between good and evil and hero and villain how they can exist in equal parts in many of us and how their appearances can be deceiving 
3
Megamind
Moira MacDonald
One of those movies that disappears too quickly leaving memories of better ones in its wake 
2.5
Megamind
Robert W. Butler
Megamind is full of good ideas But they never coalesce into a satisfying whole 
2
Megamind
Steven Rea
Megamind has momentum and dazzle 
3
Megamind
Wesley Morris
Megamind is well versed in superhero routine without turning blasé The boredom of formulas and roles and expectations is very much its point 
3
Megamind
Josh Larsen
In terms of plot Megamind is only slightly less complicated than Inception 
2
Megamind
Michael Phillips
You have seen all this before 
2.5
Megamind
James Berardinelli
Megamind is largely what one might expect from an animated movie featuring a number of notable comedians in voice roles an amusing diversion 
3
Megamind
Roger Ebert
This set up is bright and amusing even if it does feel recycled from bits and pieces of such recent animated landmarks as The Invincibles with its superpowers and Despicable Me with its villain 
3
Megamind
Roger Moore
Cute and funny at times but with a lot of dead spots 
2.5
Megamind
Thelma Adams
Superb 3 D graphics and silly running gags Megamind routinely mispronounces words such as school should keep kids amused while sly political and pop culture references will get laughs from adults 
3
Megamind
Christopher Lloyd
The second animated film in the last few months where a super villain plays the hero Megamind was destined to have a patina of staleness 
2
Megamind
Simon Abrams
Megamind may initially seem like a superhero spoof in the comedic vein of Shrek but it reveals itself to be smarter funnier and infinitely more sympathetic than that 
3
Lakota Nation vs. the United States
Dwight Brown
A powerful documentation about a beautiful struggle You ll be astounded It s like taking a grad course in Native American studies and loving the professor 
4
Delirious
Rob Thomas
DiCillo hasn t lost his gift for artfully skewering both those basking in fame s spotlight and those lurking in the shadows while still finding a measure of affection for all of them 
3
Delirious
Jeff Shannon
As always Buscemi masters his portrayal of needy desperation but he still makes Les admirable for his capacity to go with the flow 
3
Delirious
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just wish you d get the chance to see it in a theater like I did because if more people took the time to do so then maybe we might actually get more intelligently crafted relationship comedies like it 
3
Delirious
David Wiegand
With Delirious writer director Tom DiCillo has crafted a wonderfully giddy meditation on the nature of fame the people who sell it and those doing the buying and their mutually parasitic dependence on each other 
3
Delirious
Jeffrey M. Anderson
DiCillo s spot on writing and the exceptional performances by Buscemi and Pitt creates a touching and vivid friendship that stabilizes the film 
3
Delirious
Roger Ebert
Delirious by writer director Tom DiCillo has a special quality because it does not make paparazzi a target but a subject 
3.5
Delirious
Ty Burr
Someday far in the future a team of archeologists will dig up the black wizened still beating heart of New York City and it will look exactly like Steve Buscemi 
2.5
Delirious
Tasha Robinson
In spite of the off tone moments and thematic distractions Delirious is engaging intelligent and enjoyable 
3
Delirious
Maitland McDonagh
Short sharp snapshot about celebrity and life on the fringe has nothing new to say but it says it with considerable charm and affection 
3
Delirious
Gary Goldstein
Delirious is a funny insightful entertaining poke at celebrity culture that lands quite a few notches above the typical New York set ensemble indie 
3.5
Delirious
Peter Travers
Buscemi makes this pathetic and potentially lethal shutterbug a figure of surprising humor and compassion 
3
Delirious
Bob Strauss
The film s got some good amusing moments and perhaps an insight or two into hanger on psychology 
2.5
Delirious
Jack Mathews
In the end I don t know that Delirious has all that much to say about the fame game but you ll laugh nonetheless 
3
Delirious
Jan Stuart
The prickly camaraderie between Buscemi and Pitt puts Delirious back on track abetted by a hilarious turn by Gina Gershon 
3
Delirious
Lou Lumenick
Despite some plot holes Delirious hits the bull s eye with razor sharp performances and dialogue 
3
Delirious
Nick Schager
With Delirious Tom DiCillo puts our national obsession with fame under the magnifying glass and what he spies is a bunch of people in desperate need of attention approval and friendship 
2.5
The Perfect Weapon
David Nusair
the picture s downfall is a result of its unusually sluggish execution and absence of a wholeheartedly compelling protagonist 
2
The Deer King
Brian Tallerico
The Deer King looks great 40 and has a lovely score 41 but it 8217 s repetitive 44 predictable 44 and downright dull 46 
2
The Deer King
Joe Friar
The animation is stunning with vibrant colors and beautifully drawn characters comparable to the Studio Ghibli classics 46 At times it is challenging to remain engaged as the energy level drops 44 still 44 I did enjoy the mature storyline and horror elements 46 10 10 
3
The Deer King
Roger Moore
Genre fans may eat this up 44 but it 8217 s not anything I 8217 d call a 8220 must see 8221 film 44 despite its obvious ambition 46 
2
The Deer King
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he story apos s shortcomings become far too apparent 46 
2
The Deer King
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 offers the personal touch of a hero 8217 s journey alongside a more expansive vision of how to live in community 46 
3.5
The Deer King
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The Deer King leaves one with the impression that it hasn 8217 t given itself enough room to truly soar 46 
2.5
Eating
Roger Ebert
The movie makes its point early and often That its characters are hung up on food and eat for unhealthy and obsessive reasons It s true We know it s true We wait in vain for additional insights 
2
Scarecrow
David Nusair
46 46 46 the picture 8217 s impact is heightened considerably by the engrossing and persistently captivating efforts of its stars 46 46 46 
3
Scarecrow
Gene Siskel
It isn t often a performance is really worth the price of admission but if you can allow for Pacino I think you ll find Hackman s work in Scarecrow to be that good 
3
Scarecrow
Budd Wilkins
Jerry Schatzberg s film embraces sprawl of both the narrative and geographical variety with freewheeling abandon 
4
Scarecrow
Roger Ebert
There are fine moments as there would have to be with Hackman and Pacino 
3
Gone in 60 Seconds
Maitland McDonagh
Amateurish badly acted and shot on the cheap many sequences don t even have sync sound this cult item features a 40 minute car chase almost half the film s running time that s nothing short of breathtaking 
2.5
Gone in 60 Seconds
Robert Roten
The 40 minute car chase is one wild ride The rest of the film however is sorely lacking 
1.5
Winter Vacation
Andrew Schenker
An existential inquiry and a rhetorical declaration of cosmic futility 
3
Bright Leaves
Ron Reed
This is a highly personal journey reminiscent of a smart sardonic personal essay you might find in Harper s magazine or a quirky savvy radio piece on NPR s This American Life 
3
Bright Leaves
Carrie Rickey
A gently provocative film diary about tobacco and its mixed legacy 
3
Bright Leaves
Phil Villarreal
The filmmaker narrates with droll front porch wit and eases his way into the viewer s heart by sharing a hefty portion of his own 
3
Bright Leaves
Michael Wilmington
Bright Leaves is a beguiling film Watching it is like spending time with an old somewhat chatty but endearing friend 
3
Bright Leaves
Jonathan Rosenbaum
McElwee s best film since Sherman s March 
3
Bright Leaves
Roger Ebert
It s a meandering visit by a curious man with a quiet sense of humor 
3
Bright Leaves
Chris Hewitt
Ross McElwee s movies have the rhythms of a person who is writing considering this possibility rejecting that one and ultimately making a decision 
3
Bright Leaves
John Hartl
A multilayered film that gradually finds its focus 
3.5
Bright Leaves
Marta Barber
A weightless film Worse still McElwee s languid tone makes his journey lack conviction 
2
Bright Leaves
John Beifuss
Eventually we realize that moviemaking has replaced nicotine as McElwee s addiction Every so often he has to step outside for a fix 
3.5
Bright Leaves
Ross Anthony
Opens tediously slow but grows on you reels you in perhaps like smoking itself trance like seemingly suspending time Then like smoking finds difficulty quitting 
2
Bright Leaves
Carla Meyer
Like Moore s Fahrenheit 9 11 and Spurlock s Super Size Me McElwee s Bright Leaves takes on a sizable foe in this case big tobacco but with such grace and wit that his message never seems medicinal 
4
Bright Leaves
Ty Burr
Where most documentaries offer us facts to hold on to McElwee s are obsessed with the mystery of things we don t know and never will 
3
Bright Leaves
Paul Sherman
You end up wishing it would amass into something more than the sum of its elements 
2.5
Bright Leaves
Jack Mathews
Becomes both a mystery and memoir in progress and though the filmmaker does not find the truth he is looking for it was clearly a quest worth undertaking 
3
Bright Leaves
Lou Lumenick
Ross McElwee shows just how far subtlety can go with his latest charming effort 
3
Bright Leaves
David Sterritt
Deeply personal morally alert and highly entertaining 
4
Bright Leaves
Ed Gonzalez
Ostensibly about an epic betrayal Bright Leaves spirals beautifully in a hundred different directions 
3.5
Fire of Love
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 demonstrates a brazen humility 46 
3.5
Fire of Love
Tom Meek
Sara Dosa s documentary about renowned French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft has tons of eye popping footage of flowing rivers of boiling lava and bellowing volcanos It s wow with a capital W 
2.5
Fire of Love
Mark Feeney
It s content to nod and stare and keep an admiring distance With lava flows and ash plumes that s an understandable response and works fine With a pair of individuals as unusual as the Kraffts it s not and it doesn t 
2
Fire of Love
Rene Sanchez
A hypnotic and poetic documentary that explores the deepest mysteries of nature and love in Earth apos s most dangerous corners 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Fire of Love
Pat Padua
quot 46 46 46 archival footage is exciting enough 44 but editors 46 46 46 make judicious use of split screen 44 circular stencils and other visual effects 44 varying the rhythm just enough to make this world seem even more magical 46 quot 
3.5
Fire of Love
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s a film begging for big screen beholding 
3
Fire of Love
Mike McGranaghan
Every year 44 there are at least one or two extraordinary don apos t miss it documentaries 46 Fire of Love certainly qualifies as an entry for 2022 46 
4
Fire of Love
G. Allen Johnson
The way Dosa shapes the story emphasizing the couple s deep love for each other and their unconventional lives is what makes Fire of Love one of the most moving and memorable films of 2022 
4
Fire of Love
Oliver Jones
The film percolates with a love of movies specifically the French New Wave at its best moments it feels like Breathless if Jean Paul Belmondo s character had been obsessed with volcanologists instead of Humphrey Bogart 
3
Fire of Love
Jake Coyle
Fire of Love excavates their unique story and the jaw dropping footage the Kraffts left behind in a film exploding with awe for the mysterious alchemies of love and obsession 
3
Fire of Love
Matt Zoller Seitz
A poem of matrimony and magma 46 
4
Fire of Love
Mark Dujsik
The Kraffts apos lives and work do mean something 46 46 46 by the end of Fire of Love 46 The film itself 44 though 44 finds deeper meaning in the evidence of what they meant to each other 46 46 46 
3.5
Fire of Love
Max Weiss
Directed with care curiosity and insight by Sara Dosa 
4
Fire of Love
Brian Eggert
The viewer gets a sense of their marriage and soulfulness 44 and by the end 44 we appreciate their influence and feel their loss 46 
3.5
Fire of Love
Rania Richardson
The love story of married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft and their shared passion for up close and personal investigation of volcanoes informs Sara Dosa s FIRE OF LOVE narrated by Miranda July 
3.5
Fire of Love
Pat Brown
The film oscllates between the playfully on the nose and the existentially profound with the confidence of a volcano chaser surfing on a river of lava 
3
Fire of Love
Steven Prokopy
Fire of Love is so visually stunning that you could turn the volume off completely and enjoy the film almost as much But why would you want to miss this touching love story 
3.5
Fire of Love
Randy Myers
Love celebrates love of cinema nature science and the rogue outsiders trying to better understand our world 
4
Fire of Love
Sean P. Means
Dosa has pored through hundreds of hours of the Kraffts footage much of it astonishing in its beauty and danger level 
3.5
Fire of Love
Peter Howell
Commits to a mad embrace of destiny with eye searing archival footage and an appreciation of the ineffability of devotion 
3.5
Sí, mi amor
Roger Moore
However this played in Peru and the rest of South America I could have used a LOT more Let s make fun of Argentinians 
1.5
The Couch Trip
Roger Ebert
Alas despite its cast The Couch Trip is a disappointment a missed opportunity 
2.5
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Lucius Gore
Kaufman is one of the last great trash filmmakers 
3
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Crosses big gross out shock scenes with more in the know jokes about terrorists and nutrition without ever realizing or acknowledging this chasm I wish it had been a little smarter or dumber 
2.5
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Rossiter Drake
It s not pretty and the humor is sometimes embarrassingly puerile but for those with a passion for subversive trash Troma Entertainment is still serving it on a bile covered platter 
3
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Felix Vasquez Jr.
One of the most entertaining flicks I ve seen all year 
3
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Maitland McDonagh
Kaufman runs a vaguely clever premise right into the toilet both literally and metaphorically 
1
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Kyle Smith
A landmark achievement in the field of cursed chicken franchise horror musicals 
2
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Kam Williams
A jaw dropping combination of silly sexy and sadistic skits not to be missed 
4
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Rob Humanick
Quite possibly the world s first horror musical sex comedy the strangely impressive originality of Poultrygeist Night of the Chicken Dead doesn t come even close to compensating for its everything plus the kitchen sink midnight movie awfulness 
.5
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Phil Villarreal
Kaufman spews a biting satire of the fast food industry and the evils of saturated fat and marketing saturation 
3
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Duane Dudek
Poultrygeist Night of the Chicken Dead is loudly and proudly bad 
1.5
Above and Beyond
Kyle Smith
Though somewhat marred by cheesy docudrama re enactments the film produced by Steven Spielberg s sister Nancy is nutty dramatic surprising and above all inspiring 
3
Above and Beyond
Kam Williams
Reverential retrospective recounts U S pilots role in Israel s War of Independence 
4
Above and Beyond
Wes Greene
It may channel the loose adrenaline fueled lives of pilots but the film s inconsistent often impassive study of this intriguing real life adventure feels half told 
2.5
Above and Beyond
Roger Moore
The appearance of Pee Wee Herman in this documentary about the birth of the Israeli Air Force is the money moment 
3
My Lucky Star
Chris Knight
The result is the blandest of both worlds My Lucky Star is neither a particularly thrilling spy movie nor a very original romance 
2
My Lucky Star
Jeff Shannon
It s hardly original but as the plot bounces from Singapore to Hong Kong and the lavishly gaudy Venetian Resort in Macao My Lucky Star plays out like a sparkling brightly lit travelogue with Zhang as a bubbly tour guide 
2.5
My Lucky Star
Mark Jenkins
While Zhang is one of China s greatest international stars My Lucky Star is utterly provincial 
2
My Lucky Star
Dann Gire
Zhang s character is so idiotically naive and her adventures so flairlessly executed that it s the thing to escape from 
1.5
My Lucky Star
Nick Usen
Yet another limp spy spoof that fails to make any interesting critiques about the genre let alone construct a humorous gag 
.5
The School of Flesh
CSM Staff
This rather perfunctory French drama never quite catches fire 
2
The School of Flesh
Michael Dequina
An intelligent examination of sexuality and relationships 
3
The School of Flesh
Roger Ebert
I cannot imagine a Hollywood movie like this 
3
Golmaal 3
Namrata Joshi
Golmaal 4 if Shetty is planning one would need serious comic reinvention 
2
In the Mood for Love
Brian Eggert
There are boundless delights in Wong s exploration of the ephemeral desirous chambers of the mind 
4
In the Mood for Love
Josh Larsen
as if you re watching two halves of a broken heart throb 
4
In the Mood for Love
Matt Brunson
Wong Kar wai s best picture 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Mattie Lucas
It is a movie of feelings of words left unsaid a film that is vibrantly alive a sensual experience like no other 
4
In the Mood for Love
Jack Mathews
In the Mood is a love story told from the point of impact at the heart and no conventional resolution could be more profound 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Chris Kaltenbach
As a study of people determined to remain more true to their values than to their emotions In the Mood for Love offers an experience like few other films of recent memory 
3
In the Mood for Love
Todd Anthony
It bleeds color and passion like a Monet in an impressionistic visually ravishing tale of unrequited love between two repressed souls 
3
In the Mood for Love
Walter Chaw
Ethereal evanescent evocative of true ineffable experience In the Mood for Love is amazing
4
In the Mood for Love
Eric Melin
As beautiful as it is to look at In the Mood for Love is full of passing moments missed opportunities and plenty of darkness 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Michael Dequina
The emotional richness of the piece undeniably pierces the heart 
3
In the Mood for Love
Judith Egerton
As this lovely film moves from allegro to adagio it never loses its pervasive sense of loneliness 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Susan Tavernetti
Frame by frame Wong Kar wai s mood piece represents the most sumptuous filmmaking in years 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Liam Lacey
Stylized set designed to the last hair wisp the film is a mixture of bold devices with delicate understatement that leave a remarkable aftereffect 
4
In the Mood for Love
Jeremy Heilman
Like Chabrol s La Ceromonie it escalates everyday tensions until they became much more realized and pointed feelings 
4
In the Mood for Love
James Kendrick
an elegant poetic exploration of romantic yearning repressed emotions and the age old conflict between tradition bound behavior and emotional longings
4
In the Mood for Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wong Kar wai makes movies that render all other movies plain and ordinary 
4
In the Mood for Love
Ed Gonzalez
Wong Kar Wai s latest masterpiece is an erotic and visually stunning meditation on the confines of love 
4
In the Mood for Love
David Sterritt
A romantic pleasure to watch 
3
In the Mood for Love
Joe Baltake
I didn t much care for this very strange movie 
2.5
In the Mood for Love
Jeff Vice
It might not have worked without the two leads whose performances are superb Particularly good is the underrated Cheung 
3
In the Mood for Love
Steven Rea
Shot through with spirals of cigarette smoke and blazing with the colors and geometry of 60s textile design In the Mood for Love is a feast for the eyes and succor for the soul examining the secrets that join men and women and that keep them apart 
4
In the Mood for Love
Marty Mapes
In the Mood for Love shows why devoted fans like his work It also also shows why Wong isn t more popular with mainstream audiences 
2
In the Mood for Love
Melanie McFarland
Surrender yourself to Wong s intentions and the effect like love at its most heady is narcotic 
3
In the Mood for Love
Edward Guthmann
In one sense it s like an erotic dream that dissolves before fulfillment in another sense In the Mood suggests that the lovers are remembering the fragmented incidents of this tale from the distance of time 
3
In the Mood for Love
Roger Ebert
Instead of asking us to identify with this couple as an American film would Wong asks us to empathize with them that is a higher and more complex assignment with greater rewards 
3
In the Mood for Love
Michael Wilmington
A real vision of glamour and lost innocence 
3
In the Mood for Love
Greg Dean Schmitz
As a film it just seemed too slow even plodding 
2
In the Mood for Love
Tor Thorsen
Leung and Cheung have more than enough talent to carry the film As the two shattered cuckolds they ooze suffering 
3
In the Mood for Love
Steve Rhodes
A hauntingly beautiful tale 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Mike Clark
Will put most people in the mood for slumber 
2
In the Mood for Love
Jonathan Foreman
Rapturously elegant and deeply sexy in a deliciously restrained way Wong Kar wai s In the Mood for Love is one of the most romantic movies I have ever seen right up there with Brief Encounter and Casablanca 
4
In the Mood for Love
James Berardinelli
A powerful study of longing 
3.5
In the Mood for Love
Ross Anthony
Cheung and Leung are suave and captivating but their tedious game of subtle approach and retreat provides very little entertainment for the filmgoer 
1
P.C.U.
Roger Ebert
PCU is a fertile movie filled with the beginnings of good ideas and promising scenes But somehow everything seems truncated there s not the kind of follow through that takes a funny situation and builds on it until the laughs begin to pyramid 
2
Traitor
David Nusair
one can t help but embrace the slow moving narrative to an increasingly palpable degree 
3
Traitor
Nick Rogers
Surprisingly Steve Martin created this story In a decade of wild and crazy fictional terrorism his was the most horrifyingly plausible one that spun terrorism as drama into uncomfortable community theater striking the country s friendliest corners 
4
Traitor
Sonny Bunch
As a thriller Traitor excels and feels especially relevant considering the subject matter 
3
Traitor
Matt Brunson
Overall more thoughtful than jingoistic even if it does little to advance audience understanding of the War on Terror and its multi tentacled morality plays 
2.5
Traitor
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like The Fugitive Traitor is a thriller where both the pursuer and the pursued are well developed compelling and sympathetic figures 
3
Traitor
Susan Tavernetti
As an espionage thriller Traitor delivers But the movie does so in a realistic way 
3
Traitor
Sean P. Means
The mix of high minded politics and slowly ratcheting tension pays off as Traitor uses brainpower to generate its thrills 
3
Traitor
Linda Cook
Talented actor Don Cheadle brings yet another angst driven character to life in Traitor a looka t the question of whether the means ever justifies the end in killing 
3
Traitor
Steve Rhodes
Traitor plods along while still somehow managing to keep us engrossed no matter how slow the pacing gets but it asks too much of the viewer s patience for its minimal dramatic payoff 
2.5
Traitor
Maitland McDonagh
This serious intelligent political thriller about jihadists and America s war on terror represents a dramatic change from writer director Jeffrey Nachmanoff s only other produced feature screenplay the cartoonish Day After Tomorrow 
3
Traitor
Linda Barnard
Traitor gets a leg up thanks to a solid cast including Guy Pearce an underused Jeff Daniels and chiefly Cheadle s Horn whose quiet dignity makes his blurred loyalties believable and his true sympathies indefinable 
2.5
Traitor
Jennie Punter
Traitor becomes too busy ultimately frustrating and never delivers on its tantalizing promise of offering a little insight into terrorists motives and it s even got an inside man 
2
Traitor
Jeff Vice
Despite featuring this cast and having some relevant promising material this terrorist thriller never engages us It slow boils its way to a ludicrous contrived wrapup that s almost laughably silly 
2
Traitor
Todd Hertz
Forced plot twists head scratching jumps in logic and a plan by the hero that would sound great in a seventh grade short story but could never work out in real life 
2
Traitor
Daniel M. Kimmel
a thriller that won t make you feel you wasted your money u2026 or your time 
3
Traitor
Kam Williams
Don Cheadle stars in international potboiler as possible Manchurian Muslim mole masquerading as FBI operative 
4
Traitor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cheadle comes away unscathed His commanding performance is the first best reason to see this 
2.5
Traitor
Willie Waffle
A more than solid thriller but one that simmers too much when it needs to boil 
3
Traitor
Janos Gereben
Traitor is more than a gripping intelligent thriller It is also a brave work maintaining integrity as it deals with a difficult subject that habitually brings out black and white cardboard treatment 
4
Traitor
Christian Toto
It s rare for today s movies to tackle terrorism as the deadly threat it is It s even more uncommon to see Don Cheadle give a lackluster performance Traitor serves up both 
2
Traitor
Gina Carbone
Let s say The Bourne Identity threw a party and invited The Departed The Kingdom Paradise Now and Syriana Instead of getting trashed or playing pin the tail on the donkey they decide to craft an earnest PSA on 
2.5
Traitor
Robert W. Butler
Traitor builds to an intensely suspenseful conclusion but what lingers long after the film ends are the troubling questions it raises Not too many movies can make that claim 
3
Traitor
Chris Hewitt
It s another good one from Cheadle who has become the go to guy for political thrillers 
3
Traitor
Mark Rahner
First time director Jeffrey Nachmanoff known for The Day After Tomorrow script wrote the screenplay Of all people Steve Martin came up with the idea It is neither wild nor crazy 
2.5
Traitor
Reyhan Harmanci
Traitor delivers plot twists but few real surprises 
2
Traitor
James Berardinelli
Traitor is smart effective and at times suspenseful It s one of a very few terrorist themed movies that presents its situation without resorting to exploitation or oversimplification 
3
Traitor
Carrie Rickey
Observing the conventions of the millennial thriller it succeeds in amping up the suspense Yet it never fully engages the ethical conflicts it raises 
2.5
Traitor
Rafer Guzman
To call Traitor deeper than the average Hollywood thriller may not be saying much but the film deserves credit for trying to both challenge and entertain its audience 
3
Traitor
Stephen Whitty
Ultimately the film is both too contrived and too casual both relentless in the way it manipulates its plot and sloppy in its understanding of the consequences 
2.5
Traitor
Lou Lumenick
A solid intelligent international thriller showcasing the underrated Don Cheadle in an intriguing and morally ambiguous role Traitor is the best end of August movie I ve seen in years 
3
Traitor
Graham Killeen
Traitor blusters and whines like innumerable Steve Martin personas too focused on making noise to think up much to say 
2
Traitor
Rene Rodriguez
The action thriller stuff is serviceable if unremarkable but there s no denying the sense that the filmmakers lost their nerve 
2.5
Traitor
Lawrence Toppman
A thriller that s frequently implausible but almost always thoughtful 
3
Traitor
Ty Burr
Traitor offers up one of the more maddeningly gratifyingly complex lead characters seen in movies lately 
3
Traitor
Josh Larsen
A fair number of recent post 9 11 dramas have suffered from the same malady research paperitis 
2
Traitor
Michael Phillips
It tells a good snakelike story slithering in some unpredictable directions 
3
Traitor
Dustin Putman
By only partially broaching the film s underlying themes concerning terrorism religion and international relations Traitor becomes little more than a disposable thriller in need of a sharper focus 
2
Traitor
Amy Biancolli
A tense talky and unusually thoughtful spy thriller 
3
Traitor
Claudia Puig
Traitor can t seem to decide whether it wants to be an edge of the seat action thriller or a more contemplative and intellectual drama about religion and terrorism 
2.5
Traitor
Roger Ebert
Don Cheadle is such a good actor If he were more of a showboat he would be a bigger star But he remains the go to man for a film like this 
3
Traitor
Phil Villarreal
Other than Samir most of the characters are oversimplified placeholders with little depth but Cheadle gives you someone to latch onto and care for You also sort of despise him because he may well be doing more harm than good 
3
Traitor
Michael Sragow
When a director can t fulfill his obligations to his genre he doesn t win the confidence he needs to lead an audience into higher terrain 
2.5
Traitor
Austin Kennedy
TRAITOR isn t a bad movie and has some exciting moments But it s by the numbers screenplay and direction leaves alot to be desired 
2.5
Traitor
Ed Gonzalez
An intellectual and philosophical lost cause 
1.5
Lake Mungo
Federico Furzan
This masterpiece of modern horror takes relatively safe elements and turns them into nightmarish factors of a grim and realist mockumentary Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Money Plane
David Nusair
a fun setup that s employed to pervasively and persistently lackluster effect 
.5
Money Plane
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers have made a laughable movie and didn t think to laugh at themselves 
0.5
All This Panic
Max Weiss
On top of being entertaining illuminating and affecting the film is beautifully shot with gorgeous hazy light and painterly framing it looks like a narrative feature 
3.5
All This Panic
Tomris Laffly
Gage makes each minute boldly and deeply matter 
3.5
All This Panic
Elise Nakhnikian
There s plenty of life in this honest impressionistic portrait of a cohort of 21st century American girls 
2.5
Ali's Wedding
Roger Moore
A meandering but warm adorably revealing and often funny romantic comedy set in a slow to assimilate Australian Islamic community 
2.5
Armored
John Beifuss
Director Nimod Antal s stripped down genre exercise there s not even a hint of a romantic subplot is unremarkable but efficient 
2.5
Armored
Linda Cook
What happens when someone leads you into temptation 
2.5
Armored
Tom Meek
Simpson s dialogue flies like a flat footed homage to Mamet or Tarantino 
2
Armored
Roger Moore
Over familiar and industrial a factory film made because a recycled script minimal budget a location a grab bag cast and some armored trucks were available 
1.5
Armored
Simon Abrams
Features Antal s characteristic emphasis on his characters rather than the situations into which they re thrust 
3
L'Enfer
Matt Brunson
Rarely has the ugly specter of jealousy been presented in such a harsh manner 
3
High Tide
Isaac Feldberg
Razor sharp and cold to the touch 44 8220 High Tide 8221 ultimately reminds of Bong Joon ho 8217 s 8220 Parasite 8221 in its view of class and gender as veneers not just obscuring but abetting our primal impulses 46 
3
High Tide
Walter Chaw
High Tide is a sophisticated thorny adult thriller aligned with something like Body Heat in its moral ambiguity and viciousness 
3.5
Saving Capitalism
Matthew Rozsa
He no doubt intended to make a provocative film that would inspire its viewers to become activists for socioeconomic justice Instead this is a movie that conservatives should embrace as a huge favor to their cause 
3
Saving Capitalism
Roger Moore
America what went wrong from a guy who should know 
3
Elvis from Outer Space
Roger Moore
It s no Bubba Ho Tep 
0
The Death of Stalin
Brian Eggert
The brilliance of Iannucci s limber tonal shifts is that he can switch between them in an instant keeping a sharp audience on edge while never losing our investment in the film 
4
The Death of Stalin
Josh Larsen
has a cleverness that withers into something more wearying 
3
The Death of Stalin
Alan French
The perfect blend of black humor The Death of Stalin has a very real message about the political world today 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Robert Daniels
The Death of Stalin is not only unexpected but sharp witty and effectively spurious 
3
The Death of Stalin
John Serba
a ruthless livewire comedy It tempts and teases the rigidly ideological portions of our minds to step into the light and laugh 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Rob Thomas
Although it would be facile to compare modern politics to the horrors of Stalin s purge there is something queasily resonant about a movie depicting a country on the verge of a nervous breakdown 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Peter Canavese
Tales of the venal the selfish and the desperate lurking when not preening in the halls of power 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Josh Terry
The performances from Buscemi and Tambor have to be rated for their comic timing more than for historical nuance and of the group Beale stands out the most as he feels the walls of conspiracy closing in 
3
The Death of Stalin
Barry Paris
It s cutting edge political satire worthy of Russian dramatists Gogol or Bulgakov farcical and frightening Throat cutting edge you might say 
4
The Death of Stalin
Christian Toto
Iannucci hits these Communists so hard so often you ll wish he d let up a little on these murderous comrades 
3
The Death of Stalin
Calvin Wilson
The Death of Stalin should please moviegoers who appreciate humor that s significantly more sophisticated than we ve become accustomed to encountering on the big screen these days 
3
The Death of Stalin
Gary Thompson
For Iannucci who loves to mock the craven unprincipled pursuit of power the scenario is an antic delight and plays to his talent for hectic plot turns and pardon the expression rapid fire dialogue 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Richard Roeper
From start to finish director co writer Armando Iannucci creator of HBO s brilliant Veep delivers an audacious and insightful and ridiculous and hilarious send up that reminded me of the classic Monty Python films of the 1970s and 1980s 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Anita Katz
The actors give top rate impressively in character performances 
3
The Death of Stalin
James Berardinelli
There s a universality to the humor that will reach even those with only a vague knowledge of who Stalin was 
3
The Death of Stalin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Death of Stalin may sound daunting but poking at a dead dictator hasn t been this much fun since the days of Chaplin and the Marx Brothers 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
David Nusair
An often interminable misfire 
2
The Death of Stalin
Robert Horton
Comes close to perfectly balancing comedy and savagery 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Sonny Bunch
There is something revelatory about transporting the bureaucratic machinations featured in Iannucci s previous work to the gulag archipelago that was Soviet Russia 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Mark Dujsik
The film is ruthless in its dissection of these people 
4
The Death of Stalin
Bruce DeMara
This is satirical history that invites prophecy imagine a future Trump Administration version 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
J. R. Jones
Iannucci may have turned Nury s somber novel into something of a goof but he also takes a more complex view of Beria Death of Stalin is a priceless political satir but what s really impressive is how hard it tries to fit Beria s story into the puzzle 
4
The Death of Stalin
Michael Phillips
If it s a romp then it s a romp that does what anything on this topic must do leave audiences a little rattled with a hint of ashes in the mouth 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Ty Burr
Vladimir Putin s Ministry of Culture ministry has banned The Death of Stalin from being shown in Russia There can be no greater praise 
4
The Death of Stalin
Mick LaSalle
The Death of Stalin is a weird sort of hilarious in that you easily might not laugh for minutes at a time Instead of one big pie in the face doled out at intervals the movie presents an unending series of comic jabs 
4
The Death of Stalin
Christopher Kompanek
Sight gags and slapstick erupt from a pervasive atmosphere of dread and terror 
3
The Death of Stalin
Robert Levin
When it comes to contemporary crafters of political satire Armando Iannucci exists in an exalted realm all his own 
3
The Death of Stalin
Jake Coyle
It s a rich ensemble with varying accents from Cockney to American and uniform comic brilliance including Michael Palin as Molotov Jeffrey Tambor as Malenkov and Jason Isaacs as Zhukov 
3
The Death of Stalin
Roger Moore
Morbidly hilarious And a great reminder why all right thinking Americans hate these bastards 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Glenn Kenny
It never asks us to laugh at cruelty it does make us laugh at the absurd pettiness and ultimate small mindedness of the men perpetrating that cruelty And Iannucci is a superb ringmaster 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Peter Travers
Armando Iannucci s hilarious profane satire about politburos pole positioning for power could not be more timely It s the funniest fiercest comedy of the year 
3.5
The Death of Stalin
Jake Cole
Armando Iannucci satirizes the manner in which political power is accorded to those who can mask cutthroat ambition behind an outward projection of bland inoffensiveness 
2.5
The Death of Stalin
Kate Taylor
There is one thing that power can t stand and that is to be mocked The social importance of this topical romp should not be underestimated 
4
Darker Than Amber
Roger Ebert
The whole movie is a lot more believable than a detective movie usually has a right to be I didn t much expect to enjoy it the genre has been in a state of decay since the 1950s but I did 
3.5
Disturbia
David Keyes
When it comes to recalling the best of Hitchcock s important film lessons here is a decent movie that at least remembers the buildup is just as important as the jolt 
3
Disturbia
Brett Michel
A feature length alt rock soundtrack shill that merges with violin strains that would make even Bernard Herrmann blanch 
2.5
Disturbia
David Nusair
an unabashedly high concept premise that s primarily employed to surprisingly positive effect 
3
Disturbia
Kam Williams
Borrowing a page or two from of the Hitchcock classic Rear Window 1954 this riveting psychological thriller for the Internet Age delivers as compelling a variation on the helpless voyeur theme as one might hope to find 
4
Disturbia
John Beifuss
This teen Rear Window apparently is functioning as a suitable My First Horror Film for the young audiences that have turned it into one of the year s unequivocal hits 
2.5
Disturbia
Jeffrey Westhoff
Disturbia slowly builds from suspense to shocks at the cost of very few brain cells 
3
Disturbia
Jonathan W. Hickman
A feeble attempt to update Hitch s classic for the teen beat generation of today 
2
Disturbia
Sean O'Connell
Would sag without LaBeouf carrying his first movie and making credible connections with each co star 
3
Disturbia
Linda Cook
It s not as classy as its cinematic great grandfather Rear Window Still Disturbia is an entertaining worthwhile thriller that nicely updates Hitchcock s iconic work 
3
Disturbia
Frank Ochieng
Suitably giddy with its horror movie platitudes aimed at mocking the facade of suburban hysteria this thriller thrives with the right amount of scrappy charm and intrigue 
2.5
Disturbia
Mike McGranaghan
Obviously nothing is going to compare to Rear Window but Disturbia is nevertheless a neat well made little thriller that s worth checking out 
3
Disturbia
Larry Ratliff
Caruso almost lets this one wander out of control in horror mode near the end He reins it back in just in time though 
3
Disturbia
Sean McBride
far deeper that you might expect from a typical teen drama 
3
Disturbia
Claudia Puig
Offsetting the chilly voyeurism is a viable teen romance and an appealing sense of humor Though there are occasional lapses in logic Disturbia is consistently suspenseful and entertainingly disturbing 
3
Disturbia
Maitland McDonagh
Director D J Caruso s teen friendly spin on Alfred Hitchcock s Rear Window does so many things right that it s a shame to see it sink into horror movie cliches 
2.5
Disturbia
Peter Howell
While Disturbia does nothing to advance or honour Hitchcock the movie succeeds on its modest terms 
2.5
Disturbia
Moira MacDonald
For the most part a taut careful thriller that emphasizes suspense over blood and gore 
2.5
Disturbia
Ruthe Stein
Caruso a very visual director serves up some surprises and scares and he s paced his movie briskly You re out of this disturbing suburbia before you know it shaken and even stirred 
3
Disturbia
David Elliott
If you re going to remake or salute a Hitchcock classic it s fine to start off like Disturbia It is not fine to end up like Disturbia 
2
Disturbia
Carla Meyer
Disturbia seems unsure whether to be a creepy thriller a drama or a coming of age comedy What s certain about this well acted visually assured movie is that scene by scene it s often lively and engaging 
3
Disturbia
Timothy Knight
By and large the characters in Disturbia do all the dumb reckless things we ve come to expect and rightly mock in cheesy suspense flicks 
2
Disturbia
Lisa Rose
A surprisingly competent film Disturbia lives up to its title It s rare to find a decent film turn up in the dead of April traditionally Hollywood s dump month for shelved oddities 
3
Disturbia
Lou Lumenick
Director D J Caruso relies entirely too much on clichéd shock cuts and keeps pulling back every time the flick seems to be settling into anything close to a creepy mood 
2
Disturbia
Elizabeth Weitzman
What Disturbia lacks in complexity it makes up for in witty jokes sneaky jolts and a timeless lesson If you ve got windows someone s always watching 
3
Disturbia
Mack Bates
In addition to being a solid thriller Disturbia is also a scathing indictment of life in suburbia and the movie gamely plays to teens while taking their angst to task 
3
Disturbia
Bob Strauss
A well acted little teenage thriller that takes good advantage of visual premises and common modern technology s increasing potential for making us all avid and even rabid voyeurs 
3
Disturbia
Loey Lockerby
Presents itself as an adolescent variation on Rear Window updated with modern technology and steeped in the conventions of thrillers That s exactly what it delivers In fact that s all it delivers 
2
Disturbia
Amy Biancolli
Despite the foolishness and despite the patent knockoffs of Rear Window and American Beauty Disturbia is a likable little thriller 
2.5
Disturbia
Terry Lawson
A one dimensional thriller albeit one more stylish than the ones churned out for the older teen early 20s demographic 
2
Disturbia
Michael Booth
Disturbia will have young people on the edge of their seat cringing and thinking at the same time 
3
Disturbia
Mary F. Pols
Won t go down in history for its artistry but it s an entertaining movie with a sense of humor and a promising star 
3
Disturbia
Wesley Morris
Every piece of the story is jammed predictably into place Kale sees the cute girl next door the cute girl comes over Kale sees the killer next door the killer comes over 
2
Disturbia
Tyler Hanley
Rear Window gets a facelift for the iPod generation 
3
Disturbia
Nick Rogers
If not perfection Disturbia achieves something more than most modern thrillers the right to describe itself in that genre and a few others This hodgepodge homage becomes stupid and shrill in its final reel but it s a nifty good time 
3
Disturbia
Sean P. Means
LaBeouf and Roemer have a frisky chemistry and the always reliable Morse is a delicious devil 
3
Disturbia
James Sanford
A mash up of Dawson s Creek and The Conversation Unfortunately the movie begins losing its grip around the time Ronny notes that a garage smells like the corpse of a rotting hottie 
2.5
Disturbia
Peter Canavese
Fails on the scores of credibility and originality but since it s nearly as thrilling as it is unlikely the picture works out to be trashy fun 
2.5
Disturbia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When the killer shows his hand the film deteriorates into a typical slasher complete with jerky angles blurry footage and ridiculous near supernatural chases 
2.5
Disturbia
Willie Waffle
Some might think tackling the subject of an Alfred Hitchcock movie would be blasphemous but everyone involved makes Disturbia good enough to stand on its own 
3
Disturbia
Nick Schager
Disturbia s reworking of Rear Window for the YouTube generation is pretty nifty drenching its tale of paranoid surveillance in the type of modern techno gadgetry that s helped transform privacy from a right into a luxury 
2.5
Disturbia
Jeff Vice
This really is LaBeouf s vehicle and he proves to be an appealing star presence 
2.5
Disturbia
Mark Dujsik
Works well enough not enough to ignore the intellectual robbery but enough to be a derivative but fun little thriller 
3
Disturbia
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is fun with a capitol F the 100 or so minutes it runs flying by almost in the blink of an eye 
3
Disturbia
Steven Rea
Like Rear Window before it Disturbia is sly and suspenseful and full of mounting dread 
3
Disturbia
Gene Seymour
OK so Rear Window was better plotted and more richly apportioned than this update And so what if you can see every plot twist bearing down like a rush hour commuter express Disturbia still boasts a scrappy charm 
2.5
Disturbia
Jeff Strickler
There isn t much in the way of surprise plot twists But the predictability is offset by the movie s energy 
3
Disturbia
Dustin Putman
John Hughes meets Alfred Hitchcock meets the 21st century in Disturbia an adeptly crafted if not terribly original horror thriller 
2.5
Disturbia
Chris Hewitt
A sneak up and touch you on the shoulder movie rather than a smash you in the face with an anvil one Disturbia is a surprisingly satisfying thriller 
3
Disturbia
Phoebe Flowers
Not high art but it serves its purpose 
2.5
Disturbia
Michael Wilmington
Comparisons to Rear Window are probably something the makers of Disturbia don t want us to make since Disturbia for all its glitz and gadgets is markedly inferior in everything but teen appeal 
2
Disturbia
Matt Pais
Guaranteed to get your inner high schooler excited for the end of the semester 
3
Disturbia
Josh Larsen
The preposterousness of Disturbia increases at an alarming rate until you finally start losing track of all of your objections 
1.5
Disturbia
Phil Villarreal
Disturbia is like Rear Window only if Rear Window had been written and directed by morons and James Stewart had been replaced by a kid from the Disney Channel 
2
Disturbia
Steve Rhodes
The director takes a script laced with one obvious moment after another and manages to make a predictable picture even more so with staging which telegraphs every twist 
2
Disturbia
Vince Koehler
Disturbia is a pot luck of comedy romance suspense that offers a little something for everyone 
3.5
Disturbia
James Berardinelli
The filmmakers belief that modern audiences will only respond to noisy inarticulate endings dooms this movie to a last act that devalues rather than elevates it 
2.5
Disturbia
Peter Travers
No sense kicking this thriller for plot holes and lapses in logic when the action suspense and flirty sex come at such a lively clip 
3
Mine
Andrew Schenker
Geralyn Pezanoski s doc about the efforts to reunite Hurricane Katrina victims with their lost pooches is pretty soapy stuff 
2
Mine
G. Allen Johnson
The documentary has a lot to say about human compassion government bureaucracy and the problems inherent after disasters on a large scale 
3
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Dustin Putman
The performances in Beneath the Harvest Sky are better than the movie itself an exceedingly derivative teen melodrama that too often loses focus and meanders off on lugubrious tangents with its criminal subplots 
1.5
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Ty Burr
While the climax of Beneath the Harvest Sky is a jumble of crosscutting thunderstorms and an inconveniently collapsing house the movie never loses the pulse of people and tragedies it knows too well 
2.5
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Farran Smith Nehme
Teenagers in a dead end town aren t exactly a trailblazing topic 
2
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Nick Prigge
It flourishes in the spaces between the plot s necessary setups and subsequent payoffs which is nearly enough to redeem the film if not for the narrative going belly up in the third act 
2.5
Beneath the Harvest Sky
David Nusair
filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly offer up a central character in the form of Cohen s Casper that couldn t possibly be more unlikable 
1.5
History of Fear
Steve Macfarlane
Often in the space of a single shot History of Fear will propose a lopsided power dynamic between characters only to sculpt the scene to yield still more unreconciled tensions 
3
Girl with a Gun
Roger Moore
Nervous edgy and punchy for 40 minutes something we can t forget as the picture limps through its second half 
2
Naked in Ashes
Michael Booth
Does so much of what we want from documentary it teaches us new ways that lives can be lived And religion or no that always expands the spirit 
3
Naked in Ashes
Ty Burr
Naked in Ashes could easily provide answers but doesn t and so it invites only unexamined faith or skepticism 
1.5
Naked in Ashes
Jeff Shannon
With Naked in Ashes Los Angeles based filmmaker Paula Fouce manages a dubious feat of underachievement She s made a documentary about Hindu mystics that s only marginally enlightening about its subject matter 
2
Naked in Ashes
John McMurtrie
An inspirational and cautionary film that documents the hermetic lives of a handful of Indian yogis 
3
Naked in Ashes
V.A. Musetto
Director Paula Fouce has a passion for the holy ways of the East and it shines through in Naked in Ashes 
3
Head
James Kendrick
There is an inherent curiosity quotient for any project this inherently whacked out which helps smooth over the underlying rub that Rafelson is using the film to rather portentously blow his own horn
2.5
Head
Roger Ebert
Sometimes it succeeds 
2.5
Queen to Play
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and beguiling platonic romance a smart and thoroughly engaging drama that makes chess look thrilling and intellectual pursuits look sexy 
3
Queen to Play
Rob Thomas
We ve seen it over and over in the movies but Play has an understated charm and convincing performances and a palpable love of chess that makes it work well enough 
3
Queen to Play
Calvin Wilson
Maintains a wonderful balance between grit and grace 
3.5
Queen to Play
Chris Hewitt
It s a little character study that really sneaks up on you 
3
Queen to Play
Jen Chaney
There s something particularly enjoyable about settling into a film whose pleasures reside in quiet moments understated performances and the reading of subtitles 
3
Queen to Play
Mick LaSalle
It s almost necessary to see it twice to really appreciate fully what s going on between Kline and Bonnaire s characters over the course of the film 
3
Queen to Play
Moira MacDonald
Bonnaire beautifully captures her character s simmering intelligence and vague discontent Kline performing his entire role in French for the first time again proves himself a master of the raised eyebrow 
3.5
Queen to Play
Ty Burr
If you ve been dying to see Kevin Kline in his first French speaking role or Jennifer Beals in her first chess playing one here it is Your move 
2
Queen to Play
Gerald Peary
A torpid story of a femme familiarizing herself with pawns and rooks 
2
Queen to Play
Roger Ebert
What I enjoyed was the way the film summons up the pure obsessive passion that chess stirs in some people 
3.5
Queen to Play
Stephen Whitty
A film about steady pleasures not grand passions 
3
Queen to Play
Lou Lumenick
Queen To Play is ultimately about people s capacity for emotional and intellectual growth at any age 
3
Queen to Play
Andrew Schenker
Misrepresents the difficulties of women with no semi marketable talents at freeing themselves from their own domestic grind 
2
Watcher
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a slow burn with some decent suspense 46 
2.5
Watcher
James Kendrick
a polished and engaging thriller that is assembled from a host of familiar bits and pieces from superior films 44 but still works in its own right
3
Watcher
Tom Meek
Chloe Okuno s feature debut is a moody psychological thriller that feels fresh despite a wash rinse and repeat narrative 
2.5
Watcher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the quot thriller quot aspects of it are perhaps a bit too routine 40 and 44 in some cases 44 downright silly 41 44 the potent 44 unsettling way in which it gets under Julia apos s skin makes Watcher is a success 46 
3
Watcher
Rob Thomas
8220 Watcher 8221 is a spellbinding throwback to the thrillers of yesterday that dares you to look away 46 
3
Watcher
Jake Coyle
Okuno s taut feature artfully reconstructs a Hitchcockian thriller around yes a blonde heroine in Monroe but one with her own gaze and distinct anxieties 
3
Watcher
Sheila O'Malley
A chilly and elegant thriller 46 
3
Watcher
Leo Brady
It 8217 s evident that there is a rich knowledge of cinema coursing through Okuno 8217 s mind 44 as she obviously draws from films such as Peeping Tom 44 Rear Window 44 or a movie that Monroe is familiar with in It Follows 46 
3.5
Watcher
Katie Walsh
This beautifully crafted jewel of a throwback thriller signifies Okuno as a talent to watch 44 but furthermore 44 it pushes the viewer to question what 44 and who 44 we choose to believe and why 46 
3
Watcher
Russ Simmons
While it 8217 s overly familiar 44 Monroe 8217 s strong performance is the thing that makes 8220 Watcher 8221 watchable 46 
3
Watcher
Josh Bell
This isn apos t a movie about conspiracies or plot twists 44 but about a heightened version of an everyday experience for many women 44 and Okuno keeps it grounded even when ramping up the danger 46 
2.5
Watcher
Mark Dujsik
It apos s simple but scary stuff 46 
3
Watcher
Jeff York
It 8217 s a slow burn piece 44 building up its sense of dread with methodical care 44 all the while making a larger case against the subjugation of women and how rarely they can feel safe in any environment 46 
4
Watcher
Randy Myers
With minimal violence Okuno upends creepy conventions with an engrossing meaningful take on the woman in jeopardy story 
3
Watcher
Brian Eggert
This is late night fare that will keep you rapt for 90 minutes and quickly fade from memory afterward 44 but leave you eager to see what Okuno does next 46 
2.5
Watcher
Steven Prokopy
A terrific and highly effective albeit low grade suspense film 
3
Watcher
Matthew Passantino
The movie draws you into its 1970s style slow burn thriller intensity with such ease and precision you won t feel it sneaking up on you right away 
3
Watcher
Sean P. Means
Monroe has to carry Julia s swirling emotions loneliness apprehension paranoia and anger that Francis doesn t believe her and does so with grace and fury 
3.5
Watcher
Joey Magidson
Watcher wears its influences on its sleeve with pride A lesser filmmaker or a film with a lesser leading lady would just come off as derivative That s not the case here 
3
Watcher
Peter Howell
Monroe Okuno and cinematographer Benjamin Kirk Nielsen team for a superior chiller making excellent use of Bucharest s COVID emptied streets to evoke the still of fright 
3.5
Watcher
Derek Smith
Watcher gives a feminist twist to a throwback genre but never does its topicality dilute its gripping suspense 
2.5
Watcher
Mike McGranaghan
The nerve rattling movie builds to a gruesome climax It s a first rate thriller 
3.5
Shirkers
Walter V. Addiego
The movie is many things at once 
3
Shirkers
Alan French
The displacement she puts on the audience mirrors her own displacement in the story Yet the overall absurdity and weirdness will put its hook into the audience 
3.5
Shirkers
Monica Castillo
There is a sense of relief at the end of the documentary that feels like the first big breath of fresh air after stepping out of a therapist s office 
4
Shirkers
Christopher Gray
Sandi Tan s view of what the original Shirkers represented and what her new film should be proves surprisingly expansive 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Brian Eggert
A capably made fantasy bound to draw out a few tears and present a few wowing visuals 
3
A Monster Calls
Matt Brunson
Individual scenes crackle with flavor but it s hard to become completely invested in a movie about holding onto life when its creators are so focused on art directing it to death 
2.5
A Monster Calls
Leo Brady
A Monster Calls is a unique film in the sense that it is honest about life and the unfair difficulties that you go through as a child 
3
A Monster Calls
Federico Furzan
A beautiful tale of fantasy and tragedy that should be shown to kids nowadays Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant coming of age drama that tackles an adolescent dealing with loss in a way not this well devised since Bridge to Terabithia 
4
A Monster Calls
John Serba
The film is essentially about Conor s internal struggle man vs himself maybe although he s not yet a man where hope battles despair 
3
A Monster Calls
Kenneth R. Morefield
A Monster Calls does have its share of painful honesty But it also reminds us that truths spoken in and about love can sustain us through the darkest nights of the soul 
4
A Monster Calls
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A film for those who enjoy visually stunning stories with well developed intellectual and emotional content A Monster Calls can be really memorable and fascinating Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Monster Calls
John Beifuss
Benefits greatly from the sensitive lead performance of Lewis MacDougall whose exposure to a home movie projection screening of the black and white King Kong provides a precedent for both the monster s arrival and the tearful ending 
3
A Monster Calls
Walter Chaw
an effective weepie yet there are moments where it demonstrates that it could have been a good deal more than that 
2.5
A Monster Calls
James Kendrick
a visually impressive and emotionally dexterous fantasy
3.5
A Monster Calls
Linda Cook
An elegant hopeful coming of age story about loss 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is an emotionally cathartic marvel I was continually captivated by its final moments as genuine as its title character is pretend the overall spell it ultimately casts unforgettably pure 
3.5
A Monster Calls
David Nusair
The hands off atmosphere ultimately ensures that the third act s big emotional revelations just aren t able to pack the punch that Bayona has surely intended 
2.5
A Monster Calls
Josh Terry
A Monster Calls builds to a moving finale that is much more spiritual and emotional than action packed 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Chris Knight
The film has been praised as an excellent coming of age tale but even applying that term fails to do justice to its deliverance This is a coming of age of reason story 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Max Weiss
A Monster Calls is a fairytale about the bogusness of fairytales about the reality of unhappy endings and the darkness and light that lives within us all Guess your kid has to learn about existentialism eventually right 
3
A Monster Calls
Mal Vincent
Good intentions and noisy special effects are all for naught when things get this traumatic 
2.5
A Monster Calls
Barry Hertz
Too mature to lure in the younger set and too one dimensional to make much of an impression on adult audiences 
2
A Monster Calls
Michael Smith
In showing us understanding with how to cope with the greatest loss and how the human connection can continue the filmmakers behind A Monster Calls have shown us one thing more than any other the truth 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Richard Roeper
This makes for one overcrowded assemblage of issues 
2.5
A Monster Calls
Sean P. Means
The movie s most fascinating character turns out to be the monster itself a collection of snaking branches with demon red eyes and brought to life by Neeson s voice which modulates from a tiger s purr to a terrain leveling roar 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Mark Dujsik
The method overpowers the message in A Monster Calls 
2
A Monster Calls
Bruce DeMara
A Monster Calls is unconventional storytelling in the best way But parents should be aware that it s not exactly a feel good film to share with their kids 
3
A Monster Calls
Jon Niccum
a moving story that supplies genuine life lessons 
3
A Monster Calls
Chris Hewitt
The movie has a keen sense of how it feels to be a clever kid whose cleverness isn t enough to help him understand the behavior of the adults in his life It s also a poignant story about grief 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Stephen Rebello
If you ve got a thing about being seen crying in public you might want to take a pass on catching A Monster Calls in a theater But that would be a big mistake 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Brad Keefe
While there s much to enjoy in each of these worlds the end result does undercut the narrative flow a bit at times Still there s surprising emotional depth in a coming of age story that offers more than just tragedy 
3
A Monster Calls
Bob Bloom
A Monster Calls is not an easy movie for children to watch because Boyana refuses to ease the pain and turmoil that is evident in Conor 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Stephanie Merry
The movie is memorable for its stunning and inventive imagery especially when the tree monster s tales spring to life as little works of art set in motion 
3
A Monster Calls
Calvin Wilson
A Monster Calls is the rare film that addresses the mysteries of childhood without succumbing to schmaltz 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Rafer Guzman
Though well made on every level with gorgeous visuals and raw heightened performances A Monster Calls is more emotionally intense than the average children s movie by a factor of maybe two or three hundred 
3
A Monster Calls
Tom Russo
A Monster Calls is a portrait of coping that s both fascinating and heartbreaking 
3
A Monster Calls
Peter Hartlaub
Bayona remains a director whose work should be anticipated and A Monster Calls is a solid fantasy drama 
3
A Monster Calls
Lawrence Toppman
Bayona understands the forces that bind families together and the ones that tear individuals apart His real domain is childhood itself and few storytellers summon its fears and fury so faithfully 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Tirdad Derakhshani
A Monster Calls is an engrossing tragic fantasy sustained by genuine sentiment 
3
A Monster Calls
Dann Gire
A Monster Calls conjures fantasy and spectacle painting the screen with vibrant colorful sometimes dreamy and nightmarish images that pump caffeine directly into our retinas 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Moira MacDonald
Older audiences braced for tragedy may be drawn to its imaginative visuals the stories told by the monster are rendered in delicate painterly animation and to the achingly vulnerable growing up too fast boy at its center 
3
A Monster Calls
Peter Canavese
There s a simple power to the clean lines of Ness story and it s greatly amplified by the work of the actors 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Kam Williams
A visually enchanting if fateful fairy tale 
3
A Monster Calls
James Berardinelli
A Monster Calls is an unexpectedly powerful and unsentimental exploration of surviving grief and the less than noble feelings it can engender 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Brian Truitt
A Monster Calls dials up a nostalgic and superb coming of age journey that ll have audiences grabbing all the hankies 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Dustin Putman
This alluringly unusual cinematic conglomeration of slice of life grace notes and supernatural genre elements nevertheless packs a punch 
3
A Monster Calls
Mike McGranaghan
A Monster Calls is a masterpiece of imagination Movies like this don t come around very often and when they do they re worth cherishing 
4
A Monster Calls
Josh Larsen
has some arresting creative flourishes as well as enough genuine emotion to forgive the more maudlin touches 
2.5
A Monster Calls
Robert Levin
Even the most hardened of hearts will be transformed into a blubbering quaking mess by the time the lights come up 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Glenn Kenny
Despite its shortcomings there are things about this film that are hard to shake the movie s ultimate wisdom and overarching compassion make it very likely that you won t want to shake them after all 
3
A Monster Calls
Stephen Whitty
Young Lewis MacDougall is very good as Conor as is Felicity Jones as his mother while Sigourney Weaver invests the difficult part of the grandmother with a tightly wound intensity 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Peter Travers
Evocative mysterious and shot through with bruising humor and heartbreak A Monster Calls with a deeply felt performance from Felicity Jones gets you where you live There s real magic in it 
3.5
A Monster Calls
Kevin A. Ranson
for a fearless fairy tale that thrives in the dark this monster has a higher calling 
4
A Monster Calls
Chuck Bowen
A Monster Calls is both governed and straitjacketed by director J A Bayona s competent impersonality 
1.5
A Monster Calls
Kent Turner
The book s fans will be more than pleased by this moving and menacing adaptation 
3
A Monster Calls
Sara Stewart
The film belongs alongside Pan s Labyrinth in the realm of darkly creative kid centric films that are at their core not really kids fare at all 
3
A Monster Calls
Roger Moore
Cinematic childhood without the sugar coating a disturbing fairytale without its edges worn off 
3
A Monster Calls
Shane Slater
It begs you to forgive any flaws for the sake of its important message Under all its flashy visuals it reminds us that life isn t a fairy tale 
3
Phoenix
Brian Eggert
Petzold s direction is simple and natural far removed from the expressive formal styles of Hitchcock and Frankenheimer in their respective films about a facial transmigration 
4
Phoenix
Matt Brunson
Hungary s Son of Saul may have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but another World War II drama Germany s Phoenix is actually the superior picture 
3
Phoenix
James Kendrick
a shrewd engaging play of psychological dexterity that despite its melodramatic roots never feels arch or forced
3.5
Phoenix
Josh Larsen
a nightclub lament 
3.5
Phoenix
Roger Moore
A Holocaust tale with a nice romantic ache to it that still manages to feel tentative like a pulled punch 
2.5
Phoenix
Scott Renshaw
Hitchcock s Vertigo has been invoked repeatedly as a comparison for Christian Petzold s mesmerizing drama but while he s adapting a French novel that has already been turned into a film once before absolutely nothing here feels second hand 
4
Phoenix
John Wirt
A deftly executed suspenseful drama from Germany 
4
Phoenix
Rob Thomas
Phoenix is a film that starts slow gathers momentum and hits you with the force of an express train at the end 
3.5
Phoenix
Robert Levin
The sheer magnitude of what Nelly has experienced is evident and deeply felt in Nina Hoss every sad glance and hesitant gesture 
3
Phoenix
Anita Katz
Petzold s filmmaking is atmospheric and suspenseful 
3
Phoenix
Lawrence Toppman
The three performances especially the sadly tender one by Hoss keep us connected 
3
Phoenix
David Lewis
Sometimes implausible and always engrossing Phoenix takes us to postwar Berlin a shell of a city where concentration camp survivor Nelly is a shell of herself 
3
Phoenix
Robert Horton
Phoenix is an extremely well made picture with fine lead performances by Hoss and Zehrfeld who acted together in Petzold s fascinating Barbara 
3
Phoenix
Mark Dujsik
I t s engrossing enough to keep the doubts about the story itself at bay 
3
Phoenix
John Hartl
You may not buy all the story twists but perhaps the script is not meant to be taken literally 
3
Phoenix
John Anderson
Provocative profoundly moving and the acting is virtuosic 
4
Phoenix
Ty Burr
Like its heroine Phoenix speaks low but with bitter clarity 
3.5
Phoenix
Stephanie Merry
Phoenix takes its time and leaves us guessing until the final electrifying scene 
3
Phoenix
Rene Rodriguez
The movie isn t a thriller but it still generates a strange sort of emotional suspense an incredibly intense drama that makes you hold your breath 
3.5
Phoenix
Luke Goodsell
If the film at times feels more interesting in theory for what it evokes cinematic and otherwise then all is forgotten once Phoenix arrives at its destination 
3
Phoenix
Farran Smith Nehme
German director Christian Petzold has come up with a splendid work of mourning and melodrama in Phoenix 
4
Phoenix
James Lattimer
Christian Petzold never luxuriates in all this film history but rather channels the artifice and affect it embodies into new insights 
4
Phoenix
Nathalie Atkinson
Borrows tension look and conventions from postwar film noir and the Hitchcockian doubles reversals and atmosphere of suspicion unbalance expectations of which character if either is cat or mouse 
3.5
Phoenix
Chris Knight
The mistaken identity trope has been used to comedic dramatic and even horrific effect but perhaps never in the deep noir tones of Phoenix the latest from German writer director Christian Petzold 
3
Phoenix
David Nusair
the movie ends with one of the most memorable and spellbinding final scenes in recent cinema history 
2.5
Phoenix
Brian Tallerico
This is an amazing piece of work that transcends historical document to become art Using the filmic language of noir Petzold crafts a story of a culture caught in the aftermath of horror 
4
Sissy
Brian Eggert
Sissy could be seen as blunt force trauma satire 44 except that Aisha Dee sells every moment of her performance 46 
3
Sissy
Roger Moore
Co writer 47 directors Kane Senes and Hannah Barlow set us up with jokes and a light tone 46 Then they drop the hammer 46 
2.5
Sissy
Leo Brady
Sissy is a modern mixture of obsession being turned to horror and a realization that sometimes the term best friends forever can be taken much too far 
3
One True Loves
Peyton Robinson
Tropes are a given in a rom com and are sometimes welcome 44 but 8220 One True Loves 8221 executes them with the determined reliance of a ball and chain 46 
1
One True Loves
Mike McGranaghan
Did no one recognize what an idiotic 44 superficial story this is 44 or did no one care 63 Weren 8217 t the actors embarrassed having to recite the hackneyed 44 poorly written dialogue 63 
1
One True Loves
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay for a parody version of One True Loves would likely be almost indistinguishable from the actual movie 46 
1
One True Loves
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s cynical 44 disingenuous 44 and heartless 44 despite all the hand wringing and crying 46 And it 8217 s too bad 44 too 44 because most of the cast is better than this in terms of their appeal and acting abilities 46 Feel free to break up with the idea of seeing this one 46 
1
Stars Fell on Alabama
Roger Moore
A charmless little nothing riff on Sweet Home Alabama starring nobody you ever heard of and filmed in everybody s second favorite Beaufort the one in South Carolina 
1
Gotcha!
James Kendrick
a decidedly uneven movie and not without its pleasures even though it is difficult not to notice its various plot holes lapses in logic and arguably amusing datedness
2.5
Gotcha!
Matt Brunson
A PG 13 piffle 
2
Gotcha!
Roger Ebert
It s a fairly good movie good enough to make us wish it had tried a little harder 
2
Adopt a Highway
Joey Magidson
What a beautiful little surprise Adopt a Highway turns out to be This Ethan Hawke star vehicle is tender touching and altogether a moving experience 
3
Adopt a Highway
Sheila O'Malley
Holding it all together is Hawke s performance weighted down with the heaviness of injustice 
2.5
Adopt a Highway
Mark Dujsik
With its avid belief in the fundamental goodness of people Adopt a Highway is a minor but deeply moving film 
3
Adopt a Highway
Chuck Bowen
Viewed charitably its sketchy protagonist and vague atmosphere are meant to achieve the effect of a parable 
1.5
The Cool School
Ken Fox
Thoughtful and thought provoking 
3
The Cool School
Lou Lumenick
Diverting 
2.5
The Cool School
John Anderson
Cool School is a must for anyone interested in 20th century American art 
3
The Cool School
Nick Schager
Largely avoids sharply delineated portraits with its focus on the scene at the expense of individuals ultimately resulting in a documentary that doesn t rise above the functional 
2
The Cool School
Kam Williams
Though designed more for the devotee of the arts than your average moviegoer the film is still apt to enthrall even the uninitiated who wouldn t know a Jackson Pollock from a Willem de Kooning 
3
The Cool School
Kenneth Baker
No one emerges very well defined from this historical shuffle but those who know the artists works or names such as Hopps and Blum but have never heard them speak will find The Cool School absorbing and informative 
3
The Cool School
Tom Keogh
A lively film that doesn t linger too long on any one thought or with any one interviewee 
3.5
The Cool School
Cate McQuaid
Morgan Neville s quick paced documentary The Cool School recounts the rise and fall of Ferus Gallery and the mark it made on American art 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
John Serba
There s much entertainment in watching a trio of great actors in the twilight of their careers at work with a strong script 
3
Stand Up Guys
Perry Seibert
For a film about coming to terms with death Stand Up Guys is funnier than you might expect and never once sinks into sentimental treacle 
3.5
Stand Up Guys
Peter Travers
Some actors don t need top shelf material Just the pleasure of their company is enough And so Al Pacino Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin turn the insubstantial Stand Up Guys into solid entertainment 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Robert Levin
There s not much to the story beyond its thin conceit so the filmmaker relies on his stars charms Even when it comes to Oscar winners that approach only gets you so far 
2
Stand Up Guys
Peter Howell
It s just fun to watch Pacino Walken and Arkin work together very much enjoying the shared experience Seeing Stand Up Guys is an offer you could easily refuse but hey why fight it 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Christian Toto
Stand Up Guys needs a Grumpy Old Men ectomy stat 
2
Stand Up Guys
John Wirt
A small film featuring three wily veteran screen thespians in a storyline based in loyalty and friendship Stand Up Guys is in its offbeat and often warm way a killer little movie 
3.5
Stand Up Guys
Rob Thomas
If actor turned director Fisher Stevens pushes the geriatric comedy too hard at times at others he s wise to lay back and let the actors just work 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Alison Gang
A thoughtful little buddy caper comedy that wisely exploits the audience s natural affection for its aging stars 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Peter Canavese
The awfulness of the narrative is plain to see and yet no one can say Stand Up Guys lacks personality 
2
Stand Up Guys
Mick LaSalle
If you don t think Al Pacino still has it in him this is a welcome chance to be proved wrong 
4
Stand Up Guys
Ann Hornaday
The degree to which Stand Up Guys succeeds at all is completely dependent on Walken who elevates everything around him by seemingly doing nothing at all 
2
Stand Up Guys
Rich Heldenfels
Not a great movie but it s fun to watch Pacino and Walken make an effort 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Mark Dujsik
The movie is all over the place in terms of tone and only finds something resembling honesty when it drops the embarrassing shtick of crude comedy and lost glory adventuring 
1.5
Stand Up Guys
Scott Bowles
It s been a long time since a movie wasted as much talent as Stand Up Guys a film that aims to be a geezer Goodfellas but whose execution is a misfire 
1.5
Stand Up Guys
Moira MacDonald
Makes its way under your skin thanks to its three lead actors all of whom have a way of bringing a uniquely weirdly spin to their not so tough guy lines 
3
Stand Up Guys
Rafer Guzman
Stand Up Guys is mostly a string of low key almost amusing chats over breakfast tables and pool tables as if just watching these actors exhale should be entertaining enough 
2
Stand Up Guys
Jeff Beck
There s far too much meandering here for it to make much of an impact If Heidle had buckled down and concentrated on the most important element of the story he really could have had an intriguing character study 
2
Stand Up Guys
Duane Dudek
Just because Stand Up Guys is not very good is no reason not to see it 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Steven Rea
Elegiac and corny and not really convincing on any level 
2
Stand Up Guys
Ty Burr
It s like watching your grandfather get naked on YouTube 
1.5
Stand Up Guys
Chris Hewitt
Clearly neither writer Noah Haidle nor director Fisher Stevens knows what he s doing but they do at least appear to realize how lucky they are to have three old pros in their leading roles 
2
Stand Up Guys
Rene Rodriguez
An excruciating and melodramatic comedy 
1
Stand Up Guys
Michael Phillips
Arkin in particular can barely hide his lack of enthusiasm for the material Some of the looks he shoots his co stars appear to contain a secret code of some kind deciphered as Well at least I m in Argo 
1
Stand Up Guys
Roger Ebert
Sometimes it s all about the casting 
3.5
Stand Up Guys
Matt Pais
The old man and the Cialis 
1.5
Stand Up Guys
Brett Michel
Has Al Pacino ever looked so small 
1.5
Stand Up Guys
Christy Lemire
There s enough humor and tenderness in Fisher Stevens film to make it a passably enjoyable experience for the most part 
2.5
Stand Up Guys
Roger Moore
A fine cast stumbles and falls and never quite gets back up again 
2
Stand Up Guys
Stephen Whitty
Really what do the actors have to work with here The movie isn t funny enough to allow them to burlesque their images or serious enough to give them a way to reflect upon them 
2
Stand Up Guys
Kyle Smith
Painful misshapen and a little gross It s an enlarged prostate of a movie 
1
Stand Up Guys
Abhimanyu Das
Fails to plumb the dramatic depths of its setups but every now and then the actors pick up the slack filling in the blanks with three decades s worth of mythic resonance 
2.5
The Missing Picture
John Beifuss
An act of personal and cultural recovery an exorcism of evil through art and a never forget memoir of survival that reminds us that the past century has been a parade of holocaust 
4
The Missing Picture
Rob Thomas
It was an act of utter destruction a people not just killed but their entire culture erased Panh s poignant and innovative documentary is an act of creation remaking the forgotten Cambodia one clay figure at a time 
3.5
The Missing Picture
Chris Knight
Cambodia s first ever nominee for best foreign language film is part documentary part memoir and impossible to forget or ignore 
3.5
The Missing Picture
Steven Rea
Many films have examined from many vantages the Khmer Rouge s nightmare reign notably Roland Joff s 1985 Oscar winner The Killing Fields 
4
The Missing Picture
Michael O'Sullivan
As haunting as it is haunted The Missing Picture leaves viewers heads rattling with ghosts 
4
The Missing Picture
John Hartl
A uniquely subjective account of the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s The Missing Picture is the work of Rithy Panh a Cambodian native who left his homeland when he was an adolescent 
3
The Missing Picture
Peter Keough
It aspires to a poetry about barbarism that will not let us forget 
3.5
The Missing Picture
Farran Smith Nehme
Panh uses the props and eerie clips from Khmer Rouge propaganda newsreels to tell about his family and his country Along with starkly poetic narration read by Randal Douc the effect is devastating without a single scene of actual bloodshed 
3.5
The Missing Picture
Michael Phillips
This is a first person account of astonishing suffering yet the experience of watching The Missing Picture is not punishing 
3
The Missing Picture
Christy Lemire
As an examination of memory and experience and how they shape us The Missing Picture is meaningful beyond its specific subject matter 
3
The Missing Picture
Nick McCarthy
It contextualizes cinema not only as a form of magic capable of transformative elated power but also of revolution 
3
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Mike Scott
A fantastic portrayal of His Airness on court heroics not to mention visually stunning
3
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Maitland McDonagh
What s the difference between documentary and hagiography Directors James Stern and Don Kempf don t seem to have given the matter much thought 
2.5
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Linda Cook
Michael Jordan is one of the few athletes big enough to deserve a film such as Michael Jordan to the Max 
3
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Jeffrey Westhoff
IMAX is a format where the sheer scale overpowers its flaws 
3
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Liam Lacey
Michael Jordan sports icon gets another buffing Michael Jordan person remains private and just a little bit richer 
2.5
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Mick LaSalle
Michael to the Max is aside from the IMAX process the kind of routine documentary a local TV station might air on a Sunday afternoon when a ballgame is rained out 
2
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Roger Ebert
Essentially just a promotional film for Jordan as a product It plays like a commercial for itself 
2
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Joe Baltake
In this authorized look at a great athlete we are confronted by a man who has no weaknesses and no imperfections 
2.5
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Ross Anthony
Score s big in the hearts of Mike fans 
3
Michael Jordan: To the Max
Michael Dequina
The usual collection of television spots trailers and crew biographies are also included as well as detailed stats on Jordan s regular season and postseason careers a nice finishing touch to a classy digital tribute to a living legend 
3
Young Guns II
Roger Ebert
The screenplay feels unfinished the direction is ambling but the performances are interesting 
2
Bad Tales
William Repass
In Bad Tales impending adulthood isn t treated as a loss of innocence but something more akin to congenital illness 
3
Justice League
Brian Eggert
Diverting but not engrossing expensive but cheap looking action packed but not exciting amusing but not funny 
2
Justice League
David Gonzalez
If there is one thing to take away from Justice League 44 is how wrong DC has been running their universe since 2013 46 
2.5
Justice League
Matt Brunson
Justice League defaults to the problems that have plagued all the pre Wonder Woman DCEU films and while it offers more than its detractors would ever admit it still qualifies as another disappointment from The House That Clark Built 
2
Justice League
Mattie Lucas
Here we are five films into a cinematic universe that still doesn t feel cohesive or particularly well planned out 
2
Justice League
John Hanlon
These great characters deserved much better than this 
2.0
Justice League
Khari J. Sampson
A film that s even more fun than Wonder Woman if not quite as good 
3
Justice League
Wesley Lovell
A turgid film that thinks it s more important than it really is bringing together characters that haven t been given much in the way of individual support so far making them feel tacked on 
2.5
Justice League
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s the end of the world and we sure do know it but in this umpteenth version of the apocalypse I am dying from ennui 
1.5
Justice League
David Nusair
Zack Snyder finally hits rock bottom with this absolutely interminable trainwreck of a blockbuster 
1
Justice League
Linda Cook
It s better than average but Justice League is no marvel 
2.5
Justice League
James Kendrick
pretty much exactly what you would expect the follow up to Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice 2015 to be except a good half hour shorter which is perhaps its greatest quality
2
Justice League
John Serba
Where Man of Steel and BvS were like root canals and Suicide Squad a brick in the face and Wonder Woman a sweet sweet rainbow Justice League is merely a squandering of time and talent 
2
Justice League
Stephen Rebello
When Justice League mocks and kids itself and the whole genre it s way more effective than when it reaches for grandiosity and pathos 
3
Justice League
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I did not have a bad time watching Justice League The problem is that it had the potential to be great epic and exciting Full review in Spanish 
2
Justice League
Walter Chaw
DC s superhero team up dirge Justice League shambles into unnatural half life with a message of apocalyptic doomsaying presented now without puke filters so that it looks like a movie my mom watches on her television with the motion smoothing turned on 
1
Justice League
Bob Bloom
For whatever reason the creative minds at Warner Bros and DC seem to hit a wall of kryptonite when it comes to translating their comic book heroes to the big screen 
1.5
Justice League
Kevin A. Ranson
It s third out of five films a bit of semi forgettable popcorn flick fun escapism and the promise of better things to come You ve got a good thing going here DC keep smiling don t blow it 
3
Justice League
Mike McGranaghan
The good news is that Justice League is a big step up from Batman v Superman The bad news is that it s also a big step down from Wonder Woman 
2.5
Justice League
Tony Norman
It s not a bad movie but it is far from super 
2.5
Justice League
Josh Terry
Snyder never lets the screen get too crowded at one time and Justice League manages a nice balance of character and action that should make fans happy 
3
Justice League
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The first three films in this series favored a gray grimy look in which the bright red and blue uniforms looked like they needed a wash Justice League turns up the lights and brings back boldness and brightness 
3
Justice League
Phil Villarreal
If you re curious about the film but wary because of some Internet hate being spewed at it don t let your reservations deter you from checking it out 
3
Justice League
Christian Toto
It s better than Suicide Squad is not the review comic book fans crave 
2.5
Justice League
Sonny Bunch
Justice League is overstuffed and undercooked and features at least two too many new characters 
2
Justice League
Dustin Putman
It is almost shocking how bad Justice League is When your film makes the viewer long for the coherence and scope of 2015 s ill fated Fantastic Four it is a sure sign something has perilously gone wrong 
1
Justice League
Sara Stewart
A pointless flail of expensive yet somehow cheap looking CGI that no amount of tacked on quips or even Gadot s luminescent star power can rescue 
2
Justice League
Mark Dujsik
Justice League is fixing a lot The fixes though don t make for a story that stands on its own merits 
2
Justice League
Clayton Davis
While the film is wildly uneven it s entertainment value can t be ignored featuring some very cool moments for the fanboys to enjoy 
2.5
Justice League
Jeff Simon
It isn t nearly as much fun as The Avengers was but it s not a total loss either the way Batman vs Superman was 
2.5
Justice League
Peter Travers
Jason Momoa as Aquaman and Ezra Miller as Flash are bright spots in this fractured coming together of DC s heavy hitters but the film takes so many happy pills it almost overdoses on them Sometimes shadows need to fall to show us what to be scared of 
2.5
Justice League
Calvin Wilson
A film in which solid storytelling is neglected in favor of grandiose but ultimately empty special effects 
2
Justice League
Michael Smith
If Batman v Superman was the DC Comics film equivalent of dread and darkness then Justice League is a look into the light and it s all the better for its story of hope 
3
Justice League
Maren Longbella
Justice League has its moments when asked what his superpower is Batman replies I m rich but bottom line It s no Thor 
2
Justice League
Ty Burr
The filmmaking is just slipshod with action sequences that 8201 swing in and out of coherence and dialogue scenes framed for maximum awkwardness 
2
Justice League
Michael O'Sullivan
Miller s weird antiheroic Flash is one of the most refreshing breezes to blow through Justice League making three years seem a long time to wait for the character s 2020 stand alone film 
2.5
Justice League
James Berardinelli
The next time these characters band together perhaps they will do so with stronger backgrounds a real sense of purpose and a story that s more than a cobbled together mess 
2
Justice League
Peter Howell
The film is marginally better than last year s sour and dispiriting Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice but that s like saying that dental surgery is preferable to passing a kidney stone 
1.5
Justice League
Jake Cole
When the film s tone slides so firmly back into the murk it s hard not to see DC s notion of heroism as borderline nihilistic 
1.5
Justice League
Mick LaSalle
The stench of your fear is making my soldiers hungry Steppenwolf warns at one point and we have to wonder Are they trying to provide us all with wisecracks 
1
Justice League
Sean P. Means
The core team is good with Affleck Momoa and the newcomer Fisher putting in solid efforts But Gadot s portrayal of Wonder Woman robust athletic and kind hearted saves the day and makes Justice League a team worth following 
2.5
Justice League
Soren Andersen
People of Earth Rejoice The Justice League is here to save the day Listen Do you hear that It s the sound of one hand clapping 
1.5
Justice League
Dann Gire
This must go down as the single stupidest big budget superhero motion picture ever unleashed upon an unsuspecting public by a major Hollywood studio 
0.5
Justice League
Clint O'Connor
A deflated Batman may have looked intriguing on the page But on screen he comes across as sleepy Quick To the Bat Cave Fire up the Espresso machine Alfred 
2.5
Justice League
Richard Roeper
It s a putting the band together origins movie executed with great fun and energy 
3.5
Justice League
Matt Zoller Seitz
Justice League adds wit invention color and warmth as it goes along a strategy befitting a story about characters and a world waking up from emotional sleep and learning to take risks and care again 
3
Justice League
Rafer Guzman
Justice League thinks of itself as a massive event a culture rocking fusion of star power and intellectual property Instead it s another bloated blockbuster with generic effects stock action scenes and strained dialogue 
1.5
Justice League
Gary Thompson
Now it s time for another dour Zack Snyder DC Universe movie so bring your long face 
2
Justice League
Josh Larsen
Watching Justice League feels like looking at a photo in a wet magazine 
1.5
Justice League
Jeff Beck
As it is it just feels like somebody haphazardly threw several ingredients into a pot and prayed that it would work Unfortunately it does not merely leaving behind arguably the biggest stain on the DCEU yet 
1.5
Justice League
Roger Moore
Gadot Momoa and Miller give this one rough parity with The Avengers movies 
2.5
Justice League
Bob Strauss
Justice League overall leaves the impression that we can finally rest easy that future DCEU movies will at least be OK 
3
Justice League
Kate Taylor
Don t rule out the possibility that a movie dedicated to Aquaman on the schedule for 2018 or the Flash might be fun but the Justice League itself needs to disband 
2
Justice League
Brian Truitt
Justice League is as solid an outing as any superhero fan could hope with a clear family vibe Wonder Woman and Batman prove to be a dynamic mom and dad duo while the fastest kid around steals the show 
3
Justice League
Sara Michelle Fetters
While disjointed and more than a little incoherent gosh darn it all if Justice League doesn t end up proving to be a heck of a lot more fun than it has any right to be 
2.5
Justice League
Stephen Whitty
There s a lot of loud action There are a lot of flashy visuals Everything goes by quickly It s just that like Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice it s not a hell of a lot of fun 
2.5
Justice League
Peter Canavese
These comic book cinematic universes train audiences to see the forest for the trees Enjoy the trees For the forest is a tad gnarly 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Connie Ogle
The film version is pure wish fulfillment fantasy 
3
Eat Pray Love
Walter Chaw
Julia s late career seems an apologia for buying someone else s husband and getting away with it for the most part in the court of public opinion 
0
Eat Pray Love
Camerin Courtney
A film titled Eat Pray Love should at least capture a spiritual experience and offer romance with some sizzle This felt more like Eat Grieve Befriend 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Christopher Lloyd
I admired Julia Roberts grasping for something meatier but this film sticks her with an unrelatable character that even her coltish smile can t beautify 
2
Eat Pray Love
Linda Cook
You have got to be kidding me 
2
Eat Pray Love
Lori Hoffman
a self indulgent annoying and mostly boring movie 
1.5
Eat Pray Love
James Kendrick
little more than a self indulgent wallow in white upper class privilege feigning depth by cloaking itself in fortune cookie wisdom
1.5
Eat Pray Love
Matthew Connolly
What s inevitably lost is any real attempt to track Liz s internal shifts the way her travels jostle her preconceived notions of selfhood and spirituality 
2
Eat Pray Love
Kam Williams
About the best you can expect from a 21st Century Cinderella with a book deal who had probably already optioned the rights to turn her story into a Hollywood bio pic 
3
Eat Pray Love
Sean P. Means
The result isn t spiritual awakening but a talky travelogue like riding a tour bus with a passenger who won t shut up about her inner journey 
2
Eat Pray Love
Matt Brunson
In a summer dominated as always by male skewering titles this is a richly rewarding experience for discerning grownups who wouldn t be caught dead seeing Grown Ups 
3.5
Eat Pray Love
Kit Bowen
While Eat Pray Love has some enlightening touching visually breathtaking moments you still end up praying it would end 
2
Eat Pray Love
Dann Gire
If only this movie could have stopped at Eat 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Peter Travers
The movie left me with the feeling of being trapped with a person of privilege who won t stop with the whine whine whine 
1
Eat Pray Love
Peter Canavese
Amounts to the McDonalds version of spirituality but there is some obvious truth in the joy of travel and food the need for a life of balance and reflection 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Keith Cohen
Julia Roberts is back with her best role since Erin Brockovich Jenkins is amazing with standout supporting work that deserves serious Oscar consideration The pacing is solid despite a 133 minute run time you get so caught up with the 
3.5
Eat Pray Love
Robert Levin
Mired in a milquetoast aesthetic obsessed with trendy healing tropes meditation close ups on delicious looking pasta hunky Javier Bardem etc 
2
Eat Pray Love
Jennie Punter
Eat Pray Love is like an overstuffed lightweight suitcase with little room for us to feel the emotional connections Liz makes with new friends along the way 
2
Eat Pray Love
Bob Bloom
Eat Pray Love rests on Roberts talented shoulders Her appeal and personality overcome most of the film s defects including a too long running time and some platitudes and words of wisdom that sound as if they were written by Hallmark 
3
Eat Pray Love
Lisa Kennedy
It may come as a bit of a shock to some that the most interesting turns in the woman on a quest sojourn don t belong to Roberts luminous though she is Those are owned by a number of misty eyed if masculine menfolk 
3
Eat Pray Love
Gail Pennington
The movie is above all a lovely travelogue plunging us viscerally into the middle of every country 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
John Beifuss
One wonders Was the screenplay presented to Julia Roberts as a traditional bound manuscript or as a catalog of bumper stickers 
2
Eat Pray Love
Stephen Whitty
It s a thin line between self aware and self involved and it s one the movie treads uncertainly 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Ann Hornaday
The film s most crucial constituency the book s rabid fans are likely to feel well served by Murphy s adaptation which hews pretty faithfully to Gilbert s story 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Lou Lumenick
Even if you buy Roberts as an introspective writer I didn t there s no real sense of an emotional journey here 
1.5
Eat Pray Love
Willie Waffle
You know exactly what you are going to get kinda like comfort food for your movie going soul 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Alison Gang
Comes off more like a female midlife crisis fantasy than a substantive search for knowledge and inner peace 
2
Eat Pray Love
Mick LaSalle
It s about something important the search for meaning and happiness about finding one s inner life amid the clutter and confusion of modern existence 
3
Eat Pray Love
Moira MacDonald
Eat Pray Love is mostly a slog never giving us a compelling reason why its heroine does what she does or how she became quite so tiresomely self absorbed 
2
Eat Pray Love
Mike Scott
I ve got a fourth verb to add to the comma challenged title of Julia Roberts how to be happy travelogue Eat Pray Love How about edit 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Mark Dujsik
These are not the teachings one would find for oneself but things out of a self help book They feel planned 
1.5
Eat Pray Love
Sara Michelle Fetters
I found the woman to be selfish narcissistic and by the time everything was over I didn t actually believe she learned anything new about herself at all 
1.5
Eat Pray Love
Michael A. Smith
Roberts has taken a role that could have been played very stereotypically lonely divorcee searches for love and the secret of life and breathes life into it 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Dustin Putman
There were plenty of ways for the film to signify Liz welcoming love back into her life without the trite conclusion that has been conceived here and it is the one drawback to an otherwise pretty fantastic picture 
3
Eat Pray Love
Peter Howell
Glibly portrays selfishness as a life choice ranking gluttony on a par with finding God and a life partner 
1.5
Eat Pray Love
Duane Dudek
Roberts has a down to earth Everywoman quality that adds to the film s you go girl mojo 
3
Eat Pray Love
Steven Rea
Lives are messy A little mess in the movie wouldn t have hurt at all 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
Jeff Vice
Most of its supposed observations sound more like touchy feely mumbo jumbo than honest useful information and advice 
2
Eat Pray Love
Robert W. Butler
Let us not underestimate the contribution of our lead Roberts plays down the glamour and turns up the soulfulness and her off the charts likability makes her winning and watchable even when Liz is at her whiny wimpiest 
3
Eat Pray Love
Kristin Tillotson
The film version s biggest challenge The road to self discovery is littered with clichés 
2.5
Eat Pray Love
James Berardinelli
An overlong bore that either mistakenly thinks it s something more than a humdrum romance or has incorporated a variety of pretentions as window dressing 
1.5
Eat Pray Love
Wesley Morris
At the moment the only person eating more delectably in Italy is Tilda Swinton in I Am Love 
3
Eat Pray Love
Claudia Puig
Though there are a handful of funny lines the deeper observations are facile The whole journey feels like a rich girl gone slumming 
2
Eat Pray Love
Michael Phillips
The film is a fairly faithful transcription of events even though Liz as played by Roberts carries a faint air of entitlement I m not sure this could be avoided on screen 
2
Eat Pray Love
Roger Ebert
You can see how it would be fun to spend a year traveling with Gilbert A lot more fun than spending nearly 2 5 hours watching a movie about it 
2
Eat Pray Love
Roger Moore
Eat Pray Love isn t a bad movie just a spiritually dead one wearing and wearying 
2.5
Opa!
Joe Neumaier
As standard uptight American unbuttons himself abroad movies go director Udayan Prasad s gentle unexceptional romance is exactly what you d expect 
2
Opa!
V.A. Musetto
The water is blue the women are beautiful the guys are hunky and the ouzo flows without end So do the clichs 
2
Opa!
David Nusair
a delightful breezy little romantic comedy 
3
Camera Buff
James Berardinelli
While Camera Buff lacks some of the artistry evident in the director s later projects it s worth seeing not only as an example of Kieslowski s early work but as an important film in its own right 
3.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Brian Eggert
The remake however watchable and solidly made it may be doesn t explore its themes thoroughly 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Pamela Powell
With confusing timelines and repetitive dialogue the film misses the mark 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Sara Michelle Fetters
This remake was a welcome punch to the gut I couldn t help but be moderately impressed by
3
Secret in Their Eyes
Sonny Bunch
Sometimes a metaphor can be a prison too shackling creativity to an under considered thought 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Linda Cook
Secret in Their Eyes is worth a look 
3
Secret in Their Eyes
John Beifuss
There was a time when the first screen pairing of Best Actress Oscar winners Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman would have been promoted as a milestone event That time might have been now if the movie hosting this meet up wasn t so unnecessary 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Matt Brunson
Argentina s The Secret In Their Eyes earns my vote as the best foreign language import of at least the past 10 years This stateside interpretation never matches the intensity of its predecessor but still manages to work quite nicely on its own 
3
Secret in Their Eyes
Glenn Lovell
The central contrivance alone would sink a sound cop thriller Ray s grim glacial Secret alas is anything but sound due mainly to the confusion caused by flitting between near indistinguishable decades 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Rafer Guzman
A dream team cast is wasted in this contrived and morose crime thriller 
1
Secret in Their Eyes
Anders Wright
Secret in Their Eyes never quite captures the intensity of the film it is based upon making it a fairly standard thriller 
2.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Rick Bentley
This adaptation of the Oscar winning movie shows that improvements can be made even with a product that is already first rate 
3.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Josh Terry
In spite of a star studded Hollywood cast Secret manages to clothesline itself on an unsatisfying twist ending 
2.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Richard Roeper
What DOESN T get lost in translation is what made El Secreto De Sus Ojos so effective the visceral devastating empathy we feel when a horrible injustice is committed and it ruins multiple lives 
3.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Billy Ray has sacrificed subtlety for sensationalism 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Odie Henderson
I wasn t a fan of the original film but at least it made some semblance of sense and was decently acted 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
David Nusair
another strong effort from noted screenwriter Ray 
3.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Brad Wheeler
It s a story about moral ambiguity and living in the past but it packs a weak emotional punch despite the well wrought efforts of an all star cast 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Lawrence Toppman
The fine acting and adept pacing by writer director Billy Ray make this an entertaining experience 
3
Secret in Their Eyes
Mick LaSalle
With every improvement some magic is lost In Secret in Their Eyes we get a story that has been improved almost to the point of nonexistence 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Chris Knight
Expert editing takes us back and forth across the years while the terror suspect plot line provides a timely hook for the film If 2009 s film was a secret perhaps too well kept 2015 s deserves to be shared 
3
Secret in Their Eyes
Peter Travers
Not such a good idea remaking the 2009 Argentine thriller that won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar The Americanized version is miscast misguided and misbegotten 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Steven Rea
Secret in Their Eyes is notable for its top tier cast Julia Roberts Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor are the leads and for its utter lack of credulity and good sense 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Brad Keefe
While the underlying story remains similar the Americanization can be felt throughout It feels a bit like a Law Order SVU episode A good one but still 
2.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Tom Russo
It s no secret where the movie goes wrong 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Peter Howell
Many of the things that made the original film work so well seem drained of power and emotion in the remake and this includes Danny Moder s desultory cinematography 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Stephanie Merry
As the movie wears on the plot points become increasingly far fetched and what started out as a moody if by the book thriller becomes increasingly silly 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Chris Hewitt
This sort of crime drama has been much more likely to show up on short form TV of late but Secret shows there s still room for it on the big screen 
3
Secret in Their Eyes
Matt Pais
Star studded and stupid 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Susan Wloszczyna
Although a surprising number of plot machinations from the original film remain fully intact usually accounting for anything that seems remotely clever what is missing is the type of hold your breath tension provided by good thrillers 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Eric Henderson
Billy Ray unfurls the parallel time structure with the same flat procedural monotony applied by Juan Jos Campanella to the original film 
1.5
Secret in Their Eyes
Michael Phillips
Kidman aside the acting s not the problem with this remake But the movie is a karaoke routine not its own convincing song of love and death and the aftermath 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Moira MacDonald
It s like a pale limp memory of the original film its colors faded its distinction wrung out in the wash 
2
Secret in Their Eyes
Roger Moore
Close but never much more than a near miss 
2
Paper Lives
Roger Moore
The hero s histrionics and the fact that the viewer can guess the solution to the mystery too soon lessen its impact But the attention to detail taking us into this world of Artful Istanbul Dumpster Divers holds one s interest throughout 
2
Brahmin Bulls
Dann Gire
A sincere but forced drama about an estranged father and son struggling for common ground as they vent a laundry list of old wounds seeking salve 
2.5
Nothing but the Truth
Nick Rogers
Proving she can switch the lights on or at least be guided to them Kate Beckinsale gives a career best performance in Rod Lurie s star studded substantive rumination on First Amendment attacks and governmental accountability 
3.5
Nothing but the Truth
John Beifuss
Should find favor with audiences eager for movies driven by characterization ideas and the performances of actors whose screen presence offers as much justification for the existence of cinema as any camera trick flashy montage or special effect 
3
Nothing but the Truth
Roger Ebert
A finely crafted film of people and ideas of the sort more common before the movie mainstream became a sausage factory 
3.5
Nothing but the Truth
Willie Waffle
Most moviegoers know Kate Beckinsale as that gorgeous babe in the skin tight leather pants in Underworld but you will find a solid leading actress who leads a talented cast in Nothing But The Truth 
3.5
Nothing but the Truth
Thelma Adams
In this engrossing political thriller Kate Beckinsale s focused and sympathetic as the reporter who goes to jail to protect her source and Vera Farmiga shines in the volatile supporting role of a government operative who loses her family because of her
3.5
Nothing but the Truth
Michael Dequina
Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga s terrific work is easily the best reason to watch 
3
Nothing but the Truth
Bob Strauss
The two lead actresses play superbly rounded characters both smart tough customers unused to being pushed around yet wives and mothers whose domestic concerns are as important to them as professional ones 
3
Nothing but the Truth
Peter Travers
Lurie has crafted a different kind of thriller one with a mind and a heart 
3
Nothing but the Truth
Kyle Smith
The sexing up dumbing down fails to compensate for the gobs of punishingly dull blah blah about crusading reporters 
1.5
Nothing but the Truth
Jay Antani
Among the many achievements in Lurie s script is how it manages to swing the viewer s sympathies toward Armstrong 
3.5
Nothing but the Truth
David Nusair
a sporadically riveting yet undeniably uneven drama that fits comfortably within Rod Lurie s politically themed filmography 
3
Collide
Josh Terry
Collide isn t bad so much as it is a routine but it could have been a romp 
2
Collide
Roger Moore
Hopkins and Kingsley What a cackle 
1.5
Collide
Rob Thomas
Collide has a few good car chases But it s a fairly empty and humorless exercise that falls apart whenever cars aren t doing somersaults on the Autobahn or Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins aren t hamming it up shamelessly 
2
Collide
Nick Allen
Hand in hand with its bleeding heart nature Collide has the ballsy idea of making a serious action movie about a fool in love but that just becomes one of its many bungled stunts 
1.5
Collide
Phil Villarreal
It s tough to root for a guy who continues to make the same dumb mistakes that result in him getting into the same trouble 
2
Collide
Mark Dujsik
Collide was probably a nice vacation for the cast and crew and a decent tax write off for other folks and it shows 
1.5
Collide
Keith Watson
It s difficult to begrudge a film that has the good sense to put so much stock in Ben Kingsley s hammy theatrics 
2.5
28 Hotel Rooms
Tom Keogh
A chamber piece rooted in semi improvisation 
3
28 Hotel Rooms
Ed Gonzalez
We re supposed to take their self pity at face value an impression that s emphasized by a grinding monotonous humorlessness 
1.5
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Joey Magidson
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary ultimately has a lot to say mainly when the focus moves away from Johnathan himself and centers on director Benjamin Berman 
3
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Odie Henderson
Pretends to be about the famous celebrity in the title but instead focuses on the far less interesting non celebrity sharing the screen 
1.5
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Kent Turner
The unconventional The Amazing Johnathan Documentary could also be titled The Filmmaker s Nightmare 
3
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Sean P. Means
Berman s exploration into Johnathan s soul and his own also goes down some dark allieys and cuts to the heart no pun intended of what makes a documentary 
3.5
Woman in Gold
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
it doesn t take any risks and it doesn t try to surprise its audience which makes it feel more like a well made TV production than a theatrical movie Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Michael Smith
A big part of what makes Woman in Gold work is the meaningful connection based in family pride and righting the wrongs of the past that develops between Mirren s character and Randol 
2.5
Woman in Gold
David Nusair
the movie s present day sequences suffer from a dramatically inert quality that grows more and more problematic as time progresses 
2
Woman in Gold
Kam Williams
Mirren magnificent as aging Holocaust survivor waging legal fight for family heirloom plundered by Nazis 
3
Woman in Gold
Linda Cook
It makes a dull movie out of a fascinating piece of history 
2
Woman in Gold
Peter Canavese
Corny commercial predictably platitudinous and tear jerkingly weepy also an inevitably thought provoking dramatization of facing the ghosts of the past on an individual level and a national one 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Scott Renshaw
Your movie s flashback sub plot shouldn t draw attention to how dull your actual central plot is 
2
Woman in Gold
John Beifuss
Clearly the most significant Woman in Gold here is not the portrait nor Adele Bloch Bauer herself portrayed in flashback by Antje Traue but our lead actress the indomitable Oscar winner Helen Mirren 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Joe Williams
Despite a debatable focus and dubious moralizing money plays a pivotal role in the final outcome The Woman in Gold works largely because of the odd couple chemistry between Mirren and Reynolds 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Thelma Adams
Helen Mirren has become like Meryl Streep nearly every time she has a leading role a little alarm goes off that signals Oscar gold 
3.5
Woman in Gold
Mark Moring
Mirren is her usual stellar self but the pleasant surprise here is Ryan Reynolds 
3
Woman in Gold
Simon Houpt
Director Simon Curtis milks the predictable drama thrills and heartache of the Holocaust era story but it s a paint by numbers triumph a copy of something we ve seen many times before 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Adam Nayman
A movie that tells a real life story yet rings utterly false 
1.5
Woman in Gold
Linda Barnard
Based on a true story about a fight for justice wrapped in passion memory and determination and told using the considerable talents of Helen Mirren Woman in Gold should be a much better movie 
2
Woman in Gold
Ty Burr
Woman in Gold is dutiful and surprisingly dull rolling along pre ordained tracks and the familiar cadences of screenwriter Alexi Kaye Campbell s dialogue and situations 
2
Woman in Gold
Michael O'Sullivan
Stirring at times soggy and overly sentimental at others the film moves surprisingly slow even though its action which takes place over many years of legal maneuvering has been condensed for narrative expediency 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Michael Phillips
The relationship between Altmann and Schoenberg sometimes testy but always loving plays out like two actors acting rather than two actors inhabiting a real situation 
2
Woman in Gold
Roger Moore
Great story cliche clogged script 
2
Woman in Gold
James Berardinelli
Like most dramas it seeks to connect with its audience and providing they are open to the story it s telling it works both as a reminder of past wrongs and an assurance that justice sometimes triumphs 
3
Woman in Gold
Rex Reed
It s a touching film that entertains with warmth and humor while teaching us something about history law and justice with enormous heart subtlety and compassion brilliantly acted and skillfully written Is there anything Helen Mirren cannot do 
3.5
Woman in Gold
David Lewis
The engaging but perfunctory Woman in Gold isn t exactly an exercise in subtlety but this eager to please film proves that the formidable Helen Mirren can provide interesting nuances even in a story where few exist 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Stephen Whitty
It s all a little tired and condescending like some screenwriter s self serving memories of his last trip to see Mom and having Mirren occasionally exclaim what fun or thrills they re having doesn t make it so 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Rafer Guzman
Rich details but thin characters make for a disappointingly flat drama 
2
Woman in Gold
Matt Pais
Understands the challenge and importance of remembering the painful past especially in light of those who believe that today s lingering prejudices are perfectly acceptable 
3
Woman in Gold
Claudia Puig
The film is saved by engaging performances from Mirren and Reynolds who shine as their characters relationship deepens 
2.5
Woman in Gold
Moira MacDonald
After seeing the film s touching final title cards briefly describing the fates of the characters I couldn t help wishing for a documentary version 
3
Woman in Gold
Steven Rea
Woman in Gold has a great story to tell and the filmmakers have opted for the safest slickest way to tell it 
3
Woman in Gold
Mark Dujsik
What we get here is a film that understands that context matters 
3
Woman in Gold
Matt Brennan
The film evades all but the most careful commonplaces about the relationship between the viewer and the work of art at its center 
2
Woman in Gold
Lou Lumenick
Under Harvey Weinstein s sponsorship this remarkable story has become a paint by numbers variation on the producer s far better Philomena 
2
Foreign Correspondent
Roger Moore
Hitchcock figured the cleverest way to send his quot You need to be in this anti fascist fight quot message was in a jaunty 44 adventurous 44 fast moving travelogue with murderous Nazis and their encounters with plucky 44 human rights loving anti fascists 46 
4
Foreign Correspondent
Brian Eggert
The film can be seen as more than simply escapism but an entrenched anti Nazi statement by a seemingly apolitical filmmaker 
4
Foreign Correspondent
Josh Larsen
registers most strongly as a piece of anti isolationist propaganda 
3
Foreign Correspondent
Matt Brunson
While Albert Bassermann earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for a somewhat hammy turn the best performance comes from George Sanders atypically cast as a fearless and resourceful hero rather than the cads and scoundrels he generally played 
3.5
Foreign Correspondent
James Kendrick
It doesn t always proceed as smoothly as some of Hitchcock s best films but it is never anything less than grandly entertaining 
3.5
Foreign Correspondent
Peter Canavese
A fitfully crackerjack picture with astonishing mise en scène some memorable set pieces to take advantage of same and flashes of Hitchockian wit Criterion Blu ray DVD 
3.5
Foreign Correspondent
Wesley Lovell
A showcase of early Hitchcock suspense 
3.5
Foreign Correspondent
David Nusair
a strangely uninvolving thriller 
2
Foreign Correspondent
Walter Chaw
Funny on purpose and that obviously makes all the difference in the world 
3
Foreign Correspondent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film includes some of Hitchcock s finest set pieces including a secret hideout inside a windmill a murder in broad daylight and a plane crash even if the romantic subplot tends to slow things down a bit 
4
Foreign Correspondent
Steve Rhodes
The picture is not the best of Hitchcock s body of work but it is quite a well done film and well worth looking for 
3.5
Foreign Correspondent
Ted Prigge
One of Hitchcock s underrated films but even today it is one of his most satisfying hilarious and intelligent films 
4
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s final condemnation of the paper feels hollow both in terms of sentiment and actual investigation 
2
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Matt Fagerholm
It comes off as more of a puff piece than an exposé with its gratingly upbeat score comical editing and penchant for letting its round up of former Enquirer employees off the hook 
2
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
David Lewis
In the end the goal of the documentary told mainly from the point of view of Enquirer alumni is to be entertaining and director Mark Landsman succeeds on that level keeping things brisk and highly visual 
3.5
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Michael O'Sullivan
Director Mark Landsman gathers many entertaining reminiscences from former reporters and editors of the paper supplementing them with commentary from such journalistic talking heads as Carl Bernstein Ken Auletta and Maggie Haberman 
2.5
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Ross Raihala
It s well made and entertaining but it s also a celebration of unethical journalism that feels shallow in the end 
2.5
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Roger Moore
A journalism expose that lives up or down to its hype 
3
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Karen M. Peterson
Scandalous doesn t break a lot of new ground in style but it is a fascinating and essential examination of the media we consume and what consumes us 
3.5
Low Tide
Sara Michelle Fetters
If not a great movie it s just good enough to make me curious to see what the filmmaker has up his sleeve next More importantly it helps make his thoughtfully meditative debut worthy of a look 
2.5
Low Tide
Joey Magidson
The atmospheric approach to Low Tide serves filmmaker Kevin McMullin well 
3
Low Tide
Brian Tallerico
A confident debut 
3
Low Tide
Rex Reed
There is insufficient character development and insight and the film has no ending so the viewer just hangs in space asking a million questions for which there are no answers 
2
Low Tide
Mark Dujsik
It s a bit jarring to see these young characters act out a fairly generic crime tale 
2.5
Low Tide
Chuck Bowen
Kevin McMullin displays a piercing awareness of the tensions that drive the dynamics of adolescent outsiders 
3
Low Tide
Roger Moore
Well acted genre thriller with just enough virtues to never leave the viewer high and dry 
2.5
Present Tense
Rob Thomas
Present Tense is a movie about a woman who learns to give up all hope for the future And she learns it very very slowly 
2
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Roger Ebert
Everytime I see one of these antiseptic Disney films I m reminded of the thrills and genuine artistry that went into the studio s films during its golden age in the 1940s and 1950s 
2.5
The Roundup
Rob Thomas
8220 The Roundup 8221 somehow manages to balance its hard R violence against some fairly goofy comedy that wouldn 8217 t be out of place in a Jackie Chan 8220 Police Story 8221 movie 46 
3
I Didn't See You There
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film brings up many emotions 44 from empathy to frustration 44 as the most ordinary obstacles become life changing 46 
3.5
I Didn't See You There
Matt Zoller Seitz
An experimental movie of great beauty 46 
4
I Didn't See You There
Sean P. Means
The swirl of color and texture reminiscent of one of Stan Brakhage s experimental films illustrates a view of the world people out of wheelchairs might never notice 
4
National Lampoon's Vacation
Matt Brunson
It s a pleasant diversion with a few memorable bits and a likable cast but true comic invention is hard to locate in the meandering screenplay by the late John Hughes 
2.5
National Lampoon's Vacation
Mike McGranaghan
A timeless comedy Hysterical 
4
National Lampoon's Vacation
Peter Canavese
Though lacking in narrative and comic sophistication National Lampoon s Vacation has something arguably more important built in instant audience identification Blu ray 
3
National Lampoon's Vacation
Betsy Bozdech
Perhaps the most interesting thing about Harold Ramis s classic 1983 comedy of errors is how well it s held up in the two decades since it hit theaters 
4
National Lampoon's Vacation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This boasts a great cast from start to finish but the funniest moments in this film for me invariably come from Randy Quaid who plays Chase s dumb country cousin 
3.5
Maigret in Montmartre
David Wiegand
If we buy into the concept that great comedy s flip side is sadness and we should Atkinson brings that key element of his past comedic work to the role of Maigret 
3
Shrew's Nest
David Nusair
an erratic yet rewarding little horror flick 
2.5
Kinatay
Rene Rodriguez
An exercise in experiential cinema as well as a blistering critique of a society that drives its poorest to unimaginable acts for mere survival 
3
The Bridge Curse
Roger Moore
Never jells never comes together and rarely delivers 
1.5
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Alan French
Forte Wain and the rest of the cast do their best to honor the icon and the result is an extremely fun meta comedy 
3
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
David Nusair
An irreverent entertaining biopic 
3
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Christian Toto
A subtle reminder that the Left would destroy National Lampoon if it came of age today 
2.5
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Roger Moore
Three food fights and a funeral 
2.5
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Brian Tallerico
While there s a bit of hero worship going on that deflates the piece and Wain s direction is surprisingly uninspired the biggest problem is the script that tries to cover too much ground 
2
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Richard Roeper
Forte captures Kenney s deadpan comedic insanity and his wry humor but also conveys the sense of melancholy and emotional restlessness plaguing Doug 
3
Reversion
Glenn Heath Jr.
the final act of Reversion is so spelled out and unimpressively dour that it makes you almost forget the edge Mia Trachinger brought to the opening sequences 
2
Rebirth
Ann Hornaday
For all the grievously familiar contours of its story Rebirth holds an improbable store of surprises thanks to the deft sensitive direction of Bethesda native Jim Whitaker 
3
Rebirth
Kyle Smith
A bit more context about some of the topics the witnesses discuss would have been welcome but Whitaker s stark unshowy style is probably the most effective way to approach 9 11 
3.5
Rebirth
Glenn Heath Jr.
Rebirth is essentially a platform for discussion and listening linking the audience and the subjects through a symbiotic relationship of understanding 
3.5
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
Chuck Bowen
The plaintive plain spokenness of the interviewees the way they matter of factly speak of atrocity is transcendent and intensely haunting 
3
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Peter Canavese
Needless to say logic takes a holiday just not in the Bahamas Blu ray 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
David Nusair
As mindlessly engaging as its predecessor 
2
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Steve Biodrowski
Heartfelt thanks must go out to actor Jeffrey Combs whose brief amusing appearance is the only reason this loser doesn t get a zero star rating 
0.5
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Maitland McDonagh
The attractive youngsters run scream declare that this can t be happening and repeat as necessary 
1.5
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s frustrating not to mention insulting 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Leonard Schwarz
A better than average slasher movie is that it understands exactly the sorts of cheap thrills its audience is looking for and delivers them with a minimum of distraction and a maximum of energy 
2.5
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie shoots itself in the foot with a gimmicky ending 
2
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Bob Graham
When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People might have been a better title 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Liam Lacey
A lazy hasty effort that offers little beyond a few jack in the box startles and a high body count including Hewitt s bouncing about in a shirt half unbuttoned over a bikini top 
1.5
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
James Kendrick
About as dull and unoriginal as the title suggests 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Roger Ebert
The movie s R rating mentions intense terror violence and gore but only its publicity team could consider it intense or terrifying Gore it has 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Steve Rhodes
The completely formulaic script by Trey Callaway is directed by the numbers by Danny Cannon 
1.5
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Madeleine Williams
This one s for die hard genre fans only And even then it s only good to snicker at the obvious cliches and overall predictablity 
0.5
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
David Keyes
How are we to be frightened or afraid of these things when they have repeated themselves over and over again for the past two decades 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Jeff Vice
Thanks Kevin Williamson Thank you a whole lot 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
James Berardinelli
A box office driven sequel that re hashes the already tired approach and storyline of its predecessor 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Michael Dequina
I didn t care if any of these characters lived or died 
1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Mike McGranaghan
The door is left open for another sequel I have an idea for it a movie studio is about to greenlight yet another subpar teen slasher pic but the fisherman comes in and hooks everyone before production can start Sound good 
2
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Dustin Putman
The ending of the film inevitably leaves the door wide open for a third part but judging from this amazingly lackluster first sequel everyone involved should have quit while they were still ahead 
1.5
Easy A
Jeff Beck
What we get is a surprisingly funny film that has some charm to it which is not something you hear applied to comedies all that often 
3
Easy A
Wesley Lovell
A star making performance by Emma Stone centers this humorous look at rumor mongering and the modern high school experience 
4
Easy A
Sean P. Means
It s easy to love Easy A a funny and sweet updating of the high school comedy genre as if Diablo Cody wrote a John Hughes movie 
3.5
Easy A
David Nusair
Entertaining yet uneven 46 46 46 
2.5
Easy A
Linda Cook
It s easy to tell you why this should go on your A list 
3
Easy A
Tom Meek
At least Emma Stone gets high marks in this teen comedy 
2
Easy A
Scott Nash
Emma Stone deserves an Easy A but the rest of the movie only gets a hard C 
2.5
Easy A
James Berardinelli
Easy A belongs in the company of Election Heathers and Mean Girls all motion pictures that have outlived their theatrical lives because they have unique voices and use them to say something 
3
Easy A
Kit Bowen
Easy A gets an A for keeping the teen high school comedy clever and quirky 
3.5
Easy A
Matt Brunson
Easy A may be about the kids but aside from Stone s contribution it mostly benefits from all the adult supervision 
2.5
Easy A
Christian Toto
Teen comedies like Easy A invoke the John Hughes canon at their own peril
2
Easy A
Mike McGranaghan
Easy A is a Clueless for the 21st century It s smart funny and relevant to the target audience 
3.5
Easy A
Sara Michelle Fetters
Gluck and Royal do a nice job here They ve constructed a teenage comedy that has sass and smarts adults sure to enjoy it just as much as their adolescent counterparts 
3
Easy A
Mike Scott
A movie that charms its way to being the kind of well crafted teen touchstone that very well could become to today s generation what Ferris Bueller was to teens of the 80s 
3.5
Easy A
Amy Biancolli
Any movie that quotes Mark Twain excerpts John Hughes and employs a singeing British cussword normally unheard in PG 13 high school comedies that s all right too More than all right Easy A might not ace it but it scores a solid B 
3
Easy A
Lisa Kennedy
A gem of a turn by Emma Stone as high school student Olive Penderghast makes this tale of a girl gossip and independence a smart and self aware hoot in the tradition of the teen flicks of the 1980s 
3
Easy A
Stephanie Merry
Enhanced by a wicked sense of humor Will Gluck s movie does what Hughes did best showcasing characters with personality who make you wish you had them on speed dial 
3
Easy A
Lou Lumenick
Stone shows great self assurance and considerable comic chops in a tour de force that that could have seemed smarmy and or silly in lesser hands 
3.5
Easy A
Willie Waffle
Olive is a character all about attitude but also allowing her to show some of that teen girl vulnerability and Stone excels at both 
3
Easy A
Erik Childress
If it were not for the charming lead performance by Emma Stone anchoring this film we would be less distracted from what a true mess it really is 
2
Easy A
Chris Hewitt
Lots of high school set films beg for a John Hughes comparison but this one actually earns it 
3
Easy A
Moira MacDonald
Though the talented Stone shows off some sharp comic timing it s hard to accept this smart gorgeous young woman as a school misfit yearning for popularity 
3
Easy A
Dustin Putman
In a weak year for mainstream cinema Easy A stands out as one of the best of the bunch 
3.5
Easy A
Joe Lozito
This overly self aware teen comedy strives to be a Clueless or Mean Girls but like its heroine it just doesn t quite fit in 
2.5
Easy A
Cathy Jakicic
Easy A is really more of a B But even with the quibbles a teen comedy this original deserves high marks 
3
Easy A
Claudia Puig
Easy A not only makes the grade but it comes in close to 100 
3.5
Easy A
Carrie Rickey
Like the movie she s in Olive is smart sarcastic and never snarky 
3
Easy A
Ty Burr
Until it spins manically out of control in the last act Easy A is a charmer a high school satire with a lethally sharp script and a big smart adorable star performance from Emma Stone 
3
Easy A
Peter Travers
The jokes are hit and miss But Stone is one sassy babe and a breakout star who nails every zinger and brings genuine warmth to her scenes with her parents 
2.5
Easy A
Josh Larsen
A tone deaf attempt to transplant The Scarlet Letter or at least its consideration of puritanical judgment to a contemporary high school setting 
2
Easy A
Christopher Lloyd
I didn t really buy the words coming out of the mouth of a precocious 17 year old I still enjoyed knowing somebody uttered them 
3
Easy A
Connie Ogle
Not every moment of Easy A earns a passing grade but what works in this edgy teen comedy works spectacularly well 
2.5
Easy A
Roger Ebert
It s a funny engaging comedy that takes the familiar but underrated Emma Stone and makes her I believe a star 
3.5
Easy A
Roger Moore
The ghost of John Hughes smiles upon Easy A a film that freely and giddily borrows from and pays tribute to Hughes famous Holy Trinity of 80s teen angst comedies 
3
Easy A
Rick Groen
The final mark Well give this proud A a solid B It s definitely a Diablo Codyesque cut above the norm the wit can sometimes feel contrived but at least there s wit to be found 
3
Easy A
Nick Schager
All the self awareness and saucy banter in the world can t make Easy A consistently funny nor can the copious snark tired 80s references and glib Scarlet Letter parallels that define its story 
2
F... the Prom
Roger Moore
Not awful but not as edgy not as funny not as cute as those who made it think it is 
1.5
New Jack City
Roger Ebert
The movie was advertised no doubt wisely as a slam bang action adventure but in fact it s a serious smart film with an impact that lingers after the lights go up 
3.5
New Jack City
Robert Roten
One gets the feeling that a lot of the meaning of this film ended up on the cutting room floor 
2
Just Say Yes
Roger Moore
Generally lifeless mostly haphazard wedding centric rom com that is no Dutch treat 
1.5
Shiraz: A Romance of India
Roger Moore
A silent melodrama best appreciated as a cinematic artifact an on location curiosity nothing more 
2
Shiraz: A Romance of India
Keith Watson
Only in the bittersweet final passages does Franz Osten achieve a few moments of genuinely moving melodrama 
3
A-ha: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Perhaps the highest tribute I can pay a ha The Movie is to say that I felt like I knew these guys when it was over 
3.5
The Illusionist
Sarah Knight Adamson
The film s animation tells the story in the manner of a beautifully illustrated children s storybook 
4
The Illusionist
Roger Moore
Hand drawn animation that is as soft and charming as the film itself 
3
The Illusionist
Eric Melin
It gets a little too submerged in pathos for its own good sometimes though and could use a little more humor with its nostalgic tone but it s an expressive and lovely film 
2.5
The Illusionist
John Wirt
A beautifully crafted nevertheless slight animated feature 
2
The Illusionist
Mike Scott
A remarkably uncomplicated story a beautifully uncomplicated story really about the love between daddies and their little girls 
2.5
The Illusionist
Rob Thomas
Like Chomet s The Triplets of Belleville it s a lovingly crafted animated film that invites the audience to luxuriate in the hand painted visuals to chuckle at the small jokes stuffed into the corners of the film 
3
The Illusionist
Duane Dudek
Feels transported from a time and place perceived as simpler and more innocent but which actually was less complex only on the surface 
3.5
The Illusionist
Matt Brunson
It s a lovingly crafted film that smoothly alternates between being bittersweet and simply sweet yet the occasionally aloof visual style frequently keeps it at arm s length from our emotions 
3
The Illusionist
John Beifuss
When the shadow of fluttering book pages on a wall seems to become a bird in flight the prosaic becomes transcendent in contradiction of the film s stated insistence that magic isn t real 
3.5
The Illusionist
Lawrence Toppman
It s beautifully drawn really drawn with hardly any computer effects and has an elegiac tone and bits of quirky humor But it wouldn t win a footrace with a snail and the narrative amounts to nothing 
2.5
The Illusionist
Peter Canavese
Tati s masterful mime easily inspires an animated treatment recapturing his graceful comic body language and no subtitles required international appeal 
3
The Illusionist
Rene Rodriguez
The film ends on a note of graceful heartbreaking beauty that Tati would have admired for its lack of sentimentality A lot of what precedes that ending though is precious and slight and a little too fanciful 
2.5
The Illusionist
Amy Biancolli
This is a remarkable movie lovely slow paced and almost silent rich with pathos and deft comic gestures 
3.5
The Illusionist
Chris Hewitt
It s not much of a story but the delights of The Illusionist have little to do with plot 
3.5
The Illusionist
Sharon Hoffmann
Here s a quiet poetic droll and ultimately deeply moving animated dramedy that creeps up slowly and leaves you devastated 
3
The Illusionist
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is stunningly animated full of wonderful moments and pieces bordering on the unforgettable Everything thing feels organic and natural and little is ever out of place 
3.5
The Illusionist
Joe Williams
A quiet declaration of love for the urban vistas of the 1950s for sleight of hand enchantment for pen and ink animation and for a legendary French filmmaker who exited the stage before telling his daughter the magic word 
3.5
The Illusionist
Moira MacDonald
A gentle wistful tale of two people who briefly become a family The Illusionist is both a tribute to the French filmmaker comedian Jacques Tati and a final word from him 
3
The Illusionist
Ty Burr
Watching The Illusionist is like peering through a rippled windowpane onto a past that knows it s disappearing 
4
The Illusionist
Michael Atkinson
In all it s a charming chanson in a minor key and if you zero in on Chomet s visual grace and his blooming cinephilia then it s more than enough 
3
The Illusionist
Liam Lacey
The gentle delights range from the depiction of late fifties Edinburgh with the milky light and gothic influenced architecture to the clever evocation of Tati s bumbling comic rhythms 
3
The Illusionist
Peter Howell
The Illusionist is almost a silent movie save for amusing sound affects snatches of garbled dialogue and a beguiling piano score that inspires deep reflection 
3.5
The Illusionist
Steven Rea
Gorgeous and full of bittersweet whimsy The Illusionist is animator Sylvain Chomet s follow up to his Oscar nominated The Triplets of Belleville 
4
The Illusionist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was quite taken by its small quiet rhythms but it should not be confused with a Tati film 
3
The Illusionist
Mark Dujsik
Chomet has offered Monsieur Tati as fond a farewell as anyone can hope to give or receive 
4
The Illusionist
Roger Ebert
The Illusionist represents the magically melancholy final act of Jacques Tati s career 
4
The Illusionist
Josh Larsen
If 2 D animated films soon become relics The Illusionist will be one of the final treasures of the art form 
4
The Illusionist
Kyle Smith
The movie is almost entirely wordless much of what dialogue there is comes in grunts and grumbles reminiscent of the way adults speak in Charlie Brown cartoons meaning lots of dreary mimed gags 
2
The Illusionist
Stephen Whitty
This The Illusionist does not star a goateed Edward Norton romancing luscious Jessica Biel while Rufus Sewell fumes royally But it is a bit of magic nonetheless 
3.5
The Illusionist
Bill Weber
Sylvain Chomet resurrects an unrealized melancholy Jacques Tati script with the bittersweet beauty of hand drawn animation 
3.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Mary Brennan
It should be good fun for chess lovers For the chess indifferent it also has some enjoyable moments 
2.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Liam Lacey
In overemphasizing the conspiracy case Game Over moves from being a compelling documentary to a frankly irritating one 
2.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Peter Howell
An engaging film 
2.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Peter Hartlaub
After the interesting chess lesson is done in Game Over all Jayanti has left is a film with one big question and no visible attempt to find any answers 
2.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Chris Hewitt
If you don t know a knight s gambit from a rook switcheroo or if you don t know there s no such thing as a rook switcheroo it probably won t interest you 
2
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Michael Wilmington
One of the most exciting instructive and sheerly entertaining of all chess films 
3.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Paul Sherman
Short on investigative journalism but long on drama 
3
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Janice Page
Teases us into believing it s interested in global questions and hard to find answers when really all it wants is to dazzle us with brute force then dump us before we realize we ve been had 
1.5
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Lou Lumenick
Vikram Jayanti s solid documentary is still fairly suspenseful 
3
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Jami Bernard
Director Vikram Jayanti makes a nail biter out of the historic 1997 match between the charismatic mordantly funny Kasparov and the steamer trunks of circuitry 
3
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
David Sterritt
Gripping suspenseful and spiced with fascinating information about the long history of chess between human and mechanical opponents 
4
Salvation Boulevard
Brian Eggert
What begins as a promising setup with an incredible cast slowly disintegrates over ninety minutes 46 
1.5
Salvation Boulevard
Walter V. Addiego
It s a blunderbuss satire that criminally wastes a talented cast 
1
Salvation Boulevard
Joe Williams
In truckin past so many fruitful oases Salvation Boulevard is a bumpy road 
2
Salvation Boulevard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Salvation Boulevard wins exclusively on the strength of its cast 
3
Salvation Boulevard
Tom Keogh
An enjoyable if simplistic black comedy loosely based on a novel by Larry Beinhart 
2.5
Salvation Boulevard
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s quite funny at times and has some good performances But it s so predictable it has no bite either as social satire or as slapstick comedy 
2
Salvation Boulevard
Robert Levin
The movie seems to be intoxicated by how funny it thinks it is gleefully descending into a swell of hyperactivity with each new scene engineered to one up the last 
2
Salvation Boulevard
Lou Lumenick
A reasonably funny religious satire that takes potshots at easy targets but is quite watchable due to the participation of two Oscar winners and two Oscar nominees 
3.5
Salvation Boulevard
Jake Coyle
Despite the talents of Greg Kinnear Pierce Brosnan Marisa Tomei Ed Harris Jennifer Connelly Ciaran Hinds Yul Vazquez and Jim Gaffigan Salvation Boulevard is far less than the sum of its fine character actor parts 
2
Salvation Boulevard
Rex Reed
It s a stupid farrago of aborted ideas misguided actors lame direction submental writing and follow the dots plotting that never comes anywhere within a 10 mile radius of what I used to call coherent filmmaking 
1
Salvation Boulevard
Nick Schager
Salvation Boulevard doesn t simply pander to its choir it practically accosts it via all manner of grotesque characterizations and situations 
1
Born in Flames
Clayton Dillard
It fuses documentary and dramatic sequences into a free form narrative that exists somewhere between essay film political manifesto and exploitation 
3
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Wesley Lovell
91 on Bestia 93 It 8217 s a pointed rebuke of the extreme fascistic tactics employed at the time and forces audiences to realize that such situations were not isolated to dictators with whom they are familiar 46 
3.5
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Mark Feeney
Of the five films that make up the program for this year s Oscar nominated animated shorts four are very much not kid stuff 
2.5
Montauk Chronicles
Chris Alexander
By the time the film wraps many questions are asked about the dirty deeds done and no matter your take Garetano s intelligent sense of cinema is a force to be reckoned with and his ability to visualize the stuff nightmares are made of is peerless 
3
The Whole Town's Talking
David Nusair
generally an amiable little comedy that benefits greatly from the charisma of its two leads 
2.5
Baise-moi
Ian Mantgani
An adolescent little poseur of a movie 
1
Baise-moi
Walter Chaw
Only Baise moi s pedagogy is well defined and strident 
2.5
Baise-moi
Jeremy Heilman
Baise Moi feels so resoundingly stunning since we re so used to getting our feminine empowerment in movies fed to us in compartmentalized bits 
4
Baise-moi
David N. Butterworth
The best example to date of why mainstream movies don t feature explicit sex scenes 
2.5
Baise-moi
Roger Ebert
More of a bluff 
1
Baise-moi
Desmond Ryan
In railing against the exploitation of women the movie is itself quite often exploitative 
2
Baise-moi
Michael Dequina
An insanely repetitive 77 minute display of pointless nihilism 
1.5
Baise-moi
Lou Lumenick
A crude piece of work unfocused slackly structured and rambling 
2
Baise-moi
Ed Gonzalez
Baise moi is the kind of film that Ferrara would have made during the 70s when Times Square was something more than a Disney theme park 
3.5
Baise-moi
Edward Guthmann
Whatever message it wants to impart is overwhelmed by shoddy technique and a tendency to embrace the kind of exploitation with which it s supposedly in conflict 
1
Baise-moi
Rod Armstrong
The venture is ultimately not quite worthwhile 
2.5
Baise-moi
Steve Rhodes
Could be a strikingly effective public service announcement against the dangers of casual sex if it weren t for the fact that Manu and Nadine like to murder strangers male and female indiscriminately even if no sex whatsoever is involved 
1.5
All I See Is You
James Berardinelli
Despite an interesting premise and a promising first act All I See Is You ultimately fails to deliver much beyond a gradual descent into disinterest and watch checking 
2
All I See Is You
Sara Michelle Fetters
By the time things shifts into hackneyed thriller contrivances it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain interest 
1.5
All I See Is You
Glenn Kenny
All I See Is You seems extra uniquely bad somehow 
1
All I See Is You
Mark Dujsik
It s a surprisingly honest study of co dependence insecurity and control 
3
All I See Is You
Katie Walsh
for all of Forster s experimentation and his willingness to prod at the strange jagged edges of this relationship he ultimately rejects darkness 
2.5
All I See Is You
Mark Jenkins
Despite a modicum of visual style and competent performances it is unable to keep us guessing or more important to make us care long enough to work up true suspense 
1.5
All I See Is You
Gary Thompson
Marc Forster does some interesting visual work here to suggest the perspective of a person who is legally blind but in general when your thriller requires the heroic intervention of an ophthalmologist you re in trouble 
1.5
All I See Is You
David Lewis
The best thing about All I See Is You is that it s not afraid to experiment But it s an experiment that went wrong a film in which ambiguity trumps complexity 
1
All I See Is You
Peter Keough
What emerges from this pretentious if diverting mishmash is a story that is equally predictable and contrived but nonetheless offers some worthwhile insights into the notion of the male gaze and the subjugation of women 
2
All I See Is You
Gary Thompson
Forster does some interesting visual work here to suggest the perspective of a person who is legally blind but in general when your thriller requires the heroic intervention of an ophthalmologist you re in trouble 
1.5
All I See Is You
Derek Smith
The longer things drag out All I See Is You becomes every bit as amorphous as its protagonist s vision 
1.5
All I See Is You
David Nusair
a solid consistently artful drama that lingers well after the credits have rolled 
3
The Infernal Machine
Mark Dujsik
91 A 93 s the true nature of 46 46 46 91 the 93 mystery unravels 44 so 44 too 44 does any focus or consistency within the story 46 
2
A Man of Integrity
Mark Dujsik
Mohammad Rasoulof apos s film 46 46 46 plays as a low key thriller 46 46 46 and 44 on a more human level 44 a tragedy about what fear 44 helplessness 44 and hopelessness can do to a person 46 
3
A Man of Integrity
Godfrey Cheshire
A political film seething with white hot anger 46 
3
A Man of Integrity
Roger Moore
A Kafkaesque Iranian nightmare set in a suburban town where justice is bought and paid for and fighting the status quo is quixotic 44 and dangerous 46 
3
Kissed
Lisa Alspector
Though Stopkewich has astutely recognized the contradictions in our uneasy relationship to the dead she doesn t seem to have examined her own uneasy relationship to the story she tells 
2
Kissed
Roger Ebert
Kissed is about a necrophiliac but in its approach it could be about spirituality or transcendence 
3
Kissed
Mike Clark
This uncommonly assured feature debut takes a metaphysical view of necrophilia 
3
I Am Comic
Jason Anderson
The first thing that a documentary about stand up comedy ought to be is funny Thankfully I Am Comic succeeds handily on that count 
3
Marona's Fantastic Tale
Matt Zoller Seitz
A cartoon that appreciates dogs as dogs and treats one dog s life with the gravity and compassion we d want expressed at a memorial service for a human of no importance who meant everything 
4
Marona's Fantastic Tale
Anita Katz
In this world full of hate and brutality dogs love humans generously and unconditionally and the animated adventure Marona s Fantastic Tale charmingly illustrates their bighearted loyal spirit 
3
Marona's Fantastic Tale
Sean P. Means
Each stop on Marona s episodic journey is rendered gorgeously by director Anca Damian and her animators with a kaleidoscope of styles and colors 
3.5
They Won't Believe Me
Matt Brunson
Robert Young excels in a change of pace role 
3
Being Julia
Kam Williams
A beguiling romance about an aging actress at the peak of her career who embarks on an ill advised illicit affair with an admirer half her age 
3
Being Julia
Betsy Bozdech
Annette Bening is the movie her performance is the kind that will pop up on best of lists for years to come 
4
Being Julia
Marty Mapes
One of the best movies from this year s Telluride Film Festival
3.5
Being Julia
Forrest Hartman
Being Julia is strangely devoid of the one thing every great film needs a hook 
2
Being Julia
Robert W. Butler
Ponderous and superficial and no art deco fashions or tasteful drawing rooms can compensate for it 
2
Being Julia
Matt Brunson
Bening is awfully fun to watch as she whirlwinds her way through this backstage yarn 
3
Being Julia
Sean P. Means
Shifting emotional gears with the adroitness of a Formula One driver Bening delivers a diamond of a performance multifaceted sparkling and flawless 
3.5
Being Julia
Joe Baltake
This is a choice role and Bening tears into it with the broadest smile and widest eyes you ever saw 
3
Being Julia
Larry Ratliff
Bening s performance rises above the appeal of the movie itself In fact it s one of the strongest of the year 
3
Being Julia
Duane Dudek
The film s curiosity about the character her life and her world is little more than skin deep which makes the performance feel a bit like a conditioned response to garden variety material 
2.5
Being Julia
Rob Thomas
Thanks to Bening we re already rooting for Julia to prevail in all her glorious bitchiness Why should we have to like her too 
2.5
Being Julia
Phil Villarreal
Julia may not be a master of love relationships or self examination but she s sure got this acting thing down And so has luminescent Bening 
3
Being Julia
Connie Ogle
This is of course the sort of role about which actresses dream and it is Annette Bening who brings Julia to raging mischievous unforgettable life 
3
Being Julia
Phoebe Flowers
Bening proves that the power of a single performance can propel an entire movie 
3
Being Julia
Terry Lawson
Does nothing to restore Szabo s good name but it does a good deal to enhance our appreciation of Bening 
2
Being Julia
Chris Hewitt
A trifle 
3
Being Julia
Lisa Kennedy
Just because it s meringue does not mean that there are not genuine pleasures to be found in this light comedy 
3
Being Julia
Peter Canavese
Not the stodgy costume drama it may appear to be To Bening s triumph the audience can only love Julia warts and all by picture s end 
3
Being Julia
Eric Harrison
An intelligently witty comedy that boasts the sort of performance from Annette Bening that had wags predicting an Academy Award nomination months ago 
3
Being Julia
Roger Ebert
I liked the movie in its own way while it was cheerfully chugging along but the ending let me down 
2.5
Being Julia
Carrie Rickey
Boasting a bewitching performance by Annette Bening as a 1930s theater queen who rules the West End as Victoria did her empire Being Julia is a feather light diversion about a creature who acts her life and lives her roles 
2.5
Being Julia
Michael Wilmington
Bening shines and the film shines too 
3.5
Being Julia
Carla Meyer
There are several notable actors in it most of them quite good but it s the glorious Annette Bening who hoists this flawed production on her mink wrapped shoulders and makes it work 
3
Being Julia
David Elliott
It is a lush British showcase for Annette Bening making the very most of it 
3
Being Julia
Moira MacDonald
There s an art to making this kind of movie and Szab has assembled all the right ingredients and combined them with a delicate but masterful touch 
3
Being Julia
Ty Burr
This is Bening s field day and she fends off all comers with a performance that s astonishing for both its happy invention and technical overkill 
3
Being Julia
James Verniere
Bening beautifully lighted by cinematographer Lajos Koltai gives a performance burning with joy wit and intelligence 
3.5
Being Julia
Bruce Newman
The play is supposed to serve as both the centerpiece and the climax of the film which may explain why it wobbles until the end 
2.5
Being Julia
Steve Rhodes
Hello Oscar Bening s charisma is so enormous in the film that it surprising the other actors can find any room on the stage 
3.5
Being Julia
Jeanne Aufmuth
Annette Bening s performance is the most captivating of her career 
3.5
Being Julia
Glenn Whipp
The role is obviously a godsend for Bening given the dearth of parts available to good actresses her age and after a somewhat shaky beginning she makes the most of it fully inhabiting this woman 
3
Being Julia
Walter Chaw
Some kind of klutzy pre Blitz version of The First Wives Club 
1.5
Being Julia
Timothy Knight
It s an immensely satisfying and stylish entry in the grand tradition of films about the theater 
3.5
Being Julia
Jami Bernard
Even with the whimsically understated Irons as the oblivious husband and that lion Michael Gambon as the ghost of Julia s acting teacher director Istvn Szab s movie leaves no impression 
2.5
Being Julia
Megan Lehmann
Bening pulls out all the stops playing a limelight loving stage diva in 1930s London and her vivacious performance should guarantee her a spot on Oscar s list of Best Actress nominees 
3
Being Julia
David Sterritt
Being Julia is a smart treat 
3
Being Julia
James Berardinelli
Being Julia is one of the most uneven affairs I have watched in a theater this year It s like two movies that have been inelegantly grafted together 
2.5
Being Julia
John Anderson
There isn t much about Istvn Szab s direction that he can brag about and Ronald Harwood s script retains too much of Maugham s plot and not enough of his coherence 
2
Being Julia
Peter Travers
Annette Bening can act but she works too hard to prove it in Being Julia 
2
Being Julia
Scott Nash
As a platform for Benning Being Julia is a tour de force 
3
Being Julia
Dan Callahan
A tart observant look at the seductiveness of revenge and its generally empty aftertaste 
3
Being Julia
Ross Anthony
Has some problems but overall cute clever well paced well acted and well directed 
2.5
Being Julia
David Nusair
Though Being Julia is an undeniably lush and expensive looking production the film never manages to step beyond the realm of over the top campiness 
2
The Eliminator
David Nusair
delivers pretty much what one might expect lots of action very little character development 
1
Judgment Night
Matt Brunson
Short on both logic and suspense 
2
Judgment Night
James Berardinelli
It s refreshing to know that it s not just characters in horror films who are irredeemably dumb 
1
Judgment Night
Jeff Vice
Pretty tense stuff most of the way 
2.5
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Roger Moore
Nobody knows how to excitingly and gracefully wrap a story up 46 It 8217 s the curse of screenwriting in this streaming era 46 
2
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Pablo O. Scholz
In some ridiculous moments Luther falls more into simplicity than into the night But hey most procedurals sin for being extravagant or absurd and nobody goes around denouncing them Full review in Spanish 
3
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Jeff Mitchell
The twisted script doesn apos t offer compelling turns 46 Then again 44 the filmmakers dreamt up a sprinkler system that sprays kerosene 44 so there apos s that 46 
2
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Lindsey Bahr
Even though it may go over the top at the end Elba keeps you interested You needn t have watched all five seasons of Luther to take a chance on Luther The Fallen Sun But there s also a chance that you may find yourself wanting to afterwards 
2.5
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Randy Myers
Luther barrels ahead without much finesse to a grandiose finale a silly showdown that jumps the shark and puts not only Luther but this series on the thinnest of ice 
1.2
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Mark Meszoros
A bigger 44 bolder and 44 unfortunately 44 increasingly over the top version of the show 46 
2.5
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Dwight Brown
What a story Right from the beginning this psychological crime thriller grips you and doesn t let up until it s done 
3.5
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Michael O'Sullivan
Elba ever watchable makes for a nicely conflicted antihero 
2.5
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film defaults to the most pedestrian narrative turns imaginable when it 8217 s not just recycling bits from the series 46 
1
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Isaac Feldberg
Elba 8217 s mercurial screen presence 44 all rumpled gravitas and movie star smolder 46 46 46 fills out the character with something special 46 
3
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Pamela Powell
160 Unfortunately 44 this 160 cat and mouse game leads us along a circuitous path 44 dragging us along unwillingly at times 44 and focuses heavily upon torture scenes and incomprehensible violence 46 
1
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Mark Dujsik
Luther 58 The Fallen Sun serves as a somewhat entertaining start to this new cycle 44 but it apos s still 8212 and unmistakably 8212 just a start 46 
2.5
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Anne Brodie
It 8217 s strong stuff and be warned that there 8217 s a powerful whiff of sadism and a helluva social media diss 46 
2
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Richard Roeper
What starts as an ambitious project striving for the memorable darkness of The Silence of the Lambs or Se7en turns into something more akin to one of the Saw or Hostel movies on a bigger budget 
2.5
Flammable Children
Roger Moore
Shambolic rambunctious and fun 
2.5
Transamerica
James Sanford
Huffman s performance is one of those rare pieces of acting that actually deserves to be labeled a tour de force 
3
Transamerica
Jeff Vice
It s full of enough contrived and ludicrous soap opera type plotting to make Huffman s TV series Desperate Housewives seem restrained and realistic 
2
Transamerica
Sean P. Means
It s a shame Bree and Huffman s performance are trapped in a movie unworthy of their energy and courage 
2
Transamerica
Daniel M. Kimmel
that rare film that takes us into the life of someone who might seem somewhat odd at first but in the end turns out to be just a fellow human being 
3
Transamerica
Matt Brunson
By turns funny touching and blessed with a generosity of spirit 
3
Transamerica
Linda Cook
Here s one of the reasons that 2005 will be considered the year that changed motion pictures 
3
Transamerica
Lori Hoffman
in a constant state of terror at being unmasked as a mixed gender mama Huffman is phenomenal 
3
Transamerica
David N. Butterworth
Huffman and Zegers make Transamerica a road trip worth taking 
3
Transamerica
Carla Meyer
Defies expectations on nearly every level 
3
Transamerica
Duane Dudek
The film itself is never quite as complex or daring a work of the imagination as Huffman s performance 
2.5
Transamerica
Jeff Strickler
It s funny in spots touching in others and uniformly life affirming 
3
Transamerica
Chris Hewitt
It s rare to encounter a performance so complete that you forget about the actor playing the role but that s what happens with Felicity Huffman in Transamerica 
2.5
Transamerica
James Berardinelli
Huffman s performance redeems parts of the movie but until the final 30 minutes Transamerica too often feels like a journey to nowhere 
2.5
Transamerica
Thomas Delapa
Tucker s patchy road movie takes the dysfunctional family to the outer limits of the Twilight Zone 
2
Transamerica
Robert W. Butler
A B film with an A leading performance 
3
Transamerica
Lawrence Toppman
A studio could have made the same movie if Huffman had been playing a mother rather than a father writer director Duncan Tucker has begun with a new idea and then made it as old hat as possible 
2
Transamerica
John Beifuss
Begins as a cult transgender film then undergoes emergency reassignment surgery to become a mainstream adventure in parent child closure 
2.5
Transamerica
Phil Villarreal
Tucker toes the line between indie raggedness and studio produced sheen His script and tone carry the jagged edges of a personal story with characters that seem to possess a free will beyond studio formula 
4
Transamerica
Jeanne Aufmuth
Circumvents treacly lessons in tolerance and rewards itself with the resonance of re birth and second chances 
3.5
Transamerica
Eric Melin
Huffman elevates a film that otherwise is too comfortable coasting on the waves of too many simple minded movies before it 
2.5
Transamerica
Moira MacDonald
Huffman s performance in Transamerica as a pre op male to female transsexual coping with the sudden emergence of a long lost son is much better than the movie it s in indeed she singlehandedly takes Transamerica to a higher plane 
2.5
Transamerica
David Elliott
Cheap laughs lead to surefire tears running together like a messy paint by numbers project 
1.5
Transamerica
Steven Rea
It s a farce with heart a meditation on identity family and gender politics that has real faith in its characters even when the characters themselves lack it 
3
Transamerica
Connie Ogle
As Bree who started her unhappy life as Stanley the angular Huffman a fine comedic actress who carried home an Emmy this fall is a compelling portrait of wounded dignity She is wholly fascinating and heartbreaking 
3
Transamerica
Bruce Westbrook
Huffman makes it a must see 
3
Transamerica
Terry Lawson
It s all a little too cute and pat to be believable and Tucker can t resist showing us everything he has learned about transsexuals in between the embarrassing moments and odd encounters 
2
Transamerica
Lisa Kennedy
Felicity Huffman s performance as Bree is striking in much the way Charlize Theron s was in Monster 
3
Transamerica
Wesley Morris
The key to Huffman s performance is the way she plays the role with dignity She likes this man and so do we 
3
Transamerica
Josh Larsen
Everything about the movie feels gimmicky including Huffman s mannered performance 
1.5
Transamerica
Michael Wilmington
It sometimes suggests a John Waters drag farce trying to go mainstream and sentimental 
2
Transamerica
Roger Ebert
The movie works and it does work because Felicity Huffman brings great empathy and tact to her performance as Bree 
3
Transamerica
Walter Chaw
It s not satirical irony when you do it with such overwrought vinegar that it becomes ugly and mean spirited 
2
Transamerica
Mick LaSalle
Transamerica provides the frame and the occasion for one of the year s best performances Felicity Huffman s as a woman trapped in a man s body who s passing for female while awaiting a sex change operation 
3
Transamerica
Peter Howell
Transamerica travels miles beyond road movie cliches chiefly through Huffman s Oscar worthy acting but also through the realization that we are all freaks beneath our masks of gender differences and social conventions 
3.5
Transamerica
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Huffman goes all out but writer director Duncan Tucker plunks her down in the middle of a fairly average and ultimately routine road picture 
2.5
Transamerica
Nick Schager
Transamerica is To Wong Foo but with a pre op tranny protagonist and a strained parent child dynamic 
2
Transamerica
Sara Michelle Fetters
Never has a movie dealing with transgender topics done so with such passion pathos power and clarity Not Boys Don t Cry not Different for Girls and most certainly not Tootsie or Mrs Doubtfire 
3.5
Transamerica
Dustin Putman
Won t be winning any awards for originality or visionary achievement but in its own small sweet way the film 151 and Felicity Huffman 151 win you over 
2.5
Transamerica
Pam Grady
With so much stereotypical melodrama Transamerica is not a great film but Huffman s performance transcends that The movie may be nothing special but she is 
2.5
Transamerica
Kyle Smith
It yanks at the heartstrings too much to qualify as an edgy comedy drama but it s far too bawdy to make it to the Hallmark Channel 
2
Transamerica
Jami Bernard
Before she was a Desperate Housewife Felicity Huffman turned in this tour de force in what turns out to be a funny charming heartfelt road movie about a most unlikely pair 
3
Transamerica
Bob Strauss
You can sense director Tucker and Felicity Huffman trying too hard to get it right and strain is never convincing on screen 
2.5
Transamerica
Kit Bowen
The delightfully off centered Transamerica is one those juicy little character pieces that allows Felicity Huffman to turn in an unbelievably gutsy Oscar worthy performance 
3.5
Transamerica
Claudia Puig
Felicity Huffman s complex portrayal sometimes doesn t fit the film s broad sitcom style humor and thinly drawn supporting characters 
2.5
Transamerica
Gene Seymour
What keeps Huffman s turn from being mere spectacle is the actor s perceptive compassion for her character 
3.5
Transamerica
Peter Travers
Felicity Huffman turns this small resonant film into a cry from the heart 
3
Transamerica
Phoebe Flowers
While Transamerica occasionally feels strangely conventional of all things first time writer director Duncan Tucker unflinchingly tackles subject matter that most of America would rather not even acknowledge exists 
3
Violets Are Blue
David Nusair
46 46 46 charming 44 compelling 46 46 46 
3
Violets Are Blue
Roger Ebert
It s not necessarily the movie we expect it to be and Spacek doesn t necessarily play the role we expect from her It s a movie about adults making some hard choices facing some inflexible realities in their lives 
3
Ringmaster
James Sanford
those hoping for inside dirt will instead be rewarded with a fictitious shoddy piece of claptrap that has nothing to say about Springer 
.5
Ringmaster
Roger Ebert
You d expect this material to be dealt with in a careless and seamy way but Ringmaster is a better movie than I expected 
2
Ringmaster
Michael Dequina
Stay home and watch the genuine article instead 
0
Ringmaster
Dustin Putman
Didn t seem to add up to much when it was all over 
2
Jaws
Brian Eggert
A carefully composed and genuinely great piece of filmmaking Steven Spielberg accomplished through unimaginable circumstances 
4
Jaws
David Keyes
Relentless and intense with characters that are the accurate realizations of their behaviors and special effects that dwarf the limits of the time 
4
Jaws
Kathleen Carroll
Spielberg had paced the film beautifully so that one is always on edge tensed for those scary moments that turn out to be false alarms and left somehow totally unprepared for the real shocks 
3.5
Jaws
Gene Siskel
What this movie is about and where it succeeds best is the primordial level of fear 
3
Jaws
David Nusair
the movie s justifiably legendary opening paves the way for an engrossing first act that s heightened by both Scheider s magnetic performance and the inclusion of several unbearably tense interludes 
2.5
Jaws
Matt Brunson
Spielberg fashioned an instant classic whose success owes as much to his superb orchestration as to the substantial jolts and knockout performances by Roy Scheider Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss 
4
Jaws
Scott Nash
Forget Saving Private Ryan and Schindler s List This is Spielberg s masterwork 
4
Jaws
Michael A. Smith
To be brief and to the point the GREATEST FILM EVER MADE Thank you for your time 
4
Jaws
James Sanford
Like all the best suspense films Jaws manages to somehow remain amazingly tense even if you ve seen the film before No wonder so many moviegoers went back for repeat viewings 
4
Jaws
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nowadays it doesn t really scare me anymore but I love watching it for the way it moves 
4
Jaws
James Berardinelli
When it comes to this kind of thriller no movie has been able to top Jaws although many have tried And as the years go by it seems increasingly unlikely that anything will come close 
4
Jaws
James Kendrick
one of the finest primal scare thrillers ever to come out of Hollywood
4
Jaws
Roger Ebert
Jaws is a sensationally effective action picture a scary thriller that works all the better because it s populated with characters that have been developed into human beings we get to know and care about 
4
Aftershock
Sean P. Means
While hospitals send out anodyne statements that every death is a tragedy without taking responsibility these families show in detail the emotional costs of systemic bias 
3.5
Aftershock
Eric Melin
It feels like overeager tourists playing make believe on the old Earthquake attraction at Universal Studios The parts that work better are intentionally played for laughs 
1
Aftershock
Robert Levin
If you re in the midst of such a massive quake with destruction everywhere the last thing you should be doing is worrying about escaped murderer rapist prisoners 
2
Aftershock
John Beifuss
If The Impossible was a disaster film for the arthouse Aftershock is strictly grindhouse It delivers the nasty goods 
2.5
Aftershock
Peter Keough
Aftershock is ultimately predictable in its litany of who lives and who dies and doesn t try to be too ironic or self reflexive about it 
2
Aftershock
Stephen Whitty
On the seismic scale of entertainment Aftershock registers a 1 5 
1.5
Aftershock
Kyle Smith
A weird mash up of disaster horror and dystopia genre pictures Aftershock fails to make the Earth move 
1
Aftershock
Claudia Puig
It s hard to imagine just who would want to sit through this movie given the sadistic mayhem the audience is subjected to 
1.5
Aftershock
John Anderson
Cross The Hangover with the Apocalypse and that ll give you some idea of the level of debauched mayhem that makes Aftershock such a shameless and titillating exercise in horror 
2.5
Aftershock
Roger Moore
Utterly generic but worth seeing just to experience Eli Roth movie star 
2
Aftershock
Rex Reed
Merely lurid slice and dice junk put through a Cuisinart 
1
Aftershock
Abhimanyu Das
There s plenty of gore but none of it is particularly inventive nor does it engender any visceral or emotional reactions beyond jaded disgust 
1.5
Aftershock
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to shake the feeling that a major opportunity has been squandered here 
1.5
Aftershock
Erik Childress
Aftershock gets a little Sunshine like ridiculous in its final act and becomes a bit too routine but for a good hour this is a genuinely successful disaster flick with real terror gory surprises and all the nasty fun a horror fan craves 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Brian Eggert
Through O 8217 Brien 8217 s hilarious 44 unwavering buffoonery and comedic frontage 44 the doc never probes too deeply into its subject 8217 s bitterness 46 But there are enough laughs and insight here to prove O 8217 Brien 8217 s dedication as an entertainer 46 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Jay Antani
depicts a fiercely talented performer who has created a temple to his own cult While the resulting spectacle may be distasteful in its egotism and indulgence there s no doubting the drive and devotion of a man for whom the world truly is a stage 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Eric Melin
The movie is pretty standard behind the scenes fare most of the time but kudos to O Brien for allowing the filmmakers to portray him in a light that s not always flattering 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
John Beifuss
An alternately revealing and concealing vanity project that gives O Brien a chance to vent his anger ventilate his underlings with his rapier wit and play rock star alongside such celebrity enablers as Eddie Vedder and Jack White 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Mike Scott
It s the insight and honesty that elevates the film transforming it into an inspiring if a shade or two less than truly intimate portrait of an immensely likable man
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
David Nusair
For the most part Conan O Brien Can t Stop plays like a fairly typical tour documentary 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Liam Lacey
While a lot of geography is covered as a concert film Conan O Brien Can t Stop is decidedly thin entertainment 
2
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Peter Howell
It s entertaining not to mention revealing about the emotional toll exacted upon people who in O Brien s words feed their bone marrow to the wood chipper that is television 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Aaron Barnhart
An entertaining documentary that captures a singular performer at a singular moment in his long career 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Joe Lozito
Surprisingly and sadly this documentary about the titular comedian s comedy tour doesn t contain much comedy Though it is an intriguing portrait of a very talented workaholic 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Sean P. Means
The movie illustrates its title showing O Brien as a driven performer who can t stop trying to entertain 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Lisa Kennedy
Meta irony can get a guy who s still grinding an ax only so far 
2
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Stephen Whitty
O Brien admits he ended this moment in his life knowing himself a little better We feel the same way 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Michael O'Sullivan
Partly about the making of the stage show and partly about the anger and compulsion underlying the making of it the movie is often very funny And when it s not it s revelatory 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Chris Hewitt
O Brien is a compelling guy The film probably pulls some punches but it feels like a candid portrait 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Willie Waffle
It s a chance to hang out with one of the funniest men alive for an hour and a half That s really all the movie is which is fine by me 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Kyle Smith
It s nice to know that the son of a lawyer and a microbiologist can get into Harvard and make something of himself 
2
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Joe Williams
A serviceable behind the scenes tour documentary with about as much insight as a talk show monologue 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Mark Dujsik
Conan O Brien Can t Stop serves as a fine character reference but in overlooking the controversy and much of the actual show it downplays its subject as well 
2
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Mick LaSalle
Seeing his life from the inside the impulse to judge him fades You would not want to trade places 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Jeffrey M. Anderson
O Brien may not be the most fun to hang around but you may not find a more honest showbiz documentary anytime soon 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Neal Justin
The documentary makes the case that O Brien is too passionate too complex too driven to simply snap out of it 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Carrie Rickey
Substantially more than a vanity project if less than a three dimensional portrait of the human stick figure with the shock of orangey hair 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Ty Burr
There are solid laughs and meta laughs to be had in Conan O Brien Can t Stop but the movie is most worthwhile as a portrait of a celebrity in mid hissy fit A creative self aware hissy fit but still 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Roger Ebert
What we are seeing is a man determined to vindicate himself after a public humiliation People attend his shows cheer him like him That proves something doesn t it 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Michael Phillips
The whole thing becomes a sort of Song of Myself for needy multimillionaire comics at work and play 
1.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Matt Pais
Conan may feel like a zoo animal but the stage is his natural habitat 
3
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Carson Lund
The lasting impact is of a restless soul whose showbiz drive is genuine 
2.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Nick Schager
Comes off as a vanity project aimed at giving O Brien another platform to express his frustration and fury over the NBC fracas 
1.5
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Erik Childress
As solid a showbiz documentary as seen of late when it premiered at SXSW and now works as an addendum to the disastrous Charlie Sheen tour which plays more like the I m Still Here to Flender s equivalent of the Dixie Chicks Shut Up and Sing 
3.5
Battlefield Baseball
Erik Lundegaard
It s purposely triumphantly stupid 
1
Other People's Children
Roger Moore
In LA even the homeless are better looking with better hair and makeup than you Or me Apparently 
1
The Soviet Story
Lauren Wissot
Soviet Story does a thorough job of laying out what happened but its dull educational style format doesn t guide us to the next step of why we should care 
2
A Stray
Omer Mozaffar
In addition to being a tender film about a man finding redemption in caring for a canine Syeed s pious film is refreshing showing us a corner of America that we never see 
4
A Stray
Chris Hewitt
It s a gem 
3.5
Undisputed III: Redemption
Mike McGranaghan
As dull as the story may be the fighting scenes are admittedly impressive 
2
Dead or Alive
David Nusair
more dull than even the most self indulgent Merchant Ivory production 
1.5
Dead or Alive
V.A. Musetto
Audacious yakuza thriller 
3.5
The Gift to Stalin
Lauren Wissot
That rare small story set in a big time not unlike Malick s Days of Heaven poetic both in Khasanbek Kydyraliev s cinematography and in Pavel Finn s script 
3
The Gift to Stalin
V.A. Musetto
It s worth seeing if only as an antidote to the simplistic vision of Kazakhstan presented by Sasha Baron Cohen s Borat 
2
Tricked
David Nusair
A bizarre mostly ineffective piece of work 
2
Tricked
Simon Abrams
A light but satisfying appetizer one that will for better and worse leave viewers hungry for more 
3
Tricked
Marty Mapes
Can the wisdom of the crowds work for screenwriting too 
2
Tricked
Nick McCarthy
The film is experimental in the way that the final product is much more of a labor intensive challenge for the filmmakers than a cerebral one for audiences 
1.5
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Janet Graves
Tom Ewell s irresistible clowning and Sheree North s amiable charms lend a bit of bounce to a comedy that isn t quite as deft as its stars 
3
The Dinner
David N. Butterworth
This Dutch adaptation of Herman Koch s unsettling bestseller is finely acted and confidently directed laying the solid groundwork for both an Italian and a U S version to come 
3
Strangers When We Meet
David Nusair
The bloated running time is exacerbated by a focus on pointless subplots 
2
Revenge
Brian Eggert
Revenge is a promising first film and with any luck perhaps Fargeat will approach her next film with more of an eye on instilling some dimensionality into her characters to achieve a stronger sense of catharsis 
2
Revenge
Robert Daniels
Rape Blood Desert Blood Death Blood Drugs Did I mention blood Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat is the French rape revenge film you ve been waiting for 
3
Revenge
Sara Michelle Fetters
A stunning reinvention of the rape revenge exploitation film that had me sitting at the edge of my seat first frame to last 
3.5
Revenge
Brent McKnight
Gore soaked and transgressive Revenge will test your stomach s mettle in a variety of ways 
3.5
Revenge
David Fear
Revenge is a bloody middle finger a kick in the balls with a feminine combat boot You ve been warned gents 
3
Revenge
Barry Hertz
Revenge is a brutal bloody exhilarating work that does not even for a moment blink 
3.5
Revenge
Mark Dujsik
This story uses the abuse of a woman as a means of creating some thrills but at least the thrills of Revenge aren t cheap 
3
Revenge
Bruce DeMara
The film is going to strain your suspension of disbelief to the breaking point But if you can get past one particular event you re going to find Revenge a madcap satisfying thrill ride 
3
Revenge
Christy Lemire
The film we need right now from a filmmaker we need right now 
3.5
Revenge
Chuck Bowen
Fetishism parody and various registers of violence propel a livewire thriller that mines the free floating hostility existing between genders 
3
Revenge
David Nusair
Revenge climaxes with a stellar and impressively violent final stretch that confirms its place as a superior vengeance themed actioner 
3
I'm Not Scared
Peter Canavese
Visually striking and exceptionally performed by old and young alike I m Not Scared plucks the nerves 
3
I'm Not Scared
Phil Villarreal
To watch Gabriele Salva tores I m Not Scared is to be whisked into childhood 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Matt Brunson
This sounds like prime fodder for a fast paced thriller but the movie is actually something more special a tender hearted rumination on the loss of innocence among children 
3
I'm Not Scared
Jeff Vice
Those who stick with it will be richly rewarded 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Sean P. Means
It s the exchanges between Cristiano and di Pierro children caught up in nasty business they can t understand that hit you in the gut 
3
I'm Not Scared
Vince Koehler
This pleasant Italian offering is a suspenseful and heart warming story of a heroic 10 year old boy who risks his own life to save another 
3
I'm Not Scared
Duane Dudek
This spare and haunting Italian thriller is about innocence lost and how a small world can be made smaller when you re alone in it 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
David Keyes
one of the purest movies you will see unhindered by the conventions of cinema and built completely on the essence of feelings 
4
I'm Not Scared
Steve Rhodes
Unlike most boys in films these days Michele isn t your typically cloying blabbermouth He is a quiet kid with a strong sense of imagination 
3
I'm Not Scared
Terry Lawson
An Italian drama that restores the overused phrase loss of innocence to something meaningful and memorable 
3
I'm Not Scared
Chris Hewitt
A small movie but like the thematically similar To Kill a Mockingbird it leaves with you a sense of children s vulnerability and their incredible resilience 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Jeff Strickler
A collection of juxtapositions bucolic countryside opposite jangling nerves Innocent childhood opposite a boy subjected to unspeakable horror Love opposite fear 
3
I'm Not Scared
David Elliott
The primal intensity of emotions and settings takes the story well beyond generic elements 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Jeanne Aufmuth
A well crafted cross breed that utilizes cruel power plays of both youngsters and adults to support the ominous mood of a first rate thriller 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Collin Souter
A beautiful exciting and challenging film about survival and a child s cold realization that adults don t always have the right answers 
4
I'm Not Scared
Peter Debruge
It offers a fresh stylish and considerably more intelligent treatment of familiar genre material 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Moira MacDonald
Both atmospheric thriller and heartbreaking coming of age tale 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Carla Meyer
A beautifully shot and compelling blend of thriller and coming of age drama 
3
I'm Not Scared
Roger Ebert
A reminder of true childhood of its fears and speculations of the way a conversation can be overheard but not understood of the way that the shape of the adult world forms slowly through the mist 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Wesley Morris
Watching it is like being lost in somebody s richly moody campfire story 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
James Verniere
Cristiano is completely believable as Michele and as the confused kidnapped boy who believes he has died and that Michele is an angel Mattia Di Pierro is unforgettable 
4
I'm Not Scared
Rick Groen
Yet another sad tumble from promise into violation from the white heat of bliss to the ashes of banality 
2.5
I'm Not Scared
Josh Larsen
perfectly captures kids at play as well as something related but darker 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Steven Rea
Both a spooky reverie about childhood and a slow burning suspenser in which conspiracy and betrayal shake the foundations of a boy s life 
3
I'm Not Scared
Jeffrey Westhoff
Reminiscent of the live action Disney films of the 1970s if Wes Craven directed one 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Robert K. Elder
A virtuoso piece of dark storytelling 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Gene Seymour
Few movies purporting to chronicle loss of innocence convey its jolt and sadness as effectively 
3
I'm Not Scared
Lou Lumenick
This satisfying adaptation of a popular novel is mostly an artistic reflection on youthful loss of innocence 
3
I'm Not Scared
Claudia Puig
Powerfully and palpably capturing the isolation confusion and unnameable fears of childhood 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
David Sterritt
Cleverly structured and smartly acted 
3
I'm Not Scared
Peter Travers
A fierce frightening and deeply moving study of childhood 
3
I'm Not Scared
James Berardinelli
With its unique perspective on both the coming of age and thriller genres the movie deserves to be seen by a wider audience than the one that normally frequents subtitled movies 
3
I'm Not Scared
Rene Rodriguez
Taps into the terrifying rush and excitement that accompanies a child s loss of innocence the dislocating realization that the world is not the safe neatly ordered place it once seemed to be 
3.5
I'm Not Scared
Walter Chaw
Lovely to behold and almost as lovely to reflect upon 
3
Gia
Bill Chambers
Gia isn t hagiography I ll give it that but it is reductive to a fault
1.5
Patrick
Simon Abrams
More horror remakes should be as thoughtful as Patrick Evil Awakens an atypically clever riff on the 1978 Australian thriller Patrick 
2.5
Patrick
Dustin Putman
Patrick isn t one for necessarily spinning its wheels but it too often hurts itself by jumping the rails into insanity 
2
Miss Julie
Liam Lacey
The film is visually bland with only a couple of bookending outdoor sequences around a handful of interior sets 
2.5
Miss Julie
Richard Ouzounian
It smoulders and smokes and generates some heat but it never really bursts into flame 
2.5
Miss Julie
Roger Moore
Well acted if austere and overlong
2.5
Miss Julie
Sheila O'Malley
Miss Julie is a rather strange experience with its consistently static medium shots of the three actors as they roar their lines at one another But it has an undeniable power 
3
Miss Julie
Ty Burr
It s a handsomely mounted intentionally claustrophobic film too claustrophobic over the long haul with relentless close ups that constrict the galvanic emotions on display 
2.5
Miss Julie
Michael O'Sullivan
Miss Julie is a strangely clinical movie experience It s a story that makes an impression without leaving a mark 
2
Miss Julie
Mick LaSalle
Ullmann s way is the wrong way to do Miss Julie but this is the best version of this wrong way you re ever likely to find 
2
Miss Julie
Steve Macfarlane
The film is no tearjerker but it makes the stage play s hidebound soul baring pleasures mesmerizing on screen and without copping to reductivism 
3.5
Miss Julie
Sara Stewart
Chastain who seems incapable of a bad performance brings an Ophelia like vulnerability to Miss Julie the lonely and depressed daughter of a count 
2.5
Never Fear
Mattie Lucas
An often tough minded film that has the gloss of a human resilience drama but in Lupino s steady hands it reaches much deeper 
3
Never Fear
Keith Watson
If the film ultimately seems to question Carol s courage there s at least no doubt about Ida Lupino s own 
3
One False Move
David Nusair
One False Move kicks off with a bleak 44 gripping opening stretch 46 46 46 
3
One False Move
Michael Upchurch
Franklin s convincing portrait of life on both sides of the color line isn t quite like anything I ve come across before making One False Move one very assured directorial move We need more filmmakers like him 
3.5
One False Move
Steven Rea
Everything about this movie the terse writing the concise directing the smart unaffected acting is eminently satisfying 
3.5
One False Move
Gary Thompson
Rookie director Carl Franklin shows an obvious gift for pace and storytelling uncertain halting moments are rare Almost every scene has rich and authentic feeling 
4
One False Move
Stephen Hunter
One False Move doesn t make a single false move its own self It s as tough and gripping as they come 
3.5
One False Move
Jay Boyar
The biggest difference between One False Move and most other action films is the sting in its violence There is so little stylization here so little gimmickry that when someone is shot or knifed you feel it 
4
One False Move
Gene Siskel
Mixing moments of genuine terror with offbeat comedy writers Tom Epperson and Thornton have created a script that jumps along with the energy of In Cold Blood 
4
One False Move
James Kendrick
What sets One False Move apart from other films of its sort is the superior screenplay by first time screenwriters Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson that gets better and better as the film progresses 
3.5
One False Move
Roger Ebert
Here is a crime movie that lifts you up and carries you along in an ominously rising tide of tension building to an emotional payoff of amazing power 
4
Raising Flagg
Sean P. Means
Miller s affection for the Purdys and their rustic way of life can t compensate for the script s clunky pacing and occasional moralizing 
1.5
Raising Flagg
Meg Jones
Crusty characters a bluegrass soundtrack and a dysfunctional family that could exist only in the minds of Hollywood screenwriters make this film more precious than real or funny 
2
Raising Flagg
Jeff Vice
Alan Arkin has the enviable ability of making nearly everything he s in watchable Sadly Raising Flagg sorely tests that ability 
2
Raising Flagg
Jim Hemphill
Some of the characters problems are wrapped up a bit too neatly but the mild contrivances work because the principles are so endearing we want them to be happy so when they are it s satisfying even if the happy moments aren t so honestly achieved 
3
Outlaws
Roger Moore
With a Catalan score and just enough action to get by Outlaws delivers on its promises even if nobody involved could figure out a graceful exit 
2.5
Integral Man
Dave McGinn
There isn t a critical word voiced in the film about the house or Stewart But that s fine This isn t meant to be a critique it s a loving portrait 
3
Nico, 1988
Robert Daniels
Trine Dyrholm as the aging relic is superb nailing down all the fits of paranoia druggy ticks and Nico s own fallen spirit 
3
Nico, 1988
Karen M. Peterson
Many biopics seem either intent on celebrating or condemning the life of the subject What Niccharielli does with Nico s story though is to simply and succinctly give us the portrait of someone who lived on her own terms 
3.5
Nico, 1988
Brad Wheeler
I m selective about my audience says the singer I don t need everybody to like me With a dour sophisticated film that won t be to everyone s taste writer director Nicchiarelli seems to have taken those words to heart 
3.5
Nico, 1988
Peter Howell
Dyrholm is aces as Nico She uncannily summons the singer s brooding performing style along with her many complications 
3
Nico, 1988
Mark Dujsik
Dyrholm s performance is equal parts fierce and melancholy and Nicchiarelli captures her subject s attitude in form and storytelling 
3
Nico, 1988
Ty Burr
Nico 1988 is worth a look for its portrait of a spirit absolutely unyielding who expected the worst from life and found cold beautiful comfort when she got it 
3
Nico, 1988
G. Allen Johnson
There is a low key blandness to Susanna Nicchiarelli s film elevated by a subtle powerful performance by German actress Trine Dyrholm whose complex and spot on portrayal of Nico gives the film soul albeit a lonely one 
3
Nico, 1988
Nick Allen
The movie is best of all a showcase for Dyrholm s full fledged interpretation of Nico 
3
Nico, 1988
Wes Greene
The unflashy austere visual style of the film is but a veneer over writer director Susanna Nicchiarelli s deceptively radical treatment of the musical biopic 
3
Silk Road
Randy Myers
Silk Road manages to tell a compelling story thanks to the two leads 
2.5
Silk Road
Steven Prokopy
Silk Road tells two versions of the same story two men willing to sacrifice everything to win 
3
Silk Road
Joe Friar
Blending fact with fiction Tiller Russell s take on Austin kingpin Ross Ulbricht benefits from strong performances by Jason Clarke and Nick Robinson
3
Silk Road
Sean P. Means
What s missing is any thoughtful examination of why Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht would do all this other than some self serving narration about personal liberty that sounds like the most boring manifesto ever 
1.5
Silk Road
Richard Roeper
Jason Clarke knocks it out of the park in the kind of role he was born to play that of the troubled streetwise DEA agent Rick Bowden 
3
Silk Road
Joey Magidson
Silk Road probably should have been a miniseries not a movie That way the rise and fall could have been done deliberately 
2.5
Silk Road
Mark Dujsik
Silk Road can see through the justifications of one criminal actor in this story but the movie almost seems to be making its own excuses for the other 
2
Silk Road
David Lewis
Silk Road remains watchable because both Robinson and Clarke are interesting screen presences And there s some humor which consistently lands better than the thrills 
2.5
Skinamarink
Kevin Carr
Intriguing but often confounding 44 this experimental short film structure in feature length form loses cohesion and interest 46 
2
Skinamarink
Brian Eggert
The deliberate tempo and scarcity of narrative information may test your patience 44 as it did mine 44 even as you appreciate Ball 8217 s evident skill 44 aesthetic confidence 44 and commitment to his conceptual intentions 46 
2
Skinamarink
Kevin A. Ranson
Imagine someone making a 100 minute version of the cursed videotape from The Ring 46 46 46 limited third person omniscient childhood nightmare of being trapped in a familiar setting 46 46 46 if this isn 8217 t something you can relate to 44 it 8217 s also an exercise in tedium 46 
2
Skinamarink
Mattie Lucas
A holy terror of a film 44 a nightmarish journey into the pure 44 abject horror of a child apos s fears 46 46 46 despite its penchant for wearing out its welcome 46 
3
Skinamarink
Roger Moore
Nope 46 
1
Skinamarink
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 like The Blair Witch Project if it had been simmered 44 alongside Poltergeist 44 in a pot of slow cinema 46 
3.5
Skinamarink
Joe Friar
Kyle Edward Ball 8217 s debut film will scare the 8212 out of you thanks in part to your own imagination 46 And just like a thrill ride 44 when it 8217 s over you want to buy another ticket to experience it all over again 46 
3.5
Skinamarink
Brian Tallerico
A major debut from a filmmaker who is willing to tell horror stories in a way that apos s both different for the genre and yet also like something we 8217 ve all experienced before 46 
3
Skinamarink
Joey Magidson
I respect the hell out of Skinamarink 46 It apos s wild that this movie actually exists 46 At the same time 44 while it apos s fairly unsettling 44 it apos s so obtuse 44 it asks you to do all of the work 44 giving too little in return to warrant a recommendation 46 
2
Skinamarink
Mark Dujsik
It apos s all 46 46 46 very much a mystery in a way that apos s inherently distancing 44 incomprehensible 44 and frustrating 46 
2
Skinamarink
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Skinamarink is not strictly a found footage film but it plays with the aesthetics of forced perspective camcorder movies like V H S only to fall into languorous Lynchian rhythms 
2
Skinamarink
Michael Phillips
It s a low fi rumination on inexplicable and gradually more threatening loneliness the sort of childhood trauma typically explained to death by horror movies less interesting than this one 
3
Skinamarink
Mike McGranaghan
This movie feels evil 44 and that apos s where its impact comes from 46 
3
Skinamarink
Chuck Bowen
Skinamarink is confidently made 44 and certain upside down images are especially creepy 44 but its spell is broken by its sheer 44 ungodly slowness 44 which springs from a paucity of ideas 46 
1.5
Summerland
Brian Eggert
Summerland ignores most of the problems that probably would have emerged in Alice s life and instead opts for a film with copious amounts of warm hearted escapism It may be an illusion but sometimes that s just what an audience needs 
3
Summerland
Barry Hertz
Summerland may not be the greatest show on Earth but it is firmly Arterton s show and deserves more attention than most anyone on these shores will likely give it 
2.5
Summerland
Kenneth R. Morefield
Arterton s character writes about folklore so it is no surprise that the film will have lots of self referential dialogue about stories where they come from and how they shape us 
2.5
Summerland
Steven Prokopy
Nuzzles into the heart in such a way as to not take up too much room but still demands you feel something for these kind hearted characters 
3
Summerland
Sean P. Means
There are moments when Swale seems about to deliver a heartfelt emotionally charged drama but like the mirages Alice chases along the coast the moments evaporate into thin air 
2
Summerland
Tom Meek
the tenuous and tender chemistry between Arterton and Bond carries the film along easily and is bolstered by the gorgeous photography of the southeast coast of England 
2.5
Summerland
Cate Marquis
Summerland is a pleasant sweet film but not a particularly believable one making the story almost as much fantasy as the myths about which Alice writes 
3
Summerland
Roger Moore
A sad drab tale told with pretty faces in a pretty place
2
Summerland
Robert Daniels
Swale s Summerland through its uptempo editing and endearing characters is a throwback to homespun historical narratives and a quaint slice of heaven 
3
Summerland
Joey Magidson
Gemma Arterton s performance here is easily the movie s biggest selling point 
3
Summerland
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s the type of motion picture that gives me hope things are going to turn out all right not just for the characters living inside this tale but in the here and now for all of us as well 
4
Summerland
James Berardinelli
For what it is Summerland is solidly made but don t expect anything extraordinary from the production 
2.5
Summerland
Robert Horton
A plot turn in the final act pushes the limits of what might accept from a Dickens novel 
2
Summerland
Glenn Kenny
Arterton Mbatha Raw and the child actors bring such commitment and integrity to their characterizations that one is inclined not just to hang in there but to root for them all 
2.5
Summerland
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Sentimental and imperfect as it may be Summerland nevertheless earns its emotional release Let the tears flow 
3
Summerland
Mark Dujsik
We appreciate both the simple optimism of the resolution and Swale s craft in getting us there 
3
Summerland
Christian Toto
Gemma Arterton is sensational in an otherwise by the book melodrama 
2
Summerland
Lindsey Bahr
There is something undeniably moving about watching a hopeful and kind film like Summerland right now 
3
Summerland
Ty Burr
Summerland briefly comes together takes beguiling shape and dissipates with the lingering scent of agreeable cliché 
2.5
Summerland
Mick LaSalle
The main appeal of Summerland a considerable one is that it allows Gemma Arterton to hold the screen for a nearly unbroken 90 minutes 
2.5
Summerland
Jake Cole
Throughout the film s characters exhibit little life outside of their moments of tragedy and symbolic connections 
1.5
Summerland
Mike McGranaghan
Gemma Arterton gives one of the year s best performances here in a story that tugs on your heartstrings in spite of a few general cliches 
3
Evilenko
David N. Butterworth
A bloody awful mess 
0
Amen
Jeff Vice
It s so inert so slow moving that it seems at least twice as long as it really is and it manages to waste a potentially fascinating premise 
2
Amen
Sean P. Means
Costa Gavras often shortchanges the story s inherent drama for talky and strident speechifying 
2.5
Amen
Terry Lawson
Costa Gavras deserves credit for staying the course in a time when most European film directors are wringing their hands he s still pointing fingers 
3
Amen
Gene Seymour
Costa Gavras political thrillers used to jab and thrust with lethal efficiency This one just pounds against a heavy bag huffing and puffing all the way 
2
Amen
Chris Hewitt
A movie that suggests the Holocaust may be an endless source of absorbing heartbreaking dramas 
3.5
Amen
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Amen a docudrama rather than a documentary is clearly guided by Shoah s example asking us to reflect on the Holocaust and what made it possible rather than simply recoil from it 
2
Amen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It goes without saying that no one will disagree with the movie s politics but the movie itself the artistry and storytelling are as flimsy and clumsy as you can get 
1
Amen
Mick LaSalle
An expose of the Catholic hierarchy in a state of mind boggling paralysis presented in a fictional context that inevitably dulls its edge and makes us question its accuracy 
2
Amen
Glenn Lovell
It is the director s most ambitious film in years and one of his least compelling 
2
Amen
Rob Blackwelder
Relentlessly heavy handed but quite compelling nonetheless 
2.5
Amen
Patrick Z. McGavin
On its own terms Amen is a memorably prickly film 
2.5
Amen
Kerrie Mitchell
The film s power comes from the urgency of its images 
2.5
Amen
Marta Barber
Although the unrelenting pursuit of making the Vatican listen becomes a bit tiresome the portrayals of the two men by Tukur and Kassovitz are engaging 
3
Amen
Glenn Whipp
Provocative in design clumsy in execution 
2
Amen
Lou Lumenick
While Amen works as a history lesson it s less effective as a thriller since the outcome is sadly all too well known 
2
Amen
David Sterritt
It s regrettable that director Costa Gavras puts more of his storytelling energy into simplistic psychology and suspense movie action than historical depth and philosophical insight 
2
Amen
Harvey S. Karten
Though more theatrical than cinematic Amen is a vigorous condemnation of the pope s refusal to speak against the Holocaust 
3
Yakuza Apocalypse
Roger Moore
Gonzo laugh out loud funny but with not enough action or laughs to sustain it 
2
Yakuza Apocalypse
Simon Abrams
A very good film but only if you re willing to inevitably submit to its anarchic sensibility 
3
Yakuza Apocalypse
Mark Dujsik
Real silliness doesn t settle into a routine This movie s brand of it does 
2
Yakuza Apocalypse
Soren Andersen
Lurid and nutso doesn t even begin to describe this opus You have to see it to believe it if you have the stomach for it 
1.5
Yakuza Apocalypse
Alan Zilberman
This is not a great film yet for the right audience it could be an entertaining one 
2
Yakuza Apocalypse
Charles Bramesco
Yakuza Apocalypse is not for everyone but is very very much for some people 
3
Yakuza Apocalypse
Walter Chaw
It s a good place holder until Miike produces a sequel to 13 Assassins or Sukiyaki Western Django on the one side or Audition on the other 
2.5
Yakuza Apocalypse
Chuck Bowen
The film doesn t add up to much but it s a diverting tour of Takashi Miike s anything goes splatter paint sensibility 
2.5
Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
Odie Henderson
Its a hot mess as usual 
1.5
Maze
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Stephen Burke doesn t take a side and instead simply looks on with lament at the toll of the strife 
3
Deadly Friend
Dann Gire
By the ridiculous obligatory shockeroo finale we can t escape the feeling Craven has played us all for schmucks 
1
Deadly Friend
Bob Ross
Slower moving with fewer killings and effects Craven s new film is unlikely to draw the crowds that made Nightmare a box office phenomenon 
2
Deadly Friend
Malcolm Johnson
Disappointing teen horror film 
1
Deadly Friend
Bill Kaufman
It s strictly kid stuff but at times suspenseful kid stuff 
1.5
Deadly Friend
Bill Cosford
The direction by Wes Craven is as clunky as the undead heroine and the film is dull despite its gore no mean feat 
1
Deadly Friend
Dave Kehr
This lunatic plot is rendered in a flat bland absolutely deadpan style that suggests a particularly impoverished sitcom from the 50s 
1
Deadly Friend
Matt Brunson
Wes Craven spent the majority of his career churning out subpar horror flicks although the mediocrity that is Deadly Friend can t really be blamed on him or scripter Bruce Joel Rubin 
2
Deadly Friend
Kevin Carr
This one s fun even though it s this insane train wreck of a dumpster fire that s fascinating to behold 
2.5
Deadly Friend
David Nusair
a watchable yet entirely unmemorable drama 
2
Deadly Friend
Richard Freedman
The sad news though about this essentially silly and derivative horror film is that it s by Wes Craven the master of the genre who gave us Last House on the Left and A Nightmare on Elm Street 
1
A Ghost Waits
Anita Katz
While too light and slight to be able to deliver its darker material with the impact it calls for the supernatural romance A Ghost Waits presents its tale of love and loneliness with refreshing heart and sweetness instead of the expected scares and gore 
3
A Ghost Waits
Roger Moore
It begins as a deadpan monochromatic comedy and grows rather less interesting as it drifts from that mission statement 
2
Sex Tape
Brian Eggert
It apos s painful to watch so many talented people in such a bad movie
1
Sex Tape
John Beifuss
Can a movie be rife with profanity nudity vulgarity and sexual content yet ultimately be as corny and wholesome as an Ozzie and Harriet episode Unfortunately yes 
2
Sex Tape
David Nusair
An extremely mild improvement over Jake Kasdan s previous effort 
2.5
Sex Tape
Lou Lumenick
Even for a farce the situations stretch credulity far beyond the breaking point 
1
Sex Tape
Mal Vincent
It is more an embarrassment to the genre of R rated comedy 
1.5
Sex Tape
Linda Cook
Sex Tape should be erased 
1.5
Sex Tape
Burl Burlingame
Segal and Diaz deserve combat pay for some of the naked stuff they go through No you re not going to see full frontal or pubal or boobal Plenty of backal however 
3
Sex Tape
Matt Brunson
Given the premise the movie doesn t push the envelope as much as it could and perhaps should but blame the MPAA and the studio system more than the scripters 
2.5
Sex Tape
Mike McGranaghan
The laughs are intermittent not consistent and the central idea is trivialized not investigated for its full comedy potential 
2
Sex Tape
Brad Keefe
The only sustained funny sequence involves a straight laced Lowe relaxing at home by casually sipping Scotch and listening to Slayer before doing lines of coke 
1.5
Sex Tape
Cammila Collar
It seems like this premise could get into some creative and maybe even subversive territory but it mostly sticks to the basics 
1.5
Sex Tape
Steven Rea
The folks behind Sex Tape did their homework They just forgot the laughs 
2
Sex Tape
Willie Waffle
Diaz and Segel stumble through the film as if no one wrote a script and they are the worst improvisational comics on the planet 
.5
Sex Tape
James Berardinelli
Yes there are some laughs but they re not as big or as frequent as one might expect from a would be major comedy 
2
Sex Tape
Mary Houlihan
An uneasy comedy that is not without its laugh out loud moments 
2.5
Sex Tape
Cathy Jakicic
There are some funny moments but the former Bad Teacher co stars are surprisingly chemistry free 
2
Sex Tape
Linda Barnard
Just lie back and think of funnier films 
1.5
Sex Tape
David Berry
The very blatant set up makes the gags feel a bit like vaudeville punchlines coming from miles away and that much duller for their inevitability 
1.5
Sex Tape
Mark Dujsik
There are flashes of potential here but Sex Tape possesses too much comedic insecurity to do anything of value with them 
1.5
Sex Tape
Ty Burr
If the first half of the movie is fairly sharp as these things go the second half is increasingly noisily ridiculous with Diaz working extra hard for her laughs and verging on the shrill 
2
Sex Tape
Rafer Guzman
Given its subject matter and R rating Sex Tape isn t as wild or woolly as it could be 
2.5
Sex Tape
Claudia Puig
A stilted nearly humorless non titillating slog 
1.5
Sex Tape
Moira MacDonald
Sometimes movies enchant and enlighten us about the human condition and some nights you go to Sex Tape and hope the popcorn isn t stale 
2
Sex Tape
Connie Ogle
The cinematic equivalent of herpes 
1.5
Sex Tape
Michael Phillips
If Sex Tape ends up making money it ll be strictly on the backs of its valiant performers who surely sensed the weakness of the script and decided to go at it like a job like turning an acting trick finesse and pacing be damned 
1.5
Sex Tape
Mick LaSalle
The whole problem with Sex Tape in a sentence After its first third the two lead characters just run around trying to prevent something that the audience very much wants to see happen 
2
Sex Tape
Chris Cabin
By the time a blackmailing plot is introduced the film seems to be surviving solely on the fumes of curse words and frequent shots of Jason Segal and Cameron Diaz s backsides 
.5
Sex Tape
Peter Canavese
A sometimes amusing R rated comedy that never quite hits the spot 
2
Sex Tape
Matt Pais
Actually not terrible 
2.5
Sex Tape
Dustin Putman
There are a handful of solid laughs sprinkled throughout but the assumption is that bigger and better jokes are yet to come They never do 
2
Sex Tape
Christy Lemire
It s a one joke movie that feels like a one joke movie 
1.5
Sex Tape
Roger Moore
Kind of sucks And not in a good way 
2
Sex Tape
Stephen Whitty
Sex Tape doesn t seduce it doesn t surprise and it certainly doesn t satisfy It only leaves you feeling a little taken advantaged of as you take your walk of shame back to your car and hoping you never hear from it again 
2
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Bob Bloom
Daredevils of the Red Circle incorporates all the elements that combine to make a serial memorable quick thinking heroes a heartless villain solid cliffhangers some mystery lots of thrills action and stunts and an explosive finale 
3.5
Love Among the Ruins
Matt Brunson
A pleasant time passer with two delightful stars 
3
The Pretty One
Robert Levin
The film has plenty of charm but not enough to overcome a heaping dose of clichéd whimsy 
2.5
The Pretty One
Stephanie Merry
It would take a lot of charm for The Pretty One to overcome that creepy premise but the movie doesn t have it 
1.5
The Pretty One
Walter V. Addiego
The Pretty One is a movie with a few touching moments and others that prompt eye rolls 
2
The Pretty One
Christy Lemire
Zoe Kazan breathes fresh exciting life into a tried and true high concept playing opposite herself as twentysomething identical twins in The Pretty One 
2.5
The Pretty One
Sara Stewart
Like the film itself Kazan is at her best when she s not trying so hard to be cute 
2
The Pretty One
Rex Reed
The good twin bad twin conceit in 2014 doesn t have a shred of the original surprise and Zoe Kazan doesn t have the chops to carry it off anyway 
2
The Pretty One
Chuck Bowen
The film is a quiet tender triumph that leaves you feeling as if you ve been embraced without you feeling had 
3
7 Women and a Murder
Roger Moore
Nothing these 8220 7 Woman 8221 and the folks behind the camera conjure up amounts to a hill of fagioli 46 
1
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Josh Larsen
A romantic flashback rich narrative distinguishes this feature length animated effort 
3
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Mark Caro
The violence is too realistic though not terribly graphic to qualify as cartoony escapism yet the movie lacks the sophistication vision or satirical edge to lay claim to any higher purpose It s merely dark for dark s sake 
2
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Stephen Hunter
Fans of classical animation are hereby warned to steer clear of Batman Mask of the Phantasm for it will put them in instant vapor lock and there aren t enough ambulances available this time of year 
2
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Peter Canavese
Respects the character and winningly combines personal drama and clever themes with intrigue and action to tell a story in keeping with Batman s classic comic adventures 
3
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
James O'Ehley
Closer to the original comics than anything Joel Schumacher or even Tim Burton can throw at us 
3
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Chris Hicks
Sadly it seems more care was taken with the jazzy ad campaign than with the movie itself 
2
Innocence
Tom Keogh
Hadzihalilovic has arrived as a director to reckon with 
3.5
Innocence
Michele Kenner
Innocence is beautifully photographed by Benoit Debie directed with assurance and sure to make you wonder what you ve just seen 
2
Innocence
Michael Wilmington
Innocence is full of charm and strangeness and a sense that childhood is a place of incredible terrors and fleeting joys of rapt innocence and fatal experience 
3
Innocence
David Nusair
It doesn t take long before this bizarre structure becomes interminable 
.5
Innocence
Ken Fox
Hadzihalilovic succeeds brilliantly at crafting a meaningful enigma that somehow grasps the essence of adolescence but only grows more mysterious with each revelation 
4
Innocence
V.A. Musetto
One of the oddest most perplexing and delightful films to come along this year 
4
Innocence
Elizabeth Weitzman
A visually lush and eerily enigmatic parable of female sexuality Lucile Hadzihalilovic s ominous fairy tale raises questions you ll be wondering about for days 
3
Innocence
Gene Seymour
What you feel at the end is nostalgia not just for your childhood curiosity but for a time when movies boldly allowed suggestion and shadow to control their momentum 
3.5
Innocence
Nick Schager
Bursting with pretentious pap about women s journey from a state of undefiled innocence to sullied slutdom 
1.5
The Execution of Wanda Jean
Joshua Tanzer
You will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report 
3
The Execution of Wanda Jean
Jonathan Foreman
Compelling but self undermining documentary 
3
The Long Walk
Randy Myers
A spellbinding tale that clings to you long after the film is over 
3
The Long Walk
Roger Moore
A long Walk but rewarding in the end 
2.5
The Long Walk
Glenn Kenny
A nuanced film one that doesnt lay itself out in what we would consider a satisfyingly linear fashion 
3
Taking Woodstock
Kelly Jane Torrance
Taking Woodstock simply doesn t capture the spirit of a very spirited time 
1
Taking Woodstock
Michael Dequina
Some colorful character turns cannot make up for the charisma void at the center that is Martin 
2
Taking Woodstock
James Kendrick
saddled with side stories that are meant to put specific faces on the issues of the time but feel meandering and unfocused
2
Taking Woodstock
Peter Canavese
On balance Taking Woodstock like Teichberg takes after its immigrant American father evincing a quiet humility in offering its rambling little perspective of an emblematic happening that was almost everything it was cracked up to be 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Linda Cook
A gentle slow paced coming of age movie Taking Woodstock is not a movie about the historic concert that observes its 40th anniversary this year 
3
Taking Woodstock
Sara Michelle Fetters
It took me to a time and a place in history I d really only known thanks to my mother s stories Lee and Schamus capturing that very same whimsical devil may care vibe inherent in all of them 
3
Taking Woodstock
Jeffrey Westhoff
The more tightly Taking Woodstock focuses on history the more satisfying the experience 
3
Taking Woodstock
Kam Williams
Effectively employs iconic Woodstock imagery not to regenerate a numbing sense of mass nostalgia but rather as a minimalist backdrop against which to amplify the anguished intimate ordeal of a frustrated individual who wasn t even there 
4
Taking Woodstock
Austin Kennedy
Just rent ADVENTURELAND a better coming of age movie and the WOODSTOCK documentary a better depiction of the festival instead of wasting your time on this 
2
Taking Woodstock
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It seems that Lee and Schamus had no idea what it was they wanted to say here Did Woodstock matter Does anyone care 
2
Taking Woodstock
Stephen Whitty
Too much of Taking Woodstock seems barely sketched out 
2
Taking Woodstock
Michael Phillips
This is very light material and unusually for a Lee picture not everybody in the ensemble appears to be acting in the same universe let alone the same story On the other hand It s fun 
3
Taking Woodstock
Mick LaSalle
Taking Woodstock has the appeal of an inside story told from an especially good angle But beyond that the movie is a celebration of the way this event has gone into memory and of the meaning it has acquired 
3
Taking Woodstock
Chris Hewitt
Taking Woodstock doesn t show anyone performing at the 1969 concert event an intriguing choice that also works as a metaphor for the woebegone film It never gets where it s going either 
2
Taking Woodstock
Peter Howell
Can you dig it Maybe if you aren t already up to your tie dyed shorts in Woodstock memories and if you can accept that there s relatively little music in this happy go lucky movie about history s most celebrated music festival 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Robert W. Butler
For any teenager tempted to sneer at Mom and Dad s veneration of the whole Woodstock thing this film explains why those three days in 1969 had such a profound effect on a generation 
3.5
Taking Woodstock
Lisa Kennedy
Lee s larkiest film by far Taking Woodstock features faces familiar and fresh 
3
Taking Woodstock
Chris Kaltenbach
Maybe it s all too wonderful to be true but that s OK If Taking Woodstock is a fantasy then it s a most benevolent one and more power to it 
3
Taking Woodstock
John Beifuss
The filmmakers use Woodstock as wallpaper for a hackneyed story of personal growth and reinvention 
2
Taking Woodstock
Matt Brunson
While many of the characters are getting satisfactorily high audiences are unfortunately left with a movie that s only half baked 
2
Taking Woodstock
Robert Levin
Taking Woodstock could have used a bit more old fashioned Ang Lee brooding and torment and a bit less forced joy 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Mike Scott
It s interesting and often amusing stuff populated as it is with a cast of oddball characters but it s also uneven with a tendency to sag for stretches 
3
Taking Woodstock
Sean O'Connell
The Oscar winning director has effectively captured the good vibes surrounding the initial festival 
3
Taking Woodstock
Willie Waffle
We get this one about three weeks after anyone cares about the 40th anniversary of Woodstock 
1.5
Taking Woodstock
Mark Dujsik
Despite setting itself up as a behind the scenes insider s look at the making of the Woodstock Festival Taking Woodstock tells us nothing new about the 1969 event that defined a generation 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Moira MacDonald
Taking Woodstock has its pleasures it s really a sweet natured coming of age tale with a famously groundbreaking rock concert lurking in the background 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Jeff Vice
It s debatable whether the real Woodstock was as messy as Taking Woodstock which re creates parts of that now legendary 1969 music festival experience 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Carrie Rickey
Lee distills the flavor of this transforming event and hints at how it transformed some who were there His movie is a contact high 
3
Taking Woodstock
Rick Groen
The script has a dubious source taken from a memoir by Elliot Tiber that based on this evidence does nothing to scrape the rust off Woodstock s mythic cliché 
2
Taking Woodstock
Wesley Morris
Lee has gone for shaggy comedy Some of it is funny Some of it just sits there 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Lawrence Toppman
For a while Woodstock represented a spirit of peaceful sharing that sometimes makes America great That s what this native born writer and immigrant director want us to remember 
3
Taking Woodstock
Ryan Stewart
Taking Woodstock fails to immerse us in the visceral feeling of being there 
2
Taking Woodstock
Rene Rodriguez
Watching the film feels a lot like leafing through an album of someone else s vacation photos Pleasant but gets old fast 
2
Taking Woodstock
Joe Williams
Like the mild mannered protagonist Taiwanese director Ang Lee sees the 60s through a rose colored telephoto lens but his sympathetic spirit extends the generous message of the hippie era like a passed joint 
3
Taking Woodstock
Roger Ebert
Taking Woodstock has the freshness of something being created not remembered 
3
Taking Woodstock
Peter Travers
All the tie dye reefer skinny dipping split screen cinematography from Eric Gautier and acid trip psychedelics courtesy of Tiber s encounter with hippies Paul Dano and Kelli Garner can t make up for the film s major sin of omission the music 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Lou Lumenick
Taking Woodstock achieves an amazing feat It turns the fabled music festival a key cultural moment of the late 20th century into an exceedingly lame heavily clichéd thumb sucking bore 
1.5
Taking Woodstock
Chris Faraone
Lee s contribution should fit well into the Woodstock tribute canon It smartly avoids overused period references 
3
Taking Woodstock
Claudia Puig
Lee s movie captures the mellow mood and mud caked faces of the crowd but misses the reverberations of the counterculture revolution that brought the great unwashed to that farm 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
James Berardinelli
A project that is rather shapeless with a protagonist who is less than compelling 
2.5
Taking Woodstock
Dustin Putman
Idealistic but not idealized the film contains a bittersweet quality that suggests without spelling out how truly monumental meaningful and one of a kind Woodstock was 
3
Taking Woodstock
Rafer Guzman
Lee and producer screenwriter James Schamus aim for comedy but come up with cliches 
2
Why Horror?
Chris Alexander
What makes Why Horror truly appealing and unique as a film is Zimerman himself This is his show all the way 
3
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Matt Brunson
There s a rolling boulder scene that almost certainly inspired Spielberg and Lucas when they initially dreamed up Raiders of the Lost Ark and Peter Ronson s lovable lunk Hans seems like a live action template of Frozen s Kristoff 
3
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Peter Canavese
Fun for the whole family and mdash instead of the 2008 3 D version s Brendan Fraser mdash offers James freakin Mason who can pull off urbane and befuddled at the same time Blu ray 
3
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Josh Larsen
Twentieth Century Fox pulled out all the stops and the giant mushrooms for this silly spectacle 
1.5
Japan
Mattie Lucas
Has a lingering dreamlike quality a sense of mystery and portent that infuses every moment with a kind of otherworldly beauty 
3.5
Japan
Jeff Shannon
If you re in synch with its heartbeat and with Reygadas tendency to pursue visual detours that intensify the film s sensual impact this is a remarkable first effort that is equal parts disturbing bold mysterious and primal 
3
Japan
Nick Carter
Its pretensions have the ring of if not exactly a vanity project a strictly personal obsession 
2
Japan
Phil Villarreal
All these references though form a jambalaya that doesn t go down so easy 
2
Japan
Ty Burr
Unfolding at an elliptical pace that feels like a revelation or tedium or both Japon recalls the glory days of 1970s art house filmmaking 
3
Japan
Patrick Z. McGavin
It is the work of a remarkable new talent 
3.5
Japan
David Sterritt
It s not a movie to see if you re in a hurry but its deliberate pace and thoughtful mood are refreshing antidotes to the hyperactive speed of most Hollywood pictures 
3
Japan
V.A. Musetto
This debut feature of Carlos Reygadas is a startling achievement 
3.5
Chosen: Custody of the Eyes
Josh Larsen
has a meditative quality that is in line with the spirituality being practiced 
3
Captains Courageous
Matt Brunson
If that s a Portuguese accent Tracy is sporting then I m Katharine Hepburn if anything his performance appears to be based on Chico Marx Nevertheless this is top notch entertainment 
3.5
Jane Got a Gun
Brian Eggert
It s hard to greet Jane Got a Gun with much more than an admirable shrug It s a serviceable film but it s also evident where improvements could have been made 
2.5
Jane Got a Gun
Sara Michelle Fetters
What is here is enjoyable if taken on its own terms much of Jane Got a Gun playing out with a 1940s or 50s Hollywood lan I found more than satisfying 
3
Jane Got a Gun
David Nusair
A rare misfire within Gavin O Connor s otherwise solid body of work 
1.5
Jane Got a Gun
Christian Toto
This Jane is packing heat but the film s love triangle is ice cold 
2.5
Jane Got a Gun
Linda Cook
A solid Western has ridden into town and if you like gritty films about this era you ll want to make its acquaintance 
3
Jane Got a Gun
Scott Nash
Bogged down by a somber tone that makes its slight story feel interminable 
2.5
Jane Got a Gun
Roger Moore
Leaden when the lead isn t flying 
2
Jane Got a Gun
Matt Brennan
It constantly blunders into stylistic choices and narrative clichs that sabotage the sturdy two hander at its center 
2
Jane Got a Gun
Rafer Guzman
A Western with potential for feminist table turning and old fashioned violence Jane Got a Gun is a major letdown Despite being co produced by Portman the movie sells her character short at nearly every turn 
2
Jane Got a Gun
Peter Sobczynski
The problem with the film is that it never quite finds that final spark of inspiration that might have made it worth seeing let alone producing in the first place and it is further hampered by some clunkiness in the storytelling department 
2.5
Beach Blanket Bingo
Austin Kennedy
How anyone can be in a bad mood after they watch this would be beyond me A great cult classic 
4
The Unknown Country
Kent Turner
A lyrical and languid road trip 46 
2.5
A Perfect Day
Roger Moore
Flawed but worthwhile and perfectly Netflixable war zone dramedy in a minor key 
2.5
A Perfect Day
Kate Taylor
A taut darkly comic drama about the dilemmas of international intervention in civil war all of it neatly symbolized by one elusive length of rope It is also sadly a film much marred by its sexism 
2
A Perfect Day
Rob Thomas
We see lots of shots of the aid workers two trucks hurtling back and forth across the landscape and the movie often seems to be just as aimless 
2.5
A Perfect Day
Robert Horton
The movie s got a great concept and Benicio Del Toro is terrific but the black comedy tone feels off from the very beginning 
2
A Perfect Day
John Hartl
This is one of those rare thoughtful war movies that doesn t emphasize brutality 
3
A Perfect Day
Neil Rosen
By focusing on a small story the sarcastically titled A Perfect Day becomes more relatable and in the process tells us more about the big picture in this case the Bosnian conflict 
3
A Perfect Day
Anders Wright
A project that s intriguing funny emotional and sensitive one that raises issues abundantly important today and makes us consider whether we re truly considering what else is going on in the world around us 
3
A Perfect Day
Richard Roeper
With an eclectic soundtrack well timed editing and crisp cinematography and of course that terrific cast led by the great Del Toro A Perfect Day is a rough edged gem 
3.5
A Perfect Day
Glenn Kenny
They say that war is hell War relief doesn t look like any kind of picnic either 
3
A Perfect Day
Clayton Dillard
The film finally seems conspicuously at odds with itself neither funny nor impassioned enough to pass as an accomplished vision of transnational welfare 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Brian Eggert
Drains the material of its dramatic potential by placing far too much emphasis on the dry political machinations of both Mary and Elizabeth 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Steven Prokopy
It s downright tragic And this makes it ripe for these two great performers to dig into and make great even if the material isn t always 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Rourke achieves with a good cinematic eye some scenes in which the loneliness of the two women in the masculine world that they had to reign is visually contrasted 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Cate Marquis
The history is well known but this film offers a fresh look at events and the two monarchs through a different thought provoking lens 
4
Mary Queen of Scots
Wesley Lovell
A terrific feminist take on one of the most popular characters in British history 
3.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Matt Brunson
No punches are pulled in this bruising period piece from the ofttimes shocking violence to the ugly gender politics that dog Mary at every turn 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Michael Smith
The two women are such a delight to watch with Ronan having twice as much screen time as Robbie that they offset a few flaws 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Kam Williams
An anti climactic overindulgence in pomp and pageantry designed for fans of British royalty 
1
Mary Queen of Scots
Joe Friar
Josie Rourke s royal smackdown isn t the first biopic to take liberties with history nor will it be the last Based on Tudor historian John Guy s 2004 novel the biopic comes at you from a fresh perspective with solid performances by Ronan and Robbie 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Pamela Powell
With brilliant performances from both Robbie and Ronan as well as the supporting cast we gain compassion and most importantly understanding of these women and a time of great inequality and intolerance 
4
Mary Queen of Scots
Brandy McDonnell
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie give performances fit for queens in the surprisingly timely period drama Mary Queen of Scots 
3.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Alan French
While the film cannot quite get enough out of the men the women tower over the production and make Mary Queen of Scots one of the most interesting features of the year
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Rob Thomas
It s a well executed no pun intended period drama that finds contemporary echoes for these centuries old schemes 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Sean P. Means
Ultimately Ronan prevails in the battle of screen dominance it s her character s name in the title after all but Robbie gives as good as she gets 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Gary Thompson
Ronan is good as usual as the spirited and rather haughty Mary making the most of what to be fair is the plum role 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A dull chunky ornamental iceberg 
1.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Robert Daniels
From the moment Saoirse Ronan s Mary Stuart washes ashore us and everyone on that craggy balmy Scottish beach innately know her as royalty 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Richard Roeper
A lack of consistency makes far too many pivotal plot points seem arbitrary as if the filmmakers realized we have to get things moving 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Sara Michelle Fetters
There was a distancing effect that kept me from being able to connect with either woman as strongly as I wanted to 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite an engaging performance from Saoirse Ronan first time director Josie Rourke cannot overcome the dramatic inertia of the increasingly lifeless script 
1
Mary Queen of Scots
Kate Taylor
A dramatic but unreliable account of Mary s tenuous rule over Scotland and deadly rivalry with Elizabeth I of England 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Robert Horton
As anything other than an actors showcase this Mary has a tendency to plod along 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Rosalie Kicks
The story is disjointed but from what I gathered the life of a Queen just plain sucks except maybe for the wig selection 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
David Nusair
The almost total lack of compelling elements ensures that there s never a point at which the viewer is even remotely invested in any of this 
0
Mary Queen of Scots
Daniel Neman
Ronan deserves better And so do we 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Maren Longbella
It will take a little patience but it s worth it 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
James Berardinelli
Although the film is competently made there s nothing here worth more than a cursory art house release in advance of home video purgatory 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Peter Howell
The movie tries to have it both ways by remaining mostly true to history while also taking numerous factual liberties 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Mark Dujsik
Willimon s screenplay is generous to both women succeeding in allowing us to comprehend the motives and thinking of them both 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Bob Bloom
Instead we get a talkative Masterpiece Theater like production that takes a feminist slant to illustrate the difficulties women monarchs had to endure in the 16th century and to ham fistedly exclaim what we already know it s a man s world 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Ann Hornaday
The most spirited heart and poignant soul of Mary Queen of Scots are Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie as Mary and Elizabeth whose contradictory relationship accommodates hostility jealousy admiration and sisterly love with affecting seamlessness 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Mick LaSalle
This is a moderately but consistently entertaining film with but one extraordinary thing about it which is Saoirse Ronan in the title role 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Rene Sanchez
A historical melodrama that lacks emotion despite the fantastic performances of both lead actresses Full Review in Spanish 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Moira MacDonald
Every movie that has Saoirse Ronan in it works to the extent that it has Saoirse Ronan in it 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Rex Reed
The movie has numerous faults especially with a number of literary liberties but is consistently polished enough to keep history buffs fascinated 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Ty Burr
It s in every sense a noble failure 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a royal chore 
1.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Robert Levin
It should be much more gripping than it is The movie only really enlivens in its portrayals of the most particularly savage and gruesome moments of the story 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Kent Turner
The screenplay tries to do too much 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Rick Bentley
If all you do is look at performances the historical drama is worthy of praise Step back and the overall production stumbles through writing mistakes a drab look and a storytelling structure that puts the main event too deep into the tale 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Monica Castillo
It doesn t always work but the film makes for an entertaining argument to reevaluate the legacy of Mary Queen of Scots beyond the time worn focus on her tragedy 
2.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Rafer Guzman
It s Ronan as well as Margot Robbie in an arresting turn as a wretched but wily Elizabeth who keeps us watching even as the twists in Mary s narrative become increasingly almost maddeningly complicated 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Derek Smith
As effective as director Josie Rourke is at exposing the emotional and physical toll of reigning as queen when exploring Mary and Elizabeth s relationship her portrait of an endless string of betrayals ends up as simply faceless and impersonal 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Joey Magidson
Ronan is excellent and the costumes are lovely but that s just not enough You find yourself wanting a whole lot more 
2
Mary Queen of Scots
Katie Walsh
One can t help but feel this version of Mary Queen of Scots could only have been made in a post Hillary world fueled by feminist anger searching for validation for confirmation that men have ruined everything for centuries 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Brian Truitt
Two crazy good actresses and a modern political resonance rule in the 16th century period drama Mary Queen of Scots even if the film doesn t go all in on historical accuracy 
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Roger Moore
The stars outshine the production
3
Mary Queen of Scots
Clayton Davis
In a wicked display of tension and percolating drama Josie Rourke s smartly effective and intoxicating Mary Queen of Scots showcases two grandiose performances from Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie 
3.5
Mary Queen of Scots
Erik Anderson
At the center of Mary Queen of Scots are fiery women fighting for their rightful place queer representation and diverse casting that elevate this period drama and raises the bar for future ones 
3.5
Count Yorga, Vampire
Matt Brunson
Quarry s commanding performance and some offbeat touches make this a worthy fang flick 
3
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Matt Brunson
Painful 
1.5
Paris-Manhattan
John Anderson
One supposes that if by some unlikely convergence of circumstance the mind that came up with this premise could also invest it with wit the result would have seemed like genius It does not 
1.5
Paris-Manhattan
Roger Moore
Delivers more laugh out loud moments than a film this short and slight should
3
Paris-Manhattan
Dave McGinn
The premise of Paris Manhattan is simple enough unfortunately so is everything else about writer director Sophie Lellouche s debut feature film 
2.5
Paris-Manhattan
Farran Smith Nehme
Lellouche in making her homage to Allen left out one of his essential qualities bite Paris Manhattan drifts by and never leaves a single toothmark 
2
Dior and I
Rob Thomas
Dior I is just good drama quite moving and suspenseful as it shows talented and creative people pushing themselves to the edge No matter how nice our clothes are we re all human underneath 
3
Dior and I
Sean P. Means
As Tcheng gets his cameras into the day to day operations of the Dior atelier the movie becomes a portrait of the process the hierarchies and traditions that turn ideas into wearable art 
3
Dior and I
Peter Keough
Fascinating suspenseful illuminating and ultimately moving 
3
Dior and I
Stephanie Merry
The movie not to mention the company deserves praise for showing the challenges as well as the triumphs Dior and I doesn t shy away from conflicts when they arise This isn t marketing material It s a real look at a fascinating line of work 
3.5
Dior and I
Jody Mitori
This undramatic and flat peek inside the sewing rooms of Christian Dior holds little in the way of entertainment 
2
Dior and I
Anita Katz
Viewers become so involved in their proficient collaborative activity that the catwalk spectacle is almost dull in comparison 
3
Dior and I
Moira MacDonald
We get to know the people mostly women but a few men whose hands create these intricate beautiful garments 
3.5
Dior and I
Steven Rea
Tcheng finds Simons in moments of haughty self confidence and tremulous self doubt 
3.5
Dior and I
Mick LaSalle
The documentary offers a privileged behind the scenes look at the workings of a business It s also about the difficulties of the creative process the running of an organization and the adjustments that must be made when a new boss is in town 
3
Dior and I
Nathalie Atkinson
We get no sense that Simons is invested in the work or concerned about what s at stake for his personal reputation or has any insight into what he does with his time to balance what presumably are many other responsibilities and pressures 
2
Dior and I
Bruce DeMara
One does come away with a grudging admiration for the toil and ingenuity of the many players who bring it all together 
3
Dior and I
Tomris Laffly
Tcheng manages to excite and move while painting a complete portrait of an artist challenged by his new post s unprecedented legacy 
4
Dior and I
Christy Lemire
Dior and I intimately demonstrates the tricky balance between art and commerce between perpetuating a mythology while attending to the bottom line and doing it with the pressure of a ticking clock 
3
Dior and I
Farran Smith Nehme
The heart of Dior and I is with these seamstresses and cutters artists in their own right 
3.5
Dior and I
Roger Moore
Dull and undramatic
2
Dior and I
Nick Schager
It proves an increasingly superficial affair especially given that the director s attempts at suspense are largely facile and Raf Simons s creative process is barely investigated 
2.5
Ferrell Takes The Field
David Wiegand
Ferrell may never make Cooperstown but he s a shoo in for funniest guy in the U S 
3
The Bigamist
David Nusair
a lackadaisical drama 
2
The Bigamist
Mattie Lucas
While viewers reactions will likely vary greatly Lupino refuses to take sides and the result is a film that exists in a surprising moral gray area rarely seen in 1953 
3.5
Have a Nice Day!
Roger Moore
Nothing really comes off 44 little is taken to the point of completion and even less turns into something satisfying to sit through 46 
1.5
Kuso
Simon Abrams
Kuso may often feel unproductively loud and monotonous but it is a head scratcher worth contending with 
2.5
Why Worry?
Josh Larsen
a silly satire of interventionist imperialist meddling 
3.5
Unspoken
David Nusair
serious contender for one of the slowest movies of all time 
1.5
Monsieur Hire
Matt Brunson
A chilly and understated film that 8217 s as much mood piece as mystery 46 
3.5
Monsieur Hire
Roger Ebert
Monsieur Hire is so delicate that you almost hold your breath during the last half hour Events of grave subtlety are taking place 
4
Drift
Sheila O'Malley
The acting is quite good natural and fresh and the surfing footage is magnificent Drift though is a weird mix and not always successful 
2.5
Drift
Lou Lumenick
I m a sucker for films with great surfing footage let alone wacky 70s hairstyles But this overlong clich infested Aussie period drama tested my patience 
2
Drift
Walter V. Addiego
Has genial moments but they re lost in a sea of boilerplate incidents and prefab characters Surfing sequences are easily as striking as what we see in documentaries about the sport 
2
Drift
Tomas Hachard
The obstacles that the Kelly brothers encounter are as uninspired as the film s treacly lessons about brotherhood and staying true to one s principles 
.5
Drift
Roger Moore
A good looking if cliched ride through early Aussie surf history
2.5
A Light Beneath Their Feet
Matt Fagerholm
A Light Beneath Their Feet is a triumph of empathetic filmmaking 
4
Imbued
Robert W. Butler
The screenplay by Danny Dey and Nilsson is nothing if not ambitious in fact it may cram too many big ideas most about the uncomfortable truce between the sexes into a small space 
3
Test
Clayton Dillard
Adept as both timely character study and epochal drama Test wonderfully manages fully formed humanism without sentimentality 
3
Test
David Lewis
This is a creative ambitious project that delivers thanks in no small part to a director who knows about dance and to a cast that can both dance and act 
3
Cockneys vs Zombies
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Director Matthias Hoene gives the derivative tale a refreshing wit to go along with the flit pacing and imaginative gore 
2.5
Cockneys vs Zombies
Kyle Smith
You may protest that this is just a splattery feature length sketch and you d be absolutely right Why not have a laugh at this absurdly trite concept 
2.5
Cockneys vs Zombies
Ed Gonzalez
Matthias Hoene allows the cockney swears to flow as deliriously as the truly convincing blood splatter offering a few unexpected gut busters along the way 
2.5
Cockneys vs Zombies
Peter Howell
Stereotype collides with cliché in Cockneys vs Zombies but the impact isn t as painful as you might imagine 
2.5
Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts
David Reddish
Its a must for Trixie fans as well as anyone who appreciates the struggle for art 
3
The Last Emperor
Andrew Sarris
A spectacle that evokes respect and even admiration rather than genuine movie movie affection 
3
The Last Emperor
Steve Warren
The director and his screenwriter Mark Peploe have included but simpliﬁed a lot of complexities in this mammoth detailing of nearly 60 years of 20th century Chinese history without sacrificing entertainment value 
4
The Last Emperor
Patrick Taggart
It offers more striking panoramas than anything in the old costume epics of the 1950s But The Last Emperor is inert the pictures while lovely don t move 
2
The Last Emperor
Stephen Hunter
Constructed on such a scale that it seems to cry out for heroic action it is instead a chronicle of delusion and debauchery of ennui and lethargy But that s not to say the film is bad in its way it s brilliant being unsentimental and majestic 
3
The Last Emperor
Dann Gire
The Last Emperor is one of the best movies of the year a rare combination of telling moments and massive backgrounds that turns the story of a loser into riveting drama 
4
The Last Emperor
Malcolm Johnson
Although there are elements of universality in this story of a man shielded from reality it s difficult to feel much pity for this poor little rich boy 
2.5
The Last Emperor
Robert Trussell
Awards and hype can frequently obscure a movie s true quality but The Last Emperor is indisputably a remarkable film despite its flaws 
3
The Last Emperor
Bill Cosford
The movie is about an idle life in the midst of a great storm Alas we get lots of idleness and not much storm 
2.5
The Last Emperor
Bruce Bailey
In The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci gives new meaning to the classic case of the poor little rich boy He turns it into a spectacular epic set in an oriental splendor the likes of which J Paul Getty could only dream about 
3.5
The Last Emperor
Bill Morrison
Beyond everything else there s John Lone s performance as a man suspended in time He s at the heart of this film a riveting presence commanding our attention our respect and always our tears This is a royal performance indeed 
4
The Last Emperor
Joseph Gelmis
The Last Emperor is one of the best films of 1987 an awesome spectacle a work of art and a turbulent historical drama 
3.5
The Last Emperor
Michael Sragow
The moviemakers sacrifice any deep involvement with their anti hero for a flatly pretty presentation If Chinese TV ever starts its own Masterpiece Theatre The Last Emperor could provide the first three episodes 
2.5
The Last Emperor
Bruce R. Miller
This great wide screen hope is about as lavish and engrossing as motion pictures get 
4
The Last Emperor
Rob Lowing
The Last Emperor is literally a sight for sore eyes If you like to exit your movies feeling as though you ve really seen the best in quality production try this one 
3
The Last Emperor
Michael D. Reid
Bertolucci gleefully overdoes it with the visual decadence Despite the melodramatic overkill upon Pu Yi s seduction by the Japanese Bertolucci s excessive images are strikingly memorable 
3
The Last Emperor
Richard Freedman
As a resplendently gorgeous historical pageant of China in the 20th century The Last Emperor is visually at least the most beautiful movie in years But as an involving human drama about Pu Yi it doggedly refuses to come to much dramatic life 
3.5
The Last Emperor
Jack Garner
Bernardo Bertolucci s The Last Emperor is a stunning achievement a rare film of great beauty and power It lifts viewers as only the best films do to unique and all encompassing experiences in a land and time unfamiliar to many of us 
4
The Last Emperor
Kathleen Carroll
As pure spectacle The Last Emperor is a spellbinding peek behind the gate of a lost world 
3.5
The Last Emperor
Dave Kehr
It is a hesitant conservative approach that yields great elegance and a rhythm that carries the viewer along Yet the film is haunted by a sense of opportunities not taken of an artist deliberately reining in his artistry 
3
The Last Emperor
Desmond Ryan
If there is such a thing as voluptuous detachment Bertolucci and John Lone have found it Lone s achievement in his absorbing account of Pu Yi is to place him at a distance and yet make his plight totally involving 
4
The Last Emperor
Peter Canavese
Works the brain in two part harmony the melody skids effortlessly across the historical timeline of the Ching dynasty China s last and the harmony part is all aesthetic appeal Blu ray 
4
The Last Emperor
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
The Last Emperor is most decisively a lesson of nobility 
4
The Last Emperor
Wesley Lovell
An involving look at the life of an emperor forced to give up all that he knew only to realize he never had everything he wanted 
4
The Last Emperor
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s a tribute to the film s intelligence and its feeling for dialectics that it views both the Forbidden City and the detention center as prisons and that when Pu Yi winds up as a gardener there s a sense of gain as well as loss 
4
The Last Emperor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The best I can say for it is that it is a smart epic and I think it will age very well 
3.5
The Last Emperor
Roger Ebert
Everything involving the life of Pu Yi was a waste Everything except one thing the notion that a single human life could have infinite value 
4
The Last Emperor
Joe Baltake
One of those irresistible movie entertainments that works on so many different levels and offers so much for the senses to savor that it is likely to intimidate some people even more than it did 11 years ago 
4
Art of Amalia
David Keyes
A watchable spurring documentary It could have been so much more in the process though 
3
Girlfriend's Day
Roger Moore
A comic film noir sketch sending up greeting card poetry that never adds up to more than a sideways Oedenkirk smirk 
2
Raavanan
Lou Lumenick
Not unusually for a Bollywood movie Raavan combines beautiful photography over the top acting cheesy special effects and musical numbers that stretch things out well beyond the two hour mark 
2
Raavanan
Adam Keleman
Somewhat succeeding as a specimen of pulpy viscerally lavishing moviemaking but largely weighed down by overly sentimental subplots mostly thin characters and an aural onslaught of a score 
1.5
Cimarron
Matt Brunson
As a motion picture this is fairly worthless crippled by static direction overblown performances and dull conflicts But as a study of the American mindset at the time of both the story s setting and the film s production it s a fascinating look back 
2
Cimarron
Wesley Lovell
Consistently dull this old western tale is highlighted by an endearing debut performance by Irene Dunne 
2.5
Cimarron
Michael Szymanski
For pure history this is a must but it s laughable at times because of its overwrought machismo and intense over acting 
1.5
Cimarron
James Berardinelli
Critically lauded at the time of its release Cimarron was beloved by most who saw it Eight decades later it is frequently cited on lists of the most undeserving Academy Award winners 
2
The Stranger From Afar
David Nusair
An almost stunningly incompetent piece of work 
0
The Stranger From Afar
Mattias Frey
It neither musters the campy horror of Ju on nor follows through on its art house potential 
2
The Stranger From Afar
John Hartl
The gloppy sound effects are so over the top they invite laughter and the bloodsucking scenes are allowed to become absurdly repetitious 
2
The Stranger From Afar
Wesley Morris
It s actually a pretty lousy thriller 
1.5
The Stranger From Afar
Maitland McDonagh
Shot on digital video as murky as Masuoka s imagination its creeping sense of dank dread is as slow to build as it is hard to shake 
3
The Stranger From Afar
Kim Morgan
The look of the film and the gore meld into the real and unreal of this hero s journey But the journey is muddled and at times unintentionally funny 
2.5
The Stranger From Afar
Stephen Whitty
And if the trip doesn t have the clear cut directions of a Hollywood film it has all the ideas and cold unsettling flights of fantasy of a nightmare where faceless people look and look and look but never see 
3
The Stranger From Afar
V.A. Musetto
An outrageous horror flick from Japan 
3
The Stranger From Afar
Jami Bernard
Marebito never gives us what it promised a glorious totally new sense of horror 
1.5
The Stranger From Afar
Jan Stuart
Marebito a piece of soft core trash disguised as pop art from director Takashi Shimizu marks a new low in the genre 
1
The Stranger From Afar
Ed Gonzalez
What begins as a smart J horror update of Blowup quickly turns into a sick joke 
2
The Intern
Brian Eggert
Meyers concocts a few madcap comedy situations to break up the otherwise low key tone 46 
2.5
The Intern
Pamela Powell
The Intern couldn t decide what the story truly is about and it just becomes a dull mess with no direction and focal point 
1.5
The Intern
Max Weiss
It s the kind of compulsively watchable film you ll be helpless to resist when it shows up on cable TV 
2.5
The Intern
Bill Chambers
Some films have grace notes this one has what might be more appropriately termed graceless notes 
2
The Intern
Mike McGranaghan
The Intern is a smart funny and surprisingly touching film anchored by first rate performances from DeNiro and Hathaway 
3
The Intern
David Nusair
A typically breezy and entertaining Nancy Meyers comedy 
3
The Intern
John Beifuss
It s a work of unwavering optimism with an uncompromised pro career woman message and I found it refreshing 
3
The Intern
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For a movie that s supposedly about life experience The Intern shows very little 
2
The Intern
Linda Cook
The Intern is more than the sitcom it appears to be from the trailers 
3
The Intern
Jessica Gibson
The film celebrates how the genders can build each other up and encourage the best in each other 
3.5
The Intern
Lindsey Bahr
In keeping everything so polite The Intern while being a pleasant and watchable movie is also entirely ephemeral Maybe that s why like Meyers other films The Intern will likely be so re watchable too 
2.5
The Intern
Burl Burlingame
Skates almost entirely on the luminous strength of its two stars DeNiro and Hathaway have an evident chemistry if a man had written the film they d wind up in the sack 
3.5
The Intern
Matt Brunson
Mostly gets the job done 
2.5
The Intern
Chris Knight
If you can t catch this in theatres guaranteed you ll be able to sink back into it on TV some night it is as shapeless harmless and comfortable as an old sweater 
2.5
The Intern
Scott Renshaw
Meyers continues to be like baseball sabermetrics in cinematic form Maybe never a home run hitter but someone who s patient and gets on base over and over and over again 
3
The Intern
Neil Rosen
A nice little film that is peppered with several mild laughs 
3
The Intern
Luke Goodsell
a film that keeps the good stuff hidden behind a wall of broad jokes and telegraphed intergenerational moments 
2
The Intern
Willie Waffle
A cute charming touchy feely movie trying too hard to be cute charming and touchy feely 
2.5
The Intern
Stephen Whitty
The Intern is like one of those candies you put in your mouth that starts off tasting sweet until it suddenly turns lip puckering sour 
2
The Intern
Peter Travers
It s not much of a movie But raging bull Robert De Niro suited up to play for humor and heart proves he can be a world class charmer 
2.5
The Intern
Kate Taylor
A movie that doesn t do justice to an invigorating premise 
2
The Intern
Bob Bloom
The Intern is not a bad movie Rather it s an innocuous feel good date film with solid performances and engaging characters 
2
The Intern
James Berardinelli
In terms of comedic and dramatic content The Intern is hit and miss Notions about ageism and corporate prejudice against female CEOs are grazed but not explored in a meaningful or compelling way 
2
The Intern
Rafer Guzman
De Niro and Hathaway s charms plus a sparkling script make for feel good fluff 
2.5
The Intern
Brian Truitt
The story isn t even contrived it s ridiculous 
2
The Intern
Steven Rea
There d be a lot less strife and starvation disease and dread if Nancy Meyers ruled the world 
3
The Intern
Ty Burr
The Intern is bizarrely retrograde implying that every working woman only needs a cuddly Yoda daddy to make it in the world of business It s soft in the heart and soft in the head 
1.5
The Intern
Jon Niccum
De Niro lands his most likable role in decades easily earning audience support by playing the right guy in the wrong era a briefcase toting gentleman who s almost invisible to the big beard bigger glasses crowd 
2.5
The Intern
Calvin Wilson
These days it s tough to find a comedy that even aspires to sophistication The Intern entertainingly fills that slot 
3
The Intern
Moira MacDonald
Slight but charming Nancy Meyers The Intern almost goes terribly wrong in its first minutes but quickly rights itself 
2.5
The Intern
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Nancy Meyers movie shows itself to be old school in far less charming ways 
1
The Intern
Peter Howell
If only real life were like a Nancy Meyers movie 
2.5
The Intern
Ann Hornaday
The Intern feels a little bit like the tai chi exercises that Ben does in the park throughout the film you look for something to react to and laugh at and maybe even shed a tear about but you wind up pushing against a puff of air 
2
The Intern
Michael Phillips
Meyers has wit and a solid sense of craft but mainly she makes movies about high thread counts and comfy pricey throw pillows 
2.5
The Intern
Mick LaSalle
The success of this film may ride entirely on the alchemy of these particular actors but whatever is carrying it The Intern gets there 
3
The Intern
Richard Roeper
With some genuinely insightful dialogue a number of truly funny bits of physical business and small scenes allowing us to get know and like a half dozen supporting players The Intern grows on us from scene to scene from moment to moment 
3.5
The Intern
Eric Henderson
Nancy Meyers is unquestionably committed to her auteurist signature of giving her female protagonists their cake and letting them eat it too 
1
The Intern
Dann Gire
The Intern could have been a tight funny lickety split 85 minute comedy but Meyers stretches it for more than two hours with punchy interchanges and a few solid laughs drowning under a tidal wave of terminal cuteness 
2
The Intern
Glenn Kenny
The most genuinely enjoyable and likable movie that Meyers a longtime writer and producer before taking up directing has put her name to since oh I don t know 1984 s Irreconcilable Differences 
3
The Intern
Matt Pais
Aggressively mild and quietly offensive The Intern has a plot so underwritten it s more like a plo 
0.5
The Intern
Dustin Putman
A poignant character based comedy about professional passion the struggle to retain a healthy work life balance and how the unlikeliest of friendships can sometimes become the most meaningful De Niro and Hathaway are a surprisingly perfect pairing 
3
The Intern
Peter Canavese
A popular entertainment with two movie stars in likeable mode a sunny Hollywood sheen and a novel premise And yet there s something vaguely unsettling about how Myers mildly amusing comedy gets tangled up in political in correctness 
2
The Intern
Roger Moore
Hathaway and DeNiro make this tries too hard tripe sing Or at least hum along for much of its excessive squishy two hour running time 
2
The President's Analyst
David Nusair
a dated and completely misbegotten piece of work that has little of relevance to say all these years later 
1.5
The President's Analyst
Roger Ebert
Writer and director Theodore Flicker s satire is modern and biting and there are many fine subtle touches in the film 
4
Jig
Kam Williams
A captivating primer on tripping the light fantastic with your arms pinned to your sides 
3
Jig
Liam Lacey
Bourne shows little knowledge or curiosity about her subject and doesn t find its magic in this pedestrian documentary 
2
Jig
Linda Barnard
Jig is both inspiring and a cautionary tale about obsession among youngsters 
3
Jig
Kyle Smith
Smallpox has been eliminated from the planet so why can t our finest minds seem to be able to do anything about Irish step dancing 
1.5
Jig
Jeffrey Gantz
There s no voiceover just kids and parents and coaches talking about their passion 
2.5
Jig
Mark Feeney
Jig is involving if at times overly slick 
2.5
Jig
Mike McGranaghan
There is plenty to admire and enjoy about Jig The filmmakers were given unprecedented access to the Irish Dancing World Championships and what they found is captivating 
3
Jig
Paul Schrodt
The documentary Jig presents a world that approaches child pageantry in its self contained weirdness 
2.5
Burning Sands
Matt Zoller Seitz
You definitely come away from the experience with very mixed feelings about what you ve seen and how it was presented which feels just about right for a story like this one 
3
Burning Sands
Josh Larsen
presents Hell Week through the lens of Frederick Douglass 
3
Burning Sands
Sean P. Means
A solid young ensemble bolsters Burning Sands a drama that demonstrates the horrors of fraternity hazing come in all colors 
3
Tinseltown
Michael Dequina
Yes the film is different but as this film shows that doesn t particularly mean it s good 
2
The Lucky One
Austin Kennedy
There is not one real natural or genuine second in this movie It s a standard stock romance that felt more like the filmmakers were completing a checklist of romantic drama story cliches than telling an actual story
1.5
The Lucky One
Michael Dequina
Clearly weepie king Sparks is scraping for angsty love story scenarios 
1
The Lucky One
Sean P. Means
All of this plot serves as justification for the movie s true purpose which is to show two gorgeous looking actors Efron and Schilling in artfully photographed and tasteful PG 13 sex scenes 
2.5
The Lucky One
Lori Hoffman
You can sense that the more than competent director Scott Hicks the Oscar winning Shine was trying to cut through the schmaltz and give it a little edge 
2
The Lucky One
David Nusair
the most disappointing Sparks adaptation since 2002 s A Walk to Remember 
2
The Lucky One
Mike McGranaghan
The most frustrating thing is that The Lucky One is the kind of movie in which the lead character has to be an idiot in order for the story to progress 
2
The Lucky One
Leonard Maltin
I won t elaborate on the plot points I ll just say that I could have done without the melodramatic elements that punctuate the film and underscore its climax 
2.3
The Lucky One
Stephen Whitty
There s not much to the movie besides handsome sets sun dappled photography and a plot as predictable as the verse in a Hallmark card 
2
The Lucky One
Rafer Guzman
The overheated eroticism could have at least made for a camp classic but the film s chilling narcissism ultimately makes for a pleasureless fantasy 
1.5
The Lucky One
Sara Stewart
I m beginning to think writer Nicholas Sparks isn t one person at all but a roomful of ladies doing Harlequin romance Mad Libs 
1
The Lucky One
Ann Hornaday
A sudsy romantic melodrama that in the 1950s would have been directed with lurid overkill by the likes of Douglas Sirk 
1.5
The Lucky One
Rick Groen
Another Nicholas Sparks novel another cinematic brush with insulin shock 
1.5
The Lucky One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If only the movies based on Nicholas Sparks novels didn t take themselves so seriously If only they had a sense of their soapiness and embraced their naked emotional absurdity 
0.5
The Lucky One
Amy Biancolli
A lazy in all ways Nicholas Sparks romance that s as pretty and vacant as its hero 
1
The Lucky One
Willie Waffle
It s easy to get lucky when you look like Zac Efron 
2
The Lucky One
Phil Villarreal
If those guys who make all those Scary Movie style parodies ever tried to make fun of Nicholas Sparks books you d hardly be able to tell their mockeries from the originals 
3
The Lucky One
Mark Dujsik
The two romantic leads want so badly to be together but are kept apart by well nothing really 
1.5
The Lucky One
Dustin Putman
So hopelessly plodding and bland that an extra helping of fatalities could have only broken the monotony 
1.5
The Lucky One
Ann Lewinson
A drama with little conflict aside from an easily swept aside threat for sole custody and little energy expended by the participants 
2
The Lucky One
Peter Travers
The Lucky One doesn t have a genuine emotion in it or a plausible reason to endure it It s strictly for the sisters of the cult of Sparks and the men who love them 
1
The Lucky One
Steven Rea
The latest screen adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks romance in which fate destiny and sage cliches whirl together in a sugar crash of meaningful moments and tasteful eroticism 
2.5
The Lucky One
Wesley Morris
Seeing Schilling and Efron fumble at each other is like watching a stick of butter and a bag of flour not turn into a cake 
1.5
The Lucky One
Linda Barnard
How can bestselling author Nicholas Sparks the Thomas Kinkade of the paperback novel keep churning out sluggish melodramas that lose not one ounce of sap on the trip to the big screen 
2
The Lucky One
Connie Ogle
Despite a plot hole so big it could generate its own gravity field it s still not a bad movie 
2.5
The Lucky One
Paul Doro
The immense success of Nicholas Sparks novels means he must be doing something right but it sure seems like he is telling the same story over and over again 
2
The Lucky One
Chris Hewitt
Will those who aren t inclined to appreciate a familiar romantic fantasy change their minds about this one No But if that concept is up your carefully lit dreamy alley then you may be the lucky one 
3
The Lucky One
Peter Keough
Who knew that PTSD is the secret to an ideal boyfriend 
1.5
The Lucky One
Matt Pais
Neither pulses with longing nor justifies putting a child in danger for emotional pull 
2
The Lucky One
Randy Myers
The Lucky One left me stone cold 
1.5
The Lucky One
Michael Phillips
The seventh and latest Sparks project to hit the screen and the sixth one likely to elicit the response Well it s no Notebook 
2
The Lucky One
Roger Ebert
If you ve ever liked a Nicholas Sparks movie you re likely to enjoy this one 
2.5
The Lucky One
Christy Lemire
You can roll your eyes or you can give in 
2.5
The Lucky One
Roger Moore
The Lucky One is the edgiest ever film adaptation of the writings of Nicholas Sparks Which isn t saying much 
1.5
The Lucky One
James Berardinelli
The central love story is well constructed for what it is it offers the requisite amount of fantasy with just a miniscule dollop of realism It s escapism for women and an adequate date flick Or to be more succinct it s a Nicholas Sparks movie 
2.5
The Lucky One
R. Kurt Osenlund
At this point Sparksian romances unfold via their own preordained formula and measures of their merits largely hinge on how well each can bend the cookie cutter 
2
The Lucky One
Kam Williams
Another pat paint by numbers masterpiece by Nicholas Sparks the undisputed king of the syrupy soap opera 
3
Ave Maryam
Roger Moore
Not enough happens in this brief 46 46 46 not terribly dramatic melodrama 46 
2
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
Roger Moore
The entire affair looks pricey but cut rate at the same time 44 like a Tesla 46 46 46 
1
Last Vegas
Wesley Lovell
Five Oscar winning actors working for a paycheck on a film that lacks a genuinely funny backbone 
2
Last Vegas
John Beifuss
The mild misadventures and late life epiphanies don t so much suggest a Geritol Hangover as an all male special episode of The Golden Girls 
2
Last Vegas
Linda Cook
Bland completely accessible and unworthy of its talented troupe Last Vegas is just about what you d expect If all you need for entertainment is this stellar cast in a mundane script you ll have a great time 
2
Last Vegas
David Nusair
a meaningless vanity project that squanders the abilities of its very talented stars 
2
Last Vegas
Mike McGranaghan
It has all the depth of a 105 minute Jay Leno routine on growing old 
1.5
Last Vegas
Matt Brunson
Don t expect to see a geriatric version of The Hangover the film is better than that 
2.5
Last Vegas
Nathalie Atkinson
The reverence for age and the patina of decay make even its tackiest poorly conceived signs seem like art Metaphor 
1
Last Vegas
James Berardinelli
The actors perform with multiple safety nets and the closest the film ever comes to taking a risk is having Freeman dance to a cover of Earth Wind Fire s September 
2
Last Vegas
Liam Lacey
A preholiday trifle that s mildly risqu and a lot sentimental 
2
Last Vegas
Matt Zoller Seitz
If you saw The Hangover and thought I would enjoy this film more if nothing of consequence happened and it were clean enough to screen at a retirement home then Last Vegas is custom made for your needs 
2.5
Last Vegas
Peter Howell
De Niro and Douglas weirdly play versions of their real selves while Freeman and Kline ham it up as if they re auditioning for a reality show called Gramps Gone Wild 
2
Last Vegas
Tirdad Derakhshani
Just call this movie The Hangover AARP Strikes Back 
1.5
Last Vegas
Stephen Whitty
When it was first announced wags made the inevitable It s The Hangover with walkers jokes If only 
2.5
Last Vegas
Willie Waffle
Completely giggle worthy with some guffaws tossed in 
2.5
Last Vegas
Lou Lumenick
Thanks in no small part to Kline and Steenburgen Last Vegas has its moments When they re not on screen beware of half baked ham and hypoglycemic shock 
2
Last Vegas
Mick LaSalle
The comedy remains a presence throughout but Last Vegas has a serious purpose and the resolution of the men s journey of realization is anything but corny 
3
Last Vegas
Scott Bowles
Musters enough laughs to be passable if not memorable And that s thanks to Morgan Freeman s showmanship 
2
Last Vegas
Stephanie Merry
It s the actors plus an exuberant Mary Steenburgen as quick witted lounge singer Diana who make the movie more than a middling copycat 
2.5
Last Vegas
John Anderson
Alternately trashy and teary marginally funny occasionally cringe inducing 
2
Last Vegas
Peter Keough
A joyless buddy movie from genial hack Jon Turtletaub 
1
Last Vegas
Chris Hewitt
It s better than it looks 
2.5
Last Vegas
Duane Dudek
Last Vegas is an early bird special of a movie Ninety minutes in and out Who needs an all you can eat buffet when what you really want is a little song a little dance a little seltzer down the pants 
2.5
Last Vegas
Joe Williams
Injecting a dose of dumbed down nostalgia into a certain smash comedy about four dudes on the loose in Sin City this arthritic exercise should be called The Combover 
1.5
Last Vegas
Dann Gire
Luminous funny self deprecating and appealingly self confident Steenburgen patently purloins the movie from her co stars 
2.5
Last Vegas
Peter Travers
You ll groan as much as howl at the jokes but the veteran stars have a ball acting their age Even when all else fails them they re good company 
2.5
Last Vegas
Michael Phillips
A genial Hangover for the AARP set Last Vegas is roughly what you d expect or fear but a little better 
2.5
Last Vegas
Matt Pais
The Hangover rewritten to resemble The Bucket List 
2
Last Vegas
Roger Moore
Five Oscar winning stars make the sentimental laughs in this one work 
2.5
Last Vegas
Abhimanyu Das
The film is depressing sub sitcom fodder that will dull whatever affection you may still harbor for these legendary actors 
.5
National Bird
Michael O'Sullivan
Kennebeck may be a newcomer to feature filmmaking but her grasp of the material is accomplished 
3
Love Like the Falling Rain
Roger Moore
Give everybody a towel and send them home 
1.5
The Clovehitch Killer
Federico Furzan
A quiet movie that hits us like a train going at full speed This is a thriller that tells a very different story from the one we thought it would tell Full review in Spanish 
3
The Clovehitch Killer
Matt Brunson
The ending is too abrupt but the rest is methodically paced 
3
The Clovehitch Killer
Rick Bentley
This is a movie that creates fear out of creepy moments and by playing on the natural desire of wanting to feel safe with family There s no need for blood or excessive acts of violence when the scares are this unsettling 
3
The Clovehitch Killer
Brian Tallerico
As good as Plummer and McDermott are here writer Christopher D Ford ultimately writes himself into a corner that requires actions in the final act that don t ring true 
2
The Clovehitch Killer
Mark Dujsik
The Clovehitch Killer is a subdued thriller that never sacrifices its fascinating study of a unique father son dynamic 
3
The Clovehitch Killer
Mike McGranaghan
The Clovehitch Killer is the biggest and best surprise so far in 2018 Intelligent engrossing and chilling 
4
The Clovehitch Killer
Joey Magidson
This is a really slow burn too slow in fact 
2.5
Midsommar
Brian Eggert
Aster wields a two pronged setup that pokes at feelings of anxiety about remote communities and their link to an untamed wilderness while also presenting characters whose interpersonal drama underscores every potently disturbing situation in the film 
3.5
Midsommar
Wesley Lovell
Florence Pugh is strong in this sophomore effort from Ari Aster While not as accomplished as his first film his attention to detail tone and cinematography are superb 
3
Midsommar
Doug Walker
If this was maybe 40 minutes shorter it might have worked As is everything you think is going to happen happens and it s not worth the wait 
2
Midsommar
John Beifuss
Ari Aster s flower draped folk horror followup to Hereditary was not everybody s cup of menstrual blood tea but I loved it 
3.5
Midsommar
Lindsey Bahr
Midsommar is a waking nightmare and I mean that in the best possible way 
3
Midsommar
David Keyes
As a stamina test the movie is as exciting as it is startling 
3
Midsommar
Rene Sanchez
Ari Aster s sophomore film is a disturbing and hallucinating experience about letting go Florence Pugh deserves to be crowned queen of summer 2019 for her extraordinary performance Full Review in Spanish 
4
Midsommar
Matt Brunson
A motion picture so bleak that it makes the auteur s earlier film Hereditary seem almost as cheerful and lighthearted as Mamma Mia by comparison 
3
Midsommar
Linda Cook
Midsommar is superlative film making with disturbing horror 
4
Midsommar
Matthew Rozsa
Midsommar isn t just a great horror movie It is also one of the best movies ever made about living with mental illness 
4
Midsommar
Sara Michelle Fetters
This thriller was one descent into sunshine filled pagan madness I could have done without 
2
Midsommar
Steven Prokopy
I found that it s in those absurd and sometimes confusing moments that Midsommar found its footing
3.5
Midsommar
James Kendrick
Aster s ability to get under the viewer s skin is testament to his grasp of the genre and how it can work in so many different ways
3
Midsommar
Rex Reed
Grim grisly and downright sickening Midsommar is a feel bad horror film about suicide mercy killings insanity graphic nudity religious hysteria and the kind of grotesque imagery that exists for no other reason than shock value 
2
Midsommar
James Berardinelli
Midsommar has that sort of staying power which makes it a better choice for horror aficionados than the other midsummer garbage currently being dumped into theaters 
3
Midsommar
Chris Hewitt
Midsommar is an upsetting movie and I mean that word in pretty much every way you can think of But the truth is that he s just two movies into his career and it s probably only a matter of time before he figures out how to stick the landing 
3
Midsommar
Alan French
With a story that expands Aster s abilities both as a visual director and in the grandiosity of his storytelling he steps up to meet the challenge of his second feature 
3.5
Midsommar
Robert Horton
Without the running time Midsommar wouldn t have its madly epic quality And make no mistake This movie is epic Also completely mad 
3.5
Midsommar
Mike McGranaghan
Imagine an Ingmar Bergman film with moments of graphic violence and freaky sexuality thrown in and you can begin to approximate what this extraordinary work is like 
4
Midsommar
Joe Friar
The hills are alive with the sound of mayhem as Florence Pugh delivers a stirring performance in this unconventional odyssey that borrows elements from The Wicker Man and Ti West s The Sacrament Make no mistake this is visionary horror 
3.5
Midsommar
Josh Larsen
an outlandish imagining of the effects of personal trauma especially for someone who already struggles with an unsteady mind 
2.5
Midsommar
Tom Meek
Ari Aster has again put a fresh and gory bow on a genre that we know too well 
3
Midsommar
Josh Bell
It s a sort of cathartic ritual in which the characters and the audience are equally unwitting participants 
3
Midsommar
Ann Hornaday
There s no doubt that Aster is an artist of considerable gifts the question is whether he s an artist of ideas deeper than turning the smiles of a summer night into sinister rictus grins 
1.5
Midsommar
Ben Sachs
In his second feature director Ari Aster shows he has a limited number of tricks up his sleeve 
1
Midsommar
Peter Howell
Midsommar is a horror movie for people who have lived idyllic lives free of horror movies 
2
Midsommar
Karen M. Peterson
Midsommar is a disappointing experience that hides its shortcomings with pretty pastels and a lot of gore 
2
Midsommar
Joey Magidson
Ari Aster s version of a breakup movie is fascinating and horrifying The score visuals plus a fantastic Florence Pugh make it compelling and haunting in equal measure 
3.5
Midsommar
Kevin A. Ranson
a substance induced descent into the madness of strangers viewed in plain sight under a bright sun instead of hidden in shadow this time providing a unique light at the end of a blood drenched tunnel 
3
Midsommar
Sean P. Means
Pugh goes beyond scream queen expectations as Dani as her vulnerability turns into a type of armor her personal pain transmuted to a dance of death 
3.5
Midsommar
Mark Dujsik
There s a reckoning coming for everyone in Midsommar and it s as cold harsh and unforgiving as the light of a northern sun 
3
Midsommar
Ty Burr
Midsommar understands that the scariest things sometimes happen in broad daylight 
3
Midsommar
Richard Roeper
Midsommar tests our patience more than once before delivering some seriously grisly and wonderfully twisted material in the final act 
3
Midsommar
Mattie Lucas
A kind of waking nightmare that reaches down into the darkest corners of the human soul where few horror films ever dare to go 
3.5
Midsommar
Rafer Guzman
High art horror that won t suit all tastes or stomachs 
3
Midsommar
John Semley
Midsommar musters no such productive uncertainty of feeling nothing in the way of genuine horror There is only cruelty and coldness draped in billowy peasant gowns and wreathed in radiant garlands 
2.5
Midsommar
Michael Smith
But I found it impossible to appreciate the plot being predictable throughout especially when this is supposed to be suspenseful 
2
Midsommar
Soren Andersen
Horror is a fragile thing Suspension of disbelief is key to its effectiveness In Midsommar the spell breaks at the end and the picture collapses 
2.5
Midsommar
Katie Walsh
The dreamy color drenched aesthetic combined with body horror and humor makes for a tonal roller coaster that leaves audiences with a kind of dissonant stomach churning disturbance that s not easy to shake 
4
Midsommar
Mick LaSalle
In place of plot surprises Aster tries surprising you with repulsive sights hitting you unexpectedly with some new revolting close up at regular intervals 
1.5
Midsommar
Brian Truitt
While not as unpredictable or unforgettable an effort as Hereditary Aster s follow up is similarly hard to shake as you ponder its metaphors and meanings 
3
Midsommar
Tomris Laffly
A terrifically juicy apocalyptic cinematic sacrament that dances around a fruitless relationship in dizzying circles 
4
Midsommar
Christian Toto
This bloated boring exercise squanders the goodwill generated by the director s outstanding Hereditary 
1.5
Midsommar
Michael Phillips
The movie works best I think as a black comic treatise on what can befall a garden variety passive aggressive mixed blessing of a boyfriend if he s not careful 
3
Midsommar
Dustin Putman
A renaissance of the macabre a cinematic symphony of lulling twisted goodbyes and portentous shadows in the blistering light of day Once it latches on there s no breaking away 
3.5
Midsommar
Robert Daniels
Midsommar is worth its weight in flowers an echoed scream into the daylight 
3.5
Midsommar
Roger Moore
i can t say I enjoyed it but it did keep me up all night 
2.5
The American Sector
William Repass
The film accomplishes a restoration of sorts allowing us to see how historical objects can confer meaning on a new context 
3
Future World
Brian Tallerico
One can imagine Franco and his buddies seeing The Bad Batch or watching Mad Max Fury Road renting some motor bikes and dirtying some clothes and then realizing they forgot to write an actual movie 
.5
An Unmarried Woman
Matt Brunson
A key entry in the annals of feminist cinema 
3.5
An Unmarried Woman
Roger Ebert
Clayburgh takes chances in this movie She s out on an emotional limb She s letting us see and experience things that many actresses simply couldn t reveal 
4
An Unmarried Woman
David Nusair
the movie is ultimately undone by a thoroughly dated anachronistic aura 
1.5
Too Big to Fail
David Nusair
Too Big to Fail ultimately comes off as a talky surprisingly dull drama that all too often feels a reenactment on a financial news network 
2
Too Big to Fail
Jaime N. Christley
You know you re in trouble when you re watching a film and in real time in your mind s eye you re watching some alternate film that s much better more daring more fun more something but most importantly a different film 
0.5
Bewitched
Joe Lozito
The Ephrons have an easy way with the romantic comedy genre 
3
Bewitched
Kam Williams
Has some hilarious moments mostly thanks to Will Ferrell s zany slapstick mugging and other antics 
3
Bewitched
Garth Franklin
Had it stuck to the ground rules it laid out early on it would ve made sense 
2
Bewitched
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una lástima que las hermanas Ephron no hayan podido aterrizar una idea que sonaba interesante en un principio pero que finalmente es víctima de sus propios malos hechizos
2.5
Bewitched
Wesley Lovell
Blame Will Farrell and the director who let him run amok for the failure of this film 
2
Bewitched
David Edwards
Don 146 t whatever you do expect to Be entertained by this feeble rom com 
2
Bewitched
Kurt Loder
It s a nice ride There s nothing subversive or edgy about it But it s an agreeable piece of Hollywood product 
3
Bewitched
Michael Dequina
Ephron takes a perfectly workable big screen ready concept and renders it needlessly complicated and barely recognizable 
2
Bewitched
Joe Williams
The rabbit that s pulled out of the hat is lifeless 
2
Bewitched
Lori Hoffman
it is the ineffective writing that wrings all the magic out of a concept that should have produced at least a mildly pleasing summer comedy 
2
Bewitched
Susan Tavernetti
This comedy might make you smile but won t leave you spellbound 
2
Bewitched
Emily Blunt
I blame wine goggles for this mess And the director is one of our greatest What was she thinking 
1.5
Bewitched
Matt Brunson
As far as ill advised Nicole Kidman vehicles are concerned the nicest thing one can say about Bewitched is that it s an improvement over The Stepford Wives 
2
Bewitched
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s so lightweight that the wind from a passing broomstick would collapse its foundations 
2.5
Bewitched
David Frese
Instead of smart commentary on the state of entertainment we re given a mundane risk averse romantic comedy 
1
Bewitched
Linda Cook
Mesmerizing it s not 
2
Bewitched
Mike McGranaghan
Bewitched has more giggles than belly laughs but it s not the same old same old and the massive appeal of Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman is undeniable 
3
Bewitched
Kit Bowen
Watching Nicole Kidman fly around on a broom is one thing but if you re looking for a little renewed magic Bewitched unfortunately isn t it 
2
Bewitched
Larry Ratliff
Bewitched makes last year s Kidman vehicle The Stepford Wives seem almost substantial It was not 
2
Bewitched
Jonathan R. Perry
If a studio absolutely cannot avoid raiding its vaults for a popular TV show to pillage for an extra 1 98 decades later this is the way to do it 
3
Bewitched
Greg Maki
Ephron is so attached to formula that she is unable to put someone s creative thinking to good use 
2
Bewitched
David Nusair
46 46 46 progresses into a meandering midsection that contains exceedingly little in the way of forward momentum 46 46 46 
1.5
Bewitched
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is predictably pedestrian a shallow and spineless comedy with all the charm of leftover goat cheese left to fester unwrapped on the bakery counter 
2
Bewitched
Ty Burr
A phony and cynical look at how Hollywood might make or remake a television show 
1.5
Bewitched
Carla Meyer
Kidman doesn t compete with Montgomery s memory because she doesn t need to She has crafted her own memorably witchy woman 
2.5
Bewitched
Mick LaSalle
Screenwriters Ephron and her sister Delia are able to get laughs and make character points even in the moments of laying out a fairly involved exposition and that s no small thing That s skilled craftsmanship 
3.5
Bewitched
Moira MacDonald
Ephron seems unsure as to whether she s filming a zany retro comedy or a conventional romance and the film zips back and forth between genres never really settling 
2
Bewitched
Rene Rodriguez
The result of people trying so hard to wring magic out of a dry well all that s left to see is their flop sweat 
2
Bewitched
Geoff Pevere
For one thing it looks every bit as drab as the average 1966 sitcom did overlit flat studiobound and phony For another it s just as unfunny as the original 
1.5
Bewitched
Stephen Whitty
Kidman is enchanting true and Caine MacLaine and Chenoweth work hard but even with the few good gags sprinkled throughout you don t leave the theater smiling The spell fades The magic just isn t there 
2
Bewitched
Jack Mathews
Though there are funny bits here and there the script just isn t funny enough 
1.5
Bewitched
Amy Biancolli
It is courageously weird and that alone casts a spell 
2.5
Bewitched
Lisa Kennedy
Ephron casts a spell full of romantic comedy charm even as it goes about the post modern business of toying with our fondness for pop cultural baubles like Bewitched Consider the sparkling mood Ephron maintains as irreverent reverence 
3
Bewitched
Jeff Vice
If it were an outright train wreck you could dismiss Bewitched as simply another failed small screen to big screen adaptation But its mediocrity suggests that all it would have taken is some more work to make a decent movie 
2
Bewitched
Rick Groen
Admittedly there s a certain fascination in watching Kidman deliver these lines You can see her struggling to make acting decisions with a character who requires none 
2
Bewitched
Mary F. Pols
Instead of being bewitched we re bothered and bewildered 
2
Bewitched
Lawrence Toppman
I was bewitched by the first third of Nora Ephron s new film bothered by some unnecessary flab in the middle then bewildered by a finale in which a guy who exists only in a character s mind drives an auto around Los Angeles 
2.5
Bewitched
Josh Larsen
the Ephrons seem overwhelmed by their own concept 
1.5
Bewitched
Sean P. Means
The flaw that endangers Jack s TV series is the same one that derails the movie an over emphasis on Will Ferrell s character that kills the chemistry between Isabel and Jack 
2
Bewitched
Lou Lumenick
An un magical unfunny and un romantic alleged comedy 
1
Bewitched
Duane Dudek
As summer confections go Bewitched uses appealing ingredients and looks appetizing but the result is as palatable as those cake decorations labeled not suitable for consumption 
2
Bewitched
Glenn Whipp
there s enough originality and solid laughs here to call this a charmed effort 
3
Bewitched
Terry Lawson
Manages to be too clever by half and 100 percent ridiculous 
2
Bewitched
Sarah Chauncey
You may be more bothered and bewildered than bewitched by this spoof remake of the classic TV series 
2.5
Bewitched
Jeffrey Overstreet
We rarely see Kidman turn loose her inner Loony Toons but here she fulfills the comic potential she demonstrated in Moulin Rouge and Saturday Night Live in 1993 
2
Bewitched
Jeffrey Westhoff
Rises above Ephron s usual banality 
3
Bewitched
Jon Niccum
Nora Ephron is simply out of her league when it comes to directing a feature film 
1.5
Bewitched
Christian Toto
Bewitched casts a spell with its show within a show plot but ultimately fizzles with its flat romance
2.5
Bewitched
Willie Waffle
Kidman is so darn cute in this movie Bewitched is a great date movie and a funny film for anyone who has or hasn t seen the original television show 
3
Bewitched
Claudia Puig
Bewitched will not cast you under its spell It is more likely to bother and bewilder 
2
Bewitched
Michael Wilmington
An uninspired misfire of a TV series knockoff that despite its great cast and smart filmmakers never manages to scare up much magic 
2
Bewitched
Dustin Putman
Feels unfinished like a rough cut still awaiting a much needed polish Fleetingly amusing Yes Full out magical Not so much 
2
Bewitched
David Sterritt
The movie is more effective in particular scenes than as a whole 
2
Bewitched
Carrie Rickey
Who wants a namby pamby Samantha 
2
Bewitched
Bruce Newman
Any picture that makes you yearn for the dramatic work of Dick Sargent has got problems 
1.5
Bewitched
Roger Ebert
It s one of those movies where you smile and laugh and are reasonably entertained but you get no sense of a mighty enterprise sweeping you along with its comedic force There is not a movie here Just scenes in search of one 
2.5
Bewitched
Chris Hewitt
The folks behind Bewitched had an idea rejigger the 60s TV series about a witch who marries an average guy but they couldn t decide what kind of movie to make so they came up with three scenarios and Superglued them together 
2
Bewitched
Phoebe Flowers
Unfortunately Bewitched regularly loses touch with its funny elements and drifts off into vaguely dull subplots 
2
Bewitched
Jan Stuart
In the process of avoiding a feature length replay of the TV show a trap The Honeymooners walked right into Bewitched edifies die hard fans by channeling the original s memorable supporting cast 
3
Bewitched
Peter Canavese
Nicole Kidman tells the ubiquitous Will Farrell I think the fact that you re a hopeless mess is very refreshing but critics are not so charitable about bad movies 
2
Bewitched
Walter Chaw
You re likely to want to pluck out your eyeballs 
0
Bewitched
James Berardinelli
A travesty of monumental proportions 
1
Bewitched
Phil Villarreal
If you manage to redirect your attention away from her twitching nose you ll notice a quiet desperation in her tired eyes which just like you wish the whole movie away 
2
Bewitched
Steven Snyder
Almost without us realizing it has dropped us back into the middle of it all entranced one again by the love between an isolated witch and a bewitched boy 
3
Bewitched
Steve Rhodes
Needs more spells 
2.5
Bewitched
Sean McBride
Bewitched has a lot of problems but it also has enough hit and miss charm to please most summer movie audiences 
2.5
Bewitched
Rob Blackwelder
Campy revamp remakes and Nicole Kidman just don t mix 
2
Bewitched
Ross Anthony
Great open really great first act far into the second act this is a strong production It s light and airy fun at every turn Unfortunately it slips during last 3rd 
2.5
Bewitched
Chris Barsanti
What keeps Bewitched just barely out of the summer slush pile is its sense of light hearted fun 
2.5
Bewitched
Scott Nash
Contains a freshness not usually seen in your typical Television series remake 
3
Feast of the Epiphany
Wes Greene
Its sensitivity to how something as seemingly ordinary as food can have an immense emotional impact is consistently and unobtrusively profound 
3
Weekend at Bernie's II
James Berardinelli
I find it hard to believe that many people will pay 6 or 7 to see a picture that has TV sitcom production values writing and acting 
1
Come, Together
Brent McKnight
Everyone is lonely and miserable but at least we can be lonely and miserable together 
2.5
Deadly Illusions
Rick Bentley
Grammer plays the role with enough mystery to make the character interesting at every turn That was important because the story follows a standard plotline 
2.5
Deadly Illusions
Tom Meek
It doesn t even work as lowball camp 
1
Deadly Illusions
Roger Moore
Writer director Anna Elizabeth James lurches between hokey predictability and just plain bizarre scenes as she staggers towards a finale that never looks anything but inevitable 
1
Police Beat
Michael Wilmington
A very strange but affecting movie 
2.5
Police Beat
Moira MacDonald
Its dreamlike state makes for mesmerizing viewing 
3
Police Beat
Lou Lumenick
Police Beat looks great and the performances are solid but the disparate elements in this oddity which created a minor stir at the Sundance Film Festival last year never entirely coalesce 
2
Police Beat
Keith Uhlich
All the onscreen transgressions are so tightly packed into the film s 80 minutes that they play as increasingly ludicrous and unbelievable examples of community unrest 
1.5
Arsenic and Old Lace
Matt Brunson
It apos s not mere hyperbole to state that Frank Capra apos s Arsenic and Old Lace ranks as one of the funniest films ever made 46 
4
Arsenic and Old Lace
Brian Eggert
A zany cant catch your breath comedy that never quits 
3.5
Arsenic and Old Lace
Scott Nash
has stood the test of time to remain as funny today as anything Hollywood is producing now 
4
Son of Kong
Matt Brunson
A likable but wholly unnecessary sequel to King Kong 
2.5
Fool's Paradise
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A delirious and exotic melodrama in the best style of Cecil B De Mille where it is clear that there is no possible competition against a self sacrificing Mexican woman 
2
Shiloh
Roger Ebert
This would be an ideal movie for parents and children to see together and talk about afterward Shiloh like all great family films deals with real issues in real ways 
3.5
Sylvia
Roger Moore
Unwatchable
1
Rim of the World
Federico Furzan
McG s Rim of the World is solid proof that sometimes scripts need to be analyzed And some directions must certainly be stopped Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Rim of the World
Roger Moore
Stereotype ridden tween sci fi action comedy with training wheels
1
Rim of the World
Nick Allen
Its greatest value is probably in how it could educate budding movie lovers on cheesy and predictable storytelling but even that seems like a lesson Rim of the World cynically teaches at an elementary level 
1
Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat
Mike McGranaghan
Secret Agent Dingledorf panders to children as though they ll be content to watch any half baked dim witted slapstick comedy that s placed in front of their faces 
1
Every Secret Thing
Rex Reed
It s described as a smart suspenseful psychological thriller but there s nothing smart about it and as an alleged thriller when the mysteries are explained in a twist finale it could use a psychologist of its own 
2
Every Secret Thing
Brian Tallerico
What went wrong How did so many talented people devote their time and energy to a film that came out this generic dull and flat 
1.5
Every Secret Thing
Stephen Whitty
Sometimes the whole is less than the sum of the parts 
2.5
Every Secret Thing
Moira MacDonald
It s a movie so well cast and meticulous that you want it to be better than it is but you re left shaking your head wondering where things went wrong 
2
Every Secret Thing
Peter Travers
This unnerving mystery doesn t coddle audiences by giving them much to root for Maybe that s why reviews for the film have been mixed to worse I say give this toxic valentine to motherhood a chance 
2.5
Every Secret Thing
Sara Stewart
Every Secret Thing comes up short 
2
Every Secret Thing
Chuck Bowen
It has a problem that s familiar to competently made sporadically involving crime procedurals It s just good enough to inspire wishes that it were better 
2.5
Kinky
Roger Moore
Fifty Shades of Ebony just as dull and unintentionally funny as the white folks adventures in S M 
1
Dancing in Jaffa
Ellen Dunkel
We barely get to know the children or see much of their dancing By the time the winner of the competition is announced it is not much of a surprise and there is little emotional payout 
2.5
Dancing in Jaffa
Moira MacDonald
Dancing in Jaffa is a charming often moving documentary about how dance can work magic in breaking down barriers 
3
Dancing in Jaffa
Stephanie Merry
While the movie can feel disjointed at times bouncing around to cover so much territory the climax of the kids s ballroom competition makes up for any quibbles 
3
Jubal
Matt Brunson
Jubal is a movie of roiling tensions as the four lead characters constantly are pitted against each other due to jealousy deceit and misunderstandings 
3.5
Jubal
James Kendrick
an intense drama whose Shakespearean tensions are embodied in the enormity of the Grand Tetons beneath which it unfolds
3.5
RA. One
Namrata Joshi
It s a film where no character or relationship gets fleshed out well the climax plays out flat and the crucial fight to the finish meets with a rather tame end 
2
RA. One
Michael Dequina
So incredibly enjoyably and very much in on the joke bonkers that even the most rigidly minded West reared viewer will find it hard to resist 
3
RA. One
Tamara Baluja
The film is as cheesy as it sounds 
1
RA. One
Simon Abrams
It champions an incoherently hackneyed kind of morality where filial piety matters more than treating your fellow man well 
1
Carnage
Brian Eggert
Polanski 8217 s film is fast paced 44 deceptively simple 44 carefully arranged 44 and often hilarious in its observations about social decorum and the hypocrisies therein 46 
3.5
Carnage
Kelly Jane Torrance
As painful as it was for the two couples in this story to meet and spend it seems 80 minutes together it was even more brutal for the audience 
1
Carnage
David Elliott
The acting marathon is adroitly blocked and paced by Polanski and impeccably shot by Pawel Edelman 
3
Carnage
Clayton Davis
While the film at a staggering and quick 80 minute runtime plays exceedingly well off the energy of the performers the downfall ultimately lies in a loss of steam vigor that is evident by picture s end 
3
Carnage
David Keyes
Few recent movies have been this perceptive about such immediate human conflicts much less this funny 
3.5
Carnage
Jeff Beck
Polanski has crafted a bizarre little film that runs only about 75 minutes uses one location and only four characters who spend most of the film sitting standing around talking or shouting at each other yet the film is engaging and entertaining 
3
Carnage
Rob Thomas
Although the play isn t quite as successful or penetrating on screen it works as an entertainingly vicious doubles tennis match between two pairs of terrific actors 
3
Carnage
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is venom to be found in the words coming out of these characters respective mouths listening to it as frightening as it is entertaining 
3
Carnage
John Beifuss
An extremely black comedy of physical confinement and social breakdown from a man well acquainted in his life and his art with the shifting boundaries of accountability culpability and freedom of expression and movement 
3.5
Carnage
Matt Pais
The purging never ceases to illuminate the edges of jagged language and its impact on parents who thought they could avoid acting like kids 
3
Carnage
Matt Brunson
Polanski masterfully orchestrates all the mind game mayhem although he above all filmmakers constantly reminds us how important it is to separate the artist s personal life from his public offerings 
3
Carnage
Eric Melin
Roman Polanski keeps things moving at a quick pace so Carnage rises above its inherent cinematic limitations 
3
Carnage
Mike Scott
Fortunately Roman Polanski has a dream cast to lean on in his brainy but talky comedy of manners 
3
Carnage
Peter Canavese
A nbsp slow disintegration of the thin veneer of social niceties revealing the human animalism underneath Like Reza s equally popular Art God of Carnage isn t as deep as it would have you believe but both plays are catnip for actors 
3
Carnage
Willie Waffle
One of those movies that tears back the curtain of civility to reveal what people truly think and feel which leads to plenty of hearty laughs and some shocks 
4
Carnage
Ann Hornaday
What are supposed to be transgressive observations about the holy state of parenthood and matrimony instead come across as self satisfied and shallow as the pieties Reza intends to puncture 
1.5
Carnage
Joe Williams
If we grant that Carnage is a low impact exercise in stripping away the social veneer it s nonetheless brisk and enjoyable 
3
Carnage
Mark Dujsik
Intelligent and quite funny sometimes savagely so 
3
Carnage
Bob Bloom
As you watch Carnage you begin to feel trapped You want these diatribes to end but your curiosity is so aroused that you can t wait to see the next escalation in these battles of words 
3
Carnage
Amy Biancolli
In real life hyper controlling metropolitan parents would not waste this much time on people they loathe 
2
Carnage
John Anderson
The astonishing Waltz steals the picture possibly because he s the one with a rational perspective despite his telephonic obsessiveness He sees the whole exercise as pointless Ultimately so do we 
2.5
Carnage
Robert Trussell
Taut as a snare drum Roman Polanski s claustrophobic Carnage is a tightly wound piece of filmmaking that crackles with tension 
3.5
Carnage
Moira MacDonald
An odd little chamber piece Carnage plays out like a very tense meeting from which you can t wait to depart 
2
Carnage
Ty Burr
You may recognize the arrogance and anxieties the class resentments and domestic bile from your PTA s most recent talent night More likely they re as close as the nearest mirror 
3.5
Carnage
Steven Rea
Think Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf but then think fun 
3.5
Carnage
Chris Hewitt
Carnage is subtly different from the play God of Carnage but the appeal remains the same watching sharp actors yell at each other while civilization breaks down in a Brooklyn condo 
2.5
Carnage
Gary Thompson
This has black comedy potential but Carnage is less gruesome fun that it might have been and for a surprising reason the performances 
2
Carnage
Duane Dudek
Carnage is an accident waiting to happen 
3
Carnage
Michael Phillips
Carnage becomes a lesson in how to handle a willfully claustrophobic assignment with panache 
3
Carnage
Roger Ebert
The point isn t the plot it s the performances Here four familiar actors seem ideally cast for their roles 
3
Carnage
Peter Keough
As befits someone with jail time hanging over his head Roman Polanski does his best work in close quarters 
3
Carnage
David Nusair
a criminally undercooked piece of work 
2
Carnage
Rick Groen
Despite the efforts of an impressive cast the film starts out stale and then just gets tedious 
2
Carnage
Peter Howell
Carnage is a comedy of claustrophobia and revealed truths and Polanski knows both all too well 
3
Carnage
Dustin Putman
This is getting to be like who cares says one character toward the end of Carnage They couldn t be more right 
2
Carnage
Peter Travers
The film version of Carnage hasn t just lost God from its title it s lost the laughs from the play that brought it life 
2
Carnage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A movie like this is an actor s dream and all four players turn in excellent work 
3.5
Carnage
Stephen Whitty
If the original drama seemed designed to make patrons feel smarter than they were its new director does the same favor for the playwright 
3
Carnage
Joe Lozito
This awkward adaptation of the stage play comes off as an acting exercise but little else 
2
Carnage
Claudia Puig
While the talented quartet play these hypocritical sorts with finesse the story grows tiresome its cynical point made early and often 
2.5
Carnage
Rex Reed
Scathing and funny and cynical about contemporary society and the hypocritical way we live now Carnage may not be the dream movie I expected but it has a dream cast of pure unimpeachable ensemble perfection 
3
Carnage
Mark Kennedy
A nasty spat between two couples over the course of an evening may not sound like a fun flick but like any act of carnage it s hard to turn away 
3.5
Carnage
James Berardinelli
Carnage suffers from a common problem that afflicts many stage to screen adaptations too much artifice and contrivance 
2.5
Carnage
Robert Levin
Foster Reilly Winslet and Waltz four Oscar wins among them share a preternatural gift for imbuing even the quietest moments with extraordinary unconventional feeling 
3
Carnage
Lou Lumenick
Fast furious and often funny 
3
Carnage
Ed Gonzalez
Roman Polanski ensures that Carnage s images like its words cut through us like a knife 
3
The Void
Roger Moore
Makes the fatal mistake of showing us early on the blob we re supposed to be frightened of 
1.5
The Taking of Deborah Logan
David Nusair
The latest in a long line of underwhelming found footage horror flicks 
1.5
The Taking of Deborah Logan
David Keyes
Not at all original or distinctive in this volatile genre s ever changing standards but it is cautious well made and so driven by believable performances that it earns more respect than one might have assumed it deserves 
3
The Taking of Deborah Logan
Christian Toto
The Taking of Deborah Logan or as it was originally called How Found Footage Nearly Wrecked a Solid Horror Romp 
2.5
Unlocking the Cage
Bill Chambers
The depiction of Wise s advocacy could use a little more urgency 
2.5
Unlocking the Cage
Chris Knight
Unlocking the Cage is an uneven journey that might have benefitted from standing back a step and taking a wider view of the issue 
2.5
Unlocking the Cage
Barry Hertz
The powerful filmmaking duo of Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker somehow turn Wise s quest into a compelling and noble tale no matter what your thoughts are on the views presented 
3
Unlocking the Cage
Soren Andersen
The picture is essentially a brief for Wise s case And as such it s as dry and uncinematic as a dusty legal document 
2
Unlocking the Cage
Tom Russo
It s a tricky narrative challenge to shift from inherently compelling wildlife scenes to abstract courtroom debate but the film manages it capably even spicing things up with one justice s admonition that Wise needs to cut his slavery analogies 
3
Unlocking the Cage
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is impeccably shot and paced but the radical real world implications of Wise s agenda are never fully explored 
2
Unlocking the Cage
Godfrey Cheshire
Polls show that public views of animal rights have also been evolving in recent years Wise obviously has reasons for optimism At least they re no longer barking at him 
3
Unlocking the Cage
Clayton Dillard
The problem isn t necessarily the tension between emotion and rationality but that the filmmakers do little to explore these dimensions as they arise 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Judith Egerton
That s just one of many reasons why I m reluctant to call Behind the Lines entertainment Propaganda MTV style might be closer to the truth 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Jeffrey Westhoff
Behind Enemy Lines crosses into the ugly side of patriotism 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Margaret A. McGurk
Works pretty well as long as you don t pay too much attention to what anyone says and just let the action sweep you along 
2.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ejemplo de un cine de accin fresco que buena falta le hace al mercado hollywoodense 
3
Behind Enemy Lines
Mark Dujsik
Flag waving claptrap a self congratulating mess of an action movie 
1.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Andrew Howe
This tiresome half baked game of cat and mouse is another case of too much formula too little talent 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
James Kendrick
The reigning philosophy here is if you can t make it good make it incoherent 
1.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Robert Roten
As an exercise in stunts action and special effects the film does well enough but it lacks the strength of characters and story to make it better than average 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Mick LaSalle
Oh no what will happen to Tom Cruise that might have worked Oh no what will happen to Owen Wilson just doesn t cut it 
1
Behind Enemy Lines
Tor Thorsen
Becomes just another ho hum evade the enemy cliffhanger 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Lou Lumenick
A slickly entertaining war movie that s sometimes striking sometimes silly but never ever boring 
2.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Liam Lacey
A highly competent if inflated action flick that offers us war from every vantage 
2.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Roger Ebert
Its hero is so reckless and its villains so incompetent that it s a showdown between a man begging to be shot and an enemy that can t hit the side of a Bos nian barn 
1.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Jay Carr
It s no more than recruiting poster deep 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Harvey S. Karten
A rip roaring flag waving gung ho war drama with a surprisingly effective turn by Owen Wilson
3
Behind Enemy Lines
Erik Childress
An unapologetic flag waving military action flick that just happens to suck really really bad 
0.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Walter Chaw
The film is an exhausting collection of airplane CGI Firefox style and heroic slow motion establishing shots with shutter staggered sprints through minefields 
1.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Ross Anthony
Some good action immature screenplay 
1
Behind Enemy Lines
Steven Rea
A sleek slick war movie that works as an adrenaline pumping action ride and as a great recruitment ad for the U S Navy 
3
Behind Enemy Lines
James Berardinelli
The premise is familiar and the storyline formulaic yet the execution is effective enough that it keeps us involved for the running length 
3
Behind Enemy Lines
Michael Wilmington
The Bosnian War becomes a video game Gene Hackman turns into a pseudo John Wayne and Owen Wilson and Vladimir Mashkov impersonate The Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Tony Toscano
Convoluted to the point of sheer stupidity 
.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Rob Blackwelder
the American masses seem to want our entertainment and our wars to be simplistic expeditious dangerously shortsighted and goal oriented to the point of tunnel vision 
2
Behind Enemy Lines
Steve Rhodes
A very timely movie it features some of the best aerial combat footage ever filmed 
3.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Jeanne Aufmuth
A stylistic ping pong match that nonetheless gives off great energy 
3
Behind Enemy Lines
Ed Gonzalez
Behind Enemy Lines is so effective as chest beating nationalism you might forgive the filmmakers for offensively turning a Bosnian grave site into a whacky set piece 
1
Ugly Ones
Roger Ebert
The Ugly Ones is a shoddy piece of merchandise intended no doubt to cash in on the popularity of sado masochistic Westerns 
1.5
The Torch
John Wirt
Buddy Guy the 85 year old blues star from Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana is the subject of two recent documentaries The newly released The Torch is a better account of Guys marathon rise to fame than last years oddly stilted PBS documentary 
3
The Torch
Sarah Knight Adamson
Farrells film not only gives us a history lesson of the Blues but it also serves as a love letter to the Blues and one significant musician the eight time Grammy winner Buddy Guy 
3
The Torch
Dwight Brown
This enlightening bio doc may not be the ultimate Buddy Guy movie but it s one his followers must see 
2.5
The Torch
Robert Daniels
The Torch despite its best intentions lights the way for no one 
1
The Torch
Mark Dujsik
Guy holds court in a way passing on history and funny stories and between the lines some lessons the next generation should heed 
3
Southlander
V.A. Musetto
Steve Hanft shot Southlander on digital video for what looks like 99 99 But who needs a big budget when you have a quirky script an energetic cast and a soundtrack that features Union 13 the Blondes Future Pigeon and Omega Man 
3
Southlander
Elizabeth Weitzman
Southlander does have enough energy and wit to make a solid music video But that leaves us with about 80 minutes too many 
1
The Holy Land
Robert W. Butler
A mixed bag 
2
The Holy Land
Phil Villarreal
A stimulating cinematic experience in every sense 
3
The Holy Land
Elias Savada
The Holy Land espouses love and sex and in the wrong or right places and doesn t flinch even if the story wanders off into an occasional dramatic desert 
3
The Holy Land
Rob Thomas
The flat dialogue and cardboard characters often undercut any social points that Gorlin seems on the verge of scoring 
2
The Holy Land
Chris Hewitt
An unholy mess 
2
The Holy Land
Ty Burr
Too many characters each too quickly drawn hobble the film s momentum 
2.5
The Holy Land
Jeff Vice
Gorlin supposedly based this material on some of his own experiences in Israel but it still seems overly familiar 
2
The Holy Land
Sean P. Means
Director writer Eitan Gorlin provides flashes of the dire straits of Jerusalem life but fails in the end to bring them together into a relatable or sympathetic story 
2.5
The Holy Land
Marta Barber
Fails to capture the anguish and struggles of an ultra Orthodox Jew adapting to a more secular world 
2
The Holy Land
Jonathan Curiel
The movie flounders in a way that calls too much attention to itself and is hurt by jarring and unbelievable plot twists 
2
The Holy Land
John Hartl
A fairly standard coming of age drama 
2.5
The Holy Land
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The passive hero and his strict Hollywood three act structure eventually give the film an all too ordinary tone 
2.5
The Holy Land
Jeanne Aufmuth
A foundation of acute yearning underscores a studied pathos 
2.5
The Holy Land
Steve Rhodes
An honest and touching examination of life s dichotomies in sex religion and politics 
3
The Holy Land
John Monaghan
A surprisingly poignant coming of age tale about a Yeshiva student s soul searching walk on the wild side 
3
The Holy Land
Vic Vogler
Gorlin lacks a coherent recipe for his savory ingredients 
2.5
The Holy Land
Steven Rea
The performances from Rehany and Semel resonate and the depiction of a community and a country where conflict and comradeship collide in unexpected ways is deeply revealing 
3
The Holy Land
Joshua Tanzer
Setting out to be deliberately provocative The Holy Land splits into 3 pseudo controversial movies each less dangerous than one well conceived story could have been 
2
The Holy Land
Allison Benedikt
The things these characters say to one another the fakery in their interactions deflates scene after scene 
2
The Holy Land
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Gorlin offers little reason for the sexpot to fall for the geek or for Mike to befriend Mendy 
1
The Holy Land
Elizabeth Weitzman
Masterly coming of age drama 
3
The Holy Land
Jan Stuart
The actors and the flavorful Holy Land settings lend oomph and a level of exoticism to an oft told tale of youthful disillusionment 
3
The Holy Land
David Sterritt
The acting and directing are uneven but many scenes have strong emotional and political power 
3
Dr. No
Matt Brunson
The first movie to feature Ian Fleming s iconic secret agent seems almost quaint when compared to the pictures that followed but that s hardly meant as a knock 
3.5
Dr. No
Austin Kennedy
The film geek in me wants to praise it but the film critic in me wants to expose its flaws I still have a soft spot for it but if I m being truly honest it s kind of lackluster 
2.5
Dr. No
Peter Canavese
The Bond series developed a winning formula and this prototypical adventure featured many elements that stuck Blu ray 
3.5
Dr. No
David Nusair
a fine cinematic introduction to the world s most famous secret agent 
3
Dr. No
Steve Rhodes
In an age where this genre of show often degenerates into a special effects extravaganza it is refreshing to see one like Dr No where brains can be characters salvation 
3.5
Dr. No
James Berardinelli
While it may appear tame by the standards of the later productions it s an entertaining look back in movie history at a project that developed into a worldwide phenomenon 
3
Dr. No
Scott Nash
This is Sean Connery at his best 
4
Use Me
Roger Moore
Intriguing use of the form but basically a mockumentary thriller that works only when it s mocking 
2
Cement Suitcase
Frank Ochieng
Suitcase has an off kilter winning spirit that soars above its quirky pathos Infectiously witty irreverent and bouncy Castaneda s nifty narrative takes a charming approach to spotlight one young man s dalliances in wine and life lessons decline 
3
Path of Blood
Rex Reed
Regardless of your politics this is a film that cannot fail to move your sense of humanity It is hair raising 
3
Path of Blood
Keith Watson
The film in effect positions young jihadis less as fervid bloodthirsty psychopaths and more as dumb kids at summer camp 
1.5
Path of Blood
Roger Moore
Chilling al Qaeda at work and play documentary that feels like pay for play Saudi image polishing selectively editing history in a Hey look OUR PRINCES were victims too spin
2
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
Matt Brunson
Those seeking something different will want to check it out 46 
3
Class of 1984
John Beifuss
The title suggests an Orwellian nightmare but this extremely efficient and gleefully alarmist exploitation hit owes less to Big Brother than to Blackboard Jungle 
3
Class of 1984
Matt Brunson
Director coscripter Mark Lester films this for maximum cathartic impact tapping into viewers thirst for justice and revenge against these disreputable brats as thoroughly as the filmmakers behind such eye for an eye yarns as Death Wish and The Crow 
3
Class of 1984
Dustin Putman
As socially conscious as Class of 1984 is the film s greater aim is as a crowd provoking albeit well made exploitation pic 
2.5
Class of 1984
Eric Henderson
An allegory in which the subtext out bullhorns the text itself 
2
Class of 1984
Roger Ebert
Class of 1984 is not a great movie but it works with quiet strong efficiency to achieve more or less what we expect from a movie with such a title It is violent funny scary contains boldly outlined characters and gets us involved 
3.5
Perpetuum Mobile
Kent Turner
An incisive and starkly satiric portrayal of a mother and her grown son living in a screw or be screwed Mexico City
3
Rikky and Pete
David Nusair
a hard movie to entirely dislike 
2.5
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
Ty Burr
In inviting us along to peek into the life filmmakers Kerthy Fix and Gail O Hara don t give us quite enough about the art 
2.5
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
Walter V. Addiego
Overall this is a nice introduction to an amiably dour tunesmith who once wrote that all art aspires to the condition of Top 40 bubblegum pop 
3
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
Jesse Cataldo
Of the million potential roads a documentary can take the narrow intimate route explored in Strange Powers seems like one of the least economical 
2.5
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
V.A. Musetto
No matter your take on Merritt s persona there s no denying that he s a unique musician whose songs such as Papa Was a Rodeo and Living in an Abandoned Firehouse With You are worth discovering As is this film 
3
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story
David Nusair
the movie is so over the top and one sided that it s hard to ever really take it seriously 
2
Day of the Dead
Brian Eggert
Romero called Day of the Dead his favorite of his films It s certainly his most challenging 
3.5
Day of the Dead
John Beifuss
Demonstrates you don t need to be bombed back into the stone age when you can reach that state by exercising your own stupidity The subterranean setting is the tip off While the zombies evolve the humans devolve almost literally into cave men 
3.5
Day of the Dead
Mike McGranaghan
An indisputable classic 
3.5
Day of the Dead
Matt Brunson
Largely missing is the primal horror of the first film and the sharp satire of the second yet what remains isn t bad at all 
3
Day of the Dead
Walter Chaw
at once the most hopeful and the most melancholy of the trio 
4
Day of the Dead
Roger Ebert
Maybe Romero whose original movie was a genuine inspiration hasn t figured out anything new to do with his zombies 
1.5
Wolves
Calum Marsh
This as you ve doubtless guessed is all quite silly And occasionally charming too in its wilfully old fashioned way 
2
Wolves
Simon Abrams
The kind of pleasantly eccentric werewolf coming of age story that should be seen as the third billed title in a horror movie marathon When viewed on its own one can t help but wonder who Wolves was made for 
2
Wolves
Linda Barnard
Wolves limps along with a clunker of a script and unremarkable effects 
1.5
Wolves
Rex Reed
I m through with silly lovesick vampires Bring on the werewolves 
2.5
Wolves
Roger Moore
Great effects a few laughs hot werewolf sex and Jason Momoa as the heavy Not bad for a silly werewolf movie 
2
Wolves
Carson Lund
The cinematographic approach of the film suggests some unholy hybrid of the aesthetic and genre indulgences of Michael Bay and the hyper literalist plot construction of Christopher Nolan 
2
Romulus, My Father
James Berardinelli
For all that it s well made and expertly acted the film keeps its audience at arm s length letting viewers observe without offering an emotional portal of entrance 
2.5
Romulus, My Father
Peter Hartlaub
It s not clear what we re supposed to take away from the film 
2
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Peter Canavese
Blackout comedy for the Comic Con set the nerd s Laugh In all in good fun 
3
The Way
Brandy McDonnell
The Way offers an array of life affirming spiritual messages that will resonate with filmgoers of different faiths and walks of life 
3.5
The Way
Linda Cook
Emilio Estevez directs a road trip movie with a different twist The characters are all walking The Way refers to the Camino de Santiago de Compostela a Catholic pilgrim s journey that reaches 550 miles across France and northern Spain 
3
The Way
Roger Moore
Easygoing touching and a nice vehicle for Martin Sheen
3
The Way
Phil Villarreal
The Way is a worthy effort and a sign that Estevez may yet emerge as an excellent filmmaker 
3
The Way
Jordan Hiller
Between the sprightly soundtrack the sensational on location shoot the anchoring performance by Sheen and the methodological freedom permitted so that Avery s pilgrimage can naturally take its course The Way immerses body and soul 
3.5
The Way
Rick Groen
Okay since the destination is preordained what does the script do en route Estevez s answer is two fold minor episodic adventures incessantly repeated montages 
2
The Way
Bruce DeMara
Estevez takes full advantage of the beautiful mountain scenery dramatic skies and ancient architecture to give us moments of quiet wonder 
3
The Way
Mick LaSalle
With The Way writer director Emilio Estevez has made a respectable failure 
1
The Way
Cathy Jakicic
I m guessing more than a few moviegoers will lace up their hiking boots for their own pilgrimage 
3
The Way
Chris Hewitt
It s more about the journey than the story in The Way and what a pleasant trip it is 
3
The Way
Rich Heldenfels
Earnest and thoughtful with a fine performance by Martin Sheen at its center 
3
The Way
Kenneth R. Morefield
It s not just a good film because of its subject matter or in comparison to some other more overtly self conscious and self proclaiming Christian films It is a great film period 
4
The Way
Calvin Wilson
The Way might have been a bit more eventful Still it s good company 
3
The Way
Ann Hornaday
A sensuous expansive hymn to travel and transformation in a movie that honors earthly pleasures as readily as it contemplates higher things 
3
The Way
Lou Lumenick
There s nothing startlingly original about Estevez s screenplay yet it has a modesty you seldom see when Hollywood tackles spiritual subjects 
3
The Way
Mark Dujsik
There is certainly no way a documentary about father Sheen and son Estevez walking the Camino de Santiago would be less interesting than this drivel 
1
The Way
Peter Travers
Open yourself up to this thoughtful moving personal adventure and you re in for a uniquely memorable experience 
3
The Way
Steven Rea
A heartfelt project scrappy and engaging The Way has its way with audiences despite not because of its sentimental excess 
3
The Way
Ty Burr
The dialogue in The Way is sincerely platitudinous and Estevez has less of an idea about where to put the camera than when he started two decades ago He is how to put this not a good director 
2
The Way
Michael Phillips
Charlie Sheen Estevez s brother is nowhere in sight though there are times the film could use a shot of tiger blood 
2
The Way
Brett Michel
A treacly inspirational drama 
2.5
The Way
Roger Ebert
It s a sweet and sincere family pilgrimage even if a little too long and obvious Audiences seeking uplift will find it here 
3
The Way
Matt Pais
Should have been reserved for Estevez family gatherings only 
1
The Way
Andrew Schenker
There s little in The Way that doesn t succumb to platitudinous conceptions of spirituality or lowest common denominator filmmaking 
1
The Way
Roger Moore
It s a plucky film that covers a lot of ground and uncovers this wonderful ancient ritual that people of many faiths and from all walks of life take on 
3
The Way
David Nusair
the film s pervasively pleasant atmosphere is heightened by Sheen s winning performance and a frequent emphasis on scenery that s nothing short of breathtaking 
3
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Linda Barnard
The New Corporation finds the corporate world s self interest streak remains robustly unchecked 
3
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Kate Taylor
Cutting together searing interviews with cleverly edited imagery the film Canadian but often focusing on the U S is right up to the minute deftly including COVID 19 and Black Lives Matter 
4
Gridlock'd
Mal Vincent
Gridlock d is a major social comedy waiting to happen 
2.5
Gridlock'd
Margaret A. McGurk
Written and directed by actor Vondie Curtis Hall the film blends savvy and sour mash humor with bone deep sadness that recalls predecessors as varied as After Hours and Trainspotting 
3.5
Gridlock'd
Peter Stack
The film seems so fresh it s almost possible to forget that it is a fraud in its description of the culture of hard drugs 
2
Gridlock'd
Rick Groen
The movie s appeal lies largely in its capacity for surprise riffing off tired characters and pooped genres to produce intermittently at least a fresh new tone Call it junkie humour 
3
Gridlock'd
Marty Mapes
Tupac Shakur turned in an excellent final performance 
2.5
Gridlock'd
Chris Hicks
The film does occasionally lapse into silly slapstick and caricature but most of the way this is a tough funny and scary cautionary tale 
3
Gridlock'd
James Berardinelli
Gridlock d is refreshing because it s different The subject matter isn t new but the approach and tone are 
3
Gridlock'd
Roger Ebert
This is grim material but surprisingly entertaining and it is more cause to mourn the recent death of Shakur who gives his best performance as Spoon a musician who wants to get off drugs 
3
Gridlock'd
Steve Rhodes
Gridlock d is a seemingly low budget film that covers the same ground as Trainspotting but not as imaginatively 
1.5
Gridlock'd
Michael Dequina
The film is often quite funny deftly walking the thin line between the harrowing and the hilarious 
3.5
Weapons
Ray Greene
What this childish wallow was doing in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance only Robert Redford s minions know 
0
That Darn Cat
Mal Vincent
Of questionable taste is a running gag in which tires are regularly punctured and automobiles vandalized 
2
That Darn Cat
Susan Wloszczyna
The script trips all over itself to be hip and flip before it takes a desperate dip into utter conventionality dull car chases explosions inept slapstick 
2
Loudmouth
Steven Prokopy
lt i gt Loudmouth lt 47 i gt is a profile of a man who knows that if someone is going to put the microphone in your face 44 you better have something important to say 46 
3.5
Loudmouth
Michael O'Sullivan
There is little in the film that offers insight into what makes him tick as a person 
2.5
The Goddess
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ruan s performance is so heartrendingly pure that the film is almost unbearable to watch 
3.5
Eboli
James Kendrick
testament to how no matter how seemingly extensive the differences among us we can always find some kind of connection
3.5
Eboli
Pat Brown
The film is humanistic exploration of Italy s southern problem and a thorough indictment of nationalist and imperialist agendas 
3
The Last Winter
Rob Thomas
The movie could use a little more juice in the scare department but overall it s a pretty clever way to repackage the global warming threat for the average audience 
2.5
Heist
Brad Wheeler
Everything is dully routine with characters much too composed in volatile situations to be believed 
1.5
Heist
Kyle Smith
As throwbacks go it s more bearable than shoulder pads 
2
Heist
Tom Keogh
Caught between genre potboiler and would be human drama Heist doesn t have a mark to hit But it leaves some good impressions 
2.5
Heist
Richard Roeper
Heist goes from lousy to even worse The screenplay is so clunky not a single cast member manages to sound believable Familiar likable actors from Kate Bosworth to Gina Carano to Morris Chestnut are buried under an avalanche of awful 
0
Heist
Chris Knight
Heist like the kids game Mouse Trap has plenty of moving parts but a simple set up And like a lot of criminals it thinks and acts like it s smarter than it is 
2
Heist
Peter Howell
It almost requires belief in magic and high tolerance for hokum to buy this whopper of an action picture But here s where good acting builds empathy and defeats cynicism 
2.5
Heist
Chuck Bowen
Scott Mann s Heist gets by on chutzpah growing more diverting with every ludicrous plot twist 
2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Matt Soergel
Satisfyingly Astin s Sam grows the most here coming into his heroic own His big eyes gazing adoringly and beseechingly at the tormented Frodo speak volumes about loyalty and bravery 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael Smith
For all its mythic metaphorical weight The Return of the King and its two predecessors finally speak to the dignity and humanity of the smallest among us And the best movie masterpieces have always been made of such common stuff 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Leah Rozen
I m still not as blissed out by this trilogy as are hardcore fans of the J R R Tolkien novels or filmgoers who revel in endless battle scenes Still this end chapter is as visually spectacular with its mythological creatures as movies get 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jay Antani
If this wasn t quite the best movie of 2003 it was definitely the most fun to be had at the movies all year
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Joe Lozito
This is a filmmaker in the grandest tradition of the word 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Kam Williams
An absolutely absorbing finale which establishes the trilogy as perhaps the best mythic fable ever brought to the big screen 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Garth Franklin
A truly cinematic experience that you ll find practically impossible to forget and a more than fitting end to one of the greatest film franchises ever made 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bill Chambers
An incurable film until such time as Peter Jackson is moved to shorten its deadening coda
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Forrest Hartman
If every film were this spectacular theaters and movie studios could raise ticket prices by 5 and I wouldn 8217 t feel cheated 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Dan Webster
By this point Jackson has proven himself a master at wielding both a huge story line and cast not to mention overseeing special effects that must make George Lucas take pause 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Austin O'Connor
Jackson s greatest achievement may well be that the best most enduring moments arrive in small moments of truth 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una obra maestra que se ha ganado un lugar como uno de los puntos más altos en la historia del cine Gracias señor Jackson por habernos devuelto la capacidad de soñar 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Travers
Pops your eyes excites your senses and brings you in as close as a whisper for scenes of startling emotion 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Greg Maki
The Return of the King is not only the best of the trilogy but also one of the most amazing pieces of entertainment to grace the big screen 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
David N. Butterworth
Marred somewhat by overlength occasional silliness and cloying characters LOTR3 is nevertheless a technical marvel and a fitting end to a one of a kind series 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ian Mantgani
Ultimately this journey has been about the endgame and now that we re here we get a shattering sense of all that is at stake 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mark Dujsik
Brings one word repeatedly to mind overwhelming
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Frank Ochieng
masterfully compelling inherently grand vibrant inviting and whimsically overwhelming packs an urgent sense of vitality into this third installment purely magnetic
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sara Michelle Fetters
And if ultimately The Return of the King isn t quite the thrilling conclusion we were all quite hoping for it is still very much a rousingly successful end to what may be the most accomplished and satisfying movie trilogy of all time 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
David Nusair
The movie s refusal to end will likely test the patience of even the most ardent Lord of the Rings fan and it s a shame that the series ends on such a flat note 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Tony Toscano
is not only one of the best pictures of the year but combined with its two previous films it is possibly the most rewarding movie events ever 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Linda Cook
Not for the faint of heart or weak of bladder The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King is a majestic finale 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
James Kendrick
Grandly epic in scale yet deeply human in emotion a fitting capstone to one of modern cinema s greatest gambles 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jonathan W. Hickman
This is a glorious film and I gave my entire self to it whole heartedly without reservation 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Kevin A. Ranson
fans shouldn t mind seeing multiple endings since there will be no sequels for this timeless trilogy 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Nick Rogers
It sets so many standards for filmmaking in its overwhelming epic wash that many similar attempts in the future will seem like pretenders to the throne 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mike McGranaghan
Now that the ending has been presented I am able to look back and realize just what an extraordinary filmmaking accomplishment Lord of the Rings has been 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bob Bloom
Peter Jackson and his crew have outdone themselves completing the trilogy with a sweeping epic filled with wondrous effects blood curdling battles and heart 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Wesley Lovell
Push the term fantasy aside This is one of history s greatest epics and a brilliant conclusion to history s best and most consistent trilogy 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jonathan R. Perry
The Lord of the Rings saga ends as it began with elegant simplicity and heart 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
David Sterritt
An uneven movie with yawns aplenty 
2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Something of a minor miracle 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Dustin Putman
To say that The Return of the King is this already classic trilogy s paramount achievement is to understate things 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Matt Brunson
Ultimately this final act belongs to the ring bearer and his equally diminutive companions This is a movie of expensive visual effects and expansive battle scenes but when it comes to truly making its mark we have to thank all the little people 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
David Keyes
The movie truly is the most amazing visual spectacle ever seen on celluloid 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Timothy Knight
This sweeping and marvelously entertaining adventure is the work of a prodigiously gifted filmmaker operating at the very top of his creative powers 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Robert W. Butler
It leaves us with precisely the same feelings of sadness and satisfaction as are evoked by J R R Tolkien s original novels 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Chris Knight
Jackson has done a fine job taking an immensely dense book and crafting a brilliant new look for a mythology that was born old 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Duane Dudek
This time around the same jaw dropping spectacle that previously was stunning is outright magnificent here made exhilarating by the impending sense of closure 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Alastair McKay
The best thing about The Return of the King is Ian McKellen who lends Shakespearean gravitas to his portrayal of the weary wizard 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Glenn Whipp
Every bit as extraordinary as the series first two installments 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
James Verniere
This is Jackson s greatest achievement his uncanny ability using every old and new cinematic trick in the book to translate Tolkien s words into otherworldly yet eerily familiar images 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael Sragow
As the final chapter of essentially a single 10 hour movie it has a narrative beauty and a sublime ensemble performance that put it in a class by itself 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jon Niccum
The most ambitious AND most flawed of the series 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Liam Lacey
A movie for our time perhaps for all time mostly a good time and definitely a long time 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jeff Vice
Even the weakest of these movies is head and shoulders above the vast majority of films churned out these days 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lisa Kennedy
Confirms Jackson s reputation as a kinetic director who has made author J R R Tolkien s work his own not as plagiarist but as a visionary 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Roger Ebert
Return of the King is such a crowning achievement such a visionary use of all the tools of special effects such a pure spectacle that it can be enjoyed even by those who have not seen the first two films 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Josh Larsen
I didn t know movies could get this big 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Sobczynski
Still a pretty stirring epic and is a worthy conclusion to the saga 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Kit Bowen
With a sweeping narrative mind blowing battle sequences and gut wrenching performances could there be a grander finale to a classic epic Not in this millennium 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Erik Childress
Epic filmmaking in the achievement scales of Ben Hur Gone with the Wind and Lawrence of Arabia 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ross Anthony
This is a long film not to be squeezed in but rather planned for Best screened on a light day Big action amazing visuals but not without flaws 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Chris Hewitt
Has energy and power particularly in a battle scene highlighted by spectacular shots of catapulting boulders 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Joe Baltake
Insanely spectacular and never less than absorbing The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King not only fully celebrates J R R Tolkien s classic literary work but fully explains Jackson s outsized obsession with bringing it to the screen 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sean P. Means
It will be a long time before we see a movie event as visually epic and emotionally gripping as these three movies have been 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Glenn Kenny
Peter Jackson and his armies of actors and technicians have managed to do what the Wachowski brothers and George Lucas could not make a perfect trilogy 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael Szymanski
As the journey comes to an end it s hard as a movie buff to think of anything on the movie horizon that could be more exciting and well executed than Return of the King 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even if The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers had not preceded it Return of the King would rank among the greatest achievements of cinema 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Moira MacDonald
A rich layered tale of a king a wizard and two little hobbits whose courage saved their world 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Steven Rea
The trilogy is by any measure a crowning moment in cinema history So why is the final installment less than awesome 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Marty Mapes
Looking at the sum of its parts The Lord of the Rings is probably the best trilogy ever made
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Rene Rodriguez
A movie that exceeds even the most formidable expectations without straying from its singular path 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Terry Lawson
It not only stands as fantasy filmmaking on a peak of previously unscaled proportions it now officially takes its place in the Great Hall of Movie Mythology the place we return to again and again to share our dreams 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lawrence Toppman
Return is the equal of the magnificent opening episode The Fellowship of the Ring 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ty Burr
Audiences who don t have halberds to grind and who possess rear ends of steel and a taste for declamatory heroics will find themselves rewarded 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
John Beifuss
Yes good triumphs over evil but watching the Rings series we don t forget that real life war and terror are accelerating outside the theater 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mick LaSalle
A grand adventure with lots of fun things to look at 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
James Sanford
Jackson does a superb job of wrapping up the saga of the battle for Middle earth you can t help but gasp at the sheer spectacle of it all 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Rob Blackwelder
Jackson s vision and his capacity for bringing it to life are unquestionably worthy of very high praise but I never got the mind blowing Wow I d wanted 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Glenn Lovell
Combines the best moments of Fellowship and Two Towers and brings the Arthurian trilogy to a rousing satisfying finish 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Chauncey Mabe
A grand richly achieved fantasy epic that exalts such previously uncool virtues as honor loyalty self sacrifice and chivalry 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Claudia Puig
The jewel in the crown of the masterful trilogy 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Steven Snyder
Here in scenes of quiet emotion devastating violence sweeping chaos and tranquil hope is a profound conclusion to an unforgettable trilogy the best American trilogy ever made 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
John Anderson
Jackson closes his trilogy with a movie far more humorous good natured and emotionally engaging than its predecessors 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lou Lumenick
Towers above its predecessors with cleaner storytelling and a more satisfying balance between terrific acting and eye popping effects 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jack Mathews
Director Peter Jackson can lay claim to one of the greatest achievements in film history 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael Wilmington
Both profoundly moving and deeply satisfying 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Phil Villarreal
Will undoubtedly last through the decades as one of the most ambitious and mind blowingly successful celluloid projects ever undertaken 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
James Berardinelli
An experience of epic scope and grandeur amazing emotional power and relentless momentum 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Walter Chaw
Sometimes intoxicating occasionally exhilarating 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jeanne Aufmuth
An immense achievement founded on the enduring themes of loyalty destiny and hope 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Steve Rhodes
Such a stunning achievement by Jackson that it s hard to believe that he could ever be able to surpass it even if he make a hundred more films 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ed Gonzalez
More goose pimply epic swirl and top notch Uruk hai smackdowns but there s also more of the dreamy Christian allegory that highlighted the first film 
3.5
'Til Madness Do Us Part
James Lattimer
Tenderness is both an approach and a coping mechanism in Til Madness Do Us Part There s compassion to be found in even the harshest of circumstances it s all about knowing where to look 
3.5
Standing on Fishes
David Nusair
Both lead actors are charismatic enough to keep us interested even through some of the more dull portions 
2.5
Returning Mickey Stern
Jan Stuart
High shtick content Enter these waters at your own risk 
1.5
Returning Mickey Stern
Megan Lehmann
Returning Mickey Stern barely gets off first base although the quaint Fire Island setting makes it easy on the eye 
1.5
Liar's Dice
Roger Moore
A gem of a movie that would have been lost in the shuffle had it not been for Netflix 
3
Look Both Ways
Rachel Wagner
This is a fun idea and I enjoyed it 46 
3.5
Look Both Ways
Jeffrey M. Anderson
apos Look Both Ways apos manages to make the baby reality look exhausting and miserable 44 while the challenges of the glamorous L 46 A 46 reality are pretty paltry by comparison 46 
2.5
Look Both Ways
Steven Prokopy
Whatever Path Your Life Takes 44 May it Lead You Away from the Dull 44 Uninspired Multiverse Rom Com Look Both Ways 46 
1.5
Look Both Ways
Erik Childress
Ironic how the film ignores the growing lack of options of a woman with dreams becoming pregnant in Texas but then optimistically suggests that whatever choice is afforded to her everything will turn out just fine 46 
1.5
Look Both Ways
Richard Roeper
Reinhart is utterly endearing 
3
Look Both Ways
Josh Bell
Finds multiple ways to make the same person apos s life uninteresting 46 
1.5
Look Both Ways
Mick LaSalle
The movie may be as convincing as a dark toupee on a 100 year old head but it s not without appeal It flows easily The situations are interesting in a general sort of way And Reinhart is a pleasant person to be around for 100 or so minutes 
2.5
American Beauty
Josh Larsen
a particularly embittered entry in the suburban satire genre 
1
American Beauty
Dennis King
American Beauty wields its title as a double edged sword as a profoundly harsh and ironic assertion of misplaced values and wasted lives on one side but as a subtle statement of hope and kindness on the other
4
American Beauty
Ann Hornaday
A tightly coiled rage seethes beneath the pretty surface of American Beauty a wickedly funny black comedy directed by newcomer Sam Mendes 
4
American Beauty
Scott Nash
Kevin Spacey is the greatest actor of his generation hands down no contest 
4
American Beauty
John Hartl
Alan Ball s script is a terrific piece of material and Mendes responds directly to its subversive provocative vision of a curdled American Dream 
4
American Beauty
David Sterritt
Disturbing bleak thought provoking 
3
American Beauty
Leah Rozen
Beauty is never less than fascinating and always visually stunning 
4
American Beauty
Ed Gonzalez
It s daring in that it sympathizes with a protagonist who s a pederast though its portrait of an American family on the brink of collapse is essentially a cartoon
2.5
American Beauty
Joe Lozito
Recently Happiness and Election have taken pot shots at suburban morals and ethics but none has hit so close to the bone and so on target as American Beauty 
3.5
American Beauty
Walter Chaw
It s like Norman Bates getting good advice from Mother 
2
American Beauty
Wesley Lovell
An incisive if over the top take on familial dysfunction 
3.5
American Beauty
Phil Villarreal
Above all American Beauty is about finding peace and a sense of wonder in the least likely of places such as your inner torment or failing that perhaps a floating plastic bag 
4
American Beauty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dark intelligent scandalous emotional and truthful one of the year s best 
4
American Beauty
Judith Egerton
Like Network in the 1970s and Ordinary People in the 80s American Beauty is a scathing reflection of contemporary American life 
4
American Beauty
Margaret A. McGurk
An uncompromising sometimes uncomfortable but utterly exhilarating movie easily the best yet this year 
4
American Beauty
Jeffrey Westhoff
Mendes has assembled American Beauty from other groundbreaking films His ambition lies in the way he presents American Beauty as a modern version of the major films he copies 
2.5
American Beauty
Edward Guthmann
A great tremendously entertaining experience I only wish there were more films this satisfying 
4
American Beauty
Rick Groen
This is definitely a knife to the heart movie the kind whose potent effect is easy to feel yet hard to describe 
3.5
American Beauty
Peter Travers
The kind of artful defiance that Hollywood is usually too timid to deliver a jolting comedy that makes you laugh till it hurts 
4
American Beauty
Andrew Howe
A film which turns the microscope on the human condition in all its ragged glory 
3.5
American Beauty
Jorge Avila Andrade
Belleza Americana es el espejo de una sociedad que ha querido vivir engañada durante décadas y que ahora comienza a despertar a la realidad
3.5
American Beauty
James Kendrick
a visually extravagant entrancingly dark comedy about how people fall apart and build walls of angst between each other
4
American Beauty
Michael Dequina
Wildly funny and unpredictable 
4
American Beauty
Steve Rhodes
Kevin Spacey s work in the movie is the best film acting that he has ever done 
4
American Beauty
Emily Blunt
A heart breaking retching touching intestine churner 
4
American Beauty
Ian Mantgani
I think it unfolds as a profound masterpiece then collapses in a muddle of probably unintentional certainly unnecessary pessimism 
3
American Beauty
Madeleine Williams
Bening s performance is nothing short of exhilarating 
4
American Beauty
Dustin Putman
American Beauty is a devastating motion picture of unconceivable power 
4
American Beauty
Cornell & Petricelli
Bravo and roll out the Oscar nominations 
4
American Beauty
Susan Stark
American Beauty brings a bracing blend of cunning insight and compassion to the drama of a suburban family coming apart 
4
American Beauty
David Keyes
The movie is an impressive achievement yes but not always a deep and effective one 
3.5
American Beauty
Robert Roten
It s a black comedy that s supposed to be about the hollowness of the American dream but in fact it reveals the moral and intellectual bankruptsy of Hollywood 
3
American Beauty
Marty Mapes
There are six main characters and another half dozen smaller parts in American Beauty All of them are well written and well acted 
3.5
American Beauty
David N. Butterworth
There are times when American Beauty feels like it might be toppling over into melodrama but Mendes grabs the reins and reels his actors in generating power and a lot of perspiration in the process 
3
American Beauty
Bob Bloom
An original a tour de force exhibition of acting missing from the movie screen so far this year 
3.5
American Beauty
Mike Clark
American Beauty is a singular accomplishment so specifically keyed to Spacey s talents that it mandates going out on a limb to say it contains the performance that will ultimately be regarded as the one 
4
American Beauty
Roger Ebert
American Beauty is a comedy because we laugh at the absurdity of the hero s problems And a tragedy because we can identify with his failure 
4
American Beauty
Jeff Vice
The obvious star is Spacey who makes Lester such a human character that you can t help sympathizing with him despite the many embarrassing gestures on his part 
3.5
American Beauty
James Berardinelli
Mendes can stake a claim alongside the likes of Kubrick and Egoyan as one whose cinematic vision both challenges and entertains 
3.5
American Beauty
Michael Wilmington
It s a picture with a great cool shiny surface and it boasts superb actors witty and iconoclastic writing vigorous and imaginative direction and brilliantly stylized cinematography 
3.5
American Beauty
Rob Blackwelder
Astounding 
4
American Beauty
Carrie Rickey
Because the film s visual conception and most of its performances have such disturbing power in dreamlike fragments American Beauty is able to burrow inside the cliche to understand how it came to be 
3
American Beauty
Robert Payne
Though the film is outrageously entertaining its relentless struggle to find social relevance becomes so heavy handed that it leaves you feeling sucker punched 
2.5
American Beauty
Rod Dreher
American Beauty is a flat out masterpiece surely the best movie of the year indeed an all time classic 
4
American Beauty
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Beauty is certainly adept at showing how awful life in the United States is at the moment and that s what gives it some bite But it s no less adept at taking that awfulness and making it pleasurable to watch and that s what makes it entertaining 
3
Godspeed
Lou Lumenick
The location Sarah Palin s beautiful old stomping ground of Wasilla Alaska is the main attraction in Robert Saitzyk s talky and overwrought melodrama 
1
Godspeed
Ed Gonzalez
Suggests Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood but without the gallows humor or eye for regional detail 
2
The Iron Giant
Matt Soergel
This is sharp sophisticated stuff appreciated on different levels by both parents and children and even those who are neither The film has impish humor great adventure and more than a few thrills 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Chris Kaltenbach
The Iron Giant has a great heart and I loved its evocation of the days when good old Superman as uncomplicated a superhero as ever existed was the height of cool 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The Iron Giant isn t a Cold War allegory so much as an Americana fairy tale 
3
The Iron Giant
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Great animation and a great title character will appeal to the kids while the sharp wit whacky antics and kid friendly messages will appeal to the adults 
4
The Iron Giant
Steven Rea
A cool unique looking animated feature the Ike era design elements make for great eye candy director Brad Bird s tale of a small town boy and his outer space robot is hip and entertaining without pandering or condescending to the kiddie set 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Outstanding 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Walter Chaw
Has never failed to bring a tear to my secretly patriotic eye 
4
The Iron Giant
Matt Brunson
This touching parable derives much of its strength from a striking visual design and a welcome pacifist stance that sticks it to NRA nuts 
3
The Iron Giant
Jim Shelby
This is a handsome piece of engaging animation from a studio other than Disney That in itself is worth a look The kids will love it 
3
The Iron Giant
Doug Saunders
One of those rare films that will hold the attention of children in the 6 to 12 age range without insulting the intelligence of the adults who accompany them 
3
The Iron Giant
Jorge Avila Andrade
Un clsico en la historia de los dibujos animados que el tiempo se encargar de poner en el sitio de honor que merece
3.5
The Iron Giant
James Kendrick
A surprisingly smart thoroughly entertaining animated fable that actually makes you think 
3
The Iron Giant
Steve Rhodes
Motion pictures can and should be about more than special effects and gross humor The Iron Giant is a start 
3
The Iron Giant
Susan Wloszczyna
Attention parental units We are happy to report there is intelligent life in feature animation beyond planet Disney 
3
The Iron Giant
Susan Stark
With its austere look and the absence of music The Iron Giant is something new arresting and quite wondrous in the way of animated movies 
4
The Iron Giant
Jack Mathews
The animation is superb the computer animated monster cuts an awesome figure and Hogarth is as amiable a hero as Huck Finn 
4
The Iron Giant
Rod Dreher
The writing is vivid and bright the voicing accomplished and the storytelling emotionally satisfying 
2.5
The Iron Giant
Roger Ebert
Imagine E T as a towering metal man and you have some of the appeal of The Iron Giant an enchanting animated feature about a boy who makes friends with a robot from outer space 
3.5
The Iron Giant
James Berardinelli
The reason for The Iron Giant s success isn t hard to discern it has to do with the writing The script is crisp smartly paced intelligent and emotionally satisfying It recalls the strengths of E T without the weaknesses 
3.5
The Iron Giant
John Hartl
The animation isn t as fancy as in say Disney s Tarzan but the storytelling is more satisfying 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Mark Caro
Animated films excel in conjuring up colorful fantasy worlds but few evoke an actual time and place as vividly and playfully as The Iron Giant does 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Peter Stack
Heart and tenderness are rare in cartoon movies 
3
The Iron Giant
Madeleine Williams
The characters are well conceptualized and a few computer aided shots are quite breathtaking 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Ross Anthony
More of a buddy film than an animated action flick but kids will absolutely love it and they ll be going home chewing on a valuable chunk of heavy mental 
3.5
The Iron Giant
James O'Ehley
It is truly charming and moving without so much as a hint of overt sentimentality 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Marc Fortier
The front runner for best animated film of the year 
3.5
The Iron Giant
David Sterritt
Easily the summer s funniest and cleverest animated feature 
3
The Iron Giant
Dustin Putman
I ll take Disney s superior animated entertainment Tarzan over this any day of the week 
2
The Iron Giant
Shay Casey
A film that s enjoyable for both children and adults alike 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Michael Dequina
A superbly entertaining film for the entire family but what makes it transcendent is how deeply it is able to touch its audience 
4
The Iron Giant
Bob Bloom
Warm and touching 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Rob Blackwelder
The most extraordinary the coolest Hollywood cartoon since the genre was revived 10 years ago 
3.5
The Iron Giant
Greg Dean Schmitz
It comes close enough to matter and for me to recommend 
3
The Iron Giant
G. Allen Johnson
There s a fascination with new technology in animation from the cartoon like CGI effects in live action movies to Pixar but The Iron Giant goes retro and establishes itself as an instant classic 
3.5
Under the Shadow
Shane Slater
Anvari effectively gives the impression of both a literal and metaphorical hell on earth 
3
Under the Shadow
Josh Larsen
Apparently women should be covered at all times even if djinn are chasing them 
3
Under the Shadow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Under the Shadow cannily uses a fairly standard if also expertly staged ghost story to obsess over a character driven story arc involving issues of marriage motherhood religious fundamentalism and feminism 
4
Under the Shadow
Mark Dujsik
Director Babak Avarni s screenplay is especially effective in how it uses this scenario as a way to dissect superstitious beliefs 
3
Under the Shadow
Sheila O'Malley
There is no escape for characters or audience Under the Shadow is unnerving in the extreme 
4
Under the Shadow
Mike McGranaghan
It tries to be both a political allegory and a horror movie never quite finding a way to meld the two together smoothly Consequently this is a film more easily admired than enjoyed 
2.5
Under the Shadow
Kyle Smith
A tightly controlled chiller that carries a whiff of mother daughter horror classics such as Poltergeist and The Exorcist 
3
Under the Shadow
Elise Nakhnikian
The film s horror is spookily and movingly expressive of the tenuous position of women in 1980s Iran 
3
Tetris
Rene Sanchez
Despite its interesting story and Taron Egerton apos s commendable performance 44 it lacks the originality that characterized its source of inspiration 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
Tetris
Richard Roeper
Taron Egerton fits perfectly into story of the classic game s origins 
3
Tetris
Daniel M. Kimmel
Even if you 8217 ve never played Tetris 44 8220 Tetris 8221 successfully lines up all the complicated pieces of the story into an entertaining whole 46 
3.5
Tetris
Ty Burr
It settles down into an engagingly paranoid 8 bit variation on Bridge of Spies 
2.5
Tetris
Kevin Carr
An excellent mix of 8 bit nostalgia 44 80s pop culture 44 and reality 46 46 46 with a healthy dose of Hollywood liberties 46 
3
Tetris
Steven Prokopy
Taking a whole lot from The Social Network with a sprinkling of Argo 44 Tetris didn 8217 t have any trouble convincing me why I should care about these characters 44 but it did struggle at times to actually make me do so 46 
2.5
Tetris
Mark Meszoros
Doing relative justice to a very interesting story 44 Tetris is a vaguely entertaining way to spend a couple of hours 46 But you 8217 d have more fun playing the game 46 
2
Tetris
Michael Medved
Almost as captivating as the game 46 46 46 Egerton plays such an obsessed 44 audacious protagonist that you stick with him through all the 40 sometimes hard to follow 41 twists and turns 46 
3
Tetris
Anne Brodie
How did the launch of a video game involve international cloak and dagger espionage 44 games 44 murder 44 billionaires 44 nerve shredding chases 44 escapes 44 hits and threats 44 and the inhumane policies of the Cold War era Soviet Union 63 This is strong stuff 46 
3
Tetris
Sonny Bunch
Triumph of the neoliberal will 46 
3
Tetris
Mark Dujsik
There apos s a superficiality to Tetris that makes it cold 44 no matter how odd and intriguing the story it apos s telling may be 46 
2
Tetris
Roger Moore
An equal parts playful and suspenseful yarn in the hands of the director of 8220 Filth 8221 and 8220 Stan amp Ollie 44 8221 Jon S 46 Baird 46 
3
Tetris
Randy Myers
Tetris is rather irresistible from beginning to hopped up end It s almost as fun to watch as it is to play the game 
3
Tetris
Nina Metz
The movie s focus on Henk s point of view feels like a miscalculation 
2
Tetris
Leo Brady
Tetris is part thrilling and engaging 44 focused on the battle for global rights ownership for the game that would have gamers flipping blocks for their own entertainment 46 
3
Tetris
Mick LaSalle
To some degree Noah Pink s screenplay deserves credit for taking an arcane business story and rendering it entertaining But the story gets so extreme and unlikely in the movie s last half hour that it becomes easy to separate fact from fiction 
2
Tetris
Joey Magidson
Tetris is the offbeat origin story you never knew you wanted 46 It apos s not as addicting as the game 44 but it apos s a solidly good time 46 
3
Tetris
Brian Eggert
Even though the film remains simplemindedly capitalistic and limited in its characters 8217 ambitions 44 Tetris is fast paced and deliriously watchable 46 160 160 160 160 
2.5
Tetris
Steven Nguyen Scaife
There 8217 s a riveting story somewhere in Tetris about the crumbling of the Soviet Union and the stranglehold of capitalism on 8217 80s culture 44 but the film never quite locates it 46 
1.5
Tetris
Michael O'Sullivan
On the smaller stage it s a classically heartwarming underdog story 
2.5
Tetris
Brian Tallerico
The cinematic blocks just don 8217 t fall into place 46 
2
If These Walls Could Sing
Robert Daniels
Captures the soul and the earworm tunes that emanated from the studio apos s surroundings with an endearing ease 46 
2.5
The Abyss
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet mostly rewarding drama 
3.5
The Abyss
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The attempt to extract the essences of several genres cold war submarine thriller love story Disney fantasy pseudomystical SF in the Spielberg mode and mix them together ultimately leads to giddy incoherence 
2
The Abyss
Michael Dequina
What was once a well made well acted mess is now a very poignant and satisfying sci fi adventure 
4
The Abyss
James O'Ehley
Brilliant at sustaining tension and interest 
4
The Abyss
James Kendrick
a rare film big budget Hollywood entertainment on a grand scale that is able to seamlessly incorporate many levels of meaning into an entertaining experience 
4
The Abyss
Bill Chambers
If the 1989 cut is a thrill ride then the 1993 revamp is a frequently wrenching emotional roller coaster 
2.5
The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Kam Williams
A chilling reminder of why John Lennon once wrote a song entitled Woman is the N word of the World 
4
Les Misérables
Brian Eggert
Hooper brings an appropriate sense of grandness to the musical 91 46 46 46 93 but overall 44 the creative choices call more attention to how it was made and distract from the powerful story 46 
2.5
Les Misérables
Mattie Lucas
This is the kind of show that demands to be seen live and no amount of cinematic spectacle can replace a Broadway production 
3
Les Misérables
Kelly Jane Torrance
If your Christmas must include streets soaked in blood alongside bawdy dishonest but so amusing innkeepers Les Miserables is certainly the holiday movie for you 
2
Les Misérables
Linda Cook
A gorgeous film if not quite a classic Les Misérables is a beautiful interpretation of the stage production based on the Victor Hugo novel Not surprisingly it s a sight to see and it s directed by Tom Hooper who helmed The King s Speech 
3.5
Les Misérables
Jeffrey Westhoff
Those who don t know the story going in will be lucky if they know it going out 
2.5
Les Misérables
Jordan Hiller
The issue with a motion picture reproduction of the musical is not whether the songs will be spectacular or whether nostalgia will play a role the issue is whether director can capture the play s epic scope and whether the cast was up to the challenge 
2.5
Les Misérables
Walter Chaw
It s ugly in the way that only films driven by fanatical vision unfettered by checks and galvanized by awards and money can be ugly
1
Les Misérables
Roger Moore
Here it is Occupy Movement The Musical Les Miserables preaching economic revolution the downtrodden rising up against the wealthy few and a police force hellbent on defending the status quo
3.5
Les Misérables
Matt Brunson
Les Miserables is hampered by Crowe s feat Fortunately Jackman is potent in the leading role and it s nice to see Hollywood taking advantage of his versatility Yet the showstopper is Hathaway who s tremendous as Fantine 
2.5
Les Misérables
Mick LaSalle
At the heart of the Les Misérables movie was a good idea that just didn t work out this time The idea was that the actors should sing their songs live on camera 
2
Les Misérables
James Kendrick
works emotionally even when it stumbles aesthetically
3
Les Misérables
Peter Canavese
A mixed bag of suitable and not so suitable choices On balance though it s about as compelling a screen version of Les Mis as we have any right to expect Pop a dramamine and you ll be fine 
3
Les Misérables
Rob Thomas
Good thing that Les Miserables wasn t filmed in 3D Audience members in the first few rows might have requested a sneeze guard 
3
Les Misérables
Scott Nash
Likely to evoke love it or hate it sentiments and I loved it 
4
Les Misérables
Ann Hornaday
It lives in that kinda sorta okay not great this worked that didn t in between for which words like better and worse fall woefully short 
2.5
Les Misérables
Stephen Whitty
A few hours watching this adaptation and you may be one of the miserable ones too 
2
Les Misérables
Joe Williams
Fans of the franchise will greet Les Misérables as a feast for the senses but the rest of us are left with crumbs 
2
Les Misérables
Duane Dudek
The period production design is intricate and evocative And although the screenplay about characters linked by fate likely owes a debt to the original production it is structurally and dramatically sound 
3
Les Misérables
Wesley Morris
After 2 1 2 hours the movie s become a bowl of trail mix you re picking out the nuts you don t like and hoping the next bite doesn t contain any craisins 
2.5
Les Misérables
Austin Kennedy
Despite the shaky start I found it to be an emotionally fulfilling epic musical featuring outstanding performances from the ensemble cast 
3
Les Misérables
Willie Waffle
Anne Hathaway as Fantine is absolutely 100 amazing She s so good I almost forgot that I hate her 
3.5
Les Misérables
Jeff Beck
The result is not only one of the best musical adaptations to come along in the last few years but also the best film of 2012 
4
Les Misérables
Chris Hewitt
If it s not quite the movie version that fans have been longing for it is good enough that they wouldn t want to miz it 
2.5
Les Misérables
Gary Thompson
The songs in Les Miz are big emotional missiles meant to carry their three hanky payload to the very back row to bend around the pillars offering obstructed views 
3
Les Misérables
Christine Dolen
An engaging version of a sweeping epic an enduring tale of romance sacrifice and heroism 
3
Les Misérables
Kirk Baird
The gorgeous art direction and sweeping cinematography by Danny Cohen elevate the filmmaker s vision of Les Misérables as something greater than a rehash of the musical 
2.5
Les Misérables
Claudia Puig
Victor Hugo s grim but redemptive classic novel is given resplendent new life on the big screen 
3.5
Les Misérables
Steven Rea
If you love Les Mis the stage musical my guess is you will love what Hooper and his bustling company have done 
3
Les Misérables
Rafer Guzman
This is a big story with big themes based on Victor Hugo s really big novel about love law and revolution in 19th century France Yet somehow Les Misérables isn t the major movie event it should be 
2.5
Les Misérables
Robert Trussell
The actors particularly Jackman Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne carry the day despite Hooper s often claustrophobic camera angles and occasional bursts of mincemeat editing 
3
Les Misérables
Mark Dujsik
This is an underwhelming adaptation but the film is executed with a unique admirable approach and ultimately is a solid with reservations arrangement 
3
Les Misérables
Bob Bloom
Director Tom Hooper has traded the soaring voices of the stage presentation for a concept incorporating dramatic interpretations of the songs that while not as vocally exhilarating as Broadway makes this transition more cinematically palatable 
3.5
Les Misérables
Phil Villarreal
While there s some value in making a slavish adaptation of a near universally beloved stage musical sticking to all the trappings of the play is a sure path to making the film feel like a translation rather than a similarly inspired production 
2.5
Les Misérables
John Beifuss
Offers proof yet again that the Hollywood musical has become almost a lost art like lye soap and cursive handwriting 
2
Les Misérables
Lisa Kennedy
Jackman is in his element here mastering the space where acting and singing meet head on 
3.5
Les Misérables
Peter Travers
No one expects gutsy filmmaking in a musical But that s just what King s Speech Oscar winner Tom Hooper delivers in Les Misérables Damn the imperfections it s perfectly marvelous 
3.5
Les Misérables
Moira MacDonald
This isn t a great movie musical but it s a good one with a couple of truly transcendent performances 
3
Les Misérables
John Wirt
Likely to be this year s biggest inspiration for tears shed in movie theaters Les Misérables is a suitably tender sad and stirring adaptation of the beloved stage musical 
3.5
Les Misérables
Peter Howell
Les Misérables sings so desperately for its Oscar supper it makes you want to scoop it up in your arms like Jean Valjean cradling the wretched Fantine 
2
Les Misérables
James Berardinelli
While successfully opening up the musical far beyond the limitations of a theater bound production Hooper retains its heart and soul 
3.5
Les Misérables
Liam Lacey
A productive experiment an epic scaled weepie an exercise in sincere kitsch and perhaps too easily dismissed a rare modern movie about the wretched poor a traditional subject of interest at this time of year 
3
Les Misérables
Betsy Sherman
Hooper bets heavily on his cast and mostly wins 
2.5
Les Misérables
Lou Lumenick
It s worth seeing the movie for Hathaway alone 
3
Les Misérables
Michael Phillips
I didn t like it 
1.5
Les Misérables
Matt Pais
If you think a musical can t make you feel something or if on the nose lyrics can never resonate Les Miserables is the movie to change your mind 
3.5
Les Misérables
Mike McGranaghan
A lush engaging take on the tale filled with strong performances of both the musical and the dramatic variety 
3.5
Les Misérables
Josh Larsen
a Les Miserables inspired by Christina Aguilera s Voice for better and for worse 
3
Les Misérables
Eric Melin
A punishing movie adaptation from director Tom Hooper that may very well prove to be the adult equivalent of the Twilight series 
.5
Les Misérables
Dustin Putman
Instead of cheering and wiping away tears at the end it leaves one deflated as he or she ponders the ways this translation has gone wrong 
2
Les Misérables
Karen D'Souza
It s hard to resist the movie s wrenching sense of intimacy 
3
Les Misérables
Wesley Lovell
A sweeping musical spectacle filled with wonderful performances and a keen political awareness 
4
Les Misérables
Christy Lemire
It is enormous and sprawling and not the slightest bit subtle But at the same time it s hard not to admire the ambition that drives such an approach 
2.5
Les Misérables
Calum Marsh
One would be hard pressed to describe this despite the wealth of beauty on display as anything but an ugly film shot and cut ineptly 
1
Sollers Point
Joe Friar
We engage with the characters but don t necessarily align ourselves with any of them We observe in a non judgmental fashion 
3
Sollers Point
Christopher James
Rather than conjuring sympathy for our protagonist the film wallows in his rut 
1.5
Sollers Point
Rex Reed
The screenplay is naturalistic and the lead actor holds attention but the film is too long and inconsequential to make much of a lasting impact as Keith meanders through his daily routines 
2
Sollers Point
Michael O'Sullivan
What Sollers Point accomplishes is a singular balancing act compensating for the mood of heavy discouragement with only the slenderest thread of hope 
3
Sollers Point
Chuck Bowen
The film is a moving and elusive blend of naturalism and melodrama less a character study than an analysis of a community 
3.5
Sollers Point
Chris Kaltenbach
The journey is everything in Sollers Point By film s end you understand that life and hopefully growth goes on There s real beauty in coming to grips with that 
3.5
Sollers Point
Nick Allen
Sollers Point is more bland and shapeless than any clearly empathetic project should be 
1.5
Sollers Point
Roger Moore
Gritty intimate and meandering ex con gets his life back tale that makes great use of Baltimore locations 
2.5
Sollers Point
Max Weiss
You sense the futility in rooting for him but you do all the same 
3.5
Thirty Day Princess
David Nusair
an amiable little comedy that undoubtedly benefits from the charisma of its two leads 
2.5
Unrest
Anita Katz
As often happens with video diaries the film is limited in scope But it is still an engrossing and important documentary that convincingly demonstrates that ME is real and gives voice to people whose homebound condition makes them largely invisible 
3
Unrest
Glenn Kenny
This is jaw dropping stuff made more profoundly disturbing by the fact that so little is known about the disease 
3
Tower of London
Matt Brunson
Tower of London won t be confused with Shakespeare but it s a fairly diverting historical epic 
2.5
American Fango
Roger Moore
A deathly dull coming to America romance that never gets out of its own way 
1
Max Payne
Matt Brunson
Imagine The Constant Gardener after a frontal lobotomy and that s basically Max Payne in a nutshell 
1
Max Payne
Linda Cook
As revenge films go Max Payne is a little less than average 
1.5
Max Payne
David Hiltbrand
Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video game roots even as it transcends them 
3
Max Payne
Wesley Lovell
A thrill less video game adaptation 
1
Max Payne
Mike McGranaghan
Watching Max Payne is painful to the max 
1.5
Max Payne
Austin Kennedy
Every shot every edit is well thought out But in the end I didn t care about anyone 
2.5
Max Payne
Wesley Morris
The filmmakers aim their cynicism more at us than at any government or drug company 
1
Max Payne
Chris Hewitt
It snows one day in Max Payne rains like crazy the next and then it snows again But any way you slice it the movie s all wet 
1.5
Max Payne
Dustin Putman
That the freaky angels all over the ads aren t even real is akin to if audiences had flocked to see Jurassic Park back in 1993 and discovered that the dinosaurs only appeared in a couple brief dream sequences 
1.5
Max Payne
Claudia Puig
You can t help but wonder where the fine actor in The Departed and even Invincible has gone It s not been a good year for Wahlberg First The Happening and now this 
1.5
Max Payne
Rob Salem
Maybe somebody decided the movie was already so convoluted and leaden that throwing in a few swooping screeching valkyries could only help They do not 
1
Max Payne
Ted Fry
A movie that cares much more for poetic choreography in explosive gunfights than gaping lapses of logic in a flimsy crime narrative 
2.5
Max Payne
Peter Travers
Max just drags on as it drags you down If you stay and watch the endless end credits there s a short scene that hints a sequel is coming That s what I call real pain 
1
Max Payne
James Berardinelli
Maybe fans of the game will be okay with the cinematic adaptation but for those who aren t new to Max and his world this isn t an impressive introduction Clunky action chaotic plotting and embarrassing dialogue are not ways to impress newcomers 
2
Max Payne
John Anderson
Mark Wahlberg who has proved himself a very capable actor seems to have nominated himself for the Russell Crowe Lack of Charisma Award and is running a pretty convincing campaign 
2
Max Payne
Kyle Smith
A weak little sister to Sin City 
2
Max Payne
Glenn Whipp
Director John Moore pays homage to the video game by pushing the slo mo button during action sequences in a fashion that would make John Woo weep tears of sorrow He s not the only one 
1
Max Payne
Jason Heck
It s stylishly directed by John Moore and his actors don t embarrass themselves despite the iffy premise 
2.5
Max Payne
Rick Groen
Max Payne game or movie has precious little to say 
2
Max Payne
Jeff Vice
The few thrills it does have are outweighed by its rather dumb plotting and an overly familiar sense of style 
2
Max Payne
Rossiter Drake
Give Max Payne the modest credit it deserves It s a gloriously dumb over the top slice of convoluted pulp fiction and far more entertaining than I would have expected 
3
Max Payne
Michael Phillips
Honestly you find yourself rooting against Payne s survival even with a good actor in the hollow role There s nothing inside the film s sour slovenly spirit of vengeance 
1
Max Payne
Michael Sragow
Andy Samberg s imitation of Marky Mark as Barky Bark is vastly more amusing than Wahlberg s latest action vehicle 
1.5
Max Payne
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing is nothing more than an extremely well designed and wonderfully shot shooting gallery and if that s your cup of tea then you ll certainly drink your fill with this one 
2
Max Payne
Russ Breimeier
Simply terrible An insult to gamers and action fans Frankly it doesn t even deserve notoriety as one of the year s worst it deserves to be forgotten 
.5
Max Payne
Larry Ratliff
Wahlberg packs the talent to add depth to most roles In this one though he does little more than mope around and blast away video game style in this barrage of rapid fire 
2.5
Max Payne
Daniel M. Kimmel
Visually compelling and with a cast willing to make the effort so that we ll take it seriously this is a solid action film 
3
Max Payne
Mick LaSalle
A critic can stay alert through movies that would put elephants into comas but I doubt most people will stay awake for Max Payne 
1.5
Max Payne
Willie Waffle
Did Wahlberg read the script or was it hidden under the pile of money that the producers dropped at his door step 
0
Max Payne
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s excellent design and mood almost almost outweigh the stupid story 
2
Max Payne
David Nusair
Max Payne joins Fox s steadily increasing roster of entirely ineffective action pictures alongside such underwhelming disappointments as Hitman and Live Free or Die Hard 
1.5
Max Payne
Nick Schager
This action saga is driven into unintentionally self parodic territory only a seven year old boy could reasonably stomach 
1
Still Life
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Much of Still Life has a commentary for any and all individuals looking to express themselves 
3
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Michael Dequina
Coolidge and Berry have an obvious affection and passion for this movie trailblazer and the film they have made is an accordingly respectful tribute 
3
A Lonely Place to Die
Glenn Lovell
a small find Plucking ideas from Deliverance The Most Dangerous Game and half a dozen North Face adventures the Gilbeys have fashioned one of the year s more unnerving thrillers
3
The Go-Getter
Peter Howell
The transition from the slopes of Sundance to the hard streets of everywhere else is the artistic equivalent of the bends 
1.5
The Go-Getter
Peter Travers
Director writer Martin Hynes shapes his first movie into something emotionally truthful painfully funny and vibrantly alive 
3.5
The Go-Getter
Glenn Whipp
It s a great premise and the movie rarely disappoints OK we didn t need the song and dance number but still Hynes has style to spare and storytelling chops The low key Go Getter is well worth discovering 
3
The Go-Getter
Rick Groen
A fairly well made picture that s just been fairly well made too many times before a knock off of a thousand other knock offs 
2
The Go-Getter
Ed Gonzalez
Behold indie rock hipsters The Go Getter the cinematic navel lint from which She Him crawled out to produce the almost cruel monotony of Volume One 
2
The Power of Nightmares
Ken Fox
Curtis weaves a satisfying explain it all narrative which like any good conspiracy theory provides considerable comfort for those who fear the world really is as unknowable as the neo cons have warned 
3.5
The Power of Nightmares
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though his bias is obvious Curtis does his homework getting the most damning evidence from interviews with the neocons themselves 
3
The Power of Nightmares
John Anderson
Curtis The Power of Nightmares finds that the basis of 21st century political power is fear And for nearly three hours he makes it very hard to argue it s not 
4
The Penalty
John Beifuss
Demonstrates the wonder and value of pre digital moviemmaking For all intents and purposes Chaney is a legless man in The Penalty and the film is a documentary record of this impersonation 
3
The Penalty
Emily Blunt
The Penalty is by far one of the greatest unsung achievements of ber legend Lon Chaney
4
We Think the World of You
Roger Ebert
It is wise and perceptive about human nature and how the undeserved unrequited love of an animal is sometimes so much more meaningful than the crabbed grudging selfish terms that are often laid down by human beings 
3
Venomous
David Nusair
feels like one of those cheesy TBS disaster movies 
1
Venomous
Walter Chaw
It looks like Tremors proceeds like Outbreak and stops in Slither territory with all the tissue rejection such a union predicts 
0.5
The Devil Doll
Matt Brunson
This enjoyable film allows Lionel Barrymore the chance to go the Tootsie route 
3
Stop and Go
Sean P. Means
If we re going to have movies about the COVID 19 pandemic let them be as funny and as charming as Stop and Go a light and bouncy comedy that shows that talent and chemistry can compensate for zero dollars in the production budget 
3
Stop and Go
Roger Moore
Infectiously funny 
3
Stop and Go
Michael Frank
The film remains breezy containing enough laughs to sustain your attention but not enough drama to keep you away from checking your phone It s another entry in the rapidly increasing ledger of pandemic fueled comedies 
2
Stop and Go
Joey Magidson
Recovery has the ability to find humor in a horrid situation Call Everton and Meek deserve kudos for that 
3
Transformers
Mattie Lucas
Bay manages to tap into the child in all of us despite the film s awkward form and ridiculous script 
2.5
Transformers
Rossiter Drake
Transformers is a loud unsophisticated testament to the visceral thrills of effects driven mayhem 
2
Transformers
Greg Maki
The action scenes are too chaotic to be exciting 
1.5
Transformers
Kyle Smith
I challenge you to name another movie about an alien robot come to save the world while disguised as a yellow Camaro Isn t it just an intergalactic Herbie the Love Bug 
2
Transformers
Wesley Lovell
For a Michael Bay action film Transformers was surprisingly entertaining and not as heavy handed 
3
Transformers
Joe Lozito
Who better to make the ultimate boys with toys movie than the world s most gleefully destructive filmmaker Michael Bay 
3
Transformers
John Wirt
When it s not too far over the top or redundant Transformers is a fun summer movie ride 
2.5
Transformers
David N. Butterworth
It s got action romance incredible CGI convincing performances a loud and lively musical score way cool robots and an adorable Chihuahua in a cast What s not to like 
4
Transformers
Maitland McDonagh
The average Hollywood action picture is aimed at 12 year olds of all ages but Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg s feature length come on for Hasbro s much loved toy series and its spin off cartoons video games and comics aims even lower 
2
Transformers
James Hebert
It s a Hasbro ad It s a Chevy commercial It s a pitch for Homeland Security A pretty ineffective one 
1.5
Transformers
James Hart
The die hard old fans should be happy 
3
Transformers
Brandon Fibbs
An overwhelming and indistinguishable deluge of flying wreckage sporadic explosions and gnarled heaps of metal 
1.5
Transformers
Lori Hoffman
forgive me if Transformers the movie strikes me as rather mechanical 
2
Transformers
Linda Cook
Is it a commercial or an action movie You could go either way with Transformers 
3
Transformers
Sean McBride
a kick butt action film with nearly non stop action and amazing computer generated special effects 
3
Transformers
Michael A. Smith
in doing so Bay has crafted one of the best action movies of all time 
3.5
Transformers
Mike McGranaghan
Hell may have frozen over Not only has Michael Bay directed a movie that works he has directed one of the most satisfying films of the summer This is the cinematic equivalent of washing down a mouthful of sugary candy with a bottle of Mountain Dew 
3.5
Transformers
Tyler Hanley
As a fan of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon and Hasbro toys the film is based on I was saddened to see characters I grew up with transformed into a corporate ad tool 
2
Transformers
Eric Melin
It fulfills every teenage boy s fantasy to make out with a hot girl on your talking Camaro while a giant friendly robot watches over you 
3
Transformers
Nick Rogers
Given the combined involvements of Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg call it a Ka Blamblin production filled with many jaw dropping marvels Eventually this vehicle runs on fumes but only because it revs the gas so hard and so well for so long 
3
Transformers
Bob Bloom
Transformers is long and loud and should not be compared with some dramatic work Just let it stand on its own and transform you into a kid for a couple plus hours 
3
Transformers
Ross Anthony
Kids may just love this film But for adults there s not much of a story And what little story there is eventually devolves into virtual nonsense 
2
Transformers
Forrest Hartman
A big dumb special effects laden action flick 
2
Transformers
Matt Brunson
Even folks who wouldn t know a Transformer from a Teletubby can expect to have a good time at Transformers which easily emerges as the biggest surprise of the summer thus far 
3
Transformers
Daniel M. Kimmel
Maybe if you spent a lot of time playing with the toys you d instantly recognize the robots For the uninitiated it s merely CGI creatures hitting each other 
2
Transformers
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly Bay actually subdues his usual attention deficit style for this sometimes rewarding science fiction action thriller 
2.5
Transformers
Duane Dudek
Transformers isn t a movie it s a software program into which quirky personality has been inserted like a line of computer code 
2.5
Transformers
Pam Grady
A high octane symphony of machine battling machine and stuff blowing to pieces 
3
Transformers
Kam Williams
Gets this critic s seal of approval as another overblown Michael Bay extravaganza for it succeeds in bringing a cornucopia of beloved robots to life for a concatenation of epic battles worthy of a bombastic summer blockbuster 
3.5
Transformers
John Beifuss
At one point Bumblebee essentially urinates on an annoying federal officer It s hard to believe Bay or Spielberg think this is funny This is pandering at its worst and it reveals a lack of respect for the audience kids and adults alike 
2.5
Transformers
James Rocchi
Transformers is supposedly about robots who turn into cars and back again what it s really about is big Hollywood turning money into stupid and back again
0
Transformers
Larry Ratliff
When the humans slow things down and they do Bay cranks up the Gobots excuse me Transformers for earth shattering battles that pound the ground mightily 
3
Transformers
James Sanford
Admirers of great special effects will find plenty to appreciate But for every truly funny joke and admittedly there are a few there are a dozen duds 
2
Transformers
Phil Villarreal
Although the film can t quite eclipse the glorious Saturday morning cartoon silliness of the 1986 animated Transformers movie it more than stands its ground 
3
Transformers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the sheer ineptitude of Transformers there s a crassness behind it that s even more disturbing 
1.5
Transformers
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is as much fun as much of it is if I m going to go to the theater for bubblegum I ll take the visceral real world thrills of Live Free or Die Hard over this any day 
2.5
Transformers
Willie Waffle
it s the transformation of robots that will blow your mind Add that to the eye popping robot smackdowns and good old fashioned car chases and you have a movie that is going to get your blood pumping and your heartbeat racing
3
Transformers
Erik Childress
There is no scope to Bay s big city battle no one WOW moment that will have people talking and no more excitement than watching the implosion of an old building on TV 
1.5
Transformers
David Nusair
Logic suggests that even the most inept filmmaker would have a hard time turning a movie about enormous fighting robots into an unwatchable and flat out dull piece of work but that s precisely what Michael Bay has done with Transformers 
1
Transformers
Carrie Rickey
While Bay succeeds in creating a seamless mix of computer generated effects with live action the real treat of his film is the flesh and blood LaBeouf He is LaBomb 
3
Transformers
James Berardinelli
For Transformers fans I suppose this is a dream motion picture For everyone else it s a nightmare 
1.5
Transformers
Sean P. Means
After Bay piles on a dozen action scenes your brain may feel pummelled Not that your brain had anything to do in the previous two hours 
2.5
Transformers
Peter Hartlaub
Transformers is way better than anyone could have expected from Michael Bay the director who gave us Armageddon and Pearl Harbor 
3
Transformers
Lisa Rose
A dizzying summer adventure Transformers is a film to worship for its set pieces and chastise for its inscrutable storytelling 
2.5
Transformers
Lou Lumenick
An uneven overlong and at times overbearing flick 
2
Transformers
Elizabeth Weitzman
There is so much action packed into every second of Transformers that by the time it s over you may be tempted to go outside and give the box office another 10 bucks 
3
Transformers
Rene Rodriguez
The most surprising thing about Michael Bay s much anticipated blockbuster bound Transformers is how funny the movie is I don t mean funny in an unintentional Pearl Harbor kind of way 
3
Transformers
Bruce Newman
As a movie Transformers is mostly muscle car but it has enough of a brain under its hood to know how and when to be funny 
3
Transformers
Tom Keogh
An unexpectedly witty and exciting movie quick on its feet 
3.5
Transformers
Glenn Whipp
An overly long repetitive jumble of a movie that isn t nearly as much fun as it should be 
2
Transformers
Amy Biancolli
In this tricked out retake on the much loved contraptions director Michael Bay brings his usual chest thumping combustive bombast but he also brings some clever pacing and a genuinely snappy wit It is not all stupid and not all loud 
3
Transformers
Liam Lacey
Taken for what it is a crowd rousing summer blockbuster inspired by a children s mechanical toy Michael Bay s Transformers is some kind of mess terpiece 
2.5
Transformers
Terry Lawson
An unexpected summer surprise Not only is it full of way cool machinery epic robot fights and mind dazzling effects it also has more than its quotient of actual wit and fun 
3
Transformers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Whatever chance Transformers might have been a decent movie disappeared the moment Bay was hired to direct 
2
Transformers
Steve Rhodes
If you love playing with action figures Transformers is made for you Otherwise this loud and ridiculous film is more likely to be painful than enjoyable 
2
Transformers
Chris Hewitt
Director Michael Bay appears to have neither a sense of timing nor an awareness that as a movie draws to its conclusion simple logic suggests it s time to put a move on 
2.5
Transformers
Michael Phillips
In Bay s world which is more about metal than people every action sequence must be edited like a cinematic seizure and every extreme telephoto image must be jammed headlong into the next 
2.5
Transformers
Roger Ebert
It s goofy fun with a lot of stuff that blows up real good and it has the grace not only to realize how preposterous it is but to make that into an asset 
3
Transformers
Peter Howell
The visual effects are marvellous and the acting is better than it needs to be in a film of this nature 
2.5
Transformers
Lawrence Toppman
I came away convinced I d had the most sheer loud fun of any blockbuster in a summer that has delivered too little of that quantity 
3
Transformers
Wesley Morris
The effects are put to brilliant use Bay even allows the humans their humanness too elsewhere John Turturro and Anthony Anderson are very funny in smallish parts and Julie White steals the movie 
2.5
Transformers
Claudia Puig
Though it s at least 20 minutes too long and uneven dramatically the acting is sharp and it features some of the most spectacular action and effects sequences of any movie of its kind 
3
Transformers
Peter Canavese
A sort of Ambien No Doz cocktail likely to send all but fanboy brains into self protective shutoff mode 
1
Transformers
Mark Dujsik
Probably the worst computer generated special effects driven summer blockbuster to ever disgrace the screen 
0.5
Transformers
Matt Pais
All you can do is grin shake your head and let Transformers steamroll you into having a blast 
3
Transformers
Josh Larsen
You might as well be watching a car compactor at work in a junkyard 
2
Transformers
Nick Schager
Transformers is so hot and bothered over its reassembling robots that it can barely muster the energy to develop even an up front text that makes sense 
1.5
Transformers
Dustin Putman
A melting pot of astonishing ineptitude Amazing how hundreds of millions of dollars can go into making a finished product that doesn t offer one solitary second of wonder momentum tension or authentic emotion 
.5
Transformers
Walter Chaw
Like so many of Bay s films Transformers suffers from a form of cinematic prostatitis 
1
Striking Distance
David Nusair
Striking Distance s failure is in the end especially disappointing given the first act s effectiveness and potential 
2
Striking Distance
Peter Canavese
Like the box of generic corn flakes Striking Distance isn t so terrible but you ll forget it the second you re done with it Blu ray 
2
Striking Distance
Chuck O'Leary
A troubled production reshoots release date postponements that turned out to be surprisingly watchable 
3
Striking Distance
Michael Dequina
Fails to deliver anything remotely original 
1
Striking Distance
Roger Ebert
Striking Distance is an exhausted reassembly of bits and pieces from all the other movies that are more or less exactly like this one 
1.5
One True Thing
Maitland McDonagh
Carl Franklin s understated direction keeps the tears and life affirming revelations from congealing into chicken shmaltz for the soul 
3.5
One True Thing
Margaret A. McGurk
Brings extraordinary honesty and keen emotional pitch to the family drama 
3.5
One True Thing
Rick Groen
A well oiled machine manufactured to tap our welled up ducts 
3
One True Thing
James Kendrick
Instead of being just about coping with cancer it tells an interesting story about a young woman coming to terms with the fact that her parents are not who she always thought they were 
3
One True Thing
Steve Rhodes
In a time when most movie families are hopelessly dysfunctional it is refreshing to see one that doesn t quite fit the mold 
3.5
One True Thing
Michael Dequina
Zellweger and especially Streep both bring their roles to vivid life with a multi dimensional blend of warmth vulnerability and underlying strength 
3
One True Thing
Rob Blackwelder
One True Thing has the most honest layered and authentic family dynamic of any American movie in recent memory 
3
One True Thing
Mike McGranaghan
Franklin is a rare undeniable talent whose special abilities again shine through 
4
One True Thing
Jeff Vice
Streep manages to transcend the material and outshine her other fellow cast members to such a degree that you wish they and the material were at least as good as she is 
3
One True Thing
Mick LaSalle
Streep shines 
4
One True Thing
David Sterritt
Heartfelt acting and imaginative filmmaking transform soap opera into an affecting screen experience 
3
One True Thing
James Berardinelli
Although the plot rarely excels the actors bring enough to their roles to transform this motion picture into a satisfying weeper 
3
One True Thing
Roger Ebert
It is the craftsmanship that elevates One True Thing above the level of a soaper 
3
The Happy House
Dustin Putman
The Happy House is nothing if not a fresh mixture of colorful characters questionable manners and rusty suddenly new again horror conventions 
2.5
The Happy House
Chuck Bowen
D W Young navigates his varying moods with an ease that s particularly impressive for a director making his feature debut but he never capitalizes on his ability to coax down our guard 
2.5
the Dread (El espanto)
Federico Furzan
A great visit into a dark corner of superstition It s curious at first But it gets very disturbing once details are shown Full review in Spanish 
4
With All Deliberate Speed
V.A. Musetto
It s a great concept but it s done in by an unfocused and uninspired presentation 
1.5
With All Deliberate Speed
Elizabeth Weitzman
Speed doesn t boast much in the way of innovative storytelling What it does offer is a story that still badly needs to be told 
2.5
With All Deliberate Speed
Ty Burr
The film is at its most quietly powerful when telling the story of a group of African American high school kids who took their discontent to the highest court in the land 
3.5
With All Deliberate Speed
Roger Ebert
America moves imperfectly toward the goal of equality but because of Brown vs Board of Education it moves 
3
With All Deliberate Speed
Paul Sherman
It deserves a place alongside such other essential civil rights documentaries as Eyes on the Prize and Freedom on My Mind 
3.5
With All Deliberate Speed
David Sterritt
Straightforward and informative but overlong and repetitious 
3
With All Deliberate Speed
Robert K. Elder
As a document of his history it s breathtaking inspiring stuff As an overlong documentary it still manages to be inspiring but also an uphill viewing experience 
2.5
Two Gods
Zaki Hasan
It maps out a world where flawed people do the best they can not always succeeding but finding value and worth in the effort itself 
3
Two Gods
Robert Daniels
An intimate lyrical exhumation of the cycles that haunt Black youth and the challenge of putting to rest old habits 
3
Two Gods
Roger Moore
Sympathetic if somewhat diffuse haphazard 
2.5
Answer This!
David Nusair
a curiously misguided piece of work that squanders the talents of an undeniably strong group of performers 
2
Hellraiser
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director David Bruckner crafts a good looking 44 competent film 44 better than at least eight of the other Hellraiser movies 44 but disappointingly conventional 46 
2
Hellraiser
Erik Childress
Bruckner 8217 s reimagining of the Cenobite lore amounts to little more than additional puzzle box configurations 44 once again failing to explore the central kinks of its pleasure 47 pain afficionados and instead stretches its running time instead of nerves 46 
1.5
Hellraiser
Brian Eggert
The remake may recast and redesign the hellish pleasure fiends for a new generation of horror buffs 44 but the Cenobites remain up to their old tricks 46 
2
Hellraiser
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough endeavor that unquestionably 44 at the very least 44 fares better than all of the original movie 8217 s awful sequels 46 
2.5
Hellraiser
Peter Canavese
Not as hardcore as the in your face 44 bloody 44 gory 44 sweaty 44 dirty 44 puss y 44 oozing 44 festering 44 nightmarish 1987 original 44 but still honors Clive Barker apos s concept with a stronger 44 more interested in world building narrative 46 
3
Hellraiser
Joe Friar
Jamie Clayton 8217 s interpretation of the Hell Priestess is chilling but sensual 44 and at times majestic 44 as she asserts in a warm breathy voice 44 8220 Greater delights await 46 8221 Indeed they do 44 at least for fans of the franchise 46 Bloody 44 violent 44 and gorgeous 46 
3.5
Hellraiser
Kevin Carr
While it 8217 s not as visceral and hard hitting as the original or its much maligned sequel 44 this attempt to reboot the franchise hits the mark and doesn 8217 t pull its punches 46 
3
Hellraiser
Jeff York
It 8217 s not nearly as scary or unsettling as the original 44 keeping it from being as ripping a yarn as it aims to be 46 
2
Hellraiser
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a phenomenal continuation of Barker 8217 s story 44 one that pays deft homage to both the source material and the original two films while also expanding the mythology in emotionally complex and dramatically unsettling ways 46 
3.5
Hellraiser
Leo Brady
The final result is not exactly perfect 44 but incredibly fascinating 44 as this new Hellraiser sinks its hooks into you and refuses to let you go 46 
3.5
Hellraiser
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 a superior form the story deserves 44 guided by caretakers who understand 46 46 46 fans and newcomers alike will know how far Hellraiser has grown beyond its origins in quot The Hellbound Heart quot 46 46 46 more of this 44 please and thank you 46 
4
Hellraiser
Simon Abrams
91 Bruckner apos s Hellraiser 93 evokes Barker 8217 s original adaptation in the same way a good cover song recalls its source material 58 with love 44 intelligence 44 and an inevitably crushing sort of redundancy 46 
2.5
Hellraiser
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The script rarely raises all that much hell 44 and boredom ensues 46 
1.5
Hellraiser
Mark Dujsik
Hellraiser fixes some of the problems that sank other sequels in this series 44 but too many of the central ones remain 46 
2
Hellraiser
Josh Bell
Bruckner delivers a passable modern horror movie 44 but Barker apos s original vision remains unique and uniquely unable to be replicated 46 
2
Hellraiser
Mike McGranaghan
Almost as good as the original 46 
3.5
Hellraiser
Joey Magidson
Hellraiser returns the bloody franchise to solid footing with the skills of David Bruckner 46 
3
Hellraiser
Mark Hanson
David Bruckner 8217 s Hellraiser reboot is a toothlessly retrograde enterprise 46 10 10 
.5
Hellraiser
Roger Moore
At this point 44 the only real novelty is making Pinhead a 40 voice altered 41 female and limiting the credit passed on to Barker 46 There 8217 s not enough that 8217 s new to merit raising this corner of hell all over again 46 
1.5
Hellraiser
EJ Moreno
As horrific as Clive Barker could apos ve hoped 44 the latest Hellraiser is truly a twisted treat 46 10 
3
The Trojan Women
Roger Ebert
We still have the elegantly random groupings of the chorus we still have the close ups of the faces haunted by tragedy we still have the figures pinned down by a merciless sun But Cacoyannis has returned only to the externals 
3
Fellini's Roma
Roger Ebert
Fellini isn t just giving us a lot of flashy scenes he s building a narrative that has a city for its protagonist instead of a single character 
4
Hope Springs Eternal
Kenneth R. Morefield
Not as risky as it should be but still better than most offerings to its target audience 
2.5
Hope Springs Eternal
Roger Moore
A funny occasionally poignant Fault in Our Stars send up that s too short for its own good 
2.5
The Cocksure Lads Movie
Brad Wheeler
An earnest but entertaining salute to youthful idealism and indie rock romanticism 
2.5
The Cocksure Lads Movie
Bruce DeMara
The film is engaging and well cast and Peter Higginson is delightfully understated as the band s aged and world weary retainer Monty 
3.5
Spring Fever
Mattie Lucas
An observant and haunting exploration of sexual identity in China 
3
Spring Fever
Peter Keough
Artful dreary and pointless it s time for Lou Ye to lighten up 
2.5
Spring Fever
Kent Turner
The poppy soundtrack in the clubs scenes and a karaoke bar scene proves Nol Coward s observation Strange how potent cheap music is 
2.5
Spring Fever
Ed Gonzalez
The film becomes a confused pantomime of fear and disaffection succumbing to a torpidness from which it never recovers 
2
Spring Fever
Walter V. Addiego
Its examination of identity and loneliness begins to feel like a soap opera season boiled down into one very long episode with too much happening 
2
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Dustin Putman
Like all of the films Ed Wood directed this new movie is a pure and simple dud 
1.5
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Eugene Novikov
hough the film is distinctive its unique style wore thin after about 20 minutes and as it progressed watching became a chore 
1.5
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
James Berardinelli
I can recommend three more enjoyable alternatives counting the number of hairs on the back of your forearm practicing breaking a cinder block in half with your bare hand or submitting to a colonoscopy 
0.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Pablo O. Scholz
Nothing boils either literally or metaphorically because everything s made just right so it doesn t scorch and then a delicious warm infusion can be enjoyed Full review in Spanish 
4
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Peter Canavese
Fairly corny with a constructed feel to it and a bit script y but still a solid comedy 47 drama with substantive themes elevated by the two leads 46 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Rene Sanchez
A smart and irresistible adult comedy driven by Emma Thompson apos s sensational performance 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a fearlessly raw performance 44 and Thompson never overplays her hand 46 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Max Weiss
Sophie Hyde s film is delightful and sneakily radical 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Tom Meek
The film is playlike in structure and works because of its capable leads delicately meted emotional rawness and a vulnerability well mixed with moments of giddy whimsy and palpable passion 
2.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Ray Gill Jr.
Good Luck to You Leo Grande presents a compelling contrast to the scores of coming of age movies Because it s not about misguided youth blossoming into self actualization It s about self actualization after a life of regret 
4
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Daniel M. Kimmel
GOOD LUCK TO YOU 44 LEO GRANDE tackles one of the last taboo subjects 58 the sexuality of older women 46 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Erik Childress
Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack are incredibly winning in this warm and authentic tale of contentment vs 46 fulfillment and the never ending anxiety of chasing just a little bit of pleasure for oneself 46 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Kevin Carr
Not as taboo as you might think 44 but more of a character study with a fantastic and vulnerable performance by Emma Thompson 46 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Rob Thomas
Those expecting a feel good sex positive film won 8217 t be disappointed 44 but 8220 Good Luck To You 44 Leo Grande 8221 is a deeper and richer film that 8217 s about more than how Nancy got her groove back 46 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Sheila O'Malley
It apos s a relief to see a film so frank about sex 44 and so open to sex apos s complexities 44 especially when so much of current cinema is sexless to a disheartening degree 46 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Nina Metz
The film is intimate without feeling particularly deep or complicated Not that it needs to be 
2.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
James Berardinelli
The screenplay has its share of uneven moments especially during the second half but Thompson s performance never wavers 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Mark Dujsik
The real intimacy of the film is the sense of discovering the real people behind a transactional fa 231 ade 46 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Josh Bell
These two people are better off for having known each other 44 and we apos re better off for having spent a little time with them 44 too 46 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Lindsey Bahr
Thompson is truly better than ever and brings to life a complex and evolving person with humor grace and a sharp edge McCormack meanwhile is a star in the making 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Ann Hornaday
Director Sophie Hyde working from a smart nuanced script by Katy Brand provides just enough space and pace for Thompson and McCormack s chemistry to combust seemingly in real time 
4
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Mike McGranaghan
Any time a film is able to depict a bond between two people that feels this truthful 44 it apos s worth celebrating 46 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Wes Greene
The film abounds in honest and at times disarmingly off the cuff moments that are borne out of character contrasts 46 
2.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Brian Eggert
A film of convincing performances and progressive attitudes toward sexuality and body types
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Dwight Brown
Comedy writer Katy Brand hits a nerve that women of a certain age will understand and possibly men too 
4
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Randy Myers
This is one thoughtful upstart that delivers a rare healthy much needed message Give yourself the freedom to enjoy sex 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Matthew Passantino
Thompson and McCormack have such a lovely fine tuned chemistry as two people who are in such different places in their lives but have more common ground than you would expect 
3
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Kent Turner
The role of Nancy serves as a greatest hits compilation for Thompson 
2.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Peter Howell
Katy Brand s screenplay sparkles avoiding Hollywood clichés as both sides of this sexual exploration talk and act like real people rather than stereotypes 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Ty Burr
This is some of the finest acting Thompson has done not lacking in vanity but grappling with it as a character an actor a woman and a human 
3.5
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Joey Magidson
Good Luck to You Leo Grande is a showcase for Emma Thompson and rightly so 
3
Post Tenebras Lux
Tom Keogh
Reygadas jagged broken logic drama lurches from fantasy to earthbound complications though it is often hard to tell one from the other 
1.5
Post Tenebras Lux
Peter Keough
Along with Bela Tarr and Terrence Malick Carlos Reygadas is one of today s few genuinely religious filmmakers 
3
Post Tenebras Lux
Farran Smith Nehme
Like a jumbled up set of nesting boxes the scenes make sense individually kind of The hard part is fitting them together 
3
Post Tenebras Lux
Ed Gonzalez
Carlos Reygadas s latest an almost impossibly intellectual film keeps us at a remove that s as striking as that which separates its main character from the lower classes 
2.5
The Devil's Backbone
Matt Brunson
Fine performances 44 innovative effects 44 and the pointed backdrop of the Spanish Civil War 46 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Josh Larsen
Del Toro considers history 44 politics 44 and art through a gothically poetic lens 46 46 46 
3.5
The Devil's Backbone
Jami Bernard
Guillermo Del Toro s The Devil s Backbone is a really cool ghost story with an extraordinary human and political dimension 
3
The Devil's Backbone
David Sterritt
This moody ghost story follows generally familiar lines despite its unusual historical setting but it s imaginatively filmed and builds a sense of brooding emotional power 
3
The Devil's Backbone
James Kendrick
an elegant emotionally fraught ghost story
4
The Devil's Backbone
Peter Canavese
Pure uncut del Toro The filmmaker accomplishes riveting scenes of suspense and scares he honestly come by sticking the landing of every effect he attempts Blu ray 
3.5
The Devil's Backbone
David Nusair
a hopelessly erratic piece of work 
2
The Devil's Backbone
Joe Lozito
Beautifully filmed written and acted 
3.5
The Devil's Backbone
Robert K. Elder
A well crafted white knuckle cinematic journey 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Lawrence Toppman
You ll see how a talented filmmaker sustains suspense with a small budget few special effects and relatively little gore 
2.5
The Devil's Backbone
Jeremy Heilman
It seems to want to badly too scare us to make it wholly effective as a political allegory 
2.5
The Devil's Backbone
Steven Rea
Creepy and compelling and beautifully shot 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Emily Blunt
This is one weird film by a film maker to watch closely
4
The Devil's Backbone
Michael Dequina
Whatever the film s final stretches lack in scares it compensates for in humanity 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Edward Guthmann
It s fun to watch Del Toro confront death and fear with such energy and humor 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Roger Ebert
The Devil s Backbone has been compared to The Others and has the same ambition and intelligence but is more compelling and even convincing 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Jay Carr
A seductively corrosive horror story that also potently suggests the ways war can shatter childhood 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Rob Blackwelder
Sublimely atmospheric but erratically chilling it s too hung up on being more than just a ghost story 
2.5
The Devil's Backbone
Rod Armstrong
The slow pace and problematic exposition keep it from succeeding on any level 
2
The Devil's Backbone
Steve Rhodes
A ghost story that fails the scare test miserably 
2
The Devil's Backbone
Maitland McDonagh
Rich with psychological and political implications that never obscure its fundamental creepiness 
4
The Devil's Backbone
Lou Lumenick
A genuinely scary exquisitely shot and very well acted ghost story political allegory 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Harvey S. Karten
A politically resonant ghost story by one of the masters of the genre 
3
The Devil's Backbone
Walter Chaw
the gorgeous Tennysonian aecidia of the film is such as to explain if not entirely forgive its occasional failures of immediacy
3.5
The Devil's Backbone
Ed Gonzalez
With The Devil s Backbone Guillermo del Toro pulls an Amenábar by deftly mixing bone chilling dread with sophisticated war commentary 
3.5
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When it comes right down to it Leconte understands that Binoche s face tells all the story we need 
3
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Dan Lybarger
Leconte again manages to be one of the filmmakers of any nationality who can create convincing romantic attachments 
3.5
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Michael Dequina
An affecting drama 
3
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Roger Ebert
A beautiful and haunting film 
4
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Wesley Morris
It s a relief to see Leconte leaning more toward Dostoyevsky than Dior for a change 
3
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Rob Blackwelder
The story takes emotionally hooking twists 
3
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Jeanne Aufmuth
Moody and provocative romantic epic
3.5
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Rod Armstrong
Saved from failure by its stars strong performances 
2.5
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
James Berardinelli
An occasionally powerful and often thought provoking period piece that is characterized by strong acting and an effective visual style 
3
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Steve Rhodes
It s an intriguing tale 
3
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Greg Dean Schmitz
A beautifully shot tale of cruel bureaucracy which I found to be harrowing emotional and heartwrenching 
3
Nobody's Fool
Matt Brunson
Paul Newman had already delivered so many terrific turns in his lifetime that he hardly needed to continue past retirement age to cement his legendary status 46 Yet here he apos s found giving one of the best performances of his career 46 
3
Nobody's Fool
Mal Vincent
Ultimately it sends us a proud and entertaining message that we can express love for others 
4
Nobody's Fool
Gene Siskel
We love to see our movie gods play flawed souls especially a god with a face that looks like one on a Roman coin 
3
Nobody's Fool
Jeff Shannon
While watching Robert Benton s sublime adaptation of Richard Russo s novel it s hard to avoid the realization that movies like this have become an endangered species 
4
Nobody's Fool
Gary Thompson
Director Robert Benton captures the droll eccentricity of small town life without any of the usual phony preciousness 
3.5
Nobody's Fool
Carrie Rickey
The principal pleasure of this film directed by Robert Benton is that its characters are carefully drawn and developed rather than applied like so many decals on a two dimensional wintry landscape 
3.5
Nobody's Fool
Stephen Hunter
The movie feels oddly phony from its very core outward 
2
Nobody's Fool
Gary Brown
The tagline for Nobody s Fool was Worn to perfection That sums up the life and acting career of Paul Newman 
4
Nobody's Fool
Chuck O'Leary
A low key but very affecting character comedy with Paul Newman playing the kind of charismatic rebel that made him a star in the first place 
3.5
Nobody's Fool
Leonard Schwarz
Maybe you believe as Nobody s Fool continuously suggests that people who frequent diners are by definition better human beings than people who eat at country clubs If so may Sully marry your daughter 
2.5
Nobody's Fool
Edward Guthmann
It s a gem 
3
Nobody's Fool
Chris Hicks
There s no question that it is a wonderful showcase for 70 year old Newman who gets too few these days 
3.5
Nobody's Fool
James Berardinelli
The intelligent sensitivity of the script coupled with Newman s powerfully understated performance make this motion picture special 
3.5
Nobody's Fool
Roger Ebert
It benefits from the confidence of Newman s performance 
3.5
The Clay Bird
Chris Hewitt
Clay Bird is beautifully photographed and the central story is compelling but too often the characters feel like stick figures being manipulated to prove the movie s valid but obvious point 
2
The Clay Bird
Tom Keogh
Has a kind of twofold eloquence 
3
The Clay Bird
Ty Burr
It s a beautifully simple portrait of a country in ferment and a family struggling to define its soul 
4
The Clay Bird
Paul Sherman
There s just not that much genuine conflict to sink your teeth into 
2
The Clay Bird
Lisa Kennedy
With compassionate restraint Masud challenges the intimate link of religious fundamentalism to national power 
3
The Clay Bird
Howard Shapiro
It has a quiet thoughtfulness that never comes close to being draggy and a wisdom that is anything but obtuse 
3
The Clay Bird
Marta Barber
Poignant and beautiful 
3
The Clay Bird
Elias Savada
The Clay Bird is a incredibly humbling experience that you d be a fool to miss 
3.5
The Clay Bird
Jonathan Curiel
The phrase small gem was made for a movie like this one 
4
The Clay Bird
V.A. Musetto
Written by Masud and his wife Catherine Masud the script is intelligent and affecting 
3
The Clay Bird
Phil Villarreal
The real rewards though will go to the viewers lucky enough to catch a screening of The Clay Bird 
3.5
Reefer Madness
Robert P. Laurence
Somehow all the parts fit together and Reefer Madness the musical has turned out to be a lot more fun than its original source 
3.5
Deep in the Woods
Walter Chaw
A great looking film that honours its forebears while providing the catalyst for a re examination of Little Red Riding Hood from an essential psychosexual standpoint 
3.5
Deadfall
Roger Ebert
The film should have either been about the burglary or about romantic intrigues not about both 
2
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
Wesley Morris
You d think a place renowned for its avant gardism and its radical chic would receive a less by the numbers treatment 
2.5
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
Stephen Whitty
Director Karen Kramer whose labor of love this clearly is has assembled some remarkable footage 
3
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
Elizabeth Weitzman
If you ve ever harbored a secret wish to jump on one of those Big Apple buses or join a local walking tour you ll find what you re looking for here 
2.5
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
Lou Lumenick
A sometimes entertaining and illuminating but more often superficial labor of love 
2
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
Jan Stuart
The Ballad of Greenwich Village is a safe movie about a renegade place 
2.5
The Catcher Was a Spy
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough piece of work that mostly feels like it should be much 44 much better 46 
2.5
The Catcher Was a Spy
Joey Magidson
The Catcher Was a Spy has enough going in its favor to have been a solid flick As such the shortcomings really do feel like a major disappointment 
2.5
The Catcher Was a Spy
Soren Andersen
It s an absorbing character study of a most intriguing man 
3
The Catcher Was a Spy
Rex Reed
The result is a juicy true story told blandly but The Catcher Was a Spy is still a movie worth seeing 
3
The Catcher Was a Spy
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Catcher Was a Spy is an imperfect examination of a curiously complicated figure in American history 
2.5
The Catcher Was a Spy
Matt Zoller Seitz
I wish I liked it more 
2
The Catcher Was a Spy
David Fear
Boring is the last word you should use for a sports hero turned spy story like this it s the only one that comes to mind after you ve seen the film 
2
The Catcher Was a Spy
Mark Dujsik
The shift toward spy craft is far less fascinating than the man behind it 
2
The Catcher Was a Spy
David Lewis
Lewin has crafted a biopic spy thriller kind of but the script has neither the character shadings to be a biopic nor the pacing and twist and turns to be a spy thriller 
2
The Catcher Was a Spy
Ty Burr
Missed opportunities are everywhere 
2
The Catcher Was a Spy
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite sterling performances The Catcher Was a Spy ultimately loses its luster in the murk surrounding the man it calls a walking enigma 
2
The Catcher Was a Spy
Roger Moore
Subdued and tentative but serviceable biopic and spy thriller
2.5
The Catcher Was a Spy
Chuck Bowen
As the film proceeds the appeal of its nostalgia wears thin and you may notice that there isn t much beyond the window dressing 
2
G
Kam Williams
The F Scott Fitzgerald s classic The Great Gatsby adapted as a modern day morality play in blackface This fairly faithful version explores the same themes as its source material only with a hip hop spin 
3.5
G
Kam Williams
An intricate update of The Great Gatsby exploring such themes as greed ambition passion infidelity and more greed all against the elegant backdrop of Long Island s leisure class 
3.5
G
Frank Ochieng
G often resembles a glossy BET soap opera Cherot does capture the decadence of its slick playas in the extravagant world of bling worshipping music moguls
2.5
G
Peter Hartlaub
An unpolished but entertaining tragedy filled with outstanding performances and memorable moments 
3
G
Stephen Whitty
We beat on boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the sha fizzle dizzle 
2
G
Lou Lumenick
A poorly acted directed and written but slick looking vanity project 
1
G
Robert W. Butler
Bottom line It works even if you ve never heard of F Scott Fitzgerald But it s twice as much fun if you have 
3
G
Elizabeth Weitzman
The women are shrewishly materialistic the men are manipulative or violent and the Polo wardrobes look fabulous on everyone It s an ugly affair overall but at least you can say you ve never seen such beautiful shirts 
1.5
G
John Monaghan
The book was about class and the American dream The movie is too though it s most interested in the soap opera machinations of the plot 
2
G
Ty Burr
Christopher Scott Cherot s drama is an honorable attempt laid low by a verbose script cheap production values and a general tendency toward soap opera 
2
G
Allison Benedikt
The filmmakers are going for something operatic here with their mix of love and loss rap and race They miss By a lot 
1.5
G
Maitland McDonagh
Fails both as an update of F Scott Fitzgerald s dissection of American aspirations and class barriers and on its own boorish terms 
2
G
Roger Ebert
The problem with G is not merely that the ending doesn t work and feels hopelessly contrived It s also that the plot adds too many unnecessary characters and subplots so that the main line gets misplaced 
2
Heavy Traffic
Ed Gonzalez
deliriously perverted 
3
Heavy Traffic
James Kendrick
A frenetic over the top combination of live action and crude animation that explores the seedy world of New York s Lower East Side in the early 1970s 
3
The Dreamlife of Angels
Michael Dequina
Allows the viewer to not only see but experience the pain of these characters 
3.5
The Dreamlife of Angels
Robert Roten
The dreamlife of Angels La Vie rve des anges is a story of capitalistic and sexual exploitation rage rebellion and the search for meaning in everyday things 
2.5
The Dreamlife of Angels
Steve Rhodes
It mopes around most of the time with not much to say 
2
The Dreamlife of Angels
Susan Stark
Zonca shows an extraordinary ability to get into the female psyche 
3
The Dreamlife of Angels
Roger Ebert
The movie understands what few American movies admit Not everyone can afford the luxury of following their hearts 
3.5
The Dreamlife of Angels
Mick LaSalle
There s not a single encounter in The Dreamlife of Angels that isn t vivid and emotionally full 
3
The Dreamlife of Angels
James Berardinelli
We aren t just watching Isa and Marie endure the tiny triumphs and hardships of their lives we re experiencing those ups and downs alongside them 
3.5
Passed Away
Roger Ebert
Passed Away is one of those movies that introduces a family filled with troubled people brings them all together at a funeral and solves their dilemmas while also trying desperately to be funny and heartwarming
2
The Love Machine
Roger Ebert
My notion is that you ve either got to handle this material all out or avoid it There s nothing more disgusting than vulgarity done as if it were in good taste 
1
Great Great Great
Frank Ochieng
Overall Jones s two timing tale of a romantically detached woman stuck in a malaise of lust and life may not necessarily be considered great great great but there is certainly no shame for the tandem of Jones Kolasky settling for good good good 
2.5
Great Great Great
Roger Moore
Sarah Kolarsky paints a convincing portrait of the difference between what women want and what they SAY they want 
2.5
Great Great Great
Gayle MacDonald
The audience is supposed to feel empathy for Lauren s predicament but we at least this reviewer did not 
2
Great Great Great
Linda Barnard
Kolasky is an actor to watch for 
2
Cherish
M. K. Terrell
A witty little thriller emerges as Zoe under house arrest resourcefully stretches her electronic anklet s restrictions 
2.5
Cherish
Nick Rogers
Robin Tunney turns Zoe s socialization and investigation into little revelations sculpting her magnetic melancholy presence as perfectly as her buff body in third act action where she sheds and draws blood for a climax driven by robust reclamations 
4
Cherish
Betsy Bozdech
Quirky occasionally bizarre often endearing and despite its faults and uneven nature a true original 
2.5
Cherish
David Nusair
Cherish would ve worked a lot better had it been a short film 
2
Cherish
Loren King
An uneven mix of genres that even when it misses the mark gets points for originality and a good beat 
2.5
Cherish
Jeff Vice
While Cherish doesn t completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller it s got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem 
2.5
Cherish
Phil Villarreal
An imaginative comedy thriller 
3
Cherish
Laura Kelly
A quirky stalker film that starts out with a few surprising turns and then keeps on giving them 
3
Cherish
Moira MacDonald
Feels aimless for much of its running time until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives leaving questions in its wake 
2
Cherish
Joe Baltake
Driven by Tunney s endearingly offbeat oddball performance 
3
Cherish
Rene Rodriguez
A peculiar misfire that even Tunney can t save 
2
Cherish
Liam Lacey
One of those American independent comedies that suffers from a serious case of the lonely girl cutes 
2
Cherish
Sue Pierman
The directing and story are disjointed flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor s doorstep But the actors make this worth a peek 
2
Cherish
Chris Hewitt
In the end it s a movie with multiple personality disorder but most of its personalities are fun to hang with 
3
Cherish
Mike Clark
The fun in this San Francisco set trifle is observing the novel ways writer director Finn Taylor finds to photograph this limited setting until his film unexpectedly evolves into an outdoor thriller 
2.5
Cherish
David Elliott
Both improbable and absorbing 
2.5
Cherish
John Monaghan
Taylor takes us on a ride that s consistently surprising easy to watch but oh so dumb 
2
Cherish
Janice Page
The thriller side of this movie is falling flat as the stalker doesn t do much stalking and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case 
2.5
Cherish
Roger Ebert
Tunney has a plucky charm that works nicely here 
3
Cherish
Walter Chaw
One half a fantastic film tied to one half a terrible film 
2.5
Cherish
Steven Rea
Tunney brimming with coltish neurotic energy holds the screen like a true star 
3
Cherish
Joe Leydon
A captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait romantic comedy and beat the clock thriller 
3.5
Cherish
Mick LaSalle
At heart it s about one thing human longing which it depicts with such unflinching understanding and compassion that it leaves audiences with an exalted feeling 
4
Cherish
Pam Grady
Zoe and Daly are two lonely people who deserve happier lives In this affectionate engaging look at love and danger in a modern city Taylor offers them that possibility 
3
Cherish
Jan Stuart
A dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness 
2
Cherish
Bob Strauss
Not always too whimsical for its own good but enough to do harm this strange hybrid of crime thriller quirky character study third rate romance and female empowerment fantasy never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs 
2.5
Cherish
Lou Lumenick
An endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet cute gimmick 
3
Cherish
Rob Blackwelder
Sometimes a good idea a lot of enthusiasm and a shoestring budget just aren t enough 
2
Cherish
Maitland McDonagh
The idea is more interesting than the screenplay which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not very funny comedy unconvincing dramatics and some last minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run 
2
Cherish
Mary F. Pols
As off putting and mysteriously endearing as its heroine 
2.5
Cherish
Jeanne Aufmuth
Cherish is on the cusp of being too weird to work 
3
Cherish
Steve Rhodes
Cherish is a dud a romantic comedy that s not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny 
2
Redeeming Love
Sean P. Means
Caruso knows he can spend plenty of time in the whorehouse because his movie will end on the side of the angels 
2.5
Redeeming Love
Kevin Carr
It conflates sinning with reaction to untreated trauma and I don t think that s fair I don t think it sends a good message 
0.5
Redeeming Love
Nell Minow
Redeeming Love could have tried to reach a broader audience but settles for preaching to the choir 
2
Redeeming Love
Randy Myers
Love might be best embraced by the faithful but it is well made and has much to say about the healing power of love and how we all deserve second chances 
2.5
Redeeming Love
Mark Dujsik
Redeeming Love struggles to make the romance convincing in any way 
1.5
Redeeming Love
Katie Walsh
It s so hard to shake the lingering icky feelings about this text which plays like tradwife fan fiction the 19th century setting protecting the story from the pesky women s lib movement which would suggest that Angel have her own autonomy 
1.5
Redeeming Love
Phil Villarreal
The scattershot story slips away like gold flakes from a prospector s pan eluding redemption of a squandered opportunity 
2
Redeeming Love
Mike McGranaghan
Redeeming Love is the most sexually charged faith based film I ve ever seen And frankly one of the most misguided 
2
Redeeming Love
Derek Smith
The film is too narrow minded to explore the notion that a saint like man may want to satisfy his normal carnal desires 
.5
Land Ho!
Rob Thomas
Land Ho is a high spirited and life affirming film about drinking life down to the last drop Don t get that Sunday afternoon attitude Mitch admonishes Colin near the end of the trip It ain t over with yet 
3
Land Ho!
Scott Renshaw
The scenery is lovely the performances are pleasant and it s the kind of movie it s hard to imagine anyone walking out of It s nice Yeah It s nice 
2.5
Land Ho!
Sean P. Means
Land Ho delights because it isn t trying to make too much of itself It s simply a fun movie about two guys who will admit they re getting older but are damn sure not getting old 
3.5
Land Ho!
Soren Andersen
Eenhoorn brings an understated wry quality to his performance that nicely counterbalances Nelson s unflagging bonhomie 
3
Land Ho!
Michael Phillips
As a performance showcase it s intriguing simply because Eenhoorn and Nelson barely belong to the same species so different are they in demeanor 
3
Land Ho!
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s a visual treat yet has little else to offer 
2.5
Land Ho!
John DeFore
Like most stars of road movies they re an odd couple unlike most both the friction between them and their underlying loyalty feel real not contrived to supply a movie s dramatic arc 
2.5
Land Ho!
Ty Burr
A marvelous slice of lo fi whimsy about two duffers longtime acquaintances in the gray zone between middle age and old age who up and travel from Kentucky to the Land of Fire and Ice 
3.5
Land Ho!
Rafer Guzman
A low key odd couple comedy built mostly around Nelson s coarse ad libs and Eenhoorn s sighing reactions 
2
Land Ho!
Duane Dudek
What the result lacks in polish it makes up for in charm and originality It breaks no new ground but the ground it travels looks and feels freshly tilled 
3
Land Ho!
Joe Williams
Land Ho is a tepid little movie that goes almost nowhere and if I had to sit in that rental car for one more boob joke I d rather jump into a volcano 
2
Land Ho!
Robert Levin
Pleasant enough but it s too tame for the larger themes about aging and maintaining excitement in one s later years to hit home 
2.5
Land Ho!
Chris Knight
What s great about Land Ho is also what s so simple about it 
3.5
Land Ho!
Liam Lacey
The movie is pleasant and mostly forgettable except for the character of Mitch 
2.5
Land Ho!
Linda Barnard
Small unexpected moments elevate Land Ho 
3.5
Land Ho!
Thomas Lee
You realize fairly early in the film that there will be no emotional payoff Just an hour and a half of vacation photos in motion 
2
Land Ho!
Sara Stewart
The gorgeous scene stealer in this gentle spirited road movie is the country of Iceland depicted in breathtaking wide angle shots by cinematographer Andrew Reed 
2.5
Land Ho!
Glenn Kenny
Land Ho is both a small film and an unabashed wannabe crowd pleaser but it s also one whose subtle capturing of behavior and longing resonates with clarity that stays with you 
3.5
Land Ho!
Stephen Whitty
Land Ho is a sneaky delight built out of small smiles and little incidents 
3
Land Ho!
Clayton Davis
The film is a shining beacon on the surface extremely likable on first impression however your care and investment in the characters take a steady decline early on 
2
Land Ho!
Claudia Puig
Good films have sprung from more ludicrous notions But an eccentric inappropriate relative on a road trip is not quite enough to pin a film on 
2
Land Ho!
Rex Reed
Slow as Christmas but the two protagonists grow on you like a Virginia creeper vine climbing a garden wall 
3
Land Ho!
Roger Moore
Not a lot of incident not much action but warm chemistry between the stars and lovely Icelandic settings are what make this buddy picture glow
2.5
Land Ho!
Chris Cabin
That the filmmakers consistently catch the nuances of character that bind the two men to each other rather than simply tracing the pros and cons of their dispositions is what gives the film its melancholic yet vibrant resonance 
3.5
Days of Glory
Phil Villarreal
The horror of Days of Glory is that its hate and tolerance are not relics from the past but are as real today as the flickering shadows on the screen 
3
Days of Glory
John Beifuss
Beautifully photographed impeccably produced and wonderfully acted but it offers no surprises 
2.5
Days of Glory
Sean O'Connell
Standard issue military fare that has a hard time standing apart from established classics of the combat genre 
2.5
Days of Glory
Matt Brunson
Earnest yet heavy handed 
2.5
Days of Glory
Jeff Vice
A somewhat clunky ending isn t enough to ruin Days of Glory which features some good performances and has a slightly different take on a much filmed subject 
3
Days of Glory
Michael Booth
A solidly constructed window onto an era and a culture clash many Americans never knew existed 
3.5
Days of Glory
Michele Kenner
Stands apart for its passion and patriotism in the face of hostility The spirit of liberté égalité and fraternité runs high for everyone even those who have never set foot in France 
3
Days of Glory
Terry Lawson
It s to the credit of the actors and Algerian born director Rachid Bouchareb that we become emotionally involved with the soldiers and the injustices they are forced to endure 
3
Days of Glory
Jim Emerson
Days of Glory is a rousing old fashioned World War II platoon movie in the gritty tradition of combat pictures like Don Siegel s Hell is for Heroes Sam Fuller s The Big Red One and Steven Spielberg s Saving Private Ryan 
3.5
Days of Glory
David Elliott
We can pretty well guess some coming deaths but the combat for a tiny Alsatian town is vividly done 
2.5
Days of Glory
John Hartl
Rarely does a movie s title prove as bitterly ironic as Days of Glory 
3
Days of Glory
Chris Hewitt
The soldiers who battled the Nazis were indeed brave men but this turgid hunk of fromage is not a worthy tribute to them 
1
Days of Glory
Jeanne Aufmuth
The Algerian entrant for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar lacks the punch and imagination of its competition 
2.5
Days of Glory
Geoff Pevere
Rachid Bouchareb s movie combines convention with insight in a manner that may prevent it from being a great film but probably helped clinch it as a productive one 
2.5
Days of Glory
Mick LaSalle
The deluge of World War II movies presents a challenge to Days of Glory one it can only partially overcome Very little about it is new 
2
Days of Glory
Rick Groen
In recounting this conflicted tale director Rachid Bouchareb displays some valour of his own resisting what must have been a strong temptation to deal in aggrieved agitprop and instead confining his attentions to a small group of indigenous soldiers 
3
Days of Glory
Wesley Morris
Rachid Bouchareb s Days of Glory is a movingly acted terrifically old fashioned World War II picture rethought as a post colonial rebuke 
3.5
Days of Glory
Peter Canavese
Ably performed and effective as an old fashioned war movie 
3
Days of Glory
Michael Wilmington
Few war movies are as moving as Days but even so this film doesn t romanticize It s hard clear full of empathy for its characters and lucid in its insight into their plight 
3.5
Days of Glory
Peter Travers
Algeria s pick in the Oscar race for Best Foreign Language film is a wounding indictment of discrimination in the trenches 
3.5
Days of Glory
Jan Stuart
Just when you think you ve viewed World War II from every conceivable angle a picture like Days of Glory comes along and expands your range of vision with a stirring sense of urgency 
4
Days of Glory
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pedestrian employs all the usual chestnuts 
2
Days of Glory
Steve Rhodes
This well intentioned picture works quite well as a history lesson But good intentions or not most of the movie is a rather dry and understated catalog of the ill treatment of the Muslims 
2.5
Days of Glory
Shlomo Schwartzberg
The film also conveniently omits the fact that many other Arabs supported the Germans That smoothing out of complex issues makes Indigenes more of a simple crowd pleaser than a genuinely challenging film 
2
Days of Glory
Elizabeth Weitzman
Bouchareb nobly honors men whose sacrifices have largely gone unnoticed 
3
Days of Glory
V.A. Musetto
Days of Glory has good intentions and a well executed combat scene but it could do with more originality 
2
Days of Glory
Nick Schager
This rasping relic of a WWII message picture is hackneyed to its noble core 
2
Welcome to the Jungle
David Nusair
sporadically chilling yet undeniably uneven 
2.5
Lawrence of Arabia
Matt Brunson
The second half isn 8217 t quite as compelling as the first 44 but to paraphrase a comment I once read regarding another film 58 The first half is pure perfection 44 and then it devolves into one of the best movies ever made 46 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Brian Eggert
This motion picture is unlike any epic because after enduring so many perils in an enormous journey the size of which had never been seen in a Hollywood production the questions about T E Lawrence remain 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Josh Larsen
The definitive David Lean movie 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Kate Cameron
Lean and photographer Fred A Young have combined their artistic talents in an evocation of the Arabian desert that makes it both terrifying and deeply moving in its lonely grandeur 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
David Nusair
an overlong yet watchable epic 
2.5
Lawrence of Arabia
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It remains one of the most intelligent handsome and influential of all war epics 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Wesley Lovell
A gorgeous epic with an outstanding performance from Peter O Toole 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Thomas Delapa
The only way to properly see Lean s overstuffed epic is on the big screen the better to appreciate the glorious desert vistas Maurice Jarre s soaring score and the glowing performance by then unknown Peter O Toole as a messianic T E Lawrence 
3
Lawrence of Arabia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a truly magnificent film 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Michael Dequina
For all the stunning shots of windswept dunes and battle sequences featuring a cast of hundreds this is the study of a man in deep conflict 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Michael Szymanski
The sweeping sands and landscapes in this film are breathtaking and that s what puts David Lean as one of the great epic filmmakers of all time 
3
Lawrence of Arabia
Janice Page
An epic achievement in filmmaking 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
David Sterritt
A shining example of a vanished breed of epic filmmaking 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Glenn Lovell
A cracking good adventure yarn as well as a disturbing psychological profile of a man destined to become a great leader but an even greater dupe 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
James Berardinelli
Riveting from beginning to end featuring stellar performances amazing cinematography and a story without a trace of fat the film does everything an epic is supposed to do and more 
4
Lawrence of Arabia
Roger Ebert
We remember the quiet empty passages the sun rising across the desert the intricate lines traced by the wind in the sand 
4
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Matt Brunson
A propaganda pic par excellence 46 
3.5
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Brian Eggert
It continues to be a telling historical marker and evidence of a Hollywood studio taking a moral and political stance when it was unpopular to do so 46 
3
Garfield: The Movie
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An innocent way to kill some time 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Stefan Ulstein
People who love cats will see their own felines in Garfield Parents who love neither Garfield nor cats will have a good time nonetheless 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Mark Collette
Imagine the comic strip as a lone enchilada stretched to feed the whole dinner crowd at Pancho s 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Wesley Lovell
For fans of the comic strip Garfield is a severe disappointment 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
The problem is that there isn t a comic series less appropriate for a movie adaptation than Garfield and I say this as a longtime fan of the strip 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Frank Ochieng
a derivative and sporadic furball fable Hewitt surprisingly delivers a perfunctory plot that s about as appetizing as a stale box of Meow Mix A flea bitten project 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
Matt Brunson
The movie will feel like a slow crawl through broken glass for anyone old enough to have mastered the fine art of shoelace tying 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Linda Cook
I know I know I m really on the warpath about CGI creations lately 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
I recommend it as a family film that kids will enjoy and adults will find unexpectedly pleasant 
3
Garfield: The Movie
Sean McBride
Garfield stinks like a dead cat 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Tyler Hanley
This family friendly film is not unlike Garfield himself cute and charming at times but more often lazy and self serving 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Liam Lacey
Though Garfield runs barely 80 minutes it seems a good hour of it involves chases furniture and luggage collapsing and grown up actors madly mugging 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
Almost for while the little tykes will undoubtedly be entertained very few others will be and any lovers of the comic strip are bound to go home angry and disappointed 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Rob Blackwelder
The comic strip hasn t been funny in years but Bill Murray rescues the movie from the same fate with his purringly petulant voice performance 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Sean P. Means
Bill Murray should have remembered his dire warning in Ghostbusters about cats and dogs living together 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Claudia Puig
Not even Bill Murray could save Garfield 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Tom Keogh
This film is unlikely to turn newcomers onto the pleasures and subtleties of Davis work 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
Walter V. Addiego
Garfield looks like the work of someone who s hardly seen the backside of a camera 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Joe Baltake
Garfield The Movie is irresistible even though it isn t very good It gets by on goodwill alone 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Timothy Knight
A snoozer 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
Carrie Rickey
Our 8 year old adored it But except for Murray s voice over work Mom was allergic 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Lou Lumenick
A downright cat astrophe 
0
Garfield: The Movie
Jami Bernard
Bland as old kitty chow and unappealing to the eye 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Meg Jones
An amusing film that won t disappoint fans of the long running comic strip 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Peter Debruge
I m not a Garfield purist or anything but at the very least shouldn t this movie be funny 
1
Garfield: The Movie
John Monaghan
Garfield isn t exactly a dog but it s not much fun either 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Jeff Vice
So charmless so completely devoid of laughs and feels so long even at 85 minutes that before it s over you may want to claw your eyes out 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
Michael Booth
Equally insulting to both the homespun adult fans of the comic strip and the oblivious children for whom tired gags are served up like leftover lasagna 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Ty Burr
A toothless harmless mostly charmless mongrel movie that mixes live action actors and animals with a computer generated version of the comic strip cat that Jim Davis created in 1978 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Valerie Kuklenski
The story by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow is predictable even for young moviegoers 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Roger Ebert
I don t know who had the idea that Bill Murray would be the right actor to do Garfield s voice but the casting is inspired 
3
Garfield: The Movie
Phil Villarreal
You recall an image of the fat cat on the Trapper Keeper staring bleakly up at the sky with the subtitled thought bubble Why me 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Kit Bowen
Better just to keep this fat cat suctioned to the car window 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
David Sterritt
The blend of live action and animation is competently done but the subtly mean spirited screenplay has more sour meows than hearty laughs 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Jeffrey Westhoff
The humor ranges from tame to neutered 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Chris Hewitt
This Garfield doesn t even look like the Garfield we know love and used to have smashed on our car windows with suction cups 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Bruce Newman
Garfield The Movie is like Stuart Little For Dummies 
2
Garfield: The Movie
James Berardinelli
A motion picture so ungainly and awful that only an under 8 child could appreciate it 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Gene Seymour
A calculatingly fluffy version of Jim Davis strip 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Robert K. Elder
Feels like an 82 minute commercial for Garfield The Brand rather than cinematic dumb fun 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Lawrence Toppman
One of the year s cheesiest and most embarrassing movies 
1.5
Garfield: The Movie
Josh Larsen
I went into Garfield knowing little about the title feline except that I held a vague hatred toward him Garfield gave me specific reasons for such emotion 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Scott Nash
Those who get bored by the movie i e everybody can pass the time by counting the many product placements 
1
Garfield: The Movie
Willie Waffle
With his acerbic wit masterful way of using vocal intonations and attitude Murray shows why he is the only person who can make Garfield come to life 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
David Nusair
the movie doesn t completely suck thanks primarily to Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen s script and Bill Murray s voice work 
2.5
Garfield: The Movie
Steven Snyder
Garfield s problems start with its very concept This film should never have been made and those involved with its production likely know it 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Walter Chaw
I m not betting on a sudden resurgence of interest in a long comatose strip that battles Family Circus weekly for most appalling artifact of the popular taste 
0
Garfield: The Movie
Dustin Putman
Bankrupt of imagination and will be nearly forgotten the instant the viewer exits the theater but it s harmless the sole reason why it is difficult to out and out hate it 
2
Garfield: The Movie
Ed Gonzalez
Strictly for those who didn t want to crawl into the fetal position and die when Shaggy grew breasts in Monsters Unleashed 
.5
The Horde
Mike McGranaghan
I can t quite recommend it unless you just want to see any new movie about zombies that comes down the pike You haven t seen this one before but you have and you ve seen it better 
2
Lake Placid
CSM Staff
Stay away unless you enjoy gross out violence and stay even farther away if you re an animal lover since some of the most grisly attacks are aimed at cows who just want to chew their cuds in peace 
1
Lake Placid
John Beifuss
I m rooting for the crocodile announces Betty White The line is funny and revealing The film is smart enough to admit the monsters are usually the most interesting characters in these movies but it s also smart enough to make the people interesting 
3
Lake Placid
Dustin Putman
An old hat but somehow still fresh horror comedy that wins its audience over by the personalities onscreen 
2.5
Lake Placid
David Nusair
A passable yet unspectacular horror effort 46 46 46 
2.5
Lake Placid
Ross Anthony
Where Godzilla makes the head hurt Placid splashes up a bit fun A solid B movie 
2
Lake Placid
David N. Butterworth
Best of all it s got Pullman Fonda Platt and Gleeson and it s very very funny 
3
Lake Placid
Elias Savada
Without the sarcastic wit of television mega talent of David E Emmy Kelley this lowbrow horror entry might have been titled Lake Flaccid 
1.5
Lake Placid
Michael Dequina
The cast is game enough but they cannot elevate the weak material beyond the watchable junk level 
1.5
Lake Placid
James Berardinelli
Lake Placid isn t so bad that it s good it s so bad that it s really bad 
1
Lake Placid
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie that actors discuss in long sad talks with their agents 
1
Lake Placid
David Keyes
even though everything in sight defines cinematic repulsion that doesn t mean you still can t have a good time 
3
Lake Placid
Susan Stark
The funniest film of the summer 
3
Lake Placid
Mick LaSalle
Sometimes quality isn t important There can be something comforting in the predictably mediocre 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Peter Canavese
Something borrowed something bloody Blu ray 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Joe Lozito
Kill Bill is pretty stupid but there are also moments of beauty and brilliance 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Judith Egerton
Blood spews from bodies like fountains of Chinese fireworks throughout the movie 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
James Verniere
A bloody bubble gum epic with as much dramatic weight as a powder puff 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Lori Hoffman
Filmmaking genius or blood loving freak Tarantino is a bit of both 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
David Keyes
a movie with such raw ambition and spirit that it literally reinvents the standards of everything it can be associated with 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tarantino logra un buen trabajo a secas Ninguna obra maestra pero si una buena cinta para pasar el rato y reírse de las exageraciones mostradas 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Joshua Tanzer
Quentin Tarantino makes terrible movies really really well 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Wesley Lovell
Kill Bill Volume 1 is Quentin Tarantino s amazing fourth film and the first chapter of a tantalizing homage to 1970s action and blaxploitation 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
David N. Butterworth
Divided we fall What Kill Bill Vol 1 loses in plot tension and character development it almost makes up for in terms of sheer unadulterated style 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Steve Rhodes
An impressive exercise in style but little more 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Linda Cook
If you can t stand violence in movies please don t even read this review 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Forrest Hartman
As wacky action adventure movies go this is a good film But it s the type of work that more than a dozen Hollywood filmmakers could have turned out in less time than it took director Quentin Tarantino 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jim Shelby
There is more cinematic thrill per minute up on the screen here than I ve seen in a very long time 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kevin A. Ranson
Hell hath no fury like a Tarantino heroine scorned 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Glenn Kenny
Quentin Tarantino s most wild effort yet 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Sean P. Means
After nearly two hours of bloodshed no matter how artfully presented Tarantino owes us a little more than a to be continued tease 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Ian Mantgani
Has all the coolness and daring and wit through which Tarantino made his name It delivers what we expected and packs some shocking punches on top 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Nick Rogers
Visually inventive strangely beautiful and poetic in a bare bones samurai warrior way A movie that while dealing with death is joyfully alive with surprises 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mark Dujsik
Quentin Tarantino is a joyous filmmaker one whose love of film is clear in every frame of Kill Bill Vol 1 and one whose euphoria is absolutely infectious 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Josh Gilchrist
Uma Thurman s performance breaks down the emotional barriers that often keep an audience at a distance 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mike McGranaghan
Tarantino is totally in charge at every second He knows exactly what he s doing exactly what he wants to convey from moment to moment 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Ross Anthony
When people tell you it s bloody they re not exaggerating Unfortunately there isn t a whole lot more And I loved Pulp Fiction 
1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Tony Toscano
I can t wait for Volume 2 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
James Kendrick
A giddy gory beautifully mounted trash spectacle at least so far 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jonathan R. Perry
A brash bloody and simply exhilarating revenge melodrama and stylistic indulgence inspired by an imagination that spent thousands of hours absorbing pulp paperbacks comic books Kung Fu the mythology of Bruce Lee and Hong Kong chop socky epics while
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Frank Ochieng
The end result a reckless and rollicking gem that purposely swims in its inane and preposterous frivolity this high powered assault of fast paced foolishness is infectious
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
John Beifuss
If Tarantino s previous films had one foot set in the real world and one in the realm of pulp fiction this pop culture fever dream represents blissful surrender to unreality 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Katrina Onstad
Kill Bill is trash made beautiful sometimes extraordinarily so 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Rick Groen
Simultaneously a spectacular act of movie making and a slight movie 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Sara Michelle Fetters
And even if the film is a bloody violent mess that borders on incoherence it s still a brilliant bloody mess that energizes the spirit like few pictures can 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kim Morgan
So palpably exciting you ll want to watch it again immediately after the first viewing 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jonathan W. Hickman
Tarantino s fusion of action genres may result in a new sub genre the adult comic book adventure 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Dustin Putman
A marvel of strikingly original action setpieces and tight plotting surrounded by a visual lyricism difficult to translate into words 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mike Clark
Whatever Bill s limitations style isn t one of them 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mark Rahner
This is some glorious filth in the most flattering arterial spraying sense of filth 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mick LaSalle
It boggles the mind that after six years of silence all Tarantino has to offer is this garbage 
1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
David Elliott
The film is a caravan of Tarantino enthusiasms from Hong Kong quickies to film noir to Kurosawa s joyous Hidden Fortress 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Joe Baltake
The biggest baddest B movie ever made 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Lou Lumenick
A maddeningly uneven spaghetti Eastern that s well worth seeing for his technical mastery even as it challenges you with the geeky auteur s boundless self indulgence 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jami Bernard
There s a lot to admire in Kill Bill and a lot that should have been lopped off like the arms and legs and scalps that go flying 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Rene Rodriguez
Kill Bill Vol 1 is self indulgent overwrought shallow and ridiculous It is also brilliant a blast of cinematic lunacy and as much of a guilty pleasure as the schlocky movies Tarantino adores 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Robert W. Butler
Content Not important Here delivery is everything and Tarantino delivers like a man born with film developer pumping through his veins 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jeff Vice
An adrenaline fueled thrill ride that will satisfy even the most carnage crazed action fan 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mary F. Pols
An action movie with fantastic music considerable style and the mentality of a director refusing to leave the sanctuary in his 1970s childhood 
1.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Josh Larsen
an epic of influences 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Wesley Morris
The year s most important unimportant movie 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kill Bill takes a cue from Spaghetti Western master Sergio Leone and turns every little twist and turn into a giant sized operatic odyssey 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jeffrey Westhoff
Just as only NBA fanatics can justify watching the first three quarters of a game only Tarantino fanatics will be satisfied with the first installment of Kill Bill 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Lisa Kennedy
Kill Bill ranks just behind Pulp Fiction in terms of strutting the director s storytelling gifts 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Roger Ebert
Kill Bill Volume 1 shows Quentin Tarantino so effortlessly and brilliantly in command of his technique that he reminds me of a virtuoso violinist racing through Flight of the Bumble Bee 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Terry Lawson
Vol 1 is a shot of pure adrenalin on celluloid headed for the heart and the gut not the head 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Chris Hewitt
A gift for action fans 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Bob Strauss
A movie that will separate the true cinema lovers from well just about everyone who has another set of values 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jeanne Aufmuth
Quentin Tarantino comes out of the box with a vengeance intent on the idea of parlaying hardcore grind house into trendy art house 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jon Niccum
Celluloid maestro Quentin Tarantino returns with a limb hacking blood spewing epic tale of revenge that utilizes every cinematic trick in his formidable arsenal 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Rob Blackwelder
While the picture oozes style and blood it comes up short on substance which is what has always set Tarantino s grindhouse homages head and shoulders above the pulp pictures that inform them 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Bob Bloom
Tarantino s talent rests with the ability to click into the viewer s movie going experience like a TV remote and rekindle memories of earlier film favorites 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Erik Childress
Maybe when Tarantino Godfather sagas it God knows when Kill Bill will be the masterpiece we hope it is and he surely believes it to be
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
James Sanford
Even when geysers of gore are erupting onscreen Tarantino finds a strange kind of grace amidst the chaos He s cherishing every carefully calculated second of this experience and he wants to share the joy with his viewers 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Marty Mapes
While Hollywood was catching up with Hong Kong Tarantino was studying Japanese pulp fiction
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Carrie Rickey
Structurally and narratively amputated Volume 1 retains head and guts but loses its heart and gams to the second installment 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Duane Dudek
Meticulously structured self referential and kinetic Kill Bill is as impeccably crafted as a graphic Amelie 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
David Sterritt
A smorgasbord of slam bang mayhem certain to tantalize young men and with its ultratough heroine perhaps young women too 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Mark Caro
The most gorgeous B movie ever made 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Phil Villarreal
A rampaging hurricane of a chop socky revenge flick 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Matt Brunson
If the second volume is anything like this one Miramax might want to consider changing its name to Overkill Bill 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Michael Szymanski
This is the movie we ve been waiting for from Quentin Tarantino it combines everything he loves about movies and what he does best 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Phoebe Flowers
One of the most intense violent and breathtaking American epics ever filmed 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Glenn Lovell
This is Tarantino the ultimate movie geek channeling all the best tee hee GROSS moments from Hong Kong and Japanese splatter movies 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Peter Travers
In Kill Bill Tarantino brings delicious sin back to movies the thrill you get from something down dirty and dangerous 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Ed Gonzalez
Kill Bill Volume 1 is essentially a pop culture wanker s failed multimedia experiment a vacuous junk heap of dorky gags and riffs violent anime and offensive slapstick 
1.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Walter Chaw
See the film if you love the movies it s the old iron for a new day 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
James Berardinelli
As a whole Kill Bill might be an entertaining product but after seeing Volume 1 I was insulted 
2.5
Along Came Polly
David Nusair
46 46 46 a fairly standard romcom setup that is 44 for the most part 44 employed to better than average effect by Hamburg 46 46 46 
3.5
Along Came Polly
Vanessa Sibbald
Ben Stiller is either a member of Dysfunctions R Us or else he s making a plea to be the next Woody Allen but even Allen himself couldn t save Along Came Polly 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una de esas películas que solamente pueden ser recomendables si es que el resto de las opciones en cartelera están con localidades agotadas 
2
Along Came Polly
Austin O'Connor
There s hardly anything memorable going on here 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Elias Savada
Along Came Polly is an engaging trifle flatulently overwritten yet filled with enough eccentric characters and comic timing to make it worth the risk 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Michael Dequina
The blame for this remarkably stillborn romantic gross out comedy falls squarely on its writer director John Hamburg 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Frank Ochieng
Along Came Polly is a scattershot and tiring romantic ruse that depends on its notable players to sell the relentlessly lame run of the mill package of witless high jinks
2
Along Came Polly
Collin Souter
It plays more like a Ben Stiller Jennifer Aniston Romantic Comedy Greatest Hits package 
2
Along Came Polly
Paul Povse
There is something cruelly funny about getting dumped on your honeymoon but that was done far better in Elaine May s The Heartbreak Kid 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Tony Toscano
I also like shrimp and ice cream but not together at the same time 
2
Along Came Polly
Matt Brunson
Two factors save this from being a disaster 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Marty Mapes
More jokes than many comedies but wasted potential makes it seems like less
2
Along Came Polly
Mike McGranaghan
Along Came Polly is not the sharpest movie ever made about a mismatched couple but it made me laugh consistently 
3
Along Came Polly
Jonathan R. Perry
Not a SCANDALOUS waste of cinematic resources just another limp uninspired romantic comedy that wastes the talents of its stellar cast 
2
Along Came Polly
David N. Butterworth
Ben Stiller s latest comedic vehicle is amiable but strikingly underwritten 
1.5
Along Came Polly
John Beifuss
Ben Stiller the Edwin Booth in our contemporary theater of acute embarrassment and gross out humiliation 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Linda Cook
Yes it resorts to body function humor But it s still clever and funny 
3
Along Came Polly
James Verniere
Pointless and for the most part witless 
2
Along Came Polly
Sara Michelle Fetters
As for Stiller and Aniston I m not really sure what to say Both are nice I guess but not especially exceptional I kept waiting for some spark some genuinely endearing bit of chemistry to flash between the two but it never seemed to pass 
2
Along Came Polly
Dustin Putman
A purely formulaic romantic comedy not fresh or memorable enough to garner an identity of its own 
2
Along Came Polly
Mike Clark
Trouble is it isn t just Polly who comes along Lots of extraneous matter does too 
2
Along Came Polly
Phoebe Flowers
Clumsy plot developments carried out by characters you already know from a series of other movies 
2
Along Came Polly
Moira MacDonald
A waste of a talented cast 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Mick LaSalle
Within the context of what is essentially a formula picture Hamburg comes up with lively and anarchic comic situations and he comes up with them consistently 
3
Along Came Polly
David Elliott
It achieves the flavor of the commercially processed blandly crass inanely edgy pointlessly bold 
2
Along Came Polly
Joe Baltake
There s enough originality here to offset some of the more questionable humor 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Timothy Knight
A middling effort that should have been much better given the caliber of the cast 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Jonathan Foreman
Recycles gags from various more successful gross out and romantic comedies but without any zest or imagination 
2
Along Came Polly
Jami Bernard
Tame and predictable with the gastric distress sound effects machine working overtime 
2
Along Came Polly
Adam Sternbergh
Unfolds with brisk professionalism and enough smiles to keep you engaged 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Sue Pierman
It s only Stiller s skillful execution that keeps the pratfalls from being monotonous 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Connie Ogle
Something we ve all seen before far too many times not only in its premise but also in its lame parade of scatological jokes and its sad tired pratfalls 
2
Along Came Polly
Bob Strauss
Takes the oldest romantic comedy notion that there is opposites attract and does absolutely nothing new or even clever with it 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Robert W. Butler
Unpromising premise proves an ideal showcase for the comic talents of Ben Stiller and to a lesser extent supporting player Philip Seymour Hoffman 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Jeff Vice
Hamburg stoops to cheap toilet humor and dumb slapstick rather than exploring his characters 
2
Along Came Polly
Michael Booth
It s a workmanlike romantic comedy that by the end has quietly added up to a little more than you expected 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Roger Ebert
There isn t a lot in the movie that is funny 
2
Along Came Polly
Wesley Morris
There is no central drama no surprise no tension 
2
Along Came Polly
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stiller anchors the movie in neurotic tension literally squelching the laughs and snuffing them out 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Phil Villarreal
Stiller and Aniston are trapped in the constrictive material trying to make the best of a crummy formulaic situation 
2
Along Came Polly
Liam Lacey
Depends on the mistaken belief that Jennifer Aniston s appeal is so universally recognizable it s unnecessary to write a fully rounded character for her 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Bob Bloom
It s not a bad movie nor is it memorable The feature just came along to fill some screen space Stiller and Aniston have done better work and worse 
2
Along Came Polly
Ross Anthony
The emotional arc and climax aren t as dynamic as they could have been low brow humor abounds but still there is never a dull moment 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Walter Chaw
It almost seems as though there are whole scenes missing the ones containing the punchlines for example 
0.5
Along Came Polly
David Sterritt
Aniston is so far above this material she should never ever have signed on 
1
Along Came Polly
Chris Hewitt
It s likable acting that keeps us involved in Polly not only from Stiller and Aniston but also from Philip Seymour Hoffman 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Bruce Newman
Showing how much punishment Reuben Feffer Stiller can absorb from his wife his boss his parents his best friend his girlfriend and his lower intestine is the only joke this movie has to offer 
2
Along Came Polly
James Berardinelli
Every truly successful raunchy romantic comedy has at its heart a couple worth rooting for This one doesn t 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Terry Lawson
Though everything in Polly happens exactly as expected none of it is remotely believable 
2
Along Came Polly
Lawrence Toppman
A hit and miss comedy with reasonable numbers of laughs and lots of personality from its two leads 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Steven Rea
Slight but occasionally riotous 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Jan Stuart
If this is entertainment the Port Authority should consider selling tickets to the washroom facilities at its New York bus terminal where the traffic is bustling and frequently very colorful 
1.5
Along Came Polly
Mark Caro
Some movies run out of gas This one could use an alternate fuel source 
2
Along Came Polly
Josh Larsen
far more entertaining than its derivative nature would suggest 
3
Along Came Polly
Scott Nash
Its likable and talented stars rise above the silly material 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Rob Blackwelder
It s a pity that Woody Allen couldn t have gotten his hands on Polly to lift it above its baser instincts and give it some insightful sophistication and wily wit 
2
Along Came Polly
Steve Rhodes
When the laughs are long gone the characters will stay with you especially Polly She s a real one of a kind whom you ll be glad you met 
3
Along Came Polly
Jeanne Aufmuth
The filmmakers choose a conventional narrative and pat conclusion where zany charm and improbable chemistry would have sufficed 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Sal Cinquemani
Not since that famous tussle with Cameron Diaz s dog in There s Something About Mary has Stiller connected so agreeably with a costar 
2.5
Along Came Polly
Emily Blunt
This film is for die hard Stillerians to be sure If you re not a card holding member of the Ben Stiller legion of fans you ll probably hate it 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Brian Eggert
However noble the film s intentions the material receives a muddied and unclear treatment from its director and star 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Jeff Mitchell
The verdict is in Washington s marvelous performance is better than the film 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The performance of Washington as usual is irreproachable to such an extent that his character is not only interesting but even touching 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
David Nusair
A disappointing sophomore effort from Dan Gilroy 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Linda Cook
Denzel Washington is fun to watch as a character who doesn t know who he wants to be in a script that doesn t know what it wants to be 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Mike McGranaghan
Denzel Washington turns in one of the most interesting performances of his career The film itself isn t quite on his level but he makes it worth seeing
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Sonny Bunch
Sloppy characterizations mar intriguing story about a burnt out lawyer 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Allyson Johnson
Roman J Israel Esq has positively no idea what type of film it wants to be 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roger Moore
A character deserving a better movie built around him
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Christian Toto
A crackling character study stumbles in the second act but that s far better than the finale Yikes 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Sara Michelle Fetters
the weird thing is as gripping as all of this is in concept in execution it s oddly dull 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
George M. Thomas
Unfortunately the performance goes wasted in a movie that meanders far too often to make much sense or hold your attention for that matter 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Ann Hornaday
Part character study part legal thriller and part morality tale about means manifesting their own ends Roman J Israel Esq winds up being just as eccentric and unpredictable as its doggedly honorable and far from perfect leading man 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Richard Roeper
Roman J Israel Esq has pockets of intrigue and writer director Gilroy and Washington have teamed up to create a promising dramatic character We just never get full delivery on that promise 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
James Berardinelli
The story is surprisingly unfocused and when it snaps out of the protracted setup phase it plunges into quasi thriller territory that relies on a series of hard to swallow contrivances 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Moira MacDonald
What a treat it is to see this great actor after almost 40 years in movies give a performance that feels both utterly unexpected and completely true 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Mark Dujsik
This is a fine character study anchored by Washington s off kilter out of character performance and a sincere curiosity about testing the ideals of this man 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Gary Thompson
An uneven movie elevated by Denzel Washington s distinctive performance 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Peter Howell
Washington turns this seemingly unsympathetic character into a figure to embrace on the screen and to remember at awards time the actor once again courts serious consideration at the Oscars 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Mick LaSalle
Watching Roman J Israel Esq is like watching a very long episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm only without the laughs and without a lead character who even knows that he s annoying 
2
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Ty Burr
You re left with another Denzel Washington performance that gets under your skin and stays there rankling away That s a lot more than most movies offer even the better ones 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Rafer Guzman
Despite Washington s best efforts Roman J Israel Esq feels like it was named after the wrong character 
1.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Michael Phillips
Even when the movie loses its way narratively Washington s in there slugging building a living breathing character out of Gilroy s knight errant 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Odie Henderson
Washington gives one of his rare bad performances here turning Roman into an improv sketch filled with tics mannerisms and an overreliance on his attire 
1
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Robert Levin
Even though he s one of the best known and most honored actors in the history of the movie business Denzel Washington finds an entirely new register in Roman J Israel Esq 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Peter Travers
Whatever faults you find in Roman J Israel Esq as a movie it tends to meander there is no disputing the start to finish excellence of Denzel Washington in the title role 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Johnny Oleksinski
For an actor whose powerful presence usually slaps you in the face that s one helluva stunning transformation 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Mark Kennedy
Washington gives us another astounding performance of a deeply idiosyncratic man but the film around him often isn t as skillful meandering in places and gradually becoming more like a lot of other films 
2.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Kam Williams
Denzel Washington is quite convincing as well as moving here as a beleaguered soul afflicted with Asperberger s syndrome 
4
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Oleg Ivanov
Throughout the film a promising character study is smothered beneath lazy genre machinations 
1.5
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Dwight Brown
Denzel Washington may be the most accomplished actor of our generation 
3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Brad Wheeler
Washington is the best part of a clunky crowd pleaser that bills itself as a dramatic thriller but isn t really that 
2.5
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Jennie Punter
Rough around the edges but delivered straight from the heart Lovers in a Dangerous Time revels in the inarticulate and the unresolved reminding us that romance doesn t always have to mean happily ever after 
2
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Linda Barnard
A gentle and authentic love story that carries enough of the familiar to ring true throughout 
3
Jackals
Federico Furzan
Small yet binding thriller that works under its standards Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Jackals
Katie Walsh
Jackals is a bit of style almost no substance and so scanty on the scares it s not worth the price of admission 
1
Jackals
Christy Lemire
The film s ultimate nihilism makes the whole exercise seem like an annoyingly pointless waste of time even for a movie that s barely 80 minutes long 
1
Jackals
Mike McGranaghan
Jackals is little more than just a series of violent familiar events strung together 
2
Jackals
Rick Bentley
Even if Jackals had been a direct to video release it would have fallen into the category of rent something else 
0
Jackals
Chuck Bowen
Though far more elegant in execution than most Rob Zombie imitating films Jackals smugly wears its violent tediousness as a badge of honor 
2
Zombeavers
Kam Williams
A relentlessly cheesy B flick far funnier than it is frightening 
2.5
Zombeavers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Delivers a fair amount of nudity and gore and a few laughs and wraps the whole thing up in a brief 77 minutes 
2.5
Zombeavers
Christian Toto
It s better than Sharknado but that s not a good enough reason to give Zombeavers a try 
2
Zombeavers
Simon Abrams
A comedy that sounds much funnier than it actually is 
1
Zombeavers
Tom Keogh
This is a satire that knows when to surprise 
3
Zombeavers
Mike McGranaghan
Great fun The film works as both an original spin on the zombie myth and as a satire of the undead genre s tropes 
3
Zombeavers
David Nusair
Rarely as enjoyable as its title might ve indicated 
1
Under the Skin
Joe Baltake
It isn t often that a film offers a heroine who is this aggressive angry and self punishing and the filmmaker and her star work in perfect harmony to get at all the complexity behind it 
3.5
Under the Skin
James Berardinelli
Morton makes Iris real Every moment she s on screen the actress forces us to accept Iris as a living breathing individual 
3
Under the Skin
Ruthe Stein
It is buoyed by an unflinching performance from newcomer Samantha Morton a young British actress who is willing to expose not only her body but her inner being as well 
3
The September Issue
Liam Lacey
Grace the movie implies is the genius behind what Vogue really sells which is romantic aspirational fantasies for women 
3
The September Issue
James Kendrick
sporadically successful but mostly feels stranded at the surface possibly because its insider ism gets the best of the filmmakers by keeping them so trapped inside the Vogue universe that we never hear any outside voices
2
The September Issue
Jeff Vice
For some fashion might not seem like exciting material but director R J Cutler is able to create some genuine suspense and tension as the days and hours count down to the close of the issue 
3
The September Issue
Moira MacDonald
While it s fun for fashionholics just to watch a movie in which people say It s a famine of beauty and The jacket is the new coat the film becomes more substantial as it narrows its focus to two people an artist and a curator 
3.5
The September Issue
Rob Thomas
They say that when you gaze into the abyss the abyss gazes back at you Looking into the sunglasses of Vogue editor Anna Wintour must be kind of like that Except that you never think to yourself I wonder if the abyss thinks I look fat in these jeans 
3.5
The September Issue
Justin Strout
In its way The September Issue is about expert craftsmen toiling away at a factory albeit an unimaginably glamorous one 
4
The September Issue
Amy Biancolli
Cutler worms his way into subcultures without judgment or probing preferring to let group dynamics speak for themselves 
3.5
The September Issue
Kathy Flanigan
Wintour s face sometimes sans her trademark shades is often the focus of Cutler s lens But she reveals little of what s in her heart and neither does the movie 
2.5
The September Issue
Rene Rodriguez
In director R J Cutler s snappy documentary about the making of the September 2007 issue of Vogue editor Anna Wintour exhibits an icy unflappable veneer 
3
The September Issue
Lisa Kennedy
A wise engaging frock umentary 
3.5
The September Issue
Sean O'Connell
Even a haute couture heathen such as I recognizes that to full blown fashionistas September Issue is nothing short of a religious experience 
3
The September Issue
Peter Travers
Wintour steers a tight ship Coddington reminds her that Vogue has a history based on something more than profit In the end they re a winning combination 
3
The September Issue
Robert W. Butler
It s the relationship between Coddington and her boss the icy remote Wintour a genius of another sort that makes The September Issue so fascinating 
3
The September Issue
Wesley Morris
What emerges is a kind of comic thriller about the insult of having hard work ignored or heartlessly omitted as Wintour does to several images from one of Coddington s photo shoots 
3
The September Issue
Shaula Clark
The September Issue is an eye opening highly satisfying romp 
3
The September Issue
Roger Ebert
This seems to be a woman who is concerned with one thing above all The implementation of her opinion She is not the monster depicted by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada but then how could she be 
3
The September Issue
Joe Williams
What s most conspicuously missing from this ensemble is some input from the advertisers who subsidize Wintour s tyranny and the readers who are seduced into buying her beautiful four pound paperweights 
2.5
The September Issue
Rafer Guzman
Cutler never mentions animal fur sweatshop labor or any issues that can make fashion seem less than fabulous The September Issue is more about surface than depth much like its subject And in case you re wondering Yes this movie makes you look fat 
2.5
The September Issue
Kyle Smith
If a syllable could kill and it can can t it the movie would be the Texas Chainsaw Massacre of the stiletto heeled and dagger toothed 
3
The September Issue
Paul Schrodt
For the past year or so Wintour s been on the media warpath to win back her image and Cutler seems happy to oblige 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Mattie Lucas
Gives two of the cinema s greatest grande dames a chance to show off their enormous talents 
3
Ladies in Lavender
Rob Thomas
Dance is so tentative and tasteful in his direction that he never draws out the underlying emotions beneath the polite exteriors 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Larry Ratliff
Watching seasoned British actresses Judi Dench and Maggie Smith work together is visual and verbal poetry in motion 
3
Ladies in Lavender
Piet Levy
It s sweet but ultimately unfulfilling and hollow 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Jeff Vice
The film does have Dench and Smith which counts for a lot And watching the two of them is at least moderately entertaining 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Sean P. Means
The story slowly way too slowly descends into silly soap opera that robs the stars especially Dench as a moony spinster of their dignity 
1.5
Ladies in Lavender
Walter Chaw
Embalmed in a thick oil of expansive inoffensiveness 
1.5
Ladies in Lavender
Steven Rea
A wistful little thing about regret jealousy and love 
3
Ladies in Lavender
Peter Canavese
Dance allows Dench to overact her lovestruck nervousness By the time he stages a hay baling montage you ll have had enough of this close but no cigar misfire 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Susan Walker
As long as Dench or Smith is on the screen there s plenty to absorb one s interest 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Moira MacDonald
Dance has had the great good fortune to cast two legendary British actresses and thus Ladies in Lavender gets elevated to the rare treat category 
3
Ladies in Lavender
Robert W. Butler
Dench s performance is the main reason to see Ladies in Lavender 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Jennie Punter
Pastel light but highly pleasurable 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Ty Burr
Not even the skills of Dames Smith and Judi Dench can make this tea strong enough to swallow 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Phoebe Flowers
Thanks to great Dames Dench and Smith and the hushed softly humorous performance by Bruhl it s a consistently entertaining often subtly lovely drama 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Phil Villarreal
It takes work to make the two reigning 70 year old Dames of stage and screen appear dull and director Charles Dance proves depressingly capable of pulling off the trick 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Matt Brunson
This is a movie marked by major surprises It s surprising that the first half is so perceptive and equally surprising that the second part is so preposterous 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Ruthe Stein
There are two royal reasons to see the film Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith both over 70 and still very much in their prime 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Lisa Kennedy
With the bell jar atmosphere familiar to certain period pieces it suggest we are not the only nation with tired go to genres 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
John Monaghan
Just formula entertainment classy but still trite 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Robert K. Elder
As compelling and original as this theme is it s not enough to keep our attention no matter how lovely the ladies in lavender are 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Emily Blunt
Judy Dench and Maggie Smith coddle a young buck but is it worth seeing Hmm 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Roger Ebert
Ladies in Lavender assembles those two great Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith and sends them off to play sisters sharing a cozy little cottage on the Cornwall coast That is an inspiration What they do there is a disappointment 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Chris Hewitt
Weak tea served with stale biscuits 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Kevin Courrier
Charles Dance turns directing into a form of taxidermy 
1.5
Ladies in Lavender
Timothy Knight
It s impeccably acted handsomely produced and far too leisurely paced with little in the way of narrative intrigue or genuine emotional tension 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Evan Henerson
A sweet and easy tale certainly but is it really the strongest use of a couple of grand Dames 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Lou Lumenick
For all the film s good intentions it never comes to a dramatic boil 
2
Ladies in Lavender
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ultimately Dance is unable to connect the many threads of his rather flimsy script leading to an abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying conclusion 
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
David Sterritt
Deeply felt and engagingly acted 
3
Ladies in Lavender
Gene Seymour
Smith is at her jauntiest but it s Dench who catches you by surprise because she s rarely been given a character so emotionally vulnerable and delicately yearning 
3
Ladies in Lavender
Ed Gonzalez
At the very least it s more sensitive than more Lucky Charmed productions of its kind like Waking Ned Devine and Calendar Girls
2.5
Ladies in Lavender
Rene Rodriguez
It is no more than a warm cup of tea on a chilly afternoon The reward comes in seeing these two great actresses at work 
2.5
Black and White
Michael Dequina
The writers apparently thought that mixing a routine erotic thriller and a routine police procedural would make something that would transcend both formulas 
1.5
Black and White
David Nusair
The supporting cast includes Ron Silver playing yet another smarmy guy and Alison Eastwood which leads me to wonder what the initial script looked like compared to what ended up in the final product because this is a pretty bad little flick 
1
Raf
Carly Lewis
Although Raf feels more like a quick cursory retelling than a purposeful narrative there s a sense of insurrectionary solace in watching a film about friendship that comes and goes 
2
Disorder
Mark Dujsik
T here s no denying that the climax becomes routine just as it s unavoidable that there s disappointment at the end of it all 
2.5
Disorder
Robert Horton
Fascinatingly thorny in its depiction of a damaged protagonist 
3.5
Disorder
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie is at its best when it recreates what it must feel like to be in a constant state of paranoia and pain If only that feeling were accompanied by one or two other emotions 
2
Disorder
Sara Michelle Fetters
It all allows the film to have an eerie old school noir aesthetic that s reminiscent of Fritz Lang coupled with the psychologically destructive emotional pathos of Claude Chabrol Yet Winocour manages to make things feel unique 
3
Disorder
David Fear
Tall dark and brooding Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts is the man you go to when you need bruised masculinity International Cinema Division 
2.5
Disorder
Sheila O'Malley
Disorder is tense and scary beautiful to look at and even more gorgeous to hear In the end it is also extremely moving That s the most thrilling part of all 
4
Disorder
Christopher Gray
Before Disorder becomes a programmatic and somewhat sloppy home invasion thriller it s a particularly vivid portrait of a man warily eyeing the tumult of his homecoming 
2.5
Disorder
Peter Howell
Action may seem slow in coming but interest never flags and Winocour doesn t flinch from necessary violence Hollywood awaits her if she s interested 
3
Disorder
Marsha Lederman
A steamy suspenseful tension bomb psychological sexual you name it with potential catastrophe at the periphery of each scene 
3
Disorder
Chris Knight
The term gritty gets thrown around a lot in criticism But this second feature from French writer director Alice Winocour certainly deserves the adjective you could pave your driveway with this dark effective thriller 
3.5
Disorder
David Nusair
It s ultimately impossible not to admire what Winocour has pulled off here as the film manages to captivate in both its attempted genres 
3.5
Disorder
Kent Turner
It s hard to find a more vulnerable volatile and sensitive actor working today than Matthias Schoenaerts Here Diane Kruger exudes an elegance and coolness not unlike Grace Kelly 
3
Repo Men
Mattie Lucas
At a time where a real health care drama is being played out on a grand scale right before our eyes Repo Men seems tritely anemic 
1.5
Repo Men
Jeff Beck
Although it s an interesting premise its lack of originality gives away where much of the film is going to go that is right up until you get to the unexpectedly bad ending 
2.5
Repo Men
Michael Dequina
Sapochnik Law Whitaker and Schreiber have so much fun with all the extremes wallowing in their shameless excess with the right dollop of macabre self aware humor 
3
Repo Men
Rossiter Drake
If only Sapochnik and Garcia had stuck more to their ideas than their guns they d really have something 
2.5
Repo Men
Graham Young
The script has a resonance of sorts with today s debt ridden society But it s also derivative violent and lacking in both suspense and the sort of characters we cared for in Stephen Frears organ drama Dirty Pretty Things 
1
Repo Men
Robbie Collin
There s the seed of a good idea here But good geh RIEF has it been turned into an all clucking all squawking turkey twizzler of Foghorn Leghorn dimensions 
1
Repo Men
Linda Cook
It s a buddy movie Then again it s political statement about corporate greed and the health care crisis No it s a science fiction tale 
2.5
Repo Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately the filmmakers treat things with such deathly seriousness the whole thing tends to drag creating an air of overly familiar boredom difficult to get past 
2
Repo Men
Mark Dujsik
Repo Men desperately wants to make a statement it s just not sure what that might be 
2
Repo Men
David Nusair
a frustratingly uneven yet sporadically electrifying sci fi thriller 
2.5
Repo Men
Lori Hoffman
What is more depressing than the bleak future shown in Repo Men is the sense that there was an intriguing premise somewhere in this mess of blood and guts 
1.5
Repo Men
Peter Canavese
Perfectly positioned to take advantage of the health care debate Unfortunately the satire doesn t get any more complex than What if the mortgage crisis were over livers instead of houses 
2
Repo Men
John Beifuss
The premise of this health care crisis sci fi actioner is ingenious and witty but the film leaves satire behind to become increasingly pretentious and nonsensical 
2.5
Repo Men
Eric Melin
Surface value thrills that grow tiresome and a formulaic story that buries most of the movie s built in absurdity What could have been a gory satire becomes a sloppy exercise in berzerk commercialism 
2
Repo Men
Kit Bowen
Repo Men is a thrilling bloody organ ripping sci fi spin on a familiar theme 
3
Repo Men
Kam Williams
A paranoid fantasy of what s over the horizon if the macabre rumors about the Obamacare death panels are true 
1
Repo Men
Matt Brunson
Repo Men mostly plays like an uninspired rip off of Logan s Run plus Brazil plus Total Recall plus Monty Python s The Meaning of Life plus well I could do this all day 
2
Repo Men
Liam Lacey
Alternately smirking and dully disgusting 
1
Repo Men
Christian Toto
Repo Men starts with a sly premise and then adds literally nothing of worth thereafter 
1
Repo Men
Peter Howell
At least a robotic handclap is due to director Sapochnik for working within his limitations including obvious budgetary ones and giving this Frankenstein beast as much forward momentum as it possesses 
2.5
Repo Men
Lou Lumenick
Repo Men is a rare film where Toronto plays itself It s also the first I ve ever seen where a typewriter is used as a lethal weapon 
1
Repo Men
John Anderson
One can forgive the movie s defects and its indecision about being tragedy or comedy 
2.5
Repo Men
Chris Hewitt
It s often exciting and occasionally provocative but like its main characters there s a machine where its heart should be 
2.5
Repo Men
Stephen Whitty
It s a film to be endured more than experienced 
1
Repo Men
Robert Levin
The movie is far less ambitious than it thinks it is 
2.5
Repo Men
James Berardinelli
It s tough to recommend Repo Men outright but you could do worse when trolling multiplex halls 
2.5
Repo Men
Dustin Putman
It s a shot in the foot and the splattered limb is beyond repair 
2
Repo Men
Claudia Puig
Why good actors like Forest Whitaker and Liev Schreiber have taken major roles in this wrongheaded effort is perhaps the most compelling question posed by this film 
1.5
Repo Men
Mick LaSalle
Repo Men sets up and puts into motion an attention grabbing premise and then for the most part just goes to typical places with it 
2
Repo Men
Joe Lozito
Grisly humorless and over long this sci fi thriller about the repossession of artificial organs isn t nearly as interesting clever or original as it wants to be 
.5
Repo Men
John Hartl
Under the uncertain direction of Miguel Sapochnik the actors often seem at a loss The inconsistency of tone is impossible to ignore 
2
Repo Men
Carrie Rickey
I watched a third of the movie through the cracks of my fingers wincing 
1.5
Repo Men
Robert W. Butler
What we need are some cinematic repo men to rip this movie from the theaters 
1.5
Repo Men
Wesley Morris
This is the sort of science fiction that opts for scissors to the groin or a bullet to the head rather than a complete thought 
2
Repo Men
Steven Snyder
Repo Men asks us to consider What happens when the corporations claim ownership over our very bodies
2.5
Repo Men
Joe Williams
This is a long delayed sci fi slasher flick that the relieved producers are now tossing like a malodorous Molotov cocktail into the middle of our national health care debate 
2
Repo Men
Roger Ebert
I don t know if the makers of this film intended it as a comedy A preview audience regarded it with polite silence and left the theater in an orderly fashion 
2
Repo Men
Simon Abrams
To give resonance to that pedantic half baked conceit director Miguel Sapochnik apes the severe gravitas of Children of Men 
1.5
Repo Men
Tom Meek
Repo Men should have offered some lacerating satire but the derivative filmmaking and reality show dialogue take the heart right out of it 
2
Repo Men
Rene Rodriguez
The movie goes completely insane in the best way possible 
3
Repo Men
Roger Moore
This is not a bad cast but whatever wit the script aims for is lost in the queasy details director Miguel Sapochnik found more fascinating 
1.5
Food and Romance
Anne Brodie
celebrates female friendship 44 women w their own faces and bodies and shows starting over can be the best thing ever 46 A fun 44 light tonic for the winter blues that lives in goodwill and good food
2
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Peter Canavese
Ask yourself would you rather show your kids Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Marmaduke I don t want to live in a world where the answer is the latter Blu ray 
3
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
James Kendrick
ultimately all in good fun although it s hard to shake entirely the sense that something is slightly askew which is probably the point
3
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Betsy Bozdech
The kids are cute the story is inventive and the songs are fun if uneven but the movie s main draw is Van Dyke 
3
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Roger Ebert
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang contains about the best two hour children s movie you could hope for with a marvelous magical auto and lots of adventure and a nutty old grandpa and a mean Baron and some funny dances and a couple of scary moments 
3
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
David Nusair
Given that the film runs almost two and a half hours it s fairly clear that a substantial amount of trimming would have been appropriate 
2.5
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Walter Chaw
It s some fresh circle of hell to revisit childhood favourites only to inevitably discover that as a child one is almost indubitably an idiot 
1
Suzy
Scott Nash
The stars outshine the material 
3
Epicentro
Matt Fagerholm
At once mesmerizing and self questioning 
3.5
Epicentro
Chris Barsanti
It alternates political ponderings with a loose and discursive subtext in which Hubert Sauper explores the idea of Cuba as an island paradise 
3
Epicentro
Roger Moore
Sauper has captured the island in the last days of Castroism lovely crumbling defiant and myopic a paradise that has been tormented by the worst human history has had to offer 
3
On Sacred Ground
Richard Roeper
The heavy handed drama depicts Indigenous Peoples Standing Rock protests but focuses on white outsiders 
2.5
Tell-Tale
Christian Toto
Edgar Allan Poe would be intrigued if not outright proud of Tell Tale
3
Suck It Up
Rob Thomas
Suck It Up takes tragedy that seems insurmountable and builds something joyful out of it 
3.5
Suck It Up
Brad Wheeler
Examines grief in smoothly pleasing and respectfully comic ways 
2.5
Suck It Up
Peter Howell
Suck It Up is true to life in how it shows two different personalities struggling to engage with each other It s well acted but as so often happens with Canadian films the landscape is the greater part of the story 
2.5
Tortilla Heaven
Brandon Fibbs
For all of its flaws and shortcomings Tortilla Heaven can t help but be charming and undeniably entertaining 
2.5
Tortilla Heaven
Jim Hemphill
If Tortilla Heaven is supposed to be a more serious exploration of faith and greed it s a total failure given that it doesn t address a single question it raises with any depth 
1
The Woman in Green
James Kendrick
engaging in the way it predates both the serial killer narrative and the mind control paranoia that infused Cold War films
3
Spin Me Round
Rene Sanchez
As breezy as its dreamy Mediterranean scenery 44 this zany comedy works thanks its fantastic cast 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
Spin Me Round
Rob Thomas
The tonal shifts suggest that it 8217 s the viewer who gets spun round in 8220 Spin Me Round 46 8221 I admired Baena and Brie 8217 s trust that the audience will hang on for the whirlwind ride
3
Spin Me Round
James Berardinelli
Watching Spin Me Round I was reminded of the phrase jack of all trades master of none It applies here the production does a lot of things many of them unconventional but never leaves one fully satisfied 
2.5
Spin Me Round
Peter Canavese
An endangered species 8212 an indie comedy with an original idea 44 which arrives at an extremely funny comic climax 46 Great Pino Donaggio score 46 
3.5
Spin Me Round
Erik Childress
Some very funny performances from a great cast get too often sidelined in a search for a plot that teases darker aspirations and ends up more goofily anti climactic 46 
2.5
Spin Me Round
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie quot spins quot itself out of control 44 into a weirdly convoluted quot mystery quot story that doesn apos t really go anywhere special 46 
2.5
Spin Me Round
Ty Burr
Baena and Brie keep the tone ambiguous which is fine in theory and eventually unsatisfying in practice as Spin Me Round keeps hinting at various moods romance comedy suspense without ever settling on one 
2
Spin Me Round
Kevin Carr
This is one of those overly ambitious ideas that never reaches even close to what the quality cast promises 46 
1.5
Spin Me Round
Katie Walsh
Not really a parody 44 not quite an homage 46 It remains in indie comedy mode 44 meaning it never has to be earnest or pick a tone or deliver the splashy aesthetic excess of the genres that it indicates 46 
2
Spin Me Round
Sheila O'Malley
Every scene is interesting 44 and the film is often quite funny 44 but Nick apos s world is so seemingly dark and twisted 44 it apos s difficult to reconcile the two halves 46 
2.5
Spin Me Round
William Repass
Cleansed of all risk and personality 44 the film subsides 44 as though with a sigh 44 into the reheated sauce of mediocrity 46 
2
Spin Me Round
Mark Dujsik
Director Jeff Baena and star Alison Brie apos s screenplay for Spin Me Round amounts to a broad premise in search of some kind of narrative and comedic form 46 
1.5
Spin Me Round
Mike McGranaghan
A degenerate version of Eat Pray Love that I found impossible to resist 46 
3
Spin Me Round
Joey Magidson
Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza are the clear highlights of Spin Me Round 44 an amusingly odd experience 46 
3
Spin Me Round
Roger Moore
The jokes and gags range from thin to transparently thin
2
The Hour of the Star
Roger Ebert
At first we simply observe Macabea in her boring and empty life Then we begin to empathize 
3
A Ciambra
Josh Terry
By its final reel Carpignano s film seems more interested in giving a voice to a bereaved culture than giving it hope and hope is not going to be the feeling audiences take from the theater 
2.5
A Ciambra
Glenn Kenny
Viewers interested in a rarely documented side of life will get caught up in this frank portrayal of a boy who s not sure how to be a man 
3
A Ciambra
Diego Semerene
The film is most engrossing in its opening act when its camera is freed from the demands of plot channeling Pio s peripatetic spirit 
2.5
A Ciambra
Shane Slater
The curiosity of Carpignano s sharp directorial vision brings these characters and their world to life 
3
For the Love of Money
Kyle Smith
This dollar store version of a Scorsese crime saga For the Love of Money is consistently as trite as its title 
1
Yella
Brian Eggert
Christian Petzold s Yella is an unassuming story with a powerful metaphor about the complexities of German reunification
3.5
Yella
David Nusair
Yella slowly but surely begins to lose its already tenuous grip on the viewer 
2
Yella
Walter V. Addiego
This crisply made thriller begins as a harrowing tale of a young German woman stalked by her deranged ex husband but quickly turns into an investigation of the murkier depths of capitalism 
3
Yella
Roger Ebert
Yella is a reserved young woman with unrevealed depths of intelligence larceny and passion Their gradual revelation makes this more than an ordinary thriller in great part because of the performance of Nina Hoss in the title role 
3.5
Yella
Sid Smith
The German offering Yella begins with an utterly gripping first 15 minutes follows with a passable drama and ends with a big disappointment 
2.5
Yella
Mark Rahner
An import non thriller so enigmatic and subtle that it s inert 
1.5
Yella
V.A. Musetto
Makes for interesting viewing 
3
Yella
Maitland McDonagh
German writer director Christian Petzold transforms the classic American cult movie Carnival of Souls into a bleak drama about soul sucking alienation in the reunited Germany 
3
Yella
Nick Schager
Far less concerned with character development than with bludgeoning clues to the drama s true nature 
1.5
Prison on Fire
Michael Dequina
Chow once again takes command handling the drama and comedy with equal capability 
3
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Roger Moore
Amusing gloss on a punk fashion icon who never gave up the safety pins 
2.5
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Lisa Jensen
Westwood is proof that fashion and political audacity have no age limit 
3
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Moira MacDonald
Westwood is definitely better than mediocre though you wish there were a bit more to it 
2.5
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Bruce DeMara
She s a bit of a prickly pear but Tucker captures the essential Westwood down to earth resourceful and likeable 
3
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Elizabeth Wellington
It s amazing to watch 
2.5
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Mick LaSalle
I accept that she was popular and am even willing to take on faith that her work is brilliant But I would have liked to know why it s brilliant 
2
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Godfrey Cheshire
If Westwood Punk Icon Activist isn t a great or greatly appealing film that may have more to do with the subject s personal limitations and unpleasantness than with the filmmaker s skills 
3
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Paul O'Callaghan
Lorna Tucker s documentary sustains a tone that oscillates between earnest admiration and wry exasperation 
2.5
A Lot of Nothing
Peyton Robinson
A Lot of Nothing presents a script simmering with buzzwords but ultimately no thesis 46 
1.5
A Lot of Nothing
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie is finally a confounding exercise in doing a lot without saying much of insight or worth 46 
1.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mattie Lucas
Rooted in German Expressionism the film is a moody thriller filled with deep shadows off kilter camera angles and imposing gothic sets 
3
Netizens
Bruce DeMara
A timely film that ought to summon everyone s outrage 
3
2:37
Susan Walker
A self consciously directed socially conscious film 2 37 is too forcefully plotted to ever engage a sympathetic viewing 
2
2:37
Rick Groen
A superficial movie about the horrors of living on the surface 
2.5
2:37
David Nusair
Inspired by Gus Van Sant s Elephant to an almost absurd degree 2 37 consequently comes off as a pale shadow of its progenitor 
2
Les Nôtres
Leo Brady
It s safe to say that Les Notres is easily one of the most frustrating movies of 2021 
2
Les Nôtres
Roger Moore
Any time you make a movie with well played characters who compel the audience to want to shout at the screen you ve accomplished something 
3
Les Nôtres
Robert Horton
Works committed variations on the respectable community with dirty secrets scenario 
3
Les Nôtres
Jourdain Searles
A coming of age drama noticeably lacking in a truthful adolescent perspective 
2
Les Nôtres
Pat Brown
The film is a j accuse aimed at those complicit in oppressing the most vulnerable in order to protect the powerful 
3
A California Christmas
Roger Moore
A pleasant little nothing that would be right at home in Hallmark s holiday flirtations over fruitcake romances 
2
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil
David Nusair
The Prom Night series comes to a close with this expectedly ineffective entry 
1
Safe Place
Roger Moore
Leroti 263 casts a spell and serves up life lessons in a sort of parable about those who are ready to go and want to go 44 and the loved ones determined to stop them 46 
3
Krisha
Federico Furzan
An essential film about families All of them are disfunctional And Krisha tells a difficult story that just feels present Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Krisha
David Nusair
an often hypnotically ambitious debut feature 
3.5
Krisha
Brad Keefe
It s one of the more challenging and perhaps rewarding film going experiences of the year so far 
3.5
Krisha
Sonny Bunch
Among the most engrossing 80 or so minutes you ll see all year 
3
Krisha
Josh Larsen
as if we re experiencing that most familiar of American traditions Thanksgiving dinner through the eyes of an uncomfortable alien 
3
Krisha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is boldly independent work with more than enough painful searing drama to leave a mark 
3.5
Krisha
John Serba
Shot like a creeper of a horror movie it s intense and focused seemingly crafted from raw tension building to boiling catharsis 
4
Krisha
Sean P. Means
Shults greatest ally and greatest find is his aunt Krisha Fairchild She gives a gritty lived in performance brimming with soul and heartache 
4
Krisha
Mark Dujsik
Shults camera simply expertly moves with Krisha as she attempts to maneuver her way into a sense of normalcy with of belonging to her family again 
3.5
Krisha
Steven Rea
Krisha may go on a little longer than you d want but then its title character is the kind of houseguest who stays longer than you d want her to so even the postscript confrontations and apologies feel right 
3.5
Krisha
Robert Horton
The film has the off kilter claustrophobic feel of a horror movie and on its own terms it s effective 
3
Krisha
Ty Burr
At times you laugh in horror At other times you shrink from the screen There are truths here 
3.5
Krisha
Michael O'Sullivan
The director allows us to inhabit not just Krisha s pill induced zone out but also her acute distress and yes guilt over her past behavior It s slightly fussy in your face filmmaking but it s viscerally effective 
2.5
Krisha
Michael Phillips
Krisha is obviously personal for Shults but there s a limit to that fact The film s technique transcends the merely personal 
4
Krisha
Tom Keogh
For all its strengths Krisha can also be self indulgent and artificial 
2.5
Krisha
David Fear
Krisha is many things a nightmare a cry for help a cringe comedy with sobbing instead of a laugh track a cracked family portrait an apology and a valentine 
3.5
Krisha
Walter V. Addiego
Shults is a penetrating observer and hints at many old wounds that will be lanced in the course of a tight 83 minutes 
3
Krisha
Sheila O'Malley
The film feels like a blazing catharsis for all involved 
3.5
Krisha
Katie Walsh
Proves less can often provide opportunities for so much more 
3
Krisha
Mike McGranaghan
Krisha is bold and powerful This Great American Indie will knock you on your ass in the best possible way 
4
Krisha
James Lattimer
It rams home the main character s relentless downward spiral though an incessant parade of grandstanding stylistic flourishes 
2
Krisha
Kent Turner
This indie has verve to spare and features a razor sharp cast that s largely nonprofessional 
3
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Matt Brunson
Along with The Robe and How to Marry a Millionaire one of the first three CinemaScope films that were all released toward the end of 53 
2.5
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Mattie Lucas
The film certainly looks great the Technicolor and CinemaScope mix really pops but it s all in service of a paper thin plot blandly executed by Robert Wagner and Terry Moore s dull leads 
1.5
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
David Sterritt
The movie is visually impressive but Ishii s virtuoso style can t overcome the flatness of the comic book story he s telling 
2
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
V.A. Musetto
The funky title of this Japanese yakuza bloodletting is alas better than the film itself 
2
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Daniel Neman
Though you may be tempted do not run screaming from Jeremiah Tower The Last Magnificent after the first two minutes 
3
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Sean P. Means
The documentary Jeremiah Tower The Last Magnificent is as vibrant as its subject who charms as he deflects the filmmakers best efforts to plumb his depths 
3
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Josh Terry
The sum total of the effort reveals a man who was exquisitely unique yet every bit the classic artist stereotype controlling tormented driven and lonely 
3
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Rebecca Tucker
An oddly compelling documentary that sheds light on an important albeit forgotten cornerstone of modern contemporary cuisine 
3
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Peter Keough
Tower indeed is living a magnificent life which Tenaglia nearly suffocates in a creaky Citizen Kane style telling 
2.5
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Bethany Jean Clement
The Last Magnificent from the title to the closing sequence matches Tower s drama with its own style 
3
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Peter Canavese
Tower only reveals what he s willing to reveal Still the focus should remain and does on the food itself and the tenacious productively persnickety beautiful mind it took to serve it up 
2.5
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Maura Judkis
As the documentary comes to a close a man few people ever truly knew retreats into himself once more 
2
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Mick LaSalle
Tower is shown in the kitchen trying to do the impossible and it s hard not to feel for him and respect his care and rigor 
3
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Chuck Bowen
Lydia Tenaglia s direction is occasionally flashy and cluttered but her empathy for Tower is evocative and poignant 
2.5
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Glenn Kenny
A conspicuously imperfect movie that turns more compelling after trying your patience then yields a final half hour that s as engrossing as a finely wrought suspense drama 
2.5
Mission: Impossible
Brian Eggert
De Palma has made the experience such a purely cinematic one 8212 devious enough 44 smart enough 44 and exciting enough to challenge and enthrall sophisticated and mainstream viewers alike 46 
4
Mission: Impossible
Peter Canavese
A crazy knowingly over the top but entertaining action movie 25TH ANNIVERSARY Blu ray review 
3
Mission: Impossible
Matt Brunson
The first installment in the popular film franchise set the tone for what would be a consistently exciting series that dopey M I II aside 
3
Mission: Impossible
Zach Campbell
Unlike most action films Mission Impossible s distinct appeal operates not so much on suspense but on improbability 
3
Mission: Impossible
James Kendrick
It s silly but expertly rendered and ridiculously exhilarating which is exactly what De Palma does best 
3
Mission: Impossible
David Nusair
succeeds in offering up several exciting and suspenseful sequences though one can t help but wish that the dialogue based moments packed the same sort of punch 
3
Mission: Impossible
Michael Dequina
A solid piece of summer escapist entertainment 
3.5
Mission: Impossible
Jeanne Aufmuth
Check your brain at the door wallow in the special effects and ride it out until September when good old fashioned action will once again prevail 
3
Mission: Impossible
James Berardinelli
This movie isn t a disaster but all things considered there s little reason to make it a high priority for theatrical viewing 
2.5
Mission: Impossible
Roger Ebert
Tom Cruise looks cool and holds our attention while doing neat things that we don t quite understand 
3
Mission: Impossible
Steve Rhodes
Although I think the film is worth seeing much of the script is plodding and tedious 
2.5
Mission: Impossible
Rob Blackwelder
Overblown in every sense At times this is a plus 
3
Mission: Impossible
Susan Stark
Smart ambitious occasionally elegant 
3
Mission: Impossible
Madeleine Williams
Improbable but highly entertaining suspense yarn 
3
Mission: Impossible
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Every effect is so calculated that only the conscious minds of filmmakers and viewers are engaged and not by very much or for very long 
1
Mission: Impossible
Mike Clark
Stylish brisk but lacking in human dimension 
3
Mission: Impossible
Mick LaSalle
It s the worst kind of convoluted thriller it can never unravel satisfactorily because there s nothing simple at its center just more confusion 
1
Grand Illusion
Brian Eggert
Pregnant with social humanist and auteurist truths Jean Renoir s Grand Illusion contains equal measures of humanism and realism 
4
Grand Illusion
Ernesto Diezmartinez
La grande illusion is a complex parquet of discourses that collide and complement each other A masterpiece 
4
Grand Illusion
Josh Larsen
highlights the absurdity of war or possibly the absurdity of civilized behavior when war is going on just outside 
4
Grand Illusion
Matt Brunson
Back in 1952 both Orson Welles and David Lean cited the movie as one of their 10 all time favorite films Still not everyone was a fan Joseph Goebbels Hitler s rat faced Minister of Propaganda declared it Cinematic Public Enemy No 1 
4
Grand Illusion
James Kendrick
a monumental humanist work
4
Grand Illusion
Ted Prigge
A lways fascinating flick to watch filled with a great sense of humor that never makes this overly surreal a dramatic edge which never feels forced and emotion that never feels hokey or melodramatic 
4
Grand Illusion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a marvelous introduction to the work of one of the top masters of the cinema 
4
Grand Illusion
Roger Ebert
the camera doesn t point or intrude but glides 
4
Oklahoma Crude
Roger Moore
t 8217 s a choppy film with a great sense of its place and time and fine action beats 46 Anything with this cast is always going to be watchable 46 But it 8217 s not quite a comedy 44 not really an action comedy 46 
2.5
The Possession of Michael King
Dustin Putman
When a premise is juicy enough and the accompanying script is good enough it can go a long way in smoothing over certain irksome deficiencies For that matter so can a host of legitimately earned scares 
2.5
The Possession of Michael King
Brian Tallerico
Jung s film goes through all the machinations of a found footage possession film with about as much creative spark as an apathetic teen checking off a list in a film class that he hates 
1
The Possession of Michael King
Dann Gire
Here comes another in a long line of generic found footage films that only halfheartedly embraces the found documentary format popularized by the breakthrough 1999 horror tale The Blair Witch Project 
1.5
The Possession of Michael King
Roger Moore
A skeptic is converted story hampered by the limitations of the found footage format 
1.5
Harmontown
David Nusair
far too often comes off as a self congratulatory puff piece geared towards Harmon s apparent multitude of followers 
2
Harmontown
Doug Knoop
Harmon states at one point in the film that he just wants to be the guy who makes people happy This documentary does just that 
3.5
Harmontown
David Lewis
The final 20 minutes are the strongest when Harmon comes to some realizations about his behavior Unless you re the biggest of fans you may find yourself wishing that the film had reached this point earlier 
2
Harmontown
Brian Tallerico
Most people in Hollywood are overly concerned about what you think of them Harmon is the kind of guy who admonishes hecklers who scream out I love you because he doesn t love himself 
2.5
Boxcar Bertha
Matt Brunson
Barbara Hershey is a refreshing presence as a woman hopping the rails in Depression era America 46 
3
Boxcar Bertha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Scorsese hadn t developed a personal vision yet but a few moments during the heat of battle reveal a lively playful camera Not to mention the on target performances by Hershey and her co stars David Carradine Barry Primus and Bernie Casey 
3
Boxcar Bertha
David Nusair
an often interminable experience 
1.5
Boxcar Bertha
Bill Chambers
Although a Martin Scorsese retrospective could easily survive its absence Boxcar Bertha is a cornerstone of the director s filmography
2.5
Boxcar Bertha
Roger Ebert
Scorsese remains one of the bright young hopes of American movies 
3
Boxcar Bertha
Jeremy Heilman
Many of this movie s problems lie in the cookie cutter script which squanders most of the very real potential of a movie about Bertha Thompson s life 
2
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
Maitland McDonagh
A surprisingly unvarnished picture of the performed emerges despite Klein s uncritical approach 
2.5
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
Joe Neumaier
It s not easy being Meat Loaf 
2.5
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
Nick Schager
Pure promo fluff 
1
Gaz Bar Blues
Walter Chaw
It cares enough about its creations to forgive a multitude of sins 
3
Gaz Bar Blues
Ray Conlogue
A small gem 
3
Trailer Park of Terror
David Nusair
It s hard to envision a more objectionable and flat out interminable contemporary horror effort 
.5
Easter Parade
Josh Larsen
has the advantage of Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in the lead roles Irving Berlin numbers throughout and hats upon hats upon hats 
3.5
Easter Parade
Matt Brunson
The most famous act finds Garland and Astaire dressed as bums for A Couple of Swells but there s also the pair tackling the title tune and my favorite Astaire showing off his incomparable tap dancing prowess in Steppin Out with My Baby 
3.5
Easter Parade
Eric Henderson
A trifle of a musical revue 
1
Comradeship
Eric Melin
A mix of elaborate studio sets and location shooting give the movie a naturalistic flavor but lots of camera movement also marks it as expressionistic The lack of a score also marks it as less manipulative than traditional Hollywood pictures of the day 
3
Comradeship
James Kendrick
benefits substantially from Pabst s intense focus on realism both physically and psychologically
3.5
Culture of Silence
Peter Keough
Jacob establishes the gravity of the subject from the beginning and even when the filmmaking falters that poignancy remains 
2.5
Tokyo Drifter
Eric Melin
It s the camera trickery and the playful art direction that send up the entire image of the badass yakuza to begin with 
3
Rogue Trader
Michael Dequina
No one else involved in the film is able to match McGregor s conviction 
2.5
Salt and Pepper
Matt Brunson
Davis overplays while Lawford underplays 44 which results in a nice chemistry between their characters 46 
2.5
Salt and Pepper
Roger Ebert
Salt and Pepper is at least nominally a comedy But it contains scenes too violent to be absorbed by the comedy form and becomes a weird exercise in inconsistency We re never quite sure whether to expect a pratfall or an immolation 
1.5
Nim's Island
Betsy Bozdech
In an era when so many kids movies rely on special effects and flashy animation to grab an audience s attention an old fashioned adventure like Nim s Island is a refreshing island breeze
3
Nim's Island
Michael Dequina
The material isn t up to the level of the film s lead Abigail Breslin 
2.5
Nim's Island
Peter Canavese
Overplayed there are entirely too many beaming smiles and emotional flip outs the only reason to see this movie is Foster whose overplaying somehow succeeds at charming where her costars fail Blu Ray 
2
Nim's Island
John Beifuss
A more enjoyable saga of girl power than Breslin s highly touted followup vehicle Kit Kittredge 
3
Nim's Island
Austin Kennedy
The first half is really cute and imaginative Unfortunately the second half isn t quite as good 
2.5
Nim's Island
Lori Hoffman
the cast and the cute critters make up for the weaker elements and bring home a nice movie for the 5 11 age group 
2.5
Nim's Island
Matt Brunson
If your kids have been totally weaned on ADD addled animated flicks that mostly coast on crude humor and instantly dated pop culture references then this clearly isn t the film for them 
3
Nim's Island
Larry Ratliff
Unabashedly this is a family entertainment package made for the child in all of us And one more thing It s fun Lots of smart if silly escapism 
3
Nim's Island
Tasha Robinson
There s a lot to like about spunky Breslin even when she s unnecessarily recapping events or recapitulating Home Alone as she chases caricatured cruise ship tourists from her island She s a charismatic energetic presence at the heart of the film
3
Nim's Island
Sean P. Means
Even the kids in the audience will feel a bit insulted by the dumbed down dialogue and a bit cheated by the bargain basement special effects 
2.5
Nim's Island
Claudia Puig
Nim s Island is a win win proposition an entertaining diverting adventure saga that offers excitement and a relatable heroine for children and also will remind their parents of favorite classics from their own youth 
2.5
Nim's Island
Chris Hewitt
This Island is surrounded by warmth suspense and good humor 
3.5
Nim's Island
Moira MacDonald
A sweet natured family adventure film that should be quite popular with the grade school girls at which it s aimed 
3
Nim's Island
Ruthe Stein
Nim s aquatic adventures and those on land provide the majority of thrills in this exhilarating and enchanting family picture It s the best I ve seen this year and highly recommended for girls and for boys too 
4
Nim's Island
Carla Meyer
Directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin and adapted from a novel by Wendy Orr Nim s Island offers a nice message for kids and grown ups Be the hero of your own story whether confronting a volcano or borderline agoraphobia 
3
Nim's Island
Stephen Whitty
If only Nim s hero were more original and its story more concise 
2
Nim's Island
Lou Lumenick
Roughly what Romancing the Stone would have been like as a 1970s Disney flick had CGI been available Nim s Island is strictly for the 8 and under crowd 
2
Nim's Island
Joe Neumaier
Just when the movie needs real girl power it leaves its heroine stranded 
2
Nim's Island
Mack Bates
Nim s Island is funny when it needs to be serious when it s required and fantastical throughout 
2.5
Nim's Island
Evan Henerson
I m not sure what s more depressing seeing potential tween megastar Abigail Breslin underused or watching Jodie Foster clutching a Progresso soup can for dear life and smacking head first into a tree 
2
Nim's Island
Robert W. Butler
A good idea and a great cast are wasted in Nim s Island a kiddie flick pitched to second grade sensibilities that still manages to underestimate its audience 
1.5
Nim's Island
Amy Biancolli
Nim s Island is a pleasant enough jaunt for a family outing but it never fully arrives at that perfect secret world 
2
Nim's Island
Liam Lacey
The movie s dated stereotypical comedy often contradicts its wholesome intentions coming across as laboriously cutesy and occasionally perverse 
1.5
Nim's Island
Ty Burr
The film s an oddity an engaging slightly overcooked fantasy about a castaway island girl and the agoraphobic San Francisco novelist who comes to her rescue 
2.5
Nim's Island
Philip Marchand
The movie is not particularly rewarding for adults or children who believe that even a tale of fantastic events should be governed by plausibility 
2
Nim's Island
Christian Toto
Jodie Foster returns to her kiddie film roots with the warm and whimsical Nim s Island
3
Nim's Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
Nim isn t a great role model her preposterously selfish father even less so and any parent that urges their child to emulate her probably should have their head examined 
2
Nim's Island
Nick Schager
The only wonder eventually elicited by Nim s Island is of a mystified variety 
1.5
Nim's Island
Daniel M. Kimmel
Tweens and particularly tween girls will have a fine time cheering on the ever resourceful Nim 
3
Nim's Island
Dustin Putman
Despite its heart being in the right place Nim s Island is a strikingly far fetched and cloying picture that tries way too hard to be alternately juvenile and bittersweet 
2
Nim's Island
Willie Waffle
What kind of world do we live in when a massively talented actress like Jodie Foster becomes the comic relief character in a kid s movie and is called upon to pretend to vomit twice It doesn t ruin Nim s Island but it doesn t help 
2.5
Nim's Island
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Good spirited but rushed and clumsy 
2.5
Nim's Island
Ken Fox
Some nice scenery an unexpectedly funny performance by Jodie Foster and a unflaggingly spunky Abigail Breslin make for above average family entertainment 
3
Nim's Island
Peter Schilling
A slapdash amalgam of competing visual and storytelling styles bizarre acting egregious product placement particularly for National Geographic and negative stereotypes 
1
Nim's Island
Jeff Vice
There are some thrilling sequences but it s equally groan inducing as well 
2
Nim's Island
Carrie Rickey
Keep your shirts on ladies You don t need to rent a child to see this mildly diverting if middling adventure 
2.5
Nim's Island
Lawrence Toppman
Can filmmakers no longer create true to life inspirational stories about people in extraordinary circumstances 
2.5
Nim's Island
Sean McBride
Think of it as a safari tour for toddlers perfectly safe but without any of the legitimate thrills found in a real adventure 
1.5
The Iron Lady
Brian Eggert
A disappointment 8212 a missed opportunity for one of those great 44 complex 44 informative biopics that are becoming rarer all the time 46 
2
The Iron Lady
Mattie Lucas
Make no mistake this is Streep s show from the first frame to the last She commands the film with a power and a grace that is as rare as it is breathtaking 
3.5
The Iron Lady
Kelly Jane Torrance
This film was written by directed by and stars women But it s the most anti female film I ve seen in quite some time 
.5
The Iron Lady
Jeff Beck
There s a great story to be told about the life of Margaret Thatcher Unfortunately this is not it 
2
The Iron Lady
Roger Moore
Streep s performance of a dismissive line such as People don t think anymore they feel will have even the most dyed in the wool liberal questioning core beliefs 
3.5
The Iron Lady
Sara Michelle Fetters
Can a mediocre movie be made worthwhile by a single performance 
2
The Iron Lady
John Beifuss
This isn t a great movie but Streep is great in it 
3
The Iron Lady
Matt Pais
Memorable performance forgettable movie 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Michael Dequina
Whatever flaws the film as a whole may have the phenomenal accomplishment of Streep s work in it cannot be overstated 
3
The Iron Lady
Matt Soergel
Wastes an extraordinary Meryl Streep performance as the filmmakers muck about in maudlin meanderings that probably would have earned them a severe tongue lashing from the film s formidable subject 
2
The Iron Lady
Rich Heldenfels
Great Streep iffy movie 
2.5
The Iron Lady
James Kendrick
Streep wears Thatcher s body in her prime with authority and in her twilight with an all too human sense of frailty reminding us that however iron willed she was as a conservative politician she is still decidedly human
3
The Iron Lady
Linda Cook
Although this is an interesting movie the character outshines the screenplay That s not surprising considering that Meryl Streep is earning acclaim for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Iron Lady 
3
The Iron Lady
Bob Bloom
Meryl Streep s performance elevates the movie making it seem more important and profound than it is 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Matt Brunson
Forget for a minute the movie s soft pedaling of its central character With so much history and personality to draw upon it s infuriating that so much of the running time is wasted on mere speculation involving an elderly person s flights of fancy 
1.5
The Iron Lady
Kent Turner
Anyone coming in with a grudge will be defeated Harboring rancor towards a frail woman confused and staring into space is like beating up on a grandmother 
2.5
The Iron Lady
John Wirt
A few striking scenes don t unite for a satisfying whole Streep s powerfully measured performance is something greater than the film that holds it 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Alison Gang
Even Ms Streep s best efforts can t rescue this sloppy biopic from itself 
1.5
The Iron Lady
Lisa Kennedy
Often The Iron Lady relies on montages to get to and plow through historic high points 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Willie Waffle
If it wasn t for Streep The Iron Lady wouldn t be nearly compelling and comprehensive enough 
3
The Iron Lady
Ann Hornaday
Streep s performance overpowers the movie it s in a perfectly executed triple axel that renders everything else just featureless ice 
2
The Iron Lady
Mark Dujsik
The Iron Lady is indeed tragic though for reasons that have nothing to do with the story at hand 
1.5
The Iron Lady
Mick LaSalle
Streep s performance is so true and so uncannily accurate so full and so complete in its understanding that she is fascinating every second she is onscreen 
3
The Iron Lady
Jon Niccum
It s not exactly a sympathetic portrayal or a very interesting one 
2
The Iron Lady
Moira MacDonald
While the rest of The Iron Lady fades quickly in memory Meryl Streep s performance in the title role remains startlingly present 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Wesley Morris
Everything Streep does here is a seismic act of theater If she so much as tilts her head the earth tilts with it She doesn t simply overwhelm this thin historic biography and the other actors around her she detonates it 
2
The Iron Lady
Duane Dudek
Streep transcends the limitations of the material to embody Thatcher s real or imagined conflicted emotional landscape 
3
The Iron Lady
Steven Rea
The portrait that Streep delivers in Phyllida Lloyd s impressionistic biopic is astonishing 
3
The Iron Lady
Connie Ogle
Streep is Oscar worthy here as she almost always is which is hardly a surprise and the historic subject matter is fascinating whichever way your politics may lean 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Gary Thompson
The Iron Lady is keenly attuned to the small indignities of a woman trying to elbow her way into a man s world 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Chris Hewitt
The movie s not good but Streep is not to be missed 
2
The Iron Lady
Calvin Wilson
Even if you have little interest in Thatcher or why she mattered you ll likely respond to the contradictory yet charismatic character that Streep has conjured from truth and myth 
3
The Iron Lady
Michael Phillips
Yes it s a strangely de politicized portrait of Britain s first female prime minister But what s there is actually enough 
3
The Iron Lady
Roger Ebert
You have to be very talented to work with Meryl Streep It also helps to know how to use her The Iron Lady fails in both of these categories 
2
The Iron Lady
Peter Howell
Streep gets under the skin of one of the 20th century s most dynamic and also most contained personalities 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Peter Keough
Streep s performance notwithstanding this Lady suffers from iron deficiency 
2
The Iron Lady
Kam Williams
A potentially underwhelming production elevated singlehandedly by another tour de force turned in by the ever astounding Meryl Streep 
3
The Iron Lady
Josh Larsen
Witnessed in a vacuum free of the adulation that has more to do with Streep s reputation than the film her performance is a pleasure to watch 
3
The Iron Lady
Rafer Guzman
It isn t Streep s fault that The Iron Lady ends up feeling so uninvolving and oddly dour 
2
The Iron Lady
James Berardinelli
The screenplay is pedestrian and the acting including that of star Meryl Streep is unmemorable 
2
The Iron Lady
Mike McGranaghan
Meryl Streep is phenomenal Everything about The Iron Lady that ISN T Meryl Streep is pretty much a letdown 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Robert Levin
The film views Thatcher with sympathy and admiration the effect is a strange movie that manages to compel while also coming off as shortsighted 
3
The Iron Lady
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Amazingly the writer of this shallow short sighted stuff Abi Morgan also co wrote one of this season s deepest and most sensitive character studies Shame 
2
The Iron Lady
Kyle Smith
The film stars an unsurpassable Meryl Streep whose ability to empathize with her characters has never been more gloriously impassioned than it is in this titanic performance 
3.5
The Iron Lady
Stephen Whitty
What The Iron Lady does contain what makes it worth watching is a literally amazing performance by Meryl Streep 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Dustin Putman
Like a grocery list checks off some of the major events during Margaret Thatcher s career but doesn t explore them with any substantial depth 
2
The Iron Lady
Claudia Puig
Though not illuminating as a historical biopic the film features a tour de force performance by Meryl Streep 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Peter Travers
Is there anything that Meryl Streep can t do as an actress One can only marvel at her virtuoso performance as Britain s Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady 
3.5
The Iron Lady
Christy Lemire
Even the greatest actress of our time can only do so much when the figure she s playing just isn t on the page 
2
The Iron Lady
Joe Lozito
A biopic of the highest order featuring a performance of equal measure A thoughtful complex portrait of Britain s divisive PM 
4
The Iron Lady
Rex Reed
There s nothing even Ms Streep s craft and resourcefulness can do to make this cold humorless woman of iron likeable and the whole thing is too dry to sustain so much screen time 
2
The Iron Lady
R. Kurt Osenlund
Surely no one expected this movie to be masterful as Streep has made it rather clear that she s not much interested in working with filmmakers whose talents might outshine her own 
2.5
The Iron Lady
Phil Villarreal
My only significant gripe against the movie is that it s not a sequel to Iron Giant 
3.5
Detention
Eric Melin
It s hard not to admire the absolute commitment to a script that is very ambitious and totally bonkers in the plot department And maybe its lack of focus is meant to reflect the scattered attention spans of its audience 
2.5
Detention
David Nusair
too weird and too off the wall to become anything more than a mildly amusing curiosity 
2
Detention
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I often fell in to the category of despising it but also kept dabbling in the area of admiration for being so unpredictable and original 
2.5
Detention
Peter Howell
Neither good enough to impress as a meta mashup of horror and comedy nor bad enough to hoot and throw popcorn at it slides into a gray area of unfocused ideas and unrealized potential 
2
Detention
Sara Michelle Fetters
It breaks the mold and burns the roadmap fearlessly pushing boundaries and going into nonsensical corners most films and filmmakers wouldn t even dare of traipsing through 
2.5
Detention
Peter Hartlaub
There will be young moviegoers who proclaim this genius and more stodgy audience members who find it torturous If you re not tweeting and texting a combined 50 times or more per day you re probably in the latter camp 
2
Detention
Michael C. Walsh
Sort of like The Breakfast Club meets Donnie Darko except without a hint of subtlety 
2.5
Detention
Farran Smith Nehme
Here s another sardonic look at the hell of the American high school where countless American filmmakers believe our souls are locked no matter how long it s been since we graduated 
1.5
Detention
Mark Dujsik
It s as if someone vomited pastel hued nostalgia I must apologize for that statement Pastel vomit would take some effort to produce 
0
Detention
John Hartl
Resembles a movie less than it suggests an evening of determined incoherent channel hopping with the help of a remote control that s apparently stuck on random 
1
Detention
Wesley Morris
The movie itself is never truly clear If it s also never intentionally bad its unintentional badness keeps blasting into shockingly clever places 
2.5
Detention
Connie Ogle
Somebody somewhere forgot that a film needs a streamlined story to make visual chaos palatable 
2
Detention
Matt Pais
Desperately strives for the smarts and fun that The Cabin in the Woods achieves through good ideas not relentless attitude 
1.5
Detention
Dustin Putman
An overstuffed but ridiculously fun and gleefully original concoction Detention should earn major cult hit status if for no other reason than for its fierce unflinching juggling of genres and conventions 
3
Detention
Justine Elias
Joseph Kahn funded this sharp looking ultra low budget indie with his own savings and you get the feeling that he s going for broke in every sense 
3
Soft Shell Man
David Nusair
it s somewhat refreshing to watch a Canadian movie that s about normal people pursuing romantic relationships 
2.5
Soft Shell Man
Peter Howell
Absorbing character study by Andr Turpin 
3
Soft Shell Man
Liam Lacey
Sweet and sly 
3
Gangs of New York
Josh Larsen
Martin Scorsese s Les Miserables 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Namrata Joshi
One of the most provocative films from Hollywood in recent times 
3
Gangs of New York
Michael Dequina
The whole may not add up to the sum of its parts but it s difficult to dismiss the brilliance of those parts 
3
Gangs of New York
Peter Canavese
The impact is all in the broad strokes of Scorsese s design the corresponding coming of age stories of three confused and violent adolescents Amsterdam Vallon New York City and America Blu Ray 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Joe Lozito
Gangs becomes a standard revenge opus And a long one at that 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Martin Scorseses dream project finally explodes on the screen after years of planning and another year of delays 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Judith Egerton
Daniel Day Lewis magnetic portrayal of a 19th century ganglord who butchered his enemies as readily as he carved up a freshly killed hog 
4
Gangs of New York
Greg Maki
Gangs of New York is a very good film striving desperately to be great 
3
Gangs of New York
Nick Rogers
Gangs editing suspense and overall visual style all are evocative of classic Scorsese greats but rarely has the filmmaker s thematic eye been so carefully trained 
4
Gangs of New York
Sara Michelle Fetters
At turns brilliant and ponderous luminous and drab this is the type of ethereal feast only America s greatest living director could attempt 
3
Gangs of New York
Wesley Lovell
A disappointing entry in the Scorsese canon 
2.5
Gangs of New York
David Keyes
As you watch it unfold you find yourself understanding exactly why the man behind the camera remains such a significant influence in modern cinema This isn t just a movie you watch after all but one you experience 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Jorge Avila Andrade
Visceral salvaje visualmente arrebatadora y con una historia que atrapa Pandillas de Nueva York es un nuevo triunfo en la carrera de uno de los grandes genios incomprendidos del cine 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Ian Mantgani
After all the expectation it is surprising how absorbing Gangs of New York is as a playing movie rather than an event or a mark in the evolution of Scorsese s career 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Jules Brenner
Less is more is not a thought that seems to enter the Scorcese framework 
3
Gangs of New York
Maitland McDonagh
Epic meticulously researched and ultimately disappointing 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Jonathan R. Perry
The greatest living American filmmaker returns to form in a triumph of raw cinematic power 
4
Gangs of New York
Peter Travers
A triumph of pure craft and passionate heart 
4
Gangs of New York
Ross Anthony
Just as Day works his mojo to hide these flaws so does Scorcese with a strong fiery visual style driving pace passionate characters and a simple unabashed belief that this film is to be awesome You will almost believe it s awesome too 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Joe Leydon
A blood and thunder American epic audacious in its ambition and awesome in its achievement 
4
Gangs of New York
Mike McGranaghan
Scorsese s film is a real epic and it s clear that the director has a passion for the subject 
4
Gangs of New York
Steve Rhodes
The movie is so over the top and silly that you ll find yourself thinking of the sets as a prototype for a new Gangland area of Disneyland 
2
Gangs of New York
James Kendrick
Epic in virtually every sense of the word the film is nonetheless slow and awkward in telling its revenge story
2.5
Gangs of New York
Marty Mapes
Add these pieces together and the sum is something amazing a living breathing bleeding portrait of old New York as colorful and violent as the old west 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Steven Snyder
There is something heartbreaking about my final conclusion Gangs of New York could have been brilliant The way it stands now it is a towering accomplishment albeit a bit watered down and tragically unfocused 
3.5
Gangs of New York
James Berardinelli
Despite some reservations however the movie never lost my interest and I consider it to be worth a trip to a theater to see 
3
Gangs of New York
Michael Szymanski
Take a handful of good looking actors and dirty them up add an epic loving story telling director and an intriguing revenge filled story and Gangs of New York is the most entertaining movie of the year 
4
Gangs of New York
Jonathan Rosenbaum
For almost the first two thirds of Martin Scorsese s 168 minute Gangs of New York I was entranced 
3
Gangs of New York
David Nusair
not quite the masterpiece we ve been hoping for 
3
Gangs of New York
Mark Dujsik
When the film reaches and stretches its narrative boundaries and epic ambitious it s about as powerful and awe inspiring a film as has graced the screen this year and this makes the flaws much much easier to endure and overlook 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Linda Cook
There s blood on the streets of New York And we re not talking 2002 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Dustin Putman
Gangs of New York is flawed and has several slow patches and that is the bad news The good news is that on every other account it is a remarkably ambitious and deeply powerful masterwork 
3
Gangs of New York
Forrest Hartman
If Gangs of New York isn t considered an immediate classic it will be someday Like Scorsese himself this is the type of work that will only get better with age 
4
Gangs of New York
Mike Clark
For all its lack of breathing room it realistically puts you into the Civil War North as much as Gone With the Wind does with the romantically idealized South 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Todd Anthony
We expect filet mignon when we dine at Trattoria Scorsese Gangs of New York is more like good hamburger 
3
Gangs of New York
Moira MacDonald
Bill the Butcher is a coiled monster with a guttural voice and a sharply thrown knife Day Lewis brings him to glittery intense life 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Mick LaSalle
I doubt I ll ever be able to look at a smirking fellow in old daguerreotype with rolled up sleeves and a mustache and not think of Daniel Day Lewis and all that vitality lost to time 
3
Gangs of New York
David Elliott
Everyone is a cutout attached to simple idea balloons though Scorsese shows a ripe splurging love of the milieu 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Joe Baltake
A good film but a letdown 
3
Gangs of New York
Tor Thorsen
It s a gruesome masterpiece savage and majestic unbearable and irresistible all at once 
3.5
Gangs of New York
John Anderson
Gangs for all its bloodletting is the aberrant case of a movie that needed more violence to make its moral point 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Jonathan Foreman
It vividly and energetically evokes a fascinating time and place that has never before been the subject of film and presents a powerful if imperfectly coherent vision of urban politics at their most primal 
3
Gangs of New York
Glenn Whipp
An endlessly fascinating landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years 
4
Gangs of New York
Sean P. Means
The story ranges so widely that it sometimes gets away from Scorsese and his tag team of strong screenwriters 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Rick Groen
The spasmodic spectacle fails to develop any narrative or visceral momentum it has no cumulative effect 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Susan Stark
A historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail 
3
Gangs of New York
Jeff Vice
A film that suffers because of its many excesses 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Steven Rosen
Day Lewis keeps you awake whenever the story loses steam during the film s 2 hours and 48 minutes 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Roger Ebert
All of this is a triumph for Scorsese and yet I do not think this film is in the first rank of his masterpieces It is very good but not great 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Ty Burr
Like many operas this is long overwrought sprawling and more than frequently brilliant It also hits just enough discordant notes to keep it from greatness 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Mark Ramsey
Daniel Day Lewis sure looks dandy in his plaid pants Add a set of Callaways and a green blazer and I could win the Masters 
2
Gangs of New York
Jon Niccum
Gangs of New York starts out an epic and ends up an epic mess 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Phil Villarreal
Despite its faults Gangs excels in spectacle and pacing 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Bob Bloom
This overlong and bloated tableaux about corruption politics cultural clashes and personal revenge is impressive overall Only when you return to the light of day do you realize the flaws that weigh down Scorsese s would be epic 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Duane Dudek
It s a beautifully mounted period piece whose highlight is a fire breathing performance by Daniel Day Lewis 
3
Gangs of New York
Jeffrey Westhoff
Both flawed and delayed Martin Scorcese s Gangs of New York still emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Terry Lawson
Day Lewis larger than life Bill is one of the great characters of movies 
4
Gangs of New York
Steven Rea
An elaborately worked over opus that s as tarted up and artificial as Scorsese s 70s classic Mean Streets was gritty and real 
2
Gangs of New York
Erik Childress
Ironic how a film about the struggle for independence in America would succumb to a director losing his artistic freedom to recount it 
3
Gangs of New York
Rex Reed
Not bad enough to dismiss but too dense and boring to praise let s just call Martin Scorsese s Gangs of New York the year s longest and most expensive cinematic disappointment 
2
Gangs of New York
Chris Hewitt
The 1860s New York sets in Gangs of New York are amazing Too bad the dull characters keep blocking our view of them 
2
Gangs of New York
Rene Rodriguez
At its best the movie gives you a taste of the epic Scorsese intended an epic that sadly will forever remain in the filmmaker s imagination 
2.5
Gangs of New York
Lawrence Toppman
An operatic sprawling picture that s entertainingly acted magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170 minute length 
3.5
Gangs of New York
Glenn Lovell
A misfire of monstrous proportions the worst large scale epic since Michael Cimino s Heaven s Gate 
1.5
Gangs of New York
Mary F. Pols
Scorsese s passionate and laudable intent is to show young America at its most elemental boiling over with bigotry and resentments free of the idealistic gloss our fiction often gives our history 
3
Gangs of New York
Michael Wilmington
A magnificent throwback to an almost vanished era of epic filmmaking by great filmmakers in thrall to their own passions rather than to the studio bookkeepers 
4
Gangs of New York
Josh Larsen
Like New York during the 1863 riots Gangs goes up in flames leaving us with a broken vision of what could have been 
3
Gangs of New York
Walter Chaw
Beginning as Martin Scorsese s Apocalypse Now by the end of the auteur s thirty year dream of Gangs of New York it more resembles his Titanic 
1.5
Gangs of New York
Harvey S. Karten
Who s it gonna be this year Jack Nicholson or Daniel Day Lewis 
3
Gangs of New York
Rob Blackwelder
The tag line for this film is America was born in the streets and the dark unspoken truth of that notion comes through quite definitively in Gangs 
3
Innocent Blood
Matt Brunson
An anemic effort that fails to make the most of a great hook 
2
Innocent Blood
Roger Ebert
Innocent Blood is an uncomfortable marriage of vampires and mobsters it doesn t work on either the supernatural or the criminal level 
2
Innocent Blood
Chris Hicks
This anemic vampire tale boasts an interesting premise but suffers from lethargic pacing and an overdose of splatter special effects 
1.5
A Different Loyalty
Ed Gonzalez
Kanievska s aesthetically parched film doesn t illuminate the communist paranoia of the era but provides Sharon Stone with a handy reel of countless Oscar clips 
1.5
The Color of Lies
Matt Brunson
A deep roster of interesting characters provides this one with its backbone 46 
3
Savage Grace
Mattie Lucas
A poorly constructed flaccid drama that treats complex emotional and psychological issues with all the depth of a particularly dull rock 
1.5
Savage Grace
Bruce DeMara
While the pace occasionally flags and there are times when we wonder where Kalin is leading us he maintains a pervasive sense of dread and unease throughout that makes the chilling climax seem both shocking and inevitable 
3
Savage Grace
Phil Villarreal
A grotesque waste of time about terrible people I d rather not have known 
1
Savage Grace
Rob Thomas
The performance is so oversized that just as Barbara cowed her husband and son into submission the other actors seem to tiptoe around Moore 
2
Savage Grace
Sean P. Means
Ultimately I felt more sorry for Moore giving her all to a skeezy tabloid psychodrama than for her self absorbed character 
2
Savage Grace
Lawrence Toppman
Director Tom Kalin who s making his second feature after 1992 s Swoon tells the real life story of the Baekeland family in a subdued whisper like a servant muttering backstairs about a rich master s failings 
3
Savage Grace
Liam Lacey
Though the characters may be repellent the film permits you to feel sympathy 
3
Savage Grace
Walter V. Addiego
It s a horror story all right but the reason for telling it remains unclear and it seems like a waste of Kalin s evident talent 
1
Savage Grace
Peter Canavese
Disturbing in the extreme Savage Grace gives a guided history tour of a family as dysfunctional as they come 
3
Savage Grace
Moira MacDonald
Though the film looks elegant with deceptively simple interiors creating an impression of great wealth it feels remote We re impressed by the work the actors are doing yet the characters don t hold our interest 
2.5
Savage Grace
Ty Burr
Savage Grace contemplates passion without sampling it though and the film quickly becomes as remote as a magazine spread 
2.5
Savage Grace
Roger Ebert
Living these lives for these people must have been sad and tedious and so inevitably is their story and it must be said the film about it 
2.5
Savage Grace
Michael Phillips
Savage Grace is content to glide along and while its key performances are intelligent none of the writing activates these real life characters fully 
2
Savage Grace
Kyle Smith
The movie is based on a true story but for all its outré set pieces it never rises above the level of pretentious trash 
1.5
Savage Grace
Ken Fox
Director Todd Kalin seemed the perfect person to bring the Baekeland saga to the screen and Julianne Moore the perfect person to play the demented and doomed Barbara So what went wrong 
2
Savage Grace
Kam Williams
A feel bad peek at how the other half lives showing that no one knows what goes on behind closed doors 
3
Savage Grace
Rafer Guzman
Howard Rodman s fine tuned script and terrific acting across the board Hugh Dancy is marvelous as a fashionable well manicured monster makes Savage Grace a pleasure albeit a ghastly one to watch 
3
Savage Grace
Sara Michelle Fetters
Her performance in a word is magnificent and whenever she s on screen this intricately layered psychological melodrama is as fascinating and as mesmerizing as anything else 2008 has produced 
2.5
Savage Grace
Peter Travers
Director Tom Kalin is a huge talent and working from a script that Howard Rodman carved out of a book by Natalie Robins and Steven M L Aronson he uses dark humor and artful style to pull you into a tale of the rich abusing their privileges 
3
Savage Grace
Jordan Hiller
Kalin is a very brave and honest filmmaker and plenty astute but his subject matter argues that some stories need not be told 
2
Savage Grace
Ed Gonzalez
Rather than imitate the postmodernism chic of Far from Heaven or the parodic silliness of Die Mommie Die Kalin settles for a nondescript style whose sole function is to stay out of Moore s way 
2
In a Lonely Place
Roger Moore
A classic noir that stands among Bogart 8217 s best 46 
3.5
In a Lonely Place
Matt Brunson
A beautiful yet devastating piece of cinema that operates as a bleak film noir a compelling murder mystery a scathing critique of Hollywood and a character study of penetrating depth 
4
In a Lonely Place
Dudley Early
Bogey has got himself a pretty good picture here the best he has had of the last several 
2
In a Lonely Place
Josh Larsen
You get a full performance from Gloria Grahame then bonus ones from each of her eyebrows 
3.5
In a Lonely Place
Walter Chaw
It s a deeply Freudian film that happens to understand Freud testament to its enduring unshakable nature 
4
In a Lonely Place
James Kendrick
achieves an absolutely unrelenting grip because Ray plays so expertly on our associations turning them inside out and against us
4
In a Lonely Place
Matt Brunson
A beautiful yet devastating piece of cinema that operates as a bleak film noir a compelling murder mystery a scathing critique of Hollywood and a character study of penetrating depth 
4
In a Lonely Place
Ed Gonzalez
Like Albert Camus The Stranger In a Lonely Place is the epitome of existentialist primers 
4
The Longest Day
Scott Nash
Technically this is a great great movie 
3.5
The Longest Day
Peter Canavese
Though the film makes a few egregious historical changes for dramatic effect The Longest Day pretty much lives and dies by its scale Blu Ray 
3
Death at a Funeral
Jeff Beck
What we end up with here is the most pointless remake since Gus Van Sant made his shot for shot remake of Psycho back in 1998 
1.5
Death at a Funeral
Michael Dequina
If the film is so close to the original as to also be pretty much disposable once its over at least it as well serves up a healthy amount of laughs during its very brief and brisk run time 
3
Death at a Funeral
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable piece of work 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Kam Williams
What will creatively bankrupt Hollywood think of next 
1
Death at a Funeral
Dwight Brown
The crackerjack ensemble of actors milks each moment like old vaudeville pros 
3
Death at a Funeral
Matt Brunson
A perfectly pleasant piffle a comedy that fails to produce many big laughs but knows how to parcel out its small ones at an acceptable clip 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Sara Michelle Fetters
But while the bones remain the same the tone just doesn t translate and other than some superbly funny bits here and there this second time around I can t say I enjoyed myself near as completely 
2
Death at a Funeral
Sean P. Means
Rock saddles himself with the thankless straight man role when he should be the funniest guy in the room 
1.5
Death at a Funeral
James Kendrick
it s never dull or unfunny but its farcical situations never quite gel into something truly hilarious either
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Brett Michel
The biggest surprise is that feeble material from three years ago feels even more farcical in the age of Obama 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Linda Cook
Death at a Funeral isn t always lively 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Kam Williams
What will creatively bankrupt Hollywood think of next How about a remake of Slumdog Millionaire only set in an L A barrio with an all Chicano cast I shouldn t give them any ideas 
1
Death at a Funeral
Keith Cohen
This crowd pleaser is full of hilarious unexpected surprises and moves at a rapid clip The reels unspool like a wacky crash course on the many variations of 
3
Death at a Funeral
Rick Groen
So much sameness yet so fewer laughs 
2
Death at a Funeral
Wilson Morales
Director Neil Labute has crafted a balanced dramedy in which from start to finish each talent has a moment in the spotlight 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Sean O'Connell
Consistently amusing but rarely laugh out loud funny u2014 a bit of a disappointment considering the comedic potential of this cast 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Willie Waffle
I was laughing so much I forgot it was a Martin Lawrence movie 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Ann Hornaday
If for the most part Death at a Funeral is as tame as the tasteful parlor where most of its action takes place it manages to explode one taboo in casting mostly black actors in roles originally played by whites 
2
Death at a Funeral
Lou Lumenick
It s because of a superior cast that this version of Death at a Funeral is the rare comedy remake that s funnier than the original however slightly Personally though I m not sure it was worth the effort 
2
Death at a Funeral
James Berardinelli
Death at a Funeral does what a good comedy is supposed to do generate laughter 
3
Death at a Funeral
Peter Howell
LaBute wisely cast comic actors rather than actors attempting to be comic Timing and delivery are paramount in comedy all the more so when the material is as daft as this 
3
Death at a Funeral
Chris Hewitt
In general If it ain t broke don t fix it serves the new movie well 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Carrie Rickey
Loved the slapstick winced at the toilet humor and mourned that the female performers were given so little to do 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Mark Dujsik
Isn t quite a success although the cast does put forward their best effort 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Michael A. Smith
In fact with all of the comic talent involved including Rock Lawrence and Tracy Morgan Marsden steals the show here 
3.5
Death at a Funeral
Walter V. Addiego
You can get away with almost anything in a farce except failing to be funny and that s what kills Death at a Funeral 
1
Death at a Funeral
Dustin Putman
A mean spirited chaotic headache inducing act of desperation that largely relies upon running gags that overstay their welcome interspersed with a lot of screaming cavorting and running in and out of rooms 
1.5
Death at a Funeral
Claudia Puig
The only death at this funeral was that of a good movie 
2
Death at a Funeral
Mack Bates
Made in the spirit of an old school farce Death at a Funeral manages to find most of its fun through the interaction of its game cast who clearly had a good time working together 
3
Death at a Funeral
Moira MacDonald
A mixed bag Death at a Funeral has moments of real wit and moments when you envy the corpse 
2
Death at a Funeral
Jeff Vice
Say what you will about the subtler European style of humor not translating overseas at least it s more tolerable than this sort of over the top nincompoopery 
1.5
Death at a Funeral
Ty Burr
Completely unnecessary and sloppier than it should be It s also still funny partly thanks to smart casting in a few key roles and partly because farce this ironclad cannot be denied 
2.5
Death at a Funeral
Andrew Schenker
The comic possibilities of a character mistakenly ingesting a tab of acid and then acting predictably loony at the most inopportune moment are surely limitless or at least it must have seemed so to the makers of Death of a Funeral 
1
Death at a Funeral
Roger Ebert
Oh I know a lot of Death at a Funeral is in very bad taste That s when I laughed the most 
3.5
Death at a Funeral
Roger Moore
In filling the cast with funny people none of whom has to carry the picture LaBute allows Tracy Morgan Chris Rock Loretta Devine Danny Glover and Marsden to score without trying too hard 
2.5
The Story of Lover's Rock
Chuck Bowen
The Story of Lovers Rock an unapologetically single minded appeal for the legacy of this music is amateurish but appealingly shaggy 
2.5
The Story of Lover's Rock
Kam Williams
You can add The Story of Lovers Rock to the short list of must see politically tinged documentaries which shed light on the cultural roots of a lesser known musical genre ala Calypso Dreams and Buena Vista Social Club 
4
100 Men and a Girl
Emanuel Levy
Deanna Durbin s most popular film which stars conductor Leopold Stokowski was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture 
3
Clambake
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Clambake is indeed awful but it s amusing and Presley s star power is hard to refute 
2
Miss Hokusai
Alan French
Through the use of stunning visuals and surprisingly effective if not sparing emotional beats the film is a solid triumph 
3.5
Miss Hokusai
Lisa Jensen
The overall tone is so uneven and that blaring rock soundtrack so intrusive the artistry of Miss Hokusai gets lost in translation 
2.5
Miss Hokusai
Christopher Schobert
The Japanese animated drama Miss Hokusai is a unique fascinating oddity It s a strong historical drama and a serious one Yet it s occasionally joke y often uneven and occasionally difficult to follow 
3
Miss Hokusai
Chris Knight
Animation isn t the usual style associated with biopics though there have been some sterling examples To those can now be added Miss Hokusai 
3
Miss Hokusai
Bruce DeMara
The animation is superb with fine attention to period detail and director Keiichi Hara s use of modern music some of it rock infused is apt accompaniment to a story of a young woman who lives life boldly by refusing to bend to cultural norms 
3.5
Miss Hokusai
Brad Wheeler
This plush anime version of Hinako Sugiura s original manga tells a tale in a poetic episodic fashion 
3
Miss Hokusai
Sean P. Means
A visually rich look at the often messy act of creation 
3
Miss Hokusai
Stephanie Merry
Although it s lovely to look at the movie is disjointed and is told through a seemingly random collection of vignettes some of which are more memorable than others 
2.5
Miss Hokusai
Soren Andersen
The spell Miss Hokusai casts is a powerful one that lingers long after the lights go up in the theater 
3.5
Miss Hokusai
Brian Tallerico
It feels much longer than its 90 minutes and I left it feeling like I didn t really learn much about its title character or her father 
2
Miss Hokusai
Elise Nakhnikian
It condenses everyday interactions memories and dreams into a potent mix of all the major ingredients of a well lived life 
3.5
How High
James Kendrick
Silly sloppy and liberated from any sense of pacing or plot
1.5
How High
Jonathan R. Perry
Sinfully tasteless cinema was everywhere in 2001 but this movie is so bad it s Freudian 
0
How High
Walter Chaw
Not all the gags work not all the gross outs serve the greater good but How High is funny quick and the very definition of a pleasant surprise 
3
How High
Frank Ochieng
This is one clumsy cannabis comedy that couldn t give the late Timothy Leary a natural high worth experiencing Nip this joint session in the bud 
1.5
How High
Michael Dequina
Less outrageous than simply desperate 
1.5
How High
Dustin Putman
The proceedings aren t quite as annoying as expected but it has been sloppily made and feels about twice as long as its 91 minutes 
1.5
How High
Bob Graham
How High doesn t look like a movie somebody made It looks like a movie somebody hallucinated and put up on the screen 
1
How High
Tor Thorsen
How High isn t just the title of this new ganja comedy it s a question of how chemically altered you should be before you walk into the theater 
2
How High
Ray Conlogue
A string of gross one liners about ho s white man university ho s marijuana ho s the sexual inadequacy of Orientals ho s amazingly clueless white people and ho s 
1
How High
Joan Anderman
The biggest problem ironically is that even though the plot and the action center on smoking pot it s not enough of a stoner flick 
1.5
How High
Robert K. Elder
In small doses the movie s outlandish unapologetic gross out humor works Taken in all at once though How High can be daunting 
2
How High
Steve Rhodes
If ever there was a movie whose message we didn t need it s Jesse Dylan s How High which glorifies drug usage 
.5
How High
Rob Blackwelder
If it had hung on to the consistency of comedy How High might have been funny enough that its pointlessness and incongruous storytelling wouldn t have mattered 
2
How High
Ed Gonzalez
Bling Bling 
3
Aurora
Mattie Lucas
It never once feels like a three hour long movie it simply exists as an unnerving and wholly lived in moment in time 
3.5
Aurora
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a fascinating mesmerizing commentary on our thirst for the sensational 
2.5
Aurora
Walter V. Addiego
It s Puiu s talent to transform it all into a highly disturbing portrait both of an individual and a society 
3
Aurora
Peter Keough
Though it doesn t disclose its secrets easily Aurora rewards patience with revelation 
3
Aurora
V.A. Musetto
Aurora proves that Puiu is no one hit wonder 
3
Aurora
Andrew Schenker
Cristi Puiu deliberately courts a frustrating obscurantism that at times plays like an intriguing mystery and other times just baffles 
2.5
Miriam
Rob Humanick
Miriam is a paean to Jewish oppression as if commissioned by the History Channel 
2
100% Halal
Roger Moore
Soap operatic and silly patriarchal and patriarchy bashing this plays like a commentary on living a rigidly Islamic Law life in 2021 
1.5
25th Hour
Tom Meek
Another un Spike Spike Lee joint and probably Lee s greatest film that doesn t deal head on with the matter of race 
3.5
25th Hour
Joe Leydon
Spike Lee s furiously melancholy drama about life and dread in post 9 11 New York City 
4
25th Hour
Michael Dequina
Lee successfully seamlessly marries his famously inventive visual style with more introspective material 
3.5
25th Hour
Nick Rogers
25th Hour is both Spike Lee s condemnation of and valentine to what we ve done before but also a strangely inspiring reminder of how beautiful the mere opportunity to choose can be 
4
25th Hour
Ian Mantgani
It s about a feeling of clutching at nothing having that specific sort of stressed sensation that comes about in a situation that sucks but simply cannot be changed 
3
25th Hour
Linda Cook
This drug dealer has a good heart 
3.5
25th Hour
Steven Snyder
It is one of those movies where its characters remind us of people weve met and their fears and confusions hit at times a little too close to home 
3.5
25th Hour
Glenn Kenny
Yes 25th Hour is a big messy sprawl but it s also an undeniably beautiful one 
3.5
25th Hour
Matt Brunson
Lee s in your face style of guerilla filmmaking can be off putting to many but he s clearly a man who isn t afraid to express his convictions 
3
25th Hour
David Keyes
has an observant inspired interesting and courageous approach that makes a strong lasting impression 
3
25th Hour
Frank Ochieng
Lee has supplied us with stimulating fodder before that unsparingly took us into the depths of issues dealing with swept under the rug subject matters he s just as formidable resourceful and passionate about delivering a timely message
3
25th Hour
Jules Brenner
There are flashes here and there of touching moments and telling conceptualization 
3
25th Hour
Forrest Hartman
25th Hour is a thought provoking meditation on human beings the choices they make and their ability to change 
3.5
25th Hour
James Kendrick
Lee finds subtle and clever ways to link the narrative with the setting allowing the gaping hole in the middle of Manhattan to become an all encompassing metaphor for both the pains of life and hope
3.5
25th Hour
Mark Dujsik
Features a number of scenes of individual power that ultimately do not add up to a film of the same level 
2.5
25th Hour
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Lee and his cast are so adept at getting us acquainted with Monty and these other people that we wind up feeling like we ve known them for years 
4
25th Hour
Steve Rhodes
A rich tapestry of life that contains more memorable performances than you can count it is one of last year s best films 
4
25th Hour
Dustin Putman
Indelibly works its way underneath the skin 
3
25th Hour
Marty Mapes
Terence Blanchard s expressive musical score becomes the backbone for this slice of life drama
3
25th Hour
Chris Hewitt
An intelligent reflective film 
3
25th Hour
Todd Anthony
Make time for 25th Hour 
3
25th Hour
Moira MacDonald
An intriguing misfire that nonetheless holds our interest keeping us wondering about the movie that might have been 
2.5
25th Hour
Mick LaSalle
The first great 21st century movie about a 21st century subject 
4
25th Hour
David Elliott
It s a bizarre movie both vital and rigged and like many Lee films it has sincere feelings dramatized with smooth calculation 
2
25th Hour
Joe Baltake
Sorrowful and thoughtful at the same time 25th Hour is about how a single situation can jolt us out of our comfortable complacency and threaten us with the harsh fact that nothing will ever be the same again 
3.5
25th Hour
Sean P. Means
The one sympathetic character in 25th Hour turns out to be the city about to benefit from the absence of this lowlife drug dealer 
2.5
25th Hour
Rene Rodriguez
The movie hums with a vibrant energy which is powered by the terrific ensemble cast and the glowing cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto 
3
25th Hour
Jeff Vice
To call 25th Hour overdirected is something of an understatement 
2.5
25th Hour
Wesley Morris
The film doesn t reach a climax per se But it s not conventionally inert either 
3.5
25th Hour
David Nusair
25th Hour contains a premise that s inherently interesting 
3.5
25th Hour
Margaret A. McGurk
While 25th Hour is not a flawless movie it packs a powerful wallop thanks to the awe inspiring Mr Norton and his ever artful director 
3
25th Hour
Terry Lawson
If there was ever a filmmaker in need of someone who could tell him where and when to stop what to leave in and what to take out it would be Spike Lee 
2
25th Hour
Rick Groen
25th Hour should have stopped at 24 
3
25th Hour
Shirley Klass
A fairy godmother isn t going to show up at the end and make it all better but the story keeps you guessing what s next 
3.5
25th Hour
Roger Ebert
The film is unusual for not having a plot or a payoff 
3.5
25th Hour
Phil Villarreal
The profanity laced dialogue is funny true to the way grown best friends talk to one another and a pleasure to listen to 
4
25th Hour
Glenn Lovell
It s a long complex deeply flawed work and also quite possibly Lee s most ambitious and accusatory movie since Do the Right Thing in 1989 
4
25th Hour
Steven Rea
It could have been more taut could have been harder but 25th Hour still resonates with power and poetry 
3
25th Hour
Nick Carter
A well executed link between the abyss separating doom from freedom 
3
25th Hour
Peter Travers
Lee is firing on all cylinders and the actors match his energy 
3
25th Hour
Mary F. Pols
An absorbing movie 
3.5
25th Hour
Michael Wilmington
A superb film 
4
25th Hour
Josh Larsen
Lee is after something deeply poignant but it proves to be as elusive as his protagonist s freedom 
3
25th Hour
Jeanne Aufmuth
An honest and aggressive valentine to the American way bolstered by an astounding cast and a virtuoso performance by Edward Norton 
3.5
25th Hour
Rob Blackwelder
Lee s personal touches bring heft and import to the movie but also turn it into a momentous metaphor for the strength fortitude and resiliency of post Sept 11 New York 
3
25th Hour
Walter Chaw
A fascinating failure but a failure all the same 
2
25th Hour
Lou Lumenick
Spike s best since Do the Right Thing 
3.5
25th Hour
Bob Strauss
The whole thing is as serious as a night of partying can get yet it fails in the end to be taken very seriously at all 
2.5
25th Hour
Erik Childress
Deserves all the praise that s been spread out over Lee s career into a collective achievement that is both stunningly powerful and delivers the message that has been lacking of late in so many message movies 
4
25th Hour
Mike Clark
The latest movie to prove that for all his talent and ability to attract excellent actors director Spike Lee has to quit overstuffing his narratives 
2
25th Hour
Tor Thorsen
A mature thoughtful character study 
3
25th Hour
James Berardinelli
Not a happy experience and there are times when it seems to drag but there s no denying that it lingers in the mind long after the impressions left by other movies have evaporated 
3
25th Hour
Ross Anthony
In sum uneven with a strong Norton incompatible score but of course you ll love the dog and the good message reminder 
2
25th Hour
Jeremy Heilman
Masterful It s too damn rare that such an intelligently conceived tautly executed politically astute film gets made 
4
25th Hour
Harvey S. Karten
An intriguing study of character given an edge by the concept of a man s final day of freedom 
3.5
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Matt Brunson
This 1969 effort might be the worst picture in the entire Hammer Frankenstein cycle losing sight of the character of the obsessed scientist in an effort to score some cheap thrills 
2
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Joshua Vasquez
One of the finest of the seven entries in Hammer s Frankenstein cycle 
3.5
Le Divorce
Judith Egerton
Le Divorce is tres mediocre 
2
Le Divorce
Mike McGranaghan
Le Divorce has more subplots than a casino has slot machines That s the problem This is not a bad movie it s an overstuffed movie 
2
Le Divorce
Steven Snyder
Oh sure on paper this all looks glamorous and tempting But in reality it is tiring and surprisingly boring 
1.5
Le Divorce
Paul Povse
I have to admit I thought I d sooner see a Wendy s bacon cheeseburger in Le Divorce before a slit bloody wrist 
2
Le Divorce
John Beifuss
Listless unpersuasive visually inert 
2
Le Divorce
Tony Toscano
Simply Le Divorce Le Sucks 
1
Le Divorce
James Sanford
certainly reeks but not with class Director Ivory is too busy ogling the haute cuisine lunches and the Hermes scarves and red crocodile purses to pay much attention to such trivialities as plot development and tonal consistency 
1.5
Le Divorce
Jeff Vice
Overstuffed over baked souffle 
2
Le Divorce
Bob Bloom
I guess I m not as worldly and sophisticated as I envisioned myself because I found Le Divorce to be tedious and pretentious with only intermittent flashes of humor 
1
Le Divorce
Connie Ogle
This is an insignificant film with a passably entertaining premise that goes wildly to hell the instant it strays from its comic ideals with brief unsatisfying detours into the realms of art and high end lingerie 
2
Le Divorce
Duane Dudek
Simultaneously precious and clumsy like creme brulee prepared with a jackhammer 
2
Le Divorce
Terry Lawson
It pokes along like a Renault on an interstate lacking drama or momentum 
2
Le Divorce
David Nusair
while the movie does occasionally suffer from an overstuffed plot there s no denying that Le Divorce is consistently entertaining 
2.5
Le Divorce
David Elliott
True we will always have Paris But preferably not this way 
2
Le Divorce
Joe Baltake
The film s most successful performances come from those actors who have a subtle but firm grip on their otherwise skimpy characters Lhermitte and Caron in particular 
3
Le Divorce
Jeff Strickler
The film comes up short on insight into its characters 
2.5
Le Divorce
Lisa Kennedy
For all that talent and the lovely source material there is something plodding about this comedy 
2.5
Le Divorce
Chris Hewitt
Ivory does a fine job of keeping the souffle up for the first hour or so 
2.5
Le Divorce
Timothy Knight
Demonstrates that the filmmaking duo should perhaps confine themselves to English period dramas 
2
Le Divorce
Phil Villarreal
Though the film is tinged with sidelines of depth and seriousness Hudson helps keep things lively and amusing 
3
Le Divorce
James Berardinelli
Characters are left half developed or undeveloped so that as much plot as possible can be crammed into two hours 
2.5
Le Divorce
Glenn Kenny
A nice return to form for Ivory and company 
3
Le Divorce
Josh Larsen
a carelessly scribbled love letter to the romantic moods and manners of the city of lights 
2
Le Divorce
Steve Rhodes
A remarkably bland film with a costume drama feel that has neither costumes nor drama 
2
Le Divorce
Wesley Morris
Features a number of very good performances 
3
Le Divorce
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the year s most turgid efforts 
1
Le Divorce
Moira MacDonald
Breezy pleasure complete with cultural commentary that never quite stings 
3.5
Le Divorce
Edward Guthmann
Ivory s direction is so polished and smooth and full of smart observations that I never found my attention lagging 
3
Le Divorce
Jonathan Foreman
Though not as witty or accomplished as you d expect from its pedigree Le Divorce provides welcome relief from the lame brained trash Hollywood has foisted on the public this summer 
2.5
Le Divorce
Liam Lacey
Feels like a period film in clumsy modern day dressup 
2
Le Divorce
Kit Bowen
Even with a pedigree of talented actors and filmmakers behind it Le Divorce s bland disjointed formula falls far short of expectations 
1.5
Le Divorce
Roger Ebert
If you are familiar with France and have a love hate affair with that most cryptic of nations you are likely to enjoy the movie from moment to moment whether or not it adds up for you 
3
Le Divorce
Katrina Onstad
The film becomes a lengthy stand up comedy routine about how those people are so different from us people 
2.5
Le Divorce
Bob Strauss
For a film that thinks it s about the gaps between nationalities families and spouses this is a darn fine ode to loving the person you grew up with 
3
Le Divorce
Jonathan Rosenbaum
For me the best reason to see this movie is that in the midst of her amusement Johnson feels sympathy and admiration for both cultures and for all its glitz the adaptation preserves and extends the same sentiments 
3
Le Divorce
Jami Bernard
The boorish jokes about clueless Americans and ridiculous Frenchies are presented without finesse or point 
2
Le Divorce
Erik Childress
Both American AND French cultures get shortsighted religious and political moirs into fidelity are brushed away and the film shifts from melodrama to farce to tragedy and back to comedy using that term lightly at the drop of a razor 
0.5
Le Divorce
Claudia Puig
Entertaining as an adult romantic comedy but then it switches gears to become a silly suspense thriller 
2.5
Le Divorce
David Sterritt
A frothy concoction with many light and lissome moments a strong undercurrent of serious domestic drama and a commitment to themes that have fascinated Merchant Ivory for ages 
3
Le Divorce
Mark Caro
Somehow lacks lightness and weight 
2
Le Divorce
Mary F. Pols
When it s over you may find yourself with a strong urge to eat brioche or foie gras but at the same time incapable of describing what the film was about or why it matters 
2.5
Le Divorce
Bruce Newman
It isn t often that the Merchant Ivory team misses the spirit of a good book this badly 
2
Le Divorce
Carrie Rickey
Deliciously droll 
3
Le Divorce
John Anderson
The script by Ivory and Jhabvala has removed all sense of nuance which was what the original story was all about language manners and the subtle degrees of attitude that mark one as French or American 
1.5
Le Divorce
Jeffrey Westhoff
Instead of the focused emotions found in the best Merchant Ivory films Le Divorce sinks with the team s worst traits Too many characters crowd too many locales 
2
Le Divorce
Rob Blackwelder
A pseudo sophisticated sexual roundelay full of trivial characters so selfish it s a chore to spend two hours with them 
1.5
Le Divorce
Peter Sobczynski
It is entirely possible that someone who had never made a movie before could have come up with something funnier sexier and more intriguing than the results captured here 
1.5
Le Divorce
Peter Travers
A bonbon spiked with delicious wit and malice 
3
Doing Time
V.A. Musetto
Doing Time Doing Vipassana is fine as far as it goes But a lot has happened since then including Bedi leaving Tihar and it would be nice if the documentary had brought us up to date 
2
Doing Time
Elizabeth Weitzman
Brief underdeveloped documentary 
2
Doing Time
David Sterritt
Earnest if not as informative as it might have been 
3
Doing Time
Ed Gonzalez
It may be efficient but its brevity and aloof informational tone makes it something akin to an Epcot Center attraction 
2
Doing Time
Mick LaSalle
It s a film with distinct virtues It tells a fascinating story It makes a strong case for an alternative approach to incarcerated criminals And it provides an attractive introduction to Vipassana meditation 
4
Adopting Audrey
Mark Dujsik
Adopting Audrey nearly gets by on the strength of its two central performances 46 
2.5
Adopting Audrey
Joey Magidson
Adopting Audrey will have you adoring Jena Malone as much as ever 46 
3
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Tom Keogh
Though lacking narrative focus it offers rich impressions of a New York City artistic community that profoundly influenced American popular culture 
2
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Rick Groen
Greenwich Village Music That Defined a Generation behaves altogether too much like the generation that got defined yep its starts out energetic and fresh only to age into tedious self importance 
2.5
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Lou Lumenick
Documentarian Laura Archibald has rounded up an impressive group of survivors 
3
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Chuck Bowen
Director Laura Archibald s approach is fatally safe often turning poets into self congratulatory windbags 
1.5
Burning Dog
Blake Howard
Burning Dog is a video game movie for those already resolute to watching somebody else navigate the game better than they can It s an experimental whodunnit for the Twitch age 
2
Who the F... Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
Roger Moore
A punk and metal scene vanity project that makes for an engaging history of the music in the 70s and 80s 
2.5
Baby
Amber Wilkinson
Baby shows Pennebaker learning to go with the flow and capture the moment in a way that is evident in later films 
4
In the Basement
Robert Horton
We re never quite sure how much the director is ridiculing his subjects or simply allowing them to be Either way feels plenty creepy 
2.5
In the Basement
Ben Sachs
In the Basement is a brisk bracing and often very funny film about the seeds of fascism in contemporary Austrian society 
3
In the Basement
Diego Semerene
Cinema hasn t been this close to the dusty cogs of desire s machinery this unapologetic about pleasure since Pasolini 
3.5
Mad Love
Anderson Jones
It s like several of MTV s Alternative Nation videos strung together occasionally interrupted by dialogue 
3
Mad Love
Roger Ebert
The movie deals seriously with mental illness and also with that overwhelming mental and physical condition known as being a teenager in love 
3
Mad Love
Mike Clark
Almost dreadful enough to spark reassessment of Brooke Shields in Endless Love 
1
Taking on the Kennedys
Steve Rhodes
It focuses in on the cachet of a famous name the importance of money the impact of the media and the efficacy of negative advertising even if blatantly false 
3
A Film Unfinished
Mike Scott
A heartbreaking but engrossing detective story that not only shines a light on Nazi evil but on the manipulative prowess of the Third Reich 
4
A Film Unfinished
Keith Cohen
Hersonski brings something both old and new to the table with this powerful 89 minute documentary Other strengths are the well written narration read by Rona Keenan and the haunting original music of composer Yishai Adar 
3
A Film Unfinished
Robert W. Butler
A Film Unfinished is a sort of ghost story It s guaranteed to haunt you 
3.5
A Film Unfinished
Matt Brunson
The title also refers to Hersonski s own picture part of a continuing saga that will never be finished as long as there are more Holocaust stories to expose 
3
A Film Unfinished
Rene Rodriguez
A Film Unfinished reminds you that the nightmare of the Holocaust knows no limits 
3
A Film Unfinished
Moira MacDonald
Discovered after the war the film contains horrific images of starvation poverty and humiliation interspersed with surreal scenes of well dressed Jews enjoying a restaurant dinner or an urban stroll 
3
A Film Unfinished
Steven Rea
A Film Unfinished is a profoundly unnerving historical document 
4
A Film Unfinished
Leba Hertz
What we are left with is perhaps one of the most disturbing 60 minutes of raw footage ever put together 
3
A Film Unfinished
Stephen Cole
The result is a harrowing unsettling journey a terribly moving document 
4
A Film Unfinished
Michael O'Sullivan
A Film Unfinished may not be the strangest making of documentary you ve ever seen It may however be the most affecting 
3
A Film Unfinished
Ty Burr
Hersonski not only dispels the big lie at the center of the Nazi footage but she ingeniously separates and identifies the many smaller lies and where they entwined with facts 
4
A Film Unfinished
Alison Gang
What we re seeing isn t the aftermath of an extermination plot as in the post liberation concentration camp films but the dehumanization process itself 
3.5
A Film Unfinished
Peter Keough
Some realities even the best propagandists can t spin 
2.5
A Film Unfinished
Stephen Whitty
There is only about an hour of it but around it filmmaker Yael Hersonski has built a striking feature 
3.5
A Film Unfinished
Lou Lumenick
Extremely unsettling and thought provoking 
3.5
A Film Unfinished
Andrew Schenker
Yael Hersonski is no less a shrewd manipulator than the German directors she set out to expose 
3
Mom and Dad Save the World
David Nusair
a briskly paced yet mostly uninvolving comedy that s been by and large geared exclusively towards very small children 
2
Mom and Dad Save the World
Steven Rea
Mom and Dad Save the World which was directed by Greg Beeman and has the straggly feel of an extended Saturday Night Live skit boasts unusually inspired production design 
2
Mom and Dad Save the World
John Hartl
Mom and Dad Save the World is an insult to the idea of children s entertainment 
1
Mom and Dad Save the World
Johanna Steinmetz
Here s a novel idea A kids movie with parents as heroes That twist is the most some might say only refreshing element in Mom and Dad Save the World 
1
Scrooge & Marley
Roger Ebert
Delivers more or less exactly what you d expect given the material 
2.5
American Factory
Brian Eggert
It leaves you reeling from the complex unresolvable cultural dynamics at play in our present and future globalization 
3
American Factory
Tom Meek
The unflinching examination is a bit of a mirror to the face and a gripping drama of where we are and may be heading 
3
American Factory
Roger Moore
Too dispassionate to be a rallying cry too sobering to be a wake up call but still a terrific fly on the wall look at the struggles of America s working class 
3
American Factory
Mattie Lucas
A complex examination of a globalized economy built on the backs of exploited laborers 
3.5
American Factory
Anita Katz
It all adds up to a revealing look at labor in the globalization age and a heartfelt salute to everyday workers 
3
American Factory
G. Allen Johnson
Given the global context of the story The title American Factory carries with it more than a hint of irony But the documentary tells an increasingly American story 
4
American Factory
Joe Friar
A Chinese billionaire restores hope to 2 000 former GM employees in the first documentary from the Obama s production company Compelling Both a warning and a sign of hope for the future 
3.5
American Factory
Ann Hornaday
American Factory an exquisite documentary set at the contradictory core where those forces converge tells a macroeconomic story through the micro level experiences of indelible real life characters 
4
American Factory
Peter Sobczynski
A snapshot of the struggle between labor and management that is both timeless and distinctly of its time 
3.5
American Factory
Joey Magidson
The first project shepherded by the Obamas is an engaging one presenting a complicated issue with clarity maturity and without the need to spell out an answer 
3
American Factory
Sean P. Means
A fascinating as it happens look at a cross cultural clash in the industrialized world 
3.5
Just Go With It
Mattie Lucas
Sandler s humor has always been hit or miss but coupled with Aniston he hits more than he misses 
2.5
Just Go With It
Roger Moore
For one moment just one moment it works 
1.5
Just Go With It
Burl Burlingame
I have to warn you there are two precocious children in it of the species that only exist in Hollywood s imagination and they are truly horrible 
2
Just Go With It
Glenn Lovell
forgettable update of an equally forgettable 1969 farce called Cactus Flower 
1.5
Just Go With It
Josh Hurst
It s funny enough in places and with a few moments of real feeling Too bad that for the rest of the movie the bar s been set far too low 
1.5
Just Go With It
Brett Michel
Has Jennifer Aniston s career gone so far off track that she needs to slum in this year s Dennis Dugan directed Adam Sandler vehicle 
1.5
Just Go With It
Kam Williams
Just run from it 
1
Just Go With It
James Berardinelli
The experience of sitting through Just Go with It Adam Sandler s umpteenth comedy directed by good buddy Dennis Dugan is akin to watching a bad sit com that never ends 
1.5
Just Go With It
Eric Melin
If this sounds like a typical episode of Three s Company stretched out to feature length that s because it pretty much is except less believable and a whole lot less fun 
1.5
Just Go With It
Matt Brunson
Any potential is negated by bad casting choices including screen irritant Nick Swardson a useless Dave Matthews and a slumming Nicole Kidman and the typical Sandler Dugan concessions to fratboy humor 
1.5
Just Go With It
Mike McGranaghan
Instead of trusting the performances and the potential of the material it has been loaded with all the same jokes you find in a typical Adam Sandler comedy fat jokes gay jokes crotch injury gags etc 
2
Just Go With It
Stephen Whitty
Sandler should know better 
2
Just Go With It
Chris Hewitt
Dugan has trouble keeping all of the film s plates in the air and he seems not to have noticed Decker is the opposite of funny 
2
Just Go With It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sandler is so genuinely funny and likeable and his chemistry with Aniston is so charming that it s a terrible shame he doesn t put more thought into these movies 
2
Just Go With It
Kyle Smith
Eeryone should be offended by the time annihilating suckage of this mirth void 
0.5
Just Go With It
Peter Travers
Don t even think of going with it It s the perfect Valentine s date night movie but only with someone you hate 
1
Just Go With It
Stephen Cole
Sandler and Aniston easily pass the only important test of romantic comedies We like them and want them to like each other If only the other cast members were as good 
2
Just Go With It
Peter Canavese
Adam Sandler movies are for everyone Unless you re ugly uncool old fat gay non white or heaven help you all of the above 
1.5
Just Go With It
Steven Rea
Aniston taking her cues from her costar doesn t expend much energy either but there are glimmers of comic brio Now and then she makes a face that suggests she might actually be having some fun 
2
Just Go With It
Erik Childress
This film is a real piece of Devlin 
0
Just Go With It
Willie Waffle
It s Adam Sandler in the same movie as Jennifer Aniston I believe Nostradamus predicted this as one of the signs of the apocalypse 
1.5
Just Go With It
David Nusair
the nadir of Sandler s progressively underwhelming filmography 
1
Just Go With It
Phil Villarreal
Being a fan of Adam Sandler movies is a lot like being a fan of the Baltimore Orioles 
2
Just Go With It
Dustin Putman
As a romantic comedy that works as both rom and com it s a pleasant entertainment with finally a nice heart 
2.5
Just Go With It
Mick LaSalle
A very funny romantic comedy that nicely combines Adam Sandler s acerbic sweetness with Aniston s down to earth warmth and that finds an excuse for Aniston to both play an average person and yet dress like a movie star 
3
Just Go With It
Scott Bowles
When Adam Sandler isn t making bathroom jokes or talking like a 2 year old with a sinus infection the guy can be disarming 
2.5
Just Go With It
Sara Michelle Fetters
Instead Dugan is more than content to let things play themselves out the majority of the time a refreshing almost Blake Edwards like simplicity to what s being depicted onscreen that s rather charming 
2.5
Just Go With It
Robert W. Butler
It s painful to watch 
1
Just Go With It
Peter Howell
It s abundantly clear that Sandler is caught in his own memory gap As he wrestles with an uncomfortable middle age he s either forgotten or ceased to care about how to make people laugh 
1
Just Go With It
Wesley Morris
Cactus Flower was a silly farce about bachelorhood and sexual liberation with three interesting performances The remake is almost two hours of gas 
1.5
Just Go With It
Nick Schager
Considering the sorry state of American romantic comedies Just Go with It s wholesale predictability is a moot point 
2
Just Go With It
Roger Ebert
The people in this movie are dumber than a box of Tinkertoys 
1
The Kids Are All Right
Federico Furzan
I can t understand the value of such a movie It s definitely bland and worthless Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Kids Are All Right
Wesley Lovell
A twist on the traditional family drama where every character has depth and deserves redemption 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Rene Rodriguez
Its emotional pull remains consistent to the end 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Jordan Hiller
The Kids Are All Right would have been a highly regarded stinging family drama in the tradition of American Beauty and Ordinary People even if the subject family was not so proudly unorthodox 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Bill Chambers
All the pieces are in place I just wish Cholodenko had been a little more precious about the execution 
2
The Kids Are All Right
Christian Toto
The leads in this beautifully told drama are more than just all right they re Oscar worthy 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Sean P. Means
Cholodenko nicely grounds herself here in the mechanics of day to day relationship maintenance 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Linda Cook
An ultra contemporary intelligent drama sprinkled with humor 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Michael Smith
It s no less than a classic portrait of an American family 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Alison Gang
Cholodenko has not delivered a pro gay marriage treatise but a funny touching and relatable story about the colossal effort and love it takes to create and maintain a family 
3.4
The Kids Are All Right
James Kendrick
never preachy but instead relies on the characters to ground the issues and make them feel real rather than manufactured
3
The Kids Are All Right
Mike McGranaghan
I really enjoyed being dropped into this family s world for two hours The Kids Are All Right is one of my favorite movies so far in 2010 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
John Beifuss
The drama and comedy conflict and reconciliation are fairly conventional despite the unconventional context what elevates the material are the marvelous performances and the agreeably loose vibe established by Cholodenko 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Lori Hoffman
Problems like betrayal disappointment anger regret and reconciliation are universal themes that ring true no matter what sexual orientation is featured 
3
The Kids Are All Right
David Nusair
is at its best in its early scenes 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Mike Scott
Armed with a handful of deftly drawn characters and an occasionally wicked sense of humor Cholodenko has created a thoroughly and unmistakably modern film 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Robert W. Butler
A comedy that perfectly balances natural hilarity with genuine drama while exploring a whole slew of issues 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Michael A. Smith
A great drama that is sure to be remembered at Oscar time note to the Academy 150 the last name is spelled B E N I N G 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Josh Larsen
No matter what its plot particulars The Kids Are All Right ultimately takes place within the human heart 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Matt Brunson
The Kids Are All Right is written with such perception directed with such sensitivity and acted with such brio that the result is not only a path paved with good intentions but also one lined with loving detail 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Joe Williams
It s a terrific film 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Lawrence Toppman
Cholodenko gets moods right and her five leading actors have been either perfectly cast or well handled 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Sean O'Connell
Operates within a calculated hipster environment though we eventually stop noticing because Cholodenko s ensemble is so powerful 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Jeff Vice
The characters in the film feel real even a bit lived in and it s because of the efforts of the cast particularly those veteran actors who play the adults 
2.5
The Kids Are All Right
Duane Dudek
Funny and warm The Kids Are All Right feels lived in and acutely observed and is as steeped in joy as in regret 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Carrie Rickey
Here are five gifted actors at the top of their games as five characters in search of what makes a family 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Kennedy
Cholodenko and cowriter Stuart Blumberg have crafted a loving work about family that will resonate as true for those who find their experience reflected on the big screen and will be revelatory to others 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Willie Waffle
A perfect combination of fantastic writing strong storytelling and an All Star acting ensemble 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Ann Hornaday
Just about everyone who has been a parent child or partner will find resonance in its bittersweet depiction of the joys and trials of lifelong intimacy 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Chris Hewitt
You can tell Cholodenko loves people and that s why in The Kids Are All Right she wanted to show how funny and weird and foolish we often are 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Ty Burr
Movies like The Kids Are All Right beautifully written impeccably played funny and randy and true don t come along very often 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Moira MacDonald
The acting in this film is so good across the board that it doesn t feel like acting we re simply watching a family going through some drama and comedy over a summer before its eldest child leaves for college 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Dustin Putman
As a slice of life alternately affectionate and biting the film is nothing if not naturalistic and consistently watchable 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Thelma Adams
Directing from the tart laugh out loud script she cowrote Lisa Cholodenko Laurel Canyon has crafted an honest generous portrait of the challenges of American family life gay or straight 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Peter Keough
A charming uplifting and very funny subversion of the traditional patriarchal family 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Ethan Alter
The last act makes up for a lot of the movie s earlier flaws as Cholodenko nudges the material beyond the somewhat generic comedy of the first half into rawer more compelling emotional territory 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Rick Groen
Somewhere around the halfway mark the realization arrives with a dull thud Turns out that unconventional families can be just as tedious in their melodramatic dysfunctions as any traditional clan 
2
The Kids Are All Right
Kent Turner
The director realizes she has a great actress at her disposal and gives Bening her due Cholodenko knows when for greater impact her characters should remain silent 
2
The Kids Are All Right
Lou Lumenick
The Kids Are All Right might not be as edgy as Cholodenko s past work but this more mainstream effort has lots of smarts lots of heart and an open mind 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Stephen Whitty
The specifics of the story only underlie its general and universal theme Marriages and families can be hard work and kind of worth it 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a brilliant screenplay but happily this is also Cholodenko s most visually satisfying movie 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Sara Michelle Fetters
It treats both its characters and its audience with respect everything building with a delightful effortlessness that s both enchanting and deeply moving 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Mark Dujsik
The film like its central family succeeds as best it can under the circumstances in which it finds itself 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Erik Childress
An all American tale with award level performances that is at its best when going for laughs rather than dramatic depths where it comes disturbingly close to shifting the gears on its casual principles 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie about basic things about the meaning of family and the vulnerability of families with the suggestion that the ones most subject to bombardment are the families least protected by custom and tradition 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Claudia Puig
This gem features five topnotch multidimensional performances in one of this summer s most engaging films 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Peter Howell
The best thing about the film is its bigheartedness It s not out to mock these people but rather to show how any person of any orientation can become unraveled when high minded principles meet with base human instincts 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
J. R. Jones
Plenty of movies strive for topicality but occasionally something like The Kids Are All Right slaps you in the face with the world you re actually living in 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Michael Phillips
All right doesn t begin to describe it the easiest movie to love I ve seen all year 
4
The Kids Are All Right
Roger Ebert
It s a film about marriage itself an institution with challenges that are universal 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Peter Travers
Kids makes its own special magic It s irresistible 
3.5
The Kids Are All Right
Rex Reed
Touching and funny in their upheaval the people in The Kids Are All Right open the door to a brand new examination of family values that leaves you charged and cheering 
3
The Kids Are All Right
Lauren Wissot
Lisa Cholodenko is one of the more radical visionaries working in American indie cinema today 
3
I Remember Me
Roger Ebert
A documentary which does what the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta shamefully failed to do connects the dots 
3
I Remember Me
V.A. Musetto
A passionate film 
3
Three Men and a Little Lady
David Nusair
a decent if somewhat forgettable followup 
2.5
Making Grace
David Sterritt
Informative but very slow going 
2
Unthinkable
David Nusair
an entertaining and thought provoking drama 
3
My Beautiful Laundrette
Matt Brunson
Daniel Day Lewis enjoyed a breakout year stateside thanks to his contrasting performances here and as a supercilious dandy in A Room with a View 
3
My Beautiful Laundrette
Eric Melin
unfolds with a refreshing honesty and a sense of surprise to it being handled more like something embedded within the characters rather than a plot point thrown in just to bring up an issue or an easy conflict point 
3
My Beautiful Laundrette
Matt Brunson
The odious Margaret Thatcher and her crippling policies made sizable targets for many British filmmakers during the 1980s and beyond and few hit the bulls eye as squarely as screenwriter Hanif Kureishi and director Stephen Frears with this indie hit 
3
My Beautiful Laundrette
Candice Russell
There isn t a performance in this film that is less than excellent 
2.5
My Beautiful Laundrette
Sid Smith
Director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi are better at depicting a new milieu than in making an important or innovative statement 
3
My Beautiful Laundrette
Betsy Bozdech
Without denying the film s historical and thematic significance something about it doesn t quite click two decades later 
2.5
My Beautiful Laundrette
Eric Henderson
While Personal Best and Making Love have faded into obscurity as The Celluloid Closet footnotes My Beautiful Laundrette has become a benchmark in the 80s new queer cinema 
3.5
My Beautiful Laundrette
Roger Ebert
It is with some relief that we realize it isn t about anything it s simply some weeks spent with some characters in a way that tells us more about some aspects of modern Britain than we ve seen before 
3
Love for Sale
Ken Fox
Gripping Proves that subtlety is yet another of this fine filmmaker s strengths 
3.5
Love for Sale
Pam Grady
Love for Sale is a small film but is one with a big heart 
3
Love for Sale
John Anderson
Guedes is electrifying and so un Hollywood you have to cheer for the continuing health of Brazilian cinema 
3.5
Love for Sale
V.A. Musetto
The steamy Brazilian drama Love for Sale takes a timeworn Hollywood premise down on her luck woman turns hooker to survive and gives it an enthralling new twist 
3
Love for Sale
Kam Williams
Gives a whole new meaning to the word Powerball 
4
Love for Sale
Ed Gonzalez
Aïnouz is deeply but unpretentiously attuned to the rhythms of small town living 
3
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Roger Ebert
This has got to be the biggest pseudocultural would be metaphysical ripoff of the year 
1
Princess Kaiulani
Burl Burlingame
There s little passion damn little fire in the belly and what there is is wasted on a pleasant romance conjured up by the script aimed at the My Little Pony market 
2
Princess Kaiulani
Amy Biancolli
There are too many swooping violins too many trite generalizations too few moments that throw a light on history and turn it into art 
2
Princess Kaiulani
Rachel Saslow
An uneven film that by trying to satisfy parents with political drama and older children with a love story leaves both parties wanting 
2
Princess Kaiulani
Sean O'Connell
The production values are exquisite the attention to detail admirable 
3
Princess Kaiulani
Mark Dujsik
Lacking a sense of historical and personal context 
2.5
Princess Kaiulani
Ty Burr
Watching Princess Kaiulani you re not sure whether to weep for the title character or the actress playing her 
1.5
Princess Kaiulani
Carrie Rickey
Kilcher is lovely But sadly Ka iulani is a perfunctory biopic of the sort one might encounter on television during Women s History Month 
2
Princess Kaiulani
Peter Keough
Like the seashells treasured by the Hawaiian princess of the title Marc Forby s bio pic is gaudy brittle and hollow 
1.5
Princess Kaiulani
Roger Ebert
In production values the film is flawless But it plays too sedately moves too slowly and contemplates the occupation of a sovereign kingdom with a curious impassivity 
2.5
Princess Kaiulani
V.A. Musetto
The landscapes are exotic and Kilcher is erotic but the film plays like a generic made for TV biopic 
1
Princess Kaiulani
John Hartl
For all its strong points the picture sometimes plays like the condensation of a miniseries 
2.5
Princess Kaiulani
Janos Gereben
You mourn the princess not only because of her cruel fate and that of her country but more personally because of the magnificent way Q orianka Kilcher portrays her on the screen 
3
Princess Kaiulani
Nick Schager
Princess Kaiulani is no The New World 
1
Her Smell
Federico Furzan
The rawness of Moss performance goes to places that we haven t been in before It s an astounding take of desperation and solitude Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Her Smell
Alan French
Perry creates a captivating character that allows Moss to deliver one of the most dynamic performances of her career 
3.5
Her Smell
Lisa Trifone
Of the recent trend in female driven fictional music centric movies writer director Alex Ross Perry s Her Smell revels in an approach that is as crowded and cramped as the main floor of a general admission show 
3
Her Smell
Eric Melin
One strength besides nailing the vibe of the 90s alternative rock boom is that it doesn t try to replicate the rock biopic formula Rather it presents five defining scenes in Becky s life played out in virtual real time 
3
Her Smell
Gary Thompson
As portraits of self destruction go this one is a doozy intensified by Moss all in performance and the way Perry arranges his film 
2.5
Her Smell
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Moss performance has a way of not only alleviating these shortcomings but swallowing them 
3
Her Smell
Sean P. Means
Whether screaming at her bandmates betrayal or tenderly trying to reconnect with her daughter Moss makes every moment authentic and heartbreaking 
4
Her Smell
Walter Chaw
Her Smell is a horror movie about trust and love that shows how people who are drowning can find some debris to float on for a while maybe longer It s amazing 
4
Her Smell
Richard Roeper
Stretched over 135 minutes and overloaded with shout to the rafters confrontations Her Smell has too much talking and squawking and not enough rocking and rolling 
2.5
Her Smell
Mark Dujsik
There s an undeniable sense of the pain the fear and the doubt that feed the character s addictions 
3
Her Smell
Robert Levin
Elisabeth Moss proves that she s among the most essential actors of her generation as punk rocker Becky Something 
3
Her Smell
Mick LaSalle
Moss is endlessly fascinating basking in the liberating comfort of surrendered glamour She inhabits every cranny and crevice of the character s despairing terrified burnt out blasted self 
3
Her Smell
Joe Friar
Elisabeth Moss is a tour de force in Alex Ross Perry s self destructive ode to 90s female rock bands 
3.5
Her Smell
Michael O'Sullivan
But by opening at rock bottom instead of the heights Perry makes it difficult to care about Becky s fall from and slow crawl back to grace 
2
Her Smell
Josh Larsen
It s as if Moss is directing the movie through her performance 
3.5
Her Smell
Tomris Laffly
Despite all the claustrophobic airlessness of Her Smell you won t be able to quit it if you stay with its jumbled dialogues and dizzying pace long enough 
2.5
Her Smell
Peter Howell
A fame to flameout movie that leaves scorch marks on the brain 
3
Her Smell
Sara Stewart
Elisabeth Moss is a primal predatory force in Her Smell a female centric spin on the classic debauched rock star story 
3
Her Smell
Roger Moore
Moss is never less than riveting 
3
Her Smell
Greg Cwik
A story of filth and fury and eventually of placidity and peace Her Smell is Alex Ross Perry s most chaotic and unmuffled film mdash until it isn t 
2.5
Her Smell
David Nusair
Filmmaker Perry kicks Her Smell off with a long and somewhat interminable sequence 
1
Her Smell
Kate Taylor
Bafflingly unbalanced 
2
Sully
Brian Eggert
Eastwood made a wise casting choice and Hanks makes the transparent qualities of Sully work more than they should 
2.5
Sully
Matt Brunson
Hanks delivers a grounded performance in service of a man whose heroism took flight at the right moment 
3
Sully
Sarah Knight Adamson
Bawling I could not contain myself 
3.5
Sully
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Captain Sullenberger may not have sought the limelight but he more than deserved it and Sully is a fitting testament to his humble courage 
3.5
Sully
George M. Thomas
Competent adequately describes it Go for the acting the contrived drama is nothing to cheer 
2.5
Sully
John Beifuss
The auteur sees himself in the aviator whose competence makes believers out of skeptics and who in a critique of effects driven blockbuster filmmaking argues that computer simulations mean nothing when divorced from the human element 
3.5
Sully
Walter Chaw
An elderly film by an elderly filmmaker for an elderly audience
2
Sully
James Kendrick
Hanks and Eckhart as both excellent and part of the reason the film works as well as it does is because they have a natural chemistry that makes their partnership both before and after the Hudson landing feel real and lived in 
3
Sully
J. R. Jones
As Clint Eastwood s Sully proves the Miracle on the Hudson is actually lousy material for a movie 
1
Sully
Josh Larsen
would work better as a video exhibit at an aviation history museum than it does as a dramatic narrative 
2
Sully
John Serba
A typically sturdy no nonsense directorial effort from Clint Eastwood who crafts the film with his a stylistic juxtaposition of visual simplicity and sobering emotional complexity 
3
Sully
John Hanlon
A commendable achievement that offers a fuller and more three dimensional look at the heroic pilot than we ve seen before 
3.5
Sully
Barry Paris
The crash is the real star of the show Well OK so is Mr Hanks in an excellent performance as the self effacing title character 
3
Sully
Mike McGranaghan
Both an admiring recreation of the Miracle on the Hudson and a poignant reflection on how an ordinary yet supremely competent man declines to exalt himself as a hero 
4
Sully
Chris Knight
Eastwood s decision to focus on the yes but questions is wise giving the film if not a life or death narrative arc a more relatable tension 
3
Sully
Sara Michelle Fetters
Clint Eastwood s latest outing is easily the most streamlined and economical motion picture of the acclaimed actor turned director s Oscar winning career 
3
Sully
Tom Meek
It moves from beginning to end as a tightly piloted flight that proves fact trumps fiction in matters of the soul and the sky 
3.5
Sully
Mal Vincent
A movie about the Can Do qualities of America is direly needed right now Sully is that movie 
3
Sully
Neil Rosen
As Sully Hanks is perfectly cast It s a well crafted understated performance as a man who s haunted by the incident cool and calm under pressure and uncomfortable in the role of hero 
3
Sully
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A film that s more vital intense thoughtful and emotional than any 2016 movie by filmmakers less than half Eastwood s age 
4
Sully
Josh Terry
It s nice to have a movie like Sully come around every once in a while Director Clint Eastwood s re creation of 2009 s Miracle on the Hudson is the kind of story that will restore some of your faith in humanity 
3.5
Sully
Christian Toto
Sully is the movie our safe space obsessed culture needs 
3.5
Sully
Phil Villarreal
Clint Eastwood s earnest unapologetically sappy film nails the one thing it sets out to accomplish 
3
Sully
Susan Wloszczyna
A porterhouse of a movie that touches your heart 
3
Sully
Willie Waffle
You have to love it when two legends team up and deliver a tour de force like Sully 
3.5
Sully
Rex Reed
Hanks does an admirable job of showing Sully s humiliating stress while his reputation was being challenged with the first rate support of a cast that includes Laura Linney as his wife and Jamey Sheridan and Anna Gunn as his surly inquisitors 
3
Sully
Simon Houpt
Thrilling when we re on and around the plane seeing that giant CGI bird splash down especially on an Imax screen makes you realize how improbable the whole enterprise was and too often thudding when we re not 
2.5
Sully
James Berardinelli
Although not an Oscar worthy endeavor Sully proves to be by turns engaging exhilarating and nail biting 
3
Sully
Sonny Bunch
Tom Hanks is the perfect choice to play the unflappable Sully given that he is the Patron Saint of Quiet Calm and Confidence in Crisis 
2.5
Sully
Kam Williams
Kudos to the team of Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks for successfully conveying the enviable amalgam of guts smarts and stoicism exhibited by level headed Captain Sullenberger in the face of impending demise 
4
Sully
Eric Henderson
It s an Eastwood film that very nearly strikes the same unsophisticated but delicate tone of his obligatory end credits ditty 
2.5
Sully
Anders Wright
It s a movie with problems but it also leaves you feeling somewhat inspired and reminds you that sometimes still people can come together and make the world a slightly better place 
2.5
Sully
Stephen Rebello
Sully won t just please crowds and evoke tears but in an angry ugly time in our national history it should also resonate deeply with many 
3
Sully
Robert Horton
Simple but laser focused and it s hard not to read Eastwood s interest as autobiographical given his reputation as a no nonsense professional who runs his movie sets without tantrums or budget overruns 
3.5
Sully
Robert W. Butler
Hanks is this generation s Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda all wrapped up in one perfect package Nobody else working in movies can take common decency and make it so compelling can project integrity without a hint of sanctimony 
3
Sully
Chris Hewitt
It s intelligent and absorbing but keep those expectations modest 
2.5
Sully
Jeff Simon
Sully is a reminder about the miracle that consummate professionals can be in the world And its filmmaker is the oldest and most prolific exemplary professional our movies have had in the modern era 
3
Sully
Mark Dujsik
T rapped in an unfortunate middle ground between examining the toll of the incident and simply presenting the incident from the perspective of objective history 
2
Sully
Michael Smith
Sully is a character study that doesn t tell us much about the character Other than the fact that he is a hero Which we already knew 
2.5
Sully
Linda Cook
Tom Hanks was born to play Sully 
3.5
Sully
Max Weiss
Hanks is predictably great especially in a scene where he s informed that all his passengers survived but it s a quiet dignified performance the kind that has lately become his stock in trade 
3
Sully
Peter Howell
Clint Eastwood is simply the ideal director for a big screen telling of the Miracle on the Hudson hero pilot story that Sully delivers with confidence and grace 
3.5
Sully
Ann Hornaday
Sully is a classy enormously satisfying ode to simple competence To paraphrase the title character it s just a movie doing its job And amen to that 
3.5
Sully
Calvin Wilson
Sully is the kind of film that may be described as old fashioned and never goes out of style 
3.5
Sully
Steven Rea
At once a true life drama about heroism and people working in harmony under exceptional conditions 
3.5
Sully
Peter Travers
Like Sully Hanks makes the impossible seem effortless Listen up Oscar Hanks and director Eastwood deserve the three words Sully prizes most Job well done 
3.5
Sully
Rafer Guzman
The event itself remains a stunner but Clint Eastwood s somewhat drab drama sheds no new light on the media shy pilot 
2.5
Sully
Ty Burr
Whether you want to accept it or not Eastwood remains one of the best and most quixotic filmmakers we have torn between jingoism and doubt exceptionalism and despair 
3
Sully
Lawrence Toppman
An unusually good director can make us feel anxious while watching a story we expected to have no drama at all and Clint Eastwood does that in the low key beautifully assembled Sully 
3.5
Sully
David Nusair
the movie often fares much better than one might ve anticipated 
3
Sully
Lauren Chval
Sully is a meaningless toothless waste of 96 minutes 
1.5
Sully
Robert Levin
Sullenberger is fundamentally not that interesting of a protagonist He s so heroic so evidently in the right in terms of his actions that his struggles don t resonate 
2
Sully
Dustin Putman
Weaving an enthralling tale hidden behind the one everyone read about in the press Sully is a stirring entertainment persuasively told 
3
Sully
Peter Hartlaub
In the end Sully is a broadly crowd pleasing movie at a time when we could use the straight forward entertainment 
3
Sully
Peter Canavese
The so called untold story is essentially nonsense The struggle is real for screenwriter Todd Komarnicki 
2
Sully
Brian Truitt
Hanks pulls off the earnest optimism and unassuming humility that made Sullenberger a media darling right after the incident 
2.5
Sully
Roger Moore
A celebration of stoic professionalism Sully s stewardesses first responder s and Eastwood s 
3
Sully
Moira MacDonald
If Tom Hanks hadn t existed to play the title role Eastwood would have had to invent him This is one of those cases where movie star persona and real life legend blend perfectly 
3.5
Sully
Stephen Whitty
There s a good idea for a movie here In fact there are two But the movie itself never quite takes off 
2.5
Sully
Katie Walsh
Good people doing their jobs thoughtfully and at the height of their abilities working together under unprecedented and extraordinary circumstances Sometimes all of those things come together to create a miracle and Sully is a warm reminder of that 
3.5
Sully
Mara Reinstein
Watching that airplane land on the Hudson River is a heart stopping wonder But the entire ordeal lasted just 208 seconds The movie is 96 minutes 
2.5
Sully
Lou Lumenick
At its heart this is a thrilling tribute to a modest hero who rose to an extraordinary occasion 
3.5
Free Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
Rahim is the engine running the ship the command center through which everything else must flow through the young actor quickly becoming one of the best and most interesting working today 
3
Free Men
Michael Upchurch
A cannily shot thriller 
3.5
Free Men
Mark Feeney
Rahim has the eyes of the young Mandy Patinkin If only he had some of the wildness 
2
Free Men
Kyle Smith
Free Men is so so but it is driven by a mischievously interesting idea that Muslims and Jews have more in common than they normally allow 
2.5
Free Men
Michael Nordine
For much of its runtime the film is simply there decent for the most part but at no point immersive 
2
Free Men
Kent Turner
It s almost a case of actor abuse 
2
Captives
Michael Dequina
Ormond and Roth turning in nicely understated performances generate the requisite heat but the film never does 
1.5
The Woman Who Left
Scout Tafoya
That a film this busy can find such focus in its closing moments says that whatever Diaz s methods of inspiration and creation he knows exactly what he s doing 
3
The Woman Who Left
Carson Lund
It suffers by resembling arty didactic bloat when it most begs for a more sophisticated dramatic touch 
2
Inheritance
Roger Moore
Director Vaughn Stein takes forever to get this movie on its feet 44 and the slower he goes 44 the more Collins stands out as inadequate as his lead 46 
1
Inheritance
Pamela Powell
Pegg s performance elevates the film as he creates a character with whom we vacillate eliciting a myriad of emotions for this character 
2.5
Inheritance
Steven Prokopy
The plot of Inheritance never really stops spinning its wheels and that makes it equal parts frustrating and enjoyably unpredictable 
2.5
Inheritance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In truth this Inheritance isn t worth much 
2.5
Inheritance
Joey Magidson
Lily Collins and especially Simon Pegg sell the sometimes preposterous nature of this flick and make it work more often than not 
3
Inheritance
Nell Minow
A script that didn t think past the trailer 
2
Inheritance
Mark Dujsik
Inheritance uses its elaborate plotting as a way to evade difficult questions about the protagonist 
1.5
Inheritance
Katie Walsh
Succession Parasite x I Know What You Did Last Summer Shallow Grave Inheritance 
2
Inheritance
James Berardinelli
Roughly 20 minutes into Inheritance I was hooked Alas Inheritance isn t 20 minutes long 
2
Inheritance
Christian Toto
This gonzo thriller is a mess but you can t look away thanks to two committed performances 
2.5
Inheritance
Chuck Bowen
Simon Pegg occasionally fulfills the nightmarish potential of the film s fairy tale premise 
2.5
Inheritance
Oliver Jones
Inheritance may have been more successful if it had been willing to embrace its own strangeness Instead despite the bizarre set up there is a paint by numbers quality to the writing and the storytelling 
1
Before I Wake
Brian Tallerico
A flawed film but there are elements that really work especially the lead performance and some of Flanagan s gifts with composition 
2.5
Before I Wake
Chuck Bowen
Before I Wake s images have a pleasing straightforwardness that parallels the openness of the young protagonist s longing for love 
3
Before I Wake
David Nusair
A rare disappointment from Mike Flanagan 
2
Anonymous Venetian
Roger Ebert
The story is one of those indigestible tragedies in which the people on the screen seem to be crying more than we feel they have a reason to 
1.5
Million Dollar Arm
Craig D. Lindsey
The movie certainly found the right screenwriter in Tom McCarthy 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Susan Tavernetti
The art of the deal gives way to matters of the heart giving viewers a game changer both charming and uplifting 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Dustin Putman
Million Dollar Arm is bland and overlong at 124 minutes Simply put there is nothing here of interest 
1.5
Million Dollar Arm
David Nusair
it ultimately seems obvious that this material is inherently not able to sustain a feature length endeavor 
1.5
Million Dollar Arm
Michael Dequina
Achieves a certain emotional authenticity even as the viewer anticipates exactly which heart string will be plucked and how 
3
Million Dollar Arm
John Wirt
Million Dollar Arm scores a triple 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Linda Cook
It doesn t have a mean bone in its overly long body of a script The touch of Disney a family friendly PG rating and a baseball story add up to a crowd pleaser in Million Dollar Arm 
3
Million Dollar Arm
James Berardinelli
Sappy saccharine and predictable to the point where it s almost painful 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Matt Brunson
Million Dollar Arm you had me at Jerry Maguire 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Burl Burlingame
All the potential edges have been sanded off And so a quite remarkable true story no matter how truthfully told feels like a formulaic fable 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Chris Knight
The best thing that can be said about Million Dollar Arm is that it wears its emotions honestly But as a fan of baseball I have to say that matchups are always more interesting when you go into that first inning unaware of who s going to win the game 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Lisa Kennedy
JB is not the wisest of men and Million Dollar Arm makes no bones about him being a character in need of an upward arc Even so the movie never sacrifices the other characters as mere handmaidens to his growth 
3.5
Million Dollar Arm
John Serba
Clueless and simple but cheerful enough to wear away some cynicism 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Susan Wloszczyna
There is a gaping hole where Million Dollar Arm s heart should be that widens to crater size in the second half 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Phil Villarreal
Million Dollar Arm spoils the Disney sports movie hot streak with the vengeance that David Ortiz does no hitters 
1.5
Million Dollar Arm
Mark Dujsik
The story is ultimately about the agent learning that this situation isn t entirely about him The movie itself never learns that lesson 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Shawna Richer
Hamm and Bell are likeable actors with terrific timing The location shots in Mumbai are beautiful chaotic and jarring The script is amusing 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
David Hiltbrand
Million Dollar Arm pulls so hard on your heartstrings it tears most of the tendons in its pitching arm 
1.5
Million Dollar Arm
Willie Waffle
The predictable and formulaic movie you expect it to be but it s so warm and loving you are willing to go along with it 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Ty Burr
An unusual story and sharp talents have been put through the Disney family film machinery and come out flattened into formula It s an average movie and that isn t bad just average 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Ann Hornaday
It obeys every convention of the genre But it does so with understatement style and an exceptional group of actors who bring just the right balance of humor and restraint to their roles 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Linda Barnard
Gets partway to home base but fades by trading scrappy for sappy 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Perry Seibert
Gillespie s direction and McCarthy s script refuse to dumb this material down to make it more palatable than the obviously feel good tale it already is 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Dann Gire
This movie is box office safe a comfortable predictable and mildly uplifting story given just enough spin and speed to get it across the plate 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Jon Niccum
Charming and compelling even when you know what pitch is coming 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Claudia Puig
Like JB s persona Million Dollar Arm is flawed but also slickly presented and likable 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Joe Williams
Million Dollar Arm is as predictable as a 3 and 0 pitch down the middle but when it s baseball season who wants dark clouds 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Connie Ogle
The movie is warm and sweet and surprisingly short of speeches extolling the magic of baseball while still reminding us why our national pastime always looks so appealing in the movies 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Mick LaSalle
It all feels labored In fact very little of the comedy raises even a smile 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Peter Travers
Go ahead Dismiss this fact based sports story as inspirational hooey But you re missing the point and the fun 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Brad Keefe
It s such a lazy slow pitch down the middle at audiences particularly the cross culture humor that borders on racist I call ball just outside 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Duane Dudek
A chai flavored tale of emotional growth and personal redemption that is part Slumdog Millionaire part Jerry Maguire and straight out of the Cool Runnings school of unlikely sports stories 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Michael Phillips
Its wince worthy moments when people aren t treating other people the way they should be treated feel honest and emerge naturally from the true ish story 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Rafer Guzman
Like your beloved but slightly bigoted grandfather Million Dollar Arm is so touchingly unaware of its problems that scolding it seems pointless 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Matt Pais
Can t hang with the pros 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Moira MacDonald
Despite its overstuffed baggage and slightly bloated running time Million Dollar Arm is good fun particularly with popcorn 
3
Million Dollar Arm
Mara Reinstein
Harping on a genuinely spirited and uplifting feel gooder is a little like booing the team mascot for acting too goofy on the field 
2.5
Million Dollar Arm
Roger Moore
Patronizing generally inoffensive long And kind of dull 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Abhimanyu Das
Bafflingly the Indian athletes become supporting players in their own movie which is in actuality the account of one rich white guy s journey toward realizing that baseball is supposed to be fun and Lake Bell is cute enough to settle for 
1.5
Million Dollar Arm
Kyle Smith
Despite the pulsing South Asian score that gives the film some energy it s not even a slumdog hundredaire 
2
Million Dollar Arm
Stephen Whitty
Million Dollar Arm never focuses on anything but its calculated marketing and formulaic plot or bothers to take a look a real look at the interesting world around it 
2
Clown
Mark Feeney
It can seem sometimes that Hollywood has a monopoly on stupid obnoxious comedy Anyone who sees Klown will learn otherwise 
1.5
Clown
Robert Levin
The screenplay wades through a stream of absurd situations during the trip but they re treated with an earnest understated hand that keeps the focus on the characters 
3
Clown
Lou Lumenick
Ultra raunchy sometimes hilarious 
2.5
Clown
Bill Weber
An ostensible Danish Hangover that more closely resembles Two and a Half Men with nudity and unexpurgated dick jokes 
1.5
Clown
Mike McGranaghan
A bold film for people who aren t afraid to laugh at a movie that cheerfully breaks all sense of civility and decorum 
3
Gods and Monsters
Wesley Lovell
8220 Gods and Monsters 8221 is easily one of the best films of the year 46 It is a real treat for any movie lover and will easily span the test of time like the films of the man it portrayed 46 
4
Gods and Monsters
Sean P. Means
The film is a revelation for writer director Bill Condon whose last movie the horror schlock Candyman Farewell to the Flesh showed no indication of the intelligence and tenderness at work here 
3.5
Gods and Monsters
Michael Dequina
The film clearly belongs to McKellen whose presence is what makes the film as affecting at it is 
3.5
Gods and Monsters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie is obviously a dream come true for Condon and he delivers it with precision care love and intelligence 
4
Gods and Monsters
Bill Chambers
A smart picture if not a brilliant one 
3
Gods and Monsters
Andrew Howe
McKellen s performance borders on brilliance 
3.5
Gods and Monsters
David N. Butterworth
For all of the interesting possibilities inherent in Condon s source material the single most important thing one learns about James Whale according to the film was that he was a dirty old man 
2.5
Gods and Monsters
Elias Savada
a filmic epiphany 
4
Gods and Monsters
Roger Ebert
Gods and Monsters is not a deep or powerful film but it is a good hearted one 
3
Gods and Monsters
Dustin Putman
A heartfelt and intelligent motion picture 
3
Gods and Monsters
Bob Stephens
Gods and Monsters is a nearly perfect movie When film historians write the cinematic history of this decade it will surely be included 
4
Gods and Monsters
Bob Bloom
The whole thing might have fallen apart if not for McKellen who makes Whale so fascinating that the film could have worked as a monologue 
4
Cheatin'
Peter Keough
Plympton will be cheated if Cheatin doesn t at least get nominated for a best animated feature Oscar 
3.5
Cheatin'
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps Plympton s most ambitious and visually impressive work yet 
3
Cheatin'
Bruce Ingram
The film is extremely rich in visual inventiveness and depth of feeling with numerous sequences that could almost pass muster as individual shorts 
3
Cheatin'
Erik McClanahan
At times it comes to life but for the most part it s a bit one note and repetitive 
2
Cheatin'
Josh Spiegel
Cheatin at least proves that though hand drawn animation may be one of the oldest forms of the medium it s plenty lively and colorful when its practitioners care 
3
Cheatin'
Simon Abrams
Cheatin is a highlight of Plympton s robust body of work because motion not the journey or the destination is always its creator s priority 
3.5
Cheatin'
Oleg Ivanov
The plot is pure pulp inspired in equal parts by the tropes and imagery of film noir grand opera and silent melodrama 
3.5
Full Contact
Walter Chaw
Full Contact is a conversation sometimes a very good one sometimes a vaguely condescending one 
3
White Chicks
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s bad enough watching a dreadfully unfunny really awful comedy but watching a very racist comedy makes it all the worse 
0.5
White Chicks
Steven Snyder
Amid an overbearing story that suffocates its humor Chicks increasingly repetitive and tired jokes reek of a comedy on autopilot 
1.5
White Chicks
Michael Dequina
From frame one the screen is populated with broad unfunny caricatures and no one resembling an actual person 
1
White Chicks
Steve Rhodes
As dead and tasteless as last week s leftovers 
1.5
White Chicks
Jonathan R. Perry
Under the layers of latex fart jokes Paris Nicky potshots and tedious side stories is a heart keeping it from incinerating completely in the comedy inferno of Bad Ideas 
1.5
White Chicks
Tony Toscano
the film s biggest problem is it relies too heavily on its one dimensional characters and never gets beyond the one joke premise 
2
White Chicks
Vince Koehler
White Chicks is over the top and the makeup is out of sight My grandkids went to see it and laughed like crazy 
2
White Chicks
Sean McBride
White Chicks isn t a bad film because the guys don t look convincing as women it s a bad film because it s just not all that funny 
1.5
A Taxing Woman
Roger Ebert
The movie is less like an essay than like a series of disconnected observations In approaching his subject from many angles Itami fails to find the one that he needs 
2
Summer Interlude
Mattie Lucas
Bergman s grasp of the cinematic language is clear and was honing his craft into something that would soon develop into something legendary 
3
Summer Interlude
Bryant Frazer
Its dark power derives from the tension between the adult woman at the movie s centre and the girl this woman remembers being 
3.5
Summer Interlude
James Kendrick
In hindsight Summer Interlude looks and feels like a number of Bergman s subsequent and arguably greater films but at the time it must have seemed like something entirely new 
3.5
Cell 211
Roger Ebert
In addition to its effectiveness as a thriller it is also a film showing a man in the agonizing process of changing his values And it is a critique of a cruel penal system 
3.5
Cell 211
Rick Groen
From Spanish director Daniel Monzon this is a white hot prison drama with a Byzantine plot and enough gore to make Reservoir Dogs look like a petting zoo 
3
Cell 211
Bruce DeMara
It s a cut above the usual penal picture intelligent with sharply drawn memorable characters a storyline suffused with tension and unexpected turns and a morass of moral quandaries that could lead the most innocent into irretrievable darkness 
3.5
Cell 211
Rene Rodriguez
Celda 211 Cell 211 requires you to look past a couple of contrivances in order to enjoy its main scenario How quickly can the ruinous nature of prison life corrupt an innocent moral man 
3
Cell 211
Michael O'Sullivan
Nearly every minute throbs with heart pounding suspense from the opening scene of a prisoner slashing his wrists with a razor blade fashioned from a cigarette filter to its mournful blood soaked conclusion 
3.5
Cell 211
Wesley Morris
What this movie lacks in plausibility which is almost everything it makes up for with authentic adrenaline and Spanish Goya Awards it won eight this year 
2.5
Cell 211
Zak Jason
A hard boiled lightning paced look into prison culture 
3
Cell 211
John Hartl
It s the kind of gutsy physical performance that wins Academy Awards for Daniel Day Lewis but Ammann is just as impressive as a man who must suddenly test his limits and values 
3.5
Cell 211
Chris Hewitt
It s a great simple premise and I will be surprised if we don t get an American remake starring say Jason Statham or Christian Bale 
3
The Hotel Dieu
Barry Hertz
The final product is an uneven one mired by stiff acting predictable plot turns and some truly stilted dialogue 
2
Space & Time
Roger Moore
The leads are almost likeable the situations almost believable the breakup totally pre ordained and everything post break up pretty much what you d expect 
1.5
Head Over Heels
Matt Brunson
Not many flops are given a second chance at scoring with audiences 44 but that was the case with Chilly Scenes of Winter 46 
3
Head Over Heels
David Nusair
an exceedingly lackadaisical drama that grows more and more absorbing as time progresses 
3
Difret
Linda Barnard
Mehari s drama about the landmark court case that ended child bride kidnapping in Ethiopia is hardly a sophisticated film But that can t diminish the importance of its message 
2.5
Difret
Alan Zilberman
This film is a necessary reminder of what can happen when people preserve tradition for its own sake 
3.5
Joshy
Matt Pais
Few movies about groups of male friends do such a strong job with the dynamics between individual people and the collection as a whole 
3
Joshy
Christy Lemire
You probably wouldn t want to spend that much time with these people yourself but at least they re never boring 
2.5
Joshy
Wes Greene
The film feels most real even at its most absurd when focused on the idea of closure as a kind of fantasy 
3
Joshy
Scott Renshaw
You can see a glimpse in writer director Jeff Baena s movie of the satisfying ensemble farce it could have been perhaps three or four script drafts down the road 
2
5B
Jeff Mitchell
Hospital Ward 5B is a heartbreaking and inspirational destination
3.5
5B
Mark Dujsik
Directors Paul Haggis and Dan Krauss have made above all else an astonishingly humane film 
3.5
5B
Pat Padua
5B is ultimately about survival and the struggle at its center is undeniably a heartbreaking one 
2.5
5B
Mick LaSalle
This is an aspect of San Francisco cultural history and American medical history that deserves to be known 
3
5B
Mark Feeney
The frequent sight of someone in his or her 60s or 70s juxtaposed with that of the same person 35 years ago is time machine startling and time machine effective 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Rossiter Drake
Fast Food Nation might have translated into a compelling documentary Instead Schlosser s research is used as a springboard into a sluggish fictional narrative that merely hints at the grim reality 
2
Fast Food Nation
Forrest Hartman
Fast Food Nation has its heart in the right place and even though fictionalized it will probably open a lot of eyes It is not however as effortless and enjoyable as most of Linklater s films 
3
Fast Food Nation
Rob Thomas
Meanders when it should be on point gets preachy instead of insightful and presents cardboard characters at every level of the food chain 
2
Fast Food Nation
Ethan Alter
Fast Food Nation poses an interesting critical conundrum at one point does a film s ambition make up for its dramatic clumsiness 
3
Fast Food Nation
Larry Ratliff
Linklater tries to tell too much story We don t have time to savor each valid piece of what he intends as a conscience raising cautionary tale 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Thomas Delapa
Blame director Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser for cooking Schlosser s best selling book into an unhappy movie meal 
1.5
Fast Food Nation
Sean P. Means
When Fast Food Nation is on target especially showing the plight of the Mexican workers who keep the industry going the movie gives us plenty to chew on 
3
Fast Food Nation
Marc Savlov
Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser s noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good guy agitprop and fails as a character driven narrative 
2
Fast Food Nation
Glenn Whipp
The movie unwieldy to begin with completely loses its way after Kinnear exits 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Terry Lawson
Fast Food Nation is alternately funny and disturbing and surprisingly informative even as it sacrifices some of its strength by lecturing to an audience that might be snacking on fake cheese covered corn chips and calorie laden cola 
3
Fast Food Nation
Jeff Vice
Fast Food Nation is a also bit of a queasy mess 
2
Fast Food Nation
Michael Booth
Too many story threads are consistently ignored or dropped altogether 
2
Fast Food Nation
Jason McBride
A frustratingly toothless film whose heart is in the right place even if its head isn t 
2
Fast Food Nation
Bruce Westbrook
Linklater and Schlosser have plenty to say They just fail to say it cohesively 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Robert W. Butler
Richard Linklater s latest is a humorless glum multicharacter melodrama that plays like John Sayles Lite 
2
Fast Food Nation
Mary F. Pols
Though eye opening it s as non threatening as any film involving sexual coercion grotesque factory accidents and conveyor belts loaded with cow kidneys could be 
3
Fast Food Nation
Rene Rodriguez
Fast Food Nation would have benefited from a longer running time the movie often feels like it s missing big chunks of plot but Linklater s cautionary message gets through 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Duane Dudek
Fast Food Nation tastes like something everyone says is good for you but has little flavor 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Jack Mathews
No question these are alarming issues but I would direct you to Schlosser s book 
2
Fast Food Nation
Kyle Smith
Where s the beef There is no tasty nutritious plot to chew on merely lots of cheap info McNuggets meant to be gulped down quickly without thinking too much 
0.5
Fast Food Nation
Stephen Whitty
Indigestible 
2
Fast Food Nation
Steven Rea
A rambling but potent ensemble piece 
3
Fast Food Nation
Jim Hemphill
This perfectly paced thoughtfully written and impeccably acted masterpiece is a gourmet meal from one of American cinema s master chefs 
4
Fast Food Nation
James Hebert
It s a lot of food for thought even if sometimes a bit too much is on the menu 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Ruthe Stein
For all the filmmaker s good intentions Fast Food Nation isn t a particularly good movie 
2
Fast Food Nation
Moira MacDonald
Those astonished to learn that animals are slaughtered to make hamburgers may well find Richard Linklater s clumsy Fast Food Nation educational the rest of us may be underwhelmed 
1.5
Fast Food Nation
Geoff Pevere
Unlike the book it s based on Fast Food Nation won t make you think twice about what you eat But it may make you think second thoughts about whether it might have made a better documentary 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Wesley Morris
Richard Linklater s Fast Food Nation is major It s an angry movie that could shame a Big Mac lover into having a salad 
4
Fast Food Nation
Ken Fox
Many of the film s subtler points are likely to slip by viewers who haven t first read Schlosser s book Other salient points are shoehorned into the dialogue rendering key scenes preachy heavy handed and dramatically inert 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Christy Lemire
Richard Linklater is channeling Robert Altman or at least it seems he s trying to channel Altman with his meandering intertwined plot lines 
2
Fast Food Nation
John Beifuss
If Texas Chain Saw Prime Cut and a score of other features that graphically literalized the concept that Meat Is Murder didn t transform moviegoers into vegetarians what impact will an artful polemic like this have on the national stomach 
3
Fast Food Nation
Tyler Hanley
This unflinching expose into the dark underbelly of the All American burger is a thought provoking cinematic meal 
3.5
Fast Food Nation
Peter Canavese
You know what they call a Royale with Cheese in Austin Texas The Big One ambitious and a typically satisfying outing for one of America s most consistent directors 
3
Fast Food Nation
Peter T. Chattaway
This film does serve a valuable purpose in getting us to think and act more responsibly about the way we relate to the creation that God has entrusted to us 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than looking down on viewers as dumb blank slates to be taught and converted Linklater simply invites us to participate in the conversation 
3
Fast Food Nation
Willie Waffle
it s the supporting cast that takes control of the movie and makes the audience pay attention as best we can as Fast Food Nation falls apart
1
Fast Food Nation
Erik Childress
Even when Linklater does hit the soapbox a little too hard Fast Food Nation still becomes the feel bad movie of the year And not just in an intestinal sort of way 
3
Fast Food Nation
Walter Chaw
The animals deaths are more exploited and rendered senseless by the film itself than they are by the restaurants and meat packers the film does its best to condemn 
1
Fast Food Nation
Chris Hewitt
It begins to feel less like a movie than a position paper 
2
Fast Food Nation
Phoebe Flowers
Director Linklater maintains his usual effortless laid back charm while railing against corrupt industry as a whole Even when you re being hammered over the head with some point it s usually a quiet polite sort of hammering 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Gene Seymour
The unstoppable director Richard Linklater A Scanner Darkly and writer Eric Schlosser take the latter s nonfiction bestseller and rig up a fictitious sprawling narrative to take up the book s scathing talking points 
3
Fast Food Nation
Dustin Putman
Decidedly spineless and not exactly all that eye opening 
2
Fast Food Nation
Michael Phillips
Fast Food Nation works best when it s just hanging out with its far flung collection of likable flawed people living off the fat and the lean of the land 
3
Fast Food Nation
Matt Pais
About as timely as Fahrenheit 9 11 would have been if it were released in 2025 
1.5
Fast Food Nation
Phil Villarreal
You d have to be either half crazy or the most talented director alive to make the book into a film Luckily the movie version of Fast Food Nation has a man who s both Richard Linklater 
4
Fast Food Nation
Josh Larsen
a deeply unappetizing experience sort of like downing three Big Macs at one sitting At least it s more nutritious 
3
Fast Food Nation
James Berardinelli
One leaves the theater certain what Linklater s theme was but uncertain why it was presented so ineffectively 
2.5
Fast Food Nation
Peter Travers
It s less an expose of junk food culture than a human drama sprinkled with sly provoking wit about how that culture defines how we live 
3
Fast Food Nation
Preston Jones
There are plenty of blasé attitudes about the companies who provide our burgers and fries and with Fast Food Nation there s one more diffident voice to join the chorus 
2
Fast Food Nation
Steve Rhodes
The slow and didactic film instructs us obsessively that fast food restaurants are evil meat packers are more evil still and machines are actually the root of all evil 
1.5
18 1/2
Steven Prokopy
Sometimes a really great idea for a film can be hampered severely or even undone completely in its execution 46 
2
18 1/2
Richard Roeper
Yes another Watergate movie but this one s fun and totally fictional 
3
18 1/2
Mike McGranaghan
18 189 is a very funny piece of 8220 What if 63 8221 storytelling 46 
3
18 1/2
Matt Zoller Seitz
This feature is 91 Dan Mirvish apos s 93 best directed work and also his most Altman like 46 
3.5
18 1/2
Mark Dujsik
91 The 93 movie isn apos t quite irrational enough to work as a comedy and is also a bit too illogical to function as a thriller 46 
2.5
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Roger Ebert
The fact that this plot is not original does not deter you Kermit nor should it It s still a good plot 
3
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Bill Chambers
medium rare 
2
Mock Up on Mu
Bill Weber
Baldwin took a similarly fanciful history mining approach for Tribulation 99 but Mock Up on Mu is more than twice as long and determinedly more obscure 
2
To All the Boys: Always and Forever
Roger Moore
Still likable still cute but utterly out of ideas 
1.5
To All the Boys: Always and Forever
Monica Castillo
The affectionate energy between stars Condor and Centineo keeps the sparks flying 
3
To All the Boys: Always and Forever
Nicole Clark
This film is heavier than its predecessors Falling in love is more fun to watch than trying to stay in love and growing up can be tough 
3
Light of Day
Roger Ebert
Light of Day is told like a short story by Henry James or Raymond Carver in which the last few moments and the final words throw everything else into focus 
3.5
Wild Wild West
Jami Bernard
For maximum entertainment a movie can t afford to waste so much time being its own carnival barker relentlessly trying to drum up interest 
2
Wild Wild West
Ann Hornaday
Bolstered by a subtly funny supporting turn by Kevin Kline and a scenery chewing performance by Kenneth Branagh Smith carries the movie with his signature ease 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Sharon Pian Chan
It will probably make buckets of money but as this summer s action movie Wild Wild West only gets mild 
2.5
Wild Wild West
David Nusair
a sporadically amusing yet disastrously overblown adaptation 
2
Wild Wild West
Joe Lozito
Sad desperate attempt at quirky action comedy 
1.5
Wild Wild West
James Sanford
has style to spare a few laughs and some imaginative touches Also like Avengers it has stars who look like they d rather be somewhere else a lack of verve and a script that takes the long road to nowhere 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Garth Franklin
Wild Wild West is sadly a big disappointment considering the great team behind it 
0
Wild Wild West
Judith Egerton
I recommend you suspend any whiff of disbelief and enjoy Sonnenfeld s hammy sci fi Western set in the late 1860s 
3
Wild Wild West
Jeanne Aufmuth
If every cloud has a silver lining my lining is that my year end worst list is one film closer to completion 
1
Wild Wild West
Wesley Lovell
Based on a 1960s science fiction western series 44 8220 Wild Wild West 8221 furthers the string of horrible big screen television translations 46 
1
Wild Wild West
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wild Wild West has six screenwriters and between them they couldn t come up with one good idea or one decent line of dialogue 
1
Wild Wild West
Margaret A. McGurk
The plot and action are so preposterous that it s jarring when the movie tries to introduce serious business 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Jeffrey Westhoff
Though Wild Wild West s story never comes together what Salma Hayek s character has to do with anything is a mystery it generates a good amount of laughs 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Bob Graham
The ace in the hole in Wild Wild West is Shakespearean Kenneth Branagh as the villain Loveless 
3
Wild Wild West
Ray Conlogue
This film is fun most of the time 
3
Wild Wild West
James Kendrick
A giant bombastic flop of a movie 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Emily Blunt
It was fun 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Madeleine Williams
The effects are done well but we are long past the era in which good special effects alone could carry a movie 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Ross Anthony
fun special effects and action right up to the climax where WWW wanes into a B 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Steve Rhodes
Will Smith what were you thinking 
0.5
Wild Wild West
Susan Stark
Leaves you wondering how things could have gone this wrong for a team of first rate talents 
1
Wild Wild West
Mike McGranaghan
This is exactly the right kind of movie fun for a scorching hot summer day when your brain is too tired to think and will settle for being amused 
3
Wild Wild West
Rod Armstrong
An almost complete waste of time talent money and giant mechanical spiders 
1
Wild Wild West
David Keyes
It is an obnoxious sexist crude disgusting and dead in the water series of lame actions and insipid character situations 
0
Wild Wild West
Eugene Novikov
I wasn t prepared to see such inanity from Will Smith 
2
Wild Wild West
Maitland McDonagh
The quintessential cotton candy movie It s pleasant brightly colored and the minute it s done it s as though it were never there 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Roger Ebert
Wild Wild West is a comedy dead zone You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die The movie is all concept and no content the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen 
1
Wild Wild West
Bill Chambers
If you don t think Kevin Kline in drag is funny wait til you see Will Smith in drag it s even less funny 
1
Wild Wild West
Michael Wilmington
The western deserves better So do Smith Kline and Branagh So do Hayek and Sonnenfeld And maybe even heaven help us so does The Wild Wild West 
2
Wild Wild West
James Berardinelli
While its television counterpart will continue to live on in syndication this version is headed for Boot Hill 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Walter V. Addiego
It s like an Artemus Gordon contrivance that won t quite work 
2
Wild Wild West
Dustin Putman
Basically what you see in the trailer is what you get and nothing more 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Bob Bloom
The latest in a tiresome stream of adaptations of old television shows 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Michael Dequina
Like a botched chemical equation these seemingly perfect ingredients combine into a fizzle 
2
Wild Wild West
Rob Blackwelder
I figured the screenwriters would rape the show for its best elements then stoke it with paint by numbers action and effect sequences and I was right 
2
Wild Wild West
Robert Roten
It is not a good film but it isn t a disaster like last year s The Avengers either 
2.5
Wild Wild West
Susan Wloszczyna
A wild wild mess 
1.5
Wild Wild West
Ian Mantgani
How can studios pour millions of dollars and masses of talent into that a project that inspires such apathy 
1.5
Wild Wild West
James O'Ehley
It was if the cinema had been turned into a laugh free zone 
1.5
Elsewhere
David Nusair
a pervasively meaningless endeavor that s simply unable to justify its existence 
1
Games People Play: New York
Kam Williams
Proves that you don t need much money to make an absolutely fascinating reality movie provided you are willing to exploit weirdos waiting for their moment in the limelight 
4
Games People Play: New York
Elias Savada
The only way anyone in the audience will win is if they walk out on the film seek out management and ask for their money back 
1
Games People Play: New York
Wesley Morris
The whole experience feels cheap and sleazy like walking alone down a long damp alley at 3 in the morning 
2
Games People Play: New York
James Verniere
It is a perfect marriage of exploiters and exhibitionists The only person who gets cheated in this exchange is the viewer 
1
Games People Play: New York
Terry Lawson
Just interesting enough to relieve the embarrassment you deserve for enjoying it 
3
Games People Play: New York
Roger Ebert
It is either a brilliant example of an experiment in psychological manipulation or a reprehensible exploitation of the ambitions and vulnerabilities of actors and others who did the director no harm 
2
Games People Play: New York
Robert K. Elder
99 minutes of excruciating reality 
1
Games People Play: New York
David Keyes
This sly endeavor is not nearly as brave or uninhibited as it claims it is a movie that scrambles around with its ideas and never really decides where it wants to take them 
2
Games People Play: New York
Walter V. Addiego
It s just lurid stuff 
1
Games People Play: New York
Michael Szymanski
It s interesting to see that even when everything that is censored out of a reality show is really shown it s sometimes just as boring as it is on TV 
1.5
Games People Play: New York
Jonathan Foreman
Its thrills are too cheap to be worth a 10 movie ticket 
1.5
Games People Play: New York
David N. Butterworth
Although it ultimately winds up as grotesque as the reality TV shows it lampoons Whitney s film offers up a sly and occasionally uproarious look at uninhibited New Yorkers 
2.5
Games People Play: New York
Peter Debruge
Where real reality shows freak out about their contestants murky pasts this one openly exploits its damaged goods participants 
1.5
Games People Play: New York
James Kendrick
Part of its absurd genius is that it s never entirely clear what it is and what it isn t which leaves it up to each individual viewer to decide 
3
Games People Play: New York
James Berardinelli
Part documentary part parody and part something indefinable the film manages to succeed on its own terms and entertain on just about anyone s 
3
Games People Play: New York
Gabe Leibowitz
As an avid hater of reality television the intelligence behind James Ronald Whitney s Games People Play was quite a surprise 
3
Games People Play: New York
Erik Childress
What we ve really seen calls into question not just the previous hour but everything reality fans have become accustomed to and sold repeatedly week after week 
3
Buried
Roger Moore
Remind yourself to breathe 
3
Buried
Michael Dequina
Director Rodrigo Cortes continually achieves the seemingly impossible 
3
Buried
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant genre thriller using space and perspective to confine us with the protagonist 
4
Buried
David N. Butterworth
This experiment in minimalist filmmaking succeeds in part because of the tight controlled performance by one of People magazine s sexiest men buried alive 
3
Buried
Rene Rodriguez
Buried despite its seemingly impossible premise is by turns funny suspenseful moving and in one heart stopping sequence worthy of Indiana Jones incredibly exciting 
3
Buried
Sean P. Means
Reynolds portrayal of this Everyman a guy doing his job in the wrong place at the wrong time is sympathetic and intensely watchable from the first moment to the last 
3.5
Buried
Willie Waffle
Best ending of the year 
4
Buried
Duane Dudek
Cortes similarly crafts a heightened sense of awareness out of the less is more scenario The result is a skillful thriller with a strong point of view that is also confident in its use of genre flourishes 
3.5
Buried
Peter Howell
The tension keeps building right to the end Proving yet again that in movies even though the space may get smaller the picture doesn t have to 
3
Buried
David Edwards
You don t have to be claustrophobic to find the entire enterprise thoroughly upsetting 
4
Buried
Rick Groen
The suspense is gripping even when the substance isn t 
3
Buried
Alex Zane
Watching Ryan Reynolds trapped in a coffin for an hour and a half makes for the most intense piece of cinema this year 
4
Buried
Ann Hornaday
An experiment in limitation that at least until the movie s deflating final payoff manages to tap into our deepest anxieties 
2.5
Buried
Dustin Putman
If the picture has replay value it will be to study the technically pretty astounding filmmaking going on not because it s a journey one would necessarily like to go on again 
2.5
Buried
Ted Fry
It may sound like a gimmicky premise but Buried is as far outside the box as a buried alive movie can be 
3
Buried
Stephen Whitty
At its best Buried is a filmmaker s fondest double dare challenge And at its very best it s considerably more 
3
Buried
Wesley Morris
Reynolds s default has always been a sarcasm that s locked him out of seeming entirely human In Buried he s neutralized 
2
Buried
Peter Keough
What starts out as a claustrophobic and suspenseful allegory about the folly of the Iraq War settles into a series of pseudo ironic twists and a conclusion that will leave you gasping for air 
2
Buried
Peter Travers
Ninety minutes of being buried alive with Ryan Reynolds Didn t we all suffer that in The Proposal 
2
Buried
Simon Abrams
A bratty but canny thriller that takes a very simple premise and runs much farther with it than any right minded director should have been able to 
2.5
Buried
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end the main character isn t important it s his conversations that matter and all they did was make me increasingly angry at an emotionally manipulative script and a director eager to accentuate that fact everything else be damned 
2
Buried
James Berardinelli
In the same way it s impossible to turn away from a grisly accident taking your eyes away from Ryan Reynolds hypnotizing performance is not an option 
3.5
Buried
Kyle Smith
On a technical level Buried is impressive at times blisteringly suspenseful making the most of a ripping score and Reynolds fully charged agony 
2.5
Buried
Michael Phillips
This is shrewdly considered and edited genre work spiced bitterly with the right variety of complication 
3.5
Buried
Roger Ebert
Although the entire movie takes place in the enclosed space director Rodrigo Cortes and writer Chris Sparling are ingenious in creating more plausible action than you would expect possible 
3.5
Buried
Rex Reed
Nothing this underrated actor has done previously measures up to the emotional diversity focus and self control required of him in a one man exercise in underground suspense that Alfred Hitchcock would envy 
3
Buried
David Nusair
A remarkable frequently spellbinding achievement 
4
Buried
Erik Childress
Tighten the screws a few more times around the middle and we could have had a genuine classic on our hands Alas it is still probably a very good hour long Twilight Zone episode 
3
Stray Dolls
Roger Moore
Uneven but bracing 
2.5
Stray Dolls
Mark Dujsik
Stray Dolls doesn t quite make the case that these characters are worthy of much sympathy 
2.5
Stray Dolls
Walter Chaw
Were the bad guys in the end less central casting and more mundane Stray Dolls would be something like a neo neorealist masterpiece As it stands it s a cathartic yawp announcing the arrival of a vibrant raw voice in Sinha 
3
Stray Dolls
Joey Magidson
Though not the intent of the filmmakers the movie comes off cold and devoid of purpose Any attempts at character building are surface level at best 
2.5
Logan's Run
David Nusair
seriously repetitive and aggressively tedious 
1.5
Logan's Run
Peter Canavese
Despite its grabber of a premise Logan s Run flaunts poorly developed plot specifics as such it s terminally silly Nevertheless as a camp curio it still has an odd but undeniable staying power Blu ray 
2.5
Logan's Run
Roger Ebert
Logan s Run is a vast silly extravaganza that delivers a certain amount of fun once it stops taking itself seriously 
3
Logan's Run
James O'Ehley
Despite some dreary bits Logan s Run isn t bad sci fi and is an interesting exercise in what the future was thought to be like back in the 1970s 
2.5
Masked and Anonymous
Matt Brunson
Had I caught this atrocity back in 2003 when it was initially released it would have seriously challenged The Cat in the Hat and Bad Boys II for one of the top spots on my 10 Worst list 
1
Masked and Anonymous
Lou Lumenick
A strong contender for the worst movie of the century 
0
Masked and Anonymous
Joe Baltake
A willful mess made interesting by the talent that it attracted 
1.5
Masked and Anonymous
Sean P. Means
Just because the movie is largely unintelligible doesn t make it unwatchable though sometimes it s artful in the same way a train wreck can be graceful 
1.5
Masked and Anonymous
Jeff Vice
A nonsensical vanity project for singer Bob Dylan that wastes the talents of a lot of folks who should have known better 
1
Masked and Anonymous
John Beifuss
Could just as well be titled Masters of War or Tombstone Blues or Everything Is Broken At every cut in the action you expect a gray flannel dwarf to scream 
3
Masked and Anonymous
Terry Lawson
A fascinating mess 
2
Masked and Anonymous
Nick Carter
How much you end up liking the film probably relates to how much you sympathize with Dylan or Dylan like characters 
2.5
Masked and Anonymous
David N. Butterworth
Bob Dylan plays a thinly disguised version of himself in this entertainingly overwritten star vehicle 
3
Masked and Anonymous
Chris Hewitt
It is messy defiant pretentious and bold and even when it s not very good it is interesting 
2
Masked and Anonymous
Dan DeLuca
The music is great Dylan and his band do a half dozen songs that crackle with energy 
3
Masked and Anonymous
Connie Ogle
This tarted up mishmash of loopy ideology and pining for the old days makes you happy the 1960s are over 
1.5
Masked and Anonymous
Sean Piccoli
What Masked and Anonymous does best is bring to mind the words of another solitary dude Clint Eastwood A man s gotta know his limitations 
2
Masked and Anonymous
Josh Larsen
Undoubtedly a failure yet an endlessly fascinating one 
3
Masked and Anonymous
Roger Ebert
A vanity production beyond all reason 
0.5
Masked and Anonymous
Michael Wilmington
Would have been much better if the makers had included more music shot their actors with Ingmar Bergman close up minimalism and made something looser simpler and wilder 
2
Masked and Anonymous
Liam Lacey
The results are heavy handed and oppressive in the way that vanity projects and bloated collective theatre experiments often are 
1
Masked and Anonymous
Katrina Onstad
There is no line no thought in Masked and Anonymous that Bob Dylan hasn t articulated in his songs a hundred times and better 
2
Masked and Anonymous
Edward Guthmann
Void of inflection Dylan doesn t act but stands and looks uneasy in whatever space the camera is pointing The deadness in his eyes stops the movie cold 
2
Masked and Anonymous
George Varga
A simultaneously serious and satirical film that should delight longtime Bob Dylan fans and mystify nearly everyone else 
3
Masked and Anonymous
Ty Burr
The film is a train wreck and an overbearing train wreck at that 
1
Masked and Anonymous
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dylan is so guarded that we can only look at him with awe as he shambles through his lines and walks around as if the camera were causing him physical pain like a magnifying glass trying to set him on fire 
2
Masked and Anonymous
Bruce Newman
Masked and Anonymous is the rare movie that improves with repeated viewings but is almost unendurable to sit through just once 
1.5
Masked and Anonymous
Peter Travers
Dylan just stares in mute incomprehension I know the feeling 
0
Masked and Anonymous
Claudia Puig
The biggest waste of talent of any movie this year 
1.5
Masked and Anonymous
Scott Warren
Is it muddled Yes Imperfect Sure Impenetrable Well that s open to interpretation 
3
Masked and Anonymous
Walter Chaw
That disgusting wet noise is an audience of eyes rolling skyward in unison 
1
Seven Swords
Peter Howell
Tsui is capable of better than this 
2
Seven Swords
Liam Lacey
The problem is that Seven Swords narrative is so cluttered with briefly sketched characters and subplots as to be almost impossible to follow 
2
King Kong
David Nusair
46 46 46 an excessively erratic blockbuster 46 46 46 
2
King Kong
David Reddish
Lange shouting Good monkey and Chauvinist ape will have viewers in stitches 
1
King Kong
Kevin Carr
It s big It s overblown It doesn t quite hold up effects wise because it s 45 years old but it is a neat production because it has spectacle 
3
King Kong
Matt Brunson
A ham fisted version of the venerable yarn replacing the excitement and gravitas of the 1933 original with a jokey attitude that borders on camp 
2
King Kong
James Kendrick
easy to mock but hard to truly dislike
3
King Kong
James Berardinelli
Common wisdom contends that Dino De Laurentiis big budget remake of Merian C Cooper s classic 1933 film King Kong is a bad movie And viewed from a certain perspective perhaps it is but it s also a lot of fun 
3
King Kong
James O'Ehley
Inferior remake of the 1930s classic 
2
Belle's Magical World
David Nusair
a dishearteningly irrelevant piece of work 
1
Lust, Caution
Mattie Lucas
Lee has consistently demonstrated a certain talent for exploring human relationships and Lust Caution is perhaps one of his thorniest most complex works 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Mike Scott
Though his direction is unsurprisingly beautiful the settings lush and the performances wonderful no one apparently had the guts to insist Lee streamline his rambling story 
3
Lust, Caution
Peter Canavese
Lee provides no such easy comfort instead keeping audiences constantly off kilter purposefully frustrating them with character behavior that s just wrong 
3
Lust, Caution
Mike McGranaghan
Ang Lee has shown that sometimes art has to be bold Because he presents the sexuality as graphically as he does Lust Caution becomes much richer and more meaningful than it would have been otherwise 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Matt Brunson
The spy game maneuverings provide some dramatic heft 
2.5
Lust, Caution
Sean O'Connell
Gorgeously crafted with virtuosic patience 
3
Lust, Caution
Sean P. Means
Minus the sizzle of the NC 17 rated sex scenes there s not much to maintain your attention in this plodding World War II spy thriller 
2.5
Lust, Caution
Claudia Puig
There is deception suspicion and self delusion but it all seems rendered at arm s length despite the consummate artistry of the filmmaking 
3
Lust, Caution
Janos Gereben
Whatever misgivings there may be about it this festival winning film is a mesmerizing rich experience 
3
Lust, Caution
Jack Mathews
There is plenty of lust exercised in the athletic don t try this at home sex scenes between Hong Kong star Tony Leung and the stunning Chinese newcomer Wei Tang 
3
Lust, Caution
Rene Rodriguez
There s too much caution and not enough lust 
2.5
Lust, Caution
Jeff Vice
Given all the early furor about the film s NC 17 rating and its much discussed sex scenes Lust Caution seems curiously sedate and unexciting 
2
Lust, Caution
Duane Dudek
As a cartographer of hidden lives Lee may not always find beauty but he almost discovers and reveals something vital about the human condition 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Carla Meyer
The sex scenes are the most memorable parts of the NC 17 rated Lust Caution and not just because they are explicit They break through the reserve of this stylish but emotionally removed picture 
3
Lust, Caution
Bruce Newman
In the broad strokes and beautiful particularity of its bittersweet love story Lust Caution could not come from any other place but China 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Bruce Westbrook
A quietly compelling drama of hidden desperation and fierce passions 
3
Lust, Caution
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ang Lee has gone back to his roots and the results are undeniably intriguing 
3
Lust, Caution
Peter Howell
It s a masterpiece of tangled allegiances and corrupted innocence equating sexual intimacy with the search for a person s soul There s no guarantee the discovery will bring joy 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Moira MacDonald
Like the two opposing forces in the title the book and the film compliment and balance each other each is in its way a rich experience 
3
Lust, Caution
Mick LaSalle
Stylized and visually arresting with intense sex scenes that earned the film an NC 17 rating Ang Lee s Lust Caution is an immersion into another time place and mentality 
3
Lust, Caution
Bob Strauss
Long slow and in the end nothing new this adaptation of Eileen Chang s World War II novella can cast a mildly mesmerizing spell if you re in the mood for it 
3
Lust, Caution
Rick Groen
Intellectually emotionally Lust Caution is all palette and no canvas it s an epic on a postage stamp 
2.5
Lust, Caution
Ty Burr
Lust Caution is a disappointment coming from director Ang Lee but it s a watchable one and it rattles around in your head for a long time after you ve seen it as much for what it does right as for where it goes wrong 
2
Lust, Caution
Roger Ebert
The nature of the sex is Lee s subject and he is too honest to suppress that 
3
Lust, Caution
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cruel and beautiful emotional and infuriating this adaptation of Eileen Chang s short story is as difficult as it is wondrous all of it coming to an end in a head scratching climax that s as fantastic as it is upsetting 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Josh Larsen
a rare erotic film in which the eroticism is more than window dressing 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Mark Dujsik
A meditative melancholy account of wartime espionage 
4
Lust, Caution
Steven Rea
A rich beautifully detailed espionage thriller that captures the bygone days of Shanghai and 1940s Hollywood noirs romantic evocations of same 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lee is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in the world and he ought to be a good deal better than this 
2.5
Lust, Caution
Michael Phillips
This is one of the major disappointments of the film going year 
2
Lust, Caution
Ken Fox
Quite rightly this powerful provocative film was awarded the Golden Lion for best picture at the 2007 Venice Film Festival 
4
Lust, Caution
Jim Hemphill
The movie has more power than a conventional adventure film because it has more to say 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Stephen Whitty
Yes the movie is called Lust Caution But what it really needed to be about was incautious love 
2.5
Lust, Caution
Lou Lumenick
I was struggling to stay awake 
1.5
Lust, Caution
John Anderson
If Paul Verhoeven hadn t produced Black Book last year Lust Caution would have seemed like its own subgenre the eroto feminist spy thriller 
3.5
Lust, Caution
James Berardinelli
Aided by the nuanced forceful performances of his two leads Ang Lee has made Lust Caution something to be seen and savored 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Bill Chambers
Lust Caution gets around to honouring its pretensions towards truthfulness in a climax that exposes the sham of Blackbook 
3
Lust, Caution
Peter Travers
Ang Lee is a true master and his potently erotic and suspenseful Lust Caution casts a spell you won t want to break 
3.5
Lust, Caution
Ed Gonzalez
Ang Lee seems to want to butt Paul Verhoeven s Black Book slightly amending that film s sketchy sexual politics but flattening its stirring socio cultural purview ending up similarly half cocked 
2.5
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Jeff Shannon
Regardless of your politics it s hard to dismiss the disturbing assertions of this cheaply made but powerful documentary 
3
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Walter V. Addiego
Stealing America is basically a rallying tool for activists 
1
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s perhaps the year s most canny piece of propaganda it soothes a sore spot and it s very effective 
3
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Wesley Morris
It helps for a documentary about America s broken voting system to be flush with facts and outrage But a little filmmaking wouldn t hurt either 
2
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Steven Rea
Stealing America Vote by Vote is sobering The film suggests that come Nov 4 the votes of Republicans Democrats and independents alike might not be counted fair and square 
3
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
V.A. Musetto
Everybody loves a good conspiracy theory and I m more than willing to believe that Kerry really won But Fadiman offers only circumstantial evidence when a smoking gun is needed 
2
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
John Anderson
This well crafted documentary about the purported theft of the 2004 presidential election could well be the feel good movie of the summer after all it absolves the general public for everything that happened 
3
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Kam Williams
America revisited as a post democratic Banana Republic 
4
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Andrew Schenker
Does a fine job outlining the ways in which the integrity of the United States electoral process is repeatedly undermined by fraud de facto disenfranchisement and the concerted efforts of corrupt politicos 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A film that is worth rediscovering so many years after its premiere you might have a pleasant surprise Full review in Spanish 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Despite the utterly amazing animation and exciting action this is nothing like its source material and is very disappointing in the end 
2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Joe Lozito
From a strictly visual standpoint the film is like nothing you ve ever seen In terms of story however you ve seen it all before 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Betsy Bozdech
The often confusing plot and shallow characters are all the more disappointing when contrasted to the film s sheer artistry 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Margaret A. McGurk
Just when you think you ve seen every computer trick and gimmick that can possibly stick to a screen along comes a new advance that puts the special back in special effects 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Collin Souter
With all the effort put in by the animators this should have been a classic 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Jeremy Heilman
So gorgeous so able to transport the viewer that normal sticking points like clichd plot and hackneyed dialogue don t much matter 
4
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Mark Dujsik
Made by intelligent people for intelligent people 
3.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Marty Mapes
The look of Final Fantasy then provides food for thought what is realism and what does it have to do with the movies 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 from the first half hour through the final 44 unbelievably dull moment 44 the film beats its audience over the head with the same 44 tired moral 46 
2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
James O'Ehley
Technically this movie is really really excellent 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tiene el gran valor de ser innovadora creativa y profundamente arriesgada Seguramente se convertir en un clsico con el paso de los aos
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Emily Blunt
Visually stunning while utterly mentally mundane 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Mike McGranaghan
Not just for genre audiences deserves to be appreciated by anyone looking for smart classy entertainment 
3.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
David Keyes
has the visionary scope of 2001 A Space Odyssey and a story so smart and compelling that it had me grinding my teeth 
3.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Michael Dequina
Photo realism can only go so far when so little thought has gone into the story the synthespians are acting out 
2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Robert Roten
It succeeds in making the viewer wish for the images of real people on the screen instead of fake ones 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Dustin Putman
A gorgeous surprisingly meditative look at the beauty of life and the mysteries of death 
3.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Harvey S. Karten
A must see for movie buffs curious about a new technology 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
James Berardinelli
Fast paced and highly watchable 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Jonathan Foreman
Predictable nonsensical plot laughably lame dialogue and a surfeit of cloying environmentalist piety 
2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Steven Rea
Is Final Fantasy decent sci fi Yes more than decent 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Mark Caro
Like Dr Ross and her companions the movie artfully mimics life without ever truly living 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Bob Graham
Sooner or later viewers have to ask themselves If they were to do this film with live actors would it be worth seeing 
2
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Roger Ebert
A technical milestone 
3.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Rick Groen
Narratively thematically this is a dismissible picture just another in a long and forgettable line of silly action flicks 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Ross Anthony
Gleaming but not without faults 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Mary Kalin-Casey
Plays more like an expanded short story than a full blown novel but it s still a game worth playing 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Rob Blackwelder
It s more than a little frustrating to be so stimulated visually while being spoon fed incongruous spiritual mumbo jumbo and force fed incompatible summer action conventions 
2.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Steve Rhodes
Older kids and adults will feel rewarded and blessed to have seen something so intriguing 
3.5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Erik Childress
While it entertains may go down as the best video game film ever Final Fantasy comes up a disappointment by not exploiting the full potential of the visuals 
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Ed Gonzalez
A frigid and boring albeit noble adaptation of what is argueably the greatest and most profound of RPGs 
2
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Walter Chaw
Gore low nudity nil Alexander Godunov receiving second billing first warning 
0
Danton
Roger Ebert
Wajda has made a great historical picture and one with sweat and grime all over it 
4
Danton
James Kendrick
does not give us easy grounding but instead constantly challenges us to see each character within the context of both his convictions and the necessities of his political position
3.5
Danton
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Danton s true achievement is as elaborate period pageantry 
3
The Prince of Egypt
Wesley Lovell
8220 Prince of Egypt 8221 is a failure in major areas 44 but is breathtaking in others 46 It is a good start for DreamWorks 44 but they 8217 ll have to try harder to eclipse the Mouse House 46 
2.5
The Prince of Egypt
Jordan Hiller
When Moshe encounters the burning bush and confronts a God who calls Himself I Am That I Am it is almost as if the scene compels the audience to remove their shoes for holy ground is underfoot
3
The Prince of Egypt
Judith Egerton
Don t expect dancing camels and singing sphinxes 
3
The Prince of Egypt
Susan Tavernetti
Except for the rousing opening scenes children may find the film too slow and humorless for cartoon fare Most adults would prefer a more sophisticated exploration of spiritual themes 
2.5
The Prince of Egypt
Margaret A. McGurk
Sincere respectful and visually sublime 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Jeffrey Westhoff
Striving to look impressive The Prince of Egypt has no time for heart This is spirituality without spirit 
3
The Prince of Egypt
Liam Lacey
Takes itself too seriously 
2.5
The Prince of Egypt
Peter Stack
An inspiring translation of biblical grandeur turning the story of one of history s greatest heroes into an entertaining visually dazzling cartoon 
4
The Prince of Egypt
James Kendrick
It takes a familiar story and recreates it on screen in a bold new fashion 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Steve Rhodes
It is the absolutely stunning visuals that make the movie so compelling 
3
The Prince of Egypt
Jeff Vice
It s a film that has its heart in the right place 
3
The Prince of Egypt
Ross Anthony
the people at DreamWorks put their brushes to the film with the spirit Moses put his staff in the mighty Nile lighting it up with the eerie color of bloodshed 
4
The Prince of Egypt
Dustin Putman
An awe inspiring amazing achievement that not only is refreshingly more serious and realistic than the usual dull recent Disney movies but enraptured me in its spell from the first powerful sequence to the last 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Mike McGranaghan
Truly spectacular 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Bob Bloom
The animation in this retelling of the story of Moses is rich and vivid You almost can taste the sand 
3
The Prince of Egypt
Roger Ebert
If de Mille had seen this film he would have gone back to the drawing board 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
David Keyes
This is a movie that takes us to places we ve never seen before Literally it s the ultimate proof that animation can do anything it wants 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Rob Blackwelder
Who d have ever thought Biblical plagues and pestilence could be summed up in a four minute musical montage 
2
The Prince of Egypt
James Berardinelli
This movie is worth a trip to the local multiplex by viewers of all ages races and religious persuasions 
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Jorge Avila Andrade
Disfrutable para los pblicos de todas las edades adems de ser un buen motivo para creer nuevamente en los milagros
3.5
The Prince of Egypt
Michael Dequina
It s epic in every sense of the word from subject spectacle sentiment and most of all seriousness 
4
The Prince of Egypt
Susan Stark
The Prince of Egypt goes beyond fanciful and magical It is the first spiritual animated film ever as deep and resonant as it is soaringly inventive 
4
Sacrifice
Mike McGranaghan
An atmospheric horror movie that grows increasingly eerie before delivering a knockout finale 
3
Big Top Pee-wee
David Nusair
Big Top Pee wee benefits substantially from Reubens winning work as the always appealing Pee wee Herman 
2.5
Big Top Pee-wee
Roger Ebert
Big Top Pee wee is as guileless and cheerful as Pee wee s first movie Pee wee s Big Adventure but it s not as magical 
2
The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek
Kam Williams
Even though this overambitious mockumentary misses the mark first time writer director Wendy Jo Cohen exhibits sufficient potential to make me curious about her next venture 
1
The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek
Farran Smith Nehme
None of this unfortunately is all that funny although there s daffy charm to some moments 
2
Memory House
Roger Moore
With so little that s independent minded coming out of Brazilian cinema these days Maria has found a niche well worth exploring and schisms few others dare to talk about 
2.5
Memory House
Dwight Brown
There is something so spiritual and profound about Pitanga s performance 
2.5
Jade
Margaret A. McGurk
On the surface Jade looks like it should be a sexy thriller Turns out it s just another visit to Joe Eszterhas World where all the sex is nasty all the men are corrupt and all the tedium is unbroken 
1.5
Jade
Michael Dequina
A fairly suspenseful and entertaining thriller 
3
Jade
Roger Ebert
The movie is still as hard to follow as The Usual Suspects and without meaning to be 
2
Jade
Steve Rhodes
A high point of the show even if it does go on a bit too long is one great car chase scene 
2.5
Flowing
Keith Uhlich
The examination of behavior via cinema might be posited as the primary thematic obsession of Naruse s filmography 
4
Chicken Run
Jeff Strickler
Run to Chicken Run This clay animation comedy is the most entertaining animal story since Babe 
4
Chicken Run
Steven Rea
Apart from looking like no other type of animated film Chicken Run stands alone in its unwavering determination not to play down to the kiddies 
3
Chicken Run
Ann Hornaday
Chicken Run isn t just chock full of references to classic prison break movies and some witty inside Hollywood jokes but is filled with a secret ingredient sadly missing from its super digitized merchandise driven counterparts heart 
3
Chicken Run
Susan Wloszczyna
Chicken Run boasts the most delicious collection of desperately funny Brits since The Full Monty Poultry has never been so stuffed with personality 
3.5
Chicken Run
David Sterritt
There are some mighty fine laughs in this clever Claymation cartoon from the creator of England s hilarious Wallace and Gromit movies 
3
Chicken Run
Nick Rogers
Chicken Run s finale is on par both with The Great Escape and the classic Wallace and Gromit ending to A Close Shave for rousing excitement and ingenuity When it comes to clever and fun entertainment with a twist it s the cock of the walk 
4
Chicken Run
Michael Dequina
The sophisticated humor of Peter Lord and Nick Park s very funny comedy is more likely to strike a nerve with adults 
3.5
Chicken Run
Joe Lozito
That rare animated film that can easily please all age groups 
3.5
Chicken Run
Betsy Bozdech
A wonderful spirited family movie that s easily one of the best films of the year 
4
Chicken Run
Scott Nash
I don t think two minutes went by where I wasn t laughing out loud 
4
Chicken Run
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Something about Nick Park s characters is intrinsically hilarious Maybe it s those teeth 
3
Chicken Run
Wesley Lovell
The lavish coops 44 detailed pie machine and realistic lighting are just a small thread in a beautiful canvas of stirring images 46 
3.5
Chicken Run
Margaret A. McGurk
The animation is executed with astonishing skill considering every frame records minute changes made by hand in models of rubber and plasticene modeling clay They even managed a spit take 
4
Chicken Run
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like the computer animators at Pixar the stop motion wizards at Aardman realize their technical prowess would be wasted without a worthy script 
3.5
Chicken Run
Liam Lacey
Fans of the more subversive Wallace and Gromit tales are almost bound to be somewhat disappointed by this safer more mainstream effort 
3
Chicken Run
Dan Lybarger
When Mel Gibson passes on to that big screen in the sky don t be surprised if he s best remembered for playing a flirtatious rooster 
3.5
Chicken Run
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una de las mejores cintas del ao y una excelente muestra de lo que se puede hacer con imaginacin talento y un buen cargamento de plastilina
3
Chicken Run
James Kendrick
mostly good lighthearted entertainment with more than its share of bad chicken puns
3
Chicken Run
Jami Bernard
It s as much a treat for adults as for children with humor that spans all age ranges and careens from sophisticated to just plain silly 
3.5
Chicken Run
Roger Ebert
It is observant about human or chicken nature 
3.5
Chicken Run
Peter Stack
A witty action packed story 
4
Chicken Run
John Hartl
You ll want to see Chicken Run more than once 
4
Chicken Run
Jeffrey Wells
This is a tale of toil sacrifice and hard earned victory without a speck of fairy dust or dreamy eyed fantasy 
4
Chicken Run
Ian Mantgani
For older children and adults it s thin soup 
2
Chicken Run
Susan Stark
Chicken Run is the rare true original in modern movies It will delight you beyond words Don t even think about missing it 
4
Chicken Run
Bob Bloom
One of the most entertaining vehicles of the year 
3.5
Chicken Run
Steve Ryfle
Could be this summer s sleeper or this summer s The Iron Giant 
3
Chicken Run
Steve Rhodes
DreamWorks rules and Chicken Run is king 
4
Chicken Run
David Keyes
A movie so sweet so open and honest that we savor its charm and bathe in its confidence 
3.5
Chicken Run
Dustin Putman
It may also even have the power to make you think twice the next time you run through the drive thru at your local KFC 
3
Chicken Run
Gary Brown
At the end of the movie the audience applauded the first time I ve seen that since Toy Story 2 
4
Chicken Run
Jeanne Aufmuth
Rarely does a prison film delight and amuse 
4
Chicken Run
James Berardinelli
Simple but engaging 
3
Chicken Run
Michael Wilmington
A movie both hilarious and sometimes heart stoppingly exciting 
3.5
Chicken Run
Shay Casey
The film manages to cross all barriers it should be accessible to both children and adults Brits and Yanks rats and chickens 
3.5
Chicken Run
Emily Blunt
It really is quite funny 
3
Chicken Run
Rob Blackwelder
Fun and amazingly rendered but ultimately a little flat 
2.5
Chicken Run
Marty Mapes
And although the pace is uneven and the plot seems stretched thin Chicken Run is still worth a look
3
Bats: Human Harvest
David Nusair
the film has been infused with an egregiously amateurish vibe that extends to virtually every aspect of the production 
1
Savaged
Christian Toto
Don t let the PC plot points in Avenged fool you This is a slick smart B movie for those who savor just that 
3
Treasure Island
David Nusair
An incoherent interminable mess 
0
Treasure Island
Mike Gregory
Though it will surely confound mainstream audiences it should prove something of a treasure for viewers prepared for a provocative and idiosyncratic work 
3
Treasure Island
Greg Dean Schmitz
You may not like Treasure Island when you see it but what you can t dismiss is that it s definitely not commercial 
2
Grizzly Man
Matt Brunson
Fascinating 46 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Brian Eggert
Grizzly Man reveals Herzog s ambition as a documentarian through his depiction and desire to understand Treadwell a man who looked to Nature for comfort yet ultimately became a victim of the sublime 
4
Grizzly Man
Nick Rogers
Werner Herzog forgoes judging Timothy Treadwell s disputed methods or questionable mental state letting viewers decide based on footage that suggests Treadwell essentially sought some sort of transmutation from flesh to fur 
4
Grizzly Man
Jay Antani
chilling
4
Grizzly Man
Ross Anthony
Not really a nature film unless maybe human nature I just couldn t help but feel it was more opportunistic than inspired I left feeling somewhat manipulated 
2
Grizzly Man
Eric Melin
an absolutely fascinating portrait of humanity at its most brutally honest and is so much more than merely a cautionary tale 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Peter Howell
Treadwell left behind 100 hours of some of the most astonishing nature footage ever captured by camera 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Liam Lacey
Compelling disturbing documentary 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Jeff Vice
Treadwell emerges as a compelling figure even when his childlike babbling at the bears sounds like the sound of the affirmations offered by the Stuart Smalley character on TV s Saturday Night Live 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Sean P. Means
Herzog finds a real life figure to rival the outsized characters of his greatest films Aguirre The Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo 
4
Grizzly Man
Frank Houston
A haunting documentary about the fine line between devotion and delusion that deepens our appreciation for both animal and human nature 
4
Grizzly Man
Derek Smith
Offers the best that non fiction films have to offer where the filmmaker is able to interact with rather than simply react to his subject 
4
Grizzly Man
Peter Debruge
A rich well crafted documentary that offers a rare glimpse at someone who respected Mother Nature but refused to live by her rules 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Phoebe Flowers
The movie s greatest draw remains the vivid complex portrait Herzog paints of a man who could have easily been dismissed as a freak 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Jeremy Heilman
Veteran director Werner Herzog finds factual subject matter that feels right up his thematic alley in Grizzly Man 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Larry Ratliff
Werner Herzog showing his courage as a filmmaker lets Timothy Treadwell ramble on way beyond the point of awkwardness 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Duane Dudek
Grizzly Man has the creepy voyeurism of going through a dead man s pockets 
3
Grizzly Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
By fearlessly examining the man warts and all Herzog has fashioned a nature documentary unlike any I ve I think I have ever seen 
4
Grizzly Man
Terry Lawson
As unsettling as it is fascinating 
3
Grizzly Man
Jeff Strickler
As a filmmaker in Herzog s opinion Treadwell was without equal But as a naturalist well let s just say that his canteen had sprung a leak 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Claudia Puig
Grizzly Man is a haunting and fascinating portrait of so much that is worth exploring the implacability of nature the hubris of human endeavor and the line between supreme dedication and madness 
3.5
Grizzly Man
David N. Butterworth
Herzog s obituary to eco warrior Timothy Treadwell is often intriguing but ultimately feels oddly and sadly senseless 
2.5
Grizzly Man
Josh Larsen
Herzog continually overstates his own film s significance 
3
Grizzly Man
Steve Rhodes
Wait for video Thirty minutes of this would have been mesmerizing Over three times that amount is just repetitious 
2.5
Grizzly Man
Dustin Putman
A profound fair minded astonishing cinematic work and maybe the most gratifying and complete documentary release since Bowling for Columbine 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Carrie Rickey
A Shakespearean character study that packs the sheer terror of The Blair Witch Project 
4
Grizzly Man
Lisa Kennedy
Grizzly Man approaches greatness for all the things it touches on and the one thing it resists 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Wesley Morris
Sublime 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Incredibly Herzog still manages through his masterful editing and curious narration to come up with something akin to his personal and singular vision 
3
Grizzly Man
Moira MacDonald
Grizzly Man is the strange sad and mesmerizing tale of a man who wanted to be a bear 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Walter V. Addiego
Although the film has sympathy for its subject s idiosyncrasy Herzog makes it clear that he strongly disagrees with Treadwell s sentimental view of nature 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Glenn Whipp
Much of the fascinating wonder of Grizzly Man comes as Herzog attempts to understand Treadwell a process that raises more questions than it answers 
4
Grizzly Man
Stephen Whitty
It s not great filmmaking but it is amazing film 
3
Grizzly Man
Bruce Westbrook
Though Herzog s approach is chillingly fascinating it makes this film less about an unusual life than about a bizarre death 
2.5
Grizzly Man
V.A. Musetto
In the most amazing scene Treadwell gets up close as two male bears do battle over a female and notes with delight that one of the bears did a number two during the fight 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Elizabeth Weitzman
Herzog allows us to make up our own minds as we watch this lost soul on his fervent increasingly desperate search for love spirituality and fame 
3
Grizzly Man
Willie Waffle
We ve already seen the fantastic March of the Penguins and Murderball but Grizzly Man also needs to be included in discussion of possible Oscar contenders
4
Grizzly Man
Allison Benedikt
The movie here is Treadwell s footage some of it beautiful much of it difficult to watch 
3
Grizzly Man
Gene Seymour
What really elevates Grizzly Man is the tension between the gloomy European s view of nature as indifferent and unresponsive to man s best intentions and the manic American s fevered hopeful embrace of what would ultimately kill him 
4
Grizzly Man
Peter Canavese
We re spared the sounds of Treadwell s death but haunted by our own mental image one more example of the individual s capacity to create his own reality 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Roger Ebert
Grizzly Man is unlike any nature documentary I ve seen 
4
Grizzly Man
Jeanne Aufmuth
A story of astonishing beauty and dark turmoil 
3.5
Grizzly Man
James Berardinelli
Compelling material from start to finish 
3.5
Grizzly Man
David Sterritt
As revealing about Herzog as about his subject the movie is brilliant poetic and utterly unique 
4
Grizzly Man
Walter Chaw
By the time Grizzly Man ends you hope the grizzly bear that ate him took its time 
4
Grizzly Man
Peter Travers
Herzog has created something unique and unforgettable 
3.5
Grizzly Man
Nick Schager
In Treadwell s hearbreaking tale Herzog finds a near perfect encapsulation of his career long obsession with investigating man s thorny relationship with nature 
3.5
Grizzly Man
David Nusair
fascinating 
3.5
Welcome to Chechnya
David Reddish
This movie features a real life spy story unfolding right before our eyes Try to watch and not hold your breath in places 
4
Welcome to Chechnya
Asher Luberto
The queer people of Chechnya live in fear day and night at home and in public Chechnya the movie blends this terrifying message with glimmers of hope and resistance 
4
Welcome to Chechnya
Tom Meek
Harrowing with some disturbing footage to take in but ultimately there are highs and hope 
3
Welcome to Chechnya
Peter Canavese
France answers horror with hope in this searing record of human rights abuses and heroic activism 
3.5
Welcome to Chechnya
Monica Castillo
Welcome to Chechnya is both astonishingly groundbreaking in its use of technology and difficult to watch 
3.5
Welcome to Chechnya
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
This is not an easy film to watch but a necessary one brilliantly effective and compelling in its methods 
4
Welcome to Chechnya
Diego Semerene
David France s most remarkable accomplishment emerges from an aesthetic commitment of a very particular kind 
3
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Powerful and beautiful 
4
Desert Blue
Michael Dequina
Strains itself in trying to be relentlessly offbeat 
1.5
Desert Blue
David Nusair
coast s along on the charisma of the actors 
2
Desert Blue
Roger Ebert
A movie like this depends on tone more than anything else Moviegoers who don t like the rhythm may grow impatient It s not a romance a drama or an adventure but the evocation of a time and place The characters are odd because they grew up that way 
3
Al otro lado
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sano ejercicio flmico que no pretende otra cosa que no sea la de entretener Si al final logra crear conciencia ser un logro estupendo 
3
Al otro lado
Elizabeth Weitzman
We re left unable to get the music and the musicians out of our heads 
3
Al otro lado
V.A. Musetto
Al Otro Lado serves as a primer on a musical style that may be unfamiliar to many while putting a human face on the problem of illegal immigrants 
3
Al otro lado
Maitland McDonagh
The film s heart is Magdiel and the modest dreams that get him through the day but may also be the death of him 
3
Good Guys Wear Black
James Kendrick
standard Norris action fare 44 but there is a distinct difference in how deep the cynicism runs regarding corruption in the government and military
2.5
Good Guys Wear Black
Matt Brunson
It sports a strong cast perhaps the best of any Norris outing and the actors provide some lift to this malnourished thriller 46 
2
The Janky Promoters
Michael Dequina
Ice Cube and Mike Epps much delayed fourth screen teaming has to be a landmark of some sorts in how a company s complete lack of concern for its own product could not be more brazenly apparent 
0.5
Dream No Evil
Matt Brunson
The needless narration removes all mystery from the movie by spelling everything out 
2
Doctor Faustus
David Nusair
Doctor Faustus is a complete misfire on every single level a failure the likes of which most supposedly bad movies can t even come close to 
0
The Public Eye
Matt Brunson
The Public Eye is the sort of film that frankly never had any chance of becoming a financial success it grossed a paltry 3 million against a 15 million budget yet it s good enough that we re thankful the studio elected to waste money on it anyway 
3
The Public Eye
Roger Ebert
There are moments in The Public Eye that made me think a little about Casablanca especially the earlier scenes when Bogart is still mad at Bergman Higher praise is not necessary 
4
Total Recall
Brian Eggert
91 The film 93 spends so much of its time trying to duplicate aspects of the original that the filmmakers were distracted from their most clever ideas 46 
2
Total Recall
Rob Humanick
While far from terrible this retread forgoes any qualities to justify its existence in the first place It will be justly forgotten before long 
2
Total Recall
Jason Buchanan
A remake that s well worth missing 
2
Total Recall
Wesley Lovell
Engaging visual effects don t make up for a banal script and paper thin characters 
2
Total Recall
Jeff Beck
What we end up with is a forgettable monotonous reimagining that was wholly unnecessary 
2
Total Recall
Sean P. Means
What s missing besides the fact the movie never goes to Mars as the original did is the loony over the top panache Verhoeven brought to the story It s a serviceable action thriller but not a memorable one 
3
Total Recall
David Nusair
As lackluster and needless a remake as one might ve feared 
1.5
Total Recall
Linda Cook
It s more about memory than anything If you recall the original you re going to wonder why this remake was developed If you don t you ll wonder what the big deal is about this so so actioner 
2
Total Recall
Scott Nash
Enjoyable if brainless summer fare 
2.5
Total Recall
Lori Hoffman
Perhaps it is hypocritical of me since I ve complained about copycat remakes but I was disappointed Wiseman didn t give us the most famous line from the original 
2.5
Total Recall
Rafer Guzman
Total Recall is a toned down smoothed out version of an amped up bug eyed classic 
2
Total Recall
Glenn Lovell
the heavy lidded Farrell makes perfect sense as the futureworld Rip Van Winkle the robot army could have marched in from a Star Wars clone I d gladly trade it for an exploding Fat Lady and a Johnnycab 
2
Total Recall
Matt Brunson
The movie is relentless in its narrative monotony It especially devotes an ungodly amount of screen time to a series of endless chases so many in fact that I had to wonder if the performers were being paid by the mile 
1.5
Total Recall
Christian Toto
No Arnold no personality 
2
Total Recall
Mike McGranaghan
Everything about it feels designed by committee almost as though studio suits were more responsible for the film s creative direction than the actual filmmakers 
2
Total Recall
Lisa Kennedy
Whatever tug Total Recall has on the imagination comes from the vague sense we ve seen it all before And seen it better from Christopher Nolan s Inception to Ridley Scott s Blade Runner 
2
Total Recall
Lawrence Toppman
Wiseman has no interest in telling this story via words or emotions He can advance things only by propulsion through an incessant series of fights chases and shootouts 
2
Total Recall
John Beifuss
After watching the new Total Recall you ll want the memory of another better movie implanted in your head 
2
Total Recall
John Wirt
When it s over there s not much worth recalling 
2.5
Total Recall
Stephen Whitty
The effects look great but is that even worth noting when smart high schoolers can make monsters on their laptops What movie s effects don t look great these days 
1.5
Total Recall
Rick Groen
Today s Total Recall does nothing to tarnish the image of yesterday s 22 years from now I expect it to be hailed as a classic 
2.5
Total Recall
Kyle Smith
I kept thinking Yes that was surprising to me in 1990 
1.5
Total Recall
Jen Chaney
While it may not be a fully realized take on Dick s forward thinking work it s still a far better film than the Verhoeven version 
2
Total Recall
Willie Waffle
A sold action film where director Len Wiseman and the writing team avoid the trap of trying to be more meaningful or thoughtful than necessary 
2.5
Total Recall
Phil Villarreal
This may be Wiseman s best movie yet yet it s only the second best Total Recall 
3
Total Recall
Austin Kennedy
As much as the inner fanboy in me wanted to say that they should have never remade TOTAL RECALL the openminded critic in me found plenty to like here 
3
Total Recall
Dustin Putman
Looks as good as can be but as is so often the sad case with big budget Hollywood bonanzas there s a precious absence of brains to go along with the diverting imagery 
2
Total Recall
Mark Dujsik
Logic is in short supply in Total Recall 
2
Total Recall
Amy Biancolli
For all of its dazzlingly rendered cityscapes and nonstop action this revamped Total Recall is a bland thing bloodless airless humorless featureless With or without the triple bosomed prostitute 
2
Total Recall
Claudia Puig
Soulless bombastic and numbingly repetitive 
2
Total Recall
Joe Lozito
You ll want to remember the sci fi futurescape but forget the plot in this Recall reboot 
3
Total Recall
Steven Rea
Strip away the video game visual effects the endless chases and zero gravity shootouts and Total Recall comes down to this What is reality 
2.5
Total Recall
Gary Thompson
I completely lost track of the so called plot something about a dystopian dictator and a revolutionary leader with Farrell as a secret agent somewhere in between trying to figure out where his true loyalties lie 
2.5
Total Recall
Connie Ogle
The new Total Recall fails on the most basic levels Its characters are dull and its action is duller 
1
Total Recall
Ty Burr
In the end here s the worst sin of this slick high octane memory play It s forgettable 
2
Total Recall
Jon Niccum
Total Recall may not become the same pop cinema benchmark as its predecessor but it s far better 
3
Total Recall
Peter Travers
The Total Recall reboot is a futuristic fiasco two hours you ll never get back and every minute is a bad memory 
1
Total Recall
Duane Dudek
In the end the film is devoid of sense or sensibility 
2.5
Total Recall
Joe Williams
The richly constructed first hour is so superior to any feat of sci fi speculation since Minority Report that the bland aftertaste of the chase finale is quickly forgotten 
3.5
Total Recall
Chris Hewitt
Wiseman keeps a lot of balls juggling smoothly and he knows how to put together a Hong Kong style action sequence with Farrell making like Jackie Chan 
3
Total Recall
Rich Heldenfels
Glum heavily borrowed from other films with murkily shot action sequences it has none of the nutty brio of the original 
2
Total Recall
Daniel M. Kimmel
It doesn t forget its roots It simply overwrites them with some new memories 
3
Total Recall
Matt Pais
Screams generic hackwork except work more fittingly describes the experience of watching it than the effort put into it 
1.5
Total Recall
John Hartl
Wisemen s film is a soulless mess reminiscent of the unwatchable Matrix sequels while Verhoeven s movie remains a dazzling carnival 
2
Total Recall
Michael Phillips
The talented and fiercely physical Biel s musculature is more expressive than most of the dialogue 
2.5
Total Recall
Roger Ebert
Total Recall is well crafted high energy sci fi Like all stories inspired by Philip K Dick it deals with intriguing ideas It never touched me emotionally though the way the 1990 film did and strictly speaking isn t necessary 
3
Total Recall
Roger Moore
Despite all the effects the action and the showcase performance created for his wife Kate Beckinsale director Len Wiseman never lets us forget that he s no Paul Verhoeven 
2
Total Recall
John Semley
Len Wiseman s Total Recall s a trifling mess as superfluous as a third breast 
1.5
Total Recall
James Berardinelli
One of the great advantages of remaking a movie is being given the opportunity to correct problems something not attempted here 
2
Total Recall
Randy Myers
After a rousing setup this visually striking remake falls back much too heavily on its action roots with one chase scene after another and another After a while it s tedious 
2.5
Bye Bye, Love
Mal Vincent
Juggling three stories this ultimately looks more like three weeks of a TV situation comedy than a real movie 
2.5
Bye Bye, Love
David Nusair
there s not much here worth recommending 
2
Bye Bye, Love
Roger Ebert
None of the characters is emotionally complex or very smart or motivated by reasons more complex than the movie s paint by numbers screenplay 
2
And Two If by Sea
Roger Moore
Worth a look if surf docs are your thing Just brace yourself for the cutesie 
2.5
Very Young Girls
Kam Williams
Should we really be surprised about this explosion in human trafficking in the ghetto when it has been celebrated for over a decade in every other gangsta video 
4
Very Young Girls
Ed Gonzalez
Delivers less insight into the psychology of why young girls turn to prostitution than HBO s Hookers 
2
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Erik Childress
Wilson s film wants to sell us on her goodness rather than allowing it to shine through naturally which is a shame since it ultimately makes her seem even more like a product 
2
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Sean P. Means
Miss Americana shows Swift as an artist and activist just warming up for the next act 
3.5
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Rene Sanchez
Taylor Swift reflects on her rise to stardom and her role as a social influencer in this intimate and sincere confessional Full Review in Spanish 
3
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Max Weiss
Miss Americana is about her breaking free of that 16 year old good girl she was and becoming the multi dimensional 30 year old woman she is today 
3.5
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Robert Levin
Miss Americana offers an effective backstage look at Taylor Swift that works best when the megastar opens up about her life and experiences in surprisingly candid ways 
3
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Joe Friar
Lana Wilson s documentary humanizes Taylor Swift who like all of us just wants to be loved 
3.5
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Joey Magidson
Miss Americana presents Taylor Swift in a new light one both she and her fans will be more than pleased with upending the notion that Swift is just a packaged product 
3
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Alan French
Swift inserts herself into the tradition of pop stars using their platform to create change 46 The fact this comes mere days before the Iowa primary is no coincidence 46 
3
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Roger Moore
Whatever we get to know about Swift and her evolution in the documentary she s never out of makeup and never remotely as vulnerable as Katy Perry came off in the more raw and revealing Part of Me 
2.5
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
Nick Allen
Too much of Miss Americana plays like we should crane our necks back and look up to one of the most popular people on the planet and just appreciate them for reminding us that they too are human 
2.5
The Passenger
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cerezo and G 243 mez know what they 8217 re doing 44 and for those who do like their genre fare challenging 44 or want their scares to be combined with something intellectually substantive 44 this vile gem gets the job done 46 
3
The Passenger
Mark Dujsik
The Passenger becomes nothing more than an extended chase 44 punctuated by some gore and a pretty bleak finale 46 
2
Battle in Seattle
Sonny Bunch
Battle in Seattle is a childish ineffectively manipulative piece of self serious agitprop about the four day World Trade Organization meetings in 1999 
1.5
Battle in Seattle
Jeff Vice
Actor turned filmmaker Stuart Townsend would have been better off keeping things on a more modest scale There are just too many characters here 
2
Battle in Seattle
Peter Howell
If current events hold Battle in Seattle could look like prophecy as well as history 
2.5
Battle in Seattle
Liam Lacey
There is a monster in Battle in Seattle but it never speaks and remains mysterious 
2
Battle in Seattle
Austin Kennedy
Very ambitious the story constantly jumps back and forth trying to give both sides of the story I ll say it s mostly successful 
3
Battle in Seattle
Bob Strauss
The film s default position is to always fall back on anti capitalist rhetoric whenever dialogue and drama grow too banal 
2.5
Battle in Seattle
Ty Burr
The chief culprits are Townsend s TV movie characterizations and a very muddled message 
2
Battle in Seattle
Roger Ebert
The result is not quite a documentary and not quite a drama but interesting all the same 
3
Battle in Seattle
Ken Fox
What the film lacks in artistry it makes up for in commitment 
3
Battle in Seattle
Chris Hewitt
So measured and fair minded that all the drama gets sucked out of it 
1
Battle in Seattle
Reyhan Harmanci
The characters in Battle in Seattle are often crudely drawn and the able actors struggle with canned lines 
2
Battle in Seattle
Stephen Whitty
For all its speeches and scary graphics Townsend s script fails to make it clear why we should care today 
2
Battle in Seattle
Lou Lumenick
Less notable is the soap ish plot which leans heavily on coincidence and melodrama 
2
Battle in Seattle
Joe Neumaier
It s like a class play by the Students for a Democratic Society 
1
Battle in Seattle
Nick Schager
Fictionalized drama frustrates rather than facilitates understanding about the 1999 World Trade Organization WTO protests in Battle to Seattle 
1.5
Battle in Seattle
David Nusair
46 46 46 an entertaining yet heavy handed and ultimately simplistic look at the apos 99 WTO protests that essentially turned Seattle into a war zone 46 
2.5
Man Friday
Roger Ebert
The movie talks itself out trying to resolve its situation with words and yet never finding a dramatic way to handle it 
2
Hero and the Terror
Roger Ebert
It is honorable of Norris to try to expand and develop his screen character but good intentions are not enough What this screenplay needed was a few good kicks to the neck 
2
The Roaring Twenties
Eric Henderson
An epochal rise and fall epic of the gangster cycle 
3.5
Getting Away With Murder
Gene Siskel
Well meaning but ultimately tasteless 
2.5
Getting Away With Murder
Roger Ebert
I suppose it all could somehow have been made funny but not by the people who made this movie 
2
Holy Beasts (La Fiera y la Fiesta)
Roger Moore
A dreamy making a movie narrative of stunning locations elaborate costume parties and drugs of geezers remembering their Quaalude days and thankful that Tough weeds never die 
2.5
Hedi
Michael Upchurch
Actor Majd Mastoura makes pouting uptight Hedi a completely unpredictable force in the film while director Mohamed Ben Attia subtly weaves the seismic social changes brought on by the Arab Spring into this sly poignant drama 
3
Hedi
Walker MacMurdo
Majd Mastoura gives a masterful performance in Mohamed Ben Attia s commentary on a rapidly changing Tunisia that forces people to choose between family and happiness 
3
Forbidden Games
Matt Brunson
Perhaps not until Ponette in 1996 had another movie looked so closely at how death might be absorbed through the eyes of a small child 
3.5
Forbidden Games
Ed Gonzalez
It s difficult to fault a film that scrutinizes the veracity of childhood with such clarity 
3.5
A Song for Martin
Rene Rodriguez
It may sound like a mere disease of the week TV movie but A Song For Martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real life spouses Seldahl and Wollter 
3
A Song for Martin
Jeff Vice
It s so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through despite some first rate performances by its lead 
2
A Song for Martin
Sean P. Means
Director writer Bille August depicts this relationship with economical grace letting his superb actors convey Martin s deterioration and Barbara s sadness and occasionally anger 
3.5
A Song for Martin
Chris Hewitt
Martin and Barbara are complex characters sometimes tender sometimes angry and the delicate performances by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid 
3.5
A Song for Martin
Michael Szymanski
A delightfully simple splendid love story between two older people a journey of life and love you won t want to miss 
3.5
A Song for Martin
Roger Ebert
More honest about Alzheimer s disease I think than Iris 
3.5
A Song for Martin
Michael Wilmington
Viveka Seldahl and Sven Wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget that you should never forget 
4
A Song for Martin
Megan Turner
This slow moving Swedish film offers not even a hint of joy preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party 
2
A Song for Martin
Harvey S. Karten
A wrenching film about a romance between two people in their fifties shattered when one becomes the victim of Alzheimer s disease 
3.5
A Song for Martin
Jason Anderson
Often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness but Seldahl and Wollter s sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie 
4
Something to Talk About
James Berardinelli
Something to Talk About is weary every ounce of energy and originality has long since been wrung out of this formula and the twist of having the leads already married doesn t do much to spice up things 
2
Something to Talk About
Roger Ebert
Something to Talk About is the kind of movie where you start out wondering how all of these people are related and end up knowing all too well 
3.5
Something to Talk About
Mick LaSalle
Something to Talk About never goes bad though it does get corny in places and it hits a couple of dull patches near the finish 
2
Something to Talk About
Joe Baltake
Under Hallstrom s direction Something To Talk About seems volatile and fresh as well as tender and sentimental 
3
Something to Talk About
Rob Blackwelder
Roberts Quaid Duvall Rowlands and Kyra Sedgewick who plays Grace s spirited sister all turn in very personal performances that make Something to Talk About something to see 
3
Something to Talk About
Madeleine Williams
Yet another men are evil film from Thelma Louise writer Callie Khouri 
2
Something to Talk About
Steve Rhodes
A dismal movie 
0.5
Something to Talk About
Chris Hicks
Low key to a fault Something to Talk About is no more original or compelling than its title 
2
Something to Talk About
Mike Clark
Everything about Something to Talk About feels off by a few beats 
2.5
Something to Talk About
Scott Rosenberg
Director Lasse Hallstrom glazes the film with too much faux bluegrass music and the equine fantasy world of the King Ranch is so enveloping that it suffocates all aspirations to more serious drama 
2
To Die Like a Man
Mattie Lucas
It s a shimmering oddity of a film a wholly unique and lively experience unlike anything we ve really seen before 
3.5
To Die Like a Man
V.A. Musetto
The praise for this static overlong stagebound work is a mystery to me 
1
To Die Like a Man
Ed Gonzalez
Joao Pedro Rodrigues s perspective on cinema and life in a nutshell All the world s a stage and everyone in it is a drama queen 
2
To Die Like a Man
Rick Groen
The camera also lingers in slow and stylized shots generating strange images a chicken bone in a fish filled aquarium that are elusive in meaning yet undeniable in visual impact 
3
The Cakemaker
Joe Friar
A beautiful film that explores love loss and religion 
3.5
The Cakemaker
Sean P. Means
Kalkhof a relative newcomer with quiet charm and Adler have an unhurried chemistry that makes their intertwined grief palpable and gives The Cakemaker a sweet finish 
3
The Cakemaker
Jeff Simon
A subtly nuanced romantic dance of emotional exploration 
3
The Cakemaker
Walter V. Addiego
Graizer take his time and never feels the need to spell everything out and The Cakemaker is a testament to what filmmakers can achieve when they trust the audience 
3
The Cakemaker
Mark Dujsik
The Cakemaker is a story about an extreme act of mourning but it s presented with subtlety restraint and tenderness 
3
The Cakemaker
Shane Slater
It s a warm empathetic and satisfying story 
3
The Cakemaker
Godfrey Cheshire
A terrifically impressive feature debut by Israeli writer director Ofir Raul Graizer 
3.5
The Cakemaker
Pat Brown
The film binds its narrative to fascinating explorations of national identity sexuality and of course food 
3
Dinner in America
Leo Brady
Similar to the two lead characters 44 Dinner in America is part in your face 44 part sweet 44 and deep down has a heart of gold 46 
3
Dinner in America
Sheila O'Malley
A movie with anti establishment anti social quicksilver coursing through its veins 44 but at its heart it is a sweet love story 44 one of the sweetest in recent memory 46 
3.5
Dinner in America
Randy Myers
There s much to enjoy here 
3
Dinner in America
Roger Moore
A warm and fuzzy quot Sid amp Nancy quot 46 46 46 rude and raw dog punks in love romance 46 
3
Dinner in America
Sean P. Means
There s a gleeful anarchy alive in Dinner in America and Rehmeier is the sort whose goals are humor first and narrative coherence second maybe third 
3
Dinner in America
Rosalie Kicks
My teenage self would have been all about this punk rock love story and worn out the VHS tape 
2.75
Slap Her, She's French!
David Nusair
even if one were willing to overlook the downright aimless storyline there s still the dearth of laughs and muddled character motives to contend with 
2
Slap Her, She's French!
Ian Mantgani
Takes one character we don t like and another we don t believe and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and isn t very funny 
1
Slap Her, She's French!
Frank Ochieng
If we re to slap protagonist Genevieve LePlouff because she s French do we have that same option to slap her creators because they re clueless and inept 
1.5
Slap Her, She's French!
Steve Rhodes
a cute and sometimes side splittingly funny blend of Legally Blonde and Drop Dead Gorgeous starring Piper Perabo in what could be her breakthrough role 
3
Half Nelson
Kathy Fennessy
the final scene is so lovely so subtle yet funny that it makes up for any missteps that have come before it 
4
Half Nelson
Nick Rogers
Half Nelson elegantly tiptoe around its elephant in the room Dan s most compelling instruction to not let Drey enter the drug trade is his own destruction That point of panic turns into something approaching penance 
4
Half Nelson
Peter Keough
A sometimes subtle sometimes bombastic Gosling s performance ranges from brilliant to bug eyed parable about class race power and the dialectics of family relationships 
2.5
Half Nelson
Joe Lozito
We ve gotten so close to these characters and they to each other that we don t want to let them go 
3.5
Half Nelson
Scott Nash
I hated this movie 
1
Half Nelson
Kam Williams
Since nothing much exciting ever happens in this contemplative mood piece don t be surprised to be asking yourself Is that it by the time the closing credits roll on this deliberately paced headscratcher 
2
Half Nelson
Wesley Lovell
Ryan Gosling turns in the year s best male performance as a inner city high school student battling his own demons while attempting to make an impact in his students lives 
3.5
Half Nelson
Jordan Hiller
The film builds very nicely and creates a provocative set up where the self destructive teacher needs to hold it together for the sake of his students and his habit as best he can between fixes 
2.5
Half Nelson
James Sanford
a fascinating character study of two people both of whom could use a few friends being brought together by the seediest of circumstances 
3.5
Half Nelson
Lori Hoffman
a movie that finds a moment of hope in a seemingly hopeless situation 
3
Half Nelson
Forrest Hartman
Half Nelson is far from pleasant But life isn t always pleasant and there s definitely room for movies that reflect that 
3
Half Nelson
Terry Lawson
Although the subject promises more than the film can deliver there is compensation in Gosling s convincing unromanticized portrayal of someone seeking escape from longing and loss that neither he nor the movie can really define 
3
Half Nelson
Mike McGranaghan
An excellent film that deserves to put Ryan Gosling in the running for an Oscar nomination 
4
Half Nelson
Sean O'Connell
Takes the inspirational teacher formula and reverses it point by point to create a fresh struggle with familiar messages 
3
Half Nelson
Matt Brunson
An examination of stunted idealism as well as a showcase for an actor who just gets better and better Half Nelson wears its indie street cred in the most unassuming manner imaginable 
3
Half Nelson
Carla Meyer
The character might lose his grip at moments but Gosling never does 
3
Half Nelson
Jim Emerson
This movie is concerned with an even greater achievement that is generally unacknowledged how people flawed miserable frustrated people go to work every day and find a way to care about something beyond themselves despite themselves 
4
Half Nelson
Jim Lane
Co writers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck who also directed expand their indie circuit short to feature length and a padded out short is just what it looks and feels like 
2
Half Nelson
David N. Butterworth
Ryan Gosling wrestles with adult themes and comes out on top 
3.5
Half Nelson
Duane Dudek
The clash of opposite ideas impulses and personalities is one of life s constants and through it change is born And while this sounds like hollow rhetoric Half Nelson is a quietly passionate portrait of this principle in action 
3.5
Half Nelson
Robert W. Butler
A gripping deeply affecting experience delivered with no Hollywood hooey but an appreciation of small lives and human foibles 
3.5
Half Nelson
Jeff Vice
Gosling s performance is one of the things that saves the movie from itself 
3
Half Nelson
John Beifuss
The teacher treats his underprivileged students with good humored respect what s remarkable is that the filmmakers treat their characters and the audience with a similar lack of condescension 
4
Half Nelson
Sean P. Means
Fleck and Boden present these characters not as stupid or evil but as worthy of redemption if they can learn to reach for it 
3.5
Half Nelson
Thomas Delapa
Gosling gets a hold of this gritty little indie squeezes tight and doesn t let go 
2.5
Half Nelson
Laura Kelly
Thick with a swirl of ideas and that makes for a deceptively well executed film 
3.5
Half Nelson
Rob Thomas
It s as alive as unpredictable and certainly as devoid of cliches as few movies I ve seen in quite a while 
4
Half Nelson
Amy Biancolli
It ll be weeks before I shake off Gosling s performance or the shadows of this small extraordinary narrative feature debut from filmmaking partners Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden 
4
Half Nelson
Michael Booth
The tone is even and thorough the performances restrained and believable the implied future bleak yet somehow satisfying 
3
Half Nelson
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One might also argue that a crack addict couldn t be responsible enough to be a good teacher but he s the most believable protagonist in any American movie I ve seen this year 
4
Half Nelson
Josh Larsen
Not just another grungy depiction of drug addiction s downward spiral but also a story of unlikely salvation of the triumph of a person s good side 
3.5
Half Nelson
Chris Hewitt
Fleck has a gift for charging inanimate objects with meaning and he helps his cast create characters who throb with energy and complex life 
3
Half Nelson
Michael Phillips
A wholly absorbing and delicately shaded portrait of an educator played by Ryan Gosling a young man harboring an offstage secret 
3.5
Half Nelson
Matt Pais
Every movement Gosling makes comes from the same reservoir of dwindling faith and rising shame so steady that you can practically see the cracks in Dan starting to spread 
4
Half Nelson
Tom Keogh
In the endlessly surprising Half Nelson all those upbeat Hollywood clichés about well meaning outsiders making a difference are turned on their heads 
3
Half Nelson
Arthur Salm
Too smart a film to plod along the rutted trail of the standard drug flick 
3
Half Nelson
Steven Rea
Gosling anchors the picture and Epps has a kind of grace presence and knowingness that far more experienced actors struggle vainly to find 
3
Half Nelson
Ty Burr
Gritty and terrifically human Half Nelson is not your big brother s Hollywood high school movie 
3.5
Half Nelson
Jeremy Heilman
Whatever confusion it holds at its core Half Nelson is not a total wash 
2
Half Nelson
Betsy Bozdech
Strong performances by stars Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps elevate this gritty indie about an idealistic inner city teacher who s crippled by drugs 
3
Half Nelson
Jeanne Aufmuth
Kudos to writer director Ryan Fleck for keeping it real no fairy tale endings and no quick cinematic fixes 
4
Half Nelson
Frank Ochieng
No one can deny the quiet rage and intensifying disbelief absorbing and structured in its haunting desperation of addiction and social alienation 
3.5
Half Nelson
Rick Groen
Half Nelson gives the musty theme a full twist and what emerges seems remarkably fresh And yet mature too 
3
Half Nelson
Geoff Pevere
Beneath the familiar veneer is a film of profound depths and churning undercurrents and the result is a stark portrait of a world where nothing comes easy but just giving up 
3
Half Nelson
Ruthe Stein
Gosling inhabits Dan with every feature of his face and particle of his body and soul 
3
Half Nelson
Mary F. Pols
Half Nelson is fiction but it is so truthful and potent it lingers in the conscious like some story you heard on the news 
3.5
Half Nelson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A highly intelligent emotionally ambiguous film that constantly surprises by sidestepping conventionality 
3
Half Nelson
Claudia Puig
A compelling drama that establishes Ryan Gosling as one of the finest actors of his generation 
3.5
Half Nelson
Walter Chaw
The new face of the American liberal 
3
Half Nelson
Peter Canavese
A slice of life that s rich with spontaneity a script that vehemently refuses cliché 
3.5
Half Nelson
Ken Fox
Even if you re sure you ve had enough of indie dramas about drug addicts that all too often serve as showcases for young actors hoping to prove their chops by getting raw make an exception for this superb drama 
4
Half Nelson
Stephen Whitty
Half Nelson certainly sees things in a new way Unfortunately it doesn t see them very clearly 
2
Half Nelson
John Anderson
Amid all the might have been cliches director Ryan Fleck and his co screenwriter Anna Boden give us a movie about history and destiny 
4
Half Nelson
Kyle Smith
Mostly we just watch the teacher get high and his classroom talks about civil rights are nothing but filler 
2
Half Nelson
Jack Mathews
Ryan Fleck s Half Nelson is one of the most compelling and idea laden American indie films to come along in a while and it features one of this year s finest performances from Ryan Gosling 
3
Half Nelson
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is as good as Gosling is and he s admittedly excellent I can t help but feel like I ve seen this performance before 
3
Half Nelson
Krista Vitola
Gosling s acting is the highlight here He sets the bar for the rest of the cast and those around him rise to the challenge 
3
Half Nelson
Pam Grady
The star of the piece is definitely Gosling so sweet so smart so troubled and so much the jerk There s no vanity in the actor as Dan gives in to his demons 
3
Half Nelson
Nick Schager
More nuanced than your average Sundance character study Ryan Fleck s carefully observed Half Nelson still doesn t overcome its origins as a padded out expansion of the filmmaker s 2002 short Gowanus Brooklyn 
2
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Brian Eggert
Gibney apos s documentary outlines that bad things are happening around Scientology 46 But since the dawn of humankind 44 people have done horrible things in the name of all religions 46 
3.5
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Chris Knight
Going Clear is hardly the first takedown of Scientology But Gibney goes further in prying open the corner of the human psyche that wants to believe and belong regardless of the cost 
3
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Christy Lemire
While he doesn t really uncover much that s new in Going Clear the way he s collected and assembled testimonials documents and archival footage creates a cumulative effect that s chilling 
3
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Mark Dujsik
We hear the other side the people who have left the organization What they have to say is equal parts fascinating disquieting and downright frightening 
3
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
David Wiegand
Going Clear Scientology and the Prison of Belief is at times jaw dropping scary unnerving even disturbingly funny 
3
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Luis Sanchez
Going Clear penetrates the nature of faith to confront anxious questions about why any of us believe the things we do 
3.5
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Matt Pais
While there s no denying the chilling implications of the film and this organization it s hard not to wonder about the many threads Going Clear leaves untouched 
2.5
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Robert Levin
It isn t about questioning a belief system but rather those who would manipulate and exploit it 
3.5
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Brian Tallerico
Consider Going Clear an audit for the former leaders and most prominent members of the Church of Scientology now willing to come forward and allege abuse intimidation and brainwashing 
3.5
Welcome to Mercy
Mike McGranaghan
An intelligent and unsettling picture that sucks you in 
3
Welcome to Mercy
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final 15 minutes are explosive 
2.5
Welcome to Mercy
Simon Abrams
A rare horror movie whose creators seriously represent both sides of a dilemma and is therefore more mature than it seems at first glance 
3.5
The House of Flowers: The Movie
Roger Moore
One gets the impression Caro loves the series and the characters but that he s done with them 
1.5
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Robert Pardi
An imaginatively constructed soap opera with a high powered cast this film follows several narrative threads all involving unfulfilled Los Angeles women who find inner peace after learning there are worse things than loneliness 
3
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Betsy Bozdech
The film has its weak points most notably the cartoonish character of Nancy but as a showcase for quiet nuanced acting it can t be beat 
3
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
David Nusair
an intelligent and well acted flick 
3
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Mick LaSalle
For every moment that sags there are three or four that stand out as the kind of thing we never get to see in movies 
3
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Jorge Avila Andrade
Lo ms fuerte del filme es la estupenda caracterizacin de sus actrices quienes logran imprimirle a sus personaje la fuerza y complejidad emocional que requieren
3.5
High Time
Peter Canavese
Plays dated these days though what now seems like a pitch straight down the middle probably seemed more like a screwball fifty two years ago Blu ray 
2
That Day
Fernando F. Croce
The kooks in Raul Ruiz s That Day tenderly cultivate their insanity as if tending to exotic flowers 
3
That Day
Steve Rhodes
If you like your farces funny you ll be disappointed by this glacially paced and humorless comedy 
1
That Day
David Nusair
Ce jour là is less a movie and more an endurance test as though the filmmakers are daring audience members to sit through the whole thing 
0
Antlers
Kevin A. Ranson
To those who understand and know the truth about such places the creature is the least scary thing about it it s merely a form given to what everyone refuses to see until it can no longer be ignored assuming there s anyone left 
3
Antlers
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
It s a superficially polished well acted movie that gravely stammers through a repetitive 95 minutes 
2
Antlers
Tom Meek
The film blows it with the cheesy CGI rendering of the wendigo and slack jawed lip service paid to Native American traditions 
1.5
Antlers
David Nusair
a disappointing misfire that does generally speaking take itself far too seriously for its own good 
2
Antlers
Kevin Carr
It has some very creepy scenes and it deals with some myths and legends it has it s moments 
2.5
Antlers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cooper doesn t pull a single punch and this may be his bleakest storytelling endeavor yet 
3.5
Antlers
Mark Meszoros
Yes it offers the genre s requisite moodiness and scares And even with one character making the genre s obligatory bad decisions it never really frustrates the viewer However with ultimately too few plot elements it never truly enthralls either 
2
Antlers
Joe Friar
The brooding horror film gives the mythological flesheater of the forest it s due with grisly effects a first rate cast and a storyline that sends shivers
3.5
Antlers
Matthew Passantino
Antlers is one of those horror movies that carries itself with a certain level of faux prestige 
1
Antlers
Joey Magidson
Antlers wants to be the next great creature feature but to do so while being elevated horror It has the creature but winds up being wildly mediocre in all other regards 
2
Antlers
Richard Roeper
A scary story of being traumatized by a monster and by reality 
3.5
Antlers
Dann Gire
the white knuckled nail biting suspense of high horror eludes it 
2.5
Antlers
Michael Medved
A gross out gore festival that generates disgust more than fright The real shock here is that credible Hollywood figures had anything to do with this sadistic stomach churning crud 
1
Antlers
Rafer Guzman
It lacks the art house stamp of Robert Eggers The Witch or Ari Aster s Midsommar two films that kick started this trend but the movie distinguishes itself with a pervasive air of ruin decay and sorrow 
2.5
Antlers
Christian Toto
A strong cast and plenty of intrigue can t save this classy horror entry 
2.5
Antlers
Sean P. Means
A grim drama whose serious themes get in the way of delivering an effective scare 
2
Antlers
Lindsey Bahr
It s hard to shake the feeling that the plot here came second to the idea and design of the beast which besides Plemons heroic line delivery is easily the best thing Antlers has going for it 
2
Antlers
Brian Tallerico
A slimy icky violent film that doesn t always come together but that undeniably feels like it has emerged from the passions of its creators particularly director Scott Cooper and producer Guillermo del Toro 
3
Antlers
Mark Dujsik
In turning real horror into a tangible monster Antlers does a disservice to both 
2
Antlers
Soren Andersen
Antlers dulls its edge and blunts its point with its clichéd scares 
2
Antlers
Roger Moore
Cooper casts a spell in the film s slow first acts then breaks it by over explaining the threat and shows little flair for the suspense building element of the horror film equation 
2
Antlers
Randy Myers
Antlers works on multiple levels 
3.5
Antlers
Michael O'Sullivan
Antlers obeys the rules of horror many of which are familiar even at times cliche while also bending them 
3
Antlers
Katie Walsh
Antlers is such a slow burn that at times it grinds to a halt This dark and dreary monster movie is indeed horrific but it s also undoubtedly a downer for more reasons than it was likely intended 
2
Antlers
Mark Hanson
In Antlers the big bad is never supposed to be as scary as society s collective wrongdoing 
1.5
Antlers
Robert Morast
Antlers is a very effective chilling film 
3
Miss Kiet's Children
Diego Semerene
Childhood in Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster Czisch s documentary is the terrain of contradiction and ambiguity 
4
Nothing to Lose
Roger Moore
As a movie producer Brazil s Bishop Edir Macedo is still just a street corner preacher with a megaphone small time 
1.5
The Skyjacker's Tale
Matt Fagerholm
An engrossing account of a story that is as relevant as ever and as American as apple pie 
3
The Skyjacker's Tale
Roger Moore
Naive
2
The Skyjacker's Tale
Chris Knight
So what makes the taking of American Airlines flight 626 on New Year s Eve 1984 worth its own documentary Not too much really 
2.5
The Skyjacker's Tale
Simon Houpt
Kastner elides key details that might have given viewers a more complex portrait of both the setting and his anti hero s role in the drama 
2
The Skyjacker's Tale
Peter Howell
What s the real story Kastner gets as close to it as probably anyone could 
3
All About Steve
Kelly Jane Torrance
Even talented and preternaturally attractive people can t entirely engross us without the help of a good script 
2
All About Steve
Cammila Albertson
It s so bad you might feel a little sorry for Bullock but don t take pity on her Watching All About Steve will only make you feel worse 
1
All About Steve
Kyle Smith
Fasten your seat belts it s going to be a bumpy review 
0
All About Steve
David Nusair
A disappointingly disposable romantic comedy 
2
All About Steve
John Beifuss
I m going to eat you like a mountain lion says the sex starved Bullock as she attacks Cooper in his van moments after meeting him in one of several appalling scenes that represent director Phil Traill s idea of cute 
1
All About Steve
James Kendrick
If it didn t come from a major studio I would think the film is a satire of romantic comedies or at least some kind of avant garde experiment in testing the limits of audience identification
3
All About Steve
John Wirt
A good idea lurks in the latest Sandra Bullock comedy but it quickly falls into a deep hole 
1
All About Steve
Brett Michel
Movies don t get much worse 
0
All About Steve
Linda Cook
I m not sure who Kim Barker is or what her credentials are But she has written two of my least favorite screenplays within the last two years 
0
All About Steve
Austin Kennedy
This kind of premise is touchy cause it s that kind of humor that comes from awkwardness It s kind of sad and a little dark It needs to be handled just the right way and quite frankly director Phil Traill falls flat on his face 
1.5
All About Steve
Kit Bowen
Stick with the premise The idea behind All About Steve has some potential but then it slides off into hokey ville 
1.5
All About Steve
Dustin Putman
When Mary tearfully confesses that she wears her red boots because they make her toes feel like ten friends on a camping trip the viewer doesn t know whether to explode in laughter or die from the osmosis of Sandra Bullock s own humiliation 
.5
All About Steve
Robert W. Butler
Maybe a sitcom laugh track would have helped At least it would provide a hint of where we re supposed to chuckle 
1
All About Steve
Lisa Kennedy
Despite her downward tilted head and her nattering ways Mary really does want to connect Watching her realize this isn t deep but it is sweet 
2.5
All About Steve
Michael Phillips
There s nothing wrong with All About Steve that a rewrite couldn t fix as long as the rewrite involved a different writer a different character and a different story 
1.5
All About Steve
Willie Waffle
I was praying for the ghost of Paul Newman to save me 
1
All About Steve
Michael Sragow
When you learn that Sandra Bullock produced as well as stars in All About Steve you can t help wondering What was she thinking 
1
All About Steve
Erik Childress
I suspect that this is a film that speaks to those who believe Every Breath You Take is a love song 
0
All About Steve
Peter Travers
An unwatchable unbearably unfunny farce in which Sandra Bullock hits the lowest point of her career 
0
All About Steve
Amy Biancolli
There s no footing in reality Nothing about it feels authentic not the blathering Mary not the lifeless secondary characters not the bromide happy dialogue or the plot that twists less often than it spasms 
1
All About Steve
Chris Hewitt
Amounts to one compelling character surrounded by a bunch of stuff that s not so great 
2.5
All About Steve
Keith Cohen
The movie is trying to show the power of words and that there is no such thing as a normal person It should garner a boatload of nominations for Razzie Awards that are given to the worst movies of the year 
1.5
All About Steve
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bullock sells her part of the film and Church throws in some good hearty laughs but ultimately this is just an eh 
2.5
All About Steve
Mark Dujsik
Which of these characters is even recognizable enough in the sphere of human existence that we might be able to think yes I get him her 
1
All About Steve
Moira MacDonald
Just the latest entry on a long list of movies that aren t even close to the great screwball comedy Bullock is capable of making May it be the last 
1.5
All About Steve
Claudia Puig
Why would such talented actors as Bullock Cooper Thomas Haden Church and Ken Jeong sign on for something so dreadful 
1.5
All About Steve
Nick Schager
The only laughs elicited by the film are those of incredulity 
0
All About Steve
Steven Rea
All About Steve struggles mightily to find its loony essence But Bullock s apple cheeked larkishness is all flailing limbs and bug eyed reaction shots there s no there there 
1.5
All About Steve
Ty Burr
Easily the worst movie of the week month year and Bullock s entire career It is to comedy what leprosy once was to the island of Molokai a plague best contemplated from many miles away 
0
All About Steve
Connie Ogle
One is tempted to feel bad for the usually likable Bullock who looks fantastic here we must note but she s one of the film s producers so she can t be too ashamed of herself I am embarrassed for her however 
0
All About Steve
Joe Williams
With its commercial imperatives and subversive ambitions working at cross purposes this puzzling movie doesn t have a clue what it s all about 
2
All About Steve
Rafer Guzman
The film isn t merely unfunny and stupefyingly inane but a depressing waste of money energy and time yours included 
0
All About Steve
Roger Ebert
An actress should never ever be asked to run beside a van in red disco boots for more than about half a block and then only if her child is being kidnapped 
1.5
He Ran All the Way
David Nusair
a terminally erratic endeavor that often feels long at just 77 minutes 
2
Felicidades
Steve Rhodes
It wants to be a heart warming film but it comes across flat and relatively humorless 
2
The First Purge
Brian Eggert
Placing its B movie objectives above its political motivations The First Purge misses an opportunity to be about something more 
1.5
The First Purge
Federico Furzan
The beginning could have been more interesting The First Purge falls into a generic limbo that ultimately makes it a boring experience Full Review in Spanish 
2
The First Purge
Joey Magidson
Someone make it stop Jason Blum have you no pity 
1.5
The First Purge
Linda Cook
The First Purge is a dark violent origins film 
3
The First Purge
David Nusair
just another paint by numbers exercise in absolutely tedium 
.5
The First Purge
Alan Zilberman
An unabashedly violent B movie throwback the sort director John Carpenter used to make with moments that resonate with real life 
3.5
The First Purge
Peter Howell
The most terrifying thought is that in both this fictional movie franchise and in real life the worst is yet to come 
2.5
The First Purge
Sara Michelle Fetters
I ve honestly found plenty to like about all of The Purge pictures even this one 
2.5
The First Purge
Christian Toto
The unhinged Resistance finally has a movie to call its own 
2.5
The First Purge
Glenn Kenny
The social commentary portions of the movie are simplistic even by the low standards generally set by genre films 
1.5
The First Purge
Mark Kennedy
But DeMonaco s signature hammy scriptwriting also rears its head The characters are barely one dimensional and prone to doing stupid stuff like wandering out alone during a night of mayhem 
2
The First Purge
Carla Meyer
Without ideologies at play how is this Purge film different from the others It isn t It s interesting then boring then bad like the rest 
1
The First Purge
Gary Thompson
I d barbecue if I were you 
2
The First Purge
Mark Dujsik
We ve seen all of this before and the inclusion of the bitter taste of reality only makes it well taste bitterer 
1.5
The First Purge
Henry Stewart
Especially early on Gerard McMurray often rejects the exhibitionist slaughter that James DeMonaco established as the Purge series s modus operandi in favor of violence that s rawer and realer 
3
The First Purge
James Berardinelli
It s competently made delivers its share of thrills and edge of the seat moments and gives the audience an opportunity to stand up and cheer 
2.5
The First Purge
Roger Moore
A Blackspoilation B movie with a sharp Trump era political edge What Superfly should have been 
2.5
The First Purge
Dustin Putman
As a whole The First Purge is not without merit 151 even when it s less than eloquent in its delivery at least it has something on its mind 151 but this is the first installment where signs of series fatigue are in evidence 
2
The First Purge
Rafer Guzman
The First Purge provides a few decent jolts and passable action sequences but it doesn t feel as clever or canny as past installments 
2
The First Purge
Michael Phillips
The latest Purge is an erratic fairly absorbing and righteously angry prequel 
2.5
Kuroneko
Eric Melin
Kuroneko is one of the best supernatural horror tales ever made and it has tons of spooky atmosphere to spare 
3.5
Kuroneko
James Kendrick
moves fluidly between the cinematic invisible and the overtly theatrical mixing impressive tracking shots and dexterous editing with attention grabbing devices like rear projection
3
Kuroneko
Ty Burr
There s a witchy atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets 
3.5
Kuroneko
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The film morphs into an obsessively regretful dialectic that trips into tragedy after lugubrious otherworldly speculation 
3.5
112 Weddings
Adam Nayman
A skilled documentarian Block moves briskly from easily relatable domestic scenarios to more tragic ones and changes things up by focusing on two young marrieds to be 
2.5
The Rose Technique
Steve Rhodes
Although Williams puts her heart and soul into her part few of the jokes have much impact And none are memorable 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Namrata Joshi
Needless to say the viewers also get to drink in some awesome landscape particularly the snowy wintry Moscow Where Supremacy differs from Identity is that questions do get answered here eventually 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
David Nusair
A minor step above the entertaining yet underwhelming The Bourne Identity 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Nick Rogers
As Bourne seeks to uncover his past and bury those who would cross him director Paul Greengrass masterfully blends sight sound and silence to do much more than entertain This film leaves a deep psychological imprint 
4
The Bourne Supremacy
Felix Vasquez Jr.
What more could you ask for in a sequel 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Joe Lozito
By the end of the film we ve more or less given up trying to figure out how the characters are making their deductions we just have to take it on faith that somehow everyone knows to go to a specific address in Moscow 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Eric Melin
Flashes of color and streaks of movement can make for a striking picture but only if you can see what s taking place not to mention if you care about who is in jeopardy 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Peter T. Chattaway
Where it could have descended into a revenge drama it settles for justice instead and not the kind that puts down one s enemies but the kind that calls for confession even reconciliation 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Jorge Avila Andrade
Un buen thriller bien realizado y bien actuado que sirve para pasar un par de horas a gusto en la oscuridad de una sala de cine pero no le pida más 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Forrest Hartman
A first rate thriller that plays out with the pluck and style of the best James Bond films 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Tony Toscano
If you enjoyed the Bourne Identity you ll enjoy the Bourne Supremacy as much just don t expect much more than that 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
James Kendrick
conveys a real sense of danger both emotional and physical
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Steve Rhodes
Such an exhilarating thriller don t be surprised if you leave the movie sweaty and exhausted from the workout 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Jonathan R. Perry
Hand Paul Greengrass his walking papers and tell him to take his hand held camera with him 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Mike McGranaghan
Like Spider Man 2 this film works in a very specific genre and seems intent on finding the layers underneath 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Ross Anthony
Does what it promises gives great tense drama and action However jerky camera work is somewhat annoying 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Matt Brunson
The movie culminates with a sloppily edited car chase that goes on for so long that I had to be reminded Was Matt Damon playing Jason Bourne or Sheriff Buford T Justice 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Susan Tavernetti
This spy vs spy flick is a cinematic page turner 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Lori Hoffman
The Bourne Supremacy offers cool thrills and explosive action 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Aaron Hillis
If The Fugitive starred an invincible super spy and was shot with a broken Steadicam you d have this half decent hyperactively edited arms length chase thriller 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Marty Mapes
The pacing is lively yet still easy to follow
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Sean McBride
Fans of the original film will certainly be pleased with this sequel 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Vince Koehler
The car chase near the end of the film is one of most exciting shots ever 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Linda Cook
Frantic and fresh The Bourne Supremacy is a chic spy thriller that s even better than the original 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Sara Michelle Fetters
What s most remarkable is that screenwriter Tony Gilroy co writer of the original again cribbing very loosely from Ludlum s bestseller of the same name is able to make so many standard spy film cliches fresh and exciting 
4
The Bourne Supremacy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Exhausting but thrilling at the same time 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Mick LaSalle
Almost everything that made The Bourne Identity refreshing the wit the irony the suspense the novelty of its premise is gone 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
John Beifuss
Eye rattling visual chaos that many moviegoers will want to rate X for Excedrin 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Jami Bernard
The movie is mostly a series of frenetic clashes dubious near misses and car chases It lacks the human interest and snowy splendor of the first movie 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Roger Ebert
The movie skillfully delivers a series of fights stalkings plottings and chases punctuated by a little brooding 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
James Verniere
The screenplay by Tony Gilroy cuts Ludlum s convolutions down to size improves his leaden dialogue vastly and distills the action of the book to its essence 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Timothy Knight
An entertaining spy thriller thankfully free of the campy tongue in cheek excesses of the recent James Bond films 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Rene Rodriguez
A rare breed of action flick one that doesn t take human life for granted 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Ty Burr
A terse tight impressively smart package 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Leah McLaren
The Bourne Supremacy not only lives up to the promises of the novel by Robert Ludlum but in many ways manages to improve on the first film 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Carrie Rickey
As a video game that propels the viewer through the course Supremacy is supremely successful I m not sure that s enough for a movie narrative 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Phil Villarreal
Instead of setting aside creativity to kneel before the Movie Machine Conformitybot Greengrass jumped out from a dark corner and knocked the bot out with a bag of nickels 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Sean P. Means
The Bourne Supremacy shares the attributes of its star Matt Damon Solid down to earth good looking but not too flashy and often capable of surprising you 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Dan Lybarger
Director Paul Greengrass actually has a better sense of pacing than his predecessor Doug Liman 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Claudia Puig
Gripping film 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Chris Hewitt
A dandy paranoid thriller that begins confusingly but gets swifter and leaner as it goes 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Moira MacDonald
An enjoyable enough night at the movies though it s not as well crafted as its predecessor 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Bruce Newman
With its foot pressed to the floor from beginning to end Bourne is a non stop gas 
4
The Bourne Supremacy
Peter Travers
If you ve forgotten the kick you get from watching a globe trotting butt kicking whiplash paced action movie done with humor style and smarts take a ride with The Bourne Supremacy 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
James Berardinelli
Falls short of its predecessor in almost every area except perhaps acting 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Jan Stuart
The Bourne Supremacy is essentially a string of how will he get out this one set pieces but they have been cooked up with nerve frying elan by British director Greengrass 
4
The Bourne Supremacy
Megan Lehmann
A classy if over caffeinated sequel 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Duane Dudek
Better than average summer fare 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Glenn Whipp
A spy thriller for espionage fans who feel that James Bond has gone soft in the head 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Terry Lawson
Moviegoers who complain about what a shaky camera does to their innards should pack antacids for this one 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Jeff Vice
Supremacy is briskly paced and the screenwriting is fairly clever and crafty and salvages the film as a whole 
2.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Michael Booth
This admirable franchise should change your idea of what makes a good thriller 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
David Sterritt
A disappointment from the director of Bloody Sunday 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Michael Wilmington
Almost as good as its predecessor 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Lawrence Toppman
The movie pulses forward relentlessly and the tension never slackens 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Erik Childress
Basically you have The Fugitive with CIA agents moving through an entire plot that could be written on a napkin but it moves like a thunderbolt riding a cheetah 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Austin O'Connor
F antastic a whiz bang follow up that far surpasses the original as it breathlessly zigs and zags all over the globe 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Josh Larsen
The Bourne Identity was above all things muscular lean taut and physical and its sequel has not let the series get flabby 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Guylaine Cadorette
A welcome throwback to blood soaked espionage thrillers The Bourne Supremacy is a gritty sequel that hasn t lost its popular appeal 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Walter Chaw
If Damon played Harrison Ford s Deckard character in the first film in the second he s Rutger Hauer s Roy Batty 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Willie Waffle
With an intense tone strong mystery and dedication to story over frivolous action The Bourne Supremacy is one of the best movies of the year 
3.75
The Bourne Supremacy
Joe McGovern
So oppressively identified with its predecessor s look sound and design that Doug Liman warrants a co director credit 
2
The Bourne Supremacy
Rob Blackwelder
A breathless sequel with tense intellectual punch smart seat gripping action and a hero who is utterly compelling almost without saying a word 
3
The Bourne Supremacy
Scott Nash
a cut above your average fantasy world espionage thriller 
3.5
The Bourne Supremacy
Steven Snyder
The film s goals are in the right place character development and character growth 
4
The Bourne Supremacy
Dustin Putman
A cold calculating virtual redux of The Bourne Identity that leaves a bitter aftertaste in its wake Audiences have seen this all before many times over 
2
Roadie
Walter V. Addiego
A lot of what takes place in Roadie feels overly familiar and the film could have been a wallow in pathos except for the performances especially that of Eldard 
3
Roadie
Rafer Guzman
The hugely sympathetic Eldard Super 8 gives this slim movie a real beating heart 
2.5
Roadie
Kyle Smith
Roadie is short on narrative momentum but it s a perfectly attuned character study of this rock relic and his middle aged sorrows 
2.5
Roadie
Nick Schager
Roadie takes its characters suffering seriously without ever properly justifying said misery as enlightening or unique 
1.5
24 City
Mattie Lucas
A fascinating and bittersweet film its structure creating a wholly original and moving viewing experience that takes the plight of people half a world away and makes it stunningly hauntingly our own 
3
24 City
Liam Lacey
A blend of documentary and drama which is by turns movingly authentic and deliberately artificial 
3
24 City
Peter Keough
A familiar scenario both here and in China but Jia Zhang ke has shaped it into a complex and lucid cinematic poem about identity transience and loss 
3
24 City
Carmen Gray
Punctuated with eyebrow raising poems about aeronautics factories its treacle paced obliqueness will frustrate some viewers But the pay off s a layered haunting portrait of China in its shift to a capitalist economy 
3
24 City
Tim Robey
Chinese arthouse fixture Jia Zhang Ke looks at the closure of a state owned factory in Chengdu combining real interviews with awkwardly am dram mock ones 
2
24 City
Wesley Morris
The director has an exquisite eye that keeps getting stronger and subtler He trusts that beauty is vagueness s alluring upside 
3
24 City
G. Allen Johnson
24 City won t change the minds of detractors it is his most painfully slow yet but it might change the minds of his supporters including this critic for Jia attempts something that is in the end unforgivable 
2
24 City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As far as nonfiction goes you probably won t seen anything else this year so beautifully filmed 
3
24 City
V.A. Musetto
The result is surprisingly engrossing even lively due in part to brief musical numbers inserted amid the interviews 
3
24 City
Jeff Shannon
With this moody and curiously effective follow up to his critically acclaimed drama Still Life director Jia Zhang Ke paints another vivid portrait of China devastated by commercial progress 
3
24 City
Peter Howell
The boom and bust cycle that afflicts company towns in capitalist countries also dogs the state run cogmakers as Chinese auteur Jia Zhang ke lyrically depicts in 24 City an ode to changing times 
3
24 City
Kevin B. Lee
Simultaneously more and less than meets the eye 
3
The Old Town Girls
Sam C. Mac
The Old Town Girls never seems to have a strong enough sense of the kind of film it wants to be to pull together its more interesting elements into a coherent whole 46 
2
How to Make a Book With Steidl
Tom Keogh
Much of the film follows the fascinating production of a book full of surreptitious iPhone images by photographer Joel Sternfeld 
3.5
The Wizard of Gore
Matt Brunson
At least the plot twist at the end is unexpected Moronic yes but also unexpected 
1
The Wizard of Gore
James Kendrick
groundbreaking in the world of well gore
1
Made Men
Michael Dequina
What kills this otherwise polished piece of pulp are the painfully unfunny wisecracks 
2.5
Chasing Papi
Beth Wood
A simple minded mishmash that could more aptly be called Chasing Pap 
1.5
Chasing Papi
Richard Horgan
A romantic comedy that is sexy without being gratuitous funny without being crude and mercifully free of on screen Latino stereotypes such as chambermaids and troubled immigrants 
3
Chasing Papi
Allison Benedikt
A thin attempt at comedy and a corny take on the buddy movie 
2
Chasing Papi
Leigh Johnson
Long hair long legs and a splashy soundtrack can t save Chasing Papi from its contrived plot tired jokes and retro gender politics 
1
Chasing Papi
Erik Lundegaard
Chasing Papi is one letter off It s pap and the filmmakers definitely caught it 
1.5
Chasing Papi
C.W. Nevius
What this really is is a great deal of screaming and running from room to room wacky chase scenes the old bag switcheroo dim bulb crooks and zany antics 
1
Chasing Papi
Joe Baltake
As a romp in which everyone overacts with glee Chasing Papi gets the job done It s moderate fun 
2.5
Chasing Papi
Carrie Rickey
A buoyant antidote to those toxic all you need is love romantic comedies 
2.5
Chasing Papi
Megan Lehmann
The sledge hammer attempt to appeal to the country s fastest growing movie going demographic makes for a clunky narrative and one note characters 
1.5
Chasing Papi
Rene Rodriguez
This grating witless exasperatingly dumb movie about three women who discover they re all dating the same man is happy to trade on tired cliches 
1
Chasing Papi
Glenn Whipp
Only proves that Latinos can make idiotic formulaic comedies that are as terrible and demeaning as anything white people could produce 
1
Chasing Papi
Phil Villarreal
Bang your head against a wall for 80 minutes There now you ve had the experience of watching Chasing Papi without even leaving home 
1
Chasing Papi
Roger Ebert
I cannot recommend Chasing Papi but I cannot dislike it It commits no offense except the puppylike desire to please 
2.5
Chasing Papi
Wesley Morris
Verastegui is a handsome guy but saddled with English he has charisma only a lumberjack could love 
2.5
Chasing Papi
Mike Clark
Imagine a movie so broadly conceived that it was written directed and all parts were played by Charo 
1
Chasing Papi
Gene Seymour
Call it a strawberry mango sundae for the parched mind This is not a compliment 
2
Chasing Papi
Steve Rhodes
Overedited overscripted and overacted The editor must have been paid by the cut 
1.5
Vidocq
Bill Chambers
Pitof s swooping busy frame is so numbing that we become attentive to the problems of the script 
1.5
L'Aventure C'est L'Aventure
Roger Ebert
It maintains the wrong tone from beginning to end 
1
Willy's Wonderland
Brian Eggert
Aside from the occasional inspired moment of Cage playing pinball or unloading rage on Ozzie Ostrich there s not much to savor here It s a neat idea that never takes off beyond the concept stage
1.5
Willy's Wonderland
Kevin Carr
It works because it s so goofy and so insane and with Nicolas Cage behind it it s over the top and fun 
3
Willy's Wonderland
Kevin A. Ranson
Needlessly gory and imaginatively graphic the just under ninety minute feature burns on all cylinders not just using common horror tropes but gleefully abusing them no sin goes unpunished as The Janitor cleans Willy s house 
4
Willy's Wonderland
Walter Chaw
It doesn t see any need to be good so it s not good 
1.5
Willy's Wonderland
Joe Friar
Cage vs animatronic robots is as highly entertaining as it sounds The scares are nonexistent but the creep factor is at 11 It s funny and exactly what you d expect 
3
Willy's Wonderland
Brian Tallerico
Cage has been accused of sleepwalking through some of his recent choices letting the kitschy goodwill of his viral clips from other films do half of his acting for him That s never been truer than here 
1
Willy's Wonderland
Roger Moore
Cage dyed hair beard and boots brings home the B movie bacon as usual It s just seriously undercooked this time out 
1.5
Willy's Wonderland
Mark Dujsik
This is more of a novelty than a movie entirely based on and revolving around a single idea 
1
The Game
David Nusair
a top tier thriller that doesn t always seem to get the respect and admiration it clearly deserves 
3.5
The Game
Matt Brunson
This is one of those movies that s so tightly written and densely plotted it leaves no room for error or viewer queries Unfortunately the questions will start flying even before the picture s over 
2.5
The Game
Maitland McDonagh
Sure it strains credulity but it s clever well paced and builds to a spectacular if not altogether satisfying conclusion 
3
The Game
Phil Villarreal
The Game is a thrilling end run of deception in which a master manipulator is masterfully manipulated 
4
The Game
Mick LaSalle
The picture provides Douglas with one of his best roles If he doesn t quite reach the bizarre heights he achieved in Falling Down The Game makes its own demands 
3
The Game
James Kendrick
The movie is saved from its numerous plot holes and logic lapses by Fincher s unrelenting directorial style and a strong central performance by Michael Douglas 
3
The Game
Madeleine Williams
The Game is a mind twisting thriller that keeps you guessing up until and including the end 
3.5
The Game
Jeff Vice
Even if The Game is a bit skimpy in characterization and its plot is highly implausible make that incredibly implausible the movie is still a lot of fun simply because of its ability to shock and surprise 
3
The Game
James Berardinelli
As it s unspooling on screen the film is hugely entertaining but there are several significant plot holes that grow wider the more closely they re investigated 
3
The Game
David Sterritt
An unusually imaginative thriller that bends its offbeat plot into so many twists that you actually have to pay attention something few Hollywood movies demand nowadays to understand its evolution and enjoy the multiple payoffs at the end 
3
The Game
Ted Prigge
this is the most thrilling thriller in a long while Well since Se7en 
3.5
The Game
Steve Rhodes
The show takes one tricky turn after another Just when you re sure you ve got it figured out you don t 
3
The Game
Marty Mapes
Congratulations should go to Fincher and screenwriters John D Brancato and Michael Ferris Tension and suspense in movies are relatively easy to achieve but inventing a satisfying ending is not 
3
The Game
Mike Clark
A crowd pleasing pip most of the way 
3.5
The Game
Michael Dequina
David Fincher takes the audience on a breathless harrowing ride whose considerable pleasures are measured in dread and discomfort 
3.5
The Game
Rob Blackwelder
If you find yourself thinking of simple solutions to hero s dilemma every five minutes that s a pretty lame thriller In The Game it s more like every two minutes 
2
The Game
Roger Ebert
Douglas is the right actor for the role He can play smart he can play cold and he can play angry He is also subtle enough that he never arrives at an emotional plateau before the film does and never overplays the process of his inner change 
3.5
The Good Soldier
Marty Mapes
Soldiers tell us the cost of killing
3
The Good Soldier
V.A. Musetto
Has important things to say Sadly it does so in an unexciting manner 
2
The Good Soldier
Kam Williams
Co directors Lexy Levell and Michael Uys deserve a 21 gun salute for fashioning a sobering antidote to all that patriotic claptrap about serving God country and apple pie 
4
The Good Soldier
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Unlike for example Errol Morris s recent works it doesn t bother to buttress the eye opening firsthand accounts with a coherent historical argument 
2.5
Sacrifice
Mark Jenkins
With its widescreen compositions and flame illuminated interiors Sacrifice is visually entrancing Yet the movie is not just an exercise in style 
3
Sacrifice
David Lewis
It charges out of the gate in Indiana Jones style employing so many plot twists that you may need a scorecard Then after an hour or so it settles into an intimate character driven drama before its low key yet thought provoking finale 
3
Sacrifice
Mark Feeney
Now who exactly are those two guys slurping noodles Are they both doctors Why do they matter 
2
Sacrifice
Chris Hewitt
Chinese film fans will be intrigued by a shift to more human less spectacle based storytelling 
2.5
Sacrifice
Roger Ebert
In Sacrifice about a father who loses his son to the power of the state it is difficult to miss the parallels with Chen s own life 
3.5
Sacrifice
Jake Mulligan
There are some wonderful wuxia style fight scenes spread throughout and a last duel finally shifts all the plodding backstory into a visual spectacle 
2.5
Sacrifice
Bill Weber
A historical melodrama that retains an ancient elemental pull even as it insufficiently charts motivation and the self denying values of antiquity 
2.5
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Brian Eggert
Cineastes just discovering the Mifune Kurosawa collaborations are encouraged to seek out Mifune The Last Samurai to better understand the actor s immeasurable impact on both Japanese and American cinema 
3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Christopher Schobert
What resonates most from Mifune are the film clips of course Watching him on screen remains an exhilarating experience As many state in the film there was no one quite like him 
3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Mark Feeney
Has any movie star had a harsher laugh or more baleful stare than Toshiro Mifune He needed no words to have an impact onscreen He just needed to be 
3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Roger Moore
Illuminating but lacking a few interviews that would have made it the definitive documentary portrait of this screen icon 
3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Glenn Kenny
The movie is very good at revealing and expanding upon how this reluctant actor became such a masterful one 
3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Keith Watson
In many ways Toshir Mifune the man remains just as mysterious after watching the film as he was before 
2
From the Back of the Room
Wesley Morris
It s long and redundant But it s enlightening instructive and sobering to hear women speak seriously in 2011 about the sexism chauvinism and lookism that still exists in punk and what they re doing to combat it 
2.5
Loveless
Jeff Mitchell
Many times we stagger in bleak but simultaneously stunning outdoor spaces with visuals that will linger as long as our new memories of this family s hopeless journey 
4
Loveless
Mattie Lucas
A painful and powerful work of art that is a damning indictment of society s lack of compassion and connection 
3.5
Loveless
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The premise seems to be taken from a Ruth Rendell novel The search for the kid will not unite the marriage but to spread the lack of love between man and woman to all those around them Complete review in Spanish in newspaper Reforma 
3.5
Loveless
Bob Bloom
Loveless is not so much about finding the boy but about how easily a person can be discarded or abandoned by parents who because of their resentments and recriminations already have moved onto new lives 
3.5
Loveless
Ty Burr
The movie s about two people and by extension the culture and country of which they re a part confronting the fact that they re no longer recognizably human 
3.5
Loveless
J. R. Jones
These images are more powerful than any of the characterizations which are less complex than one usually finds in the director s work The director may be a master at setting a mood but his insights here don t cut especially deep 
2
Loveless
Gary Thompson
If Mother Zheyna is a stand in for Mother Russia and Zvyagintsev bluntly suggests that she is then this movie is one big unflattering selfie 
3
Loveless
David Nusair
A slow grim drama 
2.5
Loveless
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is not without its moments especially its rare moments of quiet 
3
Loveless
Peter Howell
Zvyagintsev and his sterling cast expertly paint the portrait of a family too blinded by selfish desires to see the pain they are causing others 
4
Loveless
Michael O'Sullivan
Its message isn t subtle but it is delivered with deadly haunting finality 
3.5
Loveless
Peter Travers
A couple goes looking for their missing son and exposes the corrupt soul of Putin era Russian in an Oscar nominated stunner that means to shake you and does 
3.5
Loveless
Chuck Bowen
One feels in the film s punishing bleakness a yearning for transcendence 
3.5
Loveless
Mark Dujsik
Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin s screenplay picks away at the characters self created illusions until we see the hard depressing truth 
3
Loveless
Godfrey Cheshire
Zvyagintsev continues to solidify his place as one of the most important and original voices in world cinema 
3.5
The Girl Gets Moe
David Nusair
the majority of the film is a convoluted and confusing mess 
1.5
The Ear
David Nusair
Stephen Sachs working from his eponymous play slowly but surely manages to infuse the proceedings with a surprisingly even handed sensibility 
2.5
The Grapes of Wrath
Wesley Lovell
Back when they adapted serious literature for the big screen the results were equally impressive 
3.5
The Grapes of Wrath
Chuck Bowen
The Grapes of Wrath is flawed but it captures that shiver of panic that grips anyone for whom the money for the next meal is unknown 
4
The Grapes of Wrath
Jeremy Heilman
Ford delivers Steinbeck s message intact 
4
The Grapes of Wrath
Bill Chambers
A perpetual elegy
4
The Grapes of Wrath
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As if Ford had actually photographed the human spirit 
3.5
The Grapes of Wrath
Matt Brunson
Like To Kill a Mockingbird it s one of those rare motion pictures that perfectly captures the essence of its source material without compromising it in any way 
4
The Grapes of Wrath
Roger Ebert
It is dialogue spoken by Henry Fonda whose Tom Joad is one of the great American movie characters so pure and simple and simply there in the role that he puts it over 
4
Brahman Naman
Nick Allen
Proves to be more layered than its promises of shenanigans may expect especially as this is the rare sex comedy that doesn t glorify the male gaze 
3
The Love Guru
Sonny Bunch
The Love Guru contains a few clever touches but has trouble hanging together as a coherent comedy let alone a coherent film 
1.5
The Love Guru
David Nusair
might just be the most puerile mainstream movie ever made 
2.5
The Love Guru
Scott Nash
I guess the real audience is 40 year old men with the mind of an 8 year old 
1.5
The Love Guru
Willie Waffle
Myers has his head in the toilet more than a Florida State University freshman co ed during homecoming weekend 
.5
The Love Guru
Linda Cook
So sari Mike Myers Your spoof of Bollywood stinks 
0
The Love Guru
Matt Brunson
I daresay that even a splinter in the eyeball would be less painful than sitting through this debacle 
1
The Love Guru
Mike McGranaghan
Perhaps Myers was so enchanted by his own desire to bring spiritualism to the masses that he forgot to actually bring the funny with it Whatever the case this is a shockingly laugh free motion picture 
1
The Love Guru
Sean McBride
just isn t funny by any stretch of the imagination relying instead upon a mindless barrage of crotch humor bodily fluid gags and midget jokes that won t amuse anyone other than the most juvenile of audiences 
1
The Love Guru
Austin Kennedy
I still think Myer s has talent but THE LOVE GURU was doomed the moment he created this unfunny character A Poor comedy 
1.5
The Love Guru
Kam Williams
It s Mike Myers job to make you laugh and he fails miserably in what might not be the best performance of his career but it s certainly his worst 
0
The Love Guru
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s not very good but it won t want to make you tear your eyes out either 
2
The Love Guru
Connie Ogle
The Love Guru is insulting to anyone with a healthy sense of humor and the simple desire to laugh 
1
The Love Guru
Larry Ratliff
The Love Guru pegs the silly meter in the opening scene when Myers as Guru Pitka breaks out in a Bollywood style 9 to 5 hoedown while picking at a sitar 
3
The Love Guru
Sean P. Means
Nobody apparently told Myers he was doing a one note character with a funny voice that wouldn t make a good Saturday Night Live sketch let alone an 88 minute movie 
1
The Love Guru
John Beifuss
Is this a trial balloon for a new comedy franchise or for Myers post movie stardom career as the next Dr Phil 
2
The Love Guru
Ken Fox
A bomb like this is a career killer and Myers is set to blow 
1
The Love Guru
Peter Howell
Myers Pitka is the stealthiest of holy rollers he makes you roar just when you think he s going to hell in a hand basket 
2.5
The Love Guru
Chris Hewitt
The movie just barely works because it s so sure of the buoyant appeal of its title character 
2.5
The Love Guru
Moira MacDonald
At least it doesn t waste any time At somewhere near the 30 second mark it gets right down to business and that business is the kind of humor that doesn t usually get named in this paper 
1.5
The Love Guru
Mick LaSalle
Mike Myers new comedy The Love Guru is a disappointment but it s not a disaster and that s at least something 
2
The Love Guru
Carla Meyer
The worse the joke is the greater the manic gleam in Myers eyes He s trying to sell setups he probably knows aren t funny and the strain can be hard to watch 
1
The Love Guru
James Berardinelli
The frustrating thing about the movie is that it contains moment of comedy that verge on inspired but they are too infrequent to justify the running length 
2.5
The Love Guru
Roger Moore
It s vintage Myers with an outrageous broadly played character borrowed from Peter Sellers silly makeup bad puns innuendo the occasional pause for song and dance and Myers ongoing obsession with little people 
3
The Love Guru
Kyle Smith
At 88 minutes The Love Guru would have benefited from a trim of roughly 80 minutes 
1
The Love Guru
Bob Strauss
The real insult to higher consciousness is that Love Guru s humor is about as mature as strained carrots 
2.5
The Love Guru
Robert W. Butler
The Love Guru is less a movie than a collection of related gags heaved at the screen It s a mess but an affable one 
2
The Love Guru
Amy Biancolli
This is dangerous advice for a writer to give talk about glass houses but Mike Myers needs an editor He needs someone with a fat red pen to scratch out a few of his worst bad habits 
2
The Love Guru
Lisa Kennedy
When Pitka ends his bite size lessons with TM we should understand it s not meditation but branding he s after 
1.5
The Love Guru
Wesley Morris
Things are so bad here that the few good ideas seem brilliant 
1
The Love Guru
Sara Michelle Fetters
But at least it s better than the trailer There is that 
2
The Love Guru
Christian Toto
Mike Myers channels his inner Benny Hill for the endlessly juvenile comedy The Love Guru
2
The Love Guru
Josh Larsen
a gigantic egg though no one looks more pleased with it than Myers 
1
The Love Guru
Dustin Putman
A fairly pedestrian slap dash piece of work but the tone is so light and goofy that it s difficult to imagine anyone getting offended by its onslaught of bathroom humor penis gags midget jokes elephant sex and Hindu flavored satire 
2
The Love Guru
Rick Groen
Sorry time s up The final buzzer has gone on our spirited game of Spot the Laugh 
1
The Love Guru
Roger Ebert
The movie not only violates the Law of Funny Names which are usually not funny but rips it from the Little Movie Glossary and tramples it into the ice 
1
The Love Guru
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What it doesn t have is anything actually funny or relevant 
2
The Love Guru
Frank Ochieng
The Love Guru is creatively awful The feeling you derive from this dud is comparable to swallowing a bottle of bulky Viagra pills while nursing an inflamed strep throat 
1
The Love Guru
James Rocchi
If Mike Myers is obsessed with poop pee and penises that s his problem if audiences make him rich for playing that out on screen then it becomes ours 
1
The Love Guru
Claudia Puig
It s a silly spoof that is occasionally funny but grows tedious with excessive mugging and bad punning 
2
The Love Guru
Paul Schrodt
Under a new name and equally aggressive ethnic branding Austin Powers is alive again 
2
The Love Guru
Peter Travers
Ninety minutes pass like an eternity 
.5
The Love Guru
Sue Pierman
Although a bit uneven The Love Guru scores more guffaws than clunkers though parents should take the PG 13 rating seriously 
2.5
The Love Guru
Jeff Vice
It s pretty dull and painfully unfunny and it almost makes you long for the return of his irksome Austin Powers character 
1
The Love Guru
Steven Rea
In reality The Love Guru isn t likely to offend anyone save perhaps audiences that prefer their comedy sophisticated not sophomoric and devoid of references to bodily functions 
2
The Love Guru
Walter Chaw
Thus Myers marries his two passions hockey and not being funny into one noxious ball 
0
The Love Guru
Michael Phillips
We re talking 15 or 20 minutes of decent material The movie runs a little longer than that 
1.5
The Love Guru
Phil Villarreal
Took a lot of cheap shots at Indian culture Myers went way too far and the sad thing was he wasn t even funny about it 
1
The Love Guru
Rafer Guzman
The Love Guru scrapes bottom for laughs resorting to pop culture jokes Lindsay Britney weak musical numbers Dolly Parton s 9 to 5 on sitar and most abysmally the sight of two elephants doing it 
1.5
The Love Guru
Joe Lozito
This half baked attempt to create a feature film around a riff on Deepak Chopra finds Mike Myers lost in Powers 
1.5
The Love Guru
Peter Canavese
Hello police I d like to report a mugging Oh it was horrible horrible Yes I m safe now The mugging took place in a movie theatre but I fear the mugger will strike again 
1.5
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Roger Moore
Delightful
3
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Carlos Aguilar
Misshapen parts and all 44 Fortune Favors fulfills its purpose as a joyfully eccentric tribute to personal authenticity 46 
3
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie ultimately falls into some distracting melodrama 46 
2.5
Cremaster 3
Ian Mantgani
The endurance test of the Cremaster series 
2
Cremaster 3
Phil Villarreal
6 30 p m Upon the completion of Cremaster V zzzzzz 
2
Cremaster 3
Neil Kendricks
Personifies experimental filmmaking pushed to new extremes 
3
Cremaster 3
Lisa Kennedy
It is either an unparalleled opportunity to witness the work of an artist proclaimed by some the most important American artist of his generation Or an obligation to witness the work of the artist etc etc 
2.5
Cremaster 3
Sheila Farr
It s art of the highest order 
4
Cremaster 3
Chris Hewitt
Barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull 
2
Cremaster 3
John Habich
The hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity 
3
Cremaster 3
Christine Temin
Not since Ghostbusters has a film used Manhattan s architecture in such a gloriously goofy way 
3
Cremaster 3
Kenneth Baker
Viewers of Barney s crushingly self indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it 
1
Cremaster 3
Bob Strauss
Barney s ideas about creation and identity don t really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three hour endurance test built around an hour s worth of actual material 
2.5
Cremaster 3
David N. Butterworth
Makes Peter Greenaway look like Joel Schumacher 
3.5
Cremaster 3
Megan Turner
Barney has created a tour de force that is weird wacky and wonderful 
3
Cremaster 3
Jeremy Heilman
Cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self expression 
4
Cremaster 3
Ed Gonzalez
Matthew Barney s five part out of sequence Cremaster Cycle culminates with Cremaster 3 his most accomplished work to date 
3.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Walter Chaw
cowboy no question bebop another matter altogether 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Kevin John Bozelka
A joyless hatchet job 
1
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Phil Villarreal
The screenplay walks a tightrope managing to stay amusing and lighthearted while handling hefty themes 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Jeff Vice
Even fans of the series may be disappointed 
2
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Vic Vogler
The movie with room to gallop through nearly two hours and an R rating often just kicks around in the stable 
2.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Sean P. Means
Nonfans will be admitted to the clubhouse but will not be made to feel welcome 
2
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
John Beifuss
Cartoon or not the world of Cowboy Bebop The Movie feels as convincingly lived in as any seen onscreen in ages 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Glenn Kenny
A bit of a genre hybrid that for all its anime coolness doesn t quite transcend the commonplaces of the genres it s splicing together 
2.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Jeanne Aufmuth
The visually arresting animation is more than enough to compensate when narrative confusion threatens to overwhelm 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As with any big screen version of a comic book TV series the filmmakers up the stakes a great deal providing not only more explosions and bigger set pieces but also more atmosphere 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Chris Hewitt
Rare among anime films Cowboy Bebop pays more attention to story than architecture 
2.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Mary Brennan
It s corny but it s also pretty cool 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to imagine this overlong overplotted and underdrawn animation winning many new converts either to the series or to anime in general 
2
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Tor Thorsen
Japanimation lovers should definitely catch this jam 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Jan Stuart
An endless and endlessly pretentious expansion of the popular Japanese anime TV series 
1.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Ty Burr
Animaniacs will probably want to bump that rating up a star and even I am looking forward to catching episodes of the TV show 
2.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
John Monaghan
Possesses the same peculiar blend of hard edged violence and insufferable cuteness that has effectively kept anime underground in the States 
2
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Liam Lacey
With all due respect to Japanese animation fans and pop culture enthusiasts life may be just too short to plunge into the busy world of Cowboy Bebop 
2.5
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Patrick Z. McGavin
This is magnetic beautiful stuff 
3
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
Its visual and musical delights are constant and plentiful 
3
Vivarium
Brian Eggert
It s easy to admire Vivarium for how production designer Philip Murphy transforms a few simple sets and a CGI backdrop into a false enclosure 
3
Vivarium
Kevin A. Ranson
full of quirkiness and nihilism yet it can t seem to settle on any particular point in fact it tries to embrace them all misses the mark of anything coherent and settles upon weird for the sake of being weird 
1
Vivarium
Pamela Powell
This is a smart chilling and captivating film that orchestrates psychological dilemmas that are eerily relevant to our sequestered lifestyle today 
4
Vivarium
Walter Chaw
Vivarium is wonderful 
3.5
Vivarium
Jeffrey M. Anderson
True nightmare fuel designed and directed by Lorcan Finnegan to sicken with its icky color scheme and queasy atmosphere But it s also impossible to stop watching 
3
Vivarium
Joey Magidson
For such a small film the ambition within Vivarium is quite noteworthy It s the rare sci fi flick that actually manages to be rewarding in its confounding nature 
3.5
Vivarium
Steven Prokopy
There s a bit of a Twilight Zone element to the story but the execution is unlike anything I ve seen in science fiction 
3
Vivarium
Simon Abrams
There s more hand me down genre movie tropes than recognizable human behavior in the new sci fi horror hybrid Vivarium 
1
Vivarium
James Berardinelli
The movie demands a willing suspension of disbelief and for those who can accommodate it opens a portal into a hellish allegorical nightmare about the placid myth of suburbia gone wrong 
3
Vivarium
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is all about its surfaces and repeatedly hinting that there s deeper beneath them 
2
Vivarium
Roger Moore
Does it sound like a clever Twilight Zone episode Sure An entire 95 minute movie Not so much 
2
Vivarium
Henry Stewart
This a parable about adulthood boasts deeply cynical takes on home community and childrearing 
2
The Happy Ending
Matt Brunson
Simmons is excellent she earned an Oscar nomination as did the song What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life while Bobby Darin amuses as an Italian slickster 
3
A Vigilante
Tom Meek
Wilde is fine but the film never scores its punches as it keeps packing more and more on 
2
A Vigilante
Matt Brunson
The first half is fascinating but the picture loses its momentum during the second hour 
2.5
A Vigilante
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of those small but brutal films that major directorial careers are made from 
3.5
A Vigilante
Rex Reed
It s good to see a cunning and capable actress rise above her usual projects such as stupid fodder like Tron or Cowboys and Aliens or labels like Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2010 
3
A Vigilante
Mark Dujsik
Olivia Wilde s tough and bold performance nearly elevates A Vigilante 
2.5
A Vigilante
Sara Stewart
The film manages to be both hopeful and devastating and recommended viewing for anyone who subscribes to the facile notion that abused women should just leave 
3
A Vigilante
Roger Moore
Olivia Wilde lifts this predictable Dragon Tattoo vengeance thriller above the generic 
2.5
A Vigilante
Chuck Bowen
It conspicuously tries to distance itself from the revenge film s propensity toward florid excess 
1.5
The Edge of Love
Kelly Jane Torrance
The film then goes from a chamber drama to something larger it doesn t always work The poetry and the performances though and they make the thoughtful and stylish The Edge of Love something more than just another British costume drama 
3
The Edge of Love
Peter Canavese
Maybury tackles the great Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love a speculative investigation into a cloudy period of the poet and dramatist s personal life Blu ray 
2.5
The Edge of Love
Rob Thomas
Ah the London Blitz Bombs falling buildings on fire people dying all around Good times good times 
2
The Edge of Love
Joe Williams
The Edge of Love is literate and often lovely to look at but unless you re requesting an off key bohemian rhapsody do not go gentle into that good theater 
2
The Edge of Love
Mick LaSalle
The Edge of Love holds a lot of promise in its first hour and never completely falls apart but it s ultimately not the movie it might have been 
2
The Edge of Love
Ty Burr
This may be Knightley s first truly mature performance Too bad it arrives wrapped in doggerel 
1.5
The Edge of Love
Kyle Smith
The movie makes for an engaging enough period piece 
2.5
The Edge of Love
Moira MacDonald
The Edge of Love is the sort of muddled melodrama that has little to say about love or anything else 
2
The Edge of Love
Steven Rea
A stagy arty and uncompelling account of the Welsh writer and his menage y relations with his boozy Irish wife and his young Welsh girlfriend 
1.5
The Edge of Love
Jason Clark
The film is on far less ground when it eventually becomes yet another wartime domestic tale with Maybury s semi kicky style draining out slowly until mediocrity settles in 
2
The Edge of Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No one seems to know what the movie is about is it about the friendship Thomas s life and women or the war 
2.5
The Edge of Love
Des Partridge
Dylan Thomas s life is represented here but John Maybury s hollow romantic drama is more interested in his women than in his literary art 
3
The Edge of Love
Paul Byrnes
Maybury at least makes it lush which is a relief from the drab realism of other English lit biopics 
3
The Edge of Love
Jim Schembri
Solid if melodramatic 
3
Strange Magic
Linda Cook
There s little magic in this latest from Lucas 
1
Strange Magic
Dann Gire
Supposedly inspired by Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream Strange Magic is such a mishmash of other better movies mostly Beauty and the Beast and Epic that it fails to develop its own personality 
1.5
Strange Magic
Christian Toto
How s this for the movie poster Strange Magic isn t as awful as its trailer suggests 
2.5
Strange Magic
Roger Moore
From the mind of George Lucas ahem 
1.5
Strange Magic
Josh Spiegel
Strange Magic is the kind of computer animated film that makes you wish that hand drawn animation could make a comeback and soon 
1
Strange Magic
Peter Sobczynski
If you re a hardcore animation person with not very demanding children you might take a chance 
1.5
Strange Magic
Stephen Whitty
I know we re talking about fairy tales here But why does the king who resembles a cockroach and talks like a Scot have a mother who seems to be a slug and talks like a Jewish mother joke 
2
Strange Magic
Rafer Guzman
A noxious cauldron of ingredients that shouldn t have been mixed fairies Shakespeare and classic rock 
1
Strange Magic
Lou Lumenick
A jaw droppingly terrible animated musical that mismatches George Lucas inane story about a pair of fairy princesses to an oddball selection of the Star Wars creator s favorite pop tunes 
1
Strange Magic
Michael Ordoña
The plot movement feels very much like an unpleasant formality shoved forward by tiresome devices 
1
Strange Magic
Claudia Puig
Strange Magic is strange all right but hardly magical 
2
Strange Magic
Ed Gonzalez
As juvenile and frivolous a wish fulfillment fantasy as one might expect from the visionary behind the lightsaber and Princess Leia hogtied to Jabba the Hut 
.5
Oxygen
Michael Dequina
Tierney definitely has what it takes to carry a film it s unfortunate that this vehicle doesn t give her much of substance to carry 
2
Oxygen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Writer director Richard Shepard manages a skilled brilliantly acted thriller with plenty of genuine suspense and fresh ideas 
3
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
Elizabeth Weitzman
You ll be wondering why you re sitting passively in a darkened theater rather than scaling a cliff or rafting down a river 
3
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
V.A. Musetto
By the time the closing credits roll you ll be ready to run out and hug a tree 
3
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
Ed Gonzalez
Comes to resemble a taxing and impersonal homework assignment 
2
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
Ted Fry
Hauntingly beautiful 
3
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
Walter V. Addiego
Makes a good argument that Brower s story and the history of the 20th century environmental activism are synonymous 
3
Garrincha: Lonely Star
Marta Barber
What a shame such a rich and tumultuous life gets such poor treatment 
1
Enlightenment Guaranteed
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes movies transcend their descriptions Who would want to see a German film about a couple of brothers heading for Japan to visit a Zen monastery 
3.5
Enlightenment Guaranteed
Elias Savada
You ll be every bit as satisfied for savoring its comic wit subtle story and fine cast 
3
Shaft
Judith Egerton
Samuel L Jackson who broke out of the pack in Pulp Fiction fits the role and his leather Armani coat as though it s tailor made He s the man and we can dig it 
2.5
Shaft
Jon Niccum
Despite a fairly intriguing first hour that captures the original film s leisurely pace and street smart mood what finally conks Shaft s afro is a third act that lacks a compelling forward moving plot 
2
Shaft
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jackson strives mightily to unify the story but the job is too much for him Once again a studio action movie went before the camera before the script was ready 
2
Shaft
Roger Ebert
Is this a good movie Not exactly too much of it is on automatic pilot as it must be to satisfy the fans of the original Shaft 
2.5
Shaft
James Berardinelli
Singleton shows enough in Shaft to indicate he can make this kind of motion picture 
2.5
Shaft
Shay Casey
What really matters is that the new John Shaft stands as a fine example of how to be a cool action hero As for his movie it s cool too 
3
Shaft
Mick LaSalle
The surprise is that the movie doesn t just rely on Jackson Shaft has everything 
3
Shaft
Tor Thorsen
Shaft is a return to form for Singleton who hasn t made a worthwhile film since 1991 s Boyz N the Hood 
2.5
Shaft
Ian Mantgani
Enjoyable on the level of cartoon silliness 
3
Shaft
Susan Stark
Sleek urgent knowing gleefully profane and above all ultra cool Shaft blows into the summer movie season like a breath of fresh air 
3
Shaft
Rob Blackwelder
While the new Shaft may be far more forgettable than its namesake the flick has soul brother And when we re talkin bout Shaft that s what counts 
2.5
Shaft
Michael Dequina
The energy level and smooth attitude distinguishes it from standard crime thrillers 
3
Shaft
Ross Anthony
Very well made for the most part with only one or two silly plot progressions 
2.5
Shaft
Mike Clark
Shaft pushes our buttons which means it s something that has been next to unheard of this year reasonably rousing screen entertainment 
3
Shaft
Robert Nuñez
We finally have a summer action film built on sharp dialogue vivid characters and genuine adrenaline rushes 
4
Shaft
Dustin Putman
As an in the moment popcorn entertainment it works wonders 
2.5
No Future
Peter Sobczynski
A fairly smart and realistic depiction of two people consumed by grief guilt and loss and the misguided ways by which they attempt to come to terms with those feelings 
3
No Future
Rania Richardson
NO FUTURE is a penetrating drama that wears its emotions on its sleeve to highlight the damaging effects of addiction 
2.5
Detour
Jason Buchanan
A deeply immersive exercise in low budget suspense from start to finish 
2.5
Detour
Farran Smith Nehme
Detour does a fine job of giving drivers yet another reason to stress out but that anxiety doesn t extend to its hero s fate 
2
Detour
Roger Moore
A buried alive picture that puts you in there trying to reason your way out with our hero 
2.5
Detour
Mike McGranaghan
In spite of a few significant flaws Detour builds to a conclusion that sends you out the door shaken and thankful to see light 
2.5
Detour
Alan Jones
In comparison to its superior predecessors Detour s redemption plot feels banal and slight 
2
Europa
James Kendrick
For all its technical and aesthetic brilliance 44 Europa remains a rather cold and distant film 44 one that is easy to appreciate 44 but difficult to love 46 
3
Europa
Matt Brunson
Everything comes together beautifully 46 
3.5
Europa
Jay Antani
Beautiful brilliant hallucinatory filmmaking
4
Europa
Bill Weber
The German moral tragedy of the Nazi era is obscured by the movie s ostentatious arsenal of tricks and toys 
2.5
Europa
Roger Ebert
The narrative is told in a deliberately disjointed style by the film s Danish director Lars Von Trier whose strength is in the film s astonishing visuals 
3
Lolo
Chris Knight
The scattershot humour leads to an inconsistent tone and a bit of confusion for the audience 
2
Lolo
Peter Howell
Lolo happily takes the rom com road less travelled the one marked Danger 
3
Lolo
Vanessa H. Larson
Delpy s portrayal high strung neurotic prone to mild hysterics is so reminiscent of some of the actress s previous roles that it s hard to forget that you re watching Delpy not Violette 
2
Lolo
Glenn Kenny
For all of its non commonplace perspectives the movie finally feels a bit thin 
2.5
Lolo
Katie Walsh
Delpy brings an unflinching perspective to the realities of balancing new love and motherhood even while playing it for laughs 
3
Lolo
Sara Stewart
Eventually you may start to wonder is this a comedy or a stealth horror movie Not to worry even the most extreme punishments are softened by hilariously neurotic dialogue 
3
Lolo
Roger Moore
Over familiarity with the set up sucks the laughs right out of Julie Delpy s attempted French farce 
2
Lolo
Chuck Bowen
A curiously unsentimental director of romantic comedies Julie Delpy sees romance for the work that it primarily is 
2.5
Lolo
David Nusair
An almost excessively familiar romantic comedy 
2
Batallas Íntimas
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Violence against women appears as a perverse epidemic Full review in Spanish 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
David Reddish
Director Tim Burton does take an iconoclastic approach to the material here is a musical where characters whisper rather than belting to the back row Burtons approach while unusual by musical standards is precisely what makes the movie work 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mattie Lucas
A brilliant mix of beauty and horror shot in near monochromatic tones by cinematographer Dariusz Wolski and deftly blended and juxtaposed by Burton 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Namrata Joshi
It keeps getting bloodier by the scene yet remains curiously engaging 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
David Keyes
Revenge stories don t get a pass just because they are about revenge If there is a genuine meaning to the legend of Benjamin Barker and what he must go through poor Tim Burton is no closer to understanding it than his predecessors were 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Scott Nash
Burton s vision of a dark and smoggy nineteenth century London with muted colors is perfect for the music and the story 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sean O'Connell
In all honesty neither Depp nor Carter possess stage quality voices Instead both muster emotional performances that sell the parts without selling the music 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rossiter Drake
The movie belongs to Depp and Bonham Carter who dance slowly and seductively against the backdrop of Burton s London until it s time to paint the town red 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Christian Toto
We all knew Johnny Depp could act The brilliantly imagined Sweeney Todd shows he can sing too 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Wesley Lovell
Tim Burton takes his trademarks and destroys one of theater s great musicals 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael A. Smith
One of the years best films musical or otherwise 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Emily Blunt
Did I mention lately how very much I love Tim Burton s brain Few could have taken would have dared to take a musical stage play of this depth and managed to make it into such a beautiful film Burton and his gang have though Read On 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Vince Koehler
One word sums this up Bravo 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Gina Carbone
If only Johnny Depp had made his Willy Wonka this disturbingly attractive 
3.25
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Erik Childress
Should have been a standing triple for Burton to hit off the wall instead of hitting it head on until the guignol nature became less than grand 
2.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sean P. Means
What the movie version of Sweeney Todd preserves best is the corrosive power of Todd s revenge and the intricate rhymes of Sondheim s lyrics 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Wirt
A wickedly entertaining blood feast 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Beifuss
A movie musical for people who don t like musicals in the way that for example Kenneth Branagh s Frankenstein was a horror movie for people who don t like horror movies 
2.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Eric Melin
It s like Dario Argento blood just spurting everywhere 
2.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jeffrey Westhoff
The most elegant slasher movie ever made 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Claudia Puig
Mesmerizing and highly entertaining 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Maitland McDonagh
Tim Burton s grand guignol fantasy transforms Stephen Sondheim s 1979 musical theater piece into a cheerfully gothic morality tale 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Geoff Pevere
It s easily Burton s best since well ever 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Chris Hewitt
I m a tough audience for Sweeney Todd since I ve probably played the original cast album a thousand times but even I think it s worth your time 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Steven Winn
Stylized but spasmodic this Sweeney seems more interested in distancing than captivating an audience 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Carla Meyer
It s Sondheim s gorgeously dissonate score that makes the greatest impact The lush strings and emphatic horns can t help but lift the spirit even as they chill the bones 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Michelle Fetters
A symphony of blood bravura butchery barbarity and beauty this film could quite possibly be the musical event of the year 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jack Mathews
Depp may not be a trained singer but his voice is more than passable and his presence his Sweeney is Edward Scissorhands gone bad is perfect 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Duane Dudek
Visually expansive and imaginative 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rene Rodriguez
The wait for a good Tim Burton movie is finally over 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Robert W. Butler
A great film a landmark in musical cinema and the best movie of 2007 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Liam Lacey
Sondheim s original musical was already a mad synthesis of Jacobean shock Brechtian irony and Dickensian pathos to which Burton s lush visuals add another layer of aesthetic distance The overall effect is somewhere between melodrama and camp 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Kyle MacMillan
No sentiment goes unbloodied in Burton s exuberantly dark Sweeney Todd 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rob Thomas
There s something about the 1979 Stephen Sondheim musical that awakened something audacious and inspired in Burton sparking him to make his best film since Ed Wood 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Roger Ebert
It combines some of Tim Burton s favorite elements The fantastic the ghoulish the bizarre the unspeakable the romantic and in Johnny Depp he has an actor he has worked with since Edward Scissorhands and finds a perfect instrument 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lawrence Toppman
This isn t a movie for lovers of Sondheim s grimly funny musical as most of the jokes fall flat in this joyless version It s a movie for people who d like to hear Depp do another British accent and wear a Bride of Frankenstein wig 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ty Burr
A conceptual masterstroke Sweeney always wanted to be a revenger s tragedy to make us recoil in fright Now it is Merry Christmas 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brett McCracken
Touches on Dostoevskian notions of playing God and purging the world of its lowlife rabble and at times Todd seems something of a proletariat hero exacting class reparations by night and knife 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Carrie Rickey
Sweeney Todd is a wonder to behold but only those with Burton s acquired tastes would want to sample a pie overstuffed with such joylessness 
2.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Willie Waffle
the perfect movie this holiday for anyone sick of jingle bells and angels getting their wings 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Daniel M. Kimmel
It works as a big screen version of one of the great achievements of the musical stage as a dark and scary horror film and as Tim Burton s finest film in over a decade 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bob Bloom
Delightfully gruesome it is laced with morbid humor and yet a sense of tragedy and loss weighs heavily upon it 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mark Dujsik
The material a Gothic yarn of bloody revenge seems specially suited for the macabre hand of Tim Burton but alas such is not the case 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m not sure Tim Burton s Sweeney Todd works very well as a musical but it s one hell of a movie 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Walter Chaw
Burton has made some great pictures Sweeney Todd is the culmination of them 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jeff Vice
Those with strong stomachs will find this darkly comic piece is not just a bloody mess Instead it s bloody good fun 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Steve Rhodes
Singers that can t sing repetitive tunes that aren t the least bit memorable and a director more in love with his macabre settings than with the story or the songs sure make for one long night at the movies 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Phillips
Director Tim Burton has found the right look and more crucially the right scale for his film version of the grandiose 1979 Broadway musical thriller 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dustin Putman
It is rare for a film to achieve a feeling of unequivocal breathtaking transcendence but Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street does just that 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Peter Canavese
What a pleasure it is then to report that Burton s version tends more to the abattoir than the amusement park 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jan Stuart
Abetted by Wolski s swooping receding camera and Jonathan Tunick s propulsive orchestrations Burton makes this as fluid and dynamic as any screen ride this year musical or otherwise 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Monaghan
One of the most memorable films of the year 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Phil Villarreal
You ll be twisted manipulated and repulsed but always entertained You might also find yourself uttering God That s Good 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Josh Larsen
Turns out Sweeney Todd needed Tim Burton more than Tim Burton needed Sweeney Todd 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Matt Brunson
Depp and Bonham Carter provide this rousing musical with the emotional heft necessary to prevent it from merely becoming an exercise in Gothic chic 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
James Berardinelli
In the end the real problem with the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is that he s not as bloody fun as he should be 
2.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sean McBride
Despite the weak vocal work the film does nevertheless border on brilliance and seems to be a shoo in for an Academy Award nomination 
3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Kyle Smith
Tell me is it good Sir it s too good at least It s mighty entertainment that makes you feel sorry for the poor saps in the next theater at the multiplex 
3.5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jeanne Aufmuth
Revenge is a dish best served cold exactly how I was left after watching Helena Bonham Carter butcher a cheeky star turn in Tim Burton s cutthroat musical 
2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Robert Keser
Keeping every performer on point Burton draws the strongly structured material together to produce a black comedy and still blacker tragedy surging with jugular urgency It haunts the mind for days 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jules Brenner
This Sweeney Todd blasts audaciously away with all the forces and resources of cinematic realization in a smashing production 
4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Peter Travers
Sweeney Todd is a thriller diller from start to finish scary monstrously funny and melodically thrilling And Depp is simply stupendous 
3.5
Chasing October: A Fan's Crusade
Dave Hoekstra
Worth seeing even if you re not a baseball fan since Chasing October is about the ties that bind as well as those that can break 
3
Chasing October: A Fan's Crusade
Erik Childress
Chasing October is not the all encompassing document on the Cubs that I m sure even Matt Liston would love to see someday But it is another chapter in the book racking up more disasters than the Old Testament 
3
Chasing October: A Fan's Crusade
Michael Wilmington
Chasing October is probably a movie only a diehard Cubs fan could love 
2
Caramel
Mattie Lucas
Utterly inconsequential but completely lovely and is a strong first film for Labaki as a director 
3
Caramel
Philippa Hawker
Labaki who co wrote the film and also stars maintains a knowing comic tone throughout 
3.5
Caramel
Phil Villarreal
A 34 year old music video director Labaki shows promise with a smooth artistic eye although she succumbs to the Mel Gibson like tendency to give herself the most closeups 
2.5
Caramel
Chris Hewitt
It s smart funny and of course sweet 
3
Caramel
Craig Outhier
Wistful tale of friendship and solidarity 
3
Caramel
John Beifuss
A formulaic sisters are doing it for themselves and doing each other s hair ensemble drama in the manner of Beauty Shop elevated by the novelty of its Lebanese locations and Arabic cast 
2
Caramel
Robert W. Butler
Labaki is so enchanting you ll find yourself looking forward to her next appearance 
3
Caramel
Bill Stamets
Perceptive and poignant Caramel observes the love lives of the establishment s owner her employees and their customers 
3
Caramel
Tasha Robinson
There s a pleasant easygoing charm to Caramel largely stemming from Labaki s rare determination to depict Beirut as something other than a war torn slowly recovering battleground 
2.5
Caramel
Joe Leydon
Its chief focus is the bonding between women who rely on each for support and who really appreciate a place where they can let down their hair 
2.5
Caramel
Larry Ratliff
I like the way Nadine Labaki brings character depth to everyone in her sizable ensemble 
3
Caramel
Susan Walker
Writer Director Labaki writes and directs with a sure hand for capturing universal truths 
3
Caramel
Liam Lacey
As sugary as it may be Caramel has a likeable edge to it both in the natural performances of the mostly non professional cast and the script s sardonic bluntness about social hypocrisies and the women s self deception 
2.5
Caramel
Marjorie Baumgarten
A delectable slice of life whose flavors are rarely available on these Western shores 
3
Caramel
Ty Burr
In a culture where female sexuality is problematic at best how is a woman supposed to feed both body and heart Through makeovers support and necessary lies Caramel curtly answers 
3
Caramel
Ryan Stewart
The penetrating musical score with its memorable shadings of emotional danger the snappy and confident pacing and the emergence of 33 year old Labaki as an international talent to watch all combine to make the film satisfying confection 
3
Caramel
Claudia Puig
A sweeter and more believable version of Steel Magnolias Middle Eastern style 
3
Caramel
Ken Fox
A brisk dramatic comedy that combines melodrama humor and social critique in equal measure 
3.5
Caramel
Walter V. Addiego
Well made and modestly enjoyable seriocomedy 
3
Caramel
Stephen Whitty
As tart and tantalizing as that little pot of caramel already bubbling on the stove just waiting to bring delight or quick stabbing pain 
3
Caramel
V.A. Musetto
Uneven fluctuating between poignancy and fluff 
2
Caramel
Steven D. Greydanus
A gooey insubstantial confection often sweet occasionally cloying sometimes sticky in many respects about on a par with the likes of Beauty Shop 
3
Caramel
Steven Rea
Set in a culture caught between East and West between male chauvinism and female empowerment Labaki s movie isn t about to revolutionize a genre its charms are modest but many 
3
Caramel
James Berardinelli
It s refreshing for a romantic comedy not to follow the formula by rote I only wish I could be as enthusiastic about the amount of screen time accorded to certain characters who are more tedious than endearing 
2.5
Caramel
Jan Stuart
A film of abundant heart and exquisite faces 
3
Caramel
Nick Schager
There s a trenchant cultural critique lurking beneath its occasionally cloying melodrama 
2.5
Caramel
David Nusair
a tedious virtually interminable effort 
1
The Mighty Macs
Roger Moore
Plucky
2.5
The Mighty Macs
David Nusair
a well intentioned and consistently earnest endeavor that is unfortunately completely underwhelming almost from start to finish 
2
The Mighty Macs
Lori Hoffman
A by the numbers underdog sports movie but as a female athlete who benefited from the national attention that team brought to female athletes I embrace this feel good story 
2.5
The Mighty Macs
Carolyn Arends
It s a shame that a movie that should have been a slam dunk feels more like a missed shot from the free throw line 
2
The Mighty Macs
Willie Waffle
It s Hoosiers in high heels with a splash of holy water It s hard not to get sucked into the underdog story
2
The Mighty Macs
Joe Williams
Without resorting to any trick plays The Mighty Macs is the equivalent of high top Converse All Stars timeless and effective but perhaps not flashy enough for the kids at the mall 
2.5
The Mighty Macs
Kyle Smith
The blandly inspirational sports flick The Mighty Macs is warm spirited but all too obvious even as the charms of its lead performer Carla Gugino help sell this familiar story 
2
The Mighty Macs
Mark Dujsik
We know this kind of material can work but The Mighty Macs seems to toil to ensure that it does not 
1.5
The Mighty Macs
Mick LaSalle
Sports movies live and die by what takes place on the court or in the field and this one feels rather rote 
2
The Mighty Macs
Chris Hewitt
It is no accident that The Mighty Macs sounds a lot like The Mighty Ducks It s basically an adult female Ducks 
2
The Mighty Macs
Carrie Rickey
Pleasing rather than rousing informational rather than inspirational Macs is more of a sit in the bleachers and clap than a stand up and cheer affair 
2.5
The Mighty Macs
Ty Burr
The Mighty Macs sticks so closely to the underdog sports movie playbook that it s practically generic 
2
The Mighty Macs
Stephanie Merry
Stop me if you ve heard this one A hapless obscure underdog team overcomes countless disadvantages to become undisputed champions 
1.5
The Mighty Macs
Matt Pais
Trying desperately to be a Stand up and cheer movie the film s reactions will more commonly be Stand up and walk calmly out of the theater 
2
The Mighty Macs
Michael Phillips
A low budget high fructose but generally effective rouser 
2.5
The Mighty Macs
Roger Ebert
There is nothing to complain about except the film s deadening predictability and the bland shallow characters 
2
The Mighty Macs
Peter Keough
Macs runs the same plays too often and fouls out 
2
The Mighty Macs
R. Kurt Osenlund
Across the board Tim Chambers seems ignorant of what he s delivering from the arc of his story to his choice of shot 
.5
The Mighty Macs
Kam Williams
A touching tale of female empowerment serving as a worthwhile reminder that girls weren t always encouraged to play sports 
3
The Mighty Macs
Roger Moore
This tiny Catholic school for women dominated the sport at a turning point in history and this plucky old fashioned sports drama sets the scene and tells the tale with a lot of heart and a dash of wit 
2.5
Only You
Tom Keogh
This 2015 Chinese remake about real and perceived destinies mostly challenges one s patience 
1.5
Only You
Chris Knight
What the new film lacks in chemistry it tries to make up for in geography 
2
How to Cook Your Life
Chris Hewitt
What makes her film fascinating is the idea that this calm centered man may be about to lose his grip 
2.5
How to Cook Your Life
Marty Mapes
A tasty dish but you ll be hungry again in an hour
3
How to Cook Your Life
Elizabeth Weitzman
If you enjoy time spent in the kitchen you may find some surprising enlightenment in Brown s observations 
2.5
How to Cook Your Life
Maitland McDonagh
Doris Dorrie s loving portrait of Buddhist priest and chef Edward Espe Brown showcases his message that paying attention to the mundane processes of food production preparation and consumption can be a gateway to larger spiritual revelations 
2.5
How to Cook Your Life
V.A. Musetto
Well intentioned but lethargic 
2
How to Cook Your Life
Walter V. Addiego
The film is directed with humor and a sense of openness that is quite Zen like 
3
How to Cook Your Life
Nick Schager
Gentle preaching is still preaching 
2
Love & Friendship
Brian Eggert
The filmmaker s dry humor and subtle but cutting dialogue finds a perfect showcase in Love Friendship creating an unlikely association between himself and the source materials author Jane Austen 
4
Love & Friendship
Lisa Jensen
Filmmaker Whit Stillman has learned some of the Jane Austen s wit and subtlety while tossing out the vapid whining that so often mars his modern films 
3
Love & Friendship
Josh Larsen
I ve seen Austen adaptations that are more romantic but few that are so hilarious 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Sara Michelle Fetters
Love Friendship is magnificent and anyone saying otherwise is in my eyes one gouty attack away from objectionable ignominy 
4
Love & Friendship
Sonny Bunch
Wry and witty Love Friendship is one of the funniest films of the year a costume comedy for the ages 
3.5
Love & Friendship
David N. Butterworth
Alas there s nobody to root for in any of this you feel manipulated by Lady Susan sorry for Frederica irritated by Reginald and embarrassed by Sir James 
2
Love & Friendship
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The literary cinematic marriage between Stillman and Austen is bracingly appropriate 
3.5
Love & Friendship
John Beifuss
A more fortunate marriage than any suggested in its narrative Stillman s first period piece makes a perfect match of Austen s timeless comedy and the director s lapidary mise en scene 
4
Love & Friendship
Mal Vincent
Love Friendship is about little or nothing yet it exposes to our rushed lives the joys of an era in which people actually talked to each other not to machines As a comedy of manners it delightfully skewers its polite society 
4
Love & Friendship
John Serba
An effervescent work acute in its comedy a tonal nudge in the ribs with a slight but perceptible vein of wry cynicism 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Linda Cook
Calling all Jane Austen fans Love Friendship is a don t miss 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Chris Knight
This is a sterling comic role for Beckinsale and her timing is split second perfection 
4
Love & Friendship
Josh Terry
Whit Stillman skillfully weaves the threads of a story that is more witty than audiences might expect 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Robert Horton
Any doubts that Jane Austen s novels and Hollywood s screwball comedies are close cousins is erased by Love Friendship a dryly delightful experience 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Nathalie Atkinson
Adapted with great warmth and wit 
4
Love & Friendship
Sean P. Means
The movie is a perfect showcase for Beckinsale who tears through Austen s verbiage as thoroughly as her character devours any male in her presence 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Michael Smith
Love Friendship is Jane Austen s world at its most devilishly delightful with Kate Beckinsale giving the performance of her career as a woman who is a schemer a fortune hunter a silver tongued devil 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Jeff Simon
Stillman is a good humored jester all through the film He s front and center giggling to himself like a barkeeper in the Kingdom of Heaven 
3
Love & Friendship
Calvin Wilson
A delightful comic romp that fans of the classic English author will love 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Moira MacDonald
It s self consciously mannered and merrily playful a mixture that Austen herself might find just right 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Connie Ogle
The love part of Love Friendship is played for laughs love in this era among such people is a business arrangement not a romantic match 
3
Love & Friendship
Chris Hewitt
Love Friendship is hilarious maybe the funniest movie of the year and that it s classic Austen featuring a sarcastic heroine who thinks she knows what s best for everyone and who probably is right 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Richard Roeper
Love Friendship has the air of one of those movies where you sense the actors had the time of their lives on the set what with getting to wear the garb of the time and reciting such sublime dialogue and performing such exquisitely choreographed scenes 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Anders Wright
It s a movie that is not just an achievement in its own right but the sort that makes one reconsider all of Stillman s previous films 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Ty Burr
Love Friendship is a film to make an action fan tear his or her hair out it s all walking and talking But what talking 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Ann Hornaday
As adaptations go this is a match made in heaven 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Michael Phillips
It s securely in its proper time and place but this is an unusual side of Austen cooler and more nakedly cunning It feels very modern indeed 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Mick LaSalle
What a lovely meeting a novelist who was ahead of her time and a filmmaker determinedly irretrievably outside his own It s like two very different people meeting on a blind date and suddenly sparks are flying 
3
Love & Friendship
Karen D'Souza
An intelligent actress too often wasted in butt numbing action movies Beckinsale is endlessly captivating as a formidable woman low on funds but high on manipulative genius 
2.5
Love & Friendship
Katie Walsh
Immensely charming and laugh out loud funny 
4
Love & Friendship
Matt Zoller Seitz
Austen isms walk shoulder to shoulder with Stillman isms so gracefully that it takes a moment to realize which author is likely speaking through these characters 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Farran Smith Nehme
The sharpest least sentimental and possibly the best version of Austen yet 
4
Love & Friendship
Peter Travers
The language a lyrical blend of Jane Austen and Whit Stillman bewitches even as it stings A sublime Kate Beckinsale digs into the role of her career Pure pleasure 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Rex Reed
Love Friendship gives off a lovely restrained glow at a time in films when almost everything else has the subtlety of headlights 
3
Love & Friendship
Jake Cole
No Austen adaptation even the most revisionist ones has ever felt as vicious as Whit Stillman s Love Friendship 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Rob Thomas
The stuffiness of the environment with the beautiful mansions and elegant gowns seems to have prodded Stillman to be even more playful than usual here 
3.5
Love & Friendship
Peter Howell
Whit Stillman and Jane Austen are a match made in comedy rapture 
3.5
Grumpier Old Men
Roger Ebert
This is of course a big screen sitcom and in fact I would love to see this material transplanted to the TV screen where it belongs 
2
Grumpier Old Men
Susan Wloszczyna
A wheezier replay of the 1993 hit geezer romp Grumpy Old Men 
2
A Patch of Blue
Matt Brunson
An enormously moving drama featuring a remarkable debut by 21 year old Elizabeth Hartman 
3.5
A Patch of Blue
Wesley Lovell
A wonderful twist on the adage that love is blind 
4
Hunting Elephants
Linda Barnard
Occasionally Hunting Elephants lumbers in sentimental directions which hardly square with its Benny Hill style sensibilities 
2
Hunting Elephants
Dann Gire
Decorated with whippy one liners Hunting Elephants gets mired in old fashioned vaudevillian leering 
2
Hunting Elephants
Leba Hertz
A little gem 
4
Hunting Elephants
Roger Moore
A few laughs mostly provided by Patrick Stewart An edgy Israeli comedy that plays it too safe 
2
A Beautiful Now
Keith Watson
Writer director Daniela Amavia fails to link the lives of her characters to any deeper sense of meaning 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Brian Eggert
With obvious ambitions of becoming a new generation 8217 s The Princess Bride 44 this outdated material gives us no reason to deviate from Disney 8217 s 1937 classic as the go to version of Grimm 8217 s fairy tale 46 
1
Mirror Mirror
Mattie Lucas
Tarsem brings his usual visual flair to the film marked by the late great Eiko Ishioka s fabulous costumes But beyond its considerable production values there isn t really much going on 
2
Mirror Mirror
Kelly Jane Torrance
And so Mirror Mirror tells a slightly didactic narrative about a strong and capable young woman who still cooks and cleans for dwarves though in between learning the art of war from them 
2
Mirror Mirror
Josh Larsen
Credit director Tarsem Singh with the flickers of originality you ll find 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Jeff Beck
While it may not be as memorable as his other good projects Singh has delivered a film that should delight audiences of all ages because of the timelessness of the story and the spin the writers have put on it 
3
Mirror Mirror
Eric Melin
The tone is campy and fun although Roberts is better with the lighthearted dark comedy side of her role Still the script is light and witty poking a lot of fun at itself and the visual artistry is absolutely gorgeous to look at 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Wesley Lovell
A sweet and endearing take on the Snow White story buoyed by solid performances with one exception Julia Roberts 
3
Mirror Mirror
Linda Cook
An odd but beautiful interpretation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Mirror Mirror will leave some viewers enchanted and others scratching their heads 
3
Mirror Mirror
David Nusair
a passable bit of kid friendly entertainment 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Sara Michelle Fetters
Tarsem directs as confidently as ever and while the movie isn t quite the magical ride it potentially could have been to say I left the theatre feeling fairly happily ever after wouldn t be too far off the mark 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Michael Dequina
Such light comedy is right in the Julia Roberts wheelhouse and she clearly relishes the chance to flex her proven timing while inhabiting a villainous character 
3
Mirror Mirror
John Beifuss
The sets and especially the costumes delight the eye even if the action they are meant to support is rather static 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Singh famous for directing music videos and creating striking and glitzy shots is not particularly good at moving the tale forward 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Peter Keough
Singh indulges his unwholesome weirdness with a kind of innocence but only in the closing Bollywood number does his folly take flight 
0.5
Mirror Mirror
Scott Nash
The children in the audience seemed to enjoy it and as they seem to be the intended audience then on that level at least it succeeded 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Matt Brunson
This dull trifle forced me to co opt the names Sleepy and Grumpy for the duration of its running time 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Alison Gang
A cartoonish nonsensical mishmash that falls somewhere between a Saturday morning cartoon and the Three Stooges 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Sean P. Means
Mirror Mirror has neither the satiric wit of The Princess Bride nor the campy cuteness of Ella Enchanted but it has its moments 
2
Mirror Mirror
Peter Travers
Who wants to see a fairy tale that weighs a ton Mirror Mirror reflects badly on everyone involved 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Peter Canavese
By toning down his excesses for a mass audience of largely children the self billed Tarsem hits his sweet spot serving up lavish sets and costumes to create a fantasy world that doesn t make us want to scratch our eyeballs out 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Linda Barnard
This rambling version of Snow White s tale is a pretty spun sugar confection airy as a plate of Easter egg coloured macarons and similarly devoid of substance 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Gary Thompson
The cast is very game Hammer and Roberts have the right attitude and Collins makes a pretty Snow White 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Stephen Whitty
The dwarves provide wonderful fun Singh s visuals have true magic and Alan Menken s score is charming 
3
Mirror Mirror
Robert Levin
You fidget and squirm watching with absolute disinterest that morphs into total disgust I can t remember the last time I felt so detached from a movie 
1
Mirror Mirror
Lawrence Toppman
Julia Roberts archly evil queen remains as jaw droppingly dull as her costumes are jaw droppingly gaudy Watching her we can only wonder what Glenn Close or Meryl Streep might have done in this role 15 years ago 
2
Mirror Mirror
Mick LaSalle
All we get are scattered bits of cleverness some hit and some miss 
2
Mirror Mirror
Rick Groen
When the dust settles all that s left are a few motes of lame comedy atop a few million bucks worth of overdressed sets Call me Grumpy but this seems less an adaptation than a random assault 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Kyle Smith
The screenwriters of this attempt to do a hip comedic take on the legend were licked by Page 5 Why did they keep going 
0
Mirror Mirror
Sandie Angulo Chen
As Snow White actress Lily Collins is a washout 
2
Mirror Mirror
Mark Dujsik
Even Tarsem s visual flair in Mirror Mirror becomes commonplace as the movie plummets into the realm of the insufferable 
1
Mirror Mirror
Dustin Putman
The advertising and marketing teams at Relativity Media responsible for creating the trailers and TV spots for Mirror Mirror should be fired at once This is pretty close to a splendid retelling of a timeless classic 
3
Mirror Mirror
Claudia Puig
Singh brings cheeky humor an eccentric sensibility and an enchanting look to his re imagined tale 
3
Mirror Mirror
Jon Niccum
The actors are caught somewhere in the middle of this quirky unsatisfying film a fractured fairy tale that alternates between amusing and infuriating with each new scene 
2
Mirror Mirror
Ty Burr
Mirror Mirror is just a limp jokey family film that wants to have its fairy tale magic and its hip irony too 
2
Mirror Mirror
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the overriding problem with Mirror Mirror is that it mines territory so overworked that there s nothing new or valuable to be found 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Moira MacDonald
Yes Tarsem Singh s goofy take on the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves fairy tale looks the part pity the characters had to open their mouths 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
R. Kurt Osenlund
Like Rodgers and Hammerstein s Cinderella with just a dash of Lars von Trier s Dogville Tarsem Singh s rendering of this revisionist fairy tale is less cinematic than it is purposefully theatrical 
2
Mirror Mirror
Christy Lemire
The dialogue and the action are for the most part rather dull and weirdly devoid of energy 
2
Mirror Mirror
Roger Moore
Not since Francis Ford Coppola slapped his daughter Sofia into Godfather III have we seen a lead performance this dull whispered and charisma free 
2
Mirror Mirror
Matt Pais
As enchanting as an insurance commercial Mirror Mirror is an ugly movie about the importance of beauty 
1.5
Mirror Mirror
Roger Ebert
The dialogue is rather flat the movie sort of boring and there s not much energy in the two places it should really be felt Between the Queen and Snow White and between Snow and the Prince 
2.5
Mirror Mirror
Kam Williams
An enchanting update of a much beloved classic guaranteed to delight kids of any age 
4
The Killing Fields
Matt Brunson
One of the great films from what proved to be a great year for cinema The Killing Fields hasn t lost any of its power over the ensuing 30 years 
4
The Killing Fields
Roger Ebert
The best moments are the human ones the conversations the exchanges of trust the waiting around the sudden fear the quick bursts of violence the desperation 
4
The Killing Fields
James Kendrick
a powerful portrait of how the atrocities of a world gone crazy tested the friendship and loyalty of two men
4
Big Business
Matt Brunson
Underrated farce Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin are terrific 
3
Big Business
David Nusair
Filmmaker Abrahams delivers a fairly forgettable comedy that boasts little in the way of memorable sequences or even overt laughs 
2
Big Business
David Keyes
an oddity of incessant proportions a comedy with few laughs but many unwarranted chuckles which lives and dies on the notion its silly premise will at least be vague enough to provide its actors with great opportunities to improvise 
2.5
Big Business
Roger Ebert
People running into each other can be funny but when they just miss what are we supposed to do Slap our knees and say Lord a mighty they dern near ran into each other and wouldn t that have been funny 
2
Enemies Closer
Matt Zoller Seitz
Van Damme s English is less intelligible than usual and his line readings are sluggish in places Improbably enough this adds to the performance 
2.5
Enemies Closer
Ed Gonzalez
JCVD may not say it best but he does say it aptly when his manically cartoonish baddie caps one murder with the assertion that shit happens 
.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Brian Eggert
There 8217 s nothing about this family friendly movie that 8217 s outrageously offensive 44 but there 8217 s nothing about it that 8217 s particularly interesting 44 well executed 44 or inventively conceived either 46 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
David Nusair
entertaining yet chintzy 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Jeff Beck
Journey 2 The Mysterious Island is light airy family entertainment that actually ends up being too light and airy 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Eric Melin
It s a harmless lighthearted film with wooden acting a nice message about accepting your parents whoever they are and again lots of ridiculous CGI 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Mike McGranaghan
The whole movie has such an air of giddy adventure that I had a good time with it Journey 2 The Mysterious Island is charming in spite of its imperfections 
3
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Roger Moore
Amusingly childish 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
John Beifuss
Silly colorful harmless and fun 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Linda Cook
It lost me at the bees Journey 2 The Mysterious Island is kinda sorta based on the writings of Jules Verne in a similar vein as its predecessor Journey to the Center of the Earth 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s very little Verne left in this adaptation and the nebulous way they connect him to Jonathan Swift and Robert Louis Stevenson is tenuous to say the least 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Peter Keough
Family values trump suspense fun and of course mystery 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Rafer Guzman
Offers giant rocks clearly made of Styrofoam and Dwayne Johnson who fits the same description 
0.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Stephen Whitty
I swear some of the giant Day Glo vegetation had Property of Lost in Space stamped on it 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Stephen Cole
The Mysterious Island is everything a 12 year old boy could want endless adventure involving a reckless adolescent hero with a pretty girl in a clinging T shirt around to watch him struggle 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Lou Lumenick
You know we re in serious trouble when even old pros such as Michael Caine and Luis Guzman can t do anything with the uninspired and unfunny script 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
John DeFore
Sincerely tries to pay homage to the likes of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson but is too contaminated by today s tame sensibilities to make it fly 
1
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Bruce DeMara
A wretched shipwreck of a film that will appeal only to young minds of the most limited discernment and imagination 
1
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Burl Burlingame
Hey it moves right along It rockets on a certain goofy bliss Never mind the filmmakers have clearly never read the original Verne Stevenson Swift books beyond cover blurbs
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Dustin Putman
A mild improvement over the already out dated original even as it still doesn t quite warrant a recommendation 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Connie Ogle
Journey 2 The Mysterious Island makes a nice case to your kids that reading books is a good idea 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Claudia Puig
Don t expect anything resembling believability but enjoy the blend of strikingly colorful visuals and banter between odd couple Johnson and Caine which combine for a mild escapist treat 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Amy Biancolli
A brainless 3 D sequel to 2008 s brainless 3 D Journey to the Center of the Earth 
1
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Graham Killeen
The sequel to 2008 s Journey to the Center of the Earth isn t a movie so much as an amusement park ride without the park Or much grown up amusement 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Jon Niccum
Although lacking in the previous version s creaky charm the new Journey 2 The Mysterious Island is an agreeable family friendly adventure that benefits from an appealing cast 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Wesley Morris
Even by the unambitious standards of some children s movies and many movies that star Caine this one has a difficult time making a case for itself as anything other than an adventure in baby sitting 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Chris Hewitt
A swift somewhat bland adventure aimed at young moviegoers 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you re around nine years old you re going to think this is very cool Teenagers and adults should look elsewhere 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Matt Pais
A franchise somehow gets more mediocre without Brendan Fraser 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Joe Williams
Anyone old enough to have read Jules Verne or seen the way his work was successfully adapted in the past will suffer worse than the kids in the audience who just came to laugh 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Michael Phillips
It s only disguised as fun 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Roger Ebert
It isn t a good movie in the usual sense or most senses but it is jolly and good natured and Michael Caine and Dwayne Johnson are among the most likable of actors 
2.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Tom Keogh
Please tell me I didn t really see what I think I just saw Dwayne The Rock Johnson sitting on a log playing ukulele and singing What a Wonderful World to Michael Caine 
2
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Nick Schager
Rarely has a big studio feature integrated real world figures into artificial landscapes with this little grace 
1
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
David Germain
The presence of actors as good as Caine and Guzman only highlights how dreadful and dumb the banter is 
1.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Kam Williams
The best 3 D adventure since Avatar 
4
The Last Affair
Roger Ebert
The Last Affair is an appallingly bad movie so completely bankrupt in ideas in characterization in simple common sense that it s little wonder its makers bought a theater to get it shown 
0.5
Heat
William Wolf
There are some tough ingredients and possibilities for engrossing atmosphere But Burt Reynolds never takes the central character beyond posturing and despite the Intensity of the movie s violence the total effect is lethargic 
1.5
Heat
Roger Ebert
The movie is filled with promising starts but then everything dissolves into a violent action climax 
2
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Robert Horton
There s some kind of lesson there Be full enough of spit and vinegar and you might just survive your biggest mistakes 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Bob Bloom
Strangely while you may not regard Crosby as a decent person you respect his candor and are touched by his vulnerability as he opens up to filmmaker Cameron Crowe who produced the movie 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Mike Scott
The secret sauce here is Crosby himself who is at turns cantankerous and charismatic surly and sentimental but always willing to answer even the most personal questions 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Josh Terry
As a portrait of a flawed and regretful human being even one who has seen great successes along the way A J Eaton s film does have a valuable sobering quality that feels more universal 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Joe Friar
Cameron Crowe reunites with the iconic singer for an unforgettable candid interview and one of the best music documentaries ever made 
4
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Cate Marquis
No matter what you think of David Crosby personally this musical journey is a long strange trip well worth taking 
4
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Roger Moore
Too myopic and self serving to be the reevaluation he wants it to be but still a blunt and biting self written obituary 
2.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Mark Kennedy
Crosby is left to awkwardly narrate outside It s clumsy filmmaking either go in or cut it out That s the problem with the overall film too it stands outside respectfully and just doesn t go for it 
2.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Jon Bream
Rarely have we seen such an unvarnished unflattering and revealingly real portrait of a music star 
4
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Ann Hornaday
Crosby presents a reflective irascible observant and irresistibly candid figure in a documentary that ostensibly chronicles one of his many comeback tours but becomes something far more introspective 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Peter Howell
The usual drill for authorized rock docs is to bend or avoid any truths that might still sting Crosby however seems to draw energy from fessing up which apparently proves the adage that confession is good for the soul 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Ty Burr
David Crosby Remember My Name is a testament of achievement and a portrait of ego but it never quite gets past its subject s illusions to properly consider his art 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Brad Wheeler
Remember his name The dude is unforgettable now more than ever thanks to this film s excellent incandescent illumination 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Steven Prokopy
Remember My Name is both an excellently researched and illustrated music history lesson and a personal journey 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Mark Dujsik
This isn t just a fine biography It s also a pointed and melancholy study of growing older 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Joel Selvin
The glint in his eyes may have dimmed but he is a resolute fighter ready for his next bout He can muster considerable charm and sing like a bird In the end that is what always got him by and why this film is as engaging and seductive as Crosby 
4
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Robert Daniels
David Crosby Remember My Name An unflinching narrative of this songwriter s remorse 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Sarah Knight Adamson
Cosby narrates the film and is brutally honest on his regrets cocaine and heroin drug use his fears his belief in family and his intense need to perform 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Derek Smith
The film captures a man haunted by his past mistakes and nearly certain that he doesn t have the time left to begin making up for them 
2.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Godfrey Cheshire
In essence it serves up the myth and a necessary corrective to it simultaneously 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Oliver Jones
While he may look like a white haired hippie shaman on his last legs the David Crosby of today may be more musically vital than ever before 
3
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Katie Walsh
It s this crystal edged often cutting honesty that makes legendary music man Crosby as fascinating prickly bracingly entertaining as he is for better or for worse But he s always willing to direct that honesty right at himself too 
3.5
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Ray Greene
Too busy slotting Crosby s life into a tediously archetypal baby boomer narrative to make space for the elephant in the room Crosby s talent rampaging away just offscreen 
2
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Sean P. Means
If you re not a fan of rocker David Crosby director A J Eaton s comprehensive documentary David Crosby Remember My Name might make you one or at least give you an appreciation of this rock n roll survivor 
3.5
Second Chance
David Elliott
Lacks credible acting and dialogue 
1.5
Second Chance
Jorge Avila Andrade
Cinta menor que es una muestra palpable del cine complaciente y cursiln que no se debera estar haciendo en estos momentos en Mxico 
2
Two Friends
Kent Turner
Golshifteh Farahani makes this movie matter 
2.5
Ms. Don Juan
James Kendrick
Vadim plays with the material s tone incessantly varying from heavy melodrama to campy excess
2
Love Tactics
Roger Moore
Not the least bit original which is no cardinal sin But without the laughs Love Tactics plays like a travelogue with kissing 
1.5
Chronicling a Crisis
V.A. Musetto
There s little reason to see the claustrophobic Chronicling a Crisis unless you have a fascination with the Kolleks 
1
A Dangerous Method
Kelly Jane Torrance
David Cronenberg has made a very good movie about the intellectual relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud But he could have made a great one 
3
A Dangerous Method
Jeff Beck
There are some plays that are meant to remain on the stage This is one of them 
2
A Dangerous Method
Eric Melin
is remarkably restrained sometimes to a fault In fact there are no obvious visual Cronenberg flourishes and maybe some surrealistic touches might have upped the ante a little 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Roger Moore
Cronenberg spares us few of the gory details of the patient who brought the two fathers of psychoanalysis together and helped tear them apart 
3
A Dangerous Method
David Nusair
a cold hopelessly uninteresting endeavor that marks an obvious low point within Cronenberg s uneven filmography 
1
A Dangerous Method
Matt Brunson
For all its strengths A Dangerous Method never becomes much more than a pleasant watch with its studied formalism preventing viewers from ever truly connecting to these characters situations 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Sara Michelle Fetters
In many ways this film can almost be construed as the director s most insidious and disturbing drama yet the carcasses left strewn upon the ideological battlefield at the end of this one as tragically devastating as they come 
3
A Dangerous Method
Mike Scott
Strong performances from Fassbender and Mortensen aren t enough to help Cronenberg s techically sound by overly talky film 
2
A Dangerous Method
John Beifuss
The doctors become heralds of a savage century in which unconscious urges find such destructive expression that even kids who ve barely heard of Freud can identify bombs and missiles as phallic symbols 
4
A Dangerous Method
Bob Bloom
It is Keira Knightley who is the firebrand that grabs you and compels you to watch Even during the times she is off the screen she is in your head 
3
A Dangerous Method
Duane Dudek
A Dangerous Method makes a journey from lunacy to intense and compelling and is surprisingly entertaining as it does 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Rich Heldenfels
The repressed passion of the main character is all too representative of this repressed movie 
2
A Dangerous Method
Joe Williams
Like psychoanalysis A Dangerous Method takes its time as it circles an opening to unexplored depths 
3
A Dangerous Method
Liam Lacey
A Dangerous Method is a suave chamber piece a series of glimpses of two 20th century intellectual titans in friendship and separation and the story of a remarkable woman who history had swallowed up brought into the light again 
4
A Dangerous Method
Peter Howell
Cronenberg has reached the stage of his career where he doesn t feel it necessary to pander to expectations Instead he seeks to engage us and he succeeds 
3
A Dangerous Method
James Kendrick
a mostly fascinating character study and depiction of the compelling power of ideas
3
A Dangerous Method
James Berardinelli
Knightley s portrayal is feral and unsettling 
3
A Dangerous Method
Lisa Kennedy
A Dangerous Method is well cast with Michael Fassbender as a pent up Jung and Viggo Mortensen as Freud Keira Knightley 8203 inhabits the fits and fury of Spielrein 
3
A Dangerous Method
Steven Rea
This is a freaky thing to behold Knightley s wildly physical rendering of a mentally unbalanced soul 
3
A Dangerous Method
Rafer Guzman
A Dangerous Method barely nudges the freak o meter 
2
A Dangerous Method
Chris Hewitt
Like Knightley s performance it s not entirely successful but it s always compelling 
3
A Dangerous Method
Moira MacDonald
It might feel almost too quiet if not for Knightley s manic borderline over the top depiction of mental illness she s unafraid to deploy an almost comic grimacing underbite and a desperate unfettered sense of panic 
3
A Dangerous Method
Wesley Morris
A Dangerous Method begins where other films hope to culminate 
3.5
A Dangerous Method
Peter Keough
Contains ineffable moments of beauty and emotion some drawing on Cronenberg s previous themes and images and all partaking of the chaos of the human soul which no analytical method can contain 
3.5
A Dangerous Method
Ann Hornaday
Perhaps Cronenberg s most transgressive movie yet one in which ideas rather than their fetishistic signifiers possess more energy and verve than the most calculated shock effect 
3
A Dangerous Method
Mark Dujsik
An intelligent historical speculation that captures the spirit and potential destruction of discovery 
3
A Dangerous Method
Dustin Putman
Director David Cronenberg has done nothing to vividly bring this story to life He sets his actors adrift and hopes for the best The best never comes 
1.5
A Dangerous Method
Mick LaSalle
When at one point Jung spanks his patient you may completely miss the erotic content and simply think what I thought that somebody finally was punishing Knightley for this performance 
2
A Dangerous Method
Matt Pais
Perfectly acted sex lies and conversation 
3
A Dangerous Method
Michael Phillips
A satisfying drama of historical speculation substantially researched and shrewdly dramatized 
3.5
A Dangerous Method
Roger Ebert
Using a dialogue heavy approach that s unusual for Cronenberg his film is skilled at the way it weaves theory with the inner lives of its characters 
3.5
A Dangerous Method
Josh Larsen
Even with the spanking this is a bit of a bore 
2
A Dangerous Method
Scott Nash
A dispassionate film that left me cold 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Robert Levin
It s a smart study of the root causes of destructive human behavior but there s a flat quality to the dark impulses on display 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Lou Lumenick
A Dangerous Method presents a vivid portrait of pre World War I Europe that s at a considerable remove from the types of madness usually seen in Cronenberg s films 
3
A Dangerous Method
Stephen Whitty
Most of this talky film just feels like a debate between two experts trying to answer a question few of us had asked When the real question is Where s David Cronenberg 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Scott Bowles
As a biographical film Method gives real insight to its subjects especially Jung 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Rex Reed
As Freud who believes the basis of all insanity is sexual repression and Jung who is monogamous and resistant to such extremist views the miscast male stars are bland as dust and look like a box of Smith Brothers cough drops 
2
A Dangerous Method
Joe Lozito
A David Cronenberg movie about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung isn t nearly as kinky as you d think It s more of an early 1900s Fatal Attraction albeit an extremely literate one 
2.5
A Dangerous Method
Peter Travers
The actors give it their all especially Knightley whose jaw jutting heavily accented and unfairly criticized portrayal gives this erotic mind bender its fighting spirit 
3.5
A Dangerous Method
Rene Rodriguez
Like every director Cronenberg has made boring movies before M Butterfly Naked Lunch but he s never made one this crushingly dull and anonymous 
1
A Dangerous Method
Nick Schager
David Cronenberg s focus remains as always on issues of mind body invasion corruption and rebirth 
3
A Dangerous Method
Bill Chambers
On some level A Dangerous Method is Cronenberg s first out and out comedy 
3
American Scary
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A great look back at an American Television staple that went the way of the dodo 
3
Fakers
Ed Gonzalez
This idiotic crime comedy begins as a heated Sophia Petrillo flashback only to continue as a lobotomized Guy Ritchie caper 
1.5
The Chairman
Matt Brunson
Not without interest The Chairman is somewhat dry compared to the other three pictures Peck made with director J Lee Thompson Yet the central role is a good fit for the actor 
2.5
The Chairman
Roger Ebert
Gregory Peck bleeds with nobility dignity taste restraint and all the things that are deadly to an action movie 
2
U, Me Aur Hum
Namrata Joshi
Irritating rather than affecting 
2
U, Me Aur Hum
Maitland McDonagh
The first half is dumb kid stuff but the second is classic melodrama aimed straight at viewers who ve experienced life s cruel caprices and taken stock of what really matters 
2.5
Runaway Pistol
Joshua Tanzer
The Chinese have discovered pop Freudianism I m so impressed 
.5
Dumplin'
Alan French
The movie also benefits from Dolly s participation in a big way Her music including a very good original song Girl in the Movies helps sell the overall vibe 
3
Dumplin'
Christopher James
It s fun warms your heart and leaves you with a smile on your face 
3.5
Dumplin'
Richard Roeper
There s so much more to enjoy from the nuanced work by Jennifer Aniston that ensures Rosie s never a caricature of a pageant mom to the warm and natural best buddy chemistry between Danielle MacDonald and Odeya Rush 
3
Dumplin'
Nell Minow
Like Ms Parton herself this film relishes the sequins and show but charms us with its heart 
3.5
Dumplin'
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film may have its occasional narrative flaws yet ultimately emerges as a fulfilling feel good story with the happiest of vibes 
3
Dumplin'
Pat Brown
As it proceeds through a series of teary reconciliations in the last half hour of its 110 minute run time the film s didactic drama begins to grate its treacly emotions feeling increasingly unearned 
2
Dumplin'
Mick LaSalle
Maybe we re just going have to endure well meaning but preachy tiresome movies like Dumplin until it simply becomes normal for an obese person to appear on screen without being defined entirely in terms of weight 
2
Vincere
Rob Thomas
In telling the story of one wronged woman Bellocchio shows how an entire country was flattered and seduced then betrayed 
3
Vincere
Tim Robey
The story might fascinate if it weren t plunged into a stylistic deep freeze when your best sequences are chunks of greatest hits newsreel you re clearly in trouble 
2
Vincere
Keith Cohen
The main reason to see this movie is the terrific acting of Mezzogiorno Her facial expressions and body language convey far more than mere words can express 
3
Vincere
Robert W. Butler
Giovanna Mezzogiorno s performance is so rife with eroticism and anger that it s practically operatic Yet it remains firmly grounded in reality 
3
Vincere
Chris Foran
Vincere is big on visual gestures and many of them are stunning But the most powerful moments come when the main characters get to speak plainly and passionately 
2.5
Vincere
Mike Scott
As strong as its production values are and as good as Giovanna Mezzogiorno s performance is Vincere is an uneven melodrama 
2.5
Vincere
Joe Williams
The untold story of how fascist strongman Benito Mussolini rose to power by trampling on the woman who loved him is a bracingly cinematic lesson in how all politics is personal 
3.5
Vincere
Chris Hewitt
The effect of Mezzogiorno s quiet acting is similar to people who whisper all the time forcing you to lean closer to hear what they re saying 
3
Vincere
Jeff Vice
The film could have benefited from a more straightforward style of story telling and not co screenwriter director Marco Bellocchio s gimmicky almost fantasy like stylings 
2
Vincere
Michael O'Sullivan
It s grand heartbreaking material made even more riveting by the fact that it is very likely true 
3
Vincere
Mark Dujsik
The historical equivalent of a gossip rag all flailing arms and weeping assertions 
1.5
Vincere
Mick LaSalle
Giovanna Mezzogiorno plays Ida and if you know Mezzogiorno you know instantly why this film is worth seeing 
3
Vincere
James Berardinelli
The brave and unflinching performance of Giovanna Mezzogiorno is the foundation upon which the bedrock of Vincere rests She s the heart and soul of the film 
3
Vincere
John Hartl
Bellocchio s talent for expressive visuals is everywhere in evidence It s the script that needs more balance 
2.5
Vincere
Steven Rea
With wild collages of newsreel footage swirling newspaper headlines text and music Bellocchio fashions a melodrama of epic proportions 
3.5
Vincere
Wesley Morris
Bellocchio s priorities are electrically clear Sensation sensation sensation The effect is a rare kind of moviegoing chaos Are we to laugh cry scratch our temples or grab our dates In the spirit of the movie do them all at once 
4
Vincere
Roger Ebert
The film is beautifully well mounted The locations the sets the costumes everything conspire to re create the Rome of that time It provides a counterpoint to the usual caricature of Mussolini 
3.5
Vincere
Peter Keough
If veteran Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio s wild and woolly version can be believed before he became the Fascist clown Il Duce Benito Mussolini was a hunk 
3
Vincere
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Instead of focusing on re creating historical moments Bellocchio invents one truly stunning image after another to fill in the blanks around the historical moments 
4
Vincere
V.A. Musetto
Bellocchio s bigger than life story requires over the top performances which are provided by Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Ida and Filippo Timi as the young Mussolini and later his grown son 
3
Vincere
Bill Chambers
Structurally and even editorially it s kind of a mess but it hooked me 
3
Vincere
Andrew Schenker
If Bellocchio s film were nothing but a recreation of a forgotten historical footnote it would stand as an accomplished bit of work and the discussion would end there But crafting a skillful period drama is only the beginning of the filmmaker s ambition
3.5
Vincere
Mark Peranson
An operatic tour de force 
4
Karmalink
Randy Myers
Karmalink announces the arrival of an exciting filmmaker who creates a vision that operates well outside of the check all the boxes studio ideology 
3
Under the Silver Lake
Brian Eggert
Under the Silver Lake does not invest the viewer on an emotional level 
2.5
Under the Silver Lake
Ty Burr
If a talented filmmaker opening the throttle of his imagination as wide as it can go appeals to you you should give Under the Silver Lake a look 
3
Under the Silver Lake
Tom Meek
Under the Silver Lake something of a personal odyssey cum mystery moves in skitters and tics containing a flood of cinematic homage And while not all of it sticks it does add spice to the layer cake as it gets thicker and more pungent 
3
Under the Silver Lake
Ernesto Diezmartinez
You will need a lot of patience A lot Full review in Spanish 
0
Under the Silver Lake
Mark Dujsik
Mitchell s approach unintentionally buys into the subject of the gag and hence misses the joke 
2
Under the Silver Lake
Josh Larsen
A mostly meaningless film about meaninglessness 
3
Under the Silver Lake
David Keyes
This isn t a creative dive at all it is a suicide bomb masquerading as an audacious shift in direction 
1
Under the Silver Lake
Sonny Bunch
Overly ambitious and densely plotted and stuffed to the brim with ideas about modernity and pop culture and the meaning of it all 
3
Under the Silver Lake
James Berardinelli
Despite all the devilishly clever moments freaky episodes and general weirdness Under the Silver Lake is ultimately unsatisfying 
2.5
Under the Silver Lake
Christopher Gray
Even after the film quite entertainingly explains itself it never feels like more than a howl of frustration and cynicism 
2
Under the Silver Lake
Jake Coyle
Under the Silver Lake may be for you a satisfying experience a sort of high gloss nicely crafted daydream with a good score and generous references to LA noir films 
2
Under the Silver Lake
Brian Tallerico
It may not be an easy movie to sell to an audience but it s not an easy one to forget either 
3
Under the Silver Lake
Barry Hertz
By attempting to craft a slick mélange of neo noir dark slacker comedy and puzzle driven treasure hunt Mitchell has produced a film that is so preoccupied with turning itself on that it forgets to focus on the desires or basic needs of its audience 
1.5
Under the Silver Lake
Oliver Jones
There is something refreshing about Mitchell s playful approach to Los Angeles sordid history of cults and murders as well as the high and low pop culture and marketing that America s second largest city manufactures 
2.5
Under the Silver Lake
Joey Magidson
Endlessly fascinating and distinctively weird Mitchell creates a vivid world you re consistently compelled to dive deeper into 
3.5
Under the Silver Lake
Joseph Braverman
Transitioning from horror to neo noir with Under the Silver Lake Mitchell once again infiltrates the hyperactive mind of paranoid youth 
2.5
The Duke
Matt Brunson
Basically a David and Goliath tale in which the sling and stone are replaced by a cheery attitude and an open heart 46 
3
The Duke
Peter Canavese
Director Roger Michell apos s final movie is a charming comedy 47 drama set in 1961 depicting the infamously true story of how Goya apos s portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from the National Gallery by an unlikely thief 46 
3
The Duke
Sean P. Means
There are strains of the old Ealing Studios comedies 8212 whimsical tales of plucky Brits taking on the system 8212 running through 8220 The Duke 44 8221 a based on a true story tale that 8217 s enlivened by the pairing of Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren 46 
3
The Duke
Michael Medved
The acting is world class and Oscar worthy portraying endearingly eccentric characters who sustain an enduring 44 but slightly demented 44 relationship 46 The result is delightful 44 moving 44 and richly satisfying 46 46 46 
4
The Duke
Rob Thomas
8220 The Duke 8221 won 8217 t blow the doors off the multiplex the way 8220 Doctor Strange 8221 will this weekend 44 but as a good natured salute to the Kempton Buntons of the world 44 it 8217 s very satisfying 46 We need them now more than ever 46 
3
The Duke
Josh Bell
Michell adds just enough zippy early 1960s style to evoke the period 44 without ever distracting from the carefully crafted characters and warm 44 lived in performances 46 
2.5
The Duke
Mark Meszoros
Ultimately 44 some may want a bit more from it 44 but it does have the chance to steal your heart 8212 gone like a painting snatched in the night 46 
2.5
The Duke
Rex Reed
A charming understated and completely enjoyable frolic about how ordinary people can do extraordinary things that seems doubly startling because while seeming implausible it also happens to be absolutely true 
3
The Duke
Mike Scott
Heartwarming beautifully shot and more English than a basket of fish and chips with a side of mushy peas it s an easy to watch easy to love crowd pleaser 
3
The Duke
Sarah Knight Adamson
The duo of Broadbent and Mirren are magnificent to watch together 59 I appreciated Mirren apos s restraint as she allowed Broadbent to shine in this excellent heartwarming true story 46 
4
The Duke
Roger Moore
A simple sentimental story told with panache and cast to perfection
3
The Duke
Joe Friar
An irresistible comedy anchored by wonderful performances from Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren 
3.5
The Duke
Jeff Mitchell
The Duke isn t a regal biopic but it s a lovely one 
3
The Duke
Steven Prokopy
Far from a great film it still captures a time place and group of attitudes to a degree that I found refreshing and thoroughly delightful 
3
The Duke
Bob Bloom
The Duke is a crowd pleasing sweet sentimental and a little messy story about an individual s responsibility to his neighbor even if the cost is more than he can pay 
3.5
The Duke
Ty Burr
It s a daft lovely story and it opens up like a flower the final half hour is deeply and unexpectedly moving 
3
The Duke
Mark Dujsik
It s a combination of situational humor political commentary and character study all of it equally understated and clever 
3
The Duke
Chris Hewitt
This messing around with chronology could feel manipulative if the stakes of The Duke were higher but instead it s like each revelation is a little gift 
3
The Duke
Mark Feeney
The Duke is appealing and wayward too if also given to both slickness split screens really and more than a dollop of sentimentality 
2.5
The Duke
Mick LaSalle
Ultimately The Duke tells an enjoyable real life story 
2.5
The Duke
Brian Eggert
Even though it seems like lighter fare the story has a way of sneaking up on you 
3
The Duke
Joey Magidson
The Duke caps Michells career in a gently enjoyable manner 
3
The Duke
Jocelyn Noveck
Their touching chemistry does the trick and Broadbent is darned near perfect as a man whose Robin Hood like principles won out in the most unlikely of scenarios 
3
The Duke
Chris Barsanti
The film misses an opportunity to delve particularly deeply into the keenly relevant issues of inequality and social disconnection that so animate its protagonist 
2
Broken Arrow
Matt Brunson
Significant as one of the first Hollywood films to display an enormous amount of sympathy for its Native American characters 
3
Broken Arrow
Emanuel Levy
One of the first Hollywood movies to preach for accord between Native Americans and white civilization While the liberal ideology is commendable the portrayal of Cochise by white actor Jeff Chandler is not 
3
The Things of Life
J. R. Jones
One thing you can say for Sautet he knew how to shoot a speeding automobile 
3
Love and Human Remains
Dustin Putman
A one of a kind film that takes a lot of courageous chances 
3
Love and Human Remains
Roger Ebert
The result is kind of a mess but an intriguing one it s not a very good movie but you don t stop watching it 
2
Ex Machina
Brian Eggert
By considering such ideas in an enclosed environment with so few characters 44 Garland has made Ex Machina an intense 44 engaging film that plays with the viewer apos s head and 44 as the best films often do 44 demands an exceptional degree of time to process 46 
4
Ex Machina
Wesley Lovell
A beguiling sci fi thriller asks the audience to decide who s being tested the AI or the human There s plenty of twists and turns in this sensational isolated quest for survival 
4
Ex Machina
Pamela Powell
Ex Machina is not to be missed 
4
Ex Machina
Sonny Bunch
Alex Garland s Ex Machina uses a compelling well contained story to examine society s growing anxieties something he s made a habit of doing throughout his career 
3.5
Ex Machina
Daniel Gelb
The dazzling directorial debut of Alex Garland is a can t miss sci fi thriller 
3
Ex Machina
Robert W. Butler
Ex Machina piques our curiosity lights up our imaginations and sets our nerves a tingling in ways that few other robot movies can match 
3.5
Ex Machina
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Ex Machina is one of the year s best films because it s smart entertaining and disturbing and also because it never underestimates the viewer creating a perfect balance between entertainment and deep ideas Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Ex Machina
Tom Meek
Ex Machina ever muted and somber is imbued with a looming sense of dread 
3
Ex Machina
Michael Smith
It is a gorgeous thought provoking story and a triumph in every way for Garland who casts three rising stars to make a small film full of big ideas 
3.5
Ex Machina
Eric Melin
Garland s film sexualizes Ava to an embarrassing degree which also is its entire point His aim is to have his cake and eat it too with images of female nudity literally created for the male gaze subverted and mined for maximum uncomfortability 
3.5
Ex Machina
Linda Cook
Ex Machina is a smart science fiction tale about artificial intelligence madness and trust 
3.5
Ex Machina
David Nusair
bodes well for his future endeavors behind the camera 
3
Ex Machina
Sean P. Means
It s at once a thought provoking drama and a pulse quickening thriller 
3.5
Ex Machina
Robert Levin
It s so engaged in the delicate psychology in its observational mode that the characters all feel like rats in a maze Of course that s the point 
3
Ex Machina
James Kendrick
Ex Machina works because it gradually shifts the terms of the narrartive and thematic structure forcing us to reevaluate what we thought we knew and seriously question the fundamental essence of humanity
3.5
Ex Machina
Bob Bloom
What holds the audience is a dark undercurrent of not so much dread as uncertainty Your senses tell you that something is off kilter yet you can t place your finger on what it is 
4
Ex Machina
Marty Mapes
Oscar Isaac upstages impressive visual effects and set design
3
Ex Machina
Glenn Lovell
A I goes A W O L in this minimalist sci fi thriller from England that s justifiably turning heads for its brilliant production design brainy cat and mouse narrative and vice like tension 
3.5
Ex Machina
Kam Williams
A thought provoking thriller guaranteed to keep you enthralled while reassessing the meaning of consciousness
4
Ex Machina
Matt Brunson
The movie milks its desolate setting for maximum impact Nathan s secluded house cum laboratory is cannily employed as its own self contained petri dish with existential quandaries being analyzed under Garland s morally tuned microscope 
3.5
Ex Machina
Christy Lemire
Ex Machina is the best movie I ve seen all year 
4
Ex Machina
Mike McGranaghan
Intelligent and provocative with more than a little relevance to the world we live in 
3.5
Ex Machina
Scott Renshaw
It s rare for a science fiction film s high concept to get stolen out from under it by a performance but then again Isaac appears to be a rare kind of actor 
3
Ex Machina
Lisa Kennedy
A methodically absorbing sci fi drama 
3
Ex Machina
John Serba
The film differentiates itself nicely from others of its ilk for lurking beneath the heady stuff is a tense frightening horror film 
3.5
Ex Machina
Rene Rodriguez
Garland s primary concern is his flesh and blood characters even though they are not nearly as showy or beautiful as his main attraction the vulnerable delicate girl with a heart of steel and wires 
3
Ex Machina
Rob Thomas
Garland s commitment to his weird edgy material and his unhurried and thoughtful execution of it makes Ex Machina something special 
3
Ex Machina
Liam Lacey
A clever film with one indelible performance from Isaac 
3
Ex Machina
Anders Wright
At heart Garland is a genre filmmaker but his movies have more depth than their contemporaries Additionally he s cast his movie brilliantly 
3.5
Ex Machina
Peter Howell
Ex Machina packs a scientist s brain inside a thrill seeker s body much like the nubile robot within it 
3
Ex Machina
Steven Rea
Like stage actors who live and breathe their roles over the course of months Isaac Gleeson and Vikander excel and cast a spell 
4
Ex Machina
Chris Knight
This is Garland s first turn as director and it suits him he s created a cautionary tale that entertains even as it forces us to think 
4
Ex Machina
Joe Williams
With a stellar cast and seductive look Ex Machina is a sleek contraption for capturing our imagination 
3.5
Ex Machina
Rafer Guzman
A neat psychological thriller for the digital age Great performances compensate for a slightly slim story 
2.5
Ex Machina
Brad Keefe
Evokes Stanley Kubrick as much as the similarly excellent Under the Skin last year A must see for fans of either 
4
Ex Machina
Soren Andersen
Ex Machina is an exquisite puzzle box of a picture It baffles It unsettles It intrigues 
4
Ex Machina
Mark Dujsik
The ideas here don t breathe They simply take us from one plot point to the next 
2.5
Ex Machina
Ty Burr
Ex Machina isn t quite Citizen Kane for an era of Internet tycoons but it suggests that that s not such a bad idea 
3
Ex Machina
Dustin Putman
A singularly chilling cinematic stunner that coexists as a wild daydream and a prescient glimpse into the future 
3.5
Ex Machina
Dann Gire
Ex Machina addresses heady issues of A I exploring what it means to be human or more important what it means to be an imitation of humanity so real what s the actual difference 
3.5
Ex Machina
Ann Hornaday
Ex Machina is a smart exceptionally stylish head trip 
3.5
Ex Machina
Michael Phillips
Garland sidles up to some large ideas some more provocative than others and his premise hints at the costs of perpetual omnivorous surveillance 
3
Ex Machina
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to imagine another director squeezing as many shades and colors from his screenplay as Garland did and from now on it would be understandable if he insisted on directing everything he writes 
3
Ex Machina
Josh Larsen
Merciless efficient and terrifyingly logical 
4
Ex Machina
Matt Pais
More tricky than smart 
2.5
Ex Machina
James Berardinelli
In the final analysis the movie doesn t offer much about the subject that hasn t been previously explored but the soil is fertile and many ideas germinate 
3
Ex Machina
Scott Nash
Slow paced but thought provoking science fiction 
3
Ex Machina
Stephen Rebello
Gleeson is terrific and Vikander who stars in five other films this year alone is a revelation As is Ex Machina a movie that looks like something destined to be savored watched and re watched endlessly over the years 
3.5
Ex Machina
Stephen Whitty
Although Ex Machina is small and talky it has just four characters and the only action comes at the end it also looks good The set direction is interesting and evocative The effects impress but don t overwhelm 
3.5
Ex Machina
Peter Travers
I know I know You ve seen all this A I stuff before But never like this Garland is hot for ethical shop talk on what defines humanity or lack of same 
3
Ex Machina
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a classic film 
4
Ex Machina
Roger Moore
Austere cerebral and chilling
3
Ex Machina
Claudia Puig
For a first time director Garland seems assured His sharp sparse dialogue and meticulous direction are equally compelling and the trio of lead performances are top notch 
3.5
Ex Machina
Kyle Smith
It doesn t quite add up in the end but it s heady stuff anyway dense with moments of shivery beauty and frightening ideas 
2.5
Ex Machina
Lindsey Bahr
By going deep on a simple construct Ex Machina establishes itself as a unique and deeply unsettling psychological thriller that s both necessary and unforgettable 
3.5
Ex Machina
Kenneth R. Morefield
There comes a point where if we have been paying attention we know what will happen once a character walks out a door 
2.5
Ex Machina
Ed Gonzalez
In the end more than just the machine remains an enigma 
2
Ex Machina
Eric D. Snider
Ex Machina never stops being slick cool and polished its intelligence not artificial at all 
3
Sweet Thing
Roger Moore
Never amounts to much that s sweet or magical or tragic or sad 
2
Sweet Thing
Travis Hopson
A soulful uplifting but also heartbreaking look at race and poverty s impact on troubled childhood 
3
Sweet Thing
Joey Magidson
A relatively traditional independent cinema story is raised up by a look that suggests a true timelessness 
3
Sound of My Voice
David Reddish
As with much of Marlings work audiences can read all the plot points of the movie in more than one way which only adds to the hypnotic beguiling quality of the story But as with many of lifes questions the mystery might be an answer unto itself 
3.5
Sound of My Voice
John Beifuss
An intriguing new subgenre that might be described as Sundance science fiction continues with this creepy but ultimately unpersuasive film 
2.5
Sound of My Voice
Calvin Wilson
Sound of My Voice at once dramatizes and questions the power of belief 
3
Sound of My Voice
Matt Brunson
The more the film balks at meeting viewers halfway the more frustrating it becomes like the Wizard of Oz after he s revealed to be a charlatan It promises to take us down a yellow brick road toward enlightenment but it leads us off a cliff instead 
2.5
Sound of My Voice
Rene Rodriguez
There is a huge difference between an unexpectedly sudden ending like The Sopranos and a non ending 
2
Sound of My Voice
Austin Kennedy
I m really starting to fall in love with Brit Marling 
3.5
Sound of My Voice
Chris Hewitt
The middle of the film veers off course but Sound ends with a couple of scenes that reframe everything and that seem likely to send moviegoers home talking about what they ve seen and heard 
2.5
Sound of My Voice
Duane Dudek
It should engage anyone who enjoys leaving the theater with more questions than answers 
3
Sound of My Voice
David Nusair
A striking debut from a promising new filmmaker 
4
Sound of My Voice
Josh Larsen
Marling underplays her character s charisma to the point of nonexistence 
2
Sound of My Voice
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sound of My Voice is haunting me I find myself mulling over certain segments in way that has dug in some sort of uncomfortably luscious fashion under my skin and into the very marrow of my bones 
3.5
Sound of My Voice
Lisa Kennedy
Behold the trials and tribulations of going undercover It doesn t matter if it s cop or journalist a muddying of purpose takes hold once a mole plunges deeper into the darkness 
3
Sound of My Voice
James Kendrick
In some ways Sound of My Voice is a tease although it teases us with such skill and efficient use of its minimal resources that we can t help but get caught up in the moment and may even find it difficult to forget 
3
Sound of My Voice
Peter Keough
Broken into numerous brief sometimes elliptical but mostly perfunctory chapters Voice is reminiscent of 12 Monkeys and Terminator except those films kind of made sense 
2
Sound of My Voice
Wesley Morris
The intelligence in it is both soothing and intimidating 
3
Sound of My Voice
Matt Pais
Merely an idea getting warmed up 
2
Sound of My Voice
Peter Howell
Sound of My Voice grounds its science fiction in scarily effective what ifs that don t require a light year s stretch of the imagination 
3
Sound of My Voice
Roger Ebert
Marling is a talent with an understated presence It conveys in this film an insidious conviction What is her motive really 
3
Sound of My Voice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Marling is more than a dramatic presence She co wrote the screenplay with director Zal Batmanglij and created the mysterious powerful showy character of Maggie for herself With raw skill and charisma she turns in one of this year s best performances 
3.5
Sound of My Voice
Claudia Puig
The idea is intriguing enough But this clever low budget film kicks the concept up a few notches to mesmerizing 
3.5
Sound of My Voice
Rafer Guzman
That the movie is part of a possible trilogy doesn t make up for the thin underdeveloped feel But Marling who weaves a strong spell will probably keep appearing in our future 
2
Sound of My Voice
Amy Biancolli
Fascinates and titillates but never quite persuades 
2
Sound of My Voice
Moira MacDonald
You just want something energetic to happen and it doesn t until the film s effective final scene 
2.5
Sound of My Voice
Steven Rea
Sound of My Voice serves up moments of extreme dread and discomfort but works a winning undercurrent of playful absurdity into the material as well 
3
Sound of My Voice
Stephen Cole
A sharp little cult thriller with a do it yourself ending 
3
Sound of My Voice
Stephen Whitty
None of this really adds up to much beyond an hour and a half or so of vague doubletalk arbitrary decisions and increasingly annoying frustration 
1.5
Sound of My Voice
Lou Lumenick
Sound of My Voice holds your attention for a while but fails to build much suspense as it races toward a predictable climax 
2
Sound of My Voice
Michael O'Sullivan
Marling seems less in danger of creating the same part over and over again than the same movie 
2
Sound of My Voice
Dustin Putman
A contemplative look at the power of indoctrination and belief with fantastical underlying insinuations 
3
Sound of My Voice
R. Kurt Osenlund
No great psychological depths are being plumbed here which unfortunately seems to render nil the raison d être 
2
Sound of My Voice
Roger Moore
As fascinating as it is Sound of My Voice seems to have more doubts about Maggie than the ones the viewer has the chance to develop 
3
Sound of My Voice
Christy Lemire
Sound of My Voice may seem like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone but within its clever structure it digs into the notions of identity loyalty and the need to belong 
3.5
Burning
Brian Eggert
Perfectly calibrated as a piece dependent on nuanced performances and an exacting tone Burning rewards those willing to invest and engage in all that Lee refuses to spell out or show to his audience 
4
Burning
Jeff Mitchell
Lee Chang dong s potent drama sparks unconventional mysteries
3.5
Burning
Steven Prokopy
It s an epic eloquent lyrical stunningly lensed by Hong Kyung pyo tragedy that will likely be one of the toughest films of 2018 to shed 
3.5
Burning
John Beifuss
Lee Chang dong delivers what may be cinema s most elliptical serial killer drama 
3.5
Burning
Mattie Lucas
A disorienting bracing wholly exhilarating experience filled with an unnerving and often eerie sense of impending doom that can t be stopped 
3.5
Burning
Jordan Hoffman
It s the type of movie that demands immediate discussion afterward 
4
Burning
Matt Brunson
Repeat viewings are recommended nay required to sift through the film s secrets 
3.5
Burning
Matthew Passantino
Before you know it Burning will have you in a trance playing like a quiet fever dream you won t want to shake 
4
Burning
Sean P. Means
With a gripping performance by Yoo which goes from smoldering to raging with subtle mastery Lee serves up a psychological thriller that s deliciously dark and packs a wallop in the final reel 
3.5
Burning
Ben Sachs
The film paints vivid portraits of three distinct characters and inspires sympathy with a bewildered protagonist moreover it depicts a particular social milieu in such a way that one comes to see it as existing beyond the subjects control 
3
Burning
Mark Dujsik
The shifts are so subtle that the plot gets ahead of us before we realize the changes but that s because we re so caught up in the ways that Jong su s thinking evolves 
3.5
Burning
Michael Phillips
A languorous catlike psychological puzzle from one of the essential international masters Lee Chang dong 
3.5
Burning
Josh Larsen
a mysterious character study that grows into a somber generational portrait 
3.5
Burning
Robert Daniels
Burning is an intriguing dramatic mystery that rarely bequeaths answers usurping the male gaze and dichotomy between the well meaning creep and madman 
4
Burning
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The mysterious entrancing Burning is like a weird dream you ll want to try and remember after waking up 
3.5
Burning
Ty Burr
A beautifully cryptic slow burner that lingers long in the senses 
4
Burning
G. Allen Johnson
With Lee s exacting eye the off kilter tone and top notch performances by an attractive young cast it s not a waste of time 
2.5
Burning
Sonia Rao
Lee plays the actors off one another to create a compelling exploration of human nature 
3.5
Burning
Walter Chaw
Burning is a masterpiece because it s about Kierkegaardian fear and trembling and it comes to the same conclusions 
4
Burning
Peter Howell
A movie of shadows and light that gets at populist rage by way of incendiary metaphor 
4
Burning
Sheila O'Malley
A great film engrossing suspenseful and strange 
4
Burning
Barry Hertz
As it dips into murder mystery territory then something more quiet and philosophical Chang dong writes a story both expected and surprising 
3.5
Burning
Niles Schwartz
With Burning Lee extraordinarily obliterates the bifurcation between life and representation the thing in itself and the metaphor 
3.5
The Last Dragon
Tony Mastroianni
The Last Dragon tries to do a great many things and does none of them well 
1
The Last Dragon
David Nusair
has been saddled with an often egregiously over the top feel that slowly but surely invalidates its few positive elements 
1
The Last Dragon
Gene Siskel
The Last Dragon is first and foremost a romantic comedy and a very sweet one at that and that s why its martial arts combat scenes work so well We ve been given enough time to care about who s kicking the stuffing out of whom 
3.5
The Last Dragon
Roger Ebert
It s so entertaining that I could almost recommend it if it weren t for an idiotic subplot about a gangster and his girlfriend a diversion that brings the movie to a dead halt every eight or nine minutes 
2.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
David Reddish
Films dont get more imaginative or original than this The Nightmare Before Christmas is not just a good movieits everything we go to the movies for in the first place 
4
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Matt Brunson
On a visual level the movie qualifies as poetry in stop motion 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
John Hartl
Visually a macabre knockout this 75 minute fantasy boasts some of the wittiest most vigorous stop motion animation effects in the history of the process 
3
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Gary Thompson
Disney s sophisticated stop motion animation an advanced version of techniques used to create Gumby creates a truly breathtaking visual landscape 
3
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Michael Wilmington
Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas has a grotesque charm a pie eyed magic 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Stephen Hunter
Macabre and astonishing 
3
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Josh Larsen
endlessly delightful even as it deals in icky bugs and severed limbs 
4
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Peter Canavese
A twisted revamp of Rankin Bass by way of Edward Gorey Blu ray 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Linda Cook
Is it cooler than ever in 3 D Well sure But essentially it s the same movie that drew Tim Burton fans into theaters in 1993 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
David Elliott
Concise elegant a tad scary this is a treat for Halloween 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Elizabeth Weitzman
Burton s skewed vision is seamlessly realized by director Henry Selick and cleverly enhanced by Danny Elfman s songs 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sean P. Means
The story of Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King is like Jack himself spindly and thin but with a resounding voice 
3
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Willie Waffle
feels like it should have always been in 3 D 
4
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Nick Schager
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a veritable bounty of visual delights 
2.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an inspired idea that allows for all kinds of wickedness and invention and the filmmakers take it to the limit But the movie s tone is lighthearted kept buoyant by Elfman s songs and holiday cheer 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Michael Dequina
The story characters music and look of the film come together to form one complete unified work with a consistent tone and feeling 
4
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dennis King
A triumph of art design and stop motion animation 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Shellie Iliff
Annoying music by Danny Elfman 
1
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Robert Roten
In many ways it is a very clever film but it never lives up to the promise of its visual brilliance 
2.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Peter Travers
Of all the new Halloween films only this one has the power to truly haunt our dreams 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
James Berardinelli
The Nightmare Before Christmas has something to offer just about everyone 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Steve Rhodes
A bizarre but engrossing film 
2.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Roger Ebert
Working with gifted artists and designers Burton has made a world here that is as completely new as the worlds we saw for the first time in such films as Metropolis The Cabinet of Dr Caligari or Star Wars 
3.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Chris Hicks
Burton Elfman and director Henry Selick whose camera movements are more inventive than most live action pictures have certainly created one of the most surprisingly unique films to come along in many a full moon 
3.5
Dogville
Mattie Lucas
A bold beautiful work of art 
4
Dogville
Kam Williams
After about an hour the novelty wears off and you re aching to see an actual animal and real shrubs After two hours you feel disappointed when you realize that this wouldn t even make a good play After three hours it s downright infuriating 
1
Dogville
Jeffrey Overstreet
Von Trier portrays intense evil to make us wonder at the resilience and generosity of Grace that alabaster saint who exemplifies her name to a point 
3.5
Dogville
James Kendrick
aesthetically sparse and thematically audacious the searing work of a genuine provocateur
3
Dogville
Forrest Hartman
Fails to meet the expectations of its own conceit 
2
Dogville
Jeff Vice
Says everything it wants to say early on but then repeats it all endlessly 
2
Dogville
Sean P. Means
Von Trier aims to hold a mirror up to America s mistreatment of its own people but he ends up revealing more about his own abhorrence for the people watching his movies 
2
Dogville
Phil Villarreal
You get the feeling that von Trier up on his soapbox couldn t find it in his heart to make some necessary cuts He should have thrown his ego to the dogs 
3
Dogville
Robert W. Butler
Lars von Trier is probably a genius This doesn t stop him from being a jerk 
2.5
Dogville
John Beifuss
This examination of selfishness xenophobia and the human ability to rationalize acts of horror may have audience members squirming not with outrage but recognition 
3
Dogville
Duane Dudek
Exasperating and nearly three hour blend of stagecraft and sermonizing 
2.5
Dogville
Matt Brunson
Dogville is irrevocably a movie of our times 
3.5
Dogville
Joe Baltake
Singular and unforgettable the work of a brilliant crackpot 
4
Dogville
James Sanford
Kidman in a performance as emotionally stark as any she s ever given makes Grace s journey achingly real even though everything around her is deliberately artificial 
3
Dogville
Phoebe Flowers
You don t so much enjoy watching it as you simply appreciate the genius that went into its creation 
4
Dogville
David Elliott
Dogville is most depressing because Trier promises two more for his American trilogy Lars enough already 
1
Dogville
Moira MacDonald
A punishing film to sit through and its rewards may well depend on how much credit you wish to give von Trier for doing something different Because for better or worse Dogville is unlike anything else you ll see on screens this year 
2
Dogville
Terry Lawson
Nearly as powerful as Von Trier s Dancer in the Dark 
4
Dogville
Lisa Kennedy
Dogville is no different from von Trier s earlier parables of vulnerability and brutality And like those works it is the staggering infuriating work of a visionary filmmaker 
3.5
Dogville
Jeffrey M. Anderson
von Trier sustains his film through nearly three hours with consummate artistry before suddenly going one step too far with his controversial closing credits 
3
Dogville
Marty Mapes
Has more emotional distance than Breaking the Waves or Dancer in the Dark
3
Dogville
Chris Hewitt
Sarcastic humor inventive staging and a brutal story combine to give Dogville the force of a bonfire incendiary and beautiful 
3.5
Dogville
David N. Butterworth
Sure it s anti American but it s also anti Hollywood and that makes Dogville edgy thought provoking and daringly original 
3.5
Dogville
Dustin Putman
Unapologetically cynical miraculously imaginative and sumptuously beautiful Dogville is a thought provoking time at the movies 
3.5
Dogville
Wesley Morris
Dogville is another round of brazen disrespect from cinema s baddest boy But the movie despite its ultimate nuttiness has a quiet consuming power that sneaks up on you and doesn t go away 
3.5
Dogville
James Verniere
Philosophy and politics aside von Trier has forgotten to make a movie worth watching create a single sympathetic character or write dialogue that isn t prattle 
2
Dogville
Mick LaSalle
This is a seriously important film and a huge achievement 
4
Dogville
Roger Ebert
Dogville can be defended and even praised on pure ideological grounds but most moviegoers even those who are sophisticated and have open minds are going to find it a very dry and unsatisfactory slog through conceits masquerading as ideas 
2
Dogville
Erik Childress
Imagine if Jesus Christ came to die for our sins only to discover we weren t worth the trouble 
3.5
Dogville
Glenn Lovell
A tenacious brutal drama that dares you to turn your back 
3
Dogville
Carrie Rickey
Life is too short for three hours of misanthropy and misogyny 
2
Dogville
Michael Wilmington
Though certainly a failure in some respects Dogville may be the most fascinating richly accomplished screw up you ll see all year 
3
Dogville
James Berardinelli
Dogville isn t for everyone but there s some intellectually stimulating conversation fodder for those with the patience to navigate the film s rough terrain 
3
Dogville
Liam Lacey
Who but von Trier could make such a film Who else would dare 
4
Dogville
Michael Szymanski
It stalks silently stark with its minimalism at first and then pounces unexpectedly with an overwhelming wash of emotion like a rabid animal with sharp piercing teeth 
4
Dogville
Jeanne Aufmuth
Shocks galvanizes and exhilarates 
4
Dogville
Megan Lehmann
A stunning display of a filmmaker adventuring on the far side of what s possible 
3.5
Dogville
Jami Bernard
Brilliant and infuriating wise and naïve outrageous yet unforgettable 
3
Dogville
Bob Strauss
What starts out as distracting works to bring us in closer to what we should be concentrating on the passion of Nicole Kidman s tragic heroine and what her suffering says about the hope of all mankind 
4
Dogville
Claudia Puig
Darkly funny intellectually challenging and obliquely didactic 
3
Dogville
David Sterritt
Challenging dramatic provocative 
4
Dogville
Peter Travers
Von Trier light years from the formula doggerel at the multiplex delivers something rare these days a film of ideas 
3.5
Dogville
Jan Stuart
An audaciously original feat of allegorical story telling one of those visionary achievements that stirs moviegoers into a fury and goes on to define a decade 
4
Dogville
Bill Chambers
Movie pop art is enjoying a renaissance of which Lars von Trier s savagely cathartic Dogville is the consummate centerpiece
4
Dogville
Rob Blackwelder
Lars von Trier s peculiar compulsion to humiliate his heroines has finally crescendoed to a deafening din of indiscriminate exasperating martyrdom 
2
Dogville
Steve Rhodes
Running a painfully long three hours Dogville is pretentious with a capital P 
1
Dogville
Glenn Kenny
It really is a masterpiece von Trier s first as it happens 
4
Dogville
Scott Nash
Utterly engrossing 
3.5
Dogville
Rene Rodriguez
Maddening challenging and audacious Dogville is an unlikely masterpiece 
4
Dogville
David Nusair
an overlong running time three hours and inexplicably odd behavior among characters does the film in 
2
Dogville
Joshua Tanzer
Dogville is not a cry of rage against America it s a cry of rage against all mankind It demands to be seen but not to be loved 
3
Dogville
Ed Gonzalez
This acerbic illustration of a small town s curious notions of entitlement unspools as a Christian allegory by way of Mark Twain or Dr Seuss 
4
Where the Day Takes You
Roger Ebert
The movie which was shot on and around Hollywood Boulevard shows a side of runaway kids we haven t seen before how they form surrogate families in the streets seeking reassurance and security that they never felt at home 
3
Brut Force
Roger Moore
Writer director Eve Symingtons debut feature is a solid engrossing film noir set in Californias pinot noir terroir 
2.5
The Space Between Us
Matt Brunson
A teen flick that registers less as YA and more as why bother 
1.5
The Space Between Us
Frank Ochieng
However one is not so convinced that the Young Adult YA genre is convincingly elevated by a flimsy frontier sci fi romancer among the Clearasil crowd The Space Between Us produces more sappy substance than a row of Vermont trees 
1.5
The Space Between Us
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A special kind of bad movie borne out of loopy misguided ideas rather than lazy callous ones the latter is far more common 
2
The Space Between Us
David Nusair
An impressively original drama 
3.5
The Space Between Us
David Fear
By the time you get to the money shot of two lovers kissing in zero gravity you ll either be deep in this movie s pocket or have fallen into a diabetic coma 
2.5
The Space Between Us
Katie Walsh
A sci fi tinged heap of sentimentality 
2
The Space Between Us
Barry Paris
It s all very pretty And pretty absurd 
2
The Space Between Us
Sara Michelle Fetters
Honestly the only reason the film didn t grate on my nerves more than it did had everything to do with Robertson 
2
The Space Between Us
Josh Terry
The film is never allowed to breathe It s rushed and it s a shame 
2
The Space Between Us
Sean P. Means
Butterfield and Robertson do have some charming chemistry and Chelsom s workmanlike direction gives them some nice moments together 
2.5
The Space Between Us
Robert Horton
He is allegedly some kind of genius boy but he dumbs down in order to play the fish out of water routine 
2.5
The Space Between Us
Peter Canavese
Despite the multiple genres The Space Between Us feels thin in its plot and corny in the telling 
1.5
The Space Between Us
Stephen Whitty
As the token adults Carla Gugino looks concerned which is understandable and Gary Oldman shouts a lot possibly to keep himself awake 
2
The Space Between Us
Christian Toto
Shouldn t a sci fi love story like The Space Between Us have a little you know brains behind it 
2
The Space Between Us
Brad Wheeler
A shameless pastiche of Starman s alien on Earth sci fi The Boy in the Plastic Bubble s medical pathos and any number of young lovers on the run stories The Space Between Us may set back the Earth Mars relationship light years 
1.5
The Space Between Us
Mick LaSalle
It presents a compelling situation genuinely touching moments and pockets of strong acting and dialogue that has people in the audience turning to each other and laughing because it s so absurd 
2
The Space Between Us
Brian Truitt
The whole sci fi narrative collapses into a mess of illogical story beats and groan inducing quasi tragic bits right out of Love Story 
1.5
The Space Between Us
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Allan Loeb crosses the line from sincere to cornball without a trace of self awareness 
1.5
The Space Between Us
James Berardinelli
The Space between Us is what it looks like when a promising premise is betrayed by a dumbed down hackneyed screenplay 
2
The Space Between Us
Sara Stewart
If Nicholas Sparks wrote science fiction he might come up with something like this teen soap in which boys are like literally from another planet 
2
The Space Between Us
Soren Andersen
This movie is ridiculous 
1
The Space Between Us
Linda Barnard
The Space Between Us will keep its target young teen audience fully engaged But its need to explain everything siphons some of the wonder out of the picture 
2
The Space Between Us
Christy Lemire
The twists are just unbearably ridiculous which drains all the power out of their supposed catharsis 
1.5
The Space Between Us
Roger Moore
Sloppy science sloppier sentimentality
1.5
The Space Between Us
Ty Burr
If you re 13 and have a purple streak you ll probably be sobbing happily into your box of rubberized nachos The rest of us can only wonder if we were ever that young while praying for better dialogue 
2
The Space Between Us
Rafer Guzman
The movie often delivers on its promises It is also however one clumsily plotted flick with a screenplay by Allan Loeb that gambles everything on a twist ending you could spot from a galaxy away 
2
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
Matt Brunson
Some clumsy plotting and an overly familiar template render this no more than average 
2
Hockney
Pat Padua
Despite sometimes dizzying artistic mood swings Hockney remains grounded in the people and places that shaped the artist and his art 
3
Hockney
Charles Desmarais
The film fails to describe the full arc of Hockney s work and career it is clearly addressed to those who already know that basic story 
2
Hockney
Richard Roeper
A rich if occasionally slight bio of one of the most well known artists of the last half century 
3
Hockney
Dmitry Samarov
There must be more gravity to the man s life and work than this breezy love letter will admit 
2
Hockney
Mark Feeney
A documentary need not have a narrator or be structured chronologically but here either or both would have helped 
2.5
Hockney
Kam Williams
A fascinating examination of the mind motivations and legacy of one of the 20th Century s most important modern artists 
4
Hockney
Clayton Dillard
After a nearly virtuoso opening it reduces passages of the painter s life into multiple montages of pop pabulum 
2
White Zombie
Matt Brunson
The supporting cast is awful and the low budget dictates a few moments worthy of MST3K ribbing But the atmosphere of dread is pungent the use of sound is inspired and the makeup by the great Jack Pierce and Carl Axcelle is minimal but effective 
3
White Zombie
Mattie Lucas
Lugosi is always fun to watch and he s at his hammy best here 
3
White Zombie
John Beifuss
It leads the viewer inside a fairy tale not a slaughterhouse it s expressionistic not extreme It affirms the power of the gesture the shadow the shudder In other words Who needs blood red cannibalism when you ve got a black and white Bela Lugosi 
3.5
White Zombie
Peter Keough
Occasional Ed Wood like campiness notwithstanding it established a genre that would rise from the grave whenever the economic state of the cinema age might summon it 
2.5
Unplugging
Leo Brady
Unplugging tries to stay connected to the audience but I recommend you just cut the cord 
1
Unplugging
Mark Dujsik
The story remains stuck in the middle of nowhere 
1.5
With Your Permission
David Nusair
46 46 46 the film eventually wears out its welcome 46 46 46 
2
The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
Chris Vognar
The Anthrax Attacks conjures the terror and paranoia afresh and with the hindsight of 21 years asks the viewer to consider how effectively the crisis was handled 
3
The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
Richard Roeper
Writer director Dan Krauss takes a creative risk by combining traditional non fiction storytelling techniques with re creations that go far beyond the usual shadowy silhouette snippets 
3
Tickling Giants
Zosia Bielski
In an era when an American president rages over how he s depicted on Saturday Night Live and obsesses about quelling critical fake news this is one relevant film 
3
Tickling Giants
Leba Hertz
The man now known as the Jon Stewart of Egypt has graced us with satirical humor that sends a loud and clear message against repression 
3
Who Loves the Sun
Jennie Punter
A gentle often funny chamber piece in which his wonderful cast works out family problems against the stunning backdrop of Canadian cottage country 
3
Who Loves the Sun
Steve Rhodes
The twists are a little dizzying for a while but the characters are all interesting and genuine and earn our sympathy and support The ending is a bit of a surprise but nicely done just like the rest of the picture 
3
Dancers
Steve Rhodes
A touching tale it is like a lovingly executed short story Both actors give completely genuine performances sure to touch your hearts in subtle ways 
3
The Maze Runner
Brian Eggert
Despite strong performances and a fascinating setup 44 it feels like a typical episode of Lost in which more questions are asked instead of answered 8212 except here 44 there apos s no promise of a new episode next week 46 
2
The Maze Runner
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
all the good done by the movie is destroyed by its incredibly generic and disappointing ending Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Maze Runner
Wesley Lovell
A charismatic lead helps tamp down the more generic elements of the story of a young man forced to scour a seemingly endless maze to find a way out for everyone trapped against their will 
3
The Maze Runner
John Beifuss
One of the best of the current spate of Young Adult novel inspired dystopian teen dramas 
3
The Maze Runner
Paul Whitington
The latest in a long line of teen fantasies The Maze Runner is a cagey dystopian thriller that tries to make a virtue of its limitations but becomes samey and tedious after a while 
2
The Maze Runner
Lori Hoffman
A solid B movie version of the big YA franchises less pretentious and glossy 
3
The Maze Runner
David Keyes
A movie so utterly joyless that it makes all recent fantasies about young adults trapped in shattered worlds look like excursions through Mr Roger s Neighborhood 
1.5
The Maze Runner
Linda Cook
They re good looking young people in a futuristic dystopia They could change their future if only they could remember something They live primitive lives and must vie against a largely unseen foe 
1.5
The Maze Runner
Mike McGranaghan
The bad news is that this is not the next Hunger Games The good news is that it s no Divergent either 
3
The Maze Runner
Peter Canavese
One could wish the picture were less thematically anemic but there s something to be said for the nifty concept and pure adrenaline when it kicks in 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Perry Seibert
For its first five minutes The Maze Runner succeeds in drawing you into its strange world Sadly it never gets better than that kinetic opening and it quickly becomes a bore to look at and a chore to sit through 
1.5
The Maze Runner
Christian Toto
The Maze Runner is clever absorbing and good for both teens and parents until that silly reveal 
3
The Maze Runner
Steven Rea
It s bleak business and as it hurries toward its explosive expository conclusion the film becomes nonsensical too 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Chris Knight
The inevitable sequel may sort out some of this mess In the meantime filmmakers beware When your story is called The Maze Runner it s got to be pretty hard not to write yourself into a corner 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Dustin Putman
Constructed as a mystery its various layers gradually unpeeling with each new discovery the film eschews a lot of early exposition in exchange for a deliberate build up This first installment is certainly promising enough to warrant a continuation 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Mark Dujsik
This is a film that thrives on its mystery It s a pretty good one too 
3
The Maze Runner
Anders Wright
Despite the film s title not enough time is spent in the maze itself and its mysteries as well as who created it and forced these boys to try to survive within it are barely touched on until the end 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Bill Zwecker
A well acted and intelligent thriller futuristic sci fi romp 
3.5
The Maze Runner
James Berardinelli
Despite a strong opening and riveting first 45 minutes The Maze Runner devolves into one of the weakest post apocalyptic Young Adult movies to reach theaters in recent years 
2
The Maze Runner
Linda Barnard
It s burdened with banal dialogue and a laughably dumb endgame that squeezes the life out of its superior parts 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Sara Stewart
The Maze Runner isn t based on a video game but you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise 
2
The Maze Runner
Stephen Whitty
It does leave you wanting to see the next installment And that s one special effect that very few YA movies ever pull off 
3
The Maze Runner
Jon Niccum
A mostly entertaining adventure that plays like Lord of the Flies meets Cube meets an intelligent design lecture 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Michael O'Sullivan
Sure The Maze Runner unravels a few mysteries but it spins even more Thomas as it happens isn t the only one dying of curiosity here As the closing credits roll you likely will be too 
3
The Maze Runner
Rafer Guzman
Though it sometimes feels calculated and mechanical it s also solid well crafted and entertaining 
3
The Maze Runner
Cynthia Dickison
Is there room at the multiplex for yet another entry in the young adult dystopia survival genre Those who hunger for more could do worse than The Maze Runner based on the first book in James Dashner s trilogy 
3
The Maze Runner
Peter Hartlaub
The writers seem to have been reared in the Lost school of storytelling happy to pile on three more questions for every answer 
2
The Maze Runner
Claudia Puig
A sci fi thriller set in a vaguely post apocalyptic future must create a fully drawn universe to thoroughly captivate the viewer But Maze Runner feels only partially formed 
2
The Maze Runner
Christy Lemire
What s intriguing about The Maze Runner for a long time at least is the way it tells us a story we think we ve heard countless times before but with a refreshingly different tone and degree of detail 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Jake Coyle
There s a pleasantly low fi bare bones kind of storytelling here at least before the movie s mysteries are boringly explained another apocalypse to parse 
2
The Maze Runner
Richard Larson
A curious blend of our newly acquired taste for dystopia alongside a healthy sprinkling of Lord of the Flies the film offers familiar pleasures without prompting the sense of having already been here before 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Matt Pais
Like too many big screen treatments of best selling dystopian novels you half watch it while thinking about when fall TV comes back and what to eat for dinner 
2.5
The Maze Runner
Soren Andersen
Rare is the movie based on a best seller that is vastly superior to the book that inspired it The Maze Runner is just such a rarity 
3
The Maze Runner
Roger Moore
This month s young adults save the future sci fi franchise yawn 
1.5
The Maze Runner
Tony Hicks
I couldn t help getting hooked by the combination of fine acting intriguing premise and riveting scenery even if the story at times was a bit too easy 
3
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story
Christian Toto
Adam Carolla s documentary captures glory guts of auto racing s Jackie Robinson 
3.5
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
Erik Childress
Mixing a wealth of reports devoting news time to the craze a worthy 80s soundtrack and some fun computer rendering of the game s rules Chasing Ghosts is a true bit of cinematic time travel 
3
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Joe Williams
Anker s story is remarkable 
3
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Chris Hewitt
What really brings the past alive in The Wildest Dream is those glorious voices 
3
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Stephanie Merry
The movie excels not in the plentiful shots of Everest s majesty but in its nuanced depiction of Mallory through interviews archival footage and letters 
2.5
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Peter Hartlaub
It s about a love triangle unusual because the home wrecking third party is the largest mountain in the world 
3
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Willie Waffle
Breathtaking visuals and fascinating storytelling
3.5
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Moira MacDonald
There s plenty of suspense in The Wildest Dream along with some breathtaking photography 
3.5
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
Tirdad Derakhshani
Takes audiences on an awe inspiring nail biting climb toward the world s highest peak Mount Everest 
3
Banksy Does New York
James Adams
It s downright playful in fact funky chic and cheeky Somewhere Banksy is smiling 
3
Banksy Does New York
Linda Barnard
Reveals a provocative social experiment and raises questions about ownership of public art 
3
Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship (Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff, Die)
Mattie Lucas
It s certainly a lot of fun but it also offers an indication at some of the dark places Lang would explore later in his career 
3.5
Gringo
Brian Eggert
Double crosses and twists saturate the material leaving Gringo with a modest degree of unpredictability that keeps the viewer guessing albeit with few moments of levity or any genuine investment in the characters 
2
Gringo
Matt Brunson
A list actors cutting loose is the prime draw of this hot mess of a movie 
2.5
Gringo
Karen M. Peterson
If this movie was a person it would be a dudebro and call itself woke 
1.5
Gringo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though it runs a longish 110 minutes for the majority of the time it s a smart jam packed movie with plenty to enjoy 
3
Gringo
James Berardinelli
I left the theater vaguely annoyed as if the filmmakers had thrown away some promising ideas and elements in weaving together a thoroughly generic chase movie and pretending it s something special by employing ineffective stylistic choices 
2
Gringo
Robert Horton
It s got cynical zingers that presumably attracted the cool cast but overall the many moving parts don t quite mesh 
2
Gringo
Sara Michelle Fetters
So much of the movie works like a dream and I absolutely adored just how obnoxiously convoluted and ferociously aberrant the climactic turn of events ended up proving to be 
3
Gringo
Richard Roeper
Director Nash Edgerton and screenwriters Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone do a fine job of juggling the multiple story lines moving things along at an entertaining clip 
3
Gringo
Christian Toto
Gringo is the perfect movie to stumble upon via Netflix or cable TV Paying full price for the experience is another matter 
2.5
Gringo
David Fear
It can t decide whether it wants to be magnificently toxic or merely mediocre 
2
Gringo
Glenn Kenny
Pleasant surprise might be a misnomer for Gringo 
3
Gringo
David Nusair
culminates in a conclusion that s hardly able to justify the ineffectiveness of most of what came before 
2
Gringo
Barry Hertz
Dust off those spec scripts all you as yet unsuccessful scribes Hollywood s apparently paying anyone these days 
1
Gringo
Ty Burr
The stage is set for a good nasty slam bang farce and Gringo makes it about two thirds of the way there 
2.5
Gringo
Bob Bloom
Unfortunately director Nash Edgerton Joel s brother cannot keep a lid on the disjointed subplots No matter how hard he tries he cannot make them march in step 
2
Gringo
Roger Moore
Leaden 
1
Gringo
Derek Smith
The circuitous narrative of Nash Edgerton s Gringo is such that it never allows for a character or storyline to develop in a particularly efficient way as every few minutes an abrupt twist or turn sets things off in a new and unexpected direction 
1.5
Gringo
Mark Dujsik
There s something both admirable and off putting about the elaborate plotting of Gringo 
2.5
Gringo
Katie Walsh
How can every single scene be both unnecessary and dull 
1.5
Gringo
Soren Andersen
Gringo has no spark no fizz Its scenes sag like overstretched taffy Flavorless taffy 
1
Gringo
Ryan Porter
Though each of these great actors are somewhere on the spectrum of being funny no one feels completely in their element 
2
Gringo
Mick LaSalle
Inconsistencies in character behavior undermine the storytelling throughout When things are so glaring that they make you stop and say Hey hold on a second why did you know there are problems 
2
Gringo
Kam Williams
There s never a dull moment though never a deep one either for the duration of this hyperbolic homage to incessant overstimulation 
2.5
Black Water: Abyss
Brian Tallerico
Black Water Abyss is one of those movies that isn t particularly good but may not have to be if you re in the right mood 
2
Black Water: Abyss
Mike McGranaghan
I ll admit that I m not terribly demanding when it comes to these pictures As long as they deliver a decent B movie experience I m happy Black Water Abyss does just that 
3
By the Grace of God
Mark Dujsik
Ozon by introducing survivor after survivor whose stories are examined with equal weight gradually focuses on the power of a community 
3.5
By the Grace of God
Lisa Trifone
Ozon is to be commended for using his platform to further expose ongoing scandals that will only end when there s no where left to hide 
3.5
By the Grace of God
Michael Phillips
The film gathers momentum and shading as it goes 
3
By the Grace of God
Mick LaSalle
By the Grace of God begins to spin its wheels with unnecessary scenes that give color to the events when we re more interested in the grand movements 
2
By the Grace of God
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The movie offers a brutal attack on those who allowed the molestation of children to proceed without restraint for countless years 
3
By the Grace of God
Ty Burr
By the Grace of God isn t about people losing faith in God but finding faith in each other 
3
By the Grace of God
Mark Lieberman
To approach the grim subject matter Ozon forgoes his trademark satirical wit and flamboyant style 
3
By the Grace of God
Joe Friar
Powerful François Ozon s film evokes Spotlight while French actors Denis Ménochet Swann Arlaud and Melvil Poupaud deliver some of the best performances you ll see in any film this year 
4
By the Grace of God
Rex Reed
It s so talky that reading the fast moving subtitles takes on a challenge of its own But this is just a small caveat in a film of such overpowering substance and value 
4
By the Grace of God
Kent Turner
Methodically and steadily French writer director François Ozon builds an efficient and damning case 
3
By the Grace of God
Odie Henderson
Ozon s tone is more sobering than angry and it makes the film hit the viewer much harder as a result 
3
Miranda
John Beifuss
Suggestive yet always genteel Miranda is as beguiling as its title character 
3.5
The Deceivers
Peter Canavese
Straight up action adventure with very dark overtones A little over ripe but interesting enough from the always interesting Nicholas Meyer Kino Lorber Studio Classics blu ray review 
3
The Deceivers
Roger Ebert
Despite the film s claims to be based on fact I didn t believe it for a moment I did however enjoy it at various moments 
2
Dark Circle
Ross Anthony
While not uplifting Dark Circle engages at every turn It s an important film 
3
Dark Circle
Roger Ebert
Dark Circle which is one of the most horrifying films I ve seen also sometimes is one of the funniest if you can laugh at the same things in real life that you found amusing in Dr Strangelove 
4
Popi
Roger Ebert
The first half set in New York is rich and warm filled with the flavor of city life The second half involving the Florida plan functions only on the level of TV situation comedy 
2.5
La môme
Mattie Lucas
In La Vie En Rose we get to witness a rare and beautiful thing an artist baring her soul and creating a performance for the ages 
3.5
La môme
Wesley Lovell
Much like the colorful life of the film s subject La Vie en Rose explores the strange and emotional life of torch singer Edith Piaf and gives Marion Cotillard an Oscar for her tremendous performance 
3
La môme
James Berardinelli
This isn t the first time Piaf s life has been brought to the screen and it probably won t be the last but Cotillard makes this particular version stand apart 
3
La môme
Kam Williams
A relentlessly depressing warts and all biopic which depicts the untimely demise of a diva due to the toll taken on her body and soul by a combination of unfortunate disasters 
2
La môme
Kyle Smith
Pursued caught and devoured by the past Piaf nearly shouts the lyric Je me fous du passé I don t give a damn about the past 
3.5
La môme
Gina Carbone
You should regret missing it 
3.25
La môme
Matt Brunson
There s no arguing the excellence of the performance at the center of this ambitious and erratic biopic about French singing sensation Edith Piaf 
3
La môme
Jeff Vice
The film does get a little overwhelmingly dark This may be an accurate picture of what Piaf s life was like but watching nearly 2 1 2 hours of it is a bit much 
2.5
La môme
Sean P. Means
The constant that makes La Vie en Rose so compelling is Cotillard s dynamic portrayal of Piaf 
3
La môme
Larry Ratliff
I got a familiar gut feeling There is this year s Oscar winning best actress performance 
3.5
La môme
John Beifuss
The saucer eyed Cotillard is convincing and astonishing and she anchors a film that is less show biz formulaic and more intriguing than its recent American counterparts Walk the Line and Ray 
3.5
La môme
Moira MacDonald
This kind of heightened drama might not work in most movies but it suits its larger than life subject Dahan s La Vie is the movie equivalent of a torch song 
3.5
La môme
Loey Lockerby
Cotillard holds all this together through sheer force of talent and will and makes Piaf the most likable crazy morphine addicted drunk in movie history 
3
La môme
Bruce Westbrook
Compelling but punishing an artful ordeal The best way to process it may be as unintended camp rolling your eyes in amazement at its litany of misery and heaps of histrionics 
2
La môme
Johnny Vaughan
If that s not a movie I don t know what is A must see 
4
La môme
Duane Dudek
La Vie en Rose will be remembered and acclaimed for Marion Cotillard s incandescent performance 
3
La môme
Betsy Bozdech
Vivid and emotional but also disjointed and melodramatic Olivier Dahan s Edith Piaf biopic is all about Marion Cotillard s passionate performance 
2
La môme
Peter Travers
Marion Cotillard lip syncing Piaf s songs and digging into her soul with gale force urgency gives a performance for the ages 
3.5
La môme
Terry Lawson
Americans are unlikely to get her any more after watching this movie 
2
La môme
Michael Booth
This 140 minute biopic feels more like an ordeal than a celebration 
2
La môme
Wesley Morris
La Vie en Rose uses perceptive filmmaking as opposed to turgid exposition to explain its subject s psyche and to cleverly capture the spell she cast over audiences 
3
La môme
Roger Ebert
one of the best biopics I ve seen 
4
La môme
Josh Larsen
By the end when alcohol and drug abuse have reduced Piaf s body to wreckage the beauty who wooed Russell Crowe in A Good Year looks more like Gollum 
3
La môme
Michael Phillips
Wildly uneven Fully half of writer director Olivier Dahan s drama sticks to the surface and even then many of the factually accurate bits come off as Hollywood lies 
2.5
La môme
Matt Pais
While the film s not perfect the performance just might be 
3
La môme
Jeanne Aufmuth
A tousled biopic both bleak and disturbing 
3
La môme
Claudia Puig
There s a riveting tale within this awkward litany of pivotal moments Still despite the film s uneven nature Cotillard s extraordinary performance is worth experiencing 
2.5
La môme
Maitland McDonagh
Cotillard s riveting performance distinctive gestures and defiantly wounded body language without ever descending into mere impersonation It s sometimes wrenching to watch but it s too gripping to turn away from 
3.5
La môme
Susan Walker
Somewhere between shooting and post production the film got chopped into tiny bit sized pieces reshuffled to such a degree that it becomes hard to follow the narration 
2.5
La môme
Steven Winn
La Vie en Rose is a life seen through a glass tinted darkly with Cotillard glittering fiercely before the light goes out 
3
La môme
Pam Grady
Cotillard is capable of taking something ordinary and transforming it into something special and that is exactly what she does in La Vie En Rose 
3
La môme
Stephen Whitty
The film belongs to Cotillard who throws herself into the part 
3
La môme
Lou Lumenick
Marion Cotillard delivers a tour de force as legendary singer Édith Piaf 
3
La môme
Jack Mathews
It s the role of an actress lifetime and Marion Cotillard pretty much knocks it out of the park 
3
La môme
Glenn Whipp
A movie that delves into an icon s life and comes out with something unexpected the essence of the woman s art and soul 
3.5
La môme
Kamal Al-Solaylee
A sweepingly melodramatic and in director Dahan s words tragic romantic blockbuster of a movie that not only captures the soap operatic life of its subject with unflinching honesty but refuses to see her any other way 
3
La môme
Mary F. Pols
What s truly uncanny is the way Cotillard makes you feel as though you are seeing a life not just recreated but lived She portrays Piaf as a willful pathetic substance abusing diva who is also charming touching and tragically vulnerable 
4
La môme
Peter Canavese
More a visual aural poem about Piaf than a definitive bio epic of Piaf s complex life story 
3
La môme
Eric Lurio
Keeping the film with its unusual pendulum like plotting at an even keel is rather difficult but director Olivier Dahan manages to do it 
4
La môme
Sara Michelle Fetters
More than a biobic far more than a musical this spectacular film is a triumph on so many levels I almost don t even know where to begin 
3.5
La môme
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ms Cotillard is the movie s centerpiece and its end all be all It s a spectacular one woman show but not really a movie 
2.5
La môme
Jan Stuart
Marion Cotillard is a knockout in this scintillating and soulful musical bio 
4
La môme
Dan Callahan
Edith Piaf s tidal emotional vulgarity and brutish commitment to the most sentimental chansons is captured accurately and even irresistibly in La Vie En Rose 
3.5
La môme
Steven Rea
For Piaf fans La Vie en Rose is a must see For Piaf fans yet to be writer directors Dahan and Cotillard s extraordinary film is an opportunity rich with discovery 
4
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
Kate Taylor
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is the rare follow up that does not suffer sequel itis It s a movie that develops a franchise rather than just cashing in on it 
3
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
Chris Knight
We have here that rare sequel C est bon and it s not half bad 
3
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
Peter Howell
A movie that s not just very good but also trs bien 
3
Mr. Brooks
Jeffrey Westhoff
Just when it seemed the serial killer film had been done to death Mr Brooks brings something fresh to the genre 
2
Mr. Brooks
Scott Nash
I found this movie to be entertaining but I was almost disturbed to find it so How many other movies have a serial killer as their protagonist and actually make you root for them 
3.5
Mr. Brooks
Peter Travers
Mr Brooks spins a web that will wrap you up in nightmares 
3
Mr. Brooks
Lori Hoffman
I wish the writing had been sharper
2
Mr. Brooks
Jonathan W. Hickman
It is entertaining to watch Costner and Hurt fight for control of one body 
3
Mr. Brooks
James Rocchi
a nice decent all American psychopath like Mr Brooks is pretty welcome company for a few fraught and well crafted hours in the tense and muted darkness of the movie theater 
3
Mr. Brooks
Matt Brunson
Like its leading character Mr Brooks suffers from a split personality and it s unfortunate that the wrong one comes out on top 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Linda Cook
This ghastly concoction blends sleaze a serial killer and sex in the sort of thing that were it not rated R would be a television movie 
1
Mr. Brooks
Maitland McDonagh
Plays like Red Dragon reimagined by filmmakers who think they re too smart or too sophisticated or too high minded to give themselves over to the sordid sleazy and flat out nasty 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Susan Walker
Quite a few plot lines and character quandaries remain unresolved And yet the movie makes sense as it stands After all one can never know what makes a psychopath tick 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Moira MacDonald
Certainly more genuinely creepy than many recent thrillers and the supporting cast is effective 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
David Elliott
Mr Brooks does work up some clammy tension The script has bite 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Carla Meyer
Not just a guilty pleasure but a truly queasy one 
3
Mr. Brooks
Pam Grady
The movie is a missed opportunity It has all the ingredients of a delightfully twisted sleek little thriller But with all that extra padding Mr Brooks is just one bloated mess 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Stephen Whitty
You know you re in real trouble when Demi Moore s playing the most sympathetic character you have 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Duane Dudek
A clumsy and facile pulp thriller that is never the sum total of its parts 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Bob Strauss
Preposterous as Mr Brooks can get it s such a well crafted intricately devised thriller that its flaws are easy to forgive 
3
Mr. Brooks
Robert W. Butler
There are flashes of near greatness here and the moments of dramatic power and aura of moral ambiguity set it apart from just about every other movie out there this season 
3
Mr. Brooks
Amy Biancolli
In Mr Brooks Bruce A Evans fitfully subversive approach to the genre we get a few fresh takes on the psychology of serial killing 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Jack Mathews
Totally absurd and equally entertaining 
3
Mr. Brooks
Rene Rodriguez
The kind of movie that rockets so far beyond the line of credibility and so deeply into the realm of utter stupidity you start to wonder if the filmmakers aren t putting you on 
2
Mr. Brooks
Rick Groen
I count a baker s dozen of movie plots here a tally so impressive that the qualifier all of them are inane seems almost ungenerous 
1
Mr. Brooks
Claudia Puig
Far fetched flimsy and uninvolving 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Lou Lumenick
What starts out as a delightful black comedy and social commentary ends up at best as a guilty pleasure where I had a hard time sorting out the intentional from the unintentional laughs 
2
Mr. Brooks
Michael Booth
Mr Brooks has more tonal shifts than a Philip Glass concert never deciding if it s a thriller a noir a comedy or a farce 
2
Mr. Brooks
Richard Roeper
A classic guilty pleasure a great looking weirdly compelling thriller with two pedal flooring performances from Costner and William Hurt 
3
Mr. Brooks
Ty Burr
A fertile example of the Studio Film Gone Berserk where too many characters and too many story lines geometrically progress until a level of blissful absurdity is reached 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Tyler Hanley
Welcome back Costner The hit or miss actor who earned an Oscar for Dances with Wolves but a Razzie for The Postman shatters expectations with his best performance in more than a decade 
3
Mr. Brooks
Russ Breimeier
The film demonstrates the complexity of human nature and its faculties our sinful side is never far removed from our capacity to think and feel 
3.5
Mr. Brooks
Nick Rogers
There s an unsettling exhilaration in the way Mr Brooks plows through dark waters and damns every torpedo except for the one that sinks it Its name is Demi Moore There s the germ of a great movie but the disease of many stupid ones 
2
Mr. Brooks
Kit Bowen
Score one for Kevin Costner His dark and disturbingly compelling psychological thriller Mr Brooks could give the once powerful Dances with Wolves star his first hit in many moons 
3
Mr. Brooks
James Sanford
Costner and Hurt s strong performances are surrounded by flimsy plotting unbelievable sidenotes and occasionally absurd surprises 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
David Nusair
the film ultimately suffers from an egregiously uneven vibe that s compounded by a distractingly overlong running time 
2.5
Mr. Brooks
Barry Paris
The story is a good one but it s the two lead performances that make the film work 
3
Mr. Brooks
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is that rare Hollywood film where you can t be quite sure where the story is going to end up 
3
Mr. Brooks
Mark Dujsik
Reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith s Ripley novels and that is flattering praise 
3
Mr. Brooks
Erik Childress
It s a tasty stew for anyone with a macabre stomach lining It s sense of humor is dependent on your ability to connect with your inner psychopath and root for the bad guy 
3
Mr. Brooks
Willie Waffle
delivers more of a soap opera like story about everyone s personal lives whether you find that interesting or not and whether these lurid details are important to the plot or not 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Sara Michelle Fetters
While far from perfect by and large I found myself mesmerized 
3
Mr. Brooks
Jeff Strickler
Mr Brooks is driven more by its characters than its plot And several of those characters are fascinating 
3
Mr. Brooks
Chris Hewitt
After its sleek hard edged first hour the second half slides into rote action adventure scenes complete with techno music backdrop that we ve seen in dozens of movies of this ilk 
2
Mr. Brooks
Dustin Putman
A fascinating and thoroughly unsettling exploration into the mind of a serial killer Mr Brooks could well be the smartest most astute thriller of its kind in several years 
3.5
Mr. Brooks
Steven Rea
Slickly shot coolly edited oozing dark deadpan humor Mr Brooks finds Costner at the top of his game His moves are subtle his expressions flat his emotions clamped down contained 
3
Mr. Brooks
Josh Larsen
I think Waterworld 2 might have been a smarter career move 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Mark Caro
If you broke down Mr Brooks in terms of structure twists and momentum you might give it high marks The thing does move To where is the problem 
2
Mr. Brooks
Matt Pais
There s so much unexamined rage in Mr Brooks that the movie plays like a training video for psychotherapists 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Nick Schager
Mr Brooks is one deliriously ridiculous movie and a bona fide contender for status as a camp classic 
1.5
Mr. Brooks
Phil Villarreal
Mr Brooks never fails as compelling drama but it s far too busy to ever settle into a coherent focus 
3
Mr. Brooks
Peter Canavese
Evans makes Mr Brooks the CEO of a box factory because who would suspect the CEO of a box factory Plus he s pro life how ironic 
2
Mr. Brooks
James Berardinelli
Mr Brooks is a curious mix of the campy and the intelligent of high concept and low psychology In spite of these contradictions or perhaps because of them it works 
3
Mr. Brooks
Steve Rhodes
Exquisitely constructed Mr Brooks is a gorgeous and compelling thriller about a very sympathetic serial killer The story unfolds with the delicious pacing of a carefully prepared feast 
3
River's Edge
James Kendrick
still holds the power to unsettle and disturb
3.5
River's Edge
Roger Ebert
This is the best analytical film about a crime since The Onion Field and In Cold Blood 
3.5
Big Significant Things
Rex Reed
Admirable and respectable it engages you while you re watching it then leaves you empty and wanting more 
2
Big Significant Things
Glenn Kenny
Honestly I think I ve had enough of American Male Existential Crisis in film period 
2
Big Significant Things
Carson Lund
Its anodyne tastefulness effectively lumps it into a big vat of likeminded Sundance or SXSW endorsed offerings 
1.5
Big Significant Things
Andy Crump
The film s perspective lends it surprising maturity though when a first time effort looks as refined as this it s hard not to take it seriously 
3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Matt Brunson
Another Jim Jarmusch title another opportunity to add some eccentric twists to a fairly ordinary story 
3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jim Shelby
Ghost Dog himself is so remote and focused on his path it s hard to drum up a lot of identification or sympathy 
2
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
David Nusair
I was lulled by the relaxed storytelling 
3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Margaret A. McGurk
It reminded me how vibrantly original an honest to God independent film can be 
3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Liam Lacey
A handsomely shot cool sounding head scratcher of a film that probably isn t worth the wear on the fingernails 
2
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
James Kendrick
Whitaker has an amiable face that can tighten into a mask of steely determination in a heartbeat I couldn t imagine another actor in the role 
3.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Cornell & Petricelli
A haunting and mesmerizing film 
3.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
David N. Butterworth
Forest Whitaker is superb in the title role THE RZA s score is sublime Heck even director Jarmusch deserves kudos for this one 
3.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Michael Dequina
A poetic meditation on mortality and honor that delivers the action and suspense of any good gangster film 
3.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Shay Casey
Yes it does have some deep messages to deliver but Ghost Dog is also very entertaining 
3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Tor Thorsen
Ghost Dog is a wholly original creation made up of borrowed parts 
4
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Gemma Files
Ghost Dog is an early 21st century urban black man who s remodelled himself after the samurai warriors of Medieval Japan adopting and embodying an alien culture through a weirdly admirable act of will 
3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Steve Rhodes
Is there a market for self consciously stylish movies about gangsters if the films operate in what seems like slow motion 
2.5
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Roger Ebert
By the end Whitaker s character has generated true poignance 
3
The Spy
Dann Gire
It s like Quentin Tarantino Blake Edwards and Guy Hamilton tried to direct a movie at the same time and this is the mess they created 
2
Lucy
Brian Eggert
Besson packs a lot of ideas into the brief 89 minute runtime 44 but he should apos ve spent another 20 minutes on character development 46 
2.5
Lucy
Pamela Powell
Unfortunately quite quickly this film goes from a promising sci fi thriller to a gruesomely brutal action flick 
1
Lucy
Josh Larsen
There s never any tension or suspense to the movie because whatever Lucy faces we know her big brain will inexplicably be able to handle it 
1
Lucy
Wesley Lovell
Built on an erroneous premise Lucy is a creative but hollow film that tries too hard for success 
2
Lucy
John Beifuss
Besson s most ambitious realization of his peculiarly exuberant notion of girl power 
3
Lucy
Sean P. Means
Those expecting a straight ahead action movie in Luc Besson s Lucy may find this sci fi head scratcher a little crazy but I don t think it s crazy enough 
2.5
Lucy
Peter Canavese
Besson reminds us how limber he can be The material is always cheeky in its sense of humor and stylistic and cultural allusions and frequently if not fundamentally provocative 
3
Lucy
Mal Vincent
Lucy is pretty silly but it trots out varied philosophical and metaphysical themes This is the kind of thing that often spawns mini cults in rentals 
2.5
Lucy
Lori Hoffman
A breathtaking combination of an adrenaline junkie highlight reel and a supremely silly sci fi storyline 
3
Lucy
John Wirt
A high velocity download to the finish 
3
Lucy
David Nusair
Luc Besson s best movie in almost 10 years 
3.5
Lucy
Glenn Lovell
French action ace Besson comes full circle a bravura blend of sci fi comic book action National Geographic cutaways like watching the primeval forest scenes from Tree of Life spliced into Taken 
3
Lucy
Michael Dequina
The weirdness Besson really has in mind is decidedly uncommercial at best inscrutably indulgent at worst 
2.5
Lucy
John Serba
More comic than cosmic 
2
Lucy
Walter Chaw
Did I mention the dinosaur Dinosaur 
1
Lucy
Linda Cook
An eye popping fever dream of a science fiction movie Lucy is one of the best movies screenwriter director Luc Besson has wrought 
3.5
Lucy
Matt Brunson
A valiant if ultimately futile attempt to graft a brainy mind bender onto a traditional action film template Luc Besson s Lucy frequently comes across as The Tree of Life as directed by Michael Bay 
2
Lucy
Scott Nash
Scarlett Johansson kicking ass in a Luc Besson action film sounds like a good idea 
2
Lucy
Mike McGranaghan
Lucy is not just tongue in cheek No the tongue bursts out of the cheek wraps all the way around the back of the head and comes in through the opposite cheek 
3
Lucy
Brad Keefe
No you do not only use 10 percent of our brains with the possible exception of when you are watching a Michael Bay movie 
3
Lucy
Bob Bloom
See Lucy simply to watch Johansson kick butt spout some philosophy and with the help of CGI move through time and space with the casual swipe of her palm 
3
Lucy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lucy is constantly playful and awestruck Besson genuinely seems moved by the capability of humans to do good 
3.5
Lucy
Matt Zoller Seitz
You d be hard pressed to identify one idea scene or element in the picture that is not a cliche But the total package feels fresh 
3
Lucy
Rob Thomas
It s like he wants to make his own 2001 but can t resist putting in a climactic gunfight between HAL and Dave 
2
Lucy
Anders Wright
It s often entertaining tying together a race against time a sci fi actioner and a female empowerment story with some junk science and bubble gum Sadly though Lucy doesn t aim as high as it could 
2.5
Lucy
James Berardinelli
A sci fi yarn that ponders the meaning of time and the importance of evolution while occasionally throwing in some shootouts 
3
Lucy
Stephen Whitty
For Besson devotees who sat stoically through The Lady or patiently during that endless Arthur and the Invisibles series Lucy is a trippy return to form to mind twisting stories to rocket propelled camerawork to eyes wide open dreams 
3
Lucy
Tirdad Derakhshani
A dynamic melange of conflicting genres balanced on a high wire of pure irony 
3
Lucy
Willie Waffle
Sets up a perfect Charles Bronson style vengeance movie but goes and screws it up by getting artsy 
1.5
Lucy
Dustin Putman
A movie of tireless ideas and exciting stylistic panache 
3
Lucy
Cammila Collar
If you can forgive or ignore those faults Lucy delivers the goods by the end both as a brainy thought experiment and as a summer popcorn flick 
3.5
Lucy
Bruce DeMara
No one onscreen has the answers to the lofty questions Besson poses and despite all the dizzying and splendid imagery of the film s closing frames it s patently clear that neither does he 
2
Lucy
Mark Dujsik
Aside from the regressive portrait of its heroine the movie is a mess of pseudo scientific babble 
1.5
Lucy
Chris Knight
In filmmaking it s always better to end your story early and be accused of the crime of not using your whole brain than to keep going and be found guilty of it 
3
Lucy
Rafer Guzman
At first it s dazzling Besson forgets however that he s promised us pulp entertainment and instead delivers a serious treatise on next step metaphysics 
2
Lucy
Mick LaSalle
You can scoff at Besson s philosophies and hypotheses but to do that would miss what s in front of you Lucy is an impeccably realized vision of Besson s view of things 
3
Lucy
Michael Phillips
The movie devolves into a melange of digital effects and sequences of glamorous slaughter as Lucy swaggers around with that big brain and slouches toward becoming a full lipped deity 
2
Lucy
Ty Burr
Wait wasn t Bradley Cooper here in 2011 s Limitless Yes but Lucy takes the concept into eerier and more visually baroque territory than that much underappreciated genre film 
3
Lucy
Joe Williams
With such an empty core it s hard to love Lucy but it s also hard to change the channel when it promises wisdom with just a spoonful of Vitameatavegamin 
2.5
Lucy
Duane Dudek
It is tightly wound and briskly told but like Besson s other films veers wildly from serious to fantastic to ridiculous 
2.5
Lucy
Jon Niccum
The film s tone shifts so drastically as if Carl Sagan suddenly replaced John Woo as director 
2.5
Lucy
Carla Meyer
A silly fun but highly flawed sci fi shoot em up 
2.5
Lucy
Dann Gire
A breathless piece of stylized sci fi action inspired by graphic novels M rated video games and classic car chases from The Blues Brothers and To Live and Die in L A 
3
Lucy
Claudia Puig
A stylish action thriller that is equal parts dazzling and ludicrous 
3
Lucy
Jocelyn Noveck
The director knows his way around a camera and you can argue about the merits of the storyline But the dialogue often sounds like it was produced by a primitive computer Hammy and clunky 
2
Lucy
Peter Travers
What starts as a bats female revenge fantasy ends as a bad LSD trip Talk about a buzzkill 
2
Lucy
Matt Pais
Operates at about 90 percent stupidity 
1
Lucy
Kyle Smith
Besson keeps the pedal down for 90 breathless minutes sprinkling the road with dry wit but occasionally taking detours into beautiful quiet side streets 
3
Lucy
Moira MacDonald
It s both a fascinating and a ridiculous idea but one that s fun to watch particularly as Besson wisely keeps the film trimmed to a quick as a lightning bolt 89 minutes 
3
Lucy
Abhimanyu Das
Vulgar auteurist Luc Besson finally commits wholeheartedly to his decades long preoccupation with waifish young women discovering their inner Shiva spinning the concept out to its most delirious possible extremes 
3
Lucy
Roger Moore
Scar Jo in short skirts and ruthless robotic monotone finds the sweet spot in her acting range and really delivers the goods
2.5
Lucy
Clayton Davis
You can find it either really awesome or really dumb I lean more towards the latter 
2
Hey Bartender!
John Beifuss
More successful as a sort of moving picture coffee table book homage to the glamor of the perfectly wrought cocktail than as a personalized narrative 
2
Hey Bartender!
Dann Gire
For a cocktail documentary backed by a major independent distillery Hey Bartender never devolves into the pro drinking propaganda you might imagine 
3
Hey Bartender!
Moira MacDonald
Engagingly looks at the new age of the craft cocktail and the masters who mix them 
3
Hey Bartender!
Farran Smith Nehme
Here s a movie that will test the limits of your ability to watch other people having a good time 
1.5
Hey Bartender!
Chuck Bowen
Sadly Douglas Tirola s documentary doesn t follow its subjects advice regarding the refinement of technique 
2
The Caiman
Peter Howell
Director Moretti wraps his political agenda with an affecting story about a fading filmmaker whose dreams and beliefs aren t weathering the storms of middle age If the politics don t get you the life empathy will 
3
The Caiman
David Nusair
ultimately hurt by the overt familiarity of its storyline 
2.5
Boxing Helena
Michael Dequina
Engagingly morbid with moments of power that is until it falls apart beyond repair during its final moments 
2.5
Boxing Helena
James Berardinelli
It s just not a particularly good motion picture 
2
The Chaperone
Lou Lumenick
The Chaperone is dreadful enough to make you wish Dwayne The Rock Johnson was still making family movies 
1.5
The Chaperone
Chris Hewitt
The surprise is that WWE s Triple H Paul Levesque is a nimble appealing and large presence in the leading role 
2
The Chaperone
Roger Moore
As funny as these guys can be when they work themselves into a purple faced rage yelling at the TV camera none of the current generation of wrestler actors seem to have the charisma or comic gifts of a Hulk Hogan or Dwayne Johnson 
1
The Chaperone
Rex Reed
As long as the poker faced Triple H is the centerpiece The Chaperone is not without moments of genuine sweetness Best of all he is the most unpretentious and least flamboyant human juggernaut to ever hit the screen 
2.5
The Chaperone
Nick Schager
This hulk with a heart of gold fable embraces banalities with a vigor matched only by its lack of imagination 
.5
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
Rob Humanick
Even with a deliberately lighter tone being enforced this Godzilla film cannot help but lend itself to anti technology warnings of the implicit kind 
3
Red Lights
John Beifuss
A compelling addition to the long tradition of artful French film adaptations of works of mystery and suspense literature 
3.5
Red Lights
Paul Doro
A peculiar and occasionally engaging thriller that unfortunately lacks thrills 
2.5
Red Lights
Bill Chambers
A film of pat psychology
2
Red Lights
Rick Groen
Before it turns into a thriller and goes badly awry Red Lights paints a devastating little portrait of a marriage on the rocks 
2
Red Lights
Phil Villarreal
Contentious sparks fly off the screen for Kahn has chosen the most vicious of battlefields for his dramatic grid an unhappy marriage 
3.5
Red Lights
Chris Hewitt
The power of suggestion is so strong in Red Lights that when it ends you may feel like the whole movie was in your mind 
3
Red Lights
Jeff Strickler
Thriller mystery buffs might find the narrative slow the thriller elements aren t introduced until the movie is nearly half over and the mystery starts even later But a dandy payoff will reward those who are patient 
3
Red Lights
Rob Thomas
Cedric Kahn is so adept at building Hitchcockian suspense out of the ordinary that the twist is truly chilling rather than silly 
3
Red Lights
David Elliott
Not since Two for the Road 1967 has a married couple in French transit been slapped so sideways along the byways 
3
Red Lights
Jeff Vice
It s a very sly piece of filmmaking 
3
Red Lights
Larry Ratliff
Red Lights seethes with unexpected thrills around almost every corner Antoine has no clue to what lies ahead Neither do we That elevates the intrigue 
3
Red Lights
Rene Rodriguez
The plot is filled with ingenious deceptions and sleight of hand trickery 
3
Red Lights
Joe Baltake
Brings with it everything a movie goer would want in a bracingly adult film 
4
Red Lights
James Verniere
A hair raising French thriller 
3.5
Red Lights
Steven Rea
Like Hitchcock Kahn uses dry humor and keen observation of human character and character flaws to spin a compelling brand of menace 
3
Red Lights
Glenn Lovell
This French opens so promisingly that it s tres tragique when two thirds along it makes a U turn into the melodramatic and maudlin 
2.5
Red Lights
Ruthe Stein
An eerily affecting domestic drama combining elements of The Lost Weekend with Lost Highway 
3
Red Lights
Bruce Westbrook
A weird road trip spin on Sam Peckinpah s Straw Dogs 
2
Red Lights
Michael Booth
Red Lights blends the blind tension of Hitchcock with a French sense of inevitability leading us back and forth between action and surrender before ending just where it should 
3.5
Red Lights
Ty Burr
Is it a memorable cinematic experience Oddly no 
2
Red Lights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Events never transpire as one would expect from a more conventional thriller 
3
Red Lights
Peter Canavese
Red Lights bristles with subcutaneous fear at signals which Hollywood thrillers routinely run 
3
Red Lights
James Berardinelli
One of the best thrillers I have seen this year tight taut and unpredictable 
3.5
Red Lights
Jeanne Aufmuth
Its pace is altogether too measured but ultimately pays off in broad Hitchcockian strokes
3
Red Lights
John Hartl
A remarkably compelling marital nightmare 
3
Red Lights
Glenn Whipp
Kahn has a marvelous command of the material showing a fine facility for the elements of the genre 
3.5
Red Lights
Terry Lawson
The novel from which writer director Cedric Kahn adapted Red Lights was ironically set in the United States over an arid Labor day weekend Kahn s update may be more air conditioned but it s just as claustrophobic creepy and allegorical 
3
Red Lights
Jan Stuart
Austere little thriller that works its way under your skin even before much of anything happens 
3
Red Lights
Lou Lumenick
France has produced dozens of Hitchcock style films since Cahiers du Cinema elevated Hitch to the pantheon nearly five decades ago but few lately have been as suspenseful and psychologically insightful as Red Lights 
3
Red Lights
David Sterritt
Strange scary and atmospheric with a delicious Claude Debussy score 
4
Red Lights
Michael Wilmington
From Simenon s taut breath catching tale writer director Cedric Kahn has made an engrossing film with a great central performance by Jean Pierre Darroussin 
3
Red Lights
Ed Gonzalez
Cédric Kahn s latest finds an elaborate metaphor for a man s frustrated existence in the highways of France 
3
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Kevin Carr
Leaning more into the family adventure 44 this is still tons of fun and an exciting throwback to the jungle adventure serials 46 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Brian Eggert
The risks taken on Temple of Doom though initially disparaged delivered an incomparable escapist yarn nonetheless 
4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Matt Brunson
Easily the most underrated film in the franchise with its dark tone working perfectly in the context of its often macabre tale 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Christian Toto
Some tonal miscues and a clumsy love story can t derail action this good this breath taking 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Walter Chaw
an unbelievably crass unpleasant horrific picture
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
James Berardinelli
It s not the darker turn that makes The Temple of Doom uncomfortable at times it s its mean spiritedness 
2.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
David Nusair
an obvious step down from its stellar predecessor 
3
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Robert W. Butler
It lacks the sense of detail that made Raiders such a treat It isn t very clever very funny or very compelling 
2.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Eric Henderson
The reality is that this is the film that comes closest to reflecting the racism sexism and jingoism that fuelled most of the serials that originally sparked Spielberg and George Lucas s impressionable young imaginations 
3
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Peter Canavese
If it was a sign of the times for Indiana Jones to take on more of a comic book aspect the film s accomodation of darker themes and explicit imagery came as something of a shock to many 
3
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Josh Larsen
makes you wonder if Spielberg and series producer George Lucas might have been going through some sort of drug phase 
1.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Roger Ebert
The kind of movie where your date is always grabbing your forearm in a viselike grip as unbearable excitement unfolds on the screen After the movie is over you ve had a great time but your arm is black and blue for a week 
4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Rob Blackwelder
Yes Temple of Doom still stinks save that spectacular opening Shanghai nightclub scene 
2
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
James Kendrick
It s an extremely well crafted exciting and most importantly brave work 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moments like the collapsing bridge the mine cart ride and the cave full of bugs are as thrilling or more so than anything in the first movie 
4
Pasolini
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite Ferrara s attempts to generate scandalous imagery of his own he winds up with many sequences of touching beauty 
3.5
Pasolini
Mark Dujsik
I n simply depicting the ordinary day of a man of such creative influence the film taps into something existentially terrifying and maybe a little hopeful 
3
Pasolini
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of the most intuitive and mysterious movie biographies made in a while 
3.5
Pasolini
Joey Magidson
Pasolini is a disappointedly empty look at a fascinating individual 
2
Pasolini
Jake Cole
Working in the most white elephantine of genres Ferrara has produced one of its few termitic entries 
3.5
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
Carla Meyer
There is a remarkable person here and Crump should get credit for reintroducing him to the spotlight even if it takes wading through disco and banality to get to him 
2.5
Super Troopers
Peter Canavese
Tears out at a refreshingly reckless pace then gradually settles into a law abiding speed Blu ray 
2
Super Troopers
David Nusair
doesn t have enough plot or successful jokes to keep it afloat 
2
Super Troopers
Ian Mantgani
If the shots were more focused and the sound design had a little more punch this could be an amazing film instead of just an endearing one 
2.5
Super Troopers
Mark Dujsik
Comedy troupe Broken Lizard s first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot 
2.5
Super Troopers
Jason Anderson
This 100 minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material 
2
Super Troopers
Frank Ochieng
Jay Chandrasekhar helms this wacky vehicle with all the conviction of a defective police siren feels more like an excuse for Chandrasekhar and his fratboy Broken Lizard comedy troupe players to merge and serve up their pet project just to kill some time
2
Super Troopers
Michael Dequina
An appealingly juvenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles 
3
Super Troopers
Dustin Putman
Plays like a long series of skits whose comedy is a whole lot funnier to the filmmakers and actors than it is to the viewer 
1.5
Super Troopers
Carla Meyer
The dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen 
3
Super Troopers
Jim Lane
These guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they re simply not funny performers 
2
Super Troopers
Moira MacDonald
It s kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey 
.5
Super Troopers
Jerry McCormick
About 45 minutes into the screening of Super Troopers I had my first laugh Then as the credits rolled I had my second The time in between those laughs went slower than an ant climbing Mount Saint Helens 
0
Super Troopers
Rod Armstrong
While Super Troopers is above Academy standards its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling 
2
Super Troopers
Joe Leydon
Such a wildly uneven hit and miss enterprise you can t help suspecting that it was improvised on a day to day basis during production 
1.5
Super Troopers
Jan Stuart
Anyone who has ever been stalked on the highway by a twirling red light and a siren should find satisfaction in this send up of state trooper foibles 
2.5
Super Troopers
Lou Lumenick
A smarter and much funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks 
3
Super Troopers
Sean P. Means
The jokes alternate among milk out the nose funny head scratchingly obtuse gross and downright bizarre 
2.5
Super Troopers
Glenn Whipp
P robably won t add up to much of a theatrical run for Super Troopers but this is the kind of movie that could take on a life of its own once it leaves theaters 
2.5
Super Troopers
Roger Ebert
I can t quite recommend it it s too patched together but I almost can it s the kind of movie that makes you want to like it 
2.5
Super Troopers
Nick A. Zaino III
Broken Lizard has a way to go to match the absurdity and conceptual genius of Monty Python or Kids in the Hall but Super Troopers has promising moments of oddity 
2.5
Super Troopers
Ed Gonzalez
A noble failure 
2
Super Troopers
Walter Chaw
Succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long dreaded completion of the Police Academy series 
0.5
Super Troopers
Jeff Vice
Though the jokes are hit and miss heavy on the latter there are some smirk worthy bits such as a maple syrup chugging competition 
2.5
Super Troopers
Marty Mapes
The shenanigans of five grown men letting their adolescence hang out
2.5
Super Troopers
Chris Hewitt
It s not original and robbed of the element of surprise it doesn t have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks 
2.5
Super Troopers
Todd Anthony
May seriously impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman 
3
Super Troopers
Steven Rea
This dubious product of a college spawned Colgate U comedy ensemble known as Broken Lizard plays like a mix of Cheech and Chong and CHiPs 
1
Super Troopers
Terry Lawson
It s consistently funny in an irresistible junior high way and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought 
3
Super Troopers
Mark Caro
Contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether in part because the consciously dumbed down approach wears thin 
2
Super Troopers
Steve Rhodes
About as enjoyable as listening to a sadistic teacher slowly oh so slowly drag his fingernails across a blackboard 
.5
The Olive Tree
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Director Icar Bollan doesn t skimp on absurdities she slips in a witty narrative detour about the theft of a Statue of Liberty replica 
3
The Penny Black
Matt Brunson
The con is on maybe in The Penny Black 
3
The Penny Black
Caroline Madden
The Penny Black is an odd little gem of a story that feels like an old fashioned detective noir in the emotional intensity of its absorbing mystery 
3
The Penny Black
Tom Meek
Legit or not it a tantalizing mystery 
3
The Penny Black
Bob Bloom
The Penny Black keeps you off balance because you don t know whether or not Will is conning Saunders and us 
3.5
The Penny Black
Roger Moore
Everything about the film from its shadowy recreations of what could be home movies of Will s past to the score dulcimer plunks that sound like we re watching an espionage thriller screams Trust NO ONE no matter how honest they seem 
3
Tenshin
Pat Padua
The life of Tenshin may have been an exciting time for art but you d never know it from watching this movie 
1.5
Silent Souls
Mattie Lucas
It is a film worth revisiting like a dream after waking but an hour later you may not remember you ever had the dream at all 
2.5
Silent Souls
Ty Burr
It s lovely and slow and melancholic and short 75 minutes yet you feel you ve been gone for an epoch or two 
3.5
Silent Souls
Gerald Peary
Fedorchenko s wistful film has echoes of Parajanov magic realism combined with a Chekhovian melancholy It s poetic in the most muted way a chamber road movie 
3
Silent Souls
David Lewis
An astonishing haunting sensual lyrical bleak and ultimately beautiful road trip movie 
4
Silent Souls
Roger Ebert
This profound and immensely touching film in only 75 perfect minutes achieves the profundity of an epic 
4
Silent Souls
Stephanie Merry
The Russian drama unfolds as a series of perplexing fascinating snapshots yet the predominant story about saying goodbye to people and customs are universal 
3
Silent Souls
Sara Stewart
Silent Souls is hardly long yet the camera s repeated focus on the wintry gray country road they re traveling can feel somewhat ponderous like life itself as one of the guys in the film might wryly point out 
2.5
Silent Souls
Chris Cabin
Fedorchenko s chief fascination seems to be with the dichotomies inherent in the modern rehashing of rituals based in folklore and mysticism 
3
Silent Souls
Kent Turner
An ominous road trip of the surreal kind
2.5
The Day After
Matt Brunson
A major event by any measure this ABC production resonated far beyond the boob tube with controversy swirling around its creation content and broadcast 
3.5
The Run of the Country
Gene Siskel
A wonderful coming of age story 
3
The Run of the Country
Roger Ebert
The movie has too many scenes that work well on their own but don t add to the final effect 
2.5
Valley of Saints
Omer Mozaffar
Valley of Saints is a quiet tapestry of such colorful beauty that it had me sighing and smiling through every scene 
4
Mirage
Ken Fox
A tense gripping drama that urges Macedonians to reject the empty platitudes and conflicts of the past for a bold new future vision and succeeds showing how false hope can indeed be the opiate that keeps people from taking direct action 
3
Mirage
Kyle Smith
Drab despairing and pointless 
1.5
Mirage
Elizabeth Weitzman
Marko is clearly a stand in for an exhausted country and the symbolism is at times oppressively heavy But Ristovski needs us to feel his nation s torment and he succeeds 
2.5
Mirage
Ed Gonzalez
Svetozar Ristovski drags the corpse of Billy Elliott through sewer water in his appropriately titled Mirage the film is so unreal only a starved and weak kneed cinesnob will be suckered in by it 
1.5
Sequin in a Blue Room
David Reddish
Mysterious captivating and very erotic its one of the sexiest and most provocative films in recent memory 
4
Sequin in a Blue Room
Randy Myers
It s a memorable feature debut 
3
Sequin in a Blue Room
Peter Sobczynski
It moves with a confidence and style that keeps you hooked throughout even during the scenes when you might ordinarily be cringing for any number of reasons 
3.5
Manny
Peter Sobczynski
A narrow and borderline fawning hagiography that will no doubt find great favor among his fan base while inspiring shrugs of indifference from those less invested in his tale 
2
Manny
Brad Keefe
It s nothing groundbreaking as a sports doc but Pacquiao s warm personality and amazing story make it a pretty great one 
3
Manny
Clayton Dillard
An informative if largely deferent biographical documentary that tritely explains the ascendancy of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao 
2
I'll Be Home for Christmas
David Nusair
An innocuously entertaining comedy 
2.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Maitland McDonagh
It gets off to a grating start but this slight comedy eventually finds its feet and delivers a holiday themed package made up in equal parts of mild laughs and sweet as sweet can be sentiment 
2.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Kate Manning
It s the cinematic equivalent of a flavored rice cake palatable while you re chewing and completely forgotten 10 minutes later 
2.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Liam Lacey
A Christmas turkey 
1
I'll Be Home for Christmas
James Berardinelli
The ultimate insult to a film goer 
1.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Dustin Putman
Nothing that occurred in it was earthshaking or shocking or particularly inventive but it was well done all the same and I really did like it 
2.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Madeleine Williams
You aren t likely to build up much holiday cheer by forcing yourself to sit through this torturous ninety minute debacle 
1
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Elias Savada
Family fare Pure sweet and PG rated 
0.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Susan Stark
Inane Christmas film has little going for it in script and character 
2
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Michael Dequina
While Disney has a rich tradition in animated family entertainment but its track record in live action film is to put it mildly less than stellar 
1.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Steve Rhodes
The most awkward aspect of the movie is the dialog 
2
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Jeff Vice
If not for the movie s heart being in the right place this lame teen road picture might be truly insufferable 
1.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Roger Ebert
I ll Be Home for Christmas will appeal to people who fail to care if nothing good happens in a movie 
1
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Mick LaSalle
The film equivalent of easy listening 
2
These Final Hours
Frank Ochieng
A blistering and noteworthy 2003 Australian apocalyptic low budget film In short These Final Hours were well spent minutes on the clock in watching this well structured doomsday drama unfold with intriguing forethought 
3
These Final Hours
David Nusair
These Final Hours stands as an extremely promising effort from an up and coming filmmaker 
2.5
These Final Hours
Dann Gire
These Final Hours pulls no punches when it comes to depicting the debauchery and insanity inspired by the Earth s check out notice 
3
These Final Hours
Bruce DeMara
An intense and powerful what if drama 
3.5
These Final Hours
Kent Turner
What sets it apart from so many action oriented films is that the director surrounds lead actor Nathan Philips with a strong multigenerational cast of women 
2.5
The Midnight Sky
Brian Eggert
Competently made and boasting a terrific cast The Midnight Sky is watchable but instantly leaves the mind 
2
The Midnight Sky
Leo Brady
The Midnight Sky is a pot of science fiction stew It s a concoction of The Martian Gravity Ad Astra and Passengers all mixed together and because it reminds us of all of those other movies it winds up tasting slightly unoriginal 
2.5
The Midnight Sky
Rene Sanchez
Despite its beautiful cinematography and score The Midnight Sky is a disjointed sci fi saga that borrows many elements from similar stories Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Midnight Sky
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A climactic conversation between Clooney and Felicity Jones may not be enough to salvage this stale slog of a movie but it gives us a reason to root for Clooney to succeed the next time he sits in the director s chair 
2
The Midnight Sky
Rex Reed
The two hour running time seems like two years as it drags on indefinitely 
1
The Midnight Sky
Walter Chaw
While the temptation is great to consider quarantine metatexts and global warming parables in movies released this year honestly there s as much weight in this as in your average Sting song 
1.5
The Midnight Sky
Steven Prokopy
The Midnight Sky poses big picture questions about how to make sense of our lives while staring directly at the end of existence 
3
The Midnight Sky
Kevin A. Ranson
Not to undermine the gorgeous photography or intense acting this Christmas release echoes the revelation of Ebenezer Scrooge clutching his headstone Why show me this if I am past all hope 
2
The Midnight Sky
Sara Michelle Fetters
But my heartstrings were still tugged and even if the contrivances required to bring things to a conclusion are a little obnoxious I can t work up the energy to get bent out of shape about it 
2.5
The Midnight Sky
Peter Canavese
Leave one a bit wanting and annoyed by the shape of the plot machinery as it all comes into focus 
2.5
The Midnight Sky
Rob Thomas
I m all for a story of one man s redemption but did we need to destroy the entire planet to achieve it 
2
The Midnight Sky
Roger Moore
As a filmmaker Clooney s lost his fastball and curveball if not his slider 
2
The Midnight Sky
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Unfortunately gloom and doom do not a compelling scenario always make and here the heightened stakes collapse under the maudlin melodrama 
1.5
The Midnight Sky
Rafer Guzman
Clooney s space drama looks lovely but lacks drama and tension 
1.5
The Midnight Sky
Mick LaSalle
If it were just half as slow Midnight Sky would be half as long and twice as good 
2.5
The Midnight Sky
Johnny Oleksinski
You want your money back but it s on Netflix 
2
The Midnight Sky
James Berardinelli
In making this film Clooney has accomplished something rare and unusual in today s cinema an epic science fiction motion picture that focuses on characters and ideas 
3.5
The Midnight Sky
Mattie Lucas
By using its influences as a crutch The Midnight Sky coasts along through familiar territory without ever really distinguishing itself on its own merits 
2
The Midnight Sky
Tom Meek
Clooney s game as a performer but the plot s execution is as uninviting and stale as Earth s toxic atmosphere and the special effects are 1970s cheesy with no retro charm 
2
The Midnight Sky
Michael O'Sullivan
Slyly and by misdirection that cleverly conceals its true intent until the poignant end it reveals itself to be a story of regret over a lost opportunity for connection 
4
The Midnight Sky
Joe Friar
Visually stunning and filled with exceptional performances the sci fi thriller keeps the viewer enthralled as the human race hangs in the balance 
3.5
The Midnight Sky
Jeff York
Someday a movie in space will not come weighted with portent where astronauts manage loneliness without falling apart This isn t that film but what Clooney has delivered is unique enough beautifully visualized and delicately haunting 
3
The Midnight Sky
Mark Dujsik
S creenwriter Mark L Smith and Clooney who directed see this material mostly as fodder for adventure 
2
The Midnight Sky
Ty Burr
Those themes are boiled down to a lot of meaningful looks on the part of the characters and ruminative extended sequences where nothing much seems to be happening 
2
The Midnight Sky
Keith Watson
The film minimizes the tragedy of the human race s near complete annihilation by positioning it as the backdrop for the world s most grandiose deadbeat dad redemption arc 
1
The Midnight Sky
Michael Phillips
This is easily Clooney s finest hour behind the camera since Good Night and Good Luck 15 years ago And it s one of his finest performances 
3.5
The Midnight Sky
Mark Kennedy
It s a film that will satisfy every kind of fan sci fi intimate drama romantic and fantasy 
4
The Midnight Sky
Brian Tallerico
It looks good It sounds great It s as hollow as can be 
2
The Midnight Sky
Barry Hertz
As a storyteller The Midnight Sky is an irritating experience 
2
The Midnight Sky
Sean P. Means
What makes The Midnight Sky work is how Clooney balances between the two quite different survival stories the one on the ice and the one in space and gradually reveals the threads that unite them 
3.5
The Midnight Sky
Brian Truitt
It rockily bounces between survival thriller and familiar space drama until the story lines finally mesh Still Clooney manages to stick the emotionally wrenching landing without all the parts falling off 
2.5
The Midnight Sky
Joey Magidson
The Midnight Sky has a unique flavor to it It s big but also fairly intimate There s scope but it s also restrained 
3
Where the Green Ants Dream
Roger Ebert
Werner Herzog believes in the voodoo of locations in the possibility that if he shoots a movie in the right place and at the right time the reality of the location itself will seep into the film and make it more real 
3
Kafka
Chris Hicks
Quite often the visual feast is enough to hold audience attention But in the end it all feels rather empty 
2
Kafka
Roger Ebert
Soderbergh does demonstrate again here that he s a gifted director however unwise in his choice of project 
2
Guarding Tess
David Nusair
an erratic yet rewarding star vehicle 
3
Guarding Tess
Shellie Iliff
For the first half hour the tension between Cage and MacLaine makes for some truly funny moments but then it seems as if director Hugh Wilson called a wrap too early 
2.5
Guarding Tess
Chris Hicks
Enough cannot be said about Cage and MacLaine s performances and their obvious chemistry together and it s fair to say that they more than make up for the film s lapses 
3
Guarding Tess
James Berardinelli
There are a few good jokes some solid chemistry between the leads and a little pathos but it all doesn t add up to very much 
2
Guarding Tess
Roger Ebert
MacLaine and Cage are really very good here 
3.5
Nitram
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly 40 and sometime excessively 41 deliberate character study that features 44 at its core 44 an often spellbinding performance by Jones 46 46 46 
3.5
Nitram
Randy Myers
If you want to witness a destined to be legendary performance from Landry Jones astonishing in every second and see a film that illustrates the need for more checks and balances in gun purchases Nitram should not be ignored 
3.5
Nitram
Peter Canavese
Based on the tragic true events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre Unnerving but visually potent and tastefully restrained boasting fantastic performances 
3.5
Nitram
Brian Tallerico
Kurzel returns to the true crime genre with a more confident eye and mastery of tone delivering his best film to date in an unsettling examination of mental illness 
3.5
Nitram
Mark Dujsik
Nitram squarely condemns one person but as for how and why he arrived at that particular place there s plenty of blame to be spread 
3
Nitram
Mike McGranaghan
Nitram is not easy viewing It is however thought provoking and important 
3.5
Nitram
Pat Brown
Implicit in the films bleak but sympathetic portrait of a disturbed and shunned young man is that sometimes it takes a village to make a monster 
3
Nitram
Roger Moore
A tense thriller about a mass shooting whose edge of your seat suspense comes from the viewer s dread and growing alarm at how off angry and unmanageable its subject plainly is 
3
A Thousand Words
Linda Cook
A Thousand Words is not unspeakably awful 
2
A Thousand Words
Sean P. Means
The sort of awful formulaic crud that 30 Rock brilliantly mocked just before Leap Day 
1
A Thousand Words
David Nusair
Hopelessly underwhelming from start to finish 
2
A Thousand Words
Roger Moore
Murphy without the words to go along with his bug eyed double takes and the mugging is lost here He s never been a silent comic and never will be 
1.5
A Thousand Words
Andrea Chase
There is something almost poignant in the way Eddie Murphy so palpably desires to make a meaningful film about enlightenment The almost comes from the difference between that aspiration and the painfully ill conceived follow through
2
A Thousand Words
Brett Michel
Maybe Murphy should give future scripts a less cursory perusal 
1.5
A Thousand Words
Rob Humanick
Sometimes it s hard to tell quite where the incisions start and stop throughout this already uneven creation 
2
A Thousand Words
Kam Williams
Makes The Adventures of Pluto Nash look like Beverly Hills Cop 
0
A Thousand Words
Stephen Whitty
What you don t have is a funny movie 
2
A Thousand Words
Dustin Putman
Not the least bit funny or touching and it all goes down about as smoothly as cyanide laced with rusted nails 
1
A Thousand Words
Liam Lacey
The idea of taking one of Hollywood s best known motor mouths and reducing him to mugging and charades is definitely novel and utterly misguided 
1
A Thousand Words
Kyle Smith
Even 2003 Robin Williams would have thunked this script in the fireplace by page 50 
1
A Thousand Words
Mark Jenkins
Even when A Thousand Words is counseling us to just be quiet and in the moment it can t just be quiet and in the moment 
1.5
A Thousand Words
Mark Dujsik
The most incredible thing about the tree is that it also seems to have the power to turn everyone around Jack into complete idiots 
1
A Thousand Words
Claudia Puig
The concept is unoriginal the scenarios aren t funny and its message is banal Plus Murphy alternately hams it up and phones it in 
1.5
A Thousand Words
Peter Howell
Shallow performances script and direction mute the laughs and the insights in a movie that ultimately doesn t have much to say 
2
A Thousand Words
Michael Phillips
In A Thousand Words the camera stays about two inches from Murphy s hyperactive face and you start to see the strain and desperation in the actor s eyes 
1
A Thousand Words
Matt Pais
Hasn t aged well Or do I need to say that louder so you can hear me over your laughter at cracks about the Atkins Diet Britney and Chili s baby back ribs 
1.5
A Thousand Words
Roger Ebert
The poster art for A Thousand Words shows Eddie Murphy with duct tape over his mouth which as a promotional idea ranks right up there with Fred Astaire in leg irons 
1.5
A Thousand Words
Rene Rodriguez
The high point of the movie for me was when I got up from my seat and walked over to a guy who was texting in the theater and asked him to shut his phone off 
1
The Blue Kite
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Part of Tian s sublime achievement is an interweaving of the mordant tragicomedy of contemporary Chinese history with the morality and hopeful endurance of the mother 
4
The Blue Kite
Roger Ebert
The power of his film comes from its resolutely human focus 
4
In The Earth
Mitchell Beaupre
Some of those shifts in plot and tone can leave the audience unbalanced in ways that feel unintentional 44 pulling you out of the experience at times 44 but it all wraps around to a final stretch that sees Wheatley at the top of his game 46 
3
In The Earth
Brian Eggert
Give Ben Wheatley a small cast of actors a few tents some strobe lights and an industrial strength fog machine and he can make a pretty entertaining movie for cheap 
3
In The Earth
Robert Horton
This is the kind of movie you go along with because you enjoy the genre conventions or you don t 
2.5
In The Earth
Leo Brady
The other fascinating factor of In the Earth is Wheatley s use of the natural habitat which helps him create optical illusions with the trees and fencing these characters from what they fear 
3
In The Earth
Kevin Carr
It made me uneasy and that s the point of a horror movie 
3
In The Earth
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As much as we may have seen this narrative play out before at least we haven t seen it with quite this cinematic palette There s charm in the earth even if it s faded 
2.5
In The Earth
Matt Zoller Seitz
Even though some sections feel rushed and it falls apart at the end every part of it is memorable 
3
In The Earth
Ty Burr
Does In the Earth run off the rails into addled sensationalism in the end Yes But while it s steaming ahead at full power Wheatley s magic mushroom trip is a grueling yet exhilarating ride 
3
In The Earth
Katie Walsh
Wheatley crafts a plague film that isn t necessarily about a plague but that captures the anxiety and fear of invisible forces beyond our control impelling us unknowingly into danger 
3
In The Earth
Mark Dujsik
The experience is a creepy and unsettling one for sure but it s not quite enough to justify Wheatley s rambling plot and hodgepodge of ideas 
2.5
In The Earth
Randy Myers
Earth deserves points for originality but grows wobbly by its end 
2
In The Earth
Sonny Bunch
In the Earth may be the first great movie of the pandemic 
3
In The Earth
Bob Strauss
Despite the film s shortcomings it s good to have Wheatley s atmospheric tension and grotesque humor back at ground level where his talent thrives 
2.5
In The Earth
Michael O'Sullivan
You ve got to give Wheatley credit In the Earth is like nothing else you ve seen although some might wish it were a little less er original 
1.5
In The Earth
Roger Moore
There s not an awful lot here but this may be the best of the pandemic movies science fiction and horror that is both of this moment and a parable about it 
2.5
In The Earth
Steven Prokopy
film is a visual medium one that Wheatley almost always embraces and reminds us of in challenging ways never more so than with this work 
3
In The Earth
Joe Friar
A lucidity lacerating horror trip that finds Wheatley toggling between first rate blood and gore effects to psychedelic visuals that overwhelm the finale 
3
In The Earth
Chuck Bowen
Ben Wheatley perversely cheekily follows characters who flee into the woods implicitly on the run from a virus only to find that nature has more than one way of exacting its wrath 
3
Speed Kills
Simon Abrams
I can t recommend Speed Kills to anyone because it s not even good enough to gawk at 
.5
The Homeboy
David Keyes
flat out amusing sometimes endearing and often fabulous with a solid cast noteworthy characters delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags 
3
Alive Inside
Rob Thomas
We are made to age filmmaker Michael Rossato Bennett says about halfway through Alive Inside which may be the most radical statement you ll hear in a movie theater all year 
3
Alive Inside
Moira MacDonald
Music here seems to have a miraculous power to lift up to awaken to reinvigorate 
3.5
Alive Inside
Walter V. Addiego
The movie is at its best when documenting the reactions of various patients which in some cases is nearly miraculous 
3
Alive Inside
David Hiltbrand
Alive Inside is a small but vibrant miracle The documentary finds hope and joy in one of our nation s bleakest settings nursing homes 
3.5
Alive Inside
Peter Keough
The voice over narration grows increasingly hucksterish and bathetic dementia sufferers are reduced to generic images in uplifting montages and the film begins to resemble an ad pitching some dubious charity or a retirement community 
1.5
Alive Inside
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie directed by Michael Rossato Bennett makes a powerful argument for the program 
3
Alive Inside
John Anderson
The movie hovers between diatribe and misplaced diplomacy At certain times you want to ask Rossato Bennett What s the problem 
2
Alive Inside
Glenn Kenny
Unfortunately it s not a particularly good movie In fact at certain points it can be an actively annoying one 
2
Alive Inside
Nick McCarthy
The doc is heartwarming but it doesn t delve deeply into the backstories that inform the ailing patients connection to the music that stirs their memories 
2.5
Alive Inside
Sam Fragoso
It s difficult to carefully consider Alive Inside A Story of Music Memorywhen it feels like a sappy high school video project 
2
Land of Plenty
Jeff Shannon
It casts a spell of compassionate humanity with a gently healing effect 
3
Land of Plenty
Jeff Vice
There are some fine performances as well as a surprising well earned and emotional pay off that comes at the end 
3
Land of Plenty
Sean P. Means
These intriguing characters and some gorgeous for digital video footage keep you involved even as the plot meanders 
3
Land of Plenty
Elizabeth Weitzman
Wenders handles America s physical landscape with characteristic clarity But he never gets a handle on the trickier political terrain and so like Uncle Paul ends up chasing too many roads to nowhere 
2
Land of Plenty
Ken Fox
Works best as an illustration of the way conspiracy theories serve to weave threads of order however fantastic during moments of incomprehensible upheaval 
3
Land of Plenty
V.A. Musetto
Land of Plenty has a few too many coincidences and tends to be sugary but it has an important precautionary message in this age of terror 
2.5
Land of Plenty
Joshua Tanzer
A caricature that indicts if not our actual country then a rather similar country that an outsider imagines America to be 
2.5
Land of Plenty
Ed Gonzalez
Wenders is content wandering the American heartland with his iPod and camera as divining rod looking for a thematic purpose to anchor his groggy music infused aesthetic 
2
Land of Plenty
David Nusair
Land of Plenty just doesn t work though you ve got to admire Wenders for trying something different 
2
Land of Plenty
Erik Childress
Spends so much time on the obsession with terror that it dilapidates our ability to ultimately care until it s too late 
2.5
The Strange Case of Señor Computer
Joshua Tanzer
Extremely low budget sci fi effort turns out tepid 
0.5
The Harder They Come
Matt Brunson
A rough raw and realistic work that became a box office sensation in its homeland and a cult favorite stateside 
3
The Harder They Come
Roger Ebert
The characters aren t consistent and Cliff eventually becomes so unbelievable that we just stop caring The movie s ending is an exercise in plot its beginning and its music deserve better than that 
2.5
The Harder They Come
James Kendrick
a hard hitting social drama with revolutionary political overtones but it is immensely enjoyable and at times light hearted
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Michael Kleinschrodt
Marketed as a rollicking adventure at sea Master and Commander instead is a disguised lesson in social history with just enough action sequences to make it palatable 
2.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Nick Rogers
Peter Weir makes the Surprise a world to explore not a splashy CGI simulation Like a human body the boat stays afloat through complex processes A knockout mix of organic elegance reflective drama and aggressive action on par with Sir David Lean 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Joe Lozito
A stunning technical achievement 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Kam Williams
Too closely cropped to allow for the expansive feel of an oceanic epic and fails to develop any meaningful relationships among its characters 
1
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Angie Ward
Through its emphasis on characters and not merely action Master does not let us forget that all individuals are souls with flesh and blood not merely empty casualties of war 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Wesley Lovell
An enjoyable nautical adventure that gives us hope that Peter Weir can still make impressive movies 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Judith Egerton
Crowe manages to look commanding not ridiculous puffy shirt ponytail silly hat and all 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Ian Mantgani
The arguments between Bettany and Crowe don t seem like typical leader and subordinate confrontations but have real philosophical edge and are beautifully played 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es un buen filme que recrea una emocionante historia pero no pasa de ah Sin embargo bien vale la pena pagar el boleto por verla 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Lori Hoffman
Weir 8217 s ability to meld rip roaring action with invigorating historical details makes Master and Commander a perfect piece of buoyant filmmaking 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeffrey Westhoff
A fine handsomely crafted adventure film but not much more 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
David Keyes
To say that I disliked this movie is an understatement I loathed it 
1
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mark Dujsik
A grand intimate epic of warfare at sea 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
James Kendrick
Russell Crowe conveys absolute authority without ever sacrificing his character s flawed humanity
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jonathan R. Perry
Works on a human scale of epic proportions while delivering a ripping full bodied sea adventure that gives its audience enough credit to connect the dots 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mike McGranaghan
With its big budget and spectacular action scenes it looks like a Hollywood action movie yet it feels like an art film 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Vanessa Sibbald
Just to be clear Master and Commander is not a homosexual love story or at least it s not intended to be 
2.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Paul Povse
Master and Commander has a full arsenal primed to wash over you in more ways than one 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Steven Snyder
As Crowe works his magic in front of the camera a meticulous production is at work beneath the surface 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Linda Cook
Russell Crowe s career is anything but rough sailing 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surprisingly Master and Commander The Far Side of the World plays more like an old time adventure of the type that Howard Hawks or Raoul Walsh might have directed 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
James Sanford
A rousing opulent and unapologetically old fashioned tale of adventure on the high seas immaculately crafted by director Peter Weir and performed with zeal 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Frank Ochieng
curiously dull and staid spells trouble for an elaborate and adventurous film that desperately relies on its action oriented swashbuckling tendencies
2.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
David Nusair
a rousing and thoroughly engaging adventure movie 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Dustin Putman
The film s languid pacing quickly grows tedious and the movie itself unfortunately becomes a bore 
2
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mike Clark
A plain old good movie 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Phoebe Flowers
The joy of Master and Commander lies both in its roaring action and its emotional intricacies a rare and great thing indeed for such a big budget work 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Moira MacDonald
Russell Crowe swaggers marvelously in the seafaring adventure Master and Commander The Far Side of the World 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Glenn Lovell
For the most part this epic adventure steers a true course through storm and sacrifice and arrives triumphant 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mick LaSalle
The film contains brilliantly crafted scenes and shots that are as compelling as anything seen onscreen this year but there are also dull stretches in which the movie seems lightweight never in its execution but in its conception 
2
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
David Elliott
This is the finest movie ever made about men fighting under sail 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Joe Baltake
While often exciting and never less than engrossing Weir s film unfolds at a thoughtful rather deliberate pace 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Timothy Knight
In this era of loud frenetic and frequently moronic would be epics Master and Commander The Far Side of the World is the hugely entertaining exception to the rule 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jami Bernard
Even if you can t tell a mizzenmast from a gangplank Master and Commander will take your breath away 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Rene Rodriguez
It s a ride few movies if any have ever been able to offer 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Robert W. Butler
This is the historic epic as it should be but rarely is 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Rick Groen
Beautifully directed and acted sumptuously costumed and rigged with no less a man than Russell Crowe filling out the Captain s britches this is mythmaking all dressed up and demanding a snappy salute heck it s a Boy s Own adventure to die for 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeff Vice
In a lot of ways this film has what many of us wanted out of the third Matrix movie but didn t get action but with brains and actual characterization and without the ponderous pseudo spiritual mumbo jumbo 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Lisa Kennedy
The movie is like one of those ships in a bottle lovely and painstaking as grand as it is unimportant 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Lawrence Toppman
The filmmakers rock us with each volley of cannon fire storm driven wave and grisly moment of hand to hand combat They ve made a thrilling traditional nautical picture from untraditional books 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Ty Burr
Master and Commander doesn t play fast and loose with the genre like this summer s Pirates of the Caribbean and Crowe certainly doesn t mince around like Johnny Depp 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Sean P. Means
Weir pulls off the neat trick of creating an action movie whose I Q matches its pulse rate 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Katrina Onstad
In a movie that is at heart as conventional as any other in its rickety genre we get an emotional ride to match the effects 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Terry Lawson
A rousing intense and thoroughly convincing adventure yarn that may have even the most committed landlubber longing for a ship and a star to sail her by 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Roger Ebert
Master and Commander is grand and glorious and touching in its attention to its characters 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Glenn Whipp
Has everything you d expect from a high seas adventure movie thrilling battles threatening weather conditions bravery treachery and a wonderfully realized atmosphere where you can practically taste and smell the saltwater 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Lou Lumenick
Proof that Hollywood can make a smart 150 million movie that doesn t insult the audience s intelligence 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Chris Hewitt
Exciting intelligent and unambiguous in its depiction of heroism on the high seas it s a they don t make em like that anymore rouser 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Kit Bowen
Master and Commander creates a painstakingly accurate picture of life on a 1800s warship Even when things are dead calm it s a breathtaking film to behold 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Phil Villarreal
Bookended by pulsing vigorous battle sequences which in wood shattering detail rival those of Saving Private Ryan 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Carrie Rickey
An intimate epic of infinite grace 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Duane Dudek
Some of the most stunning water work in recent years 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
David Sterritt
A rip roaring adventure combining edge of your seat battle scenes with vivid historical details and more fascinating characters than most action movies dream of 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Rob Blackwelder
accurate down to the bloody palm prints of injured sailors steadying themselves on five and a half foot ceilings below decks 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
John Anderson
A splendid adaptation 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeff Strickler
A swashbuckling epic for grownups 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Michael Wilmington
Probably the best movie of its kind ever made 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Josh Larsen
may not be your cup of tea but you still get a trickle down thrill from those who will go nuts over it 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Walter Chaw
Weir is at his best when examining the dangers of individuals at odds with tradition and the rewards for modern men able to assimilate the ancient into the new 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Matt Brunson
Peter Weir and crew take great pains to present an oft times understated epic that s about the art of warfare as much as it s about the battles themselves 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
James Berardinelli
For those with any interest in 18th and 19th century seafaring or naval warfare this is a must see motion picture For others it s an enlightening and entertaining experience but there s the issue of the slow middle act to overcome 
3
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeanne Aufmuth
An epic spectacle born of a bygone era that reeks of unruly exuberance 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Gabe Leibowitz
In Master and Commander Weir s first since The Truman Show we finally get an adventure film that s not dumbed down to the lowest denominator of common cretin 
4
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Steve Rhodes
A thinking man s popcorn movie A film too good to open in the summer time it is coming to theaters early this holiday season for your viewing enjoyment 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeremiah Kipp
It s unfortunately dull the kiss of death for a movie that s supposed to swash and buckle 
2
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Scott Nash
Ignore the Oscar buzz just enjoy the adventure 
3.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Peter Travers
A rousing high seas adventure that sweeps you into another world 
3.5
Charlotte Has Fun
Joe Friar
Sophie Lorain s feature delivers a message of female empowerment without taking itself too seriously Expect more drama than comedy from the refreshing film 
3
Charlotte Has Fun
Monica Castillo
An absorbing dramedy about friends gossip feelings and sex 
3.5
Charlotte Has Fun
Roger Moore
Sexy and sassy if a bit chilly and distant
3
The Hottie & the Nottie
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A movie where Paris Hilton is a bombshell is less comedy and more Science Fiction 
0.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Except for Hilton s delusion that she has comic or any talent the movie s worst sin is that it is inept 95 percent of the time The remaining 5 percent is kind of cute 
1.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Maitland McDonagh
Tom Putnam and Heidi Ferrer s gross out romantic comedy a vehicle for the persona of vapid celebutante Paris Hilton is preposterous disingenuous remarkably unfunny and genuinely distasteful 
0
The Hottie & the Nottie
Kyle Smith
It looks like it was shot on middle school AV club equipment and the jokes aiming for gross out value are merely sad 
1
The Hottie & the Nottie
Elizabeth Weitzman
The film regularly grinds to a halt just so Putnam can capture Hilton running sunning or simply posing usually in slow motion 
1
The Hottie & the Nottie
Connie Ogle
Imagine the worst movie you ve ever seen Got it Now try to think of something worse That something is this movie wretched embarrassing and a waste of the time and energy of everyone involved 
0
The Hottie & the Nottie
Ty Burr
With all her wealth and meaningless celebritude Hilton is incapable of doing the one thing most of us desperately wish she would do Go away 
1
The Hottie & the Nottie
Daniel M. Kimmel
How does this movie fail Count the ways It s badly written ineptly directed and it sets Paris Hilton as the pinnacle of female beauty and desirability 
1
The Hottie & the Nottie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Instead of ranking as an unforgettable turkey it s merely forgettable 
2
The Hottie & the Nottie
Willie Waffle
Paris Hilton is to movies what mad cow disease is to a tasty burger but The Hottie and The Nottie is not that bad Yes it is bad Just not THAT bad
1.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Peter Travers
That generous half star rating I tacked onto to this comedy abomination is all for Paris Hilton Come on it takes guts or gross dim wittedness to appear on screen again after House of Wax 
.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Dustin Putman
At the risk of going against the obvious it s cool to hate Hilton popular majority it should be stated up front that The Hottie the Nottie isn t half bad 
2.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Ed Gonzalez
Yay a feature length adaptation of the Spice Girls Wannabe 
1.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Jessica Reaves
Heidi Ferrer s screenplay succeeds at just one thing trumpeting one of the most anti feminist messages in recent film history 
.5
The Hottie & the Nottie
Carrie Rickey
Hilton has the meticulously manicured appeal of a lawn where every blade of grass has been individually cut and polished Head coyly tilted hip out thrust she makes purring kitten predatory lioness moves not often seen outside of beer ads 
1
The Hottie & the Nottie
John Anderson
Ultimately The Hottie the Nottie is no worse in many ways than a lot of teen centric comedies which generally appeal to their audience through cruelty and vulgarity 
2
The Hottie & the Nottie
Josh Larsen
The multiple levels of self delusion on display are astonishing 
1
The Hottie & the Nottie
James Berardinelli
For all its problems though The Hottie the Nottie provides a valuable service It reminds us that no matter how bad a one star movie might be it could always be worse This is worse 
.5
End of Days
Peter Canavese
The plot is such hooey and the plot holes so gaping that End of Days proves more exasperating than enjoyable Blu Ray 
1.5
End of Days
Michael Dequina
Never rises to the realm of exciting 
2.5
End of Days
Margaret A. McGurk
Loud lurid bloody and ridiculously entertaining 
2.5
End of Days
Rick Groen
Displaying precisely the imagination that gave the world such epic achievements as The Star Chamber and The Relic Hyams dusts off America s designated import and goes with Arnie Schwarzenegger his own self 
1.5
End of Days
Andrew Howe
An effort which will join True Lies and Raw Deal in the dustbin of Schwarzenegger history 
2
End of Days
Andy Seiler
In a performance that is among his worst Arnold seems to have trouble with his lines and doesn t get to make his trademark wisecracks 
1.5
End of Days
Susan Stark
A depressingly shabby excuse for a movie 
1
End of Days
Elias Savada
Ahnuld s latest action dud is one huge Millennium bug bomb a sad pyrotechnic rehashing of yet another The Devil Takes a Bride concept 
0.5
End of Days
Ross Anthony
It s not strong on substance though it could have been still I don t think you ll have a bad time 
2
End of Days
Rob Blackwelder
Easily one of the worst movies of 1999 End of Days is absolutely insufferable 
0
End of Days
Cornell & Petricelli
Anyone who likes action will be gripped by End of Days 
2.5
End of Days
Mick LaSalle
There are moments in End of Days when Schwarzenegger seems to be gunning for an Oscar Those moments play like comic relief 
2
End of Days
James Berardinelli
Schwarzenegger fans will probably be pleased action lovers won t be bored and the Catholic League will be angry Everyone else will see End of Days for what it is a deliciously bad motion picture 
2
End of Days
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una soberana tontera pero eso s bastante entretenida
2.5
End of Days
Dustin Putman
Isn t a bad movie by any means it s just a reasonably silly one that in one form or the other has been overdone to death 
2
End of Days
Steve Rhodes
Arnold Arnold Arnold what were you thinking when you signed on to do this 
1
End of Days
Jeff Vice
Hyams overloads the film with action sequences that aren t particularly thrilling horrific scenes that aren t very scary and dramatic moments including one with Schwarzenegger crying that aren t even slightly moving 
1.5
End of Days
Tor Thorsen
Taken as pure popcorn munchin fun Days is an enjoyable if sometimes bumpy ride 
2.5
End of Days
Roger Ebert
End of Days involves a head on collision between the ludicrous and the absurd 
2
End of Days
Shay Casey
Reasons To hell with reasons Let s just blow stuff up 
1
Dark Intruder
Matt Brunson
An efficient if occasionally obvious chiller 
3
Cinema Verite
David Wiegand
Even without the original source material Cinema Verite offers provocative insight into how far we ve become lost in the reality TV wilderness in the past 40 years 
4
Cinema Verite
Rob Humanick
Best to focus on the real standouts here the excellence of the casting and performances 
2.5
The Requin
Peter Canavese
A somewhat cheap looking survival at sea melodrama not destined to be an especially memorable shark movie 
1.5
The Requin
Simon Abrams
The Requin may not be the best showcase for Kiet s talent after Furie his thrilling 2019 Vietnamese martial arts drama but it s consistently intriguing which makes up for other glaring deficiencies 
2.5
The Pact
Randy Myers
An interesting impeccably groomed period piece 
2.5
The Pact
Rex Reed
A fascinating footnote to the story of Isak Dinesen and the impossible standards that defined her accomplishments and failures 
3
The Pact
Peter Sobczynski
While impressive enough on a surface level The Pact gradually reveals itself to be hollow in key areas 
2
Inside
Roger Moore
Dafoe is always a wonder to watch 46 But the picture needed more drama 44 maybe a touch of humor about its 8220 Martian 8221 styled 8220 work the problem 8221 exercise
2.5
Inside
Katie Walsh
quot Inside quot pits the most primal elements of humanity against the most advanced in order to tease out the contradictory and alienating nature of our current world 46 
3
Inside
Sara Michelle Fetters
Inside is a perplexing descent into the unknown 44 and whether or not this madness is art 40 or the art is madness 41 is purely in the eye of the beholder 46 
2.5
Inside
Rex Reed
William Dafoe s unique face and morally ambiguous stance make him an exceptional portrayer of unhinged psychological screen wackos but the absence of any character revelation or plot development robs Inside of any remotely sustainable interest 
1
Inside
Joe Friar
The film will test the tolerance level of even the biggest Willem Dafoe fan 46 The actor delivers another superb performance that outweighs the source material which includes 100 minutes of logic defying moments 46 
2.5
Inside
Jeff Mitchell
This troubling attempted heist film is a difficult watch 44 but missing Dafoe apos s courageous performance might be a crime 46 
2.5
Inside
Kevin Carr
A showcase for Dafoe 44 this picture manages to remain engaging in spite of some frustrating limitations 46 
2.5
Inside
Chase Hutchinson
Often as workmanlike as the man himself 44 it apos s best when it dances with its many more esoteric ideas 46 
2.5
Inside
Leo Brady
Inside is an endurance test and another exemplary display of great acting by Willem Dafoe 46 
3
Inside
Peter Sobczynski
This is the kind of wild 44 let it all hang out work we know going in that Dafoe is capable of pulling off 44 and as a result 44 his descent into savagery has a whiff of the familiar to it 46 
2
Inside
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t ultimately abandons its promising roots as a well performed 44 gimmicky thriller 46 
2.5
Inside
Randy Myers
Inside rests on the shoulders of Dafoe 
2.5
Inside
Michael O'Sullivan
Is it entertaining Nemo has only art for company We at least have Willem Dafoe 
2.5
Inside
Brian Eggert
Few actors have the presence to command an entire film on their own like this 44 and Dafoe is uniquely suited to stories about isolation 44 interiority 44 and psychological decline 46 
2.5
Inside
Moira MacDonald
Dafoe can t quite save Inside but he does make you believe Nemo is worth saving 
2.5
Inside
Mike McGranaghan
Willem Dafoe is one of the few actors who can command the screen all by himself 46 That 8217 s precisely what he does in Inside 44 a one man movie that allows him to give an awe inspiring tour de force performance 46 
3.5
Inside
Joey Magidson
Inside is an endurance test 44 not only for star Willem Dafoe 44 but the audience as well 46 
2.5
Inside
Mick LaSalle
In addition to the crimes against the audience the movie shows an exotic fish getting suffocated and a pigeon being maimed 
0
Inside
Chris Barsanti
Whether or not Vasilis Katsoupis 8217 s film achieves escape velocity from genre limitations though overt sociopolitical commentary is questionable 46 
2.5
FM
Matt Brunson
The us against the establishment plotline is hoary and silly and the movie fares better when it focuses on specific character incidents rather than any greater themes 
2.5
Queen Marie
Lisa Trifone
Queen Marie proves to be a decent enough entry point into the woman at this particular moment in her life 
2.5
Queen Marie
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Whether you re obsessed or repulsed by royalty Roxana Lupu s performance will leave you in awe of the power of the crown when it is wielded by the right woman 
3
Interstellar
Brian Eggert
Rarely do epics of this scope and intelligence reach theaters anymore 59 such serious commercial filmmaking seems like a market almost exclusively maintained by Christopher Nolan 46 
4
Interstellar
David Nusair
an often insanely ambitious science fiction epic that that remains mesmerizing for most of its admittedly overlong running time 
4
Interstellar
Mattie Lucas
The old saying shoot for the moon even if you miss you ll land among the stars has never rung quite as true as it does here 
3.5
Interstellar
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
visually spectacular complex and both intellectually and emotionally stimulating Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Interstellar
Sonny Bunch
Interstellar never feels overly long despite its almost three hour running time It also packs an emotional wallop if you let it 
3.5
Interstellar
Richard Roeper
This is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen 
4
Interstellar
Wesley Lovell
Visual splendor does not entirely make up for failures in plotting and characterization 
3
Interstellar
Rob Lowman
Interstellar is chockablock with philosophical ideas visual effects and theoretical physics from Nolan and his brother Jonathan who co wrote the script 
3.5
Interstellar
Sean P. Means
Nolan is one of the few directors with the ambition to tackle big topics like the fate of humanity or our need to explore and the artistic clout to bring that vision to a mass audience 
3
Interstellar
Scott Nash
While it definitely feels as though Nolan over reached and under edited there s enough eye candy and emotion to keep you from being bored 
2.5
Interstellar
Michael Smith
Watching Nolan s latest attempt to create something artistic intelligent and entertaining on such a massive scale I couldn t help but think that with Interstellar he s outsmarted himself 
2
Interstellar
Mal Vincent
Interstellar is flawed but has the kind of scope that makes going to movies fun 
3
Interstellar
Stephen Rebello
You go in to Interstellar hoping to be mind blown thrilled and smartened up Although it s beautifully made brainy and sometimes insanely gorgeous you may find yourself wondering what the big whoop was all about 
2.5
Interstellar
Brett McCracken
It s an enthralling provocative ambitious film 
3.5
Interstellar
Jordan Hiller
That the universe contains phenomena eons beyond us while at the same time intimately close is a beautiful concept and Interstellar seeks to orchestrate its own moment of revelation 
2.5
Interstellar
Lori Hoffman
Interstellar is a visual feast that explores the universe and an intimate drama that explores why love and devotion are qualities that make the human race worth saving 
3.5
Interstellar
Walter Chaw
It s a fairly s y science fiction movie but as a metaphor for love it s kind of great 
3
Interstellar
Ben Sachs
After the first hour with its poignant depiction of humanity s decline Interstellar always seems to be rebuilding its momentum offering plenty to think about but little to hold on to 
2
Interstellar
John Beifuss
The sentimentality and Hollywoodized convenience of the storytelling prevent this mostly admirable film from achieving the escape velocities of Kubrick or Tarkovsky 
3
Interstellar
Christy Lemire
It s a film I didn t exactly enjoy and can t say I would recommend And yet as an event as a singular movie watching opportunity it s undoubtedly worthwhile 
2
Interstellar
James Kendrick
nothing if not grandly ambitious and while that ambition is certainly admirable especially in an industry choking on increasingly interchangeable big budget franchises and starving for original ideas it is also part of the film s downfall 
2.5
Interstellar
Bob Bloom
The movie is complex and maddening filled with concepts over the heads of most mere mortals yet grounded in barely enough humanity to stimulate our senses 
3
Interstellar
Robert Levin
The spirit of exploration and discovery lives in Interstellar and that alone makes it a cinematic trip worth taking 
3
Interstellar
Linda Cook
Even more mind blowing than his Inception Christopher Nolan s Interstellar emphasizes the importance of love in a science fiction tale 
4
Interstellar
Sam Fragoso
It s an experience 
3
Interstellar
Glenn Lovell
Cornpone existentialism Overlong talky and depending on the crisis either dopey or pretentious a New Age y fuzzy headed sci fi er that borrows liberally from Kubrick Contact and Nolan s own Inception 
2
Interstellar
Kam Williams
I m not too proud to admit I couldn t follow the convoluted storyline Think a remake of Gravity with a bunch of polysyllabic brainiacs borrowed from The Big Bang Theory 
2
Interstellar
Matt Brunson
It s deeply flawed but also wholly absorbing and it marks Nolan as one of our most ambitious go for broke directors unafraid to attempt Sistine Chapel ceilings while his fellow filmmakers are working with Crayolas 
3
Interstellar
Mike McGranaghan
Not Christopher Nolan s best film by a long shot yet also proof that not Christopher Nolan s best film is still better and more thrilling than many directors finest work 
3.5
Interstellar
Jason Buchanan
In Christopher Nolan s Interstellar sci fi fans are treated to a true cinematic anomaly an impeccably crafted slice of escapism driven by scientific concepts that fascinate and thrill in equal measure 
3
Interstellar
Willie Waffle
Forget about what it means and just go for the mind blowing heart wrenching ride 
4
Interstellar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lacking a sense of awe or of the astronomic passage of time Interstellar provokes more huh moments than it does ah moments 
2.5
Interstellar
Peter Travers
What the neg heads are missing about Interstellar is how enthralling it is how gracefully it blends the cosmic and the intimate how deftly Nolan explores the infinite in the smallest human details 
3.5
Interstellar
Jon Niccum
A science fiction heavy on science adventure steeped in Einstein s theory of relativity that is equal parts enigmatic exhilarating elaborate and emotionally wrenching 
3.5
Interstellar
Duane Dudek
A thought experiment writ large 
3
Interstellar
Dann Gire
Nolan has created nothing less than his own personal 2001 A Space Odyssey a mind expanding imagination challenging excursion into alternate galaxies where we skip through the fourth dimension and plunge headlong into the fifth 
4
Interstellar
Carla Meyer
You never know what s coming in Interstellar It stokes and maintains a sense of anticipation often missing in Hollywood blockbusters intent on being formulaic and thus global audience friendly 
3
Interstellar
Mara Reinstein
You thought Gravity was an immersive lost in space experience Just you wait 
3
Interstellar
Josh Larsen
What many had hoped would be Christopher Nolan s 2001 A Space Odyssey is instead 2014 An Exposition Odyssey 
2
Interstellar
Joe Lozito
Christopher Nolan s sci fi epic is a beautiful ambitious ultimately flawed film about nothing less than the survival of the human race 
3
Interstellar
John Serba
A grandiose audacious exciting sentimental impassioned philosophical metaphysical dense epic mess And you probably need to see it 
3
Interstellar
Radheyan Simonpillai
If only the plot and the corny exposition heavy dialogue where characters speak in fortune cookie could hold up to the cinematography 
2.5
Interstellar
Daniel M. Kimmel
it s the best science fiction movie you re likely to see this year and quite possibly one of the best films period 
4
Interstellar
Dustin Putman
Illustrious of vision but even grander of ideas Interstellar is majestic science fiction done right Mostly 
3
Interstellar
Liam Lacey
By the closing credits it seems possible that Nolan himself hails from another planet and while he has tried diligently to show humanity in a flattering light he lacks enough inside information to get it right 
2.5
Interstellar
Christian Toto
It s almost impossible to resist recommending Interstellar but it s equally tough to deny a galactic sense of disappointment 
3
Interstellar
Rene Rodriguez
This isn t Nolan s best movie but his ambitions and trust in the audience keep getting bigger He s one of Hollywood s few true remaining visionaries and he s only getting warmed up 
3
Interstellar
Peter Canavese
Love is what s really between the stars y all 
2.5
Interstellar
Brad Keefe
Twice as long as Gravity and half as good 
2
Interstellar
Rob Thomas
That s the essential question facing the viewer whether Nolan s mission is a success because it takes us farther than most filmmakers could or a disappointment because it doesn t quite make it all the way 
3.5
Interstellar
Chris Hewitt
It s ambitious and not entirely successful but there is a lot to like about Interstellar 
3
Interstellar
Ann Hornaday
For a movie about transcending all manner of dimensions Interstellar ultimately falls surprisingly flat 
2
Interstellar
Peter Howell
Even a cool cat like Christopher Nolan can cough up a furball and with his sci fi adventure Interstellar it s blockbuster sized 
2
Interstellar
Ty Burr
The parts of Interstellar that don t work a third act out of four that descends into suspense movie silliness an increasing reliance on mystical mumbo jumbo struggle against the many parts that do 
3
Interstellar
Anders Wright
While it s not a perfect movie by any means it s a grand accomplishment of sorts 
3
Interstellar
Chris Knight
It s rare for a film to deliver a scene of such emotional power that the hardened critic is fighting back tears It s even less common for a celluloid image to have that effect Interstellar does both 
4
Interstellar
James Berardinelli
It s an amazing achievement that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen with the best sound system possible Nolan has crafted Interstellar as a movie theater experience Watching it at home no matter how good the sound system is won t match 
4
Interstellar
Michael Phillips
A knockout one minute a punch drunk crazy film the next Interstellar is a highly stimulating mess 
3
Interstellar
Moira MacDonald
Interstellar may not be Nolan at his best but it s still Nolan and there s much to be said for that 
3
Interstellar
Joe Williams
This is epic cinema that begs to be compared to 2001 A Space Odyssey But unlike Stanley Kubrick s psychedelic joyride this journey is powered by a human heart 
3.5
Interstellar
Steven Rea
Interstellar is an experience Nolan s vision of our galaxy and galaxies beyond is daunting majestic the hardware of space travel looks right almost familiar 
3
Interstellar
Mark Dujsik
T his is a film with the weight of space time and humanity on its shoulders It is unafraid of stumbling and soldiers forward with the conviction of its audacity 
3.5
Interstellar
Michael Ordoña
Despite its many virtues Interstellar feels as if it doesn t quite hit the target 
2
Interstellar
Matt Pais
Shows that long doesn t mean epic and serious doesn t mean deep 
1.5
Interstellar
Chris Cabin
Much like his hero Christopher Nolan s goal seems to be to take the humor and wildness out of imagination to see invention in rigidly practical and scientific terms 
2
Interstellar
Lou Lumenick
A soulful must see masterpiece one of the most exhilarating film experiences so far this century 
4
Interstellar
Rafer Guzman
Interstellar deserves credit for aiming for the stars but the hard realities of filmmaking and storytelling pull it right back to Earth 
2.5
Interstellar
Roger Moore
The most intellectually ambitious sci fi film since 2001 
3.5
Interstellar
Matt Zoller Seitz
An impressive at times astonishing work and one of a handful by Nolan that overwhelmed me to the point where my usual objections to his work melted away 
3.5
Interstellar
Stephen Whitty
It s not only full of great visuals and big ideas albeit ones that are sometimes a little confusingly expressed but that it s a movie about human perseverance 
3
Interstellar
Jake Coyle
Whereas most science fiction withers out in space Interstellar rockets home 
3.5
Interstellar
Claudia Puig
The story is ever ambitious sometimes riveting and thought provoking but also plodding and hokey and not as visionary as its cutting edge special effects 
3
Interstellar
Clayton Davis
A masterful sleek vision of the future Nolan s epic is a vigorously entertaining piece that stands as one of the best experiences of the year Immersive but admittedly overwhelming at times Nolan controls the film with confidence 
3.5
War
Simon Abrams
A star vehicle that s too weird to be dismissed and too plodding to completely work 
2.5
The Captive
Roger Moore
Ryan Reynolds lots of snow a pedophile ring and a botched Atom Egoyan thriller ONLY in Canada 
2
The Captive
David Nusair
The end result is an effort that falls right in line with Egoyan s passable yet disappointing run of recent films 
2.5
The Captive
Tirdad Derakhshani
For all its problems The Captive does try to hit the themes that have obsessed Egoyan for three decades desire death memory and time 
1.5
The Captive
Scout Tafoya
The Captive may appear to bite off a little more than it can chew but it s one of the most satisfyingly baroque thrillers of the year and thanks to a perfectly judged performance by Ryan Reynolds it s quietly heartbreaking too 
3
The Captive
Chuck Bowen
The film has the plot of an intensely lurid thriller but Atom Egoyan can t bring himself to face that and actively tend to the story instead he trades in barely coherent high brow euphemisms 
1
The Captive
Liam Lacey
Without a thin tether to credibility this fussy morbid fantasy simply slides off into the void 
2
Malum
Matt Zoller Seitz
quot Malum quot is 91 most 93 impressive when it turns its talented ensemble cast loose on material that was obviously a lot of fun to play with 46 
3
Malum
Joe Friar
Apart from Jessica Sula 8217 s immersive performance 44 the practical effects by RussellFX recall the work of Bob Keen from Clive Barker 8217 s Hellraiser 46 The finale takes the viewer on a rapid descent to hell that signifies horror is alive and well 46 
3.5
Malum
Mark Dujsik
In a perfect world 44 there apos s probably a middle ground between the 2015 movie and this remake 46 46 46 
2.5
Barbarians
James Berardinelli
Dorfman s venture into this familiar milieu is sufficiently well made to make it worth the time And unlike too many recent thrillers it doesn t overstay its welcome 
3
Barbarians
Glenn Kenny
Charles Dorfman carries out his ultimately banal aims with commendable dispatch 
2.5
Barbarians
Mark Dujsik
The whole thing falls into a routine anticlimactic pattern 
2
Barbarians
Mike McGranaghan
A three course meal of deliciously nasty fun 
3.5
Barbarians
William Repass
Throughout Barbarians oscillates between smugness and apprehensiveness about the film that its trying to be 
1.5
Barbarians
Roger Moore
Wrapped in the trappings of horror this formula action picture doesnt get by so much on frights as on visceral trapped and trying to escape situations which pay off nicely 
2.5
The Expendables
Jeff Beck
What we end up with is an incomprehensible overly long explosion fest that could have easily been retitled A D D The Motion Picture 
2
The Expendables
Austin Kennedy
I like the idea of this movie much more than how it actually turned out 
2.5
The Expendables
Rene Rodriguez
The movie had been billed as a throwback to the action flicks of the 1980s but that pitch turns out to be false advertising 
1.5
The Expendables
Russ Breimeier
It s fun to see this aging cast together on screen but the movie is junk The one liners aren t funny the dialogue is tedious and the action itself is prosaic and repetitive 
2
The Expendables
Mike McGranaghan
The Expendables is admirable for bringing these actors all together but shameful for not having the integrity to do anything of value with them 
2
The Expendables
James Kendrick
misses many opportunities to truly exploit its old school ethos instead falling into the trap of hyper edited incoherence
2.5
The Expendables
Matt Brunson
Is it that big a deal to have a cast that includes Steve Austin Randy Couture and Terry Crews These guys would line up for a straight to DVD American Pie sequel if asked 
2
The Expendables
John Wirt
Botched sensitivity aside The Expendables delivers epic action 
2.5
The Expendables
John Beifuss
Not since Rocky worked out in a meat locker has Sylvester Stallone surrounded himself with so much aging beef 
2.5
The Expendables
Linda Cook
Drenched in adrenaline veiled in violence The Expendables really is Expendable I mean 
1.5
The Expendables
Lori Hoffman
delivers exactly what the coming attractions promise a lot of over the top action and silliness 
2
The Expendables
Lauren Wissot
In lieu of a flurry of left hooks and roundhouse kicks we stay safely in Stallone s comfort zone of shoot em ups and s getting blown up 
1.5
The Expendables
Peter Keough
A lumbering aptly titled hulk of a movie 
1
The Expendables
Walter Chaw
defensive and frankly more than a little pathetic
0
The Expendables
Kam Williams
Never underestimate the nostalgia factor 
4
The Expendables
Joe Lozito
There s a lot in this nostalgic Sylvester Stallone actioner that lives up to its title the recycled plot the forgettable characters the monotonous violence but it s an undeniable kick to see these vets in action 
2
The Expendables
Sean P. Means
Even the much anticipated scene in which Stallone spars verbally with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a summit meeting of 80s action icons ends up lifeless 
2
The Expendables
Michael Smith
While much of the film feels as slow as Stallone 64 at a full sprint the last 30 minutes is a blast Literally The movie s theme is overkill 
2
The Expendables
Christian Toto
The Expendables scratches the itch action fans have had since the 80s drew to a close 
3
The Expendables
Peter Travers
It s not the age of the actors that makes The Expendables expendable It s the stale storytelling 
1.5
The Expendables
Stephen Cole
The Expendables isn t as much fun as it should be 
2
The Expendables
Lisa Kennedy
Sylvester Stallone s gun emptying blade tossing clandestine action flick The Expendables is great fun Sure this declaration comes with caveats but do you really need to hear them 
3
The Expendables
Stephen Whitty
If you accept The Expendables for what it is Stallone having some simple stupid fun you may be surprised to find yourself joining him 
2.5
The Expendables
Ann Hornaday
Bullets knives and bare hands fly in an incomprehensible vortex as arms and heads and body parts get thrown into the melee 
2.5
The Expendables
Lou Lumenick
The brain dead male equivalent of Sex and the City 2 
1.5
The Expendables
Willie Waffle
An amazing combination of totally campy and totally crappy with a plot and style straight out of 1984 which is funny to see especially the chemistry between the guys 
2.5
The Expendables
David Nusair
an admittedly erratic yet sporadically thrilling throwback to the unabashedly violent action flicks of the 1980s 
3
The Expendables
Mick LaSalle
There s no one to blame but Stallone for action sequences that degenerate into incoherence to the point where it s impossible to know who s truck is exploding and who s shooting at whom 
2
The Expendables
Mike Scott
Given the similarities between the two films the muddled fight scenes the occasional one liners the over the top violence used to camouflage the narrative weaknesses this easily could have been titled Rambo V 
2
The Expendables
Claudia Puig
This is truly a movie that nobody needs gratuitously savage implausible and sometimes incoherent 
1.5
The Expendables
Sara Michelle Fetters
But that feeling quickly disappears thanks to the movie s awfulness and by the time it was over the only excitement I still felt was the supreme joy of finally being able to leave the theatre and head back home 
1.5
The Expendables
Dustin Putman
The whole enterprise is a tremendous wasted opportunity Even the title knows it 
1
The Expendables
Steven Rea
Stallone Willis Schwarzenegger They re lovin it so I guess we have to too 
2
The Expendables
Jeff Vice
You certainly can t say this over the top thriller skimps on action The final third or so is wall to wall brawling shootings and explosions 
2.5
The Expendables
Rossiter Drake
The audiences for whom The Expendables represents a wish belatedly fulfilled aren t expecting Shakespeare but Stallone once an Oscar nominated screenwriter is strictly on autopilot here 
2
The Expendables
Peter Howell
It yawningly snaps into place as yet another series of explosions that are dressed up with no place to blow 
2
The Expendables
Ty Burr
Expendables is the closest thing to movie Viagra yet invented It s reprehensible It s stoopid violent It s a lot of unholy fun 
3
The Expendables
John Hartl
Unfortunately there s a limit to the effectiveness of this kind of influence 
2
The Expendables
Michael Phillips
Is it fun Sort of But it shoulda coulda been a ton of fun 
2
The Expendables
Roger Moore
The shootouts are epic but the stuff leading up to them is lame 
2
Mother and Son
Rob Humanick
Sokurov s somnambulistic use of the camera frequently suggests a master painter pausing for minutes if not hours or days between each devastating brushstroke 
4
Mother and Son
Keith Uhlich
A film to die to 
4
Mother and Son
Gabe Leibowitz
Far superior to the pretentious Russian Ark Aleksandr Sokurov s Mother and Son is full of suffering and painful adulation 
3
Mother and Son
Jeremy Heilman
Distilled almost to the point of nothingness 
2.5
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
Chris Knight
The film creates its best moments with quiet little details like when Lolli finds herself the sole shiksa at a Shabbat dinner it s the mirror image of the dinner scene in Annie Hall 
3
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
Bruce DeMara
The film could have been edgier and more sharply observed And since it deals with sex and intimacy a little eroticism would have helped 
2
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Dustin Putman
Earns unintentional laughs time and again but at a certain point it stops being funny and becomes offensive instead frightening in its constitutional debasement and exploitative sideshow spectacle It couldn t be any more un American if it tried 
0
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Roger Moore
When it comes to American history the only real lesson D Souza takes to heart is from P T Barnum There s a sucker born every minute 
1
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Tom Keogh
D Souza manipulates viewers passions while telling them who to blame for their bile 
0.5
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Alan Zilberman
D Souza lets scenes drag jumping through history in ways that quash any sense of discovery and creating an overall sense of boredom 
0
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Dann Gire
This is an embarrassment to propaganda films 
0.5
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Clayton Dillard
The film is an incoherent and aesthetically barren harangue masquerading as a revisionist history lesson 
.5
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Kyle Smith
Cheesier than a Kraft Singles truck but half as subtle Dinesh D Souza s documentary Hillary s America The Secret History of the Democratic Party is an attack on all things Democratic whose many valid points get buried under bluster 
1
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Peter Sobczynski
Little more than an extended version of the kind of political screeds that can be found online with only a minimum of effort this is just a terrible movie 
0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
John Beifuss
One of the first significant American horror movies and an interesting contrast to the same year s other more important genre milestone Germany s The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 
3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fernando F. Croce
The split persona at the center of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde hews intriguingly close to the personal foibles of star John Barrymore 
2.5
Film Socialisme
Mattie Lucas
It s dissonant all right maddening and obtuse all once but all Godard has succeeded in doing here is burying his head firmly up his own ass 
0
Film Socialisme
Jay Antani
likely to be an unbearable experience for anyone other than for Godard himself and his most hardcore adherents
1.5
Film Socialisme
Chris Hewitt
If you watch Film Socialisme with patience good things are bound to happen 
2.5
Film Socialisme
David Lewis
This isn t exactly a popcorn movie I m not sure it s even a movie as much as an edgy art installation 
2
Film Socialisme
Mike Scott
Quickly avant gardes itself right into incomprehensibility 
1.5
Film Socialisme
Michael Phillips
Those receptive to Godard s sense of humor will find Film Socialisme an elusive yet expansive provocation Those less receptive will find it elusive period 
3
Film Socialisme
Roger Ebert
This film is an affront It is incoherent maddening deliberately opaque and heedless of the ways in which people watch movies 
1
Film Socialisme
V.A. Musetto
The abstract yet mesmerizing proceedings end with the words NO COMMENT And so goes the world according to Godard 
3
Film Socialisme
Liam Lacey
A mystifying occasionally beautiful and often tedious exercise in demonstrating what James Joyce called the nightmare of history 
2
Film Socialisme
Aaron Cutler
Godard has always used clips from and references to other movies in his work and here he goes further to use other forms of media 
3
The Omen
Matt Brunson
One of the finest horror films of the 1970s 
3.5
The Omen
David Nusair
fares a whole lot better than its 2006 remake 
2.5
The Omen
Lucius Gore
Goldsmith s score took the film to a level horror films generally never attained in the 1970s 
4
The Omen
Eric Henderson
A bald faced lamprey hitching its razor tipped maw on the chassis of The Exorcist The Omen s Sunday school parable of gothic Cathsploitation comes twice as thick and thrice as pious 
2
The Omen
Roger Ebert
As long as movies like The Omen are merely scaring us they re fun in a portentous sort of way 
2.5
The Omen
Ted Prigge
it s just a really fun horror film filled with joyously manipulative undertones of Christian fear that we may or may not believe in 
3
Ender's Game
Brian Eggert
A joyless video game experience 44 complete with levels of increasing difficulty and a main character who never really faces a true conflict 46 
2
Ender's Game
Mattie Lucas
Offers enough challenging ethical material for its target audience that it should be celebrated for asking these questions in the first place 
3
Ender's Game
Frank Ochieng
Filmmaker Gavin Hood s Ender s Game is an inquisitive sci fi actioner that skillfully caters to the kiddie crowd while asking some mighty adult oriented philosophical questions about the morality of war and the questionable boundaries of survival 
2.5
Ender's Game
Sonny Bunch
A leaden confusing affair that s all the more frustrating because there s a kernel of a good possibly even great movie here 
2
Ender's Game
Michael Dequina
The conclusion does pack a shock and awe punch that elevates and validates all that builds up before it almost 
2.5
Ender's Game
John Beifuss
Applies a futuristic twist to the idea that young people are exploited as cannon fodder for old men s wars 
3
Ender's Game
Tracie Cooper
Despite its drawbacks Ender s Game is a visually spectacular tightly paced film that is certainly a win in terms of adapting a seriously complicated novel 
2.5
Ender's Game
Walter V. Addiego
There are times when a certain grimness weighs on the movie that you wish for more humor But overall it s an absorbing and thought provoking spectacle 
3
Ender's Game
Linda Cook
If I were an 11 year old kid I probably would consider this the best movie I d ever seen 
2
Ender's Game
John Serba
Gavin Hood fosters a wet blanket tone that suffocates many scenes rendering them stolid and emotionless 
2.5
Ender's Game
David Keyes
It is no exaggeration that I wandered through two hours of this material grinning like an inquisitive schoolboy 
3.5
Ender's Game
Kenneth R. Morefield
Absent a fuller exploration of the desperation prompting war and the horrors experienced in it the small moments of life and love don t really stand out 
2
Ender's Game
Lori Hoffman
The emotional threads are just floating out there like the cadets floating in the war simulation never attaching and engaging 
2
Ender's Game
Jeff Beck
For all the meaningful emotional depth it tries to delve into it can t shake the uninvolved detached feeling that plagues the film throughout its entire runtime 
2.5
Ender's Game
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Ender s Game fares much much better than Card s surprisingly dull novel 
2.5
Ender's Game
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie Ender s Game is so so and will probably be so so for just about everyone whether they ve read the book or not 
2.5
Ender's Game
Scott Nash
Dreadfully mediocre 
2
Ender's Game
Matt Brunson
Not having read Card s novel I couldn t say whether it was truly unfilmable but what ended up on the screen is indeed filmable in that we ve seen these narrative threads countless times before in science fiction cinema 
2.5
Ender's Game
Bob Bloom
Despite its taut action sequences and strong special effects the movie is ultimately depressing and bleak It fails to reach any dramatic heights and seems spiritless possibly because of its subject matter 
3
Ender's Game
Mike McGranaghan
Smart engaging and fun This is a case where a book has been turned into a film and by and large they actually managed to preserve most of what made it special 
3
Ender's Game
Kent Turner
The screenplay hews closer to the book rather than following a potential franchise template 
2.5
Ender's Game
Jon Niccum
incorporates intriguing morality debates into a space adventure about young recruits fighting intergalactic bugs But it s very serious Almost joyless It s like Starship Troopers minus the campy humor and wanton nudity 
2.5
Ender's Game
Liam Lacey
A promising if risky start to what is intended to be a blockbuster franchise 
3
Ender's Game
Simon Abrams
The movie version of Orson Scott Card s Ender s Game is way too kind and the drama suffers greatly for it 
2
Ender's Game
Steven Rea
Butterfield brings lots of adolescent earnestness to his role and Hailee Steinfeld is an affable sidekick 
2.5
Ender's Game
Stephen Whitty
We don t really see Ender learning anything let alone changing Two major scenes revolve around war games yet we never really know the rules or where the players are in relation to each other It s all weightless 
2.5
Ender's Game
Scott Bowles
The movie can t help but feel like a hologram of its fantasy forefathers a mirage of a drama despite some stunning visuals 
1.5
Ender's Game
Eric Melin
Hood balances Ender s ascension in the military filled with conventional but exciting montages about beating the odds with scenes that although all too obvious challenge the morality of his situation 
2.5
Ender's Game
Rob Thomas
In a movie concerned with tactics and battle formations Ender s Game is really a Trojan Horse It enters the theater disguised as a shiny sci fi action film only to reveal itself as an old fashioned morality play about the war for one boy s soul 
3
Ender's Game
Willie Waffle
Ender s Game looks pretty and keeps the audience engaged but it lacks the depth needed to be great 
2.5
Ender's Game
Daniel M. Kimmel
Gavin Hood s adaptation is one of the best book to screen transitions of any work of science fiction 
4
Ender's Game
Chris Cabin
Gavin Hood relays a vague sense of what it s like to live in duty and yet at a distance from one s home but this vision of the future never rouses never asks to be remembered 
1.5
Ender's Game
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s ultimate lesson feels like a false afterthought 
2
Ender's Game
John Wirt
Rather than rouse passions the film s sterile sci fi action and Earthly melodrama foster a grim cold feeling 
2
Ender's Game
James Berardinelli
Ender s Game is recognizable in tone thematic content and narrative progression as Card s vision 
3
Ender's Game
Sara Stewart
A big dark film that should satisfy the many fans of the Orson Scott Card novel and engage newcomers too 
3
Ender's Game
Peter Howell
It doesn t take much to buy into the premise especially once the not bad CGI revs up and Ender and his pint sized pals start their tiny engines 
2.5
Ender's Game
Joe Williams
A blandly sanitized spectacle 
2
Ender's Game
Michael O'Sullivan
Ender s Game is more than a parable about bullying or a disquisition on the concept of the just war It s also a rousing action film especially in Imax 
3
Ender's Game
Peter Keough
With so much to work with it is disappointing that Gavin Hood s adaptation is not much more than the world s coolest video game 
2
Ender's Game
Chris Hewitt
An exciting adventure that gets almost everything right 
3
Ender's Game
Duane Dudek
A thoughtful intelligent portrait of a world where we are all made victims of the battles being fought in our name 
3
Ender's Game
Chris Knight
It s a powerful story but it won t have anywhere near the longevity of the original novel And fans of the book able to fill in some of the narrative blanks in the screenplay will also be those most disappointed by those omissions 
2.5
Ender's Game
Dann Gire
This movie an old fashioned morality play masquerading as a kinetic video game in space understands some basic truths about youngsters 
3
Ender's Game
John Anderson
None of it is convincing in the least 
1.5
Ender's Game
Michael Phillips
While writer and director Gavin Hood may not be Mr Style or a science fiction visionary he gets the story told with appealing actors at the center 
2.5
Ender's Game
Soren Andersen
Butterfield with piercing gaze and singular intensity brings novelist Orson Scott Card s signature child hero to full and vivid life in filmmaker Gavin Hood s epic adaptation of Card s sci fi classic Ender s Game 
3
Ender's Game
Matt Pais
It s nothing a total rewrite couldn t fix 
2
Ender's Game
Dustin Putman
An acute surprisingly timely coming of age adventure but one that only truly gets going and takes a turn into deeper more perceptive thematic territory in the final stretch 
2.5
Ender's Game
Tony Hicks
Ender s Game truly captures the spirit and intensity of what is one of the most popular sci fi stories of all time 
3
Ender's Game
Roger Moore
Almost thought provoking shiny and glum
2
Sweetgrass
Tom Meek
Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing Taylor s hypnotic look at Montana mountaintop shepherding is Wiseman esque in its observant non intrusive style 
3.5
Sweetgrass
Mattie Lucas
Its simple unassuming beauty makes for a quietly engrossing ode the the shimmering mystique of the west 
3
Sweetgrass
Rob Thomas
So I have to admit the first few notes I took while watching the documentary Sweetgrass consisted of writing Wow that s a lot of sheep over and over again 
3
Sweetgrass
Jason Anderson
If there s anything we can learn from the creatures here it s that any day in which you don t get stripped of your coat or eaten by a bear is probably a good one 
3.5
Sweetgrass
Stephen Cole
There are audience rewards for sticking with the herd and its lonesome cowboys 
3
Sweetgrass
Robert W. Butler
For those willing to pay attention and get into the rhythms of this stubbornly unconventional movie the rewards are substantial 
3
Sweetgrass
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a gorgeous and believe it or not riveting documentary about sheep 
3
Sweetgrass
Chris Hewitt
I liked it for 15 minutes or so and then I found it intolerable 
2
Sweetgrass
Ty Burr
If you re used to the ADD pace of modern filmmaking Sweetgrass will probably drive you crazy If you can adjust it could widen your soul 
3.5
Sweetgrass
Peter Keough
Call me old fashioned but I find the spectacle of hundreds of sheep descending a mountainside like the conquistadors at the beginning of Werner Herzog s Aguirre Wrath of God more impressive than all the vistas of Avatar s Pandora 
3.5
Sweetgrass
Ted Fry
In an extraordinary series of tableaux that are alternately idyllic and severe Sweetgrass defies the conventions of what most of us regard as a documentary film 
3.5
Sweetgrass
Peter Hartlaub
What starts out looking like a 4H film soon develops narrative power and a rough natural humor You ll be hearing bleating in your sleep for days which is more pleasant than it sounds 
3
Sweetgrass
V.A. Musetto
Castaing Taylor s lensing from sheep staring into a camera to panoramic views of the gorgeous landscape is pleasing to the eye 
3
Sweetgrass
Nick Schager
With rugged reverence Sweetgrass depicts the final sheepherder drive into Montana s Beartooth mountains 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Rob Thomas
But because Dangerous Man sees the era through Ellsberg s eyes and we hear the disgust in his voice as he describes his younger gung ho self the film becomes a fascinating and clear eyed self portrait 
4
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Keith Cohen
Much research went into compiling the archival black and white news footage and photos along with audio from the Nixon White House tapes This compelling film takes a cloak and dagger approach and is full of landmark historical events
3.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Robert W. Butler
This is such a gripping yarn it plays more like a thriller than a documentary 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Jeff Vice
The makers of the Oscar nominated documentary feature simply set up their cameras and then just let the subject tell his own story in his own words 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Chris Hewitt
As a biography it s sketchy the impression we are left with is that Ellsberg is a near saint But as a personal take on a crucial chunk of American history Dangerous is riveting 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Steven Rea
For those who lived through the turmoil of Vietnam and for the generations that have come since the film is an important document in its own right 
3.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Joe Williams
The film is also an exciting cloak and dagger thriller 
4
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Roger Ebert
It is a skillful well made film although since Ellsberg is the narrator it doesn t probe him very deeply We see his version of himself 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Marty Mapes
A jam packed biography but not random or scattered
3.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
John Hartl
If you lived through it you ll be fascinated If not it still does a skillful job of creating a convincing and even suspenseful narrative from this history 
3.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Rick Groen
Efficiently wedding archival footage to contemporary interviews co directors Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith take a chronological approach to Ellsberg s journey of courage 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Mick LaSalle
In another time and culture a story on this scale would deserve an opera 
4
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Ann Hornaday
It pulses with the suspense and momentum of a sleek thriller a wily caper flick that just happens to revolve around one of the most crucial chapters in recent American history 
3.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Ty Burr
This is meaty dramatic stuff see this movie with your teenagers and watch their jaws hit the floor and the filmmakers cannily use President Nixon s secret tapes to bolster their case 
3.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Gerald Peary
At age 79 Daniel Ellsberg is getting the last guffaw 
3
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Bill Weber
Chooses not to follow the money but one man s evolution in the pursuit of principle 
3
Invisible City
James Adams
If there is a flaw cinematically to Invisible City it s the very evenhandedness that is the film s virtue 
3
Hamlet
Jonathan Foreman
Intelligent well acted all American version of the Shakespeare tragedy 
3.5
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio
Rosalie Kicks
As much as I wanted Nightmare Radio to provide inspiration I was instead left with fatigue 
2.75
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This low budget horror anthology with eight short tales is actually much better and spookier than I would have dared hope 
3
Come On Eileen
Diego Semerene
Rarely leaves the realm of the obvious and the literal 
1
Super 8
Matt Brunson
Super 8 is an entertaining popcorn flick but one does get the sense of Abrams sweating up a storm in an effort to produce the sort of guileless matinee magic that Spielberg conveyed effortlessly 
3
Super 8
Mattie Lucas
Feels more like a faded memory than a movie 
2.5
Super 8
Roger Moore
The movie of the summer the movie of many summers going back to the 70s 
4
Super 8
Jeff Beck
While it didn t turn out to be the great movie some thought it would be Super 8 still makes for an entertaining film
3
Super 8
Austin Kennedy
JJ Abrams thank you to Steven Spielberg It s like he said Thank you for making those movies while I was growing up Now here s what you inspired me to make And it s a terrific ride that I can t wait to experience again 
3.5
Super 8
Wesley Lovell
You can t write an original screenplay while stealing from better directors 
2.5
Super 8
Linda Cook
This is old school storytelling And it just plain feels good to experience it 
3.5
Super 8
Jordan Hiller
Super 8 embodies everything unsettling and disappointing about the culmination of Lost 
1.5
Super 8
Mike McGranaghan
Enormously fun A film about 8mm that deserves to be seen on the big screen in glorious 35mm 
3.5
Super 8
James Kendrick
As good as it is Super 8 feels more like an impersonation of Spielbergian cinema rather than an elaboration 
3
Super 8
Kam Williams
J J s Close Encounter with E T Gremlins Jaws and Jurassic Goonies 
4
Super 8
Eric Melin
It is full of things to love but rarely has a film that had so much going for it been this deeply affected by a disappointing last reel 
2.5
Super 8
Scott Nash
Not perfect but entertaining 
3.5
Super 8
Glenn Lovell
a jarringly messy blend of blue collar angst and feel good Spielberg Less a tribute to classic sci fi than a mechanical by the book exercise in How to Build a Tribute to Classic Sci Fi 
2
Super 8
Lori Hoffman
It is hard to overlook some major holes in the logic of the film even for a sci fi movie where concepts of logic are more fluid 
2.5
Super 8
Christian Toto
J J Abrams Super 8 can t live up to its advanced billing but it s still a crisp combination of Goonies Stand By Me and I can t spoil the rest 
3
Super 8
Peter Canavese
Let s be honest the b s sci fi plot is so much empty machinery which becomes steadily more apparent as the film wends its way toward a heavy metal climax that s narratively and emotionally questionable 
2.5
Super 8
Lisa Kennedy
There s much to like in this story of a group of young movie makers who stumble upon an event right out of well the movies 
2.5
Super 8
James Berardinelli
Abrams remembers the simple rule that a majority of his contemporaries have forgotten action and mayhem have meaning only when an audience cares about the people trapped within the maelstrom 
3.5
Super 8
John Wirt
Despite its old Spielberg magic it s J J Abrams deftly applied human touches that put Super 8 over the top 
3.5
Super 8
John Beifuss
A popcorn blockbuster made with craft care enthusiasm genuine affection for its characters and respect for its audience It s entirely derivative yet in this season of sequels and remakes and snark it feels not just fresh but refreshing 
3.5
Super 8
Bob Bloom
What makes Super 8 so good is that it is told from the viewpoint of the kids whose emotional honesty bring a sense of reality to this fantasy thriller 
4
Super 8
Rob Thomas
It s what a summer movie should be and too often isn t 
3.5
Super 8
David Nusair
Super 8 hits on many of the touchstones that one has come to associate with the youth oriented blockbusters of the 1980s 
3
Super 8
Willie Waffle
A very entertaining summer diversion
3
Super 8
Matt Soergel
Super 8 is a tremendously entertaining summer movie that could pass as a lost Steven Spielberg work from say 1979 which not coincidentally is the story s setting 
3.5
Super 8
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It looks great and moves well it s exciting and funny in all the right places 
2.5
Super 8
Alison Gang
More than anything Super 8 is a straightforward love letter to those carefree days when anything felt possible as long as you had your friends a movie camera and some semblance of a plan 
3
Super 8
Sara Michelle Fetters
At a certain point though a part of me couldn t help but become a little annoyed at Abrams insistence to emulate Spielberg so perfectly 
2.5
Super 8
Robert Levin
Super 8 is really about the thrill Abrams must have felt when he and his buddies discovered films and filmmaking awakening in them that ancient drive to tell stories 
3
Super 8
Rossiter Drake
None of this is exactly fresh 8 pays homage to venerable sci fi clichés and revisits territory Spielberg has covered before But what s so refreshing is how effortlessly entertaining it turns out to be The plot s engine practically purrs 
3.5
Super 8
Peter Howell
Abrams fashions Super 8 in such a calculating manner with every element weighed both for maximum nostalgia value and ironic hipster cred that it has an artificial feel to it It s like a birthday cake made of spun glass 
2.5
Super 8
Claudia Puig
This sci fi thriller has an engrossing plot and a strong cast of fully drawn characters There s even a sweet youthful love story In other words it s a summer blockbuster firing on all cylinders 
3.5
Super 8
Walter Chaw
Elle Fanning is going to be a superstar 
3
Super 8
Mick LaSalle
The result is a sci fi monster movie that keeps its sense of fun and humanity It s a valentine to a classically American genre the B movie and a nostalgic look back on a more innocent time 
4
Super 8
Rick Groen
It s the child actors heroic indeed who rescue Super 8 from the blockbuster grip of its adult makers 
2.5
Super 8
Jon Niccum
J J Abrams takes this warm concept and turns it into an impersonal sci fi thriller capsized by an increasing overload of digital effects 
2.5
Super 8
Brett Michel
A fitfully entertaining loving tribute but little more 
2.5
Super 8
Carrie Rickey
The worst that can be said about the film is that the characters are far more compelling than the mystery they solve 
3
Super 8
Duane Dudek
The bifurcated Super 8 is emotionally resonant before asserting its blockbuster aspirations 
3
Super 8
Lawrence Toppman
Super 8 takes its place among the best B grade science fiction movies of this generation by copying the best of the past 50 years 
3
Super 8
Joe Williams
Breathing new life into these old forms is a next to impossible mission but if the skeletons in your closet are made of celluloid Super 8 will be more of a treat than a trick 
3
Super 8
Peter Travers
A retro monster mash with a child s heart a prodigy s unstoppable imagination and FX dazzle to spare 
3
Super 8
Thelma Adams
A strong Kyle Chandler enforces order as Joe s lawman dad while Elle Fanning catapults from child star to romantic heroine as a troubled teen 
3
Super 8
Christopher Lloyd
Even as writer director J J Abrams seems bound and determined to follow a template of another s choosing Super 8 still has a sprightly life of its own 
3
Super 8
Ty Burr
Super 8 is a curious thing indeed A good movie that makes you want to go home and re watch a great one 
3
Super 8
Brian Orndorf
Works as a time capsule a moviegoing scrapbook and a pretty nifty creature feature though the final blend of elements lacks a tight seal that keeps the film a consistent package of delights 
3.5
Super 8
Joe Lozito
J J Abrams lovingly nostalgic tribute to early Spielberg will make you look back fondly to a time when a group of schoolkids could outsmart the government 
3
Super 8
Ann Hornaday
All too often the plot feels calculated rather than organic the result of a time tested formula rather than genuine innovation 
2.5
Super 8
Stephen Whitty
It s as full of rich characters as it is smart popcorn movie scares 
3.5
Super 8
Rich Heldenfels
Often exciting and entertaining 
3
Super 8
Lou Lumenick
Put The Goonies E T Close Encounters and War of the Worlds in that blender from Gremlins and transport the mixture back to 1979 in the Back to the Future DeLorean and you get J J Abrams Super 8 
3
Super 8
Moira MacDonald
Abrams and executive producer Steven Spielberg are reprising a few of their own greatest hits and creating the kind of Saturday matinee adventure that kids of a bygone era would have raced to the neighborhood movie house to see 
3
Super 8
Josh Larsen
To watch Super 8 is to witness the birth of our current geek culture 
3.5
Super 8
Mark Dujsik
A combination of period science fiction tale and coming of age story whose paths eventually collide in disconnected schmaltz 
2.5
Super 8
Dustin Putman
Never forgets that special effects and sheer spectacle mean nothing if there aren t relatable characters and an emotional thematic throughline to first and foremost care about 
3
Super 8
Roger Ebert
Super 8 is a wonderful film nostalgia not for a time but for a style of filmmaking when shell shocked young audiences were told a story and not pounded over the head with aggressive action 
3.5
Super 8
Matt Pais
Spectacularly bottles the Spielbergian magic actually that feels like an understatement the movie is a full pound Spielberger 
4
Super 8
Michael Phillips
Abrams brings so much affection to the project the results reveal both the film geek he surely was as a Spielberg lovin kid and the hard charging populist he has become 
3
Super 8
Rex Reed
Sorry to dash your hopes but it s just more of the same junk Junk for children with an estimated 45 million budget There oughta be a law 
2
Super 8
Nick Schager
In a manner similar to Gus Van Sant s Psycho it s merely a high resolution photocopy devoid of its revered predecessors soul 
2
Super 8
Erik Childress
In some way Super 8 is the ultimate found footage piece and for once we are not yelling back at the screen to put down the camera 
3.5
By Sidney Lumet
Peter Canavese
Like Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow s De Palma also released in 2016 by Sidney Lumet has one undeniable result it instills a fervent wish to watch the director s entire output from beginning to end Blu ray 
3
By Sidney Lumet
Moira MacDonald
It s the kind of documentary that might serve as a perfect introduction to Lumet s work when it s done you want to watch all of these films immediately 
3
By Sidney Lumet
Brian Tallerico
It is beautifully constructed not as a chronological biography of a directorial legend but as a thematic exploration of his work 
3
By Sidney Lumet
Neil Rosen
Filled with an abundance of film clips from Lumet s vast body of work and interesting behind the scenes stories from Lumet the movie will mainly be of interest to film buffs and fans of the heralded directors movies 
3
By Sidney Lumet
Rex Reed
A fascinating exploration of how a great mind worked by allowing the quality of his scripts to determine the style of each film including not only the inner life but the camera the clothes the entire visual approach 
3
Roar
Tom Meek
I honestly can t say Roar is a good film or even a bad one because it s both But I can say there is never a down moment there is always something to draw you in 
2.5
Roar
Brad Keefe
4 WTFs out of 4 Not as unintentionally entertaining as The Room or Birdemic but see it with an audience if you can 
1
Roar
Mike McGranaghan
The craziest most breathtakingly bizarre motion picture you are ever likely to see Imagine Mutual of Omaha s Wild Kingdom as reimagined by Stephen King 
4
Roar
Simon Abrams
If you want to see cats chasing people in packs falling over themselves to descend stairwells and jump up trees to swipe at disposable human protagonists you will probably enjoy Roar 
2.5
Mahler on the Couch
Ty Burr
The questions it doesn t quite ask linger when the lights come up 
2.5
Mahler on the Couch
Jeffrey Gantz
It s a decent addition to the modest list of films about the composer but no substitute for Mahler Ken Russell s 1974 comic strip classic 
2
Johnny English
Bill Chambers
Excruciatingly predictable
1
Johnny English
Mark Dujsik
Johnny English doesn t work as a spoof of the spy genre and moreover as you watch Atkinson at work you begin to notice how easy this is for him too easy in fact 
2
Johnny English
Peter Travers
Mike Myers has worked this material to death 
2
Johnny English
Jonathan R. Perry
At best a spotty spy spoof with little to say about the genre beyond what Mike Myers already accomplished in Austin Powers International Man of Mystery and wrecked in its two dreadful sequels 
2
Johnny English
Jack Mathews
There weren t enough good laughs for me to recommend it to anyone other than the most devoted Beanheads 
2
Johnny English
Nick Rogers
To use the movie s lingo it s a cockup not a crack up 
1
Johnny English
Timothy Knight
A goofy pratfall laden guilty pleasure 
3
Johnny English
Steve Rhodes
If the theater s air conditioning is working and it s hot outside spending some time with English isn t a bad idea 
2
Johnny English
John Beifuss
Malkovich plays the flouncy French villain as an extremely annoying combination of Nancy Kulp and Will Ferrell 
2
Johnny English
Aaron Hillis
Unless you have an incurable case of Anglophilia save your hard earned moneypenny for the DVD rental 
2
Johnny English
Linda Cook
Oh I SAY let s not make any more British spy spoofs shall we 
2.5
Johnny English
Mike McGranaghan
Every single joke in this movie is telegraphed so far in advance that you can figure out the punchlines long before they actually arrive 
1.5
Johnny English
Dustin Putman
While Atkinson is at his offbeat best the film he has been placed within is sorely routine and more often blase than not its every joke telegraphed far in advance of its ultimate appearance 
2
Johnny English
Chris Hewitt
Johnny is never as inspired as the best moments of the Powers movies but it s cleaner and more consistent than they are 
2.5
Johnny English
Moira MacDonald
Johnny English may well be too specifically British and too slight to connect strongly with audiences but it s a pleasant enough diversion 
2.5
Johnny English
Edward Guthmann
The spy spoof genre is old hat but Atkinson is such an inventive endearing clown that one doesn t mind 
3
Johnny English
Jerry McCormick
Has Malkovich s career really come to this 
0
Johnny English
Connie Ogle
Johnny English despite its contemporary sounding anti French cracks could easily have been made 20 years ago Might have seemed better and more fresh if it had 
2
Johnny English
Glenn Whipp
A spy spoof that makes you pine for the days of Leslie Nielsen and Spy Hard 
1
Johnny English
Rick Groen
The best feature based on a TV commercial I ve seen all year 
2.5
Johnny English
John Monaghan
There s a lot of entertainment especially for families in Johnny English 
3
Johnny English
Jeff Vice
Just plain dumb and not in a good dumb way 
2
Johnny English
Michael Booth
Atkinson carries out his spy spoof mission with candor and grace or as much grace as a man can maintain while satirizing the Trainspotting climb up through a soiled potty 
2.5
Johnny English
Roger Ebert
Johnny English plays like a tired exercise a spy spoof with no burning desire to be that or anything else 
1.5
Johnny English
Ty Burr
Johnny English is silly enough but why can t this clever man make a clever movie 
2
Johnny English
Phil Villarreal
Even several of Atkinson s falling flat gags fall flat 
2
Johnny English
Sean P. Means
Johnny English reminds us that the nation that gave us Peter Sellers and Monty Python also gave us Benny Hill 
2.5
Johnny English
Shirley Klass
It is unabashedly silly and playful I don t think Atkinson could be mean or offensive if he tried 
2.5
Johnny English
Leigh Johnson
Atkinson really is funny in this movie maybe not pee your pants funny but certainly hoot out loud funny 
2
Johnny English
Jon Niccum
The latest from Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson isn t a great movie or even that good a comedy But somehow the flick s monumental silliness offsets its shortcomings 
2.5
Johnny English
Claudia Puig
Rowan Atkinson is a gifted comedian Too bad Johnny English isn t more befitting his significant talents 
2.5
Johnny English
Megan Lehmann
A surprisingly gentle old fashioned comedy 
2.5
Johnny English
Mack Bates
In a summer filled with overcooked turkeys it s a refreshingly irreverent snack 
3
Johnny English
Gene Seymour
A lazily ingratiating spy spoof 
2.5
Johnny English
James Berardinelli
Johnny English is a tamer Austin Powers crossed with Get Smart with very little in the way of effective humor 
1.5
Johnny English
David Sterritt
The film s irreverence toward venerable British institutions may seem uproarious in Johnny s home country but Americans will find this just another summertime farce falling back on stale scatological jokes when it runs out of better ideas 
2
Johnny English
Robert K. Elder
So abominably blah that you ll fall asleep in your popcorn 
2
Johnny English
Jeffrey Westhoff
The good jokes are so infrequent Johnny English could be retitled You Only Laugh Twice 
2
Johnny English
Ross Anthony
I m a Rowan Atkinson fan Silly yes but usually a subtle whit tied like a rubber chicken to the site gags Unfortunately I cannot say the same for English 
2
Johnny English
Rob Blackwelder
The gags are telegraphed to such a ridiculous degree that you can see some of them coming literally an hour away Yet when the punchlines arrive Atkinson sells them with aplomb 
2.5
Johnny English
Jorge Avila Andrade
Aunque puede parecer bastante obvio y bobo para muchos por lo menos representa un buen rato de entretenimiento puro y sin complicaciones 
2.5
Johnny English
Ian Mantgani
It s a zero wandering around itself benignly hoping that it will make us laugh even though it has not offered funny material or delivery 
1
The Truman Show
Terry Lawson
This is acting that isn t but Carrey doesn t let the two way mirror throw him his unreality becomes his only real truth 
3
The Truman Show
John Beifuss
It is so perfectly realized it s hard to believe someone hasn t presented this concept on the big screen before 
4
The Truman Show
Wesley Lovell
The film is assuredly one of the most defining and best films of the 1990s and ranks high up there in film history 46 
4
The Truman Show
Graham Young
It s innovative It s different And it s a worthy reflection of our docu soap times 
4
The Truman Show
Chris Garcia
A totally fresh experience 
2.5
The Truman Show
Frazier Moore
Inventive and riveting it shows us more than the adventures of an unlikely champion It shows us ourselves 
4
The Truman Show
Eleanor O'Sullivan
It s an entertaining film about a guy trying to get a life The big news here is that Jim Carrey does just fine as the TV guy 
3
The Truman Show
Jami Bernard
The premise of Peter Weir s The Truman Show is both reasonable and ludicrous its execution sublime 
4
The Truman Show
Carrie Rickey
Most movies are lucky to have one idea rattling around inside The unusually resonant Truman positively vibrates with themes 
3.5
The Truman Show
Dennis King
As inventive and creative as Weir s staging is The Truman Show wouldn t work without credible Truman And Carrey carries off the tricky role with a chipperness that belies a deep seeded longing for more in life than surface perfection 
4
The Truman Show
Matt Soergel
Under a cheerfully sunny sky that only heightens the paranoia it s brilliant in conception and execution with dozens of bright touches verbal jokes visual jokes spooky looks 
4
The Truman Show
Ann Hornaday
The Truman Show is a movie and the name of a television show within the movie both of which star Jim Carrey This tidy little metaphysic is superbly maintained throughout Peter Weir s flawlessly executed film 
4
The Truman Show
Michael Wilmington
It s a satire comedy fantasy about the future of television and the people caught in its omnipresent electronic net a supremely intelligent jape about a man named Truman Burbank 
4
The Truman Show
David Nusair
benefits substantially from Jim Carrey s unexpectedly layered and flat out moving performance 
3
The Truman Show
Fernando F. Croce
The intimations of profundity of reality perceived mediated and processed are milked for heavy irony rather than enlarging complexit 
2
The Truman Show
Peter Canavese
A hugely entertaining dramatization of Plato s Allegory of the Cave a fable that would be relevant 50 years earlier and no doubt will remain relevant 50 years hence 
4
The Truman Show
Ross Anthony
This is clearly one of the decade s cleverest most original pictures 
4
The Truman Show
Judith Egerton
If you expect and want to see the hyper wacky Carrey you ll hate it If you expect and don t want to see the creepy Carrey as in the The Cable Guy you ll be happier 
4
The Truman Show
James Sanford
although there are flashes of humor throughout the film is more often funny weird than it is uproarious 
3.5
The Truman Show
Jeffrey Westhoff
Although it doesn t merit the superlatives being thrown at its feet The Truman Show is a rewarding experience 
3.5
The Truman Show
Susan Tavernetti
Unlike most summer releases and Jim Carrey movies there s nothing dumb or dumber about director Peter Weir s astonishing social satire 
4
The Truman Show
Robert Roten
There aren t many original ideas coming out of Hollywood these days but The Truman Show is one of them 
3.5
The Truman Show
Margaret A. McGurk
Funny moving imaginative and wickedly smart about the addictive power of comfy illusion 
4
The Truman Show
Rick Groen
The result is a rarity on any screen intelligent fun 
3.5
The Truman Show
Marty Mapes
Perhaps it s not fair to criticize a movie for what it isn t but it seems like there were some missed opportunities here 
3
The Truman Show
Edward Guthmann
I had that rare feeling of elation of wanting to share a wonderful discovery that comes with seeing an original inspired piece of work 
4
The Truman Show
James Berardinelli
An appealing offbeat one hundred minute diversion for those who really are tired of monsters tearing down buildings and action heroes saving the world 
3
The Truman Show
Roger Ebert
The underlying ideas made the movie more than just entertainment Like Gattaca the previous film written by Niccol it brings into focus the new values that technology is forcing on humanity 
4
The Truman Show
Mike Clark
If Truman becomes a classic it ll be as a witty film of ideas that s graced with a mesmerizing visual dimension 
3.5
The Truman Show
David Keyes
For the first time in years we are confronted with a movie that is so original and so intriguing that you wonder why no one had thought it up before 
4
The Truman Show
David Sterritt
The smartest funniest most original Hollywood movie in ages 
3
The Truman Show
Elias Savada
Here is a provocative and profound film that deserves your undivided attention Don t change the channel 
4
The Truman Show
Rob Blackwelder
A film that leaves you stunned and debating its message as the credits roll I ve never seen anything like it
3.5
The Truman Show
Bob Bloom
A thought provoking original movie that works on many levels 
4
The Truman Show
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its theme to what degree will we eventually allow television to outpower us is clear poignant and relevant 
4
The Truman Show
Susan Stark
A bracingly intelligent provocative and witty mix of entertainment values and long thoughts 
4
The Truman Show
Ted Prigge
The key to this film is an incredibly complex yet simple script by Andrew Niccol 
4
The Truman Show
Madeleine Williams
Fans expecting Carrey s usual shtick will be disappointed here but few else will be for this intelligent and invigorating film is a fascinating look at the struggle between individual spirit and the media culture 
3.5
The Truman Show
Steve Rhodes
The absolutely riveting story has both television and movie audiences on the edge of their seats wondering 
4
The Truman Show
Tom Keogh
This is a film that can stay with one for a very long time after a viewing and even slightly change the way one looks at life and the world 
3.5
The Truman Show
Michael Dequina
A subtly layered perceptive and pointedly truthful commentary on the media and its and our own voyeuristic tendencies 
3.5
A Man Named Pearl
Wesley Morris
This is moviemaking that honors the craftsmanship of its subject 
3
A Man Named Pearl
Steven Winn
In its own modest fashion the film does capture a sense of the intuitive craftsmanship pride and determination that drive the self taught artist 
2.5
A Man Named Pearl
Maureen M. Hart
Fryar is such pleasant company that the film s weaknesses can be overlooked 
3
A Man Named Pearl
Peter Canavese
One of those hidden treasures of the art house that it s your duty to seek out 
3
A Man Named Pearl
Jeff Shannon
On a smaller less cosmic scale of appreciation Pearl s uplifting story is a welcome reminder that any pursuit of growth and nurturing will yield unexpectedly wonderful dividends 
3.5
A Man Named Pearl
Glenn Whipp
Pleasant enough dollop of inspiration about 68 year old Pearl Fryar who turns his depressed South Carolina hometown into a tourist destination 
3
A Man Named Pearl
Phil Hall
This would have worked better as a short documentary 
2
A Man Named Pearl
Maitland McDonagh
This irresistible documentary about self taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar is a portrait of a polite church going thoroughly decent man who found his bliss training and trimming discarded plants into fantastical things of beauty 
3
A Man Named Pearl
V.A. Musetto
Meet the real life Edward Scissorhands Pearl Fryar 
3
A Man Named Pearl
Kam Williams
A touching bio pic about a humble soul who encountered racism and responded with love peace and goodwill towards all people 
4
A Man Named Pearl
Nick Schager
A decidedly limited functional aesthetic affair 
2
A Man Named Pearl
John Beifuss
Topiary folk artist and chainsaw wielding plant whisperer Pearl Fryar seems like a wonderful man but the directors never justify the feature length treatment they give to a story that easily would have fit into a Sunday morning Charles Kuralt segment 
2
A Man Named Pearl
Lawrence Toppman
The film s hero is charismatic modest thoughtful well spoken pointing out he achieved remarkable things because he didn t know he wasn t supposed to be able to do them 
3
Dolce fine giornata
Anne T. Donahue
Dolce Fine Giornata is a beautiful movie with an interesting and important perspective but its message would be even more effective if it was navigated through characters you really got to know 
3
American Skin
Joey Magidson
American Skin wants to say something important and that s admirable It s simply done in too scattershot of a way to be even close to effective 
2
Kama Sutra
Roger Ebert
The film is lush and voluptuous to regard but I expected more from Mira Nair and I was disappointed She is better than this work 
2
New Year's Eve
Roger Moore
The bland lead the bland through a sea of New Year s revelers 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Michael Dequina
Colossal waste of talent and time 
0.5
New Year's Eve
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable and consistently hackneyed feel good ensemble drama 
2.5
New Year's Eve
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is a serious waste of time 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Linda Cook
Garry Marshall how could you You have made a mockery of a movie that bears the name of my birthday I take this as a personal affront 
.5
New Year's Eve
Lori Hoffman
Much of it is dreck but the stories that work are charming and in a few select cases provide a sudden emotional wallop 
2
New Year's Eve
Matt Brunson
Forget counting down from 10 as the ball drops in Times Square here instead is a countdown of the 10 key points in New Year s Eve which proves to be even tougher to take than director Garry Marshall s previous all star holiday romp Valentine s Day 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Mike McGranaghan
The cinematic equivalent of a glass of flat champagne 
2
New Year's Eve
Rafer Guzman
New Year s Eve is a perfect example of why the adjective Hollywood is so often used as a pejorative 
1
New Year's Eve
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A big dumb mess 
1
New Year's Eve
Lisa Kennedy
The only thing that can inspire more cynicism than a holiday s coerced emotions may be a film that both exploits and celebrates said emotions 
2
New Year's Eve
Stephen Whitty
Should auld acquaintance be forgot I don t know but New Year s Eve sure should be 
1
New Year's Eve
Willie Waffle
The band abandoned Bon Jovi and let him make this movie on his own showing Richie Sambora has higher standards than Robert DeNiro 
.5
New Year's Eve
Dave McGinn
This New Year s Eve leaves you feeling like you ve got no one to kiss at midnight 
0.5
New Year's Eve
Barbara Vancheri
New Year s Eve is like a live action postcard or advertisement for New York City 
2
New Year's Eve
Ann Hornaday
Sags when it should shimmer labors clunkily when it should glide and most unforgivably plops some otherwise attractive and even talented actors into roles that are completely outside their physical and psychic comfort zone 
1
New Year's Eve
Sara Stewart
A soul sucking monument to Hollywood greed and saccharine holiday culture 
0
New Year's Eve
Linda Barnard
We hope that somewhere amid the streamers and popping champagne corks director Marshall is making a resolution to stop making these movies 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Dustin Putman
Rating Updated 12 31 15 It may be cornball in spots and pedestrian in others but it is pure cinematic comfort food that works wonders for the last day of the year It s fun in spite of its many problems 
2.5
New Year's Eve
Peter Canavese
I tell ya I haven t heard this much talk about ball dropping since the junior high locker room 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Mick LaSalle
What can be said about a movie that is nice and awful That has a warm spirit and is 100 percent phony That has all the stars in the galaxy and all the appeal of rotting fish 
1
New Year's Eve
Jon Niccum
The film is intended to be a romantic comedy But its flat direction stock punch lines insipid musical numbers and suffocating swarm of characters make it horrifying 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Claudia Puig
Why bother with a new title New Year s Eve is simply 2010 s Valentine s Day all over again and it s about as appealing as a flute of cheap Champagne left over from the last holiday 
1
New Year's Eve
David Hiltbrand
This is more of a clown car than it is a movie 
2
New Year's Eve
Wesley Morris
New Year s Eve is fun in the way that eating at a buffet is fun It s two hours of foods that have nothing to do with each other piled high on a plate because it was too cheap to resist 
1
New Year's Eve
Graham Killeen
Make it your New Year s resolution to see something other than New Year s Eve 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Peter Travers
Director Garry Marshall follows last year s Valentine s Day with New Year s Eve where an all star cast lines up to collect paychecks at our expense 
0
New Year's Eve
Chris Hewitt
Even if there are people in New Year s Eve you re looking forward to seeing you don t want to see them in this 
1
New Year's Eve
Matt Pais
Perhaps at some point in the future a great movie will feature the line Ladies may the best va jay jay win 
0.5
New Year's Eve
Connie Ogle
New Year s Eve is not unbearable It s not bad but it s not good either 
2
New Year's Eve
Michael Phillips
Marshall knows a certain kind of comedy but his technique has a way of pitting performers squarely against their own material 
2
New Year's Eve
Moira MacDonald
Like the stroke of midnight New Year s Eve disappears almost instantly leaving little behind but limp streamers and the sense that surely there was a better party going on somewhere else 
2
New Year's Eve
Roger Ebert
How is it possible to assemble more than two dozen stars in a movie and find nothing interesting for any of them to do 
1
New Year's Eve
Richard Larson
The half hearted presence of these actors is the ultimate metaphor for the current tragedy facing the creative class 
.5
New Year's Eve
Peter Keough
Lately Garry Marshall has shown a certain genius for turning miserable holidays into terrible movies 
0.5
New Year's Eve
Jake Coyle
If there is some kind of world record for schmaltz this may have set it 
1.5
New Year's Eve
Kam Williams
A New Year s toast as sentimental as singing Auld Lang Syne 
3
Klaus
Wesley Lovell
An engaging re imagining of the Santa Claus origin mythos is handled beautifully 
3.5
Klaus
Richard Roeper
The wonderful Rashida Jones voices a teacher who could become a love interest for Jesper And any movie that casts Norm Macdonald as a cynical boat captain who sounds exactly like Norm MacDdnald is all right by me 
3
Klaus
Mattie Lucas
This unique take on the origins of Santa Claus examines the jolly old elf not as a literal person with magical powers but as an idea of the spirit of giving a fact that will likely go over many young heads but will hit adults square in the heart 
3
Klaus
Alan French
The use of northern landscapes provides ample opportunity to create picturesque locales Time after time the shots feel like concept art come to life 
3
Klaus
Roger Moore
Cute 
2.5
Klaus
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s a treat to see a modern animated film that isn t afraid of absurd sight gags and bleakly funny lines of dialogue 
3
Klaus
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Sergio Pablos s film is essentially a metaphor for its own unique and refreshing mode of expression 
3
The Gambler
Brian Eggert
By the end 44 it apos s difficult to care about Jim as Wahlberg represents him 46 
2
The Gambler
Michael Smith
Wahlberg loses and The Gambler craps out 
1.5
The Gambler
John Beifuss
Chockablock with interesting performances Jessica Lange is the professor s wealthy mother John Goodman is a Jabba like loan shark and silly self indulgences slow motion pole dancers gyrate to Dinah Washington s recording of This Bitter Earth 
2.5
The Gambler
Linda Cook
Mark Wahlberg is a sure bet in The Gambler an update of a James Caan movie 
3
The Gambler
Peter Travers
The hopeful ending comes off as too little too late Wahlberg gives the role his all but sticking with him is a futile gesture The Gambler never pays off It s a sucker s bet 
2
The Gambler
Sean P. Means
A richly realized exercise in style in which an action director Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8201 Rupert Wyatt and an action star Mark I think we got a Trans foamah Wahlberg dive deep into a 70s noir classic and come up aces 
3
The Gambler
Matt Brunson
A movie that displays a winning hand for much of its length should never turn up snake eyes at the end 
2.5
The Gambler
Peter Keough
It s just like the Kenny Rogers song says You ve got to know when to hold em know when to fold em It s time for this Gambler to walk away 
1.5
The Gambler
Stephen Whitty
If someone is really that intent on self destruction why should we be his audience 
2.5
The Gambler
Odie Henderson
The Gambler should have been called Three Supporting Characters in Search of a Lead 
2
The Gambler
Moira MacDonald
A dull self consciously arty wallow in the messed up life of a character we don t care about 
2
The Gambler
Anders Wright
A remake of the 1974 film that starred James Caan Rupert Wyatt s new movie is never short on style but it lacks some of the grit of the original 
2.5
The Gambler
Peter Howell
This certainly is one driven narrative Wahlberg reportedly lost 60 lbs for the role and his gaunt look makes Jim seem all the more haunted as he repeatedly throws away vast sums on games of chance 
2.5
The Gambler
Calvin Wilson
In a role that would have been ideal for Tom Cruise in psycho mode Wahlberg is merely OK Unfortunately the film s effectiveness turns on whether we buy into his angst 
2.5
The Gambler
Jon Niccum
The character as written is so pretentious and self destructive that it s difficult for the audience to connect with his story 
2
The Gambler
James Berardinelli
The Gambler is a solid remake a film that retraces the path of the original while carving out its own identity 
3
The Gambler
Mark Dujsik
It is easy to observe this character with a certain degree of fascination It s enough 
3
The Gambler
Kristin Tillotson
A string of powerful performances particularly Wahlberg s and a killer soundtrack including M83 Dinah Washington and St Paul the Broken Bones redeem a middling entertainment gambit 
2.5
The Gambler
Peter Canavese
The extent to which The Gambler may intentionally or unintentionally glamorize or romanticize gambling does raise concerns but the film remains a study in the self destructive personality 
3
The Gambler
Matt Pais
A remarkably entertaining drama that s also at times a deep pit of sadness 
3.5
The Gambler
Rene Rodriguez
The Gambler is about the torturous dissatisfaction some people feel when they ve managed to do everything right but still don t feel fulfilled
3
The Gambler
Kyle Smith
This remake of the 1974 James Caan film written by James Toback crackles with mordant cynicism 
3
The Gambler
Claudia Puig
The Gambler is a hollow overwrought and glibly cynical remake of a 70s drama about a self destructive academic 
1.5
The Gambler
Rafer Guzman
Low on action and tension long on grand speeches Wahlberg gets an A for effort in an unlikely role 
2
The Gambler
Liam Lacey
Slick but slight The Gambler is an unnecessary remake of a well regarded 1974 film 
2
The Gambler
Stephanie Merry
Watching a hostile pessimist purposefully sabotaging his own good fortune just isn t as fun as it sounds 
1.5
The Gambler
Robert Levin
The bulk of the movie simply doesn t live up to the promise of its great opening sequence 
2
The Gambler
Roger Moore
The ending may be a total cop out but Wahlberg never embarrasses himself 
2.5
The Gambler
Steve Macfarlane
It suffers from a bloodless unwillingness to put too much on the line made corporeal in the editing with music slathered time lapse standing in for Bennett s adrenaline fueled epiphany during a roulette binge in Reno 
2
Falcon Lake
Peter Howell
A gem of mood and technique it s the most impressive work by a first time Canadian feature director I ve seen this year 
3
Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture
Robert W. Butler
You ll learn about an important artist from this film but you ll also leave feeling a bit ravished 
3
Under Rich Earth
David Nusair
46 46 46 the film 8217 s subject matter just isn 8217 t compelling enough to sustain a full length feature 46 
.5
Under Rich Earth
Marty Mapes
Pluck and perseverance give a major victory to a minor mountain town
3.5
Death Becomes Her
Kevin Carr
This is a 100 percent Hollywood story It s not relateable to the average person 
2
Death Becomes Her
Stephen Hunter
But it s not enough to be merely bad you have to be interesting as well As the movie wears along they become death 
2.5
Death Becomes Her
David Nusair
one of the least engaging endeavors contained within Zemeckis early filmography 
2.5
Death Becomes Her
Matt Brunson
The script by Martin Donovan and David Koepp never lacks for cleverness but it s ultimately more frantic than funny 
2.5
Death Becomes Her
Michael Dequina
Stunningly inventive madness 
3
Death Becomes Her
Robert Roten
The film has its moments but not many 
1.5
Long Weekend
Joshua Axelrod
Overall this film fits its title Relax enjoy the vibe and be grateful for a pleasant evening at the movies 
2.5
Long Weekend
Michael Medved
Deft unexpectedly involving and powered by the genuine star power of Chao and Wittrock who display irresistible on screen chemistry The twists and provocations keep coming until the very end of this often funny and genuinely touching spellbinder 
3
Long Weekend
Linda Cook
It s a smart endearing romantic comedy with a twist 
3.5
Long Weekend
Matthew Passantino
Long Weekend is inoffensive but ultimately forgettable 
2
Long Weekend
Randy Myers
The Wittrock Chao matchup is a powder keg but a problematic screenplay pulls this movie down with it It also treats mental illness as a gimmick 
2
Long Weekend
Roger Moore
Once the film settles into its more conventionally unconventional story it just doesn t have the gravitas or plot twists to bear up under the weight of reality Or unreality 
2
Long Weekend
Kevin Carr
I got sucked in It forced me to like it and that s one of the best type of movies to see 
4
Long Weekend
Johnny Oleksinski
Nearly derailed by lovey dovey irksomeness but it s rescued by a clever twist 
2
Long Weekend
Pamela Powell
It s a gem of a film that adds just enough novelty to a tried and true genre to make it fresh 
3
Long Weekend
Sean P. Means
The best thing in Long Weekend is Chao who brings an earthy vulnerability to what could have been a thankless role but turns out to be the warmly glowing center of it all 
3
Long Weekend
Mark Dujsik
T he sincerity of Basilone s storytelling and these performances make the whole affair work well enough 
3
Long Weekend
Katie Walsh
Basilone s acknowledgement of the archetype is a sort of self assigned get out of jail free card though he then proceeds apace writing one of the more baffling Manic Pixie Dream Girl stories of all time in Long Weekend 
2
Long Weekend
Leo Brady
With the world needing a bit of sunshine these days Long Weekend is the fresh and delightful take that pulled on the old heartstrings 
3
Long Weekend
Richard Roeper
A nice little gem of escapist entertainment that keeps us guessing until the very end which is corny as all get out and maybe I even got something in my eye 
3
Boys State
Josh Larsen
A thoroughly depressing portrait of American teen masculinity Texas politics and the overall state of democracy 
2
Boys State
Mattie Lucas
Functions as an indictment of our entire political system and its lofty aspirations to finding a few diamonds in the rough are not enough to hide the fact that it paints an unrelentingly bleak portrait of American capitalism 
2
Boys State
Rob Thomas
Boys State boils down to a battle between Feinstein s way of politics and Garza s not conservative vs liberal per se but divisive vs empowering 
3.5
Boys State
Sarah Knight Adamson
Directors Amanda McBaine Jesse Moss give us an outstanding bird s eye view of the process by following four boys each with very different personalities backgrounds 
3.5
Boys State
Rene Sanchez
A fascinating essential and timely viewing experience that portrays and reflects on the current political system in America Full Review in Spanish 
4
Boys State
Lisa Trifone
In a sea of adolescent stubble and underdeveloped frontal lobes McBane and Moss establish something of a microcosm of national politics for better or worse 
4
Boys State
Jeff Mitchell
Here s an enthusiastic vote for Boys State 
3.5
Boys State
Jay Horton
Politics makes strange bedfellows 
3
Boys State
Joey Magidson
Boys State provides an equally powerful and upsetting look at the potential future of political division 
3.5
Boys State
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A most entertaining and revealing peek into the early days of what could be the future of American politics 
3.5
Boys State
Christian Toto
The documentary leans left but that doesn t distract from the big alarming picture 
3
Boys State
Odie Henderson
Boys State is one of those movies that will play differently based on both your political affiliation and whether you see the glass as half empty or half full 
3.5
Boys State
Sonny Bunch
Boys State is compelling enough in its absurdity But it s an obscuring fiction at best for those trying to figure out where we go from here 
2.5
Boys State
Mark Dujsik
The film watches these boys quite objectively as their values their political beliefs and their senses of morality and ethics are challenged 
3.5
Boys State
Tom Meek
Drinking in Boys State instills a sense of hope and dread 
3
Boys State
Max Weiss
The filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss focus mostly on four boys and they ve chosen wisely 
4
Boys State
Lindsey Bahr
In this little microcosm you see not only a portrait of some serious minded youths but how their world views morals and political beliefs have been molded by what s happening in the country 
3.5
Boys State
Robert Daniels
Boys State offers a ruminative peek into America s future 
3.5
Boys State
Michael O'Sullivan
Boys State is a portrait of the country in microcosm divided but not yet irredeemably lost 
3.5
Boys State
Ty Burr
Boys State is remarkable in the way it shows this country s political future being formed away from the catechisms of parents hometowns and Fox News 
4
Boys State
Katie Walsh
Potentially the most culturally relevant film of the fall masterfully made and one heck of an emotional roller coaster From moment to moment Boys State veers from exciting to troubling to amusing and it s never anything less than utterly riveting 
4
Boys State
Mick LaSalle
Seriously if these kids are the future now would be a good time to buy property in a foreign country 
3
Boys State
Jeff York
The film ends up being a searing indictment of this nation and the potential leadership amongst Generation Z It practically plays like an elegy 
3.5
Boys State
Pat Brown
The film suggests that our political system is a popularity contest that functions for no one but those jockeying for power 
3
Boys State
Kenneth R. Morefield
What is discouraging here is how painfully self aware and unapologetic they are about going against their own convictions simply to win 
2.5
Nola and the Clones
Frank Ochieng
vastly affecting thankfully skilled gems such as Nola and the Clones will remind us that not all moving melodramas about rebellious young women on the edge simply belong on the Lifetime Channel 
3.5
Toni
James Kendrick
Renoir gives the film an indelible sense of humanity but its story is simply too slight to make it much more than a curious forerunner to his future masterpieces
3
Toni
Matt Brunson
Often overlooked in Renoir s filmography 
3
Toni
Mattie Lucas
Renoir at his most class conscious subverting the narrative of opportunity for all and laying bare the hypocrisies of capitalism 
3.5
Toni
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Renoir s touch is so warm and earthy that the movie never seems too cheap or frivolous 
3.5
That Most Important Thing: Love
Matt Brunson
The winner of the very first Best Actress Cesar Award besting fellow French icons Catherine Deneuve Isabelle Adjani and Delphine Seyrig was Romy Schneider who won her prize for her performance in this edgy endeavor 
3
That Most Important Thing: Love
Ben Sachs
Shining through L Important C Est D Aimer is a genuine sense that love enables us to transcend the most degrading experiences 
4
That Most Important Thing: Love
Jeremiah Kipp
This isn t the realm of sentimentality because love here is violent and obsessive and all encompassing 
4
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Roger Moore
Over familiar but still revelatory amusing and at times quite moving 
3.5
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Tom Meek
If you re coming to Three Days that Defined a Generation for the music you ll likely be disappointed 
2.5
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Joel Selvin
Goodman never lets the music breathe even slapping narration over Hendrix s masterful version of the national anthem one of the great political statements in rock history 
2
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Chris Barsanti
Throughout the era defining yet problem plagued music festival astounds in large part for all the disasters that didn t occur 
3
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Dwight Brown
Refreshing and a complete joy to watch in this day and age of hate mongering 
3
Flicker
Joe Williams
Thanks to this trippy flick his revolutionary ideas live on like a ghost in the machine 
3
Harry and Tonto
Roger Ebert
It s not easy to make comedies that work as drama too But Carney s acting is so perceptive that it helps this material succeed 
4
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Walter Chaw
That s the extent of it aside from the now standard trope of surprise offspring or hidden offspring 
0.5
Angels and Insects
Mike Clark
No matter what you think this adaptation of A S Byatt s novella Morpho Eugenia sounds like it s better and certainly kinkier than your best parlor game guess 
3.5
Angels and Insects
Roger Ebert
Angels and Insects is like the dark underside of a Merchant Ivory film in one scene we visit a sunny pastoral clearing in the woods and lift up a rock to see the plump slimy little slugs and larvae beneath dining on each other 
3.5
The Manson Family
Walter Chaw
You feel sick and indicted by it and that s exactly how you ought to feel 
3.5
The Manson Family
Jeremiah Kipp
Titillation and drive in exploitation tactics are readily employed to keep the viewer watching with a filmmaking approach coasting along in a psychedelic documentary mode 
3.5
The Manson Family
Erik Lundegaard
A nauseating mlange 
1
The Manson Family
Chris Hewitt
Helter Skelter is a song by the Beatles a slogan adopted by the Charles Manson family and a description of how disorganized The Manson Family is 
1
The Manson Family
Paul Sherman
More work goes into mimicking the oversaturated colors shrill organ music and goopy gore of Grade C 1970s horror films in a lurid yet predictable stew of sex drugs and rock n roll 
1
The Manson Family
Mick LaSalle
Van Bebber has delivered a stylistically vigorous and often insightful piece of work 
3
The Manson Family
Wesley Morris
There s no real journalism here just the sort of appalling revisionism that can turn a bloodbath into a beach party 
0.5
The Manson Family
Bob Strauss
Represents some kind of crazed commitment of its own to slobbering cinema of the most relentless unpleasant sort 
1.5
The Manson Family
Roger Ebert
It has an undeniable power and effect but be sure you understand what you are getting yourself into 
3
The Manson Family
V.A. Musetto
The acting s uneven to put it gently but that s part of the demented charm of this micro budget splatter fest 
3
The Manson Family
Terry Lawson
The Manson Family is an undeniable accomplishment not only for Van Bebber s temerity but for his unapologetic insistence on telling this lurid tale in the lurid style he believed it deserved 
3
The Manson Family
David Sterritt
Harrowing and imaginatively made 
2
Saint-Narcisse
Roger Moore
Major points for style and just plain kinkiness
3
Ruby
Roger Ebert
Dick Bartlett s Ruby is one of the most bizarre films I ve ever seen and one of the funniest and one of the saddest 
3.5
The Red Machine
Roger Ebert
The Red Machine is deeper than it first seems The plot has hidden levels and so do the characters particularly the unlikely team of Doyle and Coburn 
3.5
Leonie!
John Beifuss
The movie is more enjoyable when pictures rather than words do the talking Mortimer is wonderful but her speeches are less memorable than the simple shots of Japanese flowers fields and homes that Matsui uses as artistic grout to connect scenes 
2
Leonie!
Roger Moore
Uneven but it captures a time and a woman ahead of her time 
2.5
Vacation
Brian Eggert
Shock and gross out humor has its limits 44 and these filmmakers go out of their way to explore those limits 46 
1.5
Vacation
Neil Rosen
As far as Helms and Applegate they seem to be straining with the mediocre material and the harder they work the more forced and desperate the entire movie seems 
1
Vacation
John Beifuss
This is a movie in which the foul mouthed Kevin says he would be excited to learn his older brother has AIDS He also pulls a plastic bag over his brother s head to asphyxiate him at least twice and threatens to shoot his brother with a gun 
1.5
Vacation
David Nusair
A depressingly wrongheaded followup 
2
Vacation
Robert Levin
Lacks the poignancy that set the first film apart It apes the National Lampoon formula for humor but seems bereft when it comes to showing dad s desperate love for his brood 
2
Vacation
Richard Roeper
I m all for bawdy politically incorrect wildly inappropriate humor when there are consistent and genuine laughs to be mined from the material 
1
Vacation
Brad Keefe
The reason this sequel no one was really asking for works is that it s humor rests in the vein of the original both silly and occasionally pretty messed up 
3
Vacation
James Kendrick
relentlessly unfunny and boorish dragging its patently unbelievable characters through a series of increasingly degrading scenarios that unlike the Harold Ramis John Hughes original bear no resemblance to anything like real life 
1.5
Vacation
Matt Brunson
Sweep the warm and fuzzy nostalgia aside and the 83 model and this new one are comparable mixing R rated laughs with a semi sincere message about the bonds that hold a family together 
2.5
Vacation
Calum Marsh
There s so much dead air in the film that I wondered whether punchlines had been cleaved out to secure a PG 13 rating but no it s a hard inexplicable R 
0
Vacation
Scott Renshaw
Vacation in general tries to do that thing so many 21st century raunch comedies do where filmmakers try to balance the gross outs with the idea that it s really all about people and their emotions and their sensitivities and whatnot 
2.5
Vacation
Mike McGranaghan
This new Vacation reboot lacks the thing most crucial to the success of any given entry in the series 
2
Vacation
Willie Waffle
This Vacation has no heart 
.5
Vacation
Ty Burr
It holds on to the original s acrid cynicism for the first 40 minutes or so before turning predictable and bland There are some real nasty laughs to be had here but they re front loaded 
1.5
Vacation
Michael Smith
Bleeping awful Really bleeping awful 
1.5
Vacation
Stephanie Merry
No one expects originality but the new movie may end up making history It s already looking like the worst movie of the year 
0.5
Vacation
Dann Gire
The result is a messy mashup of hilarious sight gags and sitcom humor propelled mostly by sheer shock value 
2.5
Vacation
Peter Travers
Raucous R rated fun You d think but the gags smack of desperation 
1.5
Vacation
Mara Reinstein
Early on in this reboot an adult Rusty Griswold declares This vacation will stand on its own Sure And station wagons can fly Still a few chuckles can be found along this journey 
2.5
Vacation
Bruce DeMara
It s taken more than 30 years for a new family of Griswolds to make an ill fated cross country trip to Walley World Worth the wait Not really 
1.5
Vacation
Dustin Putman
Never losing steam even when a sporadic moment here and there doesn t click Vacation holds in reverence what has gone before while fearlessly and defiantly updating it for a 21st century world 
3
Vacation
Bob Bloom
Vacation is a devastating misfire that plays like a series of quickly jotted down sketches cobbled together in a vain attempt to make a coherent whole 
1
Vacation
James Berardinelli
Vacation passes the most important test of any comedy it s funny 
3
Vacation
Rafer Guzman
Lacks the wickedly funny spirit of the original Vacation 
1.5
Vacation
Mark Dujsik
The movie offers a deep bench of comic actors in bit and cameo roles as is the tradition with the series They all are upstaged by an inanimate object 
2
Vacation
Kam Williams
From full frontal male nudity to an F word laced theme song Vacation is a cringe inducing disappointment that bears little resemblance to the original it so desperately endeavors to pay homage to 
1
Vacation
Jon Niccum
Like Chase in the original series Helms has a knack for portraying a fundamentally decent guy striving to keep his composure when everything conspires against him 
3
Vacation
Lou Lumenick
That sound you hear is John Hughes and Harold Ramis the writer and director of the original rolling over in their graves And not from laughter which is in very short supply here 
0.5
Vacation
Glenn Kenny
Vacation is minute to minute one of the most repellent mean spirited gross out comedies it s ever been my squirmy displeasure to sit through 
1
Vacation
Eric Henderson
Father doesn t just know best he s the only one whose knowledge or lack thereof means anything at all 
1
Vacation
Matt Pais
The Wieners Circle of comedy mean cheap and probably a lot less gross when intoxicated 
1.5
Vacation
Mick LaSalle
Vacation is consistently funny from beginning to end a piling on of dumb but inventive jokes and excruciating awkward situations 
3
Vacation
Michael Phillips
If any of this was surprising or cleverly timed you d laugh and then cringe In Vacation you cringe first and ask questions later 
0
Vacation
Roger Moore
Even worse than the original and more pointless 
1.5
Vacation
Rick Bentley
Vacation is an endless journey of foul jokes uninspired humor and predictable material This is a rare occasion where it s possible to get car sick while sitting in a movie theater 
0.5
The Rose
David Reddish
The Rose doesnt break new ground in terms of effed up movies about effed up rockstars It does however have a megawatt performance from Midler as well as Frederic Forrest 
3
The Rose
Matt Brunson
Bette Midler s turn as the self destructive yet sympathetic Rose is a tour de force and there are nice contributions from Frederic Forrest and in one powerhouse scene Harry Dean Stanton 
3
The Rose
James Kendrick
Were it not a fictional feature film The Rose might very well be considered one of the best concert documentaries of the 1970s 
3.5
The Rose
Walter Chaw
Lenny by way of John Waters 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Brian Eggert
Quite incongruously The Greatest Showman suggests that Barnum is a heroic figure a woke entertainer and family man who also capitalized on animal suffering and the veritable prostitution of human oddity 
1
The Greatest Showman
Cory Woodroof
The movie is a big loud explosion of color and excitement but one the party s over somebody s got to clean it all up 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
Jason Fraley
Hugh Jackman dazzles as circus tycoon P T Barnum in this criminally underrated biopic featuring a timeless Pasek Paul songbook of A Million Dreams and Never Enough 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
Sarah Knight Adamson
My question is why not focus on the real facts by digging deeper What a shame not only to Barnum s character but also to Lind s 
2
The Greatest Showman
Matt Brunson
Hugh Jackman is asked to merely coast in a splashy but shallow picture that might as well have been called American Idle 
2
The Greatest Showman
Mattie Lucas
In the end just like Barnum himself it s all a fraud 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
Joey Magidson
Very little here works The movie is safe and bland with atrocious direction and horrible choreography 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
David Keyes
Almost everyone involved here was working in the full scope of their abilities Perhaps one day they can even collaborate on something with more than just a shoestring screenplay 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
Wesley Lovell
While maybe not the greatest show it is one of the best musicals of the last decade 
4
The Greatest Showman
Linda Cook
The musical numbers alone make The Greatest Showman worth seeing 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Anachronistic as all get out though often in the overt cause of racial justice and equality the movie strains narrative credulity at every turn
2
The Greatest Showman
John Serba
Do not expect deep insight into Barnum he surely deserves the statues built in his honor and even more surely a better movie someday 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
David Nusair
An impressively engrossing contemporary musical 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
Josh Larsen
forces conventionality on a sordid and surreal chapter of American history 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Allyson Johnson
Despite the fleeting moments of joy granted us by the 11 wonderful music videos found in this film The Greatest Showman remains a mess 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Matthew Rozsa
This isn t the story of Barnum s life but a formulaic rags to riches story grafted onto the broad outlines of Barnum s career as a circus entrepreneur 
2
The Greatest Showman
Christian Toto
The team behind La La Land has done it began Benj Pasek and Justin Paul might just bring back the movie musical all on their own 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
John Semley
The closest it gets to a hummable toe tapper is Come Alive which at the risk of damning with faint praise sounds like a Miami Sound Machine D side 
0
The Greatest Showman
Jeff Simon
The sweetness that makes so much of this better than it probably had a right to be also makes it far from disastrous that it s so much less than it could have been 
3
The Greatest Showman
Rex Reed
To make room for all the boring songs historic facts are all but eliminated leaving only the bare bones of Barnum s life 
2
The Greatest Showman
Sean P. Means
Jackman takes the title The Greatest Showman to heart and it s his drive that turns this romanticized biography into a great show 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
James Berardinelli
It s a family film whose infectious crowd pleasing song and dance numbers justify a 105 minute running length when the pedestrian story can t 
3
The Greatest Showman
Peter Travers
Amazingly a virtuoso Hugh Jackman as P T Barnum spare no expense production values and a score by Oscar La La Land and Tony Dear Evan Hansen winners Ben Pasek and Justin Paul add up to a shrill blast of nothing
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Sara Michelle Fetters
But as pure entertainment Gracey s energetic effort succeeds in a way that goes well beyond anything I anticipated before entering the theatre 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
Jocelyn Noveck
It often feels like a collection of slickly produced music videos loosely tied together with a plot we re not supposed to care too much about 
2
The Greatest Showman
Josh Terry
It s good enough to make for an entertaining musical and it s trying very hard to sell a powerful message but for all its merits The Greatest Showman s different pieces don t fit together quite so well 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
Sheila O'Malley
An unabashed piece of pure entertainment punctuated by 11 memorable songs 
3.5
The Greatest Showman
Bob Bloom
The film is driven to please audiences It s like a child in a roomful of adults who tries various disruptive behaviors to gain attention 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
Johnny Oleksinski
Like a Pyongyang history book Showman director Michael Gracey has polished away real events ignoring Barnum s dark past and the seediness of his 19th century New York 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Calvin Wilson
The film is best appreciated as a showcase for Jackman who makes a dazzling Barnum and holds on to our sympathies even as the character proves to be something of a heel 
3
The Greatest Showman
Sharon Eberson
Hugh Jackman has the singing dancing acting chops to warrant the title His Barnum is a heightened choice one perhaps more suited to the stage than screen but what a relief to sit down to a musical with a Broadway ready cast 
3
The Greatest Showman
Derek Smith
The Greatest Showman s spectacle is overshadowed by its archaic and misguided notions of American exceptionalism 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Bruce DeMara
Strikes every false note possible along its meandering path 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Brian Truitt
Send in the clowns 
1.5
The Greatest Showman
Richard Roeper
With all that corn and cheese and old timey sentiment The Greatest Showman ends up scoring some very timely social arguments P T Barnum himself would have approved the dramatic sleight of hand 
3
The Greatest Showman
Rafer Guzman
Jackman is a perfect fit to play the man who invented our notion of spectacle but this is one unspectacular musical 
2
The Greatest Showman
Stephanie Merry
You ll have to completely set aside any unsavory stories you may have heard about the real life Barnum because this one is played by the ever charming Hugh Jackman Resistance is futile 
2.5
The Greatest Showman
Mick LaSalle
Jackman is so good at selling this material that he ends up making its weakness stand out in sharper relief In that way he almost makes it worse by fully realizing it 
1
The Greatest Showman
Ty Burr
Overproduced possibly auto tuned hitting a carotid popping emotional climax in the first 10 seconds and staying there the tunes are sub Andrew Lloyd Webber schlock made bearable only by the conviction of the cast 
2
The Greatest Showman
Moira MacDonald
Movie musicals walk a tricky tightrope all that singing can be magical or it can just be silly and The Greatest Showman teeters all too often 
2
The Greatest Showman
Dustin Putman
Glorious cinematic spectacle done exactly right Again and again The Greatest Showman lives up to its title 
4
The Greatest Showman
Mark Dujsik
Part of me wants to applaud the movie for its go for broke styling The rest of me is thinking that it could have calmed down just a bit 
2
The Greatest Showman
Roger Moore
An over reaching musical showcase that lets Hugh Jackman play larger than life with his singing and dancing and not Wolverine s claws 
2.5
The Human Monster
Matt Brunson
Despite the title despite the presence of Bela Lugosi and despite the movie s standing as the first U K produced horror picture to earn the British Film Censors H classification The Human Monster isn t a horror flick as much as it s a mystery 
2.5
Phantom Detective
Tom Keogh
The South Korean suspense drama is both ideal popcorn movie and morally complex revenge tale 
3
Approximately Nels Cline
Tom Keogh
Rewards are plentiful as Cline performs with his wife the keyboardist Yuka Honda plus trumpeter Ron Miles percussionist Matthias Bossi and the extraordinary singer violinist Carla Kihlstedt 
3.5
Young Adam
Phil Villarreal
The story s drab attention span testing pace makes it tough to keep wondering what dark secrets shuffle beneath the surface 
2
Young Adam
Rob Thomas
Young Adam is a study in contrasts It s a movie full of explicit sex scenes and almost no passion and it s a beautiful looking film with a very ugly soul at its center 
3.5
Young Adam
Forrest Hartman
The filmgoing experience is just short of torture 
.5
Young Adam
Duane Dudek
A bleak static portrait of stilted stunted lives 
3
Young Adam
David N. Butterworth
A brooding smoldering study of sexual intensity grittily realized by McGregor Swinton and Mullan who slip almost unnoticed into these roles and make them their own 
3
Young Adam
Joe Baltake
A brave film 
3.5
Young Adam
Jeff Vice
A rather sullen somber moody dramatic thriller that is insufferably dour dark and depressing 
2
Young Adam
Sean P. Means
As potent as those sex scenes are they add up to so very little squandering their ferocity and the cast s talent 
2
Young Adam
John Beifuss
Naked bodies and raw emotions rub against each other with equally sad results 
3
Young Adam
Rick Groen
Mackenzie shoots the ensuing tryst with more fidelity than it deserves or needs 
2
Young Adam
Matt Brunson
The movie s bleak outlook is gripping to a point but it never amounts to much more than surface grot 
2.5
Young Adam
Phoebe Flowers
A hypnotic mood piece 
3
Young Adam
Connie Ogle
Grimly arresting 
3
Young Adam
Willie Waffle
who thought raw sex could be so boring 
1.5
Young Adam
Carrie Rickey
The ever mesmerizing McGregor delivers the most complex performance of his career 
3
Young Adam
Chris Hewitt
Young Adam has been made with the unhurried calm of a barge moving through the water but like that water there s a lot going on under the surface 
3
Young Adam
Jeff Strickler
The film s viewpoint on these sad characters and their sordid behavior has an allure that s hard to refute 
3
Young Adam
David Elliott
McGregor s best film work so far 
3.5
Young Adam
Carla Meyer
Swinton s rich compelling performance is reason enough to see this uneven picture 
3
Young Adam
John Hartl
A compelling study of conscience 
3
Young Adam
Roger Ebert
This is an almost Dostoyevskian study of a man brooding upon evil until it paralyzes him 
3.5
Young Adam
Josh Larsen
All actors who thrive on their likability seem destined to try at least one thoroughly unlikable role and Ewan McGregor has found his with Young Adam 
3
Young Adam
Michael Wilmington
It s a movie drama with a surface so bleak and an interior so hot with eroticism that it twists your guts to watch it 
3.5
Young Adam
James Verniere
A big pretentious bore 
2
Young Adam
Ty Burr
Young Adam unfolds with an absolute minimum of dramatic highs and lows and it s so disaffected that it prompts laughter at the wrong moments 
2.5
Young Adam
Rob Blackwelder
A film of dark disenchanting characters who tread water in moral ambiguity for 98 minutes 
2
Young Adam
Walter Chaw
The lost generation afflicted by a plague of ennui paddling in a circle floating between updrafts in the widening gyre 
2.5
Young Adam
Glenn Kenny
There s more than enough done right here for moviegoers starved of nuance to savor 
3
Young Adam
Steve Rhodes
A handsome dud 
2
Young Adam
Pam Grady
The reward for the audience is in watching the cast bring their troubled characters to messy compelling three dimensional life 
3
Young Adam
Jan Stuart
Mackenzie has made more of an atmosphere study than character study brimming with brilliantly gray seaport landscapes and green canal bank vistas 
3
Young Adam
Elizabeth Weitzman
Affairs and murder mysteries sounds intriguing no Well no 
2.5
Young Adam
Lou Lumenick
Besides terrific performances it boasts terrific cinematography by Giles Nuttgens that contrasts stunningly beautiful and grimly ugly Scottish landscapes 
3
Young Adam
Glenn Whipp
Mackenzie s movie may come up short allegorically but it gets the torpid disaffection just right 
3
Young Adam
Mike Clark
This is a movie to get under an adult s skin 
3
Young Adam
David Sterritt
Rich atmospherics and an all star British cast make this a superior melodrama if you can handle the heavy breathing sex scenes 
3
Young Adam
James Berardinelli
Darkly effective and its grip lasts longer than we might be entirely comfortable with 
3
Young Adam
Peter Travers
The adultery and murder that follow when McGregor signs on to work for Swinton and her husband Peter Mullan on a barge navigating the waterways of Glasgow elicit only stifled yawns 
2
Young Adam
Scott Nash
The pace of Young Adam is slower than the barge upon which most of the action takes place 
2
Young Adam
Ed Gonzalez
Lacks both the dystopian allure of Tropic of Cancer and the walking on eggshells existentialism of Crime and Punishment 
2
Todo Lo Que Tu Quieras
Steve Rhodes
Wild and wacky 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Lori Hoffman
Sigourney Weaver is magnificent in Imaginary Heroes 
3
Imaginary Heroes
Michele Kenner
Harris cannot justify this family of misfits contrived for the screen 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Forrest Hartman
Writer director Dan Harris script is so disjointed that Heroes rambles for most of its nearly two hours 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Rob Thomas
With that much baggage Tim doesn t need a loving family He needs a Smarte Carte 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Sean P. Means
Writer director Dan Harris runs Tim and the Travises through the dysfunctional family checklist 
1.5
Imaginary Heroes
Liam Lacey
Although she comes across as bordering on insufferable we are expected to understand that Sandy is the touchstone of honesty in the film because like other American films of the Sundance variety eccentricity signifies emotional authenticity 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Geoff Pevere
Weaver pretty much keeps Imaginary Heroes aloft 
2
Imaginary Heroes
John Beifuss
If the film had been about Weaver rather than her family Harris might have scripted an ending that represented a risky individual choice instead of a communal retreat 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Larry Ratliff
The only real ecstasy comes not from emotional enlightenment but in the form of a pill at a college keg party 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Phil Villarreal
It s not clear why this same movie is made over and over The concept isn t exactly inspirational box office gold 
2
Imaginary Heroes
David Elliott
With an eager urgency full of risk director Harris piles on emotional layers and keeps winking back stories at us 
3
Imaginary Heroes
Peter Debruge
Imaginary Heroes may not show the directorial confidence of Zach Braff s remarkable Garden State or the emotional depth of A Home at the End of the World but it s a strong character driven story all the same 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
John Monaghan
Imaginary Heroes mines the suburban tragedy of Ordinary People The Ice Storm and American Beauty but with only a quarter of the insight 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Carrie Rickey
The gift of Imaginary Heroes is getting to know these anything but ordinary people 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Phoebe Flowers
Harris potential appears vast and he s already succeeding in attracting strong casts to his scripts It will be interesting to see what a few years more maturity and experience allow him to create 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Jeanne Aufmuth
Tired dysfunctional family drama that speaks to grief and denial in unwieldy doses 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Moira MacDonald
Enlivened by some good performances but it s ultimately overfamiliar and slow and its characters feel like they were dreamed up by a screenwriter no one ever seems to breathe real air 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Mick LaSalle
What saves Imaginary Heroes is its essential truthfulness about families which it reveals not only in the broad movements of its story but in the small details 
3
Imaginary Heroes
Bruce Westbrook
A depressing yarn 
1.5
Imaginary Heroes
Michael Booth
Plays like Ordinary People rewritten by someone too young to imitate that film s powerful complications 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Roger Ebert
What remains when the movie is over is the memory of Sandy and Tim talking and of a mother who loves her son understands him and understands herself in a wry but realistic way 
3
Imaginary Heroes
Jeff Strickler
Yes it s time for another visit to the suburb of Angst located outside the metropolis of Dysfunction and just a freeway exit away from the tri city area of Despair Despondency and Depression 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Chris Hewitt
As exact a copy of Ordinary People as it could be without Mary Tyler Moore hanging around somewhere 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Michael Wilmington
Except for Weaver s surprisingly funny bitter performance as the film s grieving wise cracking pot smoking mother I didn t much like Heroes or rather I admired part of it without getting much engaged or moved 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Ty Burr
Harris directs at a funereal pace that snuffs out his script s own wit and only Weaver keeps the bitter laughs coming 
2
Imaginary Heroes
James Verniere
Donnie Darko without the visual imagination A Long Day s Journey into Night lite 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Peter Canavese
Comes across as patently false are there really any suburbs in America like this one with its family s cute tragicomic disintegration in the wake of a son s suicide 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Peter Travers
What the movie damagingly lacks is a personality of its own 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Timothy Knight
A glib self consciously quirky and muddled mess 
1.5
Imaginary Heroes
Michael Dequina
This type of seriocomic study of suburban angst has been done before and better 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Lisa Rose
Just an ordinary tale of rich people in crisis 
2
Imaginary Heroes
V.A. Musetto
Follows the formula long ago established for movies of this ilk the Big Crisis followed by the Big Revelation followed by the Big Showdown followed by the Happy Ending 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Jami Bernard
Hirsch is dead on with his weary deadpan in the face of high school torment sexual confusion and parental absurdity 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Glenn Whipp
The journey with all of its ups and downs and chaotic jumble feels true and is full of humanity which makes Imaginary Heroes something special 
3
Imaginary Heroes
Jan Stuart
Family crosscurrents are so rarely explored with any kind of intelligence in commercial American filmmaking one applauds Harris for going there at all 
3
Imaginary Heroes
David Sterritt
Superbly acted 
4
Imaginary Heroes
Keith Uhlich
Imaginary Heroes is a queer eyed valentine to Sigourney Weaver 
2.5
Imaginary Heroes
Scott Nash
Just too damn depressing 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Walter Chaw
Another installment in the ongoing Ice Storm chronicles 
2
Imaginary Heroes
Erik Childress
Audiences may feel compelled towards labeling Imaginary Heroes nothing more than a movie of the week But most will have to admit it s a pretty good one 
3
Imaginary Heroes
David Nusair
a very good movie that falls short of excellence 
3.5
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
John Beifuss
Should prove irresistible to comic book fans and pop culture mavens even if it is misleadingly selective as it argues that young girls mostly lack strong women role models in popular entertainment 
2.5
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Matt Brunson
Between the captivating clips and the enlightened talking heads this is one nonfiction feature that were it just a bit longer would be worthy of breaking away from the festival circuit and enjoying regular theatrical runs 
3.5
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
James Kendrick
The jokes are consistently effective 44 even as they veer wildly from slapstick to verbal wordplay
3
The Great War
Roger Moore
Mostly recycled war movie cliches with the props guns explosions etc occasionally giving away the paltry budget 
1
The Ultimate Gift
Lou Lumenick
This new film moves along smoothly until Grandpa s most preposterous mission which needlessly drags out the movie takes Jason to a severely caricatured Ecuador 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Linda Cook
I haven t even read the book and I know it has to be better than the movie 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Matt Brunson
Pretty much what one would expect a sincere story of redemption delivered with all the low key execution of one of those Hallmark backed TV movies of the week 
2.5
The Ultimate Gift
Maitland McDonagh
It is message filmmaking so blunt you might be tempted to root for the parasitic reprobate over the saintly old man and that s just not right 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Jeff Shannon
If The Ultimate Gift really wanted to embrace a powerful Christian message it would ve made Jason s ordeal truly threatening and genuinely transformative 
2.5
The Ultimate Gift
Pam Grady
It does telegraph its sentiments with all the subtlety of a greeting card 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Jack Mathews
Has a mercifully light hand in selling its Christian values themes but its plodding story about a spoiled young scion who must complete 12 tasks assigned him by his late grandfather is still a slog 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Meg Jones
The movie s heart is in the right place It s just that the route it travels to get there is so dull and unsurprising that you just want the trip to be over with 
1.5
The Ultimate Gift
Loey Lockerby
It won t offend anyone but it s not likely to inspire anyone either 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Lisa Kennedy
The Ultimate Gift is less a theatrical feature than a Sunday night made for TV movie brought to you by Hallmark That sounds crueler than it is The movie directed by Michael O Sajbel has plenty of charm 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Lawrence Toppman
It s worth considering regardless of your religious bent or whether you have any religious feeling at all 
3
The Ultimate Gift
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly sappy and predictable this may go over well as a public service announcement but as a roughly clocked two hour movie it feels both tepid and tedious 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Sean P. Means
The sap runs freely in this drama that aims to uplift its audiences with all the subtlety of a forklift 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Carolyn Arends
Like sensible woolen socks in a ribbon wrapped package The Ultimate Gift may be good for you but it s a little hard to get excited about 
2.5
The Ultimate Gift
Willie Waffle
the ultimate morality play sometimes diving into melodrama filled with over acting while also providing some real emotional moments that filmgoers should be willing to seek out 
2.5
The Ultimate Gift
Lou Carlozo
There s an anti abortion message jammed into one scene with all the subtlety of an avalanche Just in case you miss it it s repeated in the credits too Some gift eh 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Jeff Vice
Director Michael O Sajbel and screenwriter Cheryl McKay try to stuff so much of Jim Stovall s novel in that it feels a bit rushed 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Laura Kelly
The earnest story of a wealthy young man s self discovery unfolds with thudding regularity The result is that there cannot possibly be a moment in the near two hours of film that surprises anyone 
2
The Ultimate Gift
John Anderson
Well meant but impossibly obvious 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Kam Williams
Perhaps predictable sentimental and sappy but who cares when it also oh so effectively delivers the salient message that much is expected of those fortunate enough to have been born blessed with so much 
4
The Ultimate Gift
Phil Villarreal
The ultimate gift to the bored audience comes when the end credits signify salvation 
2
The Ultimate Gift
Nick Schager
The Ultimate Gift is so resolutely good for you that watching it is a lot like eating Brussels sprouts 
1.5
Silencer
Roger Moore
Dull generic killer for hire thriller whose victims don t know when to shut up 
1
Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls
Anne Brodie
refreshingly honest a kids struggling to find their way but buoyed by inner strength and a positive outlook 46 Women will appreciate the message of self worth and also glimpse inside middle school and all its nostalgic 44 universal trials and triumphs 46 10 
3
Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls
Randy Myers
While the seams of a shoestring budget show you won t mind since there s so much heart and tenderness on display 
3
The Human Surge
Matt Fagerholm
Though the picture is admirable on a conceptual level its execution is incoherent interminable and a colossal strain on the eyes 
1
The Human Surge
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
If you enjoy sitting slumped in a theater while an ambitious filmmaker attempts to bore you to death you shouldn t miss this stultifying feature debut from writer director Eduardo Williams 
1
The Human Surge
Carson Lund
The film s default state is an ambient inertia that gestures vaguely in multiple directions without concerning itself with the hard work of constructing an argument a convincing milieu or even a compelling mood 
1
American Hustle
Brian Eggert
Russell manages to make these characters at once despicable and loveable 44 complicated and weighty 44 none of them irredeemable 44 each of them incurably watchable 46 
4
American Hustle
Leo Brady
American Hustle is a film made from the same cloth as great movies of the past 
4
American Hustle
Sonny Bunch
American Hustle is about life as a performance the ways in which we perceive ourselves and wish to be perceived by others 
3.5
American Hustle
Clayton Davis
It s confusing in tone though very funny at times especially coming from Cooper and Lawrence but by the end Russell feels he s warranted an emotional reaction from the audience when he s done anything but 
2.5
American Hustle
Brad Keefe
David O Russell s 70s caper nearly out Scorseses Scorsese Rollicking fun stuffed into 70s wrapping paper 
4
American Hustle
David Keyes
To call the end result an absolute triumph would undercut more apropos labels it seeks to be one of the best films of the year and transcends that goal 
4
American Hustle
Wesley Lovell
A fun energetic caper that tries hard to make you love its characters but mostly fails to succeed 
3.5
American Hustle
Liam Lacey
Save your admiration for the performances especially Lawrence who is now Hollywood s most important presence in front of the camera 
3.5
American Hustle
Linda Cook
American Hustle is smart sophisticated and slick Director David O Russell has been nominated for the Academy Award for both last year s Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter and he s bound to earn at least a nod again this year 
4
American Hustle
Kam Williams
Another memorable masterpiece cleverly crafted by the oh so talented David O 
4
American Hustle
Burl Burlingame
Are we being played Oh yeah Just because the time and place of a film takes place within personal experience doesn t mean it s not a historical epic 
3.5
American Hustle
Marty Mapes
Russell opts for chaos over clarity and love over work
3
American Hustle
Jay Antani
more successful than any of the cons on screen is the con Hustle plays on its audience 
2
American Hustle
James Kendrick
The actors act up a storm and the tacky period detail from hideous sofas to men in curlers fills the screen but in the end it all feels too staged too played too self aware to fully work 
2.5
American Hustle
Eric Melin
Believe it or not amidst all of the oversized collars and outlandish suits Russell wrings pathos out of his characters 
3.5
American Hustle
David Nusair
American Hustle ultimately establishes itself as yet another disappointment from David O Russell 
1.5
American Hustle
Lori Hoffman
A story that spins out of control and lacks a comedic focus 
2
American Hustle
Matt Brunson
Deliriously alive on screen with an energy that s often electrifying it s a movie that in its best moments recalls Scorsese s gangster classic GoodFellas with a bit of Paul Thomas Anderson s Boogie Nights thrown in to sweeten the pot 
4
American Hustle
Lisa Kennedy
Director David O Russell and co writer Eric Warren Singer grab hold of the FBI s long time Abscam sting conducted in the late 70s into 1980 as their kernel of truth then Jiffy Pop it like mad 
3.5
American Hustle
Mike McGranaghan
Beautifully inventively constructed and filled with rich performances that are perfectly calibrated to the offbeat tone director David O Russell was going for 
3.5
American Hustle
Michael Dequina
Perhaps most astonishing of all is that in a film filled such terrific performances the prevailing personality is that of David O Russell 
3.5
American Hustle
John Wirt
Regardless of its fine cast and stylish execution the shallow American Hustle sells sparkle and hustle 
2.5
American Hustle
Bob Bloom
Despite its drawbacks American Hustle does have a rough edged charm that holds your attention 
3.5
American Hustle
Phil Villarreal
The bra budget on this movie is exactly 0 
3.5
American Hustle
Rob Thomas
If you re looking for a clockwork perfect crime plot you won t find it here But if you want to hang with some wildly unpredictable and complex characters and wonder who will come up on top Hustle is a lot of fun 
3.5
American Hustle
Willie Waffle
American Hustle reminds me of a great Scorsese movie 
4
American Hustle
Steven Rea
American Hustle is a movie built on that cornerstone of the American Dream reinvention If you re not happy with who you are or who people think you are then go ahead and become somebody else Anything to survive and thrive 
4
American Hustle
Austin Kennedy
At the end of the day most people will be talking about the actors not how clever the con was It s not a masterpiece nor the next big thing But it is a decent film full of great acting a surprisingly amount of humor and a cool 70 8242 s vibe 
3
American Hustle
Carla Meyer
Bursting with humor great acting and David O Russell s abundant filmmaking talent American Hustle is a joy to watch 
4
American Hustle
Peter Howell
It s one of the year s cleverest films and also one of the best 
3.5
American Hustle
Ty Burr
A sloppy miscast hammed up overlong overloud story that still sends you out of the theater on a cloud of rapture 
3
American Hustle
Ann Hornaday
American Hustle may have taken its inspiration from the art of the steal but it has a heart of pure if slightly tarnished gold 
3.5
American Hustle
John Beifuss
Russell s films find their heroes among the men and women who respond with grace and conscience to what the Jennifer Lawrence character calls poisonous choices 
3.5
American Hustle
Chris Hewitt
American Hustle is what might result if a movie snorted cocaine 
3
American Hustle
Duane Dudek
Come for the spot on late 1970s production design costumes and makeup stay for the best movie Martin Scorsese never made 
3.5
American Hustle
Joe Williams
With a solid gold cast and a sterling script American Hustle has a higher return on investment than any other movie in the marketplace 
4
American Hustle
Dann Gire
The screenplay is so dense and nuanced the characters so textured and conflicted the plot so tight and twisty that American Hustle achieves a dramatic reality of documentary proportions 
4
American Hustle
David Frese
Though the maneuvering almost descends into tedium at times Russell has created a dense and operatic portrait in which nothing is as it seems 
3.5
American Hustle
Rene Rodriguez
To borrow a phrase the film s con artists are prone to saying American Hustle works from the feet up and the fun is intoxicating 
3.5
American Hustle
John Serba
It s an experiment in character exploration You ll walk away from it with an affirmation that people are complicated bundles of contradictions Especially these people 
3
American Hustle
Dustin Putman
An example of performances transcending the motion picture they are in American Hustle excels when observing its human figures in all of their honest and pretend forms 
2.5
American Hustle
Moira MacDonald
Russell following last year s sweet The Silver Linings Playbook with a very different tale of reinvention has made a glittery disco ball of a movie with Lawrence as its unexpectedly shining star 
3.5
American Hustle
Jeff Beck
American Hustle is a good film that could have been great had it not gone into hibernation through its middle portion However thanks to one of the year s best ensembles and Russell s keen eye for direction it becomes an enjoyable romp 
3
American Hustle
Mark Dujsik
American Hustle is a big bold and brash study of big bold and brash characters 
4
American Hustle
Mick LaSalle
Russell has always had a talent for harmonizing tragedy and comedy seriousness and outlandishness all within a precise tone that allows for a wide range of emotions and effects But his hand has never been more sure 
4
American Hustle
Peter Canavese
There s a self aware feel to the period pageantry the alternatingly seductive and kinetic cinematography and the actor s showcase this ramshackle contraption has been held together with spit and bailing wire to be 
3
American Hustle
Rex Reed
I wouldn t call American Hustle my kind of movie but perversely I have to admit I enjoyed it primarily because of the twisted logic and wicked cleverness 
3.5
American Hustle
Michael Phillips
The film zigs and zags chasing after many different characters And that sprawl the rogue s gallery of strays cheaters and deceivers activates the film rather than deflates it 
4
American Hustle
James Berardinelli
In spite of the subject matter s seediness ABSCAM resulted in the corruption convictions of a U S senator six members of the House of Representatives and several lesser politicians Russell s script is laced with wit 
3
American Hustle
Scott Nash
A well made film that left me emotionally cold 
3
American Hustle
Matt Pais
It s rarely as playful or funny or loose or hip as it hopes 
2.5
American Hustle
Randy Myers
Even with a freewheeling style Hustle is never aimless All that flash sass and canny sense for detail hit the jackpot 
4
American Hustle
Perry Seibert
American Hustle may be full of people faking but Russell is the real deal 
4
American Hustle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite all this copycatting the movie still has an interesting energy 
3
American Hustle
Robert Levin
Russell is so enamored with the period pizzazz the outrageous hairstyles and outfits the strobe lit clubs the yellows and browns that the movie flatlines 
2
American Hustle
Roger Moore
Biting brilliant David O Russell goes Scorsese in this dark 70s caper comedy
3.5
American Hustle
Stephen Whitty
All in all American Hustle is a fun ride while it lasts 
3
American Hustle
Christy Lemire
Ridiculously entertaining in all the best ways 
4
American Hustle
Claudia Puig
With one of the best ensemble casts of any film this year it s audacious enthralling and uproarious 
3.5
American Hustle
Peter Travers
For some the silver linings in Russell s movies represent a failure to embrace darkness I see them as a humanist s act of resistance That s why American Hustle ranks with the year s best movies It gets under your skin 
3.5
American Hustle
Rafer Guzman
It s a high spirited lark that works thanks to Russell s dazzling direction delicious period details and a parade of stellar performances 
3.5
American Hustle
Mara Reinstein
In a dazzling movie about the art of the con Jennifer Lawrence playing a feisty and frustrated New York housewife manages to steal all her scenes 
3.5
American Hustle
Kyle Smith
It s a little bit Boogie Nights a little bit Argo a little bit GoodFellas It s a breath mint it s a chewing gum it s a laxative it s a hockey puck 
2
American Hustle
Jessica Herndon
The film may lack grit but the stellar cast adds to its allure helping to round out this dynamic account where reinvention offers the means to endure 
3.5
American Hustle
Josh Larsen
doesn t amount to much but wow does it have some electric performances 
3.5
American Hustle
Jesse Cataldo
Formally ostentatious and unrepentantly messy the film manages to implicitly convey the overdriven coked up confusion that many 70s period pieces make painfully overt 
3
Giants of Africa
Brad Wheeler
The film says all it has to say in the first 30 minutes After that we re just watching the same play run over and over again 
2
Giants of Africa
Bruce DeMara
The low key style and the simplicity of its storytelling make the film all the more powerful 
3
Chef
Pamela Powell
Using the vehicle of food the story develops albeit in a predictable way that will make you laugh and give you hunger pangs at the same time 
3
Chef
Anita Katz
The Hollywood ending like too much of this promising film suggests the recipe book 
2.5
Chef
Nathan Southern
Writer director Jon Favreau s gentle comedy drama Chef is an odd duck a schizoid effort that never seems to grasp its own strengths 
1.5
Chef
Vanessa Farquharson
At almost two hours long Chef is bound to leave some audiences feeling overstuffed 
2
Chef
David Nusair
Jon Favreau s best film since 2003 s Elf 
3
Chef
Mal Vincent
Not much to savor but this movie proves moviegoers cannot live by popcorn alone 
1.5
Chef
Craig Offman
Chef is compelling somewhat convincing and according to many who know better than I it s largely on trend 
3
Chef
Linda Barnard
Favreau has assembled a terrific cast for a road trip that is joyous and revelatory all set to a great soundtrack 
3
Chef
Linda Cook
Chef is a fresh character driven comedy with a father son relationship at the center It s a recipe for those who are weary of CGI battle scenes 
3.5
Chef
Carla Meyer
Savvy but not cynical soaked in atmosphere Favreau s return to independent film immerses its audience in its likable lead character s failures triumphs and food 
3
Chef
Moira MacDonald
If Chef were a musical you d walk out humming the food and you might end up doing that anyway 
3
Chef
Austin Kennedy
It s charming funny and real CHEF is perfect counter programming for this overcrowded blockbuster summer 
3
Chef
Jon Niccum
Few movies are better suited for a dine in theater 
3.5
Chef
Ben Sachs
Chef is so thin and bland it doesn t even inspire contempt 
1
Chef
Duane Dudek
Favreau returns to his Swingers style indie film roots for an emotionally nourishing and music filled labor of love about food family and a man s quest to restore and refresh his reputation with both 
3
Chef
Joe Williams
Best of all is Favreau Instead of mass producing another superhero epic he has given the overfed public a dish of right sized comfort food Whatever he cooks up in the future it will be hard to top Chef 
3.5
Chef
Mark Dujsik
Chef tells a very familiar story but it does so with wit an attention to its characters and plenty of compassion 
3
Chef
Steven Rea
Jon Favreau s bouncy paean to the culinary arts wins you over in a stridently upbeat crowd pleasing way 
3
Chef
Willie Waffle
Favreau s heart is in the right place with Chef 
2.5
Chef
Dustin Putman
There is nothing wrong with Chef except that it is so ceaselessly excessively pleasant There is only so much humdrum harmony one can take before the film in question grows tedious 
2
Chef
Ty Burr
You know these ingredients it s how they re served that counts 
3.5
Chef
Michael O'Sullivan
There s nothing terribly profound about Chef But its message that relationships like cooking take a hands on approach is a sweet and sustaining one 
3.5
Chef
Rafer Guzman
The movie s problems aren t small It moves slowly meanders everywhere and never quite arrives at a destination 
2
Chef
Dann Gire
Favreau writes and directs Chef with such conviction and honesty that he puts a zesty engaging glaze over the rewarmed material 
3
Chef
Connie Ogle
Jon Favreau s charming comedy about a chef trying to carve out a living accomplishes exactly what it needs to It makes your stomach growl your mouth water and your brain vow to track down the nearest medianoche 
3
Chef
Mick LaSalle
No matter how you slice it Chef is authentic cuisine 
4
Chef
Michael Phillips
Favreau s masterly light touch as an actor hasn t yet translated to a similarly deft offhandedness behind the camera The movie slick and shallow is fairly entertaining anyway 
2.5
Chef
Matt Pais
Rich and familiar more likely to be returned to as comfort viewing than grumbled about for its shortcomings 
2.5
Chef
Michael Dequina
It s all about the all around personality and a distinct and appealing one indeed manifests in Favreau s writing and direction as well as more importantly the performances and chemistry 
3
Chef
Roger Moore
Favreau s most cheerful directing job in ages his best performance since Swingers 
3
Chef
Susan Wloszczyna
If the Food Network ever decided to add a soap opera to its lineup it could do worse than borrow from Favreau s stripped down yet satisfying recipe 
3
Chef
Stephen Whitty
If you want the cinematic version of a dim sum brunch or cocktail hour at a tapas bar lots of little plates good flavors and uncomplicated fun Chef has a table saved just for you 
3
Chef
Robert Levin
The food movie for the food truck era tapping into the zeitgeist in an assertive and interesting way 
3
Chef
Scott Bowles
Don t fill up on concessions if you catch Chef You re going to want to eat afterward even with a belly full of popcorn 
3.5
Chef
Peter Travers
Buoyed by a Latin flavored score and Favreau s knack for improv inspiration Chef is the perfect antidote to Hollywood junk food Like the best meals and movies this irresistible concoction feels good for the soul 
3.5
Chef
Jessica Herndon
A delectable take on an out of work cook who experiences career rejuvenation when traveling cross country serving Cuban entrees on a foodtruck 
3
Chef
Chris Cabin
Jon Favreau s film comes off as flippant in its view of independent labor as a universally liberating experience for an artist and businessman 
1.5
On the Bowery
Mattie Lucas
Feels real even amid the sometimes awkward non professional performances Rogosin masterfully tells the untold stories of the people society left behind 
4
On the Bowery
Michael Phillips
On the Bowery offers some of the most indelible faces in an American docudrama faces ravaged by alcohol and poverty creased by defeat and self deception surrounded by a New York City that does not care Yet no one on screen asks for pity 
4
On the Bowery
J. R. Jones
On the Bowery runs only 65 minutes but by the end you can feel skid row in your bones 
4
On the Bowery
Wesley Morris
Shot on 16mm in black and white with a Bolex camera the results remain stunningly authentic 
3.5
On the Bowery
Peter Keough
This is a primal story of survival and trust set in what was one of the worst places in the world 
3.5
On the Bowery
Ethan Alter
A vivid portrait of a New York that s long since vanished 
4
On the Bowery
Bill Weber
Lionel Rogosin s semi documentary is an unflinching document of skid row denizens and humanist cinema at its unsentimental best 
4
Robin Hood
Jeff Beck
Despite its problems it is still worth seeing mainly because of its fascinating take on the characters 
3
Robin Hood
Michael Dequina
A solid change of pace for those seeking something a bit more substantial amid the sound and fury norm 
3
Robin Hood
Wesley Lovell
It s strange to complain about historical inaccuracies in a film about a legend whose origin is heavily debated However that s exactly this film s biggest problem 
3
Robin Hood
James Kendrick
a glum darkly serious and slow moving origin story that takes an exceedingly long time to get to the point where the movie should have actually begun
2
Robin Hood
Linda Cook
The legend lives on Actually this film is set right before the legend begins 
3
Robin Hood
Lori Hoffman
This is not the classic 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood but it is an excellent tale that harks back more to Ridley Scott s Kingdom of Heaven than his Gladiator 
3
Robin Hood
John Beifuss
If Errol Flynn s archer was a New Deal advocate of wealth redistribution Russell Crowe s dour AWOL soldier is a Robin of the Hood that Tea Partiers can embrace a rebel against the tax and central government tyranny of a callow young ruler 
2.5
Robin Hood
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a long joyless exercise in tedium that defies imagination this new journey to Sherwood Forest an arrow to the jugular that s as lifeless as it is disappointing 
1.5
Robin Hood
Bob Bloom
At about two hours and 20 minutes Robin Hood is heavy on exposition and dialogue and short on action There seems to be a lot of dead space in which nothing happens The movie could very easily have been trimmed to two hours or less 
2
Robin Hood
Janos Gereben
Robin Hood was a workmanlike film with nothing special to recommend it other than the two lead actors and beautifully shot English countryside 
2.25
Robin Hood
Ben McEachen
Learning what made Hood is well and good but couldn t that have taken 30 minutes with the rest of the movie being about a wanted philanthropic criminal 
2.5
Robin Hood
Eric Melin
It takes all of the merry right out of his merry men Thatis until a cheesy final action scene that negates all the fussy seriousness that came before it 
2
Robin Hood
Mike McGranaghan
An exercise in tedium 
1.5
Robin Hood
Matt Brunson
Were that many people clamoring to see what s basically X Men Origins Robin Hood 
2
Robin Hood
Keith Cohen
The cast of veteran actors do their job in a workmanlike manner and maintain the serious mood Other strengths are the medieval costumes and 
3
Robin Hood
Jeffrey Westhoff
Robin Hood doesn t become the swashbuckling bandit of Sherwood until the final moments when the tag And so the legend begins appears You may walk away liking this Robin Hood well enough but wishing you had seen the sequel 
2.5
Robin Hood
Christian Toto
Cheer up Robin Hood you re a screen icon for crying out loud 
2
Robin Hood
Rossiter Drake
Like his weapons of choice Robin Hood needs to soar Scott has anchored him in a needlessly self important tale that only rarely achieves the lightness of flight 
2.5
Robin Hood
Robert W. Butler
This Robin is undoubtedly more authentic to the realities of life in 12th century Britain than the iconic Errol Flynn version That doesn t make it more enjoyable 
2.5
Robin Hood
Rick Groen
Damned if those dual spoilsports the gladiatorial director Ridley Scott reteamed with his portly star Russell Crowe haven t drained every drop of merriment right out of the myth 
1
Robin Hood
Mike Scott
Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean without Johnny Depp and you ve got an idea of the flavor of Robin Hood grand scope engrossing period action and performances that are appealing but just shy of indelible 
3
Robin Hood
Lawrence Toppman
An intelligent layered story suited to our grim patience trying times 
3.5
Robin Hood
John Wirt
Ridley Scott and a vast army of actors crew and extras produce a massive new Robin Hood that stands with the veteran director s best work 
3.5
Robin Hood
Rob Thomas
Taken on its own merits Robin Hood is a handsomely made and entertaining movie that reworks the traditional Hood characters into a Braveheart like medieval action war film Just don t expect any green tights 
3
Robin Hood
Michael O'Sullivan
The Robin Hood of myth and moviedom is for the most part AWOL Why should we have to wait until the last five minutes to see Crowe crack a smile let alone split an arrow 
2
Robin Hood
Peter Canavese
A muddled compromise that likely won t please history buffs Robin Hood aficionados or casual summer movie viewers 
2
Robin Hood
Willie Waffle
He might be wearing chainmail but he s no Iron Man He might as well wear the tights and pointy shoes 
2.5
Robin Hood
Mick LaSalle
Instead of the usual romantic adventure Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland offer a gritty drama using the Robin Hood story to depict the birth pangs of liberty They ground the film in the details of medieval life 
3
Robin Hood
Chris Hewitt
A rousing thrilling epic that never forgets there should be interesting characters involved in all those banquets and battles and feuds 
3
Robin Hood
Mark Dujsik
Robin Hood an inherently useless look at the origin of the folklore hero drains the character of all significance 
1.5
Robin Hood
Dustin Putman
In a motion picture buried by its own lifeless meandering self importance the viewer looks at the screen takes it all in and questions every step of the way why he or she should care whatsoever about any of it 
1.5
Robin Hood
Lou Lumenick
Robin Hood is head and shoulders above the sort of lightheaded epics Hollywood typically offers during the summer season 
3.5
Robin Hood
James Berardinelli
If this truly is Ridley Scott s preferred cut he has proven unable to justify the existence of yet another Robin Hood film 
2.5
Robin Hood
Peter Travers
What this Robin Hood lacks in fun it makes up for in epic sweep 
3
Robin Hood
Walter Chaw
prestige epic lost without an awards season 
2
Robin Hood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmakers have destroyed its magic And worse they have taken away the joy 
2
Robin Hood
Duane Dudek
A torpid action movie about land reform with the exhausted quality of material so thin you can see right through it 
2.5
Robin Hood
Steven Rea
Robin Hood boasts graphic battle scenes and ingenious intrigue a sense of history that may not be accurate but feels authentic and a love story that smartly plays with gender and Hollywood stereotypes 
3
Robin Hood
Jeff Vice
This Robin Hood misses its mark In fact he dramatically overshoots the target 
2
Robin Hood
Ty Burr
It doesn t breathe new life into a genre as did Gladiator Scott s first pairing with Russell Crowe but it s a brawny reimagining of a beloved old myth a period popcorn movie turned out with professionalism and gusto 
3
Robin Hood
Robert Levin
Mistaking cinematic conventions for realism Scott and Crowe suck the personality out of the character transforming him into a dry humorless sod 
2.5
Robin Hood
Joe Williams
A lot of care went into crafting the handsome production but not enough into making the handsome hero come alive 
2.5
Robin Hood
Claudia Puig
Perhaps the worst and most shameless aspect of this tedious affair is that it s essentially a prequel for the Robin Hood better known for his redistribution of wealth 
2
Robin Hood
Moira MacDonald
Robin Hood turns out to be despite impressive battle scenes and countless horses an actor s showcase 
3
Robin Hood
Erik Childress
The short story by Dorothy M Johnson should have so reminded them that when the legend becomes fact print the legend Not the other way around 
2
Robin Hood
Rene Rodriguez
Robin Hood achieves something you never would have thought possible it makes you nostalgic for Kevin Costner and Bryan Adams 
1.5
Robin Hood
Michael Phillips
I liked it It s on a par with Scott s American Gangster No revelations but a satisfying large scale genre movie toned up by its cast 
3
Robin Hood
Peter Keough
A pointless uninspired rehash it begs contemporary relevance by making what might be half hearted gestures at Tea Party discontent with repeated bromides condemning taxation and demanding the right to bear arrows and poach the king s deer 
1.5
Robin Hood
Roger Ebert
Robin Hood is a high tech and well made violent action picture using the name of Robin Hood for no better reason than that it s an established brand not protected by copyright 
2
Robin Hood
Steve Persall
This isn t your father s Robin Hood and won t be your son s either 
2
Robin Hood
Josh Larsen
Is there a less promising director actor team at work today than Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe I guess Tyler Perry and Tyler Perry but that s about it 
2
Robin Hood
Peter Howell
The swash buckles under the weight of heavy verbiage in Robin Hood Ridley Scott s well intended but weakly executed retelling of the ancient woodland hero legend 
1.5
Robin Hood
Roger Moore
A dark and brawny version of the Robin Hood legend that anchors itself in English history and loses some of the merriment in the process 
3
Robin Hood
Ed Gonzalez
Ridley Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland have given the Tea Party another thing to rail against 
1.5
Animalopolis
Roger Moore
Narrated in rhymed couplets it s aimed squarely at kids seeing their first IMAX movie maybe even their first film kids old enough to know the rhythms of rhyme 
2.5
In the Country Where Nothing Happens
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pelcula regular que no va a pasar de ah En el Pas de No Pasa Nada efectivamente no pasa nada
2.5
Rite of the Shaman
Roger Moore
The writing lacks subtlety 46 46 46 The acting is uneven 8212 tepid to unpolished 46 It 8217 s entirely too touchy feely and squishy to grapple its subject in a compelling and meaningful way 46 
1.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Sara Michelle Fetters
For Junge even 60 years later she still has trouble forgiving the 22 year old woman she once was for being seduced by that influence 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Gene Seymour
Both a documentary and for all intents and purposes the last testament of a generation s tragic folly 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Phil Villarreal
There were a number of ways Heller and Schmiderer could have made for a more enticing way to watch 
2
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An absolutely essential document 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Marty Mapes
If not for the subject matter this static unadorned documentary would be left to German public TV
2.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Chris Hewitt
Junge is a fascinating character study 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Duane Dudek
Offers insight into a conformist mood and need for a father figure that was prevalent at a national level 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Jeff Vice
Manages to be more thoughtful and interesting than at least 90 percent of the other films out there right now maybe even 90 percent of the other documentaries out there 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Sean P. Means
The images conjured by Junge s words of the seductive normalness of Hitler s personality and of the doom ridden final days of the Nazi regime are enough 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Carrie Rickey
Because it is all monologue the film has the effect of a casual lecturer s going on for 90 minutes But what a lecturer and what a 90 minutes 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Moira MacDonald
You won t take your eyes off Frau Junge s pale intent face as in a steady voice she tells an astonishing tale 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Marta Barber
A chilling documentary that draws its impact purely on Junge s personal testimony 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Ty Burr
Perhaps most distressing to subject and audience alike is the way one can be at the epicenter of history and still remain blind both because the actual evil is happening elsewhere and because it s easier to not look 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Chris Cronis
Junge articulates with often brutal honesty the horrors of her own situation 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Mick LaSalle
Traudl Junge s story is riveting 
4
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Liam Lacey
Junge s stories of daily life in the pampered secretary pool of the Third Reich are compelling testimony though this is less than scintillating filmmaking 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Mary F. Pols
Blind Spot has the potential to be a great teaching tool for all of us 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Bill Chambers
A stark yet heartbreaking documentary possessed of astonishing restraint 
3.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
David Nusair
for those who are prepared to settle in for what essentially amounts to a filmed lecture the film certainly warrants a look 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Michael Wilmington
Sometimes the human face and voice are all you need to tell a monstrous compelling story 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Steve Rhodes
Her only revelation is that Hitler in private was a reserved man who was polite to his secretaries 
1.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Lou Lumenick
Junge who understandably suffered from decades of depression is remarkably outgoing about her feelings 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Frank Ochieng
Filmmakers Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer take the golden opportunity to try and lend some insight regarding the world s most notorious Fuhrer in the resourceful documentary Blind Spot Hitler s Secretary 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Peter Travers
Just one talking head that s all But the head in this mesmerizing documentary belongs to Traudl Junge who spent her youth as girl Friday to the Fhrer 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Ross Anthony
Of course viewers would hope that her personally profound moments would translate into profound insights into world history But they do not Other than her personal allure to the charismatic Hitler we learn very little Frau Junge s experience also fal
1.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
David Sterritt
Junge s testimony is a salutary reminder that Hitler was like other people in ways and that the evil he manifested could visit us again if more civilized humans don t remain watchful 
4
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Mike Clark
Amazingly the film grows monotonous because Heller and Schmiderer can do nothing via archival footage or even novel camera placements to vary the program 
2.5
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Harvey S. Karten
The principal value is not the film s uncovering of anything we don t know about Hitler but in observing an elderly woman s making peace with herself 
3
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Ed Gonzalez
While Blind Spot makes for a remarkable video exclusive Junge s anecdotes overwhelm her feelings of guilt and desperation 
3
Collapse
Duane Dudek
Ruppert s deep sighs dramatic pauses and a slight sneer on his lips say that he doesn t care what you think because he knows he s right but he forgives your ignorance 
3.5
Collapse
Christian Toto
You might disagree with every point made during Collapse but it s unnerving all the same 
2.5
Collapse
Dan Kois
Ruppert unexpectedly breaks down weeping openly for the lost future of humanity and at that moment I was startled at how bad I felt for him and how nervous I was suddenly that this contemporary Cassandra might just be right 
2.5
Collapse
Linda Barnard
It s only when he starts to weep for the future of a population that won t heed his warnings that Ruppert shows his humanity It s made him abandon his cause and quit writing 
2
Collapse
Roger Ebert
There is controversy over Ruppert and he has many critics But one simple fact at the center of his argument is obviously true and it terrifies me 
4
Collapse
Peter Hartlaub
Collapse will leave you shaken about the future of the planet and saddened about the shattered life of the messenger 
3
Collapse
Robert Levin
A poignant portrait of a man who has indisputably sacrificed all for something bigger than himself 
3
Collapse
V.A. Musetto
Collapse is boring But what do you expect from a one sided movie about a kook who at the time the film was shot faced eviction from his home because he hadn t paid the rent 
1
Collapse
Nick Schager
Smith s subject Michael Ruppert never registers as much more than an eloquent but largely untrustworthy quack 
2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
David Nusair
a meandering and thoroughly conventional romcom that relies mostly on the charm of its stars to keep it afloat 
2.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Michael Dequina
To end my assessment on the level of the film s writing you ll wish you never heard about the Morgans Ha ha ha 
0
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Linda Cook
You ve seen it before and you ll see it again In one way or another Did You Hear About the Morgans is the same old fish out of water story that s been put to film dozens of times 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Sara Michelle Fetters
Very little maintained my interest the fact I kept sneaking looks at my watch a damning clue highlighting just how below average this one ultimately is 
2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Sean O'Connell
You ve already heard every joke it has to tell 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Kyle Smith
The cast is in such fine form that everything seems funny 
3
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Linda Barnard
It s a pity there s no witness protection program for movies that commit crimes against audiences 
1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Roger Ebert
I grant you Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker evoke charm in the right screenplay This is the wrong screenplay 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Wesley Morris
Most bad comedies plod from scene to scene This one plods from sentence to sentence Grant and Parker stand around as if they re waiting for someone to yell Cut 
1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Keith Cohen
The cliché ridden dialogue is delivered with no feeling or conviction and a predictable ending leaves you wanting more The supporting players are given little to do but outshine the marquee names 
2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Matt Brunson
Here s yet another movie that should be neither seen nor heard 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Liam Lacey
If you are expecting a pleasant evening of escapism you will be cruelly fooled The editor responsible for the trailer is clearly a genius 
1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Lisa Kennedy
Yes comedies thrive on broad strokes But selling Americans lame images of one another as if we haven t traversed the country if not in actuality via television and film is dispiriting 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
John Beifuss
Adorable if adulterous and agnostic salad fancying nitwit city slickers save their marriage with the help of a God fearing meat eating Sarah Palin and her sheriff husband in what could be described as Green Acres in Red State drag plus guns 
2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Willie Waffle
If it wasn t for Hugh Grant Did You Hear About The Morgans would be competing for worst comedy of the decade Instead it s just in the running for worst comedy of the year 
.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Sonny Bunch
Did You Hear About the Morgans is about as stereotypical as a stereotypical romantic comedy can get
2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Mike Scott
Not even the clumsy title bears any evidence of inspiration which actually makes it a nice fit for writer director Marc Lawrence s dud of a script 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Mick LaSalle
Sometimes it s unpleasant sometimes it s insincere and for long stretches it s boring There are good parts too but they all come in the first 10 minutes 
1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Chris Hewitt
A smug New York is the center of the universe comedy that doesn t have enough humor to compensate for its misplaced sense of superiority 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Matt Soergel
A fish out of water comedy that flops around on the dock for a while before eventually and mercifully expiring 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Mark Dujsik
The movie doesn t just quickly run out of its fish out of water jokes but doesn t have any unique or funny gags in its arsenal the moment the couple from New York City lands in Wyoming 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Adam Keleman
A somewhat amusing yet trite example of the modern day screwball comedy 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
James Berardinelli
There s no sense of affection No passion even when they fight Their dialogue rings hollow These two aren t believable and their relationship is a black hole Who cares 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Michael O'Sullivan
An exercise in foregone conclusions so dreary as to hardly qualify as comedy 
1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Dustin Putman
It doesn t pretend to be an awards contender and yet oddly enough this year it s far more entertaining and astutely written than the majority of recent releases that are 
3
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Robert W. Butler
This is what happens when you throw reliable talent at an awful script 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Duane Dudek
It s not great art but it has a certain goofy effervescence mostly thanks to Hugh Grant 
2.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Carrie Rickey
Did you hear about Did You Hear About the Morgans Really you don t want to 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Jeff Vice
This alleged screwball comedy is almost laughless It s one of the most surprising comedy duds of the year 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Joe Williams
Did You Hear About the Morgans has no room for surprises 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Moira MacDonald
Toss this one on the ever growing pile of failed Hollywood romantic comedies and wish Grant and Parker better luck next time 
1.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Michael Phillips
It s not just the sound of crickets you hear watching this movie It s the sound of dead crickets 
0
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Peter Keough
Why isn t there a federal program to protect people from witnessing movies like this 
0
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Rene Rodriguez
Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker are supposed to pass for a married couple but they have all the chemistry of two actors who just met and shook hands moments before the cameras rolled 
2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Roger Moore
Lawrence s recycled observations of the virtues of rural life his struggles to find something funny about local types an unworldly doctor and his naïve nitwit nurse his grizzly encounter scene are painful to watch 
1
Guest House
Roger Moore
It s just here for those who miss Mitzi Shore s son on screen somebody to hate watch for 84 minutes of your life that you will never get back 
1
Born and Bred
Chuck Bowen
Born and Bred bungles a promising subject with an overreliance on suspiciously on the nose thesis spouting talking heads 
1.5
The Moneychanger
Peter Goldberg
Federico Veiroj continuously underlines in red ink his protagonist s cowardness impulsive greediness and lust 
2.5
The Moneychanger
Barry Hertz
Uruguay director Federico Veiroj has an itch of an idea but doesn t innovate or entrance with The Moneychanger a sometimes swift sometimes funny but mostly middle of the road thriller about the dangers of greed 
2.5
Family Business
Leonard Maltin
The opportunity to watch Dustin Hoffman and Sean Connery together automatically constitutes An Event Adding Matthew Broderick to the mix is icing on the cake Unfortunately Family Business lets them down 
2
Family Business
Roger Ebert
All of the scenes establishing the characters and setting up the caper are joyful to watch mostly because of the rich comic exaggerations of the Connery character 
3
The Day He Arrives
Mattie Lucas
Handles a surprising amount of thematic richness in its bare bones structure and Hong conveys it with both elegance and grace 
3.5
The Day He Arrives
Brett Michel
Hong may be copying a template from his earlier movies about flailing directors Like You Know It All Woman on the Beach but each film is unique punctuated by occasional zooms that underline the randomness of existence 
3.5
The Day He Arrives
Roger Ebert
Sang soo Hong has no profound point to pound home His story doesn t need an ending He accepts all the characters just as they are 
3.5
The Day He Arrives
Jaime N. Christley
The geometry of human relationships is the main theme of The Day He Arrives 
3.5
MI-5
Godfrey Cheshire
A film that like most of its ilk these days is more interested in action than motivation 
2.5
MI-5
Roger Moore
Written shot and cut to the demands of TV Dull and cluttered with over the top intrigues 
1.5
Bachna Ae Haseeno
Namrata Joshi
A fun watch because of three reasons likable characters and relationships interesting situations and the witty lingo 
3
Bachna Ae Haseeno
Maitland McDonagh
Siddarth Annan s light romantic comedy takes an abrupt 11th hour turn for the melodramatic that imbues it with unexpected resonance without seeming completely contrived 
3
Fathom
Roger Ebert
What a shame 
0
Fathom
Walter Chaw
Welch naturally deserves getting prodded about by a bull while a collection of bad guys poke at her with phallic shunts 
1
Willets Point
Diego Semerene
Willets Point is more like an epic student film with the dramaturgical caliber of an STD clinic s grossly underfunded sex education videos 
.5
The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe
Roger Ebert
Tall Blond Man is just too relaxed too confident of its own cool comedy has to take more risks than this one does 
2.5
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Matt Brunson
The movie works as a Cliff Notes version of the era 
3
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
Chris Knight
It doesn t really push any boundaries but the characters are fun to watch Yoo in particular plays Inhong in full on charming rogue mode and pulls it off The plot may involve a swindle but the film itself delivers a modest return on investment 
3
Elephant Song
Liam Lacey
A good workout for a talented cast 
2.5
Elephant Song
Peter Howell
There s no small pleasure in watching Dolan and Greenwood square off against each other 
2.5
War and Peace
Matt Brunson
Henry Fonda possesses the mettle to fill the shoes of Pierre Bezukhov but no amount of squinting will camouflage the sight of this 50 year old American playing a 20 something Russian 
2
War and Peace
Jordan Hoffman
War and Peace can look intimidating on a library shelf but this particular version is engaging fresh and feels nothing like homework An opportunity to see it in a theater like this doesn t come around often 
4
Citizen Ruth
Roger Ebert
The movie is a gallery of sharp edged satiric portraits 
3
Citizen Ruth
Mike Clark
It s probably too schematic to reward more than a single viewing but as a provocative one time surprise it may become a specialized sleeper 
3
Where the Money Is
Jon Niccum
The money of the film s title should refer to Paul Newman because the actor s presence elevates this routine caper into a pleasantly bankable diversion 
2
Where the Money Is
Jeffrey Westhoff
For its first half this plays like a character driven antiestablishment caper of the 1960s and 70s As the story progresses the characters turn rotten When the establishment is more appealing than the maverick heroes something has gone wrong 
2
Where the Money Is
Susan Stark
Where the Money Is takes Newman s master thief to new triumphs 
3
Where the Money Is
Lou Lumenick
Not remotely in the same league with Newman s last caper film The Sting But then it doesn t need to be 
3
Where the Money Is
Peter Stack
A forced implausible flick that loses its energy as it tries to gain momentum 
2
Where the Money Is
Roger Ebert
Where the Money Is has a preposterous plot but it s not about a plot it s about acting 
3
Where the Money Is
Michael Dequina
Maybe Newman s relaxation in front of the camera was just so infectious that everyone behind the camera felt the urge to work in a lower gear 
2
Where the Money Is
Mary Kalin-Casey
With its plodding blend of heist humor and geriatric guffaws this insipid crime caper wastes the talents of screen legend Paul Newman and one time up and comer Linda Fiorentino 
1.5
Where the Money Is
Rob Blackwelder
It s charismatic sharp and lively 
2.5
Continue
Matthew Rozsa
While Continue does not end with easy answers it does offer an observation Suicide destroys every life around it Not yours You re gone 
4
Continue
Randy Myers
In this uncompromising depiction of coming back after a suicide attempt actor writer Nadine Crocker takes us on a brutal odyssey that covers sensitive topics with candor 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Christopher James
Hayek s performance is only as strong as the forces she goes up against 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Lisa Jensen
It seems to address the chasm between the top 2 percent and the rest of us without offering either solutions or catharsis 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
David Nusair
Filmmaker Miguel Arteta working from Mike White s screenplay delivers a strong opening stretch that revolves almost entirely around the title character s hardscrabble existence 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Max Weiss
I can t quite say I enjoyed it but I m not going to forget it that easily either 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Roger Moore
Biting smart social satire that feels curtailed and abrupt in its resolution 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Michael Smith
The idea is interesting But the execution is dreadful unless you enjoy squirming in your seat and sighing loudly and blindly seeing your own beliefs either validated or attacked to a silly degree 
1.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Josh Terry
The characters in Beatriz at Dinner feel so two dimensional as to feel symbolic 
2
Beatriz at Dinner
Mark Sommer
Hayek and Lithgow are outstanding in their lead roles as spiritual opposites though one wishes the script included more exchanges between them 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Sean P. Means
The simplistic dialogue is made even more annoying by the fact that Hayek and Lithgow pros that they are try their damndest to inject authentic feeling into it 
2
Beatriz at Dinner
Calvin Wilson
Beatriz at Dinner is a meal of a film with plenty to chew on 
3.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Dann Gire
Consider Mike White s clever drama the 21st century version of My Dinner With Andre with shivs 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Richard Roeper
The menu for Beatriz at Dinner is more appetizer than main course 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Anita Katz
While Lithgow s Strutt can be a hoot Hayek owns the movie Her Beatriz is a complicated mixture of clarity and confusion and she s a self described old soul whose capacity for caring however unfashionable proves lastingly moving 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Robert Horton
The movie prepares us for catharsis but this proves to be a fake out Instead a less satisfying and more haunting finale awaits 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
David Berry
Beatriz at Dinner works well beyond both lecture or lesson because of the care and attention everyone has put into the people that play them out 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Peter Howell
As obvious as the movie s intent and execution are it gnaws at the conscience thanks to the brilliance of the lead performances 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Ann Hornaday
As touching as Hayek s performance is Beatriz at Dinner too often forsakes nuance for caricature 
2
Beatriz at Dinner
Michael Phillips
By the time the second course has come and gone Beatriz at Dinner has already paved a road brick by brick laden with insults assumptions racist slights and cluelessly patronizing small talk 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Chris Hewitt
Maybe read Edward Albee s masterpiece A Delicate Balance instead It explores similar things with more intelligence 
2
Beatriz at Dinner
Ty Burr
In a mere 83 minutes Beatriz at Dinner gets close to the heart of the matter It has the length of a palate cleanser but the weight of a full meal 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Moira MacDonald
It s a film filled with unexpected beauty the wishing lanterns that giddy guests send up into the night sky the vision of an exquisite cloud flecked dawn on the morning after the frequent steady close ups of Hayek s eyes as they slowly harden 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Gary Thompson
The script by Arteta and Mike White is socio economically astute attuned to the language of one percenters their biases the way they are both aware and unaware of them some echoes here of Get Out 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Peter Canavese
It s no great leap to see Strutt as Trumpian but Beatriz at Dinner has bigger fish to fry than any one figure make s our nation s political intractability the stuff of comedy and dramatizes the spiritual exhaustion of our time 
3.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Oliver Jones
Both Beatriz and Strutt would be cartoons in the hands of other actors but Hayek and Lithgow give a master class in building characters from the inside out 
2.5
Beatriz at Dinner
Peter Travers
Salma Hayek gives the performance of her career in this stealth weapon of a comedy from director Miguel Arteta and screenwriter Mike White 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Susan Wloszczyna
Hayek turns Beatriz into her own breed of wonder woman Lithgow s Strutt is definitely a super villain of sorts and their head to head battle is clearly worth seeing even if in real life it has only begun 
3
Beatriz at Dinner
Christopher Gray
Despite its gestures toward nuance the very broadness of the dichotomies in the film prove to be its undoing 
2
Beijing Bicycle
David Elliott
The story has its redundancies and the young actors not very experienced are sometimes inexpressive 
2.5
Beijing Bicycle
Peter Howell
With Beijing Bicycle Wang has crafted a picturesque morality tale that slyly depicts the hopelessness of communism while pointing up the essential similarities between people of all classes 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Rick Groen
Make no mistake Wang s camera is saying and don t be deceived by the Communist rhetoric this city is as class ridden as any in the West 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Steven Rea
While Wang Xiaoshuai s film doesn t plumb the depths nor resonate with the kind of profound irony of Vittoria De Sica s 1947 classic it is nonetheless an affecting poignant drama 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Jeff Vice
This well acted piece is of interest for its rather subtle examination of Chinese class distinctions 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Sean P. Means
The story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence 
2.5
Beijing Bicycle
Duane Dudek
The tug of war that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern China in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Chris Hewitt
Comes uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of The Bicycle Thief 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Laura Kelly
The boys sparring like the succession of blows dumped on Guei wears down the story s more cerebral and likable plot elements 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Marta Barber
Fails to deliver either a social message or a good story 
2.5
Beijing Bicycle
Moira MacDonald
An uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the Italian masterpiece 
2.5
Beijing Bicycle
Steven Rosen
Well before it s over Beijing Bicycle begins spinning its wheels 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Walter Chaw
The work of a maturing filmmaker one who marries causes that matter with a sober melancholy and an admirable restraint 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a pity but we wind up with a meaningless morality film that seems most at home clattering away on an elementary school classroom projector than in art houses 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Jesse Hamlin
This is a moderately engaging tale 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Chris Fujiwara
Wang s reliance on sugarcoated music and his trite use of slow motion show that his heart lies in making undemanding fluff for the world market 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Rob Blackwelder
plots dependent on character stupidity are not a purely Hollywood phenomenon 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Steve Rhodes
All mood and no movie 
2
Beijing Bicycle
Jonathan Foreman
It tells a compelling story while making a devastating entirely convincing argument about the corrosive effects of Chinese capitalism on traditional values and human dignity 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Harvey S. Karten
One of those movies that make us pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast paced contemporary society 
3
Beijing Bicycle
Ed Gonzalez
Now here s a sadistic bike flick that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud 
2.5
Next Stop Wonderland
Michael Dequina
The ultralightweight Next Stop Wonderland could have easily been Next Stop Slumberland 
2.5
Next Stop Wonderland
Ruthe Stein
A sweetly seductive romantic comedy 
3
The Suicide Shop
Kent Turner
After the success of the irreverent The Book of Mormon this would be a natural for the stage Broadway would be so lucky 
3
The Suicide Shop
Liam Lacey
Too grisly for kids or at least their ticket buying parents At the same time the bouncy musical numbers with their contorted rhymes are unlikely to be embraced by any self respecting Goth teen 
2
The Suicide Shop
Rob Salem
The animation is great in its stark mostly monochromatic way but the music merely serviceable 
3
The Suicide Shop
David Nusair
An exceedingly off the wall animated endeavor 
2.5
Gone in the Night
Richard Roeper
Despite the star performance by Winona Ryder and an intriguing setup Gone in the Night is destined to fade quickly from our memories 
2.5
Gone in the Night
Leo Brady
Gone in the Night is a bit scary 44 bewildering from beginning to end 44 but headed in a direction that the audience won 8217 t be able to quit 46 
3
Gone in the Night
Simon Abrams
Before its spectacularly messy finale 44 the head scratching mystery thriller Gone in the Night holds itself together 40 barely 41 thanks to the star power of co stars Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney 46 
1.5
Gone in the Night
Mark Dujsik
Derby and Horowitz provide us with a pretty good setup 46 46 46 and plotting that becomes gradually too confident in its ability to surprise before that mistake of an ending 46 46 46 
2.5
Gone in the Night
James Berardinelli
When the movie started I wanted to like it 90 minutes later I just wanted it to end 
1.5
Gone in the Night
Roger Moore
Well cast and toying with a tetchy 44 testy subtext 44 its virtues tend to suck the life right out of its shortcomings 46 
2.5
Gone in the Night
Wes Greene
The film 8217 s ominous atmosphere derives less from the mystery of a disappearance and more from the scary business of getting older 46 
2.5
Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
Steve Rhodes
The movie easily produces the same trance like effect on young kids that an electronic baby swing does on infants 
1
Fried Barry
Nick Allen
Its aspirations of being a thoughtful acid trip become a lost cause 
2
Fried Barry
Tom Meek
A perfect late night watch weirdly and wonderfully stylistic with a commanding score that echoes the sense of dread and the main character s sense of chaos 
2.5
Fried Barry
Walter Chaw
Empty provocation is immediately boring arrogant a movement instead of moving yes But Fried Barry is pure an explosion of ideas and jarring often disgusting images 
3.5
Fried Barry
Roger Moore
Let s just say I got it but never got into it Ever 
1.5
It Happened One Night
Brian Eggert
After nearly a century of critics scholars and moviegoers singing its praises the answer to what makes the film endure remains simple if rather dissatisfying Movie Magic 
4
It Happened One Night
Christy Lemire
It s all about the snappy dialogue and simmering tension between these hugely charismatic stars 
3.5
It Happened One Night
Eric Melin
Viewed even today with all of its plot elements recycled ad nauseam by Hollywood for rom coms road trip comedies odd couple buddy films etc the film still holds up because we believe Gable and Colbert and can identify with them both right away 
3.5
It Happened One Night
Wesley Lovell
Only minorly dated this film would play well for modern audiences despite being more than 70 years old 
4
It Happened One Night
Scott Nash
It Happened One Night is a true classic in every sense of the word one that withstands the test of time and indeed defies it completely 
4
It Happened One Night
Phil Villarreal
The romantic comedy that all others draw from few imitate effectively and none have been able to replicate 
4
It Happened One Night
James Berardinelli
Its opposites attract melding of screwball comedy and the road trip elements has become one of about a half dozen standard love story formulas Most years there s at least one theatrical release that owes a debt to this film 
3.5
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
Bill Chambers
This is not a dull bad film but one chirpy and alive 
2
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
David Nusair
Wishmaster 4 easily redeems the series after the horrible second and third installments
2.5
Acid Test
Roger Moore
The tamest movie ever made about dabbling in LSD and Riot Grrrl culture
1.5
The Conversation
Matt Brunson
Very much a piece of its time snuggling up nicely to other paranoia thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor 
3.5
The Conversation
Josh Larsen
a bravura mixture of sound and editing 
4
The Conversation
Michael Phillips
Its enveloping chill feels looks and crucially in a story about a man who eavesdrops for a living sounds as arresting as ever 
4
The Conversation
Walter Chaw
The Conversation is for me the masterpiece of American cinema 
4
The Conversation
James Kendrick
As The Conversation slowly weaves its absorbing and intricate web it works its way under your skin drawing you into its sense of paranoia until you are sharing the same feelings as the protagonist 
4
The Conversation
Roger Ebert
A taut intelligent thriller 
4
The Conversation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the film is an acknowledged tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni s Blowup 1966 The Conversation has aged far better than that 60s relic 
4
Big Daddy
Michael Dequina
The heavy handed sentimentality provokes a most violent gag reflex 
2
Big Daddy
Jim Shelby
Sandler continues to bring a sweetness irreverence and unpredictability to the screen that make hits out of his films 
2.5
Big Daddy
Margaret A. McGurk
Not so bad 
2.5
Big Daddy
David Nusair
you just might wind up with a new found respect for Sandler 
3
Big Daddy
Marty Mapes
I still enjoyed myself at Big Daddy but I didn t leave the theater marveling at how Sandler is able to make me laugh every time 
2.5
Big Daddy
Edward Guthmann
Worst of all is the way Sandler wants to have it both ways to muck around in gross out humor one minute and then turn schmaltzy the next minute with some fraudulent business about how much he loves the kid 
0
Big Daddy
Rick Groen
How s this for a novel complaint Big Daddy just isn t stupid enough 
1
Big Daddy
Blake French
worth the trip but not the ticket price
2
Big Daddy
James Kendrick
A perfect case study in trying to please two entirely different crowds the beer guzzling college guys who make up the majority of Adam Sandler s fans and the unlucky dates who get dragged along to the movie 
2
Big Daddy
Jeff Vice
Audiences don t go to a Sandler movie expecting realism or tricky plotting they go for laughs and there are at least a few 
2.5
Big Daddy
Roger Ebert
Big Daddy should be reported to the child welfare office 
1.5
Big Daddy
Ross Anthony
moderately funny dramatic overall 
2.5
Big Daddy
Steve Rhodes
From how to ridicule poor minimum wage clerks to how to cause bodily injury to innocent bystanders Sandler lays it on thick 
1.5
Big Daddy
Rob Blackwelder
Adam Sandler has gone soft and it just doesn t work 
2
Big Daddy
Mike McGranaghan
I mostly looked at my watch and counted down the minutes until the agony of having to watch this idiotic movie was passed 
1.5
Big Daddy
Ian Mantgani
It s impossible to produce anything worthwhile from this screenplay which has ugly twisted morals 
1
Big Daddy
Wesley Morris
Being a jerk par excellence should mean never having to say you re sorry 
2
Big Daddy
David N. Butterworth
Sandler s latest film isn t much of step up from those previous encounters but it retains all of their good natured affability 
2.5
Big Daddy
James Berardinelli
The film offers its share of big laughs but the serious side is sunk by mawkishness and sentimentality 
2.5
Big Daddy
Mary Kalin-Casey
Two disparate films for the price of one 
2
Big Daddy
David Keyes
The movie has a heart yes but not a very big one 
1.5
Big Daddy
Susan Stark
Adam Sandler s sweetness just busts out all over It s a wondrous thing to watch 
3
Big Daddy
Dustin Putman
If anything the movie is funny plain and simple and due to the several noted performances that are far above this slight material I found I was enjoying Big Daddy quite a lot 
2.5
Big Daddy
Bob Bloom
A sure sign of a pending apocalypse I enjoyed Adam Sandler s new movie 
2.5
Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine in Daehakroh
Walter Chaw
Its title also its plot description 
2
My Love Affair With the Brain: The Life & Science of Dr. Marian Diamond
David Wiegand
Diamond really has a love affair with the human brain and through this joy filled film it s highly contagious 
4
Angels Wear White
Mattie Lucas
A poetic elegy for lost childhood and societal justice 
3
Angels Wear White
Ben Sachs
Shooting largely with a handheld camera Qu generates a jittery energy that makes the characters stress palpable This feeling escalates as the investigation closes in 
3
Angels Wear White
G. Allen Johnson
Qu fleshes out her characters to expose the societal and familial pressures that tend to limit options for females 
3
Angels Wear White
Peter Sobczynski
A tough and unsparing drama that vividly brings to light the kind of narrative too many people have endured over the years 
3.5
Angels Wear White
Kate Taylor
In an intriguing film noir full of white light reflecting off virginal dresses polished surfaces and sparkling sand director Vivian Qu probes the status of girls in Chinese society 
3
Lucky 13
David Nusair
It s hard to imagine just who the film is meant to appeal to certainly not fans of romantic comedies as it s not romantic in the slightest 
1.5
Junebug
Mattie Lucas
An observant literate slice of Southern life 
2.5
Junebug
Nick Rogers
At every moment when Junebug could choose dramatic clich even with Ashley s pregnancy it s beautifully subtle A poetic graceful tale about the comforts and oddities of returning home to family 
3.5
Junebug
Jay Antani
The humor here is expectedly quirky but it feels earned thanks to writer MacLachlan and director Morrison s honestly rendered observations of family and small town life
3
Junebug
Kam Williams
To get a good idea of what to expect think Hee Haw presented as a Shakespearean melodrama 
1
Junebug
David Nusair
the honesty with which the film has been imbued is generally difficult to resist 
3
Junebug
Ed Gonzalez
Junebug is the older wiser sibling of home for the holidays family melodramas like Pieces of April 
3
Junebug
Forrest Hartman
The many well drawn characters make Junebug a pleasure to watch but the plotting is dull and the script leaves too many questions 
2.5
Junebug
Robert W. Butler
A slight film enlivened by Adams winning performance 
2.5
Junebug
David N. Butterworth
Junebug is a Southern class struggle played out in small with Amy Adams the brightest star among these delicate and often misunderstood flowers 
2.5
Junebug
Susan Walker
A quiet journey into the heartland and the heart 
3
Junebug
Carla Meyer
An imperfect movie that s perfectly wonderful 
4
Junebug
Sean P. Means
Morrison captures not only the flavors of Southern living from church suppers to hollerin contests but a sense of what it s like to be Southern 
3.5
Junebug
Jeff Vice
This comedy drama takes a few unexpected dramatic turns and actually manages to say a few things about the peculiar charms of the South without becoming too patronizing or cloyingly phony 
3
Junebug
Rob Thomas
A marvelous and moving film that looks honestly and penetratingly at every character in its frame constantly surprising us and challenging our own preconceptions 
3.5
Junebug
Duane Dudek
It is a modest but brilliantly acted spiritually rewarding and often heartbreaking portrait of life as a work in progress 
3.5
Junebug
Lawrence Toppman
Adams is first rate in her lovable desperation Watson reminds me of many parochial Piedmont mamas and Taylor is remarkable as the visionary with no eye for his own follies 
3
Junebug
Peter Debruge
Junebug is that rare kind of movie that contrasts cultured big city characters with devout simple folk without being condescending or judgmental of either camp 
3.5
Junebug
Phil Villarreal
Slips its way into your affections with quiet observations and knowing moments of reflection 
3
Junebug
Collin Souter
As curiously odd profound and beautiful as its title 
4
Junebug
Dustin Putman
A warm and honest gem of a movie frequently laugh out loud funny in surprising and genuine ways and quietly touching without forcing obvious emotions on the viewer 
3.5
Junebug
Carrie Rickey
This brilliantly detailed richly painted portrait lingers long in the memory 
3.5
Junebug
Phoebe Flowers
While this sweet tart movie is definitely worth seeing more compelling is what Morrison and Adams will do next 
2.5
Junebug
Connie Ogle
This visit to the old homestead is worthwhile if only to meet its unflappable charismatic women 
2.5
Junebug
Terry Lawson
As someone with Southern roots I can tell you I personally know every character in this movie I am especially knowledgeable of George a man who knew he had to leave but knows part of him never can 
4
Junebug
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is also a coming out party for the splendiferously talented Adams She s magnificent the actress delivering a rapid fire performance so electrically invigorating it literally gave me Goosebumps 
3.5
Junebug
Bruce Westbrook
Thanks to newfangled things like TV and the Internet small town folks aren t as uniformly insulated as director Phil Morrison and screenwriter Angus McLachlan would have us believe 
2
Junebug
Chris Hewitt
Junebug has a big wide open heart and a sense of wonder about how complicated and surprising people are 
3
Junebug
Jeff Strickler
Junebug gets under your skin 
3
Junebug
James Berardinelli
In the end we not only believe in the men and women populating the film but feel along with them By offering that experience Junebug has done its job 
3
Junebug
G. Allen Johnson
Junebug immerses itself in a part of the American experience Hollywood doesn t touch anymore and has sharp perceptive talents behind camera 
3
Junebug
Timothy Knight
As refreshing as a tall glass of iced tea with mint on a hot summer s day Junebug is one of the year s most beguiling films 
3.5
Junebug
Ty Burr
Junebug is a textbook case of filmmakers who can t make up their minds about their characters it s a failure of nerve disguised as dramatic ambiguity 
2
Junebug
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thankfully MacLachlan and Morrison don t take the easy way out by making fun of the country folk or by humanizing the city folk and converting them to country ways 
3
Junebug
Claudia Puig
Junebug has the feel of a good short story or novella 
3.5
Junebug
Michael Wilmington
Adams is so pure hearted and touching that she redeems the film just as her character redeems or tries to the blighted lives around her 
2.5
Junebug
Roger Ebert
Junebug is a great film because it is a true film It humbles other films that claim to be about family secrets and eccentricities 
4
Junebug
Rob Blackwelder
A dreary stagnant story about people who make no effort to think or grow 
2
Junebug
Walter Chaw
Restores some of the lustre to the indie dysfunction genre 
3.5
Junebug
David Sterritt
This low key drama is a miracle of mood atmosphere and sensitivity 
4
Junebug
Peter Canavese
The balancing act of character contradictions ultimately becomes more about itself than true human behavior 
2.5
Junebug
Steve Rhodes
How slow can we go 
2
Junebug
Bob Strauss
An extraordinary cast find gnarly human truths in material that in less astute hands could have degenerated into a Southern fried Meet the Parents Or a sermon 
3.5
Junebug
Elizabeth Weitzman
Morrison and his cast approach this familiar story with such understated intelligence we don t even realize they ve pulled the rug out from under the audience until we ve tumbled to the floor clichs scattered in pieces around us 
3.5
Junebug
Jan Stuart
For all its specificity we come away feeling as if we ve walked in the shoes of all of these people at different points in our lives 
4
Junebug
V.A. Musetto
Phil Morrison does an impressive job with his big screen directorial debut although we can t figure out how he wants us to take Madeleine 
2.5
Junebug
Lisa Rose
Junebug addresses familiar themes in an intriguingly understated way 
3
Junebug
Joshua Tanzer
It takes one of two things to cut through the critic s desensitized haze either a smashingly original idea or the same old ideas re envisioned with unusual grace Junebug is a nice example of the second 
2.5
The Satan Bug
Matt Brunson
The Satan Bug was a soft performer and has largely been forgotten over time but it s a natural watch for audiences in the mood for intelligent fare 
3
That Uncertain Feeling
Roger Moore
Lesser Lubitsch still has The Lubitsch Touch 
2.5
Superfly
Josh Larsen
about the dead end despair of ghetto life where the false independence of a criminal enterprise is really just another form of enslavement 
4
Superfly
Ted Prigge
This is a quintessential blaxploitation film And it s fun as hell to watch 
3
Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger
Peter Howell
An eye opener of what it takes to make a difference in this country 
3
Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger
Kate Taylor
A heart wrenching albeit hopeful doc 
3
Suck
Tom Russo
Not to be confused with the current Twilight glomming insta spoof Vampires Suck but that doesn t mean it s an altogether sharper comedy either 
1.5
Paragraph 175
Mick LaSalle
An exquisite and powerful documentary one whose elegance only heightens its devastating impact 
4
Dirty Dingus Magee
Roger Ebert
Dirty Dingus Magee is as shabby a piece of goods as has masqueraded as a Western since oh A Stranger Returns 
1
Heading South
Kam Williams
This fascinating flick using physical desire as a metaphor examines political problems plaguing Haiti in the Seventies while simultaneously exploring pleasure purely from an older woman s point of view 
4
Heading South
Duane Dudek
a shot of reality disguised as an umbrella drink and is as uncomfortable an experience as having sand stuck in your swimming suit 
2.5
Heading South
Rob Thomas
Heading South is more of a middling film precisely because it is so obviously tackling an issue and making a statement As a result the characters and the story suffer 
2
Heading South
Phil Villarreal
Where does Legba go when he leaves Neither the women nor the director seem to care 
2.5
Heading South
Robert W. Butler
A compact drama boiling over with political and sexual subtext Heading South gives us yet another opportunity to soak up the wonder that is Charlotte Rampling 
3
Heading South
Chris Hewitt
It s a measured stately film and that makes the women s behavior It s incredible how racist they can be says Young ignorant of her own racism even more shocking 
3.5
Heading South
Jeanne Aufmuth
Director Laurent Cantet dabbles in the waters of change with great subtlety 
3
Heading South
Mick LaSalle
The film offers something unusual a tragic spectacle of normal recognizable and utterly sympathetic people condemning themselves 
3
Heading South
Mary F. Pols
A movie that manages to lay bare a litany of human delusions 
4
Heading South
Tom Keogh
An unsettling drama by the director of two other remarkable films about class illusions Human Resources and Time Out 
3
Heading South
David Elliott
In a humid story that doesn t dip too far into voyeurism and gives us a deep sense of Haiti as a volcano where visitors picnic on the slope Young is a flood of complicated feelings 
3
Heading South
Michael Wilmington
At 60 with three 2006 releases in the can Rampling still seems an international treasure a great camera subject and a truly daring actress 
3
Heading South
Laura Kelly
It s important to regard with respect a film that evokes love sex death fear and anger all in the first few moments 
2.5
Heading South
Steven Rea
Boasts another formidable and fine tuned performance from the great Charlotte Rampling 
3.5
Heading South
Ty Burr
A nervy but muddleheaded work with sharply unpleasant things to say about the First World s moral strip mining of the Third but an overly tactful way of saying them 
2.5
Heading South
Bob Strauss
While its main characters are admirably humanized this is nevertheless a movie about economic exploitation It s a very sexual work but it is far more political at its core 
3
Heading South
Ken Fox
Director Laurent Cantet s fourth feature abandons the contentious French workplaces of Human Resources and Time Out for sunnier climes but this Haitian idyll is an equally excoriating look at labor and exploitation 
3.5
Heading South
Stephen Whitty
In Laurent Cantet s fine new film Heading South the amorous travelers aren t men but well heeled middle aged women from North America and their playground is lawless Haiti 
3.5
Heading South
Kyle Smith
A powerful cocktail of not just sex and love but race poverty colonialism and jealousy 
3.5
Heading South
Jack Mathews
A well acted but misguided tale of displaced sexual longing on the beaches of Baby Doc Duvalier s 1970s Haiti 
2
Heading South
Nick Schager
Preoccupied with people s longing for unattainable mastery over forces beyond their control and the facades they assume as a means of compensating for their powerlessness 
3.5
Heading South
Susan Walker
Cantet never finds the keys to his characters in Heading South and fails to give them life beyond the politicized representations imposed on them by Laferrière 
2
Heading South
Rick Groen
Suffering from a surfeit of addled ambition it s intellectually feverish but dramatically languid one of those overreaching movies that tries awfully hard to seem deep but ends up as shallow as a tide pool 
2
Heading South
Bill Chambers
Cantet s pictures are screwball comedies played straight
3.5
Dillinger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This 70 minute classic from Monogram Studios is the epitome of what they call lean and mean 
3.5
Sing Your Song
David Wiegand
The portrait of Belafonte that emerges from the film is also the portrait of the times of his life the times of the nation s life in the past 60 years 
4
Sing Your Song
Linda Stasi
With excerpts of early clips of his first roles to current interviews with him the movie details a life of tremendous creativity and courage 
4
Sing Your Song
Moira MacDonald
Harry Belafonte Sing Your Song smoothly rewinds an inspirational life 
3.5
Sing Your Song
Kalvin Henely
The documentary s pace and energy gives an urgency to the political activism central to the restless Harry Belafonte s remarkable life 
2.5
Hush
Dustin Putman
So tense and involving as to make everyone watching a flinching wincing cheering participant Hush ought to join the best works of Hitchcock Carpenter and De Palma as a future teaching tool in genre film courses This is how it s done 
4
Hush
Christian Toto
Hush doesn t just upend horror tropes He makes us wonder why we liked them in the first place 
3.5
Hush
David Nusair
Mike Flanagan following up his excellent Oculus does a superb job of employing a rather familiar premise as a springboard for a tense and creepy little chiller 
3.5
Black Jack
David Keyes
a movie steeped in some of the finest animated visuals seen since Princess Mononoke 
3.5
Hour of the Wolf
Roger Ebert
If we allow the images to slip past the gates of logic and enter the deeper levels of our mind and if we accept Bergman s horror story instead of questioning it Hour of the Wolf works magnificently 
3
The Perfect You
David Nusair
a funny and surprisingly involving little romantic comedy 
3.5
Gunless
Rick Groen
Gunless is harmless the sort of pop entertainment that sets its sights low and doesn t underachieve 
2
Gunless
Peter Howell
A comedy western loaded with chuckles that only occasionally fires blanks 
2.5
Night and Day (Bam gua nat)
Kam Williams
An intriguing look at a hedonist in the midst of a midlife crisis a creep whose dalliances and denial slowly catch up with him 
4
Night and Day (Bam gua nat)
Kevin B. Lee
Following his most even handed exploration of male female sexual conflict in Woman on the Beach Hong Sang soo hurtles full bore into the subjectivity of the man with Night and Day 
3
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America
David Lewis
Focuses on the world s asylum and refugee situation from a woefully overlooked angle the journeys of LGBTQ people escaping violent persecution in their homelands and starting anew in the United States 
3
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Roger Ebert
Love Valour Compassion is a touching and perceptive film about themes anyone can identify with loneliness jealousy need generosity 
3
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Mike Clark
Outdoor settings alone do not a movie make though director Joe Mantello who also directed the play seems to be trying 
2
The Thank You Girls
Rick Groen
We frequently get lost in the repetitious maze 
2
Peter Pan
Barry Paris
Peter Pan demonstrated once and for all that film was no mere sub branch of photography or theater that its art went above and beyond realism 
4
Made of Honor
Brandy McDonnell
Despite blissful chemistry between its leads the romantic comedy Made of Honor tosses out a limp bouquet of tired gags and predictable plotlines 
2.5
Made of Honor
Peter Canavese
Not much distinguishes this determinedly average Hollywood outing but it can claim Sydney Pollack s final performance and Patrick Dempsey s first big screen starring role since his career second wind 
2
Made of Honor
Willie Waffle
They made McDreamy into McCreepy 
1.5
Made of Honor
James Berardinelli
A prefabricated example of shoddy workmanship 
2
Made of Honor
Austin Kennedy
This is not the worst film of the year In fact it s not even really a bad movie It s unoriginal standard and ordinary but not terrible 
2.5
Made of Honor
Jolene Mendez
A great film to catch with your girlfriends or loved one Mc Dreamy does not disappoint on the big screen 
3.5
Made of Honor
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Made of Honor is like a paint by the numbers exercise in filmmaking sealed with a misogynistic lacquer 
1.5
Made of Honor
Matt Brunson
Comic desperation can be seen at alarmingly frequent intervals 
2
Made of Honor
Christian Toto
Made of Honor takes zero liberties with the rom com formula but the delightful Michelle Monaghan makes walking down this aisle a treat 
2.5
Made of Honor
Steve Rhodes
Pretty awful and awfully predictable it s a sappy and stupid romance about characters who feel about as real as plastic action figures 
1
Made of Honor
Claudia Puig
Though he has the requisite charm for a romantic comedy McDreamy has picked a pretty nightmarish project to showcase his talents 
2
Made of Honor
Philip Marchand
Somewhere in the shades of Hollywood the ghost of Cary Grant is shaking his head 
2
Made of Honor
Chris Hewitt
Made of Dreck is more like it 
1
Made of Honor
Sean P. Means
This strained romantic comedy is a chick flick for dudes written by Neanderthals 
1.5
Made of Honor
Moira MacDonald
A movie that s often enjoyable but never as good as the ones it s stealing from 
2
Made of Honor
Mick LaSalle
This is silly stuff made of cardboard with one of those Gordian knot plots that could easily be cut through by one person s simply being honest with another person for 30 whole seconds There s not much more to say 
1
Made of Honor
Nina Garin
The plot becomes very familiar not just like My Best Friend s Wedding but like a mishmash of every romantic comedy ever written 
2.5
Made of Honor
Carla Meyer
Director Paul Weiland and the film s screenwriters offer standard sitcom setups and forgettable supporting characters in effect hanging the whole picture on Dempsey 
2
Made of Honor
Stephen Whitty
Do yourself a favor Send regrets to this affair and rent My Best Friend s Wedding again 
1.5
Made of Honor
Kyle Smith
There was a certain amount of suspense in the air at the screening of Made of Honor Would Tom and Hannah realize they re perfect for each other at the altar or would I burn down the theater first 
.5
Made of Honor
Loey Lockerby
It s hard to sympathize with characters who bear no resemblance to any existing member of the human species although as is typical with this kind of movie the cast brings a commitment the material doesn t deserve 
2
Made of Honor
Bill Zwecker
Dempsey and Monaghan and the rest of the cast for that matter give it their all but it just isn t enough to lift this formulaic nonsense out of the stew of mediocrity in which it merely simmers from start to finish 
2
Made of Honor
Ty Burr
Made of Honor is a retread My Best Friend s Wedding with the genders reversed and the brains removed Chick flicks this calculated should come with enough Scorpion Bowls to numb the pain 
1.5
Made of Honor
Sara Michelle Fetters
This was a movie offering up so little in the way of originality absent of anything even close to resembling inspiration all I really wanted to do while watching it was bolt upright from my seat and run screaming back out through the front door 
1.5
Made of Honor
Josh Larsen
Something didn t feel quite right but it wasn t until the climax when it hit me 
2
Made of Honor
David Nusair
The film has been infused with several increasingly uninteresting and flat out superfluous sequences that ll test the patience of even the most ardent romcom aficionado 
1.5
Made of Honor
Rick Groen
Certainly ain t nothing to query about the tired premise whose cinematic block we ve been around and around and around since Garbo first talked 
1.5
Made of Honor
Cathy Jakicic
The movie like its stars is not without its charm It just would have been nice to be delighted by an unexpected flash of humor or feel the slightest bit of suspense about the resolution 
2
Made of Honor
Jeff Vice
Overly familiar and predictable Its debts to both When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friend s Wedding are considerable 
2
Made of Honor
Steven Rea
Made of Honor is the kind of formulaic fare there s even that turn the car around and get me back to the church moment that depends on the wit of the script and the spark of its stars In those departments the film is just middling 
2.5
Made of Honor
Erin Fox
The plotting ranges from predictable to ridiculous and with the exception of a handful of laugh out loud moments Dempsey s frequent shirtlessness is the film s main appeal The rest is as unpalatable as stale wedding cake 
2.5
Made of Honor
Dustin Putman
Not good not bad just there the film faithfully crosses off one timeworn clich eacute after the next 
2
Made of Honor
Michael Phillips
Certain formula driven romantic comedies reach a point where the audience realizes it won t be much fun watching the main character get his way Nor will it be much fun watching him get his comeuppance This is not where you want your audience 
1.5
Made of Honor
Connie Ogle
A film so dreadful and humiliating that it s reassuring to know Dempsey can keep his day job 
1
Made of Honor
Phil Villarreal
The cinematic equivalent of the Bush administration 
1.5
Made of Honor
Ed Gonzalez
How do I loathe the soul crushingly predictable Made of Honor Let me count the ways 
2
The A-Team
Mattie Lucas
A loose assured streamlined actioner with little else on its mind than showing the audience a great time 
3
The A-Team
Jeff Beck
This is not exactly a great film but it is quite an entertaining one If you re looking for a fun popcorn flick then you don t need to look any further 
3
The A-Team
Michael Dequina
The expression brainless summer blockbuster is often used as a pejorative but energetic and entertaining popcorn like this shows that that isn t necessarily a bad thing 
3
The A-Team
Stanley A. Miller II
Takes the spirit of the series straps a bunch of rockets to it crashes it through a brick wall and has it make out with Jessica Biel 
3
The A-Team
James Berardinelli
Had the action sequences been better framed and presented this might have been one of the summer s mindless high points As it is it s a passable diversion 
2.5
The A-Team
Wesley Lovell
You ll never regain the chemistry and satisfaction you had as an adolescent or young adult so stop trying to find it especially here 
1.5
The A-Team
John Wirt
At best this is entertainment for pre teen boys who prefer meaningless action and little else in their movies 
2
The A-Team
John Beifuss
Overkill is underrated quips Hannibal Smith but this time the A Team commander is wrong In fact overkill is ubiquitous at least in the modern American action movie and it seriously damages this nevertheless pretty fun expansion of the TV series 
2.5
The A-Team
James Kendrick
a dud a movie that tears up the screen trying to please you but ends up just rattling your gray matter and then disappearing from memory
2
The A-Team
Betsy Sherman
The fun big screen reboot takes the quartet of fugitive vigilantes for hire into the digital era and it succeeds because director Joe Carnahan doesn t let technology overpower personality 
3
The A-Team
Linda Cook
I love it when a plan comes together 
3
The A-Team
Eric Melin
nothing more than a series of ridiculously impossible action scenes where the actors and their machines are like Legos being moved around a giant playset 
2.5
The A-Team
Kam Williams
Escapist summer fare doesn t come any more mindless than this 
1
The A-Team
Robert Levin
In his quest to bring the best of 80s action to the big screen Carnahan nails the homoeroticism but forgets the fun 
1.5
The A-Team
Steven Snyder
Brisk brash whiplash inducing And cracking jokes all along the way The more this quartet mugs for the camera the more fun this whole macho fantasia experiment becomes 
3
The A-Team
Mike McGranaghan
The A Team really didn t need to do anything other than to be fun but it can t even get that right 
1.5
The A-Team
Bob Bloom
The movie is fast and furious cartoonlike fun with the team members acting like four roadrunners outdistancing a world of Wile E Coyotes 
2.5
The A-Team
Robert W. Butler
There s lots of action most of it so badly edited you can t tell the good guys from the bad guys 
2
The A-Team
Matt Brunson
Unlike the somnolent Robin Hood the tepid Prince of Persia The Sands of Time or even the schizophrenic Iron Man 2 this at least has some inkling how to keep the adrenaline pumping 
3
The A-Team
Rick Groen
To the old box office maxim that trite makes right a fresh corollary must be attached Chaos is the new order and ugly the new beautiful 
2
The A-Team
Christian Toto
Dumb noisy and relentlessly violent did you expect anything different 
2.5
The A-Team
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The A Team retains a few key elements from the original genuine humor willful ridiculousness and cheerful stupidity Overkill is underrated says one character 
3
The A-Team
Peter Canavese
Frantic without bringing the fun 
1.5
The A-Team
Todd Hertz
This remake is cheesy preposterous geeky corny and completely fun 
2.5
The A-Team
Ann Hornaday
A thoroughly unnecessary but nonetheless satisfying adaptation of the cheeseball 1980s TV series 
2
The A-Team
Lou Lumenick
It couldn t have been easy making a movie with less plot character development and dramatic credibility than an episode of a campy 80s TV series 
2
The A-Team
Willie Waffle
Were you really going to see The A Team for character development logic and an intricate plot 
2.5
The A-Team
Peter Travers
The Hollywood suits figure you ll overlook a movie s faults as long as the action has juice Isn t it great when a plan comes together 
2.5
The A-Team
Alison Gang
A costly chaotic mess 
1
The A-Team
Chris Hewitt
That A Team succeeds is a credit to the clear fluid editing and to the light touch Carnahan supplies 
3
The A-Team
Stephen Whitty
Rent The Losers if you want a cheesy action movie Wait for The Expendables if you want a gritty pumped up one And mark this A Team strictly C grade 
2
The A-Team
Erik Childress
The A Team is like a collection of mini episodes briskly paced from one sequence to the next like a best of marathon minus the commercials 
3
The A-Team
David Nusair
It seems rather obvious that The A Team has been designed to appeal primarily to 13 year old boys 40 or those viewers well in touch with their inner 13 year old boy 41 46 46 46 
2.5
The A-Team
Sean O'Connell
A muscled and at times messy adaptation of the 1980s television series that dropkicks the term action into the phrase non stop action 
2.5
The A-Team
Mark Dujsik
A lot of loud cluttered chaos without any sense of caring how to control it 
1.5
The A-Team
Joe Lozito
What this 80s redo lacks in common sense it more than makes up for in sheer nostalgic explosion filled mayhem 
3
The A-Team
Dustin Putman
When your big climactic set piece finally arrives and consists of nothing more than some CGI cargo crates toppling over that s a pretty tell tale sign that no one s trying very hard 
1
The A-Team
Mick LaSalle
The characters are without interest Their problems are not our problems But the sheer motion the spectacle and the flashes of wit take The A Team out of the realm of garbage It s fun 
3
The A-Team
Peter Howell
I pity the fool who fails to share the popcorn 
3
The A-Team
Steven Rea
The A Team is really no better or worse than a whole bunch of other steroid studio built extravaganzas but the cumulative effect of these stunts aplenty window crashing fireball exploding freeway chasing rocket launching shoot outs is numbing 
2
The A-Team
Jeff Vice
It s sort of refreshing to see something this summer that doesn t take itself too seriously Even if it is a big screen adaptation of the small screen concept 
3
The A-Team
Sara Michelle Fetters
For about 80 percent of its running time it s also one heck of a lot of fun and considering how little else this Summer I can say the same thing about that s a gift horse I m not about to return 
2.5
The A-Team
Walter Chaw
Not the full on prison rape its preview promises
1
The A-Team
Ted Fry
Fans of explosions machine guns brutal fisticuffs and elaborate set pieces that fuse digital effects with impressive practical stunts will get their fill as the A Team class of 10 accomplishes its mission and exactly according to plan 
3
The A-Team
Wesley Morris
This is a movie that could have gotten away with making only a little bit of sense had it more superpowers or superstars Neeson doesn t quite count since he s made the mistake of giving a performance 
1.5
The A-Team
Jeffrey Westhoff
As willfully brainless as the movie is it would indeed be escapist fun if its many action sequences were exhilarating Instead they are just as chaotic as the plot 
2
The A-Team
Joe Williams
The diabolical sadist of the team was director Joe Carnahan 
2
The A-Team
Rene Rodriguez
The A Team is a gigantic pile of ear deafening nonsense but it is brisk and goofy and well shot by Carnahan Smokin Aces and a lot livelier than Robin Hood or Iron Man 2 
2.5
The A-Team
Michael Phillips
So what do we have here We have a big bombastic violent variation on the original theme of rocket launchers and machine guns and wisecracks 
2.5
The A-Team
Andrew Schenker
It is simply put an ode to violence but violence as imagined by 21st century Hollywood 
.5
The A-Team
Josh Larsen
When a blithely violent action flick quotes Gandhi without an ounce of irony twice it redefines mindless entertainment 
2
The A-Team
Roger Ebert
How it is interesting to watch a movie in which the action is essentially colorful abstractions Isn t it more satisfying if you know where everyone is and what they re doing and how they re doing it in real time 
1.5
The A-Team
Roger Moore
No the plan doesn t completely come together But this A Team is close enough for government work 
2.5
Phase 7
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a pervading menace of distrust and anxiety that only grows as the film progresses and watching Coco try to navigate these soon to be murderous waters while also doing his best to keep his wife as in the dark as possible giddily surreal 
3
Phase 7
Chris Hewitt
No matter how hard the musical score labors to convince us otherwise it s not scary 
1
Phase 7
Peter Keough
Phase 7 distinguishes itself by its suffocating setting its low affect tone and its cast of flaky characters 
3
Phase 7
Mike McGranaghan
Phase 7 is slick smart horror 
3
Phase 7
Roger Moore
An entertaining variation on a well worn theme 
2.5
Corporal's Diary
Tom Keogh
The content of each journal is so entertaining and compelling that if one didn t know better a viewer might assume The Corporal s Diary was yet another faux documentary about the war told from the perspective of a fictional serviceman 
3
Sweet Dreams
James Sanford
Jessica Lange plays Cline and gives her friskiest most intriguing performance to date 
2.5
Sweet Dreams
Roger Ebert
There isn t the sense of a well shaped structure in this movie there s no clear idea of what the filmmakers thought about Patsy Cline or what thoughts her life is supposed to inspire 
2
Kicks
David Gonzalez
Kicks is not a terrible film 46 Kicks is an inconsistent film that lost its way 46 A film whose persistence in grimness takes away from what the viewers should really be concerned with Brandons story 46 
2.5
Kicks
Barry Hertz
Tipping who also co wrote the polished script captures this unique mix of adolescent anxiety urban decay and societal friction in a remarkably confident fashion 
3
Kicks
Alan Zilberman
Tipping s admittedly artful style is relatively ambiguous focusing mostly on cheap visceral thrills to the point where it s impossible to glean what he thinks about the depths to which Brandon will go 
1.5
Kicks
Sheila O'Malley
Kicks is not without its flaws but even the flaws show Tipping s willingness to take risks to go for the big gesture and to go for it honestly 
3.5
Kicks
Walter V. Addiego
It doesn t really add up either as a psychological portrait or moral commentary 
2
Kicks
Kam Williams
A tentative tale of woe every bit as bleak as it is hopeful that there s an exit at the other end of a disturbingly dystopic tunnel 
4
Kicks
Christopher Gray
It s less notable for its originality than for how dynamically it blends a few styles that ultimately prove incompatible 
2
The Last Descent
Josh Terry
The Last Descent is tense and powerful a signal that the carefree summer blockbuster season is officially over 
3
The Last Descent
Sean P. Means
The moving drama The Last Descent gets past the headlines of a Utah tragedy to show the life of one man and how he in life and in death touched so many others 
3.5
Partner
Namrata Joshi
It s a given that a Dhawan movie will eschew logic and be full of innuendos Partner fits the bill but the gags are not that funny And not to forget the colourful song n dance setpieces the title track and the sanity defying Kaindi Po 
2
When We First Met
Roger Moore
Not utterly charmless Groundhog Day variation with a less irritating than usual Adam Devine 
2
When We First Met
Brian Tallerico
It s like being at a crowded restaurant and eavesdropping on the same bad first date over and over and over again You d probably want to move tables 
2
Beowulf & Grendel
Marty Mapes
A fascinating trip to the dark ages and a good story well told
3
Beowulf & Grendel
Ty Burr
Trying to give us the true story behind the epic the movie only reminds us of why humans write epics in the first place 
2
Beowulf & Grendel
Bill Stamets
A semi mythic period piece Beowulf Grendel offers sublime scenery that s breathtaking and bone chilling 
3
Beowulf & Grendel
Michael Phillips
This gristle intensive R rated version of Beowulf travels a predictable revisionist route 
2
Beowulf & Grendel
Ken Fox
Sturla Gunnarsson s adaptation despite some pretty awful special effects makeup is a pretty good and good looking version of the tale 
2.5
Beowulf & Grendel
Lou Lumenick
Unfortunately there is jarringly contemporary English dialogue laced with F bombs and humor straight out of a Monty Python movie 
2
Beowulf & Grendel
Elizabeth Weitzman
Sturla Gunnarsson took a look at the eighth century epic poem Beowulf and decided he could cut it down to size And he has for better and worse 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A friendly and harmless dramedy 
1.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Alan French
There are some films that make you joyously happy for hours or days afterward Hearts Beat Loud is one of those films 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Joey Magidson
There s magic to be found within this movie 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Joe Friar
Writer director Brett Haley avoids turning this into a sappy fairytale by keeping the story grounded which pays off big time in the end Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons are terrific as the father daughter duo who form a band 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Robert Daniels
Anyone who s written a song knows how much heart is poured across the sheet Hearts Beat Loud actualizes that overflowing of spontaneous emotion 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Josh Bell
Frank and Sam are lovely people to spend 90 minutes with you just might not remember much about them afterward 
2.5
Hearts Beat Loud
David Nusair
A compulsively and increasingly watchable piece of work 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Rob Thomas
Haley s characters are real enough to make mistakes to not live up to their ideas of themselves It s in those little failings and then whether the characters can recover from them that Hearts Beat Loud finds its poignancy 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Danielle Gensburg
Music is so central to Hearts Beat Loud that it s connected to everything Hearts Beat Loud is anything but sad 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a film that oozes authenticity making all that happens hit home in ways it never could have otherwise 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Peter Howell
This is a movie you not only want to see but also to put on the turntable 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Calvin Wilson
Haley engagingly traces the arc of the father daughter relationship while deftly avoiding sentimentality And he elicits fine performances from a splendid cast 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Lisa Jensen
Hearts Beat Loud touches on serious themes financial hardship broken dreams grief and loss but the movie s attitude is refreshingly buoyant 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Max Weiss
A lowkey tenderhearted film that explores a mostly functional and loving relationship between a somewhat immature dad and his somewhat too mature daughter 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Josh Terry
Maybe a little too brooding for its own good and its character driven nature may leave audiences wondering just what conflict is driving the story at times but it finishes with a nice third act 
2.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Mark Dujsik
E stablishes its central relationship subtly naturally and thoroughly 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Gary Thompson
Hearts is of a piece with other movies by writer director Brett Haley wherein the art has the power to ameliorate rather than transform 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Anita Katz
A dramatically feathery but irresistibly likable dramedy 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Rafer Guzman
A sparkling gem with an indie rock soul Offerman turns in his best big screen performance yet 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Mick LaSalle
One of the nicest things about Hearts Beat Loud and there are several nice things is the way that Offerman and Clemons seem like father and daughter 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Ty Burr
The themes here are rich the treatment indulgent and harmless like a pre fab version of a John Carney movie 
2.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Rick Bentley
A lyrical tale of dealing with passions It warmly deals with how there are times to fight for what you love and times to let go 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Michael O'Sullivan
Its smallness is its strength as is its silence That s the odd and evocative resonance of Hearts Beat Loud 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Sheila O'Malley
It s refreshing to watch a film that doesn t feel obligated to go for the brass ring of emotion or social commentary or even plot 
2.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Roger Moore
A bit on the nose and not at all challenging but delightfully bittersweet And the music s not bad either 
2.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Peter Travers
Music is the tie that binds a Brooklyn father and daughter in a film that refuses to go sappy on us thanks to the tough core of intelligence and wit that Nick Offerman brings to the party 
3
Hearts Beat Loud
Mike McGranaghan
There s no way this doesn t end up being the 1 feel good movie of the summer 
3.5
Hearts Beat Loud
Pat Brown
The steadiness with which Haley s film progresses through its dramatic beats is rather like its familiar sounding indie pop moving rhythmically toward a predictable climax whose emotional intensity feels unearned 
1.5
We Were Strangers
David Nusair
engaging 
2.5
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Larry Vitacco
I Ought To Be In Pictures ought to be it s a classy adaptation of a fine play that has the added advantage of a cunningly cloying Marvin Hamlisch music score to help open the tearducts 
3.5
Ghost Town Anthology
David Davidson
Borduas s work seems to be asking the central question of how he can create art to make people see the world differently Ghost Town Anthology attempts an answer 
3
The Providence Effect
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Rollin Binzer s tribute only underscores the mind bogglingly hazardous crapshoot we take when entrusting our children to local classrooms anywhere in the U S 
2
The Providence Effect
Kam Williams
A moving bio pic about an unsung hero with a winning education formula which ought to be replicated in inner cities all across the country 
4
The Providence Effect
Peter Hartlaub
The subjects seem to be guiding the director through the movie which offers no objectivity and avoids obvious questions It s among the best films in history within its genre but that genre is infomercial 
2
The Providence Effect
Michael Phillips
Adams is well worth a movie and this one s engaging as far as it goes But for the film to be truer to the school s reputation it would have had to dig a little deeper 
2.5
The Providence Effect
V.A. Musetto
Adams and the school s students and teachers deserve an A plus although the film rates a much lower grade It unfolds lifelessly as Binzer parades a contingent of talking heads before the camera in what could pass for an infomercial 
1.5
The Providence Effect
Sonny Bunch
The Providence Effect comes off as more a gauzy 90 minute infomercial for the school than a real examination of its methods and strategies for success 
2
The Providence Effect
Roger Ebert
The Providence Effect is impressive although not quite the film it could have been 
3
Miss Sharon Jones!
Rick Bentley
A powerful and personal story 
3.5
Miss Sharon Jones!
Sean P. Means
The passion of soul singer Sharon Jones comes through in the documentary Miss Sharon Jones though one might wish for more of her music 
3
Miss Sharon Jones!
Rob Thomas
Her future is uncertain But Miss Sharon Jones shows that she will fight and sing and live as much as she can as long as she can 
3
Miss Sharon Jones!
Ty Burr
You think you ve seen something 8201 Lord I ve just begun Sharon Jones sings and you don t doubt her for a second 
3.5
Miss Sharon Jones!
Chris Knight
Kopple s cameras don t always capture Jones at her most cuddly but her perseverance and energy even during the worst of her illness jump off the screen 
3
Miss Sharon Jones!
Linda Barnard
Initially dismissed by a record exec as too black too short too old to succeed dynamic R B powerhouse Sharon Jones wasn t about to let that or anything else stop her 
3
Miss Sharon Jones!
Johanna Schneller
We don t learn enough about Jones away from her cancer And because Jones is not especially insightful about her disease not many people could be we don t learn enough about her within it either 
2
Miss Sharon Jones!
Alan Zilberman
What makes Miss Sharon Jones most captivating is how its subject in spite of hardship remains a magnetic stage presence 
2.5
Miss Sharon Jones!
G. Allen Johnson
Yes cancer sucks But frankly there s nothing distinctive about this documentary even though it s about a very distinctive person 
2
Miss Sharon Jones!
Matt Fagerholm
Barbara Kopple s cinema has always been about capturing the immediacy of the moment and what she finds here is a woman morphing before her very eyes 
3.5
The Boston Strangler
Roger Ebert
The Boston Strangler requires a judgment not only on the quality of the film very good but also on its moral and ethical implications 
3
Hallam Foe
Mattie Lucas
Has a strange kind of charm a warm open disposition that even in its darkest moments we always pull for Hallam 
3
Hallam Foe
Kelly Jane Torrance
Hallam Foe does quite a few rather nasty things but Mr Bell s engaging and empathetic performance makes him a character we can t stop caring about 
3
Hallam Foe
David N. Butterworth
Grumpy Glaswegians going at it are once again the focus of David Young Adam Mackenzie s bleak and dreary but not wholly uninteresting drama 
2.5
Hallam Foe
David Wiegand
Bell was a decent kid actor and a terrific dancer in Billy Elliot but he s grown into a really first rate actor 
4
Hallam Foe
Bonnie Fazio
Another successful and intriguing entry in Mackenzie s growing oeuvre 
2.5
Hallam Foe
Michael Phillips
A prettily photographed but relationally science fictional coming of age blather 
2
Hallam Foe
Tom Keogh
While the film playfully telegraphs its inspirations Mister Foe never persuasively comes together as a dark fable about an adolescent misfit stuck in loss 
2.5
Hallam Foe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Didn t I review this coming of age picture back in the spring when it was called Charlie Bartlett 
2.5
Hallam Foe
Kam Williams
Jamie Bell in his most memorable outing since Billy Elliot as a Peeping Tom acting upon Oedipal urges in a dysfunctional family drama from Scotland 
3.5
Hallam Foe
Lou Lumenick
Jamie Bell has his best role since Billy Elliot in Mister Foe a darkly comic tale of a twisted teen on the cusp of adulthood 
3
Hallam Foe
Claudia Puig
You find yourself wishing that what happened in Edinburgh stayed in Edinburgh 
2
Hallam Foe
Ed Gonzalez
An occasion for David Mackenzie to infuse his smutty purview of modern romantic relations with twee affectation 
1.5
Hallam Foe
Steven Rea
A dark often funny Oedipal and erotic tale from Young Adam director David Mackenzie Mister Foe benefits from the emotionally and physically agile performance of Bell 
3.5
Hallam Foe
Erik Childress
The Hitchcockian elements are actually much subtler than recognized partly because the film is generally more a comedy than some Peeping Tom esque thriller 
3
American Romance
Dann Gire
Seeing it is something akin to watching somebody pull the wings off flies or yank the legs off spiders for 86 minutes 
0.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Michael Dequina
How fitting that the subtitle of this sequel is Island of Lost Dreams for Rodriguez has let his vivid imagination run even more amok in waking cinematic life 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Judith Egerton
Rodriguez s movie jammed with gizmos and visual effects looks more like a bigbudget extravaganza from a Hollywood studio than a relatively modest 40 million movie 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
David Nusair
just as enjoyable for adults as it is for kids 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Nick Rogers
The only thing we don t know after watching Spy Kids 2 is whether Robert Rodriguez s constantly churning brain leaves him any time to sleep at night 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Margaret A. McGurk
It s all great fun and drives forward at a dizzying pace typical for writer director Robert Rodriguez 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Kevin A. Ranson
an over the top kick butt family film that leans toward the excess but is still a worthy sequel making adults feel like kids again while making kids feel a bit more grown up 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Ian Mantgani
It s fast moving overwhelming fun full of gadgets creatures and general whizz bang It could have gone disastrously wrong but I like it 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
James Kendrick
a fantastically ridiculous kids adventure fantasy filled with bizarre creatures outlandish gadgets and anything and everything else Rodriguez s supple imagination could conjure up
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Dan Lybarger
Rodriguez crams in enough exotic creatures fancy gadgets humor and action to make the movie s contents practically leap out of the frame 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Mike McGranaghan
Proof that you can make a sophisticated enjoyable movie that celebrates the intelligence of children without resorting to fart jokes or crotch injuries 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Joe Leydon
When the final credits roll hyperactive preteens likely will be convinced they ve just seen and desperately want to see again and again the coolest movie ever made 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Mark Dujsik
The charm of the first movie is still there and the story feels like the logical unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Linda Cook
An eye boggling blend of psychedelic devices special effects and backgrounds Spy Kids 2 is a visual treat for all audiences 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Tony Toscano
A cheery kid s film perfect for a Saturday matinee 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Eva Simonich
t has a lot to look at and enough to keep most kids appeased But it s disappointing after such a fresh and exciting original 
2
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Loey Lockerby
There still is plenty to enjoy here for kids of all ages as long as they keep their inner adults bound and gagged 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Roger Ebert
With Spy Kids 2 The Island of Lost Dreams the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape a James Bond series for kids 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Michael Wilmington
You don t have to be a child to enjoy Spy Kids 2 but it certainly helps 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
James Berardinelli
Director Robert Rodriguez has once again caught lightning in a bottle 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Collin Souter
While the Island and Ray Harryhausen esque effects are great the message gets lost amongst the eye candy 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Josh Larsen
like walking into a little boy s room where countless toys are scattered about in mid play It may be messy but the sheer imagination on display is undeniable 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Tom Keogh
For Spy Kids 2 the seams are well hidden and a more relaxed Rodriguez is inside working his feng shui mojo rearranging rooms to widen the flow of inspiration The result is a truly daft but wholly organic world fueled by free association 
4
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Mick LaSalle
Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child s interest and an adult s patience But it also has many of the things that made the first one charming 
2
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Joe Baltake
With Spy Kids 2 The Island of Lost Dreams however Robert Rodriguez adorns his family film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Dustin Putman
A more imaginative sequel but plagued by an emptiness inside that cannot be denied 
2
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Carrie Rickey
To the delight of gadgetheads and the dismay of the rest of us Spy Kids paraphernalia is better developed and considerably more fun than its story 
2
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Gene Seymour
The imagery snaps and pops with such jumpy carefree energy that the movie seems to be making itself up as it goes along 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Lou Lumenick
Spy Kids 2 is both overblown and overlong compared to the original but happily has enough heart and smarts to recommend it as one of the season s worthier family entertainments 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Rene Rodriguez
Leaves you wishing Rodriguez had saved some of his ideas for another movie There s a difference between fast paced and chaotic and Spy Kids 2 often blurs the line between the two 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Kevin Courrier
Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels It actually improves upon the original hit movie 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Susan Stark
A fantastical fun house of a film one that freely joyfully considerately expands upon themes set forth in last summer s sleeper family audience hit 
4
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Terry Lawson
If you saw last summer s Spy Kids then Spy Kids 2 Island of Lost Dreams will surely be on your agenda If you didn t and you see the sequel you can safely add to that agenda a trip to the video store for the original 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Steven Rosen
It s refreshing to see a kids action movie in which the most crucial special effect is a rubber band 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Glenn Whipp
Strictly as a kids movie Spy Kids 2 stands pretty tall 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Wesley Morris
The sequel is more adult than its predecessor but just as gadget packed and action filled 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Chris Hewitt
A worthy successor to last year s surprise hit 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Mary Kalin-Casey
At every level it is crystal clear that Spy Kids 2 is a labor of love concocted by one ingenious mind 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Jeffrey Westhoff
More so than the first movie Spy Kids 2 is sheer fun Having already revealed his characters writer director Robert Rodriguez can concentrate on their adventures 
3.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Walter Chaw
Agreeably substantive and charmingly resourceful a pleasant diversion for late summer that won t actually make your children appreciably stupider 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Jeanne Aufmuth
There s no excuse for following up a delightful well crafted family film with a computer generated cold fish 
1.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Rob Blackwelder
has about 3 4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor but it s a rushed slapdash sequel for the sake of a sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Steve Rhodes
The best part of the picture is the sibling rivalry and cooperation between Carmen and Juni who still have great chemistry together 
3
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Ross Anthony
Rock solid family fun out of the gates extremely imaginative through out but wanes in the middle
2
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Harvey S. Karten
Gizmos are groovy but parents are even more cool 
2.5
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Ed Gonzalez
By film s end it s clear that family values are every bit as important to this kiddie empowerment saga as the inventiveness of its gizmos 
2.5
The Princess of Montpensier
Jennie Punter
Swords cross blood spurts and bosoms heave in The Princess of Montpensier French director Bertrand Tavernier s thoroughly ravishing drama 
3
The Princess of Montpensier
Bruce DeMara
There is more than a trace of ennui in a story that gallops at times and plods along at others 
2
The Princess of Montpensier
Mark Feeney
How can the 16th century heroine of a movie based on a 17th century novella feel like such a 21st century woman without seeming at all anachronistic That s the wonder of Bertrand Tavernier s The Princess of Montpensier 
3.5
The Princess of Montpensier
Peter Keough
Tavernier s epic whips up a stylish soap opera with the St Bartholomew s Day Massacre as a backdrop 
2.5
The Princess of Montpensier
Calvin Wilson
A stylish reminder of a bygone time when historical epics were very much a part of mainstream filmmaking 
3
The Princess of Montpensier
Roger Ebert
The Princess of Montpensier enters the field of the swashbuckling romance so littered with our memories of other films and conquers it with a startling freshness 
3.5
The Princess of Montpensier
Mark Jenkins
The Princess of Montpensier features sumptuous costumes grand vistas and swooning emotions but it s much too clear eyed to be a romance 
3.5
The Princess of Montpensier
Mick LaSalle
The Princess of Montpensier tells a fairly domestic story albeit one involving high stakes and exalted people major players in the ruling Catholic government 
3
The Princess of Montpensier
Chris Hewitt
Pretty but there s not much going on 
1
The Princess of Montpensier
Ethan Alter
The film draws you in with its formal rigor and measured storytelling 
3.5
The Princess of Montpensier
V.A. Musetto
Viewers unfamiliar with the politics of the era might feel lost as the plot unfolds and the 139 minute running time might be a bit much But why quibble 
3
The Princess of Montpensier
Andrew Schenker
Bertrand Tavernier relies less on distanciation than his fellow countrymen while still refusing to normalize the historical setting 
3
The Princess of Montpensier
Steven Rea
A striking wide screen costume drama 
3
Pellet
Robert K. Elder
Mana gives us compelling damaged characters who we want to help or hurt 
3
Pellet
V.A. Musetto
Never sinks into exploitation 
3
Double Team
Roger Ebert
Van Damme was better in such earlier films as Timecop and Sudden Death because he had more to do Here he s at the mercy of the jam packed plot 
2
Double Team
Mike Clark
Rodman is more fun to watch here than either co star given his array of earrings and nose rings plus hair that changes color more frequently than the first lady changes her do 
2
Double Team
Michael Dequina
The talent of the director is not quite enough to make up for the minimal ability exhibited by some of the other people working on the production 
2.5
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Matt Brunson
Often more frantic than funny 
2.5
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Bill Chambers
Sellers off screen brutishness really registers this time
1.5
Viva
Rafer Guzman
You can t create camp on purpose 
1
Viva
Michael Phillips
The movie isn t comfortable or wholly successful 
2.5
Viva
Ken Fox
Anna Biller set out to make a bad movie and succeeded 
2
Viva
Joe Neumaier
The campy early 70s is the goofy gift that keeps on giving in Viva a mock soft core sexploitation film that gets a lot right but forgets that less is often more especially in plaid 
1
Viva
Eric Henderson
Biller s film is to the films of Radley Metzger and Russ Meyer what Todd Haynes s Far From Heaven was to Douglas Sirk only perhaps a little bit cannier and a lot less dryly academic about its postmodern tweaks 
3
Viva
Kam Williams
What s best about the production is how it faithfully conforms to the sensibilities of the Sixties skin flick genre except perhaps for adding an anachronistic dash of refreshing female empowerment to the mix 
3.5
Viva
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Its triumph is that of style gloriously and revoltingly tacky style over substance 
2.5
A Good Person
Rene Sanchez
Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman elevate this bittersweet story about addiction 44 grief 44 and second chances 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
A Good Person
Joe Friar
Writer director Zach Braff goes dark with the addiction film 8220 A Good Person 8221 featuring compelling performances by Florence Pugh as an opioid addict and Morgan Freeman as a recovering alcoholic 46 Freeman is terrific and Pugh has never been better 46 
3.5
A Good Person
James Berardinelli
There are times when casting really does matter and A Good Person is an excellent example 
3
A Good Person
Roger Moore
Pugh has never been better than she is here 44 utterly immersed in the character 8217 s accent and world shrinking despair 46 Freeman lends some flint and fire and sparkle to this simple redemption tale that touches 44 amuses 44 overreaches and overstays its welcome 46 
2
A Good Person
Richard Roeper
A bad movie about unreal people 
2
A Good Person
Danny Leigh
The script gestures vaguely at the wider US opioid crisis but Lord knows Braff is no social realist The stuff of addiction and loss is instead sprinkled with cuteness then smothered with a custard of speeches about us all being works in progress 
2
A Good Person
Nell Minow
Writer 47 director Zach Braff anchors the film with tender hearted 44 touching performances by Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh 46 
3
A Good Person
Sara Michelle Fetters
A Good Person adds schmaltz where it does not belong 44 and instead of observational distance that could further humanize the events Allison and the others are confronting 44 Braff forces ghastly treacle down the viewer 8217 s throat 46 
2
A Good Person
Odie Henderson
A Good Person highlights the director s inability to deal with heavier material He punctuates this film s depressing subject matter with hit or miss moments of humor and comedy 
2
A Good Person
Lindsey Bahr
There are enough moments of grace and threads that defy the obvious cliche to keep you interested even if you re not wholly buying or invested in every character 
2.5
A Good Person
Emily Zemler
A Good Person is not perfect But the feeling the movie offers is realistic and sometimes shattering 
3
A Good Person
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t creates an infectious and genuinely touching spirit of good will 46 
3
A Good Person
Brian Eggert
For most of the film 44 I watched with a lump in my throat and tears welling up in my eyes 8212 largely despite my awareness of Braff 8217 s manipulations 8212 because Pugh and Freeman make every dramatic beat more compelling than it might be with other actors 46 
3
A Good Person
Randy Myers
It s a tough indie drama but A Good Person doesn t wallow in its own tragedy It beautifully expresses the flaws in human nature and the tangled mess that results from life and death 
3.5
A Good Person
Mick LaSalle
A work of art such as A Good Person cannot be the product of some casual connection It s the product of a soul connection and I hope Braff and Pugh get another chance to work together 
4
A Good Person
Chase Hutchinson
It is as if Pugh is having to push her way through narrative waters that threaten to wash away her performance No matter how she continues to rise to the challenge the film s cascading of contrivances drown her out 
1.5
A Good Person
Pat Padua
A Good Person fails in both writing and direction 
1.5
A Good Person
Joey Magidson
A Good Person sees Zach Braff apos s filmmaking take on a heartbreaking and moving new dimension 44 with ace performances from Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman 46 I loved it 46 
3.5
A Good Person
Derek Smith
The more that Zach Braff 8217 s script tries to thematically tie its disparate threads together 44 the more that A Good Person comes to resemble the very same type of neat and tidy self contained version of reality that it ironically skewers in its prologue 46 
1.5
Northern Borders
Peter Keough
Craven s erratic tonal shifts from the whimsical to the sentimental trip up the episodic plot 
2.5
Hamilton's America
Elise De Los Santos
There s more history here than expected but it ll help make sense of all the references in the lyrics that you would miss otherwise 
3
Grudge Match
Matt Brunson
Muhammad Ali may have had the ability to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee but 2013 s Grudge Match can do no more than stumble around like a cockroach that s taken a direct hit from a can of Raid 
1.5
Grudge Match
Mike McGranaghan
Grudge Match certainly has enough successful elements to be moderately entertaining although it s hard not to wish it contained fewer distractions 
2.5
Grudge Match
John Beifuss
There s a paucity of punch but plenty of paunch in this Rocky vs Raging Bull comedy drama 
1.5
Grudge Match
Michael Dequina
In the thick of pretentious prestige project season a fairly low key but solidly engaging studio genre exercise can be a welcome refreshment 
3
Grudge Match
Linda Cook
Grudge Match is just about what you d expect an average movie that s an excuse to pair Sylvester Stallone with Robert De Niro in a sort of Rocky vs Raging Bull picture 
2
Grudge Match
David Nusair
a palpably needless vanity project that one endures more than one enjoys 
1.5
Grudge Match
Peter Hartlaub
Grudge Match at its core is an affront to the cinema gods an attempt to capitalize off two iconic films for a few cheap laughs 
2
Grudge Match
Phil Villarreal
It s the promise of the final bout that lugs the deadweight story through the first 100 minute sputtering tractor pull 
1.5
Grudge Match
Odie Henderson
It broke my nostalgia casting a gloomy dark cloud over my memories of Rocky and Raging Bull I didn t need to see this 
2.5
Grudge Match
Mark Dujsik
It s a good enough film 
3
Grudge Match
Willie Waffle
You will find many many many movies to hate more than Grudge Match but it isn t very good either 
1.5
Grudge Match
Sue Pierman
The script by Tim Kelleher and Rodney Rothman does manage to surprise and satisfy when it explores the boxers familial relationships and their regrets over what might have been 
2.5
Grudge Match
Soren Andersen
The picture itself isn t awful It s just listless and lackluster with lots of dead air between the laughs 
2
Grudge Match
James Berardinelli
The underlying premise of Grudge Match is appealing even if the execution is lackluster 
2
Grudge Match
Tom Russo
A match up that comes about three decades late 
2
Grudge Match
Chris Hewitt
If the idea is for us to recall that we ve enjoyed seeing these actors in vaguely similar roles I guess it sort of works but the problem is that those were good movies and the images from them remind us that Grudge Match is horrible 
1
Grudge Match
Stephanie Merry
When Razor and the Kid are supposed to be publicly promoting their bout and instead devolve into bickering buffoonery there s nothing but ill timed punch lines where the chemistry between Stallone and De Niro should be 
2
Grudge Match
Linda Barnard
Grudge Match reeks not of ringside liniment and sweat but rather a late career cash grab for its stars as they exploit far better work done years earlier 
1.5
Grudge Match
Liam Lacey
While Stallone 67 and De Niro 70 have done a commendable job keeping their waistlines in check the vision of the two actors shuffling about the ring in an awkwardly choreographed slapfest is not inspiring 
1
Grudge Match
Matt Pais
Actually not that embarrassing 
2.5
Grudge Match
Bill Zwecker
Remembering the greatness of Rocky and Raging Bull while watching Grudge Match only made me sad 
1.5
Grudge Match
Roger Moore
Punchy Old Men 
2
Grudge Match
Jon Niccum
Grudge Match could have been a cash grab disaster Instead it s sort of respectable 
2.5
Grudge Match
Kyle Smith
Even the audience at whom the movie is aimed the crowd for whom dinner and a movie means meeting up at 3 p m will be bored by the stale funk coming off every scene 
1
Grudge Match
David Hiltbrand
Grudge Match is harmless enough as entertainment Just not as harmless as its poor protagonists 
2
Grudge Match
Chris Knight
I d shave a round or two off Grudge Match but its heart and its fists are in the right place 
3
Grudge Match
Scott Bowles
A desultory boxing flick whose punches miss wildly as entertainment but manage to chip away at the iconic legends who return to the ring after decades away from the sweet science 
1.5
Grudge Match
Rafer Guzman
Grudge Match has wasted its two talented stars so badly that it almost counts as elder abuse 
1
Grudge Match
Steve Macfarlane
It will come as a surprise to none that Grudge Match is so wantonly clichd that to watch it is to explore the outer perimeters of one s own tolerance for a specific type of feel good sports film 
2
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
David Lewis
What makes the astoundingly edited Let It Fall so powerful is that it s an oral history told through many angles residents police officers victims families of the victims witnesses jurors and a host of others 
4
The Grace Card
Brandy McDonnell
Like many faith based films it feels a little too small for the big screen And such care has been taken to keep the language and violence to church friendly levels that Sam and Mac s police work and interactions never ring quite true 
2.5
The Grace Card
Mike Scott
Dragged down by earnest but amateurish performances and an overall Afterschool Special vibe
1
The Grace Card
Keith Cohen
This passionate faith based movie offers moral encouragement and gives people an altruistic goal worth achieving It deserves to be ranked alongside similar message driven movies as Facing the Giants and Fireproof 
3
The Grace Card
Kam Williams
A modern morality play offering a satisfying reminder about the real meaning of forgiveness 
3.5
The Grace Card
Robert W. Butler
This effort from writer director David G Evans gets points for soft peddling dogma in favor of human stories And the film benefits from a compelling performance by Michael Joiner a Kansas City based stand up comic who provides a watchable center 
2.5
The Grace Card
Kate Shellnut
Movie goers likely will look over The Grace Card s entertainment value to focus on this simple prescription for how to gracefully love your neighbor 
2
The Grace Card
Todd Hertz
The film is powerful when operating on the personal level of two men working out faith but disappointing that their story is buried in a heavy handed manipulative plot 
2.5
The Grace Card
Roger Moore
It s OK to put out a movie with a message But rendering even potentially dramatic stories so inoffensive that they bear no relation to reality makes for middling drama 
1
The Grace Card
Sean O'Connell
The Grace Card is a Christian drama about a racist cop and his gospel preaching partner who hey wait a second Where are you going 
2
The Grace Card
Kyle Smith
The movie amounts to a cinematic sermon that like many of those given in houses of worship has a good hearted message that will be difficult to deliver to a snoozing audience 
1
The Grace Card
Chris Hewitt
The latest in the market a movie to churches trend The Grace Card has the ring of a sermon about it 
1
The Grace Card
Moira MacDonald
Its screenplay is mostly second rate soap opera and its direction plodding with many scenes held awkwardly longer than they need to be 
1.5
The Grace Card
Steven Rea
Steeped in Christian tenets of forgiveness brotherhood and prayer and rife with earnest platitudes about race and family The Grace Card is one overwrought piece of work 
2
The Grace Card
Michele Kenner
A series of hard to swallow coincidences wrap up the story too neatly 
2
The Grace Card
Ty Burr
A low budget Christian indie that just clears the runway on the sincerity of its performances and inclusiveness of its message 
2.5
The Grace Card
John Beifuss
If it ultimately succumbs to formula scoring a series of increasingly unlikely plot twists with anthemic contemporary Christian power pop at least it has the courage of its convictions and the bravado to suggest solutions to meaningful dilemmas 
3
Most Beautiful Wife
Matt Brunson
Damiano Damiani unfolds the story with patience laying out the sociopolitical attitudes and class discrepancies before having his brave and strong willed heroine tackle them head on 
3
Ned Kelly
Walter Chaw
Curiously though as it so often does the rare convergence of everything gone wrong makes for pretty compulsive viewing 
1
You've Got Mail
Peter Canavese
The well honed dramedic performances by endearingly mock cranky Hanks and quirky cryin Ryan add just enough weight to what might otherwise float away Blu ray 
3
You've Got Mail
Scott Nash
Tom Hanks Meg Ryan and America Online Could you be anymore 1990s 
3
You've Got Mail
Jim Shelby
There is something marvelously contrived about this classic situation two attractive and incongruous characters who don t know what we know They belong with each and when the heck will they get together 
3
You've Got Mail
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a good date movie and I recommend it But don t forget to rent The Shop Around the Corner 
3
You've Got Mail
Rick Groen
Fully stocked well oiled and soulless You ve Got Mail sure feels like a franchise operation all that s missing is a greeter and a discount card 
2.5
You've Got Mail
Ruthe Stein
Every time You ve Got Mail is about to choke on its own cleverness it s resuscitated by its extremely likable oh heck let s just call them lovable stars 
3
You've Got Mail
James Kendrick
light and romantic funny charming and easy to sit through
3
You've Got Mail
Roger Ebert
Ryan and Hanks have more winning smiles than most people have expressions 
3
You've Got Mail
Jeff Vice
Succeeds because because it is such a refreshing dose of romantic fantasy and because it has such likable stars in Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan 
3.5
You've Got Mail
Jorge Avila Andrade
El amor traspasa las barreras de la ciberntica para conquistarlo todo
3
You've Got Mail
James Berardinelli
It s a feel good movie that offers enough comedy and romance to warm the heart without risking a sentimental overdose 
3
You've Got Mail
Dustin Putman
You ve Got Mail is a sleek well photographed romantic comedy that actually compliments the beauty of NYC more than the actual stars of the film 
2
You've Got Mail
Michael Dequina
Of all the delights to be had while watching the enchanting romantic comedy You ve Got Mail none gave me more joy than the performance of co lead Meg Ryan 
4
You've Got Mail
Susan Stark
It lacks the freshness of the first film but it s still a charmer 
3
You've Got Mail
Steve Rhodes
Consistently charming and delightful 
3.5
You've Got Mail
David Keyes
There s no serious problem that would keep me from recommending the movie but if you want a more organized more serious more humorous and more organic film watch the similar Sleepless In Seattle 
2
You've Got Mail
Madeleine Williams
You ve Got Mail distills the essence of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks It s a cute funny nice and ever so appealing romantic comedy 
3
You've Got Mail
Bob Bloom
You ve Got Mail is a timely romance for this impersonal computer driven decade 
3
You've Got Mail
Rob Blackwelder
The entire movie is glazed with syrupy sweet generic moments that clash with the potentially enjoyable devious grown up comedy that nearly surfaces as Joe and Kathleen develop a flirty animosity as they continue to run into each other 
2
Sky High
Forrest Hartman
Cleverly blends superhero mythology with common coming of age crises to create a family film that is funny charming and action packed 
3
Life With Mikey
David Nusair
a forgotten relic within Fox s spotty body of work 
2
Life With Mikey
Roger Ebert
I left the movie wondering why the screenplay was even considered filmable There s nothing compelling about it nothing original 
2
I Was at Home, But
Sheila O'Malley
Every element camera placement music blocking sound design is so deliberate that it pulls you into its vortex and it makes you submit to its severe rhythms 
3
I Was at Home, But
Carson Lund
Angela Schanalec s film configures itself most potently in hindsight as a punch to the gut 
3
Black Christmas
Brian Eggert
Those jealously devoted to the original may not appreciate Takal s new vision and how it telegraphs its themes but she follows in the tradition of horror remakes that completely rethink their predecessors 
3
Black Christmas
Walter Chaw
I love the mass murder of a bunch of rapist Kavanaughs as much as anyone believe me though I m not sure the catharsis it proffers is anything but temporary or worse merely palliative 
2.5
Black Christmas
Matt Brunson
Give this Black Christmas points for not only trying to be different but also attempting to add some social commentary into the slasher genre Then take them away for devolving into sheer idiocy 
2
Black Christmas
Rex Reed
Despite its desperate efforts to justify the homicides there s nothing remotely innovative or even goofily satirical about it 
0
Black Christmas
Rosalie Kicks
I thought BLACK CHRISTMAS was great Is it perfect nah But it is a necessary film for these crazy times 
2.75
Black Christmas
Kevin A. Ranson
one of the worst films of the year again trying to pass off an after school special as a slasher film 
0
Black Christmas
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is well acted stylishly made and in possession of an idea that it really wants to convey 
3
Black Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
Female empowerment is the game of the day and watching these ladies take charge of their lives their emotions their bodies and their futures is as empowering as it is flat out terrific 
3
Black Christmas
David Nusair
Black Christmas remains pitched at a level of absolute mediocrity right up until the progressively entertaining third act rolls around 
2.5
Black Christmas
Simon Abrams
Black Christmas mostly feels personal and urgent thanks to some atmospheric scare scenes and some sharp dialogue that reflect the world outside the movie theater in ways that most other studio distributed horror films don t 
3
Black Christmas
Roger Moore
The worst directed horror movie in recent memory 
1
Black Christmas
Mark Dujsik
T he movie becomes just distracted enough by what it should be that it misses the full potential of what it could have been 
2
Black Christmas
Derek Smith
Sophia Takal s remake elides the thorny complicated nature of the original s sexual politics 
1.5
Two Minute Warning
Roger Ebert
I thought perhaps the movie would at least include a little pop sociology to soften its blood letting Not a chance It s a cheerfully unashamed exploitation of two of our great national preoccupations pro football and guns 
1
Two Minute Warning
Austin Kennedy
Metaphorically I don t WANT to eat Steak all the time Sometimes I want a White Castle burger Well that s what this is A White Castle burger 
3
Fast Break
Roger Ebert
We ve seen this formula so many times before that there can be no surprises except for some small suspense about when the foreordained events will take place 
2
Jem and the Holograms
Mike McGranaghan
Everything about Jem and the Holograms seems specifically designed to be annoying The film is deeply misguided and not half as clever as it thinks it is 
1
Jem and the Holograms
Matt Brunson
In the end this awful movie is an adaptation of the cartoon about as much as Steven Spielberg s Jaws was an adaptation of Emily Bronte s Wuthering Heights 
1
Jem and the Holograms
Eric Henderson
It s the screenwriting equivalent of Ryan Adams sucking the pop vitality out of Taylor Swift s deliriously produced tunes 
.5
Jem and the Holograms
Julia Cooper
There s hardly tension barely any drama and the sugar high you might expect from an eighties redux is replaced by a dull aspartame buzz 
1.5
Jem and the Holograms
Matt Zoller Seitz
Jem and the Holograms is one of the weirdest big screen adaptations of a cheap TV cartoon that I ve seen That s praise 
3
Jem and the Holograms
Sara Stewart
Director Jon Chu stretches Jem to a ridiculous 2 hours via endless amateur musician YouTube clips Anyone can be a star they attest and always be yourself Except when you re Jem I guess 
2
Jem and the Holograms
Mark Dujsik
T here s a little bit of music There s a lot more of the other stuff 
1
Jem and the Holograms
Kristel Jax
2015 s Jem feels as if it was made by a studio and producers obsessed with mini millenial ticket buyers whom they believe will relate only to sanitized no nonsense vibes and constant shout outs to digital technology 
2
Jem and the Holograms
Linda Barnard
Jem has lost her outrageousness and gained a robotic sidekick in an overlong low budget big screen reboot of the 1980s toy selling cartoon series 
1.5
Disobedience
Matt Brunson
Far from a predictable foil or a mouthpiece for close minded religiosity Dovid instead emerges as the picture s most complex character and Nivola is excellent at making the man sympathetic rather than sanctimonious 
3
Disobedience
Federico Furzan
A compelling story of impossible love under the scrutiny of religion and culture Full review in Spanish 
3
Disobedience
Frank Ochieng
A lush steamy and transfixing romancer an exquisite drama that piercingly tests the boundaries of religious faith and forbidden romance Daringly provocative and hypnotic Disobedience is undoubtedly spell binding in its secretive shell of seduction
3
Disobedience
Joey Magidson
The trio of McAdams Nivola and Weisz make up the screen couple of the year as an unconventional triad 
3.5
Disobedience
Joe Friar
Weisz is dynamic in the film delivering a superlative portrayal of an anguished daughter while McAdams gives one of her best performances as the oppressed wife living a lie 
3.5
Disobedience
David Nusair
a fairly disastrous misfire that simply doesn t work in any way shape or form and this is to say nothing of McAdams consistently distracting accent 
1
Disobedience
Sara Michelle Fetters
McAdams slow burn of a performance is an undeniable stunner 
3.5
Disobedience
Lisa Jensen
Rachel McAdams is the wild card as the more reserved Esti her buried emotions smack the movie like a tsunami 
3
Disobedience
Rob Thomas
It s impressive that Rachel McAdams so charismatic in roles like Game Night can play such a seemingly colorless character so effectively 
3
Disobedience
Roger Moore
Get past the film s torrid sex scenes and connect with its heart what it must be like to know you ll never be accepted by family and friends for loving the way you love in the community where you live 
3
Disobedience
Barry Paris
This fine Disobedience is unorthodox in more ways than one yet eminently reverent 
3.5
Disobedience
Bruce DeMara
A beautifully crafted tale that will make your heart ache thanks to two standout leading performances and a great supporting one 
3.5
Disobedience
Moira MacDonald
Lelio and the actors tell the story through fraught silences and meaningful glances with Weisz and McAdams movingly conveying the feeling of being lost and found together 
3.5
Disobedience
James Berardinelli
Lelio s subdued approach to the material robs it of potential emotional power but also keeps the story grounded 
3
Disobedience
Barry Hertz
Lelio s film is about more than sex or its perhaps easy ability to shock It is a love story as beautiful as it is devastating 
3.5
Disobedience
Gary Thompson
After a while this starts to feel like dithering or the machinations of soap opera 
2.5
Disobedience
Rafer Guzman
A riveting story about love happiness and difficult choices Flawless performances from Weisz and McAdams 
3.5
Disobedience
Richard Roeper
Such great work from Weisz and McAdams and an equally stellar performance by Alessandro Nivola as Dovid 
3
Disobedience
Mark Dujsik
With a fairly passive and static lead character Disobedience ultimately loses too much of its melodramatic potential 
2.5
Disobedience
Michael Phillips
If the film lacks a formidable emotional impact that s partly by design 
3
Disobedience
Mick LaSalle
It s rare in film to see such a symbiosis between actresses rare because there are so few opportunities 
4
Disobedience
Peter Keough
Rachel Weisz s nuanced performance overcomes the film s indecisive ending 
2.5
Disobedience
Katie Walsh
Lelio s style seems careful and restrained in Disobedience the colors are drab and muted the characters speak enigmatically But there s a bold flamboyance to his style even within the desaturated color palette and claustrophobic environment 
3
Disobedience
Mark Jenkins
What warmth there is and it is considerable radiates from its three lead performers and a script that treats each of the central characters as neither hero nor villain 
3
Disobedience
Peter Travers
Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams brilliantly enact this tale of forbidden same sex attraction in London s Orthodox Jewish community No one who follows the groundbreaking trail that the movie blazes is going to shut up about it 
3.5
Disobedience
Robert Levin
Disobedience is so exacting in the ways it conveys its protagonists inner conflicts and the larger social pressures exacerbating them that it s simultaneously a heart wrenching experience and a taut gripping one 
3.5
Disobedience
Sheila O'Malley
A good old fashioned melodrama albeit with a quieter touch 
3
Disobedience
Sara Stewart
Ultimately this is a gently humane portrait of an enduring problem facing men and women in all manner of fundamentalist communities the notion that choice has anything to do with who we desire 
3
Disobedience
Lindsey Bahr
It s a film that seems at first to be about one thing but it transforms into something quite different and the journey is a compelling one 
3
Disobedience
Clayton Davis
Disobedience packs a punch and not one that you are fully expecting Lelio s smooth directing palette is a welcomed addition to our cinematic year and one that should be admired by anyone who comes into contact 
4
Disobedience
Ed Gonzalez
In the end Disobedience is less about the subjugation of the self to the group than the courage to embrace uncertainty if one were to break out of the prison of a world one has been born into 
3
Disobedience
Shane Slater
A potent feminist exploration of human desire and the true meaning of freedom 
3
Funny Face
Matt Brunson
This offers much more than just the usual thrill of watching Astaire hoofing it 
3.5
Funny Face
Josh Larsen
works best if you don t think about the nearly 30 year age gap between the romantic leads 
3.5
Funny Face
David Nusair
a sporadically engaging yet hopelessly erratic old school musical 
2
Funny Face
Eric Henderson
The Devil may wear Prada but the rest of the fashion world wears pink at least according to Stanley Donen s endearingly naive Funny Face 
2.5
In the Turn
David N. Butterworth
Queer roller derby gets its due in Erica Tremblay s impassioned doc 
2.5
My Name Is Albert Ayler
Maitland McDonagh
The story of his subject Albert Ayler s troubled life and premature death is engrossing without prior knowledge of his place in the history of experimental jazz 
3
Bye Bye Germany
Roger Moore
A sly smart funny and still touching peek into that horrid past a Holocaust dramedy with pathos and a reminder that L chaim to life is the best way to remember it
3.5
Bye Bye Germany
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Bye Bye Germany is a movie that pulls off the near impossible hat trick of combining light comedy romance and the Holocaust 
3.5
Bye Bye Germany
David Lewis
Bye Bye Germany a refreshingly original unpredictable tale about Jews trying to scam their way out of postwar Europe is part caper part Holocaust drama part buddy movie part romance and part melancholic comedy 
3
American Ultra
Brian Eggert
A rather exciting 44 downright visceral 44 very often romantic 44 and unexpectedly fun experience 46 
3
American Ultra
David Nusair
a better than average contemporary thriller 
3
American Ultra
Brad Keefe
It alternates laughs love explosions and Steven Seagal esque killings only it s not as good as that sounds 
2.5
American Ultra
Scott Renshaw
Occasionally a movie feels like it was built specifically to show up on the midnight circuit but there s something about trying to be a cult favorite that cripples actual filmmaking 
2
American Ultra
Burl Burlingame
The inescapable conclusion is that this is essentially a Disney princess movie for tween girls but made for adolescent boys with runaway testosterone 
3
American Ultra
Robert Levin
It is in every sense a dopey shoot em up regardless of the casting 
1.5
American Ultra
Mike McGranaghan
American Ultra is a real odd duck and I like odd ducks 
3
American Ultra
Stephen Rebello
As for all the stoner jokes they were done better in other movies But American Ultra may still turn up in future rotation as an amiable fun zero pretensions living room favorite 
2.5
American Ultra
John Wirt
A bloody valentine wrapped in sharply orchestrated madness 
3
American Ultra
James Berardinelli
As misfires go American Ultra can at least claim not to be boring 
2
American Ultra
Willie Waffle
Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart were great together in Adventureland so stay home this weekend and rent that instead 
.5
American Ultra
Anders Wright
In essence American Ultra is late summer genre It s got some grit to it though and is often quite funny 
2.5
American Ultra
Stephen Whitty
I just wish there was a little more feeling and a little less flash And a lot more of Landis dialogue and a lot less of what feels like Nourizadeh s audition for an even bigger dumber movie 
2
American Ultra
Rafer Guzman
An amusing idea but the ugly violence and weepy dramatics effectively kill any comedic buzz 
1.5
American Ultra
Peter Canavese
At times pokes fun at the genre s clich in amusingly productive ways More often than not though this conspiracy isn t the real deal but rather an elaborate distraction 
2
American Ultra
Gary Thompson
Erratic 
2.5
American Ultra
Peter Howell
American Ultra has its moments but it s mostly a waste of good weed and better actors 
2
American Ultra
Jon Niccum
With a title that evokes the vague allure of an off brand cigarette American Ultra pushes a worn premise with slightly different packaging 
2
American Ultra
Sara Stewart
What begins as a clever action comedy a la Pineapple Express or Eisenberg s earlier Zombieland devolves into a standard shoot em up with gore splashed around to distract us from the dearth of wit 
2
American Ultra
Mark Dujsik
The movie wants to be simultaneously hard edged and light on its feet dark and cynical while embracing an attitude of happy go lucky absurdity 
2
American Ultra
Rick Bentley
The drama gets in the way of the action while the comedy disrupts the drama 
1.5
American Ultra
Bob Bloom
American Ultra is very predictable You can nap during the film and still know what is going on when you awake The film lacks nuance everything is telegraphed and predictable 
1.5
American Ultra
David Berry
As an action movie Ultra is essentially a gory blur both frantic and airless 
2
American Ultra
Kristin Tillotson
The brightest star of this picture is screenwriter Max Landis who pulls off a masterful mashup of action comedy and romance with bits of animation tossed in 
3
American Ultra
Erik Lundegaard
The tenderness in some of the early scenes took me by surprise But then gore and general cartoonishness took over 
2.5
American Ultra
Dann Gire
Crass shallow nasty and ugly American Ultra devolves from a promising graphic novel like start into a hard R rated bloodbath just cartoony enough to stave off bolting from the movie theater to take a shower 
1.5
American Ultra
Michael O'Sullivan
American Ultra has a clever premise But it misses several opportunities to at least comment on if not skewer the spy movies that it only halfheartedly pokes fun at 
2
American Ultra
Peter Hartlaub
It s all quite fun to watch thanks in large part to the script by Max Landis whose ability to find humor in the middle of a crisis meshes well with Nourizadeh s kinetic directing style 
3
American Ultra
Charles Bramesco
like the wasteoid who trails off mid sentence to get lost in the cover art for Animal Collective s Merriweather Post Pavilion Nima Nourizadeh has trouble concentrating on a single organizing narrative mode for his film 
2
American Ultra
Brian Truitt
It exists to entertain in its own oddball universe munchies optional 
2.5
American Ultra
Matt Pais
Sort of seems like it worked better on paper but also doesn t seem that good on paper 
2
American Ultra
Christy Lemire
American Ultra tries to combine a sweet slacker romance with a slick super violent action flick If that sounds jarring to you that s probably because it is 
1.5
American Ultra
Dustin Putman
A genre bending stoner comedy that proves most successful as a romantic action thriller In between the blistering gunfire and spoon stabbings to the neck American Ultra isn t without its oddball charms 
2.5
American Ultra
Katie Walsh
This is a deeply weird film in the best way and feels incredibly of this particular moment 
3.5
American Ultra
Peter Travers
The movie s twisty charm gives way to gory splatter but Eisenberg and Stewart stay appealing to the last 
2
American Ultra
Roger Moore
A testicles on the tarmac August B movie fun in bad ways bad in fun ways 
2.5
American Ultra
Elise Nakhnikian
A Bourne movie turned just askew enough to be funny American Ultra trains a bemused eye on a trope ripe for a ribbing 
3.5
American Ultra
Kam Williams
A delightful summer sleeper not to be missed 
4
Hateship Loveship
John Beifuss
Another of the wan so called indie films that distributors accumulate at what must be some sort of post Sundance clearance sale 
2
Hateship Loveship
Steven Rea
Liza Johnson s nicely tuned and turned adaptation of the Alice Munro short story Hateship Friendship Courtship Loveship Marriage 
3
Hateship Loveship
Ann Hornaday
We ve never seen a protagonist quite like Johanna who on the one hand personifies female self abnegation at its most domesticated but on the other embodies the sheer will at its most stubborn 
3
Hateship Loveship
Connie Ogle
Short fiction can be a marvelous blueprint for film and revisiting Nobel Prize winner Munro s story in this era of catfishing makes a lot of sense People are no less desperate for connection than they ever have been 
3
Hateship Loveship
Michael Phillips
The people on screen are all worth watching as is Johnson s directorial career 
3
Hateship Loveship
Robert Levin
The movie is downright somnambulistic its pulse slowed to a barely there tick 
2.5
Hateship Loveship
Sheila O'Malley
Watching Kristen Wiig s lived in and alive performance as this blunt practical and yet totally innocent woman is to be in the presence of something very very special 
4
Hateship Loveship
Stephen Whitty
When a script can t give even a drugged out Jennifer Jason Leigh a tasty scene to chew on it s playing just a little too nice 
2.5
Hateship Loveship
Walter Chaw
Boy does it try 
1.5
Hateship Loveship
Sara Stewart
I hope this is Wiig s last sad sack turn it seems a waste to ignore those comic chops in the pursuit of this sort of Serious Acting 
2
Hateship Loveship
Chuck Bowen
It ultimately offers little more than another opportunity for famous actors to indulge their fetishistic inadvertently condescending impressions of everyday people 
1.5
Hateship Loveship
Dustin Putman
First and foremost a vehicle for Kristen Wiig s transformative range as an actor Hateship Loveship is a low key gem 
3
Hateship Loveship
David Nusair
The degree to which Hateship Loveship consistently meanders is nothing short of infuriating 
1
Dream a Little Dream
Roger Ebert
Dream a Little Dream is an aggressively unwatchable movie 
0.5
Eight Below
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s heartbreaking it s exciting it s engrossing it s a home run for Disney and it s finally a good performance for Paul Walker 
3.5
Eight Below
Peter T. Chattaway
The film is padded out to a full two hours which may not be quite as long as the dogs have to wait for their rescue but it does feel like it 
2.5
Eight Below
Ethan Alter
An example of a formula picture executed with the right mixture of professionalism and heart 
3
Eight Below
David N. Butterworth
Dogs rule humans drool 
2
Eight Below
Lori Hoffman
If you thought those marching penguins were brave and adorable wait till you see an eight pack of courageous intelligent and captivating dogs 
3
Eight Below
Mike McGranaghan
Eight Below is so filled with action adventure and genuine emotion that it s easy to ignore the few little things that don t work 
3
Eight Below
Thomas Delapa
a shaggy dog version of a Jack London story enhanced with an animatronic leopard seal that looks like Charlie the Tuna 
2
Eight Below
Matt Brunson
Those pesky creatures known as actors keep getting in the way of total enjoyment 
2.5
Eight Below
Linda Cook
I d say I agonized over writing this review more than any other film I ve seen in the last 18 years 
3
Eight Below
Greg Maki
Deserves to be seen on the big screen in all its glory
3
Eight Below
Ken Fox
A top notch survival adventure that will reduce the coldest heart to a puddle of warm slush 
3.5
Eight Below
Geoff Pevere
Providing you park your reason outside and let these amazing dogs do the work which they appear delighted to do Eight Below is an engaging enough way to spend an hour or two with the kids 
2
Eight Below
Jeff Shannon
If you don t choke up at least once during the dogs engaging adventure you obviously prefer cats 
3
Eight Below
Peter Hartlaub
The movie is overly long and much too intense for small children yet it s filled with dialogue and plot turns that are too juvenile to thrill adult audiences 
1
Eight Below
David Elliott
Eight Below can give you eight sniffles and friendly frostbite 
2.5
Eight Below
Carla Meyer
Emotive great looking and physically nimble the principal actors in Eight Below are born movie stars The human actors are ok too 
3
Eight Below
Timothy Knight
The dogs are so compelling to watch that you re mostly willing to overlook the flaws in the picture which thankfully never sinks to the jokey cinematic nadir of Snow Dogs 
2.5
Eight Below
Steven Rea
Eight Below is dazzling to look at and nicely intercuts the human relationships with the pooches awesome struggles to stay alive in the white wintry wild 
3
Eight Below
Jan Stuart
The requisite tagline inspired by true events should read actually inspired by a much grittier Japanese film from 1983 which was based on events that occurred in 1957 that have here been updated to 1993 
2.5
Eight Below
Lisa Rose
Watching the canines scamper across glaciers is far more entertaining than watching Walker wander around depressed The movie should be more March of the Huskies and less Dude Where s My Sled 
2
Eight Below
Kyle Smith
The dogs deserve the star treatment because whenever Paul Walker and the other two footers take over it s as if Jack Nicholson has yielded the spotlight to say David Schwimmer 
2
Eight Below
Jami Bernard
Walker of 2 Fast 2 Furious is 2 flat 2 forgettable 
2.5
Eight Below
Sue Pierman
It is a Disney adventure movie that does old Walt himself proud 
3
Eight Below
Connie Ogle
The film milks every opportunity to yank the heartstrings but despite the calculation in its soul Eight Below still manages to be a moving story about what else the power of love 
2.5
Eight Below
Matt Pais
Uninspiring and bland Eight Below leaves you with nothing more than a greater appreciation for the insulating power of fur 
2
Eight Below
Evan Henerson
Dog fanciers and lovers of white out arctic looking scenery should be plenty pleased 
3
Eight Below
Robert W. Butler
A throwback to the good old days of Disney live action entertainment 
3
Eight Below
Amy Biancolli
Basically what we have here is a stranded animal movie in which the stranded animals are forced to split screen time with a mopey human character and his annoying redundant friends 
2.5
Eight Below
John Monaghan
It s difficult to gauge who gets stranded more in Eight Below the team of sled dogs left at the bottom of the world or audience members forced to sludge through two hours of very human melodrama to see them reunited with their handler 
2
Eight Below
Jeff Vice
The human co stars are considerably less interesting than the dogs and that s the biggest problem with this outdoor adventure drama which spends too much time with the humans and not enough with the considerably more watchable animals 
2.5
Eight Below
Lisa Kennedy
If you thought imperiled emperor penguins were heartwrenching beware of these dogs 
2.5
Eight Below
Kit Bowen
A Kleenex producing tale of survival and friendship that may just make you grab your favorite pooch and promise you ll never leave him her stranded in the frozen wastelands 
3
Eight Below
Allison Benedikt
Eight Below is the Brian s Song of dog movies schmaltzy feel goody inspired by a true story y It s formulaic and frequently over the top 30 minutes too long and altogether too slow 
2.5
Eight Below
Sean P. Means
In this contest of emoting the dogs win over the reliably bland Walker 
2
Eight Below
Lawrence Toppman
The film works best among the beasts Their training is impeccable their emotions are palpable and almost all of their behavior is credible 
3
Eight Below
Wesley Morris
It s the most touching love story about tragically separated sexy beasts since Cold Mountain 
3
Eight Below
Josh Larsen
has little of the palpable tension of March of the Penguins and more of the anthropomorphized antics of Disney s Snow Dogs 
2
Eight Below
Rob Thomas
In the era of Narnia Harry Potter and Kong it s downright refreshing to watch a movie that finds Planet Earth to be an exciting place 
3
Eight Below
Tyler Hanley
Eager dog owners may find themselves hounding for a husky after nibbling on this cinematic treat 
3.5
Eight Below
Jeffrey Westhoff
Eight Below is Disney s long form apology for Snow Dogs 
3
Eight Below
James Sanford
an engrossing even suspenseful adventure along the lines of old school Disney films like The Incredible Journey 
3
Eight Below
Peter Canavese
Marshall sort of gets away with murder by walking the line of pitiless Antarctic cold and family film warmth 
2.5
Eight Below
Erik Childress
Eight Below proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Paul Walker is a walking Botox laboratory devoid of any screen presence or the necessary emotional projection to sell this film 
2.5
Eight Below
Willie Waffle
I went into the theater with the same thought I always have before I watch a Paul Walker movie I hope Paul Walker dies in this movie 
2.5
Eight Below
Claudia Puig
It s an engrossing film that reminds us of the nobility and grace of man s best friend and of the fierce will to survive in the face of the harshest of odds 
3
Eight Below
Sara Michelle Fetters
Through all the highs and lows there are two constants The story of the dogs survival in the wilderness inspires while the 150 plus day struggle of their handler Jerry Shepard Paul Walker to bring them home is an unmitigated bore 
2
Eight Below
Hanh Nguyen
It looks like the old fashioned animal adventure tale is back 
3
Eight Below
Bruce Newman
Following the success of last year s March of the Penguins and now Eight Below an equally triumphal processional of dogs across the bottom of the world Cinema Antarctica is suddenly sizzling hot 
3.5
Eight Below
Jeff Strickler
Although the movie blatantly panders to pet lovers it deserves high marks for not jettisoning credibility in the process Its bite is as good as its bark 
3
Eight Below
Dustin Putman
Take away the plane crash change the setting from South America to Antarctica and swap humans for canines and Eight Below is a virtual remake of 1993 s Alive 
2.5
Eight Below
Chris Hewitt
There are human beings in this movie and they are fine but it is the magnificent four legged actors who give this movie its bite 
3.5
Eight Below
Walter Chaw
The story of dog like Paul Walker s never in doubt reunion with his people like charges 
0.5
Eight Below
Laura Kelly
Dog lovers beware Expect those tears to flow 
3
Eight Below
Roger Ebert
Remarkable how in a film where we know with an absolute certainty that all or most of the dogs must survive Eight Below succeeds as an effective story It works by focusing on the dogs 
3
Eight Below
Nick Rogers
An emotionally gripping survival story with jaw dropping cinematography a straightforward sense of Antarctic danger and brace yourself good work from Paul Walker 
3
Eight Below
Phil Villarreal
That Paul Walker is out acted by several humans eight dogs and a leopard seal shouldn t surprise anyone 
1.5
Eight Below
Nick Schager
Only an extraordinarily hubristic film would declare itself The Most Amazing Story of Survival Friendship and Adventure Ever Told 
2
Eight Below
Steve Rhodes
A thrilling old fashioned animal adventure that ranks with the best of such classic Disney films Animal lovers everywhere will absolutely adore this movie 
3.5
The Hunting Party
David Nusair
The film s failure can be attributed primarily to the unreasonably slow pace and surfeit of ridiculous plot twists 
2
Hugo and Josefin
Roger Ebert
At a time when every summer Saturday brings a rip off kiddie matinee this is a film to treasure 
3
Cat Daddies
Joey Magidson
Cat Daddies shows affection for the Fellas who love our feline friends 46 
3
No Stranger Than Love
Brian Tallerico
It has that feeling of a piece that needed a bit more workshopping to discern its purpose and like a lot of independent cinema that feels like it has theatrical origins never becomes convincingly cinematic 
1.5
No Stranger Than Love
Johanna Schneller
It s all quirked up but goes nowhere 
2
No Stranger Than Love
Bruce DeMara
Leaves us in the dark rather like the guy who falls in the hole 
2
No Stranger Than Love
Sara Stewart
An exhaustingly quirky indie romance 
1
No Stranger Than Love
Roger Moore
Nice try 
1.5
The Reflecting Pool
Kam Williams
A damning indictment of the White House which concludes that 9 11 was less a failure of intelligence than a willful failure to act 
3
The Cemetery Club
Geoff Pevere
Both a salty comedy of uncompromising eccentricity and a requiem for a generation still sending sparks from fading embers 
3
High Crimes
Greg Maki
This is the work of a director who seems to have been as bored and uninspired making this movie as I was watching it 
1.5
High Crimes
Margaret A. McGurk
Judd and Freeman radiate an intelligence that makes so so movies seem much better 
2.5
High Crimes
Jon Niccum
The twists and red herrings of the plot are so telegraphed to the viewer that they hit the screen with the detached precision of a bus schedule 
2
High Crimes
Michael Wilmington
A well mounted and well acted suspense movie that thanks to its illogical script falls off a cliff midway through 
2.5
High Crimes
Vanessa Sibbald
High Crimes is criminal criminal filmmaking It s bad and not in that 80s good way just not good 
1
High Crimes
Mark Dujsik
Presents nothing special and until the final act nothing overtly disagreeable 
2.5
High Crimes
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is good and worth seeing I just would have expected this kind of talent to team up for something more ambitious 
3
High Crimes
Phil Villarreal
This script has more holes than a golf course 
2
High Crimes
Marty Mapes
A by the numbers mystery courtroom drama for the Matlock crowd
2.5
High Crimes
Michael Dequina
Not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle of the road mainstream it also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest 
1.5
High Crimes
James Berardinelli
Stale and clichd to a fault 
2
High Crimes
Frank Ochieng
High Crimes has its moments of chicanery that works intermittingly throughout the plot but for the most part it s a mere misdemeanor of a military courtroom drama that never really challenges the audience s imagination 
2.5
High Crimes
Walter Chaw
Consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire 
0.5
High Crimes
Robert Roten
It reunites the winning Kiss the Girls team of Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman The chemistry still works 
2.5
High Crimes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Our enjoyment of High Crimes depends entirely on how much we identify with these characters our immersion in their lives is precisely what carries us over the large and unsightly wrinkles in the script 
2.5
High Crimes
Sean P. Means
Ashley Judd is quickly outdistancing Sandra Bullock for Hollywood s longest streak of bad leading lady choices 
1.5
High Crimes
Todd Anthony
Director Carl Franklin so crisp and economical in One False Move bogs down in genre cliches here 
2.5
High Crimes
Moira MacDonald
High Crimes is hardly high art but thanks to Freeman it ll do until something better comes along 
2.5
High Crimes
Mick LaSalle
High Crimes has some faults but it manages to keep its audience either angry or jumpy from start to finish 
3
High Crimes
David Elliott
Morgan Judd and Franklin can t save the script rooted in a novel by Joseph Finder from some opportunism 
2.5
High Crimes
John Anderson
Ludicrous but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak outs to make it entertaining 
2.5
High Crimes
Jackie Loohauis
High Crimes shines in the courtroom thriller genre a genre that hasn t seen much noteworthy action of late 
3
High Crimes
Rick Groen
For all its surface frenzy High Crimes should be charged with loitering so much on view so little to offer 
2
High Crimes
Susan Stark
Complex lucid and exciting High Crimes strikes a near perfect balance between plot and character 
3
High Crimes
Steven Rosen
High Crimes badly misses the demeanor of what it pretends to be a tense courtroom drama about military corruption a la A Few Good Men 
2
High Crimes
Bob Strauss
The film s generic obviousness overwhelms the finer touches usually interesting director Carl Franklin provides 
2.5
High Crimes
Wesley Morris
Ludicrous but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak outs to make it entertaining 
2
High Crimes
Dustin Putman
Like a stale loaf of bread that you can easily recognize has past its expiration date 
1.5
High Crimes
Roger Ebert
High Crimes works to keep us involved and make us care 
3
High Crimes
Lou Lumenick
Feels like the product of a computer program that s assembled every cliche and stereotype of court martial thrillers 
2
High Crimes
Mike Clark
Judd s characters ought to pick up the durable best seller Smart Women Foolish Choices for advice 
2
High Crimes
Jeff Vice
The film is so vacuous that it may fade from your memory within hours rather than the customary couple of weeks or perhaps months that it takes for a typical studio picture to be forgotten these days 
2
High Crimes
Connie Ogle
Thriller High Crimes is guilty of grossly misusing acting talent 
2
High Crimes
Mary F. Pols
Movies like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation How about surprising us by trying something new 
2.5
High Crimes
Terry Lawson
The most grievous offense in the tiresome thriller High Crimes is the amount of talent squandered 
2
High Crimes
Lawrence Toppman
Carl Franklin has no idea how to enliven junk so he simply lets High Crimes chug slowly along 
1.5
High Crimes
Chris Hewitt
The talented Carl Franklin is a realist with a great feel for character details and plot nuances but High Crimes needs realism like it needs a hole in Judd s perfectly coiffed head 
1.5
High Crimes
Steven Rea
High Crimes fits comfortably into the conventions of the genre but Franklin seems happy to be working with them not against them 
3
High Crimes
Tony Toscano
Both Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman s performances are riveting 
3
High Crimes
Glenn Lovell
Though glossy and formulaic High Crimes proves highly entertaining 
3
High Crimes
Marc Fortier
It s a Frankenstein monster of a film that doesn t know what it wants to be 
2
High Crimes
Erik Childress
If A Few Good Men told us that we can t handle the truth than High Crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we don t care about the truth 
1.5
High Crimes
Ross Anthony
Strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B film thuggery 
1
High Crimes
Rob Blackwelder
There are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending 
2
High Crimes
Harvey S. Karten
Conventional with a twist you ll probably guess but absorbing because of Ashley Judd s forceful performance 
3
High Crimes
Ed Gonzalez
There s a reason why I walked out of A Few Good Men when it first premiered so I d never have to see it again 
1.5
High Crimes
Steve Rhodes
The plot involving a military cover up isn t the most original but the adroit cast and crew milk it for all its worth You won t be disappointed 
3
The Decomposition of the Soul
Lou Lumenick
There are touching interviews with a couple of former inmates who were reeducated for years after they were caught trying to help people attempting to escape to West Germany after the Berlin Wall went up 
3
The Decomposition of the Soul
Ken Fox
This chilling 82 minute documentary about three souls destroyed by the Stasi the notorious secret police of East Germany puts a cold factual gloss on what might otherwise be taken for fiction 
4
The Decomposition of the Soul
Ed Gonzalez
The first essential documentary of the new year 
3
The Sugarland Express
Roger Ebert
If the movie finally doesn t succeed that s because Spielberg has paid too much attention to all those police cars and all the crashes they get into and not enough to the personalities of his characters 
2.5
The Sugarland Express
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s no question that this is a director with a God given talent 
3.5
The Sugarland Express
Matt Brunson
Features real attention to the sort of character dynamics that would serve subsequent Spielberg titles 
3
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
Roger Ebert
A visually stunning new Chinese film with a shamelessly melodramatic plot 
2
Metal
Michael Dequina
The intentions are admirable and the final product does command respect what it never grabs hold of is our emotions 
2.5
Kaw
David Nusair
ultimately undone by the inclusion of at least one needless subplot and a pace that s almost glacial in its execution 
2
Don't Run
Roger Moore
A few decent frights and a couple of intentional laughs would have gone a long way towards pulling this up to the bottom rung on the horror or horror comedy ladder 
1
The Mimic
Kathy Fennessy
The cast hits their marks and Thomas Mazziotti keeps predictability at bay but it s tough to shake the feeling that it all would ve worked better as a short 
2.5
The Mimic
Bob Bloom
The film plays out like a free wheeling session with a psychiatrist a writer trying to cobble together a script or a grieving individual trying to come to terms with the hand life has dealt him 
3
The Mimic
Peter Canavese
More academic than personable this is a theatrical arch pas de deux mirroring of a sociopath too clever by half with its meta narrative Dryly amusing and unfunny but the acting has snap 
2.5
The Mimic
Randy Myers
Gina Gershon has a hilarious scene stealing cameo while Sadoski and Robinson make an appealing odd couple in a chipper black comedy 
2.5
The Mimic
Monica Castillo
The Mimic is a brief feature that feels longer a tiring experience that isn t rewarding when the credits roll 
1
My Life
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratically paced yet mostly engaging drama 46 46 46 
3.5
My Life
Roger Ebert
My Life should be a more rigorous and single minded film maybe it started that way before getting spoonfuls of honey to make the medicine go down 
2.5
Shikhar
Namrata Joshi
The synthetic and amateurish way in which the Gandhian ideology is articulated leaves you cringing Shikhar is a very well intentioned good hearted film but need it have worn its heart on the sleeve 
2
Jonah Hex
Jeff Beck
It s a little too brief to get bored exactly but it s certainly long enough to get frustrated at the lack of the essential ingredients to get the audience engaged in its story 
2
Jonah Hex
David Roark
An awful excuse for cinema that ultimately fails in nearly every way possible 
1
Jonah Hex
Jeff Vice
Jonah Hex misfires Repeatedly 
1
Jonah Hex
John Beifuss
Yes it squanders its Sergio Leone worthy source material but it s a surprisingly entertaining disaster a sort of Concorde New Horizons picture for the new millennium 
2.5
Jonah Hex
Mike Scott
The bad and the ugly are both covered with a main character that has a scarred face and a deep desire for revenge As for the good That s more of a hit or miss proposition 
2
Jonah Hex
John Wirt
John Malkovich and Josh Brolin are too good for the sloppy overripe Jonah Hex 
2
Jonah Hex
Matt Brunson
Jonah Hex is one big rush but not in the positive sense 
1.5
Jonah Hex
David Nusair
a seriously uneven missed opportunity 
2
Jonah Hex
Brett Michel
Scripted by Crank scribes Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and starring a game Josh Brolin this probably looked good on paper 
1
Jonah Hex
Mike McGranaghan
Jonah Hex is a no doubt a bad film That said it has enough good elements to make you realize that it could have been awesome 
2
Jonah Hex
Christian Toto
There s a Director s Cut version of Jonah Hex right Because this film feels like a series of bullet points disguised as a feature film 
2
Jonah Hex
Stephen Cole
Calling Jonah Hex a waste of time requires qualification given the action flick weighs in at 82 minutes 
1
Jonah Hex
Peter Travers
Director Jimmy Hayward fails to establish a viable reason for this movie to exist 
1
Jonah Hex
Amy Biancolli
I think Jonah Hex could have exceeded 80 minutes to make room for some real visual invention And three dimensional characters And a plot A plot would have been nice 
1
Jonah Hex
Tyler Hanley
Compelling plot and character development get lost somewhere between explosion No 1 and explosion No 78 but the film certainly satisfies the popcorn quotient for summer cinema 
2
Jonah Hex
Mark Dujsik
Why in the name of all that is campy can t a movie featuring a dynamite loaded crossbow just have some fun 
2
Jonah Hex
James Berardinelli
If this represents the true vision of director Jimmy Hayward then I have only one question What was he thinking 
2
Jonah Hex
Michael O'Sullivan
Jonah Hex may not be the longest 81 minutes you ever spend but it might well be the most tedious 
1.5
Jonah Hex
Kyle Smith
The Western with its code of short tempers and cheap life sprang from the Civil War but few Westerns connect the dots to demonstrate how the war must have created hollow nihilists the way Jonah Hex does 
3
Jonah Hex
Chris Hewitt
In Jonah Hex Josh Brolin plays a Wild West bounty hunter who can talk to dead people So how come he couldn t yank the film s director out of his coma 
2
Jonah Hex
Stephen Whitty
Brolin strides around talking to the dead and destroying things mostly the good will he garnered after surprising everyone with No Country for Old Men and W 
1
Jonah Hex
Sara Michelle Fetters
At just under 90 minutes this is still something of a tough slog and as much as I enjoyed Brolin Fassbender and the occasional bit here and there as a whole this is one picture that s shot so full of holes it s dead and buried long before the climax 
2
Jonah Hex
Joe Lozito
This comic book adaptation is an ill defined mess of a film that attempts to shoehorn its character into a superhero origin story with vague hints of the supernatural 
1.5
Jonah Hex
Willie Waffle
The only people who deserve to see Jonah Hex are Hitler and the CEO of British Petroleum 
0
Jonah Hex
Peter Howell
This looked to be a priority project by Warner Bros at one point that is until cash spigot got turned off The special effects are really cheesy even by comic book standards 
1.5
Jonah Hex
Walter Chaw
Darkman and The Quick and the Dead the two Sam Raimi films Jonah Hex most wants to be 
1
Jonah Hex
Claudia Puig
Some movies seem so blatant an effort to appeal to a specific target audience that they ought to come with a viewers advisory warning 
1.5
Jonah Hex
Dustin Putman
At 70 minutes sans credits it gets in does its business and gets out as fast as it can It s as if the studio knows what they ve made isn t very good and want to spare paying audiences with the least amount of pain possible 
2
Jonah Hex
John DeVore
It s just too bad the movie didn t indulge its spookier supernatural elements more instead of relying on action movie cliches 
1
Jonah Hex
Wesley Morris
The movie began life as a macabre postbellum western for DC Comics Now it s lumbering action camp following a video game plot 
2
Jonah Hex
Steven Rea
Mercifully fleet and lamentably uninteresting 
1.5
Jonah Hex
Roger Ebert
It s based on some DC Comics characters which may explain the way the plot jumps around We hear a lot about graphic novels but this is more of a graphic anthology of strange occult ideas 
2
Jonah Hex
Nick Schager
Jonah Hex definitely appears to be making itself up as it goes along 
1
Jonah Hex
Michael Phillips
Here s how you know Josh Brolin has become a movie star Jonah Hex may not be much with him but without him Perish the thought 
2
Jonah Hex
Roger Moore
Jonah Hex is a good performance and a few good lines buried in a script whose authors should do a little time in writer s hell for scribbling it 
2
Jury Duty
Anderson Jones
Movies are dumb Pauly Shore is dumber I d rather watch O J 
1.5
Jury Duty
Mal Vincent
It s the audience that gets punished 
1
Jury Duty
Roger Ebert
Shore s appeal must be limited to people whose self esteem and social skills are so damaged that they find humor or at least relief in at last encountering a movie character less successful than themselves 
1
Separation
Linda Cook
Separation is a good movie to stay away from 
1.5
Separation
Joe Friar
Suffers from a senseless storyline and a set of unlikable characters with no redeeming qualities The special effects are quite menacing but wasted as the film fails to connect with the audience 
2
Separation
Steven Prokopy
Bell has the unfortunate ability to set the stage for a decent horror story without ever really following through 
1.5
Separation
Sean P. Means
Bell knows how to pull dread out of the air and he orchestrates the oppressive atmosphere and the periodic scares with masterful precision 
3
Separation
Kevin Carr
It balances the typical ghost story plot with enough reality that people do face 
3
Separation
Brian Tallerico
There are no believable characters no rising tension and no scares in this Insidious meets Kramer vs Kramer 
0
Separation
Mark Dujsik
The thinking behind the storytelling of Separation seems to be that it doesn t have to make sense as long as there are plenty of opportunities for creepiness 
1.5
Separation
Mike McGranaghan
Separation deserves an A for ambition but only a C for execution 
2.5
Feast
David N. Butterworth
A refreshingly arch sense of humor coupled with some non standardization genre wise elevate this gloppy creature feature 
2.5
Feast
Michael Esposito
When monsters attack the camera gets all jerky creating the horror effect known as motion sickness 
2
Feast
Maitland McDonagh
Repetitive and edited in a stuttering lightning fast style that makes it impossible to see who or what is doing what to what or whom John Gulager s directing debut is horror at its most reductive and least resonant 
1.5
Feast
Peter Hartlaub
While the reality television series that chronicled the making of this low budget horror film last year was extremely entertaining the piece of cinema that resulted is kind of a bore 
1
Feast
Timothy Knight
Although Feast will never be mistaken for a masterpiece of the horror genre on its own grindhouse cinema terms it mostly delivers the gory goods 
2.5
Feast
Kyle Smith
This no budget Project Greenlight production the third and last is a fountain of wit as well as gore 
2.5
Feast
Jackie Loohauis
The movie happens to be terrific 
3
Feast
Robert W. Butler
Cheap looking gore drenched and so postmodern and self consciously above it all that it s hard to care about anyone s fate Feast is sort of a mean spirited variation on the vastly superior Tremors 
1.5
Feast
Jeff Vice
It s not the lack of originality that sinks the film however It s the rank amateurishness of the story construction and performances 
1.5
Feast
Sean P. Means
Fast cheap and out of control and those are its good qualities 
2.5
Feast
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s not good not be a long shot but it certainly isn t so awful its studio should be treating it like a disease ridden humming bird only good for a few shots of pellet gun target practice 
2
Feast
James Sanford
proceeds to happily shred many of the pages in the monster movie operation manual as it kills off a few people you might have thought would be potential heroes and permits other less likable folks to stick around 
2.5
Feast
Kelly Borgeson
With some amusing performances Jason Mewes and Henry Rollins in particular and an appealingly random sense of humor Feast hits more often than it misses 
2.5
Feast
James Berardinelli
The word unwatchable is overused when it comes to bad movies but this is a case when its employment does not represent hyperbole 
0
Feast
Nick Schager
Rather than catching Feast during its limited midnight movie theatrical release one can enjoy comparable B movie goofiness via any Saturday night Sci Fi Channel offering 
2
Feast
Erik Childress
Gulager and team have piled on the bloodletting to dam breaking effect ogling that line between extreme horror giddy glee that masters Sam Raimi Peter Jackson perfected 
3.5
Hallowed Ground
Roger Moore
A horror tale as slow as MO lasses on a cold day in the Deep DEEP South 
1
Silver Bullet
Matt Brunson
Nothing to howl about 
2
Silver Bullet
James Kendrick
feels episodic and slight little more than a slasher movie in which the slasher is a lycanthrope
2
Silver Bullet
Bill Chambers
Bottom line Silver Bullet delivers some fine set pieces and is on balance the best of the self scripted Stephen King adaptations 
3
Silver Bullet
Roger Ebert
There are all sorts of sly satiric touches in the film 
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
James Kendrick
a delicate balancing act 44 and McDonagh pulls it off with astonishing grace 44 punctuating the film 8217 s humanity with heavy doses of ambiguity that keep you thinking and wrestling with the characters long after the credits have rolled
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Matt Brunson
There 8217 s no shortage of meaning or metaphor in this robust tale featuring the year 8217 s best ensemble cast 46 10 10 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Diana Cheng
The juxtaposition of mellow 44 ponderous music with outward conflicts always makes interesting contrasts 44 just like mixing comedy with drama 44 humour and sadness 44 which McDonagh is so apt in doing 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mike Scott
Writer director Martin McDonagh 8217 s brilliantly crafted film offers a master 8217 s class in pacing 44 with each successive scene building on the previous one until it has grown from a small 44 sweet Irish tale into a pitch black 44 gut punch of a tragicomedy 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Pablo O. Scholz
As with all good movies this one has various layers Full review in Spanish 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Farrell and Gleeson have a great onscreen friction 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Kevin A. Ranson
Farrell is in top form 8230 lingers behind the eyes with a healthy dose of personal reflection 8230 gets the point across while rubber stamping the conclusion with ambiguity 44 a single shortfall in a sometimes amusing tragedy in the making 46 
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
Wesley Lovell
The Banshees of Inisherin is just another feather in McDonagh 8217 s cap and it might be the film that finally wins him the full roster of accolades he deserves 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Bruce R. Miller
Colin Farrell 44 who has so many different films on this year 8217 s resume 44 shows he 8217 s more than just a name on a poster 46 8220 Banshees 8221 could be the film that puts him in the upper ranks of all actors 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Rene Sanchez
It offers a hilarious and poignant reflection on friendship 44 loneliness 44 and man apos s ambition to transcend and leave a legacy 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Dwight Brown
Evocative cinematography and a gorgeous score make this a spellbinding men gone wrong fable 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Walter Chaw
The Banshees of Inisherin is also the funniest movie I ve seen in years its dialogue like steel flechettes packed into a pipe with gunpowder and misanthropy 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Max Weiss
The film toggles masterfully between comedy and tragedy realism and fable It manages to be both of the moment and completely timeless 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Sonny Bunch
Darkly comic and sure to inspire some involuntary guffaws even as you wince 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Prokopy
It 8217 s a visually bleak and melancholy work that also manages to find many ways to accentuate the beauty of the place and people 44 but it 8217 s also a story about desperation and pain 46 It 8217 s so many wonderful things 44 making it one of the finest films of the year 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mattie Lucas
If we must laugh to keep from crying 44 then The Banshees of Inisherin insists we do both 44 often at the same time 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Kevin Carr
Dark 44 absurd 44 and often hilarious 44 this examination of friendship against the backdrop of beauty and violence is a brilliant film 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Leo Brady
The Banshees of Inisherin is a great big Irish onion 44 with layers upon layers about what it means to be alive 44 and how our friendships in life can change no matter how old we are 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Chase Hutchinson
With The Banshees of Inisherin 44 McDonagh has crafted a work that manages to be his most focused while also soaring as his most emotionally expansive 46 It is not just his best film to date 44 but one of the best of the year 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The movie is not for the faint of heart 44 so be forewarned 46 But for those who stick with it 44 the rewards are profound 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Eggert
On the surface is a quirky account of two stubborn Irishmen with nothing better to occupy their time than drinking or fiddling 46 But there 8217 s subtle work beneath McDonagh 8217 s premise that makes this his most ponderous film 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Roger Moore
Equal parts funny and forlorn 44 with a smattering of the violence that always been a sort of Emerald Isle background noise
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Truitt
Condon and Keoghan give Banshees extra personality and verve while Farrell and Gleeson are the two halves of its beating heart 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Ann Hornaday
McDonagh is a master world builder Whether you want to live in those worlds for two hours of your only life is purely a matter of individual taste 
2
The Banshees of Inisherin
Christian Toto
Farrell 44 Gleeson and Condon combine for a sublime look at isolation 44 friendship 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Erik Childress
Martin McDonaugh remains one of the most audaciously original filmmakers and his reunion with Farrell and Gleeson cuts into the enigmas of blood feuds through a series of confrontations that are alternately some of the funniest and saddest of the year 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Sara Michelle Fetters
McDonagh 44 Farrell 44 and Gleeson deliver something special 44 The Banshees of Inisherin unquestionably one of the year 8217 s best films 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Jeff York
It 8217 s a hoot and a half up until the last half hour when the comedy turns to tragedy 44 but make no mistake this is one of the year 8217 s best films 46 It 8217 s clever 44 challenging 44 symbolic 44 and impeccably acted by its stellar cast 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Anne Brodie
Titanic performances 40 by Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell 41 44 a superb script by director Martin McDonagh and the living 44 breathing beauty of the island contribute to the film 8217 s Shakespearean qualities
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Tom Meek
Gleeson and Farrell give great performance that rise above the film s material and lift the film to the heights of Davis lofty lens looking down on an island of lonely people 
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
Richard Roeper
Gleeson and Farrell revive their mesmerizing interplay surrounded by breathtaking Irish scenery and a brilliant ensemble cast 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Robert Horton
You can see the relish that actors have when the material challenges and elevates them 59 it 8217 s as though they 8217 re so sunk into this world they never want to leave it 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel M. Kimmel
8220 The Banshees of Inisherin 8221 is a movie for people who have no interest in superheroes or car chases 44 but want to be both challenged and entertained 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mark Feeney
Banshees is like a short story trying to be a novel The extra pages get filled with the postcard views 
2
The Banshees of Inisherin
Randy Myers
Certainly one of Farrell s finest performances and like the film itself his loneliness sticks in your craw like an oft recited Irish limerick 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Michael Phillips
The result is McDonagh s most fully realized work since his breakthrough play The Beauty Queen of Leenane a generation ago 
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mick LaSalle
Ultimately this is a movie about the two men and there s just not much there not enough to justify a feature film 
2
The Banshees of Inisherin
Kathy Fennessy
Inisherin is the kind of postcard pretty Irish town that only really exists in the imagination of filmmakers like Martin McDonagh 46 46 46 91 It apos s 93 more of an idea of Ireland than a representation 46 
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
Moira MacDonald
McDonagh s tale is both a tiny story of two men and a larger allegory of what happens when a small disagreement spins out of control 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Kent Turner
The most well crafted 44 all around accomplished entry to the awards season so far 46 Despite the dreariness of the islanders 8217 lives and the violence embedded into the plot 44 it is never less than exuberant 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Rex Reed
I consider Banshees nothing short of a marvel 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mark Dujsik
It apos s equally funny and heartbreaking 44 because it is both absurdly and achingly honest 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
For all his ambition McDonagh fails to understand one of cinema s defining truths that bleakness doesn t automatically equal greatness 
2
The Banshees of Inisherin
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 like Waking Ned Devine with a three day beard 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
James Berardinelli
There s power in the message conveyed by writer director Martin McDonagh s screenplay it s less a drama and more a rumination about the failings of humanity 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Lindsey Bahr
The Banshees of Inisherin is a rich soulful journey full of agony dry Irish wit and big haunting questions If it s answers you re looking for however you re not going to find them on Inisherin 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Roger Friedman
Some of 8220 Banshees 8221 is a little grisly 8212 be warned 8212 and things take a bad turn in the third act 44 but this is lovely work and not to be missed 46 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Joey Magidson
The Banshees of Inisherin is a quiet consideration of some very thorny issues by Martin McDonagh 46 
3
The Banshees of Inisherin
Peter Howell
Whatever you choose to call it the film is often very funny 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Ty Burr
Farrell and Gleeson reuniting from In Bruges know each other s rhythms by now and concatenate beautifully 
4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mark Hanson
Martin McDonagh lyrically whips every incident in the film into a mordantly funny dark fable about men 8217 s innate inability to work together for the betterment of society at large 46 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Johnny Oleksinski
Give Martin McDonagh a topic like friendship to tackle and he s bound to warp it into something so subversive so twisted so extreme that you ll laugh your ass off for two full hours 
3.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
Glenn Kenny
Very good show all around 46 
3.5
Girls Can't Surf
Leslie Felperin
Lively documentary Girls Can t Surf is supposedly a general history of women in surfing from the 1970s onwards but its real throughline is that same struggle for equity and recognition 
3
Rounders
Maitland McDonagh
This ode to the allure of clipping suckers and psyching out the competition is richly atmospheric but thin in the character department 
2.5
Rounders
Phil Villarreal
Rounders makes you feel the suspense and thrive in the thrill of the moment always coming up aces 
4
Rounders
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Other directors simply pay homage to film noir and their movies come across as copies or throwbacks but Dahl s movies work because he seems to understand the inner workings of film noir and the absurd situations that people can get into 
3
Rounders
Matt Brunson
The good buddy bad buddy symmetry harkens back to the days of James Cagney Pat O Brien pictures but this is stylish enough to make us forgive the narrative conventions 
3
Rounders
Judith Egerton
Takes you into a grungy underworld of high stakes poker in New York City 
3
Rounders
Jeanne Aufmuth
Damon proves once again that he s not just a face and he does wonders with his inner and outer conflicts Norton is wickedly sleazy as a barely in control low life who will undoubtedly end up back in the slammer 
3.5
Rounders
Margaret A. McGurk
Rounders has its strengths to be sure but for all its polish it never manages to strike the heart 
2.5
Rounders
Liam Lacey
Though it s a good looking flick with some smart acting and a few flashy runs it barely breaks even dramatically and feels overall like a good chance wasted 
2.5
Rounders
Peter Travers
In fighting to show the psychological complexities in Mike that the script ignores Damon plays it like a rounder instead of a grinder This kid still has surprises up his sleeve 
3
Rounders
James Kendrick
The movie is replete with all kinds of insider lingo that goes a long way toward painting a thoroughly convincing portrait of the gambling world 
2.5
Rounders
Tom Long
A sure bet 
3
Rounders
Michael Dequina
Worthwhile entertainment 
3
Rounders
Steve Rhodes
Although the conclusion is satisfying and well developed the journey itself is the reward 
3.5
Rounders
Elias Savada
flat on substance poor on relationships big on predictability and slow getting anywhere 
1.5
Rounders
Edvins Beitiks
You re going to hear a lot about the good job Edward Norton and Gretchen Mol do in Rounders But the movie lives and dies with Matt Damon 
3
Rounders
David Keyes
Rounders is disappointing and fake because its intentions are predictable as its characters are uninspired 
2
Rounders
Rob Blackwelder
This is movie s tell revealing that for all its cultivated effort by a brilliant cast and director it s still dependent on antiquated screen gimmicks 
2.5
Rounders
Ted Prigge
This film is never more exciting and engrossing when characters are engaging in a tough game of poker with the stakes reaching as high as they can possibly go smoke teeming from everywhere and cool jazz music underscoring everything 
3
Rounders
James Berardinelli
Rounders is not breakthrough material but it makes for an entertaining evening out 
3
Rounders
Jeff Vice
As for the cast Damon is as personable as always But it s really Norton with his weaselly yet still likable turn and both Landau and John Turturro in too brief supporting roles who bring the film to life 
3
Rounders
Roger Ebert
Rounders cheerfully buys into compulsive gambling 
3
Rounders
Mick LaSalle
No energy 
2
Rounders
Bob Bloom
Interesting but uneven 
2
Tess
Roger Ebert
It is a beautifully visualized period piece that surrounds Tess with the attitudes of her time attitudes that explain how restricted her behavior must be and how society views her genuine human emotions as inappropriate This is a wonderful film 
4
Tess
Gene Siskel
Polanski s Tess is the rarest of contemporary movies an old fashioned kind of romantic drama that commercial Hollywood hasn t made in years 
3
Tess
Robert W. Butler
All too often the element that is distinctively Hardy eludes Polanski Tess usually looks right but it doesn t really feel right 
2
Tess
Joseph Gelmis
It s odd because of Polanski s artistic restraint Tess isn t the typical kinky film for which Polanski became infamous Yet it s disappointing because though he s made a picturesque sensitive and serious film it s feeble as entertainment and art 
2.5
Tess
John Stark
Tess is certainly an epic movie full of rich imagery and careful attention to small detail There is however a big problem Tess is played in one monotonous key which is tantamount to listening to an opera in which the music never crescendos 
3
Tess
Robert Alan Ross
A slow stately three hours long loaded with lingering closeups and misty landscapes Tess is not to be enjoyed from the edge of one s seat This is a film to lean back and savor at its own pace 
3
Tess
Matt Brunson
Roman Polanski is one of those men who despite his icky treatment of women in real life manages to create strong and compelling female characters for the screen 
3
Evening
Mike Scott
Given its stellar cast including Vanessa Redgrave Meryl Streep and Glenn Close and source material it s hard not to think it should be better 
2
Evening
Mark Dujsik
It s quite an achievement to get such a group of esteemed actresses together for something of such little consequence 
1.5
Evening
Linda Cook
It s a good intentioned but bland Evening out 
2
Evening
Jeanne Aufmuth
There s a better movie somewhere inside this saccharine weepy that telegraphs its melodramatics with shameless glee 
2.5
Evening
Janos Gereben
It holds attention offers admirable performances and engenders emotional involvement as few recent movies have 
3.5
Evening
Matt Brunson
That s not to say that Evening is a turkey but rather a delicate canary that never really finds its voice 
2.5
Evening
Dustin Putman
For a movie that begins on such shaky footing Evening packs an impassioned wallop by the end 
2.5
Evening
Sean P. Means
While all of that modern commentary and magical realism may work in Minot s novel on film it feels extraneous and even silly 
2.5
Evening
Larry Ratliff
It s just a shame Danes and the others are working with one arm tied behind them so to speak due to a lack of inspired material 
2.5
Evening
Betsy Bozdech
Despite strong performances from its excellent cast Lajos Koltai s wistful adaptation of Susan Minot s novel doesn t quite connect 
2.5
Evening
Rob Salem
Evening s visual period splendour its vivid characterizations and their comfortably clichd relationships somehow draw us in and make us care 
3
Evening
Moira MacDonald
Though the filmmaking is uneven Evening redeems itself in its marvelous cast which echoes the movies themes by showcasing two real life mother daughter acting duos 
2.5
Evening
Mick LaSalle
Evening achieves a kind of wisdom though it s a strange and bitter wisdom The film arrives at a pessimistic and almost nihilistic view of life as something not very important and then invites us to take strength and comfort in the notion 
2.5
Evening
David Elliott
Evening reaches for depth at times plodding never cloddish The lessons about choice and loss and getting on in life have some decent heft and there is a sunset magic in Redgrave s eyes 
2.5
Evening
Carla Meyer
The tone in turn moves from arch to soapy to poignant Yet it s the story that one can never quite get one s arms around 
2.5
Evening
Timothy Knight
Danes radiant with intelligence warmth and common sense captures your heart Sadly the same cannot be said of Evening 
2.5
Evening
Lisa Rose
Great cast mediocre writing 
2
Evening
Kyle Smith
This weeping ladydrama this cinematic doily this chintz wing chair from a P town antique boutique takes us to the oxymoronic world of WASP emotion 
1
Evening
Jack Mathews
Things are happening too fast to be convincing and the romance rather the one night stand between Ann and Harris hardly seems worth a lifetime of regret or two hours of your time 
2
Evening
Connie Ogle
Manipulative at times but it resonates with gleaming ferocity as it unspools a story of regret longing and resolution in two generations of women 
3
Evening
Robert W. Butler
Evening wants desperately to be The Hours Better luck next time 
2.5
Evening
Amy Biancolli
Everything about Evening seems engineered to liquefy moviegoers specifically middle age female moviegoers who miss their mothers This would include me I was a sloppy mess by the end 
3.5
Evening
Roger Ebert
There are few things more depressing than a weeper that doesn t make you weep Evening creeps through its dolorous paces as prudently as an undertaker 
1.5
Evening
Wesley Morris
Not even a firm approach can rescue Evening from the enveloping thematic finery It s a hopelessly classy piece of china 
2.5
Evening
John Beifuss
The handsome period design strives for authenticity yet when the wedding party listens to a recording of I ve Got the World on a String we don t hear Sinatra or Peggy Lee but 21st century neo swingster Michael Buble 
2
Evening
Jeffrey Overstreet
Evening feels artificial from the very first shot It looks like a contest to see which actress can shed the Oscar winng tears 
1
Evening
Peter Canavese
From its laughably lyrical opening to its bow tying resolution Lajos Koltai s Evening invites comparisons to Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movies 
1.5
Evening
James Sanford
an if only I had nostalgic romance even the appealing performances of Danes Wilson and Gummer are not enough to make up for a ponderous story that assigns each of its characters a predictable fate 
2
Evening
Glenn Whipp
Woman on deathbed dredges up regrets as does everyone around her in a turgid weeper that will engender regret in its paying audience as well 
1.5
Evening
Liam Lacey
Designers will drool but the problem is that Evening should have more going for it than Architectural Digest allure 
2
Evening
Sara Michelle Fetters
More the whole thing is layered in sentimentality at times drowning in it Koltai and company never able to find the right balance for the melodrama which could have made it a forcefully moving female driven winner 
2.5
Evening
Erik Childress
Easily the most insufferable film experience in a year that has already given us Wild Hogs The Hills Have Eyes 2 and Premonition 
0
Evening
Willie Waffle
tries to be a weeper but it is more of a snorer
2
Evening
Jeff Vice
This leaden adaptation which was co written by Minot and Michael Cunningham is so full of forced melodrama and clunky literary devices that it becomes a chore just to sit through 
2
Evening
Duane Dudek
Even the film s obvious and shallow moments appear haunting evocative and profound when filtered through this sunrise to sunset through line 
3
Evening
Ken Fox
Screenwriters Susan Minot and fellow novelist Michael Cunningham make key changes to Minot s acclaimed 1997 book with mixed results the alterations streamline the story and enrich subplots but dilute its all important central relationship 
2.5
Evening
Carrie Rickey
Evening might be the most shocking waste of natural resources since the despoiling of the Amazon rain forest 
2
Evening
Jeff Strickler
Boasting an ensemble of Hollywood s best actresses this drama is unabashedly sentimental but still effective 
3
Evening
Chris Hewitt
Evening is a very pretty very bad movie 
1
Evening
Jessica Reaves
If you ve not read Susan Minot s 1998 bestseller Evening you will be happily oblivious to the movie s glaring departures and free to settle into this languid gorgeously shot film which bears only a passing resemblance to the novel 
3
Evening
Gene Seymour
Director Lajos Koltai s generous application of luminous color tones over everything can t conceal his lack of control over narrative tone 
2
Evening
Matt Pais
The epitome of artsy fartsy twinkling that doesn t actually shine a light on anything 
2
Evening
Josh Larsen
Streep and Redgrave only have one scene together yet it captures every note of longing and regret that the rest of the movie should have hit 
3
Evening
James Berardinelli
The strength of the screenplay and acting provide a satisfying although not overwhelming two hours of romance drama and tragedy 
3
Evening
Ed Gonzalez
Like Stephen Daldry s The Hours Evening s pseudo intellectual tone hardly disguises its presumptions about female identity 
1
Evening
Peter Travers
Susan Minot s resplendent novel of a dying woman remembering her defining romance with the man who got away stumbles on its way to the screen Hungarian director Lajos Koltai pushes emotions that need to flow 
2.5
Down to the Bone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie takes us down an unexpected path with riveting skill and a refreshing lack of easy answers 
3.5
Down to the Bone
Chris Hewitt
The movie seems to be about drug addiction and recovery but it gradually shifts becoming a look from an unusual angle at what a big job it is to be a parent and the priorities it requires 
3
Down to the Bone
Rob Thomas
Farmiga effectively shows the fear need and hope at war within Irene how the false high of being clean for a week can fade when she realizes the second week isn t going to be any easier 
3.5
Down to the Bone
Peter Travers
If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front runner for the Best Actress Oscar 
3
Down to the Bone
G. Allen Johnson
The film is so pitch perfect and realistic it seems you are there with these people watching their lives unfold before you as it happens 
4
Down to the Bone
Maitland McDonagh
A quietly harrowing chronicle of addiction and fragile recovery anchored by Vera Farmiga s intense performance 
3
Down to the Bone
Gene Seymour
Conventional movies even independent ones tend to get histrionic and judgmental about such drug related setbacks But Granik s film though hardly a clinical case study keeps a measured distance from the heavy handed or simplistic 
3
Down to the Bone
Kyle Smith
a harrowing character study 
3
Down to the Bone
Jami Bernard
a stark realistic portrait of a working class mother in New York s depressed Ulster County as she tries to battle a drug habit 
2.5
Down to the Bone
Glenn Whipp
A glimpse into the private lives and dirty secrets of people trying to claw their way to a better place 
3
Down to the Bone
Stephen Whitty
Unlike most movies about addictions Down to the Bone doesn t follow the usual comforting three act structure social user develops a problem user becomes a desperate addict user finally gets some help 
3
Down to the Bone
Joshua Tanzer
It s the opposite of most films about drugs vs life because it puts life up front 
3.5
Down to the Bone
Pam Grady
Granik brings to her drama a clear eyed realism as she charts one woman s descent into a drug fueled purgatory 
3.5
11-09-01: September 11
Jorge Avila Andrade
A pesar de lo fallido de algunos trabajos es un slido trabajo que muestra las diferentes reacciones de grupos tnicos e intelectuales a una grave tragedia 
3
11-09-01: September 11
Liam Lacey
The results are not monumental but they are a variety of sober responses to the tragedy that help place the event in a global context 
3
11-09-01: September 11
David Elliott
The best witness of 9 11 is 9 11 and Inarritu as if honorably terrorized by the facts turns to an Arabic quotation Does God s light guide us or blind us 
2.5
11-09-01: September 11
Jeff Vice
For audiences with an open mind and more than just a little tolerance for different opinions there are at least a few moments here worth watching 
2.5
11-09-01: September 11
Sean P. Means
The collection s overarching message is that yes it s still too soon for art to carry the weight of that day s events 
2.5
11-09-01: September 11
Ty Burr
If 11 09 01 were an all you can eat smorgasbord your taste buds might burn out There are so many global cuisines on offer and each is spiced with herbs whose delicacy gets canceled out by the next dish thrust in front of you 
2.5
11-09-01: September 11
Mick LaSalle
The results are mixed Many of the films are too long and even worse the collection as a whole doesn t come to grips with the human scale of the tragedy 
2
11-09-01: September 11
Steven Snyder
Yet all of these short films have something distinct to say and no director takes the path of least resistance 
3.5
11-09-01: September 11
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Indispensable 
3
11-09-01: September 11
John Hartl
Like almost any collection of shorts it s a mixed bag ranging from the profound to the puzzling though most of the films are the work of professionals sometimes working at the top of their form 
3
11-09-01: September 11
John Monaghan
Some are standouts some dogs the rest just sort of sit there 
3
11-09-01: September 11
Roger Ebert
Voices and sounds without pictures force us to internalize a catastrophe almost impossible to visualize 
3
11-09-01: September 11
Michael Wilmington
An often brilliant always revelatory deeply interesting omnibus film 
3.5
11-09-01: September 11
Rob Thomas
as timely as moving and as thought provoking as they would have on Sept 12 2001 
3.5
11-09-01: September 11
Jami Bernard
The structure of September 11 is gimmicky but the result is a serious and compelling collection of 11 short films about the destruction of the World Trade Center 
3
11-09-01: September 11
Gene Seymour
The results are as mixed as your own reactions will be Some will provoke contemplation while others will provoke renewed grief Others will just provoke 
2.5
11-09-01: September 11
David Sterritt
The movies vary enormously in style quality and ideas but the best of them by Gitai Chahine and Irritu among others pack an enormous emotional and intellectual punch 
3
Mustang
David Nusair
a gritty authentic seeming drama that never quite manages to become as riveting as one might ve hoped 
2.5
Mustang
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ergven has delivered a debut for the ages her film a chilling emotionally shattering marvel I m unlikely to forget anytime soon 
3.5
Mustang
Allyson Johnson
For everything the film nails and it s quite a lot the main joy of Mustang is how emotionally evocative it is 
4
Mustang
Josh Terry
Mustang wants to send a message about old world patriarchal cultures and it stumbles over itself to get there 
2.5
Mustang
Mark Dujsik
As infuriating and destructive as this scenario is there is something undeniably joyous in the fight 
3.5
Mustang
Nathalie Atkinson
That there are five sisters allows Erguven to explore the scenario s several possible outcomes be it happy ending or tragedy or the bittersweet fates in between 
3.5
Mustang
Steven Rea
Ergven s film beautifully shot and beautifully performed cuts its storybook tone with starker more brutal truths 
3.5
Mustang
Dann Gire
Erguven an actress as well as a writer and director presents a quiet keenly observed drama that gently unfolds at its proper pace 
3
Mustang
Ty Burr
Part of a welcome international wave of films made by women directors that focus on girls growing up in worlds of men and on what they look like when no one s looking 
3.5
Mustang
Ann Hornaday
Among Erguven s finest achievements with Mustang is casting such mesmerizing actresses to play characters who would be just as at home in a Chekhov production or an Instagram worthy fashion shoot 
4
Mustang
Michael Phillips
The issues at play in Mustang are gravely serious but the tone and rhythm is brisk headlong and intelligently lively like the women at the center 
3
Mustang
Tom Keogh
It is surprisingly nuanced and even something of an adventure tale about a fight for freedom and identity 
3
Mustang
Anita Katz
Drawing convincing performances from a mostly nonprofessional cast Erguven has created heroines who are not mere imprisoned Disney princesses 
3.5
Mustang
David Lewis
The impressive film not only underscores the clash between traditional and modern values but also provides inspiration for deciding your own fate even when the world seemingly doesn t give you a choice 
3
Mustang
Kam Williams
A timely and powerful tale of female empowerment set in present day Turkey 
4
Mustang
Christy Lemire
Mustang grabs you with its own sense of haunting melancholy as well as an increasing feeling of urgency and outrage 
3.5
Mustang
Amir Soltani
Ergven s intimate treatment of the material and the complexity with which she portrays the young girls growth and liberation make this one of the most compelling feminist films of recent years 
3
Mustang
Farran Smith Nehme
A gripping mix of comedy tragedy political anger and despite everything hope 
3
Mustang
James Lattimer
The film punctuates the sisters confinement with various episodes united by their contrivance 
2
Uncharted
Matt Brunson
Given the sorry history of movies based on video games there apos s last year apos s rollicking Werewolves Within and then there apos s everything else Uncharted is probably better than it had any right to be 46 
2.5
Uncharted
Kevin Carr
I don apos t know anything about the video game 46 46 46 but I A 41 was able to follow it 44 and B 41 I had fun watching to it 46 46 46 46 They took the very basic background of the video game and they just told a story 46 
2.5
Uncharted
David Nusair
a slick adventure thats been suffused with a whole host of unappealing by the numbers elements 
1.5
Uncharted
Dann Gire
Uncharted bites the dust and cobwebs in a passionless generic Raiders knock off 
1.5
Uncharted
Erik Childress
The term aggressively mediocre applies to many video game adaptations but we also do not need further exhibits for people to convince us that the National Treasure movies are good because others are lamer 
2
Uncharted
Leo Brady
Uncharted is not bad enough to hate and not entertaining enough to engage with Its just another bad video game movie 
2
Uncharted
Sara Michelle Fetters
For fans of each of treasure hunter Nathan Drakes incredibly convoluted adventures this movie is likely going to feel like a bona fide disaster 
1.5
Uncharted
James Berardinelli
Uncharted is bland and disappointing without being outright disastrous 
2.5
Uncharted
Mike McGranaghan
So unfailingly mediocre that I suspect even fans of the game will come away disappointed 
2
Uncharted
Johnny Oleksinski
Uncharted you say That s a funny title for an action adventure movie that doesn t stray one inch from the well tread path of what came before it 
2
Uncharted
Mark Meszoros
A crushingly average slice of action adventure that will kill a couple of hours but is likely to disappoint longtime fans of the franchise 
2
Uncharted
Mark Feeney
Uncharted is like a well tooled sportscar with an underpowered engine The car does keep going but not at high speed Vroom vroom Vroom sputter 
2
Uncharted
Sonny Bunch
Uncharted doesnt fall into the video game adaptation trap of feeling like a video game brought to life It just feels like a somewhat generic action movie 
2
Uncharted
Jeff Mitchell
Wahlberg addresses Holland as Kid so often in this movie that college students everywhere will create a drinking game in his honor 
1.5
Uncharted
Russ Simmons
Despite its title Uncharted covers territory that many better films have explored many times before 
2
Uncharted
Chris Hewitt
If you love the game and would like to keep it going in a big room with Junior Mints and a 96 ounce Coke Uncharted might work for you But if you want an actual movie you re out of luck 
2
Uncharted
Mark Dujsik
It s not until the third act that the movie starts to develop a real sense of personality 
2
Uncharted
Mick LaSalle
Uncharted benefits from the combination of Holland s light energy and Wahlberg s dark energy 
3
Uncharted
Emily Zemler
Did we need an Uncharted movie No Is it worth seeing Sure if you have nothing else to do and you ve already played all the games in the series 
2
Uncharted
Rafer Guzman
Highly derivative passably entertaining 
2.5
Uncharted
EJ Moreno
Tom Holland stars in Missed Opportunities The Movie So much wasted potential on display here Also look out for Mark Wahlberg as he delivers a Razzie worthy performance 
2
Uncharted
Brian Eggert
The movie s moderate pleasures won t invite fervent rewatches or convert those unfamiliar with the source material unless they re rampant Holland or Wahlberg fans but it keeps the viewer rapt in the unfolding plot 
2.5
Uncharted
Jake Coyle
Even a bland imitation can be a good enough time What you get out of Uncharted will likely depend on your standard of a good enough time but you can t fault it for skimping on scale 
2
Uncharted
Richard Roeper
This Tom Holland adventure tries to be everything succeeds at very little 
2
Uncharted
Joey Magidson
Uncharted is fine I suppose However were right to expect more given the leads as well as the potential for a new adventure franchise 
2.5
Uncharted
Katie Walsh
Uncharted is fine and entertaining enough but while some moments are inspired others are completely inert Its oddly neutered and bloodless the stakes negligible 
2
Uncharted
Doug Walker
If I didn t know this was based on a very good video game I d say this movie would make a very boring video game 
2
Uncharted
Jake Cole
The games are fixated on the idea of honor among thieves but you wouldnt know that from this antic meaningless film 
1.5
Uncharted
Roger Moore
Is this movie stupid and dull or what 
1.5
Uncharted
Michael O'Sullivan
Far fetched Yes Inconceivable eye rolling absurd too It also feels a bit unreasonable to expect anything more or less from Uncharted 
2.5
Uncharted
Brian Tallerico
Uncharted checks boxes for fans and newbies but does so in such a predictable manner that it lacks any edge or spark 
2
Uncharted
David Gonzalez
While 160 Uncharted 160 did not fully enter the stratosphere of greatness 44 the film allows cinephiles to escape and travel into the world of Nathan Drake and its beautiful locales 46 
3
Uncharted
Brian Truitt
It s a rather impressive feat to bury Tom Holland s considerable charisma though that is one of the few aspects where his new film Uncharted actually succeeds 
2
Uncharted
Sean P. Means
Exactly one of these action sequences is in any way remarkable and it s the one that dominates the movies trailer 
2
Alive
Marty Mapes
The picture the sound and above all the outstanding true story make Alive a must see
3.5
Alive
Roger Ebert
The location photography is impressive the scenery is awesome the re enactment of the air crash is terrifying and uses convincing special effects We care about the characters while we watch the movie But at the end it all seems elusive 
2.5
Zebrahead
Roger Ebert
Zebrahead is not so much a movie as notes toward a movie a good one judging by what s on the screen 
2
Zebrahead
Chris Hicks
Some of the film comes off as rather superficial but there are moments of truth that ring throughout 
3
Zebrahead
Dustin Putman
The film is often overwrought even if it is well meaning The ending is especially unconvincing as it seems to switch to the end credits while still in midstream 
2
Santa vs. The Snowman
Willie Waffle
one twisted hilarious and visually stunning IMAX 3D short film that could stand toe to toe with the wackiest episode of South Park minus the vulgarity 
4
Santa vs. The Snowman
Linda Cook
Odds are that your family will enjoy Santa vs the Snowman an oddball animated Christmas tale in IMAX 
3
Santa vs. The Snowman
Vince Koehler
This film is a tongue in cheek story about a nameless Snowman at the North Pole who declares war on Santa because of jealousy 
3
Santa vs. The Snowman
Catherine Foster
Oedekerk and his team have taken the traditional animation techniques to another level creating snowflakes that seem to fall into the audience and they pull the viewers into the film 
3
Santa vs. The Snowman
Jill Jess-Cahir
A fun piece of on the edge filmmaking 
4
Santa vs. The Snowman
John Monaghan
Harmless entertainment for kids and just smart enough to appeal to parents 
3
Santa vs. The Snowman
Donald Liebenson
The movie has an avalanche of eye popping visual effects 
3.5
Santa vs. The Snowman
Ross Anthony
Despite lacking any truly breath taking 3 D imagery the film still looks good and has a good sense of humor 
2
Santa vs. The Snowman
Chris Hewitt
Its frequently clever script has appeal for kids who won t understand the innuendo and parents who are likely to note that at 32 minutes Santa doesn t overstay its welcome 
2.5
Santa vs. The Snowman
Tom Keogh
A dazzling thing to behold as long as you re wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater provides 
3
Return
Michael Dequina
Cardellini s lovely performance is so vividly expressive in its soulful anguished stillness 
3
Return
Lou Lumenick
Sincerity and restraint can be good things in independent movies but not when you run the risk of putting the audience to sleep 
2
Return
Rex Reed
A bargain budget bore by writer director Liza Johnson about a female soldier back from a tour of active duty in Iraq who cannot adjust to life at home 
1
Return
Andrew Schenker
One late sequence ends with a twist that steers the film into a questionable bit of plotting that seems almost entirely at odds with the believable naturalism of the remainder of the movie 
2.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Federico Furzan
A hell of a trip through the mind of a different filmmaker that will be relevant in the near future Full review in Spanish 
3
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Mattie Lucas
Fanboy homage meets surrealist fantasia an incredible journey into a bygone era s bleak vision of the future emerging from the dustbin of cinema history with something wholly thrillingly wonderfully new 
3.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Rob Humanick
If 2001 A Space Odyssey had an evil twin masquerading as a horror film this would be it Beyond the Black Rainbow culls from untold volumes of film history even as it delivers its own uniquely brilliant freak outs 
3.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Rene Rodriguez
The movie looks like it was lit by lava lamps scored on Moog synthesizers written between bong hits and acted underwater None of this is meant as praise 
1
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Mark Feeney
Beyond the Black Rainbow has a doomy dreamy druggy draggy feel that s impressively sustained until it becomes oppressive then pointless then laughable 
1.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Linda Barnard
Much of the time watching Beyond the Black Rainbow is accompanied by head scratching but perhaps that s the point of this trippy outing 
1
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Lou Lumenick
This would be cult classic is the movie equivalent of gazing at a lava lamp for nearly two hours 
0.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Dustin Putman
Imperfect but gloriously so creating in its own way a new exciting disorienting unsettling and long overdue filmic language 
3.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Simon Abrams
Something like a trippy grindhouse homage whose familiar images are refracted through a prism of blacklight posters Jodorowsky films and even Rob Zombie s grungy psychotropic sensibility 
3.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Rob Thomas
White says you can t really understand the South if its not in your blood and he s probably right But the film does an admirable job trying to give us a transfusion 
3
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Michael Booth
Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus is one of those movie long non sequiturs where though one thought does not logically follow another we know what is meant 
3
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Jonathan W. Hickman
Andrew Douglas meandering documentary Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus contains fantastic images pictures that haven t been captured so intimately before 
3
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Jeff Shannon
A portrait of rural America as beautiful as it is bizarre 
3.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Jeff Vice
The atmosphere conveyed is possibly too vivid By the time the movie is over you ll probably feel the need to take a shower just to scrub off the lingering psychic grime 
2
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Sean P. Means
The soundtrack provides the brooding Southern atmosphere that sometimes eludes Douglas on this beautifully shot but strangely distant road trip 
2.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
G. Allen Johnson
Douglas has crafted a beautifully shot and edited film that treats its subjects fairly 
3
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Jeff Strickler
A hit and miss experience 
2.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Elizabeth Weitzman
Gradually though White pushes the film toward significance by encouraging a deeper examination of two primary preoccupations of the region sin and penance 
2.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Timothy Knight
This beautifully photographed documentary by filmmaker Andrew Douglas captures what White rightly calls the immensity of Southern culture in most if not all of its permutations 
3
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
David Sterritt
Utterly fascinating journey 
4
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Jan Stuart
The atmosphere that Andrew Douglas documentary captures so poetically is checkered with rocking Pentecostal churches and abandoned school buses but you won t encounter any of the smirking condescension 
3
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Kyle Smith
A sort of BBC Hee Haw meant to reassure Brits and New Yorkers that the South is indeed a land of pistol toting Jesus praising gap toothed freaks 
1.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Nick Schager
An atmospheric investigation into the inspirational mixture of religiosity and criminality that hangs like a pall over the rural communities of the country s lower half 
3
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Godfrey Cheshire
Deutchman has turned out a beautifully structured tale of movie love that s also a fine tribute to his maddening mercurial mustard stained mentor 
3.5
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Roger Moore
A guy who could tell you why you d want to see Putney Swope and how he d sell it to the masses but not somebody you d want to work for or ever suffer through a disgusting meal with 
3
Songwriter
Roger Ebert
It s about spending some time with some country musicians who are not much crazier than most country musicians and are probably nicer than some It also has a lot of good music 
3.5
Ms. 45
John Beifuss
The Halloween finale is one of the indelible set pieces of the decade offering the astonishing image of a beautiful gunwielding nun indiscriminately shooting men while moving in slow motion against a wall decorated with stylized bats and spider webs 
3.5
Ms. 45
Peter Keough
Had Herzog seen it he might have recognized Ferrara as a fellow genius and one as weird as himself 
3.5
Ms. 45
Walter Chaw
I first saw Abel Ferrara s Ms 45 the way I suspect most men my age saw it furtively in my bedroom on VHS 
3.5
Ms. 45
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ms 45 looks as cheap and sleazy as it needs to be but this factor actually adds to the movie s vicious feel 
3.5
Puppetry of the Penis - Tackle Happy
Bill Chambers
The upshot to documenting two professional flashers is that they aren t shy subjects The downside is that the work of Friend and Morley speaks for itself 
2.5
Bottoms Up
David Nusair
Hilton with her oddly misshapen head disturbingly puffy lips and creepy lazy eye is a far more incompetent actress than anyone might ve suspected 
.5
The Kid Brother
James Kendrick
even if some of it feels a bit familiar it is still immensely enjoyable the kind of the film that puts a smile on your face from the very start and keeps it there until the end
3.5
The Kid Brother
Matt Brunson
The sky high number of gags would suggest a generous hit and miss ratio but The Kid Brother offers nothing but hit after hit after hit 
4
Fin
Steven Prokopy
The information in Fin might not be entirely new or eye opening but Roth s unflinching gaze and breadth of knowledge make the movie feel comprehensive 
3
Fin
Richard Roeper
The sharks should be scared of us this insightful documentary explains 
3.5
Fin
Mike McGranaghan
Eli Roth has called Fin the scariest movie he s ever made He s right about that 
3.5
Middle of Nowhere
Mattie Lucas
The film feels like a quiet roar of defiance a haunting and exhilarating new direction for cinema 
3.5
Middle of Nowhere
Dwight Brown
DuVernay in just her second feature film exhibits the skills of a master filmmaker 
4
Middle of Nowhere
John Beifuss
Burrows deep into a lower working class primarily female African American milieu and culture rarely presented onscreen with any sort of realism or understanding 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Wesley Lovell
An imperfect film about devotion and crumbling self respect Emayatzy Corinealdi is fantastic 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Peter Howell
A film remarkably true to life s haphazard rhythms 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Rick Groen
Made by a black American woman about a black American woman it s a study of a culture where the matriarchs are strong by necessity and trapped by circumstance adrift in the middle of nowhere 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Lisa Kennedy
A hushed tenderly observant drama about a young woman trying to do right by herself and her marriage while her husband is in prison 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Michael Dequina
Its unadorned simplicity belies the exquisite thought craft and heart that only could have made such an accomplishment possible 
3.5
Middle of Nowhere
Mick LaSalle
A sluggish enterprise not measured or languorous or full of detail but plodding with scenes that run too long and others that are unnecessary 
2
Middle of Nowhere
Moira MacDonald
It s confident storytelling in which often the actors faces rather than dialogue tell us what we need to know 
3.5
Middle of Nowhere
Claudia Puig
Middle of Nowhere explores the contours of loneliness and the boundaries of loyalty in a way that is both artful and emotionally revealing 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Roger Ebert
Most of the action takes place within the mind of a lonely woman That s why Corinealdi is so effective in the lead 
3
Middle of Nowhere
Kam Williams
A refreshing alternative to the superficial mainstream fare that tends to stereotype sisters as either sassy mammies or compliant sex objects 
4
Middle of Nowhere
Farran Smith Nehme
Director Ava DuVernay in showing Ruby s life in waiting occasionally lets the pace slip into tedium 
2.5
Middle of Nowhere
Michael O'Sullivan
Corinealdi and Oyelowo are appealing enough to make the journey to the inevitable conclusion an enjoyable one 
2
Middle of Nowhere
Carrie Rickey
Like its central character Middle of Nowhere is a gem 
3.5
Middle of Nowhere
Ed Gonzalez
In a cinema landscape where the representation of the black female experience is most visibly explored through the modes of outlandish comedy unironic melodrama or not at all Ava DuVernay s take is a decidedly refreshing one 
3
Bite
Brian Eggert
Bite is the kind of movie that wouldn t exist if its characters didn t make such terrible decisions 
1
Bite
Dustin Putman
Bite is a slimily well made creature feature undercut by its near constant divorce from logic 
2
Bite
James Kendrick
an expertly rendered gross out that never takes itself too seriously although there are times when you wish it had taken itself a little more seriously
2.5
Bite
Brian Tallerico
At its best and it gets pretty good after a really rocky start Bite is a clever gorefest with some creative twists and turns 
2.5
Bite
Mike McGranaghan
If you want a well rounded horror film that has more going on than a serious ick factor this one comes up a bit lacking 
2.5
Bite
Chuck Bowen
Chad Archibald doesn t quite land Bite s transition over from claustrophobic character study into full blown monster movie 
2
The Juche Idea
Lauren Wissot
Jim Finn has managed to spoof not just easy target Kim but also the very notion of artists in residence making ever more obscure inaccessible and pretentious work 
2.5
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Steven Prokopy
Laddie is a fantastic trip through one of the most vital dynamic and versatile times in the movie business 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Mattie Lucas
Nothing if not an enthralling experience 
4
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Kam Williams
A documentary which captures an eccentric ornithologist communing with his flock with an intimacy that s almost unimaginable 
4
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Marta Barber
The beautiful shots of San Francisco s lush Telegraph Hill are captivating by themselves but the film s greatest achievement is its humanity 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Linda Cook
Even though it s only August I m not going out on a limb when I say that The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is one of the best films of the year 
4
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Walter Chaw
How animals can sometimes like art serve as a reflection of the hopes and fears of their caretakers 
2.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Peter Howell
A bright window into the wild kingdom just outside our door that most of us barely notice if at all 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Liam Lacey
A cornball charmer of a film with some beautiful birds and homespun wisdom 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Forrest Hartman
Director Judy Irving has created a picture that should fascinate not only bird lovers but general audiences 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Larry Ratliff
The tables are turned in The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill In this mentally invigorating nonfiction film parrots inspire a human to talk 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Sean P. Means
Director Judy Irving works her central metaphor comparing the birds untamed but non native status to Bittner s wandering bohemian history a little harder than it deserves 
2.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Rob Thomas
It s a nature film that s not just for nature lovers as it has a lot to show us about both the feathered and unfeathered 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Michele Kenner
It s filled with mystery humor compassion and fulfillment 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Phil Villarreal
Connor bubbles with more humanity than most other characters you ll see in theaters during the summer blockbuster months 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
John Monaghan
Charming intelligent entertainment that should attract the same family audiences that flocked to Winged Migration in 2001 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Steven Rea
A loving dopey documentary about the bird man of a place with a view of Alcatraz 
2.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Lisa Kennedy
A charming layered documentary 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Jeff Strickler
The biggest problem with this documentary is its title which makes it sound like a bird watching club filmstrip While it indeed concerns birds it s about a lot more 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Chris Hewitt
Parrots has some problems on the filmmaking side attention getting camera freezes that are too manipulative for this simple film some awkward transitions but Bittner is such a great guy he more than makes up for them 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
David Elliott
It s a deeply San Francisco story a splash of tropic color on the city s watercolor fabric 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Collin Souter
The parrots are every bit as endearing and interesting as the man looking after them 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Moira MacDonald
Turns out to be that rarity a movie that makes its audience happier for having seen it 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
David N. Butterworth
The oddest bird here doesn t have wings 
2.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Roger Ebert
Bittner is calm intelligent confiding wise and well spoken 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Robert K. Elder
Irving s insightful glorious little documentary reveals larger personal truths for her subject while exploring a hidden society of unwanted parrots 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Steve Rhodes
A sweet little film that is a surprising hit 
2.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
James Verniere
If you ve ever felt like a blue crowned conure in a world full of cherry heads and who hasn t these wild parrots are guaranteed to put a smile on your face 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Wesley Morris
Bittner is an acutely compassionate man and Irving is careful to question the details of his life without prosecuting him 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Glenn Whipp
This is a beautiful movie 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The story it tells is unique and moving especially for its perfect snapshot of a specific city s aura 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Lisa Rose
Its allure lies not only in its exotic creatures but also in its depiction of human kindness 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Jeanne Aufmuth
Filmmaker Judy Irving makes a lovely little mountain out of a molehill in this poignant documentary emphasizing the confluence of man and animal 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Walter V. Addiego
Irving s film is as informal and easygoing as its subject 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Russell Scott Smith
By the end of the movie you might find yourself so wrapped up in Bittner and the parrots that you have tears in your eyes 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Bruce Newman
The film is that rare documentary that has romance comedy and a surprise ending that makes you feel as if you could fly out of the theater like a cherry headed conure 
3.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
David Sterritt
Lovely to look at if not very deep in its thinking about relations between humans and their animal friends 
3
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Joshua Vasquez
A documentary of quiet introspective charm 
2.5
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Peter Canavese
The gentle G rated documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill records the sort of story that used to simply pass into urban legend 
3
La última cima
Rene Rodriguez
The movie may be pure hagiography but it still moves you regardless of your faith or lack thereof 
2.5
Thieves Like Us
Jeremiah Kipp
Each scene plays out with equal measure given to humor pathos eccentricity of character the unpredictability of life and the blundering work of getting through the day as a human being 
3.5
Thieves Like Us
Roger Ebert
Altman may not tell a story better than any one but he sees one with great clarity and tenderness 
3.5
Alone (Solos)
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An intriguing narrative and visual proposal that experiments with improvisation and naturalness Full review in Spanish 
3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Eric Henderson
Director Aldrich s work on Baby Jane was already a study in hysteria and his style for Charlotte is if anything even more ornate 
3
Resort to Love
Robert Levin
If you re looking to engage with the movie on a superficial level it has plenty to offer And if you want to dig a little bit deeper that s there too 
3
Resort to Love
Roger Moore
The elements of Resort to Love add up to a better movie than this Hallmark lite romance a pleasantly bland star vehicle for Christina Milian 
2
Resort to Love
Monica Castillo
Resort to Love offers a cute love story starring attractive leads but it has the look and feel of a vacation on a budget 
2
Rare Beasts
Monica Castillo
Rare Beasts is meant to be funny but after a while it just feels flat and often mean spirited 
1
Charade
Brian Eggert
It s almost a cliche at this point to call Charade the best Alfred Hitchcock film not directed by Hitchcock Yet there s an undeniable truth behind the claim 
4
Charade
Josh Larsen
not a single thing is taken seriously in Charade 
3
Charade
Matt Brunson
Sparkles with all the vigor of freshly uncorked champagne 
3.5
Charade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Charade reminds us that when all the elements come together it s possible for Hollywood to make a flawless entertainment that thoroughly whisks us away Too bad it doesn t happen more often 
4
Charade
Scott Nash
There are only a couple of action scenes and they re okay but the real joy is definitely from watching Hepburn and Grant together 
3.5
The Riot Act
Roger Moore
Great period detail an intriguing but unsurprising story flatly scripted and acted 
1.5
The Shaggy D.A.
Roger Ebert
There are also the usual scenes in which cars climb telephone poles characters do cartwheels in midair dogs drive ice cream wagons and Keenan Wynn blusters 
2.5
Back to 1942
Mark Jenkins
Back to 1942 shows the director s mastery of chaotic spectacle massed human motion and elegant camera movements 
2.5
Back to 1942
Bruce DeMara
A chronicle of unrelenting misery sorrow and human degradation that has powerful moments but is hardly uplifting 
2
Back to 1942
James Spillane
The resulting highly uneven film excels at dramatic set pieces but stumbles in the sections that link them together 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Brian Eggert
The material proves describable only through other films and never stands out on its own 46 
2.5
The Last Days on Mars
Frank Ochieng
The passive minded The Last Days On Mars never really convincingly taps into its dramatic potential as a notoriously spunky crater creature feature looking to work diligently on our escapist nerves 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Tirdad Derakhshani
A sci fi horror yarn stocked with a winning cast but hobbled by a lamebrained script and dull set pieces 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Walter Chaw
movies with Mars in the title tend to suck
1.5
The Last Days on Mars
Glenn Lovell
fairly elemental sci fier from UK that during its creepier moments will remind genre buffs of Hammer s top drawer Quatermass series 
3
The Last Days on Mars
Bruce Ingram
Appealing as that might sound to the walking dead obsessed this modest low budget sci fi thriller is fatally lacking in entertainment value 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Mick LaSalle
In the ways that The Last Days on Mars is like a horror movies it s typical and in the ways it s different it s mostly flat 
1
The Last Days on Mars
Stephanie Merry
The Last Days on Mars seems like it could deliver thought provoking goods at least until the plot devolves into Zombies in Outer Space 
1.5
The Last Days on Mars
Ty Burr
A low budget highly predictable but well acted Red Planet thriller 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Dann Gire
The actors especially the reliable Schreiber and the piercing Williams acquit themselves quite well despite being stuck playing living characters possessed of all the depth and complexity of the formerly dead ones 
1
The Last Days on Mars
Chris Hewitt
You ll know where the movie is headed especially if you ve seen The Thing or its other gorebears and no amount of shaky cam footage or sudden shocks can disguise how increasingly familiar and humdrum Last Days on Mars becomes 
2.5
The Last Days on Mars
Peter Howell
The acting is convincing across the board especially Schrieber s despite being saddled with such dialogue inanities as saying you re gonna be all right to a crewmate who is zombifying before his very eyes 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Steve Macfarlane
The film s visual construction is spare drawing power from its locations and quietly matted miniatures though ultimately it succumbs to powering a series of cheap thrills 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Sara Stewart
Fails to live up to the awesomeness of its own campy premise 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Stephen Whitty
Although this film presents an interesting cast they never feel like a crew 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Geoff Pevere
The Last Days on Mars ultimately confirms what science has already spent billions of dollars establishing There s just no life here 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Glenn Kenny
It really isn t even a bad movie or a bad movie of its sort It s just not good enough to really distinguish itself 
2
The Last Days on Mars
Roger Moore
Zero suspense unoriginal in the extreme
1.5
The Possession of David O'Reilly
David Nusair
Frustratingly misguided from the word go 
1
Killing Ground
Federico Furzan
Brutal Australian horror with just the right hint of realism and a non asked question that should have been more relevant Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Killing Ground
David Nusair
a periodically entertaining misfire 
2
Killing Ground
Dustin Putman
Killing Ground is primal and nerve shredding a savvily constructed horror film of very real human monsters and innocent victims staring death in the face 
3
Killing Ground
Sara Michelle Fetters
The visceral unnerving debut of Aussie writer director Damien Power Killing Ground a brutal mercilessly kinetic genre throwback that stings deep and packs a major wallop 
3
Killing Ground
Simon Abrams
Once the novelty of the film s non linear plot wears off Killing Ground is mercilessly rote 
1
Killing Ground
Christian Toto
Mean as a snake storytelling hides Killing Ground s small but nagging flaws 
3
Killing Ground
Mike McGranaghan
If you can handle hardcore reality based horror buckle up and prepare for a ride that will leave you shaken 
3
Killing Ground
Roger Moore
Pitiless
2.5
C.H.U.D.
James Kendrick
a fun slice of Reagan era monster madness that embodies more than a few of its era s political and environmental fears
3
Suburban Birds
Mattie Lucas
A remarkable debut for Qiu a mature and throughly mesmerizing film that lingers like wisps of haunted memory on a hazy summer afternoon 
3.5
Suburban Birds
Chuck Bowen
The film s refusal to commit to its passing fancies is a highly intentional and eventually tiresome declaration of Qui Sheng s arthouse bona fides 
2.5
Dumbbells
Chris Hewitt
It is strenuously aggressively unfunny 
1
Devil's Junction: Handy Dandy's Revenge
Roger Moore
Really bad but not so bad it s good 
1
Wilson
Matt Brunson
Harrelson who over the last decade has built himself up into one of our best supporting players is just fine as Wilson There s no doubt the actor would have taken the character to greater extremes but that s not what s asked of him 
2
Wilson
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Ultimate misfire though it may be at least it s an artistically ambitious one almost deserving of another half star rating Almost 
2
Wilson
Isabel Zacharias
The graphic novel s initial intention was to parody the Sunday funnies which it executed with an impeccable wit and subtlety that cannot no matter the cartoonishly exaggerated characters and original block font titles be translated perfectly to film 
2
Wilson
John Serba
Woody Harrelson plays Wilson as a classic bundle of contradictions and even if the characterization never really congeals you learn to appreciate and sympathize with the guy 
2.5
Wilson
Robert Horton
No matter how outrageous the movie pretends to be or how often it means to shock us there s always something conventional about Wilson s arc 
2
Wilson
Susan Wloszczyna
The plot opts for cop out sentimentality and begins to melt into goo 
2.5
Wilson
Peter Travers
Woody Harrelson is the only life in this party a misstep that gives Daniel Clowes graphic novel the indie cutesy treatment 
2.5
Wilson
Stephen Whitty
You ll want to spend time with Wilson Even if nobody else does 
3
Wilson
Johanna Schneller
Perhaps I ve seen one too many movies in which men who need to grow up have to wreak havoc on other people s lives to do it And this is that one too many 
2
Wilson
Robert Levin
It succeeds in fits and starts but not enough to justify such a prolonged investment in this character 
2.5
Wilson
Chris Knight
Harrelson doesn t have enough character to ground himself in this one 
2
Wilson
Sean P. Means
Alas Wilson winds up being as unlovable and irritating as its main character 
2
Wilson
Jeff Simon
It becomes contagious My suggestion to is by all means to see Wilson because its jet black humor may if you re like me make you laugh hard and often while conveyed with Harrelson s impressibility 
3
Wilson
Mark Dujsik
Wilson grates in a way that is at least unique and uniquely irritating 
1.5
Wilson
Dann Gire
Harrelson who elevated sarcasm to a humanistic art form as the put upon high school teacher in last year s The Edge of Seventeen buries his heart under layers of antagonistic attitudes 
2
Wilson
Peter Howell
Clowes turned ink into flesh and blood for his 2001 screenwriting debut Ghost World He seems to have lost the knack 
2
Wilson
Jon Niccum
an uneven often aggressively unlikable tale of awkward folks making rotten decisions 
2
Wilson
Chris Hewitt
It s not the classic it seems like it could have been but it s definitely worth seeing 
2.5
Wilson
David Lewis
One of those films where the whole is not quite as good as the parts There are plenty of laughs and fun characters to keep us engaged but they don t add up to an emotionally satisfying story 
2
Wilson
Michael O'Sullivan
There s a story here all right but it s a heartless and bitter one 
1.5
Wilson
Michael Phillips
Johnson overemphasizes the comedy and strains for the sentimental connection Character motivations or lack thereof trip up the action in a way they did not in the graphic novel 
2
Wilson
Calvin Wilson
Wilson isn t a bad film but it could have used less melodrama and a lot more insight 
2.5
Wilson
Mark Feeney
The bigger the events the less organic they seem The movie is really a character study masquerading as a series of plot devices 
2
Wilson
Gary Thompson
Woody Harrelson does what he can with the lead role in Wilson but as movie characters go his Wilson finishes a distant runner up to the volleyball in Castaway 
2
Wilson
Kenji Fujishima
Wilson lurches jarringly from poignant melancholy to cartoonish slapstick unable to settle on a consistent tone 
1.5
Navalny
Shane Slater
At once disheartening and inspiring 44 Navalny is thus a bracing reflection of Russian society and the fraught state of modern democracy at large 46 
3
Navalny
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Central to the documentarys structure and the way it reveals all the facts about Navalny is the search for the poisoners and the fascinating spycraft surrounding that quest 
4
Navalny
Brian Tallerico
Roher deserves more credit than just being in the right place at the right time He assembles Navalny well and draws out figure s charisma in interviews that highlight his leadership skills 
3.5
Navalny
Roger Moore
Riveting cinema a roller coaster of emotions 
3
Navalny
Lindsey Bahr
Navalny is so taut and suspenseful you d think John le Carré had left behind a secret manuscript that s only just coming to light now 
3.5
Navalny
Rob Thomas
As entertaining as Navalny is its an urgent reminder that he and the brighter future he represents for a Russia that is on an increasingly frightening path not be forgotten 
3.5
Navalny
David Gonzalez
While Navalnys story continues 44 he will continue to live in infamy as Rohers timely film will have his fearlessness and fight embedded in history forever 46 
3
Navalny
Lisa Trifone
Rohers film is at turns enlightening and emotional it is also alarming and downright hilarious 
3.5
Navalny
Sean P. Means
Even with a foregone conclusion Roher s movie has the feel of a gripping political thriller Credit the drum tight editing by Langdon Page and Maya Daisy Hawke and the intriguing cast of characters 
3.5
Navalny
Mike McGranaghan
Navalny is a riveting examination of a seemingly fearless public figure 
3.5
Navalny
Peter Howell
Navalny is fearless charismatic and an agent of history Roher s timely doc puts us right there with him 
3.5
Marmaduke
David Nusair
a bottom of the barrel family film 
1
Marmaduke
Alicia Potter
Crammed with more recycled offal than a can of Alpo Marmaduke exults in fart jokes offensive stereotypes the cat voiced by George Lopez laps guacamole and sloppy storytelling Bad bad dog 
0
Marmaduke
Linda Cook
Well here s another talking animal movie full of computer generated imagery and body function humor 
2
Marmaduke
Sean P. Means
The only revelation in this movie is that stilted dialogue doesn t sound any better coming out of a computer animated dog s mouth than a human s 
1
Marmaduke
Jason Heck
In a genre so choked with cynical films this one was made with enough skill and heart to make its emotional payoffs believable and welcome 
3
Marmaduke
Rick Groen
This is another opus to take that small well trodden step from the funny pages to the big screen But we re in live action territory here meaning that real people actors compete for camera time with real dog actors 
2
Marmaduke
Amy Biancolli
The dogs are cute I ll say that for it 
2
Marmaduke
Michael O'Sullivan
Lines like Get your bark on Who let the dogs out and Cowabarka abound Many of the jokes revolve around excretory functions 
1
Marmaduke
Willie Waffle
Remember when talking animals used to be funny 
0
Marmaduke
Kyle Smith
I m envisioning a sequel that joins together two towering franchises only with an R rating for excessive gore Marmaduke Versus Alvin and the Chipmunks anyone 
2
Marmaduke
Chris Hewitt
If Hollywood insists on cranking out movies about dogs that won t stop yapping at us I hope they ll all be as well made as Marmaduke 
2.5
Marmaduke
Mark Dujsik
Is there really a reason to insult the intelligence of children so 
1
Marmaduke
Dustin Putman
A pathetic waste of time and money for all concerned the movie pushes one s patience to the brink 
.5
Marmaduke
Bruce DeMara
Marmaduke is a dog of a film that deserves to be put down 
0.5
Marmaduke
Simon Abrams
Marmaduke the movie is exactly the kind of mind numbing kiddie trash that parents dread taking their kids to 
1
Marmaduke
Roger Moore
Even by talking critter comedy standards Marmaduke lacks mirth and imagination 
1.5
Marmaduke
Carrie Rickey
As talking dog movies go Marmaduke makes Beverly Hills Chihuahua look like Up 
2
Marmaduke
Wesley Morris
When one of the last sounds you hear in a work of family entertainment is a Great Dane passing gas there s only one conclusion to be drawn The movie hates your family 
0.5
Marmaduke
Josh Larsen
Will future film historians looking back consider these CGI animal comedies to be the true horror movies of the 2000s 
1
Marmaduke
Jeff Vice
You have to wonder what it was that got the talented Macy onboard aside from a paycheck 
1.5
Marmaduke
Joe Williams
The flea bitten screenplay seems to have been plucked from the wastebasket of recycled ideas and rewritten by someone whose third language was English after Danish and Dog 
1
Marmaduke
Roger Ebert
The moment I saw Marmaduke s big drooling lips moving I knew I was in trouble 
2
Annette
Brian Eggert
Whether lost in pure expression meta ness or self awareness it operates on multiple levels and leaves the viewer somewhat removed if also fascinated bewildered and hungry for more 
4
Annette
John Beifuss
Carax asks whether a standup comic Ape of God Adam Driver with a death on his conscience and a living puppet in his nursery deserves redemption 
3.5
Annette
Ernesto Diezmartinez
What a frustrating movie I understand why there are people who do not like musicals 
1
Annette
Lisa Trifone
Annette is undeniably in a class of its own an unforgettable cinematic experience bolstered by highly original music and enthralling performances 
3
Annette
Robert Levin
A grandiose melodrama in which everyone involved recognizes exactly what the material demands and goes right after it 
3
Annette
Sonny Bunch
Annette is the opposite of algorithmic art it is sui generis and in its distinctiveness it demands attention to detail to dialogue to musical themes and motifs 
3
Annette
Rania Richardson
Leo Carax s new film ANNETTE is its own genre defying work Dreams nightmares and fantasies propel the audacious fable of star crossed lovers 
3.5
Annette
David Nusair
A bold audacious musical 
2.5
Annette
James Berardinelli
At a time when so many movies feel like cookie cutter representations of better past tellings there s more than a little virtue of taking an offbeat and oddball path even if the detour is too long and has a few too many potholes 
2.5
Annette
Joe Friar
A pretentious film that fails on every level despite the involvement of the amazing talent 
1
Annette
Randy Myers
Overheated and way too full of itself the Sparks Brothers ambitious but lame rock opera gets old fast 
2
Annette
Mark Feeney
Maybe the most inexplicable thing among the movie s many inexplicabilities is the near complete waste it makes of an actress as gifted as Cotillard 
2
Annette
Rene Sanchez
Adam Driver offers an outstanding performance in this dark surreal and unconventional rock opera about fame and male fragility Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Annette
Rob Thomas
The one thing you can t say about Annette is that it s insincere or a parody It believes in itself with every fiber of its nutty being 
3
Annette
Sean P. Means
Annette wraps its romance and its music around an exuberant reflection on the psychic toll of an artistic life Such a life isn t easy but when the result is a stimulating question raising work like this worth the effort 
3.5
Annette
Matthew Passantino
Here s what can definitively be said about Annette it will not be everyone s cup of tea 
3
Annette
Roger Moore
A movie musical that loses its way when it loses its sense of play 
2
Annette
Max Weiss
Clearly Annette is aiming for something surreal thought provoking sexually intense and tantalizingly dangerous But I don t think it really has anything interesting to say at all 
2
Annette
Richard Roeper
Over the course of 139 minutes it never ever takes a break from being creatively bizarre 
3
Annette
Leo Brady
One thing is for sure is that Leos Carax has a brilliant mind and eye for cinema creating a musical narrative that exists in his universe of filmmaking 
3.5
Annette
Mark Dujsik
To call the music of this musical piece uninspired is an understatement 
1.5
Annette
Peter Howell
The writing is at fault not the acting 
2
Annette
Kathy Fennessy
Leos Carax s singular vision is a bracing tonic in a play it safe movie world 
3.5
Annette
Jeff Mitchell
Annette offers some big ideas but Cotillard inexplicably doesn t get her Jenny Lind Never Enough moment 
2
Annette
Mike McGranaghan
A towering achievement in filmmaking that every adventurous viewer should see and experience 
4
Annette
Josh Larsen
Whatever else he ends up doing in his career Adam Driver will always have Annette 
3
Annette
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a spiritless rock musical in search of a raison d être 
1
Annette
Lindsey Bahr
This thing called Annette has a way of taking up residence in your mind whether you like it or not If you re even the slightest bit intrigued you should let Carax and the Maels take you on this bizarre journey 
3
Annette
Sheila O'Malley
An exhilarating and exuberant experience 
4
Annette
Ann Hornaday
For audiences who prefer their movies to be as weird and even off putting as possible Annette comes fully wrapped as a pretentious arty occasionally breathtaking ultimately misbegotten midsummer gift 
1.5
Annette
Michael Phillips
A strange singular film for singularly strange times 
3
Annette
Mick LaSalle
Anything that can happen in one minute happens in 10 with a song thrown in and every plot surprise can be seen from a distance like Omar Shariff coming over the horizon in Lawrence of Arabia 
1
Annette
Brian Truitt
Not even a revved up Driver or songs by the cult art pop group Sparks can lift the film to its lofty aims 
2
Annette
Joey Magidson
Annette is an admirably big swing that dares you to enjoy It 
2.5
Annette
Sarah Knight Adamson
Brilliant filmmaking creative and visionary no wonder Leos Carax won Best Director my favorite movie screening in Cannes Full review to follow 
4
Annette
Rafael Motamayor
So unrestrained and unapologetic about what it s trying to do you can t help but sing along 
3
Annette
Pat Brown
The musical format proves a natural fit for Leos Carax s love of the visual fantasies created by the cinema s most basic means of illusion 
3
People Say I'm Crazy
Megan Lehmann
It s raw stuff 
2.5
Oops!
Namrata Joshi
Tijori makes up for it in the climax by making Mita deliver a rousing feminist statement 
2
Bluebird
Glenn Kenny
Edmands scenario provides plenty of opportunity for narrative twists and social commentary but these aren t the areas of interest for the filmmaker Rather he s interested in the people 
3
Bluebird
Michael Phillips
The dangling ending won t appeal to everyone but nobody makes a movie like Bluebird with that in mind anyway 
3
Bluebird
Roger Moore
A somber sad account of a small town tragedy and its consequences very well acted 
2.5
Bluebird
Clayton Davis
Amy Morton is a true revelation delivering her finest acting performance of her career 
2.5
Bluebird
Kent Turner
Without a variation in the film s morose tone it comes off as a slice of rust belt misery 
2
Bluebird
Nick McCarthy
Knitted together by its sense of place and lived in performances yet unraveled by anemic false melodrama and overbearing music 
2
The Memory Thief
Leba Hertz
Director Gil Kofman s attempt is noble in trying to show this descent into madness but something rings false 
2
The Memory Thief
Ken Fox
While the film tends to talk over itself in its attempt to say all it needs to say on the subject his film s uncompromisingly bleak vision is a bracing alternative 
3
The Memory Thief
Eric Henderson
Another case study delving into the hubris and insult of trying too hard to feel someone else s pain 
2.5
The Memory Thief
Michele Kenner
The Memory Thief the first narrative feature by Gil Kofman grants intimate entrance into a needy person s life a life bent around the facts of the darkest hours of the 20th century 
3
The Memory Thief
Maureen M. Hart
Tragedy and closure memory and truth are the subjects of writer director Gil Kofman s first narrative feature 
3
The Memory Thief
Carrie Rickey
The deeply felt performances from Mark Webber and Jerry Adler overwhelm the film about a young man whose way of connecting to others is to mirror them 
2.5
Coffin Rock
Mike McGranaghan
A genre picture that reveals some strong qualities before going just a bit off the rails during the home stretch 
2.5
Peter and Vandy
Lou Lumenick
Despite two very ap pealing leads in Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler Jay DiPietro s bittersweet romantic comedy Peter and Vandy is yet another graduate of Sundance s Class of 09 that doesn t live up to its initial promise 
2
Peter and Vandy
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Peter and Vandy implements the time shuffling love story with more poetic technical aplomb than any other film this year but its flaws inadvertently fashion a cogent argument against the formula as well 
2.5
Novocaine
Margaret A. McGurk
While the plot does work in mechanical terms its multiple ins and outs never achieve more than plodding motion 
2.5
Novocaine
Forrest Hartman
In a world filled with technically beautiful dogs every once in awhile it s nice to see a film that bets the bank on great storytelling and a whole lot of soul 
3.5
Novocaine
Mick LaSalle
The casting is peculiar the tone is off the plot is uninteresting and the ending is sorry 
1
Novocaine
Dustin Putman
Has everything one would hope for in a successful thriller 
3
Novocaine
Steve Rhodes
A film noir without the noir the story lies as flat and cold as a two day old corpse at the morgue 
2
Novocaine
Ed Gonzalez
About as exciting as dry humping a dentist s chair 
2
Novocaine
Claudia Puig
With Bonham Carter s been there done that performance and a plot that spins out of control we end up with a movie that you can t quite sink your teeth into 
2
Novocaine
Pam Grady
The sum of the parts is an unwieldy mess 
1.5
Novocaine
Steven Rea
Fun but wobbly stuff 
2.5
Novocaine
Lou Lumenick
Martin breaks loose from a string of bland studio comedies with Novocaine a snarkily amusing indie 
3
Novocaine
Liam Lacey
The laughs aren t warm enough or the crimes cold enough to move anyone to shake or shiver 
2.5
Novocaine
Roger Ebert
A screwball film noir with a lot of medium laughs and a few great big ones 
3
Novocaine
Jay Carr
Atkins brings to his direction of Martin a finesse shared by only a few of the directors who have worked with the comedian actor 
3.5
Novocaine
Tony Toscano
Neither a thriller nor a comedy Sadly it wallows somewhere between 
1
Novocaine
Tom Long
Novocaine isn t the kind of movie you can really sink your teeth into but it is a nice passing fancy a creative spin on a classic crime form that has just enough bite 
2
Novocaine
Rob Blackwelder
Watching this very talented cast wasted on this rubbish is almost as painful as a root canal 
1.5
Novocaine
Dan Lybarger
The blessing and the curse of Novocaine is that the storyline veers wildly from sequence to sequence and even from genre to genre 
2.5
Novocaine
James Berardinelli
I found myself underwhelmed despite winning performances by Steve Martin and Helena Bonham Carter 
2.5
Novocaine
Jeanne Aufmuth
A sharp unsettling black comedy about dentistry is long overdue 
3
Novocaine
Walter Chaw
It s neither funny nor the slightest bit suspenseful too jumbled and arbitrary to ever sustain much in the way of tension or interest 
1
Novocaine
Harvey S. Karten
More fun than a root canal any day 
3
Craigslist Joe
Diego Semerene
As hard as he tries we never truly believe there s a lot at stake for Garner who seems to cruise through America like a gringo taking a favela tour in Rio 
1
Always
David Nusair
a top tier effort that seems to have unfairly fallen through the cracks 
3.5
Always
Roger Ebert
The result is a curiosity a remake that wasn t remade enough 
2
Always
Chris Hicks
The story which was set during World War II in the original film has been updated and placed in modern times And that s part of the problem 
2.5
Night and Day
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In broad terms the polarity between painting and narrative is one between persistence and development 
4
Casa Susanna
Shane Slater
Lifshitz truly crafts an illuminating film filled with many insightful details 46 
3
Casa Susanna
Kent Turner
quot Casa Susanna quot is a must see documentary regarding transgender portrayals 44 along with quot Disclosure quot and quot Born to Be 46 quot 
3
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Roger Ebert
This documentary by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi could have used more music for my taste and fewer talking heads But it s absorbing all the same N Dour is the sort of humanitarian bridge that we need in a world so sharply divided 
3
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Jonathan Curiel
Youssou N Dour is a beautiful film to watch as it unfolds the life of N Dour and by extension the lives of millions of West Africans who are anonymous to many in the West 
4
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Rob Lowman
When the music starts playing it s easy to forgive the film s flaws 
3
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
V.A. Musetto
Director Vasarhelyi offers only generalities on the Egypt dispute and never really tells us about N Dour the man 
2
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Joseph Jon Lanthier
It becomes gratingly obvious fairly early on that N Dour s faith and nationality reside within the many nebulous blind spots of occidental awareness to the point where filmed rituals virtually demand a glossary 
2.5
Lifelines
Fernando F. Croce
Lifelines pitches its tone of suburban purgatory early with nerve wrecked matriarch Nancy staring at the camera while sing songy yearning for a rope to hang herself with 
1
Lifelines
David Nusair
a surprising downright gripping drama revolving around a seriously dysfunctional family 
3
Lifelines
Dustin Putman
A resoundingly affecting and emotionally cathartic family drama Lingers and stirs in the memory long after the end credits have rolled 
3.5
Made-Up
Terry Lawson
A lot like Tammy Faye Bakker you just know it has good intentions but it ends up as a smeary facsimile of what it wants to be 
2
Made-Up
Sean P. Means
Delivers billboard sized messages about preconceptions of beauty and youth before the whole thing goes off the rails into a forced and humorless farce 
1.5
Made-Up
Walter Chaw
Salvaged by one meta read that carries some weight as Shalhoub an Arab American of Lebanese descent directs a film about the ills of stereotyping based on appearance 
2.5
Made-Up
Paul Sherman
This tiresome movie feels too flimsy for the waters beyond the film festival circuit 
1.5
Made-Up
Wesley Morris
It wants as Kate says about her documentary to be a seminal work on beauty and aging But it wears like a gauzy romantic comedy 
2.5
Made-Up
Timothy Knight
Resorts to tired shtick and soap opera level tensions to drive its points home with all the subtlety of a brick flung through a window 
1.5
Made-Up
Glenn Whipp
The film wants to satirize both our fixation on appearances and reality filmmaking but its strained humor and litany of cliches add little to either topic 
2
Made-Up
Peter Travers
It s hard to resist this family affair 
3
Made-Up
Elizabeth Weitzman
Both painfully self indulgent and awkwardly self conscious 
2
Made-Up
Megan Lehmann
The well intentioned but wobbly directing debut of character actor Tony Shalhoub tries to be many things romantic comedy mockumentary a satire on beauty and aging but ends up succeeding at none 
1.5
Made-Up
Erik Lundegaard
The filmmakers do a fine job of focusing on the difficulties of aging in a youth obsessed culture 
3
Échangistes
David Nusair
the movie does have valuable insights into the darker side of relationships 
2.5
On the Road
Mattie Lucas
Salles has been on this road before with much more success and this trip just feels gratuitous lost in its own haze of beatnik navel gazing 
2
On the Road
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Walter Salles gets the frenetic pace of Beat Generation antics right but he only hints at Sal s ambivalence about this way of living 
2.5
On the Road
Rob Thomas
The movie version of On the Road won t have the impact on a person that the book ever did But it does go some way to explaining why the book did 
3
On the Road
Matt Brunson
Salles approaches Kerouac s raw restless and spontaneous work in such a staid and conservative manner that the movie might as well be a lesser Merchant Ivory production from the team s late 90s period of decline 
1.5
On the Road
John Beifuss
The filmmakers are intelligent and gifted but they fail to provide a satisfying answer to the question facing anyone who might want to make a movie version of On the Road namely Why bother 
2
On the Road
Sean P. Means
Even Stewart exuding more passion than in all five Twilight movies registers more fully than the preening leads 
2
On the Road
Duane Dudek
Jack Kerouac s Beat Generation bible On the Road was experimental experiential and ephemeral in a way Walter Salles film never captures or portrays 
2.5
On the Road
Jon Niccum
If the movie weren t so visually eloquent at evoking post war America it might prove unbearable 
2
On the Road
Roger Moore
What Salles gets just right is the sense of speed of lives lived too fast of the blacktop passing before their windshield in a blur 
3
On the Road
Peter Canavese
This pretty period pictorial companion piece to the novel fatally misses out on the brain firing raw buzz that Kerouac felt and passed on to his readers 
2
On the Road
Ann Hornaday
Walter Salles s warm but strangely staid adaptation of a piece of literature that was never meant to be tamed as cinema 
2
On the Road
Jeff Beck
This makes for a rather uninspired film that despite being based off of a novel considered a classic fails to grab the viewer s attention with its meandering storyline and characters that drift in and out of the picture 
1.5
On the Road
Mick LaSalle
On the Road is something of a sprawling mess but then so is the novel 
3
On the Road
Ty Burr
Against all odds a surprisingly effective movie 
3
On the Road
Steven Rea
In Salles screenwriter Jose Rivera and company s effort to get the details right they only get so far And it s not quite far enough 
3
On the Road
Joe Williams
Notwithstanding the characters spiritual camaraderie Salles emphasizes the hard physical labor and loneliness in Sal s story including the jittery rigors of the writing process 
3.5
On the Road
Chris Hewitt
It s not entirely successful but it has many beautiful moments 
2.5
On the Road
Roger Ebert
Although Jack Kerouac s On the Road has been praised as a milestone in American literature this film version brings into question how much of a story it really offers 
2
On the Road
Michael Phillips
While Kerouac s odyssey lacks conventional narrative or novelistic beats though it comes with plenty of the other kind the restlessness of the prose has its own cinematic allure 
3
On the Road
Matt Pais
Comes off as the early days of douchebaggery in the aimless tale of a guy in love with the sound of his own voice 
1.5
On the Road
Mike McGranaghan
The movie makes you feel as though you ve just woken up from an all time bender disoriented confused and wondering why you just put yourself through it 
1.5
On the Road
Rick Groen
Sorry On the Road just doesn t travel well 
2
On the Road
Peter Howell
The film is a handsomely photographed and competently cast work that does justice to Kerouac s concept of the purity of the road Yet there s still something maddeningly lacking about it 
2
On the Road
Leonard Maltin
Salles tries to capture the immediacy and spontaneous nature of the book using long takes and even allowing the camera to drift out of focus when a character moves about 
2.3
On the Road
Stephen Whitty
There s no madness here no burning no desperate search for transcendence no sense of characters on a heroic continent crossing quest Just another sticky stinky story of boys being boys And refusing to become men 
2
On the Road
Kyle Smith
What s best about the film are its quick jumps from one depravity to the next as jazz rambles on the soundtrack Youth is a candle to be burned at both ends with as it was once said about Bob Dylan a blowtorch in the middle 
3
On the Road
Jake Coyle
In the end On the Road remains paved over 
2
On the Road
Peter Travers
A dash of Tarantino might have juiced up Walter Salles wrongheadedly well mannered take on Jack Kerouac s 1957 Beat Generation landmark On the Road feels tight and constricted 
2
On the Road
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The lack of a strong expository voice further simplifies the wealth of explicit sex Walter Salles dramatizes much of it drawn from juicy swathes of Jack Kerouac s only recently published original scroll 
2
In God We Trust
Matt Brunson
Feldman s general likability can t disguise either the blandness or obviousness of the picture 
1.5
In God We Trust
Roger Ebert
The movie itself is a broadside attack on televised evangelists particularly the kind who promise quick results from God if you send in your cash donations fast This is an old target and Feldman contributes nothing original to the attack 
1.5
All the Places
Roger Moore
The makings of a charming formula road picture are here 46 But director Pitipol Ybarra and screenwriter Adriana Pelusi abandoned too many ingredients for quot All the Things quot to come off 46 
1.5
Honkytonk Man
Roger Ebert
This is a sweet whimsical low key movie a movie that makes you feel good without pressing you too hard 
3
Honkytonk Man
Eric Henderson
Clint Eastwood s dust bowl drama Honkytonk Man is a sensitive road picture about a mostly luckless aspiring country music singer 
3
Straight Up
Roger Moore
The quippiest most quotable romantic comedy of the year 
3
Straight Up
Ty Burr
W atching these two smart people outsmart themselves and each other has its modest yet real pleasures not to mention an undercurrent of melancholy that makes the laughs stick to the ribs
2.5
Straight Up
David Lewis
On the surface Sweeney s film is a playful examination of sexual fluidity but underneath the gags it s really a universal sweet movie about the modern complexities of finding a soulmate 
3
Straight Up
Nell Minow
An assured and refreshing first feature from writer director star James Sweeney 
3
Straight Up
Mark Dujsik
T he success of the film is in how firmly it establishes these characters as individuals and as a pair 
3
Straight Up
Walter Chaw
Straight Up is a fine showcase for an emerging voice who is smart enough to keep things tight 
2.5
A Question of Faith
Kam Williams
A very moving tale of redemption which not only reveals God s grace but makes a case for cross cultural tolerance that s sorely needed in these divided times 
4
Blue Hawaii
Matt Brunson
One of those agreeable Elvis formula flicks that differ very little in style 44 structure 44 or stereotype 46 
2.5
Blue Hawaii
Josh Larsen
any problems that arise are easily solved with a ukulele and a song 
2.5
The Eye
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Is it a horror a thriller a tragedy a disaster pic or a romance It s never really sure but either way it limps along through various dips into different genres and often times is scrambled and confused 
2.5
The Eye
Linda Cook
The Eye could be worth seeing as a matinee or rental 
2.5
The Eye
Liam Lacey
Though perhaps not the greatest thing since sliced eyeballs The Eye is definitely worth a look or even a double take 
2.5
The Eye
Joe Baltake
A modest pleasure for aficionados of chillers 
3
The Eye
John Beifuss
One thing The Eye teaches us is that a 15 floor elevator ride really seems to take a long time when there s a ghost standing in the corner 
3
The Eye
Jeff Vice
It s not afraid to broach some deeper questions about the meaning of death predestination and social and personal responsibility 
3
The Eye
Sean P. Means
Until it loses its head in the final reel this is a cool supernatural thriller that subtly mixes Western style and Eastern mysticism 
3
The Eye
Duane Dudek
While this sampler of dreams and sense memory resembles dark clouds on a horizon it never reaches critical mass 
2.5
The Eye
Walter Chaw
Despite its over familiarity The Eye manages a decent atmosphere 
2.5
The Eye
Phil Villarreal
This Eye won t give your own peepers back to you for 98 armrest clenching minutes 
3
The Eye
John Monaghan
An atmospheric and cleverly executed nail biter 
3
The Eye
Beth Wood
Despite its flaws this occasionally creepy film possesses unusual beauty and style 
2.5
The Eye
Chris Hewitt
If you can picture a horror movie made by the producers of Touched by an Angel you have an idea of The Eye 
2.5
The Eye
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie you happen across on TV and linger to watch out of curiosity but its inspired moments serve only to point out how routine and occasionally how slow and wordy the rest of it is 
2.5
The Eye
Loren King
A feast to behold but it lacks substance and will leave most viewers wholly unsatisfied 
2
The Eye
Rob Blackwelder
Regardless of its shortcomings The Eye literally gave me the chills at least a dozen times and that s what counts 
2.5
The Eye
C.W. Nevius
It is hard to believe this plodding predictable snoozer will raise anyone s pulse rate 
1
The Eye
Moira MacDonald
Quite effective at scaring the daylights out of an audience 
3
The Eye
Wesley Morris
Like the horror flick hacks who infest Hollywood like termites the Pangs don t build suspense they assault the senses with twitchy photography and Danny s editing 
1.5
The Eye
Bruce Newman
Directors Oxide and Danny Pang build the film s tension incrementally in these scenes never amping it up with special effects or orchestral accents 
3
The Eye
Frank Ochieng
Seeing is definitely worth believing in the Hong Kong supernatural thriller The Eye Quite imaginative and cerebrally challenging for a spookfest narrative never blinks when it comes to its inherent hair raising high jinks 
3
The Eye
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s unabashedly derivative and spooky enough to keep you up at night 
2.5
The Eye
Bob Strauss
Tom Cruise s company has already bought the remake rights See why 
3
The Eye
Megan Lehmann
Hong Kong brothers Oxide and Danny Pang manage to deliver real skin prickling jolts 
3
The Eye
Peter Debruge
As a horror movie it packs one genuine scare after another right up to the moment of its inconceivably ghastly end 
3.5
The Eye
Jan Stuart
The usual hokum jazzed up with more flash than it deserves 
2
The Eye
Peter Travers
The Pangs deliver enough shivery scares to keep you up nights 
3
The Eye
Steve Rhodes
The Eye loses its effectiveness because of its repetition Even if it s a well made horror movie it is pretty predictable 
2
The Eye
Ed Gonzalez
The film is elegantly composed and offers the occasional fright but its minimalism is as calculated as its story is annoyingly familiar 
2
The Eye
Ian Mantgani
It s like The Hand clumsily mishmashed with At First Sight The Sixth Sense Ring and The Mothman Prophecies and it just goes on and on 
2
The Eye
Jeremy Heilman
A solid genre piece that s more than adept at evoking the thrills necessary to keep the audience on the edge of their seats 
3
And Then We Danced
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Gelbakhiani a dancer with no previous acting experience is sensational as the young gay man discovering himself overjoyed at finding love while dancing 
2
And Then We Danced
Mark Feeney
Unfortunately neither dance nor travel ultimately compensates for the melodrama 
2
And Then We Danced
Lisa Trifone
Gelbakhiani s performance is captivating creating a vividly realized character who navigates a tumultuous phase of his young life with all the wonder fear and uncertainty one would expect 
3.5
And Then We Danced
Rene Sanchez
A sensual touching and revolutionary coming of age story that defies the traditions of a conservative society through the beauty and power of dance Full Review in Spanish 
4
And Then We Danced
Mark Dujsik
The heart of the film is in Merab s personal evolution from a man whose dreams are based on the beliefs of others to one whose dreams gradually become his own 
3
And Then We Danced
Tomris Laffly
The director s greatest asset here is surely Gelbakhiani 
3
And Then We Danced
Walter Chaw
And Then We Danced is about the things we hold on to for our lives Candles in the dark 
3
And Then We Danced
Roger Moore
Manages to tell an over familiar coming out story with sensitivity and a Georgian accent 
2.5
And Then We Danced
Joey Magidson
There s enough good within And Then We Danced to overcome its flaws but this is a melodrama that could have used another draft of its script 
3
For Queen and Country
Kurt Jacobsen
For Queen Country ends with a gratuitous and silly bang which may be a slight improvement on the sometimes charming whimpers with which British films customarily end Then again maybe not 
2
For Queen and Country
Dave Kehr
This is a serious subject and worthy of a serious journalistic report That is not however what For Queen and Country is 
2
For Queen and Country
David Nusair
Aside from the bizarre sight of Denzel Washington sporting a cockney British accent there s not much worth recommending about For Queen and Country 
2
For Queen and Country
Roger Ebert
Washington creates the character as a convincing sympathetic person and he deserves more than to have the character thrown away on a phoned in plot 
2
Zorro, the Gay Blade
Roger Ebert
This movie is of course intended as a comedy and it has some funny moments But it s just not successful and I think the reason is that Hamilton never for a second plays Zorro as if he were really playing Zorro 
2
Mayor Pete
David Reddish
Moss and his camera present Pete Buttigieg as an almost unflappable entityone who possesses both extraordinary political aptitude almost creates his public flaws 
3
Mayor Pete
Peter Canavese
A managed look at a measured politician 
2.5
Mayor Pete
Mattie Lucas
A curiously bland hagiography that never fully interrogates the tension between the self styled authenticity and his team s desperate attempts to mold him into a relatable human candidate 
2
Mayor Pete
Rex Reed
Considering what we ve been through recently I d rather fawn over a hero in the making than moan over a rotten past 
3
Mayor Pete
Tom Meek
It s a fitting portrait and an inspirational one no doubt but it just scratches the surface 
2.5
Mayor Pete
Steven Prokopy
Mayor Pete is terrific at making us realize that he s still quite young and will likely have a few more opportunities to run for president in the future 
3.5
Mayor Pete
Ty Burr
The movie s worth a look for the access it provides to a fascinating figure who s hardly done with public life 
3
Mayor Pete
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The length of the shoot allows Moss to include many small intimate moments and to explore the movie s emerging theme 
3.5
Mayor Pete
Nick Allen
Mayor Pete has a compelling subject but it s most gripping when it s trying to secure your curiosity not just your future vote 
2.5
Mayor Pete
Randy Myers
It s eye opening 
3
Mayor Pete
Mick LaSalle
Moss didn t quite hit the jackpot but he came pretty close when he decided to make a documentary about the underdog presidential run of Pete Buttigieg 
3
Mayor Pete
Joey Magidson
Mayor Pete looks at the Pete Buttigieg Presidential campaign from the inside and the outside but it is at its best when looking at the man himself 
3
Mayor Pete
Pat Brown
The film s approach is completely subsumed by the importance of the Mayor Pete persona as the means and ends of the candidacy 
1.5
The 'Burbs
Matt Brunson
It benefits from Dante s inventive direction but it s hampered by an insufferable character in Ducommun s Art as well as an unfortunate if predictable denouement that totally upends the sturdy theme and edgy moralizing that would have made this unique 
2.5
The 'Burbs
Josh Larsen
presents suburban expansion as a cheerier version of manifest destiny 
3.5
The 'Burbs
David Nusair
A fairly disappointing flop 
2
The 'Burbs
Dave Kehr
The Burbs doesnit quite go the distance but for most of its length it is a superbly inventive insightful and funny black comedy 
3.5
The 'Burbs
Gene Siskel
The script would like to be a horror film a comedy and a commentary on suburban living but it doesn t hit any target 
2
The 'Burbs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of Dante s most enjoyable films 
3.5
The 'Burbs
Roger Ebert
A long shaggy dog story 
2
7 Minutes
Clayton Dillard
Whether because of race shame shelter or fright 7 Minutes remains white in the face throughout 
0
7 Minutes
Linda Barnard
A solid score and tight camerawork shows Martin s background as a music video director translates well to big screen work 
3
7 Minutes
David Berry
There isn t a character here who doesn t feel like a low res scan of a shaky photocopy of a faded polaroid of a character in a better crime drama none of which is helped by a plot that s too simple to generate tension even from its narrative tricks 
1
7 Minutes
Rex Reed
Like most of today s young directors who neither want to nor know how to tell an actual story in a traditional way with a beginning middle and end writer director Jay Martin jumps around like a spastic colon 
1
Rats
David Nusair
An obvious low point in Morgan Spurlock s hit and miss filmography 
0
Crown Heights
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
With a solid cast and a mostly strong script Crown Heights delivers the dramatic goods in this riveting tale of a man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit 
3
Crown Heights
Calvin Wilson
Stanfield deftly balances rage and resignation and Asomugha is impressive as a crusader who refuses to give up 
3
Crown Heights
Bob Bloom
Otherwise Crown Heights is a sensitive and compelling story of the injustices of a flawed and broken judicial system that finds it easier to use its weight to beat down those on the lower rungs than uncover the truth and be fair and impartial 
3
Crown Heights
Soren Andersen
Stanfield in a performance of quiet power fully inhabits Warner s agony at the injustice that is being done to him 
4
Crown Heights
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With his profound performance Stanfield brings Crown Heights inside an unimaginable human experience 
3
Crown Heights
Mark Dujsik
The movie feels like the first draft of a story waiting for the substance context and insight to be added as the writing process progresses 
1.5
Crown Heights
Ann Hornaday
Lakeith Stanfield delivers a breakout performance in Crown Heights a dramatized true story of miscarried justice that he anchors with restrained stillness and sensitivity 
3
Crown Heights
Michael Phillips
In his second narrative feature directorial effort Ruskin handles it smoothly and with an eye toward pace even at the expense of the honest offhanded moments that can make a galling true crime story such as this come alive on the screen 
3
Crown Heights
Mark Feeney
Morally there s black here there s also white but the prevailing color is bureaucratic gray Bringing that to the screen and making it work is an accomplishment 
2.5
Crown Heights
Roger Moore
Righteous but plodding 
2
Crown Heights
Gary Thompson
Crown Heights takes a measured almost melancholy approach to the story of Warner s arrest and conviction the movie isn t shouting about the way the system is rigged against the poor but reminding us with a sigh 
2.5
Crown Heights
Peter Hartlaub
Crown Heights has some narrative shortcomings But the filmmakers respect the subject matter too much to ever take the easy way out 
3
Crown Heights
Kam Williams
A sobering indictment of the legal system that ll leave you wondering how many other Colin Warners might be incarcerated by a heartless prison industrial complex routinely doling out a color coded brand of criminal justice 
4
Crown Heights
Matt Zoller Seitz
Crown Heights is a pretty good movie about a great subject the sheer backbreaking labor necessary to force the system to even acknowledge a terrible injustice much less make it right 
3
Crown Heights
Rick Bentley
Stanfield s performance is the solid foundation for the film 
3
Crown Heights
Jordan Hoffman
You can t tell yourself it s just a movie 
2.5
Crown Heights
Kenji Fujishima
The film plays like a human interest story in which all of the humanity has been gutted in favor of deadening narrative efficiency 
2
A Little Night Music
Josh Larsen
Shoddy in conception and construction 
1.5
A Little Night Music
Wesley Lovell
An abomination of a stage to screen adaptation with disjointed performances that avoids some of the musical s best tunes in an effort to make it more audience friendly 
1
Fetishes: Mistresses and Domination at Pandora's Box
Bill Stamets
Despite Broomfield s insistence on access to the inner sanctum of Pandora s Box he never has enough nerve or imagination to join in the role playing 
1
Fetishes: Mistresses and Domination at Pandora's Box
Roger Ebert
Fascinating horrifying funny and sad 
3
Pretty Woman
David Nusair
an exceedingly entertaining example of the romantic comedy genre 
3
Pretty Woman
Peter Canavese
Believing in love is swell and all but maybe we re better off not buying the brand Pretty Woman is selling Blu ray 
2
Pretty Woman
James Kendrick
The movie itself a modern update of the Cinderella story is as contrived as you get isn t that not so secretly what we want but at no point is Roberts performance
3
Pretty Woman
Betsy Bozdech
Yes its title has become shorthand for Hollywood s escapist tendency to sugar coat some of the darker realities of life but it s still an awfully entertaining movie 
3
Pretty Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Garry Marshall somehow lucked into a hit despite his oppressive 125 minute running time and excessive schmaltz 
3
Pretty Woman
Robert Roten
A nice straightforward romantic comedy in the mainstream Hollywood tradition 
3
Pretty Woman
Dustin Putman
Has what it takes to act as a blueprint on how to make the quintessential romantic comedy 
3
Pretty Woman
Roger Ebert
The sweetest and most openhearted love fable since The Princess Bride 
3.5
The Last Shot
David Nusair
never quite becomes anything more than a marginally entertaining way to kill 93 minutes 
2.5
The Last Shot
David N. Butterworth
The Last Shot commits the cardinal sin of comedies it isn t funny 
2
The Last Shot
Joe Baltake
There s an eccentric enchantment and easy friendliness to screenwriter Jeff Nathanson s modest debut film 
3.5
The Last Shot
Timothy Knight
Ultimately plays like a low rent version of the far superior Get Shorty 
2
The Last Shot
Jeffrey Westhoff
Match the right actors to right roles and it doesn t always matter when a movie misses its potential 
3
The Last Shot
Scott Nash
Content with chuckles when it should have gone for big laughs 
3
The Last Shot
Dustin Putman
In the terms of the money hungry Hollywood mindset The Last Shot is an amusing likable sleeper hit but not an out of the stratosphere blockbuster 
2.5
The Last Shot
Christian Toto
The Last Shot delivers cinematic nuggies to Tinsel Town
3
The Last Shot
Willie Waffle
In The Last Shot it s the women who steal the show but it makes for a better night at home on cable 
2
The Last Shot
Moira MacDonald
It s all very loose and while occasionally diverting doesn t really add up to anything 
2
The Last Shot
Carla Meyer
A funny hybrid of Hollywood satire and mob comedy 
3
The Last Shot
Wesley Morris
Minor but racy and enjoyably rude 
2.5
The Last Shot
Roger Ebert
It s so screwy you feel affection for it 
3
The Last Shot
Jami Bernard
There s no affection in this mean spirited sendup of the business and nothing to mitigate its sour taste 
2
The Last Shot
Lou Lumenick
The Last Shot is wildly uneven but contains moments that are right up there with The Player 
2.5
The Last Shot
James Verniere
Amiably cockeyed well cast ensemble comedy about Hollyweird 
3
The Last Shot
Peter Canavese
Has the blunt energy of a teamster s truck taking on speed bumps watch underrated actors Broderick and Baldwin try to outdo each other 
3
The Last Shot
Glenn Whipp
A hit and miss broadside at Hollywood and the cockeyed optimists who dream of making it big in movies 
2
The Last Shot
Erik Childress
Jeff Nathanson s attempt tries to tell a nearly unbelievable true story but settles into being an unfocused clone of sharper works
2
The Last Shot
Peter Travers
Never achieves liftoff 
1
The Last Shot
Steven Rea
Cross Get Shorty with State and Main Hollywood hustlers colorful crooks crafty poseurs and a production crew on location and you have the stuff of The Last Shot One other thing eliminate anything funny 
1
The Last Shot
John Anderson
With a few detours into questionable taste it s a hoot 
2.5
The Last Shot
Maud Dillingham
Clunky comedy 
2
The Last Shot
Allison Benedikt
Director Jeff Nathanson sucks the life and the timing out of every scene 
2
The Last Shot
Steve Rhodes
A cute little picture 
3
The Last Shot
Jeanne Aufmuth
Treads shaky ground but weathers the flat notes and emerges a comic winner 
3
The Last Shot
Ed Gonzalez
More or less a neutered version of Robert Altman s sexy beast The Player 
2
Bank Ban
John von Rhein
An operatic rarity worth catching even if you don t happen to be an opera fan 
3
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Christopher James
Curious George Documentary is a Fascinating Bit of Monkey Business
3.5
The Choice
Pamela Powell
The acting and story leave a lot to be desired but the scenery and dogs make up in part for this major deficit 
1.5
The Choice
Sean P. Means
The puppies and babies become a key factor in distracting us from the fact that there s zero chemistry between the vibrant Palmer and the stiff Walker 
1.5
The Choice
Max Weiss
The thing that s particularly galling about his latest installment The Choice is that the script seems to think it delivers a sophisticated and witty battle of the sexes 
1.5
The Choice
David Nusair
There s little doubt that The Choice contains many of the elements generally associated with Sparks endeavors 
2.5
The Choice
Linda Cook
It has no surprises It s all contrivance and clichs Choose wisely and select another film 
1
The Choice
Rafer Guzman
The latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation may turn off even his most ardent fans 
0
The Choice
Eric D. Snider
Less of an insane soap opera than a lot of Sparks based movies so you could do worse 
2
The Choice
Kyle Smith
Even when things take a turn the movie doesn t become more complicated or interesting we simply start down an equally predictable new track 
2
The Choice
Susan Wloszczyna
The Choice totally botches its central pairing to the point where you might find yourself hoping the blandly irksome twosome fail to even get together 
1.5
The Choice
Brad Wheeler
We are told by a male narrator in a Forrest Gumpian drawl that the whole damn thing is about choices and that every path you take leads to another choice and that some choices change everything Jeepers 
1
The Choice
Molly Eichel
If you re looking for a reason to watch pretty people and cry then by all means head to the theater But it pales in comparison to other Sparks works especially when it gets into medical ethics territory 
2
The Choice
Rick Bentley
It all ends up being familiar pieces of the kind of stories Sparks tells so well He s found the right formula of creating likable people pushing them together and then creating a crisis that will either make or break their love 
2.5
The Choice
Caitlin Moore
There are no surprises here okay maybe one and you can expect some light welling up of the tear ducts and a few laugh out loud moments sandwiched between corny dialogue and dramatic acts of love 
1.5
The Choice
David Lewis
The only choice is to make sure a barf bag is nearby 
1
The Choice
Dustin Putman
The Choice aims to pull its audience s heartstrings 151 really this is its only aim 151 but each narrative step is so rigidly prefabricated it is difficult to feel much of anything 
2
The Choice
Eric Henderson
Most Nicholas Sparks adaptations say in cinematic terms nothing so complicated as roses are red This one just points to a garden and shrugs 
1
The Choice
Chris Knight
A tick the boxes by the numbers affair 
1.5
The Choice
Matt Pais
This sort of sentiment hinges on performances and the percentage of horrendous writing and The Choice does OK in the latter category and quite well in the former 
2.5
The Choice
Mark Dujsik
Spare me 
1
The Choice
Moira MacDonald
You might find yourself weeping tears of relief when the credits finally roll 
1.5
The Choice
Roger Moore
Endless love emphasis on endless 
1.5
The Choice
Tom Russo
The film disappointingly even lazily shies away from being anything more than you d expect 
2
Tortilla Soup
Maitland McDonagh
While this cheerful film has nothing particularly new to say about the ties that hold family members together even when they re driving each other crazy it s a pleasure to watch such a talented ensemble at work 
3
Tortilla Soup
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This movie has a lot of heart and soul into it 
3
Tortilla Soup
Betsy Bozdech
Warm hearted well fed family comedy 
3
Tortilla Soup
Margaret A. McGurk
The romantic foodie movie of the season is upon us and a delicious dish it is 
3
Tortilla Soup
Geoff Pevere
If your erotic inclinations tilt toward the table Tortilla Soup will probably offer nothing short of hardcore pleasure If not but see it you must close your eyes and think of other appetites 
2
Tortilla Soup
Rick Groen
The writers have swiped Lee s basic premise and main characters while pretty much ignoring his skill and sensitivity 
2
Tortilla Soup
Jeremy Heilman
Tortilla Soup is a passable film though it s exceptionally predictible and far from original 
3
Tortilla Soup
Jules Brenner
Try as the actors do the script doesn t seem to create an organic sense of family 
2
Tortilla Soup
Carrie Rickey
Makes you famished for spice rubbed whole fish and lamb with orange salsa while it amply feeds your soul 
3
Tortilla Soup
Lou Lumenick
English language remakes of foreign films are usually suspect but Tortilla Soup is the exception that proves the rule 
3
Tortilla Soup
Wesley Morris
A Resplendently basic lovey dovey and inside out King Lear 
3
Tortilla Soup
Roger Ebert
Although six writers worked on the adaptation for once too many cooks didn t spoil the broth 
3
Tortilla Soup
Steve Rhodes
You ll leave happy and hungry 
3
Tortilla Soup
Pam Grady
This flavorful tale is bound to pique discerning appetites 
3
Tortilla Soup
Jeanne Aufmuth
A delicious testament to love living and the art of eating well 
3
Tortilla Soup
Ed Gonzalez
A proud ode to Latino families and their guarded acclimation into American society 
3
Tortilla Soup
Harvey S. Karten
A gem of ensemble acting with a warm subtle performance by Hector Elizondo as a master chef overseeing three daughters 
3
A Love Song
Joe Friar
A promising debut by Max Walker Silverman who like so many successful filmmakers sticks to stories from his own backyard 46 Dale Dickey and Wes Studi give us a glimpse of their range with two of the most memorable performances of the year 46 
3.5
A Love Song
Peter Canavese
This is really Dale Dickey apos s movie 46 A real sleeper made with a light touch and a warm heart 46 
3.5
A Love Song
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
More akin to a short story than a novel the movie is a mere 81 minutes but in every dusty frame it features some of 2022 s finest acting 
4
A Love Song
Randy Myers
This is a film of grace and beauty and deserves to give Dale Dickey awards recognition 
3.5
A Love Song
Erik Childress
A chance for two of our great character actors to take center stage in a misty eyed tale of missed opportunities and seizing a moment in time not to miss again 46 Two actors eating ice cream has never been more engaging 46 
3
A Love Song
Kristen Page-Kirby
It s the cinematic equivalent of a deep breath and a cool drink 
4
A Love Song
Glenn Kenny
It 8217 s well photographed 44 unobtrusively edited 44 full of wondrous sights 44 and acted by a couple of masters of warm underplaying 46 
2.5
A Love Song
Mark Dujsik
The filmmaker apos s biggest strength in A Love Song 46 46 46 is that he gives so much of the purpose and meaning of the film to his two leads 46 46 46 
3
A Love Song
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Big things come in small packages 44 and this microbudget indie more than delivers its awesome goods 46 
3.5
A Love Song
Mark Kennedy
As a viewer you may leave the theater with more answers than when you arrived and that s refreshing Walker Silverman has no interest in putting pretty bows on things loads of past histories or sentimentality 
3
A Love Song
Clayton Dillard
The film relies on wide shots of distant mountains to stand in for a fruitful interrogation of what it means to occupy the open terrain of the U 46 S 46 
2.5
A Love Song
Mike McGranaghan
With Dale Dickey and Wes Studi at the helm 44 you may not see a more affecting screen romance all year 46 
3.5
A Love Song
Roger Moore
A lovely elegy on loneliness 44 loss and the rose colored memories of youth 46 
3
A Love Song
Peter Howell
A steady pace gently beating hearts and a bevy of amusing co stars make this film go down as smoothly as one of the yearning country songs on Faye s transistor radio 
3
A Love Song
Ty Burr
A quiet movie very in tune with the outdoors but one that slowly fills the heart 
3.5
A Love Song
Shane Slater
Walker Silverman s Love Song is more of a whispered sonnet than a full throated power ballad But it speaks honestly 
3
The Line
Greg Nussen
The film is unable to bring its disparate elements into a convincing totality 46 
1.5
Manna From Heaven
Matt Brunson
The quality of the film doesn t quite match the loving care placed into it 
2.5
Manna From Heaven
Sean P. Means
The movie s cloying cuteness and homespun sanctimony make the low production values even harder to forgive 
1
Manna From Heaven
Jeff Vice
You may pull a muscle trying not to cringe as such long time screen veterans as Shirley Jones Cloris Leachman and Frank Gorshin embarrass themselves with over the top performances 
2
Manna From Heaven
Megan Lehmann
The five sisters responsible for the old fashioned fable Manna From Heaven have a lot of plates spinning in the air but even their 10 hands aren t enough to overcome the hokey overstuffed plot and a messily hand stitched often illogical script 
2
Manna From Heaven
David Sterritt
It would be better if it weren t quite so sitcommy and if it didn t outlast its ideas 
2
Manna From Heaven
Nick Schager
Manna from Heaven is a creakily old fashioned screed about Christian selflessness and charity staged and shot like a Lifetime movie of the week 
.5
The Loner
Roger Moore
Ferocious B movie
2.5
The Loner
Keith Watson
The film s attempts at gonzo transgressiveness only reinforce the notion that Daniel Y Li Grove would rather get a rise out of his audience than craft interesting characters or a coherent cultural milieu 
2
Final Destination 2
Lucius Gore
Even more than Part 1 the real stars of this movie are the elegantly choreographed freak accidents 
2.5
Final Destination 2
Michael Dequina
One by one these people get bumped off one by one the people in the audience laugh their asses off 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Nick Rogers
It s filled with scenes laden with irony and coincidence that the audience can anticipate and snicker at with just a bit of nervousness 
2.5
Final Destination 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pushing the limits of an R rating this sequel to 2000 s surprise hit starts with the blood dripping madly and then amps it up to levels as to now unseen in American horror 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Kevin A. Ranson
Same concept more fun if you re the kind of moviegoer that thinks creative carnage and watching frantic screaming people die horribly is fun 
2
Final Destination 2
Ian Mantgani
Ali Larter is a fine performer and all but when she s the big celebrity guest star of a movie you know there s desperation in the air 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Jonathan R. Perry
We don t want logic or complex characterizations in a horror flick we want to see violent death and dismemberment on the most in ventive and disgusting scale imaginable right On its own terms elusive as they might be Final Destination 2 delivers
2
Final Destination 2
David N. Butterworth
Surprisingly good of its kind if you like gross out gore that is 
2.5
Final Destination 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As grisly as the movie is you have to admire its twisted invention and the way it plays the audience like a piano 
2.5
Final Destination 2
Tony Toscano
a wet wick of a film never able to ignite 
1
Final Destination 2
Steve Rhodes
As a half hour Twilight Zone episode it might have been able to hold your attention but at almost one and three quarter hours it just tests your patience 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Mark Dujsik
Death pretty much takes a holiday 
2
Final Destination 2
Rob Blackwelder
How the movie going public hasn t become bored senseless with such tediously low standard so called scary movies is beyond me 
1
Final Destination 2
David Nusair
one of the most purely enjoyable films out there right now 
3
Final Destination 2
Frank Ochieng
In director David R Ellis s feeble and rancid offering Final Destination 2 we re treated to more of the same nonsensical gory goings on This disjointed display of recklessness is bluntly overwrought blatantly numbing and downright laughable 
2
Final Destination 2
Dustin Putman
If my mini anxiety attack driving home following the film is any indication Final Destination 2 if nothing else may just give you nightmares for days afterward at the mere thought of getting onto the highway 
2.5
Final Destination 2
Mark Ramsey
And when a group of folks narrowly escapes dying in a particular order expect them to be knocked off one by one in the exact sequence they would have died originally In other words not only is Death relentless it s also anal retentive 
1
Final Destination 2
Claudia Puig
That there is an audience for a movie in which innocent people suffer hideous accidental deaths is troubling enough but that a group of creative people chose to direct their energies on this repulsive spectacle simply provokes disgust 
1
Final Destination 2
Moira MacDonald
It s sick stupid stuff and intentionally so 
.5
Final Destination 2
C.W. Nevius
You ll gasp you ll flinch you ll cringe but mostly you ll scream 
3
Final Destination 2
Gene Seymour
If you think of all this as an elongated Three Stooges short with bones breaking and membranes splashing maybe it will go down easier 
1
Final Destination 2
Jonathan Foreman
Though the complicated carnage is competently filmed and staged the acting and the dialogue are often risible enough to make you wonder if the film isn t a spoof brought you by the folks from Scary Movie 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Jeff Vice
Let s not even get into the awful script or the numbingly awful performances 
1
Final Destination 2
Wesley Morris
It contains some of the most brain dead people a screenplay has ever produced 
1
Final Destination 2
Sean P. Means
Gory disgusting and stupid But heaven help me it s entertaining 
2
Final Destination 2
Rod Armstrong
What is most shocking about director David R Ellis clever and extremely gory film is that it s one of few horror sequels to outdo the original 
3
Final Destination 2
Ray Conlogue
Final Destination 2 doesn t pretend to be anything other than a robotic repeat of the first film 
1
Final Destination 2
Roger Ebert
Takes a good idea from the first film and pounds it into the ground not to mention decapitating electrocuting skewering blowing up incinerating drowning and gassing it 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Phil Villarreal
It doesn t matter that the logic is nonexistent and the characters lack little more substance than paper dolls This is a funny lark for lovers of cheesy horror 
3
Final Destination 2
Walter Chaw
The audience in a very direct way becomes that invisible cold wind that announces the arrival of doom Final Destination 2 is almost interactive 
2
Final Destination 2
David Keyes
Final Destination 2 may not be on the level that its creepy unnerving and effective predecessor is but what it lacks in thrills it nearly makes up for in delicious if gratuitous absurdity 
3
Final Destination 2
Jackie Loohauis
Innovative offings are about the only thing Final Destination 2 has going for it 
1.5
Final Destination 2
John Monaghan
Entertaining enough to make you forget that you re watching little more than death warmed over 
2
Final Destination 2
Loren King
FD2 despite some imaginative fatalities is less a movie than a slick video game 
1
Final Destination 2
James Berardinelli
The movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level 
1.5
Final Destination 2
Ed Gonzalez
It s like Death and Ingmar Bergman sitting around playing Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon 
2
Miracle in the Rain
David Nusair
it s ultimately difficult not to be drawn into Miracle In The Rain s undeniably romantic atmosphere 
2.5
The Beach D.C.
Diego Semerene
The film only feels interesting when it focuses on looking at what the characters aren t doing and listening to what they aren t saying 
2
Zazie in the Subway
Eric Melin
Malle uses tons of editing tricks both crude and cutting edge for the time and turns Paris into a wild playground for a wonderfully anarchic romp 
3
Zazie in the Subway
James Kendrick
a fun movie in its own way but also one that wears on you by the end as Malle exhausts us while exhausting his arsenal of cinematic tricks
3
Zazie in the Subway
Peter Canavese
Jazzy and daring takes Raymond Queneau s novel the sort generally considered unfilmable and makes a film so cinematic as to appear sui generis Blu ray 
3.5
The Red Chapel
Kyle Smith
Comedy of the absurd meets the country of the absurd in The Red Chapel a clear eyed and inspired documentary about the folly that is North Korea 
3.5
The Red Chapel
Nick Schager
The director s ploys are stymied by the very national illusion he contends masks death camps and a citizenry s consuming fear 
2
Dare
Carrie Rickey
Brind s screenplay is pregnant with fascinating questions of identity and social anxiety And Salky knows how to create a mood 
2.5
Dare
V.A. Musetto
Dare is a high school coming of age film that dares to push the envelope It doesn t always succeed but that s not for lack of trying 
2.5
Dare
Adam Keleman
Dare is substandard fare by all accounts plucking its characters from past and better teen angst films 
1.5
Safelight
Brian Tallerico
To write off Safelight as just another generic romantic teen drama about wounded souls who find healing in each other s arms wouldn t do justice to its baffling ineptitude 
0.5
Safelight
Tom Keogh
Everything in writer director Tony Aloupis Safelight feels telegraphed 
2
Safelight
Tirdad Derakhshani
Does the world really need another indie film about lost souls living quiet lives of desperation in a heaven forsaken one horse town 
1.5
Safelight
Dann Gire
Safelight would be better titled Lightweight 
1.5
Safelight
Roger Moore
Bland mismatched lovers drama that benefits from striking locations decent cast and a tone of exhausted resignation 
2
Bright Angel
Roger Ebert
Movies like this I am also reminded of Terrence Malick s Badlands and Days of Heaven depend so much on actors for the right tone and Lili Taylor and Dermot Mulroney are perfectly matched to the material 
3.5
Leatherface
Kimberley Elizabeth
The plot is strangely muddled It works out in the end but you ll definitely be questioning whether you re watching the right movie for at least 30 minutes 
2
Leatherface
David Nusair
An ill advised prequel to 1974 s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 
1.5
Leatherface
Simon Abrams
Sadly the makers of Leatherface didn t put enough thought into a sleepy story that could easily be titled I Was a Teenage Leatherface 
1
Leatherface
John Semley
Like the film s punishingly gory set pieces the storytelling itself is meaty 
3
Leatherface
Mark Dujsik
Leatherface may have the right name and tool but the movie is wrong in practically every other way 
0.5
Leatherface
Ryan Porter
The best horror movies leave the most frightening elements to an audience s imagination Leatherface is not one of those movies 
1
Leatherface
Dustin Putman
It may sound oxymoronic to criticize a movie like Leatherface for being depraved and mean spirited but this particular installment is ugly and distasteful in a way the previous seven entries were not 
1
Leatherface
Chuck Bowen
Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury s anonymous work here could ve been overseen by any hipster looking to make a mark at Platinum Dunes 
.5
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Josh Terry
It should be considered only by parents desperate to get the kids out of the house for a couple of hours and even then hopefully for matinee prices at most 
1.5
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Susan Wloszczyna
Noisier busier crasser and more laugh free than the first outing 
1.5
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Linda Barnard
There s not an appealing or memorable character in the mix 
1
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Andrew Parker
The jokes might not be laugh out loud funny but they re better than the dire gags from its predecessor 
2
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Sean P. Means
It certainly doesn t compete in Pixar s league as animation goes but it doesn t drop to the depths of those creepy little emoji either 
2.5
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Keith Watson
Though it may clear the low bar set by the first film The Nut Job 2 still suffers from many of the same problems 
1.5
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Rafer Guzman
Throw in a couple of ugly new characters and one semi nauseating barf joke and The Nut Job 2 marks the emergence of a consistently tone deaf animated franchise 
1
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Roger Moore
At least it s not The Emoji Movie 
1.5
Riding Giants
Jay Antani
Just short of dropping you into the ocean with a surfboard Riding Giants serves as the definitive and immersive guide to the essence of all that is surfing 
3.5
Riding Giants
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At its heart Riding Giants is a work of pure joy 
3.5
Riding Giants
Emily Blunt
Wonderfully entertaining while being genuinely educational 
3
Riding Giants
Forrest Hartman
Even for people who know little about surfing the film should prove a fascinating crib sheet 
3
Riding Giants
Duane Dudek
Gets a lot of mileage out of a familiar topic in large part thanks to Peralta an insider whose enthusiasm for the sport is contagious 
3
Riding Giants
Rob Thomas
Peralta is smart to focus on the personalities in surfing rather than just giving us a Warren Miller style compendium of awesome surfing footage 
3
Riding Giants
John Beifuss
Well made but those who aren t ready to zen out in Surf City can find documentaries that are just as worthwhile on The History Channel or Animal Planet 
2.5
Riding Giants
Jeff Vice
If your pulse isn t pounding maybe you need to check to see if you have one 
4
Riding Giants
Sean P. Means
A breezy and always watchable portrait not only of a sport in ascendance but a way of being 
3.5
Riding Giants
Roger Ebert
Before seeing Riding Giants my ideas about surfing were formed by the Gidget movies Endless Summer the Beach Boys Elvis and lots of TV commercials Riding Giants is about altogether another reality 
3.5
Riding Giants
Allison Benedikt
Peralta has a knack for taking a niche sport and drawing out its universal appeal 
3
Riding Giants
Joe Baltake
In some ways Riding Giants overlaps Step Into Liquid The two complement each other 
4
Riding Giants
Terry Lawson
There s no denying that much of this is spectacular 
3
Riding Giants
Marty Mapes
A joy to watch and a cheap way to escape to the beach this summer
3
Riding Giants
Steve Rhodes
The interviews really aren t all that interesting and the film clips are usually washed out and not especially impressive 
2.5
Riding Giants
Lisa Kennedy
A loving entertaining tutorial 
3
Riding Giants
Ty Burr
By the end you re numb from the waves of information crashing down on your head but you re also worn out and happy unexpectedly touched by the story of men who climbed the highest mountain around 
3.5
Riding Giants
Paul Sherman
Once again Peralta s high energy filmmaking style captivates 
3
Riding Giants
Liam Lacey
Compelling watching 
2.5
Riding Giants
Chris Hewitt
Some of the surfers are articulate representatives of their sport and one or two including Laird Hamilton should be listed among the greatest most innovative athletes of our day 
3
Riding Giants
Jeff Strickler
As he did with skateboarding in Dogtown and Z Boys documentarian Stacy Peralta explores the culture not just the activity arguing that surfing is as much a lifestyle as it a sport 
3
Riding Giants
Walter Chaw
Equal parts ecstatic archival sports video and hagiography of the pioneers of the deep water 
2
Riding Giants
Carrie Rickey
An aficionada of the saltwater documentary I am thrilled to report that Riding Giants Stacy Peralta s exhilarating account of the revolution and evolution in big wave surfing is among the best of this breathtaking genre 
3.5
Riding Giants
Jim Shelby
Totally gnarly dude 
4
Riding Giants
Phoebe Flowers
Easily one of the best movies about surfing ever made thanks to the loving and knowledgeable touch of director Stacy Peralta 
3.5
Riding Giants
Rene Rodriguez
Awe inspiring documentary about the history of big wave surfing 
3
Riding Giants
Christian Toto
The true Giants are the colorful old school surfers who give this documentary its heart
2.5
Riding Giants
Kim Morgan
Peralta manages to keep you engaged even if you d rather watch a kid ride some giant sidewalk instead 
3
Riding Giants
David Elliott
Moving from hero to hero big waves to bigger ones the movie pulls you into the adrenaline surge of fixation 
3
Riding Giants
Carla Meyer
Giants offers a thrilling informative history of a sport subculture 
3
Riding Giants
Moira MacDonald
An entertaining if audience specific look at the history of surfing 
3
Riding Giants
Rob Blackwelder
Revels in the sport s thrills perils history and minutia with wit insight enthusiasm and cinematic acumen 
3.5
Riding Giants
Bruce Newman
Catching the perfect wave may not be something most of us will ever do but it s comforting to know that somebody is out there catching it for us 
3
Riding Giants
Jack Mathews
This is vicarious daredevilry at its best 
3
Riding Giants
Glenn Whipp
While the movie might not have as much social context as its predecessor it s just as fun 
3
Riding Giants
Jonathan Foreman
Magnificent if overlong 
3.5
Riding Giants
Gene Seymour
Peralta shows himself to be something of a big wave challenger here by breathing in bigger gulps of geography history and culture 
3
Riding Giants
Ed Gonzalez
Essentially a moving Abercrombie and Fitch catalog Riding Giants is a boy s club chronicle of surfing that while gnarly to look at feels like too much homework 
2.5
The Buddy Holly Story
David Nusair
a better than average behind the scenes drama that boasts a sterling turn from Busey and a whole lot of memorable music 
3
The Buddy Holly Story
Roger Ebert
This is one rock and roll movie with a chance of being remembered one with something to say and the style and energy to say it well 
3.5
Brick
Matt Brunson
Rian Johnson boldly decided to mash together a high school flick and a neo noir and the result is surprisingly good 
3
Brick
David Nusair
it s impossible not to wish that the first time filmmaker hadn t leaned quite so heavily on the antiquated shenanigans 
2.5
Brick
Nick Rogers
Noir fits Brick like a glove stylishly injecting assured tough talk vice grip tension black humor striking sound design and gunshots sounding like locker doors slammed on options A great detective story and for some a high school flashback 
4
Brick
Jay Antani
Brick is just an elaborate noir send up and an enjoyably kooky one at that
2.5
Brick
Phil Villarreal
It s a fun involving concept but it tends to weaken the more you think about it 
3
Brick
John Beifuss
What s most impressive here isn t the conceit of the premise but the economy of the direction as when Johnson uses a few simple shots and an off camera clanging metal sound effect to cause us to feel the pain of a thug crashing head first into a pole 
3.5
Brick
Tim Cogshell
While Brick is chock full of the characters language and imagery of classic noir it is in fact set among contemporary teenagers It s a gimmick but it s a damn fine gimmick 
3
Brick
Eric Melin
While it looks to the past for inspiration Brick is very much a post modern film of today 
3
Brick
David Frese
More than a novelty and it s occasionally mesmerizing but without the affectation of dialogue it hardly rises above after school special 
2
Brick
Jeff Vice
In the wrong hands this material could have gone awry But screenwriter director Rian Johnson s first feature never takes the easy way out 
3
Brick
Ethan Alter
It shouldn t work but thanks to Johnson s inventive screenplay and a terrific lead performance by Joseph Gordon Levitt it mostly does 
3
Brick
Mack Bates
A respectable if not entirely worthy addition to the burgeoning neo noir film genre 
2.5
Brick
Steven Rea
Alas Brick from writer director Rian Johnson isn t as clever as its conceit 
2
Brick
Matt Pais
A brilliant way of converting the cryptic communication and allegiances of high school into a potboiling mystery You ll leave the theater giddy with excitement 
4
Brick
Karina Montgomery
The relationships are unclear the motives less so but the idea has potential Tries a little too hard to be hard boiled sacrificing development 
3
Brick
Thomas Delapa
Amateurish noir knock off A Walter Mitty fantasy with training wheels 
1
Brick
Jeanne Aufmuth
A richly textured and abstract teen thriller 
3
Brick
J. R. Jones
There s no denying that Brick is weirdly expressive often when it seems most artificial What begins as the most gimmicky sort of genre retread somehow evolves into that most elusive of films a personal statement 
3
Brick
Susan Walker
It is possible to leave Brick without fully appreciating how all the pieces fit together but still satisfied by a well crafted tale undertaken by a director who pays homage to a film tradition in a truly original way 
3
Brick
Moira MacDonald
Brick is a first feature for Johnson and while it s not an unqualified success it definitely marks him as a young filmmaker to watch 
2.5
Brick
Neva Chonin
Johnson isn t the first director to subvert suburbia but he s probably the first to have done such a fine job of it on his first outing 
3
Brick
Rick Groen
It s a clever gimmick cleverly wrought offering further evidence that you can dress up the student body in all manner of garb for all types of genres 
3
Brick
Lisa Kennedy
Yet in being so unlike the typical high school flick it captures anew the alienation the ridiculously earnest intensity of feeling the insularity of experience that are part and parcel of those blunder years 
3
Brick
Randy Myers
The enormously entertaining Brick blows you away with its artful reinvigoration of a popular filmmaking genre 
3.5
Brick
Allison Benedikt
The mystery feels elementary and his characters though compelling as sketches remain one dimensional from the first to the last good looking frame 
2
Brick
Ty Burr
Brick is almost fiendish in its insistence on finding modern day parallels to classic pulp fiction figures 
3.5
Brick
Josh Larsen
Johnson s triumph is not that he applies noir style to a teen setting but that he uses it to give teen concerns love drugs friendship a fresh and vital forum 
4
Brick
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Everyone is smart and everyone assumes that everyone else is smart That includes Johnson and his high regard for his audience 
3.5
Brick
Chris Hewitt
There are a million stories in the naked city and Brick never gets around to telling any of them 
2
Brick
Roger Ebert
This movie leaves me looking forward to the director s next film we can say of Rian Johnson as somebody once said about a dame named Brigid O Shaughnessy You re good You re very good 
3
Brick
Dan Fienberg
Rian Johnson s Brick is a rare animal a high school movie with bite a teen movie with edge and attitude to spare 
3.5
Brick
Maitland McDonagh
The ghost of Dashiell Hammett haunts the corridors of a nondescript suburban high school in this odd but engagingly off kilter thriller 
3.5
Brick
Lou Lumenick
It s Gordon Levitt s pitch perfect work that makes Brick a hardboiled treat 
3
Brick
Jack Mathews
It s an A film school exercise with zero emotional or social impact 
2.5
Brick
Bob Strauss
Brick cops the lingo and the hard boiled attitude of the great 1930s and 40s detective novels It s a marvelously smart and literary conceit I just wish it worked better than it does 
2.5
Brick
Kurt Loder
The conventions of films noirs shrivel in the bright California sun There s no reason Brick should do this of course which is to say there s really no reason for Brick 
1
Brick
Jan Stuart
Brick s low key post modern approach indie film euphemism for on the cheap mingles 40s and 50s costume accents with the institutional drab of a suburban high school 
3
Brick
Peter Canavese
The actors play it with poker faces but the further we go into the noir territory of hard boiled fast paced dialogue and dames wrapped in crimson and black the more ticklish Brick gets 
3.5
Brick
Dustin Putman
Akin to David Lynch on an off day 
2
Brick
Steve Rhodes
More tedious than tense it never rises to more than a lame exercise in style 
2
Brick
Pam Grady
One wonders what Humphrey Bogart would think about Gordon Levitt trying to fill his shoes but the young actor acquits himself beautifully 
3
Brick
Peter Travers
A spoof would have been easy Instead Johnson plunges off the deep end risking ridicule by shaping this spellbinder with grit and gravitas 
3
Brick
Ed Gonzalez
The director has built a nifty looking little contraption with a hollow center with fingernails clean of grime 
2
Brick
Walter Chaw
Cult classic in the making 
2.5
Brick
Erik Childress
Writer Director Rian Johnson goes back to the old days when characters were rocks dialogue was king and the plot demanded you pay attention to every last bit 
3.5
Clara's Heart
Matt Brunson
The darker and far flung aspects of the story are icky and unnecessary But the relationship between Clara and David is beautifully delineated 
2.5
Clara's Heart
Roger Ebert
Goldberg is magnificent The character belongs in a different movie even a different universe from the rest of the ludicrous plot 
1.5
Fados
Joe Williams
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2.5
Fados
Jonathan Curiel
For those who ve never before heard fado Fados will be a revelation a window into a music that like blues music can be poetic heartbreaking melodramatic and redemptive all at the same time 
3
Fados
Robert W. Butler
Fados is basically a collection of musical performances by two dozen practitioners of the form but Saura always finds a way to make it cinematic 
3
Fados
Tom Keogh
Director Saura s personal love of fado goes back to his youth and Fados reflects what is clearly his deeply imaginative inner relationship with the genre s songs about loss shifting hopes and elusive happiness 
3.5
Fados
V.A. Musetto
In total there are more than a dozen performance pieces all stylishly lensed 
3
Fados
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was familiar with the fado style but had never heard of any of the performers here and I still loved this 
3.5
Fados
Ed Gonzalez
While Saura s accommodation of styles old and new represents a humane exercise the Spanish director does not risk the fearlessness of Tony Gatlif s Vengo 
3
Fados
Wesley Morris
What Fados lacks in jaw dropping sexiness it makes up for in casual sensuality 
3
I'm All Good
Roger Ebert
Strikes that particularly Czech note of whimsical eccentricity 
3
How to Live Forever
Ty Burr
A cheerfully rambling documentary that s much more thought provoking than the sum of its parts 
3
How to Live Forever
Chris Faraone
An expert documentary a responsible yet lighthearted film about the absurd things that folks do in the face of death 
3
How to Live Forever
Chris Hewitt
I don t know How to Live Forever but I can say you re better off not wasting the time you have watching the documentary with that title 
1.5
How to Live Forever
Adam Bernstein
A moderately ingratiating none too probing and largely predictable essay on the way people fear and embrace their senior years 
1.5
How to Live Forever
Mick LaSalle
Wexler gets tired of his own movie near the end of it The viewer will get tired in 15 minutes 
1
How to Live Forever
Roger Ebert
If someone could give you a pill that allowed you to live for 500 years would you take it 
3
How to Live Forever
Kalvin Henely
The doc s presentation of its information overload is scattershot and prosaic 
2
Punks
Rod Armstrong
While Punks may not break any other cinematic ground beyond its subject matter it does offer some very funny dialogue a couple of good performances and some splendid drag numbers 
2.5
Punks
Lou Lumenick
Lively well acted and directed with assurance by newcomer Patrik Ian Polk 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Sean P. Means
The sexuality that builds tension early ends up being ultimately a distraction 
2.5
Stranger by the Lake
Rob Thomas
See past all the fumblings in the bushes and writer director Alain Guarardie s film reveals itself as a chilling psychological drama about the limits of desire and the attractiveness of self destruction 
3.5
Stranger by the Lake
Tirdad Derakhshani
A stunning minimalist erotic thriller that explores with arresting photography and economical use of dialogue how human identity is defined and sometimes imprisoned by our desires drives and passions 
3.5
Stranger by the Lake
Chris Hewitt
Unsettling suspenseful and sad it s a movie that sticks with you long after it s over 
3.5
Stranger by the Lake
John Hartl
Carefully and often brilliantly creates its own Eden like universe 
3.5
Stranger by the Lake
Stephanie Merry
What sets the engrossing Stranger by the Lake apart is that its excesses seem to point to a moral purpose beyond shock or entertainment value 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Peter Keough
A simple and ruthlessly effective exercise in minimal narrative and style Alain Guiraudie s moral tale is so restrained and atmospheric that the nudity and graphic sex don t upstage the creepy mood of seductive inescapable doom 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Matt Pais
The motivations may be questionable but desire has a way of clouding even the clearest heads 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Rene Rodriguez
This lake is a sexual refuge about to be stained by sin and blood 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Mick LaSalle
Movies must go somewhere plots must always kick in and when this one does that s where Stranger by the Lake begins to contract into something less creative than its odd setting and compelling compositions would suggest 
2
Stranger by the Lake
Robert Levin
So studiously controlled that it s not an easy picture to watch but you won t forget it 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Micha&#322; Oleszczyk
Stranger by the Lake is the sexiest and most elegant thriller in years and it s a damn shame it stands so little chance of traveling beyond the niche of a gay film it will probably get squeezed into 
4
Stranger by the Lake
Peter Travers
Like his characters director Alain Guiraudie is walking a tightrope finding the point where sex and death exude a similar allure You won t be able to look away 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Farran Smith Nehme
From a single setting a lakeside gay cruising spot and an old theme the link between sex and death Alain Guiraudie constructs an intricate film 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Adam Nayman
The proximity between sex and death has rarely seemed as intimate as in Stranger by the Lake the accomplished new film by gifted French director Alain Guiraudie 
4
Stranger by the Lake
Bruce DeMara
Writer director Alain Guiraudie weaves a dark and intriguing tale of desire and menace in a moralistically ambiguous setting a gay cruising ground 
3
Stranger by the Lake
Diego Semerene
The film portrays cruising as a danger seeking and astoundingly repetitive affair intimately linked to death itself 
4
Soldier
Margaret A. McGurk
A doggedly simple minded diversion of rare purity 
2.5
Soldier
Jeffrey Westhoff
Competent and nothing more 
2
Soldier
John Haslett Cuff
I doubt that Kurt Russell has ever had less dialogue to work with than he has in this film 
2
Soldier
Steve Rhodes
With all the charisma and liveliness of a tree Russell gives a wooden performance as a wooden character Where s the art in that 
1.5
Soldier
James O'Ehley
Even taken as a loud no brainer action movie you ll find that Soldier ends rather abruptly and unsatisfyingly 
1.5
Soldier
Jeff Vice
Anderson s novel solution to slow moving stretches is to add explosions But when it comes to directing actors he s at a loss 
1
Soldier
James Berardinelli
When it comes to details like plot character development and genuine excitement the film is lost in space 
1
Soldier
Peter Stack
Action is everything in this sinewy visually impressive sci fi military adventure 
2
Soldier
Michael Dequina
It plays even worse than it sounds 
1
Soldier
Madeleine Williams
An insipid science fiction action yarn that makes you long for the realism of Pigs in Space 
0
The Canyon
Chris Hewitt
Take Open Water subtract the Caribbean substitute the Grand Canyon and you have The Canyon 
1.5
The Canyon
Mick LaSalle
The best thing about this would be nature thriller is Will Patton s zesty performance as a cackling crazed muleskinner a wily old hand who exits far too soon There s nothing much to replace him so we re in for a long 102 minutes 
1
The Canyon
Ty Burr
The Canyon is so singularly inept it gives you a whole new appreciation for the ept 
0.5
The Canyon
Peter Keough
The Canyon attests to how a first rate character actor can elevate a poor film to the ranks of the mediocre 
2
The Canyon
Christian Toto
We ve seen much of The Canyon before but the crisp execution transforms the film into more than just a boilerplate thriller 
3
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
Timothy Knight
Torjan has absolutely zero grasp of pacing or narrative structure 
1.5
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
Joe Brown
This documentary might have been better off as an audio book 
2
Exorcism
Matt Brunson
One of the umpteen rip offs that appeared in the wake of 1973 s The Exorcist 
2
Southside With You
Matt Brunson
Watching these two classy and intelligent people we wonder if someone will make a similar movie about Trump showing him taking his first dates to wrestling matches instead of art galleries and ending the nights by grabbing em by the well you know 
3
Southside With You
Lisa Jensen
Their abstract gazes alone in their separate homes at evening s end will resonate with anyone who has ever suddenly been in love 
3
Southside With You
Christian Toto
Southside With You is a hagiography tormented by the truth 
2
Southside With You
John Beifuss
They attend Do the Right Thing and Spike Lee s provocative movie mirrors in expressionistic fashion the hours long debate over racial identity social responsibility and Afrocentric art that runs through Barack and Michelle s day together 
2.5
Southside With You
Sonny Bunch
Hagiographic retelling of Obama s first date likely to disappoint those uninitiated into his cult of personality 
1.5
Southside With You
Bob Bloom
Writer director Richard Tanne at times creates banter between the pair worthy of a Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn exchange 
3.5
Southside With You
Sara Michelle Fetters
People need to see Southside with You It s a wonderful romance Wistful ebullient full of energy and life Tanne s movie crosses races and political boundaries 
3
Southside With You
Chris Knight
Southside With You while sweet and never less than reverent with its subjects is hardly one of the great on screen romances It s also remarkably devoid of tension 
2
Southside With You
Josh Terry
Southside With You is more than a carefree portrait of young love but how much more may depend on your ability to keep your political perspectives at arm s length 
2.5
Southside With You
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprisingly delightful little treat 
3.5
Southside With You
Rob Thomas
One of the surprising strengths of writer director Richard Tanne s delightful film is that it doesn t rely on our knowledge that someday these two twenty somethings we re watching will become president and first lady 
3.5
Southside With You
Barry Hertz
It s breezy and cute and will do absolutely nothing to sway anyone s politics Which is exactly the point 
3
Southside With You
Oliver Jones
For a film with relatively modest intentions Southside With You can stir up some epic and opposing waves of emotion 
2.5
Southside With You
Robert W. Butler
Southside With You is a terrific film funny romantic respectful without being stuffy and yes inspiring 
3.5
Southside With You
Robert Horton
It s like an extended version of a convention video crafted to please the faithful and maybe haul in a few uncommiteds 
2.5
Southside With You
Katie Walsh
One wouldn t quite say this date movie is political but this deeply personal portrayal of the President and First Lady is inherently political asserting their humanity and the specific life experiences that brought them to the White House 
3
Southside With You
Tirdad Derakhshani
A deceptively simple remarkably lean and well paced indie pic about the young Barack Obama s first date with the young first lady to be Michelle Robinson 
3
Southside With You
Mark Dujsik
The point is not what they will become but the specific connection between these two people at this particular moment in time 
3.5
Southside With You
Kyle Smith
The mollifying figure on display here bears little resemblance to the hyperpartisan president Obama turned out to be but it s sweet to remember things could have been different 
3
Southside With You
Peter Keough
How pleasant to watch a subtle sweet natured romantic tale about Barack and Michelle Obama devoid of the partisan rancor and rhetoric of the ongoing presidential campaign 
3
Southside With You
Linda Barnard
Tanne presents a Richard Linklater style examination of a day and evening together where two people in their 20s she a lawyer at a downtown firm and he a summer associate at the same shop slowly come to know each other 
3
Southside With You
Chris Hewitt
Unlike the vast majority of supposed love stories Southside With You is a romance that makes it clear why the lovers are falling for each other 
3.5
Southside With You
Dann Gire
This insightfully written tightly directed and superbly acted drama captures an adult first date s magical discoveries growing attractions and the slowly earned melding of minds and hearts plus the melting of ice cream later 
3.5
Southside With You
Peter Travers
Here s the date movie of the year about a first 1989 date between Barack Obama Parker Sawyers and Michelle Robinson Tika Sumpter Both actors are terrific suggesting the powerhouses they re playing without undue mimickry 
3.4
Southside With You
Odie Henderson
An irresistibly romantic and rousing success 
4
Southside With You
Anders Wright
It s charming sweet and smart and it isn t loaded with destiny Tanne in his first feature has found a way to make his point by barely making it at all 
3
Southside With You
Ann Hornaday
A delightfully low key portrait that is as universal as it is grounded in a well chronicled public private life 
3
Southside With You
Michael Phillips
Sawyers and Sumpter are better than the writing which follows its diagram and lays out the conflicts and personality differences very very neatly 
3
Southside With You
Mick LaSalle
Southside With You proves once and for all that a romantic film doesn t rely on suspense We know these people are getting together What holds us to our seats is wondering how it will happen 
3
Southside With You
Moira MacDonald
It s a sweet natured gentle film that might remind more than a few watchers of a special date in their own life long ago 
3.5
Southside With You
Tony Hicks
In the end Tanne has given us a movie that is warm and watchable without overdoing it 
3
Southside With You
Roger Moore
Not a film freighted with destiny but a charming first date romance an affectionate farewell to a classy First Couple 
3
Southside With You
Kam Williams
This plausible account of the blossoming of love between Barack and Michelle serves up a pleasant if sanitized version of their romantic launch en route to an historic rendezvous with destiny 
3
Southside With You
Kenji Fujishima
The film may not announce itself as hagiography but it s hero worshipful to its core 
2.5
Southside With You
Richard Roeper
Of course this is a stylized and yes on occasion idealized version of the launching point of a lifelong romance between two young Chicago residents who would go on to make history That s pretty much the point 
3.5
Southside With You
Sean P. Means
Sumpter and newcomer Sawyers inhabit the roles of the future First Couple with easygoing charm 
3.5
Southside With You
Scott Renshaw
On some level this enterprise was doomed from conception 
2.5
Southside With You
Matt Pais
A romantic frustrated compassionate quietly moving film 
3.5
No One Lives
Drew Hunt
Ryuhei Kitamura s latest genre bloodbath is par for the course in spite of the occasionally flourish of interesting subtext 
1.5
No One Lives
Farran Smith Nehme
There is no flair no suspense not one frame composed with more in mind than getting a Beavis type to chortle Cool 
0
No One Lives
Roger Moore
A novel twist given away early Otherwise a generic bloodbath decently acted but not frightening 
1.5
No One Lives
David Nusair
No One Lives is never quite able to recapture the gloriousness of its opening half hour 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Joe Lozito
Incisive and cautionary 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Lori Hoffman
Justin Lin 8217 s biggest accomplishment is providing a stereotype shattering insiders 8217 view of the angst and rage of a group of Asian teenagers 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Walter Chaw
The picture s relative uniqueness is what intrigues and compels marking Better Luck Tomorrow as important if not ultimately entirely successful 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
John Beifuss
Reviewers seem surprised that a young Asian American filmmaker has been reading Bret Easton Ellis and watching Quentin Tarantino when in reality the opposite would be startling 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Shirley Klass
Those looking for the gangster movie seen in the TV spots will be seriously disappointed 
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
James Berardinelli
MTV which bought this movie out of Sundance believes the target audience to be high school and college students I would argue that it s anyone in search of a well made thought provoking motion picture 
3.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Chris Hewitt
It s as if Ferris Bueller morphed into Goodfellas and knowing the transition didn t work the director tossed in some Run Lola Run to pick up the tempo 
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
Jeff Strickler
If this is what Lin can do for the Hollywood equivalent of pocket change we can t wait to see what s possible when he has an actual budget at his disposal 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Duane Dudek
A savvy seductive and observationally vivid bit of popcorn culture that is every bit as brainy as its characters 
3.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
Lin starts with the stereotype of the Asian American kid as clean cut hard working and industrious and turns it on its head 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Sean P. Means
It s as smart as sharp and as compelling as filmmaking gets 
4
Better Luck Tomorrow
Terry Lawson
Perpetuates another stereotype the one about affluent suburban teens who have everything they could ever want but so lack a moral compass that even murder seems like just another extracurricular activity 
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
Phil Villarreal
Director Justin Lin s dark twist on the coming of age tale is a waft of fresh air 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Steven Rea
With none of the smarmy voyeurism that taints Larry Clark s teen exposes Better Luck Tomorrow manages to get at the truths and the traps of a high strung segment of today s youth 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Josh Larsen
consistently in over its head 
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sublty captures the mood of the fast track contemporary California teenager and saturates it with poignant black humor 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Jami Bernard
Most of writer director Justin Lin s shapeless movie is as bland as the neighborhood 
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
Michael Sragow
Until director co writer Justin Lin navigates that pivotal final turn Better Luck Tomorrow has a vitality and novelty rare in any youth movie 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Laura Kelly
About how incredibly stupid the smartest of kids can be which is inherently watchable 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Moira MacDonald
While its characters are specifically Asian American the film really speaks to all young people about dangerous games and their disturbingly untidy consequences 
3.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Rene Rodriguez
A funny smart fearless movie 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Wesley Morris
The director sacrifices finesse to run around in the baggy duds of a lurid gangsta flick looking for street cred 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Liam Lacey
Like his characters Lin may be an overachiever and the strain of trying to do too much shows 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Katrina Onstad
The problem is that Lin is just as seduced by gangster trappings as his characters 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
David Nusair
46 46 46 an often blisteringly paced endeavor that benefits from its stylish visuals and stirring performances 46 46 46 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Peter Debruge
What s most impressive about this movie is how familiar rather than how different everything feels 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Stacie Hougland
Director Justin Lin gets the essence of the kids and deftly handles their story with sharp editing edgy camerawork darkly funny script some lines are priceless and an excellent punk pop soundtrack 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Claudia Puig
There is a moral ambiguity to the film that could disturb some viewers but the film s clever plotting and intriguing characters will stay with you well after leaving the theater 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shen and Tobin are particularly good as the straight laced handsome Ben and the half mad Virgil 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
C.W. Nevius
Lin never gets on a soapbox and these characters could have walked out of any high school in the country 
4
Better Luck Tomorrow
Gene Seymour
Despite giving in to melodrama s nagging demands Lin displays an arch nervy style that could serve him well in the future 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Bob Strauss
The movie so credibly taps into the confusing emotions of adolescence that nothing these kids do ever seems less than spontaneous and uniquely individual 
3.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Lou Lumenick
Marks Lin as a talent to watch 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Roger Ebert
Not just a thriller not just a social commentary not just a comedy or a romance but all of those in a clearly seen brilliantly made film 
4
Better Luck Tomorrow
Peter Travers
There s a sting to this film that gets to you 
3.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
David Sterritt
What helps Lin s feature directing debut is his insight into the dark side of living up to model minority stereotypes in a materialistic culture 
3
Better Luck Tomorrow
Glenn Lovell
This is a different kind of street gang picture one that improves your vocabulary even as it teaches fatally bad study habits 
3.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Patrick Z. McGavin
Though Better Luck Tomorrow is the work of an intriguing new talent there remains something amiss about a movie so desperate to legitimize its own daring 
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
Steve Rhodes
It tries to stuff in so many different subjects and genres that you ll stop caring about what start off to be interesting characters 
2.5
Better Luck Tomorrow
Harvey S. Karten
A vibrant film which follows a trajectory yet somehow surprises at every turn 
3.5
Small Town Murder Songs
Chuck Bowen
Peter Stormare is a limited actor who only manages to exude the resolute nothingness of the role 
1
Small Town Murder Songs
Keith Cohen
Stormare s performance towers over the flimsy story Besides the effective ensemble acting another asset is the outstanding cinematography This captivatingly haunting crime drama never gets tiresome and knows when to bring the 
2.5
Small Town Murder Songs
Jason Heck
Why are recent movies about small towns with murderous secrets so good 
3
Small Town Murder Songs
Stephen Cole
STMS succeeds as an Ontario Gothic mood piece a story of alternately repressed and exploding passion 
2.5
Small Town Murder Songs
David Nusair
Small Town Murder Songs features an oppressively deliberate pace that effectively holds the viewer at arm s length from start to finish 
2
Small Town Murder Songs
Peter Howell
Rarely does cinema sight and sound mesh as boldly as this and it s all to the good 
3
For Ever Mozart
Edward Guthmann
The fact that he creates such a haphazard structure for them and neglects to develop his character or devise much of a plot suggests that Godard is more interested in talking to himself than to his audience 
1
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Christy Ellington
Where other movies seem bound to treat kids like adults Pokemon allows kids to be kids and just enjoy a wholesome entertaining well thought out animation 
3
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Susan Stark
A tolerable experience 
2
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Greg Dean Schmitz
What I ve seen of this 2nd film looks like it s even more action packed huge mid air bird fights sea monsters and the short looks like fun too 
1.5
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Mary Kalin-Casey
It s trying desperately to be deep and meaningful but only winds up being dull 
2
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Rob Blackwelder
If these shoddily animated dialogue deficient trite and mind melting Pokemon movies are going to become an annual ritual I may be forced to look for a new line of work 
1.5
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Jesse Hamlin
There s a lot of motion but scant emotion 
2
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Maitland McDonagh
A clichéd collection of mystical gobbledy gook 
1
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Michael Dequina
Only those really in tune with the Pokmon world read children will be able to make heads or tails of the specifics of the story 
1.5
Eres mi pasión
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The few laughs are not due to the screenplay more than predictable but to the its very hard working cast 
0
The Newton Boys
Mike Clark
As portrayed by Matthew McConaughey in his first fully satisfying screen performance Willis Newton regards his three younger brothers and their associates as social rectifiers who take money only from the real thieves bankers and their directors 
2.5
The Newton Boys
Michael Dequina
Like the Newtons themselves the film never goes for the kill 
2.5
The Newton Boys
Jeremy Heilman
Linklater s genuine regard for his characters and fidelity to his setting are his strongest directorial traits 
3.5
The Newton Boys
Roger Ebert
We re hanging out with them more than we re being told a story There are a lot of conversations about the profession of bank robbery which as a topic for conversation is not a whole lot more interesting than double entry bookkeeping 
2
The Newton Boys
David Sterritt
These are fetching performers but their built in energy is about all The Newton Boys has going for it 
2
Needful Things
Brian Eggert
Reserved for casual viewing and macabre escapism Needful Things manages to be watchable and forgettable all at once 
3
Needful Things
Clifford Terry
This is pulp moviemaking at its worst 
1
Needful Things
Roger Ebert
Needful Things is yet another one of those films based on a Stephen King story that inspires you to wonder why his stories don t make better films 
1.5
Excalibur
James Berardinelli
The closer one pays attention to Excalibur the more frustrating the experience is 
2
Excalibur
Robert Alan Ross
While Boorman s wide ranging selection of stories makes sense his switches in mood and style do not Mockery and gore seem too closely inter spliced for either to be effective 
2
Excalibur
Kay Gardella
Displaying an artistic courage and a solemn determination that should qualify him for some sort of knighthood director John Boorman makes a valiant effort to breathe new life into the Arthurian legends But Excalibur is full of chinks 
2.5
Excalibur
Elston Brooks
John Boorman a hot and cold director who is apt to miss more times than he hits succeeds this time with the Heavy Metal feel of an artist who knows knights weren t always in stainless steel 
3
Excalibur
Gene Siskel
Director Boorman can be a compelling story teller when his films are rooted in the present When he gives vent to his epic mentality however the pretense comes crashing down around him 
2
Excalibur
Burl Burlingame
There is no real difference between Kagemusha and Excalibur except for our inability to savor our heritage as much as the Japanese appreciate theirs 
3.5
Excalibur
Scott Nash
Remains the definitive big screen telling of the Arthurian legend 
3.5
Excalibur
Walter Chaw
a work of hideous myopathy
0.5
Excalibur
Roger Ebert
What a wondrous vision Excalibur is And what a mess 
2.5
Excalibur
James O'Ehley
The film based on La Morte D Arthur by Thomas Malory does actually remind one of passages from that novel Poetic 
4
Excalibur
David Keyes
one of those great miracles in filmmaking It s concept of Arthur and the landscape that surrounds him is a benchmark for fantasy as we know it 
4
Excalibur
Ted Prigge
The film is kind of simple in its plotting but what s cool is the design 
3
The Karate Kid Part II
Ryan Murphy
Kid ll is not comparable to its predecessor It is stale and boring 
1
The Karate Kid Part II
Gene Siskel
There are scattered pleasures throughout the film due to its two lead performances which are the equal of the work done in the original 
2.5
The Karate Kid Part II
David Nusair
About on the same level as its watchable yet uneven predecessor 
2.5
The Karate Kid Part II
Peter Canavese
There s a TV movie quality to The Karate Kid Part II which too often plays like a very special episode Blu ray 
2.5
The Karate Kid Part II
Walter Chaw
The first chinks in the armour start appearing once you can t even honour your own lore 
2
Fahrenheit 451
Josh Larsen
Bradbury s 1954 vision of a totalitarian society where technology is worshiped and books are burned has been neutered and consigned to camp 
2
Fahrenheit 451
Walter Chaw
What s actually indicted is the human inclination towards the easy 
4
Fahrenheit 451
James O'Ehley
Weird yes And wonderful 
4
Fahrenheit 451
Ted Prigge
It s a totally intelligent film with a great message wonderfully presented by Truffaut with the upmost competence 
3.5
Burke & Hare
Brian Eggert
The film lacks any edge toward the material and assumes the subject 40 gore and dead bodies in abundance 41 will suffice 44 though it doesn 8217 t 46 
2.5
Burke & Hare
Ty Burr
Rarely has the ratio of quality talent to dismal returns been as high as in Burke Hare a macabre British period piece that s nowhere near as funny as it thinks 
1.5
Burke & Hare
Gerald Peary
Landis the master comic talent behind Animal House and An American Werewolf in London falters with this rusty comeback his first feature since 1998 
2
Burke & Hare
Stephen Whitty
It s just scene after scene of two obnoxious people killing various other obnoxious people 
2
Burke & Hare
Kyle Smith
All of the actors are enjoying themselves and the movie is stuffed with history atmosphere and vivid characters What s in short supply though is laughter 
2
Burke & Hare
Dustin Putman
Flat footed tone deaf and finally cynical Burke Hare won t be sending viewers out on a comic high so much as on a wearisome low 
1
Burke & Hare
Joseph Jon Lanthier
John Landis s first directorial effort in over a decade Burke and Hare is essentially a series of multiplex ready clichés adorning a weakly scandalous premise 
1.5
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Wesley Morris
Most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly like between lunch breaks for Shearer s radio show and his Simpson voice overs 
2.5
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Emily Blunt
Hardy har har 
0.5
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Pam Grady
The real shame is that such a talented ensemble cast is so badly wasted in this lame attempt at political discourse 
1
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An ugly pointless stupid movie 
0
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Mick LaSalle
The satire is unfocused while the story goes nowhere 
2
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Lou Lumenick
A beyond lame satire Teddy Bears Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer actor 
.5
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Harvey S. Karten
Dignified CEO s meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree Can you bear the laughter 
0.5
Born Free
Matt Brunson
Director James Hill tackles the material in a manner that relies more on naturalistic behavior than cheap theatrics i e no scenes of Elsa covering her eyes with her paws after a human does something imbecilic 
3.5
Little Odessa
Anthony Puccinelli
Little Odessa is the kind of tragedy where the father always forgets the syrup 
1
Little Odessa
Roger Ebert
Little Odessa is neither a family drama nor a crime melodrama but a series of disconnected scenes that play like exercises some of them very good ones 
2
What's Opera, Doc?
Bill Chambers
By the end it s difficult to say whether Jones is lampooning Fantasia or merely envious of it 
3.5
Land of Silence and Darkness
Eric Henderson
Watching and hearing Fini treat her patients is like watching Bob Ross paint 
3.5
Vigilante Diaries
Kam Williams
I must confess that it held me in its thrall from start to finish purely on the strength of the over stimulation of its incessant visual capture 
2
Debt Collectors
Simon Abrams
Debt Collectors is only a bit more where The Debt Collector came from this sequel has all of its predecessor s eccentricities but none of its breezy confidence 
2
Debt Collectors
Linda Cook
You owe yourself the fun of the Debt Collectors action movies 
3
Chhapaak
Aparita Bhandari
Graceful direction and a mature performance by a Bollywood A lister surrounded by a strong supporting cast come together to make an uplifting movie 
3.5
Eating Raoul
James Kendrick
Despite the consistency of the film s droll take on murder and mayhem it still feels oddly uneven and skimpy as if there just isn t quite enough meat on its narrative bones 
2.5
Eating Raoul
Roger Ebert
Problem is it s so laid back it eventually gets monotonous If the style and pacing had been as outrageous as the subject matter we might have had something really amazing here 
2
Eating Raoul
Emily Blunt
The acting duo of Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel deliver a nonchalant comedic style of delivery this odd matter of factly placidness in a sea of mayhem abounding Read on 
4
I Married a Shadow
Roger Ebert
This movie is a small but valuable discovery a mystery that turns into an exploration of loneliness and love 
4
Touching the Void
Nick Rogers
Void plummets into the nucleus of instinct and consciousness survival a near primordial pursuit beyond bravery or weakness It concocts no comfort about what was gained but stares in transfixed unforgettable awe at the horror of all that was lost 
4
Touching the Void
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With his new film Macdonald has achieved if not physical elevation then at least spiritual soaring 
4
Touching the Void
Judith Egerton
Forget those Hollywood movies about extreme sports MacDonald has created a thrilling picture about a high risk sport based on a true story 
4
Touching the Void
Linda Cook
If I said this is about the adventures of three guys on a mountain you d probably go to the next page But if I said it will have you on the edge of your seat you might go 
4
Touching the Void
Forrest Hartman
Whether or not you 8220 get 8221 extreme climbing chances are you 8217 ll find Touching the Void irresistible 
3
Touching the Void
Matt Brunson
Purists of the documentary form may carp but Macdonald s approach brings an immediacy to the tale that otherwise might not have been possible 
3
Touching the Void
Lawrence Toppman
Warms the heart while chilling the bones 
4
Touching the Void
Lori Hoffman
the in your face authenticity of the reenactment filmed by Macdonald makes you feel the frostbite 
3.5
Touching the Void
Dan Lybarger
By sticking to the cold hard facts documentarian Kevin Macdonald manages to make a mountain climbing film that is far more thrilling than its fictional predecessors 
3.5
Touching the Void
Paul Povse
The film concentrates in awe inspiring detail on the almost incomprehensible rigors of mountain climbing and evolves into a philosophical even spiritual adventure movie 
3.5
Touching the Void
Steven Snyder
Macdonald recognizes the power of this ordeal and instead does all he can to get out of the story s way 
3.5
Touching the Void
Joe Baltake
Touching the Void is one of those rare movies that prove that fact is indeed stranger than fiction 
4
Touching the Void
Rene Rodriguez
One of the most gripping and harrowing looks at mountain climbing ever filmed 
3
Touching the Void
Terry Lawson
An edge of the seat what else could go wrong thriller with the building momentum of fiction 
3
Touching the Void
Phil Villarreal
Through their eyes we stare desperately at the unrelenting alpine tomb and try to force ourselves to believe that doom is not inevitable 
3
Touching the Void
Duane Dudek
Touching the Void is one of the reasons they put armrests on theater seats So you can grip them 
3.5
Touching the Void
Peter Bernard
Will be enjoyed most by climbing enthusiasts those familiar with the incident or those who just appreciate a tale of survival against impossible odds 
2.5
Touching the Void
David N. Butterworth
A truly great film one that puts a human face on adventure by starkly dramatizing the power of man s indefatigable resolve 
4
Touching the Void
Ian Mantgani
There s something amazing about looking in the eyes of the guys telling this story 
3
Touching the Void
Liam Lacey
Nail biting 
3
Touching the Void
Jeff Vice
Much more tense and thrilling than most Hollywood thrillers 
3.5
Touching the Void
Sean P. Means
I can t imagine how a strict documentary or a full blown Hollywood dramatization could have told this amazing story better 
4
Touching the Void
Don Sapatkin
Riveting and remarkably unembellished 
3.5
Touching the Void
Chris Hewitt
Taut riveting 
4
Touching the Void
David Elliott
When the adventure is over you gladly welcome a level floor crave some water and wish never to rise above the altitude of Galveston Texas 
4
Touching the Void
James Berardinelli
British filmmaker Kevin Macdonald has blended elements of docudrama and documentary into a satisfying whole that will keep even the most stoic movie goer gripping the armrest throughout 
3.5
Touching the Void
Michael Dequina
Thank goodness for development hell for I can t imagine a more effective film adaptation than the one that finally came to pass 
3.5
Touching the Void
Jeanne Aufmuth
Fraught with tension and nerve wracking delirium this innovative documentary is a powerful life force in the guise of an adventure package 
4
Touching the Void
James Verniere
A kind of Shackleton s valiant voyage in miniature that intelligently reduces Simpson s book to its bare essentials and provides a timely reminder that often all it takes to make a great film is a great story 
4
Touching the Void
Carla Meyer
Survival stories tied to extreme activities always come with caveats All cynicism vanishes once Touching the Void a docudrama by Oscar winning director Kevin Macdonald charts climber Joe Simpson s excruciating descent 
3
Touching the Void
Timothy Knight
A gripping account of men braving the elements Touching the Void is not to be missed 
3.5
Touching the Void
Glenn Whipp
You ll be on the edge of your seat 
3.5
Touching the Void
Roger Ebert
Touching the Void is the most harrowing movie about mountain climbing I have seen or can imagine 
4
Touching the Void
Ty Burr
Void is smart enough to let the story tell itself 
3.5
Touching the Void
Glenn Lovell
It s one of the all time great high adventures easily on a par with Deliverance and Jaws 
4
Touching the Void
Robert K. Elder
So well cast and well captured is Touching the Void that it suspends disbelief making us feel as if we re actually watching Simpson s own icy version of Dante s Inferno 
3.5
Touching the Void
Elias Savada
Fear Factor Survivor Move over you minor league adventurers You want compelling Climb up to Touching the Void 
3.5
Touching the Void
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a beautifully rendered document a testament to human perseverance and the strength of character that resides in some individuals when faced with the specter of certain death 
3.5
Touching the Void
Craig Welch
Novelists like to say that fiction captures quiet truths nonfiction simply can t Touching the Void offers up a powerful counterargument 
3.5
Touching the Void
Jami Bernard
The photography is awesome inspiring many How did they get that shot moments 
2.5
Touching the Void
Marty Mapes
If you don t know the story you re in for a nail biting edge of your seat treat
3.5
Touching the Void
Jonathan Foreman
One of the best climbing movies ever made doing justice to a sport that has not been well served by the cinema 
3.5
Touching the Void
David Sterritt
Don t miss this harrowing movie if you re in the mood for adventure more thrilling than anything Hollywood has to offer these days 
4
Touching the Void
Gene Seymour
It s a story so compelling that as they say in the wire services it practically tells itself 
4
Touching the Void
Walter Chaw
Its title suggests a meet and greet with Ashton Kutcher 
2
Touching the Void
Steve Rhodes
The most realistic mountain climbing film ever 
3.5
Touching the Void
Ed Gonzalez
If you refuse to buy Mackey and Aaron as Simpson and Yates there s no mistaking the authenticity of the film s non human entity 
3
Touching the Void
Jules Brenner
When you see this film bundle up and be prepared for an education in the possible 
3
Grown Up Movie Star
Linda Barnard
It isn t a polished effort but Maggs delivers a watchable movie thanks to snappy dialogue also provided by Maggs and outstanding work from a cast plucked mostly from The Rock 
2.5
House at the End of the Street
Brian Eggert
The worst kind of derivative horror 44 in which every element that wasn 8217 t stolen from better movies feels banal and formulaic 46 
1.5
House at the End of the Street
David Nusair
An uncommonly tedious effort 
1.5
House at the End of the Street
Eric Melin
It isn t very scary but it does pile a bunch of really tasteless twists on towards the end that make no sense and it almost becomes a comedy On one hand is a failure as a horror film but as an exercise in desperation it s kind of a hoot
1.5
House at the End of the Street
Jeremy Wheeler
House at the End of the Street reveals itself to be merely another forgettable PG 13 thriller banking on the brain dead mall crowd to tweet their unending love for a crummy feast such as this 
1.5
House at the End of the Street
John Beifuss
The screenplay has a nice twist that could have supported a stylish giallo style thriller unfortunately director Mark Tonderai delivers a mess an almost random tangle of choppy edits handheld camera shock sound effects and other horror cliches 
2.5
House at the End of the Street
Matt Brunson
The filmmakers elect to emphasize every plot point and telegraph every plot twist with the delicacy of a train blaring its horn as it approaches a crossing and yet that isn t even their greatest sin 
1.5
House at the End of the Street
Roger Moore
By the third act you or someone sitting near you will be whispering muttering or just plain shouting at the screen 
2.5
House at the End of the Street
Joe Lozito
This convoluted psychological thriller unravels as it should be tightening 
2
House at the End of the Street
Bruce DeMara
A thriller with a twisted ending that feels clumsy laboured and unconvincing throughout 
1
House at the End of the Street
Rick Groen
Lawrence is perfectly in character yet somehow outside it too floating above Elissa and the weak movie alike 
2
House at the End of the Street
Mark Dujsik
The final act of House at the End of the Street makes almost no sense in the moment and even less in retrospect 
2
House at the End of the Street
Dustin Putman
Marred by all the mistakes of a novice who has watched a lot of horror movies but never quite figured out the key ingredients that made a good one effective 
2
House at the End of the Street
Matt Pais
The location really has nothing to do with it 
1.5
Sing Me a Song
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Life is complicated and never more so than at the intersection of past present and future In Sing Me a Song all three collide in a powerful amalgam of joy pain and cinema 
3.5
Sing Me a Song
Nell Minow
The images benefit enormously from the breathtaking beauty of the mountain setting 
3
Sing Me a Song
Roger Moore
Even if we see trouble the minute we spy that first phone we don t necessarily guess how this fascinating speed of change story will play out 
3
Hara-Kiri
Brian Eggert
The film 8217 s condemnation of the lies systems of authority will tell to preserve their power and engrain their ideology is deeply felt and presented in a structure that leaves the viewer rife with indignation 46 
4
Hara-Kiri
Roger Ebert
It would be wrong for me to reveal the details of the story Tsugumo tells What I can say is that it is heartbreaking 
4
The Ground Beneath My Feet
David Lewis
The Ground Beneath My Feet consistently serves as a powerful showcase for the talented Pachner who manages a performance that is both distant and achingly vulnerable 
3
Elvis
John Beifuss
Respectful unpretentious and elegant a Carpenter characteristic if somewhat ungainly in its substitution of California real estate for Memphis and Mississippi locations the modestly budgeted Elvis remains the definitive screen portrayal of Presley 
3.5
American Wedding
Nick Rogers
Uproarious from raunchy start to rude finish 44 quot American Wedding quot is the embodiment of what the original quot American Pie quot aspired to be but fell short of 8212 a go for broke riot that effectively combines touching moments with crass jokes 46 10 10 
3
American Wedding
Austin O'Connor
T here s a subversive sweetness that runs just beneath the surface of the American Pie movies that makes them nearly impossible to resist 
3
American Wedding
Greg Maki
Seann William Scott is more than ready for the spotlight turning out one of the best comedic performances of recent movies 
3
American Wedding
Kevin A. Ranson
enjoy the cinematic conclusion of what happens when sexually active teens get to grow up instead of being killed off at summer camp by a maniac slasher 
3
American Wedding
Ian Mantgani
It s not that the movie is bad it just feels awkward and not quite right 
2
American Wedding
Michael Dequina
One last helping of good dirty and surprisingly sweet fun 
3
American Wedding
Peter Travers
A worn out gross out 
1
American Wedding
Steve Rhodes
A series clearly running out of creative gas 
2.5
American Wedding
Mark Dujsik
We may be saying goodbye to these likable dopes but we also can t help but think that they deserve a better send off 
2.5
American Wedding
Tyler Hanley
Welcome to the epitome of taking a fresh idea too far 
2
American Wedding
Mike McGranaghan
It takes the characters we have come to know and love and it plugs them into an original situation 
3
American Wedding
Millicent Mayfield
Awkward and mythic in its humor the American Pie movies have accomplished a unique position in Hollywood stature that of a successful comedic trilogy 
3
American Wedding
James Kendrick
doesn t always work on its own but it has a well worn comfortable feel that s hard to dismiss
2.5
American Wedding
David Nusair
American Wedding supposedly marks the end of the American Pie series which is something of a shame considering each successive film seems to improve upon its predecessor 
2.5
American Wedding
John Beifuss
For better or worse the American Pie series has pioneered what might be called the gross out date movie 
2
American Wedding
Jonathan R. Perry
Even a comedy that prides itself on the crudity of its sexual pranks can find a kernel honesty among the bathroom humor and even the most insufferably crass libidinously inflamed knuckle dragging mook has a heart in there somewhere Even Stifler A
2
American Wedding
Dustin Putman
It doesn t take a rocket scientist or a pie fornicator to tell that American Wedding is easily the weakest in a once promising series 
2
American Wedding
Kelly Borgeson
American Wedding in fact is so tasteless so fiendishly puerile that it s hilarious 
3
American Wedding
Mike Clark
Dylan delivers a comedy just on the high side of exactly what s expected 
2.5
American Wedding
Chris Hewitt
Some of it is funny and a fair amount of it isn t 
2
American Wedding
Tina Potterf
What makes American Wedding click is that it doesn t pretend to be something it s not 
3
American Wedding
Mick LaSalle
The strain and desperation are apparent from the first scene 
1
American Wedding
Arthur Salm
The thing is harmless 
1.5
American Wedding
Timothy Knight
Short on belly laughs 
2
American Wedding
Lou Lumenick
Has some gut busting moments but for the most part the thrill is gone from what the ads describe as the thrilling climax of this gross out franchise 
2
American Wedding
Jack Mathews
An aimless charade of doggy poo latex breasts and really really bad language 
2
American Wedding
Katrina Onstad
With apologies to Don McLean it s time to say bye bye to this bland American pie 
2
American Wedding
Rene Rodriguez
An uneven but undeniably sweet movie 
2
American Wedding
Dan Lybarger
Demonstrates the same disregard for good taste as its predecessors had 
2.5
American Wedding
Ray Conlogue
A better film than anyone should normally expect in this genre 
3
American Wedding
Tony Toscano
American Wedding is the epitome of embarrassment humor 
3
American Wedding
Terry Lawson
American Wedding has the decided taste of day old bakery although of course that could just be some errant body fluid 
2
American Wedding
Jeff Vice
In some ways this one is the sweetest most appealing of the three films And not too surprisingly it may be the raunchiest 
2.5
American Wedding
Wesley Morris
American Wedding celebrates limited comic imagination with the predictable outcomes of most dead on arrival WB sitcoms 
2
American Wedding
Josh Larsen
Like someone smacking the bottom of an empty ketchup bottle desperately hoping to force out a dollop or two 
2
American Wedding
Forrest Hartman
As politically incorrect rude and disgusting as it is I just couldn t help but laugh 
3
American Wedding
Sean P. Means
Turning Stifler likeable is not quite as heinous as say giving Hannibal Lecter a puppy but it does rather emasculate a character fans love to hate 
1.5
American Wedding
Jeffrey Westhoff
American Wedding is dumb and vulgar and don t tell my mother I said this awfully funny 
3
American Wedding
Bob Strauss
Jim and Michelle may be the ones getting married but American Wedding belongs to Stifler 
3
American Wedding
Roger Ebert
Although the movie cheerfully offends all civilized notions of taste decorum manners and hygiene it has a sweetness that is impossible to discount and it is often very funny 
3
American Wedding
Michael Booth
If you like the formula Hallmark card sentiments contracted out to hardcore youth offenders American Wedding may be the best of the trio 
3
American Wedding
Jon Niccum
While not quite as fresh as the original 1999 effort that resuscitated the raunchy teen comedy trend American Wedding is significantly better than its predecessor American Pie 2
3
American Wedding
Erik Childress
Thankfully in a summer full of theatrical gimmicks the American Wedding audience is not asked to participate in Taste O Vision 
3
American Wedding
Carrie Rickey
A gagfest that makes viewers gag at least twice as often as they giggle 
2
American Wedding
Duane Dudek
The humor is extreme and desperate 
2
American Wedding
David Sterritt
Whatever novelty this series ever possessed has gone down the proverbial tube 
1
American Wedding
Phil Villarreal
This third piece of the eternally coming of age group of youngsters delivers all the snorts and belly laughs you d hope for from a good old fashioned gross out comedy 
3
American Wedding
Glenn Lovell
The howl worthy gross outs the series raison d être more than carry the day 
2.5
American Wedding
Gene Seymour
Dylan s bare bones approach may trip up along the way but it keeps the funny stuff in the foreground 
2.5
American Wedding
Michael Wilmington
The whole thing is one big fat geek wedding fiasco 
1.5
American Wedding
James Berardinelli
If you think you re going to like American Wedding you probably will If you don t you probably won t 
2.5
American Wedding
Walter Chaw
Joins the Porky s triptych as teensploitation smut franchises that have made it to three installments 
1.5
American Wedding
Rob Thomas
Fans of the first two American Pie movies should definitely come back for a third slice Everyone else might want to cautiously poke at it with a fork first 
2.5
American Wedding
Rob Blackwelder
As with the first two American Pie flicks this is the kind of movie you see again 10 years later and wonder why you liked it back when you were young and dumb 
1.5
American Wedding
Peter Sobczynski
Nothing more than an attempt to squeeze a few more dollars out of the success of the freakishly popular 1999 original 
2
American Wedding
Nick Schager
There s plenty of penis related disasters going on in director Jesse Dylan s ode to friendship fidelity and clandestine fellatio 
2
American Wedding
Ross Anthony
In a way American Wedding becomes a Stiffler of a film INTERVIEW with Sean William Scott 
2.5
Bye Bye Brazil
Fernando F. Croce
The title suggests closure yet the film locates a nation very much still in the process of getting to know itself 
3
Hidden Light
Roger Moore
Dour priest who used to be a mobster melodrama lifted by its Serbian ex pats in Australia setting and a soulful lead performance by Jack Jovcic
2
Heartbreaker
Roger Moore
Like How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days only funnier fresher And French 
3
Heartbreaker
Rob Thomas
It ain t all Breathless and Jules and Jim in Paris apparently they can churn out glossy formulaic entertainment like Heartbreaker too 
3
Heartbreaker
Keith Cohen
Hollywood should sit up and take notice of how to revitalize the romantic comedy with the fresh and original spin from director Pascal Chaumeil in his feature film debut 
3
Heartbreaker
Robert W. Butler
Heartbreaker has some amusing moments and gorgeous settings the Riviera but it never achieves the smooth slickness director Pascal Chaumeil aims for 
2.5
Heartbreaker
Sean P. Means
What Heartbreaker lacks in suspense it makes up for in charm especially when Duris and Paradis start re enacting numbers from Dirty Dancing 
3
Heartbreaker
Joe Williams
It sparkles like champagne It s not the good stuff but it ll do the trick 
2.5
Heartbreaker
Chris Hewitt
If Heartbreaker were made in America it would probably star Dane Cook and suck But instead it s French and delightful 
3
Heartbreaker
Wesley Morris
It has neither a cynic s conviction nor idealist s perseverance and its ideas about what a woman wants seem cribbed from bad paperback fiction 
2
Heartbreaker
Peter Keough
In his first feature TV veteran Pascal Chaumeil demonstrates a flair for schmaltz and pratfalls evoking nostalgia for a time when French cinema wasn t a farm league for American studios 
2
Heartbreaker
Sara Michelle Fetters
Chaumeil shows talent and the performances especially by the leads are universally solid but it just isn t enough 
2.5
Heartbreaker
Mick LaSalle
Alas it turns out to be just as bad as any routine French romantic comedy illogical inconsistent and sloppily written a charmless tasteless witless waste of time 
1
Heartbreaker
Kam Williams
A lighthearted sitcom with enough slapstick and sheer silliness to generate laughs galore for the duration 
4
Heartbreaker
Kyle Smith
A sweetly ingratiating fuzzy navel of a movie 
3
Heartbreaker
Andrew Schenker
Heartbreaker s best ideas come courtesy of There s Something About Mary while its worst are ripped straight from the rom com boilerplate 
2
Much Loved
Kent Turner
It begins with a dinner of couscous and cocaine and zips off to a wild party thrown by Arabs setting a pace that rarely flags 
2.5
Walk All Over Me
Peter Howell
Dated and obvious 
1.5
Walk All Over Me
David Nusair
hopelessly routine 
2
Deep Fear
Mike McGranaghan
Consistently nerve rattling 46 
3
My Brothers
Joseph Jon Lanthier
An uncommon example of purely allegorical cinema Paul Fraser s film foregoes plot almost entirely in favor of thematic resonance 
1.5
Message to Love
Steve Rhodes
The music s power dominates 
3
Meet Cute
Roger Moore
Cuoco 46 46 46 humanized and made me give a damn about the professionally annoying Pete Davidson for like 44 the first time ever 46 
2.5
Meet Cute
Peter Canavese
A sci fi romantic light comedy anchored by two charming lead performances which is less interested in laughs than it is in presenting an allegory of damaged people trying to hold on to love and happiness 46 
3
Meet Cute
Joey Magidson
Meet Cute cleverly deconstructs the romantic comedy while showcasing Kaley Cuoco in a whole new light 46 
3
Meet Cute
Richard Roeper
An endearingly offbeat magnetic pairing 
3
Meet Cute
Nick Allen
The romantic fantasies and the time travel plotting of Meet Cute are a total mismatch 46 
2
3 Strikes
Michael Dequina
Has far more than three strikes against it 
0
3 Strikes
Jonathan Foreman
Butt numbingly dull and almost entirely laugh free 
1
3 Strikes
Edward Guthmann
A sloppy hash of a movie poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot 
1
3 Strikes
Steve Rhodes
A laughless comedy 
0.5
A Cure for Wellness
Brian Eggert
Sheer peculiarity may earn A Cure for Wellness devoted enthusiasts but those hoping for story logic or emotional involvement will feel unfulfilled 
1.5
A Cure for Wellness
Rosalie Kicks
The cinematographer may have gotten some great material for his reel for the rest of us it is a two plus hour long waste of time 
.5
A Cure for Wellness
Kevin A. Ranson
By the time we get to the big reveal and climax it all just sort of happens without much reason or effort a fitting metaphor for the entire film 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Josh Larsen
a creepy fantastical and eventually perverse horror extravaganza 
3
A Cure for Wellness
Walter Chaw
Gore Verbinski s A Cure for Wellness is lurid unto beautiful exquisite pulp just barmy enough to attract a cult and just smart enough to deserve it 
3
A Cure for Wellness
John Beifuss
Gore Verbinski indulges a hitherto undisclosed passion for vintage Eurohorror with this voluptuously shot mystery shocker 
3
A Cure for Wellness
David Nusair
A misguided and often intolerable trainwreck 
0
A Cure for Wellness
James Kendrick
Verbinski goes for menace and atmosphere rather than cheap jump scares and when the film works it is quite malevolent in the best kind of way Unfortunately it simply goes on for too long 
2.5
A Cure for Wellness
Robert Levin
One shouldn t underestimate the sheer pleasure of encountering a project that s willing to deviate from the typical obsession with plot and hitting storytelling beats in an attempt at something grander 
3
A Cure for Wellness
Sara Michelle Fetters
I find myself believing A Cure for Wellness deserves to be amongst Verbinski s best and the more I dissect its various layers the more confident in that determination I find that I become 
3.5
A Cure for Wellness
Isabel Zacharias
A piece of pseudo arty Euro horror shlock A Cure for Wellness boorishly appropriates motifs from movies much better than it and offers no narrative payoff whatsoever 
1
A Cure for Wellness
Gary Rotstein
There s no good horror to be had from it Instead it s just horrible 
1
A Cure for Wellness
Chris Knight
Two and a half hours of dull aching unpleasantness 
1
A Cure for Wellness
Sonny Bunch
Grotesque but not in the good way like you want 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Brad Wheeler
Somewhere around the middle of the film one begins to realize it probably isn t going any place worthwhile 
1.5
A Cure for Wellness
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Jason Haythe tries to pull off some narrative sleight of hand here while director Gore Verbinski is telling us and showing us exactly where we should be looking 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Sean P. Means
Overdoses on its hallucinatory visuals and puts the viewer to sleep 
2
A Cure for Wellness
James Berardinelli
There s no rule that main characters have to be likable and DeHaan s Lockhart isn t but they at least have to be interesting He fails that litmus test 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Bruce DeMara
Overstuffed and overlong collapsing under the weight of a silly conclusion 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Kyle Smith
So rich is Verbinski s imagery that it s transfixing to wander through his fortress of the macabre 
3
A Cure for Wellness
David Fear
This is not so much a horror movie as a lookbook for one an assemblage of scary flick odds and ends slotted next to each other with the thinnest of connective tissue 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Michael O'Sullivan
Way late in the movie by the time most thrillers have already begun parceling out a morsel or two of resolution you will still be scratching your head and wondering just what in God s name is going on 
2.5
A Cure for Wellness
Peter Keough
It is at least 10 movies in one some of them ingenious parodies but all adding up to a cluttered confused anticlimax 
2.5
A Cure for Wellness
Peter Hartlaub
There s a decent Crimson Peak style gothic thriller in here somewhere with a better lead character and about 50 minutes shaved out of the middle 
1
A Cure for Wellness
Dustin Putman
Densely imagined boldly designed A Cure for Wellness thrillingly takes its time allowing each scene to breathe while washing over viewers willing to go along for the narratively elaborate psychologically challenging intoxicatingly deliberate ride 
3.5
A Cure for Wellness
Matt Zoller Seitz
As a fetish object it s impressive But as a fully satisfying feature length drama it s a bust 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Moira MacDonald
There s an interesting movie somewhere inside A Cure For Wellness screaming to get out 
2
A Cure for Wellness
Peter Canavese
Distinctive invigorating creativity at work far from perfect but this treat for the eyes with ideas to consider feels like a miracle of a movie by offering so much more than we expect from the jump scare horror to which we ve resigned ourselves 
3
A Cure for Wellness
Roger Moore
Verbinski s efforts to say This is IMPORTANT only make us wonder Is it 
2.5
A Cure for Wellness
Stephen Whitty
Pretty soon you realize this isn t an icily existential horror movie It just something from someone who s seen a lot of icily existential horror movies Better ones 
1.5
A Cure for Wellness
Carson Lund
Most gratifying throughout the film is the anticipation of where Gore Verbinski will put his camera next 
3
American Dreamer
Richard Roeper
Directed with claustrophobic docudrama style intensity by Derrick Borte and featuring a career best dramatic performance by Jim Gaffigan American Dreamer is a dark and intense and sometimes brutally violent slice of rotted life 
3.5
American Dreamer
Mark Dujsik
What the hell were they thinking 
0.5
American Dreamer
Roger Moore
Relentlessly dark and riveting at times But Gaffigan s pitiless turn in the title role seems off as well as off putting 
2
That Championship Season
David Nusair
the movie s theatrical origins remain obvious throughout both in the dialogue and direction 
2
That Championship Season
Walter Chaw
It s hard to say that the picture is bad just that it s dry as tinder without a spark to ignite it 
2
Because I Said So
Tom Meek
The ensuing cycle of miscommunication is endless and trying 
1
Because I Said So
Sean McBride
each character in the film is so shallow and cold that there s nobody for the audience to cheer on 
2
Because I Said So
James Rocchi
I don t think anyone actually wrote Because I Said So I think that some Hollywood artificial intelligence think tank instead fed DVD box sets of The Gilmore Girls and Sex and the City into a computer along with Pottery Barn catalogs for roughage 
1
Because I Said So
Lori Hoffman
A better movie might have surfaced if everyone had taken their Ritalin and calmed down 
2
Because I Said So
Sean P. Means
With very little rewriting and a different director in charge Because I Said So could have been retooled as a horror thriller That version probably would have been funnier too 
2
Because I Said So
Johnny Vaughan
If there s a worse screenplay in 2007 than this offering from Karen Leigh Hopkins and Jessie Nelson it ll be written in crayon 
1.5
Because I Said So
Matt Brunson
Just a few years ago Keaton played a character who was sexy funny and intelligent in Something s Gotta Give This one s more like Something Gave Out 
1
Because I Said So
Walter Chaw
It s hard to find a more stalwart movie monster in the last ten years than Keaton who s gone from a charming neurotic to a cobwebbed cell phone wielding vagina dentata 
0
Because I Said So
Kam Williams
Fairly annoying from start to finish primarily because Keaton is still relying on that ever less endearing assortment of addlepated antics which won her an Academy Award for Annie Hall back in 1978 
1
Because I Said So
Thomas Delapa
The only time Keaton is tolerable is when she s not saying anything at all the result of laryngitis 
1
Because I Said So
Gary Brown
The story plays out like a really raunchy episode of Petticoat Junction 
1
Because I Said So
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s almost too much to handle the filmmakers forcing the talented cast to speak in such rapid fire cadences a lot of the emotional material inherent in their words can t help but get lost amidst the chaos 
2.5
Because I Said So
Sara Brady
Diane Keaton s dizzy iconoclast shtick was kind of cute rather endearing and even a little feminist 30 years ago Now it s just nails on a chalkboard obnoxious 
1
Because I Said So
Claudia Puig
It s so derivative unfunny and thuddingly bad that it s one of the more cringe inducing movies of a genre chock full of clunkers 
1
Because I Said So
Angel Cohn
What was Diane Keaton thinking when she signed on to play a shrill off putting mother whose unbelievable over the top antics are utterly annoying to watch Even the title is annoying 
1.5
Because I Said So
Susan Walker
Diane Keaton has a lot to answer for in her willingness to portray Hollywood s idea of middle aged womanhood 
2
Because I Said So
Moira MacDonald
Spark Romance Wit Nope sorry 
1.5
Because I Said So
Mick LaSalle
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford when they reached a certain age played harridans and ax murderers Diane Keaton has started playing mothers but alas the effect is about the same She s scary Very scary 
1
Because I Said So
David Elliott
With Keaton in devastating overdrive Moore can barely exercise her own brand of ginchiness 
1
Because I Said So
Timothy Knight
Playing a ditzy control freak of a mother with serious boundary issues Keaton comes across as such a screeching flailing flibbertigibbet that you want to give her costars tranquilizer dart guns 
1.5
Because I Said So
Carrie Rickey
Keaton is a national treasure always worth the visit even when as is the case of Because I Said So her movie isn t 
2
Because I Said So
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The movie plays out like a freshman film school project with a big budget it s very pretty to look at and every plot twist is telegraphed with painful precision 
1
Because I Said So
Lisa Rose
The jokes are crude and repetitious 
1.5
Because I Said So
Lou Lumenick
Call it a hunch but I don t think you re going to see a clip from the appalling romantic comedy Because I Said So at this spring s Diane Keaton tribute at Lincoln Center 
1
Because I Said So
Jack Mathews
As a member of their generation and one who considered them among the best actresses of Hollywood s most probing era I am both cheered and alarmed by the recent spectacles Jane Fonda Susan Sarandon and Diane Keaton have made of themselves 
2
Because I Said So
Sue Pierman
It could have been an enjoyable light comedy or a dark tale of obsession but it doesn t work 
2
Because I Said So
Connie Ogle
The search for true love is the backbone of romantic comedy as well as the lifeblood of match com but this film s clumsy completely inauthentic portrayal of it is handled in a shockingly tedious fashion 
1
Because I Said So
Bob Strauss
It s still no fun to watch one of our best veteran film actresses flailing so much 
2
Because I Said So
Amy Biancolli
My motherly advice is Skip it 
1.5
Because I Said So
Stephen Cole
The result is a 105 minute cringe a thon that reduces the Katharine Hepburn of her generation to a sitcom harpy presiding over a brood of Valley Girl chicks 
1
Because I Said So
Terry Lawson
What makes this seem sad instead of simply silly is the way Keaton throws herself into this slop 
1
Because I Said So
Jeff Vice
It s safe to say that it wastes the talents of a good cast one that definitely deserves better than this 
1.5
Because I Said So
Michael Booth
I am about to issue a declaration that amounts to blasphemy among many film critics fashionistas and women of a certain age I am so over Diane Keaton 
1
Because I Said So
Mary F. Pols
It s a shame because pop star Moore continues to prove herself an adept actress 
2
Because I Said So
Mary Houlihan
Keaton is almost unwatchable in embarrassing scenes that involve an over the top car chase and a computer with a mind of its own 
2
Because I Said So
Wesley Morris
Because I Said So exasperates because even its best intentions are phony 
1
Because I Said So
Tyler Hanley
Ultimately even a vivacious Diane Keaton can t make a familiar film feel fresh no matter how hard she tries 
2.5
Because I Said So
James Sanford
Keaton capably pulls off even the silliest slapstick but practically everything in Because is spelled out in the simplest terms set in bold typeface and then marked with a highlighter pen lest we miss the meaning 
2
Because I Said So
Daniel M. Kimmel
Do mothers really ask their daughters about orgasms 
2.5
Because I Said So
Willie Waffle
You get what you expect with some funny scenes a couple of make you weep scenes and plenty of female bonding 
2.5
Because I Said So
David Nusair
Keaton delivers a painfully over the top tic ridden performance 
1.5
Because I Said So
Michael Phillips
The whole movie feels pushy 
1.5
Because I Said So
Matt Pais
The worst date movie since Saw III 
1
Because I Said So
Dustin Putman
The only good use for Because I Said So would be as a step by step handbook on how not to make a romantic comedy 
1
Because I Said So
Lawrence Toppman
Lehmann must ve hoped Keaton s appealing daffiness would offset the character s repulsive behavior but it doesn t 
1
Because I Said So
Chris Hewitt
Diane Keaton deserves so much better 
1
Because I Said So
Bruce Newman
The only thing you can t fault in Because I Said So is Keaton s integrity as she commits herself completely to a disastrous role 
1
Because I Said So
Phoebe Flowers
The brain recoils at even having to recount the ill conceived plot 
1
Because I Said So
Jan Stuart
Speaking as a longtime Keaton fan it s hard watching her go through this overbearing mother phase 
1.5
Because I Said So
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An obnoxious headache inducing horror show 
.5
Because I Said So
Phil Villarreal
Avoid the movie so you won t waste 90 minutes of your life on an unfunny derivative mess 
2
Because I Said So
Josh Larsen
Keaton kneads the part until it begins to resemble a human being 
3
Because I Said So
Steve Rhodes
Keaton gives a manic slapstick performance that alternates between being merely bad and being embarrassingly bad Her work has an unbearable finger across the blackboard effect 
1.5
Because I Said So
James Berardinelli
The screenplay for Because I Said So may be short on invention but it is large on heart 
3
Because I Said So
Ross Anthony
If you re attracted to the classic fairy tale of the young maiden torn between the prince the pauper and you don t mind a racy modern update to it you ll have a blast 
2
Because I Said So
Michael A. Smith
appears to have been made from the parts of other films 
2
Because I Said So
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly exhaustive simple minded unoriginal and inconsequential Because I Said So seems very disconnected in its bid for cockeyed conviction 
1.5
Because I Said So
Ed Gonzalez
Welcome to the rom com in the age of Must Love Dogs 
.5
La vie des morts
David Nusair
it s remarkable that Desplechin went on to any career whatsoever after this amateurish mess 
1
The Roads Not Taken
Rene Sanchez
A well intentioned but muddled melodrama about the decisions that guide our lives Full Review in Spanish 
2
The Roads Not Taken
Michael O'Sullivan
At its root The Roads Not Taken is not an examination of where we go or don t go in life but who we choose to go there with 
3
The Roads Not Taken
Rex Reed
After an hour of this tedium you stop worrying about where this disaster is going or if it s going anywhere at all 
2
The Roads Not Taken
Tomris Laffly
The film that surrounds Fanning is sadly no match for the qualities she brings to Potter s profoundly personal narrative 
2
The Roads Not Taken
Diego Semerene
The film is an unending source for the worst possible clichés and most overdone series of graphic matches in the history of film editing 
0
Owning Mahowny
Emily Blunt
Philip Seymour Hoffman is like a stack of pure Inca gold in the world of thespian addicts a world I dwell happily in 
4
Owning Mahowny
Forrest Hartman
Surprisingly upbeat story based in part on the real life adventures of gambling addict Brian Moloney While it s interesting it s seldom affecting 
2.5
Owning Mahowny
Linda Cook
You can bet on Philip Seymour Hoffman 
3.5
Owning Mahowny
Joe Baltake
Hoffman makes it impossible for us not to watch and not to enjoy it all on some subliminal level 
3
Owning Mahowny
Phil Villarreal
Hoffman gorgeously captures the plight of the hopeless gambling addict 
3
Owning Mahowny
John Beifuss
When Hoffman steps from the shower the blond spitcurl plastered to his forehead increases his resemblance to a big pathetic Kewpie doll He s simultaneously lovable and repulsive 
3.5
Owning Mahowny
Jeff Vice
The material Hoffman is working with is so spotty so filled with distractions that even he can t overcome them all 
2
Owning Mahowny
Sean P. Means
Hoffman s understated and powerful performance is a lucid study in the obsessive force of one man s gambling addiction 
3.5
Owning Mahowny
David N. Butterworth
Hoffman owns Mahowny 
3
Owning Mahowny
Steven Rea
Owning Mahowny is an unflashy but fascinating meditation on addiction and greed 
3
Owning Mahowny
James Berardinelli
A motion picture that never ceases to be worthwhile 
3
Owning Mahowny
Chris Knight
The film does a good job of portraying 80s excess power suits leather briefcases fancy cars 
3.5
Owning Mahowny
Steven Snyder
that very detachment which helps the viewer view Mahowny s situation objectively prevents the film from lighting a brighter emotional spark 
3
Owning Mahowny
Duane Dudek
A painfully interior portrait of an obsession 
3
Owning Mahowny
Terry Lawson
Hoffman plays it so close to his chest we can t help but be amused by a hubris that resembles self hypnosis 
3
Owning Mahowny
Vic Vogler
Collapses into a public service announcement on gambling 
2
Owning Mahowny
Chris Hewitt
What really carries the movie is our identification with a main character who can t quite put his finger on what s missing from his life 
3
Owning Mahowny
Jeff Strickler
Hoffman s soft spoken ultra low key demeanor is a perfect fit for Mahowny 
3
Owning Mahowny
Moira MacDonald
Add another movie to the list of those in which Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a pasty schlubby mouth breathing loser in a suit so cheap it shines and put it at or near the top 
3
Owning Mahowny
David Elliott
More like a case study than a drama 
3
Owning Mahowny
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Another superior performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman 
3
Owning Mahowny
Steve Rhodes
Rarely has addiction been so addictive to watch and yet so sad and frightening 
3.5
Owning Mahowny
Mick LaSalle
A fascinating fact based portrait of gambling addict Dan Mahowny 
3
Owning Mahowny
Roger Ebert
Philip Seymour Hoffman s performance is a masterpiece of discipline and precision 
4
Owning Mahowny
Ty Burr
For all the millions its antihero fritters away the movie is dramatically miserly with a scope too small for the emotions at stake 
2
Owning Mahowny
Robert K. Elder
Hoffman rewards us with a subtle performance never quite opening himself up 
3
Owning Mahowny
Glenn Kenny
At its best Mahowny is intricate engrossing wryly funny and strangely poetic 
3
Owning Mahowny
Evan Henerson
That we want this addicted schmo to win or maybe we just want him not to lose is a testament to Hoffman s sad sack charisma 
3.5
Owning Mahowny
Lou Lumenick
A showcase for Hoffman 
2.5
Owning Mahowny
Jack Mathews
The movie makes no effort to understand Mahowny s addiction There is no clear sense of when where or how the bug bit He s simply obsessed and out of control 
2.5
Owning Mahowny
Walter Chaw
The film s title is not so much in reference to the addiction that claimed a man as it is a warning and an invitation to embrace a collective shadow 
4
Owning Mahowny
Pam Grady
More of a character study than a drama this engrossing film benefits from yet another carefully nuanced performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman as the titular Mahowny 
3
Owning Mahowny
David Sterritt
In the acting department there s nobody on the current scene with more sheer talent or offbeat charisma than Philip Seymour Hoffman in whose bearish body nestles the heart of a lithe and limber artist 
4
Owning Mahowny
Claudia Puig
Made interesting by the performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman 
2.5
Owning Mahowny
Jan Stuart
Richard Kwietniowski s deliberately paced film attempts to externalize the very internalized agony of gambling addiction The results are only partially successful depending much on your propensity for watching Philip Seymour Hoffman perspire 
2.5
Owning Mahowny
Harvey S. Karten
Who else could play the role of a guy both nasty and vulnerable like Philip Seymour Hoffman 
3
Guimba, un Tyran une époque (Guimba, a Tyrant and His Era)
Roger Ebert
The story is straightforward the visual style is glorious and there is boundless energy and optimism in this fable of a tyrant overthrown 
3
Reversal of Fortune
Mattie Lucas
As distant and icy as Jeremy Irons Oscar winning performance as suspected murderer Claus von Bülow but like Irons inscrutable steeliness it s also endlessly compelling 
3
Reversal of Fortune
Matt Brunson
Enormously entertaining 
3.5
Reversal of Fortune
Lou Cedrone
Von Bulow is an enigma with a sense of humor and that s exactly the way Irons plays him Dershowitz is a man of exceptional cunning and that s the way Silvers plays him Their performances and that of Close will probably win Oscar nominations 
4
Reversal of Fortune
Dave Kehr
Irons Von Bulow is easily the most attractive and entertaining movie heavy since James Mason s villain in North by Northwest a figure with whom he shares a taste for elegant homes and wry understatement 
3.5
Reversal of Fortune
Gene Siskel
The trial of Claus von Bulow has been turned into more of a rumination on the American criminal justice system with a strong focus on celebrity defense counsel 
3
Reversal of Fortune
Chris Hicks
It s an amazing exploration of the American judicial system in a way that is both highly entertaining and incredibly informative 
3.5
Reversal of Fortune
Roger Ebert
What happened Who knows The movie s strength is its ability to tantalize to turn the case this way and that so that the light of evidence falls in one way and then another You tell me 
4
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ellen Futterman
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a true charmer a coming of age dramedy that treats adolescent girls with respect as it capitalizes on the power of friendship individualism and life s possibilities 
3.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Elizabeth Barr
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants thinks before it speaks and therefore is endearing and entertaining in a way that s empathetic without being sentimental 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Eleanor O'Sullivan
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is much better than that other movie about sisterhood with Sandra Bullock but less zingy than the exhaling women s movie or the Southern steel magnolias comedy 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Barry Paris
The emotional candy that sustains this Sisterhood is too artificially sweetened to be filling unless you really believe that one sentimental size fits all 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Megan Spencer
It is America Ferrara this extraordinarily confident and accomplished young actress who grounds this film in something real giving it a much needed boot up the pant making each moment she s on screen powerful and a pleasure to watch 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Christy Lemire
The rare movie that depicts young women realistically excited confused impetuous and determined as they try to figure out who they are 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Camerin Courtney
Four friends on a quest to find something only to realize that anything resembling an answer is to be found in the journey itself in their friendships and in themselves 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Wesley Lovell
Sisterhood is one of those rare teen movies that not only encapsulates the hazards of growing up but allows an adult audience to relate to and enjoy instead of endure 
3.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Walter Chaw
Although the whole thing s too long as it is there s barely enough room in the picture for each of the girls to have a complete narrative arc and so we re given preachy shorthand speechifying in lieu of character complexity 
1.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Call it something of a minor miracle that The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants has turned out so enormously enjoyable 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Collin Souter
The cast lend a great deal of credibility to the material and director Ken Kwapis knows when to cut away from a scene when it carries the potential for shmaltz 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Tenley Woodman
The film like the pants is surprising it entertains despite its irksome title 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ross Anthony
What a sweet little film Corny but sweet I even cried a little bit I m not too ashamed to admit Goodness I think everybody cried at certain points 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Mike McGranaghan
Sisterhood is likely to fit different kinds of moviegoers even if it doesn t look that way on the surface You just have to be willing to try it on 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Sara Brady
Sisterhood inhabits a tricky slot the subject matter is a little mature for tween audiences and too glossed over for adults but succeeds due entirely to charismatic Tamblyn and devastating Ferrera 
4
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Matt Brunson
While Sisterhood occasionally skirts around the full import of these hot button items it s honest enough to acknowledge the perils of adolescence as well as its pleasures 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Alicia Potter
By the time each actress has worked her climactic moping yelling crying scene the drama has become shrill and overwrought though Ferrera is a standout Unlike the peripatetic pants this awkward jump from page to screen is a less than perfect fit 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Eric Lurio
Delia Ephron s script brings the spirit of the books into the film although the film s plot is pretty thin and somewhat maudlin at times especially when it comes to its conclusion In the meantime it delivers what it s supposed to 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ferrera plays the role beautifully navigating water filled with tension conflict pain depression self hatred and acerbic sarcasm with stunning ease 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
David Elliott
To say that The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was not made for me or perhaps any male critic is an understatement 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
James Sanford
It s a well told funny sad story that accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do which is to remind its audience that no matter what you look like or where you live the journey to maturity is going to be a challenging on 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Greg Maki
A film of true honest emotion 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Timothy Knight
A watchable if altogether predictable film that only skims the emotional surface of its episodic narrative 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Chris Kaltenbach
Not a great film by any means too filled with stock characters in stock situations for such praise But it offers screen time for some fine young actresses and addresses its story to an audience of teen girls who deserve something to identify with 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Larry Ratliff
It does stray into the borderline romance novel chick flick area a few times For the most part though it s a cunning adventure of varying dreams and nightmares 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
David Sterritt
You may not literally laugh or cry as the ads promise But you ll have a good time watching the dream fulfilling denims make their comic romantic rounds 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Dustin Putman
A warm hearted enjoyable diversion A possible contender for one of the sleeper hits of the summer 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Claudia Puig
It s heartening to see a movie about teenage girls that is concerned with serious questions and avoids the pettiness that filmmakers tend to ascribe to young women of that age 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Peter Howell
Kudos to a movie that encourages girls and everyone else to accept their bodies to forgive their friends and family and to live their lives to the fullest 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Chris Hewitt
Sisterhood is a modest pleasure because it has been made with so much respect for the experiences of young women 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Tracy Allerton
Sisterhood is shamelessly manipulative at times and the dialogue can be clunky but the film never stops being a convincing portrayal of teenagerdom 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Moira MacDonald
A sweet natured journey not to a galaxy far far away but to someplace just as mysterious the first tentative steps toward adulthood taken here by four teenage girls 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Allison Benedikt
The relationships and performances are strong and moving with an effect both breezy fun and profound 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ruthe Stein
Remarkably for a movie geared to teenage girls a market Hollywood typically panders to with glossy imitations of their lives The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants has no glaringly false moments 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
John Monaghan
It s as if one of those conservative parents groups who edit movies to release them on video got a whack at this one before it hit the multiplex Oddly enough the very audience Pants panders to so strongly may have already outgrown it 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Bruce Westbrook
In a teen movie world gorged with mean girls The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a breath of fresh air 
3.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Carla Meyer
A winning heartfelt look at the bonds of female friendship and the life lessons that attend adolescence 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Peter Travers
Working from a deft script by Delia Ephron director Ken Kwapis labors hard so that guys won t cringe too much as four teen girls of different body types pass along the same pair of lucky jeans during a summer of love and loss 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Paul Doro
Even after some shameless audience manipulation we still don t know enough about any of them to really care about them 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Carrie Rickey
What s not to like about a movie that warmly insists size doesn t matter but soul and friendship do 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Connie Ogle
May be somewhat predictable but it fits the needs of its young audience like a glove Or a pair of magic jeans 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Bob Strauss
Smart summer entertainment that you don t need to be a teenage girl to appreciate 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Jeff Strickler
What could have turned into a featherweight teenybopper movie matures into a lot more 
3.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Jami Bernard
For the legions of fans of the book this movie is one size fits all The rest of us will have to keep shopping 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Sean P. Means
Even ol Uncle Critic can appreciate a good cry and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants has enough of those to satisfy the slumber party crowd 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Jeff Vice
This adaptation of Ann Brashares best selling novel appears to be pretty faithful to the source material so much so that the film runs on much too long at two full hours Yet it also feels curiously unfinished 
2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Lou Lumenick
In a season of overhyped blockbusters The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a genuine sleeper that deserves to find an audience 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Lisa Kennedy
The real backbone of Sisterhood comes from the actresses playing the friends and the fifth wheel surprise of Jenna Boyd 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Lawrence Toppman
This is strictly a picture for the target audience though it seems to hit that target regularly 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ty Burr
As female bonding comfort food god Sisterhood is that rare meal both adolescent girls and their mothers will be able to agree on 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Peter Canavese
The big screen is starved of family friendly films for girls that don t drip with phony commercialism and pettiness of character by comparison Sisterhood is not only a class act but a godsend 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Linda Cook
No it s not a one size fits all film But The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is just the right size for so many audiences 
3.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Willie Waffle
While all four adventures hint at deeper and more complex details not presented in the film Ephron and Chandler throw out little details here and there that make the script deeper than a simple one dimensional story 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Roger Ebert
This Sisterhood is real pleasure a big hearted movie where a group of gifted actresses find opportunities most younger movie stars can only dream about 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Rob Blackwelder
Exponentially more earnest affecting and credible than 90 percent of movies aimed at teenage girls 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Steve Rhodes
By creating some endearing and genuine teenage characters the movie really gets to you by the end I cried 
3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Nick Schager
The film s acknowledgement that growing up often requires coming to terms with loss results in a mature untidy view of adolescence 
2.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
James Berardinelli
There s enough truth about friendship love and life in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants to offer solid entertainment to almost anyone who gives it a chance 
3
The Challenge
Diego Semerene
Contemporary tropes of material luxury and ancient rituals coexist throughout Yuri Ancarani s documentary 
3
The War Below
Cate Marquis
Despite a few stumbles this is a worthy and entertaining war drama emotionally satisfying and a fascinating bit of history 
3
Sensation Seekers
Kathy Fennessy
To director Lois Weber s credit she depicts these events with a light hand bolstered by Dove s sympathetic performance 
3
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Moira MacDonald
For older kids or grown ups who ve dreamed of joining the circus it s a wildly imaginative treat 
3.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Brett Michel
Feel free to gorge but know that catering to every taste never produces a great meal 
2.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Sara Stewart
It s refreshing to sit back and bask in the sheer joy with which these brightly costumed stunningly agile performers navigate fire water and air 
2.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Michael O'Sullivan
What the movie lacks unfortunately is coherence 
2
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Joe Williams
Cirque du Soleil World s Away is a rare entertainment being for the benefit of everyone 
3
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Peter Hartlaub
It s a big promo reel and not a carefully disguised one 
1
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Loren King
A moderately enjoyable film that lacks the awe inspiring visual and aural aplomb of Montreal based Cirque du Soleil s live shows 
2.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
R. Kurt Osenlund
The movie is something of a compositional nightmare worlds away one might say from the artistry so associated with Cirque 
1.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Carrie Rickey
Inevitably every time Adamson begins to involve the movie audience in the tumbling and wire work the editor cuts to a different angle breaking audience identification and concentration 
2.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Rafer Guzman
Loyal fans may love the nonstop riot of imagery and music though others may not even comprehend what s happening on screen 
0.5
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Howard Cohen
The technically well made movie simply can t replicate the live experience of a Cirque show and at just over 90 minutes Worlds Away still feels long 
2
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Linda Barnard
It serves as a greatest hits reel of the staggeringly gorgeous and superbly creative acts of the Canadian born entertainment phenomenon cherry picked from seven Cirque productions 
3
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Roger Moore
It s all quite lovely mesmerizing and right on the edge of sleep inducing 
2.5
One Man's Hero
Michael Dequina
Weighed down by the traditional Hollywood trappings 
2
Sons of Provo
Jeff Vice
Amusing but only in spurts 
2
Tintorera... Bloody Waters
Matt Brunson
It doesn t matter if it s a blue shark or a tiger shark or even Hanna Barbera s Jabberjaw shark since despite the marketing focus the movie isn t a Jaws rip off as much as it s a look at hedonistic lifestyles 
2
The Overture
Jeff Shannon
If you don t mind a bit of treacle in your cinematic cultural exchange program The Overture will warm you inside and out 
3
The Overture
G. Allen Johnson
A by the numbers simple tale that pulls out all the cliched melodramatic stops when it should be exploring an obviously fascinating character in Thai history 
2
Go Tigers!
Margaret A. McGurk
Tales like this told with passion and skill are what make documentaries such a vibrant and enduring part of the cinema landscape 
3.5
Go Tigers!
Steve Rhodes
If ever there was a town that displayed the spirit of America this is it 
3.5
Go Tigers!
Walter Chaw
a caution against an entire American culture grown fat brutal and stupid on their own frugal repast of bread and circus
1.5
Go Tigers!
Roger Ebert
The movie argues that Massillon lives for football that it creates identity and pride and on the evidence I would have to agree 
3
Go Tigers!
James Berardinelli
Carlson has pieced it together in such a way that it represents a genuine crowd pleaser 
3
Go Tigers!
Harvey S. Karten
A doc that s more spirited than most action adventure pics about a top rated small town high school football team 
3
Little Otik
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately at more than two hours all of this is a bit too much 
2.5
Little Otik
Walter Chaw
a disquiet amalgam of Little Shop of Horrors Dead Alive and Raising Arizona with a splash of the Brothers Quay to push it right over the edge 
3
Little Otik
Jeremy Heilman
An enjoyably absurd bit of Grand Guignol that often underlines the obvious 
3
Little Otik
Steven Rea
It s no surprise that Jan Svankmajer s Little Otik is dark strange stuff 
3.5
Little Otik
Michael Dequina
An amusingly subversive experience at turns creepy and hilarious 
3
Little Otik
Bob Strauss
The resulting caricaturish effect coupled with a story line that repeats its basics over and over again for more than two hours damage this potentially droll look at ungoverned urges and tyke tyranny beyond salvaging 
2.5
Little Otik
Moira MacDonald
Svankmajer sends us home haunted 
3
Little Otik
Mary Kalin-Casey
For those who can embrace and enjoy the preposterous while forgiving the ludicrous Little Otik may make an entertaining bedtime story 
2.5
Little Otik
V.A. Musetto
Subversively funny it s a welcome alternative to the big budget movies flooding into theaters at this time of year 
3.5
Little Otik
Ed Gonzalez
The most deadpan piece of pop art this side of The Simpsons 
4
The Snow Queen
Marsha McCreadie
The message gets muddled with plot strands going every which way though the real culprit is some awkward animation 
1.5
The Snow Queen
Mike McGranaghan
Don t be surprised if your child asks to watch Brave or Shrek again when it s over 
2
Come Early Morning
David Nusair
Judd surely deserves the lion s share of kudos for the movie s success 
2.5
Come Early Morning
Glenn Whipp
It s a Southern story but not cloying in the way that many Hollywood versions of the rustic South are 
2.5
Come Early Morning
Maitland McDonagh
The film has a worn live in feel and its unhurried narrative captures the subtle rhythms of small town life Nothing much happens on the surface but worlds of hope hurt and determination lie right behind the characters eyes waiting to be discovered 
3
Come Early Morning
Lisa Rose
In a way the movie itself is an example of that philosophy put into practice Director Adams clearly did a lot of soul searching as she wrote the story Her introspective script provides another actress with a great role and a new start 
3
Come Early Morning
Lou Lumenick
Beautifully photographed by Tim Orr Come Early Morning is the kind of small gem that s becoming increasingly rare in American films 
3
Come Early Morning
Elizabeth Weitzman
This intensely personal film may not bring either Joey Lauren Adams and Ashley Judd widespread acclaim but it s a small triumph nonetheless 
3
Come Early Morning
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The plot points verge on the familiar and obvious but Joey Lauren Adams s work with the actors is so resourceful and focused that she makes them shine 
3
Come Early Morning
John Anderson
Adams shows a sure footedness about emotional transformation both in her writing and directing and has a real regard for the place her home state of Arkansas where her movie happens 
3.5
Come Early Morning
Jessica Reaves
It s a solid if flawed effort by Adams 
2.5
Come Early Morning
Matt Pais
This snoozer is so thin that it could gain 10 pounds and still have Nicole Richie beat 
1.5
Come Early Morning
John Beifuss
A modest but not insignificant achievement a movie that depicts smalltown Southerners without condescension melodrama or caricature 
3.5
Come Early Morning
Nick Schager
Actress turned filmmaker Joey Lauren Adams s cookie cutter contribution to Sundance style cinema 
2
L'Enfant
Rob Thomas
L Enfant follows in their fierce and unsparing tradition a tale of a destitute young couple under extraordinary pressure from without and within 
3
L'Enfant
Robert W. Butler
In the end the film itself may be of less consequence than the emotions it stirs up in the viewer Can we forgive the unforgivable Should we 
3
L'Enfant
Carla Meyer
Its story appears simple but L Enfant offers subtle insights into Bruno s behavior as it progresses 
4
L'Enfant
Jeff Vice
The journey and character evolution of Bruno is subtle and believable thanks to Renier s performance 
3
L'Enfant
Sean P. Means
The Dardennes break down whatever barriers a more formal film might have offered the audience for protection 
3.5
L'Enfant
Matt Brunson
L Enfant marks the first time that the Dardennes seem interested in projecting more than just art school indifference 
3
L'Enfant
Phoebe Flowers
A searing work about a severely flawed person s heartbreaking stabs at redemption 
3.5
L'Enfant
Marty Mapes
Another engrossing character study worthy of recommendation from the Dardennes
3
L'Enfant
Matt Pais
The story of a convincing and well drawn prick whose redemption doesn t feel earned 
2.5
L'Enfant
Phil Villarreal
Hooks you in with its near inconceivable but sadly realistic premise and tugs you along by the tightened heart strings Although it devolves into traditional formula the film still retains intrigue with its impenetrable central character 
3
L'Enfant
Duane Dudek
L Enfant is a dire and daunting character study and relationship drama set among the underclass in an industrial Belgian bleakness 
3
L'Enfant
Michael Booth
A gritty slice of real life relentlessly in focus though always humane 
3
L'Enfant
Walter Chaw
Could be that the Brothers are getting either bored of their shtick or fond of their reputation 
2.5
L'Enfant
Jeffrey Overstreet
L Enfant is more than just a morality play It is an investigation of the societal forces that create such misguided people such overgrown children 
4
L'Enfant
Peter Howell
Bruno is a classic character from the pen of Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne the Belgian filmmakers who find beauty and redemption in the direst of circumstances 
3.5
L'Enfant
Stephen Cole
The miracle of the filmmakers work would seem to be the perfectly struck performances of the leads 
4
L'Enfant
Roger Ebert
Here is a film where God does not intervene and the directors do not mistake themselves for God It makes the solutions at the ends of other pictures seem like child s play 
4
L'Enfant
Wesley Morris
Without a lot of overheated action the consequences of Bruno s behavior cloud the next few hours of his life The character is a surprise as both a dramatic creation and a human being 
3.5
L'Enfant
Chris Hewitt
The beauty of Dardennes movies much like Flannery O Connor s stories is that they think no one is beyond rescue 
3
L'Enfant
Michael Phillips
The film belongs to Jeremie Renier and Deborah Francois 
3.5
L'Enfant
Sara Michelle Fetters
Renier is a tiger clawing into the character with teeth filed to razor sharpness only to have the weight of his morally heinous decisions dull them to cub like nubs 
3
L'Enfant
Jeanne Aufmuth
As a character study it delivers the goods fraught with the sweet tension and painful heartbreak of coming of age and living on the edge 
2.5
L'Enfant
Moira MacDonald
Everything about L Enfant feels devastatingly real 
3
L'Enfant
Ruthe Stein
For all the squalor and extremely upsetting subject matter you can t take your eyes off the screen The Dardennes have a gift of finding a sort of beauty in ugliness 
3
L'Enfant
David Elliott
There is a probing awareness and conscience in the Dardenne films without schoolbook lessons tapped onto our thick foreheads though the emphasis on ethics could put their work on a shelf near the elegant works of Eric Rohmer and even Robert Bresson 
3.5
L'Enfant
Amy Biancolli
Even for a useless criminal Bruno is just not a compelling personality Unreadable lumps generally aren t 
2.5
L'Enfant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
L Enfant is certainly a skillful engaging movie but a step backward for this talented team 
3
L'Enfant
Steve Rhodes
More likely to elicit shrugs than applause from the audience 
2
L'Enfant
Ken Fox
Throughout this raw often brilliant drama the Dardennes refuse to judge these deeply flawed characters 
4
L'Enfant
James Emanuel Shapiro
The Dardennes waste no time involving the audience in the narrative through both their hand held cinema verité style of filming and by having events take place in real time 
3
L'Enfant
Jan Stuart
The intimacy the directors achieve with their actors is nothing short of uncanny Renier and François go about their business with such naturalness and determination you forget there are performances going on 
4
L'Enfant
Stephen Whitty
The Dardennes documentary style real locations hand held camerawork and no music help increase not only the realism but the claustrophobia 
3.5
L'Enfant
V.A. Musetto
It s expertly directed in a low key naturalistic way that brings to mind French auteur Robert Bresson It s also emotionally forceful and contains heartbreaking performances by Jeremie Renier as Bruno and Déborah François as Sonia 
3
L'Enfant
Jami Bernard
This is a movie about the kind of everyday miracle we all need to believe can happen how the tiniest glimmer of human connection can lead the most miserable specimen out of darkness 
4
L'Enfant
Glenn Whipp
Focuses on the here and now the possibility that all human beings have within them compassion remorse and the capability to sacrifice their own interests for another 
3.5
L'Enfant
Peter Canavese
Plain good storytelling rigorous acting handheld urgency and editing prowess render the whiff of manipulation moot 
3.5
L'Enfant
Peter Travers
L Enfant is a forceful impassioned and unsparing triumph from Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne 
3.5
L'Enfant
Rene Rodriguez
A gritty fairy tale about repentance that starts out small and gradually grows in power and intensity as if by magic until you re feeling as panicked and desperate as its protagonist 
3.5
L'Enfant
Ed Gonzalez
A miracle 
4
Don't Expect Too Much
John Hartl
Their anecdotes about Ray s creation of a filmmaking commune are vivid and affectionate and they re punctuated with material from the film that is sometimes alarming but always informative 
3
Hypnotic
Steven Prokopy
It s certainly not the best choice as a release to watch with Halloween right around the corner 
1.5
Hypnotic
Kevin Carr
It feels like one of those 70s psychological thrillers dealing with that weird pop psychology 
2.5
Hypnotic
Roger Moore
If only the dialogue wasn t so sleep inducing 
1.5
Hypnotic
Christy Lemire
What s actually going on here is so simple yet so insane that you wish the filmmakers had explored it for maximum screaming at the screen enjoyment 
1
Hypnotic
G. Allen Johnson
This is the kind of made for cable level movie where a pedestrian script by Richard D Ovidio with the usual horror cliches is elevated by strong acting no nonsense direction and a couple of neat twists 
3
The Haunting of Helena
Chuck Bowen
Yet another ghost story that insists there s nothing more chilling than a professional woman charged with raising a child on her own 
1
Vengo
Jonathan Foreman
The story is neither convincing nor remotely dramatic 
1.5
Vengo
Ed Gonzalez
Tony Gatlif s Vengo whets the soul with its gypsy moans and lucid imagery 
3.5
Vengo
Harvey S. Karten
The plot is melodramatic and contrived by my oh my what flamenco music 
3
Dream Horse
Chase Hutchinson
It is only a supposed telling as it is primarily built around 44 at best 44 shallow re creations 44 and 44 at worst 44 an active jettisoning of what should have been its most compelling aspects 46 10 10 
1.5
Dream Horse
Brian Eggert
The movie manages to be exactly what you would expect based on its logline but it fulfills every expectation with crowd pleasing confidence 
3
Dream Horse
Lisa Jensen
A cheer worthy celebration of persistence community and team spirit against all odds revolving around a most unlikely underdog make that underhorse hero named Dream Alliance Dream Horse couldn t come at a better time 
3
Dream Horse
Tom Meek
it is a frolicky melodrama that rounds the track with heart and soul 
2.5
Dream Horse
Peter Canavese
Has the feel of an old Ealing comedy or in the modern age The Full Monty small town stories with quirky characters banding together but this is one of the better ones in that genre largely because of its cast 
3
Dream Horse
Matt Zoller Seitz
While there s nothing remarkable or surprising about this movie from director Euros Lyn and screenwriter Neil McKay it s nearly impossible to dislike 
2.5
Dream Horse
Richard Roeper
The racetrack tale s uplifting story heartwarming moments and beautiful scenery pay off in a big way 
3.5
Dream Horse
Kevin Carr
It s not about a horse The story is about a horse but the movie is about human interactions and the ups and downs of life 
3
Dream Horse
Jeff Mitchell
A lovely film I experienced every uphill step and thrilling downhill gallop 
3
Dream Horse
Anita Katz
Collette who is Australian but fits right in with her Welsh costars plays both a sports movie style coach and a woman realizing her potential and she shines 
2.5
Dream Horse
Rob Thomas
While Dark Horse took a no nonsense approach Dream Horse streamlines and heightens to make a more emotional crowd pleaser bigger laughs here more tears there 
3
Dream Horse
Roger Moore
It s not Seabiscuit but plucky winners like this are a great reason to get back into the cinema going habit 
3
Dream Horse
Steven Prokopy
Dream Horse is a fairly lightweight feel good affair elevated by some key performances from Collette Lewis Teale and even Karl Johnson
2.5
Dream Horse
Mark Meszoros
Working from a screenplay by Neil McKay Mo Appropriate Adult director Euros Lyn Happy Valley Dr Who is more than steady on the track 
3
Dream Horse
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As in the documentary the class dynamic is front and center the joy of watching underdogs defeat a system designed to exclude them as vibrant as ever 
3
Dream Horse
Mark Dujsik
Dream Horse stops feeling like a story about real characters with real concerns as the horse not the people becomes the movie s source of inspiration 
2.5
Dream Horse
Chris Hewitt
It s a sentimental movie but Lyn makes sure it never feels sticky or maudlin 
3
Dream Horse
Leo Brady
Dream Horse is about second chances and finding one s self through the heart of a beautiful animal You may have seen it before but Dream Horse is a safe bet 
2.5
Dream Horse
Jake Coyle
Just as Jan seemingly wills all the good fortune that comes their way Collette keeps Dream Horse at a steady gallop and Teale makes a terrific companion It s a little like if Fight Club was friendlier Welsh and equestrian 
2.5
Dream Horse
Ty Burr
Dream Horse is a very nice movie about very nice people but nice is rarely enough and thank goodness Toni Collette knows that 
2.5
Dream Horse
Michael O'Sullivan
Its message is really about finding a reason to get up in the morning and where s the harm in that 
2.5
Dream Horse
Randy Myers
Dream Horse is well made compelling even downright soothing 
3
Dream Horse
Mike McGranaghan
You don t like have to like horse racing to enjoy the film you just need to enjoy being made to feel good 
3
Dream Horse
Katie Walsh
Director Euros Lyn infuses the tale with a warm sense of humor and heart thrilling emotional stakes and a deeply felt sense of Welsh pride 
3
Dream Horse
Mick LaSalle
Throughout Collette makes us believe in the human animal connection between Jan and Dream Alliance which is touching mysterious and deep 
3
Dream Horse
Mark Jenkins
After watching this Welsh racehorse drama even those of us who d struggle to pronounce the word may find ourselves feeling a bit of hwyl 
3
Intruders
Brian Eggert
Aside from Owen and Van Houten 44 who both have natural presence 44 there 8217 s nothing here except dissatisfaction and ridicule waiting in the shadows 46 
1
Intruders
Jeff Beck
Intruders is a horror film that has absolutely nothing memorable or noteworthy about it 
1.5
Intruders
Stephen Whitty
This is an intelligent scary little movie Because it s smart enough to know what s really scary is what s inside us 
3
Intruders
Lou Lumenick
Intruders looks great and has a promising opening but this atmospheric Spanish psychological thriller is otherwise pretty underwhelming 
2
Intruders
Robert Levin
It s impossibly labored and dull a case study in the wrong way to make a horror movie 
1.5
Intruders
James Berardinelli
Why do so many horror movies that begin with promise fall apart in the final act 
2
Intruders
Amy Biancolli
If you don t guess the big twist in the first 30 minutes Intruders is half of a good movie If you do it s about a third of a good movie 
1
Intruders
Peter Keough
When the most pulse pounding moments involve a burning overcoat or a glimpse of an arm in a surveillance video the threat of inner and outer violation remains more theoretical than palpable 
2.5
Intruders
Ethan Gilsdorf
Its muddled overambitious story leaves us unsatisfied you might even say hollow 
2
Intruders
Roger Moore
Horror has been so dumbed down in recent years that it s a minor miracle when a movie in this genre actually gives you something to ponder something more than omnipotent nuts with knives or teenagers trapped in abandoned summer camps 
3
Intruders
Rex Reed
Intruders is never scary and it s so implausible and uninvolving that even when it s being explained it is still unconvincing Talky psychology is a poor substitute for supernatural thrills 
1
Intruders
David Nusair
promisingly spooky 
2.5
Kampai! For the Love of Sake
Wes Greene
Mirai Konishi s documentary inevitably reveals itself to be an elaborate infomercial for Westerners 
2
19 Revolutions
Steve Rhodes
The only interesting parts of the movie which is almost never convincing or compelling are the stories within the story 
2
Cycling With Moliere
Stephanie Merry
This may be a buddy comedy on its surface but Bicycling With Molire also gives some insight into the way art imitates life and also the way life informs art 
3
Cycling With Moliere
Kyle Smith
An amiable French buddy comedy Bicycling With Molire is worth a ride 
2.5
Cycling With Moliere
Wes Greene
Even though the subtext about the past and modernity constantly being at odds throughout the setting s changing times is intriguing the director presents this in a clunky almost didactic fashion 
2
Cycling With Moliere
Claude Peck
Kinda like The Trip only with Molire in place of salmon mousse 
3.5
Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)
Matt Brunson
The theatrical series reaches its low water mark with this dismal entry 
1.5
Sicilian Ghost Story
Roger Moore
Poetic spooky and riveting 
3.5
Sicilian Ghost Story
Chuck Bowen
Sicilian Ghost Story is determinedly unclassifiable blurring genres with a fervor that grows tedious 
1.5
The Man Without Gravity
Roger Moore
Gravity only floats free when the fantasy is at its most childish 
2
Nitro Circus: The Movie
Farran Smith Nehme
Those whose instant mental riposte is not to mention our relationship with common sense are definitely not the target audience 
1
Nitro Circus: The Movie
Rafer Guzman
The personalities on screen have such limited shticks such one dimensional ideas that they re no fun to hang out with 
1.5
Nitro Circus: The Movie
Nick Schager
While the Nitro Circus s many achievements are impressive they pale in comparison to those of Knoxville and company s 
2.5
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
Roger Ebert
It is the most simpleminded movie in many a moon a vacant and brainless exercise in dreck and I almost enjoyed myself sometimes sort of 
2
The Hole
David Nusair
The last 45 minutes of The Hole are so entertaining so creepy that it s easy to forget how lame the first hour is 
3
The Hole
Bill Chambers
Somehow long after our sympathies have shrivelled up Birch is able to squeeze another drop of compassion out of the tube 
2.5
The Hole
Ian Mantgani
Has similar premise to Blair Witch 2 but also has better acting and a plot that makes sense
3
Shooting Fish
Jeffrey Westhoff
Dan Futterman Stuart Townsend and especially Kate Beckinsale have enough charisma for this film and a sequel or two 
3
Shooting Fish
Michael Dequina
A light easy going fluff piece 
2.5
Auto Focus
Matt Brunson
A distant even sterile yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of Hogan s Heroes star Bob Crane 
3
Auto Focus
David Keyes
What makes the material work so well here is the perception that both writer and director choose to execute with its protagonist which is not to provide overlying sympathy for him or his choices 
3
Auto Focus
Michael Dequina
A repetitive and disappointingly shallow look at what is in fact an intriguing Hollywood mystery 
2
Auto Focus
Nick Rogers
Schrader weaves American sexual mores advances in video technology dangerous impulses and awareness of self into one compelling thread The movie has a precise vision funny sad and profound all at once 
4
Auto Focus
Ian Mantgani
This is not a masterpiece Schrader wrote a better film about career disintegration and the pathetic sexual lives of insecure men and that film was Raging Bull But the movie is powerful 
3
Auto Focus
James Kendrick
Paul Schrader s films have a great sense of tragedy and this comes through with particular strength in Auto Focus 
3.5
Auto Focus
Margaret A. McGurk
Auto Focus never explains the whys behind Bob Crane s addiction but it recounts the disease and its toll on the man in vivid sometimes shocking and always fascinating terms 
3
Auto Focus
Rick Groen
How do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any On the evidence before us the answer is clear Not easily and in the end not well enough 
2.5
Auto Focus
Linda Cook
There s no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane But here s a glimpse at his life 
3.5
Auto Focus
Todd Anthony
Downbeat period perfect biopic hammers home a heavy handed moralistic message 
2.5
Auto Focus
Joe Baltake
Kinnear is brilliant here and he s matched by Dafoe 
4
Auto Focus
Rene Rodriguez
Watching this cold detached movie you never get the sense that Schrader cares one whit about Crane or is even curious about understanding the compulsions that wrecked his marriage and career and eventually cost him his life 
2
Auto Focus
Robert W. Butler
Kinnear and Dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers 
3
Auto Focus
Susan Stark
It s no fun to watch but there s no denying the power of its point of view of its two lead performances and of its claim to attention as an evocation of recent social history 
3
Auto Focus
Terry Lawson
You may want to fast forward to a movie with a point 
2
Auto Focus
Jeff Vice
Offers further proof that a well acted well intentioned movie can be every bit as unwatchable as a film that is poorly acted and poorly conceived 
2
Auto Focus
Jon Niccum
While Auto Focus is in many ways a standard downer biopic Kinnear s performance is anything but by the numbers 
2
Auto Focus
Sean P. Means
Schrader with the same clear eyed view of lurid behavior he brought to American Gigolo and Hardcore gives an unvarnished not to mention unerotic view of Crane s misadventures 
3
Auto Focus
Phil Villarreal
Greg Kinnear excels as Crane a role that s much more rich than his previous ones 
3
Auto Focus
Duane Dudek
Kinnear is perfectly cast as a character that Schrader takes from apple pie wholesome to cadaverous by degrees 
3
Auto Focus
Rob Thomas
Watching Auto Focus is like watching a man drown while he smiles at you and insists he can breathe seawater 
3.5
Auto Focus
Glenn Kenny
Auto Focus is tough stuff but it s as profoundly resonant as it is immediately disturbing 
4
Auto Focus
Christopher Kelly
While Auto Focus isn t very much fun to watch it exerts a queasy powerful hold on us 
4
Auto Focus
Jami Bernard
Kinnear s performance is a career defining revelation 
3.5
Auto Focus
Mike Clark
Michael Gerbosi s script is economically packed with telling scenes 
3.5
Auto Focus
Frank Ochieng
Auto Focus is a revealing albeit uneven biopic about one man s quiet depravity and the concoction of temptation that fueled his quest for compulsive risque pleasures 
2.5
Auto Focus
Joe Leydon
It s hard to shake the impression that while Schrader may be fascinated by what Crane represents he s not terribly interested in who Crane was 
2.5
Auto Focus
Moira MacDonald
A well crafted film about the life and death of TV actor Bob Crane 
3
Auto Focus
David Elliott
Kinnear brings just enough depth to Crane that we feel tiny spins of pathos 
3
Auto Focus
Edward Guthmann
A compelling sympathetic portrait 
3
Auto Focus
Steven Rosen
Schrader I think has found an approach that suits the skewed cultural history of his material 
3.5
Auto Focus
Roger Ebert
A hypnotic portrait of this sad compulsive life 
4
Auto Focus
Ty Burr
With nary a glimmer of self knowledge Crane becomes more specimen than character and Auto Focus remains a chilly clinical lab report 
2.5
Auto Focus
Glenn Lovell
Often as poignant as it is perverse 
3.5
Auto Focus
Steven Rea
Kinnear gives an amazing performance as the Hogan s Heroes star 
3
Auto Focus
Mary F. Pols
Kinnear lacks Crane s cartoonish features but he manages to capture enough of his mannerisms to create a nearly eerie resemblance to the actor particularly as Hogan 
3
Auto Focus
Michael Wilmington
Does strongly benefit from its overall smartness and lucidity and from two very canny well thought out performances by Kinnear and Dafoe 
3
Auto Focus
Rob Blackwelder
Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you this film s impressive performances and adept direction aren t likely to leave a lasting impression 
2.5
Auto Focus
Jeanne Aufmuth
Only a supremely flexible talent like Kinnear could whittle away at Crane s nuances and come up with thespian gold 
3.5
Auto Focus
Steve Rhodes
Kinnear and Dafoe deliver chilling yet sympathetic performances that should earn them Oscar nominations 
3.5
Auto Focus
Jan Stuart
The brave conduit of Schrader s doom laden moralism is Greg Kinnear giving one of those revelatory performances that makes everything an actor does prior seem like marking time 
3
Auto Focus
Bob Strauss
In surely the best performance of his career Kinnear expertly charts how the facade of someone who is little more than facade crumbles without him even knowing it 
3
Auto Focus
David Sterritt
Kinnear plays Crane in one of the year s most pitch perfect performances 
3
Auto Focus
Lou Lumenick
Auto Focus Schrader s strongest movie since Affliction is another meditation on American masculinity powerfully told with great wit and style 
3.5
Auto Focus
Erik Childress
A biopic about Crane s life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video 
3.5
Auto Focus
Jeffrey Westhoff
Director Paul Schrader laudably keeps Auto Focus free of cheap sensation but his one failing is that the film doesn t disturb enough 
3
Auto Focus
Pam Grady
The film tries to make a case for Crane as the poster boy for fame s dark side but it never quite succeeds 
1.5
Auto Focus
James Berardinelli
A compelling motion picture that illustrates an American tragedy 
3
Auto Focus
Peter Travers
A potent and provocative look at how the male ego is affected by sex and self image especially when magnified by celebrity 
4
Auto Focus
Jeremy Heilman
If it fails to be the truly great statement that it obviously yearns to be it can t be faulted much for trying since most of its failures on that account arise from its desire to remain honest about its subject s limitations 
3
Auto Focus
David Nusair
Auto Focus is very well done all around from the direction to the acting but it never quite becomes the superb piece of work it wants to be 
2.5
Auto Focus
Harvey S. Karten
If Simone is a measure of the corruptibility of audiences by celebrities Auto Focus is a dazzling portrayal of the corruption of a celebrity by his audience 
3.5
Auto Focus
Bill Chambers
Once the downward spiral comes to pass Auto Focus bears out as your typical junkie opera 
2.5
Auto Focus
Ed Gonzalez
The clever script takes jabs at wholesome television and deftly questions measures of success for Crane Paul Lynde s Hollywood Square was a step up after Hogan s Heroes 
3
Executive Decision
Mal Vincent
For moviegoers the nerve gas might be no more irritating than the film s preposterous plotting 
2.5
Executive Decision
David Nusair
A smart adult thriller 
3.5
Executive Decision
Michael Dequina
Take a late blooming action star and an action hero whose career is in a downslide and you get an action film seriously lacking in action 
2.5
Executive Decision
James Kendrick
It seems to bring up more questions than could possibly be answered in a two hour movie but all of the pieces start to fall into place as the movie picks up speed 
2.5
Executive Decision
Madeleine Williams
The film is well done well executed and the best action film to come along in a long while 
3.5
Executive Decision
Mick LaSalle
Stuart Baird s direction is so sluggish and Jim and John Thomas script so padded that Executive Decision has no build 
1
Executive Decision
Mike Clark
There s nothing like a protracted action drama in which anti terrorist commandos slink around the bowels of an airborne 747 and talk about what they hope to accomplish upstairs in the final shootout 
2
Executive Decision
Roger Ebert
A movie for people who are sophisticated enough to know how shameless the film is but fun loving enough to enjoy its excesses and manic zeal 
3
Executive Decision
Barbara Shulgasser
Russell never really gets your blood going 
2
Executive Decision
Joe Baltake
It doesn t always work but there s something inspiring about Baird s unwillingness to follow the usual formula 
3
Executive Decision
James Berardinelli
For uncomplicated excitement the film offers a solid one hundred thirty minutes 
3
Executive Decision
Steve Rhodes
So is your adrenaline a little low Suffer from low blood pressure Have I got a cure for you Executive Decision 
3.5
Plastic People of the Universe
Joshua Tanzer
An excellent chance to learn more about one of rock and roll s most significant bands and the struggle for freedom in the communist world 
3.5
Plastic People of the Universe
V.A. Musetto
The band s courage in the face of official repression is inspiring especially for aging hippies this one included 
2.5
Laggies
Robert W. Butler
Every filmmaker is allowed a few career missteps Lynn Shelton seems to have spent all hers on just one movie 
1.5
Laggies
Anita Katz
While a bit hard to buy as an unmotivated screw up Knightley gives Megan an endearing bouncy quality which jibes with the movie s pleasant tone and helps viewers believe Craig s feelings for Megan 
3
Laggies
John Beifuss
This set up is vaguely creepy and certainly problematic but Laggies works hard to be as reassuring and ultimately conventional as its snooze inducing piano score 
2
Laggies
Scott Nash
Pleasant enough despite its awkward title 
2.5
Laggies
John Serba
Features good understated performances by Knightley Rockwell and Moretz although they never really elevate the material above the quasi indie dramedy grade 
2.5
Laggies
Matt Brunson
The unlikelihood of the scenario in no way diminishes what s taking place within its parameters 
3
Laggies
James Berardinelli
Shelton opts for a simple shooting style that emphasizes relationships and dialogue rather than trying to call attention to the filmmaker s talent 
3
Laggies
Ty Burr
We understand you re having trouble growing up Get on with it and while you re doing so amuse us Luckily the movie does a pretty good job at that while keeping things overly safe for its hapless heroine Megan played by Keira Knightley 
2.5
Laggies
Rafer Guzman
A familiar story albeit from a fresh female perspective and enlivened by a fine cast 
3
Laggies
Michael Phillips
By dint of its on screen talent Laggies qualifies as a genial puttering indie with a starrier cast 
2
Laggies
Duane Dudek
The characters are not the only Laggies involved 
2.5
Laggies
Calvin Wilson
Laggies is the kind of indie film that gives the genre a bad name 
2
Laggies
Matt Pais
This dramedy which is more awkward than it means to be and not even close to as uncomfortable as it should be feebly attempts to drive on four flat tires 
1
Laggies
Peter Canavese
While the borderline silly material could easily have sunk like a lead balloon Shelton and her actors sprinkle enough pixie dust to make Laggies fly 
3
Laggies
Mick LaSalle
A movie that is in every way nothing special except for the way it s made and how it s done 
3
Laggies
Ann Hornaday
Unlike its sometimes annoyingly wishy washy heroine this is a movie that knows just where it s going and finds joy in the journey 
2.5
Laggies
Jake Coyle
Man child movies have long been commonplace for members of the opposite sex so Laggies penned by Andrea Seigel is a welcome twist one with more than a little in common with Bridesmaids 
3
Laggies
Claudia Puig
Laggies presents an intermittently believable portrait of female arrested development 
2.5
Laggies
Thelma Adams
In her finest movie to date Lynn Sheltonhas hit her stride and reached out beyond her niche audience with a breezy modern comedy hooked on a heroine that flirts with disaster and finds unexpected romance while lagging in her neighbor s backyard 
3
Laggies
Odie Henderson
I cop to not being a fan of Lynn Shelton s work Her films fall apart in their third acts 
2
Laggies
Stephen Whitty
Wry situations and inventive acting all caught clearly on camera and shaped into a satisfying whole 
3
Laggies
Chris Knight
It s low key sympathetic to its characters and lets their relationships create the comedy rather than the other way around 
3
Laggies
Linda Barnard
The dialogue written by novelist and first time screenwriter Andrea Seigel sparks with life 
3
Laggies
Steve Macfarlane
To Keira Knightley s credit she s all too willing to undercut her pretty girl reputation by looking and acting a fool for Lynn Shelton s camera 
2.5
Laggies
Sara Stewart
Knightley makes an appealing female slacker with a passable American accent and Shelton and screenwriter Andrea Seigel are admirably non judgy about her behavior 
2.5
Laggies
Roger Moore
Engaging if willfully quirky It gets better after Sam Rockwell shows up 
2.5
Laggies
Sam Fragoso
Shelton continues to subvert our expectations by imbuing Laggies with a humanistic spirit 
3
XXY
Gerald Peary
Puenzo goes beyond medical melodrama with a talented ensemble of Argentine actors who make this weird tale breathe 
3
XXY
Michael Phillips
Trim and briskly paced XXY is sometimes difficult to watch but Puenzo lets the actors explore a full range of emotions 
3
XXY
Sara Michelle Fetters
What might be the greatest thing about XXY however is that it absolutely refuses to judge More Puenzo never feels obliged to bow to the clichs of the genre instead allowing her picture to ebb and flow like all of this was happening for real 
3
XXY
Jeff Shannon
XXY is the first film to address intersex identity with graceful compassion and director Puenzo tells Alex s story with simple honest and forthright integrity 
3.5
XXY
Roger Ebert
It is not a message picture never lectures contains partial nudity but avoids explicit images and grows into a poignant human drama 
3.5
XXY
David Wiegand
Luca Puenzo s XXY is as finely crafted as a great work of literature 
4
XXY
Wesley Morris
What ensues between them both psychologically and sexually is one of the strangest most fascinating dysfunctional relationships I ve seen in a movie The acting is outstanding 
2.5
XXY
David Nusair
comes off as a well intentioned yet hopelessly uneven effort 
2
XXY
Ken Fox
What could easilyhave been an exploitative freak show is instead a somber earnest drama about the issues facing intersexed individuals those born with male and female genitalia 
3
XXY
V.A. Musetto
Ines Efron and Martin Piroyanski give strong performances as Alex and Alvaro respectively Debuting director Lucia Puenzo who co scripted tackles a dicey subject with sensitivity and taste 
3
XXY
Nick Schager
There s a secret at the heart of XXY but the real mystery is why writer director Luca Puenzo insists on unnecessary symbolic gestures for a story otherwise told with delicacy restraint and maturity 
2.5
The Spy Next Door
David Nusair
46 46 46 a mostly tiresome endeavor that fares especially poorly within its generic and sluggish first half 46 46 46 
2
The Spy Next Door
Michael Dequina
This is the broad silly kiddie exercise it appears to be 
2
The Spy Next Door
John Beifuss
Lame 
2
The Spy Next Door
Alistair Harkness
It may be a sign that age has finally caught up with this once most agile of action heroes 
2
The Spy Next Door
Linda Cook
Not as good as it should be but not as bad as I thought it would be The Spy Next Door is an average actioner geared toward kids 
2
The Spy Next Door
Christian Toto
The Spy Next Door is bland unassuming stuff for the kiddies But few family films have Jackie Chan at their disposal 
2
The Spy Next Door
Amy Biancolli
At some point the social mores that functionally banned most other forms of ethnic stereotyping will catch up with the Slavs a sad day indeed for middling screenwriters 
1.5
The Spy Next Door
Jennie Punter
Chan s comedic gifts and still nimble moves are wasted in a string of unimaginative household calamities and practical jokes 
1
The Spy Next Door
Chris Hewitt
Still fit and doing quite a few of his own stunts Chan is an action hero with considerable charm 
2
The Spy Next Door
Bruce DeMara
Chan is actually a fairly likeable hero and his elocution never great is at least passable in this latest romp 
2
The Spy Next Door
Kyle Smith
Duller than a Monday night at the cobweb museum 
1
The Spy Next Door
Michael O'Sullivan
Yet another lazily kid pleasing comedy about a man unprepared for fatherhood who s suddenly saddled with children who hate his guts and whom he must win over in order to make time with their hot single mom 
1.5
The Spy Next Door
Carrie Rickey
The plot may be forgettable but the execution is frantic and funny 
2.5
The Spy Next Door
Sara Michelle Fetters
There isn t much more to say My gut tells me kids under the age of ten are going to like it everyone else going to want to be spending their time and money elsewhere 
2
The Spy Next Door
Dustin Putman
Cornball and always predictable but also generally cheerful and good natured For the less demanding The Spy Next Door could be a lot worse 
2
The Spy Next Door
Claudia Puig
Chan s traditional gag reel that rolls with the final credits offers the most entertainment 
1.5
The Spy Next Door
Tom Keogh
The Spy Next Door makes The Pacifier look like Citizen Kane 
1
The Spy Next Door
Ty Burr
The film s so formulaic your 6 year old will be ticking off the plot points as they lope by 
1.5
The Spy Next Door
Michael Phillips
Chan s new all ages vehicle is smooth like oatmeal It s hard to imagine anyone being offended except fans of good comedy 
1.5
The Spy Next Door
Roger Ebert
The Spy Next Door is precisely what you would expect from a PG rated Jackie Chan comedy with that plot If that s what you re looking for you won t be disappointed It s not what I was looking for 
1.5
The Spy Next Door
Brett Michel
It s pitched at a pre teen audience the only kind likely to enjoy Levant s cheap misfire 
0.5
The Spy Next Door
Roger Moore
Limp and lifeless this Next Door neighbor should be evicted to DVD 
1
The Spy Next Door
Nick Schager
Following in Mr Nanny and The Pacifier s turgid footsteps Brian Levant s film mushifies Chan into a comedic parody of his rock em sock em big screen persona 
0
Carmo, Hit the Road
Jesse Cataldo
In the end Carmo Hit the Road suffers from an inability to decide what it wants to present 
1.5
Carmo, Hit the Road
Mike Hale
It s not a memorable ride but there s enough rueful humor tropical sensuality and borrowed style along the way to make it pleasant 
2.5
Commander Hamilton
Sean P. Means
The choice to shoot after the cast had been working together for more than a year off Broadway and then at the Rodgers let the audience see the performers in their stride 
4
Desert Bayou
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fascinating glimpse at the almost endless obstacles given to Katrina survivors 
3
Desert Bayou
Moira MacDonald
A thoughtful and interesting look at a little told Katrina story 
2.5
Desert Bayou
Sean P. Means
A case of great material and sloppy presentation 
2.5
Desert Bayou
Jeff Vice
Screenwriter Thomas Lemmer and director Alex LeMay appear to have some sort of agenda or ax to grind 
1.5
Desert Bayou
Maitland McDonagh
The result is by turns sad infuriating frustrating and cautiously hopeful 
3
Desert Bayou
Gary Goldstein
The failure of our current administration to act openly and efficiently in a time of crisis gets another documentary close up in Alex LeMay s humanistic and provocative Desert Bayou 
3
Desert Bayou
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are thousands of untold stories still left to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina It s worth hearing the ones Alex LeMay shares in this compassionate if somewhat underdeveloped documentary 
2.5
Desert Bayou
Rob Humanick
Succeeds in furthering the much needed dialogue on a defining event in our current political moment 
2.5
Desert Bayou
Kam Williams
A damning documentary which exposes FEMA s wholesale failings while depicting a nation still deep in denial and willing to look the other way despite the ongoing suffering of a long marginalized segment of society 
4
Inhale
David Nusair
an inherently compelling premise 
3
Inhale
Lou Lumenick
Milks the very real problem of organ tourism for all the melodrama and car chases it s worth 
1
Inhale
Paul Brunick
If there s an upside here it s salt and pepper stud Mulroney 
.5
The Hunted
David Nusair
a fairly irresistible setup that s employed to mostly erratic underwhelming effect 
2
Off Jackson Avenue
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a template a first draft of a much better film 
2
Off Jackson Avenue
V.A. Musetto
If there really are 8 million stories in the naked city you d think that writer director John Luke Montias would have come up with more convincing scenarios for his Queens based movie Off Jackson Avenue 
1.5
Off Jackson Avenue
Andrew Schenker
Sex slavery Japanese hit men and ordinary car thieves converge on the mean streets of Long Island City in Off Jackson Avenue John Luke Montias s engagingly lurid but ultimately tepid crime drama 
1.5
Me Too
Mattie Lucas
A noble and often compelling effort a strange and moving tale of love and compassion that gives its characters the respect they deserve 
2.5
Me Too
Diego Semerene
The film manages to un blemish the presumed abnormal while asking if it isn t normality itself that s in dire need of a checkup 
3
Me Too
V.A. Musetto
Features uniformly good performances by the actors But the clichd heavy handed script lets them down 
2
Phish 3d
Linda Cook
If you want to come to the dance see Phish 3D before it swims away Friday 
3.5
Racket Girls
Matt Brunson
Amateurish slop 
1
The Beach House
Steven Prokopy
Without getting political or didactic The Beach House is a tightly wound environmental horror piece
3
The Beach House
Federico Furzan
A subtle introduction to chaos What a ride of a movie Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Beach House
Roger Moore
Rather drably played formula swiping a bit from Stephen King The Mist here a little Night of the Living Dead there 
2
The Beach House
Mike McGranaghan
Hits the right balance between being suspenseful and gross 
3
The Beach House
James Berardinelli
Visiting The Beach House leads to a decidedly unremarkable experience 
2
The Beach House
Kevin A. Ranson
lingers in the psyche longer than one might expect like the opening chapter of a new streaming series or part of a Creepshow anthology 
3
The Beach House
Walter Chaw
I don t know that The Beach House is anything special by itself but it s very good indeed as part of a eulogy for our time here 
2
The Beach House
Anita Katz
As genre entertainment it s inspired well crafted and while not a spine tingler sufficiently scary to satisfy fans 
3
The Beach House
Joey Magidson
The periodic effectiveness of the concept as well as the lead performance from Liana Liberato is drowned in poor pacing and an inability to keep the viewer s attention 
2.5
The Beach House
Brian Tallerico
Boasting sweaty shaky camerawork and a firm grasp on tone Brown s grisly indie horror flick is yet another piece of work that feels unexpectedly suited to our times 
3
The Beach House
Robert Daniels
The Beach House mixes proverbial Lovecraftian notions of fate in a terrifying yet simply constructed creature feature that s begging to be picked apart and analyzed 
3
The Beach House
Mark Dujsik
Brown s debut feature is over before it even seems to have a chance to start 
2
The Beach House
Henry Stewart
The character drama becomes afterthought as it s superseded by action 
2
Banksy: Most Wanted
Joey Magidson
A far cry from Exit Through the Gift Shop and its award worthy ways Banksy Most Wanted has only sporadic moments of life 
2.5
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
John Beifuss
Bogart s final seconds onscreen are played for comedy it s as if the movie itself is winking at us to apologize for its Gothic suspense absurdity but also to get us to admit we enjoyed our time together 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
Mike McGranaghan
The cast is terrific and the basic premise is pleasing but a wavering tone robs Lottery Ticket of some of its power 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
David Nusair
a sporadically entertaining yet hopelessly uneven comedy that just doesn t work 
2
Lottery Ticket
Linda Cook
Lottery Ticket is a winner 
3
Lottery Ticket
Wilson Morales
With Ice Cube producing and his regular buddies Mike Epps Terry Crews and Charlie Murphy along for the ride Lottery Ticket is the latest charming and humorous film from the hood 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
Kevin C. Johnson
It all comes off a bit like an extended episode of Everybody Hates Chris with really bad language 
2
Lottery Ticket
Mike Scott
Despite the predictability the stereotypes and the occasionally overly sentimental moment it s fun Honestly if that s all you get from a movie like this well we have a winner 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
John Wirt
Lottery Ticket sags in its middle buts its energy comedy and characters also provide much entertainment 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
John Beifuss
The filmmkers work to make the setting a complicated and relatively convincing place for all its sitcom ish aspects and they treat their characters with affection and respect 
3
Lottery Ticket
Stephanie Merry
A jumble of comedy and drama with a sprinkling of After School Special messaging and some head scratchingly bad choices 
1.5
Lottery Ticket
Kyle Smith
There s a one in a billion story to Lottery Ticket Those are the approximate odds against a script this bad making it out of the introductory seminar at film school 
0.5
Lottery Ticket
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Many of these moments work but the entire package just doesn t quite jell 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
Erik Childress
A film so devoid of direction so offensive in its storytelling and so wholly ignorant to its own philosophy you would swear it was made by Madea Perry 
0
Lottery Ticket
Willie Waffle
Lighten up 
1.5
Lottery Ticket
Sara Michelle Fetters
White slips the noose around his film s neck with such startling speed it s dead long before I even realized oxygen wasn t getting to its brain 
1.5
Lottery Ticket
Peter Hartlaub
If any of the central characters in Lottery Ticket had a bit of sense the movie would be over in about five minutes 
2
Lottery Ticket
Claudia Puig
The comedy is broad bordering on offensive the laughs are few and the positive message feels tacked on 
2
Lottery Ticket
Carrie Rickey
Like Kevin s lucky fortune cookie Lottery Ticket is a sweet treat with a substantive message 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
Mack Bates
Except for a few of the cast members better than the material performances and a nifty opening sequence the movie would be straight to video fare 
2
Lottery Ticket
Tom Russo
White and writer Abdul Williams are determined to squeeze in some social commentary And while this too is mostly familiar stuff a couple of bits do resonate 
2
Lottery Ticket
Jason Anderson
A formulaic comedy that s enlivened by the high spirits of its supporting players 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
Loey Lockerby
While the film starts strong it suffers from diminishing returns 
2
Lottery Ticket
Paul Schrodt
Essentially Trading Places by way of Next Friday Lottery Ticket never rises above formula 
1.5
Lottery Ticket
Joe Lozito
Sweet and very noisy ensemble comedy lives up to its premise when it sticks closely to its neighborhood and its characters 
3
Lottery Ticket
Michael Phillips
You know what This movie s good It s fast deftly paced and funny and only some misjudged violence in the last lap keeps it from being better than good 
3
Lottery Ticket
Chris Faraone
Almost two dimensional definitely heartfelt and absolutely funny 
2.5
Lottery Ticket
Kam Williams
A ROFL treasure hunt which unfolds like an inner city variation of It s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World What more can you ask for from a ghetto fabulous escapist fantasy 
4
Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary
Steve Rhodes
An excellent documentary that presents some rarely discussed and provocative issues that deserve to be reviewed and pondered 
3.5
Voyeur
Federico Furzan
A strange tale of vouyerism filtered by a great journalist This is unbelievable Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Voyeur
Christy Lemire
The documentary is fascinating in an admittedly prurient way for the first half or so then shifts and becomes compelling in an even larger more relevant context 
3
Voyeur
Richard Roeper
Uneven but often strangely compelling 
3
Voyeur
Christopher Gray
It s hard to come away from the film feeling anything but disdain and a twinge of embarrassment toward Gay Talese 
1.5
Bullet Proof
Leo Brady
By the end there are just technical problems all around that take you out instantly 44 with stiff performances 44 and a lack of charm to any character for us to relate with 46 
2
Bullet Proof
Mark Dujsik
In Bullet Proof 44 a generic anti hero is pursued by a generic villain 46 46 46 through a series of generic chase and action sequences 46 
1
Event Horizon
Kevin Carr
This is one of Anderson 8217 s best films 44 offering genuine scares and a visionary design 46 
4
Event Horizon
Peter Canavese
If Alien was a slasher movie on a spaceship 44 this is a haunted house movie on a spaceship 46 Much more likely to please gorehounds than science fiction fans 46 91 4K Blu ray 93 
2
Event Horizon
Mal Vincent
In the end and at least 30 minutes before you get the idea that you re stranded in empty space 
2
Event Horizon
Matt Brunson
It should be noted that this critical and commercial underachiever has over time emerged as the best of Paul W S Anderson s films 
2.5
Event Horizon
Chris Kridler
With high production values and low aspirations Event Horizon begins as a mildly intriguing science fiction movie and degenerates into yet another slasher flick about evil from another dimension 
1.5
Event Horizon
Dennis King
But unfortunately Anderson can t seem to decide whether he s making a sci fi thriller a ghost story a gory horror film or a metaphysical musing on the nature of good and evil 
2
Event Horizon
John Petrakis
The sets are indeed terrific and the special effects quite remarkable as the chill of the uncertain future is mixed with a steamy gothic past But to paraphrase Winston Churchill never have so many done so much to such little purpose 
2
Event Horizon
David Sterritt
The settings and visual effects are imaginatively done but the dialogue is silly and the plot is a mishmash 
2
Event Horizon
David Keyes
If I were a psychologist hired to analyze the people who made this I would conclude that everyone involved needed to take their inner child out back and shoot it 
1
Event Horizon
Walter Chaw
You look at Event Horizon as you would something that fell out of someone s nose 
1
Event Horizon
David Nusair
a tremendously entertaining flat out disturbing horror effort that boasts a number of justifiably indelible sequences 
3.5
Event Horizon
Robert Roten
More annoying than engrossing and more startling that scary 
1
Event Horizon
Margaret A. McGurk
Too much of this type of gross out gore stops being scary and becomes merely disgusting Most of the time Event Horizon limits the dosage to keep the effect in the fright zone 
2.5
Event Horizon
Marty Mapes
The first half an hour is interesting then it s all downhill 
2
Event Horizon
Liam Lacey
If anything the conventional pop up scares and gross out effects of this British haunted space ship story seem less terrifying than quaint 
2
Event Horizon
James Kendrick
a calculated and 44 for the most part 44 well executed horror film
3
Event Horizon
Rob Blackwelder
A pathetic gratuitous gorefest posturing itself as the heir to the Alien sci fi horror throne
1
Event Horizon
Roger Ebert
It s all style climax and special effects The rules change with every scene 
2
Event Horizon
Madeleine Williams
A science fiction horror film that is like a meeting of Hellraiser and Alien albeit without the creativity or thrills 
0.5
Event Horizon
Steve Rhodes
It does have a glossy sci fi wrapper but the quality of the underlying production is a pure B movie exercise in terror 
1
Event Horizon
Peter Stack
It s not a great film but Event Horizon produces an intense sense of visual involvement The hallucinatory almost 3 D like scenes stick in the mind 
2.5
Event Horizon
James O'Ehley
What we have here is a film that tries too hard All of which is a shame really because the special effects are very well done especially a vertigo inducing shot of an enormous space station at the beginning 
2.5
Event Horizon
James Berardinelli
The bottom line is that Event Horizon isn t particularly effective as a horror adventure or science fiction film 
2
Forever My Girl
John Hanlon
Despite a familiar story this romantic drama has its charms 
3.0
Forever My Girl
Susan Wloszczyna
There is more pleasure to be had in the dwindling returns of CMT s Nashville than in this country soap opera 
1.5
Forever My Girl
Josh Terry
The execution just kills Forever My Girl Wolf s film wants to be ponderous and thoughtful but too often drags and just feels mopey 
2
Forever My Girl
Dann Gire
Even if you re not a fan of Sparks movies Forever My Girl offers several appealing elements 
2.5
Forever My Girl
Christian Toto
Is Forever My Girl formulaic You betcha Tell that to the lump in your throat 
3
Forever My Girl
Robert Horton
Oatmeal bland 
2
Forever My Girl
Peter Hartlaub
It all feels a little bit off as if every third scene was cut out randomly and every camera angle came down to a fourth choice 
1
Forever My Girl
Brad Wheeler
Sentimental dreck of the fluffiest order 
1.5
Forever My Girl
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is founded on a few fantasies that Josie would basically wait for Liam that the right woman can change a terrible guy and that we re supposed to find any of this romantic 
1.5
Forever My Girl
Katie Walsh
For an audience seeking fluffy escapist country music tinged romance it ll hit a sweet spot 
2.5
Forever My Girl
Ryan Porter
Rothe was a standout in last year s horror comedy Happy Death Day but the Denver born actor s performance here as Josie is as coolly bland as overnight oats 
1.5
Forever My Girl
Derek Smith
Bethany Ashton Wolf s Forever My Girl is less reminiscent of a country song than of Radiohead s True Love Waits 
1.5
Forever My Girl
Stephanie Merry
A by the book redemption story for a guy who hardly deserves it 
1.5
Forever My Girl
Rafer Guzman
Just about anyone with a level head would see Forever My Girl as the story of a narcissist manipulating a naive doormat 
1
Forever My Girl
Gary Thompson
Even Nicholas Sparks would blush 
2
Forever My Girl
Roger Moore
Slow as a July 4 tractor parade as drawn out as a Louisiana drawl
1.5
Death on the Nile
Wesley Lovell
Is there a point to re adapting these already familiar films and novels 63 Branagh doesn 8217 t successfully answer that question 44 seemingly trading on that sense of familiarity to sell tickets to the remake 46 
2
Death on the Nile
Peter Canavese
A solid companion piece to Branagh s Murder on the Orient Express old fashioned and corny even while it s trying to tastefully update the Agatha Christie novel for modern sensibilities 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Tom Meek
The cinematic shots of the Nile and pyramids are fantastic and the romantic tensions are well done but once the first body falls the film ebbs instead of cresting 
2.5
Death on the Nile
David Nusair
the movie eventually progresses into a meandering midsection that spins its wheels to an almost excruciating degree 
1.5
Death on the Nile
David Reddish
By now Christies stories have been done to death excuse the phrase in movies and television but Branagh along with writer Michael Green find a way to make this one feel fresh 
3
Death on the Nile
Mattie Lucas
Hardly the disaster its reputation suggests thanks to some lovely character driven grace notes and a game supporting cast who deliver a mildly engaging mystery that passes the time like a good pulpy beach read 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Jay Horton
Movies based on Agatha Christie s novels always disappoint 
2
Death on the Nile
Shawn Edwards
The sheen of artificiality actually works in its favor Fun entertaining but the real mystery happens to work in such a mess 
3
Death on the Nile
Michael Medved
A visually stunning view of 1930s glamour and indulgence though the twisty plot is preposterous and takes intense concentration to follow 
3
Death on the Nile
Sara Michelle Fetters
Branagh remains a sublime Poirot and his direction of the material is frequently marvelous 
3
Death on the Nile
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An expert beautifully crafted job of filmmaking with a pleasing balance of flourishes and subtleties Open and airy as opposed to the compact constricted feel of the last film and this one deepens the Poirot character in many touching emotional ways 
3.5
Death on the Nile
Richard Roeper
Not a whisker out of place 
3
Death on the Nile
Erik Childress
Branagh attempting to turn Christies potboilers into Shakespearean tragedies have come up well short sucking all the fun and suspense out of these dead dry exercises 
1.5
Death on the Nile
Sean P. Means
As a companion to Branaghs Murder on the Orient Express its a solid and visually arresting whodunit and makes one wonder how many more times Branagh wants to portray the detective again 
3
Death on the Nile
Mike McGranaghan
This sequel unfortunately lacks the magic that made the previous movie so enjoyable 
2
Death on the Nile
Rex Reed
Having just returned from two weeks in Egypt I can tell you the only thing they got right is the scenery 
2
Death on the Nile
Kevin Carr
If you liked Murder on the Orient Express and you enjoyed how Branagh put together an Agatha Christie murder for the modern big screen you should enjoy this one 
3
Death on the Nile
Brian Eggert
Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green keep to Christie s standard structure setup murder interviews and resolution but the best moments deviate and allow Poirot to exist as a human being 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Mark Keizer
A lumbering vessel that could have used more horsepower but it stays afloat by virtue of being an old fashioned whodunit fully loaded with tantalizing clues shocking twists and shifty eyed suspects 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Ty Burr
The cast is game the setting is luxe the direction is a little fussy but the whole thing feels slightly routine 
2
Death on the Nile
Christy Lemire
This whodunit mostly becomes a who cares 
2
Death on the Nile
Emily Zemler
Ultimately it s Branagh s direction that makes the story a success 
3
Death on the Nile
Donald Clarke
For all the problems here Death on the Nile is more successful than Branaghs earlier Poirot adventure The action is livelier The humour is sharper The cast seem more energised 
3
Death on the Nile
Sonny Bunch
I look forward to the continuing adventures of Hercule Poirot and his Magic Tragic Mustache 
2.5
Death on the Nile
James Berardinelli
Die hard Christie purists may be disappointed by some of the changes but on the whole Death on the Nile is faithful enough to tell the story and different enough to work better with modern day concerns about diversity than the original text 
3
Death on the Nile
Rob Thomas
The last shot of Death on the Nile suggests a note of finality for Branaghs tenure as Poirot But Christie wrote so many Poirot books and the series is hitting its stride It would be a crime to stop at two 
3
Death on the Nile
Johnny Oleksinski
Branagh has killed again He s once again taken a perfect whodunit and mangled it beyond recognition into some sort of a mummified thriller 
1.5
Death on the Nile
Chris Hewitt
Branagh plays fair with viewers lingering over crucial clues to make sure they register and he gives Nile a sense of place that the 1978 film lacked 
3
Death on the Nile
Steven Prokopy
A slightly more serious but no less stylized approach to the crime solving adventures of Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot 
3
Death on the Nile
Josh Bell
Like Murder on the Orient Express Death on the Nile puts a big budget gloss on one of Christie s most beloved mystery novels but all of the famous faces and lavish visuals don t add much 
2
Death on the Nile
Mark Meszoros
Just as we were in 2017 were here for murder mystery and even that mustache And wed welcome more of it in the future 
3
Death on the Nile
Jeff Mitchell
Death on the Nile is not a cinematic dead man s float but it just treads water 
2
Death on the Nile
Mark Dujsik
In theory everything here is lined up for repeated success but unfortunately this follow up only begins to find its way after the delayed start of its central mystery 
2
Death on the Nile
Mark Feeney
Can a movie that runs just a few minutes longer than two hours feel padded Death on the Nile does 
2
Death on the Nile
Michael O'Sullivan
The crime s solution is fine and dandy but it s Poirot himself who most fascinates 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Michael Phillips
I liked Death on the Nile a fair bit more than Branagh s previous Christie film partly because it s a less predictable and schematic narrative to begin with and partly because Branagh the actor has a way of outfoxing his own pedestrian direction 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Katie Walsh
the rest of the characters are unfortunately as disposable as this pulp mystery feels despite its epic ambitions 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Jake Coyle
As it is this Death on the Nile for too long an affected and strained entertainment lacking any sense of place floats well downstream from more bracingly constructed whodunits 
2
Death on the Nile
Rafer Guzman
Branagh s second Agatha Christie adaption is a classy captivating whodunit 
3.5
Death on the Nile
Leo Brady
Death on the Nile is much too slow of a stroll down the river to make the mystery thrilling no matter what actors are lined up to be suspects 
2
Death on the Nile
Bob Strauss
Branagh s lush take on the musty material looks great and registers a pulse 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Jeff York
Perhaps the most egregious mistake of all lies in Branaghs penchant to rush through all of Poirots detective work The flashbacks are far too frantic to follow and he rushes every single explanatory line 
2.5
Death on the Nile
Roger Moore
Never lets us forget its quality and attention to detail but forgets to be much in the way of fun 
2
Death on the Nile
Brian Truitt
The action happens on a steam ship rather than a train this time though still finds itself veering off the rails as it drags out the setup and rushes the reveals 
2
Death on the Nile
Moira MacDonald
It s no great hardship to watch Death on the Nile it looks pretty feels pleasantly old school and is over within shouting distance of the two hour mark 
2.5
Death on the Nile
EJ Moreno
A murder mystery should compel you to want to watch every scene not run out of the cinema in boredom Dry lacking energy and seriously in need of a better cast 
2
Death on the Nile
Dan Rubins
Once things get moving its smooth sailing to the double shocker of a denouement 
2.5
The Second Arrival
David Nusair
The first rule of a sequel should be Do NOT destroy the happy ending of the previous film 
1
Not One Less
Michael Dequina
That these non actors are able to so convincingly bring this highly emotional fictional story to life is the true mark of a master filmmaker at work 
3.5
Not One Less
Rick Groen
This thematic lesson is served up with non didactic grace complemented by tiny bursts of humour 
3
Not One Less
Wesley Morris
Zhang has constructed another startling showcase for a woman under siege that stands nicely beside Ju Dou or Shanghai Triad 
3
Not One Less
Joe Baltake
This alternately sad funny film sneaks up on you Its ability to grab us is surprising because it does so little because it s so spare so unadorned and unpretentious 
4
Not One Less
Peter Stack
It s an excellent movie for kids because it is about how amazing children can be 
3
Not One Less
Roger Ebert
For Chinese viewers this film will play as a human drama For Western viewers there s almost equal interest at the edges of the screen in the background in the locations and incidental details that show daily life in today s China 
3
Not One Less
Jeff Vice
Despite the obvious cultural differences this is old fashioned no frills moviemaking that harkens back to the days when directors were more concerned with telling a real story than blowing things up or appeasing big name stars 
3.5
Not One Less
David Sterritt
Not One Less has the same documentary type style and goes a step further by filling the cast with people who have never acted before This lends authenticity to the film which benefits greatly from the natural born charm of its performers 
2
Not One Less
Ross Anthony
Wei Minzhi is delightfully unprepared for her role 
2.5
Not One Less
Steve Rhodes
A simple slice of life tale set in modern day China from director Yimou Zhang 
3
The Great Hack
Roger Moore
Dispiriting informative and damning as hell 
3
The Great Hack
Odie Henderson
That we don t know what s being done with our data is the scariest aspect of all this The Great Hack hammers that point home quite successfully even if it doesn t have the guts to chastise us for our voluntary contributions 
3
The Great Hack
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In addition to the gripping terrifying story Amer and Noujaim deliver stunning graphics as well brilliantly visualizing the concept of our brains as computers under threat 
4
The Great Hack
Zaki Hasan
At its best The Great Hack will alarm you infuriate you and hopefully activate you 
3
The Great Hack
Joey Magidson
The Great Hack is an important and timely documentary meant to engage and jar you from inaction 
3
The Great Hack
Pat Brown
It seems so invested in a rehabilitation of Brittany Kaiser s image that the filmmakers own motives end up being its most interesting subject 
1.5
The Great Hack
Katie Walsh
A thrilling yarn of political espionage and fascinating characters However this isn t hollow entertainment The film insists upon the gravity of the situation toggling effortlessly between the micro and the macro lens on this tale 
4
Day at the Beach
Jeff Shannon
It s a must see for curious cinephiles but otherwise a drag 
2
Lullaby
Christy Lemire
A film like Lullaby should both enlighten and inspire debate Instead it feels simultaneously superficial and overbearing albeit with a few moments that do indeed resonate 
1.5
Lullaby
Stephen Whitty
The digital photography is crummy and the characters who most need to convince feel created out of whole cloth Polyester cloth at that 
1.5
Lullaby
Tom Keogh
A tortured weepie that can t quite figure out what sort of movie it is Lullaby wears out its welcome fairly quickly 
2
Lullaby
Rex Reed
The film seems endless and sentimental and the writing is too philosophical to keep the audience awake 
2.5
Lullaby
Mike McGranaghan
Writer director Andrew Levitas is clearly tackling very personal heartfelt sentiments here yet he chooses some of independent cinema s creakiest cliches to do so That causes the bottom to fall out 
2
Lullaby
Sara Stewart
Writer director Andrew Levitas needlessly pads this captivating theme with over used tropes 
2
Lullaby
Dustin Putman
Culminating in the endurance of memories and hope for the future Lullaby strikes an unforced resonating chord It is so much more than just a sad tale 
3
Lullaby
Nick Prigge
Garrett Hedlund s performance throbs with an anguish that s far more honest than the sentimental euthanasia subplot at the center of the film 
2
Lullaby
Roger Moore
This terminal illness tale rises above the form mainly thanks to a stellar cast and a refusal to drift into maudlin a film that saves its big emotions for a wrenching finale that it earns 
2.5
Killshot
David Nusair
46 46 46 a thoroughly misguided endeavor 46 46 46 
2
Song of the New Earth
John Hartl
A heavy dose of mysticism drives this stimulating new documentary 
3
The Getaway
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as an above average thriller that s elevated by the inclusion of several electrifying sequences and an expectedly charismatic turn from Steve McQueen 
2.5
The Getaway
Roger Ebert
The Getaway is a big glossy impersonal mechanical toy It s like one of those devices for executive desks with the stainless steel balls on the strings It functions with great efficiency but doesn t accomplish anything 
2
If I Die Before I Wake
David Nusair
never falls prey to sentiment or cheesy one liners 
3
If I Die Before I Wake
Bill Chambers
If I Die Before I Wake prays on our base feelings that s why it works and that s why it shouldn t 
3
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Mark Feeney
The camera doesn t love Stokes but it certainly respects her The intensity of her presence is unmistakable That intensity is attested to not always favorably by the various people we hear from in Recorder 
2.5
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Sheila O'Malley
A character study of a fascinating news junkie with a mission 
3.5
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Dwight Brown
Documentarian Matt Wolf handpicks clips adds in the essence of Marion Stokes personality and interviews witnesses to her hobby He creates a thought provoking look at the upheavals controversies and conflicts that have shaped this country 
3
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Kent Turner
Curious viewers will be sated they will come to understand why director Matt Wolf has focused on someone who they most likely never heard of 
3
The Discoverers
Roger Moore
Little Miss Sunshine lite 
2.5
The Discoverers
Tirdad Derakhshani
A warm endearing and surprisingly intelligent road comedy about a hopelessly dysfunctional family 
3
The Discoverers
Tom Keogh
Schwarz can t make enough out of that goofy notion visually or narratively to get a comic steam going But there are sidebar pleasures to be found 
2.5
The Discoverers
Lou Lumenick
Writer director Schwarz has a lot of fun with this nutty premise And more important the twisted dynamics of this particular family ring true 
3
The Discoverers
Jordan Osterer
It pushes itself beyond shrill predictability in its willingness to indict the public and familial histories at its core 
3
A Previous Engagement
Maitland McDonagh
A little have gone a long way to offsetting the film s sticky sweetness 
2
A Previous Engagement
Philip Marchand
This is a romantic comedy where the romance is too fraught with implications for a comedy and the treatment of character is too flippant for a romance 
2
A Previous Engagement
Lou Lumenick
While this slow starting update of Private Lives has plenty of laughs the incredibly expressive Stevenson turns Julia s romantic dilemma into something genuinely moving She makes A Previous Engagement something special 
3
A Previous Engagement
Jason Anderson
Though frantic from the get go A Previous Engagement rarely finds its feet Devoid of the fine balance of grace and chaos necessary to any screen farce the proceedings are slapdash repetitious and badly overextended 
1.5
A Previous Engagement
Bill Weber
Malta s tourism industry will likely survive A Previous Engagement a mirthless rom com that sadistically strands once prime comedic players Juliet Stevenson and Daniel Stern on the sunny Mediterranean spot in a protracted sub sitcom scenario 
.5
Greg & Gentillon
Tony Wong
The triumph of the largely improvised film is that the characters with all their naive optimism are surprisingly nuanced 
3
Greg & Gentillon
Rick Groen
Greg Gentillon finds a shiver of poignancy a hint of tenderness that s rare in this genre 
3
Altered States
Larry Vitacco
Exciting powerful and frightening this sci fi action flick is a near masterpeice 
3.5
Altered States
Matt Brunson
The film s too aggressively enjoyable to be completely dismissed though the ending is risible I preferred it when this finale was later reconfigured and reused in a ha s music video for Take On Me 
2.5
Altered States
Roger Ebert
I was overwhelmed I was caught up in its headlong energy 
3.5
Altered States
James O'Ehley
See it for the hallucinogenic scenes real time acid flashbacks 
3
Wine Country
Jason Fraley
A boozy brunch of a flick that isn t exactly laugh out loud funny but is consistently amusing in an appetizing setting with characters we care about 
2
Wine Country
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Poehler delivers an affable comedy that benefits substantially from the uniformly charismatic work of its cast 
3
Wine Country
Roger Moore
So this is 50 Meh 
2
Wine Country
Richard Roeper
if you saw this group of friends in a restaurant or at a wine tasting or walking down the street you d either feel grateful you have a similar crew or you d sure as heck wish you did 
3
Wine Country
Sara Stewart
Amy Poehler s directorial debut never really leaves its Eileen Fisher clad comfort zone but it ll probably be a hit regardless with women of a certain age 
2.5
Wine Country
Oliver Jones
It may proffer fart jokes and pratfalls but it also has profound and insightful things to say about what it is that keeps old friends returning to each other even after the inside jokes are exhausted and the limits of those bonds 
3
Wine Country
Christy Lemire
Because the talent amassed here is so impressive I wish the film had been more focused 
2
Wine Country
Gary Thompson
There is often a sketch comedy quality to the episodic narrative Mostly that s to the good 
2.5
Wine Country
Carla Meyer
Director Poehler clearly allowed for improv on set but she also kept this film from losing its shape the way so many SNL tied films before it have 
3
Wine Country
Pat Brown
The film s relatively static approach to narrative works in scenes where the material is funny or elevated by a certain performance 
2
A Piece of the Action
Roger Ebert
It has its heart in the right place I suppose but its key situations are so unbelievable and its dialog so awkward that nothing helps 
2
16 Blocks
Ross Anthony
At its heart this is actually an excellent film But as filmmakers seek to escalate the big action believability suffers severely 
2.5
16 Blocks
Kam Williams
The most high octane action pyrotechnics fisticuffs gunplay car crashes back alley dashes and fire escape leaps ever crammed into a pressure cooked chase lasting less than a mile 
3.5
16 Blocks
Michael A. Smith
The action is fast paced and the story throws in a couple of twists to keep you on your toes 
3
16 Blocks
Peter T. Chattaway
The story has been cobbled together from familiar elements however it arranges these elements in ways that are occasionally surprising and in ways that accord nicely with Christian ideas about sin repentance and redemption 
3
16 Blocks
Jonathan Kiefer
The movie pays off generously and just as expected 
2.5
16 Blocks
Rich Cline
This is such solid filmmaking that even the plot improbabilities and too steady pace don t ruin it 
3.5
16 Blocks
Kurt Loder
Mos Def truly shines When he subtly shows us the flickers of fear licking around the edges of his funny non stop monologue he s a man in touch with a talent that should take him far 
3
16 Blocks
Lori Hoffman
While the movie doesn t do anything much to refresh the standard formula Willis Mos Def and director Donner make the formula work
2.5
16 Blocks
Bob Bloom
16 Blocks does stretch credulity at times But you overlook some of its more outlandish facets until you are in the lobby and reflecting on what you saw 
3
16 Blocks
David Nusair
The film is entertaining enough 
2.5
16 Blocks
Matt Brunson
Works as a throwback to the B flicks of yore when an unflagging pace a few dollops of humor and a couple of sharply etched characterizations were enough to justify a matinee ticket 
3
16 Blocks
Thomas Delapa
For the dull and preposterous 95 minutes of 16 Blocks audiences are sentenced to Willis playing a boozy burn out and a nasal voiced Def doing his imitation of Porky Pig 
1
16 Blocks
Jeffrey Westhoff
A quick moving thriller where the characters stories and motivations unfold as the plot does 
3
16 Blocks
Sean O'Connell
a polished professional by the book approach to the improving real time plot strategy 
3
16 Blocks
Peter Travers
Willis and Def funny even if he overdoes the whiny shrieking are a terrific team 
2.5
16 Blocks
Linda Cook
Is there anything Mos Def can t do Apparently not Here he is onscreen in two theaters this week 
3.5
16 Blocks
Tyler Hanley
Crooked cops sketchy crooks and Bruce Willis as a washed up detective this one has seen it before down to a science 
2.5
16 Blocks
Larry Ratliff
Willis last on screen in Sin City put a rock in his shoe so he wouldn t forget that his broken man character has a limp His real crutch though is the boozed up flawed hero 
3
16 Blocks
Scott Nash
Enjoyable enough so that it is possible to forgive the many plot holes in the script 
3
16 Blocks
Greg Maki
Other actors should learn a thing or two from Willis and start acting their age 
3
16 Blocks
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately Donner has run out of ammunition with his latest hedonistic handcuff actioner 16 Blocks a tired and derivative take on the weary cop syndrome 
2
16 Blocks
Maitland McDonagh
The film s saving grace isn t that its plot is particularly unpredictable it s that director Richard Donner and screenwriter Richard Wenk give the actors time to put some flesh on their characters bones 
3
16 Blocks
Moira MacDonald
Hiding among all the uniforms and bullets it turns out is an actors movie and two actors more than capable of hitting their marks 
3
16 Blocks
Mick LaSalle
Another urban action thriller that s better than some worse than most and so forgettable that it s possible to forget it while watching it 
2
16 Blocks
David Elliott
16 Blocks never makes much sense of its crammed geography or gives the actors more than generic options 
2
16 Blocks
Carla Meyer
When a 97 minute film seems protracted there are script problems 
2.5
16 Blocks
Gary Goldstein
Though it aims higher than the average cop thriller 16 Blocks rarely rises above its far fetched plot and wham bang mayhem 
2.5
16 Blocks
Carrie Rickey
16 Blocks is a police procedural in the change your life spirit of Oprah And I say this with the deepest respect for both genres 
3
16 Blocks
Lisa Rose
Getting anywhere in New York gridlock can take forever especially when you re following Bruce Willis in a cookie cutter action thriller 
1.5
16 Blocks
Lou Lumenick
The actors seem to have inspired the hack director Richard Donner and the cat and mouse game is much grittier than one would expect from the creator of the Lethal Weapon series 
3
16 Blocks
Jack Mathews
16 Blocks is the best of this trio of recent crooked cop movies including Dirty and Running Scared thanks to the winning performances of its stars a restrained Bruce Willis and a very likable Mos Def 
2.5
16 Blocks
Connie Ogle
This noisy formulaic film turns out to be immediately forgettable except for the parts that are so ridiculous they leave you shaking your head in wonder hours later 
1
16 Blocks
Kit Bowen
Oh no there s nothing formulaic about 16 Blocks not at all 
2
16 Blocks
Matt Pais
Unlike the usual dirty cop thriller 16 Blocks patiently develops into a straightforward drama without useless love interests or improbable twists 
2.5
16 Blocks
Glenn Whipp
It s a fine B movie set up and for the first 45 minutes or so director Richard Donner keeps things properly nerve jangling using a shaky hand held camera and a cacophony of blaring sounds to put you on edge 
3
16 Blocks
Robert W. Butler
16 Blocks fails to impress as either an action film or a buddy movie Almost every effect it reaches for falls short 
2
16 Blocks
Amy Biancolli
Its dialogue is sassy its plotting is taut maybe too taut as key segues are AWOL but 16 Blocks has more on the brain than mere distraction It aims to save souls 
3
16 Blocks
John Monaghan
The Lethal Weapon movies were all about charismatic actors breathing life into stock characters That doesn t happen with Willis and Def 
2
16 Blocks
Jeff Vice
16 Blocks only gets more ludicrous and contrived as it goes along 
2
16 Blocks
Lisa Kennedy
It s the clamor and weak script that make it feel like a flatfoot trying to chase down a better movie 
2.5
16 Blocks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Donner exerts just enough effort to get this job done but not enough to achieve anything close to excellence 
2.5
16 Blocks
Allison Benedikt
In the end it s not the predictable action but the lack of chemistry and camaraderie that sinks 16 Blocks 
2
16 Blocks
Lawrence Toppman
Many of the plot devices are hokey and all are familiar Yet the filmmakers never lose their grip and the time conscious storytelling reminded me of the equally taut sweaty Phone Booth 
3
16 Blocks
Wesley Morris
16 Blocks feels like a remake of Clint Eastwood s The Gauntlet The Gauntlet was exciting nonsense 16 Blocks is just dutiful until all the duty crowds out any fun 
2.5
16 Blocks
Sean P. Means
When Bruce Willis tries as he did in Sin City and does here he really can be a strong actor 
3
16 Blocks
Sara Michelle Fetters
They don t blossom however and all Donner and company can bring to life is a solid good and while that s sure to be more than enough for the majority who see I still wanted more 
3
16 Blocks
Rick Groen
No one can dismiss 16 Blocks as a mere formula flick it s a mere two or three formula flicks all fighting for top billing 
2
16 Blocks
Geoff Pevere
No wonder the trip takes so long 16 Blocks insists on taking only the most heavily travelled routes 
2
16 Blocks
Dan Fienberg
This is a dour colorless depiction of the city skipping urban realism for some kind of heightened action ennui 
2
16 Blocks
Jon Niccum
the quieter scenes far outweigh the noisier ones
2
16 Blocks
Daniel M. Kimmel
tight and fast paced the first decent action movie of 2006 
3
16 Blocks
Emily Blunt
Oy vey is this wafer thin entertainment 
1
16 Blocks
Peter Canavese
The grabber premise of trying to evade a cordon of enemies to transport a man just 16 blocks runs low on ingenuity at the halfway point bogging down in a too familiar hostage standoff 
2.5
16 Blocks
Erik Childress
Donner could have put up a large ticking red timer in the top right corner of the screen and the only tension derived would still be waiting for the cigarette burns to appear 
2
16 Blocks
Willie Waffle
I usually like Mos Def but he makes Eddie sound like Huggy Bear from some 1970 s film or a rejected Dave Chappelle Show skit 
1.5
16 Blocks
Duane Dudek
16 Blocks is carelessly executed and dramatically contrived but like Willis is determined to get the job done 
2.5
16 Blocks
Claudia Puig
16 Blocks seems as if it has been around the block a time or two 
2
16 Blocks
Walter Chaw
An ending so Pollyannaish that I expected a chorus of animated daisies to jump out of somebody s 
1.5
16 Blocks
Roger Ebert
The bedrock of the plot is the dogged determination of the Bruce Willis character Jack may be middle aged he may be tired he may be balding he may be a drunk but if he s played by Bruce Willis you don t want to bet against him 
3
16 Blocks
Jeff Strickler
This action thriller is so predictable that you probably could outline the plot after watching a 30 second TV spot But it s so entertaining you won t budge from your seat until the final bullet has flown 
3
16 Blocks
Chris Hewitt
One of the best things about the movie is that it gets its tension from what we know and don t know about the characters not from bashing us over the head with lame o action sequences 
3
16 Blocks
Jan Stuart
The show really belongs to Willis who brings a hangdog authority to the midlife action pose of paunchy hungover yet ready to rock and roll 
3
16 Blocks
Josh Larsen
There are at least 16 ways the pressure cooker situation at the center of 16 Blocks could be defused 
2
16 Blocks
Dustin Putman
The premise which has been seen countless times before and done with far more style and flair is terribly thin 
1.5
16 Blocks
Nick Schager
The film kicks and lurches like a dying jalopy undermining the otherwise lean efficiency with which Donner steers his metropolitan odyssey 
2
16 Blocks
Phil Villarreal
You spend much of the film with the same demeanor as Jack u2014 excited but numbed eyes winced jaw clenched just waiting for it to end 
2.5
16 Blocks
Steve Rhodes
It s a popcorn picture that is a perfect pick for a cold or rainy March day 
3
16 Blocks
James Berardinelli
Despite occasional bursts of suspense the movie as a whole plays out as a long 95 minutes with its lack of inventiveness leading us more frequently into tediousness than tension 
2
The Farewell
Brian Eggert
The Farewell is heartwarming capably made exceptionally well acted and achingly sincere without ever resorting to sentimentality 
3.5
The Farewell
Jason Fraley
The Farewell will fill you with the same feeling as Yasujirô Ozu s Japanese masterpiece Tokyo Story You ll want to immediately pick up the phone call your grandparents and tell them how much you love them 
3.5
The Farewell
Federico Furzan
It s endearing and sad but Wang s approach has a rather optimistic tone that serves perfectly with a fantastic cast Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Farewell
Wesley Lovell
A poignant look at cultural identity and its place in modern society 
3.5
The Farewell
Kevin A. Ranson
Playing a character who allows endless opportunities to speak her heart pass her by Awkwafina displays her full heartbreaking range dealing with the worst situation imaginable 
3
The Farewell
Pamela Powell
You ve probably never heard of Shuzhen Zhao who brings Nai Nai to life but she will create a lasting memory in this role She s spunky smart trusting and above all loving exactly what the term grandma means 
4
The Farewell
Diana Cheng
In just 100 minutes of screen time Wang has brought a contentious ethical issue to a human level and wrapped it with heart 
3.5
The Farewell
Linda Cook
Say hello to one of 2019 s best movies 
4
The Farewell
David Nusair
the filmmaker delivers an often excessively subdued drama that contains few wholeheartedly compelling or emotional sequences 
2
The Farewell
Brandy McDonnell
Writer director Lula Wang s autobiographical drama The Farewell delves into complex realities like family dynamics cultural differences and terminal illness with elegant simplicity 
4
The Farewell
Matt Brunson
The act of not informing someone about their own health particularly when a fatal diagnosis is involved is a hot button issue and the strength of The Farewell is how it patiently explores both sides of the divide 
3
The Farewell
Rubén Rosario
In its unflappably honest depiction of coming to terms with death this powerful and often delightful film becomes the most life affirming seen I ve seen this year It s a keeper 
3.5
The Farewell
Barry Paris
Farewell tugs at the heartstrings in many funny bittersweet touching ways 
3.5
The Farewell
Michael Smith
The Farewell evokes some of the same emotions as well making it a generational crowd pleaser perfect for adult children and their parents to enjoy together And with their grandparents of course 
3
The Farewell
Peter Canavese
The setup makes for genuinely amusing light farce but in their patient observation Wang and cinematographer Anna Franquesa Solano conjure a heartfelt intimacy with the family and the actors always offer up finely etched emotional truths 
3.5
The Farewell
Josh Terry
The Farewell is packed full of memorable scenes and moments which Lulu Wang ties together with a creative and engaging style that involves everything from the framing of her shots to the quirky music playing in the background 
4
The Farewell
Max Weiss
An extraordinarily confident debut from Wang 
3.5
The Farewell
Christian Toto
This indie charmer shows the Crazy Rich Asians standout can do far more than steal a few scenes 
3
The Farewell
Roger Moore
Sweet if sentimental and slight
3
The Farewell
Gary Thompson
Comedy they say is tragedy plus time but in The Farewell tragedy and comedy occupy the same space at the same time and get along just fine 
3.5
The Farewell
Rene Sanchez
A universal and heart warming story about the ties that bind a family I laughed and cried and it made me call my grandmother right after the movie ended Full Review in Spanish 
4
The Farewell
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Farewell is one of the best films of 2019 Heck it might even be one of the best of the entire decade 
4
The Farewell
Richard Roeper
Lots of heavy stuff to be sure and there are times when The Farewell delivers powerful emotional blows and we ache for Billi and what she s going through in large part because Awkwafina s performance is so raw and authentic and in the moment 
4
The Farewell
Anita Katz
Skillfully blending humor and sorrow Wang has made an enjoyable and empathetic film about family mortality and identity 
3
The Farewell
Jeff Mitchell
Please say Hello to Lulu Wang s soulful movie about family 
3.5
The Farewell
Robert Horton
The handkerchiefs will be out yet Wang knows how to keep the tears honestly earned 
3
The Farewell
Lisa Trifone
These ensemble scenes let Wang s craftsmanship shine as her cast elevates her smart witty script to something special 
3.5
The Farewell
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The Farewell tells the often charming frequently heartbreaking tale of a family struggling with their aging matriarch s terminal cancer diagnosis 
3
The Farewell
James Berardinelli
The end result is life affirming and the average viewer is likely to leave the film feeling uplifted 
3.5
The Farewell
Peter Howell
The deep compassion of The Farewell lifts it above its absurd premise 
3.5
The Farewell
Mark Dujsik
It s a considerable act of narrative and tonal juggling 
3
The Farewell
Ty Burr
Like her heroine Wang straddles the fence and argues from either side of it like her the movie is profoundly Chinese American speaking to both audiences and able to be enjoyed by both 
3.5
The Farewell
Ann Hornaday
When each of us contains multitudes The Farewell suggests home is everywhere or anywhere we happen to be 
4
The Farewell
Joe Friar
Lulu Wang s semi autobiographical film will make you laugh and cry Awkwafina s natural intensity is a dynamic match for Shuzhen Zhao s energetic performance The best film of 2019 
4
The Farewell
Barry Hertz
The Farewell is a more substantive engrossing and ultimately deeper work about the bonds that hold and strengthen us 
3.5
The Farewell
Michael Phillips
While Wang may stint occasionally on the sort of character detail separating a very good film from a great one The Farewell takes you to a humanely eccentric place 
3.5
The Farewell
Mick LaSalle
It has an eye for absurdity and for the telling detail and it marks Lulu Wang as a director with the rare but essential ability to make you care about what she cares about 
3.5
The Farewell
Moira MacDonald
It s a film that pulls off a quiet miracle it breaks your heart and leaves you happy 
4
The Farewell
Robert Daniels
Lulu Wang is a triumph of the will as The Farewell invites delivers cultural appreciation 
4
The Farewell
Sarah Knight Adamson
A heartfelt look at culture and family traditions no other film has captured such depth 
4
The Farewell
Pat Brown
The film taps into universal truths about the passage of time the inevitability of loss and how we prepare one another for it 
3.5
The Farewell
Josh Larsen
stays true to the sadness of its central premise 
3
The Farewell
Robert Levin
The Farewell is a rare and rewarding gem a movie that trades in pauses and silences and understands that it s the space in between that so often defines our lives 
4
The Farewell
Lindsey Bahr
The Farewell is a stoic and honest representation of a flawed and lovely family coming to terms with the inevitable 
4
The Farewell
Tom Meek
The Farewell unfurls a bittersweet emotional journey buoyed by the complicated matter of identity that confronts many immigrants and first gens when returning home 
3
The Farewell
Joey Magidson
Awkwafina is a true revelation in The Farewell There s a ton of heart on display throughout the film anchored by her star making turn 
3.5
The Farewell
Erik Anderson
It s not always easy to create a story that is both acutely and culturally specific while also being thematically universal Often adherence to one over the other loses the nuances of both It s to Wang s credit that her highwire act is a triumph 
4
The Farewell
Katie Walsh
With impeccable craft Wang has created a funny heartfelt and bittersweet film that will ring riotously true for anyone who knows the joys and agonies of a large complicated family regardless of culture ethnicity or nationality 
4
The Farewell
Oliver Jones
A film that movingly shows the importance of taking advantage of fleeting chances and closing windows is itself the rarest of opportunities 
3
The Farewell
Rosalie Kicks
The Farewell is a tragic story that brings absolute joy 
4
The Farewell
Karen M. Peterson
The Farewell is not a film about loss or grief It is about family and identity and love It is about the people we are and how we become 
3.5
The Farewell
Sean P. Means
The result is a story that s both culturally specific and emotionally universal as it gives a talented star a chance to shine 
3.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One
Mattie Lucas
Ends with a whimper rather than a bang seemingly losing sight of its own righteous indignation at the injustices facing the people of Portugal after its economic crisis 
2
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One
Alberto Bermejo
A colorful interpretation of the Portuguese crisis seen through a fantasy lens Full review in Spanish 
2
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One
Bruce DeMara
Some of the stories are genuinely affecting But Gomes arcane storytelling style and frequent use of absurdity will require a good deal of patience from filmgoers 
2.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One
Amir Soltani
Gomes has made what will quite possibly be regarded as the definitive film about the global economic crisis 
3.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One
Scout Tafoya
Gomes plays with the traditions of the past and the tangible facts of the presents hoping for a brighter future for his homeland 
3.5
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One
Christopher Gray
Miguel Gomes combats austerity with expansiveness leavened by doses of frivolity and scatology 
3
Don't Sleep
Simon Abrams
Don t Sleep could have been a great horror movie Too bad a great topic does not necessarily make a great film 
2
Don't Sleep
Roger Moore
Confusing heartless fright free and sleep inducing horror exploitation 
1
Bastards
David Nusair
an aggressively pretentious art house disaster generally devoid of redeeming qualities 
.5
Bastards
Rob Thomas
Bastards is being marketed as the first bonafide thriller from the director of White Material and Friday Night but in Denis fragmented jagged film the thrills soon give way to a mounting sense of dread 
3
Bastards
Farran Smith Nehme
There s nothing wrong with dealing out a dense noir like plot in tiny scraps unless like Bastards the film remains flaccid and tensionless 
1.5
Bastards
Chris Knight
The murky plot makes vengeance a dish that is best served scrambled 
2
Bastards
Adam Nayman
As black and sticky and inescapable as a tar pit a movie whose darkness swallows its characters and the audience whole 
4
Bastards
Jesse Cataldo
Conditioning the audience to find dread in every seemingly innocent gesture the film turns even the simplest touch between family members into something tinged with menace 
3.5
Bastards
Peter Howell
The most noteworthy thing isn t the pictures but rather the hypnotic soundtrack a vibrant club mix 
2.5
Ash Tuesday
Erik Childress
Much like Spike Lee s big screen version of David Benioff s 25th Hour Ash Tuesday didn t begin as a tale about 9 11 but it probably helped enrich it 
3
U
David Nusair
sporadically compelling but ultimately tedious 
2
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Roger Ebert
The movie s a light silly entertainment with class A lot of the class comes from Morley who s spent most of his time in recent years on the London stage and in British Airways commercials 
3
The Tracey Fragments
Mattie Lucas
There are quite a few things to like about The Tracey Fragments but the ultimate feeling I left with was one of contrivance of difference for difference s sake 
2.5
The Tracey Fragments
Bill Chambers
Even with the film s scant running time of 77 minutes the unrelenting use of Mondrian splitscreen is bound to give anyone a headache 
0.5
The Tracey Fragments
Moira MacDonald
To criticize a film called The Tracey Fragments for being too fragmented may sound a bit on the nose but this experimental drama from Canadian director Bruce McDonald is interesting for a while and then goes to pieces 
2
The Tracey Fragments
Ken Fox
But Tracey Berkowitz is the anti Juno Where Cody Diablo s heroine is insouciant and confidently nonchalant Tracey is angry insecure and filled with an unsettling self loathing which Page brings to life with a searing immediacy 
3
The Tracey Fragments
V.A. Musetto
I have a feeling that this is the last time we ll see a down and dirty Ellen Page 
3
The Tracey Fragments
Kam Williams
Director Bruce McDonald deserves high praise for the chance he takes here departing from convention by experimenting with split screens for the duration of the claustrophobic psychodrama 
3.5
The Tracey Fragments
David Nusair
Self indulgent and relentlessly unpleasant 
1
The Tracey Fragments
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A multi tiered narrative is not enough to patch the been there done that storyline even in spite of Page s usually memorable performance 
2.5
The Tracey Fragments
Peter Howell
This is a tough watch but a rewarding one for those open to experimentation 
3
The Tracey Fragments
Liam Lacey
By the time The Tracey Fragments fills in its last dark fragments they don t have the emotional impact they probably should have 
2.5
Noise
Claudia Puig
Amid the seasonal din of so many raucous summer blockbusters Noise offers blessed relief in the form of a strong central performance sharp dialogue and edgy humor 
2.5
Noise
Marty Mapes
Even at the movie s climax Saville wants us to keep looking at the characters
3
Noise
Steven Rea
A tale of obsession and vigilantism cut with humor and a little Hegel Henry Bean s Noise is a satisfyingly screwy New York story in which a successful businessman family man jettisons all because he can t stand the cacophony on the street 
3
Noise
Peter Travers
It s wickedly amusing for a little bit but ultimately the film becomes what it s fighting just noise 
2
Noise
Ken Fox
The movie s real appeal lies in the simple but by no means inconsiderable pleasure of watching Tim Robbins take a hammer to a parked car as it wails pointlessly deep into the night 
2.5
Noise
Stephen Whitty
Like the car alarms it demonizes Noise is insistent and initially attention grabbing but eventually a little one note and empty 
2.5
Noise
Kyle Smith
The movie has enough big city wickedness and merry cruelty to keep things skittering unpredictably 
2.5
Shout at the Devil
Matt Brunson
Despite its interesting premise the movie a graceless and lurching mix of brutal drama dead babies lowbrow humor Marvin drunk again and general daftness Moore in blackface runs out of steam long before its bruising 150 minutes are up 
2
Shout at the Devil
Roger Ebert
Shout at the Devil is a big dumb silly movie that s impossible to dislike It s so cheerfully corny so willing to involve its heroes in every possible predicament that after awhile we relax 
3
Venom
David Nusair
the film eventually degenerates into a conventional and hackneyed mess 
2
Venom
Larry Ratliff
If you ve seen many schlock shockers you won t have any trouble seeing where this one s slithering to long before it gets there 
1.5
Venom
Paul Schrodt
After The Skeleton Key another lifeless Deep South horror movie charting the myriad frights of costumed black people performing defense rituals 
.5
Venom
Sean P. Means
Why didn t Miramax release this star free slasher flick directly to DVD especially when the theatrical release seems to exploit the news of Hurricane Katrina 
1.5
Venom
Frank Ochieng
Venom is indeed a horror show but for other reasons entirely just another colorless creepy tale right off the conveyor belt of sluggish imagination
1.5
Venom
Dustin Putman
People don t go to see movies like this to hear insightful conversations they see them to watch a teenage girl get impaled on a tree branch 
2.5
Venom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So confounded lazy and stupid that it makes your head spin 
0
Venom
Maitland McDonagh
This film contains a couple of bracingly mean sequences but it cleaves so closely to the slasher movie formula that it can t muster up any suspense at all 
1
Venom
Jeff Shannon
Even the title is lame but it does convey the movie s overall effect numbing and toxic 
1
Venom
Peter Hartlaub
There s nothing clever about this movie It starts too slow plot points are abandoned and even the killings start to run together 
0
Venom
Carla Meyer
Venom is just another cheesy teen horror movie distinguishing itself only in its complete lack of suspense a handicap that no amount of kinetic editing or bloodshed can overcome 
1
Venom
Lisa Rose
It seems like all of the filmmaker s creative energy was channeled into the gory imagery while thematic linkage was an afterthought Venom has a meandering story to match its misleading title 
1
Venom
Kyle Smith
Even the undemanding high schoolers the film is aimed at will experience déjà voodoo as Venom recites the A through Z of horror clichés All hopes for suspense and plot twists are snuffed out about as quickly as the film s black characters 
1
Venom
Robert Dominguez
A witless derivative slasher flick 
1
Venom
Connie Ogle
If you saw House of Wax you ve already seen the same basic premise executed with more skill plus had the unspeakable joy of watching Paris Hilton get skewered Venom alas can t afford Paris Hilton 
1
Venom
Josh Larsen
The bad guy jangles his key ring while stalking his prey presumably to build tension but I just kept thinking my car keys had fallen out of my pocket 
1
Venom
Bruce Westbrook
Though not meant to be taken seriously Venom is no chucklefest but rather a harrowing ordeal in the ruthlessly violent vein of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 
2
Venom
John Monaghan
Venom is even more pointless than most supernatural slasher movies 
1
Venom
Jeff Vice
As much as audience members will want to laugh it off the screen it even defies that much enthusiasm 
1
Venom
Janice Page
Venom is so far beneath comparisons to Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer that it would have to add a Jennifer Love Hewitt cameo just to keep company with the worst sequels of those popular movies 
1
Venom
Jackie Loohauis
You ll sleep like you just took the recommended daily dosage of Tylenol PM right though this snore monger 
1.5
Venom
David Hiltbrand
As unconvincing and unrealistic as one of those ridiculous made for cable horror films on USA Network the kind starring Tom Wopat or Timothy Busfield 
1
Venom
Jessica Reaves
Jim Gillespie I Know What You Did Last Summer directs and while one might naively believe that the absence of Jennifer Love Hewitt would in itself predict an advance in moviemaking one would be sadly mistaken 
1
Venom
Chris Hewitt
If the job of slaughtered teenager movies is to dig up talented young actors who will eventually do better movies and wish they hadn t done this one Venom excels in that area 
2
Venom
Phil Villarreal
Black man dies first and everyone else lines up to be slaughtered one by one through actions that scream DO NOT go in there you ignorant moron 
1.5
Side Effects
Brian Eggert
Soderbergh keeps the viewer involved and never sure what to expect 44 while every twist and turn comes as a surprise 44 informed and enhanced by the tricky film 8217 s critique of the pharmacological industry 46 
4
Side Effects
Mattie Lucas
An engaging and deeply pleasurable nail biter done without compromises 
3
Side Effects
Kelly Jane Torrance
Side Effects is a stylish thriller one that s mostly entertaining until it decides one big twist isn t enough 
2.5
Side Effects
Sonny Bunch
A trimly paced thriller that plays with audience expectations and keeps viewers off balance 
3
Side Effects
Chris Knight
Side Effects looks like it s going to be an expose of America s prescription drug addiction issues before it swerves nicely into thriller territory and a seemingly minor character becomes the protagonist 
3
Side Effects
David Nusair
another disappointing misfire from Soderbergh 
2
Side Effects
Marty Mapes
Plot twists Or lurches between genres 
2
Side Effects
John Beifuss
As smart and stylish as one would expect but like Soderbergh s other recent artsy genre essays Haywire Contagion its duller than its sources in this case Bigger Than Life Basic Instinct and Psycho 
2.5
Side Effects
James Kendrick
a slick entertaining piece of Hollywood genre work that includes just enough twists and tweaks to make it stand out from the parade of similar thrillers
3
Side Effects
Eric Melin
Side Effects sports two very strong performances from Law and Mara and Soderbergh s direction is lean and efficient If only the final act were as muscular and sure footed as the rest of the movie 
2.5
Side Effects
Robert Levin
Every new Soderbergh film even the failures is a gift for viewers who love movies Side Effects is no exception 
3
Side Effects
Kam Williams
The Girl with a Dragon of a Depression 
3
Side Effects
Glenn Lovell
Mirror reflections claustrophobic shots off center framing are used as effectively here as they were in Rosemary s Baby to suggest creeping paranoia Soderbergh s most assured work since Traffic 
3.5
Side Effects
Mike McGranaghan
While it may not be the scathing indictment of the business of selling meds that it could and probably should be Side Effects still gets credit for asking some of the right questions and delivering a few intelligent thrills 
3
Side Effects
Peter Howell
Side Effects is a cracking thriller that ranks amongst Soderbergh s best featuring electric performances by Rooney Mara Jude Law Catherine Zeta Jones and Channing Tatum 
3.5
Side Effects
Gary Thompson
The fun of watching Side Effects is in discovering how thickly sneakily plotted it is The movie hides much under a tasty and dissolvable coating that conceals the active ingredient underneath 
3
Side Effects
Rene Rodriguez
The main thing to keep in mind while watching Steven Soderbergh s playful new thriller is not to take the movie too seriously or else you ll feel betrayed by the end 
3
Side Effects
Perry Seibert
The picture tickles you throughout with a sense of relentless unease you know something is wrong but can t figure out what it is until Soderbergh and Burns are ready to play out the characters various endgames 
3
Side Effects
Lisa Kennedy
Side Effects does a nice job teasing current anxieties about depression medical ethics and class striving with the classic thriller quandary of Who s playing whom 
3
Side Effects
Stephen Whitty
It will both keep you on your toes and at the edge of your seat 
3.5
Side Effects
Liam Lacey
A stylish take on the psychiatric thriller genre that despite progressive narrative absurdities mostly delivers a dose to the pleasure centres 
3
Side Effects
Willie Waffle
A taught film noir that takes the audience into several different directions
3.5
Side Effects
Mark Dujsik
T here s a devious sort of joy to watch people this clever and with nothing to lose turn on each other 
3.5
Side Effects
Austin Kennedy
The filmmaking is exhilarating Rooney Mara gives an outstanding performance and the script goes in unpredictable directions SIDE EFFECTS is a great example of why we go to the movies 
3.5
Side Effects
Dustin Putman
Beginning as an urgent indictment and culminating in a silly sudsy about face that means very little and is sure to produce groans the film betrays and cheats itself out of a point 
2
Side Effects
Mick LaSalle
It s a gripping maddening and thoroughly satisfying thriller made with artfulness and integrity 
3
Side Effects
Ann Hornaday
Like a gel cap in a sip of orange juice the psycho pharmacological thriller Side Effects goes down easily even if its long term impact turns out to be barely discernible 
2
Side Effects
Scott Bowles
The movie descends into a TV grade police procedural with twists so sharp and a plot so convoluted you may need meds to clear your head 
2
Side Effects
Steven Rea
Sex lies and violence 
3.5
Side Effects
Rafer Guzman
Side Effects has the sleek chic look of a Soderbergh film cool colors seductive lighting but the script by frequent collaborator Scott Z Burns is disappointingly clunky 
2
Side Effects
Lou Lumenick
A pill popping drama that suddenly turns into something entirely different 
3
Side Effects
Ty Burr
The fun of Side Effects lies in figuring out what sort of movie it is even as you re watching it 
3
Side Effects
Randy Myers
A doozy of a Hitchcockian thriller with Jude Law Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta Jones Effects is a go for broke valentine to 80s cinematic psychological potboilers 
3
Side Effects
Chris Hewitt
If as he has said this is Soderbergh s last movie before a permanent break from filmmaking at least he has gone out with a bang 
3.5
Side Effects
Josh Larsen
As the twists piled on I found them increasingly strained and eventually alienating 
2
Side Effects
Matt Pais
For anyone who struggles to focus their attention on a movie Side Effects is just what the doctor ordered 
3
Side Effects
Moira MacDonald
Side Effects goes to unexpected places and we breathlessly follow along 
3
Side Effects
James Berardinelli
It s the kind of thriller that Alfred Hitchcock might make if he was still alive and active today 
3
Side Effects
Michael Phillips
Burns plotting gets a little knotty in the third act but he s a smart writer who has a knack for juggling an array of characters of varying intelligence and varying corruption levels 
3
Side Effects
Roger Ebert
Soderbergh came he saw he conquered and now he s moving on 
3.5
Side Effects
Peter Travers
Side Effects is a hell of a thriller twisty terrific and packed with surprises you don t see coming 
3.5
Side Effects
Christy Lemire
The complexity of emotion confusion and loss at the film s start gives way to some acrobatic trickery by the end but Side Effects is never less than gripping or entertaining 
3
Side Effects
Roger Moore
A smart thriller that is more proof that Hollywood s smartest director has NO BUSINESS RETIRING later this year 
3
Side Effects
Ed Gonzalez
Like Magic Mike Side Effects is enlivened by Soderbergh s jazzy style and laidback moralism bringing to mind the work of another connoisseur of genre Robert Altman 
2.5
Native Son
Roger Ebert
The movie understands that the story really is about the killer s point of view It is not the story of a crime not a docudrama not a sociological essay 
3
Othello
Mal Vincent
Anna Patrick is particularly impressive in the usually overlooked role of Emilia 
3
Othello
Michael Dequina
An entertaining respectful adaptation that plays like an erotic thriller with Elizabethan language 
3
Othello
Susan Tavernetti
Every character is balanced by another similar or contrasting one yet Parker does little to help the viewer make these associations 
2.5
Othello
Chris Hicks
Purists may grumble about changes but even in this abridged form Shakespeare s language and storytelling seem preserved quite well 
3.5
Othello
Steve Rhodes
There is little to offend in the movie but neither is there much to engage the audience 
1
Othello
Mike Clark
The movie is roughly on the same cinematic level as the Mel Gibson Hamlet though it tends to get under your skin a little more once it gets rolling 
3.5
Othello
James Berardinelli
For sheer impact this Othello can stand side by side with the versions brought to the screen by Orson Welles as restored in 1992 and Lawrence Olivier 
3
Othello
Roger Ebert
Will not give its viewers much of an idea of the Shakespeare play and may inadvertently give them other ideas about interracial love that were not much on Shakespeare s mind 
2
Othello
Rob Blackwelder
The film Lawrence Fishburne will be remembered for 
4
Hustle & Flow
Nick Rogers
Of all the exuberantly built up beats Taraji P Henson s beautifully shocked and elated response to unexpectedly forming the nucleus of It s Hard Out Here for a Pimp gives Hustle its soul and won that song an Oscar 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
David Nusair
fiercely original thoroughly engaging 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Kam Williams
A ghetto fabulous flick certain to generate some healthy debate as to whether it is glorifying or condemning the thug life which is so celebrated by the Hip Hop Generation 
4
Hustle & Flow
Steve Rhodes
Every actor delivers dead on heartfelt performances that are as touching as they are convincing 
3
Hustle & Flow
David N. Butterworth
Three words best sum up this fine film Terrence Dashon Howard 
3
Hustle & Flow
Marty Mapes
The little flashes of brilliance weren t offset by disappointments
3
Hustle & Flow
Mike McGranaghan
The film feels very authentic in the way it shows these characters slaving away at the demo tape that might open the door to a better life 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Lori Hoffman
With Terrence Howard s performance providing the hook director Brewer provides a flow of schemes dreams and rap rhymes that take us on a journey inside a man s soul 
3
Hustle & Flow
Linda Cook
Hey listen Terrence Howard I think your Uncle Oscar is calling you 
4
Hustle & Flow
Christian Toto
Hustle Flow shows even pimps believe in the American Dream
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Dan Fienberg
Brewster s script relies on more coincidence and happenstance than a Dickens novel and yet adoring critics will likely rave about its grit and authenticity 
3
Hustle & Flow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like Scorsese scouring the streets of New York Brewer is so confident so at ease amidst the crazily calm and lackadaisical whimsy of Memphis seedier pathways I almost felt like I was there 
3
Hustle & Flow
James Verniere
A Southern fried 8 Mile with an incantatory crunk rooted pulse 
3
Hustle & Flow
Moira MacDonald
Every now and then Brewer pulls off a near miracle with his flinty characters He lets us for a moment slip into their lives and sing their song 
2.5
Hustle & Flow
Robert W. Butler
Something weirdly magical happens in Craig Brewer s directing debut to suspend our disbelief and get us rooting for the film s unlikely hero 
3
Hustle & Flow
Jami Bernard
Unlikely as this may sound Hustle Flow about a low down Memphis pimp who wants to be a rapper is the feel good movie of the summer 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Rene Rodriguez
What makes the picture sail past its flaws is its earnest understanding of the desperation that drives people to regain control of their lives and the profound courage required to attempt it 
3
Hustle & Flow
Terry Lawson
Of course it manipulates us most movies do But it does so with such sincere funky confidence that I loved just about every minute of it 
4
Hustle & Flow
Mick LaSalle
So much love went into Hustle Flow that it almost glows with it 
3
Hustle & Flow
Josh Larsen
I can t remember another movie that started out so confidently so utterly sure of its own swagger and then limped so erratically to its end 
3
Hustle & Flow
Mary F. Pols
The way it peels back the layers of that first speech and shows us how naked and vulnerable ambition truly can be make it one of the most interesting films of the year 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
J.D. Considine
While the plot avoids the most obvious happy ending clichés it stays unnecessarily close to the pimps n hos mythology of crunk hits and that s particularly discomfiting if you happen to believe that women are people too 
2.5
Hustle & Flow
Jeff Vice
There s a decided sexist and misogynist bent to the material no matter how much Brewer tries to convince us that the female characters have been empowered by the music 
2
Hustle & Flow
Glenn Whipp
It nails its environment and transcends its broadness with a depth of feeling that will have even the most conflicted audience members cheering in their seats 
3
Hustle & Flow
Kyle Smith
Hustle Flow promises gritty street drama but delivers Pretty Woman with crunk instead of Roxette 
2.5
Hustle & Flow
Stephen Whitty
As the film s anti hero hero though Howard never compromises at all 
3
Hustle & Flow
Timothy Knight
It s a familiar tale to be sure but Brewer wisely emphasizes character and verisimilitude over urban clichés in this absorbing drama 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Malene Arpe
It s all good The story the characters the music acting 
3
Hustle & Flow
Wesley Morris
Some will rightly find it corny absurd and an insultingly limited presentation of options for the most disenfranchised African Americans I m still waiting for the movie fantasy about the pimp who wants to get his GED 
2
Hustle & Flow
Sean P. Means
It s the music along with a star making performance by Terrence Howard that carries this movie 
3
Hustle & Flow
Kit Bowen
The undeniably superior Hustle Flow is this year s indie darling it should garner some Oscar attention especially for the captivating Terrence Howard 
4
Hustle & Flow
Peter Canavese
Howard s work as Djay is sort of dazzling but his character s unrelentingly selfish behavior makes audience identification an uphill battle 
2
Hustle & Flow
Willie Waffle
Howard gives a complex and nuanced performance you don t see every day and one that might be discussed further when awards season starts this fall 
4
Hustle & Flow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The rest of the film sinks hinging as it does on a creaky formula 
2.5
Hustle & Flow
Duane Dudek
The soulful heartfelt and musically infectious Hustle Flow rests squarely upon the sturdy shoulders of the quietly charismatic Howard a journeyman actor who gives a revelatory and frankly Oscar caliber performance 
3
Hustle & Flow
Claudia Puig
Howard takes a character that might have been a caricature and makes him real sometimes icy sometimes fiery sometimes slick sometimes passionate 
3
Hustle & Flow
Roger Ebert
Terrence Howard modulates Djay with great love and consideration for the character He never cheapens him or condescends He builds him inside out 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Allison Benedikt
Happily for all involved it s still pretty good with a leading performance by Terrence Howard that is that good 
3
Hustle & Flow
Steven Rea
Hustle Flow is a weird fusion of blaxploitation and American indie built on a template of old style follow your dream Hollywood drama But it works sometimes magnificently 
3
Hustle & Flow
Rob Thomas
Whether you love hip hop or whether you don t know Ludacris from lutefisk this is one terrific movie 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Bruce Newman
Brewer hasn t sugarcoated his pimp and Howard s performance locates all the shadings of fury and desperation that drive him 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Chris Hewitt
If you overlook the f bombs and the drug deals Hustle Flow is peddling the same easy path to riches and romance story Danielle Steel keeps cranking out 
1
Hustle & Flow
Gene Seymour
Howard s been knocking on stardom s door for some time now and Hustle Flow should seal the deal 
3
Hustle & Flow
Walter Chaw
A maudlin broadly appealing race baiting melodrama that traffics in cliché and misogyny with as much ease as its happy go lucky pimp drug dealer hero 
1
Hustle & Flow
Phil Villarreal
Shot and scored with a raw throwback feel the film slips out of predictability by massaging a lingering feeling of dread and hopelessness into DJay s tale of rising hope 
4
Hustle & Flow
James Berardinelli
It celebrates art hope and dreams and you don t have to like hip hop to appreciate the message or the way in which it is delivered 
3
Hustle & Flow
Peter Travers
explosive entertainment 
3
Hustle & Flow
Akiva Gottlieb
Talent and practice isn t enough to realize your dreams To get on MTV sometimes you gotta shoot somebody 
2
Hustle & Flow
Frank Houston
The movie s effortless charm and earthy naturalism combined with strong performances from its main and supporting actors are beguiling enough to draw in any audience
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Frank Ochieng
has a more authentic and thorough scope that captures the seedy desperation of a street hustler audacious believable and percolates with riveting forethought
3
Hustle & Flow
Michael Dequina
A deeply felt film that can speak to and empower just about any audience 
3.5
Hustle & Flow
Erik Childress
When the white folk depart from the theater singing You know it s hard out here for a pimp you know you have a true audience pleaser on your hand 
3.5
The Borrowers
Roger Ebert
The film is wisely modest in its scope It sets up the situation involves us has fun with the special effects and the cliffhanging adventures and is over in 83 minutes 
3
The Borrowers
Elias Savada
a touch of Dickens a spritz of Rube Goldberg and a dash of Monty Python
2.5
The Moment
Rex Reed
The Moment is another in a long string of thrill free psychological thrillers that fail from start to finish 
1
The Moment
Diego Semerene
The film is a hybrid of a Lifetime movie focused on a strong woman a run of the mill murder mystery and a yogurt commercial from hell 
0
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Marta Barber
Enigmatic and mesmerizing 
3
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Jonathan Curiel
An artful look at religious hypocrisy interfamily dynamics and the way people wrestle with personal history long after the original events are over 
3
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Ty Burr
It s a bit of a mess but strong stuff nevertheless 
3
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Tom Keogh
Exceptionally handsome somber film 
3
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Jeff Vice
It s almost as if screenwriter director Marco Bellocchio wants to exorcise personal demons rather than entertain 
2
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Sean P. Means
The quizzically abrupt ending leaves too many questions and the viewer hanging 
2.5
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Carrie Rickey
It is a riveting rich portrait of an atheist who thinks he s resistant to faith but may be in the throes of a feverish conversion 
3
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Debra Birnbaum
An edgy drama unwinds with an emotional letdown 
2.5
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
David Sterritt
This superbly filmed Italian drama stands with Bellocchio s best work 
4
The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)
Ed Gonzalez
Bellocchio has a way of spelling everything out for the audience nonetheless the film s intellectualism is both provocative and remarkably playful 
2.5
Black Souls
Tom Meek
There s no denying Munzi s hypnotic poetry and simmering macho cadence but for all its bleakness Black Souls could have been a gangbuster with a touch more soul 
2.5
Black Souls
Peter Keough
Though the content of the typical mob movie can shock with its brutality and perversity the tragic arc ultimately reinforces traditional values while allowing a vicarious indulgence in the taboo 
3
Black Souls
Anders Wright
The cast is foolproof and the characters are distinctive and appealing no matter the side of the law they re on 
3
Black Souls
Tirdad Derakhshani
A somber piece of film poetry about men so invested in a rigid notion of honor and revenge they become trapped in an endless loop of violence 
4
Black Souls
Glenn Lovell
Munzi builds slowly inexorably to an ending that s as shocking as it is inevitable He s more interested in character development offhand gibes over pasta and wine than he is Goodfellas shootouts 
3
Black Souls
Michael O'Sullivan
Tales of Italians and organized crime are quite frankly starting to wear thin after years of overuse But Black Souls has a deep and startling soulfulness that despite its shocking conclusion is profoundly moving 
3.5
Black Souls
Brian Tallerico
Black Souls isn t quite the great film the international cinema buzz machine has touted it to be in some circles but it is a very good one the kind that ends with such gravity that you feel its weight for a while after 
3
2 Guns
Brian Eggert
2 Guns is conventional 44 and the sense of humor is somewhat caustic 44 but ultimately the mild chuckles and fast paced exploits of Beans and Stig provide a lazy diversion the viewer will instantly forget once the credits start to roll 46 
2.5
2 Guns
Sean P. Means
A buddy cop movie on steroids 2 Guns fires off smart alecky one liners and bullets at equal rates as the stars make a convoluted and overwritten script work 
3
2 Guns
Adam Nayman
That a movie this fleet and lean succumbs to action blockbuster bloat in the home stretch is both disappointing and predictable although the director deserves credit for keeping the climactic shootouts slick and spatially coherent 
3
2 Guns
Michael Dequina
The film may be as formulaic as the prosaic title suggests but the name also reflects the fundamentally straightforward and undeniable appeal of it 
3
2 Guns
David Nusair
a promising buddy comedy that fizzles out to a hopelessly depressing degree 
2
2 Guns
John Beifuss
Director Baltasar Kormakur keeps the pace and patter loose and lively the result is almost refreshing a run through a sprinkler on a summer movie season lawn cluttered with junked blockbusters 
3
2 Guns
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s very hard to make a twisty movie and follow through with this promise up until the end 2 Guns does it pretty well It s one of those movies that you may enjoy but will likely forget all about a week later 
2.5
2 Guns
Eric Melin
It s the casting of 2 Guns which sports as familiar a formula as can be that keeps it breezy and fun for most of its 105 minute running time 
2.5
2 Guns
Lori Hoffman
A standard connect the dots heist plot elevated by its Wahlberg Washington star power 
2.5
2 Guns
Linda Cook
Two great actors keep the momentum going doubly fast in 2 Guns a solid showcase for the talents of Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington 
3
2 Guns
Bob Bloom
The film s plot does tend to get unnecessarily complicated and you have to pay attention as alliances change and double crosses crop up like corn in July 
2.5
2 Guns
Scott Nash
A fun time at the movies
3
2 Guns
Kam Williams
A remarkably unengaging adventure given its incessant attempt at overstimulation 
1
2 Guns
Odie Henderson
Clich is not a bad thing if it s done right Like a good jazz improvisation 2 Guns leads to the same place but not the way you may expect 
3
2 Guns
Willie Waffle
With this cast it would be hard to mess up 2 Guns 
3
2 Guns
Mike McGranaghan
2 Guns wants to keep you from guessing what will happen next but it does this by confusing you rather than through clever plotting 
2
2 Guns
Lisa Kennedy
The biggest guns this action flick brandishes are stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg who have very different acting styles that work surprisingly well together 
3
2 Guns
Jason Buchanan
If only the story in the Denzel Washington Mark Wahlberg buddy actioner 2 Guns were as strong as the banter 
2
2 Guns
Phil Villarreal
The movie has 2 Guns all right but nowhere to point them 
2
2 Guns
Rob Thomas
In a summer movie season where everyone is trying to top one another with ever more outlandish visual effects and IMAX 3D setpieces there s a relaxed confidence to 2 Guns that s refreshing 
3
2 Guns
Rene Rodriguez
An unremarkable standard issue shoot em up that rests entirely on the charisma of its two stars 
2
2 Guns
Mark Dujsik
As drolly cynical as 2 Guns is it s this very basic sense of chemistry between the leads that really bolsters the film 
3
2 Guns
Chris Knight
2 Guns won t do anything to endear itself to those who fear a rising tide of violence in Hollywood movies but at least the caliber of writing matches that of the firearms These characters know how to shoot off their mouths as well as their guns 
3
2 Guns
Kyle Smith
Just go ahead and assume that everybody is trying to kill everybody and you ll be relatively clear 
1.5
2 Guns
Claudia Puig
Thousands of rounds of ammo are spent in 2 Guns a brutal complicated and sporadically funny movie that still seems slight 
2
2 Guns
James Berardinelli
Fast pacing and a high energy level can cover a lot of sins and nowhere is that more evident than in 2 Guns 
3
2 Guns
Mack Bates
While the story is a bit convoluted the easy rapport between Washington and Wahlberg makes this well shot comedy thriller far more engaging than it has any right to be 
2.5
2 Guns
David Frese
2 Guns is a smidgen off target 
2
2 Guns
Joe Williams
With the combined heat of its stars 2 Guns should have had double impact but Washington and Wahlberg are only doing this tango for cash 
2
2 Guns
Ann Hornaday
2 Guns feels like it s all been done before whether by John Woo Michael Bay or any number of their CGI happy clones 
1.5
2 Guns
Ty Burr
What s the old expression about putting lipstick on a pig 2 Guns a busy and bullet riddled new action movie has some mighty fine lipstick but it s still a porker 
2
2 Guns
Rafer Guzman
It s a jumbled film with a lazy plot and poorly sketched action sequences but the natural charm of its two stars along with some colorful bit players may put you in a forgiving mood 
2.5
2 Guns
Mick LaSalle
It s a complete mess the spectacle of filmmakers blowing up their movie and everything in it because they can t think of anything else to do 
1
2 Guns
Dann Gire
The biggest surprise might be the explosive chemistry between stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg who exchange witty jibes and zesty zingers like gunfire between marksmen 
3
2 Guns
Steven Rea
The Wahlberg Washington express hits lots of comfortably familiar notes And more than a few viciously uncomfortable ones too 
2.5
2 Guns
Chris Hewitt
It s not original but it s entertaining 
2.5
2 Guns
Michael Phillips
He has talent this director 2 Guns isn t necessarily my thing the jokey sadism is a drag but Kormakur lays out an action sequence with a swiftness and a coherence missing from many other pictures 
2.5
2 Guns
Peter Canavese
While we ve seen plenty of R rated action buddy comedies before the stream of amusing banter here comes with plotting that has a few good tricks in reserve 
2.5
2 Guns
Peter Travers
I really meant to at least like 2 Guns But I couldn t The movie just didn t make the extra effort 
2
2 Guns
Matt Pais
This is what a star vehicle should be a well written project that works without the big names but shines with them 
3
2 Guns
Bruce DeMara
Gets us from point A to point B in a journey that while predictable is a breezily pleasant ride 
3
2 Guns
Roger Moore
The stars are grand but the action beats are bland and the plot s a sour muddle 
2
2 Guns
Soren Andersen
Despite its A list stars 2 Guns is a subpar B movie shoot em up that s lackadaisical cynical and slow 
2
2 Guns
Jocelyn Noveck
For each amusing exchange there s a gratuitous scene that dampens the proceedings One of the worst involves the torture of chickens 
2
2 Guns
Stephen Whitty
For a movie with so many dead bodies there s still something strangely lively about 2 Guns a film which is certainly too much and often too confusing but never ever too dull 
3
2 Guns
Jeff Beck
2 Guns had the potential to be something decent particularly with its leads and good sense of humor but the foundation is cracked and flawed and unfortunately nobody bothered to notice 
2.5
2 Guns
R. Kurt Osenlund
Viewer character solidarity only holds up for so long and the film falls hard into twisty nonsense territory skipping over its stronger themes in the process 
2
Camille Rewinds
Kent Turner
The film plays the scenario straight and seriously the lessons learned don t take much of a detour from what Peggy Sue discovered in her time travel 
2
Camille Rewinds
Andrew Schenker
It s all a pleasant enough idyll or maybe even a dream but as an exercise in philosophically grounded whimsy Camille s time travels fall short 
2
Gigli
Matt Soergel
The two stars may be in love in real life but they ve managed to keep that chemistry well hidden on screen 
1
Gigli
Christopher Borrelli
Here is a film that exists on another plane It is so insane so misguided so Dadaesque so Kafkaesque you ll think I m exaggerating I m not 
1
Gigli
Michael Sragow
Excruciating 
1
Gigli
Jordan Hiller
Gigli isn t the equivalent of cracking a whippit but it is irredeemably flawed
1
Gigli
Scott Nash
Apart from the notoriety of their relationship there isn t much else going for this movie 
1.5
Gigli
Mark Collette
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez each spend several shocking minutes expounding upon the wonders of their own nether regions 
1
Gigli
Judith Egerton
Gigli looks like a movie that writer director Martin Brest made up on the spot 
0
Gigli
Gabe Leibowitz
Brest inserts little wrinkles in an attempt to wash away the clichés but all he achieves is taking an already wretched script to new depths 
0
Gigli
Ian Mantgani
It tries a valiant effort to be smart and edgy and feels like something that s always edging at greatness but never quite managing to break on through 
2.5
Gigli
Jonathan W. Hickman
Consider the missed opportunities here Two attractive stars a supporting cast that one would dream of and a director with solid credentials Didn t anyone read the script before making it 
0
Gigli
Garth Franklin
Just a waste that deserves to be forgotten rather than attacked 
0.5
Gigli
David Keyes
Gigli certainly isn t the worst film of the year as it has been made out to be but it does make one wonder if the lynch mob mentality against certain cinematic endeavors isn t at least a little deserved 
0.5
Gigli
Michael Dequina
Since it s unlikely Brest s original will ever see the light of day again I feel a need to describe the differences in this cut to prove that it once added up to something 
2
Gigli
Peter Travers
The stars display zip chemistry but seem to find themselves adorable They re so taken with each other they don t need an audience 
1
Gigli
James Kendrick
It will be of interest as a fascinating historical curio because it so fully embodies the paradoxical nature of stardom in the early years of the 21st century 
1.5
Gigli
Timothy Knight
The cinematic equivalent of a three car pile up this stupefyingly unfunny romantic mob comedy is DOA from the opening credits to the bitter end 
0.5
Gigli
Nick Rogers
For all the bad things said about Gigli curiously no one has mentioned its musical score by John Powell It s one of the worst ever like a sit com laugh track pitched at the highest volume 
1
Gigli
Linda Cook
It s even more ghastly than its title may lead you to believe And that s saying a lot 
0
Gigli
Steve Rhodes
From the very start the movie flatlines like a heart monitor on a dead man And it never improves 
.5
Gigli
Dustin Putman
Why Gigli is getting so widely lambasted from other critics I do not know It may not be a life changing motion picture but it is always likable Most of all and most importantly it has a good heart 
3
Gigli
David Nusair
Gigli marks Affleck s most enjoyable performance outside of a Kevin Smith film 
2.5
Gigli
John Beifuss
In a brief cameo Christopher Walken sums up Affleck s screen presence when he tells Gigli I know you don t know nothin I can tell just by lookin at you 
0
Gigli
Collin Souter
Imagine a movie made up entirely of Deleted Scenes Not since Travolta and Tomlin in 1978 s Moment By Moment has a love scene been this embarrassing or uncomfortable 
1
Gigli
Frank Ochieng
Writer director Martin Brest delivers what amounts to be a dreadfully uneven mob dramedy that has more holes in it than an aging pot bellied gangster riddled with the hail of a wayward semi automatic s bullets 
1.5
Gigli
Phil Villarreal
Its few moments of hilarity aren t enough to overcome a badly miscaculated premise and mostly horrid dialogue 
1.5
Gigli
Mike McGranaghan
The truth of the matter is that Gigli is not a good movie but it also isn t any worse than a lot of movies that Hollywood puts out in any given year 
1.5
Gigli
James Berardinelli
This isn t a good film but when set alongside the likes of Dumb and Dumberer and Legally Blonde 2 Jen Ben offer less pain 
2
Gigli
Mark Ramsey
Ben has amazing powers he has twice accomplished the impossible He turned two lesbians straight First in Chasing Amy and now in Gigli This man is a Sapphic SARS virus At this rate by 2089 it will be the end of overalls as we know them and the
1
Gigli
Rob Blackwelder
In what may go down as the most embarrassing imprudent attempt at sexy dialogue in the history of cinema Lopez ask s to be orally pleasured with the line Turkey time Gobble gobble 
1
Gigli
Laura Kelly
The more I contemplate Gigli s schizophrenic mess of a plot the harder my head hurts 
0.5
Gigli
Emily Russin
Falls somewhere between horrible and laughably awful 
0.5
Gigli
Mick LaSalle
The most thoroughly joyless and inept film of the year and one of the worst of the decade 
0
Gigli
David Elliott
This is the Cinema of Attitude pampered beyond lousy teen comedy to some post Tarantino end zone of stupified adulthood 
0
Gigli
Joe Baltake
This is not a great movie but it isn t a bad one either 
2.5
Gigli
Stephen Whitty
Such an utter wreck of a movie you expect to see it lying on its side somewhere in rural Pennsylvania with a small gang of engineers circling and a wisp of smoke rising from the caboose 
0
Gigli
Jonathan Foreman
An inept attempt to do Elmore Leonard by Martin Brest a filmmaker whose coarse sensibility makes him catastrophically unqualified to the task 
1
Gigli
Tony Toscano
If you re going to skip one film this year make it Gigli 
1
Gigli
Liam Lacey
Rarely has a movie that doesn t star Madonna achieved such a skin crawling mixture of deluded preening and bungled humour 
1
Gigli
Jeff Vice
Despite all the reshoots rewrites re edits and other changes this is one awful movie 
1
Gigli
Ty Burr
An overlong joyless and inconsequential affair full of dead air and possessing only a few moments of jaw dropping bad taste 
0
Gigli
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gigli is so unrelentingly bad that people may want to see it just as a bonding experience viewers read victims will want to talk and comfort each other afterwards 
0
Gigli
Josh Larsen
a walking talking People cover story 
1.5
Gigli
Kit Bowen
Gigli is a traffic accident you can t keep your eyes off of If you have a taste for morbid curiosity go see it 
.5
Gigli
Laine Ewen
Gigli rhymes with really As in really bad or really offensive or really wish I d remembered my gun so I could just shoot myself now and end the misery 
0
Gigli
Sean P. Means
I doubt even Jen and Ben popping in the DVD as if it were a home movie would be able to detect any onscreen chemistry 
0
Gigli
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s worth knowing how to pronounce Gigli because it will enter the vocabulary as a word meaning massive box office flop an embarrassment caused by Hollywood s inability to say no to powerful creative types See also Ishtar 
1
Gigli
Glenn Whipp
Never for a second do you believe in the reality of any of these characters 
1
Gigli
Roger Ebert
I wonder what would happen if you sweated 15 minutes out of this movie Maybe it would work The materials are there 
2.5
Gigli
Lisa Kennedy
Gigli makes a bid for that rare honor The movie so bad it s good It falls short 
1.5
Gigli
Barry Paris
Writer director Martin Brest s offbeat characters have been a screen treat in every quirky action comedy he has made 
3
Gigli
Jon Niccum
This is the first time I ve ever attended a screening where the audience was screaming the word edit 
0.5
Gigli
Erik Childress
Between suicidal stalking ex lovers and homoerotic roster changes the balance of the romantic comedy genre has never been more confused as to which side had less weight 
1.5
Gigli
Maitland McDonagh
Embalmed in the deadening juices of Affleck and Lopez s throwaway celebrity 
1
Gigli
Claudia Puig
What emerges is desperate and occasionally offensive salaciousness merged with corny predictable jokes 
1
Gigli
Duane Dudek
Every generation gets the celebrities they deserve but what have we done to deserve Gigli 
1.5
Gigli
Jan Stuart
Brest freights his actors with leaden pacing and a theatrical gangster speak somewhere to the left of Damon Runyon and the right of Elmore Leonard 
1.5
Gigli
Lisa Leigh Connors
Once word gets out about how painful and laughably bad this film is it will tank faster than you can say Bennifer 
0
Gigli
Chris Hewitt
Jennifer Lopez plays a lesbian in Gigli and Ben Affleck plays a heterosexual man which means they have one thing in common Both of them are in a crummy movie 
1
Gigli
Bruce Newman
A rigli rigli bad movie 
0.5
Gigli
Steven Rea
A torpid dud starring the cuddly celebrity twosome of the moment 
1
Gigli
Rene Rodriguez
It s the sort of bizarre ill conceived picture you can t believe exists but are secretly glad it does 
1
Gigli
Terry Lawson
A film that begins badly and gets worse and worse like someone who has been knocked unconscious in an accident and then bleeds to death because he gets no attention 
1
Gigli
Lawrence Toppman
Brest s dialogue is a soup of cliches profanities and sex talk most of us heard in high school 
1.5
Gigli
Jami Bernard
There are so many bad moments in Gigli it s a shame to single out only a few 
1
Gigli
Mark Caro
Put together enough pointless random details and you get Gigli a movie that s less incompetent than bewildering 
1
Gigli
Peter Sobczynski
I am giving Gigli one star and that is only because of Walken if Brest were smart when the film hits DVD he should only release that scene and stick the rest in the deleted scenes section 
1
Gigli
Jeanne Aufmuth
So misguided that sparks between the leads is the least of its worries 
1.5
Gigli
Ed Gonzalez
Gigli pretends to be a sophisticated comedy of the sexes yet it s written with the adolescent gusto of a fifty year old who s finally discovered that a penis goes inside a vagina 
1
Gigli
Walter Chaw
Gigli attracts venom mostly for its cast the mortal blunder of believing that either Affleck or Lopez has Brest s courage to look foolish and nobility to fail with principle 
1
New York Minute
David Nusair
New York Minute is for the most part a bottom of the barrel star vehicle that doesn t entirely at any point justify its very existence 
1.5
New York Minute
Mary Lasse
Most viewers will likely be checking their watches probably wishing this Minute were gone in 60 seconds 
2
New York Minute
Collin Souter
Who would have thunk the twins from The Shining should have their own movie 
0
New York Minute
Vince Koehler
Mayhem rules and this slapstick comedy offer a lot of action sudden turns and some wild and crazy stuff 
2.5
New York Minute
Tony Toscano
too much eye liner and not enough talent 
0
New York Minute
Sean McBride
It simply relies on the hope that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have such a devoted fan base that they will immediately rush out and support their film no matter how bad it may be 
0.5
New York Minute
Sara Brady
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have many millions of dollars But in New York Minute despite a lavish budget and one of the most expensive movie sets in the world the island of Manhattan they can t buy love talent or a decent script 
1
New York Minute
John Beifuss
The twin millionaires bust up an international piracy ring to help make the world safe again for the manufacturers of overpriced CDs and DVDs 
1.5
New York Minute
Linda Cook
Dear Eugene Levy Please consider me as a qualified candidate for the position of your agent 
0
New York Minute
Dustin Putman
A terminally lame teen comedy with a grade school mentality 
1.5
New York Minute
Frank Ochieng
a misguided vanity piece for the twin teenyboppers Shockingly this is one pronounced slab of pre adolescent pabulum at its finest or at its worst simply take your pick
1
New York Minute
Ted Fry
Even when it feels forced the Olsen twins appeal I freely admit remains a two for one bargain 
2.5
New York Minute
Ruthe Stein
Falls somewhere between a home video and a full blown movie 
2
New York Minute
David Elliott
Veteran observers of the small and famous may watch Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen in New York Minute and think Pia Zadora even smaller but doubled 
2
New York Minute
Joe Baltake
The surprise is that it s the kind of larky entertainment that can make adults feel younger rather than older which is the effect that most films for teens have on their elders 
3
New York Minute
Megan Lehmann
In trying to straddle both the grown up and kiddie worlds with this inappropriately sexualized effort the Olsens have lost their footing 
1.5
New York Minute
Jami Bernard
Carefully designed for maximum blandness 
2
New York Minute
Duane Dudek
The only thing missing is a laugh track 
2
New York Minute
Bob Strauss
It s an idiotic and utterly bogus confection as it must be but at least it has a pleasing level of pacing it scoots along without screeching and some minor key subversive flashes 
2.5
New York Minute
Loey Lockerby
It s as if someone took three or four of the Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley videos and stitched them together in a way that is convoluted and strangely plotless 
1.5
New York Minute
Phil Villarreal
Uncle Jesse and Joey must have been too busy to make appearances Lucky them 
1.5
New York Minute
Liam Lacey
As coy sleaze goes the new Olsen twins movie doesn t match Britney Spears s Crossroads but it comes close 
1
New York Minute
Jeff Vice
There are so many completely laughless stretches that this under 90 minutes feature feels considerably longer 
1
New York Minute
Roger Ebert
A textbook example of a film created as a vehicle but without any ideas about where the vehicle should go 
1.5
New York Minute
Wesley Morris
For those not part of the Olsen industrial complex New York Minute often feels creepy and lecherous like it was made by a family uncle 
1
New York Minute
Sean P. Means
It has the creepy effect of ensuring we see the Olsens as sexually awakened young women all within the confines of a PG rating 
1.5
New York Minute
Guylaine Cadorette
a big screen feature with a direct to video plot 
1.5
New York Minute
Christian Toto
The Olsens go the Britney route in this unfortunate Minute
1.5
New York Minute
James Sanford
Here s a movie aimed at young girls that must have been created with the tired businessman or at least the hormonally charged older brother squarely in mind 
1.5
New York Minute
Mike Clark
Even more insipid than you d guess Minute is infrequently made bearable by the cutie quotient of its richer than sin leads 
2
New York Minute
David Sterritt
The cast is cute and the action is colorful but the comedy isn t as captivating as it sets out to be 
2
New York Minute
John Monaghan
OK it s not like I m ready to join the local chapter of the Ashley and Mary Kate fan club but I admit it I kind of liked New York Minute 
3
New York Minute
Chris Hewitt
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have evolved into nimble comic actresses with expressive voices and sharp timing 
2.5
New York Minute
Carrie Rickey
Moldering glob of spun sugar 
1.5
New York Minute
Gene Seymour
A coy frantic attempt at screwball comedy lightly seasoned and more than a little gummy 
2
New York Minute
Mark Caro
The sense of calculation is overwhelming down to the loose threads on Roxy s Metallica T shirt 
2
New York Minute
Willie Waffle
When Bob Saget is the best thing you have going for you in a movie you re up the creek New York Minute may be the worst movie I have ever seen 
0
New York Minute
Steve Rhodes
Sizzles with unbounded charm 
3
New York Minute
Rob Blackwelder
Harmless sweet and sprightly but wholly devoid of original thought 
2.5
New York Minute
Jeanne Aufmuth
Shouts out a substantial sense of Girl Power to a large and loyal fan base that can officially count me as one of their number 
3
New York Minute
Walter Chaw
Interesting that the two groups naturally attracted to it are pre teen girls and dirty old men and what it does best is teach the one how to be attractive to the other 
0
New York Minute
Keith Uhlich
Revelatory of our collective ignorance and fear of otherness New York Minute is as dishonest about sex as it is about race 
.5
The Stranger
Roger Ebert
Visconti like Camus realizes that the meaning of The Stranger is not to be found in the plot but in the mood The mood is ennui the dominant emotion of a man who hardly cares enough to tell his own story 
4
The Bishop's Wife
Scott Nash
This is a decent enough movie well worth a watch but it falls short of being a true classic 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Kam Williams
I like Kenny Shopsin 
4
I Like Killing Flies
John Monaghan
The security camera visuals and intrusive button microphone jutting into the frame give the movie an appealing fly on the wall quality successfully capturing the old Shopsin s experience for posterity 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Ross Anthony
As oddly direct and quirky as its title Its audio track would play great on This American Life 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Michael Phillips
The central figure in this exuberant documentary a committed Freudian who probably would ve tossed Freud himself out had he looked at him sideways spouts one gem after another 
4
I Like Killing Flies
Rob Thomas
You can t go home again the film reminds us and you can never eat the same meal twice At least not at Shopsin s 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Maitland McDonagh
Shopsin is a small piece of New York history and Mahurin s film is the portrait he deserves small noisy and oddly engaging beneath the bluster 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Pam Grady
It is a joy of a movie But watching it hungry at least for those of us outside New York or those New Yorkers who Kenny refuses to serve only creates an appetite that cannot possibly be satisfied 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Lou Lumenick
An irresistible no budget documentary 
3
I Like Killing Flies
Elizabeth Weitzman
Anyone who laments the loss of an older grittier New York ought to adore this affectionate portrait of Greenwich Village restaurant owner Kenny Shopsin 
3
I Like Killing Flies
John Anderson
It s a rough hewn film more interesting probably to those who ve actually made it through a meal there but fun and maybe even inspiring 
2.5
I Like Killing Flies
Nick Schager
Matt Mahurin s I Like Killing Flies utilizes extreme close ups sometimes with microphones in clear view to create an appealingly informal aesthetic of proximity 
3
Surviving Confession
Roger Moore
A priest in crisis melodrama that commits that cardinal sin of the cinema it s boring 
1
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Tom Meek
Irons is fabulous 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Jeff Simon
Maybe not movie bliss as the original unexpected Die Hard was but semi bliss for sure By all means go as if I needed to tell you 
4
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Michael Wilmington
This third installment is so loud fast and full of chases that watching it is like being abandoned on a set of roller coaster tracks You re definitely not bored but you re not necessarily pleased 
2.5
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Dennis King
On a pure production level Die Hard With a Vengeance is first rate work Its highly elaborate stunts and explosions are expertly choreographed and executed 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Gene Siskel
Watching Die Hard 3 is like moving along a conveyor belt with shocks applied to your brain every 10 minutes It wore me out and this from a critic who actually put Die Hard 2 on his 10 Best list five years ago 
2
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Malcolm Johnson
Vengeance proves more technically impressive than truly gripping 
2
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Chris Kridler
Die Hard With a Vengeance is an explosive thrill ride That is its sole purpose and it succeeds loudly and breathlessly 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Lisa Leigh Parney
Samuel L Jackson costars as McClane s sidekick Zeus and the pair s chemistry provides the film s entertainment 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Marylynn Uricchio
Mr Willis looks like a barbecued chicken during the whole movie sinews covered with blood and grime but he does the job in top form 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
David Nusair
ultimately closer in spirit to the original than the first sequel 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All in all it s a fun movie worthy of its predecessors but ranking third of three 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Michael Dequina
John McTiernan pulls the stunts off with such finesse that the script problems are almost irrelevant 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Robert Roten
No believable characters are developed The action sequences weren t believable either 
2
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Mick LaSalle
An audience on the edge of its seat doesn t quibble about plot points 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Steve Rhodes
The script has little new in it other than some new ways to destroy people and buildings 
2
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Chris Hicks
Bigger just proves to be louder and in some ways more obnoxious 
2.5
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Mike Clark
Put to the sequel litmus test queasily spectacular Vengeance would only rate a footnote without a strong original to exploit or a protracted telephone terrorist subplot to steal from Dirty Harry 1 
2
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Roger Ebert
Basically a wind up action toy cleverly made and delivered with high energy It delivers just what it advertises with a vengeance 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
James Berardinelli
While parts one and two built momentum to an exhausting exhilarating climax part three has too many peaks and valleys and it seems more of the latter than the former 
2.5
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Barbara Shulgasser
The pace is relentless 
3
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Rob Blackwelder
With A Vengeance ask s more than your suspension of disbelief It assumes your a gibbering idiot 
1
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Madeleine Williams
Surpasses its immediate predecessor 
3
Yesterday
Brian Eggert
Yesterday may prove to be a disappointment for Boyle loyalists even though it contains all the vulnerable romanticism and witty pop culture humor of Curtis output
3
Yesterday
Jason Fraley
A unique premise doesn t always guarantee a great movie but every once in a while such a premise is executed with such heart that we can t help but leave the theater feeling changed 
3.5
Yesterday
David Nusair
an irresistible premise that s employed to mostly entertaining yet somewhat underwhelming effect 
2.5
Yesterday
Linda Cook
All you need is love The Beatles and Yesterday 
3.5
Yesterday
Matt Brunson
In a summer season starved for originality 12 remakes sequels and counting Yesterday gives viewers plenty of reasons to twist and shout 
3.5
Yesterday
Lisa Jensen
Yesterday is a sly persuasive morality play about the wages and nature of success dressed up as a pop cultural comedy It s also entertaining as hell especially for those of us who do remember The Beatles thank you very much 
4
Yesterday
Michael Smith
No one will mistake Yesterday for a classic like the song but as a one joke movie it does induce some laughs from this gimmick and it does create some sweet moments 
2.5
Yesterday
Matthew Passantino
Yesterday feels like a soundtrack desperately searching for a movie 
1.5
Yesterday
Sara Michelle Fetters
As enjoyable as the movie can be it oddly flatlines right at the moment it should be building to a knockout crescendo 
2
Yesterday
Richard Roeper
Alas after a promising first hour Yesterday plunks one wrong note after another including one particularly sour interlude and eventually collapses under the weight of impossible expectations 
2.5
Yesterday
Mike McGranaghan
Don t demand too much logic Just enjoy the music and the fantasy element and you ll have a terrific time 
3
Yesterday
Brandy McDonnell
Yesterday will send you home singing and smiling thinking and imagining and to me that s the kind of movie we need today 
4
Yesterday
Michael Medved
Funny thought provoking and undeniably enjoyable 
3
Yesterday
Barry Paris
I can t help thinking it might ve been better and more fun had it eschewed the alternate time space continuum and just chronicled the real life electromagnetic evolution of a tune called Scrambled Eggs 
2.5
Yesterday
Rob Thomas
Like A Day in the Life played on the kazoo Yesterday takes an idea rich with possibilities and creates something flat and one note 
2
Yesterday
Josh Terry
Danny Boyle s execution here is fantastic but the excellent premise kind of writes itself into a corner late in the film leaving only a sub par finale to mar an overall enjoyable experience 
3.5
Yesterday
Phil Villarreal
The stiff perfunctory structure doesn t rob the movie of its magic 
3
Yesterday
Ann Hornaday
at its best Yesterday invites the audience along with the characters on screen to hear some of the finest songs ever written for the very first time 
2.5
Yesterday
Robert Horton
A big part of why the film stays enjoyable is that instead of watching a movie star play an unknown you re watching an unknown play an unknown 
3
Yesterday
Lisa Trifone
Though there are more than a few fun touches to the world created within the film each step forward seems thwarted by an inexplicable misstep 
2
Yesterday
Mark Dujsik
Richard Curtis screenplay simply maneuvers a nifty premise into a generic and familiar corner 
2
Yesterday
Eric Melin
It s perfectly charming until Jack gets an easy out featuring a seismically reductive and wrongheaded surprise appearance that will polarize viewers After this Yesterday falls back on its more standard romantic subplot 
2
Yesterday
Sean P. Means
Even Ed Sheeran is more appealing than Himesh Patel and he s a Hobbit 
2
Yesterday
Max Weiss
British fantasy is perfectly diverting but barely scratches the surface of its intriguing premise 
2.5
Yesterday
James Berardinelli
Weaknesses aside it s a feel good experience with more to recommend it than the obligatory nostalgia trip associated with half century old songs 
3
Yesterday
Brad Wheeler
Yesterday has great fun with a great premise But the song based rise and fall story line Sounds like something we ve heard before 
3
Yesterday
Rene Sanchez
A conventional love story that manages to work thanks to the magic of The Beatles repertoire Full Review in Spanish 
3
Yesterday
Sheila O'Malley
Yesterday wants to be a feel good movie and much of it did make me feel good 
2.5
Yesterday
Ty Burr
Yesterday may seem like a cinematic Savoy Truffle a sugary concoction that tastes sweet but can end only in regret and cavities 
2
Yesterday
Ryan Porter
Patel s performance does nothing to suggest Jack deserves to be a global superstar best songs of all time or not There is a job for gifted writers with tremulous voices they re called songwriters 
2.5
Yesterday
Gary Thompson
It s the kind of romantic fable wherein in love can alter the known universe it s by the writer of Love Actually and directed by Danny Boyle leaning full on Millions mode a movie I love 
3
Yesterday
Johnny Oleksinski
How soul satisfying it is for a movie to so strongly believe that if Help was written tomorrow it would be as popular as Havana 
3
Yesterday
Brent McKnight
The specter of unrealized potential lingers over the film But directed with Boyle s strong hand and visual flair the result is an engaging charmer 
2.5
Yesterday
Mick LaSalle
The movie feels breezy and fun even as it touches on serious issues And then there are the songs every one of them a gem all of them well performed usually in interesting situations 
3
Yesterday
Bob Bloom
Yesterday succeeds because the movie cowritten by Richard Curtis and directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle defies expectations The movie does not travel the path of least resistance It does not offer easy or cliched resolutions 
3
Yesterday
Peter Canavese
Make the mistake of considering this feature length stunt s many logical fumbles and obvious but ignored questions and you re likely to get angry All you need is love and a better script 
2
Yesterday
Jake Cole
The film curiously avoids exploring the complexities of introducing the Beatles s music into a radically different milieu 
1.5
Yesterday
Roger Moore
I wanted to love this 
2
Yesterday
Rafer Guzman
A whimsical work of fan fiction if not the deepest dive into rock history 
3
Yesterday
Joey Magidson
Boyle and Curtis are at their best when depicting moments where the value of music is emphasized It doesn t happen as much as one would hope but when it does it s charming 
3
Yesterday
Katie Walsh
Even if this modern fairy tale doesn t hold up on close inspection Boyle does his best to make sure the ride is enjoyable 
2.5
Yesterday
Robert Daniels
While Yesterday features some incredibly funny bits and the music of the Beatles still feels timeless the time spent on this gamey concept is truly A Hard Day s Night 
2
Vento di terra
Geoff Pevere
Vincenzo Marra s quietly forceful Vento di Terra is one that belongs to a particularly venerable left humanist European tradition 
3.5
Vento di terra
Liam Lacey
Marra has proved himself a director of concision and understatement who has the gift of making the familiar feel fresh again 
3
The Refugee All Stars
Wesley Morris
Right now Sierra Leone s civil war and its recent history involving the illegal diamond trade are the engines of Blood Diamond The Refugee All Stars makes a realist humanist antidote to that movie s many Hollywood trappings 
3
The Marriage App
Roger Moore
They had the germ of a good idea 44 gimmicky as it is 46 They didn apos t do nearly enough with it 46 
1.5
Day Shift
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a goofy sense of humor that sneakily creeps up on you 46 
3
Day Shift
Peter Canavese
Unpretentious 44 light 44 and amusing with a horror action kick 46 Ultra violent 44 but does an enjoyable job of vampire hunting and vampire society worldbuilding 46 
2.5
Day Shift
David Nusair
46 46 46 watchable yet entirely forgettable 46 46 46 
2.5
Day Shift
Richard Roeper
unremarkable and disposable 
2
Day Shift
Dwight Brown
Streaming audiences from the comfort of their sofas won t complain Viewers in a theater would not be so kind Why Because the bite in this vampire movie is only skin deep 
2
Day Shift
Tom Meek
Foxx is his usual likable self I d just rather be liking him in something more suitable for his talents 
2
Day Shift
Randy Myers
Feels more like content than a movie simply stuffing in hyperactive and gory scenes galore to shift the focus from the reality that there s no substance no cohesion here just a marketing plan 
1.5
Day Shift
Mark Feeney
The movie equivalent of paint by the numbers this is shoot by the numbers stab by the numbers bleed by the numbers That insures it s bore by the numbers too 
1.5
Day Shift
Erik Childress
The setup has a flatness to it that is eventually overcome by its commitment to some really well executed action scenes and unexpectedly watching Dave Franco become the film 8217 s comic savior 46 
3
Day Shift
Pablo O. Scholz
Such a by the numbers product that is more or less more of the same Full review in Spanish 
3
Day Shift
Christian Toto
Jamie Foxx 44 Snoop Dogg bring spark to generic 44 but lively 44 horror comedy romp 46 
2.5
Day Shift
Steven Prokopy
The movie isn 8217 t afraid to be a little inappropriate with its wholesale slaughter of vampires 44 and there are even a few very unexpected surprises along the way 46 46 46 
2.5
Day Shift
Leo Brady
Day Shift is a big vampire hunting delight and takes a big bite for all fans to chew on at the end of Summer 46 
3
Day Shift
Jake Coyle
The slapdash vibe of Day Shift has its charms It s built almost perfectly to be the kind of thing you might after some scrolling absentmindedly click to watch on Netflix and end of watching for its sheer watchability That s due largely to Foxx 
2.5
Day Shift
Matt Zoller Seitz
There apos s no denying that it apos s made with skill 46 Everyone in this cast does their best to strike the right balance between seeming in on the joke and acting like all of this bloody absurdity is normal 46 
2.5
Day Shift
Mark Dujsik
The movie apos s alternately routine and incompetent execution 46 46 46 makes it almost entirely disposable 46 
1
Day Shift
Johnny Oleksinski
Where we wonder is the nuanced acting from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 
1.5
Day Shift
Chris Vognar
Like a generic John Wick with vampires 
1
Day Shift
Jake Cole
Day Shift 8217 s first half is an unexpectedly focused 44 consistent pleasure 44 while the second sags under the weight of recycled set pieces 46 
2.5
Day Shift
Phil Villarreal
With enough laughs and excitement to fuel your hunger 44 Day Shift is well worth clocking in 46 
3
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Fernando F. Croce
Jaundiced cultural allegory dressed up as anthropological re creation 
3
The Good Wife
Roger Ebert
The Good Wife is slow solemn and boring 
1.5
Toscana
Roger Moore
How on Earth does a movie set amidst the sun 44 vineyards 44 food and earthy sexy senusalists of Tuscany turn out as drab as Helsignor during a mid winter rain 63 
1.5
Leonard Part 6
Juan Carlos Coto
Leonard Part 6 is the most appallingly bad work of Bill Cosby s career 
0
Leonard Part 6
Ryan Murphy
Q What s the best thing about Leonard Part 6 A We didn t have to sit through Parts I through 5 
1.5
Leonard Part 6
David Nusair
disastrously unfunny 
0
My Days of Mercy
Peter Sobczynski
A well meaning but increasingly contrived melodrama that is hardly believable or meaningful 
2
Once Upon a Time in London
Roger Moore
You d think a more colorful film could have been wrung out of this lot and not the dry jerky drift through the decades that director Simon Rumley and British acting s C list deliver 
2
The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck
Brian Eggert
Tate had the rare ability to take a largely dimensionless part and mesmerize her audience with her charisma in front of the camera and life off screen 
3.5
The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck
Matt Brunson
The comedy runs hot and cold but the film is unique in its structure 
3
The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck
Roger Ebert
Nobody laughed 
1
The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Polanski rarely indulged in his taste for overwrought slapstick but here it is 
3
No Holds Barred
Gary Thompson
The final showdown between Rip and Zeus is overlong and full of uninspired wrestling stunts The camera crews of the World Wrestling Federation do a much better job 
0
No Holds Barred
Desmond Ryan
For months now Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro have been sitting in their dens and nervously clutching their Oscars They knew that an unprecedented challenge was looming the arrival of Hulk Hogan in his first starring role in a movie 
0.5
No Holds Barred
Gene Siskel
The film is utterly lacking in the campy quality of the World Wrestling Federation telecasts 
1
Jane White Is Sick and Twisted
Betsy Bozdech
It s definitely twisted and it s at least a little sick but Jane White probably is destined to have a shelf life only slightly longer than last week s TV Guide 
2.5
No Greater Love
Kam Williams
very patriot owes a debt of gratitude to Chappy Roberts for such a searing cinematic memoir illustrating the unfortunate paradox that the road back from war is often far longer than the one there 
4
No Greater Love
Alan Zilberman
No Greater Love gets at the camaraderie and the contradictions of military service in a way that few films ever have 
3.5
Face Addict
Connie Ogle
Audiences already interested in the period will enjoy Face Addict best but Bertoglio makes it surprisingly inclusive and accessible 
3
The War Room
Matt Brunson
Illustrates in often amusing detail how the Clinton team managed to overcome petty hostilities and seize the day and the White House 
3
The War Room
Roger Ebert
At the very least it may dispel the notion that campaign managers pervert the course of democracy with behind the scenes omniscience the surprise in the film is that they re often as confused as their candidates sometimes seem to be 
3.5
Autumn
Ruthe Stein
A colossal misfire a tedious film noir wannabe 
1
Autumn
Michael Phillips
McGee may well have strong films in him but this one feels pretentious and gassy 
2
Autumn
Maitland McDonagh
The film looks great but there s nothing under the high gloss veneer 
2
Autumn
Gene Seymour
If you re in that select demographic of moviegoers who lose sleep over whether a synthesis of Kyzysztof Kieslowski and Quentin Tarantino could ever be forged you can relax at last 
2.5
Autumn
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately the story of Ra up McGee s pigheaded perseverance is a better story than the one he filmed 
1.5
Autumn
Lou Lumenick
Slow pretentious and proudly inscrutable 
1.5
Autumn
Jack Mathews
Though Lucas and Jacob are lovely actors you are not likely to care whose toes end up wearing tags 
2
Autumn
Ed Gonzalez
Finally a version of Reservoir Dogs for The New Yorker set 
2
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Ed Siegel
A pleasant enough valentine to Rendell s The Tree of Hands if a story that deals with child abuse and sexual obsession could be described in those terms 
2.5
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Sean P. Means
Like a Tarantino movie with heart Alias Betty is richly detailed deftly executed and utterly absorbing 
3.5
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Jeff Vice
This is pretty dicey material But some unexpected zigs and zags help 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
David Elliott
Miller is playing so free with emotions and the fact that children are hostages to fortune that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness 
2
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Michael Wilmington
The story pulls us in almost immediately and the style and cast keep us hooked 
3.5
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Moira MacDonald
Miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise expertly plucking tension from quiet 
3.5
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Rod Armstrong
Miller knows that good suspense films don t always need to keep viewers on the edges of their seats sometimes they can just be concerned with what interesting characters will do next 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Jonathan Curiel
A provocative movie about loss anger greed jealousy sickness and love 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Glenn Lovell
At its best when the guarded resentful Betty and the manipulative yet needy Margot are front and center 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Steve Rhodes
Like a three ring circus there are side stories aplenty none of them memorable 
2
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
John Anderson
Works as a decent urban thriller 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
David Sterritt
An engrossing story that combines psychological drama sociological reflection and high octane thriller 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
V.A. Musetto
A stylish thriller 
3
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Ray Conlogue
A dashing and absorbing outing with one of France s most inventive directors 
3
VFW
Sara Michelle Fetters
VFW is a cracking thriller its pulse pounding theatrics making this an agreeably bruising good time I loved every single gosh darn blood soaked second of 
3.5
VFW
Mark Dujsik
A brutal and gory thriller with an underlying streak of cruelty that is difficult to ignore 
2.5
VFW
Christian Toto
It s not for the squeamish but this 80s style horror film brings all the genre goodies fans crave 
3
VFW
Mike McGranaghan
Satisfyingly bloody and wickedly funny 
3
VFW
Roger Moore
They made a promise with their cool trailer that their dull bloody movie couldn t keep 
1.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Amelia Nierenberg
Time and again Mott s arrogance crushes the play 
1.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Michael O'Sullivan
This Midsummer is a chore 
1.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nick Allen
If you re hoping to see a production just like the one that would have been done in 1596 this ain t it But Mott s version is a hell of a good time in its own right 
3.5
The Bounceback
Matt Pais
The people acting out sex look like geniuses compared to the ones talking about it 
2
The Bounceback
Robert Levin
It s better than it sounds with a tangible sense of loss and regret unfurling hand in hand with the ribald humor 
3
The Bounceback
Susan Wloszczyna
Both David Stahl and Bell are appealing actors but unfortunately their easy to relate to storyline is pretty much upstaged by the rowdy air sex scenes 
2
The Bounceback
Diego Semerene
Whatever predictable plot Love Air Sex tries to unfold never lives up to the excitement of its conceptual gimmick 
1.5
The Bounceback
Sara Stewart
Love is the weak link in this clumsily titled rom com which plays a bit like a hipster infomercial for Austin Texas 
2
The Bounceback
Matt Brunson
The Graduate gave us plastics Citizen Kane offered Rosebud Die Hard contributed Yippee ki yay mother fucker The Bounceback s contribution to cinematic vernacular Air sex 
3
Bubble
Roger Moore
This isnt the least interesting story Ive ever seen told in anime but its right up there 
1.5
Bubble
Mark Dujsik
When the movie is in motion it s quite staggering Unfortunately there s a lot more to this movie that isn t 
2.5
Bubble
Christopher L. Inoa
I didn t think I d experience boredom while watching a film about a team of acrobatic teenagers who compete in life threatening parkour competitions all set in a gorgeous yet dystopian version of Tokyo no less 
1
Anne Frank Remembered
James Berardinelli
If the story of each of Hitler s victims was told with the sensitivity and power of Anne Frank Remembered there would not be enough buckets in the world to hold all the tears 
3.5
Anne Frank Remembered
Joe Baltake
An accomplishment a genuinely humbling one 
3.5
Anne Frank Remembered
Roger Ebert
In the film s most extraordinary discovery we see the only existing film footage of Anne Frank taken one day in 1941 before the Franks went into hiding 
3.5
Anne Frank Remembered
Chris Hicks
Important for having humanized its central character and for authenticating her life 
4
Anne Frank Remembered
Steve Rhodes
Even if you think you know it all this film will be a revelation to you 
4
The Legend of Zu
Marty Mapes
Such little regard for character or motive that it s a wonder I stayed awake
1
The Legend of Zu
David Nusair
irredeemably and thoroughly awful 
.5
The Cyclops
Matt Brunson
Even given my own proclivity for 50s fantasy flicks this one is rough going 
1.5
Barton Fink
Brian Eggert
Ever readable Barton Fink mixes a fascinating potion of isolation paranoia and anxiety as well as a harsh dose of uncertainty for our unfortunate writer 
4
Barton Fink
Matt Brunson
Edgy innovative and often ambiguous in its intentions 
3.5
Barton Fink
Josh Larsen
A deep dive into the life of the mind or at least the minds of Joel and Ethan Coen 
3.5
Barton Fink
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Weird funny would be cult film filled with its strange spaces and surreal dream logic 
4
Barton Fink
Gene Siskel
It s at its best when young Barton Fink simply stares at a picture of a bathing beauty contemplating the ocean a Hollywood dream 
3.5
Barton Fink
Bill Chambers
One of the few legitimate offshoots of David Lynch 
4
Barton Fink
Chris Hicks
Certainly not for everyone but if you re looking for something different something outrageously fascinating something daring and open ended this is it 
3.5
Barton Fink
Roger Ebert
It s an assured piece of comic filmmaking 
3.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Brian Eggert
Throughout its two hour and forty minute runtime I found myself alternating between feelings of disgust over how one might perceive these situations and feeling enrapt by the forceful way Zahler tells his story 
2.5
Dragged Across Concrete
David Nusair
the movie is at its best when focused on Gibson and Vaughn s respective protagonists 
3.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s very slowness and quietness makes all the wrongdoing and violence resonate a great deal more as it goes we consider consequences more than in any normal film 
3
Dragged Across Concrete
Barry Hertz
Zahler knows how to command attention even if it is by way of provocation 
2
Dragged Across Concrete
Joe Friar
One of the best films I ve seen in 2019 Zahler has a great track record with three solid features in a row Don t sleep on this film It s brutal and violent but so worth the ride 
3.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Richard Roeper
Dragged Across Concrete is an admittedly distinctive but ultimately mediocre movie that provides far more empty calories of exploitation than genuine food for thought 
2
Dragged Across Concrete
Brian Tallerico
It s difficult to ignore the craftsmanship and performances in Dragged Across Concrete simply because you don t like some of its darker themes or feel like it s too long 
3
Dragged Across Concrete
Sonny Bunch
An elucidation of the state of society a lament against the ruin that change is wreaking upon the people forced to live in a world they neither recognize nor like 
3.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Matthew Passantino
There s reward to be had in an effective slow burn but Dragged Across Concrete feels like a 90 minute movie stretched over two and a half hours 
1.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Robert Horton
Wants to be hard boiled and sure enough it s a 10 minute egg 
3
Dragged Across Concrete
Mark Dujsik
Zahler doesn t expect us to like these characters That s irrelevant to the film s success as a meticulously crafted thriller that also serves as a morality play 
3.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Chuck Bowen
With his latest S Craig Zahler doubles down on the best and worst elements of the pulp film 
3.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Joey Magidson
How much you like this film will probably depend on how much you like Zahler s previous outings For me it was largely captivating making over two and a half hours fly by 
3
Dragged Across Concrete
Pat Padua
Yet this is no ordinary crime drama What makes Concrete so strange and at times frustrating are its unexpected plot turns seeming detours that inevitably lead us straight back to the story s black heart 
2.5
Dragged Across Concrete
Christian Toto
No director teeters between mesmerizing and maddening quite like S Craig Zahler He does it again with Dragged Across Concrete 
3
The Scrapper
Roger Moore
A movie that tells us instead of showing us that checks off waypoints on its played out crime story journey
1.5
The Devil's Drivers
Chandler Levack
A raw vérité portrait of a hotly contested part of the world that is rarely shown on screen 
3
Beneath the Banyan Tree
Tom Meek
The film has some nice moments of realization and occasional cross cultural comedy 
3
Beneath the Banyan Tree
Bob Bloom
The movie emphasizes the generational conflicts and cultural clashes that initiate friction within the family 
3
SamSam
Sean P. Means
Too much of the plot feels cribbed from Sky High Monsters Inc and a dozen better movies and just remind the viewer of how less than super SamSam is 
1.5
SamSam
Roger Moore
Plays like what it is a quick and pretty but ill thought through attempt to cash in on a popular French kids cartoon 
1.5
The President Is Coming
Namrata Joshi
The narrative flows freely back and forth in time and the humour is biting and irreverent and takes on everyone from Bush and his speeches to those who believe in America as the land of opportunity 
3
A Most Violent Year
Brian Eggert
A Most Violent Year is a brilliant look at greed 44 hubris 44 and the effect of capitalism 44 and it cements Chandor as a distinctive voice in American cinema 46 
4
A Most Violent Year
Carla Meyer
J C Chandor is becoming American cinema s foremost chronicler of men in crisis 
3
A Most Violent Year
Brandy McDonnell
The atmospheric crime drama simmers more than hardboils but A Most Violent Year still heats up remarkably well under Chandor s conscientious direction 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Michael Smith
A Most Violent Year moves so sluggishly that it allows a great deal of time to notice many distracting elements 
2
A Most Violent Year
David Nusair
J C Chandor s disappointing followup to All is Lost 
2
A Most Violent Year
Linda Cook
Gritty gripping and undersung 
4
A Most Violent Year
Anita Katz
Though the movie s chases are top rate there s even greater heat from the push pull energy Abel generates when deciding whether to dip ethically or stand firm 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Marty Mapes
Good performances and convincing setting but could have used a spark to light things up
2.5
A Most Violent Year
Peter Canavese
An unsettling examination of moral drift over a year in the life of a man and a generation in the life of a country 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Bob Bloom
The film s best moments center on those in which Isaac and Chastain argue the merits of the course their future should take 
3
A Most Violent Year
John Beifuss
A Most Violent Year is consistent with Chandor s previous films the financial crisis drama Margin Call and the Robert Redford survivalist saga All Is Lost These all are portraits of men in crisis threatened by disasters with a deadline 
3
A Most Violent Year
Matt Brunson
One of the best films of 2014 and it should be noted THE best film of 2014 not to receive a single Oscar nomination 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
David Keyes
So well made and focused as an endurance test that our eyes refuse to turn away from the events even as the movie drifts breezily through the material 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
John Serba
Stubbornly understated 
3
A Most Violent Year
Jeff Beck
There are certainly good things to be found within it but when you re left asking yourself is that it at the end you can t help but feel a little let down to discover that there wasn t more to it 
2.5
A Most Violent Year
Liam Lacey
Like that camel hair coat Abel wears A Most Violent Year is classy and commands respect but a stronger pulse under the lapels would make us care much more 
2.5
A Most Violent Year
John Wirt
Playing partners in business and life Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain radiate genuine heat 
3
A Most Violent Year
Peter Howell
A tight anti thriller one where the violence of the title is more implied than seen 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Chris Knight
A Most Violent Year filmed in drab camel coloured tans and browns as though made on location in 1981 isn t a flashy film just a very very good one 
4
A Most Violent Year
Calvin Wilson
A Most Violent Year is a far more interesting film than its title implies And a film you ve never seen before 
4
A Most Violent Year
Rene Rodriguez
Abel is a man with ideals in a world that has no use for them If he s going to succeed he s going to have to use his wits instead of bullets 
3
A Most Violent Year
James Berardinelli
This isn t a revolutionary or thematically rich motion picture but it s a well told story featuring solid performances and a nice sense of atmosphere 
3
A Most Violent Year
Radheyan Simonpillai
These characters coolly roam through every precise purposeful scene like the metaphors they are seemingly motivated by artistic intent as opposed to baser human desires Even Michael Corleone had a temper a libido a pulse 
2
A Most Violent Year
Steven Rea
Gritty suspenseful and almost poetic in its depiction of an unforgiving town A Most Violent Year is just shy of being great 
3
A Most Violent Year
Anders Wright
A Most Violent Year marks Chandor s third film in just four years and it s another big step forward for him 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Moira MacDonald
Chandor who previously wrote and directed Margin Call and All Is Lost is already a master storyteller and A Most Violent Year unfolds with beautifully controlled tension 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Dann Gire
This is not a story that panders to our desires for easy answers and quick cathartic solutions Chandor s drama inspires us to rise above those around us to become the best versions of ourselves during the worst of circumstances 
4
A Most Violent Year
Mark Dujsik
The feeling that violence could erupt at any moment is real and it lends an air of menace to the most mundane of discussions 
3
A Most Violent Year
Ty Burr
Year is a fascinating movie but despite its title it s fairly flat the pace rarely modulates A work to admire sometimes very much but not an easy one to love 
3
A Most Violent Year
Ann Hornaday
A Most Violent Year is an engrossing often beautiful film and a breakout opportunity for Isaac whose similarly self contained performance as a sadly self aware folk singer in Inside Llewyn Davis was unfortunately overlooked last year 
4
A Most Violent Year
James Kendrick
Chandor is proving himself to be if anything a magnificent cinematic chameleon
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Michael Phillips
Chandor has yet to learn the fine points of screw turning when a story s momentum calls for it But he knows a great deal about writing effective striving eagle eyed characters caught in tricky situations 
3
A Most Violent Year
Mick LaSalle
A Most Violent Year for all its other virtues is a wise movie about leadership 
4
A Most Violent Year
Matt Pais
Just plain fantastic 
4
A Most Violent Year
Mike McGranaghan
A Most Violent Year is a morality tale told with grace and insight Everything about this picture fires on all cylinders I was thoroughly absorbed from start to finish 
4
A Most Violent Year
Randy Myers
The performances are memorable Isaac uses understatement with the appropriate emotional outburst and Chastain is the film s firecracker 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Robert Levin
A foray into the heating oil business in New York circa 1981 that drowns in drabness under a low winter sun 
2
A Most Violent Year
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a pleasure to watch adult filmmaking like this 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Scott Nash
One of the best films of the year 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s quite good for what it is But it s that for what it is part that proves slightly exasperating 
3
A Most Violent Year
Claudia Puig
A revelation meticulously constructed brilliantly acted suspenseful and sharply written 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Stephen Whitty
It s well acted nicely crafted and imaginatively envisioned it shows yet another side to an interesting and rapidly developing filmmaker 
3
A Most Violent Year
Michael Dequina
Oscar Isaac does terrifically layered and involving work as Abel s armor of seemingly unflappable confidence is consistently increasingly under attack 
3
A Most Violent Year
Peter Travers
Chastain is killer good and Isaac is an implosive powerhouse in a film that reflects a world where nothing is held sacred You watch with nerves clenched holding on tight 
3.5
A Most Violent Year
Roger Moore
Subtle The Godfather with less action
3
A Most Violent Year
Kyle Smith
A Most Violent Year is a small picture but each brushstroke is laden with detail and craftsmanship 
2.5
A Most Violent Year
Christopher Gray
J C Chandor s fondness for situational irony is empowered by spartan efficiency of his method and that of most of his performers 
3
A Most Violent Year
Clayton Davis
A Most Violent Year is one of the great modern crime thrillers ultimately showing itself as one of the most enthralling experiences of the year 
4
Samaritan
Tom Meek
It s fun to see Stallone walk through raining bullets like Schwarzenegger s Terminator but other than that it s a creaky joyless ride 
2
Samaritan
Erik Childress
A solid idea is reduced to a lackluster mentorship and not much for Stallone to explore as a character given the script would rather save the most interesting angle for an obvious late turn in the story 46 
2
Samaritan
Martín Fernández Cruz
Samaritan s flaws are apparent but all its missteps find a lifesaver in Stallone s magnetism Full review in Spanish 
3
Samaritan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Julius Avery 40 apos Son of a Gun 44 apos apos Overlord apos 41 does a smashing job depicting a dystopian urban landscape ruled by violence and lawlessness 44 a place in which hope is perhaps more important than might 46 
2.5
Samaritan
Peter Canavese
Well shot 44 but it doesn 8217 t really go anywhere interesting 8212 a wafer thin plot 44 simplistic 44 and repetitive 46 It 8217 s all theatrics and no theater 46 
1.5
Samaritan
Tara McNamara
Stallone apos s gritty superhero actioner has violence 44 swearing 46 
3
Samaritan
Sonny Bunch
Samaritan feels like a pale imitation of something better and more serious 46 
2
Samaritan
Richard Roeper
This might be a one and done effort but I wouldn t mind seeing an expansion of the Greater Samaritan County 
3
Samaritan
Roger Moore
The sins of 8220 Samaritan 8221 are being so dull and generic as to barely be worth making 44 much less watching 46 
1.5
Samaritan
Robert Levin
Somehow all these strange pieces add up to a movie that s watchable if totally inessential 
2
Samaritan
Bob Grimm
To get my Stallone fix 44 I apos m just going to keep rewatching quot First Blood 46 quot 
1.5
Samaritan
James Berardinelli
Feels like the warmed up leftovers of a superhero franchise that both Marvel and DC passed on 
2
Samaritan
Kevin Carr
Drab and depressing 44 this attempt to cash in on superhero pop culture can 8217 t find a decent spark 46 
1
Samaritan
Leo Brady
It 8217 s a bit of Rocky meets The Batman 44 with Stallone coming out of the shadows to show that he still has a few rounds in him to be the next hero 46 Or at least a good Samaritan 46 
2.5
Samaritan
Steven Prokopy
A mild recommendation 44 but for those who feel they 8217 re suffering from superhero movie burnout 44 it does have a unique and decidedly darker tone 46 
2.5
Samaritan
Odie Henderson
There are so many holes in Samaritan apos s screenplay that the movie needs to move faster than it does if it is to outrun them 46 
1.5
Samaritan
Mark Dujsik
Schut apos s script 46 46 46 does ultimately and unfortunately become little more than routine superhero story 46 46 46 
2.5
Samaritan
Brian Eggert
As generic as superhero movies come 46 
2
Samaritan
Soren Andersen
Originality was on vacation when this picture was made 
2
Samaritan
Zaki Hasan
It s a pastiche of a pastiche cycling through familiar tropes without adding anything to them turning what could have been a fascinating critique of society s superhero obsession into just another way of indulging it 
1
Samaritan
Pat Brown
Julius Avery 8217 s Samaritan unintentionally exposes the political subtext of all superhero movies 46 
1.5
Small Town Crime
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A modest film noir clearly in debt of the classic hard boiled plots of Chandler Hammett or McCoy Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Small Town Crime
Glenn Kenny
The movie s tone never quite gels it s too outlandish and cartoony to convince but not so outlandish and cartoony that it takes off into a realm of over the top exhilaration 
2.5
Small Town Crime
Mark Dujsik
It s a straightforward mystery but it s strengthened by a collection of eclectic but recognizable characters 
3
Small Town Crime
G. Allen Johnson
Brothers Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms who wrote and directed the film have some solid ideas and Small Town Crime moves forward with assurance and confidence 
3
Small Town Crime
Roger Moore
A genre thriller that doesn t quite thrill doesn t transcend its genre enough to be memorable 
2
Madigan
Matt Brunson
Gritty and low key 
3
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Anne Brodie
Buffy Sainte Marie apos s presence on screen 44 just being herself 44 is the best part her spirit shines 44 her wit and warmth blast through the screen and her many talents inspire 46 Buffy Sainte Marie 58 Carry It On is a must see to learn and lift us up 46 
3
Matchstick Men
Mark Collette
tenuous and beautiful interaction between Cage and Lohman 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Austin O'Connor
The story darts in unexpected dark directions but is told by such talented people we follow it willingly 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Ian Mantgani
Matchstick Men is a lot more engaging than a circular argument but it s about as frustrating 
3
Matchstick Men
Vanessa Sibbald
The art of a great con is that the victim never sees it coming This is where Matchstick Men falls flat on its face 
3
Matchstick Men
James Kendrick
the fact that the film ends on an image of sublime sentimentality and gets away with it scott free is enough to make it worth seeing twice just to appreciate how it got there 
3.5
Matchstick Men
David Keyes
a film that is genuine sweet strongly acted and well written at a time when such qualities are virtually nonexistent at the local multiplex 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Scott Nash
Entertaining if slightly predictable 
3
Matchstick Men
Mike McGranaghan
This is a case of a director finding a way to convey things visually so that the story is enhanced 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Paul Povse
Matchstick Men is so good when it is good that it s somewhere between exasperating and galling when it undermines our invested goodwill with a monster contrivance out of deep left field 
3
Matchstick Men
Marty Mapes
A good bit of entertainment that will not replace Paper Moon in the film history books
2.5
Matchstick Men
Mark Dujsik
Awkward as it may be Matchstick Men s conclusion is a comparatively small sin attached to an otherwise superlative character study and comedy of deceit 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Linda Cook
Wow here s a smart movie that s as well acted as it is well plotted 
3.5
Matchstick Men
James Berardinelli
Matchstick Men is really two movies brilliantly spliced into one each enriching the other 
3.5
Matchstick Men
David N. Butterworth
It s hard to say who exhibits more nervous tics star Cage overdoing it as an agoraphobic con man or director Scott clearly uncomfortable with small and intimate 
2.5
Matchstick Men
John Beifuss
Those who anticipate the twist ending are likely to leave the theater feeling conned themselves 
2.5
Matchstick Men
Dan Lybarger
Scott and company have approached the film intelligently and have thankfully credited their viewers with having brains as well 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Jeffrey Westhoff
One of the few con jobs since The Grifters that cheats its characters not its audience 
3
Matchstick Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
More than just tics and hurried mannerisms Cage s Roy is a percolating time bomb of emotional baggage the actor delving deep inside the tortured grifter s inner demons 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Dustin Putman
For the sheer promise it held for so long and its jarring plunge into maddening mediocrity by the end credits roll Matchstick Men may just rank as the most disappointing film of the year 
2
Matchstick Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Passes the time in a pleasant way then disappears like a carelessly placed wallet 
2.5
Matchstick Men
Claudia Puig
A well acted and intriguing exploration of dishonesty in its varied forms leavened with a dry comic touch 
3
Matchstick Men
Chris Hewitt
Wildly entertaining 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Phoebe Flowers
A movie that makes you think 
3
Matchstick Men
Mary Brennan
Disappointing and uneven
2.5
Matchstick Men
Glenn Lovell
A whimsical winner in which everybody seems to be having a blast 
3
Matchstick Men
Edward Guthmann
A clever look at con artists and their games of deception 
3
Matchstick Men
David Elliott
What most hurts the movie is its topper its Big Plot Twist 
2
Matchstick Men
Timothy Knight
An entertaining addition to the caper comedy genre of films 
3
Matchstick Men
Lou Lumenick
Despite the fine acting you may end up feeling as suckered as Roy s victims 
2
Matchstick Men
Jami Bernard
A well crafted grifter tale with heart 
3
Matchstick Men
Chris Knight
When you look back on this film and it s one of those that compels you to there are puzzling but not insurmountable questions about the way events unfolded Maybe it would help to see it again Maybe that s the con 
3
Matchstick Men
Nick Carter
What the film lacks in plot and detailed story development it makes up for in glib dialogue and the characters self reflection 
2.5
Matchstick Men
Rene Rodriguez
Although there are moments in the film when his visual style threatens to overwhelm the story Scott keeps the stylistic flourishes to a minimum 
2.5
Matchstick Men
Bob Strauss
Scott can occasionally tell a character based story well check Thelma Louise But it has to have a great script and Matchstick Men s has too many incompatible ideas to be that 
2.5
Matchstick Men
Robert W. Butler
Director Scott handles this knotty plot with effortless grace 
3
Matchstick Men
Rick Groen
Fleeced again 
2
Matchstick Men
Jeff Vice
This is one of Cage s most endearingly goofy performances 
3
Matchstick Men
Terry Lawson
An engaging funny and touching film 
3
Matchstick Men
Lisa Kennedy
From its jazz inflected score to the screenplay s switchbacks of possibility and impending disaster the movie seduces 
3
Matchstick Men
Roger Ebert
The screenplay for Matchstick Men is an achievement of Oscar calibre so absorbing that whenever it cuts away from the plot there is another better plot to cut to 
4
Matchstick Men
Tony Toscano
Matchstick Men comes through with a quality script written around characters the audience cares about 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Renee Graham
Rockwell is a hoot as Frankie but during the stretches when he s not on screen the air goes out of the film 
2
Matchstick Men
Kit Bowen
With an excellent cast and expert direction Matchstick Men just may con you into having a rollicking good time The bonus is you won t mind being taken at all 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Sean P. Means
What masquerades as a comical character study and a sweet relationship drama turns out to be a sharp if inconsequential caper flick 
3
Matchstick Men
Audrey Rock-Richardson
A tale so complex so absorbing and so cerebrally titillating you won t want to look away for two seconds for fear of missing something 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Jon Niccum
In a film such as this one can only increase the layers of deception so much before they suffocate the basic story 
3
Matchstick Men
Rob Blackwelder
A post pubescent Paper Moon with a hell of a hair pin twist Ridley Scott is surprisingly deft with comedy 
3
Matchstick Men
Erik Childress
The con artist manipulation is usually far more subtle unless you re working with a collaboration of old tricks in an utterly inferior and improbable manner See Confidence Or Matchstick Men 
2
Matchstick Men
Shirley Klass
It is great to see Cage go from comedy to sentimentality to drama 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Carrie Rickey
Matchstick Men is more memorable for Lohman s naturalistic acting and Scott s mannerist direction than it is for its O Henry surprise 
3
Matchstick Men
Phil Villarreal
It s up to Rockwell and Lohman to play slices of white bread in this ham sandwich of a movie 
2
Matchstick Men
David Sterritt
A well made entry in the fashionable caper movie genre which has gathered steam lately with Ocean s Eleven and others 
3
Matchstick Men
Gene Seymour
Unusually intimate outing for director Ridley Scott glides along a slick shiny Hollywood style surface But the actors keep it real throughout 
3
Matchstick Men
Jeff Strickler
The performances are terrific 
3
Matchstick Men
Emily Blunt
Matchstick Men is viciously entertaining to watch thanks to a mesmerizing performance by Nicolas Cage as a man with more than a few personal idiosyncrasies 
4
Matchstick Men
Josh Larsen
a piffle graced by a cast it doesn t really deserve 
3
Matchstick Men
Ross Anthony
Though humorous and quirky at times the film is lie laden And while it may be fun in an empty way to watch Cage the film loses might whenever Rockwell is off screen 
2
Matchstick Men
Walter Chaw
A film about putting people on is at the end unable to put us on 
2
Matchstick Men
Steve Rhodes
Bizarrely wonderful 
3.5
Matchstick Men
James Sanford
The chemistry between Cage who successfully makes Roy both funny and recognizably human even when the character is going around the bend and Lohman makes their oddball dialogues every bit as intriguing as the various scams 
3.5
Matchstick Men
Peter Travers
Cage and Rockwell play off each other with devilish finesse 
3
Matchstick Men
Ed Gonzalez
The film s con is written in everything from the sometimes tongue in cheek dialogue to the retro songs that make the story difficult to place on an actual timeline 
2.5
Matchstick Men
Jeanne Aufmuth
Relies heavily on its Rat Pack ish ambience and retro style to propel its disjointed storyline steadily forward 
2.5
Clifford
Gene Siskel
The kid is obnoxious from start to finish and the way he fantasizes about his uncle s girlfriend Mary Steenburgen is tasteless 
1
Clifford
Dennis King
Short s bizarre casting is the only reason for Clifford to exist Aside from that this is an unimaginative ill begotten comedy about a bad little boy 
2
Clifford
Roger Hurlburt
Worthless from start to finish Clifford is a supreme disaster a film that neither Short Grodin nor Steenburgen will be adding to their resumes 
0
Clifford
David Nusair
The film isn t nearly as bad as it s been made out to be 
2
Clifford
Roger Ebert
Clifford is not bad on the acting directing or even writing levels It fails on a deeper level still the level of the underlying conception Something about the material itself is profoundly not funny Irredeemably not funny 
0.5
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
Gail Pennington
It s slow and heavy handed tedious almost throughout An average episode of Oxygen s Snapped isn t this dull and has more interesting things to say about women who kill 
2
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
Michael Starr
Lizzie comes across more as a whiny moody teen than a psychotic murderess and Ricci is much too attractive to play the dowdy crazy eyed Lizzie familiar from those faded black and white photos just sayin 
2.5
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
Lori Rackl
Christina Ricci does a haunting turn as notorious hatchet swinger Lizzie Borden 
3
To Be or Not to Be
Roger Ebert
Brooks combines a backstage musical with a wartime romance and comes up with an eclectic comedy that races off into several directions usually successfully 
3
What's Your Number?
Roger Moore
Too similar to and inferior to Bridesmaids 
1.5
What's Your Number?
Michael Dequina
While Faris is her usual lovably offbeat self she ultimately fights a losing battle against formula 
2.5
What's Your Number?
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ally may start out as your typical bubble headed man chasing twenty something dolt but thankfully underneath the surface she turns out to be a heck of a lot more than that 
2.5
What's Your Number?
Linda Cook
Sometimes underneath a film s R rating for sexual content and foul language lies a core of sweetness and warmth Unfortunately for the unsuspecting viewer who is used to the quality of say Judd Apatow comedies this is not one of those films 
1
What's Your Number?
Peter Keough
This is smarmy and sentimental And repugnant starting with the premise 
1
What's Your Number?
Scott Nash
Anna Faris is cute and funny I only wish the movie lived up to her charms 
2.5
What's Your Number?
Peter Canavese
Faris and Evans deserve better than a string of rom com clichs including the surprise date in a closed sports arena Unless you re Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez it couldn t happen to you 
1.5
What's Your Number?
Liam Lacey
Once again Anna Faris manages to be the best thing in another not very good Anna Faris movie 
2
What's Your Number?
Bruce DeMara
For all its edge What s Your Number is rooted in stale convention boxed in by unfair societal strictures and holds to the belief that good girls still need the affirmation of a man and marriage to be complete 
2
What's Your Number?
Sara Stewart
What s the point of all this 
2
What's Your Number?
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a cynical exercise in marketing masquerading as a maverick 
1
What's Your Number?
Chris Hewitt
That Number works at all and I should add it s pleasant enough and has a few amusing moments is due entirely to the resourceful Faris 
2
What's Your Number?
David Nusair
For the most part What s Your Number plays like a bottom of the barrel sitcom that has absolutely no basis in reality 
1.5
What's Your Number?
Willie Waffle
I am worried any movie playing in an adjoining theater might get herpes 
0
What's Your Number?
Mark Dujsik
What s Your Number has a major comic obstacle in the fact that its protagonist approaches her search to find Mr Right in a constant state of denial 
1.5
What's Your Number?
Dustin Putman
It s deeply frustrating made all the worse since Anna Faris is clearly trying her hardest with substandard material 
2
What's Your Number?
Claudia Puig
Ranks higher in crudity than in the number of laughs generated 
2
What's Your Number?
Mick LaSalle
He is borderline evil and she is a completely helpless flailing fool and there s no reason to think they would stay together for a month 
0
What's Your Number?
Miriam Bale
What s Your Number doesn t appear to get Anna Faris which is its loss 
1.5
What's Your Number?
Moira MacDonald
What s Your Number suffers from an elaborate plot that traps the actors in scenarios that feel like a screenwriter s or in this case a novelist s invention 
2
What's Your Number?
Wesley Morris
It s that awkward tedious monster mash of chick flick and romantic comedy a flatulent issue of Glamour in a Hildy Johnson hat 
2.5
What's Your Number?
Carrie Rickey
Faris is endearing even at those times when this frantic I ve slept with 19 guys comedy is barely endurable 
2
What's Your Number?
Connie Ogle
What s Your Number manages to skate the line between romantic and risque which is far more than most movies of its ilk can accomplish 
2.5
What's Your Number?
Joe Williams
This movie isn t as daring as it pretends to be but with two likable stars and a quotient of absurdity What s Your Number gets a passing grade 
2.5
What's Your Number?
Michael Phillips
Anna Faris survives What s Your Number with eccentric comic charm intact Dumb film smart comedienne 
2
What's Your Number?
Matt Pais
If casting was everything scripts could be scribbled by toddlers and it wouldn t matter Not the case 
2
What's Your Number?
Roger Moore
Anna Faris and Chris Evans don t have enough scenes together don t have enough funny lines and aren t surrounded by enough funny people to give this Bridesmaids lite a shot 
1.5
What's Your Number?
David Germain
What s Your Number sticks to the low common denominators of most Hollywood romances and it ends up a commonplace one for doing so 
1.5
After the Sunset
David Nusair
a fluffy time killer 
2.5
After the Sunset
Peter T. Chattaway
After the Sunset is the sort of movie that may not find its ideal audience until channel surfing insomniacs discover it late some evening long long after sunset indeed 
1.5
After the Sunset
Wilson Morales
What you get with this film is an unoriginal concept using the backdrop of a resort to lure us to see a heist film where our time is only thing that was stolen 
2
After the Sunset
Mark Dujsik
All polish trying to cover up an unsanded surface 
1.5
After the Sunset
Frank Ochieng
a hollow heist flick Alas After the Sunset maintains having the trivial tension of a fifth grade spelling bee contest Repeat after me Paradise Lost 
2
After the Sunset
David N. Butterworth
Spends so much time down Selma Hayek s shirt fronts that we come away suffocated 
1.5
After the Sunset
Jonathan R. Perry
Every bit as easygoing as its tropical island setting and every bit as uninspired and uninspiring Its pleasantness is its undoing 
2.5
After the Sunset
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A deliberately mindless action comedy that invites us to lose ourselves without any PC guilt in its hedonistic enticements 
2
After the Sunset
Matt Brunson
Beyond the eye candy represented by the stars and their sun soaked surroundings there s little else that s memorable about this disposable tissue of a movie 
2
After the Sunset
Peter Travers
A movie utterly devoid of wit excitement and any reason for being 
1
After the Sunset
Mike McGranaghan
After the Sunset looks great and has good actors but it generally fails at what it really wants to do 
2
After the Sunset
Vince Koehler
Salma Hayek is great eye candy and this comedy caper is fun with Woody Harrelson providing most of the laughs This is a fun diversion film not to be taken too seriously 
2.5
After the Sunset
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Finally he has made a film that rises above mediocrity though we can probably credit its mild inoffensive pleasures more to chance than to Ratner s skill 
2
After the Sunset
Linda Cook
Pretty sunsets pretty people and some pretty silly shenanigans are what you ll see in After the Sunset It s an average caper flick that s mostly for show 
2
After the Sunset
Steve Rhodes
You ve seen this movie many times before but After the Sunset is kind of fun nonetheless 
2.5
After the Sunset
Carla Meyer
A mostly terrible heist comedy 
1
After the Sunset
David Elliott
If Hitchcock s To Catch a Thief was the silk purse of travel brochure caper movies After the Sunset is the pocket plastic disposable 
2
After the Sunset
Timothy Knight
A cheesy frequently sophomoric caper comedy 
1.5
After the Sunset
Loey Lockerby
This is the kind of film that exists solely to show off pretty actors and scenery 
1.5
After the Sunset
Ty Burr
After the Sunset is content to take in the sights and ogle the ladies 
1.5
After the Sunset
Sean P. Means
Even with the delicious Salma Hayek on board the biggest boobs in this dumb heist flick are the characters played by Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson 
1.5
After the Sunset
Jeffrey Westhoff
Amiable pop entertainment 
3
After the Sunset
Ted Fry
A movie that yearns for the circumstance wit and integrity of an Elmore Leonard comedic actioner 
1.5
After the Sunset
Lou Lumenick
A slick if hyper predictable comic caper 
2
After the Sunset
Jack Mathews
When the movie can tear itself away from Lola it s more of a buddy comedy than a heist film and a bad one at that 
1.5
After the Sunset
Peter Debruge
A feature length travel destination video about how your next Bahamas getaway will leave you feeling like a millionaire 
2.5
After the Sunset
Bob Strauss
Plays as if a goodly number of umbrella drinks were consumed throughout production 
2
After the Sunset
Amy Biancolli
After the Sunset is about as flat footed a heist caper as I ve ever seen clumsy where it should be graceful lumpy where it should be sleek 
2
After the Sunset
Liam Lacey
The movie floats by like a drunken mindless afternoon 
2
After the Sunset
John Monaghan
After the Sunset promises Hitchcock style sophistication then delivers Heist Movies for Dummies instead 
2
After the Sunset
Jeff Vice
Brosnan sounds and looks a little tired But then so does the entire film 
2
After the Sunset
Roger Ebert
After the Sunset is skillfully made but it s not necessary 
2
After the Sunset
Mike Clark
The movie grows progressively more routine in quarter hour increments eventually collapsing under the weight of its own insignificance 
2
After the Sunset
Erik Childress
To paraphrase a far greater expert in the heist genre David Mamet After The Sunset is like having Elmore Leonard puke and then that puke wrote the script 
1
After the Sunset
Chuck O'Leary
Barely a step above the dismal The Big Bounce from earlier this year 
1.5
After the Sunset
Walter Chaw
A moment where Brosnan quietly retracts his fishing pole says volumes about the sadness at the so to speak root of this testosterone opera 
0
After the Sunset
John Anderson
After the Sunset s carat and shtick approach is much more decadent than it is delightful 
2
After the Sunset
Peter Canavese
The plotting of this otherwise workmanlike comedy adventure is as fundamentally ridiculous as it is predictable and lacking in tension 
2
After the Sunset
David Sterritt
This indirect rehash of To Catch a Thief trades Hitchcockian shrewdness for the slickest kinds of Hollywood glitz gloss and vulgarity 
2
After the Sunset
Josh Larsen
could only be more fun if you were able to watch it while relaxing on a beach 
3
After the Sunset
Chris Hewitt
Bland and nearly personality free 
2
After the Sunset
Tracy Allerton
Like many a real sunset it ll dazzle and entertain yet soon be forgotten 
2.5
After the Sunset
Steven Rea
After the Sunset is the kind of glossy Hollywood forged waste of time that would depress even the most happily lackadaisical retiree 
1.5
After the Sunset
Sue Pierman
If you ve ever wondered what really is important to an aging jewel thief After the Sunset at least answers that question amusingly 
2.5
After the Sunset
Robert K. Elder
With nothing at stake and little mortal peril Sunset loses most of its dramatic tension 
2
After the Sunset
Phil Villarreal
Ratner s films chug with the precision of a machine and with just as little soul 
2
After the Sunset
Willie Waffle
After The Sunset is a movie more memorable for Salma Hayek in those bikinis than for the story Brosnan looks alright too if you re into that sort of thing 
1.5
After the Sunset
Jeanne Aufmuth
A series of silly snafus turn this potential smart sell into a banal trifle 
2
After the Sunset
Rob Blackwelder
A heist flick in which the audience is left out of the best part the logistics of the heist Whose dumb idea was that 
2
After the Sunset
James Berardinelli
A film of small moments and big laughs 
3
After the Sunset
Scott Nash
After the Sunset is either a comedy that needed more jokes or a heist movie that needed more tension 
2.5
After the Sunset
Ed Gonzalez
After the Sunset has the audacity to con audiences with a script seen a million times before 
1
After the Sunset
Dustin Putman
A long slog through a pretty sea of thankless twaddle 
1.5
The Cry of the Owl
David Nusair
a terrible consistently unwatchable piece of work that s about as wrongheaded as they come 
1
Body Bags
Federico Furzan
A horror anthology that feels extremely comical and suffers from its variant styles Full review in Spanish 
2
A Snake of June
David Nusair
an unforgettably excruciating experience 
0
Last Christmas
Pamela Powell
Last Christmas breaks through the mold of typical romantic comedies with a dramatic edge allowing you to forgive its sluggish pace in the middle of the story 
3
Last Christmas
Linda Cook
Last Christmas sparkles with wit feeling
3
Last Christmas
David Nusair
Last Christmas tolerable vibe is due almost entirely to Clarke s almost impossibly likable turn as the troubled central character 
2.5
Last Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
Clarke is wonderful running around in a bright green elf suit with jaunty pointy toed shoes showcasing a wild abandon that only grows more captivating as things progress 
2.5
Last Christmas
Matt Brunson
Last Christmas is so adept at capturing the spirit and warmth of the season that the obvious twist honestly wasn t even needed to stick the landing 
3
Last Christmas
Mike McGranaghan
Last Christmas touches your heart and jump starts your holiday spirit 
3
Last Christmas
Karen M. Peterson
This isn t a tale of finding love it s one of learning to love And in that it succeeds 
3
Last Christmas
Sean P. Means
Clarke s bright smile and willingness to play the fool or the jerk will serve her well in what could be a promising career as England s next rom com icon 
3
Last Christmas
Nathalie Atkinson
Even so this familiar and formulaic holiday tale has its pleasures unless your name is Ebenezer and in the end even he was mollified 
2.5
Last Christmas
Thomas Floyd
On closer scrutiny the wintry magic of the movie s climax starts to melt 
2
Last Christmas
Tomris Laffly
A seasonal rom com with little romance and even fewer laughs to spare 
1.5
Last Christmas
Josh Terry
It isn t hard to guess the big third act twist long before it arrives and though at a distance the whole trajectory is a noble exercise Feig s film is clunky and feels more cliched than sincere 
2.5
Last Christmas
Rob Thomas
I ll probably respect you more if you don t like it But I ll also feel a little sad for you too 
3
Last Christmas
Roger Moore
Dull Actually 
1.5
Last Christmas
James Berardinelli
This is one of the most enjoyable non prestige offerings out there and if it doesn t find its niche in theaters it will certainly surface again in the home video market and become a favorite for Christmases to come 
3
Last Christmas
Lisa Trifone
Clarke Golding and the gang lean into their cliches with verve emoting so boldly they might as well be winking right at us from up there 
2.5
Last Christmas
Robert Horton
Golding came out of Crazy Rich Asians as a hot new property so it s disappointing to see him stuck in a neutered role 
2
Last Christmas
Richard Roeper
Henry Golding and Emilia Clarke make a charming duo in a sweet love story that rises above the standard lightweight holiday fare 
3.5
Last Christmas
Mark Dujsik
To its credit Last Christmas attempts to do a lot To its detriment the movie doesn t do any of those things particularly well 
1.5
Last Christmas
Peter Howell
Feig just wants to make people smile and also to solve all the terrible isms of the world So must all who come into his cuddly embrace 
2.5
Last Christmas
Max Weiss
Last Christmas feels ill conceived from the start 
1.5
Last Christmas
Oliver Jones
The depth of talent behind the screen and the appeal and attractiveness of the two stars should have resulted in something with slightly more than what we get here which is essentially a Hallmark Christmas movie 
2
Last Christmas
Johnny Oleksinski
In its shoddy attempt to make a splash in the British romantic comedy genre it amounts to nothing more than a careless whisper 
1
Last Christmas
Jake Coyle
There are good intentions all around but hardly any jokes which makes the movie s treacly third act reveal of Tom s identity still harder to swallow 
2
Last Christmas
Moira MacDonald
Its central characters never find much chemistry Clarke s Kate is a one note character which is one note more than Golding s character gets 
2
Last Christmas
Pat Brown
There s a lack of concreteness about the story and characters that render its reiteration of Christmas lessons utterly toothless 
1.5
Last Christmas
Mick LaSalle
It takes skill to devise a resolution that s simultaneously predictable and nonsensical but Last Christmas manages it 
2
Last Christmas
Michael Phillips
Clarke among others deserves so much better 
2
Last Christmas
Rafer Guzman
It s equal parts 90s rom com and Golden Age of Hollywood schmaltz and hard to fully resist 
2.5
Last Christmas
Joey Magidson
Last Christmas is at its best when it s being simple and just focused on character 
2.5
Regret to Inform
Kam Williams
heartrending documentary examines toll exacted by Vietnam War on widows of soldiers on both sides 
4
Regret to Inform
Steve Rhodes
The significant downside to Regret To Inform is that it is essentially a propaganda piece 
2.5
Regret to Inform
Roger Ebert
The distinctive thing about Sonneborn s film which won awards for best documentary and best cinematography at the 1999 Sundance festival is that it remembers the war from both sides as seen by the women who were touched by it 
3
The Big Racket
Matt Brunson
The Big Racket is frequently exciting but the rampant stupidity of various characters reveals a breakdown in screenwriting prowess 
2.5
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Wesley Lovell
The crew 8217 s reunion is predictable and the first 30 minutes provide a plethora of laughs 44 but also its share of slow events 46 
3
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Troy Patterson
The urgency of the tales gets lost along the way weighed down by staginess and an inconsistent tone although Krasinski s ambition suggests a noble failure 
2.5
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
David Nusair
far more successful as an actor s showcase than as a fully realized movie 
1.5
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Mike McGranaghan
Painfully pretentious and shallow 
1.5
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Steven Rea
Offers is the opportunity for a bunch of actors many of them tethered to TV series to deliver theatrical monologues pulsing with misogyny and narcissism It s like second rate Neil Labute 
2
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Jason O'Bryan
The place where consciousness runs into itself is where this author reigned supreme and Krasinski brings Wallace s concentric self aware ironies to the screen 
3.5
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The movie provides more questions than answers 
2
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Kyle Smith
Everyone speaks in the sweatily polysyllabic Look at This Writing I m Doing tone that makes a page of Wallace pass like an hour on the treadmill and the men are dopes or creeps 
2
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Kam Williams
The Penis Monologues 
3
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Claudia Puig
It s an undeniably ambitious if uneven effort Some of Krasinski s directorial flourishes are inspired such as Christopher Meloni s imaginative re telling and offbeat re enacting about a woman he met as she stood crying at the airport 
2.5
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Wesley Morris
These performers as inspired as some of them are spoil a sinister book with earnest acting 
2
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Andrew Schenker
Brief Interviews is interesting in pieces but overwhelming in its totality 
2
Bad Lucky Goat
Roger Moore
Funnier and sunnier than any movie that opens with a decapitated goat s head floating in the Caribbean has any right to be 
3
Don 2
Michael Dequina
More than a worthy sequel it is simply an exciting and downright fun thrill ride of a movie period and Farhan Akhtar deserves his due as one of the great mainstream film talents currently working anywhere period 
3.5
The Accidental Husband
Roger Moore
It lives on as an artifact of a big screen career that might have been or might have been extended a director who talks a better game than he directs and a distributing studio vanity project that never was and never have been 
1.5
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Enter Here
Sheila O'Malley
There s a lot of material here to get through and Wallach and her cinematographer Ken Kobland take their time with it a gamble of an approach which works on the whole 
3
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Enter Here
Steve Macfarlane
The research that went into the film seems a largesse but it s compromised at every turn by filmmaker Amei Wallach s sloppy pedantic delivery 
.5
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Kam Williams
A fascinating doc about a couple sons of Nazi war criminals one ashamed of his father s legacy the other stubbornly proud 
4
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Steven Rea
What Our Fathers Did is a movie about historical and filial responsibility about repudiation about acceptance about the pain we inherit and the pain that continues to be doled out 
3
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Pat Padua
The film is not just about a very specific and difficult conversation Ultimately it is also about the failure of conversation itself 
2.5
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Leba Hertz
What starts out as a genial documentary about two sons of high officials of the Nazi Party soon turns chilling in the gripping and compelling What Our Fathers Did A Nazi Legacy 
4
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Nick Allen
What Our Fathers Did A Nazi Legacy wields a power that towers above many other small movies It may not be the large definition of cinematic but it is still a true film 
3.5
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Sara Stewart
British human rights lawyer Philippe Sands interviews with two sons of senior Nazi officials make for a chilling study in contrasts 
3
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Clayton Dillard
The conclusion suggests the film exists to affirm the preconceived desires and perceptions of its makers 
2
Call Me Brother
Roger Moore
This kinky SNL incest sketch run amok used to be 30 minutes longer Ick 
1.5
Time Renegades
Chris Knight
Fans of twisty time travel tales will relish this one it s worth the subtitles 
3
Time Renegades
Soren Andersen
The picture s time shifts are smoothly handled by Kwak But eventually confusion sets in 
2
Cop Out
Federico Furzan
A terrible excuse of a buddy cop movie Full review in Spanish 
1
Cop Out
Peter Canavese
Once you ve boogied out to Harold Faltermeyer s self parodic Axel F style music it s all downhill from there Blu ray 
1.5
Cop Out
James Kendrick
As an action director Smith is just a few steps away from genuine incompetence and every time the film turns violent it descends into a clumsy morass of incoherence that makes us wish for the days when he kept his camera confined to a convenience store 
1.5
Cop Out
Sean P. Means
Maybe they were having fun but it didn t transfer to anything an audience will enjoy 
1
Cop Out
Thelma Adams
Director Kevin Smith capitalizes on the duo s great chemistry and gets laugh out loud performances from Morgan as a bag of insecurities not far from his 30 Rock role and Willis as the stoic macho man 
3
Cop Out
Brett Michel
Cop out More like a strike out 
1
Cop Out
Rossiter Drake
Only Morgan reaches the heights of inspired silliness to which the movie aspires though not nearly enough to redeem Smith s shoddiest outing to date 
1.5
Cop Out
Linda Cook
Foul mouthed and mostly funny Cop Out is an above average movie helmed by Kevin Smith directing for the first time a script that s not his own 
2.5
Cop Out
Michael A. Smith
The first great comedy of 2010 
3.5
Cop Out
Kam Williams
Silent Bob strikes out 
1.5
Cop Out
Kit Bowen
Is it a Cop Out to make a throwback to the 80s buddy cop comedy instead of doing something original Maybe but at least it ll make you laugh out loud a few times 
2.5
Cop Out
Christian Toto
Southwest Airlines officials might be the only ones laughing at Kevin Smith s Cop Out
.5
Cop Out
Tyler Hanley
The latest R rated comedy from director Kevin Smith Clerks is immature and sloppy Fortunately the movie is also pretty darn funny 
2
Cop Out
Mike McGranaghan
I was really hoping that Kevin Smith would mix all his 80 s inspirations together and come up with something new kind of like Quentin Tarantino does with his influences That doesn t happen 
2
Cop Out
Jeff Vice
The unsavory relationship between the doctor and a midwife Susanne Lothar becomes an unfortunate distraction 
2.5
Cop Out
Lisa Kennedy
Cop Out is a little too well shot to be full on cheesy and too much a redux to be well as fresh as Beverly Hills Cop or Lethal Weapon 
2
Cop Out
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The real entertainment here will be looking forward to what the usually candid Smith has to say about this turkey after it has mercifully left multiplexes 
1
Cop Out
Wesley Morris
The movie wants to send up hoary action and buddy movie clichés including the tinge of gay attraction that passes between the stars But it s too fuzzily executed to pass muster as satire Plus it loves the clichés too much to subvert them 
2
Cop Out
Willie Waffle
It s like Beverly Hills Cop meets Die Hard except we liked those movies 
1
Cop Out
Stephen Whitty
Kevin Smith may have needed a big Hollywood comedy right now for a lot of reasons What his old fans still need though and in a hurry is a real Kevin Smith movie 
1.5
Cop Out
David Nusair
Unquestionably Kevin Smith s weakest movie to date 
2
Cop Out
Claudia Puig
Cop Out is foul mouthed but not funny bullet riddled but not exciting crammed with contrivances that go nowhere And perhaps worst of all it musters up no chemistry between its buddy cop leads 
1.5
Cop Out
Moira MacDonald
It s about as much fun as flying coach and if you re seated next to Smith anyway a lot less interesting 
1.5
Cop Out
Chris Hewitt
Like most Kevin Smith movies there are pacing problems that could be fixed by carving out about 15 minutes But there s also fun to be had 
2.5
Cop Out
Peter Howell
This pitiful excuse for entertainment is utterly bereft of wit intelligence or craft on any level The only thing left to screw up would have been to leave the lens cap on the camera Wait that would have been an improvement 
0.5
Cop Out
Mick LaSalle
Director Kevin Smith has made some good movies and some so so movies but until now he has always been an artist 
1
Cop Out
Lou Lumenick
Willis basically smirks his way through the proceedings while the gifted Morgan often seems miserable as the butt of most of the film s gags 
1.5
Cop Out
Dustin Putman
Cop Out is unspeakably terrible a laugh free comedy that mistakenly thinks it s the height of hilarity while the audience in return sit stone faced for the better part of two hours 
0
Cop Out
Michael O'Sullivan
What results is a tour de force of sheer comic energy that threatens to rip apart the film and its sodden secondhand premise like a wad of used paper towels It s a performance in search of a movie 
1.5
Cop Out
Sara Michelle Fetters
Problem is none of what happens is all that interesting or amusing the plot so threadbare and contrived it doesn t work as either an homage to 1980 s buddy cop films or a parody of that very same genre 
1.5
Cop Out
Mark Dujsik
Gets by a little early on off its leads but we recognize soon after it has nothing going for it except the usual buddy cop blueprint lots of obnoxious characters and an off putting mean streak 
1
Cop Out
Erik Childress
If this is the film that gets Kevin Smith the money to make his Fletch film then we can chalk it up as a necessary evil But please someone give him the money so we never have to sit through another Cop Out ever again 
1
Cop Out
Rob Thomas
Cop Out is no Beverly Hills Cop It s not even on the level of Beverly Hills Cop IV And they didn t even make a Beverly Hills Cop IV 
1
Cop Out
Robert Levin
Kevin Smith is at his best on small character driven films projects that let him be himself not as the interchangeable shepherd of standard studio fare 
2.5
Cop Out
David Hiltbrand
It s tough to screw up an omelet But it can certainly be done 
2
Cop Out
Nick Starkey
When your movie is nothing more than a cheap and uninteresting homage best not to call attention to that fact with a ten minute opening scene to that effect 
1
Cop Out
Peter Travers
An early scene of Morgan scaring a perp with tough dialogue from movies reminded me of primo Smith Other scenes not so much 
2
Cop Out
James Berardinelli
It s tough generating much enthusiasm for a motion picture that does a lot of things but none of them well 
2
Cop Out
Robert W. Butler
Lock up this humorless buddy comedy and throw away the key Read more Cop Out Lock up this humorless buddy comedy and throw away the key 
1.5
Cop Out
Nick Schager
A variety of scenarios provides ample opportunities for humor yet most are lazily wasted 
2
Cop Out
Matt Soergel
As rotten and laugh free as the trailer Just much much much longer 
0.5
Cop Out
Michael Phillips
This is a lousy invention free script and Kevin Smith an interesting and valuable filmmaker here doing his first direction only work for hire cannot do anything to save it 
1
Cop Out
Joe Williams
By the time the smoke clears Cop Out seems like an appropriate title 
2
Cop Out
Roger Ebert
Many of the gags possibly looked good on paper but watching Willis and Morgan struggle with them is like watching third graders do Noel Coward if Noel Coward had been rewritten by Kevin Smith 
1.5
Cop Out
Joe Lozito
Desperately unfunny tone deaf homage to 80s buddy cop movies from director Kevin Smith just one of the many who should have known better 
1
Cop Out
Roger Moore
It feels like an homage to a period best forgotten just a chance for all involved to sell out and cash in with a crude comedy that reminds us how bad these particular good old days were 
1.5
Cop Out
Rex Reed
The Willis Morgan team is about as on point as four legs with the ankles missing The sequel will undoubtedly star Adam Sandler and Chris Tucker 
0
Nightfall
James Kendrick
an enjoyably tense sci fi horrorshow
3
Berlin
Kyle Smith
Your enjoyment will hinge entirely on whether you think the album is a masterpiece or a bore 
3
Berlin
Rafer Guzman
For die hard Reed fans it s an invaluable document 
2.5
Berlin
Ken Fox
Reed tears into the material 
4
Berlin
Jeremiah Kipp
The movie experience gets in its own way 
2.5
Topaze
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Topaze is something of a pre code comedy but there is so much thought and sophistication crammed into its 78 minutes that it seems a shame to describe it in such vulgar terms 
3.5
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Federico Furzan
This is the definition B horror combined with found footage Nightmare inducing and undeniably creepy Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
David Keyes
The movie thinks too diminutively of human intelligence even by horror film standards 
2
Beauty and the Beast: A Latter-Day Tale
Jeff Vice
Takes itself much too seriously and as a result some of the supposedly dramatic moments are unintentionally hilarious 
1
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Ian Mantgani
Asks us to root for a gawky little moron and surrounds him with phoney caricatures
2
Ronnie's
Robert Horton
A lovely combination of dream and blueprint 
3
Ronnie's
Roger Moore
See this film about the legendary London jazz club Note exactly where it is Make your travel plans accordingly 
3.5
Tune in Tomorrow...
Roger Ebert
Sometimes we laugh easily sometimes uncertainly and sometimes we just look at the screen and wonder why anyone thought that was funny 
2.5
Tune in Tomorrow...
Chris Hicks
This could easily be a made for TV movie 
2.5
Love, Simon
Mattie Lucas
This is a special film a lovely and deeply human romance with a killer cast and a truly funny and engaging script by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker 
3
Love, Simon
Wesley Lovell
While it may be a Gen Z era coming out story it easily resonates for older generations 
4
Love, Simon
David Nusair
a somewhat erratic drama that nevertheless packs a punch at several key moments 
3
Love, Simon
John Serba
It s a funny movie but not an uproarious one It s not overstated or understated but clearly and honestly stated and anchored by strong performances from its young cast 
3
Love, Simon
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Simple and bland Full review in Spanish 
1
Love, Simon
Linda Cook
You ll Love Simon 
3
Love, Simon
Robert Horton
As bland as vanilla pudding But unless you re completely vanilla phobic the movie s unforced good feelings are easy to enjoy 
3
Love, Simon
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thanks to a dynamic emotionally astute script from Berger and Aptaker that coupled with Berlanti s unobtrusive direction helps make this movie an agreeable revelation I likely couldn t have resisted even if I had wanted to 
3
Love, Simon
Peter Travers
Greg Berlanti s groundbreaking gay romcom is an exuberant gift a John Hughes movie for audiences who just got woke and the first mainstream studio release to put a closeted teen front and center 
3
Love, Simon
Richard Roeper
As the romantic mystery develops the light comedy keeps us amused 
3.5
Love, Simon
Max Weiss
Love Simon has a few sad moments as Simon s mistakes come crashing down around him but mostly it s a sweet funny warm hearted film 
3
Love, Simon
Sheila O'Malley
Love Simon is filled with humor in its characters dialogue and situations but it doesn t sacrifice emotional depth The two work in tandem 
3.5
Love, Simon
Chandler Levack
As a consumer it is simply your responsibility to see it just so that many more Love Simons can be made 
3.5
Love, Simon
George M. Thomas
Love Simon suffers from some of those coming of age clichés but they re certainly worth sitting through in enjoying this journey to adulthood as a whole 
2.5
Love, Simon
Brian Truitt
Young and old jocks and nerds geeks and freaks and everyone in between should be able to find something to adore in Love Simon 
3.5
Love, Simon
Mark Dujsik
The charming and compassionate Love Simon feels revolutionary 
3
Love, Simon
Bruce DeMara
The casting is high quality the script with a tantalizing mystery at its heart is particularly well crafted and the story hits all the right emotional notes in delivering a funny warm hearted and life affirming tale 
3.5
Love, Simon
Johnny Oleksinski
It really does get better at the movies anyway 
3
Love, Simon
Meredith Goldstein
Love Simon is a sweet modern romantic comedy that manages to channel the teen movie classics of the late John Hughes but only the good stuff 
3.5
Love, Simon
Maren Longbella
Doesn t everybody deserve a great love story 
3
Love, Simon
Mark Jenkins
The movie is well made and likable without any major missteps It s also just a little bland 
2.5
Love, Simon
Gary Thompson
This kid makes Ferris Bueller look like a dangerous radical 
2.5
Love, Simon
Roger Moore
Innocuous But at this stage of cultural progress on the gay acceptance front that s not enough 
2
Love, Simon
Katie Walsh
Love Simon exists on a spectrum between Lady Bird and Mean Girls It has the warm winsomeness of Lady Bird and the crackling humor of Mean Girls playing with the high school archetypes that film captured so well 
4
Love, Simon
Dann Gire
This movie simply refuses to normalize bigotry hatred and xenophobia And does it with a kind understanding and forgiving heart 
3
Love, Simon
James Berardinelli
Nick Robinson crafts an immensely likeable Simon as appealing as any of the teenage protagonists in a John Hughes comedy 
3
Love, Simon
Rex Reed
It s hard for find fault with any film that addresses a changing teenage world with such compassion and decency An unexpected delight in more ways than one 
3
Love, Simon
Sandy Cohen
This film treats 17 year old Simon Spier s quest for love and self acceptance with the tender timeless Hollywood touch of John Hughes It s a classic story of a first crush made groundbreaking by centering on a closeted gay kid 
3.5
Love, Simon
David Wiegand
The element that keeps Love Simon from fully realizing its potential is that it feels like something you d see on TV And not on TV in 2018 TV you d see in the 1980s 
2
Love, Simon
Kam Williams
If this heartwarming teen oriented bildungsroman is any indication of how Hollywood plans to handle homosexuality in the future the culture has truly turned a corner in terms of teaching tolerance of sexual preferences 
4
Love, Simon
Dustin Putman
The beauty of Love Simon is in its astute slice of life observances about family friendship and that delicate moment in every LGBTQ person s life when he or she must gather the courage to begin living as their authentic self 
3.5
Love, Simon
Richard Larson
Greg Berlanti s charmingly heartfelt film is a remarkably successful attempt to give shape to the experience of the closet by drawing an incredibly intimate portrait of a teenage boy about to leave it behind 
3
The Founder
Brian Eggert
Hancock once again avoids digging into his subject with anything approaching a critical eye 
2
The Founder
David Gonzalez
The Founder is a great look at the Golden Arches everyone knows and love 44 but until this film 44 hardly knew how they got there 46 
3
The Founder
Matt Brunson
It s not the feel good movie of this or any year but it s clear eyed and concise as well as important and informative 
3
The Founder
Federico Furzan
A biography of some sorts that does the job while forgiving some aspects of the story Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Founder
George M. Thomas
It s an enjoyable dramedy with outstanding nuanced performances 
3
The Founder
John Serba
The Founder gives Keaton the kind of arc a golden arch you might even say and character to continue his creative renaissance 
3
The Founder
Sonny Bunch
Keaton s Kroc is compulsively watchable without being charming an over caffeinated underachiever for whom one feels comfortable having equal measures pity and contempt
3
The Founder
Neil Rosen
If you think you deserve a break today see this movie 
4
The Founder
Josh Terry
Altogether Hancock and Keaton have created a very well told and well acted film but The Founder will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth 
3
The Founder
Bob Bloom
The Founder belongs to Michael Keaton who gives a driven and dark performance as Kroc who is willing to throw anyone and everyone under the bus on his ruthless climb to success 
3
The Founder
Rex Reed
One of the must see entertainments of the year 
3
The Founder
David Nusair
an interesting eye opening yet hopelessly uneven look at the creation of the world s biggest fast food chain 
2.5
The Founder
Robert Levin
A story worth reflecting upon perhaps now more than ever 
3
The Founder
Katie Walsh
Keaton is fascinating as Kroc a bad guy who embodies the American Dream a man who isn t necessarily the best or most talented but who s willing to step on anyone to get ahead 
3
The Founder
Kathleen Rizzo Young
The Founder works on many levels as a rags to riches story a business school lesson and unearthing history not unlike Hidden Figures 
3
The Founder
Gary Rotstein
Mr Keaton is as glibly captivating as ever as the hard drinking Midwesterner with shrewd instincts for where American consumerism was headed in the mid 20th century 
3
The Founder
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combined with Keaton s canny performance The Founder creates a strong portrait of a man who clawed his way to the top of the American Dream but didn t care if his claws left marks 
3
The Founder
Chris Knight
It s Keaton who brings the movie home The flutter of emotions across his face at odd moments in the action happens too quickly to name them all but the cumulative effect is beyond words 
3.5
The Founder
Robert Horton
Ray Kroc wasn t the founder of McDonald s But he might have been the founder of a certain kind of mid 20th century hucksterism that elevated colorful hustlers to profitable positions far above the people who actually do the work of their companies 
2.5
The Founder
Rob Thomas
It rather unsettlingly makes us wonder if in an age where America consumes a lot and doesn t make all that much Kroc is right when he calls McDonald s the new American church And it ain t just open on Sunday boys 
3.5
The Founder
Barry Hertz
As limp and cold as The Founder is as a movie it contains one of the finest Keaton performances of his entire career maybe the one he s been working his whole life toward 
2
The Founder
James Berardinelli
The Founder represents two hours well spent especially for anyone with a fascination for complex characters or an interest in the shenanigans that transformed an unpretentious local restaurant into a global force 
3
The Founder
Sean P. Means
Keaton clearly relishes the chance to play this larger than life character but even he can t overcome Kroc s lack of likability 
2.5
The Founder
Mark Dujsik
The movie becomes just another in a line of age old tales about a man gaining the world at the cost of his soul 
2.5
The Founder
Michael Smith
The Founder is a well done look at how McDonald s was built and how the American dream can be served with a side of dark humor and reality 
3
The Founder
Rafer Guzman
Keaton is the special sauce in this smart sharp movie about capitalism and its casualties 
3
The Founder
Peter Howell
If there s a lesson to be learned from The Founder it s that self inflating guys like Ray Kroc and Donald Trump by extension have always been with us working every angle while promising to make America great 
3
The Founder
Richard Roeper
It s a great slice of Americana with Keaton embodying everything admirable and not so admirable and despicable about Ray Kroc s climb to the top of Hamburger Mountain It s some of Keaton s finest work 
4
The Founder
Stephanie Merry
In the end The Founder is little more than a deflating reminder as if we needed one that the winner takes all and integrity isn t always the key to success 
2.5
The Founder
Calvin Wilson
Not just another biopic The Founder is a morality tale that raises provocative questions about consumer culture its benefits and its consequences You won t look at a Big Mac the same way again 
3.5
The Founder
Dann Gire
Watch Keaton carefully for his sly performance suggests Kroc realizes exactly what he s doing and doesn t concern himself with questions of ethics morality and loyalty 
3
The Founder
Peter Travers
How is Michael Keaton s performance as McDonald s self proclaimed founder Ray Kroc I gotta say I m lovin it Keaton makes this electrifying take on the godfather of fast food resonate for the scary here and now 
3.5
The Founder
Ty Burr
The Founder is fast food for thought 
3
The Founder
Michael Phillips
The Founder gives anyone who has eaten at a McDonald s a few things to think about 
3
The Founder
Moira MacDonald
The details of the story are often fascinating you ll learn a lot about burger production and the cast find plenty of moments to shine 
2.5
The Founder
Mike McGranaghan
A funny and insightful film The story of how McDonalds became McDONALDS is enough to make you never want to eat at McDonalds again 
3
The Founder
Kyle Smith
This is a thrilling dynamic often very funny movie full of fascinating granular detail a great American story about a great American business 
3.5
The Founder
Mick LaSalle
Keaton is fun to watch fun and a little bit eerie He plays Ray as all drive and no soul 
3
The Founder
Tirdad Derakhshani
Boy does Keaton s Kroc ever become mean selfish small minded though he s never less than fascinating 
3
The Founder
Brian Truitt
The Founder has its flaws though not as many as its main subject yet is an insightful look at the history of an iconic institution that doubles as a cautionary tale 
3
The Founder
Roger Moore
The most lovable Keaton villain since Beetlejuice 
3
The Founder
Kent Turner
A movie that like fast food faithfully follows a recipe 
2
The Founder
Elise Nakhnikian
Michael Keaton s powerful performance in The Founder is marooned in a wishy washy story 
1.5
Rebecca
David Reddish
Viewed 80 years on Rebecca still ranks as one of Hitchcocks best movies and one of the great suspense thrillers Give it a watch fall in love with its twisted story and judge its treatment of its gay lead for yourself 
4
Rebecca
Matt Brunson
Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock s first Hollywood movie after a stellar run in his native England to say that it proved to be a potent calling card would be putting it mildly 
4
Rebecca
Modern Screen Staff
Judith Anderson is strikingly effective as the demented housekeeper Mrs Danvers and George Sanders Reginald Denny and C Aubrey Smith are also outstanding 
4
Rebecca
Picture Parade
Rebecca is the most literal translation of a fascinating book and is not only this year s but any year s best picture 
4
Rebecca
Mattie Lucas
A meeting of two cinematic titans who made a film that managed to feel like a product of both and neither of them at the same time 
3.5
Rebecca
Walter Chaw
Let s take a moment to talk about water 
4
Rebecca
David Nusair
The meandering storyline however ultimately prevents the film from living up to its reputation as one of Hitchcock s best 
3
Rebecca
Wesley Lovell
Alfred Hitchcock s first American film is an atmospheric triumph of suspense 
4
Rebecca
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Remains one of the Master s most overrated and underrated movies at the same time 
4
Rebecca
Michael Szymanski
A gothic moody piece there s an overwhelming sense that anything can happen in this film and anything does The plot is twisting unpredictable and even unclear 
4
Rebecca
James Kendrick
a dense deeply textured emotional excursion one that ultimately ensures that no easy answers are found
4
Rebecca
Ted Prigge
An unforgettable film and further proof that Hitchcock was one of the best and freshest directors around 
4
Rebecca
James Berardinelli
The result exhibits that the director is capable of a range few would credit him with 
3.5
Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film About A Band Called Karp
Jeff Albertson
Badgley does a great job showing what it s like to be in an underground band 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Marta Barber
It is pretty convincing in its argument that China has every intention of destroying the culture of Tibetans 
3.5
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Liam Lacey
A passionate work of advocacy documentary 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Rob Thomas
Peosay does a remarkably good job providing the historical and political context for the China Tibet struggle something that often seems missing from Free Tibet rhetoric 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Meg Jones
Haunting documentary 
3.5
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Steven Rea
A sobering examination of a land in turmoil and a people that have faced what former U S ambassador to the United Nations Jeanne Kirkpatrick cites as 20 years of ethnic cleansing 
3.5
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Joe Baltake
heartbreaking 
3.5
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
John Monaghan
Tibet Cry of the Snow Lion will make even the most apolitical viewers want to hoist their own Free Tibet banners 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Ellen Fox
Such a measured primer of talking heads and footage a broad slick Tibet 101 that it seems better suited to the classroom than the big screen despite its Himalayan scenery and rustic colors 
2.5
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Chris Hewitt
The movie bobs all over the place leaving out important elements including others that make no sense and sandwiching it all together with an endless procession of blathering heads 
2
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Erik Lundegaard
Focuses too much on what we know and not enough on what we don t 
2.5
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Jeff Vice
If you re not at least a little bit moved by some of the more heart rending stories told here you might need to have your metaphorical heart checked 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Michael Booth
If Richard Gere annoys you ignore him and the other celebrities mentioned here and learn something 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Sean P. Means
An emotional look at a battered land and a resilient people 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Phil Villarreal
The film is not perfect It often repeats itself and could have benefitted from more voices of those with firsthand knowledge of the indecencies 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Ty Burr
Cry of the Snow Lion succeeds in making a viewer want to do more but it s scattershot enough to make you want to know more too 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Jonathan Curiel
Documentaries can be informative entertaining and provocative but rare is the documentary that makes you feel so engaged and enraged that it prompts you to action somehow Tibet Cry of the Snow Lion is that kind of film 
4
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One sided yet persuasive 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
V.A. Musetto
Part political thriller part National Geographic travelogue Tom Peosay s documentary is a distressing look at China s 50 year repression of the people of Tibet 
3
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Elizabeth Weitzman
An unabashedly heart tugging documentary 
3
Osombie
John Beifuss
Poor undead Osama bin Laden and his zombie insurgents When you re expecting 72 virgins after death it must be especially frustrating to be gifted instead with reanimated rotting flesh and a taste for human meat 
1.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Forrest Hartman
One of those metaphoric weird out flicks that takes mors pride in shocking than telling an interesting tale 
1.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Joshua Vasquez
Guy Maddin s snow globe cinema hermetically sealed in ghostly adoration of silent cinema is well matched to this darkly comic fable 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
John Beifuss
Greil Marcus has described the folk and race records of the 1920s and 30s as expressions of the old weird America Guy Maddin seems obsessed with the old weird cinema 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
Moira MacDonald
Watch this movie for its imagination not its logic 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
Rene Rodriguez
The weirdest movie of the summer OK the year 
2.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Duane Dudek
Everyone overacts to beat the band in time to Maddin s madcap and totally original beat 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
Marty Mapes
Some of the funniest surreal moments on film since Being John Malkovich
4
The Saddest Music in the World
John Anderson
The amber refracted comedy can serve as an introduction to the work of Canada s most original filmmaker or as a culmination of everything he s done before
3.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Jeff Vice
The Saddest Music in the World is a hard little movie Which doesn t mean that it s hard to watch just that it s hard to describe and classify and harder still to critically analyze 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
Sean P. Means
Hang with it and you will be handsomely rewarded not only for its absurdist humor but for the way Maddin creates a cinematic world where such sublime lunacy is logical 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
Steve Rhodes
Little more than an elaborate stunt created almost exclusively in post production 
2
The Saddest Music in the World
Carla Meyer
The concept is high the humor lowbrow and the joy of experimentation evident in every frame of this wonderful picture 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
Walter Chaw
Maddin frustrated and self immolating forced to toil in a medium he sees only the death of and for an audience he disdains 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
Roger Ebert
To see this film to enter the world of Guy Maddin is to understand how a film can be created entirely by its style and how its style can create a world that never existed before and lure us at first bemused and then astonished into it 
3.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Maddin has reached a new expressive plateau 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
Steven Rea
To say that The Saddest Music in the World is not for everyone is to state the obvious But who s to say whom it is not for Not me 
3.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Michael Wilmington
A strange finely wrought movie out about the perversity of art the hell of families and the chains of commerce coming from a director who wallows in the former two and ignores the last It slayed me 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
James Verniere
Enough leaden whimsy to resink the Lusitania 
2
The Saddest Music in the World
Glenn Whipp
Maddin like beer is something of an acquired taste best appreciated by those with an affinity to mainstream cinema s silent past and independent cinema s occasionally absurdist present 
3
The Saddest Music in the World
Wesley Morris
It s a great work of absurdism cynicism and terrific madness 
3.5
The Saddest Music in the World
V.A. Musetto
There s no mistaking Saddest for anything but a Maddin production An exceptional one at that 
3.5
The Saddest Music in the World
Liam Lacey
Maddin speaks in an almost lost elusive and poetic language of filmmaking 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
Pam Grady
Discerning filmgoers searching for a truly original voice need look no farther 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
David Sterritt
A deliciously weirded out picture by Guy Maddin a deliciously weirded out Canadian filmmaker 
4
The Saddest Music in the World
David Nusair
obtuse and impossible to penetrate 
1
Praying Mantis
Steve Rhodes
Sumptuously set and filmed it s too bad that they couldn t have found more interesting things to say or do when not running around naked 
2.5
Cell
Brian Eggert
The film s lifelessness and sloppiness represent an all time low for King adaptations which is saying something 
0.5
Cell
Federico Furzan
This is just painful to watch and review Full review in Spanish 
1
Cell
Sonny Bunch
Everything feels wrong down to John Cusack s haircut a greasy pseudo mullet You wonder if the production declined to splurge for hairdressers 
1
Cell
Odie Henderson
The concept of humankind turning into one enormous mobile hotspot for use by an evil mastermind has legs It s too bad Cell cuts the idea off at the knees 
2.5
Cell
Mark Dujsik
As for that finale a zombie sing along turns out to be the least ridiculous part 
1.5
Cell
Richard Roeper
Not a polished work of filmmaking Some of the nighttime scenes are so poorly lit it s difficult to tell what s happening The editing is ragged and adds to the confusion More than a few of the supporting performances are embarrassingly amateurish 
2
Cell
Kyle Smith
The survivors never seem like anything but thinly drawn types and the sporadic attack scenes aren t especially original or scary 
1.5
Cell
Chuck Bowen
The film insufficiently connects the book s prophecy with its present day real world forms of realization 
1.5
Cell
David Nusair
One of the worst Stephen King adaptations ever 
1
Kai Po Che!
Namrata Joshi
The backbone is the great casting by Mukesh Chhabra Each of the handpicked actors becomes the character 
3
Kai Po Che!
Kate Taylor
A film that might be the next Bend It Like Beckham if it did not have the sensibilities of the next Dr Zhivago 
2
Kai Po Che!
Bruce DeMara
It s a sprawling tale of friendship during a tumultuous time of sectarian strife in India 
3.5
Sugar & Spice
Michael Dequina
An interesting idea that when played out elicits only a slightly amused shrug at best 
2
Sugar & Spice
David Nusair
46 46 46 an agreeably silly premise that 8217 s employed to watchable 40 albeit forgettable 41 effect 46 46 46 
2.5
Sugar & Spice
Jeff Strickler
The best thing that can be said about the Minnesota made comedy Sugar Spice is that there s no reference to the fact that it was made in Minnesota 
1
Sugar & Spice
Mark Dujsik
A very funny and very entertaining if not ultimately very forgettable movie 
2.5
Sugar & Spice
Jorge Avila Andrade
De no ser por lo irregular de su ritmo satrico hubiera sido una buena y muy disfrutable pelcula 
2
Sugar & Spice
Wesley Lovell
Everyone has a film that they truly enjoy 44 but find it hard to admit 46 quot Sugar amp Spice quot is a movie that could easily become one apos s quot guilty pleasure 46 quot 
3
Sugar & Spice
Mike McGranaghan
A lot more perceptive and witty than most other cheerleader movies 
3
Sugar & Spice
James Kendrick
director Francine McDougall keeps the movie s tone pitched at such a screeching level for its entire duration that it becomes deafening all too quickly
2
Sugar & Spice
Pam Grady
A feeble teen comedy minus the comedy 
1
Sugar & Spice
Bob Graham
It means to be knowing and cynical but is just callow 
1
Sugar & Spice
James Berardinelli
A frothy motion picture that offers moments of guilty pleasure but isn t good enough to earn a recommendation 
2.5
Sugar & Spice
Dustin Putman
The picture feels rushed and rather pointless a nice enough diversion but one that fails to go that extra mile to become anything other than such 
2
Sugar & Spice
Rob Blackwelder
What this picture needed was a darker Heathers like sense of humor 
2
Sugar & Spice
Roger Ebert
It s alive and risky and saucy 
3
Vanilla
Peter Canavese
A lot better than it sounds on paper a funny moving and charming independent debut 
3.5
Vanilla
Rob Thomas
It s always brought back to earth by the performances especially Bauman Murphy who plays Kimmie as hilarious open hearted and above all unapologetic about how she lives 
3
Vanilla
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Sure there are some bumps along the way but the eventual destination makes it all worthwhile 
3
Vanilla
Roger Moore
Just sweet enough Kelsea Bauman is a real find 
2.5
Vanilla
Ty Burr
I m not saying the director should stick to developing apps himself But he might have made a better movie if he d committed to Rocky Road from the start 
1.5
We're No Angels
Roger Ebert
I ve rarely seen a location used more effectively than in We re No Angels where the small town of Mission in British Columbia has been dressed up to match the Depression era 
3
Winter Sleep
Peter Keough
Such miserable people why should we care Maybe because Ceylan does 
4
Winter Sleep
Rob Thomas
The length allows Ceylan to really sink into the characters and their complicated motives at times watching Winter Sleep is like reading a novel 
3
Winter Sleep
Ann Hornaday
The easy gag about the 196 minute Winter Sleep is that it s so good it makes 3 8202 1 2 hours feel like two but that s no joke 
4
Winter Sleep
Liam Lacey
Think of it as dramatic slow cooking where the ingredients take their time to come together 
4
Winter Sleep
Peter Howell
Ceylan spins gold in thought and image set to the mournful strains of Schubert s Piano Sonata No 20 with this impeccably acted morality tale of a wealthy man who sins by omission 
3.5
Winter Sleep
Mark Dujsik
Winter Sleep is captivating as a study of the character s mindset 
3
Winter Sleep
Michael Phillips
Probably the finest and paradoxically least faithful Chekhov adaptation on film 
4
Winter Sleep
Glenn Kenny
This movie struck me as both Ceylan s plainest and perhaps his finest 
4
Winter Sleep
Jesse Cataldo
Nuri Bilge Ceylan again exhibits his gift for making interesting stories out of predetermined plots locating small eddies of change in the midst of eternally fixed dynamics 
3.5
Winter Sleep
Josh Larsen
a series of lengthy revealing conversations during which firelight flickers among the cave like walls casting accusatory shadows across faces 
3.5
A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt
Stephen Cole
A Matter of Taste does an admirable job demonstrating how much body and soul go into a good restaurant 
3
A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt
Linda Barnard
Rowe lets us see the true nature of the genius behind the pans 
3
Strange Fits of Passion
Joshua Tanzer
A familiar kind of story that never gets old in the retelling 
2.5
Eva
Michael O'Sullivan
The relationship between Alex and Eva is sweet and it grounds the film even if certain secrets about it are telegraphed by the script 
3
Eva
Farran Smith Nehme
The final scenes are so good even moving that they make the earlier stuff look better But a film concerned with the nature of emotion needs human engagement throughout 
2
Eva
Roger Moore
Great tone good acting but this sci fi tale of sentient robots gives away its ending pretty much at the opening credits 
2
None but the Brave
Matt Brunson
Singer Tommy Sands at the time married to Nancy Sinatra they divorced later that year is absolutely terrible as a barking lieutenant with his performance almost single handedly crippling the movie 
2.5
Zoo
Mattie Lucas
A beautiful and quietly unnerving film about a forbidden subject that leaves us wishing there was more to it 
2.5
Zoo
Eric Henderson
The legacy of Chris Marker weeps when the future of essay filmmaking looks like a feature length commercial for Ambien 
2
Zoo
Phil Villarreal
Director Robinson Devor makes an only mildly disgusting film about a wholly revolting subject 
3
Zoo
Neva Chonin
Punch lines and outrage come easy but beware If you walk into this film with a secure moral judgment prepare to have it shaken by the time you leave 
3
Zoo
Jeff Vice
Zoo would be laughable if it weren t in such bad taste 
1.5
Zoo
Pam Grady
Zoo with its idiosyncratic subject matter may not be the easiest sell in the world but anyone interested in provocative challenging and unexpected fare owes it to themselves to check it out 
3.5
Zoo
Moira MacDonald
Zoo despite its elegance teeters on a tightrope by relying primarily on words from men who seem reluctant to talk much about what happened it ends up having little to say 
2
Zoo
Bill Stamets
This experimental style documentary invokes the waking dreams of David Lynch Werner Herzog and Errol Morris It s like a true crime inquiry undertaken during a total eclipse 
3.5
Zoo
Michael Phillips
Devor has an eye this is clear If he trades some of the poetry for a little prose next time out he ll really have something whatever his subject 
2.5
Zoo
Ken Fox
Interviewee Jenny Edwards own subsequent research into the abyss leaves her on the edge of understanding and this remarkable haunting film will leave you feeling very much the same way 
4
Zoo
Lou Lumenick
The filmmakers insist none too convincingly that animals are capable of consenting to fulfilling their sexual needs Wilburrrrr 
1.5
Zoo
Ty Burr
Filmed with visual beauty and conceptual taste too much so say the film s detractors it s an eerie glimpse into a secret world 
3
Zoo
Gene Seymour
As artful and delicate as director Robinson Devor tries to be with his documentary s disorienting material the enterprise bogs down from the weight of its artistic intent and mannered methods 
2.5
Ponies
Glenn Heath Jr.
Never distinguishes itself as engaging cinema apart from the main character s vile charisma and a few dynamic dialogue sequences 
2
Mysterious Island
Matt Brunson
Allows Ray Harryhausen to showcase some superb stop motion animation effects and the great Bernard Herrmann Citizen Kane Psycho The 7th Voyage of Sinbad to add another smashing score to his resume 
3
Farmingville
David Sterritt
Illuminating and alarming 
4
Farmingville
Lou Lumenick
A thoughtful old school documentary 
2
Farmingville
Jami Bernard
Farmingville doggedly taps into the larger forces at work including government disregard of an escalating problem and offers only the smallest glimmer of hope that the two sides can work things out through ingenuity and compromise 
3
Farmingville
John Anderson
With the intervening events of 9 11 and the Patriot Act the subject of what happened in Farmingville and what would have happened had it happened now are more relevant than ever 
3.5
As I Lay Dying
Kyle Smith
I don t pretend to have a clue how to adapt William Faulkner s As I Lay Dying for the screen but unlike James Franco I at least didn t try 
1.5
As I Lay Dying
Wes Greene
James Franco s readiness in approaching famously abstract source material certainly doesn t translate well into his directorial formalism or more appropriately lack of formalism 
1.5
The Destructors
Matt Brunson
Even though he doesn t appear until approximately the half hour mark Caine earns top honors as the smooth assassin 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Mattie Lucas
The filmmakers hold nothing back and most of the laughs go right for the throat 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Jeff Beck
What we end up with here is a tonally confused film with jokes that mostly miss and some good performances from the leads 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Michael Dequina
Diddy s scene stealing work proves that he should really take a break from trying to prove his Serious Acting Chops and do more comedy 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Dwight Brown
There s a tight farcical potentially hilarious movie hiding inside this uneven protracted but begrudgingly humorous film 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Sukhdev Sandhu
Given that Judd Apatow is a co producer you d at least expect the film to make you laugh The humour s all over the place though 
2
Get Him to the Greek
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film has a riotous anarchic tone that suits its Rock and Roll personality perfectly and by the time it was over I was actually sad to see it end 
3
Get Him to the Greek
John Wirt
Episodes of high hilarity make the movie worth the trip 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Lori Hoffman
Get Him to the Greek provides a nice blend of laughs and unexpected moments of real warmth
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
David Nusair
46 46 46 Get Him to the Greek ultimately overstays its welcome in a manner that apos s nothing short of breathtaking 46 46 46 
1.5
Get Him to the Greek
Mike Scott
As funny as it often is the longer it goes on the more one gets the feeling that aside from getting them to the Greek Stoller had no real idea where he was taking his characters 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Linda Cook
Raunchy wild and offbeat not unlike Russell Brand himself Get Him to the Greek is a grownups only comedy romp 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Kam Williams
You ll O D on your own laughter 
3.5
Get Him to the Greek
Mike McGranaghan
I laughed quite frequently and recommend the picture on that count but Greek s insights into the sex drugs rock and roll mindset are what really turn it into something special 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Matt Brunson
It s a shaggy tale containing a fair number of jokes that miss their intended targets by a wide berth But the bits that do work and there are many are comic gold fans of raunchy cinema can do far worse 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Sean P. Means
Stoller insists on investing his randy rock star with you know feelings These moments of pathos take away from Brand s gift for scathing and transgressive comedy 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Kit Bowen
Get yourself to see the Greek It s raunchy tasteless hilarious and surprisingly poignant at times 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Christian Toto
Get Him to the Greek is a worthy companion piece to the underrated Forgetting Sarah Marshall 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Wilson Morales
With Diddy on the scene playing what else a music exec the movie is a very funny often outrageously take on the music industry 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Peter Travers
Making Aldous regret his wicked ways is a buzz kill of major proportions 
2
Get Him to the Greek
Stephen Cole
Cheerfully profane in the manner of a dormitory bull session 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has several crazy sequences and plenty of hilarious scattershot jokes 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Aaron Leitko
It s rare that a previously established side character no matter how well loved can deliver the goods in his own show Which is probably why nobody tries it with movies Well nobody but the makers of Get Him to the Greek 
2
Get Him to the Greek
Rob Thomas
It s like My Favorite Year if Peter O Toole had tried to smuggle a small bag of heroin through airport security by having Mark Linn Baker hide it inside himself 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Willie Waffle
We get a heaping helping of randy dirty outrageous humor along with a generous sprinkling of sentimentality but Get Him To The Greek doesn t need the sappiness 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Kyle Smith
Some of the raunchy bits are amusing but others prove that funny doesn t automatically follow from dirty 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Erik Childress
One of the better cinematic portraits of a rock star in recent years but unquestionably the funniest film released so far in 2010 
3.5
Get Him to the Greek
Alison Gang
Sloppily edited scenes are worsened by desperate performances and dialogue that amounts to frenzied screaming and running about 
1
Get Him to the Greek
Chris Hewitt
Watching Get Him to the Greek feels like being at a party with a bunch of wasted people who think they re funnier than they are 
1
Get Him to the Greek
James Kendrick
the movie is ultimately an intense buzz kill for anyone wishing to indulge in some vicarious lifestyle vulgarity as it comes across as too much of a downer in shining a light on the underlying ugliness of the excessive rock star ethos 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Peter Canavese
Reaches its apex with a manic party scene that unleashes the full intimidation of P Diddy and guarantees the phrase stroke the furry wall a place in the comedy lexicon 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Mark Dujsik
The madness has method even if it s written in vomit 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Dustin Putman
Deserves to be Jonah Hill s breakthrough proof that he has what it takes to become a leading man no matter how unlikely that may seem by Hollywood s standards 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Mick LaSalle
So comically fertile and yet so grounded in the reality of its characters that it s really a kind of marvel 
4
Get Him to the Greek
Claudia Puig
The concept is inspired and the movie has some very funny moments But about halfway through this long weekend the frantic tale grows flimsy 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Rene Rodriguez
Get Him to the Greek has some big laughs and it scores an endless source of points by skewering the rock star lifestyle 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Bruce DeMara
Looking for a buddy comedy with wit heart and scatological charm to spare Get thee to this Greek 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Sue Pierman
Making Brand s character the center of this project results in a flick with a split personality half gross out comedy and half depressing biopic of a star besieged by drugs drink and dysfunction It s far more sad than funny 
2
Get Him to the Greek
Ted Fry
Much snappy dialogue keeps the far fetched shenanigans from collapsing into stupidity and agile performances create genuineness in the relationships Foremost is Brand whose wry intelligence inspires an enormously appealing presence 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Carrie Rickey
The film succeeds as a music industry satire a very naughty version of Almost Famous 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Ty Burr
If the movie s all too predictable in its broad outlines it s scurrilously funny in the details and it pushes its two leads and one of its supporting actors in entertainingly fresh directions For early June that s enough 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Josh Larsen
There are a lot of illegal drugs in Get Him to the Greek and the movie itself sort of works like one It s tempting mood altering and the laughs are addictive 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Jeff Vice
Screenwriter director Nicholas Stoller can t decide what he wants to say At times it s a music industry spoof as witnessed by a series of increasingly unfunny music videos They only undercut the more serious somewhat heartfelt moments 
2
Get Him to the Greek
Joe Williams
It s not quite infectious but some of the high notes manage to drown out some of the guttural lows 
2.5
Get Him to the Greek
Joe Lozito
Russell Brand s Forgetting Sarah Marshall character gets a movie all his own The result is as you might imagine too much of a good thing 
2
Get Him to the Greek
Michael Phillips
The movie s a good rude commercial comedy How many good movies have we even seen this year 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Roger Ebert
The reason the friendship works is that Russell Brand and Jonah Hill are good actors Hill s character is required to be blotto half of the time but there s the sense that he s desperately trying to do the right thing 
3
Get Him to the Greek
James Berardinelli
Get Him to the Greek turns out to be the funniest hard R comedy since The Hangover 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Roger Moore
Greek might be this year s The Hangover 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Brett Michel
If this sounds like a remake of My Favorite Year for the new millennium well it is Being a Judd Apatow production it s also sweet natured despite an unrelenting onslaught of raunch 
3
Get Him to the Greek
Nick Schager
Now here s a relatively new if not necessarily welcome idea the sorta kinda not really sequel 
2
As in Heaven
Steven Prokopy
Although not always an easy watch the film is beautifully acted by performers both young and old with a solid story about women s roles in rural areas that feels as old as time 
3
As in Heaven
Kent Turner
Ethereal and earthy 
3
That's the Way I Like It
Michael Dequina
In paying tribute to the culture of the glitter ball era writer director Glen Goei doesn t downplay the kitschiness of it all in fact he embraces it 
3
That's the Way I Like It
Steve Rhodes
Turn on the disco ball and crank up the music and the film sizzles Otherwise it drags like an old Lawrence Welk 78 record played on 33 1 3 
2.5
That's the Way I Like It
Roger Ebert
Saturday Night Fever this movie isn t but it s not supposed to be It s a funny homage a nod to the way that some movies are universal in their appeal 
3
That's the Way I Like It
Ross Anthony
Starting out kind of sticky like a student piece the film slowly matures much like it s primary character 
2.5
To the End
Monica Castillo
Throughout To the End 44 there is a clear sense of urgency to the call for action 46 
2.5
To the End
Mark Dujsik
As for how this legislation 46 46 46 actually affect 91 s 93 the environment 44 that apos s left between the lines of this documentary 46 
2
Dead Mary
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Nothing more than an angsty tedious self important and painfully boring drama that seems to use the horror genre as only a hook to garner an audience 
1
Good
Roger Moore
Sweet but uneven and not particularly graceful
1.5
Prettykill
Richard Freedman
A labored congested exploitation flick 
0
Springsteen on Broadway
Carlos Valladares
Springsteen s attempts to conjure up a spell while they probably worked on the stage are constantly shattered by Thom Zimny s cuts and disengaged zooms 
2
Springsteen on Broadway
Joey Magidson
Not only does Springsteen on Broadway work on its own as a Netflix special it gives you all the same feels seeing the show live at the Walter Kerr Theater brought out 
4
Saint
David Nusair
Saint has been infused with a plodding hopelessly humorless sensibility that inevitably drains the viewer s interest and cements the movie s place as a missed opportunity of nigh epic proportions 
1.5
Saint
Chris Cabin
Mythology bites back against centuries of whitewashing by capitalism and Catholicism in this holiday slasher but it can t even manage to break the skin 
1
Low Down
Brad Wheeler
Somewhere over the rainbow the skies are blue that s the dream Some make it some don t this eloquent daughter s tale shows both sides 
2.5
Low Down
Linda Barnard
Gets stuck in a cycle of addiction and morning after regret while missing a chance to explore the how and why of its characters 
2.5
Low Down
Paul de Barros
Low Down nicely evokes a smokey mood of 50s jazz and Hollywood noir and deserves points for its emotional straightforwardness but its tired story and deliberate pace never really draw you in 
2.5
Low Down
Tirdad Derakhshani
Fanning s performance rescues the film from mediocrity 
3
Low Down
George Varga
While Low Down earns points for bravely and candidly conveying its message without a trace of Hollywood sugarcoating or simplistic pontificating few may be able to get through it without squirming and looking away 
2.5
Low Down
Dann Gire
Moody but dramatically lackluster 
2
Low Down
Stephanie Merry
The squalor alone isn t enough this would be a more affecting story had if it showed us what was happening beneath the decaying exterior 
2
Low Down
Michael Phillips
Low Down serves as a terrific example of how to evoke a given period on a tight budget 
3.5
Low Down
Matt Pais
You ll want to lie down 
1.5
Low Down
Matt Zoller Seitz
Preiss movie does a consistently excellent job of explaining the lure of jazz and the psychology of addicts their enablers and their children without explaining anything 
3.5
Low Down
Sara Stewart
Low Down painstakingly re creates the look and sound of the gritty life of jazz pianist and heroin addict Joe Albany in the 1960s and 70s but can t find its rhythm 
1.5
Low Down
Rex Reed
The story is familiar the screenplay never explains the demons that drove Joe Albany to trash his talent and the life of a reckless junkie eventually grows tedious 
2
Low Down
Kenji Fujishima
There s only so much that Fanning s vividly expressive face and Hawkes s charismatic sensitivity can mask before we realize how little we truly understand what goes on in anybody s head 
2
Die feinen Unterschiede (Our Little Differences)
David Nusair
Our Little Differences complete lack of ambition has long since cemented its place as a curiously pointless little drama 
1.5
After Hours
Brian Eggert
Scorsese s 1985 release though not commonly measured alongside his best works represents a stylistic exercise unmatched in his career
4
After Hours
Tom Meek
A great tech time capsule from not too long ago when PCs were rooted to the desktop and you needed change to place a phone call on a busy street corner 
3
After Hours
Christy Lemire
It might not make any sense It might not even matter But it s a blast while it lasts and it brings the most perfect of endings along with the sunrise 
3
After Hours
Josh Larsen
never quite generates the comic flow its story needs 
1.5
After Hours
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I love it for its unrelenting inventiveness its constant motion and its curmudgeonly glass half empty outlook 
4
After Hours
Eric Henderson
Scorsese s showmanship ends up enhancing the film s dreamlike surrealist sense of encroaching hysteria 
2.5
After Hours
James Sanford
a comedy that s both uproariously funny often in a most uncomfortable way and deeply disturbing at the same time 
4
After Hours
Collin Souter
One of Scorsese s very best films A dark parable of The Wizard of Oz with neurosis to spare 
4
After Hours
Roger Ebert
This is the work of a master filmmaker who controls his effects so skillfully that I was drained by this film 
4
These Foolish Things
David Wiegand
For much of the way These Foolish Things not only drips with catty dialogue it fairly overflows so much so that you half wonder if it s meant to be a satire Alas no 
2
The Lovers
Dan Callahan
This film is nowhere close to Ophuls s landmark but it did inaugurate Moreau s extraordinary run of 60s art films in high style 
2.5
Risky Business
David Nusair
a distressingly erratic comedy that s far too slick for its own good 
2
Risky Business
James Berardinelli
For writer director Paul Brickman this was a case of being in the right place at the right time and perhaps most importantly getting the right leading man in place 
3
Risky Business
Peter Canavese
It s easy to forget the idiosyncracies of a film that so successfully trades on adolescent male fantasies and nightmares Blu ray 
3
Risky Business
Scott Nash
Seeing Cruise so baby faced is the biggest surprise but his talent was definitely visible 
3
Risky Business
Roger Ebert
It s funny because it deals with subjects that are so touchy so fraught with emotional pain that unless we laugh there s hardly any way we can deal with them especially if we are now or ever were a teenage boy 
4
Pumping Iron II: The Women
Roger Ebert
You walk into this movie expecting to see a lot of sweat and you walk out with more to think about than you bargained for 
3.5
The Man Who Copied
Jeff Strickler
This Brazilian film starts as a quirky romantic comedy before suddenly becoming a violent crime drama It s a radical turn so much so that it almost goes over a cliff 
2.5
The Man Who Copied
Chris Hewitt
The Brazilian romantic comedy careens down such an elaborately entertaining route that I hesitate to call it a romantic comedy It s funny all the way but romance doesn t enter the picture until the picture is almost over 
3
The Man Who Copied
Ty Burr
Even after it loses its way the movie suggests a world where anything can happen and no one certainly not the girl of one s dreams is quite who he or she seems to be 
2.5
The Man Who Copied
Peter Canavese
An unconventional romance a complex crime movie and a jaunty comedy few will leave this stylish adventurous film wanting for entertainment 
3
The Man Who Copied
Walter V. Addiego
This ambitious and sometimes entertaining Brazilian feature tries to pull off a tricky maneuver but doesn t quite get it done 
2
The Man Who Copied
Stephen Whitty
The Man Who Copied is an awfully stylish film But like its hero it foolishly tries to trick us and in the end doesn t even tell the truth to itself 
2.5
The Man Who Copied
Elizabeth Weitzman
A big hit back home this good humored gem from Brazilian director Jorge Furtado manages to tackle some serious issues without sacrificing its inherently sweet nature 
3
The Man Who Copied
V.A. Musetto
The story eventually spirals out of control there s much too much happening 
2.5
The Man Who Copied
David Sterritt
Furtado s comic thriller is a telling commentary on modern avarice in Brazil and elsewhere which touches on everything from The Simpsons to Rear Window along the way 
3
The Man Who Copied
Jan Stuart
Insistently quirky romp from Brazil 
3
The Man Who Copied
Steve Rhodes
It s a real gem of a tale beautifully told and it would make a great candidate for Best Foreign Language Film at next year s Academy Awards 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
David Nusair
a woefully erratic adaptation that predominantly feels like it should be an hour shorter 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sarah Knight Adamson
You can t help but be moved The film brought me to tears with true terror 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dann Gire
Maybe Harry Potter could cast a magic spell over us before we see his new movie 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Tracie Cooper
As J K Rowling wove a conclusion as ominous as it was elegant in the final installment of the Potter series so too has director David Yates in Part 1 of Deathly Hallows 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Roger Moore
Alternately funny and touching it s the best film in the series an Empire Strikes Back for these wizards and their wizarding world And those effects They re so special you don t notice them 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Jeff Beck
It seems unfair to chide the entire film for one sagging act so in the end this first part gets a slight recommendation for its characters art direction and some thrills 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Wesley Lovell
A terrific set up to the final chapter of our favorite boy wizard s saga 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Jordan Hiller
The domineering final stretch of a story that has become as much popcorn distraction as old reliable friend is shaping up to be part family reunion part merciless slugfest 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Linda Cook
The saga of Harry Potter definitely heats up before it winds down 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sara Michelle Fetters
The third entry in a row to be directed by David Yates this one is by far the most mature of the entire series and while moments of action and adventure do occur they aren t nearly as frequent as they were in earlier chapters 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Eric Melin
The decision to split it into two movies couldn t have paid off more Yates finally has the time to spend with Harry Ron and Hermione that s he hasn t had lately and the movie is 100 percent better for it 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Christian Toto
A stop gap not a movie 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Robert Levin
David Yates s third crack at the franchise goes to a dark interesting place even if the whole enterprise feels rather played out so last decade 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Kam Williams
A water treading sequel with no emotional momentum ostensibly serving as a setup for next summer s grand finale
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
John Beifuss
It s essentially a horror movie set in the belly of the beast almost literally The film s not 10 minutes old before a giant constrictor opens its fanged jaws and swallows the camera lens and us whole plunging the screen into darkness 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
James Kendrick
the cleaving of Rowling s 759 page finale into two separate films ultimately benefits the material allowing the filmmakers to take their time and keep as much of the story as possible while also maintaining a taut narrative pace
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Keith Cohen
The three main leads deficient acting ability causes the movie to falter in the middle The absence of the colorful supporting players to bolster enthusiasm is a crucial missing ingredient The computer generated special visual effects are 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Matt Brunson
The coasting comes in the middle of the movie which is fortunate since it leaves the production with a vibrant opening act and a powerhouse final hour 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Mike McGranaghan
The best looking and best acted film in the series so far Drags a bit in the middle act Otherwise a solid wind up for the grand finale 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This latest installment is almost Bressonian in its setup and execution If nothing else it s audacious 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Lori Hoffman
We might sometimes take the skills of Radcliffe Grint and Watson for granted they deserve acclaim for keeping the continuity of their performances intact for a decade 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Wilson Morales
Part II won t come until next summer so for now if you have been a faithful follower you won t bored at all with this installment just a bit anxious for the next one 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Joe Williams
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is slower and stranger than any of the previous films simultaneously raising hopes for a haunting finale while dimming hopes for a magical one 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Claire Martin
By any measure Deathly Hallows is a ripping thriller 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Tyler Hanley
Yates Radcliffe and the rest of the Potter posse are giving fans exactly what they deserve a powerful denouement worthy of a boy wizard who has charmed the world for more than a dozen years 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Marty Mapes
Penultimate installment mostly for lovers of the books
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
John Wirt
A meandering downbeat steppingstone to the Potter series grand finale 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rob Thomas
A very satisfying blend of mood and spectacle action and character wonder and fear 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Bob Bloom
The first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is everything fans should expect It is brooding a bit scary action packed sentimental dangerous and grand 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Matt Soergel
Who needs Hogwarts 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Willie Waffle
The most disappointing of the series but better than most movies out there 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Chris Hewitt
Not surprisingly Part 1 feels like only half a film but as this beloved series prepares to draw to a close it is a mighty good start 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rossiter Drake
Readers expecting everything plus the kitchen sink or in this case seven magical Horcruxes should not be disappointed 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Mark Dujsik
The build up to part two is a fine tease to the end of a franchise that has quickly started to feel like a chore 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Walter Chaw
It s a film of great courage and artistry a movie ostensibly for children that s also worthy of them 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Amy Biancolli
This one is a long archetypal journey that screeches to a halt a few stops short of its destination 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Lou Lumenick
Beautifully shot but a soulless cash machine Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 delivers no dramatic payoff no resolution and not much fun 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Kent Turner
For the first time their coming of age journey outshines the special effects 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Scott Bowles
Menacing and meditative Hallows is arguably the best installment of the planned eight film franchise though audiences who haven t kept up with previous chapters will be hopelessly lost 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Stephen Whitty
The truth is that this film is mostly plain work done by rote like any introductory potions class The real fun and thrills and tears come next year 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sean O'Connell
There s nothing inherently wrong with his initial adaptation of J K Rowling s seventh and final novel except for the fact that it ends with the best parts of the story yet to be told 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Duane Dudek
At 146 minutes Part 1 is like a director s cut or a DVD filled with bonus materials that expands to fill the available space through dilution 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Peter Travers
Like a virgin s padded bra Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I is all tease zero payoff 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Robert W. Butler
The upside of this one supposes is that when Part 2 comes out next year it will be nonstop excitement We ve already endured the iffy parts 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Mike Scott
The best of the franchise to date a satisfying appetite whetting setup for the series finale 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Roger Showley
This is a three jumps out of your seat thriller a road movie minus Bob and Bing a gray hued travelogue through the shoddy side England Scotland and Wales bog moor and power plants 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rick Groen
Alas as directed by the returning David Yates these big chase sequences are the usual compendium of ear splitting noise and eye glazing edits again no magic required and none delivered 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Lawrence Toppman
It s grim funny in one sequence about shapeshifters vivid in moments of violent action nearly devoid of plot twists and marked by long patches where Harry Ron and Hermione camp in the woods 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Todd Hertz
It s the closest the HP movies will get to a reserved character drama My favorite parts are the tiny dialogue less character moments packed with emotional undercurrents 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Joe Lozito
The seventh Harry Potter movie asks the most of its audience thus far and returns the least If you re not a fan and know nothing of the characters the film will be a difficult slog Those bought into the franchise will be appropriately enthralled 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
James Berardinelli
The movie builds erratically to the moment when the end credits start rolling After sacrificing nearly 2 1 2 hours to this movie there s a sense that more is deserved 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Moira MacDonald
For those caught up in the Potter world and surely anyone who isn t dropped out of this franchise long ago Deathly Hallows is immensely satisfying 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dustin Putman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 features some of the strongest most beautifully realized moments in all of the series In other respects it is one of the most fundamentally problematic entries 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Michael A. Smith
Kloves brings Rowling s world to life engrossing you in the story and making your truly care about these characters 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rene Rodriguez
I d be lying if I said I m not eager to see how everything turns out 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Wesley Morris
Like Alfonso Cuarón who made Azkaban Yates and his crew are as visually descriptive as Rowling was with language 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Charlie McCollum
Much of the heavy lifting falls to Watson and in such moments as the one where she must wipe out her family s memories of her to protect them she is more than up to the task 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Peter Howell
The high quality of the series remains Returning director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves remain attentive as ever to Rowlings holy text and the mood is as magic as always 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Carrie Rickey
When Warner Brothers announced that it planned to split the seventh and final installment of J K Rowling s wizarding septology into two separate films I figured it was all about the money Turns out it was all about the story 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Nick Schager
More like Harry Potter and the Torturous Moping 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Thelma Adams
It s easy to get lost in the rich two and a half hour installment but it wraps up too abruptly 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Erik Childress
A grim landscape for our heroes So grim in fact that you may feel as if Harry Ron and Hermione are the last survivors of an apocalyptic aftermath and Part II may be all the better for it 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Phil Villarreal
I could watch this stuff all night and practically did since the movie is so needlessly long 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Roger Ebert
The film depends more on mood and character than many of the others and key actions seem to be alarmingly taking place off screen 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Josh Larsen
I knew magic could be dark there is plenty of that in Part 1 but who knew it could also be so sad 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Michael Phillips
The story within the story regarding the deathly hallows is visualized by way of shadow puppet style animation and the effect is quite beautiful 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Peter Keough
When a movie begins with the Warner Bros logo crumbling in decay and ends with a defiled grave you know you ve experienced an evening of magic 
3
Louisiana Story
James Kendrick
It displays many of Flaherty s great strengths as a filmmaker but it also showcases some of his weaknesses which makes it an uneven film that is not in league with his earlier works 
2
Kill Me Three Times
David Nusair
the movie improves immeasurably as it progresses into its everything goes south third act 
2.5
Kill Me Three Times
Nick Allen
A tale of mistaken killers and coincidence becomes tediously tangled in Kriv Stenders s Kill Me Three Times a suicidal experiment with narrative 
1
Kill Me Three Times
Scott Nash
Despite the derivative nature of the film there are still things to enjoy 
2.5
Kill Me Three Times
Sean P. Means
Everything you need to know about the atrocious Australian crime thriller Kill Me Times can be summed up in a guitar riff 
0
Kill Me Three Times
Glenn Kenny
All participants could have gotten up to something far more enjoyable 
1
Kill Me Three Times
Tirdad Derakhshani
Not a great film Or particularly good In fact it s fairly bad as B movies go 
2
Kill Me Three Times
Anders Wright
It s got a terrific cast and a quirky sensibility to it but there s something that feels like a misfire The movie tries to straddle the line between R rated violent crime thriller and dark comedy and as such doesn t quite succeed at either 
2
Kill Me Three Times
Moira MacDonald
Pegg s a pleasure but elsewhere Kill Me Three Times is never as clever as it wants to be 
2
Kill Me Three Times
Tom Russo
An Australian crime yarn with a solid cast and tone but not enough freshness or enough of Pegg s waggishness to be memorable 
2
Kill Me Three Times
Michael O'Sullivan
Although Kill Me Three Times includes a few murders it does nothing to justify its title Mostly it just shoots itself in the foot over and over 
1.5
Kill Me Three Times
Thomas Lee
It s nice to see Pegg stretch a little and play the bad guy Too bad Kill Me Three Times doesn t give him better material 
2
Kill Me Three Times
Roger Moore
Amusing a bit on the nose and self consciously clever but it never outsmarts itself
2.5
Kill Me Three Times
Wes Greene
The affectionate humanism that typically laces Simon Pegg s postmodern self awareness is missing from Kriv Stenders s film 
1.5
Kill Me Three Times
Kyle Smith
A circle of lowlifes gradually kill one another off to no great effect in the dull and woebegone comic noir Kill Me Three Times 
1
It Should Happen to You
David Nusair
an exceedingly minor premise that s employed to watchable yet mostly forgettable effect 
2.5
Time and Tide
Michael Dequina
Spectacular and exhilarating plot be damned 
3
Time and Tide
Mark Dujsik
All and all Time and Tide is to be completely unprofessional for a moment really damn cool 
3
Time and Tide
Steven Rea
Goofy outlandish and exhilarating 
3.5
Time and Tide
Bill Chambers
Time and Tide looks imaginative and that s sufficient 
3
Time and Tide
Jonathan Foreman
Proves once again that it doesn t matter if the camera is dancing a jig on the ceiling if the storytelling is no good 
1.5
Time and Tide
Tor Thorsen
There s no question Hark still has talent he just needs to find his footing again 
2.5
Time and Tide
Wesley Morris
At its most compulsive this is the only action flick you ll need this summer 
3
Time and Tide
Rob Blackwelder
A funny thrilling kinetic barrage of brilliant Hong Kong action 
3
Time and Tide
Roger Ebert
The presence of flesh and blood actors and stunt people create an urgency lacking in the obviously fabricated Mummy effects 
3
Time and Tide
Ross Anthony
This music video esque production more eye candy than logic is still fun to watch 
2.5
Time and Tide
Harvey S. Karten
Moves with such absurd swiftness that you could say that time and tide wait for no audience man 
1.5
Horses of God
Farran Smith Nehme
Director Nabil Ayouch does a remarkable job of putting you inside this brutal world from the garbage dumps that serve as playgrounds to soaring aerial shots of the endless tin roofs that form their neighborhood 
3
Horses of God
Elise Nakhnikian
Nabil Ayouch s film allows us see how young suicide bombers horses of God as the man in charge of their mission calls them might deserve our pity 
3
Adventureland
Matt Brunson
Here 8217 s that rare youth flick where it 8217 s actually believable that the brainy guy gets the girl 46 
3
Adventureland
Mattie Lucas
Mottola strikes a pitch perfect balance between drama and comedy summing up the hopes and dreams of those in that final transitional period into the real world 
3.5
Adventureland
Kelly Jane Torrance
Adventureland is written and directed by Greg Mottola the director of the raunchy bromance Superbad but with this film he has given us something more personal and at the same time more universal 
3
Adventureland
Rob Humanick
Deserving of Citizen Kane status in its insight emotional depth and yes entertainment 
3.5
Adventureland
Mike Scott
If Adventureland was an amusement park ride it would be the Ferris wheel Both are amusing but tame alluring but forgettable 
2
Adventureland
Sean McBride
As you would expect from Mottola s new film the film features plenty of sex talk awkward situations bodily fluids pratfalls and drug humor As you might not expect the film is decidedly tamer than Superbad 
3
Adventureland
Jay Antani
The movie s rewards outpace its flaws by a mile and give us another reason to follow the career of a gifted young lead actor 
3.5
Adventureland
Jeffrey Westhoff
Adventureland tells a bleaker story than the audience might expect but for the most part the coming of age drama is sincere and honest 
3
Adventureland
Peter Keough
Adventureland turns out to be one of Mottola s more original creations a down at the heels establishment that epitomizes everything that s sad and tacky about that period in American culture 
2.5
Adventureland
Linda Cook
Perfectly written perfectly cast and perfectly brilliant Adventureland is as good as it gets 
4
Adventureland
Peter Canavese
The heart of Adventureland lies in the emotional microcosm of the amusement park a place that delivers its share of laughs and lust but turns out to be not all fun and games 
3
Adventureland
Eric Melin
It captures perfectly that feeling of weightlessness just before impending adulthood At once a personal and generational film it also carries a poetic kind of melancholy that s unique to movies of its kind save for maybe Say Anything or Dazed
4
Adventureland
John Beifuss
Seems to be the first teen comedy inspired by the recession even if the downturn depicted here is the hard times Reagan year of 1987 
3
Adventureland
Scott Nash
A talented cast and a great soundtrack 
3
Adventureland
Gary Brown
Uneven and downright bumpy at times Adventureland is a reflective look at life in the 80 s backed by a terrific soundtrack and enough chuckles to justify two hours of your life 
3
Adventureland
James Kendrick
has just enough oddball gags and adolescent humor to fill a two minute trailer but its heart and soul are deeply invested in the slightly shaky awkward geek chic moroseness of indie art dramedy
3
Adventureland
Kam Williams
A refreshing retro comedy with depth recommended more for the message and the romance than for the shock value of its raunchy moments 
3.5
Adventureland
Frank Ochieng
a refreshing take on the teen turmoil scene where the uncertainty and inherent fear of a gifted mind is explored with the legitimacy of doubt and disappointment 
3
Adventureland
Michael Smith
Mottola s script perfectly captures man s lifelong pursuit of often unattainable coolness And cool girls 
3.5
Adventureland
Robert W. Butler
If his plot falls into a predictable pattern Mottola is able to work some attractive variations with his strong cast 
3
Adventureland
Cammila Albertson
It all inspires a sense of affection that makes it easy to love 
3
Adventureland
Krista Soriano
The relationships and exchanges feel like real life rather than gimmicky over the top scenes from other R rated comedies 
3.5
Adventureland
Amy Biancolli
The youths of Superbad were a little bit younger a little more likable their dirty virgin wit more hilarious than in Adventureland 
2
Adventureland
Kyle Smith
Adventureland isn t as clever as Kicking and not nearly as hilarious as Superbad but it s still a sweet little memory ache a Proustian cookie co flavored with semiotics and Whitesnake 
3.5
Adventureland
Stephen Whitty
The movie does a very good job of capturing the teens and their times Everything feels right from the ups and downs of late 80s rock to the way kids really behaved 
3
Adventureland
Lisa Kennedy
It proves Mottola has a sweet sensibility for intimate grins as well as broad yuks 
2.5
Adventureland
Michael Sragow
The movie doesn t bog down in despair Mottola has quickness savvy and flair he never lets you forget there s an amusement park to run 
3.5
Adventureland
Carla Meyer
Filled with likable actors and 1980s pop songs Adventureland ambles entertains and ends without ever trying to be more than a tribute to odd jobs unlikely friends and hanging out 
3
Adventureland
Mick LaSalle
With Adventureland Mottola is using some of the stock from his Superbad triumph to make the kind of personal film he should be making that he probably would have liked to have made in the years following Daytrippers 
3
Adventureland
Christian Toto
Adventureland is the comic roller coaster ride of 2009 
3
Adventureland
Chris Hewitt
I liked Adventureland a lot 
3
Adventureland
Peter Howell
Adventureland is what you might call stealth comedy The laughs are few but they sneak up on you and really deliver 
3
Adventureland
Daniel M. Kimmel
Eisenberg and Stewart end up making the most heartbreakingly honest couple we may see on screen all year 
3
Adventureland
Erik Childress
The only real nostaglia on display much like the overplayed rock soundtrack of the park s speakers is the feeling that you ve just seen and heard this story all before 
2.5
Adventureland
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film s main concern is the characters and they re a genuinely tarnished genuinely appealing bunch 
3.5
Adventureland
Dustin Putman
As a universal tale of the post adolescent experience Adventureland is knowledgeable and wise virtually every bone in its body an honest one 
3
Adventureland
Charles Koplinski
The most pleasant cinematic surprise of 2009 
3.5
Adventureland
Rick Groen
Director Mottola coaxes a set of uniformly credible performances from his ensemble cast and makes effective use of a soundtrack that s as eclectic as the characters 
3
Adventureland
Lawrence Toppman
Mottola also wrote the screenplay which is most fresh and honest when dealing with supporting characters 
3
Adventureland
Claudia Puig
While Adventureland may shift moods suddenly and meander the highlight is Eisenberg s ability to endearingly convey gawkiness and mortification 
2.5
Adventureland
Peter Travers
Adventureland throws a lot at us but not enough of it sticks 
2.5
Adventureland
Duane Dudek
Mottola gets a surprising amount of mileage out of a formula that is running on fumes his dialogue is sharp and the lo fi indie film quality of the piece feels consistent with the spirit of the rundown theme park or vice versa 
2.5
Adventureland
Moira MacDonald
Though James is a passive hero Eisenberg plays him with such earnest charm that you root for him 
3
Adventureland
Jeff Vice
An appealing coming of age tale with a ring of truth to it In some respects it may remind you of the better John Hughes films 
3
Adventureland
David Nusair
a weak coming of age story that s simply unable to bring anything new to the well worn genre 
2
Adventureland
Wesley Morris
It s the sort of flavorless willfully quirky occasionally amusing slice of suburban boredom that for years has given the Sundance Film Festival its soft gooey center 
2
Adventureland
Steven Rea
Adventureland mixes the intimate indie vibe of Daytrippers with the absurdist screwball streak of Superbad to winning effect 
3
Adventureland
Connie Ogle
The real challenge for Adventureland a sweet surprisingly tender romantic comedy set at a Pittsburgh amusement park is to confound expectations 
3
Adventureland
Michael Phillips
A little warmer a little funnier and a lot more truthful than the last 20 or 30 of its ilk 
4
Adventureland
Joe Williams
Although this 80s flashback has an appealing sheen of sweetness it sticks so closely to the rhythms of remembrance that it lacks dramatic impact We ve heard this story too many times before 
2.5
Adventureland
John Anderson
Adventureland may be targeted at teens but it s a sophisticated film that just happens to be about unformed people and their raw emotions 
3.5
Adventureland
Roger Ebert
Director Greg Mottola who made the rather wonderful Superbad is back now with a sweeter story more quietly funny again about a hero who believes he may be a virgin outstaying his shelf life 
3
Adventureland
Robert Levin
A period piece that makes up for its lack of dramatic heft with small moments filled with nostalgia and warmth 
3
Adventureland
Phil Villarreal
The thunder that follows the Superbad lightning 
3.5
Adventureland
Rossiter Drake
Those expecting another Superbad may be surprised to discover that Adventureland is nothing of the sort It s far more grounded populated by thoughtful unaffected characters whose misadventures ring true It is also to date the year s best film 
4
Adventureland
James Berardinelli
A sharp insightful charming motion picture 
3.5
Adventureland
Bill Weber
The heart of Mottola s autobiographical paean to young male mortification lies in the one on one scenes between his able leads Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart 
2.5
Prick Up Your Ears
Henry Sheehan
To reconstruct private lives when documentation gives out is an act of imagination and that is what the film Prick Up Your Ears is all about 
3
Prick Up Your Ears
Roger Ebert
The great performances in the movie are of course at its center Gary Oldman plays Orton and Alfred Molina plays Halliwell and these are two of the best performances of the year 
4
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Kevin Carr
More true to the book 8217 s style than the live action version 44 this is a cute film but can have a reasonable parent frustrated with its overall messaging 46 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Roger Moore
This is third tier cable channel for kids level CGI 3D animation 46 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Phil Villarreal
A step in the right direction for the flagging franchise 46 
3
Hell Fest
Brian Eggert
The movie remains satisfying because it s not trying to approach the slasher genre from a place of irony or nostalgia as many have in recent years 
3.5
Hell Fest
Mattie Lucas
An agreeably good natured fright fest that gleefully evokes the spirit of sideshow haunted houses 
2.5
Hell Fest
Federico Furzan
It s not that Hell Fest is bad It s just that it makes you feel like they could have done more much more Full review in Spanish 
2
Hell Fest
Matt Brunson
At its best Hell Fest makes inspired use of its amusement park setting but it ultimately counts for naught when the plotting is this threadbare and the characters this insipid 
2
Hell Fest
Linda Cook
The coolest things about it are Tony Todd and the environment itself 
1.5
Hell Fest
Mike McGranaghan
If you like Halloween amusement park spook houses and haunted hayrides Hell Fest is the movie for you 
3
Hell Fest
David Nusair
It s clear that the novelty of Hell Fest s very existence ie a 1980s style slasher carries it for almost the entirety of its appreciatively brief running time 
2
Hell Fest
Sara Michelle Fetters
Frustratingly by the numbers depressingly formulaic and disappointingly rushed during its climactic stretch 
2.5
Hell Fest
Kevin A. Ranson
with the coolest Halloween mazes you ve never seen characters are kept on their toes as much as the target audience wishes they were in there with them 
3
Hell Fest
Nick Allen
A pretty bad movie that makes a great case for more slashing at horror theme parks 
1.5
Hell Fest
Mark Dujsik
As clever as the setup may be we quickly realize that the filmmakers aren t interested in taking advantage of it 
1.5
Hell Fest
Roger Moore
Falls on the Why d they even bother releasing this end of the horror cinema spectrum 
1
Risk/Reward
Jonathan Foreman
A quietly compelling documentary that is refreshing in both form and content 
3
Risk/Reward
David Sterritt
Informative engrossing documentary about women working in high powered Wall Street business firms where men traditionally hold the reins 
3
Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
V.A. Musetto
It has some very funny moments Van Peebles floating up the Hudson in an inner tube for instance although it goes on too long Still it confirms Van Peebles reputation as a one of a kind 
2.5
Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Kam Williams
This patchwork quilt of slapdash sketches is less a fully fleshed out cinematic concept than a mediocre piece of performance art 
1
$ (Dollars)
Roger Ebert
Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn are weirdly interesting together Their acting styles lie at right angles so you get two textures in the same scene This contrast in the acting really works 
3
Calvaire
Michael Wilmington
Du Welz has definite visual dramatic talent Calvaire was a Cannes festival pick But like Norman Bates car he need to get pulled out of the swamp 
2.5
Calvaire
G. Allen Johnson
What sells this movie is the realistic attention to detail and the bravura direction of Fabrice Du Welz who draws a gut wrenching performance from Lucas 
3
Calvaire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not so much scary as just plain brutal 
2.5
Calvaire
V.A. Musetto
Director co writer Fabrice du Welz has taken a clichd premise and infused it with a stylish perversity that should have horror fans squealing with delight 
3
Calvaire
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Fabrice Du Welz doesn t reinvent the backwoods freakshow formula but there is something undeniably entertaining about violent psychos who are also committed art lovers 
2
Calvaire
Jeremiah Kipp
While The Ordeal can t pass itself off as an art house horror about the nature of love among the cannibals it sometimes has a sick sexual frisson that resonates 
2
Calvaire
David Nusair
the payoff isn t even remotely worth the almost interminable setup 
1.5
The Judge
Mattie Lucas
A bracing study of a fearless pioneer whose quest for justice reverberates far beyond Palestine 
3
The Judge
Josh Terry
Couched in beautiful cinematography that highlights the exotic architecture of Palestine the documentary follows al Faqih s story through her early legal background to showcase her unique and groundbreaking position 
3
The Judge
Sean P. Means
The Judge is complex and engaging 
3
The Judge
Vanessa H. Larson
Although Faqih speaks eloquently about women s rights and what she stands for a bit more personal introspection might have been illuminating 
2.5
The Judge
Carla Meyer
The Judge lays out facts while avoiding making easy judgments about how Palestinian men view and treat women 
3
The Judge
Gayle MacDonald
The documentary is an inspiration to women not just in the Middle East who are determined to rise to the top of their professions despite the odds being stacked against them 
2.5
Dancing Across Borders
Calvin Wilson
Less than an hour and a half long it seems to take forever to end 
2
Dancing Across Borders
Chris Hewitt
Have you ever listened to someone delightedly telling you a story and not realizing how badly he comes off in his own tale That s the queasy sensation I got from the documentary Dancing Across Borders 
1
Dancing Across Borders
Sarah Kaufman
Do gooder vanity projects don t come more self aggrandizing than this 
2
Dancing Across Borders
David Wiegand
There are times when the subject of a documentary transcends merely adequate filmmaking and that is very much the case with Dancing Across Borders 
3
Dancing Across Borders
Janos Gereben
The film is a wonderful mix of ballet rehearsals and performances the saga of a young artist s struggle and success and a personal story of dealing with cross cultural conflict and resolution 
3
Dancing Across Borders
Wesley Morris
Sometimes with documentaries the best intentions have a way of making decent people look bad Dancing Across Borders is a dismaying case in point 
2
Dancing Across Borders
Jeffrey Gantz
Twyla Tharp calls him remarkable and watching him do Harlequin in Balanchine s La Sonnambula you can see why he might not be a born ballet dancer but he s a born performer 
3
Dancing Across Borders
John Hartl
In carefully edited clips from his Cambodian years brief mention is made of Pol Pot s devastating influence as well as later performances in the United States Bass demonstrates his stunning leaps and graceful partnering 
3
Dancing Across Borders
V.A. Musetto
Inspiring but not inspired 
2
Dancing Across Borders
Aaron Cutler
The film spends an inordinate amount of time with people talking about what a good dancer Sy is as opposed to showing him actually dancing 
2
The Allnighter
Randy Myers
Allnighter is a well written and well acted indie that gradually shows its empathic hand 
3
Whity
Ed Gonzalez
Though the genre blasting Whity sees Fassbinder toying with classic western conventions and trying to subvert distinctly American forms of racism the moral catastrophes the director exposes are nonetheless played for a world weary pathos and unive
4
Whity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whity is a great film and deserves to be counted among Fassbinder s best 
4
Finding Eléazar: Portrait of a Tenor and a Role
Elizabeth Weitzman
Because his self conscious musings are given so much space it helps to arrive at the movie already awed by Shicoff s talents so you can overlook his and this dramatically unfocused film s flaws 
2
Finding Eléazar: Portrait of a Tenor and a Role
Maitland McDonagh
Fisher s heavy handed montage of war civil rights demonstrations is so amateurish it very nearly succeeds in trivializing the power of Shicoff s performance 
2.5
Civil Brand
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s impossible to ignore the strain of misogyny that taints the movie 
1.5
Civil Brand
Jonathan W. Hickman
This is a film about the abuses of privatization and presents a negative view of what might happen if corporate America gets control of the business of corrections 
3
Civil Brand
V.A. Musetto
Barnette a veteran TV director means this as an expos of prison abuse and exploitation but the film is too simplistic and derivative to succeed 
1
Civil Brand
Robert K. Elder
Plagued by continuity problems ham fisted storytelling and a problematic voiceover by Da Brat Civil Brand feels less like a prison movie than a prison sentence 
1
Civil Brand
Peter Debruge
If Civil Brand hopes to raise awareness or instigate reform what it really needs is a greater focus on character over convention 
1.5
Civil Brand
Glenn Whipp
The movie is every bit as exploitative as the old Roger Corman babes behind bars flicks without having nearly as much campy fun 
1
Evil Dead 2
Hal Boedeker
It revels in bad taste It boasts smart alecky special effects The blood doesn t flow it gushes Sitting through this movie is an ordeal All of which means Evil Dead 2 is a spectacular success There are horror movies and then there is this thing 
3
Evil Dead 2
Lou Lumenick
Raimi s style is very reminiscent of his previous collaborations with Joel and Ethan Coen But while the Coens have found substance to fit their style in Raising Arizona Raimi is still making glorified splatter movies however fitfully amusing 
2
Evil Dead 2
Bill Kaufman
Taken at face value it s a so so horror thriller oozing gore But add a star if you can approach this sequel to The Evil Dead as a decidedly campy follow up to the original 
1
Evil Dead 2
Bob Ross
The funniest yuckiest fastest paced horror flick since well since the original Evil Dead emerged in 1983 
2
Evil Dead 2
Robert Trussell
Raimi has provided a slam bang roller coaster of a gorefest that is a superior example of the most indestructible of genres the independent horror movie 
3
Evil Dead 2
Michael Heaton
Now granted this stuff isn t for everyone But for those who keep an eye out for masterpieces of dismemberment Evil Dead 2 Dead by Dawn is a tongue in cheek classic 
2.5
Evil Dead 2
Marshall Fine
This is not a film for the sensitive But it is a wild ride for the inquisitive thrill seeker 
2.5
Evil Dead 2
Chris Chase
A movie like this is clearly fun for aficionados neither the violence nor the people are real and if you don t care about the victims slaughter can be a spectator sport 
2
Evil Dead 2
Carrie Rickey
Evil Dead 2 isn t everyone s bucket of blood but it does happen to be the most intentionally funny slasher movie ever It s the kind of surrealist slapstick Salvador Dalí might have created if he d directed The Three Stooges 
2
Evil Dead 2
Brian Eggert
Evil Dead 2 is realized with such an unmatchable degree of ingenuity and energy that the film 8217 s pure zaniness affirms its status as gloriously grotesque art 46 
4
Evil Dead 2
Richard Freedman
The problem is that with no characters to care about the decapitated heads the eyeballs caroming out of someone s skull to land in someone else s mouth the buzzing chainsaws and the incessant screaming don t really add up to very much 
0
Evil Dead 2
David Keyes
Enjoyment is the greatest of lost sensations at scary movies and Evil Dead II endures as an obstinate token of those simpler times 
3.5
Evil Dead 2
David Nusair
lives up to its place as a memorably gruesome and often very funny splatfest 
3
Evil Dead 2
Dave Kehr
Evil Dead 2 is pardon the expression consistently lively a ghoulish splatter comedy that uses wildly excessive gore to provoke the kind of shock that lies between a laugh and a scream 
3
Evil Dead 2
James Berardinelli
Good acting would not have served the material well since it would have diluted the comedy quotient and made the campy elements seem cheap and cheesy 
3
Evil Dead 2
TV Guide Staff
Maximum visceral impact is what this film is all about and it delivers 
3.5
Evil Dead 2
Fernando F. Croce
Raimi s resourceful restlessness ultimately pushes the movie beyond gooey genre pastiche and into uniquely absurd farce Ash may lose limbs as he chainsaws his way through the installment but Evil Dead 2 holds together 
3
Evil Dead 2
Walter Chaw
A marvel for its invention and fury 
4
Evil Dead 2
James Kendrick
Outrageous out of control mayhem which are the kind of scenes in which Campbell excels His conscious overacting gives the film s most overwrought sequences just the right edge of hilarity 
3
Evil Dead 2
Roger Ebert
If you know it s all special effects and if you ve seen a lot of other movies and have a sense of humor you might have a great time at Evil Dead 2 
3
Resident Evil
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A merely acceptable adaptation that feels more like a supernatural thriller with a couple of references to the game involuntarily funny dialogue and decent performances than a terrifying production Full review in Spanish 
2
Resident Evil
Josh Larsen
The overblown action and cheapo effects become as relentless as the undead 
2
Resident Evil
Margaret A. McGurk
So bad it can t even steal effectively from good movies that came before 
0
Resident Evil
Greg Maki
The Night of the Living Dead for the 21st century 
2.5
Resident Evil
Shirley Klass
In the category of zombie movies this is top shelf 
3
Resident Evil
Jeremy Heilman
It works well enough since the thrills pop up frequently and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory 
3.5
Resident Evil
Ian Mantgani
So lifeless pointless and dank that it manages the amazing feat of making the undead seem boring 
0.5
Resident Evil
Robert K. Elder
On its own terms Resident Evil updates the zombie genre with an anti corporate message while still scaring its audience and providing heart pounding action 
2.5
Resident Evil
Michael Szymanski
When the dead come back to life and start chewing on the living it all comes flooding back These heroes should have remembered Dawn of the Dead 
2
Resident Evil
Jonathan R. Perry
A dumb mean spirited movie based on a dumb mean spirited video game 
1
Resident Evil
Mark Dujsik
A zombie movie in every sense of the word mindless lifeless meandering loud painful obnoxious 
1
Resident Evil
Kevin A. Ranson
the current culmination of everything Paul Anderson s done to date the results are pure cinematic fun 
3
Resident Evil
Michael Dequina
The inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror action hybrid 
1.5
Resident Evil
Frank Ochieng
Just think that you could have sacrificed ten quarters to play Resident Evil the video game instead of coughing up ten bucks to witness the monotonous Resident Evil the movie 
1.5
Resident Evil
James Kendrick
essentially a futuristic Night of the Living Dead without the social commentary pacing or interesting characters
1.5
Resident Evil
Joe Leydon
I feel qualified to report that the game itself is more exciting and just as important much cheaper to sample 
1.5
Resident Evil
David Keyes
nothing more than an endless festival of blood and gore masquerading under the guise of a gritty modern science fiction fable 
1.5
Resident Evil
Mike Clark
An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti virus If only there were one for this kind of movie 
2
Resident Evil
Sean P. Means
Director Paul W S Anderson s cinematic style can be summed up in two words ooh and ick 
1
Resident Evil
Dustin Putman
Dumbed down lowest common denominator filmmaker with no scares to be had 
1
Resident Evil
Joe Baltake
Its characters are thinner than cardboard or even comic book paper 
2
Resident Evil
Peter Howell
A derivative collection of horror and sci fi cliches 
1
Resident Evil
Tom Sander
It s spooky suspenseful and jump out of your seat scary 
2.5
Resident Evil
Melanie McFarland
The best video game based movie so far 
3
Resident Evil
Mick LaSalle
The action in Resident Evil is like watching demons from the repressed unconscious break loose and attack the ego 
3
Resident Evil
Rick Groen
Began life as a computer game then morphed into a movie a bad one of course 
1.5
Resident Evil
Bob Strauss
Never having played it all I saw on screen were a lot of ideas stolen from Aliens 2001 A Space Odyssey Alice in Wonderland The Matrix and George Romero s Living Dead movies 
2
Resident Evil
Bill Pearis
Fans of the game and the genre will be disappointed with the lack of gore and everyone else will find what plot there is confusing and boring 
2
Resident Evil
Roger Ebert
The movie is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter s Ghosts of Mars with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second 
1
Resident Evil
Loren King
A video game cum movie that substitutes shrieking decibel levels for a coherent plot and any resemblance to originality 
1
Resident Evil
Jeff Vice
Anderson apparently doesn t understand how to scare an audience 
1
Resident Evil
Lou Lumenick
The most depressing thing about Resident Evil and there are many trust me is seeing the promising star of Girlfight reduced to a direct to video movie clich 
1
Resident Evil
Walter Chaw
Resident Evil isn t a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an MTV sugar hysteria and PlayStation cocktail 
1
Resident Evil
John Monaghan
Even in the dubious genre of movies based on video games Resident Evil is an abomination 
1
Resident Evil
Erik Childress
Resident Evil is what comes from taking John Carpenter s Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings In other words about as bad a film you re likely to see all year 
0.5
Resident Evil
Tony Toscano
It delivers action comedy and intensity charged with jolts of terrifying scary fun 
3
Resident Evil
Chris Hewitt
An energetic violent movie with a momentum that never lets up 
3
Resident Evil
Mike Antonucci
Forgettable horror more gory than psychological with a highly satisfying quotient of Friday night excitement and Milla power 
3.5
Resident Evil
Steve Rhodes
Paul Anderson the director of such previous sci fi turkeys as Event Horizon Soldier and Mortal Combat is back again with another loud over the top picture 
1.5
Resident Evil
Ed Gonzalez
Resident Evil may be brain dead but it s great popcorn entertainment nonetheless 
2.5
Resident Evil
Harvey S. Karten
Brrrrrr As scary as a ride though the Coney Island funhouse 
1.5
Resident Evil
Rob Blackwelder
It s been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie but Resident Evil really earned my indignant preemptive departure 
0
Standing Up
Marsha McCreadie
Standing Up is mildly entertaining Basso picks up steam as the movie moves ahead but for the first third or so she seems to display only whininess 
2
Day of Defense
Jeff Vice
Seemingly endless scenes filled with religious and theological pontificating aren t the only things wrong with this drama 
1
The Misfortunates
Wesley Morris
The Misfortunates is a bleak comedy that s not as funny or grim as it needs to be 
2
The Misfortunates
Gerald Peary
The Misfortunates moves from intentionally depressing to in the end mildly uplifting but that likely comes too late to win over an audience that s been strapped to such a vulgar offputting ensemble 
2.5
The Misfortunates
Steven Rea
There s whimsy and raunchy humor here but also an underlying sense of darkness and despair 
3.5
The Misfortunates
Michael O'Sullivan
An appalling childhood may risk making you an unhappy person when you grow up but it almost guarantees a great yarn 
3
The Misfortunates
Rick Groen
Comedy doesn t get any more tragic than this 
3
The Misfortunates
Christian Blauvelt
One thing s for certain though The director s vision of this story allows for more uncertainty than Gunther s ever would 
2.5
The Misfortunates
V.A. Musetto
The acting is super these guys know how to be sweet and disgusting and the story provides its share of laughs But after a while the one note movie directed by Felix van Groeningen grows tiresome 
2
The Misfortunates
Jason Anderson
The ultimate lesson of van Groeningen s boisterous and surprisingly moving film is that even a family as damaged as this one has a legacy worth heeding 
3.5
The Capture
Matt Brunson
An early screen credit for director John Sturges later to make his mark with such excellent efforts as Bad Day at Black Rock The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape 
2.5
The Summit of the Gods
Kent Turner
Its immersive mountain climbing scenes offer proof that 2D provides just as many stomach turning vicarious thrills or fears as 3 D animation 
4
The Summit of the Gods
Roger Moore
While Summit doesn t expand the animation frontier or lift animation as an artform it s a perfectly watchable way of telling a reasonably compelling story 
2.5
The Summit of the Gods
Christopher L. Inoa
One of the truly great animated films this year 
4
The Summit of the Gods
Glenn Kenny
The movie s narrative its steady rolling conviction and its insights into the minds of obsessive climbers give it a remarkable pull 
3
The Summit of the Gods
Mark Dujsik
The expertise on display creates a reality of its own 
3
The Summit of the Gods
Mark Hanson
While the film intermittently stuns in revealing Everest s topographical mystique its expedition into what makes climbers tick struggles to get off the ground 
2.5
Jamon Jamon
Roger Ebert
A movie that combines lurid melodrama with vast improbabilities sexy soap opera with heartfelt romance and cheerful satire with heedless raunch 
3.5
Jamon Jamon
James Berardinelli
Although possessing a biting wit and excellent sense of the offbeat too much of Jamon Jamon follows obvious paths 
2
Jamon Jamon
Chris Hicks
It wants to be sexy funny and incisive but instead it is more overheated and silly 
1.5
Maximum Overdrive
Austin Kennedy
Stephen King has admitted himself that he was coked out of his mind during the making of this Well duh 
1.5
The Uncertainty Principle
Ed Gonzalez
Seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable the director s experiment is a successful one 
2
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
V.A. Musetto
The film is mostly dry and uninspired An extraordinary woman like Eva Kor deserves a less ordinary biography 
2
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Maitland McDonagh
The politics of forgiveness cast a heavy shadow over Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh s documentary about Romanian born Eva Mozes Kor who endured 10 months of Dr Josef Mengele s notorious medical experiments 
3
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Elizabeth Weitzman
This provocative Holocaust documentary explores vast issues by narrowing its focus to the intimate impulses of a single woman 
3
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Ed Gonzalez
The film s visual style is unremarkable and includes some really jejune transpositions and graphic matches the filmmakers use to bridge the past and present but the woman s memories are vivid enough without such affectations 
2.5
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Andrea Gronvall
Pugh and her codirector Bob Hercules are remarkably evenhanded in their treatment of the situation people who recoiled from Kor s statement are given ample screen time and presented with equal sympathy 
2
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Michael Wilmington
Its subject enobles the work 
2.5
Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Ross Anthony
What a surprisingly inspirational documentary this turns out to be and yet it s not afraid to be straight to the point 
3
A Soldier's Prayer
Matthew Connolly
The film possesses a restless vitality with hard cuts juxtaposing abject brutality with pastoral tranquility and romantic longing 
4
King Boxer
Marty Mapes
Its significance to American film history aside King Boxer is pretty average
2.5
Kodachrome
Christopher James
While the film doesn t display many of the artistic or narrative flourishes Harris central character waxes on about it does make for a solid heartfelt trip 
3
Kodachrome
Joe Friar
There are a few predictable moments along the way as Olsen and Sudeikis touch upon the romance angle but for the most part the film does it best to avoid pratfalls 
3
Kodachrome
Robert Daniels
Kodachrome isn t so much a bad film as it is a predictable one 
2.5
Kodachrome
Roger Moore
Don t expect the surprises to be surprising and you won t be disappointed 
2
Kodachrome
Rex Reed
Well considered and sincerely acted Kodachrome is a character driven drama that has been wrongly labeled a comedy 
3
Kodachrome
James Berardinelli
Kodachrome is proof of the concept that solid direction and superlative acting can transform even a mediocre script into something worth watching 
3
Kodachrome
Susan Wloszczyna
Kodachrome too often travels a well worn and predictable highway 
2.5
Kodachrome
Tom Russo
Jason Sudeikis and Ed Harris do strong work playing harshly estranged somehow pulling us close to their off putting characters before forced sentiment in the late going undercuts director Mark Raso s film 
2.5
Kodachrome
Lindsey Bahr
The talented actors elevate the thin premise and make it worth watching especially the end 
2.5
Kodachrome
David Nusair
Kodachrome s transformation from good to great is triggered by a third act that packs an astonishingly powerful and emotional punch 
4
Held
Glenn Kenny
While I understand the anger that animates Awbrey s script anger doesn t excuse its overall weak argumentation not to mention its rampant plot holes 
1
Held
Mark Dujsik
The core idea of Held is anything but conventional The movie s approach to that idea though is completely routine 
2
Held
Roger Moore
A tame and tentative thriller that turns tense only as it reaches its climax 
1.5
Held
Chuck Bowen
The film doesn t quite cut to the heart of the socially nurtured fantasies that splinter men from women 
2
Cake
Tony Wong
Cake is under baked and underwhelming 
3
Cake
Jason Anderson
Cake s moments of charm and the cast s good cheer compensate for the thinness of the material 
2
Patrik, Age 1.5
Joe Williams
This homey construct is warm exactingly crafted and painted with pop country tones 
2.5
Patrik, Age 1.5
Ann Hornaday
A film that always chooses optimism and wishful thinking over realism 
2
Patrik, Age 1.5
Chris Hewitt
There s enough material here for two movies and frankly neither sounds like one I d want to see 
2
Patrik, Age 1.5
Moira MacDonald
In its murky light the film is filled with details that seem utterly true 
3
Patrik, Age 1.5
Wesley Morris
The Kids Are All Right cuts the same corners as this movie it just uses a better knife 
2.5
Patrik, Age 1.5
Gerald Peary
It s so sincerely good willed and the performances are low key and terrific especially Skarsgård as the more big hearted of the gay marrieds 
2.5
Patrik, Age 1.5
Mick LaSalle
It s predictable 
2
Patrik, Age 1.5
Diego Semerene
The anticlimactic child in Patrik Age 1 5 isn t as nightmarish as Rosemary s Baby or the man eating wooden branch sucking on a pacifier in Jan Svankmajer s Little Otik but it sets off just as much anxiety 
3.5
Unforgiven
Brian Eggert
By embracing the uncertainty behind Munny the Old West and American myths Eastwood elevates a simple story by transcending the genre itself and transforming his film into great art with the dynamic and compassion that has become his signature 
4
Unforgiven
Federico Furzan
It s an undeniable classic for reasons I can t acknowledge Its last minutes are glorious but Eastwood s western epic has lost some substance Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Unforgiven
Chuck Bowen
Unforgiven brought the revisionist revenge film into the 1990s and by extension the 21st century 
4
Unforgiven
Josh Larsen
perhaps the best argument for Clint Eastwood as a savvier craftier and more complicated filmmaker than the one many consider him to be 
4
Unforgiven
Scott Nash
This isn t just a great Western It s a great movie no matter what the genre 
4
Unforgiven
Mike Clark
It shouldn t be missed by anyone with a taste for Eastwood s typically slanted morality It s the actor director s best movie and the best Western by anybody in over 20 years 
3.5
Unforgiven
Stephen Hunter
High Noon it isn t it s more like the darkest midnight of the American soul 
3
Unforgiven
Steven Rea
Eastwood deliberately upends the conventions of the western subverting his own image in the process 
3
Unforgiven
Gary Thompson
That s always been Eastwood s appeal the imperial authority that he projects on the screen In Unforgiven he uses that authority to deliver an anti violence message that is truly powerful never shrill and preachy 
4
Unforgiven
Dave Kehr
This dark melancholic film is a reminder never more necessary than now of what the American cinema is capable of in the way of expressing a mature morally complex and challenging view of the world 
4
Unforgiven
Matt Brunson
The great Orson Welles once stated that Clint Eastwood was the most underrated filmmaker in America and the sobering footnote is that he passed away in 1985 well before Eastwood began to be taken seriously as an artist by most critics and moviegoers 
4
Unforgiven
Walter Chaw
The film at its heart is the first in a line of revisionist superhero movies 
3
Unforgiven
Jay Antani
Eastwood s best film a compelling study of the shame and guilt that attends violence of the rule of the mighty over the weak and of courage and cowardice 
3.5
Unforgiven
Gene Siskel
Individual scenes work but the movie seems overstuffed and halting 
2.5
Unforgiven
Christian Toto
Unforgiven began Clint Eastwood s current apology tour for his cinematic violence 
3.5
Unforgiven
James Berardinelli
One of Unforgiven s assets is the way it overturns conventions taking the man who is typically the hero and making him the villain while transforming the traditional bad guy into a sympathetic protagonist 
3.5
Unforgiven
Robert Roten
The action scenes have an almost documentary realism about them Up until the final gun battle the film seems like a very authentic slice of the Old West 
4
Unforgiven
Bill Chambers
One of the best movies of the nineties 
4
Unforgiven
Roger Ebert
That implacable moral balance in which good eventually silences evil is at the heart of the Western and Eastwood is not shy about saying so 
4
Unforgiven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the 90s it stands alone as a great achievement in American filmmaking 
4
Unforgiven
John Hartl
This is the best work Eastwood has done as a director since The Outlaw Josey Wales 16 years ago 
3.5
Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
Walter Chaw
a well mounted documentary
2.5
Ava's Possessions
Chuck Bowen
Jordan Galland confidently perches the film right on the razor s edge separating absurdist comedy from horror 
2.5
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Randy Myers
It s a quotable celebration of compassion and empathy that relays the everlasting power of friends 
4
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Roger Moore
Pretty much an instant classic 46 
3.5
The Cuban
Joey Magidson
Despite a touching turn from Louis Gossett Jr and some charming emotions the final product sadly leaves you wanting more 
2.5
The Cuban
Monica Castillo
Aside from a few technical quibbles The Cuban is a fairly pleasant cross generational cross cultural drama 
2.5
The Cuban
Mark Dujsik
Alessandra Piccione s screenplay though becomes far too busy with characters and subplots that never quite connect with the core story 
2.5
The Cuban
Barry Hertz
Perhaps sensing that the rest of his story mostly focusing around the earnest do goodery of Golja s aide falls emotionally flat Navarretta lavishes attention on his two marquee players creating tiny moments of poignancy 
2
Peaceful
Marya E. Gates
A plodding drama that traps 91 Catherine Deneuve 93 in a one dimensional grieving mother role 46 
2
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Gail Pennington
Dolly Parton s Christmas of Many Colors Circle of Love is ultimately as sweet as the Whitman s Sampler the Parton kids get to dive into 
2.5
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Robert Bianco
It isn t very good and it isn t nearly as good as Parton deserves 
2
Not Cool
Mike McGranaghan
Sometimes the movie is funny other times eye roll inducing 
2.5
Mummy an' the Armadillo
David Nusair
almost unbearably stagy 
1
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Stephen Whitty
It s all extraordinarily predictable made no more palatable by flat characters and a dull cast 
1.5
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Sara Stewart
There s a fair amount of greening but that doesn t make Whitney any less grating 
1.5
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Carrie Rickey
By turns pleasant and preposterous The Greening of Whitney Brown is a reverse Cinderella tale for tweens 
2
The Greening of Whitney Brown
R. Kurt Osenlund
This saddles and sass mash ups most telling image is an equine hoof painted electric pink 
2
Meet Me in Montenegro
Farran Smith Nehme
There are no surprises but for once there s a set of artsy millennial characters who feel like real humans and Berlin looks great 
2.5
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
David Nusair
a low rent and entirely momentum free endeavor that lurches from one ill conceived sequence to the next 
1
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
Michael Dequina
You ve seen it all before or hopefully you haven t and won t 
0
Mr. Untouchable
John Monaghan
Does the movie glorify Barnes and his nefarious profession Probably but show me a movie about the drug trade that doesn t hook us first with guts and glamour before the moralizing fall 
3
Mr. Untouchable
V.A. Musetto
What emerges is a portrait of a complex man 
3
Mr. Untouchable
Maitland McDonagh
Levin was clearly captivated by the sheer spectacle of Barnes career 
2.5
Mr. Untouchable
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s not a pretty picture but it sure is a compelling one 
3
Mr. Untouchable
Steven Rea
Mr Untouchable is never dull 
3
Mr. Untouchable
Jeff Johnson
Director Levin skillfully mixes the Barnes interviews with news clippings 1970s street scenes and the recollections of Mr Untouchable s former associates 
3
Mr. Untouchable
Michael Phillips
Nonjudgmental without being morally dense the film makes human sense out of an inhuman example of addiction capitalism 70s style 
3
Mr. Untouchable
John Anderson
Marc Levin whose last documentary Protocols of Zion was a gutsy examination of post 9 11 anti Semitism has an even tougher job on his hands with Leroy Nicky Barnes making the man interesting 
2
Mr. Untouchable
Nick Schager
Marc Levin may avoid outright idol worship but any restraint exhibited by his film is disingenuous 
2
The Muppet Movie
Roger Ebert
Jolson sang Barrymore spoke Garbo laughed and now Kermit the Frog rides a bicycle If you can figure out how they were able to show Kermit pedaling across the screen then you are less a romantic than I am I prefer to believe he did it himself 
3.5
The Muppet Movie
Matt Brunson
As expected Fozzie the Bear and the old geezers Statler and Waldorf receive the lion s share of the choice lines 
3.5
The Muppet Movie
James Kendrick
while The Muppet Movie is certainly entertaining the shift to a coherent linear feature length narrative deprives the film the show s brilliantly structured inanity
2.5
The Muppet Movie
Josh Larsen
The Muppets were formally inventive long before Charlie Kaufman came on the scene 
4
The Muppet Movie
David Nusair
a passable but awfully slight big screen introduction to Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppets 
2.5
The Muppet Movie
Peter Canavese
Few family films have the breadth of appeal of The Muppet Movie the best screen evidence of the Muppeteers dedication to magnificent illusion new DVD review 
4
The Muppet Movie
Steven Snyder
Regardless of your interpretation it s a movie that s great to share with parents with siblings or with children and it maintains a mature comedic edge that will leave multiple generations enjoying the same experience 
3.5
Nazarín
Ed Gonzalez
While the film itself remains a subtle attack on religious naivete the director would never be as mindful of the possibilities of spiritual healing as he is here 
4
Skydance
Ross Anthony
Yes the story is cheesy but I think its light heartedness works with the whimsy of the flight The whole program is just fun 
3
The Rambler
Drew Hunt
Sinister comical aggravating and audacious Calvin Lee Reeder s film is nothing short of an affront 
3
Sabaya
Kent Turner
A vital and important portrait as well as a reminder of the long term ramifications of a region enduring more than a decade of war 
3.5
Sabaya
Randy Myers
It s a nerve wracking on the ground account which elevates the presence of a camera to relate its devastating outrage inducing story 
3.5
Sabaya
Ann Hornaday
Hundreds of women have been liberated Hirori tells us paying tribute to the selfless efforts of Mahmoud and others There are thousands still waiting 
3
Sabaya
Tomris Laffly
There is so much earth shattering bravery on display in the miraculous Sabaya that you wonder how the Swedish Kurdish director Hogir Hirori managed to pull off a documentary that avoids showy predictable notes of brouhaha throughout 
3.5
Sabaya
Mark Jenkins
The film s terseness could make it too cryptic for some but that doesn t blunt the impact of its most visceral or tender moments 
3
Sonic Outlaws
David Nusair
Sporadically intriguing but mostly incoherent 
1
Torch Song Trilogy
Roger Ebert
I have not seen anyone quite like Fierstein in the movies and the fact that he is a specific individual gives this material a charm and weight it might have lacked if an interchangeable actor had played the role 
3.5
Torch Song Trilogy
Dustin Putman
An earnest emotionally accurate but seriously flawed drama 
2
Torch Song Trilogy
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Simply viewed as a movie about people Torch Song Trilogy has the kind of wit grace and intense feeling that Woody Allen tried for unsuccessfully in Interiors September and Another Woman 
3
A Man Called Otto
Erik Childress
A film that gets by thanks to Hanks apos unwavering watchability though there apos s not a beat or a revelation we haven apos t seen before and taking its biggest emotional cue directly from She apos s Having a Baby is an annoyingly misguided choice 46 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Mark Meszoros
Despite its slow start 44 Otto mostly hits its emotional mark
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Christian Toto
A surprisingly cranky Tom Hanks can apos t elevate this cringe worthy drama 46 
2
A Man Called Otto
Rex Reed
A follow the dots flick with a few moments of charm that aims to be a feel good crowd pleaser but lacks enough freshness and insight to make it anything special 
3
A Man Called Otto
Dwight Brown
Despite the film s flaws what audiences will take away is a humanizing experience by a group of misfits who are learning that getting along can also be lifesaving 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
David Nusair
46 46 46 a deliberately paced yet progressively compelling drama 46 46 46 
3.5
A Man Called Otto
Joe Friar
Two actors can have great chemistry that has nothing to do with romance 44 as in Tom Hanks and Mariana Trevi 241 o 46 They are great together and make this English language remake worth watching 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Kevin Carr
Hanks works well outside his comfort zone as a grump 44 and this story will win your heart over some obvious corniness 46 
3.5
A Man Called Otto
Sonny Bunch
Tom Hanks is our most reliable everyman star 44 the sort of guy who can do both gruff 44 put upon loner and gruff 44 helpful neighbor with equal skill 46 It 8217 s funny when he attacks a hospital clown because he 8217 s actualizing so many of our secret urges 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Odie Henderson
It s too busy aiming for the heart when it should be going for the jugular 
2
A Man Called Otto
Jorge Montiel
At times the story about a man who through his peers discovers how to fill the void that a loss produces has the scent of the films that the mythical Frank Capra shot in the forties Full review in Spanish 
4
A Man Called Otto
Charles Koplinski
No 44 8220 Otto 8221 contains no surprises and I 8217 m fine with that 46 Films like 8220 Otto 8221 are necessary 44 and I would argue vital 44 to combat the constant barrage of overwhelming negativity that buffets us 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Anne Brodie
Not exactly heartwarming 44 it has a bitter edge 44 forgoes easy sentiment 44 and lifts us in deep midwinter 46 Like Otto 44 a little effort and openness can make things better 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Brian Eggert
For the most part 44 A Man Called Otto works despite itself 46 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Steven Prokopy
I appreciate any time I get to see Hanks on the big screen 44 but I hope he finds less annoying ways to stretch his acting legs moving forward 46 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Jeff Mitchell
Hanks and Trevino are terrific 44 but 8216 A Man Called Otto 8217 feels clich 233 and crowded 46 
2
A Man Called Otto
Chase Hutchinson
Where the preceding and superior film did more with less 44 this film does less with more 46 It sells the story short at every turn 44 culminating in an ending that was rich when done before but now feels empty 46 
1
A Man Called Otto
Richard Roeper
It s another memorable performance from the veteran actor backed by a crackling good supporting cast 
3
A Man Called Otto
Walter Chaw
Hanks deserves better than this We all do 
1
A Man Called Otto
Ty Burr
Feels like stale soupy leftovers 
2
A Man Called Otto
Sara Michelle Fetters
While far from the near brilliance of Backman 8217 s novel 44 A Man Called Otto is a nice adaptation with strong performances that kept me pleasantly entertained for most of its running time 46 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Ray Gill Jr.
It s a story built on the most tired of tropes the supercilious old white man reluctantly offering sage guidance to today s incompetent youth while finding his purpose in the process Worse Hanks isn t even right for the role 
2
A Man Called Otto
Katie Walsh
The cumulative effect of the story 8217 s twists and turns is powerful 44 if somewhat predictable 46 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Jake Coyle
Hanks movingly tailors the role to himself How A Man Called Otto unfolds won t surprise anyone but it does the trick for a little post holidays heart warming 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Thomas Floyd
A bleak dramedy has turned into a cozy crowd pleaser 
2.5
A Man Called Otto
Randy Myers
It s a redemptive tale told well with a wonderful supporting cast 
3
A Man Called Otto
Rafer Guzman
It s sentimentalism by the numbers in this do over of a 2015 Swedish hit 
2
A Man Called Otto
Mick LaSalle
A Man Called Otto is a formula movie and no matter the nuances this formula is not that satisfying It s basically 90 minutes of Tom Hanks scowling and being sour to everybody 
2
A Man Called Otto
Rene Sanchez
Mariana Trevi 241 o steals the show in this charming and effective story of empathy and kindness 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
A Man Called Otto
Roger Moore
If you have any recollection of the original film at all 44 it 8217 s too easy to note that scene by scene 44 character by character and plot element by plot element 44 they remade it slightly less funny and somewhat less touching in most every regard 46 
2
A Man Called Otto
Jeff York
Otto is a Scrooge story 44 a tale of an angry old man who 8217 s converted by reconnecting to his community amp owning up to his past 46 But the conversion doesn 8217 t seem dramatic enough when Hanks is chock full of so much zest and twinkle from the start 46 
2
A Man Called Otto
Mike McGranaghan
Hollywood apos s nicest guy as a grump 63 The subversive casting works surprisingly well 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Tomris Laffly
The biggest win of Forster 8217 s adaptation is its worthwhile message about the small wins of everyday people who operate as a functioning and harmonious community against the evils of faceless corporations 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he dark humor 44 sincere optimism 44 and Hanks apos performance ensure that the film accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though often corny and sometimes facile 44 quot A Man Called Otto quot manages to gel 44 time and again 46 And with a conclusion that pulls no punches 44 the film earns the bittersweet joy it throws at us 46 Life is complicated 59 pull up a chair 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Joey Magidson
A Man Called Otto will move you to tears 44 complete with a winning Tom Hanks turn 46 
3
A Man Called Otto
Keith Watson
The film is so toothless that its protagonist is ultimately about as forbidding as a warm hug 46 
1.5
A Man Called Otto
James Berardinelli
The things that work in A Man Called Otto outweigh those that don t and Hanks performance probably his best since News of the World which featured a not dissimilar character is the glue that holds everything together 
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Federico Furzan
This terrible sequel pushed Freddy into a mainstream area that seemed too safe for him to be the Freddy we already missed Full review in Spanish 
1
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
David Nusair
an obvious low point within this incredibly uneven series 
1.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Dustin Putman
Not counting 1994 s Wes Craven s New Nightmare it s superior to all the other later sequels in the series 
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Wesley Lovell
As the series drags on the inventiveness of murders decreases slightly but Freddy s humor continues to entertain 
2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
David Keyes
Watch it at your own risk 
1
Looking for Kitty
David Nusair
Looking for Kitty s pervasively underwhelming atmosphere renders all of its positive attributes moot 
2
Looking for Kitty
Maitland McDonagh
Another unsatisfying exploration of masculine anomie written directed by and starring Edward Burns 
2
Looking for Kitty
Timothy Knight
Burns simply doesn t delve deeply enough into his characters for them to have sufficient emotional resonance for the viewer 
2
Looking for Kitty
V.A. Musetto
Burns turns in a nicely understated performance but it s David Krumholtz as Abe who s the backbone of the movie 
2.5
Looking for Kitty
Elizabeth Weitzman
Looking for Kitty offers moments of striking insight amid the inevitable self indulgence 
2.5
Looking for Kitty
Nick Schager
The real holdout is Burns whose habitual regurgitation of well trod themes romantic loss masculine bonding and maturation continues to pay ever smaller dividends 
1.5
Looking for Kitty
John Anderson
The most convincing and engaging of the six features Edward Burns has turned out since The Brothers McMullen 
3
The Exception
Roger Moore
A World War II thriller so out of date the only words to describe it are also obsolete Potboiler and Cornball 
2
The Exception
Rob Thomas
It s that terrible knowledge that we possess but the characters don t that adds a tension elevating The Exception beyond the conventional World War II thriller 
3
The Exception
Mark Sommer
The Exception is simply put an exceptional World War II thriller 
3.5
The Exception
Gary Thompson
Old pro Plummer finds some interesting angles in his Wilhelm part of him wants to return to power part of him sees the conflagration that has engulfed Europe and understands there is no going back 
2.5
The Exception
Stephanie Merry
For all its late in the game silliness The Exception is a solidly acted well told tale about how love of country holds up in the face of other less nationalistic passions 
2.5
The Exception
Mark Dujsik
O ne wonders if the spy would serve as the more fitting protagonist here capable of revealing the truth of history while the story still fiddles with some of the facts 
2
The Exception
Mark Feeney
It s hopeless tosh but expertly done hopeless tosh 
2.5
The Exception
Susan Wloszczyna
Yes the narrative is occasionally clunky and there is often more tell than show But a strong ensemble offers compensation 
2.5
The Exception
Jake Coyle
This is somewhat well trod ground But the sturdy engrossing The Exception makes a moving portrait of individuals recalibrating their allegiances under the maw of the Third Reich 
3
The Exception
Christopher Gray
David Leveaux s film cannily incorporates elements of spycraft and sheer trash into a familiar formula 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Namrata Joshi
In a nutshell it s all about the hideous ways of killing flesh pounding images slain heads blood and gore 
1
Hannibal Rising
David Keyes
The material knows it is a prequel and acknowledges such with tactics that consist of taking viewers from beginning to end in the most straightforward way possible 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
David N. Butterworth
Each successive follow up to The Silence of the Lambs makes further sense of that 1991 film s top five Oscar sweep Let s hope Rising is the last it s certainly the least 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
James Rocchi
And now the prequel Hannibal Rising which answers several questions Where did Hannibal come from What made him what he is It does not however answer the better question Who fricking cares 
0
Hannibal Rising
Mark Dujsik
Lecter is fascinating because he s an enigma his deadly allure more appealing because his past is a mystery 
2
Hannibal Rising
Matt Brunson
The movie devolves into a routine rip off of Death Wish 
2
Hannibal Rising
Mike McGranaghan
In the past Hannibal Lecter has both frightened and fascinated me Now he s just a sad shadow of his former cinematic glory stuck in an unspeakably awful movie 
0
Hannibal Rising
Kam Williams
The film s near fatal flaw rests with the recasting of Hannibal as an admirable Nazi hunter capable of compassion a person who bears little relation to the psychopathic misanthrope who so easily sent shivers running up and down an audience s spine 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Gary Brown
Without Anthony Hopkins this franchise has completely run out of gas 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Frank Ochieng
a plodding prequel that s more detached than a separated body limb placed neatly on Lecter s dinner plate a boorish slice of slaughterhouse cinema 
2
Hannibal Rising
Sara Michelle Fetters
By allowing himself to be talked into doing this Harris has diluted and sullied his most storied creating robbing Lecter of much of his power to fill our dreams with dread and our nightmares with bloodcurdling screams of the shocking 
2
Hannibal Rising
Ken Fox
Much of what makes Hannibal Lecter so frightening is the unfathomable gulf between the hypercivilized exterior and the ferocious bloodthirsty beast beneath the refined mask of sanity To explain his diseased mind is to rob the character of its mystery 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Geoff Pevere
Tilting his elegantly aquiline features downward while hoisting one eyebrow over a dark orb curling his lips with Grinchian deliberation he seems to be determined to kill people on the strength of his cologne alone 
1
Hannibal Rising
Mark Rahner
If they were going to show how he got to be the brilliant charming exquisitely cultured uh vicious cannibal psychopath couldn t they have come up with something more interesting 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Peter Hartlaub
You can argue that prequels to great films simply shouldn t be made But when they are this is the right way to do it 
3
Hannibal Rising
David Elliott
The film s ugliness is less in its artful death rituals by now deeply generic than in asking us to feel for Lecter because of his horrid warping youth 
2
Hannibal Rising
Pam Grady
Hannibal Lecter does not need a creation story he just needs to go away The meal is over 
1
Hannibal Rising
Stephen Whitty
The great thing about monsters is that they glide noiselessly from nightmare straight into myth fully formed and eternally mysterious To know what made them is to explain them And once you explain anything you begin to lose your fear of it 
2
Hannibal Rising
Kyle Smith
There is no action movie cliché too rusty to be wheeled forth 
1
Hannibal Rising
Jack Mathews
I can t name an actor who could have made young Lecter as interesting as the older one but Ulliel does not come close 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Rene Rodriguez
In Hannibal Rising the bad Dr Lecter finally enters the pantheon of movie monsters for real Like Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees he too now has a sequel that s been made strictly for the sake of a buck 
1
Hannibal Rising
Glenn Whipp
What s left is a plodding revenge story memorable only for the way it strips the last vestiges of interest from what was once a fascinating character 
1
Hannibal Rising
Loey Lockerby
Nothing in this film has the visceral or emotional impact that would make it more than an average thriller It just goes through the bland mass produced motions 
2
Hannibal Rising
Jenni Miller
Ulliel s impressive facial dexterity keeps his expressions devoid of emotion except for slowly sadistic smiles careful enunciation and an occasional Hopkins worthy eye twitch 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Bruce Westbrook
Harris who adapted the screenplay and director Peter Webber are faithful to his book Strong production values a lush score and scenic locations work seal the deal 
3
Hannibal Rising
Liam Lacey
As played by French actor Gaspard Ulliel Hannibal is a playing card joker Ulliel performs every scene with the same dimpled smirk which looks less like an expression than a plastic surgery mistake 
1
Hannibal Rising
Terry Lawson
He s just another cheap icon set not to haunt our worst nightmares but the cash cow dreams of a studio looking for a franchise player 
2
Hannibal Rising
Michael Booth
There s a certain stylishness from director Peter Webber Girl With a Pearl Earring but not enough good acting to make it stick 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Misha Davenport
Filmdom s greatest villain Hannibal Lecter has been both defanged and declawed 
2
Hannibal Rising
Lawrence Toppman
Errors in logic will delight the attentive 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Wesley Morris
Formerly masterful novelist Thomas Harris continues to pimp out the serial killing cannibal he and Anthony Hopkins made famous 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These movies have no love for the characters nor any respect for their audiences they re just out to generate money 
.5
Hannibal Rising
John Beifuss
When life hands you lemons make a wild mushroom and human cheek brochette with meat carved from the decapitated head of the war criminal who ate your sister 
2
Hannibal Rising
James Sanford
A psychotic Sophie s Choice Much more a gruesome tale of revenge than it is a suspense thriller along the lines of Harris earlier Red Dragon or The Silence of the Lambs 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Daniel M. Kimmel
Fans of the series will consider this a must see For people not dying to know his origins though Hannibal Rising is at best a mildly diverting thriller 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Phil Villarreal
While it s fascinating to watch the killer evolve the fact that he s always onscreen detracts from his mystique Hannibal derives much of his intrigue from his mystery 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Willie Waffle
I always knew I was going to see another Hannibal Lecter movie but did it have to be the Muppet Baby version of Hannibal Lecter 
.5
Hannibal Rising
David Nusair
the film improves substantially once Hannibal embarks on his mission of revenge with the whole thing morphing into a brutal actioner along the lines of Death Wish and Man on Fire 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Dustin Putman
Blemished but undeniably enthralling as dark entertainment Hannibal Rising is one of the good ones 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Josh Larsen
works as a thriller but the movie is far more interesting as a clever exercise in audience implication It forces us to consider the cannibal within 
3
Hannibal Rising
Stanley A. Miller II
The true treat is watching Hannibal s evolution and witnessing the moment when his last shred of humanity disappears 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Jeff Vice
The film naturally has its share of gruesome moments but it s also surprisingly dull and uninvolving 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
John Anderson
Rationalize Lecter s brand of pure irrational evil and you take all the fun out of it 
2.5
Hannibal Rising
Steven Rea
What Hannibal Rising is mostly is a hoot Gong Li cautions the nightmare plagued Hannibal that Memory is a knife it can hurt you And let s not forget the classic They ate my sister 
2
Hannibal Rising
James Berardinelli
Critical miscalculations at every turn have taken this latest and hopefully last Hannibal movie beyond the realm of camp and into that special hell reserved for only the most rancid of sequels 
1
Hannibal Rising
Phoebe Flowers
How far the bite y have fallen 
1.5
Hannibal Rising
Chris Hewitt
Rising is beautifully made its rich colors emphasizing the atmosphere of decadence and waste but it s not especially dramatic 
2
Hannibal Rising
Phil Vettel
Lecter is presented as a soul dead vigilante who reserves his carnage for the truly deserving that s a long way from the Lecter of Silence of the Lambs who kills and tortures innocent and guilty alike 
1
Hannibal Rising
Jeremiah Kipp
The more we learn about the bogeyman the less terrifying he becomes 
1
Little Secrets
Bill Chambers
Begins in the vein of a Joe Dante suburban satire but ends like a nightmare of Chris Columbus poppycock 
2.5
Little Secrets
Frank Ochieng
At least it s a viable alternative to the usually predominate brainless super charged kids fare that s thrown on the big screen And for that Treu s cinematic little secret is worth telling out loud 
2.5
Little Secrets
Steve Rhodes
Little Secrets is a sweet little movie and you don t have to keep that a secret 
3
Little Secrets
Donna Domino
To a large degree Little Secrets succeeds in a valiant effort to portray a teens struggling with the inevitable pitfalls along the bumpy road to adulthood 
2.5
Little Secrets
Moira MacDonald
The movie s chipper charms and its steadfast determination to present an alternative to overly merchandised multiplex fare there s nary a pop song or product placement here ultimately win out 
2.5
Little Secrets
Jonathan Curiel
A touching film that will make audiences smile and cry at young characters who are learning about love and confession 
3
Little Secrets
David Elliott
It somewhat breaks the tone when Emily admits Mom is very anal but then Emily is anal and so nicely is the movie 
2
Little Secrets
Christine Dolen
It s a beguiling exploration of friendship trust truth insecurity and yes secrets 
3
Little Secrets
Robert W. Butler
Stick with it and you may find some unexpected pleasures here especially performances by two adolescent stars who elevate the film above some often shaky writing 
2.5
Little Secrets
Jeff Vice
It s to the credit of its young talented cast that Little Secrets overcomes what could have been a terminal case of the cutes 
2.5
Little Secrets
Evan Henerson
It s safe and heart warming enough that the 15 and younger set should love it while their parents won t be bored 
3
Little Secrets
Roger Ebert
I am rating this movie at three stars because it contains absolutely nothing to object to That in itself may be objectionable but you will have to decide for yourself 
3
Little Secrets
Megan Turner
Budding adolescents shouldn t find much fault with this pleasantly diverting albeit formulaic teen drama 
2.5
Little Secrets
David Sterritt
This picture is a secret family oriented viewers should spread around 
2
Little Secrets
Walter Chaw
Aesop for dummies 
1
Little Secrets
Tony Toscano
Shot on a conspicuously low budget the film has a wonderful sensitivity about it making it a nice film to share with the kids 
3
Little Secrets
Loren King
One can hardly argue with the desire to make a wholesome movie for families that extols honesty and decency but it all comes too easily too superficially 
2
Little Secrets
Rob Blackwelder
harmless wholesome and just barely winning enough to overcome its fantasy suburban Norman Rockwell nature 
2.5
Oldboy
Brian Eggert
Lee 8217 s not inconsiderable talent makes a fine attempt to interpret the story with two or three unique touches 44 but he doesn 8217 t make it vital or offer a fresh take 46 
1.5
Oldboy
John Beifuss
Lee has been highly critical of Django Unchained but is not Oldboy his own serio comic captivity and revenge thriller redeemed by its basis in fantasy rather than history An alternate title might be 20 Years a Slave 
3
Oldboy
Scott Nash
In intriguing premise poorly executed 
2.5
Oldboy
Michael Dequina
The most unexpected takeaway from Spike Lee s new version is the realization is that mere shock value is only part actually a small one at that of what made Park Chan Wook s film so disturbing and powerful 
2
Oldboy
James Berardinelli
Sometimes I don t understand the Hollywood mindset Who thought remaking Park Chan wook s 2003 cult classic Oldboy was a good idea 
2
Oldboy
Peter Travers
What s onscreen feels squeezed truncated and curiously embalmed It s got no kick to it Oldboy just lies there like old news that s not worth a second thought 
1.5
Oldboy
Geoff Pevere
Lee s is more of a hard edged hammer and nail noir than Park s existential horror and it s far less concerned with the internal state of Joe s mind than the external havoc it creates 
3.5
Oldboy
Duane Dudek
Inside Man and 25th Hour are evidence that Lee is capable of great work But here as in Miracle at St Anna his reach exceeds his grasp 
2.5
Oldboy
Michael O'Sullivan
Just as depraved and depressing as the original 
2.5
Oldboy
Matt Zoller Seitz
For people won t have seen the original Oldboy or anything remotely like it this will be a rare studio release that feels shocking and abrasive and perverse and in some way new 
3
Oldboy
Bruce Ingram
An enormously unlikely but still satisfying paean to payback 
3.5
Oldboy
Peter Howell
Spike Lee s Oldboy reinterpretation hoists the hammer and baseball bat with vigour but fails to make its own mark 
2
Oldboy
David Hiltbrand
Brings to mind Samuel Johnson s famous 18th century witticism likening a woman preaching to a dog walking on its hind legs It is not done well but you are surprised to find it done at all 
1.5
Oldboy
Dann Gire
Lee s update of Chan wook s original comes off as a cold and depersonalized retelling of a wild and inventive revenge opus minus the infamous live octopus eating scene 
2.5
Oldboy
Lou Lumenick
Relentlessly gruesome self consciously shocking and pretty much pointless 
1.5
Oldboy
Rafer Guzman
Few directors could naturally jibe with such weird material and Lee isn t one of them 
2
Oldboy
Claudia Puig
Graphically gruesome when it means to be a provocative look at vengeance 
2
Oldboy
Ty Burr
If Park s film is the work of a brilliant but soulless surgeon Lee s is that of a gifted provocateur amusing himself until the next real thing comes around 
2.5
Oldboy
Chris Knight
In many ways Oldboy is a more accessible movie than its predecessor Lee has done something few filmmakers before him have managed he has redone a movie and balanced the result on the line between homage and originality 
3.5
Oldboy
Mick LaSalle
Oldboy is an immersion into pure twistedness The purity of its twistedness is its saving grace 
3
Oldboy
David Nusair
a superior remake that improves upon its admittedly solid predecessor in most aspects 
3
Oldboy
Dustin Putman
If the film s successive missteps are frustrating though it is because the rest of Oldboy has a dangerously irresistible ambience difficult to deny or resist 
2.5
Oldboy
Roger Moore
Intriguing differences from the original don t so much improve on it as suggest that Lee and the screenwriter never figured out why that first film worked 
2
Oldboy
Robert Levin
Too ridiculous to be taken seriously and far too self serious to qualify as escapist entertainment 
2
Oldboy
Chris Hewitt
This new take is an exhilarating swiftly paced display of Lee s mastery of movie language as well as a convincing argument that at the movies revenge is a dish best served often 
3
Oldboy
Rene Rodriguez
So much of Oldboy works so well that it s a huge disappointment when the movie loses its nerve in the climax opting for a radically different and less subversive ending than the original 
2.5
Oldboy
Jon Niccum
Copley gives the year s worst performance The South African actor portrays The Stranger with the kind of showy effete glee usually reserved for mustachioed villains who tie women to train tracks in silent movies 
2
Oldboy
Matt Pais
Previously logical actions and punishments have become confused and minimized depleting the force of this story of heartbreak and atonement 
2
Oldboy
Jesse Cataldo
Spike Lee s version loses the one thing that really worked in the original the sense of moral complication emerging out of the intertwined action of two men hell bent on retribution 
1.5
Oldboy
Josh Larsen
This is pure camp and difficult to take seriously in any way at all 
0.5
Oldboy
Michael Phillips
What exactly drew Lee to an Oldboy remake You can t really tell from watching the film 
1.5
Oldboy
Soren Andersen
The picture is a blood soaked farrago of physical and psychological torture though it s not nearly as extreme as the Korean version 
2.5
Oldboy
Stephen Whitty
If you ve already seen and liked Chan wook s film there s no real reason to see this if you ve already seen and hated it there are a hundred reasons to turn away 
2
Recycle
Lisa Kennedy
Re cycle is worth a trip to the theater for aficionados of Asian horror and its off shoots 
2.5
The Sign of the Cross
James Kendrick
an effective portrait of human sadism as entertainment although it is hard not to feel confused as to whether we re watching Rome s sadism or DeMille s
2.5
The Sign of the Cross
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This early pre code Cecil B DeMille spectacular is famous for pretending to be a religious epic while actually being full of sex and violence 
3
The Sign of the Cross
Scott Nash
The Caligula of its day 
3.5
The Silence of the Sea
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Melville once said that by privileging the word and giving it the same importance as the image he was in search of a film equivalent to the opera Somehow he did it 
3
The Silence of the Sea
Eric Melin
Although the movie s narrative and acting style are typical of older films Le Silence de la Mer has a modern sensibility and feel embracing subtlety and ambiguity in a way that was idiosyncratic at the time 
3.5
Europa Report
Brian Eggert
Cordero can 8217 t seem to decide if he 8217 s made a horror movie or a heady sci fi tale 44 and his genre mashup feels unbalanced for it 46 
2.5
Europa Report
David Nusair
Filmmaker Cordero delivers a found footage thriller that admittedly does suffer from the various problems one associates with the genre 
2.5
Europa Report
John Serba
Its ideas trump its method a necessity when working in a weary genre 
3
Europa Report
Walter V. Addiego
Low key and earnest Sebastin Cordero s Europa Report makes compelling use of familiar genre material to create an intelligent science fiction thriller 
3
Europa Report
Chris Hewitt
Like many other dull road trips your response to this one might be a quick nap 
2
Europa Report
Walter Chaw
If it had a torso it d be wearing a pocket protector 
2
Europa Report
Tirdad Derakhshani
There are scenes of unutterable beauty in Europa Report a low budget space exploration sci fi suspenser from Ecuadorian director Sebastin Cordero 
3
Europa Report
Mark Feeney
What isn t straightforward about the plot is either hackneyed implausible or both 
2.5
Europa Report
Joe Lozito
Beautifully crafted sci fi entry in the found footage genre is both as wondrous and monotonous as deep space travel 
2.5
Europa Report
Christy Lemire
Working from Philip Gelatt s script Cordero keeps things consistent elegant and streamlined Europa Report actually may be understated to a fault but that s preferable to gratuitous melodrama 
3
Europa Report
Sara Stewart
The real treat here is the science not the fiction The film s sleek aesthetic was developed in consultation with NASA about what such a mission would actually require and look like as viewed on surveillance cameras 
3
Europa Report
Robert Levin
Realism doesn t necessarily equal entertainment and Sebastin Cordero s movie collapses in an avalanche of jargon 
2
Europa Report
Stephanie Merry
There are genuinely chilling moments in Europa Report thanks in no small part to a talented cast that will likely look familiar to viewers even if the actors names aren t instantly recognizable 
2.5
Europa Report
Chuck Bowen
After a while it s hard to escape the fact that the audience is watching a potential monster movie in which most of the fun stuff i e the monster has been pared away 
2
Europa Report
Dustin Putman
A well made film one that is admirable for what was achieved even as it slightly disappoints for what it could have been under less restrictive production circumstances 
2.5
Europa Report
Roger Moore
Tight and beautifully detailed but plainly chopped down from what must have been a more coherent if not more compelling thriller 
2
Outland
Matt Brunson
The early going intrigue maintains interest but once the film starts shamelessly riffing on High Noon all the excitement fritters away 
2.5
Outland
Chuck O'Leary
Outland is essentially High Noon in outer space and one of the most entertaining sci fi flicks ever made 
3.5
Outland
David Nusair
an enjoyable sci fi action flick 
3
Outland
James O'Ehley
This not so fast paced actioner is worthwhile watching if only for the Alien inspired sets and costumes 
2
My Dad's Christmas Date
Roger Moore
Three screenwriters and a director with a record unblemished by success can t make this Date come off In a movie with plenty of You Americans jokes it s the Yank who holds his own and the Limeys who let down the side 
1.5
Consuming Spirits
Rob Thomas
Frame by frame sketch by sketch Sullivan has created a rich and layered world in Consuming Spirits one that won t easily let you go 
4
Consuming Spirits
John Hartl
An ambitious animated epic that runs well over two hours and sometimes feels more like a feat than a film Nevertheless it s a kind of milestone in its genre 
3
Consuming Spirits
Omer Mozaffar
It is the story of people in a small ordinary town knowing nothing but their ordinary affairs revealing their sins and crimes with an ordinary negligence 
3
Consuming Spirits
Farran Smith Nehme
Sullivan pulls the narrative noose tight at long last and wraps up Consuming Spirits as neatly as a Victorian novel albeit one written by someone with an alarming affinity for the grotesque 
3
Consuming Spirits
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Not only a monstrous visual achievement but one of the most uniquely humanistic animated features of all time 
4
The Living End
Trey Graham
Gregg Araki could barely have bought a car for what little he spent making The Living End but it s a good thing he didn t opt for an auto because Living End is one great road trip 
4
Last Man Down
Roger Moore
87 minutes of generally excruciating action garbage from Norway 
1
Hope Springs
David Nusair
remains engaging primarily due to the charismatic performances and director Mark Herman s breezy approach to the material 
2.5
Hope Springs
Ian Mantgani
We see a relationship that doesn t seem to have any reason for being or even any joy 
1.5
The Trans List
David Wiegand
The documentary may not win any awards for great filmmaking but the information conveyed in The Trans List is vital and the personal stories of trans people are compelling and sometimes heartbreaking 
3
Buck
Mattie Lucas
It has a strange and enigmatic beauty bringing the myth of the American cowboy to startling and compelling life 
2.5
Buck
Brandy McDonnell
The most satisfying 90 minutes of cinema I ve experienced in a long time 
3.5
Buck
Roger Moore
Essentially a long instructional horse whispering video beefed up with Redford hype underscored with a sad biography 
2.5
Buck
Rick Groen
Cynics beware Darned tootin we re home on the range here where seldom is heard a discouraging word and don t nobody be yappin that Buck is too good to be true 
3
Buck
Linda Barnard
Interviews with horse people Brannaman s very funny elderly stepmother and director Robert Redford help round out the doc but all we really need is time with Brannaman and Meehl doesn t disappoint 
3.5
Buck
Mike Scott
With an elegant simplicity that befits the man at the center of it all it s a multi layered metaphor rich film with beautiful hard to ignore lessons 
3.5
Buck
Rob Thomas
It s a serene quality that has the same calming and inspiring effect on a movie audience After spending 90 minutes with Buck I d probably walk into a horse trailer on his say so too 
3
Buck
Peter Canavese
Both Buck and Buck endorse sensitive care for the voiceless whether they be horses or cowed children 
3
Buck
Michael D. Smith
It s mesmerizing to watch him do his magic with problem horses but the film becomes a bit of a one trick pony after a while 
2.5
Buck
John Beifuss
Brannaman s story is intriguing enough to survive the rather unimaginative construction of the movie that contains it 
3
Buck
Chris Hewitt
Unfortunately Buck follows too closely its hero s example It is laconic to the point of sleepiness 
2
Buck
Bob Bloom
Buck is an extraordinary and fascinating story about an individual who believes you can accomplish more through simple kindness and understanding 
3.5
Buck
Chris Foran
As a manual for handling animals and people for that matter Brannaman s common sense teachings broaden his story s appeal 
2.5
Buck
Sara Michelle Fetters
Transcendent emotional moving informative and ethereal this surprisingly tough minded look at a man and his life s work is a wonderful excursion that says just as much about the viewer as it does about the figure at the center of it all 
3.5
Buck
John DeFore
You don t have to be a horse nut to fall for Buck one of those rare documentaries whose subject is so inherently fascinating that a fictional character could hardly compete 
3.5
Buck
Joe Williams
Beautifully but simply wrought by director Cindy Meehl this deft documentary is a poignant reappraisal of what it means to be human 
3.5
Buck
Mick LaSalle
Documentaries have a wonderful way of making us care about people and things way outside our own experience and Buck is a prime example 
3
Buck
Tom Keogh
Never has the special relationship between people and horses appeared more magnificent and even lyrical on film than in Buck 
3
Buck
Ty Burr
The man s mythology precedes him and it s the movie s failing that we don t understand how or whether he uses that mythology because he knows it s good business 
2.5
Buck
Roger Ebert
What I was left with was the goodness of Buck Brannaman as a man 
3
Buck
Matt Pais
A primer on emotion control and the ways that mammals shape mammals whether the relationship is father son or owner horse 
3.5
Buck
Tom Meek
Ostensibly Cindy Meehl s documentary may focus on the exploits of horse whisperer Buck Brannaman but it also relates a tale of perseverance 
3
Buck
V.A. Musetto
I don t know why but I just can t get all worked up over Dan Buck Brannaman subject of the documentary Buck 
2
Buck
Andrew Schenker
Even when Meehl hits on first rate footage of a fascinating practice she insists on undermining its strength by reducing it to little more than a device for the delivery of a simplistic shopworn message 
1.5
Buck
Roger Moore
Much of the movie too much of it is just Buck in the corral riding working with ropes and flags conditioning a horse to behave 
2.5
Haywire
Brian Eggert
A solid 44 classy action movie that avoids the formal clich 233 s of its genre 46 
3.5
Haywire
Kelly Jane Torrance
I don t want to say much more than that Haywire jumps right into the action leaving lots of questions and a delicious sense of mystery that remains until the very end 
2.5
Haywire
Perry Seibert
A lean and vastly entertaining picture 
3.5
Haywire
Rob Humanick
Don t think of her as a woman That would be a mistake says an s o b late in this sexy jazzy exercise and he couldn t be more wrong The action film as a love letter to a lethal goddess 
3.5
Haywire
Jeff Beck
The film does have style but unfortunately the focus on that element seems to have come at too much of a cost 
2.5
Haywire
Eric Melin
The movie is really only bursting at the seams during its fight scenes Instead of rapid fire cutting to accentuate the danger the camera just stops and pays witness to the action 
2.5
Haywire
Michael Dequina
While it remains to be seen where Carano goes from here in her film career she certainly makes a memorable and quality first impression 
3
Haywire
Roger Moore
Gina Carano has a face that can hold a Hollywood close up and a fist that can hold your nose until it comes clean off 
2.5
Haywire
John Beifuss
As with Contagion Soderbergh s arthouse cool does more to dampen the appeal of the genre material than to validate elevate critique or refresh it Somebody show the auteur a Cynthia Rothrock movie stat 
2.5
Haywire
Sara Michelle Fetters
Dobbs and Soderbergh have a good feel for this genre and seeing how things play out and watching Mallory exact her brutal full impact revenge is a total joy 
3.5
Haywire
Matt Brunson
The limitations of the film aren t Carano s fault Admittedly her emoting borders on the wooden side but she does have charisma and a natural screen presence neither of which should ever be underestimated 
2.5
Haywire
John Wirt
She s not much in the acting department but Gina Carano can punch kick and pounce all of which is more important than acting in Steven Soderbergh s action flick 
2.5
Haywire
James Kendrick
a slight genre exercise built on a spare straight to video backbone and fleshed out with Soderbergh s experimental attitude
2.5
Haywire
Thomas Page McBee
Despite some thrilling combat choreography executed with flair by MMA champ Gina Carano Steven Soderbergh clearly phoned it in here 
2.5
Haywire
Glenn Lovell
a made to order vehicle for Carano Soderbergh s latest is a jazzy ultra cool espionage payback thriller that makes up in pure adrenaline what it lacks in narrative heft 
2.5
Haywire
Scott Nash
Hey Hollywood here s your Wonder Woman 
3
Haywire
Peter Canavese
Finds Soderbergh keeping it simple stupid by filling the story s hollowness with kick butt action and elements of style 
2.5
Haywire
Stephen Whitty
If Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol was a fancy top shelf cocktail this is Polish vodka neat 
3
Haywire
David Nusair
A typically uneven effort from Steven Soderbergh 
3
Haywire
Willie Waffle
One of the benefits is Carano s screen presence and an ability to kick booty approaching that of Jason Statham 
2.5
Haywire
Liam Lacey
Hand it to a wily indie veteran like Soderbergh to find a fresh twist to an old genre The fighting isn t faked but the acting is 
2.5
Haywire
Ann Hornaday
Haywire stays true to its low rent B movie principles right down to the fast strong and quietly competent heroine at its center 
3
Haywire
Kyle Smith
Haywire is a wannabe or rather a wanna B and that B is for Bourne 
2
Haywire
Mark Dujsik
Most importantly the film announces the arrival of a bona fide action star in Gina Carano 
3
Haywire
Dustin Putman
Without Gina Carano there d be no use for such a familiar threadbare film to exist at all 
2
Haywire
Ann Lewinson
Wrong headed in every way it fails both as a spy thriller and as a throwback to 70s exploitation flicks 
1.5
Haywire
Claudia Puig
A vigorous spy thriller that consistently beckons the viewer to catch up with its narrative twists and turns Bordering on convoluted it works best when in combat mode 
3
Haywire
Mick LaSalle
You don t love movies if the sight of Gina Carano beating up every guy in sight doesn t make you laugh get happy and feel as if you re getting your money s worth 
3
Haywire
Gary Thompson
Five minutes of Carano fighting 85 minutes of half baked espionage plotting that nobody not writer Lem Dobbs or Soderbergh seems to care much about 
2.5
Haywire
Wesley Morris
The pleasure of this small eccentric movie is the natural way Carano hurts people by say walking partway up a wall and climbing onto a man s back by sprinting toward the camera and flying into the human target standing in the foreground 
3
Haywire
Steven Rea
From start to finish serious fun 
3
Haywire
Rich Heldenfels
Fun low tech action with a starmaking turn by Gina Carano 
3
Haywire
Chris Hewitt
It s all style and attitude a snarl of a movie that begins in the middle of something and ends in the middle of something but gives us a ton of adrenaline fueled pleasure in between 
3
Haywire
Stanley A. Miller II
Aspires to be a spy action thriller but instead limps along as a ponderous convoluted art house film 
1.5
Haywire
Peter Travers
Haywire comes close to achieving Soderbergh s goal of creating a Pam Grier movie made by Alfred Hitchcock 
3.5
Haywire
Michael Phillips
Carano may not be a born or a natural actress she is however an undeniable and heartening rebuke to the skinny Minnies Hollywood favors over real women with curves 
3
Haywire
Roger Ebert
Carano is wonderfully athletic which is just as well because she spends most of the film being wonderful athletic 
3
Haywire
Moira MacDonald
Right up to the film s comically abrupt ending it s all about Mallory s strength speed and uncanny ability to survive A dismissive cop early on refers to her as Wonder Woman turns out he s not kidding 
3
Haywire
Peter Howell
Haywire is really just a vehicle for Carano to demonstrate her action chops which she does with a vengeance set to David Holmes buoyant and badass score 
3
Haywire
Josh Larsen
When Carano gets a good grip on one of her victims it s impossible to peel her off she s like lethal duct tape 
3
Haywire
Christy Lemire
Haywire feels like minor Soderbergh zippy hugely entertaining and well crafted as always but not one of his more important films in the broad scheme of things 
3
Haywire
Rene Rodriguez
Once you get over the novelty of watching mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano beat up her male co stars the film has practically nothing else to offer 
2
Haywire
James Berardinelli
This is not great Soderbergh regardless of whether one considers him as an auteur or a mass market entertainer But it is good Soderbergh and that s more than enough 
3
Haywire
Rex Reed
The whole point of this time wasting farrago of idiocy is that women can cut kick slash burn maim and kill just like men and make bad movies that are just as stupid 
1
Haywire
R. Kurt Osenlund
If anything Haywire is most closely linked to last year s Contagion a kindred effort in style theme and value marring detachment 
2
The Real Cancun
Mark Dujsik
It s a document of the decline of Western civilization and no it s not because everyone in it drinks has sex and parties but because when asked if someone could film it they said yes 
0
The Real Cancun
Ed Gonzalez
Girls Gone Wild meets The Real Wold in miniature with Snoop Dogg s seal of approval 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Nick Rogers
With its shimmering cinematography The Real Cancun is better at hiding the city s grimy exterior than at being fun to watch 
2
The Real Cancun
Katrina Onstad
A fascinating document about the hollowness of contemporary youth culture 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Steve Rhodes
Grown up adults who are honest with themselves will find themselves yearning to relive their youth 
3
The Real Cancun
Linda Cook
There s an interesting story in every person that s why reality tv is so popular 
3
The Real Cancun
Frank Ochieng
one tequila shot experiment gone terribly bad this 97 minute cheap thrill is a stilted and juvenile sociological misfire that s every bit as tedious as it is tacky a fruitless fleshy fable
1.5
The Real Cancun
Dustin Putman
May be more at home on a television screen once it goes to DVD but it is admittedly a lot of fun all the same 
2.5
The Real Cancun
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of fare that would be at home on late night cable where its repetitiveness and mindlessness might offer channel surfers a cure for insomnia 
1.5
The Real Cancun
Todd Anthony
Few truly compelling stories and disappointingly little debauchery ensue 
2
The Real Cancun
Moira MacDonald
What good documentaries have that The Real Cancun sadly lacks is a good story 
.5
The Real Cancun
Mick LaSalle
There s a case to be made for The Real Cancun as a document of the mating dance as well as an unintentionally poignant film about the brevity of youth 
3
The Real Cancun
David Elliott
Strip away the glittery facade and turn down the music and what s left is very little substance 
1.5
The Real Cancun
John Anderson
I don t want to say that The Real Cancun is boring but I fell asleep on my arm during the last 45 minutes and chewed it off rather than wake myself up 
1
The Real Cancun
Elizabeth Weitzman
Reality Land is a village built on lowest common denominators the cheapest the dumbest the wildest that Bunim and Murray well know often leads to the most fun 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Paul Doro
The simple fact of the matter is that there is nothing new here 
1.5
The Real Cancun
Guylaine Cadorette
If you let yourself be immersed in its irrelevance it actually has some enticing moments which to some moviegoers might be the nipple pierced twins incestuous striptease 
2
The Real Cancun
Jeff Vice
It s fascinating stuff to watch as well as enlightening especially if you re a parent paying for college tuition 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Wesley Morris
Like the average spring breaker I enjoyed every minute of it but felt totally despicable the minute it was over 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Megan Lehmann
It actually works as a sometimes funny occasionally scandalous but mostly involving narrative 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Claudia Puig
Those who sit through this mindlessness get the booby prize 
1.5
The Real Cancun
Phil Villarreal
Some nebbish 18 year olds may be inspired by Alan s transformation into a party animal Others may find it sickening 
2
The Real Cancun
Chris Hewitt
Politically incorrect gleefully tasteless and extremely entertaining 
3
The Real Cancun
John Monaghan
Real all right Real stupid Real predictable A real dud 
1
The Real Cancun
Rene Rodriguez
You could argue that The Real Cancun isn t worth shelling out seven bucks for when you can get the same thing on TV and you would be right But it sure beats Fear Factor The Movie 
2.5
The Real Cancun
Erik Childress
Who s to say what is appropriate since the only POV the filmmakers have is the one where dead presidents are staring back at them 
1.5
The Real Cancun
David Hiltbrand
Somehow the movie which could easily have been titled Dude Where s My Underwear managed to scrape up 16 college age kids who are so callow they make this fantasy lifestyle look unattractive 
2
The Real Cancun
Rob Blackwelder
Who s more shallow the people who want to be in a reality movie or the people who pay to see one 
2
The Real Cancun
Mark Caro
Purports to be reality TV s first major incursion into the movie world but this isn t just loathsome cinema it would be terrible television too 
0
The Real Cancun
Josh Larsen
That no one survives with a shred of dignity shouldn t come as a surprise 
0
The Real Cancun
Greg Dean Schmitz
Somewhere between Jackass with girls and an R rated version of MTV s The Real World Better than The Bachelor Joe Millionaire or American Idol 
3
The Samaritan
David Nusair
The Samaritan benefits substantially from the inclusion of a shocking turn in the narrative at around the halfway point 
2.5
The Samaritan
Diego Semerene
It packs its narrative with a succession of increasingly clichd twists one of which involves the sudden recognition that its main character Foley Samuel L Jackson is romantically involved with his own daughter 
1
The Samaritan
Robert Levin
The experience of watching Samuel L Jackson actually act is the only real pleasure to be gleaned from the movie 
2.5
The Samaritan
Stephen Whitty
It s not honest with its people or its plot And the only ones it really cheats are audience members 
2
The Samaritan
Rick Groen
A scripted clich the ex con who wants to go straight until the plot kicks in 
2
The Samaritan
Kyle Smith
The Samaritan proves that even Samuel L Jackson can be boring 
0.5
The Samaritan
Linda Barnard
Sets itself up as a crime thriller yet fails to deliver more than a twinge of surprise as it meanders toward a flaccid endgame swindle 
1.5
The Samaritan
Roger Ebert
The Samaritan isn t a great noir but it s true to the tradition and gives Samuel L Jackson one of his best recent roles 
3
Ghost Team
Odie Henderson
If you have seen Scooby Doo in any of its animated incarnations you don t need to see Ghost Team 
1
Ghost Team
Pat Padua
Ghost Team is little more than a feature length Scooby Doo episode 
2.5
Newlyweds
Matt Pais
Breaking news When you get married you will inevitably deal with your spouse s family and exes in some capacity 
1.5
Newlyweds
Roger Ebert
It has both the charms and the shortcomings of the indie fringe 
2
Newlyweds
Mike McGranaghan
Newlyweds is funny but never at the expense of its ideas Whereas most relationship comedies these days are contrived and dopey this one strives to be more truthful and it succeeds A solid insightful human comedy 
3
The Iceman
Frank Ochieng
Vromen s The Iceman will leave audiences cold with its chilling account a delightfully probing and perverse exposition about a complex character study of an unstable man set loose among the masses thus becoming our wildest harsh reality imaginable 
3
The Iceman
Michael Dequina
Big bad with a side dish of bats t crazy is the specialty of Michael Shannon and so scarily good he is in mining this wheelhouse that one does not dare to complain about him repeating himself 
3
The Iceman
Rob Thomas
Kuklinski is thought to have killed over 100 people in the 70s and 80s and in looking into Shannon s cold dead eyes you wonder if that s lowballing it 
3
The Iceman
Marty Mapes
Fascinating killer doesn t generate enough interest
2
The Iceman
Peter Canavese
The main selling point here mdash and it s a considerable one mdash is Shannon who shows new shadings in the role of Kuklinski 
2.5
The Iceman
Andrea Chase
That The Iceman is a film eminently worth seeing is a tribute to Michael Shannon 
3
The Iceman
Matt Brunson
Nobody would think to call The Iceman a romanticized version of anything but when compared to the real life story of Richard Kuklinski this excessively brutal film comes off almost as gentle and dreamy eyed as a Nicholas Sparks adaptation 
2
The Iceman
Lisa Kennedy
Shannon gets at his character s pent up torment as well as his efficient disconnect When his two worlds start to converge on his daughter s sweet 16th birthday no less you feel for him 
3
The Iceman
Steven Rea
A true crime thriller directed with grit gristle and punchy energy by Ariel Vromen The Iceman is never less than fascinating even if things get a little ham fisted here and there 
3
The Iceman
Adam Nayman
Michael Shannon is an overpowering actor and in The Iceman the best that he can do is wrestle the movie around him to a stalemate 
2
The Iceman
Mark Dujsik
Shannon s chilling performance paints such an uncompromising portrait of Kuklinski that the movie s confused attitude toward the character is even more confounding 
2
The Iceman
Ty Burr
It s a fascinating subject the beast that lurks inside the family man but the movie blows it 
2
The Iceman
Cathy Jakicic
The performances are not helped much by the script or the movie s muddy palette which gives everything the look and sound of a 70s movie of the week 
2
The Iceman
Moira MacDonald
It s often mesmerizing primarily for Shannon s performance as a man who s a master of compartmentalizing 
3
The Iceman
John Anderson
As both violent drama and character study Israeli director Ariel Vromen s film does everything it should 
3
The Iceman
Chris Hewitt
A smart subtle addition to the gangster genre 
3
The Iceman
Joe Williams
While Hollywood keeps coughing up comedies and thrillers about sympathetic hitmen the true story dramatized in The Iceman should bury those noxious fantasies forever 
3
The Iceman
Matt Pais
Few actors do the menacing stare like Shannon 
2.5
The Iceman
Michael Phillips
Just when you think you ve seen enough of these wiseguys along comes a story like Kuklinski s and an actor like Shannon 
3
The Iceman
James Berardinelli
The Iceman offers a chronological view into the life of its title protagonist and what a life it is 
3
The Iceman
Robert Levin
The film is at its best when it navigates the contradiction at the heart of this man generating interest and tension as it parallels his home life with his profession 
3
The Iceman
Perry Seibert
The script is so straight ahead and Shannon s performance is so forceful that The Iceman doesn t offer any real insight into this monster but if you just want to glimpse a character capable of genuine evil it s effectively chilling 
2.5
The Iceman
Stephen Whitty
There s not much style here beyond the uniformly good acting and even less of a point 
2
The Iceman
Claudia Puig
Shannon is brilliantly unnerving as he callously dispenses with people then returns home to maintain his façade of a loving husband and father 
3
The Iceman
Lou Lumenick
A sketchy flatly directed biopic based on one of the most compelling true crime stories out of New Jersey 
2
The Iceman
Rex Reed
Michael Shannon is so fascinating that I was honestly rooting for him to survive The point of The Iceman is Even monsters are human but it takes a great actor to make a dubious theme convincing 
3
The Iceman
Tomas Hachard
Michael Shannon has no interior to play with since the film seems intent on ridding Richie of any emotion other than love for his family and also no catharsis to build toward 
1.5
The Iceman
David Nusair
a fairly standard biopic that s ultimately elevated by Ariel Vromen s stylish direction and a typically riveting performance from Michael Shannon 
3
The Iceman
Bill Chambers
The Iceman proves that a movie cannot get by on Michael Shannon s dark charisma alone
1.5
Roller Boogie
Roger Ebert
Let s say Roller Boogie is no better and no worse than the beach blanket bikini bingo bongo movies and from there you re going to have to take it by yourself 
1.5
Runaway
David Nusair
superb performances by Stanford and Tunney 
3
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
Kenneth R. Morefield
The documentary really takes off in its second half when Pleasures chronicles Hentoff s transition from Mr Liberal as one journalist calls him after his defense of the Nazi marches in Skokie to an unapologetic pro life advocate 
3
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
Paul de Barros
Director David L Lewis presents a warm informal portrait of this dynamic white bearded New Yorker 
3
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
Glenn Kenny
Remarkably fluid and never lass than compellingly watchable 
3
Dayveon
Carson Lund
Amman Abbasi isn t confident enough to let this detailed environment pull its own weight and the film ultimately leans on overwrought metaphors and contrived plot hijinks to make sense of itself 
2
Dayveon
Nick Allen
Dayveon stands out with its vision regional flavor and overall personality 
3.5
The Objective
David Nusair
a passable yet rather tedious piece of work 
2
Hookers In a Haunted House
Joe Bob Briggs
Yes they really had a script for this 
2
The Legend of Hell House
John Beifuss
The last act revelation is a let down and even somewhat silly but this remains a top tier ghost movie thanks mostly to director John Hough who privileges atmosphere over logic 
3
The Legend of Hell House
Dustin Putman
Fans of The Legend of Hell House and haunted house stories in general should have no qualms about picking up a copy Recommended 
2.5
The Legend of Hell House
Mike McGranaghan
A haunted house movie with a kinky twist May feel slow to those accustomed to the hyper horror movies of today 
2.5
Dysfunctional Friends
Michael Dequina
Corey Grant is remarkably generous to his large cast giving them juicy roles as a writer and as a director the space to run with them 
3
Dysfunctional Friends
Wilson Morales
Filled with humorous scenes along with some tender moments Friends should attract an audience looking to have good time and enjoy an evening s entertainment 
3
The Great Yokai War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its warmth and silliness are distracting enough even when the plot fails 
2.5
The Great Yokai War
Bill Stamets
This noisy effects crazed PG 13 adventure might work for 10 year olds who are beyond Nickelodeon piffle and ready for Japanese splatter 
2
The Great Yokai War
Wesley Morris
Miike s epic undertaking is probably best appreciated as the first stab at a live action version of a Hayao Miyazaki ecologically minded extravaganza like Princess Mononoke 
3
The Great Yokai War
Maitland McDonagh
A fable of childhood s end with monsters Miike s goofy gallant action packed fantasy deserves to become a classic family film 
3.5
The Great Yokai War
Collin Souter
It s like a live action Hayao Miyazaki film It s an indescribable hilarious and insane piece of work that also has a refreshingly old school feel to it 
4
The People Upstairs
Dwight Brown
This tightly written well directed and perfectly acted 81 minute vignette is as engaging and astonishing as any four character dialogue driven film could ever be 
3
This So-Called Disaster
Robert W. Butler
Will appeal mostly to those who love theater and relish the opportunity to see a production being built scene by scene 
3
This So-Called Disaster
Ty Burr
One of the finer peeks into the creative process of staging a play 
3.5
This So-Called Disaster
Phil Villarreal
Lets us hang out with and really meet for the first time artists we thought we already knew 
3
This So-Called Disaster
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately you leave This So Called Disaster with renewed respect for Shepard who comes off as a kind of quiet hero a man of words confronting his past with little fuss and from it creating a legacy 
3
This So-Called Disaster
Ruthe Stein
Theater lovers are likely to find the film interesting even when it zigs and zags 
3
This So-Called Disaster
David Sterritt
Almereyda s movie is riveting for several reasons its inside look at Shepard in action its vivid account of how a challenging play is brought from printed page to public stage and its glimpses of Shepard s troubled youth 
4
This So-Called Disaster
Jan Stuart
Given Almereyda s access and the level of talent before him it conveys surprisingly little about the character building techniques of Shepard s formidable cast 
2.5
This So-Called Disaster
Lou Lumenick
Offers a rare fly on the wall view of three Hollywood bad boys Sean Penn Nick Nolte and Woody Harrelson as they rehearse for a play in San Francisco in the fall of 2000 
3
This So-Called Disaster
Jami Bernard
Among the many skills required by a documentary maker is the ability to make reticent people blossom Michael Almereyda has done that in This So Called Disaster 
3
This So-Called Disaster
Jeremy Heilman
By the time the curtain rises on opening night we are provided with what feels like a catharsis for not only the playwright and the actors but for Almereyda too 
3.5
Thy Father's Chair
Sheila O'Malley
A gentle and emotionally stressful documentary 
3
Thy Father's Chair
Shane Slater
Rarely has a film felt so literally like a chore to watch 
2
The Breadwinner
Matt Brunson
Unlike the dismal box office hit The Boss Baby here s a toon flick that fully deserved its Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature 
3
The Breadwinner
Roger Moore
Not the best animated film of 2017 but lyrical enough to warrant its nomination
3
The Breadwinner
David Keyes
The movie throbs with a confidence that is as alarming as it is heart wrenching 
3.5
The Breadwinner
Josh Larsen
unfolds with an animated artistry that is nothing short of majestic 
3.5
The Breadwinner
Anita Katz
The story could be tighter but the heroine is as intrepid as any Disney princess and the animation is gorgeous 
3
The Breadwinner
Josh Terry
Nora Twomey s The Breadwinner is a creative and critical piece of animation 
3.5
The Breadwinner
Mark Dujsik
T his is a deeply felt and unsparingly realistic depiction of Afghanistan at a time of tyrannical rule by religious fundamentalists 
3
The Breadwinner
Sean P. Means
With its poignant story powerful characters and graceful animation it deserves to be noticed far and wide 
3.5
The Breadwinner
Walter V. Addiego
The film is honest enough not to exaggerate the beneficial results of Parvana s courageous act 
3
The Breadwinner
Bruce DeMara
The Breadwinner is a well crafted and inspiring story with an important message about female empowerment embodied in heroic Parvana something people of all ages should embrace 
3.5
The Breadwinner
Robert Horton
The longer this kind of thing goes on the more I start wishing the Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote would make an appearance 
2.5
The Breadwinner
Vanessa H. Larson
Visually captivating even when it s narratively uneven the animated film The Breadwinner tells the story of a brave girl living in Afghanistan under the Taliban in the lead up to the 2001 U S invasion 
2.5
The Breadwinner
Mark Feeney
One can only salute the filmmakers ambition and seriousness of purpose but it s hard to see who The Breadwinner audience is 
2
The Breadwinner
Peter Sobczynski
While the film may suffer when it comes to the details it does have a certain undeniable power in its broad strokes 
3
The Breadwinner
Ray Greene
A parable about the unthinking misogyny women suffer everywhere THE BREADWINNER is a shaken fist in a time of righteous wrath 
3.5
The Breadwinner
Diego Semerene
Cross dressing in the story is merely a tool for survival but such border crossing is inevitably rife with unintended consequences beyond narrative ones 
1.5
The Breadwinner
Kent Turner
The film s strongest appeal is for readers of the series and animation fans 
2
The Breadwinner
Brad Wheeler
The picture sings and inspires 
3.5
A Diamond in the Buff
Colin Dabkowski
The film does not shy away from more difficult subjects like Diamond s health struggles or his seeming inability to protect his own financial interests or pursue what might have been a broader career beyond Buffalo 
3.5
Heartbreak Hotel
Roger Ebert
Here it is the goofiest movie of the year a movie so bad in so many different and endearing ways that I m damned if I don t feel genuine affection for it 
1
You So Crazy
Anderson Jones
Yes it s uncut And at 90 minutes it actually feels a bit long Yes he s uncensored and just as nasty as he wants to be the avalanche of dirty words and innuendo is exhausting halfway through 
2
For Jojo
Roger Moore
For a non violent drama it 8217 s kind of brutal 46 
3
Stir Crazy
Joseph Gelmis
If Wilder and Pryor work for you you ll enjoy their mellow tomfoolery in Stir Crazy If they don t you won t Without them the movie would be nothing 
3
Stir Crazy
David Nusair
one can t help but wish that director Sidney Poitier had just let Wilder and Pryor do their thing 
2.5
Stir Crazy
Roger Ebert
It s strange about Stir Crazy We go in with big expectations and we laugh so much at the beginning that we re ready for the movie to launch itself as a hit And then it all goes flat and we come out disappointed 
2
The Pearl
Kate Cameron
The tale is told with simple effectiveness by the principal actors of the drama Its artistry is achieved by striking photographic shots and the grouping of the characters in static attitudes more appropriate to still photography than moving pictures 
3
The Pearl
Steve Rhodes
A touching movie that speaks to everyone and is well worth renting 
3
Small Voices
Walter Chaw
It wants to have its cake and eat it too wishing to be inspirational and satirical in the same breath but managing mostly to be derivative and mawkish 
0.5
Small Voices
John Monaghan
Small Voices works even though its lesson has been pounded into you a hundred times before 
3
Small Voices
Joe Baltake
Like the white shirts worn by its students this film is crisp It s also more than a little humbling 
3
Small Voices
David N. Butterworth
Gil M Portes s simple sincere film teaches us that big dreams and the desire to follow them often come in small packages 
2.5
Small Voices
Jennie Punter
Small Voices features an excellent cast 
2.5
Small Voices
Chris Knight
Small Voices presents a simple message about the power of dreams and only a confirmed curmudgeon could take issue with that 
3
Small Voices
V.A. Musetto
There s not much new in this Filipino film by longtime director Gil M Portes But it s so endearing that only a grouch wouldn t be charmed 
3
Small Voices
Glenn Lovell
A well meant but predictable Filipino import 
2.5
Small Voices
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Aims for the easiest and most rudimentary situations and dialogue insulting even the slowest of audience members 
1
Small Voices
Jonathan Curiel
At times dramatic sweet funny and sentimental Small Voices almost seems like a fable except that it s based on a real story and includes a subplot threaded with violence 
3
Small Voices
Steve Rhodes
Well shot and well intentioned but decidedly dull 
2
A Hero
Rene Sanchez
Farhadi slowly builds a thought provoking and complex morality tale that questions the value of honor and integrity in modern society Full Review in Spanish
4
A Hero
Sean P. Means
Farhadis deceptively calm shooting style allows the strong ensemble cast to shine as they move through some quietly intense scenes of confrontations verbal and physical 
4
A Hero
Brian Eggert
The director challenges viewers who like easy answers or clear ethical codes by introducing snags into straightforward situations 
3
A Hero
Joanne Laurier
A Hero begins as a simple tale that ultimately expands into a drama full of ambiguities and complexities It focuses on the lower echelons of Iranian society 
4
A Hero
Robert Levin
A Hero is not the most essential Asghar Farhadi movie but its best qualities exemplify what makes him such an important filmmaker 
3
A Hero
Sonny Bunch
Farhadi has interestingly made a film about the absolutely concrete nature of truth Truth is not slippery truth is hard and fast 
3
A Hero
Ty Burr
Farhadi works in a key of wide screen realism the better to let everyone have their say 
3.5
A Hero
Lisa Trifone
A Hero isn t about one man overcoming his own nature to become something new the film s ending is bittersweet but inevitable 
4
A Hero
Rob Thomas
Unlike a noir thriller there are no heroes or villains just ordinary people whose interests sometimes align and sometimes clash 
3
A Hero
Jeff Mitchell
Farhadi wraps this bold story with tangled nuance and tightens his grip 
3.5
A Hero
Erik Childress
Asghar Farhadi is an observer of behavior that asks us to be careful on how to judge people who are often more complex than each individual action Amir Jadidi carries the weight of his collapsing decisions all in his face and it is mesmerizing 
3.5
A Hero
Tom Meek
It s a complex look at social norms pride and self interest in which few are truly heroic 
3.5
A Hero
Ray Gill Jr.
Farhadi never insults his audience with obvious exposition The viewer is left to discover who Rahim is the various characters motivations and who the stories villains and heroes are 
4
A Hero
Michael Phillips
The cast is perfect throughout blending pros and amateurs 
3
A Hero
Leo Brady
On and on I could go the discussions and the debates are endless with A Hero That s what makes it such a great film and another shiny jewel onto the crown of Asghar Farhadi as a director 
4
A Hero
Joe Friar
Asghar Farhadi creates characters that exist in gray areas with no clear heroes or villains His latest film is a taut drama filled with contention that showcases humanity s struggle for righteousness against overwhelming odds 
4
A Hero
Richard Roeper
Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi s insightful film gives us a hustler we question but still root for 
3
A Hero
Walter Chaw
What s good about A Hero is what s good about all of Farhadi s work 
2.5
A Hero
Jake Coyle
A Hero in which Farhadi returns to his native Iran after a trip to Spain for 2018 8242 s Everybody Knows is one of the most labyrinthine moral tales you re likely to encounter 
3.5
A Hero
Mark Dujsik
T he film is a tightly plotted tale of constantly twisting stretching and constricting consequences to seemingly innocent and mundane choices 
3.5
A Hero
Josh Bell
Farhadi has put his various characters through so many inescapable predicaments that this latest feels a bit schematic even if its individual elements can still create a powerful impact 
2.5
A Hero
Mark Feeney
Seeing both sides in a drama can be a formula for noble tedium With Farhadi it works to enrich his material and make it memorable 
3.5
A Hero
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie takes place in Iran yet it s really situated in the crack of daylight that separates truth from a lie 
3
A Hero
James Kendrick
solid provocative work that grinds its way under your skin pulling you one direction and then in another without seeming to exert any effort which may be Farhadi s greatest cinematic skill
3.5
A Hero
Randy Myers
True to form Farhadi swims into these moral questions without being shrill or even choosing sides 
3.5
A Hero
Glenn Kenny
A chilling demonstration of how as the song says money changes everything 
3
A Hero
Peter Canavese
A morality play about media and social media that are hungry to create a story for attention and a commentary on how reductive most cinematic storytelling is 
3.5
A Hero
Mick LaSalle
The experience is akin to watching a movie about someone dying of a minor infection because no one in the house knows that antibiotics have been invented 
2
A Hero
Peter Howell
There s never just one central drama in an Asghar Farhadi film The Iranian auteur finds ways to bring multiple story lines and culpability together 
3
A Hero
Joey Magidson
When you watch a movie by Asghar Farhadi you know that a potentially simple story is always a vessel for more complexity and an examination of human behavior 
3
A Hero
Pat Brown
The film is a demonstrative examination of the way our raising of heroes onto social media pedestals diminishes the messy sometimes impenetrable truth of human lives 
3
Police Story
James Kendrick
a goofy action comedy that redefined the boundaries of the martial arts film by incorporating kung fu theatrics into a modern police procedural
3
Police Story
Matt Brunson
Chan shows off his formidable physical agility and winsome personality 
3
Police Story
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of the great 1980s action films It s also one of the most 1980s action films 
4
Police Story
Michael Dequina
Primo Jackie excitement and laughs aplenty 
4
Police Story
Vincent Canby
In the course of the story about drug traffickers Mr Chan gets three separate birthday cakes thrown into his face and participates in several elaborately staged gun fights and car chases 
3
Vivere
Kam Williams
This ethereal road flick has a legitimate feminist statement to make to those willing to allow women to resolve relationship issues on their own enigmatic terms 
3.5
Vivere
Maitland McDonagh
The dialogue and performances are and the film s resolution is both haunting and satisfying 
3
Vivere
V.A. Musetto
You can t quarrel with the lensing and acting but the overabundance of coincidences keeps Vivere from reaching its full potential 
2
ReBroken
Roger Moore
You might be able to boil what 8217 s going on here down into a passable 8220 Twilight Zone 8221 script 8212 the 30 minute episodes 44 not the 60 minute ones 46 
1.5
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It does such a terrific job of showing us what Deren was like that it makes even the notion of a biopic about her seem unnecessary if not ridiculous 
4
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Better late than never In the Mirror of Maya Deren reminds us of what a treasure Deren was and gives us just enough of a taste to make us want more 
3
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Edward Guthmann
Not only celebrates Deren s cinematic legacy but also reveals a gifted talent whose explosive temperament was at odds with the lyrical dreamlike imagery she put on screen 
3
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Janice Page
Intimidated by the words avant garde film Then hand yourself over without reservation to the skills of documentarian Martina Kudlacek and her astonishingly accessible primer In the Mirror of Maya Deren 
3.5
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
David Sterritt
A smart and moving documentary 
4
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
V.A. Musetto
It should please her admirers and 40 years after her death win her new ones 
3
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Travis Hoover
A monument to an important and overlooked artist 
3
Madame Sousatzka
Roger Ebert
An extraordinary movie that loves music and loves the people it is about and has the patience to do justice to both 
4
Madame Sousatzka
Chris Hicks
MacLaine s funny clever and wondrous to behold and she carries Madame Sousatzka to heights that might not readily seem warranted by the script which is composed of elements that might seem overly familiar 
3
The Prince & Me
David Nusair
generally remains a cut above the majority of its contemporary romcom brethren with the dreaded fake break up handled particularly well the second fake break up is kind of pushing it though 
3
The Prince & Me
Vince Koehler
Director Martha Coolidge brings us a wonderful romantic comedy 
3
The Prince & Me
Josh Larsen
Cinderella for households where Mom and Dad both work 
3
The Prince & Me
Lori Hoffman
Their romance has the delightful walking in another person s shoes ambience of the 1953 Gregory Peck Audrey Hepburn classic Roman Holiday
2.5
The Prince & Me
Marty Mapes
Julia Stiles is adorable and she s very easy to empathize with
2.5
The Prince & Me
Tony Toscano
a dry and brittle comedy 
1.5
The Prince & Me
Linda Cook
This isn t a royal treatment of the Cinderella story it s just average 
2
The Prince & Me
Laine Ewen
feels more practical than whimsical more politically correct than sweep you off your feet romantic 
2
The Prince & Me
Dustin Putman
The ending plain and simple cheapens all that has come before 
2
The Prince & Me
Bob Bloom
The characters lack consistency they are manipulated like puppets merely to serve the whims of the writers 
1.5
The Prince & Me
James Sanford
The primary plot strands in the screenplay were well worn when Sigmund Romberg composed his operetta The Student Prince 80 years ago 
2
The Prince & Me
Leigh Johnson
Romeo and Juliet this ain t 
1.5
The Prince & Me
Claudia Puig
Even its pre teen audience could use a bit more quirkiness and a little less formula 
2.5
The Prince & Me
Moira MacDonald
It s yet another well meaning story about following both your heart and your dream occasionally sweet yet overly familiar and overlong 
2
The Prince & Me
Mick LaSalle
As pleasant to watch as a fairy tale but it s smarter than a fairy tale 
3
The Prince & Me
Joe Baltake
I guess the real part is that the heroine here isn t a simp as she was in say Cinderella and the handsome prince is no longer that handsome and no longer behaves in a princely manner 
2
The Prince & Me
Timothy Knight
There s not one moment that s even vaguely fresh or original in the screenplay which blithely dispenses with anything resembling logic or plausibility not to mention wit and heart 
2
The Prince & Me
Deborah Hornblow
Julia Stiles whose lack of humor is contrasted by Mably s easy going charm is always playing the message She so desperately wants Paige to be taken seriously that she forgets it is possible to have fun 
2
The Prince & Me
Lou Lumenick
Interminable and hackneyed fairy tale 
1
The Prince & Me
James Verniere
Sweet amiable and often unexpectedly funny 
3
The Prince & Me
Rick Groen
Scenes that are supposed to be lyrical lie limp chemistry that is designed to be sparked remains dormant jokes that are meant to be bright stay dim 
1.5
The Prince & Me
Jeff Vice
There s quite a bit of the seen it done it syndrome here 
2
The Prince & Me
Roger Ebert
The Prince Me has the materials to be a heartwarming mass market love story but it doesn t assemble them convincingly 
0
The Prince & Me
Wesley Morris
This is a smart piece of revisionist fluff that dares to question what happens after the royal honeymoon is over 
3
The Prince & Me
Sean P. Means
Stiles looks mildly annoyed by the whole exercise as if she thought this feather light material was beneath her ample acting talents 
2
The Prince & Me
Jeffrey Westhoff
Delivers the most important thing we ask of a romantic comedy a charming couple played by charming actors 
3
The Prince & Me
Phil Villarreal
Most who see this will just want to see a princess movie and a solid one is what they ll get 
3
The Prince & Me
Willie Waffle
an average formulaic movie that is full of whimsical charm for the first hour then goes off in a disastrous direction for the second hour 
2
The Prince & Me
Collin Souter
Yet another duller than golf Hollywood Rom Com with about 20 possible endings all of which we get to see 
2
The Prince & Me
Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite a few magic moments the rest of the film feels stale 
2.5
The Prince & Me
Sue Pierman
It s pleasant enough but lacks the spark to make it memorable 
2
The Prince & Me
Carrie Rickey
Stiles and Mably are so appealing you forgive the film for having too many cliches and even more endings 
3
The Prince & Me
Terry Lawson
It takes so long to find its own bliss that it ends up being more like The Never ending Love Story 
2
The Prince & Me
Connie Ogle
You might say that when it comes to misfires this Prince rules 
1
The Prince & Me
Chris Hewitt
Not an ideal romantic comedy but at least its cliches are benign and at least it has the talented appealing Stiles 
2.5
The Prince & Me
Phoebe Flowers
This is a fairy tale in desperate need of some better magic 
2
The Prince & Me
Steve Rhodes
The wonderful chemistry between Stiles and Mably is a joy to behold 
3
The Prince & Me
David Sterritt
Take it on its own terms and you ll find it as endearing as the Prince and Princess Charming it s about 
3
The Prince & Me
John Anderson
The conventional romantic frou frou replete with oppressively alternative singer songwriter ballads with their plot mortar lyrics ratchets everything down to the level of brain death 
2.5
The Prince & Me
Jeff Strickler
A fairy tale that viewers outside its target audience are likely to find corny and clichd 
2.5
The Prince & Me
Michael Wilmington
A movie that looks like a cosmetics ad and often sounds like one too 
1.5
The Prince & Me
Paul Povse
It s a fairy tale in the best sense of the word though the movie is far too hip and Julia Stiles Paige too independent the heroine for any pat happily ever after endings 
3
The Prince & Me
Walter Chaw
It s not torture it s actually sort of fun for long stretches a shame that The Prince Me squanders all that good will in its desire to be ordinary 
2
The Prince & Me
Rob Blackwelder
There s only one way The Prince and Me could be any worse it could have starred Kate Hudson 
0.5
The Prince & Me
James Berardinelli
It s easy enough to recommend The Prince Me as a romantic comedy The movie wants to be more than that but the muddled way in which it divulges its themes occasionally makes it suffer from a split personality 
2.5
The Prince & Me
Jeanne Aufmuth
Fitful corny one liners and an ambiguous climax can be overlooked due to fresh scripting and the vast appeal of Julia Stiles and newcomer Luke Mably 
3
The Prince & Me
Ed Gonzalez
This surprisingly intelligent dramedy is largely hung up on facades and is critical of misogynistic fairy tales promised to young girls 
3
My Girl
Roger Ebert
The beauty in this film is in its directness There are some obligatory scenes But there are also some very original and touching ones This is a movie that has its heart in the right place 
3.5
Simon of the Desert
Josh Larsen
It s in the circus that surrounds Simon where we really see Bunuel s dark wit at play 
3.5
Simon of the Desert
Ed Gonzalez
Simon of the Desert s little Bible stories are twisted evocations of the dumbing down of faith by postmodern Christian anxieties and hang ups 
4
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
David Nusair
suffers from an egregiously low rent vibe that effectively distances it from Paul Verhoeven s comparitively masterful 1997 effort 
2
Barenaked in America
James Sanford
They play the funny songs but just when things threaten to get too lightweight singer Steven Page lets loose with a riveting scorchingly soulful rendition of Break Your Heart to let everyone know they re not just clowning around 
3
Barenaked in America
Roger Ebert
Barenaked Ladies is a real band and a popular one One reason for its appeal is that it s the Slim Whitman of rock bands When members sing a song it sounds like you could do it too about as well as they can 
3
The Last Sermon
Steven Prokopy
I have mixed feelings about the film s outcome but that s almost always better than finding an effort predictable and safe 
3
The Last Sermon
Nell Minow
The film introduces us to some intriguing characters several of whom deserve their own movies but it would benefit from a clearer focus 
3
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 3: From Sark to Finish
David N. Butterworth
Part 3 of Peter Greenaway s typically excessive Tulse trilogy makes a strong case for keeping everything intact Greenaway aficionados are unlikely to be put off by a piddly 6 hour running time after all 
2.5
Senior Moment
Richard Roeper
Built of sitcom style hijinks and pretty light on those it s barely a movie 
2
Senior Moment
Sean P. Means
Shatner frequently sacrifices his dignity in an attempt to get laughs and it s all the more sad that he does so in vain 
1
Senior Moment
Zaki Hasan
At a breezy 92 minutes the best thing you can say about this Moment is that it s a brief one 
1
Senior Moment
Roger Moore
Suffers from that It s harmless enough label easily slapped on too many comedies for seniors 
2
Cagefighter
Roger Moore
These mugs can t act Even the ring announcers need coaching Not that the script helps 
1
Silk Stockings
Matt Brunson
The picture effectively marked Fred Astaire s retirement from dancing it was his last significant on screen hoofing and he s as sublime as ever Yet it s co star Cyd Charisse who dominates the picture 
3
Lovers and Other Strangers
Matt Brunson
One of the best movies ever made that centers around a wedding 
3.5
Lovers and Other Strangers
Roger Ebert
It has the tact to hold back to trust its characters to somehow fumble through to something that s not love maybe but will do 
3.5
Salvation Army
Diego Semerene
It s a quiet thud of a film which embraces with grace and precision the nastiness of growing up with desire stuck in one s throat like a muffled scream 
3.5
Salvation Army
Kent Turner
Beautifully observed and melancholic
3
Women Talking
James Kendrick
a great achievement in dramatizing both the power of words and the resilience of victims to throw off the shackles of their oppression and choose a different path
3.5
Women Talking
Mike Scott
Stocked with great performances 44 Sarah Polley 8217 s searing drama 8212 about the women in a Mennonite community who decide enough is enough 8212 is often uncomfortable to watch 46 And that 8217 s precisely the point 46 
3.5
Women Talking
Sonny Bunch
Subtlety isn 8217 t really on the menu here 46 
2
Women Talking
Rob Thomas
8220 Women Talking 8221 is one of the best films of the year and cements Polley 8217 s status as one of the most interesting filmmakers working today 46 
4
Women Talking
Chase Hutchinson
It is not a complete misfire by any means 44 but still represents a missed opportunity 44 as the complexities and nuances of the narrative are regrettably stifled under a series of flat filmmaking choices 46 
2
Women Talking
Mark Meszoros
It is a special experience 44 one not to be forgotten quickly 46 
3.5
Women Talking
Anne Brodie
Polley 8217 s excellent adaptation of the novel including the 8220 narrator 8221 gender switch is judicious 44 her direction down to the grey palette indicating faded brokenness 44 essential 46 You apos ll be stunned into contemplative silence 46 
4
Women Talking
Bob Bloom
apos Women Talking apos is a painful movie 46 Not in a physical manner 44 but in the way the women reveal what they have been through and try to filter it with their strong belief in God 46 At times 44 their anguish jumps from the screen into your soul 46 
3.5
Women Talking
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not unlike apos 12 Angry Men 44 apos it apos s a deceptively simple movie that yields profound results 46 This time it apos s the women who are angry 44 and they have every right to be 46 
4
Women Talking
Chris Hewitt
There is a lot of injustice in the world Women Talking admits but there are small hopeful things we can do to make it a better place 
4
Women Talking
Odie Henderson
Women Talking is full of phenomenal acting by a group of actors at the top of their game 
4
Women Talking
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The dialogue loosely inspired by true events is brought to life by an elite ensemble featuring Claire Foy Jessie Buckley Judith Ivey and very briefly Frances McDormand but it s Rooney Mara s performance that leaps out 
3
Women Talking
Ann Hornaday
Once the viewer accepts its mannered style and bluntly literalistic vernacular it builds to a kind of unadorned grandeur 
3
Women Talking
Randy Myers
From the acting to the directing and on to one of the best screenplays of the year it is a tour de force in every sense 
4
Women Talking
Moira MacDonald
Women Talking is a powerful moving tribute to quiet strength and unexpectedly to hope 
3.5
Women Talking
Mike McGranaghan
Women Talking is an important 44 timely movie that asks all the right questions about how we respond to the mistreatment of women in society 46 
3
Women Talking
Jeff York
Ultimately 44 Polley 8217 s film stands as one of 2022 8217 s very finest 44 perhaps not the easiest to watch during the holiday season with its themes of rape and physical abuse 44 but it 8217 s a searingly dramatic tale that demands to be seen by adults everywhere 46 
4
Women Talking
Kevin Carr
A well made 44 heavy film about real world problems 44 thought at times obstructed by the framework of its setting to make a greater point 46 
3
Women Talking
Richard Roeper
The women are talking It would do us well to listen 
3
Women Talking
Sheila O'Malley
Sarah Polley apos s trust in the material 8212 and her actors 8212 allows for the performances to flourish 44 and the performances drive the story along with the barrage of words 46 
3
Women Talking
Sara Michelle Fetters
Insightfully complex 44 for a film where almost every meaningful minute takes place in the dusty hayloft of a creaky old barn 44 this is as tense and as suspenseful a thriller as anything I 8217 ve seen in 2022 46 
3.5
Women Talking
Leo Brady
It 8217 s a conversation that we are all having 44 in our Facebook groups 44 in our classrooms 44 or at the dinner table 44 and in Sarah Polley 8217 s Women Talking 44 the conversation feels forever in the moment 46 
4
Women Talking
Lindsey Bahr
It is astute and urgent and may just help those previously unable to find words or even coherent feelings for their own traumatic experiences And hopefully it might just inspire more works of wild female imagination 
4
Women Talking
Emily Zemler
This empathy translates to the viewer and by the cathartic ending scenes it s impossible not to feel real emotion for this fictional community 
4
Women Talking
Mark Dujsik
Fundamentally 44 the movie doesn apos t quite convince as a piece of drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Women Talking
James Berardinelli
Without offering more than dialogue Women Talking has difficulty sustaining itself for 104 minutes 
2.5
Women Talking
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 never comes to life in a visceral 44 cinematic way 46 
2
Women Talking
Roger Moore
Watching and listening to 8220 Women Talking 8221 during another fraught 44 fractious election year just underscores how damningly topical it is 44 despite every pain that 8217 s been taken to render it 8220 timeless 46 8221 
3.5
Women Talking
Steven Prokopy
Every second of Women Talking is gripping and an essential part of a greater conversation about gender and power roles in any society 46 
3.5
Women Talking
Brian Eggert
If the film can be overly allegorical at times 44 it 8217 s a resoundingly hopeful and worthwhile allegory 46 
3
Women Talking
Dwight Brown
As time ticks towards a deadline audiences will be rivetted and hoping that these emotionally scarred women find the strength and resolve needed to propel them forward 
4
Women Talking
Rene Sanchez
Elevated by the masterful work of its cast 44 Women Talking is a poignant film that questions social structures and religious institutions 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Women Talking
Peter Howell
An ensemble acting triumph 
4
Women Talking
Ty Burr
Think of it as Twelve Angry Women Twelve Justifiably Furious Women and marvel at the shades of vengefulness hope sorrow and support on display in the gallery of performances 
3.5
Women Talking
Joey Magidson
Women Talking is an emotional powerhouse and a masterclass in acting 46 Quiet in its devastation but retaining a measure of hope 44 this is truly riveting cinema 46 
3.5
Escape From Cannibal Farm
Joe Lipsett
In the end Escape From Cannibal Farm collapses under its flawed logic lengthy runtime and confused narrative motivations 
1
ABCD 2
Namrata Joshi
The 3D SFX add to the spectacle But the third dimension serves as a gimmick rather than a thought or philosophy as in Wim Wenders s immersive Pina 
2
The House of the Spirits
Michael Wilmington
The flaws aren t fatal The beauty and brilliance that might have been don t preclude the quality and bravery that exist on the screen 
2.5
The House of the Spirits
Carrie Rickey
How can an accomplished director take a great novel the best actors working and the finest technicians available and make a film so bland It s a puzzlement 
2
The House of the Spirits
Gary Thompson
This isn t just a bad movie it s hugely grandiosely pompously bad 
1
The House of the Spirits
Roger Ebert
All of the characters have the right names all of the necessary events occur and indeed the very best local actors have been engaged But the soul has been mislaid 
2
The House of the Spirits
James Berardinelli
Bille August has done a fine job with Isable Allende s tale crafting a captivating motion picture but it s hard not to recognize the flaws and wonder about the lost potential 
3
Pulse 3
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over its immediate predecessor 
2
The Wandering Earth
Brian Eggert
The movie follows a rather outmoded model of large scale disaster movies that have fallen out of fashion in Hollywood 
2
The Wandering Earth
Bob Chipman
Think Pacific Rim s heart in When Worlds Collide s body wearing Armageddon s clothes hinged on what s easily the most ridiculous not outright fantasy sci fi conceit anyone has attempted to put to live action in probably my lifetime 
3.5
The Wandering Earth
Simon Abrams
I can t think of another recent computer graphics driven blockbuster that left me feeling this giddy because of its creators consummate attention to detail and infectious can do spirit 
3.5
It Was You Charlie
Bruce DeMara
Shirinian a homegrown filmmaker making his feature length film debut is clearly talented behind the camera It s in the screenwriting that he falters 
1.5
The Final Destination
Peter Canavese
There s absolutely no reason for The Final Destination to exist other than the only one Hollywood studios really care about a cynical cash grab Blu ray 
1.5
The Final Destination
Mike McGranaghan
Like too many horror franchises a premise that was once scary has evolved into something campy and self aware 
2
The Final Destination
Christian Toto
If The Final Destination is what horror fans want these days be very very afraid 
1
The Final Destination
David Nusair
a fitting follow up to its trio of like minded forebears 
3
The Final Destination
James Kendrick
would be a genuinely terrible movie even as far as horror sequels go except for its mordant sense of humor
2
The Final Destination
Linda Cook
I thought they might call this Final Final Destination to wrap up the franchise 
2
The Final Destination
Sara Michelle Fetters
For me this has always been a series of films that other than a couple of inventive kills and one insanely choreographed opening sequence has always been more or a less a waste of time 
1.5
The Final Destination
John Beifuss
James Cameron and the folks at Pixar may disagree but this is what 3D was made for To make audiences scream and duck as Death hurls lethal objects from the screen 
2.5
The Final Destination
John Wirt
Despite the added 3 D imagery elaborate sequences that lead to doomed characters deaths remain the most interesting thing about this latest Final Destination 
2
The Final Destination
Tom Meek
On its fourth go round the can we cheat death exercise has become flatter than its characters and the racist redneck arrogant jock buxom but shallow soccer mom and perky easy on the eyes girlfriends make for a pretty flat cast 
1.5
The Final Destination
Wesley Morris
The Final Destination is the movie equivalent of a struggling strip mall store wedged between Metro PCS and a pawn shop Someone please foreclose 
0.5
The Final Destination
Mark Dujsik
A quick cheap cash in 
1.5
The Final Destination
Austin Kennedy
This movie is exactly what gives horror films a bad name and why studios don t screen them for critics I don t even care if you re a fan of this series DON T SEE THIS MOVIE WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME 
.5
The Final Destination
Simon Abrams
The Final Destination is a mean little film with little brains on its side 
2.5
The Final Destination
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The title suggests some kind of reboot or a new twist on the old idea Sadly it s not It s pretty much just Final Destination 4 with nothing more to say on the subject 
2.5
The Final Destination
Dustin Putman
The destination of the title is never in any doubt but the getting there is giddily devious and playful For the fourth outing in a thought tired series The Final Destination has some surprising sparks of life to it yet 
2.5
The Final Destination
Mike Scott
Aside from the addition of 3 D the newest Final Destination flick has little to offer audiences other than more gleefully depraved scenes of carnage 
1
High School Musical
Peter Canavese
There s no denying the tween audience was hungering for this movie without even knowing it Blu ray 
2.5
High School Musical
David Nusair
it s difficult to imagine even the most die hard fan of musicals finding anything here worth embracing 
1.5
Jay Myself
Steven Prokopy
Maisel is a lovable curmudgeon and I feel fortunate to have discovered him through this film 
3.5
Jay Myself
Joey Magidson
When Maisel implores people to look at the things he finds interesting in life it s a point that truly resonates 
3
Jay Myself
Nick Allen
Whether this is all for the sake of art or not it can be too nauseating to peer into from the outside 
2
Jay Myself
Derek Smith
Jay Maisel s former home suggests a bastion of creativity in a neighborhood whose rough edges have been completely sanded down 
3
Jay Myself
Roger Moore
Fascinating documentary portrait of a photographer artist collector in winter as he prepares to move his vast lifetime archive into storage 
3
Chacun Son Cinema
Mattie Lucas
Reminds us of the power and the glory of that mythical medium we call the movies 
3.5
The End of Violence
Michael Dequina
A disjointed mess where a lot goes on but nothing happens 
2
The End of Violence
Liam Lacey
A longwinded exercise in pretentious confusion 
2
The End of Violence
Roger Ebert
Doesn t seem sure what it is about or how it is about it 
2
The End of Violence
Peter Stack
A meandering mess a plodding dud 
1
The End of Violence
James Berardinelli
Offers viewers opportunities to ponder a variety of diverse subjects but its overall entertainment value is less than one might hope for 
2.5
The End of Violence
Jeff Vice
On the acting front Pullman and the little seen Lind are terrific as is MacDowell 
3
The End of Violence
Mike Clark
Skip the movie but buy the CD 
2
Made in Jamaica
Tony Wong
A worthy look at a music born though turmoil with a vision that still resonates globally 
3
Made in Jamaica
Jason McBride
An affectionate if largely unsatisfying exploration of the musical genre s evolution 
2
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Moira MacDonald
Big Joy filmed with an irresistibly playful spirit dances with words film clips and images from a long and it seems mostly joyous life 
3
The World of Apu
Josh Larsen
exquisitely joyful and romantic 
4
The World of Apu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Satyajit Ray forever changed the face of India s immense film industry with this uniquely personal practically homemade trilogy 
4
The World of Apu
David Nusair
Though Ray does a fantastic job of creating a very specific atmosphere the deliberate manner in which the story unfolds proves to be more of a hindrance than anything else 
2.5
The World of Apu
Roger Ebert
What we sense all through The Apu Trilogy is a different kind of life than we are used to 
4
The World of Apu
Edward Guthmann
The Apu Trilogy 36 years after its completion remains one of the screen s great gifts 
4
The World of Apu
James Berardinelli
The Apu Trilogy is a true masterpiece and The World of Apu is its crown jewel 
4
Very Bad Things
Matt Brunson
A very bad movie 
1.5
Very Bad Things
David Nusair
one of the more effective black comedies to come around in quite some time 
3
Very Bad Things
Margaret A. McGurk
His Berg one serious mistake is to confuse gore with terror 
2.5
Very Bad Things
James Kendrick
a blood soaked parody of the American dream
3
Very Bad Things
Jeff Vice
unpleasant and extremely unfunny 
0
Very Bad Things
Roger Ebert
Peter Berg s Very Bad Things isn t a bad movie just a reprehensible one 
1
Very Bad Things
Steve Rhodes
On a darkness scale this movie would be a few notches shy of a black hole 
3
Very Bad Things
Michael Dequina
Shameless eager to shock energy with a crafty script and a flawless ensemble cast to match make this beyond black comedy a very good thing indeed 
4
Very Bad Things
Dustin Putman
The most delightfully morbid film of the year a movie that goes so far over the deep end with its outrageousness and violence that I couldn t help but be won over by the material 
3
Very Bad Things
Susan Stark
uneven but frequently funny 
2
Very Bad Things
James Berardinelli
It s entertaining to a degree but lacks all of the elements necessary to form a truly compelling motion picture 
2.5
Very Bad Things
Mick LaSalle
Berg brings wit energy and a twisted kind of joy to a story that s little more than a tasteless anecdote 
2
Very Bad Things
Joe Baltake
A scabrous black comedy like no other I ve ever seen 
3.5
The Terrorist
Burl Burlingame
Ayesha Dharkar commands the center She has expressive liquid eyes to die for as well as an out of whack sense of inner gravity And water beads up on her spectacularly 
2
The Terrorist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not often a movie comes along that affects you like this 
3.5
The Terrorist
Steve Rhodes
The journey up to the assassination is the reward in this unusual fascinating and brilliant picture by Santosh Sivan 
3.5
The Terrorist
David Sterritt
A serious and morally complex drama that raises provocative questions about how difficult it can be to sustain a sense of personal responsibility in a society destabilized by political upheaval 
3
The Terrorist
Roger Ebert
The movie is quiet and persuasive as it shows Malli learning more about her life in what may be her last days than she ever knew before 
3.5
To Rome With Love
Brian Eggert
However much the film resolves to be a trifle 44 it 8217 s a trifle with a gorgeous backdrop and a talented cast acting in situations that make us laugh 46 
3
To Rome With Love
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s a solid comedy that in its one liner heavy dialogue reminds us of classic Woody Allen 
3.5
To Rome With Love
Rob Thomas
Honestly Rome is a clear step down from Midnight But it s a fun breezy film audiences will enjoy while it lasts and forget soon after Heaven knows he s made worse films 
3
To Rome With Love
David Nusair
the movie which admittedly does start out with some promise ultimately becomes just as aimless and tedious as such recent Allen failures as Whatever Works and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 
2
To Rome With Love
Linda Cook
Even a weak Woody Allen script is better than so many other less witty projects To Rome With Love is proof of that 
3
To Rome With Love
Sean P. Means
The disjointed stories feel like pages from Allen s sketchbook riffs from underdeveloped story ideas thrown together haphazardly 
2.5
To Rome With Love
John Wirt
A diverting visit to the Eternal City as opposed to a romantic adventure in Paris 
2.5
To Rome With Love
James Berardinelli
Once upon a time calling a movie lesser Woody Allen might be considered a slap in the face Now it s more or less expected 
1.5
To Rome With Love
Ricardo Baca
Allen s story moves along quite wonderfully primarily because of his nuanced casting 
4
To Rome With Love
John Beifuss
If Allen had remained in Paris we might call his new film a divertissement a diversion an amusement albeit one that is crowded with characters and ideas 
2
To Rome With Love
Liam Lacey
Not great but not grating 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Moira MacDonald
Well it s not Midnight in Paris but it s not Whatever Works either 
3
To Rome With Love
Steven Rea
Alas it s a love letter written on the fly with brushstroke characters working their way through a cluster of sketchy disconnected plotlines 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Ty Burr
A charming but terribly self indulgent trifle that s less than the sum of its many parts 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Ann Lewinson
Allen undermines these slight stories by cutting between them even though the timelines don t match up As Baldwin says With age comes exhaustion 
2
To Rome With Love
Joe Williams
In the end Woody Allen and Rome go together like corned beef and gelato 
2
To Rome With Love
Duane Dudek
It wanders the winding streets of the Eternal City like a lost tourist asking for directions but never finding its way 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Chris Hewitt
I d say it s mainly for fans of Allen or Rome 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Peter Howell
The best thing that can said about the picture is that it s a pleasant time waster that also doubles as a travelogue for anyone interested in visiting Italy 
2
To Rome With Love
Rene Rodriguez
To Rome with Love desperately needs a script polish as well as an entire third act 
2
To Rome With Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has many wonderful moments and a nice sustained humor throughout 
3
To Rome With Love
Alison Gang
Even at 76 Allen maintains his grueling pace of releasing one film a year which doesn t allow much time for finely tuned scripts robust character development or visual finesse 
2
To Rome With Love
Michael O'Sullivan
Somewhere in here is a real movie but it s hard to find in all the mess which despite everything is actually funny from time to time 
1.5
To Rome With Love
Willie Waffle
Woody is channeling Garry Marshall
1
To Rome With Love
Mark Dujsik
To Rome with Love is a lark for sure but it s one that has some genuine wisdom just under the surface 
3
To Rome With Love
Dustin Putman
Woody Allen s most jarring failure since 2003 s Anything Else 
1.5
To Rome With Love
Mick LaSalle
It s often inept moment to moment 
2
To Rome With Love
Peter Canavese
More distressing are Allen s regressive treatment of women and an off putting solipsism 
2
To Rome With Love
Michael Phillips
Allen probably makes too many movies This one s OK He ll make more 
2
To Rome With Love
Matt Pais
May seem light and sweet but Allen s serving acid in a chocolate milk carton 
1.5
To Rome With Love
Roger Ebert
It generates no particular excitement or surprise but it provides the sort of pleasure Allen seems able to generate almost on demand 
3
To Rome With Love
Charlie McCollum
If you re expecting another Midnight in Paris and you may well in the first moments of the new film you will be disappointed 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Roger Moore
The dialogue sounds as if Allen hasn t been out of doors in the past 30 years The characters are stale stage archetypes And the all star cast he s rounded up to play the parts often recognize this 
1.5
To Rome With Love
Kent Turner
Ellen Page takes narcissism to new heights Coldly manipulative Monica is not quite an all out villain but she s close 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Robert Levin
It plays less like a movie Woody Allen truly needed to make and more like one he took on so he could get a little work in while vacationing in Rome 
2
To Rome With Love
Stephen Whitty
Even loyal fans have to admit this isn t so much a movie as four little one page New Yorker stories strung together with Volare and one too many shots of the Trevi fountain 
2
To Rome With Love
Kyle Smith
The comedy is passable and the ways the stories play off each other provides enough to think about to be engaging 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Claudia Puig
It s often frivolous and banal though never tedious It does offer moments of buoyant humor farcical fun and consistently gorgeous cinematography 
2.5
To Rome With Love
Peter Travers
To Rome With Love lacks the overarching theme of time and regret that distinguished Allen s last romantic comedy but it has pleasures galore 
3
To Rome With Love
Rex Reed
It s time to pack up the Vuitton and come home Woody Your inspiration is thin you re running out of euros and you re having a bad day 
2
To Rome With Love
David Germain
It s not Nero who s fiddling but Allen bopping and dithering around the city like a tourist so desperate to cram in all the sights that he comes away only with a few crisp highlights and a lot of out of focus snapshots 
2
To Rome With Love
Bill Weber
With age comes exhaustion according to a rueful line late in the film and it serves as a fitting diagnosis for Woody Allen s latest fallen souffle set in a European cultural capital 
1
Shamitabh
Namrata Joshi
Sadly the film feels more manipulative than sensitive And also extremely boring 
2
Munich
Mattie Lucas
A dark unflinching portrait of moral ambiguity as Spielberg abandons the saccharine sentimentality that has dogged most of his cinematic output of late 
3.5
Munich
Jay Antani
Spielberg described Munich as his prayer for peace yet his movie strangely lacks the eloquence and yearning of a prayer 
2
Munich
Kam Williams
Ever so subtly Spielberg masterfully conveys the toll which the inordinate tension of their job and the mechanics of their methods take on his subjects souls 
4
Munich
Peter T. Chattaway
While we may or may not agree with Spielberg s take to his credit he has asked us to address our current concerns by taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture 
3
Munich
Keith Uhlich
Let us start from the dual positions that sex can potentially bring us closer to God and that cinema in and of itself is a holy medium given to the transcendent 
4
Munich
Jorge Avila Andrade
Visualmente impecable temáticamente poderosa y emocionalmente honesta es una muestra de que el cine puede y debe tener un compromiso social que nos obligue a utilizar las neuronas 
4
Munich
David Nusair
it s difficult to imagine just what Spielberg was hoping to accomplish with this disastrously inept piece of work 
1.5
Munich
Matt Pais
Trembles bubbles and booms with rage every explosion shattering the idea that global warfare has ever had an end in sight 
3.5
Munich
Jordan Hiller
What struck me so stunningly by Steven Spielberg s latest beyond its pure thrill ride appeal is that so much goes on beyond the surface of our routine monotonous lives to afford us the luxury of routine monotonous lives
3.5
Munich
Thomas Delapa
While this courageous film lacks in narrative dynamics and factual precisions it deserves a medal for suggesting a higher law than laid down by the vengeful god of nationalism 
3
Munich
Kurt Loder
The picture is limp and conflicted Is it a thriller Is it a poli sci lecture It seems lost in thought and not very deep thought at that 
1
Munich
Marty Mapes
A great conversation starter that suffers from Spielberg s penchant for mass entertainment
3.5
Munich
Jonathan R. Perry
A difficult disquieting story of violence revenge and redemption that could have been shaped by no other hands but Spielberg s in the best film he has ever made 
4
Munich
Larry Ratliff
Once again Spielberg turns history into a riveting suspense thriller 
3.5
Munich
Lori Hoffman
As our involvement in the Middle East drags on the hard truth that any notion of victory is an illusion reverberates in Spielberg s look at this moment in history 
3.5
Munich
Ross Anthony
Yes it s violent but the questions raised the internal journey followed by the film s characters subtly tends toward peace or at least rethinking all this violence 
2.5
Munich
Steven Snyder
This may be the film he has long wanted to see but it s one that keeps the audience at an unmistakable distance 
3
Munich
Sean O'Connell
Spielberg s first R rated film since Saving Private Ryan finds the director shedding the kid gloves that have minimized the impact of his recent thrillers 
4
Munich
Mike McGranaghan
It s inspiring that an ultra successful director and a major Hollywood studio would have the guts to take on such an intense topic 
3.5
Munich
David N. Butterworth
Rambling and naïve surely not what the director intended 
2
Munich
Nick Rogers
Featuring compelling characters who converse through casualties Spielberg s well paced stylish and admirably overambitious movie never fully verbalizes its story 
3
Munich
Mark Dujsik
Devastating in its vision of political strife concentrated down to its fundamental human core 
4
Munich
Sean McBride
The most controversial movie that Steven Spielberg has ever created It s also one of his best
3.5
Munich
Bob Bloom
As he does so well Spielberg blends action and humanity You feel sympathy for these men 
4
Munich
Greg Maki
Perhaps the year s most daring film 
4
Munich
Steve Rhodes
A dangerously naive film 
1.5
Munich
John Beifuss
Resurrected by the necromancy of digital special effects the twin towers in the final shot cast a shadow over the three hours that passed before making the film appear even bleaker in retrospect 
3
Munich
Maitland McDonagh
Spielberg and screenwriters Eric Roth and Pulitzer prize winner Tony Kushner mute the superspy machinations in favor of examining the mission s personal and political ramifications 
3.5
Munich
Phoebe Flowers
The rare action film that is as full of heart rending dialogue as it is explosions and point blank shootings 
3.5
Munich
Moira MacDonald
It s a smart mesmerizing and often angry film from a truly confident filmmaker but it remains maddeningly just beyond our grasp 
3
Munich
Mick LaSalle
Everything that keeps it from being lovable could be looked upon as a virtue and everything about it is intentional 
3
Munich
Carla Meyer
What saves the picture apart from Spielberg s singular visual touch derives from the personal instead of the political 
3
Munich
Steven Rea
Munich ricochets all over the place but it hits its target dead on 
3.5
Munich
Stephen Whitty
The ultimate problem with Munich is that it s looking for a clear cut answer that doesn t exist And while it frames its final act as an argument it s an argument it s having with itself 
2.5
Munich
Rene Rodriguez
It s a brutal merciless somber picture utterly devoid of the heart tugging sentimentality that always creeps into even his best films It is also unfortunately timid when it should be bold and clunky when it should be eloquent 
2.5
Munich
Bob Strauss
It may take us years to work it all out For a filmmaker who made his fortune providing instant gratification though this already looks like the boldest creative leap of all 
3
Munich
Jack Mathews
The failure of a movie that is so good in so many ways leaves me to wonder if Spielberg is up to this kind of complex multitasking story 
2.5
Munich
Amy Biancolli
Across the board the film s performances are sinewy and tough elastic enough to bend with misgivings 
4
Munich
Michael Booth
Munich can t decide where to end so we get six or seven possible finishes each exhausting 
2.5
Munich
Terry Lawson
Spielberg is simply reiterating that the Old Testament demand of an eye for an eye has left the world blinded and wandering in an endless cycle of reprisal This is not exactly a philosophical or dramatic revelation 
2
Munich
Rick Groen
Bouncing about from one flawed movie to another Steven Spielberg has lost his way of late and Munich finds him more disoriented than ever 
2
Munich
Randy Myers
Spielberg has created yet another masterpiece risky in scope and ambition and vitally reflective of the self destructive times in which we live 
4
Munich
Lawrence Toppman
The anxiety about becoming a killing machine is the main thing Spielberg wants to convey and that comes across powerfully 
3
Munich
Ty Burr
Simply stated Munich is Steven Spielberg s return to seriousness and his finest film in years 
3.5
Munich
Linda Cook
Not for the E T crowd but a fantastic Steven Spielberg production all the same Munich is a serious controversial drama 
4
Munich
Sean P. Means
A nail biting thriller with set pieces as tense as they are brutal But Spielberg also delivers a stirring and timely message 
4
Munich
James Verniere
Powerful polarizing and excruciatingly violent 
4
Munich
Jeff Vice
All too often Spielberg seems to be more concerned with creating striking visuals than with building tension and genuine suspense 
2.5
Munich
Timothy Knight
A richly compelling and challenging film that ultimately transcends its weaknesses 
3.5
Munich
Josh Larsen
Steven Spielberg seems embarrassed of his talent in Munich 
3
Munich
Daniel M. Kimmel
Always a better technical craftsman than a sophisticated story teller Spielberg has come up with a flawed but fascinating film 
3
Munich
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s enough to drive a person crazy and as well put together as all of this is it is still hard to keep your interest focused upon the piece when it begins to feel like your watching the same scene stuck firmly on rewind 
2.5
Munich
Jeffrey Westhoff
Spielberg invests too much time and energy on the intricate espionage plot before getting around to asking if these black ops were the right thing to do 
2.5
Munich
Eric Melin
Spielberg brings out all the soul shaking fear and moral doubt that exists on both sides of this long brewing and seemingly unsolvable conflict 
4
Munich
Erik Childress
Daniel Craig echoes the sentiment of soldiers and architects for peace everywhere Let us do our job That s all Spielberg is doing and he does it better than anyone 
4
Munich
Dan Fienberg
Pragmatic ambivalent conflicted and distancing Munich is likely to serve as a Rorschach test that reads differently to every viewer 
3
Munich
Willie Waffle
Spielberg has created another fantastic epic 
4
Munich
Mike Clark
This is a smart and often tense work whose ultimate merit isn t completely calculable now 
3.5
Munich
Duane Dudek
Munich is less a persuasive political parable than an efficient espionage tale with psychological dimensions which Spielberg manages to burnish with hard questions about dignity decency and culpability 
3
Munich
Peter Canavese
The man s increasingly crazifying attempts to make serious films are still nothing more than good movies Perhaps only Spielberg could fail so spectacularly well 
2.5
Munich
Roger Ebert
As a thriller Munich is efficient absorbing effective As an ethical argument it is haunting And its questions are not only for Israel but for any nation that believes it must compromise its values to defend them 
4
Munich
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Spielberg can t decide how to end the thing Even so there is much to admire here 
3
Munich
Chuck O'Leary
Too long too muddled too inconsistently paced A documentary on the History Channel could provide all of this information in less than half the time with a lot more clarity 
2
Munich
David Elliott
Spielberg deserves credit for pondering the high stakes and very visceral results But he has called this his prayer for peace and it is winning some rote piety 
3
Munich
Dustin Putman
Every time one s interest begins to lag there is a tense or memorably gory scene to pep things up when it s needed it most 
2.5
Munich
Allison Benedikt
Do we need another handsome well assembled entertaining movie to prove that we all bleed red 
2.5
Munich
Frank Houston
Purports to raise questions about the human toll of retribution on its victims as well as on its practitioners But Spielberg has no real tatste for the complexities 
2.5
Munich
Bruce Newman
Munich rarely rises above its own predictability to become more than a noble failure 
2
Munich
Chris Hewitt
One of its strengths is that it does not pretend to have answers 
3
Munich
Jan Stuart
The film is a slick piece of work yes but one that has had people on all ends of the political spectrum arguing over it weeks before it had seen the light of a projector On that score I d say mission accomplished 
3
Munich
Walter Chaw
As good a film as Spielberg has made in decades No worse and alas no better 
2
Munich
Kit Bowen
Perhaps a tad long winded Steven Spielberg s Munich is a still a well crafted superbly acted film let s just say it ll get you talking 
3
Munich
Phil Villarreal
Owns you so thoroughly that you feel as though you re a part of what you see 
4
Munich
Matt Brunson
Spielberg s muddying of the moral waters is already drawing heat but it s to his credit as a filmmaker of consequence that he asks the hard questions and doesn t flinch from any unsettling truths that might emerge 
3
Munich
Scott Nash
The most intelligent espionage thriller since 1965 s The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 
3.5
Munich
Jeanne Aufmuth
A melodramatic yet accessible drama that s perfectly in keeping with the politically turbulent times 
3
Munich
Lou Lumenick
Munich is essential viewing that should be rewarded for its bravery come Oscar time 
4
Munich
James Berardinelli
A film of uncommon depth intelligence and sensitivity Munich defies easy labeling 
4
Munich
Nick Schager
Munich s equitable lip service to opinions all along the ideological spectrum proves less compelling than its portrayal of its lead character s crumbling sense of self 
3
Munich
Peter Travers
This is new territory for Spielberg and he completes the journey with honor 
3.5
Munich
Emanuel Levy
A fictionalized account that underplays the Israeli role Munich nonetheless is an entertaining HOLLYWOOD espionage thriller that while set in 1972 is also timely today and though unfolding as a thriller it aims to be taken seriously as a morality tale
3
Following
Josh Larsen
Appropriately the first shot in Christopher Nolan s feature debut is of a wooden box full of clues 
3
Following
Eric Melin
Besides the similarities in playing with time and structure Nolan is already zeroed in on his favorite cinematic theme obsession 
3
Following
James Kendrick
a harbinger of things to come an exercise in the kind of temporal gymnastics sleight of hand shifts in perspective and rigorous insights into the dark depths of human nature that have defined Nolan s later films
3
Following
David Nusair
Unlike some other flicks that have had this sort of labyrinthine structure Nolan s made sure that everything works 
3
Following
Mick LaSalle
Audiences will walk out of the theater shocked to find that only 70 minutes have gone by 
3
Following
Elias Savada
Christopher Nolan s 1999 debut feature becomes Memento on training wheels 
3
Wait Until Dark
Matt Brunson
The action is kept fluid and the suspense tight 46 
3.5
Wait Until Dark
David Nusair
a fairly timeless thriller that still ranks as one of the very best examples of the genre 
4
Wait Until Dark
James Kendrick
a perfect example of how mood atmosphere music and direction can overcome plot weaknesses
2.5
Midnight Lace
Matt Brunson
The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock looms large over this intriguing thriller 
3
The Rewrite
Dustin Putman
Simple unforced and immensely winning 
3
The Rewrite
Rex Reed
Another Hugh Grant comedy that follows the dots without much wit 
2
The Rewrite
Mara Reinstein
Hugh Grant s latest comedy is as comforting and well worn as a heavy blanket on a freezing day 
2.5
The Rewrite
Glenn Kenny
By no means watch this if you re looking for a nourishing cinematic experience But if your idea of a cozy rom com is an old Hugh Grant one this has some cine comfort food carbs for you 
2.5
The Rewrite
Stephen Whitty
Before it was done to death there was something terribly appealing about Grant s heroes and many of his romantic comedies something The Rewrite nicely reminds us of 
3
The Rewrite
Moira MacDonald
That The Rewrite an entirely unsurprising romantic comedy works as well as it does is entirely due to one factor Hugh Grant 
2.5
The Rewrite
Kam Williams
How come Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei waited this long to make a romantic comedy together 
3.5
The Rewrite
Matt Pais
Shows how sharp lines and strong supporting performances can elevate the ordinary to something you tell friends to add to the middle of their Netflix queue 
2.5
The Rewrite
Lou Lumenick
Lawrence s script for The Rewrite could have used one and his direction is uneven but it s still rewarding watching Grant dispensing his dithery charm surrounded by old pros 
2.5
The Rewrite
Roger Moore
Grant is as engagingly disengaged as ever but this is at best only thinly entertaining 
2
Simon Sez
Maitland McDonagh
This on the cheap action thriller appears to exist purely as a showcase for the limited talents of self created caricature Dennis Rodman who in turn clearly needs to exploit himself while the exploiting is good 
1
Simon Sez
Michael Dequina
With such sheer ineptitude onscreen it s amazing that this hack job didn t go straight to video 
0
Simon Sez
Jorge Avila Andrade
Mal actuada mal editada mal musicalizada y peor dirigida
0.5
Queen Mimi
Kam Williams
A heartwarming reminder that there but for fortune may go you or I 
3
Queen Mimi
Christian Toto
A look at women s changing role in society through the eyes of an 80 something scene stealer 
3
Queen Mimi
Roger Moore
Cute sympathetic but not exactly deep look at homelessness on the edge of Hollywood 
2.5
Anguish
Richard Freedman
Anguish is just what we needed to wile the rest of the winter away a slasher movie with metaphysical pretensions 
2
Anguish
James Kendrick
a clever if not wholly successful slasher film that toys with the uncomfortable links between blood on the screen and blood in the audience
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Brian Eggert
Pawn Sacrifice paints a portrait that shows us how 44 when true genius of this kind is discovered 44 it must be supported to its fullest potential 44 leaving everyone else to follow in awe of its rare whirlwind 46 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
David Nusair
could and should be so much better 
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Sonny Bunch
Histrionic Tobey Maguire is my least favorite iteration of the actor but he is certainly believable as the prodigal loon 
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
James Kendrick
too literal and heavy handed in its treatment and Bobby emerges as yet another tortured genius who fell prey to his own demons as if there is no other alternative 
2
Pawn Sacrifice
Rob Thomas
Pawn Sacrifice makes the safe and smart decision to spend as little time on the chess pieces as possible instead focusing on the minds of the players And in the case of Bobby Fischer there is plenty to focus on 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Zwick s new movie Pawn Sacrifice somehow feels more like a struggle than a statement and it s arguably his best movie in a couple of decades 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Calum Marsh
If you re better off skipping over the chess why make a chess movie in the first place 
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Tom Meek
Zwick remains respectful of Fischer and his legacy but also checks the record It s a bittersweet depiction a transcendent Horatio Alger tale entwined in a Greek tragedy 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Mark Dujsik
All of this including the movie s emphasis on these paranoid beliefs might be true but on a dramatic level that emphasis leads to something more monotonous than insightful 
2
Pawn Sacrifice
Brad Wheeler
Fine looking but safe 
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Gary Thompson
Maguire strikes a consistent and believable note throughout and never leaves us in doubt as to the severity of Fischer s deteriorating condition 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Peter Howell
Archived news reports and a Dick Cavett interview fit seamlessly into the dramatic recreations as do era specific rock tunes 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Peter Keough
Despite his best emoting Maguire ultimately comes across as Peter Parker with a mole and a bad haircut 
2
Pawn Sacrifice
Peter Canavese
Maguire isn t obvious casting but he convincingly owns the role The actor pairs an oft fevered disheveled aspect with the fierce impatience and unwillingness to suffer fools that attend genius 
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Richard Roeper
Edward Zwick s Pawn Sacrifice is an enthralling piece of mainstream entertainment that captures the essence of Fischer s mad genius perfectly re creates the tenor of the times AND works as a legit sports movie about the great game of chess 
4
Pawn Sacrifice
Godfrey Cheshire
A sad example of the inherent difficulties of dramatizing a cerebral face off like the 1972 battle royale between chess masters Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky 
2
Pawn Sacrifice
Anita Katz
Maguire does the maniacal wild eyed material quite well and is credible throughout as a chess whiz Schreiber is terrific as Spassky whom Zwick presents as a bit of a character in his own right 
2.5
Pawn Sacrifice
John Hartl
Zwick who made the exceptional nuclear thriller Special Bulletin once more proves his gift for generating suspense in his handling of the chess games the whole world watched in the early 1970s 
3.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Anders Wright
It s the cast that s really the key here Yes Maguire has developed both a physicality and a voice for Fischer and he s working hard to become more and more unhinged but it s the supporting players who ground the movie in reality 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Calvin Wilson
In one of his strongest and most impressive performances Maguire goes all in on Fischer s quirks and insecurities Although Fischer is unquestionably a genius he s not an easy person to like and Maguire brilliantly gets that point across 
3.5
Pawn Sacrifice
Peter Travers
Biopics are a dime a dozen but Tobey Maguire gives such a transfixing transformative performance as chess master Bobby Fischer that you re hooked 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Dann Gire
Maguire delves into the soul tearing madness that clearly enveloped Fischer during his later life His performance dominates the movie like Fischer s skill dominates the chess board in a surprisingly tragic twist on a winning story 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Stephanie Merry
Overall the movie presents a worthy and historical look at the link between genius and mental illness 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Matt Pais
No reason to tell a story if you re going to tell it like this 
1
Pawn Sacrifice
Oleg Ivanov
It s best appreciated as a tragicomic profile of a man whose extraordinary talent was undermined by the farcical political reality in which he was enmeshed 
3
Pawn Sacrifice
Roger Moore
Quite good but not quite the first great movie of the fall 
3
Actresses
Ed Gonzalez
Fails to congeal into a heady structural puzzle or into a particularly affecting exercise in female empathy 
2
Boogerman
Steve Rhodes
With Dr Seuss like rhymes throughout Eli Adler s script is a riot The images aren t bad either but it s the writing that really sizzles 
3
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Dave Kehr
Gremlins 2 is sloppy and inconsistent just as it needs to be its bumptious adolescent humor would wilt away if it were subjected to craftsmanship and mature reflection 
3.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gene Siskel
A busy but boring sequel that spends most of its energy piling topical parody on top of product plug on top of gooey horror special effect 
2
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
John Wooley
Gremlins 2 works better than its 1984 predecessor for one simple reason Gremlins was only partially goofy while Gremlins 2 is totally goofy 
3
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Matt Brunson
Any movie with former Dracula Christopher Lee as a scientist who creates a gremlin bat can t be all bad but there s a reason we never received a Gremlins 3 
2.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Roger Ebert
Too many gremlins and not enough story line 
2.5
Fong Sai-Yuk
Chris Hicks
May be the definitive Hong Kong martial arts feminist film 
3
Kanał
Jeremy Heilman
Despair dominates here and once he gets down and dirty in the sewers Wajda makes no concessions toward his audience in lessening the severity of his vision for better or worse 
3
No One Will Know
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A very meritorious debut feature although the exercise of style is worth more for its parts than for the whole 
1.5
Eddie Macon's Run
David Nusair
Eddie Macon s Run does for the most part remain perfectly watchable due mostly to the efforts of its strong cast 
2.5
Eddie Macon's Run
Roger Ebert
Features an ending that is not only predictable but in the way it s handled one of the more ridiculous final scenes in recent movie history 
2
Cougar Hunting
Diego Semerene
Surprisingly Cougar Hunting isn t yet another iteration of The Hangover school of misogyny makes the man politics 
3
Three Came Home
Roger Moore
Both of its time and ahead of its time in that regard a dated Hollywood classic well worth referring back to
2.5
The Last Detail
Mattie Lucas
One of the great unheralded masterpieces of the 1970 s subtly defining the decade with a wry knowing smile 
4
The Last Detail
Matt Brunson
Jack Nicholson in one of his defining performances during a decade packed with em 
3
The Last Detail
Chuck Bowen
The film has an engagingly profane scruffy looseness a hallmark of Hal Ashby and Robert Towne s careers that undermines the conventions of the narrative 
3.5
Concrete Cowboy
Linda Cook
Saddle up for a solid ride with Concrete Cowboy 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Steven Prokopy
Concrete Cowboy is at its best when we get to simply hang out with this crew at the stables 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Robert Levin
Builds an entire world in the span of one corner of North Philadelphia bringing to vivid life this culture of urban cowboys and those struggling to preserve it 
4
Concrete Cowboy
Richard Roeper
Concrete Cowboy is gorgeously photographed with many of the riding scenes taking place in the magic sunset hour or under the lights of the city and in the rain 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Roger Moore
Predictable but warm and never less than a middling movie you want to spend time with 
2.5
Concrete Cowboy
Ty Burr
The film is a shrine to a hardy subculture its people and the animals they love Long may they run 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Mark Dujsik
Concrete Cowboy feels authentic in its characters and its portrayal of this culture 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Johnny Oleksinski
Harp s mix of old school masculinity love of animals and innate paternal instincts suits Elba perfectly 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Odie Henderson
While I admit I would have preferred a documentary about the people who have passed this tradition down from generation to generation director Ricky Staub s fictional feature serves as a worthwhile introduction 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Randy Myers
Director co writer Ricky Staub was dubbed by Variety as one of 10 Directors to Watch and he shows why here 
3
Concrete Cowboy
Ann Hornaday
Even within the confines of its generic plot and sometimes stilted dialogue Concrete Cowboy winds up being an engaging and moving family drama 
3
Concrete Cowboy
David Lewis
Beyond the superb acting Concrete Cowboy gets a lot of mileage from its visually arresting riding scenes and its spot on score which is both haunting and inspirational 
3.5
Concrete Cowboy
Dwight Brown
This very endearing father son drama is as emotionally powerful as The Great Santini and as respectful to Black cowboy culture as Miss Juneteenth 
3.5
Concrete Cowboy
Chuck Bowen
Concrete Cowboy is stirring when it really dives into specificity 
2.5
Mixtape Trilogy: Stories of the Power of Music
Roger Moore
A tuneful three musicians 47 three 8220 fans 8221 documentary groping around for a theme 44 with a title that seems an overreach as well 46 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Roger Moore
Kid friendly if not exactly potty trained 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Austin Kennedy
Popper is just a pooper 
1.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
John Wirt
The frontrunner for worst film of Carrey s career 
1
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Linda Cook
If Mom was still alive she would be as mad as a wet hen Or maybe a dry penguin 
1
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Sara Michelle Fetters
Problem is it isn t inspirational and it certainly isn t funny and unless you re a fan of watching penguins poop there s little of substance to be found in this thing at all 
1
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Kit Bowen
Mr Popper s Penguins will certainly delight the kiddies but their parents might wish for a tad more Jim Carrey irreverence 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Christian Toto
Jim Carrey shrewdly lets his tiny co stars have most but not all the fun in Mr Popper s Penguins
2.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Matt Brunson
Putrid puerile and painful 
1
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Scott Nash
Not a classic by any means but Mr Popper s Penguins does manage to provide some mildly entertaining family fun 
2.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Stephen Whitty
Carrey s always on even when the character is supposed to be off by the end of the movie there isn t a piece of scenery that doesn t bear his teethmarks 
2.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mark Dujsik
It s awkward 
1.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Rick Groen
Carrey looks frozen out of his own movie a stiffer and less elastic version of the younger dynamo He could have used some of that CGI magic himself 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Connie Ogle
Fortunately the movie throws adults a few bones along the way this is by no means an unpleasant film to watch and the Ice Age short that runs with it is funny too 
3
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Michael O'Sullivan
Carrey who is something of a CGI peacock himself is the best thing about the film which should delight young audiences even as it diverts their adult handlers 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Kam Williams
Jim Carrey s silliest animal vehicle since Ace Ventura 
4
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Chris Hewitt
A warm comedy with enough broad humor to appeal to little moviegoers 
3
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Kyle Smith
A surprisingly touching low key ballad of middle aged male regret disguised as a kiddie comedy replete with poop and fart jokes and soccer balls launched at Popper s crotch 
3
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Robert Levin
The message of valuing family over work feels half baked because the film defines doing the right thing as breaking penguins out of a zoo and harboring them in a high rise 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Dustin Putman
A particularly plain patly penned picture preoccupied with penguin poop 
1.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Claudia Puig
Mr Popper s Penguins bears almost no resemblance to the classic children s book of the same name But that s not necessarily a bad thing 
2.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mick LaSalle
Everything about the idea of Mr Popper s Penguins sounds lovely and everything about the actual movie is ugly 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Josh Larsen
has so many CGI penguins that we might as well be watching the latest version of Angry Birds 
1.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Wesley Morris
Everything about it is synthetic except for the occasions in which Carrey can rouse himself from the somnolence of family movie slop 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Steven Rea
A slick soulless adaptation of the children s book classic 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Jon Niccum
It s yet another variation of the uptight character who loosens up through the intervention of blank But the transition of Popper turning from corporate raider to familial guardian and back and forth again is unconvincing 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Roger Ebert
Mr Popper s Penguins is a stupefying dumb family movie proving that penguins have limited charisma as pets 
1.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Michael Phillips
Director Waters did the Freaky Friday remake as well as Mean Girls and knows enough not to turn a slapstick melee into a headache 
2.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Joe Williams
Waters neatly integrates trained birds and computer generated imagery but the warm blooded actors are stuck with a story that refuses to fly 
2.5
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Matt Pais
Carrey generates zero laughs with one penguin Then five more penguins arrive and even youngsters should know the product of six times zero 
1
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Roger Moore
It s not very good but it works better than it has any right to because Carrey never ever phones it in 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Tom Keogh
It stokes memories of an era of clever adventurous and genuinely sweet movies for kids on one hand while planting a future memory of quality for today s tykes 
3
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Linda Barnard
Although the mix of real gentoo penguins and CGI tricksters will keep youngsters entertained we spend a lot of time waiting for the movie to shake a tail feather 
2
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Simon Abrams
In spite of his adorable CG fish eating accessories Popper is just another lazy family friendly stock patriarch in a long line of clueless but basically well meaning fathers that Carrey has played over the years 
1
We Are Together
Kam Williams
Heartrending musical documentary examines plight of South African AIDS orphans 
4
We Are Together
Matt Noller
The specter of the AIDS crisis is raised on several occasions but never as anything more than a way to elicit easy sympathy 
2
Becoming Nobody
Sean P. Means
It s all very deep and one probably needs to be in the right frame of mind to take it all in 
2.5
Becoming Nobody
Anne T. Donahue
Becoming Nobody will illuminate your inner cynic especially since so much of what Dass teaches is borrowed so heavily from another culture 
1.5
Becoming Nobody
David Lewis
There s nothing particularly innovative about the filmmaking but Becoming Nobody does its job helping spread Ram Dass message in a polarized world in which we tend to emphasize our differences not our similarities 
2.5
Broken Embraces
Mattie Lucas
While its self referencing love of cinema is a feast for any cinephile I can t help but feel that the film ultimately just runs out of gas 
2.5
Broken Embraces
Kelly Jane Torrance
Broken Embraces is certainly moody and that s one of its charms But behind the style is disappointing substance a melodramatic story that s as old as Hollywood 
2.5
Broken Embraces
Josh Larsen
Pedro Almodovar reteams with Penelope Cruz and you have your review right there 
3
Broken Embraces
Jeff Vice
This meandering melodrama is too fractured too soap opera ish and is just too odd even by the Oscar winning Spanish filmmaker s usual standards 
2.5
Broken Embraces
Rob Thomas
Above all Broken Embraces shows how deeply Almodóvar is in love with movies not just as things to be watched and enjoyed but to be felt deep in the bones 
4
Broken Embraces
Sean O'Connell
Gives us few reasons not to stay to the ending but the ultimate revelation of Blanco s pain disappoints 
2
Broken Embraces
Mike Scott
A cliche ridden exercise that never exhibits any real heart and focuses on characters who never come alive it also never comes close to living up to the promise of the names in the credits 
1.5
Broken Embraces
Matt Brunson
The end result is less than the sum of its parts a smoke n mirrors melodrama that peters out just when it should be revving into high gear 
2.5
Broken Embraces
Keith Cohen
The unbeatable Oscar winning combination of legendary Spanish writer director Pedro Almodovar and international superstar beauty Penelope Cruz makes this lavishly mounted melodrama a cinematic gem 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Robert W. Butler
Sex cinema and fate three of Pedro Almodovar s favorite subjects are lovingly examined in his Broken Embraces 
3
Broken Embraces
John Beifuss
By this point the phrase Un Film de Almodovar connotes a genre unto itself as identifiable by its themes character types and visual trademarks as a Western Hammer horror movie or vintage screwball comedy 
3
Broken Embraces
Duane Dudek
A rich tangled and layered work whose lurid sensual style and seething and ebbing score by Alberto Iglesias is like lava cooling upon the volcano below 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Joe Williams
Stylish and sly an engaging exercise that gives us less than meets the eye 
3
Broken Embraces
Roger Moore
One failing in the film is how boring it is to watch Cruz pretend to be a bad actress The comic movie within a movie which borrows from Women on the Verge isn t funny 
2
Broken Embraces
Kam Williams
Vicky Cristina Madrid 
4
Broken Embraces
Sara Michelle Fetters
The filmmaker kept me continually off balance my laughs having to find their way through a shower of tears all while the unyielding tension of the central mystery kept my insides twisting into tighter and tighter knots 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Amy Biancolli
It all adds up to an entertaining mash of suspense and melodrama 
3
Broken Embraces
Wesley Morris
It s both ridiculous and ridiculously romantic which is an apt description of a work shaped like a heart and structured like a pretzel 
3
Broken Embraces
Moira MacDonald
All of the actors do good work but as is often the case in Almodóvar films the women own the movie 
3
Broken Embraces
Chris Hewitt
The latest from Pedro Almodovar is a melo tragicomedy so twisty that it eventually twisted the interest right out of me 
2.5
Broken Embraces
James Berardinelli
Perhaps Almodovar and film noir simply don t mix 
2.5
Broken Embraces
Peter Keough
It is an artifact of evanescent love preserved for the ages a memento mori of all that is lost like the films of Rossellini and Almodóvar and like cinema itself 
3
Broken Embraces
Roger Ebert
Broken Embraces is a voluptuary of a film drunk on primary colors caressing Penelope Cruz using the devices of a Hitchcock to distract us with surfaces while the sinister uncoils beneath 
4
Broken Embraces
Liam Lacey
While Cruz acquits herself capably this is necessarily an exercise in virtuosic superficiality 
3
Broken Embraces
Jan Stuart
Amid all this dazzling artifice the film s most authentic source of power comes from its star 
3
Broken Embraces
Rossiter Drake
The beauty of Broken Embraces is the joy Almodóvar brings to his storytelling The movie is as personal and rewarding a contribution to his remarkable body of work as All About My Mother and Talk to Her 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Michael Phillips
Almodovar could ve played it entirely for laughs with a flick of his wrist and a tonal adjustment It s best he didn t though The movie putters near the end but it s a film lover s delight 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Claudia Puig
While it doesn t pack the emotional heft of director Pedro Almodvar s most moving films such as Volver it is stylish and arresting with powerful performances and a compelling if at times contrived story 
3
Broken Embraces
Elizabeth Weitzman
Pedro Almodóvar s latest is perfectly titled it s a big swoony kiss that doesn t quite connect with the passion he intends But fans of the Spanish auteur or his muse Penélope Cruz will find plenty to love 
3
Broken Embraces
Lou Lumenick
Penelope Cruz is a treat for the eyes and so is her latest film Pedro Almodovar s sizzlingly sexy film noir Broken Embraces a love letter to the magical power of movies to mend broken hearts 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Almodovar s latest feels a bit lackluster after his recent string of excellent films but it still contains some inspired cinema on cinema sequences 
3
Broken Embraces
Stephen Whitty
There is the beloved and the lover The first moves in shining beauty and the second envies every ray of light that has the gift of kissing her This is how it is in obsessions It s how it is in the movies too 
3.5
Broken Embraces
Nick Schager
Old hat tropes under a superficially stunning veneer 
2
Enlighten Up!
Greg Quill
Director Kate Churchill ends up with a non story in her feature Enlighten Up when her subject fails to experience the changes she had been expecting 
1.5
Enlighten Up!
Liam Lacey
What s Rosen s dating life got to do with yoga Nothing really beyond a director s last ditch attempt to show dramatic tension in her film before it peters out into inconclusiveness 
2
Enlighten Up!
Marty Mapes
Give director Churchill credit for including her own obstinacy in the movie
2
Enlighten Up!
Rob Thomas
In the end both the believer and the skeptic end up less sure of their beliefs than they were when they started Which must be at least a small step towards true enlightenment right 
3
Enlighten Up!
Loey Lockerby
When she inserts herself into the action she reveals only her own insecurity It ends up being very enlightening but probably not in the way Churchill intends 
2.5
Enlighten Up!
Chris Hewitt
There s a lot of talk about the downward facing dog in Enlighten Up a yoga documentary I m giving the downward facing thumb 
1.5
Enlighten Up!
Roger Ebert
This is a peaceful kind of film not terribly eventful but I suppose we wouldn t want a yoga thriller Relax Let it happen Or not 
3
Enlighten Up!
Carrie Rickey
When Nick encounters B K S Iyengar the legendary guruji and one of the foremost figures of yoga Churchill s mostly lightweight film radiates some spiritual light 
2.5
Enlighten Up!
Sara Michelle Fetters
I also think the film ends beautifully the last third in particular a fascinating foray into the heart of India that made me feel a blissful tranquility I wasn t remotely expecting 
3
Enlighten Up!
Joe Williams
The premise ends up muddling a movie that might have been enlightening 
2.5
Enlighten Up!
Walter V. Addiego
The breezy title of this engaging documentary suggests that it isn t going to solve the big questions of life but will at least treat its subject yoga in its many forms from the sublime to the utterly absurd with humor and an open spirit 
3
Enlighten Up!
Ross Anthony
A pleasure in its open mindedness If you re up for a safe light skeptic s look into the many variations of modern yoga take a peek 
3
Enlighten Up!
Gerald Peary
What elevates the movie is the refusal of Rosen a grounded non believing pragmatist to make the conversion to yoga spirituality and bliss that Churchill so wants for him and for the arc of her documentary 
3
Enlighten Up!
Kam Williams
An alternatively funny and revealing flick which dares to knock some seemingly sacrosanct gurus off their lofty pedestals 
4
Enlighten Up!
Christian Toto
Enlighten Up tries to answer yoga s burning question what came first downward facing dog or spiritual dogma 
2.5
Enlighten Up!
Joseph Jon Lanthier
He who has to ask what yoga is never gets to know 
2.5
Baltimore Rising
Verne Gay
Excellent you are there film that takes viewers and Baltimore from despair to hope 
3.5
Moon Over Parador
Roger Ebert
Dreyfuss is good too but too human and lacking in the wicked edge that might have put the movie over the top 
2
Illusion
Roger Moore
A missing person 46 46 46 movie without a lot of highs and lows 44 just a downbeat tale of grief 44 hope and acceptance struggling mightily with defiant persistence 46 
2.5
Two Lottery Tickets
Robert Horton
The comic ideas must come from the confines of that squared off screen space and indeed the confines become a huge part of the comedy in at least a few set ups 
3.5
Town of Runners
Guy Dixon
The documentary a must see for any runner looking for inspiration only skirts the reasons why the town of Bekoji seems to provide such an advantage to its young athletes 
3
Town of Runners
Bruce DeMara
This isn t a new story young people having to rely on their athletic prowess to escape lives of poverty while navigating the adversities that life throws in their path What Rothwell demonstrates is how universal that struggle is 
2.5
The Goonies
Wesley Lovell
8220 Goonies 8221 is an entertaining film and has a cult following of teens from the 8217 80s 44 who remember the film well 46 Adults will enjoy watching it with their children 44 since it 8217 s a more subdued family film than what comes out today 46 
3
The Goonies
Bill Chambers
I summed up the experience on Letterboxd as like being buried alive in the ball pit at Chuck E Cheese which was equally true no matter where I started from The Goonies is just so screamy 
1
The Goonies
Brian Eggert
It s a movie so omnipresent that the experience of watching it proves secondary to its irremovable place of our culture 
3
The Goonies
Gene Siskel
A funny juvenile windup toy about kids in perilous comic book situations 
3
The Goonies
Kathleen Carroll
The Goonies is the kind of hyperactive peril packed movie young audiences can t resist 
3
The Goonies
David Keyes
Persists as one of the great fables of young adult cinema not merely because it s very skilled at what it does but because it weaves that magic into the minds and hearts of kids that serve as identifiable facets of our universal journey towards maturity 
4
The Goonies
Josh Larsen
true to the camaraderie of boys who have been left alone to roam on their bikes 
2.5
The Goonies
Betsy Bozdech
The Goonies is one of the best kid movies ever appealing to the part of us that always believed adventure was waiting around the next corner 
3
The Goonies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Richard Donner captures a lovely New England type autumn chill and the feeling of impulsive misspent weekends 
3
The Goonies
Roger Ebert
The Goonies is a smooth mixture of the usual ingredients from Steven Spielberg action movies made special because of the high energy performances of the kids who have the adventures 
3
10 Years
Roger Moore
It s easy to see how Linden attracted such a star studded young cast Most every character has his or her own moment and many of them deliver lines that stick with you 
2.5
10 Years
Robert Levin
It s about as much fun as spending 100 minutes in a room full of annoying strangers 
1.5
10 Years
Michael O'Sullivan
A bracingly un gimmicky heartfelt and fresh take on the theme of growing up 
3
10 Years
Mark Dujsik
A bittersweet ensemble comedy about how much people and circumstances can change while staying quite the same 
3
10 Years
Dustin Putman
A full blown entertainment of observational humor and relatable poignancy 
3.5
10 Years
Amy Biancolli
Even the most exhausted hackneyed and innately annoying genre can yield a film of breezy charm and prickly dramatic consequence 
3
10 Years
Wesley Morris
An inconsequential high school reunion comedy that gets better when it stops trying to make you laugh 
2
10 Years
Chris Hewitt
Once 10 Years establishes its archetypal characters you can predict exactly what s going to happen to all of them 
2
10 Years
Matt Pais
Takes a bare bones concept and lets a spectrum of forced and poignant moments play out over a night that s happily light on drunken shenanigans 
2.5
10 Years
Stephen Whitty
Even when the script seems ready to settle for clich with cavemen guys being civilized by the more evolved women in their life it takes a slight detour 
3
10 Years
Sara Stewart
Is there anything less narratively interesting than a high school reunion that focuses exclusively on the beautiful and popular crowd Who all now seem to be leading normal if flawed lives 
2
10 Years
R. Kurt Osenlund
If nothing else 10 Years is hip to the fleeting fundamental joys of revisiting one s youth 
2
10 Years
David Nusair
an engaging surprisingly moving piece of work that ultimately makes a far more positive impact than one might ve initially anticipated 
3
Tomcats
David Nusair
46 46 46 periodically amusing yet mostly tedious 46 46 46 
1.5
Tomcats
Nick Rogers
Desperate is too kind a word This isn t so much a movie as director Gregory Poirier s failed application to the Farrelly Brothers Country Club Even those looking for T A will be disappointed unless Jerry O Connell s hairy tuchus floats their boat 
0
Tomcats
James Sanford
So what happens when everyone making a skin flick gets Puritanical about showing skin A plot that s what and Tomcats offers a yarn that s truly yawn provoking 
0
Tomcats
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sin gracia agresiva misgina aburrida y completamente prescindible 
1
Tomcats
Mark Dujsik
Watching teenagers going through some of these situations seems normal watching men in their late 20s going through them is obnoxiously abnormal 
1
Tomcats
Michael Dequina
If you re like most of the human race and it takes more than a gross out gag to tickle your funny bone do yourself a favor and steer clear of this monstrosity of a movie 
0
Tomcats
Mike Clark
This is 90 minutes of gags of the lowest order 
2
Tomcats
Carla Meyer
Offers only tired jokes grimace worthy physical comedy and bad bad acting 
0
Tomcats
Tor Thorsen
Obnoxious irritating and aggressively unfunny 
0
Tomcats
Roger Ebert
A comedy positioned outside the normal range of human response 
0
Tomcats
James Berardinelli
Tomcats seems obsessed not by offering viewers a good time but by trying to out gross its predecessors 
1.5
Tomcats
Rob Blackwelder
A bait and switch that would make a used car salesman cry foul 
1
Tomcats
Steve Rhodes
Although the uneven Tomcats isn t quite worth recommending it does produce some nice laughs 
2.5
Tomcats
Jeanne Aufmuth
A wildly uneven charade swinging between the wildly offensive and some genuine tasteless humor 
2
Tomcats
Dustin Putman
Had Say It Isn t So abandoned its lewd naughty roots and tried to just be a sweet romance it might have worked better 
2
Blood In, Blood Out
Roger Ebert
Bound by Honor contains some effective performances some moments of deeply felt truth and a portrait of prison life that I assume is accurate What seems to be missing is a clear idea of why the movie was made 
2
Battlefield Earth
Matt Soergel
There are many things to make fun of here 
0.5
Battlefield Earth
Jack Mathews
One of the darkest ugliest most uninvolving and incomprehensible major studio fantasies I ve ever seen 
0
Battlefield Earth
Chris Kaltenbach
There s so much to mock in Battlefield Earth it s hard to know where to start 
1.5
Battlefield Earth
Stephen Humphries
The film starts well with interesting comic book style camera angles but it never generates enough tension due to preposterous plot holes and liberal borrowings from other movies 
1
Battlefield Earth
Roger Ebert
Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time It s not merely bad it s unpleasant in a hostile way 
0.5
Battlefield Earth
Judith Egerton
Blame this mess on Travolta 
0
Battlefield Earth
Jeanne Aufmuth
If this is what we have to look forward to in the year 3000 count me out 
2
Battlefield Earth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Just too absurd to pay full price to see in a theater 
1
Battlefield Earth
Jeffrey Westhoff
It s as if Travolta wanted to destroy his career again just to see if he could stage another comeback 
1.5
Battlefield Earth
Rick Groen
Ah it ain t really that terrible 
2
Battlefield Earth
Dan Lybarger
Legions of science fiction fans will feel compelled to approach the ticket booth and scream for a refund 
1
Battlefield Earth
James Kendrick
Travolta s performance isn t even bad enough to be campy it s just bad 
1
Battlefield Earth
Dustin Putman
A disaster of epic proportions 
0
Battlefield Earth
Michael Wilmington
The movie plays like an uglier Earth bound Star Wars interrupted by frequent Psychlo temper tantrums 
2
Battlefield Earth
James Berardinelli
Looking back on this film I can t find anything nice to say about it 
0.5
Battlefield Earth
Bob Graham
Is it worth seeing once Sure 
2.5
Battlefield Earth
Maitland McDonagh
While the look is cool like a tinted B W film all washes of green blue amber and red the story s broad strokes are painfully clichd and its details make no sense at all 
1
Battlefield Earth
Michael Dequina
I cannot help but think that maybe Travolta s laughing that he was able to sucker people into pouring millions of dollars toward making such an unspeakable waste 
0
Battlefield Earth
Bob Bloom
It can stand as the quintessential example of big moviemaking ineptitude 
0
Battlefield Earth
Rob Blackwelder
I hated this movie and I had a great time doing it 
0
Battlefield Earth
Keith Simanton
The only people this film could recruit are members of the rock band Kiss who with their high heeled boots and face paint might figure they ve got a spot if this alien thing ever really came down 
1.5
Battlefield Earth
Marc Fortier
It s probably obvious by now that Battlefield Earth is far from cerebral or anything even remotely serious 
0.5
Battlefield Earth
Gary Brown
The leader bares a resemblance to Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes eyebrows and all It would have been apropos for him to look into the camera and say Don t you just hate it when you waste money on really stupid movies with cheesy special effects 
0.5
Battlefield Earth
Andy Seiler
Deeply dumb depressingly derivative and just plain nonsense 
1.5
Battlefield Earth
Madeleine Williams
A pretty terrible film 
1
Battlefield Earth
Shay Casey
Is it as bad as advertised Oh yes very much so 
1
Battlefield Earth
Ross Anthony
John Travolta and Forest Whitaker do some Hollywood slumming in this tenement of a sci fi thriller 10 year olds may enjoy 
.5
Battlefield Earth
David Keyes
Battlefield Earth bathes in a pool of utter ridiculousness and cheesy visual styles then stands up expecting everyone to admire it
0
Battlefield Earth
Susan Stark
A noisy chaotic sloppily edited and embarrassingly banal and derivative saga 
1
Battlefield Earth
Cornell & Petricelli
The characters are so deliciously absurd 
2.5
Girls Against Boys
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s likely this will end up being something of a minor cult sensation growing in esteem as more adventuresome eyes are slowly drawn its way 
3
Girls Against Boys
David Nusair
a seriously off the wall little movie that offers more entertainment value than most efforts of this ilk 
3.5
Girls Against Boys
Sara Stewart
When it comes to Girls Against Boys it s a draw everyone loses 
1.5
Girls Against Boys
Andrew Schenker
Essentially a horror movie in which the source of the horror shifts from capital M men to crazed lesbianism 
1
Sing
Roger Ebert
Since absolutely everything in Sing is completely predictable I was surprised how much I enjoyed the movie 
3
My Summer as a Goth
Roger Moore
A winning cast novel tribal setting and some witty dialogue put this one over 
2.5
Please Stand By
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A feel good indie Complete review in Spanish en Reforma newspaper 
1.5
Please Stand By
Rex Reed
Touches the viewer with the subtle emotional wallop of a feather brushing against the heart 
3
Please Stand By
Glenn Kenny
A sensitive character study whose story beats are a little bit overly familiar 
2.5
Please Stand By
Sara Stewart
Lewin posits this as a whimsical road comedy but I couldn t help questioning both the logic and the consistency 
2
Please Stand By
Roger Moore
A cute premise is starved of its potential charm y another colorless turn by Dakota Fanning 
1.5
No. 2
Nick Schager
Naming Number Two peddles familial reconciliation while making one pine for familial annihilation 
1
Gang Tapes
Emily Blunt
Wild documentary like scary real film
3
Garam Masala
Namrata Joshi
Paresh is nicely droll and deadpan but Priyadarshan uses him more as a filler And the women Well they are mere wall flowers But
2
The Bodyguard
Duane Dudek
There is no archetype so wooden or narrative so predictable that it can t be improved upon by a sense of style But director Mick Jackson merely moves the pieces in a static and linear way toward a stalemate 
2
The Bodyguard
Matt Brunson
The premise is workable but the movie is sabotaged by several elements including the hot and cold dialogue obvious red herrings and a ludicrous climax centering on an assassination attempt at the Academy Awards ceremony 
2
The Bodyguard
Walter Chaw
hilarious camp artifact
2
The Bodyguard
Michael Dequina
The thriller aspect of The Bodyguard works but the romance does not 
3
The Bodyguard
Roger Ebert
The movie does contain a love story but it s the kind of guarded passion that grows between two people who spend a lot of time keeping their priorities straight 
3
The Sitter
Brian Eggert
Director David Gordon Green 91 46 46 46 93 does little to prevent this derivative riff on Adventures in Babysitting from being compared to better movies that inspired it 46 
1.5
The Sitter
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Sitter runs under an hour and a half but sitting in a dark theater forced to watch it you feel that hours of your life are slipping by 
1.5
The Sitter
Eric Melin
Hill has a natural talent for making any situation funny with his deadpan humor but in The Sitter it only goes so far 
2
The Sitter
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is funny right from the start tells its story economically and never comes close to wearing out its welcome 
3
The Sitter
Linda Cook
Profane and for grownups only The Sitter is a raunchy fish out of water story that s hilarious at times Don t let the title fool you This is extremely R rated as well it should be and certainly isn t appropriate for children 
3
The Sitter
David Nusair
a distressingly tedious piece of work that all too often substitutes freneticism for laughs 
1.5
The Sitter
Brett Michel
It ain t PC but with Hill s timing and Bender s Kardashian act it s a stoner s delight 
3
The Sitter
James Berardinelli
For every laugh offered by The Sitter there are five minutes of boredom and at least one failed scene of would be dramatic character building 
2
The Sitter
Rafer Guzman
The Sitter seems to have a good heart so why all the glib racism 
2
The Sitter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With his seventh feature film The Sitter Green appears to have simply given up 
1.5
The Sitter
Lisa Kennedy
A weirdly charming comedy that puts an irresponsible guy in charge of three unhappy kids Who ll crumble first 
3
The Sitter
Robert Levin
Director David Gordon Green stops pushing buttons and settles for the mundane when the movie demands the offbeat and the dark 
2.5
The Sitter
Stephen Whitty
If you can get past that rude awakening opening and some of the rougher humor there s a comedy here And probably the last halfway acceptable one of the year 
2.5
The Sitter
Willie Waffle
Jonah Hill is a charming and hilarious guy who makes this movie funnier than it really is 
1.5
The Sitter
Rick Groen
Somehow even in this foul climate Hill manages to stay likeable although the strain definitely shows The same cannot be said of director David Gordon Green 
1.5
The Sitter
Ann Hornaday
Its most valuable contribution to the cinematic landscape is its blessedly brief 80 minute running time 
1.5
The Sitter
Kyle Smith
It s smart funny agreeably perverse and simultaneously abrupt and exhausting 
3
The Sitter
Dustin Putman
A crasser but very nearly as sweet unofficial remake of 1987 s Adventures in Babysitting 
3
The Sitter
Scott Bowles
A well intentioned mess of a comedy so desperate for laughs it crams a half dozen story arcs into the plot without telling one of them well 
1.5
The Sitter
Steven Rea
While The Sitter isn t that dumb or dreadful there really isn t much going on here 
2
The Sitter
Bruce DeMara
It features a script that strains credulity well beyond the breaking point in one situation after another that the characters are mostly not believable or particularly sympathetic and that the moral ethos of its protagonist borders on sociopathic 
1.5
The Sitter
Gary Thompson
You can feel in Sitter that Hill is getting tired of this routine that he wants to shed his own skin 
2.5
The Sitter
Ty Burr
Is it OK to wonder what alien has taken over David Gordon Green s body 
2
The Sitter
R. Kurt Osenlund
Of today s working directors is there a bigger genre swapping sellout than David Gordon Green 
1.5
The Sitter
Chris Hewitt
It s fun even if it feels like it could have been more fun 
3
The Sitter
Matt Pais
Director David Gordon Green Your Highness has delivered his second mediocre comedy of 2011 this time without the use of a Minotaur penis 
2
The Sitter
Rene Rodriguez
This odious hypocritical movie marks director David Gordon Green s transformation into full on hack 
1
The Sitter
Michael Phillips
I hope Green one day finds a way to bridge the style and rhythm of his early pictures the ones that didn t make money and the bumper car approach of The Sitter 
2
The Sitter
David Germain
The Sitter really fails in the physical comedy department with an assault of mean humorless sight gags 
1.5
The Sitter
Soren Andersen
A toxic landfill of a picture filled with pee jokes poop jokes fart jokes sex jokes and drug jokes all unfunny Not to mention ethnic stereotypes gay stereotypes obnoxious children loutish adults car chases and exploding toilets 
0
The Sitter
Roger Ebert
I am so very very tired of movies like this 
1
Heat Shimmer Theatre
Fernando F. Croce
Kageroza s alternate title Heat Haze Theatre perfectly illustrates the ineffable sensuality and perverse randomness of Seijun Suzuki s late period arabesque 
3
Welcome to the Punch
Brian Eggert
There 8217 s nothing very wrong about Welcome to the Punch 44 but there 8217 s also very little about this urban cop yarn that proves to be anything more than serviceable 46 
2
Welcome to the Punch
Frank Ochieng
Invariably Welcome To The Punch succumbs to its revolving murky machinations of cat and mouse foreplay that never quite develops into anything percolating or persistent 
2
Welcome to the Punch
David Nusair
It s clear almost immediately that Creevy isn t looking to reinvent the wheel here 
2
Welcome to the Punch
Matt Pais
When Max finally gets a chance to ask Jacob why the killer didn t kill him when he had the chance the answer s as unsatisfying as the movie 
1.5
Welcome to the Punch
Sara Stewart
One straight faced gunfight after another signifying nothing 
1.5
Welcome to the Punch
Robert Levin
Angry men mumble as they point guns at each other in a series of standoffs in Welcome to the Punch and it almost works 
2.5
Welcome to the Punch
Roger Moore
McAvoy keeps trying to become the Scottish Tom Cruise In action pictures he s more the Scottish Michael J Fox 
2
Welcome to the Punch
Chris Cabin
The sheer wastefulness of Eran Creevy s Welcome to the Punch is off putting enough but the film is also falsely painted up as a crime epic 
.5
Acts of Worship
David Nusair
just not all that entertaining 
2
Acts of Worship
John Monaghan
Has all the hallmarks of a high quality independent production where real life texture and genuine emotion more than compensate for lack of polish 
3
Acts of Worship
Jeff Vice
There is nothing really new or particularly insightful here and even though Acts is at least watchable it begins to fade from memory almost immediately 
2
Acts of Worship
Sean P. Means
Rodriguez view of addiction from the inside and Reeder s warts and all portrayal of a junkie going over the edge make for a fascinating film 
3
Acts of Worship
Elizabeth Weitzman
For better and worse Rosemary Rodriguez s directing debut feels just like what it is a drama about addiction made by a recovering addict 
2.5
Acts of Worship
V.A. Musetto
Rosemary Rodriguez makes a worthy debut with this troubling tale of a young druggie struggling to survive on the streets of the East Village 
2.5
Acts of Worship
David Sterritt
Rodriguez makes a promising debut with this unsentimental drama 
3
A Rage in Harlem
John Hartl
With its snazzy Elmer Bernstein score its snappy period flavor and its all star cast doing something completely different A Rage in Harlem should have been much more fun than it is 
1.5
A Rage in Harlem
Carrie Rickey
Jazzy and jauntily funny 
3
A Rage in Harlem
Gary Thompson
Underneath the fancy trappings however is a disappointingly ordinary caper movie that moves far too slowly for a picture of this type 
2
A Rage in Harlem
Dave Kehr
Bill Duke s Harlem has the heft of an imaginatively heightened reality it s a great place to visit 
3.5
A Rage in Harlem
Lou Cedrone
A Rage in Harlem is an uneven combination of comedy and carnage When it s good it s very good When it s not it s simply bloody 
2
A Rage in Harlem
Roger Ebert
What s best in the movie is the chemistry between Whitaker and Givens who is surprisingly effective in her first feature role 
3
The Wandering Earth II
Simon Abrams
A sturdy prequel 46 
3
The Wandering Earth II
Roger Moore
It apos s a drag 44 a Long March of a disaster epic that isn apos t too much of a good thing 46 It apos s just too much 46 
2
Comfort and Joy
Roger Ebert
One of the happiest and most engaging movies you are likely to see this year 
3.5
The Manchurian Candidate
Wesley Lovell
8220 Manchurian 8221 is one of the finest political intrigues in film history 46 It 8217 s raw power and serpentine plot devices are terrific 46 
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Brian Eggert
Life has rarely imitated art in more fantastic catastrophic and wildly suspicious ways than with The Manchurian Candidate 
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Eric Melin
what strikes me is the savvy and modern craft of its filmmaking 
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Peter Canavese
Set the standard for cinematic paranoid thrillers and stands as the quintessential John Frankenheimer film Blu ray 
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Jay Antani
With spry editing and camerawork Frankenheimer fuses together a documentary like realism and more expressive stylizations to create a hybrid thriller satire
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Walter Chaw
a benchmark of the United States coming of age in the 1960s
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Josh Larsen
goes down the rabbit hole though never too far to lose its satirical relevance to the insanity of real world politics 
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s both exciting and disheartening that a 42 year old satire like this still works as pointedly as it does 
3.5
The Manchurian Candidate
Matt Brunson
It s heady stuff in a nail biting chiller that still has the power to make viewers perspire profusely 
4
The Manchurian Candidate
Bill Chambers
With a dour uncompromising view of humanity punctuated by raw violence The Manchurian Candidate feels post Kennedy or like a harbinger of Watergate era splatter
4
The Manchurian Candidate
James Kendrick
the film still feels taut scathing and paranoid because it cuts to the heart of mass fears and how those fears whatever they may be can be manipulated and exploited by the powerful something that is no different today than it was in 1962 
3.5
The Manchurian Candidate
Roger Ebert
Not a moment of The Manchurian Candidate lacks edge and tension and a cynical spin 
4
It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine!
Michael Phillips
It s one of the most queasy making and confrontational films of the year in which a deliberately artless presentation takes the sting out of some extremely unruly content 
3
It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine!
Ken Fox
Entirely set bound and featuring dramatic lighting deep shadows and such archaic effects as rear projection the film has the look and feel of an old Hollywood movie but there s never been a film quite like this one 
3
It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine!
V.A. Musetto
The movie is daring original and aimed at sophisticated moviegoers 
3
Strawberry and Chocolate
Roger Ebert
The movie has real strength and charm especially in the way it leads us to expect a romance and then gives us a character whose very existence is a criticism of his society 
3.5
Ghost Light
Blake Howard
John Stimpson s Ghost Light is a quaint absurd supernatural comedy about a travelling theatre company whose desperation for escaping their status is rivalled only by their lack of self awareness 
2.5
Ghost Light
Bob Bloom
Ghost Light relies more on humor than scares It s almost a throwback to those old haunted house thrillers that featured comedians such as Bob Hope or Abbott and Costello 
2.5
Ghost Light
Kevin A. Ranson
combines lighthearted character and competitive nature with throwing caution into the wind to delight amuse and effectively disturb Doth not dis thine Scottish Play 
4
Ghost Light
Roger Moore
A Shakespeare spoof that is never more than a brief candle If not a tale told by an idiot it still lacks the sound and fury to come off 
2
Even the Rain
Mattie Lucas
It is a dynamic and layered film marked by fluid storytelling and timely themes that are presented without the kind of shameless pandering that so often accompany films about social activism 
3
Even the Rain
Roger Moore
Well acted and always with an ear cocked listening for its own social relevance 
3
Even the Rain
Burl Burlingame
If you can handle a few scenes of hammeringly obvious metaphor Even The Rain is a rich multi layered film that gives an involved viewer much to think about 
3
Even the Rain
Rob Thomas
Even The Rain is alive to the political echoes that reverberate between the 500 year old film within a film and its contemporary setting Sometimes those echoes get a little too loud but in general this is thoughtful and relevant filmmaking 
3
Even the Rain
Rick Groen
A film within a film within a film Even the Rain holds up a hall of mirrors to the Third World and invites us to look in 
3
Even the Rain
Linda Barnard
The most outstanding performance comes from Aduviri an indigenous Aymara from Bolivia who was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at Spain s Oscars the Goyas 
3.5
Even the Rain
John Beifuss
Smart and exciting even if it ultimately ennobles its filmmaker characters a development that suggests the political triumph of the Bolivian Indians is not as significant as the moral awakening of the Spanish protagonists 
3.5
Even the Rain
Joe Williams
Despite the whiff of a Hollywood ending Even the Rain is a refreshing import 
3
Even the Rain
Steven Rea
Even the Rain strikes a deep and resonant chord 
3
Even the Rain
Peter Canavese
Though obvious Bollan s morality tale dramatizes vital issues facing the global economy forcing the audience to experience them on a human level 
3
Even the Rain
Loren King
An ambitious mix of politics religion art and human drama 
3.5
Even the Rain
Gerald Peary
The movie within a movie being filmed about Columbus is as vivid as a Werner Herzog period adventure 
3
Even the Rain
Ann Hornaday
Telling an old story in a new way and infusing what might have been a dry political polemic with poetry passion and unlikely warmth 
3.5
Even the Rain
Chris Hewitt
It would probably work better as a short story than as a film 
2
Even the Rain
Roger Ebert
The performance by Luis Tosar as the producer is confident and sturdy Gael Garcia Bernal as the director is wimpy and not clearly defined but that s in the nature of the character 
3
Even the Rain
Kyle Smith
Shuffling ideas from Fitzcarraldo and Dances With Wolves yields the cinematic equivalent of a term paper for Imperialism 101 in Even the Rain 
2
Even the Rain
Mick LaSalle
Even the Rain is that irresistible thing a movie about the making of a movie combined with a bit of a history and a political message 
3
Even the Rain
Andrew Schenker
Subtle the film is not with Icar Bollan always working extra hard to make sure we don t miss the parallels between the different modes of oppression 
2
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
David Nusair
a for fans only entry within an often distressingly hit and miss series of films 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Mattie Lucas
The most mature Potter film yet dealing with emotional issues much stronger than any previous installment and the young cast more than steps up to the plate 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Leah Rozen
Half Blood is a sustaining visit with beloved old if not in age friends 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Janos Gereben
Running an obscene 2 1 2 hours presenting a story which could have made a halfway decent half hour episode of a half assed TV series this Potter has no focus a comprehensive plot any semblance of cohesion purpose meaning 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Jordan Hiller
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is an icily grave and somber affair with few moments of relief amid the mounting turmoil and a finale that blackens an already charcoal gray sky 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wesley Lovell
For all its focus on teen romantic entanglements it sure has very little to do with the Half Blood Prince 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Nick Rogers
Radcliffe Grint and Watson are great as always but director David Yates adherence to realism stifles J K Rowling s trickster storytelling wiles Yates horrifically bad botching of big ticket moments bodes poorly for the Deathly Hallows films 
2
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Matt Soergel
In a world where the Transformers sequel can make a mint while being so lackadaisical and empty it almost makes you wonder why the Potter crew bother to take such care But let s not question it Just enjoy it 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sonny Bunch
As the Harry Potter movies have ventured into darker more mature territory the series has greatly improved in one regard The stories feel more epic the tension more real 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lawrence Toppman
Harry must enter the mists in anxiety and emerge stronger Everything about his world is uncertain not to be trusted and who among us hasn t felt the same way even if witches didn t lurk around our corners 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sean P. Means
There s a welcome lightness in the romantic couplings which will have pre teens across America asking Mom what s snogging 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
David Keyes
This is a movie that steps far outside of the comfort zone and becomes an enthralling and fully realized gothic fantasy 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Marty Mapes
Boys and girls pair off expository bookkeeping sets up the final conflict
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael A. Smith
Add to them a virtual who s who of England s best actors and you have the best cast to be found in a movie this year 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lori Hoffman
While not as spellbinding as some earlier Potter films Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince provides crucial connective tissue to the big finish coming down the road
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves very nicely deftly planting seeds of suspense and mystery and keeping them growing throughout the powerful amorous entanglements 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Kam Williams
Potter hits puberty 
4
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Zachary Woodruff
Half Blood wavers between dizzying and dry it s half bloodless 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Tracie Cooper
War hormones and dark magic equal a better than average year for the students of Hogwarts and the best Potter movie since Prisoner of Azkaban 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lisa Kennedy
With its deft handling of teen yearning and affection Half Blood Prince maneuvers mysteries of heart and hankering that resound in worlds magic and Muggle 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
John Wirt
Hats off to the young cast and director David Yates for bringing such depth to this latest stage of the characters lives 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Mike Scott
Director David Yates film makes for a splendid continuation of Rowling s saga carrying over the same stirringly magical spirit the same enchanting visuals from Order of the Phoenix 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Matt Brunson
The heart of the piece remains the interactions between the characters both teen and adult 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Eric Melin
If the series is supposed to mature and be about becoming an adult screenwriter Kloves would be smart to start treating the viewer like one 
1.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Keith Cohen
The bottom line is you can t get off the Hogwarts express train now because there are more groundbreaking revelations and magic tricks up the sleeves of this franchise 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
James Kendrick
while the film has its moments of visual elegance its lack of narrative rhythm and jumbled sense of forced plot points will leave ravenous Potter fans griping about what s been left out and those poor souls who haven t read the books perpetually confused
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Mike McGranaghan
I don t believe in magic but I do believe in movie magic and this sixth installment has it 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
John Beifuss
The British character actors intone their lines with the sincere and intense glee of cats sucking a songbird s bones 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Willie Waffle
more exciting more daring more dangerous and more focused on the personal lives of the characters than any one before it which is why it is so great 
4
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wilson Morales
Radcliffe doesn t disappoint as a more mature Harry finally accepting his fate as the Chosen One 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Steve Rhodes
consistently visually stunning a real feast for the eyes The story not so much 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sean O'Connell
Smaller intimate personal and fragile It almost feels as if nothing happens until you step back and realize everything is happening in this film 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Duane Dudek
Hogwarts now resembles just another English boarding school and the childlike wonder that marked previous entries in the series has been replaced by a real world sense of responsibility and looming consequence 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wesley Morris
Steve Kloves has written five of the Harry Potter screenplays and The Half Blood Prince reeks of formula 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Kit Bowen
Admire a franchise that has matured along with its main players The well played Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is an excellent next step towards the boy wizard saga s inevitable end 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Gina Carbone
Like the Prince himself David Yates crosses out portions of J K Rowling s text in favor of his own ideas This produces the best magic to date until it goes wrong 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Christian Toto
Is there a more consistent franchise than Harry Potter 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ross Anthony
The first half is magical captivating inviting great cinema Second half disappoints 
2
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Josh Larsen
At its best plays like a tween version of Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream love potions and all 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Bob Bloom
The emphasis in the film is off kilter with too much time spent on the romantic entanglements of Harry and his friends Hermione and Ron 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Canavese
Emerson said A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds but in this franchise where you re likely to spot a hobgoblin or two the consistency isn t foolish but miraculous 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Keough
The Half Blood Prince s relative inertia allows for more complex and clarifying imagery as realized by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Joe Williams
While the romantic sweetness that it s peddling is a guilty pleasure it s also a distraction from the gathering storm that the series had been charting so well 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Jeff Vice
This long awaited follow up based on the sixth of author J K Rowling s best selling fantasy novels has a better mix of light humor and darker story elements 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Travers
Harry is better than ever a triumph of visual wonder and emotional storytelling 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Nick Schager
Often feels fruitful thanks to diligent concentration on the romantic plights of its three pubescent protagonists 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Walter Chaw
An ungainly tween romcom sprinkled arbitrarily with a sudden horde of amphibious zombies inexplicable cameos from Ursa Non and Zod and silly broomstick rugby 
1
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Howell
There is still magic but it all has dramatic purpose and much of it points to the final two films 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Kyle Smith
Suspenseful and artfully realized 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Rafer Guzman
The movie franchise based on J K Rowlings novels gets its The Empire Strikes Back moment It s a downbeat cliffhanger that suggests its central characters are exiting their age of innocence 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
James Berardinelli
The sixth Harry Potter movie has its share of flaws but nevertheless represents solid entertainment and it extends a remarkable streak for a franchise that has gone six deep without one failure 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Robert W. Butler
The greatest pleasures offered by Steve Kloves screenplay involve these familiar characters enduring the unexceptional pangs of adolescence 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lisa Ann Cockrel
The real magic of the Harry Potter series comes not from spells and potions but from the sustaining friendships of Harry Ron and Hermione 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Joe Lozito
The sixth Harry Potter film is the most mature and fully realized yet which is great news for fans but may hold little interest for the uninitiated 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Chris Hewitt
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is not the best Potter but it is the wittiest and most romantic and it leaves us with a doozy of an I want more cliffhanger 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Moira MacDonald
As its 2 1 2 hours came to a close I was happy to be reminded that we aren t yet done with Hogwarts and that there s much pleasure in a story slowly told 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Claudia Puig
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is spellbinding even though it is more grounded in reality and less fanciful than previous installments 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Dustin Putman
A remarkable achievement in imagination storytelling and underlying thematic relevance a motion picture that visually dazzles as any respectably made blockbuster should but also knows not to misplace the human element at the forefront 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sara Michelle Fetters
But as this one came to its cliffhanger of a finale I suddenly realized just how astonishing these flicks have been Like a long running hit television show made with nurturing care the films have cast a hypnotic spell that has only seemed to grow 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Stephen Whitty
Visually yes this is another solid Harry Potter entry with the same impressive sets and effects But it also badly misses the presence of a new or at least formidable villain 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Charlie McCollum
Half Blood Prince shows the Potter film franchise and Rowling s story are in very good hands indeed 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Liam Lacey
The experienced team behind the Harry Potter movie series is comfortably in the groove with the sixth film which plays down the fantastic elements and introduces contrasting playful teenaged romance and a new tone of adult gloominess 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael Sragow
Director Yates and screenwriter Kloves introduce this entry in the saga with splendid storytelling strokes 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Steven Rea
Half Blood Prince is a bubbling cauldron of hormonal angst rife with romance and heartbreak jealousy and longing 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael Phillips
As the concerns of novelist Rowling s characters gravitate increasingly toward matters of the heart and the hormones the Potter films are leaving childhood behind Yet the friendship of the central trio remains the key to the magic 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Amy Biancolli
So many actors shine in so many ways Carter hisses deliciously Broadbent sucks up beautifully Watson shudders with frustration and heartbreak Felton shudders with anger and fear 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Roger Ebert
I admired this Harry Potter It opens and closes well and has wondrous art design and cinematography as always only more so 
3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Erik Childress
A film that stands on its own The Half Blood Prince is the purest example of virtuoso storytelling we have seen all summer and maybe all year joining a short list that includes Up Away We Go and The Hurt Locker 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Brian Eggert
Johnson s film supplies the requisite spectacle that casual fans expect while devoted enthusiasts have new complex ideas to consider for the franchise s future 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
David Gonzalez
Star Wars 58 The Last Jedi was everything I hoped for and more 46 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Alan French
Johnson unleashed one of the most spectacular visual feats within the Star Wars universe 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Matt Brunson
It s a bold and challenging work exactly what we would expect from the auteur of Brick and Looper 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Federico Furzan
Never a mess had seemed so relevant to the Star Wars Universe The Last Jedi pays no respect to rules and manages to be a single and pretty good entry Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jeff Mitchell
A lengthy list of missed opportunities and puzzling decisions 
2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mattie Lucas
A world where women can be strong without the help of men where princesses can become generals and girls who come from nothing on a backwater planet can rise to become the hope of the galaxy 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
John Hanlon
Director Rian Johnson takes some major risks here Some of them work well while other choices contribute to the film s uneven tone 
3.0
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Robert Daniels
The success of The Last Jedi like its father before it will most likely rest on the conclusion of the trilogy 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Pamela Powell
If you re a fan you re going to appreciate the story continuing on and on If you re into makeup and CGI you ll appreciate every minute of it 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wesley Lovell
The best Star Wars film since the original trilogy 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Matthew Rozsa
Star Wars is not Breaking Bad and the same narrative tricks that worked for the latter feel jarringly out of place in the former 
2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Linda Cook
It s a Force to be reckoned with 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There is just enough good material embedded in the excessive padding to appeal to our cravings for more Star Wars 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
John Beifuss
A red throne room evokes the Technicolor fantasies of Michael Powell and Vincente Minnelli while the scratchy surfaces of a sand planet trace the arc of each combatant s footwork like a choreographer s notation transforming a duel into a dance 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
David Keyes
There is simply no joy in The Last Jedi But all great legacies I guess are destined to fade 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
David Nusair
A stellar if slightly overlong followup to 2015 s Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Leah Pickett
What s most interesting to me about The Last Jedi is Luke s return as the mentor rather than the student grappling with his failure in this new role and later aspiring to be the wise and patient teacher 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jeff Beck
The Last Jedi is a grand step forward one that we can only hope will light the way for the franchise s future 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
James Kendrick
not the best entry in the Star Wars franchise but parts of it rank at the very top
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Kevin A. Ranson
Events fans dreamed of happening unfold differently than imagined and that bit of reality highlights what s really going on here Star Wars is pushing out of its comfort zone 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mike McGranaghan
Star Wars The Last Jedi successfully combines the thrill a minute fun that s always been part of the saga with a fresh spin on the light dark theme embedded into the epic tale s DNA 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jeff Simon
It s all watchable to those of us in the Skeptics Tribe I tacked on an extra half star to the star rating for this solely because of my outsized affection for a glorious section in the middle that I enjoyed as I have few other Star Wars side journeys 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s a Rian Johnson film through and through which is why it feels like a breath of fresh air Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Phil Villarreal
The film is a relentless crowd pleaser that has as much in common with a pedigreed art film as it does a traditional action blowout 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Rob Thomas
The characters like the movie take what they need from the past leave the rest behind and forge ahead into unexpected and exciting new terrain 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sonny Bunch
Remixing the structure of the originals with the aesthetics of the prequels 
2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Bob Bloom
Johnson ends the film with the rebel forces on the defensive and with their resources mostly spent Yet he offers a sliver of hope there s that word again as he assures us when the screen fades to dark that brighter days are ahead 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sara Michelle Fetters
But the biggest thing this eighth chapter does is change where things go next in a fundamental way 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Walter Chaw
By being easily the most unconventional film in the octet The Last Jedi underscores exactly what Star Wars was always about Hope We need it now more than ever 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Tom Meek
plenty of twists turns and pleasant surprises to hold an audience rapt over the two and a half hour running time 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Robert Horton
In practically every frame writer director Rian Johnson conveys how much fun it is to do this stuff 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mark Dujsik
Johnson clearly knows the material well enough to give us exactly what we expect and he loves it enough to take it into new territory 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Maria Sciullo
There is a thrilling space opera somewhere in Star Wars The Last Jedi if only it could rise above the echoes of its original mythology 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Certainly J J Abrams 2015 Star Wars The Force Awakens was more than satisfying but Johnson steps it up several notches digging deeper into characters and even adding nuance to the Star Wars mythos 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Stephen Rebello
Even with the warts Star Wars The Last Jedi feels like a big dazzling holiday present most Star Wars fans should be able to tear into and enjoy 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Calvin Wilson
In a world bursting with flashy popcorn movies there s still nothing quite like a Star Wars flick 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Clayton Davis
Star Wars The Last Jedi could very well be the definite evolution of the series yet 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Peter Travers
Rian Johnson s middle chapter in the current Star Wars trilogy is the epic you ve been looking for Capped by Mark Hamill in the performance of his career it points the way ahead to a next generation of skywalkers and thrillingly to a new hope 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dann Gire
The Last Jedi suffers from occasional inconsistencies in character and plot but these quibbles are easily absorbed into the impressively vast and colorful canvas that Johnson paints with such passion and empathy 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Josh Terry
Bottom line Star Wars The Last Jedi may not be the best installment in the now 40 year old franchise but it packs enough action and surprises to keep fans happy through the Christmas season and beyond 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dustin Putman
Entertains as comfort food in filmic form but this is an altogether slighter experience than the spectacular one The Force Awakens provided This is a fine film in spite of its many issues easily recommendable to fans 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Josh Larsen
a bit of a placeholder 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
James Berardinelli
There s a sense that Johnson is giving busy work to certain characters while others are catching up The Last Jedi is a great 105 minute movie stretched too thin 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
George M. Thomas
Rain Johnson crafts an entertaining swashbuckling flick in the series eighth film It possesses the whimsy the heart and light sabers necessary for reverence in the Star Wars canon 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Ty Burr
In short it feels like a new hope 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Christian Toto
It soars and sinks shrewdly building on franchise lore while scoring cheap shots against capitalism Frustrating it is hmmm 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Katie Walsh
As indebted to the previous installments and Star Wars canon as it is to classic Westerns sword and sandal epics and martial arts films it s the blend of reverence for its roots and embrace of the new that makes The Last Jedi a triumph 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Stephen Whitty
Rian Johnson clearly remembers something that Lucas most fervent followers sometimes forget These are movies for the young or at least the young at heart 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Peter Howell
The Last Jedi boasts many very good performances ones that enrich the characters and which salute writer director Johnson s ability to find the humanity within technology something he proved early on with his artful time travel thriller Looper 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
David Frese
The Last Jedi however opens up some new possibilities It doesn t provide a ton of satisfying answers but it creates some interesting questions And it manages to make Star Wars feel new again 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Ross Raihala
Disney found a true Star Wars champion in Johnson and I m eager to see what he does when he s able to craft the next trilogy from scratch 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
John Serba
The first half of the movie works in fits and starts but Johnson makes up for it in the second when the bundle of subplots intertwine tighter and the narrative rockets forward its action fleet of foot and tightly tied to its emotional highs 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Matt Zoller Seitz
Everything a fan could want from a Star Wars film and then some 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sara Stewart
While there are elements nodding to The Empire Strikes Back The Last Jedi is no copycat In its most daring moments it even tweaks a few series tropes updating them with a decidedly populist kick 
4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Kate Taylor
But gradually Johnson s many additions become too much of a good thing and The Last Jedi grows crowded busy and long 
2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Soren Andersen
Last Jedi is deep It s also rollicking It s right up there with the very first Star Wars in terms of its enjoyability factor It s a triumph 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
John Wenzel
When everything pulls in the same direction as it does consistently in The Last Jedi it s like watching a mind boggling clockwork click into a deft ballet 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sam C. Mac
For those hoping that there may have been a substantial uptick in quality between J J Abrams s The Force Awakens and Rian Johnson s The Last Jedi in much the same way that The Empire Strikes Back improved on Star Wars you may need a new hope 
2.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Ann Hornaday
When the feelings come in The Last Jedi and they do come they re deep and they re real Go ahead and try to watch the penultimate scene without crying or pretending not to And may the Force be with you 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jake Coyle
By breaking down some of the old mythology Rian Johnson has staked out new territory For the first time in a long time a Star Wars film feels forward moving 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mick LaSalle
You don t see many sci fi action extravaganzas that are about late middle aged disappointment about wondering what it s all about and whether any of it was worth it It s this element that gives The Last Jedi an extra something 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Gary Thompson
The Johnson and Abrams movies live dutifully in the universe of the original George Lucas trilogy after the Phantom Menace trilogy debacle it s what fans claim they wanted 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sean P. Means
Star Wars The Last Jedi makes for an inventive nail biter of a chapter in the franchise s long run 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Rafer Guzman
A fresh visual style makes this middle Star Wars a welcome addition to the saga 
3
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Brian Truitt
A stellar entry that owes much to George Lucas original films while finding a signature vibe of its own and unleashing a few welcome twists 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Richard Roeper
Still this is no mere placeholder of a story Huge important things happen to characters secondary and primary Surprises big and small abound 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Roger Moore
No romance little pathos and lacks a single heartfelt punch in the gut moment 
2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Michael Phillips
This is the longest movie in the franchise It just doesn t feel that way I haven t been this into a Star Wars picture since the Empire struck back in The Empire Strikes Back 
3.5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Peter Canavese
SPOILER FREE REVIEW Johnson sticks with the Star Wars house style and seems pleased to have the opportunity to inspire children with this story of overcoming inner conflict to become one s best self the key ingredient being hope 
3.5
A Brilliant Monster
Roger Moore
A no budget horror comedy that occasionally rises to clever but falls well short of Brilliant 
1.5
My Name Is Hmmm...
Luke Goodsell
My Name is Hmmm is ultimately too unfocused to really cohere as an effective satisfying whole 
2
My Name Is Hmmm...
Tomas Hachard
The feeling here was perhaps intended to be impressionistic and elusive but the result is instead rambling and unfocused 
1
My Name Is Hmmm...
Kent Turner
The film is quietly observational and in terms of style all over the place The director obviously borrows from the looseness of the early French New Wave 
2.5
The Komediant
Robert K. Elder
Able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history 
2.5
The Komediant
Jan Stuart
As charming humorous and heimisch as its nomadic subjects 
3.5
The Komediant
Megan Turner
Alas the black and white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick 
1
The Komediant
Harvey S. Karten
Mazel tov to a film about a family s joyous life acting on the Yiddish stage 
3.5
The Komediant
Ed Gonzalez
Like any Warhol Morrissey relic Arnon Goldfinger s The Komediant rediscovers chapters in New York s cultural past 
3
Sword of the Valiant
Walter Chaw
The special effects are a notch above scratching the negative and pretending 
0
The Cat and the Canary
Matt Brunson
Hope established the wisecracking cowardly persona that would serve him well throughout his career as well as influence countless other comics Woody Allen chief among them 
3
My True Fairytale
Tom Meek
The performances all around especially Kennedy and Ingolfsson shore up the film s diverse threads which mostly weave together in the end 
2.5
My True Fairytale
Federico Furzan
Sure it feels like we re seeing a Lifetime movie but its powerful and real backdrop seems to justify every tearful smile 
3
My True Fairytale
Roger Moore
Insipid shows up early and will not let go of this romantic mystery fantasy 
1.5
Here After
Roger Moore
Terrible on a lot of levels a godawful script that was drably cast and indifferently directed and passes before the eyes deathly dull scene after leaden scene 
1
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Seraphina Alaimo
Come to think of it Ramona the chimp was the only authentic actor among the crew 
1.5
Mom and Dad
Brian Eggert
A twisted horror comedy without much beyond its back of the box description 
1.5
Mom and Dad
Federico Furzan
Parents murdering their kids over nothing Ultraviolence and a taboo subject I m there 
3
Mom and Dad
Joey Magidson
Mom and Dad is absolutely insane and that s meant as a compliment 
3
Mom and Dad
Barry Hertz
Nicolas Cage does crazy like no one else but his descent into insanity here not too far from how his character acts at the beginning of the film really can t elevate Taylor s juvenile take on adulthood 
1.5
Mom and Dad
Bruce DeMara
It s a madly satisfying mélange of suspense and comedy though perhaps not recommended for family viewing 
3.5
Mom and Dad
Norman Gidney
Taylor writes and directs an efficient and endlessly entertaining action horror comedy that generates as many cringes as guffaws The mechanics behind such a dark premise turning into a comedy are dicey yet the balance is for the most part on point 
3
Mom and Dad
Sonny Bunch
Mom and Dad isn t good exactly and your enjoyment of it will depend on how much you like the gag of the central metaphor 
2
Mom and Dad
Rex Reed
With an agonizing rupture of craft and common sense it showcases a performance of screaming over the top hysteria by Nicolas Cage that must be seen to be fully believed but that is not a recommendation 
0
Mom and Dad
Mick LaSalle
The movie s one and only idea renders itself boring with still half the movie left for the audience to endure 
1
Mom and Dad
Simon Abrams
I m sure you think you already know how you re going to feel about Mom and Dad But it s better than that and in ways that you really must experience for yourself 
3
Mom and Dad
Dann Gire
Taylor suggests our obsession with technology can be dangerous but never develops the premise His loopy screenplay bravely treads into taboo territory but falls more toward shock and exploitation than perverse fun and enlightened truth 
2
Mom and Dad
Stephen Whitty
Mom and Dad will do just fine as an impulsive late night on demand rent Even if it s not quite worth two movie tickets and a baby sitter 
2.5
Mom and Dad
Mark Dujsik
What Mom Dad has to say about the parent child relationship is intriguing but how the movie says those things is at once overblown and undercooked 
1.5
Mom and Dad
Richard Roeper
What makes Mom and Dad even creepier and chilling than a standard zombie movie is the parents don t turn into frothing at the mouth dead eyed robotic creatures 
3
Mom and Dad
Johnny Oleksinski
Watching adults murder or attempt to murder toddlers teens and even a newborn baby just isn t funny At times it s downright sickening 
1.5
Mom and Dad
Pat Padua
Cage delivers one of his most vibrant performances in years But it s in the service of poorly choreographed action scenes and a script in which the Ryans midlife crisis is set up by an awkward flashback 
2
Mom and Dad
Michael Phillips
At one point Cage sledgehammers a pool table to smithereens while singing the Hokey Pokey and honestly That s what it s all about 
2.5
Mom and Dad
Josh Larsen
would grow wearying if it didn t also have such a wicked sense of humor 
3
Mom and Dad
Chuck Bowen
Writer director Brian Taylor s Mom and Dad invests a hoary conceit with disturbing and hilarious lunacy 
3
Mom and Dad
David N. Butterworth
An absurdist black comedy from the director of Jonah Hex 
2.5
Mom and Dad
Roger Moore
A B movie with Nicolas Cage the way we like him uncaged and unhinged 
2.5
Mom and Dad
David Nusair
The degree to which Mom Dad ultimately disappoints is nothing short of staggering 
2
Night of the Demons
Federico Furzan
Horror that does not work in any level Full review in Spanish 
0
Mack & Rita
David Nusair
46 46 46 a seemingly foolproof premise that is 44 by and large 44 employed to mediocre and disappointing effect by Aselton 46 46 46 
2
Mack & Rita
Joe Friar
Keaton is the best part of the lackluster comedy that relies on sentimentality instead of laughs
2
Mack & Rita
Bruce R. Miller
8220 Mack and Rita 8221 undervalues one generation 40 when did 70 become ancient 63 41 and overvalues another 46 The whole influencer career is oversold and the clothes Keaton wears are nothing more than variations on her own wardrobe 46 10 
0
Mack & Rita
Peter Canavese
Painfully unfunny and devoid of insight 44 the magical realism is rushed and sloppy 44 and the emotional logic never coheres 46 
1
Mack & Rita
Ty Burr
I regret to report that it s an embarrassment all around despite the talent involved 
1.5
Mack & Rita
Kevin Carr
While Diane Keaton gives it her all 44 the derivative plot and forced slapstick make this movie more cringe worthy than worthy 46 
1.5
Mack & Rita
Mike McGranaghan
This is an inane 44 laughless movie that doesn apos t seem to have any point 46 
1
Mack & Rita
Mark Kennedy
Virtually no one associated with this film should be congratulated in any way having ruptured any bridges between Hollywood and senior citizens or for the shocking misuse of Diane Keaton s considerable skills 
0
Mack & Rita
Nell Minow
Somewhere inside Mack is an old lady 44 and somewhere inside this movie is a better one that never comes out 46 
2.5
Mack & Rita
Katie Walsh
A tale that could be described as 8220 Freaky Friday 8221 meets 8220 Old 46 8221 It 8217 s a cute concept 44 but turns out to be a lemon once you start kicking the tires 46 
2
Mack & Rita
Kristen Page-Kirby
Mack Rita feels paradoxically both too short and overlong 
1.5
Mack & Rita
Serena Puang
The film misses an opportunity to portray the complexity of one s 30s and 70s Still Mack Rita is a quirky movie that reminds the audience to live life to the fullest whatever age they are 
2
Mack & Rita
Michael Medved
Mostly watchable 44 but only occasionally engaging or entertaining 46 
2
Mack & Rita
Randy Myers
Falls as flat as week old champagne 
1.5
Mack & Rita
Mark Dujsik
Keaton puts so much obvious effort and talent into this material 44 which doesn apos t deserve her and doesn apos t much benefit from her ebullient presence 44 either 46 
1.5
Mack & Rita
Roger Moore
A criminal waste of seasoned comic talent and a criminal misuse of some of the most beautiful starlets in Hollywood coming up behind them 46 
1.5
Let There Be Light
Barry Hertz
What could have been a hectoring science lesson turns out to be more thrilling than any late 90s Keanu Reeves movie 
3
Bleed
David Nusair
Almost entirely devoid of positive attributes 
0
The Long, Long Trailer
Matt Brunson
Enjoyable 44 but I daresay it isn 8217 t as funny as several dozen classic episodes of I Love Lucy 46 
2.5
Hysteria
Kelly Jane Torrance
Hysteria might be the most unlikely romantic comedy of the year if not the decade 
2.5
Hysteria
Eric Melin
Don t be fooled by the period costumes and British accents Hysteria is as obvious and pandering as comedies get 
1.5
Hysteria
John Beifuss
The movie is most entertaining during its pre vibrator sequences which generate laughs by presenting risqu material within the very civilized and even stuffy context of proper English society 
3
Hysteria
Bob Bloom
What could have been a bawdy feature about the repression of not only female sexuality but also women s rights is at times as tightly wound and restricted as the era it pretends to portray 
2
Hysteria
Sean P. Means
Director Tanya Wexler engages in some quick unsubtle ribbing about Victorian views of sexuality and gender Thankfully the charms of Dancy and Gyllenhaal make the comical history lesson quite enjoyable 
3
Hysteria
Moira MacDonald
Its 95 minutes move along nicely and Everett languid as a cat in a sunbeam makes his too brief scenes into master classes of comedy 
2.5
Hysteria
Matt Soergel
Has enough energy to tickle the fancy of any Anglophile 
2.5
Hysteria
Roger Moore
Director Tanya Wexler struggles to let much air into what could have been a delicious winking farce 
2.5
Hysteria
Joe Williams
As a sex education comedy Hysteria is flaccid forced and unfunny 
2
Hysteria
Ann Lewinson
Begins as a smug comedy about repressed Victorians but turns into something more provocative 
3
Hysteria
Ty Burr
The problem with Hysteria is that it keeps patting itself and us on the back for knowing better 
2
Hysteria
Graham Killeen
Unlike the similar comedy The Road to Wellville Hysteria never reaches a fever pitch mostly because of its predictable Merchant Ivory Soap plotting 
2.5
Hysteria
Rene Rodriguez
Hysteria never gets too preachy or ponderous and there s something in the film to educate even the most learned viewer 
2.5
Hysteria
David Nusair
there s ultimately little doubt that the movie would ve been hard pressed to justify its existence even as a 15 minute short 
1.5
Hysteria
Perry Seibert
A tale of social and sexual female empowerment wrapped up in a bawdy cheerful sex comedy 
3
Hysteria
Rafer Guzman
The movie also makes all the right noises about female sexual liberation But its good intentions are undermined by sniggering jokes 
2
Hysteria
Austin Kennedy
A film with a potentially raunchy subject matter is handled with taste and elegance Even though it s about the invention of a sex toy it was done in such a manner that I would feel comfortable taking my mom to this 
3.5
Hysteria
Steven Rea
Good vibrations all around 
3
Hysteria
Chris Hewitt
United by their confidence and their then revolutionary belief in the existence of germs Dancy and Gyllenhaal make for a zesty appealing will they or won t they 
3
Hysteria
Michael Dequina
It seems odd to call a film whose central hook is the invention of the vibrator cute but director Tanya Wexler has pulled off that seemingly impossible feat 
3
Hysteria
Alison Gang
For a film that s so up in women s business it s surprising how far it gets from putting an authentic woman on the screen 
1
Hysteria
Michael O'Sullivan
It s happy to get the big facts broadly right as long as it s allowed to have a little fun with the rest 
2.5
Hysteria
Mick LaSalle
Hysteria with its period costumes and English accents seems like a much better movie than it is 
2
Hysteria
Peter Canavese
Opens with the legend This story is based on true events adding Really Except that it isn t Not really 
2
Hysteria
Matt Pais
Somewhere Trey Parker and Matt Stone are grinning that they got to the title Orgazmo first 
3
Hysteria
Greg Quill
Ostensibly a story about sexual liberation Hysteria needs a thrill worthy of its intended good vibrations 
2.5
Hysteria
Roger Ebert
The performances are spot on and I especially like the spunky Gyllenhaal 
3
Hysteria
Robert Levin
There s heartfelt drama droll humor an affecting love story and a feminist message that sticks 
4
Hysteria
Kate Taylor
Obviously a movie about the invention of the vibrator is going to have to approach the topic with humour but ridiculing your main characters psychology does not build dramatic tension 
1
Hysteria
Sara Stewart
Hysteria set in 1880s London is a light comedy about a pretty dark time for the fairer sex 
3
Hysteria
Claudia Puig
Despite its titillating subject matter Hysteria is only mildly stimulating The final third of the story meanders during a tedious trial and clumsy speechifying 
2.5
Hysteria
Stephen Whitty
Gyllenhaal is fresh and fierce and delightful Too bad the entire movie hadn t simply concentrated on her and eliminated all the rest of this awkward fumbling around 
2
Hysteria
James Berardinelli
Hysteria comes across as a rather superficial brand of art house comedy that offers moderate entertainment value but little more 
2.5
Hysteria
David Germain
Dancy Jones and Pryce are dull while Gyllenhaal plays the spitfire with far too much spit thumping the other characters and the audience over the head with her do gooder crusading 
2.5
Hysteria
R. Kurt Osenlund
Needless to say Hysteria s happy ending isn t the type that calls for a cigarette and it certainly isn t the one the film deserves 
2.5
Gangster Squad
Brian Eggert
What a shame that such a talented cast of actors 44 not to mention the attractive costumes and gorgeous production design 44 go to waste on this 160 all too familiar story 46 
2
Gangster Squad
Kelly Jane Torrance
Gangster Squad is a generic name which is fitting because Gangster Squad is a generic movie 
2
Gangster Squad
Terence Johnson
The dialogue is just bad 
1.5
Gangster Squad
David Nusair
The end result is a passable just barely thriller that benefits substantially from the efforts of its star heavy cast 
2.5
Gangster Squad
Linda Cook
Will it win any awards for 2013 Well no But Gangster Squad a shoot em up nod to pulp thrillers will provide solid entertainment for fans of crime dramas 
3
Gangster Squad
John Beifuss
Re edited in the wake of the Aurora massacre the film definitely misses its excised Grauman s Chinese Theatre shootout which might have helped justify its movie obsessed unreality 
2
Gangster Squad
Matt Brunson
The movie claims to be based on a true story but turns out to be as authentic as The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Jason Buchanan
A pulpy action throwback that effortlessly achieves its goal to entertain thanks to a top shelf cast dazzling direction and a fast paced screenplay chock full of snappy 1940s style patter 
3
Gangster Squad
Ricardo Baca
It might sound like a stretch imagining Penn playing that intense indiosyncratic a villain But the lauded veteran actor pulls a left hook then a right and after a wild bodyshot at the tail end of the film you see the true mania behind his eyes 
3
Gangster Squad
Alison Gang
Ruben Fleischer s gleefully grisly shoot em up is just one more chapter in the epic love story between Hollywood guns and gratuitous violence 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Rick Groen
Gangster Squad is to the great tradition of the Scarface genre what plastic is to cutlery tiny imitative disposable 
2
Gangster Squad
Stephen Whitty
Any resemblance to history here is restricted to some snazzy spectator shoes and cans of Schlitz beer 
2
Gangster Squad
Lou Lumenick
A cartoonish 1940s shoot em up that s impossible to take seriously 
2
Gangster Squad
Willie Waffle
Gangster Squad is the antithesis of a great movie about 1940 s Los Angeles
0
Gangster Squad
Phil Villarreal
Count me among those who bail Gangster Squad may be a poor movie but it s a top a the heap gangsta pitcha 
3.5
Gangster Squad
Mark Dujsik
These characters are caricatures with only as much personality as their fedoras and weapons allow 
2
Gangster Squad
Dustin Putman
The sort of film that fails to give its audience anything but a shrug to take away with them 
2
Gangster Squad
Mick LaSalle
Director Ruben Fleischer leans hard on the violence card but with little return in the way of excitement and at the expense of character and story 
2
Gangster Squad
Ann Hornaday
Slick sick self consciously stylish and defiantly shallow Gangster Squad is one of those movies you can t talk about without invoking other often better movies 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Connie Ogle
Gangster Squad is The Untouchables moved west and cheesed up 
2
Gangster Squad
Michael Phillips
A triumph of production design but a pretty dull kill em up otherwise 
2
Gangster Squad
Lawrence Toppman
It begins as energetic clichéd nonsense and ends as irritating clichéd nonsense 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Claudia Puig
A bullet riddled bloodbath with an all star cast Gangster Squad is a lurid and ludicrous Mob thriller that glorifies a gangland lifestyle 
2
Gangster Squad
Ann Lewinson
Gangster Squad is an enjoyable throwback distinguishing itself from film noir with its deliriously colorful theme park recreation of 1949 LA and Dion Beebe s burnished lighting which makes Brolin and Penn look like they ve been cast in bronze 
3
Gangster Squad
Steven Rea
Gangster Squad s violence has a graphic contemporary feel that s at odds with the vintage crime pics the film wants to celebrate This isn t the heavy handed CG noir of Sin City but even so it feels fake 
2.5
Gangster Squad
Peter Howell
The actors do their best but they re bringing their A game to a decidedly B production with Penn being the most enthusiastic of this game crew 
2
Gangster Squad
Kam Williams
A high body count showdown featuring all the staples of the genre from flashy Zoot suits to Tommy guns to street smart dialogue mixing slang and savoir faire in a manner reminiscent of Damon Runyon 
4
Gangster Squad
Peter Travers
Gangster Squad is a mob epic that flushes a classy cast Sean Penn Josh Brolin Ryan Gosling Emma Stone down the sinkhole of creative bankruptcy 
1
Gangster Squad
Duane Dudek
We ve seen the stylized violence and sentimental tropes intended to make us emotionally invested in generic characters many times before 
2.5
Gangster Squad
Wesley Morris
It s almost terrible It s almost entertaining But it s missing the shameless insanity of a wonderfully bad movie and the particular vision point of view and coherence of some very good ones 
2
Gangster Squad
Rich Heldenfels
A second tier Untouchables interested only in making a lot of noise while ignoring character and plot The newspaper articles that inspired it tell a much better story 
2
Gangster Squad
Jon Niccum
Watching Gangster Squad is like being caught in the middle of a mob war between historical inaccuracy and bad taste 
1.5
Gangster Squad
James Berardinelli
Its determination to follow The Untouchables template without the benefit of a David Mamet script makes it a little too predictable to be memorable 
2.5
Gangster Squad
Rafer Guzman
A good looking cast and strong action sequences are just enough to forgive the cornball script 
2.5
Gangster Squad
Chris Hewitt
Gangster Squad reminded me of Carson Daly handsome and glib but not much going on beneath the surface 
2
Gangster Squad
Peter Canavese
The sheer bulk of talent involved top tier technicians and designers included turns out to be a case of water water everywhere and not a drop to drink 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Matt Pais
Its flair is all posturing its hints of style nothing but hollow tricks 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Jeff Shannon
By the time it fades to black Gangster Squad has squandered most of its early promise 
2
Gangster Squad
Christy Lemire
It s all just noise disguised as entertainment 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Soren Andersen
All the people in the picture are playing at their characters rather than actually playing the characters Everyone looks grand in their period clothes but they re making make believe that is not in the least bit believable 
1.5
Gangster Squad
Roger Moore
A solid gangland Western a well acted flinty dialogue Magnificent Six set in the Wild West of gangland LA in the 1940s 
3
Gangster Squad
Randy Myers
As they d say back in the day Sweetheart give me rewrite 
2
Gangster Squad
Glenn Heath Jr.
Ruben Fleischer s film is a perfect example of Hollywood hypocrisy something to be ignored diligently 
1
Only the Strong
Gary Thompson
Solved the problem of impoverished understaffed crime ridden drug infested inner city schools The solution bongo music and a new Brazilian brand of martial arts that transforms incorrigible students into zealous anti crime mercenaries 
2
Only the Strong
Steve Rhodes
The cinematography is jarring and dizzying at times the acting mediocre 
1
Only the Strong
Roger Ebert
I have a sinking feeling that the makers of this film feel it is in some way exemplary and even useful 
1
Only the Strong
James Berardinelli
I expected it to be an obligatory late summer mindless plotless action film I was wrong It s a late summer mindless plotless action film with a message I think I prefer this sorts of film when it doesn t try to preach 
1
The Ratings Game
Matt Brunson
The razor sharp script contains countless knowing digs at the TV industry and the mock shows created for MBC H O T B O D S and Levar the pimp series Nunzio s Girls etc are inspired 
3.5
The Ratings Game
Mike McGranaghan
Television has changed so dramatically since 1984 that the film has lost a lot of its direct relevance There s still fun to be had it s just that the sting isn t as great as it likely was when it initially aired 
2.5
Dirty Laundry
Maitland McDonagh
Jamal s comedy of family dysfunction is essentially a sitcom episode writ large it s not subtle but it s good natured and hits its marks with ruthless efficiency 
2
Dirty Laundry
Kyle Smith
The tone is good natured enough to make a simple movie semi watchable 
2
Dirty Laundry
Elizabeth Weitzman
Looking for plot holes You can t miss them But if you go in hoping for a good time you ll find that too 
2.5
Dirty Laundry
Kam Williams
Even though homophobia may be more of a hurdle in the hood than Hollywood this ensemble s supportive response to Sheldon s revealing his sexual preference proves to be a surprisingly sweet way to close out this well meaning message movie 
2
September Dawn
Janos Gereben
Predictable obvious often silly 
0.5
September Dawn
Michael Dequina
Contriving a faux Romeo and Juliet romance as a point of entry for the audience shows how unimaginative the filmmakers are and how blandly and uninvolving it plays shows how fairly clueless they are in going about their game plan 
2
September Dawn
Linda Cook
There was another 9 11 horror But it happened 150 years ago 
3
September Dawn
Ted Fry
Religious and thematic issues aside September Dawn is well crafted as a revisionist Western with a message 
2.5
September Dawn
Timothy Knight
What could have been a galvanizing and all too timely account of religious fanaticism turning violent has instead been reduced to the banal level of an Romeo and Juliet type love story 
2
September Dawn
Kyle Smith
Why does this film even exist 
0
September Dawn
Jack Mathews
Disturbingly awful 
1.5
September Dawn
Connie Ogle
With September Dawn filmmaker Christopher Cain has turned a national tragedy into a teen romance and not in a grand entertaining Titanic way 
1.5
September Dawn
Terry Lawson
It turns a complicated story of religious bigotry and paranoia with visitations from God self appointed prophets and divine instruction into a dry history lesson 
2
September Dawn
Jeff Vice
The filmmaking here is so incompetent and laughably awful that it recalls the work of schlockmeister Ed Wood 
1
September Dawn
Roger Ebert
What a strange confused unpleasant movie this is 
0
September Dawn
Ty Burr
It s waxy Classics Illustrated cinema 
2
September Dawn
Phil Villarreal
A stirring love story that dabbles uncomfortably close to hate 
2.5
September Dawn
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If the Western genre is struggling it s because of terrible movies like this one 
0
September Dawn
Dave Tianen
If September Dawn is a kind of Western it s a Western utterly devoid of heroism or the usual archetypes But the core message transcends time Hatred laced with religious fanaticism is a toxic blend 
2.5
September Dawn
Sean P. Means
When watching the screen depiction of a historic event in which 120 people were murdered giggling is not the appropriate response 
1.5
September Dawn
Gene Seymour
Bombastic slow drying dramatization with lead weight dialogue and a turgid romantic subplot 
1
September Dawn
Joe Lozito
Earnest but misguided attempt to generate political allegory from the horrific Mountain Meadows Massacre of 9 11 1857 would have benefited from a more straightforward retelling 
2
September Dawn
Kam Williams
Doesn t even measure up to an episode of your typical cowboy TV show from the Fifties like Roy Rogers or The Lone Ranger Get my drift Kimosabe 
1
September Dawn
Nick Schager
Forget Grindhouse September Dawn is the year s first honest to goodness exploitation flick 
1
Mom and Dad
Mattie Lucas
Unlike many of its contemporaries who sought to warn parents about the dangers facing the youth of its day Mom and Dad has an actual story with real actors who are actually mildly compelling 
2
Mile Zero
David Nusair
elevated considerably by star Michael Riley s central performance which is often far more compelling and intriguing than anything else in the film 
2.5
Mile Zero
Jason Anderson
An uneven but powerful B C indie by first time director Andrew Currie 
3
Mile Zero
Ray Conlogue
Admirable but claustrophobic 
2
Erin Brockovich
Matt Brunson
There s really no reason this kind of conventional David and Goliath tale based on a true story should make for such a compelling motion picture but Soderbergh and Grant smartly mix plenty of humor and unflagging inspiration into the drama 
3.5
Erin Brockovich
Nick Rogers
Julia Roberts has never been more fragile or stunning And by oncerning itself with truthful consequences of its characters self sacrifices the film succeeds as a drama as much about the passion of personal investment as the pursuit of justice 
4
Erin Brockovich
David Nusair
It s hard to imagine another actress pulling this off without appearing sleazy 
3.5
Erin Brockovich
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With director Steven Soderbergh at the helm and Julia Roberts in the title role the movie breezes by enjoyably without so much as a grandstanding speech or an awkward moment 
3
Erin Brockovich
Wesley Lovell
8220 Erin Brockovich 8221 has writing problems 44 but its strength lies in the ability to persuade audiences into seeing a new side to the world 46 We may think we understand how things work 44 but sometimes we find we 8217 ve been lied to
3.5
Erin Brockovich
Jeffrey Westhoff
Few critics have been as skeptical of Julia Roberts talents as I but Erin Brockovich has won me over 
3.5
Erin Brockovich
James Kendrick
Soderbergh s willingness to let Erin s character move through all her many phases to let her be both a bitch and a saint that gives the film its edge
3
Erin Brockovich
Dustin Putman
Archive Review I d probably rate it much higher now 
2
Erin Brockovich
Roger Ebert
The film lacks focus and energy the character development is facile and thin and what about those necklines 
2
Erin Brockovich
Ross Anthony
This strong script along with its gritty dialogue still may have fallen short even with Roberts lead if not for some great supporting actors 
3
Erin Brockovich
Jorge Avila Andrade
Julia Roberts realiza una de las mejores personificaciones de su carrera ya que se compenetra en la piel de Erin de una forma ms que brillante
3.5
Erin Brockovich
Cornell & Petricelli
We are beginning to see the deeper beauty in Roberts performances that comes with maturity 
4
Erin Brockovich
Rob Blackwelder
Soderbergh artfully navigates a minefield of inherent clichs with such clever cadence and novelty that even these familiar scenes are recast in a refreshingly idiosyncratic mold 
3
Erin Brockovich
Lou Lumenick
Just watch Finney s reactions to see a great supporting actor at work 
3.5
Erin Brockovich
Susan Stark
It s a prime Julia Roberts movie and it is beguiling at just that 
3
Erin Brockovich
David Sterritt
Soderbergh s entry in the legal eagle category isn t great cinema but it has enough engaging moments and enough of Julia Roberts s photogenic face to expect sure fire success at the box office 
3
Erin Brockovich
Michael Dequina
Only a filmmaker with Soderbergh s fresh savvy could take a well worn formula and make such a satisfying entertainment 
3.5
Erin Brockovich
Steve Rhodes
Delivers excellent value for your entertainment dollars 
3.5
Erin Brockovich
James Berardinelli
Smart savvy funny and at times poignant 
3.5
Her Composition
Roger Moore
Self consciously arty sometimes to a fault But Joslyn Jensen carries through a fascinating composer sex trade worker story arc 
2.5
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Matt Fagerholm
A Choice of Weapons is deeply moving in how it illustrates the ways in which a single life can have an eternal ripple effect throughout the generations 
4
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Chris Barsanti
John Maggio s documentary is workmanlike in presentation but scintillating in its content 
3
Salesman
Matt Brunson
Viewing the movie is akin to pulling back a rock and watching the wriggling of the bugs underneath 
3.5
Salesman
Derek Smith
Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American dream 
3.5
Salesman
Michael Dequina
May not sound like the most scintillating of subjects but the Maysles brothers have made quite a riveting multi layered film about it 
3.5
Salesman
Jeremy Heilman
It hasn t dated much at all which is both disturbing and enlightening 
3.5
Salesman
James Kendrick
a stark indelible cinematic portrait of the trials and tribulations of the door to door salesman a profession that is virtually extinct today
3.5
Corpus Callosum
Ray Conlogue
This 90 minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought provoking than I d expected it to be 
3
Corpus Callosum
Lou Lumenick
Corpus Collosum while undeniably interesting wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in 
2
Spartan
Russ Breimeier
A tight and engrossing mystery thriller 
3
Spartan
Garth Franklin
Highly recommended 
3
Spartan
Duane Dudek
Genre groupies and Mamet maniacs should find the effort absorbing 
3
Spartan
James Verniere
Mamet gives almost every character a good scene or at least a good line 
3
Spartan
Steven Snyder
it is nothing short of an indictment of Warner Brothers that this monumental work has gone unnoticed by the general public 
4
Spartan
Linda Cook
OK I ll get this out of the way I m a David Mamet fan 
4
Spartan
Kit Bowen
As a thriller Spartan will hold your attention but unfortunately writer director s David Mamet s style doesn t fit well in this milieu 
2
Spartan
James Kendrick
deflates the well worn Tom Clancy ish spy genre of its emphasis on straightforward plot point to plot point narrative and refills it with a politically charged undercurrent
3.5
Spartan
Marty Mapes
Spartan demands you participate I hope I m not the only person who finds that refreshing 
4
Spartan
Susan Tavernetti
The message may not be comforting but it s a wake up call to consider individual rights and responsibilities political wrongdoing and spin doctoring and the role of the press 
3.5
Spartan
David Nusair
The trajectory of the film s storyline is impossible to predict as it changes every 20 minutes or so 
3
Spartan
Tony Toscano
neither a stylish thriller nor is it a deep probing look at the human condition 
1
Spartan
Frank Ochieng
feels rather synthetic transparent suspense that carries some mediocre thrills pretentious minded political pap 
2
Spartan
Dustin Putman
Spartan is a technical achievement impressive for the things it does well and unfortunate that so much more might have been improved 
2.5
Spartan
Mick LaSalle
A cold piece mechanistic and only intermittently involving 
2
Spartan
Arthur Salm
A genuinely ugly film 
1
Spartan
Joe Baltake
The odd thing is that Spartan despite its lofty goals is no more convincing than a Schwarzenegger or Stallone action flick 
2.5
Spartan
James Berardinelli
An entertainingly over the top tale of good evil sex and betrayal 
3
Spartan
Timothy Knight
An engrossing densely plotted thriller 
3.5
Spartan
Lou Lumenick
Starts out promisingly but quickly sinks under the weight of its own plot twists ponderous pacing and Val Kilmer s monotonous performance as a ruthless special ops agent 
2
Spartan
Jack Mathews
Mamet s normally dead on cynicism is wildly off the mark 
2
Spartan
Glenn Whipp
A so so thriller that has all the Mamet touches tough guys sharp dialogue surprise twists 
2.5
Spartan
Rick Groen
The non conformist has conformed giving us a movie little different in impact from those many other Hollywood thrillers out there the kind that start out really strong only to wind up weak and wonky 
2.5
Spartan
Terry Lawson
The first great movie of 2004 
4
Spartan
Lisa Kennedy
Like many political thrillers there is a pervasive paranoia at work here Only this psychosis feels old not interesting 
2
Spartan
Roger Ebert
The particular pleasure of Spartan is to watch the characters gradually define themselves and the plot gradually emerge like your face in a steamy mirror 
4
Spartan
Ty Burr
When Spartan is good it s surprisingly gripping and fresh and when it s bad it s just another overcooked Hollywood paranoid thriller 
3
Spartan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mamet s most solid and exciting original work since perhaps Homicide 
3.5
Spartan
Phil Villarreal
They could be arguing and knife and gun fighting over tea party invitations and Spartan would still be salivatingly interesting 
3.5
Spartan
Mike Clark
Mamet s sometimes confusing latest effort is a lot of gradual buildup to a payoff that falls short 
2.5
Spartan
Glenn Lovell
It s the familiar good spy vs bad spy palaver served up in standard Mamet style 
2.5
Spartan
Josh Larsen
Val Kilmer gives a career revitalizing performance 
3.5
Spartan
David Sterritt
Political thrillers don t come any better 
4
Spartan
Chris Hewitt
Spartan is studded with Mamet style macho one liners but its dialogue doesn t have the musical precision of Mamet s wordier scripts such as Oleanna or Glengarry Glen Ross 
3
Spartan
Phoebe Flowers
The action of Spartan is so choppy the transitions so abrupt and the pacing so deadeningly unvarying the movie musters little suspense 
2
Spartan
Peter Travers
Imagine David Mamet rewriting his political satire Wag the Dog as a joke free kidnap drama Or don t imagine just pony up for the glum spectacle of Spartan 
2
Spartan
Steven Rea
An entertaining foray into a world of spy guys stakeouts and secret government machinations Spartan teems with the kind of terse crypto speak that is the playwright and filmmaker s stock in trade 
3
Spartan
Gene Seymour
For all its narrative flair Spartan ends up as just another chance for Mamet to show off his tennis ace virtuosity with speech and atmosphere within the boundaries of a standardized movie genre 
2.5
Spartan
Mark Caro
Like Heist Spartan includes its share of twists and doublecrosses but it s so effective in immersing you in its dimly lit claustrophobic world that you don t sit outside the action pondering how Mamet is trying to con you 
3
Spartan
Austin O'Connor
Spartan never achieves that exquisite verbal choreography for which Mamet is famous 
2
Spartan
Walter Chaw
Mamet is now only as he has ever been a good academic and a really bad filmmaker though on the bright side he did resist casting one of his mannequin wives this time around
0.5
Spartan
Steve Rhodes
If the average screenwriter had just one tenth of Mamet s talent movies would be a whole lot more fun 
3.5
Spartan
Rob Blackwelder
Spartan is Tom Clancy without the pop literature pretense It s 24 for those who like more of a cerebral challenge 
3
Spartan
Ed Gonzalez
Mamet makes movies for people who love hearing themselves talk 
1
Before You Know It
Joe Friar
Good performances whimsical dialogue and funny moments make this a memorable visit to the cinema 
3
Before You Know It
Bob Bloom
The film s major asset is its warmth the characters have their issues but they are people you can connect with and in most cases become emotionally invested 
2.5
Before You Know It
Brad Wheeler
The dialogue is clever and the premise witty It s a New York y film that has the zip of a farce without all the nuttiness There s a little nuttiness 
3
Before You Know It
David Lewis
Before You Know It isn t without its moments but it could have used more of them Sometimes it s a slog 
2
Before You Know It
Michael O'Sullivan
Before You Know It isn t a deep movie or a hilarious one and Utt and Tullock probably don t expect it to be But it is in its undemanding almost effortless way warm and wise and watchable enough to be just this side of wonderful 
2.5
Before You Know It
Christy Lemire
Before You Know It shifts seamlessly from quirky to sad to mysterious to wacky to surreal within just the space of a few days so much so that you d never know it s director Hannah Pearl Utt s feature filmmaking debut 
3
Before You Know It
Mark Dujsik
Utt and Tullock s screenplay avoids broad strokes They would rather find the humor in these deep but frayed relationships and these flawed but decent characters 
3
Before You Know It
Roger Moore
There s not much to it but much of what s here is just delightful 
2.5
Before You Know It
Sean P. Means
Utt and Tullock s script finds hilarious moments in Hannah and Jackie s infiltration of the soap opera studio to meet Sherelle for the first time 
3.5
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
James Berardinelli
I was arrested by the way in which the film was shot and what it was saying but I ll admit to not caring much about the two people at the center of Resnais drama 
3
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
David Nusair
Resnais working from a screenplay by Marguerite Duras delivers a striking opening that ultimately stands as a high point within the proceedings 
2
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Josh Larsen
effortlessly moves us between past and present personal and political 
4
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
James Kendrick
a particularly compelling and fascinating film one that has endured well beyond its importance in throwing open the gates to a new era in French cinema
4
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Michael Phillips
Hiroshima Mon Amour will always be too studied a masterwork for some tastes But Riva s performance chief among its triumphs remains electrifying 
4
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Budd Wilkins
The facticity of the film itself is continually called into question by Alain Resnais s decision to blur the boundaries between nonfiction and fiction films 
4
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Jay Antani
Though made in the late 50s Hiroshima s imagery and music give it a feel at once modern and timeless this is a beautiful piece of work 
3.5
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Michael S. Smith
A truly modern film 
4
A.K.A. Doc Pomus
Chris Hewitt
The film leaves us with tons of great music and the lingering impression that Felder aka Pomus would have been a terrific person to hang out with 
3
A.K.A. Doc Pomus
Paul de Barros
A touching delightful and exceptionally well crafted new documentary AKA Doc Pomus follows the life and career of Pomus who wrote Save the Last Dance for Me A Teenager in Love Viva Las Vegas and scores of other hits 
4
Kuichisan
Kenji Fujishima
These myriad impressions never quite add up to anything coherent by the end but perhaps the incoherence is precisely the point 
3
Without a Trace
David Nusair
as the story progresses the film becomes increasingly routine 
2.5
Komodo
Michael Dequina
The first box blurb from the writer of Anaconda tells you what you need to know about the story 
1
Iodine
Chris Alexander
Blazingly intelligent dialogue and an almost meditative tone are laced with a sinister aura of unease 
3.5
Iodine
Liam Lacey
Stasko s film is rough but interesting and unapologetically arty mixing crime madness and even some science fiction elements 
2
Tuff Turf
Roger Ebert
You know a movie s in trouble when you start hoping for Divine to wander in and give it structure 
1.5
Tuff Turf
David Nusair
about as bad as it gets when it comes to cheesy 80s teen flicks 
1
Revisions
Mick LaSalle
Put this one down as an honest and respectable failure 
1
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Chris Foran
Bate sort of lets everyone off the hook under the art for art s sake clause But at least he raises the still relevant question of whether just because you can tape your neighbor makes it art or makes it right 
2.5
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Rob Thomas
As much fun as Shut Up Little Man is at times you can t shake the feeling that watching the documentary is the next link in a long chain of exploitation that leads back 20 years 
2.5
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Mike Scott
Director Matthew Bate misjudges the hilarity of it all as it stops being funny and is instead depressing after 20 or so minutes 
2.5
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Ann Hornaday
Bate chronicles the whole wooly story with admirable clarity and resourcefulness even when a lack of visual material forces him to resort too often to reenactment and dramatization 
2.5
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Tom Keogh
Casts a wide net of inquiry over this sometimes appalling story which raises timely questions about the differences between creation and exploitation 
3
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Stephen Whitty
It s a strange story and the stylish and well edited documentary Shut Up Little Man An Audio Misadventure gets it down But yet it doesn t quite get it 
2.5
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Kyle Smith
For the most part this is a feature length documentary that begs to be turned into a YouTube clip junky and ephemeral 
2
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
David Lewis
Shut Up Little Man An Audio Misadventure has to rank right up there as one of the oddest films of the year But odd in a very good way 
3
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Kent Turner
A scathing and crazily convoluted look at a pop culture footnote
3
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Nick Schager
Even as a nascent example of a now burgeoning trend however this initially intriguing doc never manages to justify its own superlative praise for Ray and Peter 
1.5
Gift
Michael O'Sullivan
There are no on screen titles identifying names places or dates most of the previous paragraph I looked up online but the film s unifying message is clear All its subjects are involved in giving something away 
2.5
Gift
Joe Friar
McKenna captures the spirit of Hyde s classic novel as the film becomes a meditative piece and hopefully a lesson for all of us in the importance of giving back Inspiring 
4
The 8th Night
Roger Moore
Tedious going
1.5
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
V.A. Musetto
There s too much of everything including subplots and characters 
2
The Scarlet Clue
David Nusair
the case is far to complicated to ever entirely hold our interest 
2
Hotel for Dogs
David Nusair
46 46 46 unapologetically geared towards younger viewers 46 46 46 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Kam Williams
All that matters is that the loose ends of this sweet kids outsmart the adults fable are ultimately tied together nicely in a fashion certain to satisfy the average five year old by the time the closing credits roll 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Tom Meek
In Thor Freudenthal s heartwarming wag based on Lois Duncan s book the strays aren t your usual mangy curs but well groomed pedigreed show dogs who re aw shucks cute 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Linda Cook
Well it s just so doggone cute 
3
Hotel for Dogs
John Beifuss
Could have used another rewrite and a tighter edit but the kindness promoting message think of the Shelter Stories interludes in the newspaper comic strip Mutts is welcome 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Claudia Puig
The human dramas are less involving than the dogs and a pair of teen romances feel like something on the Disney Channel 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Bruce DeMara
Plot and character development are pretty much irrelevant in the sunshiny fantasy world of this movie 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Chris Hewitt
A well made slightly old fashioned adventure with a few fantasy elements and a modern ironic sense of humor 
3
Hotel for Dogs
Moira MacDonald
A sweet reminder of the importance of family and community human and canine alike 
3
Hotel for Dogs
Walter V. Addiego
It s no great shakes as a film but its combination of mild comedy slapstick pathos many photogenic canines and a positive message will make it irresistible to families 
3
Hotel for Dogs
Connie Ogle
It s all silly but remarkably fun and should wring smiles from even the grouchiest cat lover 
3
Hotel for Dogs
Loey Lockerby
The filmmakers can handle cheap gags and visuals but story character dialogue even a consistent tone are entirely out of their grasp 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Stephen Cole
It s like flipping through five years of dog calendars 
1
Hotel for Dogs
Jeff Vice
There really is no good reason for Don Cheadle to be in Hotel for Dogs unless perhaps he s somehow contractually obliged to appear in every movie that features the word hotel in its title 
1.5
Hotel for Dogs
Carolyn Arends
Ultimately a tribute to the Power of Cute Pooches despite all the film s shortcomings the dogs deliver genuine laughs and prove to be thoroughly engaging protagonists 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Ty Burr
Friendly formulaic completely harmless 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Chris Kaltenbach
Look I love dogs But this film tried my patience almost beyond endurance 
1.5
Hotel for Dogs
Sara Michelle Fetters
Part of me thinks young children will still be entertained by this mess but anyone over the age of eight will probably start to squirm in their seat in boredom fairly quickly 
1.5
Hotel for Dogs
Josh Larsen
It may not be Hotel Rwanda but Don Cheadle does bring a nice dose of compassion to Hotel for Dogs 
3
Hotel for Dogs
Michael Phillips
The dogs include a fine three legged fellow who reminded me of my in law s old dog Buddy and that s the sort of movie we have here You use it to think about dogs you once knew or the ones whose company you re enjoying at present 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some of this stuff is fun but some of it is crushingly routine 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Michael Dequina
While it is not uncommon for Serious Actors to lighten up and make a film their kids can see it is nonetheless jarring to see someone on the level of Don Cheadle turn up in a January released kiddie animal programmer 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Dustin Putman
Unpolished undernourished and inconsequential Hotel for Dogs is mediocre at best You watch it you wait for it to be over and you go about your day without giving it another thought 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Willie Waffle
Don Cheadle stars in Hotel for Dogs Did he lose some sort of bet to Clooney and Pitt 
1.5
Hotel for Dogs
Daniel Getahun
You d probably be just as entertained chasing your own tail 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Cathy Jakicic
Hotel for Dogs reminds me in a good way of the Disney live action classics of the 60s 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Carrie Rickey
By movie s end I had whiplash from the movie s lurches between frivolity and seriousness 
2
Hotel for Dogs
Ed Gonzalez
There isn t a malicious bone in the film s body 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Roger Ebert
Hotel for Dogs is a sweet innocent family movie about stray dogs that seem as well trained as Olympic champions 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Jonathan W. Hickman
Hotel for Dogs is light entertainment with plenty of dog action for adults an kids alike 
2.5
Hotel for Dogs
Peter Canavese
It s not a TV remake with pooches playing the parts made famous by James Brolin Anne Baxter and Connie Sellecca Damn 
2
Martin & Orloff
John Monaghan
One of the few films you could call wildly uneven and the filmmakers would still consider it a compliment 
2
Martin & Orloff
Paul Sherman
Grows on you as does stress inducing carefree Orloff on bemused Martin 
3
Martin & Orloff
Wesley Morris
The movie and its players have a natural matter of fact sense of comedy It doesn t rub our faces in its jokes 
3
Martin & Orloff
Ellen Fox
You ll chuckle at least once during the proceedings but probably not much more than that 
2.5
Martin & Orloff
Lou Lumenick
Martin Orloff might have worked as a 10 minute sketch but Lawrence Blume s low budget feature quickly wears thin 
1.5
Martin & Orloff
Elizabeth Weitzman
Unless you find kicks in the groin hilarious the lunacy here is considerably more tired than inspired 
2
Testament
Nancy Scott
Although Testament was made on a tiny budget 4750 000 the photography is of high quality and director Lynne Littman has made excellent use of her limited resources 
3
Testament
Kathleen Carroll
Testament is a haunting emotionally devastating movie 
3.5
Testament
Bill Morrison
What makes Testament so affecting is the struggle of a California family to continue on as though nothing had happened The life force still beats within the heart of the schoolteacher mother played exquisitely by Jane Alexander 
3
Testament
Gene Siskel
Testament does manage to convey in its surprisingly quiet and non theatrical way the very point that its creators surely wanted to make that human stupidity can destroy the world but it cannot erase human dignity 
3
Testament
Rick Lyman
The film contains a beautiful low key performance from Jane Alexander as the family s strong frightened mother conveying the confusion and rage beneath her veneer of calm sadness 
4
Testament
Terry Hiller
Frankly Testament scared me and I attribute one sleepless night to my having seen it 
3
Testament
James O'Ehley
This film brings this uncomfortable truth across admirably 
2.5
Testament
Roger Ebert
Testament may be the first movie in a long time that will make you cry It made me cry And seeing it again for the second time knowing everything that would happen anticipating each scene before it came I was affected just as deeply 
4
Testament
James Kendrick
Testament may ultimately be about the death of the human race but it is also about the how the spirit lives on as long as at least one person refuses to give in 
3.5
My Terrorist
David Sterritt
An intelligent deeply personal view of social and political issues that are longstanding and complex but not Gerstel insists intractable 
4
My Terrorist
V.A. Musetto
A gripping and thoughtful documentary 
3
My Terrorist
Jack Mathews
Gerstel s efforts are a testament to her own humanity and a ray of inspiration for some ultimate peace 
2.5
The Unbelievers
Liam Lacey
There s simply not enough time given to any meaningful exchange of ideas 
1
The Unbelievers
Ariel Teplitsky
Director Gus Holwerda does his best to add tension to the mostly tame travelogue But damned if The Unbelievers doesn t find a few new converts 
2.5
The Unbelievers
Wes Greene
It ably captures the provocative open forums that Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss conduct but its uneven nature occasionally dulls the effect of these intellectually stimulating conversations 
2.5
Bisbee '17
Mattie Lucas
A fierce and timely work haunted by the sins of America s past that echo the atrocities of its present 
3.5
Bisbee '17
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As a collective conceptual art project Bisbee 17 is stirring in its ambition and cathartic in its results 
4
Bisbee '17
Rob Thomas
The unorthodox methods of Bisbee 17 conjure up the past in a powerful and cathartic way 
3.5
Bisbee '17
Ann Hornaday
A fascinating exercise in nonfiction filmmaking as a performative interdisciplinary collective act as well as a provocative inquiry into how selective memory ideology shame and unspeakable trauma shape what we come to accept as official history 
3.5
Bisbee '17
Chuck Bowen
The film s epic canvas fuses a procedural documentary with tableaux that wouldn t be out of place in a horror western 
4
Bisbee '17
Mark Dujsik
Art even of the amateur variety has that singular power to transform hearts and minds and that s what we get to witness here 
3.5
Bisbee '17
G. Allen Johnson
An interesting if unfulfilling documentary experiment 
2
Bisbee '17
Tom Meek
Beyond the rote talking heads the film s something of a dreamy cinematic wonder 
3
Bisbee '17
Matt Zoller Seitz
The sheer audacity and originality of the exercise makes it a must see regardless of what you might think of the success or failure of any particular choice 
3.5
Painter
Roger Moore
The higher end of expectations would have been for this to be a solid genre thriller not a dawdling dull drip painting of a tale 
1.5
Solaris
Brian Eggert
A rare absorbing science fiction tale that uses its actors deceptively modest formal approach and genre to sublime effect 
4
Solaris
Nick Rogers
Steven Soderbergh prunes Andrei Tartovsky s 1972 film based on Stanislaw Lem s novel to the clarity and concision of a great short story a forlorn philosophical sci fi romance treading the terrain of Blade Runner s metaphysical melancholy 
3.5
Solaris
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an unusual challenge for a Hollywood film with a major star but worth the effort 
3
Solaris
Joe Lozito
While Mr Soderbergh s direction is always compelling the whole film does not always equal the sum of its parts 
2
Solaris
Judith Egerton
It remains as remote as Pluto from the audience 
2
Solaris
Greg Maki
A rare film of value and true significance 
4
Solaris
Bill Chambers
No film this acutely self aware has fallen victim to unjust contempt so widespread since Last Action Hero 
3.5
Solaris
Susan Tavernetti
Steven Soderbergh s head scratcher is more concerned with inner than outer space 
2
Solaris
Ian Mantgani
It has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion It risks seeming slow and pretentious because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise 
3.5
Solaris
Wesley Lovell
An involving Sci Fi film 
3.5
Solaris
Elias Savada
Solaris fades to a less than satisfying conclusion where its blending of space time reality remorse redemption and George Clooney s naked butt might even have Albert Einstein pinching himself to see if he s still with us 
2
Solaris
Michael Drakulich
Solaris does not reduce the complex dilemma it creates for itself down to a simple set of conditions solved by a simple set of rules 
3.5
Solaris
Steven Snyder
Some movies blend together as they become distant memories Mention Solaris five years from now and I m sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share 
3.5
Solaris
David Nusair
a science fiction masterpiece 
4
Solaris
Frank Ochieng
As a thoughtful but self indulgent showcase Solaris has its rare moments of chilly reception The film s pathos is in the pudding but the taste has the welcomed flavor of a crunchy moon rock 
2
Solaris
James Kendrick
not exactly a date movie unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy
3
Solaris
Mark Ramsey
What do you expect from a movie based on source material directed and written by Eastern Europeans with unpronounceable names Everybody Loves Stanislav it ain t 
1
Solaris
David Keyes
though Soderbergh s script does have some conceptual weight it is completely dissonant with his trite direction 
1.5
Solaris
Joe Leydon
A technically proficient but emotionally arid folly 
2
Solaris
Jules Brenner
An intense experience of love s bind on the conscious mind and will 
4
Solaris
Mike McGranaghan
The movie never takes the easy road It dares you to think about issues that are hard to wrap your mind around I appreciate a movie that intellectually engages me as much as this one did 
3.5
Solaris
Tony Toscano
Solaris is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work 
1.5
Solaris
Linda Cook
More like 2001 than Pitch Black 
3.5
Solaris
Dustin Putman
The kind of film one cannot simply walk away from and not think about It is not only powerful but the lasting impression it makes is nearly unshakable 
3.5
Solaris
Mark Dujsik
The movie s virtues are plentiful but its shortcomings are far more influential 
2.5
Solaris
David Elliott
Both cerebral and woozy like a Twilight Zone episode with hyper visuals or a more vulnerable even feminized update on Them 
3
Solaris
Margaret A. McGurk
A lustrous and haunting work of art and easily one of the year s best films 
4
Solaris
David Sterritt
The film s real appeal won t be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers 
3
Solaris
Emily Blunt
Solaris volleys between genius and garbage for the first half an hour then the odious reality of where we are heading becomes sadly clear 
2
Solaris
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Soderbergh tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience s intelligence and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness 
1
Solaris
Jonathan R. Perry
Not as much a remake of a sci fi classic as a reverent interpretation by a filmmaker at peace with his material 
4
Solaris
James O'Ehley
It is one of the most intelligent science fiction movies to have come our way since I dunno Brazil maybe No dumbing down here 
2.5
Solaris
Gary Brown
George Clooney delivers one of his best performances 
3
Solaris
Claudia Puig
Soderbergh does a fine job creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety 
3
Solaris
Todd Anthony
Like the blood on the walls of the space station it s pretty dry 
2.5
Solaris
Moira MacDonald
While it s rather bracing to see a movie in which everything isn t spelled out from the start Solaris is too often a mystifying genre experiment 
2.5
Solaris
Glenn Lovell
If you give it half a chance it will bore into your subconscious mess with your mind and leave you mumbling Hmm what if 
3
Solaris
Mick LaSalle
Comes across as less than a spontaneous work of the heart and more like a grim faced stab at artistic importance 
1
Solaris
Joe Baltake
This bit of pseudoscience has been made appropriately enigmatic by Soderbergh and company 
3
Solaris
John Anderson
A return to what sci fi was meant to be Not a way to titillate teenage boys but a means of finding a context for complex human issues 
4
Solaris
Jonathan Foreman
So beautifully made everything in it is understated except the gorgeous good looks of its stars and turns out to have such real cumulative power that it is worth holding out to the end 
3
Solaris
Rene Rodriguez
This cold occasionally dull movie practically defies you to embrace it 
2
Solaris
Glenn Whipp
Soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable 
2.5
Solaris
Rick Groen
A shrewdly pared down version that confines its focus to a single issue for the ages the nature of romantic passion 
3
Solaris
Susan Stark
The most opaque self indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine 
0
Solaris
Terry Lawson
An example of an A list director and movie star using their clout to do what more people in their position should challenge themselves and their audience 
3
Solaris
Jeff Vice
Aloof and lacks any real raw emotion which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships 
2
Solaris
Harvey S. Karten
If I were Clooney I d have pitched Jeremy Davies out of the space ship though this would not have greatly improved this product 
2
Solaris
Steven Rosen
A serious movie with serious ideas But seriously folks it doesn t work 
1.5
Solaris
Mary F. Pols
It s seriously hampered by its focus on an oddly bloodless love story but there s enough provocative thoughtful 2001 style material about the human identity here to salvage the movie 
3
Solaris
Roger Ebert
The kind of smart film that has people arguing about it on their way out of the theater 
3.5
Solaris
Ty Burr
Soderbergh goes so far into the terrors and rewards of romantic love that he comes out the other side into the universal 
3
Solaris
Josh Larsen
one of those movies that can mean everything and nothing at once depending on your level of intellectual curiosity and your mood 
3.5
Solaris
Erik Childress
In a film of mostly singular shots and very few whole dialogue passages the silence and unreliance on overemphasizing the glorious special effects gives the viewer plenty of time to think about the discussions the characters have 
3
Solaris
Steve Rhodes
How do you spell self indulgent 
2
Solaris
Marty Mapes
Solaris is very good but perhaps only for pensive audiences
3.5
Solaris
Jeffrey Westhoff
Steven Soderbergh doesn t remake Andrei Tarkovsky s Solaris so much as distill it 
3
Solaris
Phil Villarreal
Like Kubrick Soderbergh isn t afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way 
3
Solaris
Duane Dudek
Based on a film that was based on a book the third generation of this tale has the pallor of a smudged photocopy of an idea that has been revived without being re imagined 
2.5
Solaris
Mary Kalin-Casey
After the credits roll the film leaves nothing to ponder no big questions about man s relation to the universe and no questions about the what lies beyond it 
2.5
Solaris
Chris Hewitt
Soderbergh has leaned on his cast to supply an involving human element and the fierce Clooney and vital Natascha McElhone as his wife deliver 
3
Solaris
Lawrence Toppman
The low budget Full Frontal was one of the year s murkiest intentionally obscure and self indulgent pictures and Solaris is its big budget brother 
1.5
Solaris
Carrie Rickey
Soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film What s left is a rich stew of longing 
3
Solaris
Michael Wilmington
It s a lovely eerie film that casts an odd rapt spell 
3
Solaris
Michael Szymanski
One big blustery movie where nothing really happens When it comes out on video then it s the perfect cure for insomnia 
1
Solaris
Bob Bloom
As written by director Steven Soderbergh Solaris comes across as one of those movies filled with cryptic dialogue that skirts around the story forcing viewers to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks 
3
Solaris
Rob Blackwelder
Abstract and otherworldly to a vivid palpable degree Solaris is a movie of manifold cerebral and emotional context that cannot be easily summarized in print 
3
Solaris
James Berardinelli
Solaris is neither as effective nor as ambitious as Kubrick s masterpiece but it s still a compelling cinematic experience for those who are willing to abandon themselves to the unforced measured rhythms of an issues based motion picture 
3
Solaris
Walter Chaw
By winnowing the picture down to the fierce romanticism at the heart of Lem s novel and Tarkovsky s trance like film Solaris locates the core issues of identity and love that plague the dark hours 
4
Solaris
Jeanne Aufmuth
A surprisingly dull adaptation of the classic 1961 science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem 
1.5
Solaris
Michael Dequina
A gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem 
3.5
Solaris
Ed Gonzalez
Stephen Soderbergh takes Full Frontal into the stratosphere with Solaris a prolonged grief counseling session with a minimalist sci fi backdrop 
1.5
Solaris
Peter Travers
A mind bender in the best sense of the word The spell it casts follows you all the way home 
4
The Night of the 12th
Chris Barsanti
The film wants for deeper characterizations or a closer detailing of criminal procedure 46 
2
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Roger Ebert
The movie is essentially about the close observation of behavior Like some of Hemingway s stories the real action is all implied The characters trade small talk and we sense that larger issues are lurking beneath their cheerfulness 
3
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
James Berardinelli
Steve Conrad s debut screenplay says little that s new but the actors make it fresher and more powerful than it has a right to be 
2.5
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At times I found myself not following the story so much as merely drifting along with the strange moods of the movie 
3.5
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
John Anderson
Despite some hyperbolic excess the process of Resnais production is unexpected and free and revisits the very nature of cinema and theater with a wondrous eye 
3.5
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Farran Smith Nehme
There is something both mischievous and moving about a world famous director who closing on his 10th decade designs a movie that celebrates his actors their varying ages their versatility their heart 
3.5
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Lisa Nesselson
It s like totally like meta Metaphorical metaphysical It s also pretty amusing 
3
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Andrew Schenker
The film works best when it focuses viewer attention most acutely on the story deflecting it away from the director s manipulations 
2.5
Cadejo Blanco
Rene Sanchez
A violent and desolate revenge tale that delves into Guatemala s current social issues Full Review in Spanish 
3
Killer Diller
John Beifuss
This story of a vaguely Elvis esque troublemaker who transforms the misfit gospel choir at a Baptist halfway house into a rockin blues band could probably be screened at a real Baptist halfway house without controversy 
2
Killer Diller
Erik Childress
Folks looking for unchallenging uninspired easy to swallow 90 minutes of entertainment may find it here Personally I d rather put on the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000 
2.5
Atrás hay relámpagos
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The film feels like an unfinished exercise 
1
Torn Curtain
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A strangely muted dull effort though still worthy of attention 
3
Torn Curtain
Dan Callahan
Torn Curtain is not a total disaster 
2
Badge of Silence: Maniac Cop 3
Matt Brunson
This one s rather dreary although props for that death by defibrillator moment 
1.5
Vampire Academy
Frank Ochieng
The young women in the disjointed Vampire Academy are out for blood but the rest of us will be itching for the next available transfusion after witnessing this dismissive fanged fable 
1.5
Vampire Academy
John Beifuss
Previous teen films from brothers Daniel and Mark Waters had a lot of bite so it s sad their first collaboration is a toothless horror adventure comedy romance motivated by The Weinstein Company s eagerness for a Harry Potter meets Twilight franchise 
2
Vampire Academy
Chris Hewitt
Most of the time the actors are working so hard to keep us up on developments in the plot that they don t have time to fill in character details 
2
Vampire Academy
Stephanie Merry
The only thing that distinguishes this teen magnet wannabe from its predecessors is how lazily it appears to have been slapped together 
1
Vampire Academy
Rafer Guzman
It s Twilight as directed by Mark Waters of Mean Girls It s an idea that might have been intriguing 15 years ago before those movies existed 
1.5
Vampire Academy
Peter Travers
One idea mixed with lame jokes and stretched beyond coherence Vampire Academy doesn t need a review It needs a stake in the heart 
0
Vampire Academy
Matt Pais
If I laughed once more I would have laughed once 
0.5
Vampire Academy
Roger Moore
Only a fraction of the scores of attempted jokes work but it s still funnier than it has any right to be 
2
A Month of Sundays
David Nusair
one can only hope that this marks a temporary stumble for an otherwise talented filmmaker 
2
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The crew deserve most of the credit turning this seemingly mundane topic in to one of pure fascination 
3.5
Fat Albert
Bill Chambers
I m happy to report that Fat Albert captures a lot of its source s melancholy appeal
3
Fat Albert
Vince Koehler
This a fun popcorn movie with a PG rating you can feel safe taking the kids to see And hey it is fun for adults too 
2.5
Fat Albert
Frank Ochieng
frivolous but flat family fare So hey hey hey it s flaccid Fat Albert 
2
Fat Albert
Josh Larsen
Albert s jolly Hey Hey Hey sounds suspiciously like a carnival barker s call 
1.5
Fat Albert
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sweet low key and funny and should entertain its audience If it ever finds one 
2.5
Fat Albert
John Beifuss
Na na na gonna have a good time Nay nay nay 
0.5
Fat Albert
Steven Snyder
So bad and gutless that it makes one wonder if director Joel Zwick intentionally tried to make the least interesting and most grating movie possible 
1
Fat Albert
Chris Hewitt
I m told the original Fat Albert had wit and a keen sense of the problems kids deal with but the movie s real world is a bland idealized place where the biggest problem young people face is getting picked on 
1
Fat Albert
Lawrence Toppman
An inoffensive void through which you sail without effort or interest 
2
Fat Albert
Carla Meyer
Every move toward promoting acceptance of differences comes with a conflicting idea 
2
Fat Albert
Sean P. Means
The script is so full of empowerment messages that nobody noticed the plot makes no sense 
1
Fat Albert
Dustin Putman
The epilogue is poignant and truthful in a way that the rest of the film with its inept storytelling and strictly unfunny humor does not earn or deserve 
2
Fat Albert
Mike Clark
This movie is as lame as it is tame 
2
Fat Albert
Ted Fry
It s unlikely anyone over the age of 12 will find much to cheer about in the bland sanitized moralizing this revamp of the decades old Saturday morning cartoon show delivers 
2
Fat Albert
David Elliott
Albert is too numbingly nice for a comedy that at 80 minutes runs about 15 minutes past its prime time 
2.5
Fat Albert
Lisa Rose
With its chronic product placement including a sledgehammer ad for the original series on DVD Fat Albert seems to center on helping kids become better shoppers rather than better people 
1.5
Fat Albert
Lou Lumenick
A 10 minute cartoon expanded into an especially long and deadly after school special 
1
Fat Albert
Robert Dominguez
Somewhere in its quest to be educational Fat Albert forgot to be entertaining 
1
Fat Albert
Mack Bates
The actors playing the live action incarnations of the show s characters do them justice 
2.5
Fat Albert
Glenn Whipp
Fat Albert simply exists as a bone tossed to families starved for something they can watch together in movie theaters 
2
Fat Albert
Jeff Vice
As with other live action films inspired by Saturday morning cartoons this family friendly comedy just isn t animated enough 
2
Fat Albert
Peter Debruge
As a general rule television shows do not make for good movies and Saturday morning cartoons typically fare even worse in the transfer to the big screen Fat Albert is no exception but it s not in the Garfield category 
2
Fat Albert
Robert K. Elder
Although Fat Albert is smart enough to poke fun at itself director Joel Zwick can t quite conjure up any modern relevance 
2
Fat Albert
Roger Ebert
The movie is sweet and gentle but not very compelling 
2
Fat Albert
Wesley Morris
A wildly sanitized product 
2
Fat Albert
Karen Heller
Fat Albert is a series of tired schticks 
1.5
Fat Albert
Gene Seymour
Fat Albert plays things safe and bland for the most part 
2
Fat Albert
Leah McLaren
It s sad to see a comic veteran like Cosby pimping out his own franchise for a quick buck But perhaps a rich old guy can t live on Jell O pudding ad residuals forever 
1
Fat Albert
John Monaghan
Call me a sap Call me a sucker But Fat Albert couldn t help but make me smile 
3
Fat Albert
Steve Rhodes
It s a harmless trivial little picture that is best saved for video when the price of admission is more in line with the value 
2
Fat Albert
Willie Waffle
Much to my surprise I found myself laughing in a good way throughout Fat Albert and even got a bit misty eyed 
3
Fat Albert
Peter Canavese
Hey hey hey Fat Albert exclaims How did I get this way 
2
Fat Albert
Ed Gonzalez
A product of a modern Cosby mindset Fat Albert conflates bourgeois acceptance with personal self worth 
2.5
Heli
David Lewis
Director Amat Escalante and his gifted cinematographer Lorenzo Hagerman have crafted a powerful film that feels and looks a lot like Steven Soderbergh s Oscar winning Traffic 
3
Heli
Farran Smith Nehme
An average newspaper reporter can do a more artful compassionate job with a drug war story than this movie does 
1.5
Heli
Tomas Hachard
The emotional and political point through all this isn t to be taken lightly but because the entirety of the film has such a nihilistic temperament its effect is muted 
2.5
Heli
Rene Rodriguez
A depiction of how violence and corruption when left unchecked taints saints and sinners alike sparing no one 
3
Heli
Erik McClanahan
The imagery is equal parts ugly and beautiful as the tale descends into a nightmare most could never conceive 
3
Sea of Shadows
Matt Fagerholm
An engrossing portrait of mankind s encroaching self inflicted demise with moneyed interests leading us like the pied piper off the cliff and into the sea 
3
Sleeping Dogs Lie
David Nusair
ultimately an emotionally affecting and thoroughly accomplished piece of work 
3
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Phil Villarreal
I liked the film but thought the bestiality theme held it back A lot of people won t want to see the movie 
3
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Johnny Vaughan
Had me howling with laughter 
3.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Ruthe Stein
Plays into an almost primal fear that there s something so awful in your past that if you spill the beans the other person will split no matter how much he or she professes that nothing you could say would ever have that effect 
3
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Peter Howell
It s not like Amy was a serial canine abuser for crying out loud Had she been the movie would be much more disgusting but also a lot more interesting and potentially more funny 
2
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Liam Lacey
Improbably the movie manages to regroup after its outrageous opening and turn into an unpredictable almost sweet romantic comedy about the limits of candour 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Timothy Knight
Wafer thin it has about as much depth as your average sitcom Sleeping Dogs Lie mixes standard dysfunctional family comedy with sappy romantic moments albeit none too successfully 
2
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Stephen Whitty
Sleeping Dogs Lie is worse than offensive it s boring and these busy days that s really unforgivable 
1.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Lou Lumenick
Sleeping Dogs Lie does collar big laughs for anyone who isn t skeeved out by the whole idea 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Goldthwait explores his themes more thoughtfully than you d expect but ultimately we know just how things will end And what s subversive about that 
2
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Bob Strauss
Not a great film but a darn interesting one Sleeping Dogs Lie is also probably the most discreet of this season s outrageous sex movies 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Maitland McDonagh
There are no laughs to be had here unless you count nervous titters and frat boy sniggers at the very thought of you know 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Peter Travers
Possesses a quick wit and an endearing tenderness toward Amy as honesty wrecks her life It s sweet doggone it 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
John Anderson
Goldthwait his motives always suspect has made a very watchable movie out of a very strange subject 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Sara Brady
The story of a woman who confides in her fianc that she once gave her dog a blow job Dogs had the potential to be a raunchfest but Goldthwait s take is much more affecting 
3
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Nick Schager
Sleeping Dogs Lie pulls off the not inconsiderable feat of tackling one of cinema s last taboo frontiers bestiality with sincere sweetness 
2.5
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Erik Childress
The final line of the film is far wiser than the person who first discovered that honesty and policy rhymed It s too bad it s an afterthought instead of an exclamation point 
2
The Naked Gun
David Nusair
A strong candidate for the funniest movie ever made 
3.5
The Naked Gun
Joe Baltake
The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad a gift from the crew that gave us the original Airplane is a charmingly unstable comedy whose everything but the kitchen sink approach to shtick is downright surreal 
3
The Naked Gun
Gene Siskel
It gave me about 10 big laughs and 20 small laughs and as many smiles That s value for time and money spent 
3.5
The Naked Gun
Desmond Ryan
The two Zuckers and Abrahams have surprisingly forgotten a principle of parody that they taught everyone else Namely that the jokes have to fit and that they have to refer to the target in this instance police movies 
2
The Naked Gun
Dave Kehr
The Naked Gun is hugely funny but it s also liberating precisely because it centers its aim on that cold closed system and blows it apart The straight lines are shattered the empty spaces in the images are packed full until they burst 
3.5
The Naked Gun
Wesley Lovell
It would have been nothing without Leslie Nielsen but this was one of the funniest slapstick comedies of the 1980s 
3.5
The Naked Gun
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Not quite up to Airplane or Top Secret but there are still laughs aplenty 
2
The Naked Gun
James Kendrick
Despite all the outrageous comedy and raunchy bathroom jokes the Zuckers create endearing characters that are likable 
3.5
The Naked Gun
Roger Ebert
The film is as transparent as a third grader with a water gun and yet I would rather review a new film by Ingmar Bergman for there at least would be themes to discuss and visual strategies to analyze 
3.5
The Naked Gun
David Keyes
It s excruciatingly rotten in every sense not funny not comical not entertaining not even fun to look at 
0
Patch Town
Linda Barnard
Suresh John hits all the right comic notes as driver Sly while Ramsay nicely captures Jon s nave fish out of water confusion as he navigates the unfamiliar world 
2.5
Patch Town
Chris Knight
It s hard not to find something to love in a film that mixes elements of Toy Story Bad Santa Russian folklore Cabbage Patch Kids and Les Miserables 
3
Patch Town
Clayton Dillard
Patch Town finally displays a degraded cultural sensitivity that makes something as wretched as The Love Guru seem learned 
.5
The Shallows
Brian Eggert
The Shallows may contain a few occasional shocks but this is indeed surface level stuff 
1.5
The Shallows
Matt Brunson
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the sunlight following what s proving to be a rather desultory summer movie season along comes The Shallows to drive everyone back into the deep end of the auditorium 
3
The Shallows
Khari J. Sampson
The bulk of the film stays focused on its classic Guy Girl In A Jam premise and oh does Lively deliver 
3
The Shallows
David N. Butterworth
Equal parts taut and titillating until it jumps the shark in its final act 
2.5
The Shallows
Josh Larsen
Before it gets pretty Sharknado this is a fairly entertaining woman versus beast adventure 
3
The Shallows
Linda Cook
Dive right in to The Shallows 
3
The Shallows
Sara Michelle Fetters
An exhilarating shark tale worth getting more than a little bit excited about 
3
The Shallows
John Beifuss
Unpretentious and efficient this taut B film the B is for beach bikini Blake Lively bites and blood makes the best of its limited resources and geography 
3
The Shallows
David Keyes
A delivery of careful and well modulated tension when it could have merely been another run of the mill bloodbath with bad special effects 
3
The Shallows
Sonny Bunch
In a summer of retreads it s nice to get something tiny something new something borrowed something true 
3
The Shallows
David Nusair
After a run of palpably mediocre thrillers Jaume Collet Serra bounces back with an erratic yet often thoroughly engrossing shark movie that s more engrossing than most similarly themed efforts including impressively enough Steven Spielberg s Jaws 
3
The Shallows
John Serba
Director Jaume Collet Serra hard sells the primal fear building suspense with simple methods 
3
The Shallows
John Hanlon
An intense and well made thriller that will make viewers nervous before they step into the ocean this summer 
3.0
The Shallows
Scott Nash
Sometimes less really is more 
3.5
The Shallows
James Berardinelli
The Shallows is almost a good movie 
2.5
The Shallows
Mike McGranaghan
A fun effective popcorn thriller perfect for summer viewing It provides a steady dose of thrills and an A Blake Lively performance 
3
The Shallows
Katie Walsh
A splash of fresh seawater in the face of a rather dismal summer movie season It s very cheesy which is how escapist summer cinema should be and part of its charm is that it s not self reflective enough to be aware of its own cheesiness 
2.5
The Shallows
Josh Terry
It s a lot easier to create a problem than to solve one That s the fatal flaw of The Shallows a well intended thriller that stumbles across the finish line 
2
The Shallows
Michael O'Sullivan
Is The Shallows a thriller for the ages No but it s decent popcorn fare 
2.5
The Shallows
Kam Williams
A thoroughly enjoyable screamfest reminding us that it s still not safe to swim in the ocean 
4
The Shallows
Brad Wheeler
School s out schlock s in no lessons here 
1
The Shallows
Sean P. Means
Director Jaume Collet Serra and screenwriter Anthony Jaswinski build the tension steadily until they throw the kitchen sink at the screen in a frenetic silly ending that spoils what had been an entertaining nail biter 
2.5
The Shallows
Peter Travers
It s all patently ridiculous But Blake Lively director Collet Serra and a digital shark show no mercy in hooking us with the B movie tension And we bite 
2.5
The Shallows
Richard Roeper
The Shallows is a great looking film peppered with overhead long shots of the amazingly clear water and some terrific underwater photography as well 
3
The Shallows
Mark Dujsik
W hile it might not always be more sometimes less is just right 
3
The Shallows
Rafer Guzman
A snack size thriller that isn t quite enough to satisfy 
2
The Shallows
Chris Knight
Lively turns in a fantastic performance in a tale that can be summed up in three words Woman Versus Shark From this bare bones bare cartilage premise director Jaume Collet Serra wrings 86 minutes of nail biting emotional trauma 
3
The Shallows
Peter Howell
The Shallows pushes the buttons it s supposed to push for a summerthriller even if the outcome is as deflating as it dumb 
2.5
The Shallows
Tom Russo
Yes there s shameless bikini ogling but what could have been throwaway exploitation is instead a frequently gripping portrait of dire straits resourcefulness 
2.5
The Shallows
Kyle Smith
The girl kept talking and strategizing as heavy string music played on the soundtrack 
1.5
The Shallows
Peter Hartlaub
The most important parts the ones involving the shark don t feel genuine 
2
The Shallows
Michael Phillips
If the amount of surfing suffering staring at dark skies footage rendered in slow motion were depicted at normal speed The Shallows would run about a minute and a half 
2
The Shallows
Dustin Putman
Thriving on its straightforward simplicity and sheer pins and needles force The Shallows is a crackerjack summer thriller 
3
The Shallows
Matt Zoller Seitz
There are times where the special effects and editing aren t as sharp as Lively s performance deserves But it s still a taut brutal film pitting a ravenous sea creature against a woman as hard as coral 
3
The Shallows
Stephen Whitty
Lively can act and she does a good job with a very difficult role here holding our interest and sympathy for a feature length movie with no one to talk to for most of it 
3
The Shallows
Carson Lund
What makes the film churn so forcefully for so long is Jaume Collet Serra s visual acrobatics 
3
The Shallows
Roger Moore
Straight simple and primal 
2.5
Gone Girl
Brian Eggert
More than the poetry of misdirection 44 more than disappearances or curdling doubt 44 more than sinister motives or cunning manipulation 44 and more shocking than a singularly violent 44 bloody death 44 David Fincher apos s Gone Girl is a portrait of marriage 46 
4
Gone Girl
Leo Brady
Gone Girl not only entertains but engages the viewer This is one creepy masterpiece 
4
Gone Girl
Sarah Knight Adamson
The film was one shocking surprise after another A dark entertaining runaway bullet train 
4
Gone Girl
Mattie Lucas
Fincher has taken a piece of pulp fiction and turned it into a dazzling work of pop art 
3.5
Gone Girl
Pamela Powell
If you ve read the book go see the movie If you haven t read the book still go You ll be captivated as you try to figure out who s telling the truth and what really happened 
4
Gone Girl
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An excellent mystery film that has a lot to say about identity vengeance chauvinism justice and emotions Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Gone Girl
Tom Meek
Not all the veers and neck cranking developments pay off but there s a lot to praise in the moody fractious friction throughout and the enigmatic desolation in the pools of Pike s limpid blue eyes 
2.5
Gone Girl
Neil Rosen
Novelist Flynn nicely adapts her book to the screen remaining predominately faithful to her source material 
4
Gone Girl
Sonny Bunch
The latest effort by director David Fincher to suss out the meaning of modern American life 
4
Gone Girl
Wesley Lovell
Only David Fincher could tell the story of a missing woman a murder mystery and a psychosexual thriller without making it feel forced 
4
Gone Girl
Robert W. Butler
Suspense social commentary great performances and a seriously twisted outlook Gone Girl is one killer movie 
3.5
Gone Girl
Chris Knight
Fincher and Flynn have fun playing with both our expectations and our sympathies 
3.5
Gone Girl
Alissa Wilkinson
The premise is flat out creepy Make sure you re game for that before you see it 
3.5
Gone Girl
Richard Roeper
This is a nutty film and for the most part I mean that in a good way 
3.5
Gone Girl
Michael Smith
Gone Girl is a greatly entertaining film that seems a likely candidate for multiple Oscar nominations and it is Flynn s script that seems like a sure thing 
3.5
Gone Girl
Stephen Rebello
Gone Girl is out of this world a powerful reminder of what cool crazy dangerous hugely entertaining things can happen when big studios let grownup filmmakers make movies for and about grownups 
4
Gone Girl
Jordan Hiller
What begins as a beguiling whodunit takes an abrupt choke on your popcorn turn midway through and believe it or not the ride is just getting started 
3.5
Gone Girl
David Nusair
Gone Girl for the most part feels like an excellent thriller trapped within the confines of a bloated and palpably plodding drama 
3
Gone Girl
David Keyes
Under the guidance of the remarkable David Fincher this is one of those rare elusive endeavors that contains nearly every important quality I cherish about moviemaking 
4
Gone Girl
Kent Turner
The spot on casting carries over to the supporting cast This thriller has the sort of lineup that will draw viewers to IMDb com possibly crashing its server 
3
Gone Girl
James Kendrick
gets completely under your skin rattles your sense of what s right and wrong and generally undercuts any kind of moral pretense we might bring into the theater
4
Gone Girl
John Beifuss
Fincher s compositions offer the characters no exit the widescreen keeps them in view no matter how extreme their deceits and disguises 
4
Gone Girl
Lori Hoffman
The film s sense of savage yet controlled rage permeates director David Fincher s examination of a marriage that s gone so wrong 
3
Gone Girl
Eric Melin
A trashy scattershot serial drama cum media satire that s more agenda based than character based One day we ll look back and chuckle at how seriously people took Gone Girl the same way we do now at Fatal Attraction 
1.5
Gone Girl
Christy Lemire
This is the most elegant exquisitely made trash 
3.5
Gone Girl
Matt Brunson
The latest must see movie event from perpetual Hollywood wunderkind David Fincher Gone Girl is 120 minutes of pure perfection Unfortunately the movie runs 145 minutes 
3
Gone Girl
Phil Villarreal
Of all David Fincher s accomplishments as a director he may pull off his most impressive feat of all in Gone Girl getting Tyler Perry nominated for an Oscar 
3.5
Gone Girl
Sam Fragoso
A galvanizing portrait of defective love that twists turns and unfurls until you don t know what to think anymore 
3.5
Gone Girl
Linda Cook
Flawless tough as nails and Oscar bound Gone Girl is a thriller that never disappoints With twists and turns as complex as DNA strands this is one of the best movies of the year and no it s not too early to say that 
4
Gone Girl
Mike McGranaghan
One of the smartest most precisely observed portraits of a relationship to hit the screen in the last decade and also one of the best whodunnits 
3.5
Gone Girl
Mal Vincent
Gone Girl is an entertaining film in a category that is woefully missing in most movie theaters nowadays storytelling 
3.5
Gone Girl
Duane Dudek
However readers may have seen the story in their minds the unshaven and rumpled Affleck is about a decade older than I imagined but effectively seedy Fincher crafts its scenes of a broken marriage into a convincing mosaic 
3.5
Gone Girl
Brad Keefe
Factoring in the high potential it s the worst film I ve seen this year 
1
Gone Girl
Carla Meyer
Gone Girl lives up to its promise as the year s event movie for fanboys and fangirls who prefer book clubs to comic book stores 
3.5
Gone Girl
Perry Seibert
Fincher proves himself to be the ideal director to turn this intricately plotted misanthropic best seller into a disturbing yet undeniably entertaining movie 
3.5
Gone Girl
Lisa Kennedy
Once you release the movie from the demand that it be significant there are a number of achievements 
2.5
Gone Girl
Liam Lacey
Fans of Flynn s 2012 novel will not be one tiny bit disappointed 
3.5
Gone Girl
Peter Canavese
Once the chaotic adult fairy tale elements override Fincher s otherwise meticulous style one suspects this tawdry tale of marital fury signifies nothing more than a nihilistic view of heterosexual marriage 
2.5
Gone Girl
James Berardinelli
145 minutes of riveting drama and surprises 
3.5
Gone Girl
Steven Rea
Gone Girl presents a deft mix of whodunit and who you gonna believe 
3.5
Gone Girl
John Serba
A perfect fit for a smirker like Ben Affleck Sincerity is a bit outside his range and a little emotional disengagement fits him like a smart suit 
3.5
Gone Girl
Christian Toto
Early favorite for most disappointing Oscar bait film of 2014 
2
Gone Girl
Rob Thomas
Gone Girl is an absolutely delicious mystery one that parcels out revelations and surprises at just the right moments But it s also a movie about the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves 
3.5
Gone Girl
Willie Waffle
Delicious junk food for your soul 
3.5
Gone Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An essential movie of its moment 
4
Gone Girl
Walter Chaw
the prototypical human hating hipster model of too smart too cool meta cinema 
2
Gone Girl
Mick LaSalle
Director David Fincher lands a tone for Gone Girl that s broad and precise enough to encourage a series of witty performances within the thriller framework 
3
Gone Girl
Anders Wright
It is entertaining but long and though the acting is solid it isn t as sharp or as smart as it wants to be 
2.5
Gone Girl
Lou Lumenick
Glossy empty and ultimately unsatisfying if undeniably entertaining 
2
Gone Girl
Matt Zoller Seitz
Gone Girl is art and entertainment a thriller and an issue and an eerily assured audience picture 
3.5
Gone Girl
Mark Dujsik
It s stirring on a gut level but the constant barrage of extremes also grows tiring even a little tiresome 
2.5
Gone Girl
Graydon Royce
Flynn s great accomplishment in her book and here is an unstinting dedication to plot mechanics that jar our balance 
3.5
Gone Girl
Rafer Guzman
Gillian Flynn s playful novel is now David Fincher s chilling movie Still packed with twists and turns but the overall effect is unsettling 
3
Gone Girl
Rene Rodriguez
Even knowing what s ahead doesn t prepare you for the movie s tone which is funny yet curdled and cynical and bleak 
3
Gone Girl
Peter Howell
David Fincher s Gone Girl takes a big beach read about a troubled marriage and turns it into a suspenseful screen indictment of modern times 
3.5
Gone Girl
Joe Williams
Ultimately what makes Gone Girl so watchable is the three headed monster of Fincher Pike and Affleck 
3
Gone Girl
Chris Hewitt
Gone Girl is suspenseful and entertaining its 2 1 2 hour running time breezes by but what sticks out on first viewing is how perfectly Fincher has cast it 
3.5
Gone Girl
Ann Hornaday
Gone Girl may get the job done as a dutiful deliberately paced procedural but it never quite makes the splash it could have as a thoughtful timely and thoroughly bracing plunge 
2
Gone Girl
Moira MacDonald
It s dark it s creepy and it s very good both on the page and on the screen 
3.5
Gone Girl
Josh Larsen
A viper s nest of unreliable narrators 
3
Gone Girl
Mark Feeney
The characters sound like people trying to sound like people in the movies and not quite pulling it off 
2
Gone Girl
Claudia Puig
Gone Girl is to marriage what Fatal Attraction was to infidelity 
4
Gone Girl
Rex Reed
Preposterous illogical senselessly over plotted and artificial as a ceramic artichoke one of the year s grossest disappointments 
2
Gone Girl
Dustin Putman
Gone Girl is nothing if not absorbing beginning as a sort of investigative procedural before corkscrewing halfway through to become something else entirely 
2.5
Gone Girl
Roger Moore
Entertaining But one of Fincher s very best Not by a Missouri mile
3
Gone Girl
Michael Phillips
It s everything the book was and more more certainly in its sinister brackish atmosphere dominated by mustard yellow fluorescence designed to make you squint recoil and then lean in a little closer 
3.5
Gone Girl
Randy Myers
Pike is a revelation The actress demonstrates versatility with compelling eyes that can instantly switch from innocent to detached Oscar consideration is certainly a possibility for her 
4
Gone Girl
Matt Pais
Cunning as a raptor and nearly as fast Gone Girl is an anesthetic free dissection of human nature 
3.5
Gone Girl
Thelma Adams
There hasn t been a soignée blonde so flat out hate able since Gwyneth bitched about the burdens of motherhood Welcome to the A list Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike 
3
Gone Girl
Stephen Whitty
Believe me you should see the movie and then you can talk about it all night And you probably will 
3.5
Gone Girl
Ed Gonzalez
There s a comic streak to the film that suggests David Fincher may understand the material as trash but it s the kind of affectation that only reinforces rather than dulls its insults 
2
Gone Girl
Clayton Davis
Intelligently structured by novelist Flynn herself the film features a mannered turn by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck while the absolute success of the picture is indebted to the lavish and grandiose performance of Rosamund Pike 
3.5
Gone Girl
Peter Travers
David Fincher s shockingly good film version of Gone Girl is the date night movie of the decade for couples who dream of destroying one another Expect a stampede at the box office 
3.5
Running From Crazy
Bruce DeMara
While the film feels a little self indulgent at times Hemingway proves to be a worthy protagonist 
3
Running From Crazy
Kenneth R. Morefield
Kopple is one of my favorite directors because she believes in her audience s intelligence 
4
Running From Crazy
Moira MacDonald
People can heal themselves by feeling genuine love for each other says Mariel s daughter arms around her mother It may not be the entire answer but it s a start 
3
Running From Crazy
Mick LaSalle
An artfully arranged account of Hemingway s current life mixed with footage shot by her late sister Margaux for a 1983 documentary about the family 
3
Running From Crazy
Roger Moore
The historical Hemingway Curse stuff is great the infomercial about how well preserved Mariel Hemingway plays like an Oprah celeb special 
2.5
Running From Crazy
Andrew Schenker
Whereas American Dream ended with a moment of genuine devastation Running from Crazy offers little more than surface level tear wringing 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Eric Lurio
The writing is intelligent the pratfalls mostly work and everyone is having a good time 
2.5
Over Her Dead Body
Austin Kennedy
Well this could have been a lot worse instead it s just a piece of forgettable mediocre fluff 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Jeffrey Westhoff
About a dozen other movies have used variations on this plot And every single one of them has been smarter and more entertaining than Over Her Dead Body 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Peter Travers
An offense of a ghost comedy 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Linda Cook
Over Her Dead Body is DOA 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Mark Dujsik
The top billed star of Over Her Dead Body dies within five minutes of her first appearance and if the majority of the other characters in the movie suffered a similar fate I wouldn t have complained much 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Tyler Hanley
Ghost gets a romantic comedy redo with this strained love triangle tale 
2.5
Over Her Dead Body
Michael Phillips
You may remember Noel Coward s Blithe Spirit This is Bleh Spirit 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Cortney Rock
As a fledgling couple Ashley and Henry fail to generate much on screen heat You would hardly notice anything romantic happening if the characters didn t verbally announce it The list of tiny yet vital problems could go on 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Claudia Puig
The tale falls short on imagination 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Ken Fox
Derivative doesn t always mean dull and this madcap paranormal love triangle is charming on its own terms 
2.5
Over Her Dead Body
Bruce DeMara
Writer director Jeff Lowell settles for a story that takes a little too long to tell concocted situations a little too implausible to buy and repartee that occasionally hits the dartboard but never gets close to the bull s eye 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Jack Mathews
The worst night at the movies in this young year 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Connie Ogle
You can t even feel sorry for Henry because anyone blind enough to want to marry Kate is clearly delusional and deserving of any misery that comes his way 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Chris Hewitt
Body gives us a bunch of people who would be better off dead 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
John Hartl
Unfortunately wit deprived 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Peter Hartlaub
The grating presence of Longoria Parker will be enough to ruin the movie for many but she s just one of many shortcomings in this romantic comedy which seriously lacks both romance and comedy 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Bob Strauss
There was some nasty potential to be mined from Over Her Dead Body s premise but the movie simply isn t wicked enough to go anywhere that could really be funny It s the Casper of supernatural sex farces 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Carla Meyer
Blithe Spirit seems an obvious inspiration for this film which contains touches of Ghost as well But Over Her Dead Body ultimately belongs in a different category one usually occupied by straight to DVD releases 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Amy Biancolli
An unsurprising entry in that hoary micro genre of romantic comedies to feature a fresh from the corpse disembodied spirit who just can t seem to get a move on 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Stephen Whitty
Over Her Dead Body itself is a movie haunted by the annoying humorless performance of Eva Longoria Parker 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Kyle Smith
Over Her Dead Body billed as a romantic com edy fantasy is in reality a mystery The Case of the Missing Jokes 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Wesley Morris
Over Her Dead Body is to romantic comedy what Spam is to meat But at least with Spam you get cool packaging 
0.5
Over Her Dead Body
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kate is as unlikable a character as I ve ever seen and watching her attempt to tear apart the lives of Ashley and Henry isn t exactly fun let alone entertaining 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Kit Bowen
As far as romantic comedies go the hackneyed Over Her Dead Body falls more towards the bottom of the heap
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Peter Canavese
After these 97 minutes resting in peace sounds pretty good 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Jason Anderson
A comedy like this needs actors with crack timing a script that s worthy of them and an overall spirit of effervescence But save for Rudd s occasional displays of sarcasm there s little here that raises a smile never mind a chuckle 
1
Over Her Dead Body
Roger Ebert
Consider for a moment how this movie might play if it took itself seriously Would it be better than as a comedy I suspect so 
2
Over Her Dead Body
David Nusair
a tired utterly forgettable effort that boasts little in the way of positive attributes 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Willie Waffle
Eva looks like one of those creatures from I Am Legend and distracts you from the story That might have been the plan and a blessing
0
Over Her Dead Body
Carrie Rickey
A one eyelash above average supernatural rom com 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Sue Pierman
The quirky romantic comedy works largely because of good writing and Rudd s deadpan delivery of same That he can do so as slapstick erupts around him makes it all the funnier 
2.5
Over Her Dead Body
Jeff Vice
This charmless mediocre romantic comedy with supernatural overtones is nearly laughless 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Dustin Putman
Thoroughly unoriginal and screams of desperation Over Her Dead Body is a fitting title this is a DOA dud 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Gene Seymour
Even the worst movies are capable of bending the laws of time Still there s something really special about the way Over Her Dead Body makes its 93 minutes seem more like nine hours 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Josh Larsen
so bland lifeless and unimaginative I wanted to poke the screen to make sure it was really there 
1.5
Over Her Dead Body
Nick Schager
For a pure shot of cinematic depression nothing quite tops opening credits that end with and Jason Biggs 
1
Over Her Dead Body
James Berardinelli
While not horrifically bad it s as mediocre a motion picture as you re likely to find in a multiplex this season 
2
Over Her Dead Body
Phil Villarreal
It s one of those movies you want to dismiss but can t bring yourself to turn away from 
3
Space Oddity
Leo Brady
Filled with genuine emotion and a winning combination of artists 44 Space Oddity is out of this world 46 
3
Space Oddity
Marya E. Gates
We apos re meant to feel uplifted 44 and for a moment 44 we are 46 But despite the film 8217 s rosy resolution 44 as the film fades to black 44 the fact that we are still on a dying planet continues to loom large 46 
2
Space Oddity
Anne Brodie
Sedgwick 8217 s direction is supple and authentic 46 The film could easily be too sweet or unbelievable but it 8217 s not 46 She effortlessly focuses on the story 8217 s profundity and conversely 44 has a light touch 46 
3
Space Oddity
Kenneth R. Morefield
Is it more loving to indulge someone 8217 s fantasy than to confront it for what you think it is 63 
2.5
Space Oddity
Joey Magidson
Space Oddity isn 8217 t going to bowl you over 44 but it does more right than it does wrong 44 that 8217 s for sure 46 
3
The Mission
David Nusair
An almost impressively empty misfire 
1.5
Glowing Eyes
Eric Henderson
A provocative examination of the cinematic relationship between the viewer and the viewed 
2.5
Glowing Eyes
John Monaghan
Even those titillated by the graphic sex will have to admit that the movie is repetitive and ultimately boring 
1
Glowing Eyes
Michael Szymanski
Unpleasantly voyeuristic the premise is that all men no matter if they re hetero gay bisexual or think they re really women crave what is between men s legs 
1.5
Glowing Eyes
Elizabeth Weitzman
A yawn 
2
Hitman: Agent 47
Barbara Vancheri
The premise of the movie is intriguing but it s executed in chilly dispassionate fashion and buried under too many bodies 
2
Hitman: Agent 47
Pamela Powell
The story is elementary and formulaically predictable Even using the word story seems to be giving it more credit than it is due 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Sonny Bunch
So here we have another video game adaptation that critics will largely dismiss and audiences will mostly ignore 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Linda Cook
It seems like eight short years ago I reviewed a movie called Hitman that was based on a video game Oh wait a minute It was And I did 
2
Hitman: Agent 47
Scott Nash
Someone needs to put out a contract on this franchise 
2
Hitman: Agent 47
Scott Renshaw
It s the pasteurized processed individually wrapped version of Besson ian Eurotrash cheese 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Roger Moore
Worst movie of the summer Close 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Matt Brunson
Hitman Agent 47 takes such pleasure in reveling in its own banality that it often feels like its makers pilfered 35 million from studio coffers merely to proudly state that they punk d everyone who actually wastes money to see this 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Christian Toto
It s fine for a no expectation channel surf stop Otherwise let s put this quasi franchise out of its misery 
2
Hitman: Agent 47
James Berardinelli
Only a bare minimum of non action scenes were included in the final cut There s enough here to piece together a rudimentary storyline but the details are often either confusing or nonsensical 
2
Hitman: Agent 47
Calum Marsh
The friction between stateliness and lunacy is more intriguing than say the line toeing mediocrity of a second rate Marvel movie 
3
Hitman: Agent 47
Willie Waffle
Plot seems to be an obstacle to whatever spectacle of clichs he is trying to provide us 
0
Hitman: Agent 47
Chris Knight
Faceless minions on both sides of the conflict get mowed down with surprise surprise the regularity of targets in a video game 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Rafer Guzman
About as violent and soulless as its title suggests 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Peter Howell
Who s human and who s not consumes much of the running time of rote actioner Hitman Agent 47 which vainly attempts to revive a forgotten video game spinoff starring Timothy Olyphant 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Steven Rea
If you strip away all the gunplay Hitman Agent 47 would be about 10 minutes long 
2.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Richard Roeper
We don t attend something like Hitman Agent 47 looking for gritty realism but what we DO expect is an entertaining and reasonably clever thrill ride No such luck 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
John Hartl
On the surface and that s all there is it seems as pointless and gassy as a Matrix sequel 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Dann Gire
Friend cuts a striking slender action figure but lacks the resonant vocal qualities and sheer gravitas to carry off a character as formidable and menacing as Agent 47 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Kyle Smith
The film was shot on location in Berlin and Singapore and Friend is out acted by the gorgeous scenery 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Stephanie Merry
Is 47 the good guy That s unclear This leaves little reasons to root for him other than his super chill demeanor his ability to use two guns at once and his impeccably defined cheekbones 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Brian Tallerico
Hitman Agent 47 is aggressively awful the kind of film that rubs its lackadaisical screenwriting dull filmmaking and boring characters in your face almost daring you to ask the theater operator for your money back 
1
Hitman: Agent 47
Katie Walsh
It s so coldblooded it s practically reptilian 
1.5
Hitman: Agent 47
Kenji Fujishima
If first timer Aleksander Bach s choices as a director are any indication he s a filmmaker who cares less about characters and actors than about dubious surface dazzle 
1
The Sisters Brothers
Brian Eggert
With memorable performances throughout this extraordinary cast The Sisters Brothers is another Audiard film whose tonality withstands categorization It s neither a straightforward Western nor merely revisionist 
4
The Sisters Brothers
Matt Brunson
John C Reilly delivers the best performance in a movie that also features the noteworthy likes of Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Alan French
His Reilly s emotion spills out of every corner of the film and he uses his odd kind of charm to hook you to his journey 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Roger Moore
A well cast picaresque Western with a little existential angst amid the shootouts 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Rob Thomas
Like an unfamiliar horse the gait of The Sisters Brothers takes a little while to get used to shifting between extreme violence and gentle character comedy But it makes for a memorable ride 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Rosalie Kicks
Drunken saloon fights spider bites brothels and a tutorial on teeth brushing this flick has it all 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Joey Magidson
Not only is Reilly really great in the film Audiard directs the hell out of it 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Sean P. Means
It s hard to get a handle on what kind of Western The Sisters Brothers is trying to be a revisionist take on frontier violence an outsider s metaphor for American brutality or just an old school shoot em up and that s part of its charm 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Gary Thompson
Phoenix has a way of drawing most of the camera s energy toward him but Reilly in his own mysterious and quiet way can hold his own with anyone be it Ricky Bobby or King Kong 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Barry Paris
Amid this conundrum of a movie the actors provide what the facile screenplay cannot a human pulse shrewdly underscored by composer Alexandre Desplat s time traveling musical landscape 
2.5
The Sisters Brothers
Rubén Rosario
Bolstered by four strong central performances the most surprising thing about The Sisters Brothers is how pleasant and raffishly likable it ultimately becomes 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Tom Meek
It s quite a violent film but also one with great emotional depth a rare accomplishment that makes it the best American western to hit the screen since The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Peter Howell
Equal parts comedy drama love story and horror story the saga simply refuses to be easily lassoed 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Ty Burr
The movie works it well and truly works because the four main characters come together in ways we could never have foreseen and the actors themselves seem surprised at the twists the story takes and where their characters fall on the curve 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Soren Andersen
Audiard has made an atmospheric Western in which the four lead actors portray their characters with remarkable subtlety 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Ann Hornaday
It aerates what s already been well trod offering an alternately pitiless and tenderhearted lens on such hardy themes as character filial loyalty and American progress at its most naive and voraciously destructive 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Richard Roeper
For the first three quarters of The Sisters Brothers the offbeat adventures and the fine performances are more than enough to carry the day but then the wheels come off 
2.5
The Sisters Brothers
Anita Katz
While Phoenix delivers the reckless and playful goods as Charlie the movie is Reilly s His lead character is terrifically dangerous forlorn and funny The two actors sizzle together 
3.5
The Sisters Brothers
Sonny Bunch
The plot is threadbare the story such as it is relatively uninteresting As an acting showcase however there is much to love 
2.5
The Sisters Brothers
Robert Levin
Reilly carries the movie with a performance rife with melancholy and weariness 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Mark Dujsik
B y the end we mostly understand why such characters are usually relegated to the backdrop of such stories 
2
The Sisters Brothers
David Lewis
It s not certain what a Western purist would think of this revisionist approach but we still can t help but revel in it 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Josh Larsen
occupies its own strange somber place in the Western genre 
3
The Sisters Brothers
Rex Reed
Of course it tries to be fresh and different functioning more as a black comedy character study than an action thriller Mostly it s a misguided mess 
2
The Sisters Brothers
Barry Hertz
It s a traditional western except when it s a revisionist tale It s a my brother s keeper drama except when it s a violent comedy It s a tale of There Will Be Blood levels of greed except when it s a high ho adventure 
3
The Sisters Brothers
David Nusair
The Sisters Brothers ultimately never quite manages to become more than the sum of its parts 
2
The Sisters Brothers
Tomris Laffly
This alcohol soaked Frontier road trip constantly reinvents itself at every turn in fun witty and ultimately touching ways 
3
Security
Erik Childress
While a cult audience embraced last year s fest favorite Super Troopers Security delivers twice the laughs with half the people 
3
Outrageous Fortune
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a wildly entertaining adventure with a giant heart Better it overflows with a number of genuine belly laughs 
3.5
Outrageous Fortune
David Nusair
could and should have been so much better 
2
Outrageous Fortune
Richard Freedman
Lavishly funny and entertaining 
3
Outrageous Fortune
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately the movie is so busy cross polinating its genres that it never pauses for the kind of thought that might have made it really special instead of just fitfully funny 
2
Katyn
Mattie Lucas
Far too weak structurally to have the emotional impact it should 
2.5
Katyn
Roger Ebert
Director Wajda has brought some small measure of rest to their names to Poland and to history 
3.5
Katyn
James Adams
Katyn is remarkably concise and if one may say this about a cinematic commemoration of mass murder elegant 
4
Katyn
Mick LaSalle
Wajda s intensity and passion as well as his intelligence and craft are unmistakable from the very first sequence Virtually from the first shot 
4
Katyn
John Hartl
Has sweep and conviction and most rewardingly a long overdue revelation of historical truth 
3
Katyn
Steve Ramos
With Katyn Wajda shows himself to be a skilled ringmaster still capable of handling the film s many elaborate scenes 
3
Katyn
Robert Levin
The picture is shot with the visual scope demanded by a narrative that aims in some sense to define an entire nation 
3
Katyn
Joseph Jon Lanthier
As definitive withdrawal from Iraq inches ever nearer into our finger crossed view elliptical confrontation of military trauma is once again becoming fashionable in American cinema houses 
3
Burton and Taylor
David Wiegand
Not only does it capture the essence of the two outsize icons of film and scandal it also brings them in for a humanizing close up 
4
Burton and Taylor
Lori Rackl
BBC America is here to set the universe right again with its love hate story about Hollywood s hot mess of a couple 
3.5
Maid to Order
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately I found it too easy to anticipate most of the big moments 
2
Mimosas
Rob Thomas
Olive Laxe favors long scenes beautiful but slow moving of the caravan trudging through the immense landscape When violence comes late in the film the camera is so far away we can barely make out what is happening 
3
Mimosas
Clayton Dillard
It confounds its surface narrative with hints of layered meanings to come through a jockeying of story threads 
3
Hunted
David N. Butterworth
This Noah Waller picture featuring stuntwoman turned actress turned stuntwoman Zoe Bell is neither taxing nor terribly potent 
2
Hunted
Roger Moore
Stuntwoman actress Zoe Bell is better in a brawl than in delivering the hackneyed dialogue this picture demands of her 
2
Hunted
Mike McGranaghan
Zoe Bell deserves her own Kill Bill her own Die Hard Camino is basically an above average Steven Seagal flick with a much more appealing lead 
2.5
I Accuse!
Roger Moore
Ambitious star studded yet staid version of France s infamous Dreyfus Affair 
2.5
Teen Lust
David Berry
Fundamentally Teen Lust is a sex comedy that feels the need to broadcast its sex and comedy at every available opportunity a desperation that s a sure fire way to kill the mood for either 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Brian Eggert
From start to finish the film feels hollow and empty the character development obligatory and forced the action setups undercooked the plot insultingly predictable 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Matt Brunson
While the original ID contained characters who kept us entertained this picture adds characters and their attendant actors who are so devoid of personality they barely register as living organisms 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Linda Cook
Chaos and corniness resurge in Independence Day sequel 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
Sara Michelle Fetters
The characters and their travails rarely if ever connect and as such Independence Day Resurgence is a handsomely produced energetically paced waste of time that arguably never should have gone into production in the first place 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
David Nusair
An absolute disaster of a sequel 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Sonny Bunch
A bigger dumber version of the first Independence Day stripped of its best character and redesigned in a lab to appeal to audiences in China 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
David Keyes
The screen becomes immediately occupied with the earlier survivors but who wants to see them at all especially when their entire existence has become a morose consideration of the past rather than a trod through steady recovery 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
John Serba
I enjoyed none of it I endured all of it 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
James Kendrick
The basic structure works fine and some of the ideas are pretty good but there is no emotional resonance the characters are all flat even Jeff Goldblum s David who is good for a few funny lines and not much else 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
John Beifuss
in the era of Trump and Brexit the movie s apocalyptic paranoia is commonplace while its one world united optimism seems quaint and naive 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Scott Nash
They had 20 years to prepare and this is the best they could do 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
John Hanlon
Outrageous and oftentimes ridiculous this big budget action film is bursting with energy and a palpable sense of fun 
3.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
James Berardinelli
The temptation is there to say that Independence Day Resurgence tarnishes the image of its predecessor but the original Independence Day wasn t all that good to begin with 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
Bob Bloom
The film follows a course that regurgitates situations and dialogue meant to stir memories of the original in order to deflect from the sequel s deficiencies 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Richard Roeper
Well that was unnecessary 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Peter Hartlaub
By the time the big battle happens at the end CGI has rendered the Earth bleak and unrecognizable like it s not worth saving 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Peter Travers
The only thing resurgent in this humorless alien mess is Hollywood s passion to charge us more and deliver less 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Christy Lemire
It s just dull and hollow a massive waste of time and money 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Chris Knight
You go to a Roland Emmerich film for global destruction not international casting And Independence Day Resurgence doesn t disappoint 
2.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Mike McGranaghan
This pitiful sequel is destined to go down as one of the most epic cinematic disasters of modern times 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Stephen Whitty
I didn t like Independence Day Resurgence You probably won t either 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Phil Villarreal
If the sequels are this awful here s hoping it takes more than 20 years for the next one 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Michael Smith
If you must go see the lazy cash grab sequel Independence Day Resurgence at the movies leave your brain in the car You won t remember what happened and that s for the best 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Chuck Bowen
The film does nothing satiric or fleetingly parodic with the notion of a world united in the midst of alien annihilation 
0
Independence Day: Resurgence
Mark Dujsik
This is a movie that depends on an equal level of stupidity between the alien invaders and the human defenders 
0.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Willie Waffle
The movie becomes a bit too campy
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
Roger Moore
Written in a boardroom produced in a lab 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Peter Howell
The film is so cluttered with characters exposition and space junk thickly lacquered with 3D it s like a party piñata waiting to burst open but inside are rocks not toys 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Brian Truitt
Returning director Roland Emmerich s film checks all the appropriate boxes wanton destruction malevolent aliens B movie dialogue rampant silliness but the old charm just isn t there anymore 
1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
Lou Lumenick
The first Independence Day was a lot of fun with a great lines and cutting edge special effects It was much imitated so the sequel plays like a faded eighth generation copy with a cast that s shooting blanks when it comes to humor 
1
Independence Day: Resurgence
Molly Eichel
I remember sitting in the theater watching the first Independence Day as a kid mouth agape at what the movies could do I m a little more cynical at this point 
2
Independence Day: Resurgence
Dustin Putman
For fans of the original there is little reason not to be a fan of this one For everyone else the best that can be said is that it is tolerable 
2
Black Moon
Eric Melin
Some critics described Black Moon as a sort of darker Alice in Wonderland but it s much too tedious to approach that level of entertainment 
1.5
Black Moon
James Kendrick
its outlandish and nonsensical detours begin to feel less like the automatic writing of the surrealists and more like a series of meandering meaningless head games each melting into the next with no lasting impact 
2
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Barry Paris
There s not an objective one celebrity in the lot I love em all Nor is there an objective moment in this cinematic diatribe And I love it too 
3
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Powerful angry and bizarre documentary 
3
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Jason Anderson
Hard to beat that title ain t it 
4
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Barrett Hooper
It s impossible to watch without having your point of view challenged no matter which side of the issue you re on 
4
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Chris Knight
Your Mommy Kills Animals is an eye opener raising tough questions about whether the movement deserves such intense scrutiny and punishment by the government 
3
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Stephen Cole
It lets you off dizzy and confused whereas the best documentaries leave you feeling that you ve come to a settled perspective on a subject 
2.5
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Kam Williams
Couldn t have arrived at a more timely moment given the recent arrest of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on federal charges for hanging drowning electrocuting and beating dogs to death 
4
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Jim Hemphill
It s the best kind of documentary in that if you re a thinking person it is nearly impossible to watch the movie without having your point of view challenged and questioned 
4
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Stephen Whitty
The result admittedly is a bit of a din But it s certainly interesting 
3
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
What feels like a lack of propaganda makes the film all the more cogent intelligent and powerful 
3
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Linda Cook
What may be the finest documentary of the year also is the most difficult to watch I wept unashamedly at the brief videos of real life animal abuse in Your Mommy Kills Animals and you may too 
4
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Mike McGranaghan
Your Mommy Kills Animals is eye opening in the truest sense of the word I was riveted from start to finish This is one of the year s best films 
4
Your Mommy Kills Animals
David Nusair
a flawed yet remarkably even handed look at an extraordinarily contentious issue 
3
Wander Darkly
Michael Dequina
As the film spins its wheels on the question of what is real and isn t that gimmicky mystery overwhelms whatever interest Miller generates in her character s plight 
2
Wander Darkly
Leo Brady
Wander Darkly is a surreal romance a painful yet beautiful expression of what it means to be in love and what two people will do to achieve that connection 
3
Wander Darkly
Tom Meek
The plot keeps folding in on itself The answers might not be as sharp and smart as you d like but the disjointed trip there is worth the price of admission 
2.5
Wander Darkly
Steven Prokopy
Luna is genuinely great here playing variations of Matteo while Miller is great in everything 
2.5
Wander Darkly
Randy Myers
What makes you stick with this is the presence of Miller and Luna They keep us rooting for them even when the film strays too far 
2.5
Wander Darkly
Peter Canavese
Gimmicky ambitious exploration of trauma with a high degree of difficulty narrative that director Miele just about pulls off 
2.5
Wander Darkly
Anita Katz
Miller helps this emotionally complicated material to succeed She is willing to take Adrienne to dangerous and unlikable places and is believable as a possible ghost a shattered trauma survivor and a romantic heroine 
2.5
Wander Darkly
Mia Vicino
This confident directorial debut from Tara Miele is a psychological probe into the ways we reckon with trauma effectively blurring the malleable lines between reality and memory 
3
Wander Darkly
Paddy Mulholland
What could have been a profound study of grief and psychological trauma is diluted with needless structural and stylistic obfuscation 
1.5
Wander Darkly
Sheila O'Malley
A beautiful film 
3.5
Wander Darkly
Mark Dujsik
As for the truth of what s really happening in Wander Darkly it turns out to be a big manipulative cheat 
1.5
Wander Darkly
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The mise en scène is impressive but that doesn t make any of this pleasant to behold 
2
Wander Darkly
Joey Magidson
Wander Darkly has one of Sienna Miller s very best performances to date 
3
Wander Darkly
James Berardinelli
While I don t doubt that Miele s heart was in the right place when she wrote Wander Darkly the resolution feels false and manipulative 
2
Wander Darkly
Roger Moore
Sienna Miller and Diego Luna put on a clinic in screen chemistry in this melancholy puzzle picture romance 
2.5
Wander Darkly
Bob Strauss
For the most part it s confusing Watching it feels like too much work for too little reward 
2
Wander Darkly
Mike McGranaghan
The film lives up to its title wandering darkly from one maddeningly incoherent scene to the next 
1
Wander Darkly
Sean P. Means
Director Tara Miele and cinematographer Carolina Costa fashion a visually stunning film that captures the colorful Los Angeles settings and the quicksilver transitions in memory 
3.5
Khodorkovsky
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As Tuschi s film digs deeper it seems to offer less information Clearly many people have been and still are affected by this phantom of a subject This story is not over 
3
Khodorkovsky
Mick LaSalle
Khodorkovsky is a curious and admirable documentary the product of one filmmaker s inability to let go of a story 
3
Khodorkovsky
V.A. Musetto
The gripping documentary Khodor kovsky tells how Russia s richest man became its most famous political prisoner 
3
Red Sparrow
Brian Eggert
Most of Red Sparrow looks slick and somehow doesn t overstay its welcome even while being mostly forgettable 
2
Red Sparrow
Jason Fraley
If mother is up for the Razzies this weekend there s a chance that Red Sparrow will do the same next year 
2
Red Sparrow
Sarah Knight Adamson
This is not entertainment especially when the drawn out brutal scene goes on and on and on Way too gross and unnecessary 
2
Red Sparrow
Mattie Lucas
An exploitation film that thinks it s a social commentary but doesn t have the guts to just be one or the other 
2
Red Sparrow
Matt Brunson
Whereas a superior spy caper chooses to wear its danger on its sleeve this one is content to merely shove it into its jockstrap 
1.5
Red Sparrow
Joey Magidson
Lawrence may be above this but she still gives it her all 
2.5
Red Sparrow
John Serba
It s quite the emotional journey going from peering through our fingers to derisive chuckles 
2
Red Sparrow
Linda Cook
Red Sparrow flies into graphic violence smart script 
3.5
Red Sparrow
Walter Chaw
It ll attract a cult one it genuinely deserves for all the wrong reasons 
1
Red Sparrow
Rex Reed
There isn t much chemistry between the leads and their sex scenes don t sizzle but the fault lies with the dopey confusing script by Justin Haythe that fails to develop their characters with any depth or purpose 
2
Red Sparrow
Michael Smith
Lawrence looks like she s having fun playing spy vs spy but she s far too talented to waste her time on movies this mediocre 
2
Red Sparrow
David Nusair
it s finally impossible to label Red Sparrow as anything more than an overlong underwhelming thriller that s predominantly incongruously devoid of thriller attributes 
2
Red Sparrow
Stephen Rebello
Red Sparrow may not be as funny grabby tense or intelligent as it could have been Still it s a slick well appointed and surprisingly nasty piece of work for most of its 139 minute running time 
3
Red Sparrow
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
a graphic and brutal espionage tale a movie that isn t afraid of using sensitive themes or showing us the consequences of an intense torture Full review in Spanish 
3
Red Sparrow
Peter Canavese
A guy s fantasy of an empowered woman s story She s smart She s capable She s sexy She s nude She s degraded Wait 
2
Red Sparrow
Mike McGranaghan
Explicit and boundary pushing Engrossing for audience members unafraid of edginess 
3
Red Sparrow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Jennifer Lawrence s focused nakedly raw performance is sensational 
3
Red Sparrow
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No matter how many exotic hairstyles and makeup jobs Lawrence gets Red Sparrow does not have a breath of life in it 
2
Red Sparrow
Christian Toto
Expecting Atomic Blonde Russian Dressing You ll be disappointed and then pleased at what you see instead 
3
Red Sparrow
Phil Villarreal
A raw robust thriller of the sort that doesn t come around often enough 
3
Red Sparrow
Sonny Bunch
The perfect movie for our times retro in its sensibilities modern in its aesthetics with sex and violence to keep interest from waning in its ripped from the headlines subject 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Brad Wheeler
Red Sparrow is stylish and tense enough but the writing is run of the mill and the film lacks the soul of something like the Nikita movies 
2
Red Sparrow
Peter Travers
Lawrence reunites with her Hunger Games director for a sadistic sexed up Russian spy saga that is one long Nyet 
2
Red Sparrow
Peter Howell
Red Sparrow is a brutal muddled and dispiriting watch but it may inadvertently be one of the more accurate screen depictions of the messy world of espionage This is not a recommendation 
2
Red Sparrow
Rafer Guzman
Red Sparrow isn t trashy fun like Atomic Blonde and it certainly doesn t have the brains of a Tinker Tailor Solider Spy 
2
Red Sparrow
Calvin Wilson
Red Sparrow clearly aspires to be a spy thriller in the classic tradition all the elements are in place It s the execution that s woefully lacking 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Liz Braun
Red Sparrow isn t a good movie and that s too bad because you can see what it might have been The story has intrigue built into it in a way that probably made perfect sense on the page it just doesn t translate onto the big screen 
2
Red Sparrow
Maren Longbella
A roller coaster of twists and turns crosses and double crosses some of which strain belief but are entertaining in an Oh now I get it kind of way 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Mark Kennedy
There are gorgeous exteriors of Vienna Budapest London and lush hotel interiors The soundtrack is Tchaikovsky and Mozart It s like an extended ad for Chanel except for all the gore 
1
Red Sparrow
James Berardinelli
On balance Red Sparrow is a reasonable choice for those who don t mind a fair amount of graphic sex and violence mixed in with the spying back stabbing and double dealing expected from this genre 
3
Red Sparrow
Christy Lemire
Shocking and violent sequences become repetitive and gratuitous making Red Sparrow feel more like a cheap exercise in exploitation than a visceral tale of survival 
2
Red Sparrow
Brian Truitt
With Cold War tensions arising again in real life Red Sparrow feels of this time in a cool way but only Lawrence s spy is memorable in this so so operation 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Tom Russo
J Law s spy game feels genuinely unpredictable and not only as a career move 
3
Red Sparrow
Mark Dujsik
T he framing of the plot always keeps two central ideas in mind sex and power 
3
Red Sparrow
R Mitchell Miller
Even if you don t enjoy Red Sparrow in the same way the filmmakers intended it s a solid spy movie if you want an excuse to turn off your brain for two hours and 20 minutes 
3
Red Sparrow
Moira MacDonald
The movie s focus on sexual violence against Lawrence s character ultimately feels repellent 
2
Red Sparrow
Gary Thompson
Isn t there is a better way to dramatize female willpower I think so 
2
Red Sparrow
Stephanie Merry
Despite stylish direction by Francis Lawrence and hints of deeper themes about female agency in a world dominated by callous men the movie never really rises above pulp 
2
Red Sparrow
Michael Phillips
The cast excels at transcending its material The script by Justin Haythe matches Francis Lawrence s direction it s workmanlike and steady and pretty flat 
1.5
Red Sparrow
Mick LaSalle
What kicks it into a higher level is that it s a terrific vehicle for Jennifer Lawrence one of the few movie stars who deserves one who is a film star in the classic sense 
3.5
Red Sparrow
Sara Stewart
The film s unquestionable high point is Lawrence s character bellowing the accusing line in her Boris and Natasha accent You sent me to whore school 
1
Red Sparrow
Katie Walsh
The film is beautiful to look at but it s empty and meaningless The sensational images add up to a whole lot of provocation but there isn t a shred of substance to be found There s nothing empowering about this character or her story 
2
Red Sparrow
Mara Reinstein
Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton s chemistry is colder than Moscow in January 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Sean P. Means
Jennifer Lawrence overcomes the obstacles and makes out fine mixing steely drive and a hint of vulnerability to make Dominika intensely watchable even when the movie around her trudges on behind her 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Roger Moore
Lawrence plays this spy seductress as a largely unemotional poker faced Russian stoic It kind of works in this context 
2.5
Red Sparrow
Ed Gonzalez
There s a brisk efficiency with which Red Sparrow zig zags from plot point to plot point never giving fateful or conspicuous weight to all the breadcrumbs that point toward its long game 
2.5
Step Up to the Plate
Liam Lacey
A pleasurable if drama free portrait of French chef Michel Bras as he begins the handover of his three star Michelin restaurant to his son over the course of four seasons 
2.5
Step Up to the Plate
Linda Barnard
Lacoste threatens to lose his audience several times with the deliberate pacing of his doc which takes too long to get things to the table in most cases 
2
Step Up to the Plate
Chris Hewitt
A documentary about a painstaking and intellectual chef known for his elegant food who is passing his restaurant to the next generation even though it s clear he s not psychologically ready to do it 
3
Step Up to the Plate
Michael O'Sullivan
It s pretty delicious 
3
Step Up to the Plate
Wesley Morris
The second shot alone makes the ensuing 80 or so minutes even more enjoyable 
3
Step Up to the Plate
Gerald Peary
Sprinkle lime peelings onto milk white ingredients a verdant feast for the eye 
2.5
Step Up to the Plate
Farran Smith Nehme
The food preparation and the interactions in the immaculate gorgeous restaurant are so engrossing that sidebars about things like leisure time in the countryside feel extraneous 
3
Step Up to the Plate
Chuck Bowen
Paul Lacoste s almost purely observational approach allows him to come about as close to documenting the process of creation as anyone ever has 
3
El que se Enamora Pierde
Roger Moore
A tedious and tiresome traipse through romance Colombian style
1.5
The Starving Games
Wesley Lovell
Even a spoof fan has his limits and this one very closely approaches it 
0.5
The Starving Games
Dustin Putman
83 minutes of rancorous stereotyping lame bathroom gags and aimless often bafflingly outdated film references 
0
Dudes
Matt Brunson
A woefully miscast Jon Cryer is about as punk as a McDonald s Happy Meal 
1.5
Into Great Silence
Steven Snyder
By the final third of the documentary we evolve to a state of envy envious at their resolute commitment and their utter faith and even the most cynical atheist might find himself convinced that if anyone will find God it is these men 
4
Into Great Silence
Michele Kenner
Director Grning creates a trance like rhythm of visual and aural patterns ranging from the repetition of duties and behaviors to biblical quotations 
2.5
Into Great Silence
Carla Meyer
Grning shows us instead of telling us what this life entails Through this organic approach Into Great Silence allows the audience to experience at least for a few hours the same enviable sense of peace these men carry with them 
3.5
Into Great Silence
Larry Ratliff
The only place the camera doesn t go is the brewery That s where the monks bottle their world famous Chartreuse liqueur which sustains them financially 
3
Into Great Silence
Steven Rea
A transcendental piece of filmmaking 
3.5
Into Great Silence
Jeff Vice
Makes you wish director Groening would have kept the film to about 90 or 100 minutes A little time spent in the monastery is fine but nearly three hours is an endurance test 
2
Into Great Silence
Marc Savlov
At once eerie picaresque evocative and utterly alien to the reality most viewers inhabit Into Great Silence is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary dream 
3
Into Great Silence
Sean P. Means
After an hour or so you can appreciate Grning s meditative pacing but by the end of the second hour contemplation may be overwhelmed by an itch for a good car chase 
2.5
Into Great Silence
Jeanne Aufmuth
Moving impressionistic and worth slowing down for 
3.5
Into Great Silence
John Hartl
On a philosophical level Into Great Silence emphasizes the virtues of the ascetic life returning again and again to the idea of giving away all possessions in order to become a true disciple 
3.5
Into Great Silence
Jeff Strickler
Some viewers are likely to consider this nearly three hour nearly soundless documentary as a chance to catch up on their sleep 
2
Into Great Silence
Chris Hewitt
Watching Into Great Silence is like running a marathon or reading the dictionary worthwhile but you re glad to be done with it 
3
Into Great Silence
Michael Wilmington
Into Great Silence is a film of great spiritual intensity and haunting minimalism that enlarges your concepts of movies and of life 
3.5
Into Great Silence
Ty Burr
Have I got a movie for you Into Great Silence is a two hour and 40 minute documentary about monks and it is one of the transporting film experiences of this or any other year 
4
Into Great Silence
Walter V. Addiego
The silence captured in this documentary may be the most eloquent you ll ever hear 
4
Into Great Silence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Grning s extraordinary new documentary beautifully bucks the trend of so many recent documentaries 
3.5
Into Great Silence
V.A. Musetto
Groning then moved into the isolated centuries old monastery and for six months minus crew or artificial light recorded the monks daily routine The result is the seductive documentary Into Great Silence 
3
Into Great Silence
Kam Williams
A mesmerizing mood piece which steeps the viewer in the humbling stillness of monastic life thereby inducing reflection upon one s own relation to God versus the trappings of technology and the rampant materialism of modern society 
4
Into Great Silence
Ken Fox
Director Groning has made a startlingly beautiful virtually silent three hour documentary about monastic life that appeals primarily to the senses and has really very little to do with religious experience 
3.5
Into Great Silence
Bonnie Fazio
The film s pacing and its meditative almost hypnotic quality are completely in fulfillment of director Grning s intentions not at all a failure to engage Silence won t engage everyone but it achieves its purpose 
3
Into Great Silence
Peter Howell
Viewing Into Great Silence is meant to mimic the experience of living with the monks 
2.5
Into Great Silence
Stephen Cole
Though there are dozens of images here that you might want as a computer screen saver Into Great Silence does not add up to a valuable or engrossing documentary 
2
Into Great Silence
Keith Uhlich
A 162 minute journey into a cloistered world of ritualistic repetition always with the promise of revelation and transcendence 
4
Lowlife
Norman Gidney
Lowlife is one of the best films of the year so far It has a script that is sharp as hell great performances and direction that leads the entire circus with a deft command 
4
Lowlife
Sara Michelle Fetters
The climax is suitably violent and I honestly love the fact that Prows keeps the blood and gore to a minimum 
3
Lowlife
Nick Allen
A shallow exercise in nastiness contriving different ways that people can be cruel to each other 
2
Lowlife
Mike McGranaghan
Lowlife is such a wild ride that any cinema showing it might want to consider installing seat belts on their chairs Every second is electrifying 
3.5
This Is My Life
Roger Ebert
What s new about This is My Life is that it s an argument between the two points of view with the mother and her daughters each demanding their own rights There is humor in this approach and also some truth 
3
The Wolf House
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Could be the animated film of 2020 
3.5
The Wolf House
Anita Katz
It all adds up to a barely full length but singularly arresting film that establishes its creators as notable international talents and illustrates the possibilities and pleasures of non Hollywood adult geared animation 
3
The Wolf House
Matt Fagerholm
Its visual landscape is unlike any I ve experienced and though everything about it is aggressively repellant it still managed to hold me in a constant state of gobsmacked awe 
3.5
The Wolf House
Mark Dujsik
The film a meta allegory about a real life criminal cult wants us to see how it was made The results are equal parts fascinating hypnotic and unsettling 
3
The Wolf House
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film s animation leans into its most jerky artificial qualities all the better to enhance the atmosphere of bizarre unreality 
3.5
The Wolf House
Kathy Fennessy
La Casa Lobo is the kind of film that needs to be experienced because it s unlikely you ve ever seen anything like it before 
3
The Wolf House
Rene Sanchez
An unsettling and surrealist animated fable that digs into the past of a nation to heal some wounds that remain open Full Review in Spanish 
3
The Wolf House
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An elusive animated feature in stop motion that allows connections to be made with the children s stories of the Grimm Brothers and the surreal impulse of Jan Svankmajer 
2.5
$9.99
Betsy Sherman
Director Tatia Rosenthal s inspiration was to populate the proceedings with animated 3 D figures her cerebral darkly funny film is a feat of stop motion rumination 
3
$9.99
Sonny Bunch
9 99 is consistently amusing but rarely laugh out loud funny 
3
$9.99
Austin Kennedy
I m kind of getting tired of these grown up cartoons like WALTZ WITH BASHIR and PERSEPOLIS To me they kind of seem more focused on the gimmicks than the actual story 
2.5
$9.99
Calvin Wilson
9 99 may not be entirely successful from a dramatic perspective and it certainly offers little enlightenment about the meaning of life But the film is so intriguing in other ways that it s definitely worth a look 
3
$9.99
Chris Hewitt
9 99 doesn t make any big statements but Keret and director Tatia Rosenthal are obviously interested in how each of our lives affects the people around us and in the crazy things people do in an effort to connect with each other 
3
$9.99
Steven Rea
Using the medium of Wallace and Gromit and Gumby Israeli filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal turns her clay figures into real people in 9 99 a wise wistful study of hope and dread 
3.5
$9.99
Lisa Kennedy
It isn t always clear if the animation is integral to the movie or merely a way of sprucing up its more familiar tales of melancholy and yearning 
2.5
$9.99
Jeff Shannon
The stop motion animated world of 9 99 is a marvel to behold 
3.5
$9.99
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film becomes so emotionally involving that the style winds up calling little attention to itself and real characters emerge 
3.5
$9.99
Peter Hartlaub
It s an entertaining depressing and ultimately hopeful movie about the times we live in 
3
$9.99
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I m normally all for pushing boundaries and doing things a bit differently most of the time watching this I could help but feel like Keret and Rosenthal were being weird simply for the sake of being weird 
2
$9.99
Janice Page
A movie that entertains and enlightens without being preachy 
3
$9.99
Frederica Mathewes-Green
I was intrigued to learn what the filmmakers think the meaning of life is but the movie merely dances and alludes without coming right down to anything 
2
$9.99
Kyle Smith
Fans of deadpan comic fantasy writers like Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are likely to be intrigued by this lively little packet of weird then dive like a dolphin into Keret s loopy story volumes 
3
$9.99
Stephen Whitty
Director Rosenthal gives the entire production a lovely fine art look and a real feeling that we re looking at life as it s lived even if there are angels involved and everyone is made of modeling clay 
3
$9.99
Joseph Jon Lanthier
These narratives are little more than pleasantly off kilter sketches with confounding resolutions but director Tatia Rosenthal and writer Etgar Keret artfully present them as an interconnected crosscut network of neighborhood activity 
3
Stupid Boy
Chris Hewitt
The movie could also be called Uninteresting Boy or Stares Blankly Into the Distance in a Way That s Supposed to Look Pensive but Just Makes Him Look Like an Underwear Model Boy 
1
Stupid Boy
Wesley Morris
Garon Stupide is the rare piece of European sexual realism centered completely on a boy s awakening Young women have dominated the genre in the last 10 years especially in France So the film is a welcome though inferior changeup 
2.5
Stupid Boy
John Monaghan
Unfortunately just when you think Garcon Stupide is going somewhere Baier screws it up with a melodramatic climax and a political message 
2
Stupid Boy
David Elliott
Tall boyish Loic Pierre Chatagny is too much a statue even to be called stupid 
1.5
Stupid Boy
David Wiegand
Loc Pierre Chatagny is not only stupid he s dull and uninteresting as well as uninterested in the world around him 
1
Stupid Boy
Peter Debruge
Candor elevates the material from simply being a series of X rated exploits to a far more insightful story about how the path to manhood is paved with selfish mistakes some far more regrettable than others 
2.5
Stupid Boy
Laura Kelly
Baier offers a fresh narrative approach to spice his mildly pretentious but challenging drama set in Lausanne Switzerland 
2.5
Stupid Boy
Joey Guerra
Tender moments of grace and a mutual respect between the filmmaker and his subject shine through 
3
Stupid Boy
Ken Fox
Raw uncompromising and surprisingly explicit 
3
Stupid Boy
V.A. Musetto
Swiss director Lionel Baier s Garcon Stupide features the best gay seduction scene ever filmed on a Ferris wheel Unfortunately you have to sit through the entire movie to get to it 
1
Stupid Boy
Jan Stuart
Garcon Stupide is a seamless blending of fiction with the biographical truths of its riveting non professional star Pierre Chatagny who endows Loic with the incomparable gift of life in the process of being lived 
3
Stupid Boy
Jessica Reaves
Brooding beautiful and ultimately redemptive story of sex more sex and just maybe love 
3
Stupid Boy
Eric Henderson
The feature debut of Swiss director Lionel Baier puts a queer twist on the Mulveynian concept of cinema s male gaze 
2
Last of the Dogmen
Steve Rhodes
full of one cliche after another and it s extremely predictable Overall the problem in the movie is that it takes itself way too seriously 
1.5
Last of the Dogmen
Roger Ebert
Even if the movie could have been better deeper and more evocative it s pretty good just as it is 
3
One Day You'll Understand
Wesley Morris
Director Gitai works here from Jrme Clment s 2005 book about his mother He whips something rich and delicate out of the story s dramatic spareness 
3
One Day You'll Understand
Mick LaSalle
The intelligence and commitment of One Day You ll Understand can t be doubted but as drama the film barely registers 
2
One Day You'll Understand
Jessica Reaves
This is not a movie of big dramatic revelations in fact the notionally elusive truth is pretty obvious from the movie s outset which makes Victor s quest less about facts and more about principles 
3
One Day You'll Understand
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Israeli director Amos Gitai can be one of the world s most graceful and effective filmmakers but he s equally susceptible to ham fisted episodes and his new film is one of them 
2.5
One Day You'll Understand
V.A. Musetto
The film is to be seen for Moreau a French national treasure who gives a beautiful understated performance that transcends the derivative story 
3
One Day You'll Understand
Bill Weber
In under 20 minutes of screen time Jeanne Moreau supplies One Day You ll Understand with an otherwise absent emotional weight of reconciliation to the anguished history of WWII France 
2
One Day You'll Understand
David Nusair
46 46 46 Gitai apos s penchant for going off on head scratching tangents is certainly in full force here 46 
2
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Sarah Knight Adamson
It s great to see so many familiar characters as Rey explores the past and present of the Skywalker saga and the expanded universe with the surprise addition of The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda 
3.5
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Pamela Powell
The action and vivid animation is there to hold younger fans attentions even if they don t quite understand all the Star Wars references but it s those references and attention to visual detail that we adults will appreciate 
3.5
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Robert Levin
Parents looking to share their Star Wars love with their children should add this to the list It s not essential viewing for anyone else 
2.5
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Steven Prokopy
Director Ken Cunningham packs a great deal into this small package 
3
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Roger Moore
For any fan all these riffs on classic scenes and goofs on the repetitive formulaic nature of it all will sting just enough to be funny 
2.5
Joggers' Park
V.A. Musetto
A sappy and predictable soaper that lacks the quirky and lavish musical numbers that can make Bollywood movies so entertaining 
1
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough endeavor that opens with a fair degree of promise 46 46 46 
2
Star Witness
David Nusair
a mostly underwhelming drama 
2
The Living Wake
Ted Fry
In all it s a peculiar piece of absurdist entertainment that occupies a singular niche in American indie cinema 
3
The Living Wake
Janos Gereben
A small peculiar film with a big grating personality The Living Wake is like a party crasher at an intimate gathering momentarily intriguing and difficult to forget but mostly for the wrong reasons 
2
The Living Wake
Jay Antani
we get the sense that O Connell is having all the fun leaving the rest of us to suffer through the indulgences of this aggressively awful comedy
1
The Living Wake
Lou Lumenick
This is a terminally whimsical vanity project that would probably have been a chore to sit through even in its original intended format a 20 minute stage monologue 
1
The Living Wake
Andrew Schenker
So insistently irritating and so consistently lacking in laughs that Sol Tryon s alleged comedy quickly becomes an exercise in exhaustion 
1.5
The Royal
Mark Dujsik
There apos s 46 46 46 quite a bit that makes this story feel far more conventional than it actually is and less incisive 46 46 46 than it probably should be 46 
2.5
La Vie Nouvelle (A New Life)
Jeremy Heilman
Because the subject matter of the film is unremittingly bleak the majority of the pleasure for most viewers will likely be derived from decoding these beguiling visuals and the thrill of not knowing what Grandrieux will come up with next 
3
Rolling Papers
Christian Toto
Rolling Papers does the pro legalization movement few favors 
2
Rolling Papers
Robert Horton
A good surprisingly thoughtful documentary look at the aftermath of Colorado s legalization of marijuana 
3
Rolling Papers
Sheila O'Malley
Dickman s film reeks of pot smoke and un seriousness 
1.5
Rolling Papers
Evan Bush
Rolling Papers is an instructive and fun film that will keep you giggling high or straight 
2.5
Rolling Papers
Richard Roeper
On balance Rolling Papers is more about marijuana journalism than the big picture and as such it s a worthwhile endeavor 
3
Rolling Papers
Pat Padua
Rolling Papers is tailor made for viewers who inhale But those who don t and even some who do may not find all of its subjects equally compelling 
2
Rolling Papers
Clayton Dillard
It neither glorifies nor castigates pot usage letting consumers speak for themselves without the intrusion of an omnipresent voice 
3
Ocean Boy
Roger Moore
Awkward and ungainly 8212 as if made by someone determined to hit his life 8217 s real or fictional waypoints 44 to gloss up his own image while playing up the obstacles he had to overcome 44 but incapable of managing any of that particularly gracefully 46 
2
The Collection
Wesley Lovell
For all its foibles 44 The Collection is ultimately a slight improvement over its predecessor 46 
2
The Collection
Walter Chaw
A cheap loose remake of Aliens that substitutes rampaging hordes of xenomorphs with a gimp masked kung fu master 
1
The Collection
John Beifuss
Most of the rampant gore effects are too sloppy to be interesting 
1
The Collection
Brett Michel
Just buckets of the same old boring gore 
1
The Collection
Michael O'Sullivan
Dull and repetitive even by the standards of an already repetitive genre 
1.5
The Collection
Dustin Putman
A rare sequel that ably tops the original in just about every department 
2.5
The Collection
Mick LaSalle
There s a bad movie every week but it takes a special one to make you start anticipating the decline of Western civilization 
0
The Collection
Gary Thompson
Feels like old fashioned fun 
3
The Collection
Wesley Morris
The director Marcus Dunstan and his co writer Patrick Melton strike again 
2
The Collection
Chris Hewitt
Absent any real suspense or characters its sole purpose is inventive gore and I guess it deserves credit for achieving the low goal it set for itself 
1.5
The Collection
Matt Pais
The suspense free deeply unpleasant The Collection pummels and bloodies numerous base aspects of competent filmmaking and worthwhile moviegoing 
0
The Collection
Chris Cabin
Whereas the later Saw films were hampered by bloated backstory various ostentatious agendas and self satisfied sadism The Collection feels utterly unburdened by anything but its lean fleet footed plot 
3
Keys to Tulsa
Michael Dequina
A messy mix of soap opera film noir black comedy and social satire none of which is done very well 
0.5
Sweet and Lowdown
Liam Lacey
A shallow portrait of the artist as a cad 
2.5
Sweet and Lowdown
Steve Rhodes
Pleasant enough but not exactly compelling 
2.5
Sweet and Lowdown
Lou Lumenick
The movie has ample delights 
3
Sweet and Lowdown
James Berardinelli
An enjoyable diversion 
3
Sweet and Lowdown
Michael Dequina
There s a reason why sweet comes before lowdown in the title and Morton is it 
3
Sweet and Lowdown
Roger Ebert
Emmet Ray is a fictional character but so convincing in Woody Allen s Sweet and Lowdown that he seems like a real chapter of jazz history we somehow overlooked 
3.5
Sweet and Lowdown
Ross Anthony
I m not a big Woody Allen fan but this is a good one 
3
Sweet and Lowdown
Mike Clark
The jazz is certainly here but the passion is missing 
2
Cold Moon
Mike McGranaghan
A bit of a mixed bag Has several good jump scares and a few hard to ignore flaws 
2.5
Darfur Diaries
Kam Williams
An urgent call for the world community to do much more than merely observe this ever worsening humanitarian crisis as it continues to unfold 
4
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
Kam Williams
A warts and all bio pic which chronicles the life of a brash Renaissance Man who frustrated by racism in America abandoned the U S for France at an early age to pursue an assortment of artistic endeavors overseas 
4
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
Jeremiah Kipp
The 72 year old Melvin remains fascinating as an artist self promoter and success story 
3
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
Maitland McDonagh
offers a solid overview of the pioneering African American filmmaker s wide ranging career 
2.5
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
V.A. Musetto
enlightening doc 
3
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
Elizabeth Weitzman
Angio s film is an excellent introduction but it won t be long before you realize that his subject is too complex to be contained in a single admiring tribute 
2.5
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
Gene Seymour
Frisky enthralling and inspiring 
3
42nd Street
Roger Moore
It s the cast the banter and the backstage at a musical revue in rehearsal milieu that keep this picture fresh 
3
John and the Hole
Mitchell Beaupre
We all love a Lanthimos world 44 but Sisto 8217 s aesthetic here is pure imitation 44 all surface level without the insights and layers that Lanthimos brings to his odd table 46 
1.5
John and the Hole
Brian Eggert
A parable about how some children grow up too fast and others never grow up at all 
3
John and the Hole
Joe Friar
The cast is great and the premise is intriguing but the film stalls and never goes where it needs to 
2
John and the Hole
Tomris Laffly
It s exciting quietly volatile stuff that digs refreshingly deep into the fears of the coming of age genre 
3.5
John and the Hole
Jeff York
In his debut film Sisto examines the dysfunction of family and how such units can so easily fall into tedium miscommunication hostility and sociopathy 
4
John and the Hole
Randy Myers
Should you surrender as I did to its moody Grimm s Fairy Tales vibe you re in for a trippy and unsettling journey into the darkness of adolescence 
3
John and the Hole
Mark Dujsik
Nicolás Giacobone s screenplay plays everything so closely to its chest that the entire affair risks suffocation 
2
John and the Hole
Mike McGranaghan
A slower than necessary pace and one genuinely bizarre storytelling choice cause the message to get watered down 
2.5
John and the Hole
Leo Brady
It s a tortured and incredibly cold experience in every facet 
1.5
John and the Hole
Diego Semerene
John and the Hole is most impressive when it proceeds as a series of confounding and uncanny situations 
3
John and the Hole
Roger Moore
Director Sisto paints a pretty picture of a hole and never digs himself out of it 
1.5
John and the Hole
Rosalie Kicks
If you re a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos or Lynne Ramsay you ll probably enjoy this trip down the hole just be prepared you may not find your way out 
3.5
John and the Hole
Sean P. Means
If you can imagine Home Alone remade as a pretentious art house movie where Macaulay Culkin is playing both Kevin and the Wet Bandits simultaneously you get a sense of what s happening in John and the Hole 
2
Midnight Madness
Roger Ebert
It s a pleasant well meaning little comedy and it s obviously trying for the same kind of innocent sophomoric humor that was so charming in Junior High School But it just doesn t have the same magic 
1
Butcher Boys
Mike McGranaghan
A sloppy combination of borrowed ideas phony literary aspirations and uncomfortable misogyny 
1
100 Mile Rule
David Nusair
it s hard to really dislike a flick in which a beating is administered with a sack full of oranges 
3
100 Mile Rule
Steve Rhodes
Always quite funny and sometimes even a bit sinister 
3
Whether the Weather Is Fine
Chandler Levack
A surreal and moving portrait of a small village in the Philippines devastated by a typhoon and three people longing to escape 
4
Papi chulo
Nick Allen
Oh no Hollywood did it again 
1.5
Papi chulo
Rex Reed
The relationship between the sweet awkward and fragile Bomer and the tolerant bemused and underplayed Patiño is a thing of joy 
3
Papi chulo
Roger Moore
A mild mannered culture clash comedy that grows on you 
2.5
Papi chulo
Ed Gonzalez
A shrill and insipid spectacle of cross cultural communion but don t call it stupid as that would suggest that it doesn t know exactly what it s doing 
.5
Papi chulo
David Nusair
The end result is a better than expected dramedy that boasts a seriously striking lead performance 
3.5
A Night in Heaven
Roger Ebert
I ve rarely seen a movie with more interior evidence of compromise than A Night in Heaven 
1.5
Sharknado: The 4th Awakens
Peter Sobczynski
While fans of the series may get something out of the sequel there is nothing on display that could possibly sway naysayers 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Brian Eggert
Audiences are bound to fall for Segel 8217 s teddy bear sweetness and the genial way the characters manage to work out their problems 46 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Linda Cook
Don t even see this movie unless you ve seen the M Night Shyamalan film Signs And then see it only if you really like Signs Otherwise Jeff Who Lives at Home may not mean much to you 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Roger Moore
Jeff Who Lives at Home takes the Duplass Brothers art to a new deeper place Credit the cast or the characters tripping through well worn situations and relationships but this is far and away their best movie 
3.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Marty Mapes
Funny dialogue and an unpredictable arc from the Duplass brothers
2.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Sara Michelle Fetters
These guys have a knack for plumbing some pretty ugly depths of the human condition yet doing so in a way that feels intimate and real their work here showcasing that same sort of mystifying mojo 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Josh Larsen
quiet dreamy and full of possibility In fact the possibility of possibility is what the movie is all about 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Robert Levin
It s short of that essential added spectacle the visceral tumultuous event that really shakes up the characters and creates a journey worth taking 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Rob Thomas
The new movie by Jay and Mark Duplass is very sweet and funny seeming to meander aimlessly like its scruffy protagonist until we see it had a clear destination in mind all along 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Eric Melin
A low key comedy filled with excellent naturalistic performances It has more genuine sweetness than it does laugh out loud jokes 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Stephen Whitty
Jeff Who Lives at Home is the Duplass brothers best yet 
3.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Peter Travers
The funny touching and vital Jeff Who Lives at Home reaffirms your faith in Jay and Mark Duplass Their films hit you where you live 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Joe Williams
Jeff Who Lives at Home is a high wire act that could crash if the actors were out of sync but under this big top the never better Segel keeps everyone aloft 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
James Adams
It s boring 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Lou Lumenick
Generates quite a few laughs on the way to a surprisingly satisfying climax 
2.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Ann Hornaday
It s the modest mumblecore version of the seemingly perennial story of man children in the promised land 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Mark Dujsik
Entrenched in the lives of a quartet of characters who come across as fully formed human beings for a scant 80 minutes we can only wonder what more they could offer 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Dustin Putman
Unsuspectingly gentle and sublime 
3.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Mick LaSalle
It s a brilliant sleight of hand Nothing important seems to be happening and yet stuff keeps happening and the movie is always pushing forward 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Scott Bowles
Sarandon is worth leaving home for even if Jeff won t 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Moira MacDonald
Jeff Who Lives at Home has a meandering quality like its title that s oddly appealing you feel like you know these very regular looking people and slowly become invested in their dilemmas 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jon Niccum
It s a remarkably honest and funny movie that takes full advantage of these stars distinctive personas 
3.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
James Berardinelli
It feels incomplete and the ending is entirely too convenient We ve seen all of this before 
2.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Wesley Morris
A sitcom would set these events in motion and 22 minutes later have them solved This is a sitcom at four times the length 10 percent the amusement and triple the amount of nauseating photography 
1.5
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Steven Rea
The plausibility of the finale is open to question but the filmmaking duo s determination to take us there makes a nice kind of sense 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Linda Barnard
For both Segel and the Duplass brothers Jeff marks a turning point The actor comes into his own with a layered pleasing performance and the filmmakers behind The Puffy Chair Baghead and Cyrus move towards more commercial films 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Rene Rodriguez
A surprisingly sappy misfire from brothers Jay and Mark Duplass a hug it out touchy feely movie that succumbs to the maudlin sentimentality they had avoided in all their previous pictures 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Peter Keough
Maybe it s Segel s sad navet or the filmmakers inventiveness and metaphorical dexterity but even when the contrivance kicks in it seems like Jeff might have the right idea 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Chris Hewitt
There are good reasons for the shaggy dog plot and the tonal shifts but while you re getting used to the movie s odd rhythms there s plenty to like in its affectionate take on its flawed confused characters 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Matt Pais
The Duplass brothers start in the corner and never get out wrapping a weak idea around characters that spend too much time as Dopey and Grouchy 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Roger Ebert
A whimsical comedy very whimsical depending on the warmth of Segal and Sarandon the discontent of Helms and Greer 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Andrew Schenker
For the most part this is a boys will be boys movie that excuses everything its pair of protags do in the name of some sort of cosmic order 
2
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Christy Lemire
All of these comic actors find different sorts of laughs sadder truer ones by toning down some of their usual tendencies They re no less effective this way but the shift does provide an unexpected tone 
3
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
David Nusair
one of the most entertaining laugh out loud funny and unexpectedly touching efforts to come around in quite some time 
4
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Bill Chambers
Warm funny and wise 
3
Submerged
David Nusair
a huge step backwards for erstwhile action star Steven Seagal 
.5
Satan Hates You
Chuck Bowen
Satan Hates You is self conscious trash with occasional bite 
2
Colette
Jeff Mitchell
West and Knightley shine in the true story of he said she wrote 
3
Colette
Matt Brunson
An engaging and energetic biopic 
3
Colette
Lisa Jensen
The movie looks beautiful largely shot in old world Budapest and Knightly captures enough of Colette s spirit of adventure to encourage viewers to explore the rest of her story 
3
Colette
Joey Magidson
Knightley is as good as ever here It s a captivating role that stands tall among her career works 
3
Colette
Jeff Simon
Colette is so much savvier than I expected it to be that I can t help but wonder if in some way it s even better than it had a right to be Kudos to one and all I say 
3.5
Colette
Rubén Rosario
Colette s story teaches us that when it comes to guarding one s creative property love means never having to say sorry for moving on to greener pastures The film is dedicated to Glatzer and it s a fittingly genial tribute for an eclectic body of work 
3
Colette
Joe Friar
Colette s fight for independence becomes the driving force for the period piece which is even more relevant today as women continue to fight for their rights in the MeToo era 
4
Colette
James Berardinelli
This isn t Oscar worthy material but it s the kind of solid art house motion picture that was popular during the 1990s and whose occasional reappearance in the 2010s is always welcome 
3
Colette
Sara Michelle Fetters
Make no mistake Knightley is still the primary reason this film works as splendidly as it does She s spellbinding 
3.5
Colette
Allyson Johnson
Knightley s searing performance makes the stumbling script and filmmaking all the more confounding How could such naked and rich material get such a woefully mediocre touch 
2
Colette
Richard Roeper
Here s a movie with Keira Knightley that really does merit the sequel treatment 
3
Colette
Johnny Oleksinski
Westmoreland s Paris is scrumptiously decadent and seedy as Colette navigates the city s eclectic gossipy social scene 
3.5
Colette
Robert Daniels
Many of the film s best moments come at the expense of Colette with Willy reaping the benefits 
2
Colette
Mark Dujsik
In the end we want to know more about Colette especially after reading the text of the coda which summarizes the remainder of her life 
2.5
Colette
Peter Howell
Purists may cavil but only if they insist on overlooking the abundant charms of this handsomely decorated costumed and scored production which has more than a whiff of Merchant and Ivory films about it and also a good deal of self aware amusement 
3
Colette
Moira MacDonald
Here the focus is on Knightley who delivers some of her best work 
3
Colette
Peter Keough
Knightley not only brings to life a woman discovering new desires and needs and finding the strength to act on them but conveys the inner toil of the writer s creative process 
2.5
Colette
Mick LaSalle
Colette is smart conscientious and absorbing and gradually in its diligent way achieves a certain fascination 
3
Colette
Kristen Page-Kirby
As a tale about a woman whose life was defined by fire Colette lacks much of a spark 
2.5
Colette
Clayton Davis
With gorgeous sets and costumes in tow Colette is a pleasant though familiar work of cinema that makes the most of its moments 
3
Colette
Kent Turner
All around a class act 
3.5
Colette
Rex Reed
Don t just absorb it Let it absorb you like absinthe 
4
Colette
Nell Minow
Knightley gives one of her best performances as a girl with spirit and talent who becomes a woman with ferocity and a voice 
3
Colette
Kate Taylor
Colette is a satisfyingly conventional biopic about a highly unconventional woman 
3
Colette
David Nusair
a trying way too hard piece of work that doesn t work on any real palpable level 
1.5
Colette
Peter Goldberg
It s the film s concerted emphasis on Colette s ambivalent nature and desires that reveals her to be an artist just ahead of her time fighting against yet seduced by her present 
3
Spectres
Steve Rhodes
A heart warming mother daughter drama that s also a ghost story 
3
Fubar
Jason Anderson
A recent favourite at Sundance this white trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard s Pyromania 
4
Chasing Amy
David Nusair
46 46 46 a typically verbose endeavor that grows more and more involving as it progresses 46 46 46 
3
Chasing Amy
Steven Rea
With their matching hipster goatees and deadpan cynicism Affleck and Lee evince the easy rapport of old buds 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Dan Webster
Slowly like a latent teen pulled against his will into adulthood Kevin Smith is growing up But he s not growing quietly 
3
Chasing Amy
Gary Thompson
The movie reinforces his gift for dialogue but his ability to handle actors compose scenes or keep track of his own story is negligible 
2
Chasing Amy
John Hartl
Even when its young uncertain characters appear to be in danger of talking and whining themselves to death there s something genuine and charmingly naive about their attempts to make sense of their feelings 
3
Chasing Amy
David Sterritt
Although Smith s dialogue is often witty he still relies on blunt sexual humor to get his point across 
2
Chasing Amy
Stephen Hunter
Affleck and Lee have a great comic thing going on 
3
Chasing Amy
Dave Kehr
Chasing Amy is not yet a mature work Smith still needs a style to go with his sensibility but its yearning for maturity is palpable and touching 
3
Chasing Amy
Mark Caro
The performances are universally strong The goateed Affleck makes for a particularly sympathetic protagonist he has the looks and confidence of a lady killer but nagging befuddlement and vulnerability are rarely far from the surface 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Matt Noller
Chasing Amy suggests that Smith could do so much better if only he would push himself 
3
Chasing Amy
Jeanne Aufmuth
It is evident that Kevin Smith is maturing both as a writer and a human being 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Jeff Strickler
Smith is at his best when he s letting his movie be silly The more he chases significance the more Chasing Amy fails to find its way 
3
Chasing Amy
Margaret A. McGurk
It s a tribute to a smartly written script that the triangular relationships are played out in hip flip language but are not trivialized These characters may be wry rude and foul mouthed but they are grappling with honest human emotion 
3
Chasing Amy
James Kendrick
tackles issues and explores situations that many other filmmakers have shied away from
3.5
Chasing Amy
Rob Blackwelder
rivals a 1930s screwball comedy although the subject matter certainly does not 
3
Chasing Amy
Mike Clark
Smith s most provocative outing yet and certainly the toughest to forget 
2.5
Chasing Amy
Marty Mapes
The story is a refreshing twist on the standard romantic comedy but something about Kevin Smith s style leaves me feeling a little dirty 
3
Chasing Amy
Jeff Vice
It is surprisingly warm charming and even thoughful at times although the ending feels forced and the whole thing seems at least 10 minutes too long 
2.5
Chasing Amy
Mike McGranaghan
Many films try to explore the romantic and sexual dynamics between men and women Few do it as provocatively humorously or bravely as Chasing Amy 
4
Chasing Amy
Steve Rhodes
The film gets more mileage out of its setup than I thought possible 
3
Chasing Amy
Michael Dequina
Funny fearless and profoundly moving Never did I ever think I d come away from a Smith film with a lump in my throat 
4
Chasing Amy
Betsy Bozdech
Sharp insightful highly personal dramedy about relationships between lovers and friends 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Madeleine Williams
There s a decent plot and substantial characters in the mix as well There are a few times when the plot begins to meander as it wallows in its trivialities but soon it is back up and kicking 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Susan Stark
Often funny but ultimately wrenching
3
Chasing Amy
James Berardinelli
This movie is about something and the deeper we get into it the more we realize how emotionally on target the script is 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Roger Ebert
While the surface of his film sparkles with sharp ironic dialogue deeper issues are forming and Chasing Amy develops into a film of touching insights 
3.5
Chasing Amy
Edward Guthmann
Lacks insight and finesse and feels like a boldfaced Rorschach for Smith s own hang ups 
2
The Great Beauty
Craig D. Lindsey
Funny and sad poignant and profound elegant and elegiac ambitious and ambiguous The Great Beauty is one of the most utterly enjoyable movies I ve seen in years 
4
The Great Beauty
John Beifuss
The Great Beauty is certainly striking but too often what it s striking are poses 
3
The Great Beauty
Rob Thomas
Ah to be wealthy gorgeous and dead inside in Rome 
3.5
The Great Beauty
Scott Nash
2 hours and 20 minutes of my life that I ll never get back 
.5
The Great Beauty
Nathalie Atkinson
With inevitable debt to Fellini Sorrentino s nods as reverential as they are wry 
4
The Great Beauty
Josh Larsen
a sumptuous elegy 
3
The Great Beauty
Geoff Pevere
The Great Beauty is an utterly ravishing portrait of listless luxuriance a fantasy of decadent wealth and beauty that evokes Fellini s La Dolce Vita by way of Baz Luhrmann 
3.5
The Great Beauty
Duane Dudek
The intelligently observed and staggeringly beautiful Italian foreign language Oscar nominee is about life death and the search for the things that give meaning to both 
3.5
The Great Beauty
Peter Howell
A riotous film that finds depth clarity and refreshment in even the shallowest of pools 
3.5
The Great Beauty
Marty Mapes
Frenetic portrait of Rome s elite recalls La Dolce Vita and Ulysses
3.5
The Great Beauty
Michael Phillips
It s a beauty all right It s more a style show than a deep philosophical treatise but with surfaces this sleek and faces this interesting I ll take style over substance any day 
3.5
The Great Beauty
Matt Pais
A seductive woeful meditation on phony efforts and the challenge of living for the moment 
3
The Great Beauty
Peter Canavese
Plays at times like a more conventional less daring version of 1972 rsquo s Roma On its own merits Sorrentino rsquo s film ain rsquo t half bad but it rsquo s no Fellini picture 
2.5
The Great Beauty
John Hartl
At times it seems that every frame is a tribute to the Fellini classics of the early 1960s 
3
The Great Beauty
John Anderson
Sorrentino s juxtaposition of contemporary Roman indulgence and the Eternal City s place in history s imagination makes for a bittersweet epic in which a solitary character Jep stands in for the director and us and experiences an epiphany 
4
The Great Beauty
Robert Levin
The grand tradition of city symphonies films tailored to celebrate the mood and feeling of their urban settings lives on here 
3
The Great Beauty
Kyle Smith
There s an exhilarating sadness to it all that amounts to cinematic poetry 
3.5
The Great Beauty
Simon Abrams
While it is definitely Fellini esque it s also a crystallization of Sorrentino s own distinctive style 
4
The Great Beauty
Chuck Bowen
Paolo Sorrentino s film is really just a huge turn on that has the bad manners to go sour succumbing to its own self delusions of moral political grandeur 
2.5
Klimt
Ken Fox
Raoul Ruiz s absurdly overwrought phantasmagoria tries to recast the notorious Viennese artist s life as a kind of Divine Comedy Inferno 
2
Klimt
Leba Hertz
A good bio of any historical character has to have a compelling story whether evil or good Klimt appears to have had that story I sure would have liked to know what it was 
1
Klimt
Bob Strauss
Klimt is obviously not a dumb film but it is one big ol fruitcake of a movie 
2.5
Klimt
Geoff Pevere
Klimt comes across as a lovely but unfathomable object and an inadvertent case study in the argument for the ultimate integrity of Klimt s art 
2.5
Klimt
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Whatever its flaws may be and frankly they are legion Raoul Ruiz s latest film is a biopic that mixes and matches visual and narrative styles boldly wildly madly enough to invigorate the genre but not enough to save the movie 
2.5
Klimt
Pam Grady
A handsome film but no amount of superior art direction or glittering surface can obscure the rigor mortis that engulfs the drama 
2
Klimt
Bill Stamets
An easy viewing intro to a racy episode in art history 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Brian Eggert
Birds of Prey employs many of the same visual tricks as Suicide Squad such as cartoony onscreen titles to introduce its characters but Yan has more control over her film than Ayer did over his 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
David Gonzalez
Joker showed that DC is not afraid to take risks 46 Birds of Prey 40 and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn 41 continues that trend and pushes more boundaries 46 
3.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Max Weiss
Kinetic silly candy colored and hyperviolent Birds of Prey is a serious treat for fans of comic book films But it wouldn t work without the equal parts goofy hilarious and unhinged performance of its lead 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Wesley Lovell
This fantabulous emancipation is a feminist tour de force with strong performances a visually daring design and a lot of fun butt kicking action 
3.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Federico Furzan
It s a mess of a movie awfully edited and careless of its tone But Robbie steals the show and makes it bearable Full review in Spanish 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Doug Walker
It s always one step away from being amazing but the other steps they take are pretty entertaining 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
David Nusair
an often prototypically ineffective comic book adaptation 
1.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Blake Howard
In 2020 the tired comic book movie genre needs something wired like Birds of Prey It s a crude carnival ride violent colourful with subtle and not so subtle elevated empowerment moments 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
James Kendrick
starts off with great gusto and energy literally willing us to get onboard with its maniacal take comic book antiheroism before becoming something decidedly more conventional and even a bit sentimental
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Linda Cook
Birds of Prey soars with violent female empowerment 
4
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Matt Brunson
I know why the caged nerd sings 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Jeff Mitchell
Robbie taps into her inner psycho and delivers several stand up and cheer moments for Harley Quinn fans everywhere That s perfect for a 20 minute montage on YouTube 
1.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Walter Chaw
I gotta say though that for as long as they ve been waiting women deserve better than middling pandering stuff like Captain Marvel and now Birds Of Prey 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Mattie Lucas
A gleefully over the top candy colored comic book spectacle that finds a pleasing balance between character and action that puts it a cut above its superhero peers 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Richard Roeper
A bone cracking visual feast filled with screen popping sets and costumes enough hand to hand combat scenes to make Jason Statham seethe with envy and a fantastic ensemble cast 
3.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Josh Larsen
appears to have been made from rotten cotton candy 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Tom Meek
It s passable entertainment on the superhero level but another opportunity missed to revel in the zany gleeful madness of Harley 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Matthew Passantino
Birds of Prey doesn t entirely break new ground but its attitude and energy are appreciated when it s easy for movies of its kind to be so morose 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Rene Sanchez
As vibrant and colorful as a pyrotechnic spectacle Margot Robbie commands this emancipation story with charm strength and confidence Full Review in Spanish 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Luke Parker
The film strikes oil over and over again shaping a sharp narrative around a typically chained character and impressively grating a DCEU well that s felt tapped for years 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Johanna Schneller
I know it s pointless to review the film they didn t make But underneath this clangy pounding speedy thin energetic confetti shower of a movie is a collection of missed opportunities begging to be noticed 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Tom Russo
The title might trumpet Harley Quinn s emancipation but she again feels like a character trapped in a movie that s mediocre at best 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Mike McGranaghan
Here are 109 of the most unabashedly enjoyable minutes you ll have at the movies this year 
3.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Stephen Rebello
Birds of Prey is a fast and irreverent spit in the eye to the pomposity of the overblown superhero genre 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Steven Prokopy
This is a film that wants so desperately for us to believe it s edgy and twisted that it forgets to actually be edgy and twisted 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Michael Smith
You don t go to Birds of Prey looking for depth of meaning in women s continuing fight for equality with men You go for bad men being beaten senseless with a bit of style and a lot of glitter 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Robert Horton
Robbie s outlandish performance still dominates she s like Lucille Ball plopped into a Spandex nightmare mugging and wise cracking her way through the chaos Even when the movie loses focus she stays razor sharp 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Rosalie Kicks
Cathy Yan s film felt like a colorful piñata exploding sprinkles of awesomeness right before my eyes 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Christian Toto
Margot Robbie is unstoppable as Harley Quinn but the screenplay fails this DC Comics adaptation 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Jeff York
Perhaps the greatest sign of female empowerment is that they can now fight curse maim and kill as well as the boys do onscreen I m not sure what that says about our society but it sure makes for some nasty fun at the Cineplex 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A lean tightly choreographed film with gorgeous fight scenes 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Phil Villarreal
The wacky nearly too cute action comedy is crammed with scattershot efforts meant to entertain at all costs Its story makes no sense the narrative flow is disconnected and there s little plot and even less payoff 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s too bad that things devolve into the ordinary by the last act but until that happens we zig and zag in often pleasant ways 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Robert Daniels
It s a collage of glitter packed fun 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
James Berardinelli
Birds of Prey is a glorious hyperkinetic mess and although it never quite takes flight it at least holds the attention 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Mark Dujsik
Robbie and director Cathy Yan provide a devious manic energy whenever the movie lets Harley be herself and it all but disappears when the other characters appear 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Moira MacDonald
While I wished Robbie s performance might have had a teensy bit more abandon her Harley is perpetually putting on a show but felt perhaps too controlled she carries the movie with careless aplomb 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Peter Howell
Pig tailed and pitiless Harley was the best part of Suicide Squad which I liked by the way and this is her coming out party replete with exploding glitter bullets 
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Jocelyn Noveck
As portrayed by the effortlessly charismatic Margot Robbie Harley s always gonna be the most interesting person in the room or on the screen Grab your popcorn indeed 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Christy Lemire
By detailing the character s origin story and establishing her own franchise director Cathy Yan pulls off the tricky feat of blending elaborate action sequences with compelling character development 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a hypnotic whirligig of funhouse delights and amusement park thrills all of it imbued with a punk rock sensibility that s a serious kick in the pants 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Chris Barsanti
Birds of Prey feels at times less like its own story and more like a trailer for what s coming next 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Roger Moore
It s a little too close to Suicide Squad in one all important regard Take away Harley Quinn and you ve got no movie 
2
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Sean P. Means
Even when the plot his a few sour notes Robbie concocts a winning performance out of the hammer swinging anti hero 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Karen M. Peterson
violent brutal unrelenting And yet it is colorful and bright a celebration of girl power 
3.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Johnny Oleksinski
Birds of Prey moves at a breakneck pace with a dry totally unsentimental sense of humor and it never gets caught up in cliched morals or weighty lessons 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Catherine Springer
Birds of Prey is no joke it s a kick ass manifesto to an unspoken feminism
2.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Peter Canavese
Practically dares its audience to make the mistake of taking it seriously and yet it s a bizarrely uplifting story of credibly tough women survivors all supporting each other to vanquish a sneering preening abuser whose time s up 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Katie Walsh
Yan has delivered a riotous rodeo that is Kill Bill meets Coffy It s a tribute to cutest kookiest clown in the comics and a perfect distillation of her character sweet sour and sassy in all the right ways 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Rafer Guzman
Birds of Prey barely ever gets off the ground 
1.5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Mick LaSalle
Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is more than horrible It should not exist 
0
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Brandon Katz
At no point is the film ever uninteresting and its ambitiously gonzo fluidity is much preferred to the mindless Macguffin based quests at the center of many superhero flicks from both studios 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Brian Truitt
The latest DC superhero movie isn t quite a solo jam for Harley nor has she gone straight but it is an entertaining lark that introduces a few good women and four letter curse words into the canon of Superman and Batman 
3
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Joey Magidson
Birds of Prey is colorful and ridiculous mostly to its benefit Robbie and Winstead stand out in a cast that sometimes feels like they re each in a different movie 
3
The Season of Men
Harvey S. Karten
An often heartbreaking story of the plight of frustrated women in the traditional society of Tunisia 
3
Full Frontal
Judith Egerton
Soderbergh s movie likely will appeal more to filmmakers than filmgoers 
2
Full Frontal
Michael Dequina
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2
Full Frontal
David Nusair
Soderbergh has essentially gone full circle and made his artiest flick yet Trouble is it s just not terribly interesting 
2
Full Frontal
Ian Mantgani
I sort of enjoyed it but the movie plays amateurish and doesn t tell us anything new 
2.5
Full Frontal
Margaret A. McGurk
The story is so unmoored and the characters so ill defined that the overall effect is vacuous 
1.5
Full Frontal
David N. Butterworth
Soderbergh should be ashamed of himself for trying to pass this off as entertainment 
1.5
Full Frontal
James Kendrick
a pretentious shapeless often boring jumble of a film that is pretending to be a spontaneous improvised work of art made against the mainstream Hollywood machine 
1.5
Full Frontal
Jeff Vice
Given how heavy handed and portent heavy it is this could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done 
1.5
Full Frontal
Frank Ochieng
If Soderbergh wanted to expose the business up close and personal with the sincere simplicity of a mere camera lens then couldn t he have accomplished this feat without the sledgehammer direction of a labored and obvious spoof 
2
Full Frontal
Steven Snyder
Maybe it s the star power of the cast or the redundant messages but something aboul Full Frontal seems well contrived 
2
Full Frontal
Jeremy Heilman
It s as difficult to imagine someone who will find nothing to like in Full Frontal as it is to conceive of someone who can embrace everything it offers 
2
Full Frontal
Dustin Putman
Penetratingly draws us in to this passing snapshot of just a few of the many unsatisfying lives in Tinseltown 
3
Full Frontal
Jami Bernard
When improv is done well it sheds a unique light on the human condition When it is done adequately as it is in Full Frontal it simply makes you long for a good script and pricey production values 
2
Full Frontal
Rob Blackwelder
most satisfying of all is realizing Soderbergh has a sense of humor about himself and knows this movie will be loved by some and loathed by others 
3
Full Frontal
Joe Leydon
A movie that s much more interesting to read about and speculate about than to actually see 
.5
Full Frontal
Claudia Puig
See this movie for its humor and talented cast and you won t be disappointed 
3
Full Frontal
Laura Kelly
Soderbergh s newest film isn t for everyone but Soderbergh acolytes will likely pay their respects and come away pleased 
3
Full Frontal
Moira MacDonald
Those who enjoy experiment may be happy here director Steven Soderbergh even at his most mystifying is rarely dull some of the performances are terrific and the movie s likely to fuel some intriguing late night debates Watch your step though 
2.5
Full Frontal
Mick LaSalle
Think of the picture as 107 entertaining minutes from a very smart director who has decided to come out and play 
3
Full Frontal
David Elliott
So much facile technique such cute ideas so little movie 
1
Full Frontal
Joe Baltake
There s a blissful confusion about Full Frontal the new film by Steven Soderbergh that you ll either hate or love There s no in between here 
3.5
Full Frontal
John Anderson
Audiences are going to be irritated if not simply befuddled by the film although it is not a movie to be easily dismissed and certainly not for lack of ideas 
2.5
Full Frontal
Susan Stark
Cineasts will revel in those visual in jokes as in the film s verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein s bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of Denmark s Dogma movement 
2
Full Frontal
Terry Lawson
It is initially confusing willfully so and Soderbergh takes obvious delight in teasing the viewer and upsetting his or her preconceptions breaking down the wavery wall between movies and real life 
4
Full Frontal
Steven Rosen
The video work is so grainy and rough so dependent on being naturalistic rather than carefully lit and set up that it s exhausting to watch 
2.5
Full Frontal
Glenn Whipp
The movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue but there s just not much lurking below its abstract surface 
2.5
Full Frontal
Wesley Morris
Despite the complicated trappings a film within a film within a film shot both on film and video Full Frontal is mostly a pedestrian look at sex race and desperation in the movie business 
2
Full Frontal
Ed Gonzalez
An inscrutable experiment too fixated with its own self reflexivity to ever be about anything in particular 
1.5
Full Frontal
Jeffrey Westhoff
An entertaining often amusing exercise made to look more artistic and intellectual than it really is 
3
Full Frontal
Lou Lumenick
Like the calculatingly misleading title and most of Full Frontal it s little more than a tease a private joke by a director winging it between more important jobs 
2
Full Frontal
David Sterritt
Often likable but just as often it s meandering low on energy and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old fashioned storytelling would come in handy 
2
Full Frontal
Roger Ebert
A film so amateurish that only the professionalism of some of the actors makes it watchable 
1.5
Full Frontal
Rick Groen
Boasting a title saturated in irony Full Frontal is about as oblique as a picture gets 
2.5
Full Frontal
Phil Villarreal
Full Frontal is the antidote for Soderbergh fans who think he s gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000
4
Full Frontal
Chris Hewitt
My feeling about Full Frontal is that I would rather have been told about it than seen it 
2.5
Full Frontal
Carrie Rickey
A clever conceit that works in some sequences mostly those involving Keener and less well in others mostly those involving Roberts and Underwood 
2.5
Full Frontal
Duane Dudek
Like the proverbial emperor Full Frontal has no clothes 
2
Full Frontal
Josh Larsen
It s a letdown to see the eclectic Soderbergh repeating himself especially when it s not an encore of his best work 
2.5
Full Frontal
Glenn Lovell
If Soderbergh s name weren t attached to this project I d swear it was by some recent film school grad who hadn t progressed beyond Navel Gazing 101 
2
Full Frontal
Pam Grady
Technically flawed and poorly written 
1.5
Full Frontal
Rene Rodriguez
What s surprising about Full Frontal is that despite its overt self awareness parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you 
2.5
Full Frontal
Lawrence Toppman
An impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo philosophic twaddle 
1.5
Full Frontal
Mary F. Pols
Meaningless infantile and grotesquely self indulgent 
1
Full Frontal
Michael Wilmington
A weird little movie that s amusing enough while you watch it offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L A s show biz and media subcultures But it doesn t leave you with much 
2.5
Full Frontal
James Berardinelli
Even those who are used to art house films will likely be underwhelmed by the bareness of Full Frontal s menu 
2.5
Full Frontal
Steve Rhodes
One of the worst movies of the year Watching it was painful 
.5
Full Frontal
Jeanne Aufmuth
Fraught with character confusion but ultimately worth the effort 
3
Time Regained
Michael Dequina
The stream of consciousness structure effectively captures a mind lost in thought what it doesn t effectively create however is drama 
2.5
Time Regained
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Inventive and astounding 
3.5
Time Regained
Roger Ebert
Time Regained does not tell a story and you will be disappointed if you go looking for one It is not about memories but memory Yours mine Proust s Memory makes us human 
3.5
Lost in Beijing
G. Allen Johnson
Begins with a wild coincidence and goes rapidly downhill from there becoming one of the most unintentionally hilarious tragedies in quite some time 
1
Lost in Beijing
Jeff Shannon
Too serious for comedy and too improbable to achieve much impact as social melodrama it works best as a showcase for its actors all of whom bring more depth to the material than it achieves on its own 
2.5
Lost in Beijing
Kam Williams
As messy a dysfunctional relationship drama as you could hope to witness on screen How do you say Jerry Springer in Mandarin 
4
Lost in Beijing
V.A. Musetto
The sex is sufficient if you care the acting is good and the shots of Beijing s streets and highways are interesting But the story is contrived 
2
Lost in Beijing
Jack Mathews
When a rapist Tony Leung is the second most sympathetic character in a story about greed duplicity and adultery among four people it needs a more forgiving audience than me 
2.5
Lost in Beijing
John Anderson
It s a funny film a parable of sorts and a character driven take on what s ticking in China 
3
Lost in Beijing
Fernando F. Croce
Last year s unwanted pregnancy sweepstake continues with Lost in Beijing Li Yu s soap operatic drama set in China s bustling capital 
2
Skateland
Eric Melin
It treads well worn territory Shiloh Fernandez is pretty inert in the lead role and Ashley Greene doesn t have that much to do 
1.5
Skateland
Amy Biancolli
Like so many other films set in the Reagan era Anthony Burns directorial debut fails to acknowledge the lingering and pervasive angst that shaped anyone growing up in the late Cold War 
2
Skateland
Lou Lumenick
Indifferently acted written and directed the oft soporific Skateland is beautifully photographed and boasts a greatest hits soundtrack as well as some spot on art direction 
1.5
Skateland
Robert Levin
This is familiar narrative terrain of course But it s affectionately re worked in Burns atmospheric rendition 
3
Skateland
Dustin Putman
Paints a detailed believable glimpse of the 1980s and has an impressively extensive soundtrack of decade specific tunes to go with it 
2.5
Skateland
Andrew Schenker
The film is awash in shallow cultural references from its wall to wall period tunes to its overemphasized pop culture minutiae 
1.5
Widow of Silence
Matt Fagerholm
The final four minutes turn what was already a fine picture into an unforgettable one affirming Morchhale s status as one of the most exciting figures of the Indian new wave 
3
Widow of Silence
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Praveen Morchhale portrays a series of very real overlapping purgatories in Widow of Silence 
3
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Emanuel Levy
Tim McCanlies charming feature directorial debut evokes the spirit of Capra s Depression comedies and Thornton Wilder s Our Town without the nostalgia or sentimentality of those works 
3
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Dustin Putman
By no means an earth shattering important film but it is quiet and entertaining 
2.5
Bring It On
Betsy Bozdech
Dunst was born to play Torrance a perky sunshiny girl who s basically cheerleading incarnate 
3
Bring It On
Betsy Bozdech
It s fluffy it s predictable and it s more than a little bit gratuitous but Bring It On is also fun and pretty clever for a movie about high school cheerleading 
3
Bring It On
David Nusair
the movie coasts along on a surprisingly clever script and sure handed direction 
3
Bring It On
Jeanne Aufmuth
The dancing is well choreographed but the story would have better succeeded in choosing an angle or two and sticking with it 
2
Bring It On
Margaret A. McGurk
Not about anything unless you count obsessive shots of nubile scantily clad bodies in motion 
1.5
Bring It On
Kevin Courrier
Who would have thought that a film about competing cheerleading squads would turn out to be the one very pleasant surprise in this very dismal summer season of moviegoing 
3
Bring It On
Bill Chambers
Bring it On has its heart in the right place but its brain in the wrong one 
2.5
Bring It On
Andrew Howe
An agreeable diversion unsullied by undue depth or hidden meaning 
3
Bring It On
Jorge Avila Andrade
Triunfos Robados presenta dilogos absurdos y una alta dosis de sensiblera que fastidia desde la primera media hora de exhibicin
1.5
Bring It On
James Kendrick
For a teen comedy Bring It On is surprisingly aware of class issues and doesn t mind putting them up front
3
Bring It On
Dustin Putman
A bubbly little comedic gem and unexpectedly sharp witted to boot 
3
Bring It On
Greg Dean Schmitz
Probably the best high school comedy this year so far 
3
Bring It On
Elias Savada
Bring It On is a forgettable hackneyed effort a presumptuous feel good movie that is a bubble headed mess 
1.5
Bring It On
Roger Ebert
We get a strange mutant beast half Nickelodeon movie half R rated comedy It s like kids with potty mouth playing grownup 
2
Bring It On
Rob Blackwelder
The predictability is balanced by an anything goes sense of humor and entertaining characters played by watchable stars 
2.5
Bring It On
Peter Stack
Truly lame dialogue 
1
Bring It On
Ross Anthony
Hurrah for this little film it s a good time
2.5
Bring It On
Shay Casey
The film earns a lot of good will because of its enthusiastic cast impressive choreography and remarkably fast pace 
2.5
Bring It On
Ian Mantgani
Who cares about cheerleading The movie obviously doesn t 
2
Bring It On
Bob Bloom
Just a silly formulaic movie with stock characters who are pretty to ogle 
1.5
Bring It On
Pam Grady
Even those curmudgeons who wiled away homecoming assemblies smoking in the bathroom may find themselves seduced by Bring It On s bubbly buoyant brio 
3
Alice Fades Away
Roger Moore
For a 76 minute thriller it wastes a helluva lot of time 
1.5
Running Mates
David Nusair
comes off looking like a recruitment advertisement for idealism 
.5
Don't Leave Home
Joe Friar
A creepy supernatural thriller that reminds me of Rod Serling s early 70s television horror series Night Gallery 
3
Don't Leave Home
Chad Jones
A mild mannered Irish set drama that never quite manages to be scary or exciting 
2
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Mattie Lucas
A film and a life worth cheering for that will send audiences out of the theater on a cloud whistling her iconic tunes grinning from ear to ear 
3.5
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Moira MacDonald
There s more than stage talk in Dori Berinstein s documentary Hiding within it is a remarkable moving love story 
3
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Lou Lumenick
There s little sense of the Carol Channing beneath the overdone makeup if there is one except maybe to celebrate her fourth marriage to a high school classmate who died recently 
1.5
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Leba Hertz
Captures the essence of Carol as one of those creatures of the theater that when you see her onstage you know you ve seen something special 
4
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Rex Reed
Let s hope Dolly finds her way back to center stage and never goes away again 
3
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Bill Weber
A bubbly 90 year old mascot from the golden days of the American musical this doc s subject is certainly larger than the conventional testimonial treatment she s given 
2
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Kent Turner
Stalwartly upbeat
3
The Addams Family
Matt Brunson
They re creepy kooky mysterious spooky and all together ooky They re not bland toothless cuddly or conformist Yet as reimagined for this new animated effort they re about as edgy as Strawberry Shortcake or The Care Bears 
2
The Addams Family
Kevin A. Ranson
seeing the caricatures of Charles Addams brought to life in all their beautiful nonconformity is a wonderful nightmare come true even if slightly hamstrung for less gothic audiences 
3
The Addams Family
Mike McGranaghan
The Addams Family essentially does what it sets out to namely provide offbeat fun and introduce the clan to a new generation 
3
The Addams Family
James Berardinelli
With sledgehammer subtlety it transforms the antics of the titular clan into a tract for political correctness 
2
The Addams Family
Brad Wheeler
The film s writing is unambitious there s little to cause adults to smile knowingly 
2
The Addams Family
Tom Russo
You can tell from all the oddball minutiae how the filmmakers are striving for fun worthy of the Addams Family legacy But this incarnation just isn t the scream that it could be 
2
The Addams Family
Steven Prokopy
The Addams Family might be your best bet with the approaching Halloween season in terms of truly capturing the holiday in all its gaudy glory 
3
The Addams Family
Barry Paris
I can t help feeling and saying that the 1991 live action version was better and much funnier 
2.5
The Addams Family
Katie Walsh
The appeal of this Addams Family which doesn t break the mold is simply to spend some more time in this gently spooky world a gateway for budding creepsters and goths 
2.5
The Addams Family
Nell Minow
Even children will understand that the theme of encouraging individual expression would be more compelling if the storyline wasn t so resolutely dull 
2
The Addams Family
Josh Terry
It s more creepy and macabre than your usual family flick but The Addams Family is a lot more fun than frightening 
3
The Addams Family
Roger Moore
Daft But not nearly daft enough 
2
The Addams Family
Richard Roeper
As quickly as Thing can snap its fingers we ll soon forget our visit with this version of The Addams Family 
2
The Addams Family
Peter Howell
All this talent but an empty crypt of a committee written script which goes in mainly for cornball one liners and sight gags working the eternal Halloween conceit of the Addams saga 
2
The Addams Family
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers unintentionally limit the potential of The Addams Family trying to fit an amusing deranged and freewheeling comedy into a set formula 
2.5
The Addams Family
Derek Smith
Until the finale the film tirelessly hammers home the importance of being true to yourself yet its ultimate resolution one of relatively uneasy compromise confuses even that simple point 
1.5
The Addams Family
Johnny Oleksinski
Nothing more than toddler fodder It s so sweet the Addams clan would burn it in a bonfire 
1.5
The Addams Family
Soren Andersen
There s a sugary sweetness about it that makes it seem rather more warm and fuzzy than what we normally associate with the macabre essence of all things Addams 
2.5
The Addams Family
G. Allen Johnson
What s surprising is how low energy this version is 
1
Uncut Gems
Brian Eggert
Uncut Gems may feel like pure chaos shot into the viewer s brain but it only seems that way from the countless number of reversals switches setbacks and impulsive choices that befall its protagonist 
4
Uncut Gems
John Beifuss
Dizzying in its overlapping talk talk talk incessant ambient din and translucent set design glass is everywhere the movie seems to radiate energy heat light and pressure it crushes scenes into diamonds 
4
Uncut Gems
Linda Cook
Sandler is Oscar worthy in raw Uncut Gems 
4
Uncut Gems
Alan French
The things that make Sandler so damn likable are on display and you empathize with a man who is the textbook definition of unlikable Sandler s revving on all engines 
3.5
Uncut Gems
Matt Brunson
I m not on the Give Adam Sandler an Oscar nomination bandwagon I ve easily seen at least five leading male performances more varied and more interesting but he s certainly up to the task presented to him by the Safdies 
3
Uncut Gems
David Nusair
Uncut Gems episodic structure paves the way for an exceedingly erratic midsection that s rarely as engrossing and tense as one might ve anticipated 
2
Uncut Gems
Pamela Powell
Adam Sandler brilliantly creates Ratner pushing his own boundaries and exhausting us as we watch He s crude His language is as offensive as his actions but there is a reality to him that is not only intriguing but engaging 
3
Uncut Gems
Kevin A. Ranson
an endurance test foreshadowing the final five minutes of the film while observant viewers won t be too surprised by the plot they might be by the performance 
3
Uncut Gems
Robert Horton
One of the great talents of the Safdies is to show you New York from the inside With their films you always feel like you re getting the worm s eye view an underground tour of where stuff actually happens 
3.5
Uncut Gems
Steven Prokopy
To say that Sandler has never been better doesn t quite explain what he s accomplished in Uncut Gems 
3.5
Uncut Gems
Michael Smith
It s one of the year s most annoying movies 
1.5
Uncut Gems
Maria Sciullo
He s Sandler the center stone in an exciting chaos of a story that grabs your attention and refuses to let go 
4
Mark Lombardi - Death Defying Acts of Art and Conspiracy
Kalvin Henely
Feels like one of those thin audio visual supplements on an artist that you casually view as you browse a gallery show 
1.5
Alag
Namrata Joshi
Alag could have been like Edward Scissorhands a poignant exploration of what it means to be a freak in an uncaring world But it turns out to be just another logic defying weepie 
1
Cry of the Banshee
Matt Brunson
Lacking the style and the smarts of the similar Witchfinder General this unpleasant outing merely vacillates between silliness and sadism 
2
Malice@Doll
David Nusair
the film manages to confound on virtually every level 
1.5
The Trotsky
Mike Scott
If Norma Rae and Ferris Bueller s Day Off had a child you ve got to think it would probably be a lot like The Trotsky a smart if overlong indie teen comedy 
2.5
The Trotsky
Stephen Cole
Fitfully charming and sitcom cute 
3
The Trotsky
Linda Barnard
Tierny s script is smart and funny although some of the jokes are likely over the heads of a teen audience who may not be up on their Russian revolutionary lore 
3.5
Starsky & Hutch
Matt Brunson
A hit and miss adaptation of the popular TV series 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Kam Williams
Cartoonish but clever with the bulk of the fun coming when Wilson s wry wit meets Stiller s impatient officiousness head on Sophomoric yet probably the best of the recent TV retreads 
4
Starsky & Hutch
Willie Waffle
If you never saw the TV show you ll still laugh 
4
Starsky & Hutch
James Verniere
The film takes a bad but beloved 1970s TV series and transforms it into an experience of almost transcendent silliness 
3
Starsky & Hutch
David Keyes
the movie doesn t take any of its material seriously a big plus and the alertness of the characters usually results in some scenes of hilarious comic value 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
David N. Butterworth
Any resemblance between the original and fun 1970 s TV series and this in name only Todd Phillips s dud is entirely accidental 
1.5
Starsky & Hutch
Tony Toscano
Starsky and Hutch did what it set out to do make me laugh 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Jonathan R. Perry
Something we seldom expect or get in the creatively bankrupt trend of adapting moldy old TV shows for the big screen funny 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Linda Cook
This is a gentle nod to the television series 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Lisa Kennedy
There is a comic book devouring Playboy stashing adolescent male heart thumping rather sweetly at the core of this homage spoof 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Mike McGranaghan
I m not sure that it would make me want to go back and re watch old episodes of the show but that s all right The show was then the movie is now And the movie is good 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Marty Mapes
For what it is Starsky Hutch is a big success
3
Starsky & Hutch
Frank Ochieng
captures the quirky spirit of its original televised counterpart spunky and spry a groovy escapist piece of entertainment that hits more than it misses
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
James Kendrick
never quite as good as you d wish it would be although there are a couple of scenes that are real gems
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The laughs keep coming thanks to three clever comic performances by Will Ferrell Owen Wilson and Snoop Dogg 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Kelly Borgeson
Thanks to its able cast and better than expected writing Starsky Hutch ends up being a pretty fun ride 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Nick Rogers
More about humor and hero worship than plot which is fine and the movie ambles along mostly at a moderate pace both a laid back blessing and its too lazy curse 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Josh Gilchrist
This film benefits from a cool and breezy style forcing some of the jokes but succeeding more often than not 
3
Starsky & Hutch
John Beifuss
The director doesn t even pretend to introduce a romantic subplot Why should he when the central love story is that of Starsky and Hutch 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Kevin A. Ranson
anyone can see the only thing the film has to do with Starsky Hutch is the car and the car should have had top billing too 
1
Starsky & Hutch
Jon Niccum
It s a sloppy batch of seen it before setups and spotty punchlines that never settles on whether to be a parody or an homage 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Jim Shelby
The zany buddy picture chemistry of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson works wonderfully 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Dustin Putman
The majority of the humor falls flat the pacing holds no true momentum and passing entertainment value turns to frustration before the first hour is up 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Ross Anthony
While it s never plain bad the film is not really plain good and very seldom plain funny Mildly amusing fits 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Emily Blunt
Starsky Hutch is super sized hilarity Stiller and Wilson style Vince Vaughn reeks of Aqua Velva and Polyester yet is still eveil sexy 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Mark Rahner
Apart from wardrobe and hair the two heroes completely miss the spirit that made the original spark 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Mick LaSalle
Starsky Hutch is funny throughout but with a handful of really hilarious moments of a kind that most comedies just don t deliver 
3
Starsky & Hutch
David Elliott
Viewing Starsky Hutch is embarrassing like watching Hollywood eat a cadaver in order to stay alive 
0
Starsky & Hutch
Joe Baltake
All in all the film has a certain authenticity capturing the spirit of the series 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Timothy Knight
Starsky and Hutch is a rarity a big screen parody of an old television series that s actually pretty good 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Jonathan Foreman
Probably the most enjoyable Hollywood update of a decades old TV series since the first Brady Bunch movie 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Jack Mathews
This S H is only as funny as you can imagine Stiller and Wilson being For me that s pretty funny 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Chris Knight
The humour doesn t flow naturally from either the plot or the setting the best gags are the ones that are just tossed into the picture and would be at home anywhere 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Rene Rodriguez
The worst thing about Starsky Hutch is how devoid of actual jokes the movie is It s all premise no substance 
1
Starsky & Hutch
Bob Strauss
Starsky Hutch the movie has no weight or purpose But it takes its triviality seriously enough to make it feel fresh 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Dan Lybarger
For every solid rib tickler there are about three bits that make the film s brief running time seem a lot longer 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Liam Lacey
Although Starsky Hutch is a movie without a sincere moment somehow it never seems cynical 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Terry Lawson
A movie that manages to capture the swinging 70s vibe while effectively satirizing it 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Jeff Vice
Amusing enough to please those looking for something silly goofy and fun 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Roger Ebert
A surprisingly funny movie 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Lawrence Toppman
A mixture of half hearted action scenes and anything goes hijinks 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Ty Burr
An enjoyably stupid night at the movies 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Kit Bowen
Starsky Hutch will remind you just how bad 70s cop shows could be but its stellar comic cast will keep you laughing in spite of it 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
James Sanford
as crammed with cheese as a fondue pot on New Year s Eve You need not be familiar with the original Starsky to figure out what Phillips and company are lampooning here 
3
Starsky & Hutch
David Nusair
Though there are a few chuckles to be had mostly thanks to Vaughn s hilariously over the top performance the film is curiously lacking in the guffaws department 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Sean P. Means
Stiller and Wilson it seems took the script and tore it into confetti 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Collin Souter
Stiller and Wilson provide plenty of laughs but do I really need another reminder of just how lame the 70s really were 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Phil Villarreal
It s a good thing they re The Man too Because they re working with such a creaky inconsistently funny script
3
Starsky & Hutch
Geoff Pevere
Like countless other flabby winking studio comedies out there this movie plays like a series of sketches begging for commercial breaks 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Nick Carter
Keeps you laughing or winking enough to keep from thinking about the thin story 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
David Sterritt
It s often diverting and if you re nostalgic for the 70s you ll probably have a good time 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Erik Childress
Todd Phillips is the succubus of filmmakers I can only assume that s how he keeps getting jobs By giving them 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Bob Bloom
Starsky Hutch is guilty pleasure fun that just rolls along having a grand old time 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Mike Clark
Though Stiller and Wilson may be today s most overexposed actors they have infectious chemistry here 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Chris Hewitt
Starsky Hutch might seem funnier if the Naked Gun movies hadn t already parodied cop show cliches or if the writers had bothered to go beyond the hey wouldn t it be funny if conversation and invented some things that actually are funny 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Phoebe Flowers
Much like the big screen adaptation of Charlie s Angels Starksy Hutch manages to play its cheeseball aspects with a perfect balance of sincerity and irony cleverness and idiocy 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Scott Nash
Works in large part due to the chemistry between Stiller and Wilson 
3.5
Starsky & Hutch
Bruce Newman
Starsky Hutch performs the miracle of making fun from rather than of one of its most popular cop shows 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Carrie Rickey
Diverting retread 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
John Anderson
Being a period piece hardly excuses Starsky Hutch from being a cliche ridden uncharming and tiresome exercise in recycled humor 
1
Starsky & Hutch
Mark Caro
If a movie rises and falls solely on the basis of its laughs it better have a lot of them Starsky Hutch doesn t 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Josh Larsen
has more funny actors than actual laughs 
2
Starsky & Hutch
Walter Chaw
The filmic equivalent of a roofie you re sure that something happened while you were out but damned if you know what it was 
1
Starsky & Hutch
Austin O'Connor
It s fun and that s all it really wants to be 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Rob Blackwelder
Ben Stiller has fallen into a terrible rut as an insufferable prat 
1.5
Starsky & Hutch
Steven Snyder
the film s willingness to laugh at itself This is not fine art but pop culture fun and for once the filmmakers seem in on the joke 
3
Starsky & Hutch
James Berardinelli
The key to the film s success is that it uses the burned out premise as the springboard for a comedy not an action flick 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Steve Rhodes
If you ve seen its trailers there s no reason to see the movie 
2.5
Starsky & Hutch
Peter Travers
While the gags in Starsky and Hutch are more hit and miss than nonstop inspiration the movie does get a fair share of laughs 
3
Starsky & Hutch
Nick Schager
Judging by the looks of Todd Phillips tired Starsky and Hutch it appears that 70s nostalgia has finally run its course 
1.5
Buster and Billie
Roger Ebert
The movie s no masterpiece but it s an affecting story well told it observes its teen age characters with a fine insight and it almost earns its tragic ending 
3
Ne change rien
V.A. Musetto
Balibar s dreamy voice I m reminded of Billie Holiday is complemented by Costa s hypnotic camera work The result is a visual and aural delight 
3.5
Ne change rien
Andrew Schenker
It s a ravishing bit of pure cinema and a litmus test for the viewer s capacity to withstand the director s exacting formalism 
3
The Heart Machine
Susan Wloszczyna
Both Gallagher and Sheil are fully capable of keeping us invested in their characters no matter how flawed they might be 
3
The Heart Machine
Carson Lund
It showcases a genuine fascination with the mind body split engendered by Skyping online dating and constant app usage through a plot that doesn t fuel itself on received wisdom 
3
Eating You Alive
Josh Terry
People of all backgrounds can find a useful message in Kennamer s film There s not a lot of debate about the idea that we could all use a few more vegetables in our diets and a lot less junk food 
2.5
Vice
Maitland McDonagh
Walker s histrionic voice over meditations on guilt destiny and life s fundamental injustice are painfully juvenile but the film overall oozes an all too convincing atmosphere of despair resignation and bitter self loathing 
2.5
Coastal Elites
Christy Lemire
Despite the star power that s been amassed and the obvious craft these actors display this collection is good for a few familiar chuckles and not much more 
1.5
Coastal Elites
Mick LaSalle
Yes Coastal Elites is worth seeing Yes it s a good movie The acting is strong The writing is funny and affecting It is difficult to take your eyes away from it 
4
Coastal Elites
Michael Phillips
It is very difficult to make such politically toxic recent history work as comic truth with a serious dimension Coastal Elites manages it just enough 
3
Ocean's Eleven
David Nusair
Extremely slick yet consistently entertaining 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Nick Rogers
A perfect example of smart fun mainstream entertainment David Holmes mod jazz score pulses with pep and even with the star power Steven Soderbergh makes room for winning supporting turns from Eddie Jemison Shaobo Qin and Carl Reiner 
4
Ocean's Eleven
Joe Lozito
Whatever you do don t pay attention 
2
Ocean's Eleven
Betsy Bozdech
The Las Vegas of movies bright exciting and if you go in with the right attitude lots of fun 
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Soderbergh and Griffin concoct a doozy of a robbery seemingly impossible with a new hitch around every corner The cast headed by Clooney never loses its cool and never gives away a surprise beforehand 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Scott Nash
A fast paced enjoyable flick stylishly filmed filled with great or at least well known actors that doesn t disappoint but doesn t make a lasting impression either 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Greg Maki
Soderbergh continues the roll that he s been on 
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Margaret A. McGurk
What a fun crowd director Steven Soderbergh put together 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Jon Niccum
It s clear that Soderbergh knows this is a movie about two things star power and plot twists
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Jeffrey Westhoff
Soderbergh and Griffin understand the best part of a heist movie is watching the intricacies of the heist as it goes down 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Collin Souter
Stealing from the thieves but not in a bad way 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ejemplo de que el entretenimiento puro no necesariamente tiene que ser banal y condescendiente 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Jeremy Heilman
Ocean s Eleven seems as if it coasting by on reputation alone 
1.5
Ocean's Eleven
Frank Ochieng
Suffice to say Ocean s 11 is a safe bet on which you can place your chips on 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Noah Davis
Stylish and smart even if it lacks a little soul 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Mark Dujsik
Takes a piece of 60s pop culture and effectively turns it into a piece of 00s pop culture 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Ian Mantgani
A caper movie oozing old school style and peppered with cute little dashes of contemporary self consciousness feels plain cool and makes us want to grin
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Andrew Howe
The heist itself is sufficiently daunting that it ll keep you watching long past the time when you ve ceased to give a damn about the participants 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Jules Brenner
Soderbergh cleverly hews to the requirements of a thriller style and puts out a taut entertainment that doesn t disappoint 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Michael Dequina
One expertly made piece of pure unpretentious popcorn entertainment 
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Mike McGranaghan
This one is proof that big movies can also be stylish and sophisticated while still being immensely entertaining 
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Robert Roten
Ocean s Eleven is a very thin but very slick caper movie There is no substance to it but it is a lot of fun to watch 
3
Ocean's Eleven
David N. Butterworth
There s a decent heist movie hidden under all that smarm but you have to dig pretty deep to unearth it 
2
Ocean's Eleven
Gary Brown
Think of Ocean s Eleven as one of those 7 99 all you can eat buffet dinners featured at Vegas casino hotels You get a lot for the money but the next day you ll be hungry for something more substantial 
3
Ocean's Eleven
James Kendrick
a vivacious quirky throwaway crime comedy
3
Ocean's Eleven
Ross Anthony
movie classic dialogue repartee Joe Friday delivery coupled with modern sarcasm and clipping pace make this an entertaining film 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Dustin Putman
A hip joyfully contemporary retelling of its vintage predecessor but someone of director Steven Soderbergh s caliber deserves slightly better than this material 
2.5
Ocean's Eleven
Jeanne Aufmuth
A simple plan with a straightforward execution 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Mike Clark
Despite dashes of droll dialogue from screenwriter Ted Griffin the remake aims for cool but instead gets chilly 
2.5
Ocean's Eleven
Mick LaSalle
Buzzes along at a mildly entertaining pitch from start to finish 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Lou Lumenick
Pure Hollywood moonshine 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Rick Groen
To be sure Soderbergh has proved his entertaining point and done the Rat Pack one better converting a paltry failure into a paltry success But just how cool is that 
2.5
Ocean's Eleven
Roger Ebert
It didn t shake me up and I wasn t much involved but I liked it as a five finger exercise 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Jay Carr
Top of the line studio eye candy 
3.5
Ocean's Eleven
Harvey S. Karten
Sharp witty dialogue snappily delivered 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Carrie Rickey
Happily Soderbergh s updated Ocean s Eleven reconceived by screenwriter Ted Griffin has only three things in common with its source a Vegas location a casino heist plot and a crew of cool cuties 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Walter Chaw
Free of cruelty and sexuality free of violence and very much profanity and free of the pretence that it is something other than a sleek expert star piece 
2.5
Ocean's Eleven
Erik Childress
A movie that is the epitome of that old fashioned good time people have been asking me about 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Steve Rhodes
A thriller that doesn t thrill and a heist that s not much fun It s a sleek snoozer 
2
Ocean's Eleven
Pam Grady
Ocean s Eleven is probably the best brochure for Las Vegas tourism since Robert Urich s Dan Tanna cruised the Strip in television s Vega 
2.5
Ocean's Eleven
Ross Brooks
The film drags a bit after the characters are introduced but then the well paced heist begins 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Michael Wilmington
Good expensive easygoing fun 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Rob Blackwelder
Leave it to the sublimely inventive Steven Soderbergh to do a remake the right way around starting from a mediocre movie then setting out to make it better 
3
Ocean's Eleven
James Berardinelli
There s a world of difference between an accomplished popcorn movie like this one and one that s oversalted 
3
Ocean's Eleven
Ed Gonzalez
Soderbergh is so cool he can make anything go down like fine wine 
3
Conventioneers
Kam Williams
Among the best micro budget offerings of the year 
4
Conventioneers
Kyle Smith
The homemade looking Conventioneers can t decide whether it s a documentary about the 2004 Republican convention at Madison Square Garden or a love story about two activists from opposite sides of the aisle 
2
Conventioneers
Jack Mathews
It is a sign of the times that audiences will watch these equally selfish lovers and find one infinitely more sensible than the other 
3
Conventioneers
John Anderson
They may stand in for two halves of a country split by irreconcilable political differences But as a couple they make not one lick of sense regardless of how desperate each is 
2.5
Conventioneers
Ed Gonzalez
Stephens s assessment of the way our sharp political divide has enshrined our most uncompromising attributes is actually rather perceptive 
2.5
Weathering With You
Matt Brunson
Just as mystical as Your Name but not as affecting 
2.5
Weathering With You
Roger Moore
A timekiller not on a par with virtually anything the anime master Hiyao Miyazaki made and it falls well short of the heart of Your name 
2
Weathering With You
Simon Abrams
Weathering With You is a perfect entry point for animation fans who are still looking for the next big Pixar or Hayao Miyazaki 
3
Weathering With You
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is further proof that animation can be used to address mature thoughtful themes It s also a lot of fun 
3
Weathering With You
Sara Stewart
Shinkai s animation is stunning particularly in his depictions of a drowning almost jungle like Tokyo and in the ethereal inner ecosystems of omnipresent cumulonimbus clouds 
3
Weathering With You
Mark Dujsik
The story is unfortunately not quite as detailed and thoughtful as the artistic means used to tell it 
2.5
Weathering With You
Mattie Lucas
Much as he did in Your Name Shinkai creates a world where matters of the heart supersede all else where reality dissolves into an isolated world that belongs only to the central lovers 
3
Weathering With You
Mark Lieberman
Weathering With You may not reach the heights of Your Name but it still achieves something impressive It tells a story that without sugarcoating the environmental challenges that lie ahead manages to end on a hopeful note 
3
Weathering With You
Chuck Bowen
Contemporary outrage could ve potentially counterpointed the film s increasingly mawkish tendencies 
2.5
Weathering With You
Josh Larsen
an exercise in artistic prowess that reminds us how little power over the weather we actually have 
3.5
Weathering With You
Christopher James
There s beauty in the design and the optimistic nature of the piece Unfortunately it doesn t quite stick its ambitious landing 
3
The Last Continent
Linda Barnard
As gripping as anything Hollywood could churn out 
3
The Last Continent
Kamal Al-Solaylee
You can t help wondering whether less telling and more showing would have served this film and its politics better 
2.5
Futuro Beach
David Lewis
Anouz ends his film with a poetic flair that feels right You have to just let it wash over you like the waters of a familiar beach 
3
Futuro Beach
Andy Crump
The amount of stuff that can be read out of Futuro Beach makes the film sound perhaps a bit cacophonous 
2.5
Futuro Beach
Godfrey Cheshire
Its considerable satisfactions come mainly from the way the story is told which spells nothing out and in fact is so reticent that the viewer is constantly drawn into the creation of meaning 
3.5
Futuro Beach
Clayton Dillard
It masks depleted drama under a progression of long takes various music cues and a three chapter structure that grows successively tedious 
2
The Sparks Brothers
Brian Eggert
Wright delves into the Maels life and career cracking and peeling away at the enigmatic shell to get at the good stuff inside 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Max Weiss
The Sparks Brothers film is smart funny infectiously weird a little geeky a little too long a little niche and consistently entertaining 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Peter Canavese
Edgar Wright s fascinating documentary celebration of the stealth famous duo Sparks a band always in dialogue with cinema 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Linda Cook
The Sparks Brothers is the ultimate fan documentary 
4
The Sparks Brothers
Jay Horton
At its best the doc plays out like a star studded listening party thrown by a manic superfan asserting the Sparks rarefied charms and the sheer breadth of luminaries gathered diverts attention for a while 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Sean P. Means
The Maels sit down for the definitive career spanning documentary in The Sparks Brothers in which director Edgar Wright makes a strong case for why Sparks is the band that other musicians always talk about 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
David Nusair
The Sparks Brothers 140 minute runtime paves the way for a hit and miss midsection that s hardly as tight or streamlined as one might ve preferred 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Ty Burr
The Sparks Brothers zips along at such a breezy informational pace that you notice its length only in the final stretch when the film s reduced to ticking off the albums as they keep coming 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Kevin Carr
If you ve never heard of Sparks check it out because you might find a whole new band you didn t know you love 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wright has fun interviewing the brothers creating little animations and strange little sketches around them and a jaw dropping section is devoted to their highly improbable movie appearance in the disaster movie Rollercoaster 1977 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Richard Roeper
Director Edgar Wright s documentary thoroughly recounts the siblings 50 year career with help from admiring musicians and famous fans 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Kathleen Sachs
Disappointing might be a better word for it one might have hoped that when time came for Sparks to get their due the treatment would better reflect the band s singularity 
2
The Sparks Brothers
Robert Horton
The stuff of their uncompromising career has lots of color and great source material in the music of course but the thread of artistic integrity makes it almost irresistible 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Mark Dujsik
The approach is hollow and repetitive which betrays the whole point of presenting Sparks as a dynamic innovative and influential band 
2
The Sparks Brothers
Brandon Towns
Never I have seen a documentary as fun as Wright s The Sparks Brothers which is thrilling from beginning to end 
4
The Sparks Brothers
Randy Myers
Wright s done his job well You ll become believers 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Ann Hornaday
Even more than an extravagant dive into pop arcana this film is valuable as a moving testament to perseverance uncompromising principles and incorruptible character 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Leo Brady
I knew absolutely nothing about the band Sparks never had heard a song and discovering them in Edgar Wright s documentary was just the tip of the iceberg for the joy it brings 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Jake Cole
The film embodies the idiosyncratic tongue in cheek sensibilities of Ron and Russell Mael s long running cult American pop band 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Oliver Jones
By the time Wright s somewhat exhaustive film concluded every moment of it propelled by a high octane geeky affection that felt like a newly discovered alternative fuel I was in the strange duo s thrall 
3
The Sparks Brothers
Steven Prokopy
Wright puts their music in both the context of the larger music scene at the time and how Sparks impacted what came after them 
3.5
The Sparks Brothers
Mike McGranaghan
Because the documentary is simpatico with the group The Sparks Brothers offers a look at Ron and Russell Mael s career that is both informative and comprehensive It s also one of the most entertaining rock docs I ve ever seen 
4
Maria Candelaria
Dorothy Masters
Due to several such combined factors as general excellence of portraiture eloquent settings skilled direction and moving story the fine performance of Dolores Del Rio is a major attraction
3
Head Count
Roger Moore
More concerned with tone and upending expecations than in doing anything scary 
1.5
Head Count
Mark Dujsik
The debut feature of director Elle Callahan is a clever little chiller based in an urban legend and crafted with a keen sense of staging 
3
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Steve Rhodes
An entertaining roller coaster of a ride 
2.5
Turu, the Wacky Hen
Pablo O. Scholz
Since the film is geared towards young children no multiverses here if they re at the farm they re at the farm then they go to the circus and the big city so you won t have to deal with time jumps that complicate things Full review in Spanish 
3
Hangar 18
Larry Vitacco
The key to enjoying Hangar 18 is not taking it too seriously just a little bit around the edges 
2.5
August 32nd on Earth
David Nusair
a sporadically intriguing yet mostly self indulgent first film from a director who would go onto much better things 
2
The Sweatbox
Roger Moore
There are story flow and coherence issues that may have given Disney pause about releasing this But there s also the We messed up and don t want to remember that element to it Still it s not a banned film as such 
2.5
Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story
Adam Keleman
The film is as insubstantial and irrelevant as the group itself providing no probing insight into its ultimate purpose and function or how they managed to survive all these years 
2.5
Elle
Kathy Fennessy
Verhoeven is the master of this domain 46 Long may he reign 46 
4
Elle
Brian Eggert
Verhoeven s direction of uncomfortable dinner parties and excruciatingly tense scenes of sexual violence wonderfully balance his refined touches with his more provocative sensibilities 
4
Elle
Rob Thomas
It s that kinky ambiguity that gives Elle such a jolt often a queasy one given the subject matter 
2.5
Elle
Lisa Jensen
In a part that s decidedly not warm and cuddly in an often disturbing film it s Isabelle Huppert s subtlety craft presence and her ability to surprise us along with her almost supernatural cool that keeps the viewer riveted 
3
Elle
John Serba
Verhoeven directs Elle as if wielding a corkscrew He stabs it into our brains with that disturbing opening sequence then microtwists it for two hours 
3.5
Elle
James Kendrick
Had Verhoeven made something more self consciously garish or darkly comical the material might have worked but Elle suffers from something of a split personality with Verhoeven gleefully shocking us while also reaching for art film bona fides 
2.5
Elle
James Berardinelli
Elle s moral ambiguity and controversial content are its strengths 
3.5
Elle
Mal Vincent
The main reason to see it is Huppert s performance She makes it well worth the time 
3
Elle
Sean P. Means
It s challenging material with elements of dark comedy and misogyny that s intriguing even when David Birke s screenplay goes off the rails in the end 
3
Elle
Jeff Simon
It s an elegantly unpleasant piece of work if ever there was one But Huppert is so good that the film is very much worth seeing 
3
Elle
Brad Keefe
Calling it bold is an understatement and it is what elevates the film to one worth the controversy albeit only for equally bold audiences 
3
Elle
Roger Moore
Verhoeven a chilly efficient director of arms length sexually charged thrillers doesn t want you to fall for the heroine He wants you to almost pity the assailant 
3
Elle
Moira MacDonald
There are several ways you can watch Elle only one of which is mildly enjoyable 
2
Elle
Calvin Wilson
Get over your subtitle phobia and check out one of the best films of the year 
4
Elle
Tirdad Derakhshani
Like its heroine the film shocks by lunging back and forth between comedy and tragedy 
3.5
Elle
Ty Burr
Huppert is phenomenal in her most unnerving performance since Michael Haneke s The Piano Teacher 
3.5
Elle
Mike McGranaghan
A darkly compelling look at what a tortured soul can do Isabelle Huppert is superb 
3.5
Elle
Kate Taylor
In the end Michèle s entire persona and all her actions are a reaction to the behaviour of the men around her and her character becomes flatter and less intriguing the more her own sociopathy is exposed 
2.5
Elle
Peter Howell
Equal parts sexploitation drama social satire and empowerment fantasy Elle leaves us unsure of what we re watching and how we should respond 
3.5
Elle
Ann Hornaday
Elle would be too clever by half not to mention fatally offensive were it not for Huppert who in her portrayal of Michèle owns the movie from its opening moments to its bizarre but not entirely surprising denouement 
2.5
Elle
Mick LaSalle
Verhoeven creates an elegant frame for his lead actress and lets her fill it and what we end up with is Huppert s best collaboration with a director since the death of Claude Chabrol 
4
Elle
Robert Levin
It consistently defies expectations in terms of how a narrative in this vein typically plays out 
2.5
Elle
Sheila O'Malley
Watching Elle feels like climbing Mt Everest without an oxygen tank The air is dizzyingly clear up there And dangerous too 
4
Elle
Peter Travers
Verhoeven creates a bonfire of a movie that scrutinizes and satirizes the unholy alliance between sex and violence You can t take your eyes off the fearless Isabelle Huppert 
3.5
Elle
Stephen Whitty
Huppert is brilliant She s long combined a roiling emotional reservoir with careful technique feelings play across her delicate almost translucent face like clouds reflected in a windowpane 
2.5
Elle
Rex Reed
It s too twisted and implausible to be everybody s cup of tea but it keeps you glued to the screen from beginning to end 
3
Elle
Clayton Davis
Driven by a tremendous and powerhouse performance from Isabelle Huppert Elle electrifies in its slick and throwback call to the 90s thriller 
3.5
Elle
Diego Semerene
Paul Verhoeven s film isn t afraid to inhabit the maddening ambivalence of pleasure 
4
Elle
David Nusair
A disappointingly bland drama from Paul Verhoeven 
2
Elle
Bill Chambers
Verhoeven Argento with a brain 
2.5
Elle
Kent Turner
Though rife with sexual violence and graphic dialogue Paul Verhoeven s blunt button pushing and stinging comedy was the most elegantly made entry in the Cannes Film Festival s competition 
3.5
Ed
Mal Vincent
As it is the chimp and the movie looks pretty phony 
1.5
Ed
Rob Blackwelder
Much of the movie will make no sense to someone looking for more than a parade of potty jokes 
1
Ed
Peter Stack
It s forgettable matinee fodder 
1
Enough
David Nusair
filled to the brim with cliches and absurd situations 
2
Enough
Frank Ochieng
Hastily conceived Enough is a manufactured and staid thriller that only trivializes the social illness of domestic violence
1.5
Enough
Ian Mantgani
A pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere and just seems worse for the effort 
1.5
Enough
Michael Wilmington
Despite a story that starts off convincingly this movie turns into melodramatic revenge crazy Hollywood mush 
2.5
Enough
Michael Szymanski
Despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair 
2
Enough
Matt Brunson
A sleazy exploitation flick disguised as a serious message movie about a nutcase who beats his wife this ultimately has as much to do with spousal abuse as The Wizard of Oz does with agriculture in Kansas 
1
Enough
Mike McGranaghan
It s one of those pictures where all the characters are idiots and the plot would be resolved in five minutes if any of them had half a brain 
1
Enough
Joe Baltake
Perhaps the guiltiest guilty pleasure in a long time 
3
Enough
Gary Brown
All the while I wondered why Slim hasn t checked into a shelter for battered women 
1.5
Enough
Erik Childress
I wonder how people would feel if a room full of men hooted and hollered through the rape sequence in The Accused 
1
Enough
Collin Souter
This movie seems to have been written using Mad libs There can be no other explanation Hilariously inept and ridiculous 
1.5
Enough
Joe Leydon
A juicy pulpy and entirely shameless melodrama the kind of well tooled popcorn flick that manages the difficult feat of appealing to your worst instincts without making you feel ashamed of yourself 
2.5
Enough
Mark Dujsik
Contains a strong effective performance from Jennifer Lopez but Enough is too bogged down in ineptly crafted formula to work 
1.5
Enough
Sean P. Means
The usually reliable director Michael Apted does little to raise the movie s tension or its I Q level 
1.5
Enough
Todd Anthony
Is it just me or have Jennifer Lopez s movies gotten progressively dumber as her popularity has soared 
1.5
Enough
Tom Keogh
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions Enough just added another lane 
1.5
Enough
Mick LaSalle
It s the most tension producing movie out there right now in the best way it s almost unbearable 
3
Enough
David Elliott
Lopez can act but why bother in something so painfully false You don t empower anyone with a lobotomy 
1
Enough
Tor Thorsen
Enough may pander to our basest desires for payback but unlike many revenge fantasies it ultimately delivers 
2.5
Enough
Steven Rea
The film is flat 
2
Enough
Sue Pierman
The script is like a worn piece of rope little by little the strands begin to split and unravel 
2
Enough
Connie Ogle
When it comes to making bad movies for Lopez Enough is enough 
1
Enough
Rick Groen
As gaudy and manipulative entertainments go there s just not enough in Enough 
1.5
Enough
Susan Stark
What begins as a seemingly brainless bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche drenched melodrama by mid film and by film s end a feminist action fantasy 
2
Enough
Steven Rosen
You wonder why Enough wasn t just a music video rather than a full length movie 
1.5
Enough
Glenn Whipp
Offensive in the way it exploits the hot button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented 
1
Enough
Roger Ebert
A nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture 
1.5
Enough
Renee Graham
Shamelessly exploits the horror of domestic violence for melodramatic cheap thrills 
1.5
Enough
Phil Villarreal
Enough is not a bad movie just mediocre The performances are so overstated the effect comes off as self parody 
2
Enough
Claudia Puig
The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone 
1.5
Enough
Jonathan Foreman
Dotted with the Oh please moments of grotesque implausibility you get when cynical shameless filmmakers feel contempt for their audience 
1.5
Enough
Walter Chaw
A movie that hopes its idiot demographic won t notice the wave of vile stink slopping off the screen 
0
Enough
Chris Hewitt
A stupid artlessly made action movie that plays spousal abuse for cheap thrills 
1.5
Enough
Tony Toscano
The film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film 
1
Enough
Lawrence Toppman
This is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks 
2
Enough
John Monaghan
The movie does some traveling of its own from sort of stupid to simply ludicrous 
1
Enough
Bruce Newman
It s his brazenness and Campbell s utterly creepy performance that keeps the story revved up even when you feel it s being spelled out for you in Crayola 
3
Enough
Pat Craig
It s really the sort of movie for those who like their nuance in two colors black and white there are no shades of gray in this dog 
1.5
Enough
Jeanne Aufmuth
A glossy female fantasy about losing it all and throwing it right back atcha 
3
Enough
James Berardinelli
This is a by the numbers thriller that doesn t even succeed on the most basic visceral level 
2
Enough
Steve Rhodes
If you re looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger ENOUGH is just the ticket you need 
3
Enough
Rob Blackwelder
Haven t we seen this movie before Say 10 years ago when it starred Julia Roberts and was called Sleeping With the Enemy 
1.5
Enough
Harvey S. Karten
Billy Campbell s strong performance makes this usual fare more than watchable 
3
Enough
Ed Gonzalez
There s something trully reprehensible about a film less concerned with the plight of abused women than it is with beating them up for cheap thrills 
1
Enough
Dustin Putman
A manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse 
2
Wolfwalkers
Brian Eggert
Wolfwalkers is a sophisticated rousing and earthy adventure that plays to both hearts and minds 
4
Wolfwalkers
John Beifuss
With animation that eschews Pixar realism for the stylized beauty of woodblock prints Medieval tapestries illuminated manuscripts and Celtic patterns the latest Cartoon Saloon stunner offers a rejuvenating balm for hungry eyes and weary souls 
4
Wolfwalkers
Peter Canavese
Starts out a bit slow but just gets better and better as it goes along 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Mark Dujsik
This is a gorgeous film crafted expertly and with obvious care by artists who refuse to take any shortcuts 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
By the end we wish we were wolfwalkers as well just so we could inhabit the same lush forest happy in our roving dream state dancing among the trees 
3
Wolfwalkers
Mattie Lucas
In Wolfwalkers Moore has created something that feels both ancient and modern a bracing cross section of Irish lore and modern sensibilities and a touch of queer subtext that feels at once warmly familiar and electrifyingly new 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Bob Strauss
There s an ecological parable going on here no doubt Girl power is a running theme as well But I was most knocked out by Wolfwalkers metaphors for the long sad colonization 
4
Wolfwalkers
Randy Myers
Wolfwalkers lyrically sets up a man vs nature battle told in grand Irish storytelling that honors and respects its origins while spinning a damn good tale 
4
Wolfwalkers
Roger Moore
The best animated film of 2020
4
Wolfwalkers
Sean P. Means
Moore and co director Ross Stewart who with Jerrica Cleland created the story that forms the backbone of Will Collins screenplay create a deeply detailed visual palette 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Tom Meek
The film also works in a simple fable format and is one of very few standout animated entries this year 
2.5
Wolfwalkers
Brandy McDonnell
Wolfwalkers is unlike any werewolf movie you ve ever seen and not just because of the gorgeous animation Watching the storytelling unfold is truly a cinematic delight for all ages 
4
Wolfwalkers
Linda Cook
The themes of abuse of power of xenophobia and courage to do what s right run through this remarkable adventure that richly deserves to be seen on the big screen 
4
Wolfwalkers
Josh Larsen
Another animated geometric wonder from Irish filmmaker Tomm Moore 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Joe Friar
The dazzling fable blends Irish history with magic in this year s best animated film 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Joey Magidson
This is a stunningly animated flick which goes without saying considering its pedigree 
3
Wolfwalkers
Dan Rubins
The storyline s edges are frayed just enough to give it the gentle distance of a tale recalled though the gauze of myth and memory 
3
Wolfwalkers
Kate Taylor
The particularly imaginative handling of the shifts between the human and the more ethereal animal incarnations represent the film s most rewarding aspect 
3
Wolfwalkers
Rene Sanchez
Wolfwalkers is an ecological fable full of magic with an important message of tolerance and respect Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Wolfwalkers
Brian Tallerico
A rousing lyrical gorgeous adventure 
3.5
Giant Little Ones
Steven Prokopy
This is a terrific film overall and a great showcase for Wiggins talents 
3
Giant Little Ones
David Nusair
Giant Little Ones improves substantially as it progresses 
2.5
Giant Little Ones
Bruce DeMara
Finally a film about teenage sexuality and its inherent fluidity that has something authentic and intelligent to say 
3.5
Giant Little Ones
James Berardinelli
There s something enormously refreshing about the openness and honesty found in Keith Behrman s coming of age film Giant Little Ones 
3
Giant Little Ones
Joe Friar
A genuine portrait of self discovery during those awkward and formative teenage years with first rate performances 
3
Giant Little Ones
Rick Bentley
Unlike so many coming of age films Behrman shows the intelligent approach of presenting that while one incident may eventually be a major mile marker it s not always immediately obvious how much impact will be made 
3
Giant Little Ones
Mick LaSalle
Despite its lapses into self consciousness the movie presents us with a set of characters that we end up believing and caring about not tremendously but enough to keep watching to see how they all turn out 
2.5
Giant Little Ones
Mark Jenkins
The plot may take an unexpected path but that s not enough to make Franky and Ballas s story compelling 
2
Giant Little Ones
Matt Fagerholm
What starts as a rather typical indie drama about a young man inching his way out of the closet ultimately proves to be a far more complex and rewarding ode to the fluidity of identity 
3.5
Giant Little Ones
Johnny Oleksinski
The sheer amount of issues shoved in here is overpowering 
2
Giant Little Ones
Roger Moore
Touching sympathetic and nicely nuanced coming of age drama anchored in the fluid nature of teen sexuality 
3
Giant Little Ones
Rex Reed
Aside from an awkward confusing and pointless title that spells box office trouble Giant Little Ones is a very fine immaculate and nuanced film indeed 
3
Giant Little Ones
Derek Smith
Keith Behrman s film comprehends the malleable often inscrutable nature of desire 
3
Giant Little Ones
Brad Wheeler
A tender but untimid drama 
3
Through the Glass Darkly
David Reddish
Through the Glass Darkly provides thrills and intrigue without Hollywoods usual cheap tricks of jump scares and special effects Rather it gives a veteran actress a chance to shine as never before 
3.5
Three Dollars
Ruthe Stein
Three Dollars a depressing muddle of a film from Australia isn t likely to cause a stampede to purchase the award winning novel on which it is based 
1
Finding Kukan
Brent McKnight
At 75 minutes Finding Kukan feels thin in spots but it s so compelling that s easily forgiven 
3
The Love Witch
Mattie Lucas
A veritable orgy of sinful cinematic tropes re purposed and re imagined for a new time by an artist working at the top of her game 
3.5
The Love Witch
Barry Hertz
This is not a potion fit for everyone but for a select few The Love Witch offers powerful magic 
3.5
The Love Witch
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s nothing like The Love Witch and that s a good thing for if there were I seriously doubt I d be as captivated with this marvelous bit of murderous whimsy as I most assuredly am 
3.5
The Love Witch
Tirdad Derakhshani
Biller s visual splendor is wasted on a mediocre script riddled with structural problems Scenes follow another willy nilly as if moved around late in the process 
2.5
The Love Witch
Robert Horton
Really knows what it s doing And it s hilariously funny sometimes in an almost subliminal way 
3.5
The Love Witch
Soren Andersen
Is the Love Witch a parody It sure feels like it But I m not sure Biller intended it to be one 
1.5
The Love Witch
Sean P. Means
The results are wildly over the top in a Beyond the Valley of the Dolls meets Dark Shadows kind of way but Biller s commitment to her vision is weirdly endearing 
3
The Love Witch
Pat Padua
As with giallo The Love Witch features deliberately wooden acting and can be a little boring at times But it s a stunningly photographed fascinating reinterpretation of classic melodrama 
3
The Love Witch
Peter Keough
It is a true auteur creation that is absurd and exhilarating a fun house mirror reflecting our times and the folly of women who seek to control a patriarchal system by submitting to it 
3.5
The Love Witch
Chuck Bowen
It has an artisanal intensity that prevents it from turning into a smug and predictable exercise in political revision 
3.5
The Love Witch
Kam Williams
A light as a feather feminist fantasy where flawed males meet their match during creative displays of eroticized violence 
2.5
The Love Witch
Glenn Kenny
The movie is relentless in how it poses questions about our culture s way of dealing with the power of female sexuality 
3.5
The Love Witch
G. Allen Johnson
Got to hand it to Biller she might have made a bad movie but it s never boring 
2
Preservation
David Nusair
Preservation ultimately falls prey to a screenplay that grows more and more idiotic as time progresses 
2
Preservation
Brian Tallerico
Survival horror is a tough enough genre to pull off defining the characters within one through tired clichs and boring archetypes only makes it more so 
1.5
Preservation
Nick Schager
Chockablock with instances of characters not shooting running attacking or sneaking away when they can or should this thriller comes off like the world s most rigged game 
1.5
My Best Part
Roger Moore
A bit of a stroll as a movie never hurrying through anything never forcing a laugh taking long pauses and wandering off on tangents
2.5
My Best Part
David Reddish
Maury channels the great clowns of silent cinema Like Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton he has some of the most emotive eyes ever to go before the camera Every moment he appears on screen we see what Jrmie feels Its a remarkable performance 
3
Redbelt
Nick Rogers
What threatened to be David Mamet s most vainglorious misfire since perpetually casting his wife instead turned into samurai noir an eloquently profane profanely eloquent eulogy for the purity of martial arts discipline in the face of profit 
3.5
Redbelt
Rossiter Drake
Mamet s dialogue is crisp invigorated by supporting players particularly Mantegna and Jay who relish his acerbic wordplay But for a movie that aims to do for jujitsu what Rocky did for boxing Redbelt taps out before the final bell 
3
Redbelt
Lori Hoffman
Despite the serpentine plot Ejiofor is so compelling at the center you root for him to maintain his integrity as nearly everyone around him sells out for a quick buck 
2.5
Redbelt
Austin Kennedy
From the very first scene I was completely enthralled by this complex character study 
4
Redbelt
Marty Mapes
More Mamet than martial arts
3.5
Redbelt
Charles Koplinski
What does it profit a man to be the last honorable person in a corrupt world That s the question at the heart of David Mamet s Redbelt a meditation on honor and loyalty set against the backdrop of the world of Mixed Martial Arts and Hollywood 
4
Redbelt
Linda Cook
Con builds up on con in David Mamet s Redbelt a story about betrayal greed and the fight circuit 
3.5
Redbelt
John Wirt
Writer director David Mamet s wheel turns spinning a dense texture of concise characters and deviously effective manipulation 
3.5
Redbelt
Kam Williams
An unnecessarily confusing and convoluted cross of Rocky and The Karate Kid that s a tad too smart for its own good given the simple message it is trying to deliver 
1
Redbelt
Peter Howell
The glue that holds it together is Ejiofor s muscular performance as a man whose principles may be about to feel the brass knuckles of reality 
3
Redbelt
Chris Hewitt
Watching Redbelt is like watching a chess game As Mamet manipulates his characters it s involving and occasionally thrilling but it never makes you feel much 
2.5
Redbelt
Mark Rahner
David Mamet s take on the trendy new world of mixed martial arts is a gem not quite like anything I ve seen before â a smart absorbing anti Hollywood hypermacho look at what it is to be a true martial artist and a man 
3.5
Redbelt
Ruthe Stein
Mamet s love for the sport comes through in every frame 
3.5
Redbelt
James Berardinelli
It s neither uninteresting nor unentertaining but the plot is as threadbare as an old carpet and Mamet s narrative contortions will leave many viewers scratching their heads 
2.5
Redbelt
Duane Dudek
Redbelt offers front row tickets to the fixed cage match between currency and purity and Mamet lets the audience feel every punch 
3
Redbelt
Sara Wildberger
In Redbelt David Mamet enters the realm of sports drama and Rocky underdog clichÃ C s and discovers it s a surprisingly good fit 
3
Redbelt
Robert W. Butler
Redbelt is screaming for the guidance of someone with enough distance from the subject to mold it into satisfying drama 
2
Redbelt
Roger Ebert
So gifted is Mamet as a writer and director that he can fascinate us even when he s pulling rabbits out of an empty hat 
3
Redbelt
Ty Burr
While Redbelt may be a character study in search of a movie that character feels fresh and real 
3
Redbelt
John Beifuss
Among its other virtues the film reminds us that Chiwetel Ejiofor is one of the most comfortable consistently convincing and undervalued actors in movies today 
3
Redbelt
Larry Ratliff
The combat even the obligatory big fight bruises bodies just as painfully as Mamet s killer words attack the soul 
3
Redbelt
Steven Rea
Redbelt s ultimate Ultimate Fight moment feels sorely lacking 
2.5
Redbelt
Rick Groen
Teeters precariously between Mamet s typically noirish realm and the kick ass commercial galaxy looking not quite at home in either 
2.5
Redbelt
David Nusair
a sporadically uneven yet consistently engaging effort that ll undoubtedly please Mamet s devoted fans 
3
Redbelt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A low key compact genre film without much showing off 
2.5
Redbelt
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is up until the final act the talented filmmaker with the signature rat a tat tat dialogue style almost pulls it off 
2.5
Redbelt
Michael Phillips
Like everything Mamet touches whether predominantly comic or dramatic this stern cautionary tale concerns whom we can trust ourselves if we live by a few simple honorable rules of conduct and whom we cannot others especially if they re in the film
3
Redbelt
Steve Rhodes
Okay so it s only minor Mamet but for loyal devotees of the master like me it is still sublime Rich in Mamet s signature staccato cadence the dialog is pure poetry 
3
Redbelt
Walter Chaw
Stripped down and mean it honors its character and his artistry 
3
Redbelt
Matt Brunson
The only thing that truly gets bloodied is Mamet s resume 
2
Redbelt
Claudia Puig
Anchored by a powerful and nuanced performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor Mamet s latest writing and directing effort is a compelling drama about the world of martial arts fighting 
3
Redbelt
Stephen Whitty
The only person bruised by the end of the competition is the audience 
2
Redbelt
Kyle Smith
This isn t Mamet at his finest though which leaves us with a script that is merely three times as smart as the average feature 
3
Redbelt
Erik Childress
The digression of the film s setup into an expedited version of The Spanish Prisoner would be less unnerving if what followed didn t turn out to be so irreversibly ridiculous 
2.5
Redbelt
Maitland McDonagh
Inspired by his interest in mixed martial arts Mamet s ode to the samurai spirit quickly bogs down in coincidence driven plotting that s only partially offset by a colorful cast of supporting characters 
2.5
Redbelt
Rafer Guzman
Redbelt fails on nearly every level from its incoherent story line to its threadbare action sequences 
1
Redbelt
Joe Lozito
Ill conceived morality play set in the world of mixed martial arts is clearly a labor of love for writer director David Mamet It s just a labor for the audience 
1
Redbelt
Peter Canavese
An allegory of what s wrong with our country Mamet has spent the last decade layering popular entertainments with subversive ideas about social politics 
3
Redbelt
Nick Schager
David Mamet may not be the visual stylist that Jean Pierre Melville was but in most other respects his Redbelt is faithfully cast in the tradition of the great French auteur s Le Samouraï 
3
Redbelt
Peter Travers
Even allowing for a few slips in pacing and judgment Mamet is on his game and that is a sight to see No con 
3
The Wonders
Anita Katz
Rohrwacher also captures the odd but meaningful nature of families and how people feel a primal need to belong 
3
The Wonders
Steven Rea
Terrence Malick comes to mind too in Rohrwacher s approach to storytelling but without the American s sense of the symphonic and supernal 
4
The Wonders
Ann Hornaday
Structurally The Wonders suffers from awkward bulges and sags especially toward the end Still it s a beautiful richly imagined ride that doesn t end as much as evaporate into a dreamlike puff of smoke 
2.5
The Wonders
Walter V. Addiego
An exceptional tale of family dynamics and a fading way of life grounded with a sense of physicality and the primacy of nature that eventually takes on spiritual overtones 
3
The Wonders
Rob Thomas
As Rohrwacher did with her previous film Corpe Celeste she sinks so deep into the life of a pre teen girl and her flawed but loving family that we feel like we re immersed in a novel as much as a film 
3.5
The Wonders
Allyson Johnson
Rohrwacher has skillfully painted a portrait of a way of life that s slowly disappearing into the vast countrysides 
3
The Wonders
Robert Horton
An oddball coming of age tale that creates loopy magic by the end 
3
The Wonders
Tom Keogh
It provides an incomplete portrait of lives strained by the urgency of keeping up with a honey maker s schedule 
2
The Wonders
Peter Keough
The Wonders evokes many other films but is utterly unique It is like being privy to a marvelous story that Rohrwacher is telling herself 
3.5
The Wonders
Veronika Ferdman
Rohrwacher accomplishes something that these days seems to be almost impossible 
3.5
The Wonders
Matt Zoller Seitz
A throwback to different kind of filmmaking smaller more emotionally intense more tactile 
3
The Wonders
Farran Smith Nehme
It takes a long while to pick up steam but its tactile feel for the dirt and labor of a farm and tender regard for the young protagonist are immensely endearing 
3
The Wonders
Elise Nakhnikian
Like a rural Fellini Rohrwacher mixes the mundane with the absurd to create a sometimes fabulous tale that always feels palpably real 
3
The Wonders
Michael Atkinson
The social commentary is subtle but touches on disappearing craft production and the rise of consumerism and the modern world s increasingly tenuous connection to the land 
3
The Wonders
Linda Barnard
Italian writer director Alice Rohrwacher captures a conflicted 12 year old girl s summer straddling childhood and maturity in The Wonders 
3
The Wonders
Chris Knight
It s rare that a movie loses me in the final moments but still captures my heart The Wonders is one such wonder 
3.5
Pig
David Gonzalez
Pig will haunt you and allow you to contemplate its rich themes if you allow yourself to open up to its cerebral style 46 In return for opening yourself up 44 Pig will indeed satisfyingly cleanse your cinephile palette 46 
3.5
Pig
Brian Eggert
Pig is a rare film that treats its characters with an open heart and its themes with an intimate profundity that never feels affected or disingenuous 
4
Pig
David Nusair
impressively fresh and increasingly mesmerizing 
4
Pig
Rene Sanchez
Nicolas Cage is mesmerizing in this contemplative and existential story of grief acceptance and true happiness Full Review in Spanish 
4
Pig
Walter Chaw
It s bracing to encounter another film that trusts its audience to be reasonably smart empathetic human beings 
4
Pig
Blake Howard
Pig is the unlikely fusion of incongruous ingredients It s equal parts the nihilism of First Reformed the clear eyed justice seeking of John Wick and the buffet of grief and cuisine of Teplitzky s lesser seen Burning Man 
3.5
Pig
Matthew Passantino
Pig is a reminder that there s an effective actor inside the person turning out forgettable junk multiple times a year His performance as Rob is the best work he has done since 2003 s wonderful Matchstick Men 
3.5
Pig
Josh Larsen
Does Pig want to be a movie starring Nicolas Cage or a NICOLAS CAGE movie 
3
Pig
Lisa Trifone
With a vulnerable insightful Cage at its center the film ultimately transcends into an unexpected meditation on how we choose to live our lives 
3.5
Pig
Linda Cook
Pig is a delectable indie film about loss 
4
Pig
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cage is magnificent This is a restrained intuitively measured portrait of a lost man rediscovering forgotten facets of himself as he goes on this surreal trek through a world he left in the rearview mirror ages ago 
4
Pig
Joe Friar
Cage in a toned down performance is terrific but Alex Wolff is the real standout here in a masterful portrayal of an ambitious lost soul living in his father s shadow 
4
Pig
Tom Meek
The stylish delivery comes from first time filmmaker Michael Sarnoski Keep that name in mind because if Pig is an appetizer for what s to be served next I ve got a bib on and a fork in hand 
3
Pig
Ty Burr
Pig is a thoughtful well made movie for an audience primed for junk It s pearls before swine 
3
Pig
Peter Canavese
A movie about authenticity and truth vs delusion and bulls t and a mythic take on exceptionalism and true deep caring Deepens as it goes along so stick with it 
3
Pig
Richard Roeper
The unpredictable Cage delivers some of his best work in years 
4
Pig
Rob Thomas
Watching Pig is like being served a dish you didn t order I m sorry I asked for a goofy Nicolas Cage revenge thriller I think the low key drama about grief and loss is meant for a different table 
3.5
Pig
Sonny Bunch
Possibly the best new movie I ve seen this year 
3.5
Pig
Johnny Oleksinski
An undeniably odd but surprisingly touching drama 
3
Pig
Randy Myers
It is Cage who carries Pig with a measured performance in which his trademark outbursts pierce the soul He s magnificent 
3.5
Pig
Mark Dujsik
I t s invested in a weird world full of people trying to escape uncertainty disappointment and pain 
3
Pig
Leo Brady
Pig is a masterful reminder that Nicolas Cage has always been a special talent I was in awe of his work in Pig 
3.5
Pig
Matt Zoller Seitz
What a beguiling confounding film Pig is From start to finish it never moves as you might expect it to 
4
Pig
Joey Magidson
Pig is a mini revelation in many forms Nicolas Cage is spectacular and deserves to be feted as a master of his craft once again 
3.5
Pig
Michael O'Sullivan
Pig s stock in trade is a kind of visual and narrative poetry and Sarnoski and Block ply it with the skill and light touch of master chefs 
4
Pig
Mike McGranaghan
A poignant meditation on loss and grief with Cage giving the kind of restrained performance we haven t seen from him in ages 
3
Pig
Chuck Bowen
Nicolas Cage in full martyr mode here seems to get off on the perversity of well caging his brand of operatic hysteria 
3
Pig
Roger Moore
Cage is understated intense and haunted in this seriocomic search for a stolen companion a man with a path on a quixotic quest through the dark underbelly of foodie Portlandia 
3.5
The Hand of Fatima
Bill Weber
It d be tempting to call it ambitious if the large emotions felt by its subjects were transmitted in terms other than the increasingly common tropes of the family therapy doc 
2
I'm No Angel
Matt Brunson
When I m good I m very good but when I m bad I m better is first among equals although I m personally always amused by Peel me a grape 
3.5
I'm No Angel
David Nusair
a predictably erratic Mae West vehicle that wouldn t even be worth mentioning were it not for her 
2
Bird People
Marty Mapes
Did you know there s a sparrow sitting just outside your window Probably not they re so common that they are practically invisible That s what the movie Bird People is getting at in its own charming and humorous way 
3
Bird People
Kent Turner
A low key charming diptych character piece that was also divisive at least according to the chatter in the lines at Cannes 
3
Bird People
Stephanie Merry
The vehicle for the message feels haphazard as if Ferran were trying to create a patchwork of various film types rather than one cohesive piece 
2
Bird People
Brian Tallerico
Ferran is prone to flights of fancy pardon the pun as some scenes in his film go on unchecked while others aren t allowed nearly the right amount of time to develop 
2
Bird People
Jesse Cataldo
Pascale Ferran s film isn t daring enough to fully embrace the narrative fragmentation that it sporadically assumes 
2.5
Double Lover
David Nusair
An obvious low point for François Ozon 
.5
Double Lover
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An erotic psychological thriller that could have been a major work in the hands of Brian de Palma 
0
Double Lover
Sara Michelle Fetters
I almost don t feel like one viewing of the film does it justice and I find I d like to jump right back in for a second viewing right away so I can spend more time dissecting its ominously abhorrent twists in greater detail 
3
Double Lover
Rob Thomas
The whole thing is the sort of enjoyable high class trash that only the French seem to be able to get away with 
3
Double Lover
Peter Travers
Francois Ozon s good twin bad twin thriller puts dull Hollywood twaddle like Fifty Shades Freed to shame with its wild wanton ride into the subconscious Prepare for a mindblower 
3
Double Lover
Anita Katz
an audaciously carnal and outrageous wild ride that may wind up a cult classic someday For now though it is simply grade A trash whose ability to dazzle the senses as its ludicrous story progresses isn t quite enough to satisfy 
2.5
Double Lover
Dann Gire
Vacth creates an empathetic yet unreadable protagonist on a journey where delusions frequently overpower reality 
2.5
Double Lover
Odie Henderson
Something this sleazy should be a lot more fun 
1.5
Double Lover
Alan Zilberman
Nothing about this film feels remotely safe 
3
Double Lover
Mick LaSalle
If you don t like this one you ll probably like the next one And in the meantime we have Ozon doing his Ozon thing and that s not bad 
2.5
Double Lover
James Berardinelli
Double Lover may not represent Ozon in peak form but it s too weirdly entertaining to dismiss out of hand 
3
Double Lover
Greg Cwik
Though Double Lover has a slight oneiric quality from the start it grows increasingly delirious the plot threads knotting in convoluted patterns and the overall mood more and more ridiculous 
2.5
Old School
Peter Travers
Only fitfully funny except when Ferrell is onscreen then you won t stop laughing 
2
Old School
Judith Egerton
It may not be much but these days two or three big laughs is nothing to sneeze at 
2
Old School
Nick Rogers
A movie that might make your face hurt with laughter and has its heart in a high enough place while its mind is in the gutter 
3.5
Old School
Tyler Hanley
Will Ferrell and company balance on the beer swilling testosterone tightrope twined by such comedic classics as Animal House and Caddyshack 
3
Old School
Kevin A. Ranson
Will Farrell can sometimes go so over the top he s just not funny any more This isn t one of those times 
2
Old School
James Kendrick
ultimately a conservative story one in which hedonistic partying gives way to a dutiful return to the responsibilities of adult life
2.5
Old School
Susannah Gora
Pretty smart and impossibly funny 
3.5
Old School
Jonathan R. Perry
At its best it s a hilarious celebration of the party animal id that s always at odds with the Apollonian superego of the house payment and 401 k But like our own wild nights of pouring liquid soap into the fountain it s just as easily forgotten 
2.5
Old School
David Keyes
the thrill of Old School is that its characters no matter how minute or underdeveloped are quite comically engaging 
3
Old School
Mark Dujsik
If someone isn t even going to bother to tell me a joke don t expect me to laugh 
1
Old School
Mike McGranaghan
Old School may not be a magna cum laude comedy but it s at least as much fun as a good kegger 
3
Old School
Tony Toscano
Old School is a silly naughty childish and likeable film 
3
Old School
Emily Blunt
Basically it s just a lighthearted comedy that gives Will Ferrell a chance to shine in his element explosive humor mixed with dollops of lunacy Love this guy 
2.5
Old School
Phil Villarreal
If college life is this dull why would these guys want to go back 
2
Old School
Jon Niccum
This escapist male fantasy benefits from better than average casting and some amusing moments of improv by Ferrell and Vaughn 
2.5
Old School
Frank Ochieng
Annoyingly familiar and empty in its hedonistic heavy handedness Old School is as shrewdly shocking and vibrant as spending time in detention with a throbbing headache 
2
Old School
Mike Clark
Unlike most of the lowbrow comedies in theaters these days this one isn t quite a carp 
2.5
Old School
Chris Hewitt
Old School is liable to please anyone who like me thinks the idea of Ferrell performing a rhythm gymnastics routine is sheer genius 
3
Old School
Todd Anthony
For most of its relatively brisk 91 minutes Old School taps a keg of rich frothy humor 
3
Old School
Moira MacDonald
Not quite enough to justify giving this movie 91 minutes of your life but as stupid gross out comedies go you could do worse 
2
Old School
Mick LaSalle
Has about a dozen funny moments 
2
Old School
Carrie Rickey
Old School has all the ingredients of an uproarious campus comedy but it lacks a boisterous short order cook who could whip up a food fight or three 
1.5
Old School
Gene Seymour
An unkempt clearinghouse for cheap throwaway laughs For those who regard that as a recommendation two words Grow up 
1.5
Old School
Bob Strauss
Puts you in a nostalgic mood for the never thought it had any craftsmanship of the National Lampoon classic Which was evidently the filmmakers intent though probably not in the way it actually works out 
2.5
Old School
Jeff Vice
This material is extremely predictable and there are far too many bits that fall flat But the film is also surprisingly funny at times 
2
Old School
Ricardo Baca
This School is cool 
3.5
Old School
Mary F. Pols
A raucous comedy about men chafing against the responsibilities of adulthood 
3
Old School
Wesley Morris
Until it gives up on itself in the last 10 minutes Old School co written by Scot Armstrong and director Todd Phillips knows how to rock a party with naughtiness and intelligence 
3
Old School
Forrest Hartman
Since silly films play particularly well as counterpoint to the super serious often depressing fare pushing for Oscar gold the timing for Old School couldn t be better 
3
Old School
Marty Mapes
Except for a few highlights Old School is not funny enough to make a movie
2
Old School
David Nusair
Old School is that rare comedy that although it s not tremendously funny still manages to entertain due to some impressively strong performances and a brisk pace 
2.5
Old School
John Monaghan
Old School has a clever title a decent concept and a name brand cast But it never fulfills the potential of its story about guys in their 30s who form a frat so they can party again like teenagers 
2
Old School
Shirley Klass
Despite the lazy premise there are some good laughs because the lines are delivered by some great comedians 
2.25
Old School
Rick Groen
Old hat 
2
Old School
Roger Ebert
This is not a funny movie although it has a few good scenes and some nice work by Ferrell as an apparently compulsive nudist 
1
Old School
Megan Lehmann
Old School scores points for its refreshing lack of cheap gross out humor 
2.5
Old School
Duane Dudek
You may not respect yourself the morning after seeing Old School but that doesn t mean you didn t have a good time the night before 
2
Old School
Mark Caro
The movie is never more than the sum of its scattershot jokes 
1.5
Old School
Michael Szymanski
It s Animal House but with a few more back aches and lot more wrinkles and plenty more morals hanging over the characters heads 
3
Old School
Erik Childress
Old School is testament that even the greatest improvisers in the world should be avoiding directors such as Todd Phillips like the clap 
1.5
Old School
Pam Grady
A limp half baked comedy that s long on vulgarity and short on laughs 
1.5
Old School
Connie Ogle
Inept Animal House knockoff 
1
Old School
James Berardinelli
In an era when a viewer is lucky to find one or two humorous moments during the course of a 90 minute so called comedy Old School delivers with surprising effectiveness 
2.5
Old School
Ross Anthony
Respectably stupid humor 
3
Old School
Walter Chaw
As diaries of arrested development go It at least has the wit to tell a story of thirtysomethings seeking to recapture the halcyon days of binge drinking and the joys of sexual objectification 
1.5
Old School
Rob Blackwelder
goes so far beyond hackneyed laughless tiresome incompetence that it may be one of the most unwatchable movies I ve seen in 11 years as a film critic 
0
Old School
Steve Rhodes
With jokes about fat people beer guzzling and oral sex classes the movie is about as fresh as last week s pizza 
1.5
Old School
Linda Cook
At last filmmakers have figured that gross does not equal funny and this is FUNNY 
3
Old School
Steven Snyder
between the scenes of binge drinking naked women blow up dolls and streaking Old School s sophomoric characters suddenly grow up and one cannot help but be distracted by their real life alter egos 
2
Old School
Harvey S. Karten
Though not as gross out as American Pie Old School comically subverts the adage You can t go home again 
3
Old School
Dustin Putman
Neither funny nor likable nor charming nor particularly entertaining Old School is a big screen comedic bust that flunks out in every department 
1.5
A Tale of Two Sisters
Josh Larsen
How much you appreciate the film will largely depend on how effective you feel its big revelation is 
2.5
A Tale of Two Sisters
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s truly a masterpiece in the end 
4
A Tale of Two Sisters
David Nusair
yet another pointless interminably paced Asian horror flick that s inexplicably garnered heaps of praise and adulation 
1.5
A Tale of Two Sisters
Chris Fujiwara
Even at its most maddening and cute the elaborate interplay between hallucination and reality rewards attention 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Renee Graham
There s a reason why Hollywood has been so busy in recent years remaking Asian horror movies Scare for scare they re generally better 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Jennie Punter
It may not be a pretty picture but A Tale of Two Sisters is definitely a satisfying piece of less is more cinematic horror 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
John Terauds
The gorgeous slow moving cinematography by Lee Mogae is remarkable 
2.5
A Tale of Two Sisters
Paul Doro
Fans of the genre will find much to savor with A Tale of Two Sisters 
2.5
A Tale of Two Sisters
Phil Villarreal
This one makes you sweat 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Jeff Shannon
The film seems unnecessarily vague on a rational level but it s spot on as a psychological study of a twinlike sibling relationship and the ways in which memory can suppress trauma and soothe a mourning soul 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
John Monaghan
There s no denying the eye for hypnotic imagery employed by writer director Ji woon Kim and cinematographer Mo gae Lee 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Walter Chaw
That feeling of laden Victoriana oozes not just from the opulent settings but from the sexual leviathans coiling and uncoiling in the subtext 
4
A Tale of Two Sisters
Jonathan Rosenbaum
We aren t meant to understand the story fully until the film s closing minutes so the shocks and suggestions come in a muddled context 
1
A Tale of Two Sisters
Ruthe Stein
Kim creates stunning images ripe with meaning 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Jack Mathews
Murky and pretty near incomprehensible 
2
A Tale of Two Sisters
David Sterritt
Quite restrained for what s basically a horror movie and very well acted 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Allison Benedikt
It s a stunningly creepy specimen of Asian horror 
3
A Tale of Two Sisters
Michael Booth
Plays like a gorgeous painting hanging in a gloomy gallery you stand in front of one corner mesmerized by turquoise wallpaper or a burgundy rug then a fleeting movement in another corner draws you over 
3.5
A Tale of Two Sisters
Ed Gonzalez
Unnervingly conflates fairytale lore with the angst of adolescent sexual development 
2.5
The Tall Guy
Roger Ebert
This movie is right about a great many things one of them being that there is a market for comedy among people who were not born yesterday 
3.5
Flowers (Loreak)
Walter V. Addiego
Filmmakers Jon Gorao and Jos Mari Goenaga get good performances throughout and the images are handsome But the pace is slow to a point that wearies 
2
Flowers (Loreak)
Robert Horton
They don t give Oscars for floristry but if they did this movie would win in a walk 
3
Flowers (Loreak)
Soren Andersen
Beautifully filmed it operates from the premise voiced by one of the characters that people don t die until we forget them 
3
Flowers (Loreak)
Dann Gire
Flowers works as an honest testimonial to differing coping mechanisms 
2.5
Flowers (Loreak)
Michael O'Sullivan
A poetic meditation on love pain and memory all expressed through the metaphor of cut flowers 
3
Flowers (Loreak)
Godfrey Cheshire
It contains nothing to offend but nothing to surprise or inspire either 
2
Flowers (Loreak)
Chuck Bowen
Everyone heals or doesn t heal on cue and the initial pathos of the narrative is dulled by the architecture of its through lines 
2.5
Flowers (Loreak)
Rene Rodriguez
Directors Jon Garao and Jose Mari Goenaga have said they were aiming for a cross between Hitchcock and Kieslowski which is a perfect way to describe this lovely film s enthralling pull 
3.5
Endings, Beginnings
Rene Sanchez
It manages to capture in such a sincere way the ups and downs of being a thirty something Shailene Woodley is sensational Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
Endings, Beginnings
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than identifying with its main character the movie makes us smack our foreheads asking out loud what the hell are you thinking 
2
Endings, Beginnings
Sheila O'Malley
It s not actually clear what is appealing and or interesting about any of these people 
1.5
Endings, Beginnings
Mark Dujsik
T he character s issues stem from the fact that she can t be honest and forthright in any of her dealings The movie has a similar problem 
1.5
Endings, Beginnings
Christian Toto
The film s pro family subplot is the only curve ball thrown in this sordid soggy tale 
2
Endings, Beginnings
Matthew Passantino
As the movie lollygags along it becomes harder to decipher or really care what the purpose of this story was 
1.5
Endings, Beginnings
Johnny Oleksinski
When it comes to the movie Endings Beginnings I prefer the endings 
1
Endings, Beginnings
Joey Magidson
Showcasing the yearning for human connection that we all share filmmaker Drake Doremus once again will rock you to your core 
3.5
Endings, Beginnings
David Nusair
Endings Beginnings benefits substantially from Woodley s immersive lived in performance 
3
In Full Bloom
Roger Moore
One hundred and twenty seven years of boxing pictures and a little indie film comes along and shows us the ring in ways we haven t seen before 
2.5
An Eye for Beauty
Kyle Smith
Delivers the character depth of your average spread in Architectural Digest 
1
An Eye for Beauty
Chuck Bowen
Denys Arcand fashions a commandingly leisurely pace that allows us to follow these people who walk a tightrope separating ecstasy from misery 
3
Q & A
David Nusair
46 46 46 deliberate yet thoroughly watchable 46 46 46 
3
Q & A
James Berardinelli
Q A is testimony to the validity of the old adage a good story when well told can never be told too many times 
3
Q & A
Chuck O'Leary
Sidney Lumet s third film about corruption in the NYC police department is a gritty gripping and profane thriller with a powerhouse performance by an intimidating Nick Nolte 
4
Q & A
Bill Chambers
A ramshackle police drama that resides in the upper tier of Lumet s ouevre 
3
Carrie
Brian Eggert
Carrie is a punishing experience ever ready to deliver some inconceivable blow against the audience just after the director has deceived us into thinking both Carrie and the audience were safe 
4
Carrie
Dustin Putman
One of cinema s ultimate operatic teenage melodramas I have seen Carrie more times than I can count and yet it never loses its uncommon heartbreak and blood curdling dramatic power 
4
Carrie
Kathleen Carroll
With each new movie De Palma comes closer to mastering Hitchcock s trademark of teasing suspense and tongue in cheek horror 
3
Carrie
Michael Wilmington
A voluptuously shot horror movie 
3.5
Carrie
Lucius Gore
O ne of the best horror films of the 1970s 
4
Carrie
Phil Villarreal
The bulk of Carrie is not a gore fest but a prescient tone poem about the mental torture of social outcasts in high school halls in the pre Columbine era 
4
Carrie
Eric Henderson
Carrie might be a film about high school but it was perhaps Brian De Palma s first completely mature film 
4
Carrie
Chuck O'Leary
A total knockout Piper Laurie gives a bravura performance as Carrie s religious fanatic mother one of the creepiest movie characters ever 
4
Carrie
Roger Ebert
Brian De Palma s Carrie is an absolutely spellbinding horror movie It s also and this is what makes it so good an observant human portrait 
3.5
Carrie
David Nusair
It s a simple tale told briskly and effectively by director Brian DePalma 
3
Carrie
James Kendrick
King s pulp gothic imagination was perfectly realized on screen in De Palma s Hitchcock influenced manipulative camerawork
4
Carrie
David Keyes
It s a gripping and rousing perusal of our human souls an opportunity to become aware of our dark sides and meet them head on 
4
Straight Into Darkness
Steve Rhodes
Once it s over with you may feel cheated since you realize that it never went much of anywhere 
2
The Red Badge of Courage
David Nusair
impressively epic 
2.5
Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
Roger Ebert
Vidal Sassoon The Movie might as well be titled Vidal Sassoon The Infomercial for all of the distance it maintains from its subject 
2.5
Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
Kyle Smith
A voice at the start of Vidal Sassoon The Movie declares It s impossible to overestimate the importance of Vidal Sassoon If so this documentary makes the impossible look easy 
1.5
Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
Andrew Schenker
Craig Teper s documentary profile of the legendary hairdresser veers dangerously close to hagiography 
1.5
Bling
Dann Gire
The animated futuristic kids fantasy wastes no time in establishing its spiritually bankrupt materialistic philosophy on romance and manhood 
1
The Strange Case of Angelica
Mattie Lucas
A master class in cinematic formalism from a man with a lifetime of knowledge and experience 
3.5
The Strange Case of Angelica
Bruce DeMara
The Strange Case of Angelica is indeed strange and unsettling What it isn t is compelling or satisfying 
1.5
The Strange Case of Angelica
Kate Taylor
An uneven but intriguing piece of whimsy that veers from powerfully symbolic cinematography into self parody 
2
The Strange Case of Angelica
Moira MacDonald
A quiet tale told through a rarely moving camera and a playful bewitching smile 
3
The Strange Case of Angelica
Peter Keough
The narrative unreels with the simplicity of a silent movie many scenes are shot from a single camera set up with few cuts the shadowy stagy interiors backed by Chopin as if it were a live piano accompaniment 
3.5
The Strange Case of Angelica
Wesley Morris
Nearly every shot in this new movie contains one glory or another 
3.5
The Strange Case of Angelica
Jeffrey M. Anderson
May be the most accessible of the ten Oliveira films I ve seen so far 
4
The Strange Case of Angelica
Walter V. Addiego
The Strange Case of Angelica tells its tale of love and death with a captivating mix of formality ambiguity and offbeat humor On the surface a simple fable it s actually much more 
3
The Strange Case of Angelica
Andrew Schenker
After a century on this planet and seven decades in the cinema Manoel de Oliveira has earned the right to turn out whatever type of film he chooses 
3
Redeemer
Mark Dujsik
The fights become a bit repetitive These wouldn t matter as much if Redeemer had a distinct personality beyond the occasional flash from the villains 
2.5
Littlerock
Tom Keogh
Ott has explored his theme how each person s destiny is propelled by the past but left dangling isolated in a seemingly formless present with great subtlety 
3
Littlerock
Burl Burlingame
A neatly plotted observational film about being on the outside looking in and on the inside looking out 
3
Littlerock
Wesley Morris
Ott s distilled the town until it floats somewhere between a hangover and a dream 
3
Littlerock
David Lewis
This evocative deceptively rich slice of life has its own voice and it never fails to be enjoyable for several reasons 
3
Littlerock
Roger Ebert
Littlerock tells a confident story that knows precisely where it s going 
3
Littlerock
Lou Lumenick
Mike Ott s rambling mildly engaging micro budgeted indie 
2
Littlerock
Bill Weber
Director Mike Ott s second narrative feature cannily plays its intentions close to the vest 
3
Littlerock
Peter Keough
Ott captures with subtlety wit and irony the points of view of both the Japanese visitors and the local yokels sometimes by something as simple as the choice of whether or not to use subtitles 
3.5
Littlerock
James Adams
Littlerock wins your involvement by its meandering off handedness and refusal to play up its strangers in a strange land conceit 
3
Shirley Valentine
David Nusair
An obnoxious and thoroughly tedious piece of work 
1
Shirley Valentine
Roger Ebert
There were moments during the movie when I cringed at the manipulative dialogue as the heroine recited warmed over philosophy and inane one liners when she should have been allowed to speak for herself 
1
Good Madam
Randy Myers
Good Mother rattles not with gore but with the weight of history and injustice 
3
Good Madam
Roger Moore
A tight 44 lightly chilling 46 46 46 parable of a housekeeper and what 8220 life in service 8221 can mean 44 in a supernatural sense 44 in the former Apartheid state 46 
2.5
Good Madam
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The racial and class differences that are still present in South Africa today serve as the basis for this remarkable horror film 
2
Things Heard & Seen
Tom Meek
Things Heard may have been a more engrossing spin if rooted just in small town drama and big dreams gone offtrack 
2.5
Things Heard & Seen
Robert Levin
It s all crushingly predictable advancing along the expected lines without even the slightest hint of something extra or new 
1
Things Heard & Seen
Jocelyn Noveck
Well cast and often entertaining but campy and sometimes obvious 
2.5
Things Heard & Seen
Steven Prokopy
Things Heard and Seen ends up feeling more like a skillfully made Hallmark movie than something that might have once played in theaters 
1.5
Things Heard & Seen
David Nusair
erratic yet mostly watchable 
3
Things Heard & Seen
Richard Roeper
Overwrought horror starring an overqualified cast 
2
Things Heard & Seen
Kevin Carr
I didn t expect the movie to go certain places and I respect the movie for doing that 
3
Things Heard & Seen
Chris Vognar
It s hard to write about how all this happens without tarnishing the effect but eventually you feel it building taking its time shining light on previous details that might have led you to twiddle your thumbs 
2.5
Things Heard & Seen
Johnny Oleksinski
W hile Things Heard Seen is not in the same league as A Quiet Place and Charlie Kaufman s oddball Netflix thriller it has a spooky atmosphere and an appealingly slow boil that will liven up a Saturday night 
2.5
Things Heard & Seen
Leo Brady
It has all the right beats but falters in the end Maybe the book is better It might be better to read than to have seen 
2
Things Heard & Seen
Randy Myers
This half baked chiller disintegrates in a nonsensical finale that makes you want to slap your forehead in disgust It s really too bad since Norton gives such a tremendously calculated performance and other individual elements work so well 
2
Things Heard & Seen
Christy Lemire
Things Heard Seen boasts a fantastic cast of actors who are always fascinating to watch even when the material itself is less so 
2.5
Things Heard & Seen
Mark Dujsik
Things Heard Seen tries to do a lot It s far too much as it turns out amounting to very little 
1.5
Things Heard & Seen
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
All may be heard and seen but holds very little meaning 
1
Things Heard & Seen
Chris Barsanti
Ultimately the film s most impactful terrors have nothing to do with things that go bump in the night 
2
Code Black
Steven Rea
A must see for anyone concerned about the state of health care in this country Which should be all of us 
3.5
Code Black
Peter Keough
Code Black shows the passion frustration and skill of those who work to heal despite the system but it remains in the dark about why that system is broken and how it can be fixed 
3
Code Black
Roger Moore
Energetic idealistic and somewhat scattered look at the state of American medicine seen through a busy ER
3
Code Black
Moira MacDonald
Code Black presents itself as a demonstration of the current crisis in health care and it s hard to watch without becoming enraged 
3
Code Black
David Lewis
Code Black succeeds in its most important mission taking us to ground zero of the health care mess 
3
Code Black
Michael O'Sullivan
Code Black is a powerful and quietly damning film 
3.5
Code Black
Claudia Puig
The precarious state of contemporary health care is shockingly evident McGarry follows a team of idealistic committed and unflappable medical residents 
3.5
Code Black
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie is at its best when it s immersing you in a series of conundrums and letting you feel what it s like to live with them and wrestle with them 
2.5
First Love, Last Rites
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doesn t seem destined for box office success but it s an impressive first film and one I found myself thinking about for days afterward 
3.5
The Guilty
Matt Brunson
A decent 8220 B 8221 flick 46 
3
A Little Bit of Heaven
Michael Dequina
Director Nicole Kassell is completely out of her element here 
1
A Little Bit of Heaven
Connie Ogle
When a movie opens with a character telling you that love isn t important that movie is definitely going to smack down that nonbeliever because movies always believe love is important 
2
A Little Bit of Heaven
Lou Lumenick
Who knew dying could be such a laugh riot Certainly not any of us who have actually watched a loved one in the awful final stages of cancer 
0
A Little Bit of Heaven
Mick LaSalle
In the long history of bad movies about bad illnesses A Little Bit of Heaven just might be the worst 
1
A Little Bit of Heaven
Steven Rea
The film reaches into the pits of moviegoing hell when it finds Marley on a celestial white couch ringed in billowing white curtains communing with God And God is embodied by Whoopi Goldberg 
0
A Little Bit of Heaven
Andrew Schenker
Unsurprisingly for a film detailing terminal disease this is a largely solemn affair often verging on morbidity in its elongated death watch 
1
A Little Bit of Heaven
Matt Pais
Sending Marley an escort who is a little person for comic effect represents a major foul the guy saying people call him a little bit of heaven is hitting the ball backwards out of the stadium 
0.5
A Little Bit of Heaven
James Berardinelli
What s missing is honesty It has been supplanted by artifice 
2
The First Saturday in May
John Hartl
The movie has more heart than art but it s unfailingly genuine 
2.5
The First Saturday in May
Michele Kenner
The filmmakers emphasize the disparate personalities of the trainers who can taste victory with every stride of the beautiful animals with whom they work groom and feed 
3
The First Saturday in May
Michael Esposito
The horses quest for the Kentucky Derby is supposed to be the big picture idea but there isn t a whole lot of horse footage too much standing around in stalls waiting 
2
The First Saturday in May
Chris Hewitt
The reason I don t love the Kentucky Derby documentary The First Saturday in May is because it s about a bunch of dull people who keep blocking our view of beautiful fascinating horses 
2
The First Saturday in May
Leba Hertz
The story isn t just about the result but rather a look at lives and hopes that are part of our American culture 
3.5
The First Saturday in May
Lou Lumenick
For anyone with an interest in racing First Saturday is a sure bet 
3
The First Saturday in May
Dennis Fisher
All consuming passion and the ways in which it works positively and negatively in the lives of six horse trainers is brought to the screen brilliantly in the new documentary The First Saturday in May an inside look at the run up to the 2006 Derby 
3
The First Saturday in May
Bill Weber
Handicapped by an unavoidable postscript that even nonfans are apt to recall the eventually fatal injury in the Preakness Stakes to Derby winner Barbaro 
2.5
Divan
Jonathan Curiel
As it is Divan is akin to meeting someone serendipitously on a train or cafe someone you like well enough who tells you his or her life story in all its detail and assumes you re completely enthralled 
2
Divan
Bob Strauss
Amusing informative documentary 
3
Divan
Phil Villarreal
This is someone s home movie and an endearing one at that but it isn t made well enough to justify an admission price 
2.5
Divan
Lou Lumenick
An absolutely charming first person documentary 
3
Divan
Elizabeth Weitzman
A warm and engaging home movie 
3
Divan
David Sterritt
Makes up in energy and high spirits what it lacks in structure and style 
3
Divan
Jan Stuart
A jaunty insightful and unabashedly self indulgent reflection on Hasidic culture and family expectations 
3
Declaration of War
John Beifuss
Horror movies excepted it s the rare film that suggests the presence of a child doesn t Make Everything Better as if by magic 
3.5
Declaration of War
Ann Hornaday
True to its title Declaration of War is a visceral forthright visit to the front lines of battle where superhuman courage is called for as life or death skirmishes turn into a long slog of survival 
3.5
Declaration of War
Joe Williams
The tonal shifts the Amelie style voiceover and the punk retro soundtrack may jar some viewers who expect uninterrupted violins but Declaration of War is alternative therapy that really works 
3.5
Declaration of War
Moira MacDonald
Declaration of War movingly chronicles a unique and terrible fight that of two parents against the cancer that has invaded the brain of their 18 month old son 
3.5
Declaration of War
Wesley Morris
As ponderous and overwrought as a film hogged by a couple of young hipsters named Romo and Juliette can be 
2
Declaration of War
Alicia Potter
Taken as an assault against self pity and sentimentality this War puts up an involving and ultimately thought provoking fight 
2.5
Declaration of War
Chris Hewitt
For all its narrative flourishes what makes Declaration feel special is the intimacy and honesty of its depiction of good people leaning on each other as they try to hold it together 
4
Declaration of War
Matt Pais
Exhilarating a very very good chronicle of something that can happen to anyone and how to steer a ship when there s no turning back 
3.5
Declaration of War
Roger Ebert
The film may even be too upbeat especially the ending which is too easy and contrived Yet there s real emotion here 
3
Declaration of War
Steven Rea
Declaration of War feels very present very alive And it s very much worth seeing 
3.5
Declaration of War
Michael Dequina
The core power and truth of the scenario resonates in the mind and heart 
3
Declaration of War
Kent Turner
We can t help but think up another movie in our heads one that s not quite as nice 
2.5
Declaration of War
Kyle Smith
Declaration of War has it all comedy romance fantasy musical interludes and a child with a brain tumor Wait what 
3
Declaration of War
Amy Biancolli
Sick children and their struggling parents rarely make for a lively film But Declaration of War does just that in an unusual French mashup of stylized techniques and stinging blows of emotion 
3
Declaration of War
Rex Reed
I admit I admire the writing and acting of the two brave stars who declare war on film in which there is only one enemy to fight their child s deadly disease 
2.5
Declaration of War
Andrew Schenker
The surest sign that a filmmaker recognizes the insularity of his or her project is the presence of perfunctory attempts to hint at a wider political context 
2
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
Doug Walker
Feels a bit like a sitcom but a really funny sitcom The lighter moments make the dark comedy all the more surprising and humorous Even with that it still manages to have a great deal of heart 
3
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
Kelly Kimball
Romance and comedy are part and parcel and both are done with aplomb But what gives the work its distinction are its intersections 
3
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
Roger Moore
A film that transcends it failings and becomes not just funny and warm enough to work but a cultural touchstone
2.5
North on Evers
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Eventually we discover that North on Evers is the result of careful planning as well as of spontaneous digression 
3
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
David Nusair
Accessible to neophytes yet geared to fans 
2.5
Rat
David N. Butterworth
Rat is an absurdist yarn that eventually outstays its welcome despite magnificent work by Imelda Staunton vile Professor Umbridge in the Harry Potter films 
2.5
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
Matt Brunson
A lesser entry in the annals of cinematic horror anthologies 
2
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
James Kendrick
Offers the kind of variety and creative opportunities that help paper over the movie s weaker narrative aspects 
2.5
Fyre Fraud
Federico Furzan
Informative and refreshing documentary showing a more serious side of what happened with the infamous festival that never came to be Full review in Spanish 
3
Fyre Fraud
Christopher James
Overall Fyre Fraud works better as a longform journalistic piece It s sprawling and detailed at the same time 
2.5
Fyre Fraud
Alan French
Trying to use pop culture as shorthand can be helpful but in this case it turns the issues into actual cartoon characters 
1.5
Fyre Fraud
Robert Daniels
McFarland like most scammers is a wellspring of genius misused for perilous ends Fyre Fraud is a story of an all time swindle 
3
Fyre Fraud
Richard Roeper
Fyre Fraud is a little zippier and pop culture y in its skewering 
3
Rumble
Matt Brunson
Strictly kid flick boilerplate 46 
2
Rumble
Roger Moore
A good looking mindless romp aimed at the children of all ages who watch professional wrestling 
2
The Church
James Kendrick
Sovai doesn t settle for the easy opting instead for a more oblique and suggestive rather than graphic approach to the material
2.5
The Church
Ed Gonzalez
There is no denying the dreaminess of Soavi s stream of consciousness horror show 
3
Blind Date
Lou Lumenick
A remake of a film by murdered Dutch director Theo van Gogh it fails to captivate despite or perhaps because of the frantic acting efforts of Tucci and the normally reliable Patricia Clarkson 
2
Blind Date
Stephen Whitty
Ultimately the joke goes on too long for the couple and for us and the film fades away before the final fade out 
2.5
Blind Date
Simon Abrams
Stanley Tucci has such a disdain for subtlety that he doesn t even allow the viewer to suss out for themselves what made up identities Don and Janna have assumed in each encounter 
2
Secret Honor
David N. Butterworth
Altman s take on a fascinating one man show with Philip Baker Hall staggeringly good as the disgraced Richard Milhous Nixon 
3
Secret Honor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We begin to understand Nixon or at least this representation of him in a human way that press coverage or television speeches could never capture 
4
Secret Honor
Roger Ebert
Rarely have I seen ninety more compelling minutes on the screen 
4
Triumph of Love
Chris Hewitt
For this sort of thing to work we need agile performers but the proficient dull Sorvino has no light touch and Rodan is out of his league 
2
Triumph of Love
Jeff Vice
Lacks any real bite that might make the story tolerable 
2
Triumph of Love
Beth Pinsker
The characters in Triumph of Love are trifles so that the farcical situation which depends on the audience buying quick changes of heart like falling in love in an instant has no resonance 
1.5
Triumph of Love
Sean P. Means
Clare Peploe s airless movie adaptation could use a little American Pie like irreverence 
2
Triumph of Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I found myself full of glee while watching it Merchant Ivory could learn a thing or two from it and the rest of us should simply bask in its joy 
3.5
Triumph of Love
Mick LaSalle
It could have been something special but two things drag it down to mediocrity director Clare Peploe s misunderstanding of Marivaux s rhythms and Mira Sorvino s limitations as a classical actress 
2
Triumph of Love
David Elliott
Triumph of Love is a very silly movie but the silliness has a pedigree 
3.5
Triumph of Love
Joe Baltake
The kind of nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilarate you 
3
Triumph of Love
Walter Chaw
a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome In the wrong hands i e Peploe s it s simply unbearable
1
Triumph of Love
Kevin John Bozelka
Has an unmistakable easy joie de vivre 
3
Triumph of Love
Terry Lawson
More trifle than triumph 
2
Triumph of Love
Glenn Lovell
Proves a lovely trifle that unfortunately is a little too in love with its own cuteness 
2
Triumph of Love
Steve Rhodes
Don t be surprised if the princess adds another heart to her treasure chest yours 
3
Triumph of Love
James Berardinelli
Viewed as a comedy a romance a fairy tale or a drama there s nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture 
1.5
Triumph of Love
Susan Stark
Elegant but deliciously determinedly lofty i The Triumph of Love translates a gender bending 18th century French romantic comedy to terms the modern movie audience can relish 
3
Triumph of Love
Carrie Rickey
The premise is less playful than played out 
2
Triumph of Love
Jules Brenner
If you re going to present such fare to a modern audience what do you do to justify the choice 
1
Triumph of Love
Michael Dequina
Indeed a triumph of love love of performance love of joy and above all else love of love itself 
3
Triumph of Love
Misha Berson
It s a treat watching Shaw a British stage icon melting under the heat of Phocion s attentions 
3
Triumph of Love
Rod Armstrong
As a tolerable diversion the film suffices a Triumph however it is not 
2.5
Triumph of Love
Roger Ebert
Elegant mannered and teasing 
3
Triumph of Love
Ray Conlogue
A gorgeous witty seductive movie 
3.5
Triumph of Love
Lou Lumenick
A triumph of misguided moviemaking starting with a grotesquely miscast Mira Sorvino who arguably gives the worst performance ever by an Oscar winner 
1
Triumph of Love
Jordana Brown
The film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold 
2
Triumph of Love
Michael Wilmington
A sunny high style beautifully verbose romp 
3
Devil's Plaything
Nick Schager
The Devil s Plaything exhibits a disinterest in horror and an inability to muster eroticism 
1.5
Camelot
Roger Ebert
Exactly what we were promised ornate visually beautiful romantic and staged as the most lavish production in the history of the Hollywood musical If that s what you like you ll like it 
4
Camelot
Matt Brunson
Often so misguided that it threatens to become a spoof worthy of Monty Python or Mel Brooks when Arthur hisses I demand a man s vengeance he sounds exactly like Cloris Leachman bleating Death to King Louis in History of the World Part I 
2
Dancin' It's On!
Soren Andersen
Every single member of the cast speaks no recites lines as though seeing them for the first time on cue cards as the camera rolled 
1
Animals
Leo Brady
Animals is a tough but poetic film It s about two drug addicts living in a car in love trapped in their habits and fighting to change their ways 
3.5
Animals
Kam Williams
Homeless con artists ply their trade in petty crime survival saga 
4
Animals
Matt Pais
Has confidence and authenticity to spare 
3
Animals
Robert Horton
This kind of movie can boost the fortunes of little known actors and it should do that for Dastmalchian and Shaw 
2.5
Animals
Jon Niccum
There s no shortage of indie pictures that burrow into the cold realities of drug dependency But Animals like the best of these films moves beyond mere cautionary tale 
3
Animals
Sheila O'Malley
This is not a slippery slope movie like other stories about addicts In Animals they are already at the bottom of the slope 
3
Animals
Tom Keogh
The trajectory of Animals is obvious in the opening minutes of this numbing if well acted junkie drama 
1.5
Animals
Brad Keefe
Watching two junkies in love kick heroin alone is its own kind of heartbreaking as the desperation of this need is trumped only by their need for each other 
3.5
Animals
Roger Moore
Modestly effective character study of junkies who eat prey and love 
2.5
Athlete A
Randy Myers
This is one of the best documentaries you ll see this year 
4
Athlete A
Tom Meek
The saga of the survivors is harrowing 
3
Athlete A
Linda Cook
Athlete A is a disturbing story of rot in an organization and the vulnerable women and girls who became its victims 
3.5
Athlete A
Peter Canavese
Incredibly damning and presented with an audiovisual impact that the written word of its journalistic source couldn t fully capture 
3.5
Athlete A
Jeff York
It s an ugly portrayal of the sport and yet despite the horrors of Nasser s actions hearing the clear eyed testimony from the now adult competitors manages to make the film feel almost uplifting 
4
Athlete A
Jake Coyle
After Athlete A you may never again watch America s pursuit for gold with quite the same enthusiasm 
3
Athlete A
Nell Minow
Directors Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk show us the story of the predatory monster the brave survivors and the heroic reporters of The Indianapolis Star But they want us to see more 
3.5
Athlete A
G. Allen Johnson
It s a terrific journalism movie but it s also a story of young women who persevered and found justice against the odds 
4
Munna Michael
Simon Abrams
Noisy silly and sometimes rather fun I just wish it weren t such a hot mess 
2.5
The Toolbox Murders
Matt Brunson
This escapes a one star rating only because it s more competently filmed than other low budget slasher flicks of the period and because its cast is a model of eclecticism 
1.5
The Toolbox Murders
David Nusair
Cameron Mitchell playing the masked psycho delivers one of the most obnoxious performances ever in a horror movie 
.5
Godland
Mark Dujsik
The approach 44 while admirable in some ways 44 simply doesn apos t make much of an impact 46 
2.5
Godland
Anne Brodie
A bleak morality tale of great power 44 Lucas 44 a priest who is unsympathetic 46 A tableau of his dead pony 44 rotting over time 44 symbolises all that is wrong and Lucas 8217 unsuitability 46 The landscape dictates life and he failed there 44 to add to his sins 46 
4
Godland
Simon Abrams
There 8217 s just enough room for viewers to wander about Godland and maybe even get lost in its pregnant pauses thanks to Maria von Hausswolff 8217 s stunning cinematography 46 
2.5
Godland
Carson Lund
The film 8217 s unifying theme is the egocentrism and inevitable violence of masculinity 46 
2.5
Godland
Roger Moore
A somewhat drawn out 46 46 46 fable of faith and cultures clashing and colonialism 46 46 46 told with patience and an eye for what makes Iceland magical 46 
3
Godland
Jeff Mitchell
P 225 lmason channels his inner Herzog and Malick and delivers a daunting 44 immersing 19th century journey 44 one that pits naivety against nature and proficiency 46 An instant classic 33 
4
Godland
David Nusair
P 225 lmason delivers an uneventful 44 meandering narrative that contains distressingly little in the way of drama or forward momentum 46 46 46 
2
Bloody Birthday
John Beifuss
Doesn t concoct an elaborate back story or history of family dysfunction to justify or motivate the kiddie killing spree that is its reason for being The three bad seeds here were simply born under a bad sign as Albert King might have said 
2.5
Bloody Birthday
Lucius Gore
What the film lacks in story it makes up for with a high body count and plenty of gratuitous sex 
3
The Photograph
Richard Roeper
Lakeith Stanfield and Issa Rae do wonderful work as people with an instant connection 
3
The Photograph
Matt Brunson
Chances are audiences will fall in love with the stars relaxed and natural chemistry It s just a shame their romance is trapped in a movie as staid as this one 
2
The Photograph
Jeff Mitchell
Do Mae and Michael stay together or split up Eh either way is fine 
2
The Photograph
Janaya Greene
Love romantic or otherwise is complicated The Photograph reminds us that familial love is the root of how we love others 
3
The Photograph
Oliver Jones
All of it combines into not only a profoundly romantic experience but also an exploration of a number of different kinds of love and connection 
3
The Photograph
Monica Castillo
The Photograph is an enjoyable enough love story and sweet enough to indulge in during a holiday dedicated to candy hearts 
3
The Photograph
Mark Kennedy
Meghie s script is very human respectful of hesitancy and thoughtful without being flashy 
3.5
The Photograph
Derek Smith
The film is at its best when it s focused on the euphoria and tribulations of its central couple 
2.5
The Photograph
Johnny Oleksinski
Watching The Photograph is like looking through a friend s old photo album it s not as exciting as your friend thinks it is 
2
The Photograph
Mick LaSalle
The characters are still likable even if you ve stopped being all that crazy about The Photograph 
2.5
The Photograph
Mark Dujsik
One has to dig deep to the point that it might feel like making something up to uncover some meaning in this intergenerational tale 
1.5
The Photograph
Johanna Schneller
Stanfield has impressive range from Get Out to Knives Out Atlanta to Uncut Gems but he was also born to play romantic heroes He could easily be the next Denzel Washington or Brad Pitt 
3
The Photograph
Michael Phillips
The Photograph treats all its characters with some decency and understanding in a genre where straw villains and cardboard adversaries typically run rampant 
3
The Photograph
Roger Moore
Slow but it develops into something rare in the movies this and most Valentine s Days a romance that feels romantic 
2.5
See You Soon
Roger Moore
Deathly dull Russo American romance whose leading lady displays all the warmth of a Bond villain 
1.5
Frontera
Christian Toto
Frontera avoids stepping on an illegal immigration soap box until the movie s final shot 
3
Frontera
Christy Lemire
Frontera is a well cast well made well acted drama that you will probably forget about soon after you ve seen it 
2.5
Frontera
Claudia Puig
No polemic it s a poignant tale of human decency and redemption 
3
Frontera
Lou Lumenick
Frontera offers an unsparing look at the plight of illegal immigrants even if the ending seems too patly convenient 
2.5
Frontera
David Lee Dallas
By turns abrasive and stately sermonic and impartial plot heavy and meandering often within seconds of each other 
2.5
The Heiress
James Kendrick
The film works so well because those surging emotional currents although often pushed just below the surface give it a constant tension that draws you in like a thriller 
4
The Heiress
Matt Brunson
A deft psychological drama powered by superlative performances 
4
Ashes in the Snow
Roger Moore
A dull tour of a grimly compelling historic subject 
1.5
Ashes in the Snow
Rex Reed
Filmmakers never seem to run out of footnotes to history during World War II This one is better served in the pages of a novel It doesn t work on film 
1
Ashes in the Snow
Glenn Kenny
The script and direction are dealing with actual historical atrocities and tragedies and distilling them into another resilience of the human spirit bromide 
1.5
Uprising
David Nusair
Uprising though flawed in a lot of ways is still worth checking out if only to learn about a true life inspirational tale 
2.5
Uprising
John Carman
A solid network effort about heroism in a most immoral world 
3
Free Radicals
David Sterritt
The parallel stories don t always dovetail with each other smoothly but the acting is strong and the atmosphere is powerful 
3
Free Radicals
John Anderson
I have seen Barbara Albert s Free Radicals three times now and could surely watch it 10 times more finding something else on each visit to salve the soul 
4
Free Radicals
V.A. Musetto
Brims with energy carefully drawn characters and fine acting and sad eyed Deborah Ten Brink as Manu s daughter is a scene stealer 
3
Free Radicals
Elizabeth Weitzman
Deftly intercutting between several tenuously connected lives Barbara Albert s astringent drama is transformed by bright flashes of compassion 
3
Free Radicals
Ed Gonzalez
Barbara Albert s contemptuous Free Radicals unravels like an Austrian Short Cuts except there s no humanity buried beneath the life is bleak passages of the film 
1
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
David Nusair
There s ultimately never a point at which Amanda Knox Murder on Trial in Italy doesn t play like a reenactment on America s Most Wanted 
1.5
Shooting the Mafia
David Lewis
The unfocused yet still engaging documentary Shooting the Mafia is a compelling curiosity 
2.5
Shooting the Mafia
Michael O'Sullivan
You ll come out of the film knowing as much about the Sicilian Mafia maybe more than the photographer who made her name shooting it 
2
Shooting the Mafia
Nick Allen
Shooting the Mafia aptly conveys Battaglia s many layers while exemplifying the power in not looking away 
3
Shooting the Mafia
Chuck Bowen
Kim Longinotto is so eager to celebrate her hero that she also glides past thornier portions of Letizia Battaglia s life 
2.5
Shooting the Mafia
Roger Moore
AT its most engaging when it focuses strictly on the woman and her dogged work showing her photographs in the Mafia stronghold of Corleone go figure using images to shake her neighbors out of their complicit silence 
3
Shooting the Mafia
Sean P. Means
Winners write the history books but survivors are put in the documentaries and filmmaker Kim Longinotto captures a beautiful portrait of a hearty survivor in photographer Letizia Battaglia in the documentary Shooting the Mafia 
3
No Place Like Home
Matt Brunson
A gentler work than The Harder They Come in its flow and many of its images more of the country s beauty shines through in this one 
3
Cherry Blossoms
Gerald Peary
I can appreciate Dörrie s craft and her sincerity but the two hour story of Rudi s evolution which includes his unlikely friendship with a tiresome white faced butoh performer Aya Irizuki meant nothing to me 
2.5
Cherry Blossoms
Joe Williams
A uniquely poignant meditation on mortality 
4
Cherry Blossoms
Jonathan Curiel
The movie is an ideal blend of character study deceptively simple plot twists inspired acting and travelogue 
3
Cherry Blossoms
Moira MacDonald
A quiet moving tale of love and loss 
3
Cherry Blossoms
Carrie Rickey
Cherry Blossoms is both austere and garish simultaneously dry and sentimental tightly repressed and extravagantly expressive bourgeois and bohemian It s a seesaw but director Dorrie finds the balance 
3
Cherry Blossoms
Ty Burr
There s meat and sustenance there but Cherry Blossoms too often traffics in shopworn Western notions of Japanese culture it s a pilgrim s eye view of Zen 
2.5
Cherry Blossoms
Elizabeth Weitzman
Refusing to be rushed Doris Dorrie blends individual experiences with universal emotions to create a quietly moving study of self discovery 
3
Cherry Blossoms
V.A. Musetto
At more than two hours Cherry Blossoms could do with some pruning 
2
Cherry Blossoms
Andrew Schenker
The film s soggy visuals end by reducing the plight of the grief struck central figure to the stuff of overly prettified kitsch 
1.5
Divorce, Italian Style
Loey Lockerby
If you re in the mood for a cynical time traveling Italian vacation you couldn t do much better than this 
3
Divorce, Italian Style
Matt Brunson
Murder has rarely been as mirthful cinematically speaking of course as in this uproarious Italian comedy 
3.5
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s the ultimate redemption tale writ large Machete kills it indeed 
3
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
Mark Dujsik
Inmate 1 The Rise of Danny Trejo becomes a surprisingly inspiring and thoughtful documentary 
3.5
Death Can Wait
Roger Moore
The production took Netflix s money and flew to various cities and found virtually nothing funny to do in them
1
Southbound
Frank Ochieng
Still Southbound does deliver when raising signals of suspicion atmospheric chills head scratching symbolism and a startling presence of isolation in the form of a stretched out highway presumably heading to the halls of hell 
2.5
Southbound
Sean P. Means
The horror anthology Southbound is a hit or miss affair a bunch of half formed ideas that never coalesce into a satisfying shocker 
2
Southbound
Soren Andersen
Southbound packs a punch 
3
Southbound
David Ehrlich
Despite its occasional slack Southbound is still tightly knotted where so many other films of its type are frayed at the seams 
3
Southbound
Mark Dujsik
T here s a sense of some overarching mythology to this highway Each short reveals another aspect of it without giving away or explaining too much 
3
Southbound
Richard Roeper
Just when we think we ve got it all figured out Southbound serves up another deliciously bloody twist 
3.5
Southbound
Chuck Bowen
Southbound is yet another contemporary horror film that belongs to seemingly every era but its own 
2.5
Southbound
David Nusair
A typically erratic anthology horror film 
2
Hammersmith Is Out
Roger Ebert
Hammersmith is Out is one of the year s best comedies It is also while it s at it one of the year s best satires but it doesn t lay the satire on very heavily 
3.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Joe Williams
Hawke s cinematic etude may not unlock all the mysteries of music but Seymour An Introduction is universal enough to be understood by a bananafish 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Bruce Ingram
Coming off of his superb one two performances for Richard Linklater in Before Midnight and Boyhood Hawke continues to work at a creative high level He demonstrates a rapport and openness with his subject that proves exceptionally affecting 
3.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Peter Keough
Whether or not Hawke got any answers to his questions about the purpose of being artist seeking them under the guidance of a teacher like Bernstein resulted in this work of art 
3.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Steven Rea
Seymour An Introduction is just that not too much biography or history And one needn t be a music aficionado or a musician to appreciate the modest erudition coming from this man 
3.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Ann Hornaday
Seymour An Introduction gives viewers a soaring sublime and enduringly meaningful glimpse of a man who is undoubtedly the real thing 
4
Seymour: An Introduction
Anita Katz
A positive enjoyable and inspiring artist portrait 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Brad Wheeler
It s hard to find much wrong with this film itself a meditation on art and the practice of craft 
3.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Mark Dujsik
The director thinks we would enjoy meeting Bernstein Hawke is correct 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Chris Knight
The result is a low key but melodic production that is also clearly about Hawke s search for meaning in his artistic career But that doesn t prevent the rest of us from enjoying Bernstein s sagacity 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Leba Hertz
Bernstein in action is a study of what a teacher should be kind but with a steely resolve He analyzes the music and figures how to overcome its obstacles 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Linda Barnard
A fondly made portrait of a gentle philosopher with a wicked wit a superbly talented pianist who intellectually challenges and charms in equal parts 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Glenn Kenny
The movie kind of flits along if one wanted to be cruel one would use a word like dilettante pleasantly and informatively enough without ever lifting off 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Mallory Andrews
Sitting in on Bernstein s piano classes are where the doc shines 
2.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Peter Travers
Ethan Hawke s remarkable documentary puts us in close proximity to 80 something classical pianist Seymour Bernstein whose funny touching and vital presence is something you don t want to miss 
3.5
Seymour: An Introduction
Carson Lund
Ethan Hawke s concentration on Seymour Bernstein isn t a betrayal of his own ego massaging but rather an attempt to have a genuine soul bearing conversation 
3
Seymour: An Introduction
Bill Chambers
A forgotten genius Bernstein also proves an unsung raconteur 
3.5
Queen
Namrata Joshi
Simplistic Undemanding Perhaps But ultimately it is immensely warm and winsome pressing just the right emotional buttons 
3.5
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
Bill Weber
Unusually successful in synchronizing the ethos and oeuvre of its protagonist with its own visual strategies and rhythms 
3
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
Moira MacDonald
An informative and inspiring documentary about a man s life and work 
3.5
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
Mark Feeney
A treatment of Foster so reverential it verges on camp 
2
When a Stranger Calls Back
Matt Brunson
As with its predecessor the opening set piece is the best part of the movie 
2
When a Stranger Calls Back
Mike McGranaghan
It s not particularly good but it s not terrible either If you re in the mood for a lightweight thriller that doesn t require a lot of thought or your full attention it ll do just fine 
2
When a Stranger Calls Back
David Nusair
As ineffective as its erratic predecessor 
1.5
The Red Shoes
Brian Eggert
Even the most cynical viewer cannot help but find themselves dazzled by the beauty of the production and the haunting nature of the narrative
4
The Red Shoes
Matt Brunson
One of the premier films to ever examine the personal sacrifices an individual must make to excel at their art 
4
The Red Shoes
Austin Kennedy
It s marvelously acted superbly written and features outstanding choreography unforgettable characters and hauntingly beautiful cinematography It s a cinematic treat for movie lovers Bon appetit 
4
The Red Shoes
David Nusair
a periodically spellbinding yet grossly overlong endeavor that could ve used a few more passes through the editing bay 
2.5
The Red Shoes
James Kendrick
gloriously original and provocative a truly groundbreaking fusion of reality and fantasy that helped pave the way for future musicals
4
The Red Shoes
Peter Canavese
A sublime melodrama with a still astonishing expressionistic dance sequence Blu ray 
4
The Red Shoes
Josh Larsen
watching the movie you still get the feeling that Technicolor was invented for it 
3.5
The Red Shoes
Roger Ebert
The film is voluptuous in its beauty and passionate in its storytelling You don t watch it you bathe in it 
4
The Red Shoes
Jeremy Heilman
The first ninety minutes are really something special 
4
The Red Shoes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Effortlessly combines the freedom of a Disney animated feature the grace of ballet the inventiveness of Citizen Kane the truth of a documentary and the magic of movies 
4
O.G.
Steven Nguyen Scaife
O G is inevitably no more illuminating than any other narrative dramatization of prison life 
1.5
O.G.
Dwight Brown
Jeffrey Wright isn t often cast as a lead in a film so this performance is a rare gem 
2.5
Skirt Day
Rene Rodriguez
Skirt Day which has the feel of a mediocre stage play transplanted to the screen grows duller and more preposterous as it unfolds with Adjani s illogical antics becoming shriller and less sympathetic as the standoff stretches on 
1.5
The First Grader
Brandy McDonnell
With stellar performances gorgeously authentic cinematography and a winning story the fact based feature The First Grader moves to the head of the class despite poor marks in some fundamental filmmaking areas 
3
The First Grader
Dwight Brown
This appealing mixture of contention and inspiration becomes a feel good story that will make you shed a tear then grin ear to ear 
3.5
The First Grader
Roger Moore
An earnest true story that hits many of the expected importance of education grace notes but never quite achieves a lump in your throat reaction
2.5
The First Grader
Jay Antani
achieves a poignant humanist sincerity
3.5
The First Grader
Rob Thomas
Director Justin Chadwick s film is sort of corny not surprisingly but it is inspiring and full of real feeling at times 
3
The First Grader
Sara Michelle Fetters
So much is said in Litondo s eyes written in every wrinkle on his face every move of his body that a lot of what happened during his younger days didn t require depiction 
2.5
The First Grader
Lawrence Toppman
Maruge and Obinchu never lose their senses of humor or conviction and Litondo and Harris are ideally cast 
3.5
The First Grader
Keith Cohen
This crowd pleaser is sure to bring tears of joy and thanksgiving as the boundless human spirit reigns Litondo and Harris have great chemistry and form the heart of this straightforward narrative They both show 
2.5
The First Grader
Chris Hewitt
It s a great story even if it s not a great film 
2.5
The First Grader
Moira MacDonald
The filmmaking is uneven filled with charming picture postcard scenes of smiling children and African sunshine that seem crafted for a different film than one with moments of horrific flashbacks 
2.5
The First Grader
David Nusair
a lifeless bit of Oscar bait 
1.5
The First Grader
Rick Groen
Stow your cynicism and give this lesson in continuing education the response it deserves more than a polite clap maybe even a sitting ovation 
3
The First Grader
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a middle of the road film 
1.5
The First Grader
Mark Feeney
You marvel all the more at Litondo s and Harris s performances considering how much claptrap Ann Peacock s script requires them to put up with 
2
The First Grader
Christy Lemire
Strong performances and a stripped down visual aesthetic help mitigate some of the movie s potential mawkishness 
2.5
The First Grader
V.A. Musetto
Too bad the script is predictable at every turn 
2
The First Grader
Andrew Schenker
Historical glimpses combine a dull lyricism with elliptical views of atrocity that have the dubious job of setting us up for the isn t this horrible kicker 
1
The First Grader
Marty Mapes
Made for TV mixes G and R rated stories
2
Sheep
Wes Greene
Contextual scenes are excised through the frequent use of elliptical fade outs which in a nod to the ocean setting suggest the ebb and flow of a tidal pool of memories 
4
Django Unchained
Brian Eggert
Quentin Tarantino continues to play with history and cinematic tradition in Django Unchained 44 his self proclaimed 8220 Southern 8221 whose deposits of blaxploitation and Spaghetti Western filmmaking engage a violent saga of revenge and historical atrocity 46 
4
Django Unchained
Kelly Jane Torrance
Quentin Tarantino s latest film is a deliciously entertaining revenge fantasy set in the American South just a couple years before the Civil War 
2.5
Django Unchained
Dwight Brown
The direction stays firmly within the predictable bounds of Tarantino s violent sensibility
1.5
Django Unchained
David Keyes
It is plainly a nonstop riot of humor and excitement and one that matches its delicate nature with an equally calculated sense of importance in leading us to the most satisfying climax possible 
3.5
Django Unchained
Wesley Lovell
Low level Tarantino inspires exploration but delivers little more than a blood bath 
3
Django Unchained
Carla Meyer
The fear anger and betrayal in Jackson s eyes when Stephen feels his place is threatened says more about the cruelties of slavery than the ultra violent sickening passages of Django Unchained 
2
Django Unchained
Phil Villarreal
Django may be unchained but his movie could have used some tighter shackles 
1.5
Django Unchained
Michael Dequina
It s a testament to Foxx and Washington s talent presence and proven rapport that they keep the central emotional hook strongly present as their underwritten roles are continually pushed to the sidelines by Tarantino s overwriting for others 
3
Django Unchained
Marty Mapes
Countless great scenes in the Tarantino universe
4
Django Unchained
David Nusair
compulsively watchable for the majority of its admittedly overlong running time 
3.5
Django Unchained
Linda Cook
Part blaxploitation film part spaghetti Western and all Tarantino Django Unchained comes charging at its audiences with guns a blazin It s not quite up to par with Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction but it s still Tarantino enough said 
3.5
Django Unchained
James Kendrick
The film s triumph is the manner in which Tarantino re envisions cinema s selective appropriation of history and makes it entirely his own
3.5
Django Unchained
Lisa Kennedy
Django Unchained is Tarantino s most complete movie yet It is also his most vital His storytelling talents match the heft of the tale 
4
Django Unchained
Jason Buchanan
We re left with an overindulgent shadow of what could have been a much better film 
2.5
Django Unchained
Lori Hoffman
Tarantino s blood soaked ambiance is perfectly in tune with the more serious undercurrents in his spectacularly enjoyable Django Unchained 
3.5
Django Unchained
Walter Chaw
he s either a genius or a savant I don t know but wholly without equal 
4
Django Unchained
Matt Brunson
Exciting Funny Gratuitous Inflammatory Insensitive Stylish Stupid Sophisticated Grab just about any adjective out of a hat and chances are it will apply to Tarantino s messy mashup 
3
Django Unchained
Mike McGranaghan
Django Unchained is everything you want from a Quentin Tarantino movie with a few new things added in Powerful dazzling and insanely entertaining 
4
Django Unchained
John Wirt
Tarantino s spaghetti western of the American South is an untamed blast of stylishly rendered outrageous entertainment 
3.5
Django Unchained
Kam Williams
Slavery reimagined as a messy splatterfest where massa gets exactly what he deserves and then some 
4
Django Unchained
Phil Villarreal
Django may be unchained but his movie could have used some tighter shackles 
1.5
Django Unchained
Scott Nash
Despite a bloated running time it still entertains with Tarantino s trademark combination of humor and violence 
3
Django Unchained
Roger Moore
The players are in fine form But the movie he s embroiled them all in is a hit and miss affair at times an amusing reimagining of history more often a blood spattered bore 
2
Django Unchained
Eric Melin
As an entertaining revenge flick with roots in exploitation films and spaghetti westerns Django Unchained succeeds But it never rises above its genre to become a real affecting emotional experience 
3
Django Unchained
Kenneth R. Morefield
As hellish as its moral universe may be those whose stomachs can handle the descent will find that even in Tarantino s world perhaps especially in his world those moral questions still matter 
3
Django Unchained
Jeff Beck
This is Tarantino s unique take on the western and it s worth seeing for that alone While it may not be another great film like we were hoping for it still manages to be one heck of a trip 
3
Django Unchained
Rene Rodriguez
Django Unchained is the most brutal film Quentin Tarantino has ever made But the movie is also exciting and ironic and at times explosively funny Even at his most serious Tarantino can t help but entertain and show you a good time 
3
Django Unchained
Peter Canavese
There s a case to be made that blood spattering revenge pictures no matter how evil the villain are cultural poison but if this is what it takes to get Don Johnson as a dyed in the wool racist done up as Colonel Sanders well so be it 
3.5
Django Unchained
Ann Hornaday
Django Unchained possesses an unmistakable subversive power its playfully insurrectionist spirit perhaps the modern day pop culture equivalent of far more high stakes rebellions of yore 
2.5
Django Unchained
Mick LaSalle
Django Unchained is the most consistently entertaining movie of 2012 
4
Django Unchained
Duane Dudek
These characters dance a tense ballet along a razor s edge in the last third of the film and their verbal sparring is the sound of gauntlets being thrown before things inevitably reach a bloody conclusion 
3
Django Unchained
Wesley Morris
Corkscrewed inside out upside down simultaneously clear eyed and completely out of its mind 
3.5
Django Unchained
Joe Williams
With a fearless director and his mighty pen freeing a talented cast to attack a vital theme Django Unchained is damnation unleashed 
4
Django Unchained
Austin Kennedy
Quentin Tarantino has made a masterpiece It s the ultimate film geek cinematic treat It s dark brutal funny compelling engaging exciting expertly crafted and brilliantly conceived 
4
Django Unchained
Bob Bloom
Perhaps I have an askew view of the world or an odd sense of humor but I found Django Unchained to be the funniest Western parody since Blazing Saddles 
3.5
Django Unchained
Willie Waffle
Underneath all of the bluster and irony Django Unchained mostly is a buddy film 
4
Django Unchained
Dustin Putman
The late holiday season s most dizzyingly imaginative and thoroughly pleasing release an end of year jewel as chock full of sizzling performances as it is bursting with busted knee caps and spurting innards 
3.5
Django Unchained
Jon Niccum
It s too grueling to enjoy and too sloppy to respect 
2
Django Unchained
Chris Hewitt
Quentin Tarantino has made another movie Or rather Quentin Tarantino has made the same movie again 
2
Django Unchained
Soren Andersen
Tarantino wants Django to be a rousing yarn as well as a commentary but the movie so revels in its carnage that his larger point is drowned in a sea of blood 
1.5
Django Unchained
Michael Phillips
By the two hour mark the fun had oozed out of the movie for me It s long Or feels it 
2
Django Unchained
Stephen Whitty
People are bound to read racist overtones into the material but Tarantino has the consciousness of a 12 year old boy there s nothing more to his message here than Slavery Is Bad 
3
Django Unchained
Claudia Puig
By turns dazzling daring gruesome and astonishingly funny 
3.5
Django Unchained
James Berardinelli
Tarantino may be the best working director to take scenes of blood mayhem and gore and transform them into moments of hilarity 
3.5
Django Unchained
Steven Rea
It s a live action heads exploding shoot em up cartoon Sometimes it crackles and sometimes it merely cracks 
2.5
Django Unchained
Rafer Guzman
Unfortunately it wears out its welcome about two thirds through which means no kidding 45 more minutes to go 
2.5
Django Unchained
Mark Dujsik
A chronicle of a most reprehensible chapter in American history seen through the amoral prism of the Spaghetti Western and drenched in blood and spit but mostly blood 
3.5
Django Unchained
John Beifuss
May be the first Tarantino film that doesn t reinvent transform or elevate its sources into something bracingly fresh much less necessary 
3
Django Unchained
Robert Levin
The film gives us vintage Tarantino a pastiche of Western blaxploitation and Civil War era movie tropes that s packed with his characteristically rich dialogue 
3.5
Django Unchained
Alison Gang
It s not much of a stretch to call Tarantino s entertainment oriented brand of revisionist history tacky if not deeply offensive but the energy and audacity with which he executes it is undeniable 
3
Django Unchained
Josh Larsen
Despite the way it functions as flashy entertainment the weight of slavery can still be felt in Django Unchained 
3.5
Django Unchained
Peter Howell
Tarantino is clearly having a grand ol time with Django Unchained and so are his actors every one of whom are more than willing to share in the writer director s filmic vision no matter how ghastly it may be 
3
Django Unchained
David Germain
Django Unchained is Tarantino at his most puerile and least inventive the premise offering little more than cold nasty revenge and barrels of squishing squirting blood 
2
Django Unchained
Liam Lacey
Even the explosive final half hour featuring the cartoonish flying bodies and splatterrific payback that are the director s brand fails to provide the catharsis promised by the title 
2.5
Django Unchained
Kyle Smith
Django Unchained might have been a revelation in 2005 But after Quentin Tarantino and others have spent years spoofing 60s and 70s genre movies this mock spaghetti Western tastes like it came out of the microwave 
3
Django Unchained
Matt Pais
Tarantino could do this all day 
2.5
Django Unchained
Brett Michel
It s as though Blazing Saddles has been remade by Monty Python except Tarantino s voice remains clear 
3.5
Django Unchained
Peter Travers
Tarantino lives to cross the line Is Django Unchained too much It wouldn t be Tarantino otherwise 
3.5
Django Unchained
John Semley
There s an undeniable pleasure that emerges in seeing Tarantino juggle the dynamite of his ideas even when they prematurely pop off in his face 
2.5
Toast
Kelly Jane Torrance
Freddie Highmore s scenes with Helena Bonham Carter an actress who can play a meaty role like this with her hands tied behind her back can be great fun 
3
Toast
Roger Moore
Charming but oddly under motivated Netflixable 
2.5
Toast
Joe Williams
Like its namesake Toast is crusty comfort food with little nutritional substance 
2.5
Toast
Tom Keogh
Toast has three things deserving of adoration spectacular lemon meringue pies the songs of Dusty Springfield and Helena Bonham Carter 
3
Toast
Chris Hewitt
The story is as familiar as white bread in Toast but the dramedy s point of view is a fascinating puzzle 
2.5
Toast
Ty Burr
Director S J Clarkson seems oblivious to the dissonance perhaps he s deafened by the music 
1.5
Toast
Stephanie Merry
For the most part the movie feels like an emotional vacuum mirroring the drab vanilla and mint green interiors of the Slaters home 
2
Toast
Lou Lumenick
Be warned Some of the regional British accents would benefit from subtitles 
2
Toast
Rex Reed
I found it poignant amusing and endearing No need for marmalade Just butter and enjoy 
3
Toast
Andrew Schenker
The film is agreeable in everything but it s treatment of Helena Bonham Carter s monstrous embodiment of lower class pettiness Joan Potter 
2
Homme Less
Mark Dujsik
A fascinating account of a man who plays a role in order to hide the reality of his life 
3
Homme Less
Wes Greene
Thomas Wirthensohn frequently sinks into dully positing Mark Reay as something close to the pinnacle of human integrity 
2
Gasoline Alley
Tom Meek
Bruce Willis and writer director Edward Drake release their fourth crime drama turd within 12 months 
1.5
Gasoline Alley
Roger Moore
The best reason for everybody else to collect a check for it is that no one will remember anything except Bruce Willis was in it he was bad and the picture was worse 
1
Gasoline Alley
Leo Brady
Gasoline Alley is the sad kind of bad with capable actors mixed up in an ugly drama that soaks you in the gas and leaves a bad smell on your clothes 
1.5
Gasoline Alley
Mark Dujsik
Gasoline Alley is a lifeless rambling detective yarn that stumbles from the start and keeps finding new ways to fall all over itself 
0.5
The Rehearsal
Matt Zoller Seitz
A sensitive thoughtful often provocative movie that nevertheless feels like a missed opportunity 
2.5
The Rehearsal
Sara Stewart
Feels like a handful of sketches in need of more connection 
2
The Rehearsal
Kent Turner
The storyline becomes as messy and nuanced as some of the best YA fiction tackling discomforting themes 
3
The Rehearsal
Chuck Bowen
A civics lesson in the film tethers a promising tale of artistic toil to the strictures of melodrama 
2.5
Flight From Death: The Quest For Immortality
Ted Fry
The documentary s rambling good intentions don t meet its goal of presenting an interesting or particularly illuminating view of the universally recognized concept of death anxiety 
1.5
Falling
Maitland McDonagh
Charging Albert s film with looking too much like an American chick flick is to give it short shrift 
3
Falling
V.A. Musetto
Barbara Albert the director writer of the Austrian soaper Falling probably never thought to call her film One Wedding and a Funeral but it would have been an appropriate title 
2
Falling
Nick Schager
Meanders forward with little apparent direction and virtually no interesting drama 
2
Hero on the Front
Roger Moore
Generic combat bio pic nothing that will make anyone forget the superb action suspense and artistic aims of 1917 but technically and aesthetically serviceable and well acted 
2.5
Measure of a Man
Joe Friar
Instead of rehashing familiar tropes the film keeps the audience engaged with a first class performance by Blake Cooper as the film s 14 year old protagonist Bobby Marks 
3.5
Measure of a Man
Michael O'Sullivan
There is a lot to love in this gently funny and wise little movie 
3.5
Measure of a Man
Richard Roeper
It s a sweet and knowing and lovely and funny story but occasionally the spell of warm nostalgia is broken by painful moments of family heartbreak and cruel bullying 
3.5
Measure of a Man
Gary Thompson
Cooper is an appealing actor and his character is easy to root for But while the movie serves as a pleasant piece of nostalgia it s not very deeply felt 
2
Measure of a Man
James Berardinelli
Nothing that transpires could be considered unique but the commonality of experience is a strength We can relate 
3
Measure of a Man
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie of gestures and feints in which we re constantly being told of events and relationships rather than seeing or feeling them 
1
A Chiara
Sean P. Means
A gut punch of a movie 44 one that holds your attention from the start and doesn 8217 t let go 46 
3.5
A Chiara
Simon Abrams
The limiting style and characterizations in A Chiara are only so thoughtful 46 
2
A Chiara
Mark Dujsik
It apos s a well made and well performed movie that 44 unfortunately 44 doesn apos t add up to much more than that 46 
2.5
A Chiara
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though a little long and sometimes narratively uneven it offers a mostly gripping drama of loss and quasi redemption 
3
A Chiara
Diego Semerene
The film s initial aimlessness is pleasurable for the way that it allows the viewer to stare at life being processed on the stunned confused and ecstatic face of a teenager 
2.5
The Four of Us
Roger Moore
The entire enterprise plays as workshopped checkboxed and algorithm assisted But let s not lean into German stereotypes even if the filmmakers do 
1.5
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary
Wesley Lovell
Another terrific batch of short films 
3.5
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary
Peter Keough
How would you respond to a disaster an oppressive situation or the memory of a past trauma These are subjects explored in the five Oscar nominees for documentary 
3
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary
Chris Hewitt
I ve probably typed some version of the fictional short films nominated for Oscars this year are a mixed bag a dozen times but that phrase doesn t apply in 2020 
3.5
A Gray State
Federico Furzan
A fascinating case of whodunnit and paranoia related to a mysterious filmmaker whose work raises questions Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Gray State
Roger Moore
A disturbing if somewhat superficial peek inside Conspiracyland s bubble a mysterious death unraveled
2.5
A Gray State
Godfrey Cheshire
A real life tale that s as unsettling as it is precisely of the moment 
3
A Gray State
Chuck Bowen
Erik Nelson s film straddles a fine and admirable line between lurid sensationalism and sober humanism 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Kam Williams
Features some sweet moments of reflection by the late Mamie Till during which she wistfully reminisces about the intelligent curious and animated son taken away from her so brutally and senselessly 
4
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Terry Lawson
Beauchamp who worked on his film for nine years dutifully reinterviews the surviving witnesses and more effectively than any previous documentary or return look at the case re creates the atmosphere of a 1950s Mississippi 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Carrie Rickey
Potent and searing 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Robert W. Butler
The story has been told often in film and literature but in The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till director Keith Beauchamp takes a rewarding approach 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Robert K. Elder
Beauchamp must be applauded for not only for his investigative daring but also for his unflinching courage 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Roger Ebert
Beauchamp s film has an earnest solemnity that is appropriate to the material 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Ed Gonzalez
A painful reminder that reparations still need to be made for what whites have done to blacks in this country 
3
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Jack Mathews
The film is a shocking account of the deep seated racism that existed in the South in the dawn of the civil rights movement 
3.5
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
David Sterritt
Required viewing for anyone interested in the struggle for American racial equality 
4
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Jan Stuart
There is a patchy quality to the film that leaves us roiling with more questions than it is prepared to answer 
2.5
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Kyle Smith
This documentary about one of the South s most infamous lynchings goes beyond the horrifying facts 
3.5
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Frank Ochieng
The Internet s Own Boy The Story of Aaron Swartz simmers with sadness cynicism and starkness yet never once turns its back on the celebrated digital aged declaration in a chosen soul out to right the wrong and mince politics with printout sheets 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Moira MacDonald
Fascinating maddening and ultimately very sad 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
David Lewis
The film not only canonizes its hero who committed suicide amid a nasty federal indictment against him but also brushes aside any big picture concerns about national security and Internet piracy 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Brian Tallerico
Aaron Swartz s story should make you furious 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Brad Keefe
Both tragic and eye opening Go see it and get angry 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Simon Houpt
A touching morally outraged portrait that in memory of Swartz may inspire people to ask hard questions about how the new world is being shaped away from view behind closed doors 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Peter Howell
Swartz might be better served by a sensitive actor s portrayal in a future dramatic biopic 
2.5
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Ty Burr
A documentary whose chief aims at which it succeeds are to mourn a fallen activist angel and rile audiences into rage 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Stephanie Merry
Knappenberger s documentary is smart and focused homing in on a recurring theme of independence 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Michael Phillips
See the movie flaws and all simply to see where you stand in this digital river that runs through all our lives connecting and isolating us in ways we re barely able to comprehend 
2.5
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Matt Pais
Will upset you As it should 
3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Kyle Smith
May his death not be in vain 
2.5
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Nick Prigge
The film is far from a technical matter fiercely promoting Swartz s legacy and challenging us with the same questions its central subject was compelled to ask 
3
Casper
David Nusair
an erratic but generally passable adaptation that could ve easily been much much worse 
2.5
Casper
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Never cloying or abundant with cutesy dialogue 
3
Casper
Robert Roten
It s a good family movie 
3
Casper
Mick LaSalle
This doesn t usually happen to me but 15 minutes before the end of Casper I suddenly realized that if I didn t take a deep breath I was going to start sobbing 
3
Casper
Madeleine Williams
Great special effects Unfortunately they can t carry the movie alone 
1.5
Casper
Susan Wloszczyna
Casper moves like a dirge especially when it sinks into a meditation on death a la Ghost As specter spectacles go Casper is a bit of a ghost bust 
2
Casper
Chris Hicks
A very juvenile film aimed squarely at the preteen audience which it will no doubt satisfy 
2
Casper
Steve Rhodes
Maybe Casper will be back with a better script next time I d like to see him again 
2
Casper
Barbara Shulgasser
The movie is downright sappy 
1
Casper
James Berardinelli
Without the talent of Ricci Casper would have been a truly barren motion picture As it is it s still not very good 
2
Casper
Roger Ebert
As a technical achievement it s impressive and entertaining And there is even a little winsome philosophy 
3
Queen of Outer Space
David Nusair
a 50s sci fi effort that would certainly be right at home within Ed Wood s oeuvre 
2
Queen of Outer Space
Steve Rhodes
Some movies are so bad they are good 
3
Roberta
Josh Larsen
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are particularly shoved to the side in this outing 
2.5
Bastards' Road
Ross Anthony
Beautiful cinematography good music very well edited powerful and emotional moments are captured in a respectful artistic way 
3
Bastards' Road
Christian Toto
This impeccably shot gut wrenching doc lays bare the enduring legacy of PTSD 
3.5
Cats & Dogs
Betsy Bozdech
Perfectly suited to delight its target audience of 8 year olds leaving the rest of us ready to turn off the TV and turn to our own pets for more genuine laughs 
2
Cats & Dogs
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unlike the Babe films the plot here is so thin that there s almost nothing for the effects and jokes to cling to 
2.5
Cats & Dogs
David Nusair
There are movies intended solely for kids and movies intended for kids but also enjoyable for adults Cats and Dogs falls into the former category 
1.5
Cats & Dogs
Michael Szymanski
It s tough to warm up to a pig or a goose or an orangutan for that matter Therefore Cats Dogs is the Babe of the summer only it s more familiar more action packed and just plain funnier 
4
Cats & Dogs
Collin Souter
Image how great this movie would have been had Joe Dante directed it 
2.5
Cats & Dogs
James Kendrick
an enjoyable movie that uses special effects with some interesting twists
3
Cats & Dogs
Mike McGranaghan
So much fun you may want to lick yourself 
3
Cats & Dogs
Jorge Avila Andrade
No es una gran pelcula ni seguramente har historia pero si ofrece un muy buen rato de esparcimiento familiar
3
Cats & Dogs
Dustin Putman
A surprisingly ill advised misfire that surely won t be garnering many devoted fans above the age of single digits 
1.5
Cats & Dogs
Steve Rhodes
The script by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra has many funny moments 
3
Cats & Dogs
Dan Lybarger
Cats Dogs is reasonably entertaining kids fare but it might have been even more worthwhile if it had a little more human heart and reason behind it 
2.5
Cats & Dogs
Robert Roten
Cats and Dogs is a movie that blurs the lines between cartoons and live action and between animals and humans 
3
Cats & Dogs
Ross Anthony
This SpyPets is no SpyKids 
2
Cats & Dogs
Susan Stark
High end family entertainment 
3
Cats & Dogs
Michael Dequina
Yet another so called family film that will only hold some appeal for the youngest segment of the household granted they re dog lovers 
2
Cats & Dogs
Bob Graham
The best way to enjoy Cats Dogs like puppy love is to go into it with lowered expectations 
2
Cats & Dogs
Jonathan Foreman
Except for a fine slapstick chase sequence before the opening credits every good joke in the movie is to be found in those trailers 
1.5
Cats & Dogs
Roger Ebert
So advanced are the special effects techniques that the filmmakers even combine animated faces with real animal bodies with such uncanny skill that after awhile you give up trying to find the seams 
3
Cats & Dogs
Mary Kalin-Casey
Rather than offer a pedigree blend of comedy and action Cats Dogs is just another summertime movie mutt 
2
Cats & Dogs
Carrie Rickey
Cat people and dog people of all ages will enjoy the tactics of this interspecies war though the film makes the somewhat exaggerated assumption that cats are selfish and fascist and that dogs are selfless and humanist 
3
Cats & Dogs
Mark Caro
I kept being reminded of annoying pet food commercials 
2
Cats & Dogs
James Berardinelli
At its best Cats and Dogs is a series of missed opportunities that represents adequate entertainment for the age 5 9 crowd At its worst this is another example of why so many PG rated films fail at the box office 
2
Cats & Dogs
Rob Blackwelder
Good quality kiddie fare and well worth the price of a matinee on a hot summer s day 
2.5
The Sky is Everywhere
Tom Meek
It doesn t all stick but Decker and Kaufman hold on to that internal grief and purr of hope that remains the film s beating heart throughout 
2.5
The Sky is Everywhere
Sean P. Means
Kaufman captures all of Lennies conflicting emotions pain at her sisters death guilt at surviving joy when playing music and everything else and always feels authentic doing it 
3.5
The Sky is Everywhere
Ty Burr
No director conveys too muchness like Decker and on top of that The Sky Is Everywhere is very lucky to have Kaufman in the lead 
3
The Sky is Everywhere
Ciara Wardlow
The visual craftsmanship is stunning and fans of director Josephine Deckers work in particular might find something to enjoy here but as a story it quickly buckles under its own weight 
1.5
The Sky is Everywhere
Mark Dujsik
Too much of this material feels too calculated and quirky for the emotional reality and honesty it s attempting to convey 
2.5
The Sky is Everywhere
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Throughout Josephine Decker effortlessly keys her intimate and eccentric style to her main character s complicated inner turmoil 
2.5
The Sky is Everywhere
Randy Myers
Decker breathes life into the teen romance genre by tapping into the tug of war emotions of wanting to grieve and wanting to move on with life 
3
The Sky is Everywhere
G. Allen Johnson
YA movies might not be your bag but if they are perhaps the NorCal vibe of The Sky Is Everywhere will strike a weepy chord 
3
The Sky is Everywhere
Roger Moore
Skips along the thin line between wears you down and wears you out 
2.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Betsy Bozdech
About as funny as Martin Lawrence s heat exhaustion induced collapse a couple of years ago 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
David Nusair
What s the Worst that Could Happen takes a while to get going but once it does it s surprisingly effective just as long as you appreciate it for what it morphs into a no holds barred wacky comedy 
2.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Michael Dequina
Anything titled What s the Worst That Could Happen practically begs to be skewered with a play on its name 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Tor Thorsen
An inane hodgepodge of heist comedy and sluggish romance with only a few flashes of anything resembling funny 
1
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Carla Meyer
The biggest misstep though is running the movie s best sight gag into the ground 
2
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Lou Lumenick
Bland messy sitcom wastes its cast 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Roger Ebert
Has too many characters not enough plot and a disconnect between the two stars acting styles 
1
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Marty Mapes
For a quick disposable comedy you could do worse 
2.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Mark Caro
Packed with gratuitous dumb moments 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Ross Anthony
Danny and Martin are both very talented they just won t make you laugh much with this film 
1
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Rob Blackwelder
Isn t a great comedy by any stretch of the imagination and it keeps going long after it runs out of story But it definitely has five bucks worth of matinee mirth for a lazy summer afternoon 
2.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
James Berardinelli
An uninvolving bore a caper comedy that replaces humor and cleverness with tedium and stupidity 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Steve Rhodes
Recycled humor that seems always aimed squarely at kids around 12 or so 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Jeanne Aufmuth
Even Lawrence s comedic talent can t overcome a sense of narrative futility 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
David N. Butterworth
This that s what 
1.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Dustin Putman
What s the worst that could happen you say Well for starters getting locked in a theater showing this movie on a continuous 24 hour loop 
1.5
Out of the Blue
Erik Childress
Neil LaBute 8217 s commitment to the femme fatale homage works for awhile and Diane Kruger is more than game 44 but instead of following suit in subverting our expectations the film settles into becoming a DTV Wild Things sequel with a tenth of the twists 46 
2
Out of the Blue
Steven Prokopy
This is a sexy little movie with sharp dialogue and a smart if familiar story 44 and enough colorful supporting characters to keep things lively 46 It may not be breaking much new ground 44 but few noir films do 46 
3
Out of the Blue
Mark Dujsik
It takes a while for Out of the Blue to arrive at the obvious point of its story 46 
2
Out of the Blue
Roger Moore
A filmmaker who keeps trying to have his noir and mock it 44 too 46 
1.5
Arirang
Marty Mapes
A self indulgent personal therapy home movie Or is there something more 
2.5
Arirang
Burl Burlingame
Arirang is insufferable and it s approaching torture to sit through it Although we do wish Ki Duk would climb out of his hole and get on with his life 
1
Robots
Kam Williams
A computer generated animated adventure featuring few product placements which is quite a departure from the norm for such children s fare 
3
Robots
Betsy Bozdech
For the post elementary school set the source of Robots appeal is its shiny cog filled insanely inventive setting 
3
Robots
Todd Hertz
A fun ride with plenty of laughs excitement and touching moments about living out your dreams no matter your make model or build 
2.5
Robots
Wesley Lovell
Robots is fraught with silly one liners plot contrivances and predictable solutions There s nothing for mature minds except toilet humor 
2.5
Robots
Vince Koehler
The film is very imaginative and you need to see it several times to appreciate the humor 
3
Robots
Forrest Hartman
Mechanically solid and that s all most youngsters will care about 
3
Robots
Frank Ochieng
This giddy exposition is polished in its nostalgic atmospheric look but has been assembled with the simplistic precision of piecing together a Tonka toy truck
2
Robots
Jonathan R. Perry
An innate awareness that generating underarm faux flatulence is difficult when you re made of metal but not impossible is just the spirit we need to see more often 
3.5
Robots
Josh Larsen
overprogrammed 
2
Robots
James Kendrick
The tin bucket robots characters are just as robotic in personality as they are in form thus they never come across as being particularly interesting or sympathetic 
2
Robots
Matt Brunson
When a film s primary source of pleasure comes from sights half hidden in the background there s something terribly amiss 
2
Robots
Peter Debruge
The movie s breakneck pace proves to be its biggest drawback 
2.5
Robots
Christian Toto
Robots displays a tin ear for endearing characters and storytelling
2
Robots
John Beifuss
A Transformer of a kids movie that reconfigures itself into a literal depiction of the idea that Big Money wants to throw the old rusty and broken onto the scrap heap 
3
Robots
Sean P. Means
Robots overcomes the script weaknesses like so much sand in the gears and proves itself to be a well oiled entertainment machine 
3
Robots
Steve Rhodes
A strangely muted color scheme gives the movie a rather dull look Its script is similarly uninspired 
2
Robots
David Keyes
innocent charming colorful and vibrant and made all the more rich by a narrative plunge that engages audiences of several ages
3.5
Robots
James Berardinelli
Robots is more than a load of spare parts but there are some sprockets and rivets missing 
3
Robots
Linda Cook
Finally a smart funny movie that s family friendly 
3.5
Robots
Mike McGranaghan
I sat in my seat for 90 minutes enthralled by the look of the film and laughing continually at the endlessly clever jokes Robots is wonderful family entertainment 
3.5
Robots
Sara Michelle Fetters
But who am I kidding I m tired of kids films intent on pushing boundaries visually only to leave their screenplays as a non important afterthought masking problems with bouncy pop songs and a plethora of big time celebrities in cameo roles 
2
Robots
James Verniere
A film with the soul of a pinball machine 
2
Robots
Claudia Puig
The innovative look is undercut by the predictable story and a drawn out overblown ending 
2.5
Robots
Geoff Pevere
Feels shopworn and rote 
2
Robots
Tom Keogh
If you re looking for another Toy Story with its winning combination of winking innocence witty storytelling and wondrous virtual reality you won t find it in Robots 
2.5
Robots
Peter Hartlaub
For an animated movie accompanied by its own line of Burger King toys and sugary breakfast cereal Robots certainly provides a lot of Kafkaesque moments for the kiddies 
3
Robots
David Elliott
Robots shows its concept wheels very obviously but it is entertaining visually spectacular and in a few moments like a scene with millions of ball bearings beautiful 
3
Robots
Timothy Knight
Visually spectacular and never less than amusing 
3
Robots
Lisa Rose
It may not shatter any molds but it clicks along in a genial spirited manner 
3
Robots
Kyle Smith
The sophistication of its humor is at the level of The Simpsons and the computer animation is a wonder 
4
Robots
Jami Bernard
For a movie that rails against the notion of creative artists toiling amid corporate gloom Robots often feels calculated and mass produced 
2.5
Robots
Duane Dudek
If Shrek was Raging Bull and The Incredibles was Million Dollar Baby Robots is one of the Rocky sequels 
2
Robots
Bob Strauss
A trip worth taking even if it doesn t go anywhere particularly gleamingly new 
3
Robots
Greg Maki
The story doesn t go in any unexpected directions but with such fabulous visuals it doesn t have to 
3
Robots
Amy Biancolli
Packed with unexpected charms 
3.5
Robots
Liam Lacey
Software has rarely made hardware look as attractive as it does in Robots 
3
Robots
Terry Lawson
Even when the jokes are so predictable the punch lines seem preprogrammed there is inevitably some visual business to keep us occupied and to keep Robots merrily clanking along 
3
Robots
Jeff Vice
This thinly scripted but brilliantly animated comedy feels as clunky and mechanical as its characters 
2.5
Robots
Michael Booth
Nothing but net 
3.5
Robots
Mary F. Pols
Robots while technologically cool isn t aimed at children but rather at the larger humans who hang out with them 
2.5
Robots
Roger Ebert
Like Finding Nemo this is a movie that is a joy to behold entirely apart from what it is about 
3.5
Robots
Lawrence Toppman
Director Chris Wedge has made progress since Ice Age His new picture is shorter sharper and better cast vocally 
3
Robots
Wesley Morris
A funny vividly made technorama that is always splendid to look at 
3
Robots
James Sanford
a satisfying follow up to Ice Age the 2002 smash that put Wedge s Blue Sky Studios on the map 
3
Robots
Emily Blunt
Robots is brilliant and warm family fun The animation is eye poppingly beautiful 
4
Robots
Jon Niccum
For a movie that supposedly values people s character over their appearance it s ironic that the only thing memorable about Robots is how wonderful it looks 
2
Robots
Larry Ratliff
Robots breaks no new ground just wind If this marginally entertaining yarn makes any new strides it s in robot ily function toilet humor 
2
Robots
David Nusair
the weakest computer animated film to come along since the birth of the format ten years ago 
2
Robots
Willie Waffle
a cute funny heartwarming movie with great visual effects
3.5
Robots
Peter Canavese
I m hard pressed not to recommend Robots as an energetic family movie distraction but plotting is mechanical 
2.5
Robots
Carrie Rickey
A visual delight 
3
Robots
David Sterritt
The visuals are spectacular at times but the screenplay is trite intermittently vulgar and just not funny 
2
Robots
Jeffrey Westhoff
A blast of fun for the whole family Robots is a clean and precision tuned entertainment machine 
3.5
Robots
Chris Hewitt
The first 20 minutes of Robots are wonderful Then Robin Williams shows up and sucks the life out of it 
2
Robots
Laura Kelly
Older kids should enjoy the roller coaster ride of near constant action For the 6 and younger set there are a few well timed bodily function jokes to get them belly laughing a few times 
3
Robots
Bruce Newman
The picture feels less like the carefully thought out stories of animated movies such as Finding Nemo and Shrek than a stand up comedy routine with illustrations 
2.5
Robots
Sean O'Connell
Deserves two separate grades a perfect four star mark for its breathtaking computer animation and a mediocre two star mark for its tasteless humor 
3.5
Robots
Jan Stuart
Robots looks custom designed but feels factory assembled 
2
Robots
Dustin Putman
Doesn t contain a whole lot to grasp onto and take away with you but it s pleasurable and bright and inoffensive while it lasts 
2.5
Robots
Robert K. Elder
Despite the occasional dent Robots emerges as a compelling bit of comic clockwork 
3
Robots
Lori Hoffman
with Robin Williams and Mel Brooks bringing their individuality to the front of the assembly line Robots succeeds as an eye popping visual feast with heart 
3
Robots
Nick Rogers
Brisk funny and smart about its themes without going too far What doesn t compute are strained fart jokes and the mania of Robin Williams He should be outmoded 
3
Robots
Steven Snyder
It is what the film s lacking characters or real drama that keeps it from becoming something better 
2.5
Robots
Sean McBride
a lot of fun I just wish that these tin men had a bit more heart 
3
Robots
Walter Chaw
A picture made by artists who have some imagination wrestling with a screenplay by professional hand crankers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel that doesn t have any 
2
Robots
Phil Villarreal
Long after androids have rebelled against human subservience and destroyed us all predictable stories and sugar sweet endings will live on 
3
Robots
Jeanne Aufmuth
Futuristic cityscapes animated to cutting edge perfection and a narrative paced like a well oiled machine 
3
Robots
Ed Gonzalez
Robots more or less confirms that production studio Blue Sky is likely to be remembered as the Jan to Pixar s Marcia and PDI s Cindy 
1.5
Robots
Rob Blackwelder
With its expensive but largely characterless voice cast and an off the shelf follow your dreams plot Robots is lucky to have spectacular production design 
2.5
Robots
Ross Anthony
Wonderfully entertaining Visually tantalizing Musically upbeat A modern animation with the spirit of The Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka 
4
Robots
Scott Nash
Robots is everything an animated feature should be 
4
The Stag
Brian Tallerico
It succumbs to a few too many clichs and paper thin characterizations to fulfill its potential 
2.5
Carmen & Geoffrey
Kam Williams
A fitting tribute to a pair of extraordinary overachievers and as a touching portrait of over a half century of black on black love and of lives very well lived 
4
Carmen & Geoffrey
Lisa Kennedy
One doesn t have to be a dance aficionado to be drawn to this film but if you are Lavallade s observations about the difficult work of dance and choreography are as poetic as they are illuminating 
3
Carmen & Geoffrey
Robert Levin
The first battle to be fought in making a documentary is to pick a compelling subject the filmmakers have two 
3
Carmen & Geoffrey
Lou Lumenick
Both subjects are interviewed at length and the filmmakers have unearthed some rare arresting black and white dance footage from the 50s and 60s 
3
Carmen & Geoffrey
Joseph Jon Lanthier
An intertwined video history of dancers Geoffrey Holder and Carmen De Lavallade that uses their devoted conjugal relationship as the whisper of a narrative arc 
3
Carmen & Geoffrey
Kam Williams
As engagingly chronicled by co directors Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob Carmen Geoffrey stands as a fitting tribute to a pair of extraordinary overachievers and as a touching portrait of over a half century of black on black love and of lives very well l
4
Daughter of Shanghai
Wanda Hale
Not only because of Anna May Wong s presence but also because the suspense is blood curdling at times Daughter of Shanghai is a refreshing job of an all too familiar theme 
2.5
Dear America: Standing in the Light
David N. Butterworth
This television adaptation of Mary Pope Osborne s novel is saddled with pat performances and overreaching platitudes 
1.5
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Aparita Bhandari
Though not perfect Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan gives viewers one more queer Bollywood narrative to choose from 
2.5
Floundering
Scott Rosenberg
Floundering has floundered so thoroughly by the time of this catharsis that it like everything else in the film falls flat 
1
Take Me Home Tonight
Roger Moore
Ten years too late for the movie the actors playing the roles in the movie It s Hot Tub Time Machine without the time machine or the hot tub Or the fun 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Eric Melin
This 80s nostalgic comedy relies too much on its big hair and bright clothes and not enough on getting inside the head of its characters 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
David Nusair
a better than expected bit of 80s nostalgia 
3
Take Me Home Tonight
Linda Cook
A serviceable adult romp about a Night That Changes Lives Forever Take Me Home Tonight is a raunchy glance back at the 80s 
2
Take Me Home Tonight
Scott Nash
Not the best night ever as the tagline proclaims but a good time anyway 
3
Take Me Home Tonight
Mark Dujsik
Works better when it pauses in between its shallow gags and observes the angst of the recent college graduate 
2.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Stephen Whitty
It s formulaic at best and even that formula isn t always thought through 
2
Take Me Home Tonight
Lou Lumenick
A dirge of a comedy 
1
Take Me Home Tonight
Stephanie Merry
After the gimmick begins to fade what remains is less than likable characters inhabiting an all too familiar plot 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Roger Ebert
They speak entirely in plot points and punchlines and seem to be motivated only by lust greed and ego Well we all are but few bring to this motivation so little intelligence and wit 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Joe Williams
It pretends to be hungry like the wolf yet it ends up doing the safety dance 
2
Take Me Home Tonight
Dustin Putman
An 80s movie lover s wet dream 
3.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Amy Biancolli
very last joke in the movie verbal gags visual gags musical cues camera moves is crushingly literal 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Peter Travers
Take Me Home Tonight has just enough heart and retro party spirit to hold the line before familiarity breeds contempt 
2
Take Me Home Tonight
Robert W. Butler
None of this is remotely surprising yet I frequently found myself laughing particularly at Fogler s wild man behavior and sympathizing with Matt s predicament face it Grace is impossible to dislike 
2.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Michael Phillips
The mystery of Topher Grace s film career and why it isn t better continues with Take Me Home Tonight 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Ted Fry
A bland string of pokes at fashion and 1988 period style 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Steven Rea
The art direction and costumes are clearly a conscious choice but if you re going to look back with affection and or irony it helps to have something to say 
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Ty Burr
Completely unoriginal sure but watchable and even likable 
2.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Matt Pais
A celebration of 80s cliches that don t deserve a reunion 
2
Take Me Home Tonight
Peter Keough
Set for some reason in a crassly materialist 1988 that combines Less Than Zero with Animal House Tonight comes up with some inspired bits 
2.5
Take Me Home Tonight
Andrew Schenker
Another forgettable entry in the already overfilled ranks of middling boys will be boys rib ticklers 
2
Session 9
Dustin Putman
Playing to a classier tune the film is one that is immersive even in its understatedness weaving a tale that is all the more effective because of how believable it is 
3.5
Session 9
Lucius Gore
One of the best horror films of 2001 
4
Session 9
Sean P. Means
Atmospheric chills and some solid performances keep the tension up for a while until the nasty and disquieting finale 
2.5
Session 9
Joshua Tanzer
Tries to be a back to basics thriller without the special effects buckets of blood and evil dolls that talk Unfortunately the filmmakers forgot to replace the horror film formula with a plot that makes sense 
1.5
Session 9
Liam Lacey
For a while there the film has us going 
2.5
Session 9
Rob Blackwelder
After all the understated yet carefully constructed shivers there s just no payoff 
2.5
Session 9
Edward Guthmann
The story doesn t quite pay off characters are underwritten and the surprise ending is contrived and unconvincing 
2
Session 9
Cornell & Petricelli
A new generation of film creators delivers true old style horror by exploring the nature of insanity brutality and ultimately murder mayhem and guilt 
3.5
Session 9
Lou Lumenick
The film isn t remotely scary 
2
Session 9
Ed Gonzalez
Claustrophobic and terrifying 
3
Session 9
Harvey S. Karten
A scary tale that s more about the demons within than the devils without 
3
A Serbian Film
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The rare piece of transgressive art that s more grimly meditative than satirical or allegorical A Serbian Film s most daring aspect may be the muddle of soul searching it demands from its audience 
3
Alexandra's Project
Michael Booth
De Heer offers a wicked twist on household secrets and lies 
3
Alexandra's Project
John McMurtrie
De Heer who also wrote the script would have us believe that a wife who s tired of her oblivious bloke of a husband could suddenly become conniving and cruel coolly defending her actions with twisted logic that s sold as feminism 
1
Alexandra's Project
Ed Gonzalez
I Spit on Your Grave gets to the nitty gritty The equally problematic Alexandra s Project is simply glib 
1.5
Alexandra's Project
Stephen Cole
Buday is coolly persuasive in the seesaw role of an unbalanced housewife who jerks from despair to anger 
3
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Mattie Lucas
It s a simple children s story idealistic and dangerously close to cloying but in the best tradition of Old Hollywood it s a real treat 
3.5
The Butcher's Son
Joseph Jon Lanthier
It s nearly impossible to discern crook from cop in the handheld trigonometric angles and slice and dice editing of La Soga 
2
The Butcher's Son
Kam Williams
From Shots Shots Shots to Hot Hot Hot 
2
The Butcher's Son
V.A. Musetto
For some reason the film directed by Josh Crook has a schmaltzy happy ending that s out of step with the rest of the story 
2
United States vs. Reality Winner
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
However one feels about folks who blow that whistle her story makes for an engaging tale of action and consequence 
3
Timecop
Anderson Jones
Directed by Peter Hyams without an ounce of suspense too much testosterone and little or no reason Timecop takes the fun out of what has to be one of the most enduring human fantasies to go back and make things right 
1
Timecop
Mal Vincent
What we need here is a good deal more humor and less self important plot twisting 
2
Timecop
Gene Siskel
Van Damme is compelling only when he takes his clothes off 
2
Timecop
Chuck O'Leary
Thanks to Hyams professionalism Timecop is a slickly made fast paced and mildly diverting B movie 
3
Timecop
David Nusair
a solid actioner that ranks near the top if not at the top of Van Damme s very best endeavors 
3
Timecop
Leonard Schwarz
Van Damme is appealingly affect less as the cop who dutifully slams a pack of baddies into the walls every third or fourth scene 
2.5
Timecop
Robert Roten
It is fun but it s no Terminator 
2
Timecop
James Berardinelli
Time paradoxes are supposed to be mind boggling Timecop has reduced them to a level somewhere between confusing and dumb 
2
Timecop
Roger Ebert
Timecop a low rent Terminator is the kind of movie that is best not thought about at all for that way madness lies 
2
Timecop
James O'Ehley
Some impressive Terminator type special effects various plot holes kung fu derring do and action as well as some wooden acting by the muscles from Brussels make for Saturday matinee entertainment but little else 
2
Timecop
Chris Hicks
In terms of plot and direction there are loopholes galore and too much in your face audience pummeling for my taste 
2.5
Timecop
Mick LaSalle
A satisfying science fiction thriller 
3
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Brian Eggert
It s a solidly constructed movie that manages to evoke scares and suspense That s more than any earlier entry in this screen franchise can say 
3
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
David Nusair
a woefully hit and miss adaptation that is in the end more miss than hit 
2
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City has its moments it doesn t have enough of them to make watching the movie in its entirety worthwhile 
1.5
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Roger Moore
If indeed this is a full on franchise reboot this origin story is no Welcome to Raccoon City at all It s a warning to avoid ever coming back 
1.5
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Brian Tallerico
Choppy action and clunky storytelling hold Raccoon City back from becoming the dread inducing nightmare that hardcore fans know the game series to so often be 
2
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Mike McGranaghan
If you have to play a video game to fully understand a movie it is not a good movie 
2
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Mark Hanson
Johannes Roberts s prequel ultimately remains buried by its indifference to unchecked corporate power 
2
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Johnny Oleksinski
It s the first watchable entry in the series For once you don t envy the lucky people who get killed by zombies 
3
Demain
Pat Padua
In the end Tomorrow is less a movie than a long public service announcement 
2
Demain
Walter V. Addiego
An advocacy film that s more vibrant than many movies with similar themes and focuses on some less common angles 
3
One Night With the King
Willie Waffle
a welcome and honorable telling of the Purim story 
2.5
One Night With the King
Dave Tianen
While Dupont is lovely and sweet the script leaves her motivations largely open and she s not enough of an actress to fill in the blanks 
2
One Night With the King
Linda Cook
Don t Christians deserve quality Of course but they won t find it here 
1
One Night With the King
Sean P. Means
Director Michael O Sajbel can t rein in the story convolutions or the pompous dialogue of Stephan Blinn s script 
1.5
One Night With the King
Maitland McDonagh
The cast is uneven but never amateurish Goss may not be much of an actor but he looks terrific in various states of royal undress much the same could be said of Yul Brynner and the production values are consistently high 
2.5
One Night With the King
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately O Toole and Sharif are separated by five centuries and never share a scene For a movie with the most righteous of intentions that s perhaps the most grievous moviemaking sins of all 
1.5
One Night With the King
V.A. Musetto
The cinematography and sets look great but the script is a bummer It s overlong overwrought and overblown 
0.5
One Night With the King
Elizabeth Weitzman
In itself it s a riveting story Unfortunately director Michael Sajbel has envisioned an overwrought Lifetime movie of the week complete with an Esther who could be a cast member of Laguna Beach and a king notable only for his washboard abs 
1.5
One Night With the King
Russ Breimeier
A tighter script could have made this a classic Bible epic 
2.5
Dead Silence
Matt Brunson
A wan Wan offering 46 
2
Dead Silence
David Nusair
an ambitious misfire 
2
Dead Silence
Linda Cook
I expected more from the guys who Saw their way into a cult horror franchise 
2
Dead Silence
John Beifuss
A nutty but effective ghost story that eschews the Saw team s usual ultraviolence for classic horror influences including images inspired by Mario Bava and a twist lifted from a short story by Robert Psycho Bloch 
2.5
Dead Silence
Pam Grady
Formulas are great for chemistry but relying on them in movies only leads to tedium in this case tedium interspersed with occasional bouts of gore 
2
Dead Silence
John Monaghan
Armed with a decent budget director James Wan and co screenwriter Leigh Wannell fashion at least a dozen sequences that are spooky even while they defy logic 
3
Dead Silence
Ken Fox
Director Wan isn t on sure footing with his actors Wahlberg is stilted as the tough guy cop and Kwanten is blandly uninteresting Even at a brisk 90 minutes the story still feels painfully attenuated 
1.5
Dead Silence
Jason Anderson
The movie s uninteresting characters boneheaded dialogue and flagrantly nonsensical narrative detract considerably from the virtues of the visual design 
.5
Dead Silence
Kyle Smith
Saw creators Leigh Whannell and James Wan know scary all that stuff that heebie jeebied you when you were a kid Or as Entertainment Weekly would say Dead Silence is awash with atavistic horror tropes 
2.5
Dead Silence
Peter Hartlaub
There s no attempt at humor in Dead Silence but the biggest sin in the film is the lack of scares 
1.5
Dead Silence
Mark Dujsik
Goes to show how dumb some people in the movie industry think the general public is 
1
Dead Silence
Rob Humanick
Wan lays it on thick for sure but without feeling and even worse without reason 
1
Dead Silence
Frank Ochieng
Dead Silence is another shallow and shoddy spooky showcase that fills up on its atmospheric thrills more so than dispensing the roguish chills 
2
Dead Silence
Larry Ratliff
For those who like the little hairs to stand at fright attention on the back of the neck while gulping popcorn down the front though there s a new three foot tall creep in town 
2.5
Dead Silence
Chris Hewitt
A perfunctory cynical movie made by people who must know how unfrightening their film is and how idiotic its surprise ending is 
1
Dead Silence
Dustin Putman
Hidden from critics for a reason 
1.5
Dead Silence
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is little wit and even less ingenuity here the film lacking suspense shocks and scares almost the entire way through 
2
Look Away
David Nusair
An intriguing premise in search of a much better movie 
1
Look Away
Mark Dujsik
Too much certainty likely would have ruined this material but the extreme ambiguity becomes a significant issue too 
2.5
I Live in Fear
Jeremy Heilman
I Live in Fear shows that Kurosawa is far from content with humanity but that doesn t mean he s given up hope entirely 
3.5
Great Directors
Bill Stamets
A pleasing if not surprising sampler of apercus bon mots and clips 
2.5
Great Directors
Robert W. Butler
This is one of the best movies ever about film directors 
3.5
Great Directors
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I learned a lot I couldn t escape the frustrating knowledge had things been presented a bit more coherently I could have learned one heck of a lot more 
2.5
Great Directors
Chris Hewitt
A better title for Great Directors would be Good Directors Who Returned My Calls 
1
Great Directors
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If she dearly loves these filmmakers or some of their films it s too hard to tell 
2.5
Great Directors
Carrie Rickey
Ismailos 10 mini profiles might have been better used as DVD extras or a cablecast introduction to an individual director s movie It s not too late 
2
Great Directors
Wesley Morris
Rarely have clips from so many good and great movies been put to such dull use 
1.5
Great Directors
Gerald Peary
The chore is to blank out Greek filmmaker Angela Ismailos s clueless indulgent voiceover and moony on camera presence 
2.5
Great Directors
Lisa Kennedy
The number of interviewees makes the film a signpost survey more meaningful to film study newbies than veterans 
2.5
Great Directors
Mick LaSalle
The film never comes together into a cohesive whole and ironically enough the clips from the directors films sometimes slow it down 
2
Great Directors
Kent Turner
Angela Ismailos s breezy Great Directors is like eavesdropping on the best bits of her candid and casual conversations with her personal favorite filmmakers
2.5
Great Directors
Lou Lumenick
Apprently novice filmmaker Angela Ismailos definition of a Great Director is one who s willing to sit or walk with her while she lobs innocuous questions and gives herself lots of awed close up reaction shots 
1
Great Directors
Andrew Schenker
As an interviewer Ismailos doesn t probe too deep but the 10 filmmakers of whom for my money only two u2014Agns Varda and David Lynch u2014qualify as great are more than happy to talk 
2
Steel City
David Nusair
Awfully low key yet undeniably engaging 
2.5
Steel City
Bill Stamets
Steel City is a moving look at fathers and sons Director Jun neither romanticizes nor pathologizes blue collar family life In this earnest rust belt indie doing the right thing means tipping the scale of justice 
3
Steel City
Chris Hewitt
For big chunks in the middle of the movie Steel City seems lost and styleless but it builds a cumulative power as we get closer to learning what s up 
2.5
Steel City
Michael Wilmington
Steel City is one of the most hopeful movies I ve seen recently not just for its humane realistic story line about a small town family in crisis but in its very being 
3
Steel City
Matt Pais
While the territory of Steel City is as well worn as the roads of this tiny town the people and performances are interesting enough to warrant the detour 
3
Steel City
Ty Burr
Steel City may be the only movie released this year that s so observant you can hear what the characters aren t saying 
3
Steel City
Ted Fry
It s not always a success but the ensemble actors are fine at fleshing out purposely underwritten roles 
2.5
Steel City
Justin Berton
In writer and director Brian Jun s film the story isn t set up so neatly and at first the ambiguity builds tension 
3
Steel City
Lou Lumenick
Excellent performances by a good cast and a fairly authentic look at working class struggles go only so far in Brian Jun s Steel City which paints an industrial Minnesota municipality entirely in tones of gray and blue 
2
Steel City
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Jun pounds out a suitably gritty atmosphere and there s real chemistry between Ferrera and the excellent quietly expressive Guiry He s an actor still looking for his big break this is a fine time to discover him before everyone else does 
2.5
Steel City
Nick Schager
Brian Jun s directorial debut exhibits enough unfussy familiarity with its tattered blue collar locale 
2.5
The End of Fear
Angelo Muredda
The End of Fear feels most alive and most worthy of the visceral emotions the painting itself inspires when it s at its most unorthodox and cold 
3
The Here After
Kent Turner
In a year when so many films at Cannes stuck to a rigidly formality without varying the pace or tone it was a relief to see a film take twists and turns into the unexpected and to accelerate the momentum 
3
Colossal Sensation
Roger Ebert
The movie follows the grim reality of the Soviet occupation but is not itself grim 
3
How I Became a Gangster
Roger Moore
Trots out every plot device 44 every trope and every cliche of every gangster picture of the past twenty years and gives them all a coke flavored Polish accent 46 
1.5
Into the Night
Matt Brunson
There are a couple of jarring sequences that feel tonally wrong but overall Landis and scripter Ron Koslow keep the picture sure footed and fleet footed 
3
Into the Night
Roger Ebert
Maybe what the movie needed was more professional discipline and less geniality As a rule it s probably better to throw the party after the filming is finished 
1
The Student and Mister Henri
Christopher Schobert
While it s not particularly original The Student and Mister Henri understand that good casting can make even a tired plot seem delicious 
3
Patriocracy
Calum Marsh
To presume that even an explicitly neutral political position lacks its own subjective ideological bias is nothing more than a delusion and not a particularly useful one 
.5
Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago
Matt Brunson
This version is a fraction better than the original 44 but not enough to move the needle in any discernible manner 46 
2
Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago
Richard Roeper
Ooh that Drago is the worst 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Kam Williams
An entertaining but inauthentic adaptation a production which reads more like a Hollywood teensploit than a historical epic from Holland 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Forrest Hartman
To watch Girl With a Pearl Earring is to sense that one great photograph after another is unfolding before the eyes 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jonathan R. Perry
the true star of this film is Eduardo Serra who should have had the Oscar Sweeping fantasy vistas are easy creating a sensual feast through the camera s lens is hard 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jon Niccum
Every year or so a movie gets released that is cherished more for its look than its actual content 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Linda Cook
You don t have to know much about the artist Johannes Vermeer to be enchanted by The Girl With the Pearl Earring 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jorge Avila Andrade
Sobrio y fino trabajo flmico que demuestra un prometedor inicio de carrera de un joven cineasta que puede ofrecer cosas interesantes a futuro Verdaderamente recomendable 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Phil Villarreal
Dryer than a Tucson winter 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
James Sanford
visually striking but stultifying there s less predatory hide and seek in Dracula than there is here and at least the vampires eventually put the bite on their victims 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Matt Brunson
Similar to Shakespeare In Love in the manner in which it combines period fact with pure speculation 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
John Wirt
Like Vermeer s paintings Girl is a diminutive masterwork deftly reflecting the master s mysterious art 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
John Beifuss
Cinematographer Eduardo Serra somehow manages to capture the appearance of the wonderful Delft light seen in Vermeer s paintings 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Connie Ogle
Lavish attention to historical detail the thorough immersion in this unusual world and Johansson s impressive performance make Girl With a Pearl Earring memorable but not a masterpiece 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jeff Vice
Cinematically this is as aloof and clinical as a film can get 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Lawrence Toppman
Johansson tops all her previous work with a performance that s almost wordless but intensely expressive 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Sean P. Means
Webber s listless direction is as flat as a museum wall 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Kevin John Bozelka
For the most part Girl With a Pearl Earring is simultaneously heaving and static like the cover of a Harlequin romance novel and about as exciting to contemplate for more than 90 minutes 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Phoebe Flowers
Girl With a Pearl Earring is a lot like watching exceptionally pretty paint dry 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Rob Thomas
It s the shots not the dialogue or even the fine acting that will stay with you after you leave the theater 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Robert W. Butler
Come to it wide awake and fully caffeinated or risk drifting off into a beauty induced coma 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Steven Rea
A virtual ricochet fest of eyeball action Those looks those glares those gapes those gawks 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
David Elliott
A devoutly painterly movie 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Chris Knight
Those who enjoyed the novel will find little of substance changed 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Terry Lawson
Beautifully lit designed and photographed it is like much of the Dutch master s work more to be admired than emotionally embraced 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Lisa Kennedy
To earn its props a period film must resonate in our time A movie about art doubles that demand Webber has delivered the goods and then some 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Rick Groen
An extraordinary embodiment of the period Johansson looks to have stepped right into a Vermeer frame 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Chris Hewitt
A graceful book becomes an even more graceful movie 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jeff Strickler
We re left wishing for more insight into the people and less into the process 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Stacie Hougland
Pic is stunningly beautiful but feels every bit of its 95 minute runtime 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
James Verniere
A coming of age tale full of sensuous painterly detail 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Peter Travers
First time director Peter Webber and cinematographer Eduardo Serra nearly make up for the biopic blather by lighting the film so exquisitely that each frame looks like a Vermeer 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Moira MacDonald
Both lovely to look at and intriguing to hold in the mind 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Joe Baltake
Johansson s memorable turn here represents a wonderful commingling of the right looks with the right acting decisions 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Ty Burr
Dancing on the edge of dullness Girl is continually saved by the look of things 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
David N. Butterworth
Lavish but unnecessary 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Elias Savada
a sight for sore eyes but there s something missing here that would make the film a truly mesmerizing piece A good story 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
James Kendrick
a slow moving but engrossing film that is full of sensual photography that spins visual gold out of the most mundane of everyday activities
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Peter Webber creates such a sustained moment of such beauty and silence that you may forget to breathe 
3.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Rob Blackwelder
There are several moments in the picture so evocative so stunning that they literally make you hold your breath 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Ruthe Stein
The movie offers tantalizing glimpses of the leaded glass windows rich mosaic fabrics and cobbled streets immortalized in his work 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Roger Ebert
I can think of many ways the film could have gone wrong but it goes right because it doesn t cook up melodrama and romantic intrigue but tells a story that s content with its simplicity 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Glenn Lovell
This is one of those fit for framing productions that screams Look at me Look at me Don t bother with what s beneath the surface 
1.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Kelly Borgeson
A fine adaptation that perfectly captures the novel s quiet moodiness 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Claudia Puig
A rich gem expertly told in a surprisingly scant 95 minutes 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Pam Grady
The relationship between Griet and Vermeer plays out almost like a dance The whole movie plays like that a romance and a history told in waltz time 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jonathan Foreman
It would be hard to overpraise Johansson who could hardly look more perfect for the part for her extraordinary ability to convey so much emotion with so few words 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jami Bernard
Like stepping inside a Vermeer painting The light color and composition are eerily perfect 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Glenn Whipp
Studiously observed meticulously crafted and fatally dull 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Shirley Klass
This is a motion picture that has the stillness of a painting Watching it is like watching pretty paint dry 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
David Sterritt
It partakes of Vermeer s spirit and style and that makes it one of the year s best movies 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
John Anderson
Visually the film is breathtaking And Johansson while not looking much like the Girl with the Pearl does achieve a Vermeer like sublimity against which the ill winds of 1600s Holland blow 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Bill Chambers
Girl with a Pearl Earring tries too hard to be arthouse and not hard enough to qualify its tenuous connection to art
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
James Berardinelli
Offers sumptuous visuals and compelling drama effectively intermingled in a pleasing satisfying production 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Steve Rhodes
With a wisp of a story the movie is all about mood and shadow and observing it is much like savoring a great old painting 
3
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Scott Nash
Like the painting it was inspired by it is nice to look at but not for 90 minutes straight 
2.5
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Emily Blunt
Girl With a Pearl Earring is simply stunning Vermeer himself would be proud of the hues and shades Scarlett Johansson brings to this fictional account of his infamous work 
4
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Ed Gonzalez
Peter Webber s gorgeous Girl With a Pearl Earring is a work of lightweight conjecture 
2
Girl With a Pearl Earring
David Nusair
Unlike a lot of films set in this time period Girl with a Pearl Earring manages to entertain throughout 
3
Reality
Kelly Jane Torrance
Reality can be as slow moving as watching the 24 hour webcam in the Big Brother house But the payoffs are greater 
3
Reality
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As soon as the reality show element comes in the movie abandons its creativity and goes for broad anxious comedy that never works 
2
Reality
Michael O'Sullivan
The satire here is finespun and the film s conclusions ambiguous 
2.5
Reality
Steven Rea
A dark allegorical comedy about the nature of fame about obsession about madness and the point where they converge on Big Brother a TV show watched by millions 
3
Reality
John Hartl
For all its ups and downs and occasional detours into boorishness it s an original that will surprise if not necessarily delight fans of Garrone s very different crime drama Gomorrah 
2.5
Reality
Ty Burr
As cautionary tales go this one s ripely knowing and it speaks in a lot more languages than Italian 
4
Reality
Kent Turner
The effect of watching this beautifully crafted and sincere film about desire run amok is virtually hypnotic thanks to the long gilding takes 
2.5
Reality
Farran Smith Nehme
The bright palette of Reality is an obvious way to underline the hero s unraveling but it looks good and it works 
3
Reality
Jesse Cataldo
Matteo Garrone has a sure eye for outlandish set pieces that exhibit the expansive outlines of his ideas but these spectacles are sporadic and the spaces between them tend to lag 
2.5
Decoys
David Nusair
enjoyable but almost instantly forgettable 
2.5
Some Girl(s)
Sara Stewart
Attains the occasional moment of clarity but ultimately has neither the dramatic heft nor the anchoring talent to justify an hour and a half in the company of a boring sociopath 
2
Some Girl(s)
Mike McGranaghan
Some Girl s is engaging because of the fierce uncompromising nature of the dialogue as well as the first rate performances 
3.5
Some Girl(s)
Chris Cabin
Like most of Neil LaBute s work in the field of emotional terrorism the film protests that bad behavior isn t only good but also essential to art 
.5
Out on a Limb
David Nusair
46 46 46 briskly paced and agreeably silly 46 46 46 
3
South of the Clouds
Burl Burlingame
Not a Mao jacket or sooty sky to be seen but the grinding privation under the weight of monolithic political machinery can still be heard however faintly 
2
Dangerous Liaisons
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The creepy plot still holds a certain fascination 
2
Dangerous Liaisons
Roger Ebert
An absorbing and seductive movie 
3
Puzzlehead
Maitland McDonagh
Despite the low budget the film is handsomely designed and well acted and Bai s inventiveness turns what could easily have been liabilities into assets 
3
Puzzlehead
V.A. Musetto
Puzzlehead is an indie delight 
3
Dark Star
Roger Ebert
A berserk combination of space opera intelligent bombs and beach balls from other worlds 
3
Dark Star
James O'Ehley
The plot is something only film school students making an independent film could get away with the Dark Star in question is a star ship that floats around endlessly in space looking for unstable planets to demolish 
3
King of Devil's Island
Liam Lacey
Possibly no one else does grim with as much unsparing enthusiasm as the Scandinavians 
3
King of Devil's Island
Bruce DeMara
Skarsgard is riveting throughout as a man whose high morality is steeped in hypocrisy and whose mask of civility easily slips when challenged to reveal the monster beneath 
2.5
King of Devil's Island
Mike Scott
Cold harsh and riveting 
3
King of Devil's Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
The emotions are heightened right from the start the icy confines of the prison as perilous to the students as it is their jailers roaming the halls 
3
King of Devil's Island
Roger Ebert
The film plays well and is involving but in one form or another this is a story often told 
3
King of Devil's Island
Walter V. Addiego
King of Devil s Island is surprisingly effective and affecting given the familiarity of its material 
3
King of Devil's Island
Michael O'Sullivan
As the stone faced and venal governor Skarsgard is excellent So is Helstad as Erling the film s strong if tragic hero 
2.5
King of Devil's Island
Kam Williams
A bittersweet reminder that despite the debate surrounding the easy availability of Ritalin and Adderall we ve still come a long way from some less enlightened methods of dealing with rebellious adolescents with attention deficit issues 
3.5
King of Devil's Island
V.A. Musetto
Holst gives the proceedings a fresh look thanks to sturdy acting direction and cinematography 
3
King of Devil's Island
Kent Turner
Best of all the movie saves the most tense action sequence for last a chase scene that would have made D W Griffith proud
3
King of Devil's Island
Glenn Heath Jr.
King of Devil s Island hits the familiar plot points most prison films cherish escape attempts riots chase sequences but Hoist s keen directing abilities prove that worn out film genres can be advanced with the right casting and setting 
2.5
Ladder 49
Mark Perry
A well crafted tribute to the many dedicated firefighters who risk life and limb to make our world a little safer 
3
Ladder 49
Michael Dequina
An overly manufactured would be tearjerking package that will surely give less savvy moviegoers the illusion that they ve watched an Important and Meaningful Film 
2
Ladder 49
Lori Hoffman
after hitting me over the head with its conventional approach I cried uncle and had to admit it did get to me 
2.4
Ladder 49
Greg Maki
Even in its most cloying moments the movie works because of the acting 
3
Ladder 49
Sara Michelle Fetters
This day in the life melodrama is a surprisingly good piece of work and while it covers no new ground it certainly holds the attention 
3
Ladder 49
Linda Cook
Here s a drama that s extraordinary because it s well ordinary 
3.5
Ladder 49
Mark Collette
draws us steadily into its warm core with a sense these are real people who might be sleeping or carousing down at the neighborhood firehouse 
3
Ladder 49
Tyler Hanley
Ladder 49 overkills on melodrama the slow paced adventure flick has enough tear jerking Hallmark moments to extinguish a three alarm blaze 
2
Ladder 49
Frank Ochieng
a toxic tearjerker As a showcase meaning to be both actively flashy and introspective Ladder 49 succeeds in blowing smoke up one s pant leg
2
Ladder 49
Josh Larsen
I can imagine it playing on a continuous loop at Ground Zero 
2
Ladder 49
Jeffrey Westhoff
The film never is as inspiring as its subject matter but it aims our thoughts toward proper contemplation 
3
Ladder 49
Vince Koehler
You will see some outstanding fire fighting sequences along with a glimpse at the lives of firemen in the building as well as family life at home 
3
Ladder 49
Mike McGranaghan
There s no high concept at work here just a heartfelt meaningful examination of simple everyday heroism 
4
Ladder 49
David Nusair
Ladder 49 makes Ron Howard s Backdraft look gritty by comparison which is really saying something 
2.5
Ladder 49
Jeffrey M. Anderson
On the plus side it does occasionally get away with some very effective old fashioned melodrama 
2.5
Ladder 49
Moira MacDonald
An action drama weepie that s so busy telling us that its characters are heroes it forgets that they should be people first 
2
Ladder 49
Sarah Chauncey
Ladder 49 is a feel bad film one that you will leave feeling disturbed either because you ve been crying or because you feel cheated out of a story 
2
Ladder 49
Mick LaSalle
In its determination to create a tribute the filmmakers smooth too many edges and simplify too many complex emotions 
2
Ladder 49
David Elliott
A certain grave respect was owed firemen even before Sept 11 2001 but Ladder 49 doesn t earn the piety it wants 
2
Ladder 49
Dustin Putman
A film that loves and respects the country s firefighters but makes the mistake of not getting to know them in a meaningful or substantial way 
2
Ladder 49
Joe Baltake
It s a good movie 
3
Ladder 49
James Berardinelli
I would classify Ladder 49 as a safe movie There s nothing daring about it but it offers a solid emotional core and there is a touching payoff 
2.5
Ladder 49
Megan Lehmann
Plays as if the filmmakers compiled a list of every smoke eater clich imaginable and then resolutely set about crossing them off 
1
Ladder 49
Jack Mathews
A profile in everyday courage the common denominator of men who fight fires for a living choosing to go into buildings that other people are trying to get out of 
3
Ladder 49
Bob Strauss
What really would have gotten us more into the experience would have been a script that delved deeper beneath the firefighters helmets 
2.5
Ladder 49
Amy Biancolli
An imperfect but deeply affecting movie about the unadorned heroism of working class firefighters 
3
Ladder 49
Leah McLaren
The kind of sentimental cash grab that can make a red blooded gal feel cynical and depressed not just about Hollywood but America in general 
1
Ladder 49
Sean P. Means
A well intended melodrama that s as soggy as a firehose 
2.5
Ladder 49
Jeff Vice
It s hard to come down too hard on this well intentioned drama as cornball and manipulative as it is at times 
2.5
Ladder 49
Michael Booth
It may be years before any writer makes an on screen firefighter into a loser let alone a villain In the meantime Ladder 49 will stoke the embers on all of our firefighter daydreams 
3
Ladder 49
Roger Ebert
The best compliment I can pay Ladder 49 is to say that it left me feeling thoughtful and sad 
3.5
Ladder 49
Ty Burr
As more than one character reminds us these are men who run into burning buildings when you and I are busy running out All the boilerplate in Hollywood can t change that 
2.5
Ladder 49
John Beifuss
Arriving just three weeks after the third anniversary of 9 11 this performs the same function as a World War II picture produced in the immediate postwar era 
3
Ladder 49
Guylaine Cadorette
Ladder 49 layers the heroics on so thick that we never get a sense of what goes on underneath all the turnout gear Once all the smoke clears there s nothing there 
2
Ladder 49
Christian Toto
Ladder 49 nearly burns itself by adoring its subject matter too much 
2.5
Ladder 49
Erik Childress
Why do we run into a burning building while everyone else is running out is the same as asking Why do I go see crap movies like Ladder 49 Because it s my friggin JOB 
2
Ladder 49
Mike Clark
Needs cogent drama or star power but it doesn t have either 
2
Ladder 49
Chuck O'Leary
I really wanted to love Ladder 49 and am disappointed that I can only give it a modest recommendation 
2.75
Ladder 49
Carrie Rickey
A series of Hallmark card platitudes not a human portrait 
2
Ladder 49
Andrew Green
The problem with Ladder 49 is that it wants to be a tribute more than it wants to be a movie It s mostly exposition no true narrative exists 
2
Ladder 49
Emily Blunt
Ladder 49 is the most moving emotion stirring film of the year Joaquin Phoenix will break your heart as Jack Morrison 
4
Ladder 49
M. K. Terrell
It may keep you asking why men and women choose this lifestyle It will make you grateful they do 
3
Ladder 49
Chris Hewitt
The movie gets sloppy with most of its secondary characters But when it focuses on Phoenix it has a frank compelling story to tell 
2.5
Ladder 49
Terry Lawson
It s one of those films that can make a snob sentimental especially if he knows a firefighter or a cop or a nurse or a prison guard who makes a difference 
3
Ladder 49
Rene Rodriguez
For all its noble intentions the movie is really a work of crass exploitation an obvious and manipulative grab to cash in on the post 9 11 hero worship of the firefighting profession 
1
Ladder 49
Glenn Lovell
Morrison trapped beneath burning rubble reviews his cliche ridden life 
1.5
Ladder 49
John Anderson
Bearable only to people in deep mourning and vulnerable to emotional coercion Which is of course what makes the whole thing so distasteful 
1.5
Ladder 49
Jeff Strickler
The movie isn t afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve But the sentiment never seems out of place perhaps because we re talking about people who aren t afraid to put their lives on the line 
3.5
Ladder 49
Allison Benedikt
A condescending and cloying melodrama constructed around the almighty flashback and slick in pretending to tell the human story 
2
Ladder 49
Nick Rogers
Filled with earnest heroics that are a far cry from the cynical deconstruction on FX s Rescue Me But it works its own level as its own project 
3
Ladder 49
Matt Brunson
If there s an original moment in this tedious drama I must have been rubbing my eyes for a nanosecond and missed it 
1.5
Ladder 49
Phil Villarreal
Other than a brief interlude in which Jack meets his Instant Bride at a grocery store Ladder 49 follows the same course over and over 
2
Ladder 49
Willie Waffle
Ladder 49 is not a daring film but more of a middle of the road safe sometimes clich star driven movie with a few wonderful emotional moments 
2.5
Ladder 49
Rob Blackwelder
freshness and originality weren t the highest priority for this firefighter drama focused on a post 9 11 brand of sacrificial All American heroism 
2.5
Ladder 49
Walter Chaw
I hate this film 
0.5
Ladder 49
Steve Rhodes
It piles on the schmaltz and the lame attempts at humor so that we ll see the film as a comedy with a big heart a really big heart 
2
Ladder 49
Ed Gonzalez
As for the soulless fire sequences they re so big and suspenseful you half expect to see Celine Dion standing on top of a building wailing My Heart Will Go On 
1.5
Ladder 49
Peter Canavese
Conventional lacking in depth and reliant on the artifical tension of action scenes to goose along an otherwise watchable but dull movie 
2
Toe to Toe
Ann Hornaday
Toe to Toe deserves credit for delving into the rich dynamics of interracial friendship and teenaged social tectonics And it features some terrific acting 
2.5
Toe to Toe
V.A. Musetto
What happens when a movie s lead actors are better than their material You get something like Toe to Toe 
2
Toe to Toe
Kam Williams
Hell hath no fury like a sister scorned especially for a wigger 
4
Toe to Toe
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Winds up biting off more urban high school malaise than we can swallow without gagging 
1
Saint of 9/11
Ken Fox
This impressively mounted feature length eulogy for the courageous Franciscan friar who devoted his life to bringing peace solace and reconciliation to all in need makes a compelling argument for canonization 
3
Saint of 9/11
Stephen Whitty
If you think you can t bear to see another World Trade Center movie you should still see the new documentary Saint of 9 11 
3
Saint of 9/11
Lou Lumenick
a cinematic elegy for Father Mychal Judge 
3
Saint of 9/11
Elizabeth Weitzman
Overly reverent but still immensely touching 
3
Saint of 9/11
Gene Seymour
You come away from this movie with a bracing recognition that grace and perfection don t always share the same corners of the soul which doesn t and shouldn t prevent you from doing good works for others 
3.5
Saint of 9/11
Chris Hewitt
If a documentary makes you wish you had known its subject it has definitely done something right 
3.5
Saint of 9/11
Ed Gonzalez
The film only scrapes the surface of Mychal Judge s personal life but it does grapple with the way his personal identity shaped his righteousness 
2.5
Snowtime! 2
Chelsea Phillips-Carr
Although Racetime is incredibly capable in its sweetly depicted drama the film remains predictable with any attempt to generate some suspense or at least uncertainty falling flat 
1.5
My Fair Lady
Peter Canavese
There are not enough superlatives for this new 50th Anniversary digital transfer As good as it gets for home video and the reference disc so far for the 4K format 4K Blu ray Paramount 2021 blu ray review 
4
My Fair Lady
Matt Brunson
I ll take it over fellow Best Picture winners Oliver and Gigi any day of the week 
3
My Fair Lady
Peter Canavese
The well nigh irresistible My Fair Lady comedically softens Shaw s ending but nevertheless nearly single handedly transcends the material s sexist leaning through the sheer humanism of Hepburn s deeply felt performance Blu ray 
4
My Fair Lady
Kate Cameron
For those who ve seen the stage show My Fair Lady give complete satisfaction and those who will see and hear the musical for the first time will be enchanted by it 
4
My Fair Lady
Gene Siskel
A marvelous restoration of the 30 year old musical precisely the kind of high class popular entertainment that Hollywood can t seem to make these days 
4
My Fair Lady
Wesley Lovell
Audrey Hepburn s dramatic transformation makes My Fair Lady an entertaining musical experience 
4
My Fair Lady
Michael Szymanski
A delightful adult musical there are some hysterically funny double entendres if you pay attention 
3
My Fair Lady
Roger Ebert
The best stage musical of all time and one of the most loved romances 
4
My Fair Lady
James Berardinelli
Few genres of films are as magical as musicals and few musicals are as intelligent and lively as My Fair Lady 
4
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Matt Brunson
The villain is nothing more than a cranky neighbor 59 quelle horreur 33 
2
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Sarah Knight Adamson
Watching Javier Bardem sing and dance along with Lyle is great fun 44 and the movie is fine for very young kids as well as teens at the end of my screening 44 kids applauded and danced to the ending credits 46 
3.5
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Pablo O. Scholz
Without being all that wonderful Josh Gordon and Will Speck s Lyle Lyle Crocodile is good family fun and has songs that will get stuck in your head Full review in Spanish 
3
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Mark Meszoros
Lyle 44 Lyle Crocodile surely won 8217 t do much for grown ups 44 and kids of a certain age may not want much to do with it either 44 but the little ones are going to eat it up the way Lyle scarfs down discarded delights 46 
2.5
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Doug Walker
You can tell it apos s heart is in the right place 44 but the crocodile apos s auto tuned voice and stale story telling makes this feel more like a demo for a record label than a children apos s movie 46 
2.5 
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Katie Walsh
In moments 44 8220 Lyle 44 Lyle 44 Crocodile 8221 is a warm and whimsical family adventure comedy 44 but at other times 44 it 8217 s a hallucinatory fever dream 46 Both are fine options 44 but the purgatory in between these tones is too strange to actually work 46 
2
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Mike McGranaghan
So relentlessly cheery and upbeat that it works a kind of magic on you 46 
3
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Nell Minow
A warm hearted family film with great musical numbers that will make another generation of kids hopefully search the attic on the chance that they might find a singing crocodile 46 
3
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Mark Dujsik
The real problem is that it apos s not nearly strange enough 46 
1.5
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Thomas Floyd
This family flick delivers enough pulse quickening earworms and warmth to melt even the iciest of hearts 
3
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Roger Moore
Endearing 8221 it begins and endearing it ends 46 Let yourself be charmed and you will be 46 
2.5
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Soren Andersen
You can practically see the glisten of perspiration on the actors faces from the effort everyone is making to put their characters across Their roles seem like ill fitting clothing worn awkwardly 
1.5
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
G. Allen Johnson
The problem with this toothless film directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck is that it s just so meh 
1
The Night House
Chase Hutchinson
A film about picking up the pieces after your life has been completely shattered 44 The Night House is horror that cuts to the very soul through a devastating performance by Rebecca Hall 46 
3.5
The Night House
Brian Eggert
The Night House creates an immersive and spooky mood that works in spite of some dissatisfying explanations in the last third 
3
The Night House
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Well directed and with a remarkable performance by Rebeca Hall Not even the inconsistent ending manages to sink the film 
1.5
The Night House
Rene Sanchez
A masterful and spine chilling supernatural thriller commanded by one of Rebecca Hall s best performances Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Night House
Steven Prokopy
In the realm of horror movies The Night House might be unconventional but it s no less powerful atmospheric or beautifully acted 
3
The Night House
Matthew Passantino
The Night House doesn t feel like it s solely relying on a familiar blueprint and a lot of that is thanks to Hall s performance 
3
The Night House
Lindsey Bahr
Confidently directed by David Bruckner from a clever script written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski The Night House excels in tension building it is both unpredictable and unnervingly restrained 
3
The Night House
David Nusair
a seriously misguided and misbegotten endeavor 
1
The Night House
Tom Meek
The Night House is a genuinely creepy immersion driven by a writhing sense of dread and the tease of mystery 
2.5
The Night House
Rex Reed
Rarely have I seen a movie in which simply everything demands clarification 
2
The Night House
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hall ties herself into pretzel like knots flying high one moment wallowing in self pity and despair a nanosecond later 
3.5
The Night House
Sean P. Means
Hall s Beth is no scream queen the actor conveys the fear that builds in Beth as she uncovers Owen s dark secrets but that fear motivates her to action rather than paralyzes her 
3
The Night House
Dann Gire
The Night House may not be a horror masterpiece but it is a masterpiece of manipulation one in which we may not always understand what s going on 
3
The Night House
Kevin A. Ranson
With a bit of It Follows a dash of The Babadook and a hint of The Entity herein lies a thriller that dares to personify depression itself giving form to concept that isn t just a metaphor 
4
The Night House
Kevin Carr
Without Rebecca Hall this would have been a fizzle but she makes it come alive and she is why you ll want to see this movie 
4
The Night House
Peter Howell
Hall makes terror all the more real because she refuses to yield to it 
3
The Night House
Sonny Bunch
The Night House is scary well acted stylish and gestures toward profundity Go see it in a theater so you can share the scares 
3
The Night House
Derek Smith
The film upends the clichés that practically define the ghost story in surprising and intriguing ways 
3
The Night House
Randy Myers
Rebecca Hall s performance as a grief stricken haunted widow grounds and enhances director David Bruckner s ominous and striking horror feature 
3.5
The Night House
Leo Brady
The Night House is the kind of horror movie that plays tricks on the mind scaring us constantly with unpredictable occurrences in every room or hallway freaking the audience out with both the seen and unseen things that go bump in the night 
3.5
The Night House
Michael Phillips
Hall intensifies what could ve been just another woman with a flashlight in a haunted house movie peering into the beyond 
3
The Night House
Chris Hewitt
Hall is onscreen for almost every minute of the movie and she s always interesting 
3
The Night House
Mark Dujsik
T he real success of Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski s screenplay is how this story constantly and consistently evolves 
3
The Night House
Brian Tallerico
With top notch sound design to truly amplify the experience this is a must see for horror fans one of the better genre pics of 2021 
3
The Night House
Joe Friar
Another first rate performance by Rebecca Hall Once you pull back and process what s happening on screen it s fascinating as the big picture comes together 
3
The Night House
James Berardinelli
It s a quietly intense alternative to generic horror movies that provides its share of scares without the need to splatter the screen with blood and viscera 
3
The Night House
Mike McGranaghan
Intelligent emotional and incredibly eerie 
3.5
The Night House
Michael O'Sullivan
Calling it intriguing is actually selling it short Warts and all The Night House is in the truest sense of the word kind of haunting 
3
The Night House
Joey Magidson
The Night House might actually appeal even more to fans of drama than those of horror That s how effective the emotions are here Rebecca Hall has never been better 
3
The Night House
Jeff York
A few plot points are left dangling at the end but make no mistake this one effective frightener a real summer sleeper 
3
The Night House
Katie Walsh
Absolute bravura work from Hall encased in the thoughtful and perfectly executed craftsmanship that Bruckner brings to the horror genre 
3.5
The Night House
Roger Moore
Hall makes everything we see and that Beth experiences credible which may be the creepiest thing about it 
2.5
The Night House
Brian Truitt
Given the chilling mood Bruckner strikes and dark corners he unearths horror fans will want to spend some time in this Night House even if it s not worth a long term investment 
2.5
The Parole Officer
Ian Mantgani
It s watchable 
2.5
Hard Choices
Roger Ebert
Many movies start out strong and end in confusion and compromise Hard Choices starts out like a predictable action picture and grows and grows until at the end it astonishes us 
3.5
4 Days in France
Mattie Lucas
A poignant self aware and sometimes deeply funny exploration of the folly the eccentricity and the profound beauty of the human journey 
3.5
4 Days in France
Diego Semerene
There s something liberating about such a steady creative hand that rejects justifying the twists and turns of a storyline which becomes in 4 Days in France something akin to cruising itself 
3.5
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Brian Eggert
The documentary s stated ambition to focus on who she was as a person rather than how she died rings false 
2
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Peter Canavese
Essentially an opportunity for the family to do damage control 
2.5
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Steven Prokopy
Bouzereau does an impressive job here capturing the essence of a human being behind the image 
3.5
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Richard Roeper
The most touching sequences feature Natasha and her stepfather Robert Wagner 
3
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It may fall short of what it could have been but is still a worthy tribute 
3
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Matt Zoller Seitz
Its many curious or self defeating choices ensure that it ends up feeling like a defense brief for a trial that will never occur in court 
2
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Sean P. Means
A documentary that aims to hit the reset button on the public s perception of the late actress to think more about her stellar career and less about her tragic drowning death in 1981 
3
Postmen in the Mountains
Phoebe Flowers
Look at Me is sly discomfiting and a great exploration of fame and beauty 
3.5
Postmen in the Mountains
Meg Jones
Viewers who don t mind reading subtitles will be rewarded as they gradually get sucked in by the lush cinematography and a first class heartfelt story 
3
Postmen in the Mountains
Marta Barber
The beauty of Huo Ji Anqi s film transcends China s lush Hunan province to focus on the peace that comes from within 
3
Postmen in the Mountains
Chris Hewitt
A single potent image can encapsulate an entire movie 
3
Postmen in the Mountains
Jeff Strickler
Recommended without reservation 
4
Postmen in the Mountains
Michael Wilmington
A quietly touching little Chinese film that wrings considerable beauty and poignancy from seemingly the simplest of subjects 
3.5
Postmen in the Mountains
Jeff Vice
The simplicity of Postmen in the Mountains is much of the film s charm 
3.5
Postmen in the Mountains
Roger Ebert
A film so simple and straightforward that its buried emotions catch us a little by surprise 
3
Postmen in the Mountains
Megan Lehmann
It s a simple tale of father and son bonding that director Huo Jianqi injects with a quiet power and it benefits greatly from the gorgeous lushness of its backdrop 
2.5
Postmen in the Mountains
Janice Page
A collection of otherwise unremarkable vignettes and flashbacks presents many quietly telling moments that bring a lump to the throat 
3.5
Postmen in the Mountains
C.W. Nevius
Dreamy and deliberate 
2
Postmen in the Mountains
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A quietly beautiful tale in which very little is shown and everything is imagined 
3.5
The Isle
Joshua Tanzer
Made me unintentionally famous as the queasy stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby But believe it or not it s one of the most beautiful evocative works I ve seen 
3.5
The Isle
Roger Ebert
Beautiful angry and sad with a curious sick poetry as if the Marquis de Sade had gone in for pastel landscapes 
3
The Isle
Glenn Lovell
There is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how in the flip flop of courtship we often reel in when we should be playing out 
3
The Isle
Joe Leydon
The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination 
2.5
The Isle
Carla Meyer
A gorgeous and grotesque Korean film by director Kim Ki Duk who seems torn by his artistic and exploitive impulses 
2
The Isle
Rod Armstrong
Though the controversial Korean filmmaker s latest effort is not for all tastes it offers gorgeous imagery effective performances and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding 
3
The Isle
Jan Stuart
Once Kim begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait and tackle metaphors you may decide it s too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard 
2
The Isle
V.A. Musetto
Daring mesmerizing and exceedingly hard to forget 
3.5
The Isle
Ed Gonzalez
While The Isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at 
2.5
Trenchcoat
Roger Ebert
Trenchcoat is one of the most aggressively boring movies I ve seen in a long time It s boring not only because it s bad which it certainly is but also because it s dead inside 
1
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie has a loose affectionate feel not dissimilar to Linklater s Dazed and Confused but closer to School of Rock in terms of family friendliness 
4
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Mike Scott
Its nostalgia soaked sensibility is really the film s heart and soul When you get down to it that s for some time been one of Linklater s chief stocks in trade What s more he does it consistently well With Apollo 10½ he s done it again 
3.5
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Brian Eggert
Even if the film doesn t attain the profound heights of Linklater s other work it s easy to lose yourself in its groove 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Peter Howell
Houston we have a memory A whole vivid bunch of them actually pulled from the photographic mind and boundless imagination of Richard Linklater 
3.5
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Peter Canavese
A purely un apologetically nostalgic movie so much so as to be endearing and so specific as to be near universal 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Robert Levin
In its unhurried fashion amid its nostalgic staples Linklater s movie finds its way toward something that for Stan is even more consequential than a journey to another world the beginning of the rest of his life 
3.5
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Ty Burr
I often felt as if I were looking at my own childhood through a long and distant lens 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Steven Prokopy
The movie is charming quite funny and heartfelt and reminds us that Linklater is a national treasure 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Matt Zoller Seitz
Linklater presents Stan s story in a drolly convincing as well as affectionate manner with a fanciful tone that rarely shades over into cuteness and visually assured direction 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Leo Brady
Apollo 10 A Space Age Childhood is a beautiful snapshot a pleasant reminder of what its like to be a kid done fantastically in that romantic Linklater way 
3.5
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Mark Dujsik
The film is about living through a moment in history but more to the point it s about acknowledging that at a certain point everyone s childhood becomes history 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Russ Simmons
Apollo 10 is an affectionate walk down memory lane 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Josh Bell
Its plotless meandering is an essential element of its charm 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Lindsey Bahr
This doesn t push many boundaries And yet as with most Linklater joints it s so sincere and so sweetly true that you can t really fault it for not reinventing the wheel 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
All the best stuff is in the trailer 
2
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Mark Feeney
Enchantingly improbable yet unerringly exact 
3.5
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Oliver Jones
Whereas for virtually any other director nostalgia is a surefire way to suck the life out of the room Linklater uses it to inject vitality 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Joey Magidson
By presenting such a specific yet universal recollection of childhood and nostalgia in general Richard Linklater achieves something very special here with Apollo 10 A Space Age Childhood It s clearly one of his most personal films yet 
3.5
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Keith Watson
Apollo 10 ultimately suggests that memory distorts and amplifies just as much as it preserves 
3
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Josh Larsen
Proof that details are the heart of all good storytelling 
3.5
The Counterfeit Traitor
Matt Brunson
An engrossing World War II thriller 46 
3
The Replacement Killers
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible not to wonder what Chow making his English language debut here was thinking when he signed up for the project 
2
The Replacement Killers
Bill Chambers
The most dispiriting thing about The Replacement Killers is that it proves Chow Yun Fat s charisma repressible 
1.5
The Replacement Killers
Frank Ochieng
A fair action thriller is offered here but what a difference this movie would make from merely being fair to that of being a fist full of frenzied fun A mild recommendation at best 
2.5
The Replacement Killers
David N. Butterworth
Unfortunately The Replacement Killers isn t a film by John Woo 
2
The Replacement Killers
Michael Dequina
The ever charismatic Chow will certainly have no trouble winning new fans with his English language debut 
3
The Replacement Killers
Roger Ebert
The Replacement Killers is as abstract as a jazz instrumental and as cool and self assured 
3
Crinoline Head
Dustin Putman
A playful throwback to the slasher flicks of the 80s the film wisely does not try to copy or steal from its predecessors but comes up with a style and tone all its own 
3
Boulevard
Neil Rosen
It reminded me of how just good this Oscar winning actor could be when he shed himself on screen of his unique comedic gifts He is certainly missed 
2.5
Boulevard
Robert Levin
It s a wonderful thing to see Robin Williams in full again one of the generation s great actors transporting us into the depths of a wounded soul 
3
Boulevard
Peter Howell
While it s all too clear that Nolan is unhappy he also has an ailing dad to care for the thoughts inside his head remain stubbornly opaque 
2
Boulevard
Robert Horton
Williams remains a presence of grace in a film that is otherwise not up to his very particular talents 
2
Boulevard
John Hartl
Unfortunately the movie plods you can always see where it s going or trying to go It also feels incomplete 
2
Boulevard
Tirdad Derakhshani
Williams does a terrific job portraying Nolan s ambivalence the mix of fear guilt and excitement that grips him and the gradual change he undergoes in the ensuing weeks 
3
Boulevard
Peter Keough
In Dito Montiel s treacly programmatic film Williams succumbs to a recurring neediness earnestness and sentimentality 
2
Boulevard
Michael O'Sullivan
If the movie is cheesy at times it more often presents an understanding of life s contradictions and compromises 
2.5
Boulevard
Mick LaSalle
Nolan is inconceivable as someone anybody would want to be married to and it s impossible to believe he could maintain a friendship In scene after scene his co stars put out energy and Williams absorbs it reflects on it and gives back sadness 
1
Boulevard
Nick Allen
Williams and director Dito Montiel are in tune with a pervading sense of tenderness as the movie distinctly ruminates on connection not love 
3.5
Boulevard
Stephen Whitty
All in all it s just a sad story sadly told And here s the saddest thing of all it s one of the last stories Robin Williams will ever give us 
2
Boulevard
Kyle Smith
A frustrating ending to a stellar career a cramped and melancholy film about a cramped and melancholy man 
2
Boulevard
Rex Reed
As Robin Williams final film it tolls a wonderful bell for the legacy of a distinguished career 
3.5
Boulevard
Clayton Dillard
Boulevard is as empty and anonymous as its eponymous stretch of road 
1
Boulevard
Roger Moore
Robin Williams downbeat final film is well intentioned well played but thin predictable and seriously dated 
2
Dancing on Glass
Roger Moore
The pictures meandering story told at a quiet balletic pace rob it of much of the intensity that such Warning Labels for Ballet movies thrive on 
2
D2: The Mighty Ducks
Steve Rhodes
In 1994 Disney had no fresh ideas but they figured they could cast the same actors and make as much money in a sequel They were right 
1.5
F/X
Matt Brunson
While F X will doubtless continue to play best for those of us who knew it back when it should still effectively engage all but the most cynical of today s seen it all film fans 
3.5
F/X
David Nusair
a better than average 1980s thriller 
3
F/X
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A first rate thriller Robert Mandel directs with a winning energy never getting too slick but remaining interested in the human angle 
3.5
F/X
Roger Ebert
The irony of F X which is a very good thriller indeed is that it avoids the pitfall of so many thrillers it doesn t degenerate into a mindless display of special effects 
3.5
Delivery Method
Steve Rhodes
Lackluster 
2
Tough Guys
Matt Brunson
After an engaging hour the movie drastically loses it way 
2.5
Tough Guys
Roger Ebert
Tough Guys might have been better if Douglas and Lancaster had played characters who were a little more fallible humble and realistic 
2
Zulu
Scott Nash
The old fashioned war epic that made Michael Caine a star 
3
Zulu
Bosley Crowther
Students of such things in movies should appreciate this one for it has all the standard ingredients of the heroic hold the fort film 
2.5
Rapture
John Beifuss
A masterwork of Bava esque colors Bergmanesque dislocation and Cronenbergian raptures 
4
Rapture
Roger Moore
It delivers its payoff which is interesting but hardly worth what we sit through to get to it drugs and sex and vampire movie subtext included 
2
Rapture
Kathy Fennessy
The story threads ultimately entwine in gratifyingly proto Videodromesque fashion 46 
3
Rapture
Carlos Aguilar
Arrebato invokes cinema as an otherworldly entity that possesses just as addictive and destructive as mind altering substances injected into the bloodstream 
3.5
Beautiful Beings
Marya E. Gates
For much of the film 44 Gu 240 mundsson draws on the long tradition of angry young man films 44 without adding much by way of originality or insight that hasn 8217 t already been said 46 
2
Beautiful Beings
Roger Moore
A rough and harrowing coming of age drama in the tradition of 8220 Kids 44 8221 8220 Thirteen 8221 and 8220 My Own Private Idaho 46 8221 
3
Möbius
Ed Gonzalez
Eric Rochant s weird and lengthy fixation on De France reaching orgasm twice in one session allows Mbius to unexpectedly transform from a low stakes Notorious to a high end Red Shoe Diaries 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Michael Dequina
Ultimately the film leans toward the blandness of its star 
2
Nicholas Nickleby
Betsy Bozdech
A thoroughly enjoyable artistically elegant bit of filmmaking that promises to stand the test of time 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s thin and McGrath wouldn t know subtlety if it bit him on the butt Still it s entertaining enough and the two plus hours the film runs fly by 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
John Beifuss
wonderfully entertaining and remarkably coherent 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Matt Brunson
The film clocks in at a little more than two hours yet this Reader s Digest approach is remarkably fluid and full bodied 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
James Kendrick
writer director Douglas McGrath has efficiently and effectively pared down his source material to craft a consistently engaging and frequently hilarious film version that runs just over two hours and feels half that
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Lawrence Toppman
Many shallower movies these days seem too long but this one is egregiously short 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Sean P. Means
Nicholas Nickleby may be the only two hour 15 minute movie this year that feels like it s going by too fast 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Chris Hewitt
Beautiful sets and costumes cardboard characters 
2
Nicholas Nickleby
Jeff Vice
Wow so who knew Charles Dickens could be so light hearted 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Duane Dudek
McGrath s Nicholas Nickleby is never very complex but it is snappy and entertaining in a way that feels true to Dickens love of a ripping yarn 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Marty Mapes
Any movie that tries to cram an entire Dickens novel into just over 2 hours is destined to be imperfect Nevertheless writer director Douglas McGrath makes a valiant effort that focuses on fun 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Todd Anthony
Armed with McGrath s apt Dickens distillation the illustrious ensemble strain mightily and eventually salvage Nicholas Nickleby from the poor man s Heath Ledger at its center 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Joe Baltake
Like its title character this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances and also like its hero it remains brightly optimistic coming through in the end 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Connie Ogle
A terrific adaptation with a delightful cast and a speedy pace that defies belief considering its lengthy source 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Margaret A. McGurk
The cast is a marvelous match for the characters and the pared down script preserves plenty of the luscious melodrama that makes Dickens so addictive 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Phil Villarreal
Whenever you think you ve seen the end of the movie we cut to a new scene which also appears to be the end But no we get another scene and then another You begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain 
2
Nicholas Nickleby
Peter Travers
Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph It s a great performance and a reminder of Dickens grandeur 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Josh Larsen
One of those studious adaptations that seem tailor made for showing to high school English classes 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Mark Dujsik
An incredibly pleasant and highly entertaining experience 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Joe Leydon
Immensely satisfying as an old fashioned morality tale told with uncommon wit 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Jeffrey Westhoff
An unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Ty Burr
The movie s a rambunctious joy 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Moira MacDonald
It s no easy trick to resist the charms of Douglas McGrath s Nicholas Nickleby and anyone starved for a nice hats and corsets literary adaptation certainly isn t up to the task 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Mick LaSalle
A generous tale told through big performances by a talented cast presenting a range of colorful characters that only Dickens could have created 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
David Elliott
When you boil such a crammed and lavish book to this length you are left with a pinched Viewer s Digest version 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Mary F. Pols
This isn t just the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby it s the CliffsNotes with pages missing 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Roger Ebert
The movie is jolly and exciting and brimming with life and wonderfully well acted 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Liam Lacey
If not every scene bears the Masterpiece Theatre seal of authenticity the parade of vividly drawn characters is always good fun 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Robert K. Elder
McGrath s version of Nicholas Nickleby cashes in on age old show biz wisdom of always leave em wanting more 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Rob Blackwelder
The characters are largely one dimensional implausibly sweet naive or absurdly ruthless cruel without reason and they invite second guessing to a distracting degree 
2
Nicholas Nickleby
Tony Toscano
just another period piece with some rather good moments 
2.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Jeanne Aufmuth
Revenge romance exploitation and the unyielding search for happiness are molded into a perfect plum pudding of a film 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Shirley Klass
Director writer Douglas McGrath Emma pares the long novel down to a screenplay just over two hours long while keeping it interesting and faithful to the book 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Steve Rhodes
Extremely well cast especially in the large number of supporting roles 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Elias Savada
The delicious trimmings arrive early and stay late filling nearly every minute with a lighthearted glow some impudent snickers and a glorious dose of humankind s liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two 
3.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Glenn Whipp
Douglas McGrath s Nicholas Nickleby does Dickens as it should be done cinematically 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
James Berardinelli
As a means to bring a classic novel to the attention of a modern audience McGrath s Nicholas Nickleby is a success 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Jonathan Foreman
Nathan Lane as the flamboyant theatrical impresario Crummles has never been better or more restrained on film and Alan Cumming and Timothy Spall are a pleasure as always 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Rod Armstrong
There are many pleasures to be found in Douglas McGrath s Nicholas Nickleby 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
David Sterritt
A lovely film for the holiday season 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Claudia Puig
This mid 19th century tale of survival after the death of a parent is still compelling today and its message of strength and the importance of family continues to resonate 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Michael Szymanski
Nicholas Nickleby is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there s no new A Christmas Carol out in the theaters this year Charlie Hunnam has the twinkling eyes repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a Dickensian hero 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Ed Gonzalez
This may just be the funniest Dickens film ever mounted for the screen 
3
Nicholas Nickleby
Harvey S. Karten
The title character is too goody two shoes to give Charlie Hunnam a breakthrough but a pair of villains eat up the scenery in delightful holiday fare 
3
Code 8
Roger Moore
More interesting looking than actually interesting
1.5
The Room
Brian Eggert
There s no denying the pleasure one receives from the viewing experience not from the film per se but from the experience of watching the film 
3
The Room
David Keyes
We sit there in the dark our eyes move over flutters of passive motion and eventually the screen goes black That s it 
0
The Room
Josh Larsen
has what every landmark bad movie needs total commitment 
1.5
The Room
Roger Moore
I ve seen worse 
0
The Room
Gavin Bond
This self financed flick s shortcomings go way beyond the standard array of glaring continuity errors dodgy sets and stagnant editing 
1
The Room
Kam Williams
Mom Interrupted 
2
Tethered
Mark Dujsik
The underlying mood here is far more engaging than the story itself but eventually the latter takes over this small low and minor key horror tale 
2
Tethered
Roger Moore
Minimalist a movie sorely lacking in surprises action or suspense 
1.5
Americano
David Nusair
Americano certainly succeeds as a romanticized travelogue and if this doesn t make one want to grab a backpack and head for the hills of Spain nothing will 
2.5
Americano
Maitland McDonagh
It s ultimately more than a little thin and watching it feels like listening to a teenager rhapsodize about his summer vacation naively charming but hard to take seriously 
2
Two or Three Things I Know About Him
Ken Fox
Malte Ludin s gripping documentary about the father he barely knew is both an extraordinary exercise in family history and an example of what Germans call Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung facing the past 
4
Two or Three Things I Know About Him
Jack Mathews
The movie also reveals how the privileged class ignored condoned or denied the reality of the Holocaust 
3
Psycho Cop 2
David Nusair
if a movie like this is missing the gore what s the point 
1
20th Century Women
Brian Eggert
20th Century Women feels intimate beyond measure and those who can relate will undergo a deep and meaningful connection to its characters 
4
20th Century Women
Leo Brady
The dynamic of family love and living life that exist in Mike Mills newest film 20th Century Women is just about the greatest thing I have seen in a movie in a long time 
3.5
20th Century Women
Lisa Jensen
This movie too is like a collection of snapshots frozen in time as each generation struggles to understand eternal human mysteries that may only make sense as time goes by 
3
20th Century Women
Allyson Johnson
A beautiful depiction not just of family but of different generations of characters mainly women and what it means to be one in a time of transition and growth 
3.5
20th Century Women
Kam Williams
Though there isn t much of a message to glean from this inappropriately titled homage to the dawn of female empowerment one can easily appreciate its vivid triptych of poignant personal portraits 
3.5
20th Century Women
Jeff Simon
20th Century Women isn t overtly that funny but it s nicely witty and droll enough to bring forth happy laughs and chortles anyway 
3
20th Century Women
Sara Michelle Fetters
Brilliantly acted lovingly shot by Sean Porter and seamlessly edited by Leslie Jones Mills shows that the near virtuoso brilliance of Beginners was hardly a fluke 
3.5
20th Century Women
Max Weiss
There s that old expression may you live in interesting times Mills addendum to that is And may you be raised by interesting women 
3.5
20th Century Women
Robert Horton
When you don t buy into a movie even the skillfully turned witticisms float there as isolated one liners instead of insights in a larger connected tapestry 
2
20th Century Women
Mark Dujsik
The title is a bit of a misnomer 
2
20th Century Women
Rob Thomas
The film provides that rush of pleasure and sadness that can come from pulling a favorite album out of the basement and putting it on the turntable The moment in your life the music connects to is long gone But it still makes you dance 
3.5
20th Century Women
Sean P. Means
Mills script is shot through with such gems precisely worded and beautifully said by a talented ensemble 
3.5
20th Century Women
Michael Smith
What s intended to be poignant or profound is instead too precious and what s meant to be insightful is often confusing 
2
20th Century Women
Rick Bentley
Touching and well crafted 
3.5
20th Century Women
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It all seems like an excuse for writer director Mike Mills to revel in the time and place and play lots of cool music 
2.5
20th Century Women
Brad Keefe
Mills follow up to Beginners is another warmly original film as quirky as it is heartfelt 
3.5
20th Century Women
Robert W. Butler
Mills setup could be played for sitcom shallowness but here his two leads inhabit their characters with small gestures and moments that add up to an unexpectedly compelling film 
3
20th Century Women
Calvin Wilson
20th Century Women takes a while to kick in but eventually finds its groove 
3.5
20th Century Women
Moira MacDonald
The drama of Mike Mills 20th Century Women takes place in Annette Bening s masterful pauses 
3.5
20th Century Women
Roger Moore
The boy coming of age in it isn t that interesting But the women 
3
20th Century Women
Peter Canavese
Empathetic and self searching a highly witty deeply humane look at people who may be too conscious for their own good people who think and feel too much ever to be truly happy 
4
20th Century Women
Walter Chaw
20th Century Women itself melancholic is a medicine for melancholy 
4
20th Century Women
Josh Larsen
for most of these characters this is a season of life in which everything seems to be happening too quickly 
2.5
20th Century Women
Kate Taylor
If the small domestic drama established in this rich period setting proves satisfyingly emotional it is because the characters are acutely well observed both by Mills s script and by his excellent cast 
4
20th Century Women
Richard Roeper
There s not a single false actor y note in Bening s work It is a master class in nuanced acting and it is deserving of an Academy Award 
3
20th Century Women
Chris Knight
The women are drawn so fully and so artfully that I had to give the film a conditional pass 
3.5
20th Century Women
Peter Howell
Bening s characters are always as comfortable as Dorothea s abode we never see or feel the exertion behind the acting 
3
20th Century Women
Lauren Chval
A funny complicated burst of joy confusion and melancholy 
3
20th Century Women
Ann Hornaday
As a celebration of personal and social history 20th Century Women takes the audience back But it also lifts us up on a wave of openhearted emotion and keen intelligence It bursts with the sad messy ungovernable beauty of life 
4
20th Century Women
Mick LaSalle
Every time the story is on a knife edge and can drop deeper into turmoil or recede back to the normal flows and ebbs of life Mills chooses the latter But this time the strategy works It feels real 
3
20th Century Women
Ty Burr
It breathes with the open ended friendliness of a 70s film vintage Jonathan Demme perhaps 
3.5
20th Century Women
Michael Phillips
20th Century Women doesn t get unduly hung up on plot or even with the usual forward motion of a coming of age narrative It s a group portrait of a makeshift family 
3
20th Century Women
Robert Levin
The movie doesn t have a plot and it doesn t really need one The stars all superb say all that needs to be said in their characters quiet yearning and desperate search for meaning in a world finally allowing them to find it 
3.5
20th Century Women
Peter Travers
A simply glorious Annette Bening the Academy needs to that Best Actress nomination happen leads a stellar cast in Mike Mills semiautobiographical story about a bohemian women raising a teen in the age of 1970 s feminism and punk rock 
3.5
20th Century Women
Sara Stewart
Despite being set in the late 1970s 20th Century Women feels like the perfect movie for this moment 
4
20th Century Women
Katie Walsh
A bracing invigorating gulp of cinematic oxygen 
4
20th Century Women
Sheila O'Malley
The most pleasurable aspect of 20th Century Women and it s pleasurable throughout is that it allows itself to be messy 
4
20th Century Women
Steve Macfarlane
Mike Mills s 20th Century Women incurs sorrow at the prospect of saying goodbye to its characters 
3
20th Century Women
Clayton Davis
Sweet minded and shimmering in its comedic beats and even more irresistible in its dive into the dramatic elements 20th Century Women is one the year s most pleasant surprises 
3.5
The Dead Pool
Henry Sheehan
It is perfectly adequate in fact It is just that adequate should not be good enough for Clint Eastwood 
2
The Dead Pool
Matt Brunson
It s difficult to determine whether The Dead Pool is a desperate attempt to extend the franchise or a smart parody of cop films that have come before it either way there s enough to enjoy in this increasingly silly film 
2.5
The Dead Pool
Steve Rhodes
Of all the Dirty Harry pictures this one has the strongest supporting cast 
3
The Dead Pool
Roger Ebert
The best thing about The Dead Pool is the best thing about almost all of Clint Eastwood s movies The film is smart quick and made with real wit It s never just a crude action movie bludgeoning us with violence 
3.5
Madison
David Nusair
the film s storyline follows an exceedingly familiar trajectory 
2
Madison
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is one major difference between the two however Hoosiers is a fantastic movie maybe the best sports related motion picture ever made Madison quite simply is not 
2
Madison
Jeffrey Overstreet
Madison only reinforces stereotypes that old fashioned and small town mean good while modern and big city mean bad 
1.5
Madison
Stephen Whitty
A stubbornly up with people schmaltzfest it s the kind of corn that gives angst a good name 
1.5
Madison
Jack Mathews
There isn t a scene an action or a character that rings true yet the narrative summary of the events that inspired it is a matter of record 
1
Madison
Kyle Smith
Madison brings us the news that miracles really can happen and an apparent case of divine intervention is the only reason this artifact is being dumped into theaters 
1.5
Madison
Roger Ebert
What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small town dreamers who come from behind to win 
3
Madison
Jan Stuart
That Madison would emerge from this thrilling chapter in its history as one of the biggest tourist towns in the Midwest is the film s one genuine surprise 
2
Madison
Michael Esposito
Caviezel and McCormack manage to portray the stress filled lives of the McCormicks with a low key intensity that underscores the couples frustrations and anxieties 
3
Antares
David Nusair
the movie ultimately feels oppressive 
2
Antares
Connie Ogle
It s just a chilly trip to the heart of nothing 
2
Antares
Phoebe Flowers
Spielmann ensures only that audiences will be seriously bored 
1.5
Spider-Man
James Vance
Even with its flaws it s a satisfying adventure that manages to appeal to the head and the heart even when it s taking your breath away 
3
Spider-Man
Matt Soergel
Spider Man is the most modest would be summer blockbuster in a long while an adaptation of the 40 year old Marvel comic book that s surprisingly heartfelt but also a bit pokey and underwhelming 
3
Spider-Man
Jack Mathews
Spider Man is an almost perfect extension of the experience of reading comic book adventures 
3.5
Spider-Man
Michael Sragow
When the cast and their director are really cooking they conjure a bipolar sense of high school age emotion and use it to fuel outrageous fantasy 
3
Spider-Man
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Finally a fully faithful adaptation to a comic book icon save for some bumps along the road It s a fun movie 
3.5
Spider-Man
Joe Lozito
Spider man flows as smoothly from scene to scene catching the audience in its charming web and setting us up for a sequel which for once will be welcome 
3.5
Spider-Man
Scott Nash
At its best it s action packed fantasy grounded in reality by a talented cast who pack a real emotional wallop At its worst it s over the top and more than a little sappy 
3.5
Spider-Man
Judith Egerton
Director Sam Raimi was right Tobey Maguire was the right choice for Spider Man 
3
Spider-Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
Raimi slowly builds Spider Man to a fireball of a climax the type of moment old B movie serials used to deliver in spades 
3
Spider-Man
Steven Snyder
This is not a good movie but a mediocre means of passing a few hours It is a classic example of money and special effects diluting artistic vision and talent 
2
Spider-Man
Wesley Lovell
Weak visual effects but the film is at least entertaining otherwise 
3
Spider-Man
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie swings literally with physical and emotional energy for all of its two hours 
4
Spider-Man
Jon Niccum
Very few liberties are taken with the story and the ones that are such as Spidey s webbing ability envisioned as a genetic mutation seem like improvements 
3
Spider-Man
Mark Caro
With his big round soulful eyes Maguire always has been able to convey a sense of wonder and his instinct for understatement also serves him well here 
3
Spider-Man
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si el siglo XXI necesita de héroes el Hombre Araña parece haber llegado para quedarse 
3
Spider-Man
Forrest Hartman
Sam Raimi has created a picture so likable and true to the Marvel comic book that comparisons with the first Superman movie are inevitable 
3.5
Spider-Man
David N. Butterworth
Enthralling exciting exhilarating 
3
Spider-Man
Ian Mantgani
A review threatens to turn into a session of gushing because the film is that type of experience watching it I kept wanting to applaud 
4
Spider-Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
Someday rational thought will return and I will realize Spider Man does not rank among the milestones of cinema But someday is not today Today Spider Man may as well be Lawrence of Arabia so delirious has it made this longtime fan 
4
Spider-Man
James Kendrick
a deeply human and often moving character story in addition to a rousing action adventure fantasy
3.5
Spider-Man
Matt Brunson
While director Sam Raimi s surefooted adaptation doesn t quite reach the upper echelon of superhero flicks it mostly gets everything right 
3
Spider-Man
Jonathan R. Perry
Raimi delivers a first rate entertainment for the summer crowd slick as an extra large popcorn with butter and about as substantial when he has all the ingredients for a truly exhilarating experience with a life beyond the multiplex 
3
Spider-Man
David Keyes
one of the most exhilarating and silly screen adventures ever to be inspired by the pages of a Marvel comic 
3
Spider-Man
Cory Cheney
Spider man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer and hopefully sets the tone for a summer of good stuff If you re a comic fan you can t miss it If you re not you ll still have a good time 
3
Spider-Man
Jules Brenner
Though not perfect Spiderman is the most satisfying movie from a cartoon that anyone could hope for 
3
Spider-Man
Mark Dujsik
You can tell the movie was made by people who enjoy the source material and have no fear of making it known 
3
Spider-Man
Mike McGranaghan
Was it worth the wait Absolutely 
3.5
Spider-Man
Jeremy Heilman
The movie shoots for and usually achieves a sense of giddy exuberance but it comes at the cost of suspense 
3.5
Spider-Man
Collin Souter
A weightless good time from the great Raimi but it lacks a truly memorable villain to make it truly fly 
3
Spider-Man
Gary Brown
Spider Man is best described as an origin film laying the foundation for future sequels 
3
Spider-Man
Elias Savada
Do I smell franchise Who doesn t 
3.5
Spider-Man
Robert Roten
Peter Parker pick of a pack of pulp protagonists
3
Spider-Man
Phil Villarreal
This captures neither the letter nor the spirit of the Spider Man of comic book and cartoon fame
2
Spider-Man
Dustin Putman
A dazzling show stopper that is better than any of the Batman movies ever were 
3.5
Spider-Man
Kevin A. Ranson
the most faithful 4 color to film adaptation to date And yes it s amazing 
3.5
Spider-Man
James Berardinelli
This is a pure popcorn movie the kind of film one can unabashedly enjoy for what it is 
3
Spider-Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not only does Spider Man deliver but I suspect it might deliver again and again 
3.5
Spider-Man
Joe Leydon
The very best slam bang gee whiz comic book movie ever made 
4
Spider-Man
Sean P. Means
Director Sam Raimi gives Marvel Comics wall crawling hero the cinematic treatment he has always deserved 
3.5
Spider-Man
Todd Anthony
In this age of soulless FX driven action franchises Raimi anachronistically emphasizes character development 
3
Spider-Man
Moira MacDonald
A movie that both thrills the eye and in its over the top way touches the heart 
3.5
Spider-Man
Mick LaSalle
The superhero part of the movie will leave audiences with a flat feeling 
2
Spider-Man
David Elliott
High crafted and amusing 
3
Spider-Man
Joe Baltake
A model of what films like this should be like 
4
Spider-Man
Mary Kalin-Casey
Raimi s effort is fun funny and filled with spectacular effects and about as good an imagining of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko s web slinging classic as one could expect 
3
Spider-Man
Robert W. Butler
It s still a comic book but Maguire makes it a comic book with soul 
3
Spider-Man
Susan Stark
Exciting as it is tender and romantic Raimi s Spider Man looks like a movie that will please not only the Spider Man converted but also the viewer who just wanders in 
3
Spider-Man
Jeff Vice
The most fun comic book movie since the first two Superman films 
3.5
Spider-Man
Steven Rosen
Plays like a sensitive 1980s era John Hughes teen film interrupted by really tawdry special effects and hammy appearances by a cartoonish villain played by Willem Dafoe 
2.5
Spider-Man
Glenn Whipp
Feels like a bland watered down product of a corporate vision designed primarily to be the safe sadly responsible start of a summer movie franchise 
2.5
Spider-Man
Dan Fazio
Well acted funny and exciting Spider Man is on par with the first Batman 
4
Spider-Man
Sam Allis
Raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two dimensional offerings 
3
Spider-Man
Roger Ebert
The origin story is well told and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books It s in the action scenes that things fall apart 
2.5
Spider-Man
Emily Blunt
Finally an awesome super hereo comic book adaptation worth all your bubblegum money 
4
Spider-Man
Mike Clark
This is a rare twisted crowd pleaser for longtime fans as well as novices or for those that don t know an arachnid from an insect 
3.5
Spider-Man
Liam Lacey
To its credit focuses mainly on the warm hearted human tale of the innocent superhero in a hard world rather than on visual dazzle 
3
Spider-Man
Jonathan Foreman
A surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of Hollywood s comic book adaptations 
3
Spider-Man
Walter Chaw
Spider Man is about growing strange hairs getting a more mature body and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units 
3.5
Spider-Man
Bob Bloom
This long awaited screen adaptation of the Marvel super hero does not disappoint 
3
Spider-Man
Rene Rodriguez
Raimi s passion for his source material is evident in every frame of this big light endearingly square movie 
3
Spider-Man
Tony Toscano
A big budget fantasy film with exceptional acting and special effects 
3.5
Spider-Man
Lawrence Toppman
I ll sum up my reaction in a word Yawn 
2
Spider-Man
Terry Lawson
Good show Spidey We knew you had it in you 
3
Spider-Man
Chris Hewitt
It s good fun that engages our heart 
3
Spider-Man
Carrie Rickey
Webmasterful That s Tobey Maguire as angsty nerd Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego Spider Man 
3
Spider-Man
Bruce Newman
A good movie that would be a better one if it were 15 minutes shorter and a great movie if it were a half hour shorter 
3
Spider-Man
Mary F. Pols
That rare thing an event movie that leaves you feeling chipper entertained and sated rather than ripped off 
3.5
Spider-Man
Michael Dequina
Sam Raimi has set the bar unusually high for the rest of the summer film season with this exciting and exhilarating adventure 
3.5
Spider-Man
Rob Blackwelder
with the candy like taste of it fading faster than 25 cent bubble gum I realized this is a throwaway movie that won t stand the test of time It s a trifle 
2.5
Spider-Man
Steve Rhodes
So is Spider Man worthy of its massive hype Not really but it is a solidly entertaining popcorn flick 
3
Spider-Man
Jeanne Aufmuth
Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it but Spider Man certainly delivers the goods 
3
Spider-Man
Ed Gonzalez
Raimi does right by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko s original creation via an old fashioned comic book aesthetic 
3
Spider-Man
Harvey S. Karten
Watch Tobey Maguire turn the Big Apple criminals into arachnophobes 
3
Spider-Man
Ross Anthony
A strong first act and absolutely inescapably gorgeous skyscraper trapeze motion of the amazing Spider Man 
3
Spider-Man
Michael Szymanski
A perfect summer popcorn movie with lots of great effects enough action plenty of laughs lots of romance and a great deal of heart 
4
Revenge of the Ninja
David Nusair
Director Sam Firstenberg delivers an exceedingly hit and miss actioner that remains unable generally speaking to become the enthralling work he s obviously intended 
2
Life Without Principle
Tom Russo
To wants to get us thinking about morality and our survival instinct and what s really important in life conversation starters with value the world over 
2.5
Life Without Principle
Brett Michel
You might be surprised at who bends breaks or in some cases upholds morals in this dramatic comedy of human greed 
3.5
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Farran Smith Nehme
The film can be rough going for those who know little of Berger s work 
2
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Clayton Dillard
It insists that it s in moments of small talk between life s larger events that one finds vitality 
3
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
James Kendrick
highly entertaining in the way it interweaves all of the possibilities tantalizing us with the all too convincing clues that pinpoint the various suspects as Cooper
3
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Peter Canavese
An interesting indirect but unmissable documentary account of confirmation bias 
3
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Jason Fraley
Dower isn t so much concerned with proving that they re all lying but rather that they all might be telling their own personal truth He argues that the mystery of D B Cooper means so much to their psyche their family history their own sense of self 
3
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Brian Tallerico
By turning this narrative into a search for an identification that seems increasingly unlikely to ever happen Dower loses focus and we become just as lost as the hundreds of people convinced they know what happened to D B Cooper 
2
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Jeff York
This is a true crime doc that fascinates not only on the merits of the crime but by the extensive testimony of its witnesses both real and imagined 
3
When Eight Bells Toll
Matt Brunson
The picture occasionally feels like warmed over 007 and Anthony Hopkins strains to prove himself an agile and devil may care hero But several of the action sequences are effectively staged and it s always a pleasure to see Robert Morley 
2.5
No Impact Man
Keith Cohen
This curiosity piece should stimulate interesting conversations about the lessons learned from the viewing experience 
3
No Impact Man
Robert W. Butler
It s kinda inspiring It s also very funny 
3
No Impact Man
Matt Brunson
Beavan is nothing if not adept at selling himself 
3
No Impact Man
Sean O'Connell
An interesting socio analytical documentary that preaches valuable messages regarding global conservation My problem is I wanted to shoot the film s pompous messenger 
2.5
No Impact Man
Jeff Vice
There s some food for thought to be gleaned from the film It suggests a few small changes in our everyday lives that could make a big difference 
2
No Impact Man
Ty Burr
No Impact Man is a very confused documentary that somehow puts its confusion to good use 
3
No Impact Man
Tom Meek
The real heat comes from Beavan s reluctant wife Michelle Conlin a self proclaimed shopaholic and Starbucks poster girl 
3
No Impact Man
Joe Williams
This poignant provocative documentary reduces the green movement to human scale and magnifies the size of mountain it s trying to climb 
3
No Impact Man
Moira MacDonald
A strange yet riveting portrait of a marriage enduring a year spent making as little environmental impact as possible 
3
No Impact Man
Steven Rea
Like reality TV there are moments of drama that have an aura of awkward self consciousness about them and incidents that feel if not staged at the very least orchestrated amped up But you have to hand it to Beavan and Conlin 
3.5
No Impact Man
David Lewis
It may not be the greatest of cinematic exercises and it often feels contrived but this documentary somehow is enlightening ridiculous foreboding and funny at the same time 
3
No Impact Man
Robert Levin
It inspires serious second thoughts the next time you leave the lights on or your computer idling 
3
No Impact Man
Bill Weber
An enviro doc that doesn t soft pedal the fact that the calculated consciousness raising media event it chronicles is a conceptual stunt No Impact Man manages to present its New York do gooder couple as both likably idealistic and inevitably conf
3
No Impact Man
Kam Williams
Back to nature documentary chronicles carbon footprint of eco conscious family 
4
Alcarràs
Pablo O. Scholz
Modernity and tradition solidarity and placidity amidst capitalism Alcarràs is truly moving Full review in Spanish 
4
Alcarràs
Carlos Aguilar
A subtly heartsore portrait of shared crisis 46 
3.5
Alcarràs
Pat Brown
As a tribute to farmers way of life it s effective and at times moving but as an exposé of the potential losses that a business centric green revolution is in the process of incurring it wants for a stiffer punch 
2.5
The World According to Garp
Roger Ebert
Something has to be wrong with a film that can take material as intractable as Garp and make it palatable 
3
The World According to Garp
James Kendrick
seems to waver between almost sitcom like normality and bizarre outlandishness
2.5
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Eric Henderson
The title alone of Kirby Dick s alleged documentary Sick The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan Supermasochist practically screams This is not your standard biopic 
3
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Edward Guthmann
Does a remarkable thing in presenting extreme sometimes revolting material and simultaneously making us like and admire Flanagan 
3
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Joe Baltake
There s never quite been a movie like Sick which isn t interesting enough alas to make its repellent and morbid episodes bearable 
2
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Roger Ebert
One of the most agonizing films I have ever seen 
3.5
Sorry, Wrong Number
David Nusair
periodically compelling yet mostly underwhelming 
2.5
Naples '44
Derek Smith
It bounces from one topic to the next with the carelessness of someone flipping through a book and reading from a random page 
2
Road to Nowhere
Jeff Shannon
The final scene offers clarity at least if not a satisfying payoff 
3
Road to Nowhere
Roger Ebert
The Road to Nowhere plays like an exercise in frustrating audiences 
2
Road to Nowhere
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A return to form But it still has the power to leave audiences disoriented just as Hellman s best films Ride in the Whirlwind The Shooting Two Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter once did 
4
Road to Nowhere
David Lewis
Ultimately the film gets too clever and confusing for its own good while the slow pacing zaps momentum from the story and the story within the story 
2
Road to Nowhere
Chris Hewitt
The sort of movie that goes down so many wormholes that at the end there s room for debate about what was real and what wasn t 
3
Road to Nowhere
Lou Lumenick
Has a great setup but not much in the way of a payoff 
2
Road to Nowhere
Jason Heck
Part of the pleasure of the film is trying to parse the reality from the fiction as Hellman weaves everything sinuously together 
3
Road to Nowhere
Chuck Bowen
Road to Nowhere is one of those films with several stories within stories that could all be true or false or some previously unconsidered combination of the two 
2.5
ABC Africa
Keith Uhlich
There is a sense here of an encroaching darkness humbly met unburdened by one note feelings such as fear or joy and simply experienced as a profound moment of enlightenment 
3
ABC Africa
Moira MacDonald
Kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope 
3
ABC Africa
Michael Wilmington
A movie of seemingly limpid transparency and tremendous understated compassion 
3.5
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
James Kendrick
a ludicrous horror western hybrid featuring awful acting silly dialogue cheap stock footage and wooden direction
1.5
Two-Bit Waltz
Kam Williams
Rising star Clara Mamet makes a memorable writing and directorial debut with this semi autobiographical coming of age tale where she also plays a suicidal teen struggling to find her place in the world 
4
Two-Bit Waltz
Kam Williams
Rising star Clara Mamet makes a memorable writing and directorial debut with this semi autobiographical coming of age tale where she also plays a suicidal teen struggling to find her place in the world 
4
Two-Bit Waltz
Roger Moore
Miss Mamet is no Wes Anderson as a writer director no Tea Leoni as a quirky actress and whatever she got out of watching Harold Maude maybe she needs to watch it again 
1.5
Random Hearts
Michael Dequina
In a perfect world this assemblage of great talent wouldn t amount to such a colossal waste 
1
Random Hearts
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A kind of thriller drama romance that has an interesting idea and doesn t know where to go with it 
2
Random Hearts
Jeffrey Westhoff
I am trying to remember what Random Hearts is about but during the film I was transfixed by Harrison Ford s earring 
2
Random Hearts
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sydney Pollack directs with a risk free style that s borderline dull 
2.5
Random Hearts
Rick Groen
Looks more like a case of random minds 
2
Random Hearts
Susan Stark
Beyond all its pointless circling around the center Random Hearts tests audience patience by showing behavior far too long before explaining it 
2
Random Hearts
Elias Savada
Overlong by a mile this latest romantic non thriller from director actor Sydney Pollack is Hollywood s gift to cure insomnia 
1
Random Hearts
Cornell & Petricelli
Utterly disappointing 
1
Random Hearts
Jeffrey Wachs
The plot is barely enough to sustain a TV movie of the week much less a major motion picture 
1
Random Hearts
Mike Clark
This sluggish adaptation of Warren Adler s heavily altered novel might have gotten by on just Scott Thomas s luminosity 
2
Random Hearts
Mike McGranaghan
The script is heavy handed and dull and Sydney Pollack s direction is leaden 
2
Random Hearts
James Berardinelli
Pollack appears to have taken lessons from Martin Brest about how to irritate and bore viewers with endless pauses in conversations 
2
Random Hearts
Edward Guthmann
There s nothing new here just the same plot the same romantic pattern that we keep seeing over and over 
1
Random Hearts
Dustin Putman
Random Hearts has one half of terrific material and then resorts to the ultimate betrayal formulaic filmmaking 
2
Random Hearts
Jeff Vice
Even if it had been trimmed of 30 minutes Random Hearts would have seemed somewhat flabby 
1.5
Random Hearts
Roger Ebert
There are so many good things in Random Hearts but they re side by side instead of one after the other They exist in the same film but they don t add up to the result of the film 
2.5
Random Hearts
Michael Wilmington
Not written well enough 
2.5
Random Hearts
Steve Rhodes
As a romance Random Hearts comes very close to working As a character study it constantly fascinates But as a movie it s a mess 
2.5
Random Hearts
Rob Blackwelder
Random Hearts is disappointing mostly because it didn t have to get this absurd 
2
Random Hearts
Lou Lumenick
Random Hearts is the cinematic equivalent of enduring a cross country airplane flight trapped in a seat next to a manic depressive 
2
Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children
Chris Knight
Director Reed keeps a respectful distance letting Dallaire roll up his sleeves and get to work 
3
Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children
Rick Groen
The politicians can posture the columnists can prattle the ex general knows of what he speaks 
3
Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children
Marco Chown Oved
Director Patrick Reed diligently follows Dallaire along dusty roads to meetings with warlords and interviews with demobilized child soldiers but fails to complete a portrait of him as either a heroic or a tragic figure 
2
Lea
Steve Rhodes
The movie plays too much as an exercise in cinematic style to draw one into the story 
2
Friday the 13th
Federico Furzan
For a remake it s not that bad At least it throws some turns on the formula and manages to be original at some point Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Friday the 13th
David Nusair
46 46 46 an unpleasant 44 downright needless re imagining of Sean S 46 Cunningham 8217 s horror landmark 46 46 46 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Sonny Bunch
Friday the 13th isn t great cinema by any means and you probably know better than I whether you ll enjoy the movie 
2
Friday the 13th
Rossiter Drake
Be assured that the acting is passable the effects are impressively convincing and the suspense is real It s not a great film but it is a frightening one and what more do you need to know 
3
Friday the 13th
Greg Maki
Made with more care and keeps a much firmer grip on reality than most of the sequels churned out throughout the 80s 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Michael Dequina
Not exactly good as it follows the archetypal plot and character free old school 80s slasher rubric to the letter 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Charles Koplinski
Same old killer same old garbage 
1.0
Friday the 13th
John Wirt
As movies about killing sprees go Friday the 13th is OK 
2
Friday the 13th
Michael Smith
A knockoff of a knockoff with fresh young stars to take the movie money out of the pockets of fresh young moviegoers 
1.5
Friday the 13th
James Kendrick
a new version of incredibly stale material with a modern shine a little more gore and pretty much nothing else
1.5
Friday the 13th
Lucius Gore
There have been worse Jason films if that s any consolation 
2
Friday the 13th
Mike McGranaghan
Slasher movies are not my cup of tea At the same time honesty requires me to acknowledge that Friday the 13th is a really well made and effective example of something that I don t like 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Rob Calvert
The same dumb character decisions stick around to facilitate the murder 
2
Friday the 13th
Cammila Albertson
In addition to being awesome it all just feels kind of celebratory even reverent like a tribute to what teen slasher films are all about 
2
Friday the 13th
Christian Toto
Did anyone expect anything but generic slasher thrills from a Friday the 13th reboot 
2
Friday the 13th
Lisa Kennedy
This film is so last century 
1
Friday the 13th
Peter Canavese
It s been done to death And brought back to life And redone to death 
.5
Friday the 13th
Derek Donovan
Quibbles aside Jason Voorhees has become almost a modern day Dracula or Frankenstein s monster a figurehead of horror despite some of his regrettable screen incarnations It s refreshing to see a movie take him seriously again 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Claudia Puig
The story has been pulled from its shallow grave but not at all reinvigorated Rather it s been dusted off and repackaged for the sole purpose of raking in millions from foolish audiences 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Kyle Smith
Not to second guess our law enforcement authorities but is the Crystal Lake PD really doing such a good job 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Peter Hartlaub
Hopefully there s something in President Obama s stimulus package that will help the ailing slasher movie industry 
1
Friday the 13th
Chris Hewitt
Nispel s Friday is terrific looking capably acted and it has a sense of humor three things that separate it from the original 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Jason Anderson
Faithfully adhering to the precepts of the slasher flick it might even seem honourable if it weren t so disreputable 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Sara Michelle Fetters
After drowning in so many putridly awful Saw sequels and they re imitators it s actually kind of nice to watch a horror movie that s more concerned with the slicing and dicing than it is with the torture and the pain 
2
Friday the 13th
Christopher Borrelli
An SUV of dramatically varied teens sluts nerdy sluts one black guy other sluts visit Camp Crystal Lake Pot is smoked Sex is had by all Also topless water skiing 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like its 11 predecessors it s a primal experience all sex and jolts and violence and blood and forget any kind of connecting thread 
2.5
Friday the 13th
John Beifuss
The Friday movies are about the fear of death especially violent untimely death the type that is most scary to the teenagers who flock to the films Jason is the car that runs a red light and kills a kid on the way to the prom 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Willie Waffle
Nothing says Valentine s Day like a machete wielding hockey mask wearing psycho killer Go for the laughs not for the shocks or the screams 
2
Friday the 13th
Erik Childress
A miserable failure that maintains no attempt to reimagine the villain the cliches or the bloody kills and it becomes a depressing experience that offers zero enjoyment and even less fright 
0.5
Friday the 13th
Rene Rodriguez
This is awfully tired stuff right down to the last minute gotcha But at least Friday the 13th isn t Saw VI 
2
Friday the 13th
Nick Schager
Friday s jolting scare tactics barely make a dent 
2
Friday the 13th
Jeff Vice
It is a shame the material lets the cast and the audience down at the very end 
2
Friday the 13th
John Hartl
Everyone s working with a much bigger budget this time but the end result is just as stupid and not as scary as the original 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Tirdad Derakhshani
As Jason sequels go this is one of the best though that s not saying much 
2
Friday the 13th
Wesley Morris
It s The Hills Bromance The Real World and Rock of Love with a body count 
1
Friday the 13th
Daniel Getahun
To acquire a new generation of fans it should be either horrifying or hilarious and this Friday the 13th is ultimately neither 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Stanley A. Miller II
It takes more than a machete and hockey mask to remake a classic like Friday the 13th 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Stephen Cole
Despite an evident appetite for mayhem however Bay is not the right guy to produce slasher movies Horror requires intimacy 
2
Friday the 13th
Roger Ebert
Friday the 13th is about the best Friday the 13th movie you could hope for Its technical credits are excellent It has a lot of scary and gruesome killings Not a whole lot of acting is required If that s what you want to find out you can stop reading 
2
Friday the 13th
Dustin Putman
Proudly wears its genre formula on its sleeve and really who could ask for anything more Walking into a Friday the 13th movie one should know what to expect On those grounds the film delivers 
2.5
Friday the 13th
Josh Larsen
Jason Voorhees is resurrected once again this time as a cranky and violent marijuana farmer 
1
Friday the 13th
James Berardinelli
Remake reboot re envisioning whatever you call it it amounts to the same thing a cynical money grab 
1.5
Friday the 13th
Michael A. Smith
The new film does a fine job of capturing the terror of the original while distancing itself just enough to stand alone 
3
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Roger Ebert
The Vertical Ray of Sun is beautiful languorous passive it plays like background music for itself 
3
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Carrie Rickey
A provocative meditation on the possibility of domestic happiness 
3
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Steve Rhodes
Plays like an uneventful three hundredth episode of a soap opera that you ve never seen before 
2
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Wesley Morris
Plays like a holy erotic mood piece 
3
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Rod Armstrong
Not only great cinema it also has moments when it is an unforgettable painting or an indelible piece of music capable of provoking an uncontrollable emotional response 
4
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Mike Clark
Tran is the kind of filmmaker who can find poetry in blowing curtains or in streets flooded by a cloudburst that always make bicycling a challenge 
3
A Fistful of Dynamite
Matt Brunson
As with most Leone works A Fistful of Dynamite which also made the rounds under the monikers Duck You Sucker and Once Upon a Time the Revolution is full of sly humor and startling camerawork 
3
A Fistful of Dynamite
Aaron Hillis
Woefully overlooked Top tier widescreen action Ennio Morricone s enchanting score and Leone s trademark flourishes handshake in wild agreement Sucker punches its way to the top of the Italian western mountains 
3.5
Boys
Madeleine Williams
Boys is a poorly written and ill conceived drama that never even tries to involve the viewer 
0.5
Boys
Barry Walters
An extraordinarily boring date movie with a bad attitude 
1
Boys
Mike Clark
Featherweight to a fault but not likely to generate hatred unless you ve shelled out the full eight bucks it will still exasperate fans who ve observed Ryder s gradual escalation into a major star 
2
Boys
Roger Ebert
Boys must think audiences are not very bright 
2
Boys
James Berardinelli
Boys is a love story or at least that s what the film makers would like us to believe The problem is there isn t much emotion present 
1.5
Boys
Peter Stack
A first rate example of good actors stuck in a bad movie 
1
Three Worlds
Andrew Schenker
A little too deliberately balanced in its depiction of its three leads but it largely makes up the difference with its informed grounding in the economic and social terrain of contemporary France 
2.5
And Everything Is Going Fine
Mattie Lucas
Gray remains an incisive presence even after a car accident left him crippled in 2001 It is clear however that the fire just isn t in him anymore and it s tragic watching his steady decline 
3
And Everything Is Going Fine
Walter Chaw
it s as painful to listen to and watch as it is astonishing that I should feel this kind of connection to someone I never met and never will 
4
And Everything Is Going Fine
James Kendrick
allows Gray to speak of his life and its significance entirely in his own words without any intrusive talking heads or academic pontification
3.5
And Everything Is Going Fine
Rick Groen
Soderbergh s editing neatly duplicates Gray s methods showing us how memory treats the same material at different stages in a life applying those different coats and shades of lacquer 
3
And Everything Is Going Fine
Walter V. Addiego
This was obviously a labor of love for Soderbergh and a fitting memorial to the artist 
3
And Everything Is Going Fine
Dan Kois
A brilliantly conceived documentary one with uncommon respect for and understanding of its subject s life and art 
3.5
And Everything Is Going Fine
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a fitting and beguiling coda to a man who never shied from laying all his cards on the table in order to reveal all only his 2004 suicide an unsettling mystery the truth of which no one will ever truly know the answer behind 
3
And Everything Is Going Fine
Misha Berson
This is not a standard bio documentary It is the artist giving us a guided tour of himself through a mosaic of clips from his shows and TV interviews craftily assembled by Soderbergh 
3.5
And Everything Is Going Fine
Wesley Morris
You re left with as rich a sense of this man as you would in a more typical work of nonfiction But the film s deceptive meticulous editing also reveals that Gray s odd ambition met a cultural moment in which it could take root and thrive 
3
And Everything Is Going Fine
Eugenia Williamson
It provides little insight into the actor writer playwright monologuist s life that Gray does not provide himself 
2
And Everything Is Going Fine
Lisa Kennedy
Think of the film as Gray s final monologue 
3
And Everything Is Going Fine
Kyle Smith
Spalding Gray s new film And Everything Is Going Fine is 89 minutes long What a coincidence That s exactly 89 more minutes of Spalding Gray than I can stand 
1
And Everything Is Going Fine
Bill Weber
Weaving performance and interview clips into an autobiographical collage on behalf of storyteller Spalding Gray Steven Soderbergh delivers a poignant eulogy 
3
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Juan Carlos Coto
In this by the numbers revenge fantasy Bronson delivers the expected crash and bang picture perfect for popcorn munching but except for a catchy opening and some twists near the end Death Wish 4 has few surprises 
1.5
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
David Nusair
if you rent it you ll get exactly what the box promises Senseless violence and lots of it 
2
Actress
Christy Lemire
Even calling Actress a documentary doesn t feel entirely accurate 
3
Actress
Clayton Dillard
It convincingly reconciles private passion with public desire by suggesting that for women in particular the 21st century limelight is always on no matter the setting or venue 
3
New York, I Love You
Kelly Jane Torrance
There are plenty of surprises here the short form seems to encourage twists 
3
New York, I Love You
Peter Canavese
Some of the twelve short films are nice enough some are shaky and a few are outright awful Blu ray 
2
New York, I Love You
Peter Howell
While many of the segments amuse and rarely wear out their welcome the average running time is eight minutes apiece it rapidly becomes apparent that each of them has some kind of twist like an O Henry short story 
2.5
New York, I Love You
Chris Foran
Even if you re a post World Series Yankees hater it s hard not to love the New York in New York I Love You 
3
New York, I Love You
Chris Hewitt
The whole thing stops and restarts itself so often it feels longer than its 103 minute running time 
2
New York, I Love You
Alissa Wilkinson
While some of the segments are well constructed the overall quality is simply uneven and the transitions between segments sometimes verge on the contrived 
2.5
New York, I Love You
Amy Biancolli
It s a bit too arty and a bit too cute but it charms and cajoles with the pluck of a native New Yorker 
3
New York, I Love You
Joe Williams
Because so many of the segments are about young lovers the standouts involve people past their prime 
2.5
New York, I Love You
Sara Michelle Fetters
The city comes alive in all its glory and even though I d never in a million years want to leave Seattle after watching the movie I almost wanted to hop on a plane and get my own apartment right that very instant 
3
New York, I Love You
Willie Waffle
New York I Love You is so bad it made me think about moving to Detroit instead 
0
New York, I Love You
Lou Lumenick
Yknow a collection of Gotham themed shorts by international directors is in serious trouble when the most entertaining segment is directed by Hollywood uber hack Brett Ratner 
1
New York, I Love You
Claudia Puig
If you re not a stickler for consistency this is an effective pastiche and tribute to one of the world s most enticing cities 
2.5
New York, I Love You
Moira MacDonald
As with any such project some of the films are better than others but most of the entries in New York I Love You are very good indeed 
3
New York, I Love You
Carrie Rickey
The result is a dinner of appetizers that are individually tasty if not completely satisfying 
3
New York, I Love You
Rene Rodriguez
The result as is always the case with short story collections is a mixed bag although unlike Paris Je T Aime the duds outnumber the winners this time 
2
New York, I Love You
Rafer Guzman
New York I Love You weaves 10 short trivial vignettes into one long irritating whole 
1
New York, I Love You
Roger Ebert
Inevitably the film is a jumble sale but you can make some nice discoveries 
3
New York, I Love You
Peter Keough
Despite a feeble interlinking plot and some contrived serendipity and irony most of these tales of con men artists losers and lovers come off as acting and screenwriting exercises 
2
New York, I Love You
James Berardinelli
Most of the segments are too short and slight to be considered more than inconsequential They pass and are easily forgotten although many of them boast O Henry style twist endings 
3
New York, I Love You
Andrew Schenker
If at first you partially succeed repeat the formula 
2
Hands Over the City
Fernando F. Croce
For the most part however the film remains rigorous in its refusal to draw tidy conclusions 
3
The Cameraman
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 registers as a strung together package of exceedingly clever Keaton shorts 46 
3.5
The Cameraman
Mattie Lucas
An important missing piece in Keaton s oeuvre but it represents a turning point in his career from which he would never recover 
3
The Cameraman
Matt Brunson
The beginning of the end for Buster Keaton 
3
The Cameraman
Eric Henderson
One of Keaton s most impressively self reflective films and an ode to the unexpected and elusive lightening in a bottle nature of filmmaking 
4
Sitcom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a little like John Waters crossed with Eric Rohmer 
3.5
Sitcom
Ed Gonzalez
A work of corrective sexual politics 
2.5
Love in the Villa
Erik Childress
Part of the new double booking genre it plays like a Hallmark or Lifetime War of the Roses for a little while we await the inevitable hookup of two attractive people whose issues on vacation in Italy we could not give a hot frack about 46 
1.5
Love in the Villa
Rachel Wagner
I guess they were trying to go for big laughs but it failed badly 
1
The Available Wife
Dwight Brown
Bedhopping forgery deceit and murder abound but play out on the level of a TV soap opera and not a film 
2
The Purple Plain
Matt Brunson
A British production that was far more popular in its homeland than in the U S it was a box office hit in the U K and earned four BAFTA nominations including one for Best Film it contains a typically excellent performance by Gregory Peck 
3
The Trouble With Men and Women
John Anderson
The Trouble With Men and Women doesn t illuminate anything including the compulsion among some filmmakers to recycle the hoariest romantic situations in the presumed hope that a charming cast might save the day 
2
The Trouble With Men and Women
Nick Schager
Ruminates about love fidelity and other relationship related topics like a mopey college freshman who s just endured his or her first break up 
1
The Trouble With Men and Women
Ken Fox
Fisher s characters often turn to the likes of Voltaire to make their point about the ways of the heart and the world but it s smart enough on its own terms It s sweet and well done and carries a slight air of the nouvelle vague 
3
The Trouble With Men and Women
Kyle Smith
A British indie as tepid as yesterday morning s tea 
1
Backflash
Steve Rhodes
A direct to video snoozer 
1
Maya
Kate Taylor
Hansen Love s ability to evoke the unspoken remains in full play as she returns to themes of young love and emotional crisis but much of the film is in English and both dialogue and delivery feel stilted 
2
Maya
Christopher Gray
The film s intimacy is as precise as its intellect is vague 
2.5
Send a Bullet
Jeff Vice
Kohn takes risks in this convoluted but fascinating documentary and most of those choices pay off 
3
Send a Bullet
Rene Rodriguez
Kohn who shot Manda Bala in lush widescreen format and makes deft use of Brazilian pop music to give the film a cleverly incongruous soundtrack is intent on making a picture that is as visceral to watch as it is to contemplate 
3
Send a Bullet
Bill Stamets
Artful framing and 23 peppy songs on the soundtrack lend a gloss to subject matter that alternately repels and fascinates 
2.5
Send a Bullet
Maureen M. Hart
We see where this is going early on by the end despite the film s beautiful cinematography persuasive subjects and ironically upbeat soundtrack we just feel bludgeoned 
2.5
Send a Bullet
Chris Hewitt
A documentary that works like a puzzle 
3.5
Send a Bullet
John Monaghan
With a keen eye for wide screen imagery Kohn captures the personalities of his interview subjects 
3
Send a Bullet
Wesley Morris
The movie has a great flashiness copter shots that swoop over Sao Paulo swift playful editing and pop operatic sequences driven by catchy songs 
3
Send a Bullet
Timothy Knight
In the end Kohn s one note approach diminishes rather than intensifies the impact of Manda Bala 
2.5
Send a Bullet
Bob Strauss
Artful editing an electric samba soundtrack and harrowingly grainy ransom videos give Manda Bala a formal kick that s rare in a documentary 
3
Send a Bullet
Gene Seymour
Kohn takes seemingly disjointed and mildly bizarre elements to create a crafty infuriating portrait of a society seemingly poised like a scorpion to be consumed by its own toxins 
2.5
Send a Bullet
Ed Gonzalez
Shunning depth for cosmetic thrills Kohn doesn t ask us to seriously think about Brazil s contemporary malaise only to groove to it 
2
The Motel Life
Dustin Putman
A pedestrian undeveloped indie clunker its failure as a complete satisfying story especially disappointing since the sibling relationship at its center could have been special with a better script 
1.5
The Motel Life
Bill Zwecker
We have seen many films about losers on the run but in the directorial debut of former Chicago siblings Alan and Gabe Polsky we get an intriguing new take on brotherly love not only gone wrong but clearly hopeless from the beginning 
3
The Motel Life
Mick LaSalle
As good as The Motel Life is for the actors that s how bad it is for the viewer 
1
The Motel Life
Sara Stewart
Hirsch and Dorff give it their all as does the always welcome Kris Kristofferson as a boss and father figure to Frank but they can t make up for the screenplay s shortcomings 
2
The Motel Life
Sheila O'Malley
Every frame feels right every choice feels thought out considered All adds up to a heartbreaking whole 
3.5
The Motel Life
Stephanie Merry
For all its melancholy and grey snowy landscape The Motel Life never feels totally hopeless 
3
The Motel Life
Peter Travers
The Polskys are painting a portrait of life on the margins in The Motel Life of broken people redeemed at least partially by art 
3
The Motel Life
Rene Rodriguez
Unlike most pictures about people living on the fringe The Motel Life is never drab or depressing 
3
The Motel Life
Matt Pais
Fits snugly into the moody nook that film festivals save for forgettable downers with recognizable faces 
2
The Motel Life
Drew Hunt
The sparse poeticism of Portland author Willy Vlautin s debut novel a sullen depiction of blue collar American life is gutted for this overdone film adaptation by directors Alan and Gabriel Polsy 
1.5
High Ambitions in the Himalayas
Steve Rhodes
The best documentaries take you to places that you ve never been before but the best of the best do this in a way that other documentaries don t 
3.5
Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1
Lou Lumenick
Mostly Return to Nuke Em High is an occasionally hilarious series of parodies Carrie Soylent Green Glee Cat Ballou you name it 
2.5
Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1
Drew Hunt
Because it actively defies and outright ridicules all notions of aesthetic intent proper form and moral propriety this lazy Z film pastiche is essentially impervious to standard critical evaluation 
.5
The Accused
Brian Eggert
The Accused stands out because it tackles a subject that other mainstream filmmakers refused to address at the time 
3
The Accused
David Nusair
the movie s certainly worth seeing if only for Foster s award winning performance 
3
The Accused
James Kendrick
has a slightly torrid made for TV feel to it but is elevated by the superb performances and genuinely empathetic stance its takes
3
The Accused
Roger Ebert
The Accused demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases 
3
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Anderson Jones
Despite its provocative themes it represents teen screen romance at its best Flawed acting and imprecise editing actually add to the charm of this delicate love story 
3.5
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Roger Ebert
Warm hearted funny and involving 
3
Hot Summer Nights
Rex Reed
There s plenty to look at but nothing really works here 
2
Hot Summer Nights
Sheila O'Malley
Hot Summer Nights stumbles grasping for meaning and mood relying heavily on one of the more insistent soundtracks in recent memory 
1.5
Hot Summer Nights
Katie Walsh
Although every cinematic experiment and story beat doesn t always work Hot Summer Nights is downright intoxicating oozing with panache and sensuality from every pore 
3
Hot Summer Nights
Johnny Oleksinski
In Hot Summer Nights Chalamet proves he s learned Hollywood s most important trick of all consistency 
3
Hot Summer Nights
Roger Moore
Chalamet and Monroe sparkle but the movie around them is a dull and contrived coming of age learning to deal weed melodrama
2
Hot Summer Nights
Henry Stewart
Like the teenagers at its center Hot Summer Nights tries too hard to look cooler than it ever could be 
1
Sour Grapes
Brad Wheeler
It s a ripping yarn well told about a world of greed grapes and bleep you money 
3.5
Sour Grapes
Chris Knight
It s still a fascinating journey and the directors save some of the most shocking details until the end At which point you ll realize that when you thought you were drinking deeply of the tale it turns out what you had so far was merely a taste 
3
Below Her Mouth
Sara Michelle Fetters
I wish I felt differently about Below Her Mouth It pains me to extol so many of its virtues yet in the same breadth state I don t think it s all that worthwhile as cinematic entertainment 
2
Below Her Mouth
Christopher Kompanek
Krill and Linder have an understated delivery common to the mumblecore genre Although this sometimes works against dramatic momentum it contrasts nicely with and ultimately heightens their intimate moments together 
3.5
Below Her Mouth
Kate Taylor
What is execrable in this small film directed by April Mullen is the flaccid plot girl meets girl boy walks in on them and wooden dialogue 
1
Below Her Mouth
Linda Barnard
The trouble comes with the script as newcomer writer Stephanie Fabrizi struggles with hollow dialogue and flimsy story and character development 
2.5
Wildfire
Jake Cole
The structure of Wildfire s narrative doesn t emerge out of a simplistic progression from strife to reconciliation as writer director Cathy Brady has her characters follow a realistically erratic trajectory 
3
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Ed Gonzalez
This is the closest Buuel ever came to directing a bona fide suspense thriller 
4
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Gene Siskel
The cast is fine the direction fluid but the story wears you down 
2.5
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Roger Ebert
A Pyromaniac s Love Story starts out like a lighthearted charmer and then it goes on and on and on circling the same plot idea so doggedly that I began to wonder idly what it might have been like as a short subject 
2
Lighthouse
Michael Dequina
There s little distinction to this formulaic horror enterprise 
1.5
Nenette and Boni
Bill Weber
A sibling drama of unsentimental urban grit and swooning lyricism 
3.5
Nenette and Boni
Roger Ebert
Claire Denis feels affection for the characters especially Boni and is very familiar with them Maybe that s why she feels free to tell the story so indirectly 
3
Sol LeWitt
Steve Macfarlane
What first feels like a neurotic avoidance of Sol LeWitt the man instead becomes a kind of mirage of his life as though he managed to evaporate into his body of work 
3
Cold Turkey
Bill Stamets
Writer Director Will Slocombe may not carve up his kin for Cold Turkey but he serves a wry repast 
3
Cold Turkey
Lou Lumenick
A tiresome cavalcade of bickering which feels like it lasts even longer than your typical Thanksgiving dinner 
1
Cold Turkey
Veronika Ferdman
While featuring much screaming accusations collision of agendas and the exhuming of dirty secrets the film remains emotionally tone deaf 
1.5
The Last Laugh
Mike McGranaghan
Even if it doesn t reinvent the wheel The Last Laugh works because Chase and Dreyfuss give their all to their roles In fact Chevy gives one of the best performances of his career 
3
Unfinished Spaces
Mark Feeney
A fine clear eyed documentary about the art schools fate 
3
Unfinished Spaces
Marty Mapes
Cuban Communism doomed 5 modern wonders to ruin
2.5
Climates
Chris Hewitt
Climates is filled with gorgeous poetic images that ask us to engage with the movie and try to figure out if there s more to it than meets the eye 
3
Climates
Duane Dudek
Climates is no nature documentary but it does use heat waves and cold snaps as a metaphor for a relationship s tempestuous extremes 
3
Climates
Jeff Vice
Climates is pretty strong in its performances but the rather luxurious some would say too slow pacing may prove to be off putting 
2
Climates
John Monaghan
As much as I respect Climates I can sympathize with viewers who will balk at the film s pretensions and glacial pacing 
3
Climates
Robert W. Butler
A slow deliberate and often achingly beautiful film about how we often keep at arm s length that which we most love 
3
Climates
Jeff Shannon
One of the most perceptive and turbulent love stories in recent memory 
4
Climates
Michael Booth
The main character spends an inordinate amount of time brooding and staring off into the distance alternating with scenes of that character s girlfriend brooding and staring off into the distance 
2
Climates
Jim Emerson
A stunning film to look at and to listen to 
3.5
Climates
Michael Phillips
The beauty of the Turkish film Climates a small but indelible masterpiece is more than skin deep No 2006 film meant more to me It s as sharp and lovely as the best Chekhov short stories 
4
Climates
Matt Pais
A painful tearful and concise journey of two people past the point of no return trudging the slow path towards moving on 
3
Climates
Walter V. Addiego
This is a somber work Ceylan s movies have drawn comparisons to Antonioni for their probing of alienation and to Bresson for their unadorned style But Ceylan has his moments of sly humor 
3
Climates
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The carefully composed exteriors are the only clue to the roiling emotions underneath 
3.5
Climates
Wesley Morris
In this new film the camera captures the utter need roiling inside its lovers The prevailing conditions are always subject to change And whether to move on to newer better climes seems like a terminal predicament of the soul 
4
Climates
Steven Rea
A hushed emotionally intense study of a crumbling relationship and the existential gloom and doom that come with it Climates is an old school art pic
3
Climates
Bob Strauss
Superb utterly natural performances all around ensure that there s not a false emotional moment in all of Climates 
3
Climates
Stephen Whitty
The accumulative power is rather striking because of rather than despite the sparseness 
3
Climates
Ken Fox
An intelligent handsomely photographed but only intermittently engaging dissection of the doomed relationship between a professor and his much younger lover 
2.5
Climates
Pam Grady
In the absence of a compelling story simulated sex and pretty pictures are Climates only selling points 
2
Climates
V.A. Musetto
Climates will do little to diminish Nuri Bilge Ceylan s popularity among cineastes 
3
Climates
Jack Mathews
Like Ceylan s earlier films Climates is as gorgeous as it is self consciously composed but an hour and 40 minutes is a long time to spend with Isa forget three seasons 
2.5
Climates
Keith Uhlich
I can only speak for myself but I couldn t tear my eyes away from this Euro art train wreck 
1
Cars 3
Brian Eggert
Cars 3 has a well worn delivers what s expected quality that lacks vitality 
2.5
Cars 3
Leo Brady
Cars 3 is about as good as an old clunker There s a history there it might get you from point A to B but in the end your left with a movie that ran out of gas a long time ago 
2
Cars 3
Sarah Knight Adamson
Fans of the franchise will be relieved 
3
Cars 3
Matt Brunson
Resolutely sweet natured and marked by some compelling visuals Cars 3 is still the weakest of the trio 
2.5
Cars 3
Mattie Lucas
Short and sweet but it feels strangely inconsequential 
2.5
Cars 3
Khari J. Sampson
Like McQueen Cars 3 surprises with some race maneuvers it hasn t needed to use before and shows that there s plenty of heart left under the hood at Pixar sequel or no 
3
Cars 3
Pamela Powell
What Cars 3 needs is cutting It seems to have taken the long way home with too many dull pit stops along the way 
2
Cars 3
Wesley Lovell
Pixar s sequels haven t always been up to their usual standard however Cars 3 finally takes a step up after a thoroughly uncharacteristic predecessor 
3
Cars 3
Linda Cook
Cars 3 fires on all cylinders 
3
Cars 3
David Nusair
The Cars saga comes to an apparent close with this hopelessly ineffective and fairly superfluous entry 
2
Cars 3
Kevin A. Ranson
There is no perfect plan for growing old but giving up is still up to you Good movie great message 
3
Cars 3
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
It s Pixar s gift for imbuing inanimate objects with humanity that makes you care when Cruz and Lightning lean into the curves 
4
Cars 3
Walter Chaw
Pixar has become just like everyone else And nothing so very special after all 
2
Cars 3
Brandy McDonnell
Although it doesn t make it to the top of the Pixar leaderboard Cars 3 gets the popular racing franchise back on track with a rare third installment that actually improves on the previous models 
3
Cars 3
John Serba
A reasonably enjoyable family entertainment but a middling entry in the Pixar canon 
2.5
Cars 3
James Berardinelli
The final chapter of the trilogy has saved the best for last and will at least deflect the most serious concerns of those who think this series has taken too many extra laps 
3
Cars 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Lightning s return to the motor speedway is worthy of appreciation the film s eventual victory as unexpected as it is absolute 
3
Cars 3
Josh Terry
You probably won t regret taking the kids to Cars 3 but they won t be missing much if you decide to skip it either 
2.5
Cars 3
Sean P. Means
There s enough gas in the tank barely to give McQueen one last trip to the winner s circle 
2.5
Cars 3
Phil Villarreal
Whether or not another Cars movie follows the series is now back in the fast lane 
3
Cars 3
Christian Toto
The mediocre franchise returns with an aggressively mediocre sequel 
2.5
Cars 3
Roger Moore
Surpasses Monsters University to become the worst Pixar movie ever not a laugh in it 
1
Cars 3
Kate Taylor
We get a lot of repetitive racetrack scenes only a demolition derby stands out for the inventiveness of its animation and a familiar message about believing in yourself 
2
Cars 3
Dustin Putman
Cars 3 features a rather standard champion turned underdog plot but has several things going for it This second sequel finds a story fit for telling in a follow up worthy of succeeding the original film 
2.5
Cars 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Manages to stay on the road with a measure of charm and goodwill as well as a nice touch of the bittersweet 
3
Cars 3
Chris Knight
Pixar s animated films remain at their best when the company gives free reign to creativity Just because actual cars come off a conveyor belt doesn t mean movies about them should feel like they do too 
2
Cars 3
Peter Howell
Cars 3 happily gets back to where it belongs not just to home turf Radiator Springs for a brief spell but also to the storytelling essentials of making us care about anthropomorphic automobiles 
3
Cars 3
Mark Dujsik
The underwhelming Cars 3 is the best movie in the series which says more about the quality of the series than this particular installment 
2
Cars 3
Dann Gire
Even with an abundance of full throttle races rendered in splendid detailed animation Cars 3 doesn t travel all that fast for its 111 minutes prompting some viewers to perhaps check the clock not in a good way 
2
Cars 3
Richard Roeper
Cars 3 is a lovely clever and entertaining generational tale with tons of heart a simple and effective storyline wonderful candy colored visuals and winning voice work from the talented cast of returning regulars and welcome newcomers 
3
Cars 3
George M. Thomas
It s a stretch to find much joy to take from this story which chronicles the decline of said Lightning McQueen 
2
Cars 3
Michael O'Sullivan
Cars 3 feels like it may be time for a trade in 
2.5
Cars 3
Mark Feeney
No matter how slack the storytelling can get the animation conveying that storytelling is borderline miraculous 
2.5
Cars 3
Loey Lockerby
By returning to its roots the series rediscovers its sense of purpose and its heart 
3
Cars 3
Michael Phillips
The first Cars such as it is remains the most appealing in a relatively weak field But if Cars 3 pays for another Ratatouille or Inside Out I say slum away slum away 
2
Cars 3
David Fear
The end goal this time out isn t just to sell a few more toys and Lightning McQueen lunchboxes It s actually tapping into something deeper than a corporate bottom line 
3
Cars 3
Mick LaSalle
Cars 3 goes through lots of predictable paces and for all the emphasis on speed it takes a long time getting to where it s going 
2
Cars 3
Gary Thompson
Has a too many cooks feel throughout and coheres only in the final minutes 
2.5
Cars 3
Peter Canavese
Gets the franchise back on track with a story that U turns to the heart of the 2006 original 
3
Cars 3
Matt Zoller Seitz
Despite its lack of originality as well as its lackadaisical storytelling and world building it satisfies in that amiably weird way that only a Cars film can 
2.5
Cars 3
Keith Watson
Cars 3 doesn t seem to care about defining the contours of its universe or exploring the possibilities of an all car world 
2
Cars 3
Soren Andersen
Solid storytelling a longtime strength of the best Pixar pictures elevates Cars 3 into the pantheon with the studio s finest 
3.5
Cars 3
Katie Walsh
The female empowerment subplot feels hollow because it s clearly just more brand extension little girls can be consumers of toy cars too than any sort of story development with heartfelt meaning 
1.5
Cars 3
Brian Truitt
Some punny lines are painful and the plot doesn t even pretend to be unpredictable But Cars 3 at least tries to put a little extra in the tank this time around 
2.5
Cars 3
Stephen Whitty
You know those family movies Pixar really makes for smart adults too Movies like Wall E and Inside Out and Up that combine fun animation with touching even bittersweet stories Cars 3 is not one of those movies 
2
Unmade Beds
Michael Dequina
The fiction appropriately enough diminishes any truth Barker finds 
2.5
Unmade Beds
Roger Ebert
All of these people use their real names in the movie Whether we are seeing their real lives is a good question 
2.5
Hyenas
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Mambety doesn t just point to the evil but fully implicates himself in it as is shown by the fact that he himself plays the former judge now working as a servant to the rich Maybe he s saying something about making movies as well 
3
Hyenas
John Beifuss
This comic masterpiece about a wealthy woman who plunges an African village into chaos is definite in its targets the persistence of colonialism as consumerism especially but universal in its consideration of human existence as both tragedy and farce 
4
Hyenas
Clayton Dillard
Djibril Diop Mambéty s 1992 film resonates primarily for its lacerating comedic writing and pacing 
4
Freelancers
Lou Lumenick
Freelancers is De Niro s second worst film of 2012 after Red Lights God help us he s got two more to go 
0.5
Adventures in Babysitting
Sara Michelle Fetters
Adventures in Babysitting holds up because it is so remarkably progressive in its depiction of its primary female characters 46 
3
Adventures in Babysitting
Juan Carlos Coto
Idiotic plot aside there are surprisingly funny moments 
2.5
Adventures in Babysitting
Stephen Hunter
It doesn t quite work Shue s attractiveness notwithstanding 
2
Adventures in Babysitting
Carrie Rickey
In many ways Babysitting is interesting for what it is not namely a John Hughes selfish teen movie that asks Will the girl from the wrong side of the tracks get invited to the prom by the preppie 
3
Adventures in Babysitting
Kathleen Carroll
A mildly entertaining little comedy 
3
Adventures in Babysitting
Gene Siskel
Adventures in Babysitting is better than Ferris Bueller and not as good as Risky Business 
3
Adventures in Babysitting
Matt Brunson
Easy to take effort that primarily benefits from a charming performance by Elisabeth Shue 
2.5
Adventures in Babysitting
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film I d had a couple of real laughs and a few interesting moments but that was about all 
2.5
Adventures in Babysitting
David Keyes
This is really just innocent material with a tendency to flout basic guidelines and stray from the perimeters of believability 
2.5
Someone to Love
David Nusair
a strangely compelling piece of work 
2.5
McEnroe
Erik Childress
The more traditional documentary norms dealing with career highlights offer more than digging into his competitive soul which just seems content upon the realization that sometimes a holes are just a holes 46 
2.5
McEnroe
Randy Myers
A fascinating exploration of one of the greatest athletes of all time a flawed man who has shaken away many of his demons 
3.5
McEnroe
Richard Roeper
In the autobiographical documentary we re reminded of McEnroe s dominance on the court as well as the antics that earned him a reputation as a brat who polarized the tennis world 
3
McEnroe
Matt Fagerholm
Whenever McEnroe stops complaining and simply plays 44 the archival footage of him darting back and forth on the court 44 scoring hits that would be out of reach for most mortals 44 is utterly thrilling 46 
3
McEnroe
Jeff York
The film is shot to match the moodiness of its subject 46 46 46 showcasing McEnroe walking around his old haunts in New York in the dark of night too 46 Filmmaker Douglas not only gets us inside his subject 8217 s head he gets us in his agitated 44 prickly skin 46 
4
McEnroe
Steven Prokopy
The sports highlights almost take care of themselves in terms of the highlights of McEnroe 8217 s life 44 but it 8217 s the more confessional material that is truly compelling and eye opening in many ways 46 
3
McEnroe
Mark Feeney
McEnroe is alternately compelling and annoying What makes it compelling is its subject 
2.5
Near Dark
Sara Michelle Fetters
As a kid 44 I was spellbound 46 As an adult 44 each revisit brings me new pleasures as I discover layers to Bigelow 8217 s chilling horror masterwork I hadn 8217 t noticed before 46 
4
Near Dark
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 boasts one of the horror genre 8217 s most unique milieus 46 
3.5
Near Dark
Henry Sheehan
The film s purgation of terror is as vital and energizing as can be possible This is one hell of a movie 
3
Near Dark
Brian Eggert
Near Dark s push and pull between the light and dark continues to resonate These symbols represent Bigelow s postmodern use of genres her questions about conventional and alternative cultures and her distinct voice as an auteur 
3.5
Near Dark
Rob Lowing
Near Dark provides further proof that horror can quit the B grade closet but still deliver the chills and thrills to satisfy 
3
Near Dark
Bruce Bailey
In the end this is still unintentionally ludicrous stuff The best you can say for it is that it will leave you laughing all the way to the blood bank 
2
Near Dark
Patrick Taggart
Clearly the best thing about Near Dark is that it gives jobs to three terrific actors who had supporting roles in Aliens But Near Dark is so devoid of humanity or humor that it can t escape being an empty exercise in style 
1.5
Near Dark
Bill Cosford
The ensemble cast three of whom Henriksen Paxton and Goldstein are veterans of Aliens treats it all like red blooded fun the effects are swell and Bigelow is just mean enough to bear watching 
3
Near Dark
Joe Baltake
Bigelow s visual compositions are crisp and eerie wonderfully pictorial we see this night life through the eyes of its maniacs and she directs her actors as if they truly were performing in a garret production of a Shepard play 
3
Near Dark
Craig Seligman
Near Dark has a ghoulish amiable charm and it s full of little beauties 
3
Near Dark
David Nusair
it s not difficult certainly to see why Near Dark has managed to endure in the years since its 1987 release 
3
Near Dark
Peter Travers
Bigelow s artful handling of the magic and menace of the night is hauntingly apparent 
3
Near Dark
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The great Kathryn Bigelow made her solo directorial debut and managed to emphasize the relationships between the characters while using the gory showstoppers as support 
4
Near Dark
James Kendrick
a perverse penetrating vision of modern vampirism in which the word vampire is never mentioned
4
Near Dark
Walter Chaw
Near Dark remains Kathryn Bigelow s best film suffused with style and anarchy that has an unerring feel for the irregular pulse of a very particular place and time 
4
I'll Be Around
Roger Moore
Edited down to a Slacker length series of funny first impressions encounters and zippy lines I ll Be Around wouldn t outstay its welcome Which it does 
2
Mahanagar
Brian Eggert
The Big City is less a topical statement about validating the economic worthiness of women in the workplace or the social order of women in Bengali society but a person s need for validation even if that extends beyond their social role 
4
Mahanagar
Josh Larsen
a full blown exercise in mid century film feminism 
4
Mahanagar
James Kendrick
a complex but ultimately generous depiction of humanity trying to navigate the uncertainties of a changing world
3.5
Mahanagar
Roger Ebert
One of the most rewarding screen experiences of our time I warmly encourage you to see it 
4
Mahanagar
Leah Garchik
There are so many ways in which Ray is entitled to demand respect that I felt absolutely naughty wanting something to happen quickly 
2
Not My Type
Kent Turner
Dequenne gives the film its oomph 
2.5
Not My Type
David Nusair
one of the best romances to come around in ages 
3.5
Movie Money Confidential
Bob Bloom
This is a niche movie aimed at a specific audience who will appreciate the tips offered by director Rick Pamplin 44 film finance consultant Louise Levison 44 who helped raise the funding for 8220 The Blair Witch Project 44 8221 and others 46 
2
Movie Money Confidential
Tom Meek
A unique if micro focused and deeply biased look inside the filmmaking biz 
2
Don McKay
David Nusair
an almost aggressively pointless piece of work that simply isn t able to justify its very existence 
1
Don McKay
James Kendrick
Goldberger makes the most of his eclectic multi Oscar nominated cast to make up for the lack of scope and visual panache not to mention the sometimes strained machinations of his plot
2.5
Don McKay
Lou Lumenick
Don McKay certainly has its moments but it never manages to maintain the consistent tone so crucial if a black comedy is going to actually be funny 
2
Don McKay
Wesley Morris
This is a movie that if you can make it to the last 30 minutes starts to make some sense It seems the plot twist is the only good idea in the script 
2
Don McKay
Michael C. Walsh
The plot unfolds like a numbed down neo noir and the actors treat it as such using overwrought dramatic turns as a springboard for delightfully hammy performances 
2.5
Don McKay
Kam Williams
An entertaining enough diversion though in this critic s opinion it veers sharply from the sublime to the ridiculous 
2.5
Don McKay
Adam Keleman
Jake Goldberger has lassoed a great cast to ham it up in this comical homage to Billy Wilder s classic noirs Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard 
2.5
Paris Square (Praça Paris)
Ernesto Diezmartinez
It works more as political speech than as a film 
0
The Hideous Sun Demon
Matt Brunson
The satisfactory elements are compromised by poor dialogue and direction 
2
Shadows of Paradise
Brad Wheeler
A film that offers much illumination but little conclusion 
3
Unnatural & Accidental
Jason Anderson
Unnatural Accidental becomes so chaotic and grotesque it fails to elicit much sympathy for the people it purports to memorialize 
2
Unnatural & Accidental
Geoff Pevere
Unnatural Accidental never really engages either your sympathies or your outrage 
1.5
Aimy in a Cage
David N. Butterworth
Imagine an extended episode of Pee wee s Playhouse with the volume cranked to 11 That s this celluloid version of the Aimy Micry comic book 
1.5
Prank
Bill Chambers
Prank gets that the true appeal of old movies for most teenagers today is as campfire mythology in the meantime they re content with practical jokes on YouTube 
2.5
Shock and Awe
Joey Magidson
Reiner is clearly passionate about the material but he can t translate that to the screen 
2
Shock and Awe
David Nusair
Rob Reiner s worst movie in years 
1.5
Shock and Awe
Kate Taylor
This sadly derivative film has one too many screenings of All the President s Men written all over it 
1
Shock and Awe
Bruce DeMara
The story gives audiences an inside look at how journalism actually works at ground level including the cultivation of sources the use of background and off the record information It has a strong feel of authenticity 
3
Shock and Awe
Godfrey Cheshire
The filmmaking here is so pedestrian flat footed and overly obvious as to leave Shock and Awe one of those second rate dramatic movies that make you wish that it had been a top notch documentary instead 
2.5
Shock and Awe
Mick LaSalle
Though at times the reporters seem too prescient and the script suggests an exaggerated awareness of future history this is an entertaining film about a frustrating situation 
3
Shock and Awe
Ann Hornaday
What should unfold like a contemporary thriller instead becomes a lecture 
1.5
Shock and Awe
Derek Smith
Rob Reiner s film rests on broad sweeping proclamations about the importance of factual reporting 
1.5
Shock and Awe
Roger Moore
More solid than inspiring but a blunt reminder of the importance of a skeptical press corps holding a dishonest government to account 
2.5
Holy Matrimony
David Nusair
a hopelessly misguided comedy that just never manages to find its footing 
1
Blue Iguana
Joey Magidson
Unless you re a die hard Rockwell fan Blue Iguana offers up very little 
2
Blue Iguana
Roger Moore
Imitation Tarantino Guy Ritchie lite but Rockwell and the cast make it funny enough to come off 
2.5
Blue Iguana
Sheila O'Malley
Rockwell and Fox are very funny and very strange together You get weirdly invested in them 
2.5
Head of State
Mark Collette
Not merely satisfied with stereotyping whites Rock insists on taking shots at blacks fat people poor people and even spina bifida patients 
1
Head of State
Greg Maki
It may be an overly simplistic fantasy but it s a funny one and you won t find anything at the cineplex more relevant 
3
Head of State
Mark Dujsik
Yes and 
2
Head of State
Nick Rogers
Like so many of his other films it s still not the movie that Chris Rock s fans know he s capable of making 
2.5
Head of State
Sara Michelle Fetters
But in his acting pursuits Rock just doesn t do well He s stiff and uncomfortable on camera especially when it comes to romantic or emotional scenes 
1.5
Head of State
Matt Brunson
Rather than grab the political bull by the horns as did Warren Beatty s Bulworth a few years back or Michael Moore s Bowling for Columbine a few months back Rock is content to merely make a comedy that after a few trims of choice prof
2.5
Head of State
Peter Travers
A missed opportunity 
2
Head of State
Marty Mapes
Head of State isn t very good but there are some funny spots
2
Head of State
John Beifuss
The premise is pure Chris Rock but the execution isn t up to Martin Lawrence standards thanks to Rock s amateurish direction 
2.5
Head of State
Mike McGranaghan
The most gratifying thing is that Mays Gilliam appeals to lots of voters in the film Not just black or white voters but everyone who feels disenfranchised with a system in which so many of our leaders are so unlike ourselves 
3
Head of State
Tony Toscano
Head of State loses by a landslide 
1.5
Head of State
David Nusair
the actors are never really allowed to develop characters they seem to exist only to further the substandard plot 
2
Head of State
Dustin Putman
Chris Rock knows what is funny and how to get a laugh and there is enough energy in the proceedings to carry him through this lightweight entertainment 
2.5
Head of State
Frank Ochieng
Rock one of this generation s smartest and sharpest comics is reduced to treading lukewarm waters in a disjointed slaphappy hip comedy that can easily be dismissed for politicizing pap 
2
Head of State
James Berardinelli
As a TV sitcom pilot Head of State might have potential but on a multiplex screen the execution if not the premise is thin 
2.5
Head of State
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Head of State is very funny and at least right now absolutely essential 
2.5
Head of State
Moira MacDonald
It s mostly just bland and occasionally embarrassing 
1.5
Head of State
Mick LaSalle
A pleasing and occasionally very funny movie that maintains a mild but consistent hold on its audience 
2
Head of State
John Anderson
Rock and Bernie Mac provide a furious combination of stylistically different but equally effective jabs at the status quo 
3.5
Head of State
Nick Carter
None of this is terribly believable of course but it passes as cinematic setup for Rock s best stand up talent socially pinpointed humor and outrage 
2
Head of State
Bob Strauss
Unfocused collection of softball social satire and barely connected skits 
2
Head of State
Gary Brown
What hampers Head of State is a weak script that s nothing more than a watered down Cliffs Notes interpretation of political satire 
2
Head of State
Jeff Vice
As director Rock s comic timing seems to be a bit off But he is smart enough to often let his co star Mac carry the picture 
2.5
Head of State
Ty Burr
Ascends to caustic comic outrage every so often and is dopily amusing the rest of the time 
2
Head of State
Sean P. Means
Head of State feels rushed and half baked but when Rock and Mac are rolling the sarcastic humor comes out 
2.5
Head of State
Roger Ebert
What it does wrong is hard to miss but what it does right is hard to find it makes an angry and fairly timely comic attack on an electoral system where candidates don t say what they really think but simply repeat safe centrist banalities 
3
Head of State
Rick Groen
Now safe is commendable in a car or a household appliance but it doesn t measure up in a comedy Safe just isn t funny 
2
Head of State
Lou Lumenick
Based on Rock s awkward performances it s anybody s guess why DreamWorks thought the comic was remotely ready to step behind the camera 
1
Head of State
Jon Niccum
This political comedy is about as convincing as a campaign promise and most of its jokes have been around longer than Strom Thurmond 
1.5
Head of State
Kit Bowen
With Head of State Chris Rock and Bernie Mac give audiences a much needed excuse to poke fun at but also admire the way U S democracy is supposed to work 
3
Head of State
Tor Thorsen
It s Rock s defanged political commentary that sinks it 
2
Head of State
David Sterritt
You go to a Chris Rock film to check out his streetwise moves not to assess his narrative cleverness This one has more street smarts per shot than most entire films I ve seen lately 
2
Head of State
Claudia Puig
Chris Rock was busy directing producing co writing and starring in this light comedy Given his hilarious stand up routines one wishes he had spent a little more time on the script 
2
Head of State
Walter Chaw
Just a sickly version of Bulworth a movie that wasn t much in the final analysis but at least had the anger and edge to draw a little blood 
0.5
Head of State
John Monaghan
What might work as an election year stand up routine is a lame duck on screen 
2
Head of State
Connie Ogle
Funny despite its dated premise 
2
Head of State
Mark Caro
Lacks zip both in terms of its execution and conception 
1.5
Head of State
Jeffrey Westhoff
Rock can make some of the people laugh some of the time but he can t make all of the people laugh all of the time 
2.5
Head of State
Steve Rhodes
Putting the slap back in slapstick the movie is a mess albeit sporadically a likable and funny one 
2
Head of State
Rob Blackwelder
Smart sharp political satire it s not But Head of State mixes a few stinging zingers into its generally crowd pleasing brand of snickers and knee slappers 
2.5
Head of State
Ross Anthony
Rock keeps the film hoppin punching along at a strong pace And as soon as Bernie Mac pops his head into the picture the belly laughs start to roll 
2.5
Head of State
Harvey S. Karten
Entertaining but bland at a time that biting satire is called for 
3
Head of State
Ed Gonzalez
Head of State is only concerned with false election results which in the end makes it that much more useless 
1.5
Angels Crest
Kent Turner
Frosty and oddly cast
2
Angels Crest
Sara Stewart
Dellal gets respectable performances all around but they can t elevate Angels Crest beyond its one obvious and depressing note 
2
Angels Crest
Glenn Heath Jr.
Angels Crest opens with the laughter of children at play but that s the only hint of happiness you ll find in this unflinchingly manipulative and pointless morality play 
0
Avatar: The Way of Water
Ross Anthony
Why not strip it down to the sincere basics 63 Get the family out of the forest faster 44 and for a more respectable reason 46 In fact 44 the subplot of the forest family living among the water people is way better than the main plot 46 Gorgeous though 46 
2.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
David Nusair
46 46 46 a thoroughly needless followup that easily stands as Cameron 8217 s least effective endeavor to date 46 
1.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Wesley Lovell
If you 8217 re already a fan of the first Avatar 44 you will welcome a return to the realm of Pandora 46 Those who were lukewarm or hostile to the original won 8217 t find anything new enough to merit consideration 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Mattie Lucas
Cameron remains nearly unparalleled when it comes to crafting an action sequences 44 but it apos s the moments of sheer beauty in The Way of Water that really linger
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Diandra Reviews
Three hours breeze into deep relationships 44 action packed sequences 44 and a tale that deserves to be repeatedly seen in cinema 46 35 diandrareviews
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Sarah Knight Adamson
The Bottom line 58 quot Avatar 58 The Way of Water is Epic 44 Exhilarating 44 and Entertaining
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Bruce R. Miller
Clocking in at three hours and 12 minutes 44 quot Avatar 2 quot takes too long to get a story going 46 When it does 44 we realize it 8217 s basically the same story 44 just with new treasure and another group of blue creatures who also are leery of the 8220 sky people 46 8221 
2.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Erik Childress
Cameron has crafted nothing more than a 3 43 hour revenge tale with none of the motivations of the original that is nothing more than a dulling 36 400 million screensaver and a rehashing of better moments from his career 46 A waste of our time and his effort 46 
1
Avatar: The Way of Water
Mark Meszoros
The Way of Water explodes with brilliant colors and fast moving otherworldly images that 44 thanks to the 3 D 44 reside between you and the screen and rarely fail to dazzle the eyes for any lengthy stretch of this more than three hour epic 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The luminous and tactile CGI that breathes life into the film s flora and fauna proves that Pandora not Jake is the hero of Avatar Every blade of grass every drop of water is a gift not to be wasted 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Dwight Brown
It s more than you can possibly imagine A fantasy world so vivid and real it commands your full attention for 3h 12m And when it s done you ll still want to linger in this heightened state of make believe 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Rene Sanchez
A towering achievement that offers a visual spectacle like no other 44 while exploring new themes around family and parenthood 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Dylan Roth
The film s focus is split in so many directions that none of its characters feel whole even after three full hours 
2
Avatar: The Way of Water
Rafer Guzman
Avatar The Way of Water is fully engrossing always eye popping and occasionally touching Like its predecessor it s a movie to admire and enjoy if not quite love 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Doug Walker
Though a technical spectacle 44 Cameron has evolved his storytelling from apos Save the Rainforest apos to apos Save the Whales 46 apos 
2 
Avatar: The Way of Water
Dann Gire
Pure distilled 3 D cinematic rapture 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Walter Chaw
There s a lot to pull out of any cultural artifact this immense you can t make a thing that consumes this many resources and sucks up this much air without being emblematic of the times and circumstances surrounding its creation 
0.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Mike McGranaghan
I apos m not kidding when I say this may be the best looking movie I apos ve ever seen 46 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Kevin Carr
Visually mind blowing but with a fractured and over crowded story 44 this sequel still manages to provide a great spectacle 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Sean P. Means
Using whatever alchemy of motion capture performance 44 computer generated animated animals 44 and the occasional flesh and blood actor 44 Cameron conjures a world with such beauty and majesty that it 8217 s impossible not to get drawn into it 46 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Steven Prokopy
The Avatar movies continue to be groundbreaking 44 world class exercises in cinematic digital artistry 44 and The Way of Water is a much needed improvement on the first film 46 
2.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Sonny Bunch
Yes 44 it looks different 8212 and I understand folks who are frightened by things that are new and different 59 I am frequently one of them 8212 but the difference is in service of attempting to bring people fully within the proscenium of the screen 46 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Kevin A. Ranson
James Cameron knows how to elevate simple story structure into an intense action spectacle 46 46 46 40 in 41 the superior CGI 46 46 46 viewers can see the emotion whether it 8217 s spoken or not 46 46 46 an experience unavailable at home unless you live in a multiplex 46 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Tom Meek
Visually the film is stunning more so than the last though you can t escape the fact that it still looks like a video game running on the greatest graphics card of all time I saw it in 3D Imax and it s worth your greenback 
2.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
John Wenzel
The bald button pushing beats are undermined alternately by Cameron s unapologetic gun fetishization and overlong wonder sequences turning this into a numbing three hour slog instead of an easily achievable two hour experience 
2
Avatar: The Way of Water
Chris Hewitt
The surprisingly swift 192 minute film stands on its own and I suspect you could have a good time watching it even if you haven t seen the first Avatar 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Odie Henderson
Cameron s staging of action sequences remains unparalleled and that buys some goodwill but by the end of the movie I was left with Peggy s Lee s immortal question Is that all there is 
2.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Brian Eggert
Although the sequel is overlong and light on complex characters 44 it 8217 s 2022 8217 s most impressive looking blockbuster 46 160 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Pablo O. Scholz
Impactful and triply enjoyable Full review in Spanish 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Chase Hutchinson
If there was ever a film that could win over those who were agnostic or even antagonistic about the original Avatar 44 Avatar 58 The Way of Water would be it 46 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Sara Michelle Fetters
The unrelenting kinetic ferocity of this last act is undeniable 44 and while nothing that happened came as a surprise 44 my eyes still remained glued to the screen 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he cosmetic change from a vast forest to the beaches and seas of Pandora doesn apos t cover up how much of this narrative has been recycled from its predecessor 46 46 46 
2
Avatar: The Way of Water
James Berardinelli
Those in search of a rich emotional experience or complex storyline won t find either here but those things have never been the director s bread and butter 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Cameron is clearly trying to send important messages about wildlife conservation and environmental protection 44 and that 8217 s all for the good 44 but it 8217 s wrapped in trite conversations and simplistic setup 46 
1
Avatar: The Way of Water
Jeff York
It 8217 s a stunning 44 visual feast 44 with every shot beautifully crafted via painstakingly perfect CGI 46 Big emotions are just as apparent throughout too 44 with Cameron 8217 s storytelling pulling on our heartstrings unabashedly from beginning to end 46 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
EJ Moreno
The film version of that beautiful person with no personality 58 Avatar 2 tries to say and do a lot but comes off as a striking shell for a lackluster core 46 
2
Avatar: The Way of Water
Ann Hornaday
The Way of Water doesn t necessarily check all those boxes but what it does right will offer spectators moments of awe full body immersion and genuine beauty 
2
Avatar: The Way of Water
Christian Toto
Cameron apos s stunning sequel matches eco warnings with parental empowerment 46 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Roger Moore
A movie that opens a theme park in every 3D cinema in the world 46 
2.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Katie Walsh
If quot The Way of Water quot was the last film Cameron ever made 44 it 8217 d be appropriate 44 as all of his cinematic obsessions coalesce within this gargantuan slice of mind boggling spectacle presented with classical action adventure storytelling 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Mick LaSalle
On more than one occasion we re told that the way of water has no beginning and no end No kidding 
1
Avatar: The Way of Water
Soren Andersen
Like the original it s Dances with Wolves in outer space Only dumber 
2
Avatar: The Way of Water
Bob Bloom
Cameron and his cronies just expect us to marvel at his technological acumen and forget that filmmakers are supposed to entertain audiences 44 not expend energy to impress them with their moviemaking expertise 46 
1.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Michael Phillips
The Way of Water has a way of pulling you in surrounding you with gorgeous violent chaos and finishing with a quick rinse to get the remnants of its teeny tiny plot out of your eyes by the final credits 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Joey Magidson
Avatar 58 The Way of Water is proof that you should never bet against James Cameron 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Richard Roeper
Avatar The Way of Water is such a screen popping visual feast it earns the 3 hour 12 minute running time though the primarily aquatic setting might contribute to some viewers dashing out for a bathroom break 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Randy Myers
The 3 D special effects remain exceptional but the screenplay is better this time with a storyline more emotionally engaging than in the original When people and critters die we feel it this time 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
David Gonzalez
Never doubt Big Jim 33 Avatar 58 The Way of Water is an indescribable visual spectacle 46 It apos s not just a blockbuster done to perfection but an experience that captures the magic of going to the movies 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Johnny Oleksinski
Whoever thought that a 10 foot tall blue alien would be such a sight for sore eyes 
4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Peter Howell
It s time well spent for a movie set in deep space that turns out to be a free flowing whale of a tale 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Brian Tallerico
This wildly entertaining film isn apos t a retread of Avatar 44 but a film in which fans can pick out thematic and even visual elements of Titanic 44 Aliens 44 The Abyss 44 and The Terminator films 46 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Brian Truitt
An emotionally charged outing that again dips into themes of colonization while adding environmental issues and relatable family drama 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Lindsey Bahr
James Cameron s sequel is a truly dazzling cinematic experience that will have you floating on a blockbuster high 
3.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Michael Nordine
That The Way of Water is engaging nevertheless is a grand testament to Cameron 8217 s abilities 8212 as an immersive spectacle that no other medium could hope to replicate 44 it 8217 s unlike anything we 8217 ve seen since 44 well 44 probably the first Avatar 46 
3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Keith Uhlich
For all the genuine thrills provided by its pioneering pageantry 44 Way of Water ultimately leaves you with a soul nagging query 58 What price entertainment 63 
3
Forbidden Sins
Michael Dequina
Who knew that direct to video soft core could be so boring 
0
A Cry in the Dark
Roger Ebert
Streep s performance is risky and masterful 
3
What Black Men Think
Kam Williams
An excellent alternative to the mainstream propaganda which would have us internalize the worst beliefs about an unfairly maligned segment of society Guaranteed to generate quality conversation about the direction of African Americana 
4
Down the Shore
Stephen Whitty
None of it hangs together particularly as the film heads into his final third and you realize director Harold Guskin and screenwriter Sandra Jennings don t have a clue as to how to wrap things up 
2
Down the Shore
Chuck Bowen
Down the Shore suggests what might happen if TBS and Bruce Springsteen were to collaborate on a sitcom set in hell 
1.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Peter T. Chattaway
Kingdom inevitably invites comparisons to Gladiator Scott s last major epic But it is a better film partly because it does less violence to the history 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Wesley Lovell
There s an audience for Kingdom of Heaven it s just difficult to know where to find them 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
James Kendrick
dives into the middle of a political religious morass and still manages to avoid any significant implications
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Mike McGranaghan
So much attention has been spent on making a big lavish piece of Oscar bait that the soul of the movie is completely ripped out 
1.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Linda Cook
Kingdom of Heaven isn t what I d been praying for from Ridley Scott 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Greg Maki
Flawed but Scott is such an accomplished filmmaker that he is still able to shape it into an entertaining picture 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Lori Hoffman
director Ridley Scott has proven once again that with a decent script the battle epic does have a place in modern times 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Sean McBride
a film that tries to be something special but ultimately fails because of an over padded script and too many poorly cast actors 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Matt Brunson
Hopelessly naive The final impression is that a few bad apples were all that prevented the Christians and Muslims from joining hands and participating in sing alongs 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Debruge
Scott has certainly uncovered a fascinating era but not necessarily the right hero to do it justice 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
David Keyes
All lecture and no humanity 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Josh Larsen
may be the first hippie war film 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kingdom of Heaven has at its center a bold story and yet it sits there like a stone pillar 
1
Kingdom of Heaven
Scott Nash
Fantastic battle scenes compensate for the lack of emotional depth 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Dustin Putman
A dreary uninformative emotionless disaster At least Alexander had the comical benefit of Angelina Jolie hamming it up with reptiles 
0.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Kit Bowen
If the intriguing but ultimately derivative Kingdom of Heaven had arrived before these recent period epics it may have stood a better chance of enthralling us 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Christian Toto
This Kingdom would truly rule with a Crowe or Gibson not a middleweight like Orlando Bloom
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a deeply personal highly introspective work of artistic expression the likes of which the director hasn t attempted since Blade Runner this easily his best and probably least accessible film since that ground breaking sci fi classic 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Marty Mapes
Makes for a pretty good summer action adventure movie if nothing else
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Geoff Pevere
Considerably more ambitious and significantly less satisfying than Gladiator 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Tom Keogh
Mostly uninvolving a movie you admire for its craft rather than enjoying for its passion 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Mick LaSalle
To say that Scott did a beautiful job directing Kingdom of Heaven would be true but it wouldn t convey the nature of the achievement 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
David Elliott
Knights Castles Broadswords Catapults Flaming balls Severed heads Burning oil Gushing digital blood 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Carla Meyer
What we are left with are beautifully choreographed fight scenes of massive scale and moderate interest 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Stephen Whitty
As Balian a blacksmith turned Crusader Orlando Bloom should embody a character who passes through some sort of transforming crucible Yet he learns nothing 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Lou Lumenick
The battle sequences here are actually worth the cost of admission and there is exemplary supporting work by Liam Neeson Jeremy Irons Edward Norton and especially Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud as the legendary Muslim leader Saladin 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Jack Mathews
Filmed in Morocco in Spain and in computers Kingdom fills a vast canvas with breathtaking spectacle In contrast most of the performances are blandly ordinary 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Rene Rodriguez
If the picture isn t as engaging as it should have been Scott s images still make it entrancing 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Bob Strauss
Another in a recent line of sword swinging epics that insists on adding ideas to bloody spectacle 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Robert W. Butler
Scott once again proves himself an inept director of action 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Kurt Loder
The movie is distinguished by the uniform excellence of its actors Orlando Bloom in particular gives a performance of striking stillness and reserve 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Eric Harrison
A 130 million epic with much to marvel at and great battle scenes but it dazzles the senses while barely touching the heart 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Liam Lacey
No one should be offended except of course those who like movies that excite the mind as well as the pulse 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Jeff Vice
Kingdom of Heaven has the nasty habit of quickly killing off its most interesting and compelling characters those in whom the film invests time and tries to develop 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Lisa Kennedy
Never straying from issues of war and peace organized religion and an individual s relationship to God Kingdom of Heaven earns the right to rattle its swords 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Lawrence Toppman
A war story that takes no sides because it takes all sides And it s a period piece set in the last decades of the 12th century after Christ that resonates in a thoughtful way today 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Ty Burr
A mostly lumbering occasionally rousing epic that walks a bizarre line between historical fact and Hollywood wishful thinking 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
John Beifuss
Scott wants to have his Crusade and rue it too 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Sean P. Means
The battle scenes may get the blood going but it s Bloom s quiet steeliness that gives Kingdom of Heaven its heart 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Austin O'Connor
The Crusades may seem like a strange source for such an entertaining summer blockbuster but it s refreshing to see Scott going for something a bit more meaningful 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Terry Lawson
An exceedingly well made reasonably involving and impressively intelligent movie about political and religious turmoil in 1186 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Timothy Knight
Kingdom of Heaven is often stunning to behold Regrettably the director s grasp of narrative and pacing is far less assured on this film 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Jeffrey Westhoff
Unfortunately you don t have to see Kindgom of Heaven to learn how it ends You just have to turn on CNN 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Jon Niccum
Like Scott s Gladiator the movie simultaneously embraces and rises above the sword and tunic clichs that define it 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Larry Ratliff
Kingdom of Heaven lands somewhere between Oliver Stone s yawn inducing Alexander and Troy the Brad Pitt pecs flexer as sand and sandal entertainment 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Chuck O'Leary
A historical epic totally destroyed by the infusion of contemporary political correctness and left wing revisionist history 
1.5
Kingdom of Heaven
David Nusair
an unmitigated disaster from start to finish offering up a level of sheer dullness that s shocking 
.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Willie Waffle
Please don t be Alexander At least Bloom doesn t dye his hair blonde and shave his legs Kingdom of Heaven is a wonderful cure for insomnia 
1.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Gemma Tarlach
Demands implausible leaps of its hero the young Balian Orlando Bloom 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Mike Clark
Even a persuasive supporting cast gets Heaven only so far 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Roger Ebert
A spectacular battle for Jerusalem as only Ridley Scott could direct 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Canavese
A confused and confusing compromise at best and a dull obfuscation of history at worst 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
David Sterritt
The movie s only real message is Religious wars are wrong And hey don t most of us already know that whether the war is a crusade in the Middle Ages or a fanatic s terrorism in our own time 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Carrie Rickey
The cinematography supporting performances and battle sequences are so meticulously mounted that they still compel even when Bloom fails to 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Jeff Strickler
The climax features a dandy battle but getting to it requires sitting through nearly two hours of posturing and pontificating 
2.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Bruce Newman
The Crusades lasted just over 200 years which is longer than Kingdom of Heaven although not by as much as you might hope 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Jan Stuart
Director Ridley Scott is so adept at moving crowds and engendering awe that one can easily overlook his skill with actors 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Chris Hewitt
Kingdom of Heaven is a huge movie but it s an unusually restrained one 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Phoebe Flowers
A staggeringly lazy leg twitchingly dull unholy mess 
1
Kingdom of Heaven
Michael Wilmington
Even when the drama falters the movie shimmers with palatial splendor explodes with adventure and reeks with bloodshed and horror 
3.5
Kingdom of Heaven
Walter Chaw
The world s longest and most inscrutable luxury car commercial 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Steve Rhodes
A confusing dud of enormous proportions 
1
Kingdom of Heaven
Nick Schager
A film about holiness beset by a pedestrian spirit 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Phil Villarreal
The dialogue by screenwriter William Monahan is so leaden with import that it comes off as the sort of silly grandstanding of a 1980s Mattel action figure commercial 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Travers
William Monahan s deft script underscores the modern parallels in this story without hitting us upside the head 
3
Kingdom of Heaven
Jeanne Aufmuth
A bewildering mishmash of battle scenes and tenuous relationships that calls for heartthrob Orlando Bloom to save the day in a rags to riches hurry 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
Rob Blackwelder
The only variations between recent battle epics seem to be whether the hero was of noble birth and whether the battlefields are green and forested or brown and sandy 
2
Kingdom of Heaven
James Berardinelli
You may not leave the theater feeling better educated about history or enlightened about the Crusades but you will leave satisfied that the filmmakers have delivered 145 minutes of exciting visceral cinema 
3
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Robert Levin
The movie suffers when Anthony Hopkins isn t on screen but the plot advances with precision and the filmmaker pays a great deal of attention to authenticity 
3
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Geoff Pevere
Not only is Hopkins s Freddy incomparably more charismatic than any of his captors he s the only one who weirdly enough seems to be enjoying the ordeal But maybe that s simply a matter of pay scale 
1.5
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Peter Howell
Fairly enjoyable and credit is due to its sterling cast led by Anthony Hopkins as Heineken 
2.5
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Dann Gire
You ll find various victims of abuse in Kidnapping Mr Heineken First the titular abducted beer mogul Freddy Heineken roughed up and chained to a wall Then come us moviegoers pummeled by heavy handed dialogue 
2
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Kyle Smith
In 1983 five knuckleheads decided to strike it rich by kidnapping beer magnate Freddy Heineken Kidnapping Mr Heineken is a dull trite thriller about their crime and undoing 
1.5
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Rex Reed
Anthony Hopkins plays the king of the hops and he is excellent So is the rest of the movie a sober no frills account about the highest ransom ever collected up to that time 10 million and counting 
3
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Roger Moore
Well cast but botched in execution
2
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Carson Lund
For all the thematic emphasis the script ultimately places on the allegedly thick bonds among these men it s surprising how often they communicate solely through exposition 
1.5
The Fruit Hunters
Peter Howell
More of a buffet spread than a single plate But every morsel is worth a taste 
2.5
Whispering Corridors
David Nusair
almost a prototypical Asian horror movie sharing all the positive and negative aspects of this genre 
2
Perfectly Normal
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t work but parts of it do and it kept raising my hopes only to disappoint them 
2
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
Peter Canavese
The very concept of turning Life of Brian itself a filmic spoof of Biblical epics into a spoof of Handel s Messiah is funny and the name riffing on one of Life of Brian s most famous lines is genius Blu ray 
3.5
The Neutral Ground
Rene Sanchez
A thought provoking documentary that leverages humor as a way to explore the myths surrounding American history and their effects in today s society Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Neutral Ground
Mike McGranaghan
A clear eyed and often unexpectedly funny look at one of the most controversial topics in America right now 
3.5
Half of a Yellow Sun
Michael Phillips
The best of the movie finds a way to abridge the novel and still allow the scenes to breathe 
3
Half of a Yellow Sun
John Hartl
Like many a lengthy novel it might have worked better as a television series 
2.5
Half of a Yellow Sun
Mary Houlihan
The result is that melodramatic soap opera elements win out over Bandele s attempts at stirring historical drama That said it s still a story worth telling 
2.5
Half of a Yellow Sun
Michael Dequina
The audience s attachment to and investment in these people lend powerful intimacy to the large scale epic trappings 
3
Half of a Yellow Sun
Roger Moore
Timely and epic if a bit scattershot in its approach to recent Nigerian history
2.5
Half of a Yellow Sun
Clayton Dillard
It falls into the trappings of middlebrow literary adaptation by finding only sporadic means to convincingly adjudicate the trauma and anguish of its transitory epoch 
2.5
Half of a Yellow Sun
Kam Williams
A steamy soap opera unfolding against the backdrop of a cautionary history lesson reminding us that in Nigeria the more things change the more they stay insane 
3
SCOOB!
Matt Brunson
Scoob isn t as interested in relating a Scooby Doo mystery as it is in building a shared Hanna Barbera cinematic universe so that superheroes can take center stage because apparently no shared universe is worth a damn unless it involves superheroes 
1.5
SCOOB!
Jason Fraley
Unlike Trolls World Tour Scoob is rather immature and random the type of kids movie that parents can turn on and leave the room 
2
SCOOB!
Doug Walker
This is what the live action Scooby Doo movies should have been 
3
SCOOB!
Steven Prokopy
If it s possible for a film to be both too much and not enough then that s probably the best way to describe Scoob 
2
SCOOB!
Peter Canavese
A big loud dumb crossover event that s considerably less than the sum of its parts 
1.5
SCOOB!
Randy Myers
Scoob is a goofy and bright surprise an imaginative reboot that respects its shaggy dog TV roots but is smart enough to add dashes not shovelfuls of wry pop culture and movie references 
3
SCOOB!
Rene Sanchez
Despite replacing its characteristic tone of mystery with action scenes influenced by the superhero genre Scoob offers a good mix of entertainment and nostalgia Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
SCOOB!
Jeff York
It all manages to be breezy fun with almost as many in jokes and cultural references as the AIRPLANE or SCARY MOVIE franchises in their heyday 
3
SCOOB!
Matthew Passantino
Scoob has a bit of a chaotic story and its attempt to include a lot of plot in a mere 90 minutes quickly turns its lively energy from infectious to exhausting 
2
SCOOB!
Joe Friar
The Mystery Inc gang is back in this animated reboot that tries too hard at being contemporary but it s still great family fun 
2.5
SCOOB!
Katie Walsh
The other Hanna Barbera characters that never quite achieved the cultural ubiquity of Scooby Doo makes for a fun universe expanding tale avoiding the cliches and story ruts that might otherwise befall yet another version of the Scooby Doo story 
2.5
SCOOB!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It feels cynical and the chemistry is somehow missing compounded by the fact that the familiar voice cast has been replaced 
2.5
SCOOB!
Michael Phillips
Pre sold fans especially fans with kids of Scooby Doo Shaggy Velma Daphne and the thud named Fred are in the bag I don t know what to tell the rest of you 
2.5
SCOOB!
Christy Lemire
A confounding and convoluted origin story to a pretty straightforward Saturday morning cartoon 
1.5
SCOOB!
James Berardinelli
It tries to do a little too much and runs too long but it s an affable mix of nostalgia and family friendly animated action adventure 
2.5
SCOOB!
Barry Hertz
The result is something too confusing and scary for young viewers and too familiar and repetitive for older kids 
2
SCOOB!
Richard Roeper
The occasionally clever dialogue and the peppy voice performances are the best things about Scoob but not nearly enough to overcome the loud and convoluted overall tone 
2
SCOOB!
Oliver Jones
The series trademark blend of character comedy and absurdist sight gags is in full display served up with just the proper amount of postmodern self awareness that adds to the fun rather than detracts from it 
2.5
SCOOB!
Johnny Oleksinski
It s taken 51 years but someone has finally done in Scooby Doo 
1
SCOOB!
Brian Truitt
After a super fun opening it s all Ruh roh from there 
2.5
SCOOB!
G. Allen Johnson
Scooby Doo where are you The real one I mean The rest of this mess is just a series of nonsensical action sequences 
0
SCOOB!
Mark Dujsik
They might have gotten away with it if not for those meddling issues of universe building trend grabbing and the belief that everything has to be big and loud 
2
SCOOB!
Joey Magidson
Scoob has more weird moments than you might expect It s also rather touching during its beginning and end 
3
Stitch! The Movie
David Nusair
The movie s geared solely towards kids approach is evident in virtually all of its attributes 
1
Stitch! The Movie
Bill Chambers
The film s brevity is due to sacrifices in character not plot and that s a shame since it wasn t exactly the chaos of Lilo Stitch s narrative that made it so ultimately charming
2
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Kam Williams
A chilling portrait of an icon who remains revered for spearheading so many technological innovations despite his general contempt for humanity and his utter lack of people skills 
4
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Robert Levin
The picture is made with the consummate skill of the predominant documentarian of our age getting as close as conceivably possible to the essence of Jobs 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Eric Melin
It simply isn t that easy to write off the Jobs extraordinary drive to succeed at all costs The difference between Gibney s documentary and other posthumous profiles of Jobs is that it doesn t necessarily maintain a reverential tone toward its subject 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Peter Canavese
For those who don t yet know of Jobs dark side Gibney s documentary will be a useful eye opener but those looking to understand what made Jobs great in almost equal proportion to his nastiness will remain in the dark 
2.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Scott Renshaw
Sure Jobs was a genius and a jerk but Gibney spends so much time rambling and musing that we don t get a chance to understand why so many people only wanted to hear the genius part 
2.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Godfrey Cheshire
A complex portrait that gives as much weight to Jobs world changing talents as to his personal flaws 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Steven Rea
Brings home the complexities and contradictions of the man 
3.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Moira MacDonald
Sometimes Man in the Machine feels like it needs a balancing voice But it s nonetheless a fascinating film as Gibney s always are 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Ty Burr
Toward the end of The Man in the Machine Gibney says we should look for answers in our iPhones when they re at rest at the reflections of ourselves It s a start So s the movie 
2.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
J. R. Jones
As Gibney proved with Gonzo his 2008 documentary on Hunter S Thompson he can go a bit moony in the presence of a cult hero and he buys into the Jobs legend from the outset 
2
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Tomris Laffly
With The Man in the Machine prolific director Gibney delivers a thorough yet overlong and formulaic documentary of contradictions 
2
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a necessary corrective to the myths that have grown around Steve Jobs obscuring a man who many of us never knew existed 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Matt Pais
Does better with facts than hearsay 
2.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Jocelyn Noveck
Though Gibney doesn t seem to come up with anything truly groundbreaking there s surely more negative stuff here and lots more detail than you ve encountered before 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Walter V. Addiego
Jobs extraordinary achievements are given their due but the film makes it abundantly clear that he could also be a hardhearted and self centered S O B 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Karen D'Souza
After The Man in the Machine you may never look at that iPhone in your hand the same way again You truly will think different 
3.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Clayton Dillard
A work of arduous assemblage that values information over affect and zip over conviction in its ramshackle historicizing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs 
2
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Roger Moore
Damning And definitive 
3.5
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Chris Knight
What emerges is a complex individual 
3
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Peter Howell
Zeroes in on the essential contradictions of the Apple co founder 
3
Money Machine
Linda Cook
Why has this massacre been forgotten so quickly Money Machine examines why and how this happened 
3
Money Machine
Brian Tallerico
Frustratingly unfocused and surprisingly thin on facts or even conclusions 
1.5
Money Machine
Roger Moore
As damning or at least unsavory as the many new allegations accusations and near admissions of wrongdoing or negligence are one question hangs over the entire Vegas enterprise If we re not shocked why is the filmmaker 
2
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Austin Kennedy
I never really understand what it really means to be a lawyer and this movie did a great job at showing me what it takes and why people choose this profession 
3
The Nasty Girl
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Nasty Girl is a movie of figureheads not characters 
2
The Nasty Girl
Juan Carlos Coto
The Nasty Girl is about the power of history and everyone s own brand of personal repression Yes it s a universal tale and at the same time that it enlightens it gives you a chill 
3
The Nasty Girl
Roger Ebert
It s the film s style that I object to The story itself is fascinating but the style seems to add another tone a level of irony that is somehow confusing 
2.5
Dancing Queen
Burl Burlingame
Rom com fantasy that dips precariously into real feeling late in the reels and because leads Hwang Jung Min and Um Jung Hwa have real talent for empathy we re carried along 
2
Wishful Thinking
Michael Dequina
There s nothing to distinguish writer director Adam Park s otherwise routine story or execution 
2
Wishful Thinking
Dustin Putman
Too often wanders into unnecessary silliness and the ending leaves something to be desired 
2
L.A. Slasher
Clayton Dillard
It inflates the meta conceit already borderline overblown of a pop obsessed sex negative serial killer to excessive but trite proportions 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Brandy McDonnell
With several solid performances and its share of sweet and even clever moments Our Family Wedding occasionally blooms with potential But the goat and other silly notions gobble it up 
2
Our Family Wedding
Jeff Beck
It may be clichd and unoriginal but it accomplished something that most other movies in the genre failed to do It made me and a theater full of people laugh quite a bit 
3
Our Family Wedding
Michael Dequina
Good intentions and a good cast do not necessarily a good film make 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Tim Robey
Lacks a single legitimate laugh despite engineering the humping of Forest Whitaker s leg by a priapic goat Don t ask 
1
Our Family Wedding
Linda Cook
An idea that might have worked as a sit com but comes off lackluster in the format of a feature film Our Family Wedding is as predictable as can be 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Thelma Adams
When a biracial couple America Ferrera and Lance Gross tell their families about their engagement everything goes awry in this formulaic flick One particular low point A goat at the wedding reception swallows Viagra and runs amok Ha ha ha 
2
Our Family Wedding
Michael C. Walsh
Yikes 
1
Our Family Wedding
Wilson Morales
This film is not as funny as the Bernie Mac film Guess Who as it s long in the tooth and very predictable from start to finish 
1
Our Family Wedding
Kam Williams
I just saved you a lot of aggravation You owe me 
.5
Our Family Wedding
Sean P. Means
You ll wish Lucia and Marcus had eloped and taken you with them 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Robert W. Butler
Here s all you need to know about Our Family Wedding It thinks that feeding a goat an entire bottle of Viagra is the height of hilarity 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Rick Groen
To anyone who has ever sparked up a TV set let alone entered a movie theatre all this is perfectly evident in the first five minutes 
1
Our Family Wedding
Phil Villarreal
Although I had a giddy good time watching the movie I m pretty sure I hated it but I so enjoyed hating it that I pretty much loved it The bottom line is laughter doesn t lie 
3
Our Family Wedding
Amy Biancolli
A slick slapsticky forgettable comedy a cool jazz riff on upper middle class American families sorting through misconceptions 
3
Our Family Wedding
John Beifuss
A modest culture clash ensemble comedy that distinguishes itself from the formula pack by treating its characters with respect 
3
Our Family Wedding
Mike Scott
Despite being as predictable and derivative as a wedding singer s playlist there s just enough sweetness and just enough smiles to keep it from falling flat 
2
Our Family Wedding
John Anderson
The only bouquet anyone s going to catch from this contrivance has the aroma of stale comedy 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Lou Lumenick
A cringeworthy unfunny example of a culture clash romantic comedy 
1
Our Family Wedding
Jason Anderson
Rick Famuyiwa s movie repeatedly trips and falls on its way up the aisle 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Chris Hewitt
Ferrara as the would be bride and King as her sensible in law brighten the movie every time they appear Whitaker and Mencia are also appealing as is Diana Maria Riva as Ferrara s mom 
2.5
Our Family Wedding
Mack Bates
It s a testament to the cast that the entire enterprise is more entertaining than it has a right to be 
2.5
Our Family Wedding
Moira MacDonald
The likable cast keep things watchable particularly handsome Gross who is surely destined for bigger things and Ferrera who s still as sweetly unaffected on screen as she was back in Real Women Have Curves 
2.5
Our Family Wedding
Claudia Puig
This mixed race page from the Meet the Parents book is a tasteless exercise in familiarity and contempt 
2
Our Family Wedding
Tirdad Derakhshani
Wait till the DVD release 
2
Our Family Wedding
Jeff Vice
These performers all deserve better funnier material than this lame occasionally offensive multicultural comedy drama can offer 
1
Our Family Wedding
Wesley Morris
Our Family Wedding is another Hollywood fast food sandwich But instead of two squirts of ketchup someone actually took the time to lay some fresh tomato on that greasy bun 
2.5
Our Family Wedding
Mark Dujsik
There s something very troubling underneath 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Dustin Putman
A rancid ode to the quainter simpler times before integration and that pesky Civil Rights Movement got in the way 
0
Our Family Wedding
Kevin C. Johnson
They re all generally nice people so there s no reason why they wouldn t get along except for reasons forced 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Roger Ebert
You almost miss the laugh track Difficult problems are sidestepped arguments are overacted and there are three food fights involving wedding cakes 
2
Our Family Wedding
Roger Moore
A broad and formulaic culture clash comedy built on fill in the blank wedding comedy clichs 
1.5
Our Family Wedding
Andrew Schenker
The interracial meet the parents setup pioneered in 1967 by Stanley Kramer s Guess Who s Coming to Dinner gets a modest comic update in Rick Famuyiwa s Our Family Wedding 
2.5
Dosed
Matt Fagerholm
What makes the film persuasive first and foremost is Adrianne herself as we see her eyes shine with a newfound clarity once the haze of heroin has lifted 
3
Season of the Witch
Matt Brunson
Season of the Witch first made the rounds under the titles Jack s Wife and Hungry Wives and either is a better representation of the film s content than Season of the Witch 
2.5
Season of the Witch
Eric Henderson
Romero s own Belle du Jour 
3
A Talking Picture
Mary Brennan
Extremely slow and won t be for those with no appetite for lengthy self serious monologues but it also has a sharp personal edge to it 
2.5
A Talking Picture
Jonathan W. Hickman
Not only is this approach boring but also it is an artificial contrivance that leaves little for the actors to do but regurgitate facts in an encyclopedic way 
1.5
A Talking Picture
Walter V. Addiego
A potent and troubling meditation on the state of Western society 
3
A Talking Picture
V.A. Musetto
The freeze frame finale is a stunner 
3
A Talking Picture
David Sterritt
This is a lovely lively timely treat for the eyes and mind 
4
A Talking Picture
Michael Wilmington
A film which with rare eloquence speaks to our hearts and minds about modern quandaries and eternal truths 
3.5
A Talking Picture
Ed Gonzalez
Oliveira announces A Talking Picture as a journey into aesthetic and philosophical unknowns 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Matt Brunson
All the fleeting cameo appearances are like the movie itself Amazon hot and Arctic cold with some inspiring affection and amusement and others leading to nothing more than an exaggerated shoulder shrug 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Frank Ochieng
Well Britain s bombastic booze loving fashion figureheads are back for some familiar naughty fun and frolicking so committed AbFab fans can rejoice off kilter and shrewdly amusing
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Lisa Jensen
As a movie there s not much there but it s still touching when Eddie admits their outrageous antics are their only defense against the fear of getting old and obsolete 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
John Serba
The zeitgeist is likely indifferent to Ab Fab at this point but the film s edgy zany enthusiasm makes up for its lack of freshness 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just wish the film itself did more than play so blatantly to the fan base because had it broadened its appeal and its reach just a little bit more it s quite possible we could have had something amazing here to be talking about 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Tom Meek
Saunders and Lumley pucker up and give it a game go They re a disastrous pleasure to watch but it s also a bit like driving a car that has only a CD player and no way to rope in the playlist on your iDevice 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Peter Travers
Is it too much You bet But Saunders and Lumley are all about keeping the party going So grab your Bolly darlings and party on 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Chris Knight
Woe betide anyone who wanders into its big screen version without a thorough grounding in the show 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Nick Allen
Whether joking about the shallowness of the fashion industry or veering to an inverted riff on Some Like It Hot you can never say this romp doesn t go for it 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Kent Turner
It s like an all night bender that s occasionally diverting but one that will be forgotten the morning after 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Robert Horton
In American comedy however raunchy or wild the center is reliably soft Not so in British comedy 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Odessa Paloma Parker
Finding deep meaning and satisfaction from this story will be difficult but if it s style over substance you re after then you ll revel in the comedic chic 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Molly Eichel
It s such great fun to watch these incredible comedians inhabit these characters once more 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Sean P. Means
Some of the gags don t carry over well to this side of the pond who remembers Lulu Anyone and some of Eddie and Patsy s boozy antics aren t as funny as they were 20 plus years ago 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
James Berardinelli
It is at times very funny and its unwillingness to pull punches which it must be noted doesn t always work is bracing 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Moira MacDonald
Like so many small screen to big screen efforts Absolutely Fabulous The Movie isn t really a movie just a stretched out TV episode with a parade of cameos and boatloads of Champagne 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Tom Russo
Saunders Lumley and director Mandie Fletcher deftly lampoon vaping mindfulness and the trendiness of gender fluidity 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Mick LaSalle
Absolutely Fabulous becomes tiresome even if you really like Saunders and Lumley and even if you sometimes find yourself smiling in advance as if willing the jokes to be funny 
1
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Michael Phillips
The jokes about washed up worn out social climbers and boozehounds feel a decade or so out of date and I found Eddy s self loathing streak to be wanly pathetic as opposed to touchingly sardonic 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Stephanie Merry
Within the first few minutes Edina and Patsy have tripped fumbled or flailed a half dozen times It s tiresome but not nearly as painful as the seemingly endless cameos 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Sometimes when you get together with old friends you can t remember what you ever had in common Ultimately much of the film falls as flat as an open bottle of Bolly 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Bill Zwecker
It s the relentless mugging outrageous schtick and otherwise hilarious antics of this dynamic duo that make this movie a very fun romp 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Linda Barnard
These vain and fickle gals enthusiastic early adopters of train wreck comedy and masters of all manner of walks stumbles and crawls of shame make a for a fine summer diversion 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Michael Smith
It really is Absolutely Fabulous to see the girls again even if we won t remember anything about the movie by the next morning 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Sara Stewart
On the whole it s a pitch perfect love letter to Ab Fab devotees As for newcomers My advice See it after a couple of Stolis darling and you ll be just fine 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Gabe Hartwig
As a movie based on a TV show Ab Fab succeeds The characters are still familiar and funny and plenty of heart shines through their booze soaked exteriors 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Eric Henderson
There s something to be said for a summer movie that offers up Chris Colfer as an unapologetic misogynist hairdresser 
2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Rick Bentley
It all comes down to how beautifully Lumley and Saunders bring their characters to life They have had so many years to play the roles that they come across as more of a second skin than an acting job 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Katie Walsh
A big bright and viciously bold celebration of funny flawed women and the friendship that sustains them 
3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Stephen Whitty
If you re a truly mad AbFab fan definitely go Just be sure to bring your best chums with you and smuggle in enough Stoli for everyone sweetie darling 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Roger Moore
Just say YES darlings 
2.5
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Connie Ogle
Revisiting Edina and Patsy wasn t a bad idea especially not since there s even more celebrity nonsense to poke fun at these days but another short TV season might have been a better format 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Rick Groen
Unfolding slowly then building in momentum like the hymns themselves this entire sequence is tremendously affecting 
3
Merry Christmas
Matt Soergel
A compelling war what is it good for film a simple empathetic story based on a real event 
3
Merry Christmas
Christy Karras
The scenes portray a sense of innocence made all the more affecting by the fact that we know the war went on for years afterward and a good and true example of why we d fight a lot fewer wars if regular people made those decisions 
3
Merry Christmas
Mattias Frey
Despite maudlin moments however it musters its fair share of irony The film may be a Euro pudding but it s tastier than most 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Mark Moring
This true story seems like it can only be explained as a God thing and indeed how else could something so extraordinary take place without divine intervention 
3
Merry Christmas
Robert W. Butler
The story speaks to universal human emotions that transcend country and culture 
3.5
Merry Christmas
Rob Thomas
Carion s faith in his fellow man and you sense that wherever they are in the world they re his fellow man is a touching dose of Christmas cheer that s unexpectedly welcome in mid May 
3
Merry Christmas
Jeff Vice
One of the few movies where its sentimentality actually works in its favor 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Marty Mapes
Not a subtle movie Nevertheless the message is noble moving and worthwhile 
2.5
Merry Christmas
John Beifuss
A remarkable episode in the bloody history of what is still referred to with increasingly sickening irony as the war to end all wars 
3
Merry Christmas
Forrest Hartman
Today s audience might find it hard to believe soldiers could shoot each other one day and play soccer together the next Alas this happened and Carion s screenplay is smart enough to make us believe even in the 21st century 
4
Merry Christmas
Lawrence Toppman
Unexpectedly moving 
3
Merry Christmas
Terry Lawson
Its noble intentions do not negate its lumpy ordinariness 
2
Merry Christmas
Carrie Rickey
A poignant and rousing carol for peace 
3
Merry Christmas
Duane Dudek
A microcosm of humanity whose members are more alike than not 
3
Merry Christmas
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately it fades away quickly from memory a sad fate for a good story 
2
Merry Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
If only the other two thirds book ending these moments weren t so regrettably forgettable 
2
Merry Christmas
Jeff Strickler
The story s factual weight compensates for the film s schmaltzy telling We might grimace at some of the movie s machinations but it s hard not to be moved by the humanity it depicts 
3
Merry Christmas
Chris Hewitt
The story in Joyuex Noel is true The movie is not 
2
Merry Christmas
Laura Kelly
The breathtaking heartbreaking Joyeux Nol picks up where the poets of World War I left off gleaning a poetic pause of humanity amid the interminable horror of that war 
4
Merry Christmas
Peter Howell
A beautifully lensed and acted European co production that blends historical fact with sentimental drama to forge a powerful anti war statement 
3
Merry Christmas
James Berardinelli
It makes for a fascinating exploration of the human experience 
3
Merry Christmas
Kelly Borgeson
The scenes of camaraderie among the soldiers are moving and despite its weaknesses there is something in Noel that resonates given our current political climate 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Michael Wilmington
Carion has given it exactly the qualities that often appeal most strongly to moviemakers and humanists social breadth warmth humor sympathetic characters and a passionate sense of justice 
3.5
Merry Christmas
Mick LaSalle
Images of WWI are terrible but shadowy and distant and it takes an extraordinary film on the order of Joyeux Noel to make it all suddenly vital immediate and human 
3
Merry Christmas
David Elliott
This moving respite is their gesture that humans face to face can survive humanly 
3
Merry Christmas
Wesley Morris
It s hard not to admire the film s sense of nobility It s harder not to find the movie dull 
2
Merry Christmas
Roger Ebert
Joyeux Noel has its share of bloodshed but the movie is about a respite from carnage 
3
Merry Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When the men unite over common Christmas carols it feels like a happy ending but the film goes on with more happy and bittersweet endings for an hour more 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Jeanne Aufmuth
Weaves a manipulative spell around the concept of universal goodwill 
3
Merry Christmas
Pam Grady
This is only Carion s second feature he s an engineer turned filmmaker but he displays a fine command in juggling a large international cast 
3.5
Merry Christmas
Lisa Rose
It tells an evocative story that withstands the sentimentality of the film making 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Kyle Smith
The true story here is so astonishing that there was no need for the film to resort to obvious dialogue the characters keep spelling out what we have just seen or heavy handed characters 
3
Merry Christmas
Jami Bernard
You can t go wrong with an uplifting anti war story like this but director Christian Carion trowels on the schmaltz 
2
Merry Christmas
Bob Strauss
The movie doesn t say much beyond the usual bromides about war being terrible and how all soldiers are brothers under their different uniforms But obvious and predictable as the dramatization often is at least it tells a story worth knowing 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Steve Rhodes
Highly manipulative has a chaplain renounce his God by throwing his own cross on the ground Gag 
2
Merry Christmas
Peter Canavese
Carion old fashions the true story of the 1914 Christmas truce into sentimental melodrama it s easy to imagine the story being told more effectively with less labor 
2.5
Merry Christmas
Claudia Puig
The fraternal atmosphere speaks powerfully of the triumph of the human spirit 
3.5
Merry Christmas
Ed Gonzalez
The film s Capraesque centerpiece is built from a series of fuzzily developed narrative threads and flip pieces of ominous detail 
1.5
Bailey's Billions
Peter Howell
It s an outbreak of the dreaded Talking Animal Syndrome the most feared of kid flick contagions 
1.5
Bailey's Billions
Jennie Punter
When it comes to dog movies Air Bud s basketball court antics are more satisfying entertainment than Bailey s moving lips 
2
Amu
John Anderson
Shot with remarkable confidence and an understated eloquence 
3
Amu
Bob Strauss
A work of evident passion and outrage Amu is also remarkable for its humanism and persuasive natural presentation 
3
Amu
Maitland McDonagh
Though undermined by uneven performances preachy digressions and a handful of clunky scenes it s nonetheless compelling on a personal level 
2.5
Amu
V.A. Musetto
Fails to grab the imagination as it unfolds in familiar TV movie fashion 
1.5
Amu
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Bose has a genuine gift for atmosphere making the many wordless scenes in teeming streets and on crowded trains the movie s best 
2.5
Amu
Susan Walker
Director Bose embeds her history lesson in a drama with authentic emotional mother daughter conflict 
3
Amu
Liam Lacey
Good intentions do eventually trump mediocre drama and the climactic flashbacks of the riots as Sikhs are torn out of homes and trains by murderous mobs are the stuff of nightmares 
2.5
Sprinter
Roger Moore
Likable enough but after breaking out of the blocks the picture gets gassed by the midway mark The best it can do after that is not win or place but just show 
2
Sprinter
Shane Slater
Plot threads play out in mostly expected ways But Saulter elevates the material through the specificity of its Jamaican context 
3
Traffik
Dustin Putman
Even if in form Traffik is little more than a crowd pleasing B movie with ultra slick production values it is an undeniably arresting one with a deeper purpose beyond its polished surface 
3
Traffik
Linda Cook
Traffik is a serviceable thriller 
2
Traffik
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Traffik gets off to a decidedly and palpably underwhelming start 
1.5
Traffik
Roger Moore
Melodramatic cliched but at least they got their glossy their barely clad Paula Patton shots in 
1.5
Traffik
Odie Henderson
There isn t an honest moment in all 96 minutes of Traffik 
.5
Traffik
Chuck Bowen
Deon Taylor seems uncomfortable with the escalating relentlessness of a siege film eventually splitting Traffik off into a variety of other tangents and genres diluting the potent subtext at the film s center 
1.5
Traffik
Mark Dujsik
Traffik is a thriller that takes its sweet time getting to the thrills 
1.5
Four Lions
Mattie Lucas
A clever and original comedy that above all refuses to let the terrorists win 
3
Four Lions
Roger Moore
Home grown jihadists as wankers How very British 
3
Four Lions
Brandy McDonnell
From its spectacular sight gags to its riotously memorable dialogue the British definitely curse with more flair than Americans Morris Four Lions is a smart comedy about the stupidity of terrorism 
3.5
Four Lions
Eric Melin
It is a biting laugh out loud funny satire that dares to poke fun at Jihadi terrorists and one of the blackest funniest comedies in recent memory 
3.5
Four Lions
Rob Thomas
Is it insensitive Jaw droppingly so But it s also tremendously funny and after years of achingly serious movies about the War on Terror it can t help but feel cathartic to unleash a few belly laughs at the whole mess 
3.5
Four Lions
Stephen Cole
Morris s new comedy has a provocative ticklish premise five North England Muslims become suicide bombers but can t decide who or what to take with them 
2
Four Lions
Peter Howell
It s difficult to imagine a movie this boldly provocative about the underworld of violent jihad much less one that actually inspires laughter 
3
Four Lions
Rene Rodriguez
The film wisely doesn t try to explore the roots of religious fanaticism and how it can manifest as murder Instead it simply accepts the world as it is and focuses on the ridiculous 
3
Four Lions
Marty Mapes
A comedy about inept suicide bombers
3
Four Lions
Mike Scott
It proves that everthing is a laughing matter Think of this as a Condition Orange comedy 
3
Four Lions
Lisa Kennedy
Four Lions is more interesting than riotous Consider it an example a well paced clever and understated compassionate example of a filmmaker wrestling with fear 
2.5
Four Lions
Matt Soergel
An absurdist satire that s smart enough to follow its deluded losers all the way to the bloody end 
3.5
Four Lions
David Lewis
Four Lions is a daring brilliantly conceptualized film but like the bumbling bombers of the title the execution tends to be hit and miss 
2
Four Lions
Roger Ebert
It s an exceedingly dark comedy a wicked satire a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains It s fueled by both merriment and anger 
3
Four Lions
Scott Nash
Brilliantly funny one of best comedies of the year 
4
Four Lions
Sara Michelle Fetters
While it isn t entirely successful beginning to end the film has just enough on its mind and offers up more than enough laughs to make up for its shortcomings 
3
Four Lions
Ethan Alter
Four Lions isn t just the funniest movie of the year it s also one of the smartest 
3.5
Four Lions
V.A. Musetto
The director Chris Morris has been successfully making TV and radio comedies for 20 years But he falters in this his first feature He s taken what might make a funny sketch and forced it to run more than an hour and a half 
1
Four Lions
Stephanie Merry
The movie falters with an inconsistent tone 
2
Four Lions
John Hartl
An ambitious uneven new farce that dares to mock the motives and personalities of four suicide bombers who plan to attack the London Marathon 
2.5
Four Lions
Steven Rea
When it works and it doesn t half the time it s as if Monty Python were back putting its merrily imbecilic stamp on the dark world of terrorism 
2.5
Four Lions
Ty Burr
A brazenly comic fatally inconsistent romp that tries to destroy radical fundamentalism with ridicule 
2
Four Lions
Betsy Sherman
Four Lions is well acted and the dialogue is howlingly funny 
3
Four Lions
Nick Schager
Four Lions would like to be scandalous the best it can manage is being intermittently amusing 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Nick Rogers
Ambushing audiences isn t easy for an actor like Anthony Hopkins from whom we ve come to expect shouting routines But he propels this biopic past familiar fish out of water beats with a vibrant wily unpredictable joie de vivre not seen since Nixon 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Jonathan R. Perry
Hopkins presides as such an engaging old coot it seems criminal to point out flaws in the film which rarely tries to be more than a Kiwi version of The Straight Story 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Rob Thomas
Seeing the usually elegant Hopkins with unkempt hair and grease under his fingernails is truly a sight to behold 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
David N. Butterworth
Its lousy title notwithstanding Indian is a winning character study of a crusty curmudgeon played to the handlebars by Anthony Hopkins 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Lawrence Toppman
The World s Fastest Indian brings a simplified implausible and often untrue version of a story worth hearing but I recommend it to anyone who needs proof that people past 60 have dreams skills and or sex lives 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Forrest Hartman
A film for anyone who likes to walk away from the theater inspired 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
John Beifuss
Surprisingly Donaldson makes this movie about a speed demon work by adopting the philosophy of the tortoise not the hare Slow and steady wins the race 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Matt Brunson
Yet another uplifting movie inspired by a true incident 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Duane Dudek
The laid back result may not set any land speed records but it is heck on wheels 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Eric Melin
basically this is Days of Thunder crossed with Pee Wee s Big Adventure 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Lori Hoffman
You ll be glad you came along for the ride 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Jonathan W. Hickman
Hopkins performance seems to embody the heart and sole of the man the character and the legend 
4
The World's Fastest Indian
Thomas Delapa
Runs on a rich performance by Hopkins Despite a few speed bumps you can just sit back and enjoy the ride 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Jeffrey Westhoff
Donaldson never raises the stakes high enough for the audience to empathize with Munro just to be amused by him 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Jeanne Aufmuth
Roger Donaldson crafts his little movie that could with an eye towards maximum inspiration 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Mike McGranaghan
Anthony Hopkins gives a performance that stands among his best and the film has a quiet straightforward style of storytelling that appealed to me 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Marty Mapes
Hopkins is unable to raise this movie above its flat featureless plot 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Moira MacDonald
For a film that s ultimately about speed it could use a little more zip 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Mick LaSalle
The World s Fastest Indian might be the world s worst title for a charming slice of life biopic starring Anthony Hopkins 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
David Elliott
The World s Fastest Indian is a total charmer one of those salt of life stories drawn from fact inflected by humor and given robust respect by all involved 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Robert W. Butler
The World s Fastest Indian is lightweight stuff but despite the clichés it s an enjoyable ride 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Amy Biancolli
The film may be cutesy poo for some tastes and there isn t much nail chewing suspense in Burt s pursuit or his lighthearted subjugation of everyone he meets But man and motor sickle sneaked up and beguiled me so all I could do was hop on 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Terry Lawson
Without apology Munro s story has been embellished and romanticized right to the edge of cornball where it manages to make a hairpin turn and restore its balance 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Jeff Vice
Like the 1920 Indian motorcycle that Munro races the film sputters a bit as it starts out But it slowly gains speed and momentum earning a kinship to David Lynch s similarly winning and low key film The Straight Story 1999 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Randy Myers
The inspirational road picture The World s Fastest Indian hitches a ride on the charm of its star Anthony Hopkins 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Janice Page
History dictates that you know how the story ends Still the heart beats no less fast when you watch Munro s Indian rocketing across those salt flats You can see how it might be enough to justify a journey halfway around the world 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Sean P. Means
Hopkins performance more sprightly and less self conscious than you would expect from a 68 year old actor with a knighthood embodies Munro s bubbly enthusiasm for speed 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Daniel M. Kimmel
Donaldson lets Hopkins be the twinkly cute old man without turning this into a Kiwi version of Miracle on 34th Street 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Willie Waffle
I imagine a double feature of this and Glory Road could even make Chuck Norris cry
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hopkins is up to the task and it s his most fully rounded performance in years 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Jeff Strickler
The inspiring true story The World s Fastest Indian should be mandatory viewing for anyone who has ever said I m getting too old for this 
4
The World's Fastest Indian
Chris Hewitt
You could go see The World s Fastest Indian or you could pick up one of those tiny inspirational books they sell at the check out stands of mega bookstores Same diff 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Laura Kelly
Writer director Roger Donaldson s two hour plus film is a sterling valentine to real life eccentricity personal dedication and nuts and bolts ingenuity 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Matt Pais
You d need to have a wheel loose not to be inspired by a man whose fearless dedication teaches everyone he meets to just enjoy the ride 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Michael Wilmington
These days when movies often fatuously exploit youth and condescend to age it s refreshing to see something like Roger Donaldson s picaresque action movie The World s Fastest Indian 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Roger Ebert
The World s Fastest Indian is a movie about an old coot and his motorcycle yes but it is also about a kind of heroism that has gone out of style 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Phil Villarreal
You thought you knew Anthony Hopkins but you haven t seen nothin until you ve experienced the man doing a celebratory jig or straddling a crotch rocket down the coast at high speeds 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Ross Anthony
First this Indian is a motorcyle Second while ironically a little slow in places and schmaltzy at times too the cinematography acting script are warm and sound top notch 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Steve Rhodes
You should set your own land speed record to see this crowd pleaser of a production 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Peter Travers
Even a nice chianti couldn t help you wash down this lump of tear jerking twaddle 
2
The World's Fastest Indian
Bob Strauss
It s a different approach to drama I ll give it that But it s not a very dramatic one 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Ken Fox
Hopkins resists his inclination to overplay and turns out one of his most endearing performances in years 
3.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Lou Lumenick
Hopkins larger than life performance as the crusty and crafty Burt rivets your attention for two solid hours in this most entertaining labor of love 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
James Berardinelli
The World s Fastest Indian does what it sets out to do educates about a mostly unknown historical figure without doctoring the facts too much entertains and uplifts 
3
The World's Fastest Indian
Jan Stuart
If you ve not jumped onto the daisy chain of Burt Munro cheerleaders by the film s siss boom bah climax you ll probably end up toasting in the holidays with the Ghost of Christmas Past 
2.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Nick Schager
There s no moment during this true life Little Codger That Could tale that doesn t drip with unabashedly calculated schmaltz 
1.5
The World's Fastest Indian
Walter Chaw
No mystery why Hopkins climbed on board the only mystery is why anyone else did 
1
The Tenth Circle
David Nusair
ultimately unable to shake its origins as a made for Lifetime television production 
2
D.L. Hughley: Unapologetic
Kam Williams
The basic question you need to ask yourself in approaching this comedy conceert comes down to whether you want to set yourself up to listen to mean spirited and crude jokes you might be embarrassed to admit made you laugh in polite company 
3
The Garden of Allah
John Hartl
Just another contract player time killer 
2
The Garden of Allah
Bob Strauss
Nothing new in writer director Jason Freeland s Garden Party then nor anything particularly insightful about the mercenary business of getting by and ahead out here 
2.5
The Garden of Allah
Maitland McDonagh
It s familiar stuff if you ve sampled the vast body of work devoted to LA dammerung 
1.5
The Coed and the Zombie Stoner
Mike McGranaghan
Even whacked out of your mind on weed this would still be painfully laborious to sit through 
0
The Headhunter's Calling
David Nusair
an often painfully conventional concoction that does for the most part fare reasonably well 
2.5
The Headhunter's Calling
Rex Reed
Suffers from sentimental overload and a tidal wave of conscience searching clichs 
2
The Headhunter's Calling
Matt Zoller Seitz
Not great not terrible mostly bearable occasionally insufferable you might watch it all the way through if you were tucked into a blanket on a couch and weren t so thirsty hungry or in need of a bathroom break that you felt compelled to get up 
2
The Headhunter's Calling
Mark Dujsik
A t a certain point we simply start to believe that Dane is a bad guy through and through 
1.5
The Headhunter's Calling
Roger Moore
A melodramatic slog with the worst written sex scene in modern screen history 
1.5
Evil Lives
Michael Dequina
Proof positive or negative depending on how you look at it of the title s truth is this horror show in more ways than one 
0
The Art of Flight
Nick Schager
An aesthetic showcase whose repetitive nature winds up diminishing the excitement of its breathtaking feats of mountainous flight 
1.5
Happy Christmas
Frank Ochieng
The gift giving in Happy Christmas is predicated upon breezy disillusionment personal and professional malaise and the underscoring of being unfulfilled Alas Happy Christmas certainly will not leave any unwanted coal in your holiday stocking 
3
Happy Christmas
John Beifuss
Two year old Jude Swanberg a ham as chubby as a sausage deserves at least a few Best Supporting Actor votes 
2.5
Happy Christmas
Robert Levin
The actors are likable and smart imbuing the movie with tension derived from real life experiences 
3.5
Happy Christmas
Stephen Whitty
The script doesn t just leave things unsaid but unnoticed and the film s conclusion isn t much more than a half hearted well yeah whatever 
2
Happy Christmas
Mick LaSalle
A slightly above average example of a kind of movie and of a trend within movies that needs to be encouraged 
3
Happy Christmas
Jen Chaney
If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decides to add an Oscar category called Best Performance by a Toddler in an Indie Film Directed by His Own Father Jude Swanberg would easily smoke any precocious competition 
3
Happy Christmas
Farran Smith Nehme
When a 2 year old walks off with a film it s a sign the adults could have used some higher stakes 
2.5
Happy Christmas
Rex Reed
Mr Swanberg is not a total amateur but he is called a doodler for obvious reasons all of them on red alert here 
2
Happy Christmas
Chuck Bowen
Joe Swanberg s films have grown into a reliable relief from the competitive dehumanizing freneticism of much of American culture marked as they are by an affirming and understated sense of decency 
3.5
Happy Christmas
Sam Fragoso
An enervating and voyeuristic snapshot of familial discontentment 
1
Happy Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Characters appear to be working out their thoughts as they speak rather than reciting something they ve already concluded 
3
Happy Christmas
Susan Wloszczyna
Swanberg is smart enough to let female interaction be the driving force behind Happy Christmas 
2.5
Happy Christmas
Steven Rea
Happy Christmas examines in its shambling way the challenges facing dual career couples as they become parents 
2
Happy Christmas
Claudia Puig
A gently funny ensemble comedy that feels less like a movie than a short story 
3.5
Happy Christmas
Michael Phillips
Happy Christmas leans hard on the ensemble s exploratory attempts at ad hoc dialogue so that you find yourself providing alternative snatches of banter in your head just to speed things up a little 
2
Happy Christmas
Matt Pais
Sweet and funny and always rings true 
3
Happy Christmas
Roger Moore
Compact well acted lightly amusing and warm
3
Boiling Point
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was drawn in by its furious energy and by Stephen Graham s rich tightrope walking portrayal 
3.5
Boiling Point
Mark Dujsik
D irector Philip Barantini capturing everything in a single take stages all of the comings and goings with an impressive degree of verisimilitude 
3
Boiling Point
Randy Myers
You ll feel like you ve been tenderized like a tough flank steak afterwards 
3
Banished
Ken Fox
This crucially important documentary from filmmaker Marco Williams examines three cases in particular and raises some difficult questions about what can be done in the present to make up for the crimes of the past 
3.5
Banished
Rob Humanick
Banished effectively evokes the manner in which events of the past are carried into the present via cultural traditions artifacts and unspoken local histories 
2.5
Banished
Kam Williams
They say The South has changed but you wouldn t know it from this jaw dropping shocker you have to see to be believe 
4
Zappa
Sean P. Means
What Winter brings is a solid appreciation of Zappa s music particularly his lesser known orchestral creations and the singular passion that went into making it 
3
Zappa
Jay Horton
So much of his life story feels sufficiently compelling if only the nonstop miasma of footage would get out of its own way 
2
Zappa
Anita Katz
The sum total is a justifiably sprawling and almost never dull consideration of a unique and complicated artist 
3
Zappa
Lisa Trifone
The most fascinating moments in Zappa are when Winter lets the subject speak for himself 
3
Zappa
Peter Sobczynski
A complex and surprisingly satisfying portrait of an artist who defiantly marched to the beat of a different drummer or two 
3.5
Zappa
Mark Dujsik
It s an extensive film but somehow it never feels as if it s taking on too much or shortchanging certain aspects of Zappa 
3
Zappa
Mike McGranaghan
More than just a standard biography the movie paints a portrait of its subject as a figure of immense creativity 
3.5
Zappa
Ty Burr
Roughly chronological in shape there s a charming wealth of home movies from Zappa s childhood and adolescence Zappa spends much time with the early Mothers of Invention of the mid to late 1960s 
3
Zappa
Peter Canavese
A deep dive feast for Zappa fans 
3.5
Zappa
Ann Hornaday
Winter gives Zappa pride of place among the most important composers of the 20th century sharing some extraordinary performances of his little known classical work 
3
Zappa
Katie Walsh
In Zappa this legendary artist s uncompromising nature is bracing bold and utterly refreshing 
3.5
Zappa
Roger Moore
Perhaps the most thorough Zappa screen biography to come along and that s acknowledging how hopeless the job of making The Compleat Zappa bio doc is 
3
Zappa
Chris Barsanti
The documentary is determined not to be a typical rock god story with predictable rise and fall arcs 
3
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Henry Sheehan
As a tragedian Allen is still stuck in some sort of high school classroom cribbing the form but never the substance of vaunted classics 
1
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Brian Eggert
Woody Allen has not made a Hollywood movie he has made an important work of art that raises existential and moral questions 
4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Peter Canavese
Nervy and unnerving arguably the purest expression of Allen s cinematic vision Blu ray 
4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
James Kendrick
Like Spike Lee s Do the Right Thing it is designed to inspire discussion rather than solve problems 
4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Roger Ebert
The movie generates the best kind of suspense because it s not about what will happen to people it s about what decisions they will reach 
4
Big Fish
Nick Rogers
Reliant more on powerful familial emotions than wacky splendor Big Fish treads as close to our real world as Tim Burton ever could a melancholy dissection of paternal distance and never truly knowing how many lives those we love can truly affect 
4
Big Fish
Joe Lozito
Unfortunately up until the end the tall tales are far more interesting than reality 
2.5
Big Fish
Sara Michelle Fetters
As we grow older we understand that these little white lies this expansion of the truth tells just as much about our parents as the actual non fiction aided history does 
4
Big Fish
Judith Egerton
Burton is partial to characters named Edward 
2.5
Big Fish
Forrest Hartman
Burton is masterful at transporting us to the edges of our imaginations and the world he 8217 s created here is so appealing one wishes it existed 
3.5
Big Fish
Wesley Lovell
Burton created a film that fits perfectly into the American psyche 
3.5
Big Fish
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Burton shows the rivalry between father and son but not the rancor which seems to fit with the film s calm lyricism But the father son conflict is meant as the dramatic crux and a forceful actor would have given it some much needed bite 
2
Big Fish
Ian Mantgani
The story of the movie is disjointed and unaffecting and what we remember are all the little moments for their visual splendour their joyful flights of fancy 
2.5
Big Fish
Austin O'Connor
If you can get past the murky structure the movie has more than its fair share of charms 
3
Big Fish
Lori Hoffman
the disquieting clash of styles ultimately makes Big Fish a movie you 8217 ll toss back 
2
Big Fish
James Kendrick
delights in Burton s quirky sense of humor love of outsiders and visual inventiveness
3.5
Big Fish
Ross Anthony
Imaginative heartwarming fun serendipitous charming this film will swallow you hook line and sinker 
3.5
Big Fish
Mike McGranaghan
A good movie but Tim Burton doing whimsical is not quite as interesting as Tim Burton doing dark and twisted 
3
Big Fish
Paul Povse
Burton has a big payoff up his sleeve In a movie practically schizophrenic in mood he manages to present the inevitability of death with a touching beauty and elegance 
3
Big Fish
Tony Toscano
a magical movie sure to become a classic 
4
Big Fish
David N. Butterworth
Don t you mean Big Turkey Tim 
2
Big Fish
John Beifuss
A minnow of a movie camouflaged within the gaudy spines and barbels of some exotic species 
1.5
Big Fish
Robert W. Butler
Philippe Rousselot s cinematography and Dennis Gassner s production design conspire to create a magical alternative universe in which the mundane and the marvelous happily coexist 
3
Big Fish
Jeff Vice
Sentimental even a bit treacly but it s also appealing and full of warmth And it s probably Burton s best film 
4
Big Fish
Lawrence Toppman
Finney s a superb storyteller dominating the film as he lies immobile and McGregor has precisely the right blend of cockiness enthusiasm zeal and charm 
3
Big Fish
Sean P. Means
The annoying question becomes Why isn t this working better 
3
Big Fish
Jon Niccum
Few filmmakers know more about exaggeration than Tim Burton 
3.5
Big Fish
Phil Villarreal
The stories are gloriously soaked in Americana and as always in Burton films are visually lush and immaculately detailed 
4
Big Fish
Duane Dudek
You probably have to be stubborn and pragmatic to resist the film s quixotic appeals but I m in Crudup s camp Better to imagine a giant than to meet one 
2.5
Big Fish
Matt Brunson
For all its surface eccentricities this turns out to be one of Burton s most conventional works 
2.5
Big Fish
Bob Bloom
Big Fish is a three ring circus of sometimes outlandish situations and characters yet Burton makes it all seem so plausible that some part of you aches to accept 
3.5
Big Fish
Elias Savada
Tim Burton s latest flight into fantasy lands a near solid hook line and sinker as a whimsical family fable 
3
Big Fish
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Big Fish speaks directly from Burton s sensibility it may be the most personal film he s made yet 
4
Big Fish
James Verniere
A big bore which may come as a surprise to those familiar with the resumes of director Tim Burton and his cast 
2
Big Fish
Dustin Putman
Big Fish has heart and it has originality but its greatest attribute of all is its pure honesty 
3
Big Fish
Mick LaSalle
A long winded indulgence in tear and a smile whimsy 
1
Big Fish
David Elliott
An odd erratic charmer 
2.5
Big Fish
Chris Hewitt
Bold colors and weird twists create a sense that wondrous things can happen in an instant 
3
Big Fish
Phoebe Flowers
Better than anything Burton has made in years but it is never completely what a good story should be compulsively entertaining 
2.5
Big Fish
Moira MacDonald
Burton s fabled imagination runs wild with this material and Big Fish often achieves a whimsical poetic beauty 
3
Big Fish
Glenn Lovell
Clocking in at two hours it runs way too long for a flight of fancy packs a couple of false endings and a first for Burton feels flat and familiar like recycled Ray Bradbury 
2
Big Fish
Joe Baltake
A most companionable personable film and it marks Tim Burton s return to form 
3.5
Big Fish
Carrie Rickey
For me a Will who wishes she were an Edward the movie inspired by the Daniel Wallace novel is a minor classic 
3
Big Fish
Lisa Kennedy
A bountiful pleasure 
3.5
Big Fish
Roger Ebert
There is no denying that Will has a point The old man is a blowhard There is a point at which his stories stop working as entertainment and segue into sadism 
2.5
Big Fish
Wesley Morris
The picture s images linger 
2.5
Big Fish
Terry Lawson
Burton has not given his imagination such free rein since Edward Scissorhands and this stands with that and the equally generous Ed Wood as one of his best movies 
4
Big Fish
Erik Childress
We re set up for one of the grand emotional climaxes in this or any year The double duty of the finale is enough to bring any disbeliever around 
3.5
Big Fish
Jeffrey Westhoff
Burton s floundering has ended With Big Fish he finds a movie that allows him a much needed boost of maturity 
3.5
Big Fish
Linda Cook
Sometimes the telling of the tale is more important than the story itself 
3.5
Big Fish
Emily Blunt
Big Fish as with all director Tim Burton s film soirees assists in transporting us into that little crevice of our minds we d misplaced somewhere along the way 
4
Big Fish
Michael Wilmington
Big Fish is so strange and so literary that audiences seeking conventional fare may get impatient with it But it always takes effort to catch the big ones This one is worth it 
3.5
Big Fish
Timothy Knight
For Burton it ranks with Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands 1990 as one of the director s most emotionally satisfying films 
3
Big Fish
Shirley Klass
Words can t describe the characters and color that inhabit this film 
4
Big Fish
Glenn Kenny
Not just Burton s best film it s his least flawed it really does just bound along an exemplary and moving entertainment from start to finish 
4
Big Fish
Scott Nash
For once in a Tim Burton film the characters are more important than the art direction 
3.5
Big Fish
Rob Blackwelder
Like a child with a wonderful imagination Burton can extrapolate the extraordinary from the ordinary and through the conviction of his vision make us see it too 
3
Big Fish
Jeanne Aufmuth
Lacks credibility by pushing the delusory envelope 
2
Big Fish
Leigh Johnson
An original story and high production values courtesy of one of cinema s most original directors and his team make Tim Burton s Big Fish a good catch 
3
Big Fish
David Sterritt
Burton spices up the story with touches of his trademarked surrealism but they re swamped by the trickiness and sentimentality of John August s screenplay based on Daniel Wallace s novel 
2
Big Fish
Mike Clark
Big Fish takes a while to get its bearings but it gets better and better 
3.5
Big Fish
John Anderson
Big Fish flounders largely because Burton leaves out the meaning of the story which was about the seductive power of fiction In offering no meaning besides pictures Big Fish has no power at all 
2
Big Fish
Megan Lehmann
There are quirks aplenty in Big Fish but spirited performances from a talented cast led by a standout Finney as the slippery fish raconteur help domesticate the wall to wall weirdness 
3.5
Big Fish
Jack Mathews
The movie has a great deal of charm and several good performances but it is the son s judgmental doggedness that sets the story in motion and leads to its mawkish conclusion It s a hurdle I couldn t get over 
2.5
Big Fish
Steve Rhodes
Works sporadically but then falls into another long lull 
2
Big Fish
Glenn Whipp
Big Fish is Tim Burton s masterpiece 
4
Big Fish
James Berardinelli
Big Fish is a clever smart fantasy that targets the child inside every adult without insulting the intelligence of either 
3
Big Fish
Walter Chaw
In love with telling tales and the transplant heart of the United States 
3
Big Fish
David Nusair
By the time the end credits roll around there s a distinct possibility that male audience members will find themselves shedding a tear or two 
3.5
Big Fish
Ed Gonzalez
Big Fish is love and death Burton style 
4
Big Fish
Peter Travers
Director Tim Burton finally hooks the one that got away a script that challenges and deepens his visionary talent 
3.5
Grindhouse
Mattie Lucas
An outrageously entertaining slam bang double feature
3
Grindhouse
Lucius Gore
Hopefully Rodriguez and Tarantino will make more of these 
4
Grindhouse
Roger Ebert
Grindhouse is both impressive and disappointing From a technical and craft point of view it is first rate from its standing in the canon of the two directors it is minor 
2.5
Grindhouse
Wesley Lovell
An intriguing package of faux trailers and senseless violence Rarely is there a film that is so unquestionably enjoyable Might give the 70s grind house flicks a good name 
3.5
Grindhouse
Jeffrey Westhoff
The numbness of sitting through nearly two hours of dreck isn t all that kills the momentum going in to Death Proof 
2.5
Grindhouse
Lori Hoffman
Grindhouse is more fun than an army of toxic zombies or a shapely severed leg hitting the highway with a thump 
3.5
Grindhouse
Marty Mapes
Underneath the exploitation Tarantino and Rodriguez offer film lovers the gift of nostalgia
3.5
Grindhouse
Sean O'Connell
Two stars for Planet Terror three stars for Death Proof and four stars for the fake trailers means an average grade of three stars overall 
3
Grindhouse
Linda Cook
Here s a movie that certain film fans will love But that s a small segment of the film going community So even though I realize that aficionados of exploitation films will find this entertaining other film goers will find Grindhouse perverse and offe
3.5
Grindhouse
Susan Tavernetti
Packaging a three hour plus program may be daring but pairing a long running time with junk food cinema is enough to make you sick 
2.5
Grindhouse
Gina Carbone
It s sexy girl power mixed with frustrated male aggression played out at 100 miles per hour on a sunny day And it s fantastic 
3
Grindhouse
Matt Brunson
One s the bomb while the other s simply a bomb 
2.5
Grindhouse
Nick Rogers
A timed challenge for five directors to remove impale explode or gorily drip to the floor every body part possible Even if Tarantino eviscerates too much momentum at the midway point it s still a giddy ghastly blast 
3
Grindhouse
Bob Bloom
It is not the movies themselves that are great though the flesh eating zombie thriller by Rodriquez is the better of the two Rather it is the way they are presented 
3.5
Grindhouse
James Kendrick
a navel gazing exercise in nostalgia for a bygone era when trash cinema had its own lurid pedigree and roster of auteurs
3
Grindhouse
Claudia Puig
A rowdy jolt of quasi nostalgic escapism 
3
Grindhouse
Maitland McDonagh
Does it feel like the real thing No Is it an incredible simulation Yes it s pretty incredible 
3
Grindhouse
Mark Rahner
Shocking gore Excessive violence Gratuitous nudity Exploding pustules Hey maybe your childhood was different than mine 
3.5
Grindhouse
Bruce Newman
A weaponized adrenaline rush 
3
Grindhouse
David Elliott
Robert Rodriguez bakes a load of stale if bloody pastry called Planet Terror while Quentin Tarantino fries up a tasty mess of fun with Death Proof 
2
Grindhouse
Carla Meyer
You can see the love in every frame 
3
Grindhouse
Jack Mathews
Go I say and enjoy 
3.5
Grindhouse
Bruce Westbrook
A mixed bag of a popcorn flick where more proves to be less 
2.5
Grindhouse
Liam Lacey
If it stops feeling like entertainment then it must be art 
2.5
Grindhouse
Terry Lawson
Tarantino must get a kick hearing his fantasies come out of these mouths But for the first time here it seems more than a little creepy 
2
Grindhouse
Lisa Kennedy
One word however comes immediately to mind Fun 
4
Grindhouse
Richard Roeper
Taken as a whole two movies and a handful of trailers Grindhouse is pure popcorn fun 
2.5
Grindhouse
Kam Williams
A couple of hilarious high attrition rate horror parodies augmented by faux ads for four equally outrageous releases all adding up to a guaranteed treat for fans of those forgettable B flicks of the Fifties 
4
Grindhouse
Vince Koehler
Both features offered tons of action kung fu fighting comedy and over the top acting 
4
Grindhouse
Sean McBride
regular audiences might have trouble getting through the film s three plus hours of B movie excess 
3
Grindhouse
Mark Dujsik
The dragging plodding pace and creative misfire of Tarantino s movie is enough to put a big damper on the sum total of the Rodriguez Tarantino double feature experiment 
2.5
Grindhouse
James Berardinelli
Depending on your point of view this is either a nostalgic stroll through a cheesy slice of American pop culture or an attempt to provide a tongue in cheek reinvigoration of it Most likely it s a little of both 
3
Grindhouse
Glenn Whipp
Rodriguez to a fault delivers a zombie movie that lazily apes the exploitation handbook while Tarantino also to a fault gives us a gabby picture that is about as un grindhouse as you can get and still feature a killer stuntman 
2.5
Grindhouse
Mick LaSalle
The Rodriguez segment is terrific and shows a director in complete control of tone image and story 
3
Grindhouse
Geoff Pevere
As the best trash movies always reminded us the art is in what you do with the old ones 
3.5
Grindhouse
Jeff Vice
Grindhouse runs three plus hours and is simply too much of a good bad thing 
2.5
Grindhouse
Duane Dudek
If you can stomach Rodriguez s effort fear not you ll be rewarded with Tarantino s 
2.5
Grindhouse
Peter Canavese
Grindhouse isn t great cinema but it is a genuine event picture a rare good reason to venture out on a Friday night with a big crowd and the necessary wad of cash 
3
Grindhouse
Mike McGranaghan
It s the way Rodriguez Tarantino and their guests recreate an experience for you that really makes this one of the most inventive entertaining and incessantly cool movies of recent years 
4
Grindhouse
Frank Ochieng
Enthralling and exhilarating in its explosive camp driven excess Grindhouse is a combustible concoction that shamelessly stimulates the senses 
3
Grindhouse
Sean P. Means
The combination of films in Grindhouse proves to be true to the grungy grind house tradition Some cool stuff some icky stuff and lots of so so filler 
2.5
Grindhouse
Eric Melin
Taken as a whole Grindhouse is a deliriously entertaining night out at the theater This is one movie that absolutely won t have the same impact at home 
3.5
Grindhouse
John Beifuss
Death Proof s defiance of expectation is as much a part of the grindhouse legacy as bare breasts and bloody knives When the movie ends we realize Tarantino has lived up to the best tradition of his exploitation influences He s pulled a fast one 
3.5
Grindhouse
Matt Pais
Almost literally dripping with film buffs excitement over how far movies have come how far they haven t and the onscreen bits and pieces that will never go out of style 
3.5
Grindhouse
David Nusair
there s certainly no denying the effectiveness of Grindhouse as an overall experience one that virtually demands a viewing within the context of as large and enthusiastic a crowd as possible 
3
Grindhouse
Greg Maki
A wholly unique experience that absolutely must be taken in on the big screen to get the full effect 
4
Grindhouse
Daniel M. Kimmel
Rodriguez offers up Planet Terror a straight faced send up of a science fiction horror thriller Less satisfying is Tarantino s Death Proof 
3
Grindhouse
Jim Hemphill
An instant cult classic 
4
Grindhouse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Death Proof pays a good deal less attention to looking like an old film and spends more time actually being shocking and unusual 
2.5
Grindhouse
Michael A. Smith
a film destined to be a cult classic 
4
Grindhouse
Erik Childress
Despite the occasional bump n grind over its three hour plus running time there haven t been two films released in 2007 yet more worth your dollar 
3.5
Grindhouse
Willie Waffle
Any movie featuring the violent painful death of Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas gets extra kudos from me 
2.5
Grindhouse
Phil Villarreal
Their pastiches take the best of their nostalgic 1960s and 70s trash heap and reshape it into kitschy action comedies that stand as adoring monuments to the films that shaped their demented worldviews 
4
Grindhouse
Larry Ratliff
Too bad but this ambitious scratched and weathered venture never manages a real death grip on the senses 
2.75
Grindhouse
Dustin Putman
For the one of a kind experience all by itself it is not to be missed Narrowing in one s focus on the quality of what is offered it is more of a mixed bag 
2.5
Grindhouse
Walter Chaw
Too bad Tarantino didn t do the zombie pic too 
3
Grindhouse
Josh Larsen
offers plenty of film buff fun yet Rodriguez and Tarantino are in a sense limiting themselves 
3
Grindhouse
Robert W. Butler
Grindhouse has plenty of fun moments and with a running time of more than three hours you can t complain that you didn t get your money s worth But it only half works 
2.5
Grindhouse
Sara Michelle Fetters
Grindhouse may offer two films for the price of one but only the second end of this devilish double feature is actually worth the price of admission 
2.5
Grindhouse
Ty Burr
By the time Fergie is dismembered by zombies you know you re in good hands She tastes Fergalicious I m guessing 
3.5
Grindhouse
Lawrence Toppman
Cool Stupid Juiced up Feeble Stripped down Self indulgent Clever Sophomoric 
2.5
Grindhouse
Chris Hewitt
It is crazy pulpy fun some parts of it more than others but it has some of the flaws that dog each director s movies and at 191 minutes it gives audiences a bit too much of their money s worth 
3
Grindhouse
Gene Seymour
Even if it s all an aesthetic exercise it s an indulgence you don t regret 
3
Grindhouse
Michael Phillips
Grindhouse gives dumpster divers a chance to slum in the antiseptic safety of a multiplex 
3
Play for Today (Abigail's Party)
David N. Butterworth
Demis Roussos anyone 
3.5
Bad Education
Rob Thomas
Too delighted with its own cleverness 
2
Bad Education
Forrest Hartman
As complex a thriller as one will experience 
3.5
Bad Education
Sean P. Means
Garcia Bernal burns through Bad Education like a meteor lighting up Almod var s cherry red visions of movie passion and real life pain 
3
Bad Education
Steven Snyder
It s an irresistible enigma of a film
3
Bad Education
John Beifuss
Not as much a film of social protest as a sexually fluid update of a classic Hollywood mystery melodrama 
3.5
Bad Education
James Kendrick
the film stays grounded but there s always a slippery subtext of meta cinematic glee pushing at the seams
3
Bad Education
Duane Dudek
Pedro Almodovar has draped his trademark explosively visual palette and hard candy colors in the black crepe of film noir 
3
Bad Education
Larry Ratliff
Bad Education lacks the ample comic breathers Pedro Almodvar often brings to lessen his dramatic blow Perhaps this one hits too close to home to laugh off 
3.5
Bad Education
Terry Lawson
Even though Bad Education ultimately seems to escape the director s control there is no small amount of enjoyment in getting lost in its sexual philosophical house of mirrors 
3
Bad Education
David N. Butterworth
A rare disappointment from Almodvar perilously over the top gay chic coupled with an overly familiar condemnation of the Holy Catholic Church s blind eye towards pedophilia 
2
Bad Education
Chris Hewitt
The structure of Bad Education is complicated but there s a reason for it Each layer of the story is like a coat of paint that further clarifies the overall impression of the film 
3
Bad Education
Carrie Rickey
A masterful epic charting love s labyrinths 
3.5
Bad Education
Liam Lacey
His films are set designed to the teeth fastidiously framed and filled with beautiful bodies across the gender spectrum 
3
Bad Education
Geoff Pevere
An exercise in stylish seductive and cinematically self referential finesse 
2.5
Bad Education
Eric Harrison
Like all of Almodvar s films Bad Education takes the audience down unexpected roads and switchbacks 
3
Bad Education
Lisa Kennedy
Almodvar s most fiendishly crafted emotionally complicated film 
3.5
Bad Education
Josh Larsen
as tangled a piece of identity exploration as any Charlie Kaufman picture and often as fascinating 
3
Bad Education
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has the director s usual seriocomic voice perfectly balancing a tender love story with curdling tragedy using only the slightest touch But it goes deeper this time 
3.5
Bad Education
Robert K. Elder
If only Bad Education engaged the heart as much as the head Almodovar s fractured tale might have risen above its alienating noir conventions 
2.5
Bad Education
Susan Tavernetti
Always provocative and original this time Pedro Almodovar reinvents film noir spinning an intricate web of desire deceit mystery and murder from a queer Catholic sensibility 
3
Bad Education
Sara Michelle Fetters
Almodóvar has fashioned this story to his own twisted sensibilities and as such emerges as nothing less than a genius 
4
Bad Education
James Verniere
Stylish and intriguing 
3
Bad Education
Wesley Morris
A marvelously dirty ultimately heartbroken movie about among other things the instability of identities 
4
Bad Education
Moira MacDonald
A dazzling exercise in storytelling and a loving tribute to the power of cinema 
3.5
Bad Education
Carla Meyer
Intoxicating and flawed noir melodrama 
3
Bad Education
Rene Rodriguez
It s Almodvar s ode to obsessive love to artistic passion and to the cinema itself 
3.5
Bad Education
Roger Ebert
Almodovar wants to intrigue and entertain us and he certainly does proving along the way that Gael Garcia Bernal has the same kind of screen presence that Antonio Banderas brought to Almodovar s earlier movies 
3.5
Bad Education
Phoebe Flowers
Bolstered by a cast of Almodvar vets Bernal deftly brandishes a combination of sexual desperation and raw ambition 
3
Bad Education
Steve Rhodes
Almodvar gave me no education whatsoever good or bad His film just took up some of my time 
2
Bad Education
Rob Blackwelder
A wily passionate puzzle several layers deep in both personality and plot 
3
Bad Education
Glenn Whipp
A densely layered darkly funny look at the lies people tell themselves and others in order to make their fantasies come true 
4
Bad Education
Jeremy Heilman
It s ironic that the last image that Pedro Almodovar s Bad Education offers us is a close up of the Spanish word pasin because the film feels far too rarefied and precise for its own good 
3
Bad Education
Glenn Kenny
A dense audacious film in which layers of cinematic artifice lovingly camouflage at least for a while its characters dark damaged heart 
4
Bad Education
Jonathan W. Hickman
Where Talk To Her moved me in serious ways Education just sat there flat in all its twisted coolness 
2.5
Bad Education
John Anderson
Almodovar never stops maturing or losing his supreme mastery of the medium 
3.5
Bad Education
Peter Canavese
True to form Almodvar gets unimpeachable performances from his cast particularly Bernal and paints his frames with gleefully lurid strokes 
3.5
Bad Education
Pam Grady
Almodovar has taken the classic film noir and given it a new spin there are no gumshoes no smoking gun just one lone film director confronting humanity s black heart 
3.5
Bad Education
V.A. Musetto
Owes much to Bernal who stunningly portrays three distinct personalities 
4
Bad Education
Jami Bernard
Gloriously feverish ode to what drives us to do things great and terrible 
3.5
Bad Education
Peter Travers
A rapturous masterwork 
4
Bad Education
David Sterritt
Spain s most important living filmmaker isn t at his very best in this complicated tale but it raises still timely questions well worth pondering 
3
Bad Education
James Berardinelli
The performances are fine and there are occasional flashes of the kind of inspired direction we have come to expect from Almodvar but ultimately Bad Education must be considered to be a minor effort from a major director 
2.5
Bad Education
Ed Gonzalez
Almodvar s canvas like that of another hot blooded drama queen Federico Garca Lorca is one of uncensored emotion and pure energy 
4
Bad Education
David Nusair
it just feels like Almodovar is trying to do too much 
2.5
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Jaime N. Christley
Four Adventures uses a country mouse and city mouse template to explore the morality aesthetic sense urban and rural savvy and a host of other concerns 
3.5
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Frank Lovece
One of Eric Rohmer s most enchanting movies this episodic seriocomedy is a delightfully well observed look at a city girl country girl friendship that transcends movie stereotypes and clichs 
4
Chupacabra: Dark Seas
David Nusair
And then there s the chupacabra itself which couldn t possibly look more like a guy in a rubber suit 
2
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Mattie Lucas
De Sica demonstrates his considerable versatility by showing that he is just as adept at light comedy as he is at tragic social commentary 
3.5
Choose
Glenn Lovell
Some of the plotting feels trite erratic but overall I enjoyed this genre entry as much for Pollak s fussbudget sheriff as the memorably haunting denouement 
3
Choose
Sara Michelle Fetters
But the last third is a disaster everything that happens both asinine and illogical and by the time it was over I could have cared less about any of the characters their plight or if the killer was going to be stopped one smidgen of a single bit 
2
Naqaab
Namrata Joshi
Last year with 36 China Town I thought the duo had lost their touch With Naqaab they sink further How worse can it get next 
1
Sylvia
Richard Freedman
Pleasantly informative if dramatically rather dim 
2
The Desperate Hour
Erik Childress
A new low for pandemic era cinema that gives Naomi Watts plenty of time to get her exercise in but exploits school shootings for the cheapest of thrills and a lack of decorum in understanding or asking why 
1
The Desperate Hour
Kevin Carr
It takes an excellent actor to carry it For a good half of the movie Naomi Watts is carrying that struggle and she s compelling enough 
2.5
The Desperate Hour
Roger Moore
Whatever the logic of the piece Noyce makes every limitation the scenario presents him with an asset 
2.5
The Desperate Hour
Bill Chambers
Directed with anonymous gloss by the on again off again Phillip Noyce the film is many things a radio drama a one woman show a marathon but primarily it s an instant camp classic 
1
The Desperate Hour
Leo Brady
The final result is a valiant effort highlighted by an authentic performance by Watts but succumbing to the unrealistic lengths her character must go to stop the attack 
2
The Desperate Hour
Mike McGranaghan
A pervasive sense of cluelessness completely overshadows any good intentions 
1
The Desperate Hour
Mark Kennedy
It turns out watching an hour of Watts breathing heavily as she runs and gets more frantic her eyes ever widening isn t that much fun 
1
The Desperate Hour
Matt Zoller Seitz
A film where it s clear that everyone involved is operating at the peak of of their skills yet the whole is so misguided that the result is still awful 
1.5
The Desperate Hour
James Kendrick
Noyce manages to sustainjust barelyan entire feature film with Watts running texting and talking
3
The Desperate Hour
Mark Dujsik
Christopher Sparling s screenplay for The Desperate Hour is an unfortunate combination of two bad ideas 
1
The Desperate Hour
Mick LaSalle
The problem with The Desperate Hour is its use of a school shooting as the basis for a thriller 
2
The Desperate Hour
Derek Smith
The Desperate Hour s broad vague rendering of its characters is part and parcel of its troubling approach to its material 
0.5
The Desperate Hour
Siddhant Adlakha
The filmmaking works in and of itself but that The Desperate Hour feels so emotionally in tune with its lead actress is a feat all on its own 
3
The Desperate Hour
Dwight Brown
In this far fetched movie the biggest dose of reality is that an iPhone can t be recharged with an Android charger 
2
The Desperate Hour
Kent Turner
After a successfully involving setup the plot begins to strain credibility 
2
The Desperate Hour
Joey Magidson
No one moment does it but the final product is off in some real notable ways The way it approaches an all too real tragedy leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth 
2
The Desperate Hour
Johanna Schneller
The chance to say something new or revealing about school shooters is squandered and all the urgent reality runs out 
2.5
You Got Served: Beat the World
Paula Citron
There aren t enough parkour moves or frankly any stand out moves to elevate Fusion to the winner s circle 
2.5
You Got Served: Beat the World
Bruce DeMara
What do hip hop and rooftops have in common You ll have to go see Beat the World to find out Though you may discover it wasn t worth the effort 
1.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Brian Eggert
Prey at Night makes the audience feel everything it wants us to and what s more it outdoes the original in every way making for an unexpected satisfying slasher a rarity to be sure 
3.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Mattie Lucas
Conventional wisdom tells us that getting to know the characters will actually make us feel for them but the emotional connections it creates actively take away from the original s harrowing anonymity 
2.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Federico Furzan
Annoying characters are very uncommon these days This movie is full of them Unworthy sequel Full review in Spanish 
1
The Strangers: Prey at Night
John Hanlon
There are moments here that the film hints that it could be more than standard fare but it never truly delivers on that 
2.0
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Effective but derivative A gory movie with a good rock pop soundtrack included Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
1
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
This new escapade featuring the bloody handiwork of Dollface Pinup and The Man in the Mask is surprisingly easy to enjoy 
2.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Mike McGranaghan
Surprise surprise the sequel is good and a vast improvement on the original 
3
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Roger Moore
Dumber than dumb
1
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Mark Dujsik
An unexpected anomaly a sequel that both is better than and fixes the problems of its predecessor 
3.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
David Nusair
A mild improvement over its decent predecessor 
3
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Bruce DeMara
It would have helped immensely to have actors who could make us care about the awful things happening but one really can t blame any of them 
2
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Richard Roeper
When for the love of God are these Horror Movie Families going to LEARN 
2
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Dann Gire
Roberts directs Prey at Night as a bloody valentine to old school 70s and 80s movies Like villains in vintage mad slasher movies The Strangers franchise will not die easily Roberts has seen to that 
2.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Dustin Putman
Beautifully moody and evocatively sinister A haunting portentous and altogether electrifying dip into a maelstrom of raw nerve terror and poignant humanity 
3.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Keith Watson
The film is content to deliver a few jumpy thrills before slinking away into the night like one of its murderous marauders 
2.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Rafer Guzman
A slight improvement over the 2008 original which is not saying much 
1.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Michael O'Sullivan
The whole thing has the air of a cynical low quality knockoff of something that wasn t very good to begin with 
1.5
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Peter Hartlaub
The actions of the family in Prey at Night rarely acknowledge logic and often seem to be deliberately mocking common sense 
1
The Lennon Report
Mick LaSalle
The Lennon Report offers no special insights into Lennon or the country or that awful night but it does bring back the time It looks and feels like 1980 
3
Kiki's Delivery Service
Matt Brunson
Enjoyable 
3
Kiki's Delivery Service
David Nusair
The film s status as a top tier animated endeavor is baffling to say the least and it s ultimately difficult not to wonder what its ardent followers have embraced so passionately over the years 
2
Kiki's Delivery Service
Josh Larsen
a visual swoon over the delights of flight 
3
Kiki's Delivery Service
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the very best animated films ever made 
4
Kiki's Delivery Service
Walter Chaw
Marked by a delicious bittersweet quality as the story moves from parents losing a child to adolescence through to that child finding and losing first love in a strange city 
3
Max Steel
Roger Moore
Not an abortion Just a miscarriage 
1
Max Steel
Christy Lemire
A movie based on a toy should be a whole lot more fun than this 
.5
Home
Rob Thomas
The affecting and low key drama skips past the usual dramatic scenes of someone who has suffered a psychotic breakdown instead showing us the quieter but more convincing struggle of someone trying to piece his life back together afterwards 
3
The Bad Penny
Michael Dequina
It s hard to care 
1.5
The Bad Penny
Chuck Bowen
Knockdown is a tedious narrative shambles that s almost hilariously unaware of its racism and sexism 
0
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A dark engrossing and violent sequel 
3.5
The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim
Roger Moore
The prophet and founder of Happy Science must be counting on a lot of uncritical eyeballs and ears greeting his pan theistic messaging with minds untainted by the many movies this religious anime goulash was concocted from 
1
Splinterheads
V.A. Musetto
Splinterheads might suffice some late night on cable but that s about it 
1
Splinterheads
Nick Schager
Despite positioning itself as a Napoleon Dynamite style comedy about a spazzy social retard Splinterheads seems to have misplaced most of its jokes 
.5
Old Joy
Brian Eggert
It s an achingly sensitive film about two men quietly suffering in their own way yet each of them struggles to acknowledge the full extent of their yearning 
4
Old Joy
James Kendrick
film feels just right in the way it evokes the simple truths about human connection and disconnect and everything in between
3
Old Joy
Mattie Lucas
A buddy movie unlike any other a kind of meditative reflection on masculinity aging and male friendship that feels at once familiar and bracingly new 
3.5
Old Joy
Josh Larsen
Interesting but hardly the lo fi triumph its reputation suggests 
3
Old Joy
Robert W. Butler
Reichardt s low budget feature shot in one weekend with a skeleton crew quietly observes both men and passes judgment on neither It s a minimalist masterpiece 
3.5
Old Joy
Lisa Kennedy
Subdued artistic with beautifully nuanced performances that are as true as they are often elusive of commercial triumph 
3
Old Joy
Rob Thomas
There are whispers of bigger themes present the changing nature of friendship the co opting of 90s alternative culture into the mainstream but for the most part much of what you get out of the film depends what you bring to it 
4
Old Joy
Chris Hewitt
Old Joy a reticent delicate film is riveting because not much happens 
3.5
Old Joy
Duane Dudek
The meditative and absorbing real time pace suggests and perhaps was inspired by the cinema of Iran and its hardscrabble aesthetic and minimalist production values 
3.5
Old Joy
John Hartl
The characters stayed with me and I m glad I took a second look now that it s opening for a two week run at Northwest Film Forum This time around its sense of humor seemed much more effective as did its less is more style 
3
Old Joy
James Sanford
Although there s not much in the way of traditional drama in Old Joy there s always something going on if you re willing to pay close attention to the film s delicate details 
3
Old Joy
Jeff Vice
Though it s well intentioned and runs barely more than an hour this slowly paced character study gets tiresome in a hurry 
2
Old Joy
John Monaghan
The movie captures gorgeous mountain scenery with the simplicity of an Ozu film It also benefits from the naturalistic performances 
3
Old Joy
Phil Villarreal
Old Joy is as dull and doomed as the men s friendship 
2
Old Joy
Geoff Pevere
The real resonance of Reichardt s at once lean and profound little movie is that without saying anything directly it can seem to say so much 
3
Old Joy
Jason Anderson
Wise resonant and genuinely special 
3.5
Old Joy
Steven Rea
Old Joy s not going anywhere ness is a big part of its charm 
3
Old Joy
Jim Emerson
Like a great jazz musician Reichart understands that striking a single well placed note can resonate more profoundly than playing a splashy cascade of noise just because you can 
4
Old Joy
Michael Wilmington
Fresh as spring water and warm as sunlight it steeps us in the beauties we will always miss if we keep dividing the world into winners and losers 
3
Old Joy
Matt Pais
Mark has outgrown Kurt the way Kurt has outgrown his clothes but they re both happy for an escape each one numb from aging past simpler times that fostered their friendship 
3.5
Old Joy
Wesley Morris
The movie explores the increasingly coarse line between nostalgia and acceptance for the way things are without exclamatory revelation and uproarious self pity It s Sideways for realists 
3.5
Old Joy
Ruthe Stein
Slow moving but ultimately quite touching 
3
Old Joy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The difference between Old Joy and most other recent indies it matches its rhythms and visuals to its story rather than simply telling a story on film 
3.5
Old Joy
Glenn Whipp
Reichardt s beautiful contemplative movie is aching in the way it evokes loss and the alienation that often comes with adulthood 
2.5
Old Joy
Jack Mathews
Kelly Reichardt s minimalist buddy film about two former roommates on an overnight camping trip in Oregon s Cascade Mountains features some of the year s most beautiful scenery and two of its most wooden characters 
2
Old Joy
Jan Stuart
Every frame of Old Joy bespeaks a yearning for a more user friendly day when gas was less than 2 50 a gallon and there was always a used record store to unload your scratched vinyl 
3
Old Joy
Kyle Smith
Only the alt country score by Yo La Tengo makes any of this bearable 
1
Old Joy
Franny French
What results from all the lack of talk is so underdeveloped and reed thin as to be ungraspable 
2.5
Old Joy
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s as stodgy as it is inert the film about as invigorating and thought provoking as watching an episode of Gilligan s Island after drinking one too many Mojitos 
2
Old Joy
Nick Schager
Carefully accumulates and juxtaposes details to form an interconnected web of loneliness regret and longing for happier times gone by 
3.5
Arab Blues
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Farahani s charisma and the competent performance of the extended cast are the high points of this conventional but entertaining comedy 
1.5
The Rescuers Down Under
Beth Dunlop
Newhart and Gabor are truly delightful as Bernard and Miss Bianca The characters are tailored to their particular comedic talents so The Rescuers Down Under has a wry edge to it John Candy has his funny moments as well 
3
The Rescuers Down Under
Matt Brunson
Better than its predecessor 
2.5
The Rescuers Down Under
Peter Canavese
Tweaks the formula with a brisker pace and development of leading characters and action sequences Blu ray 
3
The Rescuers Down Under
Chris Hicks
Animated adventure doesn t get more rousing than this 
3.5
The Rescuers Down Under
Roger Ebert
The flight sequence and many of the other action scenes in this new Disney animated feature create an exhilaration and freedom that are liberating And the rest of the story is fun too 
3
Ask the Dust
Matt Pais
A lush ode to optimism opportunity and the American dream 
3
Ask the Dust
Marty Mapes
A pulpy hard boiled ironic tale but with a happy ending
2.5
Ask the Dust
Forrest Hartman
The characters are well drawn but their relationships are not making the viewing experience passive 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Carrie Rickey
Farrell and costar Salma Hayek have rarely been so affecting or so effective as self hating ethnics who find love 
3
Ask the Dust
Sean P. Means
The overwrought performances by Farrell and Hayek in a no holds barred duel of eyebrows turn this heat drenched drama into unintentional comedy 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Michele Kenner
Widely known as a script doctor Towne could have used one himself in bringing Fante s story to the screen 
2
Ask the Dust
Robert W. Butler
Utterly forgettable 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Jeff Vice
The film is an overwrought mess that you d almost swear was a parody if you didn t know better 
2
Ask the Dust
John Beifuss
Fante s novel comes to the screen as if dipped in butterscotch Its abrasive surface has been coated with a golden sticky glow 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Willie Waffle
You get to see Hayek naked and Ask The Dust still doesn t seem worth the price of admission 
1
Ask the Dust
Thomas Delapa
So hazy and uncertain it s more musty curio than must see Farrell couldn t play introspective if he were doing the role on a psychiatrist s couch 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Matt Brunson
Difficult to swallow are the heavy handed narrative developments that dominate the film s second half 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Steve Rhodes
Stay clear of movies like this one that are cast more for star power than for matches with the characters 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A sexy sensual romantic nostalgic adaptation of the novel 
3
Ask the Dust
Michael Phillips
not for all tastes but far from flavorless 
3
Ask the Dust
Wesley Morris
after an hour or so Ask the Dust seems to have said everything and the air starts to seep out of its hermetic atmosphere 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Roger Ebert
Ask the Dust requires an audience with a special love for film noir with a feeling for the loneliness and misery of the writer and with an understanding that any woman he meets will be beautiful 
3
Ask the Dust
Geoff Pevere
The fact is there s something sadly lifeless about Ask the Dust 
2
Ask the Dust
Moira MacDonald
As a film Ask the Dust is uneven as a labor of love it s a beauty 
3
Ask the Dust
Ruthe Stein
Farrell isn t living up to his hype He s inheriting the mantle from Andy Garcia as the world s oldest promising newcomer 
0.5
Ask the Dust
Peter Debruge
Fante would never approve governed as he was by a crushing fear of phoniness 
2
Ask the Dust
Terry Lawson
It is to the credit of Towne and his cast that Ask the Dust is able to convey Fante s passion without making it seem affected 
3
Ask the Dust
Lisa Kennedy
What gives Ask the Dust its quiet vitality beyond Farrell s muscular yet delicate portrayal is the fear of failing to grasp the brass ring that appears through much of the movie 
3
Ask the Dust
Josh Larsen
If only writing in real life could be as romantic as it often is in the movies 
2
Ask the Dust
Richard Nilsen
What s surprising about the new film s vapid emptiness is that Towne also wrote the screenplay And the writing is the film s central problem 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Bruce Newman
It isn t until the very end that somebody finally does ask the dust a question and there s so much talking in this movie that it s a miracle the dust doesn t reply 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Chris Hewitt
With its sunset colors and haunting music Ask the Dust is very beautiful And very empty 
1.5
Ask the Dust
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film outstays its welcome and winds up with an unsatisfying thunk 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Jeanne Aufmuth
A minimalist melodrama that s badly frayed at the seams and threatening to unravel 
1
Ask the Dust
Ken Fox
Serves as an elegy for both the city that has long informed Towne s best work as well as his career as a writer 
3
Ask the Dust
Gary Goldstein
Maybe on the page the lean story had some life but on film the thing is D O A 
2
Ask the Dust
Lisa Rose
The hard boiled prose is translated into a schmaltzy movie with too much sap and not enough grit 
2
Ask the Dust
Kyle Smith
Watching it is like being in a restaurant where the waiter brings out a luscious platter of food then keeps walking right past you All night long 
2
Ask the Dust
Jami Bernard
Atmospheric but awkward drama 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Glenn Whipp
The movie s mood can carry it only so far and can t overcome a listless pace jumpy narrative and the miscasting of Colin Farrell as the male half of its culture colliding romance 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Dan Fienberg
The film shows exactly the kind of cinematic craftsmanship you might expect from this kind of passion project but also an occasional flatness
3
Ask the Dust
Peter Canavese
Despite its flaws this story of love and self discovery is still more smart stylish and sexy than the usual fare 
2.5
Ask the Dust
James Berardinelli
Towne has not given us the great American love story but he has presented us with a captivating view of 1933 Los Angeles and a tale of romance that involves us in the plight of the characters 
3
Ask the Dust
Claudia Puig
While the movie evokes the period well thanks mostly to the stellar cinematography of Caleb Deschanel it is a flawed and leaden adaptation of John Fante s seminal novel 
2
Ask the Dust
Gene Seymour
Farrell and Hayek seem too luminous for their downbeat surroundings But they persuasively work through their characters knotty emotional threads 
2
Ask the Dust
Peter Travers
The film which is literary to a fault includes an earthquake but if the earth moves at all thank Hayek who gives the tale a smoldering life that finally lifts it from the page 
2.5
Ask the Dust
Walter Chaw
As stale deluded and sad as the cot in an old man s flophouse cubicle 
0.5
Ask the Dust
Keith Uhlich
How long can one man piggyback on the success of Chinatown The beat goes on 
2
Heckle
Roger Moore
Guttenberg is bad and while not everybody on board is as bad or worse enough of them are to make you puzzle over how something this crummy but not crummy enough to be any fun ever got made 
1
Heckle
Bob Bloom
The film does come to life in the few scenes in which Guttenberg appears especially the one in which he verbally destroys his heckler 
2.5
Stoker
Kelly Jane Torrance
Park is a director of detail and nothing goes unnoticed here 
3
Stoker
Brandy McDonnell
Although he gets a bit heavy handed with his use of symbolic omens like scuttling spiders and stuffed birds Director Park makes an unsettling and auspicious Hollywood debut with Stoker 
3
Stoker
Sonny Bunch
Park s latest feature and first English language release is a stylish brutal oft uncomfortable tale of mystery and revenge 
3
Stoker
David Nusair
The style over substance atmosphere ultimately confirms Stoker s place as a disappointingly empty piece of work 
1.5
Stoker
Eric Melin
Classic film language has been fixed since the 20th century and modern film language can be so frenetic that it s refreshing to see a daring filmmaker creating tension and dread out of slow paced deliberate choices rather than quick cut chaos 
3.5
Stoker
James Kendrick
a hothouse psychodrama rendered in a deliberately cool style that gives it the feel of a dollhouse chamber play conceived in a mental institution
3
Stoker
Eric Melin
Park subverts standard framing rules when characters are speaking to one another employs sweeping camera movement from weird angles and stops key scenes just at their climax only to return to them later for a fuller picture 
3
Stoker
John Beifuss
India Stoker is a girl with a spider inside her That s a metaphor to suggest she is both victim and predator within her family web Park literalizes the idea with shots of a spindly arachnid creeping up the girl s sock toward her skirt 
4
Stoker
Marty Mapes
Come for the atmosphere but don t stay for the plot
2.5
Stoker
Sean P. Means
Park amps up every moment with a sweaty ghoulish atmosphere and he plants the Hitchcock references like an Easter egg hunt 
2.5
Stoker
Connie Ogle
Stoker is a movie about tension and inaction about people trying to figure out what s going on in someone else s head 
3
Stoker
Jon Niccum
A beguiling debacle that in its best case scenario might achieve cult status or could just as easily fade into obscurity 
2
Stoker
Duane Dudek
A film detached from reality and devoid of meaning 
2.5
Stoker
Matt Brunson
As much a startling coming of age saga as a portrait of a psychologically damaged family Stoker emits a Gothic chill that s almost tangible and the performances by Wasikowska and Goode are mesmerizing 
3.5
Stoker
Peter Canavese
Park rsquo s skills for surreal subjectivity and the mischievously weird certainly don rsquo t hurt but they can rsquo t quite banish Stoker rsquo s narrative speed bumps and draughts of cold air 
2.5
Stoker
Michael O'Sullivan
Stoker plays out like a Kabuki Macbeth gallons of style slathered on a story you already know by heart 
1.5
Stoker
Dustin Putman
Old fashioned and not entirely unexpected the film doesn t work very well as a mystery but garners a creeping intrigue all the same as the many faces of teenaged protagonist India Stoker are revealed 
2.5
Stoker
Mick LaSalle
Stoker is a thriller in which the big question is not What will happen next but rather What is going on 
2
Stoker
Moira MacDonald
It seems to be unfolding somewhere else somewhere where it makes sense that everyone seems to be sleepwalking 
2
Stoker
John Anderson
Even though Park creates and sustains a mood and shows what an athlete he is with the camera the actors are struggling valiantly to give some emotional texture to a story that ultimately defeats itself 
2.5
Stoker
Steven Rea
A beautifully twisted slow burning psychothriller that may or may not all be taking place inside India s head Stoker marks South Korean cult director Chan wook Park s inaugural English language venture 
3
Stoker
Chris Hewitt
It fits the bill if you like stylized dread 
3.5
Stoker
James Berardinelli
Stoker is deliciously demented and that s a good thing 
3
Stoker
Jason Buchanan
Elegant direction helps to elevate a lackluster screenplay but a game cast play things a bit too cool for comfort in Stoker 
2.5
Stoker
Robert Levin
The movie is a carnival of sinister images combined to create a demented portrait of hormones run wild 
3
Stoker
Rick Groen
Talent behind the camera talent in front and yet nothing worth watching What happened 
2
Stoker
Stephen Whitty
Park isn t interested in simply trendy material and edgy effects a former philosophy student he wants to weave it all into a genuinely disturbing drama 
3.5
Stoker
Sara Stewart
Sure it s got its horror aspects But for my money this movie belongs alongside Secretary Ginger Snaps and Thirteen in the family of deliciously dark female coming of age stories 
3
Stoker
Mark Dujsik
Stoker is perhaps too cold for its own good 
2.5
Stoker
Claudia Puig
Just because something is unsettling doesn t make it involving 
2
Stoker
Peter Howell
The film plays like a Brian De Palma homage to Hitchcock albeit one loaded with Park s symbol laden visuals 
3
Stoker
Peter Travers
Park has built a hothouse of erotic tension that s primed to explode Some will find it too much Screw them Park s goal is to bust form not conform to it Take Stoker for what it is a thriller of savage beauty 
3
Stoker
Ty Burr
The performances are excellent but it s the direction that lifts the movie up and spins it around 
3
Stoker
Peter Keough
The power of the dream like imagery lingers and the horror felt is not visceral but metaphysical 
3
Stoker
Michael Phillips
As it becomes more and more delirious in its explanations of Charlie s past Stoker at least gives you a few images to remember 
2.5
Stoker
Richard Roeper
What sets Stoker apart are the exquisitely grotesque bursts of death which usually occur only after an effectively maddening series of tension building scenes 
3.5
Stoker
Jake Coyle
Stoker certainly relies too much on its heavy Gothic atmosphere but it does add up to something particularly because of Wasikowska s deft performance 
2.5
Stoker
Josh Larsen
captures the way adolescence blurs far more lines than the one between youth and adulthood 
3
Stoker
Matt Pais
Gets under your skin It is art It is horror It is family 
3
Stoker
Roger Moore
Hitchcockian with the usual creepy kinky Chan Wook Park touches 
3
Stoker
Ed Gonzalez
The film s weird mix of dollhouse dread and fashion magazine chic can be fetching but it s nothing if not vacuous a series of disjointed improvisatory riffs that recall the brazen aesthetic overload of Amer 
2
Batman: The Killing Joke
Brian Eggert
While the first half feels like an extended prologue included as runtime padding what follows isn t much better as it deviates from the source material and worse emphasizes what was unwieldy about the text 
2
Batman: The Killing Joke
David Gonzalez
The final product is nothing more than a middle of the line DC animated film that was concentrating more on controversy than giving a film that fans not only wanted 44 but deserved 46 
2.5
Batman: The Killing Joke
James Berardinelli
On the whole The Killing Joke feels like it was cobbled together out of different pieces of varying quality and as such it doesn t work as well as it might 
2.5
Batman: The Killing Joke
George M. Thomas
For anyone who s not a die hard fan when it comes to these DC animated films no one could blame them for taking a pass 
2.5
Batman: The Killing Joke
Kevin A. Ranson
the animated film plays like two separate stories because they are knowing how far the Joker has gone this time makes Hamill s portrayal sound more chilling than ever 
3
Batman: The Killing Joke
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The Killing Joke deserved to be a great not just OK Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Michael Atkinson
A pastry of a movie airy insubstantial and meant to fill in the gaps between heartier meals 
2
Ocean's Thirteen
Greg Maki
I think it s safe to say most will find the magic is back in Ocean s Thirteen 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Kyle Smith
The Ocean s series started out popping like the Bellagio With Ocean s Thirteen it has gone as dead as CircusCircus On a Tuesday afternoon During a Shriners convention 
2
Ocean's Thirteen
Joe Lozito
It is in essence one long caper from start to finish And while it makes almost no sense and never pauses for a minute to think about it everyone s having a ball and this time the audience is included 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Rene Rodriguez
When a movie keeps you this entertained without insulting your intelligence it s hard to complain 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
James Kendrick
It s just about good enough to make us forget how unfortunate Ocean s Twelve really was
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Scott Nash
Goes down smooth and easy but lacks any real bite 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Matt Brunson
I wasn t a fan of the previous two pictures in this series but Ocean s Thirteen qualifies as the first to even approach a winning hand 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Carolyn Arends
The suits are sleek the dialogue snappy the tone wry the jazz hip Even Las Vegas bastion of neon kitsch that it is looks opulently graceful 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
John Wirt
Actors having a good time plus Soderbergh s style and lush Vegas imagery compensate for the plodding prelude to the heist 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Jeffrey Westhoff
The cast and crew are having a lark and the mood is infectious rather than insular as it was in the second film 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Gina Carbone
Clooney Pitt are our Sinatra Martin and we should use them while they re still dapper and dashing and worthy of surname only reference 
2.75
Ocean's Thirteen
Sandra Hall
Plausibility is the first casualty in Ocean s Thirteen but it s unlikely anybody is going to care 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Steven Snyder
Even the most cynical person must concede that it s kind of fun watching beautiful people act cool 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Mike McGranaghan
After two other movies in the series Ocean s Thirteen doesn t exactly feel fresh but what s cool is that it doesn t feel stale either This is the rare movie series where the third entry is just as much fun as the original 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
David Nusair
possesses precisely the sort of light hearted vibe that the series has come to be associated with 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Gary Brown
The entire production is breezy enough to sit through and be entertained while the temperature outside reaches 90 degrees 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Linda Cook
This summer the forecast is cool u2026at least if you re heading to the Ocean 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Kam Williams
Upping the ante in terms of intrigue while toning it down in terms of action this downright comfortable diversion is a relatively cerebral affair which offers an absorbing alternative to the summer blockbusters of the over stimulating special effects dr
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Kit Bowen
Third time s a charm Ocean s Thirteen outshines the second installment offering that certain breezy fun the original provided Those cutie pies just work better in Vegas 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Eric Melin
It s not very funny Like everything in the third Ocean s movie these scenes have a great set up and no payoff The casual charm that was displayed so easily in Ocean s Eleven has turned downright lackadaisical 
2
Ocean's Thirteen
Claudia Puig
Though it takes a little while before it really takes off this slick bauble of a movie qualifies as the best of the summer threequels at least thus far 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Peter Howell
An exercise in stylish bravado that is as substantial as a catfight between supermodels 
2
Ocean's Thirteen
Pam Grady
If this is the final Ocean s movie saving the best for last is a wonderful way to go out 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Stephen Whitty
Something seems to be off when the actors onscreen are having a better time than the audience Just like the first Ocean s film this isn t so much a movie as a private party 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Bob Strauss
Thirteen goes back to the basics of slick empty entertainment And it leaves you feeling amused yet unfulfilled so I guess all involved should be congratulated for a job well done Or depending how you look at it slapped 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Loey Lockerby
Ocean s Thirteen is enjoyable fluff and a testament to how far wit and charisma can carry a film In a summer full of wholly unnecessary sequels this is the best one so far That may be faint praise but for this franchise it s a big step up 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Liam Lacey
For all its forced twinkle Ocean s Thirteen leaves you with no real warmth like a croupier who s just cleaned you out before he wishes you a nice day 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Terry Lawson
A lightweight but altogether entertaining romp reunion that seems like nothing more or less than a do over for the Steven Soderbergh George Clooney Gang s ponderous too hip for the room Ocean s Twelve 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Michael Booth
In Hollywood s version of Vegas I ll have the surf and the turf and the vegetarian and anything else Soderbergh wants to serve me 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Mary F. Pols
Steven Soderbergh s film is smooth pleasing and lively It s also completely devoid of genuine dramatic tension 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Wesley Morris
This might be the first piece of escapism to have a whiff of public service at its heart 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Nick Rogers
Acknowledging that service employees and factory workers make casinos tick and factoring them into the plan is a welcome wrinkle in pressed suit professionalism that s on display in this thrillingly exciting franchise revival 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Sean P. Means
The gang s back in Vegas and back in top form 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Johnny Vaughan
Funny finely tuned and flashier than an Essex boy on a night out in Romford GO SEE 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Daniel M. Kimmel
the perfect movie for an air conditioned theater and a big tub of popcorn 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Sara Michelle Fetters
The real reason to see this of course is to watch the cast of amiable superstars play off one another for a third and hopefully delicious time None of them disappoint 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Willie Waffle
Overall the movie is OK enough but doesn t have the energy excitement and fun of the first film
2
Ocean's Thirteen
Maitland McDonagh
The smug It s our party and you re not invited vibe of the second film is gone replaced by a fizzy sense of shady glamour that makes an insanely complicated story of scams and swindles go down as smoothly as an ice cold Bellini 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Mark Dujsik
It took a really weak sequel to realize what a long shadow Ocean s Eleven cast and it s still present here 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Carrie Rickey
Evocatively shot with the saturated color of 60s film and accompanied by David Holmes retro mod score Ocean s Thirteen is a boy s night out lark that girls can enjoy 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Jeff Vice
Despite a few diverting and modestly amusing moments Thirteen doesn t match the 2001 comic caper remake Ocean s Eleven And the whole hipper cooler more clever formula is starting to wear thin 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The sleek script makes gleeful use of expository dialogue building ludicrous situations and winding its way out again 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Dustin Putman
Danny Ocean and company ought to seriously consider retirement 
1.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Keith Uhlich
To call the Ocean s films frivolous would be kind implying that these arduous concoctions are somehow light on their proverbial feet 
1.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Bruce Newman
After the story s wheels are set in motion you pretty much know everything that s going to happen but director Steven Soderbergh makes it fun to watch your winning hand unfold 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
David Elliott
Plot pieces barely fit almost nothing is clearly explained the gizmos and twists are stupid the wit witless This movie smokes a fat cigar of assumption smug that most viewers will need to feel like insiders 
1
Ocean's Thirteen
Peter Travers
The movie is all heist which Soderbergh carries off in high style 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Chris Hewitt
Ocean s 13 knows everybody loves to see the house lose which is what makes watching the gang rig the casino to go bust so fun 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Mick LaSalle
Like the first Ocean s Ocean s Thirteen is a satisfying story of a grand scale swindle but it also retains the impishness and charm of Ocean s Twelve 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Lou Lumenick
Hollywood s summer of risk free programming continues with the fourth three peat in six weeks Ocean s Thirteen the least overbearing of the franchise installments rolled out so far 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Jack Mathews
Ocean s Thirteen is passingly enjoyable summer fluff but if you can find a more genial less edgy caper movie you might want to own it as a pet 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Jan Stuart
For two hours life as you drearily know it is effectively suspended and a summery delirium takes over This may be one of the busiest movies ever made but Soderbergh keeps the activity percolating with a fizzy arsenal of retro editing flourishes 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Roger Ebert
I know full well I m expected to Suspend My Disbelief Unfortunately my disbelief is very heavy and during Ocean s Thirteen the suspension cable snapped 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Michael Phillips
Thirteen is all about maintaining a barely perceptible smirk behind an impassive pose The line between cool and cold is a thin one however Cool isn t the word for Thirteen it s just smug 
1.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Matt Pais
Jazzy snazzy and a whole lot of fun not just the summer s best sequel but the biggest mainstream achievement so far this year 
3.5
Ocean's Thirteen
Josh Larsen
one of those bright shiny things that delights us as if we were simple babies If you don t believe me watch how it will even make some women drool 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Peter Canavese
Soderbergh can no more put the fizz back in his flat bubbly than one can put a genie back in a bottle but at least Ocean s Thirteen can still give you a light buzz 
2.5
Ocean's Thirteen
James Berardinelli
Ocean s Thirteen is the first sequel of the summer of 2007 not to fall on its face The film is better paced and more involving than Ocean s Twelve but perhaps not as well executed as Ocean s Eleven 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Sean McBride
an embarrassment of riches as A List movie stars saunter through the film in elegant suits and a rapscallion wink 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes albeit not very often in the movie world three really is a charm Soderbergh gets lucky and comes up with a real winner 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Jeanne Aufmuth
Summer fun with a safety net 
3
Ocean's Thirteen
Ross Anthony
Can audiences still be entertained by this baker s dozen beating unbeatable adversaries breaking unbreakable safes or crashing uncrashable security systems I still am 
3.5
White Snake
Matt Brunson
The backdrops are often spectacular to behold but the story could use a bit more oomph 
2.5
White Snake
Steven Prokopy
Still some of the animation is so perfect and without flaws that it feels soulless and lacking warmth 
2.5
White Snake
Simon Abrams
There s not enough on screen to make this listless time waster worth recommending 
2
White Snake
Pat Padua
Even if you re not familiar with the source material this Chinese production provides plenty of supernatural thrills for the modern young adult 
2.5
White Snake
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film feels more like a smattering of action scenes strung together by the barest thread of plot 
2
White Snake
Mike McGranaghan
One of the most beautiful animated features I ve ever seen 
3.5
The Last Mistress
Mattie Lucas
Mostly the actors are just saddled with a stiff screenplay that should have been fluid The film seems as if its never quite sure where it wants to go 
2
The Last Mistress
Michael Phillips
Argento seizes each scene with both hands adding surprising layers of feeling as she goes 
3.5
The Last Mistress
Chris Hewitt
All of the characters are so elusive and thin there s nothing to grab our interest 
1.5
The Last Mistress
Rafer Guzman
It s devastating 
3.5
The Last Mistress
Rob Thomas
There was a point about midway through The Last Mistress when I was honestly wondering if it was intentionally bad 
1.5
The Last Mistress
Steve Ramos
Seldom have a filmmaker and lead actress performed in perfect artistic sync 
3
The Last Mistress
Sean P. Means
Argento is a feral beauty who devours everything in her path and a perfect actress for Breillat But the director seems hemmed in by the period finery and the movie is a self conscious yawn 
2.5
The Last Mistress
Jeff Vice
Screenwriter director Catherine Breillat s take on the tale has a definite feminist slant to it which may explain why the male characters come off so badly And unfortunately sometimes that makes it dull 
2
The Last Mistress
Robert W. Butler
There s plenty of skin and acrobatic positioning in Catherine Breillat s The Last Mistress but the ferocious passions they signify are far more interesting 
3
The Last Mistress
Marc Savlov
Argento owns this film body and soullessness 
2.5
The Last Mistress
Ty Burr
Cool carnal and lethal The Last Mistress is a period drama with a difference 
3
The Last Mistress
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Despite an austere budget and some minor anachronisms The Last Mistress proves that Breillat has found something in the luscious language of the 19th century that makes sense to us today 
3.5
The Last Mistress
Susan Walker
A costume drama with an emphasis on costume over drama 
2
The Last Mistress
Rossiter Drake
Aattou plays his role with the supreme self confidence of a man in control his deep blue eyes radiating calm but Argento seems to know better She is a wild physical force a primal fury who could only be resisted if she were to allow it 
3.5
The Last Mistress
John Hartl
Breillat s latest and possibly most entertaining exercise in erotica 
3
The Last Mistress
Mick LaSalle
Breillat is inviting us to really look at sex as it occurs in life and to engage with it mentally as a driving mystery of human existence 
3.5
The Last Mistress
James Berardinelli
The sex like almost everything else in The Last Mistress is mechanical 
2
The Last Mistress
Roger Ebert
It is Claude Sarraute s performance that I love most of all in the film I can easily imagine spending the night in the salon of this old lady and telling her everything she wants to hear 
3.5
The Last Mistress
Carrie Rickey
Lush Debauched Ravishing And did I mention sexy The Last Mistress from French controversialist Catherine Breillat is Dangerous Liaisons uncorseted and undressed 
3
The Last Mistress
Ken Fox
The kind of delicious costume drama you want to eat with a spoon 
3.5
The Last Mistress
V.A. Musetto
The most overtly sensual film to come our way of late 
3.5
The Last Mistress
Sara Michelle Fetters
Breasts are bared butts are flashed and the sexual energy emanating from all of the characters is so potently blistering it could just about cause audience members to unexpectedly burst into flames 
3
The Last Mistress
Kam Williams
Self indulgent sexaholism as a pre feminist mantra and mandate 
3
Carnage
Michele Kenner
Patience will reward those who don t mind non linear storytelling but some of the stories aren t worth the wait 
2.5
Carnage
Marta Barber
Despite its fleshy title Gleize s film is a feast for the mind 
3.5
Carnage
Chris Hewitt
Gleize is a smart director with a fresh eye and she finds inventive ways to underscore her theme which is that good things and bad things happen to most of us in roughly equal measure but that somehow we keep plugging away 
3.5
Carnage
Lisa Kennedy
Carnage has some narrative messiness But the beautiful thing here besides Gleize s fabulous eye is that not a single one of her solutions for the healing that takes place in her characters lives is predictable 
2.5
Carnage
Jeff Vice
For those who are patient there are quite a few things to admire including the performances and the film s ambitious audacious storytelling conceits 
2.5
Carnage
Sean P. Means
Whimsical irony is matched with arresting visuals throughout Carnage and those moments carry the day even if you don t buy Gleize s everything is connected bull 
3
Carnage
Robert K. Elder
Confidently directed and tightly constructed Carnage announces the presence of a fresh powerful directorial mind with each frame 
3.5
Carnage
Bob Strauss
The film eventually becomes tedious but there are enough flashes of moral intelligence and cinematic inspiration here to make one eagerly anticipate Gleize s sophomore effort 
2.5
Carnage
Ty Burr
Gleize has a number of award winning short films under her belt and she directs this magical realist fable with originality and disarming confidence 
2.5
Carnage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Similar to the recent Dog Days and Divine Intervention Carnage fares much better than both 
3
Carnage
Jonathan Curiel
Funny ironic in the best sense of the word dramatic sweet and metaphorical Carnage never lets go of its witty mix 
4
Carnage
Aaron Hillis
A truly remarkable and compassionate debut from a savvy self confident filmmaker No bull 
3.5
Carnage
David Sterritt
Funny sad and tinged with magic realism this ambitious comedy drama is as original as it is nimbly directed 
3
Carnage
Gene Seymour
Yet another puffed up exercise in serendipitous storytelling 
2
Carnage
Joshua Tanzer
For Luis Buñuel fans and others who don t particularly care if their movies make any sense or have a point or are remotely interesting in any way 
1
Casino Royale
Matt Brunson
One of the best of all Bond movies and the best in over a quarter century 
3.5
Casino Royale
Josh Larsen
Craig delivers the first Bond who scares you 
3.5
Casino Royale
Namrata Joshi
The film has breathless stunts and encounters aplenty 
3
Casino Royale
Matt Soergel
It s as close to Fleming s books as we ve seen since the early days of Sean Connery And it s darker for sure and more brutal than almost all of the movies 
3
Casino Royale
Michael Kleinschrodt
The result is a satisfyingly gritty tale more grounded in reality than many entries in the franchise 
3
Casino Royale
Michael Smith
For fans of the no nonsense rugged sexuality of the Sean Connery original model Craig is the heir to that hallowed throne 
3.5
Casino Royale
Leah Rozen
While Craig owns the movie he gets much capable support Green s Bond babe believably has more on the ball than many of her predecessors while Dench returning as M Bond s boss has perfected her sighs of exasperation 
3.5
Casino Royale
Austin Kennedy
GOLDFINGER SHMOLDFINGER CASINO ROYALE is the best James Bond movie to date Not only that but it is also one of the best action movies ever made And now has become one of my favorite films This is a classic 
4
Casino Royale
Gary Susman
Every era gets the James Bond it deserves Ours gets a Bond who s strong and forceful but also reckless and arrogant who blunders into tricky situations in Third World countries and makes a bloody mess of things 
3
Casino Royale
Rossiter Drake
Gone are the clichés of recent Bond adventures the too clever quips the loveless conquests the gaudy gadgetry and the BMW sponsored sports cars Casino Royale ambitiously explores the origins of the character s pathos stripping him of all the
3
Casino Royale
Roger Ebert
Casino Royale has the answers to all my complaints about the 45 year old James Bond series and some I hadn t even thought of 
4
Casino Royale
Wesley Lovell
The best Bond in years and one of the best of all time 
3.5
Casino Royale
Kam Williams
A praiseworthy production which all but renders the carefully cultivated James Bond franchise unrecognizable adding up to an exercise in frustration for purists expecting a familiar 007 spectacular 
2
Casino Royale
Michael A. Smith
as M informs Bond when he asks why he was assigned to the case he s on I knew you d be you No matter how you look at it Casino Royale is possibly the best Bond film ever made 
4
Casino Royale
Nick Rogers
A Bond that s more hard charging and unhinged than we re used to seeing Craig is violent but vulnerable and still suave And the filmmakers seem invigorated by the challenge of a stripped down gadget free action film 
3.5
Casino Royale
Lori Hoffman
Dashing good looks aside Craig just might be the best actor ever to play the role 
3.5
Casino Royale
Linda Cook
Sean Connery you ll always be Bond in my eyes But Daniel Craig you ve brought a new look and feel to the legacy 
3.5
Casino Royale
Jay Antani
The 21st Bond film is also the first truly worthy spin through the Bond universe since Roger Moore s goofy escapades of the late 70 s early 80s 
3.5
Casino Royale
Janos Gereben
Expertly directed well acted beautifully photographed 
3
Casino Royale
Jonathan R. Perry
Is this the best Bond ever No But it is the most confident expertly crafted and simply exhilarating since For Your Eyes Only The reason for that is Daniel Craig 
3.5
Casino Royale
Frank Ochieng
a pulsating actioner wedged in edginess and slick wit Intense provocative complicated and daringly impish all add that much to this hard edged Bond ing brouhaha 
3.5
Casino Royale
David Nusair
at a running time of 144 minutes a feat achieved primarily through the addition of needless action sequences the movie can t help but come off as a relentlessly uneven piece of work 
2.5
Casino Royale
Sean McBride
Blond haired or not it s nice to know that James Bond hasn t lost a step as a new actor slips into the role 
3
Casino Royale
Mike McGranaghan
Casino Royale maintains Bond on the same level quality wise it s good but not the great film I keep waiting for 
3
Casino Royale
Todd Hertz
The greatest origin of drama in Casino Royale has nothing do with torture or espionage at all Instead it is the drama occurring inside Bond 
3.5
Casino Royale
Larry Ratliff
Craig Paul Newman s fidgety son in Road to Perdition and excellent recently opposite Toby Jones in Infamous gives his all to one of the most iconic roles in movie history 
3
Casino Royale
Thomas Delapa
The spy who gagged me 
1.5
Casino Royale
Garth Franklin
The best Bond film in over a decade and a welcome return to the darker and more serious thriller subject matter that was a part of the Ian Fleming novels 
3.5
Casino Royale
Mark Dujsik
Craig is actually a great choice for the new Bond persona of Casino Royale it s the new spin on the character that leaves doubts 
2
Casino Royale
Gary Brown
The defibrillator to the heart has worked wonders 
3.5
Casino Royale
Sean P. Means
Though the Broccoli family goofed by not jettisoning the old players behind the scenes they made a smart decision with their new Bond 
3
Casino Royale
Dustin Putman
Craig is the best thing about Casino Royale which for all of its positive steps in the right direction could still use some more dusting off 
2.5
Casino Royale
Walter Chaw
Call it caveman vérité 
3
Casino Royale
Glenn Whipp
The movie is agreeably free from bad puns loony gadgets and daffy action set pieces that have our hero parasailing over glaciers 
3
Casino Royale
James Berardinelli
Welcome to the new world of MI6 s most storied agent 
3.5
Casino Royale
Dan Fienberg
Craig is a marvel but the decision to have Bond engaged in a game of Hold Em poker is a betrayal of the character and an embarrassing bit of pandering Small detail I know 
3
Casino Royale
Jessica Letkemann
Crass product placement implausible dialogue plot points that drag on Casino Royale has them all The reason none of that really matters is Daniel Craig 
3
Casino Royale
John Beifuss
Who wants to see Bond learn a lesson about ego as if he were Greg Brady in his Johnny Bravo phase 
2.5
Casino Royale
Claudia Puig
Craig s portrayal feels grittier and more complex than previous 007s This is also partly the result of a better script by Neal Purvis Robert Wade and Oscar winner Paul Haggis as well as top notch directing by Martin Campbell 
3
Casino Royale
Peter Howell
Gone or reshaped are most of the conceits that have made Bond movies seem like an exercise in parody and nostalgia 
4
Casino Royale
Carla Meyer
With Craig in the role a Bond film suddenly seems like something to be taken seriously 
3.5
Casino Royale
Timothy Knight
There s so much that s very right about Casino Royale from the knockout opening action sequence in Madagascar to the sizzling chemistry between Craig and Green that you leave the theater happily shaken and stirred 
3
Casino Royale
Rene Rodriguez
Casino Royale isn t perfect but it s surprisingly entertaining even exciting for long stretches and Craig manages to find new dimensions to a character that had long ago become a tired caricature Everything old is new again indeed 
2.5
Casino Royale
Robert W. Butler
After seeing this performance one can only be excited at the prospect of watching Craig s Bond mature and change over the course of several films 
3
Casino Royale
Amy Biancolli
What no jet packs No world conquering supervillains orbiting the planet No preference for shaken martinis 
3
Casino Royale
Liam Lacey
Now this is more like it 
3
Casino Royale
Jeff Vice
Thankfully the first film with Daniel Craig as Bond does have the more serious earnest tone of the earliest Sean Connery films which means less tomfoolery and silliness and more action 
3
Casino Royale
Lisa Kennedy
You don t need a weatherman to tell you the 21st installment in the franchise brings an invigorating chill to the air 
3
Casino Royale
Steve Rhodes
Not only is Craig by far and way the best Bond since Sean Connery he will probably end up being even better with another Bond film or two under his belt 
4
Casino Royale
Ty Burr
Let the purists squawk In Daniel Craig the Bond franchise has finally found a 007 whose cruel charisma rivals that of Sean Connery 
3
Casino Royale
Kit Bowen
Daniel Craig is all THAT and a bag of chips Kudos to the new Bond regime 
3.5
Casino Royale
Sara Michelle Fetters
Craig is a thrilling Bond maybe the best ever For a girl raised on the glories of Sean Connery it must be admitted this guy fits the part top to bottom better than anyone who has come before 
3.5
Casino Royale
Peter Canavese
Everyone s favorite British agent is still good for a punch a shag and a quip Casino Royale gives the reborn franchise a second chance to grow up 
3.5
Casino Royale
Daniel M. Kimmel
Craig plays Bond a lot rougher than we re used to giving us the sense of a street kid who got some breaks in getting an education and some polish 
3.5
Casino Royale
Scott Nash
There are a number of improvements in this movie over the previous films 
3.5
Casino Royale
Bob Bloom
Daniel Craig makes an excellent Bond Like Sean Connery he creates an aura of danger and unpredictability 
3
Casino Royale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Here s the biggest surprise of the year the new Casino Royale is the best James Bond film since Goldfinger 1964 
3.5
Casino Royale
Willie Waffle
I am proud to say the haters can all stuff it Daniel Craig is the perfect new James Bond and may have rescued the franchise 
3
Casino Royale
Lawrence Toppman
Craig s detractors who ve complained since the blond actor was cast last year will have to give up the cry On first acquaintance he seems like the best all around Bond since Sean Connery 
3
Casino Royale
Duane Dudek
Craig is a broken nose handsome character actor in what is essentially a character study albeit one with acrobatic in your face action scenes 
3
Casino Royale
Jeff Strickler
Casino Royale takes a huge gamble that moviegoers are ready for a fresh take on James Bond And it wins the bet 
3
Casino Royale
James Sanford
may not exactly reinvent the Bond movie as we know it but it certainly offers a different slant with Craig firmly in control there s a real sense of urgency in both the action and the romance 
3.5
Casino Royale
Richard Roeper
Meet the new Bond not the same as the old Bond and thank God for that 
3
Casino Royale
Mark Rahner
Now I m glad they didn t euthanize James Bond because Casino Royale is the best movie of the series in almost 40 years 
3
Casino Royale
Kyle Smith
Back to basics is the idea 
3
Casino Royale
Jack Mathews
Fans of anyone other than Sean Connery who has played James Bond may want to look away because admirers of Ian Fleming s 007 novels are almost bound to agree that Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Sean 
3.5
Casino Royale
Mick LaSalle
The striking thing about Craig s performance is that he seems to have been able to tune out over 40 years of screen history and approach Bond as just another role 
4
Casino Royale
Stephen Whitty
Back are the virtues of the original Ian Fleming novels seen only fleetingly in previous films 
3.5
Casino Royale
Chris Hewitt
I understand double 0s have a very short life expectancy says the new James Bond in Casino Royale Let s hope not It d be swell if this Bond stuck around 
3.5
Casino Royale
Phoebe Flowers
Casino Royale proves that back to basics is a good place to be unless you end up aping the same incongruous spirit that hobbled your predecessor 
3
Casino Royale
Gene Seymour
If this franchise is indeed being reinvented and it needed to be it s going to be very interesting to see how Craig continues shaking and stirring his character s icy cocktail of baleful cruelty and suave assurance 
3.5
Casino Royale
Terry Lawson
This exceedingly clever reincarnation reclamation and reinvigoration of a franchise that has had its ups and downs stands taller than ever 
4
Casino Royale
Ross Anthony
Spectacular action and a cool new Bond But the film goes long and an important romance isn t quite sold Nor is the plot terribly solid 
2
Casino Royale
Erik Childress
The most believable Bond since the days of Connery and for the first time in decades I left the theater with the distinct reaction that I wanted to be James Bond 
3.5
Casino Royale
Phil Villarreal
Blond James Blond 
3.5
Casino Royale
Josh Larsen
Give Daniel Craig credit for this he s created the first James Bond who scares you 
3.5
Casino Royale
Keith Uhlich
This Bond is rough and raw despite his divinely piercing blue eyes he might just as well have emerged from primordial sludge to do the bidding of Beelzebub 
3
Casino Royale
Jeffrey Westhoff
Casino Royale is the riskiest of Bonds and it immediately establishes itself among the series top tier because almost every gambit pays off 
4
Casino Royale
Michael Phillips
A renewed sense of engagement informs director Martin Campbell s tough absorbing adaptation of the 1953 Ian Fleming novel the one that started the whole 007 business 
3.5
Casino Royale
Matt Pais
Craig plays Bond so rough that his edges have edges becoming a sex symbol with more in common with Harley Davidson than Sean Connery 
3
Casino Royale
Bruce Newman
Casino Royale is everything you could ask for in a Bond movie and more Much more Sometimes even more than is a good idea 
3
Casino Royale
Jeanne Aufmuth
Pure testosterone pleasure 
3.5
Casino Royale
Peter Travers
There s one whopper of a reason why Casino Royale is the hippest highest octane Bond film in ages and his name is Daniel Craig 
3.5
Absurd Accident
Mark Dujsik
It s the debut of writer director Li Yuhe who overdoes some of the film s stylistic trappings but clearly possesses a knack for comic timing and revelation 
3
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Mattie Lucas
Perry knows what he s doing he knows what buttons to push and when and he handles it all with supreme confidence 
3
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Roger Moore
A few good scenes a few solid messages But he s such a dull dramatist and boring actor that the message isn t delivered 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Brett Michel
Tyler Perry is no Douglas Sirk 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Wesley Morris
Whose life Wesley asks in the movie s narration is he living Judging from all the sterile office and apartment space and his mile long face I d say Bruce Willis s in The Sixth Sense 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Rob Humanick
Perry s considerate plotting is deliberate perhaps even overlong but with an attuned sense of people s evolving feelings and relationships 
3
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Wilson Morales
Although the script is flawed and filled with melodramatic moments that warrant laughter Perry s loyal fan base will be engaged by this Pretty Woman meets The Pursuit of Happyness mash and leave theaters entertained 
3
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Stephen Cole
Good Deeds is more proof that Perry is a crude dramatist 
2
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Linda Barnard
A melodramatic slog riddled with laughable dialogue that wouldn t hold a made for TV movie audience past the first commercial break 
0.5
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Kam Williams
Another compelling Tyler Perry parable delivering a priceless message about what really matters most 
4
Get Out
Brian Eggert
Get Out is essential viewing for the socially conscious horror fan 
3.5
Get Out
Matt Brunson
Get Out is perhaps the best terror tale since the mid 2000s served up The Descent and Pan s Labyrinth two masterworks that like this one have much more on tap than just creeping out audiences 
3.5
Get Out
Leo Brady
Get Out is a smart quite funny and startling picture you just have to see it 
3.5
Get Out
Jason Fraley
Jordan Peele delivers the best movie of the decade thanks to masterful symbolism of American flag wardrobe cell phone justice cotton picking escapes and dialogue double meanings 
4
Get Out
Mattie Lucas
One of the most complex and ferocious explorations of race in America to have ever been released by a major studio 
3.5
Get Out
Alan French
What Peele accomplishes in this film is so far above what your everyday horror film is capable of In fact few films have the ability to open up discourse 
4
Get Out
Robert Daniels
Everything in Get Out seems innocuous on first blush 
3.5
Get Out
Pamela Powell
Get Out is total escapism while being a wonderfully mind bending story revolving around racism To pull off that combination is absolutely extraordinary 
3.5
Get Out
Wesley Lovell
Racism doesn t always have to be virulent it can sometimes take benevolent and malicious forms as displayed in this haunting and topical film 
4
Get Out
David Keyes
Peele s parting thought is not to insist that we are destined to be slaves to the narrow thinking of others but that we have a responsibility to remain cautious and vocal until such ideas have been destroyed Get Out is an urgent call to that necessity 
4
Get Out
Claudia Puig
Kudos to Peele for tackling a painful subject in such a massively entertaining and thoroughly memorable fashion Full review in Japanese 
4
Get Out
Walter Chaw
Get Out works the way it does because of its emotional purity Chris s discomfort is real Rose s chagrin with the way her family is behaving is real 
3
Get Out
David Nusair
An erratic yet ultimately rewarding horror flick 
3
Get Out
John Beifuss
Its box office success is a sign that America 2017 a place where TheResistance is a trending Twitter topic desperately needed this distillation of satire cri de guerre and catharsis 
4
Get Out
David N. Butterworth
Get Out succeeds by taking a fairly standard horror format and invigorating it with a visceral social element 
3.5
Get Out
Sara Michelle Fetters
This film is a marvel of ingenuity and inspiration a horror tale where the most frightening image is the mirror image of the audience realizing they re the ones being so intimately examined 
3.5
Get Out
John Serba
With strong visual sense and even stronger writing Peele keeps us off kilter approaching the material from odd angles challenging us to ruminate on racial paranoia 
3.5
Get Out
Glenn Lovell
first really interesting film of the new year is an unnerving social satire that uses horror tropes to peel away the hypocrisy of white liberal America Peele is obviously a director to watch 
3
Get Out
Michael Smith
The sense of dread is palpable throughout but Peele leavens the fear with a great device in the comedic character of Rod played by Lil Rey Howery 
3.5
Get Out
Walker MacMurdo
What emerges with nods to the absurdist anxiety of Rosemary s Baby and the existential terror of Michael Haneke is a tightly wound viciously funny comment on the quotidian horror of life in black America 
4
Get Out
James Kendrick
a bristling thriller that ably mixes its various horror riffs which include stalk and slash tensions an insidious cult and medical horror with both comedy and social satire
3.5
Get Out
Thelma Adams
Following Oscar s pomp and self importance viewing Jordan Peele s fiercely entertaining thriller offers the perfect awards hangover cure Audiences leave the theater shaken and stirred 
3.5
Get Out
Calum Marsh
All this diabolic lunacy of course Peele depicts with B movie relish delighting gamely in the comic sinister thrill 
2.5
Get Out
Josh Larsen
moves from early scenes of social discomfort to a finale full of Grand Guignol violence and gore 
3.5
Get Out
Mike McGranaghan
One of the boldest most audacious major studio movies to come along in quite some time From the opening titles to the end credits Get Out holds you in its grasp 
3.5
Get Out
Robert Levin
While it doesn t offer any answers it both thrills and makes you think 
3.5
Get Out
Stephen Whitty
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor sharp satire 
3.5
Get Out
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For every assured effective camera placement Peele takes inspiration from Polanski Roeg and Kubrick he also provides a troubling and compassionate look at racism and blackness 
3.5
Get Out
Robert Horton
Peele must have studied the slow burn horror film and the way a director like Roman Polanski or M Night Shyamalan for that matter can unnerve you with the simplest little touches 
4
Get Out
Tom Meek
The result is something clearly borrowed incredibly fresh and nearly perfect in light of the current political climate 
3
Get Out
David Berry
This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don t address our unease when we just try to brush it off whether that s to fit in or to preserve our self image 
3
Get Out
Willie Waffle
Peele delivers without Key 
2.5
Get Out
James Berardinelli
The praiseworthy quality of Get Out is that it delivers the goods without copycatting every cookie cutter horror film being released today 
3
Get Out
Peter Howell
When the blood starts flowing along with audience cheering the battle for hearts and minds is well and truly on 
3
Get Out
Stephen Rebello
A weird and delicious surprise Get Out subverts the tired clichés and freshens up the horror game in all kinds of surprising and surprisingly stinging ways 
3
Get Out
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Jordan Peele s Get Out is a daring and auspicious directorial debut 
3
Get Out
Jon Niccum
layered with racial subtext regarding slavery master race ideology and liberal guilt that weaves throughout the movie in unexpected callbacks 
3.5
Get Out
Katie Walsh
Peele flips horror conventions on their head and in doing so flips our cultural perceptions 
4
Get Out
Max Weiss
Get Out finds that sweet spot of laughs chills and social commentary It s so flat out entertaining you might not even notice how scathing it really is 
3.5
Get Out
Bob Strauss
Sometimes the best social commentary movies are genre films More often than not those are the cleverest at it Get Out fills that task to a T 
4
Get Out
Brian Truitt
Peele has written a script that is extremely well paced and executed as it cleverly plays with allusions to slavery and racial stereotypes as well as audience expectations 
3
Get Out
Ann Hornaday
The shocks and the laughs are thoroughly entertaining but it s the truth of Get Out that s so real 
3.5
Get Out
Chris Hewitt
Get Out works much better in individual moments than it does as a whole But those individual moments They re a lot of fun 
3
Get Out
Keith Watson
Throughout Jordan Peele incisively probes the connection between the racism of the liberal elite and good old fashioned white supremacy 
3
Get Out
Richard Roeper
Peele has created a work that addresses the myriad levels of racism pays homage to some great horror films carves out its own creative path has a distinctive visual style and is flat out funny as well 
3.5
Get Out
Michael Phillips
This one really should be seen with a crowd 
3.5
Get Out
Mick LaSalle
It may be somewhat rough and unrefined and even ill considered in some of its particulars Yet it may stand as a kind of pop culture document of this historical moment a moment that s not nearly as funny as this movie 
3
Get Out
Peter Keough
It is not only the best horror film since Under the Skin but a subversive and often hilarious commentary on race as well 
3.5
Get Out
Gary Thompson
It s clever stuff Still while I admired the conceptual daring of the movie I confess I was never actually scared 
3
Get Out
Dann Gire
Get Out performs a service that only high end horror and comedy films plus some science fiction can present a disturbingly honest critical analysis of the status quo safely disguised as an entertaining genre work 
4
Get Out
Rafer Guzman
All told this is a sharp funny brave movie that strikes the perfect balance between humor and horror It s the year s first must see 
3.5
Get Out
Rick Bentley
Get Out is best enjoyed by getting to watch the tale unfold without knowing where the plot is going 
3
Get Out
Karen D'Souza
The deliciously sinister nature of the race dynamics will make you cringe right up until it gives you the chills 
4
Get Out
Moira MacDonald
Get Out will scare you make you laugh and perhaps make you uncomfortable It s supposed to 
3
Get Out
Dustin Putman
Prudent muscular filmmaking a terrifically creepy thriller with a clear voice and plenty to say 
3
Get Out
Kyle Smith
Get Out is scary enough but it comes with some bonus nutritional value 
3
Get Out
Peter Canavese
What s most interesting about Get Out is how it taps into the same idea to fuel both its comedy and horror the recognition of social truths 
3.5
Get Out
Peter Travers
A jolt a minute horrorshow laced with racial tension and stinging satirical wit How is one movie all that See Get Out from debuting director Jordan Peele one half of the comic team of Key and Peele and get woke 
3.5
Get Out
Roger Moore
Deeply disturbing
3.5
Get Out
Brian Tallerico
A complex accomplished genre hybrid that should alter Jordan Peele s business card 
3
Alex & Emma
Felix Vasquez Jr.
No matter how hard Alex and Emma tries it s still the same package but with new wrapping 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Betsy Bozdech
Ultimately the most interesting thing about the film is that it was based on a true incident in author Fyodor Dostoevsky s life 
2
Alex & Emma
Mark Collette
Delves into all the odious cliches of the romantic comedy genre but Reiner justifies it by laughing at the ridiculousness of his own story 
3
Alex & Emma
Paul Povse
Say since Alex and Emma is supposed to be all about people of letters and the creative process maybe somebody interested knows Is lame o all one word or hyphenated 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Mark Dujsik
I don t care Why should I care 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Elias Savada
Alex Emma drowns any iota of movie magic romance and uncovers a drought of comic talent 
1
Alex & Emma
Tony Toscano
the film s jump from era to another plot is rather annoying 
2
Alex & Emma
James Kendrick
The first problem with Alex Emma is Alex and Emma themselves There is an obvious lack of chemistry between the two leads Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Phil Villarreal
Where oh where is the Rob Reiner of the 1980s This romantic comedy is utter garbage 
1
Alex & Emma
Mike McGranaghan
You name a level and Alex Emma bombs on it This is a physically painful movie to watch 
1
Alex & Emma
Linda Cook
Rob Reiner directs two kinds of movies Wonderful and just plain bad 
1
Alex & Emma
Dustin Putman
The scenes between Alex and Emma offer a handful of nice laughs and winning moments but because the majority of them are set within a dank looking Boston loft they feel more suited for an off Broadway stage 
2
Alex & Emma
Gary Brown
flat as a pancake 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Claudia Puig
Meant to be a funny feel good love story Instead it feels wan and uninspired despite its likable cast 
2
Alex & Emma
Tom Sander
The laughs are few and brief the pace crawls the plot gets tedious and downright annoying and the romantic chemistry between the two stars fizzles 
1
Alex & Emma
Emily Russin
Unlike When Harry Met Sally director Reiner s greatest romantic comedy achievement Alex Emma never reaches the point where you root for the couple to get together 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Mick LaSalle
Alex Emma is lighter than helium but it s just sturdy enough to be pleasing 
2
Alex & Emma
David Elliott
Hudson a talent graced with special charm as Goldie Hawn s daughter and the appealing if slightly dorky Wilson are stuck with material that feels immaterial Almost nonexistent 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Joe Baltake
This seriously dull romantic comedy an anti romantic comedy to be more accurate is something of a chore to sit through with its biggest laugh coming even before its story kicks in 
0
Alex & Emma
Megan Lehmann
The film fails despite Kate Hudson s tinkling laugh and Luke Wilson s likably laconic presence 
2
Alex & Emma
Chris Knight
Director Rob Reiner is at least pushing all the right buttons even if none of those buttons is labelled originality 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Sue Pierman
Alex Emma is interesting in fits and starts but it s too sluggish and convoluted to really keep up with its premise 
2
Alex & Emma
Connie Ogle
Watching Wilson and Hudson toil thanklessly through this mess is more laborious than writing the Great American Novel And a lot less lucrative 
1
Alex & Emma
Robert W. Butler
A romantic comedy that s painfully short on romance and comedy 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Liam Lacey
It s a little like Adaptation but with the contemporary fashion for romantic comedies with a deadline 
2
Alex & Emma
Jeff Vice
A romantic comedy so desperately unfunny that you have to wonder whether Reiner can ever recover from it 
1
Alex & Emma
Lisa Kennedy
Alex Emma has trouble overcoming the badness of the novel at the center of its story It doesn t help that the movie declares it a literary success 
2
Alex & Emma
Wesley Morris
Alex and Emma is a film for people who haven t been to the movies since the silent era 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Sean P. Means
By exposing the inanity of most romantic comedies it s possible some inventive writer will be inspired to explode the formula and try something different Possible but not bloody likely 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doesn t even look like a professional movie 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Kit Bowen
Alex Emma could have been a contender instead of a drag which it is 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Jami Bernard
Wan humor no spark 
2
Alex & Emma
Roger Ebert
A movie they ll want to hurry past during the AFI tribute 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Terry Lawson
You ll leave Alex and Emma feeling as if you ve spent a couple of decades interned in a gulag 
1
Alex & Emma
Glenn Whipp
One of the most boring romantic comedies ever made 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Shirley Klass
I can t help being disappointed that Luke Wilson s wonderful dry humor is lost in this material 
2.5
Alex & Emma
David Sterritt
Alex Emma isn t nearly as clever as Reiner s classic Misery a very different look at a male writer and his female companion But it s diverting fun 
3
Alex & Emma
Jan Stuart
Alex Emma is an amalgam of cliches about writers and burlesque stereotypes of foreigners 
1
Alex & Emma
Josh Larsen
a romantic comedy with two opportunities to be romantic and comic and the picture fails on both counts 
2
Alex & Emma
Chris Hewitt
Frankly Wilson s so dull it s hard to believe one woman would have the hots for him much less five 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Karen Heller
Silly slice of Lean Cuisine 
1
Alex & Emma
Lawrence Toppman
It s so crammed with stale devices that it should be called When Hoary Met Sappy 
1.5
Alex & Emma
Peter Travers
It s a static film that searches vainly for a consistent tone 
2
Alex & Emma
Michael Wilmington
Frankly this screenplay plays like something slapped together in 30 days to settle a gambling debt except that it lacks the manic tension or focus you d expect from anything written by a man facing execution 
2
Alex & Emma
Ross Anthony
Not terribly exciting but somewhat amusing nonetheless Dull first act 
1.5
Alex & Emma
James Berardinelli
This is a warmed over low end recycling of director Rob Reiner s own When Harry Met Sally 
2
Alex & Emma
Walter Chaw
So precise a distillation of genre clich that it s at once dada and military 
1
Alex & Emma
Rob Blackwelder
After wishing I could claw my eyes out through How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and now Alex and Emma if I never see another Kate Hudson movie it will be too soon 
0
Alex & Emma
Steve Rhodes
Wilson does his best work ever and Hudson is her usual charming self 
3
Alex & Emma
Jeanne Aufmuth
Mildly clever climactic twist is bogged down by fifteen superfluous minutes of desperate bathetic slush that kills the flow 
2.5
Alex & Emma
Ed Gonzalez
The overall effect is not unlike watching a film with the DVD commentary track already incorporated into the script 
1.5
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Ernesto Diezmartinez
What has happened to Hollywood cinema that it seems impossible that a movie like this could be produced today Spoiler Hollywood infantilism 
3.5
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Matt Brunson
To this day They Shoot Horses Don t They holds the record for the most Oscar nominations 9 received by one film without Best Picture being among them 
3.5
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
David Nusair
an intriguing premise that s employed to mostly spellbinding effect by Pollack 
3
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Mattie Lucas
If there was ever a film that completely captures the utter desperation and despair of poverty it s this one 
4
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Austin Kennedy
It s depressing as hell so it s not a movie I would watch repeatedly but I m sure glad I saw it This is an important film about a time in America s history that wasn t so glamorous You won t forget it 
3
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Wesley Lovell
There has never been a film quite so original as this featuring a wealth of noted actors fighting for their lives in a dance competition taking place during the Great Depression 
4
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Jeremy Heilman
Endlessly negative the movie goes out of its way to deny the audience any moments of joy opting instead to retreat further and further into the phantasmagoric fever dreams of the exhausted group 
4
Last Weekend
Moira MacDonald
A flat drama filmed at a house that s more interesting than most of the characters 
2
Last Weekend
Mick LaSalle
Clarkson embodies the longings doubts and confusions of such a woman without judgment or excess sympathy She is just there a fact and completely believable 
3
Last Weekend
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At least the scenery is lovely when it s not being blocked by these annoying humans 
1
Last Weekend
Peter Sobczynski
Seemingly made for film festivals that you have never heard of and cable stations you don t recall ordering 
1
Last Weekend
Drew Hunt
The film s attempt at political commentary amounts to a half baked treatise on good governance in the face of tyranny and socioeconomic exploitation 
1
Demons Never Die
Michael Dequina
The overly familiar can make for an entertaining ride all the same with the right amount of slick style and intelligent inspiration 
3
A Christmas Karen
Mike McGranaghan
A Christmas Karen has nothing new to say 44 so it simply hits the predictable beats on cue 44 leaving viewers feeling as though they apos re being told a joke they already know the punchline to 46 
2
Barista
Chuck Bowen
It captures the frustration and the longing of forever wanting more and better at the expense of casualness of being 
3
O.C. and Stiggs
David Nusair
a massive failure on every single level 
0
Dragonflies
Walter Chaw
Weighted like a Terrence Malick film or like Weir s Picnic at Hanging Rock by the ominous oppressive indifference of the Natural 
4
Chopping Mall
James Kendrick
Its no fills exploitation ethos is infectious and you can t help but admire its economy even if that fantastic title is just a tad misleading
3
Chopping Mall
David Nusair
the film features teens being chased around a shopping mall by clunky robots that shoot lasers What more do you need to know 
2.5
Lord of Illusions
Anthony Puccinelli
These days the horror film is practically a bankrupt genre 
0
Lord of Illusions
Walter Chaw
Clive Barker is the Douglas Sirk of splatter 
1.5
Lord of Illusions
Roger Ebert
Barker who directed as well as wrote establishes an effective rhythm in these scenes and Bakula finds just the right note to play them 
3
Lord of Illusions
Mike Clark
Barker s visual side dominates its literary equivalent this time out resulting in a time killer that may amuse fans until illusion is shattered by the rolling of the end credits 
2.5
The Beautiful Truth
Jonathan Curiel
It s Michael Moore without the truculence PBS without the pretension CNN without the commercial grandstanding 
4
The Beautiful Truth
V.A. Musetto
There may be truth in what Kroschel says but you won t find it in this pedantic film which has all the veracity of a late night TV infomercial 
1
The Beautiful Truth
Ed Gonzalez
The end result not only constitutes an uncomfortable dare I say inorganic collusion of fact and fiction but also suggests we re being indoctrinated into a cult 
2.5
The Californians
Neva Chonin
So leaden and obvious it s too somnambulant to be funny 
2
The Californians
Steve Rhodes
A very funny film skewers the sacred cow of environmentalism a religion worshiped in LaLa Land 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Mattie Lucas
Those moments are what push Precious in the TV movie of the week direction But when Daniels steps back and lets the story and the performances speak for themselves this is powerful stuff 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Rafer Guzman
The remarkable Sidibe is one of several daring casting choices by director Lee Daniels 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Peter Travers
Precious is an emotional powerhouse a triumph of bruising humor and bracing hope that deserves its place among the year s best films 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Wesley Lovell
Propelled forward by tremendous performances Precious is a pedestrian exploration of social themes and mental physical and sexual abuse 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Bob Bloom
Director Lee Daniels shows you a world scarier than any imagined for some horror film because it is real just outside our doors or around the corner
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Jordan Hiller
Lee Daniels Precious is a special movie with that rare stand up and take notice shout it from the hilltops sort of specialness 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Mike McGranaghan
Beautifully and effectively crafted in every single way the film looks unflinchingly into desperate lives and finds hope amidst the despair This is truly a masterpiece of slice of life storytelling 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Linda Cook
Hopeful heartbreaking and thought provoking Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is one of the best movies of the year 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Mike Scott
A glimmer of hope along with a raft of remarkably believable performances and moments of well timed tension relieving humor transforms Precious into an enormously affecting film 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Josh Larsen
an exercise in despair 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Gina Carbone
And here I thought 2012 was unrelenting and A Serious Man was about the trials of Job Huh 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
John Wirt
As uncompromising and genuine as movies that receive mainstream distribution get 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Lori Hoffman
Trying to wrap your head around the mindset of a mother who sees her abused child as a rival is much more horrifying and graphic than a dozen bloodletting horror films 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
James Kendrick
as powerful and moving as Precious is there are some problems with it that are difficult to ignore and more importantly offer compelling insight into the divided views of how race should be portrayed
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Eric Melin
For a movie steeped in grimy realism it unfolds in an unusually impressionistic fashion with artful cinematic transitions and a loose brand of storytelling that emphasizes little moments as much as it does big revelations 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Jeff Vice
Nothing in Mo Nique s previous film and television work could have prepared us for this performance The actress real name Monique Imes usually plays goofy clownish types and this is definitely not that at all 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Wesley Morris
Avoiding the conventional tricks of lifting an audience up the movie looks into this girl s wide brown face and her bleak little life and sees despite everything a reason to live 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Christian Toto
Precious is the first film of 2009 that cannot be missed 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Robert Levin
Features a fiercely intelligent performance by newcomer Sidibe and a compassionate eye for the circumstances surrounding the protagonist s upbringing 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Sara Michelle Fetters
Precious is very very good and is superbly acted by its entire ensemble cast It reeks of truth hitting an emotional peak few other features this year have achieved let alone attempted 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Matt Brunson
The 2009 release least likely to be mistaken for the feel good movie of the year 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Keith Cohen
The acting is stupendous and rises above the material An almost unrecognizable Mariah Carey appears in a supporting role as a welfare counselor 
2.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
John Beifuss
Sapphire s story and the film s performances are powerful enough to compensate for Daniels miscalculations and phony tricks 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Lisa Kennedy
Mo Nique plunges headfirst into a moral abyss that makes her frightening 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Michael Sragow
The movie soars on the cast s brilliance at transforming the characters from monsters and victims into repositories of pride and battlers for turf 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Matt Soergel
Sidibe s on screen transformation is utterly believable and almost magical It s like watching a tiny flower grow in the merest crack on a dead end highway It could get crushed any minute 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Sean O'Connell
Recommending Precious proves challenging regardless of the film s quality But to skip it would mean missing some fantastic performances 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Peter Canavese
Gabourey Sidibe brilliantly embodies the understandably bitter Precious who shares her heartbreaking despair through extensive narration 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Peter Howell
The picture painted by director Lee Daniels is almost unbearably bleak but it feels completely honest It s indeed relentless but also transfixing and ultimately transformative 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Duane Dudek
A gut wrenching heartbreaking and awe inspiring pull no punches tale with pitch perfect performances 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Sean P. Means
It s a small miracle that a story as filled with tragedy and heartbreak as Precious would also be as hopeful and life affirming as it is 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Moira MacDonald
No Precious is not an easy sit and isn t meant to be But it s a film of remarkable strength and poignancy filled with vivid performances that stay with you long after you ve left the theater 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Justin Strout
It s a shame that Daniels is so unconvincing in his execution because the performances mostly go for broke and there does seem to be a nugget of courage to Fletcher s screenplay 
2
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Roger Moore
Director Lee Daniels takes us on a journey letting us look down our noses at this misshapen lump of a girl with contempt and pity But Sidibe plays shadings of strength underneath that eventually win our grudging respect 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Amy Biancolli
What a triumph of a film 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Willie Waffle
Every once in a while a movie is so heartbreaking even a tough guy like Chuck Norris or Simon Cowell will break out into tears 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Sonny Bunch
Harrowing and sometimes hard to watch Precious is a tale of unrelenting misery that suggests just enough of a silver lining to keep audiences from spiraling into total depression 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Ann Hornaday
Surely qualifies as the most painful poetic and improbably beautiful film of the year 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an effective little movie with many powerful gut punch moments and strong performances 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Carrie Rickey
Harrowing and marked by heroic performances Lee Daniels Precious looks squarely in the wounded eyes of its title character and sees a girl with poetry in her 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Claudia Puig
It s hard to be unmoved by Precious determination Despite its melodramatic moments remarkable performances drive home the film s inspiring message 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Ross Anthony
Stark unforgiving brutally honest and yet precious 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Michael Dequina
It s ironic that the most unwieldy title in recent memory is attached to a film whose considerable virtues and overwhelming power are so simple and direct 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Lou Lumenick
Believe the hype 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Camerin Courtney
Hopefully films like this grow our understanding and compassion as we re encouraged to offer Christ like hope in our broken world and emulate a resiliency that is Precious 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Mark Dujsik
So honestly written so vividly directed and so brilliantly performed we are transported to a psychological nightmare of despair insecurity only the slightest glimmer of hope and the smallest most bittersweet rewards 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Dustin Putman
Precious is a rarefied beauty an innately human story that offers inspiration without sap fleeting hope without contrivance ultimate redemption with sincerity One of the year s best and boldest 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Michael Phillips
This is an exceptional film about nearly unendurable circumstances endured You will come out the other side of it a markedly enriched filmgoer 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing begins to feel like The Color Purple as rewritten for a poetry slam heaping on the abuse like a horror film 
2.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
James Berardinelli
There are pitfalls inherent in this kind of story but indie director Lee Daniels sidesteps them crafting a feature that is both emotionally honest and stirring 
3.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Roger Ebert
The film is a tribute to Sidibe s ability to engage our empathy Her work is still another demonstration of the mystery of some actors who evoke feelings in ways beyond words and techniques 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Kam Williams
An undeniably authentic contrast to those ghetto fabulous adventures celebrating macho misogynistic malevolent and misanthropic behavior presumably of no emotional consequence 
4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Ed Gonzalez
One for the Stuff White People Like canon Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is an impeccably acted piece of trash 
1.5
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Liam Lacey
Raw moving and somewhat akin to having a piano dropped on your head Precious is a fable of abuse and redemption 
3
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
David Nusair
Sidibe s downright jaw dropping performance undoubtedly goes a long way towards creating and maintaining an atmosphere of raw authenticity 
2.5
Daughters of Darkness
James Kendrick
a purposefully difficult to classify hybrid of European art film austerity and borderline campy erotic horror excess
3.5
Daughters of Darkness
Roger Ebert
A fairly stylish adult vampire movie 
2.5
Legend of the Mountain
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Legend of the Mountain is a beautiful movie to be sure but it s also a movie that understands beauty 
3.5
Legend of the Mountain
Greg Cwik
Every pan and snap zoom and dissolve is exact every whorl of smoke and wind thrown swath of leaves pulled from a dream and placed methodically before our eyes 
4
I Give It a Year
David N. Butterworth
Any film that makes Rose Byrne unappealing has its head well and truly up its bum 
2
I Give It a Year
Leba Hertz
I Give It a Year is a smart farce that would make Hugh Grant and his fans proud 
3
I Give It a Year
Chris Knight
You might not want to stick by it in sickness and in health til death do you part but it s a reasonable enough companion for a night out at the cinema 
2.5
I Give It a Year
Linda Barnard
Mazer s previous onscreen experience is undeniably obvious No penis is left unfilmed no crude scene prevented from going on far too long 
2
I Give It a Year
Dann Gire
Mazer a Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator directs this comedy without much snap crackle or pop 
2
I Give It a Year
Stephanie Merry
In addition to some trite set pieces writer director Dan Mazer serves up nothing more than conspicuous cynicism masquerading as comedy 
1.5
I Give It a Year
Peter Keough
The tonal clash is jarring and Mazer doesn t help matters by erring on the side of blandness 
2.5
I Give It a Year
Rene Rodriguez
Can a comedy be too funny for its own good 
2.5
I Give It a Year
Sheila O'Malley
It s not romantic in the slightest and it is quite comedic on occasion but the parts don t fit together at all 
2
I Give It a Year
Farran Smith Nehme
As pure comedy it s a hoot 
3
I Give It a Year
Robert Levin
Turns the romantic comedy on its head by utilizing a simple and effective formula that blends parody and affecting relationship dramatics 
3
I Give It a Year
Andrew Schenker
Much of the film s attempted laughs come from the comedy of discomfort school with an endless array of situations that milk awkwardness to a degree that makes these scenes far more unpleasant than humorous to watch 
2
I Give It a Year
Roger Moore
Refreshingly sour for a rom com but there s so little chemistry between the leads that we never believe them or root for them as a couple
2
I Give It a Year
Dustin Putman
Splendidly pert dialogue laugh out loud situations and an ensemble of ready and willing performers combine to ultimately give I Give It a Year the volt of electricity it needs to keep from becoming familiar and obvious 
3
Palookaville
Roger Ebert
Palookaville understands a kind of low key humor based on human nature 
3
Captain Ron
David Nusair
watchable yet entirely forgettable 
2.5
Captain Ron
Austin Kennedy
Director Eberhardt does nothing to elevate this from being anything other than a boring TV movie and I m sure if Kurt Russell wasn t in it that s exactly where it would have premiered 
1
Captain Ron
Chris Hicks
A real mess 
1.5
Crawford
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many political documentaries this big hearted well made film is genuinely interested in understanding both sides 
3
Crawford
Erik Childress
Modigliani is there from the beginning which helps bring potency and unexpected tragedy to the lives of both Bush s local supporters and his dissenters 
3.5
Big in Japan
John Hartl
What s missing is something to hold it all together a sense of style a consistent comic perspective a leading man with charisma 
2
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
Mark Dujsik
At its worst 44 Dangerous Game 58 The Legacy Murders is an ugly and nasty movie 44 but even at the low bar of its relative best 44 it apos s just incompetent 46 
0.5
The Runner
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he degree of difficulty and desperation here comes across as more than a bit disingenuous 46 
1.5
The Runner
Roger Moore
All the pretty people and pretty settings and flashbacks can 8217 t finesse 8220 The Runner 8221 into something it 8217 s not 8212 tense and compelling 46 
2
The Sadness
Brian Eggert
If you have limits 44 The Sadness will push them 46 If you think you can handle gory movies 44 it will make you question your resolve 46 And if you have a sensitive gag reflex 44 the film will test it 46 
3
The Sadness
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Sadness is one of the more aggressively bleak 44 disturbing 44 and depraved horror films I 8217 ve ever seen 46 
2.5
The Sadness
Steven Prokopy
The Sadness is a visceral filmgoing experience 44 and in a lot of ways a major downer since the title also refers to all that we apos re left with when all the good is drained from the world 44 as it is in this movie 46 
3
The Sadness
Simon Abrams
Jabbaz 8217 s movie isn 8217 t exactly deep 44 but it does effectively channel his free floating anxieties in ways both excessive and appropriately nasty 46 
3
The Sadness
Walter Chaw
The Sadness isn t subtle by any stretch of the imagination and at this point frankly it shouldn t be 
3
Journey to the Shore
Jesse Cataldo
The film remains too pallid and diffuse the development of its mood and characters suffering as a result 
2
The Canyonlands
Christian Toto
Low budget shocker leaves genre tropes behind for stupefying finale 
1.5
Chastity
David Nusair
a thoroughly bizarre and hopelessly dated relic 
1
The Magician's Elephant
James Kendrick
Parts of it are a bit clunky and the animation feels somewhat cheap at times 44 but The Magician 8217 s Elephant is nonetheless an enjoyable diversion that stays true to the essence of DiCamillo 8217 s novel while also forging its own path 46 
3
The Magician's Elephant
Steven Prokopy
Despite the glowing cast 44 it 8217 s a shame a film that speaks so highly of magic can 8217 t generate much in terms of its artistry 46 
2
The Magician's Elephant
Nell Minow
The human characters are fairly standard 44 but the title pachyderm is designed with enough realism to bring emotional and believable physical weight to the story 46 
3
The Magician's Elephant
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his material 46 46 46 is 46 46 46 a bit too busy 44 underdeveloped 44 and tonally uncertain to make the kind of whole impact its best individual moments do 46 
2.5
The Magician's Elephant
Randy Myers
An original fairy tale that reminds us to dream big and keep hope even in the darkest times 
3
Blackout
Kam Williams
A well crafted slice of life saga which amply illustrates how easily matters might go from bad to worse in the already overburdened inner city when disaster strikes in the hood 
3
Living on Love Alone
Kent Turner
The director has written an unpretentious straightforward script for a cast up for anything whether in or out of the sack 
3
Nurse
Frank Ochieng
Clearly the recommended prescription for the delusional Nurse 3 D is a deviant hard pill to swallow and that is not necessarily a bad thing neither 
2.5
Nurse
Mike McGranaghan
An early frontrunner for Craziest Movie of 2014 This is an unapologetic exploitation flick executed with tongue in cheek style It s got blood boobs and butts galore plus a lot of outrageously gimmicky uses of the third dimension 
3
Nurse
Chris Alexander
No matter what Nurse 3D is or isn t as an entertainment it rocks 
3.5
Nurse
Dustin Putman
Nurse is more curiosity than home run but it is a safe bet that no one will ever be able to accuse it of being boring 
2.5
Nurse
Peter Sobczynski
I don t quite have the nerve to give it a full recommendation but I do have a certain affection for it and I wouldn t want to discourage anyone from seeing it for themselves if they were inclined to do so 
2.5
Nurse
Ed Gonzalez
Rather than capture truly pained souls tangled in exuberant horror tropes the filmmakers settle for retrograde anguish and warmed over artistry 
.5
The Adventures of the American Rabbit
David Nusair
makes even the most quickie straight to video Disney release look astounding by comparison 
1
Earth
Joshua Tanzer
Ultimately becomes a stunning exploration of the blackness of the human heart 
3.5
Earth
Ross Anthony
Cracking India 
2.5
Earth
Steve Rhodes
When bad things happen they seem distant and unreal so that the events pack little emotional wallop 
2.5
Earth
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of film that makes you question any religion that does not have as a basic tenet the tolerance of other religions 
3
Lifechanger
Garnet Fraser
Nothing detracts from the cracking pace that an 84 minute movie demands Even the gore is efficient 
3
Lifechanger
Bill Chambers
One of many in a film that has all the ingredients for something truly clever yet thinks a little small 
2
The Gig is Up
Kent Turner
A brisk whirlwind tour of this often invisible work force 
3
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
Mike McGranaghan
If you want to see DC superheroes taking each other on this is a far more entertaining option than Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice 
3
Stolen Seas
Omer Mozaffar
A documentary of such ambitious scope that you might need a remote control and a notebook to keep up with it 
3.5
Stolen Seas
J. R. Jones
Digs deep into the subject of piracy arguing that it s less an anachronism than a sign of the times 
3
Stevie
Roger Ebert
Stevie captures this laconic despair but it also does a great deal more It gives us a very particular portrait of a woman s life 
4
The Nature of Existence
Kyle Smith
Inquiring into the reasons human beings exist filmmaker Roger Nygard uncovers this stunner Various people have different opinions 
1.5
The Nature of Existence
Mike McGranaghan
A smart engrossing and entertaining crash course in the study of What It All Means 
3
The Nature of Existence
Wesley Lovell
Without putting his own impression on his story Nygard has made The Nature of Existence both a broad far reaching exploration of the concept of existence and an affirmation of the individual possession of belief 
3
The Nature of Existence
Chuck Bowen
The Nature of Existence was bound to fall short of its deliberately and ridiculously broad title anyway but one still wishes for more 
1.5
The Nature of Existence
Steve Rhodes
I didn t learn anything but I sure had a good time laughing at the subject which made it all worthwhile 
3
Brother Bear
David Nusair
often just as dull as it is engaging 
2.5
Brother Bear
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una de esas joyitas que no pueden faltar en ninguna coleccin personal y cuyo valor seguramente ser reconocido en los aos por venir 
3
Brother Bear
Forrest Hartman
The movie isn 8217 t as witty as Monsters Inc and the storytelling isn 8217 t as sharp as in Tarzan but the theme of environmental kindness is priceless 
3.5
Brother Bear
Willie Waffle
I still don t understand how Brother Bear got an Oscar nomination for Best Animated film but there are plenty of worse movies out there 
2
Brother Bear
Mike McGranaghan
A New Age y tale that doesn t quite rank as a Disney masterpiece but which is enjoyable nonetheless 
3
Brother Bear
Linda Cook
These beasts are beautiful but Brother Bear is no Beauty and the Beast 
3
Brother Bear
Louise Kennedy
Give one chef eggs cream and sugar and he ll produce creme brulee In another kitchen you ll get plain old vanilla pudding What we have in Brother Bear for all the potentially tasty ingredients is pudding 
2
Brother Bear
Sara Michelle Fetters
But Brother Bear kept aspiring to be so much more In the end I wanted the more and Disney just couldn t give it to me 
2.5
Brother Bear
Kit Bowen
Brother Bear should please most kids but its formulaic story and predictable animation prove Disney needs to try a little harder next time 
2
Brother Bear
Jonathan R. Perry
Saddle our freshly hirsute hero with an insufferably chatty cute sidekick and you re pouring chocolate sauce on a Double Stuf Oreo 
1.5
Brother Bear
Nick Rogers
Pixar is forcing Disney to keep up with more than ongoing distribution negotiations 59 Brother Bear is proof its muscles are starting to cramp 46 
2.5
Brother Bear
Matt Brunson
Oh brother what a bore 
1.5
Brother Bear
Dan Lybarger
Although there are five credited writers it s as if they copied and pasted material from other sources but forgot what made the originals work 
2
Brother Bear
Sean P. Means
The much handled script is stifling in its self conscious seriousness 
2
Brother Bear
Susannah Gora
While not a masterpiece along the lines of The Lion King and not a super smart witticism fest like Lilo Stitch Brother Bear is deeply heartfelt touching and beautiful 
3
Brother Bear
David N. Butterworth
With the undistinguished Brother Bear Disney seems to have forgotten it no longer monopolizes the animated feature market 
2
Brother Bear
John Beifuss
An inconsequential picture like this isn t going to do much to persuade Disney to keep its artists supplied with inks and watercolors as well as hard drives and mousepads 
2.5
Brother Bear
Terry Lawson
It s hard to avoid concluding that Brother Bear was pitched as Pocahontas meets The Lion King since it recycles the themes of both not to mention a character or two 
2
Brother Bear
Rob Blackwelder
Perhaps a better title would have been Oh Brother Bear 
2
Brother Bear
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A collection of terrible songs by Phil Collins continuously halts the movie in its tracks 
2.5
Brother Bear
Chris Hewitt
What s maddening about Bear is that it dangles good stuff in front of us an intriguing American Indian myth beautifully stylized backgrounds and yanks it away to dive into conventional territory 
1.5
Brother Bear
Peter Bernard
A sentimental and enjoyable family film 
2.5
Brother Bear
C.W. Nevius
The good news is that this is mostly good old fashioned hand drawn Disney animation The bad news is that it relies too much on old fashioned formula hackneyed plot and cookie cutter characters 
3
Brother Bear
Joe Baltake
There s a nagging sameness here that dwarfs the film s noble intentions and rather striking cinematics 
3
Brother Bear
Eleanor O'Sullivan
It feels like the moviemakers went through the motions because it s time again for a holiday season cartoon for the little ones 
2
Brother Bear
Timothy Knight
While there are certainly laughs to be had and the backgrounds are frequently ravishing Brother Bear is frankly a bore 
2.5
Brother Bear
Stephen Cole
The film can be recommended to parents of headstrong children who are up for a wild frequently entertaining but not always coherent ride Everyone else might want to download the Disney screensaver 
2
Brother Bear
Jeff Vice
It s eminently forgettable and does represent Mouse House storytelling at its most formulaic but it s still better than a great deal of what passes for animated entertainment these days 
2.5
Brother Bear
Michael Booth
Disney has turned the call of the wild into the stultifying murmur of group therapy 
1.5
Brother Bear
Phil Villarreal
Seems destined to swirl down the drain along with other Mouse House flameouts
2
Brother Bear
Roger Ebert
Children and their parents are likely to relate on completely different levels the adults connecting with the transfer of souls from man to beast while the kids are excited by the adventure stuff 
3
Brother Bear
Jeffrey Westhoff
Proves hand drawn animation can dazzle as much the computerized kind 
3.5
Brother Bear
Josh Larsen
runs on circle of life blather and Casio keyboard songs by Phil Collins To call it bland would be an insult to Barry Manilow 
1.5
Brother Bear
Erik Childress
Good story solid animation catchy songs a beautiful score by Mark Mancina and big laughs to not bore the adults Sounds like the perfect definition of a family film to me 
3
Brother Bear
Sue Pierman
Brother Bear just doesn t have the original Disney spark rather it seems like a paint by numbers marketing venture 
1.5
Brother Bear
Tony Toscano
Even though the story never was never quite gripping enough Brother Bear still is an enjoyable movie for the kids
3
Brother Bear
Jeff Strickler
Messages about appreciating the world around you and a reworking of The Lion King circle of life riff are likely to be warmly accepted 
2.5
Brother Bear
Steven Rea
A generally upbeat and engaging tale of friendship and understanding 
3
Brother Bear
Lawrence Toppman
Though six credited people and doubtless uncredited ones as well worked on script and story this fits the Disney template to a T 
2
Brother Bear
Mark Caro
There s something vanilla about the whole enterprise 
2
Brother Bear
James Berardinelli
A pleasant experience that is more appropriate for families than for adults unaccompanied by young offspring 
3
Brother Bear
Steve Rhodes
It s kind of cute but just not cute enough 
2.5
Brother Bear
Claudia Puig
A sweet celebration of brotherhood in its many forms 
3
Brother Bear
Jack Mathews
Though Brother Bear is as beautiful as any of Disney s hand drawn features the gang written script is deadly flat 
2
Brother Bear
Glenn Whipp
It s a thoroughly pleasant if unremarkable kids movie that will keep the little ones entertained for 80 minutes while not hurting their parents heads too much 
2.5
Brother Bear
Lou Lumenick
An uninspired recycling of themes that were far more gripping in The Lion King and countless other earlier Mouse House classics 
1.5
Brother Bear
Walter Chaw
A quintessential example of a dishonest picture 
0.5
Brother Bear
Gene Seymour
A play it safe pastiche of familiar Disney tropes from the senseless killing of a poor animal to the headstrong young adventurer to the ragtag comic relief to well you can fill in the rest 
2
Brother Bear
David Sterritt
All the old Disney trademarks are here except the wit and surprise that were once the studio s stock in trade 
2
Brother Bear
Ed Gonzalez
The embarrassing Earth Mother chants by Phil Collins further remove us from the world of the sacred past and straight into a Disney marketeer s cubicle 
1.5
Tickling Leo
Andrew Schenker
The Holocaust new wave continues with Tickling Leo this time drawing on a little known historical footnote as the haunted backdrop for an otherwise tepid contemporary drama 
1.5
Tickling Leo
John Anderson
Pressman s performance as the increasingly demented poet and Holocaust survivor Warren Pikler gives us the man Warren was is and will be It isn t easy but like a long line drive it s a great thing to watch 
3
Next to Her
Kent Turner
A complex first film that carefully trods a tightrope
3
Derelicts
Roger Moore
For everybody who found the polish sophistication and gentility of The Devil s Rejects a turn off 
0
Grosse Pointe Blank
Matt Brunson
With its darkly comic sensibilities and morally flawed protagonists this won t be to everyone s taste but those who can get on its wavelength will appreciate the savory witticisms and dryly acute observations 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Maitland McDonagh
A slick mannered and frequently clever comedy 
3.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An incredibly hip look at growing up 
3.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Michael Dequina
Calling this blend of comedy and violence Tarantino lite may sound like a bash but it isn t 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Ross Anthony
Great pace strong dialogue and a fun fresh angle on the life of a hit man 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Judith Egerton
Except for a few near miss scenes director George Armitage s romantic comedy hits the target 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Leonard Schwarz
If you can ignore the tiresome romance and the incessant playing of largely inane music on the soundtrack Grosse Point Blank has much to recommend it 
2.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Margaret A. McGurk
One tangy black comedy 
3.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Mick LaSalle
A soggy all over the place mess 
1
Grosse Pointe Blank
Rick Groen
An entertaining oddity an amiably black comedy whose bared teeth double as an engaging smile It takes a satiric bite and leaves you laughing through the pain For that we can thank the writers 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
James Kendrick
Definitely not for everybody but you can t say it s not original 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Frank Ochieng
A quirky high caliber dark comedy that is bound to send your cynicism and funnybone to the same repair shop Grosse Pointe Blank is so effortless in its relentless send up of everyday drivel 
3.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Steve Rhodes
An unapologetically funny film that was happy to have no message other than laughter and no intention other than making a well deserved profit 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Madeleine Williams
A darkly amusing black comedy that needs a better title 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Marty Mapes
A concept driven movie with just a single gimmick that hired killers are normal people outside of work Surprisingly it works well 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Susan Wloszczyna
With a breezy unpredictability that belies a darker underside Grosse Pointe Blank directed by George Armitage is the kind of quirky character driven comedy they don t make much anymore 
3
Grosse Pointe Blank
Chris Hicks
A surprisingly light and jaunty effort loaded with goofball cross talk and amusing characters 
2.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
James Berardinelli
The film offers sufficient small pleasures to make it worth enduring the less effective elements As a result while Grosse Pointe Blank fails to deliver a fullisade at least the chamber s not empty either 
2.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Rob Blackwelder
The story telling is sloppy The post production got a little untidy too with so many 1980s hit tunes thrown on the soundtrack that the music changes almost as often as the camera angle 
2.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Roger Ebert
Despite these qualities the movie for me is a near miss One of the problems is the conclusion in which things are resolved with an elaborate action sequence 
2.5
Grosse Pointe Blank
Barbara Shulgasser
This movie has the jaunty good cheer of another great movie about hit men Prizzi s Honor And that is high praise indeed 
4
A Perfect World
Walter Chaw
It s an American masterpiece 
4
A Perfect World
Peter Canavese
Tells the tale of an escaped convict and his eight year old hostage and in the process considers the cycles of disappointment wrought on sons by questionable fathers abusive ones absent ones even a well meaning daddy state Blu ray 
3.5
A Perfect World
Michael Dequina
Moving and totally absorbing 
4
A Perfect World
Bill Chambers
Some may accuse the picture of sentimentality but really it gets caught up in the moment 
4
A Perfect World
Chris Hicks
A Perfect World is essentially an indictment of how the American penal system turns troubled boys into career crooks but the film is weakened by a plethora of inappropriate comedy 
2.5
A Perfect World
James Berardinelli
A Perfect World is evidence that Hollywood is still capable of producing the kinds of moving intelligent movies that have increasingly become the province of independent film makers 
3.5
A Perfect World
Roger Ebert
This is a movie that surprises you 
4
A Perfect World
Steve Rhodes
This is a little movie and should have a brief running time The editor must have been asleep at his desk 
2
Straw Dogs
Brian Eggert
A wholly unnecessary Hollywood treatment of Sam Peckinpah 8217 s unsettling and controversial 1971 original 46 
2
Straw Dogs
Felix Vasquez Jr.
In the history of remakes this really isn t a bad one 
2.5
Straw Dogs
Michael Dequina
Comes off like its poster a copycat that superficially looks the same but lacks in inspiration 
2
Straw Dogs
Eric Melin
It doesn t even work as a thriller And of course like the 70s original it just turns into an all out blood bath at the end which can t help but notch up the campiness 
1.5
Straw Dogs
Linda Cook
It was a different era a different time in American culture Sam Peckinpah s 1971 Straw Dogs arguably has become a classic It was a controversial film when it was released because of its depiction of a sexual assault 
3
Straw Dogs
Phil Villarreal
Rod Lurie s film equals the original and surpasses it in many ways 
3.5
Straw Dogs
John Beifuss
Lurie tries to eliminate the more controversial elements of Peckinpah s film but in the process he loses what made the original such a transgressive unsettling mysterious and necessary landmark of screen violence 
2
Straw Dogs
Mike Scott
It s a strong technical film with good performances and a simmering intensity If only I could figure out why this was necessary 
2.5
Straw Dogs
Stephen Cole
A routine if rather gruesome thriller with attractive leads ducking in and out of danger 
1.5
Straw Dogs
Michael Atkinson
Of course Lurie overwrites it transforming forces of inexplicable violence into idiot individuals with paper thin M O s 
2
Straw Dogs
James Berardinelli
Lurie like Peckinpah is fascinated by the idea that the seemingly mild non confrontational pacifist may be the villain in all of this 
3
Straw Dogs
Glenn Lovell
nothing on its mind but cashing in on the current glut of home invasion thrillers the worst re imagining of an American classic since Gus Van Sant s deadpan shot for shot desecration of Psycho 
1.5
Straw Dogs
Scott Nash
There s an awful lot of boring dialogue and poor symbolism in the hour and a half that precedes the Home Alone meets Deliverance finale 
1.5
Straw Dogs
James Kendrick
essentially turns the film into exactly the kind of primitive masculine revenge tale that the original s detractors mistook it for
2
Straw Dogs
Wilson Morales
What good is this remake if it s not disturbing nor controversial but plain and ultra low on shock value 
2
Straw Dogs
Willie Waffle
Uses violence to blow you out of the theater instead of beating you over the head with pointless non stop visual images of it 
4
Straw Dogs
Chris Hewitt
The new Straw Dogs proves that it would be possible to do a worthwhile remake of that 1971 film Unfortunately this is not that worthwhile remake 
2
Straw Dogs
Kyle Smith
One of those movies that sits in an armchair smokes a pipe and reflects seriously on the question of violence but the main reason to see it is for the hilariously nasty uses it devises for a bear trap nail gun etc 
2
Straw Dogs
Joe Holleman
For the most part Lurie s remake serves as a credible update to the original and the performances from Skarsgard Marsden and Bosworth are solid 
2.5
Straw Dogs
Mark Dujsik
No matter what one s opinion of the original might be the remake certainly should make one appreciate it more 
2
Straw Dogs
Dustin Putman
Watching it is like gazing upon a plagiarized essay no matter how good its content might be it doesn t take away the knowledge that it was just copied over from someone else s paper 
2
Straw Dogs
Scott Bowles
Lurie informs his movie with plenty of nods to the original and at least manages a story that will have people talking if not about the nature of human violence then about the grisly depiction of it 
3
Straw Dogs
Peter Howell
You can understand Lurie s motivation for remaking Straw Dogs and applaud the competence of his filmmaking and casting while at the same time lamenting what has happened to him 
2.5
Straw Dogs
Michael Phillips
Rod Lurie s bird brained remake of Straw Dogs doesn t work on its own terms and it can t hold a candle to the unruly unstable merits of Sam Peckinpah s 1971 original 
1
Straw Dogs
Carrie Rickey
Almost succeeds as an object lesson in the difference between being a man and being a macho animal But it fails as a gripping home invasion thriller 
1.5
Straw Dogs
Wesley Morris
The movie is like being waterboarded by liberals outside a Democratic National Committee event 
0.5
Straw Dogs
Matt Pais
A battle between liberals and conservatives in which each looks like a fool unable to meet the other halfway until a gruesome deadly finale feebly asks Why can t we all get along 
2
Straw Dogs
Jaime N. Christley
The fissure between faithful respectful monument and soulless hot modernization transplant also paints Rod Lurie fatally into a corner 
1.5
Straw Dogs
Peter Travers
Lurie wants us to see the moral wounds that come from losing control a solid reason for a remake Both takes on Straw Dogs hold up a dark mirror to humanity Choose your own bad medicine 
3
Straw Dogs
Roger Moore
Smug savage and infuriating 
1.5
Straw Dogs
Roger Ebert
I found it visceral disturbing and well made 
3.5
Straw Dogs
Rene Rodriguez
Straw Dogs is an artful provocation a meditation on masculinity and societal mores in the guise of an explosive thriller 
3.5
Straw Dogs
David Nusair
Straw Dogs has been cut from as familiar and hackneyed a cloth as one could possibly envision 
.5
Gacy
David Nusair
We barely learn a thing about Gacy other than the fact that his father abused him and he hates his wife 
1
Collective
David Nusair
a sporadically interesting yet terminally unfocused documentary in dire need of streamlining 
2.5
Collective
Max Weiss
Collective is eye opening elegiac and essential It suggests or at least hopes that the only thing more powerful than political corruption is the collective voice of those trying to stop it 
3.5
Collective
Matt Brunson
One of 2020 s 20 best films 
3.5
Collective
Roger Moore
One can t watch the Romanian documentary Collective Colectiv without feeling as if the film is a snapshot of America s future 
3
Collective
Rene Sanchez
Collective is brave and thought provoking cinema at its best A pulsating and timely docu thriller Full Review in Spanish 
4
Collective
Peter Canavese
A great documentary reminiscent of the great Romanian drama The Death of Mr Lazarescu 
4
Collective
Lisa Trifone
Collective skillfully navigates its way through the film s many protagonists and their respective experiences
4
Collective
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In the end it s about the ongoing battle between crusading journalists and corrupt businessmen politicians apparently locked in a tie 
3.5
Collective
Shane Slater
Nanau lays out this trail of corruption in remarkable engaging detail 
4
Collective
Anita Katz
The film is adroitly edited journalistically solid morally infuriating and more gripping than most Hollywood thrillers 
3.5
Collective
Sheila O'Malley
A great movie about how a free and independent press holds power to account and calls out hypocrisy and venality 
4
Collective
Jake Coyle
Collective a document of a modern corruption that can fester and thrive anywhere ends with a mortifying shudder and tears at a gravesite 
3.5
Collective
Mark Dujsik
We watch people fight the good fight and the only solace at the end of this alarming dissection of corruption is the hope that they re still fighting 
3.5
Collective
Katie Walsh
Gripping incisive and shockingly powerful Collective is easily the documentary of the year 
4
Collective
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A masterpiece that is both cinematic and journalistic 
4
Collective
Randy Myers
Nanau s damning film applicable to political failures around the world goes beyond that exposing the very roots of corruption and exploring the harm it does 
4
Collective
Ann Hornaday
Nanau has made an informative documentary about a story that most Americans never heard of and pulls the lens back just enough to encapsulate the low and dishonest age of global populism 
3.5
Collective
Barry Hertz
This is a fly on the wall production with no talking head interviews or expository narration Nanau forces his audience to confront the horrors unfolding right in front of them with no need for outside commentary 
3
Collective
G. Allen Johnson
Collective is a fascinating documentary that seems to unfold over real time 
4
Collective
Diego Semerene
The film reminds us that without investigative reporting there s no democracy and that traditional expectations around impartiality and objectivity may be untenable in the face of horror 
3.5
Give 'Em Hell, Harry!
Roger Ebert
The main thrust of the theatrical event is intact and so s the Truman spirit 
3
Devil's Island
CSM Staff
Ambitious but uneven 
2
The Eternal Feminine
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Solid biopic Complete review en Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
2
The Handmaiden
Brian Eggert
Park Chan wook s The Handmaiden envelops the viewer in a clever con game of psychological duplicity depraved predators dark humor and sordid sexual delights 
4
The Handmaiden
Lisa Jensen
The Handmaiden is gorgeously shot and composed audacious and full of witty visual asides 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Matt Brunson
Intelligent absorbing and erotic 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Mal Vincent
The Handmaiden is a melodrama that delivers on its twists and turns 
3
The Handmaiden
Josh Larsen
the more we unfold of its mystery the deeper we fall into suspicion desire and depravity 
3
The Handmaiden
Christopher Schobert
It s undoubtedly a masterpiece 
4
The Handmaiden
Sean P. Means
A fascinating tale of deception and double crosses 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While Oldboy contained a whopper of a twist The Handmaiden tells its story in more measured strokes and yet is no less lurid or powerful 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Sara Michelle Fetters
Chan wook delivers a marvel of storytelling sleight of hand worthy of euphoric admiration 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Tirdad Derakhshani
Far too good to be watched in one sitting 
3.5
The Handmaiden
James Berardinelli
Chan wook Park s The Handmaiden is deliciously perverse delightfully twisty and unapologetically erotic 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Roger Moore
A thriller that is the most fun you can have watching steamy sex on the big screen 
3
The Handmaiden
Peter Canavese
A conspicuously crafty tale Park s erotic thriller with its story that not coincidentally deals with fetishes never feels lifelessly premeditated rather we realize early and often that we are in very sure hands 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Calum Marsh
The flourishes of brutality the pageantry of hardcore the punchlines and slapstick gags what s all this doing in an otherwise earnest film about deception and love 
2
The Handmaiden
Richard Roeper
Park Chan wook is a master of classy trash There s artistry in his filmmaking but also a lot of blood plenty of sick humor and moments of sheer lunacy The Handmaiden ranks among his best films yet 
4
The Handmaiden
Tom Meek
It holds its rapturous tease over us with scrumptious visuals artful poise and dips into kink and gore that would give the Marquis de Sade reason to smile 
4
The Handmaiden
Peter Howell
Kinky by design artful by intent the film draws visual inspiration from Gothic erotic art while distilling its screenplay Chung Seo kyung and Park share co script from the Sarah Waters Victorian crime novel Fingersmith 
2.5
The Handmaiden
Rob Thomas
Just when we figure out where it s going it goes somewhere else Just when we think it won t dare go somewhere it does 
4
The Handmaiden
Mark Dujsik
Co writer director Chan wook Park s The Handmaiden is an invigorating exercise in shifting perspectives and sympathies 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Kate Taylor
Park s Handmaiden is a great big chocolate box of a movie in which a rich and satisfying narrative is enlivened by some piquant erotica and the sharp tang of politics 
4
The Handmaiden
Michael O'Sullivan
Uncomfortable squirms not titillation seem the only reasonable response to the whole point of the movie 
2
The Handmaiden
Ty Burr
There may not be a director currently working who s more of an evil genius or whose movies offer more double edged delights 
4
The Handmaiden
Walter V. Addiego
The Handmaiden is a fever dream from South Korean virtuoso Park Chan wook bursting with the kind of goodies that send cinephiles into ecstasy 
3
The Handmaiden
Moira MacDonald
You have I promise never seen a movie quite like Park Chan wook s The Handmaiden 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Rene Rodriguez
The Handmaiden hails from South Korea but compared to most American movies of its scale and budget it might as well have been made on another planet 
3.5
The Handmaiden
Robert Levin
The level of craft is so consistently high that it s impossible to be anything less than entertained 
3
The Handmaiden
Matt Zoller Seitz
Like Park s best work it s an expressionistic at times surreal movie that skates along the knife edge of dreams Every frame pulses with life sometimes with blood 
4
The Handmaiden
Chuck Bowen
With The Handmaiden Park Chan wook has made a gigantic leap as an artist but he retreats to lurid cartoonishness just as he s earned your trust 
3
The Handmaiden
Kent Turner
A pervy picture perfect period piece 
3
Call Me Chihiro
Roger Moore
A movie this long and this still practically begs to be taken more seriously than what transpires on the screen actually merits 46 
1.5
Dracula A.D. 1972
Matt Brunson
The disappointment involving Dracula A D 1972 is that the title character never ventures outside his hiding ground missing a rich opportunity for some interesting juxtapositions 
2.5
1922
Federico Furzan
A solid adaptation of a King novella that also works as a showcase for an actor that the industry may have well forgotten but still shines Full review in Spanish 
3
1922
Brian Tallerico
The familiar case of a short story stretched too thin in a feature film 
2
1922
Chuck Bowen
Thomas Jane s dramatization of rage is haunting and shrewdly comical in its overt and ultimately moving über manliness 
3
The Last Horror Movie
David Nusair
the film soon becomes interminable and dull once the novelty wears off 
1.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Brian Eggert
Filled with darkly comic and cynical observations about its period and its soulful performer 91 46 46 46 93 44 the film apos s sharply observed tale is among the Coens 8217 most carefully crafted and elusive yet 46 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Sonny Bunch
The film is vintage Coen Brothers quietly funny a bit arch and beautifully shot 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Alissa Wilkinson
Inside Llewyn Davis is a darkly funny film that recreates the texture of the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1961 and for those of us who love the Coens meandering storytelling style it s a masterpiece 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
James Kendrick
an exceedingly well detailed but emotionally bereft recreation of a bygone era
2
Inside Llewyn Davis
Clayton Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis is one of the best pictures of the year plain and simple It s the Coen Brothers finest film since Fargo 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Brad Keefe
An underlying sadness gives the film some weight balanced by moments of farce For Coen fans it s can t miss 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Wesley Lovell
A fascinating look at depression artistry and the struggle of everyone to find a place 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jay Antani
The film has a frustrating neither here nor there quality 
2.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lori Hoffman
Inside Llewyn Davis is a movie you chew over days after seeing it 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Linda Cook
A character study of a guy who sabotages himself at every turn along with one of the best soundtracks this year Inside Llewyn Davis is another superb Coen Brothers film 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Mara Reinstein
The unreliable brooding Llewyn is a prickly sort making it a challenge for his industry and movie audiences to fully embrace him And yet the talent is undeniable 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Matt Brunson
The best film of 2013 As with many works from great filmmakers how much you invest in the movie may determine how much you derive from it 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
John Serba
Every scene in Inside Llewyn Davis is a sumptuous delicacy of dialogue performance setting and scintillating subtext 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Eric Melin
It steers away from any kind of sentimentality so any time serious discussion of success or failure either commercially or artistically come up they are torpedoed like some kind of sick joke That itself carries a special kind of poignancy 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dann Gire
Oscar Isaac plays the title character and his performance bleeds with strained empathy and mysterious reserve 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rob Thomas
Davis may be the saddest comedy you ever see or the funniest drama In other words this is a Coen Brothers movie odd and endearing and one of their best 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Marty Mapes
Mythic tale of artistic rejection in the 1960s folk scene
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jordan Hiller
Llewyn Davis entertaining and witty as all Coen productions quite naturally are teaches us about the devotion one must have to their art if they intend it to survive them 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
David Nusair
an almost prototypically uneven effort from the Coen brothers 
2.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Scott Nash
Another dark and interesting film from the Coen brothers 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Burl Burlingame
Yes there was a time when folk music was cool the artists considered themselves direct conduits to the roiling engaging psychology of the nation 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
John Beifuss
Hang me oh hang me warbles Llewyn Davis at the start of this movie filled with gallows humor its mystical looping structure reminded me of the most famous American short story about a hanging Ambrose Bierce s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dave Bidini
Whoever watches Inside Llewyn Davis will probably leave with a sense that while some artists are bound for glory most are not and not even being good or even great can be enough to get what you want provided you know what that is 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lisa Kennedy
Celebrating and mourning a bygone moment Inside Llewyn Davis is a tuneful wake intended to arouse us from our slumber to desires worth remembering 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
John Wirt
Even if it s an especially bleak Coen brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis is a great example of their particular cinematic gifts 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
James Adams
You don t end up rooting for Llewyn Davis because there s not much to root for And this imparts a weird sort of impersonality or cold bloodedness to the film s core 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Steven Rea
Inside Llewyn Davis plays like some beautiful foreboding darkly funny dream 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
George Varga
Captures its time place and tone so well some viewers may feel they ve stepped into a time machine 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Willie Waffle
A great reminder why Joel and Ethan Coen are such brilliant filmmakers I just wish the Coens didn t blow it with an ending that is too cute by half 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Mark Dujsik
It s some sort of cosmic joke on Llewyn who must be constantly reminded that he likely will only do any good for himself if he actually lets another person into his life 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Austin Kennedy
This is easily the Coen Brothers worst film But that s just how great their other films are I still liked it and I m sure I will enjoy it more with repeat viewings 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Carla Meyer
Imbued with a surly magnetism by Isaac Llewyn is quick witted and shows a way with a song The film surrounding him ably mixes dark humor period authenticity and polished yet heartfelt musical performances 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Ty Burr
Inside Llewyn Davis is a transporting cinematic experience with a churl at its center and how you feel about the movie may depend on how you feel about the churl 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Ann Hornaday
This soulful unabashedly lyrical film is best enjoyed by sinking into it like a sweet sad dream When you wake up a mythical place and time will have disappeared forever But you ll know that attention briefly beautifully has been paid 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Duane Dudek
The versatile Isaac studied guitar was in a band and has had small film and TV roles But here he takes a great leap forward in a way Llewyn Davis is never able to achieve 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Calvin Wilson
Isaac who also shared the screen with Mulligan in Drive may remind some moviegoers of the young Al Pacino And like Pacino he has a gift for being appealing even when he s unpleasant 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Chris Hewitt
It s another of the Coens idiosyncratic wryly amusing character studies 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jon Niccum
It s both fresh and familiar comedy and tragedy straightforward narrative and think piece parable It s also one of the best films of the year 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rene Rodriguez
Inside Llewyn Davis is one of the Coens smallest movies this one doesn t have the broad appeal of True Grit or No Country For Old Men but like Llewyn s music it comes from the heart and is deeply felt It is also one of their best 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Peter Howell
The whims of fate and vagaries of artistic success have never been so clearly defined or so musically 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Matt Pais
Finds richness in repetition 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dustin Putman
An unforced low key drama its story one that is more episodic than conventionally plotted Not a lot is accomplished or resolved and yet that is one of Ethan and Joel Coen s overriding messages 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Paul de Barros
It s about a sensitive confused young man in desperate pain negotiating an identity crisis during an important moment in American cultural history 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jeff Beck
Leave it to the Coen Bros to create something sufficiently intriguing out of something so simple 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Mick LaSalle
It never becomes more than one scene followed by the next and then another Yet those scenes are easy to watch and they have the Coens signature humor 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael Phillips
Some quibbles But it s well worth seeing 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Josh Larsen
the work of now successful artists who have made it through to the other side with their integrity intact 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Walter Chaw
what it means to be an artist in a world that doesn t value them
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Randy Myers
There s not much of a plot to speak of just a piercing evocative sense of a time and place and the characters contained within it 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Mike McGranaghan
I d say that Inside Llewyn Davis is one of the Coen brothers best films but most of their films are one of their best films 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Kam Williams
Manhattan 61 revisited 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ultimately it seems more grounded deeper and more touching than anything the Coens have done in a while 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
James Berardinelli
This isn t a rags to riches story There s no great moment of catharsis In fact the filmmakers openly flout mainstream expectations when they show a certain highway sign then proceed to ignore the location shown on it 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Perry Seibert
With its disquieting finale and clear eyed appraisal of human failing and weakness Inside Llewyn Davis feels much more like their genuine follow up to A Serious Man 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Stephen Whitty
Llike almost all of their films the Coens new movie has a great and playful sense of incident cramming in characters and anecdotes that obviously amuse the brothers without serving any specific narrative purpose yet make the narrative all the richer 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Robert Levin
A masterpiece centered on disappointment and inadequacy epitomized by an artist struggling to build a career in a world that values commercialism over authenticity 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Glenn Kenny
Inside Llewyn Davis is the most satisfyingly diabolical cinematic structure that the Coens have ever contrived and that s just one reason that I suspect it may be their best movie yet 
4
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rafer Guzman
The Coen brothers latest is one of their best a bittersweet rumination on creative ambition and youthful dreams 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Kyle Smith
A bleak but lovely little parable about the failure of a Greenwich Village folk singer in the weeks before Bob Dylan hits town and Everything Changes 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Peter Travers
One thing s for sure about this raw provocation from the Coens Like the music the pain runs deep and true You ll laugh till it hurts 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Claudia Puig
Brilliantly acted gorgeously shot and altogether captivating 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jessica Herndon
The film is a heavy downer and its consistent gray hue enhances the bleakness But the Coen brothers never fail to weave in bits of saucy irony giving way for essential comical moments that bring everything full circle 
2.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael Dequina
A fascinating warts and all character study of Llewyn as well as perhaps most of all a celebration of all his star in the making portrayer can do 
3
Inside Llewyn Davis
Roger Moore
Period perfect well acted and musically spot on but chilly and dramatically thin Not one of the Coens best 
2.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Chris Cabin
As played by an eloquently beleaguered Oscar Isaac Llewyn Davis is arguably the most vivid and complex character the Coens have dreamed up since Marge Gunderson 
3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis
Kent Turner
May be the Coens saddest yet
3
A Week Away
Roger Moore
Nothing much that s fresh to see or hear here a near miss But that doesn t mean the intent isn t smart 
2
A Week Away
Roger Moore
Nothing much that s fresh to see or hear here a near miss But that doesn t mean the intent isn t smart 
2
A Week Away
Mark Dujsik
The movie is tolerable which isn t to say that it s good or particularly entertaining 
2
A Week Away
Matt Zoller Seitz
This isn t an unwatchable movie just an underachieving and forgettable one and somehow that s more irritating than a disastrous swing for the fences would ve been 
1.5
A Week Away
Sean P. Means
The peppy achingly earnest A Week Away seems likely to inherit the throne once occupied by High School Musical 
3
Nightlight
Brian Tallerico
Nightlight is a perfect example of a film with interesting ideas that are totally smothered by poor execution 
1.5
The Burning Wall
Elias Savada
not a frame of film is wasted in telling its story of lives tortured drugged humiliated and terrorized by fascist pro communist ideology 
2.5
The Burning Wall
V.A. Musetto
A frightening look at Communist controlled East Germany 
3
The Wild Dogs
Walter Chaw
Highlights the trap a filmmaker can fall into when he believes himself to be smarter better somehow than an audience that must get tired of being underestimated 
2
The Wild Dogs
Katrina Onstad
Arresting storytelling but gloomy as hell and hell it is 
3
The Wild Dogs
Rick Groen
Fitzgerald s bulky screenplay impedes his natural style 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Sarah Knight Adamson
Filmed on location in Pittsburg the setting is the 90s but the script is timeless Some scenes are as visually compelling as the characters 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wesley Lovell
One of the absolute best films about surviving High School ever made 
4
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
John Beifuss
A dewy early 1990s coming of age tale that is remarkable for its sensitivity and earnestness even if its post Salinger stations of the cross are almost entirely familiar 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Duane Dudek
Is it a tale of first love traumatized youths loss of innocence or all of the above 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Sean O'Connell
It will become one of those movies this generation turns to when it wants to say This is how it was for us and this is how we survived it For teenagers and those of us who were teenagers once it s truly remarkable 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Sean P. Means
Chbosky creates a rich and authentic portrait of high school bohemians searching for freedom in the stifling environment of adolescent conformity 
4
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Joe Williams
Sensitive teens and their older kin who pine for the 90s may want to take it for a spin on the dance floor 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
John Anderson
Regardless of the viewer s proximity to his or her own high school experience Perks seems to get it right precisely because it s not about a specific time or place 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has some nice touches and makes nice use of the passing seasons but can t ever manage to tap into the universal center of the story 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Peter Canavese
Observe the white middle class American Catholic teenager in his natural habitat Though we have perhaps never flaunted the fetching eyelashes and perfect skin of these curious creatures have we not in a sense been there 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Connie Ogle
High school can be hell but Stephen Chbosky s engaging new film argues that anyone can get by with a little help from their friends 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Amy Biancolli
Somehow these imperfections fit Somehow The Perks of Being a Wallflower shouldn t be flawless 
4
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Jen Chaney
This somewhat disjointed but refreshingly earnest movie ultimately establishes itself as a charmer 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Liam Lacey
Well soaked in the familiar brine of teen sensitivity 
2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Dustin Putman
One of the truest coming of age films in recent memory 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Mark Dujsik
It has a sense of timelessness 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Moira MacDonald
Here s how to make sure your novel arrives on screen with its soul intact adapt and direct it yourself 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Carrie Rickey
As a director Chbosky mirrors his central character s emotional state 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ty Burr
The Perks of Being a Wallflower finds an unexpectedly moving freshness in the old clichs by remaining attentive to the nuances of what happens within and between unhappy teenagers 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Gary Thompson
Takes the other side of the bullied high school outcast story and shows us a teen who discovers the fun of belonging 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Linda Barnard
Verbal play and smartass ery weaves through Wallflower but it s of the predictable variety rather than the wryly observant commentary we d hope for like when a bored teen drawls That works on so many levels 
2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many movies about teenagers The Perks of Being a Wallflower does them the favor of taking them seriously 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Matt Pais
The book and movie s key line We accept the love we think we deserve rings true in any age 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Roger Moore
What makes it close to a classic is the idea that we ll warm to the best moments of our adolescent past and revel in every romantic memory but we ll also cling to the ones that scarred us 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Roger Ebert
All of my previous selves still survive somewhere inside of me and my previous adolescent would have loved The Perks of Being a Wallflower 
3.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Brett Michel
A universal tale of growing up as an outsider 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Rex Reed
It is the remarkable Logan Lerman who negotiates his journey to Charlie s self discovery with so much dignity and vulnerability that he steals every scene and carries the picture 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Whitty
An occasionally funny sometimes grim and all in all fairly adult look at privileged kids with sometimes awful lives marred by abuse drugs depression bullying and homophobia 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Jason Buchanan
One of the most honest and assured teen dramas in recent memory 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Lou Lumenick
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the sort of lower budget personal film you hardly see being released by a major distributor anymore except during awards season 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Robert Levin
Writer director Stephen Chbosky s adaptation of his novel is so infused with honey glazed recollections of suburban Pittsburgh in the early 90s that it suffocates 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Claudia Puig
While there are humorous and poignant moments this angst filled story of tender kisses awkward dances friends drifting apart kindly English teachers unrequited crushes and drug addled partying has a nagging sense of deja vu 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Peter Travers
Perks deserves points for going beyond the typical coming of age drivel aimed at teens Logan Lerman excels as Charlie and Emma Watson makes a dream girl to die for but the movie is stolen head to tail by Ezra Miller 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Christy Lemire
The Perks of Being a Wallflower may not do anything groundbreaking but it tells a familiar story in small thoughtful ways 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Kent Turner
The characters though familiar become multidimensional and transcend stereotypes and the hot button issues 
2.5
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
James Berardinelli
It s sad funny warm and nostalgic kind of like high school really 
3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Phil Villarreal
The greatest perk of being a real Wallflower is that at least you don t get stuck watching a movie about one 
2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chris Cabin
A risible somewhat revolting piece of pop martyrdom made for and isolated to the damaged middle class 
1
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
David Nusair
Chbosky has for the most part done an absolutely note perfect job of bringing this story to the big screen 
4
The Vault
Richard Roeper
Liam Cunningham and Freddie Highmore lead the sparkling cast of thieves just crazy enough to try to claim treasure buried deep under the Bank of Spain 
3
The Vault
Mark Dujsik
It s serviceable in some ways far too familiar in many others and just shallow and contrived enough that it feels like a long delaying build up to the big show 
2
The Vault
Roger Moore
It took five credited screenwriters to come up with this tepid Italian Job knockoff 
1.5
The Vault
Chuck Bowen
The film misses the opportunity for a suspenseful interweaving of sports spectatorship and its characters high stakes gambits 
1.5
Bopha!
Roger Ebert
It is a great performance by Danny Glover the portrait of a proud man who discovers his pride was entrusted to the wrong things 
3.5
Prevenge
Federico Furzan
This is just pointless Its premise is everything but valuable It s plain offensive Full review in Spanish 
1
Prevenge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Frequently quite funny in an extremely dark way 
3
Prevenge
Simon Abrams
A gonzo idea in search of better execution 
1.5
Prevenge
Chuck Bowen
Alice Lowe evinces a knack for locating society s most awkward pressure points and a willingness to punch them 
2.5
Prevenge
David Nusair
Prevenge s underwhelming vibe is compounded and perpetuated by a repetitive structure that grows increasingly problematic 
2
Bobby G. Can't Swim
Megan Turner
Montias pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky but not stereotyped street characters 
2.5
Saints and Soldiers
Robert W. Butler
Director Ryan Little has mounted a remarkably effective production on what must have been a shoestring by Hollywood standards 
3
Saints and Soldiers
Janice Page
There aren t any plot surprises in this low budget effort so the success of the mission from a viewer standpoint depends on how well you connect with the characters and their plight 
2.5
Saints and Soldiers
Duane Dudek
Little makes good use of modest resources but after a while the film s less is more aesthetic grows threadbare 
2.5
Saints and Soldiers
Ted Fry
A worthy effort that s entirely appropriate for mainstream audiences 
2
Saints and Soldiers
Roger Ebert
It has the strengths and the clean lines of a traditional war movie without high tech special effects to pump up the noise level 
3
Saints and Soldiers
Robert K. Elder
It s the movie equivalent of singing Onward Christian Soldiers to those already in the choir 
2
Saints and Soldiers
Phil Villarreal
A solid good looking effort that bends a bit too much toward war film conventions 
2.5
Saints and Soldiers
Robert Dominguez
In his feature film debut Little uses washed out color and a you are there immediacy to tell a powerful wartime tale of survival morality and honor 
3
Saints and Soldiers
Megan Lehmann
There s little here to make this stand out in an already well stuffed genre 
2.5
Saints and Soldiers
David Elliott
The makers have served their mission well and not as missionaries 
3
Saints and Soldiers
Sean P. Means
Finds a small story within the massive undertaking of World War II and miraculously never shortchanges the human scale or the heroic scope 
3.5
Saints and Soldiers
Tony Toscano
it s the story that matters and Saints Soldiers is a good one 
3
Saints and Soldiers
Jeff Vice
While it does delve into matters of faith under trying circumstances it s quite subtle about doing so and it never pushes an agenda at the expense of the story or characters 
3
Dante 01
David Nusair
a terminally dull sci fi effort 
.5
Labyrinthus
Alex Nelson
Engrossing for the whole family 
2.5
Between Two Women
Joanna Langfield
There may not be any real surprises in the plot the rewards of the piece come from the two starring performances 
3
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Michael Dequina
A truly outlandish twist that would be more at home in a no brainer Hollywood action film than in what purports to be an intelligent adult thriller 
2
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie so absorbing so atmospheric so suspenseful and so dumb that it proves my point The subject matter doesn t matter in a movie nearly as much as mood tone and style 
3
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Mike Clark
This tough to peg whodunit keeps you going for two hours despite a few James Bond ish or Jane Bond ish turns that play less preposterously than you might assume were they to be divulged 
3
Mid90s
Federico Furzan
An endearing yet powerful portrait of boyhood decadence Jonah Hill s debut is a strong take on maturity under difficult circumstances Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Mid90s
Jeff Mitchell
Although it plays in uneven unfocused territory Mid90s successfully lives within its nomadic tones and conveys the universal churn of one s teenage years 
2.5
Mid90s
Matt Brunson
Slender from a narrative standpoint Mid90s largely succeeds thanks to the authentic characters and even more authentic dialogue offered by Hill 
3
Mid90s
Joe Friar
Despite the film s harshness there are quite a few beautiful moments in Jonah Hill s directorial debut The coming of age drama features spot on performances by the cast and a storyline that provides the audience with insight to these vivid characters 
3.5
Mid90s
Frank Ochieng
Coming of age angst and self discovery set against the skateboarding circuit Hill spins a heartfelt tale of growing pains balanced by skateboarding rebellion a sense of tribal belonging and inescapable domestic disillusionment 
3
Mid90s
Linda Cook
Jonah Hill creates a coming of age gem 
4
Mid90s
Kevin A. Ranson
For all their faults and myriad opportunities for adults to judge them viewers also glimpse their history potential and worth especially when no one else bothers A dissection of unsupervised impending masculinity 
3
Mid90s
Sara Michelle Fetters
The issue is that I m not entirely certain Hill has any concept of what it is he s showing or why it is so disconcerting 
2
Mid90s
Kent Turner
One of the most exuberant and observational films of the year 
3
Mid90s
Richard Roeper
For most of the ride Mid90s feels like an accurate time capsule and a relatable journey even if you ve never been on a skateboard in your life 
3
Mid90s
Mark Dujsik
T he film leaves a strong impression of what it was like to be young and uncertain and searching for some place some friends and something to call your own 
3
Mid90s
Peter Howell
It just observes as young rebel movies have since the dawn of cinema that life is something that happens while you re busy trying to skate around it 
2.5
Mid90s
Ann Hornaday
A tender glance back at adolescence that dodges the kind of generational nostalgia suggested by the title 
2.5
Mid90s
David Nusair
never quite becomes the engrossing work Hill has obviously intended 
2
Mid90s
Rob Thomas
If you told me that Mid90s was a lost movie made in the 1990s by a first time filmmaker and his friends I would probably a believe you and b give the movie a pass But it s not 
2
Mid90s
Christian Toto
It may not inspire a wave of 90s nostalgia but it proves Jonah Hill is a legit double threat all the same 
3
Mid90s
Matthew Passantino
A hangout movie can be fun and insightful but Mid90s feels like a Richard Linklater cover song without any of the wit or soul 
1.5
Mid90s
Dann Gire
Hill wants none of that canned Hollywood product His authentic characters created from grit and scratch don t need a splashy ending 
3
Mid90s
David Lewis
Mid90s is not brimming with plot but there isn t a frame in which we don t feel transported to another time 
3
Mid90s
Rafer Guzman
A terrific coming of age film from first time director Jonah Hill Sharp eyed tender and wise 
3.5
Mid90s
Tom Russo
It s as if Hill took his familiar sly humor and sneaked it into a segment from Richard Linklater s Boyhood 
3
Mid90s
Gary Thompson
It plays like a sort of updated Our Gang if Spanky and the lads had used obscene and forbidden language 
2.5
Mid90s
Roger Moore
Not a bad movie But an incomplete one 
2.5
Mid90s
Robert Daniels
There s a level above pure documentation above assembling the relics of a different era and cataloging them across the space of a screen and Hill never reaches it 
1.5
Mid90s
Robert Levin
An authentically naturalistic depiction of rebellious youth culture on the city s gritty wayward streets But other impulses lessen the dramatic impact and suggest that Hill could have used some more time with his screenplay 
2.5
Mid90s
Sheila O'Malley
The film s rough edges sometimes feel like a first draft 
2.5
Mid90s
Katie Walsh
explores the violent initiations of boys into manhood against the backdrop of a laid back LA skate shop crew quickly this coming of age film becomes body horror 
2.5
Mid90s
Peter Travers
Jonah Hill s directorial debut from a script he wrote himself rewinds back to Clinton era L A where a young kid gets an education in sex drugs and skaterat culture The result feels rough hewn hands on and totally irresistible 
3.5
Mid90s
Joey Magidson
Jonah Hill shows a real aptitude for filmmaking If you didn t know ahead of time you d never guess that Mid90s came from him That s a compliment 
3
Mid90s
Adam Chitwood
Hill does a terrific job of making the story at once specific and universal You don t have to have been a skater kid to understand what it feels like to not belong 
3.5
Mid90s
Jake Cole
The nihilistic rebelliousness of the film s teens is obviously indebted to Kids but Jonah Hill cannot commit to Larry Clark s brand of defiant bleakness 
1.5
Mid90s
Barry Hertz
Hill comes straight out of the gate here with a minor masterpiece 
3.5
Steep
Chris Hewitt
There s awe inspiringly beautiful footage in Steep and awe inspiringly stupid talk 
1
Steep
Ken Fox
The tediousness becomes a little too palpable and the film s first half is frankly dull despite some fine acting from Depardieu and Balibar 
2.5
Steep
Robert W. Butler
Leaves us with images that aren t easily forgotten and a grudging respect for people who blaze new trails in search of a thrill 
3
Steep
Bill Stamets
Steep is a throwback to the early days of movies when the sight of things in motion was a thrill in itself Seeing leaves rustling in the wind or waves on the sea was a marvel 
3
Steep
Scott Schueller
Steep is one of those rare endeavors able to touch on the human condition without neglecting the film s true star big mountain skiing 
3.5
Steep
Philip Marchand
Obenhaus s movie certainly contains a lot of spectacular photography 
3
Steep
Ted Fry
Even though the pull of the mountain remains a mystery we do gain some understanding of the humanity that fuels the hair raising risks captured so eloquently on film 
3
Steep
David Wiegand
In the end you will believe the film s talking heads but more than likely what they say may still make little logical sense to you 
2
Steep
Rick Groen
If you like your skiing extreme but your documentaries safe then carve a sharp turn over to Steep 
2.5
Steep
Steven Rea
Steep is a visually exhilarating sports documentary that is also more than a little exasperating 
3
Steep
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end I liked this movie sometimes quite a bit it just didn t blow me away 
2.5
Steep
Steve Rhodes
A second rate documentary for extreme ski fans only 
2
Steep
V.A. Musetto
In the end Steep plays like a TV infomercial and who wants to hand over 11 to watch one 
1
Steep
Jack Mathews
The movie takes us to the most dangerous peaks of the French Alps and to the breath taking slopes of southeastern Alaska that are accessible only by helicopter 
2.5
Steep
Nick Schager
Steep provides a skin deep history lesson on extreme skiing 
2
Love at First Bite
David Nusair
hopelessly dated 
2
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Mattie Lucas
A rare purely fun documentary with a purely fun subject that reaches both the funny bone and the heart in equal measure 
3
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Chris Hewitt
I cannot imagine anyone who would not like the Topp twins 
3
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Ty Burr
A fond uncomplicated love letter to two irrepressible good time Charlottes 
2.5
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Betsy Sherman
Pooley s approach is a bit paint by numbers but her film is upbeat without being calculatedly feel good 
3
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Mike Scott
A film that is shot straightforwardly to the point of being visually unimaginative but that benefits enormously from the overflowing charisma of its subjects 
3
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Diego Semerene
Given most people s unfamiliarity with New Zealand idiosyncrasies and politics much gets lost in translation here 
2
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
David Wiegand
Sometimes corny often funny and just as often touching their act has been wowing Kiwis for decades 
3
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Kyle Smith
They ve been performing for 30 years and it s safe to say that if they had any appeal here you would have heard of them by now 
1.5
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Stephen Cole
It s a great act that makes for a spry likeable movie 
3
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Linda Barnard
The Topp Twins Untouchable Girls is the greatest movie ever made about a lesbian twin sister country singing yodeling comedy act 
3.5
Lars and the Real Girl
Peter Canavese
Sweet sad and funny an entertaining fable about the phenomenon of socially crippled singles Blu ray 
3
Lars and the Real Girl
Nick Rogers
Nancy Oliver s sincere graceful script about working through grief with the help of tolerance and patience deftly avoids introducing artificial drama And as Lars the reliably terrific Ryan Gosling gives a warm earnest performance 
3.5
Lars and the Real Girl
Ross Anthony
Overall an imperfect gem In its successful attempt to go for the heart Lars and the Real Girl stumbles a bit I would have cast Michael Cera in the lead role 
2.5
Lars and the Real Girl
Rossiter Drake
The story may sound intolerably precious but Lars and the Real Girl is disarmingly sweet and quietly affecting 
3.5
Lars and the Real Girl
Christian Toto
Lars and the Real Girl proves love is blind and it can be inanimate as well 
3
Lars and the Real Girl
Gina Carbone
The speech Gus gives his pregnant wife Karin about letting Lars live in the garage and become what he is deserves more recognition than many of the performances up for Academy Awards 
3
Lars and the Real Girl
Geoff Pevere
Lars and the Real Girl remains suspended somewhere between perversity and pap with only Gosling hinting at the mingling that might have been 
2
Miss Bala
Josh Larsen
The costumes are the key 
3.5
Miss Bala
David Nusair
an audacious yet hopelessly uninvolving art house thriller that peters out significantly in the buildup to its anticlimactic finale 
1.5
Miss Bala
Peter Howell
Naranjo is unflinching in his determination not to serve up mindless entertainment 
3
Miss Bala
Walter V. Addiego
Maybe the film doesn t add up to quite as much as its talented director Gerardo Naranjo seems to have hoped but it is tense and propulsive 
3
Miss Bala
Steven Rea
Miss Bala is full of virtuoso single take tracking shots and over the shoulder perspectives that effectively convey a sense of menace and momentum 
3
Miss Bala
Loren King
Naranjo offers a grim subject with neither flash nor sentiment It is a sober film done with style 
3
Miss Bala
Gary Thompson
You feel the movie s authenticity throughout the ordeal that leaves Laura brutalized terrified confused abandoned with nowhere to turn 
3.5
Miss Bala
Patrick Z. McGavin
Sigman s tremulous vivid performance anchors the movie It s a knockout 
3.5
Miss Bala
Kent Turner
The paranoia is contagious
3
Miss Bala
Kyle Smith
This strange and eerie noir is more a collection of knockout scenes than a fully realized story 
2.5
Miss Bala
Stephen Whitty
Miss Bala can t quite engage It fires at the target It makes a lot of noise But it never quite hits the bull s eye 
2.5
Miss Bala
Christy Lemire
Gerardo Naranjo may have made the least glamorous movie ever about a pageant queen with Miss Bala 
3
Miss Bala
Peter Travers
Miss Bala is a terrifying tale of a beauty contest that ends in horror The film is a harrowing experience It cuts deep 
3
Miss Bala
Phil Coldiron
Unlike Terri the latest most commercial venture from his friend and AFI schoolmate Azazel Jacobs Miss Bala doesn t sublimate Gerardo Naranjo s strengths into a commercially viable package 
1.5
Miss Bala
Rick Groen
An always violent often surreal ride through the thickets of widespread corruption with the audience sometimes left as confused and disoriented as the poor girl 
3
Far From the Madding Crowd
Roger Ebert
Alan Bates in a change of pace is the loyal shepherd Terence Stamp is a suitably vile Sgt Troy and Peter Finch makes Boldwood strong and honorable in his love for Bathsheba 
3
The Last Witch Hunter
Brian Eggert
Operates in a series of tropes and clichés neither improving nor innovating upon them 
1
The Last Witch Hunter
Frank Ochieng
The real sinful hex at large that some unsuspecting moviegoers will ultimately suffer is succumbing to the laughable supernatural spell that The Last Witch Hunter will cast in insufferable confusing fashion 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Max Weiss
Diesel is definitely not the kind of actor who can effortlessly coast through a film by dint of his rakish wit and charm He needs a vehicle ahem that plays to his strengths The Last Witch Hunter is definitely not such a vehicle 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Roger Moore
An abortion and one we can blame on the success of the dimwitted Fast and Furious hits 
1
The Last Witch Hunter
John Beifuss
As one random and chaotic supernatural brawl follows another the decision to keep the lead villain on the sidelines becomes increasingly puzzling Why make a movie about a witch hunter without a memorable evil witch 
2
The Last Witch Hunter
Katie Walsh
Like that other witch hunter movie Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters this is a film that is completely looney tunes and it only half knows it 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Burl Burlingame
Does it work Yes mostly because of Diesel and Leslie who clearly love this kind of loony fun 
2
The Last Witch Hunter
John Serba
Tries with all its might to be no fun whatsoever 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately a film needs more than Diesel s Stallone ish appeal to succeed and that s where The Last Witch Hunter is found lacking 
2
The Last Witch Hunter
Andrew Wright
Yes it s as preposterous as it sounds possibly even more so but the rampant hooey is kept stylish and relatively fleet footed by director Breck Eisner 
2.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Peter Howell
The Last Witch Hunter is so drenched in CGI effects it looks as if it s been dunked in a vat of lacquer 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Manori Ravindran
Seemingly at every juncture the finality so necessary to up the stakes of this story is quickly snatched away in order to tease a sequel or two leaving you wondering what the point of this supernatural exercise was in the first place 
2
The Last Witch Hunter
Rafer Guzman
The dependable Diesel and a fine cast keep this hokey action flick mostly entertaining 
2.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Mark Dujsik
In need of a major tonal and aesthetic makeover The Last Witch Hunter is as bland as bland can be 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Tom Russo
Even with Diesel s oblivious self miscasting he s a producer on the film Witch Hunter feels like genre material that might have found a way to work 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Rick Bentley
The Last Witch Hunter manages to be both overly complicated and painfully predictable at the same time 
1
The Last Witch Hunter
David Berry
I say from some experience that there s a lot to recommend in a good ol game of Dungeons and Dragons especially if you have a little imagination There s absolutely no reason to sit down and watch someone else do it though 
1
The Last Witch Hunter
Richard Roeper
The screenplay by a trio of writers is muddled and goofy and riddled with clichs 
0.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Dann Gire
This PG 13 movie has been made for 12 year olds who prefer frenetic action sequences to genuine emotions and real romance in a game inspired fantasy heavy on dungeons light on the dragons 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Kyle Smith
The movie left me amazed amazed that Nicolas Cage wasn t in it 
1
The Last Witch Hunter
Michael O'Sullivan
The special effects laden fight scenes are ho hum incoherent and badly lit It s often hard to tell what some warlock or scorpion like beast is doing and to whom 
2
The Last Witch Hunter
Walter V. Addiego
You have to swallow a by the numbers plot buried under an avalanche of fast and furious but underwhelming CGI effects 
1
The Last Witch Hunter
Josh Spiegel
no matter how hard he s tried Vin Diesel continues to struggle in movies where he s required to do more than drive a car as fast as he can 
1.5
The Last Witch Hunter
Simon Abrams
There are very few action stars who can convincingly mansplain their way through a scene where mystic rune stones that control the elements are used to stop and start a thunderstorm and Diesel is on that very short list 
3
The Last Witch Hunter
Soren Andersen
It s the kind of roller coaster Hollywood churns out seemingly in its sleep oversaturated with effects shots and plot implausibilities Ten minutes after you ve seen it you ll have forgotten all about it 
2
The Last Witch Hunter
Kenji Fujishima
It has enough ingredients for a reasonably entertaining fantasy adventure except that is for an interesting lead character with an emotionally compelling hook 
2.5
Drive
G. Allen Johnson
If you haven t entered the eccentric comic world of the filmmaker known as Sabu nee Hiroyuki Tanaka Drive is an excellent starting point even if it seems it could have been a little stronger 
3
The Big Trail
Fred Camper
The oddly meditative quality of Walsh s long takes the curious lack of a dominant narrative tension controlling the film s space and the oddly disjunct tableau to tableau editing combine to make a statement quite different 
3
Nickelodeon
Roger Ebert
We re reminded that Orson Welles described a movie studio as the biggest electric train a kid could ever get Bogdanovich doesn t let us play with his train Instead he keeps us on the outside of a curiously flat movie 
2
The Doors
Dennis King
Morrison is played with uncanny authenticity by Val Kilmer The performance is utterly convincing without being terribly illuminating 
3
The Doors
Dave Kehr
Hysteria however skillfully maintained should never be mistaken for art a caution that applies equally to Stone and his subject 
2
The Doors
Carrie Rickey
While it has its moments taken by itself The Doors amounts to little more than an impressionistic look at a boy and his death wish 
2.5
The Doors
John Hartl
Insidiously funny and remarkably truthful about the psychedelic rock scene in the late 1960 
3.5
The Doors
Stephen Hunter
The flaw in the film is its unrelenting tone of bombast It never gives you a break You ache for a moment of quietude an escape from the lizard king s cranium 
2
The Doors
Candice Russell
The much anticipated film is a psychedelic circus that turns into the worst nightmare of a bad trip It s an experience 
2.5
The Doors
Gene Siskel
Both a vibrant tribute to rock cult figure Jim Morrison and to the decade in which he flourished 
3.5
The Doors
Gary Thompson
Stone is not the most subtle of directors but he has the ability to translate his passion for subject matter he s an unabashed admirer of Morrison to the screen with a strong visual flair That talent in evidence here 
3.5
The Doors
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Val Kilmer gives an amazing almost pathologically correct performance in Oliver Stone s excessive but highly enjoyable biopic about Jim Morrison 
3.5
The Doors
Robert Roten
The whole style of the film seemed oddly anachronistic 
2.5
The Doors
Peter Travers
I can t recall a film that evokes the myth of the Sixties more potently 
4
The Doors
Chris Hicks
It seems more the glorification of an alcoholic jerk than a cautionary tale 
1.5
The Doors
Roger Ebert
Watching the movie is like being stuck in a bar with an obnoxious drunk when you re not drinking 
2.5
Venus and Serena
Loren King
Does the film pull back the curtain on who they are and what drives them Not so much 
2
Venus and Serena
Dan DeLuca
How much new does Venus and Serena have to tell us Not enough 
2
Venus and Serena
Rene Rodriguez
The film works better as a thrilling but superficial celebration of two incredible athletes instead of a personal portrait of two world famous women who continue to make sports history 
3
Venus and Serena
Kam Williams
Revealing biopic examines roots and rise of world class Williams sisters 
4
Venus and Serena
Robert Levin
Less hagiography than a movie about an unusual fascinating bond between sisters 
3
Venus and Serena
Stephen Whitty
Will you know Venus and Serena any better after watching this movie than you did before Probably not 
2.5
Venus and Serena
Liz Clarke
An insightful look into the remarkable rise of the tennis playing Williams sisters 
3.5
Venus and Serena
Sara Stewart
Any tennis fan interested in a straight up account of what makes these fiercely talented players tick will find much to enjoy in Venus and Serena 
2.5
Venus and Serena
Nick McCarthy
Opting for inspiration over insight Venus and Serena is a starry eyed pop doc that cannot transcend its scattershot for fans only filmmaking 
2
Venus and Serena
Roger Moore
A lot of the sibling bond a little of the sibling rivalry and just a hint of the controversy that makes these tennis players so fascinating 
3
Woman Walks Ahead
Peter Travers
As a New York widow who travels to South Dakota in 1889 to paint Sitting Bull the stellar Jessica Chastain can t save this Hollywoodized frontier biopic from grave historical inaccuracy 
2
Woman Walks Ahead
Susan Wloszczyna
Woman Walks Ahead is too often one step behind in making us care 
2
Woman Walks Ahead
Chuck Bowen
As a character Catherine Weldon suffers the same fate as Sitting Bull having been reduced to a signifier of the filmmakers retroactive political correctness 
1.5
Keep an Eye Out
Lisa Trifone
equally as absurd as his previous work if slightly less successful at cohesively building a narrative 
2.5
Keep an Eye Out
Nick Allen
Contrary to the opening speedo conductor chase the movie lacks momentum and makes Dupieux s interest here in the ordinary seem like a bad idea 
2.5
Keep an Eye Out
David Nusair
a decent and thoroughly novel piece of work that falls right in line with Dupieux s previous efforts 
2.5
Keep an Eye Out
Chuck Bowen
Quentin Dupieux imbues a trite genre scenario with a Kafkaesque brand of comic existentialism 
2
Big Time
Alex Bozikovic
Ingels s life comes across as exhausting stressful and at least until the last 30 minutes lonely 
3
Ceremony
Peter Canavese
More interested in melancholy wryness than belly laughs and the low key results have a pleasant fizz Blu ray 
2.5
Ceremony
Rossiter Drake
Angarano and Thurman have scenes of such honesty and raw emotional energy that it s almost possible to forgive Ceremony its sometimes sluggish pacing and its peevish protagonist Almost but not quite 
2.5
Ceremony
Steven Rea
The offbeat comedy is not entirely devoid of charm but its derivativeness is almost embarrassing 
2
Ceremony
Mark Deming
While Ceremony may not look or feel terribly original Winkler has clearly learned a lot from his study of Wes Anderson s oeuvre and he s made a comedy that s intelligent stylish and effective even when it s emulating someone else s work 
3
Ceremony
Kyle Smith
Young Winkler needs to learn that simply instructing characters to smirk and look ironic is not enough you actually have to come up with funny things for them to say 
1
Ceremony
Nick Schager
Uma Thurman is as nuanced as her preposterous role allows which isn t much
1
Ceremony
Dustin Putman
Innocuous but underwritten An indie romantic comedy drama that provides the occasional snicker and a low key level of emotional urgency the picture nonetheless comes up lacking in both development and charisma 
2
Ceremony
David Nusair
an ambitious failure 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
David Nusair
represents a significant improvement over its lackluster predecessor 
2.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Steve Rhodes
Even if it isn t worth the price of admission it is at least a pretension free flick 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Sara Michelle Fetters
The only thing worth hunting for in this mess is the exit and then maybe a quick trip to the box office to demand your money back 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Tony Toscano
a real popcorn film 
2.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Chuck O'Leary
easily the best mainstream release of the summer an example of first rate B moviemaking 
3
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Jonathan R. Perry
I never thought a film about giant snakes that eat people could be this atrociously dull 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Mike McGranaghan
When the snakes do attack there s not much originality or surprise to their methods No one gets spun up and down like a yo yo or puked back up 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Linda Cook
More snakes does not a better movie make 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Vince Koehler
Dwight Little directs this exciting film that will keep you on the edge of your seat 
2.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Sean McBride
I can appreciate a good B movie as much as the next guy but even by the very relaxed standards of B moviedom Anacondas 2 is a rather sad affair 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Sean P. Means
The only surprise in this unintentionally funny scarefest is learning that the characters you hope get eaten first darn the luck make it to the finish 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
James Verniere
Stinky cheese 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Tom Keogh
Wisely prods not only ordinary phobias about big bad serpents but also universal terrors of the dark of narrow spaces of drowning of falling of spiders and much more 
3
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Carla Meyer
The sequel might have the formula down but it lacks everything that made Anaconda fun 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Josh Larsen
mainly a series of false alarms involving a pet monkey 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Megan Lehmann
The supersize snakes don t even make an appearance until the movie s midway point and when they do appalling special effects render them merely risible 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Connie Ogle
Anaconda is the Citizen Kane of giant snake movies Anacondas is more like the Gigli of giant snake movies only slightly better because at least Ben Affleck s not in it 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Rick Groen
The refined taste insists on risibly bad on hysterically bad on poke your seatmate in the ribs bad and this falls well short of that hallowed mark it s just routinely bad 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
John Monaghan
Director Dwight Little and a laundry list of writers among them Michigan born Jim Cash simply deliver a generic hungry snake movie and on those terms Anacondas can be kind of fun 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Jeff Vice
It s hard to fully embrace a film when its best actor is an animal in this case a Capuchin monkey that s far more expressive than any of this movie s no name cast members 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Michael Booth
A lot better than a slapped together sequel to a campy original has any right to be 
2.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
John Beifuss
A scary fun fast and efficient B movie that crushes such bloated would be blockbusters as Van Helsing and AVP in its CGI coils 
3
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Roger Ebert
I ve seen Anaconda and senator Anacondas is no Anaconda 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Wesley Morris
Where the first movie had a fragrant odor the smell say of Lysol sprayed in a gas station bathroom Anacondas actually stinks 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Jeffrey Westhoff
Long before the snakes appear we re already on their side 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Larry Ratliff
This is a B grade horror thriller sequel with a no name cast and more schlock than shock For the record the theme shed its skin seven years ago 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Jon Niccum
Part jungle adventure part horror flick Anacondas succeeds despite its lack of a big star notable director or good idea 
2.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Phil Villarreal
Each time the anaconda slithers his head into the frame you smile because the big snake gotta eat meaning one more irritating character is about to receive the bloody end 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Sarah Chauncey
Yes it s a terrible movie and a waste of millions of dollars but the upside is that Anacondas is hilarious 
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Dustin Putman
Doesn t even fall into the so bad it s entertaining category As unscary threadbare and downright dull as these kinds of movies come 
.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Robert Dominguez
The snakes may be longer this time but Anacondas The Hunt for the Blood Orchid comes up short on thrills 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Mike Clark
There s no J Lo this time no Ice Cube no Jon Voight no Owen Wilson 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Willie Waffle
It s not very good but you can get some laughs out of it And show this monkey the Oscar He s better than the human actors in the film 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Jackie Loohauis
You can tell a movie is in trouble when its most emotionally compelling scene involves a monkey in danger of being eaten by a giant snake 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Chris Hewitt
All it promises is a few cheesy thrills and on that promise it delivers 
2.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Phoebe Flowers
A tamer version than the original 
1.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Steven Rea
Anacondas is to its 1997 Jennifer Lopez starring forerunner what Jaws The Revenge was to Steven Spielberg s shark monster original 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Gene Seymour
One presumes the original s cast had better things to do than revisit old saw toothed friends Unless you have some empty hours to fill with swampy slush you may decide you ve better things to do as well 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Ellen Fox
It s little better or worse than the original But to be honest the original minus its nascent stars wasn t very good 
2
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Kit Bowen
You know exactly what you re getting into when you sit down to watch a movie in which there is not only one but many giant super snakes Please tell me you know 
.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Jeremiah Kipp
Who will the snake kill off first the African American comic relief guy the nerves of steel heroine or the treacherous British professor Take a wild guess 
1
African American Lives 2
Kam Williams
Narrated by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr this four part PBS series follows the extraordinary efforts of nine famous blacks to find their roots including Whoopi Goldberg who learns that she s not really Jewish 
4
Strange but True
Roger Moore
This damned thing is all over the place warm fuzzies to edge of your seat violence 
2
Strange but True
Federico Furzan
Confirming the supernatural is way more harmless than real horrors Strange but True is a swift and hopeful dramatic thriller with great performances Full review in Spanish 
3
Strange but True
Joey Magidson
How far can a loaded cast take you A host of strong performances surround a mediocre story in Strange But True making for a bit of a frustrating experience 
2.5
Strange but True
Matt Zoller Seitz
The pretense of ambiguity and complexity turns out to be a tease 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Brian Eggert
Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping contains inspired and often hilarious jabs at today s pop music industry but it s not a well rounded movie and certainly not this generation s This Is Spinal Tap 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Matt Brunson
This Is Spinal Tap was able to turn the knob up to 11 with Popstar 4 on the dial is the best one can reasonably expect 
2
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
David N. Butterworth
Funny it seems bears repeating
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
David Nusair
Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping is one of those comedies that improves upon subsequent viewings 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Josh Larsen
runs on hilarious unrelated bits of idiocy 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s just enough that s glorious here to make this satirical send up worthwhile 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
John Hanlon
This comedy is great fun and serves as the perfect star vehicle for the hilarious Andy Samberg 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Max Weiss
To borrow the film s parlance It never stops not stopping being funny 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Michael Smith
By the end it s provided a few laughs but it s also become too much pop packaged product 
2
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Allyson Johnson
Popstar is a resounding comedic success with good natured humor and a pop music skewering lens 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Robert Levin
The men of The Lonely Island have proven themselves to be masterful tweakers of celebrity imagery and the movie gets plenty of comic mileage from the phalanx of big names taking part in the circus 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Mike McGranaghan
A pitch perfect spoof of both the modern day music scene and a social media obsessed culture that believes you only have worth if everyone s watching your every move 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Maria Sciullo
Bubblier than a prosecco cocktail Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping is a fake cinematic documentary that mostly pulls off a tough feat it lampoons music genres that are insanely over the top 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Sean P. Means
The Lonely Island the trio behind the funniest musical videos on Saturday Night Live for the past decade transfers its skills well to the big screen with Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping a raunchy take on concert documentaries 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Robert Horton
The songs draw blood although the rest of the film is soft Popstar should have a decent home video life if only because the torrent of jokes is nonstop and at least a half dozen of those catchphrases should be part of our slang for years to come 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Lauren Chval
Even the cameos which are countless and inspire constant giggles of recognition are used with cleverness 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Neil Rosen
It is a smart idea and it is ambitious It is just too bad that it wasn t funnier 
2
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
James Berardinelli
Too often it feels lazy and derivative and it s difficult to recommend something that despite offering a few solid laughs is instantly forgettable 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Rob Thomas
As the father of two daughters I ve probably been exposed to more Top 40 music in the past two years than I was in the previous 25 But even if I had been allowed to wallow in dad rock oblivion I still would have found Popstar to be very very funny 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Christian Toto
Justin Bieber please go to your nearest safe space Immediately 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Willie Waffle
One of the best parodies of the music business stardom and more when Popstar is focused 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Anne T. Donahue
A legitimate look at celebrity culture delivered in a way that s as funny as it is thought provoking 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Anders Wright
Popstar is frequently ingenious and even though some of the humor is broad profane and ridiculous it also has a number of moments and lines of dialogue that are unexpectedly sublime 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Molly Eichel
Popstar gets to satirize not just music but also celebrity culture in a way that a movie such as Spinal Tap never could because well the internet and 24 hours news cycle didn t exist in 1984 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Matt Bobkin
With Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping a pitch perfect parody of the modern pop umentary The Lonely Island finally succeed on the big screen with their generation s This is Spinal Tap 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Richard Roeper
Front and center carrying the film is Samberg in what is easily the most winning film performance of his career 
3.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Mark Dujsik
The movie s early efforts to satirically skewer the contemporary pop music factory give way to gags that are simply random for the sake of being random 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Kyle Smith
Even if you find bits of Popstar funny it s likely to seem stale as it goes on 
2
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Jon Niccum
There s a real knack to composing a song that is intentionally elaborately terrible The Lonely Island guys spent 15 years mastering the skill and contribute some of their best work in Popstar 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Ty Burr
Genial silly and instantly forgettable Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping is just another piece of product from the larger Saturday Night Live universe a way for a former cast member to try to prove he s capable of carrying a movie 
2
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Calvin Wilson
Although at slightly less than 90 minutes the film seems too long it s an impressive showcase for Samberg s oddly endearing brand of comic cluelessness 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Ann Hornaday
Samberg and his collaborators choose to embrace even their crassest targets in what amounts to a teasing but forgiving hug 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Linda Barnard
If Popstar often feels like a series of their Saturday Night Live music videos there s plenty of payoff These guys play very well together 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Rafer Guzman
It s about as briefly entertaining and disposable as the music it spoofs 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Peter Travers
Everyone from Bieber to Kanye gets ribbed in this hilarious mockumentary It s nonstop party time for fans of the Lonely Island made up of Andy Samberg Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Rick Bentley
The movie s uninspired plot about a rapper who struggles with his second album has enough material to fill a three minute sketch on Saturday Night Live And even then there would be about a minute of failed comedy 
0.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Michael Phillips
Popstar scores a heartening success to failure gag ratio 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Dann Gire
A lewd frequently hilarious six minute Saturday Night Live segment s t r e t c h e d to an ultra tenuous 86 minute Spinal Tap wannabe 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Glenn Kenny
What s good about this movie is funny and refreshing enough to make the dry spots feel more tolerable in retrospect 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Soren Andersen
Samberg Taccone and Schaffer are all alums of Saturday Night Live Sketch comedy is their strength but unfortunately that strength isn t sufficient to sustain a full length feature 
1.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Katie Walsh
Popstar wants to be culturally insightful but in refusing to interrogate itself subverts its own message 
2.5
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Mick LaSalle
It has genuine outrage a good humored but clear eyed take on today s pop culture as a morass of corruption idiocy and relentless self promotion 
4
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Brian Truitt
An exceedingly absurd Spinal Tap ping takedown of modern pop music social media and celebrity crash and burns 
3
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Roger Moore
Fun music videos and concert bits wed to an unfunny Behind the Music sketch 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Christian Toto
Good intentions and a rare attempt to embrace spirituality on screen aren t enough to make Henry Poole is Here a worthy destination 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Michael Dequina
Drives home the themes in a natural and honest way that never comes off as preachy 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Peter Canavese
Despite an excellent performance by Luke Wilson and a promising start Henry Poole is Here ends up an overindulgent misfire Blu ray 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Linda Stasi
If you re a sucker for a New Age meets old time religion tale and you have nothing else to do this weekend then this one s for you Everyone else should stay home 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Reyhan Harmanci
Although the ending is unsurprising Henry Poole remains an interesting character 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Bruce DeMara
Thanks to Wilson s sympathetic performance and Pellington s restraint Henry Poole is Here may just succeed in warming hearts and lifting spirits 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Jason Anderson
The further the characters venture into the mystic the more the movie itself seems to dissipate 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Bob Bloom
At times you feel as if you should raise your arms and shout Hallelujah or Amen 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Matt Brunson
Sober discussions give way to a clumsily handled finale that doesn t stand a prayer of satisfying most discerning viewers 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Sean P. Means
Director Mark Pellington neatly underplays the more maudlin touches of rookie Albert Torres script and draws a richly complex performance from the usually bland Wilson 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Claudia Puig
Occasionally vacuous 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Chris Hewitt
A quiet graceful drama that sneaks up on you 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Rafer Guzman
For a mildly quirky comedy drama Henry Poole Is Here has some surprising philosophical heft 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Graham Killeen
An easy film to surrender to 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Jeff Vice
One of the few really appealing features that have come along during this summer s movie dog days Here s a film that actually tries to tell a story and tries to say something substantive instead of just blowing things up or going for the cheapest joke 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Lisa Kennedy
Henry Poole never quite approaches the ecstatic 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Roger Ebert
A spiritual movie with the power to emotionally touch believers agnostics and atheists in that descending order I suspect It doesn t say that religious beliefs are real It simply says that belief is real And it s a warm hearted love story 
3.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Dustin Putman
That the film is ultimately not about whether the guy gets the girl but about whether the guy will be able to make peace with his past and go on to live the life he deserves is pretty remarkable in itself 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Sara Michelle Fetters
Worse it became preachy but the sermon it was delivering was so shockingly unfocused all it did was contradict 90 percent of all the themes delivered during the first two thirds 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Frederica Mathewes-Green
A film that Christians will embrace if only from sheer gratitude here at last is a depiction of Christian faith as something other than the domain of cranks and loonies 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Michael Phillips
The combination of placid technique and Wilson s amiable offhanded approach to a sketchily drawn character leads to a dissolution of dramatic interest around the midpoint 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Daniel M. Kimmel
It works only insofar as you buy into its premise If you re a skeptic the real miracle may seem that the film was made at all 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Steve Rhodes
Prepare to gag It has a theme rather like the current political one of hope you can believe in Well I m here to tell you that this hope is full of audacity but not much veracity 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s too uninspired to be inspirational 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Carrie Rickey
Pleasant if insubstantial 
2
Henry Poole Is Here
Joe Lozito
Sincere relentlessly somber parable about a severely depressed man whose self imposed suburban exile is upended by a familiarly shaped stain on his wall 
2.5
Henry Poole Is Here
Austin Kennedy
Even if you re not religious like me HENRY POOLE is an inspiring charming little movie that is about believing A little syrupy at times but ultimately moving 
3
Henry Poole Is Here
Andrew Schenker
In the world of Henry Poole Is Here miracles exist faith is the wisest operating principle and intelligent thought is everywhere discouraged 
.5
Bad Girls
Roger Ebert
Claude Chabrol s Les Biches depends almost entirely on style and as style it succeeds He is not so much interested in his story as in how to tell it 
3.5
Cairo Conspiracy
Michael O'Sullivan
It is an engrossing tale full of betrayal and chicanery and it casts the Egyptian political military complex and the religious hierarchy as riddled with corruption 
3.5
Cairo Conspiracy
Peter Canavese
A political movie of religious intrigue 44 well acted and directed with a good script and great visual appeal 46 
3
Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan
Tom Meek
What resonates most in the film is Mongolian pride the connection of the people to the land the sense of spirituality lore and community 
3
Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan
Roger Moore
A light 44 picturesque 44 surface gloss 47 inside the culture documentary about Mongolia 44 then and now 46 
2.5
Bob Roberts
Clifford Terry
Like a relentlessly charismatic political candidate offering the moon stars and a viable health care plan Bob Roberts promises much but ultimately fails to deliver 
2.5
Bob Roberts
Chris Hicks
A funny and dark election year satire by writer director star Tim Robbins lampooning the political right and the extremes to which some of its constituents go 
3
Bob Roberts
Roger Ebert
Watching it might be an education for some voters who will recognize in the movie political techniques they see being practiced all the time in real life 
3
Broken Wings
Glenn Kenny
Bergman wants the viewer to empathize more with the characters perseverance than their pain and he pulls it off thanks to his sharp eye compassion and humor and of course to the performances particularly that of the luminous Maron 
3
Broken Wings
Forrest Hartman
A movie that benefits from quiet reflection and attentive viewing Anything less would be a disservice to the filmmakers and oneself 
3
Broken Wings
Phil Villarreal
If the WB television network made movies in Israel Broken Wings is what we d get 
2.5
Broken Wings
Jeff Strickler
Bergman draws fine performances from the actors 
3
Broken Wings
Chris Hewitt
Wonderfully acted and sharply observed Broken Wings is marked by a strong sense of what it s like to be part of a family 
3
Broken Wings
Derek Smith
The characters are so ordinary and identifiable helping to make it a more universal approach to the way human beings deal with tragedy 
4
Broken Wings
Ruthe Stein
Broken Wings has heart and a poetic soul 
4
Broken Wings
Marta Barber
Bergman s debut feature is tender yet disturbing sad yet at times funny 
3
Broken Wings
Steve Rhodes
The relatively inconsequential and languid movie merely marks time until a predictable tragedy occurs in the middle It s easily guessed resolution comes at the end 
2
Broken Wings
Phoebe Flowers
Writer director Nir Bergman in his feature film debut captures this fractured family s halting attempts to put itself back together again with compassion and intelligence drawing understated performances from his entire cast 
3
Broken Wings
Steven Rea
The performances are uniformly strong 
3
Broken Wings
Marty Mapes
A promising feature debut for both director and actress
3
Broken Wings
Michael Booth
While there s nothing ordinary about Bergman s accomplished family story the line resonates with the director s own philosophy 
3
Broken Wings
Jennie Punter
A believable tender story of how a terrible crisis can turn out to have a positive transforming effect on a family as long as there is love 
3
Broken Wings
Moira MacDonald
Maron a lovely young actress with a gift for soulful silence does some heartbreaking work 
3
Broken Wings
Michael Wilmington
Broken Wings is not a great film But it s a good solid one that should connect with intelligent audiences as strongly here as it did abroad 
3
Broken Wings
Paul Sherman
Maya is its main character and Maron has a comfortable sympathetic screen presence 
2.5
Broken Wings
Walter Chaw
The intricacies of a family implosion told in the minimal spare largely unsentimental fashion of a Mike Leigh 
3.5
Broken Wings
Wesley Morris
This intimate warmly made family portrait always feels true 
3
Broken Wings
Megan Lehmann
Grief is never ordinary so while the bereaved Israeli family at the center of first time writer director Nir Bergman s delicate tone poem may be unremarkable their suffering is singular 
3
Broken Wings
Bob Strauss
Bergman is primarily interested in behavioral truth and that is enough to make him a talent worth watching 
3
Broken Wings
John Anderson
Touching real and superbly acted 
3.5
Broken Wings
James Berardinelli
An affecting character based drama that ends not with tears but on a note of optimism 
3
Broken Wings
David Sterritt
Heartfelt acting and a sometimes tragic but ultimately life affirming story make this an unusually touching Israeli production 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Brian Eggert
As many great documentaries do Three Identical Strangers begins with a kernel of an idea and develops into something else growing and expanding as it goes along until the title feels almost inadequate 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Jason Fraley
As a twin myself I was captivated by this downright shocking documentary about real life triplets separated at birth 
4
Three Identical Strangers
Federico Furzan
A beautiful but grim story that is amazingly told by one of the best documentaries of the decade Full review in Spanish 
4
Three Identical Strangers
Matt Brunson
The best documentary of 2018 starts out as a feel good human interest story before morphing into something decidedly darker and disturbing 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Christopher James
There are so many powerful adoption narratives out there What Three Identical Strangers gets right is they can be marred with joy and pain in equal measures 
4
Three Identical Strangers
Joe Friar
Truth is stranger than fiction as three triplets are reunited in the riveting documentary 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Alan French
How you could leave this documentary and not be shaken to your core is beyond me It is harrowing and emotional 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
David Nusair
There is in particular a seriously surprising twist around halfway through that changes the picture s entire tone 
2.5
Three Identical Strangers
Robert Daniels
Three Identical Strangers is something worth seeing but it s not going to have you talking about it the next day 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Max Weiss
The less you know about Three Identical Strangers going in the better It s utterly captivating an OMG story that truly has to be seen to be believed but I do wish it had dug just a bit deeper 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Linda Cook
This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind 
4
Three Identical Strangers
Roger Moore
Diabolical
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Rob Thomas
Director Tim Wardle reveals his mystery in cunning fashion holding back key details until they can make the maximum dramatic impact 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Sean P. Means
Sometimes a documentary filmmaker gets hold of a story so perfect rich details fascinating characters and more twists than a thriller that the smartest decision is to not get in the way 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Josh Terry
A lot of perfectly good documentaries show their cards early establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace without much in terms of surprise Three Identical Strangers is not one of those documentaries 
4
Three Identical Strangers
Gayle MacDonald
An engrossing heartbreaking journey 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Peter Howell
A documentary with a story so outlandish it might well have been rejected by a Hollywood studio had a screenwriter pitched it as the basis of a fictional movie 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Lisa Jensen
Tim Wardle s engrossing documentary follows the true story of three young men who met by chance and discovered they were triplets How this happened and the darker question of why makes Wardle s movie as gripping as any thriller 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Mick LaSalle
We come away with a deeper understanding of both the importance of nature and the awesome importance of loving sensitive parenting 
4
Three Identical Strangers
J. R. Jones
Three Identical Strangers strikes at the heart of Jewish identity 
4
Three Identical Strangers
Mark Dujsik
This is an emotional ride of a documentary 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Rafer Guzman
A riveting stranger than fiction documentary that plays out like a mystery novel 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Ty Burr
Well after the astonishment of its narrative fades Three Identical Strangers is a movie to make you think twice about your own siblings and maybe take a long look in the mirror at yourself 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Moira MacDonald
Wardle makes Three Identical Strangers as spellbinding as a great psychological thriller 
3
Three Identical Strangers
Jordan Hoffman
I ve got bad news Once Three Identical Strangers comes out it will add fertilizer to the soil of every nut case s conspiracy theory 
4
Three Identical Strangers
David Fear
It s a compelling twist filled tale one told with a highly developed sense of empathy a few aesthetic missteps and a knack for turning into the triplets experience into something bigger than just stranger than fiction tabloid fodder 
3.5
Three Identical Strangers
Chuck Bowen
Director Tim Wardle tells an extraordinary and troubling story without diving below the surface excitement of its twists 
2
Three Identical Strangers
Brent McKnight
It s best to go in as cold as possible to try and likely fail to guess what comes next and to prepare for a wild twisting nonfiction ride 
3.5
Dial a Prayer
Mike McGranaghan
Dial a Prayer is earnest and sincere and it has a stellar performance from its lead actress yet lacks the punch to make the kind of inspiring impact it s clearly aiming for 
2
Dial a Prayer
Roger Moore
Just edgy enough to be interesting maybe too edgy to qualify as a faith based drama 
2.5
Cell 213
James Adams
Cell 213 is hokum atmospheric hokum to be sure but hokum all the same 
1.5
Cell 213
Bruce DeMara
A few scary moments don t make up for the maddeningly uneven and implausible tale 
1.5
Doctored
Mike McGranaghan
When corporations and organizations put money before people and they do everyone should wake up and pay attention Doctored is a thought provoking call to arms on that front 
3
Doctored
Calum Marsh
Bobby Sheehan doesn t just squander his objectivity he drowns it out with bleating strings 
.5
Destry Rides Again
Matt Brunson
A rowdy and rousing Western comedy 
3.5
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Walter Chaw
It s not about Bushido it s about its representation 
4
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Rene Rodriguez
Hara Kiri Death of a Samurai reveals yet another facet of this always unpredictable filmmaker a flair for compassionate humane melodrama 
3
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Miike s remake is actually less intense than the original 
2.5
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Mark Feeney
Miike can t seem to get enough of Hanshiro s heroics That s not just visual excess though 
3
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Miles Bowe
The movie is tellingly named after the blunt informal term for the ritual hara kiri means cut belly and effectively deglorifies these honorable ritual suicides 
3
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
V.A. Musetto
A 3 D epic that despite its title is more of a soap opera than a swordplay thriller 
3
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Calum Marsh
Takashi Miike lets his familiar tastelessness get the better of him relishing the grisly seppuku by bamboo in unnecessary detail 
2
The Flats
Steve Rhodes
A dialog rich story with a strong sense of place that will remind you of Diner 
2.5
Cleopatra Jones
Matt Brunson
Revelatory not only as a black film but also as a feminist feature 
3
Cleopatra Jones
Roger Ebert
The movie is put together in a sort of disjointed way there are too many characters and some of them disappear for so long we forget them But that doesn t matter much 
2.5
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
David Nusair
ultimately undone by the inclusion of several exceedingly questionable elements 
2
Grace Unplugged
Roger Moore
Slick sophisticated but bland with that faith based film curse of having little humor and no edge at all 
2
Grace Unplugged
Kenneth R. Morefield
Grace Unplugged may be a film that only a Christian could love but there seemed to be plenty of Christians loving on it in the audience 
2
African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango
Chris Hewitt
For some reason the credits specifically depict all of the key white members of the filmmaking team but none of the anonymous natives who ferried them around and showed them what to shoot 
2
African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango
Peter Schilling
African Adventure 3D Safari in the Okavango is ostensibly yet another eye popping Imax travelogue but much to my surprise it s also a treatise on how to make movies 
3
The New Age
Gene Siskel
A sometimes smart social commentary on Los Angeles characters who seek spiritual salvation when they can t buy every object they want 
3
The New Age
Roger Ebert
Tolkin gives us one richly detailed set piece after another 
3.5
Femme publique, La
Jeremiah Kipp
Though Kessling can be interpreted as a stand in for Zulawski Femme Publique is not his autobiography in the same way his previous film Possession was 
4
Emerald Run
Roger Moore
Whatever was going on on the set incoherence duels incompetence in the finished product 
0
Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights
John Beifuss
Very modest and fairly wonderful 
3
Four Brothers
David Nusair
a welcome throwback to the sort of over the top actioners that were prevalent twenty years ago 
3
Four Brothers
Ross Anthony
The brothers take a few moments in reflective nostalgia then springboard into a film of head banging revenge 
2
Four Brothers
James Verniere
As an action movie it also has some fine moments But I d have preferred it if Singleton had jettisoned the B movie elements and concentrated on the brothers relationships 
2.5
Four Brothers
Dan Fienberg
It s rare that you catch an acclaimed mainstream filmmaker dropping all pretenses and giving in to the desire to make pure pulp 
2.5
Four Brothers
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is one of the most painfully pant by numbers screenplays I ve seen in ages Every cliche in the book gets thrown at the screen no twist constructed in obvious familiarity goes unturned 
2
Four Brothers
Jonathan R. Perry
John Singelton proves the Western mythos can work just as effectively in an urban setting that those hoary old cliches can find new life in the hands of a capable filmmaker 
3
Four Brothers
Linda Cook
Don t expect to see John Wayne s swagger in the urbanized rendition of The Sons of Katie Elder 
3
Four Brothers
Christian Toto
Singleton s style over substance approach is the right way to tell Four Brothers vengeful story
3
Four Brothers
Sean O'Connell
Singleton paces his drama like an hourlong television installment with curse words and gratuitous gore 
1.5
Four Brothers
Mike McGranaghan
Although there is some undeniable entertainment value here the plot of Four Brothers ultimately proves to be pretty standard 
2.5
Four Brothers
Frank Ochieng
rooted in its usual cliched and conventional mode a transparent revenge seeking rouser with all the psychological complexity and bluntness of a rusty sledgehammer
2
Four Brothers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The undeniable chemistry between the four actors adds real emotional weight to the story 
2.5
Four Brothers
Larry Ratliff
Four Brothers a guns blazing sentimental revenge drama takes place in a violence riddled place where the words law and enforcement don t necessarily go together 
3
Four Brothers
Mike Clark
The sometimes absurd Brothers works only on a larger than life level But on that level the zest is back 
3
Four Brothers
Geoff Pevere
Most distressing however isn t the movie s high tide of bogus gangsta posturing but its genuinely idiotic and irresponsible glorification of precisely the attitudes that Boyz n the Hood once depicted as vapid self replicating and suicidal 
1
Four Brothers
Ted Fry
For a movie that s all over the map Four Brothers is surprisingly grounded in spite of its sometimes schizophrenic scenario 
2.5
Four Brothers
Peter Hartlaub
A solidly built yet forgettable revenge action movie that is notable mostly for its outstanding young cast 
2
Four Brothers
Carla Meyer
The film seems to be intentionally C grade reveling in its TV cop show expository dialogue cartoonish violence and 1970s soul songs that fit scenes a bit too snugly 
2
Four Brothers
Peter Travers
What holds us are the actors including Terrence Howard as a cop who grew up with the brothers 
2.5
Four Brothers
Carrie Rickey
Easily the best 1975 B movie made in 2005 Four Brothers is a raucously entertaining vigilante film 
2.5
Four Brothers
Rene Rodriguez
Singleton s sloppiest laziest movie to date springing to life in fits and starts risibly mawkish and occasionally gripping and often feeling like it was made up on the set 
1.5
Four Brothers
Robert W. Butler
The characters are absurdly thin and the film occupies a logic free zone where anything screenwriters David Elliot and Paul Lovett can invent gets put on the screen 
1.5
Four Brothers
Amy Biancolli
As a vivid bloody piece of escapist gimmickry it works 
3
Four Brothers
Jason Anderson
All that s missing from Four Brothers battery of macho clichés is a speedboat chase a role for Carl Weathers and a villain with a pet cobra 
1.5
Four Brothers
Terry Lawson
Add a script that teeters precariously between vengeance poignancy and comedy and Four Brothers starts to look like four movies 
2
Four Brothers
Lawrence Toppman
Four Brothers immediately joins the Good Idea Bad Execution club 
2
Four Brothers
Annlee Ellingson
Squandering the sex appeal and easy fraternity among its four leads Four Brothers pitches violently between moments that are at once warm and raw 
2.5
Four Brothers
Ty Burr
Brothers is a faux low budget revenge thriller pure and simple There s nothing special about it and that s what s refreshing 
2.5
Four Brothers
Bill Muller
Making sense isn t a top priority for Four Brothers 
3
Four Brothers
Kit Bowen
If it s hardcore blood spattered vengeance you want Four Brothers the summer movie for you 
2.5
Four Brothers
Glenn Whipp
A rousing revenge flick that delivers the goods with a mixture of tight action vivid performances and an old school soundtrack that evokes the best of blaxploitation cinema 
3
Four Brothers
Stephen Holden
Four Brothers has an elaborate plot whose elements are unsatisfactorily pieced together between action sequences 
2
Four Brothers
Stephen Whitty
It s entertaining in an unabashedly cheesy proudly retro sort of way 
2.5
Four Brothers
Kyle Smith
Moment to moment the mood flips from crime drama to weird high jinks the boys spend so much time wearing their mother s clothing and playfully accusing each other of being gay that it s not clear they really care about solving the mystery 
0.5
Four Brothers
Jack Mathews
If you can overcome the graphic nature of its casual violence it is a lot of fun 
3
Four Brothers
Tyler Hanley
Four Brothers begins with four star potential but director John Singleton s latest bullet ballet quickly degrades from taut family drama to sloppy action overdose 
2
Four Brothers
Sean P. Means
Singleton is no Tarantino which is the sensibility needed to make the script s darkly comic tone work 
2
Four Brothers
Rob Blackwelder
Singleton fills the screen with moody darkness but Four Brothers falls apart completely in the last act 
2
Four Brothers
Willie Waffle
Four Brothers is one of those good movies that surprises you as you think you have it figured out but it goes for the comic relief too much 
2.5
Four Brothers
Akiva Gottlieb
A crackerjack B movie 
2.5
Four Brothers
Paul Doro
Four Brothers excels at following revenge movie guidelines and not much else An above average cast can t hide its B movie pedigree 
2
Four Brothers
Sarah Chauncey
Four Brothers revels in its own testosterone 
3
Four Brothers
Gene Seymour
Four Brothers is several movies in one slick stressed vehicle its hard grinding gears meshing with infectious gusto and rough and tumble vigor 
3
Four Brothers
Roger Ebert
Four Brothers connects with underlying moral currents in the way Westerns used to back before greed fear anger and society provided action movies with all the motivation they needed 
3
Four Brothers
Peter Canavese
Call Four Brothers a guilty pleasure Singleton may go for easy laughs but he gets them the gut level jolts may be ridiculous but he delivers them with style 
2.5
Four Brothers
Chris Hewitt
Director John Singleton is a bit like an agile DJ who creates something exciting and illuminating out of pieces of old songs you already know 
3
Four Brothers
Phoebe Flowers
Clumsy dumb offensive drama 
1
Four Brothers
Phil Villarreal
Singleton must be reclassified from sellout to filmmaker who s capable of selling out 
3.5
Four Brothers
Walter Chaw
Unable to inspire it s equally incapable of offending 
1
Four Brothers
Steve Rhodes
An unusual and uneven mix of genres that is both intriguing and rewarding 
3
Beau travail
Matt Brunson
Crafted as a picture that s meant to be experienced rather than explored 
3
Beau travail
Ed Gonzalez
Beau Travail is an allegorical tale of revenge and jealousy set within a French Foreign Legion outpost in Africa 
4
Beau travail
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A masterpiece 
4
Beau travail
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Denis gets right to the spiritual and emotional core with her brilliant staging and long shots 
4
Beau travail
Ian Mantgani
The final scene feels tragic the rest of the movie is boring 
2
Dear Dictator
Christian Toto
Life hacks from a warm and fuzzy dictator What s not to loathe 
.5
Dear Dictator
Simon Abrams
A just shy of great teen comedy 
3
Dear Dictator
Mark Dujsik
It s intentionally odd without any apparent goal beyond being odd 
1
Dear Dictator
Wes Greene
The potential comic absurdities of the premise are squandered as soon as the film settles into a tepid coming of age tale 
1.5
Dear Dictator
Roger Moore
Style points for having the audacity to cast Sir Michael Caine as a wacky Caribbean dictator but they really needed to find funnier things for him to do 
2
The Beach Bum
Cassidy Olsen
Korine has grown up and mellowed out shifting his attention inward to make perhaps the only introspective and genuinely kind film of his entire career all the while preserving his idiosyncratic directing style and penchant for the bizarre 
3.5
The Beach Bum
Matthew Rozsa
Is it great Harmony Korine No but it s pretty good Harmony Korine 
3
The Beach Bum
Jennie Kermode
The central idea is strong and there are moments of genius but it never quite makes the impact that it should When the effects wear off you ll be left feeling empty 
3.5
The Beach Bum
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Best to simply bask in one of the more ludicrous performances an A list actor has ever committed to the screen 
3
The Beach Bum
David Nusair
A typically and predictably idiosyncratic Harmony Korine picture 
2.5
The Beach Bum
Stephen Rebello
The movie has its pleasures aside from the cinematography and some of McConaughey s fearlessly all in performance 
2.5
The Beach Bum
Roger Moore
Harmony Korrine s Margaritaville The Movie a stoner comedy that flirts with being a fiasco 
1.5
The Beach Bum
Frank Ochieng
a generic stoner comedy flick that has all the natural high of an unfiltered soggy joint The Beach Bum is nothing but pointless piffle simply overdosing on its own brand of rude dude drudgery 
1.5
The Beach Bum
Tom Meek
This is a sheer shambles of cinematic poetry that s all McConaughey 
2.5
The Beach Bum
Mark Dujsik
Moondog is absolutely the sort of character who deserves a movie of some kind and at times Korine s movie is the sort of story that should star Moondog 
2
The Beach Bum
Rob Thomas
It s a relentlessly sunny ode to an outlook on life that doesn t amount to more than a Have a Good Time All The Time T shirt bought in a beachside souvenir stand 
2.5
The Beach Bum
Barry Hertz
I m still trying to puzzle your film out which is infuriating given that it s a cinematic middle finger to the concept of problem solving 
2
The Beach Bum
Peter Howell
The Beach Bum might have worked as a fish out of water comedy or redemptive story of a loser who finally learns how to win Neither of these genre staples would appeal to a bête noire like Korine the filmmaking equivalent of a bull in a china shop 
1
The Beach Bum
Ty Burr
The Beach Bum is a riches to rags to riches story as American as Horatio Alger Thomas Pynchon and Hunter S Thompson 
2.5
The Beach Bum
Peter Goldberg
With the film Harmony Korine solidifies his position as the premier cartographer of the Sunshine State as a place of unhurried pursuits 
3
The Beach Bum
Michael Phillips
The Beach Bum is just out for Korine s idea of a good time By the end I could ve used some shade a cup of coffee and a round trip ticket to Buffalo in February 
2
The Beach Bum
Brian Truitt
It isn t good and it isn t bad it is to borrow a fitting adjective alright 
2
The Beach Bum
Johnny Oleksinski
Meet Moondog a movie character you ll want to punch in the face 
1
The Beach Bum
Karen M. Peterson
The time for boring middle aged men to succeed at doing nothing and to be heaped with praise and adoration for it is over 
1
The Beach Bum
Brian Tallerico
The Beach Bum works by never losing its tonal statement that all that really matters is what matters to you man 
3
Once Upon a Crime
David Nusair
46 46 46 a mostly uninvolving comedy that squanders the efforts of its impressively talented roster of performers 46 46 46 
2
Passport to Pimlico
Matt Brunson
The comedy unwinds at a frenetic pace 
3
Marjoe
Kam Williams
Especially entertaining is this con man s exposing all the tricks of the trade from how he healed confederates feigning illnesses to the special gestures and vocal cadences designed to hypnotize his gullible followers 
4
Marjoe
Nick Schager
A portrait of interior disconnect between authentic faith and cynical disillusionment 
3
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Matt Brunson
The primary strength of the picture is Sarah Bolger s performance 
2.5
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Tom Meek
The film s stylishly conceived and executed even if the layers of coincidences are too top heavy for the film s own good 
2.5
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Glenn Kenny
As cranky as much of the movie made me Pastoll Blaney and especially Bolger all contrive to deliver as satisfying a climax and dénouement to this saga as one could hope for 
2
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Sara Michelle Fetters
Abner Pastoll s A Good Woman Is Hard to Find is a ruthless gut punch of a drama featuring Sarah Bolger in a magnificent tour de force performance that blew me away 
3.5
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Mark Dujsik
W e understand and or sympathize with every choice she makes and every action she takes as unthinkable as some of those choices and actions may be 
3
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Christian Toto
This socially conscious thriller is brain dead when it matters most 
2
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Chuck Bowen
The film s early scenes turn the stuff of paying bills and managing kids into manna for an unsettlingly intimate domestic thriller 
2.5
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Mike McGranaghan
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find has the perfect marriage of a director who knows how to generate suspense and an actress capable of delivering a knockout three dimensional performance 
3.5
The Equalizer 2
Brian Eggert
The Equalizer 2 leaves the viewer with a boredom hangover a cloudy funk that lingers well after the credits roll 
1
The Equalizer 2
Matt Brunson
The Equalizer was a satisfying action yarn but this sequel offers few similar pleasures 
2
The Equalizer 2
Joey Magidson
The blandness of Equalizer 2 even extends to Washington himself This is the closest he s come to sleepwalking through a role 
2
The Equalizer 2
Joe Friar
An entertaining sequel that packs more power with each punch 
3
The Equalizer 2
Oliver Jones
Washington is a pleasure to watch on the screen The two time Oscar winner is able to tap into his own surplus of moral righteousness even when the script is pulling the carpet out from under him 
2.5
The Equalizer 2
Stephen Rebello
The tired slow burn movie around Washington is almost as punishing to an audience as McCall is to his prey 
2
The Equalizer 2
Michael O'Sullivan
McCall for all his high minded talk seems to take a little too much sick glee in all the bloodletting he engages in 
2
The Equalizer 2
Katie Walsh
Even with Washington at the top of his game The Equalizer 2 just doesn t deliver the thrills 
2
The Equalizer 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a tonal consistency to The Equalizer II its predecessor never had 
2.5
The Equalizer 2
Rick Bentley
The film would have collapsed into a mess with a lesser actor in the starring role Washington manages to keep the film interesting even when the story takes on such an uninspired direction 
3
The Equalizer 2
Clint O'Connor
The character remains strong The script not so much 
2.5
The Equalizer 2
Brad Wheeler
I m not sure audiences are getting what they deserve with this plodding so so action thriller but they ll get what they ll pay for 
2.5
The Equalizer 2
Dann Gire
Less attention has been paid to Richard Wenk s screenplay a contrived work that traffics in lapses of common sense and internal logic plus an artificially sweet ending 
2
The Equalizer 2
Bob Bloom
The film never jells The main villains are cookie cutter archetypes No effort is made to give them any depth or personality 
2
The Equalizer 2
Christian Toto
McCall s moral compass is in short supply these days 
3
The Equalizer 2
Phil Villarreal
This is an action movie in which the action star strives to be well inactive 
2
The Equalizer 2
Roger Moore
A dawdling vengeance thriller from Antoine Fuqua an offhand charismatic turn by Denzel Washington in the title role 
2.5
The Equalizer 2
Peter Canavese
Suggests intriguing questions about the moral and ethical imperatives of justice answers these questions with an Old Testament zeal evil must be smitten by self appointed good men 
2
The Equalizer 2
Johnny Oleksinski
The Equalizer should be locked in a room with The Terminator Then this lousy series would finally be killed off 
1
The Equalizer 2
Mark Dujsik
The elements of the original film that felt tacked on or out of character have been emphasized in The Equalizer 2 
1.5
The Equalizer 2
James Berardinelli
The film s slow burn approach matches that of the original Fuqua is in no hurry and understands that building a story gradually pays dividends later in the proceedings 
3
The Equalizer 2
Tom Russo
A narratively and visually muddled disappointment one that regularly confuses numbing brutality with vicariously thrilling righteous vengeance 
2
The Equalizer 2
Mick LaSalle
A movie that s watchable and intermittently pleasing But not enough time was spent getting the substance right 
2
The Equalizer 2
Gary Thompson
We think of the Equalizer films as action movies but there s really not a ton of action Often what we get and like is McCall as life coach 
2.5
The Equalizer 2
Richard Roeper
There s not much effort to tie it all together with any kind of plausible big picture cohesion but no matter All we need to know is some very bad people have crossed Robert McCall and that s almost always a deadly mistake 
3
The Equalizer 2
Niles Schwartz
The Equalizer 2 is symptomatic of a confused time when people are collectively looking for invulnerable superheroes who don t so much as speak truth to injustice as beat the hell out of it and its cathartic pleasures leave a bad taste 
2
The Equalizer 2
Peter Sobczynski
Even the most easily satisfied fans of Washington will be unlikely to find much of anything in this sadistic stupid and sloppy sequel 
1.5
The Equalizer 2
Mark Kennedy
He s cool with moral clarity and he s three moves ahead of everyone No wonder he s such a welcome sight in 2018 America and no wonder Washington wanted another go around 
3
The Equalizer 2
Kam Williams
Denzel again delivers as a relentless killing machine eager to execute any evildoers dumb enough to cross his path 
4
The Equalizer 2
Soren Andersen
There s the old cliché that says so and so is such a great actor he could read the phone book whatever that is as I said it s an old cliché and make it interesting That s pretty much what Washington pulls off in EQ2 
2.5
Streeters
Walter Chaw
The height of unblinking realism punctuated here and again by a marvellous symbolic intelligence and marked by extraordinary performances 
4
Streeters
David Elliott
If you care about how Mexican poverty degrades and yet also deepens Mexican beauty it is one to see 
3
Streeters
Jorge Avila Andrade
Buen ejemplo del cine propositivo que le hace falta a la industria nacional
3
Sugar Cane Alley
Laurie Horn
Sometimes the best thing about a movie is its ability to create a sense of texture Sugar Cane Alley is textural in almost every aspect 
3
Sugar Cane Alley
George Williams
Though Palcy is young and virtually untried you never get the feeling you are in the hands of anyone but a masterful filmmaker 
4
Sugar Cane Alley
Bruce Bailey
An intriguing but depressing film 
3.5
Sugar Cane Alley
Robert W. Butler
As Jose young Garry Cadenat offers a winning blend of mischief and devotion and the supporting cast although filled with first time actors is excellent 
3
Sugar Cane Alley
Allan Ulrich
Sugar Cane Alley is 1984 s most delightful movie surprise This one simply glows 
3
Sugar Cane Alley
Gene Siskel
Every year or so we are reminded that very best movies are not those projects that grow out of a corporate strategy to corral an audience but rather out of an individual s desire to communicate an intensely personal vision 
3.5
Sugar Cane Alley
Desmond Ryan
There has not been a more wrenching statement of what poverty does to children since Hector Babenco s controversial Pixote 
4
Sugar Cane Alley
Roger Ebert
The film sees its world so clearly because Palcy grew up on Martinique At the same time she doesn t lean on their heartwarming story She s making a movie here and it s smart sometimes hard edged story that earns its moments of sentiment 
4
Zombie Apocalypse
Felix Vasquez Jr.
So painfully dull and tedious it s impossible to sit through without dozing off every now and then 
2
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Michael Dequina
The Bard by way of Cirque du Soleil approach is more of a distraction than an enhancement 
2.5
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Stephanie Merry
Enzo Avitabile Music Life succeeds at conveying one quarter of its title 
2
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Sheila O'Malley
The film feels like a first draft But then there is the music to celebrate 
3
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Steve Macfarlane
Even if the film never transcends its subject matter Jonathan Demme s light touch adds up to a charming portrait only rarely fumbling into hagiography 
2.5
The Last One
David Wiegand
One of the most interesting elements of the film is how much the makeup of Names Project staff and volunteers has evolved over the years 
3
Heimat is a Space in Time
Matt Fagerholm
What begins as an entrancing experience becomes increasingly exhausting 
2.5
Heimat is a Space in Time
Carson Lund
Thomas Heise s documentary seeks to excavate real human thought and feeling beneath the haze of larger political structures 
3
Heimat is a Space in Time
Kate Taylor
So it remains up to the viewer to measure the continuance of the past while the actual family history who died who married who becomes as riveting as a half grasped soap opera with lives and loves disappearing in the fog of time 
4
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Phil Villarreal
To appreciate or even tolerate the film you must separate yourself from the characters and the material What s unfortunate is that the movie is too well made to let you do just that 
2.5
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jeff Shannon
Argento s film is arguably exploitative but its real life horrors are effectively authentic 
2.5
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Tamara Straus
Now the fabricated story of a boyhood that included abandonment rape and near constant fear and humiliation is a movie The result is unwatchable 
1
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Bob Strauss
I don t know if the movie follows the book closely but if it does you kind of have to wonder how Leroy or Albert or whoever it was made such a splash in the first place 
1.5
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Ty Burr
Vile beyond redemption 
0.5
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Argento s fast moving devil may care filmmaking keeps The Heart Is Deceitful dangling just above its relentlessly harrowing subject matter 
3
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Roger Ebert
There is no redemption no surcease and as the film ends the barbarity continues This film made me intensely uncomfortable but that was its intention 
2
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jessica Reaves
At best this film raises an all too relevant question Are true life stories interesting because they re true Or because they re interesting At worst it raises a different question What if they re neither true nor interesting 
1.5
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Ken Fox
Given Argento s willingness to attempt the controversial book at all she pulls a surprising number of punches 
2
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Kim Morgan
Like LeRoy s novels the movie finds something hep about degradation neglect and eating out of dumpsters It calls to mind the Zoolander joke about a fashion line Derelict inspired by crack whores and hoboes 
2
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Stephen Whitty
Stripped of all its lurid backstory the fictional tale is revealed onscreen to be a mere catalog of horrors an ugly grafting together of Dickens and America s Most Wanted 
0
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Lou Lumenick
Watchable in a train wreck kind of way but you ll probably want to take a shower afterwards 
1
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jack Mathews
This is an execrable movie 
1
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jan Stuart
This film s heart is not deceitful merely obvious and overbearing 
1.5
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Jeremiah Kipp
Argento doesn t translate Leroy s novel into the visual language of film or at least she doesn t conjure up the same feeling the book does 
2
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
David Nusair
Argento might one day make a good film this certainly isn t it 
1
The Secret Life of Words
Walter Chaw
Can t resist the meaningful political backstory that will transform her characters into symbols that is into ventriloquist dummies rattling off humdrum rhetoric 
1.5
The Secret Life of Words
Jeremy Mathews
A series of conversations that are sometimes clever and sometimes feel like screenwriting exercises about the details of life but are always well acted 
3.5
The Secret Life of Words
Ken Fox
Far from feeling that we ve been hoodwinked into watching a film with a strong social message we can only marvel at how eloquently and incontrovertibly it states its case 
3.5
The Secret Life of Words
V.A. Musetto
Sarah Polley is such a wonderful actress it s a shame she s not a bigger star 
3
The Secret Life of Words
Elizabeth Weitzman
Given the physical limitations of their characters Polley and Robbins give remarkably compelling performances and though the resolution of their slowly evolving relationship is a bit too pat it is one you won t soon forget 
3
The Secret Life of Words
Jan Stuart
The Secret Life of Words transcends the limitations of its pat two character play core becoming a deeply affecting existential drama about the healing power of communally felt pain 
3
The Secret Life of Words
Geoff Pevere
Polley not only speaks volumes with her wary hooded eyes and closed body language she provides the silent emotion anchor the movie badly needs 
2.5
The Secret Life of Words
Kate Taylor
A frustrating film full of many wonderful parts that the filmmaker ultimately betrays 
2
Western
Peter Stack
A charmer from France that feels like a throwback to the 1960s when foreign films flooded art house cinemas 
3
Western
Roger Ebert
The adventures are arbitrary the cuteness of the men grows wearing and when Nino has an accident with a chainsaw we can see contrivance shading off into desperation 
2
Western
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One of the most refreshing aspects of Manuel Poirier s Western is the way it explodes many common notions about France and French movies 
3
The Other F Word
Kelly Jane Torrance
That unlikely image of boys who have railed against authority turning into men who have it is explored in Andrea Blaugrund Nevins entertaining even eye opening doc 
3
The Other F Word
John Beifuss
The film s subjects may consider themselves non conformists but the movie s style the use of colorful graphics fast forwards jump cuts and other computer editing tricks is the epitome of mainstream 
2.5
The Other F Word
Joe Heim
There are delicious contrasts between the musicians in full on punk rock mode and in full on dad mode 
3
The Other F Word
Steven Rea
Blink 182 s Mark Hoppus has an especially good line about the all consuming nature of being a pop It s like red matter from Star Trek It just sucks everything in 
3
The Other F Word
Mark Feeney
Lindberg s throwaway self description of himself as getting by during a tour on Ambien and hair dye may be the best line in a movie full of good ones 
2.5
The Other F Word
Gerald Peary
This charming amusing documentary has its sad side too 
3.5
The Other F Word
Sara Stewart
It s hard to take this film too seriously when it never seeks corroboration from a couple of other obvious interview sources their wives and kids 
2
The Other F Word
Jesse Cataldo
As the old apocryphal quote goes Every generation thinks they invented sex The same can likely be said for the kind of ersatz rebellion celebrated in The Other F Word a lightweight frustratingly lazy documentary about punk rock dads 
1.5
Uncle Kent 2
Nick Allen
The big problem throughout Uncle Kent 2 is that while it can offer some amusement it all feels like an inside joke 
2
Death by China
V.A. Musetto
It would make a nice TV infomercial but certainly doesn t deserve a big screen release 
1
Death by China
Nick Schager
Further confirmation that agitprop documentaries have become wedded to a template that undermines their very arguments 
1.5
Death by China
Jay Antani
As a wake up call Navarro scores points 
2.5
Gone, Gone, Forever Gone
Steve Rhodes
Director Ho Quang Minh sets a tone so subtle and lifeless that it borders on catatonia 
1.5
Written in Blood
David Nusair
A thriller without any thrills 
2
Maya & Her Lover
Roger Moore
Maya needed a little more on the plate to play like a complete meal 
2
Maya & Her Lover
Dwight Brown
Sylvester exhibits a nice flair for telling a very personal woman s story She s on to something 
2.5
Hunt
Brian Tallerico
Hunt has some excellent bang bang escapism 44 but it apos s ultimately too shallow to recommend 46 
2
Hunt
Anne Brodie
Espionage battles play out in nerve shredding 44 surprising scenarios 44 and the shock value of endless twists is extraordinarily high 46 Steel yourselves for a bumpy ride 46 
3
Hunt
Roger Moore
Byzantine 44 violent and engrossing 46 
3
The Foreigner
David Nusair
As for Seagal he seems to have gotten so large that stunt doubles are needed for some of the more complicated fight sequences 
1
Hollow Man
Brian Eggert
91 The movie 93 contains none of the brains or thoughtful dimensions that audiences have come to expect from Verhoeven 8217 s visceral yet witty brand of cinema 46 
2
Hollow Man
David Nusair
one can t help but admire the glee with which Verhoeven has imbued the film s more disgusting moments 
2.5
Hollow Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
There are two ways to not see this invisible man The best option is skipping the movie 
1
Hollow Man
Andrew Howe
An effects laden exercise in mediocrity 
1.5
Hollow Man
Blake French
Eye popping visual effects become lost in yet another typical slasher movie 
2
Hollow Man
James Kendrick
While it is not nearly as effective as the future punk social satire of RoboCop the subtext of Hollow Man still brings a few questions to mind 
3
Hollow Man
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ejemplo de cmo una buena premisa puede degenerar en un producto totalmente comercial y mal terminado
2
Hollow Man
Rob Blackwelder
By the time Hollow Man was half over I wished I could have disappeared too 
1.5
Hollow Man
Dustin Putman
A bloody gripping gruesome big budget popcorn munching horror movie 151 and it works Scientific logic be damned 
3
Hollow Man
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
At times I wanted the whole film to be hollow See a matinee 
2
Hollow Man
James Berardinelli
I had more interest in the secondary characters 
2
Hollow Man
David N. Butterworth
Hollow indeed 
1.5
Hollow Man
Edward Guthmann
The most surprising aspect of Hollow Man is the fact that Shue agreed to work in such garbage 
1
Hollow Man
Roger Ebert
It brings nothing to the party except the most simplistic elements 
2
Hollow Man
Tor Thorsen
From the talent that gave us Robocop and Total Recall it s a pretty hollow effort indeed 
2
Savage
Roger Moore
The dense accents make this a film that washes over you and makes sense thanks to the familiar tropes it builds on and scenes some of them quite violent which require no verbal explanation 
2.5
Libeled Lady
Matt Brunson
Earns its keep simply for the moment when Loy expecting Powell to describe her eyes in gushing terms is instead startled when he remarks that they look like angry marbles 
3.5
Libeled Lady
Jeremiah Kipp
More intriguing for behind the scenes gossip than its rather familiar screwball comedy machinations 
2
The Last Laugh
Chris Knight
A Jew walks into a comedy club Is it OK for her to tell a joke about the six million who died Can she as Gilbert Gottfried asks put the Hah in Holocaust This is the topic of a fascinating new documentary by Ferne Pearlstein 
3.5
The Last Laugh
Stephen Whitty
There are a lot of fascinating flashes 
3
The Last Laugh
Mike McGranaghan
A provocative probing and yes often funny look at the role humor plays in coming to terms with the darkest most troubling events mankind faces 
3.5
Wet Woman in the Wind
Chuck Bowen
Shiota understands a pivotal strand of the American screwball comedy that it s often a male fantasy of relief from male expectations hence the dominant female charters who sort out the men s neuroses 
3
Little Evil
David Nusair
Rarely if ever as hilarious as its premise 
2
Soldier in the Rain
David Nusair
the movie s tolerable yet hardly engrossing atmosphere is due almost entirely to the efforts of its talented stars 
2.5
Shadow Man
David Nusair
a marginal improvement over Steven Seagal s last few efforts 
1.5
Devil's Pass
Dustin Putman
Very much like a puzzle that all comes seamlessly together Devil s Pass wallows in formula before veering a sharp hair raising left turn just when the film needs it most 
2.5
Devil's Pass
Drew Hunt
As Renny Harlin s career progresses it seems more and more that his early gems were merely happy accidents 
2
Agneepath
Namrata Joshi
Agneepath is cinema of excess 
2
Agneepath
Michael Dequina
A film completely relentless both in its often grim grittiness and uncompromising artistic vision 
3.5
Ugetsu
Brian Eggert
Mizoguchi s blend of historicity artistic refinement and human observation combines with his rare embrace of the spiritual in Ugetsu and its effect is entrancing affecting and unforgettable 
4
Ugetsu
Mattie Lucas
Mizoguchi s craftsmanship remains unparalleled providing a deep and powerful exploration of human folly that achieves an almost mystical status 
4
Ugetsu
Michael Wilmington
A marvelously wise and moving classic but also one full of sights that might make you cry like Genjuro I never imagined such pleasures existed 
4
Ugetsu
Eric Henderson
Ugetsu Kenji Mizoguchi s most widely heralded film is a mysterious incantory and gorgeous parable 
4
Ugetsu
Roger Ebert
One of the greatest of all films 
4
The Carer
Roger Moore
Cox is one hammy hunk of fun first scene to last 
2.5
The Carer
Matt Brunson
Brian Cox gets to tackle ample monologues from various Shakespearean works catnip I imagine to any British thespian worth his or her salt 
2
The Carer
Bruce DeMara
It s a tired formula But saving graces come from two fine performances the criminally underrated Brian Cox as high maintenance Sir Michael and newcomer Coco Konig as Dorottya who s plucky compassionate and wise 
2.5
The Memsahib
Stephen Cole
The film might succeed as a travelogue were it not for writer director Majmudar s treacly narration 
1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Roger Ebert
A lot of the success of 9 1 2 Weeks is because Rourke and Basinger make the characters and their relationship convincing Rourke s
3.5
Hooligan Sparrow
Moira MacDonald
The searing documentary Hooligan Sparrow is a portrait of courage 
3.5
Hooligan Sparrow
Ming Wong
Gripping and thrilling Nanfu Wang s debut documentary is a raw look at women s rights activism in China 
3.5
Hooligan Sparrow
Matt Fagerholm
It s miraculous that the film exists at all 
4
The Alchemist Cookbook
Federico Furzan
A complete waste of a horror movie Nothing justifies whatever it was the director tried to do here Full review in Spanish 
0
The Alchemist Cookbook
John Serba
Nurturing an unsettling intensity in the film s final moments Potrykus work is difficult but invigorating 
3.5
The Alchemist Cookbook
Tom Keogh
A chapter driven series of sketchy scenes powered by a striking manic performance by lead actor Ty Hickson 
3
The Central Park Effect
Lou Lumenick
An engrossing tour of this little known subculture and unlikely habitat in the center of densely populated Manhattan 
3
Halston
Moira MacDonald
Directed by Frederic Tcheng who s made a specialty of chic fashion designer documentaries this film celebrates Halston s work but shows more interest in the man and the unexpected corporate drama behind it 
3.5
Halston
Anita Katz
Tthe film vividly presents the accomplishments of the famed designer It s too bad it doesn t go beneath alluring surfaces to explore his deeper character 
2.5
Halston
Joe Friar
The rise and fall of the iconic fashion designer are explored in Frédéric Tcheng s documentary featuring great behind the scenes footage celebrity interviews and candid moments 
3.5
Halston
Richard Roeper
Unusual framing device aside Halston is on balance a solid and affectionate tribute to an American original 
3
Halston
Mark Dujsik
T his documentary is simply a straightforward biographical account of the famous fashion designer s rise and fall 
2.5
Halston
Nathalie Atkinson
The underlying more interesting documentary here however is concerned with understanding the why 
2.5
Halston
Mark Feeney
It s an understatement to say that Tcheng is drawn to this material He revels in it Yet he s too clear eyed to turn Halston s story into a morality tale 
2.5
Halston
Tomris Laffly
A thoroughly researched rise and fall story with artistic flair and a noir esque cinematic mystique 
3.5
American Fighter
Roger Moore
The players give fair value but not that extra something that would have lent this pathos or made us care And if you ve seen one savage beat down you ve seen them all 
1.5
Cemetery Junction
Peter Canavese
A humble riff on the well worn coming of age film Blu ray 
2.5
Cemetery Junction
Janos Gereben
While Remi Adefarasin s cinematography gives the picture a superficially cinematic sheen this is essentially small minded fare unimaginative in its ambitions and clumsy in its execution 
1.5
Cemetery Junction
Tim Robey
Gervais and Merchant may offer less ambition or novelty than meet the eye but being cosily shepherded to their feel good destination never feels like drudgery 
3
Cemetery Junction
Robbie Collin
It s far from Gervais s big screen masterpiece but it gives you hope he s got one in him 
3
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Ed Gonzalez
The film is a haunting portrait of the island as a purgatorial realm between the poles of isolation and liberation 
3
Love & Taxes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I d recommend going back and checking out Haiku Tunnel and if you enjoy it then rush out and see Love Taxes 
3
The Upside
Steven Prokopy
All of these conversations are infinitely more interesting when treated seriously through the filter of Hart s comedic delivery He and Cranston are a good team and their chemistry is gratifying 
2.5
The Upside
Matt Brunson
This American remake retains many of the elements that made the original such a smash and as such proves to be no better or worse than its mildly engaging predecessor 
2.5
The Upside
Linda Cook
The Upside uplifts its audience 
3.5
The Upside
Katie Walsh
It s a struggle to find the bright side to this rather hackneyed film 
2
The Upside
James Berardinelli
The Upside works for many of the same reasons that The Intouchables worked but like any echo it s neither as loud nor as powerful 
3
The Upside
Frank Ochieng
Nevertheless The Upside has a downside its woefully pat look at an unconventional salt and pepper friendship in manipulative mode Predictably cliched mechanical and transparently amiable Thoroughly tedious and tripe 
1.5
The Upside
Mike McGranaghan
A pleasant uplifting picture 
3
The Upside
Mark Feeney
Cranston and Hart are surprisingly good together Their chemistry goes a long way to making up for the many implausibilities in the story and the presence of several extraneous subplots 
2.5
The Upside
Michael Medved
The emotional manipulation is sometimes heavy handed but the interaction between the two leads will appeal to a very broad audience The film s not a classic but you ll probably feel better when you leave the theater than when you came in 
3
The Upside
Gary Thompson
Even if you haven t seen The Intouchables you have a pretty good idea where the drama is headed Still The Upside nonetheless does an amiable job of taking you there thanks to hard work by the two leads 
2.5
The Upside
Rex Reed
It runs two hours and five minutes which in my opinion is two hours too long 
1
The Upside
Sara Michelle Fetters
A tedious slog that plays up a number of regressive stereotypes and caricatures while also lapsing into cheap sexually questionable bits of slapstick comedy I found personally loathsome 
1.5
The Upside
David Nusair
a well intentioned showcase for performances that are often better than the material itself 
2.5
The Upside
Robert Horton
A complete fantasy 
2
The Upside
Christian Toto
You might look at Kevin Hart in an entirely new light after seeing The Upside 
3
The Upside
Max Weiss
The two actors are fine and have decent chemistry but the film doesn t dig deeply enough for us to truly be invested in their relationship 
2
The Upside
Josh Terry
Though the pieces don t always connect the chemistry between Hart and Cranston will cover a multitude of sins The Upside will make you smile 
3
The Upside
Rubén Rosario
The Upside ends up letting us down and even though fingers will justly be pointed at Hart and Weinstein for the baggage they add Burger has ultimately no one to blame but himself 
2
The Upside
Phil Villarreal
Hand crafted to make you laugh wince and cry at intervals 
3
The Upside
Johnny Oleksinski
This feel good dramedy falls headfirst into all its clichés Unsurprisingly The Upside is saved by Bryan Cranston and also surprisingly by Kevin Hart 
2.5
The Upside
Kate Taylor
Adapting the French script by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache writer Jon Hartmere and director Neil Burger smooth over the more stereotypical elements of this mismatched pair turning the story into a tasteful buddy pic 
2.5
The Upside
Rene Sanchez
The Upside loses the charm of the original French version A dull and unemotional remake riddled with stereotypes Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
The Upside
Richard Roeper
Among other problems the overlong story is stuffed with unnecessary and momentum blocking detours 
2
The Upside
Mark Dujsik
T he central performances seem to exist in their own isolated bubbles 
2
The Upside
Mick LaSalle
French cinema has a lot going for it but the one thing Americans do best is story And so Intouchables now The Upside has a story that finally works 
3
The Upside
Bruce DeMara
Despite the plentitude of opera and Aretha there just isn t much here that soars and thrills 
2.5
The Upside
Soren Andersen
Catheter humor is a big laugh getter 
2
The Upside
Christy Lemire
A hollow replica of its source material 
1.5
The Upside
Robert Daniels
The Upside a tone deaf ill timed and messy comedy is a film no one not even Hart wants right now 
1.5
The Upside
Joey Magidson
Cranston and Hart make this film worth watching When the plot steps back and the two just display some top notch chemistry things are on fairly firm ground 
3
The Upside
Roger Moore
Won t change anybody s mind about Hart fans or haters Which was entirely the point 
2
The Upside
Derek Smith
The Upside becomes overrun by an increasingly preachy and tiresome series of life lessons about race class and love 
1.5
The Upside
Barry Hertz
Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart fight tooth and nail to keep the film as charming as possible though with Hart going to particularly impressive lengths It almost works until you remember it shouldn t 
2.5
Picnic at Hanging Rock
James Kendrick
an evocative impressionistic masterwork
4
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Roger Ebert
As a tantalizing puzzle a tease a suggestion of a forbidden answer just out of earshot it works hypnotically and very nicely indeed 
3.5
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Jeff Vice
The movie is paced so that the tension builds very slowly making the conclusion all the more shattering 
3.5
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Stack
One of the most hauntingly beautiful mysteries ever created on film 
4
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Clifford Terry
There is enough material to provide grins and sometimes guffaws 
2.5
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Roger Ebert
It s hard to satirize a satire That s what National Lampoon s Loaded Weapon 1 wants to do but the target proves elusive This is a would be comedy that s not as funny nor as satirical as the movies that inspired it 
1
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
James Berardinelli
This film is stale 
2
Coming to America
Bill Chambers
Even Akeem s gentle African lilt seems like Murphy trying to distance himself from his star persona if not demonstrate his range 
3
Coming to America
Josh Larsen
really shouldn t hold up as well as it does 
3
Coming to America
James Kendrick
Murphy shows genuine range in Coming to America and a willingness to sacrifice some raunch for some sweetness
3.5
Coming to America
Matt Brunson
Murphy delivers one of his most gratifying performances 
3
Coming to America
Kathleen Carroll
Murphy has dealt audiences the movie equivalent of a royal flush and he is now clearly Hollywood s reigning king of comedy 
3
Coming to America
David Nusair
a worthy followup to Murphy and Landis first collaboration Trading Places 
3
The Home and the World
Roger Ebert
It is a contemplative movie quiet slow a series of conversations punctuated by sudden bursts of activity 
3
Every Act of Life
Roger Moore
A victory lap of a documentary celebrating America s greatest living playwright Terrence McNally
3
Get Bruce!
Michael Dequina
Vilanch s ebullient manner is obviously a big reason why everyone wants to borrow the film s title to get Bruce 
3
Get Bruce!
Ross Anthony
I m just not sure why it s released on film It seems to me it would naturally play well for TV audiences 
2
Get Bruce!
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of documentary we all want to have made about ourselves in which it is revealed that we are funny smart beloved the trusted confidant of famous people the power behind the scenes at great events and the apple of our mother s eye 
3
King Georges
Glenn Kenny
King Georges reminds us that a singular dining experience can often be the expression of a very singular personality singular temperament singular discipline 
3
King Georges
Steven Rea
The relationship between the young American and the old Frenchman is as rich as one of Perrier s sauces the pupil and the teacher the son and the father the keen protg and the stubborn classicist 
3
King Georges
Farran Smith Nehme
Frankel has a fine eye for telling detail and the result while sentimental is as irresistible as the dessert cart 
3
King Georges
Chuck Bowen
Erika Frankel s documentary is finally revealed to be a story of prolonged adjustment to retirement and a poignant illustration of sublimated redemption 
3
Séraphine
Kelly Jane Torrance
Although slowly told Seraphine never drags 
3.5
Séraphine
Jeff Vice
Moreau s nuanced turn as the title character ensures that the film is not a complete loss She s very convincing especially when there arise some questions regarding her mental stability 
2.5
Séraphine
Joe Williams
Seraphine is rare in its sympathetic focus on a laborer yet refined in its execution 
3.5
Séraphine
Michael Upchurch
The film belongs to Moreau Half derided half protected by her village neighbors her Séraphine is dowdy willful gruff determined a blend of singing mystic and muttering madwoman 
3.5
Séraphine
Michael Sragow
The euphoria lunacy and transformative intensity of art receive passionate perhaps immortal treatment in Seraphine Martin Provost s quietly magical and urgently moving film 
4
Séraphine
Keith Cohen
Moreau gives a dominating award worthy performance The combination of the beautiful scenery musical score and art work resonate into a sensory epiphany for the audience 
3.5
Séraphine
Ty Burr
Séraphine may be one of the spookiest most unsettling films ever made about the hazy line between art and madness That s a theme the movies have done to death yet it finds new life in the title performance by Yolande Moreau 
3.5
Séraphine
Peter Keough
The painterly images afford a brooding sometimes luminous setting for Yolande Moreau who conveys Séraphine s weird and saint like turmoil without sentiment or stereotype 
3.5
Séraphine
Chris Hewitt
The film s complex portrait of Seraphine who is alternately angry bewildered funny belligerent and tender feels as fresh and alive as her work still does 
3
Séraphine
James Berardinelli
The characterization is deft the acting is superb and the production values are high If there s a dryness to the way the story is told that s because director Martin Provost has shifted his focus toward intellectual not emotional satisfaction 
3
Séraphine
Rob Lowman
Rather painterly and a bit distant It never digs into the messiest of either the artist s or her patron s lives 
2.5
Séraphine
Stephen Cole
Yolande Moreau is a revelation in the title role a part she plays without vanity and sneaking humour 
3
Séraphine
Linda Barnard
Director Martin Provost has brought the true story of Séraphine de Senlis to to the screen with elegant simplicity A gorgeous film to watch thanks to cinematographer Laurent Brunet the pastoral settings are especially satisfying 
3.5
Séraphine
Mick LaSalle
The triumph and fascination of Yolande Moreau s performance as the French painter Séraphine de Senlis 1864 1942 is in the way she makes us believe completely and without questioning that Séraphine is some kind of divine vessel 
3
Séraphine
Steven Rea
The character s fleeting success in the art world her moody naivete and childlike reverence for both the natural and religious worlds is conveyed with such tenderness and totality that it s almost heartbreaking to behold 
3.5
Séraphine
Rafer Guzman
It s also a comforting story that allows us to elevate the notion of purity above success 
3
Séraphine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s even tempered evenly paced and decidedly middlebrow 
2.5
Séraphine
Roger Ebert
Seraphine arrives from France as the year s most honored film winner of seven Cesars from the French Academy including best film and best actress 
4
Séraphine
V.A. Musetto
French filmmaker Martin Provost s fictionalized biopic Séraphine introduces the painter to generations that never knew her 
3
Séraphine
Ryan Stewart
In consistently erring of the side of subtlety Moreau s performance also proves a perfect tonal match for Provost s subtle meticulous and frequently beautiful compositions 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Mattie Lucas
There s great film hidden somewhere beneath the gold plating and silk brocade But as it stands the film we see while gorgeous to look at is merely mediocre 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Namrata Joshi
Yi Mou does show his undeniable expertise in the spectacularly mounted warfare sequences that can rival anything you saw in the Lord of the Ring movies The wonderfully choreographed martial arts sequences are heartstopping 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Michael Dequina
Zhang Yimou serves up a sumptuous sensory feast with spectacular set pieces and crucially the story characters and connection to back it up 
4
Curse of the Golden Flower
Walter Chaw
Possibly the first mainstream Chinese representation of the massacre at Tiannamen Square 
2.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Matt Brunson
Perhaps Zhang Yimou will one day return to the sort of picture that established his reputation in the first place Otherwise can a Rush Hour sequel be too far off 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
John Beifuss
Like its women the movie from the perspective of the viewer is ravishingly beautiful but frustratingly remote 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Sean O'Connell
The eye catching splendor dresses up a bland soap opera that Shakespeare mastered centuries ago 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Bob Strauss
This is one spectacular historical potboiler Shakespeare and soap opera in about equal measure 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Mike McGranaghan
Curse of the Golden Flower is dramatic and exotic a feast for the eyes with themes that are as hypnotic as the film s physical look 
3.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Thomas Delapa
Cursed by a threadbare plot that s unraveled by the computer germinated special effects Equally over the top so to speak is all the female cleavage jiggling through the palace 
1.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Linda Cook
A kind of dressed up soap opera The Curse of the Golden Flower is complicated only in its texture and colors not in its characters
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Lawrence Toppman
Nuance doesn t matter to Zhang and his closeups encourage the nostril flaring and eye rolling of a silly soap opera 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Lisa Kennedy
For all the swordplay and martial arts fisticuffs Curse is its most delirious as a lavish argument for the soap opera s roots in Greek tragedy 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Jeff Vice
Patient filmgoers will be rewarded The final half hour of Curse of the Golden Flower is heavy on action A large scale war sequence is visually stunning perhaps even rivaling Peter Jackson s Lord of the Rings trilogy for its epic scale 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Terry Lawson
Curse is straightforward and solemn lacking not for spectacle but for humor and a humanizing touch 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Robert W. Butler
Curse of the Golden Flower has no emotional center There s nobody to root for here even the wildly charismatic Chow Yun Fat seems remote and surly and the characters scheming seems more like an elaborate pageant than a viable drama 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Peter Debruge
The melodrama here is of a sort seldom taken seriously outside Shakespeare s tragedies and the final body count rivals Hamlet in its royal bloodletting 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Duane Dudek
Golden Flower renders words like lavish spectacle scope sumptuous richly detailed and dysfunctional family inadequate 
3.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Peter Travers
If looks were all it took to thrill this opulent near operatic historical pageant would rank with Zhang Yimou s last two epics 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Sean P. Means
Zhang organizes a final battle scene that makes the combat in The Lord of the Rings look like a flea circus 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
James Sanford
the stupendously lovely backgrounds and costumes manage to make even the most diabolical activities look extremely attractive The Shakespearean scheming is titillating at first but becomes slightly stagnant 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Daniel M. Kimmel
it is unlike anything that came out from Hollywood last year or is likely to be released this year 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Laura Kelly
Curse s gorgeous scenes are draped in silk and brocade gold and jade literally the walls and floors and ceilings Battle scenes are painstakingly bloody 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Phil Villarreal
Some may be turned off by how busy the film is rushing from one set piece to the next without catching a breath There s no time to stop and sniff a golden flower 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Jordan Hiller
While the film looks beautiful and the cinematography and staging by Xiaoding Zhao is as magnificent as ever Curse of the Golden Flower is the weakest of the class like being the worst student at Yale 
2.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Steven Rea
A spectacle for the eyes and for the soul 
4
Curse of the Golden Flower
Claudia Puig
The year s most operatic and visually lavish film 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Moira MacDonald
Amidst all of this excess an actor can too easily disappear or be reduced to a hanger for a costume But Gong Li the standout in the cast does wonders with her melodramatic role 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Ruthe Stein
Its overabundance is more blessing than curse however provided you can suspend disbelief over a campy plot and focus on one lush eye popping scene after another 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Jim Hemphill
The sheer technical brilliance of the battle sequences and martial arts showdowns is mind blowing this is the kind of movie that s so visually dynamic that it s compelling even when we could care less about the people on screen 
2.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Jack Mathews
The ever luminous Gong Li and the wickedly nonchalant Chow Yun Fat are wonderful together 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Bruce Westbrook
A dramatic crisis erupts in bloodbaths that are filled with flash but little meaning As armies clash the cast also yields to histronic extremes 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Liam Lacey
Instead of transporting awe the viewer groans under the weight of Zhang s self conscious cinematic one upmanship 
2.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Wesley Morris
As easy as this movie is to watch it s artificially flavored 
2.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Bill Stamets
Zhang s script based on Cao Yu s play matches outlandish finery with outlandish bloodletting and body counts 
3.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Sara Michelle Fetters
I may not know any more about the time the place or the people by the time it comes to its exuberantly tragic conclusion but when the whole thing ends up being this much fun pardon me if I just don t care 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not even Chow Yun fat and Gong Li two of the world s most impressive actors can inject any dazzle into this dud 
1
Curse of the Golden Flower
Peter Canavese
Zhang Yimou is back with the latest Chinese competitor in the Opulence Olympics and not a moment too soon 
3.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Josh Larsen
most of the passion is communicated through pulsating colors and ornate tapestries The set design seems equally inspired by Willy Wonka and Donald Trump 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Stephen Whitty
There s only a rich family behaving badly a kind of Dynasty with swords And as tantalizing as that concept might sound to some Joan Collins fans it s not enough to make this worth watching 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
V.A. Musetto
Curse of the Golden Flower could also be called Curse of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Chris Hewitt
It s not as good as Zhang s masterpiece Hero but it s in that neighborhood 
3
Curse of the Golden Flower
Gene Seymour
It s all too ludicrous to absorb 
2.5
Curse of the Golden Flower
Michael Wilmington
Don t judge the film too quickly though It really is like almost nothing you ve seen before 
4
Curse of the Golden Flower
Matt Pais
Yimou s movies always look incredible but this time around his work seems more like something to appreciate than to enjoy 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Steve Rhodes
It has sumptuous sets breathtaking cinematography gorgeous costumes heaving bosoms and every color known to mankind but what it doesn t have is a compelling script or any genuine characters 
2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Keith Uhlich
Zhang Yimou moves ever closer to grand opera with Curse of the Golden Flower though this garish familial melodrama cum action extravaganza plays better in retrospect than it does in the moment 
2.5
Playing With Sharks
Randy Myers
Taylor s tireless commitment to her cause and her love for what the seas offer are inspiring for young and old alike 
3
Playing With Sharks
Phil Villarreal
An illuminating film that s well worth the deep dive 
3
Playing With Sharks
Peter Howell
The film sounds an urgent call for conservation and states a truth humans are the real apex predators 
3
Playing With Sharks
Steven Prokopy
Valerie s passion and personality keep Playing with Sharks not just adrift but propelling forward 
3
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero and JLG by JLG are essentially newsreels about the world we re living in it s the media mavens the lawyers the bankers and the agents who are the blinkered storytellers 
4
Big
Kathleen Carroll
The film succeeds largely because of the splendid performance of Tom Hanks who is irresistibly funny as big Josh 
3.5
Big
Matt Brunson
A disarmingly sweet movie 
3
Big
David Nusair
an agreeable yet unremarkable piece of work 
2.5
Big
Desmond Ryan
Penny Marshall brings a logic to the premise that is sustained through most of the movie And where the other movies snickered at the sexual possibilities in the idea she faces up to them with both candor and taste 
3
Big
Dave Kehr
When Marshall brings Hanks and Perkins together she discovers a grace and lightness in their relationship that transcends the pinched thematics of the script 
3
Big
Gene Siskel
Not a major movie but a pleasing one 
3
Big
Peter Canavese
One of Hollywood s all time most appealing magic realist fantasies Blu ray 
3.5
Big
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
The consummate 80s film about kid dom and growing old too fast 
3
Big
Phil Villarreal
Hanks so convincingly played a grown up with a 12 year old mind that he transformed instantly in the public eye from a run of the mill comedy star to a respected actor with limitless potential 
4
Big
Betsy Bozdech
Hanks has since aced plenty of other parts but he s rarely been as beguilingly charming and utterly convincing as he was playing a 12 year old trapped in a grown man s body 
4
Big
Steve Rhodes
Hanks gives one of the best performances of his impressive career 
3.5
Big
James Berardinelli
The film is funny sweet and even a little edgy It s also emotionally honest and almost never crass 
3.5
Chinatown
Brian Eggert
Polanskis predilection for obsessive detail fatalistic and ironical conclusions and unconventional storytelling transform the result into an unforgettable and unique motion picture that embodies classic detective film noir thirty years after its zenith
4
Chinatown
Matt Brunson
An enduring masterpiece with Jack Nicholson giving what ranks as one of his four or five greatest performances and that s saying something 
4
Chinatown
Gene Siskel
As much as I admire the work of both Polanski and Nicholson I found Chinatown tedious from beginning to just before the end 
2.5
Chinatown
Scott Nash
A neo noir classic 
4
Chinatown
James Kendrick
one of the great masterworks of 70s American cinema and an apex of the decade s obsession with genre revisionism
4
Chinatown
Jeremiah Kipp
The exhaustive labyrinthine narrative is built up like a fortress around this film s bitter heart 
4
Chinatown
James Berardinelli
It takes a Herculean effort to transform this type into a character and to replace the formula with a story and Chinatown s success in both of these regards is one of the reasons it is universally viewed as a classic 
4
Chinatown
Roger Ebert
Nicholson s performance is key in keeping Chinatown from becoming just a genre crime picture that and a Robert Towne screenplay that evokes an older Los Angeles 
4
We Feed People
Verne Gay
This is an engaging documentary about people making a real difference in the world 
3
We Feed People
Glenn Kenny
It 8217 s refreshing to see an account of a famous food guy who doesn 8217 t wallow in his own character defects 46 
3
We Feed People
Mark Dujsik
Director Ron Howard apos s We Feed People is a documentary about both Andr 233 s and his organization 44 but it apos s a more compelling film when it apos s the latter 46 
3
We Feed People
Tim Carman
This divided country desperately needs someone to play the hero and José Andrés is the right man for the job 
3
We Feed People
Roger Moore
An uplifting portrait of 46 46 46 the only real rival to Dolly Parton among America 8217 s most righteous and famous 46 
3
We Feed People
Brian Eggert
Watching Andr 233 s 8217 energy and passion is inspiring stuff 46 
3
Dark Streets
Mike Scott
A flimsy blues oriented Moulin Rouge with a touch of Chinatown style public corruption thrown in 
2
Dark Streets
Michael Dequina
The cast of lightweights come off as kids playing dress up in their parents old clothes 
1.5
Dark Streets
Lou Lumenick
I love musicals but I d be hard pressed to recommend this curiosity 
2
Dark Streets
Robert W. Butler
If only I cared 
2
Dark Streets
John Beifuss
According to its press kit this is an atmospheric film noir musical fantasy a noir fever dream and a blues infused noir mystery If you suspect those are code words for pointless hooey you re right 
1.5
Dark Streets
Christopher Borrelli
Dark Streets lost me early real early like still adjusting my eyes in a dark theater early Welcome to the blues growls the entertainer with the mohawk and the full length ringmaster gown 
1
Dark Streets
Roger Ebert
It s a lovingly souped up incarnation of the film noir look contains well staged and performed musical numbers and has a lot of cigarettes tough tootsies bad guys and shadows What it doesn t have is a story that pulls us along 
2
Dark Streets
Nick Schager
Dark Streets may only be a quasi noir and quasi musical but that doesn t stop it from being a wholesale slog 
1
Just Write
Willie Waffle
this one has heart 
3.5
Just Write
David Nusair
Just Write is enjoyably forgettable with exceptionally charismatic actors and an appealing storyline 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Brian Eggert
Though not what every Trekkie will want but undeniably thrilling on its own terms 44 Star Trek Into Darkness 160 is a solid follow up to 2009 8217 s breakthrough and will leave audiences wanting more 46 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mattie Lucas
As if everyone involved was just going through the motions playing Star Trek dress up but ignoring the true essence of what they re trying to embody 
2
Star Trek Into Darkness
Kelly Jane Torrance
The script turns out to be pretty predictable especially for those who notice the real life political parallels which are almost impossible to miss 
2
Star Trek Into Darkness
Frank Ochieng
Snappy dialogue spry action sequences vibrant special effects solid characterizations and galaxy induced intrigue paints Star Trek Into Darkness as one the first summertime hits of 2013
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sonny Bunch
Star Trek Into Darkness is a high octane but messily plotted romp with solid performances papering over plot holes you could pilot a galaxy class starship through 
2
Star Trek Into Darkness
Tom Meek
At the core of Abrams brilliant rebranding beyond the astute and well measured use of high powered special FX is the inspired casting of Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as the younger Kirk and Spock 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Neil Rosen
What Abrams has given us is the gravy without the meat and potatoes 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Michael Dequina
Cumberbatch with his otherworldly aura of menace and basso profundo rumble of voice makes a worthy and memorable Big Bad in the annals of Trek lore 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
David Nusair
a terminally perfunctory followup that just barely gets the job done 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Wesley Lovell
Either reinvent or stick to the source material don t try to have your fun both ways It doesn t work 
2
Star Trek Into Darkness
James Kendrick
so enjoyable that it becomes easy to forget that virtually everything in the film is a riff or spin on something we including only casual Star Trek fans have already seen
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
John Beifuss
Moment to moment it s as entertaining rousing and visually impressive as any recent science fiction action epic but the script is cratered with illogical motivations and plot holes large enough to swallow Classic Trek s Doomsday Machine 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Linda Cook
Even old school Trekkers will enjoy this voyage 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
John Serba
J J Abrams sequel is smart fun witty essential sci fi 
4
Star Trek Into Darkness
Michael Smith
Set phasers for fun with this blockbuster 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Eric Melin
Do we boldly go where no man has gone before From a plot standpoint the answer is a resounding no but that doesn t mean that its is a boring retread of past storylines It s an energetic thrilling mash up of past storylines 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Kam Williams
A safe sequel which while certainly engaging and entertaining enough to recommend fails to live up to the franchise s daring appointed mission to boldly go where no man has gone before 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Matt Brunson
While it doesn t quite reach the giddy heights of its 2009 predecessor this new picture is terrific popcorn entertainment the sort of bright brawny blockbuster that used to define the summer movie season 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
More business than artful execution Director J J Abrams just isn t a natural born storyteller all high notes and no rhythm 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Glenn Lovell
Let the summer movie sweepstakes begin Funny reverent suspenseful heartfelt chock full of dazzling effects Easily one of the best in the durable franchise 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Bob Bloom
Yet wherever Into Darkness goes it is looking over its shoulder giving its audience knowing nods and winks encouraging viewers to recall its past instead of concentrating on its here and now 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Scott Nash
It may have taken me two films but I m finally on board with this Star Trek reboot 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Willie Waffle
All hail director J J Abrams He hit gold again 
4
Star Trek Into Darkness
Josh Larsen
J J Abrams isn t only resuscitating the franchise He s improved it 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mick LaSalle
The film is for whatever else it might be one of the funniest of the Star Trek entries 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Austin Kennedy
I m sure this movie will upset a few fanboys here and there but I thought this was a terrific crowd pleaser of a film Loaded with action and humor this is summer blockbuster escapism at it s best Better than the first 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mike McGranaghan
A simple character based story with some well timed scenes of excitement is what made the first installment great Star Trek Into Darkness is just good 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Jason Buchanan
Much like Kirk and his crew Abrams and his team still manage to get the job done despite the criticisms that they ve drifted from the Enterprise s original mission 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Lori Hoffman
Star Trek Into Darkness does not quite reach the heights of the first film but it does pass muster as a terrific summer popcorn movie 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Phil Villarreal
Abrams proves he can more than back up the smack so series fans just need to cower as he backhands them upside the head 
4
Star Trek Into Darkness
Matt Zoller Seitz
Star Trek Into Darkness is one of the most aggressively self conscious summer blockbusters ever made 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Peter Travers
Abrams boldly goes into Star Trek Into Darkness and crushes it again It s more fun and more intense without giving less to the characters 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Rob Thomas
I couldn t help feeling let down Not because J J Abrams and his writers have ignored what Star Trek fans want It s that they ve pandered to it to such a degree that it feels less like fan appreciation and more like base covering pragmatism 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
James Berardinelli
This is sufficiently rousing and entertaining that it should please a majority of movie goers whether they re confessed Trek fans or not 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Daniel M. Kimmel
By film s end it s clear that Abrams really needed two films to fully complete his reboot 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mark Dujsik
This is an exciting entry one of the best entries really in the series 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Jeff Beck
Abrams and his team have shown tremendous care for the franchise and have discovered exactly what it is that makes the fans love it as much as they do 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Dustin Putman
Giving all impending summer 2013 tentpoles a reason to be intimidated Star Trek Into Darkness should safely reintroduce audiences to just how much fun moviegoing can be 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Liam Lacey
Star Trek Into Darkness offers a qualified satisfaction which especially after the second half is akin to the relief of surviving a long beating 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Lisa Kennedy
For all its reckoning with mass destruction this franchise s vision of a future Earth remains optimistic The film mixes the iconically familiar with the futuristic 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Ann Hornaday
Star Trek Into Darkness banishes at least for the moment the lugubrious mood and sepulchral look that too many comic book movies mistake for sophistication All hail an action film that isn t ashamed to have fun and to be seen doing it 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Joe Williams
Like its entertaining predecessor Star Trek Into Darkness offers much of what the fans expect and not much of what they don t This character driven vehicle is a supercharged example of cinematic craftsmanship 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Gary Thompson
It s hyper competent and technically slick yet made with affection and emotional and textual understanding of the old TV show 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sean P. Means
Abrams stays true to the main virtues of the series The camaraderie of the Enterprise crew the bond of friendship among Kirk Spock and Dr McCoy and the way the old series created science fiction allegories to explore current dilemmas 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Loey Lockerby
This is the same Enterprise crew we ve known for 40 plus years but they re just different enough to pop a few surprises on you 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Peter Howell
You barely get a chance to catch a breath as this saga takes off like a starship and just keeps going from its Indiana Jones style opening to its cosmos rattling finale And all in 3D no less 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Soren Andersen
Star Trek Into Darkness is ridiculously exciting Which is to say it s so exciting it s ridiculous But in a good way 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Peter Canavese
Smart or dumb Yes and fun to hang around with for a couple of hours 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Joe Lozito
This ill named sequel plays more like a transitional story than its own film 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Roger Moore
Star Trek is still boldly going But somewhere along the way Abrams got lost in the Galaxy of Not Much Fun 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Chris Knight
It s fantastic to watch the Enterprise rev up to light speed leaving twin trails behind its nacelles like an intergalactic hotrod burning celestial rubber But as with the film s predecessor simple emotion is what grounds the story 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Graham Killeen
Jettisoning the franchise s optimistic socially aware sci fi not to mention character development or a logical plot Darkness turns out to be any Vulcan s worst nightmare Team America World Police with Tribbles 
2
Star Trek Into Darkness
Claudia Puig
Star Trek Into Darkness may not go boldly back to the archives but it serves up an exhilarating spectacle with noteworthy moments of intimacy 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Charlie McCollum
Abrams gets considerable help from a cast who go after their roles with great zest 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Michael Phillips
The new film works It s rousing The human element and the Vulcan element to say nothing of various other species are present accounted for and taken seriously enough to matter 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Rene Rodriguez
The movie delivers the goods on both narrative and razzle dazzle action levels 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Chris Hewitt
It s not the knockout the last Star Trek movie was but it moves things along efficiently 
2.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
David Germain
An excessively derivative what if rehash of themes and interactions that came before most of the characters lesser copies and even caricatures of the originals 
2
Star Trek Into Darkness
Ty Burr
The movie presses forward with a high spirited wit and sense of purpose that makes other action extravaganzas look backward 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Steven Rea
The action is exhilarating the visual effects spectacular and spectacularly realized 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Matt Pais
And down goes Iron Man 3 Every blockbuster should be this hefty with the fleetness of warp 
3.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Rafer Guzman
Into Darkness is fast and fun zipping along on all thrusters while everyone on the bridge settles comfortably into an agreeably lighthearted vibe and into ever slimmer outfits 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Chris Cabin
The film is densely plotted occasionally bordering on the convoluted but the clarity and inventiveness of the direction keeps the drama and the action constantly percolating 
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Lou Lumenick
The only darkness here besides the dingy looking images dimmed by 3 D glasses is the murky plot which is as silly as it is arbitrary 
1.5
Star Trek Into Darkness
Stephen Whitty
You could spend the rest of the summer waiting for a better popcorn movie But that would be highly illogical 
3.5
Black '47
Sara Michelle Fetters
That it all works as well as it does is as much a testament to the crackerjack cast as it is to Daly s brooding violently controlled direction 
3
Black '47
Mark Dujsik
The historical and political details are almost enough to elevate the material beyond its roots as a typical sort of revenge thriller Those roots are firmly planted though 
2.5
Black '47
Derek Smith
As the historical specificity embedded in the film s more expansive opening act is abandoned the more predictable archetypal trappings of a revenge narrative begin to take hold 
1.5
The Dead Center
Matt Fagerholm
For pleasing pre Halloween viewing you could do a whole lot worse than The Dead Center Just don t expect too many nightmares afterward 
2.5
The Dead Center
Chuck Bowen
The film is in tune with the need to remain lucid and empathetic while in the maw of human extremity 
3
The Dead Center
Kevin A. Ranson
This is psychological horror at its best when the eventual bloodletting pales in comparison to a Lovecraftian realization that one is well and truly doomed 
4
Big Hero 6
Brian Eggert
It apos s enjoyable and 44 ultimately 44 harmless in an affectionate way that both younger audiences and their parents will appreciate 46 
3
Big Hero 6
Alan French
Big Hero 6 may not have the heft of other commentaries on the superhero genre but it has an emotional heart unlike any other 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of the few recent blockbusters of which I really expect a sequel Full review in Spanish 
3
Big Hero 6
David Nusair
Big Hero 6 in its final stretch becomes an almost interminable experience 
2
Big Hero 6
Scott Renshaw
The boy and his dog relationship between Baymax and Hiro becomes an emotional nexus that s part E T and part Johnny Sokko his Giant Robot 
3
Big Hero 6
Wesley Lovell
A cute entertaining tale of a hapless robot who must mend the broken heart of a young boy whose life takes a depressing turn 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Scott Nash
The pudgy robot Baymax steals the show 
3
Big Hero 6
Jackson Cuidon
Temper your expectations and focus on the movie s good qualities and Big Hero 6 could be super fun 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Michael Smith
The road to that realization makes for a super fun path especially with the Baymax character who constantly issues health updates and who works to adapt to teen expressions and figures of speech 
3
Big Hero 6
John Wirt
By the time Hiro and Baymax summon some genuine emotion Big Hero 6 s 93 minutes are all but finished 
2
Big Hero 6
Sean P. Means
Big Hero 6 is both a Disney cartoon and a Marvel superhero epic though not enough of either one to be as dynamic as say Frozen or Guardians of the Galaxy 
3
Big Hero 6
John Beifuss
If the plot and colorful teen heroes are familiar the setting the near future metropolis of San Fransokyo imagine a benign Blade Runner is intriguing and the animation as always these days is dazzling 
3
Big Hero 6
Josh Larsen
awfully weaponized for a movie that s ostensibly about mercy and caregiving 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Linda Cook
A roller coaster of a futuristic action movie Big Hero 6 is perfect family fare to play opposite the more grownups oriented Interstellar 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Matt Brunson
Overflowing with visual invention and genuine sentiments 
3.5
Big Hero 6
David Keyes
Here is a movie so brilliantly realized and exciting that its final act deserves far more than the traditional outlook of more recent studio cartoons 
3
Big Hero 6
Perry Seibert
Big Hero 6 is a playful movie that stands out from other Disney fare due to its willingness to indulge in some offbeat comedic turns 
3
Big Hero 6
Peter Travers
The breakthrough star of the season is here His name is Baymax and he s impossible not to love The 3 D animated Big Hero 6 would be a ton less fun without this irresistible blob of roly poly robot charisma 
3
Big Hero 6
Brad Keefe
A shameless crowdpleaser big on heart laughs and action 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Christian Toto
Come for the charming Baymax but stay for the film s embrace of very 21st century cultural values 
3
Big Hero 6
Geoff Pevere
Consider it a more family friendly Guardians of the Galaxy with the added kiddie appeal of a big inflatable windbag to laugh at and love 
2.5
Big Hero 6
David Hiltbrand
Gorgeous and disturbing Big Hero 6 is a departure for Disney a film targeted at older kids and the studio s first venture into straight up comic book culture 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Anders Wright
It s shiny colorful and entertaining the sort of movie that will appeal to fans of animated films superhero films and 3 D films 
3
Big Hero 6
John Serba
Although the film touches all the formula bases its characters are strong the thrills and laughs are doled out regularly and its emotional arc is tangible and true 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Willie Waffle
Have a few tissues on hand for the emotional parts You re gonna need em 
3
Big Hero 6
Mark Dujsik
The humor and especially the charm are slowly but surely drained from the proceedings and in their place Big Hero 6 supplies only routine and formula 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has more heart more fun and more laughs than most of the last dozen live action superhero flicks 
3.5
Big Hero 6
James Berardinelli
The screenplay is smart enough to be considered adult friendly This isn t classic Disney but it s an experience parents and children can enjoy together in the dark and sometimes that s all one can ask of a big budget animated film 
3
Big Hero 6
Peter Howell
What Big Hero 6 lacks in originality it makes up for in charm 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Tom Russo
A rousing movie that s satisfyingly infused with traditional Disney sentiment however calculated its aims might sound 
3
Big Hero 6
Claudia Puig
With its appealing array of nerdy characters inventive architecture and striking cross cultural production design Hero is a vibrant romp 
3
Big Hero 6
Chris Knight
You will believe a vinyl robot can fly You might even fall in love with it 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Michael O'Sullivan
The real appeal of Big Hero 6 isn t its action It s the central character s heart 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Dustin Putman
Aesthetically a vision of pure impeccable imagination If Big Hero 6 concludes on a dishonest note there is still no denying its successes as an entertainment of tender witty accord And it s pretty Really really pretty 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Jon Niccum
This engrossing uplifting movie never runs low on battery power 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Mick LaSalle
The visuals are splendid Even close ups of face and hair are something to marvel at 
3
Big Hero 6
Rene Rodriguez
Unlike most Disney fables there aren t any real morals or lessons to be learned here This one is just pure sheer fun 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Carla Meyer
Voice actor Potter still a teenager himself lends Hiro an authentic youthfulness and likability But Tadashi and Baymax are the standout characters 
3
Big Hero 6
Calvin Wilson
The storytelling is solid propelled by characters that you come to care about And that should make Big Hero 6 a big hit 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Rafer Guzman
Disney plus Marvel plus Pixar s John Lasseter equals an enjoyable jumble of kid approved action 
3
Big Hero 6
Matt Pais
A sensitive discussion about coping with trauma and developing a support system ultimately becomes yet another loud story about how all kids totally want to be superheroes 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Susan Wloszczyna
An action adventure that puts brain ahead of brawn as a valued commodity is always reason to celebrate Add in the considerable heart that Baymax contributes with elements borrowed from both WALL E and Up and you have a winner 
3
Big Hero 6
Michael Phillips
There s enough visual invention afoot and enough spirited interplay among the human characters to keep things bobbing along 
3
Big Hero 6
Jake Coyle
Big Hero 6 is a fine blend of sweetness and spectacle East and West The meeting of Disney and Marvel sensibilities though is a more mixed union 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Soren Andersen
Clever colorful fast on its feet frequently very funny and sweet but not excessively so Big Hero 6 mixes its myriad influences into a final product that while in no way original is immensely entertaining 
3.5
Big Hero 6
Tony Hicks
In a film world that s quickly becoming oversaturated by superhero franchises here s hoping we haven t seen the last of the characters from Big Hero 6 
3
Big Hero 6
Duane Dudek
The artistry of state of the art commercial digital animation has become a foregone conclusion Then again it s a kids film and that audience will enjoy it 
3
Big Hero 6
Chris Cabin
The film quickly becomes a study of grief and retribution and the question of how exactly technology can and should be utilized in the treatment of these emotions 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Kyle Smith
Big Hero 6 is one of those Disney movies in which you can practically see the hot breath of the marketing guy condensed on the neck of the screenwriter 
2
Big Hero 6
Stephen Whitty
It s well realized visually of course we even see the shadows that rain streaked windows throw on walls but everything and everyone feels dully mechanical 
2.5
Big Hero 6
Roger Moore
Disney Marvel anime with heart action and sacrifice It works 
3
Miss Lovely
Farran Smith Nehme
The Miss Lovely script s a set of pulpy contrivances padded out for thematic oomph but director Ashim Ahluwalia has serious visual flair and that keeps you watching 
2.5
Miss Lovely
Glenn Heath Jr.
The women of the film certainly deserve better as they re often relegated to the role of victim harmed or murdered simply to propel the plot along 
1
Miss Lovely
Tom Keogh
What it is exactly is a little uncertain given the film s curiously sluggish pace for a retro thriller and discouragingly murky camerawork that makes action sequences especially hard to follow 
2
The Incredible Shrinking Man
James Kendrick
The fact that it succeeds so well in engaging us on the level of pure experience while also challenging the social norms and conventions of its era makes it a unique and compelling film far outstripping its B movie status 
3.5
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Matt Brunson
Resting on the same elevated plateau as The Day the Earth Stood Still and Invasion of the Body Snatchers as among the best of the science fiction films of the 1950s 
4
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Janet Graves
The plot has no subtleties but set designs and photography are so ingenious that the story is haunting 
3
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Wanda Hale
Viewers who can get into the mood can actually believe that they are watching a six footer gradually shrink to one inch in height without being aware that the sets are getting bigger and bigger 
3
The Incredible Shrinking Man
TV Guide Staff
Notable for its relatively intelligent script for some imaginatively amusing special effects and for an existential streak which finally has our tiny hero pondering the meaning of existence 
3
The Incredible Shrinking Man
James O'Ehley
The special effects and trick photography are cleverly done for its time Also the story is intelligently handled 
3.5
I Killed My Mother
Mattie Lucas
It s a strong debut from one of cinema s most exciting young talents and the chance to finally see where it all started shouldn t be missed 
3
I Killed My Mother
Ed Gonzalez
If the attention Dolan pays to his character s struggle with the paradox of loving his mother without actually liking her feels remarkably honest his style of shooting feels anything but 
2.5
I Killed My Mother
Rick Groen
A coming of age tale as ferociously raw as its teller the very young Xavier Dolan 
3
I Killed My Mother
Peter Howell
What makes it extraordinary is its depth of feeling which Dolan s age makes all the more impressive he was just 19 when he made this 
3.5
Oh, God! Book II
Matt Brunson
The laziest kind of sequel 
2
Oh, God! Book II
Roger Ebert
Oh God Book II qualifies as a sequel only because of its title and the irreplaceable presence of George Burns in the title role Otherwise it seems to have lost faith in the film it s based on 
2
Napoleon Dynamite
David Keyes
The approach has all the lasting charm of a train derailment but at least the train is going somewhere before it is brought to disaster 
0.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Nick Rogers
Napoleon s climactic spaz out dance is more than just a goofy gag It s a payoff to a great buddy system comedy and the idea that it s not high school s dreams and regrets that last but the sometimes bizarre friendships 
4
Napoleon Dynamite
Jay Antani
too odd to dismiss and often truly funny
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Peter Canavese
Napoleon Dynamite may not even be friggin sweet but it does have skills Blu ray 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Joe Lozito
Writer director Jared Hess tries for John Hughes by way of the Coen Brothers but only comes up with one dull unfunny non sequitur after another 
1
Napoleon Dynamite
Mary Lasse
If you have an indie film sense of humor and those of you who have it know what I mean you ll probably enjoy this flick 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Seething with teen angst irritability and an obstinate blind ignorance to just how much of an outcast he is Napoleon Dynamite may be the biggest dork in the history of high school movies 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Ross Anthony
Delights in deadpan u2013 celebrates nerd And is a testament that beauty can be found everywhere A charming albeit quite odd cinematic piece Harold and Maude lite 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Jonathan R. Perry
Its acutely observed triumph is also its undoing It s hard to satirize oppressive tedium without becoming oppressively tedious This movie s not low key it s no key 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Sean McBride
I don t know if I was laughing at Napoleon or with him but I was certainly laughing during the movie 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Linda Cook
You may not like him much But you ll find yourself rooting for Napoleon Dynamite 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Mike McGranaghan
There s an interesting factor at play here many of the film s laughs come from the way Napoleon so stubbornly refuses to adhere to the conventions of adolescence 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Matt Brunson
Jon Heder delivers a fearless performance that s almost breathtaking in its wormy detail 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Rene Rodriguez
As slight as the picture is though its hero is an indelible creation 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
John Beifuss
Leaves viewers with a welcome and all too rare feeling of movie induced giddiness 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Phil Villarreal
It s more the fusion of forces by friends on the same askew wavelength who combine their skills into something greater than their sum 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Phoebe Flowers
Although it sometimes feels like a one note joke stretched out too long it s still probably the most unique comedy you ll see all year 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Duane Dudek
The slow burn and deadpan dumbness of Napoleon Dynamite is a perfect fit for its minimalist aesthetic 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Glenn Kenny
Funny enough that I ll refrain from describing the gags that made me laugh lest I spoil them for you 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Chris Hewitt
We laugh at all the nerdy behavior in the movie and there s a reason that s OK Because deep down we know we are all nerds 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Terry Lawson
May be the most condescending comedy ever to imagine itself being too cool for the room 
1
Napoleon Dynamite
Jeff Vice
This is basically a collection of hit and miss skits that are stumbling around in search of a story line 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Sean P. Means
Hess and Heder allow Napoleon to remain his geeky self from beginning to end a guy who like his movie dares to be different and succeeds 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Jeff Strickler
Calling this story about a quirky high school student from a dysfunctional family who lives in a goofy small town a one joke movie is exaggerating by a factor of 10 
0.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Vanessa Sibbald
The most disappointing thing about Napoleon Dynamite is that it chooses to make its lead character the butt of its jokes
1.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Tom Keogh
Heder is magnificent but the film s flat eccentric tone is Hess overarching achievement 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
David Elliott
It s a vacuum packed Idaho spud of a world but funny 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Lisa Kennedy
Has a sweet momentum 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Marty Mapes
A very funny sketch of high school nerds in rural Idaho
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Carrie Rickey
When the audience roared at Napoleon s almost spastic way of slicing the air with his limp spaghetti arms I cringed 
2
Napoleon Dynamite
Frank Ochieng
Hess does creatively produce a droll gem that exudes a nerdy naughtiness worthy of exploring in all its deadpan deliciousness
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Austin O'Connor
A few minutes in we know all the punchlines 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Christian Toto
Napoleon Dynamite is like a cinematic bully picking on the nerds with apparent glee
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Rob Blackwelder
Captures to hilarious extremes all the uncomfortable in your own skin humiliation of teen dorkdom 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Carla Meyer
There s no cohesive story just a series of opportunities for the title character to strut his gawky stuff 
2
Napoleon Dynamite
Liam Lacey
Has nerd chic 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Ty Burr
An inspired dead end stunt that keeps delivering snarky laughs far longer than it has any right to 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
James Verniere
A noteworthy achievement in freaks and geeks cinema and often reminscent of the work of Rhode Island s famed Farrelly brothers 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Roger Ebert
There is a kind of studied stupidity that sometimes passes as humor and Jared Hess Napoleon Dynamite pushes it as far as it can go 
1.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Walter Chaw
Massages a few angry yuks at the expense of its misfit gallery 
2
Napoleon Dynamite
Glenn Lovell
No frills celebration of cluelessness 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Michael Wilmington
This is the sort of Sundance audience hit that doesn t necessarily travel 
2
Napoleon Dynamite
Willie Waffle
Napoleon and his pals aren t the heroes of a Bruce Springsteen song who get up every morning and go to work each day They re knuckleheads 
1
Napoleon Dynamite
Steve Rhodes
This is pretty much the worst video ever made Napoleon complains I know exactly how he feels 
1
Napoleon Dynamite
Jeanne Aufmuth
Mistakes insults for jests and racism for narrative guile Director Jared Hess tone is mockingly mean spirited making it virtually impossible to care for his motley crew of misfits 
1
Napoleon Dynamite
Lou Lumenick
A little movie with a lot of heart and a lot of laughs 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Elizabeth Weitzman
Hess deadpan debut could have been so much better if only he d had the courage to actually appreciate his loser characters 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Glenn Whipp
Commitment to honesty along with enough genuine laughs gives Napoleon Dynamite an appealing humanity that will leave you smiling 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Mike Clark
In Fourth of July terms its pop is less dynamite than firecracker 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
David Sterritt
Nerdiness will never seem the same 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Gene Seymour
Maybe if I weren t as far removed from high school as I am now I d be much more into the movie s warped depiction of teenage wasteland 
2.5
Napoleon Dynamite
James Berardinelli
With a low key sense of humor and without the slightest whiff of sentimentality Hess delivers a film about geeks that makes Revenge of the Nerds look like the Hollywood tripe that it is 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Dustin Putman
A quirky one of a kind comedic gem Even when you aren t laughing out loud you won t be able to stop from smiling 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Peter Travers
You ll laugh till it hurts 
3
Napoleon Dynamite
Ed Gonzalez
For those who think there e nothing funnier than yokels acting like idiots for 90 minutes straight 
.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Erik Childress
Imagine an out there cartoon and watching it spring to live action on the big screen 
3.5
Napoleon Dynamite
Pam Grady
The film runs the risk of devolving into a live action cartoon That it never does is a credit to the Hess strong screenplay and to the actors 
4
Billy Liar
James Kendrick
a unique work in the British New Cinema movement
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Brian Eggert
After four years 8217 worth of building piece by piece against mounting expectations 44 Marvel and Whedon have managed to satisfy the majority of fan expectations 44 and in some ways 44 even exceeded them 46 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Matthew Rozsa
The Avengers May Be the Best Comic Book Film Ever Made
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Sarah Knight Adamson
This star studded action packed film lives up to all the hype 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Mattie Lucas
Tightly scripted and filled with enough moments of levity to balance the extended and spectacular battle sequences 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Avengers is an engaging enough film But with that kind of treasure talent and time you d expect more a lot more than this completely conventional action flick delivers 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Scott Renshaw
Shrug however you might at a story that has to pack so many characters and tangents into 140 minutes it will still be difficult for me to see beyond the joyous awesomeness 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Dann Gire
Smart witty funny action packed and surprisingly cathartic 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Chris Knight
Whedon must balance the competing storylines and screen time of the actors He does it nicely injecting humour and a touch of drama into the action and all without so much as a Tesseract to his name Some assembly required and delivered 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Jeff Beck
It really is quite something that Whedon was able to take so many characters and put them into a movie where nobody gets left behind 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Linda Cook
Yeah it s all that A tent pole cash cow for the studio a dream come true for fans and treat for action aficionados The Avengers comes at you as the first true summer movie spectacular of the 2012 season 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Wesley Lovell
The culmination of four distinct franchises is an exciting and entertaining product 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Michael Dequina
Whedon s clear fanboy glee is irresistibly contagious to the audience whether the heroes and villains go at it with fisticuffs or sharp witty dialogue 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
David Nusair
By the time the utterly routine and decidedly endless finale rolls around Marvel s The Avengers has unquestionably squandered the potential of its premise and its cast 
2
Marvel's the Avengers
Christian Toto
The Avengers lives up to every last ounce of hype 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Whedon manages all these disparate threads confidently his script a model of self control and restraint that s far from typical for the genre 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Glenn Lovell
The Main Event is pretty much what you d expect 8210 noisy overlong wall to wall CG effects and arcane superhero lore Yes it s all fairly formulaic but on a Wow scale never before experienced 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Austin Kennedy
I have a feeling that this will be a comfort film for myself and many other film geeks for years to come just like the Indiana Jones or Star Wars movies 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Russ Breimeier
The Avengers will surely rank among the best superhero movies if not summer blockbusters of all time 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Keith Cohen
The movie engages the viewer from a very strong opening sequence through the two bonus scenes included in the closing credits The nearly two and a half hour running time passes by swiftly and leaves you eagerly awaiting a follow up sequel 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
James Kendrick
While the film certainly suffers from gigantism it is a self inflicted malady and for fans of the series it is like manna from heaven 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Phil Villarreal
The film flows with the momentum of a comic book composed of full page bleed impact moment illustrations 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Matt Brunson
The scene stealer is Ruffalo who provides Bruce Banner with a soulfulness missing in the portrayals by Bana and Norton This is also the first film to nail the Hulk who in 2003 looked like a video blip Gumby and in 2008 seemed shellacked in plastic 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Scott Nash
The action is great but it s the interaction that really makes The Avengers something special 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Felix Vasquez Jr.
As a hardcore comic geek I could not have been happier with the results 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
John Beifuss
The Avengers registers in the red on the Nerdgasmatron It s a witty action packed triumph entertaining and coherent for newcomers yet true to the spirit of its source material 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Lori Hoffman
Joss Whedon has unleashed a ton of unadulterated popcorn movie fun with his marvelous multi superhero extravaganza The Avengers 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Sean P. Means
This supermerger comes together into a thrilling action movie with heart and brains masterfully melded by the superhero you can t see on the screen director screenwriter Joss Whedon 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Tyler Hanley
Adjectives used in some of Marvel Comics iconic titles from the early 1960s through today amazing fantastic incredible also describe director Joss Whedon s superhero epic The Avengers 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie has it all gorgeously clear action humor suspense and even passion It s not going too far to guess that no other summer movie will touch it 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Matt Soergel
It s at its most lively late in the game when Hulk finally makes an appearance and gets his simple orders Smash Good old Hulk Yet the movie s a surprisingly perfunctory affair 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Rob Thomas
I honestly would enjoy watching the Avengers sit around a conference table for two hours trading putdowns and one liners My Dinner With Thor And then the action really kicks in Sweet mercy 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Neil Rosen
It s too long and it lags a bit in spots but overall there is still a lot of fun to be had here 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Mike McGranaghan
Marvel s grand plan turned out to be a good one This is a hugely entertaining time at the movies 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Willie Waffle
Gets the summer movie season off to the kind of start that will make The Amazing Spider Man and Battleship quake with insecurity 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Jeremy Wheeler
A superpowered crowd pleaser Marvel s The Avengers wows its way into comics to film history as one of the greatest popcorn flicks of its era 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Amy Biancolli
Whedon a pop genre magician best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a master of viewer manipulation because he never gives up his own seat in the crowd 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Ann Hornaday
The performances are so well pitched in The Avengers meshing with such vividness and ease that it s tempting to overpraise the good but not great movie that surrounds them 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Lisa Kennedy
It s two plus hours of visual brawn unexpected heartbeats and welcome humor 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Alison Gang
It s all rather serious and ominous yet outlandish and mostly entertaining Sounds about right for summer doesn t it 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Peter Keough
What the Avengers really need is something to avenge some compelling emotion or commitment rallying the troops with blood stained collectible trading cards doesn t cut it 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Jon Niccum
What makes this anticipated film so absorbing is how the heroes internal battles are often more pronounced than their external ones And when these troubled people interact it s electric 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Duane Dudek
Joss Whedon is the real superhero 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Kam Williams
Between a sophisticated script and thrill a minute special effects The Avengers easily adds up to the best Marvel Comics screen adaptation yet 
4
Marvel's the Avengers
Lawrence Toppman
Fortunately Whedon spends enough of his time on characterizations to keep us engaged 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Joe Williams
Biff Bam Boring 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Rich Heldenfels
A flawed first part is forgivable thanks to the exhilarating action sequences climaxing the movie 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Claudia Puig
Audiences have been eagerly anticipating this first all hero extravaganza for years The wait was worth it 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Steven Rea
A slickly packaged effects driven smashup 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Moira MacDonald
It s a first class production all around from the acting to the 3 D special effects to the touches of wit throughout It delivers in grand style the thing we demand most from a comic book movie fun 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Roger Moore
It works because Joss Whedon never loses sight of the fragile humanity of the characters even in their special effects brawls It works because somebody finally got The Hulk s blend of rage guilt and bull in a chandelier shop fun right 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Roger Ebert
The Avengers is done well by Joss Whedon with style and energy It provides its fans with exactly what they desire 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Bob Bloom
Creating a script that not only lives up to the hype but fulfills and even exceeds the expectations of fans is no easy task but Whedon and co writer Zak Penn have done so and in a manner that does not give short shrift to any of the major characters 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Wesley Morris
You don t need to be a comic book person to find the set pieces exhilarating But if you are such a person or a fan of the movies that comic books turn into The Avengers feels like the moment you ve been waiting for 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Joe Lozito
Joss Whedon s glossy super budgeted Marvel ensemble flick is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s Transformers with better much better dialogue 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Michael Phillips
The Avengers is both a culminator and a set up for more more more 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
James Berardinelli
The Avengers kicks ass 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Peter Howell
A saga guaranteed to pass muster with the Comic Con cognoscenti without forsaking regular popcorn munchers who just hope to see the planet get saved with maximum firepower and a few laughs 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Rick Groen
To watch another comic book transformed into another blockbuster is to marvel at much and to feel nothing that s a safer bet than the converse perhaps which may explain the genre s popularity 
2
Marvel's the Avengers
Eric Melin
In a shrewd move by writer director Joss Whedon no stranger to a directing an ensemble each superhero is given his or her moment of inner turmoil a moment of doubt and serious danger and a moment to shine that spotlights their own unique talent 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Mark Dujsik
Whedon treats the action sequences like he s a kid set free in a toy store 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Dustin Putman
Thrilling when it wants to be it s got star power to spare and the action and effects are top notch 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Jaime N. Christley
While The Avengers exhibits exemplary craftsmanship Joss Whedon hasn t made a great film 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Peter Canavese
It s quite possible that The Avengers has more action than any movie ever made but for all its thrill ride clutter The Avengers is just about as simplistic as them fightin robot pictures 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Matt Pais
Puts the some in awesome 
2.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Rafer Guzman
This is a movie that knows and deeply loves its audience but it s funny smart and good natured enough to please the rest of us too 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Stephen Whitty
After years of buildup it s a reward to patient audiences who ve been waiting for this team up for years 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Randy Myers
Even those who don t know a Marvel hero from a DC caped crusader will find themselves having a grand time That s because Whedon manages to tap the inner fanboy and fangirl dormant in us all 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Rene Rodriguez
The Avengers has a knockout final 30 minutes all gee whiz crash and bang and eye candy that makes grand use of 3D and IMAX and all the other toys But the Transformers movies did that too 
2
Marvel's the Avengers
Josh Larsen
Joss Whedon is a small screen storyteller And I mean that as a compliment 
3
Marvel's the Avengers
Peter Travers
All hail Joss Whedon the warrior king of this dizzying dazzling 3D action epic The Avengers is Transformers with a brain a heart and a working sense of humor 
3.5
Marvel's the Avengers
Kyle Smith
The Avengers is neither overwhelming nor underwhelming What it expertly is is whelming 
3
We Pedal Uphill
V.A. Musetto
Despite director Tec s worthy intentions the movie is a mixed bag that seems outdated in its failure to take on the most distressing legacy of the Bush years the global economic collapse 
2
We Pedal Uphill
Andrew Schenker
The impression is of watching an actor s workshop transplanted to location and filmed by an amateur crew 
2.5
Last Party 2000
Rob Thomas
Its everything but the kitchen sink approach to liberal politics is its undoing 
2.5
Last Party 2000
Ty Burr
The breadth of subjects covered precludes any response other than nebulous discontent 
1
Last Party 2000
Megan Lehmann
Apart from the obvious problem that findings from this period are already dated the scatter shot approach of filmmakers Donovan Leitch and Rebecca Chaiklin gives too many issues too little time 
2
Last Party 2000
John Anderson
If it accomplishes anything at all and it s dubious The Party s Over proves what a fragmentalized incompetent and inarticulate thing the Left in this country has become 
1.5
Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of
Robert Levin
Less of a nostalgia trip for millennials than a film infused with the tension of what it s like to know that your best days are probably behind you 
3
Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of
Christy Lemire
Show Em What You re Made Of is the title of a song on their new album but you also get a sense that they feel liberated in finally showing the world what they re made of through this film 
3
Halloween II
Scott Sublett
Hollow and pointless 
1
Halloween II
Brian Eggert
Despite Carpenter s claim that they sought to give audiences what they expected after the first one they instead supplied a cheap and gristly horror show far removed from the original s restraint 
2
Halloween II
Larry Vitacco
The suspense generated by the Carpenter Hill screenplay which begins with the end of Halloween builds nerve wrackingly to a satisfying conclusion 
3
Halloween II
Matt Brunson
The script is fairly routine and Jamie Lee Curtis has too little to do this time around but the hospital setting proves to be a sound choice for a locale 
2
Halloween II
Dustin Putman
A more than solid if admittedly inferior continuation 
3
Halloween II
Lucius Gore
The film is best if watched back to back with the first 
3
Halloween II
Roger Ebert
It s a little sad to witness a fall from greatness and that s what we get in Halloween II 
2
Halloween II
David Nusair
Michael Myers has been drained of some of his punch 
1.5
Halloween II
James Berardinelli
Halloween is a classic and its first sequel is a sloppy afterthought 
2
Billy Bathgate
Patrick Z. McGavin
The filmmakers have foolishly equated the size of their budget with accomplishment The movie drifts and then it s over abruptly and before we re able to fully take it in The best parts were left on the page 
2
Billy Bathgate
Roger Ebert
Billy Bathgate cost a lot of money to make they say but it s not there on the screen 
2
Hearts in Atlantis
Wesley Lovell
Hopkins continues to turn in one lackluster performance after another 46 
3
Hearts in Atlantis
Ian Mantgani
The elegiac reflective mood is treated almost incidentally letting it earn a reaction naturally
3.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Mark Dujsik
I will not deny that it left me with a very nice feeling throughout 
3
Hearts in Atlantis
Mike McGranaghan
As I write this review I find myself growing nostalgic for the film I want to walk away from my computer and see it again right now It s just that good 
3.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Michael Dequina
A stock tale of mentorship and coming of age during one of those eventful summers that only seem to exist in movies 
2
Hearts in Atlantis
James Kendrick
plays as if it were a rough cut of preliminary scenes that lacks the cohesion that might bring them together into a complete story
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Robert Roten
If nostalgia was all this film is about it wouldn t be worth much It is more than that 
3
Hearts in Atlantis
Edward Guthmann
Unabashedly sentimental it s meant to touch our hearts in profound and important ways but misses the mark by drawing too deeply from a pool of schmaltz 
2
Hearts in Atlantis
Rick Groen
All that early promise goes for naught when the picture approaches the final act whereupon the various mysteries yield solutions that prove to be silly or sentimental or both 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Roger Ebert
Rarely does a movie make you feel so warm and so uneasy at the same time 
3.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Rod Armstrong
It s not a royal failure but it is less than Kingly 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Desmond Ryan
Its heart is certainly in the right place but its head makes some misjudgments 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Erik Childress
The film version plays like a series of three underdeveloped subplots in search of a movie
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Rob Blackwelder
Has that same energy and sentimental allure which has made Stephen King s softer side such a rich source for utterly engrossing cinema 
3
Hearts in Atlantis
James Berardinelli
For me the turgid pace and uneven writing muted any appreciation I might have of what it offers 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Ross Anthony
Packs a hearty punch bringing to mind the wonder and magic of childhood as so spiritedly stirred in King s earlier but still better Stand By Me 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Ed Gonzalez
Noble yet vague Hearts in Atlantis is slight yet beautiful to look at 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Jeanne Aufmuth
In the battle of style versus substance it s style by a head 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Elias Savada
After having our hearts ripped from us Hearts in Atlantis miraculously sets them beating again 
4
Hearts in Atlantis
Harvey S. Karten
A heartwarming coming of age pic that prompts its audience to recall the golden days of joyful youth 
3
Hearts in Atlantis
Dustin Putman
A lovingly crafted nostalgia filled walk through memory lane 
3
Hearts in Atlantis
Marty Mapes
Hearts in Atlantis has a lot going for it including Sir Anthony Hopkins and some great cinematography But for a nostalgia movie it is entirely too forgettable 
2.5
Hearts in Atlantis
Steve Rhodes
The late Piotr Sobocinski s cinematography of Bobby and Carol at a local carnival park is sheer magic 
3
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Matt Brunson
The comedy isn t nearly as biting as in other Ealing efforts from the period 
2.5
Eye of God
David Sterritt
The story doesn t quite add up to a well told drama but there s rock solid acting by Martha Plimpton Kevin Anderson Hal Holbrook as the local sheriff and Nick Stahl 
2
Eye of God
Edward Guthmann
Moody sympathetic and shot through with a sense of apprehension Eye of God marks an impressive debut for writer director Tim Blake Nelson 
3
Eye of God
Roger Ebert
A film in which dreams seem to yearn toward a place where they can grow 
3
Eye of God
James Berardinelli
A strange dark movie that ruminates upon several weighty questions about faith and the existence of a Supreme Being 
3
John Tucker Must Die
Garth Franklin
Had it mined edgier territory and stuck to its guns it would ve proven a more engaging vehicle than the mild laugher we have here
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Matt Brunson
Painless but forgettable 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Linda Cook
Here s an average teen movie with a predictable but often entertaining spin on revenge 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Tyler Hanley
Tucker is strictly for the teen crowd but the intermittent waves of witty fun are to die for 
2.5
John Tucker Must Die
Shlomo Schwartzberg
When we have savvy smart TV shows like Veronica Mars which perfectly and cleverly capture the angst and tribulations of high school life there s absolutely no need for empty headed vapid movies like this 
1
John Tucker Must Die
Steven Snyder
If we re going to abandon any sense of storytelling or intelligence couldn t we at the very least do it with cheerful cardboard cutouts Nice people can be dumb too 
0.5
John Tucker Must Die
Scott Nash
Cliche ridden and bland
2
John Tucker Must Die
Frank Ochieng
Idiotic unimaginative lazy and tedious to boot John Tucker Must Die should be more of a wishful command than a simple minded title to a klutzy comedy 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
James Berardinelli
The jokes are obvious and unfunny the storyline goes nowhere that s interesting or unexpected and the only chemistry happens in a science lab 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Claudia Puig
John Tucker Must Die is trying to be Mean Girls with a more pointed purpose but it s less fun than it sounds 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Angel Cohn
Teen comedies are notoriously predictable and screenwriter Jeff Lowell isn t out to rock the genre boat but his smartly written dialogue and the infectious charm of the cast particularly Snow and Metcalfe add up to a winning combination 
3
John Tucker Must Die
Peter Howell
a dreary female revenge timewaster that steals from so many and returns so little 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
longtime director Betty Thomas shows that she s still got the pulse of teenage angst bringing out strong performances from every one of the ensemble cast 
3
John Tucker Must Die
Ruthe Stein
This one will probably appeal to its target audience which is young enough not to have tired of watching cat fights and food fights 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Peter Travers
a timid screamingly unfunny rip off of Heathers 
0
John Tucker Must Die
Brie Beazley
Unless an hour and a half of fart jokes catfights sexist gags and boys in thongs is your thing do humanity a favor and don t give the producers of this crud a dime 
0
John Tucker Must Die
Stephen Whitty
slightly smarmy 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Kyle Smith
As tasty as a quart of s mores John Tucker Must Die is a slumber party classic that belongs on the same shelf as Bring It On and 10 Things I Hate About You 
3.5
John Tucker Must Die
Elizabeth Weitzman
Jeff Lowell s slapdash script is as phony as Beth s trendy animal activism but it does offer plenty of easy laughs 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Cathy Jakicic
In the end John Tucker is a lot like high school I ll look back on it with a smile but I m glad it s behind me 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Connie Ogle
John Tucker Must Die is clever enough to avoid the places you expect it to end up occasionally racy without being trashy inventive in its torture 
2.5
John Tucker Must Die
Bob Strauss
Teen airhead comedy doesn t get much nastier or lazier than John Tucker Must Die 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Amy Biancolli
Hopeful cinephiles might long for pitch black satire a la Heathers but this by the book high school revenge comedy has the spine of a wet ramen noodle 
1
John Tucker Must Die
Jason Anderson
it s so tediously formulaic it never feels like more than a fourth generation photocopy of the John Hughes template 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Terry Lawson
a teen payback comedy that squanders any potential it might have had on the altar of that all important teen desire It wants us to think it s cute 
1
John Tucker Must Die
Jeff Vice
This idiotic teen comedy settles for being silly and cutesy when just a little bit of snarkiness a la Mean Girls could have saved it 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Michael Booth
A tart tongued mediocrity 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Jim Emerson
John Tucker Must Die isn t half bad It s about two fifths bad mostly toward the incoherent ending but that ratio is well not bad 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Wesley Morris
This one is like watching 100 minutes of acne 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is nothing more depressing than watching a good movie fall to pieces with a sudden thwack to the side of the head especially a movie you d anticipated beforehand was going to be pretty dreadful 
2.5
John Tucker Must Die
Kit Bowen
In the typical vein of high school teen movies full of joie de vivre John Tucker Must Die is unadulterated fluff Derivative but somewhat amusing 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Willie Waffle
some of the most entertaining trailers and commercials of the year but they should have hired that editor to make the whole movie
2
John Tucker Must Die
Steve Rhodes
As a teen comedy this one is both sweet and funny without being raunchy Surely there is a place in the world for innocent little films like this Let s hope so 
2.5
John Tucker Must Die
Larry Ratliff
Don t die just go away Where s John Hughes when we need him 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Dustin Putman
The broad lazy humor only sporadically elicits chuckles 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Jessica Reaves
Despite its various shortcomings John Tucker isn t a terrible movie It just isn t terribly funny or terribly interesting although I suspect that its intended audience won t mind very much 
2
John Tucker Must Die
Matt Pais
These ladies say John Tucker so much you wonder if they think that s his first name 
1
John Tucker Must Die
John Anderson
If one is interested in seeing everything that s wrong with movies today from cynical marketing to the creative poverty of contemporary screenwriting Tucker provides one stop shopping 
1.5
John Tucker Must Die
Phoebe Flowers
It s got smarts snark and simple sweet and sour goodness 
3
John Tucker Must Die
Keith Uhlich
The film s sheer technical ineptitude seems almost intentional bordering on avant garde expressiveness 
.5
Memoir of War
Shane Slater
A somewhat lifeless film saved by handsome production values and a strong central performance 
2.5
Memoir of War
Mark Dujsik
This is a haunting film about the agony of uncertainty in which hope is dwindling and there is no guarantee of truth 
3
Memoir of War
Matt Fagerholm
One of the best films I ve seen about the ways in which grief can pull a person in both directions simultaneously 
4
Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship
Farran Smith Nehme
All this transpires in scenes that play more like skits though some are pretty funny 
2
After Midnight
Janice Page
There s plenty here to delight cinephiles 
2.5
After Midnight
Bruce Newman
Davide Ferrario who is also a film critic has a clear idea what movie love should look like and almost none at all about real love 
2
After Midnight
Peter Canavese
A beautiful and beguiling film about love cinema and love of cinema has the quirky breezy quality of a bicycle ride by night 
3
After Midnight
Marta Barber
A girl a boy and a few days among reels of film For a cinema lover it is heaven in celluloid 
3
After Midnight
Lou Lumenick
Charming if slight 
2.5
After Midnight
Robert Dominguez
A loving tribute to the moving image 
3
After Midnight
Gene Seymour
On its surface this slight light Italian comedy about cinephilia emits the kind of whimsical vapors that give whimsy a bad name 
2
To Kill a Priest
Roger Ebert
To Kill a Priest is a movie of great almost crushing sincerity but it is so ineptly made that scene after scene strikes the wrong note or no note at all 
2
Tale of the Mummy
Michael Dequina
Unless you find the idea of killer mummy wraps particularly frightening chances are you ll find this direct to vid thriller as ridiculous as I did 
1.5
Naked Lunch
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What emerges is recognizable but fully transformed Burroughs material 
4
Naked Lunch
Eric Melin
A challenge if you re expecting a forward moving plot but there s also more than enough pitch black humor and straight faced madness to lighten the mood especially since Burroughs strange lingo and vicious knack for language are intact 
3
Naked Lunch
Walter Chaw
At root the most personal mission statement of a vital cinematic voice 
4
Naked Lunch
Roger Ebert
While I admired it in an abstract way I felt repelled by the material on a visceral level There is so much dryness death and despair here in a life spinning itself out with no joy 
2.5
Dark Waters
Matt Brunson
A generally impressive undertaking 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Mattie Lucas
While it is certainly ambitious and undeniably beautiful its style often feels divorced from its narrative losing itself stargazing when the story required something more personal 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Another major work of Haynes that did not find all the love it deserves Full review in Spanish 
3.25
Wonderstruck
David Nusair
an engaging often exhilaratingly off the wall piece of work 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Lisa Jensen
In honor of the non hearing community that inspires it Wonderstruck features open caption subtitles throughout It s a thoughtful touch for a lovely movie whose message of family friendship and tolerance strikes a particular chord these days 
3
Wonderstruck
Josh Larsen
one of Haynes most experimental films which is saying something 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Rob Thomas
Wonderstruck is a delightful rapturous film whose love of cinema of telling stories visually spills out onto the screen in exciting and moving ways 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Gary Rotstein
The result other than the sights and sounds or lack thereof is rather ordinary leaving us feeling a few explosions and superheroes might actually have been welcome 
2
Wonderstruck
Josh Terry
Wonderstruck may be more of a matinee than a full price outing but there s nothing wrong with a good matinee 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Sean P. Means
What makes Wonderstruck so magical so deserving of its title is how Haynes keys into its young characters view of the world Through Rose and Ben the movie shows us familiar things like New York City in ways fresh and fantastic 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Christopher Schobert
If there s any justice in the world of cinema Wonderstruck will prove the type of unexpected unhyped film for young adults that becomes a generational touchstone 
4
Wonderstruck
Calvin Wilson
Those who are merely looking for a flick that goes well with popcorn may be bored but true cinema buffs will be in heaven 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Roger Moore
Slow dawdling even but magical 
3
Wonderstruck
Bob Bloom
Affonso Goncalves editing at times resembles that of an old movie serial as he cuts from one story to another just as a big revelation that will advance each story is forthcoming 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Moira MacDonald
A sweet gentle story of two children connecting across time 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Peter Howell
Haynes struggles to connect all the dots Wonderstruck reaches for the stars and falls short 
2
Wonderstruck
Sara Michelle Fetters
Wonderstruck is a goldmine of emotional purity its cabinet of wonders one I cannot wait to open again as soon as I can 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Barry Hertz
Here finally is a children s film for real children a sincere and humane work that is absent any franchise concerns or daydreams of ancillary product 
3
Wonderstruck
Mark Dujsik
T he beauty of director Todd Haynes film is in its intangible connections 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Stephanie Merry
It takes some patience but eventually Wonderstruck delivers real awe 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Richard Roeper
Wonderstruck is a smart and interesting and well acted film We re just never really struck with wonder 
3
Wonderstruck
Gary Thompson
Wonderstruck for all of it s child in danger plotting has a warmth that points along with the title to a safe and sentimental conclusion 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Michael Phillips
Haynes has always favored a quietude in his movies and he s extremely well suited to this material It s a fairy tale full of earned sentiment 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Mick LaSalle
Gradually it begins to dawn that the movie s beauty is in itself an attempt to distract from the film s basic barrenness 
1
Wonderstruck
Ty Burr
If you re the right impressionable age 9 or 10 or 11 Wonderstruck may possibly strike you as the best movie ever made 
3
Wonderstruck
James Berardinelli
Wonderstruck is an evocative movie with a vaguely disappointing narrative that although it reaches a conclusion doesn t justify the patience viewers must exhibit to reach that point 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Kent Turner
Fans of the book will have little to complain about 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like Far from Heaven it s a great movie about movies and about other things as well 
4
Wonderstruck
Robert Levin
It s the work of a filmmaker who understands how to convey the magical possibilities of this art form the rich interplay of light and shadows the metaphysical nature of the world of dreams and cosmic connections 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Christy Lemire
Despite what the title suggests Wonderstruck represents a rare disappointment from master filmmaker Todd Haynes 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Peter Travers
Perhaps out of excessive loyalty to author Brian Selznick instead of his own creative instincts director Todd Haynes creates an extraordinary film that adds up to less than the sum of its parts But oh it gives a lovely light 
3
Wonderstruck
Sara Stewart
Haynes folds in so many eras and visual styles it s hard not to be dazzled and why should you resist even if as usual he keeps your emotions at arm s length 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Stephen Whitty
It feels a little like a very expensive and ornate frame without a picture in the middle 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Brian Truitt
Wonderstruck works best as half of a great silent film and with Simmonds the showcase of a star being born 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Dwight Brown
The tech efforts overshadow the film s tiny premise 
2
Wonderstruck
Clayton Davis
You can easily be drawn into its magic as it exquisitely draws up your cinematic mind with class and refinement Sublime and subtle Wonderstruck is a dazzling movement 
3.5
Wonderstruck
Steve Macfarlane
The film is a paean to the 20th century s moving image as well the invisible Oz like figure of the collector as curator 
2.5
Wonderstruck
Walter Chaw
I liked Wonderstruck a lot because it gave me a sense of hiraeth 
2.5
Alpha and Omega
Sean P. Means
Its all pretty bland with uninvolving characters unfunny comedic relief and weak computer graphics made even worse by unnecessary 3D effects 
1.5
Alpha and Omega
Linda Cook
It s worth howling about 
3
Alpha and Omega
Simon Abrams
Alpha and Omega proves that sometimes more is more and less is less for a reason 
2.5
Alpha and Omega
Michael O'Sullivan
Alpha and Omega an unambitious 3 D animation about a couple of young wolves in love isn t so much howlingly bad as it is howlingly boring 
1
Alpha and Omega
Kyle Smith
It s an ugly laughless 3 D cartoon about wolves that is so wussified and stupidified that it ll bore kids and make their adult minders wish they d done something comparatively interesting like cleaning the gutters in the rain 
0.5
Alpha and Omega
Stephen Cole
After preliminary special effects high jinks wolves bobsledding a hollow log down a twisty mountain run Alpha and Omega kicks into An Important Life Lesson 
2
Alpha and Omega
Scott Bowles
Alpha and Omega is one of those rarities in the modern era of Hollywood animation bad 
1.5
Alpha and Omega
Peter Hartlaub
There may be a few questions from the kids on the ride home but this is an otherwise harmless and mostly forgettable entry into the bulging 3 D animation marketplace 
2
Alpha and Omega
Tom Keogh
It s always hard not to think of classic Disney as the standard for a film like this Using that yardstick Crest Animation Lionsgate s Alpha and Omega is far from an emotionally rich fulfilling experience 
1.5
Alpha and Omega
Dustin Putman
Relentlessly lame and amazingly dull 
1.5
Alpha and Omega
Tom Russo
Unfortunately none of these conflicts or predicaments is particularly compelling and the unevenness of the visuals doesn t help 
1.5
Alpha and Omega
Tom Meek
If Lionsgate wants to take a bite out of the animated film market dominated by Pixar and Disney it ll have to do better than this toothless stray 
2
Alpha and Omega
Roger Moore
As with any movie this kids film is only as good as its writing the jokes the cute bits the heart And that s where Alpha and Omega comes up short 
1.5
Scenes of the Crime
David Nusair
it s impossible not to get a kick out of watching Noah Wyle kill a man using a silenced pistol 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Brian Eggert
Days of Future Past contains more attention to character development and dramatically grandiose situations than those that followed 44 just on a much larger canvas 46 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Mattie Lucas
A thrilling emotionally satisfying return to form for the X Men 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Frank Ochieng
If it takes a sociopolitical super hero saga to cause some incidental reflection accompanying our escape at the movies then basking in clashing robots and misunderstood mutants should give some credence to big budgeted mind bending entertainment 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Sonny Bunch
X Men Days of Future Past is on its own a fine film funny in all the right places impressively acted and rousing in its action 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Tony Norman
X Men Days of Future Past is a smart inspiring piece of filmmaking that will satisfy even the most discriminating comic book snob 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Neil Rosen
It s an ingenuous screenplay that s marvelously executed by Singer whose return to the series is more than welcome 
4
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Robert Horton
I am a sucker for a good old fashioned warp in the time space continuum and Days of Future Past gives us a spirited one 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Tom Meek
Maybe I m getting cantankerous in my old age but a barrage of cool special FX does not make a movie at least not in my book and the ongoing glut of seamless more real digital renderings only exacerbates the problem 
2.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Jackson Cuidon
At no point does this dual timeline setup ever feel like one unified project the aesthetics of mid 70 s era America and the Vague Future Apocalypse are so wildly disparate as to feel like totally different movies 
2
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Sean P. Means
Singer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg deftly move between future and past presenting the parallel storylines coherently and gracefully 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Michael Smith
If you include two stand alone Wolverine films this is the seventh X Men related movie and any series movie No 7 isn t supposed to be as good as this genre film that is full of both grandeur and fun 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Wesley Lovell
A sublime adventure that deftly juggles character and plot 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Eric Melin
Shows Singer exercising some much needed control over the franchise he built 14 years ago and wrangling a lot of loose ends a welcome return and although the material itself is a little unwieldy it successfully brings together characterizations 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
John Beifuss
With references to Vietnam and with President Nixon as a key supporting character the film continues the X Men tradition of being politically and sociologically conscious 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
James Kendrick
the story s stakes are despite the familiarly bleak post apocalyptic setting inherently more personal and intimate which makes the film as a whole more emotionally gripping
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
David Nusair
an erratic yet rewarding entry within this ongoing series 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
David Keyes
There is never a dull moment here as we watch on uninterrupted with constant interest in an ambitious display of paradoxes and riddles 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Christy Lemire
The results are both dazzling and intimate clever and during one tour de force sequence spectacularly funny 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Mal Vincent
It s significantly better than most of the previous X Men outings 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Kam Williams
X Men a fabled franchise that like a fine wine just keeps improving with age 
4
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Mike McGranaghan
Hits that sweet spot of being really exciting and just substantive enough to earn our engagement In the comic book movie realm it sits comfortably in the upper echelon 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Matt Brunson
It s that kind of movie knowledgeable emotional and packed with incident and excitement 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Scott Nash
In the glut of superhero films flooding theaters these days the X Men series stands above the rest 
4
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Michael Dequina
Captures the true essence of what has made and will make the X Men s uncanny popularity survive and thrive in days of future and past 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Josh Larsen
There s no zip no driving force no personality to these movies other than what the overqualified actors manage to squeeze out of their individual scenes 
1.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
David Berry
Amongst the flying robots and the claws coming out and the ceaseless wisecracks there isn t really much of a human story to grab on to 
2.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The complex movie begins juggling and balancing its storyline with astounding skill as if its various pieces were made of metal and Magneto himself were in charge 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
John Serba
An overplotted conglomeration of events that I found diverting yet meaningless and emotionally uninvolving 
2.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Rob Thomas
After being burned out on the X Men for a while I d be up for another outing Maybe in the next film they can head back to the 80s Mr Magneto tear down this wall 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Adam Nayman
Having already directed the first two and superior X Men films Singer shows a level of comfort with both the material and the cast 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Willie Waffle
Amazing
4
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Steven Rea
Ambitious even audacious the movie s mix of action and for devotees only intrigue can overwhelm but there are moments of sheer virtuosity too 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Linda Cook
Even in the Marvel universe the question of whether we can control our own fate arises X Men Days of Future Past is a star studded beautifully written film with both smarts and brawn 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Dustin Putman
This is a satisfying entry to be sure and perhaps even the most ambitious but the premise and its hulking ensemble are underused 
2.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
James Berardinelli
For those who felt The Last Stand was a poor exit for many of these characters X Men Days of Future Past should at least salve the wound in part 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Mark Dujsik
It all builds to a climax that intercuts between past and present but again it s not the action that keeps us involved 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bruce DeMara
In the capable hands of director Bryan Singer who helmed the first two X Men films it s a nearly seamless adventure ride despite a plot that at times strains credulity 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Stephen Whitty
If you are an X maniac Singer s given you the movie you ve been hoping for 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Jason Buchanan
This deftly scripted and unusually affecting installment of the long running series is marked by the notable return of director Bryan Singer who succeeds in delivering a film that ranks among the very best of the franchise 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Soren Andersen
Once it reaches takeoff velocity Days of Future Past becomes one of the best installments in the X Men series 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Rafer Guzman
For all its sociopolitical smarts and coded subtexts the X Men franchise based on the Marvel comics is primarily about entertainment and this seventh installment is no different 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Peter Travers
Step up cynics and see the summer 2014 blockbuster that gets damn near everything right 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Ty Burr
X Men Days of Future Past upholds the acceptably high batting average of Marvel s second tier movie franchise 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Jon Niccum
The novelty has somewhat worn off after we ve been bombarded by six previous X Men Wolverine efforts and umpteen other Marvel flicks But the talent has never been better than in this rousing adventure 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Chris Cabin
It only conveys the awesome strangeness of its characters and their universe when director Brian Singer breaks away from the perpetual build up of the film s unwieldy plot 
2
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Joe Williams
Some sequels have such a complicated back story they should come with printed footnotes The latest sequel in the X Men series requires an encyclopedia that can be read in a fun house mirror 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Mick LaSalle
Most important there is an emotional undercurrent in this installment that the earlier films only aspired to 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Michael O'Sullivan
Days of Future Past is in itself as intoxicating as a shot of adrenaline It s what summer movies are meant to be 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Chris Hewitt
Singer does a nice job of connecting the bleakness of the 70s with the optimistic spirit that inspired the X Men in the first place 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Simon Abrams
There s just enough right in Days of Future Past to off set what s wrong 
2.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Rene Rodriguez
This is the best most entertaining and mature comic book Hollywood franchise currently in existence 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Carla Meyer
Drab in look and overly talky X Men Days of Future Past lacks the life force and lilt of its 2011 predecessor X Men First Class 
2
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Dann Gire
Singer who directed the first X Men movie 14 years ago brings back a joyful comic book feel to the series 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Matt Pais
A double whammy for those suffering both superhero and time travel fatigue 
2
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Peter Canavese
What makes it more than just a thrilling science fiction actioner is the past present poignancy allowed by time travel and astral projection indulging everyone s fantasy of telling a younger self what he or she needs to hear 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Mara Reinstein
This could have easily been one of those blockbusters that seemed tantalizing in the crowded hallways of Comic Con yet resulted in a convoluted disaster What we have here is an electrifying ride that grips until its last frame 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Claudia Puig
The most ambitious and ingenious of the long running series X Men Days of Future Past keeps the key crew of mutants busier than ever 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Randy Myers
Days of Future Past toys with history but stays true to its outsider roots expressing them with conviction and a sense of narrative sure footedness Even better it s timeless fun a summer movie that engages and entertains us in equal measures 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Christopher Borrelli
It s got a lot of plot And yet despite resulting in a film that brings together the cast of the original X Men films and the upstarts of the clever 2011 reboot X Men First Class Singer keeps what matters clear and snappy enough 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Lou Lumenick
X Men Days of Future Past blows a breath of fresh air through the musty Marvel universe which increasingly is all about pandering to hard core fans rather than trying to make good movies for everybody 
3.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Roger Moore
The first fun summer blockbuster and maybe the best X Men movie yet 
3
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Daniel M. Kimmel
It isn t the best of the series but it lets fans enjoy younger and older versions of some of the characters and play in this corner of the Marvel Universe 
3
Between the World and Me
David Robb
The film doesn t offer the most incisive social commentary but as a document of our contemporary political moment its force is undeniable 
2.5
Between the World and Me
Odie Henderson
When it fires on all cylinders this is a very effective powerful companion piece to its source 
3
Between the World and Me
Verne Gay
Beautifully done but ultimately overdone The book is better 
2.5
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Michael Dequina
The frenzied atmosphere of darkness may be a little off putting for some but it only helps to invigorate the well worn tale with new energy 
3.5
Modern Romance
David Nusair
an uneven yet mostly rewarding comedy that stands as one of Brooks better directorial efforts ultimately 
3
Modern Romance
Fernando F. Croce
Nearly as much as Jerry Lewis Albert Brooks s comic persona is defined by its unlikability 
3.5
Deadly Blessing
Federico Furzan
The beginning of Wes Craven is kind of faulty even if it follows an interesting premise Full review in Spanish 
2
StalkHer
Christian Toto
If this is truly the Battle of the Sexes circa 2016 we re doomed 
2
It's Me, It's Me
Andrew Schenker
Alternating between self consciously offbeat comedy and existential J horror It s Me It s Me never quite satisfies in either mode 
2
No End in Sight
Nick Rogers
A persuasive argument that the inception of and response to the Iraq War perverted America s ideals and intellect Its moderate temperament hides obvious roars Remembering outrage is all that will keep this from again occurring unopposed 
4
No End in Sight
Sean O'Connell
Bleak dry and marginally repetitive Sight fails to answer with clarity why bad decisions were made 
2.5
No End in Sight
Matt Brunson
Absorbing documentary that dissects the mind numbing incompetence that has defined this White House 
3.5
No End in Sight
Duane Dudek
Charles Ferguson holds this fact to be self evident that the chaos in Iraq is the direct result of a handful of bad policy decisions made very early in the war 
3
No End in Sight
Connie Ogle
A clear eyed appraisal and condemnation of Bush administration war policies as seen through the eyes of people in a position to note the disastrous choices that left a country in chaos 
3.5
No End in Sight
Lisa Kennedy
No End in Sight makes one thing clear Were it not so bloody the war in Iraq would be destined to become a case study in the nation s business schools 
3
No End in Sight
Jeff Vice
This one is not just a series of personal one sided attacks as Moore s film seemed to be Instead filmmaker Charles Ferguson uses interviews with former Bush administration officials journalists former soldiers and others to make his case 
3
No End in Sight
John Beifuss
The film is not anti war but anti arrogance and anti idiocy 
3.5
No End in Sight
Sean P. Means
The best documentary to be made about the war in Iraq 
4
No End in Sight
Terry Lawson
Ferguson s case is so confidently built that it seems unassailable 
3
No End in Sight
Jeanne Aufmuth
A blistering on point expose of the movers and shakers who paved our way into a senseless conflict 
3.5
No End in Sight
Tom Keogh
Its list of interviewees includes a number of insiders once deeply involved in the bungled aftermath of America s invasion of Iraq It also includes some shocking on the ground footage from the war that has not been seen elsewhere 
3.5
No End in Sight
Mick LaSalle
No End in Sight is the most coolheaded of the Iraq war documentaries the most methodical and the least polemical Yet it s the one that will leave audiences the most shattered angry and astounded 
4
No End in Sight
Wesley Morris
A raft of documentaries have come along since the start of the war some of them accusatory some investigative some empathetic nearly all of them skeptical None is better argued or more searing than No End in Sight 
4
No End in Sight
Roger Ebert
Remember the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex has his eyes clamped open and is forced to watch a movie I imagine a similar experience for the architects of our catastrophe in Iraq I would like them to see No End in Sight 
4
No End in Sight
Carrie Rickey
Lucid concise and devastating 
3.5
No End in Sight
Michael Phillips
No End in Sight may be the best and saddest film of the year so far 
4
No End in Sight
Jack Mathews
The most compelling and least partisan of all the Iraq documentaries 
3.5
No End in Sight
Ken Fox
The anger that fuels Ferguson s film is felt in nearly every frame 
3.5
No End in Sight
Pam Grady
A valuable summary of a variety of missteps that have led to the current debacle 
4
No End in Sight
Kyle Smith
Rehashes information you already knew and tries to inflate trivia into scandal 
2.5
No End in Sight
Jan Stuart
words speak even louder than visual evidence in Charles Ferguson s lacerating analysis of America s occupation of Iraq 
3.5
No End in Sight
Kam Williams
While this incriminating documentary makes a convincing case against the White House it arrives a bit belatedly at a juncture when John McCain is just about the only loyalist left still sipping the Bush Kool Aid 
4
No End in Sight
Ed Gonzalez
Charles Ferguson has designed No End in Sight to sink in 
2.5
Forty Shades of Blue
David Nusair
a sporadically well acted curiosity 
1.5
Forty Shades of Blue
Geoff Pevere
both emotionally captivating and elusive 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Rob Thomas
Forty Shades of Blue might have benefited from a little more honest melodrama as the film is so subtle at times that it barely registers 
2.5
Forty Shades of Blue
Roger Ebert
Torn s acting so well he not only creates this character but makes him into an object lesson 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Terry Lawson
Sachs fails to make us care enough about the characters to share their pain 
2
Forty Shades of Blue
Chris Hewitt
Korzun has a placid quality that may remind you of Liv Ullmann and she keeps us riveted because her calm reactions are such an odd response to the outrageous behavior she s reacting to 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Walter Chaw
As messy and exhilarating as life 
4
Forty Shades of Blue
David Elliott
You can t take a movie like this one from a veteran like Torn who is terrific but Korzun anchors the movie with dense subtlety and watchful detailing 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Sean P. Means
The reasons to watch are the performances by Torn and Korzun and how Sachs and Rohatyn draw on the actors to paint fascinating portraits of these characters 
2.5
Forty Shades of Blue
Ruthe Stein
The payoff comes at the end with a glimpse smack into the souls of characters more complex than those usually seen onscreen 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Peter Canavese
Has the plaintive lyrical feel of a classic Southern short story 
3.5
Forty Shades of Blue
Bob Strauss
It feels mighty real and veteran Torn s almost all impulse performance adds greatly to the sense of life unfolding in its messy uncertainty and grabbed for satisfaction right before our eyes 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Timothy Knight
A small scale triumph 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Stephen Whitty
Forty Shades of Blue may be praised for bringing an often ignored character into the spotlight But once she s there we can guess why she s so often kept in the wings 
2
Forty Shades of Blue
Lou Lumenick
It s worth sticking with 40 Shades of Blue to catch two of the year s most richly detailed pieces of acting 
3
Forty Shades of Blue
Keith Uhlich
There hasn t been a Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner this terrific since Tom Noonan s What Happened Was 
4
City Slickers
Lou Cedrone
One of those rare cinematic happenings a movie that deftly combines laughs with sentiment and an occasionally serious thought 
4
City Slickers
Matt Brunson
Many of the character exchanges are priceless including a discussion on how to properly program a VCR and the performances are uniformly fine 
3
City Slickers
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
A comedy that was and is ambitious and counterintuitive 
3.5
City Slickers
Betsy Bozdech
One of the most satisfying comedies of the 90s offering both laughs and without being too sentimental about it a positive message about living life to the fullest 
3.5
City Slickers
Roger Ebert
City Slickers comes packaged as one kind of movie a slapstick comedy about white collar guys on a dude ranch and it delivers on that level while surprising me by being much more ambitious and successful than I expected 
3.5
City Slickers
David N. Butterworth
One of the flattest cowboy spoofs to mosey on down the trail in a long while 
2
Red Lights
Brian Eggert
All of the actors in this impressive cast deserve better than the cornball paranormal yarn they 8217 re ultimately a part of 46 
1.5
Red Lights
David Nusair
The degree to which Red Lights ultimately peters out is nothing short of spectacular 
1.5
Red Lights
Bruce DeMara
A clever thriller bolstered by three great performances 
3.5
Red Lights
Soren Andersen
The X Files is long gone Hail and farewell But its spirit lives on in Red Lights Hail hail 
3
Red Lights
Amy Biancolli
By strict definition any movie featuring Robert De Niro as a spoon bending clairvoyant superstar ought to hold a few cards up its sleeve 
2
Red Lights
Rene Rodriguez
With the sort of last minute plot twist that sank M Night Shyamalan s career Red Lights comes to an unexpected risible end 
1
Red Lights
Mark Dujsik
Red Lights ends with much fury and it only underscores how silly the whole misfortunate thing has become 
1.5
Red Lights
Michael Phillips
Cortes made Buried which means he has more good work to offer Better luck next film 
1.5
Red Lights
Matt Pais
Hinges on a big revelation that you ll see coming a mile away and a final twist that strains to pull a fast one 
2
Red Lights
Roger Ebert
For its first two acts the movie had me in its grip Then it comes apart 
2.5
Red Lights
Patrick Z. McGavin
The initial poetry of terror gives way to a wildly baroque and incident packed plot that proves hyperbolic mannered and ridiculously overwrought 
2
Red Lights
Michael Dequina
Overblown and nonsensical even for this type of thriller 
2
Red Lights
Stephen Whitty
How did a cast like this sign on for a movie like this 
1.5
Red Lights
Lou Lumenick
One of the most preposterous and incoherent films of 2012 
1
Red Lights
Michael Nordine
That all the good things and there are several Red Lights has going for it are ultimately in service of an ending that might even make M Night Shyamalan cringe represents one of the year s biggest missed opportunities 
1.5
Red Lights
Claudia Puig
Someone should have stopped Red Lights 
2
Red Lights
Rex Reed
Red Lights goes astray on so many levels that I gave up trying to figure it out before the end of the second reel 
1
Red Lights
Roger Moore
Bogs down in its middle acts losing track of the epic struggle it sets up but rallies for a fine finale that most won t guess until it shows up
2.5
Red Lights
Erik Childress
This is the second horror subgenre that Cortes has injected fresh life into and no matter what side of the debate you come down on in Red Lights you cannot deny that he is a talent worth anticipating 
3
Permanent
Sheila O'Malley
Permanent feels like a short film stretched to feature length It never quite rises above the level of its premise 
2
Permanent
Roger Moore
Uneven but quirky and often spot on spoof of the hell of having bad hair in high school
2.5
He Dreams of Giants
Peter Canavese
A respectable companion piece to quot Lost In LaMancha quot and a straightforward apos making of apos documentary about quot The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 46 quot A must see for Terry Gilliam fans 46 
2.5
He Dreams of Giants
Roger Moore
It would be nice if this generally laudatory 44 understated and reflective film served as Gilliam 8217 s victory lap 46 It captures his dogged persistence and his artist apos s eye 46 
2.5
He Dreams of Giants
Kent Turner
He Dreams of Giants is like an extended making of documentary typical for international co productions there are money worries and the production also falls behind schedule Yet there is little interaction with the actors 
2
The Threat
John Beifuss
Kluger s out Those are the first words spoken and they convey a sense of urgency that is pretty much sustained throughout the economical 66 minute running time of this taut deadline thriller
3
Blood Into Wine
Mike Scott
It s edgy it s funny it revels in doing things its own way but it s also smart offering an edifying inside peek into an industry that doesn t always welcome outsiders 
3
Blood Into Wine
Rob Thomas
While the film contains some interesting tidbits about both wine and Keenan and some unexpected humor by comedians like Patton Oswalt and Bob Odenkirk the movie never really justifies its existence except as an informercial for Keenan s winery 
2
Blood Into Wine
Robert W. Butler
This well made film chronicles the sweat tears false starts and massive expenditures involved in getting such an operation up and running 
2.5
Blood Into Wine
Jeff Vice
Co directors Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke manage to stuff a lot of facts into their film This may be one of the more informative nonfiction movies made about winemaking 
3
Blood Into Wine
Shaula Clark
Surely everyone can appreciate the gorgeous Verde Valley vistas and out of left field celebrity cameos which include Bob Odenkirk as a grape mauling French wine snob 
3
Alpha
Brian Eggert
The grandeur and scope throughout obvious computer animation notwithstanding leaves the viewer with a sense of awe 
3
Alpha
Matt Brunson
The familiar boy and his dog tale receives a bit of a welcome twist 
2.5
Alpha
David N. Butterworth
Alpha proves that you can t really beat a good old boy and his dog wolf wolf dog saga 
2.5
Alpha
Mike McGranaghan
Visually magnificent dramatically familiar 
2
Alpha
Oliver Jones
It is difficult not to be impressed by much of what does arrive on screen 
2.5
Alpha
Dann Gire
Underdeveloped details ding this movie in small but significant ways 
2.5
Alpha
Josh Terry
CGI effects have enhanced Alpha but not in a way that s distracting and the visuals never take away from the film s story 
3.5
Alpha
Odie Henderson
There s a pleasant old fashioned feel to Alpha It plays like one of those Disneynature movies with sharper edges 
3
Alpha
Phil Villarreal
The film never slows down or bores plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next 
3
Alpha
Mark Dujsik
This is an old fashioned adventure yarn about survival lent a strong visual flair by director Albert Hughes 
3
Alpha
Brad Wheeler
Seeing Alpha on as big and splashy a screen as possible is advisable preferably with children who can handle occasional scenes of intense peril 
3
Alpha
Katie Walsh
You know Sheila the She Wolf from Glow on Netflix Alpha would be her favorite movie 
2
Alpha
Bruce DeMara
Smit McPhee s performance is astonishing and believable in every respect as a boy on the cusp of adulthood who must dig deep to find the courage and resourcefulness to survive 
3.5
Alpha
Soren Andersen
Hughes handling of the material is unfailingly serious but the picture s tendency to stray into the ridiculous robs it of the majesty the director so clearly hoped to achieve 
2
Alpha
Michael O'Sullivan
Smit McPhee is quite affecting in a performance that calls for very little speaking and a screen partner that is well known for chewing the scenery 
2.5
Alpha
Rafer Guzman
A rugged adventure story for young viewers with strong stomachs 
3
Alpha
Tom Russo
The stylishly crafted film mostly succeeds in its engaging and tagline ready ambition to chronicle how mankind discovered man s best friend even if its naturalistic strengths are swapped out for an exaggeratedly epic tone in the later going 
2.5
Alpha
David Lewis
For the most part the film is harrowing suspenseful and gritty and a perfect vehicle for impressive 3 D effects that bring to life an exquisitely beautiful but unforgiving land 
3
Alpha
Gary Thompson
An involving old fashioned outdoor adventure story the sort Disney used to crank out just about every week back in the 1960s and 1970s augmented here by newfangled and up to date special effects 
3
Alpha
Sean P. Means
Alpha isn t just a shaggy dog story but the first shaggy dog story about the domestication of dogs in prehistoric Europe so it s too bad it doesn t have a little more bite 
2.5
Alpha
Jake Cole
It reduces the domestication of wolves to a series of simplistic interactions that don t exactly convey the difficulties of a wild animal overcoming millennia of instinct 
1.5
Alpha
Roger Moore
One of the summer s most pleasant surprises
2.5
Stinking Heaven
Nick Allen
In the feat of any great storyteller especially one who thinks outside of the rules Silver maneuvers his story and characters to emotional climaxes with profound authenticity 
3.5
Stinking Heaven
Jesse Cataldo
As in Nathan Silver s previous work what could have been a rote retread of Pasolini s Teorema blossoms into a study of factional identity and power dynamics 
3
The Overnight
Mark Dujsik
The fatal flaw of The Overnight is that neither the screenplay nor the directors 46 46 46 bother to establish the foundational mechanics of what apos s even happening 46 
1
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Sean P. Means
Though the tone is sometimes gloomy and nostalgic Portman pours her heart into every moment showing her devotion to Oz and to Israel the country of her birth 
3
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Bob Bloom
Portman takes the film s title literally offering some dreamlike imagery in the stories Fania tells Amos But it also is filled with many dim and dreary sequences as Portman uses a dark palette that seems to suck the life out of Fania 
3
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Tina Hassannia
Because the film tells her complicated story through the eyes of her son he has to have a staggering amount of intuition Fortunately his childhood innocence doesn t deter the audience from understanding the nuance of his mother s struggle 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
David Nusair
an abject failure that just doesn t work on any level 
1
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A sincere heartfelt movie 
3.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Mark Dujsik
T he material turns to melodrama simply so that the resolution can be tied up neatly 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Barry Hertz
Portman paints a portrait of the Jewish state s fraught history all with the confident authority of a filmmaker who is years beyond her debut 
3
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Steven Rea
A Tale of Love and Darkness loses itself in dreamy imagery in its studiously crafted aesthetic But there are times when Portman lets the toughness the tenacity the emotional heart of Oz s story shine through 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Lauren Chval
Although A Tale of Love and Darkness is beautifully depressing and offers moments that linger it plays on the surface rather than digging more deeply into the heart of its story 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Bill Zwecker
While A Tale of Love and Darkness is often difficult to watch because of all the sadness it presents it is also a beautiful film in that it makes us think about existing in a world where we do not completely fit in 
3
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Ty Burr
Portman has filmed the book according to its emotional meaning to her and that s fine What she hasn t done is whip it into shape as a compelling movie 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Linda Barnard
A passion project for the Jerusalem born Portman and told primarily in Hebrew she shows early promise behind the camera 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Vanessa H. Larson
Unfortunately darkness seems to have prevailed over love in a tale that falls flat 
1.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Mick LaSalle
A Tale of Love and Darkness is a dead film an eminently worthy corpse 
1
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Peter Travers
Every frame of A Tale of Love and Darkness reflects Natalie Portman s passionate striving and her grieving heart 
3
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Susan Wloszczyna
Portman has an artistic vision worth sharing and developing 
2.5
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Oleg Ivanov
It mostly succeeds in capturing the nuances of an event that continues to arouse passionate debate to this day 
3
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Farran Smith Nehme
The sort of mistily pretty literary adaptation where everyone speaks in complete sentences pregnant with imagery and meaning and where historic events serve largely to try the souls of the characters who in turn try the audience 
1.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Michael Dequina
What really matters here is the style the thrills the suspense and Sheridan keeps the pace swift and the dramatic stakes high 
3
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Matt Brunson
This is paint by numbers moviemaking with nothing but recycled components a few wide brushstrokes passing for character complexity and a plot that doesn t unfold as much as stagger forward with all the grace of a wino with a broken foot 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Rene Sanchez
An entertaining and effective thriller with a touch of nostalgia that marks the return of Jolie as the fearless heroine we missed to see in action Full Review in Spanish 
3
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
It s a bracing adaptation of the novel by Michael Koryta and a reminder that Jolie is an indomitable action star She is the fire 
3
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Tom Meek
It s a pat by the numbers tangle amid flaming woods that flickers a notch above because of its strong leads 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Peter Canavese
There are moments in the movie where you go oh this is interesting but then five minutes later the movie s forgotten about that and uninterested in pursuing that thing about it that you found interesting 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Rick Bentley
The strengths of the film that come from a solid cast and strong cinematography are weakened by writing that is both uninspired and full of holes How much the film can be enjoyed depends on how much those loose threads can be ignored 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Kevin A. Ranson
feels hamstrung and with its heart ripped out the last act hinting at a Die Hard style denouement or sequel informing revelation that never materializes as the film ends with a whimper 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
James Berardinelli
Those Who Wish Me Dead is serviceable but no more 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Mark Feeney
Those Who Wish Me Dead has an awfully twee title It comes from Michael Koryta s 2014 novel But the twee ness is OK since this adaptation is pretty good if also violent and a bit overblown 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Roger Moore
Jolie isn t playing those most interesting character and she tends to Maleficent this relying on the cheekbones to do the heavy lifting for her 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Erik Childress
The killers are the film s most interesting and dumbest characters and Taylor Sheridan seems to punt on a more interesting commentary on power in favor of sporadic B movie thrills 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Kevin Carr
Overall it s that basic western and in that sense it works But it s not a big action movie and don t go in expecting that 
3
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Joey Magidson
Those Who Wish Me Dead is a throwback to the sort of thing that the 90s would churn out fairly often Luckily it s a pretty strong version of that type of flick 
3
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Jeff Mitchell
Those Who Wish Me Dead plays it safe and flatlines 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Sonny Bunch
You may not regret watching it but you ll be hard pressed to recollect much about it in the years to come 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Walter Chaw
If this isn t Jolie s return to action stardom Those Who Wish Me Dead is also a poor dramatic vehicle for the Academy Award winner whom I think time will show to be much much better than how she s generally been utilized 
1.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
David Robb
The film half heartedly teeters between a kinetic action thriller and something a little more low key 
1.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Michael Phillips
The movie spreads its suffering and heroics around more successfully than it entwines its narratives But Jolie and Senghore save the day 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay for Those Who Wish Me Dead feels like the outline for a story filled with much more potential 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Lindsey Bahr
Those Who Wish Me Dead doesn t hold up to much scrutiny There are too many threads left dangling and characters left unexplored including Hannah herself 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Peter Howell
Watching it is like entering the world s most deadly amusement park especially when a gigantic forest fire rages across the screen set to Brian Tyler s pulsing score 
3
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Leo Brady
Those Who Wish Me Dead is on the right trail but it s missing a spark to have it light my fire 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Johnny Oleksinski
Jolie should take on more acting opportunities like this one only with fewer firehoses 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Mark Meszoros
It s a testament to Sheridan s abilities that the grim goings on never overwhelm the film Yes you ll have to swallow a few things that keep the story moving but it s not the most bitter of tastes 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Sheila O'Malley
It s been some years since Jolie did an action movie and she carries the center of Those Who Wish Me Dead Unfortunately it s a film with no real center 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Mick LaSalle
Those Who Wish Me Dead into a good movie But it s certainly a good bad movie And when it comes to entertainment value a good bad movie beats a bad good movie every time 
2.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Rafer Guzman
Jolie phones it in for this barely functioning action drama 
1.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Richard Roeper
One of the best thrillers in recent memory 
4
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Phil Villarreal
The whole production goes down in flames 
1.5
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Mike McGranaghan
There s potential in the premise yet an abundance of manipulative coincidences and a bizarre choice to leave out one crucial piece of information foil it 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Brian Truitt
The wilderness thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead is a perfect film for Angelina Jolie well maybe if it actually came out in the 1990s 
2
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Ann Hornaday
Not even Jolie s hair is believable 
1
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Roger Moore
Mild mannered kid friendly Not much there for adults Except for Heather Graham 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Austin Kennedy
It s a fun imaginative movie that is terrific for young kids I think it encourages children to celebrate creativity 
3
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Linda Cook
Full color body excretions shouting and not much else Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is dull as a summer spent indoors 
1.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Jennie Punter
The best thing about Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is the engaging performance of red haired Aussie starlet Beatty who will play the titular star in Eloise in Paris We can only hope that film sticks to the book 
1
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Scott Nash
Heather Graham is 41 No way That s about the only thing I got out of this movie 
.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Stephen Whitty
There isn t even really any point There is however throw up poo pee and lots of running around and screaming 
1
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Sandie Angulo Chen
With summer comes theaters filled with superheroes sequels and forgettable family fare In the last category we find Judy Moody 
1.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Chris Hewitt
Decent without being memorable or funny 
2.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Kyle Smith
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is sure to appeal to kids of all ages from 6 to 9 who are female and have no taste or sense of humor 
0.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Sara Michelle Fetters
Maybe I m getting too old but Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer is a movie that I cannot understand how anyone of any age would ever choose to get behind 
1.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Dustin Putman
Adults will be hoping for more substance but they won t get it as the skinny plot devotes all its time to frivolous play and increasingly tired slapstick humor 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Bruce DeMara
Were parents ever this indulgent Were guardians ever this permissive Were childhood summers ever this carefree No no and no 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Claudia Puig
Though the lead actress newcomer Jordana Beatty gives a spunky performance as third grader Judy her character s borderline bratty charm wears thin fast Mostly it s undercut by the movie s irritatingly antic slapstick style 
1.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Cathy Jakicic
I know I probably shouldn t have liked it as much as I did but I have to admit I enjoyed its colorful chaotic goofiness 
2.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Amy Biancolli
A canned piece of so called family entertainment which slathers on the bright colors and peppy eccentricity but fails to capture the books childlike voice and essential grumbling charm 
1.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
David Hiltbrand
A film that s energetic but not entirely engaging fun but never truly funny 
2.5
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Roger Ebert
A film that little kids might find perfectly acceptable Little little little kids 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Wesley Morris
Some movies make you remember being a child Some movies treat you like one Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer does both 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Peter Canavese
It d be nice to report that this film with a still all too rare female protagonist is a great time at the movies but alas not so much 
1
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Thelma Adams
This high pitched candy colored comedy tries too hard to be fun 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Roger Moore
All garish colors small scale sight gags and kid friendly one liners it lacks the same comic spark that a recent Wimpy Kid s second diary also failed to deliver 
2
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
Ed Gonzalez
Wait a sec does anyone other than M I A perhaps rely so heavily and stridently as Judy does on an acronym heavy parlance 
1
Lemonade
Ernesto Diezmartinez
At least in the ending the movie leaves room for hope 
2
Elodie
Roger Moore
Student film is not just a moniker for the works of aspiring filmmakers still in college 
1
Someone to Watch Over Me
Richard Freedman
Much of its failure to convince emotionally as well as intellectually must be laid at the door of its director Ridley Scott who seems far happier making super high tech thrillers like Alien and Blade Runner 
2
Someone to Watch Over Me
Matt Brunson
The movie can only fully work if all sides of the love triangle are equally strong 
2.5
Someone to Watch Over Me
Mike McGranaghan
Where Someone to Watch Over Me falters is oddly enough in the central relationship 
2
Someone to Watch Over Me
David Nusair
an aggressively pointless and utterly forgettable misfire from filmmaker Scott 
1.5
Someone to Watch Over Me
Roger Ebert
Movies like this are on automatic pilot Unless we are very young very naive or hopelessly lusting after one of the stars there is little to interest us aside from interior decorating hints 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Brian Eggert
Annabelle Comes Home is easily the best of the three Annabelle movies which makes it one of the better additions into the overall Conjuring Universe That isn t saying much 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Mike McGranaghan
The picture just rehashes the same stuff this series has already done multiple times before 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Federico Furzan
This feels more like the launch of a horror collection than a third and valid entry for a franchise that has suffered enough Full review in Spanish 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Alan French
Annabelle allows for a diversity of scares that take place throughout the day and night culminating in some truly spine chilling moments 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Linda Cook
Annabelle Comes Home with jump scares and themes about grief 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Matt Brunson
Place it in storage 
1.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Robert Daniels
Annabelle Comes Home is an enjoyable Saturday night flick with great rewatch value 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Dann Gire
You know a horror movie s in trouble when the scariest thing in an evil spirit infested house turns out to be its garish 1970s style wallpaper 
1
Annabelle Comes Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Annabelle Comes Home is definitely scary from a sequence in which a blood spattered bride circles a room to one in which Daniela watches images of herself on a haunted TV set 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Kevin A. Ranson
fun hints about lots of cool things none of which are fully explored as if the story by producer James Wan and Gary Dauberman consisted of every unused idea instead of any single good one 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Karen M. Peterson
Mckenna Grace adds another performance that makes her one of the most intriguing young actors working today 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Sara Michelle Fetters
Annabelle Comes Home is such a massive amount of sinister fun it might be my favorite entry in The Conjuring universe outside of the 2013 first film 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Pamela Powell
Gary Dauberman nimbly co writes and directs this textbook creepy cinematic creation that will certainly fuel the fires of fear of inanimate plastic dolls 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Robert Horton
This movie revels in the haunted house conventions of people entering basements and opening forbidden doors 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Rene Sanchez
Perhaps the funniest chapter of the Conjuring universe However it s a very mild horror entry that doesn t live up to the expectations of its predecessor Full Review in Spanish 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Dustin Putman
A clever mood piece with all the requisite suspense one could hope for Annabelle Comes Home works like gangbusters a funhouse style thriller with an emphasis on the fun 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Michael Phillips
The reason the movie works I think is simple The actresses are all strong 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Sara Stewart
Annabelle Comes Home is so low stakes it s barely a movie more like a very special Brady Bunch episode in hell 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Joe Friar
Screenwriter turned director Gary Dauberman takes the less is more approach as building tension replaces cheap scares leading to a finale where Pandora s box of paranormal frights is blown wide open Refreshing 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Brad Wheeler
What follows is excellent uncomplicated and well wrought house of horrors fun complete with a message about self blame and the real things that haunt us 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
James Berardinelli
It s hard to say whether Annabelle Comes Home represents a new low for films set in the Conjuring Universe but it s the most obviously commercial quickly assembled with little concern 
1.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Christian Toto
The third film in this horror franchise is competently assembled and a complete bore 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Steven Prokopy
It s through the impossibly mature and layered performance from Grace that we re able to navigate this classic spook house with anything resembling our minds intact 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Mark Dujsik
Which of these new creatures or cursed items will become the central gimmick of yet another installment Stay tuned 
1.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Mick LaSalle
A smart controlled film made with considerable integrity 
3
Annabelle Comes Home
Tomris Laffly
If only the half baked story could also meet our expectations or at least match the logic of the previous two Annabelle films 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Katie Walsh
Dauberman s control over the camera and mastery of suspense is impressive especially for a first time director But the film is strung too tightly rarely breaking bad denying the cathartic chaos one craves in this kind of film 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Roger Moore
Genuinely suspenseful 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Oliver Jones
Dauberman cheekily reflects the drive in popcorn thrillers from the period in which the movie is set more than it does the other films in the series 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie is scary to be sure but it s also larky good fun 
2.5
Annabelle Comes Home
Rafer Guzman
Annabelle Comes Home is a letdown partly because it starts out so well 
2
Annabelle Comes Home
Pat Brown
The film is at least as likely to elicit laughs as shrieks and certainly unlikely to leave a lasting impression 
1.5
iNumber Number
David Nusair
The rather interminable nature of iNumber Number s third act ultimately cements its place as a disappointing actioner 
1.5
The Equalizer
Brian Eggert
The Equalizer has the unique displeasure of being a total bore and yet completely over the top 46 
1.5
The Equalizer
Sonny Bunch
The perfect marriage of generic material and a huge star 
2.5
The Equalizer
Stephen Rebello
The Equalizer is empty and merely efficient but it s enjoyable as hell with Washington in solid focused Man On Fire form 
2.5
The Equalizer
Robert Levin
The familiar can be welcome when the practitioner is so good at what he does And there are few actors more commanding than Washington when he s taking out bad guys 
3
The Equalizer
David Nusair
Fuqua s most accomplished effort since 2001 s Training Day 
3.5
The Equalizer
Michael Dequina
It is in the seemingly undemanding action programmers where Washington truly proves the singular depths and scope of his talents and presence 
3.5
The Equalizer
John Beifuss
Note to mobsters If you hope to eliminate an ex agent whose very particular set of skills make Neeson seem as lethal as Cera do not stage your assault in a big box store where your target has access to barbed wire blow torches and power drills 
3
The Equalizer
Mal Vincent
This film is tough brutal and merciless perhaps the most violent movie since The Passion of the Christ 
2.5
The Equalizer
Lori Hoffman
Similar in quality to The Fugitive different from the original in a way that makes it stand alone as a singular experience featuring a great performance by Washington 
3
The Equalizer
Linda Cook
The Equalizer is the best Jason Statham movie that ever starred Denzel Washington 
3
The Equalizer
Bob Bloom
Denzel Washington a two time Academy Award winner is a good enough actor and carries enough gravitas to make us overlook or forgive most of the movie s less savory aspects 
3
The Equalizer
Matt Brunson
The Equalizer is about as subtle as a nail gun shot to the temple But who wants subtlety when one can bask in the glory of Denzel Washington obliterating remorseless degenerates left and right 
3
The Equalizer
Wilson Morales
Washington is the sell no matter if this film is a retread from the fast paced high octane action thriller genre 
3
The Equalizer
Mike McGranaghan
Overlong at 131 minutes and frequently monotonous in its carnage The Equalizer fails to deliver the basic thrills one would expect from a Denzel Washington action picture 
1.5
The Equalizer
James Berardinelli
Fuqua infuses The Equalizer with a low key energy and is in no hurry to rush into things 
3
The Equalizer
Christian Toto
You ll ask what was Denzel Washington thinking more than once while watching the exploitative movie adaptation of The Equalizer
1.5
The Equalizer
Liam Lacey
More and better Equalizers will be welcome just to watch Denzel finding new ways of getting even 
2.5
The Equalizer
Peter Canavese
The star makes the film something like a guilty pleasure but he and touches like the film opening Mark Twain quotation form little more than a gilded cover wrapped around pure pulp 
2
The Equalizer
John Serba
Entertaining and occasionally rousing within its limitations but we re nagged by the idea that it could have been more substantial 
2.5
The Equalizer
Willie Waffle
Where there is injustice there is Denzel Washington kicking injustice in the booty and we are cheering him on 
3
The Equalizer
Rob Thomas
By the time we see Washington walking towards the camera in slo mo as a fireball erupts behind him you almost feel bad for him Where did that spark go 
2
The Equalizer
Steven Rea
If audiences and star are so inclined it s easy to see this premise and this character a tough taciturn gent burdened with regret and a very special skill set going into Roman numerals 
3
The Equalizer
Stephen Whitty
This mini genre has begun to feel more and more expendable 
2
The Equalizer
Anders Wright
This is the sort of movie where every other character excepting McCall and Teddy is basically an idiot unable to make sense of what s going on around them and making terrible decisions throughout 
1.5
The Equalizer
Rafer Guzman
Fuqua s movie is just as dopey and creaky as the series 
1
The Equalizer
Peter Howell
We re given precious little story or back story from screenwriter Richard Wenk The Expendables 2 but not much is needed for a tale this primal and an actor this watchable 
2.5
The Equalizer
Mark Dujsik
T he buildup is superior to the payoff 
3
The Equalizer
Peter Travers
The film runs long at 131 minutes but Denzel Washington as ever is the essence of cool 
2.5
The Equalizer
Graham Killeen
Fuqua has not only seemingly lost his eye for arty action set pieces he apparently can t draw characters in more than one dimension 
2
The Equalizer
Christopher Gray
All this should build up to a moderately engaging battle of wits but Richard Wenk s script has little interest in wit and no capacity for psychology 
1.5
The Equalizer
Ann Hornaday
Even drenched in blood and fake rain this Equalizer leaves its star and the audience high and dry 
1
The Equalizer
Dustin Putman
The Equalizer isn t above excess 151 there is a slow motion walk away from one of screen history s most bombastic explosions for instance 151 but it delivers upon all of its gritty crowd pleasing pursuits 
3
The Equalizer
Brad Keefe
The end result is a weird mishmash that is too corny to be a good vengeance drama and too serious to be a good popcorn flick 
2.5
The Equalizer
Joe Williams
A guilty pleasure platform for Washington s slow cooked kick butt heroism 
2.5
The Equalizer
Michael Phillips
This one s strictly for those who enjoyed Man on Fire the other prominent kid protection fable slick and bloodthirsty in the Washington oeuvre 
2
The Equalizer
Susan Wloszczyna
Denzel at the ripe age of 59 is still dependable as a man who gets the job done when the meanies run amok and who still draws a crowd at theaters when he does so 
3
The Equalizer
Matt Pais
Though Robert s really never in trouble the movie has a fair amount of suspense with Fuqua allowing death to linger in the shadows 
2.5
The Equalizer
Soren Andersen
The line separating the bad guys from the good is almost nonexistent 
2
The Equalizer
Tony Hicks
The movie is what it is Good guy vs bad guy let s see who wins 
2
The Equalizer
Roger Moore
Denzel at his coolest but almost too cool And too much of a good violent thing
2.5
The Equalizer
Jocelyn Noveck
The Equalizer grows tiresome and formulaic 
2
The Equalizer
Kam Williams
Denzel is even better here than in his Oscar winning collaboration with Antoine Fuqua for Training Day 
4
The Equalizer
Lou Lumenick
Washington is a master at putting his own inimitable and stylish spin on even the most familiar situations 
3
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
Mark Dujsik
A good location alone does not a good horror movie make 
1.5
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
Norman Gidney
This is one of those what the F is going on movies that make little sense as it plays out yet is too much fun not to see through to the end 
3
The Bubble
Hannah Brown
Director Eytan Fox has taken a clear look at how many Israelis actually live and has made a vibrant engaging movie that reflects reality 
4
The Bubble
Chris Hewitt
You d think a movie with characters named Golan and Jihad might be heavy handed but writer director Eytan Fox makes sure the action is based in characterizations that make sense 
3
The Bubble
John Hartl
The casting is spot on the blend of erotic comedy and political drama is stunningly smooth the finale is both devastating and inevitable 
3.5
The Bubble
Jason McBride
It s as if Fox sets out to punish his characters for their ignorance abandoning a sensitive and occasionally surprising love story in favour of political clich 
2.5
The Bubble
Sean P. Means
Fox s look at Tel Aviv s politically active youth culture is charming but the movie s descent into melodramatic schmaltz robs it of its drive 
2.5
The Bubble
Jeff Vice
This Israeli made drama is perhaps too overtly political for its own good 
1.5
The Bubble
Ty Burr
Director Eytan Fox may believe that Middle East politics are an obstruction to happiness but his movie uses the tensions of the region like badly spaced speed bumps 
2
The Bubble
Ken Fox
The Bubble makes a point well worth considering 
3
The Bubble
David Wiegand
God is in the details for director Eytan Fox and it doesn t matter whether that God happens to be worshiped by Israelis or Palestinians 
3
The Bubble
Lisa Rose
The director seems to be welcoming controversy however pushing buttons to evoke strong responses and stimulate discussion 
3
The Bubble
V.A. Musetto
Fox deserves credit for pointing out the hardships under which Palestinians live But the comedy is without distinction and the conclusion is melodramatic 
1.5
The Bubble
Elizabeth Weitzman
Israeli director Eytan Fox specializes in blending the mundane with the extraordinary an everyday dichotomy for the characters in his sensitive drama about life in Tel Aviv 
3
The Bubble
Glenn Whipp
Sometimes perceptive sometimes formulaic 
2.5
The Bubble
Bill Stamets
Don t bet on this Israeli drama exploding any cliches 
2
The Bubble
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fox may still have some good movies in him but The Bubble isn t one of them 
2
The Bubble
Jan Stuart
The Bubble which manages to be effortlessly breezy without shortchanging on topicality epitomizes Director Fox s adroit talent for juxtaposing the personal and the political 
3
The Bubble
Ed Gonzalez
Eytan Fox renews the courage of Martin Sherman s landmark 1979 play Bent with his bittersweet new film 
3
The Gracefield Incident
Roger Moore
Cheap and derivative but not terrible 
1.5
Madame Butterfly
Roger Ebert
As a treatment of the story as an evocation of the emotions of love and the wound of betrayal it is close to Puccini s intentions and very moving 
3
Madame Butterfly
Andy Seiler
Besides a visual combination of authentic Japanese realism and picturesque dream like cinematography that matches the lushness of Puccini s music director Frederic Mitterrand gives the opera a distinctively cinematic gravity and subtlety 
3
The Wagner Files
Linda Barnard
The experts rightfully pile on Wagner but still give him his musical due he knew how to write musical orgasms penning grandiose operas the likes of which had never been seen before 
2.5
Love Jones
Mal Vincent
We ve seen this plot often before but it is something of an indictment of the movie industry that we haven t seen it played at least not often by black actors 
3
Love Jones
Michael Dequina
An uncommonly smart and insightful look at relationships while delivering the requisite laughs and romantic heat 
3.5
Love Jones
Roger Ebert
It is also frankly romantic and erotic and smart This is the first movie in a while where the guy quotes Mozart and the girl tells him he s really thinking of Shaw 
3
In Search of Greatness
Nell Minow
A welcome tribute to vision innovation and knowledge as more important than technique and training 
3
In Search of Greatness
Gary Thompson
Polsky consults with experts including Wayne Gretzky Jerry Rice and Pele all of whom are vexed at the current state of things and advocate for a less structured system that promotes initiative and creativity 
3
In Search of Greatness
G. Allen Johnson
Obviously sports fans will get the most out of In Search of Greatness But there are self help tropes for everyone 
3
In Search of Greatness
Pat Padua
As interesting as such insights into the nature of greatness may be they do not make for a great documentary 
2
Apples
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
You can come away from Apples chewing not only on weighty themes related to pandemics and do it for the Gram culture but on how the fallible space between what we remember and forget is endlessly essentially human 
3
Apples
Jeff Mitchell
Pick apos Apples apos 46 Christos Nikou 8217 s eccentric 44 minimalist dramedy is one of the year apos s best films so far 46 
3.5
Apples
Randy Myers
Apples subtly delivers a complex existential journey with deep meaning 
3.5
Apples
Michael O'Sullivan
Christos Nikou has pulled off a neat little trick He s told a story that for reasons that are more easily felt than explained is hard to shake off 
3
Apples
Jourdain Searles
Nikou blends subtle comedy and tragedy to create a quietly moving cinematic experience 46 
3
Apples
Mark Dujsik
Apples digs into the despairing idea that the only curse worse than forgetting might be remembering 46 
3
Apples
Rania Richardson
A dystopian drama of amnesia and new identities 44 Christos Nikou 8217 s directorial debut 44 APPLES 44 is the latest selection in the Greek Weird Wave 46 
4
Apples
Roger Moore
A bit dry and too quiet for my taste 46 The puzzle at its center is funny and intriguing 44 and hardly enough to drive the narrative 46 
2.5
Apples
Keith Watson
The film s rendering of the interplay of memory identity and grief is disappointingly vague 
2
Zookeeper
Roger Moore
Give Kevin James this much credit the dude leaves it all on the field even when the movie s bad 
2
Zookeeper
David Nusair
The latest in an increasingly long line of misbegotten Kevin James comedies 
1
Zookeeper
David Roark
Though silly and disposable the film s heart and physical comedy make it relatively satisfying 
2.5
Zookeeper
Linda Cook
know I know the idea of talking animals is nothing new But Kevin James helps make the concept funny at least in spots pun intended during Zookeeper The movie certainly offers up some laughs and it has a heart for animals as well 
2
Zookeeper
Joey Nolfi
Zookeeper is a lighthearted harmless afternoon at the movies for the hordes of families that will be drawn to it like lions to a straggling zebra As a casual filmgoer however the film s shortcomings will disappoint 
2
Zookeeper
Peter Keough
It proves useless and unfunny 
1.5
Zookeeper
Scott Nash
A steaming pile of excrement 
.5
Zookeeper
Matt Brunson
Leave it to Zoolander to have the foresight to succinctly sum up Zookeeper In that 2001 comedy Owen Wilson s Hansel blares Taste my pain b a declaration that Kevin James was directing at me for the duration of this ghastly film s 100 minutes 
1
Zookeeper
Christian Toto
Cher and Sly Stallone as a lion couple Quirky voice casting helps Zookeeper rise above its kiddie film trappings barely 
2.5
Zookeeper
Lisa Kennedy
Did we mention that things just go better with Kevin James Well trodden comedy hooks become strangely more amusing Goofball physical shtick elicits broader smiles The bumblingly stupid is made endearing 
3
Zookeeper
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is all concept and no execution a few decent lines and a couple of nice sight gags not enough to make even partly worthy of a potential viewer s time 
2
Zookeeper
John Beifuss
So misconceived it spends more time on its title character s love life than on his love of animals 
1.5
Zookeeper
Jennie Punter
Unfortunately nobody had the good sense to call the comedy authorities and shut this Zookeeper down 
1
Zookeeper
Willie Waffle
You know I love a movie with talking animals but Hollywood seems intent on destroying the genre 
1
Zookeeper
Chris Hewitt
James is appealing enough to make it work just barely 
2.5
Zookeeper
Scott Bowles
It s hard to think of a human finding much to laugh about in this wounded beast 
1.5
Zookeeper
Sean O'Connell
Casting carries Zookeeper over its roughest patches The vocal guest stars are inspired 
2.5
Zookeeper
Lou Lumenick
This one is strictly for James hard core fans and anyone wishing to witness the sole appearance of the once mighty MGM lion on a new feature this year 
0.5
Zookeeper
Linda Barnard
Little kids hence the G rating and those who think poop tossing is funny will be amused by Zookeeper The rest of us are better off not feeding the animals 
2
Zookeeper
Erik Childress
Audiences may be shocked when they discover that only about 40 of the running time involves scenes of talking animals That 60 of PG rated adult material does not qualify under the mold of a little something for the entire family Just mold itself 
1
Zookeeper
Dustin Putman
There is a charming film to be made that casts Rosario Dawson opposite Kevin James treating them both as free thinking interesting three dimensional people with legitimate wants dreams and desires as they fall in love Zookeeper is not that movie 
1.5
Zookeeper
Mick LaSalle
As far as complete wastes of time go Zookeeper is not especially offensive 
2
Zookeeper
Jason Heck
Despite the voice talent the animals don t have anything funny to say Neither does James serving mostly as a befuddled clumsy straight man 
1
Zookeeper
David Hiltbrand
If you ve been waiting for Hollywood to produce a romantic comedy with a supporting cast made up of talking animals well no even then Zookeeper will let you down 
1.5
Zookeeper
Mark Feeney
The talking animals are wildly child pleasing except that much of their talk concerns matters of animal husbandry Is there such a thing as a hard PG 
1.5
Zookeeper
James Berardinelli
James can be a funny guy but the lack of laugh worthy material in Zookeeper stretches his comedic abilities past the breaking point 
1
Zookeeper
Cathy Jakicic
Well meaning sort of sweet but can t really get it together That describes both Kevin James character and his new movie Zookeeper 
2
Zookeeper
Roger Ebert
Look a great movie this is not A pleasant summer entertainment it is 
3
Zookeeper
David Germain
James hurls himself into this sad scenario with energy and teddy bear charm that makes him impossible to hate But it s easy to hate Zookeeper If we could talk to the animals they d probably hate it too 
1.5
Zookeeper
John Hartl
The team of five writers including James simply fails to provide a narrative that would make us care about what happens next 
1.5
Zookeeper
Simon Abrams
Zookeeper is essentially a surreally awful Happy Madison Productions version of Mad Libs 
0
CyberWorld
Ross Anthony
shows off eye candy type segments with very tight 3 D but the glue isn t very sticky or filling or quenching
2
CyberWorld
Roger Ebert
CyberWorld 3D shown in the giant screen IMAX format is remarkable not only for what it shows us but for the wider world of 3 D animation it predicts It looks better than most other 3 D films I ve seen clearer brighter more convincing 
3
The Interview
Brian Eggert
A funny 44 silly 44 stupid comedy that will make some people laugh 44 others not so much 46 Any response beyond that is an overreaction 46 
3
The Interview
Matthew Rozsa
At its core The Interview has a remarkably insightful thesis about human nature and politics 
3.5
The Interview
Mattie Lucas
These aren t just two stoner dudes who bumbled their way into a real world crisis like in the movie these are two very smart comedians who turned a seemingly innocuous comedy into a real life act of defiance 
3
The Interview
Scott Marks
The suffocating level of redundancy on display kneecaps any legitimate chance the film had at embracing social satire 
1
The Interview
Michael Smith
But for those who want to see The Interview because their curiosity has been piqued many will exit realizing that all the hubbub was much ado about nothing 
2
The Interview
David Nusair
a slight improvement over Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg s directorial debut 2013 s This Is the End 
2.5
The Interview
Matt Brunson
It s a workable premise and the film delivers some scattered laughs in those moments when it can tear itself away from typically puerile and repetitive gags 
2.5
The Interview
Bob Strauss
Unfortunately it grieves me to report that The Interview just ain t very funny 
2
The Interview
Stephen Rebello
Park is sharp funny and oddly sweet as the dictator but even with a toned down assassination sequence the movie is a throwaway worthier of a few laughs than it is a full on international furor 
1
The Interview
John Beifuss
The movie more or less vaporizes the Supreme Leader in graphic slow motion This is the special effects shot heard round the world judging by its reverberations in the arenas of entertainment politics and the news media 
3
The Interview
Peter Canavese
Determinedly silly but the undisciplined frat bro comedy s accumulation of innuendos boner jokes gay jokes and gags that tread through racist and misogynist territory works out to less than the sum of the juvenile parts 
2.5
The Interview
John Serba
It s funny both as a bro buddy comedy with many jokes sourced from the underwear region and as an opportunity to put the political in political incorrectness 
3
The Interview
Eric Melin
It is indeed a lowbrow comedy but it s not just some dumb movie and the fictitious assassination of a living world leader is not even the most dangerous thing about it 
3
The Interview
David Keyes
Like an amateur with a shotgun the movie fires everything it can at the screen without ever hitting a target 
1.5
The Interview
Peter Howell
Te best satire provokes and even outrages and Rogen Franco and Goldberg certainly succeed on that score 
2.5
The Interview
Sean P. Means
Strip away the butt jokes and there s a comic satire of power mad idiocy on a level with Dr Strangelove or Duck Soup 
3
The Interview
Willie Waffle
A great reminder why we should never go to war over a Seth Rogen movie but we should go to the Cineplex for one 
2.5
The Interview
Christy Lemire
This is what all the fuss was about 
1.5
The Interview
Wilson Morales
The film feels like a Saturday Night Live sketch that went longer than it should with the writers having no where to go after the laugh meter reached it peak early 
1
The Interview
Matt Pais
Somewhat funny mostly pointless definitely questionable and arguably harmless 
2.5
The Interview
Peter Travers
It s stupid It s in bad taste It impossible I know all that But Rogen s instinct to try anything for giggles and sticking it to dictatorial assholes is worth fighting for Screw Kim if he can t take a joke 
2.5
The Interview
Rob Thomas
The Interview is something of a disappointment and I m not just saying that because North Korea has gotten its Internet back up 
2.5
The Interview
Ty Burr
Everyone here is in way over his or her head 
1.5
The Interview
Joe Williams
Bluntly funny and ever so slightly sweet 
3
The Interview
Roger Moore
If you didn t see this in a theater you cheated And cheated yourself 
2.5
The Interview
Mark Dujsik
If anything The Interview is too obvious in terms of its insights and too imprecise in terms of the humor it uses to bolster them 
2
The Interview
G. Allen Johnson
Imagine Harold and Kumar Go to North Korea or Bill and Ted s Excellent North Korean Adventure or even The Road to Pyongyang starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby You get the idea 
3
The Interview
Michael Dequina
In a less politically sensitive time Randall Park s flat out brilliant performance would be hailed as the breakout star making even awards nomination worthy turn that it is 
3
The Interview
Jake Coyle
The Interview struggles to really illuminate anything about the stranger than fiction Orwellian nightmare that is North Korea but its attempt is admirable It deserves to be seen 
3
The Interview
Stephen Whitty
That something so carefully slapdash and happily juvenile actually resulted in cyber sabotage and threats of violence is in itself an enormous kind of joke Too bad it s the biggest one here 
2
The Interview
Sara Stewart
Hate to say it but this film ain t half the satire it could have been 
2
The Interview
Rafer Guzman
Like their affable ignorant characters Rogen and Franco seem in way over their heads with The Interview 
2
The Interview
Chris Cabin
It essentially uses a major global issue to cheaply dress up what is two hours of hit and miss erection jokes 
1.5
The Interview
Claudia Puig
The Interview fails to live up to the hype floundering as a rowdy comedy as it grows duller by the minute 
2
10th and Wolf
Maitland McDonagh
The narrative is cluttered with backstory and the endless digressions overwhelm the efforts of a generally strong cast that includes cameos by Val Kilmer and by Ligati as one of Reggio s foot soldiers 
2.5
10th and Wolf
Gary Goldstein
There s so little satisfaction to be had from the derivative set pieces and predictable plot twists that mostly you just want it to be over 
2.5
10th and Wolf
Steven Rea
Bobby Moresco who cowrote Crash and coproduced Million Dollar Baby makes an undistinguished directing debut assembling a band of actors who know but two modes simmering rage and over the top histrionics 
1.5
10th and Wolf
Stephen Whitty
A mix of the first half of Donnie Brasco the last 20 minutes of A History of Violence and a couple of episodes of I Love the 90s 
1
10th and Wolf
Lou Lumenick
The movie doesn t miss a clich ineptly lifting liberally from The Godfather and GoodFellas among other classics 
1.5
10th and Wolf
Elizabeth Weitzman
At this late date filmmakers who draw inspiration from the Mafia had better have a whole new angle to offer Otherwise they ll end up with a movie like 10th Wolf 
2
10th and Wolf
Nick Schager
A listless Godfather meets Donnie Brasco tale of undercover surveillance blood allegiances and wrenching betrayal 
1.5
Exporting Raymond
David Nusair
a tedious and overlong documentary 
2
Exporting Raymond
Alison Gang
What we get is a cultural standoff and it s awkward nonsensical and really funny 
3
Exporting Raymond
Kyle Smith
If and only if you need to know every detail about how the Russian version of Everybody Loves Raymond was put together drop everything to see Exporting Raymond 
1.5
Exporting Raymond
Carrie Rickey
I mean no disrespect to Rosenthal when I say I laughed louder during the movie than during any episode of his hit TV show 
3
Exporting Raymond
Nick Schager
When Russia needs sitcoms it looks to the U S A for material and as confirmed by the success of overseas adaptations of The Nanny and Who s the Boss crap translates 
1
Buddy
Amberly McAteer
In resisting the urge to roll over into the sappy dog genre Buddy instead elevates the stories it tells It s ultimately about love resilience and lessons we can all take in 
3
Buddy
Mattie Lucas
An uncommonly patient and observant film teasing out deep and often profound truths as it examines the lives of its subjects and their relationships with the animals they love 
3
Buddy
Chuck Bowen
The film is only concerned with dog love which is occasionally cordoned off by the filmmakers into a sentimental bubble 
2.5
Zelig
Matt Brunson
Gordon Willis apos work on this picture is astounding 44 as he and writer director star Woody Allen work in tandem to create a brilliant faux documentary 46 
3.5
Zelig
Mattie Lucas
Almost pure Allen id an exploration of his own eagerness to be liked 
3.5
Zelig
David Keyes
If the sum of Allen s career can be seen as a series of destinations on a road to self discovery then this strange off the cuff mockumentary provides the most unlikely roadmap 
3.5
Zelig
Matt Brunson
Gordon Willis work on this picture is astounding as he and writer director star Woody Allen work in tandem to create a brilliant faux documentary 
3.5
Zelig
David Nusair
a fairly entertaining little movie for a while anyway 
2.5
Ossessione
Elliott Stein
The raw warm poetry of Ossessione has nothing to do with neo realism the film is unencumbered by ideology and political commitment 
3
Ossessione
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Immerses the story in the reality of life in an Italian village using simplicity and poverty as driving forces 
3.5
Depraved
Federico Furzan
A horrible readaptation of Shelley s classic Performances are so mediocre they get to be painful Full review in Spanish 
1
Depraved
Sara Michelle Fetters
A heartfelt deftly mature 21st century reimagining of author Mary Shelley s Frankenstein indie auteur Larry Fessenden s Depraved is a movingly emotional monster movie that packs a pretty mean punch 
3
Depraved
Joey Magidson
All the ingredients are here for something terrific It just doesn t fully translate into a successful movie 
2.5
Depraved
Simon Abrams
Depraved may not take you anywhere that you haven t been before but it might leave you with a renewed appreciation for Shelley s mythic story 
3.5
Depraved
Roger Moore
Slow obvious talky and drawn out 
1.5
Depraved
Christian Toto
The classic movie monster comes to life with a modern spin that makes him matter again 
3
Depraved
Joe Friar
Fessenden gives us one of the most vulnerable manifestations of Frankenstein leaving the depravity to mankind which is far more frightening than any monster ever created 
3
Depraved
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Larry Fessenden diagnoses the rot of our era through the shifting personalities and power dynamics of solipsistic men 
3.5
Depraved
Mike McGranaghan
A stylish intelligent riff on Frankenstein that engages your mind and your senses equally 
3
Depraved
Walter Chaw
It s workmanlike where it would have benefited from being roughshod careful where it should be lawless and reasonable when berserker rage seems more appropriate The picture finally lacks confidence 
2.5
Last Days in the Desert
Josh Larsen
McGregor pulls off the trick of making two iconic figures register as flesh and blood characters 
3.5
Last Days in the Desert
Katie Walsh
The performances feel unadorned by affect or any contrivance It s simply the emotions and the words that matter offered up to contemplate in a meditative cinematic state 
3
Last Days in the Desert
Susan Wloszczyna
Last Days in the Desert soon expands into a meditation on such themes as fathers and sons family responsibilities trust destiny and death 
2.5
Last Days in the Desert
Stephen Whitty
Is it scripture No Is it flawed struggling human Yes 
3
Last Days in the Desert
Mark Dujsik
Last Days in the Desert is a work of reflection on the burden of the unanswerable 
3
Last Days in the Desert
Kyle Smith
No matter what I tried I could not cannot and never will be able to see Ewan McGregor as Jesus Christ 
1.5
Last Days in the Desert
Ann Hornaday
Garcia has managed the extraordinary with Last Days in the Desert infusing one of the world s most familiar stories with the genuine shock of the new 
3.5
Last Days in the Desert
Kenji Fujishima
It s never made clear how witnessing a family deal with their specific issues affects Jesus s own perspective on his destiny 
2.5
Last Days in the Desert
Rob Thomas
If Last Days in the Desert was just an empty vessel it would be worth watching because it s so beautifully shot and so well acted But it s rich with both ideas and empathy 
3.5
Anaïs in Love
Randy Myers
Director Charline Bourgeois Tacquet s sexy little gem is as care free and fun as a trip to the beach on a warm sunny day But it has about as much substance as a string bikini 
2.5
Anaïs in Love
Sheila O'Malley
A humorous and alert lead performance from Anaïs Demoustier 
2.5
Anaïs in Love
Ty Burr
You never doubt that the actress is committed even if you think her character should be 
2
Anaïs in Love
Mark Dujsik
The resulting story is a clever balance between comedy and the thoughtful development of a real bond 
3
Anaïs in Love
Mark Kennedy
In the end Bourgeois Tacquet doesn t need anything but the fireworks between Demoustier and Tedeschi 
2.5
Anaïs in Love
Roger Moore
An amusingmaddening little exercise in pixie puncturing 
2.5
Anaïs in Love
Jake Cole
For all of its farcical overtones the film contains many shrewd observations about the power games inherent in relationships 
3
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Roger Moore
I d give this hardcore stupidcore horror a hard pass 
1
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Roger Ebert
Two things distinguish the film The quiet professionalism with which the materials have been edited together and the feeling that George Stevens Jr really is engaging in a rediscovery of his father through the making of this film 
3.5
Toy Soldiers
Matt Brunson
This isn t a slick PG ode to the rah rah antics of the Rambo sequels instead the teenagers and teachers are as likely to die as the terrorists in this violent R rated endeavor 
2.5
Toy Soldiers
David Nusair
a pretty irresistible setup that s employed to middling and predominantly underwhelming effect by Petrie Jr 
2
Toy Soldiers
Roger Ebert
Toy Soldiers a film with earnest performances and professional production values is constructed out of characters situations and gimmicks that will be instantly recognized by the weary viewer There is nothing new here 
1
Screamers
Stephen Cole
Is it possible to get mad at a film that has its heart and soul in the right place 
2
Screamers
John Monaghan
Despite the noble effort the medium and the message just don t mix 
2
Screamers
Bill Stamets
Armenian American director Carla Garapedian who got a doctorate in international relations at the London School of Economics presents a wide awake high decibel briefing on foreign policy 
3
Screamers
Wesley Morris
This film has provocations to spare it just hasn t been made provocatively It s a mess actually 
2.5
Screamers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Cannot decide if it wants to be a documentary about the band System of a Down or what the band is about 
2
Screamers
Michael Wilmington
Screamers is a commendably brave piece but less focused and powerful than you d like 
2
Screamers
Ken Fox
rousing concert film 
3
Screamers
Kyle Smith
one of the most bizarre documentaries you ll ever not see 
.5
Screamers
Elizabeth Weitzman
Fans are obviously most likely to appreciate the concert footage that s woven throughout the film 
3
Screamers
Timothy Knight
An impassioned synthesis of concert film and political expos about the rock group System of a Down s intensely personal campaign to stop genocide 
3
Screamers
Evan Henerson
Garapedian and producer Peter McAlevey offer much to ponder not to mention a group with more than fame on its mind 
3
Screamers
Nick Schager
The film becomes in part another Michael Moore ish conspiracy theory endeavor in which damning wholly unsubstantiated accusations are bandied about as fact 
2
From Beyond the Grave
Matt Brunson
While From Beyond the Grave doesn t quite rank with the best of the anthology horror films it s still a safe bet for suckers of this sort of thing 
2.5
From Beyond the Grave
Roger Ebert
As tales from graves and crypts go these go quite far enough 
2
Blast of Silence
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Although at first it may seem that the constant voice over is redundant it soon becomes clear that it is not Full review in Spanish 
3
Blast of Silence
Eric Henderson
The tension doesn t so much revolve around the antihero s job redemption or ultimate fate but rather the disconnect between its mundane milieu and the grandiose flourishes they re meant to convey 
2
The Company You Keep
Kelly Jane Torrance
But as Redford s serious film reminds us there s no point to saving the world and losing your soul or abandoning the souls of those for whom you re responsible 
3
The Company You Keep
Frank Ochieng
The Company that Redford and his celebrated cronies keep is refreshing fine wine can age better with time But as far as stimulating political pot boilers are concerned it is time for these rocking chair radicals to surrender altogether 
2
The Company You Keep
Linda Cook
Talk about timing Whether it s good or bad remains to be seen 
3
The Company You Keep
John Beifuss
A tougher work might have seemed provocatively relevant in the tragic context of current events but this film has a muted nostalgia for the days when bomb tossing students had easy to pronounce names and might grow up to be as cleancut as Robert Redford 
2
The Company You Keep
Matt Brunson
Clearly Redford has no trouble drawing talent if he s ever interested in remaking Meteor or Midnight in Paris he s halfway there 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Rick Groen
You can t help but applaud the effort even as it falls short 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Linda Barnard
A drama that s more than a look at what happened to a generation of socially aware hippies whose new drug of choice is likely Lipitor 
3
The Company You Keep
Rob Thomas
It s like the It s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World of political thrillers 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Jeff Beck
Overall this is a film that works pretty well It has its kinks but thanks to a top notch cast and an intriguing mystery that keeps the audience entertained it ends up being worth the two hour investment 
3
The Company You Keep
Joe Williams
Redford is an adequate director and he keeps things moving at a moderate pace passing up exits to more spectacular vistas or hotter issues 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Christian Toto
The Company You Keep comes down hard on modern day journalists but takes it easy on 60s era radicals bent on destruction 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Lisa Kennedy
What gets revealed should rattle but it doesn t 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Moira MacDonald
You wish the movie were a little snappier but Redford doesn t do snap slow down with it and enjoy the chase 
3
The Company You Keep
Steven Rea
Directed in steady fashion by Redford The Company You Keep manages to keep its multiple strands of plot and the people caught in them from collapsing in a jumble of confusion 
3
The Company You Keep
Rafer Guzman
The film offers a lot to chew on for boomers and for aging punks and indie rockers who may still be wondering whether they made a separate peace with The System or simply gave up the fight 
3
The Company You Keep
Duane Dudek
Almost every step of the way the film feels inauthentic and unrealistic 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Chris Hewitt
Redford s film almost kinda semi touches on some fascinating stuff 
2
The Company You Keep
Robert Levin
A sincere thriller that feels like it has arrived at least a half decade behind schedule 
2
The Company You Keep
Michael O'Sullivan
At its core The Company You Keep is a good solid thriller about a fugitive trying to clear his name But it s a much more interesting movie at the edges 
3
The Company You Keep
Mark Dujsik
The movie wants to have it both ways and as a result manages to contradict itself at almost every turn never finding its own way 
2
The Company You Keep
Dustin Putman
The company isn t the problem in The Company You Keep Everything else is 
2
The Company You Keep
Ty Burr
Redford is interested in telling stories again rather than pounding us on the head for our civic and historical sins 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Michael Phillips
It s best enjoyed as an actors showcase 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Matt Pais
What begins as a crackling 70s style political thriller drags into a chatty less than gripping drama that criticizes the press only to undermine its purpose 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Richard Roeper
Nearly every scene had me asking questions about what just transpired when I should have been absorbing what was happening next 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Peter Travers
Drawing skillfully on a first rate cast Redford builds a riveting resonant political thriller that values the complexity of its characters and the intelligence of its audience 
3
The Company You Keep
Claudia Puig
Though it makes a few missteps it s marked by top notch performances by a terrific ensemble cast headed by Redford 
3
The Company You Keep
Lou Lumenick
The Company You Keep consistently stretches credulity way past the breaking point in its depiction of journalism police procedure and political activism 
2
The Company You Keep
Stephen Whitty
Full of issues and relevance but not enough action or drama 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Rex Reed
The disparate elements in The Company You Keep are robustly collated by the keen well crafted direction of a master filmmaker at the top of his form It s only April but this is one of the best films of 2013 
4
The Company You Keep
Roger Moore
Well cast beautifully acted with a solid script But thanks to the ages of the cast mathematically inept 
2.5
The Company You Keep
Chris Cabin
A would be thriller masquerading a long dry monument to the reliability and comfort of community blindly cocooned by its own nostalgic self regard 
1.5
The Company You Keep
David Nusair
a smart and engaging thriller geared towards adults that benefits substantially from Redford s solid work both in front of and behind the camera 
3
Carmel
V.A. Musetto
Carmel will be embraced by Gitai fans who are familiar with his work and ideas Casual moviegoers will be perplexed 
2
Milk in the Land: Ballad of an American Drink
Marty Mapes
Documentary on milk is more tone poem than essay 
2.5
Abolición de la propiedad
Jessica Oliva
A well executed metaphorical thriller Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Algren
Peter Sobczynski
Algren will serve well as an introduction to the man and his legacy to newcomers 
3
Díra u Hanusovic
Marci Schmitt
Scenes of village life range from touching to darkly comic to bleak to downright disturbing as people eat sausage and drink Holba beer and go on as best they can 
3
Undercover Kitty
V.A. Musetto
Vincent Bal s film should appeal to kids cat lovers and felines I give it two stars and my cat Audrey gives it three meows 
2
Undercover Kitty
Roger Ebert
Miss Minoes is a film I suspect would be adored by young girls who love cats I am not that young woman 
2
Undercover Kitty
Chuck Bowen
After 30 long minutes I stopped trying to make allowances for its varying ineptitudes and Carice van Houten s work as the spunky human cat was the only reason I held out that long 
1
Madres
Joe Friar
Based on real life events the film plays more like an investigative thriller than flat out horror 
3
Madres
Nick Allen
Calling a movie like Madres by the numbers would be a compliment and an overstatement because that would indicate that the makers were even mildly successful 
1
Rancho Notorious
Matt Brunson
Director Fritz Lang combines the German Expressionism of his earlier years with the film noir style of his American run to produce this offbeat Western 46 
3
Kansas
David Nusair
Kansas is a really terrible movie 
0
Kansas
Roger Ebert
The story and the values are so resolutely old fashioned and in such a formula way that I was almost amused If this movie had been made in the 1940s with Mickey Rooney it would have felt just right 
2
Børning 3
Roger Moore
A good a girhode car comedy more on the order of Cannonball Run than Fast and Furious 
2
Bad Company
Kathleen Carroll
Benton excels In creating the appropriately gritty frontier atmosphere for his characters 
3
Bad Company
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A smart character driven Western that plays a little like the undercover cop genre 
3.5
Bad Company
Roger Ebert
The movie is built as a series of more or less self contained episodes and the episodes that work are worth the effort 
3
The Addams Family 2
Sean P. Means
Maybe movies about the ghoulish Addams Family work like the old Star Trek franchise where the even numbered ones were the good ones 
3
The Addams Family 2
Dann Gire
Creator Charles Addams wouldn t just spin in his grave after seeing the cinematic abomination he d rise from it and give the filmmakers plenty of scary material to use 
1.5
The Addams Family 2
Michael Medved
The animation is witty if not quite wonderful It s not a classic but better than the 2019 film 
2.5
The Addams Family 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
I did not like The Addams Family 2 I did not like it at all And that s all I have to say on the matter 
1
The Addams Family 2
Tom Meek
There s tremendous voice talent in this animated sequel 
2.5
The Addams Family 2
Randy Myers
Kids and parents deserve better than this 
1.5
The Addams Family 2
Hau Chu
They re weirdos Why then is The Addams Family 2 so 8201 8201 meh 
1.5
The Addams Family 2
Leo Brady
With an all star cast of actors returning to voice the ghoulish gang of characters it s not that I m out of touch with an animated movie or that I m not a fan of The Addams Family it s that this romp with Gomez Morticia and the rest is not much fun 
1
The Addams Family 2
James Berardinelli
It s something to watch featuring familiar characters Expectations of anything more are misplaced where this franchise is concerned 
2
The Addams Family 2
Kevin Carr
I feel this has the heart from the original TV series I had a lot of fun I thought it was cute 
3
The Addams Family 2
Nell Minow
The new film has a better understanding of how to make the most of what has made these characters so enduringly popular 
3
The Addams Family 2
Richard Roeper
It s often too dark and grotesque and bizarre for children but also profoundly unfunny when it tries to appeal to the grown ups 
2
The Addams Family 2
Mark Dujsik
The Addams Family 2 takes and expands the wrong lessons from its predecessor 
2
The Addams Family 2
Mike McGranaghan
Despite having the same creative team The Addams Family 2 feels like it was made by people who have no clue what makes these characters so popular 
1.5
The Addams Family 2
Roger Moore
It s unforgivable that MGM would do a rush job sequel and waste all this glorious animation on a corpse of a kids comedy 
1.5
Silence
Brian Eggert
No matter what you believe Scorsese s film tests its audience with a picture that maintains an uncompromising austerity toward its purpose yet it proves easier to appreciate than enjoy 
3.5
Silence
David Gonzalez
Silence is an example that with passion a film can work when the man behind the project is as motivated and talented as Mr 46 Scorsese 46 
4
Silence
Matt Brunson
Silence is an uncomfortable and unsettling watch better at generating questions than supplying answers which come to think of it is perhaps the proper outcome for a film of this nature 
3
Silence
Mattie Lucas
A quiet contemplative film filled with gorgeous imagery and a haunting hushed atmosphere that recalls the works of Werner Herzog and Terrence Malick
3.5
Silence
John Hanlon
A beautifully shot film that delves powerfully into some deep questions about faith 
3.5
Silence
Walter Chaw
Like the resolution of Ted Chiang s Tower of Babylon there is no answer in inward faith there s only the outward expression of grace Silence is a masterpiece 
4
Silence
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A film that manages to develop truly emotional and intellectually demanding moments Full review in Spanish 
3
Silence
John Serba
Our predilection to follow one of film s greatest storytellers anywhere he may go results in a troublesome journey arresting in fits and starts sometimes enlightening but more often fatiguing 
2.5
Silence
Claudia Puig
While the craftsmanship is undeniable and the themes of spiritual belief betrayal and redemption are laudable the film feels flat and not as emotional or moving as it should be 
2.5
Silence
James Kendrick
a powerful at times deeply unsettling but always evocative depiction of the violence inherent in the intersection of religion and nationalism and the conflicted nature of faith in even the most devout believers
3.5
Silence
Michael Smith
Silence is purely for the faithful including those believers in the cult of Scorsese as master filmmaker 
2.5
Silence
John Beifuss
The deliberate pace and the repeated actions give the film a ritual even liturgical texture as if the repetition is intended to benefit the moviegoer like the recitation of the rosary or the invoking of a holy mantra 
3
Silence
Jeff Beck
It s by no means an easy film to process but if you are willing to put in the effort you will be richly rewarded with one of the very best and most deeply felt films of the year 
3.5
Silence
Rob Thomas
It s the middle ground that may be the holiest ground where one grapples with both faith and human nature our responsibility to God and to our fellow humans 
3.5
Silence
Barry Paris
The austere imagery and absence of music are perfect But at 2 hours 40 minutes it is excessively long and gruesome typical Scorsesean indulgences if powerfully thought provoking 
2.5
Silence
Max Weiss
Not all so called passion projects are able to convey actual passion on screen This one does Silence feels like both an ardent reaffirmation of faith and a lonely cry out to God in the dark 
3.5
Silence
Bob Bloom
Silence is a slow meditation about the challenge and limits of faith At times the film feels like a theological debate yet Scorsese creates an environment that takes you not only inside a feudal society but into the souls of the Jesuits 
3.5
Silence
Sean P. Means
Though Silence runs nearly three hours not a frame of it feels wasted 
4
Silence
Calvin Wilson
This may not be Scorsese s best film but it s unquestionably his most impassioned 
3
Silence
Rick Bentley
The majority of Silence is a deeply moving story of faith where unlike most movies in the genre there are no clear answers 
3
Silence
Christopher Schobert
The film is a grueling often painful experience But this is essential cinema and for Scorsese a story he needed to tell 
4
Silence
Robert W. Butler
In the end Silence offers scant comfort and little uplift And did it really require 2 hours and 41 minutes to state its dour case 
2.5
Silence
Peter Canavese
Slow going But Silence also represents consummate filmmaking 
3.5
Silence
Kam Williams
A thought provoking historical drama chronicling the ultimate test of faith 
3
Silence
Roger Moore
A passion project in which the passion withered away before the cameras rolled 
2
Silence
Sara Michelle Fetters
Silence is a troubling emotion fueled enigma and only through additional viewings do I believe an understanding of what it is Scorsese is attempting to say will ever be determined 
3.5
Silence
David Nusair
A colossal overlong bore 
1
Silence
Chris Knight
How you read it may depend in a large part on your own faith in a higher power whether that be a Creator of everything or merely the director of this film If for no more than two hours and 20 minutes Scorsese may make a believer of you 
3
Silence
Sonny Bunch
I can t remember the last time I saw a film about faith that treated the subject with such seriousness and reflection and artistry 
3
Silence
Christian Toto
Faith suffering pragmatism and ego Repeated far too often in Silence until Scorsese sticks the landing in act three 
3
Silence
Rene Rodriguez
Silence feels like a career summation for a filmmaker who has spent his life exploring his faith through his work Here is a movie about the importance of religion that will move you regardless of whichever God you worship or don t 
4
Silence
Kate Taylor
This is a long and dull costume drama that seems to think a contemporary audience can picture faith as easily as it does a cassock cross or kimono 
2
Silence
James Berardinelli
The movie eventually achieves a level of powerful drama but only after dithering for more than an hour 
3
Silence
Richard Roeper
What beauty What brutality What madness 
4
Silence
Mark Dujsik
It s a film about martyrs but it s also one that challenges the very notion of martyrdom or at least the protagonist s understanding of that concept 
3.5
Silence
Peter Howell
The actors are steeped in the drama and mysticism of the moment especially Garfield s stoic Rodrigues who emerges as the central figure and also narrator of this journey into the unknown both the physical and metaphysical 
3
Silence
Tal Rosenberg
The film can be ponderous in its rumination and ambiguity but few cinematic treatments of Christianity and sanctity have been as generous or as intellectually challenging as Silence 
3
Silence
Dann Gire
From the oft cited technical standpoint Silence is nothing less than an admirable piece of craftsmanship 
3
Silence
Michael O'Sullivan
It sure takes Scorsese long enough to drive his point home putting the film s audience through its own kind of torture but the morale of his story is ultimately both tough and nuanced 
2.5
Silence
Michael Phillips
Scorsese has lived with his love of this material for a long time Maybe too long 
2.5
Silence
Ty Burr
As a work of craft Silence is unparalleled As a work of spirit it aches with sincerity As a work of art it feels as though it hasn t fully left its maker s head 
3.5
Silence
Mick LaSalle
It s a strange case a movie about spiritual doubt that unintentionally provokes spiritual doubt Silence is just ugly and drab with not a hint of the transcendent about it 
1
Silence
Tirdad Derakhshani
Scorsese s adaptation is overlong and at times insufferably self indulgent but contains sublime moments of transcendent beauty and a wealth of beautiful performances 
3
Silence
Soren Andersen
The very nature of belief itself is at the heart of Silence 
3.5
Glengarry Glen Ross
David Nusair
the most effective big screen translation of a Mamet stage play 
3.5
Glengarry Glen Ross
James Berardinelli
For anyone who loves sharp dialogue compelling characters and a stinging social rebuke Glengarry Glen Ross is not to be missed 
4
Glengarry Glen Ross
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This brilliant gutsy film features a nervy script by David Mamet and career topping performances by Jack Lemmon Al Pacino Alan Arkin Ed Harris Kevin Spacey Jonathan Pryce and Alec Baldwin 
4
Glengarry Glen Ross
Phil Villarreal
Words fly with the speed and impact of bullets 
4
Glengarry Glen Ross
Marty Mapes
David Mamet s screenplay is brutal and snappy and the cast is an acting connoisseur s dream
3.5
Glengarry Glen Ross
Mike McGranaghan
It is a testament to the power of Jack Lemmon s performance that it ranks as one of the most recognized of his accomplished career 
3.5
Glengarry Glen Ross
James Kendrick
a hard cynical tale of real estate agents fallen on hard times
3.5
Glengarry Glen Ross
Roger Ebert
You can see the joy with which these actors get their teeth into these great lines after living through movies in which flat dialogue serves only to advance the story 
3.5
On the Town
Josh Larsen
the movie belongs to its women 
3
Conan the Destroyer
Matt Brunson
This sequel was roundly trashed but it s no worse than its predecessor since its campy components at least take the edge off the tedious proceedings 
2
Conan the Destroyer
Scott Nash
There are still enjoyable elements in it but it feels as different from its predecessor as a Roger Moore Bond does compared to a Sean Connery 
2.5
Conan the Destroyer
Roger Ebert
The first Conan movie Conan the Barbarian was a dark and gloomy fantasy about the shadows of prehistory This second film is sillier funnier and more entertaining 
3
Chained
Roger Moore
A lovely but austere sentimental melodrama with gay undertones 
2.5
Chained
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A truly fascinating film with just the tiniest hint of the greatness yet to come 
4
Chained
Eric Henderson
Many critics have chosen to downplay the film s gay subtext but to do so would deny the power of Dreyer s fastidious attention to the polarity of love s vicissitudes 
3.5
God Is Great, I'm Not
Jordan Hiller
Bailly intends to dissect the fragile psyche of a free spirited non Jewish fashion model but for me the important subject of the film is Francois a quasi handsome Jewish veterinarian living in Paris who has a latent but ongoing identity crisis 
3
God Is Great, I'm Not
Ellen Fox
You could watch a heroine barrel into a messy romance all day provided that she s a lot less dopey than this but few of Michele s foibles make us sympathize with her 
2
God Is Great, I'm Not
Chris Hewitt
I was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great I m Not and then I realized that I just didn t care 
1
God Is Great, I'm Not
Marta Barber
The plot grows thin soon and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution 
2
God Is Great, I'm Not
John Anderson
A movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you can t wait to see end 
2
God Is Great, I'm Not
Megan Turner
Simplistic fluff ball of whimsy 
2
200 Motels
Roger Ebert
It assaults the mind with everything on hand 
3
Kangaroo Jack
Margaret A. McGurk
Whatever reasons led to the creation and release of this sorry excuse for entertainment parents looking for some weekend fun with the little ones can safely steer clear of Kangaroo Jack 
0.5
Kangaroo Jack
Ian Mantgani
The movie is crap but no more so than you d expect from something with i Kangaroo Jack i on the title card and Jerry Bruckheimer s name under the producer credit 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Nick Rogers
David McNally basically made a mob comedy 44 realized it wasn apos t funny and then added in computer generated shots of the kangaroo that didn apos t require paying actors for reshoots 46 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Sara Michelle Fetters
January films are the comeuppance all film critics must suffer for the treasures thrown at them during November and December Seeing that 2002 s holiday slate was one of the richest in memory something tells me I m in for 31 days of pain like no other 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Tyler Hanley
Parents may find themselves growing tired of the immature undertone but the charismatic odd couple of O Connell and Anderson is enough to emphasize the film s light hearted feel 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Kelly Borgeson
Every lame overdone Australia reference is tossed into the script and it also boasts a number of non continent specific clichs 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Peter Travers
Aussie set comic fiasco 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Frank Ochieng
Relentlessly gimmicky as it is needlessly tepid McNally s doltish narrative doesn t deliver the inspired slapstick intended to be charming in this goofy and grating vehicle 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Dan Lybarger
My four year old nephew can write his own name This puts him several steps above the folks who wrote the screenplay for Kangaroo Jack 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Mike McGranaghan
Put it on a double bill with 1978 s boxing kangaroo monstrocity Matilda and you ve got yourself an evening of pure hell 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Jeffrey Westhoff
Bruckheimer has thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at lousy movies before but who would have guessed that even he would one day bankroll a project unworthy of an imaginary kangaroo s talents 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Josh Larsen
Kangaroo Jack isn t half as stupid as it looks which is to say it has a slight chance of escaping the list of the worst movies of 2003 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Emily Blunt
Is it great No But it s a good movie for the whole family to lighten up a bit 
2.5
Kangaroo Jack
Moira MacDonald
A collection of tepid chase scenes perked up sadly by moments of camel flatulence 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Carla Meyer
Computer effects have reduced a magnificent animal to a cartoon comic foil with human expressions and a yen for red licorice 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Jerry McCormick
A 90 minute movie that contains a really bad computer generated kangaroo some awful flatulence jokes and a horribly conceived plot 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Joe Baltake
A curious throwback to the Francis the Talking Mule movies 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Jan Stuart
O Connell and Anderson are mere pawns in the larcenous career of Jerry Bruckheimer who will carry on making a plethora of movies that are anathema to anyone with half a brain 
0
Kangaroo Jack
Evan Henerson
No mere waste of time and energy it s a lazy and boring waste of time and energy 
.5
Kangaroo Jack
Robert W. Butler
This major brain number about two bozo Americans chasing a kangaroo across the Australian Outback has as its high point a gag about camel flatulence 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Jeff Vice
The film comes from blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer whose standard fare is big brainless action movies not simply stupid comedies like this one He s really outdone himself here 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Ricardo Baca
Little more than an exercise in pockmarked dialogue lame stereotype riding and even worse pacing 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Ty Burr
Will parents be able to sit through Kangaroo Jack without plunging sharp sticks into their eyes The short answer Yes Barely 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Kit Bowen
Make no mistake about it Kangaroo Jack is a movie that will appeal to a very limited audience boys 8 to 12 If you don t fall into this category don t waste your time 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Lou Lumenick
This is barely enough story to sustain a Three Stooges short let alone an 88 minute movie 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
John Monaghan
An action comedy that s as idiotic as it sounds Still it s also harmless enough entertainment for its intended preteen audience 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Pam Grady
Just what the world needs a Jerry Bruckheimer film on training wheels 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
David Sterritt
Hop away from this one fast 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Liam Lacey
Though the comedy is feeble the dramatic elements including the budding romance between Charlie and Jessie cross the pain threshold 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Phil Villarreal
When the kangaroo starts freestyle rapping you know Charlie has lost it And so have the people who made this film 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Sue Pierman
The stars seem to be having so much fun you can t help chuckling along 
2.5
Kangaroo Jack
Chris Hewitt
The worst Aussie export since vegemite 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Christine Dolen
Just right for preadolescent and young teen males who find the idea of animals passing gas hilarious 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Mike Clark
Young children will like the hubbub and probably the flatulence but grim faced grown ups might share sentiments with grizzled Australian character actor Bill Hunter who plays a pilot I should have never left the pub 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Karen Heller
There is it turns out a limit to how many times you can hear g day mate or Men at Work s 1982 hit Down Under 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Glenn Lovell
Parents take heed Kangaroo Jack filled with Mafioso heists and hit men camel flatulence and at least one wet T shirt soak will hop right over the perplexed heads of your little darlings 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Loren King
The film s crude humor and violence cartoonish but still violent should offend parents of younger kids Yet its ultra broad pratfall filled comedy will satisfy only the most indiscriminate teens 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Rob Thomas
Parents will be thoroughly bored and kids will enjoy the flatulent camels and not much else 
1.5
Kangaroo Jack
Rob Blackwelder
Even though there are laughs to be had in this movie it was a clearly minimal effort outting 
2.5
Kangaroo Jack
Steve Rhodes
If you re a parent you ll survive and if you haven t made it to the 3rd grade yet you ll probably think farting camels are funny 
2
Kangaroo Jack
Ed Gonzalez
Despite the film s offbeat premise Kangaroo Jack s every twist and turn has been plotted with sad desperation 
1
Kangaroo Jack
Walter Chaw
A formula film that seeks to entice teenagers and animal loving children with the sort of predatory calculation generally attributed to child molesters and serial killers 
0
Kangaroo Jack
Dustin Putman
High spirited and even endearing Kangaroo Jack is far better than it has any right to be 
2.5
Young Mr. Lincoln
Matt Brunson
John Ford as responsible as any filmmaker in shaping our view of US history here elects to offer a peek at an icon before national events dictated his destiny and sealed his lofty reputation 
3.5
Young Mr. Lincoln
Mattie Lucas
As Eisenstein pointed out Ford would go on to make grander greater films But none were quite so discreetly powerful as Young Mr Lincoln 
4
Young Mr. Lincoln
Eric Melin
Modern audiences will no doubt find the trial portion of the film quaint but Fonda plays Lincoln with such calm centered confidence that it s also a refreshing change of pace from the aggressive histrionics of today s cop legal thrillers and TV shows 
2.5
The Last Hangover
Roger Moore
Hangover is not nearly as funny not quite as blasphemous as First Temptation of Christ 
1.5
Bitterbrush
Peter Canavese
A nice 44 observational documentary introducing you to two interesting people and an interesting place which you otherwise wouldn apos t get to know 46 
3
Bitterbrush
Mark Dujsik
91 W 93 hen it becomes more about 46 46 46 91 the subjects apos 93 lives outside of that work 44 the movie hasn apos t found a meaningful way to invest in that aspect of these two 46 
2.5
Bitterbrush
Peter Sobczynski
I found myself mesmerized by this spare 44 affecting 44 and powerfully humane work that may seem quiet and reserved 44 but which ends up packing a surprisingly powerful emotional punch by the end 46 
3.5
Bitterbrush
Roger Moore
8220 Bitterbrush 8221 resides in the cowboying of memory and legend 44 a grueling gig of man or woman handling beasts in glorious 44 simple solitude and some of the last unspoiled scenery in America 46 
3
Bitterbrush
Joanne Laurier
A lot of political and ideological hay 44 hinting at 8220 female empowerment 44 8221 is being made here out of something pretty modest in scope 46 
2
The Heat
Mattie Lucas
The main appeal here is clearly the two leads and indeed Bullock and McCarthy are a comedic dream team 
3
The Heat
Forrest Hartman
There s no getting away from the fact that The Heat is lightweight and derivative but its formulas have been freshened just enough to make it fun With Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock on board that s enough 
3
The Heat
Michael Dequina
The sparks that fly between the two have that much more sting thanks to the acidically hilarious banter and Bullock and McCarthy s complete fearless abandon 
3.5
The Heat
David Nusair
It s ultimately clear that there s simply not enough plot to justify The Heat s absurdly overlong running time 
2
The Heat
Christy Lemire
Director Paul Feig whose Bridesmaids upended notions of what a raunchy ensemble comedy could be does it again here with another genre 
3.5
The Heat
Lori Hoffman
The Heat takes a standard male action comedy template the odd couple cop movie and blows it up with an estrogen bomb named Melissa McCarthy 
3
The Heat
James Kendrick
McCarthy delivers her profanity laced lines with an aggressive force that feels amazingly natural and her put downs and insults derive a particularly strong comic vibe by bouncing off Bullock s pinched straight woman routine 
3
The Heat
Peter Travers
There are only two reasons to see The Heat But they are formidable reasons and they go by the names of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy 
2.5
The Heat
Mike McGranaghan
Bullock and McCarthy are so comedically in sync that iffy jokes become funny and funny jokes become hilarious 
3.5
The Heat
Sheila O'Malley
Yes it s a cop buddy film and of course there is a case to be solved But nobody cares about the familiarity of the premise You get the sense that Paul Feig doesn t care either 
3
The Heat
John Wirt
A funny new take on one of Hollywood s biggest clichés 
3
The Heat
Ken Hanke
I chuckled once 
1.5
The Heat
Michael Smith
The good news is that McCarthy and Bullock are often hilarious together so you don t have to worry about the story The filmmakers didn t 
2.5
The Heat
Kam Williams
Don t be surprised to shed a few tears as the curtain comes down on this tale of female empowerment about a pair of polar opposite lady lawmen who set aside their differences to get their man while forging an enduring friendship worthy of a sequel 
4
The Heat
Robert Levin
You ve seen a lot of this before These actors deserve better 
2.5
The Heat
Scott Nash
If only the script matched the chemistry of its leads 
2.5
The Heat
Matt Brunson
The movie is almost pure formula elevated out of the realm of the mediocre on the sheer strength of McCarthy s bravura turn 
2.5
The Heat
Kenneth R. Morefield
Writing jokes is hard Writing potentially funny situations is marginally easier but only because the potential doesn t have to be realized before the paycheck is cashed 
0.5
The Heat
Chris Knight
While Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have fantastic presence and chemistry there isn t much of what you d call plot 
2
The Heat
Rick Groen
If this were funny The Heat would add up to your average buddy cop comedy Except that it s not funny at least not very and not often 
2
The Heat
Lisa Kennedy
Laughter can be magical It can also be crass In the formidable person of Melissa McCarthy it is typically both And no director seems to know what to do with that tension quite like Paul Feig 
2.5
The Heat
Kirk Baird
Even with its nearly two hour run time The Heat is consistently funny 
3.5
The Heat
John Serba
There s enough inspiration in front of and behind the camera to push it beyond its formula trappings but trumping that is how consistently it doles out good jokes 
3
The Heat
Stephen Whitty
Feig clearly enjoys the spectacle of women behaving badly and gives his stars and particularly McCarthy plenty of room and improv time to knock back shots bust a move and beat up men until they squeal like little girls 
2.5
The Heat
Mark Dujsik
This is a fairly dark comedy about some crass and sometimes cruel people and director Paul Feig quite solidly establishes that tone from some of its earliest scenes 
3
The Heat
Dustin Putman
Worth running out to see for anyone who dares lament that they don t make funny movies like they used to 
3
The Heat
Claudia Puig
The Heat is the best female buddy cop movie since well ever 
3
The Heat
Peter Howell
The cookie cutter plot might have worked if the jokes were good 
2
The Heat
Lou Lumenick
Bullock can do a double takes better than any actress working today and boy does force of nature McCarthy give her plenty to work with 
3
The Heat
Rafer Guzman
McCarthy owns this movie but nearly everyone in it is hilarious 
3.5
The Heat
Jeffrey Westhoff
So outrageously funny it makes up for a disappointing third act 
3
The Heat
Perry Seibert
An action comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as odd couple cops that rivals Goodfellas for its use of F bombs and Lethal Weapon for its appealing chemistry 
3
The Heat
Kristin Tillotson
From the moment she barrels onto the scene like a cannonball of crudity McCarthy makes it clear that this movie is hers to make or break And she knocks it right out of Fenway Park 
3.5
The Heat
Jon Niccum
It s not much of a movie too many spare scenes keep the plot from moving forward distending an already bloated two hour running time but it s a fun ride bolstered by an anything goes edge 
2.5
The Heat
Mick LaSalle
The Heat is a good movie and a successful action comedy and it arrives just in time for Melissa McCarthy it is something of a formula comedy but it s inspired too and the inspiration is in the combining of these two actresses 
3
The Heat
Dann Gire
The Heat has no right to be as funny as it turns out to be 
3
The Heat
Michael Phillips
With so few women afforded the opportunity to steer the course of a movie any movie on screen or off even a formulaic vehicle such as The Heat arrives as a surprise and a relief 
3
The Heat
Peter Canavese
The meeting of McCarthy s stinging zingers and Bullock s practiced exasperation almost justifies The Heat but it s more of a lob than a fastball 
2
The Heat
Chris Hewitt
Those two women are lots of fun together 
3
The Heat
Roger Moore
A stumbling aggressively loud and profane cop buddy picture in which Bullock and McCarthy struggle to wring funny out of a script that isn t 
1.5
The Heat
Joe Williams
It s a buddy cop comedy that deserves to share a locker room with The Other Guys and 21 Jump Street 
3
The Heat
Andrew Schenker
With the film Melissa McCarthy definitively cements her status as a legitimate comic talent leaving her co star stumbling behind in her wake 
2.5
The Heat
Ty Burr
If you re going to make a dopey bawdy foul mouthed predictable lady buddy cop movie you might as well make it funny 
3
The Heat
Josh Larsen
Is it possible that Melissa McCarthy needs to be more abrasive 
2
The Heat
Matt Pais
Good comedy often comes from surprise and creativity but The Heat tries to get by without them 
2
Rushmore
John Hartl
There s an unshakable confidence about this coming of age fable that matches that of its central character Max Fischer 
4
Rushmore
David Sterritt
Anderson fulfills the promise of his inventive Bottle Rocket with this quirky often hilarious comedy and Murray gives his most uproarious performance since the groundbreaking Groundhog Day 
4
Rushmore
Ann Hornaday
Despite cute moments nothing about Rushmore begs to be liked which makes this modest comedy all the more satisfying 
4
Rushmore
Dan Webster
Just when you expect the film to do something normal it takes off like Murray riffing on reality as only he and filmmaker Anderson can 
3
Rushmore
Steven Rea
There s a danger of overselling Anderson s sweet hearted loony little fantasy but everything from the soundtrack of 60s Brit bands with their jangly anthems of angsty love to Robert Yeoman s slightly hyper real photography fits perfectly 
4
Rushmore
Dave Kehr
One of the freshest richest most original films to come out of Hollywood in a very long time 
4
Rushmore
Eric Melin
Rushmore may have shades of J D Salinger s writing and Hal Ashby s movies but Wes Anderson pulls humor from the trickiest of situations and always manages to surprise 
4
Rushmore
Josh Larsen
To paraphrase Herman Blume Rushmore is my Rushmore 
4
Rushmore
Sandra Contreras
Another quirky hard to put your finger on delight from the boys who brought us Bottle Rocket 
3.5
Rushmore
Joe Lozito
It s nice to see that there are still comedies out there that don t need to resort to gross out humor for a laugh 
3
Rushmore
Steven Snyder
Director Wes Anderson never lets the audience in as to whether he sees this story as humorous or pathetic 
4
Rushmore
Rob Blackwelder
Rushmore is no ordinary movie 
3.5
Rushmore
Judith Egerton
The viewer is never certain where director Wes Anderson will go with this story 
3.5
Rushmore
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rushmore is no ordinary movie 
3.5
Rushmore
Jeanne Aufmuth
The filmmaking itself is fresh and original lots of fast paced camera work splashy colors and quirky angles 
3.5
Rushmore
Margaret A. McGurk
Rushmore is a delicious twisted treat it is unpredictable 
3.5
Rushmore
Marty Mapes
the quirkiness seems a little forced a little overdone 
2.5
Rushmore
Liam Lacey
One of the most original good hearted comedies in a long time Rushmore is the sort of movie where the strangest sequences of discords somehow keep managing to reach giddily improbable resolutions 
3.5
Rushmore
Jeffrey Westhoff
With only his second film Anderson proves himself a director so in command of his medium he can ignore convention and make films his own way 
4
Rushmore
Andrew Howe
The music of life compressed into a ninety minute sonata 
4
Rushmore
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Rushmore has a good deal of content and human qualities to spare but what makes it such a charming and satisfying experience is its style 
3
Rushmore
Ross Anthony
If you re tired of the usual movie I strongly recommend Rushmore 
3.5
Rushmore
Ted Prigge
All this is done with a uniquely droll sense of humor 
4
Rushmore
Elias Savada
Off kilter sweet and hopelessly romantic with a dash of acne and a heaping of dark gray matter is Rushmore the new comedy from the director of 1996 s offbeat Bottle Rocket 
2.5
Rushmore
Madeleine Williams
Rushmore is a truly distinctive comedy It never becomes the sort of film that will have you convulsing with laughter but it certainly will keep you smiling the whole way through 
3
Rushmore
Steve Rhodes
Rushmore isn t a movie that s easy to pigeonhole The movie is certainly funny but it isn t that over the top 
3.5
Rushmore
Dustin Putman
Rushmore as in life is a mixture of comedy and drama of surprises and inevitability and most importantly is purely human 
4
Rushmore
Bob Bloom
If you re tired of car chases disasters and special effects check out a movie about some oddball people You ll be glad you did 
3.5
Rushmore
David Keyes
Rushmore is overblown with despicable and unfunny plot twists which create the illusion that audience members are seeing something worthwhile 
1
Rushmore
Mark R. Leeper
It could be fun but it never seems to be 
0
Rushmore
Michael Dequina
the key to the film s memorable moments are the engaging characters 
4
Rushmore
Mick LaSalle
There s a sweet humanity about the picture though it s anything but sentimental It s odd definitely odd 
4
Rushmore
Roger Ebert
Rushmore is structured like a comedy but there are undertones of darker themes and I almost wish they d allowed the plot to lead them into those shadows 
2.5
Rushmore
James Berardinelli
Rushmore is intended to be hip and funny but it s not really either 
2.5
Rushmore
Jeff Vice
It s hard to qualify what s best about this unprepossessing gem the sly script the laugh out loud gags and parodies or the peculiar but charming fantasylike atmosphere Then there s the vintage 60s soundtrack 
4
Paris Belongs to Us
Keith Uhlich
Rivette was perhaps more of a prognosticator than he realized anticipating the downfall of the very movement he was involved in before it had effectively begun 
3
For the Coyotes
Peter Hartlaub
Documentarian Eric Daniel Metzgar joins forces with veteran Bay Area stage actors Josh Schell and James Carpenter and they use their respective assets to the fullest creating an intimate drama that blends their talents 
3
22 July
Brian Eggert
It manages to eke out a profound sense of grief and disgust over Breivik s actions as well as some necessary fear over the shocking upsurge in such perspectives 
3
22 July
David Nusair
a thoroughly erratic endeavor that could and should have been so much better and more consistent 
3
22 July
Federico Furzan
This depiction of a real tragedy and its following events stays lukewarm as a boring drama that never takes off Full review in Spanish 
2
22 July
Eric Melin
Anchored by powerful honest performances by Danielsen and Gravli who play two people at opposite ends of a rifle 22 July is a powerful reminder that democracies are fragile and must be protected with scrutiny and resolve not bullets 
3
22 July
Bob Bloom
22 July requires more hot blooded outrage and consternation If I wanted a dispassionate retelling of this heinous crime I would have read newspaper articles 
2.5
22 July
Kent Turner
It s fast paced intimate and the subject matter is intrinsically riveting no matter where the film is streamed 
3.5
22 July
Oliver Jones
It gives this evil man the spotlight and platform he so clearly craves And as much as Greengrass is aware of this conundrum he never quite figures out a solution 
2
22 July
Alan French
The attack and the immediate aftermath feel as essential and riveting as only Greengrass can However the middle section of the film buckles under the long runtime 
3
22 July
Joey Magidson
Greengrass latest requires attention and patience Those virtues are rewarded though in a big way 
3
22 July
Glenn Kenny
22 July is at its most engrossing and moving in its depiction of one brave kid a victim of Breivik who was shot five times and lived and that kid s eventual resolve to face the terrorist in court 
3.5
22 July
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Overall this is a worthy if very grim project Watch at your own risk 
3
22 July
Mark Dujsik
The film seems quite necessary now 
3
22 July
Robert Daniels
22 July at its core is about responsibility questioning what responsibilities the survivors have to the diseased
3.5
22 July
Mark Jenkins
Greengrass previously excelled at depicting events that overwhelmed individuals in 22 July he demonstrates how one deluded zealot can shake an entire country 
3
22 July
Mick LaSalle
Greengrass gives 22 July everything he s got The filmmaking is vigorous with a constantly moving and sometimes jittery camera and the social purpose is worthy and unmistakably sincere 
3
22 July
Derek Smith
That a drop from John Williams s Jaws score wouldn t be out of place on this film s soundtrack goes to show how tactlessly Paul Greengrass milks tragedy for titillation 
.5
22 July
Dwight Brown
Young actor Jonas Strand Gravli s heart breaking performance carries the film as does Greengrass judicious direction Tense suspenseful and surprisingly inspiring 
4
Repo Man
James Berardinelli
It never overstays its welcome and is generally a fun wild ride even though it may at times be difficult to figure out where the journey began and where 
3
Repo Man
Tom Meek
One of the finest and most enduring cult films out there I mean how can you go wrong 
3.5
Repo Man
Matt Brunson
A playful mood informs Repo Man yet Cox also takes time to comment on the seamy side of LA the crushing realities of living in a comformist society and the problems inherent in a decade that so baldly worships Reagan L Ron Hubbard and TV evangelists 
3
Repo Man
James O'Ehley
Pure weirdo fun 
3.5
Repo Man
David Nusair
the movie more often than not just comes off as strange for strangeness sake 
2
Repo Man
Roger Ebert
Repo Man comes out of left field has no big stars didn t cost much takes chances dares to be unconventional is funny and works There is a lesson here 
3
Repo Man
James Kendrick
An unforgettable B picture a bizarre strangely fixating punk sci fi satire that simply refused to die 
3
Repo Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite or perhaps because of being British Cox has a great handle on America and L A especially that great chase scene down those concrete water canals at some corner wasteland of the city 
4
Sukiyaki Western Django
Mattie Lucas
A stylish and fun genre throwback that honors the films of the past while crafting a rip roaring new experience with a gritty and clever verve 
3
Sukiyaki Western Django
Mark Rahner
As much of a hoot as the movie is it feels like just an exercise well before it ends 
2.5
Sukiyaki Western Django
Peter Howell
Sukiyaki Western Django is Takashi Miike s frantic swirl of a spaghetti western marrying eastern and western elements in what could be taken as either homage or parody or both 
2
Sukiyaki Western Django
Liam Lacey
The lurid sets and savage and startling action will undoubtedly have cult appeal as the conventions of physics history and genre are all ignored in this overblown fever dream 
2
Sukiyaki Western Django
Maitland McDonagh
Utterly deranged 
3
Sukiyaki Western Django
V.A. Musetto
It is of course a must for Miike s legions of fans of which I am one It also should serve as a way for mainstream audiences to become acquainted with Miike 
2
Sukiyaki Western Django
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Far and away the finest section is the final showdown smoothly and swiftly shot with excessive violence and gore 
3
Sukiyaki Western Django
Rafer Guzman
For all the visual originality Sukiyaki seems framed by quotes a long string of self conscious references to other films notably the 1966 Italian Western Django 
2
Sukiyaki Western Django
Andrew Schenker
Though Miike is a visually accomplished filmmaker capable of staging simultaneous action on more than one visual plane his knack for aesthetic inventiveness only surfaces in occasional moments of inspiration 
2
Sukiyaki Western Django
David Nusair
46 46 46 oppressive and tedious and interminable 46 
0
Yasukuni
V.A. Musetto
The film is visually compelling but suffers because director Li fails to put events into context a fact likely to confuse viewers not versed in Japanese history 
2.5
Yasukuni
Stephen Whitty
Directed by Chinese filmmaker Li Ying it s an impressionistic documentary that concentrates on the Yasukuni shrine a Japanese religious memorial to soldiers who died for the emperor 
3
Yasukuni
Simon Abrams
Writer director Li Ying should be commended for the complexity he s given a subject as controversial as the Yasukuni shrine 
3.5
Last Days Here
Dan DeLuca
In its latter stages the doc becomes not only a bromance but also a romance and maybe even a redemption story 
3.5
Last Days Here
Sara Stewart
It s horrifying and you can t look away 
3
Last Days Here
Bill Weber
This potential rock doc tragedy reveals a bromance of idol and idolator 
2.5
One Life
Kyle Smith
Nature films don t come any more spectacular than the BBC s One Life 
3
One Life
Stephen Whitty
A typical British nature documentary which is to say a very good film and one that mostly balances the awwws with the awesome 
3
One Life
Kalvin Henely
As much as Daniel Craig s narration can feel tacked on it s really secondary to the film s expert camerawork 
2.5
One Life
Liam Lacey
What s before our eyes suggests we share the planet with some amazingly strange beings 
3
One Life
Linda Barnard
It s obvious One Life is all about the visual impact And in that regard the film is just stunning 
3
Born to Win
Roger Ebert
Born to Win is a good bad movie that doesn t always work but has some really brilliant scenes 
2.5
Blackboards
Jonathan Rosenbaum
When I first saw Blackboards three years ago I was surprised as well as puzzled that in some ways it reminded me of John Ford s 1950 western Wagon Master 
3
Blackboards
Duane Dudek
A stark metaphor about diasporic people wandering aimlessly through rocky desolate terrain buffeted by unseen forces beyond their control 
3
Blackboards
Erik Lundegaard
Reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition It has no affect on the Kurds but it wore me down 
2.5
Blackboards
Jeffrey M. Anderson
That is essentially what s missing from Blackboards the sense of something bigger some ultimate point 
2.5
Blackboards
Carla Meyer
A heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope 
3
Blackboards
Rick Groen
A selection of scenes in search of a movie 
2.5
Blackboards
Wesley Morris
Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible almost mystical work 
3.5
Blackboards
Gene Seymour
An austere haunting tone poem about how amid the ravages of conflict the most persistent battle of all pits the aspiration to be human against the baser needs to survive 
3
Blackboards
V.A. Musetto
Poetic heartbreaking 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Federico Furzan
A great exploration of talent and the consequences of time Full review in Spanish 
4
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Mattie Lucas
Robb and Lips are so wonderfully unabashedly human and real that you can t help but identify with them 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Josh Larsen
I found more real life poetry about aspiration and failure in a fictional effort such as The Wrestler 
2
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Christian Toto
Anvil goes all the way to 11 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Nick Rogers
Let s be honest Anvil is not metal s missing link and Anvil has been awfully overpraised However it s worth watching for the frequent moments of warm humane heavy metal comedy and the antagonistic push and pull of Canadian creative cousins 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Marty Mapes
Comedy drama unforgettable characters good music and an underdog story Don t miss it 
4
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Cary Darling
A winning and surprisingly moving documentary about wait for it a struggling Canadian heavy metal band that apparently influenced a generation of hard rockers including Metallica Anthrax and Guns N Roses 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Eric Melin
Presents likeable characters puts them in tough situations and illuminates their souls with humor and sincerity It just so happens that the two men who populate this story used to wear leather S M gear onstage and play guitars with dildos 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Robert W. Butler
There s humor in all this misfortune But the more you watch the more you empathize 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Michael Sragow
The tragicomedy of artistic striving has never been more grittily or more sweetly captured than in Anvil The Story of Anvil 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Chris Hewitt
There is something beautiful about people who dream big and something foolish Anvil The Story of Anvil gets at both 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Duane Dudek
Anvil s plight would be funny if it weren t true Its extent is intimately examined in a film that makes you uncomfortable because it is true 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Michael Phillips
The new documentary Anvil The Story of Anvil succeeds every which way as 80s metal nostalgia as a twisted sort of reality show attempt at a comeback as an unexpectedly touching portrait of a friendship 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Peter Hartlaub
Anvil The Story of Anvil is a very funny documentary following original band members Steve Lips Kudlow and Robb Reiner seriously on a disastrous European tour and an attempt at a comeback album 
4
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Just before it flies off into parody it becomes something quite unexpectedly moving 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Dan DeLuca
Anvil The Story of Anvil can t help but evoke This Is Spinal Tap the classic 1984 mockumentary directed by the other Rob Reiner in terms of both sheer hair metal ludicrousness and indignities suffered by a not so successful rock band on the road 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Roger Ebert
Anvil The Story of Anvil is a documentary about the moderate rise and long long fall of their band where musicians in the two other slots came and went but Lips and Robb rocked on 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Moira MacDonald
There s just something utterly winning about the way the guys of Anvil hang on to their dream and when in the movie s final scenes they find it for a moment it creates some genuine headbanging joy 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Ty Burr
Anvil is one of the sweetest funniest films I ve seen this year Also the loudest and most foulmouthed 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Robert Levin
A complicated portrait of complicated men an adeptly assembled character study that shows how limitless fame and fortune might not be the real recipe for happiness 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
V.A. Musetto
The inspirational doc concentrates on the group s founders and mainstays lifelong buds Steve Lips Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Stephen Whitty
Director Sacha Gervasi finds a funky charm in this pair 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Claudia Puig
The biggest surprise is not the pervasive comedy in this compelling rockumentary It s the poignant even heartbreaking moments that sneak up on you as the saga unfolds 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Peter Travers
Sacha Gervasi s powerhouse doc brings humor and fervent focus to Toronto musicians supporting their families with day jobs who won t give up the dream 
3.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Joe Lozito
This mildly moving documentary about the best Canadian metal band you ve never heard of is nearly undermined by its own similarity to countless music mockumentaries past 
2.5
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Frank Ochieng
Gervasi uncovers the obscurity blanket from these veteran Canadian metal rockers and gives them a cinematic salute in the outrageously entertaining Anvil 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Nick Schager
A European tour fraught with shady venue owners missed trains and in fighting and subsequent efforts to record their 13th studio album are misadventures that a less compassionate filmmaker might have wrung for cheap Spinal Tap ish humor 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Peter Howell
An alternately humorous and heartbreaking film 
3
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Liam Lacey
Anvil The True Story of Anvil is only 80 minutes long but it packs a lifetime worth of drama setbacks and especially friendship into its brief running time 
3
The Bostonians
Molly Haskell
Ivory working in concert with his longtime producer partner Ismael Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala possesses an abundance of those civilized virtues we could use more of in everyday life but that are often a handicap in making movies 
3
The Bostonians
Matt Brunson
Reeve is earnest if not entirely believable in a pivotal role but Redgrave and Potter are excellent 
3
The Bostonians
Roger Ebert
The Bostonians is intelligent and subtle and open to the underlying tragedy of a woman who does not know what she wants a man who does not care what he wants and a girl who does not need what she wants 
3
Forbearance
Luke Y. Thompson
What 8217 s here is aggressively okay 44 but needs more to recommend it 46 
2
Prehysteria
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A definite heavyweight in the Charles Band library 
3
It Comes at Night
Brian Eggert
Viewers unaccustomed to confronting and unresolved moral dilemmas may recoil 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Matt Brunson
A compact thriller that mostly succeeds until an ending that doesn t feel ambiguous as much as it feels unfocused and unfinished 
2.5
It Comes at Night
Federico Furzan
A perfectly crafted thriller that uses an extreme circumstance to enclose us in a very humane conflict Full review in Spanish 
3
It Comes at Night
Mattie Lucas
In the dark corners of Shults bleak vision we have nowhere to hide when the monster is actually us 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
a horror experience that s mature dark and disturbing to the bone Full review in Spanish 
3.5
It Comes at Night
David Keyes
The film s taut insightful arc is a reminder of the lost power of restraint 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Glenn Lovell
Mines the same dour forebodings as Cormac McCarthy s The Road a grim little cautionary fable that relies on mood character development and performance not Walking Dead gore effects 
3
It Comes at Night
David Nusair
A progressively engrossing horror effort 
4
It Comes at Night
Mike McGranaghan
Trey Edward Shults Make sure you remember that name Burn it into your brain It Comes at Night solidifies what a major talent he is 
3.5
It Comes at Night
James Kendrick
a penetrating exercise in escalating dread and despair
3.5
It Comes at Night
Rob Thomas
These big dark gaps in the film like the darkness around that small lantern s glow invite us to project our worst fears into them 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Methodical moving at its own unhurried pace content to revel in silence and the mundane minutia of surviving in a world no longer filled with modern amenities Shults shows the same attention to detail he displayed in Krisha 
3
It Comes at Night
Josh Terry
It Comes at Night is a total success building dread gradually and avoiding an overreliance on the kind of jump scares lesser films mine to absurdity It makes It Comes at Night less fun but more resonant 
3
It Comes at Night
Robert Levin
It s a genre picture bathed in overwhelming darkness and torment 
3
It Comes at Night
Brad Wheeler
Scored intensely and photographed vividly the electric film imagines a small slice of doomsday with horrific believability 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Clayton Davis
It Comes at Night is one of the most vexing and discomforting experiences witnessed since The Snowtown Murders 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Eric Melin
More than a big picture end of the world drama it succeeds as a grave and highly confined journey through desperate emotional states 
3
It Comes at Night
Sonny Bunch
It Comes at Night is the feel bad movie of the year I can t help but feel as if audiences are going to hate it And I can t blame them if they do 
2.5
It Comes at Night
Mick LaSalle
In the absence of such answers or the intimation of such answers or even of characters in pursuit of answers It Comes at Night begins to seem thin a torment without purpose 
1
It Comes at Night
James Berardinelli
I m hard pressed to think of a recent movie that s as uncomfortable and disturbing as It Comes at Night 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Raju Mudhar
It Comes at Night shows that no matter how much you can prepare for the worst no one is ever actually ready for it 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Chris Knight
It Comes at Night works best in the moments when it drills down into the social dynamics of the six survivors 
2.5
It Comes at Night
Michael O'Sullivan
For much of its brisk running time It Comes at Night teeters between delicious atmosphere and almost unbearable tension 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Mark Dujsik
This may be a film about the end of the world but It Comes at Night tracks something akin to a domestic apocalypse 
3
It Comes at Night
Michael Smith
The film creates authentic tension out of unanswered questions and that works until you realize that none of the questions will be answered and that is a frustrating disappointment 
2
It Comes at Night
Dann Gire
It Comes at Night intends to be a cautionary tale about the corrosive terrible power of fear but its isolationist bent and thinly disguised xenophobic message also feel creepily and politically prescient 
3
It Comes at Night
Richard Roeper
The superb cast does a wonderful job of keeping us guessing as to everyone s motives 
3
It Comes at Night
Christopher Schobert
It Comes at Night is very close to a masterpiece Enveloped in dread and oozing with tension it s one of the great recent studies of the fear that comes from a desire for survival 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Jenni Miller
Although It Comes at Night isn t quite as striking or as intelligent as it wants to be it s enjoyable and there are definitely a few scenes that will keep creeping you out until late into the night 
3
It Comes at Night
Michael Phillips
Shults has both the instincts and the technical facility to make pretty much any kind of atypical picture he wants 
3
It Comes at Night
Ty Burr
The final scenes are both ambiguous and terrifying and they left a preview audience as shaken as any I ve seen 
3
It Comes at Night
Rafer Guzman
An effectively creepy and at times gut wrenching take on the pandemic genre 
3
It Comes at Night
Peter Travers
You want horror that screws with your head This is your ticket a haunting story of two families surviving the postapocalypse proves there s a major new filmmaking talent in town Trey Edward Shults
3.5
It Comes at Night
Katie Walsh
Once again Shults demonstrates his extreme resourcefulness as a filmmaker wringing blood curdling tension out of controlled camera movements creative practical lighting and a red door 
3
It Comes at Night
Sara Stewart
A savvy riff on our current cultural anxieties 
3
It Comes at Night
Stephen Whitty
Shults is a good filmmaker who knows how to get the most out of a limited budget and a stale situation 
3
It Comes at Night
Dustin Putman
Conjures an unsettling aura but does so at a deliberate tempo where its characters emotional journey and insular world takes precedence over predictable genre tactics 
2.5
It Comes at Night
Soren Andersen
With all of Shults dark night of the soul mood manipulations the film promises more than it delivers Its buildups are impressive but in the end its frights are mild 
2
It Comes at Night
Gary Thompson
Small vivid moments squeezed into a small physical and dramatic space then tightened with a vice of suspense and dread 
3
It Comes at Night
Brian Truitt
A well crafted albeit entirely bleak exploration of paranoia and fear 
3
It Comes at Night
Roger Moore
A nightmare within a nightmare
2.5
It Comes at Night
Brian Tallerico
There are no zombies in the streets boogeymen in the basement or witches in the woods and yet it is one of the most terrifying films in years 
3.5
It Comes at Night
Kam Williams
Whaddya expect to happen in a scary spine tingler with such a big hint in the title 
4
It Comes at Night
Christopher Gray
Just as Trey Edward Shults withholds the it of the title he never attempts to justify the escalating paranoia of his characters 
2
Lost Bullet
Roger Moore
Aw HELL yeah 
3
Workforce
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Zonana refuses to dramatize the tragedy Full review in Spanish 
3
Workforce
Rene Sanchez
An intimate and naturalistic study of Mexico s social class divide and the seduction of power Full Review in Spanish 
3
Tai-Pan
Roger Ebert
The embodiment of those old movie posters where the title is hewn from solid rock and tiny figures scale it with cannons strapped to their backs while the bosoms of their women heave in the foreground 
1
That Beautiful Somewhere
Rick Groen
The story is rather contrived the theme is awfully sonorous the direction is merely competent and one of the lead actors is downright bland all in all That Beautiful Somewhere is something of a nowhere film 
2
That Beautiful Somewhere
Susan Walker
Actor Dupuis s presence obscures some of the flaws in this film and makes the other actors look better than they otherwise might have appeared 
2.5
Dinosaur
Judith Egerton
The movie follows a rather dull tale similar to the 1988 animated film The Land Before Time 
2.5
Dinosaur
Jon Niccum
Dinosaur mixes state of the art visuals with bottom of the barrel scripting 
2
Dinosaur
Margaret A. McGurk
Utimately it is the look of the film that makes an indelible impression 
3.5
Dinosaur
David Nusair
don t expect much more than eye candy 
3
Dinosaur
Jorge Avila Andrade
Dinosaurio no ser un clsico pero bien vale la pena verla A final de cuentas ver es creer
3
Dinosaur
James Kendrick
Unfortunately while each of these set pieces is striking in the visual sense the story in which they are marred lumbers along much like an aging Brachiosaurus 
2
Dinosaur
Rob Blackwelder
If you look past the seamlessly realistic CGI there s nothing at all memorable about the movie 
2
Dinosaur
Bob Bloom
Though a bit ragged on the technical side the film showcases a simple story with a moral that the younger members of the audience can understand and appreciate plus some heroic and amusing characters with whom they can relate 
3.5
Dinosaur
Ian Mantgani
For each of its grotesque 84 minutes I stared at the screen depressed and appalled realising I was watching something historic the moment when feature length Disney animation became a dinosaur itself 
1
Dinosaur
Madeleine Williams
This film is packed with wonderful eye candy The first ten minutes or so are dialogue free They play so well that it is a complete disappointment when the dinos begin to talk 
2.5
Dinosaur
Susan Wloszczyna
Once you get over the ooh ah factor and tuck into the ultraformulaic tale Dinosaur is a dino snore 
2
Dinosaur
Greg Dean Schmitz
It s certainly good to see that Disney didn t give us just another song and dance romp but in their attempt to be serious they forgot to keep us entertained as well 
2
Dinosaur
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the movie as sheer visual spectacle
3
Dinosaur
James Berardinelli
Even though the traditional aspects of cinema are lacking it s hard not to be impressed by the package as a whole 
3
Dinosaur
Shay Casey
For all its impressive wizardry Disney s latest effort mostly comes off as a visually spectacular lesson in how not to tell a story 
2.5
Dinosaur
Dustin Putman
A distressingly lifeless concoction 
1.5
Dinosaur
Peter Stack
A feast for the eyes but a rather routine entry in the respectable folio of great Disney animated movies 
3
Dinosaur
Susan Stark
This groundbreaking movie is nothing short of a visual miracle 
3
Dinosaur
David Keyes
It is definitely a kid s movie but one that gives the older audience something to greatly appreciate 
3.5
Dinosaur
Michael Dequina
Indeed a sight to behold and one well worth paying the full movie ticket price to see but it could ve been a more nourishing feast for the mind 
3
Spaceship Earth
James Kendrick
It s the kind of stuff that you just can t make up and Wolf s film provides an intriguing glimpse into this notable and productive outgrowth of the counterculture
3
Spaceship Earth
Sarah Knight Adamson
Director Matt Wolf s background film footage along with narration adds tremendously to the dream of the groups final experiment 
3.5
Spaceship Earth
Peter Canavese
In its own right it s a pretty fascinating look at a story that hasn t been told in this depth before 
3
Spaceship Earth
Robert Horton
Wolf is fortunate that the Allen folks were documenting their own existence from the beginning there s a huge amount of colorful footage of their escapades even before the media turned its hungry attention to Biosphere 2 
3
Spaceship Earth
Mattie Lucas
A mildly diverting documentary that makes for some intriguing quarantine viewing painting a big picture but ultimately failing to ask big questions 
3
Spaceship Earth
Phil Villarreal
Sorts out the rumors and innuendo that have been bandied about by longtime residents of the area providing a stark and definitive retelling of its quirky history 
3
Spaceship Earth
Rob Thomas
Sure Biosphere 2 was a little silly and it may not have worked out But what did you do to try to save the planet today 
3
Spaceship Earth
Tom Meek
Matt Wolf s straight ahead use of archival footage and interviews with surviving terrarium astronauts is effective in conveying the more intriguing narrative of how personalities played off each other in such a confined petri dish 
2.5
Spaceship Earth
Rene Sanchez
A captivating story that commits to multiple ideas without managing to develop and explore each one of them in depth Full Review in Spanish 
2
Spaceship Earth
Steven Prokopy
The experiment s greatest achievement was less about the natural sciences and more about the sociological revelations about people 
2.5
Spaceship Earth
Matt Zoller Seitz
An impressive example of basic storytelling techniques refined for maximum impact each element reinforcing and feeding off every other element as in the enclosed ecosystem that it depicts 
4
Spaceship Earth
Barry Hertz
A documentary as inspiring as it is flat out bizarre 
3.5
Spaceship Earth
Sara Michelle Fetters
Matt Wolf s Spaceship Earth is an undeniably fascinating documentary time capsule that s incredibly easy to sit down and watch 
2.5
Spaceship Earth
Mark Dujsik
Wolf attempts to put the idealism behind the idea and the reality of the execution on equal footing but the end result is a sense of dissonance 
2.5
Spaceship Earth
Jake Coyle
Spaceship Earth provides some illuminating context to our shut in days by going back to the early 1990s to study the Biosphere II that quixotic endeavor in the Arizona desert in which eight men and women sealed themselves off in a 3 acre complex 
3
Spaceship Earth
Ann Hornaday
With a wealth of archival material to work with Wolf does a superb job of sending viewers back into the 1980s and 1990s 
3.5
Spaceship Earth
G. Allen Johnson
As smog clears across urban landscapes due to stay at home orders the vision and the warnings laid out by Biosphere 2 remain relevant 
3
Spaceship Earth
Chuck Bowen
The film offers a refuge of idealism and intellectuality in an age that s actively hostile to both of those qualities 
3
Spaceship Earth
Mike McGranaghan
Spaceship Earth is this year s Apollo 11 a thoroughly fascinating documentary that uses archival footage to make you feel like part of a notable event 
4
Spaceship Earth
Roger Moore
THE must see documentary for a world living under quarantine 
3
Spaceship Earth
Sean P. Means
Though it s clear Wolf sides with the Biospherians whom he sees as the first people to illustrate the dangers of climate change the director is smart enough to present the facts and let viewers draw their own conclusion 
3
Wall Street
David Sterritt
Some vivid images but no clear perspectives or opinions on the material it presents 
2
Schindler's List 25th Anniversary
David Nusair
It s clear almost immediately that filmmaker Steven Spielberg is using Schindler s story as a clothesline upon which to hang a more all encompassing portrait of the Holocaust 
3
Taps
Larry Vitacco
An ideal script well played out makes Taps one of the more intriguing movies of the season 
3
Taps
Roger Ebert
Taps works as an uncommonly engrossing story primarily because the performances are so well done 
3
Imelda
Glenn Whipp
There may be no new revelations in Imelda but the film still proves highly instructive in the ways in which power corrupts and politics attracts the opportunistic 
3
Imelda
Ty Burr
At its most acridly useful when comparing the former first lady s recollections with others less sanguine memories 
3
Imelda
Paul Sherman
Instead of enabling Marcos to tell the world how caring she is the movie gives her enough rope to hang herself and she does again and again 
3
Imelda
David Sterritt
She emerges as an energetic narcissistic and totally self deluded woman 
3
Imelda
Ruthe Stein
Fascinating and impressively balanced 
3
Imelda
John Anderson
While dismissing her point of view it also takes her absolutely seriously her presentation of the facts often makes her seem ridiculous but at the same time beyond criticism 
2
Imelda
Jack Mathews
An open eyed biography of a woman who ranks among the vainest in modern history and who from the evidence she provides in numerous interviews could be a case study of self delusion and denial 
2.5
Imelda
Lisa Kennedy
With the help of Marcos herself the director gives us a picture of pride and power that might be called a vanity project if not for her gift at leavening Marcos remembrances with more biting material 
3
Imelda
Allison Benedikt
When a filmmaker can get Imelda Marcos once one of the 10 richest women in the world to pull out a Sharpie and draw a Pac Man she s alright by me 
3
Imelda
Walter Chaw
Fabulously workmanlike 
3
Imelda
Steve Rhodes
A frequently funny documentary it is a mesmerizing and encyclopedic look at a weird but likeable historical figure 
3
Totally Under Control
Richard Roeper
This is about as timely as a documentary can be and yet it s already in need of an update 
3.5
Totally Under Control
Tom Meek
Totally Under Control is a get out the vote push and a must see for the undecided 
2.5
Totally Under Control
Zach Schonfeld
The resulting film conveys the dizzying sensation of chronicling history while it s still unfolding 
3.5
Totally Under Control
Matthew Passantino
The facts state what s obvious Donald Trump failed to meet the moment and even more damning he didn t really seem to care to try 
2.5
Totally Under Control
Ann Hornaday
Incisive lucid and infuriating 
3
Totally Under Control
Odie Henderson
Totally Under Control will become a useful document for the study of this pandemic in its eventual aftermath 
3
Totally Under Control
Mark Dujsik
N o documentary made in the middle of this crisis possibly could examine the full story The filmmakers have made a valiant and vigorous effort though 
3
Totally Under Control
Mike McGranaghan
Easily the most essential non fiction film of 2020 
4
Totally Under Control
Joey Magidson
The harrowing Totally Under Control is an essential depiction of just how the Trump Administration dropped the ball in the process killing the citizens it swore to protect 
3.5
Totally Under Control
Keith Watson
The film is a quietly enraged and enraging assault on Donald Trump s handling of the Covid 19 pandemic 
2.5
Totally Under Control
Anita Katz
While the issues are familiar terrain the stories and details assembled give rise to an important and appropriately infuriating full picture 
3
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Kelly Jane Torrance
This character driven drama is so gripping because every actor is so good with each making archetypes the nasty stepfather the angry husband the rich gentleman that transcend their familiarity 
3.5
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Lawrence Toppman
The movie begins with a flood that threatens Prague literally it ends with a flood of emotions that threaten to undermine a potentially happy relationship 
3.5
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Robert W. Butler
All the characters in Petr Jarchovsky s screenplay are drawn in shades of gray The result isn t so much a morality play as an amorality play 
3
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Rob Thomas
The filmmakers seem more interested in running the camera over Marcela s body than really figuring out who she is 
2.5
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
John Hartl
Beauty in Trouble uses another kind of catastrophe to reveal the true nature of its central characters 
3
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of film that achieves one simple but difficult thing It pleases you 
3
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
John Anderson
Comedy and chemistry make for an intoxicating mix in this acerbic knowing character study from Czech director Jan Hrebejk and screenwriter Petr Jarchovsky 
3.5
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Chris Hewitt
Characters burst out laughing in the middle of sadness or decide to have sex in the middle of a fight and somehow it all makes sense 
2.5
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Leighton Walter Kille
This being a Czech film drama comedy history and social commentary are served up in equal proportion 
3
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Steven Rea
Beauty in Trouble offers a meditation on the legacies of communism and the lure of capitalism but also on the human need for love connection and family 
3
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
V.A. Musetto
Will Marcela wonderful Ana Geislerova opt for brains or brawn The answer might surprise you 
2
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Kam Williams
Queen takes pawn Czech mate 
4
Kráska v Nesnázích (Beauty in Trouble)
Ed Gonzalez
So can anyone tell me what the Czech word for magnolia is 
2
Choose or Die
Peter Canavese
A British film nasty and supernatural horror thriller with some fresh aspects to it 
2.4
Choose or Die
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doesn t really offer anything new and its plot sounds similar to a dozen other tech related chillers but its quiet menacing atmosphere is enough to keep the attention and make it worth a late night look 
3
Choose or Die
Leo Brady
You could choose a lot worse than Choose or Die theres much more than meets the eye but you certainly wont be watching the next masterpiece 
2.5
Choose or Die
Steven Prokopy
iChoose or Diei is something of a disappointing creepy exercise 
2
Choose or Die
Brian Tallerico
Choose or Die too often feels like its making itself up as it goes along 
1.5
Choose or Die
Mark Dujsik
There s a lot of promise here It s ultimately undercut by a few too many of the usual trends and generic tricks of horror storytelling 
2
Choose or Die
Roger Moore
If one was looking for formulaic horror destined to turn into a Netflix film franchise this might be it And shortcomings aside that wouldnt be the worst thing
2
An Autumn Afternoon
Eric Henderson
What do all these subtle modifications to the otherwise similar template suggest 
4
Men at Work
Michael Wilmington
A somewhat slight film but an enjoyable and sympathetic one 
3
Men at Work
Ron Wilkinson
How many Iranian skiers does it take to tear down a mountain 
3.5
Inside
Joe Lipsett
If you haven t seen the original Inside 2016 is fine albeit slightly predictable and a little ridiculous in its last act If you ve seen the original the only reason to watch this is to satisfy your curiosity
2
Inside
Federico Furzan
Once you take out the remake label Inside becomes a solid thriller with a pretty decent villain Do we need anything else Full review in Spanish 
3
Inside
David Nusair
just another lackluster horror remake 
2
Inside
Brian Tallerico
Never justifies its existence 
1.5
Inside
Ed Gonzalez
At best competently mounted and at worst a case study in watering down chaos for an American market 
1.5
Held Up
Rob Blackwelder
It s hard not to wonder if Foxx owed somebody a favor when he signed on to make a movie this amateurish 
1.5
Held Up
Michael Dequina
It takes some doing to make performers as magnetic and energetic as Foxx and Long uninteresting to watch and that s exactly what Rash and Eastin have managed to accomplish here 
1
High Fidelity
Steven Rea
High Fidelity with its knowing take on men messed up romance and music is like one long hook filled pop song for the eyes 
3.5
High Fidelity
Ann Hornaday
The result is a romantic comedy that transcends its genre to become the giddy cinematic anthem of an era 
3.5
High Fidelity
Matt Brunson
It s Jack Black who started scoring more film work based on his turn he s hilarious as a record store slob who s so contemptuous of the customers that he would just as soon chase them off as listen to their opinions and requests 
3.5
High Fidelity
Scott Nash
Easily makes it onto my top 5 John Cusack movies list 
4
High Fidelity
Nick Rogers
In his best Zeroes performance John Cusack traced Rob s realizations and reconciliations with resonant thoughtfulness and wit the worst case scenario of Lloyd Dobler after Diane Court was done with him resigned to life as an old sad bastard 
4
High Fidelity
Michael Dequina
The title lies this comedy s delights rate strictly on the lo fi scale which is indicative of the appealingly laid back vibe 
3
High Fidelity
Joe Lozito
Watching them all interact has the feeling of well a finely crafted mix tape 
3
High Fidelity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When you see John Cusack being cool in a movie you want to be him And even though that s an adolescent s game I haven t stopped playing it 
3.5
High Fidelity
Leonard Schwarz
Like a wonderful piece of bubble gum that explodes with a rush of flavor then slowly fades away High Fidelity delivers bright jolts of entertainment that never coalesce into anything substantial 
3
High Fidelity
Margaret A. McGurk
This is a romantic comedy with thorns a farce with heart a love letter with guts It is the kind of movie you can love for a long long time 
3.5
High Fidelity
Liam Lacey
A funny perceptive movie about pop music a man s confused passions for records and women and the lure of perpetual teenagehood 
3
High Fidelity
Andrew Howe
Sings far above its range 
3.5
High Fidelity
John Hartl
Cusack works especially well with the unknowns in the cast while Frears creates an ensemble that complements Cusack s more flamboyant moments 
3
High Fidelity
Steve Simels
One of the sharpest and emotionally resonant romantic comedies in what seems like years 
3.5
High Fidelity
James Kendrick
It all ties back together in the end because it has the flow and feel of real life rather than the hurried pace of something that has been written to reflect life 
3.5
High Fidelity
Edward Guthmann
Romantic sorrow and the self reflexive dramas it inspires have rarely been this funny 
3
High Fidelity
Lou Lumenick
The quirky High Fidelity really deserves being called the first must see movie of the century 
3.5
High Fidelity
James Berardinelli
Stands out as a small motion picture that deserves wide exposure 
3
High Fidelity
Roger Ebert
Movies this wry and likable hardly ever get made 
4
High Fidelity
Susan Wloszczyna
Isn t all that romantic and is only half as funny as it thinks it is 
2
High Fidelity
Dustin Putman
So much care has been contributed to the soundtrack that director Frears has forgotten about the importance of the film itself 
2
High Fidelity
Susan Stark
The insistent verbal nonsense among them wears thin very fast for folks who don t keep their vinyl collection in plastic sleeves Absolutely this is a romantic comedy that preaches to the converted 
2
High Fidelity
Mark Caro
High Fidelity easily cracks the top five list of reasons to go to the movies these days 
3
High Fidelity
David Sterritt
Instead of burrowing into Rob s life we feel like we re skimming across it 
2
High Fidelity
Matt Reichl
A marvel of character interaction 
3.5
High Fidelity
Greg Dean Schmitz
This movie is great and is recommended for anyone who loves pop music as something more than just the twinkling in the background in your car 
3.5
High Fidelity
Rob Blackwelder
Will stand the test of time because it captures this generation s most common relationship foibles so amusingly 
3.5
High Fidelity
Emily Blunt
John I just get better looking every gosh darn day Cusack is in nearly every scene What s not to love 
4
High Fidelity
Steve Rhodes
Good spirited and funny 
3.5
High Fidelity
David Keyes
Filled with great energy and spirit 
3
High Fidelity
Madeleine Williams
The great supporting performances from Jack Black and Todd Louiso are pure enjoyment 
3
Street Smart
Henry Sheehan
While the tone is downbeat the bitter realism and quiet virtuosity of Street Smart are in the forcefulness of their presentation strangely exhilarating 
4
Street Smart
David Nusair
the movie s still worth seeing though if only for Freeman s electrifying performance 
2.5
Street Smart
Roger Ebert
A clever thriller with a lot of unbelievable scenes and a sappy ending but two wonderful performances 
3
Young Einstein
Desmond Ryan
The movie runs out of excuse me again energy in the late going and the invention of the humor is uneven But Serious plays the title role with charm and lightness His wild red hair makes Don King s look like a crewcut 
3
Young Einstein
Gary Thompson
Young Einstein is good natured and harmless but it s not very funny 
2
Young Einstein
Dave Kehr
The next Serious movie could well be something special 
3
Young Einstein
Roger Ebert
Young Einstein is a one joke movie and I didn t laugh much the first time 
1
Tasio
Robert Roten
This film effectively illuminates a little known area and way of life and touches on a number of universal themes at the same time 
3
Panic in the Streets
Dudley Early
If you are n fingernail chewer the excitement and suspense of this film will have you eating your nails down to the knuckle 
4
Panic in the Streets
Tom Meek
The sets and staging are fantastic Jack Palance notches a mesmerizing presence as a menace of the streets with a long reach and dubious morals 
3.5
Panic in the Streets
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It too uses social commentary but it s so expertly folded into the story and so gripping that it succeeds as both art and entertainment 
4
Panic in the Streets
David Nusair
features an action packed finale that s surprisingly tense 
2.5
Panic in the Streets
Matt Brunson
Benefits immeasurably from a menacing turn by Jack Palance 
3
Panic in the Streets
Eric Henderson
Tense and pulpy 
3
Adam
Alice Stoehr
All large scale LGBT storytelling runs into an unfair question one that cis and straight artists can safely ignore In order to represent your experiences do you court outrage or concede to good taste Adam is a nonanswer 
2.5
Adam
Matt Fagerholm
Ernst doesn t feel a moral obligation to only depict behavior onscreen that he endorses and neither should any filmmaker for that matter Such limitations are the antithesis of art 
3
Adam
Roger Moore
Sparkling coming of age among lesbian sister s lesbian friends comedy Funny and smart 
3.5
Judex
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A celebration is in order now that Flicker Alley has released this amazingly cool follow up 
4
Light of My Life
Federico Furzan
A fantastic and refreshing depiction of endless love Full review in Spanish 
4
Light of My Life
Richard Roeper
Though Light of My Life is a well filmed and occasionally brutally effective piece of work Affleck dilutes the power of the story with too many self indulgent patience testing scenes 
2.5
Light of My Life
Joey Magidson
Light of My Life is an ambitious yet tightly focused tale of survival proving that Casey Affleck is not just a hell of an actor but a tremendous filmmaker as well 
3
Light of My Life
Sheila O'Malley
The pace sometimes drags although I got drawn into the film s slow patient build 
3
Light of My Life
Rex Reed
Another dour end of the world epic that fails to live up to the sum of its parts 
2
Light of My Life
Mark Dujsik
Slowly and methodically Light of My Life reveals the strengths and the shortcomings of this bond put under pressure by the world at large 
3
Light of My Life
Barry Hertz
It confuses length with profundity and offers too little of interest to its audience while asking for too much emotional investment in return 
2.5
Light of My Life
Roger Moore
A fascinating film for the post MeToo Casey Affleck to write direct and star in 
3
The Jaundiced Eye
Gemma Files
An uninventive but harrowing report from the front lines of a society whose attitudes toward homosexuality are changing faster than some might like but not quite fast enough to really make it count for others 
3
The Jaundiced Eye
Edward Guthmann
A terrific documentary 
3
The Jaundiced Eye
Wesley Morris
The finest element in de la Pena s carefully assembled account is how she doesn t simply state the obvious but lets the meaty facts speak for themselves 
3
Caboblanco
Matt Brunson
Remaking a unique classic like Casablanca would be an act of sheer folly so here we have a movie that kinda sorta maybe vaguely can be called a remake Even without comparisons this one s a snoozer 
1.5
Clive Barker's Book of Blood
Lucius Gore
a horror movie for adults 
3.5
Wes Schlagenhauf Is Dying
Joey Magidson
Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying has little bits that work 44 even if the final product leaves you wanting slightly more 46 
2.5
Bulworth
Michael Dequina
Manages to courageously and seriously address political issues head on while remaining a funny and entertaining romp 
3
Bulworth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Beatty is a very shielded actor but he shrewdly finds ways to work within his limitations and Bulworth is a tour de force for him 
3.5
Bulworth
Margaret A. McGurk
Bulworth is Warren Beatty s most passionate work since Reds provocative vulgar heartfelt and pretty darn funny 
3.5
Bulworth
James Kendrick
Some might think this film is vulgar and in many ways it is However as loud and raucous as it is Bulworth speaks the truth which is almost always ugly to hear 
3
Bulworth
James Berardinelli
Bulworth is an angry movie but Beatty is savvy enough to recognize that people respond better to comedies than serious issue films so he has camouflaged his message beneath the surface of this original incisive satire 
3.5
Bulworth
Bob Bloom
Bulworth may offend or shock some people Others will find it highly amusing Like politics it is a movie that will be hotly debated 
3.5
Bulworth
Rob Blackwelder
In this wicked high risk farce Beatty staggers around in social commentary like a happy go lucky drunk tripping often but never quite falling down He positively shines with dumb luck 
3
Bulworth
Steve Rhodes
Full of racial insults and humor the movie is astonishingly frank funny outrageous and obnoxious And sometimes all in the same line of dialog 
3
Bulworth
Marty Mapes
It s too bad that there aren t more movies like this around movies that tackle political corruption in a way that challenges viewers to pay more attention to real politics 
3
Bulworth
Ted Prigge
or its entire time it s a hilarious entertaining as hell romp that has an intriguing story to tell and one helluva message to relay 
3.5
Bulworth
Madeleine Williams
For a political comedy to work it either needs to forswear any political message or at least make it subservient to the humor Bulworth doesn t follow this advice or not for long anyway and crashes and burns 
2
Bulworth
Roger Ebert
Bulworth plays like a cry of frustrated comic rage It s about an archetypal character who increasingly seems to stand for our national mood the guy who s fed up and isn t going to take it anymore 
3.5
Bulworth
Jeff Vice
As a filmmaker Beatty has really bitten off more than he can chew There s simply too much ground to cover even in its more than two hour running time 
2
Bulworth
David Keyes
If the film s plot had been based on Shakespearean literature the movie still would have been displeasing 
0
Bulworth
Edward Guthmann
A shrewd political observer for decades Beatty has fashioned a hilarious morality tale that delivers a surprisingly potent angry message beneath the laughs 
4
Bulworth
Barbara Shulgasser
Beatty and co writer Jeremy Pikser take witty criticisms of social failure to a Shavian level of simultaneous erudition and absurdity 
3
La Vida Conyugal
Josh Larsen
This is a movie outclassed by its hats 
2
The Invisible
David Nusair
46 46 46 has been designed to appeal solely to the coveted quot tween quot demographic 46 46 46 
2
The Invisible
Linda Cook
Thought provoking philosophical and always interesting The Invisible is likely to remain that way particular when Spidey swings on to the big screen It s too bad that this well wrought intelligent movie may not find an audience u2013 perhaps a DVD
3.5
The Invisible
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Contains an intriguing idea brought only sporadically to life by director David S Goyer
2.5
The Invisible
Jeff Strickler
Director David S Goyer doesn t get half the skin crawling mileage out of the ghost factor that he could As a result The Invisible really isn t worth seeing 
1.5
The Invisible
Peter Hartlaub
If anything the movie is too introspective to the point that it doesn t build enough conflict or tension 
2
The Invisible
Mark Dujsik
Full of stiff performances stupid characters and an incredibly creepy and occasionally nauseating love story The Invisible is at least consistently misguided 
1.5
The Invisible
Maitland McDonagh
Where the Swedish version was a downbeat story of cruel capricious fate and hard haunting choices The Invisible is a formulaic tale of redemption and teen angst 
1
The Invisible
Timothy Knight
Goyer s reliance on pointless montage sequences to push the dawdling narrative forward reduce an eerily intriguing idea for a character driven supernatural thriller to just another mopey wallow in teen angst 
1
The Invisible
Liam Lacey
The only horror here is the script 
2
The Invisible
Terry Lawson
Makes good use of its Washington state backdrop plays around with some actual allegories and is taken seriously by all involved But with material this ephemerally transparent that does neither the movie nor the people involved any favors 
2
The Invisible
Jack Mathews
Layers of the story are jammed into the script but what might work as a narrative device in a novel the spirit guiding readers through Nick s revelations is just plain ridiculous in a movie 
1
The Invisible
Kyle Smith
Even ghost stories aren t allowed to be so ludicrous as to show a gut shot character carrying on as if suffering from nothing worse than a mild wedgie or a guy trying to drag his own body to safety 
1.5
The Invisible
Ty Burr
A fully felt decently crafted teen B movie melodrama plenty preposterous in places but alive to the vibrant miseries of being young and misunderstood 
3
The Invisible
Peter T. Chattaway
Some of the key players tend to be either off putting or unconvincing 
1.5
The Invisible
Dustin Putman
An instant contender as the best film not screened in advance for critics The lack of support Hollywood Pictures afforded this thoughtful sleeper gem is frankly inexcusable 
3.5
The Invisible
Nick Schager
The Invisible is listless in conception and execution 
1.5
Ghosts of the Heartland
Lou Lumenick
Except for Santoro the acting and the movie itself lack much of a sense of urgency But it gets the look right on a microscopic budget and its heart is in the right place 
2
Pyewacket
Federico Furzan
A grim representation of teenage anger that works due to fantastic performances and an intelligent script Full review in Spanish 
3
Pyewacket
Dustin Putman
Takes an age old proverb 151 Be careful what you wish for you just might get it 151 and puts its own diabolical spin on it 
2.5
Pyewacket
David Nusair
a decent yet flawed genre exercise 
2.5
Pyewacket
Sara Michelle Fetters
The director is out for blood and while this is a slow burn affair that craftily bides its time until just the proper moment to unleash a flurry of dexterously ominous thrills the craven wickedness of it all is portentously intoxicating 
3
Pyewacket
Mike McGranaghan
Simultaneously scares the hell out of you and puts you through the emotional wringer 
3.5
Pyewacket
Bruce DeMara
A horror lite film that barely increases the heart rate 
1.5
Pyewacket
Kate Taylor
The heavy handed score narrow performances and weak dialogue all fail to justify a provocative ending that overturns the exorcising conventions of the genre 
1
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Bill Chambers
I m reminded of Robert Evans objecting to a shortened version of The Godfather that removed all its texture Where s the sauce Francis he asked 
1.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
David Gonzalez
Still 44 as Michael is well aware 44 Just when I thought I was out 44 they pull me back in 46 Thats what Francis Ford Coppola has accomplished with The Godfather Coda 58 The Death of Michael Corleone 44 hes pulled us all back in 46 
3.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Peter Canavese
An American tragedy writ large This CODA is ultimately the same movie as The Godfather Part III albeit re positioned but still a good quite worthy movie Blu ray Director s Cut Review 
3
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
James Kendrick
although not in the league with its predecessors it is still an invigorating deeply felt piece of work
3.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Matt Brunson
It s a mixed bag of a movie with some strong sequences and several potent performances particularly by Al Pacino and Andy Garcia competing against a meandering storyline and the absence of Robert Duvall and Winona Ryder 
2.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Michael Phillips
It s a little better now 
2.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Brian Tallerico
Overall this version feels even more elegiac a true coda instead of just another part of the same story 
3.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Richard Roeper
Coppola intended the third film to be an epilogue that serves to sum up and bring closure to the original saga and this recut to breathe new life into the picture He has achieved just that 
3.5
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Barry Hertz
Thanks to some skillful nuanced editing and the forgiveness of time that comes with three decades Coppola s experiment is an offer you sorry can t refuse Mostly 
3
Zapped Again!
David Nusair
As tedious and underwhelming as its lackluster predecessor 
1.5
Milk Money
David Nusair
A deeply strange little movie 
2.5
Milk Money
Dennis King
The latest film from director Richard Benjamin is a sour little attempt at heartwarming comedy that blithely relies on that most questionable and discomforting film convention the prostitute with a heart of gold 
1
Milk Money
Stephen Hunter
A work so rancid and alienating you can only suppose it was planned as a tax loss 
1
Milk Money
Jeff Shannon
This pleasant unassuming little comedy manages to overcome its many potential shortcomings 
2.5
Milk Money
Clifford Terry
An embarrassing preposterous mess 
1
Milk Money
Gary Thompson
There s no redeeming this movie possibly the worst idea Hollywood has conceived in a decade 
1
Milk Money
Steven Rea
A jaded attempt at warmhearted comedy 
2
Milk Money
Michael Dequina
I can hear the pitch for this one a sex comedy for the whole family 
0
Milk Money
Walter Chaw
Every bit as misguided as its appalling premise would suggest 
1.5
Milk Money
James Berardinelli
Some movies just don t know when enough is enough 
2
Milk Money
Roger Ebert
I don t want to spoil it for you but let s just say the gangster doesn t get what he wants and true love saves the day 
1
Milk Money
Steve Rhodes
It can not make up its mind if it is a movie for the early teen set or its target audience is grownups 
2
The Fighter
Federico Furzan
A great entry into sports cinema with fantastic and honest performances Full review in Spanish 
3
The Fighter
Sarah Knight Adamson
Boxing fans yes there are plenty of wonderful boxing scenes in the movie and for those not so interested in boxing the movie is filled with so much more It is full of family drama and emotional turmoil with a touch of a love story 
3
The Fighter
Mattie Lucas
Russell has taken something tired and familiar and made it rich and exciting once again 
3
The Fighter
Roger Moore
Acting for the silver screen doesn t get more raw moving or accomplished than what you see in The Fighter that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe 
4
The Fighter
Jeff Beck
This film was supposed to be a crowd pleaser but in the end there s just not a whole lot to be pleased about
2
The Fighter
Wesley Lovell
An excellent cast highlights this stirring boxing drama 
3.5
The Fighter
Jay Antani
Wahlberg ensures we stay rooted in Micky s journey for all the script and fellow performers broad strokes cliches and conventionalities and that we root for the scrapper through every round in the ring 
3
The Fighter
Josh Larsen
All Wahlberg does is stand quietly in the corner delivering the most authentic nuanced performance in the film 
3
The Fighter
David Nusair
A typically underwhelming effort from David O Russell 
1.5
The Fighter
Eric Melin
It is impressive in the way it takes its time developing its characters before the boxing montages kick in 
3.5
The Fighter
James Kendrick
The emotional meat of The Fighter lies not in the traditional sports movie narrative of the ascension of the underdog although there is plenty of that but rather in the turmoil of Micky s dysfunctional family
3
The Fighter
Lori Hoffman
Director David O Russell and his superb cast manage to bob and weave around the clichés to make the story resonate beyond the standard confines of the genre 
3
The Fighter
Jordan Hiller
While Wahlberg s Mickey is someone we can relate to and root for Dicky is there to challenge us and through Bale s commitment to the role The Fighter is lifted and given a remarkable credibility
2.5
The Fighter
Linda Cook
If Mark Wahlberg stars as an interesting character the movie has a fighting chance at the box office 
4
The Fighter
Kam Williams
A fitting tribute to a real life Rocky and Adrian featuring a quartet of inspired performances by Mark Wahlberg Christian Bale Melissa Leo and Amy Adams 
4
The Fighter
Keith Cohen
This knockout cinematic sensation proves that true stories always make the best movies This is a real contender in several Oscar categories including 
4
The Fighter
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the boxing is phenomenal breathlessly staged to the point there were times I could swear I felt Mickey s devastating left hook slam into my jaw it is the twisted and complex family drama that makes this film such an astonishing piece of work 
3.5
The Fighter
Mike Scott
If this movie proves anything it s that Christian Bale is the greatest actor of his generation 
3
The Fighter
Matt Brunson
A scrappy hard edged motion picture but it s a shame when it becomes less Raging Bull and more Rocky IV 
3
The Fighter
Rick Groen
Makes too many concessions to the Hollywood judges pulls too many punches 
3
The Fighter
Lisa Kennedy
The Fighter is so muscularly and tenderly good because it trains its eye on the matches that take place between kin 
3.5
The Fighter
Peter Canavese
Doggedly obvious melodrama But what makes the clich eacute s palatable is a communal commitment to getting the story right 
2.5
The Fighter
John Wirt
A vastly entertaining boxing tale featuring championship bouts from Christian Bale and Melissa Leo 
3.5
The Fighter
Alissa Wilkinson
David O Russell s film bobs and weaves dodges and dances and hits just enough to keep us from relying on the formulas lesser sports movies have taught us 
4
The Fighter
John Beifuss
As much a knockabout comedy the almost skeletal Bale performs with the goofy loose limbed exuberance of the young Jerry Lewis as a traditional boxing movie or inspirational drama of overcoming addiction 
3
The Fighter
Bob Bloom
The Fighter is one of the best movies of the year It is a feature that follows the tenet that the best sports movies are more about people than the athletic contest 
4
The Fighter
Chris Hewitt
It may not be as deep as you d expect but it is a heck of a lot of fun 
3
The Fighter
Willie Waffle
Everything about The Fighter sounds like a cliché but it comes off like a perfectly made movie that hits you emotionally and makes you appreciate the amazing talent bringing the film to life 
4
The Fighter
Ann Hornaday
A tough bare knuckled compassionate meditation on every family s rope a dope between tribal bonds and self definition Both it turns out are worth going to the mat for 
3.5
The Fighter
Mark Dujsik
Comes down to a set of boxing matches yet after so much time with these characters they aren t empty displays of sport 
3
The Fighter
Walter Chaw
The only thing really surprising about The Fighter is that Ron Howard didn t direct it 
1
The Fighter
Dustin Putman
Impeccably combines the pleasures of a big entertainment with the provocative food for thought of a motion picture with loftier goals in mind than simple diversion 
3.5
The Fighter
Mick LaSalle
The Fighter is entertaining from beginning to end and contains two brilliant and extreme supporting performances that are among the year s best 
3
The Fighter
Michael Phillips
It feels like it comes from real life as well as the movies 
3.5
The Fighter
Robert W. Butler
Don t like boxing movies No problem The Fighter isn t like any other boxing movie you ve seen 
3.5
The Fighter
Peter Howell
You may not physically experience the punches that rain upon Mark Wahlberg s dogged pro boxer Irish Micky Ward but it feels as if you do 
3.5
The Fighter
Duane Dudek
The Fighter would be just as inspirational even if it were not true because of the quartet of actors who elevate its earnestness into Oscar worthy territory 
3.5
The Fighter
Steven Rea
The Fighter is funny ferocious sad sweet pulpy and violent Sometimes all in the same minute 
3.5
The Fighter
Roger Ebert
Because we aren t deeply invested in Micky we don t care as much as we should and the film ends on a note that should be triumph but feels more like simple conclusion 
2.5
The Fighter
Mike McGranaghan
The film has an amazing ability to portray its main character s personal life with such authenticity that the boxing scenes become more than sport they become a fight for life 
4
The Fighter
Peter Travers
The Fighter its heart full to bursting is an emotional powerhouse that comes close to spilling over 
3.5
The Fighter
Wilson Morales
Mark Wahlberg s portrayal of former boxer Mickey Ward packs a riveting and powerful punch but it s the performances by the rest of the cast including scene stealer Christian Bale that makes the film a winner 
3
The Fighter
Stephen Whitty
As a film The Fighter is a sturdy solid slugger but not quite a champ 
2
The Fighter
Kyle Smith
Pity the boxing movie that thinks it can be both Raging Bull and Rocky 
2
The Fighter
Claudia Puig
Bale is astounding as a strangely charismatic weasel giving probably the best performance of his career 
3.5
The Fighter
Ty Burr
At its punchy profane best The Fighter struts along the line between melodrama and comedy 
3.5
The Fighter
Peter Keough
This movie triumphs exuberantly as a crowd pleasing underdog fight flick But it really connects as a horrible and hilarious deconstruction of family values gone nuclear 
3
The Fighter
Joe Lozito
Biopic about former welterweight champ Micky Ward has neither the subtle heart of Rocky nor the brutality of Raging Bull but it does possess an achingly real performance from Amy Adams that s a complete knockout 
2.5
The Fighter
Moira MacDonald
Wahlberg gives a deceptively low key performance as the movie s still point perfectly setting off the crackling fuse that is Bale s Dicky a grinning strutter who knows he s screwed up but can t quite say goodbye to the limelight 
3
The Fighter
Rex Reed
These are characters so repulsive that it s hard to care what happens to them but it s to the credit of a superb cast that you do end up caring 
3
The Fighter
Phil Villarreal
So convincing was Bale as a crackhead that I didn t even realize it was him until the end credits rolled I expected the screen to read Dicky Played by ACTUAL CRACKHEAD 
4
The Fighter
Nick Schager
Russell choreographs and shoots scenes of interpersonal squabbling and in ring fisticuffs with competent but unremarkable efficiency leaving the proceedings devoid of distinctive authorial personality 
2.5
La Dernière Lettre
Lou Lumenick
In a tour de force performance Samie conveys volumes with her powerful voice 
3
Barcelona
Matt Brunson
Combines romance comedy philosophy and politics into one tantalizing package 
3
Barcelona
Emanuel Levy
Darker and more acidic than Stillman s previous outing this comedy about two Americans at the end of the Cold War could be described as Metropolitan meets Where the Boys Are meets The Year of Living Dangerously 
3
Barcelona
Ted Prigge
The script and acting is excellent supplying the little known actors with some truly interesting and some very classic dialogue 
3.5
Barcelona
James Berardinelli
This film is the distillation of an intriguing blend of romantic comedy satire drama and philosophy 
3.5
Barcelona
Roger Ebert
It appears at first to be about the casual lives of young men trying to launch their careers but eventually it reveals darker depths and meanings 
3
Barcelona
Steve Rhodes
What is right with this movie is the directing and the script 
2.5
Barcelona
Chris Hicks
This isn t for everyone to be sure but those who enjoy literate witty movies over shoot em up blow em up fare should find much to savor 
3
Supercross: The Movie
Christopher Borrelli
It s a bizarre contradictory mess a lousy promotion for a sport still unknown to many Americans
0
Supercross: The Movie
Chelsea Bain
This action packed dirt bike adventure is way too formulaic for even the dopiest of dopes 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Jonathan R. Perry
I ve made bologna sandwiches that inspired more enthusiasm 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
A long infomercial 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Hanh Nguyen
Once the dust settles from the final triumphant race the memory of the protagonists names has been whisked away at the speed of 50 mph 
2
Supercross: The Movie
Lou Lumenick
The writing is abysmal the acting wouldn t pass muster in a high school play and the direction by erstwhile stuntman Steve Boyum Timecop The Berlin Decision is positively sleep inducing between cycle jumps 
1
Supercross: The Movie
John Anderson
An example of how too much of anything will get annoying including VVRRRROOOOOOOMMM and flying bikes 
2
Supercross: The Movie
Jennie Punter
A lemon running on empty from the starting line to the final flag 
0
Supercross: The Movie
Jeff Vice
This insipid motor sports drama is not only shockingly inept in terms of storytelling it s also one of the cheapest looking movies in recent memory 
1.5
Supercross: The Movie
Sarah Chauncey
There s an old adage that if you don t have anything nice to say don t say anything Okay Well 
0
Supercross: The Movie
Tom Meek
The themes about corporate greed and blood being thicker than money resonate but that doesn t save the film from predictability and cliché 
2
Supercross: The Movie
Brian Marder
Supercross is sort of on par with the 1998 colossal failure Rollerball Both films are about fringe sports But the Rollerball remake came with much larger expectations and frankly looks like a Orson Welles ian masterpiece compared to Supercross 
0.5
Supercross: The Movie
Willie Waffle
when I think of tough biker dudes I think Aaron Carter Sure he stinks but thankfully he didn t sing the movie s theme song
1.5
Supercross: The Movie
Chris Kaltenbach
The most amazing fact about Supercross is that it took three people to write it Two chimpanzees with a typewriter could have done just as good a job 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Mike Clark
The movie s biggest drawback is a failure to deliver what s promised 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Angel Cohn
Director Steve Boyum s loud down and dirty ride through the world of Supercross motorcycle racing comes to a screeching halt for its many pit stops for Hollywood clichés 
2
Supercross: The Movie
Chris Hewitt
Supercross is completely random and goofy 
1.5
Supercross: The Movie
Will Crain
Instead of plot Boyum treats us to some meaningless but incredible sights like that of a motorcyclist and her vehicle doing a backward somersault in midair 
2
Supercross: The Movie
Elizabeth Weitzman
A film whose level of imagination can be discerned right from its title 
1.5
Supercross: The Movie
Paul Doro
An inept hybrid of ESPN2 and a WB network teen melodrama 
1.5
Supercross: The Movie
Peter Debruge
Supercross is basically just a high gloss delivery device for off road racing scenes 
1.5
Supercross: The Movie
Michael Phillips
Supercross racing may be an exciting spectator sport and even more rapturous for the participants but none of that noisy exhilaration has made its way into Supercross 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Sean P. Means
The stars with wheels get treated better than the ones with faces more screen time better lighting and makeup a bigger entourage even better dialogue 
1
Supercross: The Movie
Peter Canavese
Dude I am bummed 
.5
Supercross: The Movie
Erik Childress
If my Johnson Rod had ink it could craft a picture flipbook better than this 
0
Supercross: The Movie
Ed Gonzalez
A Clear Channel shill 
.5
Frankenstein Created Woman
Matt Brunson
A solid entry in the Hammer Frankenstein franchise 
3
Frankenstein Created Woman
Lucius Gore
The same year as Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Summer of Love Hammer Studios decided to make a great Cushing Frankenstein film 
3.5
My Sucky Teen Romance
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Mocks and pays tribute to the genre director Emily Hagins loves 
3
My Sucky Teen Romance
Phil Villarreal
The movie didn t quite do it for me but I d like to see what Hagins could do with a better cast and budget 
2.5
Kimi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pretty familiar under the surface but references to COVID and Soderbergh s skilled touch make it a throughly entertaining sit 
3
Kimi
Walter Chaw
Kimi is a rejection of despair and an illustration of a way forward using references to the doom laden thrillers of our last paranoid age We got through it then he says maybe we ll get through it again 
3.5
Kimi
Leo Brady
Kimi is already a fantastic expression of everyones fears swirling around us the fear to go outside the fear to interact with others the impact trauma has on a person and the standard worries that our technology is spying on us 
3.5
Kimi
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
No points for originality but Soderbergh s eternal wit and curiosity elevate the material 
3
Kimi
Richard Roeper
This is Zoë Kravitz s vehicle and she delivers a smart empathetic and badass performance in this nifty gem about a woman who has to step outside in more ways than one 
3
Kimi
Erik Childress
Wearing his influences on his sleeve Steven Soderbergh crafts a real crackerjack thriller with a great performance by Zoe Kravitz 
3
Kimi
Ty Burr
I don t want to oversell the thing but neither do I want to understate the pleasures of a smart compact expertly crafted tale that understands what makes a good streaming movie different from one you d see in a theater 
3.5
Kimi
Josh Larsen
The films pleasures lie in the experimental filmmaking thats usually going on in the corners of a Soderbergh production 
2.5
Kimi
Brian Eggert
Soderbergh handles everything with an expert eye portraying each familiar beat with an inventive camera angle or movement that enriches everything onscreen 
3.5
Kimi
Rene Sanchez
Soderbergh turns pandemic fears into a highly effective electrifying and terrifying modern thriller Full Review in Spanish
3.5
Kimi
Steven Prokopy
For a quick 90 minute movie Soderbergh manages to pack in a lot of detail 
3
Kimi
Pat Brown
The film extends into impactful hyperbole the tensions inherent in being subjects of and subjects to incessant surveillance 
3.5
Kimi
Brian Tallerico
Ruthless and precise Steven Soderberghs KIMI is a timely commentary on isolation and intrusion 
3.5
Kimi
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kravitz is excellent The young actor commands the screen building Angelas character with nervy precision 
3
Kimi
Randy Myers
A satisfying thriller that serves as a missive on the benefits and the pitfalls of our device dominated world 
3
Kimi
Mick LaSalle
Kimi was either not worth doing or not worth doing in quite this way but in either case it s a disappointment 
2
Kimi
Moira MacDonald
Kravitz kept me interested until the final frame her Angela is at once vulnerable superhuman and amusingly wry 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Brian Eggert
Without the confidence or daring to truly embrace its macabre setup 44 this amusing yet dimwitted movie proves to be lighthearted and 44 even worse 44 rather pleasant from a moral standpoint 46 
2
Horrible Bosses
David Keyes
Like rats in a collapsed maze these are characters struggling hard to find a path to comedic freedom and are constantly getting lost in the ruins of an absurd plot 
1.5
Horrible Bosses
Roger Moore
Funny enough to give America s embattled working folk an outlet for their frustration and America s employer classes a bad case of nerves 
3
Horrible Bosses
Jeff Beck
It s refreshing to see that some writers still like to turn an intriguing situation into one where laughs can flow naturally as opposed to attempting to force them out with extremely bad jokes 
3
Horrible Bosses
John Beifuss
Squanders a promising dark premise and attractive production values for puerile gross out humor shocking sex talk lazy plotting and a desperate and almost literal deus ex machina ending 
2
Horrible Bosses
Eric Melin
As sloppy and unbelievable as the movie is it is at times very funny a series of ridiculous setups to get these three talented comic actors in uncomfortable positions so they can make us laugh 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Linda Cook
I m not kidding when I tell you I have worked for a reasonable facsimile of each of the Horrible Bosses depicted in this grownups only movie 
3
Horrible Bosses
David Nusair
An affable entertaining comedy 
3
Horrible Bosses
Lori Hoffman
Horrible Bosses is a sloppy 8232 film that wants to be an edgy black comedy but doesn t come close to pushing the envelope enough 
2
Horrible Bosses
John Wirt
There are laughs elsewhere in this crude comedy but the film lights up the most when supporting player Jamie Foxx shows up and steals every scene he s in 
2
Horrible Bosses
Mike Scott
A foul mouthed anatomically obsessed and downright fun black comedy 
3
Horrible Bosses
Brett Michel
The characters in Horrible Bosses are defined by their quirks which are spelled out in boldface 
2
Horrible Bosses
James Berardinelli
For something like Horrible Bosses to sparkle the actors have to shine and shine they do 
3
Horrible Bosses
Kam Williams
An overindulgence in coarse language exposing profanity as the hobgoblins of small minds and unimaginative scripts 
1
Horrible Bosses
Scott Nash
Don t miss Horrible Bosses
3.5
Horrible Bosses
Keith Cohen
After watching this trio of bumbling schemers get in and out of trouble with a series of crazy shenanigans and listening to the filthy dialogue you will feel like taking a long hot shower to wash away any recollection of sitting through this garbage 
1.5
Horrible Bosses
Matt Brunson
Two thirds of a funny movie Horrible Bosses takes its irresistible premise an admirable distance before pulling a Wrong Way Corrigan and heading in an alternate direction Still there are plenty of laughs to be mined 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Glenn Lovell
Wonderfully mean spirited one sick joke piled atop another Farrell s cheesy coke head boss is the real surprise Foxx has a great time in a role that can be taken as a knowing goof on the street smart hit man 
2
Horrible Bosses
Christian Toto
Horrible Bosses won t make you forget Office Space but you ll be laughing too much to mind 
3
Horrible Bosses
Mike McGranaghan
While not likely to become the ultimate in I hate my job fury a la Office Space it offers enough bitter laughs to be fun 
3
Horrible Bosses
Lisa Kennedy
As they say the best laid plans go oft awry So what transpires in a comedy about the worst laid schemes These guys don t seem built for premeditated murder but are perfectly capable of mayhem 
3
Horrible Bosses
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a fun sickly entertaining ride and while not every bullet hits its mark the ones that do strike the very center of the bull s eye 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Alison Gang
If this year s hit Bridesmaids is the woman s answer to the male driven R rated comedy then Horrible Bosses is a strong rebuttal 
3
Horrible Bosses
Tyler Hanley
Horrible Bosses follows the precedent set by such earlier crime gone awry comedies as Ruthless People 1986 Throw Momma from the Train 1987 and Bottle Rocket 1996 with gut busting gusto 
3
Horrible Bosses
Liam Lacey
What s right about Horrible Bosses is less easy to identify but it comes down to something like esprit de corps 
3
Horrible Bosses
Robert Levin
The stars lack the charisma the comic energy and the overall appeal of the A listers playing supporting roles That s a fundamental miscalculation 
2
Horrible Bosses
Stephen Whitty
The smartest thing about Horrible Bosses is that it both refuses to just clock in and waste time and at the same time works extra hard to hold our attention 
3
Horrible Bosses
Willie Waffle
They are harmless assassins which is why we are laughing instead of being horrified 
3
Horrible Bosses
Chris Hewitt
Horrible Bosses provides a nifty showcase for the Jasons and for Charlie Day as three reasonably nice guys who have varying and solid reasons for wishing their bosses dead 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Michael O'Sullivan
There s an underlying nearly universal relatability to Horrible Bosses that can t be denied and that screenwriters Michael Markowitz John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein use to great advantage 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Scott Bowles
It s over the top stuff to be sure But Bosses never crosses that line into the macabre Don t call in sick to this shift 
3
Horrible Bosses
Kyle Smith
Look at how crazy is the craziness we are doing for you Isn t it crazy the movie shouts and the more it does the less you ll laugh 
1
Horrible Bosses
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay goes about the expected route in regards to the protagonists superiors but it s in the central characters actions that the film truly finds its edge 
3
Horrible Bosses
Dustin Putman
Whether it might have meant delving into grimmer thriller territory or bending toward more courageously incendiary humor the finished cut screams out for a clearer firmer fuller vision 
2
Horrible Bosses
Burl Burlingame
Hollywood ever sensitive to the heated scent of the national zeitgeist is in the business of trotting out movies that greedily feed on subliminal obsessions 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Mick LaSalle
Basically Horrible Bosses is a handful of characters and a comic situation in search of something to do for 100 minutes 
2
Horrible Bosses
Jon Niccum
The best workplace comedy since Office Space 
3
Horrible Bosses
Carrie Rickey
Here is a curveball for a comedy home run But at its best Horrible Bosses is a blooper 
2
Horrible Bosses
Joe Williams
Horrible Bosses is like a loud water cooler routine that you re forced to endure before suggesting to your crass co workers that they should get back to work 
2
Horrible Bosses
Peter Travers
Here s a hit and miss farce that leaves you wishing it was funnier than it is Why Because it wussies out on a sharp premise Because it wastes a killer cast that s ready to rock it 
2.5
Horrible Bosses
Ty Burr
Another frantic bad boy comedy with a good premise rendered depressingly inane by characters whose behavior barely makes sense 
1.5
Horrible Bosses
Connie Ogle
Slow witted clumsy and almost pathologically reliant on crude name calling for laughs Horrible Bosses represents the lowest end of the comedy spectrum 
1.5
Horrible Bosses
Lawrence Toppman
This is a fantasy along the lines of 9 to 5 coarser less realistic about corporate culture but just as much a fantasy of revenge for everyone humiliated or exploited by a supervisor 
3.5
Horrible Bosses
Sue Pierman
Bateman Day and Sudeikis have a natural camaraderie on screen and it s fun to ride this runaway train as events careen forward 
3
Horrible Bosses
Erik Childress
Spotty in its commitment to the darker elements of the material but damn if this is not an example of actors taking control of nearly every scene and turning it into one of the more consistently funny efforts of the year 
3
Horrible Bosses
Roger Ebert
Horrible Bosses is funny and dirty in about that order 
3.5
Horrible Bosses
Michael Phillips
Cleverly structured Horrible Bosses works in spite of its cruder scrotum centric instincts 
3
Horrible Bosses
Peter Howell
It may not be the summer s funniest comedy that would be Bridesmaids but it s safe to say it s the most killer one 
3
Horrible Bosses
Moira MacDonald
Horrible Bosses isn t horrible at all it s easy raunchy fun in the manner of the first Hangover movie and far better than the second 
3
Horrible Bosses
Phil Villarreal
It didn t make me laugh all that much but strangely kept me more interested in the story I admit that watching a movie this dumb for the story is like reading Playboy for the ads 
3
Horrible Bosses
Josh Larsen
The troubling thing isn t that the rampant sexual humor is so crude but that it s so angry 
1.5
Horrible Bosses
Rex Reed
It s one of those revolting raunch fueled movies churned out in their sleep by the Farrelly brothers and Judd Apatow that I usually hate but with real cleverness off center wit and edgy imagination 
3.5
Horrible Bosses
Christy Lemire
It s a film that s wildly brazenly stupid but also you know fun 
3
Horrible Bosses
Nick Schager
On the frat comedy tolerance scale this noir comedy just about breaks even 
2.5
Brother
Roger Moore
Generally dull by the numbers take on the boys in prison genre with only a couple of novel French twists
2
Olive Harvest
David Nusair
pervadingly melodramatic and amateurish 
1
Diamond Cartel
Roger Moore
With any luck the filmmakers will be haunted by the ghost of Peter O Toole who died before this was completed and whose famous voice was dubbed in the finished film 
1
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Kevin Carr
More true to the game than the 90s abomination 44 but still just a silly cartoon mostly for kids 46 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Rene Sanchez
Although its humor and story is aimed more toward kids 44 this animated adaptation of the beloved video game franchise offers a fun and colorful ride for everyone 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Anticipating that the film might play like a 92 minute Nintendo commercial is understandable 46 Thankfully 44 thought clearly went into making the references feel organic 46 
3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kids may have the time of their lives watching The Super Mario Bros 46 Movie 44 but for most adults 44 this is game over 46 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
James Berardinelli
I found myself wanting more as if I was only getting part of the experience But The Super Mario Bros Movie is not intended to work in the same way that conventional films do It s not about cinematic enjoyment it s about expanding a brand 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Steven Prokopy
Entering these various worlds and kingdoms felt more like an assault on the senses than a visit to any sort of magical destination 59 the subpar animation style doesn 8217 t help sell the wonder of it all either 46 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Doug Walker
Bright 44 bouncy 44 colorful 44 has a few laughs 44 and is faithful to the source material 46 Those unfamiliar with the games will be confused 44 but I think most Mario fans will enjoy it 46 
3 
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Chris Hewitt
In terms of servicing fans who want more of their Super Mario Bros than they can get at home or in an arcade the movie gets the job done 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Odie Henderson
This isn t a movie it s a checklist of fan expectations 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Johnny Oleksinski
For all its detailed worlds like the Mushroom Kingdom and Jungle Kingdom the Nintendo film is just another soulless ploy to sell us merchandise that doesn t bother to disguise its creativity starved greed 
1
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Peter Howell
The new film is so colourful sweet and playful while ultimately insubstantial going to it is like being handed a bowl of Froot Loops cereal to munch on instead of a bag of popcorn 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Pat Padua
The artistry is enough to keep children and adults watching At its 8 bit heart The Super Mario Bros Movie is ultimately about family 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Jeff York
It apos s pitched to die hard fans 44 but one shouldn 8217 t need the Nintendo cheat book to know what 8217 s going on here 46 The movie has eye popping production values 46 46 46 but as a genuinely compelling narrative 44 this adaptation feels wholly off its game 46 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Pablo O. Scholz
The movie is carried out well the effects are good and the plot is easy for kids to follow though there will likely be more parents at the theaters that have played the video game more often than them Full review in Spanish 
3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Brian Tallerico
A movie that apos s as hollow as a trailer 44 something that willfully avoids anything creative or ambitious 46 Mario and Luigi deserve so much better 46 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Joey Magidson
The Super Mario Bros 46 Movie is mostly just a kid friendly commercial for the video games 46 A satisfying motion picture 44 it is not 46 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he only limit to the imaginative potential of The Super Mario Bros 46 Movie is what the filmmakers bring to it 46 Their imaginations 44 unfortunately 44 are very limited 46 
2
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Sean P. Means
Transferring the high jumping game play of Mario and Luigi 44 and inserting a bunch of game references in the place where a plot might go 44 is not enough to carry a movie 46 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Kevin A. Ranson
46 46 46 like an 80 minute cut scene 44 but there 8217 s certainly a market 40 for it 41 46 46 46 a final cut playing it safe 44 offending no one and casting a wide nostalgic net by coloring strictly inside the lines 46 46 46 a fun film for kids of all ages 46 
3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Katie Walsh
Mildly amusing 44 swift 44 noisy and unrelentingly paced
2
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Jake Coyle
None of this is likely to be enough for anyone to exclaim Oh yeah while hopping up and down and doffing their cap But it is an hour and a half s worth of superlative marketing that will whet your appetite for more Mario back home on the couch 
2.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Soren Andersen
Everyone is a micron deep pixels without much in the way of personality 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Richard Roeper
With an ending clearly setting up further adventures to come The Super Mario Bros is a solid kickoff to a new chapter in this enduring multi platform franchise 
3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Paul Attard
The film feels like it 8217 s content to check off to do notes and scratch the viewer 8217 s nostalgia itch 46 
1.5
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Roger Moore
It is candy colored cardboard 44 and by cardboard I mean crap or at least somethin akin to rice cakes in taste delight and nutritional value 46 
1
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Zaki Hasan
Occasionally amusing but rarely engaging it leaves one feeling like they re standing to the side and watching someone else play a video game 
1
Quest for Fire
Larry Vitacco
Quest For Fire is thrilling and awesome in its individual and collective achievements 
4
Quest for Fire
Roger Ebert
These characters and their quest began to grow on me and by the time the movie was over I cared very much about how their lives would turn out 
3.5
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It manages to feel quietly moving and quietly profound in unexpected ways and I think it is Morris s best film in a long time 
4
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Josh Terry
There is a consistent quality to the images and even to their subjects which is echoed by Dorfman s own philosophy 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Sean P. Means
Morris must go into Dorfman s home court the cozy backyard studio where she has decades worth of work stored As a result he gets a more intimate portrait of an unassuming artist whose pictures are far bigger than her ego 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Michael O'Sullivan
Dorfman makes for a lively and loquacious subject 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Mark Dujsik
The B Side Elsa Dorfman s Portrait Photography doesn t delve deep but the film serves as a fine story of success and the end of an era 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Matt Zoller Seitz
A fine grained no photography pun intended look at the way that the development of an artist s style is usually intertwined with the technology and materials that she chooses to embrace 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Chuck Bowen
Errol Morris films Dorfman and her work with a rapt attentiveness that maps the nostalgic and regretful stirrings of her soul 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Kate Taylor
If this doc is sometimes elegiac in tone there is nothing mournful about it 
3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Peter Howell
Her stories are great especially the one about Dorfman gate crashing Dylan s Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 It would have been nice to hear more of them 
2.5
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Walter Chaw
fitfully fascinating
2.5
Cordelia
Roger Moore
An intriguing 44 immersive mystery that left me with more questions 8212 not about what 8217 s really going on 44 but about more mundane third act specifics 8212 than it has answers to 46 
2.5
Cordelia
Glenn Kenny
Cordelia doesn 8217 t stay tethered to what we would call reality 46 And the way it doesn 8217 t stay tethered is what gives the movie its distinctive quality 46 
3
Salt of This Sea
Mike Scott
This is not a movie with much use for nuance This is a movie with something to say and it says it Over and over and over again 
2
Salt of This Sea
Ed Gonzalez
Just as the film finds its graceful footing it succumbs again to heavy handedness 
2
Salt of This Sea
David Nusair
a well intentioned misfire 
2
Oslo, August 31st
Kelly Jane Torrance
While the themes here are also universal the story feels more personal which also makes it more heartbreaking 
3.5
Oslo, August 31st
Rob Nelson
Displays an invigoratingly acute understanding of the psychology of insecurity longing defensiveness and inward turning rage 
4
Oslo, August 31st
Roger Ebert
Oslo August 31st is quietly profoundly one of the most observant and sympathetic films I ve seen 
4
Oslo, August 31st
Ty Burr
A coolly observed yet boundlessly compassionate day in the life of a recovering drug addict Oslo August 31st breaks your heart many times over 
4
Oslo, August 31st
Brett Michel
As the final shots mirror the first you reflect on how life goes on with and without us 
4
Oslo, August 31st
Ann Hornaday
Trier proves that he s no one hit wonder 
3
Oslo, August 31st
Linda Barnard
The result is a superb exploration of loss guilt and regret in Norwegian director Joachim Trier s often unpredictable second film 
3.5
Oslo, August 31st
Adam Nayman
It has absolute clarity about a character who isn t at all sure about what he wants or whether he wants to keep going at all 
3.5
Oslo, August 31st
Tirdad Derakhshani
Pared down and sparse almost Bressonian in its formal rigor 
3.5
Oslo, August 31st
Rene Rodriguez
A study of a man who pulled away from the edge of the abyss at the nick of time only to realize he may not be able to forgive himself for the things he s done 
3
Oslo, August 31st
Mick LaSalle
Trier keeps us aware of the emotions and perceptions of all the characters even at those times when their perceptions are limited and differ from objective reality 
3
Oslo, August 31st
Jeff Shannon
With his angular features and intense gaze Lie is utterly convincing as an intellectual in the process of repairing his damaged life 
3
Oslo, August 31st
V.A. Musetto
Despite its themes Oslo August 31st is an exhilarating film with impeccable direction and pitch perfect performances that make the bleakness worthwhile 
3.5
Oslo, August 31st
Ela Bittencourt
The evocation of things ending suffuses the film with melancholy as Anders increasingly becomes an observant rather than a participant in his own life 
3.5
Amarcord
Josh Larsen
When Fellini turns down the volume 44 a soft sense of magic seeps in 46 46 46 
3.5
Amarcord
Matt Brunson
This classic is sentimental crude sexy comical and romantic 
4
Amarcord
Wesley Morris
Continues to resemble something a lewd grouchy fitfully indecent silent movie director might have made for his first time using color and sound That at least would explain the shouting 
2.5
Amarcord
Gerald Peary
Seen today Amarcord is something of a disappointment clever and moving in places but also sprawling undisciplined clumsy in patches and decidedly overlong 
3
Amarcord
Robert W. Butler
Amarcord will make you howl with laughter and then choke back a tear And all the while you ll be building your own memories of this landmark movie 
4
Amarcord
Chris Hewitt
I m not sure how Amarcord played in the 70s but now it feels like an affectionate parody of Italian movie conventions 
3.5
Amarcord
Thomas Delapa
A memorable last chapter to Fellini s nostalgic screen reminiscences that began in 1953 with I Vitelloni 
3
Amarcord
Jay Antani
A vulgar crassly funny tender always affectionate nostalgia trip Fellini style 
4
Amarcord
Roger Ebert
A totally accessible film It deals directly hilariously and sometimes poignantly with the good people of this small town 
4
The Wedding Singer
Peter Canavese
The tone set by director Frank Coraci tends to the cartoonishly broad while making jokes at the expense of grotesques Blu ray 
2
The Wedding Singer
Maitland McDonagh
Yes it s sappy It s also silly utterly unironic a sketch stretched out to feature length and if you re in the right mood pretty darned cute 
3
The Wedding Singer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Barrymore and Sandler are lovely together and the movie set in 1985 was also among the first to tap into 1980s nostalgia 
3
The Wedding Singer
Betsy Bozdech
Funny and sweet at the same time The Wedding Singer s comedy complements its romance and vice versa it may not be glamorous or flashy but it s a heck of a good party 
3
The Wedding Singer
Forrest Hartman
The plotting is simplistic but cute and the gags are consistently funny particularly for anyone who grew up in the 1980s 
4
The Wedding Singer
Jeffrey Westhoff
Besides music that harks back to the days when MTV was worth watching Martha Quinn Forever The Wedding Singer is also a sweet beguiling romantic comedy 
3
The Wedding Singer
Margaret A. McGurk
Barrymore shines like a new penny on the strength of pure movie star personality 
2
The Wedding Singer
Liam Lacey
Finally an Adam Sandler comedy that you can sit through without wanting to throw a mallet through the screen 
2
The Wedding Singer
Ruthe Stein
As Robbie Hart a former lead singer in a rock band reduced to performing at weddings Sandler goes for more than the easy laughs 
2
The Wedding Singer
James Kendrick
lightweight romantic comedy with just enough funny moments to keep it adrift but not so many that it s truly memorable
2.5
The Wedding Singer
Barbara Shulgasser
Suddenly I can see that when he stops whining Sandler has a certain adolescent charm about him 
2.5
The Wedding Singer
Bob Bloom
It s a nice diversion for undemanding and unsophisticated moviegoers who want to wile away about 100 minutes 
2
The Wedding Singer
Jeff Vice
The ending is predictable but the two stars are appealing especially since Sandler actually tones down his usual obnoxious shtick 
2.5
The Wedding Singer
Rob Blackwelder
All the movie s tender moments ring false especially since Sandler always looks like he s on the verge of cracking up and ultimately the movie has less flavor than a supermarket wedding cake 
2
The Wedding Singer
Steve Rhodes
Director Frank Coraci exerts little control over his picture which drifts aimlessly from bad to good and then back again 
2.5
The Wedding Singer
Marty Mapes
Adam Sandler falls for Drew Barrymore
3
The Wedding Singer
David N. Butterworth
One of the sweetest movies you re ever likely to come across 
3
The Wedding Singer
Ted Prigge
An enjoyable nostalgic and even a bit touching time at the movies 
3
The Wedding Singer
James Berardinelli
Watching The Wedding Singer is like being force fed an overdose of 80s culture and memorabilia coated with syrup 
2
The Wedding Singer
Mike Clark
Sandler and the movie try to ingratiate with such transparent calculation that it sometimes spoils the fun Yet there s sporadic fun to be had in this 1985 period piece 
2.5
The Wedding Singer
Roger Ebert
One of the sad byproducts of the dumbing down of America is that we re now forced to witness the goofy plots of the 1930s played sincerely as if they were really deep 
1
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Roger Ebert
It s a good film to look at filmed in warm earth colors and airy pastels But it s not especially successful 
2
Buzz
Michael Wilmington
The documentary tale of a Hollywood screenwriter not just any writer but A I for Albert Isaac Buzz Bezzerides a movie writer as it turns out for the ages 
3
Buzz
Bob Strauss
we sure get what makes Buzz distinctive 
3
Kiss of the Damned
Frank Ochieng
Despite its bawdy convictions Kiss Of The Damned is an empty blood bank looking for willing donors to buy into its sultry showmance of perverse wonderment
2
Kiss of the Damned
Soren Andersen
Kiss of the Damned is rather a hoot 
3
Kiss of the Damned
Tirdad Derakhshani
An ambitious if deeply flawed vampire love story 
2.5
Kiss of the Damned
Nathan Southern
A rare treat especially for those who like to see grindhouse oriented subject matter done with intelligence and substance 
3.5
Kiss of the Damned
Farran Smith Nehme
Cassavetes can film an erotic encounter worthy of the 1970s and the golden age of sex scenes and that is no small compliment these days 
2.5
Kiss of the Damned
Rex Reed
Just what we need another sophomoric oversexed vampire movie 
1
Kiss of the Damned
Ed Gonzalez
Xan Cassavetes cops to nothing more significant than being more keen on Vampyros Lesbos than anyone else from her clan of famous cinephiles 
2
Megan Leavey
Jeff Mitchell
Mara splits her time between nail biting sequences and Megan s emotional growth through her relationship with Rex a four legged soldier An inspiring movie based on two real life U S Marines Bring tissues 
3
Megan Leavey
Matt Brunson
Occasionally harrowing and always touching 
3
Megan Leavey
Pamela Powell
It delves deeply and beautifully into the unbreakable bond between a soldier and her dog Real life can sometimes be like a movie and this is a prime example of that 
3
Megan Leavey
Peter Travers
Kate Mara is raw and riveting in the title role a marine who ends up in combat in Iraq with a bomb sniffing German shepherd It s a true story that earns your tears 
3
Megan Leavey
Rob Thomas
Perhaps no two film genres are more susceptible to clichés than movies about animals and movies about war Megan Leavey is both And yet it s a very moving film that doesn t slip into melodrama or sentimentality earning its tears from viewers honestly 
3
Megan Leavey
Sean P. Means
Megan Leavey is an energetic and emotional combat drama about a female warrior discovering the power of love on the battlefield helmed by a female director who polished her craft in the independent film world 
4
Megan Leavey
Stephen Whitty
Megan Leavey isn t a big or particularly surprising picture it sketches out a simple story and then reliably delivers 
3
Megan Leavey
Johanna Schneller
The film the feature directorial debut for Gabriela Cowperthwaite whose orcas in peril documentary Blackfish struck a nerve treats the handler dog relationship with respect not cheap sensationalism 
2.5
Megan Leavey
Robert Horton
A Hallmark card of a film but competently done 
2.5
Megan Leavey
Thelma Adams
With a female directed female driven film this small criticizing it feels like beating a baby seal While well intentioned the human and dog interest story lacks narrative drive and star Kate Mara is a limp noodle 
2
Megan Leavey
Sheila O'Malley
The emotion in Megan Leavey is not forced It flows up and down the leash just like it s supposed to 
3.5
Megan Leavey
Bruce DeMara
Kate Mara imbues the role with plenty of grit and pluck but it s Rex the dog she bonds with who turns out to be a natural in front of the camera 
3
Megan Leavey
Chris Knight
Cowperthwaite balances the film s action and emotional beats nicely although it must be said that the defining battle shies away from too much gore That s not a criticism it makes the resulting film more kid friendly if still quite intense 
3
Megan Leavey
Mark Jenkins
This movie is rarely more than merely competent but it should stir lovers of justice as well as dog fanciers 
2.5
Megan Leavey
Mark Dujsik
T he movie doesn t land that final emotional punch 
2.5
Megan Leavey
Dann Gire
Cowperthwaite brings the heat during the Iraq scenes merging her journalistic approach with dramatic devices that imbue Megan Leavey with authenticity and urgency 
3
Megan Leavey
Randy Schiff
Cowperthwaite s excellent directing makes Megan Leavey memorable 
3.5
Megan Leavey
Calvin Wilson
If you have a soft spot for dogs this is a love story you ll find irresistible 
3
Megan Leavey
Gary Thompson
You often have the feeling that simple truthful stories of the men and women who serve overseas are underrepresented on screen Not this week 
3.5
Megan Leavey
Peter Keough
Not only is it a compelling metaphor for a woman finding independence and empowerment it dramatizes a primal emotional relationship that proves heartbreaking and triumphant 
3
Megan Leavey
Rafer Guzman
A somewhat low key war drama but it s hard to resist its sweet spirit and fuzzy warmth 
3
Megan Leavey
Kam Williams
Pat and predictable yet a sentimental enough journey to leave you weepy in spite of yourself 
3
Megan Leavey
Richard Roeper
Kate Mara delivers one of the best performances of her career in the title role 
3.5
Megan Leavey
Katie Walsh
Megan Leavey despite its story of wartime heroism isn t a jingoistic sentimental slice of pure patriotism It s far more an intimate drama about a personal journey a story about true love and companionship 
3
Megan Leavey
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A glossy facile and TV ready tribute to a heroic woman who deserves a much better movie 
2
Megan Leavey
Moira MacDonald
This is a two hour movie that would probably have worked better at 90 minutes But it s a quietly competent film and a good story 
2.5
Megan Leavey
Mick LaSalle
It s a movie about a woman and her dog about the love yes love not just a bond but real actual soul nurturing life expanding love that can happen between a human being and an animal 
3
Megan Leavey
Roger Moore
Add a dog and it almost instantly becomes the most emotional Iraq War combat film 
3
Megan Leavey
Kenji Fujishima
Everyone here from fellow marines to Iraqis is merely a supporting player in Megan Leavey s emotional journey 
1.5
Lunarcy!
Peter Howell
A lighthearted documentary by Canada s Simon Ennis that examines just how intently some Earthlings fixate upon that glowing grey gem in the night sky 
2.5
Lunarcy!
Kate Taylor
Lunarcy needs to spend more time explaining the man in the moon and less time stalking his sad followers on Earth 
2
Unmade in China
Michael Phillips
A delightful tale of filmmaking woe 
3.5
Unmade in China
V.A. Musetto
Why does Kofman who co directs with Tanner King Barklow insist upon making the movie mostly about himself He gets into nearly every frame often in closeup 
1.5
Unmade in China
Kam Williams
A comical account of a year long money burning party which ought to serve as a sobering warning for any equally nave entrepreneurs considering investing in China 
3.5
Unmade in China
Kenji Fujishima
Not even its problematically touristic gaze is enough to derail the fascination of this absurd tale s many nightmarish twists and turns 
2.5
Rolling Thunder
Eric Melin
The connection to an emotional truth is key to its success because as the plot starts moving and the elements of the violent revenge flick start rearing their head the movie feels grounded in Rane s reality 
3
The Forever Prisoner
Nick Allen
It is eye opening and yet also like Gibney s best work affirming in the worst ways 
3.5
Duck Season
Mike McGranaghan
Watch it passively and you might wonder how it even qualifies as a movie watch it with your full attention and you will see a charming and surprisingly meaningful look at adolescent angst 
3
Duck Season
Terry Lawson
Effortlessly nonchalant in its observations of kids and the way the world looks to them 
3
Duck Season
John Beifuss
Runs more on charm than inspiration but it convincingly conveys something of the terrible giddy solipsism of adolescence with its contradictory longings for freedom and security 
3
Duck Season
Thomas Delapa
I have one word for these kids Monopoly 
1.5
Duck Season
Steven Rea
A quiet loopy gem Duck Season is a goofball celebration of old friends new beginnings adolescent freedom and baked goods laced with a little something extra 
4
Duck Season
Moira MacDonald
Not much happens in Duck Season but it s never dull Eimbcke a Spanish filmmaker making his feature debut finds just the right note with his young actors and fills his film with telling detail 
3
Duck Season
Michael Booth
Give Duck Season a chance Sit on your watch for the first 20 minutes and see what happens Eimbcke s gentle persuasion will reward your patience for weeks to come 
3
Duck Season
Jeanne Aufmuth
Fernando Eimbcke s crisp visual sense and ear for comic timing propel the narrative forward with honest energy 
3.5
Duck Season
Michael Phillips
The film s calm and witty visual rhythm offers a rueful awareness of time passing and of time wasted in ways that people tend not to appreciate fully until long after they ve wasted it 
3.5
Duck Season
Roger Ebert
Not very much really happens in Duck Season but in its rich details it remembers how absorbing and endless every single day can seem when you re 14 
3
Duck Season
Ty Burr
Duck Season hits every one of its modest marks and then some It s the kind of movie to send you out looking at strangers on the street with newfound appreciation and something close to love 
4
Duck Season
Neva Chonin
The beauty of Duck Season is its insistence that profound human experiences can arrive slowly in incremental packages scattered over the course of an average Sunday 
3.5
Duck Season
John Anderson
Summing up Duck Season is a simple enough affair but hardly does justice to this ironic carefully crafted comedy the latest indication that Mexican cinema is going through one of its spasmodic periods of renaissance 
4
Duck Season
Ken Fox
Subtly rendered details about each of Eimbcke s four characters gradually rise to the surface 
3
Duck Season
Timothy Knight
There s not a false note in the film which unfolds with a casual grace similar in tone and feel to the work of David Gordon Green 
3
Duck Season
Lou Lumenick
Though his camera rarely moves Duck Season director Fernando Eimbcke and his cast capture teen ennui in an entertainingly universal way 
3
Duck Season
Jami Bernard
It s about the kind of kids who could never sit still enough unfortunately for a movie that perfectly captures the frustrations longings obsessions and torments of the awkward years before manhood 
3
Duck Season
Glenn Whipp
Captures the restlessness and confusion of adolescence in ways both funny and profound 
3.5
Duck Season
Peter Canavese
Its own bird gets dryly funnier and more emotionally rich as it goes along making it a fine way to while away an afternoon 
3
Duck Season
Phil Villarreal
Director Fernando Eimbcke s observant slice of lifer is mostly a comedy but breaks through regularly for surprising poignance 
3
Duck Season
Ed Gonzalez
A work of Jarmuschian deadpan Fernando Eimbcke s Duck Season is independent in the purest and most literal sense of the word 
3
The Deep
David Nusair
the film is rarely if ever as captivating as one might ve expected and or hoped 
2.5
The Deep
Manori Ravindran
It s an unexpected but provocative direction by Kormkur who s placed himself in exactly the right elements to make this masterful film 
3
The Deep
Liam Lacey
Kormakur s film suggests that the enigma of Gulli can somehow be found in his peasant humility his connections to his community 
3
The Deep
Peter Howell
Even knowing the outcome doesn t diminish the intensity and awe of watching it recreated in this deftly framed docudrama by prodigious Icelandic auteur Kormakur 
3.5
Benediction
Sean P. Means
There 8217 s a lot of downtime 44 and catty bickering among Sassoon and several of his boyfriends 44 in between 91 Davies apos 93 moments of graceful wonder 46 
2.5
Benediction
Peter Canavese
A great subject 44 a well written 44 unspeakably brilliant cinematic drama and an extremely literate 44 lyrical and spiritual masterpiece 46 
4
Benediction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Davies tends to prefer period pieces 44 but his masterly technique makes them come alive 44 using music 44 poetry 44 and a kind of passion that simmers just below the classical surfaces 46 What could have been dry 44 scholarly studies are instead cinematic glories 46 
3.5
Benediction
Kathy Fennessy
I sincerely hope Benediction isn apos t his final film 44 but if it is 44 he apos ll be going out with as much style and grace as he came in 46 
3.5
Benediction
Rex Reed
Beautifully designed and photographed sensitively written and directed by England s acclaimed Terence Davies and impeccably acted by a distinguished cast that turns life into art Benediction is one gorgeous motion picture 
4
Benediction
Roger Moore
Scene after scene suggests the viewer needs to do her or his homework to appreciate who the parade of characters passing by are 46 
3
Benediction
Michael Medved
Though handsome 44 lavish 44 and very well acted 44 BENDICTION tries to do too much and fails to come together in any coherent way 46 
2.5
Benediction
Odie Henderson
This is one of Davies 8217 best films 44 as equally detached as his earlier work yet brimming with emotions that are a little closer to the surface than we expect from him 46 
3.5
Benediction
Katie Walsh
Davies 8217 masterly portrait of the man and his work is both a loving tribute to him 44 and a commanding statement against the senselessness of war 44 a sentiment that could not be more timely 46 10 10 
3.5
Benediction
Mark Feeney
The sections don t cohere 
2.5
Benediction
Mark Dujsik
Davies apos film is worthwhile as a story that cuts to the emotional 44 psychological 44 and artistic core of its subject 46 
3
Benediction
Randy Myers
A brittle full bodied portrait of a troubled artist decorated soldier and struggling gay man 
3.5
Benediction
Mick LaSalle
Quibbles aside Benediction is a major work by a gifted and original filmmaker 
4
Benediction
Dwight Brown
Sassoon s identity struggle makes for an intriguing journey of self discovery even if his final revelations are cynical A sad but telling and expertly composed biofilm 
3
Benediction
Angelo Muredda
A luxurious and achingly blue profile of First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon 
3.5
Benediction
Keith Uhlich
Terence Davies s film is a rhapsodic portrayal of an upper crust milieu in which words are wielded like weapons by people who might otherwise be pariahs 
3.5
Benediction
Kate Taylor
The dialogue is quietly scathing and the production values are sumptuous But Davies seems most interested in Sassoon as a symbol of hemmed in Englishness 
3
Notting Hill
Betsy Bozdech
Watching America s favorite pretty woman and England s unassuming prodigal son connect onscreen is the kind of thing that light romantic comedies are for 
3
Notting Hill
Margaret A. McGurk
A thoroughly pleasurable emotional thrill ride that is in its own way as satisfying as watching Arnold hang from the wing of a speeding jet 
3
Notting Hill
Rick Groen
Lately romance comedies have expanded in running time doubtless to compensate for their shrinkage in charm and this is no exception it s way too long for something far too slight 
2.5
Notting Hill
James Kendrick
Sometimes the movie says in its naive but wonderfully affable manner gods need mortals 
3
Notting Hill
Susan Stark
With Notting Hill you ve got a romantic comedy that makes falling in love with a movie easy as pie 
4
Notting Hill
Jorge Avila Andrade
Cumple el cometido que se traz desde el principio que es el de entretener por un poco ms de dos horas a la audiencia
3
Notting Hill
Elias Savada
Notting Hill is whimsical and light fresh and quirky Quite engaging and quietly appealing 
3
Notting Hill
Steve Rhodes
As exquisitely directed by Roger Michell and smartly scripted by Richard Curtis the movie easily transcends its highly contrived setup 
3.5
Notting Hill
Ross Anthony
Surprisingly light and fun overall Notting Hill is good solid entertainment 
3
Notting Hill
Jeff Vice
One reason the film succeeds is that it so deftly combines elements from sappy U S romantic comedies and the much more caustic British satires And when that experiment works here it works well 
3
Notting Hill
Bob Graham
Director Roger Michell uses technical flourishes sparingly but to lovely effect 
4
Notting Hill
Roger Ebert
The movie is bright the dialogue has wit and intelligence and Roberts and Grant are very easy to like 
3
Notting Hill
Wesley Morris
Director Roger Michell isn t content to rest on his stars slapstick laurels mining instead the more sophisticated if subversive socio romantic pratfalls in Curtis script 
3
Notting Hill
Michael Dequina
What remains true throughout is the enrapturing spell this sparkling entertainment casts upon the audience 
3.5
Notting Hill
James Berardinelli
The romance is tepid 
2.5
Notting Hill
Eugene Novikov
This is a perfect example of how good mainstream movies can be 
3.5
Notting Hill
Dustin Putman
The rare quintessential Hollywood romance 151 smart affectionate realistic and thoroughly likable 
3
Notting Hill
Bob Bloom
Roberts is beautiful Grant is charming London is picturesque What more can you ask for 
3.5
Notting Hill
Rob Blackwelder
Every time it starts to get really good every time it reaches a romantic or emotional high the soundtrack chimes in and ruins the scene with invariably intrusively and often downright awful songs 
2.5
Notting Hill
Mike McGranaghan
I recommend the movie because it is so beautifully written and performed 
3
Onibaba
Brian Eggert
Given its historical setting visually dynamic presentation and open ended conclusion Onibaba lends itself to interpretation and symbolic readings 
4
Onibaba
Matt Brunson
A harsh and savage tale where a ravenous hunger defines every action 
3
Earth and Blood
Roger Moore
As predictable as any thriller with a sawmill in it that doesn t have somebody tied to a log at some point can be 
2
The List
Lawrence Toppman
The List is an accomplished piece of filmmaking with a serious goal 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Matt Soergel
Much of the movie is exciting But none of it is as satisfying as what Jackson was able to create in Fellowship the first film 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Matt Brunson
The movie doesn t deepen or expand the tale s themes as masterfully as The Empire Strikes Back added to Star Wars mystique But as a stirring story of unsullied heroism it s a winner and as an action epic it features superb battle sequences 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Nick Rogers
Andy Serkis s work in creating Gollum deserved an honorary Academy Award His gestures and voice not computer software make Gollum so memorable as he wrestles with his inner homicidal maniac A soaring searing tale of wonderment 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Michael Dequina
Spectacular entertainment 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Joe Lozito
Yes Peter Jackson demands nine hours of your time But I can t think of a director more deserving 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Scott Nash
And the Masterpiece continues 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Greg Maki
With one film to go Peter Jackson is on the verge of completing a trifecta that will rank among the greatest achievements in film history 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Sobczynski
The most impressive new element in this installment is the completely CGI created Gollum he turns in the best performance 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Is it too early to say The Lord of the Rings is the best cinematic fantasy trilogy of all time even with the series third installment The Return of the King still a year a way 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Emily Blunt
It s a delightful gift to the world 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Wesley Lovell
The greatest fantasy epic of all time continues with a mesmerizing middle chapter that leaves great hopes for the thrilling conclusion 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Frank Ochieng
Make no mistake in the realization that The Two Towers registers delightfully as a defining technical achieving dynamo that embraces the extending heart and massages the pleasing anticipated eye 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jorge Avila Andrade
Cautivadora sorprendente impresionante Demuestra que el límite del ser humano es su propia imaginación 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Travers
Spectacular in every sense of the word even if you don t know an Orc from a Uruk Hai 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Kevin A. Ranson
these characters are feeling as people not just enduring as tragedy finds them This is the very thing that sets The Lord of the Rings apart from nearly all modern fantasy films since Excalibur Two Towers down one King to go 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Tony Toscano
a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ian Mantgani
There are flaws yes but the film is a breathtaking achievement in its scope 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Dan Lybarger
Now that Jackson has established his make believe world he can have fun with it 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Steven Snyder
Towers is a much darker and chaotic experience showing Frodo near the point of collapse the future as bleak and hopeless and emphasizing a war of actions that supplant the first film s war of words 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Marty Mapes
A new standard by which big budget adventures will be judged 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
James Kendrick
The film s climax the Battle for Helm s Deep is quite simply one of the most impressive large scale battle sequences ever committed to celluloid 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Michael Sragow
This is the rare picture that evokes and revives the spirit of classics from The Wizard of Oz to The Seven Samurai 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Forrest Hartman
Technically brilliant The Two Towers features the same attention to detail and sparkling visual effects that earned its predecessor four Oscars 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
David Elliott
Given his enduring success author J R R Tolkien must have been a fantasy master He is being massively Jacksonized 
2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Joe Baltake
Viewers more than get their money s worth here 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ty Burr
George Lucas should watch this and hang his head in shame 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jackson s precision and passion make every second of the movie hum with bravado and excitement 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mike McGranaghan
The Two Towers has the kind of ambition that few movies these days have Going to see it is an event 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Dustin Putman
Maybe The Two Towers will stand as a more respectable and meaningful bridge between the crucial first and last entries On its own however it is a crushing disappointment of ill advised missteps and misplaced opportunities 
2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Maitland McDonagh
This second installment is heavy on battle sequences which will thrill some viewers more than others this second installment is heavy on battle sequences which will thrill some viewers more than others 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mick LaSalle
A few sloggy spots aside The Two Towers is an outstanding effort that maintains the integrity and purpose that distinguished The Fellowship of the Ring 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Carrie Rickey
Though Jackson doesn t always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Linda Cook
Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is majestic in its splendor 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jonathan Foreman
An amazing feat of imagination 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Robert W. Butler
For those of us who thought the first film was at its best when reveling in the little details of life in Middle earth and examining the relationships between its characters The Two Towers is a letdown 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Liam Lacey
The Two Towers is both a triumph of design and cinematic engineering and at the same time long repetitious and naive 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Susan Stark
Once again director Jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action effects on the spectacular scale 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Terry Lawson
One of the great film experiences of the millennium 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jeff Vice
This is one case where you can actually believe the hype The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is indeed even better than its predecessor 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Steven Rosen
What Jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gary Brown
A truly spectacular film 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mary F. Pols
As in Fellowship the actors are all vivid realizations of Tolkien s characters and there is not a weak note in the cast 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Josh Larsen
Fellowship tried on XXL pants and made them fit The Two Towers is even bigger and this time the seams start to rip 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Roger Ebert
It is not faithful to the spirit of Tolkien and misplaces much of the charm and whimsy of the books but it stands on its own as a visionary thriller 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Michael Szymanski
Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further richer and deeper What Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination no creature no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Sean P. Means
While Fellowship lay clear why the plight of the One Ring matters to the creatures inhabiting Tolkien s Middle Earth the second film shows why it all matters to us 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jon Niccum
As with the novel The Two Towers is a bridge more than a stand alone work and as such it places an emphasis on momentum over depth 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Phil Villarreal
The middle third of an epic nine hour movie that will doubtlessly shine as one of the most daring and successful accomplishments in cinematic history 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mark Dujsik
A monumental technical achievement 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
David Keyes
The Two Towers takes the tradition of Tolkien s work into a darker creepier and more seriously woven direction magnifying the scope to something that even the first feature barely scratched the surface of 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jonathan R. Perry
Even if it s just a narrative bridge this second series installment is still a glorious reward for those who paid attention last time 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Erik Childress
The second chapter only cemented my love for the story characters but also my belief that this story in either 3 or 6 hour intervals won t be fully served until The Return of the King ends 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Chauncey Mabe
The grandest spectacle since David Lean hung up his light meter 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Moira MacDonald
Peter Jackson in the second installment of his Lord of the Rings trilogy has confounded expectations and crafted a film that s both livelier and darker than the first one 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Bruce Newman
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is the Tolkien trilogy s middle passage through Middle earth and the middle is a bit of a muddle 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Tor Thorsen
Visually breathtaking viscerally exciting and dramatically moving it s the very definition of epic adventure 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Duane Dudek
If The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers seems less transparently inviting than its predecessor this quality has less to do with the film than with the quest itself 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Bob Bloom
The Two Towers is epic filmmaking at its finest an intelligent and literate translation of a well known and well loved book that has enthralled millions This film will no doubt do the same 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Glenn Whipp
Jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can but all the bouncing back and forth can t help but become a bit tedious even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Michael Wilmington
Peter Jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime Tolkien fan or a movie going neophyte could want 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jeffrey Westhoff
While this movie by necessity lacks Fellowship s heart Two Towers outdoes its spectacle 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Claudia Puig
Epic battles spectacular effects and multiple story lines make The Two Towers a most excellent middle chapter in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Chris Hewitt
Once again Jackson and crew have crafted an astonishing looking movie 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Rene Rodriguez
The Two Towers is crammed with so much adventure and incident so much derring do and visual wonder it makes the talky Fellowship feel like the homework assignment you couldn t get out of doing with the new movie as your reward 
3.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Rob Blackwelder
If you watch Towers from the bigger picture point of view imagining how it will play once all three films are in a DVD box set it is one spectacular if incomplete epic 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Harvey S. Karten
Stunning CGI as expected but story wise Lewis Carroll and L Frank Baum have little to worry about 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
James Berardinelli
In nearly every way that counts The Two Towers is The Fellowship of the Ring s equal 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jules Brenner
Whatever one might criticise about this ambitious series of films its makers are clearly committed to its monumental character and content 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jeanne Aufmuth
An enigma edged with a rousing melange of story arcs 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lawrence Toppman
Seeing The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is like having a second date with a woman who made you fall in love at first sight 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Steve Rhodes
Another stunning technical achievement for director Peter Jackson but without the enormous emotional impact of the first film 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ross Anthony
Hosts much to point out as inferior but also a great deal to praise and marvel over As a result the film averages to a weak B with the recommendation to show up late 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mark Ramsey
The time of the Elves is nearly over warns the Elf leader Soon there will be no one to bake the Keeblers No one to laugh at Margaret Cho 
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Walter Chaw
A deeply conflicted picture that soars when it works and plods along sincerely when it doesn t 
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ed Gonzalez
The Two Towers could be the most sinister Hollywood epic ever made 
3.5
Children of Divorce
Kathy Fennessy
Costume designer and Sternberg associate Travis Banton also deserves credit for the exquisite outfits particularly the ladies whisper thin hand beaded dresses 
3
Champs
Matt Brunson
A few talking head celebrities appear along the way but nothing any of them have to say is as compelling as hearing the stories and seeing the vintage footage of the three raging bulls at the center of the film 
2.5
Champs
Odie Henderson
It s like a thesis whose next draft would be destined for greatness 
2.5
Champs
Roger Moore
Solid if entirely too superficial look at the allure and downside of The Fight Game 
2.5
Champs
Nick Schager
An unfocused mishmash that thrives only when it fixates on footage of actual bouts 
2
A Love Divided
Mick LaSalle
An Irish drama that s a lot more sly and a lot less straightforward than it appears on the surface 
3
A Love Divided
Harvey S. Karten
A thesis film that will offend Catholics and stimulate considerable post movie discussion 
3
Year of the Fish
Burl Burlingame
Making the film animated creates a remove from the harshness of reality like erecting a scrim between performer and audience but it also makes for a certain glow 
2.5
Year of the Fish
V.A. Musetto
The director writer David Kaplan is able to hold our attention and the film s unusual look lends a magical feeling 
3
Year of the Fish
Marjorie Baumgarten
Without the animation layered on top of the action the film would be thoroughly lacking in dramatic interest 
2
Year of the Fish
Jeff Shannon
Apart from the debut of appealing An Nguyen and a pet fish instead of a magic slipper there s nothing particularly innovative here and the film s seedy milieu ensures that it s anything but a kid friendly fairy tale 
2
Year of the Fish
Maitland McDonagh
That kind of broadness plays fine in Disney movies but feels deeply when applied to the world of undocumented sex workers urban poverty and economic exploitation that looks a lot like 21st century slavery 
2
Year of the Fish
Walter V. Addiego
Too raw for kids and too simplistic for adults 
2
Year of the Fish
Nick Schager
HBO s 1990s cartoon series Happily Ever After multiculturalized traditional fairy tales and Year of the Fish may as well be a live action episode of the now defunct program 
2
Year of the Fish
Ty Burr
Written and directed by Reginald Harkema with a sharp eye toward the paradoxes of fighting The Man in the 21st century 
2.5
The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon
Peter Howell
Havana Moon delivers almost a full Stones concert in grand sound and image made more special by its historic circumstances Imagine what Fidel made of Sympathy for the Devil 
3
Save the Green Planet!
Walter Chaw
Wrapped up in all this madness is an affecting human core 
3.5
Save the Green Planet!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Save the Green Planet just can t shake its repellent stagnant mood 
2
Save the Green Planet!
Jeff Shannon
Like any roller coaster ride it may make you queasy but you ll never be bored 
2.5
Save the Green Planet!
Murray Whyte
Demented yet somehow humane Save The Green Planet is a visually ingenious hybrid melding horror black comedy revenge thriller and science fiction into an unpredictable cohesive whole 
3.5
Save the Green Planet!
Jennie Punter
Entertaining visually inventive and truly out there 
3
Save the Green Planet!
Ruthe Stein
There s a very human story within the one involving possible space aliens 
3
Save the Green Planet!
Elizabeth Weitzman
Somehow Jang manages to meld shocking sadism slapstick laughs and a poignant political plea into a head spinning trip that it seems safe to say is like none you ve taken before 
3
Save the Green Planet!
David Sterritt
Very inventive but stay away if you can t stomach over the top violence 
3
Save the Green Planet!
Gene Seymour
Unlike just about every other American action movie this film knows how to embrace momentum without sacrificing challenges to the mind or the soul 
3.5
Save the Green Planet!
Stephen Whitty
Makes you wonder just what new talent the increasingly inventive and idiosyncratic Korean cinema is going to give us next 
2.5
Save the Green Planet!
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Jang Jun hwan starts things off with a bang and never looks back 
3
Save the Green Planet!
Chris Barsanti
Save the Green Planet is about the best science fiction slapstick since The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Brian Eggert
Carefully balances its dark comedy 44 three dimensional characters 44 and genuine chills 46 
4
Shaun of the Dead
Wesley Lovell
The best zombie comedy yet made 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Federico Furzan
When revisited Shaun of the Dead confirms that every second of it is absolute genre madness Full review in Spanish 
4
Shaun of the Dead
Claudia Puig
The movie bogs down and the humor seems to dry up though the blood continues to well spurt and spew 
2.5
Shaun of the Dead
Jay Antani
Pedestrian direction and script sap what anarchic fun this movie could ve been
2
Shaun of the Dead
David Nusair
Extremely well made but only sporadically engaging 
2.5
Shaun of the Dead
Joe Lozito
Shaun is able to balance the comedy and the gore in a way that will satisfy both zombie genre fans and less bloodthirsty viewers 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Kelly Glover
The film has gruesome effects that won t disappoint zombie lovers 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Steve Rhodes
A well executed one joke movie But even it s a good joke it s only one joke 
2
Shaun of the Dead
James Sanford
a terrific horror movie send up even filmgoers who normally shy away from shockers will probably have a good time 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
James Kendrick
works hard to find a delicate balancing act between generating tension and humorously subverting it often in the blink of an eye
3
Shaun of the Dead
Linda Cook
It s a funny take on zombie movies that s also an enjoyable social commentary 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Steven Snyder
It s more enjoyable than most zombie movies or romantic comedies are in their own rights 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Sean McBride
The whole outlandish situation is treated with typical English stoicism leading to some wonderfully funny moments 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Mike McGranaghan
Watching this slacker store clerk turn into a master zombie hunter to win the woman he loves is a refreshing way to approach the genre 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Greg Maki
The best comedy and the best horror movie of the first nine months of 2004 
4
Shaun of the Dead
Dan Webster
The success has much to do with director Edgar Wright who co wrote the film with comic Pegg but Pegg is who brings the film to life along with Nick Frost as Ed the dimmest best friend a guy can have 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
James Berardinelli
For those who don t mind a little laughter with their zombies or perhaps it should be the other way around this is an unusual source of entertainment 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Marty Mapes
Dr Strangelove Evil Dead 2 Shaun of the Dead
4
Shaun of the Dead
Tyler Hanley
By going over the top on horror and below the belt on humor this clever British import hits an uproarious cinematic chord 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Matt Brunson
The comedy quotient makes this more accessible to general audiences than most movies centering on the undead 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Vince Koehler
At last a Zombie film hits the big screen with humor and romance 
2.5
Shaun of the Dead
John Beifuss
Shows not only respect for the zombie genre but respect for the audience 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Collin Souter
The best male bonding film since Last Orders and the best romantic comedy since Love Actually Oh and it s a great zombie flick too 
4
Shaun of the Dead
Frank Ochieng
a devilishly dandy flesh eating farce uniquely hilarious and horrifying Shaun and his cannibalistic cohorts will truly get under your skin 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
With zombie movies suddenly all the rage it is refreshing to see at least one of them not drown in earnestness throwing the entire genre on its head in ways I haven t seen since Jackson did it with Dead Alive over a decade ago 
3
Shaun of the Dead
James Verniere
It s a knowing look at a perennial pop movie genre and an ingenious variation on the romantic comedy theme featuring an appealing and talented cast 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Chris Kaltenbach
Shaun of the Dead offers a welcome riff on a well worn horror standard 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Maitland McDonagh
Both genuinely funny and authentically horrifying it puts the average horror comedy to shame 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Moira MacDonald
A wonderfully funny spoof of zombie movies and of the kind of life that can turn a man into the walking dead 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Carla Meyer
Transforms the unintentional camp of the zombie subgenre into full on hilarious comedy 
4
Shaun of the Dead
V.A. Musetto
A drop dead funny comedy 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Jami Bernard
The movie s great joke never wears out its welcome Many of the living are virtually indistinguishable from the undead 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Leah McLaren
It s intelligent funny and utterly disgusting all at once 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Lisa Kennedy
Cheeky and unexpectedly charming 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Roger Ebert
Has its pleasures which are mild but real 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Wesley Morris
A British zombie flick that works not because of the crowds of undead but because the guy trying to exterminate them was himself running out of reasons to live 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Aaron Hillis
so endlessly clever and bloody hilarious make that bloody and hilarious that it sets a frighteningly high bar for any zombie flicks that lie in its wake 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Sean P. Means
A zombie movie with a heart and a funny bone as well as a good many other internal organs 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Larry Ratliff
Those witty Brits They may have lost the overseas colony that became the U S of A but they sure know how to spice up a zombie flick with bloody humor 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Bob Strauss
Who knew pint glass realism and splatter satire could make for such frighteningly smart fun 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Jeff Vice
It s frequently laugh out loud funny and surprisingly scary 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
with the exception of Romero s trilogy the Godfather of zombie movies this is the best zombie movie ever made 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Erik Childress
You re aware the filmmakers have paid attention over the years and even if you haven t Shaun of the Dead is still a bloody blast 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Jackie Loohauis
Arguably the most intelligent hilarious sendup of the horror genre seen in decades 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Phoebe Flowers
An exuberant fresh and funny romantic comedy that just kind of happens to feature the living dead 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Chris Hewitt
Sure there are rotting gory corpses in Shaun of the Dead but they are the wittiest rotting gory corpses you ll ever see 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Terry Lawson
Its secret is the same one that keeps us interested in the better examples of the movies it pillories The writers director and actors make us care about Shaun and his friends 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Rene Rodriguez
Members of the cast most of whom hail from British TV sitcoms have crackerjack comedic timing and their characters have been written so well you d watch them with or without zombies 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Steven Rea
Screamingly funny 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Jan Stuart
There is gore aplenty for those who like to look at it and a bounty of winking jokes for those who would prefer to laugh at it 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Jeff Strickler
Makes the best use of zombies since Michael Jackson s Thriller video 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Robert K. Elder
Playing the stereotypical twentysomething everyman Pegg has a disarming fragility that evokes a bit of empathy from anyone ever stuck in a rut 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Josh Larsen
at once a splatterfest and a satiric generational statement 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Willie Waffle
the film is brilliantly subversive and funny with great reactions from Pegg and Frost as they portray the two most idiotic zombie fighters ever seen on film 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Walter Chaw
A traditional zombie film introduced as a romantic comedy and infected with a sly British cum The Simpsons intelligence and sensibility 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Phil Villarreal
Laudable inventiveness and satirical daggers that stick it to the aimless video game addicted slacker generation 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Rob Blackwelder
A guaranteed gut buster for anyone even vaguely familiar with the fundamentals of zombiedom 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Peter Canavese
Impeccable performances crack timing Horror plaudits aside Shaun of the Dead is out in front as the funniest comedy of the year 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Peter Travers
Though I prefer the hard core zombie scares of Danny Boyle s 28 Days Later Pegg and Wright who are rumored to resemble a real life Shaun and Ed keep the blood and the laughs gushing 
3
Shaun of the Dead
Scott Nash
One of the funniest movies of the year 
4
Shaun of the Dead
Jeremiah Kipp
The amusing but inconsistent Shaun of the Dead is a marriage made in hell 
2
Shaun of the Dead
Matt Soergel
Not only is Shaun of the Dead one of the funniest movies you ll see all year but as the ads helpfully point out it s also a terrific romantic comedy with zombies 
3.5
Shaun of the Dead
Dustin Putman
Intelligently wicked and bloodily appealing in an agile sort of way 
2.5
Shaun of the Dead
J. Johnson
The film offers homage to zombie films with a Pythonesque lilt 
3
I Am Woman
Sheila O'Malley
A frustratingly shallow approach to a singer who deserves better 
1.5
I Am Woman
Joe Friar
Tilda Cobham Hervey is strong and invincible as Helen Reddy in Unjoo Moon s entertaining biopic that s long overdue 
3.5
I Am Woman
Ty Burr
Watching I Am Woman you may get the ironic feeling that the woman it s about is the wrong one 
1.5
I Am Woman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though the movie drags in places and sometimes descends into sentimental clichés it s still ultimately a decent enough tribute to her life and music 
2.5
I Am Woman
Mark Dujsik
Familiarity reigns 
2
I Am Woman
Johanna Schneller
Though I saw every beat coming I still got choked up at the end 
2.5
I Am Woman
Richard Roeper
Checks off just about every cliché imaginable and yet wins us over in large part due to the star power performance of Tilda Cobham Hervey as Reddy 
3
I Am Woman
Mike McGranaghan
A reasonably entertaining film for people who remember Helen Reddy and the way her signature song inspired millions of American woman in their fight for equality 
3
I Am Woman
G. Allen Johnson
I Am Woman while it doesn t roar effectively tells Reddy s story and speaks strongly about the women s movement and the struggle that continues 
3
I Am Woman
Bob Bloom
Keeping I Am Woman from just being another biopic is the performance of Tilda Cobham Hervey as Reddy Behind her soft spoken demeanor is a determined woman who knows the potential of her talent and refuses to be deterred from getting what she wants 
2.5
I Am Woman
Roger Moore
Hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore is about to have another moment 
2.5
Mikey
David Nusair
a seemingly foolproof setup that s employed to increasingly and pervasively unwatchable effect 
1
The War on Kids
Elizabeth Weitzman
Generally witless ode to illegal substances 
1
The War on Kids
Kyle Smith
The War on the War on Drugs strings together 60 amateurish short films to tell us drugs are cool man 
0.5
A Silent Love
V.A. Musetto
A Silent Love manages to entertain while saying something about loneliness and culture shock 
2.5
A Silent Love
Robert Dominguez
A gentle character study that puts a fresh spin on mother in law trouble 
2.5
A Silent Love
Liam Lacey
Steers clear of the emotionally obvious it s a film that s funny without laughter and sad without tears 
3
Portnoy's Complaint
Roger Ebert
The other thing lacking in the movie is the book s sense of mischievous fun and the kind of joy contained in Roth s liberating message 
2
The Immaculate Room
Katie Walsh
It 8217 s all just a little too immaculately rendered to be satisfying 44 or even compelling beyond the initial conceit 46 
2
The Immaculate Room
Joey Magidson
Emile Hirsch and Kate Bosworth deliver strong work and the premise is very intriguing 44 but it apos s not enough to make The Immaculate Room any less frustrating or messy 46 
2.5
The Immaculate Room
Mark Dujsik
The Immaculate Room gradually and then suddenly undermines the promising scarcity of its premise 46 
2
Saving Lincoln
Ed Gonzalez
Under even the best of circumstances Saving Lincoln would have to inevitably face the scrutiny of potential redundancy 
1.5
Saving Lincoln
Lou Lumenick
Litvak s shoestring production sketches in episodes from Lincoln s entire administration including a strange Dixie singalong on the White House steps to mark the end of the war 
2
Saving Lincoln
Matt Pais
Like a movie watching day in class that makes you miss the thrilling rhetoric of a lecture 
0.5
Saving Lincoln
Kam Williams
A fresh take on The Great Emancipator from the point of view of a trusted companion who had been at the President s side at Gettysburg and for many historical moments but not on the day he died 
3
15 Park Avenue
Namrata Joshi
In effect the film seems to have everything going for it Not quite Instead of exploring these intriguing associations to their logical emotional depth Sen leaves them sketchy and open ended 
2
A Tree of Palme
Jeff Shannon
Hints of greatness are subverted by frenetic plotting and sensory overload 
2
A Tree of Palme
G. Allen Johnson
It s visually creative but doesn t stand out among other animes and its 136 minute running time is about 30 minutes too long 
2.5
A Tree of Palme
Wesley Morris
Measure for measure none of A Tree of Palme really goes anyplace that fairy tales or anime haven t previously been 
2.5
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Monica Castillo
A charming premise that then turns into a suspense movie 46 
3.5
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Mark Dujsik
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic sets out to challenge 46 46 46 assumptions and prejudices 44 and it does so in smart and increasingly unexpected ways 46 
3
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Kent Turner
The film nimbly becomes a thriller without shedding its established rhythm 
3
Liberty Stands Still
David Nusair
Writer director Kari Skogland clearly has an agenda the film is vehemently anti gun resulting in incredibly obvious and preachy instances of dialogue and a ham fisted approach to the storyline 
1.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Tom Meek
Raoul Peck s visual telling of writer James Baldwin s unfinished final novel Remember This House articulates another story of race in modern America 
3
I Am Not Your Negro
Frank Ochieng
Effectively galvanizing and a pervasive punch to the functioning system Negro is thoroughly gripping and a significant slice of surging cinema that dares to question the never ending search for harmony and humanity that now feels completely lost 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Linda Cook
How interesting that Get Out a horror movie that s also a commentary on contemporary race issues was released simultaneously with the Oscar nominated I Am Not Your Negro 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Rick Bentley
Whether it s Baldwin speaking or the readings done by Samuel L Jackson I Am Not Your Negro pulls no punches It s painful for a society that declares itself to be educated to be forced to look at how ignorant it has been and remains 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
John Serba
A vital documentary a gripping deeply upsetting essay on the American racial divide 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
John Beifuss
Film clips reveal Baldwin to be an elegantly elfin and velvet voiced public presence with a professional raconteur s sense of style a realist s grim suspicion of authority a historian s grasp of context and a movie lover s joy of performance 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Durga Chew-Bose
It s an astonishing often challenging and sharp examination of race in the United States confronting how the country s history repeats and how Baldwin insisted we must remember relentlessly question remain conscientious and resist 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Bruce DeMara
The result hard hitting and insightful is a reminder that the more things change the more they stay the same 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Josh Larsen
an extension of James Baldwin s many attempts through his plays novels and essays to help white America get it 
3
I Am Not Your Negro
Rob Thomas
I Am Not Your Negro is essential uncomfortable perspective altering viewing 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Kenneth R. Morefield
Whereas Ava DuVernay s Netflix documentary 13th takes a macro approach when examining race in America I Am Not Your Negro filters big questions through the observations experiences and insights of one man 
3
I Am Not Your Negro
Sean P. Means
A powerful documentary that reframes the words of James Baldwin one of the great intellectuals of the civil rights era for a new generation 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Walker MacMurdo
Peck s masterful presentation of Baldwin s ideas lets the audience see America through his eyes making his case intellectually and emotionally 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Katie Walsh
An incisive biting cultural analysis a psychological examination of a nation including its culture and institutions in denial of its own social constructs of race and racism created to divide us 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Robert Horton
Best of all are the vintage segments in which Baldwin perches in a cloud of cigarette smoke and lets flow his elegantly formed but passionate observations As a speaker he was a spellbinder and he knew it 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Mark Dujsik
Peck s film serves as an indictment America has failed itself 
3
I Am Not Your Negro
Stephen Rebello
Lean intelligent and leaving you wanting more at 95 minutes I Am Not Your Negro is a less a portrait of the the towering fiery James Baldwin than it is a chronicle of the life of a troubled deeply flawed nation as filtered through his piercing eyes 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Calvin Wilson
Despite considerable progress the film suggests much work remains to be done and Baldwin s voice remains as relevant as ever 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Ann Hornaday
A brilliant piece of filmic writing one that bursts with fierce urgency not just for the long unresolved history it seeks to confront but also in its attempt to understand what is happening here right now 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Peter Travers
This Oscar nominated portrait of James Baldwin uses the author s words to bridge the civil rights past with our racially incendiary present It s unmissable and unforgettable 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Ty Burr
He told the truth about the consequences of America s original sin with unblinking blistering candor and with a logic of thought and an elegance of affect that made it impossible for a white majority to dismiss what he was saying 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Michael Phillips
This movie isn t just a tribute to Baldwin It s a warning bell regarding leaders who in Baldwin s words care only about their safety and their profits 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Moira MacDonald
A journey of discovery a path of words and images taking us into the lives of four African American men and into the heart of the civil rights movement 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Mick LaSalle
If it revives interest in Baldwin and demonstrates to the public that his work is still vital 30 years after his death that would be a service indeed 
3
I Am Not Your Negro
Tirdad Derakhshani
Offers an accessible but no less rigorous look at Baldwin s prophetic analysis of racial discord in America 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Clayton Dillard
I Am Not Your Negro makes no concessions about its dissatisfaction with the whole rotten lot of so called western democracy 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Kam Williams
Given the precarious state of race relations the late visionary s prescient insights perhaps prove more timely posthumously than in their own day 
4
I Am Not Your Negro
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A short capsule review cannot do this documentary s depth of intelligence justice but suffice to say that it uses history and literature to peel back old wounds and reveal fresh ones 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Roger Moore
With intellectualism once again under assault in America it s worth remembering that we once produced giants like James Baldwin and had the good sense to honor and embrace them 
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
Clayton Davis
Narrated by a restrained and unrecognizable Samuel L Jackson the film presents a compelling case of history that is still just as relevant and prudent today 
3.5
The Big Red One
Larry Vitacco
It s an adventure film as refreshing in content and style as The Deer Hunter was horrifyingly realistic and Apocalypse Now was terrifyingly philosophical 
3.5
The Big Red One
Jeff Vice
The cast smartly underplays things with Marvin being as charismatic as usual playing a man of few words And Hamill an actor given to over the top outbursts reins it in here this may be his best big screen performance 
3
The Big Red One
Sean P. Means
These places were where Fuller himself served during the war and he imbues these stories with the same gritty detail he probably delivered telling them over a beer 
4
The Big Red One
Glenn Whipp
Schickel s painstaking work elevates The Big Red One into the pantheon of the all time great war films and gives it a fullness that the original only suggested 
4
The Big Red One
Chris Hewitt
Fuller wrote and directed The Big Red One with a reporter s respect for detail and a humanist s respect for the moments that shape lives 
3.5
The Big Red One
John Hartl
Even though it has gained more than 45 minutes it doesn t feel longer Scenes that were choppy or half baked are now allowed to play out as Fuller intended 
3
The Big Red One
James Verniere
It s a feast for World War II movie buffs and Fuller fans alike as well as a fascinating companion piece to Steven Spielberg s more recent contribution to the genre 
3.5
The Big Red One
Ty Burr
The director s gift for bare knuckles lyricism rescues scene after scene 
3
The Big Red One
David Sterritt
Fuller s only A budget movie is still among the lesser works of this frequently brilliant filmmaker 
3
The Big Red One
Jami Bernard
The combination of old time Hollywood valor and ahead of its time surprises makes this restoration a big event 
3.5
The Big Red One
Roger Ebert
What we understand finally is that the entire war comes down to these five men because it is their entire war 
4
The Big Red One
Nick Schager
The film s overriding mission is to expose both the inherent absurdity and tragedy of war 
4
The Big Red One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An American masterpiece by one of the last great American directors 
4
Liberation Day
Peter Goldberg
Throughout the documentary wavers between a sincere investigation of the avant garde music group Laibach and self satire 
2.5
63 Up
James Berardinelli
Watching 63 Up as a stand alone endeavor may not seem remarkable In fact it may even be a little boring But watching it as part of the larger picture imbues it with immediacy and power 
3.5
63 Up
Rob Thomas
In the span of a minute we see a hopeful young boy grow into a disaffected young man then into a mellowed older man It s impossible not think of ourselves our parents and our children and how quickly life happens to us 
3.5
63 Up
Moira MacDonald
There is a touching universality to these life stories which at this point have a lulling near sameness 
3.5
63 Up
Lisa Jensen
With so many backstories to fill in the movie runs to nearly three hours yet it s an invaluable portrait of humanity in transition 
3
63 Up
Sean P. Means
When I was 27 I arrogantly predicted the series would be over at 35 Up and I d be happy to be wrong again 
3.5
63 Up
Lisa Trifone
Collectively especially now with so many of them the Up series paints a captivating portrait of the arc of a life
3
63 Up
Peter Howell
The participants in Michael Apted s ongoing social experiment which began with Seven Up in 1964 and has become increasingly fascinating have reached the age where they can see the approaching exit sign in their lives 
3.5
63 Up
Stephen Rodrick
Cherish 63 Up like you cherish life 
4
63 Up
Michael O'Sullivan
T he real brilliance of 63 Up and its predecessors isn t the light these movies shine on Tony Jackie John Neil and the rest but the mirror they hold up in front of us 
4
63 Up
Kenneth R. Morefield
So yes I have reservations but they are film critic reservations Will most people care whether it s a film or a mini series Not really 
3
63 Up
Matt Zoller Seitz
A melancholy reminder that nothing lasts forever 
4
63 Up
Budd Wilkins
Throughout the remaining participants take stock of private and career successes as well as perceived failures 
3.5
The Killer
Josh Larsen
For all the bullets that are spent The Killer spends just as much time ruminating on the likes of honor friendship and even the allure of guns themselves
3.5
The Killer
Walter Chaw
The gotterdamerung of the Hong Kong heroic bloodshed cycle 
4
The Killer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Woo has cited Sam Peckinpah and Martin Scorsese as two of his influences but he has established a touch all his own 
4
The Killer
Michael Dequina
The best marriage of intense exciting bloody action with a strong affecting story I have ever seen 
4
The Killer
Ted Prigge
It s a frenetic intense visceral and adrenaline rushing film filled with dizzying action sequences that thrill the viewer leaving them giddy 
4
Green Card Fever
V.A. Musetto
The result is earnest but not terribly original 
2
Children of Hiroshima
V.A. Musetto
With Japan facing a new nuclear crisis this beautifully composed and acted heart wrencher couldn t be more timely 
3.5
The Others
Wesley Lovell
8220 The Others 8221 joins a short list of such films that range from 8220 Gaslight 8221 to 8220 The Manchurian Candidate 46 8221 
4
The Others
Scott Nash
Both a drama and an old fashioned ghost story The Others finally manages to do what no other movie has done in 2001 make me want to see it again 
4
The Others
Guylaine Cadorette
The Others is that rare film which scares without blood and gore relying instead on intelligent story telling and never ending tension 
3.5
The Others
Jules Brenner
The visual delights of horror filmmaking are all extremely well realized by the low key modulated lighting of Spanish Cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe displaying mastery of his medium in a setting and story that amply provide the opportunities 
3
The Others
Joe Lozito
Mr Amenábar who not only wrote and directed but also composed the score for the film masterfully creates and atmosphere of suffocating repression 
3
The Others
Jordan Hiller
The Others like its popular predecessors The Sixth Sense and The Usual Suspects keeps us here literally in the dark for the entire movie and then just before everyone packs up to leave throws a shocking curve our way making us rethink everything we
3
The Others
Collin Souter
Hey Shymalan De Bont This is how you make a haunted house ghost story 
4
The Others
Liam Lacey
A welcome change of pace from most contemporary scary stories where the shocks come with all the subtlety of flashers jumping out of park bushes 
2.5
The Others
Mark Dujsik
As surprising a gem as you can find in what seems like an increasingly tired genre 
3.5
The Others
Jorge Avila Andrade
Los Otros representa un nuevo clásico del género y el tiempo seguramente le dará el justo lugar que merece 
3.5
The Others
Andrew Howe
One of the most enjoyable artfully constructed films of the year 
3.5
The Others
Michael Dequina
Packs a formidable fright simply through the time tested special effect of atmosphere 
3.5
The Others
Mike McGranaghan
This one gives you all the requisite chills and thrills and still manages to be about something 
3.5
The Others
Robert Roten
Kidman hits perfect notes of stubbornness desperation denial and terror as the film builds to its climax 
3.5
The Others
James Berardinelli
It s atmospheric stylish and spooky The plot is well thought out and its secrets and mysteries are unveiled slowly Unfortunately it is also cold distancing and moves at a glacial pace 
2.5
The Others
Tony Toscano
Nicole Kidman shows off impeccable acting talent 
3.5
The Others
James Kendrick
a classically elegant yet gut wringing ghost story with a brilliantly conceived twist ending
3.5
The Others
Ross Anthony
creaky foggy pale 
1.5
The Others
Dustin Putman
A disquieting classy superbly realized horror tale 
3.5
The Others
Wesley Morris
Clever as the film is though it turns out to be an exercise in narrative withholding that s more headache provoking than suspense laden 
2
Overnight
Peter Travers
An unflinching depiction of a would be Tarantino turning himself into chopped liver 
3
Overnight
David Nusair
plays out like an 82 minute attack on Troy Duffy by a couple of exceedingly bitter ex colleagues 
2
Overnight
Sarah Chauncey
Overnight is horrifying and fascinating It should be required viewing in film schools and a cautionary tale for anyone aspiring to work in Hollywood 
3
Overnight
Rob Thomas
The film s personal point of view does effectively put you in the shoes of the little guy in the Hollywood machine sitting by the phone bewildered 
3
Overnight
Paul Doro
A quintessential cautionary tale the documentary Overnight also happens to be funnier than just about every comedy released last year 
3
Overnight
Rene Rodriguez
In their rush to give Duffy his comeuppance the filmmakers barrel past their movie s real potential which could have been a blistering expos of Hollywood s bandwagon mentality 
2.5
Overnight
Laura Kelly
Overnight is the hard to watch story of a filmmaker musician who is so unlikable that his ultimate failure seems like a happy ending 
2
Overnight
Kevin Allison
Watching a guy who thinks he can do no wrong behave badly for 82 minutes is tiresome 
2
Overnight
Terry Lawson
It s a tale of ambition run amok and blown opportunity that is not only fascinating but cautionary 
3
Overnight
Carla Meyer
Highly entertaining in a schadenfreude sense but incomplete 
3
Overnight
Erik Lundegaard
Overnight is a pungent documentary that details the awful groping evanescence of Hollywood buzz 
3
Overnight
Mary F. Pols
In less than 90 minutes Overnight reveals as much about small scale filmmaking as Project Greenlight does in the course of 13 hourlong episodes 
3
Overnight
Peter Canavese
Overnight is guiltily mesmerizing if it s instructive at all it s as a cautionary tale of the fatality of lost perspective 
3
Overnight
Chris Hewitt
By the end of this cautionary tale you feel like you ve seen a guy get a shot at the big time and end up nowhere a fate he richly deserves 
3
Overnight
Jeff Strickler
It s like watching a runaway train race down a mountain We know that a crash is coming we just don t know how many casualties there will be 
2.5
Overnight
Rob Blackwelder
The film would be painful to watch if its subject weren t such an insufferable lunkheaded egomaniac 
3
Overnight
Wesley Morris
Duffy is made into such a consistently awful person that you re seduced into loathing him even though it s hard to believe he s not putting us on 
3
Overnight
James Verniere
Several Inside Hollywood stories rolled into one 
3
Overnight
J. R. Jones
If this documentary finds an audience I wouldn t be surprised to see Duffy make a comeback as an actor playing the heavy in low budget action movies He certainly gives a jaw dropping performance here 
3
Overnight
Timothy Knight
A funny sad and disturbing cautionary tale about the perils of instant success the documentary Overnight should be required viewing for any aspiring filmmaker 
3
Overnight
Glenn Whipp
By the end of this movie you ll be sick of the sound of this guy s voice 
3
Overnight
Roger Ebert
Call it Project Red Light 
3
Overnight
Robert K. Elder
As much a film about Hollywood as it is about obsessive personalities Overnight achieves the dual feat of making us deeply dislike Duffy while we still root for him 
3
Overnight
Walter Chaw
The most fascinating aspect of Overnight is that it actually lends The Boondock Saints a measure of depth 
3.5
Overnight
David Sterritt
A hilarious and harrowing cautionary tale 
4
Overnight
Jack Mathews
If you re curious you can rent The Boondock Saints on video without stirring the embers of Duffy s ego 
2.5
Overnight
John Anderson
It probably doesn t appeal to its audience s loftiest instincts but it certainly is appealing Watching an eminently deserving egomaniac get his comeuppance 
3
Overnight
Lou Lumenick
It exerts a certain train wreck fascination 
3
Overnight
Ed Gonzalez
For anyone who gets a kick out of watching car wrecks you really can t do much better than this 
2.5
The Assignment
Matt Brunson
Even moving beyond its sticky politics The Assignment is simply a lousy film 
1.5
The Assignment
Roger Moore
Damned shame Walter Hill had to go out like this transphobic or not 
1
The Assignment
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hill working with co writer Denis Hamill is going through the motions as far as the main revenge storyline is concerned 
2
The Assignment
Robert Horton
From its bad taste premise to its chintzy production values the film is deranged 
3
The Assignment
Peter Sobczynski
Has enough skill and personality going for it to make it worth checking out even if it doesn t quite live up or down depending on your perspective to its borderline sleazy premise 
3
The Assignment
Mark Dujsik
I ts biggest sin isn t cultural political or anything of that nature No the biggest problem is that it s dull 
1
The Assignment
Dann Gire
The seamy characters in Walter Hill s cracked out crazy low budget neo noiry thriller The Assignment don t share conversations They exchange protracted expository speeches that sound like a playwright s explanation notes at the beginning of a play 
1.5
The Assignment
Soren Andersen
This is perhaps the angriest movie Hill longtime specialist in tough guy fare such as The Driver Last Man Standing Red Heat and Bullet to the Head has ever made 
2
The Assignment
Stephen Whitty
It plays like Pedro Almodovar s The Skin I Live In but rewritten by someone who really really loved Sin City That is not an endorsement 
1.5
The Assignment
Chuck Bowen
Walter Hill and Michelle Rodriguez seem to share Frank s confusion over the precise difference between cosmetic and biological reality 
1.5
The Assignment
David Nusair
A misguided and derisible mess 
1.5
500 Years
John Hartl
Yates returned to fill in those missing years of genocide corruption and disappearances 
3
Timerider
David Nusair
A time travel movie that rarely feels like a time travel movie 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Betsy Bozdech
If Drew Barrymore s enthusiasm were any measure of a movie s quality Riding in Cars With Boys would sweep the Oscars 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
David Nusair
Drew Barrymore s best performance to date 
3
Riding in Cars With Boys
Margaret A. McGurk
Beverly is a memorable character a flesh and blood creation brought to life by an actress just beginning to hit her stride 
3.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Bill Chambers
Better than its dreadful theatrical campaign suggested but as prosaically made as the others in Penny Marshall s post Big canon 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Frank Ochieng
One can t stop wondering what trip this pandering seriocomedic drama is on a self pitying or egocentric one 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Mark Dujsik
I can take or leave sentimentality but I cannot ignore when a film actually portrays at least three truthful complex relationships 
3
Riding in Cars With Boys
Ian Mantgani
A wonderful forgiving surprising movie 
3.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Robert Roten
The film is buoyed by some excellent performances 
3
Riding in Cars With Boys
Michael Dequina
Whatever may have distinguished the book certainly doesn t show up in the movie 
2
Riding in Cars With Boys
Harvey S. Karten
An insipid story transmitted to the screen it seems only to allow Drew and Steve to show what they ve got 
2
Riding in Cars With Boys
Dustin Putman
Isn t as great a film as it aspires to be but it is an entertaining one and Drew Barrymore is a standout 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Edward Guthmann
Neither Barrymore who s never played a role this ambitious before nor director Penny Marshall who peppers the movie with sight gags and sitcom broadness ever comes to terms with Beverly 
1
Riding in Cars With Boys
Betsy Bozdech
A pleasant mostly realistic slice of life that puts Barrymore s trademark enthusiasm to good use 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Jonathan Foreman
It strains for bittersweetness but a heavy directorial hand wielding a ladle of schmaltz tends to overwhelm both the humor and the pathos 
2
Riding in Cars With Boys
Rick Groen
What with a miscast star a confused director and a cluttered script Riding in Cars with Boys is a traffic accident of a movie 
1.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Roger Ebert
A film like this is refreshing and startling in the way it cuts loose from formula and shows us confused lives we recognize 
3
Riding in Cars With Boys
Tony Toscano
Zahn puts in a sterling performance well worth the price of admission 
3
Riding in Cars With Boys
Steve Rhodes
After a successful comedic hour or so the movie makes a sharp turn and becomes a long piece of shameless schmaltz that doesn t know when to stop 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Carrie Rickey
The kind of film that even as it dissolves narratively still makes you dissolve emotionally 
3
Riding in Cars With Boys
Rob Blackwelder
Would be the stuff of a Lifetime Channel movie of the week if not for a phenomenal performance of extraordinary depth and range by Drew Barrymore 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Jeanne Aufmuth
A cautionary tale of heartwarming and irritating proportions 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Ross Anthony
Always finding a way to lighten its weightiness with a chuckle the film fields some pretty heavy subject matter like life 
2.5
Riding in Cars With Boys
Ed Gonzalez
Penny Marshall s panache for deftly mixing humor with pain prevents Riding in Cars from becoming too mawkish a cautionary tale 
2.5
Insidious
David Keyes
A tale of intriguing situations that rise to the surface carefully and cautiously before they explode in a flashy series of stimulating resolutions 
3
Insidious
Roger Moore
The best horror movies get the audience talking back to the screen Insidious manages that and how 
3
Insidious
Jeff Beck
There s nothing wrong with its standard set up which has an unsuspecting family haunted by spirits However when it comes time for the film to follow through on the plotline we find out the filmmakers weren t quite up to the task 
2.5
Insidious
Michael Dequina
Reminds of those mazes during Halloween where figures jump out of the shadows and attempt to scare you and one look at them beyond a second reveals them to be obnoxious people in even more obnoxious makeup 
2
Insidious
Eric Melin
The ending struggles to explain too much and take itself a bit too literally but mostly Insidious is an engaging treat 
2.5
Insidious
Erik Childress
Insidious is quite scary and a lot of fun to go along with as scare scenes are mixed up and played with in a way where I felt shortchanged with Sam Raimi s return to roots Drag Me To Hell 
3
Insidious
Mike McGranaghan
Like a campfire story told well it understands that the basic ability to catch you off guard is more effective than a lot of unnecessary flourishes 
3
Insidious
James Kendrick
A well orchestrated mix of foreboding atmosphere discordant music and visual freak outs
3
Insidious
James Berardinelli
If there s a complaint to be made about Insidious it s that the film s second half is unable to live up to the impossibly high standards set by the first half 
3
Insidious
Matt Brunson
While it s probably time to call for a moratorium on both haunted house thrillers and creepy child sagas Insidious milks a bit of innovativeness from both these sub genres before self destructing 
2.5
Insidious
Sara Michelle Fetters
But at a certain point the bottom falls out of this production the filmmakers letting things get increasingly silly and ludicrous unleashing a final climactic flourish of lunacy and tedium that had me scratching my head as to what exactly just happened 
2
Insidious
John Beifuss
For one loopy moment when the trilly sound of Tiptoe Through the Tulips mysteriously wafts through the spook plagued California home it seems as if the story s unfortunate family is being haunted by the ghosts of Tiny Tim and his ukulele 
3
Insidious
Matt Soergel
James Wan knows his horror tricks even though Insidious has just a PG 13 rating there were people jumping out of seats all through the auditorium 
3
Insidious
Christian Toto
James Wan s Insidious is both an apology for the numbing Saw sequels and proof old school horror still rocks 
3
Insidious
Stephen Whitty
There s little new here And what is new isn t well done 
1.5
Insidious
Liam Lacey
Nothing slows down a movie down like people sitting around a living room discussing the meaning of astral projection 
2
Insidious
Willie Waffle
Insidious feels like a traditional old fashioned horror movie in all of the right ways 
2.5
Insidious
Chris Hewitt
The movie is called Insidious but Insipidious would be more appropriate 
1
Insidious
Mike Scott
A poor man s Poltergeist 
1.5
Insidious
Mark Dujsik
It s the haunted house that cliché built 
1.5
Insidious
Dustin Putman
Tiny Tim s legacy might not have been to terrify the living hell out of people but that is what it will be once this movie gets done with him 
3
Insidious
Michael O'Sullivan
It s too much Saw and not enough Paranormal 
1.5
Insidious
Mick LaSalle
From the opening credits in which the title appears in blood red letters to the accompaniment of blaring dissonant music the movie tries to get under your skin and inside your mind Sometimes it does 
2
Insidious
Claudia Puig
There s not much that s insidious or subtle here A prolonged scene involving an unnerving high pitched burglar alarm does get under our skin But it s far more annoying than frightening 
2
Insidious
Steve Ramos
There are enough quality scares and inspired jolts to keep the most passionate horror buffs screaming happily 
3
Insidious
Peter Travers
Here s a better than average spook house movie mostly because Insidious decides it can haunt an audience without spraying it with blood 
2.5
Insidious
Ethan Gilsdorf
The final shocker succeeds in shocking and does so sans gore But first we have to wade through a red door and a red hallway pleas to follow my voice and an infinity of fog about as scary as dry ice vapor spilling onto a dance floor 
1.5
Insidious
Roger Ebert
Not terrifically good but moviegoers will get what they re expecting 
2.5
Insidious
Steven Rea
If your idea of a fun night out is to be manipulated by freaky sound effects jumpy edits and point of view shots of ceiling fans whooshing menacingly Insidious is the film for you 
2.5
Insidious
Peter Keough
If the audience I watched this with is any indication laughter will be drowning out the creaks atonal chords and snatches of Tiny Tim s Tiptoe through the Tulips that are meant to scare you on the soundtrack 
1.5
Insidious
Walter Chaw
more a humdinger of a missed opportunity than a total disaster 
1.5
Insidious
Sean O'Connell
Save for Two Girls and One Cup I m able to sit through anything Very little bothers me the way Insidious bothered me Disturbed me Ran its ice cold finger down the length of my spine chilling me to the core 
3.5
Insidious
Ben Sachs
Aesthetically Insidious operates at the level of a decent high school video project 
1
Insidious
Connie Ogle
The film is stylish and quietly unsettling even in its derivativeness and it delivers the sort of slow building chills that ruffle the hair at the back of your neck at least until the frights get a little too literal in the movie s third act 
2.5
Insidious
Michael Phillips
Director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell admire all sorts of fright from the blatant to the insidiously subtle This one lies at an effective halfway point between those extremes 
3
Insidious
Matt Pais
If you ve never seen a thriller involving eerie images of mysterious kids creepy old people creaky doors or demons in the window now you can find them all in one place 
2
Insidious
Ed Gonzalez
Less film than funhouse ride but it s a frequently scary funhouse ride that presents itself as such 
2.5
Insidious
David Nusair
Undoubtedly James Wan s best movie since 2004 s Saw 
3
The Devil, Probably
Michael Wilmington
Bresson as always holds on to that grace gives us that beauty While watching this great rapt film with its hideous vision of a moral void we almost can see light flickering in darkness feel a spirit descending 
4
The Devil, Probably
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bresson s most overtly political film 
3.5
Prey for the Devil
Mike McGranaghan
Far from the worst exorcism story ever 44 it nevertheless squanders a potentially riveting premise in favor of the same old 44 same old 46 
2
Prey for the Devil
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie teases us with enough that goes beyond the clich 233 s that the end result feels even more generic and disappointing 46 
2
Prey for the Devil
Roger Moore
The effects are decent 44 the acting desultory in this School for Exorcists thriller that promises more than it delivers 46 
1.5
Prey for the Devil
David Nusair
46 46 46 a generic and mostly tedious endeavor that squanders an admittedly effective opening 46 46 46 
2
Pulse 2: Afterlife
Matthew Rozsa
There is something about that movie which I cannot resist returning to 
3
Pulse 2: Afterlife
David Nusair
Incoherent and interminable 
.5
The Shootist
Matt Brunson
An elegiac Western for Wayne 
3.5
The Shootist
Roger Ebert
Unless you have already discovered that John Wayne is an actor as well as a movie star you will be surprised by the dimensions he provides for J B Books 
3.5
The Shootist
James Kendrick
there is a sense of gravity to Wayne s presence on screen that you won t find in any of his other movies
3
Electric Slide
Mike McGranaghan
Self consciously arty dreck of the most agonizing variety 
0.5
Electric Slide
Kyle Smith
Electric Slide has some of the mordant absurdity of the novels of Bret Easton Ellis Like its dim hero it s going nowhere but traveling in style 
3
Electric Slide
Wes Greene
Like the characters the film s exterior flash can t conceal a glaring emptiness 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Brian Eggert
In true big budget sequel tradition 44 every moment fails to live up to the original 46 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Jeff Beck
I f you are planning on seeing it do yourself a favor and stick with good old fashioned 2 D However if you want to do yourself a bigger favor you should just skip it altogether
2
Wrath of the Titans
Linda Cook
Wrath clash whatever 
1
Wrath of the Titans
David Nusair
A seriously underwhelming sequel 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
John Beifuss
Simple minded myth mash 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Michael Dequina
For all the talk of the end of existence the film feels devoid of any urgency or tension much less soul 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Lori Hoffman
The fantasy sequences are big and loud and completely devoid of any character 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Betsy Sherman
The artificial world in which the actors move is drab and uninviting the battles edited with so many quick cuts it s hard to get one s bearings and the animated monsters are dispatched before we care about them 
0.5
Wrath of the Titans
Erik Childress
Virtually no rooting interest in the heroes or their journey or even a worthy villain worth jeering Watching it is like listening to Del Griffith try to tell you an anecdote shifting from point to point with nary the thinnest of connections 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Mike McGranaghan
Wrath of the Titans is the visual equivalent of white noise I don t think I watched it so much as I just looked at it 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
James Berardinelli
For those with a burning curiosity to know how The Lord of the Rings as directed by Michael Bay might look Wrath of the Titans provides an idea 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Kam Williams
The gods must be on steroids 
3
Wrath of the Titans
Eric Melin
Wrath of the Titans is fluff for sure but it s not even lighthearted cotton candy It s more like a convenience store burrito 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Tyler Hanley
While Wrath of the Titans may not be escapist fantasy entertainment at its finest the film s strong cast and striking visuals make for a thrilling theatrical ride 
3
Wrath of the Titans
Sean P. Means
The Olympian peak of Hollywood creative bankruptcy a sequel to a remake of a movie that wasn t that good to begin with executed as a special effects demo reel in the place of actual entertainment 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Peter Travers
This feeble followup to 2010 s godawful Clash of the Titans sucketh the mighty big one 
1
Wrath of the Titans
Peter Howell
Worthington remains a distinctly humourless hero which makes you long for the likes of a prime time Harrison Ford or Arnold Schwarzenegger who knew how to make a fondue out of cheese 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Dustin Putman
Silly and mindless but ultimately not much fun Without that what s the point 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Willie Waffle
Where s The Kraken 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Mick LaSalle
A movie in which whole sequences consist of nothing but guys fighting stiff computer images Such scenes would be boring even were they done well but these scenes aren t done well 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Rafer Guzman
This big budget production will probably look terrific in IMAX but what you ll mostly see in Wrath is the spectacle of Hollywood spending money in all the wrong places 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Kyle Smith
A journey back to an ancient time when gods walked the earth monsters breathed fire and stout hearted warriors wore adorable leather cheerleader skirts with strappy gladiator sandals 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Mark Dujsik
A slight improvement upon its 2010 predecessor 
2.5
Wrath of the Titans
Claudia Puig
While the special effects are sharper than in Clash of the Titans the dialogue is equally uninspired 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Ann Lewinson
When a terrible movie like 2010 s Clash of the Titans grosses 493 million worldwide why bother making a good sequel 
1
Wrath of the Titans
Reuben Pereira
A loud and agonizingly dull sequel that inherits all the problems that plagued its predecessor and then some 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Mark Olsen
This is pure product a movie desperately without energy or enthusiasm of any kind 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Gary Thompson
I m sure digital artists labored like Hercules to create the meshing gears of this intricate subterranean world but it feels as mechanical as it looks 
2
Wrath of the Titans
David Hiltbrand
Rarely has a film so equally balanced macho and nacho 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Tom Russo
Perseus just doesn t feel as motivated here He s Complacent Rocky when Wrath needs Eye of the Tiger Rocky At least the 3 D passes muster 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Chris Hewitt
Seldom has the potential destruction of the world seemed as dull as it does in Wrath of the Titans 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Graham Killeen
A sequel nobody asked for except for some really hard core Pegasus fans and Hollywood studio execs who would turn wallpaper into a trilogy if the rights were available 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Joe Williams
The actual story is incoherent and the choppily paced movie is too short to develop the characters 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Matt Pais
Less boring is still too boring 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Roger Ebert
You get an idea of who the major players are and then they spend a modest amount of time shouting laughable dialogue at one another while being all but forced off the screen by special effects 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Randy Myers
It takes a CliffsNotes approach to mythology fleecing it of both the drama and the fun The gods certainly won t be smiling on this one 
1.5
Wrath of the Titans
Jake Coyle
Perhaps Liebesman whose previous movie was the grim Battle Los Angeles is too drawn to the spectacle of battle to find the balance of camp and seriousness a patently ludicrous film such as Wrath of Titans seeks 
2
Wrath of the Titans
Jaime N. Christley
This is a product of gross indifference in every respect an attempt on the part of its producers to make enough money to justify a third perhaps even more cut rate installment Revenge of the Titans 
0
Wrath of the Titans
Roger Moore
Yes this Titans is going to you know where At least this one manages to make the 3 D ride worth the destination 
2
Ripley's Game
Betsy Bozdech
Malkovich is utterly convincing as the mercurial man who can go from delicately sniffing truffles to garroting a Balkan gangster in the blink of an eye 
2.5
Ripley's Game
Walter Chaw
Representative of the fear and loathing attendant to the death rattle of domestic culture 
4
Ripley's Game
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Now we have the real Ripley John Malkovich 
3.5
Ripley's Game
Matt Brunson
John Malkovich delivers a performance that s as playful as it is perverse 
3
Ripley's Game
Peter Travers
As slithery and seductive a thriller as you ll find 
3.5
Ripley's Game
Ian Mantgani
Cavani uses a seedy spying camera and beautiful European locations to draw us into the action and dress it up as art She s a sick puppy but she s good at what she does 
3
Cuba feliz
John Petrakis
A quasi documentary by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music 
3
Cuba feliz
Jonathan Perry
A grittily beautiful film that looks sounds and feels more like an extended open ended poem than a traditionally structured story 
2.5
Cuba feliz
Lou Lumenick
While the performances are often engaging this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one hour TV documentary 
2
M*A*S*H
Roger Moore
Really showing its age I d go so far as to call it obsolescent now 
2
M*A*S*H
Gene Siskel
For me M A S H contains as much depression as humor 
4
M*A*S*H
Eric Henderson
A good dint lower than its reputation more so if you look at it not as one of the seminal 1970s films but instead as the first chapter from the finest filmmaking career spent examining the American mystique 
2
M*A*S*H
Walter Chaw
Altman boiled away the muddled meat of literary pretension intended to smokescreen the essence of war blood on the one side and semen on the other 
3.5
M*A*S*H
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robert Altman s biggest success to date is also one of his least interesting films 
3
M*A*S*H
Roger Ebert
One of the reasons M A S H is so funny is that it s so desperate 
4
M*A*S*H
James Kendrick
Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio 
4
M*A*S*H
Scott Nash
I always enjoy the movie when I watch it but it will never hold anywhere near the same place in my heart or my memories as the long running series 
3.5
Two Much
Roger Ebert
Too Much is a screwball comedy in every ounce of its being A bad one true but screwball all the same 
1.5
Beyond Therapy
Tony Mastroianni
Altman sometimes gets close to the split second timing that is required to make farce work well But close in a farce is not good enough 
2
Beyond Therapy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robert Altman adapted Christopher Durang s play for this peculiar comedy that can t ever seem to find its rhythm 
2
Beyond Therapy
Roger Ebert
It s a movie in which every scene must have seemed like a lot of fun at the time but when they re edited together there s no pattern to the movie nothing to build toward no reason for us to care It s all behavior 
1
School Daze
David Ehrenstein
The problem isn t with School Daze the problem is with a white culture that cannot deal with the spectacle of blacks on screen on their own terms 
4
School Daze
Josh Larsen
Skin tone is crucial to understanding School Daze s brazenness as a major studio film 
3.5
School Daze
Eric Henderson
The film s central argument is that black matriculation is undercut by internal divisions 
3
School Daze
Roger Ebert
Although the film has big structural problems and leaves a lot of loose ends there was never a moment when it didn t absorb me 
3.5
Secondhand Lions
Michael Kleinschrodt
Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment turn in exceptionally strong performances in a heartwarming film 
3.5
Secondhand Lions
Mary Lasse
Lions will appeal to a more mature audience because of the solid acting duo of Caine and Duvall It will also appeal to children because of its almost mythological feel 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Walter Chaw
To see Osment react to a door closing is akin to watching someone get defibrillated 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Ed Gonzalez
An unpretentiously sweet home is where the heart is fantasy 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Matt Brunson
This film may be all over the map but at least it takes viewers to some interesting places 
3
Secondhand Lions
Ross Anthony
Warm and a little syrupy like old school films 
3
Secondhand Lions
Dan Lybarger
Because it never quite reaches its enormous potential Secondhand Lions feels like a disappointment even though there s much to praise 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Mike McGranaghan
Filled with so many moments of eccentricity that I wasn t sure whether I was supposed to take it all seriously or just laugh Is the movie a heartwarming coming of age film or a parody of one 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Mark Dujsik
There s a deep sad yearning that permeates through the fantastical optimism of Secondhand Lions that gives it the cold harsh edge of reality 
3
Secondhand Lions
Marty Mapes
The movie is fun but thinking about it afterwards reveals just how sloppy it is
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Linda Cook
An uneven but sweet movie about growing up and growing older 
3
Secondhand Lions
Jonathan R. Perry
Where McCanlies eventually almost succeeds in demolishing his laid back little embassy of wonder and good will is his refusal to practice what his characters preach 
3
Secondhand Lions
John Beifuss
Corn corn nothin but corn Duvall complains as he looks at his crops unsympathetic viewers will feel they can relate 
2
Secondhand Lions
Dustin Putman
A well meaning trifle earnestly performed but way too bland and vanilla to elicit much in the way of rooting interest or lasting memorability 
2
Secondhand Lions
Forrest Hartman
Packed with adventure humor and straight forward drama Lions is the type of movie I loved as a kid and clearly I haven t outgrown the formula 
3.5
Secondhand Lions
Chris Hewitt
The film s attitude toward female characters is so relentlessly cruel and dismissive that it s impossible to pay attention to all the supposedly sweet stuff that surrounds Lions hard hearted center 
1
Secondhand Lions
Erik Lundegaard
Secondhand Lions is a movie you want to believe in original ideas acclaimed actors but McCanlies uses too many broad strokes when subtlety and finesse would have had greater impact 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Edward Guthmann
A schmaltz fest 
2
Secondhand Lions
David Elliott
Has a few almost first rate pleasures 
3
Secondhand Lions
Timothy Knight
There s not one moment in Secondhand Lions that feels genuine or heartfelt 
1.5
Secondhand Lions
Carrie Rickey
Lions iron whimsy is a jackhammer on the heart 
2
Secondhand Lions
Lou Lumenick
An air of contrivance and worse fraudulence hangs over this gentle fantasy despite some charming moments 
2
Secondhand Lions
Jack Mathews
This story is so lamely conceived and presented that it s a grind 
2
Secondhand Lions
Charles Savage
Even without handicapping for the limitations of its gentle genre the film has moments of whimsical humor and thoughtful plotting that soar tantalizingly close to something that could be enjoyed on its own merits 
3
Secondhand Lions
Bob Strauss
It s basically innocuous more or less predictable and mildly diverting And if it didn t star Michael Caine Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment it would probably be insufferable 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Liam Lacey
One of those headed for cable oddities that must have sounded like a good idea at the time 
2
Secondhand Lions
Terry Lawson
As entertaining as it is wholesome 
3
Secondhand Lions
Jeff Vice
Secondhand Lions doesn t have to do much to win us over 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Roger Ebert
A gentle and sweet whimsy 
3
Secondhand Lions
Wesley Morris
Secondhand Lions is made from a child s perspective but its point of view has a glass eye 
2
Secondhand Lions
Sean P. Means
With everything going for Secondhand Lions it s a shame McCanlies can t leave well enough alone 
2.5
Secondhand Lions
Kevin A. Ranson
Word of mouth should quickly ensure that New Lion Cinemas has another hit on their hands 
3.5
Secondhand Lions
Jeffrey Westhoff
Osment doesn t have to worry about looks ending his career early But more films like Secondhand Lions certainly could 
2
Secondhand Lions
Shirley Klass
The fanciful flashbacks which are colorful and storybook like add some magic to the mix 
3
Secondhand Lions
Phil Villarreal
You begin to sit trembling in your seat terrified of the next puppy shot They will haunt your dreams and torment your soul 
2
Secondhand Lions
Peter Bernard
Everything about Secondhand Lions seems unlikely outlandish and larger than life But director Tim McCanlies makes it all work by throwing in charm and likability at just the right moments 
3
Secondhand Lions
Bruce Newman
The performances of Caine and Duvall are a double barreled blast 
3
Secondhand Lions
Sue Pierman
Secondhand Lions is a sweet remembrance about an endless summer and two old men who changed a 14 year old boy s destiny 
3
Secondhand Lions
Jan Stuart
The kind of pandering family entertainment that would make even Walt Disney roll in his grave 
1.5
Secondhand Lions
Jeff Strickler
There s something for everyone comedy drama and romance 
4
Secondhand Lions
David Sterritt
A movie that s smart and entertaining almost every step of the way 
3
Secondhand Lions
Allison Benedikt
With such a bang up cast this setup could at least elicit some tears but in its 107 minutes nary a one welled up in my eyes 
1.5
Secondhand Lions
Claudia Puig
There are too many leaden moments and odd shifts in tone to keep Lions from winning us over 
2
Secondhand Lions
Josh Larsen
The quieter moments are when the actors get to do good work 
3
Secondhand Lions
Nick Rogers
It foregoes the sap and the lowbrow of a lesser movie in favor of engaging creativity and a message that through some characters tough choices actually resonates 
4
Secondhand Lions
Rob Thomas
Pardon the cliche but it really is that rare film that will appeal to all ages 
3.5
Secondhand Lions
Steve Rhodes
Just silly and sappy enough that it might appeal to preteens but I can t see many outside of that age group embracing it 
2
Secondhand Lions
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ridiculous scripting and a geeky grating performance by the needy too old for this role Osment sets the teeth on edge 
2
Secondhand Lions
James Berardinelli
Despite flaws that are for the most part easily overlooked this film has enough charm and whimsy to capture the attention and imagination of children and parents alike 
3
88 Antop Hill
Namrata Joshi
If Bhoot opened the doors of Bollywood to sound effects then 88 Antop Hill carries the obsession to its excessive bounds 
1
Grand Champion
Larry Ratliff
Barry Tubb fills the screen with wholesome live action family entertainment That s a rarity these days 
2
Grand Champion
Chris Hewitt
The folks who made Grand Champion are best known for activities other than making movies Grand Champion won t change that 
1.5
Grand Champion
Jeff Strickler
This low key family drama is so hokey that its title character is named Hokey 
2.5
Nine Lives
Frank Ochieng
Sadly the adult participants in Nine Lives need to have their SAG cards revoked Not since 1993 s Look Who s Talking Now has voiceover critters been so relentlessly annoying 
1.5
Nine Lives
James Kendrick
a puerile case study in lazy screenwriting and Hollywood star check cashing
1.5
Nine Lives
Linda Cook
Don t waste the one life you have on Nine Lives 
1
Nine Lives
John Hanlon
It may have a goofy premise but it s funnier and more enjoyable than I expected 
3.0
Nine Lives
Christy Lemire
It s not that Nine Lives is terrible It s just that it s not terrible enough 
2
Nine Lives
Roger Moore
Crass as it is I ve seen worse 
1.5
Nine Lives
Peter Travers
Family audiences should not be fooled This witless talking cat movie needs to go out with the kitty litter 
0
Nine Lives
Susan Wloszczyna
Let s just say I have been to wakes that have elicited more laughs 
0
Nine Lives
Sean P. Means
It almost goes without saying that the cat themed family comedy Nine Lives generates fewer laughs than 87 minutes of random cat videos off YouTube but it s more surprising that the movie is less coherent and has lower production value
1
American Psycho
Nick Rogers
Mary Harron asks what s more unnerving exaggerated imagined violence or vacuous realities some wish to be real psychosis as much in the construct as the character Thus Psycho s savagery goes beyond a simple screed against 1980s excess and greed 
4
American Psycho
Joe Lozito
The real shame about Psycho is that there are glimmers of the very smart satire that could ve been 
1.5
American Psycho
David Nusair
Despite a game performance from Christian Bale American Psycho never quite achieves lift off 
1.5
American Psycho
Margaret A. McGurk
Comes across as cold to the core as if untouched by human hands 
2
American Psycho
Edward Guthmann
Funny one minute horrifying the next film 
3
American Psycho
Jeffrey Westhoff
When not bludgeoning a business rival with an ax well heeled killer Patrick Bateman bludgeons the audience with the film s messages 
1
American Psycho
Rick Groen
A well crafted yet essentially innocuous period piece 
2.5
American Psycho
Ed Gonzalez
If all of Ellis s characters more or less stay the same Harron s film suggests that like the 80s Bateman to shall pass 
3
American Psycho
Jim Bartoo
Sex drugs and sadistic homicide mark disappointing Sundance buzz maker 
0
American Psycho
Jorge Avila Andrade
Una de las más comentadas ingeniosas e inteligentes películas del año
3.5
American Psycho
James Kendrick
a potentially sensationalistic film that has become for lack of a better word boring 
2.5
American Psycho
Steve Rhodes
A masterful performance 
3
American Psycho
Tor Thorsen
Although it suffers from the same lack of focus that plagued the book the result is bloody hilarious and occasionally brilliant 
3.5
American Psycho
Mike Clark
Period piece or not Psycho further extends the current screen cycle devoted to professional male malaise Office Space Fight Club American Beauty 
3
American Psycho
Dustin Putman
Are you more or less setting yourself up for disappointment if you go to see a film adaptation of one of the most powerfully written novels you can recall reading 
2
American Psycho
James Berardinelli
It represents one of the most daring inventive and invigorating movies to reach the screen during the dreary first half of 2000 
3.5
American Psycho
Bob Bloom
I was pleasantly surprised no make that impressed with Mary Harron s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis notorious novel 
3.5
American Psycho
David N. Butterworth
Christian Bale is at the top of his game here 
3.5
American Psycho
Michael Dequina
Bale s achievement is in suggesting far more dimensions than his character would ever admit to having 
3.5
American Psycho
Erik Childress
It is a fable albeit a dark and twisted one destined to be praised by some abhorred by others and turned into a cult classic by even more 
3.5
American Psycho
Jonathan Foreman
A misfiring black comedy 
1.5
American Psycho
Rob Blackwelder
As it nears a conclusion the picture becomes almost as empty as the title character 
2.5
American Psycho
David Keyes
An incisive commentary about the emptiness and rapacity of important people 
4
American Psycho
Marty Mapes
What s best about the movie is the density of its satire Its wry social commentary permeates every aspect of the filmmaking 
3.5
American Psycho
Shay Casey
Christian Bale delivers a whale of a performance 
3
American Psycho
Joe Baltake
A savagely funny feminist take on just how dangerous stupid men can be 
3.5
American Psycho
Roger Ebert
Christian Bale is heroic in the way he allows the character to leap joyfully into despicability there is no instinct for self preservation here and that is one mark of a good actor 
3
American Psycho
Madeleine Williams
A brilliant performance by Christian Bale can t quite keep this soulless movie afloat 
1.5
American Psycho
Bill Chambers
Unfortunately director Mary Harron and screenwriter Guinevere Turner have also de fanged the non violent remainder of Ellis free floating narrative 
2
American Psycho
Tom Long
Well filmed well acted and certainly riveting American Psycho nonetheless is a movie without heart about a man without heart 
2
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Amy Bracken Sparks
The ever changing light and stark sea of ice become characters in themselves Indeed the making of Fast Runner is fascinating in itself Outtakes of the production run with the end credits they re worth sticking around for 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
David Nusair
barely has enough material to fill a 52 minute CBC special let alone a three hour cinematic event 
2
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Nick Rogers
A film so crisp with detail that 44 like other great films 44 it whisks us away to a locale like nothing else we apos ve ever seen to tell a story that apos s not quite like anything else we apos ve ever heard 46 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Mark Dujsik
At three hours and with very little story or character development there is plenty of room for editing and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue 
2
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Matt Brunson
The messy emotions raging throughout this three hour effort are instantly recognizable allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Jeff Vice
Though some will probably have problems with the film s pacing the story holds your interest throughout 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Joe Baltake
It s a masterpiece 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Elizabeth Blozan
A rare and remarkable portrait of place that could only be told by the people who own the story and had the sense to buy the cameras 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Duane Dudek
Like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Rene Rodriguez
Often the film feels more like a state of mind combining the factual hardness of a documentary with the startling beauty of a surreal fantastic dream 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Phil Villarreal
For nearly three hours this sweeping epic captivates its audience in the way the Inuit elders must have done while reciting the story to spellbound children 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
John Monaghan
It may be the most satisfying experience you ll have at the movies this year 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Steve Rhodes
Vastly overrated this award winning film features amateurish unbelievable acting and a minimal storyline Take away the indigenous people and no one would be talking about it 
2
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
David Sterritt
There s never been a movie quite like it 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Jeanne Aufmuth
Canada s arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Collin Souter
A challenging and stunning journey with one of the best chase scenes ever 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Arthur Salm
One senses in its playing out that right here right now these people these deeds these lessons are the stuff of a great legend one that will be told and retold for countless generations 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Roger Ebert
An experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Walter Chaw
Atanarjuat unfolding on a cold blasted primeval arctic plain has the quality of totem 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Michael Wilmington
A landmark movie that becomes a priceless entryway into a distant land and its people few of whom will ever seem as foreign and far away again 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Surviving and getting through the day becomes gripping drama Even if the good vs evil story is overly familiar I guarantee the beautiful sensual setting is not 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Moira MacDonald
It takes us to a world we ve never seen to tell us a story both entirely foreign and completely familiar 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Mick LaSalle
At nearly three hours long it s an endurance test 
2
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Steven Rea
Both a thrilling adventure about endurance and survival and an elegiac examination of centuries old tribal culture fast fading in the new millennium 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Loren King
The film is filled with unquestionable grace and power 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Mary F. Pols
Remarkable in many ways 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Ross Anthony
Authentic and at times endearing humorous spooky educational but at other times as bland as a block of snow 
1.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Pam Grady
If it is adventure you want this season this is the real deal No guns no explosions no special effects just the exquisite suspense of watching a lone naked warrior trying to escape his pursuers over the tundra 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
John Anderson
Visually captivating 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Megan Turner
Spellbinding visuals combine with compelling drama to make this sprawling epic the first truly indigenous Inuit feature a triumph of storytelling 
3.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Rick Groen
A damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film 
4
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Jeremy Heilman
It feels as psychologically uncomplicated as the similarly themed The Lion King 
2.5
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Ed Gonzalez
The Clan of the Cave Bear has nothing on Atanarjuat a sprawling three hour epic that recounts the primal struggles of the Igloolik people 
3
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Harvey S. Karten
The Canadian Arctic a story of love and revenge and you don t need the 5000 that Maupintour charges to visit 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Alan French
Ultimately the silly and zany attitudes within The Emperor apos s New Groove provide it with a levity that few other Disney films featured 46 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
David Nusair
a surprisingly entertaining and awfully funny piece of work 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It looks like director Mark Dindal has been watching a lot of Chuck Jones lately 
3.5
The Emperor's New Groove
Susan Tavernetti
A forgettable movie as flat as its cartoon like characters 
1.5
The Emperor's New Groove
Margaret A. McGurk
It delivers engaging high spirited adventure that parents can appreciate alongside their young offspring 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Liam Lacey
Will the kids buy it You bet they will 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
David N. Butterworth
Not without its amusing moments but this animated Disney feature feels hurried and somewhat frantic in its approach 
2
The Emperor's New Groove
Ian Mantgani
Animated films don t need to be genius they just need to make sure they don t do too much wrong 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
James Kendrick
fun in a free form slapstick throw away manner that is largely lacking from most high concept Disney animated films
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Cornell & Petricelli
Yawn 
2.5
The Emperor's New Groove
Robert Roten
It isn t deep but it is a lot of fun 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Susan Stark
An audience dominated by young children was disconcertingly quiet during a preview screening 
2
The Emperor's New Groove
Mary Kalin-Casey
Frames an entire story around a one note shtick based gnat better suited for occasional scene stealing than prolonged audience sympathy 
2.5
The Emperor's New Groove
Peter Stack
May be one of the brightest funniest pieces of entertainment of the season 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Susan Wloszczyna
Who knew Disney could shake its Groove thing this well 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Roger Ebert
A zany tonic more upbeat and funnier than the lugubrious Dr Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
James Berardinelli
Armed with what is arguably the most clever animated script in a long time the movie makes its point through wit and gently barbed dialogue 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Erik Childress
The film really kicks into overdrive during its final 20 minutes one thrilling and comical moment after another and saves what had been merely a so so piece 
3
The Emperor's New Groove
Michael Dequina
There s no denying the energy and joy present in this zippy tale 
3
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This moment of women rising up and taking control of their own empowerment is the perfect time to release a documentary about Hedy Lamarr 
3.5
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Gary Thompson
It is quite a yarn 
3
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Mick LaSalle
The movie reveals and demonstrates over and over that Lamarr was a fascinating and brilliant person a true eccentric with considerable will and personal courage 
3
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Maren Longbella
It s tapes of an interview Forbes reporter Fleming Meeks conducted with her around 1990 that give the documentary a much needed jolt We get to hear about her life in her own words 
2.5
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Ty Burr
Ultimately stands as a tragedy of what might have been and never came to be for both its subject and for us 
3
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a fascinating story if one that has been told before 
2.5
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Michael Phillips
It fascinates both as film history and as a sobering reminder of how little credit a woman like Lamarr received even at the peak of her popularity 
3.5
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Roger Moore
An upbeat look at a starlet who was a lot more than just a pretty some say the prettiest ever face 
3
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Gayle MacDonald
Dean is fascinated by the highs and lows of this enigmatic woman s life 
2.5
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Clayton Dillard
The film curiously steers toward surmising Hedy Lamarr s psychological state as it pertained to love and pleasure 
1.5
Waterlily Jaguar
Mark Dujsik
The movie s a mess but almost defiantly so It doesn t help matters 
1.5
Carolina
Ed Gonzalez
Plays out like an antidote to films like Napoleon Dynamite that seem to exist for no other reason than to make audiences feel superior to lower class buffoons 
2.5
A Royal Night Out
Rex Reed
A Royal Night Out is a film of enormous charm texture and good will thanks largely to the three leads 
3
A Royal Night Out
Brad Wheeler
It s jazzy fluff but the film panders 
2.5
A Royal Night Out
Soren Andersen
A Royal Night Out is a featherweight trifle 
2
A Royal Night Out
Sara Stewart
Unless viewers are aficionados of the old royal family I m not sure how interested they ll be in following two posh accented young women chasing through drunken crowds in period dress though Powley in particular is a charmer 
2
A Royal Night Out
Bruce DeMara
The lovely performances especially by Gadon and Powley make the film a passably pleasing tale of teens gone slightly wild with a royal twist 
2.5
A Royal Night Out
Stephanie Merry
Most likely the real Elizabeth never had such a memorable action packed evening But it s fun to imagine if only for a moment that behind the facade of stately hats and matching suits the queen is hiding some wacky stories 
2.5
A Royal Night Out
Roger Moore
Bloody adorable 
3
Wild America
Jim Shelby
It s really several Lassie episodes without the collie braided together to make one full length picture 
1
Wild America
Susan Wloszczyna
Wild America often feels like a MMMBop ish Hanson brothers music video redone for the Discovery Channel 
2.5
Wild America
James Berardinelli
Supposedly Wild America is a family film but I can t figure out which members of the family it s intended for 
2
Secret Sunshine
Mattie Lucas
The film can be different things to different people and be equally effective in any of its interpretations 
3.5
Secret Sunshine
Josh Larsen
The amount of tragedy delivered by this story would feel abusive if a lesser talent was at its center 
3.5
Secret Sunshine
Chris Hewitt
In a performance as raw and naked as I can recall seeing Jeon navigates the ebbs and flows of Shin ae s grief 
3.5
Secret Sunshine
Kevin B. Lee
Lee has a rare gift for depicting how the minor dissonance of everyday interactions eventually explodes into public displays of rage and despair 
3
Camilla
Roger Ebert
Camilla is too arbitrary and disorganized for me to recommend But there are some special moments in it 
2
Dawn
Roger Moore
quot Dawn quot is a thriller that quot has it all 44 quot as in it apos s awful by almost every measure 46 So writer director Nicholas Ryan 44 take a bow 46 
1
Darkest Hour
Brian Eggert
Stirring though the proceedings may sometimes be Darkest Hour resists absolute immersion so that its audience will notice how much effort went into its making 
2.5
Darkest Hour
Leo Brady
From the 4 star lead performance from Oldman to the expert direction from Joe Wright Darkest Hour is a rousing success 
3
Darkest Hour
Jason Fraley
Gary Oldman delivers what could be his finest hour becoming Winston Churchill to declare You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Matt Brunson
Casting Gary Oldman as Churchill seems like a risky gamble given that both are known commodities But Oldman who has already portrayed such disparate figures as Sid Vicious Lee Harvey Oswald and Ludwig van Beethoven proves to be up to the task 
3
Darkest Hour
Mattie Lucas
The most basic form of Oscar bait but Wright has a knack for visualizing the seemingly un cinematic and he creates a compelling film out of the backroom deals and Parliamentary finagling 
3
Darkest Hour
Federico Furzan
An impressive performance cannot save this movie from being blubber Full review in Spanish 
2
Darkest Hour
Robert Daniels
Darkest Hour demonstrates the immense courage Churchill had It doesn t fully absolve and deify him rather humanizes 
3
Darkest Hour
Kevin A. Ranson
a fascinating look inside the war room of a former empire considering actual surrender in the face of insurmountable odds and what it takes to overcome them 
3
Darkest Hour
Wesley Lovell
Gary Oldman anchors a fascinating look at the war room behind the scenes of the evacuation of Dunkirk 
4
Darkest Hour
David Keyes
A droll listless experience of a movie an exercise that functions only because it is made in the service of its actor who is more than up to the challenge of conveying a seamless portrayal 
2
Darkest Hour
Linda Cook
Darkest Hour is Gary Oldman s finest hour 
4
Darkest Hour
Josh Larsen
a historical drama that s both handsome and alive 
3
Darkest Hour
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It may not be particularly original but it should be of interest to history buffs or to those who want to see one of Gary Oldman s finest performances Full review in Spanish 
3
Darkest Hour
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A good dad movie centered on the days of May 1940 when Churchill becomes prime minister Full review in Spanish 
2
Darkest Hour
James Kendrick
Wright infuses the film with as much style as it can hold without becoming unduly bloated
3
Darkest Hour
John Serba
Oldman s superlative work prohibits the movie from fading into the hedges like dozens of other dehydrated period pieces 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gary Oldman plays Churchill and suffice to say that if he finally wins an Oscar it will not be undeserved 
3
Darkest Hour
Kam Williams
Gary Oldman might finally win the Oscar that has long eluded him for his sterling portrayal of the British Bulldog 
4
Darkest Hour
Josh Terry
Darkest Hour takes a while to get going but once the pieces are in place and Churchill gets down to business Wright s film picks up a great deal of momentum 
3
Darkest Hour
George M. Thomas
Therein lies the joy of Darkest Hour watching someone like Oldman ply his trade in what may be a career defining role The movie in itself offers plenty Oldman offers more 
3
Darkest Hour
Kent Turner
Truly a political film Darkest Hour aims to fulfill the needs of its constituents 
3
Darkest Hour
Robert Horton
Aside from Oldman s frisky pleasure in hamming it up Darkest Hour collapses in a great pile of hogwash 
1.5
Darkest Hour
Michael Smith
Darkest Hour is a fine film about Winston Churchill and his decision making as Hitler swept through Europe that will ultimately be remembered for one thing Gary Oldman is Churchill 
3
Darkest Hour
Sean P. Means
Oldman takes the reins of Darkest Hour It s his performance capturing the British bulldog s oratorical fire but most important his life affirming lightness that makes this movie worth sitting in the dark for two hours 
3
Darkest Hour
Roger Moore
Britain s Darkest Hour turns out to be Gary Oldman s finest 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Moira MacDonald
Darkest Hour is a straightforward day by day depiction of world changing events told with meticulous simplicity 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Gary Thompson
Churchill by way of Darkest Hour hands the actor some of the best speeches of his career and Oldman brings them vividly to life 
3
Darkest Hour
Gary Thompson
Wright s restlessness can be off putting but his technique feels like a reasonable match here for the high stakes subject matter and the heightened but not hammy pitch of the performances 
3
Darkest Hour
Dann Gire
Gary Oldman s transformative portrayal of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright s Darkest Hour achieves the same rarefied orbit as Marlon Brando s interpretation of the Godfather If this be critical blasphemy so be it 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Sonny Bunch
Darkest Hour rises above the trappings of its genre thanks to a stirring performance by Gary Oldman 
3
Darkest Hour
Peter Howell
Oldman brings a wicked wit and compassionate heart to the role one for which he seems almost superhumanly suited for and that s really saying something consider how many great actors have played Churchill 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Mark Dujsik
It s less effective in crafting a portrait of this man outside of the political and military realm 
2.5
Darkest Hour
J. R. Jones
Darkest Hour invites viewers inside the heart and mind of a great leader but never really captures his deep rapport with the British people which turned out to be one of his greatest political assets Dunkirk takes a more populist approach 
2
Darkest Hour
Bob Bloom
By showing Churchill s fears and anxieties Oldman elevates the man from a two dimensional historical figure to a flawed human being who mustered the courage to meet a great and grave challenge that could alter the course of history 
3
Darkest Hour
Calvin Wilson
Far from being a dry biopic Darkest Hour reminds us that some things such as honor and freedom are worth fighting for 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Richard Roeper
As played by Gary Oldman Churchill has perhaps never seemed greater Or more human
3.5
Darkest Hour
Rafer Guzman
The main attraction here is Gary Oldman as Churchill As an act of physical transformation and emotional expression it s something close to supernatural 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Michael Phillips
Darkest Hour pulls from both extremes of Oldman s prodigious but often unexploited skill set the subtlety as well as the flamboyance 
3
Darkest Hour
Ann Hornaday
As a portrait of leadership at its most brilliant thoughtful and morally courageous Darkest Hour is the movie we need right now 
4
Darkest Hour
Mick LaSalle
Darkest Hour is a persuasive window into history and so arresting in its portrait of one of the 20th century s most important leaders that every minute of it is absorbing 
4
Darkest Hour
Ty Burr
Darkest Hour is good glib entertainment 
3
Darkest Hour
Katie Walsh
While Darkest Hour is a showcase for Oldman s incredible performance Wright s aesthetic visually transports the viewer the images heavy with subtext and meaning 
4
Darkest Hour
Rex Reed
It is always Gary Oldman s phenomenal performance that keeps the film airborne 
2.5
Darkest Hour
Mike McGranaghan
The film as a whole is a bit flawed but when you put such a glorious piece of acting into the recreation of a captivating piece of history it s hard to go too far wrong 
3
Darkest Hour
Robert Levin
The movie has sweeping cinematic texture expressed in Wright s affinity for long takes 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Stephen Whitty
Oldman seizes upon the role of Winston Churchill the way an old bulldog takes hold of a lamb bone He gets his teeth into it He shakes it about And he will absolutely not let go until he s gotten every bit of marrow out of it 
3
Darkest Hour
Godfrey Cheshire
While Gary Oldman s phenomenal work as Winston Churchill had been heralded in advance it is astonishingly equaled by the film s achievements in direction screenwriting score and cinematography 
4
Darkest Hour
Peter Travers
Hello Oscar Gary Oldman gives the performance of the year as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright s rip roaring take on the celebrated Prime Minister s first tumultuous month in office 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Sara Stewart
Gary Oldman hasn t done a deep dive into a character for years but he makes up for lost time with a spectacular performance as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill rousing the country to fight the Nazis against all odds at the start of World War II 
3
Darkest Hour
James Berardinelli
Oldman immerses himself so deeply in the role that the actor disappears 
3
Darkest Hour
Brian Truitt
Oldman has disappeared into roles before from Dracula and Beethoven to Sid Vicious and Lee Harvey Oswald but never so wholly and superbly as in director Joe Wright s Darkest Hour 
3
Darkest Hour
Clayton Davis
Gary Oldman has given us his gift to cinema with his effulgent interpretation of one of history s most complex political figures 
3.5
Darkest Hour
Jake Cole
There are many corridors that the film could have explored to flesh out the contradictions that informed its subject but they re kept out of view all the better to reinforce an image that s been solidly in place for 70 years 
1.5
Darkest Hour
Walter Chaw
Darkest Hour is a timely film then a call to arms from the Brits to the Yanks again that the bad guys are actively plotting the end of the world and isn t it time America did something Isn t it 
3
Darkest Hour
Kate Taylor
The magnificent clutter of Buckingham Palace or the swirling staircases of Whitehall begin to read like empty gestures in film that for all that Oldman soldiers away at it cannot make Churchill s dilemma dramatic 
2.5
Tell It to the Bees
James Berardinelli
It would be easy to argue that the movie s heart is in the right place because it is However to apply another cliché the road to hell is paved with good intentions 
2
Tell It to the Bees
Monica Castillo
Even though I wasn t familiar with what happens in the book while watching Tell It to the Bees I could feel something was emotionally out of place 
2
Tell It to the Bees
Mark Dujsik
The ending doesn t follow the story s logical and emotional progression 
2.5
Tell It to the Bees
Roger Moore
Winning performances but flashes of magical realism gently but gratingly clash with drab melodrama 
2.5
Breakheart Pass
Matt Brunson
Crackerjack entertainment 
3.5
Tickled
David Nusair
Tickled would ve been better off as a short segment on 60 Minutes 
1.5
Tickled
Alyssa Fisher
Your curiosity will be at a high from the start to finish Expect laughter and a lot of cringing along the way 
3
Tickled
Sean P. Means
Tickled is worth a look simply because it s a wonderfully told and singularly bizarre story 
3.5
Tickled
John Serba
The old cliche about truth being stranger than fiction rarely feels so apt 
3.5
Tickled
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s fun exciting freakish filmmaking 
3
Tickled
Ann Hornaday
Like the activity of its title Tickled is funny until it most decidedly isn t 
2.5
Tickled
Jim Brunzell III
Not quite answering every question it asks Tickled still opens a dangerous can of worms of stranger than fiction journalism 
3.5
Tickled
John Hartl
The dangers of the internet have rarely been presented so convincingly 
3
Tickled
Peter Howell
This New Zealand doc tickles the funny bone but also chills the spine It delves into a goofy fetish that leads down serious and unsettling paths 
3
Tickled
Barry Hertz
What starts off as a light hearted quirky portrait of a competitive tickling competition quickly turns into a deadly serious investigation about the destructive powers of the Internet and the perversity of those lurking behind its digital walls 
3
Tickled
Peter Keough
Though his lighthearted tone has difficulties keeping up with each new sinister discovery Farrier has exposed in the least likely setting the network of power and money that preys on the weak with impunity 
3
Tickled
Mick LaSalle
It s a documentary that for about one minute seems as though it s going to be as fey and quirky as its title But far from a jolly little film about odd harmless people it s dark weird and menacing 
3
Tickled
Roger Moore
Shocking Thrilling And a little titillating 
3
Tickled
Sara Stewart
Tickled certainly doesn t describe how I felt at the end of this fascinating documentary more like thoroughly creeped out 
3
Tickled
David Fear
Tickled is near impossible to take seriously even as Farrier and Reeve s Nick Broomfield esque bumbling blows the lid on a genuinely frightening individual 
2.5
Tickled
Glenn Kenny
The moviemakers craft a satisfying narrative while leaving the viewer with some questions this is a movie that manages to be disquieting and entertaining simultaneously 
3
Tickled
Matt Brennan
There s no sustained effort to answer the first question any editor or J school instructor worth his or her salt would ask So what 
2.5
The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option
David Nusair
Definitely worth a rental if you re in the mood for some decent hand to hand combat 
2.5
The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option
Walter Chaw
Everhart is admirably uninhibited about taking her shirt off yet unintentionally disquieting in not only her stunningly wooden elocution but the dimensions of her cranium
1.5
Operation Seawolf
Roger Moore
A B movie WWII actioner that sinks into C movie more often than you 8217 d like 46 
1.5
Stop the Pounding Heart
Brad Wheeler
Minervini places these two non actors in the same arena and no sparks whatsoever fly It s a tedious patience testing experience that could reward only cinephiles and the curious 
2
Stop the Pounding Heart
Chris Cabin
Roberto Minervini has created a moving portrait of feminism born out of hard work and intuitiveness but he never belittles or condescends to the faithful 
3
So Proudly We Hail
Matt Brunson
Those who might be tempted to derisively write off this drama about American nurses in World War II as a 8220 woman apos s weepie 8221 had best reconsider 44 since it apos s as brutal as Objective 44 Burma 33 44 Wake Island 44 or any other he man WWII offering from the period 46 
3.5
Merrill's Marauders
Matt Brunson
The film is somewhat unique for its time but its approach strips the characters of much personality 
2.5
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
David Elliott
As film it s drab As Chomsky it s compelling 
3
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
Erik Lundegaard
Visually it s about as exciting as C Span Doesn t matter Chomsky at 74 is as radical as ever 
2.5
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Kept me interested for its full 74 minutes with a series of surprises 
3
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
Janice Page
Would have benefited from putting a wider lens on the man and his detractors as seen in 1992 s superior Manufacturing Consent Noam Chomsky and the Media by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick 
2.5
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
Bob Strauss
Whether one agrees with him totally to some degree or not at all it s hard not to appreciate the thoughtfulness of Noam Chomsky s gently spoken hard defended positions 
3
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
Lou Lumenick
Would have been far more interesting if its titular talking head had debated an intellectual equal from the right 
2
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time
Harvey S. Karten
Chomsky delivers the sorts of lectures that intelligent but politically unformed college students with little sense of history are bound to love 
3
Kwik
Burl Burlingame
It s heartening to discover that the Koreans can make stunt movies as dim witted and as attention deficited as Hollywood 
1
Fairways to Happiness
David Nusair
46 46 46 an effective piece of work that leaves the viewer with plenty of food for thought 46 46 46 
2.5
Fairways to Happiness
Bob Bloom
The movie is a refreshing experience 44 and it may even help change your outlook on life 46 
3
Fairways to Happiness
Tom Meek
The film s production values are notable and Morrione keeps things moving in a spritely way even if he gets caught in a sand trap of self indulgence every now and then 
2.5
Falls Around Her
Johanna Schneller
Its rhythms aren t the usual movie rhythms and it stumbles only when it tries to be conventional 
2.5
Falls Around Her
Peter Howell
An unexpected homecoming becomes a mystery story in Falls Around Her a movie marking the first lead film role for Tantoo Cardinal in her 48 year career 
2.5
Painters Painting - The New York Art Scene: 1940-70
Douglas Britt
If like me you get a jolt from the kinds of discussions that consumed New York painters and their circle during those years Painters Painting is a must see 
4
Sissi
Kenneth R. Morefield
It s fascinating to contrast these films with the darker literally and thematically post war offerings of the Italian neorealists that were produced only a few years earlier 
2.5
Mickey's House of Villains
Walter Chaw
balancing the sadism of scaring loved ones with the delight of watching animated ducks run around screaming 
2.5
The Same River Twice
Sean P. Means
The copious nudity of the 78 sequences is striking but the body part gazed upon most by these people is the navel 
2.5
The Same River Twice
Jeff Vice
It s a rather listless and self involved documentary 
2
The Same River Twice
Bob Strauss
Sweet sensitive and insightful 
3
The Same River Twice
Michael Booth
The documentary The Same River Twice will ring startlingly true to any ski bum who ever went legit 
3
The Same River Twice
Robert K. Elder
Succeeds through articulate nostalgic sequences of introspection linked by poetic camerawork 
3
The Same River Twice
Moira MacDonald
A poignant meditation on life as a work in progress 
3.5
The Same River Twice
Paul Sherman
Treats its audience with unusual intelligence and serves up meaty food for thought 
3
The Same River Twice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Comes across as two sets of home movies spliced together we watch politely but secretly can t wait to go home 
2.5
The Same River Twice
Carla Meyer
Intimate quietly illuminating documentary 
3
The Same River Twice
Walter Chaw
An elegy an allegory and one hell of a beautiful film 
4
The Same River Twice
Ty Burr
A river does indeed run through The Same River Twice and it s rather shallower than director Robb Moss seems to think 
2
The Same River Twice
V.A. Musetto
It would make a worthy entry on public TV but just doesn t have the heft for a theatrical release 
2
The Producers
Matt Brunson
The inspired lunacy extends to all corners of this madcap comedy which Brooks once insisted rises below vulgarity 
3.5
The Producers
David Nusair
suffers from a pervasive lack of laughs that s compounded by writer director Mel Brooks relentlessly and exhaustingly over the top sensibilities 
2
The Producers
Phil Villarreal
But despite the too wacky for their own good jokes and slow pacing there s no denying the genius of Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel 
3
The Producers
Walter Chaw
Wilder s like a baby monkey you get the feeling he d cling to your leg if you let him 
1.5
The Producers
Thomas Delapa
I suppose you could call it a time capsule Then again Brooks Broadway blockbuster may prove that blustery bad taste is timeless Ferrell is so ferociously over the top I hope the other cast members all got rabies shots 
2
The Producers
Phil Villarreal
Holds up poorly What once was seen as daring and over the top now plays as tame and unfunnily goofy 
1.5
The Producers
Ty Burr
The one aspect of the original Producers that still stuns is the roaring over the top in your face thereness of its two lead performances 
4
The Producers
Susan Stark
This shamelessly low brow fearlessly satirical Brooks movie may just be Hollywood s ultimate satire a furiously witty reductio ad absurdum worthy of the great Augustans like Pope and Swift 
4
The Producers
Roger Ebert
This is one of the funniest movies ever made 
4
FX2
Matt Brunson
Ridiculous implausible yet occasionally exciting 
2.5
FX2
David Nusair
a rather shameless retread 
3
FX2
Roger Ebert
There should be a special category for movies that are neither good nor bad but simply excessive 
2
Think of Me
Matt Pais
A slow wade through not exactly fresh waters 
2.5
House on Haunted Hill
Kevin Carr
One of William Castle 8217 s best gimmicky film 46 46 46 with a delicious performance by Vincent Price 46 
3
House on Haunted Hill
David Nusair
a far from classic misfire from an exceedingly erratic director 
2
House on Haunted Hill
TV Guide Staff
Silly but good fun 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Sarah Knight Adamson
Judi Dench is fabulous as Queen Victoria She s the reason to see this film 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Mattie Lucas
Oversimplification of geopolitical issues aside Victoria Abdul is a light charming entertainment that features yet another stunning performance by Dench 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Andrea Gronvall
Victoria Abdul may capture the ugly side of Britain s colonial past but its demeaning portrait of Abdul reinforces the Orientalism it purports to lampoon 
2
Victoria & Abdul
Josh Terry
Even if Victoria and Abdul is a lightweight next to bigger historical films Frears effort is worth a look even if only for the sake of a little charm and quality acting 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Rob Thomas
It s too bad that the movie couldn t have shown the same curiosity about Abdul s life that Queen Victoria did 
2.5
Victoria & Abdul
Sean P. Means
What anchors Victoria Abdul is Dench s performance as she channels the many character traits dignity whimsy impertinence and crushing solitude that made Victoria the monarch she was 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Kathleen Rizzo Young
Fans of Victoria who are immersed in the early life of the Queen will find this bookend fascinating 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Max Weiss
It s hard not to like Victoria Abdul but it s all shiny surfaces I can t help but to wonder how much deeper Frears might ve dug into this rich material had he directed it 20 years ago 
2.5
Victoria & Abdul
Moira MacDonald
This film which is we re told based on real events mostly tells of how the elderly queen got her groove back so to speak 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While the film is definitely amusing and touching it for whatever reason never quite grows into hilarious or moving 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Robert Horton
It s content to allow the queen to be cute and cranky and Abdul to be charming We receive the film s timely lesson about how a Muslim person of color might teach something to the lily white British elites and it s all very tidy and self satisfied 
2
Victoria & Abdul
Kate Taylor
It s a neatly executed lark but one that eventually becomes ensnared in the colonialism it seeks to expose 
2.5
Victoria & Abdul
James Berardinelli
Frears hasn t just made an historical recreation he has made a movie containing a message with universal implications for all places and times when racism rears its head 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Rafer Guzman
Victoria and Abdul is hampered by the restrictions of a Hollywood period piece It s glossy and sentimental with a feel good message about racial prejudice 
2
Victoria & Abdul
Mark Dujsik
W hile the film sympathizes with both of these characters it does so in very different ways 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Peter Howell
A film of solid craftsmanship led by another royally magnificent performance by Judi Dench 
2.5
Victoria & Abdul
Mark Kennedy
In Victoria Abdul the Empress of India comes off honest loving and decent That seems deaf as well as stupid 
2
Victoria & Abdul
Mark Feeney
Is there a more monarchial actress alive than Dench She could play Victoria in her sleep 
2.5
Victoria & Abdul
Dann Gire
Victoria Abdul feels like Downton Abbey Lite a chamber drama of manners minus the raw conflict necessary to elevate this material to any level of memorable 
2
Victoria & Abdul
Michael O'Sullivan
The tale of Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim is one that s good and true and worth telling But the way that Victoria and Abdul slops it around is mostly hogwash 
1.5
Victoria & Abdul
Mick LaSalle
The movie ultimately all comes down to Dench and the film becomes a frame of her performance It s a great performance 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Gary Thompson
Victoria Abdul is Dench s show 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Roger Moore
The whole jolly affair plays like a delicious sick burn aimed at patronizing Western colonialism 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Rex Reed
Judi Dench can do no wrong and playing Queen Victoria for the second time in the richly satisfying Victoria and Abdul is an acting lesson par excellence that proves how rapturous it is to watch this great artist do everything right 
4
Victoria & Abdul
Robert Levin
Anglophiles will find a lot to love in Victoria Abdul a pleasant time that stands out thanks to Judi Dench in a return as Queen Victoria and a screenplay that delves into royal parlor games with glee 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Susan Wloszczyna
There are multiple pleasures to be had by witnessing a powerful still vital woman finding unexpected late life joy of the platonic variety 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Stephen Whitty
The two leads are superb And the idea that two people separated by class a creed a continent and half a century could still share such a perfect bond of innocent friendship seems like an awfully important one 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Peter Travers
Judi Dench Is a royal pleasure but the film a shallow look at Queen Victoria s friendship with an Indian Muslim clerk fails to examine complicated cultural historical questions 
2.5
Victoria & Abdul
Rick Bentley
Judi Dench s acting gravitas is strong enough to make even the lightest of stories automatically feel like they have more girth 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Dwight Brown
Stephen Frears is a master at telling royal tales and apt at keeping this unrequited love story energized and compelling 
3
Victoria & Abdul
Kenji Fujishima
By privileging the white characters in its narrative Victoria Abdul exposes itself as insidiously hypocritical 
1.5
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Ted Fry
Affable and hugely entertaining 
3.5
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Joel Selvin
A fitting epitaph for a giant few people outside the industry knew but whose work everybody heard 
4
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Howard Cohen
Visually appealing 
3.5
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Steve Morse
As a probing look at a really nice guy genius in the studio world it succeeds admirably 
3
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
V.A. Musetto
A loving portrait of 50 years of pop music and a man who by all accounts was a musical genius 
2
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Glenn Whipp
A movie that overcomes a somewhat superficial approach and patchwork assembly through the sheer force of its subject And the music ain t bad either 
3
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Walter Chaw
How quaint the idea of an artist who makes other artists better 
3
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
David Sterritt
Like its subject the movie is a tad overzealous but often fascinating and revealing 
3
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Sean Piccoli
As affectionate and energetic as its subject 
3
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
David Nusair
if you ve ever wondered the inspiration behind that classic riff from Cream s Sunshine of your Love look no further 
3
Chi-Town
Andrea Gronvall
Nick Budabin doesn t ignore the threats on south side streets but his depiction of one admirable young man proves there s much more to the story 
3
Chi-Town
Richard Roeper
This is a beautifully photographed thoroughly engrossing sobering but also inspirational piece of work 
3.5
The Sleepwalker
Rex Reed
Among the many unanswered questions I ask Where do they find this junk and where do so many amateurs get the money to finance it 
1
The Sleepwalker
Chuck Bowen
The film soon settles into a confident well staged groove primarily because of two unambiguously terrific performances 
2.5
Rose Plays Julie
Randy Myers
Directors writers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy avoid the obvious in this very dark Irish tale on the duplicitous roles we play in life to hide from who we are and what we ve done 
3.5
Rose Plays Julie
Roger Moore
Start to finish this is damned unsettling 
3
Rose Plays Julie
Sheila O'Malley
Rose Plays Julie knows in its bones and revels in the fact that there is nothing so scrumptious so heavenly as a dish gone icy icy cold 
3.5
The Black Cat
Lucius Gore
This is a decent Fulci film delivering all the sleaze and some of the splatter you can expect from the Italian goremeister 
3
The Black Cat
David Nusair
much of the film consists of long interminable sequences in which not much happens 
1
For Roseanna
Roger Ebert
The gears of the plot are occasionally visible as they turn But it s a small sweet film that never tries for more than it s sure of and the actors find it such a relief to be playing such goodhearted characters that we can almost feel it 
3
La France
John Hartl
You might want to file this one under Novelties and Cult Items Not Completely Baked 
2.5
La France
Fernando F. Croce
Gender and genre are continuously bent in La France Serge Bozon s uniquely weird and often starkly beautiful experiment 
3
Come Back to Me
Tirdad Derakhshani
A grisly supernatural slasher that boasts a devilishly clever twist Leyden s film lacks the sophistication to allow its unique idea to flower into much more than a gimmick 
1.5
Last Words
Roger Moore
Even in an absurdist existential sense it s a muddle not utterly incoherent but a grim journey from hopelessness to pointlessness 
1.5
The Amityville Murders
Alice Stoehr
The last ten minutes satisfy this requisite as Butch ascends the stairs against flashes of lightning from the rainstorm outside But the slayings and the sober epilogue that follows make for a flat ending to this relatively ambitious horror movie 
2.5
The Amityville Murders
Joey Magidson
Filmmakers keep coming back to this murder and its aftermath but few can find a compelling story to tell That remains the case here 
2
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Peyton Robinson
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power is accessible 44 passionate 44 and motivated by the principle of community that led to the Black Power movement 46 
3.5
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Mark Dujsik
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power 46 46 46 serve 91 s 93 as a detailed primer for the place apos s historical and political significance 46 
3
The Opposite Sex... and How to Live With Them
Mick LaSalle
A desperately flailing sex romance comedy that has not one even remotely sincere or funny moment It has nothing to say but says it for an hour and a half 
0
The Opposite Sex... and How to Live With Them
Jackie Potts
Although Gross Hexed and Cox Mr Destiny both seem earnest and personable the script doesn t allow them to plumb any real emotions Instead they re a couple of walking talking singles clichés 
1
The Opposite Sex... and How to Live With Them
James Berardinelli
This may not be the most slickly produced or original motion picture of the year but it has a great deal more bite than most films that place themselves in the same genre 
2.5
The Opposite Sex... and How to Live With Them
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie where nothing that is done said thought or performed bears any relationship to anyone you have ever met 
0.5
Every Little Step
Kelly Jane Torrance
These stories of struggle leading to triumph or defeat are what make Every Little Step so fascinating They re also the film s weakness we only get a taste of who these people are and how they came to be here 
3
Every Little Step
Rob Thomas
The tights and the hairstyles may have changed a lot in 30 years but the desperation and the elation remain the same 
3
Every Little Step
Jeff Vice
Broadway fans as well as aficionados of A Chorus Line should get a kick out of Every Little Step 
3
Every Little Step
Sean O'Connell
Feeds our ever growing need to root for talented performers seeking that proverbial big break 
3
Every Little Step
John Beifuss
God I hope I get it sing the characters auditioning for a dance part in A Chorus Line this documentary examines the real life faces behind that sentiment 
3
Every Little Step
Moira MacDonald
A riveting documentary from James D Stern and Adam Del Deo 
3.5
Every Little Step
Keith Cohen
The 96 minute running time passes by much too quickly Instant likability is the best tag for one of the best documentaries of the year 
4
Every Little Step
Robert W. Butler
This is a film about young dancers desperate for a job auditioning for a show about young dancers desperate for a job It s wonderful 
3.5
Every Little Step
Damien Jaques
Filmmakers James D Stern and Adam Del Deo were deft and clever in the use of cinematic skills for Every Little Step their new documentary about the musical 
4
Every Little Step
Mary Carole McCauley
Every Little Step is an entrancing exploration of that elusive bit of magic known as star power 
3.5
Every Little Step
Calvin Wilson
Every Little Step never rises above being a very good showbiz documentary But it s an engaging tribute to a groundbreaking musical 
3
Every Little Step
Michael Phillips
You can t judge A Chorus Line by its film version it s one of the lousiest movie musicals ever But you can assess the stage original s influence by the wonderful new documentary Every Little Step 
3.5
Every Little Step
Linda Barnard
Fans of choreographer Michael Bennett s blockbuster which broke new ground when it opened in 1975 will find much to love here 
3
Every Little Step
Stephen Cole
Every Little Step is an uncommonly tender and observant documentary 
4
Every Little Step
Chris Hewitt
I would bet that if you love the show you ll love the movie too 
3.5
Every Little Step
Lisa Kennedy
Every Little Step is a feat of editing and sound design 
3.5
Every Little Step
Peter Canavese
That ultimate vulnerability of putting it all on the line through and for their art is the beating heart of Bennett s work and Every Little Step s fine return to it 
3.5
Every Little Step
Connie Ogle
A moving passionate tribute to determination and heart whatever you might choose to do in your life 
4
Every Little Step
Carrie Rickey
The exuberant documentary Every Little Step revisits the genesis of the landmark show about the gestation and delivery of a Broadway musical 
3
Every Little Step
Roger Ebert
We should be kneeling on concrete to remind ourselves what dues these artists pay 
3
Every Little Step
Steve Rhodes
Don t be surprised if you too shed a tear or two along with the dancers when they are picked for the role of a lifetime It s that kind of film It really gets to you in a good way 
3.5
Every Little Step
David Wiegand
The film is as much about the creation of the original show back in 1975 and the genius of the late Michael Bennett who masterminded it as it is about the newer version 
4
Every Little Step
Tom Meek
No glitz or highly edited voice overs gussy up the portrayal of artists who brim with passion and are willing to do anything to pursue their dream 
3
Every Little Step
Wesley Morris
An engrossing backstage documentary OK pre backstage 
3
Every Little Step
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is the ultimate reality showcase the inherent human drama of success and disappointment as thin as the iconic white line drawn across an empty stage floor 
3
Every Little Step
Robert Levin
The filmmakers establish the continued potency of the show s timeless exhortation to follow your dreams and do what you love no matter the cost 
3.5
Every Little Step
Kyle Smith
Every Little Step shows only this It hurts to flunk an audition and it s nice to get hired Everything it has to say about Broadway was said better in Bob Fosse s movie All That Jazz in its opening five minutes 
1.5
Every Little Step
Stephen Whitty
It s impossible not to get caught up in their struggles This is the real American Idol except there s no packaged tour no People cover no guaranteed record deal on the end just the chance to do eight shows a week 
3
Every Little Step
Peter Travers
Tracing A Chorus Line from its creation in 1974 by Michael Bennett and his dancers to its 2006 Broadway revival Every Little Step is a thrilling combination of documentary and musical dazzler 
3
Every Little Step
Andrew Schenker
An entertaining behind the scenes look at the casting process of the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line Every Little Step turns on two perfectly executed narrative strategies 
3
A Savage Nature
Roger Moore
Sets some sort of new slow poke standard for thrillers a lurching stiff with no pulse to speak of 
1
Mistress America
Brian Eggert
What seems farcical and fun loving at times breaks down into a tender story 44 as this director 8217 s films often do 46 
4
Mistress America
Max Weiss
In the second half Baumbach is able to turn his loving gaze away from Gerwig long enough to let his actors shine and allow us to enjoy all the mayhem 
2.5
Mistress America
Kam Williams
Mumblecore Movement matures with this irreverent meditation on Millenial angst 
4
Mistress America
David Nusair
a serious misfire from an excessively erratic filmmaker 
2
Mistress America
John Beifuss
Throughout Mistress America I found myself thinking I might enjoy the smart script more if I could read it in book form and direct the characters myself rather than having them assault me at the film s Woody Allen on Benzedrine pace 
2.5
Mistress America
Brad Keefe
Feels like it was a bit of a lark between Baumbach and Gerwig who co wrote the script the kind of idea spit balled by friends who can actually turn it into a movie 
3
Mistress America
Michael Smith
What makes Mistress America so annoying is having to watch everyone talk at each other Not to each other At each other 
1.5
Mistress America
John Wirt
Moviegoers who sampled Baumbach s movies in the past and left with a bad taste in their mouths may do well to give Mistress America a chance It s funny and poignant 
3.5
Mistress America
John Serba
Gerwig is so immersed in her character she s beyond trying to be funny and instead just is funny As funny as anything I ve seen this year 
4
Mistress America
Rick Bentley
Mistress America has enough bumps and bruises to keep it from being a superhero among comedy drama movies but it s not from a lack of trying by Gerwig Her energy s enough to take a chance on this film 
2.5
Mistress America
Connie Ogle
Mistress America isn t a deep psychological examination of women s friendships First and foremost it s a comedy and it s simply hilarious 
3.5
Mistress America
Lawrence Toppman
For the truest proof that love is blind see Mistress America There s no other reason to do so 
1.5
Mistress America
Scott Renshaw
Whatever Baumbach and Gerwig want to say about the inspirational charms of life s colorful flaky characters they can find a way to say it without shouting 
2.5
Mistress America
James Berardinelli
Despite clocking in at a skinny 84 minutes Mistress America overstays its welcome 
1.5
Mistress America
Bob Bloom
Outwardly Gerwig creates a character who makes you cringe At times you are embarrassed for and by her But you also come to recognize that underneath Brooke is a lost soul who really has no concrete life plan 
3.5
Mistress America
Anders Wright
The best sorts of comedies are the ones that go where you least expect them to and Mistress America does just that 
3
Mistress America
Steven Rea
Mistress America is not a new comic book movie although Greta Gerwig who stars has a kind of stand tall hands on hips superhero vibe about her 
4
Mistress America
Calvin Wilson
Gerwig pulls off an incredible trick Somehow she makes an inherently unlikable character likable It s one of the year s most intriguing and unmissable performances and it confirms that Gerwig is among the brightest talents on the cinema scene 
3
Mistress America
John Anderson
Astute bittersweet funny and needed a better ending 
3
Mistress America
Katelyn Beaty
Zippy reflective and very funny 
3
Mistress America
Josh Larsen
keeps piling on the characters and complications until it s worked itself up from screwball comedy to straight out farce
3
Mistress America
Mark Dujsik
The heart of this thing is absent 
1.5
Mistress America
Chris Knight
Movies thrill us with the speed and precision of their stunts But sometimes the pace and split second timing come not from the stunts but the script Such high wire writing has long been the purview of Noah Baumbach 
3
Mistress America
Richard Roeper
Gerwig is a magnetic actress but it feels as if she s overplaying it here Even in Brooke s best moments she s not all that charming or interesting 
2.5
Mistress America
Ty Burr
What sustains the film is its fascination with a group of lovely horrible people narcissists who are nevertheless able to improvise something glittering and almost meaningful out of their inability to matter 
3
Mistress America
Dann Gire
A merry mashup of vintage Hollywood farce and terse social satire 
3.5
Mistress America
Peter Howell
Mistress America is the kind of screwball comedy Ernst Lubitsch or Preston Sturges would have loved and there s no finer praise than that 
3.5
Mistress America
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most daft and infectiously ditzy Mistress America is a sharp aware and surpassingly kind portrait of the agony and ecstasy of becoming yourself 
4
Mistress America
Michael Phillips
Gerwig s unpredictable unerring comic timing informs a quality all too rare in modern movies She s a throwback that only looks forward 
3
Mistress America
Mick LaSalle
Gerwig is a delight in the titular role but to see Mistress America is to feel protective of the character she plays and a little annoyed at the way Baumbach treats her 
3
Mistress America
Matt Pais
The entertaining life in a holding pattern wisdom of Frances Ha curdles into something abrasive and phony 
1
Mistress America
Dan Schindel
Though it suggests a classic Hollywood throwback this story thankfully feels fresh and original 
3
Mistress America
Randy Myers
Mistress America defies pigeonholing which is true of anything produced by the insightful Baumbach who always offers interesting observations about relationships and human frailties 
3
Mistress America
Stephen Rebello
That generosity of spirit lightens and elevates Mistress America and accents the movie s nice sour ball tang 
3
Mistress America
Peter Canavese
Like Brooke the film flies a strange and arresting course if not quite a screwball then certainly a change up pitch 
2.5
Mistress America
Scott Nash
A cross between vintage Woody Allen and a screwball comedy 
3
Mistress America
Matt Zoller Seitz
Mistress America is a very funny and observant movie albeit squirm inducing with endlessly quotable dialogue 
3
Mistress America
Peter Travers
Baumbach is clearly having a blast and as usual packing a sting into every line Gerwig is the mistress of all things funny and fierce 
3
Mistress America
Stephen Whitty
Mistress America is lighter stuff But it s definitely a fun movie and proof of a moviemaker having fun And there s nothing wrong with either 
3.5
Mistress America
Roger Moore
Hey boyfriend director has delivered Greta Gerwig a role tailor made for her a vivid portrait of a New York type in the age of social media 
3
Mistress America
Christopher Gray
Mistress America is both the most concentrated and antic film in Noah Baumbach s unofficial New York trilogy 
3
Mistress America
Monica Castillo
If Frances Ha was Baumbach s Manhattan then this is his Bringing Up Baby
3.5
To Live and Die in L.A.
Bob Ross
The film s non stop cinematic cheap thrills come at the expense of credibility and taste 
1.5
To Live and Die in L.A.
Kathleen Carroll
This movie leaves one feeling just squeamish and bored 
2
To Live and Die in L.A.
Lou Cedrone
The film is nothing if not fast and if you are willing to settle for that if you are willing to look beyond the inconsistencies you re likely to enjoy the film It s hard 
2
To Live and Die in L.A.
Gene Siskel
Petersen is to be congratulated for creating a solid character out of a film that likes its decor and soundtrack more than its actors 
3
To Live and Die in L.A.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Friedkin s 1985 film To Live and Die in L A may be one of his very best though it did not reach the level of acclaim and support of his earlier films 
4
To Live and Die in L.A.
David Nusair
To Live and Die in L A is undeniably very well made from the performances to the more technical aspects but the bottom line is it s just not all that compelling 
2
To Live and Die in L.A.
Matt Brunson
There s not much substance here but the film showcases a grabber of a car chase that compares favorably with the classic one from Friedkin s The French Connection 
3
To Live and Die in L.A.
Bill Chambers
Visceral just often enough to allay the infuriatingly generic shortcuts Friedkin and co take to a finale that throws the film triumphantly off its Hollywood conventional axis
3
To Live and Die in L.A.
Roger Ebert
The film isn t just about cops and robbers but about two systems of doing business and how one of the systems finds a way to change itself in order to defeat the other 
4
Venom
James Kendrick
no one is going to hold this film up as Kinski or Reed s best work although there is a certain guilty pleasure in watching them in constant conflict
3
The Seventh Dwarf
Roger Moore
A mediocre animated riff on the Sleeping Beauty not Snow White tale A time killer for bored 5 year olds nothing more 
1.5
Return to the Blue Lagoon
John Hartl
The travelogue style photography is soothing the bodies are pretty and the music isn t offensive but feature length movies can t survive on the ingredients for a standard airline commercial 
1
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Lou Cedrone
The movie is occasionally cutesy That s the worst of it You can t call it gross but it is cutesy 
2
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Carrie Rickey
Return to the Blue Lagoon is neither campy enough to be howlingly funny nor prurient enough to be provocative 
2
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Mark Caro
When an old scallawag spies on Lilli bathing naked in a waterfall we civilized viewers are primed to condemn him But we re all scallawags here 
1
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Roger Ebert
The sincere idiocy of this film really has to be seen to be appreciated not that I think there is any need for you to see or appreciate it 
1.5
The In-Laws
Sara Michelle Fetters
Douglas is zany when he should be restrained jubilant when he should be serious tipping his hat so often that jokes that could almost pass for witty instead come across with all the subtlety of the proverbial bull in the china shop 
2
The In-Laws
Mike McGranaghan
This is a pathetic remake of a great movie 
1.5
The In-Laws
David Keyes
Like so many other recent mediocre entries into this genre The In Laws plays like it was pieced together from a rough draft script most ideas not fully developed and pages in an incorrect order 
1.5
The In-Laws
Forrest Hartman
There s no getting around the chemistry between Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas 
3
The In-Laws
Jonathan R. Perry
This set of In Laws are stuck with each other but we have a choice The right one opened in 1979 
2
The In-Laws
Jeffrey Westhoff
Instead of escalating the comedy the remake merely makes it empty and more expensive 
2
The In-Laws
John Beifuss
Familiar pop hits are exploited for a cheap Pavlovian payoff in this bland comedic blend of ersatz thrills ersatz sentiment and ersatz locations Toronto as Chicago 
1.5
The In-Laws
Frank Ochieng
there s nothing really relative about The In Laws This is a jumbled jaunt that gleefully flashes its hyperbolic hokum without regard to offering reflective characterizations or an involving storyline for that matter 
1.5
The In-Laws
Mike Clark
If it s hot this weekend and your air conditioner is broken you could do worse Otherwise audience annulment proceedings will probably begin in a week or two 
2
The In-Laws
Chris Hewitt
The jokes in The In Laws are pretty good The special effects Not so much 
2.5
The In-Laws
Todd Anthony
No tension No edge Halfhearted action You could meet these parents but what s the point 
2
The In-Laws
Ted Fry
Douglas has rarely been more lighthearted or likable and Brooks can only be described as effortlessly Brooksian Unfortunately the lameness of the humor the ludicrous plot and the uninteresting characterizations don t make it nearly as much fun for us 
2
The In-Laws
Sean P. Means
You know things are bad in The In Laws when the funniest thing they can do with Brooks is put him in a thong 
1
The In-Laws
Mick LaSalle
It s a pleasure to see Douglas in a rare movie where he doesn t have to grit his teeth in tension just as it s always a pleasure to watch Brooks get mentally tortured 
3
The In-Laws
Arthur Salm
Screenwriters Nat Mauldin and Ed Solomon and director Andrew Fleming miscalculate badly by putting the best stuff up front 
2
The In-Laws
Joe Baltake
There s a lot of running around but not much fun in this strained remake 
2
The In-Laws
Peter Travers
Everything sly and low key about The In Laws a 1979 comedy about a dentist and a rogue CIA agent with nothing in common except that the son of one is marrying the daughter of the other is supersized and coarsened in Andrew Fleming s remake 
2
The In-Laws
Steven Rea
Formulaic and unnecessary 
2.5
The In-Laws
Mack Bates
May not be in the same comedy league as the original but it is amiable and action packed buoyed with two genuinely funny performances from Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks 
2.5
The In-Laws
Rene Rodriguez
A bland waste of time 
1.5
The In-Laws
Tony Toscano
Although there are not enough big belly laughs the film offers a good time for Brook s fans 
3
The In-Laws
Ray Conlogue
The In Laws is successful on the level of light comic entertainment 
3
The In-Laws
Jeff Vice
Though the script isn t very funny Andrew Fleming s inept direction just makes the flaws even more glaring 
2
The In-Laws
Guylaine Cadorette
With its hackneyed spotty storyline and tired slapstick comedy Andrew Fleming s The In Laws is neither funny nor inspiring 
1.5
The In-Laws
Roger Ebert
The remake knows the moves but lacks the recklessness 
2
The In-Laws
Ty Burr
A vehicle for Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks that manages to bring out the most annoying aspects of their respective personalities 
1.5
The In-Laws
Jami Bernard
Big bloated and only intermittently amusing 
2
The In-Laws
Terry Lawson
Everyone involved with this new version which originally sought to avoid comparisons by calling itself The Wedding Party is at pains to point out that their movie is only inspired by the original But it doesn t seem very inspired at all 
2
The In-Laws
Lou Lumenick
A strenuous attempt to recycle a vastly funnier minor classic 
2
The In-Laws
Glenn Whipp
Baby boomers the film s primary intended audience will lap up the nostalgic musical cues but The In Laws is funny enough to transcend any age barriers 
3
The In-Laws
Erik Childress
A middle of the road comedy that would make a pleasant distraction on cable but not worth spending more than a Sunday afternoon on 
2.5
The In-Laws
David Nusair
There s a certain lack of energy that prevents the film from becoming more than just an enjoyable time waster 
2.5
The In-Laws
Walter Chaw
knowingly absurd but played with deadly earnest 
3
The In-Laws
Gregory M. Lamb
A picture that s genuinely funny in spots Unfortunately it dissolves into the kind of sitcom silliness that would probably have you reaching for the remote if you were at home 
2
The In-Laws
Tor Thorsen
While many of these gags are spoiled by the trailer what isn t on display is Brooks ability to bust viewers guts 
2.5
The In-Laws
Josh Larsen
The ludicrous spy shenanigans push the movie over the top 
1.5
The In-Laws
Gene Seymour
Watching The In Laws is like listening to a drawn out gruesomely inappropriate toast made at a posh wedding reception by a dissolute best man 
.5
The In-Laws
Jeff Strickler
The remake has a lot of energy it just doesn t have a point 
2
The In-Laws
Jules Brenner
My advice here is Don t listen to the critics Get into the antic sometimes silly mode of it and let the belly laughs come 
3
The In-Laws
Rob Blackwelder
a threesome of smarter than the screenplay comedic performances keep the flick punchy enough to earn fairly steady smiles 
2.5
The In-Laws
Ross Anthony
Very Funny Apparently this film is a remake but it feels more like a sequel to the 1994 True Lies It s playful good spirited Last one to the plane gets to take one hundred and seventy million through customs 
3.5
The In-Laws
Steven Snyder
And when a film fails to connect with me runs out of tricks and worst of all bores me I cannot recommend it 
2
The In-Laws
James Berardinelli
The In Laws may not be art and there are some fans of the original who will find it difficult to warm to but director Andrew Fleming has done a solid job updating it for the 2000s 
3
The In-Laws
Steve Rhodes
My wife was laughing so hard that I started worrying that she might injure herself 
3.5
The In-Laws
Linda Cook
There are no words to describe the astoundingly unwatchable The In Laws Well on second thought I guess there are after all It s just that I can t use them here 
0
The In-Laws
Jill Bernstein
Some of the original s charm may have been lost But as far as remakes go this one could be a heck of a lot worse 
2.5
The In-Laws
Dustin Putman
The In Laws is unredeemable filmmaking an unfunny egotistical idiotic dead zone of a movie with nary a glimpse of energy or genuine heart 
0
The Longest Yard
Mary Lasse
This edition of Yard has a lighter feel than the original well considering it s a movie about prison inmates 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new film keeps about 90 of the original story and even some of the original lines of dialogue yet the changes it makes are all misguided 
2
The Longest Yard
Jorge Avila Andrade
Filme poco pretencioso que no busca otra cosa que no sea entretener No pasar a la historia pero por lo menos es mejor de lo que parece 
3
The Longest Yard
Scott Nash
Drama that s not dramatic enough and comedy that s not funny enough 
2
The Longest Yard
Linda Cook
Never have I seen a movie so unashamedly aimed at demographics 
2
The Longest Yard
David N. Butterworth
Environmentalists will tell you that recycling is a good thing but the Adam Sandler vehicle The Longest Yard goes out of its way to prove otherwise 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Frank Houston
Three decades after the original all the rough edges have been sanded off and the film has been given the obvious spoonfed approach of a Hollywood summer movie 
1
The Longest Yard
Lori Hoffman
The violent nature of the penal system is presented in such a cartoonish fashion that when the movie suddenly veers into reality it is an awkward transition 
2
The Longest Yard
Matt Brunson
Insult comedy can be uproarious in the right hands but here it s merely witless 
2
The Longest Yard
Dan Fienberg
Glossy where the original was gritty and raw silly where the original was scabrous cartoonish where the original was dangerous and threatening it aims only to be a lark 
3
The Longest Yard
Sara Michelle Fetters
So I m sure it will come as a surprise when I say the star s latest is a fun amusing and pretty darn funny if ultimately not entirely successful comedy 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Forrest Hartman
Average films don t improve with time How bout we quit expecting them to 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Frank Ochieng
Segal paces this updated version of Aldrich s playful prison yarn with all the skill of an indecisive coach roaming the sidelines without a playbook to rely on for inspiration
2
The Longest Yard
Josh Larsen
inexplicably faithful to its source pandering puzzling and downright idiotic 
1
The Longest Yard
Michael A. Smith
when Reynolds appears on screen wearing his familiar 22 jersey he was a football star at Florida State you just know everything is right with the world 
3
The Longest Yard
Kit Bowen
When Adam Sandler throws a long hilarious no brainer comedy of a pass into the end zone you know we are going to be there to catch it 
3
The Longest Yard
Jonathan R. Perry
As humorless lazy and oppressively inane as anything since any one of the witless car chase movies that derailed Burt Reynolds career not long after the original wrapped 
.5
The Longest Yard
Mike McGranaghan
This new version ignores the inherent edginess of the material There s a huge disconnect between the plot s unassailable darkness and the lightness of the film s tone 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Phil Villarreal
Sandler has made a stinker That message is delivered with great sorrow from possibly the hardest core Sandler fan allowed to write about movies for a newspaper 
1
The Longest Yard
Peter Canavese
Just remember kids as fun as it all seems fast food soda candy binge drinking reckless driving steroids dirty ball and well yes Adam Sandler movies are bad for you 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Mike Clark
Though there s no drearier trend in current movies than recycling this modified Yard is more smoothly crafted than the 1974 slapstick version 
3
The Longest Yard
Peter Howell
The Longest Yard works well enough 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Moira MacDonald
It s indifferent charisma free filmmaking 
1
The Longest Yard
Jeffrey Westhoff
Thirty years later Reynolds still looks fit to play the lead Sandler still looks like a water boy 
1
The Longest Yard
Mick LaSalle
An odd mix of amusing nonsense and nastiness that chugs along hit and miss until the last section which is the best part of the movie and its real reason for being the game 
2
The Longest Yard
Carla Meyer
Enjoyable 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Greg Maki
Almost a scene for scene rehash of the original film 
2
The Longest Yard
Stephen Whitty
Although Sandler has occasionally broken the pattern most recently with Spanglish here he returns to the old profitable well worn rut 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Jami Bernard
A misguided miscast remake of the 1974 Robert Aldrich classic 
2
The Longest Yard
Connie Ogle
The Longest Yard is packed with many such tiny gifts for insiders and picking them out is a big part of the movie s charm 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Ward Triplett III
The Longest Yard plays like nothing less than Adam and the boys getting together in New Mexico and re creating something they probably learned to love through steady repeats on basic cable 
2
The Longest Yard
Amy Biancolli
A serviceable bone cruncher of a sports comedy just tough enough and funny enough to reach the end zone 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Terry Lawson
The new version is not nearly as convincing or as credible as the old 
2
The Longest Yard
Jeff Vice
When The Longest Yard is about football it s not too bad Unfortunately the rest of the movie is 
2
The Longest Yard
Michael Booth
See it if you think Adam Sandler is Joe Montana See it if you like men in team issued tight pants See it if you like men in prison issue tight pants 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Lawrence Toppman
An enjoyable reasonably faithful but over the top successor to the original 
3
The Longest Yard
Wesley Morris
It s surprising how much of the movie is flat and how predictable the gags are 
2
The Longest Yard
Sean P. Means
On the downside are Sandler s inability to emote anything besides an anti authoritarian smirk and his loyalty to colleagues who are clearly out of their element 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Glenn Whipp
The year s most unnecessary movie 
1
The Longest Yard
Roger Ebert
The Longest Yard more or less achieves what most of the people attending it will expect 
3
The Longest Yard
Kyle Smith
The characters sound like they were dreamed up during the drive to the set 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Duane Dudek
Just because The Longest Yard is sporadically entertaining doesn t mean it s any good 
2
The Longest Yard
Chuck O'Leary
The 1974 version had a sense of realism that s missing from the comically exaggerated remake However I don t remember the original having as many laugh out loud moments 
3
The Longest Yard
Sarah Chauncey
Watching this remake of the 1974 classic is like watching a high school production of your favorite musical 
1
The Longest Yard
Nick Schager
The film primarily replaces its predecessor s gritty swagger with WWE and MTV esque posturing 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Willie Waffle
a great guys movie full of silly jokes and bonecrushing football action
3
The Longest Yard
Erik Childress
What you saw in 1974 is pretty much what you get here an audience pleaser that isn t a particular laugh riot but will certainly keep you in the game 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Carrie Rickey
Provides a few laughs contact endorphins for the pigskin deprived and not much else 
2
The Longest Yard
Gene Seymour
The new Yard is just as slick and rousing as the old Yard 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Jeff Strickler
Viewers who come to see a football movie likely will leave satisfied But those who want to see an Adam Sandler movie would do better to rent The Waterboy 
2
The Longest Yard
David Sterritt
A quickly paced slickly filmed entertainment that s also as crude and rude as the PG 13 rating will allow 
1
The Longest Yard
Kevin M. Williams
Where the original was a serious film with funny moments this movie isn t sure if it s a drama or comedy too incompetently rendered to be both 
1
The Longest Yard
Chris Hewitt
Yard isn t bad although not as funny as Sandler s presence might make you expect 
2.5
The Longest Yard
Phoebe Flowers
The Longest Yard is not a terrible movie but neither is it one with any value beyond the disposable 
2
The Longest Yard
Bruce Newman
Sandler s timing is good enough to make the funny scenes come alive But he has trouble conveying any emotion that couldn t just as easily be expressed with a high five 
2
The Longest Yard
Peter Travers
A mean lean laugh machine 
3
The Longest Yard
Nick Rogers
Does Chris Rock even know what year it is His tired for a decade references bog down a remake that would be unwatchable were it not for a jazzed up climactic game 
2
The Longest Yard
Ross Anthony
Plagued with product placement 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Dustin Putman
Sexist homophobic pointless and overloaded with brain crushing bigotry has an evil and putrid secret agenda that couldn t have less to do with football if it tried 
0
The Longest Yard
Rob Blackwelder
When Adam Sandler isn t interesting enough to hold your attention in an Adam Sandler movie something is certainly amiss 
2
The Longest Yard
Walter Chaw
Easy formula stuff fine tuned with surefire gags 
1.5
The Longest Yard
Steve Rhodes
Dreary 
2
Zerophilia
Kam Williams
As adroitly executed a directorial debut as you could ever hope to find this ingenious sci fi comedy revolves around a mythological malady which causes carriers to change gender whenever they make love 
4
Zerophilia
Ken Fox
Anyone who understands the meaning of the title or catches all the frog references scattered through writer director Martin Curland s feature debut will have a head start understanding this confused and confusing comedy 
2
Zerophilia
Bill Stamets
Boasts a fertile premise but a sterile outcome 
2
Zerophilia
Michael Phillips
A half silly half earnest indie with the soul of a John Hughes era sex comedy 
1
Zerophilia
Matt Pais
Even if you d enjoy spending a day as the opposite sex you re better off abstaining from Zerophilia and daydreaming about what you d do with your time 
2
Zerophilia
V.A. Musetto
There s plenty of material here for a dark comedy but director Martin Curland isn t up to the job 
1
Zerophilia
Jack Mathews
Audacious slightly predictable semi disgusting ultimately not so crazy 
2.5
Zerophilia
John Anderson
Offers a few salient notions about the nature of human sexuality but matters are ultimately stretched further than a sumo wrestler s bra strap 
2
Zerophilia
Ed Gonzalez
Zerophiliacs do not exist but the conviction and daring of this feature film debut by Martin Curland inspires belief in the impossible 
2.5
1 Night in San Diego
Roger Moore
You want to love it you re lucky if you find a few moments where like isn t a stretch 
1.5
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Burl Burlingame
A hagiographic valentine constructed by overly excited fanboys Lee s imprint on popular culture deserves better and deeper than this 
2
The Princess of France
Christopher Gray
The distinctiveness of Matas Pieiro s alluring brand of formalism lies in this deference to chance and alchemy 
3.5
Bermuda Island
Roger Moore
8220 Airplane 8221 without the 40 intentional 41 laughs 44 a disaster film in every meaning of the word 46 Bad writing 44 bad effects 44 bad acting 44 inept directing 44 the whole shooting 44 plane crashing and devouring mess is just excruciating to sit through 46 
0
Hot Rod
John Anderson
A charmless idiot a clumsy rip off of Jackass and one more tiresome exercise in arrested adolescence add them up and you have Hot Rod 
0
Hot Rod
Brett Michel
The results are barely worth an illegal download 
2
Hot Rod
Peter Canavese
Oh Napoleon Dynamite What have you wrought Blu ray 
2
Hot Rod
David Nusair
46 46 46 briskly paced and perpetually irreverent 46 46 46 
3
Hot Rod
Jonah Weiner
In Knocked Up and Superbad the heroes slowly grow up Hot Rod wisely dispenses with any such awakening The fantasy here dubious as life choices go but great for a 90 minute comedy is that you can stay 16 forever 
3
Hot Rod
Claudia Puig
If you re looking for plausibility this is not your movie If you re looking for laughs this is not your movie If you like seeing delusional overgrown adolescents fall down a lot then this one s for you 
2
Hot Rod
Linda Cook
Here s a strange hit and miss approach to the kind of movie in which Will Ferrell usually stars 
2
Hot Rod
Michael Dequina
Samberg proves to be less than big screen ready hardly surprising given his most notable SNL work has come in music video shorts and not any sketch work 
2.5
Hot Rod
Jonathan W. Hickman
Uneven but often funny 
2.5
Hot Rod
Rob Thomas
At times Hot Rod seems to park itself on the viewer s head and refuse to budge until it gets a laugh And it does sometimes 
2
Hot Rod
Kyle Smith
Hot Rod started to go bad about the time someone in casting said You know what I ll bet America is just about ready for the comedy stylings of Sissy Spacek 
1
Hot Rod
Sean P. Means
As messy and as playful as a box of puppies 
2.5
Hot Rod
Rossiter Drake
Blissfully liberated from logic and reason it plays by its own twisted rules and surprisingly comes up a winner 
3.5
Hot Rod
Tony Wong
Imagine a Stand by Me on wheels with dialogue spoken by 20 something actors instead of 12 year olds and you have the essence of the script 
2.5
Hot Rod
Peter Hartlaub
There s something that seems almost important about this picture The creators have harnessed everything that s good about YouTube and translated it into a big screen movie 
2.5
Hot Rod
Tom Keogh
A perfect storm of absurdist sight gags and sketch comedy consciousness Somewhere in there is the wobbly shape of a story which Schaffer and company stretch to its limits without entirely losing the movie s cartoonish premise 
2.5
Hot Rod
Carla Meyer
Things that crack up these guys leave other people straight faced Some of the mugging and quirky line readings probably should have been excised 
2
Hot Rod
Jim Hemphill
So lazy and so void of even the most rudimentary sense of storytelling that it showers the viewer with contempt I ve never felt as abused by a filmmaker as I did in Hot Rod 
0
Hot Rod
Stephen Whitty
There is nothing remotely worthwhile in this mix 
2
Hot Rod
Elizabeth Weitzman
Most of the jokes either drag on endlessly or are cut short without a real punch line 
1.5
Hot Rod
Connie Ogle
With a little help from his friends Samberg has landed his jump with ease the first time on the ramp Rod would love it Hells yeah 
3
Hot Rod
Amy Biancolli
A lasting problem with so many SNL populated movies is the ingrown clubbiness of its humor the suggestion whether overt or implied that comedy is nothing more than a funny idea flogged to death by a fraternity of late night wags 
1.5
Hot Rod
Terry Lawson
Director Akiva Schaffer apparently thinks that by adding stupid stunts to the formula Hot Rod also can attract the Jackass crowd 
2
Hot Rod
Roger Ebert
It s funny pretty much all the way through even in the final showdown between Rod and his stepdad I have seen countless movie fights that stagger the imagination but this one goes over the top and comes down on the other side 
3
Hot Rod
Lawrence Toppman
Once again something that might have been a faintly amusing sketch on Saturday Night Live maybe even a tolerable 30 minute short had the writing been more clever gets tortured into the shape of a feature film 
1
Hot Rod
Wesley Morris
As a director Schaffer has a cool punchy style but his full length movie dead ends The flavor runs out 
2.5
Hot Rod
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie moves well doesn t overstay its welcome and has just enough absurd irreverence to maintain interest 
2.5
Hot Rod
James Sanford
a fitfully funny comedy that s neither a must see nor a must to avoid 
2.5
Hot Rod
Kim Brown
In Hot Rod starring Saturday Night Live regular Andy Samberg you really want to like his character Rod You really do But he doesn t know how to win us over yet and the same goes for the movie 
1
Hot Rod
Barry Paris
There are two truly funny sequences a Cool Beans rap routine and a punch dancing sports prep parody in the forest culminating in Rod s endless fall down an endlessly steep hill 
2
Hot Rod
Peter Travers
The film s low key Wayne s World vibe takes it only so far I laughed then I wished it was funnier then I just wished it would end 
2.5
Hot Rod
Stephen Cole
The film steals one of the best laughs of Jon Heder s surprise 2004 hit the scene where Napoleon nosedives over a bicycle jump and stretches the gag into an 86 minute movie 
2
Hot Rod
Vince Koehler
If you want to see the outcome of Rod s stunt jump wait for the video and skip to the end 
0
Hot Rod
Jessica Reaves
Some hilarity does in fact ensue but the laughs are interspersed with long stretches of dead air 
2
Hot Rod
Mike McGranaghan
About half of the jokes in it made me laugh or at least giggle while the other half of the jokes fell flat on their face The movie is funny but not consistently so 
2.5
Hot Rod
Nick Schager
Hot Rod is further proof that the primary aspiration of the male SNL cast member is to make 90 minute sketch films about dense man children who can t or refuse to grow up 
1.5
Hot Rod
Sue Pierman
At least Hot Rod proves one thing Even with the lowest expectations it s possible to be disappointed 
1
Hot Rod
Jeff Vice
Hot Rod is pretty dumb and a good half of its gags fall flat but homages to cheesy 80s cinema and television are worth a couple of chuckles 
2.5
Hot Rod
Mark Dujsik
Makes the biggest error a random moronic absurd comedy can make by trying too hard to be random moronic and absurd 
1
Hot Rod
Chris Hewitt
You can actually see the actors straining to figure out how to play this stuff 
1
Hot Rod
Carrie Rickey
A mashup of the random violence of Adam Sandler movies with the dimwittage of Will Ferrell s and lacking the charms of both Hot Rod never establishes its own personality 
1
Hot Rod
Dustin Putman
An oddball comedy that only seems to be funny for the people who made it The audience unfortunately is left out on the joke 
1.5
Hot Rod
Matt Pais
Like a stuntman Hot Rod is willing to screw up big time in its pursuit of total awesomeness 
2.5
Hot Rod
Erik Childress
It isn t just throwing joke darts at a board in the hopes that a few stick It s throwing them at the pool table the bartender your face then dynamiting the wall to go after the building next door 
3
Hot Rod
Phil Villarreal
Here s a comedy with a Napoleon complex 
3
Hot Rod
Josh Larsen
just the sort of stuff an unapologetically idiotic comedy needs 
3
Black Zoo
John Beifuss
Plays like a reactionary response to PETA and to laws that protect endangered species at the expense of development and so probably seems more relevant today than it did in 1963 
3
Ali's 65
Kam Williams
This celebration of the beloved icon s 65th birthday takes a fond look back at his life with the help of many who knew him 
4
Where It's At
Roger Ebert
Janssen is the best thing in this dreary disjointed project 
2
Outlander
Nick Rogers
A mead hall party feels like a Iron Age version of Cheers right down to the Norm greeting for one character It s one of many leaden diversions from what should be a lean economical brutal B movie of aliens Vikings and alternate timelines 
2
Outlander
David Nusair
46 46 46 ultimately establishes itself as a fun little endeavor that boasts as irresistible a premise as one could possibly imagine 46 
2.5
Outlander
Christian Toto
Outlander is a perfectly acceptable mashup of Alien Predator and just about every Viking flick you ve ever seen 
2.5
Outlander
Michael Dequina
Becomes dismayingly conventional 
2
Outlander
Mick LaSalle
In its second half Outlander falls apart completely becoming nothing but a violent mindless monster movie along the lines of Alien vs Predator 
1
Outlander
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I wish they could have just called this what it really is The Alien and the Vikings Versus the Giant Nearly Invisible Monster But in choosing a boring title like Outlander they have showed their hand this movie is no fun at all 
2
Outlander
Michael Phillips
In Outlander the nuttiest hunk of junk in many months Viking warriors and a stoic intergalactic traveler join forces to combat an enormous beetle with whiplash stingers 
2
Outlander
Rene Rodriguez
There isn t a single scene in this story about a traveler from another planet who crash lands on Earth during the Iron Age that doesn t remind you of another better movie 
1
Outlander
Wesley Morris
By taking nonsense seriously Outlander never achieves camp It s a comic book that s mistaken itself for scripture 
2
Outlander
Tom Keogh
You can think about Outlander 16 different ways and still arrive at the same conclusion It just doesn t work 
2
Outlander
Steven Rea
An enjoyably goofy hybrid of extraterrestrial sci fi and Iron Age action 
2.5
Outlander
Roger Ebert
I am tempted to describe the plot of Outlander as preposterous but a movie about an alien spaceship crashing into a Viking fjord during the Iron Age is likely to be preposterous 
2
Outlander
Rossiter Drake
For those eagerly awaiting a consummation of the long simmering tensions between aliens and Vikings Outlander is certainly the only game in town Those whose obsessions lead elsewhere would be wise to look for alternatives 
2.5
Hilda and the Mountain King
Roger Moore
Comparisons to the worlds created by Hayao Miyazaki seem breathlessly generous This never feels that thought out or polished 
2
Tempest
Roger Ebert
The movie is an ambitious experiment but a long and tedious one and our revels end long before Mazursky s 
0
Living the Game
Bill Chambers
When Living the Game was over part of me felt like I d just watched Shrug Emoji The Movie 
2.5
Shaft's Big Score!
Matt Brunson
The storyline grows less interesting as it progresses 
2.5
Shaft's Big Score!
Roger Ebert
The movie is intended as mass audience escapist entertainment and works on that level better than Shaft did 
3
The Night Listener
Michael Dequina
Even at 82 minutes the film seems padded out spinning its wheels and generating no suspense once the central easily answered question is introduced 
2
The Night Listener
David Nusair
effectively captures the essence of the novel without slavishly adhering to its every nuance 
3
The Night Listener
Jeff Vice
While the film claims to be based on real life events in the life of author Armistead Maupin there are more than a couple of sequences that strain credibility causing the audience to question its veracity 
2
The Night Listener
Matt Brunson
The deeper the story goes the more it unravels leading to a damaging finale that isn t ambiguous as much as it s asinine 
2.5
The Night Listener
Michael Phillips
The pacing and staging of the later scenes could use a little more electricity and momentum and a little less restraint Yet The Night Listener keeps you watching And listening 
3
The Night Listener
Kit Bowen
The Night Listener is a rather intense psychological character piece that keeps you on edge as well as intrigued with the promise of malevolence at every turn 
3.5
The Night Listener
Linda Cook
The Night Listener a disturbing adults only film is anything but a mainstream fiilm 
3.5
The Night Listener
John Beifuss
Leaves us in the dark with no real answers you know just like life 
2
The Night Listener
Thomas Delapa
If you watch and listen closely it will dawn on you that this thriller has everything going for it except a clincher ending 
1.5
The Night Listener
Sean O'Connell
Like a stick of butter awfully tough to swallow in one sitting 
2
The Night Listener
Frank Ochieng
In Stettner s The Night Listener Williams applies for his license to creep out the masses in a mopey and mediocre character study of atmospheric tension and chaos 
2
The Night Listener
Ross Anthony
Very little pay off Worse the film cheats It belies its own integrity by including shots meant only to mislead the audiences ultimately to contradict its own storyline 
0.5
The Night Listener
Daniel M. Kimmel
a small grown up movie for people who want a breather from all the current blockbusters cartoons and dumb comedies 
3
The Night Listener
Janos Gereben
In Patrick Stettner s confident direction with Lisa Rinzler s ominous to spooky cinematography Williams and Collette carry off a fine visual realization of what is essentially a theater of the mind piece 
3
The Night Listener
Mark Collette
Stettner sets up a rule that the movie is about the psychological conditions of its characters and what they can teach us about ourselves He then switches games and asks us to believe the spook is its own excuse 
2
The Night Listener
Dustin Putman
A quiet measured and resolutely unnerving mystery The Night Listener is one of the year s most assuredly intelligent releases 
3.5
The Night Listener
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than building to a slam bang payoff it lulls us in almost without care 
3
The Night Listener
Gary Goldstein
A dreary misfire 
2.5
The Night Listener
James Berardinelli
An eerie occasionally disturbing motion picture focused on the differences between perception and reality 
3
The Night Listener
Willie Waffle
a very simple plot but they mine every possible piece of tension and danger out of it to create a very eerie movie where danger is just around every corner 
3.5
The Night Listener
Jeanne Aufmuth
Tidy psychological thriller taut with tension and intrigue 
3.5
The Night Listener
Phil Villarreal
80 percent a superb thriller backloaded with 20 percent gotcha and goodbye That s a scandalous way to treat a viewer 
2.5
The Night Listener
Lou Lumenick
This Sundance dud is a turgid gay soap opera with a limp twist showcasing Robin Williams at his maudlin worst 
1.5
The Night Listener
Josh Larsen
an oddly inert thriller a movie of shocking revelations and sneaky twists that somehow still never jars you 
2
The Night Listener
Mick LaSalle
The Night Listener a movie with lots of heart but no heartbeat 
2
The Night Listener
Moira MacDonald
File The Night Listener under Missed Opportunities 
2
The Night Listener
Chris Hewitt
This not great movie like the not great book it s based on is worthwhile because it puts us in the kind of uncomfortable place where we re forced to examine our own beliefs 
2.5
The Night Listener
Peter Howell
There s more to this story than meets the eye or ear especially when Collette magnetic in her intensity appears as a figure straight out of Vertigo or North by Northwest 
2.5
The Night Listener
Ken Fox
Where the hero of Maupin s novel learns some valuable lessons about love and faith the film strikes a darker even angry tone that s far more understandable and in the end far more convincing 
2.5
The Night Listener
Claudia Puig
The Night Listener reveals itself in a grippingly quiet and enigmatic style reminiscent of Hitchcock 
3.5
The Night Listener
Lisa Rose
The thriller is suspenseful enough with a spooky mood and some real shocker moments but the audience has to be willing to forgive its lack of rationality as well as its totally cryptic conclusion 
2
The Night Listener
Jack Mathews
Noone Williams is a lethargic beaten humorless man and the film is plugged into the same lifeless energy source 
2
The Night Listener
Paul Doro
The Night Listener based on a real event in the life of novelist turned screenwriter Armistead Maupin is a tranquil and alluring little thriller that makes up in earnestness what it lacks in surprises 
3
The Night Listener
Bob Strauss
Although it may not satisfactorily work all of its many ideas out The Night Listener does thoughtfully explore the myriad games people play on themselves as well as others in the universal search for gratifying affection 
2.5
The Night Listener
Robert W. Butler
The Night Listener has much to recommend it but I find myself less than enthusiastic precisely because this movie made me feel so lousy 
2.5
The Night Listener
Bruce Westbrook
More intriguing than enthralling more creepy than disturbing The Night Listener runs a tidy 80 minutes yet still feels stretched 
2.5
The Night Listener
Stephen Cole
Williams solemn one note performance which we ve seen variations of before in his serious films Insomnia and Good Will Hunting ruins what should be a ghoulishly entertaining game of cat and mouse 
2
The Night Listener
Terry Lawson
Director Patrick Stettner seems unable to settle on what The Night Listener actually wants to say 
2
The Night Listener
Jim Emerson
It s a film about people with mixed motivations maybe even compulsions who don t always behave with full self awareness or self control 
3
The Night Listener
Wesley Morris
Adapted from Armistead Maupin s highly anticipated woefully executed 2000 novel this is surely among the best bad movies of the year 
2
The Night Listener
Phoebe Flowers
As gripping as The Night Listener wants to be it s also nearly devoid of suspense because you know it s supposed to be suspenseful 
2.5
The Night Listener
Gene Seymour
There s so much menace and portent in this adaptation of Armistead Maupin s novel that you re psyched for a high voltage compound of shock and awe that never materializes 
2
The Night Listener
Matt Pais
The Night Listener features a chilling mood and an excellent turn from Williams finding both frailty and strength in a man desperately searching for answers as his world gradually implodes 
2.5
The Night Listener
Steve Schneider
Sometimes holding up even a small mirror to contemporary anxieties is enough which The Night Listener does by skillfully exploiting a mass distrust that s currently reverberating from book clubs to the blogosphere 
3.5
The Night Listener
Steve Rhodes
Running just 81 minutes it delivers its fascinating little tale with the succinctness and emotional power of a great short story 
3.5
The Night Listener
Nick Schager
As far as topicality goes The Night Listener s account of authorial deception certainly benefits from its parallels to the recent outing of JT Leroy as a fraud 
2
The Night Listener
Peter Canavese
The slippery natures of truth fiction lies and wishful thinking get full play in the screen adaptation of The Night Listener 
3
Following Sean
Rob Thomas
While the film is ostensibly a 49 Up style look at how Sean the child grew into the man what it really is is a penetrating look at how Arlyck the young man grew into an old one 
3
Following Sean
Gene Seymour
What emerges from Arlyck s musings is a penetrating cinematic essay on how generations in the last century struggled to take hold of history and reconfigure the shape of daily life 
3.5
Following Sean
V.A. Musetto
Arlyck spends more time following himself and his own lefty family than checking up on Sean 
1.5
Following Sean
Ed Gonzalez
Aryck lightly but complicatedly distills our existence into a series of dichotomies rich poor idle mobile using his available subjects to tap into the source of what stunts us emotionally and separates us as philosophical beings 
3
Following Sean
Janice Page
Arlyck s new film is an honest and thoughtful examination of the people and events that most influenced his adult life and what the 60s really meant to the bigger picture viewed with the benefit of hindsight 
3
Following Sean
Chris Hewitt
It s a must see for documentary lovers 
3
Following Sean
Moira MacDonald
A fascinating portrait of an American family in 1969 much of the short film Sean is included and today strained by different value systems and yet still bound by love 
3
Following Sean
Ruthe Stein
At its exhilarating best Following Sean is reminiscent of the lauded British documentaries that began with 7 Up and continued to follow a cross section of 7 year olds into adulthood to see how they turned out 
3
Following Sean
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Following Sean is an almost shapeless film But it s clever enough to know that its multiple reflections eventually reveal something profound 
3
Following Sean
Peter Canavese
Without belaboring his narrative shaping Arlyck asks big questions about life paths and philosophical drift 
3
Poster Boy
David Elliott
The people do not reduce to issues but we know they will hit their issues marks reliably 
2
Poster Boy
Peter Debruge
While the movie s discussion points certainly rank on par with those political thrillers there s not enough substance for the movie to succeed on its own merits a point underscored by posters selling the movie on Newton s perfectly airbrushed chest 
2
Poster Boy
Janice Page
An overwrought story of American politics and image making that really only gets interesting in the final act 
1.5
Poster Boy
Maitland McDonagh
The film touches on a number of hot button issues including homophobia the ethics of outing and the intersection of public and private lives but it suffers from an excess of subplots 
2.5
Poster Boy
G. Allen Johnson
Some clunky writing and a distracting subplot limit the effectiveness of this ambitious low budget indie 
2
Poster Boy
V.A. Musetto
Poster Boy is a muddled coming out movie that for no good reason unfolds flashback style as Henry tells his story to a sleazy newspaper reporter 
1
Poster Boy
Elizabeth Weitzman
Tucker s heart is in the right place His work however isn t Lectures belong in school not in the movie theater 
1.5
Poster Boy
Ed Gonzalez
Screenwriters Ryan Shiraki and Lecia Rosenthal exploit red state blue state tensions scripting an act up soap opera that unintelligently panders to pro gay sentiment 
1.5
Bad Santa 2
Matt Brunson
While the foul language misanthropic attitude and cynical performances still come into focus even squinting might not pick up much in the way of the first film s clever plotting genuine wit and sneaky subversive streak running throughout 
2.5
Bad Santa 2
Mattie Lucas
Joyless and dour rather than savagely funny
2
Bad Santa 2
George M. Thomas
Ultimately Bad Santa 2 proves to be the equivalent of a kid getting a board game for Christmas when they wanted a Xbox One 
1.5
Bad Santa 2
John Beifuss
The unconvincing sentimental message is family but the theme is the humiliation of strong women who according to the lump of coal screenplay secretly yearn for sexual debasement 
2
Bad Santa 2
Linda Cook
Bad Santa was bad Bad Santa 2 is bad bad 
1
Bad Santa 2
David Nusair
A slightly inferior sequel 
2.5
Bad Santa 2
Robert Levin
What was once charmingly weird now plays as creepy mirroring the movie itself 
1.5
Bad Santa 2
David Fear
We have long hoped that there might one day be a sequel We need to be careful what we wish for 
2
Bad Santa 2
Robert Horton
The film itself isn t awful it packs some good lines and a few decent variations on the theme but it can t help feeling like more of the same 
2
Bad Santa 2
James Berardinelli
At its best Bad Santa 2 feels like an echo of its predecessor At its worst it s unfunny crass and uncomfortable not in a good way 
2
Bad Santa 2
Richard Roeper
No doubt some critics will slam Bad Santa 2 as a lump of coal in our holiday movie stockings To which I would say why be so rough on lumps of coal 
1.5
Bad Santa 2
Eric D. Snider
Though the ribald dialogue offers moments of perverse pleasure they re always just moments never entire scenes 
2
Bad Santa 2
Linda Barnard
We asked for a filthy new Bad Santa for Christmas and now know the same letdown as unwrapping a box of sensible socks on Dec 25 albeit dirty ones 
1.5
Bad Santa 2
Calum Marsh
Endless is the wink wink oh no they didn t jesting Exhausting are the faux defiant rib nudging jibes 
1
Bad Santa 2
Glenn Kenny
This sequel actively devalues the compassion on the knife edge of misanthropy that distinguished the original in favor of a mainstream gross out cartoon 
2
Bad Santa 2
Phil Villarreal
Bad Santa movies are for people who hate sappy Christmas movies It s also for people who secretly like sappy Christmas movies but like to make fun of others who do anyway 
3
Bad Santa 2
Katie Walsh
Brett Kelly s breakout performance makes Thurman a classic Christmas movie character if only there were more of his goodness and less of the badness 
2
Bad Santa 2
Rick Bentley
The script by Johnny Rosenthal and Shauna Cross will make you uncomfortable and embarrassed at your laughter It s OK 
3.5
Bad Santa 2
Sean P. Means
Like the 2003 original the comedy Bad Santa 2 is a foul mouthed and mean spirited Christmas tale but unlike the original it loses its nerve in the final reel with a stab at unearned redemption 
2
Bad Santa 2
Soren Andersen
If ever there was a movie that should never have been made Bad Santa 2 is that movie 
0.5
Bad Santa 2
Michael O'Sullivan
Bad Santa 2 insults the intelligence and taste of the first film s audience by including all of the biliousness and vulgarity of the first film but none or precious little of its scabrous joie de vivre 
1
Bad Santa 2
John Semley
Willie may not have a heart of gold But he s got a heart of bloody barely thumping meat same as the rest of us And in this bitter season of unceasing frostbitten darkness it s heart enough 
3
Bad Santa 2
Roger Moore
So Christmas comes twice this year Or is that just Santa 
1.5
Bad Santa 2
Rafer Guzman
This sequel s main cast is still in fine form but the rehashed jokes feel past their prime 
2
Bad Santa 2
Walter V. Addiego
It s rote stuff not nearly as funny as filmmaker Mark Waters and company seem to think 
1
Bad Santa 2
Kyle Smith
A lot of this is funny and a lot of it isn t 
2
Bad Santa 2
Oleg Ivanov
Both a potent rendering of and cure for the holiday blues Bad Santa 2 shows that even the most hopeless situations can be remedied and that just about anyone is capable of redemption 
3
The Innocents
Federico Furzan
There isnt 8217 a film like The Innocents out there 46 Hollywood isn 8217 t bold enough and if you think these stories have been told before in 8220 grounded 8221 superhero films such as Chronicle 44 think again 46 This is one interesting film 46 
3.5
The Innocents
Rene Sanchez
A dark and unsettling fable about the superpowers and dangers of childhood 44 expertly crafted by Eskil Vogt 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
The Innocents
Brian Tallerico
A complex piece of storytelling 44 both visually and narratively 46 
3
The Innocents
Mark Dujsik
The Innocents is torn between the severity of its story 46 46 46 and the fantastical quality of its central gimmick 46 
2
The Innocents
Randy Myers
One of the best and most honest portraits of what it s like to be a kid in a dangerous world Its young cast is shockingly terrific 
3
The Innocents
Katie Walsh
It resists sensationalism while suggesting that the world of children is far more powerful 44 morally complex and violent than adults are even aware of 44 a notion both terrifying and fascinating 46 
3
The Innocents
Mike McGranaghan
Your nerves are frayed by the end 44 but it apos s totally worth it 46 
3.5
The Innocents
Wes Greene
The Innocents adopts a slasher esque vibe that however airlessly aestheticized feels lurid for the sake of being lurid 
2
Broadway Idiot
Roger Moore
A tuneful revealing but superficial and undramatic documentary account of taking Green Day s American Idiot to Broadway 
2.5
Broadway Idiot
Moira MacDonald
A pleasant if predictable documentary 
2.5
Broadway Idiot
Mick LaSalle
Broadway Idiot has the controlled quality of something created to showcase the work and its participants only in the best possible light 
2
Broadway Idiot
Peter Keough
Fans of Green Day might find it harder to get the same rush out of the band s music after watching this extended self congratulatory PR plug for the 2009 stage adaptation of their 2004 album American Idiot 
1.5
Broadway Idiot
Jim Harrington
In all the film features too many interviews with folks saying the same things summary We didn t know this was going to work and too much behind the scenes material but not enough music 
2
Broadway Idiot
Mike McGranaghan
Perhaps the highest compliment I can pay the film is to say this I really want to see American Idiot on stage now 
3
Broadway Idiot
Kyle Smith
If Broadway shows had DVD featurettes the unexceptional documentary Broadway Idiot would be perfect for one 
2
Broadway Idiot
Odie Henderson
There are some emotionally stunning and candid moments in this documentary and they unfold without seeming forced or staged 
3.5
Echo in the Canyon
Brandy McDonnell
For a music guy Slater keeps his rock doc visually captivating with rare photographs vintage TV performances and clips the true stars of Echo in the Canyon are the timeless songs 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Josh Terry
Echo in the Canyon works more as a fond tribute than the kind of documentary that breaks new ground but it s hard to imagine anyone being disappointed by the results 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Sean P. Means
The problem is that the movie never shows us any reason why Jakob Dylan s presence shouldn t be considered a legacy hire 
2.5
Echo in the Canyon
Richard Roeper
May the echoes from the Canyon be heard for centuries to come 
3.5
Echo in the Canyon
Robert Daniels
Seeing Tom Petty back on screen makes Slater s documentary a worthy and necessary chapter in the greatest decade of popular and rock music 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Michael Phillips
How did an apparently sincere tribute turn into such a weirdly clueless vanity project 
2
Echo in the Canyon
Mark Feeney
Consistently amiable if a bit wandery Echo in the Canyon provides a good time too 
2.5
Echo in the Canyon
Brad Wheeler
We were putting good poetry on the radio pop radio That s David Crosby s take on the seminal California folk rock scene of 1965 to 67 an era explained lovingly and with due reverence in the hashish scented documentary Echo in the Canyon 
2.5
Echo in the Canyon
Peter Howell
There are no huge revelations but there are funny stories 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Pat Padua
Echo recalls a fertile era in the history of American pop music But all too often it wanders out of the very canyon that defines it 
2.5
Echo in the Canyon
Walter V. Addiego
For rock n rollers of all ages it s mandatory viewing 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Matt Fagerholm
A film like this is catnip for the analytical hemisphere of my brain as it details precisely how The Beatles led to The Byrds and then in turn how The Beach Boys landmark album Pet Sounds inspired Sgt Pepper 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Kam Williams
What a wonderful trip to remind us all of a pivotal moment in U S history 
3
Echo in the Canyon
Roger Moore
Sentimental laid back and gloriously musical remembrance of The California Sound and how and where it was born 
3
Where's Poppa?
David Nusair
a promising setup that s employed to progressively erratic and downright tedious effect 
2
Where's Poppa?
Roger Ebert
Go if you want to laugh and like being offended 
3
Just Like Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Highly enjoyable Plays like a very good Hollywood rom com 
3
Green Snake
Roger Moore
Like the cover of a Robert W Howard Conan book rendered in CGI anime animation violent and lurid with lots of action and a little skin more impressive to look at than to try and follow and absorb 
1.5
Beta Test
Dann Gire
Beta Test directed written and produced by Nicholas Gyeney squanders a brilliantly inventive action premise with a comically silly disregard for necessary realism 
1.5
Beta Test
Mike McGranaghan
One of the stupidest and most offensive movies I ve seen in more than twenty years as a film critic 
0.5
Dark City
Wesley Lovell
The other major item of note in the film is its visual effects 46 From a giant clock to a city changing before our eyes 44 Dark City is one of the most spectacular visual effects feats to come out in recent memory 46 
3.5
Dark City
Bill Boisvert
Real humanists may have misgivings 
1
Dark City
Mike Clark
Dark City is fascinating visionary filmmaking that captures the sensation of dreaming and being unable to wake up 
3
Dark City
Michael Dequina
A visionary slice of visceral experience 
3
Dark City
Peter Canavese
Proyas assembles his inspirations into a unique amalgam with the power of myth to tap the fears and desires of our collective unconscious Blu Ray 
3.5
Dark City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The sound and visuals of this movie are not to be missed on the big screen if at all possible 
4
Dark City
Liam Lacey
An almost really good movie lies somewhere in the stylish junkyard of Alex Proyas s Dark City 
2.5
Dark City
James Kendrick
Part film noir part science fiction part fantasy and part psychotic dreamscape Dark City is a visual marvel of a cinematic experience 
3.5
Dark City
Robert Roten
The film holds up pretty well as a science fiction mystery as Murdock and Bumstead probe the mysteries of the dark city and uncover its secrets 
3
Dark City
Peter Stack
It is among the most memorable cinematic ventures in recent years 
2
Dark City
Jeff Vice
looks good but leaves an unpleasant aftertaste 
2
Dark City
James Berardinelli
Dark City has as stunning a visual texture as that of any movie that I ve seen 
3.5
Dark City
Roger Ebert
Dark City by Alex Proyas is a great visionary achievement a film so original and exciting it stirred my imagination like Metropolis and 2001 A Space Odyssey 
4
Dark City
Rob Blackwelder
throttles the adrenal glands with its constant unnerving suspense 
3
Dark City
Mike McGranaghan
While the concept of memory altering is mind boggling the visuals bring it chillingly alive 
4
Dark City
James O'Ehley
Dark City is quite a rarity it is both visceral and cerebral at once 
4
Dark City
Ted Prigge
Proyas has expanded his abilities on Dark City and has created a film that is much more ambiguous and full of more thought 
3.5
Dark City
Elias Savada
Part sci fi thriller part haunting 1940s film noir set piece Dark City has lots of pizzazz but too little punch 
1
Dark City
Madeleine Williams
Dark City is an intriguing mixture of science fiction and film noir 
3
Dark City
David Keyes
One of the most imaginative and creative films ever made 
4
Dark City
Susan Stark
It is all well and good that nobody has anything to laugh about in this movie but the relentless gloom and frothing paranoia soon begin to drag on an earthly audience 
2
Dark City
Steve Rhodes
The result of this excessive flitting is liable to be nausea and confusion among the audience which is a shame since there is a clever story trying to get out 
1.5
Dark City
Marty Mapes
There seem to be two reactions to Dark City You either love it or you are unimpressed Count me as a love it 
3.5
Haruhara-san's Recorder
Ernesto Diezmartinez
What Sachi needs is not our morbid curiosity but our empathy With her discreet and delicate style Sugita achieves this goal You end up wishing the best for that girl you want to hug her to tell her that everything is going to be okay 
2
The Work and the Story
Jeff Vice
The filmmakers claim they ve tried to make something that will appeal to audiences outside of the usual LDS film demographic yet it s filled with jokes and references that will only make sense to that audience 
2
Centaur
Roger Moore
Bikers will pick over the riding sequences more than I would 46 What I found a letdown was this strictly formula thriller going soft 44 just when it was getting mean 46 
2
Great White Shark
John Hartl
Many of the scenes shot near South Africa and New Zealand and underwater are breathtaking but they re still snapshots of people who seem amazingly willing to swim with sharks 
2.5
Great White Shark
Ethan Gilsdorf
British codirectors Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas Wild Ocean The Last Reef are no newcomers to the nature documentary 
2.5
Frontrunners
Robert W. Butler
The film accurately captures the world of adolescence But emotionally and intellectually the film walks down the center stripe picking up little insights while remaining bogged down in blandness 
2.5
Frontrunners
Reyhan Harmanci
The film sets just the right tone with inventive music choices and wonderfully piquant moments plucked from what must have been hundreds of hours of footage Frontrunners is consistently entertaining 
4
Frontrunners
Wesley Morris
The kids now know how to play the game of college admissions but they seem more jaded by their knowledge than entitled to success And their exasperation with the process their peers and themselves is endlessly illuminatingly watchable 
2.5
Frontrunners
Steven Rea
Sure it s a skewed view through adolescent eyes but it s one that still speaks to the aspirations agendas image making and spin control behind a real grown up political election 
3
Frontrunners
V.A. Musetto
The student election plays out as a microcosm of the race for the Oval Office 
3
Frontrunners
Bill Weber
Lacking characters as cartoonishly entertaining as the bee geeks in Spellbound director Caroline Suh doesn t dig deep enough 
2
Frontrunners
Erik Childress
A portrait of insulated America FrontRunners is a political documentary that for a change doesn t pit left vs right and invites all partisan followers to enjoy 
3.5
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
Federico Furzan
One clear reason why sequels are sometimes considered as insults Full review in Spanish 
0
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
David Nusair
suffers from many of the same problems that one tends to associate with low budget efforts of this ilk 
2
La Pivellina
Andrew Schenker
Seems to owe much of its aesthetic approach to the Dardenne brothers while using it for decidedly non Dardennian purposes 
2
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Matt Brunson
It may not attract the ink usually accorded Night of the Living Dead or 28 Days Later or even Hammer 8217 s The Plague of the Zombies 44 but here 8217 s a zombie yarn that deserves a far greater reputation 46 
3
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Walter Chaw
Doom hangs over the thing like a pall 
3
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Eric Henderson
This minor cult classic has its fans to be sure but it never really pays off 
2
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
James Kendrick
its success can be directly attributed to Grau 8217 s sense of realism and his ability to create interesting characters in addition to frightening living dead hordes
3
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Brian Tallerico
Director Erin Lee Carr has an incredible ability to answer the questions as they arise to the viewer 
3
The Purge: Election Year
Brian Eggert
DeMonaco s movie provides his audience with the very thing the movie seems to condemn mindless uninhibited aggression 
1.5
The Purge: Election Year
Brad Keefe
The clichés weigh things down as it becomes a rescue mission movie in the final act 
2
The Purge: Election Year
Linda Cook
Third Purge delivers political insanity 
3
The Purge: Election Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
DeMonaco s command of the material is confidently self assured start to finish 
3
The Purge: Election Year
John Beifuss
With a tag line Keep America Great inspired by the season s scariest serial the Trump campaign the third Purge film is more a grindhouse Hunger Games chapter than the sharp focused terror exercise of the 2013 original 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
David Keyes
Represents the thumbprint of a filmmaker who is inspired enough by the injustice of the world around him to see it as a viable laboratory for film observation 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
John Hanlon
The focus here on battling political ideologies pro purge versus anti purge makes this third entry stand out in the series 
3.0
The Purge: Election Year
Roger Moore
Whatever subtlety these movies had is long gone by now 
1.5
The Purge: Election Year
James Berardinelli
The Purge Election Year represents writer director James DeMonaco s attempt to squeeze one more movie out of a premise that has run dry 
2
The Purge: Election Year
Robert Horton
It takes a while but by the time the political elite gather in a church and begin washing their knives in holy water for the ritual human sacrifice you know The Purge Election Year has finally gotten into gear 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
Phil Villarreal
The Purge has evolved into a binge worthy franchise 
3
The Purge: Election Year
Christian Toto
If Election Year had depicted Muslims like it does Christians there would be picket lines greeting every theater showing the movie 
2
The Purge: Election Year
David Nusair
The Purge series hits a stunning low with this astonishingly incompetent third entry 
1
The Purge: Election Year
John Semley
It would be one thing to bait the viewer s blood lust and then punish them for it But the films command an audience that s enchanted by its displays of blood drenched yahoos in kooky masks satisfying their barely repressed psychopathy 
1
The Purge: Election Year
Tirdad Derakhshani
The violence is too tantalizing too stylized too fetishistic the film features killers dressed in fanciful Halloween costumes who dance and sing as they dismember people 
2
The Purge: Election Year
Rick Bentley
The tension the director writer has infused in the story is relentless It s just the unnecessary efforts to make the story bigger coupled with a predictable plot that leave it the least compelling of the Purge movies 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
Sean P. Means
As the story plays out the dramatic tension bleeds away and the political analogy becomes as butchered as the Purge s many victims 
1.5
The Purge: Election Year
Dustin Putman
Like its predecessors but perhaps even more so The Purge Election Year is a thematically loaded conversation starter 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
Nick Patch
Like the election it clumsily invokes the lively third Purge is as thrilling as it is silly 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
Mark Dujsik
These have never been movies that really care about the politics of its near future dystopia and they have always ended up being more hypocritical than incisive 
1.5
The Purge: Election Year
Bob Bloom
The Purge Election Year is a feature about extremism political and religious carried to its farthest well extremes The NFFA followers who support the Purge see it as a cleansing of the country and treat it as a religious experience 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
Kyle Smith
Writer director James DeMonaco s main tactic when not coming up with dialogue like Run Fast is simply to have bad guys blown away by good guys who keep sneaking up behind them 
1
The Purge: Election Year
Dann Gire
DeMonaco crafts a surrealistic survival chase merging dark political satire with a sleazier version of Walter Hill s Odyssey update The Warriors 
3
The Purge: Election Year
Alan Zilberman
Even DeMonaco seems bored by the sieges escapes and gun battles Silly one liners are the only saving grace and that s because such acting veterans as Williamson know how to sell them 
1.5
The Purge: Election Year
Michael Phillips
It s nice to see an action movie take more than a passing interest in where our country is at the moment and then exaggerating that moment into the realm of shrewd exploitation 
3
The Purge: Election Year
Simon Abrams
A fetid slice of US exploitation cinema that chides audience members while ineffectively whipping them into a frenzy 
1
The Purge: Election Year
David Fear
Election Year s only real stance besides be sure to vote in November is that America is violence God bless the U S A God save us all 
3
The Purge: Election Year
Rafer Guzman
Movie No 3 in the action horror franchise again tackles hot button topics in an entertaining if artless way 
2.5
The Purge: Election Year
Kenji Fujishima
It prides disreputable genre thrills at the expense of making coherent points about class inequalities political exploitation or man s inhumanity 
2
The Purge: Election Year
Peter Hartlaub
There s not a lot of nuance or sense in the third Purge movie But it still manages to coast on a combination of self awareness crowd pleasing carnage and a plot that ties perfectly into current events 
2
The Purge: Election Year
Stephen Whitty
Effective as it all is even with an over reliance on jump scares The Purge Election Year is like the rest of the films in a series an ugly one reliant on scenes of sadism and depravity 
2.5
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Steve Rhodes
An energetic and mesmerizing documentary that s equal measures mystery and biography 
3
The Next Karate Kid
Mal Vincent
Heavy handed 
2
The Next Karate Kid
Stephen Hunter
Amid its familiar banalities and formula twists The Next Karate Kid comes up with one new idea for dealing with difficult American teen agers ship em off to a Buddhist monastery for two weeks 
2
The Next Karate Kid
John Hartl
The Next Karate Kid is harmless as children s entertainment but for 104 very long minutes there isn t a recognizable human being in sight 
1.5
The Next Karate Kid
Carrie Rickey
While the message that a girl can defend herself against the boys threatening her is a good one it s lost in a movie where the bullies look like Mussolini s bodyguards and where Julie waits for her boyfriend and Miyagi to come to her defense 
1.5
The Next Karate Kid
Clifford Terry
Only the reasonably appealing performances of Morita and newcomer Swank keep it all from becoming even more of a loser 
1
The Next Karate Kid
David Nusair
a weak sequel that boasts few compelling attributes aside from Pat Morita s expectedly stirring turn as Mr Miyagi 
2
The Next Karate Kid
Walter Chaw
Swank here demonstrating that for as wooden and exasperating as her performance is in this picture it s the only performance she s ever contributed to any film 
0.5
The Next Karate Kid
Shellie Iliff
Typically good battles evil and as always good prevails 
1.5
The Next Karate Kid
Chris Hicks
The film does have a few warm moments and is at its best when simply developing the relationship between Miyagi and Julie But as you might expect those moments are few and far between and overshadowed by all the ludicrous plotting 
1.5
Starry Starry Night
Tom Keogh
A somewhat clunky family movie about childhood escapism alternating a little too conveniently between the grim and the adorable 
2.5
Starry Starry Night
Rob Humanick
A modestly charming bit of whimsy that hopes to speak to anyone who experienced a sense of emotional injustice during their formative years 
3
Starry Starry Night
Anita Li
A whimsical coming of age tale that takes a common theme growing pains and transforms it through exquisitely rendered CG effects and a heartfelt storyline 
3.5
We Bought a Zoo
Brian Eggert
Crowe 8217 s film doesn 8217 t love animals the way it should and never acknowledges the intangible way in which animals affect humans 46 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Kelly Jane Torrance
Memo to Cameron Crowe You can t just put a cute kid in a movie and think that s enough to sell the audience on it 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Craig D. Lindsey
We Bought a Zoo certainly wins this year s prize for most mediocre heartwarming family film to win over audiences this holiday season 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Roger Moore
It s something of a sweet natured slog peppered as all of Crowe s films are peppered with the pop music the former pop music journalist loves 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
John Beifuss
Directed by the Norman Rockwell of the classic rock set Cameron Crowe this overdetermined and painfully protracted movie needs more animals and less bathos Their happy s too loud the sad wise little girl complains about some partying neighbors 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Sean O'Connell
Crowe simply remembers how to make a sweet story He allows his huge heart to prevail in a moving coda that while manipulative helped me buy into this sentimental tone poem to simple destiny 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ultimately it is the final 30 minutes that won me over It is during this stretch that Crowe begins clicking on all cylinders and while the film sticks to its family friendly roots it achieves an informal universality that s close to perfect 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Linda Cook
We Bought a Zoo based on a true story is an outstanding show that could and should bring in herds of viewers It centers on a man who really did buy a zoo with 200 animals on his children and on the staff that became their second family 
4
We Bought a Zoo
Phil Villarreal
There s an endearing almost Fitzcarraldo like irrational obsession to his character that keeps you from rolling your eyes as he continues his silly quest to indulge his ego 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Rafer Guzman
The movie has animals kids and fine acting from Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson but it lacks the emotional honesty and unpredictability that made Crowe s early films so irresistible 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Eric Melin
There are some sins of overt manipulation here but in large part due to Matt Damon s ability to make his character s grief real the movie ultimately succeeds 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Rene Rodriguez
The picture annoys you but it also wrings happy tears because Crowe pulls at your heartstrings in crafty ways 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Matt Brunson
Clearly Crowe doesn t trust the audience to make it from Point A to Point B without stumbling or getting lost 
1.5
We Bought a Zoo
Brett Michel
Minus the corn it s almost good 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Calvin Wilson
Crowe seems to be making baby steps into new territory both stylistically and emotionally 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Rick Groen
A professional actor in the best sense always credibly grounded Damon is much better than the material and so is Colin Ford who plays the troubled son 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Loey Lockerby
Without Crowe s laid back approach and Damon s anchoring performance We Bought a Zoo could have been a sappy disaster 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Lisa Kennedy
Consider it a fine sign of emotional discipline that the movie doesn t overplay Kelly and Ben s romantic possibilites 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Rob Thomas
The tigers are cool the monkeys are cute but deep down Crowe is more interested in the characters And so are we 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Stephen Whitty
These are ideas from old movies and presented without any of the conviction those pictures used to give them 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Peter Canavese
Let me begin by saying something nice about Cameron Crowe rsquo s We Bought a Zoo kids will probably like it Okay that rsquo s all I rsquo ve got 
1.5
We Bought a Zoo
Ann Hornaday
We Bought a Zoo provides a welcome seasonal dash of wholesomeness and humor but it s also a heartening celebration of second acts even at their most unwelcome 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Lou Lumenick
Heartwarming holiday fare that even jaded adults can share with the kids 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Willie Waffle
Sure some if it may be a bit too cute for words but the smile on your face will overcome the feelings of Bah Humbug that might be trying to sneak out of you 
4
We Bought a Zoo
Dustin Putman
Sporadically tests one s sugar endurance but there s no disputing its sincerity 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Mark Dujsik
Veers too much and too often into the realm of palpable manipulation 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Amy Biancolli
The film is sweet Its observations of life in the aftermath of death ring true especially for anyone who s traveled the contours of mourning 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Carrie Rickey
The filmmakers insufficiently stir the lumpy metaphors chief among them that for animals as for humans there is a difference between cages and enclosures 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Chris Hewitt
What saves the movie is that Crowe isn t afraid of emotion He s always willing to follow surprising new developments to see how they make his characters feel and the result of that is almost always entertaining 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Ty Burr
We Bought a Zoo is a sweet natured terribly unthreatening drama about redemption and renewal and it may matter more to the man who made it than the audiences who see it 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Gary Thompson
It s reassuring a little square and you sense that Crowe now a father and family man is reaching out to a new younger audience 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Josh Larsen
People are feeling sorry for Matt Damon but this isn t the embarrassing disaster you might fear 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Tom Keogh
It s about taking a complete leap of faith toward life altering changes a running theme in all the director s movies 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Jason Buchanan
By the time young Rosie exclaims We bought a zoo for what feels like the umpteenth time even altruistic idealists will find their inner cynics chucking incredulously 
2
We Bought a Zoo
Peter Travers
There s a lot of fun waiting at We Bought a Zoo but it s the feelings that run through every scene that ll make you glad you came 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Matt Pais
The sentence You may not leave until you get a tear in your eye may as well appear on the screen And yet the PG rated film connected with me schmaltz and all 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Michael Phillips
Damon thank the family friendly movie gods really knows how to hold his head above the corn 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Roger Ebert
The result is too much formula and not enough human interest 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Linda Barnard
An average movie that s clearly been crafted to bring holiday families together over the popcorn machine 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
James Berardinelli
The general sense of blandness and predictability that marks the story s progression does not damage its emotional strengths We feel for these characters and because we care about them we yearn for the highs the film ultimately delivers 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Rex Reed
The performances are sincere and Mr Damon actually seems to be having a ball giving one of the best and most mature performances of his career 
3
We Bought a Zoo
Christy Lemire
This is the first feature from Crowe since the heavy handed overly quirky Elizabethtown and while it s not a complete return to form it s close enough 
2.5
We Bought a Zoo
Nick Schager
Clichs and contrivances and corniness oh my With We Bought a Zoo writer director Cameron Crowe dives headfirst into the schmaltzy slop barrel 
1
We Bought a Zoo
Scott Nash
Runs a little long but it will warm your heart 
3
I've Got Issues
Roger Moore
Oh look somebody got Jim Gaffigan to narrate their student film 
1
I Am Yours
David Nusair
a fairly run of the mill character study that s elevated by star Amrita Acharia s spellbinding performance 
2.5
Where Do We Go From Here?
Lou Lumenick
It has some wonderful moments and how many other time travel musicals can you name besides Just Imagine 
3
A First Farewell
Anita Katz
Wang s down to earth tone familiarity with the subject matter and success in inspiring natural and sometimes delightful performances from the nonprofessional young cast result in a thoroughly engaging believable and quietly moving story 
3
Instinct
Shane Slater
A film that is at once challenging frustrating perplexing and thoroughly fascinating 
3
The Game of Their Lives
Lisa Ann Cockrel
A treat for soccer fans who have yet to see their favorite game given its due on the big screen This won t be a classic soccer movie but it s a start 
2.5
The Game of Their Lives
Steve Rhodes
Snooze 
1.5
The Game of Their Lives
Jeff Vice
Angelo Pizzo s screenplay is rife with the expected sports and gamesmanship cliches and he and Anspaugh take forever just to get to the game action which is the only really worthwhile material 
2
The Game of Their Lives
Wesley Morris
These guys give a sport that is virtually nameless in the movies a good name in this one 
3
The Game of Their Lives
David Germain
this soccer tale is about as exciting to watch as a scoreless match between opponents so defense minded the ball never gets beyond midfield 
2
The Game of Their Lives
Glenn Whipp
The Game of Their Lives has little to recommend unless you re jonesing for a generic period piece boasting lots of slow motion sports montages set to swelling music 
2
The Game of Their Lives
Timothy Knight
Pure unadulterated sentiment served up with a straight face The Game of Their Lives is a middling depiction of one of the all time great underdog stories in sports history 
2
The Game of Their Lives
Sean P. Means
Too many references to the inevitable popularity of soccer in America make the film less about the players lives and more about selling soccer as a spectator sport 
2.5
The Game of Their Lives
Willie Waffle
Game Of Their Lives wants to be the unabashed feel good movie of the year not that there s anything wrong with that
2.5
The Game of Their Lives
Bruce Newman
A victory by the upstart U S team over a highly regarded English squad in the 1950 World Cup is the basis for this extremely selective flashback 
1
The Game of Their Lives
Roger Ebert
The Game of Their Lives covers its story like an assignment not like a mission 
1.5
The Game of Their Lives
Mike Clark
The maker of Hoosiers and Rudy barely makes do with the soccer themed drama The Game of Their Lives 
2
The Game of Their Lives
Walter Chaw
David and Goliath roll in their graves 
0.5
The After Party
Roger Moore
Lots of hip hop cameos too few laughs to be worth the hangover that follows
1.5
The Painting
Clayton Davis
Le Tableau feels like Toy Story if it had been directed by Terrence Malick in an Italian opera that was written by William Shakespeare It s so profound and moving that your heart fills to the brim with adoration and marvel 
4
The Painting
Ty Burr
Creative colorful and unexpectedly wise The Painting is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer generated Hollywood toons 
3.5
The Painting
Austin Kennedy
It s a wonderful imaginative one of kind experience 
3
The Painting
Caroline McKenzie
The film s aesthetic employs expressionism realism and cubism but the morality plays are layered on as thickly and haphazardly as a toddler s finger painting 
2
The Painting
Roger Moore
Inventive fanciful and decidedly UN Disney 
3
The Painting
Kent Turner
Adults will be charmed as much as kids and the film s depiction of Venice awash in orange and yellows almost rivals the real thing 
3
The Willoughbys
Peter Canavese
Very much in the style of Roald Dahl this is a decent kids movie with witty wall to wall sight and sound gags 
3
The Willoughbys
Roger Moore
It starts promisingly builds towards something Roald Dahl cutting and cute and kind of comes to pieces like crumb cake 
1.5
The Willoughbys
Joey Magidson
The Willoughbys will definitely appeal to kids while not driving adults up a wall 
3
The Willoughbys
Monica Castillo
For all its candy colored silliness The Willoughbys is a surprisingly sweet story about chosen families 
3
The Willoughbys
G. Allen Johnson
Other than its appealing energy the main strength of The Willoughbys is its unique visuals 
3
The Willoughbys
Barry Hertz
Vancouver s BRON Animation studio provides a strong often beguiling sense of tyke hypnotizing flair to the visuals and the zippy synthy score by Wes Anderson favourite Mark Mothersbaugh should keep kids bouncing up and down in a good way 
3
Flying Down to Rio
David Parkinson
The first Fred and Ginger feature is a little clunky and short on plot and character but a beautiful and atmospheric treat for all that 
3
Diner
Roger Ebert
Diner is often a very funny movie although I laughed most freely not at the sexual pranks but at the movie s accurate ear as it reproduced dialogue with great comic accuracy 
3.5
Return to the Hiding Place
John Hanlon
Despite some editing issues and some acting miscues this drama s heart is in the right place which helps it overcome some of its greatest flaws 
3.0
Dean
Roger Moore
If you ever wondered whatever happened to Demetri Martin here it is 
1.5
Dean
Josh Terry
It may not be the first movie you run off to the theater to see probably not on a first date anyway but its high points are high enough to justify a look 
2.5
Dean
Peter Travers
Demetri Martin makes the transition into feature filmmaking as writer director and star with just the right blend of humor and heartbreak 
3
Dean
Robert Levin
It all plays out in painstakingly milquetoast fashion 
1.5
Dean
Glenn Kenny
A movie with which it is easy to find fault and if you re a particular kind of person you ll find fault with it without even trying too hard 
2
Dean
Mark Dujsik
Dean is yet another examination of grief that believes it s too cool to be honest about the subject 
1.5
Dean
Stephanie Merry
Dean has its moments The cast is solid and the story moves along smoothly Slight though it may be it s a sweet enough tale while it lasts 
2.5
Dean
Michael Phillips
Martin s a smooth enough director to make fuller and more ambitious pictures than Dean This one s a promising start 
2.5
Dean
Tom Russo
Stay patient through those Seinfeldian stretches in which Martin isn t so much acting as performing and you ll be treated to the bonus of some surprising emotional depth and poignancy 
3
Dean
Richard Roeper
Dean left me eagerly anticipating Martin s next projects 
3.5
Dean
Kenji Fujishima
One has to wade through a lot of eye rolling comic marginalia to get to the film s pained beating heart 
2
Last Sentinel
Kenneth R. Morefield
It 8217 s a melancholy 44 meditative work more interested in its situation 8217 s ability to extract philosophical dialogue from its characters than its ability to force them into dramatically meaningful decisions 46 
2
Last Sentinel
Mark Dujsik
91 The 93 movie 46 46 46 seems far more interested in establishing background than in determining a course to follow in the foreground 46 
2
Days of Darkness
Jennie Punter
The final chapter of the trilogy that began with The Decline of the American Empire and continued with The Barbarian Invasions Days of Darkness has neither that chatty brilliance of the former nor the elegiac emotion of the latter 
2.5
Days of Darkness
Peter Howell
Days of Darkness is arguably Denis Arcand s most depressing film Yet it s also one of his greatest and in a strange way his most uplifting 
3
Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Doug Walker
While I can t say it takes itself seriously it takes itself at the exact appropriate tone I had a ball 
3
Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mike McGranaghan
87 minutes of pure fun 
3
93Queen
Roger Moore
A film about the triumphant baby steps march towards progress in Brooklyn s Orthodox Jewish community
3
Never Saw It Coming
Barry Hertz
Perhaps director Gail Harvey is the true author of this misfortune with its rushed scenes and staging that only highlights rather than deflects the film s made for TV budget 
1.5
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
Phil Villarreal
Greater effort on the visuals and story coherence would have made the film more accessible 
2
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This anime may be just about the weirdest thing I ve ever seen 
3
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
Walter V. Addiego
The anime Tamala 2010 asks a lot of the viewer but it gives something back though I m not sure exactly what 
2
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
Ty Burr
Hello Kitty meets David Lynch in outer space 
3
Secret
Jeffrey M. Anderson
For about an hour Secret delivers a highly satisfying love triangle that made me like it Then it turns into something else that made me love it 
3
America The Beautiful 3
Kam Williams
Darryl Roberts does it again with this searing indictment of pop culture s criminal sexualization of children in the name of the almighty dollar 
4
America The Beautiful 3
Dann Gire
America the Beautiful 3 offers neither easy answers nor substantial depth But it accomplishes something few documentaries do It holds a mirror up to the nation s culture The reflection isn t pretty 
3
America The Beautiful 3
Matt Pais
Continues to demonstrate good intentions but virtually nonexistent abilities tackling an important but hardly new issue in irresponsible fashion 
1
Meet the Feebles
James Berardinelli
While I found parts of it diabolically clever and funny I thought the setup was overlong and certain aspects of the production either didn t work or were needlessly overdone 
2.5
Theater of War
Walter V. Addiego
For theater lovers in general this documentary a look at a high powered production of a modern classic and a chance to watch Meryl Streep build a character is intriguing and educational For partisans of Bertolt Brecht it s mandatory 
3
Theater of War
Roger Ebert
All of this makes an interesting if not gripping film about the play the playwright and the lead up work to a stage production It also leaves me wanting a great deal more 
2.5
Theater of War
Wesley Morris
Theater of War Walter s invigorating film asserts the value of Brecht and the power of art for our troubled times 
3
Theater of War
V.A. Musetto
Theater of War while informative feels more like a trailer for Mother Courage than a film of its own 
2
Theater of War
Eric Henderson
Neither Meryl Streep s as yet unpolished performance nor the entire construction of this particular production of Bertolt Brecht s celebrated play are done much favor by this doc s unedifying attempt to shoot the moon 
2
So B. It
Susan Wloszczyna
The filmmakers seem to have forgotten that even the most serious of kid friendly films can benefit from an injection of fun while attempting to jerk tears 
2
So B. It
Sean P. Means
shifts unsteadily from preposterous to heartbreaking without feeling authentic at any moment 
2.5
So B. It
Roger Moore
Lifetime Original Movie here we come 
2
Clowntergeist
Mike McGranaghan
It s not entirely successful yet to dismiss it as mere schlock would be unfair 
2
Suite Française
Roger Moore
A muted romance that we never quite buy into and a truncated story mar this all star WWII period piece 
2.5
Suite Française
Geoff Pevere
A sturdy enough but ultimately overpolite entry into the classic wartime women s melodrama in which war s impact on the lonely heart is nearly as devastating as the havoc wreaked on limb and landscape 
2.5
Suite Française
Bruce DeMara
As doomed wartime romances go the film doesn t offer anything particularly original But with palpable tension and poignancy Suite Francaise is fine filmmaking well worth watching 
3
Stations of the Cross
Brian Tallerico
In the end the formalism of Stations of the Cross wouldn t work at all without the work of van Acken a very talented young lady who s not only in every scene she s often all there is to every scene 
3
Stations of the Cross
Clayton Dillard
It understands that fitting in for many contemporary youth means standing out by attaching oneself to ideological tenets 
3
Ants on a Shrimp
Chuck Bowen
It offers lively and layered images that reveal the chefs both as individuals and components of a larger social organism 
3
Oh, Ramona!
Roger Moore
So vulgar sexist and retrograde you wonder if Netflix even watched before buying it 
1.5
Satanic Panic
Kevin A. Ranson
fun bits sprinkled throughout pun intended this 2019 unrated horror comedy feels less like a throwback than an intentional also ran this is a solemn request to step it up instead of settle in especially with the name Fangoria attached 
2
Satanic Panic
Sara Michelle Fetters
These three women are a trio of energetic magnetism who leap off the screen Stardust utilizing them to chant an incantation of blood guts friendship and feminism I openly adored 
3
Satanic Panic
Joey Magidson
There s a small stroke of genius to be found within Satanic Panic which finds an amusing way to skewer the rich upper crust while still being a gory horror tale 
3
Satanic Panic
Joe Friar
The Real Housewives summon demons in the entertaining and gory horror comedy that feels like a throwback from the 80s Bloody fun 
3
Satanic Panic
Sheila O'Malley
It doesn t push any envelopes and pushing envelopes is what it s all about 
2
Satanic Panic
Mark Dujsik
You can almost sense the desperation for laughs coming from Satanic Panic 
1.5
Satanic Panic
Mike McGranaghan
There s a brain in its head to match the mischievous spirit in its soul 
3
The Groomsmen
Mick LaSalle
This is the movie I believe Burns has been trying to make since The Brothers McMullen 11 years ago 
3
The Groomsmen
Ty Burr
The Groomsmen may be low cal Cassavetes or Secrets and Lies for mooks but Burns knows his turf The marvel is that after seven films he s still finding fresh grass 
2.5
The Groomsmen
Maitland McDonagh
With the exception of the reliably wooden Burns the ensemble is terrific 
2.5
The Groomsmen
Gary Goldstein
Burns without pretense or sappiness wears a heart the size of Manhattan on his sleeve and handles the movie s rollercoaster of emotion with immense skill 
3.5
The Groomsmen
Stephen Whitty
The problem is that Burns who insists on writing all his own material isn t a very good writer 
2
The Groomsmen
Kyle Smith
Instead of whimsy there s nastiness and instead of promising newcomers there s a cluster of formerly hot actors gone cold 
1
The Groomsmen
Elizabeth Weitzman
The Groomsmen captures a single specific moment when responsibilities await but adulthood is still unwelcome If their predicament strikes a chord you may want to join Burns boys for their final hurrah 
3
The Groomsmen
Gene Seymour
The revelations aren t all that surprising and the build up isn t all that interesting At least not as interesting as watching Lillard of all people persuasively playing the most evolved and serene of this clique 
2.5
The Groomsmen
Nick Schager
Burns tackles stunted adolescence through the filter of mushy seriocomic melodrama 
1.5
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
Loren King
An engaging look at the era of enlightenment seeking when young shaggy haired Americans experimented with LSD and traveled to India seeking answers 
2.5
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
Drew Hunt
The overall product doesn t reveal anything about its subject that a Wikipedia page couldn t do just as well 
1.5
Girl on a Bicycle
Odie Henderson
It may be the worst romantic comedy I have ever seen and this is not hyperbole 
0.5
Girl on a Bicycle
Roger Moore
Pretty actors and pretty Paris locations don t rescue this limp collection of weary Euro nationalist stereotypes and the lame situations the story puts them in
2
Girl on a Bicycle
Wes Greene
The film turns the miscommunication between cultures into an utterly lifeless romantic comedy best appreciated as a travel guide for first time tourists to Paris 
1
The Salt of the Earth
Mattie Lucas
Salgado documents human existence with remarkable sensitivity and profound insight into the mysteries of life and so too does Wenders 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
John Beifuss
Salgado s later portraits of reptiles gorillas walruses and other animals provide evidence of a kinship with humankind that explains the moral urgency of his environmental activism 
3
The Salt of the Earth
Scott Renshaw
A fascinating kind of commentary track to a stunning visual arts exhibition 
3
The Salt of the Earth
John Serba
A reminder that human nature is inextricably entwined with nature itself and is therefore as capable of creation as it is destruction 
4
The Salt of the Earth
John Anderson
Stunning imagery and a stirring story about Sebastiao Salgado and his 40 odd years of shooting global catastrophe 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
Brad Keefe
The ubiquitous Ken Burns effect of panning and zooming across still images is mercifully absent here The result feels more like an exhibit 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
John Hartl
The authenticity and artistry of the images in The Salt of the Earth cannot be denied In any context they d be unforgettable 
3
The Salt of the Earth
Rene Rodriguez
The Salt of the Earth is a celebration of the power of art to change the world as well as an exploration of the considerable toll gifted artists sometimes pay for their talents 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
Chris Knight
There is ironically a kind of raw beauty in many of these images even the ones that portray human suffering and death at its most grotesque 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Salt of the Earth has the power to draw you into its world transfix and perhaps eventually transform you 
4
The Salt of the Earth
Geoff Pevere
Direct to camera testimonials are the movie s troubled heart and raise the inescapable question of what happens to a soul when it gets to the point where it s simply seen too much 
3
The Salt of the Earth
Peter Howell
The film is at times too much in awe of its subject failing to seriously address oft expressed criticism that Salgado is a voyeur of global pain But he s willing to get his hands dirty for real change 
3
The Salt of the Earth
Bill Stamets
This moving Oscar nominated documentary is an odyssey of a tragic observer 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
Ann Hornaday
There are just as many breathtaking moments to be found in the film as there are in the work it s about 
2.5
The Salt of the Earth
Nick Allen
The Salt of the Earth is too stagnant on its own terms 
2
The Salt of the Earth
Peter Sobczynski
Wenders trains his camera on photographer Sebastiao Salgado and the result though not without flaws is an invigorating and interesting observation of the man his work and the entire medium of photography 
3.5
The Salt of the Earth
Sara Stewart
Many of the images and Salgado s accounts of taking them are as soul shattering as they are breathtaking 
4
The Ring Finger
Erik Childress
Has both an eccentric sensibility and ultimately a spiritual quality that should have audiences debating the final scene for hours 
3
My Son
Glenn Kenny
My Son finds its cinematic footing in a committed steady realism and that creates a high wire act of tension and suspense that s refreshingly clean and consistently effective 
3
My Son
Chuck Bowen
The film seeks to elevate genre clichés by slowing down the speed with which they re typically offered 
1.5
Stepping Out
Roger Ebert
Room is made for a couple of production numbers featuring the star Liza Minnelli and they re so good they left me wishing for more Liza and fewer problems in the chorus 
2
Deadpool
Brian Eggert
That Deadpool was ever made is something of a small miracle That it s satisfying from a fan perspective is another miracle 
3.5
Deadpool
Sean P. Means
Things drag in the movie s overly serious middle section but Reynolds gift for rapid fire putdowns adds spice to the frenetic action 
3
Deadpool
Brad Keefe
Deadpool boasts some great stylish action and is probably the funniest movie of the young year 
3.5
Deadpool
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a fun hyper violent gleefully perverse frolic into the super powered absurd 
3
Deadpool
Sonny Bunch
Ryan Reynolds the king of charming smarminess hits the big time 
3
Deadpool
Wesley Lovell
A crass ornery heap of fun It isn t close to perfect but something of such high entertainment value doesn t have to be 
3
Deadpool
Linda Cook
Deadpool isn t your dad s superhero movie 
4
Deadpool
Walter Chaw
The primogenitor of Deadpool is Dennis Miller s 90s standup sneering smarmy arch and peppered with pop culture references
2
Deadpool
John Beifuss
The timing is impeccable It hardly seems a coincidence that Deadpool s startling popularity has occurred in parallel to the establishment gigging rise of another rude self confident outlier Donald Trump 
3
Deadpool
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Playful irreverent and loads of fun 
3
Deadpool
David Nusair
Undoubtedly one of the new century s few effective comic book adaptations 
3
Deadpool
David Keyes
Exactly the movie you expect out of this character and well how awesome is that 
2.5
Deadpool
James Kendrick
However much the raunchy humor and postmodern genre disemboweling works what I appreciated most about Deadpool is that the stakes were decidedly personal intimate even 
3
Deadpool
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Vulgar violent and incredibly funny Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Deadpool
John Serba
Deadpool knows he s in Yet Another Superhero Movie and by skewering the idea of Yet Another Superhero Movie assures that this is not really Yet Another Superhero Movie 
3
Deadpool
John Hanlon
A funny fresh and undeniably self deprecating hero is enough to make this Marvel movie stand out among its peers 
3.5
Deadpool
Scott Nash
Entertaining but a little schizophrenic 
3
Deadpool
Matt Brunson
A superhero romp that threatened to be smug smarmy and self satisfied is well yes it s occasionally all those things But it s also fresh funny and absolutely kick ass 
3
Deadpool
Mike McGranaghan
Despite some notable flaws Deadpool is just what superhero cinema needs It s a shot of adrenaline directly into the Marvel nervous system 
3
Deadpool
Sergio López Aguirre
True to the character this film is now a classic in Ryan Reynolds filmography Full review in Spanish 
4
Deadpool
Scott Renshaw
This one s got attitude If only it weren t quite so self satisfied with that attitude And not entirely justified in it either 
2.5
Deadpool
David Berry
Watching Deadpool feels a bit like downing a shot of something stiff while simultaneously having the same again thrown in your face It s bracing and if you re not ready for it it can rock you back on your heels 
3
Deadpool
Tom Meek
It s a tangy olio that lacks substance and consistency and despite that its in your face moxie comes at you in all the right ways gripping you by the gunny sack with a big glorious joker smile and never letting go 
2.5
Deadpool
Neil Rosen
There are dozens of entertaining pop culture references and even the opening credits have a self mocking tone It starts off flat but then about 20 minutes in takes off The end result is surprising and a lot of fun 
3
Deadpool
Phil Villarreal
If ever an actor was born to play a motormouthed juvenile masked creep it was Ryan Reynolds to play Deadpool 
3.5
Deadpool
Willie Waffle
Right from the opening credits the audience realizes they are in for something a bit twisted and lacking any reverence and that s a good thing 
3.5
Deadpool
Barry Hertz
Deadpool is everything that Hollywood has raised audiences to believe heroes are not crass selfish and with a vocabulary that would have made George Carlin blush 
3
Deadpool
Anders Wright
It s bloody good fun kicking off with a tremendous opening credits sequence and a terrifically entertaining action set piece Reynolds is wonderfully fun He s a chiseled movie star to be sure but he s always best when he can goof on the part 
2.5
Deadpool
Bob Bloom
Much more so than Marvel s Guardian of the Galaxy Deadpool is a film propelled by swagger humor and action 
3.5
Deadpool
James Berardinelli
This is a different kind of movie The only rule it adheres to is that tropes are made to be eviscerated turned on their heads and trampled over 
3.5
Deadpool
Peter Travers
this movie s junky feel is part of its charm Sure it goes on too long and repetition dulls its initial cleverness Still Deadpool is party time for action junkies and Reynolds may just have found the role that makes his career 
3
Deadpool
Kyle Smith
There aren t many superhero movies that exploit the liberating effects of the hard R rating But to me the mock opening credits are the only detail that is fresh sophomoric but fresh 
1.5
Deadpool
Mark Dujsik
Beneath the layers of the façade this really is just your normal average superhero movie 
2
Deadpool
Peter Howell
Reynolds mighty mutant title character is anything but a conventional superdude even before he acquires his extreme skills red hooded cosplay costume and scarred face and mind 
3
Deadpool
Tirdad Derakhshani
Deadpool is on the whole a big bowl of fun filled with great stunts gory fight scenes and sexy poses 
3
Deadpool
Rick Bentley
If you are willing to accept a superpowered character who spits at superhero conventions then Deadpool is a expletive deleted good time 
3
Deadpool
Tom Russo
Imagine Spider Man with legitimately funny quips waaay less angst and a bug eyed getup that s lethally accessorized 
3
Deadpool
Jon Niccum
Reynolds delivers a perfect combination of kick ass and smart ass 
3.5
Deadpool
Chris Hewitt
It s really bloody and really fun 
3
Deadpool
Calvin Wilson
Smart sexy and outrageous Deadpool delivers 
3.5
Deadpool
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a voraciously self aware comedy one that dines out on the inherent inanity of its own premise as much as it does the movies it s competing with 
3.5
Deadpool
Mick LaSalle
This is bad borderline garbage but disturbing too in that it s just the kind of fake clever awfulness that might be cinema s future 
1
Deadpool
Soren Andersen
Maximally cheeky Perversely potty mouthed Riotously funny Insanely violent Uneven as all get out And fun fun fun 
3
Deadpool
Stephen Rebello
Deadpool is filthy degenerate and seriously pervy and Reynolds decked out in red and black spandex sporting two katanas and white canvas where eyes should be is every bit as flip funny nasty and self deprecating as you d want 
3
Deadpool
Michael Smith
Deadpool has arrived and the comic book movie will never be the same That s a good thing Sameness is just one element of the genre that this exceptionally bonkers hyper violent hilarious film pokes a hole in 
3.5
Deadpool
Richard Roeper
If only Deadpool were as clever dark and funny as it believes itself to be 
2.5
Deadpool
Randy Myers
While Deadpool heralds the arrival of a talented new director its success belongs to Reynolds who also served as a producer 
3
Deadpool
Katie Walsh
Deadpool might feel innovative but the story itself is standard issue 
2.5
Deadpool
Brian Tallerico
Deadpool fails to live up to the potential of its beloved source material subverting its own agenda by becoming a remarkably generic by the numbers man in tights flick 
2
Deadpool
Peter Canavese
May not be wildly fresh but it does wriggle against its genre straightjacket and if it doesn t quite escape it puts on a great show in the process 
3
Deadpool
Michael Phillips
Reynolds is entertaining it s rather sweet to see this eternally not quite a star get closer than usual to justifying star billing 
2.5
Deadpool
Brian Truitt
Deadpool avoids enough pitfalls to both embrace and flambé the superhero genre while also finding time for romance doling out equal handfuls of bullets barbs and warm fuzzies 
2.5
Deadpool
Matt Pais
As funny and charming as tearing a toenail 
1
Deadpool
Kam Williams
A relentlessly hilarious cross of Kick Ass 2013 and Watchmen 2009 that leaves your appetite whetted for a sequel 
4
Deadpool
Roger Moore
Ryan Reynolds slays in the role he was born to play 
3
Deadpool
Stephen Whitty
It s fun but it s not for everyone and definitely not for families 
3
Deadpool
Kenji Fujishima
The whiplash contrasts between snideness and sincerity are deeply rooted in the main character s psychology 
2.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Mattie Lucas
Panahi is a master craftsman who continues to make bricks without straw turning his punishment into some of the most essential cinema of the decade 
4
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
John Beifuss
At one point a lawyer lays a rose near the dashboard camera with the comment This is for the people of cinema For audiences Jafar Panahi s Taxi is just such a rose 
4
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Steven Rea
Jafar Panahi s Taxi looks onto a world where the social order and the spiritual order are at odds in flux where the conversations are sometimes cutting sometimes comic sometimes troubled sometimes profound 
3.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Anita Katz
While one hopes the Iranian government will release Panahi soon it s good to see him at the wheel in any form 
3.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Ben Sachs
Panahi looks for new perspectives everywhere he goes and this search reflects his unwavering devotion to cinema which has the power to transmit those perspectives to the world 
3
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Ty Burr
Those who ve followed Panahi s career over the decades will catch echoes of and references to his earlier movies and at times Taxi is as much a tour of his filmography as it is of Tehran 
3.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
David Lewis
This is a movie that you will admire both for its courage and creativity 
4
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Scott Renshaw
Facing a 20 year ban on making movies in his native Iran Jafar Panahi continues to find imaginative fascinating ways to make them anyway and to turn them into commentaries on the state Iranian cinema 
3.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Stephanie Merry
He looks like he s having a wonderful time but a sordid reality is never far off Panahi s films are acts of defiance and each one could be his last 
3
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Rob Thomas
Taxi is a brave and strange film from an essential filmmaker a moving statement for artistic freedom 
3
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
David Berry
The sheer absurdity of cracking down on any artist particularly one so fulsomely empathetic and curious simmers under every scene here
4
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Glenn Kenny
More frustrating than beguiling or provocative 
2.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Tina Hassannia
The film feels as spontaneous and digressive as a Charles Mingus composition and just as paradoxically light and dense 
3.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Bruce DeMara
Here s proof that you can t keep a great filmmaker down 
3.5
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Farran Smith Nehme
Often extremely funny always thoughtful the movie transcends its static nature to become a deeper picture of modern Iran than any news story could offer 
3
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Jake Cole
It spotlights the act of filmmaking as an act of resistance as well as a possible source of propaganda and manipulation 
4
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Andrew Simpson
An elegantly coded surprisingly sprightly work made in the face of adversity 
4
North Country
Tom Meek
Theron as usual is spot on even if the drama feels a bit watered down 
2.5
North Country
Camerin Courtney
Though tough and heavy handed at times North Country is engaging not one of those films about an important subject matter that you feel you should watch 
3
North Country
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the movie would not come off even remotely as well as it ultimately does were it not for the effectiveness of the cast 
2.5
The Ice Cream Truck
Norman Gidney
The polished production values fool me and I stuck with the movie thinking there was a greater meaning and craftsmanship to what was happening 
1
Seizure
David Nusair
a trainwreck that couldn t possibly be less indicative of Stone s subsequent career 
1
Harvest Time
Nick Schager
Marina Razbezhkina s Harvest Time uses nostalgia as more of an emotional than intellectual device 
3
Olivier Olivier
Peter Stack
It s a poignant study of obsession delusion and transformation 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Brian Eggert
Although it sways toward social realism Jenkins transforms the material into an expression of cinematic poetry 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Jason Fraley
How do you follow up on a Best Picture masterpiece like Moonlight If you re Barry Jenkins you direct If Beale Street Could talk the first narrative adaptation of James Baldwin 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Federico Furzan
A romantic post in the times of cultural turmoil Barry Jenkins manages to stay fresh but falls short at solving conflicts Full review in Spanish 
2.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Lisa Trifone
If Beale Street Could Talk is a near perfect film one that marries Baldwin s poetic evocative narrative with Jenkin s lyrical stirring filmmaking to create a film so captivating it immediately establishes itself as essential viewing 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mattie Lucas
A work of profound and tremulous beauty a haunting tone poem that feels like the work of an artist filled with hope but constantly on the verge of tears 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Wesley Lovell
Beautiful performances gorgeous photography stirring screenplay wonderful music Everything brought together with strength and wisdom by Barry Jenkins 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Michael Smith
If Beale Street Could Talk should be considered the second chapter in what appears to be a long career for Jenkins making socially important films about oppressed minorities that should be seen by all classes of people 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sarah Knight Adamson
Moonlight s director Barry Jenkins followup is everything we d expect from a visual master storyteller 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Alan French
Jenkins explores the psychological trauma of being black in America but also showcases joy and hope It s a beautiful duality a feat that would make James Baldwin proud 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Matt Brunson
Jenkins has fashioned a film that rarely raises its voice even as the rage regarding a grotesque miscarriage of justice informs its every move 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Michael Phillips
That s pure cinema What Baldwin does with words Mr Jenkins does visually 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
David Nusair
Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has infused If Beale Street Could Talk with a lush and remarkably captivating visual sensibility that s perpetuated by an almost impressionistic narrative 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Josh Bell
It s impossible to watch these tender fragile indomitable characters and not empathize with their experience whether that s falling in love or facing injustices that persist to this day 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Peter Canavese
In Jenkins sure hands Baldwin s novel becomes an exquisite impeccable indelible piece of cinema of the ages 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
John Beifuss
A swoon in motion picture form Its lush score expressive decor and color coded photography give the Harlem streets and the characters who inhabit them a glamour that historically has been denied to cinematic representations of the black experience 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roger Moore
A movie that aches
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Brandy McDonnell
A vibrant adaptation of James Baldwin s novel 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Robert Horton
If Beale Street Could Talk is all mood and despite the film s uneven effects that mood is convincing
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Bob Bloom
Beale Street is more a mood piece than a plot driven movie Jenkins leads you to become emotionally invested in Tish and Fonny You wish them a bright future even though you know with each passing minute that their chances continue to fade 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sean P. Means
Tish and Fonny are young and in love and there are parts of If Beale Street Could Talk where writer director Barry Jenkins renders that love beautifully as if it was the simplest thing in the world 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Joe Friar
Barry Jenkins bittersweet story about young Harlem couple Tish KiKi Layne and Fonny Stephan James basks in a passionate glow of love accented by Nicholas Britell s evocative score One of 2018 s best films 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Max Weiss
The film manages to be both sad and uplifting Like all of Jenkins films If Beale Street Could Talk will alternately stir your blood and soothe your soul 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Tom Meek
The film is at once intimate and universal 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Richard Roeper
This movie works as a timeless romance a family drama a legal thriller and a poignant social commentary A great American novel has been turned into a great American film 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Jeff Strickler
If a powerful kick to your gut s sense of social justice is what you re looking for you can t do any better 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Ty Burr
If Beale Street Could Talk carves a holy place in a hard hard world 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sara Michelle Fetters
This movie is a marvel See it at once 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Moira MacDonald
Jenkins lets the story unfold slowly and patiently giving his actors room to tell their own quiet stories 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Gary Thompson
Jenkins borrowing the novel s template has structural story issues to deal with here What starts as a romance becomes scattered in a half dozen narrative directions 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Reginald Ponder
If Beal Street Could Talk it would tell you that love lives in the Black community hope survives in those relationships justice evades righteousness and family still bonds a people A Must See 4 Reels
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Peter Howell
Like a great bluesman Moonlight s Barry Jenkins finds poetry in the lives of people struggling to surpass pain and cruel circumstances often choosing beautiful images over words 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Josh Larsen
a wrenchingly beautiful film and an enraging one in its own way 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mick LaSalle
The experience of this film is beyond mixed practically schizophrenic long stretches of portentous syrupy emptiness followed by scenes that rank with Jenkins best work in Moonlight and Medicine for Melancholy 
2.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Walter Chaw
The camerawork is liquid floating in front of centred faces that break the fourth wall with expressions of yearning and regret 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most grim and precarious an indestructible core anchors If Beale Street Could Talk lending it gravitas and hard won hope 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mike McGranaghan
Director Barry Jenkins follows up Moonlight with an adaptation of James Baldwin s If Beale Street Could Talk and as good as that Best Picture winner was this one might be even better 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Kam Williams
Kudos to Barry Jenkins for crafting another compelling inner city saga and especially for coaxing a career performance out of Regina King a shoo in for an Oscar nomination 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A highly accomplished piece of filmmaking 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Rex Reed
If Beale Street Could Talk is better than Moonlight but that is faint praise indeed 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
James Berardinelli
Some might view this as a political movie perhaps even Jenkins but it s also very much a tale of love survival and humanity 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Kent Turner
The original score propels the entire film even when the onscreen energy sags 
2.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Joey Magidson
Barry Jenkins is a filmmaker whose heart just empties out onto the screen His passion seeps into every frame of this film 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sara Stewart
Beale Street is never less than righteous but can feel a little slow 
2.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Brian Truitt
The scenes come alive even more thanks to Nicholas Britell s gorgeous score laden with sweeping strings and brass melodies 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Barry Jenkins has crafted a film of deep abiding love 
3.5
If Beale Street Could Talk
Odie Henderson
Jenkins decision to let the original storyteller live and breathe throughout If Beale Street Can Talk is a wise one 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Frank Ochieng
A soulful and artfully penetrating drama a refreshingly stark and candid observation about the compelling anatomy of strong black love commitment sacrifice and impenetrable faith Poetically affecting and eerily as relevant today as the 70s 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Clayton Davis
Bombastic drama with subtle yet playful commentary on family and love If Beale Street Could Talk is the turning point in our cinematic culture and what it dares to become The future is bright and it is good with Barry Jenkins in tow 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Robert Daniels
Jenkins as with Moonlight and much like Baldwin whispers a love that cannot die 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Keith Uhlich
The film is at its most potent in the scenes where human frailty and the specter of injustice come more elliptically to the surface 
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Dwight Brown
Style over substance makes this film imperfect The spirit of Baldwin s book seems lost except in one vibrant scene when the families of the couple meet and all hell breaks loose 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Erik Anderson
Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar winning Moonlight with another masterpiece a lush visual love story and the first ever film adaptation of James Baldwin s work
4
If Beale Street Could Talk
Kate Taylor
Jenkins creates many remarkable scenes particularly as the male characters discuss the racist realities with which they live 
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
Radheyan Simonpillai
In Beale Street the issues being discussed through both BlackLivesMatter and MeToo get tangled but Jenkins is careful to make sure they don t oppose each other These conversations can and must co exist 
4
JFK
David Gonzalez
JFK remains a film that starts conversations after viewing 46 The film opens up a Pandoras box that up until that time had not been done in an effective manner 46 While it only concentrates on one conspiracy theory 44 it leaves its audience wanting more 46 
3.5
JFK
Brian Eggert
JFK does not stand as a historical document or marker of fact rather with an incredible degree of formal audacity and skill it compels us on an undeniable emotional level and asks that we continue to search for the truth 
4
JFK
Matt Brunson
An often extraordinary movie not only in its technical prowess but also in the way Stone is able to combine historical facts with his own flights of fancy 
3.5
JFK
Phil Villarreal
It s damn entertaining and thought provoking 
4
JFK
Matt Noller
There s something almost quaint about JFK now 
3.5
JFK
Robert Roten
JFK another film directed by that man mired in the 60 s Oliver Stone is an excellent film indeed but one that should not be taken too seriously 
3.5
JFK
Roger Ebert
Hypnotically watchable 
4
JFK
Steve Rhodes
This is a fine movie from a technical and an acting viewpoint The problem is that it is all balderdash 
2.5
Love Jacked
Roger Moore
We can buy a romance warming up between these two but not based on what this fiasco delivers 
1
Love Jacked
Brad Wheeler
The only thing jacked here is the hour and a half wasted watching this film 
1
Alone in the Dark 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Tedious and unambitious but at least better than the previous one Full Review in Spanish 
2
Story of a Prostitute
Fernando F. Croce
Those solely familiar with the director s brand of yakuza cartooning will be taken back by the midway shift from carnal to spiritual 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Federico Furzan
Fantastic thriller with awesome performances Sadly forgotten through time Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
David Nusair
the sort of movie that one admires more than one enjoys 
2.5
Animal Kingdom
Roger Moore
Gets under your skin and in your head 
3
Animal Kingdom
Wesley Lovell
An intimate portrait of a criminal family that resembles the Mafia in virtually no way 
3
Animal Kingdom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is what the new wave of crime films should look like 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Josh Larsen
The movie equivalent of a vice 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Sean P. Means
Michôd creates a story studded with landmines with dark surprises exploding in surprising ways 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
John Beifuss
As a sort of Melbourne Ma Barker Jacki Weaver deserves a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Keith Cohen
The domino effect of the story and the slow pins and needles build up never result in a satisfactory payoff The movie s strength is the mood and atmosphere that conveys the trepidation felt by the Cody family 
2.5
Animal Kingdom
Matt Brunson
Animal Kingdom knows that boys will be boys and boys with guns will be especially dangerous but its pleasures rest in tripping up our preconceived notions of its characters 
3
Animal Kingdom
Sean O'Connell
Never unravels holding us in a vice grip until we re practically begging to be set free 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Robert W. Butler
A wrenching deeply disturbing drama about a kid who finds that his relatives are conscienceless crooks 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Rene Rodriguez
The film establishes a menacing unsparing mood that never wavers 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Duane Dudek
Some species eat their young In the Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom the young bite back 
3
Animal Kingdom
Christopher Lloyd
Writer director David Michôd constructs a slippery narrative that consistently fools the audience about where the movie is heading The result is part Donnie Brasco part Godfather and more than a little bit Ma Barker 
3
Animal Kingdom
Amy Biancolli
It s a remarkable film gritty gut churning thrillingly acted 
4
Animal Kingdom
Stephanie Merry
The story meticulously unfurls like an apple carefully peeled in one long ribbon to reveal its rotten core 
3
Animal Kingdom
Chris Hewitt
It s as if Michod has structured his movie like a relay one character passing the baton to another and the result is a movie with the mounting suspense and excitement of a really terrific race 
3
Animal Kingdom
Moira MacDonald
Michôd in his feature debut wonderfully creates a tribe where hope is lost and life is about getting what you can get never mind who s lost along the way 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Steven Rea
Animal Kingdom explores the down and dirty side of human nature fraught with greed suspicion and betrayal 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Ty Burr
You probably won t see a better directorial debut this year than David Michôd s Animal Kingdom a coiled rattlesnake of a family crime drama 
3
Animal Kingdom
Peter Keough
Kind of a low rent GoodFellas with no voiceover narrator 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Peter Travers
Step up for a pulverizing Aussie crime drama that cuts to the dark heart of the killing machine known as family 
3
Animal Kingdom
Liam Lacey
A criminal procedural tilting to Greek tragedy 
3
Animal Kingdom
Kyle Smith
Seethes rather than burns in its first hour as the banality of evil settles in like mildew 
3
Animal Kingdom
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s the script and the tone of the piece where my problems lie I felt like I d scene this picture before had the overriding sense that I knew where it was heading and how things would all play themselves out 
2
Animal Kingdom
Jason Anderson
The suggestion that the authorities may comprise a clan that s as ruthless and amoral as the Browns also adds a pleasingly cynical edge that s often lacking in other crime dramas 
3
Animal Kingdom
Walter Chaw
best indicated by its unwavering reserve a reluctance almost to say too much when slow fluid tracking motions and static medium distance establishing shots may suffice 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Sara Vilkomerson
It s hard to take your eyes off Mr Mendelsohn whenever he s onscreen So creepy so seductive so scary his stillness is more disturbing than when he s forced into action 
3.5
Animal Kingdom
Jay Antani
more a trip to the petting zoo than a foray into the treacherous savannah of high and low crime
1.5
Animal Kingdom
Nick Schager
Animal Kingdom wrongly assumes certain characters deserve empathy simply because they re protagonists 
1.5
Another Day in Paradise
Michael Dequina
Director Larry Clark has served up another gritty look at lowlife scum but the results this time aren t nearly as fascinating 
2
Another Day in Paradise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a strong powerful movie 
3
Another Day in Paradise
Rick Groen
Ho hum 
2.5
Another Day in Paradise
Margaret A. McGurk
I never walk out in the middle of a film but with Another Day in Paradise I came pretty darn close 
.5
Another Day in Paradise
Steve Rhodes
Another Day in Paradise skirts various movie genres without ever developing any of them with enough depth to allow them to gel What we are left with is another wonderful performance by James Woods and little more 
2.5
Another Day in Paradise
Susan Stark
Woods creates another of his patented high voltage characters 
3
Another Day in Paradise
Jeff Vice
Don t let the name fool you Another Day in Paradise isn t 
1.5
Another Day in Paradise
G. Allen Johnson
After relentlessly and sadistically pounding his audience into submission with non actors in Kids he proves he can pulverize us with big stars in Another Day in Paradise 
1
Another Day in Paradise
James Berardinelli
It aims to be powerful and gritty but merely succeeds in being dreary and grungy 
2.5
Another Day in Paradise
Roger Ebert
There s not much new here but then there s so rarely something new at the movies that we re sometimes grateful to see the familiar done well 
3
Another Day in Paradise
Joe Baltake
Another Day in Paradise is one big pleasurable wallow in grunge noir as only Larry Clark could have concocted it 
3.5
The Miners' Hymns
Mattie Lucas
It s a fantastic paradox that s as thrilling to experience as it is to contemplate There s nothing else out there quite like it 
3.5
The Miners' Hymns
V.A. Musetto
A look at ill fated mining communities in northern England 
3
The Miners' Hymns
Andrew Schenker
In contrast to the vast impersonal sweep of the contemporary footage the archival material some of which dates back over 100 years is eerily intimate 
3
Monday Morning
Jeremy Heilman
This is a film about the irksome tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout Even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life the mood remains oddly detached 
2
Monday Morning
Ed Gonzalez
Monday Morning is Otar Iosseliani s unmistakable homage to Jacques Tati 
3
Daddy's Home
Brian Eggert
Here s one of those comedies like Meet the Parents where an awkward family situation escalates and everyone onscreen behaves so farcically that their inane behavior can only be explained by the requirements of the script 
1
Daddy's Home
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s Ferrell and Wahlberg who keep this engine revving like it does a statement that shouldn t come as a shock for all of those who watched the pair s 2010 hit The Other Guys 
2.5
Daddy's Home
John Beifuss
It s symptomatic of the production s limpness that the movie was shot for tax credit reasons in New Orleans yet the locations have been scrubbed to a funk free suburban anonymity 
2
Daddy's Home
David Nusair
Predictably stupid and hopelessly obnoxious 
2
Daddy's Home
Linda Cook
It has its share of laughs even though they may not be memorable ones 
2
Daddy's Home
Richard Roeper
That s one problematic comedy 
2
Daddy's Home
Dann Gire
Daddy s Home won t surprise anyone with its casting or with its simplistic plot of two dads fighting for the affections of their kids Yet the filmmakers keep the acutely comic curveballs coming and curiosity convinces us to continue 
2
Daddy's Home
Robert Horton
There s just enough of that kind of oddness to keep Daddy s Home recognizably and acceptably Ferrellesque 
2.5
Daddy's Home
Josh Terry
Daddy s Home delivers a fun setup and a handful of exclamation points but fails to deliver on its potential 
2
Daddy's Home
Kam Williams
Disposable dopey humor designed to make you laugh out loud in the theater but to leave no lasting effect once the closing credits have rolled 
3
Daddy's Home
Peter Howell
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg go together like candy and whiskey 
2.5
Daddy's Home
Barry Hertz
A generic comedy as lazy and aggravating as its title 
2
Daddy's Home
Mark Dujsik
One spends most of Daddy s Home wondering if mom wouldn t be better off if she just dropped both men from her life and found someone new 
1.5
Daddy's Home
Calvin Wilson
If you re looking for a film that s just about guaranteed to make you feel good you d be well advised to drop by Daddy s Home 
3
Daddy's Home
Michael O'Sullivan
There are a few laughs here and there 
2
Daddy's Home
Glenn Kenny
Such a hit and miss mess that it makes the wild and crazy to the point of sometimes flailing tenor of Anchorman and other such Ferrell vehicles feel like finely tuned Logitech vehicles 
2
Daddy's Home
Mick LaSalle
The problem with Daddy s Home is that it takes a nasty premise best suited to a farce or a harsh satire and tries to make a heartwarming comedy out of it This not only doesn t work it can t work It s not possible 
1
Daddy's Home
Soren Andersen
Daddy s Home is a movie with a one joke premise Will Ferrell he s a pincushion of punishment Make him screech Watch him squirm 
2
Daddy's Home
Tom Russo
Consider it a predictable movie with flashes of unpredictability 
2.5
Daddy's Home
Chris Knight
Everybody in the movie is basically decent at heart so rather than a kind of parental Cold War we get a bipartisan patriarchy The trailers promised America v Russia The film delivers Belgium 
2
Daddy's Home
Rick Bentley
The result is a film that has a good heart but no strong humor 
1.5
Daddy's Home
Eric Henderson
Though Will Ferrell has made a career out of his own debasement the film quickly becomes too cruel to generate laughter for anyone who would empathize with him 
1
Daddy's Home
Sara Stewart
To be fair Ferrell is almost always at least mildly funny even when doing something as lame as skateboarding into a power line but Wahlberg s cowboy shtick just seems half hearted 
2
Daddy's Home
Roger Moore
Well it s not awful 
1.5
Jennifer's Shadow
David Nusair
The film is elevated by an unexpectedly compelling lead performance from star Gina Philips along with some effectively creepy visuals 
2.5
The Gardener
Brad Wheeler
If spring is best greeted in a garden Sbastien Chabot s delightful documentary on Frank Cabot s world famous English style spread of green and flowers might be the best thing you ll come across all May 
4
The Kind Words
Linda Cook
The Kind Words is worth some praise 
3
The Kind Words
David Lewis
It s mostly engaging even if the proceedings get a tad burdened with awkward tonal shifts and subplots 
2
The Kind Words
Pat Padua
The film doesn t always come together 
2.5
Holidays
David Nusair
A typically erratic horror anthology 
2
Holidays
Simon Abrams
Holidays is frustrating because its creators all have something good going for them but almost consistently have no ideas of what to do 
2
Holidays
Mike McGranaghan
Holidays has one story that s a dud two that are okay but would have been better longer and five that are solid That s more than enough for a recommendation 
3
Holidays
Ed Gonzalez
Every short exudes a commercially slick anonymity that effectively flattens any potential excitement 
1.5
Holidays
Dustin Putman
Holidays is an exciting idea that appears to have been pieced together without the proper time to develop and realize its thrilling potential 
2
Ani imôto (Older Brother, Younger Sister)
Keith Uhlich
Naruse shows his considerable skill at portraying household dynamics 
3.5
A Glimpse of Hell
David Nusair
proves that just because a movie s based on a true story doesn t mean that it ll necessarily make for a compelling film 
2
A Glimpse of Hell
Walter Chaw
A made for TV docudrama that breeds Edward Dmytryk s The Caine Mutiny with Rob Reiner s A Few Good Men A Glimpse of Hell impresses only with its dedication to mediocrity 
2
Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story
Tom Meek
The slackly constructed short narrated by Game of Thrones actor Jerome Flynn doesn t convince as compellingly as say Food Inc but you won t be able to shake the horrific hidden camera footage 
2.5
The Novena
David Nusair
oddly compelling 
2.5
Gladiator
David Nusair
Gladiator benefits from a second half that is 44 given its focus on Maximus 8217 vengeance fueled exploits 44 virtually overflowing with spellbinding interludes 46 46 46 
3.5
Gladiator
Malcolm Johnson
Such magnitude demands a heroically proportioned star and Russell Crowe is the man muscled but mournful and quietly spiritual All hail Maximus 
3
Gladiator
Marshall Fine
The blend of digital imagery and contemporary showmanship combine to make you feel like a privileged ticket holder at a compellingly ghastly program in the most famous arena on Earth 
3.5
Gladiator
Rick Kisonak
A mountain a fever dream an epic poem of a motion picture Equal parts Ben Hur and Braveheart it is a victory not likely to be equaled any time soon 
4
Gladiator
Christopher Borrelli
We re on the cusp of a new golden age for moviemaking Ridley Scott is hardly equipped to light the way but that he or anybody is willing to deliver a jolt of electricity to a genre as dead and dumb as the Roman epic is thrilling in itself 
3.5
Gladiator
Jeff Vice
Fortunately the resulting film Gladiator has Scott being a lot more on than he s been for a long long time It s a handsome looking testosterone driven epic that s among the very best things he s ever produced 
3.5
Gladiator
Linda Cook
This is a neatly wrought blend of two classic film categories The historical drama and the revenge movie Director Ridley Scott keeps the sequences wound tightly there s not a moment that something interesting isn t going on 
4
Gladiator
Dann Gire
Gladiator doesn t strike any blows for innovation Its plot has been cobbled together from earlier blood and sand epics 
2.5
Gladiator
Chris Garcia
Gladiator succeeds on two fronts One is the unabashed neato ness of man eating tigers and of warriors toiling in hand to hand combat The other is the intellectual thrills exerted by the film s meticulous recreation of Rome 
3
Gladiator
Dan Webster
It is far from the David Lean type epic that some of the film s producers are dubbing it but it s far better than the mass of those 1950s era sword and sandal spectacles 
3
Gladiator
Bill DuPre
Crowe is a marvel as Maximus especially considering that he seems small and rather ordinary to play the part of this towering hero of the people But Crowe makes believers of us He s like a character out of a fable 
3.5
Gladiator
Sean P. Means
Once called to battle Crowe commands the arena and the movie with intense concentration and a ferocious look in his eyes He doesn t just perform in Gladiator he owns the movie like a wild animal prowling his territory 
3
Gladiator
Bruce R. Miller
Plain and simple Gladiator is a killer film filled with everything that makes moviegoing worth the effort It s an experience that can t be duplicated in any other format 
4
Gladiator
Joe Holleman
Director Scott has dug deep into his bag of computer generated imagery tricks and pulled out either the world s coolest video game or a movie that falls in on itself because of its overblown appearance and stilted dialogue 
2
Gladiator
Bob Ross
Gladiator refurbishes the old school epic format Using high tech tools and post modern politics the visually dynamic director Scott turns historical fiction into bang up excitement for the new century 
3.5
Gladiator
Bill Chambers
Oh to have original blockbusters back no franchise aspirations and nothing to sell except the star s charisma and 150 ounces of popcorn 
3
Gladiator
Jeff Simon
Russell Crowe as Maximus has the charismatic glower of a true star If you have to introduce an entirely new generation to a big bloody and very dicey old movie form you can do a lot worse than giving them Gladiator 
3
Gladiator
Ann Hornaday
Rather than getting lost in the world Scott has created on screen Scott asks filmgoers to marvel at how he created that world and how smoothly he succeeds in manipulating us 
2
Gladiator
Jami Bernard
If there s a soft spot in your heart for the sword sandal epic then you ll swoon with giddy delight over Gladiator 
3.5
Gladiator
Desmond Ryan
The fusion of the ancient and the modern even to the point of some sly echoes of our own sports mad society is seamless Gladiator does indeed deliver the glory that was Rome but it also clinically dissects the assumptions on which it was built 
4
Gladiator
Nick Rogers
Russell Crowe is as believable a Spaniard here as Charlton Heston was a Mexican in Touch of Evil But director Ridley Scott took greater interest in entwining an empire s intrigue with its people s turmoil than emphasizing bread and circus brutality 
4
Gladiator
Josh Larsen
The brutality has such a mythical grandeur that it occasionally resembles beauty 
3
Gladiator
Joe Lozito
The film is good at times grizzly fun of epic proportions 
3
Gladiator
Wesley Lovell
A Roman version of Ben Hur Gladiator succeeds on only slightly more levels than it fails 
2.5
Gladiator
Scott Nash
Gladiator is a movie that while watching you can enjoy for a while 
2
Gladiator
Judith Egerton
Scott has delivered the first Roman Empire epic in more than 30 years and it s a doozy 
3.5
Gladiator
Michael Dequina
Crowe s commanding performance not only towers over Ridley Scott s epic adventure but elevates it to a higher plane 
3.5
Gladiator
Michael Szymanski
If no one paid attention to Russell Crowe after his stellar performances in The Insider and L A Confidential they did so after he put on his Roman togs 
4
Gladiator
Margaret A. McGurk
Though heavy on the blood letting Gladiator serves as a smashing kick start to what looks like an exciting summer for fans of high powered action movies 
3.5
Gladiator
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Is this thrilling to anyone 
1.5
Gladiator
Jeffrey Westhoff
Gladiator moves furiously through its 2 5 hours and despite a ludicrous ending is entertaining in its own right Ever the visualist Scott does reinvigorate the battle sequences of the Roman epic 
3
Gladiator
Rick Groen
The Roman costume drama all dressed to the IX s has taken a long holiday from the big screen 
3
Gladiator
Hollywood.com Staff
Tremendous cast Gigantic special effects Epic story Same ticket price 
3.5
Gladiator
Dan Lybarger
Thanks to a combination of real locations and convincing computer generated effects Scott can create sweeping vistas and that Cecil B DeMille would envy 
3
Gladiator
Andrew Howe
Gladiator is like an empty piñata a beautiful but ultimately hollow affair promising considerably more than it delivers Enjoy the game while it lasts but temper it with the knowledge that transient thrills will be your only reward 
3
Gladiator
James Kendrick
Gladiator is an old fashioned sword and sandal tale with graphic violence and a slick gloss of sentimentality It almost works 
2.5
Gladiator
Emily Blunt
Thank you lord for Russell Crowe 
4
Gladiator
Marty Mapes
It s a violent noisy low brow distraction 
2
Gladiator
Ron Weiskind
Director Scott gives them all characters a big tapestry one that borders on the mythological Their combined talents fill it admirably 
3.5
Gladiator
Maitland McDonagh
Ridley Scott supplies bloodthirsty spectacle on an extraordinary scale in this muscular historical drama 
3.5
Gladiator
Wesley Morris
Scott largely prevails arousing you with slaughter leaving the guilt for someone else to fret over like Crowe who transforms the rage roiling in Maximus into unmitigated pain There s a patois in his voice and it s called revenge 
3
Gladiator
Robert W. Butler
Gladiator isn t bad enough to be really good It s not blatantly ridiculous in the manner of those awful Italian made efforts cable TV carries in the wee hours but neither has it the dramatic weight to be taken seriously 
2.5
Gladiator
Jorge Avila Andrade
One more example of why cinema is considered the Seventh Art Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Gladiator
Gary Brown
There s little room for neutral territory with this one You re either going to love or hate Gladiator 
2
Gladiator
Mick LaSalle
This Ridley Scott film his best in years re envisions ancient Rome for the aughts and makes it safe to go back in the Colosseum 
3
Gladiator
Madeleine Williams
From battling armies to duels to the death Gladiator is impressive though bloody to watch 
3
Gladiator
Terry Lawson
It is undeniably a triumph muscular and entertaining 
3
Gladiator
Steven Rosen
This film is the first sword and sandal epic since the mid 1960s 
3
Gladiator
David Keyes
A refreshing and much anticipated return to the world of some of the most astounding warriors ever known 
4
Gladiator
Tor Thorsen
It may bear some flaws and familiar elements but Gladiator s script is a great story well told evading the clichés one might expect and staying completely one liner free 
4
Gladiator
Rene Rodriguez
A movie that revels in the primal thrill of swords tearing into flesh and blood spraying in huge arterial gouts 
3
Gladiator
Jay Stone
Gladiator is too long too pretentious too ambitious and too bloody but it lingers in the boldness of its scope Much like ancient Rome itself actually 
3.5
Gladiator
Bob Bloom
Grip your theater seats and prepare to be entertained 
3.5
Gladiator
Wade Major
A smart blend of classic heroism and intelligent drama 
4
Gladiator
Ross Anthony
Gladiator does best what it proposes it be s big 
2.5
Gladiator
Shay Casey
Gladiator isn t groundbreaking but it s good old fashioned entertainment 
3
Gladiator
Cornell & Petricelli
Spectacle and human drama interweave beautifully in this epic recreation of the spirit of ancient Rome in all its pomp splendor and horror 
3.5
Gladiator
Dustin Putman
Gladiator is a flawed motion picture and one that for all its flashiness comes off as a mild disappointment It is still a good film but only marginally so and easily could have been a great one 
2.5
Gladiator
Joe Baltake
Gladiator looms as an audacious if not exactly great movie Scott not only revives a genre that was thought of as dead but brings a decided social consciousness to the material The novelty of it alone should make Gladiator into a huge hit 
3
Gladiator
Michael Wilmington
The most visually spectacular of all Roman Empire epics 
3.5
Gladiator
Roger Ebert
The film looks muddy fuzzy and indistinct 
2
Gladiator
Susan Wloszczyna
The biggest disappointment is that even though Gladiator pours on the usual Caesar dressing it skimps on the heart stirring spirit lifting emotions of its predecessors 
2.5
Gladiator
Ted Fry
This tale of power and revenge proves that there are still some people in the movie business who know what they re doing 
4
Gladiator
Ian Mantgani
Ridley Scott s Gladiator is an interesting and attractive action movie but not a very forceful one 
2.5
Gladiator
Susan Stark
A visually astonishing picture that brings script performance and alas displays of violence up to the modern standard 
3
Gladiator
Gene Seymour
Crowe s brooding melancholy is matched with his riveting physical presence and a grubby intensity But it s Phoenix s bravado turn as the saturnine weasel Commodus that delivers the biggest surprise in the cast 
3
Gladiator
Rob Blackwelder
While Gladiator is nothing if not stimulating and richly visual director Ridley Scott s sense of grandeur is inconsistent and he often over reaches in his attempts to modernize the storytelling for MTV audiences 
2.5
Gladiator
James Berardinelli
This is filmmaking on a grand scale 
3.5
Gladiator
Jonathan Foreman
An exhilarating sweeping epic that begs to be seen on the largest possible screen 
3.5
Red Satin
Kam Williams
A daring drama that addresses how a wanton woman copes with a strict social structure that would deny her any outlet for her animalistic urges 
4
Red Satin
Joe Baltake
Leading a double life in an American film only comes to no good but not here Matters play out realistically if not always fairly 
3
Red Satin
Phil Villarreal
Though the path to self assurance may seem a little dubious you can t knock it too hard After all it worked for Lilia And it worked for Amari 
3
Red Satin
Marta Barber
Though far from perfect the film is predictable Satin Rouge is a refreshing view of a foreign culture 
2.5
Red Satin
Chris Hewitt
This Cinderella story is not new but director Raja Amari makes the scenes in the club so vibrant and lush that we feel what it s like for Lilia to be there 
3
Red Satin
Liam Lacey
Part of the charm of Satin Rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness 
3
Red Satin
Patrick Z. McGavin
A fascinating examination of the joyous turbulent self discovery made by a proper middle aged woman 
3
Red Satin
Jonathan Perry
As improbable as this premise may seem Abbass s understated shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life 
3
Red Satin
Walter Chaw
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we ve been watching for decades
2
Red Satin
Mick LaSalle
Refreshing 
3
Red Satin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lackluster and uninspired 
1.5
Red Satin
Moira MacDonald
A film drenched in irresistible color and texture 
3
Red Satin
Bob Strauss
A terrifically subtle piece about one woman s personal liberation in a patriarchal Muslim society 
3.5
Red Satin
Jan Stuart
The powder blues and sun splashed whites of Tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly dancing clubs 
3
Red Satin
Megan Turner
A sensual performance from Abbass buoys the flimsy story but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we re left wondering about this exotic looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at 
2.5
Red Satin
Jeffrey Wachs
While certainly more naturalistic than its Australian counterpart Amari s film falls short in building the drama of Lilia s journey 
2.5
Red Satin
Harvey S. Karten
Who d have thought that Arabic Tunisia could produce such a sexy movie 
3
First Love
Roger Ebert
When a movie moves slowly we re supposed to appreciate the pacing and it is a great day when a director succeeds in establishing a mood even if that mood is boredom in the audience 
2
The People Under the Stairs
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 those shrieking 44 reaching victims will always stay with me 46 
2.5
The People Under the Stairs
Henry Sheehan
The People Under the Stairs may be as misshapen as the people who live in this basement but it might be as subversive too 
3
The People Under the Stairs
David Nusair
a decent premise that s employed to pervasively and increasingly unwatchable effect by Craven 
1
The People Under the Stairs
John Beifuss
A parable of underclass exploitation that ends in revolution and extreme even explosive wealth redistribution 
3
The People Under the Stairs
Matt Brunson
Or The Script Under the Coffee Cup As with most Craven images this one suffers from lackluster performances a clumsy screenplay a campy tone and a noticeable lack of suspense 
1.5
The People Under the Stairs
Dustin Putman
As a horror film and an allegory that is just as timely in the 21st century as it was in the early 1990s The People Under the Stairs actually has something to say beyond its goal to frighten 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Kevin A. Ranson
You know how people say Stephen King really shouldn t direct his own stuff for the big screen kids are smarter than adults give them credit for smart enough to avoid and or ignore this foolishness 
0
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Josh Terry
The Long Haul suffers from a poor script unconvincing acting and an agitating soundtrack that makes the whole production feel decidedly low budget 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Tina Hassannia
Here we are with The Long Haul which perfectly describes the viewing experience 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Sara Michelle Fetters
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul comes agonizingly close to being unwatchable 
.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Andrew Parker
It s a toxic misstep from a once reliable series 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Christian Toto
This Wimpy mom is like Chevy Chase in Vacation She wants family harmony even if it kills her 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
David Nusair
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series receives a full reboot with this typically underwhelming entry 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Rafer Guzman
The all new cast is fine but this Wimpy entry feels skimpy on jokes and charm 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Linda Barnard
For all the gags Rodrick s staggering dumbness and enough poop jokes to keep the average kid happily chortling this Wimpy Kid seems to drag in the second half feeling longer than its 92 minutes 
2.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Jody Mitori
Most likely Wimpy Kid fans will embrace the gross jokes The rest of us can hope the inevitable next film is better As if 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Jane Horwitz
The ratio of giggles to groans runs about 50 50 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Christy Lemire
You ll never know how good the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies were until you re forced to see the fourth one 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Peter Hartlaub
In the end it s all mostly harmless fun 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Tom Russo
Kinney and Bowers succeed in their effort to deliver their material s earnest themes with new clarity and resonance 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
This crude but charming kiddie road movie is hard to resist 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Kent Turner
More than a little tiresome and less of a joyride 
2
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Kam Williams
Every skit is designed to keep the target tyke and tot audience ts in stitches with only occasional asides for adults like an inspired homage to Psycho s shower scene Altogether a delightfully mindless diversion for the pre teen demographic 
3
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Katie Walsh
A dirge of unfunny scatological material techno anxiety and child endangerment masquerading as familial bonding 
1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Keith Watson
The film s problem isn t so much the grossness of its humor as the laziness with which it s executed 
1.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Roger Moore
Almost worth it for the Psycho shower scene send up Almost 
2
Forgiving the Franklins
Erik Childress
Floyd does provide some huge laughs along the way but loses all potential for poignancy by never getting past what eventually becomes a one joke premise 
2.5
Dick Johnson Is Dead
James Kendrick
Simultaneously poignant and twisted sweet and morbid it tackles the taboo topics of aging and senility and death with a rare combination of grace and sick humor that has every reason not to workbut does 
3.5
Dick Johnson Is Dead
John Beifuss
Created with an artist s insistence that realization of a vision justifies what some might call exploitation 
3.5
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Jake Coyle
Johnson has a rare gift for being so nakedly and frankly personal that she speaks for everyone She turns intimacy into rhapsody 
4
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Lisa Trifone
Dick Johnson is Dead may just be like no other non fiction film released this year 
4
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Tom Meek
The film s a love letter a means of coping and an opportunity for some good father daughter bonding 
3
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Ty Burr
I won t tell you how it ends but I will say that Mark Twain would probably give it a thumbs up 
3
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Matt Zoller Seitz
A rich and rewarding documentary that feels like the next stage in the stylistic evolution of Kirsten Johnson 
3.5
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Joey Magidson
Dick Johnson is Dead will wreck a lot of you especially if you ve lost someone special If not it will likely make you cherish your loved ones even more 
3.5
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Ann Hornaday
Plenty of movies are wish fulfillment fantasies but Kirsten Johnson has created a first a dread fulfillment fantasy that brims with love humor and of all things life 
3
Dick Johnson Is Dead
G. Allen Johnson
Less a horror film than a valentine from a daughter to a father and a sweet portrait of a man going gently into that good night 
3
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Josh Larsen
a reprieve from mortality even as it s creatively immersed in it 
3.5
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Keith Watson
Dick Johnson Is Dead is very much a film about its own making one which repeatedly exposes its artifice 
3
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Sean P. Means
If one has to go and dying is the one thing we re all going to do someday going in a fun way like this surrounded by happy grandkids and lots of chocolate cake is the nicest way to go 
3.5
Trick
Federico Furzan
It s messy it s loud it s violent Sadly the mixture does not work this time and Trick stays away from being a worthy slasher film Full review in Spanish 
2
Trick
Rex Reed
A it s a cheesy actionable rip off of the John Carpenter Halloween franchise with plenty of blood and jack o lanterns but without a shred of originality 
0
Trick
Brian Tallerico
Sure I was never bored but this movie makes zero sense 
1.5
Trick
Sara Michelle Fetters
Trick isn t much of a Halloween treat and like a sour apple stuffed with razor blades washing the bad taste of this one out of my mouth is going to be difficult to do 
2
Trick
Henry Stewart
Patrick Lussier s film is an incompetent nihilistic exercise in gore and pseudophilosophy 
0
Deadly Pursuit
David Nusair
an erratically paced yet generally better than average old school thriller 
3
Deadly Pursuit
Roger Ebert
It marks Sidney Poitier s return to acting after 10 years behind the camera He is probably not going to win any awards for this performance but it s nice to have him back 
3
Jackass: The Movie
Nick Rogers
Superficial shenanigans don t diminish its effect It s a ridiculously funny barrage of taboo pranks practical jokes and tests of both social altruism and Bam Margera s parents patience most of it failsafed so that the foolishness never subsides 
4
Jackass: The Movie
Michael Dequina
The movie is designed to play for one audience and one audience only existing Jackass fans 
2
Jackass: The Movie
Peter Travers
It s not exactly stupid Cynical might be a better word 
2
Jackass: The Movie
Ian Mantgani
I like it There is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude this fast paced and this insane 
3.5
Jackass: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
The name says it all Jackass is a vulgar and cheap looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set 
.5
Jackass: The Movie
Mark Caro
Maybe the best way to look at Jackass The Movie is as a piece of conceptual art How far and low will these guys go What s the pinnacle of pointlessness 
1
Jackass: The Movie
Michael Szymanski
Embarrassed myself about laughing out loud multiple times I found myself enjoying the movie much more than I ever enjoyed the TV show and these pseudo homo erotic stunts 
3.5
Jackass: The Movie
Mike McGranaghan
I like Jackass and I make no apologies for it 
3
Jackass: The Movie
Jonathan R. Perry
Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all night tequila bender and I know this because I ve seen jackass the movie 
0.5
Jackass: The Movie
Tom Keogh
Can literally make one sick so be prepared 
.5
Jackass: The Movie
C.W. Nevius
Witless pointless tasteless and idiotic 
0
Jackass: The Movie
Rene Rodriguez
As much as I laughed throughout the movie I cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment or even performance art although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys superhuman capacity to withstand pain 
2.5
Jackass: The Movie
Renee Graham
An inflated and excruciating 85 minutes with barely enough laughs to sustain 10 
1
Jackass: The Movie
Mark Dujsik
There s something wrong with the cast of Jackass and the simple fact of the matter is that watching people satisfy their masochistic tendencies isn t fun or funny 
0
Jackass: The Movie
Rob Blackwelder
Strictly for shallow end of the gene pool types who find professional wrestling and monster truck shows too sophisticated for their simple minded tastes 
1
Jackass: The Movie
Frank Ochieng
To say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor 
1
Jackass: The Movie
Jennie Punter
Belongs in the too hot for TV direct to video DVD category and this is why I have given it a one star rating 
1
Jackass: The Movie
Linda Cook
My face still hurts from laughing 
3.5
Jackass: The Movie
Dustin Putman
Too often the viewer isn t reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance 
1.5
Jackass: The Movie
John Monaghan
I m not sure which will take longer to heal the welt on Johnny Knoxville s stomach from a riot control projectile or my own tortured psyche 
1
Jackass: The Movie
Mary Kalin-Casey
Incredibly funny 
3
Jackass: The Movie
Lou Lumenick
Plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year 
0
Jackass: The Movie
Jeff Vice
Possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio 
1.5
Jackass: The Movie
Phil Villarreal
My oh my is this an invigorating electric movie 
4
Jackass: The Movie
David Nusair
Jackass is certainly one of the funniest moviesof the year 
2.5
Jackass: The Movie
Ross Anthony
Creatively crude head banging silly STUPID FUN 
3
Jackass: The Movie
Ed Gonzalez
For fans of MTV s now defunct Jackass series the best thing that can be said about Jackass The Movie is that it offers more of the same but with an NC 17 twist 
2
Kansas City Confidential
Matt Brunson
A down and dirty film noir with all the requisite blood sweat and double crosses 
3.5
Kansas City Confidential
Sean Howe
Falls into that rarefied early 50s cycle of noir which benefited from B directors who had learned how to quickly dispense with the genre conventions and deliver brutal action and lurid innuendos 
3.5
Suspiria
Brian Eggert
The film belongs among the pantheon of great horror remakes placing Guadagnino s name alongside those responsible for other superior remakes including David Cronenberg John Carpenter and Philip Kaufman 
4
Suspiria
Jeff Mitchell
A gorgeous work of art and a confusing mess 
2.5
Suspiria
Wesley Lovell
Can it compare Should it compare Knowing the intention behind the director s vision is as important to that assessment of the film as is knowing the original 
3.5
Suspiria
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A frustrating film during the first two hours and a fascinating one towards the end 
2
Suspiria
Federico Furzan
A remake that stays away from being a respectful copy Suspiria is a notable step in the horror genre Eerie sufficient and shocking Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Suspiria
Tom Meek
Swinton as usual is all in 
3.5
Suspiria
Joe Friar
Blood and gore flow freely especially in the finale which will go down as one of the most unforgettable moments of any horror film in a macabre dance of the flesh that resembles a collaboration between Andy Warhol and David Cronenberg 
4
Suspiria
James Kendrick
packs the narrative with an overt political history that never really coheres with the dramatic narrative and its distinctly feminine horrors
2.5
Suspiria
David N. Butterworth
It took some chutzpah to remake Dario Argento s seminal 77 shocker but somehow despite its questionable length stodgy pacing and multitudinous plot threads Luca Guadagnino manages to pull the whole thing off 
2.5
Suspiria
Dustin Putman
A sustained death rattle in dread inducing cinematic form a tale of thematically loaded suggestion and ominous fate of deep seated guilt and haunting premonition Seeing it once isn t nearly enough 
3.5
Suspiria
Roger Moore
Indulgent opaque ickiness
1.5
Suspiria
Kevin A. Ranson
the payoff gleefully self flagellates itself into exhaustive pointlessness Had it been shorter a subplot less or both these things it would have again become what inspired it a clear case of never needing to have bothered in the first place 
1
Suspiria
Kent Turner
Guadagnino has made less a riddle and more of a performance art piece with a touch of louche elegance 
2.5
Suspiria
Robert Daniels
Suspiria is a statement and a question at once And one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Suspiria
Richard Roeper
Ambitious grandiose occasionally compelling but far more often irritating and laughable 
2
Suspiria
Barry Hertz
The filmmakers insatiable curiosity and grandiose sense of spectacle keeps Suspiria from becoming half as annoying as it should be 
2.5
Suspiria
Rubén Rosario
Even as it juggles too many balls in the air Suspiria methodically wraps its tendrils around you The film s bursts of graphic bloodletting punctuated by eerie nightmare sequences that feel like something out of a queasy art installation 
3.5
Suspiria
Sonny Bunch
The final half hour of Suspiria suggests there s a brash mad movie buried somewhere under all this pretense one that could have rivaled Mandy for most crazy fun movie of the year 
1.5
Suspiria
David Nusair
Suspiria grows more and more unwatchable as it slowly progresses through its absolutely absurd 152 minute running time 
.5
Suspiria
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We are at the end left with a bloody mess emphasis on guts No thank you 
1.5
Suspiria
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is likely the love it hate it event epic of 2018 and I can t imagine we ll see its like again soon at any point in the foreseeable future 
3.5
Suspiria
Peter Howell
It s a mess isn t it Susie says at one point and she s certainly got that right 
1
Suspiria
Sean P. Means
From its captivating first moments to its mind bending conclusion Suspiria shows Guadagnino is deliberate in his desire to unsettle the audience and rewrite the rules of supernatural horror 
3.5
Suspiria
Moira MacDonald
By its bizarre final sequence the viewer feels lost in a sea of blood and pretension 
2
Suspiria
Karen M. Peterson
At 151 minutes Suspiria is a commitment But Luca Guadagnino is the kind of director who knows how to use the time he takes 
3.5
Suspiria
John Shipley
We know we re in trouble when the credits describe what we re about to watch as Six Acts and an Epilogue in a Divided Berlin Woof 
1
Suspiria
Ty Burr
When art minded film directors stoop to genre minded filmmaking it s generally a good idea to duck Despite sequences that may lodge in your memory forever Luca Guadagnino s Suspiria is no exception to this rule 
2.5
Suspiria
Gary Thompson
In the end there s nothing as chilling as the scene featuring Timothee Chalamet and the apricot in Call Me By Your Name 
2
Suspiria
Mark Dujsik
It attempts to expand upon its predecessor with underwhelming results 
2
Suspiria
Josh Larsen
tries to bring too much meaning to its horror conceit 
2
Suspiria
Michael O'Sullivan
Call it an art house slasher film Call it a beautiful mess Just don t call me with questions about what any of it means 
2
Suspiria
Alan French
Many who were unsettled by the original will find a far darker film this time out With many more viewings to come this might be the very best horror film of 2018 
3.5
Suspiria
Mick LaSalle
If life were infinite and leisure eternal and if the only challenge were how to fill the endless hours with something anything that might divert us even slightly Suspiria would still be something to miss 
0
Suspiria
James Berardinelli
If I wanted to be kind I d call Luca Guadagnino s Suspiria remake visually striking and stylish If I wanted to be brutally honest I d call it tedious pretentious and even painful although not in a good way 
1.5
Suspiria
Stephen Rebello
I found Suspiria to be ravishing repellant skin crawling and unforgettable 
3.5
Suspiria
Erik Anderson
Luca Guadagnino has concocted a witches brew of primal sisterhood that isn t for the faint of heart or patience It s a visually and morally challenging film that will leave you pondering its existence and meaning long after you ve left the theater 
4
Suspiria
Oliver Jones
Suspiria displays a much keener interest in impressing its audience with what it perceives is shocking boldness than it is with connecting to people psychologically or emotionally or for that matter simply telling a compelling story 
1
Suspiria
Walter Chaw
Befitting a Jungian text Suspiria s subtext is teeming with archetype obsessed with the violent power of female relationships and rituals 
3
Suspiria
Christy Lemire
You will stagger out of the theater wondering what exactly you just saw but you will not easily forget it 
3
Suspiria
Brian Truitt
Suspiria is bound to alienate some Actually probably many However those with a penchant for the new wave of psychological horror and a healthy respect for B movie camp will love this thing to the crazy last dance 
3.5
Suspiria
Sara Stewart
The finale should have you clutching your face Home Alone style as Guadagnino goes totally for broke 
3.5
Suspiria
Joey Magidson
Some open minded viewers may find its obtuseness infatuating Me I found it underwhelming and often pretentious 
2.5
Suspiria
Greg Cwik
Luca Guadagnino s remake of Dario Argento s film is silly and self serious a funereal pseudo realist drama about political upheaval and the violence of systems that s at odds with itself 
1.5
The Vault
Federico Furzan
Interesting premise Terrible execution This is a James Franco trap Full review in Spanish 
2
The Vault
Matt Brunson
Not much makes sense in this haphazardly plotted dud 
1.5
The Vault
Brian Tallerico
Ultimately The Vault isn t silly enough to be horrendously memorable or tense enough to be effective as the genre exercise it could have been It falls into that underdeveloped gap in the middle 
2
Return to Macon County
Roger Ebert
All of this may sound fairly uninspired and believe me it is but Return to Macon County isn t exactly a bad movie 
2
Throw Momma From the Train
Richard Freedman
Throw Momma from the Train is a comic triumph for all involved 
3.5
Throw Momma From the Train
David Nusair
a fairly forgettable piece of work that could and should have been so much better 
2.5
Throw Momma From the Train
Roger Ebert
Throw Momma from the Train is a series of missed opportunities and unexploited situations a movie that wants to have genuine nastiness at its heart but never quite works up the energy or the nerve to be truly heartless 
2
Eat Wheaties!
Mitchell Beaupre
There 8217 s an earnestness to this film that finds exactly the right register in which to speak truth to what we all need to hear a little bit more of these days 46 
2.5
Eat Wheaties!
Roger Moore
Cringe worthy comedy on a whole other level But Tony Hale and his light touch with the guy makes us see a sweetness that makes Sid s pain our pain
2.5
Eat Wheaties!
Peter Canavese
A very unusual out of left field quirky comedy with a great cast A hidden gem 
3.5
Eat Wheaties!
Richard Roeper
The oddball Tony Hale is taken for a stalker in unexpectedly sweet and funny comedy 
3
Eat Wheaties!
Monica Castillo
But Abramovitch doesn t quite strike the right tone for Hale s performance The story gets even more implausible as it goes on yet never moves on from making fun of Sid until the very end 
1
Eat Wheaties!
Mike McGranaghan
A smart satiric look at the moth to a flame allure of celebrity 
3
Steps
Tom Meek
The abundance of coincidence may feel too overpacked to be credible but once you re in the room with Morgan and Fauntleroy it s a nonissue 
2.5
Steps
Matt Brunson
It exhibits a generosity of spirit certain to earn the blessing of those it affects 
3
Steps
Bob Bloom
Steps is a decent movie because it is a heartfelt drama in which people who are given second chances are rewarded and fulfilled 
2.5
Circus
David Nusair
Despite some creative casting and a few good twists Circus never manages to rise above its muddled screenplay 
2.5
Circus
Jorge Avila Andrade
El Crculo del Crimen no aporta nada al gnero y es de esas pelculas que logran dar pena ajena
1.5
Circus
Ian Mantgani
Too many twists and turns from too many unexpected angles 
2.5
The Trouble With Harry
Walter Chaw
In a career littered with experiments that succeed to different degrees this is one that really worked 
4
The Trouble With Harry
Josh Larsen
A spirited irreverence about the power of death pervades Think of this as a relief valve compared to most of Hitchcock s other films 
3
The Trouble With Harry
Jeremy Heilman
Despite the artifice or perhaps partly because of it the film manages to be enjoyable 
3
Norwegian Wood
Mattie Lucas
A natural continuation of themes that have long been important to Tran and here they congeal into something wholly entrancing 
3
Norwegian Wood
Kelly Jane Torrance
Norwegian Wood is a lovely film which seems like a strange thing to say about a piece of work that centers on love and loss 
3.5
Norwegian Wood
Rob Thomas
Like an old memory that never loses its hold Norwegian Wood stays with you 
3.5
Norwegian Wood
John Beifuss
As melancholy and fragile and at times even as lovely as the John Lennon composition from which it borrows its name 
3
Norwegian Wood
Rick Groen
Tran has drained the life right out of the novel 
2
Norwegian Wood
Bruce DeMara
It becomes a film that like its characters remains elusive in its motivations and therefore detached from its audience 
2.5
Norwegian Wood
G. Allen Johnson
A master of mood and visuals Tran proves an inspired choice 
3
Norwegian Wood
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are sequences and situations I found myself floating into the celluloid 
2.5
Norwegian Wood
Chris Hewitt
It s most likely to appeal to fans of the Haruki Murakami novel on which it s based and they re the least likely to enjoy it 
2
Norwegian Wood
Roger Ebert
It s sweet all the way up wavers in dread and slides down to doom 
3
Norwegian Wood
Stephanie Merry
Norwegian Wood is a restrained portrait of liminal moments a coming of age tale that feels more like a moody ghost story than a neatly contained chronicle of beginnings 
2.5
Norwegian Wood
Kyle Smith
Even for a film set in a land that considers paper folding an exciting activity this is dull stuff 
2
Norwegian Wood
Stephen Whitty
The gently diffuse light and color and the compositions by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin create a delicate almost watercolored world fading like a memory 
2.5
Norwegian Wood
Kent Turner
There s plenty of sex and insanity storywise but the director takes a deliberately minimalistic and monochromatic approach especially in the direction of his lead actor 
2
Norwegian Wood
Dustin Putman
Low key and sweeping intimate and classically melodramatic 
3
Norwegian Wood
Fernando F. Croce
Even if this Haruki Murakami adaptation amounts to a gorgeous but lethargic emo ballad there s no denying the stately lyricism of its melancholy 
2.5
The Witch 2: The Other One
Simon Abrams
I apos m not sure where this particular wannabe franchise is going or if anybody but initiated viewers will care to find out 44 but I could watch another one 46 
2.5
The Witch 2: The Other One
Roger Moore
Park Hoon jung 8217 s everything but the Korean kitchen sink sequel to 2018 8217 s 8220 The Witch 58 Suberversion 46 46 46 quot a simple 44 slow moving witch hunt story whose clutter keeps it from ever truly getting up to speed 46 
2
Salvador Allende
V.A. Musetto
Director Guzman s film is filled with revelations that will disturb many including U S involvement in the coup If only Guzman had been more innovative in his presentation 
2.5
Salvador Allende
Ed Gonzalez
Less effective as a portrait of Allende than it is as a commentary on the documentary medium itself art as a means of resuscitating history 
2.5
Salvador Allende
Tom Keogh
Mixing extensive archival footage and contemporary interviews with survivors of the era the film gets across quite powerfully Allende s long courtship of the Chilean people 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Mattie Lucas
Occasionally uneven and often opaque and aimless but it is clear Maddin knows what he s doing And by the time it is over he has transported us not just to Winnipeg but into the heart and soul of an artist 
3
My Winnipeg
Steve Ramos
My Winnipeg is too funny and touching to be labeled purely experimental It s magical but the type of movie magic all can enjoy if they only take a walk through the winter wonderland known as Winnipeg 
3
My Winnipeg
Robert W. Butler
This love hate tribute to director Maddin s hometown is one of the year s weirdest most memorable 80 minutes of celluloid 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Jeff Vice
Given its unusual blend of fact and fiction the film is a real head scratcher Like most if not all of Maddin s films it s as bewildering as it is visually arresting And yes that means it s an acquired taste 
2.5
My Winnipeg
Rob Thomas
It s actually Maddin s most accessible film and underneath the surreal images and foreboding narration is a relatively familiar message You can go home again And if you do feel free to take some creative liberties here and there 
3
My Winnipeg
Phil Villarreal
Maddin translated his befuddlement of Winnipeg to me but not his fascination 
2
My Winnipeg
Matt Brunson
Maddin creates a rich tapestry weaving together fact and fiction 
3
My Winnipeg
Lawrence Toppman
A soft drifting dream of a motion picture 
3
My Winnipeg
Ruthe Stein
The best way to take My Winnipeg is with a box of popcorn and a grain of salt 
3
My Winnipeg
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maddin s weird beautiful funny and entertaining look at his hometown is probably about as personal and revealing as he s ever likely to get 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Peter Canavese
Despite the film s incredible specificity as one man s take on one city the wistful My Winnipeg achieves a powerful universality 
4
My Winnipeg
Ty Burr
This is a secret history and it s a wonder 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Chris Hewitt
The result is Maddin s most personal film and his easiest to love 
3
My Winnipeg
Michael Upchurch
The world would be a better place if every city had its Maddin 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Roger Ebert
If you love movies in the very sinews of your imagination you should experience the work of Guy Maddin 
4
My Winnipeg
Steven Rea
For the uninitiated I heartily recommend this free associative autobiographical gem 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Michael Phillips
Much of what Maddin asserts as truth is balderdash He was not for example born in the locker room of the local hockey team s arena 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Ken Fox
One comes away not with an understanding of Winnipeg as a geographical location but a state of mind a place where sleepwalkers wander and dream and never leave home because in their hearts they never really want to 
4
My Winnipeg
Peter Howell
The film shot in black and white like most of Maddin s creations is a treat for fans and a migraine for the uninitiated or terminally dull 
4
My Winnipeg
V.A. Musetto
Guy Maddin s films are always delightful but his latest My Winnipeg has an added treat for film buffs It features Ann Savage 
3
My Winnipeg
Elizabeth Weitzman
You re unlikely to find an easier entry into Maddin s wild world than this black and white docu fantasia a dryly funny cheerfully false autobiography 
3
My Winnipeg
John Anderson
A movie that is as happily warped and enthusiastically disturbed as the rest of director Guy Maddin s eccentric cinema 
4
My Winnipeg
Bill Weber
The dominant Maddin is the narrating filmmaker more palpably present than usual in the sound of his voice bemoaning a lost golden age of his hometown faced absurdities of the tall tale 
3.5
My Winnipeg
Pam Grady
Reality or just another Maddin fever dream whichever the images are striking 
4
My Winnipeg
David Nusair
a product designed to appeal solely to fans of filmmaker Guy Maddin s admittedly off kilter sensibilities 
2
My Winnipeg
James Adams
Holding its hallucinatory blend of archival footage animation and skewed recreations of scenes from Maddin s childhood together is the director s inspired entertaining narration 
3.5
Hard Kill
Roger Moore
Seeing Willis in BARELY in C movies like Hard Kill is just another reminder that some guys can t let go can t change a lifetime of piss poor movie choices
1
Hard Kill
Mark Dujsik
For a movie mostly shot at an abandoned factory Hard Kill is still pretty unimaginative 
1
The Center of the World
Sara Michelle Fetters
What follows in Wang Wang s Chinese Box Smoke Chan is Missing new film The Center of the World is the dark side of Pretty Woman only without the Cinderella like pretensions 
2.5
The Center of the World
David N. Butterworth
Wayne Wang s The Center of the World plays like a Mike Figgis film and that s not always a good thing 
2.5
The Center of the World
Dan Lybarger
The film doesn t really explore technology sex or anything else that deeply 
1.5
The Center of the World
Susan Stark
Ho hum 
1
The Center of the World
Roger Ebert
You want real This movie shows you real 
3.5
The Center of the World
Michael Wilmington
An absurd soft core yuppie fantasy coyly tip toeing around the idea of prostitution and its consequences 
2
The Center of the World
Steve Rhodes
The action is hot but never quite hot enough 
2.5
The Center of the World
Ross Anthony
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1.5
The Center of the World
James Berardinelli
Repeatedly ignores opportunities to take chances 
2
The Center of the World
Rob Blackwelder
The kind of cerebral sexually charged adult drama the NC 17 rating was created for 
3
The Center of the World
Mick LaSalle
Mindless and prurient 
1
The Center of the World
Rod Armstrong
Interesting but ultimately unsatisfying 
2.5
Modern Problems
David Nusair
Exacerbating matters is Chevy Chase s performance which is incredibly obnoxious even by his standards 
1
Panic in Needle Park
Mattie Lucas
While it sometimes seems to be spinning its wheels in 70 s era miserablism it s hard to take your eyes of the central performances and the truly alarming descent into the ugliness of addiction at its core 
3
Panic in Needle Park
Matt Brunson
Bleak and downbeat this remains a more effective anti drug PSA than any of Nancy Reagan s Just Say No finger wagging 
3
Panic in Needle Park
Fernando F. Croce
The Panic in the Needle Park rolls up the drug culture s sleeve and picks at the scabs underneath 
3.5
Panic in Needle Park
Roger Ebert
It is not filled with quick cutting or gimmicky editing but Jerry Schatzberg s direction is so confident that we cover the ground effortlessly 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Kam Williams
Bifurcated biopic about a long suffering wife who against her better judgment put her own career aspirations on hold for decades for the sake of an abusive alcoholic artist who took her for granted 
4
Cutie and the Boxer
Sean P. Means
The resulting portrait of a marriage enduring through change is funny and touching 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Chris Hewitt
The only way you ll get a more intimate view of a marriage than the one in Cutie and the Boxer is if you re in it and maybe not even then 
3
Cutie and the Boxer
John Beifuss
The viewer begins to wonder if this is a love story or a hate story or if there s a difference
3
Cutie and the Boxer
Rene Rodriguez
The story of an extraordinary marriage between two people bound together by their artistic impulse 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Liam Lacey
A lively double portrait of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara two Brooklyn based artists who after 40 years of marriage are still creating side by side and tormenting each other 
3
Cutie and the Boxer
Peter Howell
More than anything the film expresses at an almost subconscious level the difficulties of discerning not only what real art is but also what true love is all about 
3
Cutie and the Boxer
Moira MacDonald
Cutie and the Boxer takes this tale of two artists and tells it with style and wit 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Steven Rea
Directed with invention and insight by Zachary Heinzerling 
4
Cutie and the Boxer
Peter Keough
Slyly comments on the ironies of the past half century in contemporary art 
3
Cutie and the Boxer
Michael O'Sullivan
Movies twice as long are often half as eloquent 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Walter V. Addiego
The film neither simplifies the troubled relationship nor pushes us to take sides but asks us to observe the complexities of their life together 
3
Cutie and the Boxer
Roger Moore
A long running barely functioning marriage starving artists and the whole Emperor s New Clothes nature of the New York art scene all in one film
3
Cutie and the Boxer
Marsha McCreadie
Cutie and the Boxer like all truly noteworthy films takes you by surprise with its unexpected twists and revelations 
4
Cutie and the Boxer
Farran Smith Nehme
All that footage has been organized into a compact graceful story arc 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Robert Levin
The portrait of a marriage in full rife with compromises misunderstandings angry moments and tender scenes filled with the affection amassed over four decades 
3.5
Cutie and the Boxer
Chris Cabin
Funny moving honest and occasionally inspiring but as a portrait of a talent emerging from the shadow of a more public talent the scale of the shadow is curiously omitted 
3
Year of the Comet
Matt Brunson
William Goldman frequently complained that the picture failed because no one out there cared about red wine Sounds like sour and pressed grapes to me 
2
Year of the Comet
David Nusair
a sluggish endeavor that s been suffused with a whole host of questionable elements 
2
Year of the Comet
Mattie Lucas
Goldman s script features some sparkling one liners but the film s mix of action and romantic comedy often comes off as contrived rather than charming 
2
Rifkin's Festival
Brian Eggert
Rifkin s Festival continues Woody Allen s recent string of minor work 
2.5
Rifkin's Festival
James Kendrick
Allen is so enmeshed in his own world that he doesn t recognize how artificial it all feels a romantic comedy designed primarily as a vehicle for his self absorbed commentary on the shallowness of contemporary cinema
1.5
Rifkin's Festival
James Berardinelli
The possibility exists of course that Allen still has another masterpiece or two left but with every middling effort like A Rainy Day in New York or Rifkin s Festival it can be difficult to hold the faith 
2
Rifkin's Festival
Glenn Kenny
Allen s direction with Vittorio Storaro lensing is typically fluid If you re at all inclined to view this movie you ll find it s very easy to take in 
2.5
Rifkin's Festival
Mark Dujsik
Allen can t even be bothered to offer up even the façade of a point this time 
1
Rifkin's Festival
Phil Villarreal
The weak plot strains to carry even the slim 91 minute running time 
2
Rifkin's Festival
Rafer Guzman
It s tempting to view Rifkin s Festival as a final referendum on a once universally admired filmmaker In reality it s merely another halfhearted effort the kind we ve seen from Allen many times before 
2
Rifkin's Festival
Michael O'Sullivan
In the end the film doesn t feel like it s about very much at all It s a throwaway movie a bit of filler in the Woody Allen canon 
2
Rifkin's Festival
Joey Magidson
Rifkin s Festival is breezy light and thoroughly inconsequential In many ways it s the Woody Allen template over the past decade or so 
3
Rifkin's Festival
Mick LaSalle
To watch Rifkin s Festival and Allen s previous film A Rainy Day in New York 2019 is to wonder whether this is a filmmaker who has ceased to understand the world 
2
Rifkin's Festival
Chuck Bowen
As Rifkin s Festival drones on the wastefulness grows offensive in a manner that s unusual even for Woody Allen s misfires 
1
The Vengeance of She
Matt Brunson
Olinka Berova is so expressionless that she makes the original s Ursula Andress look like Meryl Streep but she s hardly the only flaw in this lackluster fantasy flick 
2
The Vengeance of She
Mike McGranaghan
Let s just say that Olinka Berova was not hired for her acting ability 
1.5
Menace II Society
Matt Brunson
From its shocking opening sequence to its fatalistic finale Menace II Society is a raw and mostly realistic drama 
3
Menace II Society
James Kendrick
In the end it s about life and death and all the choices we make in between 
3.5
Menace II Society
James Berardinelli
It won t be a fun time at least not in the conventional sense but you ll sit through a ninety seven minute odyssey that won t be quickly forgotten 
3.5
Menace II Society
Roger Ebert
Anyone who views this film thoughtfully must ask why our society makes guns easier to obtain and use than does any other country in the civilized world And that is only the most obvious of the many questions the film inspires 
4
Our Friend
Brian Eggert
Our Friend dramatizes Teague s account with raw performances and only a touch of sentimentality 
3
Our Friend
Pamela Powell
There are plenty of moments to laugh and to cry as we are captivated by the giggles of the children and relate to the every day moments Our Friend is a perfectly balanced story that rings true to every aspect of life including facing death 
3.5
Our Friend
Steven Prokopy
Our Friend sets the bar higher for what compassion kindness and empathy are meant to be 
3.5
Our Friend
Linda Cook
Our Friend is a compelling true story of friendship and loss 
4
Our Friend
Ty Burr
Some things remain a mystery If we were a little bit better as people this decent clear eyed movie hints they might not 
3
Our Friend
Peter Canavese
Sounds pretty gooey on paper but succeeds in never melodramatizing or sanctifying sadness 
3.5
Our Friend
Roger Moore
As acting baggage goes you could do worse than be saddled with the rep Jason Segel takes with him from film to film 
3
Our Friend
Richard Roeper
A gentle two boxes of tissue tearjerker 
3
Our Friend
Pamela Powell
This heartfelt and original yet universal story with superb performances thanks not only to the talented actors but to a credible script and an intuitive director makes Our Friend a film you need to see 
3.5
Our Friend
Sara Michelle Fetters
To say I wasn t visibly moved would be a lie 
2.5
Our Friend
Sheila O'Malley
Our Friend is insightful on a lot of things nobody wants to talk about like caregiver fatigue 
3
Our Friend
Rob Thomas
We should all be so lucky to have a Dane in our lives or get the chance to be one for someone else 
3
Our Friend
Mark Dujsik
Our Friend is truthful about what disease does to people living with it and near it 
3
Our Friend
Johnny Oleksinski
This is not the usual Good Samaritan shtick And the film is more moving for it 
3
Our Friend
Chris Hewitt
Jones clear eyed forthrightness gets Our Friend to the finish line and makes sure that as much as it s a movie about cancer it is even more about friendship kindness and love 
3.5
Our Friend
Joe Friar
A beautiful and heartwarming film with superb performances There are plenty of watery eyed moments but this is not your average tear jerker but a celebration of life 
4
Our Friend
Mick LaSalle
Grounding in real experience takes the movie in a direction that isn t phony or romantic or exploitative like most illness movies Instead it s recognizably human and odd 
3
Our Friend
Catherine Springer
Segel is cast perfectly as the lovable and funny semi loser with a heart of gold expanding on characters we ve seen him play before in films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You Man 
2
Our Friend
Joey Magidson
A trio of terrific performances help to elevate this movie Casey Affleck Dakota Johnson and especially Jason Segel deliver here investing you in the story 
3
Our Friend
David Nusair
An absolutely heartbreaking tearjerker 
3.5
Devils on the Doorstep
Phil Villarreal
The tonal shifts are jolting and though Wen s messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive 
3.5
Devils on the Doorstep
V.A. Musetto
A wild ride that effortlessly combines devilish dark humor slapstick comedy extreme violence and bitter satire 
3
The Hammer
Doug Knoop
Overall this is a gentle and fascinating alternative to your typical noisy big screen blockbuster 
3
Bereavement
Ethan Alter
Gruesome in the moment but your memory of it is easily wiped clean 
2
Bereavement
Duane Dudek
Bereavement is cruel and unusual 
1.5
Bereavement
John Anderson
Virtually every shot in Bereavement a sort of prequel to Mena s Malevolence 2005 is the right one the editing also by Mena is first rate 
3
Bereavement
Chuck Bowen
The film is so laughably Freudian it could play as a parody of certain acclaimed horror film studies such as Men Women and Chainsaws Gender in the Horror Film 
0
Bereavement
Rob Thomas
Bereavement isn t a bad slasher film but after a few stabs no pun intended at being something more it settles for being just a slasher film And that s disappointing 
2
Bereavement
Christian Toto
Bereavement is one nasty piece of work 
2.5
Bereavement
Dustin Putman
A character centric thriller signifying Mena s progression as a filmmaker even as it doesn t quite retain the same home grown charm and earnestness of its predecessor 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Matt Brunson
Rude and crude 44 Tropic Thunder displays minimal mercy toward its targets 46 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Tom Meek
A cast to die for and one of the truly hysterical and irreverent films of the past few decades 
3
Tropic Thunder
Christian Toto
Tropic Thunder pushes more buttons than most comedies dare 
3
Tropic Thunder
Peter Keough
Sounds predictable and academic but what s unexpected is how deftly Stiller manages to explore these issues and allude to war films from The Bridge on the River Kwai to Platoon to Rambo while still recognizing the value of a well placed fart joke 
3
Tropic Thunder
Ken Fox
Cruise is downright scary It s the creepiest and most entertaining performance since his unforgettable appearance in that Scientology video 
3
Tropic Thunder
Janos Gereben
A delightfully entertaining very funny movie 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Jeff Vice
A big budgeted bust that could prove to be an embarrassment to at least a few of the bigger name actors in its cast 
2
Tropic Thunder
Rene Rodriguez
Cruise and particularly Downey are something to behold They give this Thunder its lightning 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Frank Ochieng
Thunder is ambitiously blunt and blasphemous in its bombastic barbs of treasured absurdity a calculated comedy drenched in volumes of manufactured viciousness and succulent screwball vibrancy 
3
Tropic Thunder
David Nusair
Robert Downey Jr s full retard speech is alone worth the price of a ticket 
3
Tropic Thunder
Des Partridge
For an insider s take on the movie business Stiller s action comedy has you laughing from the start 
4
Tropic Thunder
John Wirt
Even if Tropic Thunder doesn t move you to tears it deserves your consideration 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Paul Byrnes
Ben Stiller s confidence as a director is growing this is comedy on a grand scale with huge effects and a big cast 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Downey Jr steals the film as an actor s actor it s a totally calculated great performance but not necessarily an easy or obvious one 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Eric Melin
This film is genuinely uncomfortable In fact you may want to make sure you know the person you see this movie with very well 
3
Tropic Thunder
Lori Hoffman
director Ben Stiller gleefully severs the hand that feeds him in his vicious funny Hollywood satire 
3
Tropic Thunder
Wesley Lovell
This Hollywood industry parody features solid performances from Robert Downey Jr Jay Baruchel and Tom Cruise and a generally funny execution 
3
Tropic Thunder
Charles Koplinski
Not only one of the funniest films of the year but also one of the smartest 
4.0
Tropic Thunder
Gina Carbone
Make Satan s Alley Do it now while Robert Downey Jr is still Michael Phelps hot The world needs more monk love set to Enigma 
3
Tropic Thunder
Kam Williams
An intelligent and frequently funny film with some profound points to make about the shallowness of the movie industry 
3
Tropic Thunder
Peter T. Chattaway
A bizarre little film that manages to be both an exercise in tasteless humor and a commentary on Hollywood s tastelessness 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Kyle Smith
Half showbiz satire half action movie half broad comedy and all Tom Cruise 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Mike McGranaghan
If you read Entertainment Weekly from cover to cover devour the bonus features on your DVDs and watch the E network religiously then Tropic Thunder is a comedy custom made for you 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Greg Maki
An action comedy done right 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Jordan Hiller
While the blogs and talking heads seem to be wrong headedly preoccupied with issues of semantics and race what I found to be the most authentically disturbing is Tropic Thunder s use of war and soldiering as basis for levity 
3
Tropic Thunder
Larry Ratliff
It s definitely not for everybody But it s also very funny as a no holds barred frat house party comedy 
3
Tropic Thunder
John Beifuss
To peg Tropic Thunder as a satire of moviemaking is to limit its anarchic outlandish appeal It s like saying South Park is about an elementary school 
4
Tropic Thunder
Rob Thomas
A breathtakingly funny movie that weaves together huge gut level laughs with some very subtle and layered satire about show business 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Daniel M. Kimmel
a raucous Hollywood spoof that takes no prisoners 
3
Tropic Thunder
Linda Cook
It s official Summer is the season for adult comedies too 
3
Tropic Thunder
Steve Rhodes
Uneven and needlessly gross Tropic Thunder still manages to elicit enough really big laughs to make it an easy film to recommend 
3
Tropic Thunder
Jeanne Aufmuth
The laughs fly as fast and furious as enemy fire 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Christian Toto
The anti PC Tropic Thunder will have audiences laughing too hard for any offense to be taken
3
Tropic Thunder
Claudia Puig
There are some wildly funny scenes a few leaden ones and others that are scattershot with humorous satire undercut by over the top grisliness Still when it s funny it s really funny 
3
Tropic Thunder
Peter Howell
What keeps everything from imploding are Downey and Cruise who are willing to push every audience button and damn the politically correct torpedoes 
3
Tropic Thunder
Chris Hewitt
The funny parts are really funny and Ben Stiller knows exactly what s stupid about stupid action movies 
3
Tropic Thunder
Carrie Rickey
Tropic Thunder is raunchy raucous and riotously funny But so acutely self conscious that the effect is one of a stand up comedian furnishing color commentary on his own act 
3
Tropic Thunder
Stephen Whitty
It is often very funny and wittily on target about the fine madness of moviemaking 
3
Tropic Thunder
Sean P. Means
Such a sharply lacerating satire of Hollywood excess that it sometimes ends up cutting itself 
3
Tropic Thunder
Lou Lumenick
Tropic Thunder is all over the place but it s hard to get too tough on a Hollywood satire that in the end loves Hollywood so much that it s just not going to take any prisoners 
3
Tropic Thunder
Duane Dudek
Tropic Thunder is just sophomoric enough to offend And while it is also funny it is without the empathy or compassion to cause us to wonder why we are laughing 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Bob Bloom
It spoofs the magic of movies the narcissism insecurities and ego driven minds of actors the cliches of action films and the bottom line mentality of studio bosses 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Jason Heck
Tropic Thunder hits more than it misses due in large part to its charismatic cast of well known faces Stiller s mugging doesn t get old and Jack Black well can anyone do hysterical heroin withdrawal better than Jack Black 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Amy Biancolli
At its best Tropic Thunder skewers impotent directors fascist producers prima donna stars and classic scenes from the camo fatigues genre 
3
Tropic Thunder
Rick Groen
Tropic Thunder is an assault in the guise of a comedy watching it is like getting mugged by a clown 
2
Tropic Thunder
Lisa Kennedy
At its best mouth agape moments Tropic Thunder offers some insanely incandescent riffs on performance 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Wesley Morris
The movie feels like a consciously happy accident whose offenses are roughly balanced by actors gouging out their own narcissism 
3
Tropic Thunder
Sara Michelle Fetters
They take no prisoners and pull no punches every slap jab and full on punch hammering their targets as if they were Michael Phelps smashing world records in the swimming pool 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Michael A. Smith
How good is Cruise Oscar good And even though the academy rarely recognizes comedy my fingers are crossed that they remember Cruise come February 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Erik Childress
Stiller has rediscovered the subversive humor from the best moments of his career and created a near classic that is his funniest film since the remake of Meet the Parents 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Willie Waffle
See it ASAP before everyone ruins the best jokes for you
4
Tropic Thunder
Peter Hartlaub
Combines elements of There s Something About Mary The Player and Team America World Police and yet almost nothing in Tropic Thunder is predictable or cliched 
4
Tropic Thunder
Bob Strauss
Yes Stiller s movie aims at easy targets But it hits the bull s eye with a blast even from way up there over the top 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Dustin Putman
A smug comedy so blatantly pleased with itself that the finished product isn t nearly as much fun to watch as it probably was to make 
2
Tropic Thunder
Moira MacDonald
Tropic Thunder is too much promise and not enough delivery 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Michael Phillips
In the end Tropic Thunder is an expensive goof about an expensive goof and the results are very impressive and fancy looking Too impressive really to fully unleash the humor in the situations 
3
Tropic Thunder
Peter Travers
Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing as in fall down split your sides bust a gut blow your mind You get it all in Tropic Thunder a knockout of a comedy that keeps you laughing constantly 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
James Berardinelli
The film isn t perfect but in an environment where things like The Love Guru and Step Brothers pass for worthwhile entertainment Tropic Thunder puts a lot of comedy pretenders to shame 
3
Tropic Thunder
Rafer Guzman
Gory vulgar and wickedly funny Easily the summer s best comedy 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of summer comedy that rolls in makes a lot of people laugh and rolls on to video It s been a good summer for that 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Lawrence Toppman
It mocks big budget movies with lots of bullets and explosions while delivering a big budget movie with lots of bullets and explosions 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Peter Canavese
Lazarus cliched idea of a black man is funny in itself but Downey s immersive take on the immersive actor is pure genius 
3
Tropic Thunder
Josh Larsen
Ben Stiller has made a lot of Hollywood junk over the past few years and Tropic Thunder feels like an attempt to cleanse these projects from his system 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Jeremiah Kipp
Ben Stiller used to be unafraid of pointed mockery but nowadays he pulls his punches 
2
Tropic Thunder
Phil Villarreal
Stiller would have done better to call up a Jean Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal both of whom could surely use the work Either could have given the role some true meat and authenticity 
2.5
Tropic Thunder
Eric Kohn
This one could have the subtitle How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blockbuster 
3.5
Tropic Thunder
Austin Kennedy
There are so many types of humor in this that give it a very scattershot feel If one joke flops then the next one will be great Which was the case most of the time but the end result is a pretty satisfying gory action packed satire on Hollywood 
3
Tropic Thunder
Nick Rogers
Consider the 4 970 802 499 its quintet of leads has made for Paramount at the box office as long held escrow on a legendary prank Robert Downey Jr is all wild eyed brilliance Tom Cruise is re christened in cool and the film is comic gold 
4
The Man Who Knew Too Little
David Nusair
a misguided and terminally unfunny disaster that s rarely as appealing or entertaining as star Bill Murray s typically charismatic performance 
1.5
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Michael Dequina
Much of the film s success can be attributed to Murray whose timing and goofball charm are as effective as ever 
3
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Roger Ebert
The movie is simply not funny 
1
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Mike Clark
A one note mix up 
1.5
The Pirate Movie
David Nusair
Atkins and McNichol are cute and engaging but that s hardly enough to allow the viewer to overlook the various atrocities on display 
0
Swoon
Roger Ebert
Swoon goes much deeper than the other studies of the Frank case because it tries to show exactly how the psychosexual balance between the two killers made a murder possible when neither Leopold nor Loeb could possibly have killed by himself 
3
The Detective
Matt Brunson
Some of the content involving homosexuality now seems dated but as a police procedural it s a compelling watch 
3
The Detective
Roger Ebert
The Detective contains a fine performance by Frank Sinatra some very good scenes of police work and not much else 
3
Rise
Peter Canavese
It has the inviting but studiously un challenging aesthetic of a modern Walt Disney picture complete with bad network TV level writing 44 but I apos d be lying if I said it didn apos t do a reasonably entertaining job of dramatizing a human interest sports story 46 
2
Rise
Aramide Tinubu
Okeniyi and Badaki apos s performances are particularly impactful as two hardworking and proud people determined to make a better life for their five sons 46 
3.5
Rise
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his story remains about the entire family on a fundamental level 46 
3
Zigs
Jaime N. Christley
Nothing more than comedy scenes sandwiched in between serious as in the a very special episode of Happy Days kind of serious scenes 
1
The Killers
Eric Melin
The movie darts around in time constantly surprising and adding more depth to the character of The Swede It s a psychological exploration of a man who was so worn down by life that he merely gave up 
3.5
The Killers
Matt Brunson
Robert Siodmak directs this for maximum shadowy impact aided by a crackerjack script from Anthony Veiller and an uncredited John Huston and stellar performances from a concrete solid cast 
3.5
The Killers
Thomas Delapa
Only the first scene of Siodmak s classic film noir comes from the Ernest Hemingway short story the rest is pure postwar fatalism from the pen of Anthony Veiller and an uncredited John Huston 
3
The Killers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Siodmak s crafty direction emphasizes shadows dark rooms and the feel of stale cigarettes booze and general hoplelessness 
4
The Killers
James Kendrick
leaves you with the sense that some things may never be fully known even when the obvious answers are uncovered
3.5
Joint Security Area
David Sterritt
Suspenseful and psychologically rich 
3
Joint Security Area
V.A. Musetto
I can t be as enthusiastic 
2
Joint Security Area
Joshua Tanzer
An intelligent murder mystery set at the only meeting point between North and South Korea whose tragic solution reveals the war zone s tension between hate and humanity 
3.5
Duct Tape Forever
Tom Keogh
The series good natured self deprecating extended joke about male regression handyman incompetence and Canadian humility are here in big screen proportions and it all works very well 
3
Duct Tape Forever
Linda Cook
Duct Tape Forever has humor that kind of sticks to you 
3
Duct Tape Forever
Peter Howell
A pretty solid movie one that should amuse casual admirers present company included while delighting the rabid fan 
3
Duct Tape Forever
Liam Lacey
Not much of a movie 
2
Dancer
Martha Schabas
While there s plenty of footage of Polunin executing multiple pirouettes and twisting acrobatically through the air real ballet fans will lament the lack of evidence of emotion and artistry in his dancing 
2.5
Dancer
Moira MacDonald
I gasped more than once 
3
Dancer
Oleg Ivanov
It does an admirable job of exploring the physical and emotional sacrifices required to be a success in the highly competitive world of ballet 
3
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Eric Melin
Moments of pure and frightening clarity mixed with images that can t be reconciled with any kind of reality These dreams don t offer coherence but rather a strong deep feeling that can take hours to shake 
3
How to Rob a Bank
Elizabeth Weitzman
An excellent actor too often stuck in unworthy roles Nick Stahl deserves much better than Andrew Jenkins derivative self conscious heist flick 
2
How to Rob a Bank
Ed Gonzalez
How to Rob a Bank operates under the delusion it s a scabrous genre autopsy when really it s one Nina Simone song short of being a Victoria s Secret commercial 
1.5
Fort Buchanan
Jesse Cataldo
The film is content to drift free associatively through a tangle of linked relationships considering the intricacies of group mechanics via an expressive free form structure 
3
People Hold On
David Berry
Unfortunately all of this has to work against writing that is chokingly self conscious starting with the well worn set up and extending to dialogue that always sounds like screenwriter y tics 
2
People Hold On
Brad Wheeler
There s a natural improvised feel The so so ending is abrupt what happens to these people We don t know and they don t know which of course is exactly the point 
2.5
I Am Another You
Roger Moore
One unintended bit of entertainment value is seeing the naivete of the Chinese ex pat director falling under this pretty boy s spell like everyone else he meets 
2.5
I Am Another You
Godfrey Cheshire
So absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that s also a detective story 
4
The War Within
David Nusair
Slow moving yet thoroughly engrossing 
3
The War Within
Jason Anderson
Akhtar who also co wrote the screenplay is unable to convey Hassan s internal conflicts with any force 
2
The War Within
Phil Villarreal
You glance at Hassan with sympathy which is immediately neutralized by the assurance that this man would kill you without a thought in the name of his god You pray to yours that he ll change his mind 
3
The War Within
Rob Thomas
You just can t believe Hassan can see so much innocent humanity and still choose mass murder And then Hassan quietly intones God is great and you realize he can no longer see them at all 
3
The War Within
Sean P. Means
Castelo working with a meager budget and few familiar faces adroitly turns Hassan s moral and religious struggle into a tension building experience 
3.5
The War Within
Marta Barber
The storyline in The War Within is far from fluid and at times overwrought But it doesn t stop the film from capturing one s interest 
2.5
The War Within
Walter Chaw
The very model of the self hating liberal consciousness no matter his better intentions he finds himself blaming the victim for the crime 
2
The War Within
John Anderson
Madly rational and persuasive political drama 
3.5
The War Within
James Verniere
An unusually subtle closely observed and accomplished independent effort 
3.5
The War Within
Terry Lawson
Well made well informed and apparently well meant psychological thriller 
3
The War Within
Jeff Shannon
With subject matter so potentially intense it s a ho hum thriller with a predictable outcome 
2.5
The War Within
Walter V. Addiego
The picture couldn t be more topical but in the end it feels schematic and you sense that the filmmakers are trying too hard to be even handed 
2
The War Within
Bruce Westbrook
Shows the reality and tragedy of gulfs between human beings who might otherwise learn to love each other 
2.5
The War Within
Ty Burr
The details the film provides of how a lonely true believer might try to wreak havoc on thousands of strangers are horrifyingly believable 
2.5
The War Within
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nervously reduces its characters to symbols and its plot to contrivances 
2
The War Within
Duane Dudek
A haunting portrait of how the only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the vacuum of an uncertain world is ideological certainty 
3
The War Within
Michael Phillips
All this is neatly laid out too neatly The results lack the shadows and fog of real life 
2
The War Within
Chris Hewitt
If you see just one suicide bomber drama this fall don t make it The War Within 
2.5
The War Within
Bob Strauss
Equal parts thriller and character study the movie boasts credible cultural and motivational details 
3
The War Within
Marty Mapes
They don t paint the terrorist a villainous black instead they let the character speak for himself
3
The War Within
Stephen Whitty
This is the sort of material guaranteed to disquiet anyone who lived through 9 11 but rather than exploiting the memories for easy genre thrills director Joseph Castelo tries to confront the underlying situation 
3
The War Within
Gary Goldstein
In a brisk 100 minutes we get to know the conflicted but driven Hassan so clearly intimately and most of all humanly that you have to keep remembering not to root for him to succeed in his quest for death and destruction 
3.5
The War Within
Ken Fox
Of all the feature films and documentaries to emerge since 9 11 few have been as bold perceptive or as downright chilling as this thriller from co writer director Joseph Castelo 
4
The War Within
Kyle Smith
Chillingly realistic but deeply repellent The War Within is a film that should not have been made 
2
The War Within
Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite an admirable effort to explore topical concerns both director and actor are obviously overwhelmed by the immensity of the subject matter 
2
The War Within
Nick Schager
A haunting companion piece to Hany Abu Assad s forthcoming character study of Palestinian suicide bombers Paradise Now 
2.5
The War Within
Susan Walker
An endlessly complicated movie about the potential for terrorism among American Muslims 
3
The Irishman
Brian Eggert
The best comparison one could make to The Irishman is David Lean s similarly epic sized Lawrence of Arabia 1962 a biography that examines its subject for four hours before conceding to its unknowability 
4
The Irishman
David Gonzalez
The Irishman gives its audience so many emotions and is poignant 44 funny 44 violent 44 and beautiful 46 It is a modern day mobster masterpiece from a master of his craft 46 
4
The Irishman
Wesley Lovell
Scorsese makes movies that Scorsese likes damned be anyone who doesn t care much for them All of his stylistic touches are here but there s a certain hollowness to the whole affair that s admirable even if not likeable 
3.5
The Irishman
Jason Fraley
A 3 1 2 hour epic that is in many ways the antithesis of Goodfellas featuring many of Scorsese s auteur signatures but presented in a quiet mournful tone asking if the gangster life was really worth it 
3.5
The Irishman
John Beifuss
The very definition of a late period masterwork this reckoning with a quarter century of American corruption and damnation touches upon historical and fanciful milestones as if they were the stations of an inverted cross 
4
The Irishman
Federico Furzan
Scorsese s return is nostalgic and full of special effects Its story remains comfortably humble in the face of typical scrutiny by today s audiences Full review in Spanish 
3
The Irishman
James Kendrick
transcends mob movie clichés and stereotypes by digging into the humanity of those who often do everything in their power to be inhumane
4
The Irishman
Matt Brunson
If The Irishman isn t quite the magnum opus one would expect or desire it s still a solid motion picture 
3
The Irishman
Kevin A. Ranson
like Scorsese trying to out runtime Quentin Tarantino the retreaded framework of 1995 s Casino plus two hours of indulgent padding 
2
The Irishman
Mattie Lucas
In Scorsese s masterful hands it becomes an American tragedy writ large a sweeping portrait of great potential cut down by greed and corruption and a road to hell paved by the best of intentions 
4
The Irishman
Alan French
Scorsese s complex portrait of Sheeran and organized crime make The Irishman one of the best films of 2019 and one of the best of his career 
4
The Irishman
Roger Moore
A talky borderline plodding two part mini series of a mob movie
2.5
The Irishman
Brandy McDonnell
A magnetic mob epic 
3.5
The Irishman
Pamela Powell
With exceptional performances deft direction and exquisite writing this is a film that will find its place in its own history It s a masterpiece of filmmaking made possible only by the actors who have the experience and wisdom to do so 
4
The Irishman
Rene Sanchez
Scorsese s grandiose epic reflects on the ephemeral nature of fame money power and life DeNiro Pacino and Pesci are at the top of their game Full Review in Spanish 
4
The Irishman
Barry Paris
The performances as you might expect are magnificent 
3.5
The Irishman
Josh Terry
The performances are excellent and aside from an early exception the aging transformations used for the film s principal characters especially Robert De Niro are fantastic 
3.5
The Irishman
Bob Bloom
The Irishman is like a veteran rock n roll band on a farewell tour performing its golden oldies De Niro Pacino and Pesci infuse the movie with a lifetime of experience in front and behind the camera 
3.5
The Irishman
Sean P. Means
The Irishman will likely be the greatest American movie of 2019 once the dust settles and because of the Netflix connection and how Scorsese anticipates that the most ground breaking movie of the year 
4
The Irishman
David Nusair
an ambitious and mostly successful triumph that more than makes up for Scorsese s last few misfires 
3.5
The Irishman
James Berardinelli
Whether seen on the big screen or a small one The Irishman is among 2019 s best motion pictures and should receive its share of Oscar attention in 2020 
3.5
The Irishman
Christian Toto
It may not be cinema depending where you see the Netflix original but the auteur s latest is mostly worth the hype 
3.5
The Irishman
Dann Gire
The most fiercely Catholic of movie auteurs twists the narrative knife by seducing us with sympathy for a monstrous mobster then forcing us to later ask ourselves what have we done 
3.5
The Irishman
Robert Horton
Everything from the color of the drapes to the way people eat cereal has been shaped you can feel Scorsese s care 
4
The Irishman
Tom Meek
The whole saga an American history lesson told wittily through the eyes of an amiable hitman strolling in the shadows of icons grips and holds with fervor and sustained passion 
3.5
The Irishman
Ty Burr
It s the ultimate fusing of Scorsese s two sides And even though it takes a while to get there the movie is a masterpiece one made by a man counting down his own years as if they were rosary beads 
4
The Irishman
Moira MacDonald
The Irishman is long to be sure but it s never less than compelling Scorsese De Niro Pacino and Pesci all in their mid to late 70s are each carrying a lifetime of work with practiced ease 
3.5
The Irishman
Max Weiss
Scorsese knows how to wield humor humanizing details and digressions to keep the film lively Of course it helps to have three of the greatest actors of our time anchoring the proceedings 
4
The Irishman
Kent Turner
Though this is a lucidly told and often engrossing labyrinth of a tale it s also a bit hollow at its center 
3
The Irishman
Barry Hertz
f there is still any doubt as to Scorsese s artistry The Irishman will put skeptics to bed Or six feet under 
4
The Irishman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With this masterpiece Scorsese shows he s not ready to go gentle into that good night He proves that this old bull can still rage 
4
The Irishman
Jeff York
It s an affecting meditation on old age and regret a film with more melancholy than Scorsese s usual dark wit 
3
The Irishman
Ann Hornaday
The Irishman isn t a soaring achievement It s a deliberate thoughtful and somewhat muted one No matter where that traveling camera goes it subverts our expectations at every turn Which can sometimes feel like a drag but also exactly right 
3.5
The Irishman
Mark Dujsik
This isn t as far as we can tell Scorsese s swansong but he definitely and definitively seems to be closing the book on his gangster films 
3.5
The Irishman
Steven Prokopy
The entirety of The Irishman is brilliantly acted and executed
4
The Irishman
Richard Roeper
This is the best movie of the year so far and one of the best films of the decade 
4
The Irishman
Liz Braun
This is peak Martin Scorsese all manner of terrible things made wonderful to look at 
4
The Irishman
Peter Howell
It s a cinematic tour de force in form and substance representing late career high points for director Scorsese and his lead actors Robert De Niro Al Pacino and Joe Pesci 
4
The Irishman
Josh Larsen
a wake for a genre Scorsese s personal type of guilt soaked blood spattered Catholic gangster films in particular 
3.5
The Irishman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The fixings of a great cinematic meal are all here but the recipe is off and the oven time too extended 
1
The Irishman
Mick LaSalle
It is to gangster movies what John Ford s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was to westerns Without a doubt it s a masterpiece 
4
The Irishman
Sarah Knight Adamson
A brilliant director and three stellar actors can undoubtedly be oh so proud of their remarkable accomplishment in working together to create a masterpiece 
4
The Irishman
Lindsey Bahr
If this all seems rather somber it s because of the stunning last hour which will stick with you long after the film is over But before then The Irishman is actually quite droll with some of the best characters and dialogue you ll see in a film 
3.5
The Irishman
Rafer Guzman
What sets The Irishman apart is the ruminative mood that seeps into Scorsese s usual point blank violence 
3.5
The Irishman
Joey Magidson
The Irishman is a masterpiece and one of Martin Scorsese s most ambitious works to date It s also one of his very best Believe the hype 
4
The Irishman
Brian Truitt
Since 1973 s Mean Streets Scorsese has proven over and over to be a master of the gangster film and The Irishman has everything a crime lover would want from violence and tension to an intriguing mundaneness 
3.5
The Irishman
Michael Phillips
It moves forward and backward and sideways getting more unpredictable and compelling as it goes 
3.5
The Irishman
Dwight Brown
Some will herald this as a fitting crown for the end of a master director s career But smart cinephiles will recognize that this gifted and highly skilled auteur has only climbed to another summit and there will be more 
4
The Irishman
Clayton Davis
Quietly striking scenes like an oversized meteor that rips into the earth like a nuclear bomb the might of Joe Pesci is grand 
3.5
The Irishman
Mara Reinstein
Instead of flash and brash Martin Scorsese delivers an effectively moving portrait that focuses on the emotional toll of being atop the mob underworld 
3
The Irishman
Robert Levin
It s a return to this familiar milieu that is nonetheless powerfully different with the energy of youth replaced by the melancholic wisdom of the decades that have passed 
4
The Irishman
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Irishman confirms Scorsese as one of the greatest living though still largely unsung comedy directors and De Niro as one of the great scene stealing straight men in movies 
3.5
The Irishman
Johnny Oleksinski
Well chug a 5 hour Energy because the terrific Irishman deserves your full un fatigued attention 
4
The Irishman
Robert Daniels
The Irishman is maybe the most heartfelt film of Scorsese s career 
3.5
The Irishman
Keith Uhlich
The film feels composed of burnished often blackly funny fragments of erratic memory 
3.5
Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain
Roger Moore
Alex Winter has delivered the best explainer primer on bitcoin and the world altering tech that makes it possible 
3
The ToyBox
Walter Chaw
I say this but it s sort of funny when something is this not funny Also funny is the way The Toybox shoehorns in a few dad in a chimney Gremlins monologues for bizarrely pitched pathos 
1.5
The ToyBox
Roger Moore
Mischa Barton and Denise Richards deserve better than this 
1
The ToyBox
Mark Dujsik
The Toybox may not be laughing but at least we are 
1
Spark
Kam Williams
Shot on the cheap in what appears to be an abandoned ghost town it looks like the only thing they bothered to budget for was cuss words 
0
Bend It Like Beckham
David Nusair
Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has infused Bend It Like Beckham with a feel good uplifting feel that generally proves difficult to resist 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Namrata Joshi
The film caricaturises every character save the lead players and their sympathisers in the most obvious manner 
2
Bend It Like Beckham
Betsy Bozdech
Chances are that just about anyone who s ever kicked a ball around will appreciate the fancy footwork and good spirited comedy in director Gurinder Chadha s breakthrough feature 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Lori Hoffman
The enchanting performance by Parminder Nagra gives the movie a ton of heart and soul 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una cinta para sentirse bien divertirse pasar un buen rato y salir con una honesta sonrisa en la boca dejando los problemas a un lado por un buen rato 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Scott Nash
A feel good movie of the very best kind 
4
Bend It Like Beckham
Ross Anthony
It s a warm fun movie with a good sense of humor 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Jonathan W. Hickman
All that fancy footwork wow And a mature story that manages to rise above the typical teen fare And Freddy Prinze Jr isn t anywhere to be found 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Mark Dujsik
It s simply a nice story affectionately told and worthy of the feel good label 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Linda Cook
You ll get a real kick out of this coming of age soccer movie 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Sara Michelle Fetters
This sports dramatic comedy about culture gender parents and growing up just might prove to be one of the year s best and it easily rekindles my waning enthusiasm about making trips to the multiplex 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Josh Gilchrist
Why does there seem to always be a popular fluff film out there Because enough people out there are looking for just that a fun film smothered in sweetness 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
John Anderson
Beckham is so earnestly yearning it packs an emotional impact far greater than the sum of its parts 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
James Kendrick
Formulaic though it is the movie often works 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Mike McGranaghan
Bend It Like Beckham is funny at times but not funny enough It has moments of warmth but none that really made me feel all warm inside 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Forrest Hartman
Take the plot of Billy Elliot toss in the ethnic spice of Monsoon Wedding and you have a pretty good idea where Bend It Like Beckham is headed 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Jon Niccum
The movie is the latest in a snowballing line of routine culture clash comedies that are so light they practically float off the screen 
2
Bend It Like Beckham
Matt Brunson
It s feel good without being feel stupid 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Glenn Kenny
Maybe it makes me some kind of feminist but I like how in this picture the Dream has nothing to do with nuptials 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
John Beifuss
It s like the innocent idealistic little sister to the grown up Monsoon Wedding 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Sean P. Means
Sure it wallows in cliches but it does so with such a bright energetic spirit that you forgive pretty much everything 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Jeff Vice
Every bit as predictable warm and fuzzy as you might expect it to be 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
David N. Butterworth
Slight corny and hopelessly predictable 
2
Bend It Like Beckham
Phil Villarreal
It s a good thing this baby is only playing indoors otherwise audiences might well be so uplifted they d float away 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Rob Thomas
Has an energetic zeal that is hard for even the most jaded seen it all audience member to resist for very long 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Jules Brenner
The only thing bad about this movie is its title Once you get beyond that you find a feel good sports coming of age girl empowerment drama immersed in a cultural adaptation story that works for all cultures and genders 
4
Bend It Like Beckham
Carrie Rickey
No mere feel good movie it s a feel great movie 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Rene Rodriguez
That rare breed of crowd pleaser one in which it doesn t matter that you immediately know how it s all going to end because getting there is so much fun 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Emily Blunt
One of the greatest feel good movies ever made 
4
Bend It Like Beckham
Duane Dudek
This story of becoming who you are without sacrificing who you were is not only a family affirming delight but an optimistic reminder of how the world changes a little when you do 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Claudia Puig
A rare amalgam of funny sweet action packed and inspiring 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Marty Mapes
The energy is infectious the soundtrack is peppy and the movie is a real kick
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Jeanne Aufmuth
A warm and fuzzy crowd pleaser that holds its cliches close to its heart 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Moira MacDonald
Chadha s created something magical an atmosphere of happiness and hope in which we could all bend a ball like Beckham or like Jess 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Mick LaSalle
A routine genial sports movie 
2
Bend It Like Beckham
David Elliott
So compulsively winning that it almost lost me but then its punchy charms worked like a charm 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Steven Rosen
It elicits laughs and the kind of rousing root for the underdog enthusiasm that translates well in any culture 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Ty Burr
This is a movie with bruised shins and a huge heart 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chadha casts a celebratory glow over the picture 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
John Monaghan
A warm winning comedy 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Joe Baltake
A colorful heartfelt film that keeps spinning with new versions of old ideas 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Guylaine Cadorette
Director Gurinder Chadha delivers a teenage angst girl power pic that is involving and entertaining 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Glenn Whipp
Whether it s the recycling of sports movie and culture clash cliches or running the same gag over and over again Chadha revels in redundancy 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Liam Lacey
You ll probably fall for it anyway I did 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
David Sterritt
Movies are great barometers for cultural and multicultural attitudes Bend It Like Beckham is an interesting case in point 
2
Bend It Like Beckham
Nick Schager
While Chadha presents Jess and Jules as brave and independent 21st century women the director then mistakenly gussies things up with a steady stream of shallow and for most girls unattainable sexualized images 
1.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Mark Caro
At least its big hearted earnestness seems honest with the girls friendship carrying more spark than the obligatory love subplot 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Roger Ebert
Just about perfect as a teenage coming of age comedy 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Peter Travers
Like Nagra and Knightley the movie is a sweetheart 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Pam Grady
This fluffy confection is helium light hardly original and completely predictable but with a plucky heroine at its center it is also a rare and wonderful thing 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Megan Lehmann
An energetic feel good blend of comedy romance and benign drama with a side dish of social commentary that works despite its strict adherence to the culture clash generation gap formula 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Rob Blackwelder
totally entertaining in spite of its formulaic nature 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
James Berardinelli
Bend It Like Beckham is enjoyable enough that the sprinkles of artificial sweetness in the mix don t do lasting or irreparable damage 
3
Bend It Like Beckham
Steve Rhodes
I liked Jess and her family but why did the movie have to be so formulaic and predictable 
2.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Harvey S. Karten
A traditional Indian couple in London are horrified to find that their daughter prefers playing soccer to making chapattis in this exuberant English comedy 
3.5
Bend It Like Beckham
Ian Mantgani
The fact that it makes us consider implications beyond the events onscreen is impressive Still there s something missing 
3
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
John Beifuss
Its cast of characters is colorful literally in the case of Captain Sensible known for his pink shag rug jackets and its access is impressive Our single biggest issue is people throwing pints onstage the band s tour manager complains 
2.5
Saint Frances
Michael Phillips
I do wish Saint Frances indulged in or two fewer getting to know you montages But I say that about most every movie that comes along even the good ones 
3
Saint Frances
Richard Roeper
Kelly O Sullivan writes and stars in the small masterpiece that s both thought provoking and wildly entertaining 
4
Saint Frances
Joe Friar
Writer actor Kelly O Sullivan drives the fresh film that tackles hot topics without fuss Brimming with terrific performances 
3
Saint Frances
Hau Chu
By the end the authenticity of their bond feels so well earned that you might not mind watching another movie about them growing up with each other 
3
Saint Frances
Mike McGranaghan
A little treasure a film so full of truth and warmth that you almost hate to see it end 
3.5
Saint Frances
Sheila O'Malley
It s truly refreshing to watch a film where nobody has anything figured out where life proceeds messily and imperfectly Saint Frances is unpredictable in a very human way 
3.5
Saint Frances
Mark Dujsik
I f there s a simple message in Saint Frances it s that open and honest conversation laughter and empathy are as necessary as messiness is inevitable 
3
Saint Frances
Katie Walsh
Bringing these taboo specifically feminine experiences out into the open is the intention of Saint Frances which tackles relationships sex abortion birth postpartum depression and homophobia with an unflinching grace 
3.5
Saint Frances
Roger Moore
Writer and star Kelly O Sullivan has concocted a Greta Gerwiggish star vehicle that s laugh out loud funny blushingly crude and beautifully touching 
3
Saint Frances
Pat Brown
It has almost enough genuine charm and heart to compensate for the moments that feel forced 
2.5
Saint Frances
Rob Thomas
It s a much more empathetic and truly non judgmental film than I expected less about what choices women make and more about the importance of women supporting each other no matter which choices they make 
3
The Odd-Job Men
Kate Taylor
The laughs and the wisdom creep up on you in this small and subtle comedy about male relationships 
3
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Mike Scott
A wonderfully intimate insider s look at what was going on backstage while Yves Saint Laurent s models were strutting down the catwalk for more than four decades 
3
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Sean P. Means
Not just a documentary but a romance one that spans decades and left a lasting mark on how the world looks at fashion and art 
3.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Chris Hewitt
Having opened with the promise of something raw and intimate L Amour Fou ends with a feeling that everything was orchestrated to prevent revealing anything 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Nina Garin
Those looking for YSL drama and passion are more likely to find it in a department store rather than in a movie theater 
1.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Michael Phillips
The film engages on its own terms and if you don t love the clothes you ll likely find one or more of the couple s houses to be more to your liking in that nose pressed against the glass way 
3
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Joe Williams
L Amour Fou is an elegant fabric without the rough texture of real life and love 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Moira MacDonald
Beautifully filmed L Amour Fou is often quite moving as it documents the dismantling of a mutual life 
3
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Carrie Rickey
To suggest as this oblique film does that you are what you collect is like looking at Picasso s art collection without correlating it to his own works 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Wesley Morris
The movie comes alive only when we see the life of Saint Laurent s mind the blazing fruits of his labor 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Peter Keough
I don t have a soul Berg laments as a Brancusi sculpture is packed away These objects don t have a soul Neither does this movie 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Linda Barnard
There s only a small hint at the heart in the matter something that eludes filmmaker Thoretton throughout his stately documentary 
2.5
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Stephanie Merry
The slow moving film regrettably blunts the impact of a man who battles a crippling depression while turning Mondrian s artful colorblocks into dresses and giving women the chance to wear tuxedos 
2
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Mick LaSalle
Saint Laurent in archival footage comes across as an engaging fellow deeply shy and sensitive often smiling but without much of a gift for happiness someone who started out beautiful but whose pain eventually showed up on his face 
3
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Ethan Alter
What captured and mostly held my interest was the film s melancholic mood and its touching portrait of a man attempting to move beyond a great personal loss 
3
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
V.A. Musetto
L Amour Fou is not a definitive portrait of the designer nor does it pretend to be 
2
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Simon Abrams
A consummately clear headed documentary that honors the allure of its subject by being personal but never intimately so 
3.5
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Frank Ochieng
There is nothing daringly compelling or overtly curious about the titular character nor the Eel Marsh House that the Women In Black roams around in with so called ghastly intimidation 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
David Nusair
A seriously underwhelming sequel 
1.5
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Peter Canavese
Has a smattering of effective moments and a creepy cinematographic look to it but the sequel s redundancy to its predecessor and pulseless feints at tapping into human emotion leech the suspense out of the picture 
1.5
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
John Beifuss
Director Tom Harper frames the occasional lovely creepy shot but the grayness is so enveloping it turns many night scenes and interiors into smoky blurs the promising wartime themes similarly lose focus 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Odie Henderson
The Woman in Black 2 might have served as an effective tribute to movies like Curse of the Cat People That is if it hadn t completely squandered all this goodwill in its last third 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Claudia Puig
It s mostly deadly dull and when it does liven up a tad the haunted house tale offers only wan shock tactics 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Willie Waffle
The title is more intimidating than the movie 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Mark Dujsik
There s building tension and then there s cheaply toying with us This movie is a prime example of the latter 
1.5
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Dustin Putman
With an over reliance on cheap jolts this distaff sequel excels in fog soaked atmosphere but stumbles with its repetitive storytelling and stilted pacing 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Roger Moore
Deathly dull
1.5
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Bruce DeMara
She s back the Woman in Black and it does give one pause to wonder if it s for no better reason than to scare up some more box office lucre 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Sara Stewart
The transparent title character from 2012 s The Woman in Black is resurrected in this sequel which abandons atmosphere for cheap scares 
2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Ed Gonzalez
The film ends up cheapening its sense of empathy in its final mad rush to subject audiences to every incarnation of the jump scare imaginable 
2
The Cannonball Run
Roger Ebert
The Cannonball Run is an abdication of artistic responsibility at the lowest possible level of ambition In other words they didn t even care enough to make a good lousy movie 
0.5
Born Racer
Roger Moore
Doesn t reinvent the motorsports racing documentary but a fine depiction of the team it takes to make even a Born Racer a winner 
2.5
Zenith
Loren King
For traditionalists who prefer their movies unfettered and non interactive Zenith happens to be pretty good though it s longer on style and atmosphere than clarity of storytelling 
2.5
Zenith
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film s messy pacing ultimately undermines the frequently enthralling themes at play and the indescribably odd ending only sends the viewer off more confused 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mattie Lucas
A movie giddily drunk on its own sheer different ness 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Matt Brunson
Depp whose Wonka seems to be a cross between Michael Jackson and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari s somnambulist Cesare delivers an engaging surface performance though I far prefer the more measured madness of Gene Wilder s interpretation 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Joe Lozito
Depp s Wonka exudes none of the gravity required for the role It s as though he didn t take the role seriously Rather than an intimidating candyman teaching brats a lesson this Wonka is simply a freak 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Betsy Bozdech
When digital magic meets creative compelling storytelling as it does here the result is a reimagining that any Dahl fan should savor 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Todd Hertz
A funny and sweet adventure for kids and parents thanks to Burton s ability to stir the imagination and tell a sweepingly charming story 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wesley Lovell
Tim Burton commands his environments with such exacting precision that one can t help but lose oneself in the intricate layers of sets and costumes 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Forrest Hartman
Beautiful art direction creative special effects and great performances make the movie just as sweet as any Wonka treat 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
David N. Butterworth
It s hard to imagine a more fitting interpreter of Roald Dahl particularly his beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory than director Tim Burton 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Kurt Loder
B rilliant It s a gleaming candy colored fantasy that teems with mad invention There s no other film quite like this one 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Steve Rhodes
The tour turns out to be such a treat that one both hopes and expects the studio to turn it into a ride But until that ride is built the movie will have to suffice 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
David Nusair
it s Depp who keeps things interesting throughout if only to see what he ll say or do next 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jonathan R. Perry
Not a remake but a bold genuinely delightful new interpretation of a classic children s story With intoxicating color sound and fury and heart Tim Burton pulls it off 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ross Anthony
Except for the Chocolate factory and Willie Wonka this is an excellent film Depp misses Freddie Highmore scores 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sean McBride
While Depp s weird character dominates the film it s actually director Tim Burton s visual design and memorable camerawork that makes the film into something special 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Susan Tavernetti
The Everlasting Gobstopper of Dahl adaptations 
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Linda Cook
As a successor to the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a pleasant enough concoction 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jeffrey Westhoff
Depp s one joke performance makes the film a confection with a hollow center 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Stella Papamichael
An intoxicating endorphin rush 
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sean O'Connell
Burton s modernized take benefits from improved special effects and the unhinged brilliance of his repeat collaborator Johnny Depp 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Joe Williams
It s got a gorgeous wrapper and a nut in the center but it s not very sweet 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Christian Toto
Charlie hits the sweet spot despite Johnny Depp s misguided take on the Wonka legend
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sara Michelle Fetters
Amused by bits here Sure Laughed heartily with pieces there Of course Enraptured with a performance or two Definitely But on the whole Charlie left me bizarrely cold 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Andrew Guy
The production is top shelf 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James Verniere
Perversely enchanting capturing Dahl s pre Lemony Snicket snicketyness perfectly 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Brett Michel
Depp s decision to play Wonka as a children s show host like Captain Kangaroo or Mr Green Jeans merged with the visage of Vogue editor Anna Wintour though I d say he looks more like Faye Dunaway by way of Michael Jackson is one of his rare missteps 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mike McGranaghan
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is pardon the pun the ultimate eye candy It s every bit as enjoyable as sinking your teeth into a great big Hershey bar 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like hearing a cover version of a favorite song It s not quite the original but a fresh perspective can increase your appreciation 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Claudia Puig
The summer s most visually arresting escapist adventure 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Geoff Pevere
Opulently entertaining 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mick LaSalle
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory director Tim Burton does his best work in years 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Rachel Leibrock
Little more than empty calories in pretty packaging 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Timothy Knight
The film doesn t so much build as meander through spectacular sets towards an ending that falls resoundingly flat 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Stephen Whitty
It s too heavy It s too bitter And it s definitely got too many nuts 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jami Bernard
A movie that will delight children annoy fans of the 1971 version that starred a slyly subversive Gene Wilder and perplex everyone else 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James Sanford
Even the most hardened skeptics may be pleasantly surprised wonderfully weird 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Rene Rodriguez
It s Depp s misfire that keeps the picture from becoming a genuinely sweet pleasure As it stands Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the equivalent of NutriSweet 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
David Frese
Lacks a creative spark 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Liam Lacey
Burton s movie is not only more faithful complex and better cast it has an essential ingredient squirrels 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jeff Vice
This inventive delightful and visually rich fantasy is more faithful to Dahl s source material than Wilder s version 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lisa Kennedy
Is it sweet Sure But Charlie is so much richer than that 
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mary F. Pols
The Wilder film is like Hershey s milk chocolate while Burton s film is like a chunk of Scharffen Berger 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lawrence Toppman
Bizarrely entertaining and brilliantly designed 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ty Burr
The movie weighs a ton as expensive Hollywood kitsch usually does and it s to Burton and Depp s credit that it doesn t completely buckle under its own mass 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Aaron Hillis
Begins with a bubble gum bang but leaves viewers gobstopped in the detached thinly plotted half pleasures of watching CGI mechanisms implode in a rainbow of fruit flavors 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Much more faithful to the source material 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Duane Dudek
Delightfully bittersweet 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Bob Strauss
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a full flavored Tim Burton movie With real bite 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Terry Lawson
While the first Chocolate Factory was a color mad eye popper this is something better a carefully conceived and imaginatively created eye opener 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Larry Ratliff
Johnny Depp unparalleled when it comes to stepping out on a thin limb of eccentricity commits fully to one of the screen s most memorable characters 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jon Niccum
Whereas the rotten kids were one dimensionally awful in Wilder s version in Burton s they are fully rounded cretins 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Kit Bowen
Coming from the fertile and creative mind of Tim Burton it is still a marvelous confectionary delight especially to those who like a darker chocolate 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
David Keyes
Zany and unsystematic and so encased by its own bizarre reality that at times you wonder whether you will need a few prescription drugs to get through it 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Collin Souter
Burton sticks to the text but manages to play with it so that there s still no way of knowing which direction he is going 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willie Waffle
Burton has created a psychedelic off beat dark comedy combined with a heartfelt tale about one little boy who continues to hope and dream
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Erik Childress
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be the film today s children will be telling their children about when they want to introduce them to the great Willy Wonka 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Moira MacDonald
Burton has pulled off the near impossible a fresh look at a classic 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
David Elliott
The movie has visual morsels and a showboat budget but its truest words are spoken by one of the kids What s the point of all this 
0
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Bruce Newman
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton has taken the 1971 cinematic bonbon Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory based on Roald Dahl s classic book added nuts and created something weirdly wonderful 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Steven Rea
A mischievously inventive surreal entertainment one that celebrates not only Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight and Nutty Crunch Surprise but Busby Berkeley Stanley Kubrick the Beatles and the outer space acting choices of one Johnny Depp 
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jeff Strickler
There s not a lot of substance to the kid flick fantasy but it does an exquisite job of transporting the viewers along with the protagonists to a gloriously magical setting 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
David Sterritt
Burton turns out to be the ideal filmmaker for this deliciously bizarre yarn 
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roger Ebert
The kids their adventures and the song and dance numbers are so entertaining that Depp s strange Willy Wonka is not fatal to the movie although it s at right angles to it 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Josh Larsen
Burton and Dahl share what could best be called an affinity for whimsical misery 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dustin Putman
Good enough to stand on its own but the film doesn t even begin to hold a candle next to 1971 s version 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chris Hewitt
Unlike some Burton films this one doesn t just wow us with its looks It s also a sweet movie centering on Burton s favorite theme dads and sons who don t mesh 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Phoebe Flowers
As Burton shepherds Depp through yet another indelible performance he reinvigorates the classic story with dazzling visual fervor 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Peter Travers
A treat for twisted children of all ages 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jan Stuart
This is Burton in the winking mode and full tilt visual extravagance of his three best movies Pee Wee s Big Adventure Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lou Lumenick
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an inspired and hugely satisfying meeting of director and material 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lori Hoffman
Charley and the Chocolate Factory is a movie that explodes with an idiosyncratic mindset that is both visually stunning and creepy 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Michael Wilmington
An exhilarating and fanciful movie that never drowns in money or technology 
4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Peter Canavese
Never stops doling out demented treats Dahl s morality play of bad parenting and bad egg kids is evergreen a genuinely amazing movie 
3.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Phil Villarreal
Kids may get nightmares from this stuff You get the feeling that s the way Dahl would have liked it 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Rob Blackwelder
Tim Burton is ideally suited to bringing Roald Dahl s twisted as taffy children s tale to the big screen and the sourball confection created as a result is pure movie magic 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James Berardinelli
Lovers of Dahl s book will almost certainly appreciate what Burton has wrought 
3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Walter Chaw
A plastic patina of thin freakshow ism that at times seems perverse merely for the sake of it 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nick Schager
With a surprisingly docile tone that s more peculiar than petrifying Burton s foray to the famous factory becomes something of a gooey mess 
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Steven Snyder
Tragically by the end of this second chocolate high we kind of have Wonka figured out And that s not a good thing 
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Scott Nash
An instant classic 
4
Monster From Green Hell
Matt Brunson
The characters do a lot of walking talking balking and stalking Every once in a while a giant wasp turns up 
1.5
Automaton Transfusion
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Ultimately it s hard to pronounce but fun to watch 
3
Ring Around the Rosie
David Nusair
there s just no overlooking the general vibe of familiarity at work here 
1.5
Dead Air
Roger Moore
Unwatchable
0
The Uninvited
John Beifuss
This is the only way I can paint you says Milland at the piano Some black keys and some white The speaker might as well be cinematographer Charles Lang whose painterly compositions some black keys and some white make this a spooky gem 
3.5
The Uninvited
Matt Brunson
This proves to be more than just a ghost story as the twists turn it into a full blown mystery that stirs up memories of Alfred Hitchcock s Rebecca 
3.5
The Uninvited
James Kendrick
a serious minded visually elegant chiller with real dramatic weight that was destined to stand apart
3.5
Before Sunrise
David Nusair
Undoubtedly one of the most romantic movies of all time 
3
Before Sunrise
Josh Larsen
a bittersweet celebration of romantic frisson the notion that our most precious moments of connection are often the fleeting ones 
4
Before Sunrise
Phil Villarreal
Hawke and Delpy keep the tone not only afloat but mesmerizing So natural are their performances that it seems impossible not to believe they truly are soulmates who are locked in a doomed all too short affair 
4
Before Sunrise
Rob Blackwelder
Seemingly improvised and entirely natural but still structured and splendidly directed by writer Richard Linklater 
3
Before Sunrise
Roger Ebert
Before Sunrise is so much like real life like a documentary with an invisible camera that I found myself remembering real conversations I had experienced with more or less the same words 
3
Michael Moore Hates America
Jeff Strickler
Wilson makes it clear that he doesn t share Moore s political beliefs but the film isn t about ideology as much as accountability The theme is How does he get away with it 
3
Stuck on You
Kam Williams
When not overindulging in birth defect humor this shock comedy divides its attention between two equally annoying sub themes degrading females and prominent product placements 
1
Stuck on You
Jorge Avila Andrade
Slo se puede recomendar si no tiene nada que hacer y est con nimos de una buena dosis de humor negro y excesivo Si no ni le busque 
2.5
Stuck on You
Ross Anthony
silly the film s funny chart progresses with a steady flow of peaks and valleys
2.5
Stuck on You
Steven Snyder
it is an enduring and welcome deviation from the mean spirited comedies that expend so much energy tearing people down 
3
Stuck on You
Dan Lybarger
What sets the Farrelly brothers apart from their gross out peers is that their movies can involve the brain and touch the heart during breaks between embarrassing discharges 
3
Stuck on You
Tony Toscano
it is Cher who manages to rescue Stuck on You 
2.5
Stuck on You
Linda Cook
Bet this one doesn t stick around long at the box office 
1.5
Stuck on You
David Nusair
Though the film remains entertaining for a little while the film eventually becomes the same sort of typically dull Farrelly brothers comedy most folks lap up willingly 
2
Stuck on You
Frank Ochieng
it does opt to aim for something mildly subversive while coasting on something rather subdued and sweet in its watered down cheeky presentation 
3
Stuck on You
James Verniere
None of this would have worked without the camaraderie and genuine affection Damon and Kinnear bring to their roles amazing considering the uncomfortably close quarters they shared making this film 
3.5
Stuck on You
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A brilliant enactment of the comedy of denial 
3
Stuck on You
Marty Mapes
Farrelly fans may say they ve lost their edge but a good heart lifts this movie above average
3
Stuck on You
Nick Rogers
The Farrellys tackle something sweeter and more personal than in the past But it doesn t mean they have to suffer any separation anxiety from what makes their films fun 
3.5
Stuck on You
Jonathan R. Perry
When we know someone and love them that s when we can laugh at them If Peter and Bobby Farrelly get it anybody can 
3.5
Stuck on You
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With this film the Farrellys seem to have lost the special balance of humor and sentiment that fueled some of their earlier films 
2.5
Stuck on You
Matt Brunson
I d be lying if I said I didn t laugh plenty of times during Stuck On You but I d be negligent if I didn t mention the movie s distracting sloppiness 
2.5
Stuck on You
Mike McGranaghan
The movie avoids cheap shots instead you usually laugh at the ingenious ways the characters deal with being conjoined 
3
Stuck on You
Aaron Hillis
The Farrellys try to trade in for a Hollyweird satire but like the rest of the movie it s way too wimpy to be biting let alone side splitting no disgusting pun intended 
2.5
Stuck on You
John Beifuss
The most personal project yet from Peter Bobby Farrelly as they are referred to in the press kit the ampersand serving as the symbol of their professional conjunction 
3
Stuck on You
Phil Villarreal
Too sweet and eager to please for its own good Stuck on You signifies the Farrelly brothers continued descent toward medicority 
2
Stuck on You
Dustin Putman
An engaging and affectionate motion picture that may have its fair share of problems but treats its subject matter with surprising adeptness 
2.5
Stuck on You
Emily Blunt
Yechi poodle poo 
1
Stuck on You
Josh Larsen
the purest expression of the Farrellys sensibility They ve mastered the freak show with feeling 
3.5
Stuck on You
Claudia Puig
Not only is Stuck on You a hoot but it also walks a line as the best Farrelly brothers movies do between silly farce and sweet sentimentality that artfully avoids the cloying or maudlin 
3
Stuck on You
Chris Hewitt
The Farrellys are definitely trying something here conjoining pathos and humor and even if it doesn t work it is always freakishly watchable 
2
Stuck on You
Moira MacDonald
A seemingly endless movie strangely devoid of laughs 
1.5
Stuck on You
Mick LaSalle
People take comedy for granted but to step back and think about Stuck on You is to be impressed by the invention and sheer exuberance of the picture which isn t great but sure is enjoyable 
3
Stuck on You
David Elliott
None of this is awful it has a brisk spirit of whimsy but it all runs in a very narrow groove 
2
Stuck on You
Joe Baltake
It s difficult not to like Stuck on You Damon is truly endearing Kinnear gives off a movie star gleam Mendes is light and sparkly in a rare comedic turn and Yann Shih is a real charmer 
3
Stuck on You
James Berardinelli
Stuck on You lacks energy verve and effective laugh generating comedy It s the most disappointing thing to come from the brothers in years 
1.5
Stuck on You
Timothy Knight
More labored than inspired 
2.5
Stuck on You
Jack Mathews
A two hour one joke comedy that never gets old Stuck on You is the most mature consistently funny and satisfyingly sweet movie in the rollicking careers of brother filmmakers Bobby and Peter Farrelly 
3.5
Stuck on You
Rene Rodriguez
Like all of the Farrellys previous movies Stuck on You suffers from an episodic script and an overly long running time plagued by too many dull laugh free patches 
2
Stuck on You
Glenn Whipp
The problem with the Farrellys latest comedy isn t that it s tasteless It simply isn t funny enough 
2.5
Stuck on You
Robert W. Butler
Disarmingly sweet and often uproariously funny 
2.5
Stuck on You
Terry Lawson
Less sticky than a Post it and even more disposable 
2
Stuck on You
Jeff Vice
Stuck On You is endearingly goofy and in many ways it could be the sweetest most affectionate film the Farrellys have ever done 
3
Stuck on You
Lisa Kennedy
I laughed I cried Quite possibly I teared up even more than I laughed 
3
Stuck on You
Roger Ebert
The movie is funny but also kind hearted 
3
Stuck on You
Lawrence Toppman
The film proceeds in fits and starts but the Farrelly brothers find clever ways to exploit all the conjoined twin humor without offending 
3
Stuck on You
Ty Burr
Stuck doesn t come close to There s Something About Mary still the Farrellys peak but it s half a notch above Shallow Hal and a good deal funnier than landfill like Me Myself Irene 
2
Stuck on You
Bob Bloom
The physical performances of Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are marvelous 
3
Stuck on You
Jon Niccum
The humor of the twins predicament doesn t come from how awkward things are for them but how EASY things are 
2.5
Stuck on You
Sean P. Means
The Farrellys sentimental streak cuts into their unabashedly tasteless humor and leaves Stuck on You stuck in a rut 
2.5
Stuck on You
Kit Bowen
Except for a few bright moments with its cast Stuck on You doesn t stick with you in any way other than to remind you the Farrelly brothers have lost their touch 
1.5
Stuck on You
Liam Lacey
There s a generosity of spirit to Stuck on You that is a pleasure even when the movie is slipshod 
2.5
Stuck on You
Rob Blackwelder
The Farrelly Brothers have a tendency to rely on good gags to prop up shopworn storytelling 
2.5
Stuck on You
Walter Chaw
Where this picture really fails is in the fallacy that it needs to be a comedy at all 
2.5
Stuck on You
Erik Childress
Stuck On You had the potential to be a true classic but is still stocked with enough big laughs to earn a place on your calendar 
3
Stuck on You
Peter Sobczynski
Stuck on You is an agreeably silly knockabout comedy that actually works which is more than I can say about a lot of the films that have come out in recent weeks 
3
Stuck on You
Nick Carter
Die hard Something About Mary fans may feel that the brothers have gone soft with age and profit But Stuck on You strikes the right balance of shocking send up and inspirational cheer 
2.5
Stuck on You
Lou Lumenick
While the belly laughs are few there are numerous chuckles and it s quite watchable thanks to solid performances by Damon and Kinnear 
2.5
Stuck on You
David Sterritt
The comedy is tooooo loooooong for the two or three jokes it has to play with and Kinnear does the picture s only three dimensional acting 
2
Stuck on You
Phoebe Flowers
is likely to disappoint die hard fans of the writing directing team s established gross out humor but pleasantly surprise those looking for a comedy with a sweeter though still unintimidatingly low brow center 
2.5
Stuck on You
Glenn Lovell
An almost completely unfunny comedy that comes off as an apology for all the tasteless scatological stuff that came before in Dumb and Dumber and There s Something About Mary 
1.5
Stuck on You
Steven Rea
Stuck on You despite its penchant for the crude and lewd is gooey in ways that have nothing to do with bodily fluids 
2
Stuck on You
Gene Seymour
While it s no Bad Santa in terms of relentlessly invigorating bad taste the movie has more than enough for aficionados of guilty pleasure 
3
Stuck on You
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Farrelly brothers again have risen to comic perfection 
4
Stuck on You
Jeff Strickler
Stuck on You is Dumb and Dumber minus the sophistication 
1
Stuck on You
Mark Caro
It s not naughty It s nice Naughty is funnier 
2
Stuck on You
Steve Rhodes
I didn t laugh once although I did smile a couple times 
2
Stuck on You
Jeanne Aufmuth
Beyond the gimmicky play on words and a myriad of site gags lies a deep connection between two men who know nothing but togetherness 
3
Stuck on You
Jeremiah Kipp
Though it lacks the laugh a minute comic mastery of Kingpin or Shallow Hal s cutting insights Stuck On You is still a big hearted charmer 
3
While She Was Out
David Nusair
boasts a seemingly can t miss premise that s slowly but surely squandered by filmmaker Susan Montford 
2
While She Was Out
Christian Toto
Never mess with an Oscar winner reduced to straight to DVD rubbish 
2
While She Was Out
Ryan Stewart
A half assed re filming of First Blood 
1
Master of the Universe
Chuck Bowen
Marc Bauder s documentary quietly detonates the conservative notion that our largest corporations should be allowed to duke it out in metaphorical no holds barred cage matches 
3
Who We Are Now
David Nusair
Who We Are Now benefits from the inclusion of several undeniably powerful sequences 
3
This Changes Everything
Anne T. Donahue
It s an exercise in storytelling that evolves quickly into a valuable lesson for anyone who purports to be a feminist an ally or a film and television lover You ll never watch either the same way again 
3
This Changes Everything
Roger Moore
Compelling personal stories and absolutely damning data remind us that Hollywood has a long way to go before achieving gender equality 
3
This Changes Everything
Christy Lemire
Flawed as it is This Changes Everything matters and maybe it ll even make a difference 
2.5
This Changes Everything
David Nusair
Occasionally superficial yet generally engaging 
3
The Crossing (Guo Chun Tian)
Barry Hertz
There s a smart and subtle drama about treating people as packages in The Crossing but like any contraband it s buried beneath layers of artifice 
2.5
Double Indemnity
Wesley Lovell
8220 Double Indemnity 8221 is a largely uneven film that works in the end 46 Anyone looking for film noir can look no further 44 but if you 8217 re looking for tons of suspense 44 check out Wilder 8217 s other mystery classic 46 
2.5
Double Indemnity
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 it 8217 s a thrill to watch Stanwyck go to work and assert her dominance 46 
3.5
Double Indemnity
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Billy Wilder apos s first great movie 46 It apos s quite unlike anything else the director ever made 44 a hard 44 smooth 44 crime film full of cynicism and lust and constantly alive and tingling 46 
4
Double Indemnity
Brian Eggert
A cynical and shrewd motion picture full of wit and acid 
4
Double Indemnity
Kate Cameron
Barbara Stanwyck has given many interesting portrayals of femininity on the screen but she has never presented as subtle and indelible a characterization as the one of Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity 
4
Double Indemnity
David Nusair
Filmmaker Billy Wilder has infused Double Indemnity with an agreeably hard boiled vibe that s reflected in everything from the performances to the visuals to the dialogue 
3
Double Indemnity
John Beifuss
The quintessential film noir acid and snappy and shockingly cold blooded 
4
Double Indemnity
Forrest Hartman
One of the true gems of film noir 
4
Double Indemnity
Phil Villarreal
Thanks to DVD Phyllis will always be there waiting for you Same chair same perfume same anklet ready to make you wonder what she wonders 
4
Double Indemnity
Dan Callahan
An accepted classic and archetypal film noir 44 Billy Wilder apos s Double Indemnity is visually drab and flabby around the edges 46 
3
Double Indemnity
Roger Ebert
Few other directors have made so many films that were so taut savvy cynical and in many different ways and tones funny 
4
The Case for Christ
Josh Terry
The Case for Christ still has its weaknesses and even the faithful might feel that a secular inquiry into the evidence of Christ s Resurrection is kind of missing the point But as a film it is a sure step in a positive direction 
3
The Case for Christ
Roger Moore
Unemotional uninspiring and unconvincing 
1.5
The Case for Christ
Mike McGranaghan
As good a faith based film as has yet been made It s designed to appeal to Christian audiences but well done enough to have mainstream appeal too 
3.5
The Good Dinosaur
Brian Eggert
This tale of dinosaur versus Nature offers no end of physical challenges and dangers to overcome but it also happens to be one of the most unbelievably funny and affecting Pixar films to date 
3.5
The Good Dinosaur
Wesley Lovell
We used to say Pixar could do no wrong but they did and they did a terrible wrong something not even worthy of the Disney animation division in their worst ruts 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Mattie Lucas
It works fine on its own and is an entertaining and occasionally moving children s film it just feels a bit more anonymous than the high quality we ve come to expect from Pixar 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Matt Brunson
Innovation and imagination prove to be as extinct as pterodactyls in the modern world 
2
The Good Dinosaur
Pamela Powell
With dazzling animation and lots of action the film is sure to be a hit with families this holiday season 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Good Dinosaur is a children s fable that is more than content to be exactly what it is and little more 
3
The Good Dinosaur
James Kendrick
It certainly has its charms and is several notches better than a lot of the computer animated mayhem passed off as children s entertainment these days but its impact is almost entirely in the moment 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
David Nusair
One of Pixar apos s more entertaining recent efforts 46 46 46 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Josh Larsen
What s missing is any sense of unified purpose or vision 
2
The Good Dinosaur
John Serba
The story works in service of the visuals when the opposite should be true 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Neil Rosen
Overall it s alright I do recommend it for children but there s no real humor in it and I ve just come to expect more from the folks at Pixar 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Good Dinosaur is a strange little thing bursting with beautiful nature imagery good intentions and odd ideas 
3
The Good Dinosaur
John Beifuss
Motivated by the archetypal Disney trauma the death of a parent this odd coming of age adventure is part frontier survival saga part vision quest and part Born Free 
3.5
The Good Dinosaur
Linda Cook
It s good But not great 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Burl Burlingame
While I can certainly marvel at the realistic computerized water in a movie I don t go to the movies to marvel at computerized water 
2
The Good Dinosaur
John Semley
The digital landscapes are meant to be breathtakingly beautiful but they tend to come across more like very expensive screensavers or immersive desktop wallpapers 
1
The Good Dinosaur
James Berardinelli
If The Good Dinosaur falls short in the narrative department it represents a step forward for Pixar s artists 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
John Wirt
Beautiful sights stale storytelling 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Kenneth R. Morefield
I wouldn t exert much energy trying to steer potential viewers away from The Good Dinosaur but to friends who asked I would say it is one of the rare Pixar entries for which I would wait for the DVD 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Roger Moore
HUGE letdown after Inside Out Barely a laugh or heartfelt moment in it 
2
The Good Dinosaur
Michael Smith
The Good Dinosaur is pleasant entertainment but it s certainly lacking in ambition for such a revolutionary company 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Soren Andersen
There s nothing too deep here but the picture does warm the heart 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Josh Terry
It s easy to imagine an inventive take on a Jurassic World here But The Good Dinosaur takes a different path and plays like a prehistoric mix tape mashing up familiar and not so familiar characters in a way that feels more curious than clever 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Bob Bloom
It s a perfect holiday season film to which the entire family can bond It offers excitement danger and life lessons that children can appreciate and parents can reinforce 
3.5
The Good Dinosaur
Christian Toto
Can a movie be family friendly while talking about a character drowning in blood 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Chuck Bowen
The Good Dinosaur is the sort of bland holiday time killer that exhausted parents might describe as cute as a way of evading their indifference to it Children might not settle for it either and one shouldn t encourage them to 
2
The Good Dinosaur
Willie Waffle
Delivers a few memorable emotional moments but is too simple to be anything other than average 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Anders Wright
It s sweet and enjoyable but it isn t particularly ambitious either 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Sarah Bryan Miller
Enjoy it for what it is 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Richard Roeper
Inconsistent and weird The Good Dinosaur is second level Pixar all the way 
2
The Good Dinosaur
Mark Feeney
Part of the movie would likely make anyone under 10 squirm with boredom These other parts would make children under 10 and many adults too squirm for a very different reason 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Dann Gire
This all makes for a family friendly film bursting with highly detailed photo realistic scenery featuring the best animated water ever created for the big screen You ll even feel wet 
3.5
The Good Dinosaur
Rafer Guzman
On a technical level at least The Good Dinosaur is the most dazzling Pixar movie yet As a story however it s the studio s weakest by far 
2
The Good Dinosaur
Stephanie Merry
On its own it seems fine just don t compare it to its capable siblings 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Tony Hicks
The landscapes beauty and character bonding of The Good Dinosaur make it a good bet for a family trip to a theater But when it comes to leaping to the top of the Pixar heap The Good Dinosaur like its asteroid just misses 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Dustin Putman
Slight but sweet the script s nagging moments of d eacute j agrave vu smoothed over by the sheer beauty care and detail of the earthy visuals 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Peter Howell
The Good Dinosaur is an enjoyable romp especially when it surprisingly turns into a bizarro western midway through 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Chris Knight
In all The Good Dinosaur comes across as lesser Pixar The sweet simple storyline should appeal to young viewers provided they aren t put off by some rather intense scenes of dinosaurs in peril 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Peter Hartlaub
The Good Dinosaur has an original concept disarming emotional heft and features the most impressive visuals in animated cinema to date 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Chris Hewitt
The resulting movie is not bad in fact it s often quite good but it s hard not to imagine how much better it could have been if Pixar had hit it out of the Jurassic park once again 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Clayton Davis
While the story hawks too much back to past Disney films like The Lion King there s no denying the emotional and cautiously executed impact the story and its characters possess 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Peter Canavese
Sweet in that canned with heavy syrup way kids will dig it but it s not exactly a delicacy 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Josh Spiegel
This may not be Pixar s greatest creative success but simply as a piece of animation it is their most gorgeous to date 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Brian Truitt
Leave it to Pixar to go back to the prehistoric age to dig up all your feelings fossilized and otherwise 
3
The Good Dinosaur
Peter Sobczynski
The film will satisfy younger viewers I suppose but unless your kids are especially gaga over dinosaurs my guess is that even they will recognize that it is lacking a certain something that separates the great films from the ordinary ones 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Matt Pais
Concerns about the onslaught of average diminish under the emotional weight of passing down family traditions and warmth wins by a nose 
2.5
The Good Dinosaur
Rick Bentley
It is weighed down by a flawed concept unappealing characters and a soundtrack that lacks anything close to a memorable tune 
2
Ideal Home
Brian Eggert
Several lines and moments remain memorable and laugh out loud funny regardless of its transparent ambitions as a socially progressive comedy 
3
Ideal Home
Simon Abrams
Ideal Home may not be a total dud but it is a huge waste of both Rudd and Coogan s talent 
2
Ideal Home
Paul O'Callaghan
The broad strokes of the performances make the film s occasional lurches into sentimentality seem especially jarring 
1.5
Bliss
Mark Meszoros
You can t shake the feeling Bliss may have more to say to reveal to the viewer on a repeat viewing 
2.5
Bliss
Jeffrey Westhoff
A hilariously pretentious drama taking a PBS approach toward sexual mechanics Masters and Johnson meets Masterpiece Theatre 
1.5
Bliss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bliss is really a very hopeful film with many light humorous moments that tug it along 
3
Bliss
Dustin Putman
Plays as an instructional guide on making your sex life better rather than one that has a thorough story and characters 
2.5
Bliss
Roger Ebert
Amazing how good acting can find the truth in well written material 
3.5
Bliss
Michael Dequina
My favorite exchange Joseph I can t come Maria Too bad MOTHERF KER 
1.5
A Crooked Somebody
Brian Tallerico
It s always nice when a movie with little to no buzz sneaks up on you like this one did for me 
3
A Crooked Somebody
Roger Moore
Sharp performances make this knotty thriller about a psychic who has to lie to his life sing 
2.5
Eddie Murphy Raw
Henry Sheehan
In other words it is just conventional TV style shooting Which is appropriate I guess for a comedian who seems to get most of his ideas about life from the mass media 
1
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Matt Brunson
Filled with distinctive characters and crackling dialogue and always with another surprise up its sleeve 46 
4
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
David Nusair
masterful 
4
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Roger Ebert
What s good about Pelham s example of the form is that the performances are allowed enough leeway so that we care about the people not the plot mechanics And what could have been formula trash turns out to be fairly classy trash after all 
3
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Josh Larsen
a quintessential 1970s New York picture full of prickly characters and urban tension 
3
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation With Noam Chomsky
Chris Hewitt
It s hard to avoid the conclusion that if Gondry needs to spend so much time trying to keep us entertained while Chomsky yaps about cognition and parochialism then this may not be the best venue in which to present Chomsky s ideas 
2.5
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation With Noam Chomsky
David Lewis
On paper Chomsky and Gondry seem like an eternal mismatch but these two very smart people share an odd but genuine chemistry 
3
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation With Noam Chomsky
Michael O'Sullivan
Probably of interest only to those viewers who like Gondry himself apparently already have an obsession with Chomsky 
1.5
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation With Noam Chomsky
Steve Macfarlane
A magnificently quizzical diagram of two ceaselessly inquiring minds in perfect tandem like a raw X ray of atomized creativity 
3.5
Somewhere Between
Omer Mozaffar
Watching this movie I feel the need to run to the mall or someplace and find a Chinese baby to hug Or at least I can hug my own daughters 
3
Somewhere Between
Sean P. Means
The film shows the girls as reassuringly normal which is good for their psyches but not particularly exciting to movie audiences 
2.5
Somewhere Between
Moira MacDonald
These girls and Ruby have traveled far on a journey not yet finished you sense though that they know their way home 
3
Somewhere Between
Janice Page
All the girls in this film speak candidly Sometimes their words sound like poetry Sometimes their words are poetry 
3
Somewhere Between
Stephanie Merry
It s a testament to the human stories not the filmmaking that some moments unleash a deeply affecting drama with a high potential for tears 
2.5
Somewhere Between
David Lewis
A play it safe by the numbers kind of documentary yet somehow it gets under your skin 
3
Somewhere Between
Kalvin Henely
For what often feels like an obligatory Where Are They Now DVD extra the documentary is surprisingly affecting 
2.5
Somewhere Between
Kam Williams
A very informative thought provoking and ultimately moving documentary exploring both the bright and dark sides of the Asian adoption controversy 
4
Funny Ha Ha
Derek Smith
One of the most accurate portrayals of post collegiate disillusionment
4
Funny Ha Ha
Wesley Morris
A smartly observed unpretentious and unconventional comedy of manners 
3.5
Funny Ha Ha
Elizabeth Weitzman
Each stammer hesitation and nervous laugh reminds us of who we once were still are or even hope to be 
3.5
Funny Ha Ha
Kyle Smith
Funny Ha Ha is a reality bite of a story that s as substantial as the Gummi Bears the befuddled characters eat 
3
Funny Ha Ha
James Verniere
For reasons Bujalski fails to dramatize effectively his characters are stranded in a banal state of gummy beared flip flopped infantilism 
2.5
Funny Ha Ha
Gene Seymour
It s just like well a lot like real life for 20 somethings 
2.5
Strike Up the Band
Matt Brunson
It s always a pleasure to hear Garland sing and the fevered and frenzied Rooney is something to behold But the story is awfully thin 
2.5
Strike Up the Band
Mattie Lucas
Rooney and Garland are full of effervescent charm and Berkeley delivers some of his strongest numbers of his MGM period 
3.5
Bergman Island
Mitchell Beaupre
Once you get past the initial joy of geeking out on Bergman 44 you can fully appreciate the ways in which Hansen L 248 ve has channeled the artistic inspiration she gets from the filmmaker into her own work here 46 
3.5
Bergman Island
Brian Eggert
Embraces the unresolved tension between the artist and their creative output 44 using Bergman as a framework 46 
3.5
Bergman Island
David Gonzalez
Ultimately 44 Bergman Island offers much promise but fails to deliver fully 46 While the quiet 44 beautiful landscape is a delight to view and Roth and Kriepss chemistry is radiant 44 the film does not have much to say 46 
2.5
Bergman Island
Rene Sanchez
Life imitates art and vice versa in this spellbinding and intimate drama that constantly blurs the lines between artist and oeuvre Full Review in Spanish 
4
Bergman Island
Josh Larsen
deftly interrogates the idolization of art and the lionization of artists 
3
Bergman Island
Sean P. Means
What brings Bergman Island into focus are the twinned performances of Krieps and Wasikowska who only share one brief scene but also share the movie s beating heart 
4
Bergman Island
Leo Brady
This is a movie about the process of being an artist The way that our lives and our art blend together Mia Hansen Love has made a film that Ingmar Bergman would be proud of
3
Bergman Island
Mark Feeney
Among the virtues of Bergman Island is how uncluttered it is generally as well as its consistent quietude and Hansen Løve s keenness of observation 
2.5
Bergman Island
G. Allen Johnson
One thing is for sure Director Mia Hansen Løve is having quite a bit of fun 
4
Bergman Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hansen Løve twists things into a circular pretzel during the climax and I loved seeing how all her seemingly disconnected themes and plot strands suddenly came together with such rhapsodic ease 
4
Bergman Island
Walter Chaw
It s like those Russian nesting dolls where most if not all of the point is to reveal that there s another doll inside of this doll 
2
Bergman Island
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It may not be Bergmanesque but Bergman Island delivers its own unique charms 
2.5
Bergman Island
Dwight Brown
Mia Hansen Løve an actress Les Destinées turned writer director Eden creates a magical atmosphere 
2.5
Bergman Island
Mark Dujsik
Hansen Løve does find some truth here as uncertain as the storyteller and as blurry as the lines of that truth may be 
3
Bergman Island
Randy Myers
All of it is playfully told and with a master s touch 
3.5
Bergman Island
Pat Padua
Bergman Island is a compelling enchanting film that works both as a relationship drama and as a conversation between one generation of directors and another 
3
Bergman Island
Rania Richardson
A creative couple explores artistry and love in BERGMAN ISLAND a whimsical adventure and beguiling fantasy 
3.5
Bergman Island
Tomris Laffly
Bergman Island is a searching exploration of reality and art in the way they mirror propel and feed on one another washing ashore remembrances both dreamy and lifelike 
3.5
Bergman Island
Chandler Levack
Incredibly well observed and surprising 
4
Bergman Island
Pat Brown
The film never sacrifices its ambiguity as it brings various threads about ghosts relationships art and gender to a head 
3
My Life in Ruins
Kelly Jane Torrance
Let s hope the appealing everywoman Miss Vardalos doesn t wait another five years to make a movie and let s hope her next one doesn t feature a single souvlaki 
2
My Life in Ruins
Leah Rozen
A cloying romantic comedy 
2
My Life in Ruins
Jason Buchanan
As a tour guide Georgia rates as average as a movie star Vardalos rates much the same 
2
My Life in Ruins
Betsy Sherman
Vardalos is fine but Petrie and writer Mike Reiss yoke her to an ossified formula in which various national stereotypes and the character actors who play them embarrass themselves in bazaars and at Greek temples 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Michael Dequina
Vardalos doesn t help her case by making her big screen comeback in something so sitcom level 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Mike Scott
Every character encountered is cookie cutter every romance predictable every punch line older than Richard Dreyfuss Yoda like character looks 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Steven D. Greydanus
A subtext of self criticism runs through Vardalos s material Over and over characters tell her You re not funny Stop trying Is it a sort of apology to the audience 
2
My Life in Ruins
Linda Cook
Here s another sexed up TV movie that has hit the big screen mostly because of the name recognition of its two major stars 
2
My Life in Ruins
John Beifuss
The shaving of a beard changes a bus driver from Sasquatch to Fabio in this sitcom style romantic wish fulfillment fantasy for women 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Christian Toto
My Life in Ruins is as relentlessly chipper as its star 
2
My Life in Ruins
Matt Brunson
It s merely one big fat Greek disaster 
1
My Life in Ruins
Michael Phillips
My Life in Ruins will neither ruin nor change nor significantly impact your life 
2
My Life in Ruins
Lou Lumenick
Notably thinner less awkward and a lot less charming Vardalos is back with My Life in Ruins a desperate crass and probably futile attempt at replicating the earlier movie s fluke success 
1
My Life in Ruins
Jason Heck
The movie ambles lazily when it ought to soar 
2
My Life in Ruins
John Anderson
Vardalos is charming 
2.5
My Life in Ruins
Amy Biancolli
Half the time I wanted everyone to shut up so I could hear the tour guide lecture on the Temple of Hephaestus or wherever Then I wanted them to shut up so I could sleep 
1
My Life in Ruins
James Berardinelli
Ruins is indeed an apt descriptor for this picture 
2
My Life in Ruins
Lisa Kennedy
For those craving a baklava sweet snack here s your rush of the familiar It s the rest of us who must worry about a spike in our blood sugar 
2
My Life in Ruins
Moira MacDonald
A romantic comedy that bathes in clichs before rinsing off with sentimentality and spritzing itself with lame jokes The result is alas a bit whiffy 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Chris Hewitt
If the main character in a movie is going to be a pill it s wise to cast an actor as engaging as Nia Vardalos 
2.5
My Life in Ruins
Linda Barnard
The simple charms of My Big Fat Greek Wedding the 2002 small movie that thrust Vardalos into the limelight are nowhere to be found in this formulaic weak chuckler 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Michael Sragow
A measly little picture 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Claudia Puig
My Life in Ruins plays out more like a thuddingly bad been there seen that sitcom Even the sight of breathtaking ancient monuments don t keep it from crumbling 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Connie Ogle
It s a movie that gets better as it chugs along depending on your patience level 
2.5
My Life in Ruins
Duane Dudek
Actress Nia Vardalos traipses through the same ethnic minefield that she did in My Big Fat Greek Wedding but with less explosive results 
2
My Life in Ruins
Kate Taylor
This paint by numbers romantic comedy is chock a block with jokey stereotypes Americans are obnoxious Canadians polite and the Greeks just dance yet lacking in any real drama 
2
My Life in Ruins
Carrie Rickey
Through it all Vardalos is a trouper with a distinctive screen presence and delayed reaction timing 
2.5
My Life in Ruins
David Nusair
a hopelessly corny romantic comedy that boasts a myriad of jokes and gags that wouldn t pass muster on the hackiest of sitcoms 
2
My Life in Ruins
Jeff Vice
This supposed comedy is full of big fat Greek stereotypes crude sexual references and jokes and some even more questionable humor 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Wesley Morris
The folks responsible for My Big Fat Greek Wedding have made My Life in Ruins a second cute shoddy looking movie 
2
My Life in Ruins
Dustin Putman
Not a big departure from what Vardalos has done in the past but there is less cloying artifice this time around in a romantic comedy where the love story takes a backseat to the more meaningful tale of a lost woman coming into her own as a person 
2.5
My Life in Ruins
Joe Williams
My Life in Ruins comes close to being a Greek tragedy but the actors never let the film die 
2
My Life in Ruins
Roger Ebert
Rarely has a film centered on a character so superficial and unconvincing played with such unrelenting sameness I didn t hate it so much as feel sorry for it 
1.5
My Life in Ruins
Simon Abrams
It s one thing to poke fun of stereotypical Greek behavior but it s another to bitch about the tourists who clog the already varicose thin Athenian streets 
0
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Chris Knight
It expertly mixes gorgeous footage whales seals the sky and the sea with cogent tales of practical living and activism 
3
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Bruce DeMara
It s instructive never strident and ultimately hopeful a lesson to all about how to live and thrive in concert with our natural environment 
3.5
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Marsha Lederman
Much more than a profile of this remarkable place and the cast of characters who populate it this film captures the heart and heartbreak of the clashes it has seen primarily over logging 
3
Max Dugan Returns
David Nusair
entertaining throughout 
3
Max Dugan Returns
Roger Ebert
Simon s gift also is his downfall He s so good at writing lightweight dialogue that it all begins to sound the same 
2.5
Being Light
Steve Rhodes
The movie s gratingly awful star Romain Duris with his exaggerated gestures reminds one of a French version of Chris Kattan Corky Romano 
1.5
The Edukators
Susan Walker
What is interesting to watch are the unexpected turns that occur when a jilted lover a kidnapped rich capitalist and a pair of new lovers are cooped up in an isolated chalet 
2.5
The Edukators
Liam Lacey
Plays out like an ambivalent political tract full of dissatisfaction but no conclusions 
2.5
The Edukators
Duane Dudek
Although The Edukators directed by Hans Weingartner is a German language film it is set in a global village where all politics are local 
3
The Edukators
Rene Rodriguez
Unless you re the sort who has a Che Guevara T shirt tucked away somewhere in your closet the needlessly long The Edukators wears out its welcome 
2.5
The Edukators
John Monaghan
Intelligent entertaining and yes educational as it looks at the nature of political activism now and then 
3
The Edukators
Phoebe Flowers
The romantic triangle at the heart of the story isn t particularly suspenseful and the all important politics unfortunately feel facile at best 
2.5
The Edukators
Chris Hewitt
The Edukators takes an eternity to get past the setup and on to the main conflict 
2.5
The Edukators
Walter V. Addiego
With greater critical distance on the filmmaker s part and a disciplined use of the editing scissors it might have been something substantial 
2
The Edukators
Tom Keogh
Ambitious but ultimately lackluster drama about the conflict between extremist politics and selfish human nature 
2.5
The Edukators
Peter Canavese
Weingartner proves too ready to pat his inner rebels on their backs but asks provocative questions about liberal revolt and the effect of age on ideology 
2.5
The Edukators
Ty Burr
There s an evenhanded humanism flowing through The Edukators that may strike doctrinaire viewers on either side of the divide as mushy but it s tough enough for the rest of us to chew on for a long time 
3
The Edukators
Michael Wilmington
For a film that points out so much wrong with German society and shows such dubious dangerous behavior it leaves the audience with high spirits and a sense of crazy exhilaration 
3.5
The Edukators
Glenn Whipp
Light on action and heavy on didactic dialogue 
2
The Edukators
Jack Mathews
The dialogue between the captive and the captors gets a little didactic and the ending is as contrived as it is cynical 
2.5
The Edukators
Timothy Knight
While The Edukators often suffers from static pacing it never completely stalls as Weingartner brings this engaging thankfully dogma lite film to a satisfying close 
3
The Edukators
V.A. Musetto
Director and co writer Hans Weingartner provides a witty genre busting script for a talented cast 
3
The Edukators
Jason Clark
A well meaning but direly protracted German Austrian trifle 
2
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Brian Eggert
It engages in random albeit funny asides rooted in its foul mouthed characters bloody hockey violence and intentional stupidity For many that will be enough to justify this sequel to the 2012 cult favorite Goon 
2.5
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
James Berardinelli
In addition to regurgitating parts of Goon Goon Last of the Enforcers pilfers liberally from Rocky 3 and Rocky 4 
1.5
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Brian Tallerico
A movie that lacks the energy wit and heart of its predecessor and is the kind of project that probably never should have happened 
1
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Mark Dujsik
The tone of the sequel is goofier and a bit meaner which goes against the entire point of Doug s character 
2
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Chris Hewitt
The movie works better than any comedy with this many nosebleeds has a right to 
3
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Chuck Bowen
Goon Last of the Enforcers faces an uphill climb that s inherent to retreads as it s almost impossible for the film to honor its predecessor without lapsing into contrived and preordained formula 
2
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
David N. Butterworth
Dude Where s My Career 
1.5
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Roger Moore
Sad
1.5
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
David Nusair
A decidedly underwhelming sequel 
1
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Barry Hertz
Baruchel s sequel is everything Dowse s original film was amped up a degree or three 
3
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Calum Marsh
The end result is mediocrity just the kind of movie indeed of which we need much less 
1
A Drummer's Dream
Mark Feeney
Nearly all the interviews are with the professionals That s fine since these guys are almost as good at talking as they are at smiling 
3
A Drummer's Dream
Guy Dixon
It s pure emotion 
3
The Screen Illusion
Kent Turner
Rarely has reading subtitles been a highlight of a film but you ll want to linger over The Screen Illusion s translation 
2.5
Waiting for Superman
Michael Dequina
For all the solid information and convincing arguments presented throughout the run time it s the genuine emotional connection to those families that make the film so powerful 
3
Waiting for Superman
Roger Moore
More overwhelming than uplifting and you can t help but feel this is a rich outsider looking in and down on public schools 
3
Waiting for Superman
Jordan Hiller
The audience of the public school system documentary Waiting for Superman is either supposed to get depressed into action enraged into action or overwhelmed into inaction
2.5
Waiting for Superman
Linda Cook
There I sat alone in the theater watching what may very well be the most important movie of the year if not the decade To say that the documentary Waiting for Superman has played to a small audience is an exercise in understatement 
4
Waiting for Superman
Kam Williams
An Oscar quality expose laying the blame for the escalating dropout rate right at the feet of a greedy and selfish teachers union which could care less about educating the country s kids 
4
Waiting for Superman
Matt Brunson
It s impossible not to be left either elated or heartbroken depending on which way the lottery ball bounces 
3
Waiting for Superman
Keith Cohen
This important gut wrenching film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Documentary It looks to be a strong candidate to duplicate that feat at the Academy Awards 
3
Waiting for Superman
Robert W. Butler
Waiting for Superman isn t just a well made persuasive documentary It s a turning point At least you come out of the theater hoping so 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Duane Dudek
Waiting for Superman doesn t have the answers But it does know the questions 
3
Waiting for Superman
Rob Thomas
Go see it and then talk about it But don t necessarily buy into it 
2
Waiting for Superman
Alison Gang
Guggenheim knows how to hit that sweet spot where the head and heart meet and where great ideas begin to transform into action 
4
Waiting for Superman
Josh Larsen
empowers its viewers through a masterful mixture of knowledge and art 
4
Waiting for Superman
Rene Rodriguez
By focusing on these five kids and their hopeful families Waiting for Superman puts a human face on a crisis worthy of a superhero 
3
Waiting for Superman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Guggenheim shows us that there is light at the end of this tunnel we just have to be willing to do the hard work necessary to make sure those bulbs start burning brightly and that the flickering signaling their end comes to a stop 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Chris Hewitt
It s not the whole picture but it s a compelling part of it 
3
Waiting for Superman
Geoff Pevere
There is no question that this is compelling viewing especially considering the largely abstract and policy driven nature of the crisis 
2.5
Waiting for Superman
Michael O'Sullivan
Waiting for Superman filmmaker Davis Guggenheim s scathing moving critique of American public education makes you actually want to do something after you dry your eyes 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Mark Dujsik
A damning indictment of a failed system a document offering hope and a fervent call to action 
3
Waiting for Superman
Walter V. Addiego
The photography and editing are accomplished and the filmmaker frequently resorts to animation and other tricks to make his subject more palatable 
3
Waiting for Superman
Linda Shaw
Guggenheim succeeds in asking tough questions At the end of the film after he s made us root for these kids and worry about the state of our schools he asks Did we do the right thing Did we do enough 
2.5
Waiting for Superman
Carrie Rickey
As Guggenheim s camera gives us a close up of the Educational Lotto the implication is clear Why gamble on the future of America s children Instead of helping some kids beat the odds how do we change the odds for all kids 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Wesley Morris
It s meant to infuriate you and break your heart enough that you feel compelled to do something There s a great deal of agit with very little prop 
3
Waiting for Superman
Roger Ebert
The film demonstrates 1 that quality education is possible for even the most disadvantaged students 2 the cost is low considering that high school dropouts often turn to crime when they can t find good jobs 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Tom Meek
If you were wondering about the state of our education system Davis Guggenheim s documentary won t make you feel very optimistic 
3
Waiting for Superman
Peter Travers
This movie isn t just a necessity listen up do nothing politicians it might change your future 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Matthew Connolly
Guggenheim wants you to know that he has an education problem and that you should too 
3
Waiting for Superman
Brett McCracken
An important film and I don t use that word lightly A thoughtfully crafted first volley in a debate discussion we simply cannot avoid 
3
Waiting for Superman
Kyle Smith
Reform is not that hard Guggenheim concludes We know what makes for a good school quality teachers All we need is to bring in strong teachers to replace the weakest 
3.5
Waiting for Superman
Guy Dixon
The heartbreak among children denied a proper education is irrefutable 
3
Olympia
Pamela Powell
With McKenzie Chinn s succinct humorous and touching screenwriting paired Greg Dixon s deft direction it s a match made in heaven as the two create a well balanced and meaningful story 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Dwight Brown
A searing purposeful documentary a 21st century cautionary tale 
4
The Central Park Five
Chris Hewitt
Like the Paradise Lost films it s a shocking but clear eyed portrait of injustice 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Linda Barnard
Expect your blood pressure to rise during The Central Park Five 
3
The Central Park Five
Kam Williams
A heartbreaking expose about a rush to judgment which ruined five innocent young lives 
4
The Central Park Five
Michael O'Sullivan
How could this second crime have occurred The film asks that question but only partly answers it and in the process it raises an even more troubling one 
3
The Central Park Five
Mick LaSalle
The Central Park Five is worth seeing both for the ways it s timeless and for the ways it encapsulates an era 
3
The Central Park Five
Wesley Morris
What s amazing about listening to them speak now often through tears is the absence of bitterness 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Gerald Peary
What keeps the film from being an impossible downer is the guts and spirit and smart words of the Central Park Five four of whom now freed are interviewed at length 
3
The Central Park Five
Mark Dujsik
At times this is a devastating film one that acknowledges the desire for but refuses to buy into an easy answer 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Matt Pais
Among all of the case s horrors one of the strongest is that a serial rapist ultimately cared more about the truth than the prosecution 
3
The Central Park Five
Michael Phillips
An unusually good documentary about an outlandish miscarriage of justice 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Roger Ebert
Involves a detailed reconstruction of how the story broke was developed and was dramatized by lurid tabloid headlines 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Rafer Guzman
A skillfully told and important story though less factual blow by blow and more time spent with the five would have been more compelling 
2.5
The Central Park Five
Christy Lemire
Even as The Central Park Five seeks satisfactory answers it stirs outrage and discouragement all over again 
3
The Central Park Five
Stephen Whitty
It s still chilling to see how easily The Central Park Five evokes those mad days of urban distrust 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Lou Lumenick
The Central Park Five ultimately fails to make its case that five teenagers were sent to jail for a crime they didn t commit solely because of institutional racism 
2
The Central Park Five
Robert Levin
A sobering portrait of five lives destroyed on a terrible night and an earnest plea for thoughtful well considered justice in the future 
3.5
The Central Park Five
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Though relentlessly and admirably logical the movie constantly glosses over the buried human element 
2.5
Frozen II
Brian Eggert
Just when you think Frozen II shows signs of doing something bold or confronting it pulls back to a commercial safe zone supplying Disney with an excuse to further their empire with future sequels and a reliable franchise 
2.5
Frozen II
Wesley Lovell
While it s usually difficult to surpass the original this broader more engaging follow up to the wildly successful original speaks more to the power of togetherness than its predecessor even considered 
3.5
Frozen II
Lynnette Nicholas
Disney s Frozen 2 far exceeds the original animated film The character development storyline and the overall themes are more nuanced detailed and intriguing There are some scenes that may insight fear in smaller kids but overall it s kid friendly 
4
Frozen II
Jason Fraley
Frozen II is sure to please the kiddies and their parents with catchy tunes and wondrous animation even if it makes the plot more complicated than it needs to be for its target audience 
3
Frozen II
Doug Walker
They try to throw a lot at you but very little is focused 
2
Frozen II
David Nusair
A distressingly unnecessary and fairly tedious sequel 
2
Frozen II
James Kendrick
should be applauded for taking its own route while maintaining much of what made the original so enjoyable and memorable
3
Frozen II
Linda Cook
Fans will warm up to Frozen II 
3.5
Frozen II
Pamela Powell
Frozen II may not deliver the same love and energy of the first film but with extraordinary animation positive messages and our beloved Olaf it s still a film for Frozen fans to see 
2.5
Frozen II
Josh Larsen
a torturously convoluted extension of an already complicated narrative 
2
Frozen II
Alan French
Frozen II handles its business crafting another solid chapter in the franchise 
3
Frozen II
Matt Brunson
Frozen II often doesn t feel like a movie as much as a chess match with the characters being shoved all around the board with studied precision 
2.5
Frozen II
Mike McGranaghan
Enough about it works to give fans a reasonable degree of entertainment Still there s no denying that it s a big step down from the original 
3
Frozen II
James Berardinelli
Frozen II is a worthy follow up with enough heart action and music to entertain younger and older viewers alike 
3
Frozen II
Mattie Lucas
Tackles real world issues in a way that s both entertaining to children and palatable to adults In short Frozen II is Disney s best film of 2019 
3
Frozen II
Kevin A. Ranson
While making bold in story choices continuing to break Disney conventions leans heavily on visual spectacle and characterization a safely world expanding part two in set up for the inevitable part 3 
3
Frozen II
Rene Sanchez
It manages to capture again the magic and charm of its predecessor while offering us a more mature story about the hardships of growing up Visually striking and tremendously enjoyable Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Frozen II
Christian Toto
Disney reunites all the elements that made the 2013 original a classic Here s why it falls short of repeating that feat 
3
Frozen II
Richard Roeper
one of the most beautifully animated films of the decade filled with stunning visual pyrotechnics and incredible attention to detail 
3
Frozen II
Katie Walsh
It s what you expect from the characters and world and it gets the job done But the most enthusiasm one can muster for Frozen II is it s perfectly adequate unlikely to create a seismic cultural shift like its predecessor 
2.5
Frozen II
Josh Terry
The new story which tries to build on Elsa s mythos is convoluted and feels more invented than organic leaving Frozen 2 feeling like more of an obligation than an equal to the original film 
2.5
Frozen II
Brandy McDonnell
Frozen II boasts a convoluted story with a few plot holes but returning co writers and directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee deserve credit for crafting a sequel that seeks to answer the most compelling questions left by Frozen 
3
Frozen II
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a strong richly rewarding sequel that deftly builds on the themes introduced in the first film and brought to thrilling conclusion here 
3.5
Frozen II
Robert Horton
A smartly turned piece of family entertainment It is also redundant somehow even more than most sequels 
3
Frozen II
Phil Villarreal
A cloying forgettable follow up to a far better movie 
2
Frozen II
Bob Bloom
Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee were sincere in trying to make Frozen II as memorable as Frozen The movie however feels rushed and lacking in dynamism 
2.5
Frozen II
Mark Dujsik
The ultimate lesson of Frozen II perhaps is that some films exist as one of a kind phenomena 
2.5
Frozen II
Steven Prokopy
The links to the first film are strong So why does this installment come up short 
2.5
Frozen II
Nell Minow
Frozen II is destined to be one of those movies children will want to see dozens of times 
3.5
Frozen II
Peter Howell
One thing that really sets Frozen 2 apart from its predecessor is the visuals which are as gorgeous and awe inspiring as computer animation can possibly get 
3
Frozen II
Oliver Jones
While the visuals sometimes have stunning beauty and motion there is little on screen or in the soundtrack that feels truly unknown or carries any of the freshness of the snow that covers Elsa s kingdom 
2
Frozen II
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Frozen II is never quite as magical or affecting as its predecessor though it is certainly engaging enough 
2.5
Frozen II
Barry Hertz
What actually takes the wind out of Frozen 2 8242 s many attempts at epic gust is its repeated failure to imagine and entertain 
2
Frozen II
Kristen Page-Kirby
It s hard to see how the same team who made something so cool in 2013 could deliver something so there s no other word for it lukewarm 
2
Frozen II
Joey Magidson
Frozen II has some incredibly ethereal visuals what they do with water is astounding as well as catchy music throughout It s good but the first one was great 
3
Frozen II
Pat Brown
Woke Disney trying to navigate a tricky representational path steps all over itself throughout 
2
Frozen II
Soren Andersen
Congratulations Disney Mission accomplished 
2.5
Frozen II
Mark Feeney
The sequel is a solid if not quite inspired follow up to Frozen 2013 
3
Frozen II
Mick LaSalle
It s not a classic but it s inspired in its own right 
3
Frozen II
Sean P. Means
Lee and Buck ramp up the animation action Lee s script also dares to approach the darkness of the source author Hans Christian Andersen in a way that s surprising for a Disney franchise 
3.5
Frozen II
Jocelyn Noveck
If it all seems less effortless more workmanlike than the first film with a very complex storyline that will definitely be harder to follow for younger fans there s plenty to like especially the lush visuals 
2.5
Frozen II
Johnny Oleksinski
With Frozen II Disney has done the impossible It s made a terrific animated musical sequel 
3.5
Frozen II
Brian Truitt
While a joyful noise is being made unto the fjord yeti again and the sisters still rule Frozen 2 doesn t have the same pizzazz as the original 
2.5
Hollow Man 2
David Nusair
this is about as needless and pointless a sequel as they come 
.5
Ride Along
Brad Keefe
How much you enjoy it will depend heavily on how much you enjoy Hart s manic energy and self deprecating jokes 
2
Ride Along
David Nusair
The paucity of buddy comedies within contemporary multiplexes makes Ride Along s massive failure especially disappointing 
1
Ride Along
Mick LaSalle
The most truthful answer is friendly but unexciting They re OK They re pretty good 
2.5
Ride Along
Matt Brunson
If you can t stand The Heat then stay out of the multiplexes showing Ride Along 
2
Ride Along
John Beifuss
Only fitfully inspired most of the really funny bits a visit to a shooting range for example were succinct enough to fit into the trailer 
2
Ride Along
David Berry
A buddy cop ish movie that would need a healthy dose of inspiration to even count as boring 
1
Ride Along
Christy Lemire
Ride Along has the dubious distinction of being simultaneously shoddy and straining lazy and desperate 
1
Ride Along
Connie Ogle
Kevin Hart s mouth is the sole reason for the existence of the by the numbers buddy comedy Ride Along which rises and falls on the strength of his chattery comic delivery 
2
Ride Along
Mike McGranaghan
Some serious plot issues aside Ride Along borderline works because of Kevin Hart He s hilarious here 
2.5
Ride Along
Rafer Guzman
Hart s springy energy and Ice Cube s deadpan snarl can be amusing but they can t compensate for weak material 
1
Ride Along
James Berardinelli
At its best Ride Along is tolerable At its worst it borders on insulting 
2
Ride Along
Glenn Kenny
If you re a fan of pint size motormouth Kevin Hart s stand up comedy you re likely to have fun with this Just don t go looking for a motion picture with credible characters or an overly involving story 
2
Ride Along
David Hiltbrand
Ride Along is a film so casual in its conception and execution it should be titled Drive Thru 
1.5
Ride Along
Willie Waffle
What could have been passable becomes a drag 
1.5
Ride Along
Matt Pais
A premise half heartedly searching for a movie 
2
Ride Along
Bruce DeMara
It s a noisy ride to nowhere 
1.5
Ride Along
Scott Bowles
Hart gives Ride just enough buoyancy to keep it afloat despite a story that would sink most performances 
2.5
Ride Along
Tom Russo
Hart at least gives a boost to the familiar buddy cops formula of Ride Along 
2.5
Ride Along
Joe Williams
Kevin Hart hits the vicinity of humor with a few of his drive by wisecracks but the movie itself has nothing under the hood 
2
Ride Along
Dann Gire
The generic cop buddy action comedy Ride Along rides along on Ice Cube s fixed scowl Kevin Hart s broken attention span and Phil Hay s murdered screenplay knocked off by a fatal volley of verbal and visual clichs 
1.5
Ride Along
Jon Niccum
You may not remember much about Ride Along in a few days But you won t forget the confident boisterous Hart He won t let you 
2
Ride Along
Paul Doro
It doesn t reinvent the wheel and is fairly lightweight but it features a steady stream of solid laughs and goes down easy 
3
Ride Along
Peter Travers
Ride Along is a collection of moldy gags that director Tim Story tries to polish 
1
Ride Along
Michael Phillips
It ll probably be a hit Audiences are getting precisely what they re promised 
2
Ride Along
Chris Hewitt
I know people who think Kevin Hart is annoying and unfunny and I think Ride Along is the movie to convince them they are wrong 
3
Ride Along
Moira MacDonald
I d have given all my popcorn for something unexpected like a song and dance number but Ride Along just plods along not terrible but never particularly engaging 
2
Ride Along
Roger Moore
A little Kevin Hart goes a looooooooong way 
1.5
Ride Along
Jessica Herndon
Joining the ranks of odd couple police comedies Ride Along delivers laughs over action with loudmouthed funnyman Kevin Hart driving the hilarity 
2.5
Ride Along
Kyle Smith
There s nothing much funny in it at all 
1
Ride Along
Stephen Whitty
For 100 minutes I didn t think about anything else at all And sometimes that small relief is the best thing a movie can give 
2.5
Ride Along
Chris Cabin
Kevin Hart spends most of the film doing what he usually does which is to say acting generally like a pre teen who just noticed his first pubic hair
1.5
Alice's House
Rene Rodriguez
First time director Chico Teixeira an accomplished maker of documentaries in Brazil brings a similar nonfiction feel to this melodramatic milieu which is kick started when Alice contemplates having an affair of her own with a former sweetheart 
3
Alice's House
Susan Walker
Nothing much happens in Alice s House and a turning point in the plot is terribly contrived but as sociology and maybe even a pilot for a soap serial the movie is worth a look 
2.5
Alice's House
Larry Ratliff
Very well acted especially by Carla Ribas this is a tense drama of friendship family and deceit that explores a wide spectrum of raw emotions 
3
Alice's House
Peter Keough
The restrained elliptical style focused on details rather than confrontations and the nuanced performances make this house a home 
2.5
Alice's House
Ty Burr
Like a Brazilian telenovela unfolding in real time the film fans its cards out slowly until we can see for ourselves the deck is stacked 
3
Alice's House
Jeff Shannon
In a remarkably assured no frills feature debut Brazilian documentarian Chico Teixeira draws a vivid portrait of marital and familial dysfunction 
3
Alice's House
Ken Fox
The gritty location shooting the absence of a soundtrack and the casting of non professionals in key roles help capture an all important sense of place with almost documentary precision 
3
Alice's House
David Wiegand
Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast 
3
Alice's House
V.A. Musetto
Writer director Chico Teixeira who started out making documentaries watches from afar as his middle class characters go about their day in day out activities most of which revolve around sex 
3
Alice's House
Elizabeth Weitzman
Some stories Teixeira is wise enough to realize are best left unadorned 
3
Alice's House
Bob Strauss
Free of the usual social pathology intimate dysfunction proves more than capable of holding our interest as it would anywhere 
3
Alice's House
Rafer Guzman
Ribas delivers a natural earthy performance that has helped this film win numerous awards on the festival circuit 
3
Alice's House
Ed Gonzalez
The sense of realism Chico Teixeira brings to his first feature length fiction is fussy and unilluminative of character when it should be spontaneous 
2
The Education of Charlie Banks
Liam Lacey
One of those voice over memory stories about a college student coming to terms with the bully who haunted his childhood 
2
The Education of Charlie Banks
Greg Quill
An earnest if romanticized examination of the American class system in the late 1970s and early 1980s and the eternally confounding politics of acceptance and exclusion 
2.5
The Education of Charlie Banks
Kyle Smith
The Education of Charlie Banks wants to be The Great Gatsby of college movies It falls a tad short 
1.5
The Education of Charlie Banks
Kam Williams
If you re at all intrigued by the idea of exploring angst and anomie among the entitled upper crust then this Ivy League variation on Fight Club just might satiate that effete brand of bloodlust 
3
Otoshiana
James Kendrick
There is something uneasy underlying the entire film and watching it is not unlike stepping into a dream in which not everything makes perfect sense but every detail commands your absolute attention 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Stacie Hougland
This movie is godawful Simply godawful 
.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Margaret A. McGurk
The effect is a much more engrossing experience than we have come to expect from teen movies 
2.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Jon Niccum
The movie s dramatic moments come from dialogue not actions and much of the time viewers are left on their own to fill in the words that remain unspoken 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Mark Dujsik
A surprisingly intelligent and effective movie 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Matt Easterbrook
so bland it makes Pablum seem like hot curry 
0.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Robert Roten
This film is a true drama with well drawn characters and a fairly intelligent script 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Steve Rhodes
With its realistic depiction of teen angst crazy beautiful will break your heart without ever attempting to manipulate it 
3.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Michael Dequina
The most striking instance of growing up on display is that of the contemporary teen film 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Mike McGranaghan
crazy beautiful is essentially about understanding that people with mental health issues are absolutely worthy of love 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Harvey S. Karten
Sharp acting blunted in a by the numbers script 
2.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Rob Blackwelder
Never panders or preaches never turns perky or shallow 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Wesley Morris
Even when the movie is bad which it is in its abrupt mismanaged final act attempt to cram in moments of forgiveness and clarity it s addictively so 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Susan Stark
Standard issue romantic melodrama pitched specifically to teen agers 
1
Crazy/Beautiful
Roger Ebert
An unusually observant film about adolescence 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Rick Groen
Painting stock situations in a distinctive hue this is the exceptional film that transcends its own triteness 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Ross Anthony
good acting sloppy plot
1.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Rod Armstrong
A welcome respite from the avalanche of teen trash and hopefully signals an inclination to focus on substance rather than Freddie Prinze Jr s blandly handsome mug 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Susan Wloszczyna
While its punch may no longer be spiked crazy beautiful retains much of its impact thanks to a strong cast 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Steven Rea
Makes something like Save the Last Dance seem bogus and preachy by comparison 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
James Berardinelli
A hybrid of Mad Love and Save the Last Dance Crazy Beautiful boasts strong performances underutilized by a banal storyline that manipulates familiar characters into following a well trodden predictable path from point A to point B 
2
Crazy/Beautiful
Mark Caro
This synopsis still may bring to mind a TV movie yet Crazy Beautiful doesn t play like one The reason is simple It makes you believe in what s going on 
3
Crazy/Beautiful
Dustin Putman
If I had to rate it today it would shoot up from two to three stars 
3
The R.M.
Steve Rhodes
A lame production that suffers from a paucity of fresh ideas 
1.5
The R.M.
Sean P. Means
Amateurish performances and production values pointless local cameos and a parochially exclusionary tone that penetrates all the way to the movie s title 
2
The R.M.
Joe Baltake
A strange mess 
2
The R.M.
Tony Toscano
the film is a witty and enjoyable romp 
2.5
The R.M.
Jeff Vice
The film is most successful when it s trying to replicate the Airplane strategy throwing as many jokes as possible at the wall to see what sticks However it s simply a case of trying to do too much 
2
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Sara Michelle Fetters
This documentary reaches for the stars but never grabs hold of them and for as much as I can relate to Garriott s dreams watching him realize them almost put me to sleep 
2
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
John Hartl
Garriott s story is unique a stranger than fiction tale that is unlikely to be topped And the images from space crisp spectacular haunting make it worth the trip 
3
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Kam Williams
Revenge of the computer geek 
3
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
V.A. Musetto
Completely lacking in imagination and purpose this vanity project might suffice as a home movie but it s hardly worth the expense and bother of seeing it in a theater 
0.5
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Oh the things that money can buy 
1.5
Being Thunder
Anne Brodie
Transgender Sherente wears full makeup 8220 even when I don 8217 t want to so I look like that figure they need me to be 8221 46 St 233 phanie Lamorr 233 8217 s sensitive doc raises multiple issues that must no longer be ignored 46 10 
4
Predestination
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s a fascinating investigation into the major science fiction theme of time travel and the sometimes mindbending possibilities therein 46 
3
Predestination
Frank Ochieng
a notably imaginative film noir that craftily elevates the genre into an alluring confection Dark moody and visibly challenging Predestination gleefully plots and twists its way into a hearty submission of inspired Science Fiction contemplation 
3
Predestination
Mallory Andrews
There are some mild pleasures to be had on a first time watch but repeated viewings are sure to decay with time 
2
Predestination
Robert Levin
It s always risky to make a film that shifts and reformulates what it is and what the audience should derive from it straight through the final shot 
3
Predestination
Peter Keough
A messy but affecting parable about fate gender and identity And time which combines the three 
3
Predestination
Claudia Puig
A stylish sci fi adventure anchored by strong performances from Ethan Hawke and Australian newcomer Sarah Snook 
2.5
Predestination
Peter Travers
You won t be able to take your eyes off Sarah Snook an Aussie actress who makes whatever sex she s playing almost irrelevant You watch her You hear her You believe 
3
Predestination
Christian Toto
Predestination feels familiar for the first 10 minutes then it goes places we ve never been before 
3
Predestination
Mark Moring
Like me you ll probably feel inclined to watch it again 
3
Predestination
Peter Sobczynski
At the heart of Predestination are the two central performances by Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook that bring genuine emotional weight to a storyline that could have easily plunged into utter nonsense 
3.5
Predestination
Tirdad Derakhshani
Predestination is a hair raising emotionally resonant thriller that fleshes out Heinlein s minimalist conceptual piece with strong characterization and an absorbing story line about domestic terrorism and murder 
3
Predestination
Mark Dujsik
It s a neat trick 
3
Predestination
Soren Andersen
Despite its low budget and its lack of big stars it s a pretty amazing piece of work 
3.5
Predestination
Stephanie Merry
By the time the final minutes roll around the requisite big reveals are both bizarre and predictable even if they don t make complete sense at first or ever But seeing what s coming doesn t blunt the overall impact of the story 
2.5
Predestination
Dann Gire
Even if the Predestination windup is stronger than its pitch the Spierig brothers have hit a jackpot of compelling weirdness 
3
Predestination
Thomas Lee
Predestination is too clever for its own good a film that relies on schtick and gimmicks rather than honest storytelling 
2
Predestination
Matt Pais
Not that sci fi has to bend reality into a shape free of loose ends but Predestination is so imprecise with its logic that the stylist may as well be blindfolded 
1.5
Predestination
Sara Stewart
Weirder and more contemplative than many of its time traveling brethren Predestination is a stylish head trip 
3
Predestination
James Berardinelli
Predestination is science fiction for a thoughtful crowd 
3
Predestination
Roger Moore
Well acted cryptic and clever Just not a lot of fun 
2.5
Predestination
Chuck Bowen
The film effectively underlines the one undertaking that time travel fantasies can never truly allow escape from ourselves 
2.5
Predestination
David Nusair
a convoluted and confusing sci fi drama 
2
Miller's Crossing
James Kendrick
like so many of the Coens best films it is an enigma a fleeting and gripping experience that offers itself up and pulls away from us at the same time
3.5
Miller's Crossing
Matt Brunson
Joel and Ethan Coen s third film had the misfortune of opening three days after GoodFellas and three months before The Godfather Part III meaning it got clobbered at the box office That s a shame because this was one of the best films of its year 
3.5
Miller's Crossing
Josh Larsen
my choice for Joel and Ethan Coen s masterwork 
4
Miller's Crossing
Peter Travers
The Coens take on Depression era gangster flicks looks gorgeous and showcases John Turturro s best acting ever 
4
Miller's Crossing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Coens play this icy gangster tale mostly straight but they can t help throwing in a few of their dark comic explosions it s one of their best most cohesive films and it holds up to repeated viewings 
4
Miller's Crossing
Bill Chambers
If Miller s Crossing isn t my favourite movie I don t know what is 
4
Miller's Crossing
Wesley Lovell
Now 44 with 8220 Miller 8217 s Crossing 44 8221 I finally have a reason to sing their praises 46 
3.5
Miller's Crossing
Roger Ebert
There is a lot here to admire 
3
Miller's Crossing
Chris Hicks
An amazingly entertaining film loaded with zesty dialogue gorgeously staged sequences and a bevy of wild characters 
3.5
Miller's Crossing
Ted Prigge
The story which is extremely labyrinthine and complex is nevertheless one that is endlessly fascinating 
4
Shaadi Ke Side Effects
Michael Dequina
What initially begins as an appealing and rootable pair of characters both individually and together devolves into two rather selfish people who perhaps deserve each other for the wrong reasons 
2
The Little Mermaid
Mattie Lucas
Now occupies a very special place in the pantheon as the film that gave birth to a new Disney era 
3
The Little Mermaid
Matt Brunson
Everything is just right in this cheerful adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale In addition to reviving the animated art form The Little Mermaid also brought melody back to the movies 
4
The Little Mermaid
Kathleen Carroll
Audiences of all ages are bound to fall in love with this bubbly thoroughly enchanting fish story 
4
The Little Mermaid
David Nusair
perfectly pleasant and consistently watchable 
2.5
The Little Mermaid
Dave Kehr
It may not be a transcendent masterpiece of the Disney canon but The Little Mermaid is still very heartening It suggests the Disney magic isn t lost after all 
3.5
The Little Mermaid
Gary Thompson
A feature length movie with the spirit if not the splendor of the Disney classics 
3
The Little Mermaid
Desmond Ryan
The latest Disney offering looks back to the studio s unrivaled heritage It has the look of classic animation More important it has the skill required to make it work 
4
The Little Mermaid
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review One of those special and rare animated pics that does just about everything exceedingly well A must buy 
3.5
The Little Mermaid
Chris Hicks
This is unquestionably the best animated film in many years and is therefore highly recommended 
4
The Little Mermaid
James Berardinelli
A fantastic success 
3.5
The Little Mermaid
Bill Chambers
The Little Mermaid was a mirage not an oasis 
1.5
The Little Mermaid
Forrest Hartman
The hand drawn animation is terrific and the soundtrack which includes Part of Your World Under the Sea and Kiss the Girl is among Disney s best 
4
The Little Mermaid
Eric Henderson
The Little Mermaid is the story of one packrat pre tween princess whose undersea kingdom is only matched in depth by her remarkable sense of consumer minded entitlement 
2
The Little Mermaid
James Kendrick
The Little Mermaid revitalized the notion of what can be achieved with pen and ink and once again put Disney in an unreachable top spot as the undisputed king of animation studios 
3.5
The Little Mermaid
Margaret A. McGurk
A movie to love 
3.5
The Little Mermaid
Steve Rhodes
If you don t leave the theater humming then you d better check the adjustment on your hearing aid 
3.5
The Little Mermaid
Rob Blackwelder
I love this movie 
4
The Little Mermaid
Roger Ebert
A movie that s so creative and so much fun it deserves comparison with the best Disney work of the past 
4
This Is Not a Film
Mark Deming
This Is Not a Film is a practical joke as much as it is a movie and while it possesses a deadly serious undercurrent what s most surprising is how witty the finished product is 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Kyle Smith
There is courage and cheekiness here What there is not is a story or much insight or even anger anyone expecting an indictment of Iran will be sorely disappointed 
2
This Is Not a Film
Rob Humanick
The truth of what is and isn t lies deep between the lines of this brilliantly elusive meta commentary arguably the greatest Iranian film since Abbas Kiarostami s masterpiece Close Up 
4
This Is Not a Film
Ann Hornaday
It s a cry from the heart of an artist compelled to create tell stories and respond to hostile confounding realities 
4
This Is Not a Film
Gerald Peary
A courageous act of artistic provocation 
3
This Is Not a Film
Ty Burr
In short This Is Not a Film is the world within an apartment and it is quietly devastating 
4
This Is Not a Film
Josh Larsen
a political act of course but that s not the most interesting thing about it 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Rob Thomas
The right thing to do would be to give a thumbs up to Film just to spread the word But here s another reason it s a fascinating film 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Tom Keogh
The more This Is Not a Film underscores the cruel containment of a great artist the more we actually become aware very indirectly in a very Panahi fashion of a city in chaos outside with sounds of gunfire and distant street blazes 
4
This Is Not a Film
Roger Ebert
I would like to show This Is Not a Film to those in the United States who are in favor of a close union of church and state 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a true rebel film full of outrage and defiance but it s also an intensely personal and moving portrait of a trapped tragic figure just like many of Panahi s own best characters 
4
This Is Not a Film
Walter V. Addiego
An act of political defiance a moving personal document and a meditation on what film is and can be 
4
This Is Not a Film
John Anderson
There are fireworks and an ending that s as dramatic as anything made by any director making a film which is something Panahi accomplishes with a bit of a wink and no small amount of courage 
4
This Is Not a Film
Stephen Whitty
The film is terrific at capturing the drip drip drip of what amounts to basically Panahi s home imprisonment 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Christy Lemire
An inspiring must see for anyone who feels the urgent need to create something beautiful and meaningful no matter the cost 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Phil Coldiron
In its way this effort is both a forceful assertion of the most stifling brand of auteurism and a radical reconfiguration of its political potential 
3.5
This Is Not a Film
Liam Lacey
Deft and ironic mixing banal reality with poignant metaphor in a typically Iranian style 
3
Recurrence
Roger Moore
A scenic but very stupid murder mystery 47 thriller 46 
1.5
Death of a Telemarketer
Dwight Brown
Even at a short 88 minutes it overextends its welcome and goes on well after viewers have had their laugh gotten their revenge and understood the film s point 
2.5
Introducing, Selma Blair
Peter Keough
Like Val Kilmer in Val Selma Blair puts all vanity aside and lets the world see the suffering indomitable person she has become 
3.5
Introducing, Selma Blair
Christy Lemire
It s impossible to watch Introducing Selma Blair and not feel deeply moved 
3
Introducing, Selma Blair
Mike McGranaghan
A remarkable portrait of a star waging the fight of her life 
4
Whores' Glory
Mattie Lucas
Shines a light in the darkness on the seedy gritty shocking world where sex is little more than a business 
3
Whores' Glory
Michael O'Sullivan
Whores Glory takes a deadpan nonjudgmental approach which generally works well even if the fly on the wall technique makes clear that what attracts flies usually stinks 
3
Whores' Glory
Gerald Peary
Glawogger works hard at being objective and dispassionate and unsentimental but he s clearly on the side of the working girls and horrified by their salivating johns 
3
Whores' Glory
Mark Feeney
Glawogger has the good sense mostly to stay out of the way and let the material speak for itself 
2.5
Whores' Glory
Mick LaSalle
To experience it is to be haunted by the bleakness and ugliness of prostitution the hopeless trap of it and the defeat of love that it represents 
3
Whores' Glory
V.A. Musetto
Austrian documentarian Michael Glawogger takes his cameras to three red light districts around the world and finds life is miserable for the women who work in the world s oldest profession and for the men who pay cash for sex 
3
Whores' Glory
Tom Keogh
Like a stroll through Amsterdam s red light district at night It s an experience far more sad than sexy 
3
Whores' Glory
Kent Turner
Whatever qualms there may be it s never less than compelling entirely atmospheric vulgar and boundary bursting 
3
Whores' Glory
Jesse Cataldo
While the director does make overtures in the wrong directions he usually seems to know where to steer his material 
3
Me, Myself and Mum
Kent Turner
It reminded the Cannes audience that it was okay to laugh Lightweight but winningly amusing 
3
Obvious Child
Katelyn Beaty
Slate is fittingly cast here playing Donna detached and irreverent in one scene confessional and needy in the next 
3
Obvious Child
Michael Smith
The movie is smart and it is very funny 
3
Obvious Child
Anita Katz
Credit writer director Gillian Robespierre and her star Jenny Slate for doing something fresh and witty within the problematic romcom formula 
3
Obvious Child
Perry Seibert
As a rom com it s so safe and unchallenging that it won t stick in your brain long enough for the message to matter 
2.5
Obvious Child
John Beifuss
I left Obvious Child thinking not of Donna the story s heroine but of Jenny Slate an intriguing screen presence who deserves better material 
2.5
Obvious Child
Mara Reinstein
A wonderfully offbeat film about yes an abortion 
3
Obvious Child
Mal Vincent
Obvious Child significantly lifts the romantic comedy genre from the predictable rut it has fallen into 
3
Obvious Child
Matt Brunson
As a character Donna Stern proves to be a mirror reflection of the movie surrounding her intelligent spirited honest and more than a little awkward 
3
Obvious Child
Brad Keefe
That she makes the audience empathize more than judge is testament to Slate s skill Obvious frontrunner for indie comedy of the year 
3.5
Obvious Child
Rob Thomas
The film tiptoes around the issue as much as something like Knocked Up did it just tiptoes around the other side 
2
Obvious Child
Bob Bloom
Obvious Child covers some tricky and touchy territory but it does it with such wit and warmth that only the most diehard pro life fanatic could take offense 
3.5
Obvious Child
Duane Dudek
It is unlikely to change any hearts or minds in our perpetually and permanently polarized times but the film has the courage of its convictions which likely limits appeal to a like minded audience 
2.5
Obvious Child
Joe Williams
Sorry partisans but there s nothing obvious about Obvious Child 
3
Obvious Child
David Nusair
Slate s jaw dropping turn as the affable protagonist surely marks the arrival of a fierce new acting talent 
4
Obvious Child
Chris Knight
The Obvious Child feels fresh for a number of reasons not least its straight on tackling of the abortion issue 
3
Obvious Child
Kate Taylor
Slate is too pretty a face and Robespierre is too limited a writer for Obvious Child to rise above conventional romantic plotting or to make its low comedy meaningfully transgressive 
2
Obvious Child
Tirdad Derakhshani
A cross between a Woody Allen farce and a one woman show by Sarah Silverman 
3.5
Obvious Child
Peter Canavese
Robespierre has conceived something you don t see every day a feminist rom com that unapologetically allows its flawed protagonist to let it all hang out But it s one of those pictures that s just good enough that you dearly wish it were better 
2.5
Obvious Child
Bruce DeMara
Robespierre and company deserve high praise for tackling a story with such a difficult subject at its heart with a combination of grace humour and courage 
3
Obvious Child
Moira MacDonald
Obvious Child enters territory rarely trod by romantic comedies it s clear Donna s in no way ready to have a child and does so with warmth and wit 
3
Obvious Child
John Anderson
Virtue and vulgarity fight to a draw via a film that should put the vivacious Jenny Slate and director Gillian Robespierre on everyone s indie radar 
2.5
Obvious Child
Mark Dujsik
It s that sense of normalcy that makes the film such a subversive success in terms of addressing a political debate that it otherwise goes out of its way to avoid having 
3
Obvious Child
Ty Burr
Obvious Child is being promoted as a groundbreaking topical comedy about abortion But it s less than that And more And basically not 
3
Obvious Child
Ann Hornaday
A movie that feels risky and forgiving and despite its traditional rom com contours refreshingly new 
3.5
Obvious Child
Michael Phillips
Moment to moment you believe what s happening in Robespierre s film which is funny and rueful in roughly equal measure without being despairing in the slightest 
3.5
Obvious Child
Mick LaSalle
The movie doesn t present itself as some kind of secular equivalent of a moral lesson It s not callous or weepy or preachy or self consciously not those things It s a naturally told story 
3
Obvious Child
Chris Hewitt
The humor gets dark but the future looks bright for Robespierre and Slate 
4
Obvious Child
Matt Pais
I want to hug this movie 
3.5
Obvious Child
Robert Levin
Jenny Slate demonstrates the gift that sets apart the great actors from the good ones The ability to move you to tears without saying a word 
3
Obvious Child
Roger Moore
Quirky funny and GUTSY 
3
Obvious Child
Sheila O'Malley
Watching all of these people listen talk behave react think work stuff out that s the genius of Obvious Child that s the strength and beauty of its unique wavelength 
3.5
Obvious Child
Stephen Whitty
It s a small modest film that doesn t act like it s groundbreaking But it is 
3
Obvious Child
Scott Bowles
A dark romantic comedy that has plenty of the first a little of the second and none of third 
2
Obvious Child
Peter Travers
Obvious Child is a romcom with a sting in its tail And Slate is a dynamo nailing every laugh while showing a true actor s gift for nuance 
3
Obvious Child
Kyle Smith
Simply a bad rom com 
1.5
Obvious Child
Steve Macfarlane
Whatever your foreknowledge of low budget Brooklyn dramedies it s impossible that Gillian Robespierre s film won t lob you at least a few curveballs 
3
Obvious Child
Erik Childress
This film deserves to be seen as a major breakthrough for Jenny Slate who commands the kind of humor and honesty that stars possess 
3
Time for Ilhan
Mattie Lucas
A feel good hagiography to be sure but it also offers a more personal look at who Omar really is free of the noise of cable news punditry and partisan fear mongering 
3
Time for Ilhan
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Think you know Ilhan Omar Check out this movie for a closer look As the title suggests this should be her time 
4
Time for Ilhan
Roger Moore
Instantly dated considering the controversy that surrounds the first Somali American member of Congress but still a revealing and compelling portrait of an activist turned politician who beat the odds to get where she is 
2.5
Southwest
John Beifuss
Clarice s life may be no longer than that of a fruit fly but its brevity Nunes suggests not through words but through the emotional and psychological effect of his images does not diminish its value
3.5
Southwest
Tomas Hachard
The inscrutability of the plot intriguing at first is ultimately impenetrable 
2.5
Steamboy
John Beifuss
When massive bursts of steam are frozen into giant flowers of jagged ice Otomo gives us a literal Cold War to remind us of the folly of the arms race 
2.5
Steamboy
Jeff Shannon
Until it careers into cacophony it s a lot of fun 
2.5
Steamboy
Walter Chaw
A lot of chore for a tiny bit of reward 
1
Steamboy
Peter Canavese
Masculine brooding fuels Steamboy with its monolithic steam spewing tower powered by balls constantly rumbling out of control 
3
Steamboy
Steven Rea
Steamboy ultimately shares deep seated themes with the futuristic Akira Both offer cautionary tales about scientific responsibility and the evils of war And both look pretty cool too 
3
Steamboy
Timothy Knight
With its stunning visuals exciting set pieces and larger than life characters Steamboy often succeeds as a ripping good yarn but only in fits and starts 
2.5
Steamboy
Duane Dudek
The result is a welcome and exhilarating steam powered flight of fancy 
3
Steamboy
Marty Mapes
Storytelling and philosophy don t measure up leaving only audio and visuals to entertain
2.5
Steamboy
James Verniere
Visually the movie is a gearhead s fever dream a mesmerizing fantasy rooted in the industrial revolution combining traditional animation and computer effects 
3
Steamboy
G. Allen Johnson
A fine example of how anime uniquely contributes to world cinema 
3
Steamboy
Lou Lumenick
Loaded with eye candy though it lacks the sophisticated storytelling and character development of Japanese director Katushiro Otomo s classic Akira 
3
Steamboy
Jami Bernard
The weak story and bland hero are no match for the increasingly exciting visuals while the score by Steve Jablonsky should be on exhibit in the Hall of Lead 
2
Steamboy
Bob Strauss
I gave up trying to make sense of any of this at around the halfway mark but I never stopped marveling at the ever more baroque spectacle that Otomo s teams of hand and computer animators have lovingly obsessively created 
2.5
Steamboy
Robert Folsom
There are moments when dialogue action and the dramatic music by Steve Jablonsky interlock 
3
Steamboy
Bruce Westbrook
Its action couldn t have been much more thrilling if done entirely by computer or shot in costly live action 
3
Steamboy
Terry Lawson
This is just too little invention too much hot air 
2
Steamboy
Jeff Vice
An exciting adventure film with handsome state of the art animation 
3
Steamboy
Michael Booth
Sometimes a rousing action movie and always a visual delight 
3
Steamboy
Roger Ebert
There may be possibilities here but they re lost in the extraordinary boredom of a long third act devoted almost entirely to loud pointless and repetitive action 
2
Steamboy
Ty Burr
Often immensely thrilling in the most elemental ways even in a US release cut that s 23 minutes shorter than the Japanese original 
3
Steamboy
Sean P. Means
Otomo s artwork and the super sized action sequences are spectacular Alas the sparse storyline and hot air dialogue turn Steamboy into an insubstantial movie 
2.5
Steamboy
David Sterritt
Otomo outdoes his Akira with this cinematic feast 
4
Steamboy
Aaron Hillis
Though Steamboy could have been smarter and more dramatically engineered this razzle dazzle ride won t disappoint if you just need to blow off a little you know what 
3
Steamboy
Chris Hewitt
As per usual in animated films from Japan the backdrops are triumphs of imagination and architecture but as is not always the case Steamboy has a dandy story 
3
Steamboy
Robert K. Elder
Though visually stunning suffered from some jarring edits bizarre character reversals and general lack of narrative cohesiveness 
2
Steamboy
Nick Schager
By the 100th beautifully crafted plume of smoke and explosion of twisted metal this gorgeous film has lost more than a little steam 
2
Steamboy
Steve Rhodes
Has as many explosions as a Jerry Bruckheimer production It s too long Seventy five minutes would have been plenty 
2.5
Steamboy
Ross Anthony
A slow even pressure cooker very nicely done 
3
Gladiator
Roger Ebert
The idea of the Dennehy s illegal boxing arena is a storytelling masterstroke it explains the small crowds at the same time it permits the boxers to fight dirty 
3
The Day After
Mattie Lucas
A kind of filmed therapy that offers a unique window into the soul of an artist 
3.5
The Day After
Simon Abrams
An uninspired pity party comedy 
2
The Day After
Chuck Bowen
Hong Sang soo s The Day After homes in on the similarities between job interviews and dates mining them for a comedy of romantic alienation and autobiographical rumination 
3.5
Confessions of a Call Girl
Kam Williams
Confessions of a Call Girl lands in this critic s It s so bad it s good file because the characters are so laughably cartoonish and because Tamala Jones never gets tired of baring her curvaceous booty and cannonball implants for the camera 
2
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
James Kendrick
highly entertaining
3
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Roger Moore
Guerrilla filmmaking explained by the Che Guevara of exploitation cinema
3
The August Virgin
Rob Thomas
Jonás Trueba s new film is a languid tale of a Spanish woman who has the transformative restorative experience of a good vacation without leaving home 
3
The August Virgin
Rene Sanchez
Arana injects such naturality and vitality to her character becoming the patron saint of every thirtysomething who s ever questioned their life choices Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Wild Canaries
John Hartl
Cute or presumptuous It s your call where Wild Canaries is concerned 
2.5
Wild Canaries
Rob Thomas
It s like Scooby Doo for the artisanal cupcake set 
3
Wild Canaries
Kam Williams
A delightful diversion that succeeds in spoofing the film noir genre while simultaneously spinning a thoroughly modern variation on the theme of those classic crime capers 
3.5
Wild Canaries
Amir Soltani
The stars of the show are Levine and Takal whose performances not only perfect the film s comic tempo but also suggest that their real life relationship has influenced every frustrated argument and passionate kiss seen in the film 
3.5
Wild Canaries
Peter Sobczynski
On paper Wild Canaries sounds like it has all the ingredients for a reasonably diverting comedy but they just never quite pull together into a cohesive or entertaining whole 
2
Wild Canaries
Nick Prigge
Lawrence Michael Levine s film occupies a sweet spot between the self aware and taut 
3
Wild Canaries
John Beifuss
It s like a lo fi version of Charade or a hangdog hipster update of The Thin Man with the frustrated Levine as an amateur sleuth who unearths mysteries of the heart that unlike tidy criminal conspiracies resist explanation 
3
Killers
Jeff Beck
Robert Luketic s Killers takes a worn out premise and somehow manages to make it feel even more tired than before 
2
Killers
John Beifuss
Perhaps some future social scientist will explain why the traditional romantic comedy transformed during the first decade of the 21st century into the screwball action comedy in which bonds of love are strengthened by gunplay car chases and explosions 
2
Killers
Jason Anderson
It s pretty much dead in the water as soon as a shirtless Kutcher tries to play suave and utters some terrible French in his first attempt to woo his co star 
1
Killers
Tim Robey
Killers goes wrong so quickly and obviously it s almost hard to believe did collective deafness strike on set 
1
Killers
Matt Brunson
Just how wretched an actress is Katherine Heigl Ashton Kutcher has delivered his own share of poor performances yet whenever he s asked to share a scene with Heigl he comes across like Laurence Olivier by comparison 
1
Killers
Claudia Puig
Killers is a lifeless romantic action comedy that might as well have been concocted in a broken beaker given the paucity of chemistry between the lead actors 
1.5
Killers
Stephen Whitty
There is a potentially rich satirical situation there as everyone in the couple s dull planned community turn out to be undercover killers But whatever germ of an idea there is it s quickly killed by witless writing and migraine inducing direction 
1.5
Killers
Linda Cook
If you think the trailers look bad just imagine how insufferable the movie is 
3.5
Killers
Tom Meek
It s as if you d tuned into an episode of Punk d with Kutcher parading around in full Bond parody not good 
1
Killers
James Kendrick
little more than a potentially good idea badly executed
2
Killers
Stephen Cole
Maybe filmmakers should shoot what Ashton s up to off camera because not many laughs are making it to the screen 
1
Killers
David Nusair
an acceptable time waster that just barely gets the job done 
2.5
Killers
Rob Humanick
You could do far worse at the multiplex this weekend than Killers a modestly pitched rom com actioner that outdoes most of the competition on compulsive watchability alone 
2.5
Killers
Kam Williams
Worth the investment for the cinematic capture of the Southern France backdrops as well as the badinage between Heigl and Kutcher reminiscent of those classic Doris Day Rock Hudson exchanges in flicks like Send Me No Flowers Send Me No Hit Men 
2.5
Killers
Sean P. Means
This hybrid of marital strife and action comedy barely worked in Date Night but that s because Steve Carell and Tina Fey were authentic as married grown ups 
1.5
Killers
Tirdad Derakhshani
At a certain point it actually becomes embarrassing to watch Heigl and Kutcher play at being in love 
1
Killers
Roger Moore
There s nobody delivering the laughs in this arid action comedy 
1.5
Killers
Wesley Morris
The screenplay has pages I imagine remain only half filled Not long after Heigl and Kutcher meet in an elevator they share this exchange She Huh huh He Huh She Huuuuuh This is the language of love for two people coming out of a coma 
1
Killers
Michael Phillips
Haven t we seen the oh my gosh my spouse is secretly an assassin but you know a nice one routine once too often 
1
Killers
Dustin Putman
Dares to be a little more dangerous and different darting from black comedy to action to romance with a smooth hand Madcap and surprising in a lot of ways 
2.5
Death Wish II
Roger Ebert
While the first film convinced me of Bronson s need for vengeance this one is just a series of dumb killings 
0
A Map of the World
Betsy Bozdech
A Map of the World is an actors movie and it shows 
3.5
A Map of the World
David Nusair
The fairly simple storyline is certainly stretched quite thin over the two hour running time 
2.5
A Map of the World
Michael Dequina
Gooey with sentiment 
2.5
A Map of the World
Peter Stack
May be too painful and downbeat for many moviegoers But it redefines courage in acting 
4
A Map of the World
Cornell & Petricelli
A film with an every day beginning and an every day ending and a triumph in between 
3.5
A Map of the World
Ross Anthony
The acting is strong but the direction is inharmonious 
1.5
A Map of the World
James Berardinelli
Acting and character development are uneven 
2
A Map of the World
Roger Ebert
There aren t any of the comforting payoffs we get in genre fiction I m grateful for movies like this 
3.5
A Map of the World
Jonathan Foreman
A surprisingly gripping and moving experience 
3
A Map of the World
Ray Greene
A sincere film but strangely uninvolving 
2.5
A Map of the World
Jay Carr
Gives three first rate actors a chance to stretch 
3
A Map of the World
Steve Rhodes
Sigourney Weaver gives an Oscar caliber performance 
3
A Map of the World
Rob Blackwelder
Disappointingly unengaging 
2.5
A Map of the World
Mike Clark
Too many situations are set up or suggested without much follow through 
2.5
A Map of the World
David N. Butterworth
Asks how anyone could live with themselves when a child entrusted into their care dies 
2.5
Bitter Melon
G. Allen Johnson
An intriguing and absorbing independent film 
3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Matt Brunson
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remains a genuine classic of the genre 44 a punishing 44 unrelenting nightmare that never allows viewers even a moment of sanity or security 46 
3.5
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
David Keyes
My personal philosophy remains unmoved by skill and prowess when it comes to an idea this drastic A chainsaw is a cheater s instrument a device that disrupts all threads of rhythm and psychology 
2.5
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
John Beifuss
A genuine American nightmare that is not only uncompromisingly ferocious but truly original and as much an art film in its way as another fact inspired murder movie shot a year earlier by another Texas connected filmmaker Terrence Malick s Badlands 
4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Dustin Putman
A cutthroat unendingly bleak masterpiece of horror cinema 
4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Michael Dequina
The film s intense final half achieves its unshakable effect through a combination of things aside from graphic gore 
4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Walter Chaw
The film is unpleasant brutally nihilistic and frankly gruelling yet it s not misanthropic which makes it that much more difficult to endure 
4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Roger Ebert
The movie is some kind of weird off the wall achievement I can t imagine why anyone would want to make a movie like this and yet it s well made well acted and all too effective 
2
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Peter Canavese
In his laughing outlaw way Hooper pointed a new direction for horror cinema 2 Disc Ultimate Edition Reviewed 
3.5
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the movie remains a must for horror fanatics 
2.5
Lured
Matt Brunson
The plot is wonderfully knotty Lucille Ball is appropriately spunky and there s a scene stealing turn by horror heavy George Zucco atypically cast as a crossword loving cop 
3.5
The Pope's Toilet
V.A. Musetto
The cast of pros and amateurs provides realistic performances and co director Charlone s lensing makes beautiful use of the rough landscape in a movie even the pope would enjoy 
3
The Pope's Toilet
Frank Ochieng
Although not the best imaginative movie title ever to grace a matinee sign The Pope s Toilet resonates with a distinctive warmth and sense of reality and purpose 
3
The Pope's Toilet
Walter V. Addiego
The movie isn t as bad as I feared but I can t give it much of an endorsement either 
1
CQ
Josh Larsen
Coppola gives CQ a sense of style and humor that makes the navel gazing bearable 
3
CQ
Betsy Bozdech
CQ is so enamored of its own stylish stylized world that it occasionally seems to forget that someone besides Coppola is watching 
2.5
CQ
Michael Dequina
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3
CQ
Steven Snyder
The movie plays out like a over budget student film that lacks any of the competence and patience of an experienced director 
2
CQ
Loren King
A film that is visually compelling and highly entertaining in an in jokey sort of way 
3
CQ
Terry Lawson
Coppola s observational and satirical skills are impressive 
3
CQ
Joe Baltake
The cinema awareness of CQ is such that it looks as if it was made by and for someone who has seen every movie imaginable but hasn t lived yet 
3
CQ
Chris Hewitt
Coppola s lively lark of a movie is as fresh as new car smell because it s so sharply observed and attentively acted 
3
CQ
Rick Groen
CQ has a modicum of IQ and a dash of style 
2.5
CQ
Joe Leydon
Nothing more substantial than a fitfully clever doodle 
2
CQ
Jonathan Curiel
The film deserves some kind of honor for its campy originality smart and funny dialogue and provocative yet sensitive look at the making of a film circa 1969 
4
CQ
Chris Fujiwara
In other words CQ triumphs over its own trendiness only by being vapid and superficial 
2
CQ
Steven Rea
A witty whimsical feature debut 
3
CQ
James Berardinelli
Personally I found it to be a mess a jumble of half formed thoughts and ideas that amount to very little 
2
CQ
Rob Blackwelder
At once an homage to and a spoof of two signature styles of late 1960s cinema CQ is an enjoyably eccentric entry into feature filmmaking for Roman Coppola 
2.5
CQ
Jeremy Heilman
A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1 2 
2
CQ
Pam Grady
an eye popping comic book of a movie
3
CQ
Megan Turner
Kudos to this first time feature director for braiding his insider experience into something quite singular 
2.5
CQ
Emily Blunt
A fantastic journey 
4
CQ
Chris Wiegand
A love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats 
4
Personal Property
Scott Nash
Jean Harlow shines in her penultimate film 
3
A Bridge Too Far
Christy Lemire
It would seem impossible to go wrong with such an incredible all star cast which makes A Bridge Too Far such a frustrating misfire no pun intended 
2
A Bridge Too Far
Roger Ebert
The movie s big and expensive and filled with stars but it s not an epic It s the longest B grade war movie ever made 
2
A Bridge Too Far
Peter Canavese
Consistently reinforces the horrors of war by depicting not only the disasterous military engagements and their toll on heroes but also the witless political decisions that led to needless excessive loss of life Blu Ray 
3.5
Excision
Erik Childress
A dark comedy that may not quite be Lucky McKee s masterful May but should earn fans along the lines of Ginger Snaps and Teeth
3
The Blue Lagoon
Roger Ebert
The Blue Lagoon is the dumbest movie of the year 
0.5
Coming Home
Brad Wheeler
A magazine article probably would have sufficed just as well as a full length doc That being said the tone is agreeable a love letter not overromanticized 
2.5
How to Build a Girl
Matt Brunson
Several individual sequences really sparkle but the life lessons are awfully overfamiliar and the quirkiness is exceedingly twee 
2.5
How to Build a Girl
Sarah Knight Adamson
Beanie Feldstein is the reason to see this film we view her many moods and personas A fun wild crazy ride with a great message about friendship 
3
How to Build a Girl
Sean P. Means
Beanie Feldstein captures Johanna s insecurity and her determination to rewrite her life and isn t afraid to take the character to the dark side 
3.5
How to Build a Girl
Mark Feeney
The movie doesn t sympathize with anyone really Nick Lowe famously sang that you have to be cruel to be kind How to Build is mostly just cruel 
2
How to Build a Girl
Peter Canavese
A substantive whimsical and funny teen driven story 
3
How to Build a Girl
Kathy Fennessy
If I found the ending a little too good to be true I can t say I wasn t moved 
3
How to Build a Girl
Rob Thomas
It s an utterly charming and very funny coming of age story about a girl who kept rewriting her story until the world was big enough to contain her 
3.5
How to Build a Girl
Tom Meek
Beanie Feldstein goes after it all with great gusto but the material never gives her a soul and some of the gags are so over the top you ll be left agape at how widely they miss
2
How to Build a Girl
Matthew Passantino
It s hard to find new ways to bring the coming of age story to life because it s a formula we have seen time and time again but the charming How to Build a Girl certainly tries to make it fresh 
3
How to Build a Girl
Lisa Trifone
Feldstein commits to every moment with the zeal of someone who understands their character on a cellular level 
3
How to Build a Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There isn t much of an arc yet Feldstein still carries it She s delightfully honest and her antics come from a place of genuine release She s kind of a rock star 
2.5
How to Build a Girl
Monica Castillo
It s charming and sweet and even in its more serious moments the movie never loses its sense of humor 
2.5
How to Build a Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s pure joy to Johanna s various discoveries about herself these bursts of inspiration and understanding all one s I could instantly relate to on a personal level 
3
How to Build a Girl
Mark Dujsik
You just want her to grow the hell up already 
1
How to Build a Girl
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In addition to the excellent ensemble Giedroyc s mise en scène is often delightfully mischievous 
3.5
How to Build a Girl
Joey Magidson
Beanie Feldstein shows off both comedic and dramatic chops here anchoring the movie with a deeply human performance 
3
How to Build a Girl
Kathryn Baker
It s the kind of easy to digest snappy and endlessly watchable film that makes you wonder why Coky Giedroyc not more famous But perhaps this film will give her that chance 
3.5
How to Build a Girl
Ann Hornaday
To every girl who watched Almost Famous and High Fidelity and bears the scars of trying to shoehorn her inner self into the male protagonist s cramped psyche How to Build a Girl arrives like a soothing if imperfect balm 
3
How to Build a Girl
Rafer Guzman
The worst thing about How to Build a Girl is thinking about how good it might have been 
1
How to Build a Girl
Katie Walsh
This sincerely felt and utterly effervescent coming of age tale expresses a universal truth about being alive that hopefully you ll have the chance and the awareness to make and remake yourself again and again dusting
3.5
How to Build a Girl
Bob Bloom
Feldstein elicits a vulnerability and awareness that makes you root for and embrace her You hope she finally discovers and accepts her true self The film s journey is one you will enjoy sharing with this talented young actor 
3
How to Build a Girl
Mick LaSalle
This is one of the few movies about journalism that gets it right 
3
How to Build a Girl
Kate Taylor
Yet the film s delightful eccentricities and its sharp take on the pretensions of London scene setters make it ceaselessly entertaining 
3
Showtime
Judith Egerton
Throughout the movie De Niro scowls and looks as if something smells bad and something does It s the script 
2
Showtime
Sara Michelle Fetters
What can you say when the best thing about a movie is William Shatner playing himself and parodying his own persona 
2
Showtime
David Nusair
the real problem with Showtime is that for a comedy it s not nearly funny enough 
2.5
Showtime
Jon Niccum
Murphy is no more capable of portraying an authentic cop than he is of going to the grocery store without a posse of Hollywood hangers on 
2
Showtime
Mark Caro
The thinness of the conception gives the actors so little room to maneuver that they turn in uniformly one note performances 
1
Showtime
Ian Mantgani
Makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases 
2.5
Showtime
Michael Dequina
Chalk up another big name star vehicle that fails to live up to a wealth of potential 
2.5
Showtime
Steve Rhodes
It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up 
3
Showtime
Edward Johnson-Ott
By the time the production reaches its third act it is nothing but car crashes and shoot outs 
3
Showtime
Frank Ochieng
Both DeNiro and Murphy no strangers to the buddy buddy genre are trapped in what is essentially a futile effort to make Showtime a top of the line parody of the salt n pepper partner formulaic flicks of yesteryear
2
Showtime
Joe Leydon
I suspect the writers simply ran out of clever ideas after establishing their basic premise and coasted through the rest of the script on the creative equivalent of automatic pilot 
2
Showtime
Ross Anthony
De Niro and Murphy are never boring and this rickety messy film remains slightly amusing so we ll give it a B 
2
Showtime
Sean P. Means
Murphy s ad libbed takes and De Niro s surly reactions serve them well especially when the thrown together script fails them 
1.5
Showtime
Dustin Putman
pitiful slapdash disaster A DOA dud from frame one 
.5
Showtime
Mike Clark
Showtime isn t much of a show at all 
2
Showtime
Geoff Pevere
You know you ve entered flat dramatic terrain when William Shatner towers over it 
1
Showtime
Todd Anthony
The film essentially amounts to 48 HRS with a reality TV subplot 
2
Showtime
Moira MacDonald
U neven but frequently engaging comedy 
2.5
Showtime
Glenn Lovell
It s definitely a hate yourself in the morning glut 
3
Showtime
Mick LaSalle
If anyone ever needed a demonstration of what happens to actors when that ventriloquist known as the screenwriter is missing in action this is it 
1
Showtime
David Elliott
Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas and Showtime is crammed full of them 
1.5
Showtime
Joe Baltake
The entire film feels like outtakes 
1.5
Showtime
Tor Thorsen
Showtime is by no means great cinema but it does succeed in taking your mind off terrorism global warming taxes and impending old age for about 95 minutes 
2.5
Showtime
Steven Rea
Showtime s complete lack of originality oozes off the screen like um rancid popcorn butter 
1.5
Showtime
John Anderson
Everyone involved should be arrested 
1.5
Showtime
Duane Dudek
B eyond proving that there are no new ideas in Hollywood Showtime could have been worse and is fun in its own small way 
2.5
Showtime
Rene Rodriguez
N o matter how much good will the actors generate Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness 
1.5
Showtime
Ray Conlogue
most of Showtime is a layering of tired pop culture tropes by actors who are not especially interested in what they re doing 
1
Showtime
Susan Stark
Between them De Niro and Murphy make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season 
3
Showtime
Terry Lawson
So how many exes and children does Robert De Niro have to support anyway It s one of the things you could think about while enduring the abysmal Showtime 
1
Showtime
Jeff Vice
Not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired 
2.5
Showtime
Steven Rosen
It s really yet another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon derived buddy cop movie trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness 
1
Showtime
Bob Strauss
Neither the funniest film that Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon anyway 
3
Showtime
Mary F. Pols
Given that the new comedy Showtime stars Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro it s disconcerting discouraging and downright disorienting to realize halfway through it that what you d really like is to see a bit more of William Shatner 
2
Showtime
Roger Ebert
The movie s funny in the opening scenes and then forgets why it came to play 
2
Showtime
Tom Russo
P artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV cops comedy Showtime would seem to be surefire casting The catch is that they re stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders 
2.5
Showtime
Jonathan Foreman
Sloppy half baked mess 
2
Showtime
Walter Chaw
One can t call a movie this stupid a satire of anything but unintentionally of itself 
1
Showtime
Chris Hewitt
the script for Showtime which was rushed into production to avoid last year s anticipated actors strike is so achingly generic it can t even score points off as easy a target as Shatner 
1
Showtime
Tony Toscano
One of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart 
1.5
Showtime
Jackie Potts
It s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer squad car pile ups and the requisite screaming captain 
2
Showtime
James Berardinelli
The film is nothing more than a re hash of other individual Murphy and De Niro outings 
2
Showtime
Harvey S. Karten
De Niro can t be blamed for looking mighty uncomfortable in this tepid comedy 
2
Showtime
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sloppy construction and a ludicrous subplot drag down the energy allowing it to surface in mere fits and starts 
2
Showtime
Rob Blackwelder
It s pathetically sanctimonious to make a satire that becomes then grossly exceeds that which it s meant to mock 
2
Showtime
Ed Gonzalez
Impossibly lightweight for TV satire 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
David Nusair
46 46 46 a familiar yet mostly entertaining spy caper that 8217 s elevated 44 on a remarkably consistent basis 44 by the agreeable 44 affable performances 46 46 46 
3
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Anne Brodie
The breakneck pace 44 and endless sequences of people typing and texting 44 overlong 44 deadening fight sequences seem regressive 44 but Plaza apos s energy and brightness raises Ritchie apos s retro effort
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
James Kendrick
Were it not for the presence of Hugh Grant 44 Guy Ritchie 8217 s awkwardly titled international crime thriller would be easily forgotten 46 
2.5
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Steven Prokopy
It serves no purpose other than unnecessarily extend the running time 44 which this film definitely doesn 8217 t need 46 Ask me how I feel about Ritchie again in a month and a half 44 but I 8217 m guessing it 8217 ll be better than I do today 46 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Brian Eggert
A serviceable chunk of entertainment that will probably work best with lowered expectations 46 160 
2.5
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
James Berardinelli
There s less action than one might expect and the character development is so thin that even when a character is in danger it s hard to care 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Sheila O'Malley
There are elements of parody 44 but quot Operation Fortune quot is not broad enough to be a spoof 46 It apos s weirdly empty 46 
1.5
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Richard Roeper
Operation Fortune Ruse de Guerre can t be taken seriously or humorously 
2.5
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Leo Brady
The cast is big and eventually there is a bit of enjoyable action but Operation Fortune is a lot of fools gold 46 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Johnny Oleksinski
A generic collage of mega yachts luxe hotels fancy parties disguised identities and tame fights that add up to a big nothing 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Randy Myers
It s cockamamie from beginning to end but shows a real appreciation for wanting to entertain its audience Mission accomplished 
3
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Jocelyn Noveck
Guy Ritchie s stylish but ultimately frustratingly half baked spy caper 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Sara Michelle Fetters
Operation Fortune is a heck of a lot more fun than it has any right to be 44 and based on how much I despised the first act 44 I 8217 m as flabbergasted about this as anyone 46 
2.5
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie 46 46 46 never rises above the level of a generic thriller with some bits of comedy sprinkled into the mix 46 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Oliver Jones
While the director s love of craft can be seen in everything from the costumes to casting it fails to extend to the performances outside of Hugh Grant s 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Michael O'Sullivan
It s an appetizer for better things to come an amuse bouche at best at worst a placeholder meal of cinematic comfort food tiding us all over until it s summer blockbuster season again 
2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Mike McGranaghan
A briskly paced 44 entertaining picture whose colorful characters keep a needlessly complicated story afloat 46 
3
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Roger Moore
The whole thing is a Bond lite lark 46 46 46 a 8220 Mission 58 Improbable quot 46 46 46 for Statham to bust out a little of the bald headed 44 five o 8217 clock shadow fight choreography that made him rich 46 
2.5
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Pablo O. Scholz
Former model and martial arts artist Stratham an indisputably charismatic action antihero who always gives the same look knows how to make the most of the lines of dialogue he s given Full review in Spanish 
3
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Pat Brown
Promising but failing to deliver the colorful characters and winding 44 breakneck plot of a caper 44 Operation Fortune may itself be a ruse 44 but it 8217 s not a convincing one 46 
1
The Hottest State
Peter Keough
Breaking up is hard to do So is making a movie about it Ethan Hawke in his adaptation of his own novel doesn t try very hard Or maybe he tries too hard 
2
The Hottest State
John Monaghan
The movie is crisply shot and obviously heartfelt but search elsewhere if you want the same honesty Hawke displayed as an actor in 1995 s Before Sunrise and its 2004 sequel Before Sunset 
2
The Hottest State
Amy Biancolli
The two main characters are in all honesty the least sympathetic and most egregiously boring romantic pair that I ve seen onscreen in ages 
1.5
The Hottest State
Walter V. Addiego
The main point I can extract from Ethan Hawke s The Hottest State is that even a peevish and self centered young man is capable of feeling great anguish when his girlfriend dumps him 
2
The Hottest State
Roger Ebert
Will the world be different or their lives irrevocably changed if they break up I don t think so Their tree falls in the forest and nobody cares except the termites 
2
The Hottest State
Ty Burr
Buy the CD and skip the movie 
1.5
The Hottest State
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The dialogue comes off as too carefully planned and too precious and Webber s overly physical performance doesn t seem to match the character s insecurity 
2.5
The Hottest State
Tirdad Derakhshani
Director Hawke s sincerity especially in his terrific new film The Hottest State is also his saving grace 
3
The Hottest State
Scott Schueller
Ethan Hawke s film based on the novel he wrote a decade ago should come with a warning that it may cause bruising from heavy handed dialogue 
1.5
The Hottest State
Matt Pais
A charming piece of sadness about love s all consuming confusing power and its ability to heal and wound only seconds apart 
3
The Hottest State
Maitland McDonagh
William and for that matter Sarah are shapeless one note characters defined by selfish petulant myopia
2
The Hottest State
Jim Hemphill
Heartbreak has been portrayed on film many times in many ways but Hawke and his actors find a whole new language for it 
3.5
The Hottest State
Lisa Rose
The film is best appreciated as a meditation on celebrity psychology 
2.5
The Hottest State
Linda Stasi
As a bonus it s got the best soundtrack of any movie this year Hawke who is the first cousin once removed of Tennesee Williams proves himself to have a good eye for the small world of big love 
3
The Hottest State
Jack Mathews
Hawke though who is very good as the young man s estranged father had best stick to what he does best 
2
The Hottest State
John Anderson
Hawke does some nice things with the camera the film has style but what it doesn t have is the essential thing you need in a drama Namely drama 
2
The Hottest State
James Berardinelli
Hawke has made this movie his way and the result is a story that is by turns romantic and disquieting 
3
The Hottest State
Nick Schager
The Hottest State is thoroughly infused with its creator s pretentious indie bohemian persona 
2.5
The Hottest State
David Nusair
sporadically effective but mostly overwrought 
2
Surviving My Mother
David Nusair
an uneven yet entertaining effort that ll probably have a more positive effect on viewers of the fairer sex ie this is ultimately a chick flick through and though 
2.5
The Ides of March
Brian Eggert
Here 8217 s a film about the death of idealism at the hands of a compromised political and electoral system 46 And sadly 44 it 8217 s told with enough realism and basis in truth to make it a disheartening tragedy for every American 46 
3.5
The Ides of March
Mattie Lucas
A smart engaging October drama that feels completely of the moment as if its fingers are directly on the pulse of our political climate 
3
The Ides of March
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Ides of March is very playlike It s based on the stage show Farragut North by Beau Willimon But that feeling doesn t harm the film as Clooney stages all the confrontations the movie is full of them with a deft hand 
3
The Ides of March
Roger Moore
George Clooney s latest civics lesson as actor and director is a down and dirty politics behind closed doors tale brilliantly acted
3.5
The Ides of March
Jeff Beck
If the film had been able to get off the ground earlier this probably would have been a great film However with its excellent performances well written screenplay and engaging story it s still a very good film 
3
The Ides of March
Marty Mapes
Modern day Game of Thrones
3
The Ides of March
Sara Michelle Fetters
It has disdain for the process showing the inherent hypocrisy living inside the political system and the corruptive influence it can have on the lives and mores of seeming innocents caught up within its withering whirlpools of self aggrandizement 
3
The Ides of March
Linda Cook
It s politics How many times do we say that in our work lives or in reference to an organization with which we are involved 
3
The Ides of March
Phil Villarreal
Yet another fantastic performance from Ryan Gosling in what has turned out to be his breakout year that elevates him to the top rank of actors 
3
The Ides of March
James Kendrick
a cynical political fable for increasingly cynical times
3
The Ides of March
Glenn Lovell
Et tu Clooney For a film by an avowed liberal Ides couldn t be more defeatist or conservative With friends like Clooney trumpeting the liberal cause who needs enemies 
2.5
The Ides of March
Matt Brunson
The Ides of March is satisfying and frustrating in equal measure just mark it down as a split ticket 
2.5
The Ides of March
Alison Gang
While the story itself takes some tense turns Clooney s moralizing doesn t leaving us with a bit of a campaign hangover 
2
The Ides of March
Josh Hurst
To make this out to be a movie about politics is like making The West Wing out to be a show about politics It s certainly there but it isn t really the focus This is really a film about moral compromise and the deterioration of a man s soul 
3.5
The Ides of March
Lisa Kennedy
As for Clooney when he steps from behind the camera his candidate exudes an easy judicious authority 
3
The Ides of March
Charlie McCollum
This is intelligent filmmaking and a provocative moral fable It may not be perfect but it stands as one of the better most realistic movies about the way we elect our leaders 
3.5
The Ides of March
Mike McGranaghan
A reasonably entertaining drama that holds your attention even if it doesn t tell you anything new 
3
The Ides of March
John Beifuss
The performances are top notch and the craft and technical aspects of the film are impeccable but it has nothing new to say about the political marketplace 
2.5
The Ides of March
Mike Scott
Even if Clooney s film is short on solutions it s still a ticket that everybody regardless of their political stripes should be able to support 
3.5
The Ides of March
Lou Lumenick
Smart and solidly entertaining thanks to one of the year s top ensemble casts working at the top of its game 
3
The Ides of March
Ann Hornaday
Clooney does a good job opening up the ideas Willimon first explored onstage but the result is still a pessimistic truth so universally acknowledged that it doesn t bear repeating however stylishly 
2.5
The Ides of March
Stephen Whitty
It s great fun for us to see an entertaining movie we can watch without guilt 
3.5
The Ides of March
Rob Thomas
Smart sour and engrossing it s like a lost episode of The West Wing where CJ and Josh have a broken bottle fight in Toby s office 
3
The Ides of March
Peter Canavese
Plays out like a game of high stakes poker mostly in shades of quiet intense deliberation 
3
The Ides of March
Willie Waffle
Clooney keeps trying to remind us we are watching a movie Instead of sucking us in he is sucking us out 
2.5
The Ides of March
Mick LaSalle
Almost a political drama of the caliber of Gore Vidal s The Best Man but it s not quite However it is the movie to recommend to adults looking for something that s topical and intelligent and that will keep them guessing 
3
The Ides of March
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Clooney s newest and fourth film as director The Ides of March he shows once again that his best instincts are for dark subtle humor hopefully with a bit of satire thrown in for extra sting 
3
The Ides of March
Keith Cohen
Gosling is simply superb Clooney does a masterful job of directing Hoffman and Giamatti are believable in their roles turning this cinematic delight into mesmerizing entertainment This engaging movie grabs you by the collar and never lets go 
3.5
The Ides of March
Bob Bloom
I enjoyed The Ides of March It is polished edgy and powerful It s just that its underlying message that power corrupts and politics is messy is merely an echo of themes from earlier movies 
2.5
The Ides of March
Dustin Putman
A thoroughly absorbing thriller that matches its memorable title in sheer foreboding 
3
The Ides of March
Mark Dujsik
The movie s allegorical aspirations that even the most quixotic of people are only fooling themselves in a corrupt system are as trite as they are timeless 
2
The Ides of March
Claudia Puig
Clooney has a keen eye for a good story With this his fourth turn as a director he has chosen wisely 
3
The Ides of March
Jon Niccum
A collision of devious campaign tricks and backroom power plays The Ides of March develops into one of the sharpest political thrillers in years and a worthy front runner at the next Oscars 
4
The Ides of March
Moira MacDonald
The cast of George Clooney s political thriller The Ides of March is so good you could probably enjoy watching this movie with the sound off 
3
The Ides of March
Chris Hewitt
People are always whispering in other people s ears in Ides and it s not clear whom we can trust until the movie is almost over which is both the movie s strength and its biggest flaw 
3
The Ides of March
Peter Travers
The Ides of March is a pulse racing thriller that hits where it hurts Clooney s performance is exceptional and Gosling is terrific in an all stops out role 
3.5
The Ides of March
Steven Rea
The Ides of March wields its searchlight over our political landscape and finds a battlefield a bloody ground of cynicism and fatal compromise 
4
The Ides of March
Duane Dudek
Clooney s static and formal visual style matches the false intimacy of any workplace people talking to each other about ideas sharing secrets and betraying each other behind the scenes 
3
The Ides of March
Lawrence Toppman
Gosling relies on his now frequent attitude of guarded impenetrability but that s a reasonable choice for this part And the performances around him are superb 
3
The Ides of March
Joe Williams
The institutional infrastructure of The Ides of March is solid with some of the best actors in the business bringing politics to life Gosling is a particular standout 
3
The Ides of March
Rich Heldenfels
Another excellent turn by Ryan Goslin in George Clooney s savvy cynical political tale 
3.5
The Ides of March
Michael Phillips
One for the actors plain and simple 
3
The Ides of March
Rene Rodriguez
So impeccably acted and grippingly paced that its lack of revelation doesn t matter 
3
The Ides of March
Peter Keough
Though more contemporary than Good Night and Good Luck 2005 George Clooney s new directorial effort seems less topical 
2
The Ides of March
Roger Ebert
The movie s strength is in the acting with Gosling once again playing a character with an insistent presence 
3
The Ides of March
Peter Howell
Shortcomings aside The Ides of March does provide an impressive showcase for fine actors to explore eternal truths about trust loyalty and accountability 
2.5
The Ides of March
Lori Hoffman
it goes for the most boring obvious clichs it can find and doesn t even attempt to spin those clichs into something more interesting 8233 
2
The Ides of March
Matt Pais
The potency of this political drama comes from its sobering look at the futility of idealism in a world that never fights fair 
2.5
The Ides of March
Ty Burr
The Ides of March rests its moral outrage on a rickety podium of glibness and coincidence It passes the character test but it can t go the distance 
2.5
The Ides of March
Christopher Lloyd
A well done film respectable and serious The actors acquit themselves with zest and skill Unfortunately The Ides of March just has all the freshness of a outdated stump speech 
2.5
The Ides of March
Jaime N. Christley
The film s confident understated rhythm is appealing but more than that Clooney takes a big gamble by pitting another more conventional movie against the observational one and seeing what happens 
3
The Ides of March
Christy Lemire
Gosling radiates charisma schmoozing and charming reporters and staffers with equal ease But beneath that slick exterior his character is a true believer 
2.5
The Ides of March
James Berardinelli
The backroom deals and dirty tricks represent politics as they are not as they should be This is a deeply cynical movie and in that cynicism it finds truth 
3.5
The Ides of March
Kam Williams
Presidential politics making for strange bedfellows literally and figuratively 
4
The Ides of March
Rick Groen
The dialogue is smart crisp and witty and given the quorum of talent it s not surprising that the performances are superb 
3
Spaceman
Mark Feeney
Overall the results are amiable if also slack and talky 
2
Dogman
Peter Howell
A first rate character study and morality play set inside a rough and tumble drama from the mob world 
3
Dogman
Joe Friar
Matteo Garrone returns to the criminal underworld decade after mobster film Gomorrah There s plenty of bite in this canine tale filled with drugs thugs and a remarkable performance by Marcello Fonte 
4
Dogman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It may ultimately end with a whimper rather than a growl but the marvelous Fonte holds our attention throughout 
2.5
Dogman
Ann Hornaday
Dogman begins as a compelling morality tale about the price of loyalty and personal compromise but turns out to be a strangely indeterminate and numbingly familiar portrait of human nature at its most bestial and self defeating 
2.5
Dogman
Kent Turner
The most desolate and hopeless setting outside of dystopian fiction can be found in Matteo Garrone s new film 
2.5
Dogman
Ty Burr
The movie is a parable about what happens if we allow the takers the bullies and the ego monsters to dictate our lives unopposed as such it s relevant to history and to today s headlines 
2.5
Dogman
Mick LaSalle
Dogman is a strange case Great actor great character but a story that s like an overstretched anecdote infused with art film portent 
2
Dogman
Monica Castillo
Despite its hard message Dogman comes across as sympathetic for any gentle soul trying to make a deal with the devil 
3
Dogman
Jesse Cataldo
The film only succeeds at evoking a firm sense of place and an accompanying air of alluring grotesquerie 
2
Dogman
Roger Moore
Harrowing and frustrating modern Western about a small man trying to deal with a huge bully 
3
Dogman
Dwight Brown
If Fellini had made gritty ultra violent movies they would have looked like this 
4
Dogman
Walter Chaw
What s most amazing about Dogman is its ability to speak truthfully using metaphor and extremity It s art 
4
Dogman
Kate Taylor
The naively amenable character is wonderfully observed by Fonte and early scenes show delicious whimsy and black comedy 
3
The House of Yes
Mike Clark
Unless you think drawing room re enactments of JFK s assassination beat Pictionary as a party game it s best to say no to the achingly arch comic satire The House of Yes 
1.5
The House of Yes
Ken Fox
Bujold is as good as ever but the real surprise here is Spelling Slack jawed and dewy eyed lids forever at half mast she s perfectly cast as a lamb among wolves and her naivete is strangely affecting 
3
The House of Yes
Michael Dequina
Offers more than its share of tartly biting zingers dropped to maximum comic effect by the letter perfect Posey 
3
The House of Yes
Margaret A. McGurk
Easy to forget if not for the presence of the wonderful Parker Posey 
2.5
The House of Yes
Liam Lacey
This is a definitive Posey performance wide eyed smiling and ultrafeminine but plastic and cold as a store mannequin 
3
The House of Yes
Roger Ebert
When the film was over I was not particularly pleased that I had seen it it was mostly behavior and contrivance While it was running I was not bored 
2.5
The House of Yes
Ted Prigge
Because it doesn t have the guts to go any deeper with the themes and ideas it introduces it becomes shallow and pretty much redundant 
2
The House of Yes
Steve Rhodes
The chemistry between Parker Posey and Josh Hamilton is nothing short of amazing 
3.5
The House of Yes
Jeff Vice
Everyone in this highly distasteful dark comedy is dumb as a post mentally disturbed or both 
2
The House of Yes
Edward Guthmann
Presumably it worked far better onstage where MacLeod s absurdist tale and self conscious Beckett like wordplay probably found a friendlier context 
2
The House of Yes
James Berardinelli
Not every chance taken by Mark Waters works but enough are successful to produce some memorable motion picture moments 
3
13 Sins
David Nusair
a decent thriller that could and should have been great 
2.5
13 Sins
John Beifuss
Director Daniel Stamm manages one memorable set piece involving a motorcycle gang and a clothes line 
2.5
13 Sins
Christy Lemire
Darkly funny and deeply twisted 13 Sins grabs you from its startling opening sequence and doesn t let go 
3
13 Sins
Tirdad Derakhshani
13 Sins is a smart stylish picture elevated by fine performances by Webber and a superior ensemble of supporting players including Richard Bower Ron Perlman and Pruitt Taylor Vince 
2.5
13 Sins
Kyle Smith
The Saw formula of a mysterious voice guiding our hero through a series of depravities has gone a bit stale 
2
13 Sins
Nick Prigge
Daniel Stamm s film is solidly helmed if expectedly over reliant on unnecessarily grisly comeuppances that leave nothing to the imagination 
2
Breath
Nick Visser
The cinematography is wonderful but the plot is too vague There could be a message here but it s buried too deep to dig out 
2
Breath
Rudy Joggerst
a tender romance between a dejected housewife and a mute death row prisoner that is surprisingly compassionate and even offers up a few moments of comic relief 
3.5
Empire of Silver
Tom Keogh
What if anything the film s final burst of idealism offers universally is hard to say But it feels good to see in these acrimonious days 
2.5
Empire of Silver
Mark Jenkins
Occasionally muddled and always melodramatic yet it s pictorially compelling thanks to dramatic locations and exacting art direction 
2
Empire of Silver
Mick LaSalle
Epic in sweep and scale and packs in enough incident to cover two Godfather movies 
3
Empire of Silver
Ethan Alter
Handsomely mounted and packed with interesting historical details Empire of Silver unfortunately falls short on providing emotionally rich drama
2.5
Empire of Silver
Nick Schager
Stateliness begets inertia in Empire of Silver a turn of the century Chinese epic whose reserved tone and regal atmosphere is suffocating 
1.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Brian Eggert
War for the Planet of the Apes squanders its actors FX and formal presentation on a story that feels lazily compiled from other material marking a bitter end for Caesar and this otherwise admirable trilogy 
2.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Matt Brunson
War for the Planet of the Apes follows Spider Man Homecoming as an example of how to allow a franchise to continue to expand and breathe rather than trying to keep it mired in by the numbers numbness 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Federico Furzan
A great closure to a great trilogy that made us all believe again in this wonderful premise Full review in Spanish 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Mattie Lucas
Serkis performance is what gives the film its humanity we actually care about these computer generated apes because Serkis and the rest of the cast imbue them with such soulful realism 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Kevin A. Ranson
It s what sets great science fiction apart from another Michael Bay Transformers movie decisions having real benefits and consequences that may not be readily apparent 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wesley Lovell
A fitting send off to one of the best blockbuster trilogies in modern cinema 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
John Hanlon
A stirring conclusion that features great special effects and another incredible performance from Andy Serkis 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
David Nusair
The best of the new Planet of the Apes movies 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A deeply emotional and visceral experience Full review in Spanish 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Linda Cook
Flawless 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
James Kendrick
The loss of conflict within the human characters takes a toll as War lacks Dawn s multifaceted interplay of politics and genuine emotional connection among human and ape characters 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
John Serba
One of the greatest blockbusters of our time 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Walter Chaw
I let out a visceral trill of delight every time I saw an ape on horseback It s an unbelievably cool image If this concludes Reeves s run with the series deficiencies aside it ll stand as one of the good ones 
2.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Josh Larsen
appropriately momentous then elegiac 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Josh Terry
War for the Planet of the Apes is a classic example of how a little zany but well made science fiction can offer more to the audience than a few special effects 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Peter Canavese
evokes the sort of tough minded historical war drama John Milius used to write with an eye on what war can do to the individual 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Sara Michelle Fetters
War for the Planet of the Apes is one of the great summertime tentpole adventures in recent memory Reeves delivering a science fiction epic almost certain to stand the test of time 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Rob Thomas
Well humanity we ve had a great run We put men on the moon invented the frork and once in a while we can make a summer blockbuster movie that s as thoughtful as it is exciting 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Mike McGranaghan
Matt Reeves film engages the mind and the senses in equal measure resulting in top notch entertainment 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not only smart dazzling and entertaining it speaks to fears and concerns that are as relevant today as they were in the 1960s when the series originated 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Christian Toto
Humans bad Apes good Rinse Lather Repeat 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Robert Horton
This is a combat mission film and a jailbreak movie and if you can take the sight of digitally rendered chimpanzees and orangutans enacting Braveheart style heroics it succeeds on both counts 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Barry Hertz
Serkis has invented an entirely new medium of performance one that pushes the series into a realm that would have blown poor George Taylor s mind even more than a half buried Lady Liberty 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Sonny Bunch
Intermittently funny and dour alternately dull and exciting and grasping for depth when it isn t content to settle for sentiment 
2.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Richard Roeper
Serkis is brilliant and memorable and sometimes absolutely heartbreaking as Caesar The supporting players excel with each getting a moment or two in the sun 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Stephen Rebello
Here is entertainment and social commentary done big bold and razor sharp 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Peter Howell
Reeves and Bomback are determined to keep this extended prequel smart and the dialogue impressively lean even as the story begins to wear as it stretches towards the 2 1 2 hour mark 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Bob Bloom
War for the Planet of the Apes is a summer blockbuster told with skill that entertains as well as offering some ideas that make you ponder whether humans are as advanced as we think we are 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Sara Stewart
Apologies to Charlton Heston loyalists but War for the Planet of the Apes is a good example of how today s movies sometimes beat the hell out of the oldies 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Tony Norman
It forces audiences to struggle honestly with the question of what separates humans from every other species in nature and whether that difference means we re truly superior or simply the arrogant place holder for whatever comes next 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Ty Burr
War for the Planet of the Apes is a work made of anthropomorphized animals and computerized smoke and mirrors but at its core is an urgency that we like to associate with being human The movie makes you wonder if it s time to rethink that 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Michael O'Sullivan
War for the Planet of the Apes may have the body of an action film but it has the soul of an art house drama and the brains of a political thriller 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Jeff Simon
It s moving and smart and jammed with action you care about rather than yawn at 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Oliver Jones
It is a subversively thrilling treat to see the masterworks of art and cinema given the monkey business so expertly the process enriching rather than lessening the stature of those works 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Jon Niccum
War functions as both a payback Western and a road movie before settling into an Avatar style death match pitting nature versus technology 
2.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Mick LaSalle
Sci fi has become the domain for mindless action and spectacle but War is something different a subdued and somber science fiction film with only small pockets of action 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Peter Travers
The rebooted franchise goes out with a bang and a career high performance from motion capture maestro Andy Serkis
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
James Berardinelli
War for the Planet of the Apes bucks the trend of late franchise films as creatively bankrupt cash grabs This is a vital original and emotionally potent chapter to one of the longest running movie series out there 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Mark Dujsik
T his is an unexpected but thematically sound way to end a series that always has been more interested in ideas than spectacle 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Kam Williams
Between the sophisticated storytelling and the state of the art special f x War for the Planet of the Apes turns out to be a touching swan song well worth the wait 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Gary Thompson
At this point I actually see no technical barrier to Andy Serkis playing Woody Harrelson 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Clayton Davis
While I ve championed a new hybrid or motion capture category to be instituted Serkis work is worthy of enough to be considered among the best lead performances delivered this year 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Rafer Guzman
In its pulpy way War for the Planet of the Apes vigorously directed by Matt Reeves from Mark Bomback s screenplay captures the zeitgeist 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
George M. Thomas
This series of Apes films has gotten progressively better and more thoughtful Written and directed by Matt Reeves War functions as both examination of society s here and now and as homage to the original series 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Soren Andersen
Hail Caesar Hail Andy Serkis Same thing 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Michael Phillips
Gripping visually assured and working far above its summer sequel paygrade Apes treats a harsh storyline with a solemnity designed to hoist the tale of Caesar simian revolutionary the Moses of apes into the realm of the biblical 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Brian Tallerico
A shockingly memorable movie the kind that gets better as you dissect and discuss how much it does right after the lights have gone up 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Norman Gidney
Reeves direction the writing the performances from the actors none of it would work without the team at WETA Digital delivering the goods in what can comfortably be declared a watershed moment in special effects 
4
War for the Planet of the Apes
Roger Moore
More glum and formulaic than deep If I want to watch a celebration of America in decline I just turn on Fox News 
2
War for the Planet of the Apes
Dustin Putman
A blue ribbon technical achievement with plenty of vividly contemplative layers underneath War for the Planet of the Apes is an adult minded summer tentpole providing the requisite eye candy without sacrificing its intellect or storytelling maturity 
3
War for the Planet of the Apes
Sean P. Means
War for the Planet of the Apes provides a thrilling conclusion to the trilogy an action packed and emotionally devastating epic 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Brian Truitt
The satisfying and heart wrenching climax is a last reminder that Caesar s new adventure is one of this summer s best 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Stephen Whitty
This is the kind of popcorn movie we deserve 
3.5
War for the Planet of the Apes
Peter Goldberg
The psychological wars that have made the prequels simmer with tightly wound tensions are given their most cutting treatment yet 
3
Contracted
Dann Gire
By being the director writer and co producer England the writer didn t have an independent director to say Hey the ending needs to be stronger or What s the movie saying about lesbians having sex with men 
2.5
The Doors: When You're Strange
Steven Rea
When You re Strange offers a worshipful but insightful portrait of the group 
3
The Doors: When You're Strange
Mike Scott
Fans being fans will appreciate the rare footage and the chance to hang with the band one more time Unfortunately there s very little by way of real revelation here 
2.5
The Doors: When You're Strange
Chris Foran
The Doors weren t the embodiment of their time they weren t even the most important rock act of their time But When You re Strange shows why their music and iconography has lasted beyond their time 
2.5
The Doors: When You're Strange
Joe Williams
The vitality of crazed angel Jim Morrison is its driving force 
3
The Doors: When You're Strange
Rob Thomas
DiCillo does such a good job exploring the band and illustrating what made them unique that he might just end up opening the ears of a few detractors 
3
The Doors: When You're Strange
Kyle Smith
A sometimes insightful sometimes absurdly devotional but steadily engaging film 
3
The Doors: When You're Strange
Ethan Alter
For a film that wants to make the case that The Doors and more specifically Jim Morrison are an essential part of rock history When You re Strange is curiously inessential 
2
The Doors: When You're Strange
Peter Hartlaub
When You re Strange is a remedial Doors class taught by a professor who sounds as if he s doing voiceovers for car commercials 
1
The Doors: When You're Strange
Claudia Puig
Writer director Tom DiCillo goes a bit overboard with his rhetoric describing Morrison as like an ancient shaman Johnny Depp s measured narration brings DiCillo s often worshipful words back to earth 
3
The Doors: When You're Strange
Jonathan Zwickel
In hindsight and on paper it all seems old hat but with savvy editing of intense footage DiCillo puts us there onstage backstage in the studio and we re as intoxicated as Morrison s audience Almost 
2.5
The Doors: When You're Strange
Peter Travers
Unhappy with what Oliver Stone did to Jim Morrison and the Doors in his 1991 biopic Here s the doc for you 
3
The Doors: When You're Strange
Ty Burr
DiCillo approaches this nonfiction project with the glazed eyes of a true fan He has the participation of surviving band members and a lot of rare mesmerizing footage at his disposal What he doesn t have is critical distance or anything new to say 
2
The Doors: When You're Strange
Tom Meek
If you re a Doors fan your inner Jim Morrison will be stoked by the vast archival footage in When You re Strange Be warned however this documentary doesn t open any new doors and worse it s negligent in its history 
2.5
The Doors: When You're Strange
Andrew Schenker
If there s anything the world surely doesn t need it s one more admiring regurgitation of the Jim Morrison mythos 
.5
Local Hero
Matt Brunson
An absolutely disarming comedy 
3.5
Local Hero
Christy Lemire
Writer director Bill Forsyth s 1983 film sneaks up on you It takes its time It reveals its characters through snippets of conversation and casual interactions 
3.5
Local Hero
Roger Ebert
Here is a small film to treasure a loving funny understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company 
4
Local Hero
Marty Mapes
An all time favorite I can watch again and again
4
In Time
Brian Eggert
After the novelty of the premise wears off 44 Niccol leaves his audience with a familiar scenario fueled by narrative clich 233 s and pun saturated dialogue 46 
2
In Time
Roger Moore
Even with its thoughtful nods to Bonnie Clyde and Les Miserables In time never delivers that transcendent Blade Runner moment and never rises above cult classic to simple classic 
2.5
In Time
Jeff Beck
In Time gets points for putting forth an interesting concept but because of Niccol s inability to utilize that concept we get a film that ends up going nowhere 
2.5
In Time
Michael Dequina
Andrew Niccol continues to be the go to guy for using smartly executed science fiction fantasy concepts in the service of expressing ideas rather than bang up action 
3
In Time
Eric Melin
The movie doesn t ask much of them acting wise as it devolves into a chase film and doesn t spent any time examining all the thorny moral quandaries that it brings up 
1.5
In Time
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie meanders in circles frustratingly wasting its intriguing premise showcasing a story of Robin Hood meets Bonnie and Clyde like heroic villains on the run that s as rudimentary as it is forgettable 
2
In Time
John Beifuss
Prophetically arriving at about the same time as the Occupy Wall Street protests the film couldn t be more relevant unfortunately it s also ham handed 
2
In Time
Peter Keough
Niccol s metaphor gets silly fast 
1.5
In Time
David Nusair
the movie s failure is especially disappointing given the enduring success of 1997 s Gattaca 
2
In Time
Lori Hoffman
In Time is the sort of middling sci fi movie that you might come across a few months from now while looking for something to stream from the Internet 
2
In Time
Matt Brunson
The movie may not probe as deeply into its subject as desired but it s nevertheless an enjoyable watch full of propulsive action and intriguing scenarios 
3
In Time
Christian Toto
In Time needs a few more rewrites before it can knock on the door of great sci fi films like Blade Runner 
2.5
In Time
Robert Levin
It s all way too cut and dry an enterprise in which a pedestrian plot and a straightforward aesthetic have been applied to a grand idea 
2
In Time
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s the metaphor of time for money that matters as it plays out in a battle between the haves and have nots or if you d like the 1 vs the 99 
3.5
In Time
Rick Groen
Happily there are some laughs en route More happily yet a few of them are even intentional 
2.5
In Time
Stephen Whitty
A both flawed and fascinating movie give it this at the very least Even at its most far fetched or thinly plotted you never feel that In Time is wasting a second of yours 
2.5
In Time
James Berardinelli
It s a little like Michael Bay s The Island in the way the narrative fails to live up to the promise of its back story 
2.5
In Time
Willie Waffle
A cool idea but not executed as well as it could be 
2
In Time
Scott Bowles
Despite a terrific concept that could make for an Inception for 2011 we get Logan s Run meets Robin Hood And not the good parts 
2.5
In Time
Mick LaSalle
Not for one moment does Niccol compromise this serious sci fi world and yet he hits all the marks for crowd pleasing mass entertainment In Time never stops moving 
4
In Time
Kevin C. Johnson
Niccol s movie demands a lot of explanation too much 
2
In Time
Kyle Smith
A dystopian allegory with much on its mind and all of it wrong 
1.5
In Time
Michael O'Sullivan
All in all In Time is not just stylish but surprisingly substantial 
2.5
In Time
Dustin Putman
In other words the destination is of the take it or leave it variety Getting there though 151 now that s novel 
2.5
In Time
Peter Travers
Pretty cast Potent premise Piss poor execution 
2
In Time
Wesley Morris
Andrew Niccol wrote and directed this pitifully titled movie and one hurdle he fails to clear involves the frustration of watching so many shots of rapidly elapsing days and hours 
2
In Time
Steven Rea
Philip K Dick for knuckleheads 
2
In Time
Chris Hewitt
Seyfriend and Justin Timberlake as a do gooder who wants to spread the wealth time are not terribly convincing in their roles I kept wishing the cut off age was 35 so actors with more depth perhaps Matt Damon and Amy Adams could fill them 
2
In Time
Rene Rodriguez
The story is derivative but the details are ingenious 
2.5
In Time
Matt Pais
A society genetically engineering its citizens to stop aging could assumedly engineer its people to turn off the freaking neon green light on their arm that displays their remaining time 
2
In Time
Michael Phillips
Frustratingly Niccol s technique isn t up to his premise The movie offers roughly 60 minutes of story complication stretched out to 109 
2.5
In Time
Christy Lemire
if you can get past the plot holes and the copious time puns In Time is actually rather brisk enjoyable entertainment 
2.5
In Time
Roger Moore
Writer director Niccol manages to cover the same ground as the most recent Spy Kids movie without tumbling into silliness 
2.5
In Time
Moira MacDonald
It s an intriguing concept rather than a compelling story Before the movie s over its time is up 
2.5
In Time
Linda Barnard
The concept of the movie dovetails nicely with society s never ending obsession with youth and our pursuit of ways to find more hours in the day but somebody forgot to stop at the plot store on the way to the studio 
1.5
In Time
Roger Ebert
The premise is damnably intriguing 
3
In Time
Nick Schager
In Time coasts by on stolid convention indulging in us against them conflicts free of genuine danger or consequence 
2
Offshore
Andrew Schenker
By painting the downsized as a bunch of racist grotesques Cheklich does a disservice to those Americans threatened with the very real prospect of suffering layoffs 
1.5
Urbania
Michael Dequina
A provocative and cathartic story about the impossibility of retribution and the challenge of redemption 
3.5
Jersey Boys
Brian Eggert
Eastwood 8217 s firmly established love of music doesn 8217 t necessarily mean he 8217 s attuned to the snappy 44 energetic presentation this production required to both channel the Broadway show and ensnare moviegoers 46 
2
Jersey Boys
Sarah Knight Adamson
An American Dream story with an authentic period piece feel due to clever filmmaking 
3
Jersey Boys
Lisa Jensen
Large sections of the storytelling feel inert and some key moments get short shrift 
2.5
Jersey Boys
John Beifuss
Eastwood jettisons the jukebox musical approach of his source material to transform the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons into another of his inquisitions into the hopeful myths and dark realities of American history and celebrity 
2.5
Jersey Boys
David Keyes
As a vehicle for characters Jersey Boys is remarkably observant 
3
Jersey Boys
Lori Hoffman
The movie is a rollercoaster ride that soars on the wings of the incredible music and then crashes into the mob element 8233 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Matt Brunson
Jersey Boys contains enough pleasant ingredients to warrant a mild recommendation but it s clearly at its best when Clint curtails the characters kvetching and simply lets the music play 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Bob Bloom
Eastwood has created a film that is more a celebration of the music and its impact rather than an in depth look at the performers so the songs take center stage which is the way it should be 
3
Jersey Boys
James Berardinelli
Jersey Boys comes to life only toward the end 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Christy Lemire
It s glossy and entertaining but also safe and conventional If my father had lived to age 72 he would have loved this movie This is your target audience 
2
Jersey Boys
Michael Smith
A movie musical with mediocre musical moments and meandering melodrama It s not headed for No 1 with a bullet 
2
Jersey Boys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jersey Boys comes to life during the songs but it s definitely one of Eastwood s lesser movies 
3
Jersey Boys
Mike McGranaghan
The wisdom of Clint Eastwood doing the film version of a Broadway musical seems questionable at best but it works because when it comes right down to it he s a skilled storyteller and Jersey Boys has one heck of a good story to tell 
3
Jersey Boys
Linda Cook
If you d like to see a film version of the stage production of Jersey Boys then you won t be disappointed with director Clint Eastwood s movie 
3
Jersey Boys
Robert Levin
The Eastwood approach works for Mystic River but it seems a bit weird for a movie in which an emotional high point is a rendition of Can t Take My Eyes Off You 
2
Jersey Boys
Nathan Southern
The Four Seasons tunes many of them bubblegummy up tempo and carefree are at odds with the pseudo Cassavetes emotional brutality of the characters interactions 
2
Jersey Boys
Christine Dolen
What makes Jersey Boys work is its Rashomon device of letting each member of the group tell part of the story from his point of view And it s all woven together by those familiar catchy songs 
3
Jersey Boys
John Serba
One of Eastwood s sloppier efforts 
2
Jersey Boys
Stephen Whitty
As deliberately consciously old fashioned as it sometimes is Clint Eastwood s Jersey Boys is also often fresh with a self aware sense of fun 
3
Jersey Boys
Geoff Pevere
Trust me you ve watched condominium lobby channels that are more exciting than this 
1.5
Jersey Boys
Odie Henderson
The elephant in the room is Eastwood himself He is the wrong director for this material and this opinion comes from someone who loved Million Dollar Baby Space Cowboys and even those orangutan movies 
2
Jersey Boys
Willie Waffle
An emotionally numb movie 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Steven Rea
Eastwood directing his 33d film adds some keen eyed realism to the showbiz schmaltz 
3
Jersey Boys
Peter Canavese
Neither theatrical fish nor cinematic foul literalized on film the theatrical reduction of the Four Seasons s story has an anemic complexion 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Chris Knight
When it s not too busy talking Jersey Boys sings 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Mark Dujsik
One gets the sense that the movie likes the music of the Four Seasons but doesn t entirely respect it 
1.5
Jersey Boys
Peter Travers
Eastwood animates the clichés by playing them for real but he s still steering the movie to a foregone conclusion 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Ty Burr
A flat footed Italian American theme park ride that s as far from rock n roll as Newark is from Times Square 
1.5
Jersey Boys
Chris Hewitt
Download the music instead 
1
Jersey Boys
Rex Reed
Despite all that crummy doo wop it s a universal American anyone can make it success story that has uplifting appeal onstage and in Mr Eastwood s capable hands the joy spreads like apple butter 
3
Jersey Boys
Rafer Guzman
Clint Eastwood s version of the buoyant Broadway musical doesn t hit the same high notes but it s a must see for fans of Valli and the early pop era 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Claudia Puig
The catchy hits by The Four Seasons are indelible but Jersey Boys the drab movie based on the Broadway musical about those tunes is sadly forgettable 
2
Jersey Boys
Mal Vincent
There are times during the film Jersey Boys when you want to say to the screen Just shut up and sing 
3
Jersey Boys
Brad Keefe
Don t let the bizarre choice of Clint Eastwood as director sway you from seeing it Let the fact that it is awful do that 
1.5
Jersey Boys
Dann Gire
Your eyes may adore this film but it can t lay a hand on a uniform approach to its pop culture subjects 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Peter Howell
The film entertainingly recreates an acclaimed stage show that you can now see for the price of a multiplex ticket rather than a Broadway one 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Dustin Putman
Are there some strong performances and the occasional potent moment Sure The problem is that there is no joy or liveliness to what s been put in front of the camera 
2
Jersey Boys
Duane Dudek
While Eastwood s minimalist tendencies can be simplistic and reductive sometimes they and the story they are telling successfully meet in the middle 
3
Jersey Boys
Joe Williams
The worst thing about this multifaceted failure is the two time Oscar winner behind the camera Where there ought to be a director there s nothing but an empty chair 
1
Jersey Boys
Chris Cabin
However messy this overextended and oddly compelling work feels from moment to moment the end result evokes the life of working artists without sentimentality or undue grandeur 
3
Jersey Boys
Stephanie Merry
For those that love the Four Seasons music but haven t made it to the play you can put your fear of missing out to rest This is a much more affordable way to very nearly re create the experience 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Michael Phillips
Full of genial showbiz cliches and mobbed up sweeties it s an easy movie to take 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Matt Pais
Reasonably entertaining not that fun 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Moira MacDonald
Always likable and often great fun but it s an uneasy mix of stage and screen It trips fairly often but never falls 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Mick LaSalle
We come away with a feeling for pop stardom as seen from the inside the traveling and performing the dealing with the same people all day and the worrying about the business end 
3
Jersey Boys
Lou Lumenick
Jersey Boys tells a familiar story yes but rarely told this well and with this much heart and soul 
3.5
Jersey Boys
Jocelyn Noveck
Sure We ll stay just a little bit longer 
2.5
Jersey Boys
Roger Moore
A tone deaf corpse 
1.5
Jersey Boys
Kam Williams
A nostalgic trip down Memory Lane designed with Baby Boomers in mind 
4
S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale
Rossiter Drake
This Donnie Darko Tale is all style no substance a superficial imitation that retraces the original s twists and turns but offers none of its own 
2
Saw
Matt Soergel
It is all of course total nonsense But for horror fans it s good nonsense in the way that a creepy urban legend told by flashlight in a tent at 2 a m can be fine and dandy nonsense 
2.5
Saw
Wesley Lovell
The horror genre takes a new direction using extreme violence to support a surprisingly evocative story of redemptive torture 
3
Saw
Joe Lozito
Effectively ugly 
2
Saw
David Nusair
though Elwes has received a lot of criticism for his work here the actor delivers a surprisingly effective performance that feels believable and appropriate 
3.5
Saw
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Saw has a surprising number of tricks up its sleeve 
3
Saw
Greg Maki
Elwes in particular chews so much scenery I m surprised any of the set was left for them to shoot the movie on 
2
Saw
David N. Butterworth
Saw s intriguing and genuinely creepy premise is quickly undone by the limitations of both the script and the performers 
2
Saw
Eric Melin
the concept is appealing and to see it acted out in front of your eyes is a guilty thrill 
3
Saw
Jonathan R. Perry
Clumsy but crudely effective liberating in its horrific imagery but undone by the very same 
2
Saw
David Keyes
This is the kind of scare fest that gets under your skin but is too busy elsewhere to penetrate your defenses 
2.5
Saw
David Sterritt
Horror fans will find plenty to shriek about Everyone else should keep their distance 
3
Saw
Frank Ochieng
Wan struggles to bring this hallow hedonistic horror show to its full potential Sadly this Saw doesn t quite cut through the tumultuous malarkey
1.5
Saw
Mike McGranaghan
A pointless exercise in shock value 
1
Saw
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A constantly surprising and extraordinarily tense Halloween treat 
3
Saw
Vince Koehler
It is a more intelligent entry than most blood and gore flicks But it has too much blood and killing for my taste 
2
Saw
Christian Toto
Saw is all gristle and no meaty scares
1.5
Saw
Josh Larsen
delves a bit too giddily into the cruel and torturous techniques of its villain 
1.5
Saw
Bob Bloom
While a tad derivative Saw shows promise of better things to come from Whannell s imagination and Wan s composition 
2.5
Saw
Peter Canavese
Sick demented wrong and just the sort of movie we deserve at Halloween time 
2.5
Saw
Linda Cook
Saw leaves its audience saying Eewww in appreciation 
3
Saw
Dustin Putman
Saw simply doesn t cut it 
2
Saw
Mike Clark
So over the top that even the recruited audience of non critics at my screening began to howl 
1.5
Saw
Maitland McDonagh
A twisted squirm inducingly nasty bit of work 
2.5
Saw
James Verniere
A gratuitous if often successfully creepy exercise in sadomasochistic filmmaking Saw features some of the worst acting I have ever seen in a mainstream film with an experienced cast 
1.5
Saw
Jeff Shannon
A sick twisted deliriously entertaining horror thriller that rivals The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for sheer relentless intensity 
3
Saw
Carla Meyer
Terrifying at some moments and insinuatingly creepy at many others 
3
Saw
V.A. Musetto
There are a few cheap thrills but not enough to make sitting through the senseless plot even remotely worthwhile 
1
Saw
Jami Bernard
A gore movie with no teeth 
1
Saw
Rene Rodriguez
Where Seven seemed to radiate diabolical evil Saw just radiates idiocy 
1
Saw
Bob Strauss
Some have suggested that this is an intentional genre parody but it s really the same old saw with uglier teeth 
2
Saw
Bruce Westbrook
Its hellish extremes more oppressive than entertaining 
2
Saw
Leah McLaren
The film is so convoluted and full of garbled loose ends you can feel the different script drafts battling it out for attention on screen 
2
Saw
Sean P. Means
Movies like this exist only so filmmakers can mess with the viewer s mind and moviegoers who allow it engage in tawdry masochism 
1.5
Saw
Terry Lawson
Just another grisly puzzle with no agenda except to convince us that hell would look pretty good after spending almost two hours in this hole 
2
Saw
Jeff Vice
This gimmicky serial killer thriller is pretty laughable despite the gruesome subject matter and its graphic often nauseating gore 
1
Saw
Roger Ebert
An efficiently made thriller cheerfully gruesome and finally not quite worth the ordeal it puts us through 
2
Saw
Wesley Morris
Saw often resembles the ghastliest editions yet of Fear Factor and Survivor and features some of the grodiest direction this side of Project Greenlight 
2
Saw
Aaron Hillis
Saw is spoiled by its own insatiable desire for envelope pushing flair it s wider scoped when it should be intimate splashy instead of subtle icky but not scary 
2
Saw
Larry Ratliff
Even veteran horror fans that treat slice and dice crime dramas like this as emotional theme park rides are likely to feel unsettled at first 
3
Saw
Chuck O'Leary
The gripping bloodcurdling Saw is the best serial killer thriller since Bill Paxton s Frailty 
3
Saw
Duane Dudek
Though crudely drawn clumsily acted and 20 minutes too long Saw is just ingenious enough to hold your interest 
2.5
Saw
Chris Hewitt
Saw isn t as good as Seven but it more than lives up to the promise implied in the name of the company that made it Twisted Films 
3.5
Saw
David Hiltbrand
The film is a squeamish exercise like watching a cruel child pull the wings off flies 
2
Saw
Jan Stuart
A gruesome blast of psychological horror that is so giddily pumped up with nasty hormones you can t help but dissolve into laughter at the same time as you are hiding your eyes 
3
Saw
Robert K. Elder
Saw is a nasty nasty piece of business And I mean that in the nicest possible way 
3
Saw
Nick Rogers
As gory a guilty pleasure as Saw is at the outset it falls prey to the postulate that no one knows how to end a thriller without resorting to surprise without sense 
2
Saw
Willie Waffle
Whannell and Wan come up with some of the most twisted stuff you have never imagined 
4
Saw
Walter Chaw
A bad film badly written badly performed badly scored and most of all badly directed Saw s a mess a waste of flesh And I don t mean that in a good way 
1
Saw
Phil Villarreal
The terror has started immediately and won t relent until the final frame No make that five minutes after the final frame 
3.5
Saw
Matt Brunson
In this age of cookie cutter thrillers here s one that for better or worse or a bit of both stands apart from the pack 
2.5
Saw
Sean McBride
Sick as the story is it s the visuals that give Saw it s visceral punch 
3
Saw
Jeanne Aufmuth
Showcases gratuitous gore and the ubiquitously macabre bells and whistles that pass themselves off as fear 
2
Saw
James Berardinelli
On the strength of a grippingly original concept and 90 strong minutes of building action Saw gets a recommendation but only if you like this kind of thing 
3
Saw
Steve Rhodes
I m sure there s an audience somewhere for this sick sort of story but I couldn t stomach it 
2
Saw
Jeremiah Kipp
Predictably the twists exist for their own sake and aren t grounded in character or theme 
2
Saw
Scott Nash
Dark and twisted 
3
Saw
Peter Travers
Director James Wan hits the grisly button without shame 
2
Saw
Bill Chambers
Though the film does work marginally well as a satire of modern serial killer thrillers and their Byzantine games of cat and mouse I have a hunch that s the zeitgeist s doing
2
Saw
Erik Childress
A freakishly entertaining edge of your seat whodunit with both psychosomatic implications and the landscape drenched in the thick red stuff
4
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
David Wiegand
The film relies too heavily on a manipulated structure involving the potential loss of the house but in the end that doesn t detract from our sympathy for Louganis 
2.5
Officer Downe
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s just not very good 
1.5
Reykjavik-Rotterdam
David Nusair
Reykjavk Rotterdam is simply unable to overcome the pervasively familiar nature of its well worn storyline 
2
Looking: The Movie
David Wiegand
As a film Looking The Movie is really just a long episode of the series It isn t very well structured is all talk and little drama and bogs down halfway through because of the same insularity that made the second season pretty much a big shrug 
2
Looking: The Movie
Matt Brennan
The movie is a lovely bittersweet coda to HBO s underappreciated series 
3
Unfinished Business
Erik Childress
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of a film based on another female sports league 44 this doc on the WNBA is a good recent history lesson showing the parallels that our attitudes have not evolved as far as we might think 46 
3
Unfinished Business
Joey Magidson
Unfinished Business is obviously for sports fans 44 but anyone can enjoy this David vs Goliath tale 46 
3
H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chellelynn is effective in the lead role 44 and the house itself adds some production value to a movie that is clearly pinching pennies 46 
2.5
H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House
Roger Moore
Gratuitous nudity and supernatural perils encountered while the star 8217 s in her underwear aside 44 this is a seriously silly movie 46 
1.5
Kabul Express
Namrata Joshi
You can look at the film as half full or dismiss it as half empty Either way it lands itself in a problematic terrain 
2
Wit
David Nusair
The dour subject matter and director Mike Nichols unflinching approach may make this a difficult viewing but it is rewarding 
3
Men With Guns
Michael Dequina
The themes of family civil war and leaving a lasting legacy resonate strongly 
3
Men With Guns
Walter Chaw
A Wizard of Oz construct in the same way as Apocalypse Now is a Wizard of Oz construct 
4
Men With Guns
Roger Ebert
The film takes the form of a journey sometimes harrowing sometimes poetic It has a backbone of symbolism as many great stories do 
4
Fire in the Mountains
Mark Dujsik
Fire in the Mountains loses a bit too much focus on the central relationship 46 46 46 
2.5
Blue City
Walter Chaw
Suggesting that Judd Nelson is gay as a French holiday is only mildly wittier than suggesting the same of clearly gay Tom Cruise 
0
Regretters
Marty Mapes
If you want to talk gender issues talk to two people who spent their lives agonizing about it
4
The Last of Robin Hood
Christian Toto
Movies shouldn t always judge their protagonists but a little judging might have helped The Last of Robin Hood 
2.5
The Last of Robin Hood
Matt Brunson
Clearly the subject matter makes for a sordid Hollywood tale that s still relevant today Why then is this story related with all the lackadaisical tempo of a Mutual of Omaha commercial 
1.5
The Last of Robin Hood
John Beifuss
Belongs to a newly active subgenre that we might dub the celebrity bio episode to distinguish it from the more conventional biopic 
2.5
The Last of Robin Hood
Matt Pais
Pointless and creepy 
1
The Last of Robin Hood
Moira MacDonald
The film becomes a showcase for Kline and Sarandon and a reminder of how great actors can light up the screen staying with you even as the rest of the film slips away 
2.5
The Last of Robin Hood
Scott Nash
A strong trio of leads can t overcome a lackluster script 
2.5
The Last of Robin Hood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a magnificent performance by Kline inside a flat lifeless movie 
2
The Last of Robin Hood
John Anderson
Terrific performances help mine the poignancy in a legendary tabloid story 
3
The Last of Robin Hood
Peter Canavese
Technically qualifies as a true crime tale and seems to exist mostly out of a sense of marketable prurience hallmarks of Lifetime s infamous cable movies 
2
The Last of Robin Hood
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Last of Robin Hood feels stilted a chamber piece for the stage rather than a dynamic piece of cinema 
2.5
The Last of Robin Hood
David Lewis
This story about a real life scandal from the 1950s one that would light up the Internet if it happened today comes off as a tepid polite exercise a movie afraid of its own shadow 
2
The Last of Robin Hood
Stephanie Merry
Ultimately the movie feels like an empty exercise Sure it s a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of fame But when the one figure most worthy of our sympathy is nothing more than a beautiful blonde robot what s the point 
1.5
The Last of Robin Hood
Kristin Tillotson
This final days biopic hasn t much to raise it above straight to DVD caliber save the performance of Kevin Kline in a role he was born to play 
2
The Last of Robin Hood
Michael Phillips
The latest of Kline s period pictures that wastes no time in dashing your expectations 
2
The Last of Robin Hood
Dann Gire
A relentlessly conventional tale of a sensational sex scandal as only Lifetime Films can sell it 
2
The Last of Robin Hood
Matt Zoller Seitz
A title as good as The Last of Robin Hood deserves a better movie In fact it deserves a good movie 
0.5
The Last of Robin Hood
Lou Lumenick
Dashing handsome and self deprecating Kevin Kline was born to play Errol Flynn 
3
The Last of Robin Hood
Stephen Whitty
The movie s a bit like the ones Flynn had to settle for at the tail end of his career slightly out of control narratives in which poor dissipated Errol was brought in to add some shaky pathos 
2
Beer League
David Hiltbrand
Sitting through this film is like spending the night in that sleazy bar you swore you d never go in not even to use the bathroom 
0.5
Beer League
Stephen Whitty
Does the movie hit a home run Hardly But it s at least a single 
2
Beer League
Lou Lumenick
The sort of lowbrow sports comedy best enjoyed on a 50 inch screen with a six pack a bucket of wings and a fast forward button 
1
Beer League
Stephen Williams
The inanity is harmless thoroughly predictable and ultimately disposable 
0.5
Beer League
Maitland McDonagh
A cavalcade of colorful profanity bachelor party hooker gags and shopworn bodily function jokes this vehicle for Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange is slob comedy at its slobbiest 
1
Beer League
Erik Childress
Doesn t contain the average laugh quotient of half of Lange s daily Stern appearances but its also far less obnoxious than non fans would expect it to be 
2.5
Late Phases
Brian Tallerico
Damici gives his memorable protagonist enough life to hold it together more often than it would have otherwise He s great here The movie around him not so much 
2
Late Phases
Chris Cabin
Adrin Garca Bogliano ends up merely toying with the death steeped concerns of his characters and taking the furious and bitter perspective that powers the narrative s ponderous dramatic core for granted 
2.5
Faces in the Crowd
David Nusair
the novel premise and Jovovich s strong performance almost manage to compensate for the pervasively uneven atmosphere 
2
Once Upon a Forest
Jeff Shannon
It s a good thing this breezy animated adventure lasts only slightly more than 70 minutes Children will no doubt enjoy its simple tale but would probably grow restless if it went on for a minute longer 
2.5
Once Upon a Forest
Desmond Ryan
Respect for nature and the environment is a message that no one would quarrel with but this is yet another example of a movie that can t or won t differentiate between technology and the use to which it is put 
2.5
Once Upon a Forest
Gene Siskel
The characters are not memorable the songs are lame and the drawing style is pedestrian 
1
Once Upon a Forest
Candice Russell
From the first moments of Once Upon a Forest there is evidence of high artistic standards The backgrounds are beautifully detailed right down to the shading and contours of a tree trunk 
3.5
Once Upon a Forest
Johanna Steinmetz
It contains a dire message Man is destroying nature and progress is evil It is hard to know what small children the film s intended audience are supposed to do with this idea Nag their parents about recycling Work it out in nightmares 
2
Once Upon a Forest
Roger Ebert
Once Upon a Forest has a good heart I liked the way it treated its themes but the movie is kind of dumb 
2.5
Once Upon a Forest
James Berardinelli
The latest subpar G rated animated feature to prey upon of parents in search of suitable entertainment for their kids 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mattie Lucas
Director Rob Marshall has a striking visual eye and the film certainly looks great it s just kind of a mess a shamelessly entertaining mess but a mess just the same 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
David Nusair
The Pirates of the Caribbean series continues with this typically overlong and mostly unwatchable entry 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Roger Moore
Competent but joyless 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Jeff Beck
Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides is not really a bad film it s more so a disappointing and forgettable one
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Michael Dequina
By the end of the film you get the feeling that Depp himself is wondering just how much longer he can fake the funk for a paycheck 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Wesley Lovell
As far as franchise films go this one is better than the previous two On its own the film still lacks depth but is at least entertaining 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Burl Burlingame
It all goes on and on and becomes excessively complicated without becoming clever and there s a real sense of arrogant laziness about the whole production 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sara Michelle Fetters
just wish this movie had made me feel something anything even disappointment or anger Instead all I m left in is a benign state of indifference 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Linda Cook
Welcome to the fourth installment of Avast and the Furious 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mike Scott
This latest chapter isn t sharp enough to restore the sense of discovery that made that 1st outing so exciting but it s enough to make up for most of the missteps of the darn arrgh inducing third one 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
James Kendrick
feels largely unnecessary especially in the way it forces us to realize that Johnny Depp s Captain Jack Sparrow who was such a refreshing breath of subversive air back in 2003 is starting to wear a little thin 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Brett Michel
A total bore without a memorable action sequence the film miscalculates from the start 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Scott Nash
Depp retains his charm as Jack Sparrow but the movie is too long and sloppy
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Matt Brunson
If the first two sequels were fairly agreeable examples of popcorn fare then Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides represents the grimace inducing alternative the unpopped kernel that just sits there bereft of almost all value 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Glenn Lovell
Since this is a PG 13 Disney production Depp and Cruz do more swashing than unbuckling here There is however a naughty backstory something to do with a nunnery mistaken for a brothel 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Christian Toto
On Stranger Tides is arrgh uably the best franchise sequel yet Faint praise to be sure 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lori Hoffman
On Stranger Tides is not an exceptional summer popcorn movie but it provides acceptable summer fun 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lisa Ann Cockrel
I knew this two hour cruise was in trouble when I found myself resisting the urge to check my email halfway through Jack s first big escape 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rick Groen
Ahoy me hearties No 4 is surprisingly not bad 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mike McGranaghan
Everything about this installment feels way past its expiration date I wouldn t be surprised to find there was mold growing on the actual film prints 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lisa Kennedy
Ian McShane gives Blackbeard as much menace as a goofball romp can handle 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
John Wirt
Lacking wit and imagination On Stranger Tides hurls less than riveting action 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Wilson Morales
A big budgeted emotionless vehicle that makes one wonder if Depp should seriously take the bandana off Jack Sparrow s head and let him and franchise rest 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sharon Hoffmann
The film concludes with plenty of expectation for a sequel indeed producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said a screenplay is in the works for a fifth Pirates But it might be time for this franchise to furl its sails 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Tyler Hanley
Just when you thought a Disney theme park ride couldn t possibly spawn four feature length films here we go again 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
John Beifuss
The fourth Pirates chronicles a quest for the fabled fountain of youth the film itself represents a desire for rejuvenation 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Lawrence Toppman
Depp sleepwalks through action sequences and relies on mannerisms during the dialogue Perhaps he s saving himself for a string of sequels that will stretch monotonously into eternity 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sean O'Connell
The band is back together but the rock n roll anarchy has faded away The newcomers don t amount to much more than session musicians asked to keep the same beats that drove the previous three films 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Alison Gang
While On Stranger Tides is the shortest of the four Pirates films its two hour 17 minute running time is still far too indulgent 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Chris Hewitt
The best thing about the pared down running time is that it takes the focus off of enormous sea creatures and puts it squarely back on Depp s enormous charm 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Jeffrey M. Anderson
On Stranger Tides is nearly as fleet footed and fun as the very first film released in 2003 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Erik Childress
Severely suffers from simplicity trying to blanket the brain cramps experienced by those who chose not to keep up with many of the unappreciated intricacies of its predecessors 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Peter Travers
Marshall deserves props for putting the show back into the Pirates business But face it he s polishing a giant turd 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ann Hornaday
On Stranger Tides feels as fresh and bracingly exhilarating as the day Jack Sparrow first swashed his buckle infusing new reckless energy into a franchise that shows no signs of furling its sails 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Willie Waffle
How do you make Penelope Cruz and mermaids boring 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Claudia Puig
The more sequels spun off the clearer it becomes that one movie about these swashbucklers would have sufficed 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Kyle Smith
Cutlasses flash music swells mast sways critic yawns 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mark Dujsik
Shows all the symptoms of a franchise that has passed its sell by date 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Joe Lozito
Johnny Depp and director Rob Marshall attempt to steer the soggy franchise back on course with this goof of an installment 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Dustin Putman
This franchise like many of the arrgh spouting pirates who have come before Captain Jack Sparrow is dead in the water 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sean P. Means
Mostly Marshall works to keep the computer graphics from completely overwhelming the action and staying out of the way of his cast 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
James Berardinelli
For all his faults Gore Verbinski at least handled the action with panache Those movies thrummed with derring do This one sinks 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mick LaSalle
If you want to burden your movie from the outset give it a protagonist who can t grow can t change can t feel and wants nothing Then give Depp total license to mug his way out of this confinement 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Walter Chaw
resigned to regurgitating its bird s dinner into the mouths of a nation of idiot babies
0.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Robert Levin
The quest for the Fountain of Youth is weightless filler that means nothing with little broader ramifications 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Steven Rea
There s little if anything here to keep us emotionally invested and so the pile it on mutinies and sword fights and perilous dives off vertiginous cliffs exist just to wow us 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Matt Soergel
A real stinker 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Peter Canavese
The problem with attempting to replicate the magic such as it was of Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl is you get something very close to a replica minus the novelty 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Duane Dudek
Depp s woozy ribald but this time disappointingly less gonzo Jack Sparrow remains one of the most endearing and enduring caricatures in modern film 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Roger Ebert
For me it s too much of a muchness 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Joe Williams
A long slow voyage through shallow water 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rich Heldenfels
A rebound from the third film with Depp in good form but a disjointed story 
2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Matt Pais
It s like the last season of a TV show that s gone on too long except there are still more seasons movies to come Plank I m ready when you are 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Josh Larsen
part action flick and part vaudeville act On Stranger Tides suggests a pirate movie made by Buster Keaton 
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Michael Phillips
Stranger tides Stranger than what What s strange or fresh about any of the mechanical diversions on offer here 
1.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Moira MacDonald
Though this movie ends with a clear indication of more possibilities ahead I m more than ready to let Captain Jack Sparrow rest in rum soaked peace 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rene Rodriguez
A nonsensical contraption designed simply to take your money Don t give it up so easily 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ty Burr
I never thought I d miss the overstuffed craziness of Verbinski s originals the squiddly extras the moments of sheer pop surrealism the Kraken but On Stranger Tides is like a familiar house where half the furniture has been sold off 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Stephen Whitty
The pirates of the Caribbean are back and this time they ve given up on the doubloons and galleons to plunder something really precious Our time 
2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Andrew Schenker
There s nothing strange or in any way extraordinary about this dim witted bore 
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Peter Howell
Pirates 4 struggles to stay afloat but finally sinks under the weight of its computer rendered fakery which the addition of 3 D does absolutely nothing to improve 
2
Burden of Dreams
Roger Ebert
Les Blank s Burden of Dreams is one of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie 
4
Madhouse
David Nusair
It s a seemingly foolproof premise that s employed to predominantly lackluster and uninvolving effect by Clark 
1.5
Madhouse
Matt Brunson
Madhouse is far more silly than suspenseful and the identity of the killer is never once in doubt but as a vehicle for Price and as a behind the scenes peek at filmmaking it s worth a late night watch 
2.5
Tides of War
Burl Burlingame
A crew of covert techs one of whom is the dead man s suspicious sister a naval officer who thank goodness strips down to tight damp T shirts when her temperature goes up 
1.5
Tides of War
David Nusair
marginally entertaining but ultimately needless 
2
Assholes: A Theory
Peter Howell
There s much humour but also a few swift kicks to the derriere delivered in the doc including to supposedly mild mannered Canadians 
3
Penguin Bloom
Roger Moore
You either respond to a Mouse Hunt level tiny creature has personality story or you don t I did 
2.5
Penguin Bloom
Steven Prokopy
Penguin Bloom ramps up the obnoxious behavior early and gives us what I think is one of Watts least interesting performances 
1.5
Penguin Bloom
Robert Levin
There s a thin line between feel good entertainment and hokum While Penguin Bloom never quite slips into the latter it comes awfully close 
2
Penguin Bloom
Richard Roeper
Watts is such a chameleon of an actress such a pro at slipping into a vast array of roles without drawing attention to the mechanics of her work that we almost take for granted how damn good she is and she delivers beautiful and resonant work as Sam 
3
Penguin Bloom
Johnny Oleksinski
There is bloom for improvement 
2
Penguin Bloom
Christy Lemire
But despite its feel good formula Penguin Bloom still manages to inspire and impress thanks to some striking visuals and strong performances namely from star Naomi Watts 
2.5
Penguin Bloom
Mark Dujsik
W hen a bird seems to be star of a story such as this one that s probably a good sign of a few underlying problems with the material 
2
Penguin Bloom
Carla Meyer
In this era of increased calls for more authentic and inclusive representation onscreen Watts casting seems at the very least outdated 
2
Penguin Bloom
Dwight Brown
The film sensitively focusses on a mother who has lost the ability to mother Loose ends are held together by Watts who gives the film a certain state of grace 
3
Penguin Bloom
Angelo Muredda
Naomi Watts should stop vacationing in Thailand That s just about the only lesson worth heeding in the faux inspirational would be edifying Penguin Bloom which plays out like an unofficial remake of J A Bayona s otherwise forgettable The Impossible 
1
Penguin Bloom
David Nusair
a first class tearjerker that effortlessly overcomes a somewhat run of the mill plot trajectory 
3.5
Artemis Fowl
David Gonzalez
Artemis Fowls efforts come off as if it came from a movie world of yesteryear 46 While the concept of a world outside of ours filled with fairies 44 trolls 44 and creatures was impressive at the turn of the century 44 its not enough in 2020 46 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Brian Eggert
Theres no magic in this high tech fantasy a blend of futuristic gizmos and ancient mythological creatures in a silly amateurish package 
1
Artemis Fowl
Jason Fraley
If you read the books you may find the filmmakers chopped out too much If you haven t read the books you ll almost certainly find it chaotic confusing and hard to follow 
2
Artemis Fowl
Rene Sanchez
For a tale about magical universes it certainly lacks any enchantment Full Review in Spanish 
1
Artemis Fowl
Alan French
Made with the hope that audience members like myself would be interested in checking on their childhood stories 44 Artemis Fowl makes a strong claim for the worst film of 2020
1
Artemis Fowl
Linda Cook
It s all fouled up with too much CGI and not enough character development 
1
Artemis Fowl
Peter Canavese
Just short of completely inept Nothing that needs to work here works not the casting not the script not the direction not the design not the score 
1
Artemis Fowl
Kevin A. Ranson
At one point in the film the fairies express dismay that humans no longer took them seriously wait until they find out the Artemis Fowl movie hasn t done them any favors and Hellboy will accept your apologies now 
1
Artemis Fowl
Christy Lemire
A glossy and empty exercise in world building 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Mark Dujsik
The movie spends so much time explaining its various setups that the telling of a story feels like an afterthought 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Mark Feeney
One wonders if a director more playful than Kenneth Branagh might have come up with something less hectic and more fun or even just as hectic and more fun 
2
Artemis Fowl
James Berardinelli
A failure for anyone hoping for the next great fantasy film 
2
Artemis Fowl
Pat Brown
Social ills become frivolous punchlines in this dire slice of Hollywood escapism 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Katie Walsh
Artemis Fowl will not be the hot new kiddie fantasy franchise based on this utterly charmless first entry 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Rob Thomas
If you haven t read the Artemis Fowl books you ll have a hard time following the movie If you have read the Artemis Fowl books you ll have a hard time liking the movie 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Sean P. Means
Disney turns out to be a better home than theaters for this overbaked action adventure The pause button is Branagh s friend especially when parents have to explain to the kids or vice versa what s happening 
2.5
Artemis Fowl
Joey Magidson
It s impossible to tell what Kenneth Branagh saw in this material Disney clearly was hoping for a gigantic tentpole franchise though that s not going to be the case 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Barry Hertz
A confusing muddled sloppy mess of bad intentions and worse execution 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Richard Roeper
Warm and funny and entertaining 
3
Artemis Fowl
Brian Truitt
It s a fairly entertaining yet familiar narrative that ll give tweens and teens a change of pace from bingeing High School Musical and Descendants flicks this summer 
2.5
Artemis Fowl
Rafer Guzman
The result is a torrent of information that lays the groundwork for possible future films but leaves almost no room for character development 
2
Artemis Fowl
Brandon Katz
Why Branagh has devoted his recent career to Disney s sanitized sandbox is a mystery but the director can still flash from time to time 
1.5
Artemis Fowl
Mick LaSalle
It s an OK version of the thing it is I just can t stand the thing it is 
2
Artemis Fowl
Johnny Oleksinski
All of these characters should have some personality but the actors are trapped in what feels like a CD ROM role playing game from 1995 
1
Artemis Fowl
Mike McGranaghan
Destined to bore children and adults alike 
1.5
Bee Season
Camerin Courtney
Words and letters may hold all the secrets of the universe but 104 minutes wasn t enough to hold and resolve all the secrets and mysteries of Bee Season 
2
Bee Season
Sara Michelle Fetters
No Bee Season is just plain awful That s right awful A W F U L awful and if that doesn t spell out my feelings succinctly I don t know what will 
1
Bee Season
Hanh Nguyen
A visual feast but a spiritual famine 
2
Bee Season
Jonathan W. Hickman
sneaks up on you starting as a family drama and tells that story in the guise of a religious thriller 
3
Bee Season
Jeff Vice
This aloof often cold drama may be too cerebral for its own good as it fails to explain some of its more mystical elements 
2
Bee Season
Duane Dudek
The premise is intriguing but the oddly toned screenplay is a mostly opaque and convoluted string of dramatically convenient yet inconsistent assumptions 
2.5
Bee Season
Linda Cook
Here s an unusual but sweet little drama about a dysfunctional family 
3
Bee Season
Kit Bowen
Family dysfunctions spellings bees spiritual enlightenment Bee Season definitely has an odd lot of things going on But this family drama somehow draws you into its weird little realm and holds you there 
3.5
Bee Season
Matt Brunson
For the sake of variety we need more spirituality in the movies which is why the very existence of Bee Season is a blessing even if its haphazardness makes it something of a curse 
2.5
Bee Season
James Sanford
fragmented a film with several provocative ideas and a few strong scenes but no sense of fulfillment and considerably less emotional impact than it should have 
2
Bee Season
John Beifuss
Intriguingly it can be viewed as a thrill less update of a Val Lewton thriller It asks the viewer to decide whether its characters are crazy cursed or blessed as they encourage the incursion of the supernatural into their lives 
2.5
Bee Season
Thomas Delapa
Despite the advance buzz you can spell it murky and meandering 
2
Bee Season
Daniel M. Kimmel
a muddled pretentious mess that in the end doesn t go anywhere 
1.5
Bee Season
Sean P. Means
Alas as the spelling words get harder and less comprehensible so does the narrative thread 
2.5
Bee Season
Peter Travers
Fine directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel The Deep End take a detour into mumbo jumbo 
2
Bee Season
James Berardinelli
There s no shortage of material on the screen in Bee Season it s just not assembled in a satisfying manner 
2.5
Bee Season
Jeff Shannon
It s more thoughtfully conceived than most of what passes for filmmaking these days 
3
Bee Season
Carla Meyer
Two parts intriguing premise and three parts tiresome upper middle class ennui 
2
Bee Season
Carrie Rickey
The film succeeds because both the tale and the young performers Cross and Max Minghella as Eliza s teenage brother Aaron are so compelling 
3
Bee Season
Rene Rodriguez
A cold and intellectual look at people searching for spiritual meaning that instead of imparting any resonant observations about faith and family comes off as kooky and affected 
2
Bee Season
Terry Lawson
Though Bee Season has flaws beyond Gere s casting it compels us to look at the things that words and lives are made of which is no abstract achievement 
3
Bee Season
Michael Booth
Reflecting Goldberg s virtuoso novel the film sets up rich dichotomies of what people say and do and of satisfying the self vs pleasing the community 
3
Bee Season
Ty Burr
Over the years this actor has become a beguiling silver fox trickier than he seems but Gere still doesn t have the psychic weight to pull off a role like Saul 
2
Bee Season
Jeff Strickler
The lack of emotion is a bit off putting at first but as the story unfolds we grow to appreciate that the film s detached tone reflects the family dynamics 
3
Bee Season
Chris Hewitt
Spare and deceptively simple Bee Season observes its characters but refrains from judging them 
3
Bee Season
Walter Chaw
Asked to spell solipsistic at one point I felt sure she was going to say B E E S E A S O N 
1
Bee Season
Ken Fox
Adapted from Myla Goldberg s richly complex debut novel this is a far better film than one would dare hope for from a major studio 
3
Bee Season
Peter Howell
So intent is the film on finding symbols and magic in anything and everything it forgets that flesh and blood humans are waiting on screen and off for something to really care about 
1.5
Bee Season
Ruthe Stein
While directed with intelligence and visual flair by Scott McGehee and David Siegel Bee Season ultimately is undone by the same trait that makes young spelling whizzes insufferable 
2
Bee Season
Gary Goldstein
Not every successful book needs to be made into a movie Bee Season is a perfect example of that 
2.5
Bee Season
Stephen Whitty
Bee Season goes vaguely out of focus from the beginning 
2
Bee Season
Kyle Smith
Bee Season can spell strongylid but it doesn t know the definition of tension 
1.5
Bee Season
Bob Strauss
Though deeply felt and unwaveringly thoughtful Bee Season is something of a head scratcher 
2.5
Bee Season
Jack Mathews
I don t know whether Gere an avowed Buddhist took this role to embarrass kabbala faddists like Madonna and Ashton Kutcher or to see if he could pass for Jewish and a scholar It s a lost cause in any case 
1.5
Bee Season
Stephen Cole
Though bathed in ecclesiastical light and a work of obvious craft and ambition Bee Season is grimly serious and rather full of itself 
2
Bee Season
Randy Myers
The directing team never seems to know when to stop showing and just allow the telling to take over 
2.5
Bee Season
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A lovely patient portrait of a family in spiritual crisis 
3
Bee Season
Collin Souter
A well intended movie that unfortunately comes off as cold and distant as the characters are to each other 
2.5
Bee Season
Claudia Puig
It doesn t quite manage the shattering emotionality of the novel but it s an intriguing if slightly plodding adaptation 
3
Bee Season
Roger Ebert
The performance by Flora Cross is haunting in its seriousness She doesn t act out she acts in 
4
Bee Season
Jan Stuart
Bee Season buzzes with a reverence for the spiritual potential of language but strands its characters at an irritating loss for words 
2
Bee Season
Steve Rhodes
What do you get when you combine a spelling bee with Hare Krishna Not much The movie is about as inviting as a blizzard and its purpose is as clear as mud 
1.5
Bee Season
Ed Gonzalez
Bee Season s mysticism casts an incredibly cold literal minded spell 
2
Queen & Slim
Jason Fraley
Lena Waithe Master of None sends Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner Smith on the lam after killing a police officer in self defense during a racially charged traffic stop 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Tom Meek
Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner Smith are a perfect pairing in a True Romance style scurry across the Southern States 
3
Queen & Slim
David Nusair
heralds the emergence of an exceedingly promising new filmmaker 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Josh Larsen
The style is arresting and the leads are strong but the story runs out of steam 
2.5
Queen & Slim
Rene Sanchez
A vibrant timely and thought provoking feature debut film Jodie Turner Smith is a revelation Full Review in Spanish 
3
Queen & Slim
Mike McGranaghan
The year s most tender love story as well as a potent social issue drama 
4
Queen & Slim
Matt Brunson
Lazy thinkers are dubbing Queen Slim a black Bonnie and Clyde Ridiculous If anything it has much more in common with Thelma Louise another film about two decent people being forced to go on the run due to an unchecked societal ill 
3
Queen & Slim
Mike Scott
Both smart and entertaining it expertly balances elements of drama romance and well timed humor while folding in satisfying nuggets of philosophy and existential musings 
3
Queen & Slim
Reginald Ponder
Queen and Slim is a provocative and exhilarating ride down the road of police Brutality and the relationship between the police and Black community You might ask if Queen and Slim hold court but you won t ask if they hold your attention 3 5 reels
3.5
Queen & Slim
Asher Luberto
Dreamy colors create a soulful mood enhanced by a New Orleans hip hop soundtrack and memorable pit stops When the two ride ponies or slow dance in a bar their feeling of freedom will sweep you off your feet 
3
Queen & Slim
Mattie Lucas
Channel s hundreds of years of systemic oppression into a blinding and beautiful work of art that feels like throwing a firecracker into a crowd 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Luke Parker
A protruding lack of realism turns a great deal of the film s authenticity sour 
2.5
Queen & Slim
Sara Michelle Fetters
The emotionally explosive Queen Slim is a nightmare romantic thriller ripped straight out of today s headlines 
3
Queen & Slim
Sheila O'Malley
I responded strongly to the film s sense of scope and scale The rhetoric of Queen Slim reverberates with anger and love and mourning 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Anita Katz
The movie doesn t sizzle The romantic element is a substantial part of the reason why The passionate love the protagonists purportedly share tends to reveal itself only when the plot demands Even then it s low on fire 
2.5
Queen & Slim
Brandy McDonnell
Captivating performances by Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya and newcomer Jodie Turner Smith help to keep the powerful poetic drama driving forward 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Wilson Morales
An extraordinarily provocative romantic racial and at times flawed drama that serves a powerful message about love trust and humanity 
3
Queen & Slim
Sean P. Means
Matsoukas and Waithe definitely know how to make thought provoking incendiary drama that isn t afraid to dig into the fault lines between the races to see what shakes out 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Mark Dujsik
I t s a quiet tender compassionate and thoughtful character piece about two people who having nothing to lose learn just how much they have to gain 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Whatever the movie s imperfections its considerable strengths make it well worth watching 
3
Queen & Slim
Peter Howell
Queen Slim has more than a few dialogue clangers and narrative contrivances but the felicitous pairing of Turner Smith and Kaluuya makes the flaws easy to forgive 
3
Queen & Slim
Rafer Guzman
The movie burns with outrage but its inability to express itself clearly can be maddening 
2
Queen & Slim
Moira MacDonald
Queen Slim has a remarkable power You watch it recognizing the world you know and wishing you didn t 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Mark Kennedy
Queen Slim is a powerful look at places and issues not often explored in movies and it s unusual for being a big studio film starring two people of color created by people of color 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Katie Walsh
It s an adrenaline shot right to the heart and a bold declaration of a bright new auteur 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Mick LaSalle
The movie s subject deserved better 
1.5
Queen & Slim
Johnny Oleksinski
Matsoukas finds two first rate performances in Kaluuya and Turner Smith Theirs is one of the more carefully paced romances in recent memory and the subtle way their tension switches from fear to desire is masterful 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Barry Hertz
Queen Slim s ultimate route is a powerful one a drive meant to be shared and discussed long after the road ends 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Ann Hornaday
At its best Queen Slim isn t just a crime drama but a nuanced portrayal of family legacy and self preservation how they re distorted by trauma and history and how they thrive despite the near constant threat of annihilation 
3
Queen & Slim
Ty Burr
See it for the arrivals of a directorial talent and a stunning young actress and see it to remind yourself of this country s ancient and eternal sins 
3.5
Queen & Slim
Joey Magidson
Queen Slim is equal parts affecting angry clumsy frustrating moving and well acted Unfortunately the mixture isn t balanced leading to a missed opportunity 
2.5
Queen & Slim
Jake Cole
For a spell Melina Matsoukas s film exudes the concision of an old B movie 
2.5
Queen & Slim
Roger Moore
An African American art film channeling a 1970s blaxploitation on the lam from the law road picture vibe 
3
Queen & Slim
Erik Anderson
Queen Slim joins films like Fruitvale Station and Blindspotting as important stories that must be told and must be told from and by the Black perspective 
3.5
Rivals
David Nusair
an absorbing crime thriller 
3
Solitary Man
Josh Larsen
A walking talking screenplay 
1.5
Solitary Man
Matt Brunson
The film s knotty relationships and crisp dialogue are surpassed only by Douglas captivating turn as a troubled heel whose pathetic behavior fools no one least of all himself 
3
Solitary Man
Michael Smith
It became such a bore that I found myself watching a 60 year old man and repeatedly saying Will you just grow up It s just sad 
2
Solitary Man
Rick Groen
It s a fascinating character study isolated within a mediocre film 
3
Solitary Man
Amy Biancolli
Yet more proof that Michael Douglas can do anything he pleases so long as he s playing a jerk 
3
Solitary Man
Peter Howell
Nobody does oily like Michael Douglas 
3
Solitary Man
John Beifuss
Solitary Man is to Michael Douglas as Crazy Heart is to Jeff Bridges a tailored showcase about a faded but unruly minor league celebrity who s reluctant to trade his unhealthy horndog ways for what movie publicists like to call a shot at redemption 
3
Solitary Man
Keith Cohen
Michael Douglas could read the telephone book and it would be entertaining He gives an acting clinic in this character study of a despicable womanizer The bottom line is an unforgettable lead performance that stays with you long after the 
3
Solitary Man
Robert W. Butler
Compared to Ben Kalmen the aggressively amoral former car dealer Douglas portrays in Solitary Man Gekko is an upright guy 
3
Solitary Man
Jeff Vice
The comedy drama is too downbeat for its own good and the character is self destructive and unsavory to the point of being completely unsympathetic 
2.5
Solitary Man
Roger Moore
Wicked blunt writing a great supporting cast and Douglas doing variations of other sleazy womanizers he s played make this a tart terse treat 
3
Solitary Man
Moira MacDonald
You d think Michael Douglas has played the charming cad on screen once too often but damned if he doesn t pull it off once more in grand style 
3
Solitary Man
Calvin Wilson
It s a smart funny film that flirts with the edge 
3
Solitary Man
Peter Canavese
Wry and melancholic Solitary Man recalls Wonder Boys as a character study showcase worthy of Douglas ability 
3
Solitary Man
Willie Waffle
All about Douglas and he delivers like he knows it 
3
Solitary Man
Chris Hewitt
It s a pretty good version of this sort of movie but do you need to see this sort of movie again 
2.5
Solitary Man
Mark Dujsik
Has an unwavering focus of a flawed but interesting character and a solid performance from Douglas as a charmer who s skated by for too long 
3
Solitary Man
Carrie Rickey
Michael Douglas is at his best when playing a character at his worst 
3
Solitary Man
Ty Burr
Why do we keep watching this sad sad man Because he s ecstatic as long as he avoids facing reality and Douglas makes that ecstasy a marvelous thing to behold 
3
Solitary Man
Michael Phillips
In its scruffy take me or leave me way it deserves attention 
3
Solitary Man
Peter Keough
By the fourth time Michael Douglas wakes up hungover and shirtless on a sour double bed we get it he s old Can we move on 
2
Solitary Man
Roger Ebert
The film is all about Ben Kalman but one of the strengths of Michael Douglas performance is that he isn t playing a character He s playing a character who is playing a character 
3.5
Solitary Man
Lou Lumenick
Douglas juiciest vehicle since Wonder Boys 
3
Solitary Man
Stephen Whitty
There s the honest sleaziness of Kalmen s character There s the camerawork which is unblinking And there s the story itself which while offering perhaps too pat an explanation provides few excuses and no easy end 
3.5
Solitary Man
James Berardinelli
Solitary Man gives Douglas a chance to act not merely posture or show off for the camera It s some of the finest least forced work he has done in years 
3
Solitary Man
Chris Foran
You want to like this Solitary Man But finally you re better off without him 
2
Solitary Man
Peter Travers
The bumps in the narrative can be jarring but Douglas never makes a false move delivering a tour de force in human weakness 
3
Solitary Man
Bill Weber
A sour self satisfied dramedy possessing the same embarrassing chutzpah as its cocky dinosaur seducer 
1.5
Solitary Man
David Nusair
a low key character study that s primarily held aloft by Douglas expectedly ingratiating performance 
2.5
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
Lauren Wissot
Though the film gets carried away by its black and white together we shall overcome vibe the raw facts are undeniably where the real emotion lies 
2.5
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
Kam Williams
A cinematic sifting through the ashes of Mississippi smoldering 
4
In the French Style
Matt Brunson
Irwin Shaw welded together two of his short stories to create the screenplay for this interesting 1963 drama starring the lovely and ultimately doomed Jean Seberg 
3
Cabiria
Roger Ebert
In its particular way Cabiria is beautiful and enthralling 
4
Chagall-Malevich
Matt Zoller Seitz
Bichevin is the anchor for all of the director s flights of invention When his Chagall says that life can be wondrous no matter how dire things get you believe him 
3
The Lord of the Rings
Rob Vaux
The live action version trumps it in every conceivable way there simply is no comparison And yet Middle Earth is still better off for its presence 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings
Roger Ebert
Falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story 
2.5
The Lord of the Rings
James O'Ehley
I didn t like this film version of Lord of Rings If it s any comfort fans won t like it either 
1.5
The Birds
David Keyes
In the thick of an impeccable narrative that pays deep attention to all those involved the great filmmaker manages to reach far inside the psychological chasm and find a rich inspiration 
3.5
The Birds
Scott Nash
The only thing dated is the special effects The suspense holds up very well 
3.5
The Birds
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This masterpiece is one of Hitchcock s purest forays into cinema it s such a complete piece that it even gets by with two mediocre actors 
4
The Birds
David Nusair
The Birds features characters worth rooting for and quirky little touches of morbid humour 
3
White Palms
Maitland McDonagh
A sneaky delight that glides effortlessly between the past and present without a single detour into either the uplifting clichs of American sports movies or the creepy voyeurism that sometimes attends films about young well built athletes 
3
As the Call, So the Echo
Ed Gonzalez
There s no sense of Moreano s background or personal connection to Vietnam but his compassion for his work shines through 
2.5
Wiebo's War
Guy Dixon
The documentary shows Ludwig s strong clarity of thought which nevertheless remains somewhat enigmatic to the listener 
3
Curly Sue
Bill Chambers
It s the first film in which Hughes flat out sentimentalizes being rich moreover selling out 
2
Curly Sue
Roger Ebert
Curly Sue is a cornball soupy syrupy sentimental exercise in audience manipulation but that s the good news because this is a movie that works 
3
Black and White in Color
Roger Ebert
A charming and often sunnily satirical movie 
3
Game 6
David Nusair
the picture suffers from an arms length feel that continually prevents the viewer from working up much interest in or enthusiasm for the central characters exploits 
1.5
Game 6
Barbara Vancheri
A mediocre to average movie with a stellar performance by Keaton and cerebral themes about failure and fears that stay fuzzy instead of coming into sharp focus 
2.5
Game 6
Chris Hewitt
If you re looking for a film about smart confused people who make mistakes like Buckner and try to learn from them this could be it 
2.5
Game 6
Leba Hertz
a quirky little comedy 
3
Game 6
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Game 6 is enthralled with the sound of its words even as it loves the deliberate sensual pace of a well played or well lost ball game 
3.5
Game 6
Phil Villarreal
Keaton embraces his role with a relish he hasn t shown in more than a decade winding his character into new corners of desperation with each scene 
3
Game 6
Dan Fienberg
As a Sox fan and a writer Game 6 spoke to me Viewers without interest in baseball DeLillo or criticism may feel that the movie is just a short trip to nowhere 
3
Game 6
Roger Ebert
This material could be pitched at various levels You can imagine it being incorporated into a sequel to The Producers or being transformed into quasi O Neill 
3.5
Game 6
Daniel M. Kimmel
Watching it may be as painful to viewers as watching a certain bobbled ball was to Red Sox fans 20 years ago 
1.5
Game 6
Maitland McDonagh
This tale about a successful playwright and a vitriolic theater critic begins on a strenuously schematic note and descends into a tangle of heavily symbolic nonsense 
1.5
Game 6
Timothy Knight
An acutely observed study of a man haunted by the looming prospect of failure Game 6 turns out to be a small scale triumph 
3
Game 6
Stephen Whitty
If making movies like this for himself is the reason Downey makes movies like The Shaggy Dog for us well then that s a bargain that benefits no one 
2
Game 6
Lou Lumenick
The movie includes a recurring motif of immigrant taxi drivers like them the movie is constantly going around in circles 
2
Game 6
Jack Mathews
An offbeat not quite successful paranoid comedy 
2.5
Game 6
Ty Burr
To put it in words a Sox fan would understand the movie hurts good 
3.5
Game 6
John Anderson
Screenwriter DeLillo and director Michael Hoffman have a near perfect player in Michael Keaton 
3
Game 6
Nick Schager
The film labors under the onerous weight of its symbolism 
1.5
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Jonathan W. Hickman
WMD is an intricate critique of television media coverage of the Iraq War Director Schechter suggests that the media cowed down to Administration tactics 
3.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Robert W. Butler
The onslaught of tastelessness begins even before the opening credits and continues nonstop for 103 deliciously sleazy minutes 
3
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Betsy Sherman
As recounted in Mark Hartley s entertaining documentary twisted imaginations went wild after the post 60s liberation from censorship and the introduction of tax breaks 
3
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Wesley Morris
This is as insightful a glimpse into a country s cinema as you re likely to see at this running time 
3
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Austin Kennedy
It s a Documentary that s celebrating obscure films by showing a crapload of clips I loved it Film lovers who crave cult cinema aren t going to want to miss this opportunity to expand their knowledge 
3.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Christian Toto
Not Quite Hollywood lousy title great peek back at the Ozploitation movement 
3.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Peter Hartlaub
It s all very foul and completely entertaining 
3
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
John Hartl
Not Quite Hollywood is jammed with well preserved clips of the Aussie movies that started pushing the limits after censorship was essentially dropped in 1971 
3
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Chris Hewitt
Not Quite goes on a little longer than it needs to but if the success of a movie like this is measured by whether it makes you want to see some of the movies it revisits then count me in 
2.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Joe Williams
If Not Quite Hollywood is not quite convincing it is quite entertaining 
3
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This isn t exactly a thesis that s going to win any awards especially up against the latest documentary about the Holocaust or the war in Iraq But as far as entertainment goes it s about the most fun I ve had all summer 
3.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Nick Schager
Its shallowness is nonetheless in tune with its subject the gory violent sex crazed Australian exploitation films of the 70s and 80s 
2.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Kam Williams
A bodacious effort which successfully elevates a bevy of godawful B movies to an art form worthy not only of study but appreciation to boot 
4
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
David Nusair
an audacious in your face documentary 
2.5
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Sandra Hall
Hartley s own film is much livelier than most of those he is out to celebrate partly because of its abundance of genuinely hair raising behind the scenes footage 
3.5
Late Spring
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 about putting things in their proper place 46 
3.5
Late Spring
Eric Melin
Ozu s low camera position helps the audience relate to his characters and his almost always static shots portray the sturdy demeanor of his characters 
3.5
Late Spring
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Late Spring is along with Tokyo Story Ozu s greatest work 
4
Late Spring
Thomas Delapa
Exquisite What little plot there is in Late Spring is adorned by Ozu s Zen like meditation on objects surroundings and the Japanese concept of mono no aware the ineffable resignation to the reality of life as things are 
4
Late Spring
Peter Canavese
Late Spring exemplifies Ozu s rich mature style an apparent stylelessness of patient lifelike rhythms unobtrusive camerawork and credibly subtle performances DVD 
4
The Hangover Part III
Brian Eggert
With the final chapter 44 the gang 8217 s all back for a movie whose superficial alterations in structure fail to distract us from the derivative plotting and the tired 44 by the numbers feel of everything onscreen 46 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Kelly Jane Torrance
Not as funny as The Hangover which was a sui generis film no one could replicate but better than The Hangover Part II which stuck too close to the story of the original 
3
The Hangover Part III
Mara Reinstein
Where s Mike Tyson when you need him 
2
The Hangover Part III
Michael Dequina
It s really apparent that outside of the originally established formula Phillips and company really had no clue where to take the Wolfpack 
2
The Hangover Part III
David Nusair
The Hangover series comes to a merciful close with an installment that s at least a slight improvement over its immediate predecessor 
2
The Hangover Part III
Kam Williams
A nutty kitchen sink comedy ending on a cliffhanger designed to keep diehard fans of the depraved franchise in suspense about whether yetta nudder sequel might be in the works 
3
The Hangover Part III
John Beifuss
Human pain and humiliation may be the essence of comedy but animal cruelty is hardly funny The third Wolfpack film touts its giraffe decapitation in its trailer it also includes the smothering of a chicken with a pillow and the poisoning of dogs 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Linda Cook
It doesn t offer as many surprises as its predecessors But it ties things up neatly just as it should I can see the boxed set now with all three movies and a bottle of aspirin attached 
3
The Hangover Part III
John Serba
The Hangover Part III is where the series gets the dry heaves 
2
The Hangover Part III
Michael Smith
It is a sobering realization to exit the theater and know that I have come to despise the Wolf Pack and these movies 
1
The Hangover Part III
Christian Toto
Arrive with two aspirin and lowered expectations and the pounding in your head will be virtually nonexistent 
2.5
The Hangover Part III
Scott Nash
It s past time for this series to end 
2.5
The Hangover Part III
Glenn Lovell
Straight faced and frantic like a grim south of the border thriller by Oliver Stone this sequel is about as funny as Tabasco sauce on a paper cut 
1
The Hangover Part III
Cammila Collar
If you loved the first Hangover you ll probably enjoy this one too There s no tiger hiding in the bathroom but it s still good for a few laughs 
2.5
The Hangover Part III
Kirk Baird
The Hangover Part III is the encore to a concert that s gone on too long You know what s coming and you can t wait for it to end 
2.5
The Hangover Part III
Chris Knight
Props to Phillips for trying to recapture the glory days but he should realize that you never forget your first and you seldom surpass it 
2.5
The Hangover Part III
Joe Lozito
This fingers crossed final installment of the stillborn franchise is as bleakly unfunny and tone deaf as its predecessors It succeeds in only one thing making you want to get drunk enough to forget you saw it 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Rene Rodriguez
This odious mean spirited movie appropriates the title and the characters from the previous pictures and sends them on a would be adventure involving gangsters gold bars and that pinnacle of hilarity decapitated giraffes 
1
The Hangover Part III
Rob Carnevale
The whole endeavour smacks of franchise desperation 
2
The Hangover Part III
Rick Groen
Not just bad but weirdly fascinatingly bad 
0
The Hangover Part III
Michael O'Sullivan
Coupled with its logic headaches it left me feeling like I needed an Alka Seltzer Plus Anything to add a little fizzy relief to these flat and unfunny proceedings 
1
The Hangover Part III
Austin Kennedy
This makes HANGOVER 2 look like HANGOVER 1 
1
The Hangover Part III
Robert Levin
Disinterest rules the day Everyone from director Todd Phillips to the cast seems bored going through the motions in the hope that things wrap up quickly 
2
The Hangover Part III
James Berardinelli
The Hangover Part III is an obvious example of how wrong things can go when the almighty dollar is allowed to rule what comes out of Hollywood 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Chris Cabin
A sequel every bit as disposable as its predecessor 
1
The Hangover Part III
Sean P. Means
It s not funny unless you adopt the philosophy of the movie s most psychopathic character Mr Chow that it s funny when bad things happen and people get hurt 
1
The Hangover Part III
Mike McGranaghan
The Hangover has now officially replaced The Matrix as the cinematic trilogy with the biggest awesome to sucky decline 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Willie Waffle
The Wolfpack is neutered 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Phil Villarreal
It totally feels like a hangover The exhaustion and aimlessness The jackhammering that seems to be coming from inside your dulled weakened brain 
1
The Hangover Part III
Peter Canavese
Less like a movie and more like a contractual obligation 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Peter Travers
The first movie left you with an exhilarating rush All that Part III leaves is well a hangover 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Chris Hewitt
This hair of the dog works It may not be as good as the first one but it s a whole lot better than the second 
3
The Hangover Part III
Eric Melin
Phillips knew enough not to remake the same situation a third time but this strategy revealed even more of his limitations Without a fantastic high concept to hold everything together he is truly lost 
1
The Hangover Part III
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A general sense of joyless obligation shows on the faces of the characters 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Linda Barnard
Those looking for hilarity and hijinks with episode three will find the party is indeed over 
2
The Hangover Part III
Stephen Whitty
The first Hangover was good dirty fun the second was dirtier and less fun But the third It s just a chore and no hair of the dog is going to make it any easier to bear 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Odie Henderson
I had to wait until halfway through the closing credits for my first and only laugh 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Dustin Putman
Better than it probably deserves to be When so many trilogies start strong and finish with a whimper The Hangover movies set the bar very low to begin with and then lower still just so the only way to go for the finale would be up 
2
The Hangover Part III
Mark Dujsik
In the end I felt mostly relief that for the moment this series is finished 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Joe Williams
Here the characters are cardboard cutouts placed into predicaments that aren t remotely real Or funny 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Claudia Puig
Nothing about this rote exercise feels remotely fresh It s a re tread of the 2009 original sans the inspired lunacy 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Jon Niccum
The film delivers scant few laugh out loud moments but it s never boring 
2.5
The Hangover Part III
Charlie McCollum
Phillips has lost all of the sharp humor keen sense of debauchery and still plain fun that marked the original 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Kyle Smith
The good news is that The Hangover Part III isn t a rerun like the second episode The bad news is everything else 
0.5
The Hangover Part III
Steven Rea
To quote a line from the movie bad things happen and people get hurt 
2
The Hangover Part III
Matt Pais
The Hangover now bests the Iron Man franchise by a half star 8 7 5 total in my book So there s that 
3
The Hangover Part III
Ty Burr
It s not terrible It s just bad 
1.5
The Hangover Part III
Christy Lemire
It dares to alienate the very audience that made The Hangover the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time because well it isn t exactly a comedy 
3
The Hangover Part III
Soren Andersen
This is an ugly angry picture 
0.5
The Hangover Part III
Roger Moore
Slow sentimental and sedated
2
Capital
Rob Thomas
Capital isn t as good as Margin Call or Arbitrage in part because Costa Gavras holds these characters in such contempt rather than trying to understand what motivates their insatiable greed 
2.5
Capital
John Anderson
Director Costa Gavras takes a vaguely facetious tone toward the evils of global finance which he concludes is a game for gluttonous boys 
3
Capital
Christy Lemire
The famously left leaning Costa Gavras is preaching to the choir in his indignation but he does so in slick brisk fashion 
2.5
Capital
Michael O'Sullivan
Capital is too cynical to ever really suggest that redemption is possible Not that anyone watching will even care 
1.5
Capital
Kyle Smith
Fourth grade Marxism that compares banking to the Mafia and shows the suits standing up and cheering when their boss promises to rob the poor to pay the rich 
1.5
Capital
Stephen Whitty
Capital is a fairly engaging piece and proof that an old director can still learn new tricks 
3
Capital
Steve Macfarlane
Costa Gavras s new film is more a funhouse mirror panegyric albeit on an exhausted topic than the staid thriller promised by its press materials 
2.5
Capital
Roger Moore
Costa Gavras is on message but off his game in this rambling occasionally tone deaf high finance drama 
2.5
It Started as a Joke
Christian Toto
The comedy festival doc matters most when comedians use humor to heal
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
David Hinckley
Just Another Girl on the I R T isn t just another anything It s a snapshot of a scene most people think they know only as the camera gets closer the picture changes Even when the viewer laughs which is often the ground is subtly shifting 
3
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Edward Guthmann
Harris debut feature has a hipness and a feel for the language of the streets that isn t faked and it s great to see a young black woman s point of view for once But the direction is sloppy much of the acting amateurish and the film falls to pieces 
2
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Bob Ross
Just Another Girl is about reality catching up to attitude It s stark realistic and not meant to be pleasant except for the soundtrack 
3
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
A. Scott Walton
Producer Leslie Harris flashes a quote of her own proclaiming it a film Hollywood dared not to do In all likelihood Hollywood simply thought better of it 
1
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Bill Cosford
Just Another Girl on the IRT is a perfect example of why there needs to be an American independent filmmaking movement Hollywood doesn t make them quite like this Hollywood never did 
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
David Armstrong
Didactic and occasionally turgid the film is redeemed by its honesty a vivacious performance by its star Ariyan Johnson and its timeliness 
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Gene Seymour
Johnson s juicy performance deserved a better film Not that first time director Leslie Harris doesn t make a good try 
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Carl Herko
Johnson a 21 year old dancer in her first film role more than holds her own as Chantel But the real presence here belongs to Harris the director 
3
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Noel Taylor
Ariyan Johnson is a find the kind that holds an audience sometimes in spite of itself and she s not as the title declares just another girl 
3
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Desmond Ryan
Just Another Girl on the I R T is a film to be enjoyed for its individual moments Ariyan Johnson s winning charm as Chantel and the fact that Harris has put the spotlight on the girls who too often are just bystanders in other inner city movies 
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Johanna Steinmetz
Stylishly shot and fast paced its hip hop soundtrack features a host of women rappers and its dialogue is heavy with attitude and body punctuation 
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Gary Thompson
In the closing credits Harris describes her picture as the movie Hollywood dared not make Yet Harris seems to have adopted the Hollywood approach to glossing over tragic social problems 
2
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Stephen Hunter
Johnson makes Chantel so vivid with life so utterly without artifice she draws you in and makes you believe not only in Chantel s self but in her soul 
2.5
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
James Berardinelli
While the message of the film is as old as human society the method of its presentation is new enough to make the movie worthwhile 
3
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
Richard Roeper
The greatness of it is that if you re young and you know very little of Muhammad Ali this would be the perfect place to start learning about him but if you remember Ali in his prime and you re well versed in his history it s STILL a must see 
4
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
Dwight Brown
It s like Muhammad Ali reaching back from the grave to remind us how brash and brave he was Illuminating 
3
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
Robert Daniels
Antoine Fuqua s two part documentary provides a necessary if nominal summary of the fighter s life and career 
3
The Dying of the Light
Ty Burr
You get an overwhelming sense of kinship and continuity here between young hopefuls and the older generation to which they re apprentice and to the generations before them as well 
4
The Seduction
Matt Brunson
This is one dreadful thriller crippled by a lack of suspense a lack of originality and a lack of smarts 
1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Frank Ochieng
Again feel free to grab another baklava but the aftertaste of this wedding calls for an immediate annulment from this bouncy bickering bunch 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 isn t a bad sequel it s just a pointless one 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Robbie-Ann McPherson
Like roadside diner baklava if it s a little dry in places there s enough honey to make it sweet 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
John Serba
Regressive on all fronts a broad shallow thing miles wide and an inch deep 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Linda Cook
Here s an invitation to decline 
1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Michael Smith
Watching the movie is something like blowing dandelion seeds a brief moment of joy that passes quickly meaninglessly disappearing into thin air and you forget it ever happened 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
John Hanlon
A respectable and light hearted sequel that s as comforting as a nice piece of baklava 
3.0
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Marija Djurovic
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 still manages to pack enough charm and wit to warrant a second visit to the Portokalos family who are still just as charmingly quirky as they were fourteen years ago 
3
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
James Berardinelli
What we re left with is something that recalls Crocodile Dundee in L A the misbegotten notion that bringing back characters long past their sell by date is a good idea 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Katie Walsh
Feels about as fresh as two day old spanakopita 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Peter Travers
What once bubbled up from a sincere love of Greek family has now congealed into the all too familiar Hollywood tale of milking a cash cow until it cries for mercy 
1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Robert Horton
How long does baklava stay fresh Is 14 years too much time on the shelf 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Anita Katz
Advice for future Greek Wedding couples Elope 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Barbara Vancheri
Too often though it feels recycled or full of inflated problems and it s certainly not witty sophisticated comedy But it has a big heart 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Josh Terry
The first film was a showcase for Toula and her story with her crazy family as a charming backdrop But Greek Wedding 2 tries too hard to cover too much and the result is a film that feels overcooked in places and far too underdone in others 
2.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Christian Toto
We waited 14 years for more Windex jokes 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Kate Taylor
Pass the baklava 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
Predictable tired formulaic it makes up for its lack of originality with a bigger budget louder jokes louder costumes and louder music 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Sean P. Means
The stereotyped ethnic humor is so egregious and unfunny that it strains the argument that it s OK when she s lampooning her own ethnic group 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Diana Sánchez Uranga
Works solely on the nostalgia factor and if you re a fan of the first film Full review in Spanish 
3.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Dann Gire
Some jokes and sight gags in this un awaited sequel are so desperate so cloying and so artificially manufactured that they smother what little genuine charm remains in Vardalos Chicago Greek family reunion 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Richard Roeper
Vardalos is wonderful and 88 year old Michael Constantine casually pockets every scene he s in 
3
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Mark Dujsik
The joke and the mawkishness return but now there s also a smidgen of nostalgia to go with them 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Rafer Guzman
Old jokes and little plot but the charming original cast almost compensates 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Tom Russo
Some elements are even broader while a couple welcomely are emotionally truer to life If you appreciated the first movie s sweetness then you ll likely be charmed enough 
2.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Peter Howell
Those who loved the original should at least like the sequel which remarkably has reunited all of the players from the oversized cast 
2.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Stephanie Merry
With so many warmed over jokes you d think that the delivery would at least be on point But everything including the timing feels off 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Christy Lemire
Gags get piled upon gags with relentless frenzy and results that are overbearing rather than uproarious You can rely on every character to behave the exactly the same way every time regardless of the situation and that way is usually obnoxious 
1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Sara Stewart
It s understandable that creator writer Nia Vardalos would come back for seconds with My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 but 14 years later this reunion of cuddly but tiresome stereotypes makes you wish she d left well enough alone 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Matt Pais
Like Tom Hanks motion capture animated character in The Polar Express onscreen Vardalos appears completely dead behind the eyes chillingly blank as if she s a wood figure who came to life 
0.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Moira MacDonald
Vardalos has created a community of characters and players so likable it seems almost mean to criticize like picking on one s own annoying but beloved relatives 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Chris Knight
It s a dreadful plot but we ll always have Paris 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Mick LaSalle
In truth My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is an excruciating grind just scene after scene of people creating disturbance over tiny matters fighting over nothing and making Toula clean up after them 
1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Eric Henderson
As far as shameless excuses to rehash crowd pleasing gags from the first film go it doesn t particularly go about its duties cynically 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Peter Canavese
For Zeus s sake as warm and fuzzy and comforting or not as a Disney Channel show marketed more to parents than to their kids 
1.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Roger Moore
Closer to the failed exhausted of jokes sitcom than the original movie that spawned all this Greekness 
2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Stephen Whitty
How about we push back from the table and go home This may be Vardalos all you can eat Greek buffet but you know what This really is all I can eat 
1.5
The Inspection
Matt Brunson
One of 2022 apos s 20 best films 46 
3
The Inspection
Erik Childress
Jeremy Pope does an exemplary job as the stand in for Elegance Bratton and putting on the brave face through the course of rejection and repression in an otherwise familiarized boot camp tale 46 
3
The Inspection
Sean P. Means
Pope finds the steel underneath Ellis 8217 babyface facade 44 as the troubled young man becomes a confident Marine 46 
3
The Inspection
Tom Meek
Pope does so much behind the eyes to convey the pain of enduring cruelty and repressing his identity during a hateful time and Bokeem Woodbine sparks fire as an unrelenting drill sergeant 
2.5
The Inspection
Rob Thomas
It 8217 s a strange sort of triumph 44 and may leave viewers feeling conflicted 46 But what 8217 s not in doubt is what this victory means for Ellis 40 and by extension Bratton 41 in this intimate and deeply felt film 46 
3
The Inspection
Joe Friar
The semi autobiographical story is one of heartbreak 44 homophobia 44 second chances 44 and acceptance 46 Jeremy Pope delivers a stirring performance while Gabrielle Union is her career best 46 
3.5
The Inspection
Kevin Carr
An unflinching look at the toxic reaction to homosexuals in various aspects of life 46 
3
The Inspection
Lindsey Bahr
It is the type of film brave raw and poetic that will rightly put Bratton on the map as someone to watch not to mention the standout performances of Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union 
3
The Inspection
Jeff Mitchell
Bratton 8217 s personal movie is worth a careful look 46 Pope delivers marvelous 44 nuanced work that 8217 s vastly physical and emotionally demonstrative 44 and Union offers one of the year 8217 s best supporting performances 46 
3
The Inspection
Odie Henderson
Bratton s unique perspective is so much more interesting when you hear him talk about The Inspection that you often wonder where it is when you re watching it 
2.5
The Inspection
Richard Roeper
Jeremy Pope gives a searing performance as the young man lacking direction with Gabrielle Union a powerful force as the mother who initially disowns him 
3
The Inspection
Randy Myers
Bratton brings a surreal rubbed raw realness to The Inspection reflected in the performances the film s gritty look and unconventional style 
3.5
The Inspection
Mark Jenkins
Where most films that recount military training ultimately lead to the battlefield this one is preparation for a different sort of combat 
3
The Inspection
G. Allen Johnson
A well meaning sometimes moving but at times exasperating movie 
2.5
The Inspection
Oliver Jones
To be successful in confronting understanding and dismantling the institutional homophobia that continues to be a cancer in American life requires depth perspective and a sense of inquiry three qualities in short supply in The Inspection 
2
The Inspection
Roger Moore
It 8217 s fascinating 44 if perhaps a tad triggering for some old soldiers who can 8217 t see how 8220 this sort of thing 8221 could happen 44 when of course it 8217 s been happening all along 46 
3
The Inspection
Matt Zoller Seitz
A beautiful 44 heartfelt muddle 46 
3
The Inspection
Mark Dujsik
Bratton isn apos t going for 46 46 46 91 a 93 simple a point 46 46 46 
3
The Inspection
Kent Turner
Although Bratton 8217 s semi autobiographical movie is conventionally told 44 its queer point of view 44 as well as its shifting tones 44 nevertheless enhanced the 91 New York Film Festival 93 8217 s Main Slate lineup 46 
2.5
The Inspection
Dwight Brown
Viewers with a high threshold for pain suffering and humiliation may stay connected to this bio drama Others might not 
2
The Inspection
Shane Slater
The film 8217 s biggest appeal lies in its surpassing of victimhood to convey the inherent bravery and strength often required of queer people 8217 s existence in heteronormative societies 46 
3
The Inspection
Joey Magidson
The Inspection is a tip top look at the struggle for identity and the drive of the human spirit 46 
3
The Inspection
Mark Hanson
The film is too invested in treacly cinematic optimism for its character dynamics to feel sketched out beyond their basic narrative function 46 
2
Music
Walter Chaw
Released in such proximity to Sound of Metal the astonishing insensitivity of Music seems all the more glaring 
0
Music
Johnny Oleksinski
Sia should leave the director s chair behind and resume swinging from chandeliers ASAP 
0
Music
Richard Roeper
The worst moment in the jaw dropping train wreck that is Music is the pink coated fantasy musical number that plays like Cirque du Soleil doing a commercial for Pepto Bismol 
1.5
Music
Matthew Rozsa
I am autistic and a fan of Sia s songs As I watched her feature directorial debut Music I felt overwhelmed with emotions none of them good This movie isn t just offensive it s patronizing 
1
Music
Matthew Passantino
Music is one of those movies where you know Sia had the best intentions in mind but those intentions are nowhere to be found in such a baffling mess of a movie 
1.5
Music
Matt Zoller Seitz
If not for its game ensemble cast and a few memorable moments including a cameo by Juliette Lewis it should be counted as a disaster 
1.5
Face/Off
Patrick Z. McGavin
Redeemed by Woo s bravura skills Face Off becomes more than just a genre exercise 
3
Face/Off
Josh Larsen
essentially an acting thought experiment 
3
Face/Off
Michael Ollove
Face Off is a giant step for a filmmaker known more for action sequences than psychological insight 
3
Face/Off
Gary Thompson
An engaging and at times sophisticated story of identity and behavior wearing the leering face of a farcical action cartoon 
2.5
Face/Off
Steven Rea
For all its fiery explosions Face Off just kind of implodes 
2.5
Face/Off
Michael Wilmington
In Face Off Woo sweeps us away again into a world of wild action heroism villainy and double faces that turn deadly 
3.5
Face/Off
Keith Simanton
Face Off is a full blooded movie going experience It s 100 percent movie 
2.5
Face/Off
Gene Siskel
Face Off is the best action movie of the summer 
3.5
Face/Off
Maitland McDonagh
This brutal stunningly choreographed spectacle weaves together lyrical beauty blasphemy sadistic cruelty and grotesque sentimentality with breathtakingly smooth assurance 
3.5
Face/Off
Peter Canavese
This is your action movie on drugs any questions Blu Ray 
3
Face/Off
Walter Chaw
Garbage of the finest vintage 
3.5
Face/Off
Jeanne Aufmuth
Travolta and Cage are exceptional performing as their own characters and each other s 
3.5
Face/Off
Robert Roten
I think I finally isolated what irritates me about this movie It is the fact that it promotes the idea that you can indulge in hatred and vengeance with a positive result 
2.5
Face/Off
Margaret A. McGurk
All in all Mr Woo has made Face Off into an eye popping magic show 
3.5
Face/Off
Jeffrey Westhoff
The biggest kick is watching two charismatic actors at the top of their form essentially play each other 
3.5
Face/Off
Rick Groen
John Woo s Face Off puts the acting into action flick 
4
Face/Off
Peter Travers
Scenes of high voltage action vie with wild hilarity as two guys with guns switch faces and identities 
3
Face/Off
James Kendrick
A slam bang in your face action thriller with big explosions multiple bullet storms spectacular stunts and get this great performances interesting characters an intelligent script witty dialogue a strong female presence and an intriguing premise
3.5
Face/Off
Rob Blackwelder
A 100 million movie with a 3 plot 
2
Face/Off
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Watching Face Off I was reminded again and again of the great artist who made those great Hong Kong films 
4
Face/Off
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A dizzying beautiful ride 
3
Face/Off
James Berardinelli
capable of moments of rare cinematic perfection
3
Face/Off
Madeleine Williams
An action picture that finally pleases the mind as well as the eye 
3.5
Face/Off
Joe Baltake
it is as elegantly made as it is violent mating movie mayhem with bits of poetry opera psychology and the abstract 
4
Face/Off
Roger Ebert
You see what thickets this plot constructs it s as if Travolta adds the spin courtesy of Cage s personality while Cage mellows in the direction of Travolta 
3
Face/Off
Steve Rhodes
Travolta and Cage then had the acting difficulty of adopting the other person s mannerisms while retaining their own voice and body There are both superb at it 
3
Face/Off
Chris Hicks
The story is completely nuts the characters bigger than life 
3
Face/Off
Marty Mapes
Face Off is smarter than many other action movies but it lacks heart It s interesting to ponder but it doesn t suck you in 
2.5
Face/Off
Michael Dequina
Travolta plays the over the top oddball villain with gusto but it is Cage who really impresses striking no false notes in the more difficult subtle emotional role 
4
Face/Off
Mike D'Angelo
It offers more excitement and giddy pleasure than any Hollywood release since last year s The Frighteners 
2.5
Face/Off
Andy Seiler
It could be argued that this movie s callousness toward human life is nihilistic and nasty But Woo takes everything so absurdly far that audiences laugh at what horrified them moments before 
3.5
Cas & Dylan
Susan Wloszczyna
The story ends up being one wrong turn after another A GPS hasn t been invented that could get this plot hole riddled script back on track 
1.5
Cas & Dylan
Matt Brennan
The film simply mucks up its earnest take on the buddy movie with undercooked characters and on the nose writing 
.5
Cas & Dylan
David Nusair
an earnest yet underwhelming endeavor that s hardly a cut above most garden variety made for television enterprises 
2
Cas & Dylan
Kate Taylor
Cas Dylan may have big name talent for a small Canadian movie but mainly it has tired Hollywood formulas 
2
Cas & Dylan
Linda Barnard
Even if Cas Dylan isn t as polished as it could be there are still enough pleasing moments to make this road trip worth the ride 
2.5
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Matt Brunson
The script by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon is more clever in the small details than in the broad strokes 
2.5
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Kevin A. Ranson
It s hard not to love unaccomplished would be heroes who prove to be amazingly resourceful when under the gun and their timeless little movie is defiantly fun and precious as a result 
4
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Mattie Lucas
It s an inspired bit of silliness and one of the best of its kind 
3.5
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Dennis King
What really makes it all work are Reeves and Winter They re such appealing wide eyed idiots that it s impossible not to pull for them They make a great team 
3
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Carrie Rickey
Though its one liners elicit the occasional chortle when Bill and Ted don medieval armor there s an obligatory heavy metal joke the film doesn t engage because its heroes don t engage with the historical characters 
1.5
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Peter Canavese
Be excellent to each other Out of the mouths of babehounds Blu ray 
2.5
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
David Nusair
a silly broad comedy that has justifiably endured over the years 
3
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
James O'Ehley
Whether you enjoy this piece of fluff in the Wayne s World mould although not as funny depends on whether you can stomach early 1990s American teenager subculture and its lingo 
2
Humanoids From the Deep
John Beifuss
Takes the theme of the Julie Adams lusting Creature from the Black Lagoon to an extreme that the censors would not have allowed in the 1950s 
3
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Matt Brunson
The Oscar nominated visual effects overwhelm the so so storyline 46 
2.5
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Roger Ebert
The folks who brought you One Million Years B C have done it again folks 
1.5
Saint Laurent
Jordi Linares Rivas
A fascinating and intimate look to the world of fashion and the lif of a genious Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Saint Laurent
John Beifuss
Saint Laurent imagines the life of the influential French fashion designer as a series of aesthetic erotic episodes 
3.5
Saint Laurent
Rob Thomas
Saint Laurent is a fascinating tour of the man s life and times but too often we feel like it s a portrait that s not even skin deep but fabric deep 
2.5
Saint Laurent
Scott Renshaw
Maybe two and a half hours is pushing things juuuuuust a touch 
2.5
Saint Laurent
Moira MacDonald
It captures the tense flavor of a particularly heady time in Saint Laurent s life during which he struggled with addiction and illness and juggled relationships 
3
Saint Laurent
Calvin Wilson
Saint Laurent was a truly mythic figure It s a shame that Bonello s film doesn t do him justice 
2
Saint Laurent
Rene Rodriguez
A flamboyant but hollow exercise in glitz and pizzazz Saint Laurent is a riot of colors hedonism and nonsense 
2
Saint Laurent
Nathalie Atkinson
Watching Bertrand Bonello s new film is less Saint Laurent than The Saint Laurent Experience It s the biopic as fever dream 
2
Saint Laurent
Peter Keough
Bonello takes on the point of view of Saint Laurent himself exposing a visionary world seen from within that is as strange and wonderful as that of a magnificently stitched garment turned inside out 
4
Saint Laurent
Steven Rea
Dreamy and impressionistic full of debauchery drugs disco and dazzling couture Saint Laurent is a biopic that picks its moments leaving backstory behind 
3
Saint Laurent
John Anderson
The biopic captures a psychology and aesthetic in an exhilarating sensual cerebral fashion 
3.5
Saint Laurent
Bruce DeMara
Evoking the era through period detail and occasional footage director Bertrand Bonello has created a cautionary tale about the price of fame and celebrity 
2.5
Saint Laurent
Carlos Aguilar
Saint Laurent understands that the surface is the substance here 
3
Saint Laurent
Mick LaSalle
Bonello might as well have shown him sleeping eight hours or using the toilet for all that says about the man and his work 
1
Saint Laurent
Ann Hornaday
Clinical exacting superbly intuitive Saint Laurent and his associates put painstaking effort into everything from the tension of a seam to the width of a lapel 
3
Saint Laurent
Jocelyn Noveck
The most exciting part of the film is the designer s famous show of sumptuous Moroccan inspired gowns bursting with wild color and verve It s thrilling to watch the collection brought together 
2.5
Saint Laurent
Susan Wloszczyna
If you come away remembering anything from this 150 minute movie as it overstays its welcome it will be individual scenes rather than the overall effect for that is where Bonello shines 
2.5
Saint Laurent
Sara Stewart
Too long by about an hour director Bertrand Bonello s portrait of the French designer during his heyday between 1967 and 1976 saunters as languidly as its subject through nightclubs business dealings fittings and drug fueled bacchanals 
1
Saint Laurent
Roger Moore
So overlong and random that it spoils a mesmerizing lead performance and an appreciation for how big a deal with this artist designer was at his peak 
2
Saint Laurent
R. Kurt Osenlund
No matter how much Bertrand Bonello varies his split screens triptychs and geometric screen divisions he forgets that one of the most fashionable virtues is knowing when to leave 
2
Saint Laurent
Kent Turner
Bonello s version is audacious and a bit snarky delving into the designer s 1970s excesses without restraint Names are dropped and so are the pants 
3
Termination Point
David Nusair
almost manages to rise above its low budget DTV origins 
2
The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest
Michael O'Sullivan
As you watch the rest of Gabriel London s compelling film unfold your opinion about the sanity of its titular subject may change more than once 
3
The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest
Brian Tallerico
You want to shake everyone involved and ask them what the purpose of incarceration really is in today s society 
3
The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest
Mallory Andrews
what hinders The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest from rising to the level of its captivating source material is Gabriel London s direction 
2
Eden
Scott Renshaw
Eden winds and meanders through its 21 year course with supporting characters disappearing and reappearing But that s part of what makes it effective watching time flow by as one man mostly stays in one place 
3.5
Eden
Tom Keogh
While Hansen Love hits the major chords in Paul s life effectively and creates a sense of time expanding before collapsing into memory the truth is Eden is often tiring to sit through 
2
Eden
Molly Eichel
Eden is the kind of movie that hits you when you least expect it Just when I thought it was a mess its aimlessness began to make complete sense 
3.5
Eden
Liam Lacey
In the realm of disco lights and thumping bass lines mounting debt hungover mornings and interchangeable sleeping partners there s a real love story here about a man and his passion for his loops and beats 
3.5
Eden
Peter Howell
Eden finds paradise where it counts right between the ears 
2.5
Eden
Calum Marsh
It isn t a cautionary tale Hansen Love renders Paul s hip drift as a reasonable choice all things considered a way one man chose to be with both good and bad consequences 
3.5
Eden
Peter Keough
Hansen Love has entered the solipsistic time space continuum of an artistic sensibility and let us in for the ride of a lifetime 
3.5
Eden
Stephanie Merry
Eden serves as a time capsule giving us some sense of what it feels like to be in the midst of a musical high 
3
Eden
David Lewis
This film easily could have been 30 minutes shorter 
2
Eden
Matt Pais
If Half assing your career will get you nowhere counts as a big lesson for young artists the music industry is in even bigger trouble than we thought 
2
Eden
Sheila O'Malley
Eden is long but Hansen Love s style is so observant and specific that it is always a compelling watch and ends up being sneakily profound It also features one of the best soundtracks in recent memory a history lesson of club music 
3.5
Eden
Tomris Laffly
Eden s cadence is a mystical one penetrating one s attention and eventually soul as it builds its momentum evenly and gradually 
4
Eden
Steve Macfarlane
Every substrata of music geekdom deserves a period piece as intimate as Eden Mia Hansen Lve s swan song for the golden era of French house music 
3
Billabong Odyssey
Peter Hartlaub
A superb documentary that delves into the science emotions and danger surrounding the handful of men and women who risk their lives searching for the ultimate thrill 
3
Billabong Odyssey
Megan Lehmann
A dog s dinner of profiles repetitive narration safety tips and banal insights into the joys and dangers of cresting waves that sometimes reach 70 feet 
1.5
The Figurine
Roger Moore
Painfully slow and pedestrian horror soap opera whose only novelty is It s from Nigeria 
1.5
Dancing Queens
Roger Moore
One wonders how do you say WTF in Swedish 
1
Jobriath A.D.
Soren Andersen
In unexceptional fashion Turner uses a parade of talking heads and multiple montages of grainy film clips and archival stills to paint a picture of the artist as chameleon 
2.5
Jobriath A.D.
Diego Semerene
The film never explores the depths and nuances that could actually place Jobriath in conversation with figures who came after him however reductively 
2
Hand Rolled Cigarette
Roger Moore
Lam 8217 s stoic turn in the leading role helps underscore the John Woo influences here 46 There 8217 s less gunplay 44 and no churches or white dove Christian iconography 46 But the grit and the violence and the 8220 code 8221 of Woo 8217 s world seem intact 46 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Margaret A. McGurk
Mr Holm possesses the kind of skill that acting is all about He can make an audience forget what they know and believe they are watching two different men 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Chris Hewitt
All of this is written directed and acted with verve feeling and wit 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Phil Villarreal
The story is pure fiction but told with the dignity and self assurance of an Oliver Stone conspiracy tale 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Laura Kelly
Cleverly upends the goals of the grand strategist turning him into an underdog to be rooted for And root we do quite loyally 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Marta Barber
Viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for Holm s performance the film would be a total washout 
2.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
Robert W. Butler
Gives Holm one of his rare cracks at a true starring role and the man is magnificent 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Susan Stark
Recent and long standing fans of Holm must relish the chance to watch Sir Ian in a dual role one that he explores with customary insight subtlety and good humor 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Jeff Vice
Holm manages to hold the whole thing together while convincingly shifting gears between the two characters 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Marty Mapes
Not even Sir Alec Guinness could have made it memorable
2.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
David Elliott
Holm does his sly intricate magic and Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Joe Baltake
To build a feel good fantasy around a vain dictator madman is off putting to say the least not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved 
2.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
Frank Ochieng
The Emperor s New Clothes is a whimsy by the numbers comedy that adds a surprising vigor to an otherwise standard story this film is rigid and delightfully realized
3.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
Jonathan Lewis
Both a historical rumination and a fanciful romantic comedy 
3.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s too self important and plodding to be funny and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic 
2
The Emperor's New Clothes
Moira MacDonald
Some of the shots are so elegantly composed that they resemble classic oil paintings 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Mick LaSalle
An entertaining mix of period drama and flat out farce that should please history fans 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Glenn Whipp
A little soft headed and slow at times but it never lacks charm and imagination not to mention some wonderful performances 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Lynda Gorov
It never rises to its clever what if concept 
2
The Emperor's New Clothes
Roger Ebert
A surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Rick Groen
Sure this is slight but it s deftly done fluff especially with the admirable Holm leading the campaign 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Carrie Rickey
The film is powered by the quietly electrifying performance of Ian Holm 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Loren King
A sumptuous showcase for Ian Holm who delivers not one but two great performances 
3.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
Rob Blackwelder
Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm the film is funny insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Jeanne Aufmuth
Bravo for history rewritten and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love 
3.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
Steve Rhodes
The film is an absolute sweetheart 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Jan Stuart
For all its fabulous outerwear The Emperor s New Clothes feels very hand me down 
2
The Emperor's New Clothes
Lou Lumenick
This slight premise works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon 
2.5
The Emperor's New Clothes
James Berardinelli
A lighthearted feel good film that embraces the time honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love 
3
The Emperor's New Clothes
Ed Gonzalez
The director mostly plays it straight turning Leys fable into a listless climb down the social ladder 
2
The Emperor's New Clothes
Harvey S. Karten
A delightfully whimsical sample of historical revisionism 
3
The Jesus Rolls
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
From one desperate misfire of a gag to another with occasional detours into sometimes tragic seriousness everyone flails around trying to make it work It doesn t 
1
The Jesus Rolls
Cate Marquis
The major appeal of the original was in the pairing of Depardieu and Dewaere who were comedy magic Turturro and Cannavale have some good comic moments but unsurprisingly they don t recapture the same magic 
1.5
The Jesus Rolls
Joe Friar
Those expecting a traditional sequel to the Coen Brothers film will be perplexed as Turturro comes up with the most creative way to resurrect Jesus put him in a 1974 sex romp comedy The approach is always more fun to watch than the actual strike 
2.5
The Jesus Rolls
Brian Tallerico
It s hard to make a movie about annoying wanderers interesting engaging or realistic three words no one would use to describe this film 
1.5
The Jesus Rolls
Garnet Fraser
John Turturro thought there was a full feature film in Quintana and so decades later we get The Jesus Rolls which doesn t quite prove him right 
2
The Jesus Rolls
Roger Moore
Every minute that The Jesus isn t in a bowling alley Turturro and his movie lose a lot of what made him stand out 
2
Invasion U.S.A.
Dustin Putman
1980s B movie studio Cannon Films gun toting gator wrestling man s man Chuck Norris a recipe for unapologetic action movie cheese 
2
Invasion U.S.A.
Roger Ebert
Invasion U S A is a brain damaged idiotic thriller not even bad enough to be laughable 
1.5
No Way Out
Eric Henderson
No Way Out borrows the template for socially conscious filmmaking from both Gentlemen s Agreement and Crossfire it s half noir half sermon 
2.5
Beast
David Nusair
46 46 46 fares best in its compelling and periodically enthralling first half 46 46 46 
2.5
Beast
Bruce R. Miller
While bits and pieces of the family 8217 s life spill out 44 8220 Beast 8221 doesn 8217 t show the beauty of the relationship 46 This trip from hell just forces their hand 46 10 10 10 10 10 
1.5
Beast
Mark Meszoros
Korm 225 kur gives us serious horror flick vibes 44 the camera sticking close to the characters to help us feel the incredible anxiety they 8217 re feeling 46 And when the camera drifts a bit away from them 44 that 8217 s when we truly worry the monster will strike 46 
2.5
Beast
Leo Brady
It 8217 s a giant blood thirsty lion versus Idris Elba 46 The plot of Beast may not be much deeper than that 44 but for me that 8217 s more than enough 44 and the final result is thoroughly entertaining 46 
3.5
Beast
Dwight Brown
The success of this film s eye catching ear grabbing hocus pocus can be traced back to smart direction near seamless visual sound effects tight editing and the supremely talented Idris Elba 
3
Beast
Dann Gire
Astute movie fans won t be surprised by much in Beast operating on a plot every bit as fresh and inventive as its overused title 
2.5
Beast
Steven Prokopy
Just because we 8217 ve seen this structure dozens of times before doesn 8217 t mean it can 8217 t be done exceedingly well by someone new 44 and with the assistance of cinematographer Philippe Rousselot 44 Korm 225 kur has made one of the best thrillers I 8217 ve seen all year 46 
3.5
Beast
Peter Canavese
The real draw here is actually the photography by Oscar winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot 46 
3
Beast
Rex Reed
Every scene is built on cinder blocks of tension but the riotous screenplay is so silly and one dimensional you find yourself laughing in spite of yourself 
2
Beast
Oliver Jones
When a wiser than average thriller can more than adequately supply the dumb thrills we require from our large screen air conditioned entertainments you know you ve found the right place to survive these last few dog days of summer 
3
Beast
Erik Childress
A Capital 8220 B 8221 movie with some A list visual flair 44 a nicely measured performance by Idris Elba 44 some genuine frights and a helluva final confrontation 46 
3
Beast
Kevin Carr
Beast hits the marks it needs for an escapist Jaws of the Jungle 44 but it does suffer from 10 character issues and a level of absurdity 46 
2.5
Beast
Richard Roeper
Let the jump scares commence 
2
Beast
Mike McGranaghan
A slick 44 tightly paced action picture that gets your pulse racing 46 
3
Beast
Jake Coyle
Elba s commitment to the film gives it more psychological weight than it might deserve Nothing will surprise you in how Beast unfolds except for how engrossing it manages to be 
3
Beast
Sonny Bunch
Beast isn 8217 t reinventing the wheel 46 It 8217 s solid 44 if unremarkable 44 fun 46 
3
Beast
Odie Henderson
I mean 44 people do stupid things in horror movies all the time 44 just to get the audience to talk back to the screen 44 but this is excessive 46 
2.5
Beast
Peter Howell
A diverting pulse raiser which has the additional virtue of clocking in at a brisk 93 minutes 
2.5
Beast
Michael Phillips
As with so much of this director s work I m in the middle on Beast though its efficient running time puts it a notch above 
2.5
Beast
Michael O'Sullivan
If the film is elevated by the great Idris Elba it nevertheless falls squarely in the camp of formula 
2
Beast
Johnny Oleksinski
After some early thrills director Baltasar Kormákur s movie ceases to excite because the creature has no more surprises left 
2
Beast
Sara Michelle Fetters
The basics are simple and straightforward 44 making this thriller something of an 8220 animals attack 8221 throwback that goes right for the jugular 44 with enthusiastic ruthlessness 46 
3
Beast
Mark Dujsik
Beast is a thrill machine 44 but its attention to character and technique means that the film apos s thrills aren apos t empty ones 46 
3
Beast
Joey Magidson
Beast has thrills in the moment 44 as well as a solid Idris Elba performance 44 but it falls short when any level of logic is required of it 46 
2.5
Beast
Brian Eggert
Beast is a just plain fun viewing for those who enjoy this sort of 8220 when animals attack 8221 brand of B movie 46 
3
Beast
Bob Bloom
What is interesting about the movie 44 directed by Baltasar Korm 225 kur 40 8220 Everest 8221 41 44 is that he allows you to understand and accept the lion 8217 s murderous ferocity 46 You actually feel some sympathy for the beast 46 
2.5
Beast
Soren Andersen
Elba always a powerful presence in whatever role he takes on does the best he can in Beast but the threadbare nature of the plotting and dialogue ultimately defeats him 
1.5
Beast
Brian Truitt
It isn t Elba s Sharknado but also not exactly his Out of Africa so just enjoy this late summer flick for what it does well a primal fight between man and very mad lion that brings unhinged beauty to a rousing Beast 
2.5
Beast
David Lewis
There are thrills to be had here even if the film doesn t add up to a satisfying whole 
2
Beast
Roger Moore
An over the top savage and sometimes head slappingly silly animal attack thriller 46 
2
Beast
Mark Feeney
Beast is going through the motions with father daughter tension The humans as prey tension that s a different story 
2.5
Beast
Pablo O. Scholz
The script is very basic and anyone who s half awake won t have a hard time guessing that everything that happens or is mentioned will help the protagonists when the time comes Full review in Spanish 
2
Beloved Sisters
John Beifuss
Its rewards include some remarkable performances the girls mother Claudia Messner is a standout a convincing sense of time and place and some romantic encounters with a genuine erotic charge 
3
Beloved Sisters
Peter Keough
If nothing else Beloved Sisters is one of the most visually striking biopics around Too bad you have to wade through so much verbiage in order to enjoy it 
1.5
Beloved Sisters
Michael O'Sullivan
Without at least the tawdry pleasure of a little bodice ripping the film moves along sluggishly even though it is well acted and handsomely shot 
2
Beloved Sisters
Walter V. Addiego
If more historical movies were like Beloved Sisters the term costume drama would be less of an insult 
3
Beloved Sisters
Glenn Kenny
The two actresses navigate the emotional complexity of their roles with quicksilver intuition and what seems like near bottomless empathy 
3
Beloved Sisters
Farran Smith Nehme
Graf freshens the pretty period trappings with a headlong embrace of every old fashioned detail omniscient narration characters directly addressing the camera intertitles 
3
Beloved Sisters
Roger Moore
Fascinating subject a period lovingly created but weakly cast and rather tediously filmed and narrated 
2.5
Beloved Sisters
James Lattimer
It blossoms into a breezily utopian depiction of a mnage trois whose entirely matter of fact presentation sets up an intriguing dissonance with the prim period setting 
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
Jan Stuart
Pickering s wide tremulous eyes reflect the film s lurid appeal to youthful terrors 
3.5
Sleepy Hollow
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It looks a lot better than any Hammer horror movie I ever remember seeing just as Ed Wood looks much better than any Wood movie that comes to mind 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Michael Dequina
The quirks of this Sleepy Hollow prevent it from ever being truly scary but what they do make it is a quintessentially Burton film 
3.5
Sleepy Hollow
Joe Lozito
A film which looks great but in the end is not the sum of its body parts 
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
James Sanford
often feels akin to the Hammer horror movies made in England during the 1950s and 1960s the spooky gory spectacles that broke new ground in presenting on screen violence 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Wesley Lovell
Gorgeous to watch 44 but lacking in a sound emotional core 46 
2
Sleepy Hollow
Margaret A. McGurk
Even though Sleepy Hollow takes hair raising liberties with the great Washington Irving story on which it is based it is nonetheless a ripping good ghost story 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Mick LaSalle
Sleepy Hollow has an aesthetic that seems based on album covers It doesn t feel like the work of an artist in any way 
1
Sleepy Hollow
Christine James
Not devilishly funny enough to be a black comedy not remotely scary enough to be an effective thriller and too deficient in chemistry to be any kind of a romance 
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
Andrew Howe
As heroic failures go it s up there with the best 
2
Sleepy Hollow
Cornell & Petricelli
The story carefully sets up the question of rationality versus superstitious spirituality 
3
Sleepy Hollow
David N. Butterworth
As for that tagline heads are more likely to be scratched and it s the eyes that will be doing the rolling during Sleepy Hollow 
2
Sleepy Hollow
Roger Ebert
I actually found myself drawn into this old Classics Illustrated material enthralled by a time and place so well evoked that the Horseman almost seemed natural there 
3.5
Sleepy Hollow
James Berardinelli
The film suffers from tepid performances feebly drawn characters and a meandering narrative 
2
Sleepy Hollow
Dustin Putman
A horror fantasy that all involved should be wholeheartedly proud to be a part of 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Steve Rhodes
It s fun it s funny it looks great and it s got Johnny Depp What else do you need to know about the movie anyway 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Jorge Avila Andrade
Solamente una película más en la filmografía de Tim Burton
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
Rob Blackwelder
Without Depp s appeal or Burton s sense of humor and wildly creative style to buoy it this script would play like one of those over produced under intelligent literature plunders that TV networks run during sweeps week 
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
Ross Anthony
The horseman charges on breathing life from it s severed esophagus into this sleepy and hollow production 
2
Sleepy Hollow
Emily Blunt
Mediocre plot or not this is not an ordinary run of the mill day at the chop shop 
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
Elias Savada
The latest magnum horror opus from the mixed up mind of Tim Burton is an fx feast for the eyes but leaves a hollow spot in the spiritual soul 
2.5
Sleepy Hollow
Susan Stark
Visually astonishing 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Madeleine Williams
Very stylistic exciting and entertaining Tim Burton weaves an entirely new spin on the Washington Irving classic 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Jonathan Foreman
A visual tour de force 
3
Sleepy Hollow
Mike Clark
Depp is as good here as he was in Ed Wood and Donnie Brasco which means the movie has a lot more going for it than special effects as sizzling as they are 
3.5
Out of Blue
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just wasn t clear what it was I was supposed to be taking away from anything I had just watched 
2.5
Out of Blue
Rex Reed
For one of America s most unique and photogenic locales the Crescent City is as wasted as Clarkson so boring to look at that the whole movie could have just as well been shot in Toledo Ohio 
1
Out of Blue
Nell Minow
Out of the Blue tries too hard to both be a part of and comment on the genre of crime stories and does not succeed at either 
2
Out of Blue
Joey Magidson
Sadly this film resides in no man s land Too somber to be much fun it s also too dumb to be fully engrossing 
2.5
Out of Blue
Keith Watson
Carol Morley s film wants to blow our minds but it succeeds only at rousing our boredom 
1.5
Out of Blue
Mark Dujsik
The scientific theorizing ultimately feels like a big distraction keeping us off guard from a mystery that isn t that involving on its own 
1.5
Out of Blue
Roger Moore
Clarkson and the supporting cast and the atmospheric setting are more interesting than the muddled not as clever as they think it is plot 
2.5
Out of Blue
Kate Taylor
Part police procedural part supernatural thriller part lesson in metaphysics and all neo noir Carol Morley s Out of Blue never gels into a convincing whole 
2
Winter Light
James Kendrick
feels too much like it is wallowing in its despair rather than grappling with it which is what Bergman s best films do
2.5
Winter Light
Matt Brunson
Clearly an influence on Paul Schrader s First Reformed 
3.5
Winter Light
Jay Antani
a perfect film
4
Winter Light
Roger Ebert
I was awestruck by its bleak courageous power 
4
Winter Light
Keith Uhlich
One of cinema s great comedies 
4
Between Us
Rob Thomas
Between Us is a showcase for great actors who could have used more consistent material to springboard off of 
2.5
Between Us
Roger Moore
Good actors trapped in a very stage bound movie
2
Bernard and Doris
Peter Travers
This stunner of a movie is so far under the radar you ll have to go to HBO to find it Get crackin It s the hip antidote to multiplex junk such as Mad Money and Meet the Spartans 
3.5
Spell
Roger Moore
A American adrift in Iceland dramedy that s better as dark comedy than as a grieving man s dark night of the soul 
2.5
Strike It Rich
Joanna Langfield
Slick stylish and wonderfully cast 
3
My Dinner With Hervé
Odie Henderson
A paint by numbers biopic 
2
My Dinner With Hervé
Verne Gay
Dinklage turns in a fine performance but his passion project is otherwise a standard issue biopic 
2
Gorp
Matt Brunson
Witless and puerile on every conceivable level this offered early roles to Dennis Quaid terrible Fran Drescher passable and Rosanna Arquette negligible 
1
Children of Men
Brian Eggert
Children of Men is an achingly almost dreamily optimistic film in the face of such brutally cynical conditions offering a humanist message that neutralizes political debate 
4
Children of Men
Mattie Lucas
If any film is to define the state of American cinema in the aughts let it be Children of Men 
4
Children of Men
David Elliott
Here is your post holiday depression pill Children of Men Not to relieve depression To cause it 
2
Children of Men
Matt Soergel
Children of Men is so boldly told so thought out so infused with the joy of filmmaking that it s absolutely exhilarating It s one of the best movies of the past year 
4
Children of Men
Leah Rozen
Children of Men presents a chillingly believable version of the future It will stay with you long after the end credits fade 
3.5
Children of Men
Nick Rogers
For all its dystopian violent fury Children of Men s grace distinguishes itself the most an all encompassing embrace of humanity community and perseverance and an optimistic ending that doesn t feel at all like a cheat 
4
Children of Men
Peter Keough
Includes the most exciting and emotionally exhausting car chase since The French Connection 
3.5
Children of Men
Roger Ebert
Cuaron fulfills the promise of futuristic fiction characters do not wear strange costumes or visit the moon and the cities are not plastic hallucinations but look just like today except tired and shabby 
4
Children of Men
Joe Lozito
There are enough ideas here that the film s never boring and Mr Cuarón s bravura direction is thrilling from start to finish 
3
Children of Men
David Keyes
The very soul of the film scoffs at the expectation of being conventional or formulaic 
3.5
Children of Men
Wesley Lovell
A thought provoking glimpse into a desperate future where infertility has spawned violence This compelling narrative redfines the post apocalyptic genre 
4
Children of Men
David N. Butterworth
Director Alfonso Cuaron delivers some truly bravura sequences that raise this loose P D James adaptation to the level of exhilarating filmmaking 
3
Children of Men
Mike McGranaghan
There is something satisfying about a movie that forces you to hang onto it u2013 one where the impact grows greater the more you think about it 
3.5
Children of Men
Frank Ochieng
Immensely thought provoking and chillingly insightful a resilient sci fi fantasy that dares to contemplate the fate of mankind s chaotic impulsiveness 
3.5
Children of Men
Jay Antani
Alfonso Cuarón s futuristic adventure derives its power from a premise as potent and primal as they come
3.5
Children of Men
Greg Maki
A work of science fiction that bears a disturbing resemblance to the facts of today 
4
Children of Men
Linda Cook
There s nothing like a doomsday movie to start off the new year I always say 
3
Children of Men
Matt Brunson
Cuaron manages to pack a lot of incident into this exciting tale 
3.5
Children of Men
Lori Hoffman
this ugly world of racism violence and homeland security gone mad is a more likely futuristic scenario than a world in which shared humanity and peace reign supreme 
3.5
Children of Men
Gina Carbone
Children of Men is depressing as hell but it s also a helluva good movie 28 Days Later meets V for Vendetta with thankfully more in common with the former 
3.25
Children of Men
Thomas Delapa
Yes kids Children of Men is one of those bleakly futuristic In a World movies a genre that s constantly reproducing itself in the semi infantile world of adult movies 
1.5
Children of Men
Gary Brown
The gripping Children of Men doesn t kid around 
3
Children of Men
Carla Meyer
Children of Men so thoroughly captivates visually that one can forgive the film s tendency to explain itself only vaguely 
3.5
Children of Men
Steve Ramos
The most eye popping and moving drama of the season 
3.5
Children of Men
Rene Rodriguez
Despite the bleakness of its vision Children of Men is also thrilling both for its groundbreaking style there are action sequences here unlike any filmed before and its complex vividly realized ideas 
3.5
Children of Men
Amy Biancolli
Cuarón does lowdown takes on high concept better than anyone no matter what genre he touches he brings grit and loose limbed humor along with the hand held camera jangles 
3.5
Children of Men
Terry Lawson
Fasten your seat belt you re in for a bumpy provocative ride 
3
Children of Men
Jeff Vice
Children of Men is a chillingly effective cautionary fable that provides provocative social commentary but it also works as a compassionate character drama 
4
Children of Men
Lisa Kennedy
Based on a novel by British mystery writer P D James Children of Men is a filmmaking feat In the midst of mayhem director Alfonso Cuaron delivers subtle and jarring images while exploring complex emotional rhythms 
3
Children of Men
Sean P. Means
A rare combination of intelligent social commentary and riveting action a chase movie for the thinking person 
4
Children of Men
Tyler Hanley
This fascinating portrait of the future is one of the best directed films of the year 
3.5
Children of Men
John Beifuss
Utterly convincing in the density of its street level detail and occasionally awe inspiring in the bravado of its complicated action sequences 
4
Children of Men
Walter Chaw
The miracle of Cuarón s films is that he presents the sanctity of our feelings for our children in ways as rugged terrifying and unsentimental as childhood 
4
Children of Men
Daniel M. Kimmel
a fascinating what if that plays out with devastating effect 
3.5
Children of Men
Willie Waffle
Owen makes Theo into the type of modern hero moviegoers want to see today 
3.5
Children of Men
James Sanford
The most frightening science fiction films take identifiable situations and circumstances and give them an extra ominous edge By that standard Children of Men is one of the scariest films in years 
3.5
Children of Men
Chris Hewitt
Cuaron is a visual genius 
3.5
Children of Men
Steven Rea
A dark terrifying and sometimes very funny film 
3.5
Children of Men
Sean McBride
one of the best science fiction films in the past few years 
3
Children of Men
Phoebe Flowers
The story despite its nominally fascinating nature never barrels forth the way it needs to It plods How a director as versatile and inventive as Cuarón managed that is a mystery greater than any found in the film 
2
Children of Men
Lawrence Toppman
It s as if Cuaron sees a future so hellish that all of us retreat into our self absorbed worlds leaving society at large to go hang itself That s a nightmarish vision indeed 
3.5
Children of Men
Phil Villarreal
The year is 2027 Famine and pestilence rage unchecked Infertility is rampant and the world s youngest person has died at 18 Worst of all the movies are dull 
2
Children of Men
Eric Melin
The human race s sudden infertility is unexplained and that s okay It s a device a metaphor for the loss of hope in the face of destruction a more aggressive extension of today s global issues 
4
Children of Men
Jeffrey Overstreet
Fans of the novel may argue about Cuarón s many departures Some heighten the story s connections to present day crises others cloud James moral vision 
4
Children of Men
Peter Hartlaub
While it s best to know as little as possible about this movie going into the theater the story is so fast paced that you won t be thinking about this review or any other 
4
Children of Men
Peter Canavese
In Cuarón s highly skilled hands Children of Men continuously threatens to develop into something more fascinating than it is 
3
Children of Men
Peter Travers
A second viewing which Children of Men richly rewards deepens our understanding 
3.5
Children of Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
Alfonso Cuaron s Children of Men is the best film of 2006 
4
Children of Men
Jeffrey Westhoff
Filming Children of Men as if it were a war documentary enhances its urgency but Cuarón allows quieter moments to disturb us as well 
3.5
Children of Men
Kam Williams
More amusing than compelling like a campy episode of Lost in Space where anything goes and nothing makes sense Oh dear Oh dear 
2
Children of Men
Steve Rhodes
Confusion reigns supreme in this preachy and pretentious picture 
1.5
Children of Men
Scott Nash
Children of Men is one of those very rare movies that actually improves the book upon which it is based 
3.5
Children of Men
Mark Rahner
This dystopian masterpiece of misery kept me wound up for hours after the credits rolled 
3.5
Children of Men
James Berardinelli
Although imperfect it s engaging thought provoking stuff 
3
Children of Men
Pam Grady
Men presents a provocative proposition because it is not all that far fetched in our age of environmental degradation and the potential it has to wreak havoc The film is also that rare thing one that entertains even as it leaves you thinking 
4
Children of Men
Jack Mathews
Cuarón relies on his ample visual style and he has indeed created a film you cannot tear your eyes away from 
3
Children of Men
Wesley Morris
This is an extraordinary artistic breakthrough from a Mexican director who was already fearlessly good to begin with 
4
Children of Men
Kit Bowen
A genuine thrill ride with a soul 
4
Children of Men
Mark Dujsik
An immersive transporting experience both devastating and hopeful and a film that is emotionally intellectually and viscerally exhilarating 
4
Children of Men
Josh Larsen
Now this is a nativity story 
4
Children of Men
Dustin Putman
A consistently tense demanding and altogether exhilarating experience an instant new classic of the sci fi genre 
4
Children of Men
Kyle Smith
The story based on P D James novel grabs you at first but its grip slackens as the unanswered questions and murky plot developments add up 
2.5
Children of Men
Claudia Puig
An exhilarating sci fi action thriller with a powerful social and political message 
3
Children of Men
Geoff Pevere
Cuarón s Children of Men is a formidably distinguished piece of pop filmmaking 
4
Children of Men
Rick Groen
Instantly up to speed and powered by that rarest of cinematic fuels intelligent action Children of Men is a nativity story for the ages this or any other 
4
Children of Men
Richard Roeper
Outside of Black Christmas and aren t we all planning on staying outside of Black Christmas this is probably the feel not so great movie of the holiday season But if you re in the proper semi dark mood it s a gritty gem 
3
Children of Men
Michael Phillips
Is Children of Men for everyone I don t know I haven t asked everyone I can only say it was for me and that I found its vision of the future gripping and hopeful ultimately 
3.5
Children of Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the year s most invigorating and adept pieces of filmmaking 
4
Children of Men
Matt Pais
A breathtaking and original embodiment of the purity of a child and the absolute necessity of knowing that life goes on 
4
Children of Men
Erik Childress
Alfonso Cuaron rides it out to the bitter end creating a harsh mirror of our future with violence and some of the most purely exhilarating moments of cinema to be found in all of 2006 
4
Children of Men
Gene Seymour
For those capable of enduring its most gut wrenching moments Children of Men offers inventive energy ferocious intelligence and yet affirmation of life against the most calamitous circumstances 
4
Children of Men
Keith Uhlich
It would be foolish to deny the supreme technical achievements of Children of Men 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Erik Childress
When you finish with that 44 save us from the paces of having to spend another moment with any of these characters 46 
1.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Leo Brady
When You Finish Saving the World is an awkward yet rewarding film 44 capturing how people can live under the same roof 44 be miles apart 44 and how we can navigate bringing people back together 46 
3
When You Finish Saving the World
Sheila O'Malley
The characters are broadly drawn and mostly broadly played 44 so much so that the film plays like a skit about clueless do gooder liberals 46 
2
When You Finish Saving the World
Rene Sanchez
Moore and Wolfhard are the saving grace of this complex yet emotionally unsatisfying dramedy 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Richard Roeper
It becomes a chore to spend even an 88 minute movie with his increasingly off putting characters We know they re not supposed to be likable but they should be more interesting 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Lindsey Bahr
Eisenberg who has already proven himself to be a talented unsparing writer shows promise as a director He has not made a flashy art film but it s a smart biting and occasionally sweet character piece 
3
When You Finish Saving the World
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie is a dive into the lives and mindsets of some superficial people 44 and ultimately 44 that makes the story itself feel more superficial than Eisenberg intends it to be 46 
2
When You Finish Saving the World
Brian Eggert
Though Eisenberg delivers confident filmmaking and directs some strong performances 8212 particularly Moore 8217 s terrific turn 8212 his dramaturgy cannot help but feel stagey 46 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Randy Myers
Eisenberg s adaptation of his own 2020 audio play is acutely observant of these sometimes flailing characters who can t seem to understand that what they re looking for is right in front of them 
3
When You Finish Saving the World
Michael O'Sullivan
The premise is a flimsy one in a slight story that skims across the surface of Ziggy and Evelyn s problem without gaining any purchase or real insight 
2
When You Finish Saving the World
Roger Moore
Sweet 44 but brittle 46 Deep 44 but kind of twee 46 You can pick up on that just from the title 46 And it works 44 because Eisenberg has a good ear 44 a good eye and good intentions 46 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
David Gonzalez
If When You Finish Saving The World showed cinephiles anything 44 its glimpses of potential for Jesse Eisenberg behind the camera 46 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Dwight Brown
Family drama takes a turn left in this biting satire 
3
When You Finish Saving the World
Steven Prokopy
There have certainly been terrific films about generational gaps that are so vast that they threaten to tear apart families but this film doesnt capture this in any substantial manner 
2
When You Finish Saving the World
Kent Turner
Overwritten 
2
When You Finish Saving the World
Joe Friar
Jesse Eisenberg s directorial debut is a funny and poignant slice of the modern world crafted from the actor turned writer director s signature neurosis Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard deliver 
3.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Chris Barsanti
Jesse Eisenberg s satire hits its targets dead on but he flattens his mother and son narcissists to the point of caricature 
2.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Rob Thomas
The sweetness underlying the caustic family dynamics saves quot When You Finish Saving the World quot from feeling too emotionally oppressive 46 
3
When You Finish Saving the World
Matthew Passantino
Individual moments or lines in When You Finish Saving the World pop with a glimmer of Eisenberg s wry humor but the movie feels like a skeleton 
1.5
When You Finish Saving the World
Mike McGranaghan
An incisive story about troubled people who would be way more happy if they simply recognized what s right in front of their faces 
3
When You Finish Saving the World
Joey Magidson
When You Finish Saving the World doesn t start off Sundance with fireworks but those of you who like character studies will find something to grab on to here 
3
RV
Mattie Lucas
Relies far too heavily on running jokes that run on for far too long and very little on the effortless charm of its stars 
2
RV
David Nusair
never quite as bad as it probably should have been 
2
RV
Russ Breimeier
There are some sequences where you will love the characters and others where you can t stand them Hmm maybe RV is close to the real thing after all 
2.5
RV
John Beifuss
Surprisingly palatable family comedy 
2.5
RV
Greg Maki
If Robin Williams is seeking a return to comedy glory RV is not the vehicle that will take him there 
1
RV
Thomas Delapa
Though Sonnenfeld is credited as the director no one seems behind the wheel of this comic wreck which bypasses Williams funny antics and takes the low road through a torrent literally of potty jokes 
2
RV
Matt Brunson
By the end the crudity is so excessive it makes National Lampoon s Vacation look as sophisticated as The Accidental Tourist by comparison 
2
RV
Linda Cook
How fallen is the mighty Robin Williams to plummet from the quality of One Hour Photo to RV a nearly unbearable movie 
.5
RV
Frank Ochieng
Exceedingly juvenile and strained of any colorful imagination not to mention hopelessly lame RV is a colossally clunky vehicle in every sense of the word 
2
RV
Mark Collette
Invariably each summer vacation movie can be judged by the quality of its obligatory gag related to going to the bathroom in the wilderness or amid the complications of foreign plumbing 
3
RV
Steve Rhodes
Sonnenfeld tries to do for recreational vehicle vacations what Airplane did for air travel And as evidenced by the film s many big laughs he mainly succeeds 
3
RV
Maitland McDonagh
About the best thing to be said about Barry Sonnenfeld s formulaic comedy of family dysfunction is that once you get past the lengthy graphic geyser of liquid excrement gag it s not as irredeemably vulgar as it might have been 
2
RV
Geoff Pevere
While there s certain promise to a comedy about a family that s almost utterly loathesome it worked for the Addamses didn t it it s necessary that the movie think so too 
1.5
RV
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
Even if you survive the barrage of recycled jokes after watching this film you ll never want to go RVing 
1.5
RV
Mick LaSalle
RV is a horrible movie about horrible people and just because they call it a comedy doesn t mean we have to play along 
1
RV
David Elliott
After V for Vendetta there comes RV as in RV for Really Vapid Amusing in spots but still a vapor trail 
2
RV
Carla Meyer
During an extended scatological sequence early in RV the previously unthinkable becomes undeniable Robin Williams is actually too dignified for some material What he s required to do in this movie is beneath him not to mention all over him 
1.5
RV
James Berardinelli
Considering all the movies not being shown to critics this year why did the studio choose this one to subject us to 
1
RV
Timothy Knight
Early in RV the bratty kids take one look at the titular vehicle and pronounce it a big rolling turd The same can be said for Barry Sonnenfeld s woefully unfunny family comedy a scattershot mess that marks a new low for Robin Williams 
1.5
RV
Carrie Rickey
It s about as funny as an explosion in a septic tank 
1
RV
Kyle Smith
RV has laughs spilling out of its overhead bins 
3
RV
Jami Bernard
Had director Barry Sonnenfeld spent more time on sing alongs and barbecues with the two families and less on Bob s punishing job and bad driving RV might have gotten more happy campers 
2.5
RV
Duane Dudek
RV is a road trip made by people who seem never to have taken one and are disinterested in anything that might happen outside their very narrow focus 
2
RV
Bob Strauss
I guess the argument could be made that taking the whole family to RV at least is cheaper than buying a tank of gas these days 
2
RV
Amy Biancolli
Who recommended RV to Robin Williams is among the film s many mysteries Why he took the role is another 
.5
RV
Rick Groen
For Robin Williams once a gifted comedian and an actor who tried hard it s come to this RV one of those Hapless Dad Takes the Family on Vacation movies 
1
RV
John Monaghan
Stranded in this movie wasteland you have to have fun with what you ve got 
2
RV
Jeff Vice
That RV has any laughs at all is nothing short of miraculous 
2
RV
Michael Booth
RV begins with promising sarcasm and biting laughs then slips the emergency brake and careens downhill into a forgettable montage of manufactured crises and teachable moments 
2
RV
Ty Burr
RV has teeth more teeth than the last few Steve Martin films anyway but it s terrified to bite down knowing that the paying audience would feel it more than anyone 
1.5
RV
Walter Chaw
That weird noise you hear in the theatre is a few dozen fingernails digging into armrests 
0.5
RV
James Sanford
more of an endurance test than a pleasure cruise Every time they turn up Chenoweth and Daniels give this sluggish sitcom a revitalizing shot of adrenaline 
2
RV
Sean P. Means
Williams and Sonnenfeld get more mileage out of this vehicle than you d expect 
3
RV
Daniel M. Kimmel
a silly though entertaining movie which alas also shows how low the standards have fallen for family films 
2.5
RV
Peter Canavese
Color me surprised when Barry Sonnenfeld s family comedy turned out to be a palatable picture that doesn t rob Robin Williams of his dignity as a comic actor 
2.5
RV
Roger Ebert
There is nothing I much disliked but little to really recommend 
2
RV
Sara Michelle Fetters
None of this means the movie is any good of course it s just not terrible 
2
RV
Willie Waffle
For the first 10 minutes RV is an awesome movie After that you ll wish you were watching it at home on DVD so you could take it out of the player and whip it like a frisbee across the room
1.5
RV
Jeffrey M. Anderson
R V is another one of those movies wherein characters must eventually empty the septic tank on their motor home but the film goes through with the tired joke anyway 
2
RV
Josh Larsen
Robin Williams dials things down a notch or two for RV and that proves to be just the right volume level for director Barry Sonnenfeld s tolerably manic family comedy 
3
RV
Dustin Putman
Crowd pleasing undemanding fun 
2.5
RV
Bruce Newman
RV is a movie founded upon a single gigantic gas guzzling joke which is then sliced 98 ways during each excruciating minute of its running time that people who ride around the country in garishly colored land barges are inherently funny 
1.5
RV
Chris Hewitt
It s vicarious fun And with gas prices this summer who s going to be able to afford this sort of road trip 
3
RV
Michael Wilmington
Robin Williams is such a great comic virtuoso that it can almost hurt to see him straining to pump life into a conventional uninspired sometimes goofy big studio comedy such as RV 
2.5
RV
Phil Villarreal
The comedy is not revolting garbage but actually well written rapid paced and funny enough to squeeze howls out of the audience at least once every five minutes That s not to say Barry Sonnenfeld s film isn t as dumb as an Arizona State football player
2.5
RV
Nick Schager
Having recently written Disney s remake of The Shaggy Dog Geoff Rodkey now unsubtly revisits National Lampoon s Vacation with RV 
1
The Citizen
Kam Williams
A touching timely and zany soap opera ostensibly reflecting the sensibilities of the modern Immigration Era 
4
The Citizen
Clayton Dillard
It adheres too rigidly to news cycle replications of barbaric governmental acts and without putting them into greater perspective 
2.5
Rocks in My Pockets
Kenneth R. Morefield
Where the film really scores though is in Baumane s ability to communicate depression metaphorically to those of us on the outside looking in 
3
Rocks in My Pockets
David Lewis
This is a brave film a unique way of exploring a taboo topic 
3
Rocks in My Pockets
Stephanie Merry
There are slow bits as Baumane delves into stories that are less interesting than others But overall her family history is rife with complex characters and she brings them all to life in a loving if scrutinizing way 
3
Rocks in My Pockets
Peter Keough
A sardonically hilarious sneakily moving autobiographical animated feature 
3
Rocks in My Pockets
Kam Williams
Who knew that hara kiri was such a hilarious subject 
2.5
Rocks in My Pockets
Nick McCarthy
This inventive animated feature about depression and familial roots suggests NPR s The Moth storytelling series by way of Persepolis mixing mesmerizing memoir monologue with whimsical animation 
3
Rocks in My Pockets
Christy Lemire
Rocks in my Pockets is a bold rough hewn combination of papier mch stop motion animation and hand drawn images 
2.5
Staged Killer
Roger Moore
As thrillers go this isn t even up to Lifetime Original Movie standards 
1
Anamorph
Graham Killeen
Anamorph dances around ponderous issues and grotesque scenery but fails to really engage startle or disturb 
2
Anamorph
Maitland McDonagh
The unfortunate fact is that it s more than a little dull when it isn t preposterous 
2.5
Anamorph
Kyle Smith
A serial killer flick told like an art lecture Anamorph manages to be gruesome yet dull 
1.5
Anamorph
Joe Neumaier
The long shadow of David Fincher s Seven falls on Anamorph a moody ultimately unexciting thriller 
2
Anamorph
John Anderson
The atmosphere created by director H S Miller is gothic tortured stylized yet tinged with a classicist s sense of composition symmetry and yes perspective 
3
Anamorph
Kam Williams
Though this snuff flick takes its title from an asexual stage of reproduction in the life of a fungus don t expect to find any fungi I mean fun guys in this lame excuse for graphic displays of vivisection 
1.5
Anamorph
Nick Schager
Suspense is something foreign to Anamorph 
1.5
The Den
David Nusair
a superior found footage endeavor that s often as unnerving as it is timely 
3.5
The Den
Mike McGranaghan
Moves like a bullet and jolts the hell out of you on a regular basis This is the kind of film that when it s over makes you want to sit down and calm your nerves for a while 
3.5
The Den
Susan Wloszczyna
There are almost no real shocks or scares to rattle you out of the stupor that inevitably develops from observing someone else fiddle with their laptop for much of the running time 
1.5
The Den
Ed Gonzalez
The film is dizzyingly creepy in its refracting of horrors through the cascading windows of computer programs we ve come to understand more intimately than our own selves 
2.5
Lo
David Keyes
There is undeniable charm at work throughout Lo which rushes right into a story with minimal fuss and is able to answer all its questions and establish solid enough groundwork for a plausible conclusion in just 80 minutes 
2.5
Boys from County Hell
Kevin Carr
with so many vampire stories out there they actually manage to do some stuff that s unique and different and fresh 
3
Boys from County Hell
Sara Michelle Fetters
Chris Baugh s raucous Boys from County Hell is a delightfully goofy horror comedy filled with its fair share of blood and guts 
3
Boys from County Hell
Nick Allen
The clear case of a horror movie that forgets to have fun 
1.5
Boys from County Hell
Randy Myers
A family run construction biz in a twee Irish hamlet unearths bloody trouble in Chris Baugh s wickedly entertaining vampire lark 
3
Boys from County Hell
Leo Brady
Boys From County Hell is like a deliciously strong shot of Irish whiskey Bottom line it s a lot of fun 
3
Boys from County Hell
Christian Toto
Irish indie has wit and soul but it never realizes its full bloody potential 
2.5
Boys from County Hell
Roger Moore
A Bram Stoker riff in thick Irish brogues Let s have it then 
2.5
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
Matt Brunson
The worst movie ever made Hard to say given all the competition Must see viewing for bad movie buffs Oh yeah 
1
Sarafina!
Roger Ebert
This movie doesn t know what it believes 
2
The Kid & I
Matt Pais
Has straight to DVD written all over it 
1
The Kid & I
Linda Cook
With the exception of some weird on purpose flicks such as those by Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch The Kid I is arguably the weirdest movie I ve seen since 1987 
3
The Kid & I
Lou Lumenick
The mesmerizingly awful The Kid I is a historic first a comedy about the making of a vanity production that is itself a vanity production 
1
The Kid & I
Maitland McDonagh
Either the most inept vanity production ever made or the most deadpan satirical prank ever pulled 
1
The Kid & I
Timothy Knight
Manages to be cloying insulting and self serving in equally dire measure 
0.5
The Kid & I
Elizabeth Weitzman
Tom Arnold does have talent but some self defeating streak keeps him from using it 
1.5
The Kid & I
Dan Fienberg
Despite a sentimental streak a mile wide and a truly worthy theme Penelope Spheeris The Kid I is a truly bad film an awkward and cringe worthy effort 
1.5
The Kid & I
Robert K. Elder
Though The Kid I falters as both a comedy and an After School Special it works as a rather touching episode of This is Your Life with a parade of cameos from Arnold s career that ll coax a sniffle or two from his family 
1.5
The Kid & I
Roger Ebert
The Kid and I is not a great film but you know what It achieves what it sets out to achieve and it isn t boring and it kept me intrigued and involved 
3
The Kid & I
Nick Schager
The type of well intentioned home movie ish endeavor that should only be viewed by its cast s friends and family 
1.5
Beatles
Kent Turner
This movie will appeal to adults as much as younger viewers 
3
Onmyoji
C.W. Nevius
Certainly there are dueling wizards torchlight swordfights and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon effects But the moments of action are interspersed with lengthy plot developments that are hard to follow 
1
Onmyoji
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Goofy and campy and unabashedly old fashioned from the silent era acting technique to the overwrought direction 
3
Onmyoji
Patrick Z. McGavin
Rarely solemn or dull and Takita holds its disparate parts together fairly well 
2.5
Onmyoji
John Anderson
Crazier than a rat in a can but certainly fun 
2.5
Shredder
David Nusair
Astoundingly dull and inept slasher flick 
.5
Plaza Suite
Gene Siskel
It may be there could never be too much Matthau With Plaza Suite and A New Leaf he has reestablished himself as one of our funniest actors proving that role selection is a crucial element in an actor s competence 
3.5
Plaza Suite
Wanda Hale
Hiller directs his cast with the assurance that he knows the characters they are portraying loves them and can laugh at their foibles 
3.5
Like a House on Fire
Roger Moore
Sutherland makes the subtle shades of pain ache and Dara s mystery well worth exploring in a story that feels too real to distance yourself from 
2.5
In the City of Sylvia
Mattie Lucas
Guerin draws the audience in with an intoxicating simplicity linking together images sounds and music that add up to something uniquely magical 
3.5
In the City of Sylvia
Ed Gonzalez
This sensualist delight is an immaculate expression of the thrill of the hunt and the cruel damage our hearts of glass incur from an unexpected loss or missed opportunity 
3
Union City
Roger Ebert
Reichert s film is self consciousness about what he s doing and that becomes a problem Not a frame of this film is permitted to express a spontaneity of its own 
2
Escape Plan
Brian Eggert
After the finale degrades into a violent shootout and leaves us dissatisfied 44 not even solid portrayals by Stallone and Schwarzenegger make Escape Plan anything beyond a very 44 very guilty piece of actionized entertainment 46 
2.5
Escape Plan
Bryant Frazer
For old school action fans the sight of Arnie s automatic weapon spraying bullets that rip through flesh and send dark spatters of blood tracing patterns through the air like grim fireworks may still quicken the pulse 
2
Escape Plan
John Beifuss
Diverting but ultimately disappointing considering how often the prison genre has produced movies of nail biting tension or irresistible campiness 
2.5
Escape Plan
Robert Levin
This is all completely ridiculous and sensationally entertaining 
3
Escape Plan
David Nusair
a disappointing yet sporadically engrossing throwback to the violent actioners of the 80s and 90s 
2.5
Escape Plan
James Berardinelli
Hafstrom tries to pretend his stars are about 40 and for the most part it works 
2.5
Escape Plan
Bob Bloom
Neither Stallone nor Schwarzenegger act or recognize their ages Their enjoyment even in such a cheesy production is contagious 
2
Escape Plan
Glenn Lovell
Stallone continues on the comeback trail a brawny action thriller that benefits from decent CG effects and shrewd supporting turns by Schwarzenegger and as the sadistic warden Jim Caviezel 
2.5
Escape Plan
Matt Brunson
Would that the rest of the film were as engaging as Schwarzenegger instead it s a routine programmer that s short on thrills but long on tedium 
2
Escape Plan
Willie Waffle
One of the most cockamamie premises in the history of movies 
1
Escape Plan
Bruce DeMara
Escape Plan is the newest vehicle for aging action stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and in this case it s a lemon or possibly an Edsel 
1.5
Escape Plan
John Serba
Stallone and Schwarzenegger are a couple of likeable old galoots but they don t have much chemistry here 
1.5
Escape Plan
Steven Boone
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are relentlessly likeable even when serving up plot and dialogue that would have been trampled on the writer s room floor of Knight Rider circa 1985 
1.5
Escape Plan
Kyle Smith
Schwarzenegger misses no opportunity to be hilarious How many actors can make you chuckle even when they re being waterboarded 
2.5
Escape Plan
Tirdad Derakhshani
A mildly amusing if ultimately pointless prison break thriller from Mikael Håfström 
2
Escape Plan
Mark Dujsik
The film has a clever premise and until a predictably generic climax follows through on it with a neat if faulty logic 
3
Escape Plan
Mick LaSalle
It s not a movie about two old guys who come back but a straight ahead action movie meant to be taken on its own terms 
3
Escape Plan
Scott Bowles
Schwarzenegger seems to be the only one here who correctly takes the film as a lark 
2
Escape Plan
Tom Russo
While it s fun to remember 80s popcorn movie thrills fully recapturing those thrills might be impossible 
2
Escape Plan
Michael O'Sullivan
Just don t get your hopes up 
2
Escape Plan
Graham Killeen
Escape Plan s totally unstylish production design somehow seems less cinematic than real life A script with zingers including You hit like a vegetarian doesn t exactly pump up the excitement either 
2
Escape Plan
Chris Cabin
A dim anti privatization parable that preaches a familiar strain of cynical unchallenged self righteousness in the face of widespread abuse of civil liberties 
1
Escape Plan
Chris Hewitt
Throughout Escape Plan there s a sense that the filmmakers know what we want from a Stallone Schwarzenegger movie and exactly how to deliver it 
3
Escape Plan
Dann Gire
Even before Escape Plan arrives at this historic first meeting between Rambo and the Terminator Jason Keller s and Miles Chapman s deficient screenplay has already stretched the boundaries of common sense to extremes 
1.5
Escape Plan
Soren Andersen
This latest pairing of the two aging macho superstars actually has a functioning intelligence And a sense of humor Oh and don t worry Its violence quotient is everything fans of muscle bound cinema could ask for 
2.5
Escape Plan
Matt Pais
A reinvention of Jurassic Park from the perspective of the dinosaurs 
1
Escape Plan
Roger Moore
Vintage Sly and Ahhnuld styled actioner Not great but for what it is not bad either 
2
Escape Plan
Phil Villarreal
A relic the 80s an action flick era well into its fourth decade 
3
Labor of Love
Namrata Joshi
On paper it would seem difficult to pull off a film like Asha Jaoar Majhe that rests on banal daily rhythms but Sengupta fashions a lovely tale of love in times of recession 
3
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Matt Brunson
Boris Karloff portrays the evil warlord with the right mix of menace and playfulness 
3
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Kristen Page-Kirby
With its easy pace and genial company My Donkey My Lover I is a journey worth taking even if at the end of the day there s no cozy French inn waiting for you 
3
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Glenn Kenny
91 An 93 ultimately charming trifle 46 
3
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Katie Walsh
Calamy delivers a beautifully open performance at the center of an utterly winning comedy about the most important journey a person can take 58 toward finding themselves 46 10 
3.5
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Randy Myers
The lovers are both asses and in the end it s the donkey we only care about No wonder he gets star billing 
2
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Mark Dujsik
Despite a strong central performance 46 46 46 there apos s simply not much more than predictable formula in My Donkey 44 My Lover amp I 46 
2.5
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Mick LaSalle
The role is an ideal vehicle for Calamy s embrace of life and the ending is particularly strong 
4
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Roger Moore
8220 Eat 44 Bray Love 8221 
2.5
Rosenwald
John Beifuss
The story is inspiring but the film is not cinematic 
2.5
Rosenwald
Robert Horton
The wonderful true story told in Rosenwald is a terrific history lesson and an inspirational portrait of how one person can make a difference 
3
Rosenwald
John Hartl
Marvelous 
3.5
Rosenwald
Leah Garchik
Inspiring as the story of Julius Rosenwald is there s little in the film that illuminates what kind of man this heroic philanthropist was 
3
Rosenwald
Matt Fagerholm
Most viewers will likely have little to no familiarity with the events recounted in this documentary and are guaranteed to leave the theater feeling enlightened and perhaps more than a touch gobsmacked 
3.5
Rosenwald
Dann Gire
Rosenwald will reaffirm your faith in capitalism compassion community diversity social justice and the American dream 
4
Rosenwald
Peter Keough
Like her subject Kempner s film doesn t try to be flashy or stylish 
3
Rosenwald
Michael O'Sullivan
Rosenwald isn t just a portrait of a great selfless American and his powerful company but an excavation of an ugly strain of our own history and a reminder of what one person can do to uproot it 
3
Rosenwald
John Anderson
Revelatory biography of Rosenwald whose beneficence made him an influence on much of 20th century American life 
3.5
Rosenwald
Steven Rea
Rosenwald tells the remarkable story of a remarkable man 
3
Rosenwald
Kam Williams
A touching bio about a selfless self made billionaire who d probably prefer to be remembered as a tireless proponent of the notion that black lives matter 
4
Rosenwald
Wes Greene
Director Aviva Kempner profile of Julius Rosenwald suggests a 60 Minutes segment stretched to feature length 
2
Blood Pressure
Bruce DeMara
Despite its misleadingly weak title Blood Pressure is an engaging thriller thanks to Giroux who makes believable and measured changes in Nicole s personality and temperament as she finds her backbone while on her mysterious journey 
2.5
Wild Man Blues
Maitland McDonagh
The subject is Woody Allen but anyone interested in his career as a writer stand up comedian actor or filmmaker will learn little from Barbara Kopple s new documentary 
2.5
Wild Man Blues
Ted Prigge
One of the main strengths of the film is though is in its moments that it happens to capture and those other big things that it shows us 
3
Wild Man Blues
Roger Ebert
Kopple might seem an unlikely choice for this material but no doubt her track record gained Allen s trust 
3
Wild Man Blues
Edward Guthmann
Kopple s made a greatly enjoyable film but you can t help wondering if she s fallen under her subject s spell 
3
Wild Man Blues
Steve Rhodes
What may surprise Woody s fans is that he is rarely funny in person and sometimes surprisingly inarticulate 
2.5
Wild Man Blues
James Berardinelli
Wild Man Blues has a tendency to become repetitious especially during the final forty minutes 
2.5
Mighty Joe Young
Terry Lawson
Though the film has been dutifully updated to reflect conservation consciousness it s even sillier than the original with dialogue that may make even small children groan and human characters that seem far more computerized than Joe 
2
Mighty Joe Young
Howard Cohen
This modern Mighty Joe Young is mighty good fun 
3
Mighty Joe Young
Sean P. Means
The special effects particularly the creature construction of famed makeup artist Rick Baker are effective but who cares when the story is so idiotic 
1
Mighty Joe Young
David Nusair
a briskly paced yet undeniably overlong adventure 
2.5
Mighty Joe Young
Matt Brunson
At its best when it pardon the pun apes its predecessor and falters when it attempts to strike out on its own 
2.5
Mighty Joe Young
Jeffrey Westhoff
An old fashioned adventure film that ranks with the best of the genre 
3
Mighty Joe Young
Roger Ebert
Mighty Joe Young is an energetic robust adventure tale not too cynical violent or fragmented for kids not too tame for adults 
3
Mighty Joe Young
Elias Savada
King Kong light Insipid Joe Young Just because this film is rated PG doesn t mean it has to be written on the level of an orangutan 
1
Mighty Joe Young
Jorge Avila Andrade
No muy buena pero ofrece un buen rato de entretenimiento familiar
2.5
Mighty Joe Young
David N. Butterworth
Middlin monkey business with Charlize Theron 
1.5
Mighty Joe Young
Dustin Putman
Although you could certainly do much worse there is only one really distinctive quality about the film and that is Charlize Theron s charismatic performance 
2
Mighty Joe Young
Michael Dequina
The filmmakers forgot about the adults who pay to bring the target audience to the multiplex 
2
Limelight
Rene Rodriguez
Depending on your age Limelight could make you nostalgic for those bad old days and sort of glad you ll never be able to relive them 
3
Limelight
Stephen Cole
Gatien s story is worth telling Which makes it all the more unfortunate that director Billy Corben presents it in such a methodical fashion 
2
Limelight
Lou Lumenick
Corben s schlockumentary tries and fails miserably to rehabilitate the reputation of Peter Gatien the oft described nightclub king of Manhattan in the waning years of the 20th century 
1.5
Limelight
Linda Barnard
It s an entertaining spin around Manhattan by night but we re left with unanswered questions about Gatien the mastermind behind it all 
2
Limelight
Eric Henderson
Limelight like the club it s named after doesn t do much to break the mold of sex drugs and star ers sameness afflicting this particular subgenre 
2
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Rob Blackwelder
The most scrupulous most focused most thorough and arguably most important of 2004 s wave of activist documentaries 
4
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Walter Chaw
Not about anything except the lead balloon revelation that Fox feeds rage and fuels disinformation with questionable journalistic tactics 
1.5
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Ty Burr
Greenwald has fashioned a fine attack dog and he s sicced it on a deserving subject 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Rob Thomas
The kind of broader analysis that makes Outfoxed worthwhile viewing even for those who don t have Air America as one of their preset stations 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Tyler Hanley
Outfoxed is a must see for any Fox News aficionado interested in understanding what occurs behind the curtain 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Joe Baltake
As hugely entertaining as it is informative 
3.5
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
James Kendrick
chief flaw is that the film gets so hyperfocused on showing us how awful Fox News is it forgets to put it in any kind of historical context
2.5
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Peter Canavese
Succeeds in hoisting Fox News by its own petard Greenwald s approach may not be balanced but it seems pretty fair 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Mike McGranaghan
Outfoxed manages to be political without being sanctimonious 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Matt Brunson
Hammers home the point that media mogul Rupert Murdoch s Fox network has never been anything more than a mouthpiece for the Bush administration 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Bruce Newman
While Outfoxed surely will appeal more to liberals than to conservatives its value to its self selected audience lies not in upending anyone s expectations but in taking the uninitiated down the Fox News rabbit hole 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
David Sterritt
This is an op ed polemic and it s refreshing to see one so skillfully produced by filmmakers with a shoestring budget and meager access to mainstream distribution 
4
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Mick LaSalle
Seems as if it were recorded on a camcorder and narrated by a guy sitting in his kitchen with a microphone That doesn t negate its effectiveness however 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Megan Lehmann
A rush job and it shows 
1
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Jack Mathews
A frontal assault on Murdoch and Fox 
3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Ed Gonzalez
Outfoxed is effective at undermining the no news all screaming FOX News Channel and giving it a taste of its own medicine 
2.5
Elmer Gantry
Wesley Lovell
If not for the amazing performance of Burt Lancaster the film would collapse under its own self righteousness 
3
Elmer Gantry
Ted Prigge
With a strong message excellent satire and even some heart Elmer Gantry is an excellent film and even a tad underrated 
4
No Man of Her Own
Dudley Early
This is a better than average movie It gives Barbara Stanwyck a chance to display her talents which she does to good advantage 
2
Wedding
Marty Mapes
Polish comedy has impeccable timing and coherent focus
3.5
When Two Worlds Collide
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A relevant documentary with a view as objective as possible allowing the audience to generate their own opinions Full review in Spanish 
3.5
When Two Worlds Collide
Farran Smith Nehme
The importance of the issues is what carries the film along 
2.5
Only the Brave
Sarah Knight Adamson
Outstanding performances by Brolin Connelly and Teller 
3.5
Only the Brave
David Nusair
an admittedly overlong yet predominantly captivating piece of work 
3.5
Only the Brave
Matt Brunson
A competent if conventional drama But who gets the blame for that wince inducing CGI bear hurtling through the woods like an ursine Human Torch 
2.5
Only the Brave
Mattie Lucas
While Only the Brave follows a similar structure Kosinski manages to work within the formula to create something with a little more emotional heft 
3
Only the Brave
John Hanlon
Focusing on character more than special effects this drama stands out 
3.5
Only the Brave
Linda Cook
One of the best war movies you ll ever see 
4
Only the Brave
James Berardinelli
Although probably a little too long the film succeeds in being both emotionally forceful and dramatically satisfying 
3
Only the Brave
Josh Terry
Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots Only the Brave is an exciting and moving tribute to the sacrifice and dedication of wildland firefighters 
4
Only the Brave
Mike McGranaghan
Only the Brave might be the best movie ever made about firefighters 
3.5
Only the Brave
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a seriously magnificent motion picture one I m almost certain to still be talking about as the year inches closer to its conclusion 
3.5
Only the Brave
Max Weiss
Only the Brave is essentially a war film with brave commanders and earnest and not so earnest young men who love each other fighting a menacing and relentless enemy 
3.5
Only the Brave
Sonny Bunch
Heartbreak and humor in true life tragedy 
3
Only the Brave
Bruce DeMara
Kosinski lets the story unfold at a measured pace so much so that by the time we reach the climactic scene we re unprepared for what unfolds As a result it s even more devastating and effective 
3.5
Only the Brave
Christian Toto
Only the Brave has both its heart and its storytelling in the right place 
3.5
Only the Brave
Peter Canavese
An old fashioned action adventure story with star performances given a sacred tinge by its real life roots 
3
Only the Brave
Phil Villarreal
A robust and handsome effort that is as slickly paced as it is visually resplendent and moving 
3.5
Only the Brave
Kenneth R. Morefield
The firefighting scenes are spectacular but the special effects never dwarf the human relationships and that s as it should be 
3.5
Only the Brave
Kate Taylor
It s a movie intent on telling us the hotshots were heroes without sufficiently dramatizing either their professional decisions or their private lives 
2
Only the Brave
Bob Bloom
Only the Brave is more a portrait of dedicated men regular guys with flaws and problems like the rest of us who perform extraordinary deeds to protect their neighbors homes and families 
3
Only the Brave
Mark Dujsik
Only the Brave serves as a tribute to their sacrifice in the way it respects them as ordinary men who happened to do extraordinary work 
3
Only the Brave
Sean P. Means
The spirit of the Granite Mountain Hotshots lives on in Only the Brave a drama that captures the group s camaraderie self sacrifice and unspoken heroism 
3
Only the Brave
Rafer Guzman
The movie overall can feel more than a little formulaic but as a tribute to real life heroes Only the Brave serves its purpose 
3
Only the Brave
Sara Stewart
What goes down in Yarnell and Kosinski s respectful portrayal of it is undeniably devastating and a well deserved salute to a group of low key heroes 
2.5
Only the Brave
David Fear
Take out the classic rock soundtrack and it could be a vintage Hollywood story of competence camaraderie and derring do only its title feels generic 
3
Only the Brave
Stephanie Merry
This is a job for real heroes The reminder of their sacrifice could not come at a more opportune time 
3.5
Only the Brave
Michael Smith
Only the Brave is the kind of movie that it is impossible to not like I dare you to not fall for this tale of firefighter heroism and tragedy 
3
Only the Brave
Gary Thompson
It s rare to see such imaginative energy expended to tell the stories of ordinary men 
3
Only the Brave
Peter Sobczynski
Made with a combination of sincerity and technical skill that is effective on a fundamental level even if it never quite becomes the devastating emotional experience that it clearly wants to be 
3
Only the Brave
Michael Phillips
Only the Brave gets better and better as it goes 
3
Only the Brave
Gary Thompson
Screenwriters Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer work with intersecting themes of fatherhood fallibility rehabilitation in a way that is obviously complementary but never corny 
3
Only the Brave
Tom Russo
This absorbing film gets the message across without sensationalism delivering a straightforward portrait of regular working men toiling at an uncommonly risky job 
3
Only the Brave
Derek Smith
Joseph Kosinski s Only the Brave displays a kinship to Howard Hawks s hard nosed old fashioned pragmatism 
3
Only the Brave
Dann Gire
Apparently the Prescott firefighters didn t experience movie cliches in real life because outside of the obligatory radio singalong on a bus Only the Brave doesn t have them 
3
Only the Brave
Peter Hartlaub
Only the Brave weaves together wholesome plot threads that will please mainstream crowds But it is also boldly staged with an inventive and informative approach to action filmmaking 
3
Only the Brave
Richard Roeper
Through the ups and downs of training a few moments of comedic relief and partying detours into family drama Only the Brave marches slowly and with increasing intensity 
3.5
Only the Brave
Katie Walsh
The majesty of these images is in service of the story and the people in it a true life tale that will grasp onto your heart and hold on long after the credits roll 
4
Only the Brave
Roger Moore
Majestic and manly 
3.5
Only the Brave
Soren Andersen
Under the direction of Joseph Kosinski a large cast headed by Josh Brolin and Miles Teller bring great vitality and sensitivity to their performances 
3.5
Adrift in Manhattan
Lou Lumenick
overall his Alfredo De Villa s latest flick is dramatically tepid 
2
Adrift in Manhattan
Jack Mathews
Adrift is a small film with great humanity and deserves a broader audience than it s likely to get 
3
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?
Peter Canavese
Staggering a vital snapshot of African American life as it s being lived on the margins of society one of the best films I ve seen by far this year 
4
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?
Ben Sachs
The charisma of Minervini s subjects is powerful enough to cut through the ethnographic vibe 
3
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?
Tomris Laffly
A rightfully fuming and attentive cinematic meditation that follows the delicate lives of a number of mostly black men and women in the American South 
2.5
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Cutting back and forth between the threads Minervini weaves together a solid narrative of longstanding racial grievance and resilience 
3
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?
Shane Slater
A very specific slice of Americana 
3
Seven Times Lucky
David Nusair
the familiarity of the story and characters is so extreme that it s impossible to ever really get into the movie 
2
Unsettled
Jordan Hiller
The climax of the film the actual evacuation process is utterly stunning and unforgettable 
3.5
Unsettled
Peter T. Chattaway
Unsettled raises all sorts of messy but important questions u2014and it does so by immersing the viewer in the personal experiences of others in a most compassionate way 
3.5
Unsettled
Ed Gonzalez
Adam Hootnick s Unsettled will not bring peace to the Middle East but the documentary s goodwill is a corrective to Morgan Spurlock s repulsive Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Mattie Lucas
Doesn t seem to know how to be the film it so desperately wants to be 
2
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Terence Johnson
The earnestness of the direction and the warmth of the performances more than make up for the few issues the script has 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
John Wirt
Far smarter and original than the phony empty romantic comedies Hollywood usually churns out 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Sean P. Means
At the center of it all is Jones funny and charming performance as Celeste 
3.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
John Beifuss
The handheld indie camerawork the crane shot outside a wedding tent that lifts into the night sky as kids with sparklers run by in slow motion such dress up fails to elevate a script that would be better served by a less pretentious presentation 
2
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Bob Bloom
Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg give personable performances Jones has more screen time in which to display her acting range And she is not afraid to show her character s flaws at times you don t like her attitude or behavior 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jon Niccum
Ultimately the characters ring true and true to each other 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Joe Williams
To its credit Celeste and Jesse Forever wants to be more than a formulaic farce It succeeds to the extent that the neighbors keep up with Jones 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Roger Moore
Skates by on being simply R rated adorable 
2
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Moira MacDonald
A different kind of romantic comedy one that starts at the end and tries to make sense of itself 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Duane Dudek
It speaks with the sobriety of a reformed romantic who warns that drinking to someone only with one s heart can lead to a regret filled hangover the next day 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Connie Ogle
Tries to blend chick flick staples with bro humor but never quite gets the mix right 
1
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Peter Canavese
A kinder gentler divorce comedy Jones commitment to portraying Celeste at least as much for her flaws as her strengths winds up making the character more likeable 
2.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
John Anderson
It s supposed to exemplify witty edgy indie comedy But Celeste and Jesse Forever turns out to be a formula movie 
2
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Gary Thompson
The compulsive self blame that follows a breakup feel drawn from life and lend the movie gravity 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Carrie Rickey
How delightfully funny Jones is 
3.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Ty Burr
The movie feels lived in by its characters and its makers which is more than you can say for most romantic comedies indie or otherwise 
2.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Chris Hewitt
Celeste and Jesse Forever feels like it was created as a deliberate experiment Can you write a romantic comedy that avoids the cliches of a romcom 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
James Berardinelli
The tone established by director Lee Toland Krieger is flippant when it needs to be ironic when it needs to be playful when it needs to be and serious when it needs to be 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Ann Hornaday
Yet one more of a series of summer films in which attractive ambitious young women are punished for not accepting the man children in their lives despite their torn teddy bear flaws 
2
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Mark Dujsik
Really shines as these people whose codependence has trapped them in a state of arrested development start to grow up for the most part at least 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
David Lewis
Both old fashioned and modern both funny and melancholic the witty heartfelt Celeste and Jesse Forever is populated by moments that at first appear all too familiar then turn out to surprise you 
4
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Matt Pais
Absolutely confirms that Jones deserves more starring roles funny and frustrating 
2.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Michael Phillips
Underneath it is an honest concern about how to learn to treat people well and kindly after the end Or to get to an ending or a new beginning in the first place 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Roger Ebert
A good hearted romantic comedy about a likable couple so likable indeed that it swims upstream against the current of our desires 
3.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
David Nusair
a better than average romantic comedy that benefits substantially from the efforts of its personable stars 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Stephen Whitty
Jones and McCormack have a nice feel for the day to day minutiae of coupledom the inside jokes funny voices and oddball routines that nobody else ever understands and that hurt like hell to abandon 
2.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Kate Taylor
As director Lee Toland Krieger desperately attempts to keep this film on a comic track his actors script awkwardly escapes him insisting on its indie spirit in the last act 
1
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Lou Lumenick
It may have the faintest relationship to any kind of reality but Jones tart performance cuts through the saccharine 
2.5
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Kent Turner
We want the pie in the face moments and the script figurative splatters them on Celeste but never completely humiliates her She has some dignity intact Barely 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Claudia Puig
The summer s most unpredictable low key and clear sighted romantic comedy 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Peter Travers
Celeste and Jesse Forever rises above the rom com herd with breakout star performances from Jones and Samberg and a willingness to replace clichs with painful truths 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Christy Lemire
Celeste and Jesse Forever is by no means a parody of romantic comedy cliches but rather an acknowledgement of them en route to an exploration of greater emotional truths 
3
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Chris Cabin
An honest and breezily melancholic film thoroughly clear sighted in its intentions and ideas and bravely committed to the emotional rigors of its central relationship 
3
Dead End
David Nusair
worth a look especially for fans of Bogart 
2.5
The Trip
Roger Moore
Bloody good fun and damned bloody and damned funny in the bargain 
3
Don't Look Back
Mark Dujsik
When the final revelation of Don t Look Back arrives there s little to no surprise 
1.5
Don't Look Back
Roger Moore
Reddick s script lets down this promising survivor s guilt revenge concept in several ways 
1.5
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
David Nusair
a typically underwhelming horror sequel 
2
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Dustin Putman
Lacks the clarity and identity of the earlier 1974 and 1986 installments 
2
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Chris Hicks
Believe it or not even horror movie fans like some meat in their stories You should pardon the expression 
0
Woman of the Year
Matt Brunson
The dialogue in the Oscar winning screenplay is priceless surveying the enormous crowd at a baseball game Tess asks Are all these people unemployed 
3.5
Woman of the Year
James Kendrick
isn t necessarily one of the best films of its era but it does capture in its essence the complex nature of relationships and the unavoidable way that power dynamics can come to a head
3
Woman of the Year
Peter Canavese
An effervescent but edgy rom com about love career the insecurities men and women felt and sadly still feel to some extent around burgeoning feminism Criterion Blu ray 
3.5
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Frank Ochieng
Whether you are a committed tree hugger or techno titan at large one thing is definitely clear Malick s adventurous Voyage is worth exploring with a conscientious compass at the environmental hip 
3
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Simon Abrams
Awesome Maybe not But intriguing Oh my yes 
3
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Chris Knight
Children of a certain maturity level could find their minds blown by such deep thoughts And if the younger ones are a bit bored well it s still just 44 minutes 
2.5
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Kate Taylor
A lyrical account of Earth s evolution 
2.5
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Soren Andersen
The trippiest most visually mind blowing motion picture since Stanley Kubrick s 2001 A Space Odyssey 
2.5
Infinity Pool
Mattie Lucas
While it apos s hard not to wish that the film ultimately had more to say with such an incisive thematic palate at hand 44 Infinity Pool is nonetheless hard to shake 46 
3
Infinity Pool
Kent Turner
quot Infinity Pool quot offers a prime example of an actor who 44 upon first appearing on screen 44 changes the room temperature considerably 44 recharges the narrative 44 and practically takes over the movie 46 Mia Goth makes an unabashed star turn 46 
2.5
Infinity Pool
Angelo Muredda
That s a fetching premise but as science fiction Infinity Pool feels pretty scrawny 
2.5
Infinity Pool
Rene Sanchez
Although some of its themes are not fully explored 44 it apos s an original and provoking voyage worth taking 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
2.5
Infinity Pool
David Nusair
46 46 46 a mostly worthless 40 and unreasonably heavy handed 41 satire 46 46 46 
1
Infinity Pool
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Infinity Pool may not blow minds but it reliably explodes heads 
3
Infinity Pool
Roger Moore
The shocks 46 46 46 feel unearned 44 the ordeal of the experience unrewarding and the themes 46 46 46 shallow 46 
2
Infinity Pool
Joe Friar
Cronenberg apos s vacation from hell is ensanguined with images so disturbing they take several hours to fully process 46 Think of it as the nightmare that just keeps on giving 46 Mia Goth keeps the Texas farm girl momentum going 46 
3.5
Infinity Pool
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s not without some caustic remarks about the base 44 lizard brained desires of human beings that Infinity Pool conjures memorable performances and abject weirdness 46 
3.5
Infinity Pool
Leo Brady
Infinity Pool submerges all our senses into a wild experience that could only come from the mind of someone with the last name Cronenberg 46 
3.5
Infinity Pool
Peter Howell
Brandon Cronenberg delivers the shivers and more than a few WTF moments with a vacation inferno creeper that gnaws at the mind 
3
Infinity Pool
James Berardinelli
The film piques the intellect and feeds the bloodlust while offering an experience that only a Cronenberg can deliver 
3
Infinity Pool
Kevin Carr
Twisted and unpleasant 44 this is not for everyone 44 but it offers an unrelenting look at the dark side of humanity 46 
3.5
Infinity Pool
Michael Phillips
Cronenberg knows what he s doing and this is his most assured act of science fiction effrontery to date 
3.5
Infinity Pool
Richard Roeper
Goth goes all out as the manipulative and psychotic Gabi at times it s as if she s channeling Robert De Niro s Max Cady 
3.5
Infinity Pool
Sonny Bunch
Infinity Pool 46 46 46 succeeds almost entirely because of the manic energy that Mia Goth pours into the role 46 
3
Infinity Pool
Rosalie Kicks
The imagery and ideas wormed their way into my consciousness resulting in a constant deliberation within my mind of what I just witnessed 46 
4
Infinity Pool
Keith Watson
If David Cronenberg seems almost indifferent to his audience 44 Brendon Cronenberg is so fixated on freaking people out that he can sometimes neglect to do much else 46 
2
Infinity Pool
Mark Dujsik
If the film itself is often inscrutable and excessive 44 that apos s an unavoidable side effect of something reaching into the deeper 44 darker parts of the human mind 46 
3
Infinity Pool
Chase Hutchinson
The vacation destination in Infinity Pool has all the amenities one could want 58 orgies 44 clones and murder 46 
3
Infinity Pool
G. Allen Johnson
Cronenberg has made a movie about the quest to simply feel something 
3
Infinity Pool
Joey Magidson
Brandon Cronenberg goes off the reservation for a dip in a bloody Infinity Pool 46 It apos s wild 44 but not so much so that you can apos t enjoy it 46 
3
Infinity Pool
Katie Walsh
If you 8217 re willing to surf on the wonderfully weird and wild wavelength of 8220 Infinity Pool 8221 it is indeed a singular 44 and unforgettable 44 ride 46 
4
Infinity Pool
EJ Moreno
Only Brandon Cronenberg can make the most disgusting resort seem like a paradise 46 Also 44 a round of applause for another twisted Mia Goth performance 33 
3
To Kid or Not to Kid
Roger Moore
An engaging personal essay documentary about not having children complete with interviews arguments hard data and sound reasoning coming from both sides of the debate
3
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide
Kathy Fennessy
Though the co directors depict a considerably longer life and career their documentary ends up feeling shallow and surface level by comparison A strong optional selection 
2.5
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide
Roger Moore
Entirely too stodgy to get at the essence of the artist or mimic his psyche and aesthetic Still it s great to see Scharf still at it fun to take in the works and fascinating to get a new take on Manhattan art scene history
3
Jesus Revolution
Katie Walsh
Unfortunately 44 despite the interesting history 44 the film itself is a dry 44 scattered slog 44 neutered of all the thorny 44 contradictory details of the real story 46 
1.5
Jesus Revolution
Joe Friar
Co directors Jon Erwin 44 and Brent McCorkle deliver the first feel good movie of 2023 with mass appeal that just happens to feature quite a few mass baptisms 46 First rate performances 44 humor 44 and plenty of inspiration without preaching 46 
3
Jesus Revolution
Kevin Carr
It 8217 s a sanitized version of the true story that will literally preach to the choir 44 but it hides its unfortunate darker side 46 
2
Jesus Revolution
Michael Medved
Intriguing and occasionally inspiring 46 46 46 the acting is consistently strong 44 especially by Jonathan Roumie 46 There are heroes here 44 but no halos as the true life characters live through problems and flaws 46 
3
Jesus Revolution
Nell Minow
A gently told story preaching to the converts 44 assuming that evangelical Christianity is unassailably the answer without considering this particular form of worship may not be the answer for all 46 
2
Jesus Revolution
Pamela Powell
Jon Gunn and Jon Erwin adapt Greg Laurie 8217 s book to create an inspirational story that allows viewers to step back in time to discover a ripple of a story that became a tidal wave sweeping across America 46 
3
Jesus Revolution
Roger Moore
Lulls aside 44 8220 Jesus Revolution 8221 works in that classic upbeat California vibe way 46 It 8217 s not any sort of breakthrough as a movie or a 8220 movement 8221 moment 46 But it makes a nice contrast to the religious rhetoric of today
2.5
Jesus Revolution
Mark Dujsik
Jesus Revolution muddies and evades so much that it apos s enough to make one skeptical of the movie apos s apparent genuineness 44 message 44 and intentions 46 
1.5
Jesus Revolution
James Berardinelli
Jesus Revolution takes a fascinating period of American history the hippie movement and its associated fallout within the Christian community and transforms it into a bland TV movie of the week experience 
2
Jesus Revolution
Josh Bell
Might be the squarest movie ever made about hippies 46 
1.5
Jesus Revolution
Christian Toto
Grammer apos The Chosen apos s apos Roumie lead soulful look at forgotten part of Flower Power past 46 
3
Jesus Revolution
Mike McGranaghan
Jesus Revolution is an informative and entertaining look at how a most unlikely collaboration changed the face of Christianity in America 44 at least for a time 46 
3
Our Souls at Night
Roger Moore
Pleasantly dull
2
Our Souls at Night
Richard Roeper
These are good people and these are great actors portraying these good people and if you not rooting for Louis and Addie to find comfort and love and peace with one another in their last years then I just don t know what to tell you 
3.5
Our Souls at Night
Susan Wloszczyna
As comforting low key and unfussy as your grandmother s tablecloth 
3
Our Souls at Night
Sean P. Means
Batra lets the well worked chemistry Redford and Fonda share do the heavy lifting they still bring out in each other a warmth and an easygoing manner as if they ve always been and always will be like this 
3.5
Our Souls at Night
Rafer Guzman
A disappointingly subdued reunion for Fonda and Redford 
2
The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship
Barry Hertz
The film itself isn t much to savour telling the tale of a passion gone sour that could have been scripted in a stupor 
2
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Roger Ebert
It is a stubborn angry nagging sarcastic assault on good manners and I am happy Ophuls was ill tempered enough to make it 
3
Eighteen Springs
Jonathan Rosenbaum
At this point I don t think it s a masterpiece though that doesn t necessarily mean you shouldn t see it 
2
Until the Light Takes Us
Sean P. Means
This may be the first headbangers movie that will put hard rock fans to sleep 
1
Until the Light Takes Us
Rob Thomas
It s an unsettlingly intimate look from inside the movement at its rise and fall the filmmakers manage to make us understand why the music matters while not giving its violent creators a pass 
3
Until the Light Takes Us
Jeff Vice
This is one of the most inept and clumsy pieces of filmmaking in recent history 
1
Until the Light Takes Us
Stephen Cole
Unfortunately everything the neo Vikings say is unchallenged 
2
Until the Light Takes Us
Joan Anderman
Their dedication to giving the players their moment on the podium prevented Aites and Ewell from asking provocative questions or it would seem any questions at all 
1.5
Until the Light Takes Us
Shaula Clark
Glacially paced yet gripping 
3
Until the Light Takes Us
Nick Schager
It not only crucially fails to address the cultural forces that might have spawned the country s prime musical export but it also neglects to include more than cursory snippets of the tunes themselves 
2
Cured
David Reddish
Told with professionalism and a holdover sting from years of being labeled sick Singer Sammon highlight a much needed passage from queer history and sing the praises of heroes that deserve to be household names 
3
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Liam Lacey
Ingenious comical and beautifully original 
3.5
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Peter Stack
Definitely a sunny spot in the mire of frenetic violent and often dopey cartoon films produced by Hollywood 
3
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una muy agradable sorpresa el encontrar en cartelera comercial esta interesante e inteligente obra de la animacin europea
3
Soft Fruit
Jonathan Foreman
It s not especially well written It shifts uneasily between grotesque humor and pathos 
1.5
Pat and Mike
Mattie Lucas
Coming hot on the heels of Adam s Rib 1949 one of their most successful comedies Pat and Mike feels a bit tired and its lackadaisical pacing feeds into the general sense of ennui 
2
Pat and Mike
Matt Brunson
The one that contains the classic line utilized in countless Tracy Hepburn tribute pieces Not much meat on her but what s there is cherce 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Kyle Smith
It s an underdog story with teeth 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Johnny Vaughan
It s stirring stuff from start to finish which will make our friends from north of the border proud to be Scottish Go See 
4
The Flying Scotsman
Gary Brown
a real gem of an inspirational sports movie 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Eric Lurio
If you like sports films this is worth the bucks 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Besides rousing sports stories with even a smidgen of talent behind them always seem to choke me up if only a little bit and this one definitely does that and then some 
2.5
The Flying Scotsman
James Rocchi
Even if The Flying Scotsman doesn t really ever depart from a pretty standard issue inspirational sports flick template as it s subject Graeme Obree proved you can still do impressive and mighty things on a fixed track 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Maitland McDonagh
While he tries not to lapse into the formula that has reduced sports films to white hat black hat certitudes the evenhandedness doesn t offset the film s fundamental dullness 
2
The Flying Scotsman
Susan Walker
For all its dramatic manipulation The Flying Scotsman succeeds in a modest way because it s true 
2.5
The Flying Scotsman
Tom Keogh
The cinematography provides a unique perspective on a racing cyclist s view as Obree goes round and round monotonously on a slanted track But an equally compelling look from the inside of Obree s illness offers the film s most stunning moment 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Peter Hartlaub
The filmmaking is unremarkable but the obsessiveness of the lead character is infectious enough to make this drama passable entertainment 
2.5
The Flying Scotsman
Michael Wilmington
Tells a tale both fast and moving And when Miller as Obree takes his whirls around the track it gets your heart pumping and your blood up 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Bill Zwecker
Even for audiences who normally would not be interested in cycling The Flying Scotsman is a good choice because this film is about so much more Miller has given us an appealing if unusual protagonist who leads us to cheer him on in life 
3
The Flying Scotsman
Ty Burr
If you ride for pleasure or for sport or just to get from one place to another Scotsman is worth seeing 
2.5
The Flying Scotsman
Jim Hemphill
Compressing Obree s story into an hour and a half makes it seem less astonishing than it actually is the triumphs seem too easily won and the problems too quickly resolved 
2
The Flying Scotsman
Mark Dujsik
How a movie based on a figure so fascinating and inspiring fails to achieve either of those qualities is perplexing 
2.5
The Flying Scotsman
Matt Pais
Never really reveals what makes this cyclist s wheels turn 
2
The Flying Scotsman
Ed Gonzalez
Obree is clearly a great man but you wouldn t know it from this uncomplicated evocation of his life and successes 
2
Broken Diamonds
Leo Brady
Chalk it up to Broken Diamonds being another one of the well intentioned movies of the world attempting to shine a light on an important subject that everyday Americans struggle with but failing to take a more unconventional approach 
1.5
Broken Diamonds
Carlos Aguilar
It s nothing enlightening 
2
Broken Diamonds
Randy Myers
Both Platt and Kirke are excellent at avoiding antiquated tropes about mental illness in this realistic story that s written from the heart 
3
Broken Diamonds
Roger Moore
A dramedy that may start crazy cute but which doesn t back away from the ugly truths about mental illness 
3
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Walter Chaw
Key revelation is that Shore is a bitter unpleasant petty humourless little man and that his stoned weasel song and dance isn t doing that great a job of hiding it 
0.5
Pauly Shore Is Dead
David Nusair
the movie turns into a game of spot the cameo more than anything else 
2
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Joe Baltake
It works as a throwaway joke occasionally funny and often shamelessly tasteless And it also helps if you like Shore 
2.5
Fed Up
Frank Ochieng
Fed Up is a documented food fight not to be missed Soechtig s contemplative documentary will agree with your guilty pleasure seeking taste buds 
3
Fed Up
Linda Cook
Wow talk about sobering food for thought 
4
Fed Up
David Nusair
Fed Up for the most part boasts the feel of a short news piece that s somehow been expanded to feature length 
2
Fed Up
Walter V. Addiego
It s a decent summary of the issue taking square aim at corporations and politicians who have made it easy for the citizenry to stuff its collective face with junk food and even more damaging sugar 
3
Fed Up
Roger Moore
An eye opening heartbreaking humorous and hopeful harangue about the REAL causes of America s childhood obesity epidemic 
3
Fed Up
Bill Stamets
Director Stephanie Soechtig gathers activists doctors kids lobbyists parents politicians reporters and teachers all with different stakes 
3
Fed Up
John Anderson
Exposé against America s nutritional war on itself is informative passionate slightly regurgitated 
2.5
Fed Up
Dann Gire
Stephanie Soechtig s potentially life changing documentary Fed Up has the look and feel of an extended 60 Minutes investigative news segment Except that it s much much more 
3.5
Fed Up
Matt Pais
One of the worst sins a documentary can commit is assessing a situation and saying If everyone could just stop caring about money things would get so much better 
1.5
Fed Up
Rob Thomas
I ll bet when employees clean up the theater after a screening they find lots of half drunk Cokes and half eaten popcorn boxes 
3
Fed Up
John Beifuss
As its punning title suggests Fed Up is the rare movie about food more likely to make you angry than hungry 
3
Fed Up
Chris Foran
Fed Up has trouble staying on point But when it does it s pretty solid 
2.5
Fed Up
Dave McGinn
You won t look at grocery store aisles the same way after you ve seen Fed Up 
3.5
Fed Up
Sara Stewart
Toggling between profiles of kids struggling with their weight and a wider look at the evolution of processed foods Fed Up presents a pretty watertight case that there s something deeply wrong with the way we eat 
3
Fed Up
Glenn Kenny
The information is arguably compelling and disturbing but something about the whole delivery mode turned me off 
2
Fed Up
Steven Rea
Even if you dispute the facts one thing is clear As a nation we are fat and getting fatter 
3
Fed Up
Mark Dujsik
This movie imagines it is telling you this information for the first time and it s very proud of itself for the perceived ingenuity of its message 
2.5
Fed Up
Moira MacDonald
Before Fed Up no movie had ever sent me hurrying to my refrigerator to read food labels but there s always a first time 
3
Fed Up
Scott Bowles
Fed Up will change the way you look at junk food Or at least the companies that peddle it 
3
Fed Up
Martin Knelman
A compelling wake up call in the form of a feature length documentary 
3.5
Fed Up
Peter Keough
As a screed it builds a credible engaging argument presenting evidence statistics talking head testimony whimsical charts poignant personal stories and animated illustrations of digestive processes to make its case 
3
Fed Up
Peter Travers
Fed Up unbothered by its often crude mode of attack is definitely mad as hell And its muckraking spirit an anomaly in the age of giving in is inspiring 
3
Fed Up
Michael O'Sullivan
Fed Up isn t so much a warning to the ignorant shopper or a tip for the unimaginative chef as it is a rallying cry It succeeds in firing up the choir Whether it will convert the complacent is an open question 
3
The Wolf and the Lion
Sean P. Means
The four legged stars in the family film The Wolf and the Lion fare a lot better than their two legged co stars if only because they arent saddled with clunky dialogue and ludicrous plot development 
2.5
The Wolf and the Lion
Linda Cook
It s a gentle story with pretty visuals and a theme about kindness and understanding animals 
2.5
The Wolf and the Lion
Jeff Mitchell
The animals roar but the script howls Still I appreciate the filmmakers innovative work with the real life wolf and lion 
2
The Wolf and the Lion
Nell Minow
The Wolf and the Lion is a lot like the internet about half aww inspiring scenes of irresistibly cute animals and the other half dumb boring human beings 
2
The Wolf and the Lion
Roger Moore
Cloying harmless
2
The Wolf and the Lion
Rob Thomas
If only the characters in the movie who dont have furry paws were more compelling 
2.5
The Wolf and the Lion
Mark Dujsik
On the surface The Wolf and the Lion provides the cuteness it mainly exists to provide but if one gives the movie even half a thought it feels like an insincere deception 
1
The Wolf and the Lion
Josh Bell
Husband and wife filmmaking team Gilles and Prune de Maistre seem to have put more thought into crafting their animal team up than they did into character development or coherent plotting 
2
The Wolf and the Lion
Mike McGranaghan
It s a hopelessly old fashioned picture designed to show off two very beautiful animals Everything else is just dull filler 
1.5
The Wolf and the Lion
Leo Brady
There s just not enough to The Wolf and the Lion The humans are not charming their issues are not focused on more than those of the animals and the adorableness of a baby Lion and wolf can only go so far 
2
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jami Bernard
First time feature director Jamie Babbit s pink drenched comedy is amusing and good natured but necessarily thin 
2.5
But I'm a Cheerleader
Monica Eng
But I m a Cheerleader fizzles out of fresh ideas early on 
2
But I'm a Cheerleader
Michael Dequina
Very quickly grows repetitive and groan inducing 
1.5
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jeffrey M. Anderson
But I m a Cheerleader is a clever bit of social satire wrapped up in a candy colored John Waters type movie 
3
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jeanne Aufmuth
This cleverly themed indie has enjoyed runaway hit status on the fest circuit but its one note joke wears extremely thin over the course of 90 minutes 
1.5
But I'm a Cheerleader
Liam Lacey
Broadly campy but rarely funny 
2
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jay Boyar
First time director Jamie Babbit who also gets credit for the basic story has gotten hold of a funny idea here And although her approach tends to be a bit broad But I m a Cheerleader definitely has its moments 
3
But I'm a Cheerleader
Mike Gregory
Cheerleader is certainly refreshing 
2.5
But I'm a Cheerleader
James Berardinelli
The chasm between what But I m a Cheerleader wants to be and what it is isn t large but it is significant 
2.5
But I'm a Cheerleader
Joe Baltake
A missed opportunity in just about every way 
0
But I'm a Cheerleader
Roger Ebert
But I m a Cheerleader is not a great breakout comedy but more the kind of movie that might eventually become a regular on the midnight cult circuit 
3
But I'm a Cheerleader
Mick LaSalle
But I m a Cheerleader is funny but it s not only funny 
3
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jeff Vice
As overwhelmingly loopy as this first half of the film is it s in the too serious second half that things really start falling apart 
1.5
But I'm a Cheerleader
Paul Sherman
Between the laughs Cheerleader actually makes some credible statements about society s suspicion of nonconformists and it gives us a winning heroine in Megan who finds a way to merge her homosexuality and her cheerleading 
3.5
Heart of Stone
Leba Hertz
Director Beth Toni Kruvant hits incredible highs and a shocking low as she explores the cultures of past and present student bodies that come together in a common cause 
3
Heart of Stone
Ty Burr
Heart of Stone is a heartbreaker a documentary about an inner city high school that shows how hard how necessary and how infinitely rewarding it can be to open doors for kids who didn t know they were there 
3.5
Kiss of the Spider Woman
David Reddish
To understand its place in queer cinema history and to understand what the world lost with the passing of Hurt and Julia give it a watch Prepare to get stuck in this spiderweb 
3
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jeremiah Kipp
Argentine writer Manuel Puig s book Kiss of the Spider Woman has a theme that endures throughout all its various incarnations that of human dignity and compassion surviving within a society that denies it 
4
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Peter Canavese
Explores the rapture and torture of desire and the tension between harsh reality and escapist fantasy DVD 
3.5
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Roger Ebert
By the end of the film what started out as a contest between two opposite personalities has expanded into a choice between two completely different attitudes toward life 
3.5
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Steven Rea
Released in 1 492 theaters on Friday Christopher Columbus The Discovery should be gone from most of them faster than you can hoist the mainsails and shiver your timbers 
1.5
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Jeff Shannon
The film benefits greatly from the use of three totally authentic ship replicas but the real thing as presented in the PBS series about Columbus is still much more inspiring 
2
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Gene Siskel
George Corraface would look more comfortable in a Calvin Klein underwear ad than at the helm of a ship 
1
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Roger Ebert
This movie takes one of history s great stories and treats it in such a lackluster manner that Columbus voyage seems as endless to us as it did to his crew 
1
30 Beats
Robert Levin
The characters are props in what s essentially a lame screenwriting exercise 
1.5
30 Beats
Michael Dequina
A clever storytelling structure can easily be reduced to a mere gimmick when there s no story of worth to tell 
2
30 Beats
Sara Stewart
In 30 Beats the conversational foreplay is hopelessly flaccid 
1.5
30 Beats
Joe Williams
Where the original play La Ronde was a social satire about the transmission of venereal disease 30 Beats is a sickly stepchild 
1.5
30 Beats
Diego Semerene
While it lends itself to some interesting insight on the politics of non exclusive buddy dynamics its characters are ultimately too one dimensional and their dialogue too theatrical to sustain an involving cinematic experience 
1
30 Beats
Rex Reed
Under the circumstances even first rate New York stage actors like Thomas Sadoski and Justin Kirk seem uncertain and tentative 
1
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
Liam Lacey
An ingratiating but overly contrived Canadian coming of age tale 
2
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
Bruce DeMara
The Year My Mom Was Dolly Parton relies on a good but not great script well drawn characters and performances and a pleasant fuzzy sense of a simpler time 
2.5
Erik the Viking
Roger Ebert
An utterly worthless exercise in waste and wretched excess uninformed by the slightest spark of humor wit or coherence 
0
Fat
Linda Barnard
Documentary like in execution Fat doesn t hold back as Ken reveals both his body and the most intimate details of his life 
2.5
The Incoherents
Roger Moore
A midlife crisis getting the band back together comedy that was never going to amount to much more than an idle not unpleasant movie you sit through but don t really enjoy 
1.5
Lock Up
David Nusair
Lock Up benefits from a midsection and second half that 8217 s been peppered with several memorable interludes and standout sequences 46 46 46 
3
Lock Up
Matt Brunson
The summer of 1989 was the summer of Batman Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Lethal Weapon 2 and several other sizable hits so who in their right mind wanted to waste time and money on a generic Stallone prison flick 
1.5
The Three Musketeers
Brian Eggert
Anderson 8217 s customary slapdash approach spoils everything onscreen 44 and his notable roster of performers 44 not to mention his audience 44 suffer for it 46 
1
The Three Musketeers
David Nusair
The Three Musketeers saddled with a distressingly slight narrative progresses into a momentum free midsection generally devoid of compelling interludes or interesting character based moments 
1.5
The Three Musketeers
Roger Moore
A befouling of Dumas 
1
The Three Musketeers
Jeff Beck
While you re busy looking at the special effects you ll begin to notice that there s not really anything in the way of substance like a well thought out plot and characters that you care about 
2.5
The Three Musketeers
Linda Cook
You might mistake the sound of swashbuckling for what it really is Alexandre Dumas spinning in his grave Much closer to Pirates of the Caribbean lite than it is to The Three Musketeers this makes a mess of the classic Dumas tale 
1
The Three Musketeers
John Wirt
A frequent choice for transposing fiction into film The Three Musketeers returns as an action filled slight diversion 
2
The Three Musketeers
Peter Keough
Logan Lerman s adolescent D Artagnan has a haircut that makes him look like Ally Sheedy Christoph Waltz imitates a lisping John Malkovich as Cardinal Richelieu and Milla Jovovitch turns Milady de Winter into an insipid ninja 
2
The Three Musketeers
Josh Hurst
By the time we see sword fights onboard airships the movie finally realizes what it needs to be goofy silly fun Too bad that comes after 90 minutes of failed opportunities 
1.5
The Three Musketeers
Mark Feeney
Call it the Robert Downey Jr Meets Sherlock Holmes Effect A classic popular adventure gets overblown juiced up and generally CGI ified 
2
The Three Musketeers
Matt Brunson
Break out those No 2 pencils cuz it s time for a pop quiz Which line of dialogue is NOT spoken in the latest screen adaptation of The Three Musketeers 
1
The Three Musketeers
Glenn Lovell
Stiff baby faced Lerman could be the Mouseketeer in the Iron Mask In spots this blend of Dumas and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sparks to life as the perfect Saturday matinee for 12 year olds 
2
The Three Musketeers
Scott Nash
I would never call this version a classic but I was fairly entertained by it Should a sequel be made as the ending so clearly anticipates I would happily go to see it 
2.5
The Three Musketeers
Jaime N. Christley
A moment s patience is soon rewarded by Anderson s vast store of rich intoxicating imagery 
3
The Three Musketeers
Liam Lacey
All the borderline pantomime acting and wigged buffoonery is deliberate and silly but The Three Musketeers remains charmless a romp brought down by its lead footed script 
1.5
The Three Musketeers
Michael Phillips
Seriously What the hell 
1
The Three Musketeers
Peter Howell
The very existence of this film illustrates barrel scraping desperation of the Hollywood kind 
1.5
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Peter Howell
Far more fascinating than the romance between Paul Gauthier s and Genevieve Bujold s characters in the 1967 Quebec timepiece Entre la mer et l eau douce are the insights the film provides into separatism 
3
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Stephen Cole
Even though some scenes have inevitably lost emotional currency Brault s first feature remains a fascinating boldly authoritative examination of Quebec society in the turbulent interlude between the eras of Maurice Duplessis and Rene Levesque 
3.5
Monster Road
Walter Chaw
Does what it does with a clear workmanlike precision 
2.5
Bodied
Christian Toto
It s the PC culture takedown we need now more than ever 
3
Bodied
Joe Friar
The aggressive and uproarious film packs a wallop as the viewer is left incapacitated by the lyrical poetry in full flow Khan s film is refreshing fearless and intensified 
3.5
Bodied
Chad Jones
Along the way there are good laughs brain rattling battles and the kind of incisive social commentary that actually surprises with its targets and revelations 
3
Bodied
Mark Dujsik
I t is an entertaining and subversive conversation starter 
3
Bodied
Roger Moore
Beer through your nose hilarious
3
Bodied
Joey Magidson
This movie is an intense and often amusing experience Those easily offended will run screaming from the theater but if you can take hard edged satire Bodied has a lot to say 
3
Bodied
Matt Zoller Seitz
Scene for scene this is a remarkable film superbly acted directed photographed and edited thought provoking but unpretentious 
3.5
Bodied
Jake Cole
The anti P C scorn that establishes a white boy s nervous entry into rap gradually becomes a sincere if hilarious treatise on the impossibility of reducing art to value judgments 
3
Bodied
Mike McGranaghan
Overwrought to the point of becoming tiresome 
2
Bodied
Brent McKnight
Bodied isn t for the easily offended it ll make you squirm and it s a total banger best seen with a crowd 
3.5
Bodied
Bill Chambers
What you need to know about this movie is that it s loud and long 
1.5
Bodied
Barry Hertz
An outrageous and outrageously entertaining treatise on cultural sensitivity 
3
James White
Rick Bentley
The movie is so engaging there are times when it becomes almost overwhelming But that is a glowing sign of how well the movie is acted and put together 
3
James White
Robert Horton
Abbott s performance is serious and committed James White is constantly fuming in an interior dispute with the rest of the world 
3
James White
Soren Andersen
The experience of watching James White is like being shut up in a small dark airless room a sickroom 
2
James White
Mark Dujsik
Wisely James White leaves the unresolved troubles and feelings of its eponymous character unresolved 
3
James White
Steven Rea
An accomplished and compelling film by writer director Josh Mond James White is also pretty much a bummer 
3
James White
Ann Hornaday
James White gets up close and personal in often discomfiting ways but it s never exploitative or glib It hits the highs and the rock bottoms and all the damnable stuff in between 
3.5
James White
Mick LaSalle
James White starts well descends into cliche and ends in ambiguity but for about 30 of its 80 minutes writer director Josh Mond is on to something 
2
James White
Matt Pais
The rare movie that refuses to go easy on the experience of having a serious illness or what it takes to take care of someone who does 
3
James White
Julia Cooper
With an intimacy caught in tight close ups Abbott and Nixon hold the pared down script and each other gently Like grief itself this film might knock the wind right out of you 
3.5
James White
Peter Howell
Abbott s feral depiction of such fierce loyalty is something close to brilliant 
3
James White
Glenn Lovell
an intense ultimately uplifting character study Sex in the City s Nixon is so good as the title character s stricken mother she should be remembered come Oscar nomination time 
3
James White
Veronika Ferdman
director Josh Mond s marching orders to the viewer are clear watch Abbott s face for it is the mise en scne 
3.5
James White
Peter Travers
Josh Mond s debut film is the indie find of the year filled with scenes that hit like a shot in the heart Cynthia Nixon digs so deep into her character that you can feel her nerve endings 
3.5
James White
Brett McCracken
One of the strengths of James White is its subtlety It has things to say about modern life and especially the twentysomething male experience but they are never said as much as pictured 
3
James White
Kyle Smith
Alas for James sadness is not a jerk license and his bid to seem dark and complicated merely comes across as tiresome self pity 
1
James White
Stephen Rebello
James White is a deeply moving debut for Mond a gorgeously made beautifully acted stunner that is especially painful because it s so obvious that it comes from a deep personal place But the movie s worth every moment you give it 
3.5
James White
Jesse Cataldo
It confronts the hard realities of a world in which few make it to maturity without their share of scars and no one makes it out of adulthood alive 
3
James White
David Nusair
it ultimately does seem as though the writer director simply didn t have enough material to justify a full length feature 
2
James White
Brian Tallerico
A devastating dissection of a man who s forced out of his arrested development and into adulthood by extreme tragedy and the responsibility that comes with it 
4
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
Matt Brunson
The classic scene involves Ambrose receiving four parking tickets in a row but other comic set pieces are just as effective 
3.5
Mrs. Doubtfire
Bill Cosford
You can t take Mrs Doubtfire seriously for a moment its daddy track sympathies notwithstanding and you ll know exactly where it s going at every turn You ll laugh though Robin Williams will not be denied 
2.5
Mrs. Doubtfire
Steve Rhodes
I laughed so hard several times that I had trouble stopping 
3.5
Mrs. Doubtfire
Roger Ebert
The film is not as amusing as the premise and there were long stretches when I d had quite enough of Mrs Doubtfire 
2.5
Mrs. Doubtfire
James Berardinelli
In terms of plot the film is rather feeble but sometimes there s more to a movie than story and this is one of those rare occasions when all the other elements pull together and lift the production 
3
Benji the Hunted
Richard Freedman
It s perfect for snoozing to if Benji s soundless adventures begin to pall as they may for post nine year olds 
2.5
Benji the Hunted
Austin Kennedy
I liked individual moments and could have been good as a whole if Camp was also concerned with the human cast giving good performances and if the movie had an appropriate score 
2.5
Miracle Mile
David Nusair
De Jarnatt does a superb job of cultivating a vibe of bleak apocalyptic hopelessness 
3.5
Miracle Mile
Walter Chaw
Monograph for MIRACLE MILE now available 
4
Miracle Mile
Roger Ebert
Miracle Mile has the logic of one of those nightmares in which you re sure something is terrible hopeless and dangerous but you can t get anyone to listen to you Besides you have a sneaking suspicion that you might be mistaken 
3
Opera Jawa
Jonathan Curiel
Blood and beauty are set in tandem leaving the audience to wrestle with the contradictions that director Nugroho highlights in a film that stands out by any standard of cinema 
4
Santa & Andrés
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An interesting but disappointingly irregular study of two people during the Cuban revolution in the 1980s Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Parent Trap II
David Nusair
There s really not much here worth recommending as The Parent Trap II features a predictable and overtly silly storyline that has evidently been dumbed down to appeal solely to small children 
1
Charlie Zone
Adam Nayman
There isn t a whole lot of style to Charlie Zone but the movie making is as determined and efficient and thrifty as Avery himself 
2.5
Charlie Zone
Bruce DeMara
Charlie Zone with its dark vision intricate plot and noir ish style suggests Melski is a Canadian filmmaker to watch 
2.5
The Other Side of the Bed
David Nusair
a breezy and fun ride that s enjoyable but instantly forgettable 
2.5
The Other Side of the Bed
Liam Lacey
Martinez Lazaro s blend of erotic farce and Europop musical is so blandly slick and skin cream deep it barely leaves an impression never mind anything to embrace 
2
The Other Side of the Bed
Bill Chambers
Call it Stepford Almodvar
2
The Other Side of the Bed
James Verniere
Frequently pleasant and boasting an appealing young cast 
2.5
The Other Side of the Bed
Wesley Morris
If you re looking for an amusing endorsement for cheating your socks off you ve come to the right place 
2.5
The Other Side of the Bed
Ruthe Stein
Director Emilio Martinez Lazaro fails to provide a consistent tone for his movie which totters between earnest realism and camp 
2
Virtuosity
David Nusair
46 46 46 mostly watchable yet thoroughly erratic 46 46 46 
2.5
Virtuosity
Mal Vincent
Someone should have told Washington He plays the hero in such a stiff above it all manner that you get the idea he can t wait to pick up his paycheck 
2
Virtuosity
Michael Dequina
Shallow stuff but the solid visual effects decent stunts and the work of Washington and Crowe make it watchable 
3
Virtuosity
Mick LaSalle
The presence of Washington lends the picture a much needed dose of authenticity But in the end Virtuosity is disconnected and uninvolving 
1
Virtuosity
Mike Clark
Someone should tell Hollywood that the mass killer genre is dead and that its virtual reality counterpart is already wheezing 
1.5
Virtuosity
Roger Ebert
Virtuosity is an example of a struggle that goes on in Hollywood between formula and invention 
3
Virtuosity
Madeleine Williams
Disappointing action movie which doesn t ever fully exploit the possibilities of its premise 
2
Virtuosity
Chris Hicks
There are some interesting ideas at work here with potential for commentary on news vs entertainment and violence in America But it remains unexplored 
1.5
Virtuosity
Scott Rosenberg
There s a tiredness to its action sequences and a dullness about its plotting that no amount of special effects legerdemain can hide 
2
Virtuosity
James Berardinelli
Given Washington s presence and the promise of a virtual reality action story Virtuosity has some appeal provided of course the viewers aren t selective 
2
Quilombo
Roger Ebert
The movie s scenery and costumes are by Luiz Carlos Ripper who deserves special mention for having created a very particular original world 
3
Pan
Frank Ochieng
However the whimsical aspect of Pan was dubiously over shadowed over produced yet curiously understated in its ability to convey a storytelling moment that did not seem laborious 
2
Pan
Lisa Jensen
It s a shipwrecked extravaganza for an audience that doesn t exist 
1
Pan
Mike McGranaghan
A soulless special effects extravaganza Quite possibly the least pleasurable Peter Pan story in any format ever 
1.5
Pan
Linda Cook
Pan just peters out 
2
Pan
Matt Brunson
Hey it could be worse It could be Spielberg s Hook 
2
Pan
John Serba
A charmless mix of Pirates of the Caribbean and The Color Run 
1.5
Pan
John Hanlon
When the cast starts singing Here we are now entertain us it sounds like more of a plea from the audience itself Shouldn t a story about Peter Pan be at least a little entertaining 
2.0
Pan
Walter Chaw
It reminds me most of Sylvain Chomet s The Triplets of Belleville It s great 
3.5
Pan
James Berardinelli
The film fulfills its limited mandate of providing fast paced adventure and some nice eye candy without adding anything memorable to the tale of The Boy Who Can Fly 
2.5
Pan
Chris Knight
This Pan isn t likely to age well but what do you expect from a story that refuses to grow up 
2.5
Pan
Peter Travers
This joyless juiceless Pan is a theme park ride from hell 
1
Pan
Stephen Whitty
For all the eye popping effects and hyperkinetic action there s no joyful innocence here There s no sense of childlike wonder Just a lifeless machine dully ticking away like a clock in a crocodile s belly 
1.5
Pan
Willie Waffle
It might not be the best Peter Pan story but thankfully this one doesn t have Brian Williams daughter cackling like a rooster 
2.5
Pan
Kate Taylor
In fashioning a creation myth for Peter Pan director Joe Wright and writer Jason Fuchs have produced such a thin story that they reduce rather than amplify J M Barrie s famous characters 
2
Pan
Anders Wright
Yes Pan is a fresh take on Peter and while it introduces us to Neverland and a boy who will eventually never grow up it does almost nothing to attempt to explain how or why he becomes the character we all know so well 
1.5
Pan
Sean P. Means
By the end the only happy thought Pan inspires is a desire to flee the theater 
1
Pan
Tom Russo
Passable adventure that offers the occasional flash of real cleverness 
2.5
Pan
Rafer Guzman
A botched interpretation of the classic story that trades spectacle for coherence 
1.5
Pan
Mark Dujsik
The movie s generic plot and characters are entirely in the service of its design elements 
2
Pan
Lou Lumenick
This joyless 10 megaton bomb fails in just about every imaginable way as well as some you couldn t possibly imagine 
0
Pan
Calvin Wilson
Wright seems overwhelmed by the material and he fails to make us care about any of the characters 
2.5
Pan
Lawrence Toppman
Writer Simon Fuchs begins with a reasonable idea we re all likely to be curious about the origins of Peter Pan and does unreasonable things ever after 
1.5
Pan
Michael Smith
The movie is meant to be a grand adventure but once we learn his origins the movie becomes merely a collection of mayhem filled set pieces with giant wooden boats flying around at what feels like 5 mph and crashing into things 
1.5
Pan
Bill Zwecker
This is a good film that will be enjoyed both by pre teen children and the parents who likely will join them at the multiplexes around the country 
3
Pan
Stephanie Merry
The movie doesn t so much enhance our understanding of the flying boy as it demonstrates how little thought went into crafting his back story 
1.5
Pan
Michael Phillips
The official worst ever Peter Pan film adaptation of any sort And that includes Hook 
1
Pan
Mick LaSalle
There s a formula here to be studied for future movies Just take whatever they did in Pan and do something else 
1
Pan
Rex Reed
The noise you hear is J M Barrie turning over in his grave 
2
Pan
Dustin Putman
Stands out from the crowd of modern family features driven by a desire to match its title character s rebellious essence It is always better to be ambitious and work only some of the time than to never or rarely try at all 
2.5
Pan
Susan Wloszczyna
Why do filmmakers continue to feel the need to squeeze all the joy and magic out of such a remarkably enduring figure of Edwardian era make believe as J M Barrie s Peter Pan 
1
Pan
Matt Pais
Joe Wright s apparent attempt to do a Baz Luhrmann version of several Disney rides at once 
0.5
Pan
Peter Howell
It appears all involved had a grand ol time making Pan the latest and loopiest retelling of the story of Peter Pan Too bad for the audience though 
2
Pan
Rick Bentley
It s a mishmash of ideas that aren t bad They just aren t that good either 
2.5
Pan
Scott Renshaw
The character s singlemost defining trait is that he never wants to grow up Yet somehow someone thought it was a brilliant idea to suggest that the legend of that mischievous eternal adolescent began with him learning to accept his heroic destiny 
2
Pan
Tony Hicks
The end suggests there are plans for more chapters to the story If so someone needs to reassess the formula This wasn t a movie that needed making 
2
Pan
Eric Henderson
Joe Wright s film could fuel an entire series of incredulous episodes of the How Did This Get Made podcast 
1.5
Pan
Kam Williams
A special f x driven prequel very loosely based on the J M Barrie offering a riveting roller coaster ride well designed to enthrall tykes for two hours straight 
3
The Hedgehog
Mattie Lucas
Walks a fine line between sentimentality and cynicism and emerges as a lovely and modern fable 
2.5
The Hedgehog
Kelly Jane Torrance
Garance Le Guillermic is irresistible making a character that could come off as a haughty brat utterly delightful 
3
The Hedgehog
Chris Foran
A French drama that finds its power in the little moments 
3
The Hedgehog
Calvin Wilson
The Hedgehog sneaks up on you with its heartfelt storytelling and sophisticated wit 
3.5
The Hedgehog
Anita Katz
Portrayed by Balasko with nuance grace intelligence and humor Renee is a quietly terrific portrait of a deserving dynamic woman who has long gone unnoticed 
3
The Hedgehog
Chris Hewitt
With her film Achache achieves a rare thing She is faithful to the spirit of a terrific book but finds ways to make it come alive on film 
3
The Hedgehog
Moira MacDonald
A reminder that sometimes the movies can get a beloved book exactly right 
3.5
The Hedgehog
Roger Ebert
This a movie with such a light stylish touch it makes no claims to profundity and is a sweetly hopeful experience 
3
The Hedgehog
Michael O'Sullivan
The Hedgehog is a treat a movie that s smart grown up wry and deeply moving 
3
The Hedgehog
Mark Feeney
Enchantment will go a long way toward overcoming implausibility but there s not enough of the former here and far too much of the latter 
2.5
The Hedgehog
Peter Keough
Mona Achache s adaptation of Muriel Barbery s best seller maintains a goofy tone and avoids the treacle until it pulls a ploy that Camus would never have approved of 
2.5
The Hedgehog
G. Allen Johnson
What does happen seems to happen in slow motion 
1
The Hedgehog
Tirdad Derakhshani
An enchanting grown up fairy tale about the redemptive power of love 
3.5
The Hedgehog
Kyle Smith
Gentle tender and very French The Hedgehog is cinematic poetry too bad about that prosaic plotting 
3
The Hedgehog
Roger Moore
The sweet the comic and the tragic blend together most agreeably in the winsome French romance The Hedgehog 
3.5
The Hedgehog
Nick Schager
As with Submarine The Hedgehog proves that Rushmore s influence has now completely spread across the Atlantic 
1.5
The Hedgehog
Marty Mapes
Solid character study of hidden personalities in one apartment building
3.5
The Hedgehog
Erik Childress
Develops into a deeply charming and smile worthy little film with Balasko drawing us in bit by bit as she opens up to Kakuro s more than casual advances And if you leave with ten minutes left to spare you will be able to hold onto those feelings 
3
The Hedgehog
Kent Turner
It earns every ounce of its sentimentality aided by the understated performance of juvenile actress Garance Le Gullermic 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Sean P. Means
The witty and fast paced animated Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a lot more than leftovers 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tracie Cooper
Thankfully what the film lacks in suspense it delivers in plain old fun Whether it s a favorite dish a ragged stuffed animal or an animated movie sometimes the comfort that comes along with fun is sustenance enough 
3.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
John Beifuss
The production design is so imaginative and amusing that it makes not only most live action fantasy films but most computer animated features with their paradoxical insistence on photorealism look conventional and timid 
3.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Bill Zwecker
Suspend your ideas about what is logical or truly real and just have a nice 90 minute escape into the brightly colorful world directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn and their team have created here 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Cathy Jakicic
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 captures the goofy fun of the first course while offering some completely original giggles 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Linda Cook
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a serviceable sequel that s not as tasty as its predecessor 
2.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Jeff Beck
Like its predecessor it s not a bad film by any means but you can feel how hard the filmmakers are trying as they attempt to stretch out a simple story into a feature 
2.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Kam Williams
A dazzling and delightful sequel every bit as charming as the original 
4
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Willie Waffle
If you can t laugh at a screaming leek in a boat you don t deserve to live 
3.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Brian Tallerico
The world of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a cleverly conceived one the design of the film is engaging on all levels and the voice cast is great It s the story that fails to engage beyond the glittering surface 
2.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie works thanks to its brisk pace it seems as if animated films these days are far better paced than their increasingly bloated lumbering live action counterparts cheerful humor and awesome visual ideas 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Peter Hartlaub
A humorous yet unfocused romp so unwilling to settle on a single theme that hyperactivity medication should be handed out with the 3 D glasses 
2
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
David Hiltbrand
This scrumptious sequel follows the same recipe as the 2009 original 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Austin Kennedy
It s visually impressive However that script just doesn t have the unexpected magic of the first one 
2.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
John Serba
Like its predecessor the sequel is paced like a triple Skittle and espresso cocktail 
2.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Mark Dujsik
Like its predecessor the film is silly for the sake of being silly and it buys into that premise wholeheartedly which is the film s most significant charm 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Dustin Putman
An obligatory also ran missing the edible magic that made the one before it so delectable 
2
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Mike Clark
There s not a surprise or moment of tension to be found here but the film is all energy and color that makes the discomfort of 3 D glasses seem worth it 
2.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Tom Russo
It s another brightly rendered effort but as the title indicates a lot of the real creativity seems to have been used up the first time around 
2
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Rafer Guzman
Mostly Cloudy 2 relies on the usual noxious recipe for junky kid flicks loud noise pop music and poop jokes 
1.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Kyle Smith
Whelk I hope the makers of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs earned a nice celery but I m afraid they made a hash of things A hash seasoned with oy sauce 
1
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Sean O'Connell
Kids will chuckle for sure But parents who were pleasantly surprised by the original film s intelligence will miss Lord and Miller s guiding hands as what once felt so funny now leaves a stale taste 
1.5
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Jocelyn Noveck
Some might find these tiresome but let s just note here that this is a kid movie and KIDS LOVE PUNS So they laugh at There s a leek in the boat And they laugh even more the second time 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Jon Niccum
Cloudy 2 is witty and vibrant full of strange sights and nifty punch lines But it also has some cogent things to say about our enterprising society that are anything but cloudy 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Chris Hewitt
It s almost as delightful as the first one 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Michael Phillips
Better in every respect than the original Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Linda Barnard
At its heart Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is fun even if it is occasionally so chaotic it tramples the movie s flow like a herd of stampeding Buffaloafs 
3
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Eric Henderson
This sequel strenuously works to form a total inversion of the first movie s relationship with food 
2
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Roger Moore
Pretty to look at but inferior in every other important way 
2
Arthur Christmas
Brian Eggert
It softens your heart 44 makes you laugh 44 and provides a lighthearted time at the movies 46 
3
Arthur Christmas
Kelly Jane Torrance
Arthur Christmas isn t going to end up a Christmas classic But it s worth seeing this year It has old fashioned values with a modern mind set 
3
Arthur Christmas
Craig D. Lindsey
It may look like a holiday trifle but it s still a sleigh ride worth taking 
3
Arthur Christmas
Mike Scott
Aimed squarely at children but painless to keep grown ups from checking their watches 
3
Arthur Christmas
John Serba
It occasionally toes the line of manic hyperactivity but never becomes shrill or too cloyingly sentimental or rife with lazy bodily function humor as some overeager family fare can be 
3
Arthur Christmas
Scott Nash
It s a delightfully funny Christmas tale with plenty of jokes for young and old alike 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Chris Knight
A film that kids and grown ups can enjoy in equal measure 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Roger Moore
The Aardman animators know a thing or three about sight gags and throw away lines and they pile up quickly here 
3
Arthur Christmas
Jeff Beck
There are moments of charm and it is a sweet story which kids might find entertaining enough but chances are they will become just as restless as my crowd as the film stretches on 
2.5
Arthur Christmas
Sara Michelle Fetters
Original and inspired this joyful animated frolic is seriously entertaining audiences of all ages sure to eat up its heartwarming Yule tied message of family resilience and togetherness that s as touching as it is wonderful 
3
Arthur Christmas
Mark Deming
In a season unexpectedly full of quality family films Arthur Christmas may have to fight for the attention it deserves but if there was ever an example of a film that s a crowd pleaser without talking down to its audience this is it 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Amy Biancolli
It s as bright and twinkling as a Christmas tree decked with warmth and humor 
3
Arthur Christmas
John Beifuss
A scene in which zebras elephants and other African animals float like balloons in the air after an accidental dusting of Santa s flying reindeer magic is close to surreal poetry 
3
Arthur Christmas
Matt Brunson
The idea of a Santa with a non American accent will probably irk the same stateside folks who bristle at the thought of a non Caucasian Jesus but the mostly British cast has been carefully selected 
3
Arthur Christmas
Rene Rodriguez
The movie fails utterly at coming up with a story that merits all the eye candy 
2
Arthur Christmas
David Nusair
An absolutely disastrous piece of work 
1
Arthur Christmas
James Berardinelli
With a clever script that successfully updates many Christmas myths and dialogue that crackles with sophisticated wit this movie offers the kind of pre holiday experience that parents and children alike will appreciate 
3
Arthur Christmas
Keith Cohen
This is a definite Oscar contender for Best Animated Film It has a great story spectacular visuals and a fantastic musical score by composer Harry Gregson Williams It bears a striking resemblance to the timeless Christmas classic The Polar Express 
3
Arthur Christmas
John Anderson
The results are not only funny and fresh but represent a new way of tackling the whole yuletide paradigm Santa as a high tech hereditary monarchy 
3
Arthur Christmas
Jon Niccum
Arthur Christmas is sometimes a bit hectic in its execution but overall it s a fine addition to the pantheon of wacky cinematic speculation about how Santa gets the job done 
3
Arthur Christmas
Rick Groen
For the kids the action is always lively and for the rest of us the dialogue has a witty and even caustic edge 
3
Arthur Christmas
Michael O'Sullivan
Unexpectedly fresh despite the familiar sounding premise 
3
Arthur Christmas
Kyle Smith
An animated kiddie comedy that delivers all the wonder you d expect in a movie about a guy delivering one package 
0.5
Arthur Christmas
Bruce DeMara
Hilarious fast paced and superbly entertaining 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Willie Waffle
Equal parts old fashioned heart and new fashioned sass and visual stimulus
3
Arthur Christmas
Dustin Putman
Arthur Christmas is imaginatively crafted and its computer animation is divine With its wide ranging international locations and and seasonal color scheme watching the film once doesn t quite seem like enough 
3
Arthur Christmas
Mark Dujsik
Arthur Christmas might be choppily paced but its bursts of imagination and emotion make up for it 
3
Arthur Christmas
Chris Hewitt
I miss the imperfect hand made quality of the stop motion movies but Arthur retains Aardman s flair for distinctive character design and voice work 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Cathy Jakicic
Arthur is so full of clever visual humor and throwaway background jokes that multiple viewings may be needed to take it all in 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Lawrence Toppman
Watching Arthur Christmas is like doing your holiday shopping on Dec 23 fun and frantic exciting and maddening You come away feeling warm hearted and exhausted wondering if more forethought might have led to a smoother more satisfying experience 
2.5
Arthur Christmas
Tom Russo
Take it as you will a special Christmastime treat or a gift wrapped cross promotional fruitcake um thanks from Aardman s Hollywood partners 
3
Arthur Christmas
Matt Soergel
Moments of wild inspiration and dry wit help to compensate for the forgettable title character All the fun is happening around him resulting in a story that goes from antic to blah and back again 
2.5
Arthur Christmas
Scott Bowles
What makes Arthur sing is that it plays as much like a family comedy as a holiday film 
3
Arthur Christmas
Michael Phillips
It s good Frantic yes sometimes aggressively so There s some padding in the airborne sequences built to exploit the 3 D format But a tender and upbeat spirit informs the writing and the execution 
3
Arthur Christmas
Jody Mitori
Arthur Christmas stays sweet without becoming overly sentimental and is filled with sly details and smart action sequences 
3
Arthur Christmas
Matt Pais
Good for a smile and a headache 
2.5
Arthur Christmas
John Hartl
The movie is dense with witty visual detail that helps to distract from the somewhat trumped up moral dilemma at its center 
3.5
Arthur Christmas
Peter Keough
The traditional Aardman style of witty detailed and ingeniously designed storytelling 
3
Arthur Christmas
Nick Schager
Old school holiday goodwill trumps modern high tech impersonality in Arthur Christmas 
3
Arthur Christmas
David Germain
In her directing debut Aardman veteran Sarah Smith and her co writer Peter Baynham offer a fresh look at the Santa legend a flawed Claus 
3
#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump
Richard Roeper
The illuminating film more personal than political argues that psychiatrists have a duty to speak out on the president s more disturbing behavior 
3
Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage
Nathalie Atkinson
It s not a concert documentary and it s not a biopic a eulogy or as flattering as it is even really a tribute If anything it s like the space between songs on an album a moment of reflection 
2
Red Cliff
Rob Thomas
It s like the most complicated game of Stratego ever Still if you used to while away Saturday afternoons watching martial arts epics on cable you ll have a good time 
2.5
Red Cliff
Keith Cohen
This is one of the best foreign language films of 2009 Woo demonstrates a storytelling style of swiftness and grandeur that has been compared to the samurai classics of Akira Kurosawa 
3.5
Red Cliff
Robert W. Butler
As drama Red Cliff is overwrought As spectacle though John Woo s latest is the real thing an old fashioned cast of thousands collision of armies 
2.5
Red Cliff
John Beifuss
It reminded me of a Road Runner cartoon The battlefield violence is essentially repetitious but Woo the auteur as Wile E Coyote introduces gimmicks the tortoise formation tricks and variations to keep things interesting 
3
Red Cliff
Joe Williams
Woo has re embraced his Chinese roots with brutal commitment 
3
Red Cliff
Roger Moore
Flaws and all you can t watch a frame of it without feeling that it has been generations since Hollywood tackled anything on this scale 
3
Red Cliff
Stephen Cole
It s a historical war movie with impressive sweep strong characterizations and the kind of idiosyncratic flourishes that made Woo such an irresistible storyteller 
3
Red Cliff
Jason Anderson
What remains is still plenty rousing especially to moviegoers eager to see Woo regain his footing after an increasingly dismal series of outings in Hollywood 
3.5
Red Cliff
Chris Hewitt
I left the movie thinking Wow those were some really good formations those soldiers invented Who were they again anyway 
2
Red Cliff
Tan Vinh
Not a bad consolation prize but not the complex multilayered drama that made Red Cliff a hit in Asia 
2.5
Red Cliff
Steven Rea
From landscape shots that have the serene beauty of a Han Dynasty watercolor to its dramatic naval engagements and thundering cavalry charges this is magnificent filmmaking and a magnificent film 
3.5
Red Cliff
Wesley Morris
It s almost 2 1 2 hours and too much is corny cramped and vague 
2.5
Red Cliff
Joe Neumaier
Overlong but ambitious Woo proves he s as good at tactical maneuvers as he is at close quarters combat 
3
Red Cliff
Stephen Whitty
What we re seeing isn t all that Woo intended It s merely a strong reminder of just how good he can be 
3
Red Cliff
Robert Levin
The characters function less as flesh and blood figures than obtuse archetypes They look and act as if they know they belong in an epic 
2.5
Red Cliff
Nick Schager
The film s shortcomings have less to do with Woo s orchestration of his ambitious tale and more to do with the Frankenstein hatchet job enacted against it 
2.5
Lady Sings the Blues
Matt Brunson
Much of it is bosh but it s held together by the inspired casting of Diana Ross 
2.5
Lady Sings the Blues
Eric Henderson
Berry Gordy s gift to Diana Ross was this lavish bloated Billie Holiday biopic 
2
Lady Sings the Blues
Roger Ebert
The movie is filled with many of the great Billie Holiday songs and Ross handles them in an interesting way She doesn t sing in her own style and she never tries to imitate Holiday but she sings somehow in the manner of Holiday 
3
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Chris Hewitt
This footage nicely captures the punky energy of the band s early performances but the homemade approach doesn t work so well in contemporary footage with band member Mike Watt 
2.5
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Elizabeth Weitzman
This is an insider s tour the uninitiated are frankly not likely to be converted 
2.5
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
James Parker
The filmmakers have assembled a remarkable cast of voices including Henry Rollins Flea Ian MacKaye Thurston Moore Richard Hell J Mascis critic Richard Meltzer and Watt s mom 
3
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Jeff Shannon
The Minutemen were influential then and now and We Jam Econo is a valentine to the band and D Boon s memory They re immortal now and that s as it should be 
3
Tequila Sunrise
Dave Kehr
Towne has a tremendous gift for creating dialogue that is concise expressive and distinctive without advertising its own cleverness and Tequila Sunrise is worth seeing just to be heard 
3
Tequila Sunrise
Roger Ebert
An intriguing movie with interesting characters but it might have worked better if it had found a cleaner narrative line from beginning to end 
2.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Mattie Lucas
The searing images and powerful performances ultimately overpower the sometimes overripe direction 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Wesley Lovell
Anchored by a terrific performance by Shohreh Aghdashloo The Stoning of Soraya M explores the disturbing lives of women in the more radical regions of the Middle East 
3.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Robert W. Butler
Often feels more like propaganda than drama 
2.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Greg Quill
Despite some wonderful performances the plot plods inexorably and with sickening predictability towards the inevitable conclusion but nothing can prepare us for the actual event which Nowrasteh films in real time and in shocking detail 
2
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Stephen Cole
Though The Stoning of Soraya M s heart is in the right place its head is lost in storm clouds of anger 
2
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Keith Cohen
The magnificent performance by Aghdashloo is worth the price of admission 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
John Hartl
The spoiler is in the title of The Stoning of Soraya M a powerful relentlessly brutal drama about Iranian capital punishment 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Joe Williams
This broadside against sharia law lacks the finesse of an import but it s effectively melodramatic particularly because of the strong performance of Iranian born actress Shoreh Aghdashloo
2.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Rene Rodriguez
At the end when a photograph of the real Soraya flashes across the screen your heart breaks for the poor woman but your ears are relieved that the film has finally stopped shouting at you 
2
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Camerin Courtney
Seeing this kind of injustice makes me feel challenged by Proverbs 31 8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves ensure justice for those who are perishing 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
V.A. Musetto
The film is plodding and simplistic 
2
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Amy Biancolli
The whole movie marches to that same sad rhythm of unalterable horror illuminated by Joel Ransom s brutal and beautiful cinematography The sum is difficult to watch 
3.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Robert Levin
The film maintains an enveloping power even as its flaws come into full view 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Lisa Kennedy
The more dramatic the material the more restrained the approach ought to be 
2.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Chris Hewitt
Soraya s story seems like it could he a fine film but this isn t it 
2
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Claudia Puig
A shattering and powerful drama 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Stephen Whitty
What keeps us watching is the path from outrage to fear to resigned martyrdom of Mozhan Marno who plays the blameless victim and the speak truth to power courage of Aghdashloo as her tireless advocate desperately looking for justice 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Wesley Morris
This is less a movie than a blunt instrument a bit of political parable a bit more outrage and nary a scrap of real drama or finesse 
2
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Roger Ebert
The Stoning of Soraya M has such a powerful stoning sequence that I recommend it if only for its brutal ideological message 
3
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Nick Schager
The Stoning of Soraya M functions as a message movie slasher film 
1.5
The Stoning of Soraya M.
David Nusair
reduces an admittedly devastating subject matter to a series of eye rollingly hoary clichés and stereotypes 
1
Fire and Ice
Robert W. Butler
Alain Cavalier s film in re release offers plenty of left right labor management humanity ideology contrasts but dramatically it s silly It s worth watching for Schneider who is simply radiant 
2.5
Fire and Ice
Gerald Peary
Rescued now from 1962 oblivion Alain Cavalier s black and white noir is sleek and cool with complicated turns and thrilling shoot outs and stormy betrayals both political and romantic 
3.5
Vampire's Kiss
Matt Brunson
Even by the standards of loony Nicolas Cage performances 44 Vampire apos s Kiss features one of the looniest 46 He pulls out all the stops even some you didn apos t know exist 46 
2.5
Vampire's Kiss
Peter Canavese
Not much in the plot department 40 at least until they spring the twist on you 41 but it apos s dark 44 strange amp very funny 46 This movie 44 along with Raising Arizona amp Moonstruck announced Nicolas Cage apos s enthusiasm for weird 44 but deeply committed 44 comic performances 46 
3
Vampire's Kiss
Josh Larsen
Cage hijacks the movie and turns it into his own private actors laboratory 
1
Corky Romano
Jeffrey Westhoff
Although Corky Romano is not based on a Saturday Night Live sketch it is still as dismal 
1
Corky Romano
David Nusair
the majority of the jokes are obvious and crude 
2
Corky Romano
Blake French
has a wacky side but the wackiness does not tread outside the boundaries of the story 
2
Corky Romano
Frank Ochieng
The film is merely a myopic footnote that cannot match its own nonsensical raucous tone 
1.5
Corky Romano
Mark Dujsik
There s a difference between showmanship and showing off and Kattan has not yet learned that 
0.5
Corky Romano
Michael Dequina
It s surprising some of the silliness actually elicits laughter Not terribly surprising however is that there s not enough of that laughter 
2
Corky Romano
Emily Blunt
Don t see this if you respect anyone in the cast or comedy in general 
0.5
Corky Romano
Gary Brown
Hardly a promising start to the fall season 
1
Corky Romano
Dustin Putman
Chris Kattan is an undoubtedly funny actor far funnier than anything presented in Corky Romano 
2
Corky Romano
Tony Toscano
Don t go out of your way to see it 
1.5
Corky Romano
Bob Graham
It s strictly for someone looking for a goof off 
1
Corky Romano
Tor Thorsen
Every piece of the puzzle seems to be in place Everything except for that big yawning chasm where the hilarious script should be 
1.5
Corky Romano
Rick Groen
Kattan rewards us with the usual comic ratio a mild chuckle or two in 90 minutes or so 
1.5
Corky Romano
Roger Ebert
The concept is exhausted the ideas are tired the physical gags are routine the story is labored the actors look like they can barely contain their doubts about the project 
0.5
Corky Romano
Bob Bloom
A sloppy sophomoric feature 
.25
Corky Romano
Ross Anthony
hops into his yellow Miata and drives a vibrating jolt of solid laughter though audiences for a full hour Silly Slapstick Fun 
3
Corky Romano
Walter Chaw
Marking the first time in recent memory that a non Adam Sandler actor has undermined not only the quality but also the watchability of an entire film
0
Corky Romano
Rob Blackwelder
Why do you suppose Saturday Night Live stars seem to be no more discriminating when picking movie scripts than zoo monkeys are when they eat their own feces 
0
Corky Romano
Robert K. Elder
Is Corky Romano worth your time and money Fuhgeddaboutit 
1.5
Corky Romano
Erik Childress
Many of the comic set pieces or pieces of set pieces fall dead flat ranking this effort somewhere above The Ladies Man but below Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo 
1.5
Corky Romano
Steve Rhodes
After five minutes I was ready to run screaming for the exits 
.5
Corky Romano
James Berardinelli
I survived Corky tee shirts should be given out to everyone who stays until the end credits roll and can provide proof that they didn t take the easy way out of napping 
0.5
Corky Romano
Ed Gonzalez
That fart sound ladies and gentleman is that of Kattan s movie career smashing into a brick wall 
1
Antiviral
Frank Ochieng
The creepy creativity does not fall far from the twisted tree in the filmmaking realm of writer director Brandon Cronenberg his impishly venomous vehicle percolates in the macabre mannerisms of his proud papa David 
2.5
Antiviral
Chris Alexander
I respect ANTIVIRAL but I can t say I liked it But then again I m not sure it wants to be liked In fact I believe it s trying very hard to make you not like it 
2.5
Antiviral
David Nusair
a ridiculous and flat out dumb premise that s employed to terminally underwhelming effect by Cronenberg 
0
Antiviral
Christian Toto
Our Lindsay Lohan obsessed culture gets its comeuppance in this surgically precise satire 
3
Antiviral
John Beifuss
Brandon son of David Cronenberg demonstrates that the diseased tumor doesn t fall far from the infected corpse so to speak He s delivered a movie of smart satirical science fiction concepts and disturbing sometimes bloody images 
3
Antiviral
Moira MacDonald
The pace is uneven the energy sluggish even the arrival of Malcolm McDowell in the third act doesn t pep things up and the film feels overlong 
2
Antiviral
Matt Pais
If weirdness was all that mattered Antiviral would be a must see 
2.5
Antiviral
Farran Smith Nehme
What Jones hasn t been given is a character to play Syd is a cipher neither sympathetic nor hateful nor even interestingly human 
2
Antiviral
Chuck Bowen
A one joke movie a good joke yes but Brandon Cronenberg s agenda clouds the clarity that s needed to fully deliver the punchline 
2
Antiviral
Geoff Pevere
A virtual panoply of high wooziness replete with sweating shakes vomiting rot infected food and more needles piercing skin than rush hour at a free flu clinic 
2
Antiviral
Peter Howell
Obviously influenced by his dad David s early work but also showing a strong personal style Brandon Cronenberg s feature debut is a body horror satire with a point a needle point 
2.5
Antiviral
Erik Childress
Between father and son Antiviral is certainly the most interesting film of the Cronenberg lineage since A History of Violence and easily the most Cronenberg y film since eXistenZ 
3
Antiviral
Bill Chambers
It s pretty silly 
1.5
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Maitland McDonagh
Once upon a time there was a feisty young woman who didn t sit around twiddling her pretty thumbs and singing Someday My Prince Will Come 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A delightful movie full of feisty three dimensional characters romping through comedy romance and otherwise gloriously colorful moments 
3.5
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Judith Egerton
You won t see a fairy godmother flitting from scene to scene Nor will a pumpkin magically transform into a chariot 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Margaret A. McGurk
A high spirited Renaissance romance starring the thoroughly modern Drew Barrymore 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
James Kendrick
A surprisingly passionate reworking of the classic Grimm Brothers tale 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Robert Roten
A neat retelling of a very old story 
3.5
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Susan Stark
Handsomely set in 15th century France it gracefully folds in all sorts of 20th century values 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Steve Rhodes
A delightful retelling and reinventing of the Cinderella legend 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Susan Wloszczyna
Too much talk not enough wooing In the end Ever After s spell is only half cast 
2.5
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Marty Mapes
The most refreshing turn of the summer 
4
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
David N. Butterworth
There are some nice enhancements to the yarn like the stepsisters not being particularly ugly one even turns out to be an ally and the prince not wanting those certain obligations that come with privilege 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Madeleine Williams
Romantics will no doubt enjoy Ever After easily overlooking its flaws Others who attend will find while not a perfect film one which is better than they hoped 
2.5
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
David Keyes
It s Drew Barrymore s movie 
3.5
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Mike McGranaghan
It takes a well worn story and shows us the truth and meaning underneath the dreamy narrative 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Roger Ebert
The old tale still has life and passion in it 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Mick LaSalle
The best Cinderella movie ever 
4
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Rob Blackwelder
The most fun I ve had at the movies all year 
4
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
James Berardinelli
Sure to be a hit with almost everyone who sees it 
3
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Bob Bloom
It s colorful enjoyable and tame enough for the entire family 
3
Made in Hong Kong
Pat Brown
Fruit Chan s quirky gangster adjacent flick so infused with washed out and blue filtered imagery presents a portrait of Hong Kong that bears more than a passing resemblance to Wong Kar wai and Christopher Doyle s early collaborations 
2.5
Wah Do Dem
Kam Williams
Wah do dem Dem a loot dem a shoot dem a wail in shanty towns as the late Desmond Dekker might say since the harder they come they harder they apparently still fall 
3.5
Wah Do Dem
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Wah Do Dem is a brief peripatetic love letter to Jamaican tropes scrawled on hemp stationary 
3
Wah Do Dem
V.A. Musetto
Slight but satisfying 
2.5
Wah Do Dem
Wesley Morris
Wah do dem is Jamaican patois for What s wrong with them a question you could ask at any point during the movie s 76 minutes 
1
Nancy Drew
Mike McGranaghan
For adults there are some pleasures to be found here and there but parents won t be blown away by it the way their daughters will 
2
Nancy Drew
Joe Lozito
Sadly bland update of everyone s favorite girl detective series never rises above its Scooby Doo level plot 
2
Nancy Drew
David N. Butterworth
A refreshing change of pace in today s often mean spirited marketplace 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Forrest Hartman
Although passable Nancy Drew would feel right at home on the Disney Channel or Nickelodeon which means the real mystery is how it ended up with a widespread theatrical release 
2
Nancy Drew
John Wirt
The new Nancy Drew isn t great but it is fun and best of all Emma Roberts breathes lively presence into this classic character 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Sean O'Connell
Too silly stiff and surreal to recommend 
1.5
Nancy Drew
Todd Hertz
It feels like some Nickelodeon like teen detective script In fact with new character names this just as easily could have been called Veronica Mars The Early Years 
2
Nancy Drew
John Beifuss
The film begins by mocking the validity and relevance of its own source material but somehow Nancy Drew survives 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Daniel M. Kimmel
This is one that s a must see for tween girls and which their parents can enjoy if they must 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Moira MacDonald
This Nancy is a throwback but a charming one and Roberts Julia Roberts niece plays her with an irresistible sweetness 
3
Nancy Drew
Gary Brown
Okay it s not L A Confidential but the story was fine and the time passed quickly or is that mercifully 
3
Nancy Drew
Linda Cook
Nancy Drew is a real mystery It s a movie that doesn t know what it wants to be 
2
Nancy Drew
Steve Rhodes
Plays like a rejected pilot for the Nickelodeon cable network even girls of the right age may find themselves pretty bored by this lame and lifeless production 
2
Nancy Drew
Jeffrey Westhoff
Who do they think their audience is Nancy s many fans rightfully will be insulted by the spoofing and everyone else will be confused by the uneven tone and start and stop plot 
2
Nancy Drew
Kit Bowen
Placing the old style teen super sleuth in a contemporary setting is a risky move but buoyed by an appealing lead performance this Nancy Drew update mostly keeps to the spirit of the beloved books 
2.5
Nancy Drew
James Sanford
an enjoyable combination of a typically Nancy Drew ish mystery which includes a murdered screen star and a haunted house and some Clueless style comedy 
3
Nancy Drew
Ken Fox
The movie s refusal to treat young girls like silly tramps in training is almost radical It s just good clean fun and actually offers children of a certain age a role model even adults can feel good about 
3
Nancy Drew
Susan Walker
This Nancy Drew not too sappy and not at all snappy looks fully prepared for the next instalment 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Ruthe Stein
Director Andrew Fleming loses his footing trying to shoehorn Nancy into contemporary times It s a bad fit reminiscent of Woody Allen s short story about a professor who whisks Madame Bovary into modern day Manhattan 
2
Nancy Drew
David Elliott
A recent book on the Nancy Drew mysteries notes that Nancy came along in 1930 just as the first tampons went on sale News to Nancy in 2007 Her love life remains virtuously naive and Betty Boop still thinks she s a square 
2
Nancy Drew
Carla Meyer
Nancy Drew grows too dark and intense in its final act serving to underscore the picture s inconsistent tone 
2
Nancy Drew
Pam Grady
It is smart enough to captivate not just the women who loved the books as kids but also the boys and men that would normally disdain such a chick flick That nice Nancy Drew just has a way of winning people over 
3.5
Nancy Drew
Stephen Whitty
None of the dialogue is particularly pointed and the supposed Hollywood mean teens seem rather tame One of their big pranks involves stealing Nancy s cupcake 
2
Nancy Drew
Jack Mathews
The film s and Nancy s nonjudgmental tone gives it a distinctly modern feel 
3
Nancy Drew
Lou Lumenick
A well written and in many ways pleasing update of a character who has endured in print for 78 years 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Connie Ogle
Tedious interpretation of the famous girl detective s adventures Nancy Drew falls somewhere between The Haunted Mansion and the live action Scooby Doo movies in terms of quality but is more irritating than either 
1.5
Nancy Drew
Glenn Whipp
The threadbare uninteresting plot could be overlooked were it not for the lifelessness surrounding it The filmmakers mix tones and eras without purpose or effect The appealing Roberts struggles to carry the burden Wholesomeness shouldn t be so hard 
2
Nancy Drew
Amy Biancolli
Fleming s movie doesn t fuss much with originality or storytelling logic but it does play nice from beginning to end its positive messages bundled up with self aware humor and empowered feminine pep 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Liam Lacey
An awkward mixture of send up and formula kid s comedy that s only marginally better than the Olsen twins direct to video detective series 
1.5
Nancy Drew
Terry Lawson
Could show a lot of 12 year olds how much fun movies once were when they weren t compelled to prove their cool 
3
Nancy Drew
Michael Booth
A refreshingly kind and calm PG film that no one will be ashamed to see 
3
Nancy Drew
Mary F. Pols
A cheerful diversion for the younger set and Nancy s innocence plays as a welcome diversion to the ongoing Spears Hilton Lohan debacles 
3
Nancy Drew
Bill Zwecker
Overall it feels lame A disappointing revival of a classic character 
2
Nancy Drew
Ty Burr
Roberts is pleasant enough but like her fellow TV bred teen stars there s not a lot of there yet let alone enough to suggest a corn fed Sherlock Holmes 
2
Nancy Drew
Lawrence Toppman
Every so often I see a movie so uniformly dopey that I wonder if it s a gag and I m not in on it Maybe the whole thing s meant as camp a cosmic joke only the most sophisticated viewers will get 
1.5
Nancy Drew
Larry Ratliff
Emma Roberts Julia Roberts niece and bad boy Eric s daughter packs an efficient sleuth kit as the title character 
3
Nancy Drew
Walter Chaw
Fleming s Nancy Drew isn t just bad it s fascinatingly bad 
0
Nancy Drew
Bob Bloom
Most of all what keeps the movie afloat is Emma Roberts sincerity in her portrayal of Nancy 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fleming creates a clever snappy self aware picture in which Nancy thrives 
3
Nancy Drew
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thankfully there is Roberts and all by her lonesome she s almost enough to make me feel like I m being a bit too hard on this movie 
2
Nancy Drew
Willie Waffle
Roberts is smart enough never to let Nancy be the butt of the joke or let anyone in the audience think she should be mocked for her wholesome ways or reliance on her brain over slutty clothes 
2.5
Nancy Drew
David Nusair
one could surely do much worse as far as movies of this ilk go 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Scott Bowles
The fish out of water jokes often fall flat 
2
Nancy Drew
Cathy Jakicic
Nancy Drew s spunky resourcefulness is given an exaggerated tongue in cheek treatment by director co writer Andrew Fleming But it s all done with affection and respect 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Mark Dujsik
Contains a few witty bits and occasionally fun moments of detective work but it slogs its way through them all 
2
Nancy Drew
Chris Hewitt
Emma Roberts as Nancy is perfection smart bemused unflappable a know it all without acting like she knows it all 
3
Nancy Drew
Carrie Rickey
What s not to like about a girl detective who is a good citizen and better student a leader rather than a follower a resourceful seamstress who won t cut her clothes to fit this year s fashions 
3
Nancy Drew
Jeff Strickler
Roberts bless her bubbly little heart resolutely charges through the movie with a perkiness that ignores its lack of substance Then again this movie isn t about context It s light fluffy and fun 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Dustin Putman
The sleuthing is where the fun is at and Nancy Drew is enjoyable enough for one to hope there are more onscreen mysteries for her to solve in the near future 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Michael Phillips
The film itself is more nice than good but nice isn t the worst trait 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Jan Stuart
This Nancy is indistinguishable from every other Teen Vogue cheerleader tapped by Hollywood for role model of the month over the last 20 years Casting agents are there no budding Jodie Fosters in the entirety of America s high school drama clubs 
1.5
Nancy Drew
Matt Pais
Nancy is like June Cleaver meets Veronica Mars and she s an independent thinker who earns young girls respect and makes it cool to be uncool 
2.5
Nancy Drew
Josh Larsen
Emma Roberts Nancy has the sort of innocent smile Paris Hilton likely lacked at birth 
3
Nancy Drew
Matt Brunson
I won t go so far as to state it s Battlefield Earth for the Clearasil crowd but it s clearly a turkey no matter how it s sliced up 
1
Nancy Drew
Sean McBride
too lame to tempt tweenagers looking for the next cool thing at the cinema 
1.5
Nancy Drew
Phil Villarreal
The tone is most similar to the Scooby Doo films which isn t a compliment 
2.5
Nancy Drew
James Berardinelli
The characters undergo nothing that could be remotely associated with development the mystery is wafer thin and the slight plot is stretched to the breaking point in order to fill out 95 minutes 
2
Nancy Drew
Ed Gonzalez
Nancy Drew is almost charming when she s out snooping in the boonies but she doesn t make a whole lot of sense nosing around Hollywood wearing Bree Van De Kamp s hand me downs 
2
Nancy Drew
Peter Canavese
The cumulative effect of Fleming s direction and Roberts casting is to make eternal heroine Nancy into a chipmunk chipper detective and a social nincompoop 
2
100 Rifles
Roger Ebert
Unless a story has been introduced to make the shooting part of the plot it can get pretty dreary 100 Rifles is pretty dreary 
1.5
The Rum Diary
Brian Eggert
Robinson 8217 s film proceeds on conventional terms and doesn 8217 t pay off in conventional ways 44 and it doesn 8217 t challenge us in the way Thompson 8217 s writing does either 46 
2
The Rum Diary
Roger Moore
Depp and writer director Bruce Robinson Withnail I pack the script with pithy Hunter isms hurling many of Thompson s euphonious locutions at us right from the opening scene 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Jeff Beck
Perhaps this material works better as a novel where Thompson would have been able to take his time developing each story as it occurred but as a film it just doesn t work 
2
The Rum Diary
Matt Brunson
A Prozac picture when a touch of reefer madness would have helped 
1.5
The Rum Diary
Eric Melin
The Rum Diary feels about as focused as an all night bender which I suppose is kind of the point but is its natural rugged charm enough 
2
The Rum Diary
Christian Toto
The hangover from The Rum Diary doesn t hit until the uninspired third act 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Josh Larsen
Hunter S Thompson hated phonies in a lot of ways The Rum Diary is one 
2
The Rum Diary
Peter Howell
Writer director Robinson is anything but disciplined and he s more inclined to just turn the camera on and let Depp do his thing Which Depp does very well but as talented and watchable as he is even he can t completely save the picture 
2
The Rum Diary
Walter Chaw
reimagines a piece of shit novel as a piece of shit movie
0
The Rum Diary
Glenn Lovell
Watching this film is like downing too many margaritas in the noonday sun Should have been an insanely irreverent nose thumb at convention Instead it s a civics lesson in social responsibility
2
The Rum Diary
Liam Lacey
The supporting cast of journalistic riffraff is uniformly excellent 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Stephen Whitty
There was a reason The Rum Diary didn t find a publisher until a late in life Thompson resurgence and it s clearer still in this adaptation there s no real drama here 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Robert Levin
The conflicts are undercooked Johnny Depp s performance rote and the film mired in a sort of existential haze 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Barry Paris
Diary is a tribute and celebration of Thompson The thought counts perhaps more than the movie But the premature fear and loathing of aging is grimly relevant 
3
The Rum Diary
Willie Waffle
A more interesting movie if you have some rum in you at the time 
1
The Rum Diary
Mick LaSalle
It flirts with becoming a great journalism tale or at least a whimsical journalism tale but that vein leads nowhere too Nor is it much of anything else except a disordered ramble through Thompson s creative imagination 
2
The Rum Diary
Claudia Puig
Depp adroitly captures the gonzo spirit of the journalist author ingester of many substances 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Joe Holleman
If you d like to see one version of the story about how the real Thompson became the famous public Thompson The Rum Diary is a solid and entertaining telling of that tale 
3
The Rum Diary
Kyle Smith
Paul may be played by one of the most charismatic actors alive but for the most part he is just another boozy hack 
2
The Rum Diary
Ann Hornaday
The Rum Diary exudes a cheery beery sense of warmth and affection 
2
The Rum Diary
Mark Dujsik
The vital part of Kemp s and by extension Thompson s development in The Rum Diary is the discovery of his voice a concept with which Robinson seems disinterested 
1.5
The Rum Diary
Dustin Putman
Rum is in short supply and a diary might have come in handy to understand who Paul Kemp is beneath the surface That is if the viewer had been given a reason to care in the first place 
1.5
The Rum Diary
Loey Lockerby
Slow and strangely conventional two words that should never apply to Thompson or his work 
2
The Rum Diary
Peter Travers
At best diverting at worst drearily conventional The Rum Diary is pre gonzo Thompson But the seeds are there ready to yield a harvest of fear and loathing 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Ty Burr
The Rum Diary has been retroactively Hunter S Thompson ized And not for the better 
2
The Rum Diary
Steven Rea
Jazzy and colorful full of men and women in swell clothes driving cool cars The Rum Diary has a bit of a seedily exotic Graham Greene vibe and Robinson moves things along at a nice casual clip even in the film s more overheated moments 
3
The Rum Diary
Chris Hewitt
There isn t a single character in this jam packed movie who doesn t register vividly and that is a tribute to the antic skills of Robinson 
3.5
The Rum Diary
James Berardinelli
There are times when the story behind the making of a film is more interesting than the finished product This is one of those occasions 
2
The Rum Diary
Connie Ogle
The whole movie is one big beautiful funny nostalgic blast and a fine fitting tribute to a writer who relished skewering sacred cows 
3
The Rum Diary
Matt Pais
Sexy spunky and clever neither vacation nor bender it s the enthralling blur of being lost somewhere in the middle 
3.5
The Rum Diary
Michael Phillips
The undertaking was a labor of love The results are more a labor of like in parts but they certainly don t resemble anything else on screen at the moment 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Soren Andersen
Rum is certainly very funny in spots but it s also disjointed and unfocused to a point of aimlessness 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Roger Ebert
We have the feeling that Kemp Thompson saw much of life through the bottom of a dirty glass and did not experience it with any precision The film duplicates this sensation not with much success 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Rex Reed
It was made three years ago shelved in some musty editing room where unreleasable movies go and looks it The dust still shows 
2
The Rum Diary
Phil Villarreal
If they ever make a time travel tourism film about 1960 Puerto Rico it will be the opposite of The Rum Diary 
3
The Rum Diary
Ann Lewinson
Writer director Bruce Robinson has rewritten Thompson s autobiographical novel in the inebriated buddy image of his Withnail and I his dialogue is wickedly quotable his moral outrage unabashed 
3
The Rum Diary
Jake Coyle
Robinson who also wrote the screenplay adaptation doesn t present the cartoonish Thompson we ve come to expect It s a refreshing grounded view of the writer 
2.5
The Rum Diary
Andrew Schenker
The film too often feels like a series of perfunctory episodes that don t cohere into a satisfying whole 
2
Abortion: Stories Women Tell
Brian Tallerico
Some stories are among the most resonant I ve heard in a documentary this year 
3
Abortion: Stories Women Tell
Clayton Dillard
Tracy Droz Tragos s documentary examines its titular subject with a compassionate eye for regional detail 
3
Before the Dawn
Roger Moore
Another student teacher love affair more sordid titillation dressed up with weak attempts to doing the right thing strictly pro forma all the way 
1
Alien
Brian Eggert
Visionary and terrifying Ridley Scott s Alien hybridized the horror and science fiction genres in 1979 to effectively launch a new subgenre and countless clones have since borrowed from its DNA 
4
Alien
Ernest Leogrande
This is a screamingly spooky sci fi tale with more than a few echoes of The Thing but echoes which enhance rather than detract 
3.5
Alien
Stephen Cole
Seen again a quarter century later we marvel at how the filmmaker generates so much tension and sweat with a bare minimum of moving parts 
4
Alien
Scott Nash
it never feels dated and holds up remarkably well 
4
Alien
Wesley Lovell
A perfect roller coaster blend of horror and science fiction Sigourney Weaver was an amazing discovery 
4
Alien
Josh Larsen
a seminal feminist action flick 
4
Alien
Erik Lundegaard
The most startling thing watching Alien again is its pacing For the first 45 minutes little happens It s all slow exquisite build up which makes the second half seem all the more horrific 
4
Alien
Michael Scheinfeld
There s nothing terribly complex or original about the movie but it is distinguished by its clever and innovative use of B movie staples in a hi tech setting 
4
Alien
David Keyes
a movie so good so involving and so jolting that it not only takes is place among the great science fiction films of our time but also the great thrillers 
4
Alien
Jason Anderson
This is still the stuff of nightmares 
4
Alien
Peter Hartlaub
Ridley Scott s new cut won t change the way people think about the movie but it reinforces the film s strengths without alienating the series biggest fans 
4
Alien
Roger Ebert
Ridley Scott s 1979 movie is a great original 
4
Alien
Glenn Lovell
It s a most satisfying return to one of the few sci fi films that deserves to be called a masterpiece 
4
Alien
Lou Lumenick
Besides Weaver and Skeritt the top notch ensemble includes two of Britain s best actors Ian Holm as the untrustworthy science officer and John Hurt 
3.5
Alien
Jeff Vice
Though some of Scott s editing decisions in this new version are questionable one even violates continuity he has left the film s most suspenseful and chilling moments intact 
3
Alien
Steve Rhodes
One of the finest examples of the scary sci fi genre with its sequel Aliens being the absolute best 
4
Alien
David Nusair
a memorable yet demonstrably erratic landmark of the cinematic sci fi field 
3
Alien
Ty Burr
What s most unusual about the original 24 years later though is its elegant minimalism 
3.5
Alien
Sara Michelle Fetters
As for the new scenes most of them don t really add too much Even more they aren t going to be all that new to anyone who s watched the wonderful collector s edition DVD that s currently available 
3.5
Alien
Timothy Knight
Widely imitated but never surpassed 
4
Alien
Michael Wilmington
It s a scream from another era that still echoes around us 
3.5
Alien
Sean P. Means
What makes Alien truly terrifying is Scott s vision of a future where the line between man and machine is disappearing 
4
Alien
Rob Blackwelder
The Director s Cut re release doesn t hold up as well as I d anticipated but the chest bursting scene is still a seat gripper 
3
Alien
Gabe Leibowitz
In an era where the horror genre has faded into a laughable mix of teen slashers and formulaic storylines Alien provides a welcome nostalgic dose of authentic terror 
4
Alien
Jeremiah Kipp
Also welcome is the late 70s distrust of corporate authority where the mother ship winds up being more duplicitous and evil than the marauding alien 
3
Alien
James Berardinelli
The way Ridley Scott meticulously raises the sense of menace and tension is worthy of Hitchcock 
3.5
Alien
James O'Ehley
Both the Nostromo and the alien world where the alien gets picked up are strange and unforgettably original 
3.5
Alien
Ted Prigge
An atmospheric claustriophobic slow moving creep fest 
3.5
Hello, Love, Goodbye
Leslie Katz
The movie offers to mainstream America a compelling detailed compassionate look at the little known lives and hopes of domestic workers 
3
Don't Blink -- Robert Frank
James Adams
Don t Blink is a friendly film by a friend honest and historically aware but almost unfailingly affectionate and attuned to the spontaneous intuition that 92 years after his birth still seems the governing principle of Frank s life 
3.5
Don't Blink -- Robert Frank
Elise Nakhnikian
Frank is delightful company as emotionally transparent and offhandedly insightful in person as he is as his art 
3.5
Don't Blink -- Robert Frank
Farran Smith Nehme
As the title seems to advertise it s a frustrating blur of a movie the rock n roll soundtrack however is terrific 
1.5
Nuts
Candice Russell
Nuts is a treat on so many levels that Streisand who also produced the film should be especially proud When Academy Award nominations are announced in February her excellent performance is bound to be recognized 
3
Nuts
Roger Ebert
Nuts is essentially just a futile exercise in courtroom cliches surrounding a good performance that doesn t fit 
2
The Castle
Fernando F. Croce
It was just a matter of time before Michael Haneke and Franz Kafka crossed paths 
2
Hard Candy
Mattie Lucas
It is indeed an uncomfortable subject But Slade handles it well and he is aided most ably by the crackling screenplay by Brian Nelson and the two stellar leads 
3.5
Hard Candy
David Keyes
An exploitation of a set of themes rather than a thoughtful consideration of them and celebrates their austere nature in a stampede of scenes that cause only surface discomfort 
2
Hard Candy
Tom Meek
Wilson and Page are compelling and Slade demonstrates a slick stylistic flair but the over over the top shock pandering renders the dark lesson convoluted and hard to swallow 
2.5
Hard Candy
Lucius Gore
I t s Page who really carries the picture delivering screenwriter Brian Nelson s clever dialogue so convincingly we actually become scared for the child predator that she s tormenting 
3.5
Hard Candy
Bill Chambers
You can sense that it wants to be talked about more than it wants to actually say anything
2
Hard Candy
Forrest Hartman
Hard hitting independent thriller about child molestation and vigilante justice 
3
Hard Candy
Steven Snyder
Hard Candy is both as ambiguous and as obvious a movie as you re likely to find in mainstream American cinema 
3.5
Hard Candy
Thomas Delapa
A daring two character drama that goes sour in its last half hour In this Misery with a teen twist Ellen Page delivers a mint performance far beyond her years 
2.5
Hard Candy
Eric Melin
a twisted battle of the sexes featuring both seriously insightful subject matter and enough vicious put downs to make Peg and Al Bundy blush 
3
Hard Candy
Matt Pais
Amazingly uncomfortable and only occasionally implausible It s guaranteed to spark a reaction and a conversation 
3.5
Hard Candy
John Beifuss
A calculated provocation with pretensions to public service value think of the infamous molester episode of Diff rent Strokes 
2
Hard Candy
Peter Howell
It s well worth seeing because it is well made apart from a few gaps in logic and well acted 
3
Hard Candy
Moira MacDonald
a film that gives you something to think about raising questions that linger long after the theater lights have brightened 
3
Hard Candy
Mick LaSalle
Hard Candy is an exploitation film with very little happening but a guy getting tortured for about 75 minutes of screen time 
1
Hard Candy
Steven Rea
icky incoherent thriller 
1.5
Hard Candy
Paul Doro
You might feel like squirming but you will not want to look away 
3
Hard Candy
Peter Debruge
The acting is incredible 
3
Hard Candy
Robert W. Butler
once seen Hard Candy doesn t easily give up its grip 
3
Hard Candy
Amy Biancolli
a revolting piece of work 
3
Hard Candy
Liam Lacey
Hard Candy not only trips along a tightrope line between exploitation and art in some ways that line is its subject 
3
Hard Candy
Terry Lawson
The questions posed by Hard Candy may not be as profound as the filmmakers believe but they are enough to keep us thinking for the length of a movie that deftly uses exploitation to explore exploitation 
3
Hard Candy
Jeff Vice
Though it is skillfully made and well acted it s also exploitative and nauseating 
2
Hard Candy
Michael Booth
Hard Candy is tantalizing brutal fetishistic gripping and exhausting with plenty of moments for movie patrons to shout advice at the screen 
2.5
Hard Candy
Ty Burr
Hard Candy is the rare movie that may be worthiest for the arguments you ll have after it s over 
2.5
Hard Candy
Sean P. Means
It s Page s turn as the psychopathically righteous Hayley that grabs your full attention 
3.5
Hard Candy
Roger Ebert
Seen as a film seen as acting and direction seen as just exactly how it unfolds on the screen Hard Candy is impressive and effective 
3.5
Hard Candy
Willie Waffle
Page brings a shocking intensity to this role that makes her one of the few actors out there who could get into a staredown with Pacino or DeNiro and live to tell about it 
4
Hard Candy
Chris Hewitt
A harrowing drama that keeps kicking up the intensity another notch until it kicks it two notches too many Hard Candy is involving because you truly can t guess how it will end 
2.5
Hard Candy
Michael Phillips
Only two males working in perfectly mediocre pulp harmony would dream up an avenging teen angel like this one 
1.5
Hard Candy
Jeanne Aufmuth
Curiously sticky with the residue of lurid exploitation 
3
Hard Candy
Matt Brunson
Page never shies away from the implication that Hayley might be deeply disturbed by her own set of demons 
3
Hard Candy
Dan Fienberg
The movie often talks circles around itself trying to layer in subtext to cover for a slasher movie final act but it was still enough to have me squirming in my seat 
3
Hard Candy
Dustin Putman
As frightening and unsettling as any gore drenched horror movie of the last year 
3
Hard Candy
Frank Ochieng
The film talks a good game of feminine empowerment verses privileged masculine mischief but nothing really takes off for a touchy showcase in the squirm ridden arena of pedophilia outrage
2
Hard Candy
Claudia Puig
Hard Candy a highly original psychological thriller revenge fantasy can be bitterly hard to take and uncomfortably intense but it s well worth consuming 
3.5
Hard Candy
Maitland McDonagh
A queasy blend of exploitation movie nastiness and blunt moral lesson 
3
Hard Candy
Gary Goldstein
Not only arch and preposterous but a serious con job to boot 
1.5
Hard Candy
Gene Seymour
As gripping as Hard Candy is one can t quite shake away the feeling that we re the ones being exploited by its mordant blend of kinky revenge fantasy and push me pull you moral vision 
2.5
Hard Candy
Lisa Rose
Hard Candy takes itself way too seriously It s a genre movie that serves empty calories weighted with self importance 
2
Hard Candy
Kyle Smith
What we have here is simply a spectacularly unpleasant horror show or an attempt to out outrage the trio of poison playwrights I ve mentioned And yet Nelson s imagination thunders away with such demon perversity that I eagerly await his next work 
3
Hard Candy
Jami Bernard
It s really a canny use of the medium to raise serious questions about point of view and empathy in the exploitation genre 
3
Hard Candy
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a hot button thriller meant to enflame and infuriate Yet it is also laugh out loud funny perversely so at times and gosh darn it the pipsqueak female Paul Kersey sitting at its center isn t oftentimes a bubbly effervescent delight 
2.5
Hard Candy
Peter Canavese
Skews just enough toward Death and the Maiden and away from Saw III 
3
Hard Candy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A great film on this disturbing subject deserves to be made but Hard Candy is way too soft 
1.5
Hard Candy
James Berardinelli
There s a lot more going on here than just a revenge fantasy These are two fascinating characters and watching them thrust and parry proves to be as impossible to turn away from as observing a grotesque roadside accident 
3.5
Hard Candy
Steve Rhodes
A smart thriller feels like Fatal Attraction updated for the internet age 
3
Hard Candy
Nick Schager
Hard Candy s calculated intimations of bloodshed are like everything else about this faux grrrl power fiasco just phony posturing 
1.5
The Old Ways
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is an inherently human story grounded in the perception and heritage of its protagonists 
3
The Old Ways
Bob Bloom
The Old Ways in an apt title for this old fashioned possession exorcism movie that contains horror elements but is more about retaining your soul than things that go bump in the night 
3
The Old Ways
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An outstanding horror film written by Marcos Gabriel and directed by Christopher Alender that crosses cultural commentary with powerful creepy tension 
3.5
The Old Ways
Roger Moore
Never builds empathy for anyone making it a horror movie you watch but don t experience its bland heroine someone who never makes us fear for her sanity her safety or her life 
2
Earthwork
Mattie Lucas
It is a story that would have been better served by a documentary rather than the oddly uninvolving film it became 
2
Earthwork
Alison Gang
While we re grateful for Ordal s introduction to this atypical artist the film s focus on the sentimental side of the story is at the expense of showing us enough of his terrestrial achievements 
2.5
Earthwork
Chris Hewitt
Hawkes is finally getting the great roles he has long deserved 
3
Earthwork
Eric Melin
Ultimately Earthwork poses an interesting question Does the true value of art lie in its creation or the pleasure that others get while viewing it 
2.5
Earthwork
Keith Cohen
The movie s numerous strengths include the cinematography by Bruce Francis Cole the editing of extraneous material to 93 seamlessly flowing minutes by Brad Roszell and an upbeat soothing guitar heavy instrumental score by musician David Goodrich 
3
Earthwork
Robert W. Butler
Hawkes performance reflects the gentle unaffectedness of Ordal s writing and directing Earthwork hasn t any big bombastic moments Instead it worms its way into your good graces slowly and thoughtfully until you re hooked 
3.5
Earthwork
Chuck Bowen
Earthwork turns a potentially fascinating infuriating story of failure into a dull nave civics lesson 
1.5
Earthwork
V.A. Musetto
Directed written and produced by Chris Ordal Earthwork is best left to TV 
2
Touching Home
Lou Lumenick
While the Millers have a physical presence they re hardly actors In fact it s often difficult to tell them apart although one of them is missing a tooth and takes off his shirt a lot 
2
Touching Home
Ed Gonzalez
Touching Home strenuously aspires to the same sort of greatness that has alluded many a film before it like the heavy handed Gone with the Wind grubbing Raintree Country 
2
Touching Home
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This thing is marketed six ways to Sunday designed and directed for every occasion The finished movie is almost beside the point 
2.5
An American Pickle
Mark Meszoros
The charmingly absurd and occasionally absurdly charming comedy sees Rogen portraying two characters and sharing a great many scenes with himself 
3
An American Pickle
Matthew Passantino
The ideas are in place for An American Pickle and the movie offers plenty of offbeat pleasures but the screenplay could have used a little more focus on the deeper topics 
2.5
An American Pickle
Robert Levin
Sweet and earnest when it could be condescending with an edge to the generational conflict at its center 
3
An American Pickle
James Berardinelli
Like a bottled Vlassic Dill this movie offers only an imitation flavor of something more genuine and robust 
2
An American Pickle
David Nusair
a decent enough endeavor that never quite justifies its full length running time 
2.5
An American Pickle
Richard Roeper
social and religious and family commentary that grows ever more heavy handed Herschel and Ben deserved a better set of circumstances 
2
An American Pickle
Ty Burr
The direction by Brandon Trost is professional but the longer you watch the sillier the story becomes culminating in an identity switch and generational rapprochement that is simultaneously gooey and far fetched 
1.5
An American Pickle
Joey Magidson
An American Pickle is charmingly offbeat and just weird enough to stand out Seth Rogen delivers two really nice performances here as well 
3
An American Pickle
Robert Daniels
Irreverent and strange what An American Pickle lacks in depth it finds in Rogen 
2.5
An American Pickle
Lindsey Bahr
A solid film with a few good gags and a fair amount of heart 
2.5
An American Pickle
Mark Dujsik
Trost and Rich have something to say and if not for the repeated interruptions of plot contrivances and random gags An American Pickle might have said more 
2.5
An American Pickle
Rafer Guzman
An entertaining fable that makes up for some weak plotting with a strong dual Seth Rogen performance 
3
An American Pickle
Randy Myers
You know where this is going but being on the ride with two Rogens a snappy screenplay and direction from first timer Brandon Jost make it a kosher comedic joyride 
3
An American Pickle
Matt Zoller Seitz
That the good parts of the movie are so distinctive and the bad parts so forgettable makes the experience more frustrating than watching a movie that s just bad 
2.5
An American Pickle
Mick LaSalle
Seth Rogen plays both roles and brings a lot to them As a comedian he knows where the jokes are and his timing and light touch are indispensable But he s also an appealing sensitive actor and this becomes important here too 
3
An American Pickle
Roger Moore
Rogen vs Rogen is roughly half as amusing as the least amusing Rogen character ever 
1.5
An American Pickle
Michael Phillips
While An American Pickle is a different sort of comic fable than Rogen s best known work there s enough of an edge to make it stick 
3
An American Pickle
Barry Hertz
While the themes will hit any moviegoer who still winces at the awkward memories of their bar or bat mitzvah particularly hard the push and pull between expectations and autonomy faith and identity are universal 
3
An American Pickle
Brian Truitt
American Pickle is suffice it to say not a big dill even with double the Rogen in dual roles 
2
An American Pickle
Brandon Katz
An American Pickle is not Rogen s best movie That is and always will be Superbad But in its own ridiculous and crass way it may very well be his most mature 
3
Wild Geese II
Matt Brunson
It s all rather preposterous and not very exciting 
2
Too Late to Die Young
Monica Castillo
Too Late to Die Young almost has a timeless quality to it a period unencumbered by outdated tech and dusty cultural references But this dreamy world would not exist without the outside forces that go unmentioned 
3
Too Late to Die Young
Carson Lund
The experience of watching Too Late to Die Young is not unlike entering a stranger s dream without an anchor 
2.5
Too Late to Die Young
Mark Johnson
Too Late to Die Young is another great entry in the coming of age genre told with acute precision from its award winning director 
3
Too Late to Die Young
Rob Thomas
Hernandez is magnetic suggesting Sofia s resentment and loneliness with a glare and a sullen drag on a cigarette 
3
Too Late to Die Young
Barry Hertz
There s little narrative propulsion to Too Late to Die Young yet it hums along with a vibrant humanity all the same 
3
A Time of Destiny
Roger Ebert
A Time of Destiny is a film of strong pure emotions of which the most powerful are love hate and jealousy 
3.5
Bloodthirsty
Joe Friar
The Lycan esque thriller functions in slow burn mode until the final act which kicks in with grisly detail 
3
Bloodthirsty
Simon Abrams
While psychological horror may be a fine way to dig into complex personal traumas Bloodthirsty barely gets inside its antiheroine s head 
2
Bloodthirsty
Mark Dujsik
Bloodthirsty takes its time building up to the revelations of a few mysteries while not offering much in the process 
1.5
Bloodthirsty
Erik Childress
Comes from a darker place that is sure to get under somebody s skin more than just another curse 
3
The Sounding
Federico Furzan
It s not as profound as you may think but The Sounding is a proof of honest storytelling we don t see often 
2.5
The Sounding
Tomris Laffly
The Sounding impresses more with its majestic and ageless feel than its vague ideas around the human mind 
2
It Happened Here
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The film is much more interested in the everyday details of what she encounters than in constructing a consciousness raising polemic 
3
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Mike McGranaghan
A masterpiece of imagination Offers wall to wall goofy fun for fans of martial arts flicks fantasies or just good old fashioned cinematic nuttiness 
3.5
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Kenji Fujishima
The film looks so glossy plasticized and unreal that all you end up thinking about is special effects 
2
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Roger Moore
An amusing Chinese martial arts reminder that not all cheese comes from Switzerland or Wisconsin 
2
School's Out Forever
Roger Moore
It s not every seemingly empty headed action film that questions whether ugly times beg for ends justify the means thinking
2.5
Occupation: Dreamland
Phil Villarreal
Could be the poster film for the protest the war support the troops mentality 
3
Occupation: Dreamland
Jeff Vice
It s frustrating to see these filmmakers continually lobbing softball questions at their subjects 
2
Occupation: Dreamland
Sean P. Means
If you saw Gunner Palace there s not much fresh or insightful here 
2.5
Occupation: Dreamland
Chris Hewitt
Lets the soldiers speak for themselves in a series of interviews that reveal wildly divergent political stands although pretty much all the soldiers voice doubts about why exactly they are there 
3
Occupation: Dreamland
Linda Cook
Regardless of your views on the war this documentary will create stirring portraits that you ll long remember 
3.5
Occupation: Dreamland
James Verniere
Watching Occupation Dreamland which was directed by Ian Olds and Garrett Scott anyone old enough to remember news footage from Vietnam will experience a powerful dismaying sense of deja vu 
3
Occupation: Dreamland
Ty Burr
A grunt s eye view of the current conflict that needs to be seen regardless of a viewer s political persuasion 
3
Occupation: Dreamland
Elizabeth Weitzman
Straightforward and immensely powerful the movie offers a blunt assessment of the war from soldiers currently fighting it and their perspective is not pretty 
3.5
Occupation: Dreamland
Kyle Smith
The film doesn t add much to what we know about the war 
2
Occupation: Dreamland
Duane Dudek
The portrait that emerges is of proud and articulate recruits who are also young often undereducated and usually underemployed 
3
Gleason
Chris Hewitt
The gift of Gleason to moviegoers is that it depicts people who know they don t have all the answers and who are trying to figure them out in front of our eyes 
3.5
Gleason
Roger Moore
Refreshing in its intimacy and the way it strips the halo off of noble suffering 
3
Gleason
Tina Hassannia
This is a brutally honest look at ALS at every stage of the way and thus becomes a fairly illuminating and heart wrenching story 
2.5
Gleason
David Nusair
One of the most moving and flat out heartbreaking documentaries ever made 
4
Gleason
Brad Wheeler
It s a tough watch but inspiring 
3
Gleason
Jack Howland
It will likely stick with you for hours afterward Hopefully longer 
4
Gleason
Mark Dujsik
T he film is inspiring in a way that few films are 
4
Gleason
Peter Keough
Gleason immerses the viewer in the ordeal of incurable illness Not just that of the sufferer but of family friends and loved ones as well because as these films make clear such misfortunes are not just personal but communal 
3
Gleason
Pat Padua
Gleason portrays great strength and great suffering in equal measure lending vivid credence to tired platitudes about what it means to live life to the fullest 
3
Gleason
Peter Travers
Tweel has crafted a film that goes beyond the facts of Gleason s football life It promotes an awareness of ALS that trumps any well intended ice bucket challenge and ranks as a profound achievement 
3.5
Gleason
Matt Zoller Seitz
A tearjerker of a film but also a joyous one 
3.5
Gleason
Moira MacDonald
Watch it not just with your eyes but with your heart 
3.5
Gleason
G. Allen Johnson
Ultimately while Gleason can be tough to watch it has a strong message of the value of relationships and how to spend a life doing meaningful work against great odds 
3
Gleason
Chuck Bowen
One comes to distrust Gleason s pathos because it always appears to be selling something 
2.5
Gleason
Sean P. Means
The Gleasons story so beautifully told that it s hard to imagine anyone watching this movie and not smiling through tears 
3.5
Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald
Mike McGranaghan
Kinderblock 66 offers a piece of history I didn t know about but which I m so glad to understand now Compelling and emotional 
3
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Brian Tallerico
The film places Ferencz on a high pedestal complete with rapturous commentary on his influence and impact from colleagues and family but the man has undeniably earned it 
3
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Katie Walsh
Ferencz s deeply hopeful message of peace shines through as brightly as his spirit 
3
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Peter Howell
His energy never seems to flag in a film that pays full tribute to him while also sounding the alarm that his work is more urgent than ever 
3
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Brad Wheeler
What we have with Barry Avrich s inspiring and eloquent documentary Prosecuting Evil The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz is the American Dream meeting mankind s nightmare 
3.5
Thérèse
Roger Ebert
It makes a bold attempt to penetrate to the mystery of Therese s sainthood and yet it isn t propaganda for the church and it doesn t necessarily even approve of her choice of a vocation 
3.5
Creep 2
Kimberley Elizabeth
An ass backwards love story for the morbidly strange 
4
Creep 2
Federico Furzan
Pretty decent sequel that tries really hard and manages to be as original as the first one This villain creeps me out so much I need to see more of him Full review in Spanish 
3
Creep 2
David Nusair
A decent followup 
2.5
The Arbors
Roger Moore
A creature feature every bit as exciting as its title akin to watching trees grow as the joke goes 
1
Far From Heaven
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps one of the most remarkable tributes by one filmmaker to another ever made 
4
Far From Heaven
Matt Brunson
Writer director Todd Haynes modern masterpiece wasn t merely the best film of 2002 it also ranked as one of the 10 best films of its decade 
4
Far From Heaven
Jack Mathews
Haynes doesn t simply take a Norman Rockwell setting and release the hounds either He deals with these issues directly but gently as if his and Sirk s audiences were the same 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Michael Dequina
One of those films that hits just about every of its intended notes right that descriptions seem moot 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Joe Lozito
This is easily Oscar caliber work and absolutely Ms Moore s best to date 
3
Far From Heaven
Judith Egerton
It s a rare thing when a movie makes you react emotionally to the repressive taboos of a past decade while provoking you to reconsider the attitudes of present society 
4
Far From Heaven
Jeff Strickler
Haynes is interested in exploring deeper issues than a little country club gossip And he makes sure that the pretty pictures don t lead us to forget that 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Nick Rogers
Next time 44 here apos s hoping Todd Haynes remembers the difference between a feather and a sledgehammer 46 
2
Far From Heaven
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a film made as if it was created and put together in the 1950 s and that aesthetic eschews the rapid fire patterns and short attention span platitudes of many modern films 
4
Far From Heaven
Susan Tavernetti
Maverick writer director Todd Haynes revisits and revamps the deliriously lurid women s picture or weepie that plucked heartstrings and brought lumps to viewers throats in the 1950s 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Jorge Avila Andrade
Estupendamente actuada sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana es una experiencia flmica imposible de olvidar 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Ian Mantgani
Whether you see this kind of thing as soap opera or sophisticated satire its appearance is so stiffly earnest that after a while the style becomes a given and the content develops surprising power We simply forget about the oddness and become struck
3.5
Far From Heaven
Glenn Kenny
It s worth seeing for Quaid s multileveled perfectly modulated frankly amazing performance 
4
Far From Heaven
Linda Cook
With the lush look of the 1950s Far From Heaven absolutely saturates the screen 
4
Far From Heaven
Wesley Lovell
Julianne Moore delivers a career high performance in this stirring portrait of a tortured fifties housewife 
4
Far From Heaven
Frank Ochieng
Far From Heaven touches upon the right overtones and diligently executes its story with the right strokes that made Sirk s rousing cinematic expositions so potently effective and wry in the mid to late 1950 s 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Bob Bloom
You needn t be steeped in 50s sociology pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes work Though Haynes style apes films from the period its message is not rooted in that decade 
3.5
Far From Heaven
David Keyes
a biting and gorgeous social commentary saddled somewhere between dramatic brilliance and narrative miscalculation 
3
Far From Heaven
Ross Anthony
Aptly named this shimmering beautifully costumed and filmed production doesn t work for me 
1
Far From Heaven
Mark Dujsik
Alternately poignant and artificial 
3
Far From Heaven
Mike McGranaghan
By filtering the subject matter through the form of old movies which buried such ideas under subtle insinuation Todd Haynes has produced an enlightening and vastly entertaining masterpiece 
4
Far From Heaven
James Kendrick
quite simply a marvelous film
4
Far From Heaven
Shirley Klass
A powerful political piece that never preaches 
4
Far From Heaven
Steven Snyder
Technically Far From Heaven may be the best film of the year 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Though less obviously a tour de force than many flashier recent art films such as Alexander Sokurov s one take feature Russian Ark it s no less impressive as a technical achievement 
4
Far From Heaven
Sean P. Means
Haynes reaches back half a century cutting through post modern posing and self conscious irony to remind us that it s OK for a movie to show feelings 
4
Far From Heaven
Todd Anthony
It s a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Joe Baltake
The film oozes craft 
4
Far From Heaven
Rene Rodriguez
Deftly navigates the line between high art and mainstream entertainment 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Susan Stark
Stylish affectionate and acutely knowing 
3
Far From Heaven
Jeff Vice
It s pretty solid all the way around from the handsome production values to the across the board excellent performances 
3
Far From Heaven
Terry Lawson
Haynes greatest accomplishment beyond his impeccable craftsmanship and his connection with his actors is in the way he respects the facade while tearing it away 
4
Far From Heaven
Michael Sragow
Haynes started his career directing Superstar The Karen Carpenter Story a brilliant biopic done with Barbie dolls Far From Heaven makes it look as if he s been working toward staging A Doll s House with real dolls 
1.5
Far From Heaven
Phil Villarreal
One of the best films of 2002 
4
Far From Heaven
Duane Dudek
From living room furniture to chain smoking at a cocktail party Haynes gives the film the verisimilitude of a time and place where reflex ritual and function disguised what people really thought and felt 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Josh Larsen
an entertaining curiosity especially for film buffs but a cinematic cul de sac on its own terms 
3.5
Far From Heaven
David N. Butterworth
Deliberately and devotedly constructed Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect too neat and new pin like too obviously a recreation to resonate 
2.5
Far From Heaven
Dustin Putman
Consistently beautiful to look at and thematically daring Far From Heaven remains unlike any other film you are sure to see this year 
3
Far From Heaven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An unnerving entertaining and brilliant piece of film criticism that s not dry or academic 
4
Far From Heaven
Moira MacDonald
A ravishingly beautiful film 
4
Far From Heaven
Mick LaSalle
If it s ultimately a failure and I think it is it s still worth seeing because it s the most ambitious and magnificent failure in recent memory 
3
Far From Heaven
David Elliott
The movie hums along with a strange hypnotic power But the performances can be tentative 
2.5
Far From Heaven
Gary Thompson
No matter how stylized the surroundings Haynes treats his characters with a tenderness and sympathy that is anything but sarcastic 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Steven Rosen
It s a film that s loving toward all concerned even when they cause each other pain And it is overwhelmingly refreshingly sincere even while being revisionist 
4
Far From Heaven
Wesley Morris
What Moore does on screen here is absolutely beguiling 
4
Far From Heaven
Roger Ebert
Because the film deliberately lacks irony it has a genuine dramatic impact it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we ve somehow never seen before 
4
Far From Heaven
Marty Mapes
A film that ought to be seen up close because there is a lot going on in the details
4
Far From Heaven
Jeffrey Westhoff
A 1950s film that could not have been made in the 1950s 
4
Far From Heaven
Steven Rea
The deep dark sadness of Haynes movie casts a beautiful powerful spell 
4
Far From Heaven
Chris Hewitt
Beautifully acted intelligent film 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Bruce Newman
This imitation of life comes tantalizingly close to greatness then settles for being smart without much heart 
3
Far From Heaven
Mary F. Pols
Haynes stays rapturously within the visual stylistic and conversational confines of these old movies but continually blows their plots open 
4
Far From Heaven
Michael Wilmington
There s an incongruous but ravishing beauty in Far From Heaven and in its three excellent central performances that counteracts the seeming kitschiness of the story 
4
Far From Heaven
Tony Toscano
Far From Heaven is a deeply emotional journey not many moviegoers would be willing to take But if you are up for the trek you will not be disappointed at all 
4
Far From Heaven
Rob Blackwelder
That Haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace 
4
Far From Heaven
Mike Clark
Moore s performance impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 s Safe 
3
Far From Heaven
John Anderson
Its core is a nugget of emotional truth and longing that s irresistible and inextricably tied to a power so purely cinematic you wonder why so many other directors even bother 
4
Far From Heaven
Bob Strauss
A lot is demanded of Julianne Moore and she comes through with a performance of superhumanly controlled stylization 
3
Far From Heaven
Liam Lacey
Moore who has a particular genius for communicating compassionate if not fully conscious characters makes the pathos believable 
3
Far From Heaven
David Sterritt
One of those rare movies that works superbly well on more than one level 
4
Far From Heaven
Lou Lumenick
Perhaps the year s most daring and fully realized movie 
4
Far From Heaven
David Nusair
Far From Heaven is the sort of film the term ambitious failure was coined for 
2
Far From Heaven
Ken Fox
What could have easily become a cold calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking 
4
Far From Heaven
Pam Grady
One of the most elegant films of the year 
4
Far From Heaven
Erik Childress
From the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein s perfectly melodic score Haynes gets just about everything right 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Steve Rhodes
The picture s colorful lushness lets the film s controversies go down easy like sweet flavor in medicine 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Jeanne Aufmuth
Todd Haynes goes out on a limb to make his point sometimes in inches but more often miles 
3
Far From Heaven
James Berardinelli
A powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love racial tension and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Peter Travers
Haynes makes you drunk on movies again on raw emotion delivered without the cushion of irony 
4
Far From Heaven
Walter Chaw
It isn t that the picture is unfamiliar but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems 
4
Far From Heaven
Ed Gonzalez
This remarkable film s final shot evokes a changing season and perhaps a changing cultural tide 
4
Far From Heaven
Harvey S. Karten
The self conscious 1950s style of moviemaking distances us at first but we re drawn in by solid performances and the feeling that the fifties were not so different from our own era 
3.5
Far From Heaven
Jeremy Heilman
Underneath all of the stylization that Haynes employs we realize little has fundamentally changed today and when that happens any of the ironic distance that we felt early on disintegrates completely 
4
Herself
Dann Gire
The brilliant Herself delicately balances optimism with the brutal realities of domestic abuse 
4
Herself
Sean P. Means
Dunne in writing herself a plum role gives Herself a warm glow generated from an emotional melodrama that s never pandering and always true to its heart 
3.5
Herself
Peter Canavese
A Ken Loach scale on the whole solid drama with a good central performance 
3
Herself
Randy Myers
It s filled with touching scenes that reflect a mother s resilient devotion to her children as she strives to shape a better life 
3
Herself
Steven Prokopy
The film is kept rooted in reality and this story of literal and figurative rebuilding ended up winning me over 
3
Herself
Jeff Mitchell
You ll stand with Clare Dunne in this liberating drama 
3
Herself
Jake Coyle
Some of the major beats in Herself verge on cliché but everything in between rings true thanks to Dunne s steadfast performance and the film s delicate sense of humanity 
2.5
Herself
Ty Burr
Herself is more honest than most about the PTSD of partner abuse and in Dunne s nuanced and heartfelt performance we see the inner strength that keeps Sandra going at war with the terror that never goes away 
3
Herself
Tom Meek
The film overall affects in slow subtle ways and should bring more attention to director and lead 
3
Herself
Anita Katz
Bright as well as dark the film also impresses as a celebration of friendship and as a reminder of the joy that can flow when people help each other 
3
Herself
Roger Moore
Gentle proud but pleading for help hiding her awful history as she does we root for Sandra Herself so hard it hurts 
3
Herself
Sheila O'Malley
Lloyd is not afraid of reaching for big emotions utilizing inspirational needle drops and montages that show the house coming into existence But there s something else going on here something that makes all of this a deeper and more powerful story 
3.5
Herself
Ann Hornaday
As trite as Herself is in plot and emotional beats what makes it worthwhile are the performances which are all stellar
2.5
Herself
Johnny Oleksinski
Dunne is a remarkably vulnerable actress and her pain becomes ours 
3
Herself
Mick LaSalle
This Irish drama has major turns that are riveting powerful and unexpected but most of it is rather flat and sentimental 
2
Herself
Mark Dujsik
Director Phyllida Lloyd s film isn t entirely about trauma but it s there defining so many moments of a story that is otherwise surprisingly uplifting 
3
Herself
Chris Barsanti
cannot escape its own somewhat mundane self set contours 
2
Herself
Joey Magidson
Herself ultimately overcomes cliches and familiarity to tell a story almost anyone can relate to 
3
Aquarius
Rania Richardson
A glorious Sonia Braga plays a widow up against developers trying to oust her from her cherished apartment in AQUARIUS 
3.5
Aquarius
Robert Horton
Frank in its ambition to explore The Way We Live Today but also mysterious and elusive I ve seen few films this year more fascinating 
4
Aquarius
Soren Andersen
Aquarius is about a half hour too long for the story it tells yet it feels like a privilege to be in the presence of such a powerful character and such a quietly commanding performance 
3.5
Aquarius
David Lewis
This is a film more about the sacredness of our memories than the evil ways of gentrification but skilled director Kleber Mendonca Filho is clearly interested in both 
3
Aquarius
Mark Dujsik
A thoughtful and revealing study of this woman s battles 
3
Aquarius
Ann Hornaday
Aquarius makes a compelling case for looking up from our ubiquitous distractions to take in the world around us the one that we live in and whether we re aware of it or not lives in us 
3
Aquarius
Ty Burr
Filho is a born filmmaker whose storytelling rarely follows expected narrative pathways and Aquarius takes its sweet time focusing on what appear to be inconsequential details and gradually building force by accretion 
3.5
Aquarius
Michael Phillips
This is an easygoing plaintively observant picture one that putters here and there But Braga is working on another level and we re happy to be reminded of what she can do 
3
Aquarius
Christy Lemire
It may feel like it drags a bit in the middle but Aquarius has so many individual moments of grace that it rewards you for sticking around 
3.5
One Hundred Mornings
Chuck Bowen
Conor Horgan has a nice eye and ear for disturbingly intimate little incidents that tell us more than any series of expository speeches could ever hope to 
3
Small Cuts
David Nusair
often feels as though someone switched the reels around and they re playing out of order 
2
Greyhound
David Gonzalez
Greyhound doesnt break the mold for war films 44 but it does serve as a pulse induing journey and a vital tale of leadership and exemplary team heroism 46 
3
Greyhound
Brian Eggert
Here s a war film that cares nothing for contexts human or political and instead dwells on recreating a battle 
2
Greyhound
Mark Meszoros
Even though he didn t direct it Greyhound feels like it was an absolute labor of love for Tom Hanks 
2.5
Greyhound
Rene Sanchez
Tom Hanks delivers a towering performance in Greyhound a simple yet nerve racking WWII naval drama Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Greyhound
Tom Meek
It s a tightly paced game of cat and mouse that erupts into some spectacular naval battles 
2.5
Greyhound
Federico Furzan
A fast thrilling and immersive ride Hanks performance shines but does not overshadow a technically perfect film Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Greyhound
Steven Prokopy
The level of authenticity here is impressive and adds much to the film s propulsive movement 
3.5
Greyhound
Catherine Springer
Greyhound is a good shot across the bow but Apple had better have much more powerful torpedoes than this if it hopes to sink the competition 
2
Greyhound
Sarah Knight Adamson
Similar in tone to the film Dunkirk slight on narrative heavy handed on facial expressions Tom Hanks is superb 
3.5
Greyhound
James Berardinelli
Hanks script is an example of economical storytelling and the end result is a thrilling 75 minutes of the kinds of things one expects from well made submarine movies 
3
Greyhound
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Serviceable and compact 
3
Greyhound
Robert Horton
Close to being an avant garde experience with an abstract field of action and an invented inscrutable language 
3
Greyhound
Luke Parker
As the captain and crew of Greyhound scoured for foes I couldn t help but feel I was also missing something beneath the surface 
2.5
Greyhound
Linda Cook
Tom Hanks World War II actioner is see worthy 
3.5
Greyhound
Mike Scott
With precious little character development it almost feels like it s actually only part of a larger film Fortunately it s the best part 
3
Greyhound
Mick LaSalle
The role brings out another in the Tom Hanks gallery of seemingly unremarkable men rising to meet extraordinary challenges 
3
Greyhound
Brian Tallerico
Schneider can t figure out how to elevate it beyond his minimal intentions and Greyhound starts to become numbing in its tactics 
2
Greyhound
Bob Bloom
At 91 minutes Greyhound is presented in an understated non spectacular matter of fact manner By foregoing histrionics Schneider magnifies the heroics and glory of these courageous individuals 
3.5
Greyhound
Ty Burr
Dunkirk or 1917 this is not But as a window onto an under acknowledged arena of combat and a starting point for armchair military historians Greyhound is seaworthy enough to make it across 
2.5
Greyhound
Jason Fraley
Greyhound is the flip side of Wolfgang Petersen s German masterpiece Das Boot 1981 this time showing what s going on above the surface as periscopes cut through the water like shark fins 
3
Greyhound
Pamela Powell
Hanks not surprisingly is extraordinary in this role as he deftly develops a character with integrity strength compassion and intellect The finely tuned and nuanced performance gives his character layers depth and a sense of reality 
3
Greyhound
Mark Dujsik
We get a real sense of the mission and despite the misguided prologue the man at the heart of Greyhound 
3
Greyhound
Joe Friar
The WW2 drama downplays the complexity of the novel s protagonist Captain Krause Hanks to focus on the fast paced action It s 90 minutes of pure adrenaline from director Aaron Schneider 
3
Greyhound
Brandon Katz
Greyhound doesn t move you emotionally the same way a war film like Hanks own Saving Private Ryan but it does fulfill its purpose 
2.5
Greyhound
Rob Thomas
Greyhound was the first time I really missed the movie theater experience To see a lean relentless war movie like this on the big screen in a room full of strangers bag of popcorn on my knee I ached for that 
3.5
Greyhound
Jocelyn Noveck
What carries the movie is Hanks affecting unshowy portrayal of a man who is highly professional but also scared as heck and never less than fully aware of the stakes 
3
Greyhound
Rafer Guzman
Plenty of action but Hanks screenplay takes place in an emotional desert 
2
Greyhound
Roger Moore
An old fashioned Victory at Sea style combat epic narrow in focus heroic in nature and relentlessly action packed 
3
Greyhound
John Wirt
Hanks courageous and conscientious commander joins his splendid line of classic characters 
3
Greyhound
Jeff York
This is a war film that despite a lot of action sequences derives most of its tension from the faces of its players 
3.5
Greyhound
Matthew Passantino
The action is sufficient and involving but at the end of the film one question remains Who are these people aboard the Greyhound 
2.5
Greyhound
Barry Hertz
I suppose if Hanks s sole goal was to create a lean and economical thriller he did his job just as well as Kruase did his Call him a hero just don t expect him to be larger than life 
2.5
Greyhound
Richard Roeper
Greyhound relies far too much on slick but obvious and overdone CGI and gets bogged down in the minutiae and jargon of naval wartime maneuverings at the expense of viewer accessibility and character development 
2.5
Greyhound
Brian Truitt
Greyhound satisfies as both a snazzy war picture and a showcase for its star 
3
Greyhound
Joey Magidson
Tom Hanks s script and performance are as solid as they are un flashy Director Aaron Schneider manages to find some decent tension in naval warfare Slight but entertaining 
3
Greyhound
Mike McGranaghan
Tom Hanks commanding a U S destroyer ship and taking on Nazi U boats sounds pretty cool Greyhound is indeed cool as far as it goes The problem is that it doesn t go very far 
2.5
Greyhound
Chuck Bowen
With no vividly drawn humans on display the action feels like rootless war play 
1.5
Next of Kin
David Nusair
Erratic yet entertaining 
2.5
Beverly Hills Ninja
Mal Vincent
If watching bruise inflicting fat jokes is your idea of an evening out this is 90 minutes for you 
2
Beverly Hills Ninja
James Berardinelli
Farley might want to be like John Candy but while Candy knew how to make an audience laugh Farley keeps missing the mark 
1.5
Beverly Hills Ninja
Madeleine Williams
A surprisingly boring comedy 
0.5
Popcorn
Matt Brunson
The offbeat angle eventually gives way to standard slasher film tropes Fortunately the movies within the movie are imaginatively realized 
2.5
Popcorn
Gary Thompson
It is the recreation of these old horror movies that provide Popcorn with its few inspired moments Unhappily the real movie proceeds in the interim 
1.5
Bethany
Frank Ochieng
It is too bad that there was not more macabre meat on the blistering bone surrounding the household hysterics of a wounded woman on the edge of dismissive delusional destruction 
2
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Dustin Putman
It s a stupid stupid movie but also in its own way rather smart Director Anthony C Ferrante knows exactly what he is doing and the results are as exceedingly amusing as they are entirely inconsequential 
2.5
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Gail Pennington
In other words if you re in the Sharknado fan club you ll probably like the sequel If not you ll probably ignore it and watch something else In either case enjoy 
1
Mortal Kombat
Chase Hutchinson
Unlike previous entries hamstrung by the limitations of a PG 13 rating 44 this film makes full use of the R rating 46 
3
Mortal Kombat
David Nusair
progresses into an increasingly uninvolving wheel spinning midsection 
2
Mortal Kombat
Michael Dequina
Reserving the title event for sequels that are not guaranteed is a guarantee for the film to overall feel anticlimactic and kind of a waste 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Matt Brunson
The usual comment of a movie being overwhelmed by its visual effects doesn t hold water here since there s not really much of a movie to overwhelm 
2
Mortal Kombat
Rene Sanchez
Although faithful to the style of the video game this reboot fails to introduce the universe and its characters to an audience not familiar with the original material Full Review in Spanish 
2
Mortal Kombat
Linda Cook
Not for the little ones the reboot is far stronger than the 1990s version 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Steven Prokopy
This from the ground up reboot certainly doesn t skimp on attempting to make things more like the video games specifically and more exciting in general 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Peter Canavese
While it does deliver what people expect of a Mortal Kombat movie this is just a darker uglier variation on the super hero movie or the super spy movie except for its bizarro world politics 
2
Mortal Kombat
Allyson Johnson
A dumb movie can be good as long as it s fun and Mortal Kombat falters by never achieving that 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Rick Bentley
The prime focus of Mortal Kombat is mortal combat Nothing more Nothing less 
3
Mortal Kombat
Oliver Jones
Within the movie itself it feels like there is comparably little at stake 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Mark Meszoros
By the time the fights are finished for now and Mortal Kombat hints at a would be sequel in its final shot you ll probably be checked out mentally 
2
Mortal Kombat
Joe Friar
Simon McQuoid manages to do two things with his reboot First he replicates the violent atmosphere of the Midway game which should satisfy fans and second he delivers an entertaining thrill ride for non gamers with plenty of blood and gore 
3
Mortal Kombat
James Berardinelli
Mortal Kombat is slickly made but hollow offering little to anyone who isn t deeply invested in the franchise It may be a good tie in to the video game series but it s a bad motion picture 
2
Mortal Kombat
Kevin A. Ranson
feels small less like it has anything to do with the fate of billions and more like a series of incidental grudge matches the opening scene feel s like a deplorable bait and switch 
2
Mortal Kombat
Kevin Carr
It s not trying to be something it s not It s giving into what people like about Mortal Kombat the game and in that sense I applaud it 
3
Mortal Kombat
Dann Gire
Mortal Kombat wages grim vapid battle in its film adaptation 
1
Mortal Kombat
Katie Walsh
If you embrace that inner child high on sugar and eye popping violence Mortal Kombat proves to be while not quite a flawless victory a fun one nevertheless 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When the blood spattered action starts it is quite impressive Simon McQuoid making his feature directing debut right out of a career in commercials sounds it could like a recipe for disaster but it works 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Walter Chaw
Drink deep my friends It delivers the goods if by goods you mean everything you wanted from a hard R Mortal Kombat 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Sonny Bunch
And this is why Mortal Kombat fails in the end The filmmakers seem almost embarrassed for the movie to be about a martial arts tournament 
2
Mortal Kombat
Sara Michelle Fetters
This new adaptation of the popular video game series known for its bloodshed isn t much fun 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Jeff York
It s vicious yet clever fun doing the original source material proud 
3
Mortal Kombat
Brian Tallerico
It sure doesn t feel like the cinematic fatality that fans truly deserve after all these years of fighting 
2
Mortal Kombat
Tania Lamb
Mortal Kombat knows its audience Weak story and gratuitous violence 
2
Mortal Kombat
Chris Hewitt
How s the kombat The answer is mortal 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Director Simon McQuoid may keep the action flowing quickly but without any grounding in strong characters the stakes never feel meaningful 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Roger Moore
The same puerile piffle as every other movie incarnation of the game
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Joey Magidson
Mortal Kombat know what it is that s for sure It s catering to fans of the game franchise who always wished the bloody carnage of the series was translated more directly 
2.5
Mortal Kombat
Mark Dujsik
The paper thin story is so meaningless that it s hardly an excuse for even the movie s meager ambitions 
1
Mortal Kombat
Bob Bloom
This gory and brutal video game adaptation is filled with mystic gobbledygook about various realms that fight for supremacy and bromides about overcoming and harnessing your fear to utilize your full potential 
1.5
Mortal Kombat
Leo Brady
This newest version of Mortal Kombat is ultimately a mess attempting to mask the narratives various flaws with ultra violent action and not entirely sure what kind of movie it s trying to make 
2
Mortal Kombat
Jake Cole
In spite of its occasionally engaging displays of gnarly brutality the film too often feels like an adaptation of a player select screen 
1
Mortal Kombat
Mike McGranaghan
110 minutes of fast faced blood soaked fun 
3
Mortal Kombat
Doug Walker
Imperfect but has enough creative gore fighting and laughs to get the job done 
3
Mortal Kombat
Richard Roeper
One might reasonably surmise longtime fans of Mortal Kombat would have a better time playing the latest version of the game than watching this origins story 
2
Mortal Kombat
Johnny Oleksinski
It s just plain unrepentant fun 
3
Mortal Kombat
Ty Burr
Mortal Kombat which is arriving simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max is mostly an exercise in the care and feeding of intellectual property which is the main order of studio business these days 
2
Mortal Kombat
Bob Strauss
Fights are imaginatively conceived and presented with gratifying punch framed and edited in ways that showcase the athletic choreography And there s no obfuscating 90s quick cutting to ruin these sequences 
2
Mortal Kombat
Phil Villarreal
The writing is the cinematic equivalent of button mashing 
1
Mortal Kombat
Sean P. Means
Mortal Kombat was always a ludicrous over the top game and the overwhelming flaw of this movie adaptation is that McQuoid and his crew take it all too seriously 
2.5
King Otto
Mark Dujsik
The interviews offer nothing we can t infer or gather from the archival footage and the highlight reels of the various matches 
1.5
Salem's Lot
Kevin Carr
It apos s a little bit long 44 but it apos s worth checking out 46 46 46 It holds up much better than I remembered 46 
3
Salem's Lot
Matt Brunson
Small screen restrictions require the bloodletting be kept to a minimum but director Tobe Hooper and scripter Paul Monash nevertheless manage to construct a first rate chiller out of King s fertile source material 
3.5
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Roger Ebert
Technicolor is back with an improved color system and in All Dogs Go to Heaven it permits such a voluptuous use of color that the movie is an invigorating bath for the eyes 
3
The Lost Girls
Mark Dujsik
The movie is a narrative and thematic mess 46 46 46 
1
The Lost Girls
Marya E. Gates
Incoherently directed 44 thematically muddled 44 and poorly acted 44 writer 47 director 47 producer 47 star Livia De Paolis 8217 drama The Lost Girls should have stayed on the page 46 
1
The Lost Girls
Roger Moore
The film is something of an unemotional muddle 44 never quite finding the heart of mother daughter love it so seems to want to test in this story 46 
2
The Voices
Brian Eggert
The setup isn apos t exactly a mainstream commercial concept 44 but the energetic execution will appeal to cult audiences and those with a lurid sense of humor 46 
3
The Voices
Dustin Putman
The Voices has a lot going for it but sadly its blend of terror and farce strikes a disingenuous chord 
2
The Voices
Brad Wheeler
Think of this stylish quirky and quite grisly feature from Marjane Satrapi as a meeting of Psycho Dexter and Dr Doolittle 
3
The Voices
Chris Knight
Once it s decided that anything might be unreal there are so many more places the narrative might have gone 
2.5
The Voices
Richard Ouzounian
Casting Ryan Reynolds as a small town geek who has trouble getting a date may seem as pointless as taking a loving cup to a Leafs game but the bright eyed Canadian star makes this dark dark comedy twinkle with offbeat appeal 
3
The Voices
Andy Crump
The Voices has its share of shocks but the greatest of all may be the combination of star and director 
3.5
The Voices
Robert Levin
The film presents an askew world that blends bright kitsch and a pop sensibility with the main character s dark inner life Ryan Reynolds pulls off the challenge 
3
The Voices
Brian Tallerico
I ve always liked Reynolds for the most part but he does his best work yet here in Satrapi s odd pitch black comedy about a man who talks to his dog and cat And they talk back 
3
The Voices
Claudia Puig
Simultaneously bizarre humorous disturbing and suspenseful 
3
The Voices
Sara Stewart
Ryan Reynolds is chillingly perfect as a nice guy factory worker struggling with schizophrenia and murderous impulses in this tonally wild indie which is nearly too horrifying to be funny but not quite 
3
The Voices
Rex Reed
Fanciful sweetly unbalanced and just right for the part Mr Reynolds gives his best performance in years 
3
The Voices
Chuck Bowen
For most of the film s running time one mistakes the main character s callousness for the filmmakers 
.5
The Voices
Kent Turner
Ryan Reynolds finally flourishes in a twisted turn His comic chops on full display he chews the well designed color coordinated scenery 
3
The Voices
David Nusair
A seriously quirky piece of work 
2.5
The Time That Remains
Kathy Fennessy
If this Israeli Italian co production starts in neo realist mode it becomes lighter looser and more elliptical as it goes on
3.5
The Time That Remains
Mattie Lucas
A deeply personal film for Suleiman as he uses his own family as a microcosm of a greater Palestinian plight 
3
The Time That Remains
David Nusair
a missed opportunity of nigh epic proportions 
2
The Time That Remains
John Beifuss
Deadpan non reactive characters inhabit the formally elegant beautifully lensed and mostly static compositions that grace this movie about a hot subject that more often inspires heated passionate noisy debate 
3
The Time That Remains
Peter Howell
Suleiman takes the approach of gentle observer neither condoning nor confronting not violently at least Start with humor and perhaps empathy will follow 
3
The Time That Remains
Rick Groen
Living in a part of the world where politics and the pursuit of politics by warring means are the rule director Elia Suleiman is the exception 
3
The Time That Remains
Walter V. Addiego
Despite its abundance of deadpan and absurdist humor The Time That Remains a look at the Arab Israeli conflict from a Palestinian perspective was clearly made with a sorrowful heart 
3
The Time That Remains
Aaron Cutler
One of the many simple conceits of Elia Suleiman s film is the way in which one man s silence becomes a metaphor for an entire nation s 
3
The Time That Remains
V.A. Musetto
Another Palestinian director dealing with the same events might rant and rave Not Suleiman He knows the power of well conceived humor 
3
Mad Women
Sheila O'Malley
The plot of Mad Women is ridiculous unmotivated and shocking but that wouldn t be an issue at all if there had been some attempt at style or mood or a point of view 
0.5
I, Olga Hepnarová
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Impeccably photographed by Adam Sikoria Full review in Spanish 
1.75
I, Olga Hepnarová
Godfrey Cheshire
We re left feeling that Olga herself might find the film expertly mounted but still missing a more visceral pissed off tone 
2.5
I, Olga Hepnarová
Christopher Gray
The filmmakers take few measures to engender sympathy for Olga but their prismatic take on her life while novel precludes making any resonant statements about homosexuality emotional health or humankind s capacity for evil 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Brian Eggert
Hooper has over thought his film and unintentionally distanced his audience from relating to the material 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Mattie Lucas
A work of tremulous beauty buoyed by two of the most powerful screen performances in recent memory 
3
The Danish Girl
Lisa Jensen
Eddie Redmayne and Alecia Vikander give The Danish Girl its heart and soul 
3.5
The Danish Girl
Sara Michelle Fetters
A story of self acceptance and discovery that transcends its historical inaccuracies and allows it to ascend to a level of magnetic emotional resonance 
3
The Danish Girl
Eric Melin
Tom Hooper presents a pretty picture and repeats the same theme over and over Redmayne kind of does the same thing as well so the film falls squarely on Vikander s shoulders 
1.5
The Danish Girl
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
The Danish Girl fails to give its full potential but it is good enough to recommend it with confidence Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Danish Girl
John Beifuss
At times it s hard not to remember poor Z budget auteur Ed Wood pleading to caress his girlfriend s angora sweater in Glen or Glenda an equally earnest yet bolder and in fact artier plea for liberation 
2.6
The Danish Girl
Michael Smith
We have all the humanity necessary to appreciate The Danish Girl but there are other human factors that might have made me feel something beyond appreciating the art of this beautiful film 
3
The Danish Girl
Matt Brunson
The Danish Girl might as well be called The Oscar Bait Movie but Alicia Vikander is the only person here who s worthy of award attention 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Rick Bentley
More of a push by director Tom Hooper to place this story in the real world where it unfolded would have added to the power But that doesn t distract from the two memorable acting performances by Redmayne and Vikander 
3
The Danish Girl
John Serba
Classic Oscar bait a picture with stately tones an air of self importance a theoretically daring central performance But Vikander s performance is by far its most credible asset 
2.5
The Danish Girl
David Keyes
This is one of the best films of the year and certainly one of the most cautious and compassionate I ve seen about the issues it raises 
3.5
The Danish Girl
Robert Horton
The Danish Girl is content to quietly admire its own importance and assume you will too 
2
The Danish Girl
Moira MacDonald
Only Vikander s performance elevates it above its pretty surface Her Gerda tells us a story of a woman desperately in love with a man who s vanished but whose eyes still gaze at her 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Allyson Johnson
There is intrigue in Lili s story both timely and universal and there s an undeniable power to her fight to feel peace within herself in a body that for so long felt foreign but it alone isn t enough to make a successful film 
2
The Danish Girl
Calvin Wilson
Only when the camera is on Vikander does the film transcend its artifice In one of the year s best performances she imbues Gerda with such poignancy and grace that Redmayne all but fades into the background 
3
The Danish Girl
Bob Bloom
Redmayne s controlled and conflicted performance is more complex and stronger than even his Academy Award winning turn as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything 
3.5
The Danish Girl
Kam Williams
Redmayne would be the favorite to win another Academy Award for his seamless metamorphosis into a woman if he hadn t just netted an Oscar a year ago 
4
The Danish Girl
Anders Wright
There s a self importance to The Danish Girl that cannot be ignored and from a narrative perspective despite the intriguing subject matter and fascinating story it somehow manages to feel a bit too accessible and safe for its own good 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Kate Taylor
A sweet and inoffensive drama located in a pretty art deco past that makes the experience of transgender people palatable to a mainstream audience 
2.5
The Danish Girl
James Berardinelli
Watching The Danish Girl it s possible to get some feeling for the deep sense of self alienation a transgendered person can experience but the movie s aloof tone creates distance between the viewer and the lead characters 
3
The Danish Girl
Chris Knight
Lili s transformation may be covered in brisk cinematic strokes but Redmayne helps fill in the palette with his gradual progression shading and sliding with seeming effortlessness between the masculine and the feminine 
3
The Danish Girl
Richard Roeper
A well told well acted well photographed period piece 
3
The Danish Girl
Mark Dujsik
The movie s version of Lili is neither sympathetic nor developed in any significant way 
2
The Danish Girl
Steven Rea
It looks lovely in an art directed way and Eddie Redmayne who won his Oscar earlier in the year for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything looks lovely too 
3
The Danish Girl
Linda Barnard
Redmayne s transformation to a female self requires some bravery on the part of the actor That makes up for the shortcomings in Lucinda Coxon s script and the movie s nagging sense of disconnection from its audience 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Ann Hornaday
The Danish Girl is a very pretty picture that could have used a more probing maybe even more painful palette knife 
2
The Danish Girl
David Lewis
Hooper s strategy of keeping it safe is bound to bring in folks who might otherwise avoid such material For the rest of us we must settle for a film that is solid but never quite soars 
2
The Danish Girl
Matt Pais
After roughly 20 seconds of Redmayne and Vikander s nomination worthy performances you see the bond that exists between their characters 
3
The Danish Girl
Kam Williams
Redmayne delivers afresh as a daring pioneer at the dawn of the transgender movement 
4
The Danish Girl
John Oursler
This style may make the film s subject matter more acceptable to a wider audience but it also greatly stifles its impact making it a largely unmemorable experience that illuminates little and impresses even less 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Christy Lemire
Tasteful and restrained to a fault It is easier to admire than love 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Robert Levin
There s just something about Lili that remains forever outside the movie s grasp 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Brian Truitt
Watching Redmayne s character blossom into her true self is remarkable and the awkwardness getting there only helps make it more relatable to audiences who might not be on board with the subject matter initially 
3
The Danish Girl
Rex Reed
Regardless of how you feel about the subject matter The Danish Girl is an overwhelming act of heroism for Eddie Redmayne 
4
The Danish Girl
Peter Travers
You can t take your eyes off Redmayne as a pioneer in gender reassignment surgery And Vikander does wonders as a wife who stands by her woman 
3.5
The Danish Girl
Stephen Whitty
As warm and honest as Redmayne s work in this movie is Vikander is what truly makes it live 
3
The Danish Girl
Sara Stewart
One of the year s finest films 
4
The Danish Girl
Ed Gonzalez
In so clearly viewing Lili through the lens of 21st century political correctness the film only blunts the resolve of her struggle 
1.5
The Danish Girl
Roger Moore
A stunt yes But a stunt that pays off 
3
The Danish Girl
Kent Turner
Gorgeous but conventionally However in a break from the period biopic formula the film strays from decorum and takes risks 
2.5
The Danish Girl
Clayton Davis
The Danish Girl is a luscious and gorgeously crafted piece invigorating the soul with its conveying message of freedom and love 
3.5
The Danish Girl
Lou Lumenick
Eddie Redmayne has triumphed again with another remarkable performance as one of the world s first transsexuals
3.5
The Return of the Pink Panther
Matt Brunson
As always Kwouk and especially Lom are given moments to shine 
3
Cities of Last Things
Kate Taylor
This intriguing atmospheric movie from Malaysian director Ho Wi Ding tells its twisting story in reverse chronological order featuring its embittered protagonist in pivotal moments at three stages of life 
3
3 Geezers!
Farran Smith Nehme
It is a remarkably unattractive looking movie 
1
3 Geezers!
Rob Humanick
The film s self aware mockumentary setup indicates that this is all meant to be taken as an exercise in self deprecating rib nudging though the proceedings rarely rise to the occasion 
2
The Resurrection of Tony Gitone
Michael Posner
There are too many story lines most are painfully thin and the editing jumps between them at times jarringly 
2
Beautiful
Michael Dequina
An uneasy mix of broad satire soap opera outlandishness and movie of the week sappiness 
0.5
Beautiful
Rob Blackwelder
Every mushy element of the script is robustly wrung for every last drip of sap 
1
Beautiful
Tor Thorsen
A tedious ordeal riddled with unlikable characters recycled gags and inane plot developments 
1
Beautiful
James Berardinelli
Some will argue that this review is cruel and they may be right but so is being losing two hours of one s life to this inexcusably bad tripe 
1
Beautiful
Peter Stack
A mess of a movie that suffers from awkward writing a plot with major disconnects in plausibility an annoyingly screechy kid character and cheesy production values 
1
Beautiful
Roger Ebert
A movie with so many inconsistencies improbabilities unanswered questions and unfinished characters that we have to suspend not only disbelief but also intelligence 
1
Beautiful
Dustin Putman
An entertaining if flawed film all the way up until the disastrous final 5 minutes which turn up the self appreciation and cheeseball meters so high that it becomes sickening 
2
Beautiful
Elias Savada
Beautiful ain t Sally Field may be proclaiming You like me You really like me behind the camera but don t be egged on 
.5
The Fifth Cord
Matt Brunson
The overstuffed plot is overshadowed by the visual compositions 
2.5
The Return of Swamp Thing
Matt Brunson
Oafish innocent and almost adorable in its ineptitude 
1.5
The Return of Swamp Thing
David N. Butterworth
Not since King Kong and Godzilla first slugged it out atop Mount Fuji has there been a more laughable or more ludicrous man in a monster suit movie 
1.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Marta Barber
You have to like James and his outlook on life It may not be glamorous but it s one that eventually allows James a higher lever of satisfaction 
2.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Terry Lawson
Cheese is such a small endearing and well observed piece sort of Curb Your Enthusiasm without the excruciating bits 
3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
G. Allen Johnson
Garlin s directing has little pacing and many of the borderline gags could have been salvaged with some sharper editing And there s a shocking amount of jokes and situations that just don t work 
2
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Sean P. Means
Some of James adventures go nowhere but his encounters with females are loaded with humor and warmth 
2.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Roger Ebert
It celebrates its modesty it becomes our friend we re surprisingly touched by it even though it doesn t rock us If there is such a thing as a must see three star movie here it is 
3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Josh Larsen
about as small as movies get yet often unexpectedly as moving 
3.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Jeff Vice
This is a film that can t quite decide if it wants to be a show business spoof a romantic comedy or an embarrassment comedy along the lines of HBO s Curb Your Enthusiasm 
2
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie has a strange tone but there s a lot to admire here 
2.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Sid Smith
I ve no clue how the world will take to I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With For Chicago it s a scrumptious four star banquet 
3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Evan Henerson
Jeff Garlin the former Second City actor who plays Larry David s manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm has spun his solo show into a movie that s alas pretty light on laughs 
2
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Wesley Morris
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With has the same conditional deals and loosely drawn sensibility as Curb Your Enthusiasm 
3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Ross Anthony
Myself a Curb your Enthusiasm enthusiast I welcomed a work by Jeff Garlin who plays Larry s best friend and manager on Curb 
3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Jim Hemphill
Idiosyncratic and personal it s a comedy that could only have come from the distinctive mind of its very talented creator 
3.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Jack Mathews
Extremely slight but very genial 
2.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
John Anderson
painful funny and honest and the tone Garlin achieves is steady and true 
3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Kam Williams
A romantic comedy trading on Woody Allen s trademark themes except substituting Chicago for New York as a backdrop and as the cinematic source of its inspiration Too bad comedienne Sarah Silverman simply is no Diane Keaton La di da la di da 
3.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Ken Fox
None of it really adds up to much but it s smart low key fun terrible title and dangling preposition notwithstanding 
2.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Lou Lumenick
A slight but charming DIY feature 
2.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Nick Schager
Nothing more than the type of casual diversion an agreeable TV star might make with his friends during his primary show s summertime hiatus 
2
Moving Midway
Matt Brunson
The details behind the actual move are the least interesting part of the film far more compelling is the history of slavery as presented through a polished Hollywood veneer 
3
Moving Midway
Maureen M. Hart
In its 98 minutes film critic Godfrey Cheshire s documentary Moving Midway records an amazing architectural feat and that s the least of its virtues 
4
Moving Midway
Roger Ebert
Moving Midway tells three stories each one worthy of a film of its own 
3
Moving Midway
Kam Williams
An admirable examination of one family s belated attempt to come to grips with if not atone for its role in America s original sin 
4
Moving Midway
Kyle Smith
There is a satisfyingly Faulknerian air of bizarreness about the episode and the shots of the grand old house being trundled down country roads are amazing 
3
Moving Midway
Fernando F. Croce
The historical and the personal converge in Moving Midway Godfrey Cheshire s analytical and emotive portrait of ancestral roots and antebellum mystique 
3
32 Weeks
Roger Moore
The picture plays the amnesia crutch the plot leans on never gives way and the players especially Souza keep us invested and interested until the last mystery of those missing 32 Weeks is revealed 
2.5
Flex Is Kings
Stephanie Merry
It doesn t always seem like the directors knew where they were going but they ended up in the right place 
2
Flex Is Kings
Michael Dequina
Cuts deeper than the dance flick norm 
3
Flex Is Kings
Kenji Fujishima
Putting aside the generic human interest however Flex Is Kings turns out to be shockingly deficient in its on screen depiction of flexing 
1.5
How I Killed a Saint
Maitland McDonagh
Mitevska telescopes centuries of conflict between nations into an intimate story of siblings whose hopes for the future are being slowly poisoned by the sins of the past 
3
How I Killed a Saint
V.A. Musetto
How I Killed a Saint boasts dynamic performances by the two leads as well as tight directing a lot happens in just 82 minutes and eye pleasing cinematography 
3
Coherence
Federico Furzan
Science fiction drama gone great This is such an interesting movie it will be hard to forget Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Coherence
David Nusair
an erratic yet watchable sci fi mind twister 
3
Coherence
Linda Barnard
The larger questions Coherence asks us to consider about parallel worlds are interesting if not exactly original while absurdist touches help elevate it from more traditional thrillers 
2.5
Coherence
Brad Keefe
Great use of handheld photography and minimal light without falling into the found footage trap Coherence makes Byrkit a filmmaker to watch 
3.5
Coherence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has just about everything I like in a sci fi movie and it s a tense involving brain bending success 
3.5
Coherence
Robert Levin
So invested in showing off how smart it is in demonstrating the ways its narrative reflects some fundamentally complex ideas that it fails to hit home emotionally 
2
Coherence
Matt Zoller Seitz
Coherence is proof that inventive filmmakers can do a lot with a little 
3
Coherence
Sara Stewart
Writer director James Ward Byrkit in his feature debut achieves effective chills with only eight actors and a living room 
3
Coherence
Roger Moore
Theatre of the Absurd sci fi with Twilight Zone touches all it lacks is that tricky word that is its title Coherence 
2
Coherence
Nick Prigge
The film s impression of personas is less traditionally sinister than representative of its inquiry into identity and what happens when social barriers begin to fall away 
3
Coherence
Jim Brunzell III
An unsatisfactory conclusion ruins an engaging and promising idea 
2.5
Coherence
Rob Thomas
If you re into indie sci fi in the vein of Primer or Another Earth where the thrills up the spine come from ideas rather than visual effects get a ticket now to see James Byrkit s mindbender Coherence 
3.5
Black Code
Simon Houpt
They re seductive those modern conveniences that connect you to the world your computer your phone your Facebook page but they betray you at every moment 
3
Black Code
Tina Hassannia
Outside of informing us about what s happening and gently asking us to stay aware about these global issues Black Code doesn t have much else to say It s a trait of televisual documentary storytelling 
2.5
The Curse of El Charro
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A nonsensical supernatural horror film void of any direction and pure suspense 
1
Patti Cake$
Christopher James
Despite being as rote and cliche as many other indie films before it the talented performers sell the words with such flair the film comes alive 
3
Patti Cake$
Robert Daniels
Patti Cake is the outsiders plea for acceptance even when those taste makers are deaf to the notes 
3
Patti Cake$
Khari J. Sampson
Patti Cake is a great film that defies convention at every turn like its heroine 
3.5
Patti Cake$
John Serba
Credit Danielle Macdonald for an emotionally authentic performance one wrong turn and she could be a caricature or gulp a Movie Character fulfilling the screenplay s many familiar tropes 
3
Patti Cake$
Rafer Guzman
A rough edged charmer that puts its own stamp on the underdog story 
3
Patti Cake$
Robbie-Ann McPherson
For we losers who may have an old dream or two buried behind the wood shed Patti s journey shows us that growing up doesn t mean giving up It just means reality is going to punch you in the face now and then but you have to shake it off 
3
Patti Cake$
John Wirt
In writer director Geremy Jasper s impressive first feature Australian actress Danielle Macdonald brings the aspirational title character all the spunk and vulnerability she needs 
3.5
Patti Cake$
Brad Keefe
This would probably be a bad movie were it not for the all in performance of newcomer Macdonald who both captures the inner struggle and spits bars more efficiently than expected 
3
Patti Cake$
Roger Moore
A hilarious inspiring lowdown New Jersey epic Precious meets Hustle Flow 
3
Patti Cake$
Tina Hassannia
While it s all pretty straightforward and predictable Patti Cake squeezes out a lot of charm from its cast especially from the empathetic defiant and supremely talented MacDonald whose real life success should be inevitable after this film 
4
Patti Cake$
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a real story one with real heart real emotion all of it centered around a main character whose faults and shortcomings are every bit as fascinating as her strengths and attributes prove to be 
3.5
Patti Cake$
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Macdonald is very simply a force of nature 
3
Patti Cake$
Dave McGinn
Patti Cake for the most part avoids feeling like a song you ve heard before It s too big hearted and genuine not to love 
3
Patti Cake$
Peter Howell
Patti Cake isn t really a comedy too much sadness and despair intrude to make it so But it s a joy to watch Macdonald in action 
3
Patti Cake$
Matthew Jackson
Patti Cake is a warm embrace It s a powerful story of what happens when people on the fringes find each other and make something amazing 
4
Patti Cake$
Ty Burr
Patti Cake charts a path of rise and fall breakthrough and disappointment montage and romance that would be woefully predictable if we weren t having so much fun tagging along 
3
Patti Cake$
Ann Hornaday
Patti Cake winds up being a celebration of art enterprise and self invention that s as tough as it is touching At the risk of mixing metaphors not to mention musical genres it rocks 
3
Patti Cake$
Matt Zoller Seitz
The movie s documentary instincts are much sharper than its drama and ultimately much more memorable Its sense of place and uniformly superb performances make it worth seeing and maybe ultimately singing along with 
3
Patti Cake$
Katie Walsh
a rousing and triumphant tale of freedom creative expression self discovery finding your voice and actually being heard Imagine that 
3.5
Patti Cake$
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Geremy Jasper making his feature film debut has made a warm sympathetic film about outcasts 
3
Patti Cake$
James Berardinelli
This is a feel good tale through and through yet because of the aesthetic and setting it doesn t feel cloying and artificial 
3.5
Patti Cake$
Richard Roeper
Patti Cake belongs to writer director Jasper who makes good use of his New Jersey upbringing and his music video background to create a memorable feature debut and to Danielle Macdonald 
3
Patti Cake$
Michael Phillips
Macdonald breathes life into the material the truth and the fictions both 
3
Patti Cake$
Stephen Whitty
A predictable plucky underdog story it hits every note the sentimental genre demands from gritty blue collar background to feel good empowerment message 
2.5
Patti Cake$
Gary Thompson
Patti Cake in the end is a little pat but it doesn t take its underdog band of misfits formula too far and Macdonald s infectious grit carries the day 
3
Patti Cake$
Elise Nakhnikian
The obstacles and opportunities that Patti encounters are often rote but her struggles and triumphs are detailed with a gravity that honors and elucidates her feelings 
2.5
Patti Cake$
Sean P. Means
Everett paints a touching portrait of a woman railing against her crushed dreams And McDonald is a joyous find who owns the movie as surely as Patti commands the mic 
4
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Andrew Sarris
This very frothy farce is more pointedly political refreshingly so than almost any serious movie in recent memory 
3
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
David Nusair
46 46 46 the movie 8217 s proliferation of appealing elements ensures that it remains quite engaging from beginning to end 46 46 46 
3
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Matt Brunson
It may not deliver as many sustained laughs as its predecessor but the hit to miss ratio of its comic content is still high 
3
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Dennis King
What s at work here is the comedy law of diminishing returns if you tell the same jokes over and over and over again they become less and less and less funny 
2
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Robert Roten
This is strictly a hit or miss film 
2
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
James Kendrick
This sequel might feel like a simple reworking of the first film if Leslie Nielsen weren t so consistently appealing in his role as Frank Drebin 
3
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Roger Ebert
Nielsen s secret is that he does almost nothing and certainly nothing he seems to think is funny 
3
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Chris Hicks
Somehow this sequel never reaches the heights of inspired lunacy that made the original so memorable and there are no extended set pieces that work as well as the first film s opening battle with America s enemies or the climactic baseball game 
2.5
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
David N. Butterworth
Smells bad 
2.5
Dreaming Lhasa
John Hartl
Whenever the filmmakers stray from Dhondup s story and the tales of other refugees they tend to lose their way 
2
Dreaming Lhasa
Ty Burr
Dreaming Lhasa goes a long way on the strength of its exotic visuals and gently urgent narrative but in the end it doesn t go quite far enough 
2.5
Dreaming Lhasa
Bill Stamets
Manages to enchant with its simplicity and scenery 
3
Dreaming Lhasa
Kam Williams
This surprisingly engaging semi autobiographical docudrama must have served as sojourn of self discovery for the moviemaker though it now offers his audience a refreshingly realistic peek into the plight of a displaced people 
4
Dreaming Lhasa
Nick Schager
While the film argues that nationalism isn t confined by borders it also proves that neither are bad performances 
1.5
Patch Adams
John Monaghan
Only inspires me to steer clear of both hospitals and any movie that casts Robin Williams as a lovable clown 
2
Patch Adams
Sean P. Means
Patch Adams does serve as a platform for Williams to do what he does best evoke laughter and wring tears Even when the movie flatlines Williams keeps the beat 
2
Patch Adams
Matt Brunson
Patch Adams is offensive in the way it trots out every hoary plot device no matter how improbable exploitative or downright moronic 
1
Patch Adams
Roger Ebert
It extracts tears individually by liposuction without anesthesia 
1.5
Patch Adams
Steve Rhodes
Preachy and overlong 
1.5
Patch Adams
Dustin Putman
A little too conventional and predictable for my taste However when the ending came the whole effect of the movie was pretty much ruined 
2
Patch Adams
Michael Dequina
A sea of schmaltz that is even more insulting than it is nauseating 
1
Patch Adams
Elias Savada
a genuine heartwarming crowd pleaser although director Tom Shadyac can be seen disgorging heapings of sentimental claptrap over this biographical landscape 
2
Patch Adams
Susan Stark
A movie of depth and delight 
3
Patch Adams
Rene Rodriguez
Has some very funny moments but they re all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script 
2
Patch Adams
Jorge Avila Andrade
Intenta hacerle ver al pblico lo importante de las relaciones humanas entre doctor y paciente
3
DEEMO Memorial Keys
Kevin Carr
Innovative and inspiring 44 but stylistically imperfect 44 this offers a gentler version of animation from Japan 46 
2.5
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
David Nusair
suffers from many of the problems that plagued its predecessor 
1.5
Voices
Roger Moore
None of it works up so much as a mild fright 
1
Great Freedom
Peter Canavese
Well acted interpersonal prison drama low key tender and sexually explicit in short bursts 
3.5
Great Freedom
Rene Sanchez
Franz Rogowski is spectacular in this compassionate tale that explores the resilience of the human spirit Full Review in Spanish
4
Great Freedom
Mark Dujsik
It s personal and intimate in examining how the institutional denial of an individual s worth affects the core of a person 
3
Great Freedom
Michael O'Sullivan
Gradually a story of bittersweet beauty and unexpected tenderness emerges 
4
Great Freedom
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Its three timelines all approach Hans at a distance and its portrayal of his relationships as primarily transactional or illicit sits lopsidedly atop a protagonist whose soul seems to contain more than we re seeing 
2
Great Freedom
Dwight Brown
Sometimes a modicum of dialogue works best That s seems to be a basic strategy for Austrian writer director Sebastian Meise and co writer Thomas Reider Show first Tell second 
3
Great Freedom
Randy Myers
Meise s uncompromising feature is a thumb in the eye of governments stifling and corrupting the lives of those who don t conform to an insidious standard 
3.5
Great Freedom
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of Rogowski s most moving and fully imagined performances anchoring a drama that tries to do a bit too much for its own good in terms of structure 
3.5
Great Freedom
Diego Semerene
In Great Freedom the question of love is refreshingly never too far from bodily intimacy irrespective of what kind of love that is 
3.5
Northfork
Michael Dequina
A moody and layered meditation on and evocation of literal and figurative states of purgatory 
3
Northfork
Robert W. Butler
Northfork is visually stunning thematically rich and ultimately about as exciting as watching an old car rust 
2
Northfork
Jeff Vice
This pretty odd little fantasy drama is more likely to leave audiences scratching their heads than it is to warm their hearts 
2
Northfork
Sean P. Means
There is a lot less going on in Northfork than its dour acting odd symbolism and funereal take us seriously or else tone would suggest 
2
Northfork
Phil Villarreal
This is the strongest most cohesive film from the brothers Polish 
3
Northfork
John Beifuss
The sympathetic might describe Northfork as a cinematic poem or allegorical fairy tale The uncharitable might prefer such terms as hokum or hooey 
2
Northfork
Walter Chaw
There is a posture of icy remove to the Polish brothers film that washes everything in the same bleached palette employed in M David Mullen s faultless cinematography 
2.5
Northfork
Kevin John Bozelka
Beware of smarty pants filmmakers run amok in small town America 
2
Northfork
David N. Butterworth
This Polish brothers drama about the imminent flooding of a small Montana town takes on the unfortunate air of an inside joke that you re not invited to share 
2.5
Northfork
Ross Anthony
Surreal oddly punny and yet mostly a meditation on letting go of the dearly departed 
2.5
Northfork
Joe Baltake
This formidable work is for no one except those who are truly tired of formulaic movies and crave something completely different 
3.5
Northfork
Rene Rodriguez
An insufferably artsy pretentious work the sort of picture that gives art films a bad name 
1.5
Northfork
Michael Booth
It is impossible to describe all the rich layers of Northfork clearly an exhausting labor of love for the Polish brothers who wrote produced directed and star in the mystical movie 
3.5
Northfork
Jack Zink
Northfork has a fascinating combination of desolation and fantasy both visually and emotionally 
2.5
Northfork
Chris Hewitt
A movie that leaves plenty of room for interpretation 
3
Northfork
John Hartl
Impenetrable 
2
Northfork
Terry Lawson
Though the Polish brothers are saying good bye to the heartland with the conclusion of Northfork you may feel as if you ve beat them out of town 
2
Northfork
Jeanne Aufmuth
What little enthusiasm I drummed up for this hyper precocious indie will be tucked away for December s Worst of the Year list 
1
Northfork
Mick LaSalle
Numbing and inert 
1
Northfork
Ty Burr
You may resist Northfork but I doubt you ll be able to forget it 
3
Northfork
James Berardinelli
In devoting all of their efforts towards the film s look and feel co creators Mark and Michael Polish have crafted a motion picture that is static occasionally opaque and worst of all boring 
2
Northfork
Glenn Lovell
Unbelievably boring 
1.5
Northfork
Chris Knight
The Polish brothers have clearly not let realism get in the way of a great story Surrealism is their watchword or magic realism if you will and enjoyment of the tale depends on surrendering to its powers 
3.5
Northfork
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A beautiful superbly crafted constantly surprising film that completely transports you into its peculiar world 
3
Northfork
Lou Lumenick
Remarkable love letter to the disappearance of the American frontier 
3.5
Northfork
Jack Mathews
A drearily pretentious allegory 
2
Northfork
Bob Strauss
It s an austerely beautiful contemplative film that has too many ideas for its own good Enough of those notions are interesting enough to compensate for the film s many meanderings into artsy cutesiness 
3
Northfork
Roger Ebert
The movie is visionary and elegiac more a fable than a story and frame by frame it looks like a portfolio of spaces so wide so open that men must wonder if they have a role beneath such indifferent skies 
4
Northfork
Josh Larsen
idiosyncratic dense and often brilliant 
3.5
Northfork
Claudia Puig
The cinematic equivalent of an elaborate and poetically constructed non sequitur 
2
Northfork
Jeffrey Westhoff
Perhaps the Polish brothers strategy is to put the audience to sleep so viewers aren t sure what parts of the movie they watched and what parts they dreamed 
2
Northfork
Gene Seymour
The movie is as much a triumph of production design as any popcorn blockbuster and just as shallow on the inside 
2
Northfork
David Sterritt
The movie elegantly mingles drama comedy and low key spiritual resonance 
4
Northfork
Michael Wilmington
A dreamy saga with a fantastical feel epic sweep and a star cast headed by James Woods Nick Nolte and Daryl Hannah 
3
Northfork
Steve Rhodes
A pretentious picture so bad that some will probably embrace it as some kind of artistic triumph 
.5
Split at the Root
Robert Daniels
91 An 93 empathetic yet creaky look at our broken and apathetic immigration system 46 
2
Nosferatu
Roger Ebert
To say of someone that they were born to play a vampire is a strange compliment but if you will compare the two versions of Nosferatu you might agree with me that only Kinski could have equaled or rivaled Max Schreck s performance 
4
Nosferatu
Dustin Putman
A serious minded true in spirit redux 
2.5
Nosferatu
Walter Chaw
The film s reason for being it s a shrine to Herzog s favourite German director is also the end of the conversation 
3
Nosferatu
James Kendrick
Slow contemplative and strikingly evocative
3.5
Nosferatu
David Keyes
The movie challenges us with images and emotions that have hardly ever been seen before 
3.5
Nosferatu
James Berardinelli
Nosferatu the Vampyre may not be scary in a traditional sense but it is not easily forgotten 
3.5
Margarita, With a Straw
John Beifuss
In the role of Laila whose slurred speech and wheelchair are impediments but not barriers to expression and freedom Kalki Koechlin delivers the type of performance that in a major movie garners Oscar notice 
3
Margarita, With a Straw
Namrata Joshi
Moments stand out especially between mom daughter Revathi and Kalki both putting up perceptive persuasive performances 
3
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Ty Burr
I feel like I absorbed We re All Going to the World s Fair at a subcutaneous level and will be feeling its effects for some time to come 
3
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Rene Sanchez
A brutally authentic and haunting portrayal of self discovery in the era of viral challenges and virtual experiences 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Josh Larsen
A deep dive into adolescent alienation 
3.5
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Schoenbrun s work lives at the piercing edge of modern horror 
3
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Sara Michelle Fetters
Themes revolving around personal self discovery are universal in their eerie effectiveness and there were multiple moments where I saw myself in the main character a quiet shiver cascading down my spine every time 
3.5
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Lisa Trifone
The coming of age genre is nothing new but Schoenbrun manages to find an interesting and contemporary new angle from which to approach this key moment
3
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Tomris Laffly
While Schoenbrun s film manages to generate only a vague sense of disquiet on the whole Cobbs arresting performance holds our gaze and attention 
2.5
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Mark Dujsik
It s a film that s equal parts eerie and melancholy as it explores how a teenage girl s life is overtaken by an online role playing game 
3
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Roger Moore
I think I get what she was going for but I dont think she got there
2
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Mark Hanson
Throughout Jane Schoenbrun reveals themself to be adroitly plugged into both the current technological and sociological landscape 
3
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Joey Magidson
We re All Going to the World s Fair is the first draft of a great film 
2.5
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Mike McGranaghan
An exercise in moodiness and atmosphere that cast a spell over me 
3
Piranha 3DD
David Keyes
Here is a follow up that could not be any more clueless if it had been conceived in a void 
0.5
Piranha 3DD
Robert Levin
This sequel puts such little effort into the same basic setup that it s barely even a movie 
1.5
Piranha 3DD
David Nusair
boasts a roster of hopelessly forgettable central characters and for the most part lurches from one poorly conceived set piece to the next 
2
Piranha 3DD
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Takes the fun out of ravenous piranhas chomping down on naked women 
1
Piranha 3DD
Mike McGranaghan
With its too short runtime sloppy sense of plotting and poor CGI Piranha 3DD feels like a cheap o direct to DVD sequel that somehow got a more prominent summer release 
2
Piranha 3DD
Dustin Putman
The oft offended should consider themselves warned This one s for Piranha fans only and they know who they are 
2.5
Piranha 3DD
Stephen Cole
Like so much adolescent made for guys comedy horror Piranha 3DD is so weirdly uptight about women you figure exhibitors should hand out teen health guides as well as 3 D glasses 
2
Piranha 3DD
Jim Slotek
Got to give the Hoff credit He knows he s the King of Cheese and embraces it 
1
Piranha 3DD
Bruce DeMara
As one character notes there s something in the water all right and apparently it s making movies and audiences progressively more stupid 
1.5
Piranha 3DD
Ed Gonzalez
John Gulager is neither artist nor genius bringing only straight to video conviction to Piranha 3DD 
1
Make It Happen
David Nusair
yet another tedious inspirational tale revolving around a would be dancer s efforts at transcending her wrong side of the tracks upbringing to become a professional hoofer 
2
Make It Happen
Des Partridge
Mary Elizabeth Winstead has star quality 
3.5
For All Mankind
James Kendrick
encapsulates with great power the wonderment of something that too many of us now take for granted
4
For All Mankind
Fernando F. Croce
If not the screen apos s ultimate portrait of space travel 44 For All Mankind remains a peerless planetarium show 46 
3
For All Mankind
Peter Canavese
For All Mankind is about what makes these men all the same and to some extent what makes us all the same our infinitesimal smallness in the humbling vastness of the universe Blu ray 
3.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Mattie Lucas
For such a dark gritty ferocious film the big melodramatic finish betrays its creepy low budget aesthetic 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
David Keyes
Falls into the trap of delivering its relentless arsenal of painful images with almost sedated enthusiasm The movie has no venom 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Rossiter Drake
It is an artfully crafted exercise in high octane style bolstered by a stronger cast than most horror films could ever hope to assemble but it s a bitter sleazy little pill that leaves an ugly aftertaste 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Lucius Gore
Some say this remake is better than the original but it ain t so 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Greg Maki
Exists only to inflict an unfathomable amount of pain and suffering upon its characters and audience 
0
The Hills Have Eyes
Marty Mapes
A good subtext can make a horror movie good
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Kurt Loder
Filmmakers Aja and Levasseur have no doubt created the cannibal holocaust of their dreams It s certainly as brutal bloody and ambitiously disgusting as the most demanding fan might wish 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Linda Cook
Well nobody can beat horror meister Wes Craven when it comes to scaring the living daylights of us 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Mark Dujsik
Horror is the cinema du jour it seems and this movie is simply a casualty of that trend 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Jonathan R. Perry
Alexandre Aja s take on Wes Craven s cult classic is lurid grindhouse trash posturing as a satirical screed about American Cold War jingoism and irresponsible nuclear policy 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes
John Beifuss
After being led into the sandy middle of nowhere by an arrogant but ill prepared conservative a Democrat pushed to the edge savagely skewers a desert terrorist during a skirmish in a village inhabited by the victims of an American military operation 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Mike McGranaghan
We ve all heard of movies being so bad they re good The Hills Have Eyes may be the first recorded case of a movie being so good it s bad 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Maitland McDonagh
a shockingly successful update of a seminal 1970s shocker 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Geoff Pevere
Aja and his gorehound ilk are making movies that simply wallow in state of the art displays of torture sadism and sexual humiliation 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Ted Fry
a brilliantly reimagined version of Wes Craven s 1977 micro budget horror classic 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Peter Hartlaub
a blast 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Rudy Joggerst
a popcorn picture that does what it s supposed to do 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Sean P. Means
It suits Aja s nihilism to have the most annoying family members survive longer than the nice ones or maybe he s encouraging us to root for the ax wielding killers 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Gene Seymour
When its makers director Alexandre Aja and his co writer Gregory Levasseur apply the fresh gloss to the old grit they remember to apply the thinnest layer possible without skimping on the roughhouse humor 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Stephen Whitty
The Hills Have Eyes is the latest revision to reach theaters and it s one of the ugliest 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Kyle Smith
It s pretty dull to watch people killing each other for an hour and a half no matter how bloody the pickax work gets 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Jack Mathews
New horror films like Aja s simply shock us with the blunt imagery of heads being axed or blown up and of limbs being chopped or ripped off 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Matt Pais
an entertaining update of Craven s 1977 flick of the same name 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Bob Strauss
proficient entertainment 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Loey Lockerby
The new Hills Have Eyes has little reason to exist except to obey the law that every film from the 70s must be remade at least once before 2010 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Bruce Westbrook
Hills new mix of old elements somehow feels fresh 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Liam Lacey
This is not a remake or reinterpretation of Craven s film so much as a recapitulation of ideas from that film and other movies 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Terry Lawson
Hills is the unadulterated stuff no cut no chaser 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Jeff Vice
skillfully made trash 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Lisa Kennedy
Consider it as one of the first decent Why do they hate us horror flicks 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Michael Phillips
Like the Chainsaw rehash Eyes borrows its title and narrative from a memorably grungy 70s artifact and then proceeds to hammer each new atrocity into your skull with a quarter of the skill and 10 times the blatancy of the original 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Erin Meister
From complete dismemberment to extreme shotgun violence Aja Co not only pull out the stops on this one they decimate them 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Josh Larsen
there is a difference between a thriller that wants to terrorize its audience and one that wants to titillate itself 
0
The Hills Have Eyes
Tyler Hanley
Unflinching gorefest packed with brutal visuals and buckets of bloodshed 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Jon Niccum
So visceral is the carnage and so believable are the victims reactions to it that it s impossible not to get caught up in the story 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Dan Fienberg
The tagline for the new Hills is The lucky ones die first Actually the lucky ones skip this exploitative remake and either watch the original or just read a good book 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Eric Melin
given its source material there was much room for improvement It s just too bad that the only things Aja could improve on were the makeup and gore 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Peter Canavese
As skillfully made and genuinely horrific as it is a pointless rehash there s more than a whiff of smug cynicism in the dry air of this conflicted satire 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is without a doubt masterfully done easily one of 2006 s most pleasantly disquieting and freakishly discomfiting roller coaster rides 
3.5
The Hills Have Eyes
David Nusair
a refreshingly brutal and thoroughly entertaining update of Wes Craven s 1977 cult classic 
3.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Erik Childress
As for Aja s future in horror he better find some original material because hitching a ride on other people s glories will always be the other s glory 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Willie Waffle
Each mutant looks silly with makeup and masks that look like they were purchased at Wal Mart
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Walter Chaw
I don t care for a French filmmaker making a contemptuous smug proselytizing allegory about the legacy of Yankee colonial expansionist violence 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Claudia Puig
There is a strange lack of tension and no real jolts of fear in this remake of the 1977 Wes Craven film 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Carrie Rickey
For me life is too short for a movie that makes death inexorably long I would say that it is unendurable I endured it so you don t have to 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Rene Rodriguez
Torturing the audience is not the same thing as scaring them and I m not sure Aja can tell the difference 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Jackie Loohauis
The body count is higher than the scriptwriters combined IQ s 
1
The Hills Have Eyes
Roger Ebert
It is not faulty logic that derails The Hills have Eyes however but faulty drama The movie is a one trick pony 
1.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Chris Hewitt
The Hills Have Eyes a remake of a 30 year old shocker is concerned with the impact of violence It shows how grief stricken the survivors are and it s interested in where violent impulses come from 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Dustin Putman
A horror buff s wet dream 
3
The Hills Have Eyes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When Aja does get going he subtly and surprisingly elevates the tension like someone who knows what he s doing 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
James Berardinelli
It s fair to say that this is one of the better horror films in recent months but that s more a comment on the weak field than it is a statement of unqualified praise 
2.5
The Hills Have Eyes
Peter Travers
Aja also comes out squarely against nuclear testing How brave What good is a wallow in sicko sadism if you take all the fun out of it 
2
The Hills Have Eyes
Jeremiah Kipp
In effect this remake is a cover song recorded in a slicker studio with the best equipment 
1.5
Last Love
Dan Callahan
This is a glacially paced movie filled with sickly picture postcard imagery that seems designed to put you to sleep 
1
Last Love
Rex Reed
You don t want a sequel to this one 
2
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Peter Canavese
Another solid entry in the DCU line Justice League Gods and Monsters works best as an entr eacute e into what should be a fascinating and highly entertaining series of its own Blu ray DVD 
3
Grand Piano
David Nusair
quite engaging for the duration of its 90 minutes 
3
Grand Piano
John Anderson
Preposterous but much anxious fun 
2.5
Grand Piano
Peter Keough
Grand Piano is an ambitious effort that plays dumb 
2
Grand Piano
Robert Levin
An extended set piece in the classical sense with tension that starts high and remains elevated throughout 
3
Grand Piano
Susan Wloszczyna
Grand Piano is a tidy and tension filled exercise in terror that takes stage fright to literal extremes 
3
Grand Piano
Peter Travers
This thriller set in a concert hall is a stunt but a damn good one Maybe risk hasn t died yet in filmmaking 
3
Grand Piano
Sara Stewart
The only way I can make sense of this movie is to imagine it was made on a dare Someone bet Spanish director composer Eugenio Mira he couldn t do Speed but with a piano instead of a bus and the guy likes to prove people wrong 
2
Grand Piano
Roger Moore
Whatever liberties this takes with what REALLY happens in classical music concerts this thriller s a corker 
2.5
Grand Piano
Ed Gonzalez
Eugenio Mira thrills in watching his main character attempt to worm his way out of a most unusual hostage situation synching his indulgences of style to the pianist s wily physical maneuvering 
2.5
Grand Piano
Dustin Putman
Takes a simple premise one that could have easily fallen into repetition at feature length and transforms it into a thriller of indelible polish and tingling verve 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Brian Eggert
The experience isn t fun rather it s the best of three chapters in Lucas dull prequel saga which isn t saying much 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mattie Lucas
Lucas almost seemed bored by the last two films but his passion for Sith is very apparent onscreen 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Namrata Joshi
The technical wizardry the special effects the ear buzzing sound the mind numbing action and those magnificent light sabres are all there 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Lucas is not a master of writing dialogue but save for some exaggerated or somewhat absurd moments Revenge of the Sith is a great Star Wars movie a roller coaster of action and emotion Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
David Elliott
Devout fans will have to go For the rest of us the best rewards of this show were long ago in a galaxy that now seems far far away 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jay Antani
The bar has been set so low in mainstream Hollywood movies that it s not even worth seriously analyzing this stuff
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Joe Lozito
This one had the most potential and in that way it is the most disappointing 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Kam Williams
A fitting capstone on a collection of screen classics for the ages 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Garth Franklin
The only one of the trilogy that actually works as both a good Summer movie and a solid sci fi movie in its own right 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final third of this dark brooding epic is utterly mesmerizing building magnificently to a coda setting up all the events in the original trilogy with an as to now at least in the prequels unforeseen brilliance
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mark Dujsik
A great Star Wars film and dare I say a great film onto itself 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
David N. Butterworth
The best thing about Episode III Jar Jar Binks is barely in it 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Joe Williams
Although the stiff theatrics are part of the design they re no longer excusable 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Frank Houston
Against all odds the movie becomes more than the sum of its creaky parts building enough emotional firepower to destroy an entire hard bitten cynic such as myself 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Larry Ratliff
As popcorn entertainment strapping in for Star Wars Episode III is like hooking up with an old friend Half the enjoyment is simply the idea of the reunion itself 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Forrest Hartman
As with the last two Star Wars movies Revenge of the Sith is a visual spectacle trotting out the best special effects Industrial Light and Magic has to offer 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Josh Larsen
at once a work of closure and of sustenance 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Lori Hoffman
the brilliant final showdown between Obi Wan and Anakin for his soul is the moment that takes the Star Wars saga where it needs to go 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Sean O'Connell
The final hour delivers like Domino s pizza 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Frank Ochieng
an enticingly dark and absorbing spectacle that should satisfy the casual Star Wars fanatic who fancies an action packed package full of emotional promise and prose 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
David Nusair
Easily the best of the prequels 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
James Kendrick
a unique film in the way its primary objective is to certify what we already know and the pleasure it generates is not in the surprise of what happens but in how it happens
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Lucas has woven into the action and effects a relatively thoughtful story about a young man meant for greatness but corrupted by his own fear and confusion a story more Shakespearean than Arthurian 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Dan Fienberg
Hardly the masterpiece that anxious fanboys have rushed to call it Sith recovers much of the joy and the gravity that many feared had gone the way of the Ewoks 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Peter Keough
Maybe Revenge of the Sith is the best film in the series because it s the last and the adventure of a long time ago in a galaxy far far away returns inevitably to the here and now 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Marty Mapes
One leaves the theater with a 30 year sense of closure and satisfaction
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Greg Maki
The prequel trilogy finally becomes what we have all wanted it to be 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jeff Vice
The action is pretty spectacular especially the climactic light saber duel and an all too brief sequence in which Yoda leads a Wookiee army into battle Die hard fans will be drooling all over that one 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jonathan R. Perry
A glorious perversely satisfying conclusion to a labor of love and a grand entertainment in its own right 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mike McGranaghan
There s some sadness knowing that the Star Wars pictures are done However I get intense pleasure knowing that the series concludes on the highest of high notes 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mark Collette
It turns out I m still afraid of the Dark Side 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Timothy Knight
There s precious little of the wonder and charm of the original Stars Wars films in this big loud and mostly empty spectacle 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Emily Blunt
Be still our little saber loving hearts It s here 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Nick Rogers
It s the only new prequel that doesn t feel like robots were behind the camera and the most thrilling enthralling and tragic episode since Empire 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Kit Bowen
If you can use Jedi mind tricks to gloss over the trite dialogue and stiff acting Revenge of the Sith is going to give you the big payoff you ve been waiting for 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith is the movie we ve been waiting for the movie that should have been made all along 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Sean P. Means
It s meatier and more daring than the first two prequels and earns its place alongside the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Collin Souter
While it does carry some of the flaws of the first two episodes it thankfully lives up to its promise to be the darkest film in the series 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
David Keyes
An ideal convincing finale for this franchise 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Susan Tavernetti
Lucas vision has matured along with his digital special effects tools Lucky for us that the Force was often with him on this one 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Dustin Putman
A slam bang summer blockbuster Completes deepens and enriches the series beyond the pop cultural phenomenon it has long since made for itself 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Phil Villarreal
Beautifully choreographed loud furious and rib shaking donnybrooks that are weaved of the long gestating daydreams of fans 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Willie Waffle
The only disappointment Natalie Portman does not wear the Princess Leia gold bikini 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Erik Childress
Not only a perfect bridge to the original trilogy but will draw favorable comparisons to the fabled excellence of The Empire Strikes Back 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jon Niccum
The film is pretty much wall to wall action with little of the filibusters about trade unions that made Phantom Menace and Clones so irritating 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Lisa Kennedy
Just when you thought it was safe to ridicule everything Star Wars Lucas returns from his flirtation with the Dark Side by crafting a terrific caper to his monumental series 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Michael Sragow
At its best Revenge of the Sith reaches that plateau where pop is art 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Matt Brunson
If only this had gotten out of the starting gate a little quicker it would be an unqualified success 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Eric Melin
Episode III suffers from some of the same shortcomings that its two recent predecessors did only this time far less 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Geoff Pevere
For fans it will be nirvana and for everyone else a welcome relief 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Chris Hewitt
Triumphant is the word I d use for Sith particularly for its superb light saber battles which rediscover the sheer joy and physicality missing in Star Wars since Han Solo s heyday 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mick LaSalle
Watching Revenge of the Sith it s hard not to wonder if Lucas even knows how good a movie he almost made 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mark Rahner
George Lucas had lost his way for many years gone to filmmaking s dark side But now he s mustered up completely unexpected reserve for a last minute redemption 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Carla Meyer
Though flawed Episode III never betrays the Star Wars legacy 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Duane Dudek
The finale feels less the inevitable conclusion of some great saga than the predictable mooing of a reliable cash cow 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Rene Rodriguez
Revenge of the Sith overcomes its dime store dialogue and less than convincing performances through the sheer force of its director s vision 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Bruce Westbrook
Revenge of the Sith is more of the same wildly flamboyant effects serving weak characters bad acting and obtuse plotting 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Rick Groen
Man You re so beautiful Woman It s only because I m so in love Man No it s because I m so in love with you Me Man oh man 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Ty Burr
It s good I mean really good 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jeffrey Overstreet
Call it the saga s Darth nadir Lucas s greatest success in Sith is this We can t help but sympathize with Anakin as he surrenders to the Dark Side 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Steven Snyder
A great film in spite of itself 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Linda Cook
I cried for two reasons First because after nearly 30 years it s finished Yes the series will be out in 3 D But this is the finale of what George Lucas began in 1977 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jeff Strickler
It provides fun and closure wrapping up the saga s many narrative strings in an entertaining finale 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Phoebe Flowers
Revenge of the Sith is both unspeakably brilliant and kind of OK depending on where you re coming from 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Lisa Rose
For many the Sith finale will redeem all three prequels Others will wonder why Lucas wasted so many dollars years and pixels on a story that could have been told in one film or better yet not at all 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Steven Rea
Lucas still can t write His dialogue crashes and burns like an X wing zapped out of the sky by a star destroyer 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Mary F. Pols
Star Wars for better or worse was the genuine article How then can there not be a relevance and a resonance in saying goodbye 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Terry Lawson
To say that Revenge of the Sith is a vast improvement is not extravagant praise but neither is it any kind of putdown 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Claudia Puig
It s the darkest of the six film opus but it just may be the best of the lot 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Lawrence Toppman
Though it starts slowly it lumbers toward greatness in the last third and restores him briefly to the top of his class 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Sean McBride
The Jedi faithful deserve far better than this 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jeffrey Westhoff
As he brings his beginning to an end George Lucas finally produces a second generation Star Wars adventure worthy of the originals 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Jami Bernard
the dialogue is astonishingly feeble the acting unforgivably wooden 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Michael Wilmington
The scariest most exciting most visually prodigious of the sextet with action sequences that explode off the screen characters who finally awaken your sentiments 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Roger Ebert
George Lucas has achieved what few artists do he has created and populated a world of his own 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Lou Lumenick
the visually stunning Sith is also the fastest paced and most accessible 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Gene Seymour
Even with its pulpy excesses showing Revenge of the Sith has a grandiose melancholy that will especially haunt those who have grown up revering the Skywalker chronicles The rest of the audience may well be on its own 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Bruce Newman
Lucas pioneering work in computer generated special effects has often gotten the better of him but this time the action and the visual effects are splendid 
3
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
James Verniere
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith is without doubt the best of the three most recent films That s not exactly high praise 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Glenn Kenny
Once the cogs are set in motion for the creation of Vader the Clone Wars start getting bloody Sith commences to cook in a way that no movie has since Empire 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Steve Rhodes
Color me disappointed and I say this as a huge Star Wars fan Its murky plotting and its long video game battles left me cold and bored 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Ross Anthony
A flawed masterpiece 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Peter Travers
Drink the Kool Aid Wear blinders Cover your ears Because that s the only way you can totally enjoy Revenge of the Sith 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Rob Blackwelder
It may well be the best of all six Star Wars movies 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Peter Canavese
So sound in its construction and its space operatic catharsis that even the nitpickiest fanboy will likely adopt a humbly mumbled All is forgiven as a daily mantra 
4
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Andrea Chase
with a sigh of relief we come to the end of a trilogy that fell criminally short of all that is could have and by all rights should have been
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
James Berardinelli
A rousing and tragic sendoff to a beloved franchise and the best installment in the Star Wars series since 1980 s The Empire Strikes Back 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Michael A. Smith
If as director Lucas has said this is the final film in the saga he has done himself justice by going out with a winner 
3.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Walter Chaw
The magic died a long time ago see Episode III is just the death twitch 
2
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Ed Gonzalez
I imagine that Revenge of the Sith is very much the film Lucas s fans want to see but are some of them ready for an anti Bush diatribe 
2.5
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith
Scott Nash
Finally Lucas recaptures some of the magic 
3
Not Since You
Stephen Cole
Some films need script doctors A slow unconvincing cable TV movie Not Since You requires script hospice workers 
1
Untamed Heart
Mick LaSalle
A low key beguiling romance set in a Minneapolis diner Tomei Is outstanding as a waitress attracted to Slater s character a gentle hulking bus boy too shy to speak 
3
Untamed Heart
James Kendrick
touching in the simplicity of its age old story and heart warming in the way it knows and loves its characters
3
Untamed Heart
Roger Ebert
The movie is kind of sweet and kind of goofy and works because its heart is in the right place 
3
The Case of the Grinning Cat
John Monaghan
Director Marker may be windy but he also enjoys the wisdom that comes with age His masterful command of the camera shows that he can lecture and entertain at the same time 
3
The Case of the Grinning Cat
Wesley Morris
The Case of the Grinning Cat is further evidence of Chris Marker s exhilarating wit His hour long cinema essay offers a snapshot of France that s been realized in Marker s daydreamy developer fluid 
3.5
The Case of the Grinning Cat
V.A. Musetto
Leave it to Chris Marker the 85 year old French documentarian and cineaste hero to take an unexceptional event and turn it into an exceptional film 
3
The Case of the Grinning Cat
Eric Henderson
Modestly eschewing declarative organization Marker s interest in and presentation of information is strictly pointillist 
3.5
The Case of the Grinning Cat
Bill Stamets
Marker something of a cine sage known for his essay style documentaries playfully decodes this unofficial icon of French street culture 
3
The Proud Family
David Nusair
an entirely worthless endeavor 
0
Riotsville, USA
Rob Thomas
Pettengill 8217 s film feels less like a historical documentary and more like a personal video essay 44 wry and angry 44 aimed at the military industrial complex 46 
3
Riotsville, USA
Kelly Vance
Riotsville USA displays things that anyone could have seen for themselves in the turbulent late 1960s It was all around us in city streets and college campuses Battle lines were being drawn 
3
Riotsville, USA
Mark Jenkins
What Riotsville USA gets right about that pivotal year and every year since is the governmental paranoia and overreaction 
3
Riotsville, USA
Odie Henderson
A searing indictment of the militarization of the police force as a response to civil unrest 46 
3.5
Riotsville, USA
Oliver Jones
An equally dreamlike and urgent act of radical archiving Sierra Pettengill s Riotsville USA traces the origin of America s militarized dismantling of social justice movements to a specific time and place 
3.5
Riotsville, USA
Roger Moore
Quiet and measured in its presentation 44 to a fault
2.5
Riotsville, USA
Joanne Laurier
The film 44 however 44 uses this material to present history as nothing but an endless racialist assault 46 
1
Riotsville, USA
Steven Prokopy
Although it takes a neutral approach to its storytelling and fact gathering 44 Riotsville 44 USA feels angry 44 wondering silently why we are still dealing with these issues in these supposedly enlightened times 46 
3
Windows
Roger Ebert
We suspect right at the beginning that so and so is going to turn out to be the villain and then an hour later after the plot thickens there is the less than astonishing revelation that so and so is indeed the villain just as we suspected 
1
My Enemy's Enemy
Terry Lawson
The sad story of the United States involvement in delaying the prosecution of war criminal Klaus Barbie a k a the Butcher of Lyon for three decades is succinctly and painfully recalled in My Enemy s Enemy 
3
They're Out of the Business
Diego Semerene
This is the kind of film whose impeccably steady shots and perfectly ordinary televisual aesthetic feel at odds with its subject matter 
1
The Big Bang
Kyle Smith
For a noir the film is way too talky and convoluted yet for a physics lesson it s trash 
1.5
The Big Bang
Rex Reed
You go away wondering out loud with merit how and where they find the money to make any movie as brain damaged inept unsupervised and moronic as The Big Bang 
0
The Big Bang
Andrew Schenker
A low rent neo noir propped up by descriptions of rather than depictions of sexual kink and an odd interest in quantum physics 
1
Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story
Christy Lemire
Barefoot makes the mistake of deifying him posthumously at the expense of rounding him out as a full human being and it pads its running time with inane footage that grows repetitive 
2
Portrait of Wally
Kelly Jane Torrance
The case was finally resolved in 2010 as this fascinating documentary details Don t expect an even handed account of the case though 
2.5
Portrait of Wally
Lavanya Ramanathan
Although the film at times moves through the evidence at an impossibly fast clip the response of MoMa will doubtlessly resonate 
2.5
Portrait of Wally
Moira MacDonald
It s a fascinating story even as Shea s film sometimes tells it in a slightly convoluted way 
3
Portrait of Wally
Mark Feeney
The material s not so rich and complex that the documentary doesn t feel padded at 90 minutes 
2
Portrait of Wally
Michael Phillips
A painting s provenance matters and so does this portrait of Portrait of Wally 
3.5
Portrait of Wally
Miles Howard
Wally sputters to an unremarkable conclusion 
2
Portrait of Wally
Nathan Southern
As Shea s film approaches its conclusion a wonderful and unexpected sense of empathy suddenly materializes 
3.5
Portrait of Wally
Chuck Bowen
The conclusion is a testament to the fact that authentic justice is probably only attainable by accident 
3.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Linda Cook
Sometimes I can almost hear the studio executives talking before a film gets the green light 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Kyle Smith
The next time the chipmunks make something together I hope it s a fur coat 
0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Josh Terry
The Road Chip is the cinematic equivalent of an air ball It doesn t matter how pretty your form is or how expensive your shoes are if you re aiming the ball at the wrong target the result is going to look really really bad 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Sheila O'Malley
In general Alvin is funny and sometimes a little bit sweet 
2.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Soren Andersen
Exposure to Alvin and the Chipmunks The Road Chip may result in the dislocation of eyeballs in viewers over the age of 7 due to uncontrollable rolling of the eyes at the sight of the idiotic antics committed on screen 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Roger Moore
The last drop of charm was wrung out of this ensemble a couple of sequels ago 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Linda Barnard
This road trip is not worth leaving home for 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Tom Russo
There really doesn t seem to be any reason for this listless Chipmunks installment the fourth in their continuing big screen revival if you re counting 
1.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Chris Knight
If you re looking for kid friendly anthropomorphic animals check out The Good Dinosaur 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Dann Gire
The only thing The Road Chip accomplishes is making three previous Chipmunk comedies look not as abysmally bad by comparison 
0.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Caitlin Moore
The movie does nothing special or surprising but it doesn t particularly offend either 
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Peter Hartlaub
The life expectancy of a chipmunk maxes out at 10 years in captivity So biologically we must be coming toward the end of this franchise 
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Eric Henderson
In the film Alvin and the Chipmunks proudly align themselves not with Dr Demento but with Kidz Bop 
1.5
No Country for Old Men
Mattie Lucas
An unexpected sucker punch of a movie raw gritty and deeply humanistic 
4
No Country for Old Men
Michael Smith
The road to doom is paved with blood and bad decisions in one of the best pictures of 2007 
4
No Country for Old Men
David Keyes
One of the most thoughtful and startling snapshots of the human condition of the last ten years 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Mike Scott
As much as the film is about Bardem s even keeled determination it s also about Tommy Lee Jones brilliantly characterized Texas sheriff who faced with a trail of blood like he s never seen wonders if he s still a match for a changing world 
4
No Country for Old Men
John Serba
The Coens unconventional editing techniques convey a sense of setting and urgency few filmmakers could accomplish or even would brave trying 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Leah Rozen
Hallelujah Men is so good it takes your breath away even when you re not holding it during the scary parts 
4
No Country for Old Men
Peter Keough
No Country for Old Men is the brothers at their most polished austere and humorless 
3
No Country for Old Men
Jeff Vice
This is some of Brolin s best work to date though the film still belongs to Bardem and Jones whose low key mannerisms are well suited to the Coens sensibilities 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Wesley Lovell
The Coen Brothers explore the demise of the Western with their late 80s set drama about a simple man running from a amoral assassin 
3
No Country for Old Men
Peter Canavese
The most fascinating element of the film is its formal linking of its multiple no nonsense protagonists Blu Ray review 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Ross Anthony
I m a big fan of the Coens But I ve got to say I m not much appreciating this picture 
1.5
No Country for Old Men
Jordan Hiller
No Country is not a film for weak unsteady hearts 
4
No Country for Old Men
Michael A. Smith
Brolin adds another feather in the cap that is 2007 Following outstanding performances in Grindhouse and American Gangster this film gives him a hat trick of performances that should put him on any director s A list 
4
No Country for Old Men
Linda Cook
How much does chance play in our clashes with evil If that s too philosophical for you then pardner you d best turn to entertainment other than No Country for Old Men arguably the best yet from the Coen brothers Adult sophisticated and often amb
4
No Country for Old Men
Nick Rogers
Balloons don t blow into funny shapes and its narrative direction isn t fairly self explanatory Yet to watch it is to gaze at the chilling pitch black flipside of Raising Arizona and be haunted by penetrating unflinching stares it gives back 
4
No Country for Old Men
Greg Maki
No Country for Old Men is a modern American masterpiece a film of unbridled power and purpose 
4
No Country for Old Men
Mike McGranaghan
I treasure movies such as this movies that put you in a location allow you to soak up the details and constantly take you places you don t anticipate going No Country For Old Men is a masterpiece 
4
No Country for Old Men
John Wirt
Joel and Ethan Coen have a great catalog of films behind them but they paint their masterpiece with No Country For Old Men 
4
No Country for Old Men
Sean O'Connell
An extremely tense exercise 
4
No Country for Old Men
Kam Williams
Javier Bardem steals the show as perhaps the most unnerving screen villain of the year a monster who ups the ante in terms of tension by holding a cattle gun to his victims heads while flipping a coin to determine who lives and who dies 
4
No Country for Old Men
John Beifuss
May be the most faithful screen adaptation of a novel since John Huston directed The Maltese Falcon in 1941 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Scott Nash
Almost the best movie of the year 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Eric Melin
It proves the Coens can hold an audience in thrall with the simplest of cinema s elements a memorable image 
4
No Country for Old Men
Matt Brunson
No Country for Old Men isn t the first great movie certain to have its ending criticized even by many who enjoyed the rest of the picture 
4
No Country for Old Men
Phil Villarreal
And boy howdy does that dialogue howl like a basset hound pup who s just been yanked from his momma 
4
No Country for Old Men
David N. Butterworth
With No Country for Old Men the brothers Coen return to Texas and to form 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Bob Bloom
Joel and Ethan Coen working from a novel by Cormac McCarthy have made one of the darkest and best movies of the year 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Sean P. Means
Every 11 or 12 years a frequency comparable to sunspot cycles Ethan and Joel Coen pop out of their dry comic mode to make a thriller that chills you to the bone 
4
No Country for Old Men
Robert W. Butler
With No Country for Old Men the Coens may have made their ultimate statement You may not agree with their pessimism but they so effectively tell their story that you cannot help but be swept up in their vision 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Rob Thomas
Not satisfied with just being one of the best thrillers I ve ever seen No Country of Old Men goes beyond that in its third act to becoming a haunting and unforgettable American classic 
4
No Country for Old Men
Duane Dudek
This stark and grimly violent tale of humankind s insignificance in the presence of a force it is helpless to control or predict is a morality tale of existential proportions and with contemporary implications 
4
No Country for Old Men
Maitland McDonagh
There s less to the Coen brothers adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s 2005 somber thriller than meets the eye but it s a hugely entertaining slice of sunbaked Gothic 
3
No Country for Old Men
Sean McBride
I would have preferred a bit more resolution but it s hard to fault the filmmakers for sticking to their filmic style
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Marty Mapes
A world of bad men that s easy to get trapped in and impossible to escape from
3
No Country for Old Men
Claudia Puig
Joel and Ethan Coen have directed their best film since Fargo more than a decade ago 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Rene Rodriguez
What makes the movie a masterpiece however is not the Coens supreme command of their craft in these scenes but their willingness to embrace the resigned worldview of McCarthy s novel 
4
No Country for Old Men
Amy Biancolli
It just might be the Coen brothers singular mythic masterwork 
4
No Country for Old Men
Terry Lawson
Bardem is nothing less than the best movie villain since Anthony Hopkins slipped out of Hannibal Lecter s manacles scary smart and horrifyingly appealing and Brolin is nothing short of a revelation 
4
No Country for Old Men
Lisa Kennedy
This movie is that stunning 
4
No Country for Old Men
Moira MacDonald
The mood is darker and quieter than the Coens usually present though some of the dialogue has a deadpan humor 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Bruce Newman
Working from a Cormac McCarthy novel that has the heedless headlong force of an action movie screenplay Joel and Ethan Coen have improved upon the original by giving it a visual lyricism to match McCarthy s verbal barrage 
4
No Country for Old Men
Carla Meyer
Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen build and sustain tension so masterfully throughout this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s novel that even trouble that s been telegraphed still shocks when it arrives 
4
No Country for Old Men
Joe Lozito
This Coen Brothers adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel may be their darkest film yet It s also one of their best 
4
No Country for Old Men
Jeanne Aufmuth
The Coens return to form creating their most idiosyncratic characters since Steve Buscemi s Carl Showalter faced down the wood chipper in Fargo 
4
No Country for Old Men
Gina Carbone
If nothing else No Country should win an award for Best Use of an Oxygen Tank 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After two artistic flops it appeared that filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen had taken a fall Not so They re back with their twelfth and perhaps greatest film 
4
No Country for Old Men
Peter Howell
No Country for Old Men may just be the year s best picture 
4
No Country for Old Men
Chris Hewitt
This Country is for anyone who loves movies 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Mick LaSalle
The Coen brothers screenplay is faithful to McCarthy without being obsequious In filming it they play it straight and the touches of signature humor that are there don t seem like flashes of style but organic and right 
4
No Country for Old Men
Stephen Whitty
No Country for Old Men is based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy but it shows all the Coen strengths One is a genuine interest in the way people work 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Lou Lumenick
No Country for Old Men is the first movie I ve seen in a very long while that deserves to be called a masterpiece It s such a stunning achievement in storytelling 
4
No Country for Old Men
Michael Phillips
As pure craftsmanship No Country for Old Men is as good as we ve ever gotten from Joel and Ethan Coen 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Ty Burr
The Coens understand the stark immediacy of this tale and they visualize it with brilliantly judged details 
4
No Country for Old Men
Sara Michelle Fetters
Potent powerful compelling elegant unnerving and emotionally turbulent Joel and Ethan Coen s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy s No Country for Old Men is a bona fide miracle 
4
No Country for Old Men
Roger Ebert
No Country for Old Men is as good a film as the Coen brothers Joel and Ethan have ever made and they made Fargo 
4
No Country for Old Men
Steven Rea
An eerily quiet bracingly bloody and expertly laid out adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Erik Childress
The Coens have found the perfect source material to continue their dominance of the crime genre while making a second viewing an absolute must to appreciate all the voices involved 
4
No Country for Old Men
Walter Chaw
A f masterpiece 
4
No Country for Old Men
Jan Stuart
This acerbic darkly poetic Coen brothers take on the Cormac McCarthy novel is calculated to give you the willies 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Dustin Putman
A masterpiece of a thriller as merciless as a livestock stun gun to the head as sharp as a razor blade and as confidently written as any genre classic one can think of take your pick 
4
No Country for Old Men
Josh Larsen
Long the merry pranksters of the cinema the Coens have given irony a vacation 
4
No Country for Old Men
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is the Coen Brothers leanest and least affected film since Blood Simple 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
James Berardinelli
The Coens know how a thing or two about pacing and it s relentless here The story is full of unexpected twists and switchbacks and opportunities for the audience to gear down and take a breath are few and far between 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Peter Travers
The Coens squeeze us without mercy in a vise of tension and suspense but only to force us to look into an abyss of our own making 
4
No Country for Old Men
Kyle Smith
A dust bowl Pulp Fiction the movie is bloody suspenseful unnerving and not incidentally hilarious The best Coen Bros drama without the twitchy mannerisms of Fargo 
4
No Country for Old Men
Nick Schager
The Coens first film since their leaden remake of The Ladykillers is an exceptional return to their Blood Simple roots offering up a crime saga in which money is almost as irresistible as bad choices are inevitable 
3.5
No Country for Old Men
Elizabeth Weitzman
The most searing film I ve seen this year 
4
No Country for Old Men
Pam Grady
This is one of the Coens best films yet its indelible images resonating long after the final credits roll 
4
No Country for Old Men
David Nusair
the Coen brothers most consistent and flat out entertaining effort since 1996 s Fargo 
3
No Country for Old Men
Rick Groen
Written almost exclusively in taut dialogue the book already reads like a screenplay and the Coen brothers have taken full advantage 
4
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Catherine Springer
The story is chock full of colorful characters other than Brügger and suspense as Brügger builds the tale to a climax that turns out to be quite shattering 
3
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Sean P. Means
It s a good yarn Brügger relays full of political intrigue and outlandish characters Too bad he tells it in such a way that we re in doubt about its truthfulness 
3
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The structure and style of the documentary may skirt the satirical but the center is cold as death 
4
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Ann Hornaday
It s impossible to emerge from this film without being shaken to your core Mission accomplished Mind blown 
4
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Joe Friar
Crime of the century or foolhardy conspiracy theory Riveting 
3.5
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Godfrey Cheshire
A tremendously absorbing film a documentary that plays like a first rate thriller hinging on key issues of the Cold War and African decolonization 
3.5
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Mark Dujsik
The amount of information in this documentary is overwhelming and the evidence is convincing 
3
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Peter Howell
By the end of this nearly 2 1 2 hour film which starts offhandedly and rather glibly but firmly rises to a bell ringer of a finale Brugger has connected many scattered dots 
3.5
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Mike McGranaghan
With intellectually engaging subject matter and an innovative style that adds to the mystique this is a movie any documentary fan will want to see and form their own opinion about 
4
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Brad Wheeler
Maybe it s real or maybe it s wackadoodle but a cold case investigation is heated up considerably and imaginatively by Brugger s charismatic film 
3
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Joey Magidson
It s hard not to be stunned by this movie Even if the conspiracy isn t as far reaching as Brügger suggests what s discovered is unnerving unsettling and a complete horror 
3.5
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Roger Moore
While Brugger doesn t actually close the Cold Case with this meandering conspiratorial expose he makes you wonder if he did 
3
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Max Weiss
The film delivers a gut punch that I never saw coming 
3.5
Carny
Roger Ebert
Carny is bursting with more information about American carnivals that it can contain surrounding a plot too thin to support it 
2
Forever Pure
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Aside from the astonishing revelation that Gaydamak hired the Chechen players specifically to provoke a volatile reaction Forever Pure offers little more than one dimensional outrage 
2
Maktub
Roger Moore
Dark funny Totally Netflixable 
2.5
Paint
Kevin Carr
With a throwback style of indie films from the 90s 44 this tongue in cheek dry comedy offers a clever look at people living up to their own fame 46 
2.5
Paint
Rob Thomas
Those who revere Ross might not like the satirical liberties that McAdams takes with his persona 44 but 8220 Paint 8221 never feels mean spirited 44 and Wilson 8217 s performance is charmingly understated 46 
3
Paint
Emily Zemler
This isn t the comedy you may hope it is But like Ross it s appealing and comes from a good place 
3
Paint
Richard Roeper
Give Owen Wilson s tedious take on Bob Ross the brush off 
2
Paint
Steven Prokopy
I certainly love this cast 44 and they do their best with the somewhat underwritten material 44 but like Carl 8217 s paintings 44 I need something more substantive to really appreciate it 46 
2.5
Paint
Joey Magidson
Paint quickly thins out despite admirable commitment to its joke and a dedicated turn from Owen Wilson 46 
2
Paint
Mark Dujsik
None of this makes much sense as a comedy 44 and McAdams apos screenplay only makes a little bit more sense as a story 46 
1
Paint
Mark Dujsik
None of this makes much sense as a comedy 44 and McAdams apos screenplay only makes a little bit more sense as a story 46 
1
Paint
James Berardinelli
In an attempt to say something positive about an otherwise disappointing movie I ll admit that it has a pretty good soundtrack especially if 70s songs are your thing 
2
Paint
Odie Henderson
Paint is so haphazardly thrown together it s painful to watch 
1
Paint
Randy Myers
Paint is an oddball film about an lovable oddball and it works just enough thanks to Wilson s inspired comedic performance 
2.5
Paint
Jeff York
The film seems to be trying for some sort of 35 MeToo statement 44 but it 8217 s too meandering and lazy to play as the cutting social satire it would need to be to achieve that goal 46 
1.5
Paint
Michael O'Sullivan
Wilson s portrayal of Nargle Ross isn t so much a performance as an impersonation It s a thin coat of paint in other words covering up some serious cracks in the storytelling 
1.5
Paint
Mike McGranaghan
Writer 47 director Brit McAdams clearly wanted to make Lust for Life in the style of Napoleon Dynamite 44 yet never quite hits the correct balance needed to make the idea work 46 
2.5
Paint
Roger Moore
A lot of funny people remind us that they 8217 ve been funnier in most everything else they 8217 ve ever done 46 
2
Paint
Mick LaSalle
Some movies are more than just a story they re a world and Paint is a world worth visiting 
3
Paint
Greg Nussen
The film doesn 8217 t have a clear opinion on its main subject and the scourge of misogyny in media 46 10 10 
1.5
The Infiltrators
Jake Cole
The film is never more compelling than when relying on footage of the real radical DREAMer group the National Immigrant Youth Alliance 
2
The Infiltrators
Steven Prokopy
The end result tells a story in a way I ve never quite seen in a film that has the welcome distance of news oriented documentary with the heart and empathy of a feature film 
3.5
The Infiltrators
Matt Fagerholm
A flawed but important film with a great one straining to break free 
2.5
The Infiltrators
Mark Dujsik
Directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera combine documentary and dramatization with decidedly mixed effect in The Infiltrators 
2.5
The Infiltrators
Ann Hornaday
This invaluable film gives an unforgettable face to people who for years have been hiding quietly and productively in plain sight in our neighborhoods offices restaurants and classrooms 
3.5
The Infiltrators
Mike McGranaghan
Most of us probably agree that the immigration system isn t perfect It needs work Here is a film that can help spur important discussion 
3.5
Devil
Federico Furzan
Great trailer bad movie Full review in Spanish 
1.5
Devil
David Keyes
A taut expert and engrossing thriller with sense of visual restraint that is refreshing in this age of abhorrent overexposure 
3.5
Devil
Roger Moore
M Night Shyamalan at his most messianic he just takes too long to get to the frights 
2
Devil
Jeff Beck
It always makes me apprehensive to see a movie that was not screened for critics in advance Devil looked like it could have been an interesting film but it turns out the lack of faith was justified 
2
Devil
David Nusair
a better than average thriller that s ultimately quite a bit more effective than Shyamalan s last few directorial efforts 
3
Devil
Sean P. Means
It s possible the devil is at work here if it s a demonic plan to damn movie audiences to a purgatory of boredom 
1.5
Devil
John Wirt
Because the prospect of being trapped in an elevator is so naturally frightening for many of us Devil obviously underachieves 
2
Devil
John Beifuss
A modest and sometimes silly but fun thriller the killings are ingeniously crafted so that the deaths occur offscreen which doesn t lessen their impact 
3
Devil
Simon Abrams
Any fan of detective fiction will tell you that for a locked room drama to work you can t let anyone including the reader exit the locked room 
2
Devil
Matt Brunson
There s nothing special about the picture but after a string of notorious flops it s surprising to see Shyamalan involved with a film that s at least watchable 
2.5
Devil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Devil really isn t that bad 
3
Devil
Linda Cook
From a director who s had a devil of a time lately comes a Twilight Zone ish horror movie 
2.5
Devil
Shaula Clark
Don t be fooled by the melodramatic speechifying or that unfortunate voiceover this film offers sly winks aplenty beneath the good and evil bluster 
3
Devil
James Berardinelli
At best a cheesy unsatisfying thriller and at worst a waste of time 
1.5
Devil
James Kendrick
a much better film than it will be given credit for which is a shame particularly in an era in which horror films increasingly focus on trendy nihilistic pointlessness
3
Devil
Chris Hewitt
A taut psycho supernatural chiller with an elegantly simple premise Five strangers trapped in the elevator of a highrise start to go nuts 
3
Devil
Wilson Morales
Overall The Devil is a roller coast ride of hits and misses and unfortunately with Shyamalan s fan appeal at basement level these days the filmmakers efforts will not be recognized 
2.5
Devil
Dustin Putman
Starts with a great idea and then does little with it Devil goes through the one note motions and ultimately becomes something no horror movie should be boring Those main credits though 151 what a doozy 
2
The Earth Wins
Linda Cook
Astonishing and unique 
3
Durant's Never Closes
David N. Butterworth
Tom Sizemore has long deserved a juicy leading role Unfortunately Jack Durant isn t it at least not as written here 
1.5
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
Andrew Schenker
If Gravity s narratological gap recalls Grizzly Man the aesthetic model Green seems to have in mind is more Guy Maddin s meticulous image manipulations 
2.5
The Exiles
Sean P. Means
The star is still Choy as cantankerous at the end of this journey as she was at the beginning acerbically noting that China couldn t get away with killing potentially thousands of its young people without some complicity from international leaders 
3.5
Garifuna in Peril
Kam Williams
A remarkable labor of love chronicling a teacher from L A s earnest odyssey in search of his West African Cari Arawak Indian roots traceable to a rapidly disappearing community living in a tiny village along the Honduran seacoast 
3
The Giant Claw
David Nusair
Slow moving talky and ultimately dull 
1
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Brian Eggert
The movie s overarching theme remains that time is short and so we must make the most of it But thanks to this movie time is a thief stealing two unrecoverable hours from our lives 
0.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Matt Brunson
The Walrus and the Carpenter are nowhere to be found in Alice Through the Looking Glass meaning audiences will have to make do with the addition of Marty McFly and Captain Jack Sparrow 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Leo Brady
Alice Through the Looking Glass left me with an extreme headache 
1
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Sarah Knight Adamson
Fantastic costuming set design and A list actors can t save the over stuffed special effects and lack of narrative 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
David Nusair
A rather ineffective followup to Tim Burton s Alice in Wonderland 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Brad Keefe
Overall the cartoonish CGI overwhelms lacking the sense of awe we saw recently in Disney s far superior The Jungle Book 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Kevin A. Ranson
With a far more complex story this time around this sequel could give a Doctor Who episode a run for its money with all the timey whimey stuff 
3
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Brandy McDonnell
The movie pours in enough action puns and genuine emotion to keep the voyage worth it After the journey ends though the wonder quickly fades and the vessel s leaks become more pronounced 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Sara Michelle Fetters
While little touches here and there can t help but excite the senses the lack of a nuanced story or intriguing characterizations makes maintaining interest for all two hours utterly ridiculous 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
David Keyes
The texture of the endeavor is more than enough to sell the attempt These are images with some level of depth and distinction to them 
3
Alice Through the Looking Glass
John Hanlon
A dour and disappointing sequel to the energetic 2010 Tim Burton feature 
1.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
John Serba
This sequel is as if someone saw a birthday cake filling an entire room its layers stacked to the ceiling and decided that what we really need is more cake 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
James Kendrick
One wouldn t think that the overburdened heavily CG ed mis en scene of Burton s film couldn t be surpassed in terms of sheer candy colored enormity but that is precisely what Bobin seems to be going for 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Barry Paris
So much fine motion capture technology in service of so little It s final proof as if more were needed that the best visual tricks are futile without a good story to enhance 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lewis Carroll s wonder and weirdness is replaced with sound and fury 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Josh Terry
Fun but quickly forgettable 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Robert Horton
Whatever issues I might have with Alice Through the Looking Glass it s still refreshing to be able to say that the 3D is a treat 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Christian Toto
Noisy soulless and utterly lacking in magic this Alice has it all 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Willie Waffle
A pointless exercise no one needs
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Kate Taylor
This sprawling tale trades yet again on cultural affection for Alice the Hatter and the Red Queen without incorporating them into a story or a design that can stand on its own feet 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Peter Travers
As Lewis Carroll should have said Efficiency is no substitute for enchantment 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Dustin Putman
A film with vision drive purpose and a palpable pulsating heartbeat Early detractors claiming this radically superior follow up is absent of magic must have seen a different movie because it s swimming in enchantment 
3
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Emma Krupp
Well hey at least it s pretty to look at 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Sean P. Means
Colorful and chaotic Alice Through the Looking Glass is a mixed up mess of origin stories time travel tropes and subdued silliness 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Tina Hassannia
Wonderland is supposed to be some enchanting world But it s hard to find delight or meaning when Lewis Carroll s original whimsy is treated as a half forgotten backdrop in a self serious story 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Robert W. Butler
The best way to approach Looking Glass is as a two hour 3 D special effects demonstration reel With lowered expectations it might not be so bad 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Ty Burr
The movie is gaudy loud complacent and vulgar As such it s acceptable entertainment for 21st century children and audiences who want to be treated like children 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Rick Bentley
The original Alice in Wonderland had problems but it now looks like a classic compared to all of the miscues and misfires of Alice Through the Looking Glass 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
James Berardinelli
Visually Alice through the Looking Glass has its moments but pretty backgrounds and clever special effects can t obscure the disappointment resulting from a half baked script and a miscast villain 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Peter Howell
Shorn of much of the whimsy and wordplay that made Carroll s Alice tales immortal and Tim Burton s Alice in Wonderland a treat this belated revisiting fractures the narrative and tries the patience 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Christopher Schobert
Question Is the exhausting utterly uninvolving Alice Through the Looking Glass somehow worse than Tim Burton s execrable Alice in Wonderland Answer Probably 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Mark Dujsik
Alice Through the Looking Glass is a needless sequel that at least gets some points for imaginative effort 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Kyle Smith
The screenplay by Linda Woolverton isn t exactly heaving with brilliant ideas but it works well enough as a blank canvas against which the special effects team goes bonkers 
2.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Stephanie Merry
I fear I may never see you again Alice laments to the Hatter toward the end of the movie After one sequel too many we can only hope she s right 
1
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Richard Roeper
The attempts at sentiment are heavy handed The Mad Hatter has Daddy Issues Alice has Mommy Issues The Red Queen has Sister Issues Ugh 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Dann Gire
Where Carroll s Through the Looking Glass celebrated fantasy and un logical fun Bobin s sequel pushes real world problems on to the residents of Wonderland as if suddenly they had dropped into a Lifetime Channel movie 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Lawrence Toppman
Special effects and ingenious production design cannot conceal a spectacular hollowness at the core of a ruined childhood legend 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Mick LaSalle
If you see Alice Through the Looking Glass prepare to lean forward in your seat just to stay awake 
1
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Tirdad Derakhshani
A dull formulaic theme park ride whose only purpose is to make more pots of money 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Moira MacDonald
To paraphrase Lewis Carroll the movie s running as fast as it can but still remains in the same place 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Bob Bloom
Alice Through the Looking Glass is not a waste of time but it also isn t time well spent 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Eric Henderson
The film fails to anchor its CGI or events with emotional heft 
1
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Brian Truitt
Unless a Red Queen road trip is on tap next it might be time to retire the Looking Glasses for a while 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Roger Moore
The Wonder is gone 
2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Lindsey Bahr
The Alice stories could be so wonderful on the big screen Maybe it s time for Disney to scrap all this and start again 
1.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Katie Walsh
There isn t enough whimsy in the world to save this unengaging story 
1.5
'85: The Untold Story of the Greatest Team in Pro Football History
Richard Roeper
This is a great time capsule about a team that dominated the sport for one season and then fell apart all too quickly due to a variety of factors 
3.5
No Exit
David Nusair
46 46 46 improves considerably once it progresses into a surprising and impressively brutal midsection 46 46 46 
3
No Exit
Erik Childress
A rather generic thriller that spills its beans too quickly and never develops any genuine rising tension 
2
No Exit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This Hulu thriller is professionally constructed with a few well placed twists and turns and it may be worth a look but it somehow lacks a real pulse it can t truly make the adrenaline flow 
2.5
No Exit
Kevin Carr
This is an effective movie 
2.5
No Exit
Leo Brady
No Exit is reminiscent of past 90s movies like U Turn Breakdown or Joy Ride where characters are trapped in situations that scare us senseless 
3.5
No Exit
Brian Tallerico
A grisly piece of work that earns your suspension of disbelief 
2.5
No Exit
Roger Moore
As child kidnapping trafficking thrillers go and yes there have been scores of these No Exit barely stands out from the pack But it puts us in somebodys snow caked shoes and dares us to reason or fight our way out of this with her
2.5
No Exit
Mark Meszoros
The story is overly simple and the movies cast with one time 24 star and Allstate Insurance pitchman Dennis Haysbert easily being the most recognizable of the faces has a distinct TV movie feel 
2
No Exit
Mark Dujsik
The initial conceit of No Exit certainly has some promise The rest of the movie makes one regret even having that thought 
1
No Exit
Rob Thomas
A snowbound whodunit in the vein of Quentin Tarantinos The Hateful Eight Damien Powers No Exit makes great use of an irresistible premise and a claustrophobic setting to keep the viewer hooked 
2.5
No Exit
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Music swells bodies fall and we are asked for our unearned emotional investment No thank you Im heading that way Over there Far from here 
.5
No Exit
Randy Myers
Like Adams crackling read director Damien Power s roller coaster ride grows more tense with every hairpin turn it takes 
3
China Blue
Barbara Vancheri
The next time you try on jeans and notice a few stray threads you won t be so quick to judge the workmanship if you see the documentary China Blue 
3
China Blue
Janice Page
Though its dissection of globalization is sobering and sharp tongued in places the film s approach is ultimately more diary than diatribe centered on the kind of girls who would rather dance than despair 
3
China Blue
Kam Williams
Just the latest in an invaluable string of eye opening documentaries designed to make Westerners face the fact that their relatively high standard of living comes at the expense of impoverished indigenous peoples of the Third World 
4
China Blue
Jeff Shannon
Heartbreaking yet boldly essential documentary 
3.5
China Blue
V.A. Musetto
After watching the eye opening documentary China Blue you re likely to think twice the next time you want to buy a pair of jeans At the very least your conscience will bother you knowing that the garments were made at sweatshops in China 
3
China Blue
G. Allen Johnson
The most heartbreaking moving film in theaters right now is not Babel Letters From Iwo Jima or Little Children It is China Blue a documentary about sweatshop workers at a denim factory 
4
China Blue
Ed Gonzalez
The film does not benefit from the great power of contrast that was central to the superior Mardi Gras Made in China but it s crucial for its very methodical study of life inside a sweatshop 
2.5
Rocky Mountain Express
Linda Cook
Rocky Mountain Express not only shows the Canadian Rockies in all their glory but it also demonstrates what it s like to ride on The Empress aka the Canadian Pacific 2816 a restored train from the 1930s 
4
Best Men
David Nusair
The ending is a little too neat and tidy but as far as straight to video talk fests go Best Men s worth a look 
3
Wes Craven Presents: They
David Nusair
the movie s mild success is due predominantly to Harmon s stylish visuals and Regan s engaging turn as the sympathetic central character 
3
Wes Craven Presents: They
Michael Dequina
Wes Craven Presents Such an endorsement is meant to be a mark of quality and indeed it is bad quality that is 
0
Wes Craven Presents: They
Nick Rogers
On the heels of quot The Ring quot comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that 44 although flawed 44 is to be commended for its straight ahead approach to creepiness 46 
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Steve Rhodes
With the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof which They isn t it is more likely to induce sleep than fright 
1
Wes Craven Presents: They
Jonathan R. Perry
Wes Craven s presence is felt not the Craven of A Nightmare on Elm Street or The Hills Have Eyes but the sad schlock merchant of Deadly Friend 
1.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Why Scream director Wes Craven allowed his name to be attached to this uninspiring lump is a mystery Whatever he was paid it wasn t enough 
.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Frank Ochieng
With its hint of an awkward Hitchcockian theme in tact Harmon s daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Linda Cook
You knew they were there hiding under your bed They re back 
3
Wes Craven Presents: They
Dustin Putman
If a horror movie s primary goal is to frighten and disturb then They works spectacularly well A shiver inducing nerve rattling ride 
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Rob Blackwelder
They isn t likely to satisfy anyone but horror movie junkies with low standards 
1.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Mick LaSalle
A perfectly acceptable perfectly bland competently acted but by no means scary horror movie 
2
Wes Craven Presents: They
Steven Rea
They has a low budget generic feel but also enough sense to know that unseen menace is a lot creepier than explicit gore 
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Sean P. Means
They takes a long time to get to its gasp inducing ending 
2
Wes Craven Presents: They
Lou Lumenick
A dull dumb and derivative horror film 
1.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Rod Armstrong
It s a well crafted unsettling and nicely performed fright flick about the terrors that strike in the dark 
3
Wes Craven Presents: They
Phil Villarreal
One suspects that Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison 
2
Wes Craven Presents: They
Wesley Morris
Julia is played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan 
.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Michael Szymanski
Forget other scary movies with freaky Internet sites dastardly murderers ghosts on boats spooky videotapes they aren t half as scary as a gothic good old horror film about monsters that live under the bed
3.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Ed Gonzalez
When pronouns attack 
2.5
Wes Craven Presents: They
Ian Mantgani
Who are they Well they re they They re the unnamed easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid They exist for hushed lines like They re back They re out there and They re coming 
1.5
Controlled Chaos
V.A. Musetto
Plays like a bad daytime soap opera 
0
Funny Boy
Randy Myers
While the story soft pedals the brutal violence between the Tamil and Sinhalese people the story of a privileged Tamil teen Brandon Ingram finding inner peace amid a world of conflict remains touching tender and memorable 
2.5
Funny Boy
Lisa Trifone
a respectable effort with plenty to say about the patriarchy gender roles young love and for good measure political drama 
3
Funny Boy
Roger Moore
Not the most original story or original treatment of love in a time of war as a theme But Funny Boy is valuable in letting us see this world and this history through different eyes 
2.5
Funny Boy
Peter Canavese
Deepa Mehta s touch for this material is exactly right and the blueprint of the novel is closely followed 
3
Funny Boy
Roxana Hadadi
Funny Boy falters when trying to link together the personal and political making for a well intentioned film that never delivers much depth 
2
Funny Boy
Tina Hassannia
No matter its formal strengths and weaknesses Funny Boy is a loaded cultural product 
2.5
Citizen Ashe
Erik Childress
A necessary documentation of a life perhaps remembered for tennis first and his tragic end second Ashe s rise to activism and how to cautiously react to the McEnroes of the world deserves a higher ranking 
3
Citizen Ashe
Leo Brady
Yes Arthur Ashe was a wonderful person and a great tennis player but he was also something to strive for He was a model Citizen 
3
Citizen Ashe
Odie Henderson
Fans of tennis and fascinating American lives will be equally satisfied 
3
Citizen Ashe
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Citizen Ashe settles for the simple conclusion that he was a great man It s not wrong 
3
Citizen Ashe
Roger Moore
There s a lot more in depth information on his Wikipedia page frankly Most CNN Films docs have a surface skimming quality to them 
2.5
Citizen Ashe
Jeff York
There is gravitas in every minute The film also goes a long way to restore Ashe to the conversation He was a great athlete and citizen of the world on and off the court and every generation should be reminded of that 
4
Marionette
Pamela Powell
Marionette is a chilling psychological drama washed with Twilight Zone esque hues 
3.5
Marionette
Roger Moore
A perfectly gloomy but overly subdued Scottish thriller pretty much wholly undone by a contorted twist that derails its third act 
1.5
State of Grace
Matt Brunson
It apos s 40 mob 41 business as usual 44 elevated by forceful turns by all the principals 44 particularly Gary Oldman as a twitchy live wire who apos s fiercely loyal to friends and family 46 
3
State of Grace
Roger Ebert
What s best about State of Grace is what s unique to it the twisted vision of the Oldman character who lives in a world of evil and betrayal and has somehow thought himself around to the notion that he is doing the right thing 
3
After So Many Days
Roger Moore
An hour and twenty six minutes of snatches of lovely harmonies singing mostly forgettable tunes rental cars and flights bickering gently onstage and off nothing here to mourn as tragedy or exult in as triumph 
2
Cavite
Jay Antani
Cavite will probably be cited in years to come as a classic example of the post 9 11 action thriller
3
Cavite
Tom Keogh
Cavite will go down in history as a classic of no budget filmmaking making such ingenious use of bare resources that it s a wonder the movie is an effective even thoughtful thriller 
3
Cavite
David Elliott
Gamazon is a capable actor for this hard tour He and Dela Llana filmed with the kind of brave hustle and bustle that plows vividly through glib touches repetition razzle effects and shocks that whomp us hard 
3
Cavite
Ruthe Stein
This is by no means a polished film But it has an energy lacking in thrillers that cost hundreds times more to make 
3
Cavite
Peter Canavese
a fresh bid for indie thriller cred but watching Gamazon and Dela Llana charge through their limitations is a bit like watching a sprinter run in clogs 
2.5
Cavite
Pam Grady
Gamazon and Dela Llana have accomplished a neat trick delivering a piece of terrific entertainment while opening a window on bigger issues and a rarely seen culture 
3.5
Cavite
Maitland McDonagh
It s easy to envision the big budget remake but hard to imagine a mainstream American production capturing the original s sour sweaty immediacy 
3
Cavite
Jan Stuart
Enhanced by the you are there immediacy of a hand held digital camera Cavite works up a visceral potency that overleaps the credibility gaps in the omniscient terrorist device 
3
Cavite
Kyle Smith
A last act full of reversals would have filled in the holes in Cavite 
2.5
Cavite
Jack Mathews
The hand held camera work gives the film an effective documentary pulse but it adds up to only half a movie 
2
Cavite
Ed Gonzalez
The film suggests Jennifer Connelly s snorri cam puke scene from Requiem for a Dream stretched out to 80 minutes 
2
Papal Cab
Steve Rhodes
Keeps the audience in stitches right through the ending credits 
3
Time Running Out
David Nusair
filled with the kind of stylized dialogue and tough guy posturing one expects from a film noir 
2.5
Scream Blacula Scream
Matt Brunson
Scream Blacula Scream is a tad more polished than its predecessor but also a tad less fun with too much time spent on dull or annoying characters 
2.5
Scream Blacula Scream
John Beifuss
Blacula becomes something of a slave master even as he disdains humans who exploit other humans You made a slave of your sister and you re still slaves imitating your slave masters he lectures a pair of pimps before tossing them through a window 
3
A Killing Spring
David Nusair
it s impossible not to get a kick out of watching former Home Improvement kid Zachary Ty Bryan acting like a punk 
2
Defiant Requiem
Linda Cook
Compelling tribute to the arts and the human spirit 
4
We the People: The Market Basket Effect
Ty Burr
The filmmakers have made this for the purposes of near term celebration rather than long term understanding and they re probably judging their audience well 
2.5
Almost Heaven
David Nusair
there s ultimately no denying the effectiveness of the film s uplifting flat out affecting finale 
3
My Sassy Girl
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An entertaining and sad time warp romance comedy 
3
My Sassy Girl
Jeremy Heilman
Whatever small flaws might exist in My Sassy Girl the charismatic leads make it more than worthwhile 
3.5
Luciferina
Walter Chaw
Luciferina is a slow burn with a couple of lovely horror moments that only really stutters when it offers up unnecessary jump scares and an extraneous villain in a movie that s already about Satan 
3
The Crew
Judith Egerton
My first reaction to The Crew was Thank goodness it was only 88 minutes 
1.5
The Crew
Jeffrey Westhoff
Once the story clicks into gear The Crew is a lot of fun But that doesn t happen until after the midpoint 
2.5
The Crew
Rob Blackwelder
The Crew came from a script that was ready for the retirement home itself 
2
The Crew
Marty Mapes
The best thing about The Crew is its quick concise pace 
2.5
The Crew
Robert Payne
In a summer filled with crappy gross out comedies The Crew is a pleasant and amusing alternative 
2.5
The Crew
Roger Ebert
The Crew is all contrivance and we don t believe a minute of it 
1.5
The Crew
Bob Graham
The laughs in The Crew are memorable for their scarcity 
1
The Return of Dracula
John Beifuss
A Cold War horror movie in which vampirism functions as a metaphor for Communism and the forces of anti Christianity with Dracula a shadow version of Jesus who performs miracles he restores a blind girl s sight and promises immortality 
3
Boiler Room
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Ben Younger does a nice job of initially establishing the central character and the raucous office in which much of the story transpires 
2
Boiler Room
Phil Villarreal
I m sold 
4
Boiler Room
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ribisi is magnificent as a wide eyed innocent who transitions into a slick veteran pitchman 
3.5
Boiler Room
Liam Lacey
To put the movie in sales terms after a good opening pitch Younger fails to close the deal The audience can t buy in 
2.5
Boiler Room
Marty Mapes
The tension and pacing of Boiler Room are fast and exciting like in a good thriller and the setting is exotic and original 
3.5
Boiler Room
Jorge Avila Andrade
Interesante retrato del estado al que ha llegado el sistema poltico conocido como capitalismo
3
Boiler Room
Lou Lumenick
Boiler Room pays off with emotional dividends well worth the time investment 
3.5
Boiler Room
Mike Clark
It s the first film of the year capable of keeping a grown up awake 
3
Boiler Room
Cornell & Petricelli
Two thirds into the movie it seems to forget what it s about 
2.5
Boiler Room
Dustin Putman
For all of its potential the film never breaks away from being merely skin deep 
2
Boiler Room
Michael Dequina
This smart tale of greed in the stock trade indeed reaches a figurative boil 
3
Boiler Room
Susan Stark
You won t find a movie that taps more directly into the jugular of the greed fueled late 90s 
3
Boiler Room
Roger Ebert
The movie hums with authenticity and knows a lot about the cultlike power of a company that promises to turn its trainees into millionaires and certainly turns them into efficient phone salesmen 
3.5
Boiler Room
David Keyes
its promising characters are completely eclipsed by the routine plot which is so dreary and predictable that watching the events unfold becomes somewhat of a checklist 
2
Boiler Room
Shay Casey
Boiler Room does a lot of nice things too bad it doesn t manage to do them for a full two hours 
2.5
Boiler Room
Madeleine Williams
Don t bother spending time with this con job 
2
Boiler Room
Bob Graham
Boiler s adrenaline rush film creates an elaborate stock scam 
3
Boiler Room
Tor Thorsen
The talent evident throughout this wild spin on the Wall Street roulette wheel makes Younger a talent to watch You can bet on that 
3.5
Boiler Room
James Berardinelli
A compelling movie going experience 
3
Boiler Room
Steve Rhodes
An exhilarating ride 
3
Boiler Room
Ross Anthony
Backed by rap music a pretty good script faulters a bit when it rushes the progress and consequences of one of Ribisi s clients Still quite entertaining 
2.5
Boiler Room
Rob Blackwelder
An enticing portrayal of high finance as a contact sport 
2.5
Boiler Room
Jay Carr
Boiler Room is derivative and flawed But it does throw off a few sparks 
2.5
You Might as Well Live
David Nusair
It s clear right from the get go that You Might As Well Live has been designed to appeal to a very specific sense of humor 
1
You Might as Well Live
Jennie Punter
A tightly scripted comedy on the fast track to a very twisted happy ending 
2
You Might as Well Live
Jason Anderson
No recent Canadian movie so richly deserves a dedicated cult of admirers as You Might As Well Live 
3.5
Ramen Shop
Walter V. Addiego
This isn t the acme of filmmaking but it can be fun 
3
Ramen Shop
Rosalie Kicks
A touching tale about finding your family and keeping their spirit alive 
2.75
Ramen Shop
Ann Hornaday
For all of its foodie appeal however Ramen Shop is a wispily sentimental enterprise full of perfunctory transitions maudlin plot twists and awkward time shifts between past and present 
2
Ramen Shop
Monica Castillo
Ramen Shop believes that the healing power of food can satisfy our hunger for comfort in difficult times and that should be filling enough for now 
3
Ramen Shop
Chuck Bowen
Its drawn out descriptions of culinary traditions and practices are enticing enough but the same can t be said about the characterizations 
2
Every Breath You Take
Randy Myers
If you re going to make a potboiler like this restraint isn t the right way to go 
1
Every Breath You Take
Glenn Kenny
Director Vaughn Stein working from a script by David Murray makes a hash out of elements of Scorsese s Cape Fear Adrian Lyne s Fatal Attraction Lyne s Unfaithful and Demme s The Silence of the Lambs 
1
Every Breath You Take
Mark Dujsik
There s a pretty bad twist in Every Breath You Take and we definitely notice it We have to The entire movie is built around it 
1
Every Breath You Take
Joey Magidson
Every Breath You Take does have a solid cast but they re wholly wasted So too is any and all potential for this to be an entertaining picture 
1.5
Every Breath You Take
Chuck Bowen
Sam Claflin is best in show but his performance is undercut by the film s inability to escalate or explore the ramifications of its premise 
1
I Will Make You Mine
Ty Burr
Youth has firmly fled and now what do you do with the cards left in your hand These are questions movies rarely ask and this one poses them with modest but genuine rewards 
2.5
Max My Love
Fernando F. Croce
A wry mix of King Kong and My Man Godfrey it s a potent premise that somehow never catches fire 
2.5
Original Sin
Peter Canavese
Though written and directed by a Pulitzer Prize winner Original Sin is better known as the picture in which a naked Angelina Jolie by then a certified Oscar winner and Antonio Banderas do the horizontal mambo Blu ray 
1
Original Sin
Mark Dujsik
What we have here is simply an erotic thriller with so many melodramatic turns it eventually becomes laughable 
2
Original Sin
Michael Dequina
A ridiculous story about how far people will go to maintain possession of an especially phenomenal f k 
1.5
Original Sin
Ross Anthony
While some scenes are splendidly produced Banderas and Jolie lighting the screen with danger and amore others fall flat 
2
Original Sin
Steve Rhodes
As they engage in open mouth kissing they smack loudly like a couple of preschoolers woofing down greasy hamburgers 
1.5
Original Sin
James Berardinelli
Cable fare masquerading as a theatrical feature because of its high profile cast 
2
Original Sin
Harvey S. Karten
Delightfully trashy melodrama you got a problem with that 
2
Original Sin
Dustin Putman
Features moments of sheer power and earnestness and others that are so misdirected and ludicrously written they have to be seen to be believed 
2
Original Sin
Wesley Morris
Neither epochal nor epic in its ludicrousness It s just run of the mill trash 
1
Original Sin
Jonathan Foreman
The kind of movie that keeps you on your toes waiting for the next deadly serious absurdity 
0
Original Sin
Tom Long
It s your basic steamy black widow tale with one of the most implausible set ups in memory 
1
Original Sin
Liam Lacey
Loses its nerve and instead of maintaining its theme of obsession it starts piling up absurd complications 
2
Original Sin
Tor Thorsen
Cristofer packs so many foreboding clues into the first half hour that a blind deaf and illiterate Swahili speaker could sense there s something amiss 
1.5
Original Sin
Roger Ebert
It s an exuberant example of what it is a bodice ripping murder meller and at that it gets a passing grade 
3
Original Sin
Rob Blackwelder
Director Michael Christofer falls victim to the frivolous trappings of pulp carnality letting the tawdry get the better of him 
2
Original Sin
Carrie Rickey
Banderas and Jolie s characters are not recognizably human They are engineered to fit the mechanics of plot 
2
Original Sin
Ed Gonzalez
Half baked Cuban burlesque that goes heavy on the camp 
2.5
The Test and the Art of Thinking
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The Test and the Art of Thinking explores in great depth the flaws of our current system Time it seems to move on 
3
He Was a Quiet Man
Marty Mapes
Occasionally works as a black comedy but there s nothing real or true in it
1.5
He Was a Quiet Man
Moira MacDonald
With the right audience He Was a Quiet Man might well play as black comedy But Slater disappearing into his role brings a note of earnest desperation to his performance that s hard to laugh at and hard to look away from 
3
He Was a Quiet Man
Lou Lumenick
He s Christian Slater still a capable actor but seems to be having as much trouble finding good scripts as his Heathers co star Winona Ryder 
2
The Oblong Box
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The killings 44 with their fake stage blood 40 actors simply drag a blood soaked stage blade across flesh and leave a red mark 41 are laughable 46 It apos s ultimately more of a costume pic than a chiller 46 
2.5
The Oblong Box
Matt Brunson
Too many scenes are protracted beyond the breaking point 46 
2
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
Bob Graham
It represents the pinnacle so far of 3 D filmmaking and even apart from the technology it s a very watchable little movie 
3
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
Joe Baltake
Has a pleasant narrative that s impressively elevated by the IMAX 3 D process 
3.5
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
Ross Anthony
Unfortunately doesn t add up to a very entertaining Large Format experience 
1
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Chris Hewitt
Ostensibly Grand Canyon is about threats to the river that quenches the thirst of much of the West Coast but the movie is all over the map 
2
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Tom Keogh
Grand Canyon is such fun to watch with its superb 3D quality that it s impossible not to be more caught up albeit temporarily in the illusion of getting splashed than in the unsettling realities of the environmental crisis it describes 
3.5
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Jim Carnes
As entertainment it can be heart poundingly exciting As education it has some merit But as a movie Grand Canyon Adventure River at Risk 3D is kind of a mess 
3
The Women
Kelly Jane Torrance
The problem isn t just the flat script by director and Murphy Brown creator Diane English It s that this film s raison d etre seems to be not to entertain but to sell 
1.5
The Women
Michael Dequina
This is the movie Diane English fought to get made the last 15 years 
1
The Women
Mike McGranaghan
The Women is not perfect and the best way to enjoy it is as a showcase for some of the top female acting talent of the day 
2.5
The Women
Matt Brunson
Everything has been smoothed out to the point of tepidity 
2
The Women
Austin Kennedy
Meg Ryan is really good in this but besides that THE WOMEN is a chick flick that s the very reason why guys hate them 
2
The Women
Bob Bloom
The Women is a grand old dame that shrugs off time as easily as signing a credit card receipt 
3
The Women
Alissa Wilkinson
While The Women provides an evening of laughter and some points to ponder relationships work only when all involved are willing to sacrifice for one another 
2
The Women
Sean P. Means
English puts plenty of pithy one liners in her characters mouths seemingly oblivious that the film s having it all feminist mantra was lapped by Ally McBeal and Sex the City about a decade ago 
2.5
The Women
Charles Koplinski
Not nearly as bad as I thought but that s not saying much 
2.0
The Women
Sean McBride
They say that you can never have too much of a good thing but in this case there s so much talent and only so much time that most of the actresses are wasted in cameo roles 
2
The Women
Linda Cook
There is no need for this film 
1.5
The Women
Frank Ochieng
Lame and saturated in the dour makeup of an afternoon soap opera The Women is a transparent chick flick standing on its shaky high heels without much support 
1.5
The Women
Dustin Putman
The picture s 14 year path to fruition should have taken a fifteenth in order to get the kinks in the script worked out 
2
The Women
Emily Rems
Please Hollywood write truthfully for us and from the heart It s what Carrie Bradshaw would do 
1.5
The Women
Claudia Puig
Though aspects of the 1939 comedy seem silly and shrill now they were at least consistently entertaining Where the original was deliciously loopy and melodramatic fun this one is watered down sappy and earnest 
1.5
The Women
Maitland McDonagh
How do I hate thee Let me count the ways 
1
The Women
Linda Barnard
What was then snappy dialogue from meowing madams acting out a morality play on everything that stinks about haute society now flaccidly flaps lost in translation from old world to new 
2
The Women
Chris Hewitt
A mess 
1
The Women
John Hartl
While the actors do what they can too many characters come off as concepts not people 
2
The Women
David Wiegand
Even those who never saw Cukor s movie will feel something is missing in English s version Yes some of what s missing is humor and snappy dialogue but that could be forgiven if only some of the characters were more believable 
2
The Women
James Berardinelli
English has shown herself to be an adept perceptive and at times funny writer but too little of that is on display here 
2.5
The Women
Stephen Whitty
The tried and true characters still strike sparks And even if the best parts are warmed over the dish is still great 
2.5
The Women
Steve Rhodes
Just shoot me Filled with the shallowest women you re likely to meet the movie is a chick flick in the worst sense of that phrase Gag 
1.5
The Women
Lou Lumenick
A total disaster 
1
The Women
Rene Rodriguez
It s not every movie that makes you wish Vin Diesel would run in and start blowing up stuff 
1
The Women
Loey Lockerby
The cast is full of top notch comedic actresses but they re relegated to roles they could play in their sleep 
1.5
The Women
Amy Biancolli
Fourteen years in the making The Women marks a serviceable directorial debut for English 
2.5
The Women
Rick Groen
Of all the freedoms that women have rightly earned aping the worst of male behaviour needn t rank high among them 
2
The Women
Jeff Vice
Upon further reflection maybe the big screen version of Sex and the City wasn t so bad after all 
1.5
The Women
Lisa Kennedy
In spite of the casting and honorable revamps it feels more dated than the 1939 original did for its time period 
1.5
The Women
Roger Ebert
What a pleasure this movie is showcasing actresses I ve admired for a long time all at the top of their form 
3
The Women
Tasha Robinson
What do you think this is some kind of 1930s movie Mary bellows at her mother at one point If only it were 
1.5
The Women
Wesley Morris
The movie is a work of ambivalence Is English making fun of these women Or is she making a pilot for Lifetime It s hard to tell 
1.5
The Women
Michael Sragow
This Women doesn t take place in reality or even in a glamorous urban fantasyland It s strictly TV Land 
1.5
The Women
Daniel M. Kimmel
Call it Sex and the City with brains 
3.5
The Women
Sara Michelle Fetters
In other words the film is a massive disappointment It is so out of touch and out of step with modern feminine realities it almost requires carbon dating to ascertain just how ancient it really is 
2
The Women
Willie Waffle
Thankfully the last 20 minutes of the movie are not a total waste but I doubt many will stick around long enough to enjoy them
1
The Women
Rafer Guzman
An ensemble this good guarantees some lively moments but the film s outdated message seems more empowering for men 
2
The Women
Carrie Rickey
In writing this I feel like a hung jury My final verdict on The Women Enjoyed not overjoyed 
2.5
The Women
Mack Bates
These women like the movie they re in are far from perfect but spending time in their company isn t an entirely unpleasant experience 
2
The Women
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Transforms George Cukor s witty bitchy The Women 1939 into a cuddly weepy big screen sitcom 
2.5
The Women
John Beifuss
The movie s one scene too many end sequence not only fudges the project s XX chromosome exclusivity but weirdly offers a message that Henry VIII could endorse 
2
The Women
Peter Travers
A big name cast of actresses gives it a go but everyone from Meg Ryan as the cheated on wife to Eva Mendes as the home wrecking perfume girl struggles with a script that resists being crowbarred into the 21st century 
1
The Women
Phil Villarreal
A remake of a movie from the 1930s but it seems like a throwback to the Stone Age 
2
The Women
Josh Larsen
These women haven t only been declawed they ve been spayed and neutered 
2
The Women
Jeanne Aufmuth
Messy construction trite themes and an endless parade of verbal chestnuts 
2
The Women
Dan Callahan
The original version of The Women shrill and campy as it can be is miles ahead of this remake when it comes to issues of class and social maneuvering 
2
The Swimmer
David Nusair
a deliberately paced drama that s been suffused with a whole host of off kilter and downright avant garde elements 
2.5
The Swimmer
Matt Brunson
A woefully forgotten gem from the 1960s a penetrating piece of introspection that was clearly ahead of its time 
3.5
The Swimmer
Roger Ebert
Burt Lancaster is superb in his finest performance 
4
Awesome; I F... Shot That!
Dan Lybarger
The shaky camerawork gets old quickly So does the fan who filmed himself urinating 
2.5
Awesome; I F... Shot That!
Nick Schager
An aggressively kinetic record 
2.5
Awesome; I F... Shot That!
David N. Butterworth
A high energy document to the power of performance and uncanned creativity 
2.5
The Visit
Michael Dequina
More important than the technical precision of the actors turns is the rapport they all share which ultimately lends this story of a family its authentic immediate poignancy 
3
The Visit
Roger Ebert
Contains some effective performances not least from Hill Harper as Alex the hero 
3
The Visit
Elias Savada
Exceptional performances from a well worn cast transforms The Visit into a remarkable healing process using the medicine of family and faith to heal a tortured soul 
3
The Visit
Mike McGranaghan
Ultimately this is a story not just about the forgiveness of others but also about the forgiveness of oneself 
3.5
The Visit
Robert Roten
The drama is very powerful with layers of complexity seldom seen in this subject matter In that regard it puts The Shawshank Redemption to shame 
3
Hercules in the Haunted World
Mattie Lucas
An eerie surreal vision of the afterlife as only Bava could have envisioned it 
3
Hercules in the Haunted World
Matt Brunson
The acting aside from Lee is wooden and the script extremely choppy but the film is elevated by Bava s renowned eye for atmospherics 
2.5
Move Over, Darling
David Nusair
Garner effortlessly steps into Cary Grant s shoes and emerges with a performance that s much wackier than one might ve expected from the actor 
2.5
Supercell
Roger Moore
Well thought out 44 beautifully shot by Andrew Jeric 40 8220 Sightless 8221 41 and the actors 44 playing stock 8220 types 44 8221 add value with performances that land
2.5
Supercell
Steven Prokopy
When Baldwin and Heche pop up on screen 44 they clearly mark themselves as the professionals on set 44 which at least gives us something to lock onto for brief moments 46 Beyond that 44 Supercell is a trainwreck that I 8217 m glad I caught up with 46 
1.5
Supercell
Mark Dujsik
While it doesn apos t fully pay off 44 it is refreshing to see a filmmaker care so much about how the look and tone of some high concept disaster movie function 46 
2.5
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Mattie Lucas
Fans of Cardiff s work may find The Girl on a Motorcycle to be an interesting if hardly essential facet of his career but fans of exploitation cinema may find the film uneventful and ultimately rather bland 
2
Visitors
David Nusair
would ve worked far better as a 22 minute Twilight Zone episode 
2
The General's Daughter
Rick Groen
No doubt about it to divulge the plot would spoil the experience you ll be shocked to discover and maybe even surprised to learn just how lame the damn thing really is 
1.5
The General's Daughter
Margaret A. McGurk
You know that thin line between disturbing and morbid The General s Daughter tramples it into dust 
2
The General's Daughter
Steve Rhodes
The film which sadly is no parody has more plot holes than pot holes on an old country road 
1
The General's Daughter
Ross Anthony
faulted scenes leave this decent and respectable story line nearly as overpowered and helpless as its own rape victim 
1
The General's Daughter
David N. Butterworth
A Big Men Shouting movie that works 
3
The General's Daughter
Mick LaSalle
There s a line at which a movie stops being about something nasty and becomes one more example of the nastiness it s supposedly condemning 
2
The General's Daughter
Jeff Vice
If there s anything worse than a film that s just plain awful it s one that should be good but doesn t turn out that way 
2
The General's Daughter
Roger Ebert
I also admired the darkly atmospheric look of the film and the way it sustains its creepy mood But I cringed when the death of the general s daughter was played out Did the details have to be so graphic 
2.5
The General's Daughter
James Berardinelli
A consistently involving effort 
3
The General's Daughter
Marc Fortier
Few use the backdrop of gender inequality more awkwardly 
1.5
The General's Daughter
Dustin Putman
Convoluted as some of the developments may be the movie never loses its interest or atmosphere within the swampy backwater Georgia town and as summer popcorn fare it is unusually intelligent 
2.5
The General's Daughter
Shay Casey
The whole thing is pretty routine and at times downright silly 
2
The General's Daughter
Michael Dequina
West respectably stretches beyond slam bang action theatrics 
3
The General's Daughter
Susan Stark
The General s Daughter is an overheated thriller populated by actors who far outclass the material 
2
The Batman
Wesley Lovell
Matt Reeves 8217 The Batman brings us closest to the essence of the Batman character than any film adapted from the DC comics have since Tim Burton 8217 s inaugural Batman in 1989 46 
3.5
The Batman
Rosalie Kicks
THE BATMAN shows that even the best intentions may inspire mayhem 44 cause heck this is Gotham 46 
4
The Batman
Matt Brunson
Do we actually need another brooding Bat flick of this type 63 Not really a little of Vincent Price prancing around as Egghead would be a welcome sight right about now but given its assignment 44 it mostly gets the job done 46 
3
The Batman
James Kendrick
more procedural than action movie 44 a kind of DC Universe version of Seven 40 1995 41 
3
The Batman
Diandra Reviews
It appears that Warner Brothers holy union with HBO MAX has rubbed off on them diandrareviews 
3.8
The Batman
Erik Childress
Always great to see a director with a distinct vision amidst a pool of adaptations Matt Reeves commits to it and offers a rumination closer to Munich than whacks and pows 
3.5
The Batman
Matthew Passantino
The Batman offers several great action pieces but the movie does begin to crumble under its own weight both in terms of the near three hour runtime and its own self importance 
2.5
The Batman
Rene Sanchez
Thrilling from beginning to end The Batman offers a bleaker spin on Gotham City s beloved hero as he discovers his role in a city just as wounded as him Full Review in Spanish
3
The Batman
David Nusair
an above average comic book adaptation 
3.5
The Batman
Kevin Carr
This movie doesn t earn the three hour running time It s an okay Batman movie it s just too long 
2.5
The Batman
Doug Walker
A wonderful send up to pulp detective comics Batman has origins in Dark and grown up but not afraid to be weird and silly as well 
3.5
The Batman
Dwight Brown
Reeves Pattison and the talented cast and crew have created a crime action drama extraordinaire A close to perfect superhero film that nips at the heels of the untouchable The Dark Knight 
3.5
The Batman
Mattie Lucas
A near operatic morality play that isn t afraid to question its hero or show his weaknesses 
3
The Batman
Dann Gire
Matt Reeves oh so serious Batman presents a fresh complex and inventively retooled entry in a long and crowded superhero franchise mostly dominated by supervillains far more interesting than its titular hero 
3.5
The Batman
Joe Friar
A gritty and dark noir crime thriller that plays like David Fincher s Seven Pattinson Kravitz and Wright are the dynamic trio in Matt Reeves s definitive Batman film 
3.5
The Batman
Walter Chaw
The Batman is a product of this time and place in other words A shame that this time and place are so stupid 
2
The Batman
Joshua Axelrod
The standout performer among the cast is Kravitz whose Catwoman is constantly keeping all the men in The Batman on their toes 
3
The Batman
Rob Thomas
Pattinson makes a great Batman but he makes an even better Bruce Wayne 
3.5
The Batman
Mike McGranaghan
Matt Reeves has a strong artistic vision that s worth seeing for fans of the Dark Knight The movie is not a home run though 
3
The Batman
Sonny Bunch
Batman Begins again 
2
The Batman
Megan Basham
Pattinson s one note performance isn t the fundamental problem The problem is that it attempts to embody the current ethos of deconstructing systems we once believed represented the common good and that includes the system that created Batman 
2
The Batman
Phil Villarreal
A rock solid building block that re establishes the hero for its next decade or so of direction 
3
The Batman
Jeff Mitchell
The Batman runs too long and could use a Pow Bam Whamm Thwapp Biff and Zok but this is a worthy superhero detective story 
2.5
The Batman
Peter Howell
This is only the beginning of a run of new Batman tales The best thing is it makes us want to see what happens next in this dark and angry place 
3.5
The Batman
Tom Meek
What carries the film are the sly intricacies of The Riddler s misdeed and the stunning set designs that range from the crowded rain slicked streets of Gotham to the gaping Batcave and an Edward Hopper styled diner lit in green neon 
2.5
The Batman
Josh Bell
A compelling hard boiled mystery with a detective who just happens to wear a cape and cowl 
2.5
The Batman
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
When Christopher Nolan was directing the Dark Knight trilogy he tore into the Batman mythos with fervor whereas Reeves just seems to be lackadaisically marinating in misery 
2
The Batman
Chris Hewitt
We ve become so used to superhero movies with a few good sequences sandwiched between lackluster stuff that I wonder if moviegoers are ready for a beautifully constructed one with a beginning middle and end That would be The Batman 
3.5
The Batman
Kevin A. Ranson
With a sweeping soundtrack actual detective work and a surprising turn by a capable Pattinson leading a great cast this Caped Crusader is learning to be better than he was yesterday in a city losing hope a reconstruction of the superhero genre 
4
The Batman
Jeff York
Is this Batman THE Batman Hard to know this early but Im sure Reeves and Pattinson will be back for more Theyve accomplished something special here a Bat with a real brain 
3.5
The Batman
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is something triumphant about Reeves The Batman and I do like where the film leaves the character before the screen fades to black But so many aspects dont come together each refusing to resonate no matter how much I wished otherwise 
2.5
The Batman
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers take a simple but somewhat ambitious approach to their storytelling here They strip the character of anything unessential redundant or gimmicky 
3.5
The Batman
Josh Larsen
Giacchinos score is the standout aesthetic element of The Batman 
3.5
The Batman
Emily Zemler
Reeves brings a real sense of motivation to his re telling of the character and his why is clear Even in its stumbles The Batman doesn t feel like a money grab 
3
The Batman
Ann Hornaday
Yet another lugubrious laboriously grim slog masquerading as a fun comic book movie 
1.5
The Batman
Rafer Guzman
An ambitious and very dark thriller that takes its hero back to his noirish roots 
3
The Batman
Ty Burr
The first Batman movie to feel not just dark but diseased like something unclean teetering on the edge of an apocalypse This is what makes it interesting and in a number of places very good 
3
The Batman
Linda Cook
The Batman soars with action and atmosphere 
4
The Batman
Katie Walsh
This Batman played by Robert Pattinson is our goth Bruce Wayne more disaffected youth than playboy billionaire and that allows Reeves as a director to play with all kinds of grimy imagery and as a writer to grapple with the real function of Batman
3.5
The Batman
James Berardinelli
At a time when many comic book franchises are seeking to go bigger with cosmic beings and multiverses The Batman s down to earth approach offers a welcome reprieve 
3.5
The Batman
Mark Meszoros
Matt Reeves excellent new film introduces us to the fourth live action cinematic incarnation of the Dark Knight 
3.5
The Batman
Randy Myers
Even the doubters wondering if there s anything more to say about Batman will find this reboot in a league of its own even if Christopher Nolan s trilogy remains hard to beat 
3.5
The Batman
Michael Phillips
I don t know if we needed The Batman but Reeves and company certainly elevated it 
3
The Batman
Mark Feeney
Underlit and overblown is a formidable combination though not necessarily in the way Reeves intends 
2.5
The Batman
Stephen Silver
Puts sthe Batman characters into a forgettable B minus serial killer thriller one with a needlessly convoluted plot too many characters unconvincing twists and a terrible villain 
2
The Batman
Steven Prokopy
This is an excellent first chapter in what I hope will be several more to come 
3.5
The Batman
Christy Lemire
In Matt Reeves confident hands everything is breathtakingly alive and new 
3.5
The Batman
Bob Bloom
Reeves is aiming for a film noir like Batman story but the Dark Knight supposedly the worlds greatest detective does very little detecting of his own mostly relying on others to unearth clues and pass them on to him 
1
The Batman
Leo Brady
The Batman ushers the Gotham crime fighter out of the shadows to bring justice into a broken world in this epic new installment This is undoubtedly the best Batman yet 
4
The Batman
Mick LaSalle
From start to finish The Batman is mostly just a collection of bad ideas 
1
The Batman
Moira MacDonald
Depressing dark and endless I don t know about you but this particular time in history does not seem like the moment for a movie that will leave you a miserable and b wondering why nobody in Gotham City seems to have heard of light bulbs 
2
The Batman
Johnny Oleksinski
There s an unshakable feeling here of What s the point Not to mention the nearly three hour length Holy runtime 
2
The Batman
Christian Toto
Robert Pattinson is a perfect fit for the cowl but this bloated effort lacks focus 
2.5
The Batman
Brian Truitt
Director Matt Reeves ambitious and excellently crafted The Batman more than justifies its existence as a world building wonder that slathers a realistic grime across its Gotham City 
3.5
The Batman
Roger Moore
Epic
3
The Batman
Jake Coyle
The Batman is darkly dour stuff potent but erratic 
2.5
The Batman
Brian Eggert
While so many comic book movies feel like variations on the same ideas and the same formal execution of them Reeves has made something distinct and fully realized 
3.5
The Batman
Sean P. Means
Batman works in the shadows and the intensity of Reeves action sequences work well there over three hours that never feel bloated or unnecessary 
3.5
The Batman
Richard Roeper
In terms of tone and scope and storyline Matt Reeves reboot of the ever fruitful franchise is more of a film noir than a fable about fantastic flying creatures more Zodiac and Seven than Guardians of the Galaxy or Eternals 
3
The Batman
Joey Magidson
The Batman presents us truly for the first time with a cinematic interpretation of The Worlds Greatest Detective This version of the character is as much a sleuth as a superhero Its a new feel for this type of film giving it an added weight 
3.5
The Batman
David Gonzalez
Batman 40 1989 41 walked so 160 The Dark Knight 160 could run 44 and now 160 The Batman 160 flies its way into the pantheon of comic book film transcendence 46 
4
The Batman
Jake Cole
The film stands apart for thoughtfully suggesting that Batman might actually one day make Gotham a better place and not merely a safer one 
3.5
The Batman
Peter Canavese
While retaining requisite elements of blockbuster action cinema decidedly shifts the focus to pulp fiction The Batman feels more like a Batman story than a Batman movie and that s an achievement in itself 
4
The Waiting
Christian Toto
Bravo for avoiding the typical story beats but The Good Neighbor forgets to replace them with something substantial 
2.5
The Waiting
Roger Moore
A good cast headed by James Caan and a good premise are wasted on a cumbersome suspense killing script and somewhat clumsy direction 
2
Hiding Divya
Diego Semerene
Hiding Divya is so consistently sterile and unabashedly TV movie like that when the one great moment in the film comes around it awakens you like a defibrillator 
1
Hiding Divya
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately Palini and her problems and her daughter Jia and her problems tend to overwhelm the story 
2
Hiding Divya
V.A. Musetto
The plot is full of hackneyed characters and contrived events better suited to TV than the big screen 
2
Hiding Divya
Kam Williams
Bravo to Rehana Mizra for making such an impressive writing and directorial debut here crafting a poignant character driven drama bravely tackling a taboo subject in such an absorbing entertaining and ultimately satisfying fashion 
4
The Last Word
David Nusair
surprisingly compelling 
2.5
Lucky You
Nick Rogers
Curtis Hanson s film concerns itself with wage makers addictive pathological itch desperate hustles and poker s cult of very strange personalities Its most striking Tin Cup kinship Vindication and victory don t always arrive together 
3.5
Lucky You
Michael Wilmington
Hanson and Roth shuffle the two sides of the movie the poker tournament and the love affair with a Howard Hawksian feel for casual professionalism 
3
Lucky You
Mike McGranaghan
Personally I think this is one of those misunderstood films that never got a fair shake DVD often corrects such oversights and my hope is that Lucky You will finally find the appreciative audience it deserves 
3
Lucky You
Jonathan W. Hickman
It is amazing how safe Hanson and company play it 
2.5
Lucky You
Steven Snyder
Gambling and love rarely mix 
1
Lucky You
Johnny Vaughan
As Kenny Rogers once said It s all about knowing when to hold em and knowing when to fold em In poker terms this over long flop is a busted flush 
2.5
Lucky You
Sean McBride
a film that probably should have been held a bit longer if not folded to DVD all together 
2
Lucky You
Larry Ratliff
While the Las Vegas hold em tables provide the backdrop this film revolves around human emotions 
3.5
Lucky You
John Beifuss
An intelligent and confidently pokey throwback to the nonconformist validating character dramas of the 1970s 
3
Lucky You
David Nusair
generally has the feel and tone of a low key character study 
2.5
Lucky You
Matt Brunson
The romance between Huck and Billie isn t credible Far better are the scenes between Huck and L C and Hanson and Roth make sure to surround this pair with a wide array of interesting characters 
2.5
Lucky You
Walter Chaw
I m exhausted that Hanson a director I genuinely like and admire has made it his mission to produce films that are career autobiographical in that way 
2
Lucky You
Linda Cook
It s just like standing around in Vegas watching other people play Texas Hold Em 
1
Lucky You
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Bellagio s fountains give a more expressive performance than Bana 
2
Lucky You
Russ Breimeier
If we don t care about the characters or what they re playing for then we ve no reason to root for them 
2
Lucky You
Claudia Puig
Dispassionate and dull despite some strong performances Lucky You just feels played out 
2.5
Lucky You
Ken Fox
Lucky us Curtis Hanson and veteran screenwriter Eric Roth s cleverly constructed script ensures that gambling newbies don t have to know a thing about Texas hold em or seven card stud to enjoy this romantic drama 
3
Lucky You
Geoff Pevere
Made a couple of years ago Curtis Hanson s Oedipally fraught Vegas dud is only now being unceremoniously dumped for what will certainly be a heartbeat of theatrical life 
1.5
Lucky You
Moira MacDonald
Movies like poker can result in some unexpected combinations Who knew for example that the director of L A Confidential and the screenwriter of The Insider and Munich working together would add up to a losing hand 
2
Lucky You
Bruce Newman
At 2 hours and 15 minutes Lucky You does play a bit long It s probably about two hours longer than it needs to be 
1.5
Lucky You
Mick LaSalle
Unfortunately somebody seems to have had the idea that Lucky You should be a long movie that way we might take it more seriously perhaps 
2
Lucky You
Timothy Knight
Normally appealing actors Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore generate zero sparks as the unlikely couple whose low wattage romance apparently bores Hanson as much as it does the viewer for he devotes far more screen time to poker than their relationship 
1.5
Lucky You
Carrie Rickey
Best known for L A Confidential and 8 Mile Hanson is an accomplished filmmaker But you wouldn t know it from this unfocused movie that shows us cardsharps of an unusually dull variety 
2
Lucky You
Lisa Rose
It s a weak hand from the filmmaker not a colossal failure just a dreary mediocrity 
2
Lucky You
Kyle Smith
Staying home and playing solitaire would be two levels more interesting than watching this movie which is directed or rather embalmed by L A Confidential man Curtis Hanson 
.5
Lucky You
Jack Mathews
Lucky You is in the mold of The Hustler and The Cincinnati Kid But while there is conflict there is no tension and while there is plenty of gamesmanship there is no suspense 
1.5
Lucky You
Meg Jones
It s when the movie veers away from the green felt that Lucky You slows interminably and you re left wishing that the characters would just shuffle up and deal 
2
Lucky You
Connie Ogle
Curtis Hanson has had a string of fine films including Wonder Boys L A Confidential and 8 Mile but Lucky You feels as if it could have been made by anyone 
2
Lucky You
Glenn Whipp
Another boring poker movie enlivened by Robert Duvall but not by an unconvincing love story 
2
Lucky You
Amy Biancolli
In the end Lucky You lays out poker as a sterile corporate undertaking For lovers of the game and lovers of the cinema it s far from a safe bet 
2.5
Lucky You
Liam Lacey
From the opening scene the movie is flatter than week old beer 
1
Lucky You
Terry Lawson
While Lucky You may not stand in the august company of Hanson movies like L A Confidential 8 Mile and the unfairly overlooked In Her Shoes it is a lot more entertaining than its well played premise might initially seem 
3
Lucky You
Jeff Vice
If anything there s too much focus here on the games and not enough on the central romance and characters which undercuts both 
2
Lucky You
Lisa Kennedy
Lucky You lingers at the poker tables then races through the romance 
2
Lucky You
Richard Roeper
A solid piece of mainstream storytelling that works as a character study and a love story even if you don t know a gut shot straight draw from a nut flush 
3
Lucky You
Lawrence Toppman
Lucky You is long utterly predictable and always bland 
2
Lucky You
Wesley Morris
A mixed up romantic sports comedy of sorts set in the Vegas poker world 
2.5
Lucky You
Tyler Hanley
When a deck of cards trumps plot and character development the film is bound to fold 
2
Lucky You
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film forced me to wring my hands in frustration moments of pure cinematic pleasure contrasted with sequences so unbearable I almost don t know what to say 
2.5
Lucky You
Daniel M. Kimmel
Bana makes it work combining an intensity bordering on obsession with an engaging charm 
2.5
Lucky You
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Curtis Hanson s movies are always better than they look in his hands the most wretched sow s ears become silk purses 
3
Lucky You
Erik Childress
Lucky You had enough charm and positivity to keep me in the game but as I walked away I felt the unusually hollow feel of having broken even on the whole experience 
2.5
Lucky You
Willie Waffle
make sure the other people in the audience don t hear you snoring through the movie s 5 million poker playing scenes By the fifth All In I wanted All Out 
0
Lucky You
Mark Dujsik
Too much about obstacles not enough about people and has one scene too many featuring hired goons To clarify one scene with hired goons is one too many in something like this 
2
Lucky You
Dustin Putman
There is a good motion picture hiding somewhere beneath the surface of Lucky You but it hasn t found its way to the screen 
2
Lucky You
Chris Hewitt
When you reach the 90 minute mark in Lucky You it may occur to you that nothing has happened except a couple meaningless games of poker and a semi romance between two people who aren t suited for each other 
2
Lucky You
Phoebe Flowers
By all rights this should be terrible but it s not It s simply mediocre 
2
Lucky You
James Berardinelli
Lucky You isn t Hanson s best movie but it s a respectable effort and deserves more of a chance to be seen than the one it s getting 
3
Lucky You
Gene Seymour
An impressive looking but aimless bluffer tossing down more angles than it s able to carry through It doesn t go downhill as much as it staggers and wanders along a craggy slope 
2.5
Lucky You
Matt Pais
Even newbies to the game can appreciate the reminder that you gotta know when to hold em and know when to fold em 
3
Lucky You
Josh Larsen
introduces us to a fascinating world and then turns away from it in favor of a drearily generic romance It s like taking a kid to the zoo and only looking at sparrows 
2
Lucky You
Phil Villarreal
Lucky You makes the career of a pro poker player seem simultaneously alluring and pathetic funny and grim romantic and depressing 
3
Lucky You
Steve Rhodes
An hour and a half story stretched to over two hours while feeling like it s three 
2
Lucky You
Ed Gonzalez
At least none of it is played incessantly cute or insidiously sinister though some kind of passion might have been preferable to the movie s dispassionate tone 
1.5
The Purge
Brian Eggert
Whereas DeMonaco tries to say something is deeply wrong with a society that needs to purge its violent impulses 44 it 8217 s unsettling to sit in a crowd that completely misses the point 46 
1.5
The Purge
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 a sharp social satire that dilutes its potency with each gun it pulls out 46 
3
The Purge
Sonny Bunch
The Purge offers mediocre thrills wrapped in absurd rhetoric 
2
The Purge
David Keyes
An effective balance of mood and style not overburdened by grotesque displays of violence but suggestive enough to create a space of believable bleakness that warrants our continued interest until the very last frame 
3
The Purge
David Nusair
a rather ludicrous premise that s employed to persistently underwhelming effect by writer director James DeMonaco 
2
The Purge
Wesley Lovell
A fascinating commentary on class warfare is blended into this fun quasi futuristic horror thriller 
3.5
The Purge
David Nusair
It s a rather ludicrous premise that s employed to persistently underwhelming effect by writer director James DeMonaco 
2
The Purge
Linda Cook
Honestly this is not a high quality movie The script has gaping plot holes and you need to suspend your disbelief But it does encourage people to talk about violence While The Purge may not be entertainment I can say it s thought provoking 
3
The Purge
John Beifuss
Contrary to the home invasion emphasis of its trailer it never loses touch with its ingenious premise 
3
The Purge
Sean P. Means
The Purge plays like a weak Twilight Zone episode whose message gets horribly muddled by its over the top violence 
1.5
The Purge
Rex Reed
DeMonaco clearly hopes to make a significant moral statement on the level of Shirley Jackson s literary masterpiece The Lottery Alas his aim at political conservatives who support the gun lobby falls flat before he can pull the trigger 
1
The Purge
James Kendrick
doesn t spend enough time with the characters to give us much insight beyond the bare necessities so their eventual devolution into primordial self protection feels more like genre machinations than psychological intrigue
2.5
The Purge
Glenn Lovell
True to its title The Purge is an unpleasant experience with no one to care about or root for What you expect to happen happens Like most home invasion thrillers it s more nauseating than frightening 
2
The Purge
Kam Williams
A cerebral screamfest certain to give you goosebumps 
3.5
The Purge
Scott Nash
A mediocre home invasion film whose implausible central plot device undercuts whatever point it was trying to make 
2
The Purge
Willie Waffle
Go primal or go home 
2
The Purge
Mike McGranaghan
The movie repeatedly chickens out when it should be well purging 
2
The Purge
Peter Hartlaub
The blunt instrument plot allows for a few sneaky moments of satire and social commentary lite 
2
The Purge
David Berry
It would like to be high concept maybe even darkly philosophical but it mistakes recognizing questions with trying to understand them and then it clubs you in the face with that recognition with twice the zeal of any of its purging characters 
1
The Purge
James Berardinelli
When critics bemoan the dumbing down of movies they re talking about stuff like The Purge 
1
The Purge
John Wirt
Renders fictional class warfare and fictional misguided government policy as a shocking jolt of entertainment 
3
The Purge
Simon Abrams
Instead of being a creepy B movie about the necessity of suppressing one s animalistic urges The Purge is just a product of uninspired filmmaking 
1.5
The Purge
Tirdad Derakhshani
In its own clumsy exaggerated way The Purge takes a strong stand against our cultural obsession with violence and our tendency to conflate justice with vengeance 
2.5
The Purge
Rick Groen
Fans gear up for rock em sock em action yet don t be disappointed if much of the goonery seems a bit tepid and dare I say staged 
2
The Purge
Michael O'Sullivan
A nutty if bloody lark with a strange artificiality to the behaviors it portrays That blunts the sharpness of any cultural critique it might aspire to 
2
The Purge
Stephen Whitty
There s nothing you d want to see again particularly served up with all these shaky closeups and off kilter angles and a cast mostly waiting like us for it to be over 
1.5
The Purge
Mark Dujsik
I t becomes obvious that the concept for this dystopian future is only an excuse for a series of standoffs shootouts and fights 
2.5
The Purge
Dustin Putman
Finds varying degrees of success as a genre film but fortunately makes up for its downfalls as a compelling conversation starter 
2.5
The Purge
Dann Gire
For a suspense thriller The Purge whips up the prerequisite gory violence but comes up remarkably short on suspense 
1.5
The Purge
Chris Hewitt
The Purge is nothing more than a vigilante revenge fantasy one group of unpleasant people shooting at another group of unpleasant people 
1
The Purge
Perry Seibert
Sadly thanks to a ridiculous premise ugly cinematography one dimensional characters and indecipherable editing it fails on both counts 
1
The Purge
Claudia Puig
Audiences will feel the need for a good cleansing after experiencing The Purge 
2
The Purge
Peter Howell
It s cultural commentary as blunt instrument and as blunt instruments are wont to do it achieves an end while making a bloody mess 
2.5
The Purge
Kevin C. Johnson
The great premise in The Purge and it is a great premise while being no Hunger Games is squandered on a few levels 
2.5
The Purge
Rafer Guzman
The vague posters for The Purge won t prepare you for how sharp and shockingly subversive this home invasion flick can be 
3
The Purge
Kristin Tillotson
Its premise requires more sophisticated layering for the audience to really get on board with the notion that people leading very comfortable lives will suddenly go on a murder bender just because they can 
2
The Purge
Peter Keough
Somewhere between Shirley Jackson s The Lottery and the Family Guy episode in which Peter Griffin joins the Tea Party lies The Purge Unfortunately it s as funny as the former and as thoughtful as the latter 
1.5
The Purge
Rene Rodriguez
The film has some vague things to say about class and racial differences but they are drowned out by the sounds of blasting shotguns and huge knives being plunged into chests 
1
The Purge
Peter Travers
Too bad the film devolves into a series of home invasion clichés The Purge was almost on to something 
2
The Purge
Jon Niccum
The movie offers an allegory for how real world problems inevitably make their way to everyone s block no matter how they are shielded against or ignored 
3
The Purge
Lou Lumenick
After a wickedly promising start this pointed political satire quickly deteriorates into a fairly routine if sporadically quite effective home invasion thriller 
2
The Purge
Matt Pais
It s intriguing and disturbing to consider what people might do with deadly permission 
2.5
The Purge
Soren Andersen
No real answers are provided by writer director James DeMonaco He simply presents this bizarre dystopian future and the audience is left to take it or leave it 
1
The Purge
Daniel M. Kimmel
a smartly crafted movie that will leave you not only glad you don t live in that world but wondering who you could trust among your friends and neighbors if you did 
3
The Purge
Ed Gonzalez
A rote home invasion thriller afraid to be seen as just another rote home invasion thriller the film turgidly grasps for profundity by framing bloodlust as patriotic duty 
1.5
The Purge
Roger Moore
Heavy handed satire of a violent haves vs have nots America remade in the NRA and Tea Party s image 
1.5
The Lion of Judah
Roger Moore
The meek may inherit the Earth but they won t do well at the multiplex if they can t do better than this 
1
The Lion of Judah
John Beifuss
The film s website calls it the first ever 3 D animated family friendly faith based movie but you may call it The Passion of the Christ meets Babe 
1.5
Ultraviolet
David Nusair
Woefully nonsensical from start to finish 
1.5
Ultraviolet
Joe Lozito
Really you can t blame Ms Jovovich 
1
Ultraviolet
David N. Butterworth
Ultracrappy more like 
1.5
Ultraviolet
Jessica Letkemann
Amid every action cliche in the book outmoded stereotypes and a plot derivative of every futuristic drama made in the last fifteen years Ultraviolet comes off as nothing more than a pale copy of better more inventive films 
1.5
Ultraviolet
John Beifuss
The adventures of Catwoman Elektra Lara Croft and Aeon Flux were positively Homeric compared to this simple minded Hi Def tedium 
0.5
Ultraviolet
Peter Canavese
The real blood war is between this movie and the slightly better Aeon Flux which Wimmer plagiarizes as freely as Equilibrium plagiarized Fahrenheit 451 and The Matrix 
1
Ultraviolet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This nearly incomprehensible guilty pleasure is actually a great deal of fun 
2.5
Ultraviolet
Linda Cook
When I saw the trailer for Ultraviolet I thought Well here s another PG 13 movie with a slender beautiful heroine in exotic garb in a flick made for fan boys I was right 
1
Ultraviolet
Jonathan Perry
Wimmer ain t no Cassavetes 
1
Ultraviolet
James Berardinelli
Uwe Boll would be proud of this movie It s pretentious and oh so serious The tone of the movie is one of high art but it stinks like a landfill 
1
Ultraviolet
Timothy Knight
Flat out awful in almost every respect Ultraviolet will hopefully drive the final nail in the coffin of the sci fi action babe genre 
1
Ultraviolet
Peter Hartlaub
The Yule log was way more entertaining 
1
Ultraviolet
Lisa Rose
Her sword is red her eyes are blue and her movie is horrible 
0
Ultraviolet
Scott Nash
Monumentally awful
.5
Ultraviolet
Gene Seymour
Whether Six is a blessing or a boon to mutants or humans is one of the many things that are not clearly explained through all the flying bodies flashing steel and grinding metal 
1.5
Ultraviolet
Lou Lumenick
Ultrastupid ultra incoherent ultrasilly and way way ultraboring 
0
Ultraviolet
Sara Michelle Fetters
Quite frankly Jovovich should never let Wimmer do her any favors again and someone from the director s office should send Cassavetes estate a letter of apology 
.5
Ultraviolet
Dustin Putman
The experience is merely interminable wholly forgettable and without the requisite thrills and spills 
1.5
Ultraviolet
Jack Mathews
Wimmer has created no logical framework for flashy ultraviolent and frankly cheesy sequences 
1
Ultraviolet
Maitland McDonagh
Kurt Wimmer s film epitomizes just about everything wrong with post Matrix comic book video game inspired Hong Kong action style sci fi thrillers 
1
Ultraviolet
Nick Schager
Ultraviolet is nice to gaze at but otherwise simplistic senseless and eminently skippable 
1.5
Ultraviolet
Mike McGranaghan
Ultraviolet is all second act There is no beginning to the story and no end it s all middle A non sensical hard to follow assemblage of action completely devoid of any context 
1
Ultraviolet
James Sanford
shot two years ago and now being unceremoniously dumped into your neighborhood cineplex which thanks to films like this has been cluttered with as much garbage as a Skid Row alley in recent months 
1
Ultraviolet
Dan Fienberg
Although it masquerades as a futuristic action thriller Ultraviolet functions best as a multi million dollar commercial for Milla Jovovich s personal trainer 
1
Aram, Aram
Rick Bentley
Aram Aram works on a variety of levels but the core strength comes from the very personal story of a grandfather and a grandson looking for answers in a world that just keeps giving them more things to question 
3.5
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Matt Brunson
It 8217 s fairly worthless as a movie or a cultural artifact 44 but God bless its kitschy existence anyway 46 
1.5
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Roger Ebert
What did we really sincerely expect anyway from a movie in which Karl Malden plays a character named Wilbur and Slim Pickens plays a character named Tex 
1
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
Sheila O'Malley
quot Pinball 58 The Man Who Saved the Game quot is strictly low stakes 46 This is part of its knowing charm 46 
3
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
Mark Dujsik
This is a real charmer of a film 46 46 46 
3
In the Mood
Juan Carlos Coto
The director turns the 40s inside out making it an eccentric carnival ride with Sonny at the helm 
2.5
In the Mood
Steve Rhodes
A hauntingly beautiful tale that will stay with you 
3.5
In the Mood
Roger Ebert
This kid named Patrick Dempsey is the perfect choice to play Sonny 
3
John Doe: Vigilante
Christy Lemire
This is supposed to be a thriller by the way It s more of a slog not so much a whodunit as a whydunit and by the end it s Who cares 
1
Never Apologize
V.A. Musetto
The film Never Apologize doesn t sound like compelling viewing But when the man on the stage is actor Malcolm McDowell and his subject is British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson the viewing is entertaining and touching 
3
The Sleeping Beauty
Ty Burr
Enchanting a bedtime story told by a wickedly literate aunt with a gleam in her eye 
3.5
The Sleeping Beauty
V.A. Musetto
Heartwarming entertainment gorgeously rendered by cinematographer Denis Lenoir 
3
The Sleeping Beauty
Diego Semerene
Judging from The Sleeping Beauty and the previous Bluebeard the provocations stop with the choice of the material as the tone and style of these films are jarringly well behaved 
1
Fade to Black
Roger Ebert
This is a weird uneven generally intriguing thriller about a young man whose fantasy life is totally controlled by images from movies 
3
Timecode
David N. Butterworth
Four times better than most multiplex fare 
3.5
Timecode
Rod Armstrong
While Timecode is not quite as bold or novel as it thinks it is it s refreshing to see at least one filmmaker endeavoring to innovate cinema for the new millennium 
3
Timecode
Rob Blackwelder
While the individual stories are only mildly interesting Figgis ability to mix them like a nightclub DJ makes the cumulative effect fascinating to watch 
3
Timecode
Susan Stark
An intriguing often very entertaining thriller with deliciously sexy satirical and melodramatic flourishes 
3
Timecode
Elias Savada
Brilliant Mike Figgis has shown us the future of digital technology It shall be glorious 
3.5
Timecode
Jonathan Foreman
Apart from its technological originality Time Code is almost completely uninteresting 
2
Timecode
Bob Graham
Turns out to be more ambitious than it is satisfying 
2
Timecode
Roger Ebert
I recommend the film 
3
Timecode
James Berardinelli
A triumph of style and technological innovation but a failure in terms of storytelling 
2
Timecode
Michael Dequina
It s the actors that makes Timecode more than a cold exercise in the possibilities of digital video technology 
3
Saboteur
Walter Chaw
It s a real pity how Saboteur veers from its perversion into the drabbest of the quotidian drab so weightless its contrivances mortally scuttle the whole enterprise 
1
Saboteur
David Nusair
even the most avid Hitchcock fan will have a tough time embracing the film 
2
Miss Juneteenth
Roger Moore
A bracing depiction of generational working class poverty and a beautiful lesson in how easily plans fail when your options are this limited and the pathway to success this narrow
3
Miss Juneteenth
Tom Meek
The social commentary and plot inflections are subtle and secondary to the family history generations of women and rich sense of culture and place on display 
2.5
Miss Juneteenth
Sarah Knight Adamson
I didn t want the movie to end that s how much the film invests in its mother daughter character portrayal 
3.5
Miss Juneteenth
Peter Canavese
A heartfelt account of tough minded mothering and the never say die pursuit of the American Dream 
3.5
Miss Juneteenth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Peoples assured gentle direction eventually smooths out flaws in the screenplay or at least makes them easy to forgive and Miss Juneteenth emerges as a movie rooted in truth that refuses to give up hope 
3
Miss Juneteenth
Christy Lemire
Peoples trusts her performers enough to let their presence and their wordless interactions convey the power of their connection 
3
Miss Juneteenth
Mark Dujsik
There s a refreshingly honest simplicity to the story of Miss Juneteenth 
3
Miss Juneteenth
Johnny Oleksinski
It s the most touching dramedy about young women battling over a sash since Little Miss Sunshine 
3
Miss Juneteenth
Ty Burr
A lovely low key first feature from writer director Channing Godfrey Peoples Miss Juneteenth has a sense of place and an air of resigned resilience that feels thoroughly lived in 
3
Miss Juneteenth
Katie Walsh
Peoples visually creates a rich tapestry of place offering a peek into this world and filling it with believable characters while carefully threading the historical and cultural significance of Juneteenth throughout 
3
Miss Juneteenth
Rafer Guzman
A well timed and warm hearted drama about Black history and heritage 
2.5
Miss Juneteenth
Sean P. Means
Peoples has an eye for the details of the Jones family s life scraping by on her wits while trying to touch the upper class life the pageant represents 
3.5
Te Ata
Roger Moore
May not be an Oscar contender but it is well acted touching and certainly good enough to deserve this Netflix curtain call 
2.5
Te Ata
Brandy McDonnell
Even if the biopic s creators play it a bit too safe with their storytelling approach Te Ata serves as a fitting tribute to a trailblazing woman who embodied the power of sharing stories 
3
Te Ata
Pat Padua
Simultaneously earnest yet maudlin Te Ata lacks the one thing its subject is said to have possessed a gift for storytelling 
1.5
Te Ata
Tom Keogh
An illuminating sometimes moving intersection of history family conflict and the sort of rising individual destiny that can nudge a nation along in its progress 
2.5
National Parks Adventure
Linda Cook
There s a sense of pride in National Parks Adventure as well there should be 
4
National Parks Adventure
Soren Andersen
National Parks Adventure is truly a sight to see 
2.5
Super Size Me
Peter T. Chattaway
Underscores the need for individuals to take responsibility for their own health and it does so in a frequently humorous and self deprecating way Plenty of food for thought 
3.5
Super Size Me
Eric Melin
Spurlock presents some interesting if non shocking facts about our addiction to fast food 
2.5
Super Size Me
Linda Cook
Bet you don t head to the Golden Arches after seeing Super Size Me 
3.5
Super Size Me
Frank Ochieng
an irreverent and revealing contemporary creep show about our country s forbidden love affair with unhealthy dining worth chewing on as reel food for thought
3.5
Super Size Me
John Beifuss
Spurlock comes across as a kinder gentler less egomaniacal and not irrelevant in this context thinner Michael Moore 
3
Super Size Me
Matt Brunson
Filled with big laughs Yet even the guffaws don t diminish the periodic bouts of anger depression and horror we experience as we watch a nation eating itself into oblivion 
3.5
Super Size Me
Sean P. Means
Spurlock doesn t deliver his message sternly but with bracing humor a sure command of the facts a lack of pretention and a stunning act of illustrative self destruction 
4
Super Size Me
Jeff Vice
Spurlock is considerably more charismatic and more endearing than documentarian Michael Moore to whom he s already been compared And as narrator and subject he has considerable screen presence 
3.5
Super Size Me
Forrest Hartman
One measure of a great film is the impact it has on one 8217 s daily life and the film that has most adjusted my outlook in 2004 is Morgan Spurlock 8217 s Super Size Me 
4
Super Size Me
Connie Ogle
Entertaining and informative 
3.5
Super Size Me
Phil Villarreal
Proves something many of us suspected that fast food is poison Tantalizing low cost poison Oversaturated grease sopped poison Mass marketed addictive poison 
4
Super Size Me
Vince Koehler
This documentary is shocking although it seems comical to watch 
3
Super Size Me
Kyle Counts
Super Size Me is an unnerving highly entertaining wake up call 
3.5
Super Size Me
Dustin Putman
A film that not only works as a documentary but as an endlessly intriguing and grin inducing narrative 
2.5
Super Size Me
Joe Baltake
A film that s every bit as tasty as junk food but without any of the refined flour processed sugar sodium overload saturated fats or potentially lethal calories of your average fast food meal 
3.5
Super Size Me
Duane Dudek
It s easy to hit the broad side of a barn but few do it with as much flair and humor as director Morgan Spurlock 
3
Super Size Me
Kelly Borgeson
The film may not be definitive but it should be a must watch in every junior high health class 
2.5
Super Size Me
James Berardinelli
It s one thing to know that fast food is bad for you It s another to see that badness demonstrated 
3
Super Size Me
Collin Souter
More than a 98 minute episode of Fear Factor Spurlock s movie is a remarkably thorough and hilarious examination of our alarming eating habits 
3.5
Super Size Me
Michael Booth
Blatantly unfair and completely winning documentary 
4
Super Size Me
John Monaghan
Those who see the film will think twice before succumbing to that next Big Mac attack 
3
Super Size Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Uses a reality show gimmick to get us into the theater but winds up teaching us something and may even cause us to re examine our habits and beliefs 
3.5
Super Size Me
Chris Hewitt
Fast food restaurants are not looking after their customers Spurlock argues and his film does a fine job of delineating as he says where personal responsibility stops and corporate responsibility begins 
3
Super Size Me
Steve Rhodes
Non stop overeating causes him to gain weight and feel terrible Shocking 
2.5
Super Size Me
Jeffrey Westhoff
Spurlock picks apart a serious issue in a highly entertaining way 
3.5
Super Size Me
James Verniere
A Swiftian portrait of America the Rotund 
3.5
Super Size Me
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In a way it functions as the mental emotional and aesthetic equivalent of junk food two hours after you see it you re hungry again even though your brain has gotten fatter 
1
Super Size Me
Moira MacDonald
Provides plenty of food for thought 
3
Super Size Me
Mick LaSalle
Full of interesting facts about the American diet 
3
Super Size Me
Pam Grady
A funny scary and altogether fascinating film 
3.5
Super Size Me
Jack Mathews
Super Size Me produces more laughs than a man s gastrointestinal distress should 
3
Super Size Me
Megan Lehmann
An entertaining look at America s obesity epidemic and a lively exploration of personal versus corporate responsibility 
3
Super Size Me
Glenn Whipp
So fast and funny that you almost forget how fundamentally stupid the whole thing is 
2.5
Super Size Me
James Adams
A gripping often funny unfailingly gut wrenching burp of a documentary about America s fast food industry and one man s his greasy descent into its cholesterol clogged bowels 
3
Super Size Me
Roger Ebert
This is the documentary that caused a sensation at Sundance 2004 and allegedly inspired McDonald s to discontinue its super size promotions as a preemptive measure 
3
Super Size Me
Ty Burr
Outrageously amusing 
3.5
Super Size Me
Josh Larsen
a sobering experience for the french fry junkie in all of us 
3
Super Size Me
Claudia Puig
Riveting and darkly comic 
2.5
Super Size Me
David Sterritt
Tasty while you take it in but larded down with empty cinematic calories 
2
Super Size Me
John Anderson
Have holes in its arguments the height and width of the Golden Arches 
1
Super Size Me
Mark Caro
You ll never think the same way about those two all beef patties 
3.5
Super Size Me
Jeanne Aufmuth
Morgan Spurlock has crafted the ultimate contemporary horror story 
3.5
Super Size Me
Emily Blunt
Super Size Me is McBrilliant and may be one of the most important documentaries you ll ever see Read on 
4
Super Size Me
Peter Travers
Spurlock proves himself a supersize talent he makes you choke on every laugh 
3.5
Super Size Me
Ed Gonzalez
Spurlock reveals himself to be as savvy and self interested as that clown who s feeding your children everyday 
2
Super Size Me
David Nusair
Super Size Me is essentially the perfect documentary 
3.5
Super Size Me
Steven Rea
At once hugely entertaining and hugely scary 
3.5
Super Size Me
Erik Childress
When a documentary can not only sinfully entertain inform on your greatest suspicions worst fears but also change your life that s a feat that few parents can accomplish 
4
Eiffel
Leo Brady
As a man Gustave Eiffel accomplished things worthy of praise 44 but his biopic focuses on a half baked romance 44 forgetting to tell the story of a towering person 46 
2
Eiffel
Nell Minow
A flimsy fantasy retcon 46 
2
Eiffel
Steven Prokopy
The film is loaded with betrayal 44 miscommunications 44 family drama 44 bad press 44 and full on corruption in the highest levels of government 44 but in the end it apos s the story of the ultimate act of love on a grand 44 metallic scale 46 
2.5
Eiffel
Mark Dujsik
Eiffel attempts to put 46 46 46 Gustave Eiffel apos s triumph of engineering into an entirely different context 46 It apos s a tragic love story 44 just to jump to 46 46 46 the inherent disappointment 46 
2
Plunkett & Macleane
Michael Dequina
A rollicking time at the movies if not exactly enlightening 
3
Plunkett & Macleane
Roger Ebert
Here is a film overgrown with so many directorial flourishes that the heroes need machetes to hack their way to within view of the audience It s not enough to want to make a movie You have to know why and let the audience in on your thinking 
1.5
Pariah
Ken Fox
Take a tip from the title Shun this well meaning but ridiculous revenge drama about a vicious gang of bone headed California neo Nazis and the man hell bent on destroying them 
2
Pariah
Michael Dequina
There are plenty jolting episodes of rage and violence but in the end this pulpy potboiler is wrapped up in an unsatisfyingly tidy coincidence heavy bow 
2
Pariah
Roger Ebert
Pariah a raw and unblinking look at the skinhead subculture is a movie I d like to show to those admirers of Fight Club who have assured me of their movie s greatness This is the real thing 
3
Last Shift
Fernando Santoyo Tello
Even if it s full of cliches and commonplaces for the genre the film actually manages to surprise you and be above the average horror film Full review in Spanish 
2
The Punk Singer
Bruce Ingram
It s the music though including a wealth of galvanic performance footage from the Bikinis particularly that really makes this worth seeing It s killer stuff indeed 
3
The Punk Singer
John Wirt
A more fawning than illuminating documentary about the Bikini Kill and riot grrrl movement co founder 
2
The Punk Singer
Marsha McCreadie
It is not the most subtly layered documentary I ve ever seen but these days it s no longer verboten to take a stance in docs And there is so much to be admired about Hanna 
3.5
The Punk Singer
Stephanie Merry
The way Hanna burst onto the scene is just as interesting as how she faded from it 
3
The Punk Singer
Matt Pais
Limited assessment unbridled voice 
2.5
The Punk Singer
Jeff Albertson
The Punk Singer is a revealing look at Hanna s life who throughout the film is willing to speak out about her struggles and triumphs in an open and honest way 
3.5
The Punk Singer
Ty Burr
Where are the riot grrrls of today Take your daughters to the movie then ask them 
3
The Punk Singer
Drew Hunt
The film may be another unimaginative fan letter but at least Kathleen Hannah is worthy of such devotion 
2
The Punk Singer
Erik Childress
Over two decades of Hanna s life in just 80 minutes has us wanting more not to mention the opportunity to share her story as a way to show that feminism is not an ugly word nor are the hearts of the proud women behind it 
3
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
John Semley
Ben Rivers and Ben Russell s ethnographic exploration for a kind of profound utopian moment acquires its clearest and most intimate articulation in their long takes of Robert A A Lowe and other corpse painted musicians 
4
Chelsea on the Rocks
Moira MacDonald
There s a great movie to be made about the Chelsea Hotel unfortunately this isn t it 
2
Chelsea on the Rocks
Joe Williams
It s a cheap vicarious high to hear these unidentified denizens reminisce about the orgies and overdoses that seem to have been included with the rent 
2.5
Chelsea on the Rocks
Ty Burr
You may not learn much about the hotel itself from Chelsea on the Rocks but you come away knowing exactly what it was like to live there 
2.5
Chelsea on the Rocks
Betsy Sherman
A visually poetic if erratically edited portrait illustrating how the energy of this hotel is bigger than the people in it 
3
Chelsea on the Rocks
Walter V. Addiego
This is Ferrara s first documentary since 1977 and it has the crackbrained air of menace and the ferocious humor that mark his fictional works 
3
Chelsea on the Rocks
Lou Lumenick
Chelsea on the Rocks rambles a bit but it s a real slice of New York history that includes everything from Ethan Hawke recounting a hilarious story about Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at the hotel to footage of the 9 11 attacks 
3
Chelsea on the Rocks
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ferrara found a way to adapt his ramshackle style to the documentary format and his new Chelsea on the Rocks works spectacularly 
3.5
Chelsea on the Rocks
Kam Williams
Not exactly art for art s sake more like a case of film for historic preservation s sake 
3.5
Chelsea on the Rocks
Jeremiah Kipp
Chelsea on the Rocks is very lively somewhat thrown together in that loose yet aggressively visceral Ferrara style 
3
Chelsea on the Rocks
Orlando Aloma
You want rough and tumble Can you handle rough and tumble 
2.5
The Fireflies Are Gone
Peter Howell
A rebel without a chord finds music in unexpected places in The Fireflies Are Gone Sébastien Pilote s affecting character study 
3.5
The Fireflies Are Gone
Barry Hertz
Pilote s work will strike a chord with anyone interested in the mechanics of the human condition 
3
Thérèse
Chris Armstrong
In the end there is too much here that we must take on faith 
1.5
Thérèse
Linda Cook
Many is the time that a potentially compelling biopic is ruined by an awful screenplay Therese is ruined by many things 
1
Thérèse
Sean P. Means
As fodder for a movie biography her life plays out ploddingly even with the occasional miracle thrown in 
1.5
Thérèse
Forrest Hartman
The very things that make Saint Therese of Lisieux s life spiritually compelling assure that it will not translate to film 
1.5
Thérèse
Ellen Fox
Unless you re stumped for a way to commemorate the feast of St Therese of Lisieux Friday there s little point in going to see the low budget one star worthy hagiography Therese 
1
The Operative
Christy Lemire
A solidly crafted if forgettable espionage thriller 
2
The Operative
Mark Dujsik
The bulk of the story feels like the prologue to a more vital tale 
2
The Operative
Roger Moore
Kruger and Freeman shine in this solid if muted and generic spy thriller 
2.5
Kiss Me, Guido
Roger Ebert
Kiss Me Guido is a movie with a lot of funny one liners but no place to go with them Like a 30 minute sitcom it acts like you already know all the characters and are just happy to have fresh dialogue 
2
Life and Debt
David Nusair
Try to imagine the most boring lecture you ve ever sat through and you might have a vague conception of what it s like watching Life and Debt 
1
Life and Debt
Joshua Tanzer
Puts a human face many human faces on the debt crisis and the effects of open trade on a Third World country 
4
Life and Debt
Joe Baltake
Fairly harsh sobering stuff 
3.5
Life and Debt
Blake French
I found myself daydreaming looking at my watch dozing off 
1.5
Life and Debt
Liam Lacey
It s mostly persuasive in the position it argues 
2.5
Life and Debt
Moira MacDonald
after viewing Life and Debt the audience s way of seeing things has been quietly and powerfully changed 
3
Life and Debt
David Elliott
Some films are not meant to be entertainments Some are simply truth tellers To the brave list add Life and Debt 
3.5
Life and Debt
Harvey S. Karten
Politically devastating but all too one sided documentary on the effect that globalizations has allegedly had on Jamaica 
3
Life and Debt
Roger Ebert
If you re curious about why the demonstrators are so angry this is why they re so angry 
3
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Jeremy Heilman
What s most impressive about Goodbye South Goodbye is the way in which the film seems so completely disenchanted with the antics of its protagonists 
3.5
On Edge
David Nusair
the characters eventually become endearing enough to keep us engaged through the film s many unsuccessful moments of comedy 
2.5
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Peter Canavese
The fifteenth and final film in the DC Animated Movie Universe an R rated epic with sky high stakes will have DC fans entirely in its thrall 4K Blu ray 
3.5
Sahara
Mattie Lucas
A breezy summer action thriller that knows just what it is and has a ball being just that 
2.5
Sahara
Russ Breimeier
Vapid lengthy and mostly lifeless kind of like the desert it s named for 
2
Sahara
Kurt Loder
Sahara rather resembles National Treasure another film with a strained story line and deadening lack of visual richness 
2
Sahara
Wesley Lovell
It tried to be National Treasure and it failed 
2
Sahara
Michael Dequina
Like the African desert that lends the film its name this so called adventure is coarse dry and overheated 
1
Sahara
David Nusair
nobody could ve expected the unbelievable sense of dullness that s permeating every aspect of the film 
1
Sahara
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pity because McConaughey is born to play Pitt Whether his shirt is on or off personally I prefer the later the actor cuts a dashing figure 
2
Sahara
Lori Hoffman
Sahara is a movie with Indiana Jones aspirations that plays more like a low rent 007 clone 
2
Sahara
John Beifuss
In one spit take inducing moment our heroes convert a wrecked prop plane into a desert sailboat which they race across the sand to the strains of Magic Carpet Ride 
2.5
Sahara
James Kendrick
jumps from plotline to plotline stringing them together with a series of action setpieces that fulfill their obligations but little more
2.5
Sahara
Michael A. Smith
best described as Tom Clancy meets Indiana Jones 
3
Sahara
Sean O'Connell
On the occasional moment when McConaughey actually works himself up to being heroic Sahara positively soars 
2.5
Sahara
Susan Tavernetti
All actors have a movie or two that they would like to forget Matthew McConaughey Penelope Cruz and William H Macy should put this preposterous action adventure flick at the top of their lists 
1
Sahara
Mike McGranaghan
Sahara has lots of sound and fury trying to cover up for a hopelessly meandering story and a dull hero 
1.5
Sahara
Matt Brunson
McConaughney plays the role of dashing adventurer Dirk Pitt as if he were a party hardy frat boy who ventured out into the real world after all campus kegs were tapped dry 
2
Sahara
Frank Ochieng
will leave a parched sensation in one s dry throat a recycled buddy buddy vehicle that s about as welcoming as hugging a cactus tree
2
Sahara
Peter Debruge
Pitt seems to get by entirely on dumb ideas and reckless luck In the end he s an action hero in name only 
2
Sahara
Mark Collette
the overriding lesson here is that if we don t go looking to Matthew McConaughey for gravitas we ll probably have a good time 
3
Sahara
Sean McBride
Has enough humor and adventure that I m almost willing to overlook the preposterous plot
2
Sahara
Jeffrey Westhoff
Someone had the brilliant idea to treat Sahara as a Hope and Crosby Road picture pasted onto a James Bond Indiana Jones plot 
3
Sahara
Linda Cook
Arid as the sand covered dunes Sahara is a made for TV flick disguised as the return of Indiana Jones 
1
Sahara
Scott Nash
Like a lightweight novel suitable for beach reading Sahara is mildly entertaining but I can t recommend it 
2.5
Sahara
Vince Koehler
From the opening civil war naval battle to the closing credits I was glued to this film with non stop action Don t miss it 
4
Sahara
Marty Mapes
Boat chases gunfights and stunts galore
2.5
Sahara
James Verniere
One of those action films that require the bad guys to be utterly inept marksmen and feature action sequences that are both implausible and difficult to follow 
1.5
Sahara
Eric Melin
100 percent of its character development takes place in the opening credit montage 
1.5
Sahara
Peter Howell
Unlike Raiders of the Lost Ark which this movie wants so desperately to be there s nothing here to engage the brain along with the eyeballs 
2
Sahara
Tom Keogh
Entertaining but flawed popcorn fare 
2.5
Sahara
Mick LaSalle
This one has everything stereotyped characters shaky camera work absurdly inappropriate pop songs on the soundtrack a confused tone misplaced zaniness and a nonsensical story 
1
Sahara
David Elliott
A silly and morally vacant movie 
1.5
Sahara
Carla Meyer
Offers action adventure as enjoyable as it is preposterous 
3
Sahara
Pam Grady
Mostly the movie seems to exist as an excuse to blow things up and rig massive stunts 
2
Sahara
Stephen Whitty
Productions this guiltlessly corny need real personalities to sell them and unlike the dull National Treasure Sahara has a few 
3
Sahara
Kyle Smith
The one liners mostly bland are used so liberally that they water down the action 
2
Sahara
Jack Mathews
Eisner is not remotely up to the challenge Spending millions on action scenes does not mean you get them right 
2
Sahara
Glenn Whipp
A mediocre action adventure flick that s compelling only for its strange mixture of B movie elements and a completely hollow social consciousness 
1
Sahara
Amy Biancolli
It s about good ol boys on a rip snorting adventure and to that end it succeeds 
2.5
Sahara
Jeff Vice
What little humor Sahara has is forced and of the goofy buddy film shenanigans variety 
2
Sahara
Lisa Kennedy
McConaughey and his co stars make the case that fun however fleeting is still fun 
2.5
Sahara
Mary F. Pols
As action adventures go Sahara may not be as close to the tradition of Indiana Jones as it wants to be but it is still slightly better than average 
2.5
Sahara
Janice Page
Good natured enough to entertain here and there but that otherwise loses its way long before the characters complete their implausible quest 
1.5
Sahara
Emily Blunt
As barren as the actual Sahara but without the grand lure this movie is plain old stoo pid 
1
Sahara
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed this movie on its own dumb level which must mean I am forced to conclude in my own dumb way 
3
Sahara
Steve Rhodes
Is it cheesy fun or just cheesy Just cheesy 
1.5
Sahara
Bob Bloom
With a running time of a few minutes over two hours Sahara sputters along as slowly as a trek across the desert 
1.5
Sahara
Larry Ratliff
Matthew McConaughey makes a bid to become the next swashbuckling matinee idol Not that there s much swash to buckle in the middle of the world s largest desert 
2.5
Sahara
James Sanford
National Treasure Lite a movie that would probably be perfect in flight entertainment or maybe even a decent video rental on a night when you re in an undemanding mood 
2.5
Sahara
Chuck O'Leary
Sahara is an Indiana Jones rip off so dull that it gives me newfound respect for Cannon Films 1985 version of King Solomon s Mines 
1.5
Sahara
Willie Waffle
Sahara won t be competing for any Oscars but it is goofy light hearted fun 
2.5
Sahara
Erik Childress
Sahara is such an enigmatic piece of filmmaking that it never settles on a tone and whose downtime in between the action is going to ease audiences into a gentle slumber 
2
Sahara
Claudia Puig
A testosterone drenched escapade that misses because it lacks the tension to make it a thrill ride 
2
Sahara
Meg Jones
Believable Nah But when a movie is this fun who cares 
3
Sahara
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even the brain dead National Treasure tried harder than this 
1.5
Sahara
Lawrence Toppman
The movie first preposterously entertaining and then just preposterous makes James Bond films look as logical as Euclidean geometry 
2
Sahara
Terry Lawson
We flip through the usual catalog of close call explosions firefights and chases in which the weaponry is as lovingly photographed as the bronzed McConaughey and gorgeous Cruz 
2
Sahara
Rene Rodriguez
Feels like a carbon copy of the real thing 
2
Sahara
Bruce Newman
If you like movies that are big dumb fun they don t come much bigger and they certainly don t come any dumber or funner than Sahara 
2.5
Sahara
Nick Schager
As dry and lifeless as its sun burnt locale 
1.5
Sahara
Carrie Rickey
Spectacularly silly and perversely entertaining 
2
Sahara
Stephen Humphries
The secret ingredient that makes this handsome thriller so enjoyable is the chemistry between Alpha male McConaughey and zany Zahn 
3
Sahara
Josh Larsen
Was Matthew McConaughey invited to the congressional hearings on steroids 
2.5
Sahara
Dustin Putman
Travels down been there done that territory afraid to take chances and unaware of its own tedious mediocrity 
1.5
Sahara
Chris Hewitt
Although the movie isn t great it is kinda fun 
2.5
Sahara
Phoebe Flowers
When Sahara stops being about Dirk and Al s misadventures and starts being about viruses and mass murder it loses its way 
2
Sahara
Peter Travers
There s no disguising the fact that Sahara has all the heft of marshmallow 
2
Sahara
James Berardinelli
This is a Mystery Science Theater 3000 special 
2
Sahara
Jan Stuart
Feels as plodding and fruitless as trekking the length of a desert on a pogo stick with a busted spring 
1.5
Sahara
Robert K. Elder
How many leaps of logic do you allow an action movie before that thin strand of suspended disbelief snaps 
2
Sahara
Nick Rogers
Clive Cussler needs to calm down and quit complaining As silly mindless pieces of entertainment go Sahara is fine and the perfect adaptation of a Cussler book 
3
Sahara
Rob Blackwelder
If Sahara weren t quite so dumb it might have been a lot of fun 
2.5
Sahara
Phil Villarreal
The whole concept is just too stupid to go along with and would make the movie bad enough on its own if it wasn t a contender for the most racist film ever made 
1
Sahara
Ross Anthony
Steve Zahn rocks Though at times the film certainly stretches the believability factor it is always engaging always fun 
3
Sahara
Walter Chaw
A blockbuster played by action figures and written by children 
1.5
Sahara
Peter Canavese
As Hollywood actioners go these days this one s quite tolerable in its guilty pleasure way Feel free to saddle up 
2.5
The Boogens
John Beifuss
The director keeps the creatures off camera for most of the film but when they do show up they re at once ridiculous and brilliant rubbery king crab like things 
2.5
Mod F... Explosion
J. R. Jones
Despite all these retro trimmings Mod was ahead of the curve in smashing through decades of Asian stereotypes 
3
Spoiled Brats
Roger Moore
What fun is taking away the rich s money if they don t learn from the experience 
1.5
The New Centurions
Matt Brunson
Top billed George C Scott is excellent as the veteran policeman who imparts his philosophies on his rookie partner although it s Stacey Keach as said partner who essays the largest role 
3
For Ellen
Matt Pais
To make a short story long 
2
For Ellen
Roger Ebert
This performance unlike anything Paul Dano has ever done must have required some courage 
3.5
For Ellen
Ty Burr
For Ellen tries one s patience but what works works for keeps 
2.5
For Ellen
Brett Michel
Mandingo s so good it s a shame that Dano is his typically mannered self 
2.5
For Ellen
Jeff Shannon
Its anemic plot is almost nonexistent and there s not enough substance to support Kim s languid style resulting in a too relaxed 93 minute feature 
2.5
For Ellen
Kyle Smith
An empty angst athon that proves 90 minutes of close ups of Paul Dano looking wounded can be even less interesting than it sounds 
1
For Ellen
Chris Cabin
So Yong Kim s direction remains ruminative even poetic in its pacing its sense of place and its approach to intimacy but this is her most unsuitable script 
2.5
A Plumm Summer
Jeff Vice
The shame here is it s not a terrible movie It s just pretty amateurish in terms of the direction and some of the performances 
2
A Plumm Summer
Sean P. Means
The happy Hardy Boys action takes an uncomfortable back seat to low rent melodrama 
2
A Plumm Summer
Chris Hewitt
A proud throwback to 70s family melodramas such as Where the Red Fern Grows Plumm seems slow melodramatic and contrived when compared to contemporary movies 
1.5
A Plumm Summer
Peter Schilling
This might be palatable if it weren t also fraught with leaden direction and horrible acting it s a painful thing when William Baldwin s the best actor you ve got 
0
Dependent's Day
Wesley Lovell
It wears its heart on its sleeve and puts every fraction of its considerable strengths to effective use 
3
Looking for Hortense
Rich Cline
The problem is that it s impossible to care about the dull man at the centre when he s surrounded my much more colourfully eccentric characters 
2
La Belle Noiseuse
Keith Uhlich
Jacques Rivette s much praised Cannes Grand Prize winner vacillates between genuine insight and didactic mystique of the artist bull 
2.5
La Belle Noiseuse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I won t explain what happens with the masterpiece even at four hours the film cooks up a certain amount of suspense and surprise 
4
La Belle Noiseuse
Jeremy Heilman
By methodically examining the rigors and contemplation that go into creating great art French New Wave master Jacques Rivette has created something of a masterpiece himself 
4
La Belle Noiseuse
Roger Ebert
Some movies are worlds that we can sink into and La Belle Noiseuse is one of them 
4
La Belle Noiseuse
Chris Hicks
Obviously the film is aimed at a fairly narrow audience primarily the art community But the passion felt during those painting and posing sequences reaches a much broader spectrum 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Brian Eggert
The action scenes in this series keep the viewer invested whereas our interest in the ever expanding mythology and personal motivations of Wick have thinned over two sequels 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Steven Prokopy
Thanks to returning stunt coordinator turned director Chad Stahelski the film has no shortage of spectacular breath taking stunts and fight sequences to keep things moving once they kick off in a richly understated opening few scenes 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Jason Fraley
A film that ups the ante on violence with some of the craziest fight sequences and highest body counts ever put on film but a script that leaves room for little else as it jumps from action set piece to set piece 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Federico Furzan
The third chapter in the saga of the man who loves dogs above everything else is just as wack as it should be It doesn t mean it s not awesome Full review in Spanish 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
David Nusair
Keanu Reeves John Wick returns in this uneven and hopelessly overlong installment 
2
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Linda Cook
The third installment is violently entertaining 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Kevin A. Ranson
The genius of John Wick is perfectly straddling the line between the fantastic and the ridiculous and Parabellum is no exception 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Matt Brunson
There s a numbness in watching Wick flip an opponent punch him and then fire into his head two or three times this occurs with even greater frequency than Gary Coleman quipping Whatchu talkin about Willis over eight years of Diff rent Strokes 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Tom Russo
Reeves and Dacascos s brutal climactic sparring session definitely leaves us wanting more not to mention wondering about a potential Oscars sound editing category for shattering glass 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Alan French
While the third film in the franchise fails to live up to the incredible precedent set by the first two there s plenty of reason to love the latest adventure of Mr Wick 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Mattie Lucas
A gloriously over the top symphony of violence featuring some of the most dazzling action sequences in recent memory 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Sara Michelle Fetters
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum is a highflying ballet of bloodshed and carnage that s altogether remarkable 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Blake Howard
When the inimitable Tony Scott was eulogised it was often said that he didn t make action movies he made action films Director Chad Stahelski s John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum is an action film 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Walter Chaw
Three movies in they remain the best argument that Americans still have a voice in the action game They still feel fresh but for how much longer it s hard to say 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Michael Medved
More tedious than terrific there are no surprises in the plot no characterizations and no real reasons to invest your time or money in seeing more of the same 
2
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Sarah Knight Adamson
Halle Berry s feisty character Sofia is a welcome breath of fresh air 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Joe Friar
Reeves and Stahelski reunite for the most violent film in the franchise filled with breathtaking fight sequences that will leave you craving more 
4
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Mike McGranaghan
Keanu is great the action is stunningly staged and the newcomers help to liven everything up 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Josh Terry
The result is a film that is well executed sorry pun intended but that I feel uneasy enjoying or recommending 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Dann Gire
It sucks the air out of your lungs just thinking about how the filmmakers will top this 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stahelski a former stuntman knows how to stage fights but unlike most stuntmen he knows how to film them too with clean graceful camera moves head to toe framing and very few cuts like a Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers musical number 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Rob Thomas
Keanu Reeves remains a magnetic centrifugal force in the midst of all the mayhem the calm eye of a storm of blood spatters and broken bones 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Reginald Ponder
The wick has been lit on both ends it is getting hot A non stop action thriller that has so many kills that will surprise or just make you cheer Reeves delivers Thrills Kills and Chills 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Phil Villarreal
This is a movie comfortable in its own goofy skin and it s an unadulterated thrill to experience from beginning to end 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Robert Horton
I ve always liked the fact that Reeves doesn t look like he pumps a lot of iron to get into the role it makes John Wick s skill set all the more otherworldly 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Matthew Rozsa
While John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum is an easy movie to recommend it must be added that it s a hard movie to love 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Christian Toto
The action franchise hits its Fast Furious like stride assuming wanton killings are your style 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Sonny Bunch
Great action masks a meditation on the natural order 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Matthew Passantino
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum will likely have you fist pumping in your seat but it had me checking my watch 
2
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Bob Bloom
John Wick 3 is brutal but beautiful graceful but violently graphic Director Chad Stahelski is like the Sergei Eisenstein of fight sequences and in Reeves he has found the perfect partner 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Mark Dujsik
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum possesses enough new ideas in terms of its world and John s methods of dispatching foes to remain exciting 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Eric Melin
A total contradiction It sets a new bar for action in the moment but suffers cumulatively for it As its universe grows larger it gets less compelling and the screenplay creates all kinds of problems for Wick that it can t satisfactorily resolve 
2
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Ryan Porter
Check your grounded Harrison Ford era action ideals at the door this is the biggest and most bonkers John Wick yet 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Pamela Powell
In the decade long career of reviewing films I cannot recall a more disturbingly grotesque display of violence 
1
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Barry Hertz
No name assassins are still stupid enough to think they can kill Wick and Wick is still happy to prove them wrong 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
James Berardinelli
I d love to say that fans of the first two movies will love this one but I fall into that group and I was a little disappointed by this outing 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Gary Thompson
The goal for director Stahelski is escalating violence and bloody chaos pushed to the point of the preposterous and beyond 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Michael Phillips
This one s the best of the three so far 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Sean P. Means
The fights here don t have the same out of the box charm of the original you only get to make a first impression once they are brimming with eye popping spectacle 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Soren Andersen
It s all pretty silly but the way Parabellum keeps topping itself and then topping the toppings makes the picture eminently watchable It s a guilty summertime movie pleasure for sure 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Michael O'Sullivan
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum is neither subtle nor thoughtful It is arguably a nasty piece of work But like its hero it knows what it does best and it does it however paradoxical this may sound beautifully 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Josh Larsen
less about Wick and more about the grandiosity of the violence 
2
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Johnny Oleksinski
The plot of John Wick 3 won t surprise you but the movie will 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Chris Barsanti
The action choreography is as brutal as you expect though the repetition in style from the first two films makes the effect less surprising 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Rafer Guzman
Reeves retains his crown as the king of ultraviolent action with this solid threequel 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Katie Walsh
Does John Wick Chapter Three Parabellum break the formula It most certainly does not Director Chad Stahelski wouldn t dare But you almost wish he would 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Roger Moore
Raises the bar on relentless 
2.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Peter Sobczynski
A work of pop cinema so blissfully albeit brutally entertaining that you come out of it feeling even more resentful of its multiplex neighbors for not making a similar effort 
4
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Peter Hartlaub
It s like combining the anything can happen excitement of playing a slot machine with the grace of a ballet and the prolonged and escalating violence of a good gladiator battle 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Richard Roeper
It s a hard R live action cartoon and it is superb wall to wall action entertainment 
4
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Robert Daniels
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellem is another exceptional hit from Keanu Reeves and a bone crushing triumph 
3.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Jake Coyle
With a seamless mix of CGI and stunt work Stahelski fluidly choreographs ballets of bullets and endless violent encounters across a grim cityscape 
3
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
Brian Truitt
It s almost a karmic answer to everything else in the action movie genre where there s usually a distinct lack of responsibility in the wanton violence In the Wick verse a bloody action usually leads to much more trouble later 
3
Don't Knock Twice
Federico Furzan
Generic trash that cannot surpass its straight to video perfume Full review in Spanish 
1
Don't Knock Twice
Sara Michelle Fetters
The actual horror and thriller aspects just don t gel together with any of the other elements making James latest genre effort a movie I respect multiple elements of even if I can t say I enjoyed near as much as I can t help but wish I did 
2.5
Don't Knock Twice
Simon Abrams
The makers of Don t Knock Twice never successfully flesh out their characters as people leaving viewers to roll their eyes whenever characters open the wrong door 
1.5
Don't Knock Twice
Christian Toto
Watch carefully Katee Sackhoff s performance in Don t Knock Twice is a silent cry to find projects worthy of her 
2
Don't Knock Twice
Dustin Putman
The picture ends up in a state of flux not doing anything wrong enough to be bad but not fully realized enough to be more than a missed opportunity 
2
Don't Knock Twice
Henry Stewart
The film s storylines fail to inform or intensify each other in any theme deepening or character developing ways 
2
Betty: They Say I'm Different
Kathy Fennessy
There s enough material to get a taste of her fiery shows uninhibited lyricism and arresting fashion sense silver sequin hot pants above all but not enough to fill out the standard running time 
2
Bloodline
David Nusair
the picture segues into a sluggish narrative that grows less and less interesting as time slowly progresses 
1.5
Bloodline
Brian Tallerico
A character study descends into a generic crime novel complete with a final twist that simply isn t believable 
2
Bloodline
Mark Dujsik
Jacobson and fellow screenwriters Avra Fox Lerner and Will Honley aren t just here for the gory thrills 
3
The Mechanik
David Nusair
Ultimately The Russian Specialist isn t quite as effective as its premise might ve indicated 
2
Do I Sound Gay?
Robert Horton
There are enough amusing observations and anecdotes to make the film diverting Thorpe s own adventure in speech therapy looks suspiciously like something a documentary filmmaker would do to give his movie a through line 
2
Do I Sound Gay?
John Anderson
Surprisingly entertaining highly informative and honest 
3
Do I Sound Gay?
Peter Keough
Lighthearted but slyly provocative 
3
Do I Sound Gay?
Tom Meek
From there the film ventures into famous talking head mode and follows Thorpe on his mundane quest everywhere 
2.5
Do I Sound Gay?
John Hartl
This is an intelligent if too short exploration of gender confusion speech therapy and the perils of coming out 
2.5
Do I Sound Gay?
Michael O'Sullivan
What begins as a first person account of one man s quest to change the way he speaks soon becomes something closer to pop anthropology in the process throwing in a bit of sociolinguistics and stand up comedy 
3.5
Do I Sound Gay?
David Lewis
We can t help but wish that Thorpe had acted more like an emcee than a subject 
2
Do I Sound Gay?
Molly Eichel
While Thorpe ostensibly explores the sibilant consonants and careful enunciation that characterize what we have come to think of as sounding gay his film is really about his identity 
3
Do I Sound Gay?
Rob Thomas
As a filmmaker Thorpe is merely serviceable and Do I Sound Gay has trouble keeping all its different strands political cultural personal from tangling on screen 
2.5
Do I Sound Gay?
Odie Henderson
The film scratches a lot of surfaces never venturing too far down the interesting paths it divulges However what it does explore makes it a satisfying lighthearted look at one man s search for perceived vocal machismo 
3
Do I Sound Gay?
Mallory Andrews
Considering Do I Sound Gay is a film concerned with the act of speaking there are still many unanswered questions left to talk about 
2.5
Do I Sound Gay?
Stephen Whitty
Do I Sound Gay is fun and while there s too much of Thorpe onscreen and his family and his friends and other easy to land interview subjects there are some interesting insights here from other writers and celebrities 
3
Do I Sound Gay?
Haley Goldberg
The conversation less than the inconclusive answer is what makes Do I Sound Gay worth a look 
2.5
Do I Sound Gay?
Clayton Dillard
Another link in an increasingly tiresome chain of naval gazing think pieces posing as personal documentary 
2
Do I Sound Gay?
Matt Brunson
An entertaining documentary 
3
The Lady in Red
John Beifuss
It hurts Polly says after losing her virgnity to a lying cad this is her defining comment and a succinct summation of Sayles judgment on the screwing that much of America takes every day from the people in charge 
3
City of Ghosts
David Nusair
There s nothing interesting about this half baked noir plot 
1.5
City of Ghosts
Phil Villarreal
Longtime actor first time director Matt Dillon relates an urgency and passion behind the camera intent on telling us one story while showing us another 
3
City of Ghosts
Sean P. Means
Dillon is so eager to show the duality of Cambodia the grace and the grime that he sacrifices major story elements to do so 
2
City of Ghosts
Michael Booth
There is so much to admire in Matt Dillon s City of Ghosts that the feeling left over after watching it is an unsettling sense of disappointment and unfairness 
2.5
City of Ghosts
Terry Lawson
While the film is not short on ideas or implications none of them is fully developed leaving us little but atmosphere and warm whiskey to drink in 
2
City of Ghosts
Tyler Hanley
City of Ghosts dons a facade of independent filmmaking but the core screams Hollywood rehash 
2
City of Ghosts
Steve Rhodes
It s the only film in which James Caan attempts karaoke in Cambodian You ll want to plan your bathroom break for that scene 
2
City of Ghosts
David Elliott
Though he has evolved beyond his star peak Dillon remains a strong actor and is a gifted director 
3
City of Ghosts
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fortunately Dillon was smart enough to hire one of our best living crime authors Barry Gifford to co write the screenplay 
2.5
City of Ghosts
Moira MacDonald
Dillon doesn t quite pull it off but you ve got to admire the guy s chutzpah 
2
City of Ghosts
Mick LaSalle
A hyper real portrait of life a vision as experienced during an adrenaline rush 
3
City of Ghosts
Steven Rea
Goes a good way toward reinvigorating a forgotten genre fashioning a movie world that s not quite real but not strewn with slam bam car chases and meaningless intrigue either 
3
City of Ghosts
Rick Groen
It s the usual murky affair which has the unfortunate side effect of pulling Dillon s direction down into the mire 
2
City of Ghosts
Ty Burr
It s an actor s film all right peppered with rich supporting performances but unconvincing in the telling 
2
City of Ghosts
Roger Ebert
I didn t believe in James Caan s cons but I believed him and at times like that it s helpful to stop keeping score and live in the moment 
3
City of Ghosts
Tor Thorsen
For the most part Dillon has skillfully captured the sojourn of a stranger in a strange land 
3
City of Ghosts
Mary F. Pols
Dillon found something that captivated him more than being just a movie star and flawed though these results may be they were certainly worth his time 
3
City of Ghosts
Michael Wilmington
The story is typical but it s done intelligently and with evocative backgrounds in Cambodia 
2.5
City of Ghosts
Gene Seymour
Eventually the plot chokes and stumbles on its atmospheric effects But Dillon has an encouraging affinity for landscape tension and eccentricity 
2.5
City of Ghosts
Jami Bernard
Turns disappointingly generic a series of scams and double crosses among greedy men 
2
City of Ghosts
Lou Lumenick
A Southeast Asian thriller that positively reeks of atmosphere but is woefully lacking in narrative credibility or character development 
2
City of Ghosts
Glenn Whipp
Long on atmosphere not to mention running time and short on just about everything else 
2
City of Ghosts
David Sterritt
The film has plenty of shortcomings but it s fun to see Caan back in action 
2
City of Ghosts
Harvey S. Karten
Smashing Cambodian scenery makes this mundane story eminently worthwhile 
3
The Quiet Man
James Kendrick
The film s saucy mix of comedy and melodrama is one of its greatest charms although it can give you whiplash from time to time especially if you re not used to Ford s brand of broad back slapping comedy
3.5
The Quiet Man
Wesley Lovell
John Ford may be the first director to make me like John Wayne 
4
The Quiet Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ford shot on location in Ireland in dazzling Technicolor with bold sparkling greens and came up with one of his most enjoyable full bodied films 
4
The Quiet Man
James Berardinelli
Although not a true classic The Quiet Man is worth more than a cursory glance especially for those who like Wayne or would like to experience more of his work 
3
Black and White
Betsy Bozdech
While Black and White is a little chaotic and overcrowded it offers a relentless honest look at race and power 
3
Black and White
Jeffrey M. Anderson
James Toback s Black and White is meant to be an incendiary movie but it s really only just OK 
2.5
Black and White
Jeanne Aufmuth
Short bursts of captivating information are strung together in a series of quick cutting vignettes alternately hitting their mark and falling disastrously flat 
2
Black and White
Mick LaSalle
It doesn t try to spell out all aspects of the issue or arrive at any particular point Toback presents specific characters dealing with specific problems and through their stories somehow manages to take the temperature of the times 
3
Black and White
Lou Lumenick
At heart a clich strewn melodrama about a bunch of white upper class Manhattan kids who aspire to ghetto culture 
2
Black and White
Dustin Putman
While one can walk away from a theater appreciating that the film actually has more than a few fleeting thoughts in its mind there is rarely if ever a clear attempt to develop the wide array of characters from being anything more than symbolic figures
2
Black and White
Steve Rhodes
For filmgoers who like fast paced movies that assault their senses with a plethora of stereotypes 
1
Black and White
Shay Casey
Toback s terribly ham fisted preaching grows old quickly 
2
Black and White
Roger Ebert
Like James Toback himself his new film is in your face overflowing with ideas outrageous in its connections maddening illogical and fascinating 
3
Black and White
Rod Armstrong
Even if Black and White doesn t always satisfy it certainly provides plenty of food for thought 
3
Black and White
Michael Dequina
Better performances would not be able to offset the story s unsatisfying resolution 
1.5
In Their Skin
Dustin Putman
That the film ultimately reveals itself to be about redemption and the process of healing over hopelessly succumbing to evil also gives the proceedings an added layer of worth and freshness 
3
In Their Skin
Nick Schager
Winds up turning itself into just a rote thriller about psychos learning that appearance notwithstanding every family has dysfunctional problems 
2
Switchblade Romance
Matt Brunson
The movie isn t scary suspenseful thought provoking or heck even remotely entertaining 
1
Switchblade Romance
Lucius Gore
The last three fourths of this film are basically like the last five minutes of Halloween total fear and total suspense 
4
Switchblade Romance
David N. Butterworth
A cinematically sound but sub par horror flick readied for the American mass market by the addition of English credits and some truly atrocious dubbing 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not only is it an assault on the senses the film is so narcissistically nihilistic the only ones sure to get a kick out of it are members of the Manson Family fan club 
1
Switchblade Romance
Collin Souter
A brilliantly made shocking refreshingly bloody disappointment 
2
Switchblade Romance
Kurt Loder
S imply a checklist of familiar gore effects pasted onto an unusually uninvolving story miss it and you miss nothing 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Eric Melin
In a remarkable turnaround the film suddenly lacks the courage to stick with what it does best 
2
Switchblade Romance
Linda Cook
What a nasty piece of business this movie is 
.5
Switchblade Romance
James Kendrick
a formally brilliant thriller Unfortunately there s a third act revelation that possibly spoils it by tacking on a needless and potentially offensive explanation
2.5
Switchblade Romance
Sean O'Connell
Isn t so much a bad movie as it is a despicable one 
1
Switchblade Romance
Frank Ochieng
a groundless gorefest High Tension pounces on the opportunity to swagger in its meaningless artsy shock value
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Jeff Shannon
A lame exercise delivering shameless thrills at the expense of logic and genuine suspense 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Mick LaSalle
Very bloody sometimes difficult to watch and sometimes just tiresome 
2
Switchblade Romance
Kim Morgan
Can a film be undone by its lame twist ending In the case of High Tension the answer is yes 
2.5
Switchblade Romance
Larry Ratliff
Just how bloody far are we supposed to suspend our disbelief for a slice and dice horror flick 
2
Switchblade Romance
Kyle Smith
A chainsaw cut above recent entries in the genre a pure unapologetic unironic homage to the likes of Friday the 13th that respectfully salutes all the old shtick 
3
Switchblade Romance
Jack Mathews
One of the ugliest movies I ve ever seen 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Bob Strauss
It gets so frustrating that you wish you had a big gooey wad of rotting Camembert to throw at the screen 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Robert W. Butler
An alternately shocking creepy and fiendishly suspenseful ride 
2.5
Switchblade Romance
Eric Harrison
I can t say much except that we ve seen it too many times in the past and each time half the audience feels cheated 
2
Switchblade Romance
Terry Lawson
You will be terrified or disgusted or both which is exactly the way it was back in the day 
3
Switchblade Romance
Wesley Morris
It doesn t make an iota of sense 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
High Tension proves to be a dud of a horror film 
2
Switchblade Romance
Greg Maki
Collapses under the weight of its own supposed cleverness imploding unlike any film I have ever seen 
2
Switchblade Romance
Willie Waffle
the worst idea to come out of France since the metric system 
0
Switchblade Romance
Mike Clark
Purely as an exercise in style this movie has its moments 
3
Switchblade Romance
Duane Dudek
It takes a lot of Gaul to pass this unsubtle bit of Texas Chainsaw Massacre blunt force trauma and derivative Pyscho mumbo jumbo off as anything much more than crude and graphic 
2
Switchblade Romance
Rene Rodriguez
Makes for ghoulish sick fun 
2.5
Switchblade Romance
Mary F. Pols
The film has been partially dubbed into English with the assistance of the world s worst voice actors The end product is nearly unbearable to watch 
1.5
Switchblade Romance
Roger Ebert
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes tells us life can be poor nasty brutish and short So is this movie 
1
Switchblade Romance
Robert K. Elder
Works like a filmic jigsaw puzzle one that ultimately inverts the genre and powered by a bloody confection of violence and girls running around in sweat caked T shirts 
3
Switchblade Romance
David Sterritt
Serial killing and other insanity in the French countryside with ineptly dubbed English dialogue 
1
Switchblade Romance
Chris Hewitt
Spills blood everywhere but has no pulse 
0
Switchblade Romance
Phoebe Flowers
High Tension thrills you with its bare bones brutality Then it infuriates you when it abandons the purity of the story for a gimmick 
2
Switchblade Romance
John Anderson
Simply relentless in both its butchery and its stupidity To say nothing of its lack of restraint 
0
Switchblade Romance
Steven Snyder
may start a bit shaky and feature an unfortunate and homophobic twist but by its final gruesome and horrific scene it has wrapped itself firmly around the audience s senses
3
Switchblade Romance
Dustin Putman
Who could have guessed that a so called slasher movie could be as psychologically haunting as this one manages to be A new classic of the horror genre has been born 
4
Switchblade Romance
Walter Chaw
An example of if nothing else the attitudes that keep lesbians a little farther back in the closet 
3
Switchblade Romance
James Berardinelli
For those who enjoy horror films and don t mind copious quantities of red dyed fluids this one is not to be missed 
3
Switchblade Romance
Joshua Tanzer
I can t think of a better review of Haute Tension than the one given by the guy sitting behind me in the theater I quote HAHAHAHA OH SH HAHA 
2
Switchblade Romance
Ed Gonzalez
A disturbingly lurid sometimes riveting dare I say fun but often offensive spectacle of violence 
2
Switchblade Romance
Erik Childress
I find myself both enjoying the unapologetic bloodfest of Haute Tension and extending certain digits at it for trying to be overly clever 
2.5
Switchblade Romance
David Nusair
an ideal companion piece to John Carpenter s Halloween 
3
Switchblade Romance
Jason Anderson
Haute Tension is as intense as its French title suggests 
3
High Flying Bird
Brian Eggert
More than the cast or even Soderbergh s direction McCraney s writing is the star of the show 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Cassidy Olsen
High Flying Bird is much colder at times even clinical and it s more interested in the long term work of resistance than heist plots and celebrations 
3
High Flying Bird
Carlos Valladares
The director and cinematographer is Steven Soderbergh who has recently returned after a blessedly brief 2012 retirement with manic energy High Flying Bird continues his stream of crafting the tightest snappiest pieces of movie work in recent memory 
3
High Flying Bird
Alan French
When High Flying Bird works it is masterful It should remind audiences why Steven Soderbergh remains a must watch director every time out 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Steven Prokopy
Holland often plays fairly subdued characters but here he s absolutely ferocious in an almost unassuming way It s a marvel to see him set loose like this and even more so because the equally matched Zazie Beetz is on hand 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Rene Sanchez
André Holland is mesmerizing in Soderbergh s latest A slow burn smart thriller about the appropriation of one of America s most revered sports Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Robert Levin
The picture continues Soderbergh s own experimentation with the iPhone as his camera of choice the fluidity of which gives the movie a loose and naturalistic quality 
3
High Flying Bird
Josh Larsen
it s as if some scenes have dissociative identity disorder 
2
High Flying Bird
David Nusair
inaccessible and uninvolving 
2
High Flying Bird
Joey Magidson
Soderbergh combines McCraney s lyrical script with a directorial immediacy that really makes things soar It s also easily the best looking film shot on an iPhone to date 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Barry Hertz
Soderbergh has made a film about disruption that also aims to disrupt 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Rob Thomas
Bird is a bracing shot across the bow of both the sports and movie industries And one senses that Soderbergh 30 years into his career is just getting started 
3
High Flying Bird
John Wirt
The brisk tempo may leave some in a ball of confusion High Flying Bird ultimately rallies and wins 
3
High Flying Bird
Chuck Bowen
Steven Soderbergh s film considers modern media as a vehicle for revising white patriarchal capitalism 
3.5
High Flying Bird
Brian Tallerico
The script for High Flying Bird by Tarell Alvin McCraney is razor sharp 
3.5
Rooster Cogburn
Roger Ebert
The whole movie seems so contrived so obviously a vehicle for its stars and for their former happier roles that finally we just get depressed Talent shouldn t be thrown around like this 
1
The Fortune Cookie
Roger Moore
There 8217 s something faintly dispirited about it all 44 as if the movie 8212 or at least the guy who made it 8212 felt a little guilt about the 8220 victimless crime 8221 his movie is about 44 and a racist society 8217 s victims he finally got around to acknowledging
2.5
The Fortune Cookie
Matt Brunson
The first joint Lemmon Matthau effort might be the funniest 
3.5
The Fortune Cookie
Mattie Lucas
Wilder remains as much ahead of his time as he was of it skewering human foibles with a withering eye 
3.5
The Fortune Cookie
Betsy Bozdech
It s hard to go wrong with director Billy Wilder and when you add Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau into the mix it s darn near impossible 
4
The Fortune Cookie
David Nusair
It s the performances that make The Fortune Cookie worth checking out because the story itself isn t terribly interesting 
2.5
Follow Me Home
Roger Ebert
It shows how films can cut probe and wound It can awaken a sense of fair play in the audience And in its fantasy and symbolism it evokes a mystery level beneath explanation 
3
Follow Me Home
Steve Rhodes
The dialog however too often sounds like pseudo intellectual poppycock 
1.5
Nasanu naka (The Stepchild)
Keith Uhlich
A silent mother love melodrama whose stylistic crudities explicitly illustrate what in the director s later work is relegated to subtlety and subtext 
2.5
Diamonds Are Forever
Matt Brunson
It would be Connery s final appearance in the official series and he goes out in style 
3
Diamonds Are Forever
Austin Kennedy
After struggling with a few films to find the right vibe and tone for a Bond film DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER finds a nice balance that would work for a while 
3
Diamonds Are Forever
Roger Ebert
We see different movies for different reasons and Diamonds Are Forever is great at doing the things we see a James Bond movie for 
3
Diamonds Are Forever
James Berardinelli
The ending while high on pyrotechnics is low on tension bringing Connery s era to a rather dissatisfying conclusion 
2.5
Diamonds Are Forever
Steve Rhodes
After the disastrous George Lazenby Sean Connery definitely the best Bond ever comes back again to act his signature role of James Bond 
2.5
Diamonds Are Forever
Scott Nash
No matter how crazy it all gets it never stops entertaining 
3
The Enormity of Life
Roger Moore
The acting here isn 8217 t so much bad as dissonant 44 as if nobody here is aware 8220 Enormity 8221 is as charmless as it is 46 
1.5
Blackout
David Nusair
an overtly obnoxious thriller that boasts few positive attributes if any 
1
Nothing to Lose
David Nusair
46 46 46 a lighthearted and predominantly affable buddy comedy 46 46 46 
3
Nothing to Lose
Gene Siskel
Nothing to Lose is mainstream mildly entertaining but clearly a money grab by Tim Robbins and his less in demand co star Martin Lawrence 
2.5
Nothing to Lose
Michael Dequina
For every fresh funny scene there is another that is incredibly forced 
2.5
Nothing to Lose
Susan Wloszczyna
A bumpy buddy romp that s mildly winning thanks to its stars 
2.5
Nothing to Lose
Roger Ebert
Oedekerk s screenplay has serious ambitions which it should have suppressed 
2
Ruanda - The Day God Walked Away
James Bradshaw
An intensely personal psychological tale and one which highlights survival as much as massacre 
3
A Marine Story
Bill Weber
A plodding B movie that exploits don t ask don t tell with cheap psychology and cheaper thrills 
1
Poker Face
Pablo O. Scholz
Poker Face ignores the meaning of its title and shows its cards almost immediately Full review in Spanish 
2
Poker Face
Erik Childress
A film that is constantly trying to bluff its way out of the story it sets up to be and like the gambler who keeps chasing their losses it is way too far in the hole to develop any interest late when it finally settles into a plot it wants to follow 46 
1
Poker Face
Richard Roeper
It s a half baked story despite the star s commanding presence and solid directorial skills 
2
Poker Face
Steven Prokopy
It feels like Crowe wasn 8217 t confident in his primary theme of what breaks and repairs friendships 44 so he tossed in heaps of nonsense to cover his ass 46 Not only was that ploy unnecessary but it hurts his movie immeasurably 46 
2
Poker Face
Glenn Kenny
Even if you can sense the fun Crowe is having with the camera setups in certain scenes 44 Poker Face is simultaneously a lot and not all that much 46 
2
Poker Face
Mark Dujsik
Even if one weren apos t aware of the script tinkering 44 the movie makes the process painfully apparent in the story apos s continual indecisiveness 46 
1.5
Poker Face
Roger Moore
Crowe is rarely dull as an actor 44 but his poker faced turn in 8220 Poker Face 8221 proves the exception to that rule 46 
1.5
Elvis on Tour
Austin Kennedy
The filmmaking was energetic and visually interesting to look at Presley s performance was not 
2.5
Elvis on Tour
Peter Canavese
Consummate showmanship evidence of a huge pop idol and savvy showman with a finely tuned stage act Blu ray 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Mattie Lucas
The film is successful in creating a complex moral universe mostly due to the set up from the previous films but Ratner doesn t seem to know what to do with it 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Gary Susman
Yes Ratner s music video attention span and inability to linger on a shot blunts the impact of some of the big emotional moments Nonetheless he liked Singer s films as much as you did and he hasn t tried to fix what ain t broke 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Joe Lozito
The results are less than x citing 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Kam Williams
A surefire kiddie crowd pleaser given the teeny bop penchant for over stimulating computer game warfare 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Michael A. Smith
The action is non stop and the special effects jaw dropping with a scene involving San Francisco s Golden Gate Bridge an incredible highlight
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Russ Breimeier
Ratner has met with much skepticism from fans afraid that he would botch the franchise He actually makes this an enjoyable summer blockbuster that generally lives up to the predecessors 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Wesley Lovell
The final i X Men i film fails to live up to the expectations of its predecessors but remains a fun and surprising feature 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Steve Rhodes
Operatic in scope especially in its rousing ending it has a simple and easily accessible plot This class A popcorn flick is also a heck of a lot of fun 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Gina Carbone
The Last Stand is as good if not better than X2 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Garth Franklin
Whilst those involved didn t save the best for last they have delivered a film worthy of the title and an entertaining little vehicle to boot
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Frank Ochieng
Sadly X didn t mark the spot convincingly this time around Ratner directs with all the urgency of a nervous Nellie with a bladder problem 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
James Hebert
Like the first two films this one crackles with action delves smartly but not smarmily into social relevance and salts in enough humor to make all the vaporizings and razor izings feel a bit more festive 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
David Nusair
An acceptable albeit mindless sequel that should placate fans of the series 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Thomas Delapa
Here s your blaring headline in the Daily Bugle X MEN SQUASH SPIDER MAN LIKE A BUG 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Lori Hoffman
What it lacks is the rich layering of character details that made the previous films soar beyond genre filmmaking 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Matt Brunson
There are plenty of boneheaded decisions plaguing X Men The Last Stand yet there s also enough of merit to earn it a passing grade 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
John Beifuss
The climax finds the president announcing all is well during a broadcast over Fox news a bit of corporate in house promotion that apparently is not intended to be ironic 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Michael Szymanski
The latest X Men flick packs all the punches 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Daniel M. Kimmel
Frankly it s surprising that director Brett Ratner best known for the Rush Hour movies was the man at the helm It turns out the skeptics were wrong 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Mike McGranaghan
It s gratifying to see the X Men movies be about something rather than just trying to be mindless action thrill rides 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Maitland McDonagh
For all the sound fury and spectacle the film feels vaguely hollow and unsatisfying 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Randy Myers
True Ratner is no Singer but in The Last Stand he delivers the goods with gusto 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Geoff Pevere
To anyone more discerning and certainly to those fans who cherished the way the first two movies took pains to honour what made the X Men such special mutants the final blowout will seem like a blown opportunity 
1.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Carla Meyer
X Men and X2 brought unusual complexity and depth to the comic book movie genre X Men The Last Stand though a mile wide with mutants is about an inch deep 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Carrie Rickey
Of the three X episodes Ratner s is the least involving 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Timothy Knight
X Men The Last Stand brings the mutant superhero trilogy to an immensely satisfying conclusion 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Lou Lumenick
The Last Stand isn t awful but Ratner lacks Singer s subtlety and ability to cleanly navigate convoluted story lines crammed with super powered characters 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Paul Doro
Although it s never boring X Men The Last Stand is routine and unimaginative in a way the first two are not 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Connie Ogle
Ratner seems incapable of infusing his overly busy story with nuance depth or the wonderful wry humor that connected us so thoroughly to these characters in the first place and so their sacrifices never register 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Glenn Whipp
The overpopulated visionfree movie contains barely enough moments to satisfy both casual fans and fanatics who should definitely stay through the closing credits for a final pivotal revelation while leaving each wanting more 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Loey Lockerby
What matters to discerning fans is whether respect for the material is balanced with solid intelligent filmmaking and those qualities are going downhill fast 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Amy Biancolli
Oppressive overkill can suck the life from any hallowed institution Even dare say it the X Men 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Liam Lacey
Though this third film directed by the ham handed Brett Ratner Rush Hour slides into overstuffed narrative complication and self parodying quippiness the pop mythology remains intact even vital 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jeff Vice
Certainly this one doesn t stack up favorably with the first two movies but the third cinematic X adventure is far from the worst superhero film ever made even lately 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Michael Booth
The three quel is a talky D N a Vinci Code devoid of pacing and rife with inside jokes 
1.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Lawrence Toppman
The Last Stand which contradicts its subtitle with the cheesiest sequel tag of the year slumps as soon as it introduces its plot gimmick 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Forrest Hartman
In Last Stand director Brett Ratner displays his formidable technical skill but he lacks the sense of timing and character development that made the first two films a success 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Ethan Alter
Where Singer played up the real world parallels inherent in the franchise s premise Ratner clearly feels more comfortable when things are going boom 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Larry Ratliff
Ratner right at home in the superhero world orchestrates the frenzied final battle with a melodramatic Gone With the Wind grandeur 
3.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Nick Rogers
Wolverine takes it personally when hit below the belt with a sucker punch As a paying audience member so should you It s a vending machine movie all the way with none of the mood charm or style that has preceded it 
1
X-Men: The Last Stand
Kurt Loder
The Last Stand is a pretty spectacular action movie even if it doesn t quite achieve the enchantment of the earlier films McKellen Stewart and Jackman are once again magnetically expert 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s not really a shock that Brett Ratner isn t a director in Bryan Singer s league 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Linda Cook
Despite its title this isn t the end of the X Men series X Men The Last Stand leaves you wanting more And its finale is the perfect set up for just that 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jon Niccum
The main downfall of X Men The Last Stand is also its biggest guilty pleasure watching just how many mutant baddies they can throw on the screen 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Eric Melin
is blessed with a whopper of a dichotomy that carries the film even in its most unremarkable moments 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Kit Bowen
Its action packed but lacks that certain mutant angst 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ratner who directs for the seventh time with this film seems to be getting better by trial and error and he turns in a rather terrific first half 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Erik Childress
Begins to unravel in displays of silliness and a lack of drive that fails to payoff all its ideas or reach the level of excitement expected for such a final showdown 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Sean McBride
something of a letdown considering the quality of the first two films
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Willie Waffle
Maybe The Da Vinci Code needed mutants or Halle Berry in tight leather pants to make it better 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Walter Chaw
Michael Bay s Schindler s List 
0.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
James Berardinelli
X Men The Last Stand is the first blockbuster of the 2006 summer season that hasn t caused me to shake my head with disappointment It delivers pretty much what s expected 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Dustin Putman
A fast and furious smorgasbord of sound and fury adding up to little in the long run but yes fun while it lasts 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Emily Blunt
This is X Men kids one does not expect A Twelfth Night deep yarn to play out before you And on this point X Men does not disappoint minimal brain space required to follow the bouncing mutants
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Marc Savlov
There s much to enjoy here Ratner s pacing is fluid and fast and the film rushes along its busy cluttered way with something approaching melodramatic snarkiness but it s also terribly busy and cluttered 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Claudia Puig
X Men The Last Stand expands on the themes of discrimination and alienation explored in the first two films and still retains the franchise s signature kick butt action features 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Moira MacDonald
The Last Stand though the weakest in the franchise is often a kick to watch you keep wanting more of these characters 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Mick LaSalle
This is the third film in the series which means that on three occasions now we ve been presented with the same story featuring the same conflict leading to the same false resolution a smiley happy joining of hands at the edge of an abyss 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Chris Hewitt
A couple of mutants die in X Men The Last Stand but not nearly enough to save this boring mess 
1
X-Men: The Last Stand
Phoebe Flowers
It feels a lot like X Men The Diluted TV Adaptation 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Peter Travers
Billed as the climax of a trilogy the third and weakest chapter in the X Men series is a blatant attempt to prove there is still life in the franchise 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jan Stuart
X Men The Last Stand more or less stands on its own legs but the degree to which one is engaged really depends on one s familiarity with the first two films 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Lisa Rose
For a movie that promotes unity it is awfully splintered in its storytelling It lacks a core plot to link the set pieces and create a sense of momentum 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Terry Lawson
The cleverness of the basic idea stitched together by credited writers Zak Penn and Simon Kinberg from story arcs in the comics gets lost in all the commotion while the characters get reduced to well cartoon versions of their former selves 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Michael Wilmington
X Men The Last Stand is spectacular but alienating a high flying high tech product that impresses but fails to move you 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Roger Ebert
I liked the action I liked the absurdity I liked the incongruous use and misuse of mutant powers and I especially liked the way it introduces all of those political issues and lets them fight it out with the special effects 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Wesley Morris
The battle sequences always the least exciting most obligatory feature of the first two movies seem to have something at stake namely the lives of the characters My heart goes out to heroes who believe a summer movie is worth dying for 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Peter Canavese
A full fledged mutant jamboree but one that blunts thematic and character development in favor of narrative expediency 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Dan Fienberg
Ratner has taken a series characterized by subversive wit and intelligence and put it in a bland box It could be worse but it couldn t be less distinctive 
2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Josh Larsen
The Last Stand needs its new characters more than the previous two films did because it fails to develop the ones it has inherited 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jeffrey Westhoff
Although Last Stand remains entertaining it has the slapped together look and feel of the first film 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Phil Villarreal
When other mutants approach Leech their special talents vanish It s much the same effect Ratner has on actors 
1.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Matt Pais
Ratner clearly has superpowers He s made the series feeling and humor disappear 
1.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Elizabeth Weitzman
Taking over from the more cerebral Bryan Singer Ratner is unable to maintain the emotional intensity that has made this series so deeply epic But he sure knows how to put on a show 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Scott Nash
Singer s touch is missed but there s still a lot to enjoy here 
3
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sacrifices socio political relevance for flashy pyrotechnics and visceral pleasures galore 
2.5
X-Men: The Last Stand
Nick Schager
A dreary species of empty pomp and circumstance far too similar to many of its summer movie brethren and disappointingly dissimilar from its superior predecessors 
1.5
One for the Money
Michael Dequina
One doesn t need to have any familiarity with the Stephanie Plum novel series to immediately hear and see what an ill fit Katherine Heigl is for the role 
1.5
One for the Money
Roger Moore
Didn t Jennifer Aniston already do a bounty hunter movie Talk about sloppy seconds 
1
One for the Money
David Nusair
a second rate and consistently worthless Out of Sight knockoff 
1
One for the Money
Peter Keough
The dialogue isn t exactly Chandler esque though the stereotypes are hardboiled 
2
One for the Money
R. Kurt Osenlund
You could go nuts with the double entendres associated with One for the Money beginning of course with the film s title 
1
One for the Money
Mark Feeney
The movie has the by the numbers efficiency of a decent TV series and about as much flavor 
2
One for the Money
Scott Nash
I enjoyed it in a guilty pleasure sort of way 
2.5
One for the Money
Stephen Whitty
I guess I can t call the movie sexist as it was largely produced directed and written by women So I ll settle for calling it dull corny and amateurish instead 
1
One for the Money
Peter Travers
Everything in One for the Money rings cringingly false 
0
One for the Money
Matt Pais
This Jersey set movie Heigl tries on the accent every so often and it never fits would be more fun with Snooki in the lead role At least the thing would have some spunk 
1
One for the Money
Dustin Putman
No wonder Lionsgate chose not to screen the finished product in advance for review One for the Money is a surefire example of inept filmmaking absolutely reeking of rote desperation 
1
One for the Money
Liam Lacey
One for the Money is tepidly glib throughout Even violent murders are followed by wisecracks or another prurient opportunity to ogle Heigl s behind and cleavage 
1
One for the Money
Peter Howell
To compare this mess to a sitcom would be an insult to sitcoms 
1
The Forgiven
Roger Moore
Whitaker and Bana stand out in this somewhat staid uneven and generally downbeat South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission drama
2
The Forgiven
Simon Abrams
The Forgiven only succeeds as an ugly empty headed provocation 
0
The Forgiven
Mark Dujsik
It s when the two men come together in a series of intense and uncomfortable dialogues that the film is most effective 
3
The Forgiven
Oleg Ivanov
Roland Joff s film is largely successful in its attempt to grapple with the terrible truths of apartheid and its legacy 
2.5
The Forgiven
David N. Butterworth
Powerful performances by Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana highlight Roland Joff s latest political drama 
3
Jane's Journey
Kyle Smith
You may have the feeling of being stuck at a nice old lady s house while she narrates a meandering slide show in slow storybook tones 
1
Jane's Journey
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Leads us through Jane Goodall s greatest hits with adulating talking heads and putatively inspiring over exposed eco scapes 
2
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Wesley Lovell
tick 44 tick 8230 BOOM 33 is imbued with the dreary haze of 1990s malaise with bits of musical inspiration punctuating its at times joyous and at times heartrending nearly two hour production
4
Tick, Tick... Boom!
David Reddish
Much to our delight in the hands of Miranda and Levenson ticktickBOOM works even better as a movie told in a mix of style that includes both full on old school production numbers and diegetic songs 
3.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Matthew Passantino
Regardless of any quibbles Tick Tick Boom is entertaining to watch largely due to Garfield s sensational performance as Larson 
3
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Ernesto Diezmartinez
This movie sucks and not because I watched after West Side Story I could have watched afterBlack Widow It sucks because Miranda has no sense of the cinematic space 
1
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Garfield is the whirlwind at the center of this giving a deeply enthusiastic anguished performance with enough energy for a dozen movies 
3.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Lisa Trifone
As busy as Miranda s been the last five years his foray into filmmaking is on the whole a promising one 
3.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Josh Larsen
maniacally focused on Larson as the uber struggling artist in a way that eventually feels monstrous 
1.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Jeff York
And even though the story here is stylized with all kinds of singing choreography and visual effects the universal truths should connect with any audience be they an average Joe or a Broadway baby 
4
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Peter Canavese
Quite a outstanding adaptation of a musical that s so pure personal and deeply knowing about the creative life Ultimately a labor of love by and for people who love the New York theater scene 
3.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Allyson Johnson
It s another example of how the best intentions don t always make for the best storytelling 
2
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Don Aucoin
With tick tick BOOM Miranda has done Larson proud 
3
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Robert Levin
Larson s story comes to the screen as it should blending fact and fiction terrific music and self effacing charm with a spirit of innovation and love for the theater 
4
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Roger Moore
An affectionate intimate and respectful adaptation
2.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Sean P. Means
It may be cruel to assign a movie s faults to a dead man but the weakness in tick tick BOOM is Larson s story and song score 
3
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Richard Roeper
Exuberant and big hearted the film directorial debut of Lin Manuel Miranda stars Andrew Garfield as the late composer of Rent 
2.5
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Walter Chaw
It s a manifesto for struggling artists to destroy their relationships work to death while disdaining the labour and his coworkers and reject notes given in good faith because they are secret geniuses waiting to be discovered 
2
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Nell Minow
A love letter to Broadway musicals and the artists who create them 
3.5
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Peter Canavese
I see London I see France I see Chevy do a dumb dance Blu ray 
1.5
The Gilded Lily
Kathy Fennessy
There s much here that isn t especially believable so it s a boon to have three actors who elevate the scenario at every turn 
3
Beyond the Limit
Roger Ebert
Beyond the Limit has one of the best endings I can remember in a mediocre film an ending that goes a long way toward redeeming some of the sloppiness that went before 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Brian Eggert
Solo A Star Wars Story doesn t advance the legacy of the franchise or even make Han Solo more beloved quite the opposite Han Solo is less interesting by the end 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Jason Fraley
Rogue One succeeded because it was a killer one off between Roman Numeral episodes Solo leaves an open ending to launch its own franchise within a franchise a frustrating move for a series that s already teetering on over saturation 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Luke Parker
Solo as far as unnecessary prequels go is not bad May 25 2018 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Matt Brunson
The picture is zippy enough to almost earn a recommendation But while those folks who love all things Star Wars regardless of quality will adore it those of us who grew up with the franchise and find it still rooted in our DNA deserved something better 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Mattie Lucas
Take s Star Wars back to its Saturday matinee serial roots with a sense of breezy adventure and devil may care charm 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Federico Furzan
Space western that does a decent job of forming a backstory we definitely didn t need Full review in Spanish 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
John Hanlon
It s fun and satisfying but it never reaches the heights it s aiming for 
3.0
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Joey Magidson
Solo A Star Wars Story represents the highs and lows of the series 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Joe Friar
On the surface Solo resembles the classic Star Wars film but it doesn t take long to determine that Howard s entry is just a meek variation of the beloved franchise 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Robert Daniels
A scruffy nerf herder in a galaxy far far away Solo A Star Wars Story a movie that has no reason to exist is a fun lovable escapade that gives us a new introduction to the most famous non Skywalker in the galaxy 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
James Kendrick
At its best Solo captures the origins of that unique mix of characteristics portraying the young Han Solo as a man trying to find his voice and his identity and having to fit himself into the mold of outlaw smuggler 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Brandy McDonnell
Solo is actually fun a rip roaring adventure that never forgets that it s and for better or worse never aspires to more than essentially a space Western 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sarah Knight Adamson
A stand alone film with great special effects that pays homage to the Star Wars franchise while creating new and refreshing characters 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Wesley Lovell
More fun than it has any right to be Ehrenreich and Glover are terrific younger versions 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
David Nusair
Filmmaker Ron Howard delivers a narrative that doesn t at the outset hold a lot of promise 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Bob Bloom
Watching Ehrenreich is one of the film s greatest pleasures His performance balances the weaknesses in a script filled with starts and stops and a movie whose pace stutters rather than flows 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Linda Cook
Great popcorn fans for Star Wars fans 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Jeff Beck
It s no The Last Jedi but it s fun exciting and quite entertaining a combo that is made all the more impressive given the long bumpy and nearly disastrous road that it took to finally come to the screen 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Kevin A. Ranson
Ehrenreich does emulate the actor and the character of Han and it doesn t take long to accept him as a younger model with a familiar knowing smirk that informs him as a good guy among bad guys even if not law abiding 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sonny Bunch
It s fine 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Mike McGranaghan
It wasn t necessary to fill in all the gaps about Han Solo s life before Luke Skywalker enlists his help in a Tattooine cantina but the movie exists anyway and it s a whole lot better than most cinematic prequels 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Rob Thomas
It s an against the odds triumph But never tell him the odds 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Matthew Rozsa
Whenever Star Wars tries to develop one of the franchise s key characters it whiffs Solo is no exception a disappointment on par with The Last Jedi and the prequels 
1.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Christian Toto
Breezy and forgettable Solo reveals the franchise coasting on autopilot with only one woke character to spoil the fun 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Robert Horton
If the resulting film isn t as zesty as The Last Jedi it at least provides a solid night of thrills and chills which was what George Lucas s original Star Wars was supposed to be about anyway 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Tom Meek
The film is at its thriving best when the screen is filled by the potpourri of personality that orbits the pivotal pilot of the title 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Solo A Star Wars Story is a swift breeze cheerful and exhilarating without feeling too long or exhausting 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Eric Melin
The best and worst thing you can say about Solo A Star Wars Story is that it is a fun throwback 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Mark Dujsik
As for actually understanding and seeing how Han turns into the character we already know these are apparently matters for later 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
A dizzyingly effervescent spectacle that reminded me precisely why I fell in love with Star Wars as a child 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Max Weiss
Considering all the turmoil behind it Solo A Star Wars Story has no business being as good as it is 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Michael Smith
Solo A Star Wars Story isn t necessary in the grand scheme of all things Star Wars 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Calvin Wilson
An adventure that lacks poetry but succeeds as popcorn entertainment 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Oliver Jones
There is a rote quality to Solo A Star Wars Story that not only undercuts many of these thrills but runs directly counter to the spirit of Han Solo 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ty Burr
As a B movie Solo delivers sometimes in a way that reminds a viewer of this franchise s roots in classic Saturday matinee adventure serials and sometimes simply as proficient dutiful time passing entertainment 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Josh Bell
As long as it sticks to that straightforward action adventure premise Solo is a blast 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Gary Thompson
The movie generates a decent amount of good will and after a couple of hours under the hood Howard gets it running 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Maria Sciullo
Although it strongly embraces a sense of fun and derring do Depth of emotion is not its strong suit 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Kate Taylor
The heavy Star Wars legacy sits lightly on Mr Ehrenreich s shoulders in a Disney Lucasfilm movie that is finally having fun 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Dann Gire
Not as strong with the force this one is 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
James Berardinelli
Solo a movie no one was clamoring for that has been made without any distinguishing qualities 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
George M. Thomas
The charm in Solo comes more from the cast than the story It s a rogue s gallery of likeable characters 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Roger Moore
At times adequate save for the lead who is miscast
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Rick Bentley
It would take a disaster the size of an exploding Death Star to bump Menace from the place as the worst Star Wars movie Solo comes in second 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Dustin Putman
Solo A Star Wars Story is a blast A thoroughly satisfying unusually fresh entry with a restless free wheeling aura and plenty of heart 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Soren Andersen
Its flawed central performance ultimately makes Solo a distinct disappointment 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Richard Roeper
One of the lighter of the Star Wars adventures entertaining as hell but not particularly deep 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Director Ron Howard delivers serviceable goods ensuring that this long running intergalactic series will continue for better or for worse into the foreseeable future 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s checklist mythology but thankfully served up with enough panache to make the trip engaging 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Johnny Oleksinski
It s How I Met Your Wookiee 
1
Solo: A Star Wars Story
John Wenzel
Solo is pretty but it s a desolate place to be 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ann Hornaday
Solo A Star Wars Story gets the job done with little fuss but also with precious little finesse 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Peter Travers
Howard and the Kasdans play the series game without ever raising the stakes defaulting to dull and dutiful when they might have blasted off into creative anarchy 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ross Raihala
It s merely a solidly made fun adventure in the company of familiar characters 
3.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Mick LaSalle
Though Solo finishes with a satisfying sense of arrival the movie leaves room for a sequel and it may be the best measure of this movie s ultimate quality that the idea of another one of these sounds fun 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Walter Chaw
Solo is prequel bad and as anyone who really loves this franchise knows there aren t a lot of things worse 
1
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Rafer Guzman
Sorry Star Wars fans The first dud of the new series has arrived in Solo A Star Wars Story 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Steve Macfarlane
The imprint of Star Wars on everyday American life now feels so despotic that it s too much to ask a film like Solo to be moving or thrilling as a piece of cinema 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Brian Truitt
While Solo is a Star Wars movie that gambles on not really being a Star Wars movie it s a winning chapter that only sparingly though intriguingly shows its hand in connecting to the bigger universe 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Lindsey Bahr
Solo is a straightforward piece of pulpy entertainment with some very agreeable performances from Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover who seems to be having the most fun of all the actors 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Clayton Davis
Solo A Star Wars Story has the makings of a rewatchable and enjoyable flick for a popcorn night Unsure if this expands the base or isolates it all together 
2.5
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Josh Larsen
Chewbacca I recognize Lando Calrissian He seems familiar But this is not my Han Solo 
2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Michael Phillips
Howard s efficient confident slightly square direction does the job It s his best film in a decade 
3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Peter Canavese
Like estimations of how many parsecs it takes to make the Kessel Run your mileage may vary when it comes to Solo A Star Wars Story 
2.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Brian Eggert
Bay 8217 s garbled action 44 Kruger 8217 s scattershot writing 44 dull humans 44 underdeveloped robots 8212 these are the same issues that have plagued Transformers movies since the start 46 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Mattie Lucas
I m not sure if that even qualifies it as a film as I understand the definition It s actually little more than feature length commercial 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Sonny Bunch
On the one hand Transformers Age of Extinction is barely coherent narratively disastrous and oppressively long On the other Optimus Prime riding a dinosaur robot 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
John Beifuss
Transformers have souls this movie repeatedly tells us but does Michael Bay 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Eric Melin
Transformers Age of Extinction isn t so much a movie as it is a 165 minute propaganda film made to appeal to the widest demographic possible but mainly for China 
.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
David Nusair
The Transformers series returns with what just might be the worst entry yet 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Mal Vincent
It s worse than any of the previous three movies in the franchise and the worst so far of this year s parade of would be blockbusters 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Michael Dequina
It is frankly pointless to knock its quintessentially Bay aesthetic of massive mayhem and the equally shameless broad corniness of its humor for all of that is clearly what the film was meant to be and dutifully delivers 
3
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Lori Hoffman
Even the diehard Transformers fans will be hard pressed not to admit that this movie stinks 
0
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Brad Keefe
It has the pace of an oscillating house fan going back and forth between boring exposition and bursts of action in which you suddenly have no idea WTF is going on 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Cammila Collar
Let s just view the latest edition Transformers Age of Extinction on a relative scale This is probably the best film so far in the series 
3
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Matt Brunson
Preferable to syphilis 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Christy Lemire
Long before Optimus Prime hoists his hulking metal frame onto the back of a giant robot dinosaur wields his mighty sword and rides valiantly away to save the planet once more Transformers Age of Extinction plays like a parody 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Mike McGranaghan
There are some fun action moments scattered throughout although they re largely negated by a screenplay that somehow manages to be overstuffed yet still thin 
2.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Chris Knight
Transformers Age of Extinction despite the hopeful ring of finality in the title is merely another chapter in the saga and far and away the worst one so far 
0.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s just noise color and movement It s like a Baby Einstein video for teens but infinitely louder and dumber And so very very long 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
John Serba
Terrible just terrible 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Dave McGinn
Well before it finished I was numb from its bludgeoning excess 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
James Berardinelli
This is as excruciating a movie as is likely to be experienced by anyone anywhere 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Scott Bowles
The Transformers are brilliant brave world conquering space travelers Time to morph into something entertaining 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
David Hiltbrand
Go if you must but bring earplugs 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Willie Waffle
Transformers Age Of Extinction will remind you of every reason why you love and hate Michael Bay 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Dustin Putman
Transformers Age of Extinction isn t a good movie by any conventional standards but as nothing more than empty stupid sometimes dazzling spectacle it provides exactly what audiences who flock to this series will be looking for 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Eric Henderson
The film sags conspicuously under the weight of its accrued event movie baggage 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Mark Dujsik
This franchise has become a case of judging bad apples and Transformers Age of Extinction is the least rotten of the bunch 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Jocelyn Noveck
The final confrontation alone lasts close to an hour and at some point you may find yourself simply in a daze unable to absorb any further action into your brain 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Joe Williams
In an homage to such cinema of cruelty classics as Andy Warhol s real time Sleep Bay allows the film to run for almost three hours and abandons all pretense of a plot 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Josh Larsen
Say what you will about these movies but in audio terms they re things of beauty 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Peter Keough
One thing you have to give Bay credit for He has a knack for bringing A list talent down to his level 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Peter Howell
It s long it s loud and it s really stupid 
0.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Stephanie Merry
There are so many action sequences related to so many story lines that midway through an epic fight you might find yourself wondering what exactly started this particular battle and what the objective is other than destruction for the sake of it 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Rafer Guzman
Like a nuclear arsenal launched by an insane despot Michael Bay s Transformers Age of Extinction aims for a million different targets and incinerates them beyond recognition 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Dann Gire
Except for Tucci the humans possess less personality than the robots as they race from one ridiculously mounted action sequence to another 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Peter Travers
Michael Bay has done the impossible With Transformers Age of Extinction the start of a everyone duck second trilogy in his metalhead franchise the Bay man has made the worst and most worthless Transformers movie yet 
0
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Chris Hewitt
Transform your money into a ticket to something else 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Matt Pais
All that s left to blow up is Bay s contract passing the reins to someone who realizes that noise and boredom aren t mutually exclusive 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Peter Hartlaub
Imagine if instead of creating new music a recording artist kept putting out the exact same album just playing the songs a little louder each time That s what it feels like watching Transformers Age of Extinction 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Christopher Borrelli
It is scattered weightless impossible to get hold of and somehow after seven years and more than 10 hours of screen time I could not tell you what these films are about 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Rene Rodriguez
To say that Age of Extinction is the best installment in the money minting Transformers franchise is like saying the best episode of The Love Boat was the one that had Charo in it The praise is so faint it s close to meaningless 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Soren Andersen
Hello police I d like to report an assault 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Daniel M. Kimmel
a bloated incoherent mess that may divert children and grown ups who enjoyed playing with the toys who have turned the last three films into international hits 
1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Glenn Kenny
Confounding But not without its thrills 
2.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Stephen Whitty
One hundred and sixty five minutes Think about that 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Kyle Smith
Loud ridiculous and nonsensical even for a Transformers movie 
1.5
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Roger Moore
You will feel dumber for having sat through it 
2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Clayton Davis
How dare you Michael Bay How dare you 
1.5
Killed My Wife
Roger Moore
A solid and most engrossing Korean entry in the whodunit genre one Hollywood has been content to tread water in for years and years 
2.5
Safe
Brian Eggert
Action junkies should be pleased 46 
3
Safe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall Safe is terribly glum and resolutely average 
2.5
Safe
Jeff Beck
Perhaps one of these days Statham will stop making the same movie over and over and try something new 
2
Safe
Sara Michelle Fetters
The mechanics make sense what s going on fits within the confines of the narrative structure making what s going on within both surprisingly fun and shockingly engaging 
3
Safe
Lori Hoffman
Statham s character is complicated and interesting and the 70s feel comes from a sense of hopelessness in the face of corruption 
3
Safe
Austin Kennedy
I want and action film to be bad ass well directed and to give me an adrenaline rush And on those terms this film more than succeeds
3
Safe
Nick Schager
It s the imposing Statham s badass grimace and combat acumen that primarily elevate Safe above your average direct to video genre work
2.5
Safe
Michael Dequina
The energy peters out when rote plot mechanics about barely hidden corruption in not so surprising corners gain prominence 
2.5
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Rob Thomas
Ryuichi Sakamoto Coda is a fascinating look inside Sakamoto s process for creating art and his humility in the face of nature s own creative process 
3.5
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Brad Wheeler
Isn t a life story or a deep dive character study Rather it is a heartfelt mediation on the creative process with elegantly presented ideas on nature music mortality and things out of tune 
3
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
G. Allen Johnson
Stephen Nomura Schible s documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto CODA is not only a portrait of a great artist but a sensitive and engrossing depiction of the act of creation and its process 
4
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Michael Phillips
Simply by lingering with his pensive compelling subject at the keyboard or engaging Sakamoto discreetly in his thoughts on his life and his music Schible casts a spell and captures the spirit of a uniquely gifted composer 
3.5
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Greg Cwik
It too often relies on lazy synchronicity drawing awkward parallels between Sakamoto and the films he s worked on 
1.5
Tasting Menu
Walter V. Addiego
This particular souffle is both overbaked and underseasoned 
2
Tasting Menu
Susan Wloszczyna
Nothing truly creates any emotional waves and little seems at stake no matter what potential disaster might seem to be in the offing 
2
Tasting Menu
Farran Smith Nehme
Tasting Menu is pretty and pleasing but no more A bon bon not a meal 
2
Tasting Menu
Clayton Dillard
There s a sinister even insidious quality to a film that insists upon using incessant food montages not as a source of passion but fodder for class based self congratulation 
.5
The Discovery
Roger Moore
Glum
1.5
The Discovery
David Nusair
An intriguing setup in search of a compelling narrative 
2
The Discovery
Josh Larsen
The Discovery is a premise that never finds a purpose beyond itself 
1.5
The Discovery
Richard Roeper
Please Get there in time for the first five minutes And budget a lot more time than that for the after movie discussion 
3.5
The Discovery
Sheila O'Malley
The entire thing feels like it s happening underwater sound distorted movements impeded A lot happens but without any urgency inspiring it 
1.5
The Discovery
Sean P. Means
The melancholy science fiction drama The Discovery is pretty out there in a good way 
3.5
The Discovery
Josh Terry
It s good enough to provoke thought 
3
Spinning Plates
Manori Ravindran
Rather than venerating the business of food this documentary expertly points out that it is indeed a business and sometimes lives and livelihoods are at stake 
3
Spinning Plates
Adam Nayman
Yet another smoothly produced doc for the foodie set 
2.5
Spinning Plates
Linda Barnard
Plays to sentiment in its second half but you can t help but admire the tenacity of these people who have been tested repeatedly in almost Biblical fashion yet come out swinging 
2.5
Spinning Plates
Moira MacDonald
Though these stories have little to do with each other all are gripping and you watch the last third of Spinning Plates rapt 
3
Spinning Plates
Chris Hewitt
By the end Spinning Plates urges us to think about what we expect from restaurants and what we think other people expect 
3
Spinning Plates
Walter V. Addiego
The tales are worthwhile but it s challenging to find a common thread among them that goes beyond vague generalities 
2
Spinning Plates
Stephanie Merry
The movie doesn t always feel cohesive but the stories are unexpectedly touching 
2.5
Spinning Plates
Peter Keough
I must warn those of you who are sucrose intolerant that it might get cloying at first or even dangerous to your health But for those who can handle it the piece de resistance is worth the wait 
2.5
Spinning Plates
Sara Stewart
Ultimately the portrayal of community fostered by delicious food makes a sound case for patronizing independent eateries 
3
Spinning Plates
Kalvin Henely
Spinning Plates may inadvertently be one of the year s best films about class differences in America 
3
Spinning Plates
Dann Gire
These are flavorful stories embedded in bland narrative dough 
2.5
Spinning Plates
Matt Pais
This doc can go fork itself 
0
Spinning Plates
Roger Moore
Kind of all over the place like a mismatched meal But fascinating 
2.5
Rest Stop
David Nusair
Though certainly a cut above the majority of its straight to video horror brethren Rest Stop is ultimately undone by the inclusion of several questionable elements 
2
Emily
Rex Reed
Despite strong visual appeal and a star performance from Emma Mackey this rendering of the Brontë family saga gets almost everything wrong 
2
Emily
Steven Prokopy
Despite its deliberate pacing 44 the film is a vibrant 44 passionate 44 and ultimately moving bit of biographical fiction 46 
3
Emily
Jeff Mitchell
Mackey rises to spectacular heights in O 8217 Connor 8217 s passion project 44 a film with refreshing arthouse touches 46 
3
Emily
Ty Burr
Emily is a good engrossing watch and it avoids most but not all of the genre s pitfalls 
3
Emily
Robert Horton
There may be loftier issues at play for our brooding heroine 44 but she 8217 s also interested in a little hey hey in the hayloft 44 rendered here in the heavy breathing way you 8217 d expect 46 
2
Emily
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
O Connor s script largely invents a web of Brontë family dynamics positing her path to becoming the lit loving clan s simultaneous North Star and black sheep That s a welcome alternative to depicting staunch Victorian manners 
3
Emily
Rob Thomas
O 8217 Connor has taken the period piece 44 a venerable genre known for its reserve 44 and made it feel unpredictable and urgent 46 
3.5
Emily
Randy Myers
A film that doesn t want to be bound much like its central character to one genre or one overall conceit And that lifts Emily far above other recent more staid and comfortable biopics 
3.5
Emily
Ann Hornaday
Frances O Connor makes a striking directorial debut with a provocatively revisionist biography of Emily Brontë 
3
Emily
Charles Koplinski
To be sure 44 8220 Emily 8221 is a good looking 44 well acted film that serves as interesting mirror image of 8220 Heights 46 8221 While the second act is a bit of a slog 44 overall 44 it is an immersive experience 44 the dark tone of the film impressive and inescapable 46 
3
Emily
James Berardinelli
Although there s nothing especially wrong with Emily little in the movie causes it to stand apart from other similar productions 
2.5
Emily
Mick LaSalle
I ll tell you who I d love to have watched this movie with Emily Bronte But I doubt she d have lasted 20 minutes They say she had a temper Her review would have been a lot harsher than mine 
2
Emily
Moira MacDonald
A film about the gifted strange Brontë sister that mingles fact with imagination to depict Emily s adult years 
3.5
Emily
Sheila O'Malley
91 An 93 imaginative leap 46 
3.5
Emily
Jocelyn Noveck
A bold and audacious retelling of Emily Brontë s life starring an uncommonly compelling Emma Mackey 
3
Emily
Mark Dujsik
We feel the pain 44 longing 44 and passion of this character in a way that some ordinary 44 by the books biography might not have achieved 46 
3.5
Emily
Mike McGranaghan
Movies of this sort tend to be dry 46 Not this one 46 It 8217 s vibrant 44 entertaining 44 and often darkly funny 46 
3.5
Emily
Roger Moore
40 Emma Mackey 41 transforms Emily from a repressed Yorkshire artist who channeled her passions onto the pages of one of the Great Romantic Novels into a human being of sexual passion 44 love and heartbreak 44 and a thing for Men on the Moors 46 
3
Emily
William Repass
Emily takes advantage of the leeway for speculation afforded by its subject 8217 s reclusive nature 46 
3
Delivery Man
Kelly Jane Torrance
The plot is quite thin but the movie is winning because David is a screw up but his heart is in the right place 
3
Delivery Man
Jason Buchanan
While those simple oversights may prevent the movie from achieving perfection they rarely undermine its earnest endeavor to explore shifting family dynamics and their impact on our ability to connect with others 
2.5
Delivery Man
David Nusair
It s clear immediately that Delivery Man benefits substantially from star Vaughn s impressively and surprisingly subdued performance 
3
Delivery Man
Michael Dequina
Takes the term remake to new levels of literalness and therefore complete superfluous redundancy 
2
Delivery Man
Chris Knight
The story however is as sweet as it ever was 
3
Delivery Man
Matt Brunson
Flaccid as a comedy and even more limp as a heart warmer 
1.5
Delivery Man
Burl Burlingame
A high concept situation and potentially a complex fascinating study of how family and children shape a life for both good and ill His life has become a Benetton ad 
1
Delivery Man
James Berardinelli
Calling Delivery Man a comedy is a bit of a stretch because it s rarely funny Dumb yes but not in a way that s worthy of more than a half hearted chuckle 
1.5
Delivery Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The flat scrubbed looking film barely does anything with this premise 
2
Delivery Man
Adam Nayman
Delivery Man can be pegged as yet another in a seemingly endless series of Apatow era man child redemption stories 
2
Delivery Man
Michael O'Sullivan
Starbuck was a funny and warm hearted trifle So is Delivery Man 
2.5
Delivery Man
Stephen Whitty
Vaughn never quite convinces as the perpetual slacker in this blue collar family he doesn t even look like he s from the same gene pool and too many of the characters feel puppeteered into place you can see all the strings 
2.5
Delivery Man
Willie Waffle
We speed from one story to the other to the other like a fat guy at a Chinese buffet We should be savoring some of this instead of trying to cram it all in 
2
Delivery Man
Steven Rea
Delivery Man with its democratic band of half siblings and its feel good view of humankind is what it is a reproductive remake that will make you laugh More than once or twice 
3
Delivery Man
Odie Henderson
Vince Vaughn can be a ray of sunshine in even the worst movies see Be Cool for the best example of this Here I just didn t buy him as a loveable sad sack 
1.5
Delivery Man
Mark Dujsik
Delivery Man isn t technically a shot for shot remake but the movie is one in spirit 
2
Delivery Man
Peter Hartlaub
Delivery Man is nowhere near the worst film of 2013 but it is definitely the most exhausting 
1
Delivery Man
Claudia Puig
The concept s execution is sloppy full of inconsistencies and plot holes The situations teeter on funny but never achieve it And sections meant to be heartwarming feel lukewarm far fetched or inappropriately comical 
2
Delivery Man
Rafer Guzman
An overly sweet but heart tugging comedy 
2.5
Delivery Man
Cathy Jakicic
If the movie had embraced its farcical side I would have been happy to roll with it But every time it tried to be serious it revealed lapses of logic that I couldn t get past 
2.5
Delivery Man
Ty Burr
Delivery Man offers a kinder gentler Vince Vaughn in a pleasantly ramshackle comedy several rungs below his usual fare in both budget and high concept assault tactics 
2.5
Delivery Man
Chris Hewitt
In almost every way the original is a better movie 
2.5
Delivery Man
Peter Howell
It s hard to tell the same joke twice There s really just one too many offspring in this scenario and it s Delivery Man 
2
Delivery Man
Dann Gire
This movie may not be groundbreaking but it does enable Vaughn to break out of his comedy acting rut and become the put upon character rather than the put uponer one 
3
Delivery Man
Lou Lumenick
Basically a kinder gentler Vince Vaughn movie for people who don t like Vince Vaughn movies Delivery Man trades the abrasive comedian s trademark snark for schmaltz an experiment that actually works better than you d guess 
3
Delivery Man
Joe Williams
Delivery Man is stuck in the tow away zone 
2
Delivery Man
Michael Phillips
The rhythm of the picture feels predetermined by the original and you can tell even if you haven t seen Starbuck 
2
Delivery Man
Soren Andersen
With its laughs few and far between Delivery Man is simply sadly not that funny Or original 
1.5
Delivery Man
Peter Travers
Delivery Man is one joke stretched to the breaking point Mine was reached 
1
Delivery Man
Matt Pais
Stop trying to make sperm bank comedies happen 
1.5
Delivery Man
Peter Canavese
Benefits from the estimable comic instincts of Vince Vaughn It s just too bad that the movie around him is squishy 
2.5
Delivery Man
Christy Lemire
The schlubby aw shucks look on Vaughn s face in the omnipresent Delivery Man ads tells you everything you need to know about the ooey gooey direction in which the film is headed 
2
Delivery Man
Roger Moore
Inferior to the French Canadian original film but watchably winning 
2.5
Delivery Man
Chris Cabin
The breadth of Vince Vaughn s gregarious persona has never been given free reign by any director and this certainly isn t the game changer 
1
ffolkes
Matt Brunson
Moore is amusing in a change of pace role 
3
Desert Hearts
Matt Brunson
In the 1980s movies that centered on lesbians were even more alien to the cinematic landscape than movies that centered on actual aliens Desert Hearts continues to stand tall for presenting its sapphic protagonists in a positive and sympathetic light 
3
Desert Hearts
Sean P. Means
Desert Hearts was an important and beautiful first step toward a movie world where LGBTQ couples were allowed unapologetically to be themselves 
3.5
Desert Hearts
Gene Siskel
The story is not sensationalistic although its love scene could not be more emotional It s a gentle story of someone being brought in from the cold 
3.5
Desert Hearts
Roger Ebert
I might have enjoyed Desert Hearts more if it had been more subtle and observant about the two women and yet Desert Hearts has undeniable power 
2.5
A Crimson Star (Makkana hoshi)
James Hadfield
Though it was clearly made on a limited budget A Crimson Star makes good use of its picturesque locations depicted in luridly over saturated colors while its nighttime scenes employ darkness in a way that feels deliberate rather than lazy lighting 
3.5
Live Flesh
Mike Clark
A single ricochet gunshot propels the plot and dramatically alters the lives of the quintet The result is a vengeful five way battle of wits 
3.5
Live Flesh
Liam Lacey
The overall purpose of Live Flesh the latest and reputedly most mature work from Spanish bad boy director Pedro Almodovar remains engigmatic 
2.5
Live Flesh
Jeff Vice
Almodovar s storytelling is as outrageously stylish and compelling as it s ever been though some of the character developments are disappointingly downbeat 
3
Live Flesh
Barbara Shulgasser
The real trouble with this movie is that it represents the continuing departure of Almodovar from the chaotic riotous and anti social roots that gave his best movies their zest 
2
Live Flesh
David N. Butterworth
Live Flesh is brimming with the acclaimed Spanish director s high heeled flourishes 
3.5
Live Flesh
James Berardinelli
Like the gorgeous cinematography which is used to good effect to eroticize a sex scene this is all part of Almodovar s stylistic package Never has it been more impressive than here where everything not just the flesh is vibrant with life 
3.5
Live Flesh
Mick LaSalle
This is the first Almodovar movie that could be called boring 
2
El Rio y la Muerte
Ed Gonzalez
The complicit The River and Death may be the closest thing to a contract job in Buuel s entire canon 
2
Imagine Me & You
Jeff Vice
The film also has a distinctly sitcom like quality and is poorly paced like an overlong episode of Will Grace 
2
Imagine Me & You
Lawrence Toppman
The film flirts with emotional honesty much of the way until Parker realizes he might have to leave a character or two sad angry lonely or unfulfilled Then the script turns to cotton candy invalidating the honest first half 
2
Imagine Me & You
Thomas Delapa
Compared to the incredibly perfect adventures of these two British girls in love everything else pales especially the clueless men around them Check that The men are OK as long as they cry and take their emasculation like men 
1
Imagine Me & You
Rob Thomas
If only Ennis from Brokeback Mountain could hop off the screen wander next door and watch Imagine Me and You 
3
Imagine Me & You
Phil Villarreal
The film sidesteps the usual love triangle romantic comedy formula of hurling itself into all out praise of fresh vibrant infatuation by treating it as a zero sum game that requires a loser 
3.5
Imagine Me & You
Jeffrey Westhoff
What makes Imagine Me You noteworthy at this particular moment in film history is that it openly faces issues that Brokeback Mountain avoids 
3
Imagine Me & You
Carla Meyer
Not just sappy and implausible but unoriginal 
2
Imagine Me & You
Paul Doro
The accents are pleasing to the ears but other than that it is trite and shameless willing to do anything to please 
2
Imagine Me & You
Connie Ogle
A tepid sort of romantic comedy with lengthy stretches during which nothing much happens punctuated by bouts of paralyzing boredom or on rare occasions random but fleeting hilarity 
2
Imagine Me & You
Michael Booth
There are more imaginative movies I suppose but there are also worse ways to spend a gloomy afternoon than in a London photo shopped to perfection 
2.5
Imagine Me & You
Chris Hewitt
I really like the people in Imagine Me and You but I can t stand the movie they re stuck in 
1
Imagine Me & You
Phoebe Flowers
Whether you can invest in the central conceit is iffy but Parker gets a lot of mileage out of deftly managing the delicate balance of sweet and tart sentimental and clever 
3
Imagine Me & You
Lori Hoffman
Perabo and Headey sizzle with unrequited desires and the film directed by Ol Parker is often hilarious 
3
Imagine Me & You
Allison Benedikt
I guess there s something progressive going on when a lesbian love story gets to be just as dreadful and tacky as most straight ones 
1.5
Imagine Me & You
Geoff Pevere
As nice as it is to imagine popular movies depicting lesbian relationships without guilt or trauma Imagine Me You ultimately trips over its own daft enthusiasm 
2
Imagine Me & You
Moira MacDonald
The characters never really emerge as individuals they re pretty puppets moving through their prescribed paces 
2
Imagine Me & You
David Elliott
When weak British comedies imitate bad American ones all we get is mediocrity with more verbal velocity 
1.5
Imagine Me & You
Rick Groen
Everything has its rightful place everyone has their happy purpose and you can t help but grin at the sheer winning symmetry of the thing 
3
Imagine Me & You
Terry Lawson
Parker never gets in hugging distance of the clever wittiness of Love Actually and the screenplay makes its featherweight American predecessor Kissing Jessica Stein seem like Edward Albee 
1
Imagine Me & You
Josh Larsen
elevated to the status of pleasant diversion thanks to its comic supporting cast 
3
Imagine Me & You
Willie Waffle
charming performances from the ensemble cast
2.5
Imagine Me & You
Matt Pais
A romantic tolerant and tame twist on the notion of love at first sight Imagine Me and You displays respectable people confronting difficult feelings in a mature if simplistic way 
2.5
Imagine Me & You
Roger Ebert
Most of the running time is devoted to sitcom devices involving family members friends double meanings close escapes and sincere heart to hearts 
2
Imagine Me & You
Steve Rhodes
Filled with plastic people it strikes one false note after another in its painfully predictable plot 
1.5
Imagine Me & You
Hanh Nguyen
As a directorial and romantic debut it shows promise for Parker s future projects 
2.5
Imagine Me & You
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s saddening but not altogether unexpected these sorts of romantic fairy tales typically losing steam as they try desperately to battle the usual cliches haunting the genre 
3
Imagine Me & You
Ken Fox
Parker s charmingly bittersweet romantic comedy tackles quite a serious subject with sensitivity and respect 
3
Imagine Me & You
Mick LaSalle
An innocuous fluffy little nothing of an almost pleasant movie 
2
Imagine Me & You
Kim Morgan
British accents and names like Heck just aren t enough to compensate for the generic quality and general lackluster feeling inspired by the film s plot and characters 
2
Imagine Me & You
Lou Lumenick
Applies the posh Britcom formula perfected in hits like Four Weddings and a Funeral to a lesbian romance with slick if fairly mild results 
2
Imagine Me & You
Glenn Whipp
A gooey tiresome bore unconvincing in its lesbian relationship and deeply silly when it tries for big comic moments 
2
Imagine Me & You
Mike Clark
Maddening politeness rules the day in this London based comedy 
2
Imagine Me & You
John Anderson
Parker s frothy relationship drama comedy of manners throws a few curves into the rec room of romantic triangles 
2.5
Imagine Me & You
James Berardinelli
Romantic comedies don t get more generic than this one 
2.5
Imagine Me & You
Nick Schager
The film s conventionality is what makes it simultaneously progressive and a great big snooze 
2
Imagine Me & You
David Nusair
this is the sort of movie that s almost impossible to all out dislike provided one approaches it with the appropriate mindset 
2.5
Judy
David Reddish
A work of fiction to be sure it nevertheless captures what made Ms Garland an icon anchored by Zellwegers performancethe kind of give it her all work that Judy became famous for 
3
Judy
Brian Eggert
Judy prefers to celebrate Garland s life as a resounding triumph in spite of its obvious troubles 
2
Judy
Wesley Lovell
Renee Zellweger does more than just an impression of Judy Garland inhabiting her joys and failures with equal passion 
3
Judy
Jason Fraley
Don t expect a comprehensive biopic This film follows the tragic twilight of Garland s career Rather than a star is born it s a star burns out so get your hankies ready 
3
Judy
Josh Larsen
Zellweger is unrecognizable in appearance and level of conviction 
3
Judy
Alan French
Zellweger performs the hell out of the role putting tons of effort into nailing an approximation of the actress 
2
Judy
David Nusair
An especially dire biopic 
1.5
Judy
Mattie Lucas
The way it acknowledges Garland s status as the original gay icon then pays it off in the final moments is a thing of beauty a move that lifts Judy up from the doldrums of the typical biopic and elevates it to something altogether sublime 
3
Judy
Rene Sanchez
Although it follows the conventional tropes of the biopic Judy shines thanks to Renee Zellweger s astonishing portrayal as one of Hollywood s most beloved legends Full Review in Spanish 
3
Judy
Linda Cook
Zellweger delivers Oscar worthy performance in Judy 
3
Judy
Steven Prokopy
Watching every aspect of Zellweger s performance is entrancing and sometimes painful 
3
Judy
Matt Brunson
Judy places Renée Zellweger at an incredible disadvantage and yet she s still the best thing about this shaky biopic 
2.5
Judy
Max Weiss
Much of Judy feels a little inert 
2.5
Judy
Lisa Jensen
Zellweger shines in Judy s dramatic mannerisms vibrant emotionalism and sly self deprecating sense of humor She deserves a movie as complicated as her performance 
2.5
Judy
Richard Roeper
It feels more like an Oscar grab than a true disappearance into character 
2.5
Judy
Tom Meek
It is a tad oversentimental at times but overall a bittersweet pill that finds its mark effectively and three time Oscar nominee and one time winner Renée Zellweger knocks it out of the park as the it girl whose star has faded 
3
Judy
Matthew Passantino
The familiar elements are present but that doesn t take away from the movie s emotional impact 
3
Judy
Jeff Mitchell
See the film for Zellweger s out of nowhere knockout performance 
2.5
Judy
James Berardinelli
Although Judy doesn t adhere rigorously to the chronology of the main character s last months it provides a compelling portrait of the tragic decline of one of America s 20th century icons 
3
Judy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Avoiding the dull broad scope of something like Bohemian Rhapsody but also missing a chance at something delicate and lovely like Stan Ollie the biopic Judy lands squarely in the middle 
2.5
Judy
Michael Smith
If only we could click our heels together and make the movie measure up to Zellweger s stellar performance 
2
Judy
Rex Reed
What Judy misses is the unimpeachable fact that helped her survive the punishing ordeals both personal and professional her dazzling sense of humor none of which is in evidence here 
2
Judy
Roger Moore
Uncanny in its impersonation flat as a movie forgettable as a biography 
2
Judy
Michael Medved
Though it s not a great film Renée Zellweger brings this sad material to electrifying light She even does a credible job singing the songs that Garland made famous 
3
Judy
Brandy McDonnell
An empathetic and engrossing portrait of the latter days of Judy Garland Judy powers past narrative pitfalls on the sheer might of Renee Zellweger s fearless embodiment of the ill fated icon 
3
Judy
Cate Marquis
Although Zellweger has little actual resemblance to Garland she is transformed by excellent make up and her stunning performance creating so convincing an impersonation that one feels like you are watching Judy Garland herself 
3
Judy
Anita Katz
Zellweger reigns and she brings a showbiz legend to stirring life 
3
Judy
Josh Terry
It s effective it s heart wrenching but it s also kind of a drag 
2.5
Judy
Christian Toto
Renee Zellweger sizzles as the show biz legend even if the film itself can t match the actress brilliance 
3
Judy
Robert Horton
If you re a fan of Hollywood you know the yellow brick road did not lead to happiness Judy repeats the idea without expanding on it 
2
Judy
Bob Bloom
Judy is a sad movie It s a depressing study of a great star aged far beyond her years through her abuse of pills and alcohol initially spurred on by a movie studio that treated her as a commodity instead of a person and a teenage one at that 
2.5
Judy
Kent Turner
If the movie needs a justification at all it has that in spades in Zellweger s exhaustive and soulful interpretation 
3
Judy
Mark Dujsik
We ve heard about the tragedy of Garland s life This film makes us feel it 
3.5
Judy
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s an example of flawless casting Zellweger so perfectly embodying the part that one sees no trace of any prior characters she has played 
3
Judy
Ann Hornaday
Judy is just such a sturdy dependable vehicle which in this case carries the precious cargo of Renée Zellweger in a dazzling portrayal of Judy Garland at the end of her life 
3
Judy
Chris Hewitt
It is sad but it s not grim because Zellweger s utterly convincing performance shows that Judy was hilarious self deprecating an affectionate mom and a loyal friend 
2.5
Judy
Ross Raihala
Pack some tissues as Judy is every bit electrifying as it is emotional 
4
Judy
Ty Burr
JUDY IS A MOVIE OF GROTESQUE SENTIMENTALITY and I know that sounds like a bad thing but hear me out 
3
Judy
Moira MacDonald
What s most appealing about Zellweger s portrayal is the brightness that peeps out from the clouds her deep love for her children her sly wit 
3
Judy
Sean P. Means
Renée Zellweger in the best performance of her career gets a chance that Judy never got to show what an older actress at the top of her game can do with a meaty role 
3
Judy
Gary Thompson
The shared energy created by audience and performer that is so restorative to Garland is where the movie finds life 
2.5
Judy
Rafer Guzman
A heart stopping performance by Zellweger who leaves it all on the floorboards as one of Hollywood s most dazzling and tragic stars 
3.5
Judy
Lindsey Bahr
Judy is itself a fine and imperfect look at some of Garland s last years of life but it really should have been something transcendent Zellweger s performance demands it 
2.5
Judy
Joe Friar
Oscar winner Renée Zellweger is breathtaking as iconic Hollywood movie star Judy Garland The performance overshadows the film which focuses on the period three decades after The Wizard of Oz and six months before her tragic death 
3.5
Judy
Joey Magidson
This is the Renée Zellweger show through and through She s terrific in the role and you almost instantly forget you re watching her Zellweger inhabits Garland perfectly 
3
Judy
Katie Walsh
It s a nuanced complex nakedly emotional performance that digs into the darkest psychology of one of our most beloved stars and demands that even in her lowest moments we could never count Judy Garland out The same goes for Renee Zellweger 
3.5
Judy
Mick LaSalle
With all the taste sensitivity and effort at work in Judy how could the filmmakers believe that karaoke night at the pub could possibly stand in for one of the best and most distinct vocalists of the 20th century 
2.5
Judy
Maria Sciullo
When Zellweger s Judy finally sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow it s not just Dorothy s I want song from The Wizard of Oz it s a completely heartbreaking performance 
3
Judy
Michael Phillips
The movie s pretty good though she s hardly alone Zellweger makes it worth seeing 
3
Judy
Brian Truitt
It might be a little too early to start engraving golden men but Zellweger proves as vital as ever in her most essential role 
2.5
Judy
Rosalie Kicks
The script may be your typical formulaic bio pic but Renée s stellar performance as Judy Garland makes this worth a watch 
3
Judy
Keith Uhlich
Renée Zellweger can reach all the notes and hit all the marks but Garland s high tension wire emoting eludes her 
2
Judy
Dwight Brown
This is a solid interpretation of a life everyone knew would be cut short while garnering millions of fans along the way Very sweet Quite tragic 
3.5
Judy
Monica Castillo
Try as she might Zellweger s Judy never goes beyond an impression of the multi talented artist her all caps version of acting fails to allow the role to feel natural 
2
Judy
Robert Levin
There is one urgent reason to see this movie and that is to experience Renée Zellweger s performance as the icon 
3
Judy
Sara Stewart
No matter how well you know Over the Rainbow you may never hear it as heartbreakingly performed as Zellweger sings it here 
3
Judy
Peter Howell
Renée Zellweger wasn t the obvious choice to play the late Judy Garland the joyful Wizard of Oz ingénue turned adult captive of addiction and anxiety but she makes it seem like there s no place like her home 
3
Judy
Luke Parker
Not even Renee Zellweger can hide the indelible fact that Judy comes far from even reaching the rainbow 
1.5
Judy
Johanna Schneller
This is one of those solo turns where the star performance matters more than the story and Renee Zellweger playing the legendary singer Judy Garland in her sad last months broke anxious drunk rueful but still in it gives it everything she s got 
3
Judy
Walter Chaw
So the only people Judy is for are people who know this much and no more that they love her as a tragic figure and an entertainer and so will continue to suck her dry through their eyeholes with the same ravenous vigour that sucked Judy dry 
1.5
Judy
Erik Anderson
Zellweger knows a bit about being chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood machine and the gaggle of media that want to focus on every flaw every alleged surgery or unsuccessful marriage It s part of what makes her the perfect choice to play Garland 
3
Meanwhile
Ed Gonzalez
With Meanwhile the effects of Robert Altman s cinema can now be traced to Argentina 
2.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Brian Eggert
An exceptionally beautiful and thoughtful documentary 
4
Encounters at the End of the World
Mattie Lucas
A minor miracle of a movie one that dares even for an instant to reach out and touch the face of god 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Nick Rogers
Damnably frustrating and fascinating Herzog s questions deconstruct Earth s DNA in a scientific process going beyond statistics to ancestry or spirituality an idea that we re witnesses and valets who are here and sooner than we think will be gone 
4
Encounters at the End of the World
Austin Kennedy
The whole movie felt like one of those films that I had to watch in Science class and fell asleep to 
1.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Peter Travers
Herzog is one of a kind His new doc is an event you watch in awe as you marvel at its wonders 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
John Beifuss
There s something highly entertaining kind of hilarious and almost endearing about director Werner Herzog s insistence on reacting to each new revelation in his documentary films with a pronouncement of doom 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Walter Chaw
A freakshow of social dysfunctions and wild eyed blue sky ventures 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
James Kendrick
Herzog s fascination with the human mind is trumped only by his fear and loathing of the powerful forces of nature that continually crush it
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Jeff Vice
The underwater sequences are breathtaking and ethereal 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Sean P. Means
Antarctica it turns out is the perfect setting for Herzog to find the themes that have fascinated him The mercilessness of nature and the foolhardiness of humans who would challenge nature 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Moira MacDonald
The sky is relentlessly blue the sun bright even in the thick of night In this odd and unforgettable place Herzog has made his own poetry 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Chris Hewitt
Gosh Werner Herzog would you like a little movie to go with your 99 minute rambling lecture on Antarctica 
2
Encounters at the End of the World
Roger Ebert
A poem of oddness and beauty Herzog is like no other filmmaker and to return to him is to be welcomed into a world vastly larger and more peculiar than the one around us The underwater photography alone would make a film but there is so much more 
4
Encounters at the End of the World
Carrie Rickey
A contrarian spiritual journey as provocative as it is hypnotic Herzog s Encounters at the End of the World literally treks to planet s end 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Michael Phillips
Werner Herzog is a magnet for obsessives and his lovely new film Encounters at the End of the World takes you places an ordinary filmmaker might ve gone to yet missed completely 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Philip Marchand
In his latest documentary Encounters at the End of the World Herzog who warns the viewer at the outset not to expect any fluffy penguins deals with the men and women who perform scientific research in Antarctica 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Peter Canavese
A Discovery Channel production about Antarctica that breaks the mold with Herzog s eccentric musings and auteur s eye 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Walter V. Addiego
Encounters at the End of the World is an enjoyable example of this extraordinary director s documentary work and accessible enough to make it a good introduction to his singular vision 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Bob Strauss
If you just have to see another Antarctica documentary you could do worse than Werner Herzog s Encounters at the End of the World 
2.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Rick Groen
Who better than Herzog to share with us the off beat Encounters at the End of the World 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Steve Rhodes
A gorgeous film it s funny wacky and consistently entertaining It s also nothing like any other travel film you ve ever seen before 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
V.A. Musetto
Encounters may lack the power of say the Herzog doc Grizzly Man because it has no bigger than life character at its nexus but it does confirm the filmmaker as an iconoclastic master 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Elizabeth Weitzman
A hypnotically digressive travelogue 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Sara Michelle Fetters
But like all of Herzog s walks with nature this one is just as much about human nature as it is about Mother Nature 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The best thing about Herzog s films is that he follows his instincts and lets his curiosity lead him to the next sequence 
3.5
Encounters at the End of the World
Rafer Guzman
Granted this documentary surely the weirdest ever funded by the Discovery Channel could have used more editing But it s the notebook of a genius and well worth cracking open 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
Nick Schager
Offers an experience that is best summed up by a phrase seen carved in a McMurdo wood banister I sink into bliss 
3
Encounters at the End of the World
David Nusair
There s little doubt that one s appreciation for the movie is directly related to one s fascination with Antarctica s barren landscape 
3
O'Horten
Justin Strout
O Horten moves slowly sometimes excruciatingly so but its thematic center is strong How do you run out the clock of life 
4
O'Horten
John Beifuss
As an old man Horten is a rare movie hero but the director reminds us that other things are more ancient in one scene Horten hefts a meteorite that predates the sun and in another scene Strindberg is quoted In due time even the stars must fall 
3.5
O'Horten
Jeff Vice
It s not conventional at all 
3
O'Horten
Sean O'Connell
Episodic but reflective of life and the fluidity with which it passes 
2.5
O'Horten
Robert W. Butler
This unremarkable fellow finds himself in some strange circumstances thanks to the imagination of writer director Bent Hamer 
3
O'Horten
Lisa Kennedy
The whimsy is never overplayed The peculiar isn t teased at any character s expense 
3
O'Horten
Joe Williams
This yarn about a train conductor whose life goes off track is Nordic to its bones efficient humane and droll in small measures 
3
O'Horten
John Hartl
Thanks to the consistent deadpan tone that Hamer and Owe establish it s oddly satisfying 
3
O'Horten
Chris Hewitt
Quiet and lovely its subtle pleasures reminded me of Erik Satie s Gymnopedie 
3.5
O'Horten
Peter Keough
Hamer observes the exact and skewed detail the oppressive but chimerical Norwegian bleakness the look the feel and the profundity of the everyday 
3.5
O'Horten
Steven Rea
Not quite the absurdist gem that was Bent Hamer s 2004 release Kitchen Stories the Norwegian director s O Horten is nonetheless a deadpan delight 
3
O'Horten
Ty Burr
O Horten is a precise deadpan drama of slapstick existentialism a Bent Hamer movie in other words 
3.5
O'Horten
Peter Howell
Director Hamer has a gift for observational comedy previously demonstrated in the droll Kitchen Stories and also for the exquisite framing of wintry images 
3.5
O'Horten
Stephen Cole
Filmmaker Hamer isn t being cruel here He s trying to tell us that conquering the ridiculous is one of life s necessary joys 
3
O'Horten
Roger Ebert
The thing about a deadpan comedy is it must involve us in the lives of its characters so we can understand why they are funny while at the same time so distant O Horten a bittersweet whimsy by the Norwegian director Bent Hamer finds that effortless 
3.5
O'Horten
Stephen Whitty
A veteran actor of half a century s standing and several Lars von Trier projects his wry detached decency is a large part of the film s charm as he greets his new life s surprises with calm slightly puzzled good humor 
3
O'Horten
Lou Lumenick
A small masterpiece of poignant deadpan humor 
3.5
O'Horten
Walter V. Addiego
Strangeness humor and melancholy of aging are deftly explored 
3
O'Horten
Nick Schager
Oh O Horten how wincingly affected you are 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Roger Moore
Woody at his weakest 
1.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Peter Canavese
Allen has here an interesting idea that placebos may work better than medicine to noodle over and ultimately reject it s just a shame he doesn t entertain us more in the process Blu ray 
2.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Rene Rodriguez
The talented cast fails to gel into a dynamic ensemble You just see actors going through familiar paces 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Matt Brunson
What passes for Allen s idea of an innovative sex gag Anthony Hopkins doddering character Alfie counting down the minutes until the Viagra tablet takes effect 
1.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Rob Thomas
I m starting to think Allen makes movies like he files his tax returns Some years business is fantastic other years it s struggling But he still files one every year This year business was so so 
2.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
David Nusair
A consistently underwhelming effort 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
John Beifuss
How s this for an invite Allen is asking us to patronize a movie with a title that translates to You Are Going To Die 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Christian Toto
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger gives another gaggle of actors the chance to boast they made a Woody Allen movie just not a very good one 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Calvin Wilson
Allen has been criticized for leaving some of the plot lines up in the air and several characters in the lurch But he seems to be making a point Neat Hollywood endings are as phony and dangerous as Cristal s ramblings 
3.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Duane Dudek
The result will never be mistaken for Shakespeare but could be considered a sex farce in the tradition by Rabelais or Molière 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Chris Hewitt
To put it bluntly Allen no longer seems to have any idea how real people behave or talk 
1.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Michael O'Sullivan
It s a highbrow romantic farce without the laughs 
1.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
John Hartl
It s as if the dour Interiors had been reworked by a more forgiving generous filmmaker who wants to move beyond stereotypes and discover what he calls the beautiful and ironic aspects of life 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Peter Schilling
At once a cynical examination of infidelity and a sweet love story that rewards good people Stranger is thoroughly entertaining and Allen s best film since Crimes and Misdemeanors 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Steven Rea
Allen s latest has an empty soulless feel 
2.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Rick Groen
In the autumn of his career toiling exclusively in Europe Woody is like an aging cabinet maker still blessed with craft but grown erratic in design 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It isn t particularly profound it s a bit of sound and fury signifying nothing but at least it s an interesting moment of pondering from someone who s been there 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Mick LaSalle
It s a meandering and rather aimless movie that would be considered trite if made by another filmmaker and yet it has such a family resemblance to other better Woody Allen movies that it s easy to stick with it and enjoy it 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Peter Howell
Over written and under realized it s Allen in desultory word processor mode barely able to muster even his usual amount of resigned cynicism about this crazy ol life 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Wesley Morris
We never get a critical sense from Allen that this movie was worth making in the first place It s a work of habit more than inspiration 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Roger Ebert
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is every frame a Woody Allen film but it isn t very much more 
2.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
A.S. Hamrah
Can films be mellow and bitter at the same time Starting with Match Point in 2005 Woody Allen s movies have deepened and become more gimlet eyed about the human condition 
3.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Robert Levin
It s the closest Allen has recently come to the insightful depictions of the human condition that once were his forte 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Lou Lumenick
There are few surprises in a film that finds Woody the director he does not act here on the autopilot he has increasingly resorted to as he continues to crank out an average of a film a year as he has over four decades 
2.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Stephen Whitty
As always Allen gets some great people to work with him and gives them some wonderful moments to play 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Claudia Puig
It won t be a very enchanted evening at You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 
2
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Liam Lacey
None of this breaks new ground but as is often the case with Allen the ridiculous absurdities of the characters undermine the habitual pessimistic pose 
3
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Lori Hoffman
not top shelf Woody Allen but it serves up a few good laughs thanks to an engaging cast and witty Woody isms 
2.5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Fernando F. Croce
The fact that moldy fatalism feels truer to Allen s worldview than say the faux sensualism of Vicky Cristina Barcelona doesn t exactly ameliorate the sourness of this ensemble dramedy 
1.5
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Matt Brunson
The picture has a smoky laid back style that suits it during quieter moments yet feels out of place when the piece s more spiritually tinged escapades are front and center 
2.5
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Roger Ebert
Clint Eastwood s film is a determined attempt to be faithful to the book s spirit but something ineffable is lost just by turning on the camera Nothing we see can be as amazing as what we ve imagined 
2.5
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mike Clark
An oppressively long cinematic oddball 
2
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
David N. Butterworth
Sometimes Clint Eastwood does this Forgets how to make a movie 
1.5
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Michael Dequina
An intriguing and handsome production 
3
The World Unseen
Jonathan Curiel
It suffers from an abundance of transparent acting simplistic plot twists and music that essentially screams These are important scenes to behold 
2
The World Unseen
Kamal Al-Solaylee
It doesn t leave you cold but it doesn t exactly make an impression either 
2
The World Unseen
Susan Walker
Less an account of hatred and injustice in apartheid torn South Africa than it is a soap opera ish romance that could easily be an episode of The L Word 
2
The World Unseen
Jay Antani
Race gender tradition politics and sexuality get thrown together into a bright but bland masala mix in Shamim Sarif s debut feature 
2
The Cable Guy
Patrick Z. McGavin
on the whole The Cable Guy is about as subversive a mainstream comedy as you ll find 
2
The Cable Guy
Dave Kehr
The Cable Guy is a gutsy move on Carrey s part suggesting a willingness to grow just where commercial good sense would say to stand pat 
3
The Cable Guy
Gene Siskel
Carrey s life of a bad party manner is a major hoot as he toys with Broderick over legal and illegal installations 
3
The Cable Guy
Dennis King
In the hands of a smart director like Stiller Carrey pushes his acting career to a new level here The question is whether the comic s less daring fans are willing to go there with him 
2.5
The Cable Guy
Chris Kaltenbach
More than anything The Cable Guy is simply uncomfortable It s Ace Ventura as the evil bad guy 
2
The Cable Guy
Malcolm Johnson
For those with an appetite for Carrey and an admiration for Stiller their zany collaboration will prove both funny and provocative 
3
The Cable Guy
Jeff Shannon
While not the truly incisive film it could have been this cautionary tale proves that there s more to Carrey than stupidity with an inflated price tag 
2.5
The Cable Guy
David Nusair
46 46 46 a sporadically engaging yet often misguided thriller that passes the time well enough 44 admittedly 44 but accomplishes little else 46 
2.5
The Cable Guy
Scott Nash
One of the most underrated comedies of all time 
3.5
The Cable Guy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film brilliantly constructs awkward situations that neither character can find ways to get out of and deftly plays with the bizarre nature of human relationships What makes two people click and what happens when only one clicks 
3.5
The Cable Guy
Michael Dequina
Plays as a from hell thriller with a few funny moments instead of a funny comedy with dark overtones 
1.5
The Cable Guy
Jeanne Aufmuth
A 20 million paycheck for this 
2
The Cable Guy
Peter Stack
Much of it plays like a personal boob tube with Carrey trapped inside determined to act his way out in a freak show of mugging He s a disturbing mixture of psychopath and lonely soul Here as always a little Carrey goes a long way 
1
The Cable Guy
Liam Lacey
Too often the movie ends up lost in the snow and static between two films fighting for the same bandwidth 
2
The Cable Guy
Robert Roten
It looks like everybody is coasting on this one hoping Carrey will bring home the bacon 
1.5
The Cable Guy
James Berardinelli
Basically it s not a whole lot of fun There s no one to identify with Carrey s Cable Guy is a stalker and Matthew Broderick s Steven is bland to the point of near invisibility 
1.5
The Cable Guy
Barbara Shulgasser
Broderick is perfectly adorable here His outstanding normality is the only possible counterpoint to Carrey s hypervolubility 
3
The Cable Guy
Roger Ebert
As it is themovie goes in one direction and the cable guy goes in another and by the end we aren t really looking forward to seeing Jim Carrey reappear on the screen 
2
The Cable Guy
Mike Clark
Ben Stiller can t distill the darkness slapstick and fantasy into a consistent directorial tone but the leads expert give and take make the movie far from unbearable 
2.5
The Cable Guy
Madeleine Williams
Those who take Carrey s side will be turned off by his cruel behavior and those that love to hate him will end up hating the movie s final softshoe That problem aside however the rest of the film is refreshingly funny 
2.5
The Cable Guy
Jeff Vice
Holtz s screenplay though wants to be Rosemary s Baby meets The Odd Couple Unfortunately there s not a strong enough blend of the thrills and chuckles in it 
2
Kate
Tom Meek
There s a lot of carnage and action and Winstead fills the part well enough it s just the uninspired script by Umair Aleem that saps any true enjoyment 
2
Kate
Kevin Carr
It s incredibly predictable but that s okay because a movie like this is formulaic it serves it s purpose as an action movie 
2.5
Kate
Robert Levin
This is a conventional action thriller with some worthy touches but hardly enough to make it stand out 
2.5
Kate
Odie Henderson
Umair Aleem s script is so paint by numbers familiar that it leaves you wishing you d watched one of the better movies it s ripping off 
1.5
Kate
Roger Moore
The most laughably predictable thriller since the silent film era 
1.5
Kate
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Goodbye Kate We hardly knew you 
1
Kate
Mark Dujsik
It all becomes repetitive and hollow both from an action and a plot perspective 
2
Kate
Richard Roeper
You re not going to get much in the way of original plot but what you WILL get is a grindhouse of a good time with some bleak and wickedly sharp humor screen popping visuals and some pretty great fight choreography 
3
Kate
Bob Strauss
Winstead sells it 
2.5
Kate
Wes Greene
Kate will leave you wishing that its narrative possessed the same attention to detail as its elaborately violent action set pieces 
1.5
Stryker
Eric Henderson
A surprisingly downbeat follow up to director Noam Gonick s tweaked out Hey Happy 
2.5
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
Matt Zoller Seitz
Having announced in its very first scene that it isn t hung up on being a traditional mystery Handsome goes on to prove that it s not all that interested in being a coherent movie either 
2
90 Minutes in Heaven
Roger Moore
Cynical slow and deathly dull 
1
90 Minutes in Heaven
Matt Fagerholm
A better title would ve likely been 121 Minutes in Purgatory since that s essentially where audiences will find themselves residing during the entirety of this dreary slog down a familiar road paved with painfully good intentions 
1.5
90 Minutes in Heaven
Scott Renshaw
While there are fine restrained moments exploring faith as both comfort and struggle there s almost no way to portray a vision of Heaven literally that doesn t feel like somebody s telling us exactly what he thinks we want to hear 
2
90 Minutes in Heaven
Kam Williams
A goner granted a miraculous reprieve by God ostensibly to let us all know that paradise really exists 
3
The Do Over
Christy Lemire
Typical Adam Sandler fare in every way from the raunchy humor to the inclusion of his buddies to the deplorable view of women to the vacation disguised as a movie shoot to the forced sentimentality in the final act 
.5
The Do Over
John Serba
Brain dead hopeless annoying pestilential crap 
1.5
The Do Over
Roger Moore
Grown Ups with guns And even fewer laughs as if that s possible 
1.5
The Do Over
David Nusair
It s perhaps not surprising to note that The Do Over comes of as a terrible and often interminable piece of work 
1
The Do Over
Brian Tallerico
A film that gets markedly dumber with every passing minute 
0.5
Cry Freedom
Kurt Jacobsen
Nonetheless this more than slightly askew epic merits a look and one hopes that other films which match some of the superb plays and novels by South African authors will be encouraged by Cry Freedom s box office 
2
Cry Freedom
Matt Brunson
For a superior picture about the horrors of apartheid see 1989 s A Dry White Season instead 
2.5
Cry Freedom
Bob Thomas
Attenborough maintains firm control of the narrative and Cry Freedom is a triumph of dedication 
4
Cry Freedom
Janet Maslin
These are fine methods for delivering a civics lesson which to some extent is what the Attenborough approach is all about But for a film that aspires to entertain as well as educate they are less helpful 
2.5
Cry Freedom
Roger Ebert
For the first half of this movie Interesting things were happening the performances were good and it is always absorbing to see how other people live Most of the second half of the movie alas is taken up with routine clock and dagger stuff 
2.5
Roobha
Roger Moore
A most engrossing Tamil variation on well worn LGBT themes with two sympathetic performances at its heart to carry it off 
2.5
The Lift Boy
Roger Moore
While Khan makes an amiable slacker who needs to knuckle down there isn t enough story or action here to justify this limp tale s 108 minute running time 
1.5
LFG
Peter Canavese
Gender discrimination documentary which profiles a group of remarkable women fighting for equal pay in U S soccer Solid reportage which tells this important story well 
3
LFG
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
We see how much of an inspiration these women are to all the girls and other women out there and how they are perceived as role models around the globe 
4
LFG
Randy Myers
LFG is an inspiring story about taking a stand and not backing down in order to help future generations 
3.5
McLintock!
Matt Brunson
Disappointing 
2.5
McLintock!
David Nusair
A fairly interminable Western 
1
Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
Mattie Lucas
A disappointingly tired retread that brings no new ideas to the table and runs on recycled jokes that quickly wear out their welcome 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
Odie Henderson
Like Madea Perry s getting away with attempted murder 
2
I Kill Giants
Federico Furzan
Maybe it s too bold on its premise but I Kill Giants at least survives it s probable downfall for being a dramatic graphic novel adaptation Full review in Spanish 
2.5
I Kill Giants
David N. Butterworth
Mostly successful due to Madison Wolfe s committed performance in the lead and director Anders Walter s sensitive handling of the difficult themes 
3
I Kill Giants
Richard Roeper
About those giants This is by no means a big budget film but the CGI creatures are pretty cool to behold 
3
I Kill Giants
Glenn Kenny
There s still something about I Kill Giants that feels projected a work more informed by empathy than experience 
2.5
I Kill Giants
Mark Dujsik
T he movie is playing a game of sorts with pain and grief It s tricky territory that the movie almost navigates successfully 
2.5
I Kill Giants
James Berardinelli
The vivid cinematography affecting performance by Wolfe and lack of saccharine allow the film to resonate not only with the teen target demographic but older viewers as well 
3
Steal Big, Steal Little
Roger Ebert
Remember those supermarket contests where the teams raced down the aisles trying to pile as much stuff as possible into a shopping cart Steal Big Steal Little reads like the screenplay was assembled the same way 
1.5
Under the Skin
Brian Eggert
It apos s unquestionably one of the most important science fiction pictures in recent memory 46 
4
Under the Skin
Tom Meek
Mica Levi s score deepens Jonathan Glazer s gripping visual abstraction and Scarlett Johansson is more than effective as innocent victim and cold calculating killer 
3
Under the Skin
Mattie Lucas
Glazer s hauntingly assured direction accompanied by Johansson s chilling performance merge to create something unforgettable 
4
Under the Skin
Chris Alexander
Under the Skin is a movie that truly defies articulation It s visceral not violent or exploitative but challenging and exotic 
4
Under the Skin
Sonny Bunch
Repetitive but creepy sci fi horror flick likely to get under your skin 
2.5
Under the Skin
Michael Phillips
Minds will be blown to the four winds And fair warning a percentage of American ticket buyers may find themselves exasperated and or exiting early 
3.5
Under the Skin
Matthew Lickona
Glacial in pace skeletal in plot and generally nasty Jonathan Glazer s Under the Skin is a repetitive nightmare of drear and dread punctuated by moments of queasy making horror 
1
Under the Skin
Michael Smith
We do learn a little about ourselves by the conclusion but when it came to holding my attention for the duration of a feature length film I found the experience far too alien 
2
Under the Skin
Sean P. Means
There s an eerie brilliance and a haunting beauty to Under the Skin writer director Jonathan Glazer s beyond strange exploration of what it means to be human seen from an outside perspective 
3.5
Under the Skin
Nathan Southern
Writer director Jonathan Glazer s art house sci fi allegory Under the Skin slips up on the viewer so surreptitiously that the pull of its final 30 minutes comes as a bit of a shock 
3.5
Under the Skin
Duane Dudek
Under the Skin is so baffling and riveting that when a reel was skipped the first time I saw it I never batted an eye 
3
Under the Skin
David Nusair
one of the most aggressively arty and often downright inaccessible films to come around in ages 
2.5
Under the Skin
Linda Cook
If you re looking for a solid mainstream movie that s easily understood and appreciated you d better stop reading right now 
4
Under the Skin
Liam Lacey
All this is initially fascinating and then progressively less so 
2.5
Under the Skin
Carla Meyer
Skin always is moving but slowly thoughtfully positioning both Glazer s camera and the alien as observers 
3.5
Under the Skin
John Serba
A film about perception about how our eyes interpret images of light for our brains and how we apply meaning to them be they horrifying or beautiful or both 
4
Under the Skin
Chris Knight
The result is a freshly minted cult masterpiece mixing the wonder and yes the occasional slowness of 2001 A Space Odyssey with the terror of Alien 
4
Under the Skin
Peter Howell
Most of Under the Skin operates on an almost subconscious level The truth is out there in Glazer s screenplay which he co wrote with Walter Campbell but it s intuitive rather than didactic 
3.5
Under the Skin
Rob Humanick
Under the Skin doesn t just affirm the movies ability to draw us out of our worldview it raises the bar I can t wait to watch it five or six more times at least 
4
Under the Skin
John Beifuss
Early in the film the woman plucks an ant from a body and the moviegoer at times may feel as uncomprehending as that insect while the Johansson character might as well be an alien entomologist observing the strange hive culture of humanity 
4
Under the Skin
Brad Keefe
It s a cold bath of sight and sound shrouded in a dense fog literally metaphorically 
3.5
Under the Skin
Marty Mapes
A fascinating mystery that works emotionally and visually
4
Under the Skin
Calvin Wilson
Visually stunning but virtually indecipherable 
3
Under the Skin
Steven Rea
Under the Skin definitely gets under your skin 
3.5
Under the Skin
Ben Sachs
This arty sci fi thriller adapted from a 2000 novel by Michael Faber raises far more questions than it answers yet that enigmatic quality is central to its appeal 
3
Under the Skin
Josh Larsen
longs for a world where what we look like whether we re beautiful or ugly no longer dominates who we are 
3.5
Under the Skin
Alynda Wheat
Scarlett Johansson mesmerizes as an alien who becomes intrigued by her prey us 
3
Under the Skin
Robert Levin
For all its qualities Under the Skin ultimately frustrates 
2.5
Under the Skin
Rafer Guzman
Under the Skin clearly does not intend to telegraph its meaning but meaning may not be the movie s strong suit 
2
Under the Skin
Mark Dujsik
The protagonist s process repeats itself over and over again and each time we re simultaneously certain of and baffled by the whole thing 
3
Under the Skin
Ann Hornaday
Once Under the Skin reaches its surprisingly affecting conclusion it feels less like a cinematic novel than a well executed short story 
3.5
Under the Skin
Dustin Putman
At the risk of classifying a work so thrillingly unclassifiable in its unrivaled vision Under the Skin is an instantaneously quintessential 21st century masterpiece in science fiction and horror 
4
Under the Skin
Moira MacDonald
Under the Skin begins to take on the feel of tragedy of a creature trapped like that baby somewhere it cannot survive 
3.5
Under the Skin
Ty Burr
The movie s a cinematic Rubik s Cube that snaps together surprisingly easily yet whose larger meanings remain tantalizingly out of reach 
3.5
Under the Skin
Mick LaSalle
This becomes quite dull even sleep inducing especially considering the movie s overall cast of slow moving gloom 
2
Under the Skin
Chris Hewitt
Whatever you think the movie means its most important element is clearly Johansson s performance which is simultaneously bold and subtle 
3.5
Under the Skin
Matt Pais
Plunges sci fi into narrative limbo and visual liquidity 
3
Under the Skin
James Berardinelli
It s as existential as a sci fi horror film can possibly be It requires that the viewer slip into a meditative mood and remain there for more than 90 minutes 
3
Under the Skin
Christy Lemire
Pondering the questions reveling in the mysteries that s what matters And I haven t even said the words naked Scarlett Johansson yet 
4
Under the Skin
Matt Zoller Seitz
Johansson has to be at once achingly specific and so general that you can hang all manner of symbols on her Somehow she pulls it off 
4
Under the Skin
Stephen Whitty
A beautiful and often hypnotic film 
3
Under the Skin
Claudia Puig
So unfathomable that it feels like a dully haunting nightmare whose details retreat and fade almost immediately upon waking 
2
Under the Skin
Peter Travers
Johansson is phenomenal in every sense of the word She joins Glazer in creating a brave experiment in cinema that richly rewards the demands it makes The result is an amazement a film of beauty and shocking gravity 
3.5
Under the Skin
Rex Reed
Dream girl Scarlett Johansson digs for oil and hits a dry hole in Under the Skin 
1
Under the Skin
Lou Lumenick
A rather shapeless film where what s happening onscreen is often less interesting than trying to figure out whether the participants recognize they re sharing the cab of a truck with a world famous actress 
1
Under the Skin
Roger Moore
Smart cryptic sci fi with lots of skin and the least sexy ScarJo nudity ever 
3
Under the Skin
Ed Gonzalez
Throughout what truly matters to director Jonathan Glazer is articulating through visual and aural enticement the unconscious power of our death drive 
4
Under the Skin
Walter Chaw
There is latent pregnant energy in this picture a thrum of dread that underlays every frame 
4
Don't Look at the Demon
Roger Moore
Chalk this movie down as one where the spectacular 44 knock you backwards effects impress a whole lot more than the story 44 and a bit more than the good not great reactions to seeing the impossible from the cast 46 
2
Song for a Raggy Boy
Greg Dean Schmitz
If this had been fictional I probably would have been harsher on the story but since it s a true story what would have been a weakness can be perceived as a strength
3
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Roger Moore
Such a clever conceit that you wish ever so much that they d gotten it right 
2
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Ty Burr
The film s mostly for Python completists of whom there are many as well as for animation junkies who will groove on the grab bag of styles 
2
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Betsy Sherman
It s an affectionate imaginative tribute to the artist s idiosyncratic take on life 
3
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Liam Lacey
Apart from Chapman s dry observational tone and the others silly voices there s not much here to touch Python fans accustomed to soaring in a higher stratosphere of humour 
2
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Peter Howell
It s a very naughty tome with many dangling bits 
2
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Kyle Smith
Alternately brilliant and frustrating 
3
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Mark Jenkins
For Python cultists and completists only 
1.5
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
John Hartl
It s sometimes a mishmash though never an unwelcome one 
3
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Calum Marsh
Graham Chapman s story frankly is better served by his Wikipedia page 
0
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
David Nusair
an aggressively narrow minded documentary 
.5
Flirting
Steve Rhodes
The formulaic script finally had something to say toward the end 
2.5
Flirting
Roger Ebert
Flirting is one of those rare movies with characters I cared about intensely I didn t simply observe them on the screen I got involved in their decisions and hoped they made the right ones 
4
The Zero Hour
Federico Furzan
It s pretty good storytelling considering production value Twists work at least and that s enough Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Zero Hour
Roger Moore
It s a pitiless picture but a visceral movie going experience 
3
Hardly Working
Roger Ebert
I was absolutely stunned by the vast stupidity of this film 
0
Perhaps Love
Mary-Liz Shaw
If you re willing to last through the first 20 minutes when almost nothing makes sense you ll find yourself sucked into one of the most astonishing and original films in recent years 
3.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Bill Chambers
You look at a movie like this and wonder how some screenwriters can have the temerity to go on strike
1
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Jonathan R. Perry
Cinema is far too powerful a medium to be graded on a curve even when Tim Allen is involved 
2
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Jeff Strickler
The movie is more cute than funny Smiles are plentiful but outright laughs are widely scattered 
2.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Linda Cook
Oh how the executives shook with their chortles as millions poured in through each cinema s portals 
1
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Kit Bowen
OK so Santa Clause 3 isn t the stuff classic Christmas movies are made of but the franchise still manages to invoke some genuine Yuletide spirit Hard to believe but it s true 
2.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
James Berardinelli
Perfect entertainment for five year olds and sheer torture for the unlucky parent s accompanying them to the theater 
2
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Peter Hartlaub
It s very very difficult to care because the movie is structured so poorly 
1
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Ty Burr
Jack Frost gains control of Santa s workshop and turns it into a Las Vegas style theme park supposedly a hideous inversion of Christmas values So blandly commercialized is the movie s vision of the holiday that you can hardly tell the difference 
1.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Rob Humanick
Kids you can tell how much your parents love you by how far away they keep you from this worthless fiasco 
1
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
David Nusair
there s little doubt that the Santa Clause series has finally run out of steam 
2
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Mike McGranaghan
Bah humbug The Santa Clause 3 is a lump of coal in your stocking It s at the top of the naughty list It s about as appealing as a stale fruitcake 
1.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Peter Howell
It s time to send this one trick reindeer to the glue factory 
1.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Timothy Knight
Fans of the first two films in the series can expect more of the same in this serviceable yet unduly bland G rated comedy that s all too reminiscent of those by the numbers Sixties era Disney films that usually starred either Fred MacMurray or Dean Jones 
2
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Lisa Rose
Tim Allen seems bored with his own franchise At times he looks downright morose cranky enough to kick an elf 
1.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Kyle Smith
Santa Clause 3 The Escape Clause with Martin Short as Jack Frost means we re getting a turkey and a ham for the holidays 
0.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Elizabeth Weitzman
Allen and Short seem to be having so much fun that their enthusiasm is entirely contagious Let the season begin 
3
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Nathaniel Bell
The Santa Clause 3 is holiday filler stuffed with unearned emotion and trite sentimentality The good news is it runs just over and hour and a half which means parents won t have to glance nervously at their watches 
1.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Peter Canavese
It s like a Family Channel movie escaped and hid out in a movie theater 
1
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Willie Waffle
so bad it makes me want to convert and celebrate Hanukah this year 
.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Dustin Putman
An ugly dispiriting prefabricated lump of coal With any luck The Santa Clause 3 will be but a distant memory by the time December 25 arrives 
0.5
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Gene Seymour
As a full service holiday movie The Santa Clause 3 The Escape Clause gets you into the mood to shop early and often by making the North Pole look like a shopping mall with a never ending school pageant 
2
The Girlfriends
Mark Feeney
Antonioni s ability to use the screen s illusion of depth or the way he lends an eloquence to the space between characters is a marvel How he has these people stand is so much more expressive than anything they say 
3.5
The Girlfriends
Gerald Peary
Lovers of the great Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni have cause to rejoice with this new print revival of his best pre L avventura feature 
3.5
The Girlfriends
Aaron Cutler
An Antonioni film will frequently pose a riddle and then never answer it here the mystery of why Rosetta tries to kill herself becomes a pretense for the rest of the film 
4
See You Yesterday
Brian Tallerico
An ambitious striking debut that takes unexpected creative risks and heralds the arrival of an exciting new filmmaker 
3
See You Yesterday
Joey Magidson
See You Yesterday is alive with the look and feel of Brooklyn Not just an effective time travel film it s also a love letter to the borough 
3
Revamped
David Nusair
The end result is an openly ridiculous piece of work that s just begging for the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment 
1.5
The Great Raid
Kam Williams
Instead of a tribute to a fine chapter in the annals of the Greatest Generation we have a second rate romance right out of a cheesy pulp fiction novel 
1
The Great Raid
Peter T. Chattaway
While the historical events depicted were unusual and cause for genuine celebration the film that depicts these events is a dull by the numbers set of war movie clichs 
1.5
The Great Raid
Sara Michelle Fetters
The raid on Cabanatuan is extraordinary Exciting tense full of crackling suspense and filmed with old fashioned daring the movie comes alive with crackling electricity it does not know until this very point 
2.5
The Great Raid
Marty Mapes
More of a skimpy skirmish that lasts way too short and has too little peril to be great
2.5
The Great Raid
Sean O'Connell
Raid may move but it isn t particularly moving 
1.5
The Great Raid
Jonathan W. Hickman
The Great Raid works well as a film when it concentrates on the planning and completion of the mission 
3
The Great Raid
Dan Fienberg
S ometimes the most worthy of stories the most relevant of history lessons the most rousing of plots can still become the dullest of movies 
2
The Great Raid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It lacks both excitement and outrage and all that remains is solemnity It makes you wonder whether you should watch the movie or stand at attention 
2
The Great Raid
Geoff Pevere
Feels less like a rousing action adventure than a military sponsored lesson in invincible patriotic payback 
1.5
The Great Raid
John Hartl
Dahl s approach may be somewhat pedestrian but he tells his story clearly and with few unnecessary detours 
2.5
The Great Raid
Joel Selvin
The story line is telegraphed from word one and the meticulous unfolding plot plods ahead inexorably without the slightest bit of suspense 
1
The Great Raid
David Elliott
This has modest blood yet almost documentary fidelity is beautifully sited Australia s Queensland was main location and paced to deliver the nerve surges of fear and reward and loss 
3.5
The Great Raid
Carla Meyer
Centers on an undeniably brave and extraordinary World War II rescue yet it fails to excite until its final scenes 
2
The Great Raid
Timothy Knight
A frustratingly uneven film that s alternately compelling and clumsily handled 
2
The Great Raid
Steven Rea
This smart unhurried drama plays out like a retro version of Saving Private Ryan 
3
The Great Raid
Stephen Whitty
Dahl gets it half right and completely wrong In studio fashion he adds a composite character and a love story which the story really doesn t require In indie tradition he refuses to cast any stars which the picture desperately needs 
2
The Great Raid
Kyle Smith
I hereby award the World War II drama The Great Raid a Cement Star for faithful and distinguished service to the cause of mediocrity 
1.5
The Great Raid
Jack Mathews
Not a great movie but it certainly does justice to the great historical event it dramatizes 
2.5
The Great Raid
Peter Debruge
Obsessed with authenticity the movie simply isn t Hollywood enough What could have been a valuable history lesson for everyone is just more fodder for military buffs 
2.5
The Great Raid
Bob Strauss
You have to salute its devotion to heroism but a gripping involving movie would have been a greater tribute 
2
The Great Raid
Rick Groen
The picture s broad outline may be fact but everything inside gets painted in a deep shade of bogus 
2
The Great Raid
Terry Lawson
For Dahl war isn t poetry or surreal irony or metaphoric hell It s a job that has to be done and in cases like this one it has the side product of being heroic 
3
The Great Raid
Jeff Vice
When the movie finally does show what the troops went through and how the raid itself was pulled off it s exciting enthralling stuff If only there was more of that 
2.5
The Great Raid
Mary F. Pols
The Great Raid has an old fashioned feel that is old fashioned in a musty way 
2.5
The Great Raid
Lawrence Toppman
The dialogue falls back on cliches that were hoary when MacArthur left the Philippines 
2
The Great Raid
Wesley Morris
Amounts to a noble failure 
2.5
The Great Raid
Larry Ratliff
Straightforward and traditional director John Dahl s depiction of this little chronicled World War II raid has the feel of a war movie made 30 or 40 years ago 
3
The Great Raid
Sean P. Means
Miramax let this World War II drama sit on the shelf for two years Now it sits on the screen for more than two hours lumpen and uninvolving 
2
The Great Raid
Willie Waffle
The Great Raid just isn t great until it starts to focus on the raid itself 
2
The Great Raid
Mike Clark
Just about any golden age Hollywood hack could have made a zestier drama about one of the greatest rescue missions in U S military history 
1.5
The Great Raid
Duane Dudek
While the film is often impressive and inspirational more of the credit for this belongs to the actual events themselves than to their re creation 
3
The Great Raid
Michael Esposito
The action is brilliant the combat sharp and rattling and the film follows the historical record more closely than most Hollywood films 
3
The Great Raid
Jeff Strickler
The mission of the film is to inspire Mission accomplished 
3
The Great Raid
Jan Stuart
Represents another step in the depersonalization of John Dahl 
2.5
The Great Raid
Chris Hewitt
The raid is indeed great The rest of the film sadly is not 
2
The Great Raid
Peter Canavese
Okay so it s the hokiest war movie in the last 35 years Bottom line is the raid great The answer is yes qualified by the film s unearned 132 minute running time 
2.5
The Great Raid
Roger Ebert
Here is a war movie that understands how wars are actually fought 
3
The Great Raid
Josh Larsen
missing the inner heft its material requires 
2
The Great Raid
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately although John Dahl s film may have the length one normally expects from a war film with an ambitious trajectory it lacks focus and the pacing is uneven 
2.5
The Great Raid
Phil Villarreal
Absorbs historical detail and shapes it with compelling tension while occasionally choking over its own self importance 
3
The Great Raid
Linda Cook
I m sitting here staring at the 3 star rating I just gave this just a little better than humdrum war movie 
3
The Great Raid
Steve Rhodes
Why don t they make more movies like this literally takes your breath away it s easily one of the best movies of the year 
4
The Great Raid
Nick Schager
Delayed since 2003 John Dahl s dust collecting WWII chronicle The Great Raid finally arrives with the dull thud of a bomb that fails to detonate on impact 
2
The Scary of Sixty-First
Roger Moore
So mishandled as to be icky and repellent as if the last people to exploit those handled by Epstein and the likes of Prince Andrew are the folks who made and starred in their sordid little movie 
1.5
The Scary of Sixty-First
Brian Tallerico
The filmmaking lets down Nekrasova s concept particularly in a cluttered and sometimes incompetent final act leaving viewers to wonder what it all means or if it means anything at all 
2
The Scary of Sixty-First
David Robb
In a way the film feels like a true heir to the petulant low budget horror cinema of the 70s and 80s 
2.5
Players
Michael Dequina
When even the production design starts to get obnoxiously overblown the film flies way over the top in a manner far less fun than it is simply distracting 
2.5
Kindergarten Cop
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratically paced yet mostly enjoyable comedy 46 46 46 
3
Kindergarten Cop
Robert Roten
A nice funny lightweight non filling entertaining film perfect for the holiday season 
2.5
Kindergarten Cop
Roger Ebert
Kindergarten Cop is made up out of parts that shouldn t fit but somehow they do making a slick entertainment out of the improbable the impossible and Arnold Schwarzenegger 
3
Kindergarten Cop
Chris Hicks
Fans of Schwarzenegger s more violent pictures will probably be put off by the film s inherent case of the cutes Parents will no doubt be very put off by the violence and dark themes 
2.5
Fog City Mavericks
Emily Blunt
This work reminds its lucky viewers why they fell in love with movie going to begin with the creative minds behind the frames that paint moving images to feed our imaginations 
4
Fog City Mavericks
Fernando F. Croce
When maverick is thrown around this cheaply it s just a step for somebody to mount an auteurist case for Chris Columbus 
2
Them!
Dorothy Masters
There is added conviction in performance and dialogue both of which are particularly good for a production largely designed for chilling spines 
3
Them!
Janet Graves
The latest science fiction thriller offers an extra measure of creeps but like the best of its breed it s told in a crisp matter of fact manner 
3
Them!
Matt Brunson
A strong cast James Whitmore James Arness and Edmund Gwenn taut direction by Gordon Douglas an intelligent and involving screenplay and Oscar nominated visual effects combine to make this a genuine classic 
3.5
Them!
TV Guide Staff
Them was Warner Brothers highest grossing film of 1954 and inspired countless imitations all of which were inferior to the original 
3.5
Them!
Pam Grady
Whether the ants are truly frightening is not the point It is the implication of their existence that is so scary 
3.5
The Empty Mirror
Joe Leydon
The Empty Mirror gives us a portrait of Hitler as the ultimate auteur a demented director who made the world his soundstage while bringing his personal vision to fruition 
3
All Is Forgiven
Sheila O'Malley
It s thrilling to witness Mia Hansen Løve s style and artistic tendencies already in operation and at full form from the start 
3.5
Somebodies
Michael Dequina
Hadjii paints a vivid funny and engaging slice of life 
3
The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Intermittently the film verges on criticizing ineffective threat systems or irregulated eco tourism but The Volcano isn t willing to explore controversial ramifications even to illustrate how responsibility was eluded 
2
The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari
Erik Childress
Unlike Rory Kennedy 8217 s Boeing doc 44 this one succeeds purely on a visceral and emotional level rather than an economical attack on what allowed this tragedy to happen 46 
3
Lana's Rain
Bob Strauss
Cliche riddled poorly acted and ultimately delirious 
1.5
Lana's Rain
Roger Ebert
Even as I noted a glitch here and there in the plot I was aware that the movie itself and especially the character of Lana had enlisted my sympathy 
3
Lana's Rain
Michael Wilmington
Uses the great recurring American movie theme of immigrants arriving in the big American cities to both good and bad advantage 
2
A Hundred Streets
Rex Reed
The actors are fine but the material doesn t give their talents much room to stretch 
2
A Hundred Streets
Derek Smith
Throughout the film s three interconnected stories Jim O Hanlon favors the blunt maudlin manipulations of Crash 
1
Conflict
Mick LaSalle
It s routine product but from prime era Warner Bros and prime era Bogart 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Frank Ochieng
One is not quite sure where the true forum for The Lego Ninjago Movie should be promoted on the straight to video shelves or merely being trapped in a cluttered toy box with other forgettable action figures 
1.5
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Wesley Lovell
While it has little of the wit and charm that made the two previous Lego entries so special it still maintains the passion and life affirming elements that have come to represent these pictures 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Josh Terry
Even as a step down The Lego Ninjago Movie is still a lot of fun and superior to the majority of animated options out there for the whole family 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Mike McGranaghan
The LEGO Ninjago Movie isn t quite as joke packed as its predecessors although it offers plenty of laughs nonetheless 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Roger Moore
See a franchise jump the shark literally 
1.5
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie is just a heck of a lot of fun 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Peter Travers
Despite comically inspired vocal performances from Justin Theroux and Dave Franco as nutjob Lego versions of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker the action and jokes pile up with exhausting repetitiveness 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Brad Wheeler
It all snaps together easily just like it says on the box 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Mark Dujsik
This one feels like it s telling a story in order to sell toys instead of letting the toys serve as the spirit for a story 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Sean P. Means
The brick based franchise s third outing The LEGO Ninjago Movie mixes Hong Kong style martial arts and Japanese kaiju monster traditions into a smartly funny adventure that will have kids and adults laughing in equal measure 
3.5
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Peter Howell
The bloom is definitely off the brick The anarchic spirit and spitball humour of The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie have been replaced by characters and gags from a faulty assembly line 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Johnny Oleksinski
Everything is still mostly awesome 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Christopher Schobert
The storytelling is often over adrenalized and the visuals eye popping but the humor and sweetness make The Lego Ninjago Movie a winner And if you re a 7 year old it might even be the best movie ever made 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Michael Smith
It s so eager to please that it doesn t It s so formulaic and predictable that there are no surprises 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Michael O'Sullivan
Often The Lego Ninjago Movie feels like it s obeying the conventions of throwaway entertainment when it should be making more of an effort to comment on it 
2.5
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
James Berardinelli
At its best it recycles elements from The LEGO Movie in ways that feel cheap and redundant At its worst it s a tedious bore 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Christy Lemire
The pieces are all there but they never really snap into place 
1.5
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Peter Hartlaub
Lego Ninjago has three directors with eight credited writers An honest effort is still being made but the committee approach is felt on screen 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Rafer Guzman
Ninjago is such a carbon copy that it barely counts as its own movie 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Mark Feeney
The franchise s toy brick animated aesthetic remains visually addictive but there s not much else that stands out in this cheery trifle which credits as many writers as The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Batman Movie combined 
2
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Kam Williams
An alternately high octane hilarious and heartwarming cinematic treat that s hard to beat 
4
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Keith Watson
The film s cumulative effect is utter exhaustion the cinematic equivalent of chasing a toddler through a toy store 
1.5
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Soren Andersen
Adults can appreciate the verbal byplay For the kids there s frenzied noise and those toys 
3
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
Brian Truitt
Ninjago strongly captures the same manically entertaining and often hilarious nature of its predecessors though it lacks The Lego Movie s originality and The Lego Batman Movie s commitment to go for broke chaos 
3
Eating Out
Jeff Vice
It s too formulaic much too obvious and features some of the most unpleasant characters in recent film history 
1
Eating Out
Sean P. Means
Like a Will Grace episode gone horribly wrong 
0
Eating Out
Wesley Morris
Rarely more than sophomoric 
2
Eating Out
Chris Hewitt
The way these characters are written tells us nothing about them and everything about the guy who wrote and directed this movie whose name is Q Allen Brocka and who may be the only person who will actually find it amusing 
0
Eating Out
John Monaghan
It s cute enough but fails to deliver 
2
Eating Out
Laura Kelly
This low budget college campus farce succeeds in being occasionally playful but is mostly annoying 
2
Eating Out
Lou Lumenick
May be predictable and silly but it s never dull 
2
Eating Out
Elizabeth Weitzman
The story doesn t make any real sense and the production values are home movie cheap 
2
Bad Boys
David Nusair
a solid drama that is for the most part more involving than other similarly themed efforts 
3
Bad Boys
Roger Ebert
Bad Boys misses its chance at greatness but it s saying something that this movie had a chance I have a notion it will stand as one of those bench mark movies that we ll look back at for the talent it introduced 
3
Bad Boys
James Kendrick
strong performances led by Sean Penn in a role that solidified his status as the best young actor of the 1980s
3
Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story
Elias Savada
a simple and refreshing diversion 
2.5
At Land
Josh Larsen
Deren s performance is one of the more defining elements here 
3.5
Holy Blood
Matt Brunson
The love child of Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini with a by David Lynch for good measure 
3.5
Holy Blood
Carrie Rickey
You can say this It is never boring 
2.5
Holy Blood
Michael Upchurch
Santa Sangre s content puts it beyond the call of duty for even the most slavishly devoted art house denizen 
2
Holy Blood
Dave Kehr
What Jodorowsky lacks is a sense of humor in the absence of which his films turn ludicrous 
2
Holy Blood
John Beifuss
A surreal circus of invention pretension and astonishment that like many carnivals touts the talents of its performers but knows most customers came to gawk at the freaks 
3.5
Holy Blood
Jeremy Heilman
Santa Sangre is cobbled together from parts in the best possible way 
4
Holy Blood
Roger Ebert
The quality that Jodorowsky has above all is passionate sincerity Apart from his wildly creative style apart from his images apart from his story inventions he has strong moral feelings 
4
Suspended Animation
Peter Debruge
These twisted sisters rank among horror s most bizarro murderesses 
1.5
Suspended Animation
Elizabeth Weitzman
Since the movie s sensibility ranges from the preposterous to the absurd there are few genuine frights 
2
Suspended Animation
Erik Childress
The film is like vomiting and then expecting your shoes to come out of your mouth Neither is a pleasant experience but on some level it has to be seen to be believed 
0
Suspended Animation
David Sterritt
Although overlong the picture has a fair measure of jolts and surprises 
3
Suspended Animation
Ellen Fox
Feels a lot like two different Hancock jobs stitched together 
1
Suspended Animation
Ed Gonzalez
Hancock directed several memorable episodes of the 80s edition of The Twilight Zone and here he seems to confuse cliffhangers for plot twists 
2
Fixation
Roger Moore
A bizarre burlesque of mental illness 44 memory and psychotherapy 46 
2
A Whale of a Tale
Roger Moore
Interesting but self serving look at the town of The Cove from another point of view 
2.5
A Whale of a Tale
David Lewis
Always interesting and informative 
2
A Whale of a Tale
Nick Allen
In Sasaki s unofficial but necessary sequel to The Cove she aptly considers how both sides of a conflict believe they are doing the right thing 
3
The Philosophers
Frank Ochieng
Refreshingly Dark wants to cryptically convey an honest conversation about the fate of mankind s fragile existence Despite some questionable unevenness a contemplative SF thriller that dares to assume its thinking cap in surrealistic experimental mode
2.5
The Philosophers
Wesley Lovell
A heavy handed and manipulative work of philosophical fiction featuring strong performances but a troubled narrative 
3
The Philosophers
Mike McGranaghan
This is a flawed film but it s also one that s not completely without merit 
2.5
The Philosophers
Chris Knight
Mildly thought provoking 
2.5
Hercules & Xena -- The Battle for Mount Olympus
Peter Stack
This action cartoon from Universal has definite appeal for fans of the two heroes and features the voices of Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless who play the characters in the hit TV shows 
2.5
Old Stone
Jay Horton
Ma sustains a creeping noir sensibility by accentuating the claustrophobic unease of tiny smoke filled cars hurtling along teeming streets toward blood soaked ends ever threatened 
3
Old Stone
Chris Knight
There s not a wasted moment in this tightly wound 80 minute moral tale in which no good deed goes unpunished 
4
Old Stone
Tirdad Derakhshani
Lean mean and utterly compelling Ma s beautifully paced and remarkably understated 80 minute thriller Old Stone is a Kafkaesque satire about the soul crushing effects of bureaucracy 
3
Old Stone
Walter V. Addiego
It s impossible not to be impressed with what Ma accomplishes in the film s brisk 80 minutes 
3
Old Stone
Chuck Bowen
Johnny Ma s Old Stone is a lean nasty entry in a subgenre that could be termed the bureaucratic noir 
3
Old Stone
Soren Andersen
The litany of woes builds inexorably Star Chen Gang plays the protagonist as the saddest of sad sacks his eyes filling with hopelessness as his burdens bury him 
3
Old Stone
Glenn Kenny
Writer director Ma handles the conundrums with brisk assurance shooting the drama with a documentary realism that he punctuates with enigmatic views of forests undulating in the wind 
3
The Pickle Recipe
Mark Sommer
The Pickle Recipe mostly works as an upbeat comedy that has its heart in the right place aided by an essential trace element of Jewish humor Kosher pickle included 
2.5
The Pickle Recipe
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite a solid central performance by film veteran Lynn Cohen and a Detroit setting that will please expats and current residents of the Motor City there is little here to lift this film beyond its regional appeal 
1.5
Arranged Marriage
Tom Meek
How it all ends is a bit of a head scratcher on so many levels as a result the film lingers for better or worse 
2
Arranged Marriage
Bob Bloom
apos Arranged Marriage apos could have been a much sharper movie if Rangi had curbed his ferocity 46 Rangi may have been aiming for a Bollywood spoof 44 but instead 44 he has created a disturbing cultural clash that is more offensive than biting 46 
1.5
No Place on Earth
Moira MacDonald
No Place on Earth is at its most moving when showing us in close up the still haunted faces of the cave dwellers many of whom tell their stories to director Janet Tobias camera 
2.5
No Place on Earth
Peter Keough
A fascinating but frustrating documentary 
2
No Place on Earth
Chris Hewitt
There s a great book there but No Place on Earth director Janet Tobias chose to fill the gaps in the story with lengthy indifferently acted re creations that lead us to question how much of what we re seeing is true and how much is fictionalized 
2
No Place on Earth
Elizabeth Horkley
The producer s hand is heavy in No Place on Earth but it ultimately can t sink the inspiring tale of endurance 
2.5
No Place on Earth
Michael Phillips
The story told by Janet Tobias documentary No Place on Earth is enough to transcend the film s limitations 
2.5
No Place on Earth
Rafer Guzman
No Place on Earth depends heavily on re enactments but Tobias handles them delicately and keeps a lid on any overemoting 
3
No Place on Earth
Farran Smith Nehme
The film is built from moving frank interviews with survivors from two families who hid speaking over and around extensive re enactments 
3
No Place on Earth
Tina Hassannia
A remarkable story made almost unremarkable in the hands of lazy filmmaking 
2
No Place on Earth
Roger Moore
A well crafted documentary variation on Defiance Ukrainian Jews saving themselves by going underground literally 
3
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
David Nusair
an amiable well meaning bit of escapist sci fi 
2.5
The Young Messiah
Linda Cook
The Young Messiah helps fill in the blanks 
3
The Young Messiah
Christy Lemire
We know how the story ends so there s little in the way of tension 
2
The Young Messiah
Christian Toto
The Young Messiah pulls off a minor miracle It connects the challenges parents face with what Joseph and Mary experienced 
3
The Young Messiah
Josh Terry
Director Cyrus Nowrasteh works with an effective understated tone that respects his story enough to let it speak for itself Greaves Neal s performance is a perfect fit for this style 
3.5
The Young Messiah
Kam Williams
A plausible cinematic parable presuming to fill in gaps in the Biblical narrative of the Lord s early life 
4
The Young Messiah
John Hanlon
This kind hearted and compassionate drama imagines the youthful life of Jesus 
3.0
Cook Off
Roger Moore
The food is almost as generic and elementary as the production 46 46 46 The entire affair plays like an attempt to pander to the North American market 46 
1.5
Chinatown Files
Joshua Tanzer
The American dream turned anything but beautiful for the people who speak out about their experiences in this sad documentary 
2.5
The Way Back
Joe Neumaier
The man versus the natural world story is in Weir s wheelhouse and Harris and Farrell get into a scene stealing duel Worth the trek 
4
The Way Back
Jay Antani
a solid resonant meditation on survival on hope on the value of life in the face of implacable hostility portrayed memorably by an excellent cast and Director Weir s vast brutal awe inspiring landscapes
3.5
The Way Back
Roger Moore
An old fashioned survival yarn beautifully shot and well told 
3
The Way Back
Rob Thomas
It may not seem like much of a compliment to say a movie makes you feel like you ve walked 4 000 miles but The Way Back puts you in its characters tattered shoes and makes you care whether they make it home or not 
3
The Way Back
Linda Cook
This incredible adventure with outstanding cinematography and amazing locations just may be based on a true story Then again it may not 
3.5
The Way Back
Mike Scott
Part The Great Escape and part Lawrence of Arabia it is ambitious in scope grand in vision and rich with examples of the resilience of the human spirit 
3
The Way Back
Rene Rodriguez
This is an impressive production and technical feat but through most of it I kept thinking about how difficult the filming conditions must have been and not about the lives of the men in front of me 
2
The Way Back
Joe Williams
he long stretches between stations make The Way Back an arduous road 
2.5
The Way Back
Stephen Whitty
There s little human conflict Sturgess never doubts himself and the men mostly get along even Farrell s gangster is on best behavior 
2.5
The Way Back
Ethan Alter
It s a visually arresting adventure but it arrives at its final destination with little dramatic resonance 
3
The Way Back
Sara Michelle Fetters
Much like the group it chronicles the movie never relents never stops and more importantly never gives up It keeps moving forward forward forward refusing to back down or give in no matter what sort of hardship or tragedy pops up along the way 
3.5
The Way Back
Rick Groen
The Way Back is fascinating until it becomes an ordeal 
2.5
The Way Back
John Beifuss
Humanity is dwarfed by landscape but the effect is more pictorial than revealing 
2
The Way Back
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The actors give with warm performances from everyone involved especially Farrell as a dangerous but boisterous misfit 
3
The Way Back
Willie Waffle
As they walk through the desert I was hoping a pack of wild rabid camels would attack them and eat them to get this movie over with 
0
The Way Back
Chris Hewitt
The Way Back seems like it could have been made 40 or 50 years ago and I mean that in a good way 
3
The Way Back
Kyle Smith
The film largely misses its opportunities to reflect the enormity of communism choosing instead the route of a conventional adventure yarn 
3
The Way Back
Dan Kois
Weir s movie is superbly made but its fancy dancing around history gives a hint of inauthenticity to a film that otherwise thrives on its reverence for historical detail 
3.5
The Way Back
Claudia Puig
There are exhilarating moments and there are some undeniably tense scenes Mixed in however is possibly more trudging than you re going to see in any other film 
2.5
The Way Back
Mick LaSalle
Whether it s true or not this portrait of desperate determined people surviving blizzards and dust storms and crossing mountains and deserts is a gruff and uplifting celebration of how much people can take and how much they value freedom 
3
The Way Back
Robert W. Butler
The Way Back works well enough as a sprawling adventure of unimaginable hardship The rugged vistas it was filmed in Bulgaria India and Morocco are impressive But it feels just a bit underpopulated 
3
The Way Back
Peter Howell
Despite a strong cast that includes Ed Harris Jim Sturgess Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan we never really get to know any of the sloggers 
2.5
The Way Back
Peter Travers
This artful tale of survival against the elements radiating terror and beauty continues Peter Weir s fascination with characters trapped by worlds they didn t make 
3.5
The Way Back
Duane Dudek
The gulag scenes also are vividly sketched Sadly the personal dramas often feel stock and static by comparison 
2.5
The Way Back
Moira MacDonald
This doesn t sound like a lot of fun to watch but Weir in his first movie since 2003 s Master and Commander makes it mesmerizing and occasionally lyrical 
3.5
The Way Back
Carrie Rickey
Whether it is truth fiction or most likely a little of each the story Weir tells is a powerful parable of man s charge for freedom and his humbling by nature 
3
The Way Back
Ty Burr
The movie s grueling inspiring astonishing to look at You come out feeling you ve traveled half the planet As ordeal movies go though this one s oddly easy to shake off 
3
The Way Back
Michael Phillips
Weir and editor Lee Smith seem preoccupied with hustling events along and nervous about boring us for even a second The result is a brisk trot through a story that is at heart a tough slog 
2.5
The Way Back
Betsy Sherman
It benefits from Weir s talent for big canvas moviemaking though the result is a commendable drama rather than a great one 
2.5
The Way Back
Roger Ebert
Not every incredible story makes a compelling movie 
2.5
The Way Back
Rex Reed
No one will go away disappointed or indifferent It s a movie that sticks with you like Elmer s glue 
3.5
The Way Back
Andrew Schenker
Landscape trumps character in The Way Back just as the Siberian and Mongolian wilderness overwhelms the seven gulag escapees at the heart of Peter Weir s 1940 set film 
2
The Jewel of the Nile
Roger Ebert
It s to everybody s credit that The Jewel of the Nile is an ambitious and elaborate attempt to repeat the success of the first movie it s not just a ripoff 
3
Weekend
Mattie Lucas
A towering and exhilarating piece of work that seems to embody the social upheaval of the 1960s in one bracing often shocking cinematic experience 
4
Weekend
Roger Ebert
Year after year Jean Luc Godard has been chipping away at the language of cinema Now in Weekend he has just about got down to the bare bones This is his best film and his most inventive It is almost pure movie 
4
Weekend
James Kendrick
an apocalyptic primal scream against the conformities and hypocrisies of the Americanized French bourgeoisie and one of the most lacerating and funny satires of car culture ever produced
4
Weekend
Jay Antani
This is Lord of the Flies as played by adults and for Left Bank intellectuals heady with righteous protest and wired on too many coffees and cigarettes
2
Weekend
Eric Henderson
Weekend is a luridly colorful compendium of aesthetic juxtapositions and audio visual schisms that evoke the frustrated tenor of the era 
4
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Matt Brunson
An entity of evil in the excellent original Leatherface is transformed into a buffoon in this ham fisted outing to the point that Jerry Lewis should have been cast in the role 
1.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Mike McGranaghan
TCM 2 works because it s a complete original You never know from minute to minute where it s going to go and that unpredictability keeps you riveted for every single second 
3.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Eric Melin
But time has been kind to this strange movie and now it plays like a bizarre satire of 80s excess kind of like a backwoods version of American Psycho with equal parts gross out humor and over the top acting 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Dustin Putman
A ripe and wicked horror comedy as black as pitch and every bit as violent as naysayers mistakenly accused the first film of being 
3.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Walter Chaw
Society is restored as before but it s a society based on victims and victimizers De Sade rewrites Darwin 
3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
David Nusair
if nothing else the entire flick may be worth a look for the absurd moment in which Leatherface breaks loose with a particularly apt example of the ol shifty eye 
1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Roger Ebert
Part 2 has a lot of blood and disembowelment to be sure but it doesn t have the terror of the original the desire to be taken seriously It s a geek show 
1
Fuego Adentro
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Even at its 80 minute length the story feels long especially at the beginning in its contemplative ramblings 
1
Dead Awake
David Nusair
Hopelessly dull and astonishingly amateurish 
.5
55 Steps
Michael O'Sullivan
Somehow these two difficult people are easy to watch at least on the screen They are honest to a fault which is in the end their charm 
2.5
55 Steps
David Nusair
It s a relatively interesting story that s given the movie of the week treatment by director Bille August 
2.5
Come Undone
David Lewis
Soldini brings us vivid characters and gets all the details right from the humdrum rhythms of marriage to the unglamorous milieu of working class Milan 
3
Come Undone
Glenn Heath Jr.
Come Undone collapses the faade of emotional connection by highlighting the small erosive moments of deception rather than grandiose melodramatic tirades 
2.5
Come Undone
V.A. Musetto
The outcome is of little surprise but to Soldini s credit the predictability is no hindrance to enjoying Come Undone 
3
Maximum Impact
Mark Dujsik
Maximum Impact often seems like a Russian propaganda effort gone dreadfully awry 
0
In Dubious Battle
Brian Tallerico
In Dubious Battle is monotonous in its messaging working only when it allows itself to be a character piece less tied to Having Something to Say 
2
In Dubious Battle
Chuck Bowen
Bits of editorializing dialogue throughout James Franco s In Dubious Battle suggest the resonant film that might ve been 
1.5
In Dubious Battle
Roger Moore
Impressive Steinbeck adaptation let down a bit by the younger leads 
2.5
The Final Terror
David Nusair
a forgettable and mostly unwatchable misfire with few similarities to Davis subsequent and vastly superior output 
1
The Final Terror
Mike McGranaghan
The Final Terror isn t the slasher classic that Halloween and Friday the 13th are 
2.5
The Final Terror
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review The Final Terror has been entirely unavailable in the U S since the days of VHS but it fully earns the right to be rediscovered on Scream Factory s outstanding Blu ray release 
2.5
Sisters
Brian Eggert
Sisters is one of those comedies that ends with a series of outtakes over the end credits and by the looks of it the talent had more fun shooting the film than we did watching it 
2
Sisters
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pell s script inspired in no small way by her own relationship with her own sister is so smart so genuine as crazy as things might get the human saga at the center remains pure and realistically heartfelt no matter what 
3.5
Sisters
Eric Melin
if we re going to have one more dumb man child comedy at least this one has Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in it 
2.5
Sisters
Lauren Chval
The party and the script both run too long getting a little sloppy toward the end but the laughs along the way are genuine and Fey and Poehler sell their characters arcs as the tender heart of this buddy comedy 
3
Sisters
John Hanlon
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are two talented performers who can achieve comedic brilliance in worthy projects This film isn t one of them 
2.0
Sisters
Jessica Gibson
This is a great movie for fans of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler who are OK with laughing until they cry at dirty jokes that have no right being that funny Anybody who s just one the other or neither should probably steer clear 
1.5
Sisters
Scott Nash
Fey and Poehler share a chemistry that elevates the sketch level comedy 
2.5
Sisters
Matt Brunson
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do far more for this film than the film does for them 
2.5
Sisters
David Keyes
This isn t an uproarious romp through the minds of capable enthusiasts but it is funny sweet and good natured 
2.5
Sisters
David Nusair
just another post Apatow comedy that needed a far more stringent hand in the editing room 
2
Sisters
Robert Horton
At this point Fey and Poehler have perfected that kind of in sync comic timing If they can apply that to movies that are actually good they may still make some classics 
2.5
Sisters
Richard Roeper
It s with no small reluctance I report Sisters is a depressing overlong repetitive slapstick disaster in which two of the most appealing stars around wallow in the muck AND the mire figuratively and literally 
1.5
Sisters
Christian Toto
Turns out Tina Fey can t pull off a decent Amy Schumer impersonation 
2
Sisters
Willie Waffle
Why is Tina Fey trying to be Will Ferrell 
1
Sisters
Brian Truitt
Although the humor doesn t always go down smoothly watching two masters work is worth the hangover 
2.5
Sisters
Linda Barnard
Fey and Poehler are the only reason to go to this party 
2.5
Sisters
Ty Burr
Sisters is a reminder that we generally love Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for everything except their movies 
2
Sisters
Mark Dujsik
It s a movie that constantly tries to outdo its previous gag and that process becomes more tiring than anything else 
2
Sisters
Chris Knight
It definitely carries a vibe that says you d be better off being cast in the movie than paying to see it 
2
Sisters
Sara Stewart
Sisters is a witty and occasionally wise take on sibling bonds and adulthood even if the latter only arrives kicking and screaming 
3
Sisters
Kevin C. Johnson
Fey and Poehler are a hard duo to beat even if accepting them as sisters invites some suspension of disbelief Their characters are genuinely funny and endearing 
3
Sisters
Michael Smith
The movie settles and that s the real disappointment in Sisters in which two women realize that their lives should have more meaning That they shouldn t simply settle 
2.5
Sisters
Bob Bloom
Despite some jokes falling flat Sisters is nearly nonstop laughter that makes you hope for more pairings of Fey and Poehler and perhaps a stronger script that could really take advantage of their comic personalities 
3
Sisters
Ann Hornaday
Whatever characters they re playing Fey and Poehler can be counted on to infuse even their crassest moments with disarming likability Sisters goes for broke in both directions with winning helplessly entertaining results 
4
Sisters
Michael Phillips
Maybe I wasn t in the mood But it s hard to watch so many shrewd comic talents struggle against the tide in harsh close up which so rarely works in low comedy 
1.5
Sisters
Mick LaSalle
I counted five laughs in the whole movie and these were mild laughs at best 
1
Sisters
Molly Eichel
It s a sweet funny comedy starring two of the best and brightest in the game 
3
Sisters
Christy Lemire
While you may think you ve seen Sisters countless times before it often feels refreshing and even pleasingly subversive through the sheer force of nature that is Fey and Poehler s well established bond 
3
Sisters
Moira MacDonald
You ve pretty much seen this movie before but the chemistry between Fey and Poehler famously pals off screen is of course a kick particularly in throwaway scenes where they seem to be happily wandering off script 
2.5
Sisters
Kenji Fujishima
A regurgitation of Apatowian formula wherein ostensibly edgy humor hides a core of conservative moralizing 
2
Sisters
Karen D'Souza
Admittedly the groaner gags and physical shtick are piled on thicker than 80s mascara and the movie goes overboard here and there mud wrestling really but hanging with Amy and Tina always makes for an excellent adventure 
3
Sisters
Scott Renshaw
With few exceptions however like a particularly awkward moment between Maura and the guy she s trying to woo Ike Barinholtz the scenes generally feel like punch lines in search of something to hold them all together 
2.5
Sisters
Dustin Putman
Jokes are hit and miss in Sisters but Amy Poehler and an against type Tina Fey carry the part raucous part slice of life nature of the script with ease 
2.5
Sisters
Mike McGranaghan
A smartly written expertly performed comedy that offers laughs big and small from start to finish 
3.5
Sisters
Roger Moore
The best comic duo since Lemmon and Matthau shine in this long raunchy riff on adults throwing a high school style house party 
2.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mattie Lucas
A funny sad strange and altogether wonderful film that will speak to anyone who ever felt lost on the stormy and at times disorienting seas of adolescence 
3.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Lisa Jensen
Lots of the same shots are repeated over and over again throughout the movie as if the filmmakers were desperately trying to stretch things out to feature length 
2.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Josh Terry
While this little animated production does feature some creative highlights its content makes it a tough endorsement at full ticket price 
2
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mark Dujsik
It exists as some kind of fantastical wish fulfillment in which the guy whom nobody likes gets to have all of his assumptions confirmed and his opinions justified 
2
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Michael O'Sullivan
It s crazy and ridiculous at times But I can t help agreeing with Assaf who observes of his companions rescue plans I like it It has the logic of a dream 
3
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Ty Burr
Shaw s animation is a loopy inventive mish mosh of elements thick pen outlines fine etching work washes of finger painted color and the occasional outbreak of full on psychedelia 
2.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Gary Thompson
The animation is at times intentionally crude but there are interesting touches as well grasping inky tendrils of color psychedelic patterns some other clever visual ideas 
2.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Moira MacDonald
Mostly as that title deserves it s a funny imaginative trip down a high school rabbit hole in which we re reminded that catastrophic disasters may come and go but what matters in high school is where you fit on the school s social ranking 
3
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Vikram Murthi
It s not like a trope laden story registers as a high crime or anything but there s little to recommend beyond the intermittent delights of the animation and the impassioned voice work 
2.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Nathalie Atkinson
Shaw s loose thick characters throb on the colourful ever changing textured and hand painted celluloid even as the cynical teens quip and quibble like world weary literati 
3
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Peter Howell
Holy guacamole Fast Times at Ridgemont High collides with The Poseidon Adventure in graphic novelist Dash Shaw s exuberant animated mash up 
3
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Chris Knight
The story is a sly mix of first rate adventure and secondary education satire 
3
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Jay Horton
The true star remains Shaw s technique a dizzying mixed media mélange of bravura squiggles and winking broad strokes capturing the essence of kids in over their heads 
2
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Steve Macfarlane
The film buzzes with hand drawn creativity that s precious in both the pop cultural and material senses 
3.5
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Kent Turner
This animated teen meltdown is as snarky and brash as early 1990s MTV
2.5
Horror Hotel
Matt Brunson
Better known by its American title Horror Hotel which I guess sounds like a zombie flick starring Elvis The City of the Dead is a movie ripe for discovery 
3
Gross Anatomy
Roger Ebert
The university atmosphere is reproduced with relentless accuracy right down to the most subtle intonations in the voices of the professors setting the exams and asking the questions And all of the dialogue has the ring of truth 
3
The Vampire's Ghost
Matt Brunson
While The Vampire s Ghost is of course tame by today s standards it retains its unusual atmosphere thanks to the novelty of setting a vampire flick largely in a jungle setting 
2.5
Damn!
V.A. Musetto
McMillan comes off as a perhaps delusional opportunist determined to make the most of his 15 minutes in the spotlight 
1
Fondi '91
Adam Nayman
Fondi 91 has its flaws but for the most part they arise from the same wellspring of sincerity as its virtues it s an uneven but earnest debut 
2.5
The Horse Soldiers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Is 1959 8217 s The Horse Soldiers one of John Ford 8217 s better westerns 63 No 46 Of course not 46 But that does not make it any less entertaining 46 
3
The Horse Soldiers
Matt Brunson
It apos s a shame that The Horse Soldiers doesn apos t rank more highly in John Ford apos s oater oeuvre 46 
2.5
The Horse Soldiers
Shadow Stage
Ford once again gets the most out of the cast his fine instinct giving form to the maturing experiences of a couple of soldiers who then as now are obliged to come to terms with a world they never made 
4
The Horse Soldiers
Peter Canavese
Though flawed John Ford s The Horse Soldiers has a fair amount going for it the well oiled partnership of Ford and star John Wayne and an assist from William Holden Ford s vivid visual style and large scale action Blu ray 
2.5
Charlie's Country
Brad Wheeler
The upright art houser is told in English and Yolngu with English subtitles but the message would be clear without any dialogue Australia is no country for old Aborigine 
3
Charlie's Country
Peter Keough
Australia offers few sights as sublime as that of David Gulpilil 
3
Charlie's Country
Tom Keogh
A series of chapters in noble effort and misadventure alike all captured with fluid camerawork trained on Gulpilil s every move or his long passages of mesmerizing stillness 
3
Charlie's Country
Wilson Morales
Gulpilil s magnificent performance showcases the struggles that has existed between two cultures on the same land in Australia 
3
Charlie's Country
Oleg Ivanov
It finally offers little more than a moderately engaging slice of contemporary aboriginal life that mostly fails to dig beneath the surface of this underrepresented world 
2.5
Evil Aliens
John Hartl
Before he started turning out 200 million fantasy epics Peter Jackson used to do this sort of thing while napping and he was much better at it 
1.5
Evil Aliens
Maitland McDonagh
While nowhere near as witty as Shaun of the Dead 2004 it has a rude energy and a go for broke willingness to try anything 
2.5
Evil Aliens
David Nusair
To be fair Evil Aliens is going for a very specific audience and viewers who ordinarily enjoy this sort of thing will probably not be disappointed 
2
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful
Chris Knight
If on the other hand you can handle some moral ambiguity being served by fantastic visuals then keep looking at this beautiful complicated compelling documentary by Nettie Wild 
3.5
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful
Linda Barnard
Equal parts sigh song and cry Wild shows restraint in stepping out of the way to let people from tribal elders to a wilderness hunting guide and miners tell their stories without passing judgment 
3.5
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful
Kate Taylor
A subtle and remarkably even handed evocation of what it means to live near the site of the Red Chris gold and copper mine among the sweeping landscapes of northwestern B C 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Brian Eggert
The Coens often exaggerate a genre to comic effect and for The Man Who Wasn t There the mechanics of film noir marry with the Coens unique brand of searching and together realize their most mysterious atmospheric motion picture 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Josh Larsen
Leave it to Joel and Ethan Coen to not only pay expert homage to the film noir genre but darn near perfect it 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Nick Rogers
Few outside of Coen cliques paid this nihilistic neo noir much attention Perhaps that s its wryest slyest punchline To watch Ed Crane is to largely forget him and upon returning to him revisit the pleasure of meeting him for the first time 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Joe Lozito
Mr Shaloub injects some much needed energy into the film which otherwise feels long at two hours 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Judith Egerton
Once again Ethan and Joel Coen have twisted a film genre into something new 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Michael Szymanski
Joel and Ethan Coen have created an excellent film that intelligent audiences should really appreciate 
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Susan Tavernetti
The Coen Brothers continue to trick up the past skewing film noir and the late 40s through their deadpan sensibility 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Wesley Lovell
Breathtaking cinematography almost covers up some of the structural inconsistencies 46 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Margaret A. McGurk
The story is a pitch perfect homage to the spirit of the original film noir movies of the 1940s 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Jorge Avila Andrade
Los Coen siguen demostrando que el cine es mucho más que simples efectismos visuales que no dejan nada para la posteridad 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Coen Brothers wander down some dead ends in The Man Who Wasn t There but they still reach a surprising grim conclusion James M Cain would admire 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Liam Lacey
A paradoxical film even by the Coen brothers standards a painstakingly crafted throwaway 
2.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Jeremy Heilman
It s one of the Coens most successful emotionally charged works 
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mark Dujsik
A quirky existentialist neo noir which starts in the direction of a thriller but turns the tables on its setup and heads off into completely unexpected territory 
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Bob Bloom
Roger Deakins artful black and white photography beautifully recreate the shadows and starkness of the noir film world while Carter Burwell s score adds to the atmosphere 
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
David Keyes
Ed may be very well be the man who wasn t there but that s not the only thing absent from this letdown of a motion picture 
2
The Man Who Wasn't There
James Kendrick
Like those funky Chrysler PT Cruisers it is meant to look like something from the past but at the same time remain firmly rooted in the present tense
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Jules Brenner
It s a gem of a movie but alas may be appreciated by a less than universal audience 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ian Mantgani
The movie itself is a stylish piece of work shot in black and white with odd captivating atmosphere and production design it s kind of a cross between a 1940s film noir and a satire of banal 1950s America 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Glenn Kenny
The most engrossingly eccentric American movie of the year 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Robert Roten
The movie succeeds brilliantly in establishing memorable characters It also succeeds in establishing a mood of existential absurdity 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Dan Lybarger
Joel and Ethan Coen s The Man Who Wasn t There remains compelling even though little seems to be happening 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Tom Long
A noble failure in the canon of America s best sibling film team a movie that was there just a bit too long 
1
The Man Who Wasn't There
Dustin Putman
Knowing that such a wasteful project was done by such talents as Joel and Ethan Coen makes the outcome all the more mindbogglingly weak 
1.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
David N. Butterworth
Another quirky intelligent beautifully photographed and finely crafted movie from the Brothers Coen 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Rob Blackwelder
Thornton has the most subtly expressive heavily crevassed film noir face to smoke a dangling cigarette since Humphrey Bogart 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
James Berardinelli
An unconventional unpredictable thriller that Hitchcock probably would have enjoyed 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Bob Graham
The Man Who Wasn t There looks noir but don t be too sure The Coen brothers provide the black and white The actors provide the color 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Roger Ebert
The Man Who Wasn t There is so assured and perceptive in its style so loving so intensely right that if you can receive on that frequency the film is like a voluptuous feast 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Pam Grady
The individual parts fail to cohere into a satisfying whole 
2.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Steven Rea
There are goofy flourishes here the in jokey left field rummies that are the Brothers Coen s stock in trade But this is altogether a quieter more philosophical sort of endeavor 
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Michael Wilmington
Like its anti hero Ed it s soft spoken and full of fear it keeps us uneasily awaiting the postman s last ring 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Jonathan Foreman
Elegant but cold and meandering homage to film noir 
2.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Erik Childress
Plays like Death of a Salesman without all the hard hitting action 
2
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ed Gonzalez
The Coens deftly handle the film s twists and turns even if they hide behind noir jargon to oft desperate effect 
3
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ross Anthony
A rural pace and straight faced delivery provide the greatest possible contrast to the quirky brand of humor a la Coen brothers of Fargo fame 
2.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Walter Chaw
Their best film since Barton Fink The Man Who Wasn t There is deadpan slapstick of a kind that has become unique to the Brothers Coen 
4
The Man Who Wasn't There
Steve Rhodes
Thornton s minimalist performance is perhaps the best piece of acting that he s ever done Every time he appears on the screen it is as if time freezes 
3.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
Harvey S. Karten
Digs under the Norman Rockwell portraits to show the venality chicanery and cupidity of our country 
3
May
David Nusair
It s ultimately difficult to envision May working as anything but a short film 
1.5
May
Nick Rogers
May takes a cracked view of 1 Corinthians idea of leaving childish things behind blending the brooding of Frankenstein with the bleak acrid tone of Alkaline Trio lyrics and the most frightening sing song horror film score since Suspiria 
3.5
May
David N. Butterworth
Lucky Mckee s film works better as a misfit character study than it does a purebred slasher flick 
2.5
May
David Sterritt
McKee s directing and screenwriting are unusually low key for a psychological horror thriller and Bettis is excellent as the disturbed antiheroine 
3
May
Walter Chaw
May composed as a character of the exhumed fractions of genre debts is the film s only Frankenstein s monster 
3
May
Dustin Putman
Not only one of the most auspicious and original independent features in years particularly for a first time filmmaker but it is one of the best films of 2003 Genuinely disturbing 
4
May
Lisa Kennedy
Part Carrie part Frankenstein and still shlockier bits and pieces May isn t seamless But boy is it hard to avert one s eyes from this creature ready made for the midnight movie circuit 
2.5
May
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet it isn t until May starts becoming Dr Frankenstein that she gains real self assurance and suddenly Bettis timorous mannerisms morph into a malevolent cockiness that s at once empowering and scary as hell all at the same time 
3
May
Mike McGranaghan
Not many horror movies can dig below the surface but May does and for that reason it deserves to be seen 
3.5
May
Bob Strauss
It s a humanistic entry in a most dehumanizing cycle a film about dolls in which people really matter 
3
May
Mary Brennan
Bettis has a smoldering humorless intensity that s unnerving 
2.5
May
Chris Hewitt
Like Spacek Bettis goes far beyond the lackluster acting you usually see in horror movies 
3
May
Ty Burr
Lowdown genre fun a film that nearly makes up in slacker wit and high spirited gore what it lacks in budget and elegance 
2.5
May
Elizabeth Weitzman
Novice director Lucky McKee wrote the first draft of this labored horror flick while he was in school and for a student film it s not bad But it s not ready for the big time 
1.5
May
Roger Ebert
A horror film and something more and deeper something disturbing and oddly moving 
4
May
Erik Childress
May has you entranced in a humorous slighty freaky affair that has no qualms on raising the stakes after establishing a character we care about deeply 
3.5
May
Robert K. Elder
A refreshing macabre tale 
3.5
Bitch
Roger Moore
Satiric comedy with a funny turn by Jason Ritter and just enough bite to work 
2.5
Bitch
Christy Lemire
Palka s come up with an intriguing premise but doesn t quite have the nuance or the storytelling chops to offer an insightful satire 
1.5
Bitch
Derek Smith
Initially offbeat Bitch awkwardly pivots toward a more inspirational story of regret and reconciliation 
2
The American President
David Nusair
Filmmaker Rob Reiner has infused The American President with a breezy compulsively watchable feel that s perpetuated and heightened by the stars winning performances 
3.5
The American President
Michael Dequina
Glorious romantic comedy 
3.5
The American President
Jim Shelby
The casting is inspired with uniformly crisp performances all around 
3.5
The American President
Mike Clark
A super cast injects it with Teddy Roosevelt vitality 
3
The American President
Steve Rhodes
Douglas and Bening are both wonderful 
3
The American President
Madeleine Williams
Charming but flawed leftist romantic comedy 
3
The American President
Susan Stark
Apart from its too obvious political bias The American President has romance in its heart smarts in abundance and class to spare 
3
The American President
James Berardinelli
Neither bad nor unwatchable The American President is nevertheless the second straight disappointment from director Rob Reiner 
2.5
The American President
Edward Guthmann
Capraesque has inevitably been affixed to The American President but that phrase with its implications of facile hokum doesn t do the film justice 
3
The American President
Mark R. Leeper
The American President is a bright witty romantic comedy with really good dialogue but at the same time it is a statement about politics and about politicians some who are idealists and some who are opportunists 
3
The American President
Roger Ebert
Great entertainment 
4
The Son of the Bride
Michael Wilmington
It s fresh funny biting fast paced and reasonably perceptive about people and their problems 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Paul Doro
It s sweet and romantic without being cloying or melodramatic 
3
The Son of the Bride
Jeff Vice
Poignant without being treacly or cloyingly phony 
3
The Son of the Bride
Steven Rea
It s a wise and endearing little film 
3
The Son of the Bride
Geoff Pevere
It would seem that wherever there are middle class midlife crises to be suffered there are movies to be made about those crises and they somehow all manage to transcend their local trappings in favour of a kind of borderless emotional banality 
2
The Son of the Bride
Mark Peranson
What starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers 
2
The Son of the Bride
David Elliott
The film has several strong performances 
3
The Son of the Bride
Joe Baltake
A knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite Son of the Bride 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Chris Hewitt
Campanella gets the tone just right funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful 
3
The Son of the Bride
Jeanne Aufmuth
Passion melodrama sorrow laugther and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Walter Chaw
Too often Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained big moment will occur and not if 
2.5
The Son of the Bride
Edward Guthmann
Son of the Bride manages to be affectionate without drawing too deeply from a well of sugar and schmaltz 
3
The Son of the Bride
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you re able to go relax and lower your expectations you might be carried away by it 
3
The Son of the Bride
Jonathan Perry
Jose Campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor bittersweet pathos and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Moira MacDonald
A pleasant and sometimes heartwarming two hours diversion 
2.5
The Son of the Bride
Jeremy Heilman
A perfect example of rancid well intentioned but shamelessly manipulative movie making 
1
The Son of the Bride
Steve Rhodes
It is the captivating type of story that you ll wish would never end You ll end up with special places in your heart for every one of its characters 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Rod Armstrong
It s a barely tolerable slog over well trod ground 
2
The Son of the Bride
John Anderson
An entertaining quasi critique of modern manners whose comedy arises out of its gravity and a winning performance by Ricardo Darin 
3
The Son of the Bride
Bob Strauss
A worthy work of open hearted character observation 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Michael Phillips
Sometimes charming sometimes infuriating this Argentinean dramedy succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors 
3
The Son of the Bride
V.A. Musetto
It goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots 
2
The Son of the Bride
Harvey S. Karten
A comedy drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis 
3.5
The Son of the Bride
Ed Gonzalez
Son of the Bride may be a good half hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness 
3
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Bob Bloom
Even if Once Were Brothers is tilted toward Robertson s version of events it nevertheless makes compelling viewing 
3
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Tom Meek
The group will remain most famous for the great 1978 Martin Scorsese rock doc The Last Waltz while this is nowhere on par with that it provides a valuable look into the group s origins dynamics and the making of that great Scorsese film 
2.5
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Robert Levin
The better way to come close to an understanding of who The Band was is to re watch The Last Waltz instead 
2.5
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Steven Prokopy
It s the stories about recording The Band s first few albums that are the most interesting especially when you consider that Robertson was Canadian but he still managed to capture the spirit of American roots rock 
3
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Ann Hornaday
Even at its most painful the Band s story captures something golden incendiary and wistfully beautiful so beautiful Robertson reflects that it went up in flames 
3
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Sean P. Means
The fact that bandmates Richard Manuel Rick Danko and Levon Helm are dead and keyboardist Garth Hudson living his old age in Woodstock N Y isn t interviewed here means Robertson by default tells the story his way 
3
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Joel Selvin
Robertson has a gift for romanticizing his own hero s journey even if in the end the film comes off as elaborate self justification 
2
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Glenn Kenny
There is a pronounced sense of Robertson taking back a story he clearly feels has been hijacked 
3.5
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Mark Dujsik
A s told by this movie the entire history of the Band belongs to Robertson Everyone else is just the backup 
2
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Chuck Bowen
Robertson s sadness his sense of having witnessed friends and collaborators get washed away by bitterness and addiction was more fulsomely evoked by Scorsese in The Last Waltz 
2.5
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Roger Moore
For the right fan Roher s lovely leafing through The Band s musical history will be touching and at times thrilling 
4
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Peter Howell
This is very much guitarist songwriter Robertson s version of the truth but it rings true as it accounts how drugs petty jealousies and other demons ultimately undid these Fab Five musicians 
3
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Brad Wheeler
All the people were singing but this film only listens to Robertson 
2
Pauline and Paulette
Betsy Bozdech
A sweet sentimental story told in a loving amused fashion 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Michael Wilmington
A moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places unexamined lives 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Jeff Vice
The film hinges on its performances and both leads are up to the task 
2.5
Pauline and Paulette
Chris Hewitt
The only thing in Pauline and Paulette that you haven t seen before is a scene featuring a football field sized Oriental rug crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers 
2
Pauline and Paulette
Moira MacDonald
It s rare to find a film to which the adjective gentle applies but the word perfectly describes Pauline Paulette 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Peter Howell
The acting in Pauline And Paulette is good all round but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer s refusal to push the easy emotional buttons 
3
Pauline and Paulette
David Elliott
Less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice Belgian waffle 
2
Pauline and Paulette
Ray Conlogue
Although there s nothing profound about Pauline and Paulette it does have a few memorably sly digs at the kinds of things we believe to be profound 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Steven Rea
Simple poignant and leavened with humor it s a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Laura Kelly
An unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood 
3.5
Pauline and Paulette
Marta Barber
It is easy to watch yet at the end unsatisfying 
2.5
Pauline and Paulette
Jay Carr
Petersen and van der Groen play affectingly against each other in this geriatric heartwarmer 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Jeffrey M. Anderson
That director Lieven Debrauwer has presented in only 78 minutes such richly drawn characters at such a leisurely pace seems like a minor miracle 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Edward Guthmann
All the actors are good in Pauline Paulette but van der Groen described as Belgium s national treasure is especially terrific as Pauline 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Jeanne Aufmuth
Generates powerful emotions without the aid of unexpected twists or significant conclusions 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Rod Armstrong
a nicely observed certainly well intentioned film with a touching and heartfelt message but it s also exceedingly slight and ultimately unremarkable 
2.5
Pauline and Paulette
John Anderson
Tart smart and satisfying 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Glenn Whipp
a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping in one way or another with life s endgame 
3
Pauline and Paulette
V.A. Musetto
A charmer from Belgium 
3
Pauline and Paulette
Ken Fox
A sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters 
3.5
Pauline and Paulette
Harvey S. Karten
A real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly mentally handicapped family member 
3
Love Crime
Kelly Jane Torrance
Scott Thomas stunned in one of the best English language movies ever made The English Patient but now is doing her best work in France where she s lived since she was a teenager 
3
Love Crime
John Beifuss
Engrossing for about half its length thanks especially to the icy Thomas who switches back and forth between seductive charm and cold blooded psychological cruelty and between English and apparently flawless French 
3
Love Crime
Rob Thomas
And you think your last performance review went poorly 
3
Love Crime
Duane Dudek
This often predictable mash up of All About Eve Disclosure and Fatal Attraction is elegantly twisted enough to keep one s mind from wandering 
3
Love Crime
Moira MacDonald
The movie veers off in a different direction about two thirds of the way through the shift is initially jarring but eventually rewarding 
3
Love Crime
Calvin Wilson
Would anyone really perpetrate a scheme as complicated and risky as Isabelle s Not likely but that s why we go to the movies 
3
Love Crime
Wesley Morris
This is a ridiculous movie a thriller so indifferent to suspense so above mystery that one character literally stabs another in the front 
2
Love Crime
Peter Keough
Love Crime deconstructs the genre by showing how to put together a mystery in order to deceive and manipulate those who would try to take it apart 
3
Love Crime
Michael O'Sullivan
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned Especially one in a power suit who knows how to work a room 
3
Love Crime
Chris Hewitt
If the prospect of having the rug pulled out from under you repeatedly sounds appealing then it s a big oui 
3
Love Crime
Steven Rea
Corneau a veteran of police procedurals and workplace dramas skillfully plays out the scenarios of gamesmanship and humiliation backstabbing and catfighting 
3.5
Love Crime
Michael Phillips
The craftsmanship lifts this genre exercise above the routine 
3
Love Crime
Roger Ebert
The two lead performances make it work even if the plot eventually seems devious for its own sake 
3
Love Crime
Kent Turner
In the first scene alone there are plenty of boundaries broken between senior executive Christine and her protg Isabelle to give any human resources manager a heart attack 
2.5
Love Crime
Mick LaSalle
I m already looking for an excuse to see it again 
4
Love Crime
Rex Reed
The two handed duet at the center of Love Crime radiates but the parade of easily parodied men who stomp in and out of their corporate offices just seem like script rejects from Mad Men 
2
Love Crime
V.A. Musetto
A super cool thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock and Claude Chabrol 
3
Love Crime
Andrew Schenker
Ludivine Sagnier and Kristin Scott Thomas are the reasons to watch Alain Corneau s overly convoluted tale of corporate one upmanship and murder 
2
Love Crime
Mike Scott
It s a competently told tale though vanilla to the point of being sterile particularly early on But it is also a film that ratchets up the tension nicely 
2.5
Love Crime
David Nusair
an utterly misguided and surprisingly unwatchable piece of work 
.5
Rashomon
Brian Eggert
Rashomon implies that no real world exists at all only the indifferent universe in which we invest our feelings and perspectives 
4
Rashomon
David Nusair
overtly devoid of entertaining engrossing elements and generally comes off as a fairly interminable cinematic experience 
2
Rashomon
Rob Thomas
Rashomon may be a prosecutor s nightmare but it s a film lover s dream 
4
Rashomon
Ty Burr
What Akira Kurosawa and his tiny production team wrought is now an accepted maxim of modern life a creed by which to live in a world where everyone has a blog and an opinion 
3.5
Rashomon
Michael O'Sullivan
Film buffs should love it But so should anyone who appreciates a good yarn or two or three or four 
4
Rashomon
Josh Larsen
reveals Kurosawa s own influence especially on the filmmakers behind the recent rash of Japanese horror 
3.5
Rashomon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I suspect that most people who come to Japanese cinema first enter it through Kurosawa 
4
Rashomon
Marty Mapes
Rashomon is a great piece of entertainment that engages your brain and your emotions
4
Rashomon
Roger Ebert
The wonder of Rashomon is that while the shadowplay of truth and memory is going on we are absorbed by what we trust is an unfolding story 
4
Rashomon
Jeremy Heilman
The moral ambiguities of the film certainly are enlightening 
4
Rashomon
James Kendrick
despite the many imitators no one has quite duplicated the power and gnawing unease of this challenging film
4
Rashomon
Ted Prigge
The film is not only a landmark for being one of the most philosophical and brilliant films of all time but is also one of the most entertaining 
4
Rashomon
James Berardinelli
Kurosawa s most brilliant move in Rashomon is never to reveal what really happened We are left to make our own deductions 
4
Rashomon
Carrie Rickey
What Kurosawa implies in this haunting film is that in the retelling inevitably every man will make himself out to be the hero or villain of the story 
4
High School Big Shot
Matt Brunson
Downbeat 
1.5
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You
Joe Bob Briggs
When Jess dubs his movies into English he doesn t bother to get actual English actors He uses thickly accented Spaniards who have taken a couple of Berlitz courses and the result is that you never know exactly what s going on 
2
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
David N. Butterworth
Richard Shepard s loving 39 minute tribute to the influential performer who was taken from us all too soon 
3
Still Life
Michael Phillips
Marsan s technical precision as an actor is formidable and he s wonderful to watch But when the material s synthetic as it is here you wish Marsan could bust loose at the expense of the movie s obsessively orderly nature 
2
Still Life
Mark Moring
The film ends with a beautiful scene that will tug at your heartstrings 
3.5
Still Life
Christian Toto
Eddie Marsan almost makes the equivalent of watching paint dry invigorating in Still Life Almost 
2
Still Life
Godfrey Cheshire
The film s title says lots about its mood and style which is heavy on becalmed views of rooms objects like an apple peel and office utensils and May s glazed gazes at nothing in particular 
2
Still Life
Sara Stewart
Pasolini has a gem in Marsan a virtuoso actor who plays the role delicately where another might have laid on the pathos too thick 
3
Still Life
Wes Greene
The film s fixation on life s quotidian aspects eventually gives way to a rote courtship drama 
2.5
Lucky Day
Barry Hertz
The film is crassly violent inexcusably sexist horribly racist rampantly homophobic and that s just Crispin Glover s character 
0
Phantom
John Monaghan
The gay audience you d expect the movie to pander to will likely be dismayed by its depraved view of homosexuality 
1
Phantom
Ellen Fox
Despite a couple of memorable scenes it s boring when it s not kinky 
2
Phantom
David Elliott
It extends the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy the films of Fassbinder perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya 
3.5
Phantom
Megan Turner
Arty gay film 
2
Gokudô kuroshakai (Criminal Underworld: Rainy Dog)
David Nusair
probably Miike s most accomplished and coherent effort though it s still suffering from a whole host of problems 
2
Crazy People
David Nusair
never becomes anything more than an inoffensive time waster 
2
Crazy People
Roger Ebert
I wonder if they have a squad out in Hollywood named the Movie Police who swoop down on screenplays and enforce all of the obligatory cliches and story formulas 
2
9 to 5
Perry Stewart
Its farcical script wears a little thin at times but director Colin Higgins scrambles adroitly 
3
9 to 5
Dean Johnson
The script has to be considered a failure Not so the acting Tomlin is brilliant 
3
9 to 5
John Lapsley
Nine to Five is a delightful lightweight farce 
3
9 to 5
Nancy Scott
I think this is the first time I have seen women who were allowed to be foolish heroes It s wonderful 
3
9 to 5
Robert W. Butler
Despite the disappointing second half Nine to Five offers some good performances 
2
9 to 5
Betsy Bozdech
9 to 5 s strong cast and appealing concept who hasn t wanted to chain up the boss at one point or another make it almost as relevant today as it was when it hit theaters in 1980 
4
9 to 5
David Nusair
a fairly one note premise that s employed to far better and more complex effect than one might ve initially anticipated 
3
9 to 5
Mattie Lucas
Lily Tomlin Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton make a fantastic team 
3
9 to 5
Matt Brunson
A serious subject is given a lively comic sheen in this picture which hardly seems dated when viewed through the prism of the contemporary workplace 
3
9 to 5
David Keyes
The situations and dialogue are reflections of the tiresome grind that has become the average American workforce a routine of artifice and pleasantries that mask an inner disgust for corporate politics 
3.5
9 to 5
Roger Ebert
Parton is on the basis of this one film a natural born movie star a performer who holds our attention so easily that it s hard to believe it s her first film 
3
Suspicion
David Nusair
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock delivers a slow moving yet consistently watchable drama that boasts brief instances of thriller like plot twists 
3
Suspicion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The director does some wonderful things with the picture up until the ludicrous ending Still you can t help feeling a vague disappointment with the whole enterprise 
3
Suspicion
Walter Chaw
Probably the most compromised of Hitchcock s major pictures it nevertheless sports a trio of sequences that rank among his best 
2.5
Sweet Hearts Dance
Roger Ebert
This is a movie that has all of the right stuff in the soup but no lightning 
2
The Exterminating Angel
Mattie Lucas
Boldly uses his surrealist sensibilities in service of an incendiary message creating a darkly hilarious evisceration of a social order that no longer has any basis in reality 
3.5
The Exterminating Angel
James Kendrick
Bunuel s ultimate cosmic joke against meaning itself
3.5
The Exterminating Angel
Ed Gonzalez
If not necessarily Buuel s greatest film this unclassifiable creation must count as one of the most twisted stunts ever mounted for the screen 
4
The Exterminating Angel
Roger Ebert
A macabre comedy a mordant view of human nature that suggests we harbor savage instincts and unspeakable secrets 
4
The Exterminating Angel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I watched it and I don t know what it means either but it s a hell of a movie 
4
The Rise of Jordan Peterson
Christian Toto
Even critics of the Canadian professor may soften their stance after watching this nuanced look at his unexpected fame 
3
Under the Cherry Moon
Matt Brunson
The final stretch is grueling but the majority is average rather than awful 
2
Under the Cherry Moon
Carrie Rickey
In Under the Cherry Moon Prince does more for movie musicals than any performer since Frank Sinatra and more for bared midriffs than any sex symbol since Little Egypt Forgive me Madonna but it s true 
3
Under the Cherry Moon
Gene Siskel
An absurdly bad movie 
1
Been Rich All My Life
Brandy McDonnell
MacDonald doesn t let the story get syrupy or maudlin But the brief run time doesn t let us get to know the dancers as well as we might like 
3
Been Rich All My Life
Kam Williams
An enchanting if bittersweet memoir which seamlessly interweaves wistful tenderhearted reflections with archival film footage and the readily observable harsh realities associated with advanced age to yield a splendid slice of African American history 
4
Been Rich All My Life
Chris Hewitt
Because Been Rich follows a well hoofed path there aren t a lot of surprises but the women make for good company 
2.5
Been Rich All My Life
Michael Phillips
It s a modest but highly enjoyable tribute 
3.5
Been Rich All My Life
Tom Keogh
Reminds us that every life contains many acts worth hearing about not just a select few 
3
Been Rich All My Life
Janice Page
If you only watched the first half of Been Rich All My Life you might walk away thinking it s a so so documentary about another fascinating underreported piece of Harlem history And you d be at least half right in that assessment 
2
Been Rich All My Life
Ross Anthony
This is a sweet documentary about a small group of women who ve danced their way through life 
2.5
Been Rich All My Life
Rafer Guzman
Been Rich All My Life has a soft golden glow but it could have been much richer 
2
Been Rich All My Life
Stephen Whitty
These women deserve some fond acclaim for their attempts to conquer age 
2.5
Been Rich All My Life
V.A. Musetto
Under director Heather Lyn MacDonald the film is generic and uninspired better suited to public TV than the big screen 
2
Been Rich All My Life
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the stripped down style of Heather Lyn MacDonald s documentary doesn t quite do justice to her fabulous heroines the extraordinary energy of the five former chorus girls she profiles provides plenty of fuel 
2.5
Been Rich All My Life
Maitland McDonagh
They re frank funny resilient and altogether captivating 
3
Been Rich All My Life
Ed Gonzalez
Heather Lyn MacDonald s TV grade documentary a familiar mix of taking head interviews and archival material documents the Silver Belles determination to stay on their feet but is awfully reticent when it comes to race 
2
Pebbles
Ishita Sengupta
Stories about hinterlands are mostly understood through events 46 In his directorial debut 44 Vinothraj departs from such episodic linear arrangement by portraying a mundaneness peculiar to life 46 10 
4
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Peter Sobczynski
A film in which all the wit and ingenuity on hand appears to have been squandered on coming up with the title 
1
High Ground
Roxana Hadadi
Between its evocative ensemble fluid editing and interest in Aboriginal culture High Ground is worth a watch even if it ultimately feels overshadowed by the message it s trying to send rather than being defined by the story it actually tells 
2.5
High Ground
Roger Moore
More intimate than epic but gorgeous stately and tense it captures a last burst of tit for tat reprisals in a country starting to face its genocidal past and racist present 
3
Shakes the Clown
Matthew Rozsa
It s a very dialogue centric movie characteristic of other great comedies from the 90s indie circuit 
3.5
Shakes the Clown
David Nusair
Bobcat Goldthwait s first and worst cinematic outing 
1
Shakes the Clown
Roger Ebert
The movie plays like a series of scene outlines ideas for how the movie should progress that needed more writing and revision before the actors were called in 
2
Shakes the Clown
Chris Hicks
Shakes the Clown is sick but whether it s a joke is a matter of taste And this film is about as tasteless as they come 
0
Fallen
David Nusair
an erratic yet rewarding thriller 
3.5
Fallen
Maitland McDonagh
Director Gregory Hoblit consistently opts for an atmosphere of gloomy malaise rather than going for the cheap shocks 
3
Fallen
Susan Tavernetti
Maybe the devil made the filmmakers do it Although the acting and production values are good don t be tempted to see this tedious film It only reinforces society s fears that evil is everywhere and no one can do anything about it 
1.5
Fallen
Margaret A. McGurk
A solid smart gripping tale of terror with the wit to scare us silly 
3
Fallen
Rick Groen
A human trifle that can be safely ignored in this eschatological genre 
2.5
Fallen
Steve Rhodes
With a smartly written script by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Kazan and deft direction by Gregory Hoblit Fallen tells a detective story with a different solution but classic police tracking 
3
Fallen
David Keyes
Movies need story Fallen has it but not in a way for us to understand 
2
Fallen
Gemma Files
A movie that never compromises its own principles no matter what audience unfriendly path its original premise may eventually lead it down 
3
Fallen
Madeleine Williams
A mostly unsuccessful thriller whose good cast can t overcome a bad script 
2
Fallen
Roger Ebert
The idea is better than the execution 
2.5
Fallen
Joe Baltake
This film is essentially God Told Me To with a new paint job 
2
Fallen
Mick LaSalle
Fallen is not perfect and eventually it even becomes frustrating Threads remain loose and the movie doesn t fully exploit its premise Still it would be churlish not to appreciate the ride 
2
Fallen
James Berardinelli
Despite the negatives I m still recommending Fallen on the strength of its complex plot and especially its ending which I loved 
3
Fallen
Jeff Vice
Despite stylish direction and some strong performances the film ultimately becomes just another formulaic thriller and one with a very disappointing ending 
2
Fallen
David Sterritt
Fallen will sell tickets on the strength of its appealing cast and high impact camera work but will probably fade from the scene more quickly than its demonic villain does in the story 
2
Fallen
Mike McGranaghan
Fallen aims to be a classy thriller but it never gets under your skin the way it should 
2.5
Fallen
Susan Stark
Unfortunately the film wafts toward Seven turf soon afterward and stalls on a heavy burden of metaphysical chitchat Washington s dazzling good looks are the only reason to stick with it 
1
Fallen
Michael Dequina
An effective chiller that entertains and leaves audiences plenty to think about 
3
Fallen
Barbara Shulgasser
The moment this movie began to go wrong so wrong was when the word angels started working its way into the script 
2
Fallen
Mike Clark
It takes way too long for Washington to realize this is no ordinary villain and by the time he does you ll have a devil of a time caring 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Ishita Sengupta
Pieces Of A Woman 44 which has its roots in Mundrucz 243 and Kata W 233 ber 8217 s personal tragedy of losing a child during pregnancy 40 W 233 ber has written the screenplay 41 44 is at its core a definitive portrait of a woman afflicted with an unspeakable loss 10 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Josh Larsen
Kirby s Oscar nomination is undoubtedly of the suffer for your award variety 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Sean P. Means
Pieces of a Woman starts with one of the most harrowing scenes in recent memory But it s all downhill after that an average marital melodrama that can t match that opening 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Leo Brady
The opening scene leaves a mark and it s everything after that makes Pieces of a Woman a powerful drama Choices are made and the audience is left with seeing how a person can pick up the pieces 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Peter Canavese
Striking compelling and terrifically acted drama 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kirby is magnificent in a tough stark role and when Martha finally wrests some tiny bit of control from her life in the final moments it s a huge triumph 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Randy Myers
Director Kornél Mundruczó doesn t go easy on his actors or on us making this an ordeal 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Pieces of a great film don t necessarily make a great film 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Chris Hewitt
The movie often is phony 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Diana Cheng
Well acted and absorbing 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Rene Sanchez
Vanessa Kirby delivers a towering performance in this subdued yet powerful drama about grief and forgiveness Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Ty Burr
You can argue with plenty of things in Pieces of a Woman a skilled but heavy handed drama now landing on Netflix after a tour of the fall film festivals But you can t argue with the monumental performance by Vanessa Kirby at its center 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Richard Roeper
A heart stopping beginning leads to an unforgettable character study 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Pamela Powell
This is a film that will hit home with anyone who has lost a child during birth but unfortunately the storytelling element of the film and pieces of it were perhaps lost in the editing of the film or in the screenplay itself 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Robert Levin
This is a very difficult movie to watch depicting an enormous tragedy in excruciating detail but it is also essential viewing 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kirby s magnificence alone makes Pieces of a Woman worthy of a look 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Michael Nordine
Like its heroine Pieces of a Woman can t help but feel directionless after its first act climax 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Johnny Oleksinski
If you didn t know Kirby before this film get used to hearing her name a lot She ll be nominated for every major acting award this year 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Roger Moore
It s Kirby who makes this worth watching and even that performance is nothing anyone would call warm But it s all the pieces around her that let down this woman 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Michael Phillips
This is difficult to say given the trauma out of which it was born but Pieces of a Woman is well acted while also being pretty shameless when it s not merely contrived in its storytelling tactics 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Vanessa Kirby in the lead delivers a searing performance almost making the entire affair worth watching Almost but not quite 
1.5
Pieces of a Woman
Brian Truitt
Pieces of a Woman has an unmistakably visceral quality that pervades the drama even as tonal inconsistencies slightly diminish its power 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Ann Hornaday
What we re left with is a showcase for Acting with a capital A and little else 
1.5
Pieces of a Woman
Mick LaSalle
Moral complexity is how Pieces of a Woman stays interesting for a full 90 minutes past its most dramatic event Who are these people They can t be classified and forgotten They must be watched 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Jeff York
The film pieces together all of its contradictory notions but its sum is never quite as good as its various parts 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Monica Castillo
It s Kirby s performance that makes Pieces of a Woman memorable 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
James Berardinelli
Pieces of a Woman isn t flawless but it leaves a lasting impression 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Joey Magidson
Pieces of a Woman has first and foremost some of the year s best acting bar none 
3
Pieces of a Woman
Mark Dujsik
After that opening sequence Pieces of a Woman becomes a series of one note scenes without much direction 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Tom Meek
Confusing and distracting for us in the know and not compelling for those otherwise looking in A waste of talent 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Erik Childress
When Kirby finally manifests her feelings externally it comes during insufferable dinner party conversation about the origins of the White Stripes which is enough to make anyone in the audience reveal their darkest anxieties in search of an Oscar clip 
2
Pieces of a Woman
Dwight Brown
Vanessa Kirby clearly deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Actress She is that good the role is that great and now she is the leader of the pack 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
Jake Cole
When the film s actors are given space to etch their characters feelings they turn in strikingly naturalistic performances 
2.5
Pieces of a Woman
Barry Hertz
There are places where the film slips but as a whole Pieces of a Woman comes together tremendously And a warning absolutely do not watch this if you re pregnant 
3.5
Pieces of a Woman
David Nusair
a phenomenally accomplished endeavor that s as exhausting as it is rewarding 
4
Last Men in Aleppo
Mark Dujsik
The rescue and recovery efforts are of course harrowing and haunting 
3
Last Men in Aleppo
Michael O'Sullivan
While Last Men in Aleppo could stand a trim here and there it mostly uses its length to good and heart rending effect 
3
Last Men in Aleppo
Vikram Murthi
An unflinching depiction of life in a vulnerable city a place where innocents are constantly under attack and the few people doing their best to protect it 
3.5
Last Men in Aleppo
Christopher Gray
The film is broadly concerned with portraying the titular Syrian city as a community of neighbors and colleagues 
3
Zombie Strippers
David Nusair
an inept flat out worthless piece of work 
.5
Zombie Strippers
Rossiter Drake
Acting is hardly of great consequence in a movie where everyone involved seems a little too in on the joke as if distancing themselves from material that would simply be vile if it weren t so outrageously over the top 
2
Zombie Strippers
Lucius Gore
A bloody good time
3
Zombie Strippers
Jeff Shannon
Hey at least you don t have to ask what it s about right 
2
Zombie Strippers
Maitland McDonagh
On its own low bar terms it delivers the goods pole dancing gut chomping and Jenna J 
2.5
Zombie Strippers
Lou Lumenick
Shot on ugly digital video with Troma grade special effects campy humor and frighteningly bad acting Zombie Strippers should provide many laughs for stoners watching it on video 
2
Zombie Strippers
Bob Strauss
Needless to say the misogyny reeks unexpectedly the movie s bigotry is almost as ugly 
1.5
Zombie Strippers
Wesley Morris
It barely matters that Zombie Strippers is a tediously overextended satire It s called Zombie Strippers 
2
Zombie Strippers
Josh Larsen
There is an awful lot of objectification going on for a movie that considers itself subversively feminist 
1.5
Zombie Strippers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jameson looks great and is very sexy Englund chews the scenery and it s all a lot of fun 
3
Zombie Strippers
Erik Childress
It s still average schlock albeit one with a little something for every discerning male big breasts fake breasts heavily pierced breasts breasts with star pasties and bloody pasty breasts that are the true stars 
2
Zombie Strippers
Rob Humanick
Though broader and less funny than Idiocracy the political commentary of Zombie Strippers is effectively one note 
2.5
Limbo
Cate Marquis
This excellent film uses humor and insightful storytelling to deliver a thought provoking unexpected and deeply human tale that rises above just the issue of immigration to a more universally human place 
3.5
Limbo
Roger Moore
An understated and illuminating microcosm of the displaced person experience 
3
Limbo
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
El Masry transforming Omar s calm dignity into unshoulderable doubt is one of 2021 8242 s best performances thus far 
3
Limbo
Tom Meek
For such a serious subject matter Limbo is remarkably droll and witty 
3
Limbo
Mark Meszoros
You wish Limbo overall was a bit more impactful but it does stay with you for a while after the end credits roll 
2.5
Limbo
Sara Michelle Fetters
I couldn t get facets of this drama out of my head certain sequences so eloquently masterful it s likely they ll be burned into my brain forever 
3.5
Limbo
Steven Prokopy
Limbo is a reflective lyrical gentle piece about being caught in a place until your real life is allowed to continue 
3
Limbo
Joe Friar
Ben Sharrock s refugee comedy is one of the funniest films of the year 
4
Limbo
Sean P. Means
Sharrock in an impressively restrained feature debut uses the absurd situation of strangers in an out of the way little town to deadpan comic effect 
3.5
Limbo
Jeff Mitchell
Don t wait to see Limbo an unconventional immigrant story 
3.5
Limbo
Tomris Laffly
Sharrock s tale feels almost like a small miracle with its defiant stance against exploitative hopelessness 
3.5
Limbo
James Berardinelli
Despite its share of missteps the most egregious of which unfortunately occurs late in the proceedings Limbo is just weird and wonderful enough to earn a recommendation 
3
Limbo
Mark Dujsik
While most of this is a comedy the film becomes a very human story about holding on to the past and feeling stuck in the present and in a sense of purposelessness 
3
Limbo
Randy Myers
Sharrock s gentle drama is nestled in understatements and tender moments a stirring human story that plays out globally every day 
3.5
Limbo
Mike McGranaghan
The portrait of people stuck on an island together not knowing whether they ll be admitted to the mainland or shipped back to the places they escaped from is poignant 
3
Limbo
Michael O'Sullivan
It s tempting and not entirely inaccurate to call this oddly moving little film a comedy drama but if so it s a dark one at that 
3.5
Limbo
Chuck Bowen
A comedy about the migrant crisis is more daring than a coming of age story and Limbo wanting it both ways dilutes its best instincts with sops to formula 
2.5
Limbo
David Nusair
an erratic but generally rewarding little movie 
2.5
Limbo
Barry Hertz
A deadpan look at the unbearable loneliness of being Ben Sharrock s debut feature Limbo feels appropriately caught between two genre worlds 
3
Shoplifters of the World
David Reddish
Shoplifters of the World doesnt fetishize nostalgia so much as offer a glimpse into a specific time and place and to the anxiety young LGBTQ people felt at the time 
3
Shoplifters of the World
Randy Myers
While there s nothing much new here Shoplifters does have heart and soul and some killer Smiths songs 
2
Shoplifters of the World
Monica Castillo
Kijak so clearly wants to share his love of The Smiths with the world but it overpowers just about everything else in the movie 
1.5
Shoplifters of the World
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The characters seem posed and pouty constantly asserting their superiority as Smiths fans over other mortals 
2.5
Shoplifters of the World
Mark Dujsik
W hile it s clear that writer director Stephen Kijak wants us to understand that all this moping isn t just because of the end of a band it s difficult to tell if Kijak really understands that 
1.5
Shoplifters of the World
Katie Walsh
If you love The Smiths and that magical teenage time when music and your connection to it both shared and personal is the most important thing in the world you re likely to swoon 
3
Shoplifters of the World
Roger Moore
The whole is so overfamiliar that Shoplifting never gets over being a drag 
1.5
Shoplifters of the World
David Robb
The film lacks for the empathy curiosity and sense of humor that are the defining characteristics of the Smiths s music 
1.5
The Green Berets
Roger Ebert
The Green Berets simply will not do as a film about the war in Vietnam It is offensive not only to those who oppose American policy but even to those who support it 
0
Autumn Girl
Roger Moore
Its one of those frothy It shouldnt work but it does pictures largely thanks to the charm sass and sex appeal of its star Maria Debska 
2.5
Hope
Ty Burr
The movie offers hope to its characters but even more affectingly to us 
3.5
Hope
Randy Myers
Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard are transcendent 
3.5
Hope
Godfrey Cheshire
The effect of Hope is anything but depressing it s reassuring proof of art s ability to comfort as it clarifies 
4
Hope
Mark Dujsik
Sødahl digs into this tenuous bond avoiding manipulation or melodrama 
3
Hope
Bob Strauss
Both lead actors do wonders with silent glances but also display complete command of Sødahl s excellent stripped of nonsense dialog 
4
Hope
Derek Smith
Maria Sødahl s considers the extreme emotions provoked by a medical emergency with an impressive force of clarity 
3
Hope
Roger Moore
The wonder of Hope is how much of Bræin Hovig and Skarsgård do without dialogue just with a look a gesture a silent scream of despair or teeth grinding in resignation 
3.5
Hope
Barry Hertz
Hope is actually a showcase for the less internationally renown Andrea Bræn Hovig who delivers a fantastically wrenching performance as a mother faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis 
3.5
Sicario
Wesley Lovell
Emily Blunt s performance brings humanity to this prototypical expose of ulterior motives behind the drug wars happening across the U S border 
3.5
Sicario
Mattie Lucas
A gritty uncompromising film of real raw power that offers one of the clearest and most complex cinematic takes on America s war on drugs we ve seen yet 
3.5
Sicario
Sonny Bunch
A taut procedural thriller tinged with the trappings of the horror and war genres Sicario is one of the best films of the year 
3.5
Sicario
David Nusair
Sicario is ultimately so obsessed with the minutia of its subject matter that it s often as engrossing as a day at the office 
1.5
Sicario
Kam Williams
Blunt and Benicio battle bad guys in best in Tex Mex drug war saga since Traffic 
3.5
Sicario
John Beifuss
The latest stomach knotter from Denis Villeneuve a specialist in feel bad cinema 
3
Sicario
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A powerful tense and exciting movie that also boasts great performances Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Sicario
James Kendrick
a powerful experience that forces us into a violent confrontation with our own ethical worldview challenging any tidy notions of right and wrong
3.5
Sicario
Michael Smith
The power of Sicario cannot be underestimated This film about drug cartel violence on the Mexico border is a cinematic gut punch and one of the most well crafted films of 2015 
4
Sicario
Eric Melin
There s not much emotional investment in any of the characters and the film has little to add to any serious discussion of its subject matter but as a pitch black thriller Sicario succeeds with style 
3
Sicario
Mike McGranaghan
Intelligent and provocative Despite the heavy subject matter Sicario works just as well as a thriller as it does a social issue drama 
3.5
Sicario
John Serba
We ve seen similar riffs on post 9 11 ethical erosion at the movies before But few are as suggestive or feel so plausible or have Villenueve s assertive confident camera 
3.5
Sicario
Matt Brunson
A Molotov cocktail of a movie flaming fuels of helplessness and paranoia and scorching viewers nerves in the process 
3.5
Sicario
Mal Vincent
If you like your movies powerful and important even cringe inducing this could be your choice It proves that there is more to movies than escapism This one is disturbing on a high caliber level 
3.5
Sicario
James Berardinelli
An unforgettable motion picture that should be on the must see list for anyone who appreciates films that deal in grays rather than blacks and whites 
3.5
Sicario
Steven Rea
Succeeds in evoking the anarchic violence of the drug wars raging on both sides of the U S Mexican border 
3
Sicario
Bob Bloom
The problem with Sicario directed by Denis Villeneuve who helmed the acclaimed and dark drama Prisoners is that it doesn t tell us anything we don t already know about the war on drugs 
2.5
Sicario
Ty Burr
Within this dark epic of American failure lives an effective but decidedly minor vigilante flick 
2.5
Sicario
Brad Keefe
Villeneuve paces the film with a master s touch a tension building extended scene depicting a team of trucks crossing the border may be the best of the year 
3.5
Sicario
Calvin Wilson
Far from being just another crime story Sicario is cinema at its most ambitious 
3.5
Sicario
Roger Moore
A Trumpian nightmare the Syriana of drug war movies 
3.5
Sicario
Lawrence Toppman
Taylor Sheridan an actor making his screenwriting debut lets the film down in scene after scene Whenever director Denis Villeneuve Prisoners builds suspense Sheridan dissipates it with another clunker 
2.5
Sicario
Rene Rodriguez
This is not the first movie about the war being waged across the U S Mexico border over the drug trade but it s the first film in which the aura of constant menace and threat lingers and follows you home 
3.5
Sicario
Scott Nash
A taut and dramatic thriller 
3.5
Sicario
Josh Larsen
the law may be casting something of a shadow but it s the harsh landscape wild lawlessness that dominates the frame 
3.5
Sicario
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sicario can be relentlessly cynical but it s also mesmerizing and exhilarating 
4
Sicario
Chris Knight
A thriller with a heart and a conscience 
4
Sicario
Barry Hertz
We can thank Villeneuve and rookie screenwriter Taylor Sheridan s tight script but also Blunt Brolin and Del Toro each of whom has never been better 
3.5
Sicario
Dustin Putman
Epitomizes what happens when every last creative and technical element is operating together at the highest level possible Sicario is mesmerizing a subjectively grim but necessary stunner saturated in apprehension 
4
Sicario
Mark Dujsik
Sheridan suggests that the object of this game is not to stop the drug trade but to perpetuate the game itself 
3.5
Sicario
Jackson Cuidon
Sicario is a spectacular thriller but it is first a good movie and a thriller second In this respect it s got less in common with its alleged sister films Traffic and End of Watch and more with The Silence of the Lambs or No Country For Old Men 
4
Sicario
Peter Howell
Sicario paints the bleakest of portraits of a realistic situation drawn from headlines about Mexican cartels that stack bodies with savage efficiency 
3.5
Sicario
Stephanie Merry
Villeneuve s movies occupy a spectrum between thought provoking and mind bending and it s clear that he wants to guide Taylor Sheridan s script into similar territory 
3
Sicario
Michael Phillips
The first hour of this latest film from French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is sleek terrific pulp 
3
Sicario
Chris Hewitt
It s riveting 
3.5
Sicario
Dann Gire
Harshly violent Sicario is about violence itself and how both the cartel and American forces wield it for their purposes 
4
Sicario
Mick LaSalle
It has a screenplay of freshness and audacity that s brought to life by a director who understands its every psychological undercurrent We might hope this kind of thing would happen all the time but it s rare 
4
Sicario
Matt Pais
Rather than bring the story to a boil Villeneuve prefers to glide along it even a slow zoom past a rock formation seeming to find muscles and a screaming face within 
3
Sicario
Moira MacDonald
There are no rules and no reason in this world of death and revenge and we see it through Kate s eyes fascinated repelled ultimately haunted 
3.5
Sicario
Tony Hicks
Director Denis Villeneuve delivers screenwriter Taylor Sheridan s story layer by layer never overwhelming the audience while still challenging it to pay attention 
3.5
Sicario
Richard Roeper
This is one of the best movies of the year 
4
Sicario
Kyle Smith
Villeneuve cinematographer Roger Deakins and composer Jóhann Jóhannsson combine to make the action scenes gorgeous scary and exciting while the script by Taylor Sheridan is mordant and smart with not a wasted word 
3.5
Sicario
Peter Travers
A gripping and tension packed spin through America s covert War on Drugs Prepare to be haunted for a good long time 
3.5
Sicario
Thelma Adams
Denis Villeneuve s Sicario is a slick simplistic view of the War on Drugs propelled by great perfs from Blunt Del Toro and Brolin and balletic violent set pieces I wanted Traffic I got movie crack 
2
Sicario
Stephen Whitty
If the film is a little too macho and far too Anglo to tell the full ugly story of all the villains and victims it is like all of Villeneuve s films a bravura piece of filmmaking 
3
Sicario
Stephen Rebello
The movie s knowhow is impressive and its politics are spot on 
3.5
Sicario
Tomris Laffly
This is a meticulously slick brawny and set piece packed film that provides Blunt with a ripe stage to wow us with her physical and visceral strength once again 
2.5
Sicario
Brian Tallerico
It s a film that lacks the urgency of the really great thrillers but exists in that rarefied air of refined production values on every level and a flawless ensemble 
3
Sicario
Ed Gonzalez
Denis Villeneuve s film views life in the age of the modern day drug war as an ever crescendoing existential nightmare 
3
Sicario
Lou Lumenick
A well deserved showcase for Emily Blunt 
3.5
Sicario
Clayton Davis
Benicio Del Toro is downright magnificent He delivers his best performance since 21 Grams A dedicated sensation that calls back to all types of performances such as Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men or Gene Hackman in The French Connection 
3.5
Pumpkin
Michael Dequina
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2.5
Pumpkin
Edward Johnson-Ott
Although there are many juicy supporting performances Christina Ricci owns this movie What a wonderful talent and what a maddening but enjoyable film 
4
Pumpkin
David Nusair
a pretentious mess 
0
Pumpkin
Sean P. Means
A savage John Waters like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over 
3
Pumpkin
Jeff Vice
This low rent and even lower wit rip off of the Farrelly brothers oeuvre gets way too mushy and in a relatively short amount of time 
2
Pumpkin
Laura Kelly
Ricci s Carolyn is entrenched so in her small worldview so surrounded by sameness that as she opens her heart to Pumpkin it s entirely believable 
3
Pumpkin
Duane Dudek
The fledgling directors juggle a few too many balls and aren t quite up to the challenge 
2
Pumpkin
Jonathan Rosenbaum
By presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible which forces us to confront what s possible and what we might do to make it so 
3
Pumpkin
Terry Lawson
Though Pumpkin extends its jaundiced joke too far it s almost worth it for Ricci s final scene which tells us everything we need to know about what will become of her 
3
Pumpkin
Joe Baltake
Would be considered an interesting failure only it isn t all that interesting 
2
Pumpkin
David Keyes
It s a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition 
1
Pumpkin
Chris Hewitt
It is possible for a movie to skewer its characters and embrace them but Pumpkin is too obvious to pull it off and so shaky in the tone department that it practically begs to be misinterpreted 
1.5
Pumpkin
Chris Jones
For all its many flaws Pumpkin has some worthwhile ideas and funny moments and its whacked out heart is in the right place 
2.5
Pumpkin
Walter Chaw
Pumpkin struts about with courage pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back 
0.5
Pumpkin
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A satire is supposed to be funny in some way and overall I found Pumpkin to be a rather grim and unappealing little item 
1.5
Pumpkin
Roger Ebert
Relentlessly and sometimes brilliantly it forces us to decide what we really think how permissive our taste really is how far a black comedy can go before it goes too far 
3.5
Pumpkin
Jeremy Heilman
It could have been brilliant but with its first time directors behind the wheel it feels clumsy and unsure of itself 
1.5
Pumpkin
Dustin Putman
One of the funniest motion pictures of the year but also one of the most curiously depressing 
2.5
Pumpkin
Liam Lacey
The results are perversely watchable as much for the movie s evasions as the controversial issues with which it toys Often it just seems carelessly smug 
2.5
Pumpkin
James Berardinelli
The majority of the film is original and engaging and Christina Ricci turns in another fine performance This pair of assets alone is worth the price of admission 
3
Pumpkin
Harvey S. Karten
Entertaining but has its satire undercut in the service of a Hollywood ending 
2.5
Pumpkin
Rod Armstrong
The film is too timid to offend or amuse 
1.5
Pumpkin
Bob Strauss
An impressive hybrid 
3
Pumpkin
Lou Lumenick
Pumpkin will no doubt make many people uncomfortable but its full frontal assault on political correctness had me in stitches 
3
The Interrogation
Roger Moore
A quietly compelling Holocaust drama that uses words to paint pictures of the great horrors committed during this infamous time by evil as banal as dullards like Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss 
3
The King
David Nusair
Filmmaker Mich 244 d delivers a slow moving yet perpetually engrossing endeavor that benefits from its atmospheric visuals and surfeit of captivating performances 46 46 46 
3.5
The King
Brian Eggert
Inspired casting aside the adaptation takes questionable liberties by removing the poetry from the language and changing the nature of the characters 
2.5
The King
Federico Furzan
It s far from believable but at least it serves as a decent proposal of character even if you have to wait for the third act Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The King
Roger Moore
Not poetically Shakespearean and not historical either What the hell s the point 
2
The King
Joe Friar
David Michôd delivers a vivacious spin on Shakespeare led by a mature performance by Chalamet and the reputable Joel Edgerton who once again is superb Poetry is out chutzpa is in Long live The King 
3.5
The King
Ann Hornaday
What should be soaring is instead lugubrious what should be a ripping good yarn is instead dutiful and a little bit dull 
2
The King
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmakers have taken Shakespeare s story condensed it and given it the intimacy of a character study 
3
The King
Barry Hertz
I don t expect David Michod s new film to dominate your Netflix home queue for very long given that the movie a messy and frequently bloody blend of Shakespeare s Henriad plays but devoid of their language scope and well drama is forgettable 
2
The King
Tomris Laffly
With weighty things to say about contemporary and corrupt institutions of power and even dangers of male hegemony Michôd s non preachy The King comes with philosophical heft and visual authority to match 
3.5
The King
Jake Coyle
Michôd s most clever revision is in how artfully and skillfully he renders the film s final battle at Agincourt only to undercut it with a more disquieting concluding note Shakespeare robbed of its poetry and its harmony isn t so much 
2
The King
Joey Magidson
While it s too uneven to recommend the performances by Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson make the film worth catching at some point on the streaming service 
2.5
The King
Johnny Oleksinski
Chalamet is powerful in his first authoritative role 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Brian Eggert
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar has an infectious goofy freedom that can t help but conjure a smile 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Matt Brunson
Its everything but the kitchen sink approach comedy drama action song and dance science fiction at least raises the likelihood that it will be able to offer something for everyone 
2.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Mark Dujsik
I t s a chance for screenwriters stars Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig to have fun as much as they want and any way they want to 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Rene Sanchez
This is just the comedy I needed after a year without traveling or seeing my friends in person A zany and colorful trip with hilarious performances by Wiig Mumolo and Dornan Full Review in Spanish 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Matthew Passantino
While traveling is not advisable Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar makes for a great cinematic getaway It also helps that it is wonderfully funny and energetic the whole way through 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
David Nusair
an unabashedly larger than life setup that s employed to mostly watchable yet distressingly erratic effect 
2.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Jason Shawhan
A surreal romp through 40 something decadence breaking free from routines potentially apocalyptic Florida adventure both mosquito and gator related the power of sexual liberation the necessity of mythmaking and the enduring bonds of friendship 
4
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Steven Prokopy
It felt good to allow the silliness to infect my brain and rule the day 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Allyson Johnson
However in its efforts to be dizzying delightful escapist fun Barb and Star gets lost in its own self indulgence 
1.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Pamela Powell
This isn t going to win any awards but what it might do is make you laugh And for me that s exactly what I needed 
2.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Randy Myers
There s just not enough killer comedy to support the film s 1 hour 47 minue running time despite terrific comedic performances from Wiig and Mumolo
2.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Mia Vicino
Though Barb Star hits some overly familiar beats it maintains enough originality for several laugh out loud moments It s about time we got more risk taking studio comedies like this one 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Sean P. Means
Where will Barb and Star go next Zanzibar Madagascar Back to the U S S R Wherever they go we will follow them 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Josh Larsen
I don t know if I ve ever seen a pair of performances no it s really a singular joint performance like what we get from Wiig and Mumolo in Barb and Star 
3
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Kevin Carr
It s just neat to watch something that s birght and colorful and silly If there s any word that goes with this that word is fun 
4
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s all just so tired and so disappointingly few of the jokes manage to land 
1
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Michael Medved
A few of the many many gags do delivery laughs and undeniable sympathy for the two goofball main characters 
2.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Sheila O'Malley
Comedy being what it is your mileage may vary but for me the pure candy colored exuberant silliness of Barb and Star didn t just make me laugh It provided solace too 
3.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Mick LaSalle
The goal here was to be absurdist relentless and light Well Barb Star is light so light it floats off and vaporizes 
1
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Mark Kennedy
The film nicely sends up spy capers Broadway and buddy movies and is a lot like its two leading characters Kindly a little silly and as sweet as a candy colored drink at the pool bar 
2.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Chris Hewitt
Some of it s amusing some of it s not and all of it will fit just fine on the small screen of your choice 
2
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
David Robb
Best exemplified by its fixation on culottes the film never feels like more than a half formed in joke between close friends 
1.5
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Roger Moore
It s like a Saturday Night Live sketch given a lot of money so that they could hire every showbiz pal they have as they tried to fill 107 minutes of screen time 
2
The Starling
Richard Roeper
This bird s not worth watching 
1.5
The Starling
Erik Childress
The exploitation of grief in this film feels less like an attempt to explore the various stages of the worst kind of tragedy and more like a failed improv exercise 
1.5
The Starling
Roger Moore
It just lies there like a bird that s flown into a window sad but not quite achieving tears deadpan but never quite comic 
1.5
The Starling
Nina Metz
If you re tempted to add it to your queue McCarthy s open faced performance is reason enough to give it your time even if nearly everything surrounding her feels unworthy 
2
The Starling
Mark Dujsik
The tone for the most part here is so alternately sardonic and silly that the movie s sudden eruptions of sincerity are jarring 
1.5
The Starling
Carla Meyer
The fast forward button was made for The Starling 
1
The Starling
Johanna Schneller
In its painful straining to be upbeat this movie jettisons anything real 
1.5
The Starling
Brian Tallerico
Theodore Melfi s The Starling expends so much energy trying to tug at your heartstrings that it never bothers to develop a pulse of its own 
1.5
The Starling
Joey Magidson
The Starling won t be the big awards push from Netflix but it s quality entertainment for adults It may be a little sloppy but the emotions do feel legitimate 
3
Inni
Walter V. Addiego
Director Vincent Morisset captures the band in dreamy grainy black and white images that slide and blur in a way that suggests David Lynch 
3
Inni
Mike Scott
Filled with soft focus close ups dreamy fades and bizarre angles it nicely matches the dreamy otherworldly quality of the band s music 
3
Inni
Jesse Cataldo
A concert film as long form music video Vincent Morisset s Inni has style to burn but little apparent focus flitting about its subject like a buzzing fly 
2.5
Inni
Guy Dixon
The music of Iceland s Sigur Ros fills the cinema as if reverberating off the walls of some darkly beautiful fjord 
3.5
Inni
Bruce DeMara
You see the beads of sweat the grimaces of concentration the rapturous moments 
3
Mary Lou
David Lewis
From its joyously rambunctious opening number to its bittersweet yet ultimately uplifting finale a catchy song is never far away but neither is a deep universal thought to keep you on your toes 
4
Penumbra
Christian Toto
The film s ending is a letdown but it s a blast to root for such a brassy rhymes with itch heroine 
3
Life
Brian Eggert
Aside from a few nerve racking moments and generally professional production values the film s derivative quality and deficient innovations create a run of the mill outcome 
2.5
Life
Matt Brunson
Any forward narrative thrust eventually goes straight out the space station window solely for the sake of an obvious twist ending that should surprise absolutely no one over the age of 10 and by 10 I mean 10 months old not 10 years old 
2
Life
Sarah Knight Adamson
A decent but forgettable thriller that adds nothing new to the Doomed Space Crew genre 
2.5
Life
Khari J. Sampson
A surprisingly rote by the numbers what you see is what you get kind of thriller By that standard it more than gets the job done 
2.5
Life
John Beifuss
Handsome and efficient but uninspired even with its grabby Cthuloid space orchid 
2.5
Life
Kevin A. Ranson
Remember how you felt at the end of that 2001 Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes starring Mark Wahlberg Who thought this was a great way to waste these actors and an entire budget 
1
Life
David Nusair
An unexpectedly and impressively grim little thriller 
3
Life
James Kendrick
a goosey B movie with A list stars cinematography and digital effects
3
Life
Linda Cook
A grim morality tale and a creepy science fiction actioner 
3
Life
Max Weiss
The film is taut and scary all the spaceship bells and whistles convinced this Luddite and it contains a couple of the gnarliest death scenes I ve seen on film in a while 
2.5
Life
Allyson Johnson
Narratively taut and economic in its structure the film makes an argument that the chilly stinger of an ending might make the rest worth it but nothing can erase in full the resounding feeling of been there done that that the film radiates 
1.5
Life
Stephen Rebello
No Life isn t Alien or Gravity It s more like a jumped up It The Terror From Beyond Take it for what it is though and it might give you a good laugh and jolt now and then 
2.5
Life
Isabel Zacharias
The lazy choice of villain and the throwaway story it occupies serve as reminders that big budget movies even given every opportunity to be great often aren t very good at all 
2
Life
James Berardinelli
Those who have seen Alien will have a pretty good idea what s coming at least to a point Once things reach that point however all bets are off 
3
Life
Michael Smith
There s not much that s original about Life almost nothing but there is some fun to be had in wondering whether a trip to Mars is worth all this trouble 
2.5
Life
Jeff Simon
The movie will get to you quite nicely especially at the end when it makes sure that your walk out to your car is jam packed with stuff to talk about rather than the same old same old 
3
Life
Michael O'Sullivan
Life has cool effects real suspense and a sweet twist It ain t rocket science but it does what it does well even one might say with a kind of genius 
3
Life
Mike McGranaghan
Yes it s a ripoff of Alien And that s okay because it s a darn good ripoff 
3
Life
Sara Michelle Fetters
All of the actors are still more than up to the challenge and selling even the most ludicrous scene imaginable making maudlin bits of melodrama feel far more authentic and genuine than they have any right to be 
2.5
Life
Christian Toto
In space no one can here you say c mon you can t be that stupid 
2.5
Life
Robert Horton
It s all about getting from A to B And on that score it must be said that director Daniel Espinosa Child 44 knows what he s doing 
2.5
Life
Phil Villarreal
Aw murderous space aliens They grow up so fast 
3.5
Life
Mark Dujsik
I f such a movie has to pick between the humans and the monster the monster might be the correct choice That s the case with Life 
3
Life
Glenn Kenny
Life struck me as several cuts above meh but never made me jump out of my seat 
2
Life
Dustin Putman
First rate horror films provide a special brand of catharsis no other genre can achieve and Life delivers big time on this count 
3
Life
Brad Wheeler
A so so space station suspenser with heavy actors and a zero gravity script 
2
Life
Willie Waffle
An homage to Alien or a massive rip off begging for a lawsuit 
2.5
Life
Chris Knight
Life is a good science fiction horror blend but it falls short of greatness because its fear outweighs its curiosity 
2.5
Life
Rex Reed
If your craving for monsters from Mars needs immediate attention Life passes the time painlessly 
3
Life
Sean P. Means
The six main performers particularly Ferguson and Gyllenhaal give Life the added boost a science fiction horror tale like this needs to keep it in orbit 
3
Life
Richard Roeper
You really wish characters weren t saddled with dialogue such as It s so cold when we can see their breath as they shiver and Calvin s trying to find a way through the airlocks as Calvin tries to find his way through the airlocks 
2
Life
Sara Stewart
For all its CGI showiness the fact that Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal signed on for this splatterfest is the film s most impressive feat 
2
Life
Eric Henderson
If you ever find yourself in outer space and the only person talking any sense is Ryan Reynolds locate the nearest escape hatch 
1
Life
Bob Bloom
The suspense is trying to figure out who dies in what order which does lead to some surprises 
2.5
Life
Gary Thompson
Life moves briskly along sometimes at the expense of logic 
2.5
Life
Bruce DeMara
Life is the latest sci fi adventure to imagine humankind s first contact with an otherworldly life form and it s a darkly atmospheric and pulse racing ride 
3
Life
Peter Hartlaub
Life is like watching a Rocky movie if Mr T just kept beating Sylvester Stallone up a little more with each fight 
1
Life
Soren Andersen
In space everyone can hear you yawn 
1.5
Life
Michael Phillips
A grim and fairly effective cross between The Martian and Guess Who s Coming to Dinner 
2.5
Life
Brian Truitt
It s far from perfect but Life s worth living for two freaky hours 
2.5
Life
Roger Moore
More inevitable than frightening 
2
Life
Stephen Whitty
Director Daniel Espinosa has all the architectural understanding of a cockroach caught in the bathroom light 
2
Life
Rafer Guzman
Yep it s another Alien clone A few good gruesome moments but that s about all 
2
Life
Kam Williams
A riveting reminder that it still ain t smart to mess with Mother Nature 
4
Perfect Strangers
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A tragicomedy full of truly hilarious moments a well acted film that manages to develop an interesting premise very intelligently during at least the first sixty minutes of footage Full review in Spanish 
3
Love & Mercy
Sarah Knight Adamson
If anything the film is a loving tribute to the Beach Boys giving us insight into the bizarre details of the groups struggles and triumphs 
4
Love & Mercy
Pamela Powell
The writing directing and above all else the performances of the main cast are absolutely outstanding 
4
Love & Mercy
Max Weiss
Love Mercy is one of the most convincing depictions of the creative process and the effects of mental illness I ve seen in a long time 
3
Love & Mercy
Diana Sánchez Uranga
An entertaining and inspiring movie with great acting narratice and an epic portrayal of a significant moment in music Full review in Spanish 
4
Love & Mercy
Kam Williams
Bittersweet biopic about a musical genius whose sanity was held hostage by a Svengali like shrink seeking to line his own pockets 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Robert W. Butler
Bill Pohlad s Love Mercy spectacularly chronicles one man s rise fall rise in riveting human and musical terms 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Dustin Putman
There is undoubtedly much more to be said about the intriguing talented Brian Wilson but Love Mercy does one better than a conventional biography of the man likely ever could it bears his soul 
3
Love & Mercy
Linda Cook
The screen goes blank for a moment at the end of Love Mercy And what follows brought me to tears 
4
Love & Mercy
Anna Codutti
Dano is hauntingly good as the young Brian Wilson His understated performance evokes a discomfort that is so appropriate to the tone the filmmakers went for to translate Wilson s unique condition to the screen 
3
Love & Mercy
Eric Melin
This has to be the best sounding movie ever made and like Brian Wilson himself it s full of naked emotion while still retaining an air of mystery 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Brett McCracken
It s as much an auditory narrative as a visual one which makes perfect sense 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Marty Mapes
Cusack opens up as a damaged Brian Wilson
3.5
Love & Mercy
Stephen Rebello
Love Mercy is a strong unconventionally entertaining movie about the mysteries of the psyche the creative process and it s graced by a knowing charismatic heartbreaking performance from a never better Dano 
3
Love & Mercy
John Beifuss
Contrary to the diagnosis of his control freak psychotherapist Beach Boy Brian Wilson was not exactly schizophrenic Nonetheless casting two different actors as Wilson to represent different phases of the songwriter s life is a gambit that pays off 
3
Love & Mercy
John Wirt
An unconventional biopic that ranks with Oscar winners Ray and Capote 
4
Love & Mercy
Robert Levin
Subverts the picturesque Southern California scenery and its brilliant sunshine to capture the darkness and the light inside a one of a kind spirit 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Anita Katz
Something different and exciting happens on the screen thanks to an off kilter story structure a worthy subject and inspired performances 
3
Love & Mercy
Scott Renshaw
The events of Brian Wilson s later life make for more obvious drama but a lesser movie 
2.5
Love & Mercy
Rafer Guzman
It s a daring conceit built around two fine talents but the results are decidedly mixed 
2
Love & Mercy
Glenn Kenny
A story that s hair raisingly watchable and frequently moving regardless of what you believe you might already know of Wilson s life 
3
Love & Mercy
Rob Thomas
I think Dano does the better job of inhabiting the Wilson we know the baby face and the soft voice But Cusack s unguarded performance is what really gives the film its emotional power Both performances are essential 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Brad Wheeler
We see the pop maestro as misunderstood confused and alienated ahead of his time or just not up to it Either way the man was far out and so is this film 
3
Love & Mercy
George Varga
Inexplicably squanders a fascinating real life story 
2
Love & Mercy
Paul de Barros
One of the most touching and gripping biopics you will ever see 
4
Love & Mercy
Mark Dujsik
Love Mercy gets right to the heart of Wilson s story the sad but uplifting tale of a man who needed some help to fight to get out of bed 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Ty Burr
In all honesty one Brian would have done the trick but which of these story lines would you choose If the filmmakers indecision is detrimental to the final product it s also pretty understandable 
3
Love & Mercy
Sean P. Means
Cusack encapsulates the forced childlike behavior of Wilson under Landy s care Dano meanwhile nails Wilson s boyish enthusiasm in the studio and captures the early strains on his psyche 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Peter Canavese
Honorable deeply moving takes a considered approach to Wilson sound in dramatic and editorial construction and insightful in its psychological subtexts 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Michael Phillips
We ve had plenty of good musical biopics Walk the Line Control and a handful of better ones Sid and Nancy the more recent Get On Up This one s special more inward seeking 
4
Love & Mercy
Adam Nayman
It gives us Brian Wilson as a tortured genius which may be true but also reduces pretty much everyone else onscreen to a stereotype or a cipher 
1
Love & Mercy
Nick Allen
Director Bill Pohlad s biopic Love Mercy captures Wilson s singular mind at two ventures in his life creating Pet Sounds and the Landy years with filmmaking that s far more harmonious than its contrasting performances 
2.5
Love & Mercy
Peter Howell
It offers a glimpse into the making of immortal pop tunes songs of love and longing that are all the more astonishing considering the mental anguish their creator was enduring 
2.5
Love & Mercy
Howard Cohen
Director Bill Pohlad s decidedly unconventional Brian Wilson biopic Love Mercy which takes its title from an overlooked 1988 solo single from the Beach Boys co founder is the Pet Sounds of biopics 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Steven Rea
Its daring dive into the mind of Brian Wilson feels right God only knows to borrow a Pet Sound song title or two but you still believe in Brian 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Joe Williams
Pohlad has surrounded himself with award worthy talent on both sides of the camera from music supervisor Atticus Ross to the art department to the stellar cast 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Stephen Whitty
Its message that the most beautiful art often comes from the ugliest places is simple And moving 
3
Love & Mercy
Peter Travers
Musically the film is a miracle right and riveting in every detail In contrast to Cusack s introspection Dano lets it bleed as Brian Wilson giving a performance awards were invented for 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Ann Hornaday
By deciding not to make Love Mercy a musical biopic the filmmakers have turned Wilson s story into what it seems to have been all along the adventure of one man s arduous terrifying ultimately triumphant search for God 
4
Love & Mercy
Mick LaSalle
Love Mercy gets one thing right that most movies get wrong The great artist isn t tormented in the creation of art That s often the joy and the abandon The torment is everything else 
4
Love & Mercy
Matt Pais
Captures the glorious sound and predatory noise competing to move from his head to the studio 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Lou Lumenick
Love Mercy is worth seeing just for the dramatization of the making of Good Vibrations alone But there s much more to savor in this biopic 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Roger Moore
Some wonderful out of body music creation moments thanks to Paul Dano John Cusack isn t bad either Pity he couldn t be bothered to lose his jet black perma dye job to look more like Brian Wilson 
3
Love & Mercy
Christopher Gray
Bill Pohlad seems never to have met a metaphor he couldn t bludgeon into its most rudimentary and literal interpretation 
1.5
Love & Mercy
Kenneth R. Morefield
What I m not on the fence about is Elizabeth Banks She s riveting Make no mistake Brian Wilson is the famous figure but this is Melinda s movie 
3.5
Love & Mercy
Bill Chambers
Despite the dual casting alternating timelines and idiosyncratic attempts to get inside Wilson s head this is a fairly conventional biopic 
2.5
Not Fade Away
Kelly Jane Torrance
Not Fade Away is an eloquent love letter to an era one in which times were changing faster than they had ever seemed to before and great music was heard from radios TVs and gramophones just about everywhere you went 
2.5
Not Fade Away
Craig D. Lindsey
As the title oh so obviously implies it s a love that will well you know 
3
Not Fade Away
Eric Melin
Because its more about intertwining themes than it is about obvious plot and conflict it has melancholic energy It revels in the mystery appreciation and ultimately creation of art from a guy who was empowered and inspired by rock himself 
3.5
Not Fade Away
Christian Toto
Not Fade Away is the greenest film of the new year recycling 60s cliches with alacrity 
2
Not Fade Away
Perry Seibert
Rock roll is salvation rebellion fun sex and the greatest middle finger ever extended by one generation at another If you actually believe all of that even a little bit David Chase s far from perfect Not Fade Away is hard to dislike 
3
Not Fade Away
Ricardo Baca
This film could have been should have been even something special But it s not 
1.5
Not Fade Away
Lawrence Toppman
People get high or get cancer or get carried away to mental institutions and hospitals but we know too little about them to care 
1.5
Not Fade Away
John Beifuss
The threat of nuclear annihilation and the potential saving grace of rock and roll are linked at the beginning and end of this movie about 1960s kids negotiating a new kind of life informed by both possibilities 
3
Not Fade Away
Bob Bloom
Not Fade Away is as yesterday as eight track It works very hard at creating a mood and tempo for an era that is a turning point for most baby boomers 
1
Not Fade Away
Claudia Puig
Well observed but occasionally disjointed it s a film that s more about thematic tone sound and images than it is driven by plot 
2.5
Not Fade Away
Duane Dudek
Chase who was the ripe old age of 19 when the Beatles first appeared on Sullivan s show gives this 1960s period film an autobiographical specificity without the baby boomer navel gazing 
3
Not Fade Away
Rafer Guzman
A movie that feels at once deeply personal and more than a little confused 
2
Not Fade Away
Chris Hewitt
Its rhythms are peculiar but there s lots of good stuff here 
3
Not Fade Away
Roger Moore
The problem is nobody told Chase his memories of the 60s and rock n roll have long been clichs 
2
Not Fade Away
Steven Rea
Mostly Not Fade Away is a hit 
3
Not Fade Away
Rick Groen
Ultimately a disappointment this is a movie easy to watch and even easier to forget 
2.5
Not Fade Away
Moira MacDonald
The performances and music are a pleasure and Chase s affection for the period is palpable 
3
Not Fade Away
Ty Burr
Aiming for a generational statement that encompasses the entire 60s experience Chase turns unexpectedly inept 
2
Not Fade Away
Michael Phillips
Somewhat autobiographical and worth seeing despite its somewhat muffled quality 
3
Not Fade Away
Jake Mulligan
Chase s critical eye spares no one This is his attempt to make the Great American Film About Music He almost succeeds 
3.5
Not Fade Away
Matt Pais
Beautifully sometimes heartbreakingly documents people living in the moment doing what feels right at the time 
4
Not Fade Away
Linda Barnard
Chase takes a basement view of the birth of America s 60s rock revolution with his big screen debut Not Fade Away 
2.5
Not Fade Away
Robert Levin
A 60s set film that s rendered with with an eye for authenticity instead of period fetishism 
3
Not Fade Away
Stephen Whitty
What makes this movie unique is that it s not just one more story of a band that got big in a hurry 
3.5
Not Fade Away
Lou Lumenick
The acting is OK but none of the leads has the kind of sizzle that might have turned this into something as special as another film set roughly in the same era Diner 
2
Not Fade Away
David Germain
If you weren t in a failed band yourself you know people who were and Chase s story IS their story if not in the particulars then in the spirit and the passion The music may fade but what s behind it never does 
3
Not Fade Away
Peter Travers
Chase offers a gritty graceful salute to rock roll in his ardent acutely observed debut that makes him at 67 a filmmaker to watch 
3
Not Fade Away
Jaime N. Christley
Triumphs when David Chase s empowerment as a kind of autobiographical historian is balanced with the thrill of submersing the viewer in the tidal pool of his memories
3.5
Praise This
Roger Moore
Not really enough amuses or dazzles 44 and attempts at giving us something emotionally 8220 moving 8221 or religilously inspiring fall well short of the mark 46 But for a middling at best movie 44 8220 Praise This 8221 isn 8217 t bad 44 even if it isn 8217 t all that praiseworthy 46 
1.5
Aftersun
Matt Brunson
For a movie that initially seemed slight upon first glance 44 this has haunted me like few other films from 2022 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Rob Thomas
It 8217 s not just a wrenching family drama but a fascinating meditation on memory 44 the poignant dance between past and present 44 and the experience of looking back on childhood with the perspective of an adult 44 seeing things we didn 8217 t notice before 46 
4
Aftersun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wells is masterfully using the cinema form for a powerful 44 intimate discourse on memory and connection 44 as profound as Hirokazu Koreeda apos s apos After Life 44 apos but subtler 46 It apos s a beautiful achievement 44 worthy of many viewings 46 
4
Aftersun
Kevin Carr
Well acted and respectable for its heart 44 but the structure of the story and narrative feels too laissez faire for my tastes 46 
1
Aftersun
Rene Sanchez
Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio are mesmerizing in this unforgettable story about the infinite power of memories 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Aftersun
Sean P. Means
Each viewer who sees 8220 Aftersun 8221 will have a moment where it all clicks into place 46 And that moment won 8217 t be the same moment for the person sitting next to you 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Pablo O. Scholz
What Charlotte Wells achieves is curious strange and welcome 
4
Aftersun
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
First time director Charlotte Wells memorializes the singular unreal and entirely fleeting feeling of a vacation bond shared with one s irregular guardian 
4
Aftersun
Erik Childress
Memories carry with them beauty and pain in equal measure 46 Charlotte Wells 8217 assured debut is a work of bittersweet art that will now be another we carry with us for when we need it 46 
4
Aftersun
Leo Brady
This is a gentle moment 44 a story of growing up through the eyes of a child 44 and a film that captures the whimsical 44 yet romantic glow of the love we can have for our parents 46 
3
Aftersun
Lisa Trifone
Though it succeeds in a number of ways 44 lt i gt Aftersun lt 47 i gt truly triumphs thanks to the two actors at its center 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Richard Roeper
Every moment every snippet of dialogue every detail down to the smallest role or the tiniest detail in the background feels like a vibrant slice of real life 
4
Aftersun
Kathy Fennessy
Much like Normal People 44 Aftersun lives and dies by the chemistry between the two leads 44 and 91 Paul 93 Mescal and 91 Frankie 93 Corio are never less than fully convincing as father and daughter 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Michael Phillips
I don t want to oversell it plenty have already because it s a clear eyed poem of remembering made from material usually treated as heart tugging prose 
3.5
Aftersun
Joe Friar
Drenched with beautiful moments as Scottish writer director Charlotte Wells gives us a glimpse of the close bond between a father and daughter 46 Paul Mescal amp Frankie Corio are terrific 46 
4
Aftersun
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Beyond the fine performances 44 there is the expressive look of it 46 Wells and her cinematographer 44 Gregory Oke 40 quot Raf quot 41 44 turn concrete images into abstract beauty that slowly resolves into rapturous visual splendor 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Jeff Mitchell
Don apos t miss this trip 46 Through careful nuance and routine occurrences 44 Wells threads colossal and timeless messages 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Robert Horton
We 8217 re on childhood time 44 and the clock ticks according to Sophie 8217 s biorhythms 44 somehow slowed down by unspoken worry about her dad 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Randy Myers
A stunner a heartbreaker on love grief and the random moments in life that solidify into haunting memories 
4
Aftersun
Josh Larsen
There is a time 44 probably somewhere around 11 44 when your kid no longer wants to hold your hand 46 46 46 
4
Aftersun
Ty Burr
Aftersun stirs powerfully inarticulate emotions of what has been given and what is owed what we had that we missed knowing we had and what we hold on to because it s the only thing that s left 
4
Aftersun
Odie Henderson
It s hard to explain exactly how writer director Charlotte Wells s feature debut Aftersun pulls off the wave of emotion it instills in the viewer 
4
Aftersun
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he film apos s collective emotional impact is staggering 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Dwight Brown
Mildly charming 
2.5
Aftersun
G. Allen Johnson
A film to be experienced just go with it the full impact of Aftersun comes as the credits start to roll and the processing begins 
4
Aftersun
Brian Eggert
Aftersun is perhaps the most formally intricate and complex film I 8217 ve seen in 2022 44 and it rewards contemplation beyond its emotionally eviscerating effect 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Emily Zemler
You feel deeply for these characters even after only a few scenes and Wells aptly sucks you into their world 
4
Aftersun
Lindsey Bahr
Wells in her first feature embraces the inherent messiness of it all perfectly This is a collage of emotion pieced together from photographs a souvenir rug shaky home videos the mind of course and the horrible wonderful songs of that summer 
4
Aftersun
Sheila O'Malley
An act of imaginative empathy 46 
4
Aftersun
Roger Moore
Mesmerizing 46 46 46 but is unnecessarily obscure and overdoes the whole 8220 understated 47 unstated 8221 thing 46 
2.5
Aftersun
David Gonzalez
Aftersun is a melancholic and compassionate look at the love between a father and daughter 46 A directorial debut that triumphs as one of the year 8217 s most important cinematic experiences 46 
3.5
Aftersun
Walter Chaw
Although it feels more like a short film coaxed to feature length what an incredible way to start a career 
3
Aftersun
Peter Howell
A father and daughter resort holiday viewed through a prism of wistfulness and regret takes on magical meaning in this arresting feature directing debut by Scotland s Charlotte Wells 
3
Aftersun
David Nusair
46 46 46 a small scale premise that 8217 s employed to predominantly 40 and distressingly 41 tedious and underwhelming effect 46 46 46 
1.5
Aftersun
Pat Brown
Deftly constructed and utterly heartbreaking 44 Aftersun announces Charlotte Wells as an eminent storyteller of prodigious powers 46 
3
Aftersun
Joey Magidson
Aftersun is a tender look at how we remember our loved ones 46 
3
Aftersun
Kent Turner
Charlotte Wells has struck gold with her young discovery 44 Frankie Corio 44 who delivered one of the best and most lived in performances in the festival 8217 s entire lineup 46 
3.5
Home Run
Michael Smith
It delivers its message of hope and healing in a manner that is honest entertaining and authentic in a film that can reach audiences both religious and secular 
3
Home Run
Sean O'Connell
The strongest scenes take place in dingy hotel rooms on a deserted farm or in the rehab sessions It s during these moments that Home Run swings for the fences and often connects 
3
Home Run
Chris Foran
Boilerplate rise fall redemption stuff that works more when it s trying to do less 
2
Home Run
Roger Moore
Well cast but thinly scripted faith based dramedy about baseball booze and redemption
2
Wolves
David Nusair
Featuring a breakout performance by Taylor John Smith 
2
Wolves
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s Shannon who lights up the screen and without him it s hard to imagine this effort would be worth talking about 
2
Wolves
Chuck Bowen
Bart Freundlich alternates somewhat arbitrarily between his various plots leaving a lot of loose ends in the process 
2
Wolves
Glenn Kenny
Freundlich clearly likes to dig in deep with this kind of character material and here it pays off in ways it really hasn t in some of his previous feature work 
2.5
Undoing
Austin Kennedy
UNDOING is a perfect example of how NOT to make an independent film 
.5
Undoing
Rob Humanick
Despite the fact that its style comes off as somewhat schizophrenic Undoing is a film of remarkably direct emotions 
2.5
Undoing
David Wiegand
The film is too short because the characters just aren t sufficiently developed but even at a scant 90 minutes it feels way too long 
2
The Hudsucker Proxy
Tom Ryan
What s wrong with The Hudsucker Proxy though is that for all its craftsmanship it is an utterly soulless enterprise The Coens wisely show no inclination to parody their sources here but neither do they seem to have anything else in mind for them 
2
The Hudsucker Proxy
Josh Larsen
has an unexpected sense of benevolence 
3
The Hudsucker Proxy
Marc Vincenti
The style is wondrous but the movie is about its style and nothing else 
2.5
The Hudsucker Proxy
Jeremy Heilman
This film seems to be the key to understanding the Coen s work as a whole 
3.5
The Hudsucker Proxy
Roger Ebert
Not even the slightest attempt is made to suggest that the film takes its own story seriously Everything is style The performances seem deliberately angled as satire 
2
The Hudsucker Proxy
James Berardinelli
A wickedly funny and incisive lampoon of big business 
3.5
The Hudsucker Proxy
Chris Hicks
This wild eyed sentimental old fashioned comedy is definitely parked in Frank Capra Preston Sturges Howard Hawks territory but it is also imbued throughout with the Coens own brand of genre tweaking and sly winking humor 
3.5
The Hudsucker Proxy
Ted Prigge
One of the funniest and warmest comedies to come around 
3
American Experience
Ted Fry
Stands as a powerful record of a truly historic event in the annals of rap 
2.5
American Experience
John Monaghan
A concert film that captures last year s Garden party along with well orchestrated if not especially revealing behind the scenes footage 
3
American Experience
Joshunda Sanders
Much as with official corporate send offs the excitement of this documentary builds steadily for about five minutes and then before you know it there s nothing left to see 
2
American Experience
Lou Lumenick
Relentlessly upbeat infomercial 
1
American Experience
Robert Dominguez
Mostly comprises rousing well edited concert footage that shows off Jay Z s talent as a dynamic live performer 
2.5
American Experience
Evelyn McDonnell
Documents a concert that by all accounts certainly by the looks on the faces of the audience was one for the history books 
3
American Experience
Fred Shuster
Although also picturing the well dressed rhyme merchant backstage and in the studio the feature is rarely more than a standard concert souvenir 
2
American Experience
Leah McLaren
It will be interesting only to die hard hip hop enthusiasts 
1.5
American Experience
Wesley Morris
The movie has the good sense to stay focused on the music 
3
American Experience
Carrie Rickey
Though Fade to Black veers into vanity production territory at such moments it mostly is a triumph of stagecraft and speaker blowing freestyling 
3
American Experience
Gene Seymour
If you knew nothing else about rap you d know from watching him in action that the man knows what he s doing And when you can hear what his audience is shouting back you feel the burn of his energy and breadth of his power 
2.5
American Experience
Allison Benedikt
Whether a legend was born or retired that night at the Garden remains to be seen but even on film it was one killer show 
3
American Experience
Marty Mapes
Daughter From Danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story
3
American Experience
John Petrakis
It rapidly develops into a gut wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide 
4
American Experience
Steve Rhodes
Travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment 
3
American Experience
Joe Leydon
Dolgin and Franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a Vietnamese born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee 
3
American Experience
Edward Guthmann
That rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience drama conflict tears and surprise that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film 
4
American Experience
Glenn Lovell
Like other great documentaries this goes after one truth the Ford administration s complicity in tearing orphans from their mothers and stumbles upon others even more compelling 
4
American Experience
Glenn Whipp
The war may have ended more than a quarter century ago but it s clear from watching this family that it s going to take more than a single generation for the scars to heal 
3
American Experience
Jonathan Foreman
It isn t really to the credit of the makers of Daughter from Danang which understandably won the 2002 Sundance prize for best documentary that it turns out be so gripping 
2.5
American Experience
Harvey S. Karten
The obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc 
3
Splash
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hannah does wonders with her thankless job flitting tiny moments of joy and confusion across her face 
3
Splash
Roger Ebert
It s too bad the relentlessly conventional minds that made this movie couldn t have made the leap from sitcom to comedy 
1.5
Splash
David Nusair
Splash is probably the ultimate fish out of water film primarily because it literally features a fish out of water 
3
Tommy
Roger Moore
As eye popping as it remains as charmingly wretched in its excesses it feels quaint like a snapshot of the 60s taken with 70s technology viewed nostalgically from the Reagan Thatcher era
2
Tommy
Roger Ebert
A heaven sent opportunity for director Ken Russell to exercise his gift for going too far for creating three ring cinematic circuses with kinky sideshows 
3
My Boss's Daughter
M. K. Terrell
The real disaster is the slapstick ridden script which a great supporting cast is powerless to salvage 
1
My Boss's Daughter
John Wooley
A pretty good cast and a pretty good director are pretty much wasted in My Boss s Daughter 
1.5
My Boss's Daughter
David Nusair
not as bad as you might think 
2.5
My Boss's Daughter
April Greene
Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid belong on magazine covers In John Zucker s My Boss s Daughter however the fetching pair are plucked from their natural habitat and forced to attempt acting 
0.5
My Boss's Daughter
Phil Villarreal
Some of the worst acting in a movie in 2003 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Steven Snyder
I felt bad for the cameramen editors and assistant directors who now must list this vile film on their resumes 
0
My Boss's Daughter
Jonathan R. Perry
Urination can be funny So can severed ears folliculitis rock climbing trophy wives chest self exams and owls that drink from the toilet Occasionally even a massive head wound can be funny None of these things are funny in My Boss s Daughter 
0.5
My Boss's Daughter
Linda Cook
What IS that odor 
0
My Boss's Daughter
Mark Dujsik
It s a despicable vile piece of garbage and proof positive that the MPAA ratings board is a worthless entity devoid of any logic and reason 
0
My Boss's Daughter
Paul Povse
In My Boss s Daughter there is no gee whiz factor only one Herculean whiz A pox on this scatological scourge I say Let us all together put down the seat and flee for our sanities 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Angel Cohn
An outrageous and often disgusting film 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Carla Meyer
Tries screwball and gross out comedy and fails on both counts 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Sarah Chauncey
The misuse of a great actor like Terence Stamp should be considered actor abuse The rest of the film is viewer abuse 
0
My Boss's Daughter
Lou Lumenick
Three year old brain dead variant of Risky Business 
0.5
My Boss's Daughter
James Berardinelli
Sitting through My Boss Daughter is the enactment of a critic s worst nightmare 
0.5
My Boss's Daughter
John Monaghan
If you thought Ashton Kutcher s movie career had nowhere but up to go after Dude Where s My Car wait until you see My Boss s Daughter 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Michael Wilmington
This is a movie that boggles the mind a bad taste comedy that makes the average effort by the Farrelly Brothers mysteriously thanked in the credits look like a Merchant Ivory film 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Guylaine Cadorette
Unfortunately moviegoers have not been punk d My Boss s Daughter is for real 
0.5
My Boss's Daughter
Mike McGranaghan
My Boss s Daughter is crude dumb and completely unmemorable in other words it s a perfect example of the late summer movie doldrums 
1.5
My Boss's Daughter
Dustin Putman
This 90 minute diversion won t be sweeping any award shows anytime soon but it is utterly painless and actually quite sweet 
2.5
My Boss's Daughter
Frank Ochieng
My Boss s Daughter is another generically sloppy and dismal chuckle session that doesn t have any clue whatsoever as to why its torturous funnybone is about as amusing as a mugging in the city s red light district 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Jeff Vice
A comedy is supposed to be funny which this painfully forced and often offensive film is not 
1
My Boss's Daughter
Steve Rhodes
After paying full price for this turkey you are going to wish that you had chosen any other movie 
1.5
My Boss's Daughter
James Sanford
Gruesomely photographed with unnaturally dim lighting that makes everyone look anemic the movie starts off like a remake of a Michael J Fox comedy from the late 1980s then abruptly turns into what seems to be a bad dinner theater farce 
.5
My Boss's Daughter
Michael Szymanski
The irrepressible Kutcher is at his best in this hysterical fantastic romp Terence is brilliant 
3
Truth to Power
Randy Myers
This explosive much needed call to action against corrupt politics and global inaction couldn t be more timely 
3
Truth to Power
Simon Abrams
Hovannisian s documentary would be much more convincing if he picked a single aspect of Tankian s activism or composing or personality and considered it in greater detail 
1
Truth to Power
Roger Moore
Despite his dabbling in many indulgences Serj Tankian doesn t come off as shallow or particularly superficial here But this documentary almost does 
2.5
Truth to Power
Mark Dujsik
It s pretty basic stuff 
2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Michael Dequina
On the level of the dime a dozen Tarantino wannabes that clutter the bottom shelves at the video store 
2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Arthur Salm
The whole mildly pleasant outing the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse remains aloft not on its own self referential hot air but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen 
2.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Joe Baltake
If you love movies it s hard not to like Who Is Cletis Tout or at least smile through it 
3
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Phil Villarreal
Overall Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone 
3
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Chris Hewitt
A great idea becomes a not great movie 
1.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Jeff Vice
The movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre the gangster crime comedy that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago and its cutesy reliance on movie specific cliches isn t exactly endearing 
1.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Frank Ochieng
Whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing Who Is Cletis Tout is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche 
1.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Moira MacDonald
At best Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store in search of a better movie experience 
1.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Connie Ogle
It won t hold up over the long haul but in the moment Finch s tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee 
2.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Susan Stark
Cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer 
3
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Terry Lawson
While you re watching this creamed crime caper as unnecessarily murky as it is unoriginal you may find yourself wondering What is Cletis Tout When it s finally over the only question left is Why is Cletis Tout 
1
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Janice Page
The result however well intentioned is ironically just the sort of disposable kitchen sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today s Hollywood 
2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Walter Chaw
de Rossi s inability to handle a two wheeler stands in as a peculiarly pithy commentary on the rest of the film unwieldy incomprehensibly inept embarrassing and pointless 
0.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not only is this film completely useless it s also about five years too late 
1
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Mick LaSalle
Who Is Cletis Tout won t change anybody s life but it s a respectable B movie airy inconsequential and a little too cute at times but fairly entertaining all the same 
2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Tor Thorsen
Perhaps the most annoying thing about Who Is Cletis Tout is that it s a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime 
1
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Gene Seymour
Charming if overly complicated 
2.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Roger Ebert
There was a lot I liked in Cletis Tout But it seemed a shame that the writer and director Chris Ver Wiel took a perfectly sound story idea and complicated it into an exercise in style 
2.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Lou Lumenick
The script is in dire need of a few more rewrites 
2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Steve Rhodes
Mildly entertaining 
2.5
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Harvey S. Karten
Topkapi this is not 
2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Ed Gonzalez
Fluffy neo noir hiding behind cutesy film references 
1.5
Cadet Kelly
David Nusair
extraordinarily predictable utterly routine 
1.5
Keeper
David Nusair
a gritty yet erratic drama that succeeds mostly as a showcase for several above average performances 
2.5
Sobre la marxa: The Creator of the Jungle
Christopher Vondracek
The documentary itself emerges as a send up to an otherworldly creator 
3.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Brian Eggert
Enjoyable even with its flaws 44 of which there are many 44 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has enough of a sweet romance to earn a mild recommendation 46 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Eric Melin
Everything that happens is horribly predictable and the tone varies from light and fluffy to over the top camp especially with Kristin Scott Thomas as the cynical British press secretary 
1.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Scott Nash
A great cast some quirky humor and a gentle romance will leave those who appreciate it feeling good by the end 
3.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Scott Renshaw
The story itself may be about the collision between cynicism and faith but jarring tonal shifts and lack of focus rarely work even in theory 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Sean P. Means
Beaufoy serves up a script filled with deft dialogue and breezy charms giving plenty of room for McGregor and Blunt to shine in spite of director Lasse Hallstrom s proclivity for easy sentimentality 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Connie Ogle
Hallstrom shores up his film with a terrific cast that can often make up for the parts that sag under the uneven weight of preciousness 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Paul Doro
Salmon Fishing should have remained a comedy It could have been a really good one 
2
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Roger Moore
Mad uplifting and gloriously twee a delight 
3.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Calvin Wilson
It s an engaging love story that should appeal to moviegoers with a flair for the offbeat 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Marty Mapes
Crowd pleaser has its charm
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Moira MacDonald
Only Scott Thomas biting off all her sentences like a piranha rescues Salmon Fishing from being a by the numbers romantic comedy you wish the redoubtable Ms Maxwell had her own movie 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Chris Hewitt
Even the characters who are only briefly on screen are memorable and funny 
3.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Sara Michelle Fetters
At the same time it never quite knows what to completely do with itself either the climactic scenes a hodgepodge of melodramatic clichs that come perilously close to erasing all the amity generated by the first two thirds 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
John Anderson
While both Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor are enormously appealing actors Hallstrom has made a movie that pretends it is something it s not namely an intelligent romantic comedy 
1.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Scott Bowles
Despite sporting the worst cinematic title since The Chumscrubber Salmon Fishing in the Yemen hooks some charming laughs and a quaint romance by not delving too deeply into its subject matter 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Weber
An egregiously dopey mushfest where the only sparks between the stars are Nicholas like 
1
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Salmon Fishing elicits a little bit of goodwill in the midst of so much empty filmmaking 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Willie Waffle
When trying to be lighthearted fun and quirky it is the kind of entertaining cute movie that can take you away from the troubles of life 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Stephen Whitty
Enter forewarned Or better yet head upstream and don t be lured in at all 
2
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Rick Groen
Make the leap and you ll be delighted by a movie that s sugary goodness a guilty pleasure 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Lou Lumenick
Trust me These are characters with whom it s a pleasure to spend a couple of hours 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Mark Dujsik
The story hinges on three events that make little to no sense in the context of what comes before them 
1.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Dustin Putman
This could very well be early 2012 s poster child for neither here nor there mediocrity 
2
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Amy Biancolli
Makes use of pink fleshed vertebrates as the inspiration for sweet romantic musings on love and life faith and patience and the courage to go against the flow 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Ann Hornaday
Somehow managing to be both twee and edgy the absurdist but gently winning romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen works a strange kind of wonder 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Greg Quill
The withering political pungency the commentary on terrorism and the searing critique of nationalism and patriotism that made the book a best seller in the U K are replaced by a comforting surface sheen and a lot of unconvincing nonsense 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Steven Rea
It is what it is and if you find McGregor and Blunt appealing the movie will have you feeling similarly about it 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Gary Thompson
It has the U K knack for institutional bureaucratic satire and Kristin Scott Thomas has a small vivid funny role as a tough talking politico who manages the project from behind the scenes 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Wesley Morris
Proudly it has no conviction to offer just the comforts of its genericness 
2
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Peter Travers
McGregor and Blunt have charm to spare and the no bull instinct to cut to the heart of a scene In the Dead Sea of Hollywood formula their film is a distinct delight brimming over with spirit and surprise 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Michael Phillips
There s a great romantic comedy in this material somewhere which is too bad because the movie that did get made is decent if a bit bland 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Betsy Sherman
The science and the politics may be dodgy but director Lasse Hallstrm crafts a witty richly textured modern fairy tale that s an irresistible lure 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Matt Pais
Even the characters in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen recognize the inanity of the film s premise 
2
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Roger Ebert
This perhaps sounds like a hilarious movie So it could be in the hands of the masters of classic British comedy 
2.5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
James Berardinelli
Call me a sentimentalist but I enjoyed myself even during the scenes when there was a lot of talk about fish 
3
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
David Nusair
An almost prototypical dramedy from Lasse Hallstrm 
2.5
Cutthroat Island
Peter Canavese
Hey are you looking for an exciting movie about pirates of the well um Caribbean Blu ray 
2.5
Cutthroat Island
Michael Dequina
Strangely devoid of any genuine fun or excitement 
2
Cutthroat Island
Roger Ebert
It is a pirate picture pure and simple and doesn t transcend its genre except perhaps in the luxurious production Leaner and meaner pirate movies have worked more or less as well but this one gets the job done 
3
Cutthroat Island
Susan Wloszczyna
If the sight of half naked tattooed sailors firing cannons at each other shivers your timbers climb aboard Even passable pirate movies don t sail by every day 
2.5
It Started in Naples
David Nusair
an aimless thoroughly predictable waste of time masquerading as a romantic comedy 
1.5
Red Trees
Keith Watson
The banality of Marina Willer s voiceover only goes to prove the old clich that a picture is worth a thousand words 
2.5
Love the Hard Way
John Monaghan
Feels like it was crafted by an outsider with the cliche filled dialogue reading like a rough translation 
2
Love the Hard Way
Misha Berson
Brody pulls the juggling act off bringing to mind some riveting cinematic misfits before him from Brando to McQueen to Pacino 
3
Love the Hard Way
Michael Booth
There must be some reason to worry over the fate of these people but it s not in the movie 
2
Love the Hard Way
Ty Burr
Heartfelt but fatally overwrought romantic melodrama 
2
Love the Hard Way
David Sterritt
Brody has offbeat charisma but it s no match for the corny dialogue he s given here not to mention the Wild at Heart snakeskin jacket he wears 
1
Love the Hard Way
Roger Ebert
As character studies of Jack and Claire it is daring and inventive and worthy of comparison with the films of a French master of criminal psychology like Jean Pierre Melville 
3
Love the Hard Way
Robert K. Elder
A dark uneven character study 
2.5
Love the Hard Way
David Elliott
Brody s performance as Jack is about as good as that which won him the Oscar for The Pianist 
3.5
Love the Hard Way
Mick LaSalle
Brody can be proud of his work here and the movie is better than just a pre stardom curiosity 
2
Love the Hard Way
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Such a volatile presence needs control and director Peter Sehr doesn t fine tune either the character or the performance enough to keep it from burning out and self destructing 
2
Love the Hard Way
Bruce Newman
The story is often overly simplistic when it is trying hardest for emotional complexity 
2.5
Love the Hard Way
Glenn Whipp
A movie that can t make up its mind if it wants to be urban poetry or a silly soap opera 
1.5
Love the Hard Way
Jack Mathews
Desperately overblown 2001 melodrama 
1.5
Love the Hard Way
Lou Lumenick
Wildly uneven romantic drama 
2
Love the Hard Way
John Anderson
The movie is of the sort that relies exclusively on charm and charisma Love the Hard Way has neither 
1
Love the Hard Way
Peter Travers
It s a posturing pandering tale of sexual obsession in thrall to its own overweening self importance 
1
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Jeffrey Westhoff
Despite a flawed start Romeo Juliet proves the story deserves an adjective often attached to it timeless 
3
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Jeanne Aufmuth
A psychedelic assault on the senses a trip of unparalleled originality 
4
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
David Sterritt
The hyperactive movie seems goofy and gimmicky at first but it acquires real power when the cinematography settles down enough for Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes to do some excellent acting helped by a superb supporting cast 
3
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Robert Roten
It s just a little too jarring to be top notch but it sure is powerful 
3
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Mick LaSalle
A monumental disaster 
0
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
James Kendrick
Starts in high gear pushes itself into overdrive and eventually redlines and blows the engine long before its over 
2
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Susan Stark
A film so determined to stimulate both eye and ear that the story of the star crossed lovers often gets lost in melee 
2
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Rob Blackwelder
A comic book shot at selling Shakespeare to Generation X 
2
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Chris Hicks
So obnoxiously brash and in your face that it just becomes tiresome 
2
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
James Berardinelli
Danes makes a breathtaking Juliet merging strength and fragility into one 
3
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Roger Ebert
I have never seen anything remotely approaching the mess that the new punk version of Romeo Juliet makes of Shakespeare s tragedy 
2
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Steve Rhodes
Romeo and Juliet as a movie to laugh at what a concept 
3
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Michael Dequina
Luhrmann tries much too hard to push the 90s angle so hard that the story is crushed by all the stylistic weight 
2
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Madeleine Williams
You definitely need an open mind to accept this one 
2.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Wesley Lovell
Bouncing back and forth between belief and incredulity the film weaves an engaging story about love time travel and the importance of looking beyond the obvious 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Eric Melin
A lighthearted tale that deftly mixes absurdist humor with touching moments and a real feeling of loneliness 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Rob Thomas
Trevorrow keeps the film moving with the crackerjack skill of a screwball comedy almost nobody in the film is allowed to be uninteresting or unfunny 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Linda Cook
The only thing that saddens me about this little gem of a movie is that it may not be seen by anyone 
4
Safety Not Guaranteed
Roger Moore
It s the film s attempt at a conventional big budget finale with a big prop Think H G Wells that trips it up 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Rene Rodriguez
Safety Not Guaranteed is droll and hilarious but there isn t a cheap laugh in it and the ending is so perfect it sends you soaring 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Graham Killeen
Unlike time travel or jet setting Safety Not Guaranteed shows that making movies can still be more about the journey than the destination Whether or not you have first class tickets 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Joe Williams
Safety Not Guaranteed is eccentric enough to get mistaken for an uplifting fantasy but it s Plaza who belongs in the penthouse 
2.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
David Nusair
An intriguing yet erratic effort 46 46 46 
2.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Rick Groen
Neatly the script embarks on one journey while dangling the possibility of another the prospect of taking a sudden leap from comic reality into the realm of pure imagination 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Michael O'Sullivan
Safety Not Guaranteed is most vibrant and vital at its edges in the way that the characters interact with each other while waiting for something to happen 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Mark Dujsik
The material is played mostly for laughs and succeeds in that regard The undercurrent of lament in Safety Not Guaranteed though is what holds the film together 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Mick LaSalle
It s brisk and assured and never begs the audience s indulgence No time is wasted The movie is at every moment either funny or pushing the story forward or both 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Michael Phillips
The film is modest but skillful and heartfelt spiced just so by Plaza and company 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Claudia Puig
Safety Not Guaranteed casts an enchanting spell from its opening scene 
4
Safety Not Guaranteed
Ann Lewinson
With its well constructed screenplay sharp dialogue and unapologetic sincerity this first feature from former SNL interns Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly is its own act of nostalgia 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Ty Burr
A pleasantly ramshackle affair balanced uniquely between the crass and the sweet 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Chris Hewitt
It should work for either fans of quirky romcoms or Aubrey Plaza 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Gary Thompson
Around every corner is a scene we don t expect a joke we haven t heard plus some inspired visual gags 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Matt Pais
For the right kind of romantic Safety Not Guaranteed offers pure outsider catharsis 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Linda Barnard
Safety Not Guaranteed rewards those willing to ditch cynicism for a playful world where anything is possible 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Roger Ebert
Safety Not Guaranteed not only has dialogue that s about something but characters who have some depth and dimension 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
James Berardinelli
Charming and sweet are two words that can be applied to this movie which is considerably gentler than the R rating might imply 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Josh Larsen
aspires mostly to nonchalance 
2
Safety Not Guaranteed
Robert Levin
A tame indie with sci fi leanings that nearly gets by on Aubrey Plaza s unique charms 
2.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Kyle Smith
Connolly goes beyond indie clichés to understand these characters find their humanity and make us feel for them 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Moira MacDonald
Part road movie part romance part coming of age comedy and part something entirely its own Safety Not Guaranteed is an unexpected pleasure 
3.5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Peter Travers
Sometimes a movie comes out of nowhere and wins you over Safety Not Guaranteed is that kind of unexpected gift 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Christy Lemire
You have to admire the fact that rather than turning to the safety of snark this little movie sticks to its big idea All you gotta do is believe 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Jesse Cataldo
More focused on emotion than adventure it teases out the possibilities and perils of time travel without embroiling itself in the confusion inherent to the subject 
3
Safety Not Guaranteed
Erik Childress
Safety Not Guaranteed succeeds on its own merits by adapting our expectations towards more basic ideas of human nature rather than the fantastical sci fi notions of the mind 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Jeff Beck
It s possible that it could come off as a little surprising despite its predictable nature if you haven t seen the first film But even then I think it would be rather obvious that the charm is missing 
2.5
Nanny McPhee Returns
Sean P. Means
Thompson brings a sly wit to some scenes and her absence is felt when she leaves the screen time to the bickering children 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Christopher Lloyd
Nanny McPhee Returns may not be the most original material but compared to so much of the dim bulb rubbish churned out for tots it practically qualifies as enchanted 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Simon Abrams
Thompson spends much of Nanny McPhee Returns s interminable 109 minute runtime trying to set her homely titular heroine apart from Mary Poppins 
1.5
Nanny McPhee Returns
John Wirt
Noisy forced and much less magical than Nanny McPhee I 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Linda Cook
It s nice to see Nanny McPhee back again even if she s every bit as scary as she was when she first appeared 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Matt Brunson
Watching CGI critters do supposedly cute things a bird constantly belching pigs engaging in synchronized swimming isn t exactly my cup of tea English Breakfast English Afternoon or otherwise 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Charles Williams
A delightful family movie filled with frolicking farm animals flying motorcycles and life lessons worth remembering 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Mike Scott
Nanny McPhee shows up she says when she is needed but not wanted As soon as she is wanted but not needed she must go So what does she do when you don t care one way or the other 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Stephanie Merry
It can take a miracle to create a movie that s fun for kids and their parents Luckily Nanny McPhee has a little magic up her sleeve 
2.5
Nanny McPhee Returns
Lou Lumenick
There s a charming little film struggling to get out of this nearly two hour CGI extravaganza 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Chris Hewitt
In addition to starring in Returns Thompson wrote the screenplay and she did so with enormous respect for the imagination and resourcefulness of young moviegoers 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Liam Lacey
Ultimately the performances carry the film 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Phil Villarreal
What we truly need as a society is an Aliens vs Predators like extravaganza in which McPhee goes nanny a nanny against Mary Poppins 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Peter Canavese
One is always in good hands with Thompson even in this kiddie franchise for the kids there s not only the sobering reminder that they re works in progress but also lots of fairy tale magic with a touch of Babe s farm charm 
2.5
Nanny McPhee Returns
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is the kind of family friendly enterprise children and adults can enjoy with equal ease the final product both touching my heart and bringing a smile to my face neither of which I want to let go of 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Dustin Putman
In her own film Nanny McPhee holds the impact of a day player 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Mick LaSalle
Has a lighter spirit than its predecessor but it arrives at the same warm and touching place 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Moira MacDonald
May Nanny McPhee return again very soon 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Claudia Puig
This sequel to 2006 s Nanny McPhee is almost as charming as the first 
2.5
Nanny McPhee Returns
Kristin Tillotson
Thanks to star Emma Thompson s smart appealing script the mysterious babysitter with the grotesque face and no nonsense ways once again delivers a welcome antidote to Disneyfied heroines 
3.5
Nanny McPhee Returns
Carrie Rickey
The film boasts animal magnetism for kids and emotional resonance for adults 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Cathy Jakicic
A sequel that s as good and in some ways better than the charmingly fluffy 2005 original 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Tom Russo
We get a gentler more wink inclined Nanny McPhee not to mention kids whose rambunctiousness seems manufactured rather than entertainingly exaggerated 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Robert W. Butler
Gotta love Emma Thompson Her Nanny McPhee persona That s another story 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Michael Phillips
Too much of the contrasting comedy in Nanny McPhee Returns is shrill laden with routine computer generated effects and pounded into dust by James Newton Howard s shut up already musical score 
2
Nanny McPhee Returns
Roger Moore
Sweet sentimental silly and star studded Nanny McPhee Returns is one of the best children s movies of the year a fairytale stressed out parents won t mind sharing with their little darlings 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Scott Nash
If I had young children this is definitely the kind of movie I would want them to watch and the kind I would have enjoyed myself at that age 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Margaret Pomeranz
This film has been done with such professionalism it s a delight 
4
Nanny McPhee Returns
Alistair Harkness
Writer producer star Emma Thompson resurrects the titular magic practising child carer of her 2005 Mary Poppins riffing hit for yet more old fashioned family centric fun in this slightly improved sequel 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
David Gritten
It s hard to feel ill disposed towards a family film that treats the children in the audience as intelligent citizens rather than just young consumers and presents its child characters as complex people with contradictions nuances and surprising traits 
3
Nanny McPhee Returns
Simon Jablonski
With acrobatic pigs homespun wisdom and cross generation humour Nanny McPhee is a hugely entertaining family film to melt the stoniest of hearts and tickle the most callous toes 
3
Winter's Bone
Matt Brunson
The picture offers a rare look at a region that will seem as foreign to most moviegoers as the forest moon of Endor 
3.5
Winter's Bone
Sarah Knight Adamson
Winter s Bone is a haunting film of life in America one that depicts meth as the replacement for moonshine Ree s character does offer hope but much more is needed 
4
Winter's Bone
Wesley Lovell
Jennifer Lawrence is dazzling as the film s protagonist as she struggles to uncover the truth between her addict father s disappearance 
3.5
Winter's Bone
David Nusair
Gritty and real 
2.5
Winter's Bone
Connie Ogle
Debra Granik s bleak little film is as tough unflinching and fascinating as the characters who eke out a life amid its cold gray hills 
3
Winter's Bone
Rob Thomas
Granik deftly creates a film that s both a suspenseful crime drama and a pitiless portrait of a part of America that s usually ignored 
4
Winter's Bone
Michael Smith
There are so many unforgettable scenes in which I found my heart racing at not knowing what was about to happen that I found myself forgetting to breathe 
4
Winter's Bone
Lori Hoffman
The film explores the crushing poverty of America s rural regions a Grapes of Wrath style story with a country noir twist that feels authentic and original immediately 
3.5
Winter's Bone
Duane Dudek
The sound of rarely heard voices and a portrait of a world all but forgotten except by the people who live there 
3.5
Winter's Bone
Roger Moore
This unblinking look at America s Red State Crystal Meth Belt is an instant Southern Gothic classic 
4
Winter's Bone
Mike Scott
A spare but riveting drama built around a raw revelatory performance from Jennifer Lewis it is one of the best movies to land in theaters to this point this year By far 
4
Winter's Bone
John Beifuss
Might have been more gripping if it had embraced its status as an utterly distinctive detective genre effort instead of presenting itself with such determination as an art film 
3
Winter's Bone
James Kendrick
leavens its worst moments with a sense of compassion and tenderness that reminds us to understand and empathize with rather than judge the characters
3.5
Winter's Bone
Josh Larsen
By its towering ending the movie feels like a feminist reworking of a classical heroic myth 
4
Winter's Bone
Jeff Vice
The darkness that surrounds Winter s Bone almost overwhelms the entire movie Fortunately the thriller ends on a somewhat optimistic even positive note 
3
Winter's Bone
Amy Biancolli
With Winter s Bone Granik has morphed from a director worth watching to one who demands our undivided attention She s got mine 
4
Winter's Bone
Lisa Kennedy
Jennifer Lawrence gives a stirring turn in a gift of a lifetime role 
3.5
Winter's Bone
Chris Hewitt
The setting which I don t recall ever seeing on film is menacing unsettling and so foreign seeming I kept forgetting Winter s Bone is set in present day Missouri 
3.5
Winter's Bone
John Hartl
Both a whodunit and a coming of age tale dominated by Jennifer Lawrence s luminous performance as the resourceful much tested Ree 
3
Winter's Bone
Rick Groen
This is a world out of time and despite the trappings of flinty realism the film too unfolds like an elemental myth from the stormy past a Greek tragedy driven by dark fates and struggling toward a catharsis 
3
Winter's Bone
Mark Dujsik
Has genuine urgency in the conflict between the younger Ree s old fashioned ideas of family and the older generation s newfound awareness of the need to abandon such ideals 
3
Winter's Bone
Peter Howell
The dialogue is so sparse and the plot is so lean in Winter s Bone it requires acting of exemplary strength and the movie delivers in spades chiefly in the performances by Lawrence and Hawkes 
3
Winter's Bone
Ty Burr
The gritty desperate Ozarks milieu of Winter s Bone feels so real so right that you only slowly realize you re watching a detective movie 
4
Winter's Bone
Steven Rea
It s been a long time since a film has conveyed a culture and a sense of place with such telling precision At the same time Winter s Bone thrums with suspense 
3.5
Winter's Bone
Robert W. Butler
No movie is perfect but this Sundance winner comes close 
4
Winter's Bone
Joe Williams
Winter s Bone is the best film of the year 
4
Winter's Bone
Michael Phillips
The way Lawrence captures a young woman s fear and resolve often non verbally well this is a considerable talent well on her way to a great career 
3
Winter's Bone
Roger Ebert
There is a hazard of caricature here Granik avoids it Her film doesn t live above these people but among them 
4
Winter's Bone
Stephen Whitty
Granik makes something real out of all of it And even against all odds hopeful Because yes this is a hard and stony land But the life that manages to take root there tends to survive 
3.5
Winter's Bone
James Berardinelli
Winter s Bone is a welcome reminder that thrillers don t have to be loud and boisterous to grab the attention and keep it captive 
3
Winter's Bone
Dustin Putman
Sobering but unfailingly engrossing uncompromising yet not without a certain hope by the end Winter s Bone is the kind of original blessedly independent work that major studios simply refuse to make 
3.5
Winter's Bone
Sara Michelle Fetters
This terrific cultural and psychological thriller is a horrifying descent into mystery so mesmerizing I couldn t have taken my eyes off of the screen had I even dared try the film made all the more potent thanks to Lawrence s superlative performance 
4
Winter's Bone
Ed Gonzalez
The film s succinct well paced plot avoids narrative convention and cheap sentimentality It s the anti Frozen River 
3
Winter's Bone
Peter Travers
Every once in a rare while a movie gets inside your head and heart rubbing your emotions raw The remarkable Winter s Bone is just such a movie 
3
Winter's Bone
Shaula Clark
Noir may be the MSG of genres a little pinch makes almost any film tastier but does it work for Ozark gothic drama Yes 
3
Winter's Bone
Erik Childress
The temptation to call Debra Granik s latest film Frozen River Jr will be great But the longer the buzz builds for it and for Jennifer Lawrence s star making performance it will become abundantly clear that this is the Senior of the two films 
4
Winter's Bone
Robert Levin
Sadness radiates authentically from every scene with the narrative s slow advance mirroring the glum conditions of Ozark life 
3
Orange Winter
Rob Humanick
The deliberate narration feels at stylistic odds with the socially visceral imagery but this artistic juxtaposition lends its portrayed events an appropriately mythic tinge 
2.5
Orange Winter
Maitland McDonagh
Doc s failure to systematically lay clear linear historical groundwork for the events of late 2004 and 2005 is obviously deliberate but without it the film is unenlightening to anyone not already conversant with the history of modern Ukraine 
2
Thor
Mattie Lucas
A surprisingly adept mixture of comic book goofiness and epic mythos filled with bright colors and beautiful production design 
2.5
Thor
Alaina O'Connor
Tempering its sweeping scope with wit humor and just a little dose of dramatics Thor is a super charged fantasy epic that can stand alone in the Marvel Cinematic Universe 
3.5
Thor
Rafer Guzman
Let s hope Branagh was well compensated at least To quote his favorite author No profit grows where is no pleasure taken 
2
Thor
Roger Moore
Winking self mocking fun 
3
Thor
Jeff Beck
Thor reminded me a lot of the Iron Man films They are not particularly great but they are highly entertaining with their explosive action sequences and fascinating characters 
3
Thor
Chris Knight
What s left is the movie s middle 60 or so which is a fun ride though I could have done without the 3 D 
2.5
Thor
Wesley Lovell
The series of Avenger films continues to decrease in quality with Thor inferior to both the original Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk 
3
Thor
Sara Michelle Fetters
Marvel s Thor may be silly but that doesn t make it any less entertaining 
3
Thor
James Kendrick
display a light and humorous touch that never detracts from the larger dramatic issues
3
Thor
Linda Cook
No fanboy will feel Thor for spending his hard earned money on the latest of superhero from the Marvel universe 
2.5
Thor
John Beifuss
Entertaining and instantly forgettable 
3
Thor
Eric Melin
It achieves a good balance of action and comic relief and despite a ridiculous set up turns out to be a decent family drama on top of all that 
3
Thor
John Wirt
To its detriment this film most of all prepares the way for a sequel 
2
Thor
David Nusair
a missed opportunity of nigh epic proportions 
2
Thor
Roger Ebert
The story might perhaps be adequate for an animated film for children with Thor Odin and the others played by piglets In the arena of movies about comic book superheroes it is a desolate vastation 
1.5
Thor
Walter Chaw
triggers Tron Legacy flashbacks like wet heat does Vietnam 
2
Thor
Kam Williams
Not merely an entertaining enough intro to Thor but a roots adventure cleverly laying the groundwork for what s in store from The Avengers and other planned extensions of the Marvel franchise 
3
Thor
Simon Abrams
Thor continues the trend of weakly jumpstarting a franchise based on a Marvel comic with an instantly forgettable origin story 
2
Thor
Lori Hoffman
Thor is such a monumental waste of top tier talent it adds an air of sadness to this prime example of cookie cutter filmmaking 
1
Thor
Matt Brunson
A perfectly serviceable entry in the cinematic superhero sweepstakes Thor provides viewers with a good time as long as they re not taking notes and comparing it to other high profile Marvel properties 
2.5
Thor
Glenn Lovell
latest in a string of whatever sticks action hero franchises I can hear the slumming Branagh admonishing Give me a break 8210 it s an amusement park ride 
1
Thor
Keith Cohen
This movie has all the sci fi fantasy wonder and magic we have come to expect from Marvel The 114 minute running time passes by swiftly and leaves you wanting more The action scenes are well staged and the computer graphics special effects are 
3
Thor
Ethan Alter
Rhymes with bore 
2
Thor
Christopher Lloyd
Like Thor himself the movie is overly puffed up and self serious But the character experiences a satisfying arc of change turning into a genuinely heroic figure whose magic hammer does some serious smiting 
3
Thor
Mike McGranaghan
Crazy good fun Thor has that quintessential Marvel movie feel that made the Spider Man X Men and Iron Man pictures so enjoyable 
3.5
Thor
Lisa Kennedy
Kenneth Branagh s Shakespearean chops add texture in scenes that require the care and feeding of literature s grander themes pride paternity and honor 
2.5
Thor
Russ Breimeier
What could have been a stiff and overwrought production turns out to be one of the more well rounded and enjoyable superhero movies in recent memory 
3.5
Thor
Amy Biancolli
The visuals are breathtaking without it all swirling cosmic nebulae and mythic cityscapes of the Norse god capital Asgard 
3
Thor
Robert W. Butler
A pleasant diversion that may not make you smarter but at least won t make you dumber 
2.5
Thor
James Berardinelli
Branagh s Thoris big enough and bold enough to fit under the Marvel umbrella but infused with sufficient uniqueness to make it work for those weary of generic superhero stories 
3
Thor
Chris Hewitt
This god answers our summer movie prayers 
3
Thor
Neil Rosen
Basically it s a little better than okay but nothing more than that 
2.5
Thor
Rick Groen
It s as if Branagh fearful that his artsy reputation precedes him has gone to the opposite extreme and low balled the material 
2
Thor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Branagh creates a nice flow with many dynamic angles and clear exciting fight scenes 
3
Thor
Peter Travers
Hemsworth an Aussie actor with a vocal command to match his heaving brawn doesn t just play the role he owns it 
3
Thor
Matt Soergel
Hemsworth is a carved from stone god who makes Brad Pitt look as bulked up as Angelina Jolie and he gives just the right amount of wry recognition that this is all just summertime nonsense 
2.5
Thor
Willie Waffle
He has a big hammer and he knows how to swing it 
3.5
Thor
Michael O'Sullivan
The effects are effective The humor is humorous and just self referential enough to let you know the film doesn t take itself too seriously 
2
Thor
Kyle Smith
The ripping outer space fights are the main attraction and they re mostly entertaining though not in a way that will make you feel good about yourself 
2.5
Thor
Bob Bloom
At times it seems Thor s hammer shows more personality than its owner 
1
Thor
Peter Canavese
Clobberin rsquo action a touch of rsquo 50s sci fi and a heaping portion of titan clashing theatrics spell something a little different for the comic book movie 
3
Thor
Mark Dujsik
In removing those traits that typically make a superhero from its protagonist Thor makes him stand out from the growing crowd 
3
Thor
Dustin Putman
Will not be going down anytime soon as one of the quintessentially great superhero efforts but it isn t a failure either 
2.5
Thor
Claudia Puig
Though it may not leave a lasting impression once the lights go up Thor is lighthearted and thunderously good fun 
3
Thor
David Hiltbrand
All the requisite ingredients are wedged in romance redemption a giant invincible robot But it seems no one was paying attention to overall quality control 
2
Thor
Michael Phillips
The last 25 minutes of Thor aren t much better than the first But that hour in between tasty funny robustly acted more than compensates 
3
Thor
Duane Dudek
It is as close to a thinking person s comic book superhero movie as the genre gets and it s tempting to see parallels between the gods and monsters of then and now 
3.5
Thor
Joe Williams
With its references to other properties in the Marvel universe and to classic tales of redemption this no surprises summer movie might appeal to those who ve been bitten by radioactive spiders or the Shakespeare bug 
2.5
Thor
Lawrence Toppman
Branagh s Thor has more complex characters than the usual Transformers style melee though that may not be what the readers of Marvel comics now want it satisfied me most of the time 
3
Thor
Moira MacDonald
Not quite good enough to be thrilling but never bad enough to be silly except when it means to be the Marvel comic Thor lumbers agreeably onto the screen to kick off the summer movie season 
3
Thor
Rich Heldenfels
A middle ground Marvel adaptation but one with a good sense of humor 
2.5
Thor
Ty Burr
Thor shows the Marvel movie formula amp up the laughs deploy stars smartly protect the franchise at all costs at its most obvious and efficient It gives mediocre a good name 
3
Thor
Stephen Whitty
All in all it s a good official start to the summer season and for a movie superhero counting down the days until he joins the all star The Avengers 
3
Thor
Erik Childress
In your cinematic Marvel rankings Thor splits the difference between the two Iron Man films A fine introduction to an arrogant warmonger who becomes a true hero when he decides to defend the helpless en route to a less than stellar and rushed final act 
3
Thor
Matt Pais
The only impressive thing about Thor is his wingspan 
2
Thor
Brian Orndorf
Branagh has conjured an epic visual experience infusing Thor with the expansive sweep of a comic book and some snappy personality creating a wildly entertaining yarn 
3.5
Thor
Brett Michel
Branagh may be the real hero here bringing more than a few Shakespearean flourishes to a mythos that s rife with them 
3
Thor
Peter Howell
What really seals the deal is Hemsworth s undeniable charisma making us ignore the patchiness of the scene changes and the occasional dialogue howler 
3
Thor
Josh Larsen
This is twice now that Marvel Studios has made me care for a comic book figure who initially struck me as dopey 
3.5
Thor
Joe Lozito
You might not expect it but this Kenneth Branagh helmed comic book movie delivers thanks to a deftly balanced tone and Anthony Hopkins as Odin 
3
Dan in Real Life
Mike Scott
A charming though occasionally off target and consistently tempo challenged romantic comedy 
2
Dan in Real Life
Peter Keough
What s wrong with Steve Carrell His is one of the quickest falls from comedy to crap since Chevy Chase 
1
Dan in Real Life
Walter Chaw
A creature made of gingerbread and hugs 
1
Dan in Real Life
David Nusair
ultimately succumbs to an egregious emphasis on inauthentic elements 
2
Dan in Real Life
Jeffrey Westhoff
Ultimately it is Carell who grounds Dan in something close to real life 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Greg Maki
Aside from Dan himself nothing about the movie feels real 
2
Dan in Real Life
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It s sadly just a mixed bag of hits and misses 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Jonathan W. Hickman
I came away thinking that it just might be the sweetest film of the year 
3
Dan in Real Life
Susan Tavernetti
Steve Carell is the new Tom Hanks 
3
Dan in Real Life
Linda Cook
Get him outside of The Office and Steve Carell is a lovable everyman 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Frank Ochieng
Heartwarming quirky and quietly affecting the overall package is peppered with an easy going dosage of reflective schmaltz warm inviting and actively spirited 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Sean McBride
the emotion is genuine and the humor is just sweet enough to leave you smiling 
3
Dan in Real Life
Mike McGranaghan
This is one of those feel good movies that really does make you feel good 
3
Dan in Real Life
Kam Williams
The fastest way to clear a theater 
0
Dan in Real Life
Gary Brown
The laughter from the audience was sustained throughout the film 
3
Dan in Real Life
Kit Bowen
As a surprisingly engaging romantic comedy starring an unlikely romantic lead Dan in Real Life warms your heart in all the right places And makes you want to eat pancakes 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Larry Ratliff
Dan in Real Life isn t about real life This is reel life Hollywood s heightened reality take on what might go on at a large family gathering where one woman is caught between the affections of siblings 
3
Dan in Real Life
Sara Michelle Fetters
The writing here is as honest as any I ve experienced this year the script a continuous symphony of all of life s numerous bells and whistles that continually keep us all coming back for more 
3
Dan in Real Life
Sean P. Means
Nearly every scene feels true as if lifted directly from your own family reunion 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Claudia Puig
Why must so many family friendly romantic comedies give us such wan forgettable dialogue and predictable situations Dan is derivative at best and feels like filmmaking by focus group at worst 
2
Dan in Real Life
Ken Fox
It s a clever idea for a romantic comedy that presents a credible obstacle for two modern would be lovers to maneuver around for 90 minutes 
3
Dan in Real Life
Geoff Pevere
A movie nicely packed with pleasantly unpredictable surprises 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Chris Hewitt
Carell makes it worthwhile Dane Cook almost makes it not worthwhile 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Ted Fry
Carell plays it fairly straight in a movie that hits high on the scales of comedy and romance with just a dollop of dramatic reality It s almost as if he were playing well real life 
3
Dan in Real Life
Mick LaSalle
Dan in Real Life fires on so many circuits that at times it s actually shocking how good it is It tells a funny and emotional story without any of the sentimental shorthand found in most romantic comedies 
4
Dan in Real Life
Stephen Whitty
A mediocre and unbelievable romantic comedy 
2
Dan in Real Life
Kyle Smith
One character says she s looking for something not necessarily hahaha laugh out loud funny something human funny and that s what we get 
3
Dan in Real Life
Elizabeth Weitzman
Sweet it is Remotely connected to real life however it is not 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Carla Meyer
Hedges imparts in the space of an hour and a half a real sense of this family s history its rituals and its resilience 
3
Dan in Real Life
John Wirt
Dan In Real Life is neither bad nor particularly good It s simply more disposable soon to be forgotten entertainment 
2
Dan in Real Life
Connie Ogle
Carell s uncanny ability to make us care what happens to him salvages Dan in Real Life 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Kenneth Turan
If what you want is a star driven sophisticated romantic comedy that is successfully aimed at actual adults the wait can seem like forever Until now 
4
Dan in Real Life
Glenn Whipp
Smart funny character based romantic comedy that s full of good surprises 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Robert W. Butler
Mostly the laughs are based in behavior and character Carell once again displays the range that makes him something more than just another funny guy Binoche is so appealing that you immediately understand why Dan has been smitten 
3
Dan in Real Life
Liam Lacey
In the end the commercial necessity of wrapping up a family comedy in less than 100 minutes seems to have trumped anything real about Dan s life 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Terry Lawson
Hedges is not the most subtle of storytellers but his sincerity shines through as does a certain gentleness Dan in Real Life is one of those films you cheer to succeed even when it doesn t come close to real life 
3
Dan in Real Life
Josh Hurst
There s not an iota of pretense here not the slightest hint of hipster irony or of cynicism It s a movie about family made by people who know about family who believe in family 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Ty Burr
Dan in Real Life lacks the nerve of genuine storytelling It s for moviegoers who would have preferred Little Miss Sunshine if that movie hadn t been so gosh darn dark 
2
Dan in Real Life
Rob Thomas
Add in a terrific soundtrack of original songs by singer songwriter Sondre Lerche and Dan in Real Life is an unexpected and very welcome treat a crowd pleasing mainstream comedy with the soul of an indie 
3
Dan in Real Life
Carrie Rickey
Almost reflexively the filmmakers skirt Dan s messier conflicts But it is the moments when they don t dance around the awkward issue of a brother falling for his brother s girl that Dan is the most poignant 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Roger Ebert
There are some loud moments and big laughs 
3
Dan in Real Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dan in Real Life is an odd title for a movie that hasn t the slightest concept of real life 
1.5
Dan in Real Life
Mark Dujsik
The movie has its charms especially the performances but they re not the charms of family togetherness and finding love after loss that the movie so sappily tries to pound home near the end 
2
Dan in Real Life
Michael A. Smith
Carell continues his march as this generation s Tom Hanks equally comfortable and at home in comedy or drama 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Erik Childress
Thankfully Hedges keeps his focus and doesn t allow the film to just become a series of sketches and syrupy confessionals 
3
Dan in Real Life
Willie Waffle
even Derek Jeter strikes out once in a while so Steve Carell was bound to have a stinker eventually and Dan In Real Life is it 
1
Dan in Real Life
Bruce Newman
The sort of movie that wears down your resistance until finally you feel as if something must be wrong with you if you don t fall for the cheap theatrics of its story and the emotional manipulations of its characters 
2
Dan in Real Life
Lawrence Toppman
Binoche s complicated heartfelt performance is the reason to see the film When she s around she pierces the soothing gray nothingness with shafts of sunlight 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Mack Bates
A wry smart and perceptive dramedy about family and life s other surprises 
3
Dan in Real Life
Jeff Vice
Dan in Real Life is a pretty warm genuine comedy that succeeds at least in part because of some gutsy casting choices 
3
Dan in Real Life
Michael Phillips
A low key highly agreeable charmer 
3.5
Dan in Real Life
Dustin Putman
Comfortable and enjoyable in an unpushy sort of way 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Gene Seymour
Dan in Real Life navigates its machinations with such laid back assurance that it earns your attention your respect and ultimately your heart 
3
Dan in Real Life
Ross Anthony
Plot undermines otherwise solid performances and high quality production 
1.5
Dan in Real Life
Phil Villarreal
It sounds corny and it is as are many other of the goofy sequences that seem lame on paper but work in execution But that s family 
3
Dan in Real Life
Joe Lozito
Sweet family comedy trifle starring Steve Carell as the titular neurotic advice columnist suffering through an impossibly quaint family vacation Manages to be cute without being cutesy 
3
Dan in Real Life
Josh Larsen
It s as if the producers of Spanglish had asked Adam Sandler to do his Opera Man routine here and there 
2
Dan in Real Life
James Berardinelli
Beneath its aw shucks wants to be liked exterior this is a bankrupt motion picture It s cloying artificial and not the least bit romantic 
2
Dan in Real Life
Matt Brunson
Dan In Real Life wants to offer it all a fine sentiment when a movie can pull it off an example of trying too hard when it doesn t 
2.5
Dan in Real Life
Nick Schager
Steve Carell s pursed lipped awkwardness and sweet buffoonery are both in fine form but those endearing qualities aren t nearly enough to salvage Peter Hedges s incorrigibly hackneyed film 
2
Dan in Real Life
Peter Travers
The plot tickles sitcom but the film is a winner because Carell and Binoche follow Hedges lead and keep it real Sharing their company really is a pleasure 
3
Edge of Winter
Chris Knight
Some films do a slow burn And some burn so slowly that they risk having their fire go out completely Edge of Winter is alas of the latter variety 
1
Edge of Winter
Glenn Lovell
Kinnaman s weekend father is a return to form a twitchy deeply flawed character we can t help rooting for even as we fear the worst He reminded me of Nicholson in The Shining 
2.5
Edge of Winter
Linda Barnard
Not much new here but there are solid performances and you have to admire cast and crew for shooting amid some challenging surroundings in snowy Sudbury 
2.5
Edge of Winter
Johanna Schneller
This film will be remembered if at all as one of the things Holland did before he was Spider Man 
1.5
Edge of Winter
Christian Toto
What starts as that rare big screen role worthy of Joel Kinnaman takes a depressing turn 
2
Edge of Winter
Godfrey Cheshire
Director Rob Connolly who co wrote the script with Kyle Mann has an understated but sharply honed visual sense that keeps the drama taut and engaging throughout 
3
Edge of Winter
Mike McGranaghan
An astoundingly misbegotten film Thoroughly incompetent 
1
Edge of Winter
Roger Moore
Frosty gritty and utterly predictable 
2
Edge of Winter
Ed Gonzalez
One comes to resent the film for how it thrills to the possibility of a father hurting his children 
2
The Go Masters
Roger Ebert
The movie is a melodrama on an epic scale an Asian Gone With the Wind filled with romance and action but built on a foundation of Eastern philosophy 
3.5
Beautiful Boy
Jason Fraley
This is a very hard movie to watch simply for its heavy subject matter Chalamet has so many relapses that we grow increasingly frustrated which I suppose is the point Our hearts go out to it but we re ultimately let down 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Van Groeningen tries to dodge the dramatic conventions of the story with an elegant and hyperfragmented mise en scene Full review in Spanish 
2
Beautiful Boy
Joe Friar
Timothée Chalamet delivers a superb performance The film covers territory usually skipped in most drug addiction films primarily the family s struggle to help 
3.5
Beautiful Boy
Josh Bell
Plays out like nearly every other story of drug addiction with a repetitive sobriety and relapse structure that ceases to be illuminating after the second time 
2
Beautiful Boy
Roger Moore
Rarely has a film with alleged Oscar pretensions felt more meh 
2
Beautiful Boy
Michael Smith
When it comes to depicting drug addiction Beautiful Boy doesn t show us much that we haven t seen before in movies but it gets the emotions just right 
3
Beautiful Boy
Josh Terry
It sounds like a terrible pun but over and over again the best word to describe the experience of watching Beautiful Boy is sobering 
3.5
Beautiful Boy
Clint O'Connor
It is well acted well intentioned and heartfelt But it can also be a slog with repetitive paint by numbers scenes that rob the film of a compelling narrative arc 
2
Beautiful Boy
Sean P. Means
As good as the cast is particularly Chalamet in his fearless depiction of Nick s rollercoaster existence Beautiful Boy remains a chore to watch 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Mark Dujsik
Beautiful Boy is so caught up in creating a general feeling of despair that we re kept at a distance from actually feeling it 
2
Beautiful Boy
Rob Thomas
Forget Halloween For parents the scariest movie of the season is Beautiful Boy 
3.5
Beautiful Boy
Bob Bloom
Chalamet makes you want to protectively embrace Nic while simultaneously sternly lecture him about his choices His Nic frustrates you yet you also want to care for him 
3
Beautiful Boy
Gary Thompson
A chronicle of emotional exhaustion that offers more exhaustion than emotion 
2
Beautiful Boy
Peter Canavese
Makes a good case for itself as the addiction movie America needs right now offers a primal you are not alone catharsis for sufferers under the powerful grip of addiction or with a front row seat to it 
3
Beautiful Boy
Ty Burr
Beautiful Boy is a welcome corrective of sorts If only it weren t quite so clean 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Robert Horton
An issue movie something just a little too generic to be really potent and memorable 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
David Nusair
never quite becomes the searing drama one might ve anticipated 
2
Beautiful Boy
James Berardinelli
Beautiful Boy delivers less than what one would expect from the story it endeavors to tell 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Richard Roeper
Chalamet is asked to hit some big notes in this performance but we never see him acting That s true greatness in the making 
3
Beautiful Boy
Peter Howell
A harrowing and frequently dispiriting watch 
3
Beautiful Boy
Anita Katz
The director gets enough right to make the movie an honest involving portrayal of the toll of addiction on individuals and families He refuses to tie up the story in a feel good bow or soften Nic s behavior to elicit viewer sympathy 
3
Beautiful Boy
Ann Hornaday
Chalamet now leaves no doubt that he s an actor of refined and profound gifts His performance in Beautiful Boy helps elevate a boho bourgeois melodrama to something that aspires to be more achingly real and human 
2
Beautiful Boy
Michael Phillips
Chalamet s terrific throughout accessing and deploying every kind of emotion in unpredictable combinations 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Rex Reed
Heartbreaking honest and profoundly truthful even if flawed by a handful of unfortunate cliches 
3
Beautiful Boy
Christy Lemire
There might have been more power and beauty in a more understated approach all around 
2
Beautiful Boy
Johnny Oleksinski
Van Groeningen has delivered too safe a movie which fights against two terrific actors bravely baring their souls 
2
Beautiful Boy
Joey Magidson
Carell and Chalamet are acting their hearts out here so much so that they overcome some spotty filmmaking 
3
Beautiful Boy
Mara Reinstein
For all its cinematic artfulness the drama never strays from a well honed formula Put it this way When an addict swears to be clean only an hour in a movie an ugly relapse is inevitable 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Brian Truitt
While the sometimes confusing non linear narrative keeps the whole package from coming together the first rate acting more than makes up for it in the film based on the true experiences of David and Nic Sheff 
3
Beautiful Boy
Keith Uhlich
A few too many on the nose needle drops make the film play like a schmaltz infused music video cum alarmist anti drug PSA 
2.5
Beautiful Boy
Dwight Brown
This over produced Hollywoodish film fails miserably at bringing their harsh reality to life 
2
Beautiful Boy
Barry Hertz
All the wrong decisions end up smothering strong performances from Steve Carell and to a lesser extent Timothée Chalamet 
2
Beautiful Boy
Erik Anderson
Timothée Chalamet doesn t miss a beat with another astonishing performance navigating emotional highs and lows like a seasoned veteran It never feels like a calculation or a manipulation 
3
Beautiful Boy
Clayton Davis
With standout performances from Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet and Maura Tierney there s plenty to take away However an overly directed melodrama envelops a film that comes off as a manipulative infomercial about how to say No to drugs 
2.5
Demon House
David Keyes
Fashioned from a scorching creative eagerness that seems held back unnecessarily by a fear of visual or thematic excess 
2
Demon House
Nick Allen
More superficial than supernatural 
1.5
The Crimson Kimono
Matt Brunson
Promoted upon its original release with such lurid and misleading lines like Yes this is a beautiful American girl in the arms of a Japanese boy What was his strange appeal for American girls this is actually a thoughtful drama 
3
The Crimson Kimono
David Nusair
The Crimson Kimono segues into a routine police procedural midsection that becomes less and less interesting and more and more tedious as time progresses 
2
The Crimson Kimono
Mattie Lucas
A noir ish thriller with the heart of a social drama making for a fascinating genre hybrid that showcases Fuller s innate ability to make films that were so much more than the sum of their parts 
3
The Monk
Tina Hassannia
Dominik Moll never addresses Matthew Gregory Lewis s original groundbreaking ideas in The Monk nor does he rework the material for a contemporary audience 
1.5
The Monk
Soren Andersen
By the end The Monk has revealed itself to be a too predictable potboiler served piping hot 
2.5
The Monk
Chris Hewitt
It s garish and crazy and in French so it s probably not for everyone But I can t imagine anyone getting bored 
3
The Monk
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
The Monk is first and foremost a classy B movie keen to offer Gothic atmosphere nudity and mild shocks 
3
Pick Up The Mic
Bill Stamets
In this all inclusive documentary Alex Hinton introduces a spectrum of homohop performers and spoken word artists 
3
Padmaavat
Aparita Bhandari
When I walked out of the movie theatre screening Padmaavat I was shaking in rage 
2
Padmaavat
Simon Abrams
Padmaavat is a rare work of pop art that is both powerful and repugnant 
3
Lily & Kat
Wes Greene
It passive aggressively seems to suggest that anyone who isn t exactly interested in monogamy may be some kind of selfish intolerable sociopath 
1.5
Unicorn Store
Brian Eggert
Larson doesn t quite capture the whimsy needed to pull off this story 
2.5
Unicorn Store
Joey Magidson
Whimsy is the guiding force here fueling Larson s debut behind the camera 
3
Unicorn Store
Tomris Laffly
Quirky to an extreme with not much to say about the millennial resistance to maturity 
1.5
Unicorn Store
Sara Stewart
Ultimately Unicorn Store shows little appeal beyond perhaps a young adult audience with a very high tolerance for glitter 
2
Unicorn Store
Matthew Passantino
Many people will identify with Kit s journey especially those pursuing careers in creative fields and Unicorn Store will hit at just the right time 
3
Unicorn Store
Wes Greene
Brie Larson s directorial debut is nothing so much as a series of quirks 
1
Unicorn Store
Rosalie Kicks
Unicorn Store is a reminder of why it is important for ladies to tell stories 
3
The Star Maker
Roger Ebert
The movie is not as special as Cinema Paradiso but in its own way it is enchanted too Mother of God what faces 
3
The Star Maker
Mike Clark
The central story belatedly introduced may prove rudely downbeat for viewers who lapped up Paradiso s sentiment 
2
Ghost of the Needle
Jonathan W. Hickman
The film s central protagonist IS the serial killer and there isn t a sexy super cop hot on his trail And you know it s really pretty refreshing 
3
The Canal
Federico Furzan
An irish horror movie that lacks spirit substance and a coherent script It s weird that horror movie characters to this day still make lousy decisions Full review in Spanish 
1.5
The Canal
Ed Gonzalez
Unlike David Lynch Kavanagh isn t interested in catching ideas like fish of linking the degradation of film to the degradation of consciousness 
1.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Brian Eggert
Herzog s humanist approach to the documentary asks a lot of questions and instead of providing answers he invokes a desire to discuss these ideas on our own 
3.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Brad Keefe
It could have easily been turned into a Ken Burns style mini series but instead the mind blowing concepts come at you in rapid fire succession all wrapped in a healthy layer of the Herzog we know and love 
3.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
John Serba
It s frequently warm and wondrous just as frequently it s chilly and troubling If Herzog s work isn t an acute reflection of life itself then nothing is 
4
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Mark Dujsik
One of the great underappreciated joys of a documentary by Werner Herzog is having the opportunity simply to catch a glimpse into the workings of the man s mind 
3.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
David Fear
The Existential Pondering ometer goes into the red zone There will be robots 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Tom Meek
The filmmaker s laid back yet probing style and quest for getting at the human condition and effects of a digital sphere enveloping society is nothing short of infectious 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Katie Walsh
Herzog breaks the internet cracks it open to carefully examine the insides the glorious possibilities and the devastating potential pitfalls 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Anita Katz
Herzog provides no shockers The film is less penetrating fascinating and affecting than his movies Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams Still he s incapable of being shallow or uninteresting 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film is saved from mere competence by that Herzogian feeling at once grandiose and self deprecating 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Tirdad Derakhshani
An elegant survey of the origins of the information revolution and a shrewd analysis of how the internet has reshaped the world 
3.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Sean P. Means
Herzog ultimately sounds optimistic about humanity s hyperlinked future even as he highlights the many dangers on the road ahead 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Robert Horton
These factoids would be interesting if they were arranged in 60 Minutes segments but with Herzog narrating and asking piercing questions they become something more 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Mark Feeney
Obviously this is a large and daunting subject What s the German word for daunt It appears never to have entered Herzog s vocabulary 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Ann Hornaday
Lo and Behold may not be Herzog s most artistically ambitious film but it s an intriguing even important one nonetheless 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
John Hartl
A chatty mostly fascinating talkathon about the impact of the internet 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
G. Allen Johnson
Are we doomed Or will we conquer all Whatever the outcome Herzog argues that mass connectivity marks a beginning of a shift in our morals and indeed in what it means to be human 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Kate Taylor
A fascinating but alarmist film 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Peter Howell
Herzog regards the online world with a mixture of wonder humour and horror observing that the ingenuity of people to build machines is outdone only by their capacity to misuse them 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Roger Moore
A bit of a wander but the cinema s most curious filmmaker is the right guy to ponder the wonders of the Internet Age and its perils 
3
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Chuck Bowen
It offers no conclusions routinely alternating between episodes that contrast exhilaration with exploitation and damnation 
3.5
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Josh Terry
Herzog s wit has an amusing way of holding his documentary together 
3
The Great Race
David Nusair
A monumentally epic disaster 
1
Mockingbird
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to overlook the nonsensical manner in which the whole thing finishes 
2
The Counterfeiters
Mattie Lucas
While it is compulsively watchable I never felt that the moral complexities were explored to their fullest extent 
3
The Counterfeiters
Hannah Brown
Although there is nothing ground breaking about The Counterfeiters it tells a moving and engrossing story with depth and intelligence and is well worth seeing 
4
The Counterfeiters
Mike Scott
2008 s Oscar winning foreign film is unquestionably good a wholly absorbing and taut drama that is as engaging as it is powerful But Oscar worthy There s room for debate 
3
The Counterfeiters
Linda Cook
It s a true story of the human condition the Holocaust and history 
4
The Counterfeiters
Steven Rea
As writer director Stefan Ruzowitzky shows powerfully affectingly in The Counterfeiters the privileges experienced by this small team of Jews and criminals came at a price 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Peter Canavese
Markovics expertly projects every craven instinct and heartfelt yearning of the complex protagonist making The Counterfeiters an experience as satisfying emotionally as intellectually Blu Ray 
3
The Counterfeiters
Austin Kennedy
THE COUNTERFEITERS is an accurate procedural just not a very engrossing or moving film 
2.5
The Counterfeiters
Lori Hoffman
The heart of the story is the horrible choice of survival while helping your oppressors or fighting them with sabotage and risking your life and others 
3
The Counterfeiters
John Beifuss
Gripping but would have more impact if it had been staged like Paul Verhoeven s Black Book in the straightforward manner of a classic Hollywood suspense film 
3
The Counterfeiters
Matt Brunson
The black and white blueprints of movies like Schindler s List have been tossed out replaced with one that bleeds gray 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Larry Ratliff
This rarely happens but I can t find a single negative thing to say about this intriguing beautifully mounted slice of cinema 
4
The Counterfeiters
Marjorie Baumgarten
Director Ruzowitzky moves The Counterfeiters along at a fast clip that covers a lot of ground in an hour and a half 
4
The Counterfeiters
Sean P. Means
It manages the difficult task of illuminating the size of the Nazis horror while still focusing on a few men in the middle of it 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Jeff Vice
The real trick or feat that s successfully performed by The Counterfeiters is making us care about a character who on the surface at least isn t particularly likable or sympathetic 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Rob Thomas
Much of Counterfeiters is actually pretty thrilling as Sorowitsch a classic taciturn anti hero in the Humphrey Bogart or William Holden mold struggles with whether to go along with the Nazi plan or figure out some way of undoing it from within 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Duane Dudek
Writer director Stefan Ruzowitzky creates an atmosphere devoid of color or light in which the desperate need to survive is balanced against the guilt and shame for doing so But it is the performances that are the most effective 
3
The Counterfeiters
Connie Ogle
It s impossible not to respond to The Counterfeiters and the haunting questions it raises 
3
The Counterfeiters
Amy Biancolli
Is this the last word on the Holocaust No But nothing is And nothing ever should be 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
John Hartl
Turns out to be just as challenging and effective a political drama as Persepolis and 4 Months 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Ty Burr
slick exciting emotionally trenchant well done all around 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Chris Hewitt
It s an absorbing humane winner 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Jeanne Aufmuth
Plays the concentration camp drama to dynamic effect 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Peter Howell
A drama based on true historical events that leaves no conscience unchallenged 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
David Wiegand
The moral conundrum at the heart of Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky s The Counterfeiters is worthy of Kafka or Dostoevsky 
3
The Counterfeiters
Ken Fox
Austrian writer director Stefan Ruzowitzky includes a lot of the peculiar challenges faced by the men of Operation Bernhard 
3
The Counterfeiters
Liam Lacey
A conventional mixture of thriller and moral drama the film is unsettling in both intentional and unintentional ways 
3
The Counterfeiters
Jim Emerson
The trouble is that the storytelling and filmmaking are routine surely faux documentary handheld camerawork is the most overused cliche in modern movies even when the human drama is not 
2.5
The Counterfeiters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While The Counterfeiters does indeed contain a good story it is by no means a good film 
2
The Counterfeiters
Michael Phillips
It is a mark of the filmmaking and storytelling intelligence of The Counterfeiters that Ruzowitzky neither pours on the melodrama nor plays coy with the reality of things 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
Steve Rhodes
The story is mesmerizing It s too bad the movie is never as good The characters are just too one dimensional 
2.5
The Counterfeiters
Stephen Whitty
Director Stefan Rukowitzky keeps his camera wisely inside the forgers separate barracks They and we can only guess at what is going on in the rest of the camp But it haunts them still 
3
The Counterfeiters
Kyle Smith
Full of the weird details that though unsurprising on one level are so jarringly wrong that they seem fresh 
3
The Counterfeiters
Glenn Whipp
Director Ruzowitzky refreshingly keeps the movie free from any pat answers letting the audience members imagine what course of action they might take in similar circumstances 
3
The Counterfeiters
Gene Seymour
Director Ruzowitzky wisely knows he doesn t have to be overly emphatic in orchestrating the tension of both the moral conundrum and the always uncertain fate of the inmates 
3
The Counterfeiters
Joe Lozito
The fascinating unsentimental true story of a group of concentration camp prisoners forced to help the Nazis perpetrate the largest counterfeiting operation in history 
3.5
The Counterfeiters
James Berardinelli
Ruzowitzky depicts the care and attention to detail that went into the operation 
3
The Counterfeiters
David Nusair
Only WWII junkies will find much of anything worth embracing here 
2
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
Roger Moore
It s not thrilling not romantic and lacking either not much fun at all 
1.5
Kiss of Death
Jay Antani
What really sets this noir apart is a combination of Hathaway s deliberate craftsmanship and the small crackerjack ensemble led by Mature and Widmark
3.5
Kiss of Death
David Nusair
a solid sporadically electrifying little thriller 
3
Kiss of Death
Nick Schager
A jumbled piece of cinematic crime fiction that s visually elegant but regularly confused about its own point of view 
2
Happy Times
David Nusair
director Zhang Yimou imbues the story with enough heart and humor to prevent it from resembling something out of a 70s horror flick 
2.5
Happy Times
Matt Brunson
Even legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles so it s no surprise to see a world class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that s ultimately rather inconsequential 
2
Happy Times
Susan Stark
A provocative touching surprising and obliquely illuminating piece 
3
Happy Times
Sean P. Means
Well meaning but unpalatable mush 
2
Happy Times
Jeff Vice
OK it s an offbeat premise but it s done with more sensitivity than you might expect 
2.5
Happy Times
Janice Page
Not a film to rival To Live but a fine little amuse bouche to keep your appetite whetted 
3
Happy Times
Joe Baltake
This humbling little film fueled by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that they don t make movies like they used to anymore 
3.5
Happy Times
Duane Dudek
A metaphor for a modern day urban China searching for its identity 
3
Happy Times
Laura Kelly
There are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness 
2
Happy Times
Marta Barber
Metaphors abound but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story 
3
Happy Times
David Elliott
There is so much plodding sensitivity 
2
Happy Times
Walter Chaw
Aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness 
1.5
Happy Times
Jennie Punter
A tale of unlikely friendship in an increasingly uncaring world 
3
Happy Times
Roger Ebert
To me it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy 
2
Happy Times
Michael Wilmington
This is a film like City Lights that blends darkness and light laughter and tears expertly and with love 
3.5
Happy Times
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The warm presence of Zhao Benshan makes the preposterous lying hero into something more than he reasonably should be 
2.5
Happy Times
Edward Guthmann
One feels the dimming of a certain ambition but in its place a sweetness clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism 
3
Happy Times
John Hartl
Occasionally funny and consistently odd and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for Zhao 
2.5
Happy Times
Rod Armstrong
A heartwarming and bittersweet story 
3
Happy Times
Jan Stuart
Sentimentality and the comedy of deception conspire to enchanting effect 
3.5
Happy Times
Jonathan Foreman
Worth watching for Dong Jie s performance and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change 
2.5
Happy Times
Steve Rhodes
The talky script leaves it to Benshan to carry the movie but he just isn t a strong enough actor 
2
Happy Times
Harvey S. Karten
A poignant comedy that offers food for thought 
3
Anything Else
Matt Brunson
Part of the appeal is that the creep out factor has been excised namely Allen s tendency to cast himself as elderly nebbishes who prove to be irresistible to young women 
3
Anything Else
Josh Gilchrist
Displaying what is both good and bad about Allen Anything Else has enough laugh out loud moments to make it worthwhile 
3
Anything Else
Frank Ochieng
Anything Else dangerously embraces the vibes of mediocrity and that s a crying shame for an artist so capably adventurous as Allen once was in his heyday of potent hilarity 
2
Anything Else
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I didn t laugh once 
1
Anything Else
Marty Mapes
Like many recent Woody Allen movies this one is all about the dialogue and one liners
2.5
Anything Else
Paul Povse
In a single sentence Allen s character invokes Camus and Henny Youngman If an unfunny joke is told in the forest and nobody hears it it s still an unfunny joke 
1.5
Anything Else
Linda Cook
Seems like Woody Allen is passing the baton to the American Pie kid 
3
Anything Else
Walter Chaw
So little honesty so little trace of humanity that watching it is a little like eating a broken vase one shard at a time 
0
Anything Else
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Will Allen come out the other side and find the gentle romantic side of life once more Anything Else gives us a bit of hope but we re not quite there yet 
3
Anything Else
John Beifuss
Allen plays a deranged paranoiac who for once is not just a self absorbed intellectual but a true creation of what his character calls our perilous times 
3
Anything Else
Phil Villarreal
A nice rebound for Allen Taking a backseat and letting his writing take the wheel is a smart move 
3
Anything Else
Dustin Putman
Instead of replaying the same storylines and characters Allen should refocus his attention on originality 
1.5
Anything Else
James Sanford
this time out Allen has picked his own pocket and found nothing but dust 
1.5
Anything Else
Sara Michelle Fetters
But as a whole Anything Else comes across as warmed over Woody an ungainly overlong highlight reel of ideas straight out of the writer director s past 
2
Anything Else
James Berardinelli
There s a lot of truth in the screenplay and combined with Ricci s top notch can t take your eyes off her when she s on screen performance this gives the movie a strong spine 
3
Anything Else
Chris Hewitt
If you didn t know it was an Allen movie you d think it was the work of a young director who s having a gas using split screens and exploring what a freeze frame might mean Allen does both here and both work effortlessly 
2.5
Anything Else
Moira MacDonald
Half an hour into the movie the title seems like a taunt Is there anything else Woody Please 
2
Anything Else
Mick LaSalle
It has taken Allen over 30 years but he has finally made a movie that s almost unwatchable 
1
Anything Else
David Elliott
The craft glows but the movie creaks and fiddles with situations created for gags rather than the other way around 
2
Anything Else
Timothy Knight
A charmless and almost completely witless endurance test that demonstrates once and for all that it s time for Allen to take a very long sabbatical from filmmaking 
1
Anything Else
Carrie Rickey
This anxious comedy wobbles like a retread of Annie Hall 
2
Anything Else
John Anderson
Joining the small list of male actors who have taken the lead in an Allen film Biggs also proves himself to be the least engaging or interesting of the lot coming across much more like an innocent bystander than the centerpiece of an urban comedy 
2
Anything Else
Jack Mathews
Perhaps the worst of the 67 year old auteur s 34 features 
1.5
Anything Else
Katrina Onstad
An uneven romantic comedy that steals from every film Allen has ever made 
2
Anything Else
Lou Lumenick
This relentlessly mediocre romantic comedy is basically a pretty arthritic third generation Xerox of Annie Hall 
1.5
Anything Else
Glenn Whipp
It s just further proof that what Allen really needs to do is take a year off recharge the batteries maybe lend himself out as an actor for hire he can still make you laugh and come up with some fresh material 
2
Anything Else
Rick Groen
If nothing else Anything Else is a helluva case study Woody looks to have fired his shrink only to give the job to us 
2
Anything Else
Jeff Vice
It doesn t feel nearly as stale as you might think In fact many of its points about co dependence and the meaning of commitment are constructive 
3
Anything Else
Roger Ebert
At a time when so many American movies keep dialogue at a minimum so they can play better overseas what a delight to listen to smart people whose conversation is like a kind of comic music 
3
Anything Else
Wesley Morris
This movie is wretched condescending and sad like watching an elderly man spend more than 100 minutes tapping his arm for the youth vein which he never finds 
1
Anything Else
Alex Kranz
Ostensibly sophisticated remarks lazy references to Freud or Dostoevsky or whatever pack no dramatic or intellectual weight But they do make you roll your eyes at how trite how Woody Allen by the numbers they really are 
1
Anything Else
Leigh Johnson
Anything Else takes standard Woody Allen themes to a new level but in the end it s still a movie he s done better before 
2
Anything Else
Josh Larsen
Woody Allen hits a new narcissistic low 
1.5
Anything Else
Sean P. Means
You wouldn t want a long term relationship with Amanda but for two hours she s the woman of your dreams 
3.5
Anything Else
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sealing himself in bitterness Allen treats his audience like parasites 
1.5
Anything Else
Jeanne Aufmuth
Though hardly vintage Allen this madcap comedy hits its marks far more often than it misses
3
Anything Else
Erik Childress
If life is truly like anything else as a wise cab driver says in the movie then surely there has to be more to life than sitting through another disappointing Woody Allen vehicle 
1.5
Anything Else
Steve Rhodes
Woody s back and in his finest form 
3.5
Anything Else
Phoebe Flowers
Flimsy and forgettable 
2.5
Anything Else
Glenn Lovell
This desperate R rated variation on Annie Hall brings to mind nothing so much as a train on a liberally greased track 
2
Anything Else
Paul Doro
Allen s old school humor can be refreshing in this era of the grosser the better The problem is that at least in Anything Else it often isn t funny 
2
Anything Else
Jeff Strickler
Want to see an actor do a bad Woody Allen impression Cast him in the Woody Allen part in a Woody Allen written movie 
2
Anything Else
David Sterritt
Not nearly as many laughs as it gamely tries for 
2
Anything Else
Michael Wilmington
It s one of the best most smoothly executed Woody Allen movies in recent years 
3.5
Anything Else
Mike Clark
Brutally overlong 
2
Anything Else
Rob Blackwelder
Biggs may have the comically compulsive anxiety thing down pat but he just doesn t have the screen presence to make it compelling especially when breaking the fourth wall to talk to the audience 
2
Anything Else
Sal Cinquemani
Anything Else simply dresses its young stars up like over the hill geeks and stuffs their mouths with ten dollar words 
2
Anything Else
Peter Travers
Because Allen hasn t lost his knack for slapstick with a sting Anything Else hits its mark more often than not 
3
Locker 13
Susan Wloszczyna
While the finale at least puts the notion of an evil locker to some practical use it might have been better if the filmmakers simply stored all the copies of Locker 13 inside the haunted contraption and threw away the key 
1
30 Nights with My Ex
Pablo O. Scholz
Suar tonally rides the middle lane He leans towards the left where fast cars zoom by with the speed of comedy than towards the right where the road is traveled at a slower more dramatic pace Full review in Spanish 
3
My Cousin Rachel
Matt Brunson
Today it s mainly remembered for nabbing Richard Burton a ridiculous Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor ridiculous not because he s bad in the film but ridiculous because he s the lead actor and appears in almost every scene in the picture 
3
Obsession
Matt Brunson
The fun in Obsession comes not from its plot but from its sweeping passions 
3
Obsession
Lou Lumenick
Subtlety is a not a term that can often be applied to DePalma s work but it s this uncharacteristic restraint that helps make Obsession his masterpiece 
4
Obsession
Eric Henderson
Another of De Palma s fearlessly experimental whims 
3
Obsession
Chuck O'Leary
In spite of Vilmos Zsigmond s overrrated overly diffuse photography this is a surprisingly poignant mystery about love loss and well obsession 
3
Obsession
Roger Ebert
Sometimes overwrought excess can be its own reward If Obsession had been even a little more subtle had made even a little more sense on some boring logical plane it wouldn t have worked at all 
3
Obsession
David Nusair
Brian De Palma s mostly unsuccessful riff on Alfred Hitchcock s Vertigo 
2
Obsession
Bill Chambers
Not the deeply felt soul searcher that is Vertigo 
2
The Weeping Meadow
Tom Keogh
Churns like classic tragedy while its pace is set by Angelopoulos trademark spooky portentousness 
3
The Weeping Meadow
Ken Fox
There are also moments of such breathtaking grace and artistry that you d be forgiven for thinking you re watching the most beautiful movie ever made 
4
The Weeping Meadow
Elizabeth Weitzman
Angelopoulos has created a memorably sweeping survey but even an epic needs some moments of genuine intimacy 
3
The Weeping Meadow
V.A. Musetto
Not for all tastes it s recommended for discerning viewers 
3.5
The Weeping Meadow
Ed Gonzalez
A work of Olympian aloofness 
2
Tim Timmerman, Hope of America
Josh Terry
Overall Tim Timmerman Hope of America is a quirky but flawed film that is headed in the right direction just good enough to get you to look forward to the filmmaker s next effort 
2.5
Tim Timmerman, Hope of America
Sean P. Means
Tim Timmerman Hope of America would be hopeless without Perino and Maidhof He s got a raffish charm she s delightful as an ingenue and their chemistry together sparkles 
3
Apollo 13
David Nusair
46 46 46 deliberately paced yet consistently engaging 46 46 46 
3.5
Apollo 13
Rene Rodriguez
Apollo 13 captures the wonder of space travel with the wide eyed zeal of a 10 year old They really were heroes these guys and the movie shows you why 
2.5
Apollo 13
Dave Kehr
Tom Hanks is on his way to becoming the American Everyman an exemplar of boyish goodwill and quiet moral force 
3
Apollo 13
Doug Thomas
Ron Howard s pop entertainment you are there space thriller is easily the most rousing film of the year And it might make real spaceflight just as nifty as Star Wars for youngsters 
3.5
Apollo 13
Michael Wilmington
Apollo 13 one of the most exciting adventure movies of the year proves that science history can be just as thrilling as science fiction 
4
Apollo 13
Stephen Hunter
This stuff works so well because the production is so convincing 
3.5
Apollo 13
Gary Thompson
The genius of Apollo 13 lies in its universal appeal everybody loves a story about a lousy flight 
3.5
Apollo 13
Desmond Ryan
Howard is not above pushing buttons of his own and milking the big moments But they are indeed big moments and the manipulation is not intrusive He has made a can do movie for our can t do age 
4
Apollo 13
Gene Siskel
Major rousing thoroughly professional Hollywood entertainment that will dazzle you with its re creations of historical events take you inside the space capsule and the Houston command center and leave you wondering where our heroes have gone 
3.5
Apollo 13
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overnight Howard seems to have turned into a combination of the best aspects of Oliver Stone and Robert Altman 
3.5
Apollo 13
Michael Dequina
Overrated yet nonetheless well done 
3
Apollo 13
Susan Tavernetti
Whether recounting the heartwarming personal stories of the astronauts and their families or documenting the dilemma in heart stopping detail Apollo 13 has the right stuff 
4
Apollo 13
Dennis King
Howard does a marvelous job of making the cerebral exploits of these pencil chewing chain smoking guys the stuff of real adventure 
3.5
Apollo 13
Ted Fry
If you thought Tom Hanks was just an ordinary big screen star wait until you ve seen him eight stories tall 
3.5
Apollo 13
David Barton
The transfer to the IMAX screen diminishes none of the film s drama which was always much more about human emotions than technology 
4
Apollo 13
Susan Stark
The re release of Ron Howard s Apollo 13 in the IMAX format proves absolutely that really really really good things can come in enormous packages 
4
Apollo 13
Harvey S. Karten
New technology was used for the space program and appropriately enough new IMAX technology enlarges the experience 
3.5
Apollo 13
James O'Ehley
For reliving this long forgotten go and get it gung ho mentality and excellent reconstruction of the sense of wonder that surrounded those early space missions Apollo 13 is worth seeing 
3
Apollo 13
Mike Clark
The movie will happily repay multiple viewings 
4
Apollo 13
Roger Ebert
A powerful story one of the year s best films told with great clarity and remarkable technical detail and acted without pumped up histrionics 
3
Apollo 13
James Berardinelli
While the events of this motion picture may depict NASA s finest hour the release of Apollo 13 represents Ron Howard s 
4
Apollo 13
Edward Guthmann
I just wish that Apollo 13 worked better as a movie and that Howard s threshold for corn mush and twinkly sentiment weren t so darn wide 
2
Apollo 13
Steve Rhodes
The story is incredible 
3
Apollo 13
Madeleine Williams
Ron Howard s direction provides excitement and suspense even if you already know the outcome 
3.5
Moonlighting
Roger Ebert
Moonlighting is a wickedly pointed movie that takes a simple little story tells it with humor and truth and turns it into a knife in the side of the Polish government 
4
The Osiris Child
James Berardinelli
As far as it goes the first film is an enjoyable space opera but as a stand alone it doesn t work 
2.5
The Issue With Elvis
Roger Moore
The drama is low keylow stakes the pace is leisurely and the dialogue bland to inane in this All in the Wincott Family production 
1.5
The Issue With Elvis
Bob Bloom
Still events seem to transpire too quickly and neatly in The Issue with Elvis A little more drama or conflict especially between Mercer and Elvis would have raised the movies plausibility and acceptance 
2
The Good Lie
Mike McGranaghan
A fascinating look at what happened to many Sudanese refugees but also at how people who come from underprivileged parts of the world experience the United States 
3
The Good Lie
James Berardinelli
There s a sense that The Good Lie wants to say something profound but the message is as muddled as its delineation of history is 
2.5
The Good Lie
Marty Mapes
Charismatic leads and a good heart prove enough for tale of Lost Boys
3
The Good Lie
Mark Dujsik
These are performances that blur the line between acting and being 
3
The Good Lie
Anders Wright
The Good Lie for all its sincerity has a slick produced quality to it a Hollywood sensibility that it simply cannot shake off 
2.5
The Good Lie
Kristin Tillotson
A well told tale that illuminates the experiences of the 20 000 lost boys and girls of Sudan with such grace insight and humor it can be forgiven a few simplifying liberties taken in the name of moving the narrative along 
3
The Good Lie
Chris Hewitt
One of the smartest choices in The Good Lie is to acknowledge that Witherspoon s Carrie has as much to learn from the Sudanese as they do from her 
3
The Good Lie
Matt Pais
Has more truth than expected 
3
The Good Lie
James Kendrick
quite contrary to traditional Hollywood standards the film does not approach a story about the Third World through the eyes of a Western protagonist but rather through the eyes of those who live the story directly
3
The Good Lie
Matt Brunson
Reese Witherspoon may receive top billing and be the star plastered larger than life on the posters but scripter Margaret Nagle and director Philippe Falardeau steadfastly keep their attention where it belongs on three of The Lost Boys of Sudan 
3
The Good Lie
Bob Bloom
The strengths of The Good Lie are its lack of adherence to convention its selective use of its nominal star and its decision to dwell on the Sudanese transplants struggles and triumphs 
3
The Good Lie
John Beifuss
The poster suggests a redux of The Blind Side times three At top is Reese Witherspoon airbrushed and beaming with charity At bottom are three faceless Africans Thank goodness this image is not an accurate representation of the movie s priorities 
3
The Good Lie
David Berry
It still deserves credit for fore fronting the latter s story but as with any issue it s never really just enough to acknowledge that you re looking at it 
2.5
The Good Lie
Peter Travers
It s often earnest to a fault and fearful of its deeper darker implications Still you won t leave The Good Lie unmoved Its heart really is in the right place 
2.5
The Good Lie
Susan Wloszczyna
You heard of a feel good movie This is a feel right movie 
3
The Good Lie
Stephen Whitty
Director Philippe Felardeau finds some extraordinary landscapes here And his camera also lingers over his characters faces striking maps of their pain their hunger their loss 
2.5
The Good Lie
Peter Howell
The Good Lie honestly earns its laughter and tears even if it has to do so by way of some Hollywood window dressing 
2.5
The Good Lie
Claudia Puig
The political becomes personal eye opening and moving in The Good Lie 
3
The Good Lie
Ed Gonzalez
This is a Hollywood delivered chronicle of the immigrant experience that earns its justification through good will and tact 
2.5
The Good Lie
Ann Hornaday
In a bait and switch worthy of its title The Good Lie may lure in viewers eager to see a Reese Witherspoon movie but they ll fall in love with something else entirely 
3
The Good Lie
Rex Reed
A vital project that commands attention and pays off in heart and soul 
3.5
The Good Lie
Jocelyn Noveck
A compelling film occasionally a bit too earnest perhaps or overly broad in its humor but often deeply moving 
3
The Good Lie
Roger Moore
Witherspoon graciously steps into the background to make this Sudanese Lost Boys saga work
3
The Good Lie
Lou Lumenick
May not be anything like Witherspoon s answer to The Blind Side but definitely worth seeing 
3
Helena From the Wedding
David Nusair
distractingly low rent 
1
Helena From the Wedding
Ethan Alter
The cast handles the material adequately enough but writer director Joseph Infantolino doesn t provide them with anything they and we haven t seen played out before 
2
Helena From the Wedding
Glenn Heath Jr.
Marriage is hell Matrimony is rife with mistrust misdeeds and misconceptions But you know what s worse Being single We get it 
1.5
Helena From the Wedding
V.A. Musetto
None of its characters is especially interesting 
2
The Devil to Pay
Roger Moore
A lean mean straight up genre thriller leaning into some mountain stereotypes twisting away from others 
3
Fight for Space
Tom Keogh
Equally electrifying and agonizing 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Walter Chaw
I thought through most of Potter 11 what a pity it was these gorgeous environments and exquisite costumes had been employed for no discernible purpose 
0.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Wesley Lovell
Where can Warner Bros 46 go with a franchise that is diminished by the presence of a transphobic progenitor 63 Not very far when that individual in question is still writing the material 46 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Jorge Montiel
Redmayne proves to be an all terrain actor capable of circumventing the childlike marks of his creature Full review in Spanish 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Peter Canavese
The third in the Fantastic Beasts Harry Potter spin off franchise remains the best of the three 46 It sells the idea of a magical action blockbuster better than any of the other films with its Mission 58 Impossible magicians instead of spies story 46 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Matt Brunson
Here 8217 s a movie that apos s strictly ab drab 46 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Mark Feeney
This one may well be better than Where to Find Them which was a mite busy for its own good Kicking off a franchise can have that effect 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Steven Prokopy
Theres nothing inherently wrong with iThe Secrets of Dumbledore i In fact there are moments when it gets a lot right 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Sean P. Means
The series is still circling when it needs to get to the point 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
James Berardinelli
It s time to bid farewell to Dumbledore and his associates students proteges and enemies 
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Johnny Oleksinski
Avada Kedavra 
1
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Bob Bloom
The film seems as if it was done by rote it lacks spark surprise and the larger than life elements that should make these features well magical 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Kevin Carr
This one has more of a plot than the other two films and that s a huge plus 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Mark Meszoros
The Secrets of Dumbledore can be a bit of a chore and a snore There are moments exciting and humorous but there are too few Maybe its time for Rowling to wave her wand and conjure up something else 
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Emily Zemler
The Secrets of Dumbledore has its moments but the sum is oddly less than its parts 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Leo Brady
Its not that The Secrets of Dumbledore is the worst movie one could see this year but for a large scale production and a collected cast this charming its the biggest nothing burger Ive ever digested 
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Doug Walker
If you don t like fantastic beasts in your Fantastic Beasts movie then this is the film for you 
1.5 
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Chris Hewitt
Third time s a charm for the Fantastic Beasts series which took three tries to finally produce something that feels like a complete movie 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Jay Horton
Mikkelsen s Hannibal Bond villain brand of drolly effete cruelty brings a necessary gravitas to a story that moves through a Disney fied Weimar Berlin with bounce and verve 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
David Gonzalez
Fantastic Beasts 58 The Secrets of Dumbledore is a step in the right direction for a series whose existence is often questioned 46 Its humor 44 heart 44 and magic will offer escapism for cinephiles 46 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Christy Lemire
The Secrets of Dumbledore feels overstuffed as it lumbers from one plotline to another 
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Rafer Guzman
A once promising franchise hits bottom 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Josh Bell
It s poorly paced and overly busy crammed full of characters whose motives are jumbled and whose goals are only incrementally advanced 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Mark Dujsik
The plot here is still a lot of wheel spinning and not much progression 
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Funny political and surprisingly romantic much better than the previous one a movie made specifically for the audience that grew up reading the books watching the movies and are now mature enough for denser themes 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Brian Eggert
What remains essential to The Secrets of Dumbledore isn t spectacle it s Jude Law s take on the beloved character 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Katie Walsh
A bafflingly bad project that can only be described as anti cinema It has all the charm and fun of a contractual obligation and dares to pose the question What if an entire movie was gray 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Jake Coyle
What fun is a world of wizards with only a bunch of grave adult faces A sense of wonder may have gone out the window breaking a spell 
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Roger Moore
Redmayne must be desperate for a way out of this endless EastEnders for Wizards obligation Playing one note has to be as tiring as watching it 
1.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Michael O'Sullivan
It may not be the most spellbinding of the prequels so far but it does advance this saga in an entertaining if less than fantastic way 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Mick LaSalle
The actors are fine but they can only play the scenes They can t craft the story 
1
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately this Fantastic Beasts has some moments of charm and energy but falls prey to the same problem the two previous movies did a story that s both too complicated and unintriguing in short not well told 
2.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Brian Truitt
There s a renewed emphasis on magical creatures and another decidedly political bent to the franchise as it digs into dark themes and offers a bewitching goofy side 
3
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Dan Rubins
With this film nuance seems to have disapparated from the wizarding world altogether 
2
Shoot the Moon
Dan Callahan
Parker and Goldman seem to want this battling couple to represent a sort of romantic 60s point of view and they show up the younger lovers as shallow 70s style hedonists 
3
Shoot the Moon
Roger Ebert
Despite its flaws despite its gaps despite two key scenes that are dreadfully wrong Shoot the Moon contains a raw emotional power of the sort we rarely see in domestic dramas 
3.5
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Roger Moore
This featherweight made for Netflix film gets by on charm and cute and the water colorish pastels the medium is famous for 
2.5
Putney Swope
Roger Moore
Kind of over the top 44 but too underwhelming for its own good
2
The Hoax
Mattie Lucas
An endlessly entertaining ride with a man who couldn t tell the truth if he tried but thanks to Gere is enormously appealing anyway 
3.5
The Hoax
Jack Mathews
It s hard to get a fix on what Hallstrom had in mind 
2.5
The Hoax
David Nusair
46 46 46 breezy 44 light hearted 46 46 46 
2.5
The Hoax
Maitland McDonagh
Amazing though the story is it would be nothing without Gere s slippery insinuating if not precisely likable performance as Irving 
3
The Hoax
Claudia Puig
Highly entertaining 
3.5
The Hoax
Lou Lumenick
I ve never been a fan of Richard Gere but he gives the performance of his career as Clifford Irving 
3
The Hoax
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like the film itself Gere gives a performance that is meticulous and impressive but not magnetic 
2.5
The Hoax
James Kendrick
a film about a fraudulent autobiography should have been either rigorously adamant about sticking to provable facts or more self conscious in its manipulation of them
2.5
The Hoax
Walter Chaw
Once the filmmakers get drunk on their own power as mouthpieces for their own reductive politicking everything begins to fall apart 
2.5
The Hoax
Jonathan W. Hickman
A careful study of guilt 
3
The Hoax
Rob Thomas
Beneath the suspenseful pleasures of seeing Irving evade one trap after another the film has a deeply cynical view of even the most righteous person s capacity for self delusion and corruption 
3.5
The Hoax
Amy Biancolli
Hallström stops well short of cheesy however and he never veers from the movie s central fascination the author s obsessive melding with his subject 
3.5
The Hoax
James Sanford
a full scale caper film complete with Swiss bank accounts fake passports and genuine power trips Everyone in the cast gets an opportunity to make an impression 
3
The Hoax
Sean O'Connell
Stretches credibility for the benefit of its premise but never bends so far as to break the whole ride 
3
The Hoax
Linda Cook
The Hoax won t con you out of your hard earned money It offers suspense humor memorable characters and a sometimes fictionalized perspective on a real life situation 
4
The Hoax
Gary Brown
Enjoy The Hoax for what is worth an entertaining ride through the past 
3
The Hoax
Todd Hertz
The tagline Never let the truth get in the way of a good story leaves viewers with a nagging suspicion that it may have also been an unintended mission statement 
2.5
The Hoax
Mick LaSalle
Richard Gere is the ideal actor for the role 
3
The Hoax
Moira MacDonald
The Hoax doesn t tell its stories as well as Irving does but it s an enjoyable immersion into a master storyteller s frantically made up world 
2.5
The Hoax
Duane Dudek
What The Hoax really needs is a storyteller of Irving s imagination and skill to create a lie worth telling and believing 
2.5
The Hoax
Wesley Morris
Gere seems as born again as he did during the musical numbers in Chicago 
3
The Hoax
Peter Howell
Even Machiavelli would have raised an eyebrow at some of the double crossings and dealings in The Hoax 
2.5
The Hoax
Jeff Vice
A fascinating if fictionalized real life tale which plays out alternately as a drama a comedy and a thriller and which works as all three 
3
The Hoax
Steve Rhodes
Until it comes completely off the rails in a needlessly disappointing last act The Hoax is a marvelously entertaining and funny film 
3
The Hoax
Tyler Hanley
Fans of the riveting 2003 film Shattered Glass now have a powerful bookend to emphasize the dangers of escalating deception 
3.5
The Hoax
John Beifuss
What begins as almost a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas style buddy pic sadly devolves into the same old same old about the dark designs of the men behind the curtain 
3
The Hoax
Sean P. Means
The Hoax never makes up its mind what it s trying to say leaving Gere s fast talking charisma with nowhere to go 
2.5
The Hoax
Peter Canavese
What should we expect other than being taken for a ride Just as Irving does Hallstrom picks out a sexy convertible for the job 
3
The Hoax
Bob Strauss
The core brilliance of the performance lies in Gere s refusal to write Irving off as a mere sociopath 
3.5
The Hoax
Timothy Knight
A jazzy whip smart and mischievous account of the one of the great literary cons of the twentieth century 
3.5
The Hoax
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Somehow Irving s crafty evasiveness sparked something in Hallstrom it s his best movie in two decades 
3
The Hoax
Erik Childress
This is some of the best work of Richard Gere s career as he blends the breezy charm with a more self effacing ooze that makes Irving the weaker man that he is 
3
The Hoax
Willie Waffle
a very good caper movie lead by an actor taking sheer glee in the game 
3.5
The Hoax
Robert W. Butler
Hallstrom never a show offy director keeps the action buzzing along to a very satisfying conclusion 
3
The Hoax
Matt Brunson
The Hoax might be intended as a cautionary tale but in today s cynical climate it stands a better chance of emerging as an inspirational training film 
3
The Hoax
Gene Seymour
Director Lasse Hallström delivering his best all around work since 1999 s The Cider House Rules manages to sustain a nimble pace despite a crushing amount of narrative detail 
3.5
The Hoax
Phoebe Flowers
Twisty quite fun and generally bereft of sentimentality It is in short just about the last movie you d expect Lasse Hallström to make 
3
The Hoax
Michael Wilmington
The filmmakers catch the right glittery look and paranoid intensity and they make gutsy speculations about the story beneath the story 
3
The Hoax
Lawrence Toppman
Gere has the right kind of shifty energy and superficial charisma Alfred Molina always a treasure is especially funny as the naive egotistical fact cruncher 
3
The Hoax
Matt Pais
Explores the irresistible thrill that liars enjoy when they adjust reality to their liking the truth is a puppet and they hold the strings 
3
The Hoax
Nick Schager
The Hoax pulls off the delicate trick of dutifully damning its protagonist s conduct 
2.5
The Hoax
Peter Travers
Richard Gere nearly unrecognizable with blackened hair and a fake nose gives one of his very best performances as Clifford Irving 
3.5
The Hoax
Glenn Kenny
By all means enjoy The Hoax it s smart fun Just don t buy it 
3
The Hoax
Phil Villarreal
Gere plays Irving as if he s some sort of hero and indeed his exploits are easier to cheer for than Tobey Maguire s mopey Spider Man 
3.5
The Hoax
James Berardinelli
As a movie The Hoax isn t a fraud but it s not the real deal either 
2.5
The Hoax
Kam Williams
This intriguing character driven drama directed by three time Oscar nominee Lasse Hallstrom is worthwhile for its capably executed beguiling plot alone 
4
Stardust Memories
Matt Brunson
Certainly 44 it apos s one of Woody Allen apos s most bilious works 44 but it apos s largely this unbridled furiosity that makes the film such an intriguing watch 46 
3
Stardust Memories
Mattie Lucas
With the aid of cinematographer Gordon Willis and the peerless Charlotte Rampling as his female lead Allen dives deeper into his own persona than in any of his films before or since 
3.5
Stardust Memories
Roger Ebert
It s the first Woody Allen film in which impotence has become the situation rather than the problem This is a movie about a guy who has given up 
2
Yuva
Michael Dequina
Offers a lot more substance in both content and performance than most films regardless of the nation of origin that it is a product of an industry known for candy floss fluff makes it all the more noteworthy 
3
Love and Saucers
Roger Moore
Credulous and indulgent
2
Beba
Josh Larsen
Huntt has a distinct story and voice 44 though not always the filmmaking prowess to match 46 
2.5
Beba
Peter Canavese
Messy and not very effective auto bio documentary that ultimately fails to convince us that it apos s a story worth telling 46 
2
Beba
Roger Moore
A Millennial defining statement 46 46 46 an alternately searing and scalding piece of family history that doesn 8217 t spare the beautiful narcissist doing the examining 44 either 46 
3
Beba
Mark Dujsik
We get a final sense that the experience of making it was probably more rewarding 46 46 46 for the filmmaker than the experience of watching it is for us 46 
2.5
Beba
Niani Scott
While this is a work to reveal the illusion of meta narratives 44 it 8217 s also an outpouring of love and truth 44 one that documents a movement with a keen eye 46 
4
The Rugrats Movie
Sandra Contreras
Intermittently snappy and featuring slicker animation than its TV incarnation this popular children s cartoon may satisfy its youngest fans but it ll be a big snoozefest for the rest of the family 
2
The Rugrats Movie
Margaret A. McGurk
The result is a happy blend of smart aleck humor and wacky adventure 
3
The Rugrats Movie
Peter Stack
It s a fun filled oddity among G rated animated movies But some folks may conclude that the babies creators have gone off the deep end to satisfy a 90s sensibility that favors edgy entertainment 
3
The Rugrats Movie
James Berardinelli
An embarrassingly juvenile production that would seem more at home in the midst of Saturday morning cartoons than on a big screen 
2
The Rugrats Movie
Jeff Vice
As mentioned there is a good message to the film one about accepting family members for whom they are and the pacing is brisk enough so young audiences won t get bored 
3
The Rugrats Movie
Michael Dequina
Essentially just a big screen episode of the series and that s more than enough to satisfy any audience 
3
The Rugrats Movie
Rob Blackwelder
I think it s nothing short of shockingly irresponsible 
1
The Rugrats Movie
Madeleine Williams
Alarmingly similar to the television cartoon 
2
The Rugrats Movie
Dustin Putman
DOA from the start 
1
The Rugrats Movie
David N. Butterworth
The result is surprisingly watchable for kids and adults alike producing only minimal fidgeting 
2.5
The Rugrats Movie
Ian Mantgani
Has not a trace of what made the early episodes of the cartoon fun and even at a slight 80 minutes is a complete waste of time 
1
The Rugrats Movie
Roger Ebert
Is it bright colorful and fast moving Yes Is it for me No 
2
The Rugrats Movie
Steve Rhodes
Although filled with bright colors the film s animation has a cheap two dimensional look to it as if they did the same slapdash job expected for a kid s television show 
2
PACmen
Simon Houpt
Mundane if competently made 
1
Worlds Apart
Roger Moore
Warm wistful a melancholy and sometimes tragic Greek romance with an allegorical edge 
3
Nico-Icon
Roger Ebert
The movie has no moral or message does not attempt to rehabilitate Nico as an anti heroine and finds mostly emptiness and sadness in her life I have a feeling Nico would have enjoyed it 
3
Nico-Icon
James Berardinelli
Though Nico Icon is replete with fascinating tidbits about the model turned singer s opinions and lovers it does little to bring us understanding of the real person 
2.5
Nico-Icon
Mike D'Angelo
This essentially is a portrait of a vacuum and however ably it may have been assembled it still fails to provide us with much insight into the life of a woman whose fame was largely accidental and whose talent was in my opinion rather dubious 
2
Nico-Icon
Edward Guthmann
Nico Icon is more than the investigation of a doomed celebrity It s also a mirror reflecting her friends her audience and pop culture 
4
Nico-Icon
Steve Rhodes
This picture is a mess It never presents a compelling case of why we should care about Nico 
2
The Cowboys
David Nusair
a better than average Wayne vehicle 
3
The Cowboys
Walter Chaw
A forgotten masterpiece 
3.5
The Cowboys
Roger Ebert
The scenes along the way of the kids learning to be cowboys are good warm fun and it s a shame they had to go for the unlikely violent and totally contrived last thirty minutes 
2.5
Skid Row
Kam Williams
Pras one of the founding members of the hip hop group The Fugees goes undercover to shed light on the plight of the homeless 
4
Skid Row
Michael Dequina
An eye opening and necessary look at a large plain view problem that most people would simply rather ignore 
3
Skid Row
Ed Gonzalez
Skid Row too often comes to feel like a vanity project with the focus of the film frequently shifting away from Skid Row s history and people to Pras s sketchy immersion in homelessness 
2
WarHunt
Kevin A. Ranson
A monster movie at its heart works with a combination of atmosphere dread and G I banter straddling tired tropes with new or fun ideas doesn t want you to look too closely at the drying paint 
3
WarHunt
Sara Michelle Fetters
There are some good ideas and Rathbone is a dashing hero But while some of the gore is effective the plot gets more absurdly inconsequential as events progress 
2
WarHunt
Mark Dujsik
That Borrelli almost pulls it off despite all of the obvious shortcomings is rather surprising 
2.5
WarHunt
Roger Moore
Even by the lowered standards of a C movie starring Mickey Rourke this is never more than a waste of 90 minutes 
1
Orphans
David N. Butterworth
Worthwhile even if the getting there isn t always easy 
3
Orphans
Roger Ebert
My guess is that Mullan never decided what tone his film should aim for he fell in love with individual sequences without asking how they fit together 
2.5
El Calor Después de la Lluvia
Roger Moore
We aren t told much and aren t shown much more a serious shortcoming in this minimalist tale in a seldom filmed setting 
2
The Savages
Mattie Lucas
An extremely rewarding film a dark comedy that balances its acerbic wit with something much more profound and ultimately exhilarating life in all of its beautiful painful glory 
3.5
The Savages
Wesley Lovell
Exploring ground laid out many times before The Savages is at times frustrating and at times emotional film that could have used a re write 
2.5
The Savages
Austin Kennedy
It could have been shortened a bit I didn t think the material was enough for almost two hours but if you enjoy dramedy s like SIDEWAYS give it a try 
3
The Savages
Christian Toto
The Savages proves there s a rich vein of humor to be mined from the darkest of themes 
3.5
The Savages
Peter Canavese
Hoffman and Linney bring a credible blend of ease and exasperation to the sibling relations which show concern and competition in roughly equal measure DVD 
3.5
The Savages
Marjorie Baumgarten
Jenkins superlative work proves her first film was no fluke let s hope it doesn t take another nine years to hear from her again 
4
The Savages
Nick Rogers
There are resonant moments of elderly vulnerability and strong acting from Hoffman and Bosco but Linney s overly familiar exasperated woman performance and Jenkins been there done that better story sink The Savages 
2
The Savages
Jeff Vice
Screenwriter director Tamara Jenkins Slums of Beverly Hills is smart enough not to try to redeem any of these people at least not in the traditional cinematic sense 
3
The Savages
Lori Hoffman
In Tamara Jenkins brutally frank and occasionally funny look at lives shaped by disappointment and fear their love for each other binds them through the worst of times 
3
The Savages
John Beifuss
Hoffman and Linney make a great comedy team even though the movie they re in is a sometimes grim affair 
3.5
The Savages
Lawrence Toppman
Two wry sad occasionally funny but always unflinching hours 
3.5
The Savages
Rob Thomas
The fact that Savages looks at an ordinary and often inevitable part of life shouldn t obscure the fact that this is a beautifully written and wonderfully played film capturing the nuances of family dynamics as assuredly as any film I ve seen in quite
4
The Savages
Matt Brunson
A black comedy that frequently goes down like the most bitter coffee imaginable 
3
The Savages
Duane Dudek
The moral is Don t get sick and don t get old 
2
The Savages
David Nusair
Hoffman and Linney ably step into their complex sporadically unlikable characters 
3
The Savages
Gina Carbone
Painfully poignant earnest sad witty and beautiful Pretty depressing up until the final uplifting scene 
3
The Savages
John Monaghan
The Savages not only boasts Oscar worthy performances from Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney as a self absorbed brother and sister its attention to detail makes it sweetly funny and genuine 
3
The Savages
Chris Hewitt
A comedy of discomfort The Savages is a brilliantly acted film about people who are kidding themselves a state of being that is as funny as it is sad 
3.5
The Savages
Moira MacDonald
The Savages isn t cheery holiday fare and yet Jenkins makes her film unexpectedly uplifting in a small scale real life kind of way 
3.5
The Savages
Robert W. Butler
The Savages isn t so much about plot as about moments and this film thanks to Linney and Hoffman is filled with keepers 
3
The Savages
Jeanne Aufmuth
Affecting and dangerously close to home 
3
The Savages
Susan Walker
The dynamic that operates throughout this film is fantasy versus reality not just in the lives of the characters but in American life in general 
3.5
The Savages
Mick LaSalle
Tamara Jenkins has made a movie about something that lots of people are going through but nobody wants to deal with not even in life much less in entertainment And she s done it fearlessly with the right mix of humor and horror 
3
The Savages
David Elliott
The movie greedily uses its rich cast 
2
The Savages
Rene Rodriguez
The humor in The Savages is born out of the performances by Linney and Hoffman two actors who can convey as much about their characters as the ones around them with a seemingly effortless instinctual ability 
3
The Savages
Ty Burr
Smartly written and beautifully played 
3.5
The Savages
Roger Ebert
Both Linney and Hoffman are so specific in creating these characters that we see them as people not elements in a plot 
3.5
The Savages
Josh Larsen
Writer director Tamara Jenkins allows the movie its real life bitterness without pushing it over into despair 
3
The Savages
Carrie Rickey
Its astringent humor is not funny ha ha it s funny ouch 
3.5
The Savages
Mark Dujsik
Predictably unconventional indulgently metafictional and hesitant about going for its alluded intentions 
2
The Savages
Jessica Reaves
Assured and sharp The Savages is only Jenkins second feature length film You d never know it 
3.5
The Savages
David N. Butterworth
So darned depressing in its observancy that it s no stretch to assume that writer director Jenkins might have experienced something entirely similar first hand 
3
The Savages
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film stuck and even now almost a month later I can still savor and relish so many of the picture s minute delicacies as if I had just witnessed them for the very first time 
3.5
The Savages
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an exemplary film and far less depressing than it sounds 
3.5
The Savages
Peter Travers
With the help of acting giants director Tamara Jenkins turns The Savages into a twisted bittersweet pleasure 
3.5
The Savages
Mike McGranaghan
Sharp funny and acerbic Movies that are as truthful and observant as this one are rare 
3.5
The Savages
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Hoffman and Linney sadly never click in spite of their strong performances 
2.5
The Savages
Walter Chaw
A fine middlebrow addition to the end of year sweepstakes as good as expected as bad as feared and gone without a ripple 
2.5
The Savages
Brett McCracken
The Savages does a good job keeping things in perspective by pointing out the what can you do absurdity of it all We all face mortality and we can all laugh at it too 
3.5
The Savages
Jonathan W. Hickman
An awfully well made film Brilliant performances are most typified by Bosco s often perfectly incoherent portrayal of a man slipping farther and farther out of touch 
3
The Savages
Maitland McDonagh
The Savages is funny in the if you didn t laugh you d cry way and superbly acted by all involved
3
The Savages
Kam Williams
Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman never disappoint disappearing into roles which fit like gloves 
3
The Savages
James Berardinelli
These are fascinating three dimensional individuals brought into the foreground by a pair of today s finest actors 
3
The Savages
Glenn Kenny
If any film comedy prior to The Savages so fully earns the characterization painfully funny I d like to know about it 
3.5
The Savages
Claudia Puig
Tamara Jenkins writing and direction are superb 
3.5
The Savages
Jack Mathews
The actors have found mutual subcurrents to their characters that project familial affection even when they are at each other s throats 
3
The Savages
Joe Lozito
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are typically superb as a brother and sister brought together to care for their aging father in Tamara Jenkins acute if sometimes sluggish follow up to Slums of Beverly Hills 
2.5
The Savages
Jan Stuart
The Savages is the perfect comic offering for a season when family Pandora s boxes come swinging open like so many must return gifts 
3.5
The Savages
Lou Lumenick
Darkly hilarious Tamara Jenkins The Savages captures the cruel demographic joke facing many boomers who are forced to take care of aging parents at a point when they haven t entirely figured out their own lives 
3.5
The Savages
Nick Schager
The Savages naturally invites comparisons to Away From Her all of them unflattering 
1
The Savages
Steve Rhodes
Like the bitter medicine your mother used to give you The Savages can be quite effective even if you secretly hope you never have to endure it again 
3
The Savages
Liam Lacey
Suffused with clever lines characters with neurotic tics and a pervasive jocular black humour The Savages is more about craft than art but the craft especially in the writing and acting is at a high level 
3
In Between Days
Robert W. Butler
The film has an admirable humanist agenda but good intentions don t matter much when you can t care for the humans on the screen 
2
In Between Days
Bill Stamets
This artfully muted film pays off with a desperate act of eloquence 
3
In Between Days
Sean P. Means
A touching and personal story that captures the swirling emotions of adolescence and the immigrant experience and the heartbreak of being in the middle of both 
3.5
In Between Days
Jeff Vice
It feels honest and direct which is more than you can say about a lot of movies these days 
3
In Between Days
Maitland McDonagh
In Between Days is a small slice of a suspended life intimate and filled with the mundane details most people forget when the waiting is over and their real lives begin 
3
In Between Days
Elizabeth Weitzman
While Kim is unable to keep us riveted on her near silent performance the script and direction have a gentle sensitivity subtly addressing cultural divisions while reminding us that angst at least is universal 
2.5
In Between Days
Ed Gonzalez
The most intriguingly circumscribed romance of the year In Between Days locates two Korean teens at a precarious point in their relationship 
3
Letter to Brezhnev
Roger Ebert
Letter to Brezhnev is strong because it is simple 
3
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
David Nusair
while the movie does seem to have its fans there s just no overlooking the general lack of laughs 
2
Urbanized
Marty Mapes
A good and great looking overview of urban planning
3
Urbanized
John Hartl
A showcase for many conflicting viewpoints 
3
Urbanized
Roger Ebert
Urbanized is a fast zoom out to the big picture The colonies or hives in which we arrange display and support our lives 
3
Urbanized
Bill Weber
A digestible globetrotting primer on the future of cities filled with bracingly plainspoken professionals and practical optimism despite a few sketchily drawn crises 
2.5
Urbanized
V.A. Musetto
The documentary at times is weighed down by statistics and shop talk but Luke Geissbuhler s smartly rendered cinematography saves the day 
2
The Return of Doctor X
Matt Brunson
What makes this one worth a peek is that the role of a pasty faced zombie vampire is played by no less than Humphrey Bogart 
2
Monsters University
Brian Eggert
Although not wholly original or as monumental as some of Pixar 8217 s other work 44 it 8217 s a film that embraces the studio 8217 s drive for timeless 44 universally appealing animation 46 
3.5
Monsters University
Matt Brunson
An amusing prequel to 2001 s Monsters Inc 
3
Monsters University
Mattie Lucas
A decent enough way to pass the time but it pales in comparison to the modern classics that Pixar has delivered before 
2.5
Monsters University
Bill Chambers
With its juvenile orientation uninspired gags and disappointing lack of pathos it s a close cousin to A Bug s Life and certain to be just as forgotten 
2
Monsters University
Kam Williams
Animated prequel explains how polar opposite protagonists Sulley and Mike met and became the best of friends 
3.5
Monsters University
Wesley Lovell
Pixar continues its unabated string of hits with this fascinating prequel to their celebrated Monsters Inc In many ways this film is better than its predecessor 
3.5
Monsters University
Christy Lemire
It is essentially Revenge of the Nerds with fur And scales And whatever gooey gelatinous substance comprises the outer coating of various other oddball creatures in this crazy parallel world 
2.5
Monsters University
John Beifuss
Lacks the grandeur and ambition that characterize the company s most impressive work but succeeds absolutely as a clever beautifully rendered Revenge of the Nerds campus comedy and origin story 
3.5
Monsters University
James Kendrick
The inventive world making and comic inversion of expectations regarding the relationship between humans and monsters is dulled because it is forced into a college comedy formula which eliminates virtually all potential for surprise
2.5
Monsters University
Mike McGranaghan
What could have been an easy cash in is instead a film that delivers the goods for kids and adults alike It s a charmer 
3.5
Monsters University
Linda Cook
It doesn t take a doctoral degree to see that the high quality of Pixar continues in Monsters University a prequel to Monsters Inc 
3.5
Monsters University
Michael Smith
The picture is very funny and the animation is beautiful and yet it s all a bit forgettable by Pixar standards That s the price of success 
2.5
Monsters University
John Serba
Lesser Pixar charming and occasionally clever although the story is familiar and unmemorable 
3
Monsters University
Jeff Beck
If Pixar would simply take chances on original ideas and thoroughly explore them like they used to there s a good chance that they could jump right back on top instead of churning out films that are half baked 
2.5
Monsters University
Sean P. Means
What s lacking from Monsters University is an ending that matches the breakneck pacing or creative brilliance of Monsters Inc 
3
Monsters University
Josh Larsen
a movie of unsure identity and unclear purpose 
2
Monsters University
Willie Waffle
Animal House meets The Muppets It s not horrible but it s not memorable not soaring not magical not emotional and not compelling It s not classic Pixar but I guess classic Pixar no longer exists 
2
Monsters University
James Berardinelli
Although it falls short of the best Pixar has brought to the screen over its long association with Disney it s nevertheless worth a trip to the theater especially for kids 
3
Monsters University
Matt Zoller Seitz
It is true to the spirit of the original film Monsters Inc and matches its tone But it never seems content to turn over old ground 
4
Monsters University
Perry Seibert
Partly because it s a prequel Monsters University is one of the few films from the gigantically successful studio that fails to deliver an emotional payoff 
3
Monsters University
Jeffrey Westhoff
The only reason to be disappointed with Monsters University is that Pixar used to be capable of so much more
3
Monsters University
Kirk Baird
The heart of the film is Crystal and Goodman who remain as funny spunky and relatable as you remember Their buddy buddy chemistry is so natural the actors could team up for several more Monsters films 
4
Monsters University
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mike and Sully together make a fine team Their strengths and weaknesses match up well 
3
Monsters University
David Nusair
a fairly pedestrian premise that s employed to shockingly run of the mill and middle of the road effect 
2.5
Monsters University
Liam Lacey
It conforms to Pixar s apparent drift toward the average with toy sales taking priority over originality 
2.5
Monsters University
Steven Rea
Monsters University is cute and funny and the animation though not exactly inspired is certainly colorful 
3
Monsters University
Mark Dujsik
We re briefly reminded of the first film s poignancy and realize how much this one has forgotten it 
2.5
Monsters University
Austin Kennedy
If you just want to get away from all of life s problems MONSTERS UNIVERSITY is a pleasant mild temporary distraction 
3
Monsters University
Michael O'Sullivan
The result is a charming addition to the Monsters canon 
3
Monsters University
Chris Knight
It s still a cut above what most other animation studios are producing these days but it feels that like the college aged Sully it s trying to get by on its good name without putting in the requisite hours of work 
2.5
Monsters University
Claudia Puig
An amusing and amiable addition to Pixar s roster of animated coming of age stories 
3
Monsters University
Peter Hartlaub
Animation monsters and the Socratic method Scanlon and the crew make it work 
3
Monsters University
John Wirt
Saying Monsters University isn t nearly as fun and fresh as its predecessor is letting this low achiever off lightly 
2
Monsters University
Joe Williams
Despite its brainy title Monsters University only earns a passing grade on its looks 
2.5
Monsters University
Rafer Guzman
Monsters University has an emotional quality that its whimsical predecessor lacked 
3
Monsters University
Lou Lumenick
The under 5 set may find it funny though I suspect their parents will be checking their watches a lot as I did 
2
Monsters University
Peter Travers
It s all infectious fun despite the lack of originality In the art of tickling funny bones Crystal and Goodman earn straight A s 
3
Monsters University
Dann Gire
Monsters University suffers from comparisons to its superior original 
2.5
Monsters University
Michael Phillips
No better or worse than the average and I mean average time filling sequel cranked out by other animation houses 
2
Monsters University
Chris Hewitt
Monsters University does not hit the heights of the great movies from Pixar but it s good from start to finish 
3
Monsters University
Loey Lockerby
As clever and fully realized as its predecessor if not quite as original 
3
Monsters University
Cathy Jakicic
A thoroughly delightful impressively animated summer movie with plenty of laughs a gentle wit and a surprisingly nuanced range of life lessons 
3
Monsters University
Peter Howell
Everything s okay Good even Pixar has nobody to blame but itself for making us expect more 
2.5
Monsters University
Peter Canavese
May be the most thoughtful and in social terms realistic film ever made about the college experience 
3.5
Monsters University
Matt Pais
Barely puts the plus in C 
2.5
Monsters University
Moira MacDonald
Not every film can be a Finding Nemo or a Ratatouille 
3
Monsters University
Stephen Whitty
The artwork is accomplished and intricate The G rating is genuine without any gross out gags And there s none of the usual winks to the adults with tired pop culture references 
2.5
Monsters University
Dustin Putman
Welcome back Pixar You ve been missed 
3
Monsters University
Ty Burr
This is not a bad movie and to small children it will be a very good one But it is closer to average than one would wish 
2.5
Monsters University
Roger Moore
Watchable but unoriginal laugh starved and far from Pixar s best and most ambitious 
2.5
Monsters University
Nick McCarthy
Unfortunate proof that the animation studio previously known for its brains is now resting a little too heavily on its nominal brawn 
2
Monsters University
Charlie McCollum
Monsters University is fine family entertainment with something for the adults and a lot for the kids 
3
Monsters University
Jake Coyle
Pixar s Monsters University might not be as gifted as some of its other movies but sometimes it s alright to be OK 
3
The Oath
Mattie Lucas
Poitras has crafted an extremely savvy and compelling documentary an essential piece of the increasingly intricate puzzle that is the war on terror 
3.5
The Oath
Rob Thomas
In the end what I took away from The Oath was an affirmation of the importance of the rule of law that we should judge people by their crimes The human heart is too complex and contradictory to be easily categorized as good or evil 
3
The Oath
Mick LaSalle
The essential information in The Oath could have been boiled down to 30 minutes but the good parts are indeed good 
2
The Oath
John Hartl
The Oath makes spare use of images to convey a great deal Al Bahri s smiling child is surrounded by lethal weapons that are little more than toys to him The color drained skies of Guantnamo are juxtaposed with the lively Yemeni street scenes 
3.5
The Oath
Ty Burr
A documentary that at its start purports to be the tale of two terrorists the film keeps deepening and widening until it becomes a subtle stubborn moral drama about users and the used 
3.5
The Oath
Peter Keough
Compelling both as drama and as an indictment of the eight years of folly known as the War on Terror 
3.5
The Perfect Host
V.A. Musetto
Ultimately breaks down under the weight of too many characters and unbelievable twists 
2
The Perfect Host
Peter Travers
The dialogue is witty and spiked with delicious malice At least it is when Pierce delivers it It won t spoil the plot to say that he is pricelessly good at taking you places you don t see coming 
2.5
The Perfect Host
Jesse Cataldo
The Perfect Host is really a game without any rules one where characters and situations exist in total thrall of the next shocking twist 
1.5
The Perfect Host
Rex Reed
This is bargain basement moviemaking and looks it Here s wishing Mr Pierce a vigorous movie career and better luck next time 
1
Peter and the Farm
Michael O'Sullivan
Manages to harvest not just understanding of one peculiar broken little man but a broader wisdom about the cycle of seasons that we all must endure on this planet 
3
Peter and the Farm
Roger Moore
A sober reminder of how hard and callous farm life is
3
Peter and the Farm
Christopher Gray
As the film progresses Dunning s reflections become as visceral and discomfiting as his butchering of the aforementioned sheep 
3
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Brian Eggert
Summer of Soul is more fluid and urgent than most documentaries concert films or otherwise It deftly blends history culture politics and art with a rare harmony of breadth and depth 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
John Beifuss
The event seems less a Black Woodstock as it once was promoted than a Utopian vision of Black art and community that a larger white establishment was too hostile or disinterested to validate 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jeff York
The wall to wall artistry on display is breathtaking and the festival was one extraordinary event as is this documentary 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Peter Canavese
A bonafide event film featuring never before seen footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival a kind of black Woodstock featuring over six weeks of great African American artists musicians and comedians in performance One wishes it were longer 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Rene Sanchez
An extraordinary and miraculous documentary that offers an invaluable lesson in history music politics and culture Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Impossible not to be moved 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Kevin Carr
If you love that music especially the music of that time this is a very powerful and important documentary 
3
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jamie Ludwig
The documentary is a window into the Harlem Culture Festival and discussions of Black history community and identity in the 60s 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Mike McGranaghan
Summer of Soul is an awesomely entertaining account of the festival I can t imagine any music fan not being mesmerized by the powerful jubilant performances contained in the film 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jeff Mitchell
Celebrate a 20th century landmark event with this 21st century cinematic treasure It s the best movie I ve seen this year and my favorite doc since Searching for Sugar Man 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Leo Brady
The culture the stories they carry and the amazing talents that were on display radiate through Summer of Soul 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Odie Henderson
Its existence is a testament to Hal Tulchin to whom the film is dedicated and to Questlove who has pulled it all together with immense love and undeniable talent 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Rob Thomas
What Questlove has done with Summer of Soul is an essential act of cinematic archaeology and he s unearthed these wonderful moments just when we needed them most 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Tom Meek
Questlove s vision adds interviews and touches on politics Jesse Jackson speaks then and now and race but as you can expect the musical performances and the vibe of the era is the soulful pulse of the film 
3
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ty Burr
Summer of Soul captures a moment of the past that was launching itself into the future in a way that feels wholly relevant and inspirational to the present The movie is a gift 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Anita Katz
This rousing rich significant film is caringly thought out and joyously free flowing Thompson who was handed amazing material and knew what to do with it has given the monumental cultural event the documentary it deserves 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Chris Hewitt
Questlove has shaped Summer of Soul into a testament to Black excellence artistry and perseverance 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Randy Myers
Questlove s documentary is powerful as both a concert film and a testimony to how the media and the public obsessed over Woodstock while at the same time one of the most exhilarating musical festivals ever in America played on 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Robert Ham
The true draw is seeing the kings and queens of R B funk jazz and gospel all of them at the peak of their considerable careers They poured every ounce of themselves into their performances that summer and will be blowing minds anew 
3
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Mark Dujsik
The film is an act of remembrance analysis and above all else love for a time a culture and of course music 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Lindsey Bahr
Though the performances are riveting it s the shots of the all ages crowd that makes this film come alive with the vibrant fashions the incredible faces the excitement the boredom and the humanity of it all packed into every frame 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ann Hornaday
A revelatory documentary that exhilarates and dismays in almost equal measure 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Roger Moore
One of the most entertaining concert films in years a piece of Baby Boomer nostalgia that is thrilling and moving jaw dropping and toe tapping and a history lesson all rolled into one 
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Peter Howell
Ahmir Questlove Thompson s appreciation of music history is as strong as his playing chops as drummer co frontman of the Roots hip hop band 
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Chris Barsanti
Questlove s Summer of Soul is as much an essential music documentary as it is a public service 
3
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Steven Prokopy
Summer of Soul is one highlight moment after another
4
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Sean P. Means
Put Summer of Soul on a double bill with Woodstock and see which one is the nostalgia trip and which one is relevant to what s happening now 
4
Abraham Lincoln
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a relic a sad weak swan song from one of cinema s most legendary filmmakers 
1.5
The Belko Experiment
Brian Eggert
Somewhere between Office Space and Battle Royale the scenario of The Belko Experiment turns a corporate setting into a gladiatorial bloodbath 
3
The Belko Experiment
David Gonzalez
While The Belko Experiment leaves little to desire in terms of its characters 44 the film is quite entertaining in regards to its premise and whos next dynamic that plays throughout 46 
2.5
The Belko Experiment
Federico Furzan
The worse thing about this movie is that it s pretty obvious it would have been so much better Full review in Spanish 
2
The Belko Experiment
Chuck Bowen
The disappointment of The Belko Experiment then is that it shifts so abruptly into horror film terrain that it fails to examine the way this office has brainwashed these characters 
2
The Belko Experiment
David Keyes
What goes on in the frames of this film plays like an understanding of procedure but nothing of soul 
1.5
The Belko Experiment
Barry Hertz
A lean mean bloody comedy of the darkest order Greg McLean s The Belko Experiment is pure genre fun 
3
The Belko Experiment
Chris Knight
It s still a decent thriller if you can stomach the gore but you may find yourself wishing the movie had let loose with just a little more inventiveness given the fact that the central metaphor is so bleeding obvious 
2.5
The Belko Experiment
John Beifuss
The bloodbath of corporate downsizing within a cutthroat capitalist marketplace is imagined as a literal massacre in the latest thriller from reliable horror shingle Blumhouse Productions 
3
The Belko Experiment
Linda Cook
its origins are in the Stanford Experiment how long would it take you to become a killer 
3.5
The Belko Experiment
James Kendrick
Unfortunately as the film becomes bloodier and bloodier it also becomes more and more deadening with each subsequent death a little less shocking and impactful 
2.5
The Belko Experiment
Roger Moore
Just unpleasant 
1
The Belko Experiment
Rex Reed
The unsatisfying result of all the berserk paranoia is predictable Talk about a take no prisoners plot 
1
The Belko Experiment
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Gunn and McLean don t rewrite the company handbook they still do a good enough job bullet pointing the important stuff to make reading it worthwhile 
2.5
The Belko Experiment
Robert Levin
There needs to be something more than the sheer spectacle of fine character actors like Tony Goldwyn John C McGinley and others butchering their colleagues in every conceivable way 
1
The Belko Experiment
Mike McGranaghan
if you have an appreciation for horror thrillers that push boundaries The Belko Experiment is an admirably messed up work of nihilism 
3
The Belko Experiment
Kyle Smith
For all its promise to be a wry commentary on the savagery of office politics The Belko Experiment is more like an experiment in how many cracked open skulls can be crammed into one movie 
1.5
The Belko Experiment
Simon Abrams
Gunn s biggest conceptual failure is that his scenario is thoughtlessly cruel 
1.5
The Belko Experiment
Rafer Guzman
Any movie that includes death by tape dispenser is worth seeing 
3
The Belko Experiment
David Nusair
a relatively fun effort that works best when viewed with a large enthusiastic crowd 
2.5
Piggie
V.A. Musetto
Piggie director Alison Bagnall who co wrote Vincent Gallo s Buffalo 66 proves that you don t need a big budget to make a dynamite film 
3
Hot Pursuit
David Nusair
Hot Pursuit fares much much better in its first half than in its second 
2
A Few Good Men
Edward Guthmann
It s directed with taut efficiency by Rob Reiner 
2.5
A Few Good Men
Tom Meek
A bit stilted and an unlikely alignment of parts A Few Good Men maintains a taut compelling hold from start to finish 
3
A Few Good Men
Federico Furzan
A star packed cast is actually pretty effective in this court drama presenting an awesome villain Fantastic script Full review in Spanish 
3
A Few Good Men
David Nusair
a solid legal thriller that benefits substantially from a raft of better than average elements 
3
A Few Good Men
Dave Kehr
By pitting Cruise against Nicholson in the film s final courtroom confrontation Sorkin and Reiner are pitting two notions of masculinity and two notions of stardom against each other 
3
A Few Good Men
Steven Rea
The literally in your face camera work can easily expose an actor s weaknesses but with the lens framed on Nicholson s bulldog visage he lets loose with volcanic fury His demagoguery and gung ho self righteousness are something to behold 
3
A Few Good Men
Gene Siskel
The driving force of the story is watching Cruise s character develop some backbone and staying power 
3
A Few Good Men
Jeff Shannon
The film s entire cast and crew prove up to the task and there s something both comfortably old fashioned and blazingly contemporary about Aaron Sorkin s screenplay 
3.5
A Few Good Men
Gary Thompson
Though a courtroom drama on the surface the movie is really about the changing face of power in the military and in all walks of life 
3
A Few Good Men
Candice Russell
More than competent are Moore spared from what would have been a phony romantic involvement with Cruise Kevin Bacon as a prosecutor and Kiefer Sutherland as a by the book Marine 
3
A Few Good Men
Betsy Bozdech
Starts off strong and finishes with a bang and everything in the middle is sheer entertainment 
3.5
A Few Good Men
Michael Dequina
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4
A Few Good Men
Robert Roten
It probably will win some Oscars but if this is the best film of the year it is a pretty poor year for films 
4
A Few Good Men
Roger Ebert
A Few Good Men is one of those movies that tells you what it s going to do does it and then tells you what it did 
2.5
Falling in Love
David Nusair
46 46 46 an often excessively deliberate drama that 8217 s only able to capture the viewer 8217 s interest in short lived fits and starts 46 46 46 
2
Falling in Love
Roger Ebert
Falling in Love will serve as a definitive example of good performances in a bad movie 
2
Red Dust
Scott Nash
Gable Harlow and a Rain Barrel You don t need anything else 
3
Who's the Man?
Roger Ebert
A lot of the humor though seems to spring from the personalities and relationships of Dr Dre and Ed Lover themselves who like Cheech and Chong and Laurel and Hardy and the teams mentioned in the movie have an easy chemistry 
3
Eating Animals
Joe Friar
If you begin researching where your food comes from and that carries over to your spending habits at the grocery store Quinn Foer and Portman have done their job 
3
Eating Animals
Richard Roeper
Hold on fellow meat eaters Director Christopher Quinn s film isn t the blood spattered viral footage laced sermonizing moral lecture you might think it will be 
3.5
Eating Animals
Mark Dujsik
The movie gives us good reason to believe all of this is true and accurate but what do we do about it The answers are as trite as the documentary is scattered 
2
Eating Animals
Rafer Guzman
If Eating Animals gets you to think twice about that prepackaged beef or frozen chicken it will have done its job 
2.5
Eating Animals
Peter Keough
Though not as graphically powerful as other documentaries on similar subjects the emphasis on the disastrous global impact of these practices is more disturbing 
3
Eating Animals
Michael O'Sullivan
Eating Animals at its core poses two hard questions the latter of which might seem intractable How did we get here and How do we go somewhere else 
3
Eating Animals
Christy Lemire
As eye opening as it is stomach turning whether you re familiar with this topic or not 
3
The Olive Trees of Justice
Roger Moore
A sentimental but biting remembrance of an Algeria that was by a clear eyed Frenchman who has returned as the country s war for independence is ending 
3
Nightmare
Christian Toto
The no budget Nightmare boasts a can t miss horror concept but it has no idea how to resolve it 
2.5
Galapagos
Louise Kennedy
A few magnificent moments underwater can make it all seem worthwhile 
2.5
Galapagos
Mick LaSalle
A film worth seeing 
3
Galapagos
Ross Anthony
For about the rental price of a snorkle and goggles Galapagos brings the experience to you and you don t even have to get wet 
3.5
Galapagos
Elias Savada
As a medium for showing the study of evolution and biodiversity in this part of the world this film can t be topped 
2
Les carabiniers
Clayton Dillard
Jean Luc Godard s conviction that action and not idle thought is the lifeblood of social progress is palpable 
3
Les carabiniers
Roger Ebert
Godard has chosen a subject on which to exercise his style The result is one of his most successful films and incidentally one easier to understand and enjoy than his later work 
4
54
Malcolm Johnson
A soapy fictionalized chronicle of the fast times at 54 
2.5
54
Maitland McDonagh
A shapeless homage to the glory that was Studio 54 in its decadent heyday 
2.5
54
Judith Egerton
One can only hope 54 will hammer the final nail in disco s coffin It s music that I don t want stayin alive 
2
54
Leonard Schwarz
Qualifies as one of the more entertaining bad movies of the year 
2.5
54
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was hoping to be able to recommend 54 from a camp point of view possibly the next Showgirls But it s not The fact is it s so uninvolving it s not even interesting enough to be bad 
1.5
54
Margaret A. McGurk
Every conversation seems punctuated with awkward silences and dull stares 
2
54
Jeffrey Westhoff
A sanitized Boogie Nights 
2.5
54
Rick Groen
The triteness comes thick and fast 
1
54
James Kendrick
There s a great movie to be made about Studio 54 but this is not it 
1.5
54
Michael Dequina
Somehow some way the supremely disappointing 54 has made the historically hip haven of hedonism boring 
1.5
54
Jorge Avila Andrade
A la mayora de los personajes les falta un desarrollo ms inteligente y apegado a la realidad
2
54
Ted Prigge
First time feature director Mark Christopher proves that he s a better director than a writer though not too terribly much 
1.5
54
David Keyes
As a movie finally reaching its definitive state 54 is a flawed endeavor and clearly the work of someone new to the venture of making movies But it all comes together in fascinating hindsight 
3
54
Tom Long
Except for Myers and for many he will make the movie worth watching He s absolutely shagadelic and completely unexpected This should have been his movie 
1
54
Steve Rhodes
The dialog is as dull as the costumes are flashy 
2
54
Jeff Vice
To borrow a putdown from a past vice presidential debate we ve all seen John Travolta and Ryan Phillippe you are no John Travolta Nor for that matter are you Mark Wahlberg 
1.5
54
Mick LaSalle
Silly and clumsily made 
2
54
James Berardinelli
The trite story is a letdown because it traverses a predictable arc 
2.5
54
Bob Bloom
It s all strobe lights and glitz no substance It s sort of like the musical era it covers 
1
54
Rob Blackwelder
Little more than stock characters acting out a generic drama of sin and redemption against a lascivious backdrop that is far more interesting than the story it serves 
2
Cannery Row
Matt Brunson
Cannery Row leans heavily into the artifice and the whimsy it s a strategy that s occasionally charming but more often distancing 
2.5
Cannery Row
Roger Ebert
All of this is photographed and written in such a mixture of the wistful the whimsical the eccentric and the romantic that the characters don t even seem to be living they seem to be auditioning 
2.5
Jack and Jill
Brian Eggert
Jack and Jill is painfully tedious and sophomoric 46 
0.5
Jack and Jill
Roger Moore
Hasn t Al Pacino heard Adam Sandler Sucks before now 
1.5
Jack and Jill
David Nusair
another complete and total misfire from the once reliable Adam Sandler 
1.5
Jack and Jill
Sara Michelle Fetters
So I didn t think the movie was any good no shock there It s flat rarely funny oddly boring and so gratingly sophomoric much of it plays like nails running down a chalkboard 
.5
Jack and Jill
Linda Cook
Fetching a pail of water would be more entertaining than watching this torture 
.5
Jack and Jill
Glenn Lovell
the ultimate monument to gaucherie Pacino manages a few hard earned gasps as he grovels on all fours after Jill Needless to say this is no Tootsie 
1.5
Jack and Jill
John Beifuss
Not since Max Baer donned ringlets and petticoats to portray Jethro s sister Jethrine Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies has a drag act been as ghastly as the one perpetrated here by Adam Sandler 
1
Jack and Jill
Brett Michel
Unpleasant even by Sandler s usual standards it s easily the star s worst film And it co stars Al Pacino It s his worst film too 
0
Jack and Jill
Matt Brunson
A clear sign that Sandler and director Dennis Dugan aren t even trying anymore safe in the knowledge that fans will emulate Divine in John Waters Pink Flamingos and chow down on whatever dog is presented to them 
1
Jack and Jill
Robert Levin
Sandler s drag act becomes so excruciatingly unpleasant that it inspires involuntary shudders and post traumatic nightmares 
1
Jack and Jill
Mike McGranaghan
Howard the Duck Gigli Showgirls From Justin To Kelly What do they all have in common They re all widely considered to be among the worst big studio movies ever made You know what else they have in common They re all better than Jack and Jill 
0.5
Jack and Jill
Mike Scott
Sigh Really Al Pacino Really 
1.5
Jack and Jill
Stephen Whitty
It s all pretty unfunny and leaves you too much time to wonder about other things Like how did this sludge ever get a PG rating 
2
Jack and Jill
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Adam Sandler fascinates and frustrates me 
2
Jack and Jill
Jennie Punter
It s cruel and creepy not funny 
1
Jack and Jill
Lou Lumenick
It s pretty sad if you re a comic and Al Pacino is the funniest thing in your movie 
0
Jack and Jill
Linda Barnard
Extruded from Sandler s Happy Madison filmic laugh factory Jack and Jill makes lowbrow seem like grand opera relying once again on fart poop and sweat jokes to inject both yuks and yucks into the proceedings 
0.5
Jack and Jill
Willie Waffle
Not so much a movie but a challenge to your soul Maybe it is designed to make us wonder if there is a God and if he will save you from this disaster He won t 
0
Jack and Jill
Dustin Putman
Jack and Jill isn t awful or particularly successful It is however the curiosity piece expected totally undemanding and just bizarre enough in concept to keep one s interest up 
2
Jack and Jill
Mark Dujsik
One can only wonder if Steve Koren s screenplay is in part inspired by Sandler s real life attempt as a producer to pull Pacino into this wreck 
1
Jack and Jill
Mick LaSalle
Lazy and slapdash the work of a comedian trusting too much in his own hilariousness 
2
Jack and Jill
Chris Hewitt
It s not good but you re not going to get many chances to see Pacino have this much fun 
2
Jack and Jill
Jake Coyle
Comedy moved on from the mid 1990s and it s time Sandler did too Jack and Jill even gives fart jokes a bad name 
1.5
Jack and Jill
Scott Bowles
A comedy that has one good joke four strange cameos and a spirit so juvenile kids may wonder what Sandler s deal is 
0.5
Jack and Jill
Cathy Jakicic
If you liked Adam Sandler s Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison you ll probably like Jack and Jill On the other hand if you ve seen either of them you ve already seen it 
2
Jack and Jill
Gary Thompson
It feels a little lazy like Dugan and Sandler didn t work hard enough to iron out the premise 
1.5
Jack and Jill
Peter Travers
Jack and Jill is total bust a stupefyingly unfunny and shamelessly lazy farce packed with cringe worthy jokes and overt product placement 
0
Jack and Jill
Tom Russo
The whole drag routine just isn t all that funny and the character eases from intolerably abrasive to tolerably dumb only when it is time to shoehorn in the usual nominal life lessons 
2.5
Jack and Jill
Jaime N. Christley
More bluntly than ever before and that s saying something Sandler uses an entire film to let his loyal fans know that he thinks they re all a bunch of stupid 
.5
Jack and Jill
Roger Moore
Even by sloppy Sandler movie standards this one s a wreck fart jokes potty zingers and pit stain gags 
1.5
Jack and Jill
Matt Pais
Sandler will likely one day sneeze out a movie inspired by his skills as a cinematic con artist He will name the character Poop Masterson and it will make 100 million 
1
Jack and Jill
Rene Rodriguez
Left to his own devices Sandler reverts to his worst laziest habits He forgets that what might have been tolerable in a three minute Saturday Night Live skit becomes excruciating when stretched to feature film length 
1
Jack and Jill
Phil Villarreal
The more I think about the movie the more I like it but I still don t like it enough to recommend you expose your recession drained wallet to its particular brand insanity in a wig and dress 
2.5
Jack and Jill
Michael O'Sullivan
It is what it is and more importantly exactly what Happy Madison fans want it to be something unruly stupid and sort of funny in the same way and to exactly the same extent that passing gas is funny 
1
Meet the Blacks
Kam Williams
Alas an expletive and N word laced descent into modern minstrelsy 
0
Meet the Blacks
Christy Lemire
The movie as a whole is such an incompetent train wreck you can t look away just to see how much worse it can get 
1
Dragonwyck
Matt Brunson
The film never quite delivers on its intriguing premise or initial promise 
2.5
Girl
Sheila O'Malley
Even disregarding the controversy Girl does not work mainly because Dhont s focus is all wrong 
1.5
Girl
Keith Watson
Lukas Dhont isn t really concerned with Lara s journey to find peace and balance as he s interested only in her downward spiral of crisis 
2
The Sasquatch Gang
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director Tim Skousen s low budget lark is a thing of small virtues 
2.5
The Sasquatch Gang
Sean P. Means
If you think it s easy to balance silliness and smarts the way Napoleon Dynamite did see what happens when it s done badly 
1.5
The Sasquatch Gang
Jeff Shannon
The Sasquatch Gang may not fully qualify as an undiscovered gem but it s got some dynamite all its own 
2.5
The Sasquatch Gang
Jeff Vice
The rather limited outcast comedy premise is already tapped out So this painfully unfunny film seems considerably longer than its scant 90 minute running time 
1.5
The Sasquatch Gang
Nick Schager
Tim Skousen was first assistant director on Napoleon Dynamite and he does little other than mimic its slightly off kilter comedic tone and bizarre misfit characters 
1.5
The Tell-Tale Heart
Roger Moore
The violence is bloody enough and broadly in the ballpark of this film 8217 s contemporary 44 Hitchcock 8217 s 8220 Psycho 8221 8212 a poker 44 thrashing blows 44 blood everywhere 40 in black and white 41 44 a body to be disposed of 44 preferable under the floorboards of Edgar 8217 s piano 46 
2.5
Wrinkles
Wes Greene
In its visionary dream and flashback sequences the film becomes a comment on the rapidly diminished state of traditional animation 
3
Wrinkles
Sara Stewart
The film doesn t wallow in grief it s a thoughtful and nuanced portrait of a stage of life we often choose not to see 
3
The Reef
Federico Furzan
Supposedly based on a true story The Reef does a good job of portraying tension while keeping the shark hidden and simple Full review in Spanish 
3
The Reef
David Nusair
the film s final stretch is unexpectedly engrossing 
2.5
The Reef
Glenn Lovell
squirm worthy survival adventure Go ahead take the plunge The Reef is an authentic nail biter toe nibbler that lives up to its fun come on Pray that you drown first 
3
Spite Marriage
Scott Nash
The Great Stone Face may have made better films but even this lesser effort still contains some comic gems 
3
Knocking
Mitchell Beaupre
Knocking is a tough watch at times 44 but you 8217 re constantly glued to Milocco 8217 s performance 44 developing a deep concern and empathy for the woman 44 whether she 8217 s going crazy or if this is all really happening 46 
3
Knocking
Monica Castillo
In addition to its mind bending narrative the visual style of Knocking is equally as striking 
3
Knocking
Rene Sanchez
A suspenseful drama that explores the social prejudices regarding mental health issues and the culture of gaslighting Full Review in Spanish 
3
Knocking
Walter Chaw
The film belongs to Milocci and whatever movie s playing inside her head is more interesting than what s playing outside of it 
2.5
Knocking
Steven Prokopy
Knocking does an admirable job of casting just enough doubt into the situation to make us feel for both Molly and her seemingly innocent neighbors 
2.5
Knocking
Mike McGranaghan
Knocking is a real discovery one offering additional proof that female directors are making some of the most engrossing relevant horror movies out there right now 
3
The Cookout
Michael Dequina
The very definition of an easy target and in all fairness it deserves every last bit of criticism 
1
The Cookout
Frank Ochieng
a taxing and intolerable vehicle that has all the charm of a gold toothed rapper s root canal The Cookout is certainly not any food for thought 
1
The Cookout
Vince Koehler
Plenty of action and confusion in this wild story that culminates in a cookout 
2
The Cookout
Timothy Knight
The movie unfolds in the most perfunctory fashion At least the food looks good 
1.5
The Cookout
Carla Meyer
The jokes are not just stale they can also be labor intensive 
1
The Cookout
Megan Lehmann
A feeble mess 
0
The Cookout
Robert Dominguez
A lifeless comedy featuring a cast of familiar faces who must have needed the paycheck 
1
The Cookout
John Monaghan
The actual get together is more like soggy leftovers served with cheap laughs and even cheaper sentiment 
1
The Cookout
Wesley Morris
While it claims to be about great American values such as family and love it s been made with nary a lick of TLC 
1
The Cookout
Linda Cook
The Cookout never gets fired up 
1
The Cookout
Sean P. Means
Everyone on the guest list is a cliche 
1
The Cookout
Tenley Woodman
A slow build up to the actual cookout takes the punch out of the cast of colorful characters 
2
The Cookout
Peter Canavese
Jerryrigged out of painful stereotypes so offensive crude and dumb that the occasional legitimate satire and good natured family values message are effectively negated 
.5
The Cookout
Angel Cohn
It took a village of screenwriters and story creators to cram just about every imaginable stereotype about African Americans and white people ever conceived into this short unappetizing comedy 
1
The Cookout
Dustin Putman
The Cookout holds a smug mean spirited undercurrent made all the more rotten by an attempted sincerity as false as a set of dentures 
1.5
Aberration
David Nusair
If you rent Aberration expecting a suckfest you ll probably be pleasantly surprised 
2.5
The Painted Bird
Brian Eggert
The film s cold rendering of passages from the book never gets inside the boy s headspace
2
The Painted Bird
Tom Meek
Perhaps the best film of 2020 
4
The Painted Bird
Sean P. Means
At the end of the movie s nearly three hour run a viewer may be left feeling much as critics did when Kosinski s book was first published Pummeled into sadness by a story that exploits the Holocaust for the artist s own nihilistic purposes 
1.5
The Painted Bird
Roger Moore
At some point one has to get off the fence about The Painted Bird and either embrace or appreciate it at arm s length I opt for the latter 
2.5
The Painted Bird
Steven Prokopy
an elegant yet brutal visual and visceral endurance exercise as well as one of the most unforgettable cinematic experiences I ll likely have all year 
3.5
The Painted Bird
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Both beautiful and disquieting 
3.5
The Painted Bird
Oliver Jones
All of this unvarnished evil is depicted with haunting beauty and uncompromising artistry 
3
The Painted Bird
Glenn Kenny
Impressive on a number of levels most of them technical 
2.5
The Painted Bird
Mark Dujsik
The film is smartly and at times beautifully crafted which at least makes its horrors slightly bearable 
3
The Painted Bird
Barry Hertz
And just as the child will never forget what he saw that day I will never be able to shake The Painted Bird 
3.5
The Painted Bird
Richard Roeper
The Painted Bird is a bloody and bruised slice of life 
3.5
The Painted Bird
Johnny Oleksinski
There isn t a whiff of pretentiousness to be found Only guts and incredible visuals 
3.5
The Painted Bird
Diego Semerene
Václav Marhoul s film is at its most magnificent when it lingers on the poetry of its images 
3.5
The Painted Bird
Michael O'Sullivan
A harrowing gorgeous yes slightly sadistic and ultimately deeply moving film 
3
The Painted Bird
Mike McGranaghan
A near masterpiece 
3.5
Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens
Roger Moore
Coming to America narratives are coming back as a genre but you re going to have to do better than this mushy movie selling an absurdly softhearted fantasy version of New York if you want Western audiences to buy in 
2
4 (Chetyre)
Ken Fox
Khrzhanovsky s film written by acclaimed Russian novelist Vladimir Sorokin looks great but has a shambolic off kilter feel that might not be entirely intentional and is alternately tedious and shocking 
2.5
4 (Chetyre)
Bill Stamets
The result is a teasing if trying exercise 
2
4 (Chetyre)
Ty Burr
There s much in the movie that won t translate to audiences this side of the Volga but there s also a humor and a fierce filmmaking intelligence that demand attention 
3
4 (Chetyre)
Jeffrey M. Anderson
4 could be a gross out phantasmagoria to test your cinematic stamina or it could be a political commentary though Khrjanovsky insists not 
3
4 (Chetyre)
V.A. Musetto
It s not always clear exactly what s happening in this dark tale full of barking dogs and slabs of meat But you won t be able to take your eyes from the screen nor will you quickly forget this fiercely original eye popper 
3.5
4 (Chetyre)
Nick Schager
Exhilarating infuriating mesmerizing baffling and out and out crazy 4 certainly doesn t lack for ambition and outrageousness 
3.5
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Linda Barnard
An uncomplicated look at a complex subject that gets information across without talking down to its predominately young audience 
3
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
John Hartl
Entertaining but almost too ambitious for its own sake 
2.5
In memoriam
Roger Ebert
In Memoriam never steps wrong in its first half hour which I watched in fascination 
3
Nekromantik
Dustin Putman
The film if you can call it that actually goes beyond the state of bad taste into a shameful meaningless extreme realm all its own 
0
Sagrada - The Mystery of Creation
Bill Stamets
Zurich born Stefan Haupt however interrupts his rapturous tour of this basilica with lackluster interviews 
2.5
Sagrada - The Mystery of Creation
John Hartl
A sometimes pedantic mostly fascinating documentary about Barcelona s towering cathedral La Sagrada Familia which was conceived by Antoni Gaud in the late 19th century 
3
Sagrada - The Mystery of Creation
Kristin Tillotson
The only mystery here is why even for architecture geeks this documentary is duller than watching stucco dry 
1
Shades of Gray
Robert Roten
It is by no means an objective movie but it does take care to air both sides of this gay rights issue 
3
As Tears Go By
Matt Brunson
A so so variation of Mean Streets 
2.5
As Tears Go By
Wesley Morris
This sounds like a fairly standard debut But Wong smothers the story with tremendous style 
3
As Tears Go By
V.A. Musetto
As Tears Go By doesn t measure up to Wong s later classics such as In the Mood for Love 2000 and Chungking Express 1994 but it shows a master in the making 
3
White Rabbit
David Nusair
generic and often painfully slow 
1.5
White Rabbit
Michael Dequina
The emotional authenticity makes what could have easily been just another in a long line of similarly minded dramas feel like a singular human story 
3
White Rabbit
Peter Sobczynski
While it has some good performances and noble intentions it doesn t really bring anything new to the conversation and ultimately fails to give viewers any compelling reason to wade through all the bleakness and misery that it has to offer 
2.5
White Rabbit
Tirdad Derakhshani
It sometimes reads as a cheap sleazy horror film but its heart seems to be in the right place 
2
White Rabbit
Glenn Heath Jr.
The trite way Southern life is represented in the film makes the main character s potential endgame seem stagnantly preordained and one note 
1
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Michael O'Sullivan
In the words of Fiddler s Journey to the Big Screen it isn t just a documentary about the film s transition from stage to screen but a chronicle of a spirited creative quest 
3
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Nell Minow
If this documentary never makes it out of the category of interesting DVD extra into a standalone film it still has some entertaining inside stories and some insights into the art of cinematic storytelling 
3
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Roger Moore
A warm and lighthearted documentary remembrance of this 1971 film and the effort it took to get the Broadway blockbuster Fiddler on the Roof onto the big screen 
3
Bad Boy Bubby
Andrew Howe
A memorable affecting and quietly exceptional tale
3.5
Uncle Sam
Eric Henderson
Lustig apos s surprisingly evocative widescreen compositions are peppered with an absurd parade of Americana 46 
3.5
Uncle Sam
David Nusair
always entertaining 
2.5
Redwood Highway
Roger Moore
Not without its charms but do elderly filmgoers really need their entertainment this watered down 
1.5
Redwood Highway
Linda Cook
A road trip movie that takes its time with an enjoyable ramble through the beautiful woods of southern Oregon Redwood Highway is a character study of a determined if sometimes perplexed woman 
3
Daddy Issues
Matt Fagerholm
Daddy Issues is not the laugh out loud rom com it had likely aspired to be yet it s just charming enough to make you wish it were better 
2
Daddy Issues
Roger Moore
A feeble comedy with a duller than dull script colorless characters and a posh accented star who seems like a born bit player
1
The Queen of Black Magic
Erik Childress
Usually when one tries to get by simply through gross and ugly invariably it has little else to offer The Queen of Black Magic has plenty of that to go around but manages to achieve a constant state of dread until it finally just explodes into madness 
3
The Queen of Black Magic
Randy Myers
Gruesome nerve wracking and nervy Stamboel s film should become a new horror classic 
3.5
The Queen of Black Magic
Simon Abrams
A better than average throwback especially during its table setting opening scenes 
2.5
The Queen of Black Magic
Roger Moore
The simple chilling effects think When Millipedes Attack and not quite over the top gore set Queen apart and deliver a memorably gruesome moment or two 
2
Stan Helsing
Wesley Lovell
A darkly humorous horror comedy that fails to re ignite the spark that made Scary Movie so much fun 
1
Stan Helsing
Rob Humanick
This might be the cheapest looking production of the year 
.5
Stan Helsing
Rick Groen
How do you make fun of boredom without being boring Well that s a tall task requiring lots of smarts and even more artistry 
1
Stan Helsing
Kyle Smith
Mostly the gags are unfortunate and amateurish but this micro budget flick at least has a semi coherent plot and every 10 minutes or so there s a flash of wit 
1.5
Pacific Rim
Brian Eggert
Made to be seen on a stories high screen with a jumbo tub of popcorn on your lap 44 Pacific Rim is serviceable summer entertainment 44 recommended based on the sheer scale of del Toro apos s onscreen spectacle 46 
3
Pacific Rim
Mattie Lucas
The love for these films is evident and Del Toro makes us love them too through the sheer force of his enthusiasm 
3
Pacific Rim
Sonny Bunch
Pacific Rim may work best in its smaller moments a testament to director Guillermo del Toro s ability to build worlds 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Wesley Lovell
From a pure fan boy perspective this film packs in a great deal of energy without feeling like a stale Michael Bay film Guillermo del Toro mixes playful energy with outstanding effects 
3
Pacific Rim
Cammila Collar
Guillermo del Toro s Pacific Rim is awesome scary weird exciting exuberant and ridiculous basically everything you want from a sci fi action movie 
4
Pacific Rim
Forrest Hartman
The plot is well designed considering how silly the movie really is Credit that to Guillermo Del Toro He obviously put a lot of though into the picture but it s still a basic action film and the selling point is giant robots battling giant monsters 
3.5
Pacific Rim
David Nusair
a punishing ordeal that just might mark the nadir of the modern big budget blockbuster 
.5
Pacific Rim
David Keyes
Fueled by an ambition that channels enthusiasm for characters and narrative details above the high octane action and driven by visual effects that are a compliment to those traits rather than a distraction 
3
Pacific Rim
James Kendrick
the attention to social detail as well as the film s visual punch makes Pacific Rim more than a monsters on the rampage movie although it is certainly that as well 
3
Pacific Rim
John Beifuss
It s del Toro s squarest least interesting film It s as if the sense of fun and wonder collapsed beneath the gargantuism of the budget in an esthetic equivalent of the square cube law that makes the story s monsters impossible in real life 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Austin Kennedy
PACIFIC RIM transports you into a world that could have been conceived by a 12 year old boy This movie is a total kick ass nerdfest that has nothing but love for the material it s tackling Del Toro has made the best blockbuster of the summer 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Linda Cook
In Pacific Rim there s a little bit of Godzilla and a sprinkling of World War II era combat movies mixed with a little bit of what you might call Transformers from a gifted and talented class 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Robert Levin
A whole lot happens in Pacific Rim Guillermo Del Toro s hybrid of just about every major cinematic genre And none of it means much 
2
Pacific Rim
Tyler Hanley
Guillermo del Toro infuses this monstrous undertaking with just what it needs a little heart 
3
Pacific Rim
Josh Larsen
never quite tingles your brain the way superior science fiction can 
2
Pacific Rim
Kenneth R. Morefield
While I can t quite convince myself that it is the equivalent of a four star meal that some of its geeking fan boys want it so desperately to be I concede that it is at the very least edible 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Matt Brunson
Harryhausen and Honda are gods to del Toro but the movie he s produced in their honor has less in common with their disarming flights of fancy and more with the assembly line blockbusters that are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from one another 
2
Pacific Rim
Sean P. Means
Yes as a critic I can find things to pick apart about Pacific Rim but ultimately I was won over by the visceral thrills and the giddy delights of Del Toro s sleek homage to the monster movies of his youth 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Willie Waffle
The dumbed down summer blockbuster of all dumbed down summer blockbusters
.5
Pacific Rim
Mike McGranaghan
When I remember the summer of 2013 this is the movie I ll think of A first rate sci fi adventure that made me feel all giddy inside 
4
Pacific Rim
Phil Villarreal
Hopefully come Oscar time the Kaiju are recognized for their outstanding performances in this high class art film 
3.5
Pacific Rim
John Serba
Guillermo del Toro clearly intends to invoke the warm nostalgia of crappy fun Japanese fare and grindhouse cinema while repurposing the aesthetic for the modern digital age 
3
Pacific Rim
Kirk Baird
Pacific Rim is the Godzilla movie that should have been 
4
Pacific Rim
Rene Rodriguez
There are long sequences in this movie that merit that most overused of terms Awesome 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Eric Melin
It has enough bombast and vigor for 100 summer movies but it also has a firm grasp on what makes genre storytelling work and it s del Toro s true love and respect for Kaiju that holds Pacific Rim up even in its most predictable moments 
3
Pacific Rim
Mark Dujsik
Del Toro does these creations and the action involving them no favors by shooting so much of them in virtual close up 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Liam Lacey
After a long cycle of action movies in which the protagonists spend most of their downtime introspecting about their heroic obligations Pacific Rim is something different a heart warming team building exercise 
3
Pacific Rim
Matt Zoller Seitz
Pacific Rim knows what sort of film it wishes to be it is that film and much more 
4
Pacific Rim
Ann Hornaday
That humanistic touch is pure del Toro and it makes all the difference in Pacific Rim whose own whirring glowing heart doesn t belong to any machine but to the director himself 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Bob Bloom
A sense of delight envelops the film It s as if director Guillermo Del Toro had channeled his inner little boy from his playroom 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Peter Travers
Pacific Rim thank the gods of cinema is the work of a humanist ready to banish cynicism for compassion 
3
Pacific Rim
Jeffrey Westhoff
The deliriously demented 1960s Japanese show Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot proves to be a stronger influence on Pacific Rim than any Godzilla movie 
3
Pacific Rim
Steven Rea
Pacific Rim looks great It s one of the rare 3 D features that probably delivers more in the large screen stereoscopic format severed Kaiju limbs comin at ya 
3
Pacific Rim
Duane Dudek
Del Toro has a whopper of a story on his hands but his unique storytelling sensibility feels muffled by the demands of genre contrivances and a bigger is better aesthetic 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Mick LaSalle
Inadvertently makes the case that extinction might not be so bad If this is the best we can do in terms of movies if something like this can speak to the soul of audiences maybe we should just turn over the cameras to the alien dinosaurs
1
Pacific Rim
Jon Niccum
Hard to fathom that a movie filled with 2 500 ton stars can carry so little weight 
1.5
Pacific Rim
David Berry
It s a shame the story couldn t carry some of the heft of the hulking battlebots but then I guess when the giant Gundam starts battling Godzilla no one s curious about how they feel You just stare mouth agape at the impressive display in front of you 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Dann Gire
This movie will no doubt prompt comparisons to a Power Rangers episode or the next installment in Michael Bay s overwrought Transformers franchise 
2
Pacific Rim
Joe Williams
The movie is an eyeful especially in 3 D but even with humans at the helms of the machines it s a hollow exercise in homage 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Rafer Guzman
It lasts more than two hours And there is nothing endearing about it 
1.5
Pacific Rim
James Berardinelli
It s the perfect summer spectacle with giant robots pounding on monsters monsters stomping on cities and the kind of mayhem that only big theaters with big screens and big sound systems can truly convey 
3
Pacific Rim
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many enormomovies in which one special effect fights another special effect Pacific Rim never loses sight of the human dimension 
3
Pacific Rim
Randy Myers
Pacific Rim creates its own language and its own mythology and the result is one gloriously entertaining vision that leaves us in wide eyed wonder 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Claudia Puig
This is Godzilla meets Transformers with elements of the lesser Star Wars movies all awash in thunderously loud non stop demolition 
1.5
Pacific Rim
Ty Burr
A titanic sci fi action fantasy that has been invested against all expectations with a heart a brain and something approximating a soul 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Soren Andersen
Godzilla eat your heart out 
3
Pacific Rim
Stephen Whitty
If you re 10 years old or just want to feel that way for a couple of hours Pacific Rim provides everything you need except the Twizzlers 
3
Pacific Rim
Peter Howell
Even if you smirk at the plot conceit of mind linked humans inside skyscraping robots fighting blockbuster sea beasts the technical prowess on display can t help but impress 
3
Pacific Rim
Matt Pais
A wonder that makes your eyes pop and jaw drop that rare beast a movie that demands you get out of the house and see it on the biggest screen possible 
3.5
Pacific Rim
Dustin Putman
More Transformers than Cloverfield Where is the terror Where is the suspense Where is the beauty The majesty The sense of loss Pacific Rim is a pretty dumbed down shell of a movie It could have been so so much more 
2
Pacific Rim
Walter Chaw
consider that the primary screenwriter on the piece is not del Toro but the guy who wrote the remake of Clash of the Titans 
2
Pacific Rim
Michael Phillips
It s closer to the hammering Transformers aesthetic than expected Yet the weirdness around the edges saves it from impersonality 
3
Pacific Rim
Rex Reed
You could make another film for half the budget in the time it takes to roll the end credits for CGI imaging There s stuff to look at but doesn t anybody care that it doesn t make a word of sense 
1
Pacific Rim
Jocelyn Noveck
Though it s made by an obviously gifted director and will likely please devotees of the genre it ultimately feels very short on character and long on noise noise noise 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Daniel M. Kimmel
Pacific Rim is not a very good movie That s not to say that a lot of people aren t going to have a lot of fun watching it 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Roger Moore
Dude wanted to make a Godzilla movie Married to a Tranformers picture With a little Starship Troopers and Independence Day and Hellboy mixed in 
2.5
Pacific Rim
Lou Lumenick
The extinction of mankind has loomed again and again over Hollywood blockbusters the past couple of years though never anywhere near as entertainingly as in Pacific Rim 
4
Pacific Rim
Kam Williams
A mesmerizing if mindless apocalyptic adventure that doesn t ask anything more of an audience than to enjoy the action and root heartily for the heroes while consuming a copious amount of popcorn 
4
Pacific Rim
Ed Gonzalez
Guillermo del Toro doesn t rise above the obligations of staging a film of this sort as a multi level video game a stylish but programmatic ride toward an inevitable final boss battle 
2.5
Rondo
Walter Chaw
Dispiriting enervating stuff 
0
Mrs. Winterbourne
Mal Vincent
Stealing every scene he gets is the laughable Miguel Sandoval as Paco the family chauffeur and the only one who will stand up to the formidable Grace Winterbourne 
3
Mrs. Winterbourne
David Nusair
watchable and unexpectedly engaging 
3
Mrs. Winterbourne
Betsy Bozdech
A clunky forced romantic comedy of mistaken identity that might as well have been called While You Were Dead 
1.5
Mrs. Winterbourne
Michael Dequina
You ll be saying No Ricki instead of Go Ricki 
2
Mrs. Winterbourne
Chris Hicks
Lake in the central role seems distracted and only nominally interested in what s going on around her 
2
Mrs. Winterbourne
Roger Ebert
This is more of a movie to see on video on an empty night when you need something to hurl at the gloom 
2.5
Mrs. Winterbourne
James Berardinelli
This film mistakes action for energy ridiculous circumstances for comedy and a mismatched male female pairing for romance 
2
Mrs. Winterbourne
Rob Blackwelder
An occasionally funny mistaken identity movie in very poor taste 
2
Mrs. Winterbourne
Steve Rhodes
Predictability is its middle name 
1.5
Mrs. Winterbourne
Madeleine Williams
Beware the hideous musical number in which MacLaine and Lake attempt to sing The Sunny Side of the Street 
1.5
Mrs. Winterbourne
Mike Clark
A watered down star vehicle for chat queen Ricki Lake the comedy lite has been flicked on none too delicately by director Richard Benjamin 
2
Mrs. Winterbourne
Mick LaSalle
A straight romantic comedy that depends on Lake s charm and acting ability to keep it afloat The result is disaster 
0
Mrs. Winterbourne
Barbara Shulgasser
While I can t help wondering how this movie might have turned out had the filmmakers stuck with Woolrich s noir vision it s difficult to complain here 
3
The Young One
Michael Scheinfeld
Zachary Scott and Bernie Hamilton star as deadly adversaries on an island hell in Luis Bunuel s The Young One a rarely shown English language gem about racism and pedophilia 
3.5
The Young One
Ed Gonzalez
Poets have said that eyes are the windows to the soul but Luis Buuel believed that our legs and feet revealed more about us than any other parts of our bodies 
4
Unidentified
Roger Moore
Well acted 44 but a thin mystery barely concealed by a character study of a cop 8217 s obsession 46 
2.5
Army of One
Christian Toto
Army of One avoids lazy Red State bashing along with insightful humor 
2
Army of One
Dustin Putman
Nicolas Cage is exceptionally committed but his role 151 and the picture as a whole 151 cries out for more depth 
2
The Decent One
Brad Wheeler
The director sometimes ham handedly embellishes the readings of notes written by Himmler his wife his mistress and his daughter with music and sound effects but the film works best when it is at its most austere 
2.5
The Decent One
Linda Barnard
Lapa leaves it to us to determine how a man could be so unaware of his moral failings but some perspective from the filmmaker would have been helpful 
2.5
The Decent One
Farran Smith Nehme
Eerie and utterly riveting 
3
The Decent One
Clayton Dillard
It operates under a discursive premise so presumptuous and flimsy that its attempted function as an experiential documentary proffers little more than a book on tape on film 
1.5
Kill Your Friends
Brian Eggert
A thankless experience that doesn t have much to say beyond the way it chooses to communicate its message 
2
Kill Your Friends
Dustin Putman
Saturates itself in nihilistic excess while presenting an uncompromisingly grim portrait of the recording industry What is has to say however eventually grows stale as its narrative repetitively hits the same beats again and again 
2
Kill Your Friends
Peter Canavese
As adapted by screenwriter John Niven from his own novel Kill Your Friends has a decidedly been there killed that feel to it 
1.5
Kill Your Friends
Christy Lemire
Everyone is horrible all the time so when they do horrible things to each other the result is a chuckle rather than a vicious bite The music business is cutthroat we get it 
2
Kill Your Friends
Kyle Smith
Though the script is full of arch darkly funny observations the movie gets stuck on the same clanging chord of all hating cynicism 
2
Kill Your Friends
Soren Andersen
A more disagreeable collection of cynical backstabbing self aggrandizing shallow vicious and vile specimens of humanity gathered together in a single motion picture would be difficult to conceive of 
1.5
Kill Your Friends
Christopher Gray
The film s failed satire can t help but bolster Steven s antihero charisma 
2
Kill Your Friends
Roger Moore
A problem of tone it wallows in grim when it should be gleeful and wicked 
2
Until September
David Nusair
soap opera level material 
2
Until September
Roger Ebert
This is a dumb pointless boring romance from beginning to end 
0.5
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Tal Rosenberg
One of the most powerful metaphors of Jim Andy is that life itself is a kind of performance 
4
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Roger Moore
As revealing about Jim Carrey as it is about Andy Kaufman 
3
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Alice Stoehr
Near tears he speaks forthrightly about his comedy s roots in sadness Stories like this are poignant and to some degree unlock Carrey s acting They re outweighed however by his metaphysical babbling which often drags on needlessly 
2
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Brian Tallerico
Jim Andy works best as a reminder of the skill level and commitment of its two title performers 
2.5
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
David Nusair
an uncommonly intimate peek behind the curtain 
3
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Greg Cwik
The film is about the idea of Andy Kaufman about how artists channel their influences and keep the dead alive 
2.5
A Farewell to Fools
Roger Moore
Despite the presence of Depardieu and Keitel not nearly foolish enough 
2
Glena
John Beifuss
A thirtysomething single mother in Oregon transforms herself into a champion mixed martial arts cage fighter in this bruises and all documentary 
3
Open Hearts
Sean P. Means
One instance where Dogme s subtraction of extraneous elements turns out to be a plus 
3
Open Hearts
Jeff Vice
Refreshingly honest 
3
Open Hearts
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Susanne Bier and co writer Anders Thomas Jensen draw attention away from the famous Dogme gimmick and pull us into a surprisingly powerful emotional snafu 
3.5
Open Hearts
C.W. Nevius
There is no doubting the heart rending impact of the story But because it is made clear from the start that there is no chance of an uplifting ending viewers may grow restless 
2
Open Hearts
Rob Blackwelder
the ardent unguarded performances that drive Open Hearts have a resonant accumulative tone of authentic poignancy that drowns out the picture s shortcomings 
3
Open Hearts
Jeanne Aufmuth
Simply deliciously top heavy with pain bitterness release and fervor and pregnant with unabashed authenticity 
3.5
Open Hearts
Rene Rodriguez
It is as emotionally raw and wrenching as life itself 
3
Open Hearts
Robert K. Elder
An emotionally honest character piece that avoids moralizing or offering soggy excuses 
3
Open Hearts
Nick Schager
Biers crafts her familiar story with equal doses of austerity and sympathy 
2.5
Open Hearts
Ty Burr
Open Hearts like all good melodramas is ruthless in its insistence that people are dragged uncomprehending in the wake of events 
3
Open Hearts
Steven Rea
Bier knows what she s doing and the performances are expert and affecting 
3
Open Hearts
Walter Chaw
The mysterious machinations of the human heart remain the most compelling entertainment and ultimately the most rewarding 
3.5
Open Hearts
Steve Rhodes
The acting is so natural that you ll swear the actors are cheating by not acting at all 
3
Open Hearts
Lou Lumenick
A powerful well acted drama exploring the impact of a catastrophic automobile accident on several lives 
2.5
Ema
Brian Eggert
Ema feels like the work of a filmmaker at his most passionate and energized and it s an invigorating experience to behold 
4
Ema
Mattie Lucas
It is perhaps Larrain s most formally daring work a veritable knockout that burns just as brightly and fearfully as its wounded protagonist 
3.5
Ema
Sean P. Means
Both in her dance moves and her acting de Girolámo channels the pain and rage Ema is processing as she pushes to have it all artistic freedom sexual liberation family comfort on her own terms no matter the cost 
3.5
Ema
Robert Horton
It was refreshing to spend time with a movie that feels like it came from another era one in which puzzling the audience was an acceptable gambit for moviemaking 
3
Ema
Allyson Johnson
Ema may be a difficult watch but is one that provokes and further showcases the director s seemingly endless capabilities 
3.5
Ema
Leo Brady
Ema is a vibrant experience following a couple in their most vulnerable state resulting in a film that reveals both the haunting and amazing power of director Pablo Larrain 
3.5
Ema
Michael O'Sullivan
Di Girólamo delivers a performance that is like the combustible fuel inside the tank strapped to her back here and there throughout the film intense hot destructive and hard to look away from 
2.5
Ema
Brian Tallerico
At its best Larraín s film captures the expressiveness of Ema s dancing in its narrative presenting us with a fascinating character study 
3
Ema
Mark Dujsik
Beneath the ever proceeding plot and Larraín s visual flourishes is an attempt at a sincere considered character study Ema doesn t achieve much in that regard 
2
Ema
Roger Moore
The whole is rather an empty experience pretty provocative and surprising in ways that are more interesting to chew on than satisfying to experience 
2
Ema
Rene Sanchez
An incendiary story of emancipation that captures the intensity and the passion of a new generation ready to fight for their rights Full Review in Spanish 
4
Ema
David Nusair
it s impossible ultimately not to wonder what the director initially set out to achieve with this seemingly endless aggressively avant garde mess 
1
Ema
Jake Cole
In the film the literal union of bodies is the only logical means of conveying the reestablishment of emotional bonds 
3.5
Wrong Cops
Loren King
No doubt a labor of love the result is just plain laborious for the audience 
1
Wrong Cops
Matt Pais
For the right wrong sensibility there s reason to enjoy the filmmaker s weird attempts at stripping the ordinary from the everyday 
2.5
Taboo
David Nusair
Not only is Taboo completely inept and ludicrous but it s pointless and boring 
0
Unacknowledged
Federico Furzan
Documentaries should feel serious This one misses the opportunity while debating a very interesting subject Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Rock School
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Watching the students band together to rock and the faces of the audience and participants when they realize what these kids are capable of is a joy 
3
Rock School
Marty Mapes
Green berates and insults his students to push them to work harder
2.5
Rock School
Geoff Pevere
So overpowering is Green s outsized needy arrested adolescent personality while you initially suspect he s playing for the camera the blas attitude of his students suggests he really is like this it throws the movie off balance 
2.5
Rock School
Liam Lacey
Their playing is terrific but there s little doubt the kids are fulfilling Green s fantasy rather than the other way around 
2.5
Rock School
Jeff Vice
As a documentary Rock School works just fine As an advertisement for the Paul Green School of Rock Music it s considerably less successful 
3
Rock School
Sean P. Means
The movie seems a little too much in love with the overbearing and self aggrandizing Green almost as much as Green is with himself 
2.5
Rock School
Sean O'Connell
A classroom is only as good as its student body and School spotlights winners 
3
Rock School
Bruce Westbrook
Green s heart if not his head seems in the right place He s carrying the torch and holding it high and his students seem to dig it 
3
Rock School
Michael Booth
Succeeds as a riveting movie because it doesn t try to lead us from verse to an obvious chorus about Green or his uniquely abusive methods 
3.5
Rock School
Steven Rea
The relationship between the talent challenged Will and the punishing Green makes for one of the film s meatier dramatic threads 
3.5
Rock School
Chris Hewitt
Green is a complicated guy who s only dimly aware that he surrounds himself with children because he s not great at dealing with adults 
3.5
Rock School
Lisa Rose
Engrossing from its first shot to its final fade 
3.5
Rock School
Allison Benedikt
Hilarious inspired frenzied 
3.5
Rock School
John Hartl
Raw and funny documentary 
3
Rock School
Peter Hartlaub
The narrative moves quickly and the characters are so much fun that there s little time for inventory of what s missing 
3.5
Rock School
Ty Burr
As a portrait of dysfunctional pedagogy it s both refreshing and more than a little terrifying 
3
Rock School
Jami Bernard
Exuberant and surprisingly unsettling documentary 
3
Rock School
Timothy Knight
What makes Rock School so compelling is Green s unflinching honesty both about himself and his students 
3
Rock School
Glenn Whipp
This flimsy documentary isn t rousing or particularly cute 
2
Rock School
Jonathan Rosenbaum
With its encomiums to Green and its feel good finale in Germany Rock School sometimes threatens to succumb to Mad Hot Ballroom syndrome But Argott weaves a darker thread into the movie 
3
Rock School
Lou Lumenick
A rousing garage band style documentary 
3
Rock School
Roger Ebert
Green is not an angry jerk so much as a guy playing an angry jerk because he loves rock music and wants these kids to play it well 
3
Rock School
Emily Blunt
A fantastic documentary that shows rock and roll is still very much alive 
3.5
Rock School
Peter Travers
Dynamo doesn t begin to describe Frank Zappa freak Green who brings the cream of his crop to Germany to compete in the yearly Zappanale and makes believers of us all 
3
Rock School
Akiva Gottlieb
There s something unsettling and downright Dickensian about Green s hard knocks method and proprietary stance 
2
Rock School
Erik Childress
As Hitchcock once said Alfred not Robyn audiences will love anyone as long as they are good at their job and this is certainly one teacher you are not likely to forget 
3.5
Friday the 13th Part 3
Matt Brunson
More of the same 
1.5
Friday the 13th Part 3
Federico Furzan
A horrible part of the franchise which at this point started showing early signs of death Full review in Spanish 
1
Friday the 13th Part 3
David Nusair
The Friday the 13th saga continues with this typically underwhelming entry 
2
Friday the 13th Part 3
Peter Canavese
Not since Psycho has a movie taken such advantage of the phallic nature of slasher horror Blu ray 
1.5
Friday the 13th Part 3
James Kendrick
easily the worst film in the series up until that point partially because it was so redundant but also because it is the most technically clumsy
1.5
Friday the 13th Part 3
Jeremiah Kipp
Shot in such a way to capitalize on the brief fad of Reagan era 3D movies there s less memorable POV shots from the killer and more images from the perspective of the victims 
1.5
Friday the 13th Part 3
Dustin Putman
As a tried and true slasher film it has its moments but it grows tedious by the end 
2
Magic in the Water
Gene Siskel
If Magic in the Water had been written smarter both children and adults would have enjoyed it more 
1.5
Magic in the Water
Jami Bernard
Orky is very concerned with the environment and can repair relationships between parents and children But Orky cannot save this movie 
1
Magic in the Water
Edward Guthmann
I was so fed up with the bogus sentiment in Magic in the Water that I started wishing it were Harmon gasping for breath instead of the cheap rubber thing with the eyes No such luck 
1
Magic in the Water
Roger Ebert
One of the problems with the first two thirds of Magic in the Water is that we don t see Orky One of the problems with the last third is that we do 
1.5
Magic in the Water
Steve Rhodes
If dying of boredom was possible this movie would be lethal 
0
Magic in the Water
James Berardinelli
It s certainly not a good film and I can t give it even a lukewarm recommendation but there are isolated moments when the film works as well for adults as for kids 
2
Next Door
Chuck Bowen
Unlike Malcom Marie Daniel Brühl s feature length directorial debut proves to be authentically self castigating 
2.5
The Patriot
Michael Dequina
Steven Seagal as a Montana doctor with a strange accent Yes it is as laughable as it sounds 
0
The Patriot
David Nusair
not once does Seagal break someone s arm in half 
0
All Souls Day
David Nusair
the film s positives are ultimately undone by some seriously uneven pacing and a screenplay that places far more emphasis on backstory than necessary 
2
The Pier
Roger Moore
Dispirited Irish romance and aging parent melodrama best appreciated for its County Cork scenery
2
Hollywood Stargirl
Richard Roeper
Grace VanderWaal returns as the infectiously sweet singer now starstruck and lovestruck 
3
Hôtel du nord
James Kendrick
ambiguity of illusion is key to the film 8217 s effectiveness and why it rises above its relatively pedantic melodramatic narratives
3
Hôtel du nord
Peter Canavese
One of the best examples of poetic realism 44 which was Marcel Carne apos s stock in trade 46 A satisfying blend of comedy 44 drama and romantic melodrama 46 91 Criterion Blu ray 93 
3.5
Red Beard
Roger Ebert
Akira Kurosawa s Red Beard is assembled with the complexity and depth of a good 19th century novel and it is a pleasure in a time of stylishly fragmented films to watch a director taking the time to fully develop his characters 
4
Red Beard
Marty Mapes
What saves the Criterion DVD is the commentary by film historian Stephen Prince
2.5
Red Beard
James Kendrick
A moving illustration that hope and generosity even in small amounts will always persevere and make a difference 
3.5
Green Dragon
Gene Seymour
Just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety it dives into soapy bathos 
2
Green Dragon
Megan Turner
A lyrical bittersweet film about what could be termed a by product of battle 
3
Green Dragon
Joe Leydon
A deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world 
3.5
Green Dragon
Steve Rhodes
Although tender and touching the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing 
3
Green Dragon
Harvey S. Karten
Begins like a docu drama but builds its multi character story with a flourish 
3
Green Dragon
Walter Chaw
In the telling of a story largely untold Bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar 
2
Green Dragon
Ed Gonzalez
A gushy episode of M A S H only this time from an Asian perspective 
2
Green Dragon
James Berardinelli
A conventional but heartwarming tale 
3
Hypochondriac
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is like a twenty something LGBTQ 43 Donnie Darko 44 complete with psychedelic conversations with prescient creatures wearing animal suits 46 
2.5
Hypochondriac
Simon Abrams
A rather good psychodrama about repressed childhood trauma that 8217 s also an underwhelming horror movie about mental illness 46 
2.5
Hypochondriac
Mark Dujsik
Hypochondriac becomes more than a simple horror tale or some gimmicky metaphor 46 There apos s genuine empathy between the lines 46 
3
Hypochondriac
Roger Moore
Properly paranoid and just trippy enough to be triggering
2.5
Google and the World Brain
Paul Clarke
Google and the World Brain dives into the contemporary issue of online privacy copyright and freedom of information 
2.5
The Practice of the Wild
Chuck Bowen
It can be exhilarating to watch as clearly intelligent talented people hold forth on the true objects of their obsessions 
3
Emily
Tom Keogh
You feel hints of a strange energy in Emily that remind us we don t always know why we do what we do in relationships The hard part is holding on for the ride 
3
Dirty Cops - War on Everyone
Brian Eggert
McDonagh has made a self aware thinking person s dirty cop comedy 
3.5
Dirty Cops - War on Everyone
Glenn Kenny
So hackneyed tired labored and overstuffed with contempt not only for all of its targets but also its own self that one gets the feeling that the talented Mr McDonagh has gone mad with rage 
1
Dirty Cops - War on Everyone
David Fear
If this is still your bag all these years later and you wish the 1990s had never ended however then everyone wins 
3
Dirty Cops - War on Everyone
Chuck Bowen
The film is in love with the tropes it ridicules and it doesn t take long for that love to dwarf any possibility of critique 
2
Dirty Cops - War on Everyone
Roger Moore
A failed Tarantino take off and an ad hoc fiasco 
1.5
Refuge
Chuck Bowen
The problem with the film isn t the contrivance of its premise it s that writer director Jessica Goldberg doesn t know it s contrived 
1.5
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic
Ken Fox
Jon Else s unusual and sometimes beautiful film documents a rare cultural moment when art history and science collided The making of composer John Adams and director librettist Peter Sellar s opera Doctor Atomic 
3
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic
Janos Gereben
The intellect humanity creativity and excitement of it all should appeal to everyone 
3.5
Down in the Valley
Walter Chaw
Nerve less 
1
Down in the Valley
Betsy Bozdech
Edward Norton and Evan Rachel Wood turn in strong lead performances but their talent alone isn t enough to set David Jacobson s sun bleached modern day Western on fire 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Jeff Vice
A ludicrous would be Western hybrid 
2
Down in the Valley
Lori Hoffman
It spins out of control despite the best efforts of Norton 
2
Down in the Valley
Phil Villarreal
The unpredictable jarring Down in the Valley is another worthy addition to Norton s résumé 
3
Down in the Valley
Duane Dudek
part homage to the Western genre and part eulogy to a disappearing American West and the intentions of which are as cryptic and enigmatic as the look on Norton s face 
2.5
Down in the Valley
John Beifuss
Norton earns sympathy but even he can t sell some of Harlan s poetry of the people eloquence as when the cowboy comments Most days I just want to step outside my own heart and go walk under a sky full of stars 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Rob Thomas
Norton s brilliant performance walks the tightrope effortlessly playing for our sympathies while arousing our suspicions 
3.5
Down in the Valley
Sean O'Connell
Opts for an easy explanation over a complicated one that could have produced authentic suspense 
2
Down in the Valley
Robert W. Butler
Down in the Valley doesn t work But in failing it s twice as interesting as an unambitious success 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Terry Lawson
Even if this drama from David Jacobson can t quite cover all the territory the director writer is looking to survey it still s one of the most original movies in a long time 
3
Down in the Valley
Michael Booth
Norton sells it as far as all of this can possibly go Even if you doubt some of the action you never doubt the existence of Harlan a man out of time and out of options 
3
Down in the Valley
Steve Rhodes
None of the characters ever rings true and the story meanders like a lazy stream in summer 
2
Down in the Valley
Matt Brunson
It s possible that we re in the early stages of the latest cinematic fad the revisionist Western but with its crippling second half this one ultimately turns out to be a brokeback movie 
2
Down in the Valley
Rene Rodriguez
If the movie isn t exactly satisfying as a whole it is certainly provocative 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Bruce Westbrook
Like too many films Down in the Valley turns on its viewers 
2
Down in the Valley
Phoebe Flowers
Both a celebration of a time long past and an acknowledgement of the romanticized whitewashed fantasies of that same past especially when it s held up to the harsh light of today 
3
Down in the Valley
Peter Howell
Writer director Jacobson does a masterful job setting the stage for a modern day western one in which the protagonist seems to have arrived by teleportation tube from another century 
3
Down in the Valley
Tom Keogh
An odd adventurous blur of modern life and enduring cowboy myths 
3
Down in the Valley
Mick LaSalle
In the end it s really just a thriller slower than most with pockets of dead time but with a few extra flourishes too thanks to Norton 
2
Down in the Valley
David Elliott
Dealing with the old Western myth in a suburbanized setting tract houses chew up the land that Harlan lays claim to romantically Jacobson has bitten off more than even a proven master could chew and swallow 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Carrie Rickey
A supremely empathic director Jacobson tunes the emotional frequency of his actors to a heartbreaking pitch 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Rick Groen
One of those pictures you root for even when it goes badly wrong 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Roger Ebert
A movie the actors and director take as far as they can until the story bogs down in questions too big to forgive 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Erik Childress
Foregoes the mythos and passion resulting in a methodically paced muddled examination of yet another potential burgeoning psycho on Jacobson s resume of anti heroes 
2
Down in the Valley
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Norton of course gives everything to the role but not even an actor of his immense skill can completely erase his pre existing persona 
2
Down in the Valley
Allison Benedikt
Patchy but powerful rumination on myth youth and man s capacity for brutality 
3
Down in the Valley
Matt Pais
Strong performances are squandered by an ending that doesn t just fall off the horse it crashes it into a mountain 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Dan Fienberg
As he did in Primal Fear American History X and Fight Club Norton generates suspense by never tipping viewers off if he s supposed to be trusted 
3.5
Down in the Valley
Glenn Whipp
Norton lights up the screen creating a complex cowpoke lost in every sense of the word while Wood conveys every bit of the adamant certainty and aching vulnerability inherent in late adolescence 
3
Down in the Valley
Ty Burr
Noteworthy for the poetry it aspires to and the jumbled prose it delivers 
2.5
Down in the Valley
Jeanne Aufmuth
Misfires like a seized up six shooter 
2
Down in the Valley
Ken Fox
An intelligent deconstruction of the myths and counter myths of the American West 
3.5
Down in the Valley
Gary Goldstein
It remains absorbing even as it frustrates 
3
Down in the Valley
Lisa Rose
Along the way it devolves from revisionist romance into banal thriller 
2
Down in the Valley
Kyle Smith
Only a disastrous lurch by the script can make us stop caring but that s what happens Drama is replaced by melodrama 
2
Down in the Valley
Jack Mathews
The movie turns into something strange and annoying an attempted blend of a suburban thriller with an Old West shoot em up 
2
Down in the Valley
Glenn Kenny
A poetic moving picture about growing up absurd in California a picture in the tradition younger cineasts would argue was forged by the likes of Malick Altman and Ashby 
3.5
Down in the Valley
Peter Travers
a wild thing that sticks with you long after it s over 
3.5
Down in the Valley
Nick Schager
An entrancingly mournful film that reveals the detrimentally hamfisted influence of the Sundance Institute 
2.5
Behind the Sun
Jeffrey Westhoff
A sumptuously filmed parable on the futility of violence 
3
Behind the Sun
Mark Caro
A bleak beautiful cinematic fable driven by the brutal logic of blood feuds and transformed by an overpowering sense of wonder 
3.5
Behind the Sun
Chris Hewitt
The first time I saw the Brazilian Behind the Sun there were no subtitles and I couldn t understand a word The second time it had subtitles and to tell you the truth the first time was better 
2
Behind the Sun
Rick Groen
Salles starts with the loudly trumpeted theme then tacks on a slim plot to justify the clamour 
2
Behind the Sun
Rod Armstrong
As a story about two warring families it is poignant beautifully shot and powerful As an allegory reflecting on the cycles of violence that threaten all of our futures it is absolutely necessary 
3.5
Behind the Sun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Becomes nothing more than a waiting game an annoying endless deathwatch 
1.5
Behind the Sun
Moira MacDonald
A lovely journey but it s like a picture book whose text is merely incidental 
2.5
Behind the Sun
Edward Guthmann
Salles is a fine director with the ability to invest moments with a sense of tragedy and inexorable fate 
3
Behind the Sun
Susan Stark
Salles here gives a story of inter familial feuding and violence the kind of resonance that readily invites a leap to wider implications 
3
Behind the Sun
Renee Graham
Poignant and wrenching 
3
Behind the Sun
Roger Ebert
After a certain point no one is right and no one is wrong both sides have boundless grievances and it s the audience that wants to run away with the circus 
2
Behind the Sun
Bruce Newman
Salles has found the beauty not only in this terrible place but in a story by novelist Ismail Kadar that originally was set in Albania 
3.5
Behind the Sun
Steven Rea
Salles has crafted a compelling existential tableau 
3.5
Behind the Sun
Elias Savada
Behind the Sun is a glorious revelation critics and audiences will welcome this to their top ten lists 
3.5
Behind the Sun
Harvey S. Karten
A stunning tale of revenge and family rebellion in the Brazil of 1910 
3.5
The Betrayal
Duane Dudek
The Betrayal puts a human face and name on the term collateral damage and expands its definition in the process 
3
The Betrayal
Ty Burr
Self consciously poetic and shot within a luscious inch of its life the film s also an engrossing heartbreaker a family saga that spans continents political administrations and decades of travail to arrive at a harder wiser place 
3.5
The Betrayal
Chris Hewitt
Succeeds on every level Kuras cares not only about the story itself which is monumental but about the form it takes which is a thing of beauty 
3.5
The Betrayal
Moira MacDonald
The Betrayal Nerakhoon is a remarkable achievement haunting the viewer long after it ends 
4
The Betrayal
Jonathan Curiel
The touching music which includes quasi choral chants completes a film that despite its tough subject matter is life affirming in the best possible way 
4
The Betrayal
V.A. Musetto
The Betrayal is a potent mix of archival footage talking heads and visually arresting montages 
3
The Betrayal
Kam Williams
A warts and all expose designed to leave you outraged about the way America treats naive allies and about the unresolved ugly fallout of the Vietnam conflict 
4
The Betrayal
Rob Humanick
A probing textured mix of historical and personally shot footage set to an effectively disembodied voiceover 
3
The Betrayal
Kathie Smith
The Betrayal occasionally takes on more than it can achieve yet its scope and visual poetics elevate it far above similar documentaries 
3
Prey
David Nusair
a disappointing misfire that ultimately pales in comparison to its like minded brethren 
2
Prey
Tom Meek
When the big reveals are doled out in the final frames you ll likely rewind it a few times to see if you missed the whats and whys Nope it s just one big head scratcher 
1.5
Prey
Roger Moore
If you ever wondered how boring and frustrating it might be to watch the young athletic and helpless stagger to their deaths with little agency in their fate Sieben s made a movie for you 
1
The Big Payback
Dwight Brown
This very enterprising doc about a results proven activist provides a very doable blueprint for getting things done Listen up 
4
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Josh Larsen
it s not the targets that failed to entertain me as much as the way the movie takes aim 
2
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Fernando F. Croce
Frank Tashlin never could harmonize his celebratory critical impulses toward American pop culture so it comes as no surprise that this is both his funniest and most despairing picture 
4
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Tashlin had a huge stylistic impact on the New Wave Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter his greatest film is the template for Godard s bold use of primary colors and Scope in the 60s 
4
Fahrenheit 451
Brian Eggert
Bahrani s heavy handedness robs Fahrenheit 451 of its potency which is unfortunate as Bradbury s story proves achingly imperative today by reflecting how governments instill control 
2
Fahrenheit 451
Alan French
While the film attempts to put its own spin on the story for the digital age Bahrani s film does not measure up to the source material 
2
Fahrenheit 451
Kevin A. Ranson
HBO s rework of Ray Bradbury s cautionary tale has incorporated much of modern society s technological marvels and fear it isn t a far stretch to imagine how now could in the future become this 
3
Fahrenheit 451
Odie Henderson
Just read the book folks 
2
Fahrenheit 451
Verne Gay
Flat slow and turgid no one neither Jordan nor Shannon can stir this gluepot 
2
Inside Out
David Nusair
a misguided and misbegotten endeavor through and through 
.5
Inside Out
Erik Childress
This is a ridiculous laughable thriller that will only sell extra tickets to those needing a laugh partner since its no fun making sarcastic remarks to strangers 
1
Misunderstood
Peter Sobczynski
An occasionally strange occasionally brutal and occasionally lovely work that goes up on the shelf with The Ocean of Helena Lee and Girlhood as one of the more impressive coming of age tales of recent times 
3.5
Misunderstood
Kent Turner
Gainsbourg laughs 
3
Misunderstood
Elise Nakhnikian
Misunderstood is only slightly dependent on the self pity that informed Asia Argento s last effort The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things but it feels similarly airless 
2
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Michael Wilmington
The film s strengths lie in the interviews 
3
Times Square
Kathy Fennessy
It isn t the most realistic story and I m not so sure that was the intent but the friendship is what endures and it s one of the reasons why people keep coming back to the film That and the amazing soundtrack of course 
3
Times Square
Larry Vitacco
Unfortunately the story of this off the cuff friendship starts to fold halfway through the movie dragging out until the far from satisfying conclusion 
2
Times Square
Roger Ebert
Times Square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things 
2
200 Meters
Joanne Laurier
200 Meters is the first 40 and an impressive 41 feature written and directed by Palestinian Jordanian Ameen Nayfeh 40 born 1988 41 46 The fiction film 46 46 46 depicts the relentless cruelty of the Israeli government 8217 s policies toward the Palestinians
4
200 Meters
Roger Moore
A harrowing road picture about a two household Palestinian family and what the husband and father must do to get to his child 8217 s side when the boy ends up in an Israeli hospital 46 
3
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Peter Howell
It s a short gentle film but a powerful one a reminder that we can get past any sorrow 
3
Bettie Page Reveals All
Kathryn Laskaris
Page s natural beauty charisma and genuine sense of fun not to mention her 36 24 37 measurements come clearly through in Mori s tale 
3
Bettie Page Reveals All
Moira MacDonald
An amateurish and oddly paced documentary Bettie Page Reveals All nonetheless turns out to be revealing if perhaps not in the way its makers intended 
2
Bettie Page Reveals All
Michael O'Sullivan
The best thing about this documentary portrait of the beloved 1950s pin up is its meaty narration courtesy of Page herself speaking in the low slightly gravelly register of an aging Southern belle 
2.5
Bettie Page Reveals All
Steven Rea
The film offers frank matter of fact commentary that is far more illuminating than the talking head encomiums served up by the likes of Perez Hilton Dita Von Teese and Hugh Hefner 
2.5
Bettie Page Reveals All
Mick LaSalle
Only when it makes the claim for Page as a pivotal figure in American culture does it overstate the case and become tiresome 
2
Bettie Page Reveals All
Dann Gire
Mark Mori s documentary Bettie Page Reveals All whisks us through the model s life examining the basis for her enormous appeal while delving into the conflicting elements that created her personality 
3
Bettie Page Reveals All
Chris Hewitt
It reveals too much 
2
Bettie Page Reveals All
Roger Moore
Indeed she does reveal all 
3
Bettie Page Reveals All
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As much as I admired Gretchen Mol s brave performance in The Notorious Bettie Page this documentary is the better choice if only because we get a generous helping of actual Page photos and movie clips 
3
Bettie Page Reveals All
Stephen Whitty
The film s well directed by Mark Mori and Page s story told in a Southern drawl as thick as sorghum is a fascinating one 
3
Bettie Page Reveals All
Sheila O'Malley
She is an engaging guide humorous and honest cynical and wise with that same sense of innocent joy in her own fame that translated into in photos 
2.5
Bettie Page Reveals All
Kenji Fujishima
Mark Mori goes a bit overboard in hammering home his appreciation of Bettie Page s significance allowing the film to occasionally lapse into repetitiveness 
2
Flip the Script
Kam Williams
Pardon me for expecting African American fare to be far more sophisticated than the new millennium s equivalent of Amos Andy complete with Kingfish quality buffoonery and an array of other degenerate coons 
1
Cross of Iron
Eric Henderson
Cross of Iron would almost seem a proper mea culpa by Peckinpah for his controversial career 
2.5
Boy
Budd Wilkins
Nagisa Oshima and screenwriter Tsutomu Tamura encourage empathy without requiring emotionalism 
3.5
Black Boys
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Ultimately Black Boys showcases with great sensitivity and respect its onscreen subjects allowing them to speak and be heard Let us listen and learn 
3.5
A Great Day in Harlem
Kam Williams
A fascinating examination of the artistry camaraderie and idiosyncrasies among a generation enigmatic jazz giants 
4
A Great Day in Harlem
James Berardinelli
If there s such a thing as a magical documentary A Great Day in Harlem is it 
3
A Great Day in Harlem
Philip Elwood
A magnificent achievement 
4
A Great Day in Harlem
Jesse Hamlin
It s a funny and moving film whose swinging rhythms and informal tone capture a feeling for the music the people who make it and the affection and respect they feel for each other and the art form 
3
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Matt Brunson
After the potent calling card of Black Sunday Bava would go on to make other notable terror tales but Hatchet for the Honeymoon unfortunately isn t one of them 
2
Frankenstein
Christian Toto
No neck bolts or flat top do here This Frankenstein is a thoroughly modern monster who doesn t fit into our class based society 
2.5
Noëlle
Linda Cook
I had high hopes for Noelle Oh well 
1
Noëlle
John Beifuss
Catholics upset over The Golden Compass should direct their ire at this film instead 
1.5
Noëlle
Brandon Fibbs
Nolle balances wit and pathos legalism and relationship guilt and grace in such a way that will ring true in both your heart and your head this yuletide season
3
Aki tachinu (Approach of Autumn)
Keith Uhlich
In tenor The Approach of Autumn recalls the stark light touch despondency of Morris Engel s Little Fugitive 
3.5
Rage in Heaven
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 should have been way weirder than it is 46 
1.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Kam Williams
Schoolyard jokes about religious faiths genetic traits and sexuality which only work if you enjoy laughing at people because they are darker skinned or curlier haired or perverted or have emigrated from another continent 
1
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Betsy Bozdech
As amusing as Cedric the Entertainer Ice Cube Thompson and the rest are they re not breaking any new ground in this film just touching up an old do 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Matt Brunson
This likable lackadaisical comedy proves more focused than the first film yet lacks much of its comic bite 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Michael Szymanski
They need to find the edgy magic that they had with the first blockbuster 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Kelly Borgeson
Tries hard but the routine feels a little too familiar It s like getting a trim when what you really need is a new style 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Linda Cook
It s like going back home for a visit 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Wesley Morris
This sequel is overstaffed with a cast that s underserved by Don D Scott s schematic script and Kevin Rodney Sullivan s crude direction 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Tyler Hanley
Funky good vibes permeate this soulful follow up to Ice Cube s 2002 surprise success 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Jeffrey Westhoff
Barbershop 2 Back in Business is the second episode of a big screen sit com It may be three times longer but it is also three times funnier 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Michael Dequina
This return visit to Calvin s Barbershop is like settling back in with old friends 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Steve Rhodes
They re a likeable bunch whose schtick grows on you But their material is just a little too thin 
2.4
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
John Beifuss
This series offers an inner city equivalent of Mayberry where greed and cynicism don t stand a chance against homespun truths family values and just plain folks 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Mike McGranaghan
There are some laughs in the movie some nice moments between the characters and some occasional glimmers of the old magic However there are not enough of them 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
David Nusair
Perhaps if the movie had been funnier it would ve been easier to overlook the bizarre dramatic interludes 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Dustin Putman
Successful only in sullying the memory of a superior movie that didn t warrant a sequel particularly one so glaringly lacking in imagination and purpose 
1.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Guylaine Cadorette
Overall Barbershop 2 is a sweet comedy minus the sap hilarious yet devoid of crudity and political without ever being preachy 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Sara Michelle Fetters
What to do when a relatively small modest budgeted urban comedy becomes a massive critical and word of mouth hit Make a sequel to cash in on the phenomenon of course It is the Hollywood way after all 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
James Verniere
Outside of being well acted and funny Barbershop 2 is actually about something 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Claudia Puig
Just as sharply funny and as heartwarming yet unsentimental as the first 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Phoebe Flowers
It s the chemistry between all the characters which has deepened since the first movie that makes Barbershop 2 worth watching despite its sluggish sometimes sloppy pace 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Erik Lundegaard
It s still funny and warm and neighborly inside Calvin s barbershop it s just a little predictable as soon as you step outside 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Glenn Lovell
As fragmented and heavy handed as the first installment was smart funny and yes at times unexpectedly sweet 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Carla Meyer
Warmhearted and surprisingly ambitious 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Peter Travers
A dutiful mood call it sequelitis has descended on the place 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Lou Lumenick
What s intact from the original is the premise s big heart and the wonderful ensemble led by Ice Cube 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Jack Mathews
There s no question Eddie was the chief asset of the first film and sequels are required by law to exploit the original s strengths But the filmmakers have misread Eddie s appeal 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Nick Carter
The high velocity comic additions provided by Latifah and the flashbacks relating to Eddie s youth are enough to make this sequel one more sharp cut 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Connie Ogle
Picks up where the first film ended by celebrating community exploring responsibility to one s neighborhood and most important providing big big laughs 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Bob Strauss
Constantly engaged and intelligent while generally conscious of retaining the entertaining goods Barbershop 2 is anything but your business as usual sequel 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Loey Lockerby
These characters really are like old friends there s something almost comforting about going back and hanging out with them again 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A better funnier more closely cropped movie than its enjoyable predecessor 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Liam Lacey
Eddie s irrepressible spirit remains the key to the movie 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Terry Lawson
Funny and entertaining 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Lisa Kennedy
A generous and infectious blending of the old school with the fresh 
3.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Roger Ebert
The first film arrived with freshness and an unexpected zing but this one seems too content to follow in its footsteps 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Phil Villarreal
Too often we re locked out of the barbershop and stuck in a bad movie our faces pressed up desperately against the window 
2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Walter Chaw
Even when it falters Barbershop 2 is sharp and hilarious 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Chris Hewitt
Takes the characters deeper than the first film revealing new dimensions to all of them and it balances its bright humor with a melancholy sense that the changes that come to a neighborhood are not always good ones 
3.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Carrie Rickey
Affectionate and deeply funny 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Jan Stuart
Grooves to its own drummer yet remains dynamically true to its roots 
3
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Rob Blackwelder
The pointed no taboos banter that was the soul of Barbershop gets the short shrift in this entertaining but too cursory sequel 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Michael Wilmington
This time around the razors are a little duller the clicks not as slick the patter not as snappy 
2.5
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Jeremiah Kipp
Climaxing with a politician worthy podium speech the film has too many creaks in its gears to earn a wholehearted recommendation 
2.5
Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony
Bill Stamets
Writer director Kerry Candaele incisively documents the ideological legacy of opus 125 in Chile China and Germany 
3
Die Zweite Frau
David Nusair
ultimately unable to live up to the easygoing charm of its opening half hour 
2
Winnie
Michael Dequina
The end credits song s beautifully delivered full throttle emotional bombast only serves as a dismaying reminder of how much the film otherwise lacks any similar passion and soul 
2.5
Winnie
Godfrey Cheshire
In the end hers is a journey as complicated and fascinating as that of South Africa itself 
2.5
Winnie
Kam Williams
A warts and all biopic which focuses on its subject s childhood college days and marriage while making short shrift of her transition into a war criminal 
1
Winnie
Rob Humanick
The film s tonal inconsistencies speak less to the struggles of its titular subject than to its own grasp exceeding ambitions 
1.5
Winnie
Michael O'Sullivan
Despite the marquee names and their obvious talent the film feels like a made for TV movie 
2
Winnie
Claudia Puig
Winnie Mandela is a simplistic look at a complex figure 
2
Winnie
Dann Gire
Disappointingly linear and superficial 
2
Winnie
Matt Pais
Obscured truth disrespects history and a biopic without strong writing and acting isn t much of anything 
2
Winnie
Rick Groen
Winnie begins as hagiography and ends in hellish confusion 
2
Winnie
Linda Barnard
It won t satisfy history students curious about this polarizing figure nor fans of its star Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson 
1.5
House
Carrie Rickey
Too absurd to be genuinely terrifying yet too nightmarish to be merely comic House seems like it was beamed to Earth from another planet 
3
House
John Monaghan
A silly surreal cross of Japanese horror anime and just plain weirdness this 1977 fever dream of styles makes you wonder How did this ever get made 
3
House
Josh Larsen
An assault of expressionistic techniques 
2.5
House
Jeff Shannon
For connoisseurs of the bizarre House s revival is long overdue 
3
House
James Kendrick
compelling in its own right even if it is impossible to take seriously as anything more than a delirious envelope pushing experiment
3
House
Chuck Bowen
It s about equal parts brilliant baffling ridiculous and unwatchable 
3
House
Tom Russo
While there s a dweeby midnight movie inventiveness about the look of all this there s also an awful lot to forgive artistically or to drunkenly roll with as the case may be 
2
House
Brett Michel
Won t appeal to mainstream appetites but it s an exotic dish for enlightened palates 
3
House
Jeff Vice
There are quite a few slow spots head scratching moments and oddities that make this an endurance test for all but the most determined of movie fans 
2
City of Industry
Roger Ebert
The movie plays more like an exercise in noir atmosphere and violence than like a story the pieces are sometimes nice but they don t fit 
1.5
City of Industry
Mike Clark
Slight solemn borderline silly but watchable 
2
The Evil Next Door
Mark Dujsik
T his film tells a simple story and creates an air of foreboding and menace at every possible turn 
3
The Evil Next Door
Roger Moore
So many B movies have used this very plot that The Evil Next Door is pretty much in the horror movie public domain the moment it opens 
2
Oslo
Sheila O'Malley
The film never shuffles off its theatrical roots there s an almost visceral feeling of how much better this probably worked onstage before a live audience 
1.5
Oslo
Bob Strauss
The actors sell most of this stuff along with lots of information some of it elementary but much of it steeped in gnarly transactional mechanics 
2.5
The Assignment
Liam Lacey
If there s a small saving grace to this crude thriller it is the work of Montreal born director Christian Duguay who shows flashes of real flare 
2
The Assignment
David Sterritt
The plot raises the keenly important question of whether professionals who fight evil may be corrupted by the ruthless means they employ but the movie takes too much pleasure in sensationalistic digressions to explore this issue very thoroughly 
2
The Assignment
Mick LaSalle
A film of real finesse style and intelligence an espionage thriller of the old school with some modern technical embellishments 
3
The Assignment
Roger Ebert
Intelligent and gripping 
3.5
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Roger Moore
Trippy trash
0
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Steven Prokopy
I fell in love with the vibe of the piece 44 while not being completely pulled in by the attempts to shock and disgust 46 If the characters had been eating bugs 44 then maybe we could talk 46 
2.5
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Walter Chaw
I don t doubt that All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is trying to do something and I suspect it might have hit on some useful approaches to the material yet it s a party where a lot of people are having fun and I wonder what I m doing there 
1
Juice
David Nusair
a rough around the edges yet periodically spellbinding drama 
3
Juice
Peter Canavese
Well directed with a just so exaggeration to it that works for the movie Excellent Special Edition 4K from Paramount Home Entertainment 
3
Juice
Matt Brunson
The picture morphs from a candid look at urban life into a preposterous pulp thriller 
2
Juice
Tananarive Due
Juice is part coming of age story and part heavy handed but effective social message It s also part psychological profile as Bishop grows increasingly psychopathic and just plain scary 
3
Juice
Roger Ebert
The movie generates a real tension in its closing passages as it shows its characters trapped in a plot that seems to be unfolding according to its own merciless logic 
3
A Throw of Dice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An amazingly fluid silent era Indian feature with a breathtaking use of open air space and lots of extras 
3.5
ABCs of Death 2
David Nusair
ABCs of Death 2 is like its predecessor riddled with pointless and somewhat interminable short films 
2
ABCs of Death 2
David N. Butterworth
The targeted demographic gore fans with short attention spans are going to eat this superior sequel up 
3
ABCs of Death 2
Glenn Kenny
What results is a survey of what s both glorious or at least intriguing about the directions in contemporary horror and what s problematic as well 
2.5
ABCs of Death 2
Roger Moore
Better directors better shocks better punchlines 
2.5
ABCs of Death 2
Ed Gonzalez
Irony is a popular pose struck throughout these shorts which are less revealing of the existentialist despair that death often rouses than they are of their makers prejudices 
2
ABCs of Death 2
Walter Chaw
An upgrade 
3
ABCs of Death 2
Dustin Putman
This cavalcade of sophomoric mean spirited schlock is an embarrassment putting to shame all of the exciting limitless possibilities the horror genre has to offer 
0.5
Amador
Roger Ebert
Simply on the story level Amador could have been a better film 
2
Assassination Tango
Walter Chaw
More a song about living and dying well than a picture that makes much sense in the traditional definition 
3
Assassination Tango
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is the type of stand up and take notice performance that burgeoning actors dream off yet Pedraza is so effortless in her portrayal that I started to think she almost didn t have to try to be so wondrously beguiling 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Jan Stuart
Assassination Tango runs aground with an accumulation of small illogicalities 
2
Assassination Tango
Sean P. Means
If Duvall wanted to celebrate his hobby he should have made a documentary 
2
Assassination Tango
Josh Larsen
You get the feeling Duvall took a tango trip to Buenos Aires and haphazardly decided to make a crime movie while staying there 
3
Assassination Tango
Laura Kelly
Not so much a movie as a chance to sidle up alongside Robert Duvall and twirl around a cinematic dance floor with him 
3
Assassination Tango
Joe Baltake
Its many tiny character details make up for the ludicrous story it s telling 
3
Assassination Tango
Connie Ogle
A film that uses tango as a metaphor for life ought to generate some fire But Assassination Tango offers little heat 
2
Assassination Tango
Chris Hewitt
Boring meandery and clumsy 
1
Assassination Tango
David Elliott
Watching a Robert Duvall performance has become like putting on a great weathered pair of boots you know it will feel good and you will want to go the distance 
3
Assassination Tango
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Assassination Tango has very little to do with style or even plot and everything to do with the way a character moves 
3
Assassination Tango
Terry Lawson
The characters and situations here are all stereotypical or undercooked 
2
Assassination Tango
Nick Carter
The film works as a self portrait of both Duvall s character and Duvall and his self reflective style of acting 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Moira MacDonald
It s an uneven but occasionally fascinating film as labors of love so often are 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to see what Duvall thinks is so interesting about the hit man aside from the fact that he s playing him 
2
Assassination Tango
Ty Burr
A great character actor s love letter to the one art form that makes him feel like a star 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Jeffrey Westhoff
The dancing episodes hold interest while the assassination plot becomes superfluous 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Roger Ebert
Duvall has created it from the inside out seeing it not through the eyes of the audience but through the mind of Anderson 
3
Assassination Tango
Jennie Punter
About one commanding performance fascinating to watch but not strong enough to redeem the muddled story line on which it hangs 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Steven Rea
A wonderfully crafted smartly acted study of a complex old coot 
3
Assassination Tango
Glenn Lovell
An exercise in narcissism and nepotism that scoots by not on story or suspense but on Duvall s Old World charisma 
2.5
Assassination Tango
Michael Wilmington
It s a film whose pleasures creep up on you 
3
Assassination Tango
Mike Clark
Even Marlon Brando wouldn t be able to keep this from being the last tango in Buenos Aires that anyone is likely to see on screen for a while 
3
Assassination Tango
Glenn Whipp
While not on the level of The Apostle the movie stands as a rewarding first rate drama 
3
Assassination Tango
Lou Lumenick
Overlong and far less engaging than Duvall s earlier Angelo My Love and The Apostle 
2
Assassination Tango
David Sterritt
Duvall s latest is a treat for the eyes and ears but it doesn t always ring true on deeper dramatic levels 
3
Assassination Tango
Joshua Tanzer
Take Duvall out of the picture and let this family demonstrate the tango and you d have a terrific movie 
2
Assassination Tango
Steve Rhodes
Another exquisite film written and directed by Duvall The Apostle its tango numbers are magical moments of sheer joy 
3
Assassination Tango
James Berardinelli
For those who do not demand a firm adherence to formulas and genre driven expectations this movie offers the chance to see something a little different 
3
Assassination Tango
Peter Travers
Duvall missteps in trying to mesh suspense with a love story 
2
Assassination Tango
Harvey S. Karten
Art follows life as Robert Duvall in an intruiging character study dances with his real life girlfriend while trying to remember that he s a hit man 
3
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
Continues IMAX s silly trend of stringing together fabulous 3 D effects sequences with flimsy narratives 
2.5
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
Ross Anthony
Pleasant 
2
The Accompanist
Roger Moore
Writer director and star Frederick Keeve is introduced to us weeping at the keyboard in the opening scene It won t be long before he isn t crying alone 
1
Ambush
Roger Moore
It apos s not good 46 I can apos t vouch for any of the three credited screenwriters so much as rented quot Platoon quot on video as the most basic quot homework 46 quot 
1
The Young Unknowns
Edward Guthmann
First time director Catherine Jelski dredges up every cliche about druggy obnoxious dreamers on the fringes of Hollywood and assumes that said cliches have the power to shock and surprise 
1
The Young Unknowns
Elias Savada
You re not going to feel enlightened by The Young Unknowns and frankly you ll probably benefit by keeping them unknown from your film going pocketbook 
1
The Young Unknowns
Jack Mathews
The writing and the lead performance of Devon Gummersall in Catherine Jelski s The Young Unknowns makes this spoiled rich kid movie almost tolerable 
2
The Young Unknowns
Kevin M. Williams
There is nothing to redeem this movie and no real reason to see it 
1
The Young Unknowns
Gene Seymour
Yet another sordid tale of single white Hollywood kids who get drugged drunk and disorderly by their swimming pools 
2
The Young Unknowns
Megan Lehmann
L A inconsequential 
2
The Young Unknowns
Bill Chambers
A thoroughly obnoxious drama 
1
The Young Unknowns
Steve Rhodes
The claustrophobic and static movie is in bad need of some opening up 
2
Blue's Big Musical Movie
Michael Dequina
Actually has something of substance to offer preschoolers valuable lessons while delivering the requisite good time 
3
SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden
John Beifuss
Demonstrates with its narrative lassitude and overall dullness just how much Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal did right 
1
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mark Meszoros
As lovely 44 powerful and thought provoking as it can be 44 it also can be exhausting 46 10 10 
3
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Kent Turner
I 241 225 rritu turns a self referential 44 introspective autofiction psychic trip into a fun house of warped anamorphic imagery 46 
3.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Rene Sanchez
An epic and surreal odyssey about life 44 death 44 and the brief space that exists between both of them 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Robert Levin
This is a tough sit albeit one with a lot of beautiful imagery 
2
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Nell Minow
Each moment is presented to us with vibrance and wit 46 
3.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
An ambitious and beautiful work 44 Bardo is also a chore and a bore 44 and ultimately a snore 46 
2
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mark Dujsik
It apos s broadly fascinating but decidedly frustrating 46 
2
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Sean P. Means
It doesn 8217 t always work 44 but watching I 241 225 rritu and his 8220 Birdman 8221 collaborator Nicol 225 s Giacobone try to figure it all out over nearly three hours is intriguing 46 
3
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Peter Howell
Bardo is a magical memory tour de force 
3.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Roger Moore
At some point 44 there 8217 s nothing for it but to lean forward 44 rest your head on your heads and try to figure out what this Oscar winning pendejo is trying to say in two and a half hours of out time thanks to a big blank indulgent check from Netflix 46 
2
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Leo Brady
Inarritu is looking inward and projecting it outward on the screen 46 Some of it is messy but Bardo is a wonderful and fascinating piece of cinema 46 
3.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Josh Bell
Preemptively listing all of his own movie apos s flaws doesn apos t absolve I 241 225 rritu for his tedious filmmaking indulgences 46 
1.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Tom Meek
As much as Iñárritu s meticulous craftsmanship shapes Bardo it doesn t work without Cacho as the director s committed stand in 
3
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Steven Prokopy
Perhaps not for everyone 44 Bardo is one of those rare experiences that is about both those who experience imposter syndrome and those who think very highly of ourselves 46 It may not come together for everyone 44 but it 8217 s about all of us 46 
3.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Ann Hornaday
The look at me tricks and recurring motifs can t make up for a narrative that once it comes into focus is akin to listening to someone repeat their dreams in stultifying detail 
2
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mick LaSalle
Iñárritu knows that as we get older the questions get more raw It s no longer What is the meaning of the universe and more like What have I been doing and Is there any point to this 
3
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
EJ Moreno
Bardo is I 241 225 rritu 8217 s victory lap as an artist 58 We feel every emotion 44 and we 8217 re completely drained from the journey 44 but we know we just had a life changing experience after completing it 46 
3
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Pamela Powell
The hours before the revelatory ending are filled with sweet 44 bizarre 44 horrifying 44 and sometimes comical moments 44 like snapshots out of order which deliver an ethereal message 46 
3.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Derek Smith
The film signals that Alejandro G 46 I 241 225 rritu 44 perhaps 44 is unable to push the limits of his own artistic expression 46 10 10 
1.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Pablo O. Scholz
Bardo is like a dream or a nightmare where reality and fiction blur elegantly but perhaps it s too grandiloquent or a lot Full review in Spanish 
3
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Jake Coyle
How much sympathy can we muster for a wealthy celebrated filmmaker on holiday It s hard not to roll your eyes when Silverio says things like Success has been my biggest failure 
2.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Walter Chaw
Bardo is Jay Sherman s 8½ and knowing it doesn t excuse it 
0.5
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Joey Magidson
Bardo 40 or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths 41 meanders a lot 44 but the more you just go with the flow 44 the better it all works for you 46 Fight this one and it will fight back 46 At three hours long 44 it apos s not an easy watch 44 but it can be a rewarding one 46 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Brian Eggert
Rudd 8217 s performance and the lighthearted laughs make this an easygoing comedy 44 one whose laid back protagonist and casual vibe are easily consumed 44 enjoyed 44 and fondly remembered 46 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Roger Moore
Rudd can play the innocent as well as the snarky cynic and that serves him wonderfully here 
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Michael Dequina
Cute is probably not the word one would expect to attach to a film with this title but there is no more apropos term for its gentle comic charm 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Linda Cook
Another fish out of water story Our Idiot Brother never really makes a huge impact It contains a few laughs certainly but it s not one of the outstanding entries in this year s adult comedy genre 
2
Our Idiot Brother
James Kendrick
The film never gives any sense of clarity regarding how its pieces fit together leaving us to wonder who the true idiots are 
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Matt Brunson
While the movie coulda shoulda been longer than its scant 90 minutes it s actually surprising just how much memorable material is packed into the piece 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Kam Williams
A well intentioned idealist clueless enough to make Forest Gump look streetwise 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Scott Nash
It s the enormous likability of Paul Rudd as the title Idiot that really makes this movie work 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Peter Canavese
Unmistakably Little Miss Sunshine y a sunny sitcom of family dysfunction 
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Mike McGranaghan
The emphasis is not so much on laughs but on exploring familial relationships It achieves some degree of success on both those counts but the degree wasn t quite high enough for my taste 
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Rick Groen
Strange then how Our Idiot Brother wastes its lone asset there s not enough idiot and far too many boring savants 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Robert Levin
A bearded long haired Crocs clad Paul Rudd just owns the part and makes it all worthwhile 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Rene Rodriguez
Even the usually likable Rudd can t do much with the enigmatic Ned who often behaves exactly in the idiotic manner he s accused of 
1
Our Idiot Brother
Alison Gang
Hey man if you ve got Paul Rudd spreading sunshine in every scene what s there to complain about 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Stephen Whitty
Dude where s the movie 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Kyle Smith
The film goes far on its good nature though it is never more than gently funny 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Peter Howell
A film that offers dumb fun but in reality may be crazy like a fox 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Ann Hornaday
Rudd has created a genuinely engaging character in the Candide like Ned but Our Idiot Brother gives him very little garden to cultivate 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Chris Hewitt
It gives many talented people the kinds of comic opportunities you often wish they had in other lesser films 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Willie Waffle
Never captivating the audience to hang on every moment It s just OK
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Mark Dujsik
The script takes its time establishing the three sisters on an equally sympathetic level as Ned as they fall into the same traps he does 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Dustin Putman
A film that simply put is difficult to care for or get excited about 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Claudia Puig
The laughs are consistent and occasionally outlandish but more often they arise out of recognizable family situations 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Mick LaSalle
Easily could have been mildly funny and phony but instead is really funny and true to life 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Ann Lewinson
The comedic targets such as ultracompetitive elementary schools and terrible stand up comics are overly familiar 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Peter Travers
Our Idiot Brother comes off as a blueprint for a smart script no one really made 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Wesley Morris
Peretz has figured out how to make a happy commercial contraption with eccentric flavoring 
1.5
Our Idiot Brother
Steven Rea
The comedy s relaxed moony rhythms imbue it with a certain charm but can result in a certain stop and start awkwardness too 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Moira MacDonald
Our Idiot Brother pleasantly bounces along never quite as funny as you d like it to be but almost as likable as Ned himself 
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Michael Phillips
In a world of aggravating Little Fockers level shrillness or Hangover style nastiness Our Idiot Brother small but satisfying is a pretty smart cookie 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Duane Dudek
Our Idiot Brother is made gently comic thanks to Rudd s fool on the hill vibe and a quirky and effervescent supporting cast 
2.5
Our Idiot Brother
Calvin Wilson
Rudd is at his best imbuing Ned with a deep humanity and a surprisingly persuasive edge And as the sisters Banks Deschanel and Mortimer never hit a wrong note 
3.5
Our Idiot Brother
Josh Larsen
Rudd makes Ned such a comic force of calamitous geniality that you don t mind the familiar narrative 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Matt Pais
Funny sweet and a little soft An endearing ensemble piece that goes down like the diet version of Mike Leigh s spectacular Happy Go Lucky 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Roger Ebert
It s refreshing this late in the summer to find a hot weather comedy that doesn t hate its characters and embed them in scatology and sexual impossibilities 
3
Our Idiot Brother
James Berardinelli
Director Jesse Peretz commits the unpardonable sin of wasting the considerable comedic talent of Paul Rudd 
2
Our Idiot Brother
Una LaMarche
Our Idiot Brother may not be perfect but Crocs and all Paul Rudd s performance is idiot proof 
3
Our Idiot Brother
Peter Keough
Dostoevsky s version was better if not as funny 
1.5
Our Idiot Brother
Christy Lemire
There s a gap of logic and emotion that s hard to overcome 
1.5
Our Idiot Brother
Ed Gonzalez
If Our Idiot Brother clearly courts Gump ian territory its pattern finally bears a stronger resemblance to Pier Paolo Pasolini s Teorema 
3
P.S. I Love You
David Keyes
I hated every calculated second of it with a passion 
0.5
P.S. I Love You
David Nusair
a consistently watchable romantic comedy that s certainly a far cry from its underwhelming brethren 
3.5
P.S. I Love You
Christian Toto
Hilary Swank may have two Oscars but P S I Love You proves she has plenty to learn about romantic comedies 
1
P.S. I Love You
Mike McGranaghan
You get the strong impression that no one involved wanted to risk being labeled depressing so they inserted a lot of lame comic moments into a film that doesn t need them 
2
P.S. I Love You
Felix Vasquez Jr.
May be too womanly for a guy like me but you don t have to be either sex to know all potential is dashed in a hail of clichés 
2
P.S. I Love You
Linda Cook
Talk about uneven P S I Love You is more uneven than an emery board and every bit as grating when it misses its mark which is more often than not 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Lori Hoffman
It could have been better but it s good enough to be a solid girls night out flick 
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Sean O'Connell
Lame 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Vince Koehler
Punch line should read P S I Love You u2013 If you can sit through this 2 hour film and not become nauseated 
1
P.S. I Love You
Matt Brunson
P S I Love You runs 126 minutes and that extra half hour bloats the material into an ugly mishmash in which the attempts at comedy are excruciating and the drama gets diluted by needless set pieces 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Sean P. Means
Alas we never buy the depth of Holly and Gerry s love because the chemistry between Swank and Butler is nonexistent 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
John Beifuss
The end dedication to the producer s late sister reminds us that even a disposable commercial film can be extremely personal and meaningful for the people involved in its creation 
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Jessica Reaves
Snippets of sharp witty dialogue are lost in a sea of sappy clichés and too cute for words plot twists 
2
P.S. I Love You
Sara Michelle Fetters
Heavy handed and entirely too maudlin this supposedly empowering feminine journey of self discovery is anything but 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Josh Hurst
The movie is so bent on conjuring big sweeping emotions that it becomes a bit scattershot starting down way too many tear jerking roads but never going down any of them far enough to discover any real substance 
2
P.S. I Love You
Loey Lockerby
The supporting roles are all handled well by experienced actors and they have good material to work with 
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Kit Bowen
P S I Love You isn t as pathetically sappy as the title might sound OK maybe it is a little 
2
P.S. I Love You
Claudia Puig
Some actors are better suited to straight ahead dramas Swank appears to be one of them 
2
P.S. I Love You
Maitland McDonagh
It s tough going relieved only by some lovely Irish scenery 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Susan Walker
It s the sort of movie that no man will ever go to unless dragged by a woman His sole reward will be the sight of Swank in sexy underwear 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Moira MacDonald
The talented Swank is slumming a bit here but she could and has done worse 
2
P.S. I Love You
David Wiegand
This is a movie that will leave you stunned and stupefied from beginning to end if you don t head for the exits first 
1
P.S. I Love You
Steven Rea
In the grief drenched romantic comedy P S I Love You things are excruciatingly amiss start to finish 
2
P.S. I Love You
Peter Canavese
Butler though puportedly attractive gives a chipmunk chipper performance that can only be described as supremely annoying 
2
P.S. I Love You
Lou Lumenick
A protracted piece of schmaltz 
1
P.S. I Love You
Jack Mathews
P S Why should we care 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Cathy Jakicic
I found myself entertained engaged and occasionally pleasantly surprised 
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Bobby Hankinson
What s on your holiday wishlist Is there room for a maudlin romantic comedy that brandishes its earnestness like tacky light displays synchronized to Trans Siberian Orchestra 
2
P.S. I Love You
Rick Groen
Pulling our strings is one thing taking us for a fool is quite another 
2
P.S. I Love You
John Monaghan
Tone is everything in a movie like this but writer director Richard LaGravanese working from a novel by Cecelia Ahern can t decide between quirky indie dark comedy and laugh a minute TV sitcom 
2
P.S. I Love You
Wesley Morris
P S I Love You is blithely inept 
1
P.S. I Love You
Willie Waffle
No one will confuse Hilary Swank with Lucille Ball but she s entertaining enough to keep this one from becoming a gooey chick flick
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Mark Dujsik
Has its occasional oddball charms but it is also ultimately conventional and pandering to go along with them 
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Jeff Vice
P S I Love You commits several cinematic blunders but the biggest one may be its attempt to turn Hilary Swank into a romantic lead 
2
P.S. I Love You
Dustin Putman
Shifts between earnest melodrama and zany comedy without making much of an imprint as either In all of her frequently breathtaking talent and depth Hilary Swank deserves better than what P S I Love You has to offer 
2
P.S. I Love You
Gene Seymour
A mostly overheated farrago of sentiment self help and romantic cliche 
2.5
P.S. I Love You
Phil Villarreal
P S I don t like you at all 
1
P.S. I Love You
Josh Larsen
can t quite nail a consistent tone 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
James Berardinelli
P S I Love You is the cinematic equivalent of a Celine Dion song 
2
P.S. I Love You
Steve Rhodes
A chick flick in the worst sense of that phrase as all of the actors run around frantically emoting like crazy while having zero chemistry with each other 
1.5
P.S. I Love You
Nick Schager
There are many good actresses unsuited for romantic comedies and Hilary Swank despite her considerable talents is one of them 
1.5
Endless Love
Roger Ebert
The movie as a whole does not understand the particular strengths of the novel that inspired it does not convince us it understands adolescent love does not seem to know its characters very well and is a narrative and logical mess 
2
Home
David Nusair
Troch s movies tend to boast strong moments lost beneath an excessively slow atmosphere 
2
To Have and Have Not
Matt Brunson
The dialogue crackles including the legendary whistle blow line Bacall sizzles and Bogart captivates 
3.5
To Have and Have Not
Josh Larsen
Bacall slinks onto the screen asking Bogart for matches and walks away with the entire movie 
3
To Have and Have Not
Walter Chaw
Has a slick of bestial sweat to it that promises that the explosion of really naughty stuff is looming 
4
To Have and Have Not
James Berardinelli
The movie is entertaining in its own right and representative of the era in which it was produced but aside from the legendary interaction between Bogart and Lauren Bacall there are only moderate reasons to recommend the film 
3
To Have and Have Not
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Howard Hawks made a bet with Ernest Hemingway that he could make a good movie out of his worst novel I don t know who won or how much the bet was for but my money is on Hawks 
4
I Am All Girls
Roger Moore
It starts off with pathos heart and purpose and kind of devolves into derring do and shootouts Kind of frustrating that way really 
1.5
Don't Worry Baby
Nick Allen
Debut writer director Julian Branciforte eventually loses control of his tricky pitch especially as his generic vision can t support the story with a distinct tone 
2
Prince of the Himalayas
V.A. Musetto
Shakespeare would be disoriented but pleased 
2.5
William
Nick Allen
William simply devolves into a drab moody morality tale for parents about not treating your kids like test subjects 
1.5
William
Rex Reed
There is more sweetness and humanity in William than in most of the time wasters I ve seen recently 
3
William
Roger Moore
Thoughtful smart sci fi melodrama about cloning a Neanderthal It lacks the dramatic fireworks to be of more consequence 
2.5
The Age of Consequences
Brad Wheeler
A laser guided film on the perils of climate change to national security without a polar bear on a melting ice float in sight 
3.5
The Age of Consequences
Peter Howell
The election of climate change denier Donald Trump to the U S presidency underscores the urgency of this doc linking global warming to other crises 
3.5
Snatched
Brian Eggert
As promising as a Schumer Hawn team up sounds the two have little onscreen chemistry comic or otherwise and the occasional laughs are mostly from the supporting cast leaving Snatched to feel like a missed opportunity 
1.5
Snatched
Matt Brunson
Offers a few offhand chuckles but mostly feels like a journey to nowhere 
2
Snatched
Mara Reinstein
Bickering bonding bickering bonding This is really the best comedy vehicle Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn could find 
2.5
Snatched
David Nusair
About as hit and miss a comedy as one could envision 
2.5
Snatched
Linda Cook
It s not for everybody s mom just moms who like edgy comedies 
3
Snatched
John Serba
You go to the film hoping for good dialogue and some salty exchanges and go home with nothing particularly memorable 
2
Snatched
Walter Chaw
It occurs to me that the only way this film could have been good would be if Tom Green were starring in it and it was twenty years ago 
0
Snatched
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Sure Emily utters the occasional spiky Schumerism but most scenes feel designed and stretched for improv when no one appears to be improvising 
1
Snatched
Sean P. Means
Schumer and Hawn inspire each other to take risks to go for bigger laughs at the expense of dignity And they seem to be having fun together a vibe that permeates the movie and patches up any rough spots 
3
Snatched
Mike McGranaghan
When Snatched lands a joke which it does from time to time it garners big laughs The movie just isn t consistently funny despite some bright spots 
2
Snatched
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It does contain a few minor giggles mostly throwaway lines or momentary bits of slapstick but because of its ill conceived characters and situations it s a bore 
2
Snatched
Peter Travers
This mother daughter comedy is flimsy for sure but watching the dynamic comic duo of Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer mix it up on screen is not be sniffed at They re rock stars 
2.5
Snatched
Stephen Rebello
It ought to be a riot Instead the odd couple comedy a surprisingly violent and unsurprisingly crass play on Romancing the Stone runs the gamut from mildly amusing to dismal 
2
Snatched
Phil Villarreal
Amy Schumer has gone from Trainwreck to a metaphorical trainwreck 
2
Snatched
Robert Horton
The anything goes approach that gets a big laugh from a guy getting fatally spiked by a spear gun doesn t sit all that well next to the attempts at mother daughter reconciliation 
2.5
Snatched
Sara Michelle Fetters
Snatched is a glorious showcase for Hawn and while she s not the focal point of this dopey silliness she s still the one I couldn t take my eyes off of 
2.5
Snatched
Christian Toto
Snatched is smart enough to prevent Schumer s woke persona from crippling the comedy 
2.5
Snatched
Mick LaSalle
Not every scene in Snatched is quite that successful but it s very clear that a real effort was made so that nothing was ever tossed off Every scene has its comic hook some better some worse some hilarious 
3
Snatched
Rex Reed
The most depressing Mother s Day present since Mommie Dearest only not half as funny 
1
Snatched
Kate Taylor
Snatched piles bad ideas on good ideas and lame bits of gross out humour on genuinely funny bits of character work without ever building enough dramatic force or comic energy to craft a full movie from the results 
2
Snatched
Mark Dujsik
The movie works when it s Schumer and Hawn s show 
2.5
Snatched
Max Weiss
Snatched definitely has its fair share of laughs but it could ve been so much more 
2
Snatched
James Berardinelli
The movie is funnier than most so called comedies and works as a breezy 90 minute diversion but it s a less ambitious endeavor than Trainwreck 
3
Snatched
Sara Stewart
There are countless moments during which Hawn and Schumer simply stare at each other seemingly as baffled as I was by the dullness of it all 
1.5
Snatched
Norman Gidney
The movie isn t the gross out comedy it wants to be it s not the emotionally resonant laugh fest it aims for and it s certainly not a showcase for how genuinely funny all of these women in comedy can be But it s also not horrible 
2
Snatched
Chris Knight
We re left with Schumer and Hawn reacting to a variety of improbable crises Will they make it out alive You may decide that 12 is too high a ransom to find out 
2
Snatched
Jon Niccum
Schumer may dispense the raunchier punchlines but Hawn grounds the movie preventing an exaggerated situation from succumbing to its own silliness 
2.5
Snatched
Kam Williams
Schumer Hawn Sykes and Cusack all at the top of their game Pound for pound the funniest film to be released in theaters this year 
4
Snatched
Peter Howell
The movie earns a few chuckles but humour is largely held hostage by a lewd and lazy screenplay that wanders like Billy in The Family Circus 
2
Snatched
Richard Roeper
They should have just stayed home There was plenty of comedy to be found right there 
2
Snatched
Katie Walsh
Feels like a rough sketch of a movie rather than a fleshed out joke dense script 
1
Snatched
Chris Hewitt
It s great to see these two women together even if the movie isn t always sure what to do with them 
2.5
Snatched
Brian Truitt
You hope for a meeting of the talented minds of Trainwreck and Private Benjamin and just get a trainwreck 
1.5
Snatched
Ann Hornaday
No one will ever credit Snatched with discovering new comic territory But it earns its share of laughs by covering some well trod ground 
2.5
Snatched
Christy Lemire
As an exercise in afternoon cable channel surfing while dozing in and out from cold medication it s harmless But as a summer launching comic adventure it s a frustrating waste of everyone s abilities 
2
Snatched
Tom Russo
It s enormous fun seeing Hawn up to her old tricks at 71 even if they re tweaked to help sell someone else s brand of comedy 
3
Snatched
Rafer Guzman
It s fairly funny but something about it feels disappointing 
3
Snatched
Michael Phillips
Funny here and there but in ways that make the bulk of the formulaic material all the more frustrating 
2
Snatched
Moira MacDonald
Snatched is one of those movies that feels like a rough draft of itself 
2
Snatched
Rick Bentley
Best case scenario with Snatched is that you are kidnapped and taken from the theater during a screening Worst case is you are kidnapped and forced to watch this total mess 
0.5
Snatched
Dann Gire
Schumer continues to be an audacious fearless and un embarrassable comic lightning rod for intimate female sincerity 
3
Snatched
Gary Thompson
A merciful and mostly painless 90 minutes 
2.5
Snatched
Dustin Putman
Snatched is a spirited early summer trifle not terribly deep but comically inspired where it counts 
2.5
Snatched
Stephen Whitty
Mostly I began to think back on what a better job Romancing the Stone once did with similar material And I began to wish I was at home instead watching it 
2.5
Snatched
Roger Moore
A messed up way to spend Mother s Day
2.5
The Two of Us
Marta Barber
Overall the acting as well as the cinematography is a treat 
3
The Two of Us
Roger Ebert
A heart warming movie that showcases one of the last performances of the great Michel Simon 
4
The Two of Us
Jeff Shannon
You re unaware of the film s power until the ending well earned and happy hits you with an unexpected well of emotion 
3.5
The Two of Us
Peter Canavese
A story that hasn t gone out of style Perhaps Berri spoke for himself through the old man s self summation I don t have a church bell for a heart but I respect life 
4
The Two of Us
David Sterritt
Berri made his feature directing debut with this serious minded 1967 comedy about a Jewish boy living with an anti Semitic farmer while evading Nazi terror 
3
The Tomorrow Man
Robert Roten
This is obviously a low budget B film but it does explore some interesting ideas the acting is solid 
2.5
The Perfect Candidate
Roger Moore
Avoiding melodrama and the well worn tropes of woman taking on a man s world stories director Haifaa Al Mansour and co writer Brad Niemann immerse us in a culture that might be evolving from a Kafkaesque nightmare into a milder Kafkaesque bad dream 
3
The Perfect Candidate
Leo Brady
The Perfect Candidate could be the second installment to what Wadjda started It might not be as great as the latter but it s close 
3.5
The Perfect Candidate
Ann Hornaday
Mansour gives audiences a candid often wryly amusing glimpse of life inside the Saudi kingdom which is so often cloaked in opacity and menace 
3
The Perfect Candidate
Tomris Laffly
The Perfect Candidate lacks a distinct visual grammar but as a film that recognizes the giant strides small wins can make for women it feels significant 
2.5
The Perfect Candidate
Kent Turner
An underdog tale that also offers perhaps the most expansive look at contemporary Saudi Arabia in a feature film 
3
The Perfect Candidate
Mark Dujsik
The Perfect Candidate becomes a bit too distracted by Abdulaziz s story and the broad ideas of Maryam s campaign to dig into deeper issues 
2.5
The Perfect Candidate
Jocelyn Noveck
Most of the value in this film comes from the peek it gives us into life as a Saudi woman a life that is changing Al Mansour points out albeit too slowly for some 
2.5
The Perfect Candidate
William Repass
The film s aesthetic understandably fused with its protagonist s dogged can do attitude is both the source and limitation of its power 
2.5
The Possessed
Matt Brunson
Often more noir than giallo 
3
Somebody Up There Likes Me
David Nusair
46 46 46 a familiar character trajectory that 8217 s employed to watchable yet disappointingly forgettable effect by Wise 46 46 46 
2.5
Little Big Man
Matt Brunson
One of the great films of the 1970s 
4
Little Big Man
Roger Ebert
An endlessly entertaining attempt to spin an epic in the form of a yarn 
4
Bedtime Stories
Matt Brunson
A potentially interesting movie that comes crashing down as hard as that proverbial beanstalk 
1.5
Bedtime Stories
Mike Scott
A family friendly Adam Sandler movie that even with its strained plot developments is tame without being lame 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as the most entertaining Adam Sandler comedy to hit theaters since 2004 s 50 First Dates 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
John Beifuss
A big step backward for director Adam Shankman Hairspray 
1.5
Bedtime Stories
Michael Dequina
The very definition of a disposable kid quieting fluff done in a predictably Sandler way read watch out for Rob Schneider s umpteenth variation on the You can do it schtick 
2
Bedtime Stories
Jenni Miller
Russell Brand is absurd funny and wonderfully out of place in a family movie And hello crazy pop eyed animated guinea pig alert 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
James Berardinelli
For a creative premise it s downright dispiriting to see such a banal interpretation 
2
Bedtime Stories
Daniel Getahun
It s a delightfully innocent movie that the actor can actually show to his two baby daughters without blushing 
3
Bedtime Stories
Cathy Jakicic
Despite its flaws Bedtime Stories has the charming giggly spirit of an imaginative toddler 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
David Frese
Continuing on this trajectory the much maligned funnyman probably will create yet another generation of fans And maybe even another generation of haters 
2
Bedtime Stories
Jonathan Curiel
For prepubescent kids Bedtime Stories will be a perfectly enjoyable work a PG rated introduction to a heralded comic actor trying to inspire a new generation of Adam Sandler fans 
3
Bedtime Stories
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s pleasant and won t ruffle the nerves of any stressed out parents 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
Linda Cook
You can put the Disney name on it You can hire big time serious stars for it You can call it family friendly But Bedtime Stories still is garbage a la Adam Sandler 
.5
Bedtime Stories
Rob Vaux
At least he s not flinging vomit at anybody 
1
Bedtime Stories
Phil Villarreal
Kids will have the best time because the comedy is geared toward them and they won t remember the Sandler who wouldn t sleepwalk through roles 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
Dustin Putman
The film does have some nice moments but the plot is underdeveloped and overstuffed Bedtime Stories is not nearly as funny or magical as it could have 151 and should have 151 been 
2
Bedtime Stories
Claudia Puig
When it comes to holiday tales it would be best to reread The Night Before Christmas rather than waste time or money on Bedtime Stories 
2
Bedtime Stories
Jason Anderson
Judged as a piece of family entertainment it s too haphazard and poorly paced to satisfy viewers too young to have ever attended a kegger 
2
Bedtime Stories
Nick Schager
Adam Shankman s holiday adventure has a big central concept and next to no desire to follow through on reasonably much less fully exploiting it 
2
Bedtime Stories
Chris Hewitt
Sandler it turns out is great with kids 
3
Bedtime Stories
Steven Rea
Sloppy choppy and saved by an affably low key and typically sophomoric Sandler performance 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
Kyle Smith
Those other Adam Sandler comedies Turns out they were the grown up efforts 
1
Bedtime Stories
Liam Lacey
The new Disney movie Bedtime Stories presents a taste test for moviegoers Do you prefer your Adam Sandler regular strength or in the new mild format 
2
Bedtime Stories
Roger Ebert
Bedtime Stories is not my cup of tea Even the saucer Fairness requires me to report however that it may appeal to as they say kids of all ages 
2.5
Bedtime Stories
Wesley Morris
Bedtime Stories is baloney on Wonder Bread with a Kraft Single and some Miracle Whip barely lunchable 
2
Bedtime Stories
Michael Phillips
Bedtime Stories is clean enough to fly the Walt Disney Pictures flag yet it s full of bimbos and cleavage and shots of Adam Sandler getting kicked in the shins by a dwarf 
2
Bedtime Stories
Peter T. Chattaway
For parents who aren t Sandler fans Bedtime Stories may seem like just another dumb comedy that their kids will drag them to over the holidays 
2
Bedtime Stories
Peter Travers
The shortage of wit and the excess of goo can be summed up in Sandler s line to these children of divorce I m like the stink on your feet I ll always be there 
1
American Dreams in China
G. Allen Johnson
It turns out not to be about American dreams at all but universal ones 
4
Ten Little Indians
Matt Brunson
This awful movie immediately signals its barrel bottom credentials by casting Frank Stallone as the hero 
1
Population Zero
Brad Wheeler
A novel if earnest cross genre thriller 
3
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Janet Maslin
What Bobby Fischer took away dashing the hopes and the innocence of his acolytes when he spurned chess may never truly be recaptured But some of it has found its way to the screen 
4
Searching for Bobby Fischer
James Kendrick
The film s simple message is that no one thing should ever dominate anyone s life no matter how good he or she is at it 
4
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Chris Hicks
Without a child who could carry off the central role with the necessary emotion and chess playing ability the film would probably fall flat Fortunately Zaillian found young Max Pomeranc 
3.5
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Roger Ebert
If we can operate at the genius level in a given field does that mean we must even if the cost is the sort of endless purgatory a Bobby Fischer has inhabited It s an interesting question and this movie doesn t avoid it 
4
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Steve Rhodes
Even if you know nothing about the game of chess I still recommend it to you 
3
Searching for Bobby Fischer
James Berardinelli
Chess may not be the most exciting activity to watch but Searching for Bobby Fischer makes for engaging entertainment 
3
North by Northwest
Brian Eggert
North by Northwest distills Alfred Hitchcock s obsessions techniques and themes into a singular deliriously entertaining form 
4
North by Northwest
Kate Cameron
The brilliant director has outdone himself by piling thrill on thrill for the delectation of an enraptured audience 
4
North by Northwest
Federico Furzan
What a beautiful film Hitchcock confirms his care for details in this romantic story about confusion paranoia and surprising love Full review in Spanish 
3.5
North by Northwest
David Nusair
a tenuously engaging thriller that could ve used a few more passes through the editing bay 
2.5
North by Northwest
Bill Weber
The picture is hugely pleased with itself but it s too funny and expertly calibrated to mind in the least 
4
North by Northwest
Scott Nash
One thing I ve always admired about Hitchcock is that he has a very distinctive directing style but he never makes that style the star of the movie 
4
North by Northwest
Walter Chaw
More than a clearing house for Hitchcock s auteur tendencies 
4
North by Northwest
Peter Canavese
Thrilling funny and romantic it elevates popcorn adventure to art defines the ideal use of star power and marries deadly intrigue to out and out delight Blu ray 
4
North by Northwest
Thomas Delapa
Hitchcock s direction is a little flabby but for sheer enjoyment there s no better primer on the master s methods 
3.5
North by Northwest
James Kendrick
represents Hitchcock at the height of his cinematic talents
4
North by Northwest
James Berardinelli
Of course the hallmark of North by Northwest is the way in which Hitchcock develops tension 
3.5
North by Northwest
Jeffrey M. Anderson
North By Northwest is still a classic coming as it does during Hitchcock s most creative period but it lacks that extra little taste to make it truly great 
4
Song of the South
Kevin Carr
Full of Disney charm 8211 but sadly weighted down with problematic racial stereotypes and tropes 8211 it serves more as a look at Disney history than the family film it was meant to be 46 
2.5
Song of the South
Phil Villarreal
It s a complicated and challenging film that deserves discussion rather than burial 
3
The Source Family
John Beifuss
An entertaining and fascinating documentary about the Southern California cult that transformed sex drugs and rock and roll into a genuine religious formation 
3
The Source Family
Matt Pais
Even bizarre ramblings deserve recognition when for whatever reason they united people looking for something no one else was selling 
2.5
The Source Family
Nick McCarthy
The research and elucidating synthesis on display effectively illuminate the pernicious aura of a lifestyle pursued by the yearning lost souls of the time 
3
The Source Family
Peter Keough
An artfully executed and engrossing documentary 
3
The Source Family
John Hartl
While the movie isn t up to much more than illustrating how far his reach extends two of the commune members live in Yelm Thurston County it s a very agreeable entertainment 
2.5
The Source Family
Roger Moore
The upside of cult living Sort of 
3
Stunt Rock
Mike McGranaghan
A delightfully unhinged cinematic work 
3
Red White & Blue
David Lewis
Without giving away too much I offer two words of advice Brace yourself 
4
Red White & Blue
Jeannette Catsoulis
An engrossing and profoundly distressing tale of random connection and specific revenge 
3.5
Stromboli
Roger Moore
As quot deep quot as they wanted to treat this story 44 it apos s never more than a facile 44 glib gloss of trauma and its treatment 46 
2
Wagner's Dream
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a bit startling that director Susan Fremke would choose to make a documentary about the set 
2
Wagner's Dream
Andrew Schenker
The title of Susan Froemke s documentary is both an expression of aspiration and a statement of achievement 
2.5
Wagner's Dream
Kent Turner
An engrossing look behind the curtain of the Metropolitan Opera it will wear down any resistance to the composer
3
Wagner's Dream
John Terauds
A two hour documentary that has as many hair raising stomach churning moments as a ride on Wonderland s new Leviathan 
4
The Late Shift
David Nusair
Filmmaker Betty Thomas takes a decidedly inside baseball approach to the subject matter 
2.5
Women in Trouble
Kyle Smith
Unlikely accidents shared secrets and zany twists combine to whip up a pleasing froth 
3
Women in Trouble
Matthew Connolly
At a particularly rundown corner of Almodvar Boulevard and Tarantino Lane you ll find Women in Trouble a limp forgettable collection of interlocking tales all centering on the eponymous narrative setup 
1.5
Women in Trouble
Erik Childress
Guys may remember this film as the finest collection of ladies who almost take it all off ever assembled But in between all the underwear and fetish outfits is a rather amusing collection of stories described by its very title 
3
Watch List
Kathy Fennessy
The entire cast is strong 44 but 91 Alessandra 93 De Rossi stands out as a woman who becomes everything she hates to provide for the people she loves 46 
3.5
Watch List
Mark Dujsik
Watch List shows the cost of this government s war with chilling authenticity 
3
Watch List
Anita Katz
Overall a brave and gripping drama addressing how Duterte s war on drugs is an ineffective and inhumane conflict that targets small time players in poor communities 
3
Watch List
Roger Moore
A bleak riveting thriller
3
Watch List
James Wegg
This fictional look at Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte s War on Drugs is a searing indictment of how the innocent get swept up in unbelievable tragedies copious deaths and no end in sight to the real problem 
4
Soaked in Bleach
Colin Biggs
even if Soaked in Bleach s message landed on sympathetic ears the film makes curious decisions that distract from their central thesis 
0
Soaked in Bleach
Brian Tallerico
This is a bad film filled with awkward reenactments poorly designed graphics scripted interview segments ominous music and enough jumping to conclusions that I m surprised someone didn t throw out their back 
1.5
Ali & Ava
Mark Dujsik
Writer 47 director Clio Barnard tries to tackle a bit more than the simple and generally sweet story of Ali amp Ava allows 46 
2.5
Ali & Ava
Mark Jenkins
What s most satisfying about the movie is getting to know Ali and Ava separately They re endowed with warmth depth and believability by Akhtar and Rushbrook veteran supporting actors who are rarely cast in leading roles 
3
Ali & Ava
Glenn Kenny
In its understated way 44 the movie is a celebration of the miracle of connection 46 
3
Ali & Ava
Emily Zemler
Its two protagonists initially seem like unlikely leads but they embody a grounded emotional warmth that feels genuine 
3.5
Ali & Ava
Dwight Brown
With a certain sense of whimsy and an exceptional ability to tell a unique love story writer director Clio Barnard gives two lost souls a new chance at romance 
3
Ali & Ava
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A simple love story elevated by its splendid actors its attractive music and the very particular filmic style of Clio Barnard We feel what we see on the screen 
2.5
Ali & Ava
Jake Cole
Ali Ava once again showcases Clio Barnard s uncanny ability to capture the insoluble complexities of life 
3.5
Good Food, Bad Food: You Must Choose
Linda Barnard
At an overly long 113 minutes French filmmaker Coline Serreau s damning doc about the devastation to traditional farming by agribusiness may leave you hungry for a snack But you ll feel too guilty to eat anything 
2
Forrest Gump
Matt Brunson
Yes there were better motion pictures that year not just Pulp Fiction but also Quiz Show and Hoop Dreams among others but that s not meant to take away from this piece s appeal 
3.5
Forrest Gump
Malcolm Johnson
Hanks power as an actor makes us believe in Forrest He also draws us into Forrest s mind and morality system And he sets out a singular film persona who will be watched and loved as long as people embrace movies 
4
Forrest Gump
Dennis King
It s a lovely and wise story told with honesty and acted out with unassuming grace To his collection of medals trophies and kudos Forrest Gump should add an Oscar or two 
4
Forrest Gump
Dave Kehr
A dark and driven work haunted by violence cruelty and a sense of the tragically absurd 
4
Forrest Gump
Linda Cook
For its 20th anniversary Forrest Gump is being rereleased for one week in the IMAX format nationwide including at Rave Cinemas Davenport Here is my review from July 1994 Garp Zelig x Chance Gump 
3
Forrest Gump
John Wirt
Pulling the supremely naive yet mystically wise Gump off is a feather in Hanks hat 
3
Forrest Gump
Rob Humanick
It might hit you right in the feels even as your eyes are rolling To quote one of Forrest s truest pieces of wisdom Maybe both is happening at the same time 
2.5
Forrest Gump
Stephen Hunter
Hanks is brilliant in evoking Forrest s good heartedness he cannot really perceive evil in men and yet he is so untainted by bigotry or ideology that he makes the perfect witness 
3
Forrest Gump
Steven Rea
This isn t the meaningful movie it pretends to be But as a goofy entertainment that speeds through the latter half of the 20th century stopping here and there to snap a photo or two Forrest Gump does just fine 
3
Forrest Gump
John Hartl
Good as Wright and Sinise are in their roles as Forrest s near suicidal soulmates the movie always comes back to Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis helps him to achieve some of his finest emotional moments 
3
Forrest Gump
Gary Thompson
Zemeckis has an exuberant sense of humor an ability to use good ideas from other movies he steals from Being There and Zelig and an unmatched mastery of the technical 
3.5
Forrest Gump
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Forrest Gump is a perfectly competent movie Its major failure is one of morals and ideas and the fact that so many many people did not seem to notice or care is what really flummoxed me 
2
Forrest Gump
Michael Wilmington
This tall tale may reach monumental proportions but Forrest Gump always keeps its magical airiness and grace 
4
Forrest Gump
Gene Siskel
Credit for the success of the film has to start with director Robert Zemeckis who has taken his Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit success and parlayed it into a more mature yet equally entertaining film 
3.5
Forrest Gump
Josh Larsen
not a wishful paean to a fantasy version of America but a portrait of America its awfulness and beauty promise and pain as seen through the eyes of an innocent 
4
Forrest Gump
Walter Chaw
Toeing the centreline like a motherf er while Rome burns Can I get an amen 
1
Forrest Gump
Betsy Bozdech
Forrest is what we all occasionally wish we could be someone who goes through life without second guessing himself and dwelling on what might have been 
3.5
Forrest Gump
Michael Dequina
A great film 
4
Forrest Gump
Michael Szymanski
A long lovely movie with Hanks playing a sort of goofy Everyman who shows that any of us can make it if we simply persist 
4
Forrest Gump
Marc Vincenti
The press kit says Gump brings a rare clarity to what we went through in the 50s 60s and 70s But I only saw a pitiful stooge taking the pie of life in the face thoughtfully licking his fingers 
1
Forrest Gump
Wesley Lovell
Forrest Gump is still an entertaining film though one of little importance 
3
Forrest Gump
James Kendrick
views the world with such an open eye and optimistic attitude that you re willing to overlook how much it simplifies complex phenomena just because it makes you feel so good
3.5
Forrest Gump
Andrew Howe
There s something in the centre of Forrest Gump and soft is one thing it definitely ain t 
3.5
Forrest Gump
Edward Guthmann
Hanks is so charming as Gump so heroic in his guilelessness and belief in simple virtues that you want to excuse the film s excesses and overlook Zemeckis weakness for easy maudlin sentiment 
3
Forrest Gump
Roger Ebert
What a magical movie 
4
Forrest Gump
James Berardinelli
Passionate and magical Forrest Gump is a tonic for the weary of spirit 
4
Forrest Gump
Scott Nash
Forrest Gump is a modern classic It is epic in scope and effortlessly combines humor with pathos like all the best movies do 
4
Paint It Black
Mark Dujsik
The film a strong directorial debut from Tamblyn creates a waking nightmare of seemingly unresolvable pain and anguish 
3
Paint It Black
Peter Travers
Actress Amber Tamblyn s first movie as a director dives headfirst into the hot button subject of suicide and emerges with expressionistic power with savage grace 
3
Paint It Black
Keith Watson
It combines the brooding intensity of a slow burn thriller with the high flown ornamentation of a gothic melodrama 
3
Clementine
Steven Prokopy
Clementine takes us on a journey that seems strangely both inevitable yet highly unpredictable and it s a strong showing for first time filmmaker Gallagher 
3
Clementine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Karen s struggle between trying to contain her pain and allowing new feelings to come out set against the quiet dreamy backdrop keeps Clementine interesting 
3
Clementine
Josh Larsen
about not being able to see others clearly and how that distorts the way you see yourself 
3
Clementine
Nell Minow
At its best Clementine is more a mood piece than a narrative an exploration of the shifting power in relationships 
3
Clementine
Robert Horton
An accomplished bit of psychological suspense 
3
Clementine
Mark Dujsik
Clementine is pointed and probing in its observations and that s more than enough 
3
Clementine
Chris Hewitt
Gallagher is a talented director who coaxes great work from collaborators and knows how to use rhythm and suggestion to sustain a mood 
2.5
Clementine
James Berardinelli
The only reason I stuck it out until the end credits is because it s unfair to write a review without seeing the entire movie 
1.5
Clementine
Jake Cole
There s a hint of Jane Campion s own uncanny perversion of the banal throughout Lara Jean Gallagher s film 
3
Clementine
Roger Moore
If you read enough into Clementine you can almost talk yourself into thinking there s more to it than there is 
2.5
Clementine
Joey Magidson
What happens is for better or worse largely rooted in painful reality 
3
Walking Tall
David Nusair
a passable yet forgettable action extravaganza 
2.5
Walking Tall
Stefan Ulstein
Like the hicksploitation genre from which it was spawned Walking Tall is long on violence and short on police procedure 
2
Walking Tall
Eric Melin
It is not quite violent drunken or naked enough to be as trashily entertaining as the Patrick Swayze cult favorite Roadhouse 
2
Walking Tall
Greg Maki
A lot happens in this movie but much of it is unexplained 
1.5
Walking Tall
Kim Morgan
Is this a dumb movie Yes Is it rich with character No But is it fun Yes thanks to The Rock s Bam Bam antics agreeable demeanor and natural screen abilities 
2
Walking Tall
Vince Koehler
The Rock Walking Tall
2.5
Walking Tall
Mike McGranaghan
The reason I can t recommend Walking Tall is that it fundamentally lacks a sense of outrage 
2.5
Walking Tall
Matt Brunson
To actually spend money to see something like this in a theater defies all logic It s the equivalent of using a 20 bill to create an origami elephant 
2
Walking Tall
Linda Cook
Hey look The Rock s in a drive in movie 
2.5
Walking Tall
Jonathan R. Perry
Why keep the Walking Tall brand name at all The juke joint mama doesn t even take a bullet beneath her beehive this time around 
2
Walking Tall
John Beifuss
A morally specious revenge fantasy for viewers frustrated by their own feelings of impotence in the face of crime unruly children and so on 
2
Walking Tall
Addison MacDonald
Short on story character and attempts to win viewers emotional investment the film only seems to take a breath when The Rock is making the baddies lose theirs 
1
Walking Tall
Dustin Putman
Meanspirited empty pointless and absurdly condescending 
1
Walking Tall
James Berardinelli
The film is comprised of four violent action scenes tied together by nearly 50 minutes of alternately hilarious unintentionally of course and dull filler 
1.5
Walking Tall
Paul Sherman
So generic it barely registers 
2
Walking Tall
Mark Rahner
When the credits roll after the climactic beatdown the story feels like it s missing an act 
2
Walking Tall
Mick LaSalle
A routine showcase modest in its aspiration and effective within its limits entertaining in the moment but in the end faintly silly 
2
Walking Tall
David Elliott
The old Walking Tall was seen as having populist politics along with such other rousers of its time Now those movies seem as dim as their politics but the old cedar magic remains an angry good guy smashes bad ones 
2
Walking Tall
Joe Baltake
It isn t much of a movie the plotline has been whittled down to next to nothing but it s a terrific showcase for its formidable star 
2.5
Walking Tall
David Hiltbrand
A dull drab and pointless rehash Walking Tall ironically manages to diminish the Rock s stature as both a leading man and an action star 
1.5
Walking Tall
Jonathan Foreman
Exciting stuff in its primitive predictable way 
2.5
Walking Tall
Jack Mathews
Has none of the social edge that made the Vietnam era film the pride of the hixploitation genre 
2
Walking Tall
Rene Rodriguez
Yes it s all astoundingly dumb But it s also surprisingly effective largely due to Johnson a charismatic likable screen presence who displays none of the arrogance and vanity of a Vin Diesel or Steven Seagal 
2.5
Walking Tall
David Frese
At a too short 86 minutes the remake sacrifices exposition and coherence in the name of action But when the action is lame what s the freaking point 
1
Walking Tall
Terry Lawson
With at least two or three plot threads left dangling the film sprints to a climax that is undercut by its abruptness 
2
Walking Tall
Jeff Vice
You don t exactly expect brilliance from a remake of a 70s action thriller especially when the remake stars a professional wrestler But Walking Tall still manages to exceed any and all expectations regarding its dumbness 
2
Walking Tall
Lisa Kennedy
Does have its fair share of fun 
2.5
Walking Tall
Roger Ebert
A cartoon of retribution and revenge 
2
Walking Tall
Wesley Morris
Monotonously by the numbers 
2
Walking Tall
Jennie Punter
The Rock may be ready to rumble but Walking Tall is a stumble 
1.5
Walking Tall
Austin O'Connor
I clapped too under the momentary hope that The Rock might somehow be able to reach through the screen and slam me over the head thus ending my misery 
1.5
Walking Tall
Christian Toto
Walking Tall s one note vigilante action won t serve The Rock s star ambitions 
2
Walking Tall
Guylaine Cadorette
could have used more intelligent storytelling and less wrestlemania it reeks of SmackDown but it never fully exploits its champ The Rock 
1
Walking Tall
Phil Villarreal
The Rock is walking tall as a premier action star 
3
Walking Tall
Willie Waffle
The Rock walks softly and carries a big stick to WHOMP on some bad guys If it wasn t for The Rock Walking Tall would be very run of the mill
2.5
Walking Tall
Erik Childress
It s the kind of film that earns points just for not falling into the hands of Vin Diesel 
2.5
Walking Tall
Walter Chaw
Only exhilarating if you re at such a low point in the human scale of existence that the exploits of a wrestler playing an insane cop speaks to some deep well of disquiet 
0.5
Walking Tall
Mike Clark
If the movie has one virtue it s a kind of surface vitality that results from director Kevin Bray s speed at all costs approach 
2
Walking Tall
Mack Bates
A lean mean revenge picture that works on a purely visceral level 
2
Walking Tall
Chris Hewitt
A fascist sadistic piece of swill that endorses vigilantism 
0
Walking Tall
Peter Travers
There was a time when guys would grab a six pack and watch this kind of flick at a drive in I mean that as a compliment 
2
Walking Tall
Peter Bernard
Entertaining 
3
Walking Tall
Glenn Lovell
This is Vigilante Justice 101 made vaguely more palatable by the Rock s undeniable charisma 
2
Walking Tall
Jan Stuart
As remakes go Walking Tall exemplifies the dumbing down of stupidity 
1.5
Walking Tall
Allison Benedikt
I know it s a movie and sure the bad guys are pretty brutal but siccing this hulk of a man on the town no matter what his intentions doesn t spell justice to me 
2
Walking Tall
Rob Blackwelder
Walking Tall works only because The Rock can carry it on his absurdly broad shoulders Whether or not that s good enough to spend money on is up to you 
2.5
Walking Tall
Steve Rhodes
Although all hell breaks loose in the last twenty minutes the movie spends most of its time in Dullsville 
2
Walking Tall
Nick Schager
The miscast Rock never comes close to matching Joe Don Baker s sweaty ungainly force of nature hick heroism 
2
Sheltered Life
Jennie Punter
The film eventually moves into touchy territory that metaphorically suggests violence breeds violence 
2
Together Alone
Clifford Terry
A competent yet limiting film 
2
Hiding Out
Hal Boedeker
For once though a teen movie where obnoxious nerds and general dimwittedness usually reign supreme displays refreshing wit and recognizable emotions That is no small feat 
2.5
Hiding Out
Roger Ebert
Why is it that good movie ideas are always being interrupted by goons with guns and obligatory chase and fight scenes just when we would actually be interested in how the characters were really feeling 
2
Australia
Mattie Lucas
A beautifully rendered but flawed pastiche of the grand epics of old 
3
Australia
Barbara Vancheri
Australia a heaping blend of romance adventure and action is for all those folks who ask Why don t they make movies like they used to 
3
Australia
Brandy McDonnell
Australia offers an often engaging story with some amazing cinematic moments But with less self indulgence on Luhrmann s part it could have achieved greatness 
3
Australia
Nick Rogers
Australia occasionally stumbles into corny sidesteps like Hugh Jackman s Oh crikey catchphrase But Baz Luhrmann mythologized his homeland as American directors like John Ford did with Westerns dramatic license exaggerations that pay off in droves 
3.5
Australia
Emily Blunt
Here s a film you probably sneered at as its ads played for its mega plex roll out I beg you not to let you keep that from now buying the DVD 
4
Australia
Kam Williams
Unfortunately between its predictably and the absence of chemistry between Kidman and Jackman Australia amounts to little more than an amusing if just as readily forgettable diversion 
2
Australia
David N. Butterworth
Unashamedly old fashioned and corny if not quite up to the director s usual high standards 
2.5
Australia
Michael Dequina
Never quite locks together into the sweeping cinematic journey Luhrmann clearly set out to create 
2
Australia
Wesley Lovell
The film is trying at times but there is no question that the sheer spectacle of the film makes much of the consternation worth it 
3
Australia
John Beifuss
Kitsch and cliche drive the story but the faces and locations are stunning when the movie s over you feel like you ve been somewhere and seen something 
3
Australia
Lori Hoffman
The excess is part of its charm Luhrmann sees the classic movie genres as a magical playground and he wants to play on all the rides 
3
Australia
Eric Melin
It has very little of Moulin Rouge s irreverence or nose thumbing spirit opting instead for a stubborn adherence to the tenets of the budget busting Hollywood prestige pictures of the 1950s and 1960s 
1.5
Australia
Austin Kennedy
With three storylines a ludicrous performance by Kidman and Baz s self indulgence getting the best of him AUSTRALIA is one of this year s biggest blunders 
2
Australia
Gina Carbone
You don t find many three hour fairy tale love story war films about race relations featuring the ultra competitive beef market in northern Australia For good reason 
2.25
Australia
Charles Koplinski
A film as grand as the Down Under itself 
3.5
Australia
Christian Toto
Australia isn t Titanic 2 0 but neither is it Heaven s Gate 
3
Australia
Michael Smith
An old fashioned screen filling picture that is at times as rousing and untamed as the continent that it depicts 
2.5
Australia
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We could have had something really representing the vibrant Aussie film industry 
2.5
Australia
Ross Anthony
Swells of emotion panoramic stampedes fill the screen however meandering scenes in between have been cut out at the seams so often you ll be wandering what it all means 
2
Australia
Larry Ratliff
Like the kangaroo that goes from a newcomer s sightseeing delight to dinner meat with the sudden crack of a rifle shot Australia hops all over the place 
2.5
Australia
Sean P. Means
The massive panoramas of wild Australia suddenly make Luhrmanns wild flourishes look puny 
3
Australia
Claudia Puig
Australia tries to be a sprawling romantic epic Instead it s a melodramatic exercise in tedium 
2
Australia
Peter Howell
At once sprawling and intimate melodramatic and comic magnificent and utterly bonkers it bears entertaining witness to Luhrmann s love of old movies and his Down Under homeland 
2.5
Australia
Chris Hewitt
As ridiculous as Australia often is it s also ridiculously entertaining 
2.5
Australia
Mick LaSalle
Luhrmann veers from earnest drama to brisk comedy and then tries to hold it together with awkward voiceover narration Within five minutes Australia seems headed for trouble It gets there and stays there 
1
Australia
James Berardinelli
It looks great but the same comment can be made about Michael Bay s Pearl Harbor which shares more than a passing resemblance 
2.5
Australia
Steven Rea
Long in the making and almost as long in the watching Baz Luhrmann s Australia is epic piffle 
2
Australia
Stephen Whitty
This film is a long love song written in two parts and these actors duet nicely 
3
Australia
Matt Brunson
The worst culprit of overacting is David Wenham whose dastardly henchman Fletcher ends up perhaps the most risible movie villain since Billy Zane s Cal Hockley took shots at Leonardo DiCaprio s Jack Dawson as the Titanic sank into the chilly depths 
2.5
Australia
Lou Lumenick
Never boring but often exhausting Australia finally pulls itself together for an emotionally satisfying ending Or six Pass the gravy 
2.5
Australia
Rene Rodriguez
Australia is being marketed as the kind of old fashioned romantic epic Hollywood rarely makes anymore and after you ve sat through it you ll be thankful they don t 
2
Australia
Glenn Whipp
Australia is something of a mess though it s a spectacularly made mess that s carried along by its ambition and artistry and most of all its pure passion to please 
3
Australia
Robert W. Butler
A big mess emotionally incoherent laughably simplistic and narratively graceless 
2
Australia
Amy Biancolli
Comedy and tragedy action and melodrama full measures of quirk and swoon It s just a plain good time at the movies 
3
Australia
Liam Lacey
Australia is so damnably eager to please that it feels like being pinned down by a giant overfriendly dingo and having your face licked for about three hours theoretically endearing but honestly kind of gross 
2
Australia
Roger Ebert
What a gorgeous film what strong performances what exhilarating images and yes what sweeping romantic melodrama 
3
Australia
Jeff Vice
Australia only covers about two years in that continent s history But as long as the movie feels you d swear it covered a decade or even a century 
2
Australia
Lisa Kennedy
Even more than a Western Australia is a musical without a songbook Its emotions are large its rhythms bold 
3
Australia
Ty Burr
Australia strains to do it all and finally all you can see is the strain 
2.5
Australia
Michael Sragow
Australia set in Australia s Northern Territory a land of romance and adventure should have been a terrific epic but instead is a lavish family time killer 
1.5
Australia
Brett McCracken
It s an ode to a place exotic to some familiar to others yes but more than that Australia is state of mind wonderment grandeur beauty love escape hope 
4
Australia
Sara Michelle Fetters
Kidman and Jackman ooze movie star chemistry the latter in particular hefting this rather sluggish and ill defined tale upon his rugged shoulders carrying it across the finish line with rather unanticipated ease 
3
Australia
Daniel M. Kimmel
Clearly intended as a big blockbuster to call it merely entertaining is damning it with faint praise 
2.5
Australia
Josh Larsen
wants to sweep previous sweeping historical romances off their feet 
3
Australia
Jeffrey Westhoff
It is a pleasure and not a guilty one to place ourselves in the hands of a mischievous director who wants to push screen dimensions back to the era of CinemaScope Technicolor and stereophonic sound 
3
Australia
Michael Phillips
Australia offers everything from a cattle drive to Nicole Kidman s rendition of Over the Rainbow to hordes of Japanese Zeros zeroing in on screaming children during the early 1942 attack on Darwin in Australia s Northern Territory two months aft
2
Australia
Peter Travers
Beautiful scenery and the best intentions can t save Australia from dissolving in goo 
2
Australia
Erik Childress
By unnecessarily extending the film and shortening what should have formed its crux Australia manages the almost unfeasible feat of becoming a less honest film than Michael Bay s Pearl Harbor 
1
Australia
Willie Waffle
Crikey this is a long movie 
2
Australia
Duane Dudek
While it takes chutzpah to name a film after an entire continent Australia is as vastly entertaining as Australia is vast 
3.5
Australia
Walter Chaw
Baz Luhrmann s Titanic 
1
Australia
Dustin Putman
A technical triumph in search of a heart that feels real 
2
Australia
Joe Lozito
Baz Luhrmann s epic story of love and adventure isn t quite the classic it hopes to be but it paints a vivid portrait of the titular continent on the brink of World War II 
3
Australia
Moira MacDonald
Baz Luhrmann s entertaining Australia simply must be watched on the biggest screen possible as I imagine it becomes sillier and sillier as it shrinks 
3
Australia
Rafer Guzman
Halfway through Australia veers sharply into Serious Issue mode 
2
Australia
Lawrence Toppman
Australia is an unbroken string of clichés Director Luhrmann does the obvious at every turn making each character an archetype and every action a crowd pleasing grandiosely predictable moment 
2
Australia
Dan Callahan
An unwieldy stab at an old fashioned movie epic Baz Luhrmann s Australia is corny implausible well intentioned and even somewhat enjoyable in its own way at least for a while 
2
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Kent Turner
Word s bound to have something to share with the viewer gay or straight 
3
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Eric Henderson
The gift of time and perspective has added a few kinks to what seems a mostly pedestrian experience 
3
After You
Mattie Lucas
A real hidden treat worth savoring 
3.5
After You
Terry Lawson
A lightweight farce that remains enjoyable primarily for the time spent with Auteuil 
3
After You
Sean P. Means
Auteuil finds himself in Antoine s situation helping out a hapless wreck and being dragged down in the process 
2
After You
Jeff Vice
Apres Vous is less peculiar but considerably more contrived more forced than Girl on the Bridge 
2.5
After You
Duane Dudek
The result may be a high concept souffl but its blackly comic tone and Auteuil s caffeinated whippet of a performance help lend it a cockeyed charm 
2.5
After You
Phil Villarreal
If anyone tries to insist that you come along to see the film it s best to reply Aprs vous and then head in the other direction 
2
After You
John Hartl
French fluff at its creepiest illogical exasperating overlong and based on characters who are just as empty as the creatures who inhabit Hollywood fluff 
1.5
After You
Connie Ogle
As the character gains confidence Garcia tones down the tics and actually makes Louis likable 
3
After You
Rob Thomas
What started off as a mild but enjoyable comic trifle got progressively more irritating as it wore on for almost two hours 
2
After You
Laura Kelly
The cuteness of the story wears off but not the appeal of the leading men 
3
After You
Jeff Strickler
The premise is razor thin but Daniel Auteuil sells it with everything he s got 
2.5
After You
Chris Hewitt
No deeper than a crepe but with its bright performances swift pace and six balls up in the air breathlessness it s a tasty one 
3
After You
Ty Burr
The misunderstandings and crisscrossing agendas never build to critical mass the movie doesn t go insane and it needs to 
2
After You
Jessica Reaves
A sweet if dramatically overlong trifle 
2.5
After You
Roger Ebert
Lacks farcical insanity and settles for being a sitcom not a very good one 
2
After You
Ruthe Stein
A film that moves you to laugh has become as rare as one that makes you cry so Apres Vous should be cherished for its seriously funny moments 
3
After You
Peter Canavese
Pierre Salvadori s consistently engaging Aprs vous begins with an interesting situation and complicates it into delightfully excruciating farce 
3
After You
Lisa Rose
The story crash lands in contrivance losing its way in the third act 
2.5
After You
Timothy Knight
A sophisticated farce enlivened by some laugh out loud funny physical gags 
3.5
After You
Wade Major
Classic French farce both predictable and unpredictable quickened by excellent performances from the two leads and their respective leading ladies 
3.5
After You
Jack Mathews
Nothing lives up to its name like French farce and director Pierre Salvadori s bit of nonsense about a good Samaritan who aborts a stranger s suicide attempt then dedicates himself to making the man s life worth living exceeds the limits of the genre 
2
After You
Kyle Smith
Parlez vous farce Aprs Vous speaks the lingo haltingly like the French you sort of learned in high school 
2.5
After You
Glenn Whipp
At its heart Apres Vous is a showcase piece putting Auteuil and Garcia in a succession of bizarre circumstances and letting them entertain us through the pleasure of their sheer discomfort 
3
After You
David Sterritt
Garcia is great in this French dramatic comedy and Auteuil remains one of the great European stars 
3
After You
Nick Schager
The overly long and monotonous Aprs Vous serves up the unfunny kind of absurdity 
2
Lucid
Kate Taylor
A film of genre busting twists and devilish narrative turns that never manages to turn its quirkiness into genuine charm nor its cleverness into real feeling 
2.5
Lucid
David Nusair
well acted and certainly well made but ultimately it s just not terribly interesting 
2
Lucid
Susan Walker
Lucid tries one s patience more maddening than it is elucidating 
2
Music and Lyrics
Lori Hoffman
this is a movie that will lose nothing when you rent it from Netflix a few months from now 
2
Music and Lyrics
Linda Cook
Good natured melodic and sweet as can be Music and Lyrics is like listening to your favorite 80s compilation It just plain makes you feel good 
3
Music and Lyrics
James Rocchi
Music and Lyrics is a nice light bright romantic comedy a demonstration of the best and the worst of modern romantic comedy in action in fact 
3
Music and Lyrics
Mike McGranaghan
Music and Lyrics is not the most original or ambitious movie I ve ever seen However Barrymore is well paired with Grant in a story that is smarter than you might think It s just all around good fun 
3
Music and Lyrics
Michael Phillips
Light sweet and agreeably confident
3
Music and Lyrics
Ross Anthony
A tad rickety or hokey here and there plotwise but very amusing dialogue acting production overall This is a highly entertaining romantic comedy A very strong A 
3
Music and Lyrics
Kam Williams
The casting of Hugh Grant opposite Drew Barrymore was a stroke of genius both in terms of chemistry and comedy as his self deprecating vulnerability serves as the perfect foil for her zaniness and their repartee is reminiscent of Hepburn and Tracy 
4
Music and Lyrics
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprisingly deft witty film 
3
Music and Lyrics
Gary Goldstein
Not that you don t want them to get together but given how destined they seem to crash and burn you wonder if it s really such a good idea after all 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Thomas Delapa
An off Broadway melody that doesn t always stay in key 
2
Music and Lyrics
Duane Dudek
Though they do not quite make beautiful music together there is something fleetingly intimate and improbably touching in the attempt to do so that is almost like a song 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Matt Brunson
Assembly line romantic comedies often rise or fall based on the stars at their center and Music and Lyrics is lucky to have both Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant as opposed to say Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey offering their services 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Peter Canavese
Undeniably breezy thanks to a quality star pairing 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Peter Howell
What Grant lacks in credibility as a lover he makes up for in eagerness to please He wickedly skewers the music of the 1980s he sings he dances while at the same time reminding us of the cruel reality of disposable pop stardom 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Chris Hewitt
Writer director Marc Lawrence s script is clever and he has created memorable supporting roles for Kristen Johnson as Barrymore s wild sister and for Haley Bennett as the Shakira shimmy alike 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Phoebe Flowers
Music and Lyrics can t even pull off the simple task of casting two actors who share a slight whiff of chemistry 
1
Music and Lyrics
Moira MacDonald
It s not a great movie but for a Valentine s Day date this year you could do a lot worse 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Mick LaSalle
Grant strikes precisely the right note with regard to Alex s career He s too intelligent not to be a little embarrassed but he s far too brazen to feel anything like shame 
3
Music and Lyrics
David Elliott
Grant happily rummages through his role Barrymore is splendid with gulps and goofs and Campbell Scott is an impeccably pompous author 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Carla Meyer
They re good collaborators even if the song they re hammering out isn t very memorable 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Carrie Rickey
More substantial than a sugary treat this crunchy rom com with Hugh Grant as a has been popster and Drew Barrymore as a never was poet they collaborate on a hit song is simply irresistible 
3
Music and Lyrics
Stephen Whitty
Paper dolls have more depth 
2
Music and Lyrics
Lou Lumenick
Too bad director Lawrence tends to hit you over the head with the jokes in his script 
2
Music and Lyrics
Jack Mathews
Grant is as smarmily sarcastic as ever but Barrymore constantly pulls him back Despite her record number of bad role choices she may be the warmest comedy actress around and you can t help rooting for her 
3
Music and Lyrics
Connie Ogle
As dismal and atonal as a dirge 
1
Music and Lyrics
Bob Strauss
Often smart and sometimes very funny 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Amy Biancolli
When the movie zooms in on their fruit and nutcake relationship it s adorable too 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Daniel M. Kimmel
Make sure you stick around for the closing credits where the story continues At that point you ll likely be having such a good time you won t want to leave 
3
Music and Lyrics
Liam Lacey
Most of the musical numbers including the central song are unexpectedly catchy and believable Thanks for that goes to songwriter Adam Schlesinger of the band Fountains of Wayne 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Terry Lawson
Music and Lyrics is also given buoyancy by the pitch perfect songs composed by Adam Schlesinger the talented pop ironist of the band Fountains of Wayne 
3
Music and Lyrics
Jeff Vice
The film wisely focuses on Hugh Grant who makes several of these bits funnier than they would otherwise be 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Mary F. Pols
In a film about songwriters their song should at least be catchy 
2
Music and Lyrics
Paige Wiser
The movie is as disposable as the music in it But movie theaters need filler too and this is the best kind 
3
Music and Lyrics
Carolyn Arends
Grant and Barrymore are completely believable as a creative team but the romantic development seems arbitrary or more accurately obligatory 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Lawrence Toppman
Not all movies are filet mignon but not all moviegoers want steak There s a vast market for simple juicy burgers 
3
Music and Lyrics
Ty Burr
In the end the movie s just the kind of enjoyably empty headed fluff it celebrates and mocks 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a near perfect valentine of entertainment that s splendidly alive and full of such rich joyous energy I can t wait to see it again 
3
Music and Lyrics
Kit Bowen
What Music and Lyrics may lack in romantic zing it makes up for by featuring Hugh Grant in tight pants and a bad 80s hairdo
2
Music and Lyrics
Erik Childress
The laughs are scattered and hopefully in ten years the work of Marc Lawrence will also be non existent and left in the Wal Mart bargain bins where they belong without a divider 
2
Music and Lyrics
Josh Larsen
the pair is too busy fighting off tired romantic comedy conventions to establish any sort of rapport 
2
Music and Lyrics
James Sanford
never fully lives up to the promise of its first three minutes What might have been a smart takeoff on contemporary trends instead settles for predictable jokes 
2
Music and Lyrics
Phil Villarreal
Somewhere in the middle of Music and Lyrics it hit me Hugh Grant has the exact persona of C 3PO 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Steven Snyder
For a movie called Music and Lyrics it s astonishing how little the filmmakers seem to care about the words their characters say or the tone that accompanies their saying 
1
Music and Lyrics
Mark Dujsik
As sweet and likeable as its title is bland 
3
Music and Lyrics
Claudia Puig
Despite dragging in the last third the movie works as a light and frothy confection for an enjoyable Valentine s Day treat 
3
Music and Lyrics
David Nusair
an effective romcom this is not 
2
Music and Lyrics
Gene Seymour
Music and Lyrics is worth the heartstring tugs if only to see writer director Marc Lawrence dispense a keen mildly rueful sense of how that era gets channeled into the present day s mass psyche 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director Marc Lawrence s dispiriting romantic comedy is a formulaic exercise in mismatched characters doing stupid things to delay the moment when they fall in love then doing more stupid things to temporarily derail their budding romance 
2
Music and Lyrics
Willie Waffle
an entertaining fluffy movie that has moments of greatness in between moments of being good enough 
3
Music and Lyrics
Jeffrey Westhoff
The film s greatest asset is Grant who could sound witty and erudite reading the ingredients off a bottle of painkillers 
3.5
Music and Lyrics
Dustin Putman
A beguiling witty and truly romantic date flick 
3
Music and Lyrics
Matt Pais
Putting Grant and Barrymore together is like putting peanut butter on pizza or gulp a duet between Coldplay s Chris Martin and Mandy Moore 
2
Music and Lyrics
Frank Ochieng
Although at times bland and cheesy in concept Music and Lyrics has the right kind of benevolent bounce to its cheeky step 
2.5
Music and Lyrics
Jeanne Aufmuth
Screams mainstream but it s a sweet enough holiday confection 
3
Music and Lyrics
James Berardinelli
The movie fails to achieve a position in the top echelon of romantic comedies but it resides high enough in the pecking order to be worth a look by anyone with a penchant for the genre 
3
Music and Lyrics
Steve Rhodes
It s a delicious Valentine s Day treat for movie audiences Maybe it s not exactly a big box of chocolates but it is several tasty morsels 
3
Music and Lyrics
Ed Gonzalez
Music and Lyrics has a very strange notion of how business meetings are conducted and an even stranger opinion of the pull songwriters have in the music industry but Barrymore s balancing act keeps everything else feeling real 
3
Man of God
Roger Moore
The find your way back to your church and your family premise is ludicrously illogical given the movies warts and all treatment of Big Time Protestantism in one of Africas most populous countries 
1
Trapped
Michael Dequina
The manner in which this film flies completely off the rails is undoubtedly amusing but its also disappointing considering the fair competence of all that came before 
2
Trapped
Mark Collette
so many directions with so much silliness that a surprise no longer surprises 
1.5
Trapped
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es en verdad una pena que Mandoki est realizando cintas tan malas desde hace algn tiempo pues talento tiene pero quin sabe dnde lo tiene escondido 
1
Trapped
Mike McGranaghan
There are individual scenes that pack a real punch but they are usually followed by something pretty heavy handed or over the top 
2.5
Trapped
Forrest Hartman
Trapped presents a frightening and compelling What if scenario that will give most parents pause Then something terrible happens 
2
Trapped
Mark Dujsik
A relatively effective little potboiler until its absurd contrived overblown and entirely implausible finale 
2
Trapped
Rob Blackwelder
It s hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before 
2
Trapped
Linda Cook
Trapped is one of the most hilarious movies that s hit the big screen this year Unfortunately it s supposed to be a dramatic thriller 
1
Trapped
David Elliott
A direct to void release heading nowhere 
1
Trapped
Mary Kalin-Casey
Though there are many tense scenes in Trapped they prove more distressing than suspenseful 
1.5
Trapped
Jan Stuart
Not really bad so much as distasteful We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers 
2
Trapped
Kenneth Turan
True to its title it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at 
1
Trapped
Stephen Cole
There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame 
1.5
Trapped
Megan Turner
A tightly drawn propulsive thriller 
2.5
Trapped
Frank Ochieng
There s one thing that you can say about the generic suspense thriller Trapped in that the title aptly captures the claustrophobic feeling one will get in viewing this uneventful kidnapping yarn 
1.5
Trapped
Dustin Putman
Taut well made and memorably performed It also happens to be thoroughly unpleasant 
2
Trapped
Robert K. Elder
Splashes its drama all over the screen subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured but also so false you can see the filmmakers puppet strings 
2
Trapped
Steve Rhodes
A good albeit over plotted thriller with one major twist too many 
3
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Susan Tavernetti
If you re looking for a popcorn movie producer director Tsui has crafted an absurdist fantasy that might cure or spontaneously combust the summertime blues But even escapist entertainment can have interesting angles 
3
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
John Beifuss
The game s afoot and the foot knows kung fu 
3
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Duane Dudek
There is nothing wrong with its reach but its grasp of genre elements is random 
2.5
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
John Hartl
By the end with the running time pushing past the two hour mark it s reasonable to ask Just who are these people 
2.5
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Stephen Cole
Detective Dee is the action flick of the year a two hour epic that blows the Pirates of the Caribbean to the Bermuda Triangle 
4
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
John DeFore
Dee doesn t shoot for the gravitas of Zhang Yimou s Hero It doesn t approach that film s magnificent sensory impact either or the artistic romanticism that made Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon such a success here 
2
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Chris Hewitt
A computer generated fantasia where something as ridiculous as a fistfight that occurs while the fighters are on the backs of two different horses entertains us because it is so audaciously unreal 
2.5
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Linda Barnard
A colourful carnival of relentless action and artful images 
3
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Steven Rea
Is it possible for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame to be any more riotously over the top than it is 
3.5
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Mark Feeney
It s slambang in pacing bald in exposition and offers cast of hundreds spectacle 
2.5
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Roger Ebert
A bewitching fantasy 
3.5
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Brett Michel
Tsui plays as fast and loose with historical fact as stunt director and frequent collaborator Sammo Hung does with the movie s exhilarating action sequences which feature the usual wire work and set extending CG trickery 
3
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tsui s skill the fluidity of the images and the charisma of the cast all contribute to make this a worthwhile effort 
3
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
G. Allen Johnson
If nothing else the film is colorful 
2
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
V.A. Musetto
All this is loads of fun but after a while sensory overload sets in dulling the mind Even in a kung fu flick more isn t always better 
2
Paskal
Roger Moore
Not half bad 44 but the bad half is all obvious self inflicted wounds 46 
2
Lumumba
Steve Rhodes
Earnestly but amateurishly acted the movie feels more like a play with the actors exaggerating their gestures so that even those in the cheap seats won t miss anything 
2
Lumumba
Tor Thorsen
Serves as a gut wrenching requiem for the hope of peace and prosperity in post colonial Africa 
4
Lumumba
Liam Lacey
Both compelling and occasionally bewildering 
3
Lumumba
Roger Ebert
Strong bloody and sad 
3
Lumumba
Jonathan Foreman
Never much more than hagiography that lets the context of its hero s death remain confused 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Judith Egerton
The movie stumbles along awkwardly rather than tripping by wittily from beginning to end The fault lies in Parker s needless embellishments 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Michael Dequina
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3
The Importance of Being Earnest
James Kendrick
Shot in lavish Technicolor but restricted to a few well designed sets The Importance of Being Earnest is a small cinematic gem 
3.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Robert K. Elder
The Importance of Being Earnest resonates and inspires rapid fire bouts of laughter perhaps even a few giggles from the author himself whom posterity has rewarded the last laugh 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Cory Cheney
something appears to have been lost in the translation this time The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jeffrey Westhoff
Though Earnest is Wilde s most famous work this film is not as rich as Parker s version of An Ideal Husband However it remains light and entertaining as the bright cast has a wonderful time saying marvelously funny things 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Elias Savada
a dishonorably delicious tale of lover s labors nearly lost I can t remember having so much fun watching such scoundrels at play in the fields of society and love 
4
The Importance of Being Earnest
Tony Toscano
The film is without pace or energy 
1.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Todd Anthony
Earnest falls short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker s ill advised meddling with the timeless source material 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
David Elliott
Opening up the play more has partly closed it down 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Joe Baltake
The film despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it is still good fun 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mary Kalin-Casey
Oliver Parker s new Earnest adaptation boasts a fine cast capable of delivering the author s flamboyant epigrams yet even they falter under the director s chaotic vision 
2
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jackie Loohauis
Oscar Wilde s 1895 comedy remains one of his most enduring and Miramax s new release can t match the impact or import of the original But while this film may be a lesser light it s still worth a visit to the manor house 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Connie Ogle
Those who prefer the play as a gleaming comedy of manners may object but viewers who enjoy more physical humor are likely to revel in the film s deliciously barbed dialogue and frenetic chemistry 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Steven Rosen
In trying to make Earnest more of a visual romp than it needs to be Parker almost stomps the Wildeness out of its literary wit But he doesn t The good humor and lively acting survive 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jeff Vice
Filmmaker Oliver Parker has misfired with what would seem to be can t miss material 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Sean P. Means
There is such a thing as being too earnest 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Walter Chaw
The niftiest trick perpetrated by The Importance of Being Earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen and a Hollywood ized Austen at that 
2
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jeremy Heilman
It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde s classic satire 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Rob Blackwelder
But tongue in cheek preposterousness has always been part of For the most part Wilde s droll whimsy helps Being Earnest overcome its weaknesses and Parker s creative interference 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
James Berardinelli
While The Importance of Being Earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles it doesn t give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde s wit and the actors performances 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Joe Leydon
The actors appear to be having a grand time And when Parker isn t driving them at full gallop their merriment is highly contagious 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mick LaSalle
To take a big fat wrecking ball to one of the surefire delights of world theater well that requires energy and invention Oliver Parker does that here and the result is a frustrating boring mess 
1
The Importance of Being Earnest
Carrie Rickey
Despite the sparkling source material this romp through Victorian parlors frequently falls flat on its rump 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Rick Groen
a ho hum affair always watchable yet hardly memorable 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Susan Stark
Nice try mixed result 
2
The Importance of Being Earnest
Terry Lawson
Parker dams the flow of Wilde s brilliant comic revelations and reversals with contrived visuals 
1
The Importance of Being Earnest
Roger Ebert
The Importance of Being Earnest so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett s Familiar Quotations
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Loren King
sharp performances and a literate script that never has to resort to cheap humor to be sidesplittingly funny 
3
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mike Clark
Director Oliver Parker labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two 
2
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chris Hewitt
Parker probably thinks he s shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have but this half hearted messing about just makes us miss Wilde s still contemporary play 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mary F. Pols
Dull and poorly paced 
2
The Importance of Being Earnest
Steve Rhodes
Like a slightly wet firecracker the movie needlessly fizzles more often that it sizzles 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jan Stuart
What Wilde regarded as a trivial comedy for serious people Parker has made over into a trivial comedy for trivial people 
1.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jonathan Foreman
Oscar Wilde s masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest may be the best play of the 19th century It s so good that its relentless polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions but even Oliver Parker s movie adaptation 
2.5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Glenn Whipp
Those pining for a classic Miramax period piece won t likely be disappointed 
2.5
Buffalo 66
Michael Dequina
It may not be the masterpiece that its narcissistic writer director star Vincent Gallo has claimed to be but his filmmaking debut is a ceaselessly fascinating piece of work 
3.5
Buffalo 66
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Buffalo 66 left me confused and unsatisfied yet it s not an easy movie to dismiss 
2
Buffalo 66
Liam Lacey
By turns raw naturalistic and indebted to John Cassavetes 
2
Buffalo 66
Madeleine Williams
A meandering mess that almost comes together at the end 
1.5
Total Badass
John Beifuss
A comic tragic closeup of the type of extreme scenester doesn t every city have one who has transformed his life into a reckless form of performance art 
2.5
The Greasy Strangler
Robert Horton
Bonkers and destined to be an instant cult item which raises the question of whether you can design a movie to be cult 
2
The Greasy Strangler
Soren Andersen
The best thing about The Greasy Strangler that title The worst thing about The Greasy Strangler everything that follows that title 
0.5
The Greasy Strangler
Simon Abrams
Is any of this funny Sometimes though not often Is that intentional Well that s debatable Is it worth seeing Yes but only if you enjoy being grossed out 
2.5
The Greasy Strangler
Sean P. Means
The slimy horror rom com The Greasy Strangler aims to be a classic midnight movie which is the best time to bury it in an unmarked grave 
0
The Greasy Strangler
Kenji Fujishima
It aims for John Waters style transgression without evincing half of Waters s wit and affection for eccentric lifestyles 
2
The Greasy Strangler
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 An acquired taste with a mighty limited audience but for those who are drawn to and admire the weird the nauseating and the unstoppably absurdist this just might be the 21st century s cult film to end all cult films 
3.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Rossiter Drake
Why would Frank drop everything to embark on this lunatic mission Well the answer is simple If he didn t there would be no movie and perhaps that wouldn t have been such a bad thing 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Kam Williams
A surprisingly moving message movie about love and redemption filled with sentimental and transformational moments leading to tearjerker of a finale 
4
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
David N. Butterworth
Utterly charming 
3.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Wade Major
That the film was itself borne out of risk invests its message with an honesty and an authenticity more than sufficient to offset its flaws 
3
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Sean P. Means
In this death obsessed movie the characters lives flash before the audience s eyes really really slowly 
1.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Jeff Vice
Clunky romantic comedy which has the annoying habit of turning dead serious at exactly the wrong moment 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Phil Villarreal
The movie is so bad it brings up a question u2014 what s the opposite of a comeback film 
1.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Mick LaSalle
The picture trivializes the characters hinting at depths it can t depict aiming at a profundity of feeling it can t begin to reach 
1
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Bruce Westbrook
Beyond Wahlberg s deft moves School s dancing is leaden not charming and the only challenge is enduring the film s lumbering progress until it finally clicks at the end 
1.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Moira MacDonald
While it s at times too melodramatic and formulaic to be entirely successful it still holds some appeal its very amateurishness is what makes it charming 
2.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Lisa Kennedy
The film moves like a newbie following a diagram of arrows and shoes and counting out loud 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Wesley Morris
It s been simultaneously overwritten and underdirected by Randall Miller who has turned his sweet 16 year old short film into a syrupy long faced drama 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Roger Ebert
Think about this You liked a schoolmate when you were 8 and for 40 years have focused on this reunion Are you crazy 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Chris Hewitt
What started out as a A Christmas Story like film from a child s point of view somehow became a glum midlife tragedy that would do well between Oprah reruns on Lifetime 
1.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Sid Smith
Too cute too transparent too precious and ultimately too much 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Maitland McDonagh
This well intentioned film about loss grief and new beginnings gets bogged down in syrupy cliches and blunt self help dialogue 
2.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
John Anderson
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dance Charm School is like a first date who shows up at the door with flowers candy a blood test and a U Haul It s trying much too hard 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Lisa Rose
For a movie centered on a class where students learn poise and grace Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing Charm School is woefully clumsy 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Lou Lumenick
It s got two left feet and charm is in dangerously short supply 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Jami Bernard
If you think the title is endless wait till you see Goodman s death scene 
2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Peter Debruge
Charming Hardly With its woefully forlorn leading man phony learning to live again love story and not nearly enough dancing this is one class you can afford to skip 
1.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Evan Henerson
With a few too many characters and plot fibers to track and about 100 minutes to do it Miller goes for easy resolutions and leaves a lot of questions unanswered 
2.5
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Ed Gonzalez
Suggest the first rom com directed by Alejandro González Iñarritu 
2
I Got a Monster
Carla Renata
A glaringly honest recount of one city and its participants that will live in your spirit and psyche long after the credits roll 46 
4
I Got a Monster
Max Weiss
The film leaves room for at least a shred of optimism As long as there are people willing to work toward justice all hope is not lost 
3
I Got a Monster
Mike McGranaghan
I Got a Monster moves like a rocket 44 keeping you captivated with the in depth way it explores what happened in Baltimore and what it means 46 
3.5
The Quietude
David Nusair
a well made well acted bit of film festival tedium 
2
Piranha II: The Spawning
Josh Larsen
You 8217 d think they would have waited until a fifth or sixth installment before having the fish fly 46 
1
Piranha II: The Spawning
Matt Brunson
The fish in this flick can not only bite but can also fly a twist that isn t terrifying as much as it s laughable 
1.5
Piranha II: The Spawning
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Thankfully James Cameron went on to bigger and better things but who can blame him for trying to pretend this movie never existed 
1.5
Frida. Viva la Vida
G. Allen Johnson
There is enough here including some sumptuous location shooting in Mexico that is fascinating and insightful to make the documentary worthwhile especially if you re planning a trip to the de Young 
2.5
This Means War
Brian Eggert
Undemanding in the worst ways 44 the movie 8217 s director and writers have gone to considerable lengths to make this experience as effortless as possible 44 yet they make it so very difficult to endure 46 
1.5
This Means War
Kelly Jane Torrance
Really it s the sparks between Pine and Hardy that make This Means War worth watching as cute as Witherspoon is 
2.5
This Means War
Jeff Beck
Being a little absurd is acceptable but completely throwing reality out the window in a film that tries to ground itself in it is pushing it too much 
2
This Means War
Peter Canavese
Their spy prying and displays of lunkheaded brawn aren t endearing they re horrifying in ways there s no coming back from Blu ray 
1
This Means War
John Beifuss
This insulting structureless so called romantic comedy is a wretched embarrassment for all involved especially Witherspoon who is required to act like a ninny while other characters remark on how really really beautiful she is 
0
This Means War
Roger Moore
It s a brisk sprint over familiar ground with just enough appeal to action addicts and romantic comedy lovers to amuse fans of both genres 
3
This Means War
Sara Michelle Fetters
McG directs as if on autopilot and while the action scenes are technically proficient they re so lacking in energy and momentum you kind of wonder if the adrenaline junkie wunderkind threw them in as some sort of afterthought 
1
This Means War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
McG s weakness is in developing character and story and since they make up about 80 percent of the movie we re left stranded 
1
This Means War
Lori Hoffman
Pine proved he had star potential in the Star Trek reboot and Hardy was great in Inception and Warrior but they should avoid comedy at least with a script this insipid
2
This Means War
Scott Nash
The cast deserves better and certainly audiences do as well 
1
This Means War
Matt Brunson
As for the resolution of the romantic triangle angle well let s just say that the filmmakers would have been hard pressed to come up with a worst ending 
1.5
This Means War
John Wirt
The boneheaded humorless This Means War cranks out clichés with such frequency that it easily qualifies as an early contender for the most awful film of 2012 
1.5
This Means War
Robert Levin
It s an absurdly bright peppy affair that s clearly been test screened to death in order to find the perfect balance of action and romance 
2
This Means War
Linda Barnard
Not even cutie pie Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon can hold our attention for long in this ridiculous bombastic romance 
2
This Means War
David Nusair
Exhaustingly slick from start to finish 
1.5
This Means War
Rene Rodriguez
It s a date movie for suckers 
1
This Means War
Willie Waffle
Who are we supposed to root for or is it all about the explosions and hunky guys showing off their well groomed eyebrows 
1.5
This Means War
Wesley Morris
You can imagine how the ball got rolling on This Means War You can also imagine how the folks who rolled the ball started to lose their minds 
1
This Means War
Liam Lacey
It s a bad sign when a film which aims only for froth can t achieve more than moments of embarrassment punctuated with sporadic agitation 
2
This Means War
Ann Hornaday
Proves to be little more than the canned Spam of the movie world bland over processed and cheap even when it s spending millions engulfing highways in balls of ludicrous flame 
1.5
This Means War
Mark Dujsik
Surely there s a promotion and commendation waiting for the one subordinate who s willing to report their activities 
1.5
This Means War
Dustin Putman
Without the considerable contributions of Reese Witherspoon and the ensemble supporting her this overblown trifle would be akin to nails on a chalkboard 
2
This Means War
Claudia Puig
McG can t seem to decide whether he s making a spy action flick with romance interspersed or a rom com peppered with action 
2
This Means War
Mick LaSalle
Reese Witherspoon isn t an idiot and yet she made This Means War which leads to the question Was this some temporary lapse in judgment or was this the best offer she had 
0
This Means War
Michael Phillips
Note to Witherspoon This Means War is the sort of consumer product you re supposed to test before you win an Academy Award not after 
1
This Means War
Carrie Rickey
Hardy is raffishly charming But you don t send a grenade to do a feather s job Which is exactly the mistake that McG director of this earsplitting hyperbolic love triangle makes 
2.5
This Means War
Ann Lewinson
Seems to have been made by men who have never met a woman much less asked her what she wants 
1.5
This Means War
Mack Bates
With This Means War Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon pulls off the seemingly impossible She s made a film that s even worse than Legally Blonde 2 
1.5
This Means War
Brett Michel
Quickly devolves into Spy vs Spy territory only with incompetently staged and edited action and little of that ol Mad magazine zing 
1
This Means War
Chris Hewitt
What is an issue is that This Means War does not fulfill the most basic requirement of a romcom that we want the couple to get together 
1.5
This Means War
Gary Thompson
Watching This Means War is like have someone on Ecstasy describe a movie to you in the middle of a rave It s a date movie if you re dating someone you don t like 
2
This Means War
Peter Travers
A trio of appealing actors is trapped in an action spiked romcom death sentenced by a lack of humor heart and a coherent reason for being 
1.5
This Means War
Joe Williams
Even by the standards of light entertainment This Means War is meaningless 
2
This Means War
Matt Pais
A battle between considerable charm and extreme stupidity periodically circles back to quality both loud and small 
2.5
This Means War
Moira MacDonald
Why does Hollywood find it so difficult to make a romantic comedy 
2
This Means War
Roger Ebert
If there s anything I hate more than a stupid action comedy it s an incompetent stupid action comedy 
1.5
This Means War
James Berardinelli
At the heart of the movie is a romantic triangle between three impossibly good looking people who are so uninteresting that we keep hoping the sleazy bad guy will show up and shoot them all 
2.5
This Means War
Rex Reed
Not even Ms Witherspoon can save it It is however high time she started thinking about saving herself and what s left of her film career 
0
This Means War
Lou Lumenick
Nearly totally laugh chemistry and coherence free this fiasco from the director of Charlie s Angels Full Throttle has a script whose sensible parts would fit on a napkin with enough room left over for the Gettysburg Address 
0
This Means War
Stephen Whitty
This isn t a romantic comedy This is two dopey kids tussling at the family dinner table with Reese Witherspoon as the wishbone they re fighting over 
1.5
This Means War
R. Kurt Osenlund
This Means War seems so concerned with being the best product it doesn t even know how to be good trash 
2
This Means War
Christy Lemire
Having great looking stars who have the added bonus of actually being able to act makes the noisy romp This Means War more tolerable than it ought to be 
2.5
Of Two Minds
Liam Lacey
The intimacy and confessional nature of these stories are the documentary s strength but the stories feel like only a part of a larger puzzle 
2.5
Seeds of Time
Wes Greene
First person accounts from individuals most affected by the drop in agricultural productivity are rarely the focus of the film s vision 
2.5
Gods of Mexico
Rene Sanchez
A poetic portrayal of Mexico apos s rich culture and traditions that continue to be preserved despite the constant threat of modernity 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Gods of Mexico
William Repass
Helmut Donsantos 8217 s counterintuitive recombination of what would seem to be mutually exclusive inspirations 44 each with its own temporal framework 44 allows him to offer for our contemplation a vision uniquely his own 46 
3.5
Gods of Mexico
Roger Moore
Summons up memories of the beginning of documentary filmmaking the Urtext films by Robert Flaherty 46 46 46 anthropological in nature 46 46 46 as magical as it is mesmerizing 46 
3
Foreign Intrigue
Janet Graves
With tough composure Robert Mitchum moves through a satisfyingly intricate mystery film given extra eye appeal by location trips to various European sites 
3
The Heart of the World
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Conjures up a universe so vast and wacky that anyone can get lost in it 
4
One Week
Josh Larsen
an incisive satire about the way American society presents marriage as a pre packaged commodity 
3.5
One Week
John Monaghan
In 1920 s One Week the silent comedian known as the Great Stone Face attempts to assemble the build it yourself home he received as a wedding present 
4
Varda by Agnès
Sean P. Means
If all my professors were as knowledgeable as caring and as fun as Agnès Varda I wouldn t have skipped class so often 
3.5
Varda by Agnès
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Her official final work a straightforward and yet endlessly fascinating look at her career 
3.5
Varda by Agnès
Lisa Trifone
Agnès Varda accomplished quite a lot in her years behind and in front of the camera a woman of vision who always managed to see something new interesting and valuable in everything and everyone 
3.5
Varda by Agnès
Ty Burr
One of the treats of Varda by Agnès is seeing the director in photos and on set footage over the years forever self possessed always questing 
3
Varda by Agnès
Matt Zoller Seitz
Another testament to the totality of Varda s vision 
3
Varda by Agnès
Rania Richardson
A master class that brings valuable insights to a filmmaker s significant career more than six decades after it began VARDA BY AGNES 
3.5
Varda by Agnès
Robert Daniels
Varda throughout her life and art accompanied time like an old friend and we admire her career as if she were ours too during the enriching Varda by Agnès 
3.5
Varda by Agnès
Peter Howell
A master class on filmmaking by the late great Agnès Varda by way of a tour of her 64 years behind and in front of the lens as a leading force of the French New Wave 
3.5
Varda by Agnès
Bill Chambers
T his is a rich deep dive into a body of work the filmmaker says has always been motivated by three things creativity inspiration and an urge to share 
4
Varda by Agnès
Tina Hassannia
This is a fascinating informative and reflective swan song that gives Varda the final word and some of the due she s been owed her entire career as one of the most influential feminist filmmakers 
3.5
7 Guardians of the Tomb
Mark Dujsik
7 Guardians of the Tomb is repetitive and monotonous displaying little wit or self awareness or genuine stakes 
1.5
7 Guardians of the Tomb
James Berardinelli
So generic and perfunctory in nature that it s difficult to become involved or stay immersed in the action 
2
Topsy-Turvy
Brian Eggert
Topsy Turvy then is many things a portrait of Gilbert and Sullivan through the example of a single production a study of the artistic need to reflect reality through fantasy and a microcosmic example of Leigh s techniques as a filmmaker 
4
Topsy-Turvy
James Kendrick
Leigh s strict attention to detail and his uncommon method of involving his actors in the creative process of forming the script infuses life into material that could have easily become another stiff British period production
3.5
Topsy-Turvy
Joe Lozito
There is not an unrealized or extraneous character in the film and I can t remember a movie that so completely studies the intricacies of bringing a production to the stage 
4
Topsy-Turvy
Leonard Schwarz
Quite simply the best backstage musical ever made and then some 
4
Topsy-Turvy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There are individual scenes that when looked at by themselves are knockouts 
3
Topsy-Turvy
Margaret A. McGurk
A fine and fancy delight a movie that shows off British director Mike Leigh s uncanny talent for capturing entire worlds in the smallest details 
4
Topsy-Turvy
Bob Graham
The film is a delight and a surprise all the more so since Leigh is associated with gritty working class stories 
4
Topsy-Turvy
Rick Groen
Not your normal period piece to be sure 
3
Topsy-Turvy
Wesley Morris
Mike Leigh s great big superbly performed homage to the creative process 
3.5
Topsy-Turvy
James Berardinelli
It is a well crafted and solidly entertaining effort that illustrates how expert filmmakers can expand their ranges while still producing movies that are worth seeing 
3
Topsy-Turvy
Michael Dequina
A witty and engrossing behind the curtain look 
3.5
Topsy-Turvy
Rob Blackwelder
Almost every scene is a pleasure 
3
Topsy-Turvy
Jonathan Foreman
A charming warm witty movie funny one minute and moving the next 
3.5
Topsy-Turvy
Roger Ebert
Topsy Turvy is about love of the theater Romantic love ages and matures Love of the theater it reminds us is somehow always adolescent heedless passionate guilty 
4
Topsy-Turvy
David Sterritt
Jim Broadbent gives one of his most perfectly tuned performances as William Schwenk Gilbert and Allan Corduner is equally adept as Arthur Sullivan 
4
Topsy-Turvy
Jeff Vice
Admittedly at 160 minutes it s probably too much of a good thing But given that so many of the film s scenes consist of productions of Gilbert Sullivan musical numbers who s going to complain 
3.5
Topsy-Turvy
Kasia Anderson
If you know you re in for a long ride Topsy Turvy is a delight 
3.5
Topsy-Turvy
David N. Butterworth
There s a lot of talk none of it particularly interesting and several colorful musical numbers shot unimaginatively from the Savoy Theatre stalls But there s no real inspiration here let alone drama 
2.5
Topsy-Turvy
Steve Rhodes
Topsy Turvy is a good spirited and intriguing behind the scenes look at a stage production and is worth seeing 
3
Topsy-Turvy
Ian Mantgani
It s a confusing mishmash of irrelevance not least because Mike Leigh the writer and director feels the need to jump in and out of hundreds of different locations without ever exploring them 
2
Marius
Clayton Dillard
Daniel Auteuil s less exercising diligent homage than indulging troglodytic cinephilia 
2
Kung Fu Elliot
Peter Howell
Ultimately Kung Fu Elliot is a case study of how people often live the story they have in their minds not the one that reality and fate have brought them 
3
Piku
Namrata Joshi
A lot of Piku belongs to writer Juhi Chaturvedi in her naturally progressive ideas and her ability to see the universal in the particular 
3
Shelter
Susan Wloszczyna
What started as an engaging character study falls apart when the cards that Tahir and Hannah are dealt are so obviously and overtly stacked against them at every turn 
2.5
Shelter
Tirdad Derakhshani
Despite its terrific performances and its great use of locations Shelter doesn t have enough substance to hold your attention or linger in the mind for long 
2.5
Shelter
Roger Moore
Too soulful to write off as an exercise in movie stars playing at homelessness 
2
Shelter
Rex Reed
Some people will find it too emotionally wrenching to watch but there are moments of raw understated sensitivity encapsulating the ache of regret at the heart of Shelter 
2.5
Shelter
Drew Hunt
The characters marginalized social standing is less indicative of a real life epidemic and more akin to window dressing 
1
Shelter
Kam Williams
While it s no surprise that Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie might turn in powerful performances a salute is also in order for Paul Bettany for making such an impressive and audacious directorial debut 
4
Shelter
David Nusair
a fairly standard drama that s been designed primarily to highlight the talents of its stars 
2.5
Gamemaster
Joshua Kosman
In their general outlines the stories here are timeless and often inspirational 
3
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Josh Larsen
a literal pyramid of performance art positivity 
3.5
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Richard Roeper
Homecoming is one of the best concert films ever made 
4
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Mesfin Fekadu
Homecoming A film by Beyoncé captures the human side of the superstar singer with behind the scenes intimate moments of a mother wife and artist tirelessly working on what s already become one of most iconic musical performances of all time 
4
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Peter Sobczynski
Homecoming deserves consideration as one of the great concert movies of all time 
4
Unrest
Pat Brown
Cyril Schäublin s precisely framed snapshot of a microcosm of timekeepers ends up being a bit too well mechanical 
2.5
In Transit
Mark Feeney
Mostly people talk Lovely to look at In Transit is even better to listen to 
3
In Transit
Chuck Bowen
The film s thematic organization suggests the cinematic equivalent of a short story collection with haunting tangents and stray notes of poetry 
3.5
Different Drummers
Tom Keogh
There s a sense of unstructured play about Different Drummers a kind of ambling from one whimsical activity to the next without much regard for following rules of tidy traditional storytelling 
3
PG: Psycho Goreman
Brian Eggert
It s an absurdist oddity a ghastly movie with costumed monsters and excessive slapstick gore yet it resists the abrasive edge of a Troma production and feels abnormally silly 
3.5
PG: Psycho Goreman
Matt Brunson
Groovy gory and gleeful 
3
PG: Psycho Goreman
Kevin A. Ranson
fans of old school horror comedy will both cheer and groan at this sci fi fantasy cheese fest and its cast of costumed alien warlords worthy of a midnight matinee 
3
PG: Psycho Goreman
Joe Friar
An entertaining and juvenile horror comedy The dark side of Sid and Marty Krofft imagined with a little Troma thrown in Pass the cereal 
3
PG: Psycho Goreman
Simon Abrams
Psycho Goreman isn t clever or lively enough to be more than fitfully fun especially given how much time is spent mocking generic but painstakingly recreated plot contrivances
1.5
PG: Psycho Goreman
Mark Dujsik
The admirably silly PG Psycho Goreman is cheap and cheesy and writer director Steven Kostanski clearly wouldn t have it any other way 
3
PG: Psycho Goreman
Roger Moore
Those who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like 
2.5
PG: Psycho Goreman
Mike McGranaghan
Wonderfully nuts and often laugh out loud funny 
3
PG: Psycho Goreman
Pat Brown
This tongue in cheek gorefest gives the impression of an only semi coherent joke on the audience 
2
My name is Margiela
Jay Horton
For all but the most hardcore fashionista superfans less really isn t more this time 
2
My name is Margiela
Matt Fagerholm
Apart from its ample eye candy the film deftly illustrates how one can live a life of integrity in any profession provided one has the guts to break the mold 
3
My name is Margiela
Diego Semerene
Reiner Holzemer s adulation of his subject feels most credible because he spends a lot of time focusing on the clothes 
3
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
David Nusair
fare s about as well as its underwhelming predecessor 
2
Intoxicating
Eric Harrison
At first these uncomfortably long shots create an air of ominousness until we realize they don t signify anything 
2
OtherLife
David Nusair
A low budget cross between The Matrix and Total Recall 
2.5
Giants Being Lonely
Roger Moore
Although it borrows in the most overt ways plot points from The Last Picture Show and Hoosiers it paints an engrossing portrait of kids being kids aimless reckless and focused on the now even with the weight of the world on them 
2.5
Giants Being Lonely
Randy Myers
Patterson s elliptical ethereal approach might appear aimless and wispy at the beginning but Giants coalesces as it goes on casting a bewitching unnerving spell 
3
Giants Being Lonely
Nell Minow
Giants Being Lonely shows impressive filmmaking skills from co writer director Grear Patterson 
3
A Dangerous Woman
Steve Rhodes
The movie centered around Winger s sexuality She gave an absolutely wonderful performance Very realistic I wish she had a better director 
2
A Dangerous Woman
Roger Ebert
The movies are so seldom perfect that it s enough to find something perfect in them What s nearly perfect in A Dangerous Woman is the Debra Winger performance 
3
The Man With the Golden Gun
Matt Brunson
The return of Sheriff J W Pepper automatically knocks this movie down a peg or 20 
2.5
The Man With the Golden Gun
Austin Kennedy
This one has all the right ingredients to be a great Bond flick I mean Christopher Lee is the main villain I don t exactly know how they screwed this up but they did 
2
The Man With the Golden Gun
Peter Canavese
A diverting but typically silly Roger Moore entry in the Bond canon Blu ray 
2.5
The Man With the Golden Gun
James Berardinelli
The Man with the Golden Gun certainly isn t worth 1 million but it s fine for the price of a video rental 
2.5
The Man With the Golden Gun
Steve Rhodes
The result is an entertaining film but not a very substantial one 
2.5
The Man With the Golden Gun
Scott Nash
I thought Live and Let Die had to be the worst Bond movie in the series but now I m not so sure The Man with the Golden Gun is running a very close second 
1.5
Good Hair
Matt Brunson
Good Hair stands as an informative and entertaining documentary and one that s pulled off with no small measure of style 
3
Good Hair
Sean O'Connell
Educates more than it entertains even though there s plenty of colorful subjects Chris Rock could have gently lampooned 
3
Good Hair
Linda Cook
One of the best movies of the year seems to be lost in the Halloween time shuffle 
4
Good Hair
Kam Williams
Hair larious 
4
Good Hair
Robert W. Butler
Despite the padding there s enough interesting sociological digging here not to mention the easygoing presence of comic Chris Rock to keep us entertained and even enlightened 
3
Good Hair
John Beifuss
Unlike most documentaries with a message Good Hair invites moviegoers to a conversation not a lecture 
3
Good Hair
Lisa Kennedy
Full of sweetly sardonic observations the docu comedy is one of the funniest movies of the year 
3.5
Good Hair
Justin Strout
Whatever Rock s impetus for exploring the wallet busting day consuming sometimes chemically dangerous desire of black women to achieve European hair he s never wanting for laughter 
4
Good Hair
Peter Hartlaub
It s funny clever and marginally educational You can tell your friends you went to a documentary without having felt as if you saw one 
3
Good Hair
Chris Hewitt
Rock is our quick witted empathetic guide in the film about black women s hair a topic you might think would be of interest only to black women You d be wrong 
3.5
Good Hair
Moira MacDonald
It s rich food for thought though you wonder why little attention is given to the idea that perhaps some women relax their hair because it s easier to style that way or that elaborate attention to hair is hardly exclusive to black women 
3
Good Hair
Steve Ramos
Rock s impressive multitasking pays off in a lively and entertaining documentary about the styling conventions beauty product companies and flamboyant hairdressers that make up African American hair culture 
3
Good Hair
Wesley Morris
If you arrive at Good Hair never having thought about the complexities of black hair bring a notebook If you are a black woman wearing a weave bring a tissue 
3
Good Hair
Steven Rea
Good Hair is certainly no arid anthropological study Rock s queries are loose and quippy but his instincts are as sharp as an investigative journalist s 
3.5
Good Hair
Connie Ogle
Rock takes aim at the truth and humor of this potent cultural question with a sharp wit and lively curiousity even if he doesn t pursue vigorously enough its uglier side 
3
Good Hair
Shaula Clark
Good Hair is a film that will make your head itch to know more 
3.5
Good Hair
Kevin C. Johnson
Some of this a lot of this is preaching to the choir But it s still pretty compelling no matter what perspective you re coming from 
3
Good Hair
Stephen Cole
The film succeeds as a vehicle for Rock s personality 
3
Good Hair
Lou Lumenick
I ve never been much of a Chris Rock fan but I was riveted by the on screen interviews he conducts with celebrities like Nia Long and Al Sharpton as well as regular folk to explore African American women s very complicated relationship with their hair 
3
Good Hair
Claudia Puig
Rock is not only funny he s an affable and intelligent host in a documentary that is accessible breezy and highly informative 
3.5
Good Hair
Michael Phillips
Rock takes his Good Hair job as a documentarian seriously enough to be interesting but not so seriously that the film groans with earnestness 
3
Good Hair
Roger Ebert
Rock conveys a lot of information but also some unfortunate opinions and misleading facts That doesn t mean the movie isn t warm funny and entertaining 
3
Good Hair
Matthew Connolly
That many of these hairstyles derive from standards of beauty laid down by white tastemakers is a question that hangs over Good Hair 
2.5
I Still See You
Simon Abrams
The main reason I Still See You doesn t come together is that Speer and Fuchs are so focused on complicating their already over convoluted plot 
1.5
I Still See You
Rex Reed
Kids with little experience and no discernible talent keep turning out bombs with alarming frequency Add a dreary post apocalyptic mishap called I Still See You to the list 
0
I Still See You
Roger Moore
A ghostly thriller that s all plot no emotion and thrill free despite the presence of Belle Thorne the hardest working woman in show business 
1.5
Phoebe in Wonderland
Wesley Lovell
An interesting look at a little girl s struggle to control her disease 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Michael Dequina
The whimsical and outlandish flights of fantasy are what initially grab the attention but the greatest virtues are the authentic performances by the cast 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Sean P. Means
The movie resists being pigeonholed or easily labeled because like Phoebe herself the movie is brilliant and a little strange and wonderfully unique 
4
Phoebe in Wonderland
Jeff Vice
Ultimately watching the film becomes a frustrating and annoying experience 
2
Phoebe in Wonderland
Kam Williams
It s Fanning tastic 
4
Phoebe in Wonderland
Dustin Putman
A small movie in size but large in heart and enthusiasm Global warming be damned Elle Fanning s smile alone could melt the polar ice caps 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Adam Keleman
The taxing whimsy of Phoebe in Wonderland proves more grating than poignantly escapist 
2
Phoebe in Wonderland
Carrie Rickey
Barnz has made a poignant family movie that despite its thematic material and brief profanity is appropriate for mature 10 year olds and older 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Peter Travers
Let Clarkson and Fanning take you to the rabbit hole of seductive enchantment that defines this movie 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Mick LaSalle
It s a rare thing when a labor of love turns out to be worth both the labor and the love 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Bob Strauss
Phoebe in Wonderland introduces us to a smart new talent in Barnz and lets the more established members of its cast work at their top capacity It s a film about kids graced with a mature aesthetic and rare behavioral wisdom 
3.5
Phoebe in Wonderland
Moira MacDonald
The screenplay is unusual in its reliance on children for many of the scenes and its understanding of the drama in the heart of a troubled 9 year old 
3.5
Phoebe in Wonderland
Claudia Puig
An uneven unfocused amalgamation of ideas and moods that is at times deeply moving nonetheless 
2.5
Phoebe in Wonderland
Sara Michelle Fetters
Make no mistake there is a euphoria to Phoebe s journey a delicious wonderment to her ability to see the world through a prism entirely her own 
3
Phoebe in Wonderland
Ty Burr
Phoebe in Wonderland gradually loses its grip on tone and believability climaxing with a show must go on moment that s just plain silly Thankfully Barnz knows exactly where to end his film on the face of a girl and an actress at the crossroads 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Brian Eggert
A Scanner Darkly beautifully and chillingly considers Dicks persistent theme that our culture has destroyed its own ability to perceive objective reality 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Nick Rogers
Trippy rotoscoping is the perfect aqueous aesthetic Unlike many Philip K Dick adapters exchanging existentialism for explosions Richard Linklater focuses on Dick s apprehensions about the trust joy and freedoms at risk for the sake of progress 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Such a brutally gut wrenching disappointment 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Peter Keough
Like many of Dick s parallel mirror scenarios this one is air tight and diabolical More fresh air in the form of Linklater s humor would be welcome 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Joe Lozito
Relentlessly interesting to watch if somewhat less than compelling as a film 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
James Sanford
free flowing science fiction drama that moves like a cloud of ink in a swimming pool while the visuals are suitably trippy Scanner is disappointingly short on drama and compelling characters 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Linda Cook
Possibly one of the strangest movies ever made A Scanner Darkly is worth seeing if only for the eye bending animation 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Jonathan R. Perry
Linklater has a determined method in making sense of the madness framing Dick s political paranoia as a plea for mankind to reverse the course of its self destruction 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Marty Mapes
A wonderfully trippy movie more about the drugs and paranoia than the plot
3
A Scanner Darkly
Michael Dequina
Linklater creates an eerie mysterious menacing hyperreality that engulfs the mind and senses 
3
A Scanner Darkly
David N. Butterworth
With A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater proves that anything worth doing is worth doing right no matter how painstaking a process doing it right might prove to be 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Tyler Hanley
A Scanner Darkly is well worth viewing solely because films this unusual are rare in our Hollywood infused world of pirates and popcorn 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Steven Snyder
As a story about Bob Fred and his friends Scanner is a compelling creation 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Thomas Delapa
Dude if your idea of fun is watching a group of drug addled slackers rant and rave in graphic novel cum cartoon I ve got just the movie for you To be graphic A Scanner Darkly is one freaking bad trip 
1.5
A Scanner Darkly
Scott Nash
It seems that the point of this movie is to say drugs are bad Why then does the movie that s making this point appear to have been made by people on them 
1.5
A Scanner Darkly
Jeffrey Overstreet
The characters outlines are unstable and so is their environment keeping us caught in a constant state of questioning the film s reality just as its characters do 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Dustin Putman
So preachy in its anti drug stance that it might as well have had the financial support of D A R E during its production 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Duane Dudek
Though chunks of the novel are missing the film is for the most part a creatively and metaphorically successful synthesis of Dick s dreamlike themes and real world concerns 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Robert W. Butler
A Scanner Darkly has virtually no action and is so slow to reveal itself that it dissipates whatever dramatic clout the novel may have had 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Amy Biancolli
The first film to capture the author s transience and his art 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Terry Lawson
Although the story is greatly enhanced by the mesmerizing visual design it is also involving because of the duplicity and duality of the characters 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Jeff Vice
Those unfamiliar with the book will probably be confused And the film s statements about addiction and the drug wars aren t exactly subtle 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Michael Booth
The artiness gets in the way of thrilling plot twists we re still trying to sort out images when we should be sorting out facts 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
John Beifuss
Casting Reeves was a minor stroke of genius Arctor could be the mundane identity that Neo discovers after his adventures in un reality the hangover after the epic trip of The Matrix 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Sean P. Means
The story itself becomes schizoid splitting between a convoluted detective mystery and lazy conversations between paranoid addicts 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Larry Ratliff
This effort while a failure is an artsy noble one Scanning optimistically an innovator can learn and move forward from that 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Eric Melin
It has a loose hallucinatory grip on reality and mines the same paranoiac unmotivated territory that goes hand in hand with excessive drug use 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Daniel M. Kimmel
a well crafted and serious film that will challenge viewers and will likely frustrate many 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Willie Waffle
Just because the movie is about people on drugs I shouldn t feel like I am on drugs while watching it but it has some amazing acting performances
1.5
A Scanner Darkly
Walter Chaw
Like the best science fiction A Scanner Darkly is about you plus me and the time ticking away on the remainder 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Chris Hewitt
Here are my thoughts over the course of the trippy A Scanner Darkly Intriguing Good Yes Huh Nope Nope Oh OK 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Phoebe Flowers
It often makes your brain hurt not in a good way but by the end Linklater is redeemed somewhat by the surprising strength of his story 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
David Hiltbrand
A very talky and curiously uninvolving film 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Rene Rodriguez
As plentiful as its ideas are A Scanner Darkly often feels hollow and more than a little monotonous because Linklater has not quite succeeded in overcoming the aggressively uncinematic nature of Dick s novel 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Lawrence Toppman
While Dick was a world class paranoiac his trenchant writing had bite wit and energy Linklater s slacker adaptation ambles where it should creep forward frantically 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Phil Villarreal
If it leaves you with a facial expression as stunned as that of Keanu you know Linklater and his crew have done their jobs 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Matt Brunson
There s always something eye catching on view 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Claudia Puig
A Scanner Darkly is a visually riveting mind bender inspired by drug induced experiences 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Maitland McDonagh
Richard Linklater wraps novelist Philip K Dick s paranoid prescient nightmare of addiction and identity lost down the rabbit hole in the same rotoscoped animation that helped produce the blissed out groove of his Waking Life 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Geoff Pevere
As fascinating and intelligent as the movie is A Scanner Darkly leaves you wishing it might have actually been less faithful in word and more in spirit to Philip K Dick s universe of bugged out paranoid weirdness 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Jeff Shannon
Like its protagonist Richard Linklater s A Scanner Darkly suffers from a schizoid identity crisis 
2
A Scanner Darkly
Peter Hartlaub
For science fiction fans who prefer ideas over laser battles this is the most meticulous and faithful movie adaptation of Dick s work and one of the most thoughtful 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Pam Grady
It s a grand and elegant portrait of paranoia and malfeasance set amongst society s seedy underbelly 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Lisa Rose
Aesthetically interesting as it is the film leaves you feeling somewhat blank and detached sort of like the main character 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Lou Lumenick
A Scanner Darkly doesn t quite live up to the promise of its opening sequence but it s still an audacious offering during a season of brain dead blockbusters 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Jack Mathews
Fans of the late sci fi writer Philip K Dick may rejoice at the news that Richard Linklater s A Scanner Darkly is the most faithful adaptation of one of his stories to reach the screen Unfortunately the story is one of Dick s least cinematic 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Bob Strauss
An impressive work of art A Scanner Darkly but you might need drugs to sit through it 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Liam Lacey
Richard Linklater s squiggly new film A Scanner Darkly is an ambitious attempt to find the right visual style to render the experience of drug addiction and the paranoid vision of novelist Philip K Dick into a distinctive visual form 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Andrea Gronvall
An ambitious animated adaptation of one of the most personal novels by sci fi visionary Philip K Dick 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Ty Burr
This is a movie about losing one s grip and like any addict s story it s boring ugly sad and terribly human And surprisingly funny 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the effort bringing this to the screen is certainly commendable the resulting picture is an unfortunate enigma a didactic storyboard of unfortunate moralizations we ve already seen many times before 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Jeffrey Westhoff
Linklater wants A Scanner Darkly to be a thought provoking living graphic novel But he floods the script with multiple meanings and loses himself in the hydra headed metaphors 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Kurt Loder
A real world movie that s essentially been spray painted Scanner has turned its back on one of animation s greatest strengths the playful elasticity that allows characters to stretch and soar in impossible ways 
1
A Scanner Darkly
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Richard Linklater s A Scanner Darkly does proud the tradition of cultish movies adapted from Philip K Dick stories 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Erik Childress
Very much like the drug which inhabits it splitting its own persona from paranoid druggie comedy to the sharp spiral of the addictive effects and the hopeless misguided attempts to end it all 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Peter Canavese
Richard Linklater brings a new novelty to a Dick adaptation fidelity to the source 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Glenn Kenny
One doesn t leave the movie with a mind blown by visual bedazzlement but with a soul shattered by the profound sense of tragedy Linklater and company so beautifully put across 
4
A Scanner Darkly
Gene Seymour
The risks Scanner Darkly takes both with its subject matter and its method make it difficult to dismiss 
3
A Scanner Darkly
Michael Wilmington
Watching A Scanner Darkly we can feel Philip K Dick s world close in on us And we can be glad we re only visitors 
3.5
A Scanner Darkly
Peter Travers
Embedded in the visionary headtrip of A Scanner Darkly is a hotly political call to arms 
3
A Scanner Darkly
James Berardinelli
A Scanner Darkly is always interesting but it s not always involving and it s even less often entertaining 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Matt Pais
Never quite blows your mind man visually or thematically but it s surely a head trip worth taking 
2.5
A Scanner Darkly
Jeremiah Kipp
Even though scene for scene it sticks very close to Philip K Dick s counterculture classic A Scanner Darkly feels much more like the earnest theorizing of Richard Linklater in Waking Life mode 
3
Soul Boys of the Western World
Roger Moore
Standard issue band history doc but it smartly finds depth in a particularly shallow era in pop 
3
Soul Boys of the Western World
Kyle Smith
The band wasn t that great Neither is the movie which if directed with a bit more sensitivity toward the latent comedy could have been hilarious 
2.5
Salt
Mattie Lucas
Jolie for her part is in fine form and is right at home playing the action heroine 
2.5
Salt
Jeff Beck
It s certainly not a bad movie It s got enough entertainment value to warrant a rental on a dull night at home just not enough to recommend rushing out to your local theater 
2.5
Salt
Michael Dequina
Jolie one ups Bruce Willis in DIE HARD being chased down climbing walls and blowing up sh t not only without shoes but also without underpants 
3
Salt
Wesley Lovell
A somewhat predictable genre thriller that asks the audience to accept its flawed premise and revel in the ensuing violence 
2.5
Salt
Jordan Hiller
The reason Salt succeeds is because it believes in its lunacy and goes for it in a frank but fabulous way 
3
Salt
Sean P. Means
It s a movie that gets the job done as director Phillip Noyce delivers pounding action and exciting chases with efficiency though with a slightly dour attitude 
3
Salt
Michael Smith
I should have been spending time considering why the defector would lie and why Salt would run but I couldn t get past wondering why there are so many ponderous flashbacks 
2
Salt
David Nusair
Easily the best action film not directed by Christopher Nolan to come around in quite some time 
3.5
Salt
John Beifuss
An old school trouper rather than a newfangled wink and nudger Noyce ensures that the film keeps a straight face even when Jolie s acrobatics seem more Lara Croft than Langley Virginia 
3
Salt
Lori Hoffman
Thanks to the kickass persona of Jolie Salt is a relentless spy thriller that never slows down 
3
Salt
John Wirt
Never a dull moment 
3
Salt
Kam Williams
A bombastic bells and whistles spectacular featuring a fetching two fisted femme fatale and offering precisely the sort of riveting roller coaster ride that amounts to a very welcome diversion in the midst of a sizzling summer heat wave 
3
Salt
Rossiter Drake
To Jolie s credit she is a convincing action star She can t however take the movie s reheated world tensions and make them seem fresh Long after James Bond settled his score with the Russians Salt picks up his fallen torch and wields it clumsily 
2
Salt
Keith Cohen
This movie goes back to the old school style of filmmaking without relying on gimmick laden CGI special effects Its strong suit is keeping audiences guessing as to where Salt s 
3
Salt
Scott Nash
Despite its problems Salt is still rollicking summer movie fun and a great way to dodge the heat 
3
Salt
Mike McGranaghan
A major dud a picture that isn t smart isn t fun and is really just a great big waste of time 
1.5
Salt
Matt Brunson
It stirs memories less of John le Carre and more of Yakov Smirnoff 
2
Salt
Connie Ogle
An old school spy vs spy action film complete with elaborate car and foot chases deadly sleeper agents and frosty eyed vodka shooting Soviet stalwarts who lament the fall of Communism and chortle evilly over the possibility of destroying the USA 
3
Salt
Ann Hornaday
Salt a ludicrous but somehow credible spy thriller starring Angelina Jolie delivers a swift super charged kick in the pants 
3
Salt
Joe Williams
As a consumable resource Salt goes down easy but it s lacking both nourishment and flavor 
2.5
Salt
Jennie Punter
This is a movie with a massive Cold War hangover 
2
Salt
Robert W. Butler
At every opportunity Kurt Wimmer s screenplay puts star Angelina Jolie into situations that are pure Hollywood hokum and from which no mere mortal could escape unscathed although she always does 
2
Salt
Lisa Kennedy
Thought the recently swapped Russian spy Anna Chapman was foxy Hah 
3
Salt
Lawrence Toppman
Angelina Jolie is definitely worth her salt as an action hero but Salt is never worth its Angelina Jolie 
1.5
Salt
Sean O'Connell
100 relentless pummeling minutes of double crosses misdirections and durable but disorienting action sequences
1.5
Salt
Thelma Adams
Angelina Jolie is one deadly weapon in this breathless political thriller
3
Salt
Mike Scott
A highly produced but poorly written rogue spy thriller featuring an intriguing main character that deserves a better script than this 
2
Salt
Matt Soergel
The kind of movie that figures if Angelina Jolie can jump onto the roof of one speeding truck then wouldn t it be even better if she jumped onto the roofs of three speeding trucks 
3
Salt
Robert Levin
An absurd twisty thriller that flirts at genuine intrigue before giving in to the worst impulses of subpar spy fiction 
2.5
Salt
Willie Waffle
Salt is a good movie for the first hour After that 
2
Salt
Kyle Smith
Some of the cheesiest 80s action movies were more fun than this one because their heroes were trained in a technique alien to Salt a sense of humor 
2
Salt
Alison Gang
So maybe we re not on the brink of war with Russia but this intelligent exhilarating Cold War spy fantasy almost makes you miss those days 
3.5
Salt
Chris Hewitt
Salt is swift and fairly clever if not particularly original 
2.5
Salt
Phil Villarreal
I m fairly certain Salt is not a fictional drama but instead an insider documentary on the secret life of Angelina Jolie 
3
Salt
Bob Bloom
Salt is an adrenaline rush that keeps you jumping from situation to situation so quickly that you really do not have time to think about the many implausibilities raised throughout the film 
3
Salt
Peter Canavese
Momentarily exciting but utter nonsense a Burmese Tiger Pit built over a gaping plot hole 
2.5
Salt
Michael A. Smith
I would be remiss if I didn t give mention to film editor Stuart Baird who skillfully conveys the action on screen at a breakneck pace 
3
Salt
Erik Childress
Because Salt takes itself with the poker face seriousness of the Bourne pictures only serves to make it more laughable 
2
Salt
Ethan Alter
Salt seems aware of its own silliness but that s actually part of the problem u2014the movie thinks it s more fun than it actually is 
2.5
Salt
Dustin Putman
Preposterously fun even if no motion picture named Salt should pass by without the story thickening introduction of a nemesis named Pepper 
2.5
Salt
Mick LaSalle
Its narrative strategy is to leave audiences in the dark for much of the action but each tidbit we re given fits into the broader picture The action scenes are imaginative and elaborate without seeming fake 
3
Salt
Linda Barnard
A relentlessly moving flick that cements Jolie s position as queen of the action stars 
3
Salt
Sara Michelle Fetters
Phillip Noyce s Salt is a heck of a lot of fun 
3
Salt
Duane Dudek
None of it fits together very well and if you can t see the big U turn in the plot before it occurs your multiplex occupancy permit should be revoked 
2.5
Salt
Ted Fry
The relentless pace hair raising stunts and air of affected gravitas also goes a long way in boosting Salt a rung above much of this summer s other multiplex fare as a top notch action thriller 
3
Salt
Claudia Puig
While the plot is outlandish it unspools with obvious twists and turns The film has its tense moments but instead of dazzle there s a workmanlike quality to the action sequences 
2
Salt
Steven Rea
Jolie s action vehicle is just that an action vehicle moving fast but thinking slow 
2.5
Salt
Wesley Morris
I want the Evelyn Salt workout Otherwise Salt is ridiculous 
2
Salt
Michael Phillips
Like the condiment whose name it shares director Phillip Noyce s run like hell thriller starring Angelina Jolie satisfies a basic human taste something to go with the popcorn I liked it It knows what it s doing 
3
Salt
Josh Larsen
Salt is a spy movie on the wrong side of ridiculousness 
2
Salt
Roger Ebert
It s like a rebuke to all the lousy action movie directors who ve been banging pots and pans together in our skulls It winds your clock tight and the alarm doesn t go off for 100 minutes 
4
Salt
Joe Lozito
Angelina Jolie s half baked actioner feels like it was unearthed from some pre Iron Curtain time capsule Maybe back then we would ve bought the wildly improbable plot 
1
Salt
James Berardinelli
There comes a point when it becomes difficult to take Salt seriously That would be fine if this was an intentional parody of action spy thrillers but it s not 
2.5
Salt
Peter Travers
Salt is primed to keep your pulse racing so your brain will stop thinking WTF Go with the illogic or you ll miss the fun 
3
Salt
Gary Susman
If there s not much suspense in the plotting at least there s plenty in wondering how Lara Croft oops Evelyn Salt will get out of one impossibly tight scrape after another 
2.5
Salt
Rex Reed
Salt is about as believable as a secret training program for military pilots consisting entirely of kangaroos in flight helmets But it must be said that the star carries her load admirably 
1
Salt
Ed Gonzalez
Rather than move and cut to Angelina Jolie s asphyxiating rhythm like Tom Tykwer once did to Franka Potente Phillip Noyce simply keeps out of her way 
1.5
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Matt Brunson
The weakest of the trio 
2
Go With Me
Moira MacDonald
People keep suggesting to Lillian that she just move away and never come back which seems like a fine idea If only Blackway and Blackway would do the same 
1.5
The Independent
Kevin Harley
The cast is engaging with Turner Smith making for a dogged lead and Cox captivates as the veteran pundit making one last stand for a beleaguered press 
3
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
V.A. Musetto
Preteen sexuality is a sensitive subject but director Auraeus Solito handles it with dignity never becoming exploitative 
3
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
John Anderson
A unusual and potent portrait of the Filipino undersoul 
3.5
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Keith Uhlich
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros is a lo fi Technicolor ode to this memorable protagonist a neorealist homo noir 
3.5
The Immigrant
Frank Ochieng
Beautifully realized and polished The Immigrant is a raw period piece that reminds us all about the cost for welcoming a freshly brand chapter in the pursuit of nourishing one s stagnant livelihood 
3
The Immigrant
Michael Dequina
As terrific as Cotillard is Gray s coldly cerebral style keeps Ewa s plight at too far a remove 
2.5
The Immigrant
Mal Vincent
Marion Cotillard is a tearful too lovely newcomer to a harsh America in the early 1920s 
3
The Immigrant
Clayton Davis
The Immigrant suffices as a theatrical experience in the end the appreciation for its visual and detailed nature are the only things that impress 
2.5
The Immigrant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gray creates impeccable period detail here recalling the graceful masterly images from The Godfather Part II He gets flawless performances from his actors especially Cotillard who is forced to keep so much inside 
3.5
The Immigrant
David Nusair
the writer director s attempts at eliciting an emotional response fall completely and hopelessly flat 
1.5
The Immigrant
John Beifuss
Gray is a specialist in studies of people struggling to retain their dignity in desperate morally compromising situations 
3.5
The Immigrant
Geoff Pevere
Gray s movie is an almost flawlessly articulated example of the kind of thing we like to say they just don t make any more serious adult character driven and impassioned 
3.5
The Immigrant
David Berry
Gray is one of the most deliberate of American filmmakers capable of turning an underground beating by the cops into a scene of two toned aesthetic beauty and never letting a frame go by with deep moody meaning 
3.5
The Immigrant
Peter Howell
At times Khondji s golden portraiture can make the characters seem encased in amber But there s a tremendous payoff for the patient 
3
The Immigrant
Josh Larsen
the old timey aesthetic here is so overwrought the characters seem stuck in prehistoric amber 
2
The Immigrant
G. Allen Johnson
An astonishingly beautiful irresistibly grim movie 
4
The Immigrant
Roger Moore
Labored flatly written heartlessly acted 
1.5
The Immigrant
Steven Rea
It s a little freaky to watch Phoenix go at it a smooth talking beguiler who suddenly turns stumblebum But there s nothing freakish about Cotillard 
3.5
The Immigrant
Mark Dujsik
The story is pure melodrama but director James Gray approaches the material in such a subdued way that we might be fooled otherwise 
3
The Immigrant
Peter Keough
Gray despite the rough edges manages to meld decades of melodrama into a film that is at once simple and complex morally black and white and psychologically ambiguous 
3.5
The Immigrant
John DeFore
Gray directs this handsome and evocative film with emotional restraint making its archetypal title character a living individual whose moral journey is never simple 
3.5
The Immigrant
Rafer Guzman
Its portrait of early 20th century New York a melting pot on a relentless simmer feels wrenchingly real 
3
The Immigrant
Joe Williams
From the Caruso serenade for the new arrivals at Ellis Island to the discordant reality on the other side of the golden door The Immigrant has a ringing message Succeeding in America is a dream act 
3
The Immigrant
Rene Rodriguez
The Immigrant is the fourth collaboration between Gray and Phoenix and it s their most fruitful to date 
3
The Immigrant
Matt Pais
Movingly and not always convincingly recognizes well explored truths about the land of opportunity a melting pot where many have been cooked 
2.5
The Immigrant
Robert Levin
The film cuts through the mythology to offer an uncompromising vision that regards the decision to immigrate as the brave difficult one it is 
3.5
The Immigrant
Dan Callahan
The Immigrant has many moments of exceptional power and rare delicacy 
3
The Immigrant
Stephen Whitty
Call it a novelistic film if you must But know that it is a cinematic film too And above all a James Gray one 
3.5
The Immigrant
Claudia Puig
What predominates is a dully morose overheated and implausible story 
2
The Immigrant
Peter Travers
It s Cotillard recalling icons of the silent screen whose face reflects the bruised heart of The Immigrant a timeless film from a director whose work rewards the closest attention 
3
The Immigrant
Matthew Kassel
Neither Ewa nor Bruno has much depth and often come off as stock characters in a movie with little new to offer about the immigrant experience 
2.5
The Immigrant
Jake Coyle
Gray has said he was inspired by Puccini and with a staggering last shot The Immigrant reaches a crescendo of operatic beauty 
3.5
The Immigrant
Ed Gonzalez
In its stripped down realism and blistering fixation on its main character s grappling with life and mortality the film is kin to Roberto Rossellini s collaborations with Ingrid Bergman 
3.5
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Mick LaSalle
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed is subtle in the truest sense in that it says and suggests much and does so definitely but through a minimum of means 
4
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Tom Keogh
Smart and delightful 
3.5
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Roger Moore
Half a century after The Beatles here s a Spanish film that reminds us just what that music represented to their first generation of fans freedom and a connection with others touched by the same songs the world over 
3.5
The Girl in Black Stockings
Matt Brunson
Solid performances and an unexpected ending raise this above the level of a standard programmer 
2.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
James Berardinelli
They Shall Not Grow Old isn t just a compelling motion picture it s an important slice of cinema 
3.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The testimonials that follow the images from the draft to the end of the war come from across the social spectrum of the British Empire Full review in Spanish 
3
They Shall Not Grow Old
Dann Gire
It s like sending a 21st century filmmaking crew back to the turn of the last century to create an epic tale of intimately personal scope 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Linda Cook
You re liable to leave the theater with the strains of Mademoiselle from Armentieres ringing in your ears and visuals that will haunt you possibly for years 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Mattie Lucas
A unique cinematic experience that offers a rare glimpse into a nearly forgotten war that has never felt as tangible as it does here 
3
They Shall Not Grow Old
Michael Phillips
There s a lot to debate here and a lot to admire 
3
They Shall Not Grow Old
James Kendrick
brings the past into the present in a truly unique way
3
They Shall Not Grow Old
Josh Terry
A moving and valuable tribute to a war that comparatively speaking doesn t get so much attention on the big screen Jackson s effort is welcomed even if it s hard to watch 
3
They Shall Not Grow Old
Michael Medved
I don t think we ll ever come closer to understanding and experiencing what ordinary fighting men went through in this global conflict 
3.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
Anita Katz
This is a war picture like none we ve ever seen and the latest example of the grand gripping humane potential of the big screen 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Mick LaSalle
They Shall Not Grow Old shows that actually seeing something is different from knowing it intellectually or even from imagining it The effect of this is moving and profound 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Maren Longbella
It takes you into the trenches in a whole new way 
3.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
Michael O'Sullivan
For whatever reason They Shall Not Grow Old has the effect of a window that has never before been thrown open so wide 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Sonny Bunch
A truly fascinating cinematic document the sort of thing that shows the power and the limitations of the artform to transport audiences through space and time 
3
They Shall Not Grow Old
Jordan Hoffman
Jackson s use of editing is extraordinary 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Chandler Levack
A powerful tribute to every veteran and one of the most empathetic portraits of war ever created 
4
They Shall Not Grow Old
Roger Moore
Immersive but the colorization is rather less impressive than the hype would have us believe
2.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
Mark Dujsik
In some respects it s almost unfair to label the film as a simple documentary In a way it serves as a living monument to the memories of these soldiers 
3.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
Robert Daniels
They Shall Not Grow Old is a fascinating exposition told with reverence and stunning colorization of these men who fought the war they thought would end all wars 
3.5
They Shall Not Grow Old
Scout Tafoya
Once again Jackson has translated something that s growing ancient into a series of images and ideas a modern audience will be able to grasp And if we can make sense of the image we can hopefully make sense of the horror it portends 
4
Impulse
Steve Rhodes
Impulse is better and much more realistic than Closer 
3.5
The Kissing Booth
Roger Moore
Tone shifting cute teen rom com that becomes less young teen suitable and more clumsy and ham handed the longer it runs 
2
Barbara
Brian Eggert
Barbara finds Petzold at his best questioning borders and exploring human melodrama under the shadow of politically charged contexts 
4
Barbara
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a remarkably subtle movie spending most of its energy zeroing in on the clenched face of its heroine looking for cracks 
3
Barbara
Chris Hewitt
A quietly absorbing character study 
3
Barbara
Rob Thomas
That sense of nervous dislocation that the viewer feels in the first few scenes Where am I Who is this person Is she friend or foe efficently evokes the muted terror that its characters feel 
3
Barbara
Walter V. Addiego
The movie examines the possibility of maintaining one s humanity in a truly oppressive society 
3
Barbara
Steven Rea
Hoss wearing her blond hair pulled back tight and wearing an expression of inscrutable melancholy gives a performance that doesn t feel like a performance at all 
4
Barbara
Sheila O'Malley
This is well trod ground for Petzold but never has it been so fully realized so palpable as in Barbara 
3.5
Barbara
Rick Groen
Sometimes the sun shines and the wind blows fresh and the very elements that make for intense hardship also open a window on intense joy 
3
Barbara
Linda Barnard
Hoss is mesmerizing as a woman who holds it all together to the point of losing herself 
3
Barbara
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a quiet film built of careful details 
4
Barbara
Ann Hornaday
Barbara re visits the quiet everyday tragedies of the Iron Curtain era when paranoia ran deep and for very good reasons 
3
Barbara
Soren Andersen
Hoss acting is a marvel of subtlety her body language is precisely calibrated to reveal a great deal about the character s inner feelings by the slightest changes of posture and facial expression 
3
Barbara
Wesley Morris
The movie s quiet power comes from its air of meticulously maintained suspicion 
3
Barbara
John Anderson
A sturdy suspense story set in Stasi infected East Germany rich in moral compromise individual integrity and general desperation it s elevated by Hoss to something sublime and unforgettable 
4
Barbara
Gerald Peary
Somehow in this stirring narrative Barbara manages to keep hold of her principles and her humanity and courage and battles to save a dissident teenage girl whose life the Communists are trying to destroy 
4
Barbara
John Semley
Most compelling in Barbara Christian Petzold s latest is the way the filmmaker adeptly conducts his tides of Cold War paranoia 
3
The Sunshine Boys
Kathleen Carroll
The Sunshine Boys views the afflictions of old age with compassion and understanding and makes these two characters as endearing as they are comical 
3.5
The Sunshine Boys
Gene Siskel
I got tired of all the yelling and screaming in gag form especially because Matthau never convinced me his character was 73 years old 
2
The Sunshine Boys
David Nusair
suffers from a terminally arms length atmosphere that s compounded by filmmaker Herbert Ross stagy approach to the material 
1.5
The Sunshine Boys
Matt Brunson
Matthau delivers one of the great comedic performances and Simon feeds him one killer quip after another 
3.5
Grass
James Kendrick
makes a strong case ultimately arguing for the futility of the war on drugs particularly a drug like marijuana
3.5
Grass
Roger Ebert
The film is unlikely to tell many of its viewers anything they don t already know and unlikely to change our national drug policy 
2
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Chris Knight
It would be nicer to hear more about the business side of things but the passion shown by the participants is infectious 
2.5
The Factory
David Nusair
The degree to which The Factory fizzles out is ultimately nothing short of devastating 
1.5
Deerskin
Sean P. Means
If there s a weakness in Deerskin it s an underwhelming final payoff but considering how Dupieux s fascinating set up paints the movie into a corner perhaps no ending would have worked 
3
Deerskin
Rob Thomas
This is the sort of film meant to be seen on the big screen surrounded by an audience So that you can all meet in the lobby afterward and say What the hell was that to each other 
2.5
Deerskin
Anita Katz
Haenel who brings an almost feral quality to the eager Denise who becomes Georges complicit collaborator also is excellent though the film belongs to Dujardin 
2.5
Deerskin
Tom Meek
A trippy arthouse horror film that s tedious and arousing at the same time 
2.5
Deerskin
Joe Friar
Jean Dujardin is fascinated with his suede jacket in this rousing tale of madness that marks a change for Dupieux who shifts the lunacy from the situation that most of his previous characters have found themselves in to the actual characters themselves 
3
Deerskin
Simon Abrams
Georges descent into madness is never as immediately compelling as it is theoretically clever 
2.5
Deerskin
Mark Dujsik
The movie is weird but despite Dujardin s pointedly unnerving performance it s also a shallow one 
2
Deerskin
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Dujardin keeps Georges innocent almost paternally daffy as he shuffles toward madness 
3
Deerskin
Johnny Oleksinski
We learn very few specific details about this somewhat monotonous guy and yet that vagueness makes him and his quest more relatable 
3
Deerskin
Ty Burr
Brisk brief and blissfully strange Deerskin could only have come from the possibly alien brain of France s Quentin Dupieux 
3
Deerskin
Mick LaSalle
Deerskin is funny weird and original it features two charismatic stars and it does everything it needs to do in only 77 minutes 
3
Deerskin
Joey Magidson
Jean Dujardin is great in Deerskin selling every weird bit The mix of comedy and horror by Quentin Dupieux is very much in his wheelhouse but more accessible than usual 
3
Deerskin
Chuck Bowen
In Deerskin Quentin Dupieux mines the absurdism that is his signature with newfound forcefulness 
3
Deerskin
David Nusair
As bizarre and oddball as one might ve anticipated 
3
Our Town
James Kendrick
today it seems quite dated in its theatrical clunkiness
2.5
Venus in Fur
Brian Eggert
Charming 44 thought provoking 44 and bound to incite conversation 44 Venus in Fur apos s greatest quality is that 44 through all of its devilish joys 44 Seigner and Amalric infuse the film with an unexpected depth of feeling 46 
3.5
Venus in Fur
Mattie Lucas
An erotic firecracker of a movie at once coy and vivacious fascinating and mysterious 
3
Venus in Fur
Lisa Jensen
Venus In Fur is a saucy bit of chicanery but so deft and entertaining we re happy to be seduced 
3
Venus in Fur
Brandy McDonnell
Between the excellent performances and Alexandre Desplat s sly score Polanski s film nails the story s power plays mind games and wicked humor even if the latter becomes garish by the end 
3
Venus in Fur
Rob Thomas
In both style and substance Venus in Fur feels tossed off a finger exercise to get Polanski warmed up for another project 
2
Venus in Fur
John Beifuss
Polanski seems to revel in defeating the limitations imposed by this stagey project which may be among the most personal of his career a movie that laughs at pain and sex and the absurdity of life even as it acknowledges life s terror and wonder 
3.5
Venus in Fur
Mark Dujsik
The shifting power dynamics between the characters and the roles they are playing are enthralling 
3
Venus in Fur
John Wirt
A grand seduction staged in an intimate space 
3
Venus in Fur
Walter Chaw
A mature film but not an elderly one
3.5
Venus in Fur
Duane Dudek
Venus in Fur the disturbing and provocative Roman Polanski film of David Ives Broadway play portrays a power struggle between the object of obsession and the eye of the beholder 
3
Venus in Fur
Joe Williams
Venus in Fur is a stellar achievement 
3.5
Venus in Fur
Glenn Lovell
S M dance or feminist tract Late career breather or Polanski answering his harshest critics A cagey two hander with tour de force turn by the sexy Seigner 
3
Venus in Fur
Steven Rea
Wickedly smart and wickedly playful Roman Polanski s adaptation of David Ives Tony nominated Venus in Fur works on so many levels it s almost dizzying 
4
Venus in Fur
John Hartl
Never underestimate Roman Polanski 
3.5
Venus in Fur
Ty Burr
Whether you like it or not Roman Polanski is a great artist and even the minor films of his fugitive decades glimmer with the claustrophobia and sardonic bleakness of his greatest work 
3
Venus in Fur
Stephanie Merry
One thing that makes the dialogue heavy movie so compelling and also something that Polanski does so well is an undercurrent of dread 
3
Venus in Fur
Mick LaSalle
Pay attention to the camera and you will see that Polanski is a clinician He is in the thrall of no one 
3
Venus in Fur
Carla Meyer
Seigner s and Amalric s ability to move seamlessly between play and film dialogue reflects not just acting ability but years of experience as working performers 
3
Venus in Fur
Clayton Davis
If you re looking for a vivacious and magnetic performance you can t do much better than Emmanuelle Seigner for this year so far That s likely your main and only reason to catch it 
2
Venus in Fur
Matt Zoller Seitz
You d be hard pressed to imagine a more seemingly perfect match of director and material than Roman Polanski and Venus in Fur Too bad it isn t a wickeder subtler more imaginative movie 
2
Venus in Fur
Stephen Whitty
Polanski s direction of his performers is assured His camerawork is precise And the power games moving shifting constantly surprising and inescapably queasily conflating art and artist hold us in their thrall 
3
Venus in Fur
Jake Coyle
Roman Polanski Sadomasochism What could possibly go wrong 
3
Venus in Fur
Roger Moore
Polanski revisits his kinky past with this stage adaptation that cuts close to the bone 
3
Venus in Fur
Jesse Cataldo
After years of respectable filmmaking it s refreshing to witness a reinvigorated Roman Polanski willing to once again delve deep into seedy psychodrama 
3
Venus in Fur
Kent Turner
Polanski knows the jig is up this is a beautifully framed mounting of a play filmed elegantly with simply composed shots 
3
Iris
Kam Williams
Reverential biopic examining the career and eclectic wardrobe collected by a flamboyant 94 year old fashionista 
3.5
Iris
John Beifuss
It s a tribute from one innovator to another The movie s director is Albert Maysles one of cinema s most celebrated nonfiction filmmakers 
3
Iris
Marty Mapes
Albert Maysles and Iris Apfel show what it s like to be working into your 80s and 90s
2.5
Iris
Rob Thomas
Iris could be seen as a primer on how to grow old gracefully how to hold onto what matters and jettison what you have no use for And to look damn good doing it 
3
Iris
Nathalie Atkinson
A flurry of excitement greets her wherever she goes throughout the adulation she is appreciative patiently bemused a little cranky and only occasionally tickled 
3
Iris
Steven Rea
Iris is an absolute kick whether or not you care a whit about the world this character is moving through And she is a character with her big round glasses and her big opinions 
3.5
Iris
Chris Knight
It s a fitting almost finale for Maysles looking at a life lived to the fullest and still going strong Apfel is 93 
3
Iris
Linda Barnard
Flamboyantly fashionable and filter free 93 year old Iris Apfel is a delightfully quirky muse for legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles s final solo film Iris 
3.5
Iris
Ann Hornaday
Iris serves as a spirited often dazzling primer in how to fight the dying of the light and feel fabulous while doing it 
3.5
Iris
Robert Levin
When Iris holds court on the importance of living a full life refusing to slow down because of the whims of Father Time you can feel that she s speaking for Maysles too 
3
Iris
John Anderson
Intimate knowing portrait of a fashion icon who knows exactly who and what she is and is often surrounded by people who don t 
3
Iris
Walter V. Addiego
The chief virtue of Iris is its amiability it s a delight to spend time in Apfel s company and thanks to Albert Maysles we can 
3
Iris
Farran Smith Nehme
When she says It s better to be happy than well dressed there are a lot of folks you hope get the message 
3
Iris
Luke Goodsell
Iris never feigns importance as a documentary and is all the richer for it 
3
Iris
Godfrey Cheshire
Maysles was undoubtedly the ideal cameraman to enter Iris life and simply observe her non stop activity and his visual eloquence is an understated but constant asset to Iris 
3
Iris
Roger Moore
A singular eccentric and fashion icon gets a nice direct cinema documentary profile by the late Albert Maysles 
3
Iris
Chuck Bowen
Albert Maysles s portrait of Iris Apfel gradually emerges with cathartic clarity without compromising her inherent mystery 
3.5
Iris
Kristin Tillotson
An interest in fashion is not required to enjoy and admire this truly original character 
3
Overboard
Matt Brunson
This popular piece of piffle from director Garry Marshall who made his career in piffle mainly stays afloat thanks to the presence of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell 
2.5
Overboard
David Nusair
a bizarre setup that s employed to mostly watchable and genial effect 
2.5
Overboard
Richard Freedman
The whole film comes off as an unfunny nightmarish anti feminist version of The Taming of the Shrew 
1
Overboard
Gene Siskel
Why Kurt Russell wouldn t simply leave Goldie Hawn alone is just one of the film s flaws 
1.5
Overboard
Peter Canavese
Marshall s sunny sitcomedic comedies tend to be kinda bad but also compulsively watchable and this one s no exception Blu ray 
2
Overboard
Roger Ebert
A warm and funny movie 
3
Something Better to Come
Kam Williams
Heartbreaking biopic chronicling a dumpster diving 10 year old s day to day struggle to survive while living in a Russian junkyard 
4
Steelyard Blues
David Nusair
An absolutely worthless interminable piece of work 
0
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Brian Eggert
What comes as a shock is how the Hollywood adaptation has maintained many of the most controversial and un commercial elements of the story delivering a narrative with themes of terrorism violence as entertainment entertainment as propaganda 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Mattie Lucas
The filmmakers saved the best for last pulling out all the stops and delivering a film that is both heart stopping and heartbreaking 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Frank Ochieng
Now with the conclusive The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 ardent and casual fans of this imaginative and charged film franchise will get a chance to soak in the cinematic experience that has carried them through this durable trilogy 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Brandy McDonnell
The series capper boasts its share of eye popping action movie spectacle but like Collins novels it forces viewers to deal with grim losses while nailing the book s shocking climax 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still a strong effort and I respect the heck out of the filmmakers collective efforts to maintain thematic fidelity to the overarching ideas Collins novels deftly end up exploring 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Wesley Lovell
A satisfying conclusion to a brilliant series of films that show us the dangers of the oligarchy 
4
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Eric Melin
I understand that YA books succeed by transposing real teen concerns into life and death fantasy situations but any connection to the characters that existed by the end of 2013 s Catching Fire has been stripped away by these plodding Mockingjay movies 
1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
John Serba
It s frustrating to watch the Jennifer Lawrence be marched from plot point to plot point just getting things over with 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Walter Chaw
the last hour of Hunger Games 3 2 is good enough that deeper readings of this text would actually hold water in a way that previous attempts to politicize it have failed 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
James Kendrick
action and theme don t always cohere and what s good in the film too often has to be dug out from under a lot of underwhelming excess
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
John Beifuss
Affirms Katniss Everdeen s status as the most significant of the reluctant teen heroes who have battled adult tyranny in the fantasy movie series of the past few decades and no I m not forgetting Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
David Keyes
If anything is certain beyond the wavering quality of this series it s that it has always remained focused on the immense strength of its very dedicated heroine 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Linda Cook
It s a fitting finale to a much loved franchise 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
John Hanlon
A fitting ending to a strong series this final chapter offers the action that audiences would hope for and the emotional climax that fans deserve 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s pretty obvious this last book could ve been reduced to a single film Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
John Wirt
It s too long and padded but on balance Mockingjay Part 2 wins That s a tribute to Jennifer Lawrence s commitment to Katniss and to some of the strongest action scenes in the series 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Scott Nash
A satisfying conclusion to this enjoyable series 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Matt Brunson
The picture benefits from its relentless bleakness as decent people die unexpectedly personal traumas continue to haunt many of the characters and Katniss learns that when it comes to government plus ça change plus c est la même chose 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Robert Horton
The good news is that The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 reminds us of why Collins dystopian trilogy caught fire in the first place 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Mike McGranaghan
A satisfactory if unspectacular conclusion Anyone who has been invested in the saga will likely have sufficient interest in how the complex story resolves itself but it s odd that the franchise goes out on its weakest note 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Anita Katz
Mockingjay should have ended last year instead of being split in half for reasons involving only the box office 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Bob Bloom
Mockingjay 2 is so serious that any sense of adventure quickly dissipates until its nonexistent 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Josh Terry
The final Hunger Games movie should have been triumphant Instead Mockingjay Part 2 finishes with the resignation of a teenager who has finally been nagged into cutting the grass 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Dan Schindel
The Hunger Games adds up to little more than an adolescent feel good tale about an evil dictatorship getting overthrown by a bunch of teenagers 
1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Christian Toto
Mockingjay Part 2 might be a wake up call for teens who think revolutions don t come with strings attached 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Willie Waffle
Just when you are about to give up on the film as nothing more than a mindless exercise going through the motions they find the spark 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Julia Cooper
This revenge plot animates Mockingjay Part 2 with a satisfying rage 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
James Berardinelli
The Hunger Games movies began with much promise but after the pinnacle of Catching Fire it has been a slog to the finish line We re finally there and I feel more exhausted than fulfilled 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Sara Stewart
The final installment of the Hunger Games franchise manages to give us everything we ve been waiting for and still underwhelm 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Anders Wright
Yes it s solid enough and a satisfying conclusion but with all of that in mind The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 is also strictly by the book 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Steven Rea
If Mockingjay Part 1 was walkier and talkier than its forerunners Part 2 is pretty much all action and lesser for it 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Brad Keefe
The sheer amount of proceedings make for a sometimes sluggish pace but the wild ride of the conclusion brings things to a satisfying close 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Michael Smith
In a world with too many teen movies about nothing the Hunger Games films have always been about something 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Mark Dujsik
Everything The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 wants to say comes fast and heavy handed as the plot reaches its conclusion 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Ty Burr
Katniss is a Joan of Arc for a generation of reluctant warriors and Mockingjay Part 2 is a war movie for those distrustful of any and all leaders especially the ones trying to sell you on a future 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Lawrence Toppman
Even Lawrence looks tired She gives of her best in a few emotional scenes but slogs through the rest as if completing a homework assignment she didn t want to do but had to finish to graduate from an obligatory class 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Loey Lockerby
Wraps up the story in spectacular deeply satisfying fashion 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Dann Gire
Ridiculous Pretentious Frustrating Yet curiously satisfying 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Gail Pennington
An exciting involving finale streamlining the complicated end game of Collins story without shortchanging the climactic action 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Peter Howell
What began so promisingly as a dystopian saga of gladiatorial games resonating with current global fears has turned into just another dull race for the almighty dollar 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Chris Knight
The overall tone of the film is deliciously dark 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Kent Turner
The heroine goes out with a whimper in an unusually subdued conclusion for a film franchise that has kept the momentum going often at a roller coaster pace 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Michael O'Sullivan
As the dystopian epic s emotional moral and physical heart Lawrence once again delivers the best reason to stick with it 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Dustin Putman
The best was saved for last as The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 elevates the respectable YA novel to film saga to new heights 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Peter Travers
Even when the Hunger Games series gets winded pimping old tricks Lawrence is the oxygen that brings it back to life 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Christy Lemire
The stakes are higher because this is the end It really is this time but the first hour or so of returning director Francis Lawrence s film is legitimately nap inducing 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Mick LaSalle
The concluding installment of the Hunger Games series is not the insult and embarrassment that the first Mockingjay was but a person would have to be very young to take it seriously 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Soren Andersen
It s all very complicated And thanks to the depth of feeling the three principal actors bring to their performances undeniably powerful 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Randy Myers
The Games might be over but let s hope new chapters come soon in the form of more blockbuster franchises anchored around a strong female action hero and with an actress of the caliber of Lawrence 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Rafer Guzman
Mockingjay Part 2 deserves credit for incorporating real world themes like media manipulation terrorism and power vacuums but its somber faced hand wringing treatment can be tough to take seriously 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Richard Roeper
Mockingjay Part 2 is a grim dark trippy violent and sometimes just plain bizarre journey which makes for a fitting if uneven conclusion to a film series that s always been weird 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Josh Larsen
Hunger Games I don t know you anymore 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Jake Cole
It careens from carnage to group therapy so wildly that the action never gets to build and the conversations just repeat themselves 
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Michael Phillips
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 brings the four film saga of Katniss Everdeen and her revolutionary war to a dutiful fairly satisfying if undeniably attenuated conclusion 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Peter Canavese
If the franchise continues to feel a bit dull heavy on the drama and light on the excitement with pageantry long in the rear view there s a respectable purity in the films political cynicism and populist fervor 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Matt Pais
Feels like the dead air when a politician finishes a point before the allotted time has run out 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Brian Truitt
Every journey has to come to a close at some point and while it s not a perfect exit for Katniss it s one where she gets to put her bow arrow and big heart to good use 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Roger Moore
Two hours and seventeen minutes of unrelenting tedium 
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Rick Bentley
Despite all of the ills there is something satisfying about getting to the end of this film franchise 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Rene Rodriguez
Grim relentless and immensely satisfying The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 sends out the dystopian sci fi franchise on a feel bad high 
3
Salafistes
Kam Williams
A chilling documentary banned in France but available in America despite fatwas thanks to this country s undying commitment to freedom of speech 
3
Salafistes
Roger Moore
Damning in their own words look at jihadism and its mostly in this documentary African adherents 
3
King of New York
Juan Carlos Coto
Unfortunately King of New York can t tear itself from its low rent heart 
2.5
King of New York
Alan French
Combining the gangster film with the rise of hip hop in the late 1980s 44 and the film carries itself 44 unlike any crime film that had ever existed 46 
3.5
King of New York
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ferrara s dangerous vision of the city at night goes beyond what most creampuff directors are capable of he gets to the core of everything from the silent dark windows of towering penthouses to the vicious rattling of crime ridden subways 
3.5
King of New York
Janet Maslin
Ferrara works unapologetically in B movie territory but does it with A movie style 
4
King of New York
Roger Ebert
Walken is one of the few undeniably charismatic male villains of recent years he can generate a snakelike charm that makes his worst characters the most memorable and here he operates on pure style 
2
King of New York
Chris Hicks
Ferrara is so obsessed with giving King of New York an artsy edgy improvisational feel that he doesn t seem to realize what he has here is really just another angry gangster picture 
2
Young Yakuza
Jeff Shannon
Ultimately the viewer is left in the same bind as the filmmakers wishing we d been able to follow Naoki s apprenticeship to its traditional conclusion and beyond 
2.5
Young Yakuza
V.A. Musetto
If you re expecting a real life version of a bloody Takashi Miike movie forget it 
2
Brazilian Wavy
Kam Williams
Live by the perm die by the perm and go out in style 
3
French Exit
Linda Cook
French Exit is a quirky dramedy with Michelle Pfeiffer in a role she was born to play 
3
French Exit
Lisa Trifone
Deliciously funny in its droll execution 
3.5
French Exit
Tom Meek
Not all of it gels but Frances and Malcolm s indignant arrogance is a powerful magnet chin up eyes down the nose judging the rest of the world with bare pockets 
2.5
French Exit
Leo Brady
I am on the side of constant intrigue where Azazel Jacobs does an excellent job crafting a narrative around a myriad of people that could have their own story 
3
French Exit
Moira MacDonald
French Exit isn t without its pleasures but you watch it dreaming of the movie it might have been 
2
French Exit
Peter Howell
A lively film that I d describe as screwball meets surreal Pfeiffer is the main draw as she spends and rages a shooting star in the City of Lights 
3
French Exit
Kevin Carr
The Achilles heel to this movie is it seems to exist for no other reason than as award bait for Michelle Pfeiffer as good as she does in this movie 
2
French Exit
Rob Thomas
It s those small pleasures that make French Exit worth seeing even when its overall structure doesn t quite hold together 
2.5
French Exit
Richard Roeper
French Exit has a few grace notes in its final chapter with Pfeiffer delivering beautifully subtle work as Frances comes to terms with her fate but it s too little far too late 
2
French Exit
Jeff Mitchell
French Exit loses its way 
1.5
Incarnate
David Nusair
Incarnate s overtly positive elements including a typically engaging turn by Eckhart are eventually rendered moot 
1.5
Incarnate
Linda Cook
Easily one of the worst films of 2016 
.5
Incarnate
Josh Terry
Director Brad Peyton may have wrapped up his film in the trappings of demonic possession but inside that packaging is a watered down Inception laced with a mild horror aftertaste 
1
Incarnate
Roger Moore
Dullness incarnate 
1
Incarnate
Peter Sobczynski
Incarnate is such a pointless bit of hackwork that it almost makes the recent horror dud Shut In seem focused by comparison 
.5
Incarnate
Phil Villarreal
The Exorcist meets Inception in the head spinning affair Incarnation 
3
Ek Aur Ek Gyraah
Namrata Joshi
The only thing I d remember in the film is Govinda s singing 
1
Director's Cut: A Killer Comedy
David Nusair
It s not the terrible acting or obvious low budget that I object to but rather the lame storyline and complete lack of scares 
1.5
Save the Last Dance
Michael Dequina
Ultimately this talented twosome Stiles and Thomas can only do so much with a script that continually lets them down at about every turn 
2
Save the Last Dance
Jim Shelby
Sara s got a sense of humor about how very uncool she is and she proves to be a game girl 
2.5
Save the Last Dance
Liam Lacey
A refreshingly friendly view of a romance between people of different pigmentation an area where more respectable pictures still wimp out 
2.5
Save the Last Dance
Mark Dujsik
The leads shine and the relationship really grew on me There s not much more to ask for in a movie like this 
3
Save the Last Dance
Jorge Avila Andrade
Lo que salva a la pelcula de ser un fracaso total son las slidas actuaciones de Stiles y Thomas 
2.5
Save the Last Dance
Ian Mantgani
A surprisingly effective piece of work 
3
Save the Last Dance
Mike McGranaghan
This movie recognizes the value of dance and of love I walked out of the theater feeling very happy 
3
Save the Last Dance
Joe Baltake
Whatever happened to wanting to dance simply because it s fun 
1.5
Save the Last Dance
Jeff Vice
There s a nice little dance movie waiting to step out of Save the Last Dance Unfortunately the story keeps tripping it up 
2
Save the Last Dance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the movie suffers from cornball plot twists and clunky dialogue here and there it stays true to itself an admirable trait 
2.5
Save the Last Dance
Susan Stark
It pays knowing respect not only to high school social politics but also to racial politics among today s young people 
3
Save the Last Dance
Wesley Morris
This movie would sooner see Derrick help Sara fulfill her Juilliard destiny than acknowledge how hard he worked to get into G Town It s profoundly square screen writing 
2
Save the Last Dance
Susan Wloszczyna
This skin deep MTV Films production is more about promoting soundtrack sales than social causes 
2
Save the Last Dance
Roger Ebert
The setup promises cliches but the development is intelligent the characters are more complicated than we expect and the ending doesn t tie everything up in a predictable way 
3
Save the Last Dance
Pam Grady
Packed with so many stereotypes and clichs that it strays into offensive territory 
2
Save the Last Dance
James Berardinelli
The work of Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas elevates Save the Last Dance to a level where it is not only watchable but moderately entertaining 
2.5
Save the Last Dance
Rob Blackwelder
The plot is ultimately more teen drama gimmick than it is an actors showcase or a vehicle for altruistic insight 
2.5
Batman vs. Robin
Mike McGranaghan
Bolstered by a compelling story that features one of the most intriguing elements in Batman mythology the film ranks among the best in the series so far 
3.5
Before the Flood
Shane Slater
A compelling argument for necessary action to combat climate change 
3
Before the Flood
Nick Allen
Another global warming warning sign more honorable in its intentions than in having a distinct voice to ultimately make a difference 
2
Before the Flood
Keith Watson
Before the Flood s focus on elite solutionism effectively erases the role of popular agitation in formulating social change 
2
Empties
Greg Quill
In Empties father son Czech collaborators in the Oscar winning Kolya focus on how poorly a cantankerous high school teacher adapts to what amounts to forced retirement 
3
Empties
Kate Taylor
Sverak s work anchors a cast that delivers a series of delicately executed performances as the actors bring to life a great range of lightly comic characters 
3
First Comes Love
Farran Smith Nehme
Davenport makes desultory attempts to bring in other mothers but she is not an interviewer adept at drawing out scintillating observations 
1
First Comes Love
Wes Greene
Nina Davenport doesn t seem interested in taming her unwieldy vanity and thus her documentary reads as a Match com profile recontextualized as cinema narcissismo 
1.5
The Cellar
Steven Prokopy
The film is little more than a bunch of people creeping around attempting to figure out what is real what isnt and why we should care either way 
2
The Cellar
Kevin Carr
Even though there are elements of the story that are very familiar it has enough freshness to it to catch my eye 
2.5
The Cellar
Simon Abrams
The most immediate problem with The Cellar is that everybody but Cuthbert seems to have made this movie on autopilot 
2
The Cellar
Mark Dujsik
Sometimes it s better just to leave a mystery as a mystery 
1.5
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Maitland McDonagh
British documentarian Peter Bate frames a mix of archival materials and re creations with a trial at which Leopold listens to testimony against him from within a wood and glass booth 
3.5
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
V.A. Musetto
Bate is to be congratulated for reminding the world of Leopold s wickedness even if he does OD on re enactments 
2.5
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Elizabeth Weitzman
A journey into the original heart of darkness Peter Bate s uneven but immensely important documentary examines the shameful history of Belgium s King Leopold II 
2.5
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Ed Gonzalez
Evokes the ignorance of a country that would rather look up to its ugly past than down 
2.5
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Sean P. Means
There s a good amount to Fitzgerald s own voice both in interviews and her music throughout director Leslie Woodhead s thorough documentary 
3
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Steven Prokopy
The documentary accomplishes a great and difficult balancing act appealing to both newcomers to Fitzgerald s music as well as long time fans who just want to see and hear anything rare from their idol 
3
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Anita Katz
Both Fitzgerald fans and those for whom she s a mere name from the past will be impressed 
3
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
G. Allen Johnson
The best thing about Ella Fitzgerald Just One of Those Things other than the music is the way it evokes an era and reminds us that its subject was one of the great voices of the 20th century 
3
Everything Relative
Edward Guthmann
A mixed bag 
2
Everything Relative
Joe Baltake
With no distinct storyline or one strong individual character to lead the way the film comes to feel patched together 
1
Everything Relative
Jeff Vice
There s nothing here that hasn t been done before a million times and at least a million times better 
1.5
Mannequin
David Nusair
Silly yet basically watchable 
2.5
Mannequin
Roger Ebert
This movie is a real curiosity It s dead I don t mean it s bad A lot of bad movies are fairly throbbing with life Mannequin is dead The wake lasts 1 1 2 hours and then we can leave the theater 
0.5
Mannequin
William Wolf
Both lead performers are affable It s the material that sinks them 
1
Mannequin
Dave Kehr
There s some solid talent here but Gottlieb s overemphatic direction reduces them all to broad caricature the kind of crazed mugging that isn t often seen outside the boundaries of Saturday morning kiddie shows 
1
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
David Nusair
half a complete waste of time and half a midnight movie friendly endeavor that could only benefit from a raucous screening 
1.5
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Eric Henderson
Though Part 2 isn t much more dignified than its predecessor at the very least its isolated pleasures have a culminating effect 
2.5
The Price of Family
Roger Moore
One can abide many things from a screen comedy 44 but 8220 pointlessness 8221 is a real hard sell for me 46 
1.5
Five Deadly Venoms
Matt Brunson
It sports an irresistible premise 
3
Hell and Back Again
Linda Barnard
We re left to decide which wounds go the deepest those from Afghanistan or those caused by the confusion and emotional barrages he continues to suffer in America 
3.5
Hell and Back Again
Roger Ebert
In its closing scenes Hell and Back Again builds to an emotional and stylistic power that we didn t see coming 
3.5
Hell and Back Again
Wesley Morris
Dennis s film attempts something few documentaries have to inhabit the psyche of its subject 
3.5
Hell and Back Again
Gerald Peary
Hell and Back Again offers a potent documentary correlative to the narrative of The Hurt Locker 
3.5
Hell and Back Again
Michael O'Sullivan
The film suggests that it doesn t really matter whether Harris ever gets back in uniform He s forever carrying around a piece of unexploded ordnance in his head 
3
Hell and Back Again
Tirdad Derakhshani
Lays bare the truth of war its hellish quality with such power you re not likely to look at this or any other conflict the same way again 
3.5
Hell and Back Again
Walter V. Addiego
The director has no intention of making a prefab antiwar statement He simply wants to show us an experience just as it happened and let the chips fall where they may 
3
Hell and Back Again
V.A. Musetto
Dennis refuses to push a political agenda down viewers throats But the message of his film a breathlessly paced look at the realities of war is clear War and its aftermath are indeed hell 
3
Hell and Back Again
Lauren Wissot
Danfung Dennis s documentary isn t content to merely capture warriors in combat 
2.5
A Murder in the Park
Moira MacDonald
A Murder in the Park with a whopper of a twist near the end is often mesmerizing even as its story remains unfinished Justice in this case seems to remain elusive 
2.5
A Murder in the Park
Mark Dujsik
The film is meticulous in presenting its argument 
3
A Murder in the Park
Godfrey Cheshire
Besides being a riveting true crime story A Murder in the Park is a film that makes a powerful case that some cherished liberal beliefs aren t always congruent with the truth in fact sometimes they are the exact opposite 
3.5
A Murder in the Park
Clayton Dillard
Its wholly complex and provocative social pleas slip too frequently into the seedy realm of journalistic exploitation 
2.5
Village of the Damned
Dorothy Masters
Consistent underplay highlights sinister nuances with deft direction and timing adding tension to an appalling conjecture 
3
Village of the Damned
Matt Brunson
An atmospheric and intelligent watch 
3.5
Village of the Damned
David Nusair
Village of the Damned benefits from its sporadic emphasis on the creepy exploits of those 12 kids 
2.5
Village of the Damned
Walter Chaw
It s a humanist piece no lightning bolt restores this society just the cool light of right reason 
3.5
Offside
Josh Larsen
reveals pockets of empathy existing in defiance of Iran s oppressive regime 
3.5
Offside
John Beifuss
A protest film that disarms the opposition with a feather not a cudgel 
3.5
Offside
Kam Williams
From the Western perspective the feisty protagonists predicament might seem silly until it gradually sinks in that this treatment is business as usual in a backward land that seems to have gotten stuck in the Middle Ages Alley Oop lives 
4
Offside
Carrie Rickey
Exhilarating exuberant and drolly funny 
3.5
Offside
John Monaghan
The rare Iranian film that is not only thoughtful and thought provoking but also a lot of fun 
3
Offside
Duane Dudek
Although the game is not seen it provides a kinetic real time documentary like backdrop for a story structured like a game itself albeit one where neither compassion nor logic apply and at which everyone loses 
3
Offside
Loey Lockerby
It s not exactly exciting material but Panahi s gentle humor and sense of realism keep it from becoming dull 
3
Offside
Sean P. Means
With gentle humor Panahi exposes the camaraderie of these female soccer fans who thrill to a game they are not allowed to watch 
4
Offside
Matt Brunson
Offside is exactly the sort of movie that George W Bush and his cohorts in crime wouldn t want you to see 
3.5
Offside
Phil Villarreal
Panahi s films are the modern equivalent of messages in bottles hurled out to sea in hopes that those in other freer lands might see what he sees 
3
Offside
Chris Hewitt
Despite its tiny story director Jafar Panahi gives Offside a suspenseful you are there quality 
3.5
Offside
Janice Page
As funny as it is sharp 
3.5
Offside
Michael Wilmington
Jafar Panahi of Iran is one of his country s great filmmakers and Offside is his best movie to date 
4
Offside
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The director shoots largely on location parts were filmed at Azadi Stadium during an actual match and mixes fiction and documentary so deftly we can t tell which is which 
4
Offside
Bill Stamets
Most of this winning drama shows girls bantering with their male keepers boyish soldiers who don t want to miss the game themselves Over the crowd s roar they argue about Islamic prohibitions and the statistics of star players 
4
Offside
G. Allen Johnson
Although its message is deadly serious Offside is almost lighthearted filled with wit and winning characters 
4
Offside
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Panahi has learned how to use natural space both confined and open as the foundation for the film Thankfully this cinematic process rolls right over any ideas of generic plot 
4
Offside
Steve Rhodes
It s too bad that Hollywood which is always interested in making another anti American picture couldn t make a few showing the consequences of Islamic oppression 
2.5
Offside
Susan Walker
Offside is shocking in its revelation of the legal oppression of women in Iran This film is also hugely funny 
3
Offside
Ken Fox
Light in tone and at times even funny Panahi s drama about young women forbidden to attend a soccer match is nevertheless tough to shake 
3.5
Offside
Stephen Whitty
Obviously there s more than soccer at stake here with the field standing for the world of ideas itself How do we dare keep any group from entering How will we ever succeed at keeping them out We don t says this film and we can t 
3
Offside
V.A. Musetto
The story is good natured but Panahi s message is serious That ludicrous rules turn Iranian women into third class citizens And what better way is there to get that point across than through sports and laughter 
3
Offside
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Jafar Panahi has long been an eloquent and passionate representative for Iranian women But judging by this deeply poignant comedy they may not need a mouthpiece much longer 
3.5
Offside
Bob Strauss
Greatness is a word often associated with Iranian cinema But fun Practically never Jafar Panahi s exuberant and subversive Offside however scores on both points 
4
Offside
Timothy Knight
A beguiling deceptively simple slice of life drama shot cinéma vérité style Offside reaffirms Jafar Panahi s preeminence as one of the most humanistic and socially progressive filmmakers in contemporary Iranian cinema 
3
Offside
John Anderson
For all its implicit politics Offside is a pure joy the young women are feisty and lovable One can even imagine a few imams chuckling through their beards 
4
Offside
Keith Uhlich
The comically tinged suspense and technical brilliance of certain moments never grow out of anything organic as in the great Panahi Kiarostami collaboration Crimson Gold 
2
Offside
Paul Byrnes
It s a very frank film about the daily frustrations for women who just want to enjoy their lives It s a comedy but of a fairly bitter sort 
3.5
Offside
David N. Butterworth
A bright and often bold comedy that presents a difficult subject matter that of the struggle for women s rights in a fresh and entertaining way 
3
Shut In
Brian Tallerico
The result is a promising film that leaves a bad taste in your mouth like a meal well presented on the plate that just doesn t fill you up 
2
Shut In
Dustin Putman
As for the home invasion angle there isn t quite enough to set it apart from the pack Much like the title Intruders is just a little too familiar You re Next this is decidedly not 
2
Shut In
Chuck Bowen
The film ultimately boils down to people bludgeoning one another in unimaginative close ups 
1.5
Barry Lyndon
Brian Eggert
A film that best defines Kubrick s intellect antisocial withdrawal and obsessive tenure as a filmmaker Barry Lyndon is also masterful technically precise and narratively complex 
4
Barry Lyndon
Matt Brunson
While many consider it brilliant others find it about as exciting as folding socks 
3.5
Barry Lyndon
James Kendrick
Barry Lyndon is a deeply felt sometimes brutally ironic and always visually gorgeous summation of the wide breadth of human experience 
4
Barry Lyndon
Michael Wilmington
The wonderfully dry and witty narration is from Thackeray delivered by Michael Horder 
4
Barry Lyndon
David Nusair
a maddeningly hit and miss drama that s all too often far more miss than it is hit 
2
Barry Lyndon
Josh Larsen
the point at which Kubrick s black humor crosses over into blatant parody 
3.5
Barry Lyndon
Roger Ebert
This must be one of the most beautiful films ever made and yet the beauty isn t in the service of emotion 
4
Barry Lyndon
Gabe Leibowitz
Glimpses of Barry s humanity peek through during his moments with Brian and explode in Kubrick s most wrenching moment near the film s conclusion 
4
Barry Lyndon
Ted Prigge
Beneath the period piece Merchant Ivory Ryan O Neal miscast surface of the film lies a poetic little allegory as complex and involving as his other work 
4
Custody
Kent Turner
Xavier Legrand is a director to look out for no question 
3
Custody
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A tense family thriller that presumes great performances Full review in Spanish 
2
Custody
Sean P. Means
Custody is intensely riveting 
3
Custody
Mark Dujsik
Custody is a harrowing experience rooted in the terrifying reality of abuse 
3.5
Custody
Peter Keough
Legrand in his feature debut shows laudable technical ability and discipline 
3
Custody
Roger Moore
Unsurprising but still harrowing
3
Custody
Odie Henderson
Emotionally bruising but not without some glimmer of hope 
3.5
Custody
Chuck Bowen
Custody is concerned with the failure of process to discern human need and perversion and Xavier Legrand rather ironically follows in the footsteps of bureaucracy by reducing people to statistics 
2.5
Custody
David Nusair
Custody doesn t begin to morph into an astonishingly captivating piece of work until it progresses into its mesmerizing third act 
3.5
Custody
Kate Taylor
Custody suffers from an all too familiar conclusion 
2.5
Welcome to New York
Ben Sachs
The deliberate structure demonstrates Ferrara s artfulness as does the lush imagery 
3
Welcome to New York
Michael Phillips
The film a sleek and oddly moving study in the cost of debauchery has its gleeful excesses 
3
Welcome to New York
Glenn Lovell
Who better to play a world class letch than Depardieu whose Rabelaisian excesses on and off screen are legendary 
2.5
Welcome to New York
Rene Rodriguez
In an Abel Ferrara movie this sort of damaged raging unrepentant bull passes for an antihero 
3
Welcome to New York
Tom Keogh
Circles a point about spiritual corruption without ever landing on it 
1.5
Welcome to New York
Kyle Smith
Grunting and boarlike Grard Depardieu supplies a one note rendition of Dominique Strauss Kahn in Abel Ferrara s peculiarly unilluminating Welcome to New York 
1.5
Welcome to New York
Chuck Bowen
The film s peculiarly exhilarating effect can be attributed to a sense of social outrage that s transcended for the sake of metaphoric social clarity 
3.5
Orders From Above
Bob Bloom
As Eichmann 44 Peter J 46 Donnelly is rather drab 59 an ordinary paper pusher who fails to see or accept his role in the killing of 6 million Jews 46 
3
Left on Purpose
Roger Moore
A moving and consciousness expanding documentary about a radical who wants his death to be like his life on his terms and with a political purpose 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Jeff Vice
A heavy subject for any filmmaker to broach and it definitely exceeds the skills of first time director Sandi Simcha Dubowski 
2.5
Trembling Before G-d
Sean P. Means
A sensitive and eye opening documentary 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Walter Chaw
the Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish version of Arthur Dong s superior Family Fundamentals 
2.5
Trembling Before G-d
Ray Conlogue
A remarkable film for thoughtful people of all beliefs 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Joe Baltake
Does an incisive job in defining the contradictory natures of Orthodox Judaism and homosexuality and honoring the condemned people caught in the middle 
3
Trembling Before G-d
David Elliott
Gay Orthodox Jews have their say 
3.5
Trembling Before G-d
Moira MacDonald
Trembling Before G d has no answers to the questions it raises but by daring to ask them DuBowski has done much to lighten the shadows 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Laura Kelly
Poignantly tackles a quandary of faith and sexuality 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Jeffrey M. Anderson
My heart sang as I saw how much these tortured souls loved their ways and beliefs and how much stock they put in them 
3.5
Trembling Before G-d
Elias Savada
an engaging document of the human condition 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Robert Roten
This is the best documentary I have seen in 2001 
3.5
Trembling Before G-d
Loren King
DuBowski s subject is so compelling that the film doesn t suffer from his traditional approach which relies on to the camera interviews and verite footage of his subjects 
3
Trembling Before G-d
Rod Armstrong
A remarkable and moving accomplishment 
3.5
Trembling Before G-d
Jonathan Foreman
Given the inherent interest of the subject it s unfortunate that the people DuBowski profiles tend to be self indulgent or otherwise unappealing 
1.5
Trembling Before G-d
Harvey S. Karten
A poignant doc about how gay Jews try to deal with the Biblical prohibition against homosexual acts 
3
Traffic
Eric Melin
In terms of modern films it kicked off a whole list of issue related multi character dramas like Syriana Crash and Babel and it may be the best of all of them even if some of its stories are stronger than others 
3
Traffic
Nick Rogers
Traffic leaps into growing gorges between profit and principle and from a law perspective questions the sanity of ramming heads into walls of cocaine bricks It remains one of the Zeroes preeminent epics even after policy cinema s shift to terrorism 
4
Traffic
Joe Lozito
Mr Soderburgh never insults or spoon feeds his audience His camera only documents and observes what s out there And with a subject like this that can be the most effective technique 
4
Traffic
Susan Tavernetti
One of the best movies of the year a gripping intelligent and ambitious drama about drug trafficking and the misguided war against it 
4
Traffic
Rick Groen
Director Steven Soderbergh is riding one of the hottest streaks in the movie world 
3.5
Traffic
Margaret A. McGurk
Traffic does not pretend to solve the problem of illegal drugs What it does do is lead the audience on a deeply textured journey through a contorted world with emotion intellect and style 
4
Traffic
Jeffrey Westhoff
An entertaining polemic filled with world class performances 
3
Traffic
Jeremy Heilman
All in all it s one of the best though not the best films of the year 
4
Traffic
Blake French
great achievement in filmmaking and visual style worthy of some but not quite all of its great acclamation
3.5
Traffic
Wesley Lovell
quot Traffic quot is a great morality play on the sensationalism and dangerousness of the drug wars 46 
3.5
Traffic
Jorge Avila Andrade
Vivo y crudo retrato de la forma en que las drogas penetran en cualquier estrato social mental político religioso económico o sexual del ser humano
3.5
Traffic
Mike McGranaghan
It examines our national drug problem on many different levels leaving the audience with an accurate picture of what we re up against 
4
Traffic
James Kendrick
An Altmanesque multi layered narrative that covers every aspect of the illegal drug trade between Mexico and the United States 
4
Traffic
Ron Weiskind
Even the gritty documentary style portions of the film retain a personal touch by making the cops crooks and users into individuals with strong personalities and credible motives 
3.5
Traffic
Ian Mantgani
In considering so many angles regarding his subject Soderbergh and his writers have created a bold act of filmmaking passionate drama on a grand canvas 
3.5
Traffic
David Keyes
Gritty tense distinctive and realistic the movie is one of the most technically well crafted of its time 
3
Traffic
Robert Roten
It has plenty of drama action comedy and tension It could have been a little tighter however 
3.5
Traffic
Emily Blunt
What a great movie 
4
Traffic
Marty Mapes
There are moments when director Steven Soderbergh slips up but on the whole Traffic is a very good film 
3.5
Traffic
Susan Stark
In compelling terms it puts bitter economic social and racial truth before our eyes Continue to blink or see Your choice 
4
Traffic
Edward Guthmann
With Traffic his most ambitious and complex film to date Soderbergh again proves himself one of our most inventive filmmakers 
4
Traffic
Roger Ebert
The movie is powerful precisely because it doesn t preach 
4
Traffic
Rob Blackwelder
This multi narrative message heavy epic is often busy peddling smug political proclamations and milking dubious nee implausible melodramatic ironies 
2
Traffic
Tor Thorsen
It deserves and has received awards for grappling with the drug problem with more smarts and maturity than most politicians 
4
Traffic
Mike Clark
Stephen Gaghan s script mines nearly 2 1 2 hours of consistently credible drama from four interlocked stories 
3
Traffic
Jonathan Foreman
Breathtakingly stylish wonderfully acted and its three interrelated tales of the war on drugs are brilliantly structured to form a cohesive powerful whole 
3.5
Traffic
James Berardinelli
The narrative pallet of Traffic is rich tightly woven and consistently involving with characters that are as well developed as their necessarily limited screen time allows 
3.5
Traffic
Dustin Putman
A grand entertainment One of the best Hollywood productions to come out of the pipeline in years 
4
Traffic
Michael Dequina
The film s essence are its painfully truthfully imperfect people who show how everyone knowingly or not in some way becomes a casualty and a perpetuator of the war machine 
4
Traffic
Bob Bloom
A grim and pessimistic exploration of an insidious menace that can touch any household not only in this country but anywhere in the world 
3.5
Agnes Browne
Betsy Bozdech
A movie that while sweet and sometimes funny never quite gets underneath the viewer s skin 
2
Agnes Browne
Michael Dequina
What can one say about a film whose idea of comedy is having the two women sit around discussing whether or not they ve had an organism or not 
1
Agnes Browne
Roger Ebert
This is a modest but likable film and Anjelica Huston plays a heroine who makes us smile But it s skimpy material 
2.5
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Peter T. Chattaway
After 32 years two sequels and two prequels The Exorcist remains an impossible act to follow 
2
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Bob Strauss
Intriguing then mainly for historical and comparison purposes 
2.5
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Timothy Knight
Schrader s Dominion Prequel to the Exorcist may be slightly more literate than Harlin s dopey schlockfest but this deadly dull and pretentious film is ultimately just as bad 
1.5
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Bruce Westbrook
Exorcism aside Dominion is well acted handsomely photographed and hauntingly scored 
3
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Stephen Whitty
To be fair Schrader s version fails in ways that Harlin s dumbed down version didn t 
2
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Jack Mathews
It actually might have been considered pretty good had it been made 30 years ago when people might have cared about the backstory of Father Merrin 
2.5
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Kyle Smith
Harlin s version at least had cheap thrills Schrader s has none 
2
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Roger Ebert
The movie is drenched in atmosphere and dread as we d expect from Schrader but it also has spiritual weight and texture boldly confronting the possibility that Satan may be active in the world 
3
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
David Sterritt
The material is right up Schrader s alley and while his vision of the first Exorcist chapter isn t a masterpiece it s far superior to the Renny Harlin prequel to The Exorcist 
4
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
John Anderson
It s a movie possessed in the end not by the devil just by errant ambition 
2
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Nick Schager
I hate to side with bottom line obsessed studio executives but Dominion Prequel to the Exorcist is as dreadfully boring ridiculous and pompous as rumored 
1.5
Postal
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A bad movie based on a lousy video game It barely works as a satire and as a comedy only managed to extract a couple of laughs out of me Full review in Spanish 
1
Postal
John Anderson
Convinced that Arab terrorists are inherently hilarious and that shooting fish in the leaky barrel of American pop culture takes marksmanship Boll is a boor and a symptom of something sad and dehumanizing 
0
Postal
David Nusair
The end result is a film that feels as though it s been conceived and executed by a third grader 
.5
Postal
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I guess you could call it a satire but it doesn t particularly care to take the time or energy to spin the satire in any meaningful way it merely thunders over all its ideas like a rabid elephant 
2
Postal
Peter Hartlaub
If this movie had been made by an unknown young director a lot of critics would still be panning the movie for its inconsistencies but many others would be praising his courage 
2
Postal
Chad Greene
Boll s self inflicted dose of Schadenfreude is the only sure shot in this miserable misfire of a satire which aims for campy but hits crappy instead 
0
Postal
Rossiter Drake
Is it funny Not really but it has isolated flashes of inspiration Elsewhere the film is a jumbled needlessly violent mess sloppily edited and feckless in its attempts at political satire 
1.5
Postal
Maitland McDonagh
Fearlessness isn t inherently funny Postal s touches of wit are lost in the flying body parts gross out gags and the full frontal spectacle of Foley s no longer private parts 
1.5
Postal
Paul Brenner
Quickly the film turns nihilistic and very nasty 
1
Postal
Kyle Smith
Postal strikes me as marginally superior to Morgan Spurlock s merely boneheaded Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden But that s like saying Moe is smarter than Curly 
1
Postal
Michael Harris
This reviewer is not easy to offend but is very easy to bore And I was bored out of my tree for most of Boll s lamely conceived cliché ridden debacle 
1
Postal
Sara Michelle Fetters
Writing this is a waste of my time 
.5
Postal
Phil Villarreal
The distinction of being Boll s best film is hardly a compliment in the grand scheme of things sort of like being the wealthiest homeless person 
2
Postal
Kam Williams
I suppose since almost seven years have passed since 9 11 America might finally be ready to laugh at the tragedy Tasteless profane and farfetched but undeniably funny too 
3
Postal
Nick Schager
Having already demonstrated the worst that the horror action and fantasy genres have to offer Uwe Boll tries his hand at political cultural satire with Postal and comes up with something smelling awfully similar to feces 
0
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Glenn Kenny
In the unlikely event that you ve ever been truly curious as to how much M F A style toxic masculinity can be packed into one motion picture you ought to check out The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 
0
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Mark Dujsik
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall leaves little to the imagination and by the end a lot over which to be frustrated 
2
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Roger Moore
Will disappear just like its title character with only a wince to remember it by 
1.5
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Derek Smith
The seesaw of effect of oscillating between extolling Sidney s genius and lingering on his anguish begins to feel like a child slowly burning an ant with a magnifying glass occasionally taking breaks to truly savor the harm he or she is committing 
1
Citizen Duane
Bill Chambers
An underdog comedy that s neither funny nor poignant nor ingratiating
1
Citizen Duane
David Nusair
an entertaining yet distinctly forgettable little comedy 
2.5
Sound of the Mountain
Keith Uhlich
Sound of the Mountain is reportedly director Mikio Naruse s favorite among his pictures and to a point it is easy to see why 
3
Tiger
Barry Hertz
Any sports film no matter its scale or handicap has to land its narrative and aesthetic punches and Tiger clings to the ropes more often than not 
2
Tiger
Mark Dujsik
It s more concerned with formula in order to provide a simple and feel good story than with the specifics of its subject his challenges and his faith 
2
Bronx Gothic
Matt Fagerholm
A stirring ode to the liberating catharsis of artistic expression as embodied by Okpokwasili and Born s transcendent theatrical masterwork 
3.5
Bronx Gothic
Chuck Bowen
By design the film is intensely preachy And this preachiness serves a therapeutic purpose offering jolting possibilities for empathy 
2.5
Non-Stop
David N. Butterworth
Non stop would appear to refer to the missed opportunities in this pale precursor to Tom Tykwer s Run Lola Run 
2
Life Feels Good
Roger Moore
Conventional but wry and sometimes moving Polish drama about the interior life of a man with cerebral palsy and what he must overcome just to communicate 
2.5
Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra
Dwight Brown
This crucial story about an all indigenous dance company and its mission has been well told and preserved by thoughtful filmmakers 
3
Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra
Shane Slater
Firestarter assembles a treasure trove of archival footage that showcases the raw talent 
3
The Mad Ghoul
Matt Brunson
Thrills are kept at a low simmer 
2
Blow-Up
Matt Brunson
Intoxicating in its ambiguity 
3.5
Blow-Up
Chuck Bowen
Michelangelo Antonioni s film is an inquiry into the modernist concern of what art is and how it affects life 
4
Blow-Up
Dustin Putman
At once provocative and mystifying dazzlingly immersive and utterly remarkable 
4
Blow-Up
Roger Ebert
Whether there was a murder isn t the point The film is about a character mired in ennui and distaste who is roused by his photographs into something approaching passion 
4
Blow-Up
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The ennui stretches into the very story itself 
4
Blow-Up
Ed Gonzalez
Blowup daringly suggests that an image without politics isn t an image at all 
4
Blow-Up
James Kendrick
an intriguing frustrating compelling film pretty much exactly what I imagine Antonioni wanted it to be 
3.5
The Invisible Boy
Walter Chaw
In declaring it ripe for the MST3K treatment I m really saying that if you don t like movies you might have a good time going after this one 
1
Bombay Eunuch
Michael Wilmington
Bombay Eunuch is a short film with a unique subject matter But you won t soon forget its people its places or its sad surprising revelations about all the sexes 
2.5
Bombay Eunuch
Jonathan Foreman
A remarkably beguiling documentary on a number of levels 
3
Algonquin
Liam Lacey
It all feels very Canadian in good and not so good ways 
2.5
Ardor
Richard Roeper
By the time we reached the climactic and fantastically over the top showdown I realized that while the characters were indeed trying to corner the market on smoldering glances faux Shakespearean proclamations and in your face symbolism 
3
Ardor
Robert Horton
It pays homage to classic filmmaking it s got two fine looking international stars and it calls attention to the environmental crisis in the rainforest It s still a dumb movie 
1.5
Ardor
Glenn Kenny
As good looking as the movie and its stars are Ardor whose title refers to a literal state of burning never manages to catch fire 
2.5
Ardor
Rene Rodriguez
Here is a movie that ends with a can t miss scenario a siege on a farmhouse in which the heroes are vastly outnumbered and outgunned yet still fails to ever quicken your pulse 
2
Ardor
Tom Keogh
Much of this movie is bewilderingly slow while the big action scenes are mostly unbelievable 
1.5
Ardor
Sara Stewart
After a while the sheer brutality and uncomplicated menace of the thugs is wearying 
2.5
Ardor
Roger Moore
Clever of them to title this Gael Garcia Bernal jungle thriller with the one thing this movie most lacks ardor 
1.5
Ardor
Carson Lund
It broods along as if it s expressing something monumentally important with each slow as molasses camera move 
1.5
The Paramedic
James Kendrick
There is some degree of suspense in terms of what Ángel will be able to get away with and how he will manage to inflict so much pain and misery but too much of the film feels like fait accompli from the beginning 
2.5
The Paramedic
Federico Furzan
It s solid enough for a Friday night And its main character serves a homage to how a villain must begin forming itself Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Paramedic
Roger Moore
A mixed bag of a thriller but one that builds up to a fine furious finale that atones for some of its first and second act sins 
2
Earth
Burl Burlingame
When Disney gets involved in making things green we re talking about the color of money 
2
Earth
Mike Scott
A beautiful mix of humor heart and spectacle that puts the studio that invented the True Life Adventure back in touch with its wild side 
4
Earth
Sonny Bunch
Those familiar with the Discovery series Planet Earth won t find anything new here but the James Earl Jones narrated movie is fine on its own 
2.5
Earth
Wesley Lovell
A gorgeously photographed nature documentary that doesn t have enough happy moments and has far too many tragic ones 
3
Earth
Daniel M. Kimmel
What this is in fact is the live action version of the opening of The Lion King celebrating the circle of life 
2.5
Earth
Sara Michelle Fetters
I give directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield huge props for being able to so concisely whittle down their massive 11 episode magnum opus into such a delightfully entertaining and visually stimulating streamlined version 
2.5
Earth
Tyler Hanley
This film is for those so buried in gadgets and The Gap that the Earth at its roots has become something foreign 
3
Earth
Sean P. Means
For a generation too young to remember National Geographic specials and Disney s True Life Adventures this should be an exciting journey through our natural world 
3.5
Earth
Stephen Whitty
For a round the world trip it feels a bit like a budget bus tour 
2
Earth
Stephen Cole
As a spectacle Disney s Earth is right out of this world 
3
Earth
Justin Berton
For adults Earth misses the mark of riveting storytelling Earth crams in the dramatic adventures of several species including penguins with the result that it comes up short on telling one really good story 
2
Earth
Chris Kaltenbach
With such a photogenic and charismatic cast how could Earth miss 
3.5
Earth
Peter Howell
Think of Earth as being akin to a greatest hits collection of a beloved rock band The context is gone but the reason for the renown remains 
2.5
Earth
Michael Smith
Featuring edited moments from the popular Planet Earth as seen on Discovery Channel apparently Disney s idea of going green is to recycle film footage for theaters 
2
Earth
Chris Hewitt
Earth isn t especially informative or original But it is packed with beauty and wonder 
3
Earth
Jeff Vice
No other movie documentary or feature film has featured as many wow moments as this one does in quite some time 
4
Earth
Cathy Jakicic
Jones narration is both warm and authoritative If Mufasa can t make kids care about the Earth it might be a lost cause 
3
Earth
Janice Page
This Earth doesn t really have anything new to say but it does present some newly entertaining ways of saying it 
3
Earth
Claudia Puig
Earth is at its best when it goes beyond presenting awe inspiring beauty to elicit a sense of wonder and empathy for our fellow creatures and of global responsibility toward our fragile planet 
2.5
Earth
Robert W. Butler
With its little bit of everything approach Earth sometimes feels more like really glorious wallpaper than a satisfying story But there s no arguing with those images They re fantastic 
3
Earth
Joe Williams
The many filmmakers spent five years on this impressive project They ve given us glorious images of an Earth that most of us have never seen Let s hope that the means to understand it will be included on the DVD 
3
Earth
Steven Rea
A wide screen wildlife documentary in which the cycles of birth and death migrations and seasons are captured in stunning absolutely stunning ways 
3
Earth
John Anderson
The beauty of the landscape the beauty of the animals it s all irresistible 
3
Earth
Roger Ebert
This Earth is beautiful and worthwhile 
3
Earth
John Beifuss
The Disney connection marks Earth as a worthy heir to the Oscar winning True Life Adventures the company produced from 1948 to 1960 
3
Earth
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Earth is 85 minutes of graceful animals scary animals funny animals and excruciatingly cute baby animals A better family friendly nature film can t be found 
4
Earth
Dustin Putman
Every bit as majestic and eye opening as the title infers 
3
Earth
Matt Brunson
A welcome throwback to the days when Walt himself would personally supervise such Earth friendly fare as The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie 
3
Earth
Ross Anthony
Breathtaking Take a break from the gridlock concrete and steel jungle that defines most of our lives These are some fantastic won t believe your eyes animal shots 
3.5
Earth
James Berardinelli
There s no question that given the option Planet Earth is the way to go This movie will do in a pinch however and it is impressive provided you find a way to block out the voiceovers 
3
Earth
Linda Cook
This Earth is so beautiful 
4
Earth
Frank Ochieng
Enriching informative and noteworthy Earth explores the wonderment of our neighboring species and the behavioral observations that ensue in glorified curiosity 
3
Earth
Nick Schager
Fundamentally a condensed trailer for the BBC s portrait of the globe s myriad habitats the film offers a skimpy but reverential portrait of the intertwined relationship between the environment and its inhabitants 
2.5
The Killing of Two Lovers
Brian Eggert
Rather than descending into a genre exercise inflected with indie aesthetics The Killing of Two Lovers weighs the emotional strain and vulnerability of marriage 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Josh Larsen
we don t know what the distressed main character is capable of and he doesn t either 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Peter Canavese
Successful laser focused domestic drama with a sustained tension and a nicely understated script and aesthetic 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Tom Meek
The performances feel lived in look for more from these talents 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Even so The Killing of Two Lovers slips into an inquisitive mode deeper than pure tension 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Joe Friar
A couple s marriage is in the balance in one of the best films you ll see this year 
4
The Killing of Two Lovers
Peter Sobczynski
It s worth exploring for a number of reasons primarily the strength of Crawford s performance and those who do not have a problem with raw and unflinching dramas may indeed find it well worth watching 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Mark Dujsik
The lack of any real insight into these characters is certainly a shortcoming to Machoian s screenplay 
2.5
The Killing of Two Lovers
Anita Katz
Crawford leading an excellent cast creates a scary yet richly human portrait of a decent man who unable to contain his rage might do something terrible 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Pamela Powell
The Killing of Two Lovers is sheer artistry in storytelling acting and directing 
3.5
The Killing of Two Lovers
Randy Myers
It s a film stripped of any pretense everything about it seems to bear the hand of a veteran filmmaker And the performance from Crawford is shattering 
3.5
The Killing of Two Lovers
Leo Brady
The tension is pulled tight from the get go with high emotions a real life scenario that anyone can relate with and spectacular direction 
4
The Killing of Two Lovers
Roger Moore
A break up story as stark as its Utah in winter setting as brutal as its title 
3.5
The Killing of Two Lovers
Catherine Springer
The Killing of Two Lovers is a slow burn built on tension and character that will draw you in climaxing in the least expected way 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Wes Greene
The film s cramped compositions hauntingly underline the claustrophobic nature of its protagonist s life 
3
The Killing of Two Lovers
Sean P. Means
As stark intimate and beautiful as the small town nestled along Utah s mountains where the movie takes place 
3.5
Me Time
Erik Childress
A film that never knows what it wants to be other than little scattered pieces of better comedies about male insecurity 46 An absolute embarrassment all around and one of the worst films of the year 46 
0.5
Me Time
Peter Canavese
A very strange mix of family sitcom and R rated bro down buddy comedy 46 A witless string of dumb comic set pieces and an unfunny slog 46 
.5
Me Time
Tom Meek
A loan shark with a hammer wielding enforcer mouth to mouth with a tortoise and freaky fecal pranks make their way into this flaccid stab at comedy 
1.5
Me Time
Richard Roeper
This stunningly unfunny Netflix film pairs Kevin Hart with Mark Wahlberg as reunited buddies partying and committing awful acts of revenge 
1.5
Me Time
Mark Meszoros
Somewhere around the midpoint of Me Time 44 if not sooner 44 it may hit you 58 You could be watching Old School or The Hangover instead 46 
1.5
Me Time
Christian Toto
So much talent 46 So few laughs 46 
1
Me Time
Lindsey Bahr
Me Time somehow squanders a solid premise a stacked cast and a seemingly unlimited budget It didn t need to be anything great in this movie comedy drought we seem to be in But considering who was involved it really should be better than it is 
1.5
Me Time
Michael Medved
A gross 44 stupid vomit and poop comedy that wastes the talent of its cast 46 
1.5
Me Time
Leo Brady
All I know is that you would be better off spending time alone than spending your time with Me Time 46 
1.5
Me Time
Steven Prokopy
Too much of Me Time feels like antics for antics 8217 sake 44 and much of the movie doesn 8217 t feel honest or true to men or women in these situations
2
Me Time
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he filmmakers of Me Time clearly don apos t know what to do with these jokes beyond how weirdly random they are 46 
1.5
Me Time
Bob Strauss
Why Hart bothered to put so much effort in this live action computer program remains a mystery But he ll likely be rewarded with a week at the top of Netflix s most watched movies list 
1
Quartet
Matt Brunson
Adjani somehow won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her deer in headlights performance although it s Smith who best conveys the desperation of her character 
2
Chop & Steele
Mike McGranaghan
A celebration of comedy as used to surprise and stimulate 46 
3
Red Diaper Baby
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Red Diaper Baby is a beginner s monologue and doesn t have the sophistication or focus of Kornbluth s later works but it s still very funny and quietly effective 
3
Death Tunnel
David Nusair
completely devoid of anything even resembling ambiance or tension 
.5
Family
Steven Prokopy
Family has its heart in the right place even if the execution is a little tepid Schilling walks a fine line between sympathetic and tremendously unlikable and too often her character exists in the latter zone 
2
Family
Mark Dujsik
Family remains consistently funny because the comedy is grounded in its characters 
3
Family
Richard Roeper
Props to Steinel Schilling and company for putting such a fresh twist on a familiar tale 
3
Family
Sean P. Means
There s a touch of irony behind the generic title Family but not enough to make up for the cookie cutter plotting of this scattershot comedy 
2.5
Family
Tomris Laffly
Steiner s dull comedy lacks the crucial feelings that could have made the suburban aunt niece tale at its center more memorable 
2
Family
Mike McGranaghan
Sharply written and packed with comically stinging dialogue 
3.5
The Perfect Holiday
Linda Cook
The Perfect Holiday isn t perfect But it does contain moments of merriment 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Marc Savlov
Bad Santa No cookie 
2
The Perfect Holiday
John Beifuss
In one scene Terrence Howard kneels in a pair of shoes like Tim Conway in a Dorf on Golf video licks a lollipop and utters this line I gotta go dookie I hope they paid him well 
1.5
The Perfect Holiday
Daniel M. Kimmel
There s no rush to see this disappointing excuse for a holiday film 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Jonathan W. Hickman
Is The Perfect Holiday a good film The answer is not really but it isn t terrible 
2
The Perfect Holiday
David Wiegand
Despite the flabby direction and uninspired plot The Perfect Holiday almost works because Chestnut and Union are an attractive couple and you want them to get together 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Chris Hewitt
The likable cast and the script s low key humor help as does Howard s soulful if fleeting presence 
2.5
The Perfect Holiday
Moira MacDonald
The Perfect Holiday as many a holiday movie before it meticulously goes through the motions but never quite finds the magic of the season 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Kyle Smith
The cold void of January can t come fast enough if it means an end to releases like The Perfect Holiday 
1
The Perfect Holiday
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s a shame that Gabrielle Union can t get better scripts than this one 
1.5
The Perfect Holiday
Mack Bates
Queen Latifah often is the saving grace of many of the movies she s in That can t be said of her latest however 
1
The Perfect Holiday
John Monaghan
Dear Santa Please leave better scripts under her Christmas tree 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Roger Ebert
There s not much original about the film but it s played with high spirits and good cheer there are lots of musical interludes and it s pitched straight at families 
2.5
The Perfect Holiday
Wesley Morris
For fans of lousy seasonal cheer Dec 25 comes early 
0.5
The Perfect Holiday
Josh Larsen
If you ve seen every slushy sentimental Christmas movie on the Hallmark Channel and are still able to keep your breakfast down you might want to catch this 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Michael Phillips
Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard act as commentators nudging the contrivances this way and that 
2
The Perfect Holiday
Dustin Putman
About as appetizing as a candy cane laced with arsenic 
0.5
The Perfect Holiday
Carrie Rickey
In the annals of Noel films so wincingly gratingly insultingly bad that a lump of coal would be vastly preferable The Perfect Holiday ranks alongside Surviving Christmas for sheer unwatchability 
1
The Perfect Holiday
David Elliott
The cast is game the script is watered nog the kids push their charm hard Murphy is often excruciating Union is pleasant in a sitcom mommy way and Lance Rivera is a zero stylist 
1.5
The Perfect Holiday
Rafer Guzman
Ostensibly a Christmastime comedy about romance The Perfect Holiday manages to be none of the above 
1
The Perfect Holiday
Ed Gonzalez
Stay for the nail biting conclusion but only if you can stomach the horror of Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard reaching career lows as manifestations of all that is cheerful and insufferable respectively about the holidays 
1.5
The Perfect Holiday
Kam Williams
Be grateful that Gabrielle Union and Morris Chestnut have the wherewithal to elevate a mediocre script 
2
Occurrence at Mills Creek
Roger Moore
It d be cruel to single out an actor for the performances each worse than the next in this amateurish horror outing
1
Glory Road
Kam Williams
Why must Hollywood lace every African American drama with elements of comedy as if black people find everything comical 
0
Glory Road
Mark Moring
It s Remember the Titans on the basketball court Count it right up there with the best of Disney s fine sports flicks 
3.5
Glory Road
David Nusair
it s ultimately rather difficult not to get caught up in this inspirational true life tale 
2.5
Glory Road
Matt Pais
A darn good story told with enough conviction and impact to connect with people who don t know the difference between a three pointer and a field goal 
3
Glory Road
Marty Mapes
All you need to know it s a sports movie about race produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
3
Glory Road
Jonathan R. Perry
A great documentary could emerge from this story a film that deserves it 
2
Glory Road
Steven Snyder
It s a safe and succinct tribute to a powerful true story a breezy historical drama that aims for the gut more than the heart And it succeeds in only that dimension as an inescapably escapist one course meal But what history it has to work with 
2.5
Glory Road
Forrest Hartman
Glory Road is another in a long line of feel good sports movies about people who beat the odds through hard work and perseverance We ve seen it before and we ll see it again But that s OK These films keep coming back for a reason 
3
Glory Road
Lori Hoffman
the real drama of the first all black starting five to win the NCAA college basketball championship deserves more complexity and character development 
2.5
Glory Road
Thomas Delapa
Paved with self important statements from the opening whistle I m surprised Rosa Parks didn t show up for the bus ride when the Miners make the NCAA tourney to play the all white Kentucky Wildcats
1
Glory Road
Linda Cook
Remember the Titans Of course you do And here s another great sports movie from Disney 
3.5
Glory Road
Larry Ratliff
Disney runs history through the same Hollywood melodramatic redo that made Miracle the Olympic hockey saga such a crowd pleaser in 2004 and The Rookie a winning baseball film in 2002 
3
Glory Road
Mike McGranaghan
Just a retread of an age old formula The film had the potential to do something a little different with it but didn t take the opportunity 
2.5
Glory Road
Bob Bloom
What is difficult to ascertain about Glory Road is where fact ends and fiction begins 
3
Glory Road
Jeff Vice
Similarities between Glory Road and Remember the Titans 2000 are purely intentional 
2.5
Glory Road
Dan Fienberg
Only a few quibblers are going to point out that Glory Road takes a fantastic real story and muddles it with sloppy storytelling that fails to trust the source material
2
Glory Road
Sean P. Means
Glory Road becomes that rare sports movie that realizes that buzzer beating shots aren t the only dramatic moments in a game 
3
Glory Road
Greg Maki
Deals with the issue of race about as realistically as can be expected from a Disney movie 
3
Glory Road
Mike Clark
An appealing Disney sports movie that underplays its potential Glory Road is at least a more satisfying basketball saga than last year s Coach Carter 
2.5
Glory Road
Ken Fox
Even knowing the outcome sports fans will cheer the lightning fast dynamically edited on court action that s only slowed by a few lumbering heavy handed scenes 
3
Glory Road
Susan Walker
Lacking the gritty reality of the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams this Jerry Bruckheimer film directed by newcomer James Gartner converts a year in the life of a basketball team into a very conventional triumph of the underdogs 
2
Glory Road
Moira MacDonald
OK so you really don t need me to tell you about Glory Road if you ve ever seen a sports movie before Just get out your sports movie cliché checklist and a pencil 
2
Glory Road
Peter Hartlaub
Glory Road abandons the clinical and compelling storytelling of the great recent Disney hockey movie Miracle and aims instead for the contrived sentimentality of the slightly less great Remember the Titans 
2
Glory Road
David Elliott
The basketball drama Glory Road is about as smoothly predictable as a well aimed ball arching from a hand toward a net but is still inspiring 
3
Glory Road
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Somehow Bruckheimer keeps the sentimentality to a minimum and keeps his story moving at a very nice pace four fast quarters and a halftime 
3
Glory Road
Pam Grady
A nice diverting little picture that takes no risks a good movie that could have been a great one 
3
Glory Road
Lisa Rose
Really the material is ripe for Hoop Dreams documentary treatment but instead we get hoop hyperbole from producer Jerry Bruckheimer 
2
Glory Road
Kyle Smith
As Coach Haskins would say it wins because it sticks to the fundamentals 
2.5
Glory Road
Jack Mathews
Glory Road is a pure Hollywood fantasy As movie fiction however I guess it is entertaining enough 
2.5
Glory Road
Connie Ogle
In the end a sports movie is only as good as the adrenalin rush it provides in the climactic match and there finally Glory Road hits on all cylinders with nonstop action and a powerful emotional impact 
3
Glory Road
Bob Strauss
Glory Road s greatest strength is that it s just a great story acted well 
3
Glory Road
Louis B. Hobson
To the credit of everyone involved with Disney s Glory Road all things familiar still become exhilarating and inspirational 
3.5
Glory Road
Amy Biancolli
It s a well trod path this via de basketball but Glory Road makes it worth the trip 
3.5
Glory Road
Rick Groen
If the facts of the story are essentially true their presentation is as formulaic as ever 
2
Glory Road
Terry Lawson
All involved with the project play the game with enthusiasm and purpose which is all we really require from a committed team and an affirmative movie like this one 
3
Glory Road
Michael Booth
While Bruckheimer and Co stretch the gospel theme too far and leave no emotional waypoint unmarked Glory Road largely works 
3
Glory Road
Randy Myers
Glory Road ranks near the top of recent inspirational sports movies leaping over such efforts as the unsurprising Dreamer and the fine but overly directed The Greatest Game Ever Played 
3
Glory Road
Wesley Morris
Is it time already for another based on a true story feel good Disney sports drama Didn t that golf movie The Greatest Game Ever Played just come out 
2
Glory Road
Tyler Hanley
In a day and age that has violent slasher flicks gobbling up movie goers box office bucks it s refreshing to see a film that stresses cooperation effort and racial equality over shock value 
3
Glory Road
John Beifuss
Interviews with the real life Haskins and others during the closing credits are more interesting than the movie and suggest the story of this incredible team will be told best in a future documentary 
2.5
Glory Road
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a perfectly nice often times thrilling overall remarkably superficial and glossy foray into the sporting world just barely stepping above the cliches of the genre it so often embraces upon it s way to a feel good climax 
2.5
Glory Road
Jeffrey Westhoff
For all its faults the film brings back a forgotten moment in racial equality more vividly than a documentary on ESPN Classic 
3
Glory Road
Willie Waffle
a classic crowd pleasing movie full of predictability but it comes with some good acting a little humor and a touching story as well 
3.5
Glory Road
Walter Chaw
Exacerbates difficult issues by blowing them into underdog sports cliches and more damning race caricatures and slapstick sitcom misunderstandings and pat rapprochements 
0.5
Glory Road
Peter Canavese
When coach Don Haskins sent out five African American starters to face off against an all white Wildcat team barriers were broken but Glory Road just hits the wall 
2
Glory Road
Sean McBride
The film is engaging even if it is somewhat lackluster
2.5
Glory Road
Paul Doro
However inspiring the actual events were the movie feels like an opportunity lost A powerful significant true story like this deserves more than the ordinary 
2
Glory Road
David Hiltbrand
Viewed as a re creation of a watershed moment Glory Road is sturdy efficient perhaps even worthy Taken as cinema however it falls far short of inspiring 
2
Glory Road
Michael Wilmington
Glory Road a stand up and cheer basketball tale taken from real life is a drama that almost inevitably falls short of its subject But what a subject 
3
Glory Road
Dustin Putman
About as derivative and forgettable as this genre comes 
1.5
Glory Road
Laura Kelly
At 106 minutes the slicing off of a slew of choppily interspersed subplots could have made Glory Road a leaner meaner message delivery machine 
2.5
Glory Road
Chris Hewitt
The big game at the end of the film has the momentum and rhythm of a really exciting basketball game It s just that the 90 minutes that come before that scene aren t so great 
2
Glory Road
Roger Ebert
Where it succeeds is as the story of a chapter in history the story of how one coach at one school arrived at an obvious conclusion and acted on it and helped open college sports in the South to generations of African Americans 
3
Glory Road
Nick Rogers
The movie tries to push every button and please everyone involved and its expressway of good intentions is little more than just a patchy re paving job
2
Glory Road
Josh Larsen
Disney s fact based sports movie formula has become so familiar by now that watching another one of these films nearly serves as a sedative if not outright anesthesia 
2
Glory Road
Rob Thomas
The acting is strong the games are exciting and despite the serious message about racial equality it s actually pretty funny in spots 
3
Glory Road
Phil Villarreal
Rages with bleacher stomping fist pumping thrills you d expect from an underdog sports movie 
3
Glory Road
Ross Anthony
A no frills by the numbers formula sports film that will entertain educate inspire Credits include interviews w members of the original team Haskins and Pat Riley 
2.5
Glory Road
Peter Travers
A slick package with the wrinkles of real life smoothed clean out of it 
2
Glory Road
Steve Rhodes
A great true story turned into a very mediocre movie It is in the editing room where it was completely destroyed 
2
Glory Road
Nick Schager
A disingenuous disrespectful reduction of a difficult often painful plight into a rousing fairy tale 
1
Glory Road
Mark Dujsik
Yet another in a string of inspiring true stories told with as little inspiration as possible 
2
Glory Road
Frank Ochieng
Glory Road could potentially be dismissed as trivial but this is a big hearted piece of entertainment that overcomes its lightweight sanctimonious vibes 
2.5
Glory Road
James Berardinelli
Glory Road s strength is the way in which it blends social awareness into the sports genre 
3
Blair Witch
Brian Eggert
A few neat ideas and effective jump scares might entertain audiences but the film feels like too little and more than a decade too late 
2.5
Blair Witch
Matt Brunson
To quote B B King The thrill is gone 
2
Blair Witch
Leo Brady
Blair Witch is entertaining which will please audience goers not old enough to remember the year 1999 
2.5
Blair Witch
Frank Ochieng
Structurally redundant as it travels down the familiar wooden path it is too bad that he Wingard could not emphasize his cinematic appreciation more soundly in this woefully flaccid forest bound frightener 
1.5
Blair Witch
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s good fun and if it doesn t reinvent the genre at least at 89 minutes it quits just as it s getting old 
2.5
Blair Witch
Linda Cook
I have to qualify the heck out of this review 
3
Blair Witch
David Nusair
A disappointingly underwhelming sequel 
2
Blair Witch
John Beifuss
It offers this mission statement for filmmakers We faked it because it s real 
3
Blair Witch
Eric Melin
lightning doesn t strike twice in movies and paradoxically the best audience this Blair Witch can hope for is one that its predecessor ensured doesn t exist anymore people who have never seen a found footage horror flick 
2
Blair Witch
James Kendrick
while moments work and Wingard wrings a number of genuine scares out of the material it ultimately feels so familiar that it s hard to see the point
2
Blair Witch
David Keyes
There is a lot of good stuff going on here not the least of which is a climax so well orchestrated that it plays right into our urge to peak at the screen behind clenched fingers arguably the greatest of litmus tests for fear inducing journeys 
3
Blair Witch
Rick Bentley
Blair Witch is nothing but a pale imitation of The Blair Witch Project void of all creativity and originality It s so bad it manages what should have been impossible and is far worse than Book of Shadows Blair Witch 2 
0
Blair Witch
Calum Marsh
Alas Blair Witch is another carnival of jump scares the new found footage is the same as the old found footage despite the technological leaps 
2
Blair Witch
Josh Larsen
sufficiently honors the original film while also making a queasy impression of its own 
2.5
Blair Witch
Peter Travers
Belated official sequel to 1999 hit updates technology but repeats the original s shocks only much louder and lamer
1
Blair Witch
Roger Moore
If only the potential audience for this one could be bothered to Netflix The Blair Witch Project this reboot could have been avoided Actually it still should be 
1.5
Blair Witch
James Berardinelli
Perhaps for someone who never saw The Blair Witch Project this might represent an adequate scary movie 
2
Blair Witch
Mike McGranaghan
In spite of some stabs at freshness in presenting the found footage requisites Blair Witch is largely stuck going through the motions established by its predecessor 
2.5
Blair Witch
Robert Horton
If a tree falls in the forest and only the Blair Witch is there to hear it can anyone hear you scream 
2
Blair Witch
Mark Dujsik
There s no excusing the misguided actions of these new characters because they know exactly what s in store for them 
1.5
Blair Witch
Phil Villarreal
A sloppy forced attempt to resurrect a franchise that should have been left to die in the Maryland wilderness 
1.5
Blair Witch
Barry Hertz
A thrill ride that s as terrifying as it is no nonsense 
3.5
Blair Witch
Kyle Smith
Running and screaming may be essential to a lot of horror movies but as Blair Witch shows they re not scary in themselves For that you need the stuff between the running and screaming 
1.5
Blair Witch
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even if the movie doesn t do anything new it shows that when talented filmmakers pool their talents and give a project their all even the most tired of subjects and stylistic choices can suddenly feel fresh 
3
Blair Witch
Sean P. Means
This new Blair Witch may not have all the electricity of the original classic what movie could but the fact that the filmmakers come close is shocking in its own right 
3.5
Blair Witch
Tirdad Derakhshani
It s nothing more than a sophisticated clone of the original and it really overdoes the shaky camera thing even more than in some of the worst found footage movies The Blair Witch Project spawned 
2
Blair Witch
Mark Jenkins
Blair Witch runs only eight minutes past the original yet it feels about a half hour longer 
1.5
Blair Witch
Jon Niccum
Nausea provoking camerawork cacophonous sound design and incoherent editing assault the senses nonstop The only thing that could make watching this movie more unpleasant is if ushers tasered viewers at random intervals 
1
Blair Witch
Bill Zwecker
All in all Blair Witch was quite satisfying and made me think This is what the first sequel to the original film should have accomplished 
3
Blair Witch
Shelbie Lynn Bostedt
Blair Witch suffers from expanding on an already told story and filling in the blanks that the original intentionally left well blank 
1.5
Blair Witch
Peter Howell
Wingard and Barrett aren t trying to reinvent the wail here which is mostly a good thing 
2.5
Blair Witch
Ty Burr
Blair Witch comes to the party very late and very tired and it doesn t improve from there 
1.5
Blair Witch
Lawrence Toppman
While it doesn t recapture the black magic of the original it delivers the requisite terror in the last half hour after a slow and ambiguous start 
2.5
Blair Witch
Soren Andersen
At a relatively compact 89 minutes the picture still feels about 20 minutes too long thanks to all the repetition of familiar elements 
2
Blair Witch
Peter Hartlaub
Even if there were no witches in the world these idiots would probably get taken out crossing a busy street 
2
Blair Witch
Keith Watson
It doesn t suggest documentary footage found in the woods so much as a haunted house version of Hardcore Henry 
2
Blair Witch
Rene Rodriguez
At least a third of Blair Witch consists of people running through the woods with flashlights shouting out each other s names A little of this goes a long way 
2
Blair Witch
Dustin Putman
Blair Witch is no The Blair Witch Project 151 few films are 151 but it is a worthy affectionate follow up with nerve blistering apprehension to spare By the end even the most hardened audience members are apt to get a case of the jitters 
3
Blair Witch
Stephen Whitty
There s a sharp division between the chill of I think I just saw something and the confusion of I don t know what the hell I just saw and Blair Witch often falls on the wrong side 
2
Blair Witch
Brian Tallerico
The set up is the same and while that felt fresh in the first film it now just kind of drains the piece of tension because we know no one is making it out alive 
2
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Khari J. Sampson
Hart effortlessly flows from the banal to the profane and weird 
3
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Linda Cook
Mostly clever and a showcase for a comedian who seems like a truly nice guy 
3
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Kam Williams
Effectively delivers a timely message that if we can all laugh together then we can all live together too 
3
Kevin Hart: What Now?
James Berardinelli
Are you a Kevin Hart fan Then drop everything and rush to see this movie Are you not a Kevin Hart fan Then move along there s nothing here to see 
3
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Odie Henderson
Kevin Hart What Now is Kevin Hart at the top of his game I just wish I had skipped the opening act the way I normally skip the previews 
3
Kevin Hart: What Now?
John Semley
There s a comfort to be found in Hart s skyrocketing mobility that makes America clap and cheer and howl along It hardly matters that his jokes aren t that funny or that he runs hack y catchphrases into the ground for cheap laughs 
1.5
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Kiva Reardon
Overall during his stand up the directors never manage to capture Hart s well heart 
1
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Rafer Guzman
Unless you re a loyal Hart fan his latest concert film won t bowl you over 
2
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Richard Roeper
If you think Kevin Hart is funny as I do you ll laugh frequently as I did If you don t you re not going to this movie in the first place are you 
3
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Pat Padua
Even if his jokes don t all land his train of thought is all you need for an entertaining performance that is funny angry and sometimes just weird 
2.5
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Kenji Fujishima
At times throughout this concert film Kevin Hart s brash honesty about himself can feel liberating 
2.5
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Peter Keough
Nobody works harder at getting a laugh than Kevin Hart It s exhausting to watch 
2
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Peter Hartlaub
Most fans will leave the theater happy But it s hard to imagine anyone quoting this special next month much less in 30 years 
2
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Katie Walsh
But the humor as it always has revolves around Hart s slightly bratty self preservation instincts he digs deep into vulnerabilities and what could be perceived as his flaws as a parent and partner to draw out the laughs 
2.5
Kevin Hart: What Now?
John Hartl
Hart says What Now will be his last stand up film Turning a one man show into a cast of thousands spectacle is one way to go out with a bang 
2.5
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Roger Moore
An increasingly rich and accomplished comic still works for his laughs with edge antic energy and polished stage patter 
2.5
The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid
Clayton Dillard
The material being offered has been edited composed and made sentimental with the rigor of a political ad campaign 
2
The Boondock Saints
Maitland McDonagh
Duffy s models are clearly snarky ultraviolent Tarantino esque crime pictures but this movie s cleverness is never quite on a par with its bloodlust 
2
The Boondock Saints
Peter Canavese
It s one thing to make a film that s violent and profane it s another to make one that s a moral black hole and to do it because black looks cool Blu ray 
1
The Boondock Saints
Bill Chambers
The Boondock Saints sorry to say wasn t worth the trouble 
1.5
Bad Moon
Mal Vincent
Eric Red was a credible writer for the 1980s thriller The Hitcher but as a director he s strictly by the numbers 
0.5
Bad Moon
Matt Brunson
It s impossible to hate any movie in which the hero is a magnificent German Shepherd but that angle is about all that Bad Moon has going for it 
2
Bad Moon
Dustin Putman
Bad Moon isn t a great film but it is a competent one with enough inspiration and individuality to impress It is easy to see why it has built up an affectionate little following over the last few decades 
2.5
Earthquake
James Kendrick
for all the bodies falling and crushed when 8220 the big one 8221 hits 44 there is never really anything at stake other than whether or not we are convinced by the effects
2
Earthquake
Matt Brunson
Undeniably dopey yet admittedly entertaining 
2.5
Earthquake
Scott Nash
Not the greatest Disaster movie of the period but still a fairly entertaining one 
3
Earthquake
David Nusair
doesn t really hold up all that well today 
2
Ulzana's Raid
Matt Brunson
The film is particularly pointed in its measured look at how the myopia of people hailing from different cultures can only lead to fear and loathing death and destruction 
3
Army of One
V.A. Musetto
Anyone thinking of enlisting in the Army might want to take a look at Army of One a compelling documentary by Canadian Sarah Goodman 
3
Army of One
David Sterritt
Contains truly eye opening moments 
4
Blood and Money
Ty Burr
None of which can disguise the flaws a boilerplate screenplay with more function than flavor slack editing to pad out the running time and absurd plot developments like a bullet Jim takes to the chest which bothers him about as much as a mosquito bite 
1.5
Blood and Money
Odie Henderson
The film has just enough wasted potential to be a near miss 
2.5
Blood and Money
Roger Moore
Whatever butch points Berenger earns for getting the job done in extreme conditions at an age when don t slip you ll break your hip has to be a concern are squandered on a film that isn t worth it 
1
200 Cigarettes
CSM Staff
Silly plotless slow 
.5
200 Cigarettes
Margaret A. McGurk
In the hands of director Risa Bramon Garcia and writer Shana Larsen their predicament is funny sad and wistful as only young lust can be 
3
200 Cigarettes
Ray Conlogue
There s no sign of the writerly derring do that is really essential to daisy chain storytelling 
2
200 Cigarettes
Robert Roten
Like Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream the story concludes that love makes fools of us all 
2.5
200 Cigarettes
Roger Ebert
Seeing a film like this helps you to realize that actors are empty vessels waiting to be filled with characters and dialogue 
0.5
200 Cigarettes
Madeleine Williams
A threadbare ensemble comedy struggling to be an 80s nostalgia film and failing 
1.5
200 Cigarettes
Rob Blackwelder
There are no wasted scenes no busted jokes and a number of comedic crescendos that will send you roaring over the back of your chair 
3
200 Cigarettes
Dustin Putman
A toss up between wonderful moments and weak moments This is one of the brightest vignettes of the film thanks fully to Plimpton s stand out high energy hilarious performance 
2.5
200 Cigarettes
Steve Rhodes
First time writer Shana Larsen makes the mistake of creating a couple of dozen characters and not giving any of them any depth 
1
200 Cigarettes
Michael Dequina
What s good about it is hidden behind the smoke of mediocrity 
2.5
200 Cigarettes
Mick LaSalle
A succession of pointed little moments nicely written by Shana Larsen and acted with comic assurance and sensitivity 
3
200 Cigarettes
James Berardinelli
A tepid affair distinguished by bland character development uninspired and insipid dialogue and a nonexistent plot 
2
200 Cigarettes
Jeff Vice
An exercise in inertia with slapped together lifeless scenes that drag on and on and on 
1
200 Cigarettes
Ross Anthony
New Years Eve 1981 tecno punk got a light 
2
200 Cigarettes
David Keyes
This is the movie that knows its a party flick but doesn t care 
3.5
Keeping the Bees
Roger Moore
Not Honeyland but this Turkish drama is still a lovely film with a Caucasus folk serenity about 
2.5
Soapdish
David Reddish
Dated insensitive jokes aside Soapdish has a lot going for it This kind of slapstick is enormously difficult to pull off well and director Michael Hoffman does an admirable job of keeping the plotand bantermoving at a rapid fire pace 
3
Soapdish
David Nusair
The progressively frenetic bent of Harling and Bergman s script paves the way for a gleefully over the top third act 
3
Soapdish
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie that is a balancing act really 
3.5
Soapdish
Chris Hicks
A riotous spoof of TV soap operas and the people who create them the clever foundation being that the backstage lives of the principles are more sudsy than the TV program they work on 
3.5
Safe Spaces
Mark Dujsik
There s a level of sincerity to After Class that almost makes its narrative messiness worthwhile 
2.5
Safe Spaces
Roger Moore
The Messiest Dramedy of the Year still a fun mess to watch and a fine showcase for Justin Long 
2.5
Safe Spaces
Joey Magidson
A perfect showcase for Justin Long 
3
The Golden Compass
Mattie Lucas
There is a good idea buried here somewhere it s just indistinguishable from the dust of stale ones 
2
The Golden Compass
David N. Butterworth
Begets the less than ringing endorsement Yeah whatever It was OK I suppose 
2
The Golden Compass
Rossiter Drake
Will it be enough to satisfy fans of Philip Pullman s widely read His Dark Materials trilogy Hard to say But for the uninitiated this is an engaging adventure even when Chris Weitz s screenplay lacks the compelling clarity of Pullman s prose 
3
The Golden Compass
Wesley Lovell
A beautiful thought provoking fantasy film 
3.5
The Golden Compass
Christian Toto
This Compass points to the end of a would be franchise 
2
The Golden Compass
Lori Hoffman
The Golden Compass is an entertaining blend of feisty pre teen girl heroine CGI animals both adorable and fierce and the usual suspects on the human side 
3
The Golden Compass
Jordan Hiller
All the pieces combined feel like nothing more than a barrage of exquisitely crafted names
1.5
The Golden Compass
Matt Brunson
Kidman s Mrs Coulter is a movie villain worth remembering in fact if she were any more evil she would have to change her name from Marisa to Ann 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Jeffrey Westhoff
In adapting Pullman s novel Weitz jettisons its distinctive atmosphere and complex and controversial theological background and decides instead to whip through the plot 
2
The Golden Compass
Michael A. Smith
the cast is deadly serious bringing each character to life and giving the audience a reason to cheer or boo them and their actions 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Peter Travers
The Catholic League thinks it s anti Catholic Admirers of Philip Pullman s 1995 His Dark Materials trilogy think the film guts the backbone of the book Me I just think it blows 
1.5
The Golden Compass
Linda Cook
Those seeking a treatise on religion or against religion will have to look hard to find it in The Golden Compass a convoluted but eye catching fantasy 
2
The Golden Compass
David Nusair
the film possesses few attributes designed to draw in and hold the interest of neophytes 
2
The Golden Compass
Mike McGranaghan
I heard the dialogue I saw the images but I never got into the story I was always aware that I was sitting in a theater watching a movie 
2
The Golden Compass
Gina Carbone
Wanting to appeal to a broad audience u2014 especially young teens u2014 is more than fine It s admirable But soulful philosophical 13 year olds do exist They do And they can even handle a religious discussion with lots of words involved 
2.25
The Golden Compass
Kit Bowen
Although this might be a tad convoluted and distant for the younger set The Golden Compass is still a truly fantastical journey filled with wondrous imagery 
3
The Golden Compass
Jeanne Aufmuth
Performances lend heft and humanity to the overriding whimsy 
3
The Golden Compass
Bob Bloom
Golden Compass lacks any real fantastic flair It is a decent enough feature but is short of that spell binding quality that will allow audiences to embrace it 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Gary Brown
The Golden Compass is an enjoyable albeit confusing diversion 
3
The Golden Compass
David Keyes
plays too innocent with its premise seldom allows its characters to gain dimension and all but ignores the looming instinct of the plot to abandon its innocence and begin discovering the dark little secrets of the writer s complex world 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Ross Anthony
Many charming elements but they don t quite add up to a fulfilling whole Enjoyed the bit about souls scampering alongside people in the form of animals 
2
The Golden Compass
Nick Rogers
Catholic pundits are half right in proclaiming that watching The Golden Compass could be hazardous to children It shows that even the most lyrical and challenging literary story can become a stupid sloppy film 
1.5
The Golden Compass
Eric Melin
rushed like crazy from one scene to another introducing characters spouting forced dialogue 
2
The Golden Compass
John Beifuss
Unlikely to fill theaters or to empty pews 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Jeff Vice
This mediocre film that is heavy on computer generated imagery adds up to little more than the Yawn icles of Narnia 
2
The Golden Compass
Peter Canavese
Posh fantasy the film s dazzling imagery and serviceable story hustle along agreeably if a bit dourly 
3
The Golden Compass
John Wirt
An entertaining start for this new series 
3
The Golden Compass
Rob Thomas
Every character in The Golden Compass has a daemon a talking animal sidekick who follows them everywhere It s a neat idea I wished I had one sitting in the theater with me to explain what the heck was going on 
2
The Golden Compass
Geoff Pevere
With its rushed jargon pumped exposition surplus of quarter baked characters stray narrative strands and generously dropped hints of things possibly to come The Golden Compass is a movie that wears its franchise ambitions on its sleeve 
2
The Golden Compass
Chris Hewitt
Compass isn t well made The heroine is a pill the issues are jumbled maybe because of the attempt not to offend potential moviegoers and the storytelling is clunky 
1.5
The Golden Compass
Moira MacDonald
Weitz s movie remains ultimately remote It ends mid adventure so blatantly setting the stage for a sequel that the whole thing suddenly feels like a preamble 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Mick LaSalle
An aura of disappointment takes hold midway into Golden Compass and becomes undeniable by the finish 
2
The Golden Compass
Carla Meyer
The Golden Compass never seems to follow a single thread for very long Instead it introduces new characters for Lyra to meet on her journey Few make an impact and one who does makes the wrong kind 
2
The Golden Compass
Jack Mathews
Represents the year s biggest gamble and it delivers the year s biggest and most ambitious fantasy 
3.5
The Golden Compass
Rene Rodriguez
Beautiful to look at but where s its heart 
2
The Golden Compass
Glenn Whipp
Bland treatment of round one of Philip Pullman s His Dark Materials trilogy 
2
The Golden Compass
Amy Biancolli
Weitz s film is short punchy and efficient and it s full of engaging spectacle 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Liam Lacey
This year s big holiday fantasy movie The Golden Compass is not as charming as the Harry Potter series or as spectacular as the Lord of the Rings movies but it has something else to offer ideas 
3
The Golden Compass
Lisa Kennedy
Why is it so joyless 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Roger Ebert
A darker deeper fantasy epic than the Rings trilogy The Chronicles of Narnia or the Potter films It springs from the same world of quasi philosophical magic but creates more complex villains and poses more intriguing questions 
4
The Golden Compass
Lawrence Toppman
Weitz took a wonderful story about the danger of severing a soul from its otherwise empty body and did that very thing to his source 
1.5
The Golden Compass
Sean P. Means
There s just too much information crammed into two hours and Weitz directs it all as if he s waist deep in quicksand and grandiose special effects 
2
The Golden Compass
Walter Chaw
The worst crime of a film like this is that not only is it retarded it expects its audience to be retarded as well 
0
The Golden Compass
Mark Dujsik
An undemanding blunt simplified adaptation 
2
The Golden Compass
Willie Waffle
Ill Tempered Talking Polar Bears are the only elements of the film saving it from obscurity and failure
2
The Golden Compass
Maitland McDonagh
For all the complicated backstory weighty themes action set pieces and fanciful production design the film is oddly unengaging 
2
The Golden Compass
Claudia Puig
Disappoints with its lack of character development and convoluted storytelling 
2
The Golden Compass
Tasha Robinson
For now The Golden Compass can stand on its own as a standard issue but still glorious adventure 
3
The Golden Compass
Kyle Smith
The best you can say about The Golden Compass is that it s merely the second dullest Nicole Kidman Daniel Craig film this year 
1.5
The Golden Compass
Duane Dudek
Being afraid of the screen version of The Golden Compass is like being afraid of your shadow The only ones with no faith are the filmmakers 
2.5
The Golden Compass
David Elliott
There may be box office gold from The Golden Compass but panning for it while viewing is a real day at the mine 
2
The Golden Compass
Bruce Newman
There is enough fire in Dakota Blue Richards first film performance to make you eager for the next installment in the series 
3
The Golden Compass
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The actors can hardly move among all the computer graphics much less express any emotion or spontaneity there s no sense of wonder 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Dustin Putman
An auspicious and grandiose entertainment Thoroughly immersive and genuinely wondrous 
3.5
The Golden Compass
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet for every disappointing turn there is a sequence of unparalleled majesty and even though the final taste left by the picture is decidedly bittersweet my interest is piqued just enough to wonder where things are going to go next 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Peter T. Chattaway
The Golden Compass wraps things up in less than two hours zipping from one plot point to the next and it feels rather rushed as a result 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Steven Rea
Visually The Golden Compass is dazzling hopscotching from hallowed halls of academe to the Nordic tundra from luxe manors to creepy sci fi like facilities The effects couldn t be better 
3
The Golden Compass
Robert W. Butler
By the last reel The Golden Compass has created a magical environment we believe in completely It s a Herculean task that Weitz and his collaborators handle with seeming effortlessness leaving us ready for more 
3
The Golden Compass
Ty Burr
With all its hesitations and half measures The Golden Compass kindled something this critic hasn t felt in years a burning thirst to see the sequel 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Jan Stuart
The Golden Compass works up enough self important gravitas to power the entire Lord of the Rings cycle Weitz s deflatingly anticlimactic windup assures us there is more to come 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Phil Villarreal
The toned down movie version isn t so much anti religion as it is anti entertainment 
2
The Golden Compass
Josh Larsen
about as anti God as The Chronicles of Narnia 
3
The Golden Compass
Joe Lozito
Writer director Chris Weitz winnows down Philip Pullman s dense unwieldy universe into a zippy if not entirely thrilling two hours 
3
The Golden Compass
Steve Rhodes
Script feels rushed and is very short on character development most viewers will be baffled feeling like they started at fourth or fifth episode in a ten part production 
2
The Golden Compass
Sean McBride
jam packed full of wonderful characters magical landscapes and high adventure 
3
The Golden Compass
James Berardinelli
Writer director Chris Weitz brings a style that is more obligatory than deft Constrained by a rushed feel and too little character development this movie never seems to flow quite right 
2.5
The Golden Compass
Nick Schager
Chris Weitz crams his story full of magical terms and concepts with a rapidity that leaves things confusing and thus meaningless 
1.5
Docks of New York
Mattie Lucas
An eerie wistful hymn to the forgotten men and women of the working class looking for their own slice of happiness in grungy places 
3.5
Docks of New York
Matt Brunson
Basically a stock melodrama elevated by gorgeous visuals and fine performances 
3.5
Docks of New York
James Kendrick
visually evocative and narratively intriguing such that even its generally terrible ending can t quite undermine the overall sense that you have just seen something profoundly of its time and ahead of it
3.5
Pokémon 4Ever
Steve Rhodes
The fourth in a series that I ll bet most parents had thought hoped was a fad that had long since vanished 
2
Pokémon 4Ever
Megan Turner
A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling 
1.5
Pokémon 4Ever
Joe Leydon
It s hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread 
1.5
Pokémon 4Ever
Tom Keogh
4Ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly 
2.5
Pokémon 4Ever
C.W. Nevius
At best this is a film for the under 7 crowd But it would be better to wait for the video And a very rainy day 
0
Pokémon 4Ever
John Anderson
What kids will discover is a new collectible What parents will suspect is that they re watching a 76 minute commercial 
2
Pokémon 4Ever
John Monaghan
Parents beware this is downright movie penance 
1
Pokémon 4Ever
Ty Burr
Yes 4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it ll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to Spirited Away 
1.5
Pokémon 4Ever
Jeffrey Westhoff
The threat implied in the title Pokmon 4ever is terrifying like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming 
1
Pokémon 4Ever
Mary Kalin-Casey
It s a shame that Pokemon 4Ever s dialogue is so trite and flatly delivered because the tale itself presents serious ideas worthy of more poetic language 
2.5
Pokémon 4Ever
Loren King
The latest installment in the Pokemon canon Pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace 
2
Jerry and Tom
Michael Dequina
Rubinek has promise as a director but it won t be completely realized until he finds better material 
2
The Cordillera of Dreams
James Kendrick
something quite extraordinary a poetic political historical documentary that finds a sublime balance between the horrors of human atrocity the potential for redemption and growth and the enormity of the world in which it all takes place
3.5
The Cordillera of Dreams
Ed Gonzalez
For Patricio Guzmán to gaze at the Cordillera is to comprehend the range of history and the possibility of its distortion 
3.5
Super Mario Bros.
Mark Caro
Like their video game counterparts co stars Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo somehow manage to weave their way past threatening obstacles and escape with their dignity 
2
Super Mario Bros.
Carrie Rickey
Scenery rushes by noise blares characters pop up wearing new costumes that they couldn t possibly have had time to change into as they eluded their adversaries 
1.5
Super Mario Bros.
Mary Flannery
Even moviegoers who don t own Nintendo if any such species exists will thoroughly enjoy these superheroes And chances are this is only the beginning of their film exploits 
3.5
Super Mario Bros.
Stephen Hunter
Devotees of the game may derive some pleasure from seeing its obstacles given quasi flesh and set in motion but that inert pleasure soon pales in a torrent of none too special effects confusing story line and characters without personalities 
2
Super Mario Bros.
Jeff Shannon
Unfortunately the highlights are sporadic 
2.5
Super Mario Bros.
Lawrence Toppman
Bombs explode cars careen and crash people leap from dimension to dimension in this blaring glaring picture Kids might get a charge out of the mayhem I got the vapors 
2
Super Mario Bros.
TV Guide Staff
Despite eye catching sets and smart casting this first feature length film to be adapted from a video game is a bloated muddle 
1.5
Super Mario Bros.
James Berardinelli
As everyone knows arcade style diversions are not known for strong original narratives or well developed characters In that sense this film is worthy of its inspiration 
1.5
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
Mattie Lucas
An aimless doodle where film school affectations are mistaken for actual depth a modern day piece of avant garde standing in the shadow of masters 
1
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
Erik Lundegaard
I found a few lines and images in the second half intellectually stimulating but it wasn t enough Strange Color exploited little but my patience 
1.5
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
Kam Williams
A difficult to decipher whodunit guaranteed to have you still scratching your head even after its confounding resolution 
2
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
Simon Abrams
It s a confrontational fever dream film told from constantly shifting perspectives and a chilly dizzying trip into a genre defined by violently conflicting emotions 
3
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
Ed Gonzalez
As if Amer and Orgasm weren t evidence enough this second feature length fiction from the Belgian husband and wife duo confirms that their style is nothing if not shtick 
1.5
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
David Nusair
it ultimately does seem as though Cattet and Forzani are actively encouraging the viewer to doze off For the record despite my best efforts I didn t 
0
The Spitfire Grill
Roger Ebert
It s an unabashedly manipulative melodramatic tearjerker with plot twists that Horatio Alger would have been embarrassed to use and the fact that it s so well acted only confuses the issue 
2
The Spitfire Grill
Mike Clark
Original in some ways but the same old plate of fried green tomatoes in others this Sundance Festival favorite might rate wider acclaim for its two leads if the overall tone weren t so bloodless and even dreary 
2
Haeundae
Christian Toto
Roland Emmerich had to be behind Tidal Wave right 
2.5
Sundance Shorts: Best Of 2012
Ty Burr
The shorter shorts are less impactful if occasionally diverting 
2.5
Lipstick Under My Burkha
Roger Moore
Slack but funny with an Islamo feminist edge that amuses us and alarmed Indian film censors
2.5
Beautiful Boxer
Rob Thomas
A rather sensitive and sweet biopic about a someone who believes he s unfairly trapped in a man s body a body he can use to whale the tar out of his opponents 
3
Beautiful Boxer
Sean P. Means
Star Asanee Suwan is tenderly moving as Toom showing his struggle to find internal peace as he fights savagely to get it 
3
Beautiful Boxer
V.A. Musetto
You can t help but root for Asanee s troubled character in and out of the ring 
3
Beautiful Boxer
Jan Stuart
He fights like a man so he can become a woman reads the ad but Uekrongtham s restrained film is neither as lurid nor as kitschy as the tagline portends 
3
Beautiful Boxer
Sara Michelle Fetters
In fact much like Calpernia Addams the central figure in Soldier s Girl Parinaya s ultimate triumph in the face of heavy adversity is awe inspiring 
3
Beautiful Boxer
Peter Debruge
An exquisite paradox a tale of sublime beauty masquerading behind the front of a vicious fighter 
2.5
Beautiful Boxer
John Hartl
It s too long and simplistic for the slight story it tells 
2.5
Beautiful Boxer
Ed Gonzalez
The birth of Parinya s gender struggle is Freudian to the nth degree but the confusion is evoked as a magical realist pageantry of clashing cultural and sexual signifiers 
2.5
Beautiful Boxer
Carla Meyer
Ekachai Uekrongtham imbues Toom s story with great tenderness lush visuals and fierce physicality 
3
Beautiful Boxer
Timothy Knight
A decent film that nonetheless fails to make the most of its fascinating subject matter 
2.5
Robinson in Ruins
Chris Cabin
Robinson s very name ties him to explorers like Crusoe and Walden 
3.5
Camp de Thiaroye
Bill Weber
Sembene never descends into the one note shrillness of Spike Lee at his worst 
3.5
Barb Wire
David Nusair
a consistently inept and astonishingly dull actioner 
0
Barb Wire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There isn t a scene that Anderson Lee walks through that didn t grab my attention 
3.5
Barb Wire
Michael Dequina
The most inane and inept hootfest or for that matter hooterfest to hit the big screen since Showgirls 
0
Barb Wire
Peter Stack
A convoluted mess but there have been worse 
1
Barb Wire
Madeleine Williams
The whole film is nothing more than just a tease not worth the bother 
0.5
Barb Wire
Roger Ebert
There s as much sheer work in this film as in films 10 times as good which is both encouraging and depressing I suppose 
2.5
Barb Wire
Mike Clark
The movie is predominantly a sexual tease albeit one without appreciably more nudity than you can see in 1968 s Barbarella 
1
Barb Wire
James O'Ehley
It is after all a comic book come to life it s based on the Dark Horse comic series and doesn t pretend to be about anything more than that 
2.5
Barb Wire
Allan Ulrich
The hypocrisy level is annoying 
1
Barb Wire
Chris Hicks
There s something sad about Lee purposely sculpting her breasts to resemble basketballs then parading around topless or nearly topless for most of the film while her character is supposed to comically strike a blow for feminism 
0
Barb Wire
James Berardinelli
The element of high camp that makes for enjoyable good trash isn t present Bad movies like this often generate small cult followings and that s about the size of audience the picture deserves 
1
Phenomenon
Matt Brunson
For a movie that s ostensibly about intelligence Phenomenon proves to be rather simple minded 
2
Phenomenon
Robert Roten
The part of the movie where Malley awakens to the possibilities around him is interesting but then it loses its way 
2.5
Phenomenon
Susan Wloszczyna
Works best if you can switch off your brain Those who can will reach weepy nirvana Those who can t will find this sticky sweet wallow a bit well dumb 
2.5
Phenomenon
Roger Ebert
This is a good role for Travolta who has an underlying sweetness and enthusiasm that is well used here 
3
Phenomenon
Michael Dequina
A slight but agreeable blend of comedy drama and whimsy 
3
Phenomenon
David N. Butterworth
Diabetics beware 
2
Pocahontas
Peter Canavese
It s hard to excuse the reconception of the eleven or twelve year old Pocahontas as a statuesque supermodel especially as kids don t need their stories to be hung on romance to deem them err shapely Blu ray 
2.5
Pocahontas
Matt Brunson
As long as Republicans are in power the line You think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you will remain relevant 
3.5
Pocahontas
Ed Gonzalez
True to the film s idealized spirit directors Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg similarly fend off history 
1.5
Pocahontas
Michael Dequina
A surprisingly understated and mature romantic drama that just happens to be animated 
4
Pocahontas
Jeanne Aufmuth
A refreshing combination of old fashioned animation and contemporary technology Pocahontas is less about story and more about the artistic possibilities of color detail and striking reality 
3.5
Pocahontas
Peter Stack
Disney s 33rd animated feature and its first with characters based on real people is a stunning movie with clever twists vivid characterizations insightful songs and a surprising harvest of revisionist history 
4
Pocahontas
Mike Clark
Imagine a cult Disney cartoon for this may be it 
3
Pocahontas
James Berardinelli
Taking advantage of the studio s breathtakingly intricate animation directors Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg have breathed vitality into this the fifth new wave Disney animated picture 
3.5
Pocahontas
Barbara Shulgasser
With an original score by Alan Menken and Gilbert and Sullivan ish songs by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz the movie is the cartoon equivalent of a full scale high quality Broadway musical 
3
Pocahontas
Chris Hicks
With Pocahontas the artists at Disney once again prove that when it comes to animation no can hold a candle to them 
3.5
Pocahontas
Steve Rhodes
An animated movie of incredible beauty 
3
Pocahontas
Madeleine Williams
Enjoyable but doesn t measure up to Disney s recent standards 
2.5
Pocahontas
Roger Ebert
Pocahontas is the best looking of the modern Disney animated features and one of the more thoughtful It is about real issues even if it treats them with naive idealism 
3
School of Life
Andrea Gronvall
Although he presents several characters fondly Vanier emphasizes seriousness of purpose over playfulness 
3
Everyone's Hero
Jim Lane
The setup of this computer animated feature is strained the story is contrived and the ending is downright silly 
2
Everyone's Hero
D. Scott Apel
The opportunity to talk to the kids who see this little film about the Reeves story a real life triumph of inspiration over tragedy is perhaps the best tribute to the couple this film provides 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Mike McGranaghan
There is absolutely nothing hip or cool about Everyone s Hero but it s so sweet and so pleasant and so nice that I found it impossible to dislike 
3
Everyone's Hero
Claudia Puig
Everyone s Hero is a sweet inspirational movie that doesn t offer any surprises but entertains youthful audiences in a gentle almost old fashioned way 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Susan Walker
feels more like a 1950s cartoon 
2
Everyone's Hero
Tom Keogh
It s all good fun but the film really only works if one buys its more awkward elements 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Peter Hartlaub
just another forgettable entry at the end of a summer that offered an unprecedented amount of mediocre animated films 
2
Everyone's Hero
David Elliott
The humor and action should please kids from 5 to 10 while adults won t need to squirm 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
John Anderson
No one but the youngest in the family will care much about it 
2
Everyone's Hero
Stephen Whitty
A simple pleasant film 
3
Everyone's Hero
Kyle Smith
a tame CGI cartoon for the simple minded the very young the very old and Yankee fans 
2
Everyone's Hero
Jack Mathews
amiable 
3
Everyone's Hero
Sara Michelle Fetters
Maybe a part of me feels like I have to be nice 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Carolyn Arends
Five days after screening Everyone s Hero I m still cringing a little in my grown up jaded way at the cute corny earnestness of the film 
3
Everyone's Hero
Sue Pierman
Despite its slow pace Hero s message of perseverance is inspiring coming from the Reeves who both faced adversity with remarkable grace If you re yearning for a simpler time the innocence of Hero may hit a home run for you 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Glenn Whipp
Kids little ones might be OK with Hero but mom and dad will need to join the talking bat for a double mochaccino in order to make it through its 85 minute running time 
2
Everyone's Hero
Mark Medley
Everyone s Hero is an after school special stretched to feature film length 
2
Everyone's Hero
John Monaghan
A likable lumbering computer animated children s movie set during the Depression that is more entertaining than it has any right to be 
3
Everyone's Hero
Jeff Vice
Among other notable missteps the animated feature Everyone s Hero tries to convince us that arrogant perennial winners the New York Yankees are good guys while lovable losers the Chicago Cubs are bad guys Say what 
2
Everyone's Hero
Bill Zwecker
It s a shame that Christopher Reeve s final directorial effort could not have been a more fitting and lasting tribute 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Janice Page
If it s not in the same league of talking inanimate object cartoons as Cars at least we can say it has heart And that s always more important than stars 
2
Everyone's Hero
Kit Bowen
Everyone s Hero is just the same old over produced CGI animated sap they keep shoveling at the kids except there s a talking baseball and bat in this one Fun 
1.5
Everyone's Hero
Sean P. Means
The humor is gentle and fun loving the messages positive and the colors bright and cheery 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Daniel M. Kimmel
Everyone s Hero has good values a decent story and a happy ending It will probably play a lot better on video but for the moment it s on the big screen 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Willie Waffle
perfect for what it is supposed to be a nice little inspirational tale with a good message for young children
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Josh Larsen
has so much inspirational blather it makes you want to shove a bat down your throat yet there are enough visual notes to keep you from self inflicted injury 
3
Everyone's Hero
Dustin Putman
Means well but it s as bland as a stale slice of dry white bread 
2
Everyone's Hero
Peter Canavese
Never explains its stupid idea of a talking baseball and a talking bat The filmmakers presume too much in assuming we ll accept the magic realism 
1
Everyone's Hero
Chris Hewitt
As if being the lousiest team in baseball isn t bad enough now the Chicago Cubs are being called out by a cartoon 
2
Everyone's Hero
Michael Wilmington
A likable good natured family show one that takes a typical boyhood fantasy of improbable sports heroics and inflates it into a cracked cartoon odyssey 
2.5
Everyone's Hero
Steve Rhodes
It s a charming story aimed at the youngsters in the audience but it ends up being just as appealing to the adults The animation is superb and imaginative 
3
Everyone's Hero
Ed Gonzalez
Unlike Monster House and The Iron Giant there s no sense of magic and danger to this bland animation which illuminates nothing or enriches the possibilities of its genre 
2
After Love
Nell Minow
Writer 47 director Aleem Khan has a gift for telling visual details 46 
3.5
After Love
Ray Gill Jr.
Every now and again we re treated with a fresh story from a first time filmmaker gifted with the perfect actor to tell it 
3
After Love
Thomas Floyd
Only a truly affecting film about grief would leave a viewer wishing it weren t over so soon 
3
3 Deewarein (3 Walls)
Namrata Joshi
It s Naseer who holds the entire film together and has the wittiest most ironic lines He plays the charmer to a hilt with an easy humour and seeming effortlessness 
2
El mar la mar
Mattie Lucas
At once a meditation on mortality a requiem for the lost and a chilling tone poem El Mar La Mar is a singular and terrifying evocation of shattered dreams and human longing 
3.5
El mar la mar
Kenji Fujishima
The film s approach to exploring the Sonoran Desert and topic of immigration often veers toward the avant garde 
3.5
Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf
Roger Moore
A melodrama that teeters between frustrating and infuriating 
1.5
Rush Hour
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The direction of Kaplan is very fluid and her film has some illuminating moments 
1.5
Reggie
Ty Burr
Reggie is a portrait of a firebrand who in old age has become a figure of serene ice cold clarity 
3
Reggie
Odie Henderson
Reggie is so well constructed you don t feel like it s belaboring its points It s an engrossing watch even if you hate those Damn Yankees 
3.5
Swing Time
James Kendrick
features some of the most transcendent memorable choreography in all of Astaire and Rogers films
3.5
Swing Time
Matt Brunson
Top Hat remains their masterpiece but this one s a stellar choice with some of the most intricate dance routines found in any of the Fred n Ginger pairings 
3.5
Swing Time
Josh Larsen
Has Astaire and Rogers pinnacle production number Never Gonna Dance 
4
Swing Time
Dan Callahan
This film has a director with a point of view the talented George Stevens who recognizes and amplifies the emotion in the Astaire Rogers pairing 
4
Swing Time
Roger Ebert
Of all of the places the movies have created one of the most magical and enduring is the universe of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 
4
Swing
Michael Dequina
Stansfield in a relaxed acting debut delivers a performance as robust as her soulful vocals 
3
Swing
Ian Mantgani
Incompetent overlong pointless and the only film I ve seen that thinks a keyboard is a brass instrument
1
Night of the Kings
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A prison drama like you have never seen more interested in the act of telling stories than in the stories that take place inside the prison 
2.5
Night of the Kings
Randy Myers
It s a transcendent love song to the magnificence of storytelling how words can create a legend and also soothe heal and in some cases save lives 
4
Night of the Kings
Lisa Trifone
In Philippe Lacôte s riveting and visceral Night of the Kings the storytelling itself becomes central to our understanding of the world in which we find ourselves 
3.5
Night of the Kings
Ty Burr
Lacôte is a master at staging hectic crowd scenes in which chaos suddenly arranges itself into patterns connections and poetry 
3.5
Night of the Kings
Sean P. Means
The story flows and moves to the rhythm produced by the inmates chanting and dancing and it s not long until the audience is feeling that rhythm as well 
3.5
Night of the Kings
Robert Horton
The dizzying atmosphere that emerges is haunting 
3.5
Night of the Kings
Mark Dujsik
T he stories here serve as a study of the psychological drive toward storytelling itself as a way of finding meaning and of literal survival 
3
Night of the Kings
Josh Larsen
Part poetry slam part dance performance part survivalist nightmare 
3
Night of the Kings
Katie Walsh
A power struggle and a ritual practiced by the collective within a microcosm of society housed under the oppression of the state and a powerful demonstration of the transporting and liberating power of narrative 
4
Night of the Kings
Tom Meek
Philipe Lacôte s Ivory Coast prison movie is a prison movie unlike any other 
3
Night of the Kings
Robert Daniels
An assured energetic piece of epic filmmaking one that celebrates how storytelling oration and folklore teach us about our past so we might change our present 
4
Night of the Kings
Shane Slater
When there s so much stunning creativity and imagination on display it s almost impossible to avert your eyes from this visionary work of African art 
3
Night of the Kings
Dwight Brown
With this venture Ivory Coast writer director Philippe Lacôte firmly establishes his place among the greatest African filmmakers 
3.5
Night of the Kings
Barry Hertz
The results are frequently engrossing and formally inventive even if the finale arrives abruptly and with a whiff of inevitability 
3
Night of the Kings
David Nusair
a striking drama 
2.5
Detroit 9000
Roger Ebert
Detroit 9000 is a tough cynical big city cop movie that occasionally tries to rise above its genre but doesn t quite make it 
2
The Unborn
Matt Brunson
Swiping from both the classy Rosemary s Baby and the cheesy It s Alive this often risible flick is merely stillborn 
1.5
Dust to Glory
Forrest Hartman
One needn t be an auto racing fan to appreciate the athletes depicted in Dana Brown s intriguing documentary about the Baja 1000 off road race 
3
Dust to Glory
Robert W. Butler
Dust to Glory is a valentine from a committed fan full of gee whiz idolizing that for this viewer anyway quickly wears thin 
2
Dust to Glory
Peter Debruge
Exhilarating 
3
Dust to Glory
Jeff Vice
Dust to Glory needed an editor or at least a better one someone who might have helped this documentary focus on one or two stories rather than trying to tell a dozen or more 
2
Dust to Glory
John Monaghan
As with Step into Liquid Brown proves in Dust to Glory that the thrill of high speed racing can be shared by fans and non fans alike 
3
Dust to Glory
Sean P. Means
Brown s hyperbolic surfer dude narration often undercuts the loopy spectacle of gears grime and grit he intends to celebrate 
2
Dust to Glory
Michele Kenner
Seems too infatuated with its subjects yet too detached to be engaging 
1.5
Dust to Glory
Roger Moore
Brown does a very good job of getting across the daredevil thrill of it all 
3
Dust to Glory
Phil Villarreal
Speed Channel enthusiasts will eat the stuff up and the film is accessible enough for nonfans to taste the high of legal and illegal speed dusted with the promise of glory
3
Dust to Glory
Jeffrey Westhoff
Brown features so many drivers in so many classes that we lose track of the players after 10 minutes 
2
Dust to Glory
James Verniere
Exciting and often hauntingly beautiful 
3
Dust to Glory
Kevin M. Williams
Too many stories touched upon none in sufficient depth to really galvanize So you wind up with a 90 minute Baja 1000 commercial set to music and cliches 
2
Dust to Glory
Timothy Knight
Although the film features some hair raising footage and striking location photography there s far too much dust and not enough glory in Dust to Glory 
2.5
Dust to Glory
Ted Fry
Using 90 cameras in a variety of formats he captures the giddy danger of the race with truly visceral force 
2.5
Dust to Glory
Peter Hartlaub
The documentary resembles the trajectory of the average Baja 1000 competitor an exciting ride that barely crosses the finish line intact 
3
Dust to Glory
Bruce Westbrook
As dull as dust for much of its look at the Baja 1000 
2
Dust to Glory
Wesley Morris
Getting all that human race into the film s 92 minute run time is probably an accomplishment just not a very involving one 
2.5
Dust to Glory
Roger Ebert
There is a kind of madness involved in a race like this and that s apparently its appeal 
3
Dust to Glory
Willie Waffle
Dust To Glory is part of a new genre film a type of mass marketing promotional documentary it s better than most films like this 
2.5
Dust to Glory
Jeff Strickler
Dana Brown s documentaries crackle with passion 
3.5
Dust to Glory
Chris Hewitt
The Baja 1000 is an all day all crazy affair and the documentary vividly captures it with driver s eye views that show how jolting dangerous and exciting it is 
2.5
Dust to Glory
Jeanne Aufmuth
Crackling with the thrill of the chase 
3.5
Dust to Glory
Kyle Smith
There is exhilarating footage from more than 50 cameras many in the vehicles 
3
Dust to Glory
Glenn Whipp
The film gives us some amazing footage of seemingly sane people doing crazy things interspersed with a lot of shallow filler that is as illuminating as peering into a cloud of dust 
2.5
Dust to Glory
Gene Seymour
It s nice that filmmaker Dana Brown feels so revved up about his subject But the exuberance is confined to his overheated narration and never comes through here 
2
Dust to Glory
Ross Anthony
Same theme as Million Dollar Baby which fancies itself both realistic and inspirational Dust to Glory is not only more realistic but also more inspirational 
3
Dust to Glory
Ed Gonzalez
Brown weaves a fast flying tapestry but makes the mistake of having Nathan Furst score the thing to within an inch of its life 
2
Dust to Glory
Steve Rhodes
The movie was great fun and a real rush Just don t try any of this stuff at home 
3
Givers of Death
Dwight Brown
Tough to watch but has a few redeeming qualities 
2.5
In My Mother's Arms
Glenn Heath Jr.
Throughout it becomes clear that both the film and its subject are defined by the necessity of multitasking 
3
In My Mother's Arms
Liam Lacey
Roughly made but illuminating the Iraq documentary In My Mother s Arms is a brief immersion into life in a Baghdad boys orphanage 
2.5
Delbaran
Emanuel Levy
Jailili s film a highlight of Locarno Festival continues the honorable tradition of Iranian melodramas about children this one centering on a 14 year old Afghan refugee caught in the political chaos that describes life in the title s border town 
3
Prophet's Prey
Scott Renshaw
Despite the fragmented nature of Berg s exploration of this mysterious group it s chilling when providing a comprehensive look at one happens when one twisted man convinces enough people that he speaks for God 
3
Prophet's Prey
Mark Dujsik
Amy Berg s documentary about Jeffs and the FLDS is a study of evil disguised as virtue and of devotion taken to the extreme 
3
Prophet's Prey
Michael O'Sullivan
A film that feels horrifyingly urgent even as it is at times nearly impossible to watch without squirming 
3
Prophet's Prey
Brian Tallerico
It speaks for itself And what it says is scarier than any horror film this year 
3
Prophet's Prey
Chuck Bowen
One watches the film with an escalating sense of disbelief and horror as Warren Jeffs is steadily revealed to be an even greater monster than we initially take him for 
3
Elektra
Leah Rozen
Garner who showed a promising comic touch last year in 13 Going On 30 does her movie career no favors here 
1.5
Elektra
John Wooley
Elektra is a strange and emotionally distant picture redeemed if not completely by a nice climactic battle some moody visuals and a star who seems to be working as hard as she can to heat up a character designed to be chilly 
2.5
Elektra
Russ Breimeier
During a fight a character declared Enough It ends now And I thought It s about time Now there s a sure sign of an action movie falling short of its potential 
2
Elektra
Kurt Loder
There s a skeleton of a cool fantasy story here but the clatter and clunk of its fleshless bones is dispiriting 
1
Elektra
Wesley Lovell
Much like the onslaught of sword and sandal epics the comic book adaptation boom has resulted in a decreased effectiveness of the subjects 
1.5
Elektra
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jennifer Garner tiene el potencial de ser una súper estrella pero con decisiones como ésta el camino va a ser mucho más complicado de lo que debería 
1.5
Elektra
Vince Koehler
Jennifer Gardner provides some wonderful eye candy for the audience to enjoy and that somehow makes it all worthwhile 
2.5
Elektra
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We find that the movie has more plot holes than actual plot 
2
Elektra
Michael Dequina
A study in how a can t miss project can go awry in just about every conceivable way 
1
Elektra
Collin Souter
Elektra does have some action in it which is especially awesome if you re into bed sheets flying around 
1
Elektra
Jonathan R. Perry
When we can get the Lifetime Network on basic cable and watch Alias every Wednesday night for free is this really necessary 
2
Elektra
Tom Meek
You re left with stilted dialogue and dark underlit sets 
1.5
Elektra
Greg Maki
With so much riding on Garner you d think the screenwriters would have given her something to work with 
1.5
Elektra
Frank Ochieng
pseudo sleek and thinly sensationalized Garner s one note performance as a destructive diva feels rather empty and generic
2
Elektra
Matt Brunson
Talk about a house of flying daggers 
1.5
Elektra
Peter Travers
Jennifer Garner should have used an alias instead of putting her name on this breathlessly boring spinoff of Daredevil 
1
Elektra
Linda Cook
Elektra is a shocking mess 
.5
Elektra
Aaron Hillis
With dialogue as half assed as its entry level CGI effects Elektra lacks thrills narrative emotion believability character development and frankly watchability 
1
Elektra
Scott Nash
Awful 
1
Elektra
Sara Michelle Fetters
One thing the world did not need was a sequel to Daredevil Luckily that s not what we got Unfortunately what arrived in its place isn t much better 
2
Elektra
Leah McLaren
That she is in fact a hired assassin on a 2 million contract killing is charmingly offset by the fact that she wears no makeup and ties her albeit ridiculously long brown hair back in a ponytail 
2
Elektra
Christian Toto
Garner s moxie can t lift Elektra above its sluggish storytelling
2
Elektra
James Verniere
No one could give a galvanizing performance in a film as unengagingly written as this one 
1.5
Elektra
Chris Kaltenbach
Electric as Elektra Jennifer Garner does a high powered blade thrusting star turn as Marvel Comics ninja inspired superheroine bringing such unbridled energy and sexuality to her performance one barely notices the movie itself 
3
Elektra
Jeffrey Westhoff
Call me squeamish but this is my problem with Elektra the Punisher and similar characters Killers make lousy heroes 
2
Elektra
Peter Howell
The constant talk and tease of Elektra is sure to cause even more male frustration than Catwoman and Tomb Raider where the femmes were similarly dolled up and then sexed down to appease the nanny censors 
1
Elektra
Chris Hewitt
Feels like we re peeking in on a twisted superhero s draggy therapy sessions 
1
Elektra
Erik Lundegaard
It s opaque where it should be clear motivations fight scenes It s clear where it should be opaque what happens next 
0.5
Elektra
Bruce Newman
Garner is gloriously in gear ready to kick some Hand 
3
Elektra
Mick LaSalle
Another inert soul dead action drama that turns actors into zombies 
1
Elektra
David Elliott
You only have to endure this package to miss Uma Thurman and realize how superior is Tarantino s fleet hipster wit and kinetic showmanship 
1
Elektra
Rachel Leibrock
Can t decide if it wants to be an action packed martial arts romp or a dark and sensitive allegory about love and loss The film attempts both approaches and succeeds at neither 
2
Elektra
Timothy Knight
There s a tired by the numbers feel to Elektra 
2.5
Elektra
Stephen Whitty
Half of it feels like pure Saturday morning cartoon show Half feels like an attempt at an actual relationship drama They should have listened to the first half 
2
Elektra
Lou Lumenick
Resembles nothing so much as a dumbed down PG 13 version of Kill Bill put together by a team tone deaf to bad dialogue atrocious acting cheesy special effects and clumsily staged action sequences 
1
Elektra
Jami Bernard
Elektra is stripped of the unrepentant ferocity that made her a crossover hit in the first place Here she quickly succumbs to her gooey maternal side which means if ever there s a sequel she ll have no edge 
2
Elektra
Peter Debruge
Garner has no trouble looking sexy and teen boys should enjoy Elektra s many gratuitous costume changes but she s hopelessly unconvincing in this icy role 
1
Elektra
Bob Strauss
An illogical meandering mess 
1.5
Elektra
John Monaghan
Elektra the movie is a lot like Elektra the assassin It executes its mission with considerable precision but never feels truly alive 
2
Elektra
Roger Ebert
Plays like a collision between leftover bits and pieces of Marvel superhero stories 
1.5
Elektra
Wesley Morris
Garner does all the stuff you can see her do on Wednesday nights namely some of her own stunt work in outrageous costumes but without an ounce of zeal charisma or purpose 
1
Elektra
Jon Niccum
In terms of comic book flicks it s way better than Catwoman and nowhere near as good as Spider Man 
2
Elektra
Walter Chaw
A somehow stupider version of Mortal Kombat 
0.5
Elektra
Chuck O'Leary
Elektra isn t the Carmen Electra story but after a while you ll wish it were 
1.5
Elektra
Michael A. Smith
And I must say that not since Rafael kicked butt with the rest of the Ninja Turtles has a character wielded a sai the way Garner does 
2
Elektra
Claudia Puig
Garner adept as she is at physical stunts and action moves is far more appealing when she s playing charming and adorable as she did so winningly in 13 Going on 30 
2
Elektra
Paul Doro
Elektra s story is as thin and simple as they come full of genre cliches and established merely to stage one elaborate action scene after another 
2
Elektra
Lawrence Toppman
Watching this is like sitting by a pinsetter at a bowling alley 
2
Elektra
Steve Rhodes
Plays like a third rate knock off of House of Flying Daggers by someone who has heard about House of Flying Daggers but has never actually seen it 
1.5
Elektra
Steven Rea
Kill Bill without irony and without Quentin Tarantino s flair for cool dialogue and chop socky action and without Uma Thurman for that matter 
2
Elektra
Peter Canavese
Though the attempt is moody and earnest I can t say that it s smart or memorable 
2
Elektra
James Berardinelli
Without a viable screenplay there s nowhere for the character to go and no way to avoid making her look silly 
2
Elektra
Jan Stuart
The unremittingly dour screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics character 
2
Elektra
Michael Wilmington
Devotees of awful filmmaking can t go wrong with this one 
1
Elektra
Josh Larsen
a bit like ordering egg rolls at McDonald s 
2
Elektra
Willie Waffle
The movie is more like a series of fight scenes and chases occasionally interrupted by sullen glances 
.5
Elektra
Nick Schager
Substituting titillating triumph for tragedy this adaptation of Marvel Comics knife wielding knockout comes across as hopelessly blunted 
1.5
Elektra
Phil Villarreal
The thing about Elektra is she flashes back so often you wonder if she may have experimented with acid back in her days at Superhero U 
1
Elektra
Rob Blackwelder
Scantily clad action heroine with a sexy tough pout Check Supernatural bad guy gang of tattooed Goth punk clowns Check A half hearted prefabricated effort 
1.5
Elektra
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ho hum actioner that s rife with cliches 
2
Elektra
Dustin Putman
Elektra would have been far better off staying dead 
1
Drunken Master II
Matt Brunson
The story is only there to serve as a clothesline for some incredible action set pieces 
3
Drunken Master II
Joe Lozito
If you have never seen a Jackie Chan movie this one will show you what all the fuss is about 
3
Drunken Master II
Jeanne Aufmuth
I m extremely unhappy when one of my HK favorites is re released re titled and re packaged as an English dubbed Jackie Chan vehicle for American audiences to ostensibly enjoy 
2.5
Drunken Master II
Liam Lacey
A spectacularly silly comic epic in which almost every known camera trick stunt and fight choreography known to the genre is squished into one story 
3
Drunken Master II
Robert Roten
Suffers from some of worst problems of the martial arts genre bad dubbing bad soundtrack chaotic plot no character development but it has great fights and stunts 
2
Drunken Master II
James Kendrick
Chan delivers everything that could possibly be expected 
3
Drunken Master II
Elias Savada
Continuity takes a drubbing and Jackie Chan does his own dubbing in this rerelease of Drunken Master II a limp Chinese noodle headed sequel to his 1978 breakthrough feature 
1
Drunken Master II
Peter Stack
A bit of a chore to watch for the first half or so Dubbed dialogue that is totally out of synch doesn t help 
2
Drunken Master II
James Berardinelli
Chan fans will probably want to pay to see this one on the big screen Everyone else can bide their time for the video release 
2.5
Drunken Master II
Steve Rhodes
There is too much fighting gymnastics and too little of the story development 
2
Drunken Master II
Chris Hicks
Great fun for action fans And if you haven t tried one of these Hong Kong stunt packed thrillers this one may get you hooked 
3
Drunken Master II
Marty Mapes
Chan is an entertainer who can singlehandedly make any film enjoyable to watch 
2.5
Drunken Master II
Michael Dequina
Compensates for what it lacks in plot with hearty laughs and truly spectacular action sequences 
3.5
Drunken Master II
Tor Thorsen
Simply put there have never been better martial arts put on film 
3.5
Drunken Master II
Rob Blackwelder
Features what are arguably the fastest most furious and elaborate and the most entertaining fight sequences ever filmed 
3
Drunken Master II
Roger Ebert
The final 20 minute fight sequence sets some kind of benchmark It may not be possible to film a better fight scene 
3.5
Naqoyqatsi
Michael Dequina
The only feeling one comes away from Naqoyqatsi is admiration of its technological virtuosity certainly not what Reggio intended 
2
Naqoyqatsi
Derek Smith
Socially aware but so nihilistic and fatalistic that it s irrelevant since it is unwilling to push towards the social change that the prior films supported so adamently 
1.5
Naqoyqatsi
Rob Blackwelder
Reggio s ever evolving style in this film doesn t have the same mesmerizing quality as his previous efforts but nobody makes more accessible non narrative conceptual cinema 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Jan Stuart
If the message seems more facile than the earlier films the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Sean P. Means
The saturation bombing of Reggio s images and Glass evocative music ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Jeff Vice
Like its two predecessors 1983 s Koyaanisqatsi and 1988 s Powaqqatsi the cinematic collage Naqoyqatsi could be the most navel gazing film ever 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Marty Mapes
Can be viewed as pure composition and form film as music
3
Naqoyqatsi
Dan Gross
Whether you re moved and love it or bored or frustrated by the film you ll still feel something 
3.5
Naqoyqatsi
Liam Lacey
Feels like a bloated mass of data without much coherence 
2.5
Naqoyqatsi
David N. Butterworth
It s not a film to be taken literally on any level but its focus always appears questionable 
2.5
Naqoyqatsi
David Sterritt
At a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had Godfrey Reggio s career shines like a lonely beacon 
4
Naqoyqatsi
Tom Keogh
This is a film living far too much in its own head 
2
Naqoyqatsi
Octavio Roca
The sound of Ma s cello alone is reason not to miss Naqoyqatsi 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Roger Ebert
I have problems with Naqoyqatsi as a film but as a music video it s rather remarkable 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Wesley Morris
Reggio and Glass so rhapsodize cynicism with repetition and languorous slo mo sequences that Glass s dirgelike score becomes a fang baring lullaby 
2.5
Naqoyqatsi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The filmmaker seems determined to deliver profound messages about mankind but most are so simple a child could have crafted them 
2
Naqoyqatsi
Patrick Z. McGavin
A disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by Philip Glass 
3
Naqoyqatsi
V.A. Musetto
Who needs mind bending drugs when they can see this the final part of the qatsi trilogy directed by Godfrey Reggio with music by Philip Glass 
3
Naqoyqatsi
Ed Gonzalez
Reggio and Glass put on an intoxicating show 
2.5
Crescendo! The Power of Music
Marci Schmitt
This documentary deserves applause 
3
Salma's Home
Randy Myers
A delightful debut feature from Palestinian Jordanian filmmaker Hanadi Elyan that offers a refreshing humorous and heartfelt take on the bonds and relationships between three generations of Arab women 
3
Paranoid
Robert Pardi
A film that lacks any real meaning whatsoever 
1.5
The Navigator
James Kendrick
an amusing Buster Keaton comedy hardly one of his best but one that certainly has more than its share of pleasures
3
The Navigator
Matt Brunson
If this one isn t quite up to the high standards of many of the other Keaton titles of the period it s still a worthy achievement 
3.5
The Navigator
Mattie Lucas
One of Keaton s best and most beloved films The Navigator 1924 is in many ways a direct precursor to his masterpiece The General 1926 in its themes of man versus machine 
3.5
The Navigator
Austin Kennedy
THE NAVIGATOR is a text book example on how to execute slapstick and sight gags I would say that this film even more so than THE GENERAL is a perfect introduction to the films of Buster Keaton 
4
The Navigator
Walter Chaw
Keaton is the great metaphysical existentialist a modernist in the finest sense of the word 
3
Indecent Proposal
David Nusair
glossy and soap opera like 
2.5
Indecent Proposal
Walter Chaw
Yes it s true in this astonishingly distasteful bit of dreck there is at the bottom a sappy little romance 
0.5
Indecent Proposal
Peter Canavese
Would you sell your body for a night to the tune of a million dollars What makes for five minutes of interesting conversation alas does not make for an interesting two hour movie Blu ray 
1.5
Indecent Proposal
Betsy Bozdech
Even as a meditation on morality and character it s not that compelling 
2
Indecent Proposal
Michael Dequina
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3
Indecent Proposal
Roger Ebert
It is artificial and manipulative and in the real world this sort of thing would never happen in this way but then that s why we line up at the ticket window We want to leave the real world for a couple of hours anyway 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Nick Rogers
Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera and company prod themselves into a hilariously fascinating exploration and exploitation of their own psychological fears After all a director like Spike Jonze wouldn t be a hanger on if there were no subtext 
4
Jackass: Number Two
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to deny the comedic value of such interludes 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Chris Hewitt
Jackass Number Two is a lot like the first Jackass but with Oscar winners 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Michael A. Smith
the film does elicit some genuine laughs and that is what a comedy should do 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Jonathan R. Perry
The title tells all To hell with it 
.5
Jackass: Number Two
Sean McBride
I can t recommend their methods I will applaud their energy and commitment to this particular brand of stupidity 
2
Jackass: Number Two
Linda Cook
Vomit There If that got your attention and it sickened you please proceed to another review 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Mark Dujsik
It s sadomasochism at its drunkest 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Carla Meyer
The film s candid camera skits are mostly unoriginal 
1.5
Jackass: Number Two
Brie Beazley
While the movie wallows in bad taste and will never be mistaken for high art it s effing hilarious So there 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Mike McGranaghan
I laughed more in the first fifteen minutes than I have in the entirety of any 90 minute comedy this year At the risk of sounding like a sicko I liked this depraved movie a lot 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Phil Villarreal
There s no denying the ingenuity it takes to design this stuff Who else besides Knoxville would think to wrestle a boa inside a kids ball pit 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Nick Schager
You ve got to give it to the Jackass crew their commitment to their crass craft is awe inspiring 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Ken Fox
Ask yourself this Did the title make you laugh If so you re probably the target audience 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Peter Howell
The first half hour was hilarious The second half hour got repetitious and tedious 
2
Jackass: Number Two
Moira MacDonald
One of the more positive things I can say about JNT is that it serves the function of a crash diet After seeing it you will not want to eat again for a very very long time 
1.5
Jackass: Number Two
Peter Hartlaub
I don t recall being in physical pain from laughing which happened a couple of times during the first film but the sequel still delivers what it promises This is the Godfather II of tasteless prank films 
3
Jackass: Number Two
David Hiltbrand
You have to marvel at the way these guys keep coming up with ingenious ways to hurt themselves 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Stephen Whitty
A solid hour and a half plus outtakes of gratuitous violence and endless stupidity 
1
Jackass: Number Two
Kyle Smith
Though I understand that the film is intent on being no 1 in no 2 it is not ever necessary to show someone making doody on camera thanks 
2
Jackass: Number Two
Elizabeth Weitzman
Only adolescent boys the movie s target audience despite a well earned R rating will appreciate the most extreme gross out gags none of which can be described in a family newspaper 
2
Jackass: Number Two
Sue Pierman
At the end of the film one actor pronounces It s just not funny anymore and I want to go home Amen to that 
1.5
Jackass: Number Two
Connie Ogle
If the judges stuck hooks in the American Idol contestants and used them for bait each week even I would have to tune in occasionally 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Brent Simon
Some segments hit some miss but watching these casually captured shenanigans is in a sense refreshing because it makes us realize how inured we are as an audience to action sequences from all the same predetermined Hollywood angles 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Eric Winkler
The movie does what it set out to do entertain its core audience of guys like me who were weaned on Beavis and Butt head 
2
Jackass: Number Two
John Monaghan
Just as outrageous as fans were hoping it would be 
1
Jackass: Number Two
Jeff Vice
The only thing that might be considered amusing in the entire film are scenes in which the irksome Bam Margera finally gets some comeuppance 
1
Jackass: Number Two
Jake Coyle
True to its aim Jackass 2 probably will leave fans more satisfied than the vast majority of films this year have left moviegoers 
2
Jackass: Number Two
Wesley Morris
The double feat of Jackass is that it weds the obviously juvenile with the arrestingly profound The boys of Delta Kappa Epsilon and their TAs can watch this movie in the same theater 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Daniel M. Kimmel
As H L Mencken acidly noted no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the general public 
1.5
Jackass: Number Two
Peter Canavese
Knoxville at one point sports a T shirt with a slogan that says it all F Art Let s Dance 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Collin Souter
The jackass films were made for the sole purpose of getting a crowd of drunken lunkheads together for a night of brainless hilarity Nothing more nothing less 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Erik Childress
Their second feature film features much of the same and then much more of the same as a few really big laughs almost forgive how repetitive it all is 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Eric Melin
You can be offended all you want but laughing at a guy who craps on a miniature toilet is only one step away from the cute baby who slips in his poop on America s Funniest Home Videos 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Peter Travers
The heart of Jackass the adolescent drive to bash body and soul into the symbolic brick wall of maturity remains pure 
3
Jackass: Number Two
Dustin Putman
If ever a studio film was released in theaters with the power of making audience members puke all over themselves this is it 
2
Jackass: Number Two
Jessica Reaves
I don t know what to say about Jackass Number Two What is there to say after all about a 95 minute foray into feces intestinal gas horse semen and a beer funnel inserted into a body cavity that s quite obviously not someone s mouth 
.5
Jackass: Number Two
Matt Pais
If you re expecting anything other than morons being morons then you re the jackass 
2.5
Jackass: Number Two
Gene Seymour
One must admit however grudgingly that there s a kind of warped integrity in their compulsion to keep topping each wretched stunt sometimes within the same stunt 
2.5
A Slice of Lynch
Phil Villarreal
like going to the zoo and catching the tiger during his nap instead of feeding time 
2
A Slice of Lynch
Walter V. Addiego
We get an all access pass to watch the master at work both on location and at his home workshop studio in Los Angeles Those who aren t part of the filmmaker s substantial cult will be less intrigued 
3
A Slice of Lynch
Ken Fox
Anyone looking for a general overview of the director will do better looking elsewhere 
2.5
A Slice of Lynch
V.A. Musetto
Provides little new insight into Inland Empire but it does reinforce the auteur s reputation as a one of a kind genius 
3
A Slice of Lynch
John Anderson
Although fractured by the various film processes and a mix of DV and 8 mm used by the bio s director it s actually a tightly edited formalist movie which in itself explains a lot about Lynch as the non narrative filmmaker extraordinaire 
3
A Slice of Lynch
Rob Humanick
The film would be better entitled Lynch for Beginners 
2
Down and Derby
Phil Villarreal
The cornball humor and aw shucks demeanor often make the Disney Channel seem edgy by comparison 
2.5
Down and Derby
Carla Meyer
Heads in predictable directions and illuminates little besides the process of crafting cars to compete in the Scouts Pinewood Derby 
2
Down and Derby
Jeff Vice
Too often the movie defies description as a comedy 
1.5
Down and Derby
Michael Booth
Down and Derby is amusing enough to make a bit of money at the box office and become a shelf stable DVD for years to come 
2.5
Down and Derby
Sean P. Means
The family friendly slapstick is pitched at such a manic high that the results are more exhausting than amusing 
1
Down and Derby
Jeff Strickler
Down and Derby is a benign but good hearted family comedy that offers a gender switch on stage moms derby dads 
2.5
Down and Derby
Chris Hewitt
It s too predictable and TV movie generic to appeal to anyone older than say 5 
2
Down Periscope
David Nusair
a sluggish comedy that slowly but surely squanders its raft of appealing seemingly foolproof elements 
2
Down Periscope
Susan Wloszczyna
A soggy sub sandwich layered with cheesy action stale jokes and gung ho baloney 
1.5
Down Periscope
Rob Blackwelder
This maritime comedy is not worth watching without something else to do 
2
Down Periscope
Barry Walters
Why give someone who has a genuine skill for understated intelligent comedy a highly unfunny script that s both overly obvious and stupid 
0
Down Periscope
Edward Guthmann
After that auspicious opening it sinks 
2
Down Periscope
James Berardinelli
There are occasional laughs but as with most movies that think they re funnier than they actually are most of the jokes fall flat 
1.5
Down Periscope
Madeleine Williams
Down Periscope is a rather leaky sub 
1.5
Down Periscope
Chris Hicks
Some of this is silly and dumb as jokes fall flat But there are also some laughs to be had 
2.5
100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection
Randy Myers
It s enlightening to behold 
2.5
The Rabbi's Cat
Lawrence Toppman
Like the title character the makers of The Rabbi s Cat follow their noses wherever a new scent leads Their eternal curiosity buoys this Cat then impairs it somewhat but redeems it by the end 
3
The Rabbi's Cat
Kyle Smith
Ambitious isn t the word here random is more like it 
1.5
The Rabbi's Cat
Ed Gonzalez
Despite its flaws the film is at least a consistent vision attesting through both its story and animation to the rabbi s right to be different while also striving for human solidarity 
2.5
America's Musical Journey
Soren Andersen
The positivity that runs through America s Musical Journey is wedded to an underlying celebration of the country s diversity 
3
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
Peter Howell
While never letting its tone of studious but stewing detachment slip the movie quietly builds a truly enraging case for a certain form of systematic official cynicism 
3
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
Liam Lacey
The link between the illegal immigrant problems in the United States and the war in Iraq is explored in the moving documentary The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez 
3
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
Ed Gonzalez
The life and death of the first American soldier killed in Iraq complicates the ongoing debate on illegal immigration 
3
Faster
Erik Lundegaard
A bland straightforward documentary about an insane sport 
1.5
Faster
Michael Booth
Problem is after an hour and a half of Faster I still don t get motor sports 
2
Faster
Leighton Walter Kille
A kind of bone crushing fun but there s little drama and certainly no insight 
2
Faster
Mack Bates
Serves as an insightful primer for the uninitiated 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Brian Eggert
Diverting and well made though the picture may be Rogue One ultimately serves no real purpose beyond fleshing out established material 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
David Gonzalez
Rogue One ultimately connects Episodes III and IV in ways we could have never imagined 46 A film that can be seen in theaters and after 44 you can go home and watch its sequel instantly in the comfort of your own home 46 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Matt Brunson
Rogue One comes equipped with the subtitle A Star Wars Story but let it be known that this isn t your father s Star Wars your mother s Star Wars or even your own Star Wars 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Alan French
The visual splendor of Rogue One often gets ignored but few images can haunt an audience like The Death Star coming up over the horizon 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Mattie Lucas
Feels like exactly what we always wanted from a Star Wars prequel and for better or worse it s exactly what we got 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
When the film slows down enough for the dialogue to sink in we realize that the story such as it is has been cobbled together from all previousStar Wars films combined 
1.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
George M. Thomas
a reason to hit theaters this holiday season 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
John Hanlon
An origin story that stays true to its predecessors while crafting its own unique identity 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
John Beifuss
In the first Star Wars film in 1977 heroism is rewarded literally in the form of a medal but here heroism requires extreme sacrifice That ultimately lethal distinction is a key to the difference between previous chapters and this sidebar 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though it s certainly worth a look Rogue One is a minor Star Wars story 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Walter Chaw
A deep cut for Star Wars fanatics 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Wesley Lovell
This is a Star Wars film for fans not casual observers It has plenty of nice touches that bring back fond memories of the original and may well be the best Star Wars films since the original trilogy 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
David Keyes
The first act is the frenetic embodiment of the Hollywood machine but the final 30 minutes is a rousing climactic battle on the empire s home turf 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Brad Keefe
It s already apparent that Disney s plans for Star Wars are cause for excitement 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
David Nusair
The Star Wars expanded universe kicks off with this entertaining yet far from flawless prequel to A New Hope 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sonny Bunch
The first Star Wars Story is a success 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
James Kendrick
Those with patience will find that its second half is fully rewarding with its epic battles and grand conflicts between good and evil bearing most of the weight of the astronomical expectations that are now part and parcel of the franchise 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Kevin A. Ranson
makes many of the other Star Wars films feel inferior can we postpone the numbered movies and just tell these little big stories for a while 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Disney may be squeezing the franchise to the fullest but as long as it continues to produce Star Wars movies of this quality I doubt many people will complain Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tony Norman
Rogue One is at its best when it explores the relationship between the characters at ground level They are a scrappy lot with a lot of heart 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Mike McGranaghan
Rogue One feels more like a movie with Star Wars stuff in it than an actual Star Wars movie 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Neil Rosen
From a visual standpoint it s stunning as the production values are a real knockout Plus the battle scenes are really well executed That said the plot is not always that engaging 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Robbie-Ann McPherson
This off shoot is a heck of a fun science fiction film and the last third of the movie is a wild epic battle 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rob Thomas
Maybe its modesty is the key to the success of Rogue One that it doesn t seek to build on the mythology of the other seven films but simply fill in a gap 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Phil Villarreal
The best Star Wars movie ever by a longshot 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Willie Waffle
I had a bad feeling about this but Rogue One proves it belongs in the Star Wars universe 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Dustin Putman
By the note perfect closing moments Rogue One has transformed into a richly rewarding experience 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Bob Bloom
The Force is with Rogue One because by looking back it helps carry the Star Wars saga forward 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Josh Terry
As a prequel it brings depth and strength to the existing canon and Rogue One A Star Wars Story will probably leave fans wishing it could have spun off into a franchise of its own 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Linda Cook
The Force is strong in this spin off 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Mark Dujsik
We re used to the characters in this series existing primarily as archetypes The characters here though barely qualify as archetypes 
2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Lauren Chval
A fun ride that repeats the Star Wars legacy without really adding to it 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tom Meek
It s an enthralling go with little pops of surprise and revelation that should please nostalgically so 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Clayton Davis
Action packed and glorious in its engaging and often times exotic dimensions of storytelling is absolutely stirring 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Calvin Wilson
Rogue One spins Star Wars into a whole new orbit 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Stephen Rebello
The resonant and entertaining Rogue One is about the persistence of hope and faith in the darkest of hours As we stagger to the end of this epically turbulent year the movie is all but guaranteed to strike a chord 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
James Berardinelli
It was always one of 2016 s most anticipated films and it doesn t let down the legions who have been waiting for it 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s the trio of Tudyk Wen and especially Yen who steal the show each bringing to life characters that will likely go down as three of the best ever to grace a story set in the Star Wars universe 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Peter Travers
This spin off prequel has the same primitive lived in emotional loopy let s put on a show spirit that made us fall in love with the original trilogy 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Max Weiss
I enjoyed this scrappy little movie the second consecutive one to feature a female heroine 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Ty Burr
It offers more details of interoffice politics among the squabbling factions of both the Empire and the Rebel Alliance than probably anyone but a mid level manager cares for Yet you generally feel you re in good hands 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Lawrence Toppman
Star Wars movies have been dazzling infuriating heartbreaking silly witty convoluted gripping and overblown But until Rogue One A Star Wars story I don t think dull was the most appropriate adjective 
1.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Dann Gire
Rogue One has well placed humor inside jokes aliens droids and creepy CGI renderings of two key Star Wars characters all set against the backdrops of mind bending production designs and hypnotic visual effects 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Mick LaSalle
It s a downer It s morally tangled The characters are as depressed as the scenario and Michael Giacchino s music can t make it better 
1
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Christian Toto
Disney refuses to waver from what makes Star Wars matter the battle between good and evil Where can we send the thank you notes 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Chris Knight
The new characters are nicely fleshed out particularly Jones s Jyn whose initial cynicism gradually morphs into a steely resolve its seed planted by the memory of her father but watered by the idealism of the Rebellion 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sara Stewart
Rogue One is definitive proof Star Wars is back baby 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Katie Walsh
Doesn t break the mold in terms of franchise formula and it s an enjoyable installment in the Star Wars canon However it s not much more than that 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Peter Howell
Much more than a mere sideshow in the Star Wars saga these rebels build on a brilliant legacy 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Richard Roeper
Rogue One is a bright light in the Star Wars canon 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Kate Taylor
In the end this hardening of the franchise seems likely to alienate both the fans and the uninitiated 
2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rick Bentley
The Force is strong with this film a perfect fit as a prequel to A New Hope 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Ann Hornaday
Rogue One represents an unobjectionable exercise in franchise extension It s fine It ll do For now 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
David Frese
Even though the film is much grungier and more realistic than all the previous chapters this corner of the Star Wars universe still is a thrilling place to visit 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tirdad Derakhshani
It tries so hard to be an epic masterpiece with self important speeches and an insanely outsize orchestral score that it ends up a laughable parody of itself 
2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Soren Andersen
The action sequences both on the ground and in space are rousingly staged But the losses incurred in those sequences are sobering The stakes in the Star Wars rebellion are high indeed 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Mara Reinstein
Hard core fans who thought Episode VII was a dumbed down rehash will bask in an action packed film that refuses to spoon feed information Mind you that s the same reason why the casual fan will be disengaged 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Bob Strauss
Aside from K 2SO s killer lines wonderfully voiced by the indispensable Alan Tudyk most big satisfactions in this big big movie come from references to Star Wars adventures you ve loved before 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tony Hicks
Rogue One is a more than worthy prequel Which is a first in the Star Wars universe 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
John Wenzel
Rogue One is better than the prequels by a long shot but after the high bar set by last year s Episode VII The Force Awakens simply being better than the prequels isn t good enough anymore 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Brian Truitt
Even an underwhelming Star Wars is a pretty decent Star Wars but Rogue One misses a real chance to turn the familiar into something remarkable 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Michael Phillips
A little bit Guardians of the Galaxy a little bit Dirty Dozen in its mass wartime slaughter and a pretty good time once it gets going 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Josh Larsen
doesn t move the bar on what it means to be a Star Wars movie in any significant way 
2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
John Serba
Very good and often great A true cockle tickler for fans hoping to stoke the excitement of their inner nine year olds 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sean P. Means
Rogue One A Star Wars Story upends Lucas familiar saga by zeroing in on the compelling lives outside the orbit of the Skywalkers There s one word that accurately conveys what this movie does to the Star Wars universe Rebellion 
4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Matt Zoller Seitz
Rogue One manages to succeed as both super nerdy fan service and the first entry since the 1977 original that will satisfy people who have never seen a Star Wars film 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rene Rodriguez
This movie is about the journey not the destination And the journey is about as exciting as a long drive down the Florida Turnpike 
2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sam C. Mac
Rogue One is less the fetish object that The Force Awakens is because it at least has the ambitions to create its own character dynamics and plot routes rather than coast on existing ones 
2.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Peter Canavese
Will give die hard Star Wars fans multiple orgasms runneth over with Star Wars spectacle 
3.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Roger Moore
This is more like it the Star Wars movie J J Abrams SHOULD have made 
3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rafer Guzman
This Star Wars spinoff doesn t spin very far off from the franchise but it s a serviceable stopgap between chapters 
3
Hippocrates
Alan Zilberman
There are few things more fascinating than when competent professionals disagree especially if we appreciate the source of their impasse 
2.5
Hippocrates
Tirdad Derakhshani
While it has considerable charms Hippocrates is just too predictable 
2.5
Everything Is Copy
Moira MacDonald
If this film inspires viewers to rush out to find copies of Ephron s collected essays or Heartburn it ll be an especially fitting legacy 
3.5
Everything Is Copy
David Wiegand
Exquisitely involving 
4
Belushi
Ty Burr
It is terribly sad and one more reminder that fame on a mass level can be a curse Why the best ones rarely feel they deserve it remains a mystery this movie doesn t try to solve 
3
Belushi
Sarah Knight Adamson
The excellent film highlights the complex persona of a beloved American icon who changed comedy forever 
3.5
Belushi
Michael Phillips
Cutler s documentary skip walks a fine line between a great unstable talent s rise and fall and between the un tender trap of addiction and the joyous energy of a Chicago bred giant 
3
Belushi
Shane Slater
Belushi feels like little more than a well edited showreel with a few stylistic flourishes 
2.5
Belushi
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s the portrait Belushi deserves complex and quite compelling 
3.5
Belushi
James Berardinelli
Although mysteries remain the film uncovers enough to re enforce the maxim that fame and stardom can exacerbate rather than cure some ills of the soul 
3
Belushi
Mike McGranaghan
Made with artistry and compassion Belushi is an intimate look at an immensely talented guy for whom joy and pain were often intertwined 
4
Belushi
Catherine Springer
the film s emotional heft comes from never before heard recordings of Belushi s friends and family collected from interviews that were done just after Belushi s untimely death in 1982 
3
Belushi
Jeff York
Filmmaker R J Cutler s piece is a little long in addition to being a tad too reverential but it vividly illustrates what made the comic tick and ultimately explode 
3
Belushi
Richard Roeper
Belushi profiles the great Chicago born actor and singer with the help of animation tapes of vintage interviews and even his personal letters to his wife 
3.5
Belushi
Peter Sobczynski
Someday there will be a take on the life and work of John Belushi that is as fascinating complex and entertaining as he was Belushi however is not quite that film 
2
Isi & Ossi
Roger Moore
A reminder that the Germans aren t famous for their sense of humor even if they have finally gotten around to making their own Hitler jokes 
1.5
Fallen
James Berardinelli
Whatever small pleasures it may offer are wiped out by the frustrating sense of incompleteness that accompanies the arrival of the end credits 
2
Fallen
Matt Fagerholm
Yet another would be YA franchise inspired by recycled formulas rather than life experience 
1.5
Fallen
Mark Dujsik
We re not finished with supernatural romances aimed at teenagers apparently Then again maybe we are and Fallen simply didn t get the memo 
1
Feeling Minnesota
Emanuel Levy
Everything in and about Baigelman s debut is irritatingly derivative second hand plot small time characters limited and movieish vision and bad performances for Reeves and Diaz 
1
Feeling Minnesota
Roger Ebert
Feeling Minnesota is about people you are happy to meet in the movies although they would make you acutely uncomfortable in life 
3
Hardcore Henry
Brian Eggert
Naishuller s presentation begins to numb the viewer about midway through leaving us hungry for the story s few remaining kernels of plot instead of another of its chaotic set pieces 
2.5
Hardcore Henry
Leo Brady
Hardcore Henry is in your face Literally If any movie was ever appropriate to use the cliched phrases such as action packed or a pure adrenaline rush this is the movie for it 
3
Hardcore Henry
Sonny Bunch
The filmmakers should be imprisoned for this first person POV crime against humanity 
0
Hardcore Henry
Linda Cook
If you re a dedicated gamer I can see why you d enjoy Hardcore Henry 
2
Hardcore Henry
John Beifuss
The idea is more interesting than the execution 
2.5
Hardcore Henry
John Hanlon
If a person wants to take part in a first person action game they should just play a first person action game 
2.0
Hardcore Henry
Matt Brunson
Strip away the POV angle and what s left is basically the awful Hitman Agent 47 It s an all hype no hope endeavor that grows ever more flaccid by the minute 
1.5
Hardcore Henry
Christy Lemire
It is pummeling It is punishing It is nauseating and headache inducing 
1.5
Hardcore Henry
Mike McGranaghan
This gloriously goofy little film lets you be the central figure in a rollicking adventure full of danger mayhem and carnage Pop some Dramamine and go for one heck of a wild ride 
3
Hardcore Henry
Chris Knight
Most of the movie consists of long sequences of running jumping and fighting making you realize that such things are better viewed from outside the body doing them 
2.5
Hardcore Henry
Rob Thomas
Does anybody know the cheat code that turns Hardcore Henry into a good movie 
2
Hardcore Henry
Mark Dujsik
L et it first and foremost serve as a lesson for any filmmaker who might think of following in the movie s frantic footsteps 
1
Hardcore Henry
Brad Wheeler
Is it much of a movie Not really It s more of an experience a passive sort of virtual reality that uses a bare bones narrative as a vehicle for a big time body count 
3
Hardcore Henry
Rafer Guzman
A gonzo Russian action flick shot entirely in first person perspective About as coherent as it sounds but highly inventive and bloody great fun 
3
Hardcore Henry
Rick Bentley
Hardcore Henry thrives on its original design and copycats will just be pale imitations The only thing they could do better is write better dialogue more plot better characters and at least one scene that makes logical sense 
2
Hardcore Henry
Stephen Garrett
Naishuller s debut feature is a landmark of sorts and a potent omen in this year of mass marketed virtual reality 
3
Hardcore Henry
Michael Ordoña
If one can accept the story s video game logic and cope with the kinetosis Hardcore is often exhilaratingly extreme 
2
Hardcore Henry
Peter Howell
First person POV quickly gets old as the bodies stack and the story loses steam 
2
Hardcore Henry
Michael O'Sullivan
Director Ilya Naishuller has said that he originally thought a 90 minute feature using the same technique was a bad idea based on little more than a gimmick It turns out he was right but that won t matter to certain audiences 
2
Hardcore Henry
Tirdad Derakhshani
For about 90 seconds the novel first person shooter point of view hits our bodies with an unexpected flood of adrenaline in a heart pounding rush Trouble is the chemical high doesn t last 
1.5
Hardcore Henry
Kyle Smith
For the first time ever a movie has actually done it Hardcore Henry has precisely replicated the experience of watching someone else play a video game 
1
Hardcore Henry
Tom Russo
When the action is at its sharpest such as with Henry s mid chase leap from a detonating truck onto the back of a motorcycle it s spectacular Other times it can be as wearying as generically hyper edited Hollywood fare 
2
Hardcore Henry
Peter Travers
It s all about the ride the relentless wallop and whoosh But hey sometimes that s all a cine junkie needs for a fix 
2.5
Hardcore Henry
Simon Abrams
Hardcore Henry is like a good roller coaster in that it does not require a complex reason to be it s there it s fun you ride it and that s about it 
2.5
Hardcore Henry
Roger Moore
Soulless and headache inducing
1.5
Hardcore Henry
Dustin Putman
Merciless but entertainingly auspicious Hardcore Henry is what it is and makes no apologies Adrenaline junkies not prone to motion sickness take note 
2.5
Hardcore Henry
Ed Gonzalez
Our aesthetic perception is linked to our perception of Henry himself so that the film becomes a study of empathy through aesthetics 
3
Hardcore Henry
David Nusair
A decidedly erratic yet sporadically engrossing cinematic experiment 
2.5
Cry, the Beloved Country
Michael Dequina
A beautiful piece of work 
3.5
Cry, the Beloved Country
Roger Ebert
We go expecting to be inspired and uplifted and we leave somewhat satisfied in those areas but with reluctant questions about how well the story has aged and how relevant it is today 
2.5
Cry, the Beloved Country
Tom Green
Especially heart rending thanks to superb performances by James Earl Jones and Richard Harris 
3
National Theatre Live: Fleabag
Sarah Knight Adamson
The ultra talented Phoebe Waller Bridge s solo theater performance shines a light on female issues taking us on an outrageous hysterical roller coaster ride 
3.5
National Theatre Live: Fleabag
Steven Prokopy
Waller Bridge s hilarious beautifully spun tales of awkward dates hook ups and other encounters are perfectly crafted to sound conversational 
3.5
Exit: The Right to Die
V.A. Musetto
Would that all death be so peaceful 
3
Exit: The Right to Die
Lisa Rose
It s not the kind of documentary that leaves you feeling like you ve only heard one side of the debate that certain unsettling truths have been tactically avoided 
3
Exit: The Right to Die
Ed Gonzalez
For our information Fernand Melgar s Exit attempts to dispel misconceptions surrounding euthanasia 
2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Gene Siskel
For many a little of this joking will go a long way devoted fans however will wish for a double bill Count me closer to the latter group 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Dave Kehr
There are still enough bad makeup jobs pretentious lines and coy sexual situations to give the chattering puppets plenty of fodder 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Steven Rea
If you re in the mood for some knuckleheaded comedy at the expense of in mad scientist Dr Forrester s words a stinky cinematic suppository called This Island Earth then get thee to some place playing MST3K 
2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Janet I. Tu
It s a fun enough way to pass the time And fans of the TV version of MST3K certainly won t be disappointed But it would be just as much if not more fun watching it in your own living room with a bunch of rowdy pals 
2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Stephen Hunter
Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie is about a third as funny as it thinks it is Still that s pretty funny and about twice as funny as most American comedies these days 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Jonathan Takiff
Fans O K MSTies will find new and larger sets and slightly better special effects 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Matt Brunson
This Island Earth is actually a GOOD movie For the first and last MST motion picture the honor should have gone to a universally acknowledged turkey like Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster or Ed Wood s immortal Plan 9 from Outer Space 
2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Eric Henderson
In the theater whenever Mike Crow or Tom Servo flub a punchline or resort to a fart joke you almost want to lean forward and shush them 
1.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Jim Shelby
My guess is this highly specific art form will not survive this trip from late night TV to the big screen Still fans of this genre should get plenty of what they came for 
2
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Susan Wloszczyna
From the opening spoof of 2001 A Space Odyssey to the end credit yuks MST3K TM seizes your funny bone like a rabid mongoose and never lets go 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Barry Walters
It doesn t take much imagination to poke fun at the pitiful special effects goofy 50s he man behavior and unintentionally hilarious script but the silliness of the entire concept eventually wears down your defenses 
2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Jeff Vice
When MST3K is on the mark it s a howl Only a couple of jokes like a dated John Sununu reference and one or two flatulence bits really fall flat 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Steve Rhodes
What is the worst thing that can happen to you in a movie theater Sitting next to a group of people who not only talk incessantly back to the screen but who say nothing but inanities and bathroom humor Well welcome to your worst nightmare 
1.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Peter Stack
It s is a tough call to recommend for everyone But for a goofy time laughing at stupid comedy with otherwise intelligent people it might be just the ticket 
2
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
James Berardinelli
I guess there are some concepts that don t excel in the translation from the small screen to the big one 
2.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Roger Ebert
Part of the appeal of the program is in the wisecracking But the movies themselves are also crucial 
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
James O'Ehley
If you re a fan then you ve no doubt already seen the movie If you re not then dash out and rent it now You ll probably become one 
4
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Michael Dequina
In the trip from small screen to big virtually all of what made the show so smart and funny has emerged unscathed 
3.5
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Madeleine Williams
If you re a fan of the show or haven t ever seen it before watch this film 
3
People I Know
Betsy Bozdech
A grim depressing cautionary tale about the danger of mistaking business associates for friends and making networking more of a priority than real relationships 
2
People I Know
Matt Brunson
Starts off like a B version of Sweet Smell of Success before ending like a C version of The Parallax View 
2
People I Know
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Pacino unleashes every trick in his actor s bag The accent alone batters us into the back of the theater making us want to go home 
2
People I Know
Ruthe Stein
The movie is weighted down with an excess of plot points that fail to coalesce 
2
People I Know
David Nusair
incredibly unpleasant on a purely visceral level 
1.5
People I Know
Katrina Onstad
Pacino is so determined so fiercely wrecked that you almost don t notice when the film dissolves into a cheesy conspiracy piece almost 
2.5
People I Know
Rick Groen
Dropped into this ocean of bathos even Al can t tread water at that precise moment he and his performance drown 
2.5
People I Know
Glenn Kenny
Smushes together The Bonfire of the Vanities the novel that is True Believer and Eyes Wide Shut only it does so without being nearly as good as any of the aforementioned 
1
People I Know
Jan Stuart
Al Pacino gives a career crowning performance under Dan Algrant s perceptive direction 
3.5
People I Know
Jami Bernard
It was filmed in and around the World Trade Center and the subsequent cuts reshoots and sleights of hand designed to obscure that fact prove devastating 
2
People I Know
Lou Lumenick
Almost as much fun as reading Page Six 
3
People I Know
Bob Strauss
Memo to whoever dreamed up this sympathy for the publicist movie trend Bad idea to begin with definitely time to give it a rest 
2
People I Know
Mike Clark
Sometimes incisive but finally overbaked drama 
2.5
People I Know
David Sterritt
Pacino is the dynamo that drives it giving a relentlessly imaginative performance that draws on all the professional expertise and personal experience he s gathered in a lifetime of screen and stage work 
3
People I Know
Harvey S. Karten
Al Pacino convincing as a burnt out case in this theatrical piece covering 24 hours in the life of a publicist 
3
Death of a Dynasty
Stephen Whitty
Half home movie half product placement and almost completely worthless 
1
Death of a Dynasty
Elizabeth Weitzman
This narcissistic mockumentary is less a film than a full length promotional video for Roc a Fella Records mogul director Damon Dash 
2.5
Death of a Dynasty
Lou Lumenick
A mockumentary that veers unsteadily between satire and an infomercial for Dash s Roc A Fella records 
1
Death of a Dynasty
David Sterritt
Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today s music business 
3
Death of a Dynasty
David Hiltbrand
There is a funny movie to be made from the outrageous egos and excesses of rap music Death of a Dynasty is not that movie 
1.5
Shortcut to Happiness
Lou Lumenick
Has to be seen to be believed a very rare case of a movie that s such an utter train wreck you can t stop watching 
1
Shortcut to Happiness
Erik Childress
Much of the fault can be distributed to Hewitt s performance which has neither the zing nor the menace to effectively sell us that she has any credible advantage over heavyweights like Baldwin and Hopkins 
2
Ferdinand
Matt Brunson
Frequently buries the lovely tale under the hyperactive excesses required to stretch this to feature length 
2.5
Ferdinand
Mattie Lucas
Feels like a loosely collected series of cliches celebrating those who don t fit the mold of whats around them but without bringing anything new to a tried and true theme 
1.5
Ferdinand
Kevin A. Ranson
Come for the bull and stay for the goat but be prepared to get hit in the feels 
3
Ferdinand
Linda Cook
Ferdinand is enjoyable and that s no bull 
3
Ferdinand
Mike McGranaghan
While it may not be the most original animated movie ever Ferdinand differentiates itself with an interesting message about animal cruelty 
3
Ferdinand
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not that this Ferdinand was for me It s too obnoxious too self involved the hyperactive antics of pretty much every member of the supporting cast driving me bonkers 
2
Ferdinand
Robert Denerstein
It probably shouldn t be at the top of parents priority lists if they re only taking the kids out to a couple of movies during the year 
2.5
Ferdinand
Fraser Abe
Ferdinand is not going to be the next Frozen or Lion King or even the fourth or fifth Ice Age movie but there s a reason the story is still being told some 81 years after it was first published 
2.5
Ferdinand
Robert Horton
The pacifist bovine remains a lovable character the movie s running time indicates the difficulty of bringing such a simple story to life There s a certain amount of hormone fed expansion involved in making a feature out of all this 
3
Ferdinand
Mark Dujsik
At its heart this is a simple story but it s obvious that the filmmakers aren t content with simple 
2
Ferdinand
Sean P. Means
Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha transforms Munro Leaf s 1936 children s book into a free wheeling and fun adventure story that will delight and amuse 
3
Ferdinand
Susan Wloszczyna
A mostly pleasant surprise in a year that has produced a lack of stellar animated outings 
3
Ferdinand
Jane Horwitz
In the title role wrestler turned actor John Cena gives Ferdinand just the right balance of sweetness and strength He becomes the wholly convincing center of the parable 
3.5
Ferdinand
Tom Russo
The good news is that while the movie is susceptible to some pandering it also takes the story s charming core elements and gives them a contemporary luster 
2.5
Ferdinand
Soren Andersen
The quality isn t up to Pixar standards but Ferdinand does hit the sweet spot as far as its target audience is concerned You know for kids 
2.5
Ferdinand
Eric Henderson
Any potential subtext of Munro Leaf s children s book has been bleached out in the marketplace oriented Ferdinand 
2
Ferdinand
Mark Kennedy
Still for all its problems this is a film with world class animation revealing everything from astonishingly rich crowd scenes to rusty details on an old pail 
3
Ferdinand
Bill Zwecker
Most important Ferdinand s anti bullying message is an important lesson kids of all ages need to see again and again 
3
Ferdinand
Roger Moore
A kids cartoon that takes a knee on the sport of bullfighting 
2.5
Tiro en la cabeza (Bullet in the Head)
Ed Gonzalez
Essentially the equivalent of a news story where the facts are still forthcoming 
1
Troll
Pablo O. Scholz
The director handles well the different tempos of the film creating intrigue even though we all know the Troll will be up to no good in no time Full review in Spanish 
3
Troll
Roger Moore
It apos s no quot Trollhunter 46 quot So quot dumb fun 63 quot Close 46 But no 46 
2
Deceived
David Nusair
46 46 46 watchable yet predominantly forgettable 46 46 46 
2.5
Deceived
Roger Ebert
Deceived opens with an ancient thriller formula elevates itself to passages of genuine suspense and then ends with a climax so absurd that it takes a real effort of memory to recall that parts of the movie were really pretty good 
2
Shake It All About
Chris Knight
It s OK for a film to be as confused as its main character But when said character is a homosexual man who may be falling in love with the wife of his partner s brother you have to pity the film 
2
Shake It All About
Rick Groen
The promise of that opening line never really gets fulfilled 
2
Shake It All About
David Nusair
just might be the first unabashedly sentimental romance featuring gay men instead of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks 
2.5
Crazy & Thief
Chuck Bowen
It s eventually obvious that Cory McAbee mistakenly believes that his characters resolutely dull adventures speak for themselves 
1
Barracuda
Sheila O'Malley
A sometimes riveting take on the unexpected uninvited guest plot line grounded to the earth by the phenomenal performances of Allison Tolman and Sophie Reid 
3
Platform
Ed Gonzalez
A laconic portrait of a remote Chinese city in arrested development 
4
Platform
Joshua Tanzer
More meaningful to a Chinese audience than an American one 
1.5
Platform
V.A. Musetto
Awesome filmmaking 
3
Platform
Geoff Pevere
Creates a vivid sense of what it s like to be on the remote fringes of a great state experiment 
3
Platform
Mark Peranson
One of the first masterpieces of the 21st century 
4
The Sweetest Thing
David Nusair
An interminable absolutely abhorrent comedy 
0
The Sweetest Thing
Judith Egerton
Call it a younger West Coast cousin to Sex and the City or There s Something About Mary from the woman s point of view 
3
The Sweetest Thing
Mark Caro
Female characters should be allowed to engage in raunchy humor on the big screen they already do on the small one with Sex and the City But unlike that HBO series The Sweetest Thing has no guts 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Michael Szymanski
What s most wonderful is that all the heartless cruel cads are played by women and the seemingly sensitive prey being stalked are played by guys 
3
The Sweetest Thing
Michael Dequina
A sour attempt at making a Farrelly Brothers style down and dirty laugher for the female set 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Mike McGranaghan
It made me laugh And in a film like this that is the only defense for liking it 
3
The Sweetest Thing
James Berardinelli
Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes twitchy acting and general boorishness 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Shirley Klass
There are remnants of romantic comedy but they are obscured by gross out humor 
1
The Sweetest Thing
Frank Ochieng
For the most part The Sweetest Thing left a sour taste 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A fast funny highly enjoyable movie 
3
The Sweetest Thing
Dustin Putman
Has some valuable insights into the dating world to go with its outlandish comicality one of the biggest delights of the spring season 
3
The Sweetest Thing
Tony Toscano
The film seems to be straining to be funny 
1
The Sweetest Thing
Sean P. Means
The rail thin Christina bemoaning her saggy 28 year old breasts may be the most futile attempt at generating sympathy ever seen in movies 
1
The Sweetest Thing
Todd Anthony
Bad Very bad Stultifyingly dumbfoundingly mind numbingly bad 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Moira MacDonald
Not so much a movie as an amiable collection of off color vignettes None of them soar but some are well worth a giggle 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Bruce Newman
A bunch of intermittently amusing sketches that collectively don t add up to much of a picture 
2
The Sweetest Thing
Mick LaSalle
At 87 minutes The Sweetest Thing feels pumped up with air with an extended end credits sequence designed to stretch the movie to a respectable feature length 
1
The Sweetest Thing
Arthur Salm
Replace fun with gross out sketches and you ve pretty much got the tone of the movie 
2
The Sweetest Thing
Steven Rea
The ads for The Sweetest Thing promise that if you loved There s Something About Mary and My Best Friend s Wedding then you can t miss this latest Cameron Diaz vehicle Well miss it 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Jonathan Foreman
An awkward hybrid of genres that just doesn t work 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Susan Stark
It s a shallow movie to be sure but it has this much in its favor It s a shallow movie that wholeheartedly even joyfully embraces the point of view of the three um babe a licious women at its center 
2
The Sweetest Thing
Jeff Vice
Flimsy and forgettable 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Steven Rosen
Lacks original humor 
0
The Sweetest Thing
Bill Pearis
The film s occasional flights into the absurd like an extremely compromising situation devolving into a group sing a long are real howlers But the rest of this flick we ve seen before 
2
The Sweetest Thing
Wesley Morris
The Sweetest Thing wanders into such ironies and shoddily exploits them The title is even a bad joke This movie is to sweet as a dog is to a hydrant 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Liam Lacey
Though Cameron Diaz is cute gangly and kooky her gung ho energy isn t enough to lift The Sweetest Thing into anything resembling a coherent comedy 
2
The Sweetest Thing
Claudia Puig
Though many of its grossest moments draw groans rather than guffaws and a few yawns Sweetest is occasionally and audaciously funny 
2
The Sweetest Thing
Roger Ebert
It s deep sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in There s Something About Mary and devise a parallel clone gag 
1.5
The Sweetest Thing
Tor Thorsen
The film has has the trappings of your typical chick flick with the requisite female bonding and pop ditty soundtrack But the unexceptional story is dotted with enough moments of sheer hilarity to set it just above its estrogen oozing ilk 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Jackie Loohauis
Not everything works but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Terry Lawson
If you laugh at this badly made recycled trash dump it may be because you are amused at seeing women doing the same revolting stuff men do and being forced to suffer the very same consequences 
1
The Sweetest Thing
Bob Strauss
Calling this grab bag of sex skits pop psychobabble and even a self announced movie montage sequence a movie is stretching the definition 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Chris Hewitt
None of this is meaningful or memorable but frosting isn t either and you wouldn t turn down a big bowl of that would you 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Mary F. Pols
Perhaps the raunchy comedy The Sweetest Thing is some sort of penance we must pay for the groundbreaking experience of Sex and the City 
.5
The Sweetest Thing
Walter Chaw
The Sweetest Thing is expressly for idiots who don t care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance 
0
The Sweetest Thing
Rob Blackwelder
In the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes director Roger Kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of outrageous gags 
2.5
The Sweetest Thing
Steve Rhodes
Most of the movie is as dead as a blind date with a corpse 
1.5
Manhunt
Bill Chambers
One of the central pleasures of genre cinema is running your fingers along well worn grooves but while Man Hunt trots out a lot of chestnuts it s the film s tendency to burn through them with bemusing haste 
2
27 Dresses
Namrata Joshi
The film is yawningly predictable 
1
27 Dresses
Michael Dequina
Undeniably appealing because of Katherine Heigl 
3
27 Dresses
Walter Chaw
there s a desire to see their characters displaced into a better film with more on its mind than to be better than it should be because of its casting director 
2
27 Dresses
Austin Kennedy
This movie isn t anything special but it s well done and generally pleasing It s a nice subtle and safe romantic comedy that will please fans of the genre 
3
27 Dresses
Christian Toto
Is Katherine Heigl the new Meg Ryan The fitfully entertaining 27 Dresses suggests just that 
2.5
27 Dresses
John Beifuss
Katherine Heigl proves she deserves leading lady status in this predictable but entertaining romantic comedy 
2.5
27 Dresses
Linda Cook
The formulaic romantic comedy 27 Dresses is just off the rack u2013 a predictable but pleasant enough movie that s the sort of thing you ve seen at least 27 times before 
2.5
27 Dresses
Jeffrey Westhoff
It proves that with the right cast and creative team in place even an old formula can still entertain 
3
27 Dresses
Kit Bowen
27 Dresses sort of grows on you thanks to Katherine Heigl s performance 
2.5
27 Dresses
Peter Travers
27 Dresses is so flimsy it gives froth a bad name 
2
27 Dresses
Vince Koehler
There was great chemistry between Heigl and Marsden 
4
27 Dresses
Sean McBride
not a bad film by any means but there s just not anything special going on here either 
2.5
27 Dresses
Lisa Ann Cockrel
A paint by the numbers chick flick Heigl and Marsden are likeable and one does not leave the theater feeling that your intelligence has been insulted 
2
27 Dresses
Bob Bloom
27 Dresses is cinema for the simple minded Everything is spelled out for the audience in capital block letters 
1
27 Dresses
Claudia Puig
Certainly Heigl fares better in less formulaic fare such as Judd Apatow s irreverent Knocked Up but she does raise the level of this chick flick from bland to mildly entertaining 
2.5
27 Dresses
Maitland McDonagh
Light formulaic and soft around the middle choreographer turned director Anne Fletcher and Aline Brosh McKenna s always a bridesmaid tale doesn t miss a pop psych or pop culture cliché en route to its fairy tale ending 
2
27 Dresses
Peter Howell
Anyone who has the slightest doubt about where this movie is heading probably leads a full and rich life that doesn t include watching romantic comedies like My Best Friend s Wedding which covered this same ground with a lot more verve and humour 
2
27 Dresses
Moira MacDonald
Well if you can figure out how this story ends you ve probably got better things to do than watch 27 Dresses 
2
27 Dresses
Mick LaSalle
All the plot elements that we re encouraged to care about in 27 Dresses resolve in a dud and the only thing that feels good about the feel good finish is that it means the movie s over 
1
27 Dresses
David Elliott
The film 27 Dresses only seems like a lobotomy In fact this is public surgery to install a new vacuum tube for airheads into the generic chick flick model 2008 
1
27 Dresses
Brie Beazley
A flick that s the equivalent of a bridesmaid dress colorful fluffy and ultimately stored away forgotten 
1.5
27 Dresses
Lou Lumenick
Anyone who has seen a chick flick knows what is going to happen next and next and next 
2
27 Dresses
Elizabeth Weitzman
Anyone watching this appealing actress march toward the inevitable will wonder why she s settling for so much less than she deserves 
2
27 Dresses
Connie Ogle
The romantic comedy 27 Dresses provides Heigl with a chance to flex her comedic muscles and her whip smart delivery and timing are an indication that we may at last have a worthy heroine for the otherwise shaky future of romcom 
3
27 Dresses
Loey Lockerby
27 Dresses was obviously written by the Chick Flick Plot Generator 2000 Sure it has a credited human screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna but how do we know she s not a robot 
2
27 Dresses
Amy Biancolli
The clichés like the dresses sashay in and out of this predictable if nicely fluffy chick flick composite which manages to crank out a few decent laughs when it isn t wasting time on a pair of deadly supporting characters 
2
27 Dresses
John Monaghan
Sorry Sandra Too bad Meg The mantle of movie cute queen has just been passed to Katherine Heigl starring as the romantically challenged New Yorker of 27 Dresses 
3
27 Dresses
Jeff Vice
Calling 27 Dresses predictable is putting it mildly From the opening scene it s painfully obvious exactly where the film is going and how everything is going to turn out 
2
27 Dresses
Michael Phillips
My favorite performer in the movie Judy Greer is a deadpan killah as Jane s co worker She and Heigl deserve fresher stuff 
2
27 Dresses
Bill Zwecker
27 Dresses is one heck of a happy date movie Smiling faces are guaranteed on all seen exiting when the credits finally do roll here 
3
27 Dresses
Wesley Morris
There s a decent movie in here somewhere But the director and screenwriter have made a ditsy single chick movie with the alluring geometry of a screwball comedy 
2.5
27 Dresses
Carrie Rickey
No self respecting screenwriter would put a Hugh Grant character through what Heigl s endures here I don t blame McKenna I blame a studio system that figures if it worked for Julia Roberts it will work for Heigl 
2
27 Dresses
Liam Lacey
Familiarity may be the central attraction of both weddings and romantic comedies but the creators of 27 Dresses have taken a good thing too far 
2
27 Dresses
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Katherine Heigl and James Marsden bring out each other s best coaxing a joyous rambunctious spontaneity from one another Sadly the lazy stagnant script shackles them 
2
27 Dresses
Mark Dujsik
The cast makes it work 
3
27 Dresses
Sara Michelle Fetters
If 27 Dresses didn t have Heigl or Marsden I do not think I could come up with a single good reason for people to take the time to watch it 
2.5
27 Dresses
David Nusair
a genial consistently watchable effort that undoubtedly benefits substantially from the uniformly compelling performances 
2.5
27 Dresses
Willie Waffle
retains some charm and wins your attention even though it is a catalogue of every cliché known to moviegoers
2.5
27 Dresses
Greg Maki
In spite of a series of occurrences that will you leave thinking Yeah right it is a mostly pleasant diversion largely due to winning performances by Katherine Heigl James Marsden and Judy Greer 
2.5
27 Dresses
Matt Brunson
The filmic equivalent of a baby cute pampered craving attention and somewhat smelly thanks to all the formula passing through it 
2
27 Dresses
Cathy Jakicic
It s not as funny or original as Knocked Up but it has its moments 
2.5
27 Dresses
Dustin Putman
Strictly junk food for rom com lovers who will devour anything of its ilk that comes their way All other potential audience members needn t bother 
2
27 Dresses
Jan Stuart
Under Anne Fletcher s mechanistic direction 27 Dresses ticks along as briskly and transparently as a clock with a see through face 
2
27 Dresses
Rob Thomas
Watching 27 Dresses is like going to a wedding that s kind of lame the chicken marsala is stringy the DJ only knows show tunes and the best man s toast almost triggers an annulment but you end up having a decent time anyway 
2.5
27 Dresses
Phil Villarreal
Expect Heigl to vie with Reese Witherspoon and Kate Hudson for the plumb Everywoman roles 
3
27 Dresses
Josh Larsen
The trouble isn t that you can see exactly where this is going but that none of the possibilities are anything other than clichéd
2
27 Dresses
Jonathan W. Hickman
It s an awfully likable affair 
3
27 Dresses
James Berardinelli
27 Dresses is an illustration of what can result when the filmmakers possess a solid understanding of the romantic comedy formula and decide never to stray from it by one iota 
2.5
27 Dresses
Jeanne Aufmuth
Frilly testament to the romantic secondary and homage to the nice girls who don t always finish last 
2.5
27 Dresses
Nick Schager
Its supposed feminism never gets past advocating a woman s right to literally chase after her dreamboat to ensure the attainment of her own perfect moment at the altar 
2
Wander
Matt Brunson
One of the lamest episodes of The X Files never made Wander actually brings to mind the name of Mad magazine s spoof of the cult series Just call this The Ecch Files 
1.5
Wander
Federico Furzan
A confusing but greatly acted movie that will force us to be more aware of some of those conspiracy theories that we sometimes laugh at 
2.5
Wander
Glenn Kenny
Wander is kind of a drag at times despite the energy director Mullen puts into the scenario s depiction 
2
Wander
Mark Dujsik
The truth of Wander isn t something about this man It s a trick played on us 
2
Wander
Richard Roeper
Admirably ambitious albeit ultimately bonkers 
2.5
Wander
Roger Moore
Aaron Eckhart reminds us of how good he can be when given a showy role and a supporting cast worthy of his talents 
2.5
Trumbo
John Anderson
The film is an enlightening recap of 50s Red Scare politics and a parade of actors giving meaningful earnest readings of Trumbo s speeches and letters 
2.5
Trumbo
Ruthe Stein
It s a pleasure to meet a truly moral man in a documentary that rightly heralds his name 
3
Trumbo
Carrie Rickey
A ousing documentary as ornery orotund and captivating as its subject 
3
Trumbo
Rossiter Drake
As the story of a fierce beleaguered individualist Trumbo is stirring and informative though perhaps not as thorough as it could be 
3
Trumbo
Jeff Shannon
Although it glosses over a few relevant details Trumbo also functions as a passionate defense of truth from a writer who embodied all of the virtues that America claims to value 
3.5
Trumbo
Chris Hewitt
Trumbo was initiated by two of Trumbo s children but their attempt to personalize the film isn t quite personal enough 
2.5
Trumbo
Ty Burr
A celebration of a large hearted contrarian and if it s over worshipful the film gets you in an indulgent frame of mind 
3
Trumbo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Askin s dramatic camera angles are somewhat awkward but the superb performances and the words eventually win out 
3
Trumbo
Ken Fox
This hard nosed look at the grim realities of the blacklist is as timely as ever 
3.5
Trumbo
Kyle Smith
What kind of international revolutionary whines about his family being made unwelcome among the tykes of the bourgeoisie 
1
Trumbo
Glenn Whipp
It s Trumbo s words unfiltered and often unhinged that make this doc worth seeing 
3
Trumbo
Kam Williams
An overdue vindication of a true patriot and a timely reminder to continue challenging authority in the face of the Patriot Act 
3
Trumbo
Bill Weber
Trumbo is most focused when it lets the man and his peers testify directly 
2.5
Do Not Hesitate
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film is a meditation on what happens when you throw unprepared youth into the crucible of battle but also an examination of Western imperialism and its enduring legacy 
3.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Sean P. Means
Like the songs themselves Amandla tells a terrible story in a most enthusiastic and upbeat way 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Jeff Vice
The film has its share of uplifting and emotionally satisfying moments and the inclusion of performances by South African musicians surely makes it a must see for die hard fans 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Duane Dudek
A remarkable and persuasive argument on behalf of music as a political weapon 
3.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Chris Hewitt
The word amandla means power and the music undeniably has that but it lacks the archival footage to put the music in context 
2.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Wesley Morris
Like going to the lecture of an impassioned but really disorganized professor You exit class flipping through your notes and have no idea what most of them mean 
2
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
David Elliott
Reliably rousing 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Jonathan Curiel
A documentary that is as thoughtful and inspiring as the music it celebrates 
4
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Liam Lacey
A pleasure musically intellectually and emotionally 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Laine Ewen
Informative compelling and music to the ears 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Bob Strauss
Amandla s most enduring achievement is its collection of so many of the freedom songs sung by the oppressed in one stirring document 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Roger Ebert
Music was the ANC s most dangerous weapon and we see footage of streets lined with tens of thousands of marchers singing and dancing expressing an unquenchable spirit 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Michael Wilmington
A great documentary that makes your heart leap with joy 
4
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Mike Clark
Johanna Demetrakas editing is magnificent at orchestrating and balancing potentially conflicting moods to build a consistent tone all the movie s own 
4
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Lou Lumenick
Talking heads outnumber performing heads by a roughly 3 to 1 ratio 
2
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Robert Roten
Good music disorganized documentary
2
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Dan Lybarger
There is a contagious visual energy that runs throughout Amandla that fits the music and the themes beautifully 
3.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Harvey S. Karten
Poignant archival shots punctuate the importance of these beautifully rendered freedom songs 
3
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Tom Keogh
Besides great conversation and patches of raw emotion Amandla has passages of wonderful music 
4
Here Awhile
Roger Moore
Death with Dignity earns a sad and sweet treatment just long enough for Anna Camp to break your heart 
2.5
The Apartment
David Nusair
at least this version isn t saddled with a lead performance from the notoriously stiff Josh Hartnett 
2.5
In the House
Frank Ochieng
Sophisticated and shrewdly observational In The House is Ozon s underlying slick and buoyant social commentary of what feeds us internally for artistic inspiration Sedate and oddly witty 
3
In the House
John Beifuss
The convoluted yet familiar narrative games become somewhat tiresome The movie works best as a straight suspense drama about a frustrated teacher and his devious star pupil 
3
In the House
Moira MacDonald
It s fiction about life that becomes fiction that might be life and the viewer happily dives in 
3.5
In the House
Rene Rodriguez
Savor In the House for its meta exploration of adolescence class resentment and suppressed desire but don t expect much more 
2.5
In the House
Peter Canavese
Inviting photography and a relentless pace complement Claude s unfolding narrative but the big thrills are in the deftly drawn characters and the incisive satire 
3.5
In the House
Chris Hewitt
It s good devious fun 
3.5
In the House
Matt Pais
Captures why we do what we do and the extent to which stories reflect both the writer and the reader 
3.5
In the House
Jim Emerson
In the House might well be called In the Story because that s where it plays out the house in the story and the story in the house 
3
In the House
Tom Russo
A slyly warped student and teacher yarn 
2
In the House
Roger Moore
A little kinky a little creepy and quite clever and literary 
3
In the House
John Anderson
Ozon is an artful provocateur and observer of human nature 
3.5
In the House
Stephen Whitty
Mostly the film s a confident very sophisticated meditation on art on why we need it how we identify with it and what it gives our lives And what it can t replace 
3.5
In the House
Kyle Smith
In the House promises to be a social satire with a flash of Hitchcockian menace but gradually it turns into a routine thumb sucker on reality versus fiction 
2.5
In the House
Claudia Puig
With its complex look at storytelling imagination and the teacher student dynamic In the House is an elaborate cinematic fresco 
3.5
In the House
Rex Reed
The heat turns chilly before it ends but for the most part Franois Ozon is back in the catbird seat with In the House 
3
In the House
Nick McCarthy
It s buoyant and titillates striking that distinctly Ozonian balance between the beautiful and the sinister but it doesn t resonate 
2.5
Classmates Minus
Roger Moore
A dramedy so slow it started to get on my nerves 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Brian Eggert
Despite my affection for Linklaters work the persistent need to support mid budget films at the cinema and the appeal of its luminous star Blanchett that beacon of class and talent none of it is enough to recommend 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Rene Sanchez
Although it s impossible to resist to Blanchett s funny and complex performance this book to film adaptation fails to capture the essence and charm of the novel Full Review in Spanish 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Matt Brunson
As long as everyone can keep track of Bernadette Where d You Go Bernadette is a savvy and satisfying seriocomedy It s when its protagonist goes missing that the film heads south both physically and metaphorically 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Joe Friar
Linklater s polished interpretation of Semple s novel flourishes under Cate Blanchett s performance and newcomer Emma Nelson 
3.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Mattie Lucas
Even as Linklater plays it safe through occasionally on the nose narration every note of this thing rings true often as painfully honest as it is achingly funny 
3
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Mia Vicino
The mistake Linklater and team make is putting the should be missing Bernadette in nearly every scene a choice seemingly hinging on the star power and talent of multi Academy Award winner Blanchett 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Lisa Jensen
While the woman empowering message is not subtle it s worth pondering And the movie offers up some truly awe inspiring visuals 
3
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Peter Canavese
The film s darkest before the dawn middle passage honors the complexity of mental health struggles for the sufferer and those who unsure at every step try to steer their troubled loved one down a path to healing 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Josh Larsen
manages two stellar sequences that are raw and truthful enough to salvage the movie 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Pamela Powell
Where d You Go Bernadette is an unusual drama filled with comedy that highlights the emotions that mother experiences 
4
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Kevin A. Ranson
Blanchett disappears into her withdrawn and tortured artist completely while still managing to communicate genuine humanity about assumptions of others failures in communication and a stern warning about loss if these issues are not overcome 
4
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Steven Prokopy
The ideas informing the film seem petty and ugly and I could never quite get a grip on why I was expected to care or empathize with any of these narcissists 
1.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Oliver Jones
As troublesome and overstuffed as Blanchett s performance might be it s also one of the few interesting things going on in this troublesome and overstuffed misfire of a book adaptation 
1.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whereas it lacks Linklater s usual shambling lackadaisical rough at the edges touch his special kind of filmmaking magic collides with a chirpy neurotic story and meets it in the middle 
3.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Sciullo
The shifting tone and certain absurdities of plot can t be forgiven including a Microsoft exec s wife working on a MacBook 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Monica Castillo
Linklater can t seem to strike the right tone for Bernadette s story 
1.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Robert Horton
This should all be a meal for Blanchett yet the actress isn t a great fit 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Even Blanchett tried my patience forced to utter vacuous dialogue masquerading as deep feelings 
1.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
James Berardinelli
Although Where d You Go Bernadette suffers from an ungainly structure and uneven pacing the production as a whole is engaging and uplifting 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Mark Dujsik
As the plot becomes more ludicrous the mystery of the reason and the solution for Bernadette s absence from her own life becomes overly simplistic 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Dann Gire
Bernadette may be a flawed hero but a human one for a new era of self aware moms 
3
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ty Burr
Where d You Go Bernadette mishandles Maria Semple s best selling comic novel into a clattery mess There are deftly human moments to be found but you have to dig for them like potatoes 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Chris Hewitt
Even more than the novel Bernadette is about the connection between a mother and child a connection that persists even when it makes one or both of them uncomfortable 
3.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Moira MacDonald
Like Bernadette the movie s lost you ll need to read the book to truly find her 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Peter Howell
It doesn t make for much of a film even with a lead as gifted as Cate Blanchett and a director as proficient as Richard Linklater 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Michael Phillips
The movie feels a little off from the beginning The dialogue works less effectively as dialogue rather than dialogue quoted in various correspondence It s arch without being especially witty 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Gary Thompson
Linklater is helped ultimately by the story and by the performances of Blanchett and Wiig who are given room to embellish their characters and relationships 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Johnny Oleksinski
Richard Linklater directed this 
1
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Mick LaSalle
Bernadette isn t exactly a comedy more like a drama that wants to be whimsical But it s too heavy to take flight Maybe this is one of those stories that can t completely make sense as a movie 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Richard Roeper
Cate Blanchett is unquestionably one of the great actors of our time Through the years I can t imagine I ve ever been underwhelmed by any film performance she s ever delivered Until now 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Lindsey Bahr
I found myself unmoved by Bernadette s stasis her on the rocks marriage and even her quest to get her creative spark back 
2.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Barry Hertz
Prior to this it was near impossible to conjure a bad Blanchett performance Yet the actress here seems to be stuck in an amateur hour dinner theatre of the mind 
1
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Rafer Guzman
Grade A performances but the movie is more irksome than endearing 
2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ann Hornaday
Blanchett radiates both otherworldliness and edgy neurosis in Richard Linklater s generously humane film adaptation 
3
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Carson Lund
The film is a curiously anodyne affair that proposes the distinctly unenlightening idea that the medicine against despair is just a little R R 
1.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Roger Moore
Misshapen badly cut a gooey goulash of feels 
1.5
The Cry Baby Killer
David Nusair
a slow moving and surprisingly uneventful piece of work 
2
The Comedian
Matt Brunson
The Comedian benefits from the nice rapport between De Niro and Mann the contributions of a knockout supporting cast and hard edged humor that isn t afraid to go for the low blow 
3
The Comedian
Rob Thomas
Robert De Niro is fine in the role but every time he opens his mouth on stage to make a joke he s just not funny 
2
The Comedian
Lisa Jensen
The Comedian is more successful than not there are enough laugh out loud jokes to keep it going but they re interspersed with a lot of material that s questionable 
2.5
The Comedian
John Beifuss
The movie evinces no understanding of the trends it attempts to satirize viral videos reality television self absorbed millennials nor and this is fatal does it present any evidence that De Niro s vulgar Jackie Burke is actually funny 
1.5
The Comedian
David Nusair
An erratic yet entertaining comedy drama 
2.5
The Comedian
Katie Walsh
Combustible chemistry is squandered for stale and clich plot developments 
2
The Comedian
Sean P. Means
Shrill repellent comedy drama 
2
The Comedian
Chris Knight
There are very few surprises pleasant or otherwise in the film s interminable two hour running time 
1
The Comedian
Glenn Kenny
The movie never builds enough momentum emotional or narrative to get the viewer on its side 
2
The Comedian
Robert Horton
De Niro gets the joke telling all wrong 
1.5
The Comedian
Christian Toto
The Comedian is uneven and not nearly as funny as it should be It still skewers both our PC age and our lust for viral video fame 
2.5
The Comedian
Brad Wheeler
If you ve seen the trailer you ve pretty much seen the whole movie 
2.5
The Comedian
Mark Sommer
The film benefits from solid acting from the large supporting cast but it stands on De Niro s caustically comedic turn After where he s been lately it s good to see him back 
3
The Comedian
Richard Roeper
What s more painful than watching a comedian bomb onstage in a live performance Watching one of the greatest actors of all time bomb playing a comedian who is shockingly unfunny onstage and an offensive boor offstage 
1
The Comedian
Michael Smith
The storyline is what s laughable because the filmmakers can t decide if they want the plot to be edgy or sentimental so it s a messy mix of both 
2
The Comedian
Dann Gire
Robert De Niro s dark and sassy stand up comic dramedy The Comedian feels like a 119 minute setup that forgot its punchline 
2
The Comedian
Peter Howell
A career nadir for director Taylor Hackford 
1
The Comedian
Michael O'Sullivan
Although it hints at the unhappiness and occasionally outright hostility that underlie humor The Comedian never really seems all that interested in probing the comic s psychological wounds 
1.5
The Comedian
Calvin Wilson
A film so low in energy that it s almost as if it was made to assist airline passengers in falling asleep 
1.5
The Comedian
Michael Phillips
Everyone in The Comedian deserves a better movie than The Comedian 
1.5
The Comedian
Ty Burr
The stand up routines from Jackie and the pros alike are funny and blue enough to shock a few laughs out of you sometimes in spite of your better judgment and the star seems once again genuinely invested in creating a character 
2.5
The Comedian
Rafer Guzman
Fitfully funny but also meandering and muddled 
2
The Comedian
Mike McGranaghan
Robert DeNiro does what he can but the bottom line is that he s seriously miscast 
2
The Comedian
Mick LaSalle
The Comedian is the story of a comic s career and of his personal life and despite having been written by a committee of four it has cohesion and the power to surprise 
3
The Comedian
Moira MacDonald
The camera keeps rolling and you start pondering what to have for dinner Maybe the actors are wondering the same thing 
1.5
The Comedian
Tirdad Derakhshani
There s just so much you can get out of this material and the filmmakers beat it to death 
2
The Comedian
Roger Moore
DeNiro can make a scripted dirty joke funny but Leslie Mann She s funny in her bones 
2
The Comedian
Peter Canavese
Surprise this is a romantic comedy this stand up gives you no reason to sit down 
1.5
The Comedian
Elise Nakhnikian
Nearly everything in Taylor Hackford s tin eared comedy is as ersatz as the Robert De Niro character s rage is real 
1
The Comedian
Peter Travers
De Niro gives it his all but The Comedian is down for the count It plays like an opportunity missed 
2
The Holy Mountain
Mattie Lucas
Fanck kickstarted a genre and unwittingly helped give rise to a great and terrible talent making The Holy Mountain a truly fascinating historical artifact indeed 
3
That of God
David N. Butterworth
An engaging documentary that ably illustrates the Quaker testimonies of peace equality integrity simplicity and community 
3
The Future Is Now!
Liam Lacey
The viewer s attention is torn between the breezy philosophical chat and a sense of awe at the filmmakers travel budget 
1
Fronteras
Roger Moore
A stunningly stupid talky and meandering Border Patrol thriller
1
Empire of the Sun
Gene Siskel
This is derivative melodrama with Spielberg hedging his bets by ripping off his previous adventure films to lighten a story that cries out not to be turned into a comic book 
2
Empire of the Sun
Dave Kehr
Empire of the Sun wants very badly to be a great film though as Steven Spielberg really ought to know by now wishing doesn t make it so 
2
Empire of the Sun
Martyn Bamber
Empire of the Sun is not as graphic as the hellish worlds of Schindler s List and Saving Private Ryan but Spielberg doesn t sugarcoat the horrors of war 
4
Empire of the Sun
Roger Ebert
The movie is always interesting from a narrative point of view Spielberg is a good storyteller with a good tale to tell But it never really adds up to anything 
2.5
Assassin's Bullet
Scott Bowles
Think the Bourne franchise meets the Bond franchise without the wit or action 
1
Assassin's Bullet
Stephen Whitty
Why is Slater in this Why are Sutherland and Spall Why am I even watching it 
1
Assassin's Bullet
Kyle Smith
Corny action scenes and borderline hilarious direction by Isaac Florentine mark the film as an obvious straight to video item that somehow took a wrong turn into a movie theater 
1
Assassin's Bullet
Glenn Heath Jr.
Isaac Florentine s film is maligned with gaping plot holes terrible expository dialogue and obvious moments of foreshadowing 
.5
There Are No Saints
Leo Brady
There Are No Saints is trying to be the good kind of trash we don 8217 t get enough of 44 but instead fails to be competent enough 44 and has such a vile disposition that it settles on being the bad kind of trash 46 
1
There Are No Saints
Mark Dujsik
The basic schematic of the plot is so routine and hollow that There Are No Saints doesn apos t earn the impact of its real shocks 46 46 46 
1.5
There Are No Saints
Roger Moore
As C movies aiming for B go 44 8220 Saints 8221 is watchable if utterly perfunctory in between the fights 46 It may have 8220 Schrader 8221 on the credits 44 but there 8217 s not enough of The Master 8217 s Touch here to elevate the material 44 the leading man or the movie 46 
2
There Are No Saints
Mark Hanson
At its best 44 Alfonso Pineda Ulloa 8217 s film gleefully embodies the grungy spirit of classic exploitation cinema 46 
2.5
Landmine Goes Click
David N. Butterworth
Just this old sick song keeps Georgia on my mine 
1.5
Housesitter
David Nusair
a sluggish endeavor that relies mostly on the charisma of its performers to sustain the viewer s less than rapt interest and attention 
2
Housesitter
Roger Ebert
Housesitter is finally just a sweet and funny movie rather than a comic masterpiece but I think that s fine It s what the movie wants to be 
3
Grisbi
Rob Thomas
It s those little character moments balanced between charm and pathos that make this film such a winner 
3
Grisbi
Roger Ebert
A few years later in Godard s Breathless Belmondo would be deliberately channeling Bogart but here Gabin is channeling only himself He is the original so there is no need to look for inspiration 
4
Grisbi
Chris Hewitt
A diverting curiosity 
3
Grisbi
Janice Page
Every filmmaker from Francois Truffaut to Quentin Tarantino owes something of a debt to Becker s black and white boldness 
3.5
Grisbi
Moira MacDonald
Fifty years later its trademark jukebox tune a melancholy harmonica riff still causes tingles and its tough laid back elegance still seduces 
3.5
Grisbi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Becker establishes day to day life patterns that these characters leave behind like sludgy trails He loads Grisbi with seedy nightclubs after hours restaurants and bachelor apartments where the only on hand food consists of stale biscuits 
4
Grisbi
Edward Guthmann
A classic policier 
4
Dynamite Warrior
Jeff Shannon
If you re getting the impression that Dynamite Warrior is insanely plotted for deliberate hilarity you re right 
2.5
Dynamite Warrior
John Monaghan
You have to applaud the attempts to enliven the genre but Dynamite Warrior doesn t have the visual flair or humor to make this a midnight movie worth losing sleep over 
2
Dynamite Warrior
Aaron Hillis
It s crazed to be sure but it s a lot more fun reading about these insanities than watching them unfurl in endless slo mo flourishes 
1.5
Dynamite Warrior
Kam Williams
Puts the fun back into Kung Fu And Zen some 
4
Dynamite Warrior
Maitland McDonagh
More silly than existentially anarchic and its exotic quirkiness wears thin quickly 
2.5
Dynamite Warrior
V.A. Musetto
Light years ahead of Ong Bak It features well choreographed kung fu and high production values 
2.5
Dynamite Warrior
John Anderson
amid the slo mo furniture smashing and cheese wizardry is a movie in touch with its inner lunatic 
2.5
Dynamite Warrior
Ed Gonzalez
Takes a bite out of Ong Bak The Thai Warrior and Kung Fu Hustle and spits out a superfluous mess of schlocky supernaturalism uninspired East meets West adventure insipid backstory and random feats of dexterous human might 
1.5
Perception
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Irving Schwartz has a lot of ideas about plots Unfortunately he seems to have jammed each and every one of them into a single movie Perception 
1
Perception
Jack Mathews
An early and daunting contender for worst movie of the year 
0
Last Summer
Roger Moore
Pretty but quickly forgotten 
2
Speakeasy
David Nusair
incredibly slow moving 
2
Speakeasy
Michael Dequina
Fails to give us a compelling reason to care about these rather sketchily characters or their equally hazy epiphanies 
2
Separate Tables
Wesley Lovell
How do you assemble a wonderful ensemble and then waste their talents Here s an example 
2.5
Welts
Ed Gonzalez
Like the overpraised Affliction it strains to trace the sins of the father in the sins the son 
2.5
Killing Gunther
David Nusair
a fairly interminable experience 
1
Killing Gunther
Richard Roeper
Schwarzenegger has a great time hamming it up and we have almost as much fun watching him have fun 
3
Killing Gunther
Mark Dujsik
A t least one can watch the movie to see evidence that everyone here is having a good time Where s our good time 
1
Killing Gunther
James Berardinelli
Although the production is sporadically amusing it feels like a 20 minute short that was expanded to feature length to its considerable detriment 
2
Wakefield
Matt Brunson
Cranston is excellent in the central role with Garner who deserves a more vibrant career offering solid support 
3
Wakefield
Jeff Mitchell
If the movie ran just 53 minutes instead of 106 Cranston probably would have won me over After all Wakefield is based on a short story 
2
Wakefield
Kenneth R. Morefield
The film seems at least peripherally aware that what he does to his family is unconscionable so the pathos comes from the bitter irony of the cost of his new found self awareness 
2.5
Wakefield
Richard Roeper
What a fine performance by Jennifer Garner playing a character we see almost totally through the filter of her husband s viewpoint 
3.5
Wakefield
Calvin Wilson
Working from her own screenplay director Robin Swicord delivers a film that balances wry humor and sly introspection 
3
Wakefield
Mark Dujsik
Swicord s screenplay keeps peeling back layers of the character s misery 
3
Wakefield
Michael O'Sullivan
I ve stranded myself Howard laments as the film nears its open ended climax So too does Wakefield unfortunately 
2
Wakefield
Rex Reed
Wakefield is a terrific movie with a devastatingly bravura performance by Bryan Cranston that seizes and grips attention from first scene to last 
4
Wakefield
Mick LaSalle
To her credit Swicord clearly made the film she wanted to make but Wakefield stays stuck in one gear 
2
Wakefield
Mike McGranaghan
Wakefield is a must see for fans of Bryan Cranston 
3
Wakefield
Glenn Kenny
Wakefield is kind of a wonder 
3
Wakefield
Stephen Whitty
It s to Cranston s great credit that he s able to keep us watching this shallow self deceiving egotist It s the film s fatal failing that we re never sure why 
2
Wakefield
Peter Travers
The role of Wakefield is a beast and Cranston rising to the challenges set by director Robin Swicord gives it everything he s got His award caliber performance is astounding to watch 
3
Wakefield
Derek Smith
The more curious Howard s circumstances become the less vitality the harsh realities of his escapades away from home have 
1.5
Wakefield
Roger Moore
Too long to fully sustain its concept but a real Cranston tour de force 
3
Wakefield
David Nusair
The ambiguous only partially satisfying conclusion ultimately confirms Wakefield s place as a subdued curiosity of a film 
2.5
Jersey Guy
Mike McGranaghan
Made by people who had the means to produce a movie but not the talent necessary to produce a good one 
.5
La destinazione
Joshua Tanzer
Beyond the initial concept placing a thoroughly modern military man in the middle of traditional village life the film doesn t go deep enough to speak to a wider audience 
1.5
The Clan
Sean P. Means
Trapero copies all the tricks of American gangster films But he doesn t bring anything fresh to the table and doesn t explore the characters motivations for murder past the obvious clichs 
2.5
The Clan
Peter Keough
A mordant if unwieldy thriller examining how evil not only becomes the norm but a virtue 
2.5
The Clan
Walter V. Addiego
It s a testimony to the skill of Francella and the filmmaker how much this movie transcends a history lesson 
3
The Clan
Julia Cooper
Even if your knowledge of Argentina s political history is wanting The Clan is still worth seeing 
3.5
The Clan
Mark Dujsik
The Clan is a shallow examination of the inescapable influence of family 
2
The Clan
Bruce DeMara
Trapero has crafted a compelling tale about the tragic price of unquestioning loyalty 
3
The Clan
Ann Hornaday
Stylish atmospheric and dispiriting The Clan gives cynical new twist to an old saw The family that preys together stays together but usually not for long 
3
The Clan
Chris Knight
The Clan makes for compelling viewing The family that preys together 
3
The Clan
Guido Pellegrini
The film s parallels are drawn so bluntly that they lose all suggestive force since there s little left to suggest 
2
The Clan
Farran Smith Nehme
Swift confident and exceptionally nasty 
2.5
The Clan
Rene Rodriguez
Watching The Clan you have to keep reminding yourself this absolutely insane story really happened 
3
The Clan
Kent Turner
The scariest crime boss pants soiling division belongs to Guillermo Francella as the petty robotic paterfamilias in Pablo Trapero s creepy Argentinian family drama 
2.5
The Clan
David Nusair
there s no denying that the movie could and should have been so much better 
2.5
The Lost King
Roger Moore
A featherweight little charmer 
3
The Lost King
Rob Thomas
8220 The Lost King 8221 brings a light but firm touch to a story that 8217 s too good not to dig into 46 
3
The Lost King
Katie Walsh
Reveals a distinctly British obsession with royalty and propriety that doesn 8217 t always translate with the same reverence abroad 46 But the more important story is the one about discrimination and misinformation 59 that fact can be twisted into fiction
3
The Lost King
Rafer Guzman
A true story potentially inspirational but mostly just peculiar 
2
The Lost King
Emily Zemler
The viewer will recognize a classic David vs Goliath tale at the heart of The Lost King which is what makes it such a good story 
3.5
The Lost King
Robert Horton
This is a script that might easily have given itself over to quirk 44 and coasted by on a few David and Goliath emotional beats 44 but this is a case where the Frears touch might be the difference maker 46 
2.5
The Lost King
Jake Coyle
With Sally Hawkins playing Langley as a woman undeterred by pompous academics and condescending naysayers The Lost King makes for a charmingly droll tale of long ago and not so long ago reappraisal 
3
The Lost King
Ty Burr
It s comfort food cinema but also appreciably more since Hawkins invests Langley with deep reserves of doubt dreaming and resolve 
3
The Lost King
Sheila O'Malley
quot The Lost King quot gets sidetracked 46 Still 44 it apos s a great story 46 
2.5
The Lost King
Anne Brodie
It 8217 s satisfying to see an ordinary person stand up to bureaucracy and achieve something great that rewrites history and brings it to life four centuries on 46 You could look up what happened but I recommend you catch The Lost King 
3
The Lost King
Chase Hutchinson
Even as it is a rather plainly shot film that never seems clear about the tone it is trying to strike 44 Hawkins pushes onward 46 That the film crumbles beneath her feet with every step she takes makes it a misfire when it should have been a marvel 46 
1.5
The Lost King
Moira MacDonald
It s a tale made for the movies and a character perfectly suited to the great Hawkins who specializes in wispy voiced women with cores of steel 
3.5
The Lost King
Mark Dujsik
While this dramatization 46 46 46 struggles in its portrayal of the main character 44 the history behind The Lost King is too fascinating to ignore 46 
3
The Lost King
Seth Katz
The film 44 a shabby account of the story behind the story 44 muddles its themes and only superficially conveys the importance of the historical insights it contains 46 
1.5
The Lost King
Mike McGranaghan
A desire to see this character vindicated against all odds is sufficient to keep your eyes glued to the screen 46 
3
The Lost King
Ann Hornaday
Its pleasures and compensations lie not in plotty complications or some third act twist but in the humanity that suffuses an enterprise that is borne of obsession but achieves a form of transcendence 
3
The Lost King
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s a story about an average woman finding her passion and happiness 44 all while overcoming prejudices and long held assumptions until she literally changes history 46 What could be more thrilling 63 
3.5
The Lost King
Mick LaSalle
Despite its flaws in emphasis The Lost King has a story that was just impossible to kill 
2.5
The Lost King
Joey Magidson
While not nearly as much of a winner as Philomena was 44 The Lost King is an effectively low key dramatization of a fascinating true story 46 
3
The Lost King
Steven Prokopy
But it 8217 s also about a women finding the strength 44 in both mind and body 44 to stand up for herself and her work 44 and that 8217 s where the film excels in its storytelling 46 
3
The Lost King
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If the whimsical mise en scène and editorializing of the soundtrack sometimes detract from what works there s always Hawkins to lead us forwards She can do no wrong 
3
Girls Lost
David Nusair
Adding insult to injury is the eye rollingly heavy handed bent of the movie s third act 
1.5
I Am Vengeance
Mark Dujsik
I Am Vengeance barely goes through the motions in its overlong 90 minutes 
1
I Am Vengeance
Roger Moore
At this point in his acting career Stu Bennett is Mark Strong without the acting chops Dave Bautista without the light touch 
1
Toronto Stories
Bruce DeMara
There is in each of these tales as in good short story writing hints of darker places and hidden pain as well as a sense of hope and redemption 
3
Toronto Stories
Liam Lacey
The entire exercise feels like a missed opportunity 
1
No Escape
Brian Eggert
Yet another film that concerns a culturally specific crisis through a white lens 46 
2
No Escape
Pamela Powell
I had to make an immediate appointment with my hairdresser to cover the 50 new grey hairs that sprung to life in that 2 hour movie 
3
No Escape
Sonny Bunch
You re unlikely to see an action thriller this summer that is as intense as No Escape 
3
No Escape
Scott Nash
A few tense action scenes can t overcome the script s inherent weaknesses 
2
No Escape
Linda Cook
No Escape is a decent zombie movie All that s missing are the zombies 
2
No Escape
Stephen Rebello
Despite a good opening section and some strong suspense sequences No Escape is an ugly hearted and shamefully xenophobic B movie directed with remorseless efficiency by brothers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle 
1.5
No Escape
Matt Brunson
Maybe it s because of personal experience that I ve always been a sucker for political thrillers set in foreign lands This isn t nearly as complex as films like The Killing Fields Under Fire Missing and Salvador But it works on a gut level 
3
No Escape
John Serba
I got swept up in its relentless energy its modest desire to be a generic B film intent on increasing your heart rate a half dozen times 
3
No Escape
Willie Waffle
Donald Trump will hate this movie 
2.5
No Escape
Michael Smith
Darn No Escape for being such a guilty pleasure 
2.5
No Escape
Walter V. Addiego
Strict plausibility isn t necessary in these movies but you can t just throw it out the window and No Escape shows why 
2
No Escape
Chris Hewitt
The Dowdles are experts at gauging the mood of an audience at establishing a tempo that sweeps us in and gives us little time to ponder the occasional unlikely development 
3
No Escape
Peter Travers
This movie really moves But a fleet of tanks couldn t help the brothers Dowdle push past the plot holes in the screwiest mix of suspense and stereotypes since Michael Bay was a pup
1
No Escape
Roger Moore
Quite harrowing but a bit obvious and right on the edge of racist 
2
No Escape
Lawrence Toppman
The actors do well with Brosnan playing a kind of James Bond who has fallen into seediness and shady dealings Bell carries her weight in the emotional scenes and the battles and Wilson proves that he can do more than be a laid back comic foil 
3
No Escape
Julia Cooper
Whatever seeds of social justice and emotional nuance No Escape may be attempting to sow are undercut by the film s melodramatic valorization of family values 
2
No Escape
Peter Keough
No Escape is a tense but utterly predictable exercise in Western xenophobic paranoia and guilt 
2
No Escape
Richard Roeper
No Escape is an outlandish sometimes brutally violent exploitative fast paced white knuckler featuring your classic American everyman who suddenly develops action hero skills when his family is placed in danger 
1.5
No Escape
David Berry
It does still feel a bit odd that we whizz by what must amount to hundreds of people without so much as a subtitle reflecting their thoughts of what s going to be a major change for their lives 
2
No Escape
Dann Gire
Reduced to its essence No Escape gives us one dimensional American family members struggling to survive faceless objectified Asians out to purge their unnamed country of all Westerners 
2.5
No Escape
Bob Bloom
Because these rebels are depicted in such inhumane and stereotypical manners it somehow diminishes the menace reducing them almost to cartoonish travesties like characters out of a World War II era propaganda film 
2
No Escape
Christian Toto
Lousy ending Weak anti western culture jab But the film s midsection is as tense as any movie you ll see this year Or next 
3
No Escape
Peter Sobczynski
A dreadful and creepily exploitative would be thriller low grade trash that it is too silly and stupid to be as offensive as it frequently comes close to being throughout 
0.5
No Escape
Rob Thomas
No Escape is really a horror film at heart the Dowdles effectively using the tricks of the trade to build dread in the viewer It s just that instead of a serial killer or a demon the boogeyman this time is an entire country 
2.5
No Escape
Stephanie Merry
Every Asian character is either a ruthless murderer or anonymous collateral damage A lot of locals have to die the film suggests in order for one white family to survive 
1.5
No Escape
Moira MacDonald
If you ve really been wanting to see endless shots of Owen Wilson running sometimes while carrying a medium sized child the thriller No Escape might be just for you 
1.5
No Escape
Steven Rea
A taut thriller about an American family touching down in an unnamed country just as a violent coup erupts No Escape goes about its gut churning business by playing and preying on our worst xenophobic tendencies 
3
No Escape
David Nusair
A surprisingly entertaining and gritty little thriller 
3
No Escape
Katie Walsh
No Escape can t stay ten steps ahead of its misguided politics and overly dramatic storytelling and crumbles under its own preposterous climactic denouement 
2
No Escape
Peter Howell
In terms of pure popcorn escapism No Escape delivers from the get go cutting to the chase without belabouring the character details 
2.5
No Escape
Mark Dujsik
I t becomes absurd before settling into the realms of distasteful and downright nasty 
1
No Escape
Jake Cole
The only way that this film could be any more racist is if the Dwyer family holed up with Lillian Gish and waited for the Klan to save them 
0
No Escape
Matt Pais
A barely written action thriller about an American family hunted by faceless dudes with machetes in a never identified Southeast Asian country 
1
No Escape
James Berardinelli
This isn t lightweight fanciful entertainment it s tense white knuckle material 
3.5
No Escape
Kam Williams
A harrowing heart pounder that delivers even more excitement per minute than is suggested by its very compelling trailer 
4
U.S. Marshals
David Nusair
a compulsively watchable endeavor thats heightened by top notch action set pieces and a series of first class performances 
2.5
U.S. Marshals
Mike Clark
The movie is basically a clip reel of action production numbers though admittedly some of these are staged with a ta da da da sense of showmanship 
2
U.S. Marshals
Peter Canavese
If you can get past the naked exploitation of this mercenary sequel U S Marshals is a sort of brain rotting kind of fun how s that for an endorsement Blu ray 
2
U.S. Marshals
Roger Ebert
Yes Jones is right on the money and Snipes makes a sympathetic fugitive But it s the story that has to pull this train and its derailment is about as definitive as the train crash in the earlier film 
2.5
U.S. Marshals
Michael Dequina
Jones is obviously energized by the more physical role Gerard plays in this installment 
3
U.S. Marshals
Elias Savada
This technically efficient spin off of The Fugitive is a mind boggling letdown Chase cover up crash chase cover up jump chase 
1
I'm Not Here
Richard Roeper
What a magnificent presence is J K Simmons What an authentic weathered world weary face he has 
3
I'm Not Here
Rex Reed
It was directed by Michelle Schumacher better known as Mrs Simmons the actor s real life wife In Hollywood courtrooms divorces have been granted on lesser grounds than this 
1
I'm Not Here
Nell Minow
J K Simmons does not speak a word in I m Not Here but his performance is eloquent anguished and moving 
3
I'm Not Here
Sara Stewart
There isn t a moment of I m Not Here that didn t have me fervently wishing I wasn t here 
1
I'm Not Here
Roger Moore
Some good performances but a mopey affair that wallows in the point it fails to get around to 
2
Crazy Samurai: 400 vs 1
Walter Chaw
It s tedious repetitive boring almost immediately and its only purpose as a venal spectacle demeans the participants as it eventually demeans the viewer 
1
Crazy Samurai: 400 vs 1
Alan French
If you ve ever wanted to see a movie primarily shot from a 3rd person perspective e g Assassin s Creed here is your film The style works but gets repetitive fast 
2
Women Do Cry
Steven Prokopy
From directors Vasela Kazakova and Mina Mileva the film is front loaded with abject rage and frustration as the women in this family attempt to break free of generations of paralyzing misogyny throughout the country 
2.5
Graffiti Verite' 7 - Random Urban Static: The Iridescent Equations of Spoken Word
Kam Williams
A delightful indulgence in the lyric form likely to restore your faith in the Hip Hop Generation 
4
The Order
Mark Collette
it has a curious disorder one that makes it both interesting and pallid 
2
The Order
Walter Chaw
Frequently descends into unintentional hilarity nervous camp and eventually exasperation 
1.5
The Order
Ed Gonzalez
Blood in Blood out Eye roll 
.5
The Order
Mike McGranaghan
In what church is Heath Ledger a priest And who are the nuns Heather Graham and Tara Reid 
1
The Order
Paul Povse
The Order is scuzzy and lazy such a muddle that no one really need be offended Actually no one need even bother with it all That s why I m being paid in this space to spare you the temptation 
.5
The Order
Mark Dujsik
There are scenes where you think the bulb has gone out in the projector 
1.5
The Order
Steve Rhodes
A poorly crafted pseudo religious pseudo thriller 
1
The Order
Kevin A. Ranson
a supernatural thriller that calls into question the very nature of man s relationship with God 
2.5
The Order
Peter Travers
It s The Exorcist warmed over 
2
The Order
Jonathan Foreman
The movie would be perfect material for a resurrected version of the TV spoof Mystery Science Theater 
1
The Order
Jami Bernard
A supernaturally silly drama about priests exorcism sin eaters and Heath Ledger struggling with such pious problems as how to keep his fake Euro accent in place 
1
The Order
Loren King
Schlock that could and should have been better 
2
The Order
Wesley Morris
Helgeland beats up on the Catholic Church with the same brainless zeal and pointless histrionics as such Grade F noisemakers as Lost Souls and Stigmata 
0.5
The Order
Linda Cook
Must stay awake Must stay awake That was my mental litany during The Order the recent much delayed fiasco whose name has been changed from The Sin Eater 
1
The Order
Collin Souter
Alternately laughable and sleep inducing The Order shows that the team behind A Knight s Tale was not just a one trick pony They have plenty more bad movies up their sleeves 
.5
The Order
Guylaine Cadorette
The Order is a chilling film with an original premise that unfortunately gets lost in a maze of superfluous subplots and silly looking special effects 
2
The Order
Dustin Putman
A severely muddled lethargically paced religion based thriller without any thrills or even vague signs of entertainment value 
1
Match
Marty Mapes
Lack of cinematic spectacle is offset by good performances and writing
3
Match
Moira MacDonald
When a play is adapted for the screen too often you can see the stitches 
2
Match
Mark Dujsik
The middle section is so strong looking past the melodrama to the hurt lonely people underneath it that it s unfortunate Belber hurries the resolution 
2.5
Match
G. Allen Johnson
Onscreen the material seems contrived and thin What must have been an electrifying clash of personalities onstage is over the top on film 
2
Match
Lou Lumenick
Stepping into a role played onstage by Frank Langella opposite Ray Liotta s Mike Stewart plumbs the soul of a man comfortable in his own skin despite some huge regrets about his past 
3
Match
Andrew Johnson
Match isn t perfect but there are far worse things to reflect on 
2.5
Match
Glenn Kenny
This is hardly a world shaker of a movie but it is a well constructed and thoughtful character study brought to vivid life by its players 
3
Match
Abhimanyu Das
Patrick Stewart s performance is practically an argument for Belber to jettison everything else and take the actor on the road as a one man spoken word act 
2.5
Jappeloup
Kent Turner
The drama really takes off during the competitions filmed with an aerobic camera that moves everywhere Even if you re not an equestrian this is a knuckle biter 
3
The Human Centipede
Mattie Lucas
Never as graphic as one would expect or as inventive as one would hope there s very little here worth recommending even to the morbidly curious 
2
The Human Centipede
Lucius Gore
The film deserves some points for being sickening and over the top 
1.5
The Human Centipede
Rene Rodriguez
The problem is that this slick piece of schlock is dull risible and ultimately boring 
1
The Human Centipede
Eric Melin
It delivers on more than it should It s visceral when it needs to be funny when you think it shouldn t be and has one thing most modern horror flicks almost never have a horrifying and truly satisfying ending 
3
The Human Centipede
Janos Gereben
If the movie works on any credible level it s as a deranged surreal experience 
2.5
The Human Centipede
John Beifuss
Intended on some level as a very very black absurdist comedy of perversion and repulsion John Waters meets David Cronenberg 
3
The Human Centipede
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall The Human Centipede seems like a movie of the moment more than a lasting classic 
2.5
The Human Centipede
Chris Hewitt
Centipede is disgusting but don t hate it because it s gross hate it because it s bad 
1
The Human Centipede
Wesley Morris
It would be nice to report that Six has an eye for horrific imagery and a head full of fresh ideas or barring all that that he s simply a hard working hack But this is lazy moviemaking based on the thinnest of concepts 
1
The Human Centipede
Shaula Clark
It s a stomach turning joy to watch Laser put on his demented Mengele act ripping out incisors brandishing a riding crop and ranting about his beloved 3 dog 
2.5
The Human Centipede
David Nusair
Conventional yet disturbing 
3
The Human Centipede
Mike McGranaghan
The film is strange disturbing gross and shocking I loved it 
3.5
The Human Centipede
V.A. Musetto
The Human Centipede by skillful Dutch director Tom Six might be compared to Hollywood schlock like Hostel But it has a style and sense of humor sorely lacking in the American movies 
3
The Human Centipede
Stephen Whitty
Although I d certainly recommend it to hard core horror fans I don t think I d ever want to meet anyone who truly enjoyed it 
3
The Human Centipede
Christian Toto
The title only hints at the horrors within this deeply disturbing and thoroughly original shocker 
3.5
The Human Centipede
Simon Abrams
In its single minded determination to prolong its viewer s agony writer director Tom Six s The Human Centipede First Sequence is nothing short of an inspired bit of modern exploitation cinema 
3.5
The Human Centipede
Dustin Putman
Burrows under the skin like a fungus and takes root in the mind where one can scarcely believe what he or she is watching yet can t help but be impressed by the audacity of it all 
3
Union Square
Robert Levin
The film is undone by the fact that both protagonists are obnoxious caricatures 
2
Union Square
John Anderson
The kind of character driven movie about whacked out characters we need more of the characters and the movies 
3
Union Square
James Adams
It doesn t pretend to be anything more than it is a slice o life domestic drama dark comedy of manners savvy about its limits and sufficiently disciplined to keep its convolutions to a credible impactful minimum 
2.5
Union Square
Sara Stewart
Sorvino brings a spark but neither she nor Patti LuPone in an amusing cameo can overcome the clockwork like plod to the end 
2
Union Square
Stephen Whitty
An interesting study of families of class consciousness of little passive aggressive tricks 
2.5
Union Square
Linda Barnard
The look is minimalist but the two lead actresses add pleasing layers to characters of estranged sisters who parted ways for reasons Lucy refers to only cryptically 
2.5
Union Square
Rex Reed
The actors are so good that they make you want to see what they could do in a better movie than this tedious acting class experiment 
2
Union Square
Andrew Schenker
Nancy Savoca s film begins in caricature and ends in sentimentality only briefly hitting the sweet spot in between 
2
Harriet the Spy
Brandon Judell
Will remind parents of their own youth and it will aid those living theirs out now to cope a little easier and that s just what a children s film should do 
3
Harriet the Spy
Steve Rhodes
The whimsical and meaningless first part dissolves into a mean spirited and disturbing concluding section 
1
Harriet the Spy
Jeffrey Westhoff
Like the novel Harriet the Spy is a rare children s story that celebrates the budding artistic spirit 
3
Harriet the Spy
Jay Carr
Fresh and charming it never plays down to kids 
3
Harriet the Spy
Peter Stack
Harriet the Spy has real character in some of its details but it never feels like much more than a low budget TV show 
1
Harriet the Spy
Roger Ebert
the pacing is slow and there are scenes that seem amateurish 
2
Harriet the Spy
Jeff Vice
The movie really is supposed to be for kids after all and since none of the material is too dark it should do a decent job of keeping them entertained 
3
Harriet the Spy
James Berardinelli
Harriet the Spy is an intelligent insightful look at the tribulations of being a creative misunderstood misfit at age eleven 
3
Harriet the Spy
Barbara Shulgasser
While the well loved novel was apparently about the admirable battle a kid must wage in order to become an artist in the face of peer disapproval the movie seems to be about a mean spirited tyke who has no scruples 
1
Wing and a Prayer
Walter Chaw
A manifest protected foolhardy was more important to champion than cool consideration and calculated risk 
1.5
Faraaz
Roger Moore
Faraaz 8217 s point of view scenes are limited 44 as if the filmmakers didn 8217 t want to tread on his legacy 44 no matter what they might have found out researching the script
1.5
Exposing Muybridge
Roger Moore
A polished 44 brisk and entertaining documentary that details a life so colorful that Oscar winner Gary Oldman is trying to make a biography of the British expat recognized as the father of the cinema 46 
3.5
Exposing Muybridge
Kent Turner
Daring duplicitous mischievous these are among the attributes describing the photographer within the documentary s opening minutes and director Marc Shaffer keeps the conversation chatty throughout 
3
For Hire
David Nusair
Once For Hire reaches a certain point even the most idiotic audience member should have no problem guessing what s going to happen next 
2
The First Basket
Bob Strauss
David Vyorst s comprehensive and celebratory documentary presents the stats in one easy to follow nicely organized 86 minutes 
3
The First Basket
Lou Lumenick
A valuable reminder that for nearly three decades basketball was dominated by Jewish players and coaches who found the sport an ideal vehicle for assimilation in the United States 
2.5
The First Basket
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Unforgiveable are the kitschy Photoshopped graphics that maddeningly mock the defenseless interviewees from the sidelines 
1.5
Ocean's Eleven
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One suspects that the most memorable moments occurred off camera 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Mattie Lucas
It s not fun or carefree it s just tacky lost in a sea of clichés and contrivances that somehow makes even its fantastic music lose its appeal 
2
Mamma Mia!
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s impossible not to go along with the feeling when such a strangely life affirming song as Dancing Queen is blasted in your ears 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Brandy McDonnell
Inventive song and dance numbers with a Greek chorus of island residents and hilarious pratfalls ensue as the wedding preparations go on amid the lighthearted family drama 
3
Mamma Mia!
Michael Dequina
It would be easy to underrate the deceptively effortless master acting class that Meryl Streep puts on here 
3
Mamma Mia!
Walter Chaw
After this after Movin Out based on the deplorable songbook of one Willliam Joel it s not even satire to suggest that the next big thing will be a musical inspired by the oeuvre of Howard Jones
0
Mamma Mia!
David Nusair
certain sequences are inherently far more affecting and engaging than others 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Jolene Mendez
The film was so exciting and entertaining that I felt swept away As if I was a wedding attendee cheering on Sophie to discover herself and for her mother to find happiness 
3.5
Mamma Mia!
Michael A. Smith
The music is as great now as it was 30 years ago a true testament to ABBA s continued popularity 
3
Mamma Mia!
Mike McGranaghan
I tapped my foot I smiled and I found myself undeniably amused If that s the kind of experience you re looking for and if you dig ABBA this crazy sloppy mixed up movie might just be for you 
3
Mamma Mia!
John Beifuss
Shot on location in Greece but the way Meryl Streep tears through the scenery you d think she was in a giant reptile suit on the back lot at Toho 
2
Mamma Mia!
John Wirt
The big screen Mamma Mia rises above its flaws through an A list leading lady and like its stage musical predecessor skillful exploitation of the both fun and pathos in Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus undeniable music 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Kyle Smith
Terrible jokes in a movie that is nonetheless hilarious You will laugh at not with Mamma Mia 
2
Mamma Mia!
Austin Kennedy
I love musicals and I love ABBA so I was really excited for this movie I pretty much got what I deserved 
3
Mamma Mia!
Gary Brown
Mamma Mia is a delightful crowd pleaser evidenced by the enthusiastic applause I heard at the smash ending 
3.5
Mamma Mia!
Gina Carbone
It s a magical movie Just as fun as a movie based on a musical based on ABBA songs involving a wedding with assorted misunderstandings set on a fairy tale Greek island should be What a tragedy if it were a bore besides Tragedy is a Bee Gees song 
3
Mamma Mia!
Linda Cook
Trust Dr Cook on this one You re going to walk out of Mamma Mia with an ear worm 
3.5
Mamma Mia!
Christian Toto
Mamma Mia is a sloppy overwrought mess of a musical but then those darn ABBA songs pop up and all is bliss for the next three minutes 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Matt Brunson
Brosnan especially looks physically pained choking out the lyrics as if he s being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera s eye 
2
Mamma Mia!
Sean P. Means
Without Streep front and center this Mamma Mia wouldn t be worth taking a chance on 
3
Mamma Mia!
Willie Waffle
It s a fluffy happy good time escape from the world even if Pierce Brosnan is not the second coming of Elvis Presley 
4
Mamma Mia!
Russ Breimeier
Mamma Mia leaves me sending out an S O S with much of the blame falling to the filmmakers It s more akin to a music video than a musical and a sloppy one at that 
2
Mamma Mia!
Emily Rems
Before plunking down your cash for a ride on the Mamma Mia express when it pulls into town just ask yourself one question Do I really dig ABBA 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Amy Biancolli
If you re invited you might as well enjoy yourself Just don t say I didn t warn you And don t you dare say I hate ABBA 
2
Mamma Mia!
Peter Canavese
Complete fluff and proud of it Once you adjust your senses however you re bound to submit to this vacation of a movie 
3
Mamma Mia!
Ken Fox
Whatever charms it may have had as a live production have been lost in director Phyllida Lloyd s sloppy big screen translation 
2
Mamma Mia!
Linda Barnard
Cheese but what wonderfully salty sinfully satisfying cheese it is 
3
Mamma Mia!
Chris Hewitt
Giddy brainless fun 
3
Mamma Mia!
Moira MacDonald
None of this would matter much if this movie wasn t anchored by a star turn and Streep delivers yet another in a career full of them 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Mick LaSalle
This isn t a movie It s a vacation 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
James Berardinelli
Mamma Mia delivers exactly what one can reasonably expect from it It s a faithful adaptation of the stage play of the same name but more importantly it s a repository for ABBA songs 
3
Mamma Mia!
Stephen Whitty
Even minor elements like sound editing and makeup are botched a sure sign of carelessness or cluelessness Early scenes show characters forgetting to lipsynch to their prerecorded songs 
1
Mamma Mia!
Lou Lumenick
A fun crowd pleasing alternative for an audience whose idea of entertainment runs more to infectious 70s pop ditties spandex sex starved women of a certain age and bare chested hunks than watching a caped sadist torturing criminals 
3
Mamma Mia!
Rene Rodriguez
It s a one of a kind cinematic wreck I couldn t wait for it to end and yet I m strangely longing to see it again 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Lisa Kennedy
Feels like a souvenir program something to revive the feelings you had watching the stage performance 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Lawrence Toppman
Reality in a musical That alone makes it worth your open eared attention 
3.5
Mamma Mia!
Wesley Morris
As my dignity tried to flee the premises my heart wouldn t let me go 
3.5
Mamma Mia!
Liam Lacey
Taken for what it is a fluffy intergenerational farce as a frame for some seventies musical nostalgia Mamma Mia just gets away with it 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Roger Ebert
There are the wall to wall songs by ABBA if you like that sort of thing I don t not much 
2
Mamma Mia!
Michael Phillips
Everything s in twinkle overdrive As with most stage to screen transfers about a half hour of material has been excised and Mamma Mia never had that much story to begin with 
2
Mamma Mia!
Duane Dudek
Camp bawdy and with a perky innocence it is Sex and the City meets High School Musical 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Jeff Vice
It s a pretty enjoyable big screen songfest that should appeal to both the show s fans as well as aficionados of the Swedish pop group that supplied its tunes 
3
Mamma Mia!
Jeanne Aufmuth
Campy theatrics and Busby Berkeley choreography set on a ridiculously breathtaking island paradise what s not to love 
3
Mamma Mia!
Carrie Rickey
By turns entertaining and excruciating Mamma Mia the jukebox musical that strings together 19 ABBA hits on a narrative thread flimsier than dental floss had me smiling and wincing often at the same time 
1.5
Mamma Mia!
James Hebert
There s something infuriatingly entertaining about this silly story those slumming actors Meryl Streep Pierce Brosnan and those cruel cruel songs 
3
Mamma Mia!
Robert W. Butler
In bringing her stage production to the screen first time film director Phyllida Lloyd has retained the show s goofy charm and mostly breathless pacing 
3
Mamma Mia!
Dustin Putman
There is a fine line between something that is so bad it s good and something that s genuinely good and Mamma Mia straddles it throughout 
2.5
Mamma Mia!
Claudia Puig
Logic is unnecessary to savor Mamma Mia Escapist and fun it never takes itself too seriously 
3
Mamma Mia!
Peter Travers
When Streep Walters and Baranski share the screen Mamma Mia comes alive and earns its exclamation point The rest is forced gaiety pushed to the breaking point 
2
Mamma Mia!
Rafer Guzman
The ingredients seem perfect a stellar cast an unassailable soundtrack and source material from a proven hit Somehow though this sugary mix turns into a sour hairball that will have you gagging to expel it for 108 minutes 
1
Mamma Mia!
Sara Michelle Fetters
This thing didn t just make me uncomfortable and sad I darn near say it physically assaulted me 
1
Mamma Mia!
Janos Gereben
A sappy meaningless story something on the order of Gidget Goes to Greece but perhaps inferior to the Sandra Dee standard 
1.5
Mamma Mia!
Josh Larsen
perhaps the worst example of what is known as a jukebox musical 
1.5
Mamma Mia!
Sean McBride
It makes for campy fun at times but the bottom line is that it s hard to get swept up by the story when the singing keeps making you wince
1.5
Mamma Mia!
Felix Vasquez Jr.
We re literally left in the cold with many questions raised that are ignored undermining the entire premise and the reason why we came to watch 
2
Mamma Mia!
Dan Callahan
This film version of Mamma Mia is such a full scale disaster in every way that it s hard to know what has held theatergoers attention for so long 
1
The Gilligan Manifesto
Frank Ochieng
The Gilligan Manifesto never quite feels compelling or insightful enough to exploit its radical revelations to its fullest sensationalism Unfortunately Soling s clunky documentary never delves into this colorful notion with tongue lashing vibrancy
2
The Lie
Lou Lumenick
The acting in The Lie including a nice bit by Mark Webber as a stoner pal who lectures Leonard on responsibility is good enough to almost overlook a so so ending 
2.5
The Lie
Roger Ebert
Here s a film in which the actors create plausible people we would probably like They re loose inside the skins of their characters 
3
The Lie
Andrew Schenker
A film about accountability that repeatedly absolves its lead character of the need to have any 
1
Hopeless Romantic
Roger Moore
If it doesn t work it s because the episodes intended to be funny only occasionally are and the edgy scenes cross over into off putting 
2
The English Surgeon
Mick LaSalle
Some will feel privileged to see human drama and an aspect of life not often seen on the movie screen Others will feel haunted by it and wish they never saw it For sure few will leave the film unaffected 
3
The English Surgeon
V.A. Musetto
Director Smith seems intent on turning Marsh into a folk hero That s fine I suppose although it would have been informative to take a closer look at Ukraine s medical nightmare its causes and its prognosis 
2
The English Surgeon
Nick Schager
As with Marsh the state of Ukrainian medicine and his topic s underlying issues of morality and mercy director Smith merely presents them in all their heartrending complexity 
3
The English Surgeon
Liam Lacey
Harrowing both physically and emotionally but also filled with humour and deep insight 
3
The English Surgeon
Jason Anderson
A British neurosurgeon s personal humanitarian mission is the subject of this compelling moving and often surprising documentary 
3.5
The English Surgeon
Michael Phillips
Exceptionally well crafted this doc may appeal most to those who have a doctor in the family But I can t imagine anyone seeing it dispassionately 
4
A Year in Champagne
Roger Moore
Informative but there s not much fizz to this rather flat documentary about how the bubbly is bottled 
2
A Year in Champagne
Clayton Dillard
The premise amounts to numerous raised glasses and classical music cues but little of this schmoozing strikes a notable chord beyond the dmod back patting engaged throughout 
1
Bikes vs Cars
Soren Andersen
Director Fredrik Gertten breaks little new ground as he salts the picture with statistics in support of interviews with bicycle proponents to buttress his theme 
2.5
Bikes vs Cars
Ed Gonzalez
Copenhagen is essentially a vision of the world the filmmaker Gertten yearns for but he negates his thesis by presenting bike traffic in the city as a public nuisance 
2
Bikes vs Cars
Kate Taylor
This surprisingly critical portrayal of a cyclist s utopia raises all kinds of issues about traffic planning and bike safety that the doc does not address 
2
Voyagers
Chase Hutchinson
The problem is that the film is mostly made of misdirections as it gestures towards interesting elements 44 both narratively and visually 44 that are far too short lived for their own good 46 
2
Voyagers
Brian Eggert
Although many of Burger s visual techniques look neat enough his screenplay proves unconvincing and overstated 
1.5
Voyagers
Matt Brunson
The pitch meeting for Voyagers must have been the shortest in history It s Lord of the Flies in space Now where should we go for lunch 
2
Voyagers
Linda Cook
It s a less than stellar Lord of the Flies in outer space with YA tropes 
2
Voyagers
Steven Prokopy
The film s production design and general tone are solid but it s not quite enough to elevate the movie to greater heights 
2.5
Voyagers
Erik Childress
This is the rare young adult sci fi ripoff of Lord of the Flies that actually would have benefited from being dumber 
2
Voyagers
Peter Canavese
The sci fi premise of the colonization of space across generations deserved more focus rather than simply as an excuse for increasingly strained melodrama 
2.5
Voyagers
Joe Friar
Burger should have gone for an R rating instead of remaining stationary in safe YA territory The performances by the cast stand out making this journey worthwhile 
3
Voyagers
Ty Burr
Voyagers shows that Burger can still move a story along with craft pace and skill even if that story is in the end awfully predictable Maybe it s time he got back to the grown ups table 
2.5
Voyagers
Mike McGranaghan
If only the movie stayed with its premise it would be a lot better than it is Voyagers unfortunately strays from it on a regular basis 
2
Voyagers
Kevin Carr
Star Lord of the Flies or Piggy in Space but very one dimensionally written
2
Voyagers
Lindsey Bahr
It s the kind of premise that you can imagine would have been better served by a limited series with time to get to know and like at least some of the characters so that there are some stakes 
2
Voyagers
Tom Meek
The problem is that everything feels staged and unfelt 
2
Voyagers
Jeff York
Instead of asking such obvious questions about time and travel and confinement the film seems content to merely play out as Lord of the Flies in space 
1
Voyagers
Christy Lemire
But despite the familiar nature of the themes writer director Neil Burger is exploring his film still offers plenty of tension and his trademark visual panache 
2.5
Voyagers
Randy Myers
The story is all over the map and Voyagers never capitalizes on its intriguing premise 
2
Voyagers
Sara Michelle Fetters
While almost none of what transpires is a surprise the film is solidly crafted and features a handful of strong performances 
2.5
Voyagers
Leo Brady
It s easy to claim that Voyagers is Lord of the Flies in space and it is which is what makes it good but it s also a fascinating study of gaslighting and how fear can push the masses to follow a mad man 
3
Voyagers
Mark Dujsik
The movie has some worthwhile queries to confront but it also seems a bit too willing to resolve all of these problems and thoughts with generic action 
2.5
Voyagers
Johnny Oleksinski
Burger s half assed attempt at an updated Lord of the Flies makes you long for a good old fashioned school bus and a pig s head on a stick 
1
Voyagers
Chris Hewitt
The first 70 minutes of Voyagers are so devoid of humor passion and spontaneity it s difficult to engage with the characters 
2
Voyagers
Roger Moore
We know what s coming and knowing that the viewer becomes a nihilist right along with Make Our Spaceship Great Again lemmings 
2
Voyagers
Mark Meszoros
Burger doesn t take the story in any truly interesting directions and he ultimately offers a film that feels only so committed to its vision 
2
Voyagers
Katie Walsh
Feels like the product of a brainstorming session that started with the concept Nostromo for teens 
2
Voyagers
David Lewis
Burger keeps things restrained and admirably avoids CGI excesses but his characters aren t deeply enough realized for us to appreciate the complexity of the themes 
2
Voyagers
Richard Roeper
Nearly every major plot point serves up an intriguing question and a disappointing answer 
2.5
Voyagers
Michael O'Sullivan
If Burger wants the story to say something about human nature and there are a couple of lines of dialogue that suggest he does it isn t anything terribly profound 
2
Voyagers
Brian Truitt
Even with ace performers and heady thoughts Voyagers is a clever trip that like its crew unfortunately goes primal at the wrong time 
2
Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story
David Nusair
46 46 46 there eventually does reach a point at which Scott apos s performance 44 ingratiating as it is 44 simply proves unable to compensate for the film apos s myriad of deficiencies 46 
2
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Kenneth R. Morefield
it adopts a modest understated tone while chronicling the Hollywood star s troubled childhood spiritual seeking and eventual self identification as born again Christian 
2.5
Intrepid
Walter Chaw
A Rubik s Cube where every square is a different colour 
0
Atonement
Mattie Lucas
Every bit as emotionally affecting as it is visually sweeping 
3.5
Atonement
Mike Scott
Frustratingly uneven struggling to maintain momentum as it lurches through extended lulls and indulges in cliched genre affectations 
2.5
Atonement
Peter Keough
Director Joe Wright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton tap into the underlying passion and pathos from which all the absurdity irony and poetry follow 
3
Atonement
Scott Nash
It s a romantic epic set in the past featuring some beautiful imagery high drama and terrific performances from its small all British cast It s also which isn t always a given when it comes to Best Picture contenders a great movie 
4
Atonement
Michael A. Smith
Wright s camera takes you on many memorable journeys none as great as an incredible five minute tracking shot in which the scene never cuts away
3.5
Atonement
Kam Williams
An overly ambitious ultimately unsatisfying adaptation of Ian McEwen s best selling romance novel 
1
Atonement
Sean McBride
a superbly made film that all but cries out for Oscar accolades
3.5
Atonement
Kenneth Turan
One of the few adaptations that gives a novel the film it deserves 
3.5
Atonement
Gary Brown
The acting is superb 
4
Atonement
Ross Anthony
Sale of the love story is hampered by the sheer number of impossible coincidences that mount on the first day of events Great Sound direction Good Cinematography 
1
Atonement
John Wirt
A swoon of thwarted love Atonement is missing something the heartrending something that would make an otherwise gorgeous film a romance for the ages 
3.5
Atonement
Sean O'Connell
Smaller than you d expect though many may remember it for the exquisite period detail production design or fluid camera work 
3.5
Atonement
Gina Carbone
One of the many films around Oscar season that s easy to respect but hard to love 
3
Atonement
Sean P. Means
Director Joe Wright and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey move us gracefully and jarringly from the gorgeous English countryside to the horrors of war 
3.5
Atonement
Daniel M. Kimmel
this season s serious British film It s entertaining provocative and oh so obviously Oscar bait 
3
Atonement
Matt Brunson
It s a shame that the denouement doesn t completely provide us with the emotional catharsis we require 
3
Atonement
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even with its strong themes and performances Atonement will be enjoyed most by those enthralled when the craft of filmmaking becomes an art 
3
Atonement
Willie Waffle
Most people will recognize Knightley but it s McAvoy who will have you talking after the credits roll
3.5
Atonement
John Beifuss
The rat a tat tat of a typewriter strafes the soundtrack repeatedly to remind us of the power of storytelling and to suggest that words can hit like bullets 
3
Atonement
David Elliott
Atonement a triumph of adulthood atones for a lot of shoddy stuff at the movies in 2007 
4
Atonement
Carla Meyer
Epic and heart rending Atonement accents its old fashioned qualities with a modern day frankness 
3.5
Atonement
Connie Ogle
The interpretation is so painstaking and moving that almost every moment delivers a shuddering jolt to the head and the heart 
4
Atonement
Bruce Newman
In its first 45 minutes Atonement achieves a kind of perfection rare even for big Oscar bait movies Every facet of the filmmaking is the equal of any picture released this year The rest of the movie isn t so bad 
2.5
Atonement
Jeff Vice
Well acted and reasonably engaging period piece And it suggests Keira Knightley is at her best when she s in costume dramas such as this 
3
Atonement
Duane Dudek
The performances are all solid 
3.5
Atonement
Lawrence Toppman
A rare slightly astonishing success 
3
Atonement
Phil Villarreal
The regret I felt the most while watching Atonement was not Briony s but my own for having gotten myself stuck in two hours of drudgery 
2
Atonement
Jeanne Aufmuth
Magnifies its inescapable destiny with dazzling bravura 
3.5
Atonement
Kit Bowen
It grabs your heart and doesn t let go 
3.5
Atonement
Mike McGranaghan
I don t ever recall seeing a movie that did to me what Atonement did It started off strong then completely stopped working for me around the halfway point Then at the last possible second the film somehow managed to turn itself back around 
3
Atonement
Sara Michelle Fetters
Atonement is perfect 
4
Atonement
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Like Wright s previous award contender Atonement is just a good enough drama with many flaws but excels with strong performances from McAvoy and newcomer Ronan 
2.5
Atonement
Geoff Pevere
Atonement is not only too polite but maddeningly orderly resulting in a prettily cast professionally performed impeccably mounted bore 
2
Atonement
Chris Hewitt
It s a stunner that does justice to a great book 
3.5
Atonement
Moira MacDonald
On paper and on screen Atonement is a story of rare beauty both wrenching and wise 
4
Atonement
Mick LaSalle
Atonement takes a familiar movie environment a setting that we think we know and uses it for an examination of a host of dark impulses such as jealousy lust cruelty and deceit 
4
Atonement
Lou Lumenick
Director Joe Wright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton not only blow the Merchant Ivory dust off the British period movie they transform Ian McEwan s interior novel into a sweeping epic that speaks to the 21st century soul 
4
Atonement
Jack Mathews
It is an amazing story filled with quiet moments of profundity and more surprises than you could imagine 
3
Atonement
Bob Strauss
If you appreciate rigorous cinematic artistry along with your transcendent romance you may just find the whole package heartrending 
3.5
Atonement
Eric Harrison
It is mindful art doubling as unapologetic entertainment an ode to eros and errors assembled with vision and meticulous care 
3.5
Atonement
Lisa Kennedy
Craft is everywhere in the film in many touches that make it elegantly forceful 
3.5
Atonement
Ty Burr
The movie never goes as deep as the novel no movie could but it s a worthy approximation a Merchant Ivory movie that turns in on itself with a lucid and painful sigh 
3
Atonement
Peter T. Chattaway
It taises important questions about the relationship between honesty and kindness and ends on a powerful note that asks whether there can ever be true mercy without well truth 
3
Atonement
Peter Canavese
In the story s nooks and crannies are ideas to savor the human condition horrors of unpassable distances of space time and reconciliation 
3.5
Atonement
Josh Larsen
There is a lot of yearning going on in Atonement and not all of it is confined to the actors on the screen 
3
Atonement
Roger Ebert
This is one of the year s best films a certain best picture nominee 
4
Atonement
Mark Dujsik
I m sure it works on the page but on screen it gets clunky especially in the epilogue which hardly packs the intended emotional punch as a result 
2.5
Atonement
Ken Fox
For the most part the result is a smashing success filled with great performances and exquisite production design 
3
Atonement
Claudia Puig
The arc and resolution don t feel nearly as absorbing and devastating as McEwan s masterful novel 
2.5
Atonement
Michael Phillips
Now and then you find a period picture that affords this sort of rightness of scale and satisfaction 
3.5
Atonement
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A mixed bag but far better than Wright s muddled Pride Prejudice and ultimately worth seeing 
3
Atonement
Dustin Putman
Profundity is never achieved because the would be encompassing love story at its center isn t given enough time to build and breathe 
2
Atonement
Carrie Rickey
An impeccable craftsman in the tradition of David Lean Wright possesses the late director s considerable gifts for drawing out his actors 
3.5
Atonement
James Berardinelli
The film is gorgeous to look at well paced especially during the first half and by turns touching and sad The ending packs an emotional punch which is what one would expect from any movie developed from a McEwan novel 
3.5
Atonement
Kyle Smith
Belongs to the realm of theater Masterpiece Theater A misdirected letter movie Really In 2007 
3
Atonement
David N. Butterworth
A majestic and intimate romance that should rightly cement the careers of director Joe Wright and leading man James McAvoy and give Saoirse Ronan some much deserved exposure 
3.5
Atonement
Peter Travers
It s some kind of miracle Written directed and acted to perfection Atonement sweeps you up on waves of humor heartbreak and ravishing romance 
4
Atonement
Ed Gonzalez
McEwan s uncanny expression of the intangible has posed a challenge to those who ve brought his novels and short stories to the screen and Wright resorts to obvious cinematic shorthand to communicate Atonement s metaphysical ideas 
2
Atonement
David Nusair
it s certainly worth noting that the movie packs a far more potent emotional punch than its literary forebearer 
3.5
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Walter Chaw
Expository dreadful and overlong besides 
1
The Jigsaw Man
Gene Siskel
The star studded cast plays out its intricate story with such relish that the effect of all the confusion is not unlike that of an Agatha Christie story in which we can t wait for the final showdown 
3
The Jigsaw Man
Desmond Ryan
The movie has the manner and look of John le Carre but it makes the crucial mistake of concerning itself with the mechanics of what happened instead of why it happened 
2
The Jigsaw Man
Candice Russell
A decidedly mediocre frequently stupid spy thriller 
2
The Jigsaw Man
Laurie Horn
There are no false leads and the ending while not unpredictable is satisfying escapism 
2
The Jigsaw Man
Hank Gallo
There are huge chunks of script someone forgot to include in the finished product and the acting is well less than inspired 
1.5
Arabian Nights
James Kendrick
while Arabian Nights has its share of impressive vistas and narrative trickery its fundamental emotional disconnect renders it inert a beautiful bit of exotic fantasy that quickly dissipates
2
Arabian Nights
Jeremy Heilman
Pasolini s Arabian Nights succeeds mostly because it never assumes neither frank carnality nor flights of fancy are beneath us 
3.5
24 Days
Glenn Kenny
It has a more upsetting dimension than most suspense dramas as it s based on a true story a story that touches on issues still roiling France today 
3
24 Days
Peter Keough
As a suspenseful true crime story 24 Days succeeds As a warning against the ever present dangers of anti Semitism it is eloquent and disturbing It s in combining the two that Arcady mishandles the case 
2.5
24 Days
Roger Moore
Slack lacks the urgency that you expect a kidnapping thriller to have 
2
The Super
Roger Ebert
What s finally depressing about The Super is that it doesn t have the nerve to be any one thing It wants to be crude and rude but it ends with sentiment It wants to be about whites and blacks but is incurious about the lives of its black characters 
2
A Man of Action
Roger Moore
At its best in action 46 But when it 8217 s inactive 44 it lumbers along 44 with Ballesta giving Lucio enough dash but not enough playful twinkle to compensate for that sluggish pace 46 
2
The Last Winter
Bill Cosford
The Last Winter is sentimental and slow but it s rich with character and full of life Johnston got good performances from a large cast of children too no small achievement and crucial here 
2.5
The House
Matt Brunson
Even movies like Requiem for a Dream and Midnight Express contain more laughs than The House 
1
The House
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately the hand that was dealt The House is a royal flush but not the winning hand every poker player dreams of being dealt Nope it s the humorless kind The kind that swirls down the comedy commode 
1.5
The House
Josh Larsen
what happens when improvisation runs out of steam 
1.5
The House
John Hanlon
Despite a worthy cast and a fun premise this comedy feels like a missed opportunity 
2.0
The House
Mike McGranaghan
A scattershot mess that s unsatisfying despite showing signs of real potential 
2
The House
David Nusair
with the movie ultimately standing as the latest in an increasingly long line of misbegotten Ferrell comedies 
2
The House
Stephen Rebello
The House isn t built on the strongest foundation but for most of its 88 minutes its terrific cast helps gloss over some of the glaring fissures 
2
The House
Rafer Guzman
It s all meant to be wild and crazy but somehow it seems simultaneously nasty and dull 
1
The House
Richard Roeper
There s more character development and more believable plot turns in a typical Saturday Night Live sketch 
1
The House
Christy Lemire
The rare raunchy comedy that actually could have stood to be a little longer and not just by padding the running time with outtakes 
1
The House
Clayton Dillard
Nonsensical characterizations abound throughout The House without ever dipping into unbridled absurdity 
1.5
The House
Roger Moore
Craps out quickly 
1.5
The House
Mark Dujsik
The House is essentially a one joke premise stretched well past its breaking point and leaving a lot of funny people looking embarrassed and regretful 
0.5
Strait-Jacket
Matt Brunson
The twist ending is one of the most obvious ever put on film but Crawford s campy histrionics and some neat stylistic flourishes make this worthy entertainment 
2.5
Water Lilies
Mattie Lucas
Display s a potent insight into teenage sexuality unspoken desires and unrequited love 
3.5
Water Lilies
Tom Keogh
A narrowly interesting story by French writer director CÃ C line Sciamma about three girls whose lives are connected by synchronized swimming 
2.5
Water Lilies
Chris Hewitt
If poetry is about finding the perfect words to say something then movie poetry is about finding perfect images And Water Lilies has several of them 
3.5
Water Lilies
Bob Strauss
A sensitive study of budding adolescent desires a pervert s delight plus synchronized swimming Yes Water Lilies will be many things to many people 
3.5
Water Lilies
Chad Greene
Unfortunately this is not a satire like Dr Strangelove it s a documentary in which talking heads spout pseudoscientific claptrap that comes across as all wet 
0
Water Lilies
Joe Neumaier
Celine Sciamma s quiet drama has moments of motionless yearning that contrast the intense emotions of its 15 year old protagonists 
2
Water Lilies
Lou Lumenick
The original French title of this flick translates as Birth of Octopuses and it s a more accurate description of the complicated relationships in this well acted coming of age story the impressive debut of filmmaker Céline Sciamma 
2.5
Water Lilies
Maitland McDonagh
Though the material is familiar director Celine Sciamma has a light touch and avoids many teen movie cliches Her girls aren t hyperverbal in fact they re the opposite guarded and always listening for cues before they reveal themselves in words 
3
Water Lilies
Kam Williams
Jailbait gone wild Parisian style 
4
Water Lilies
Nick Schager
Water Lilies sees female adolescence as an uncomfortable embarrassing phase full of painful self consciousness and frustrated desire 
3
Wildling
James Berardinelli
Wildling starts out strongly but the qualities that make the first 20 minutes engrossing and harrowing drain away and the movie morphs into a thoroughly unsatisfying excursion into fantasy tinged horror 
2
Wildling
Mark Dujsik
Wildling changes directions one too many times 
2
Wildling
Sara Stewart
A supernatural What s Happening to My Body parable in company with Carrie Ginger Snaps and last year s Thelma Wildling is low key with an undertone of menace skillfully directed by Fritz Bhm in his feature debut 
3
Chain of Command
David Nusair
Chain of Command contains enough effective action sequences and unexpected surprises to distinguish itself from all the movies of this genre that are perpetually being released 
3
Forever Rich
Roger Moore
A tense Dutch thriller about another hip hop tough guy whose pose runs up against harsh reality 
2.5
Calibre
Federico Furzan
Grim drama with a tense emotion vehicle that can hold any viewer hostage Full review in Spanish 
3
Calibre
David Nusair
An erratic yet effective thriller 
3
Calibre
Roger Moore
A striking Scottish setting doesn t save this generic slow soft and anti climactic Deliverance knockoff 
2
Alice
Lisa Trifone
Mackerras proves herself a confident storyteller creating a central character that is realistically multi dimensional 
3
Alice
Jeff Mitchell
An enlightening escort tale set in the City of Light 
3.5
Alice
Monica Castillo
Piponnier is phenomenal putting in a meticulously reserved performance in what could very well have been a melodramatic role 
3
Alice
Mark Dujsik
Alice is funny and thoughtful in ways we don t anticipate because Mackerras goals have nothing to do with simple moral answers or melodramatic turns 
3
Evil Knievel
Roger Ebert
The life of Evel Knievel contains the same seeds of self doom as a Dostoevski character s That s what I miss in the current George Hamilton movie version despite its generally interesting texture and its flicks of black humor 
2
Tár
Matt Brunson
The best film of 2022 44 T 225 r is a rarity in contemporary cinema in that it 8217 s a movie that matters beyond the multiplex 46 
4
Tár
Pablo O. Scholz
A great film come with an open mind and dive right in Full review in Spanish 
4
Tár
Diana Cheng
Field apos s feature 46 46 46 is a forceful narrative and an astute study of power set within an artistic and cultured realm 46 
3
Tár
Jeffrey M. Anderson
She is as fully formed a character as Charles Foster Kane 44 a great and terrible figure that will not be easy to ever forget 46 
3.5
Tár
Wesley Lovell
What Field has done with Lydia T 225 r is not only castigate those who allow their fame to increase their sense of entitlement 44 but also to question the lengths and depths to which the public as a whole will go to tear those people down 44 warranted or not 46 
3.5
Tár
Robert Horton
Watching this persona shatter is a fascinating experience 44 thanks to Field 8217 s rigorous approach and Blanchett 8217 s knifelike performance 46 
4
Tár
Rene Sanchez
Cate Blanchett is superb in this captivating character study that examines fame and power with precise tempo 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
4
Tár
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly 40 and often excessively 41 deliberate drama that 8217 s rarely 44 if ever 44 as compelling and engrossing as one might 8217 ve anticipated 46 46 46 
2
Tár
Sonny Bunch
The cinema of power 46 
4
Tár
Kevin Carr
While Blanchette delivers an impressive and commanding performance 44 the pretentious undertones and sluggish plot make watching this film a real challenge 46 
1
Tár
Mattie Lucas
As T 225 r says 44 it apos s always the question that involves the listener 44 never the answer 44 and Field smartly follows suit 44 entering into a dialogue with the audience that is at once captivating and terrifying to consider 46 
3.5
Tár
Charles Koplinski
8220 Tar 8221 is a movie you admire more than enjoy 46 
3
Tár
Erik Childress
Like an expansive composition 44 Todd Field invites us to lean in and listen to the changes in tempo to a mind that is intent on hitting the same notes towards an impending self destruction 46 10 
4
Tár
James Berardinelli
Tar isn t based on a true story but it possesses an emotional and intellectual honesty that makes it seem more real than countless made for mass consumption biopics 
3.5
Tár
Roger Moore
Brittle 44 brilliant 46 46 46 a self aware performance of a performance 46 
3
Tár
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
TÁR has no interest in tidy answers Delighting in our discomfort Blanchett and Field morally box us in by making Lydia as lovable as she is despicable 
4
Tár
Steven Prokopy
The investigation into Lydia 8217 s behavior is a complete stripping down of her privacy 44 and it begins a spiraling in her that ends with a gut wrenching sequence involving her Mahler performance 44 and final shot that will stop your breath cold 46 
3.5
Tár
Brian Truitt
Even if you take out the timely cancel culture bent Tár works as a really intriguing exploration of the mostly uncharted world of classical music as Black Swan did for ballet and Whiplash for jazz 
3.5
Tár
Dwight Brown
Blanchet is totally convincing as the troubled artist Yet cold Cold as the film 
2
Tár
Mark Meszoros
Even at more than two and a half hours 44 T 193 R is an engrossing symphony almost from its opening notes to its final fading sounds 46 
3.5
Tár
Richard Roeper
The expansive supporting ensemble is all great and they all get their solo moments but throughout the entirety of TÁR there s never any doubt Cate Blanchett is the one holding the baton and everyone else is facing her awaiting their cues 
3.5
Tár
Max Weiss
Tár had me in its clutches from the overture 
4
Tár
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It probably helps 40 a little 41 if one knows the setting and can appreciate how expertly Field lays out the details 44 but even without any such expertise 44 T 193 R is fully of our time 44 as well as timeless 46 Let the music play 59 it 8217 s strong stuff 46 
3.5
Tár
Moira MacDonald
This tale of ambition and its cost and its collateral damage is Blanchett s movie and she delivers a tour de force in every scene 
3.5
Tár
Jeff York
A fascinating tale 44 beautifully realized and incredibly acted by Blanchett 46 
3
Tár
Brian Eggert
So many films today take political action by reinforcing a belief and preaching to the converted 46 Field and Blanchett have something trickier in store 58 a film that operates as a prompt and encourages what will hopefully become a productive discussion 46 
4
Tár
Peter Howell
Blanchett is splendidly horrid in this spellbinding psychodrama another O for Lydia s EGOT is entirely attainable 
3.5
Tár
Leo Brady
You will be pulled into the production 44 be swayed by the performances 44 and when it comes to a close 44 you will leave wishing for more 46 T 193 R is one of the best movies of 2022 46 
4
Tár
Mark Feeney
TÁR is ambitious unusual forceful and ultimately frustrating an emotional epic that s also a nose against the glass view of classical music and unconventional take on the MeToo movement in that world 
3
Tár
Tom Meek
A film that likely could not come into existence without its star Cate Blanchett who delivers a turn so bravura lived in and essential that it may just be the most defining performance of a highly accomplished career 
3.5
Tár
Mark Dujsik
As a piece of storytelling 46 46 46 Field apos s film is slightly more than an examination of power with some blatant 44 if drolly amusing 44 lesson making 46 46 46 
3
Tár
Randy Myers
The anchor of this gorgeously photographed impeccably acted triumph is Blanchett and she is both mesmerizing and galvanizing 
4
Tár
Ann Hornaday
Less a movie than a seductive deep dive into an unraveling psyche of a woman who s simultaneously defined by and apart from the world she has so confidently by the tail 
4
Tár
Michael Phillips
Blanchett does it all here Speaks three languages plays piano conducts with what looks to my untrained eye to be pretty fair stick technique and changes the temperature in any given room Lydia enters with a glance 
4
Tár
Josh Larsen
In a masochistic way 44 a Blanchett character usually demands to be broken 46 
3.5
Tár
G. Allen Johnson
Blanchett is so convincing and Field s approach is so authentic that it feels like an event not just a movie 
4
Tár
Rex Reed
There s never a dull moment with Ms Blanchett s measured performance to keep you focused It s impressive to a point but too many loose ends deny the star a rational thread to hang onto 
2
Tár
Johnny Oleksinski
The match of larger than life actress to larger than life role is perfection 
4
Tár
Walter Chaw
Tár is an active conversation compelling fascinating exhausting and exhilarating like a good jam session like that first weekend in a new romance doomed to flameout but invigorating for a while Not just great Tár is important 
4
Tár
Jake Coyle
Blanchett gives a colossal tour de force performance that may be the finest of her career The answers Fields supplies are not always satisfying but for much of the film he and Blanchett orchestrate a mesmerizing character study 
3
Tár
David Gonzalez
There have been 23 perfect games in MLB history 44 and Cate Blanchett delivers her perfect cinematic game in Todd Field 8217 s T 193 R 46 A hypnotic and fascinating deconstruction of a power hungry and egotistical icon 46 
4
Tár
Roger Friedman
Field peels Lydia back like an onion 44 layer by layer 44 so that by the time we get to the last hour 8212 and all hell breaks loose 8212 we are experts about her world 46 
4
Tár
Glenn Kenny
T 193 R is that rarest of items 58 a prestige awards contender that 8217 s also a genuine art film 46 
4
Tár
Keith Uhlich
The film is consistently compelling visually and aurally 44 but neither Todd Field nor Cate Blanchett seem quite decided on whether T 225 r 8217 s comeuppance is a grand tragedy or a cosmic joke 46 10 
2.5
Tár
Joey Magidson
T 225 r returns Todd Field apos s precise vision to screens 44 with an impeccable Cate Blanchett 44 to boot 46 
3
Assassin 33 A.D.
Bob Bloom
Assassin 33 A D plays like a project film majors at Oral Roberts University would produce as their senior final exam 
2.5
Assassin 33 A.D.
Mike McGranaghan
A racist hate filled work The people who made Assassin 33 A D need to spend less time thumping their Bible and more time actually studying it 
0
Assassin 33 A.D.
Roger Moore
The nuttiest Jesus movie since Life of Brian 
1.5
Secrecy
John Hartl
A stimulating somewhat ambiguous new documentary about the changes in intelligence gathering since Sept 11 2001 
3
Secrecy
Wesley Morris
This one is not about secrecy per se but about the strangely compelling people who fight for or against it 
2.5
Secrecy
V.A. Musetto
In this age of political docu mentaries it s always nice to come upon one that strives to be even handed 
3
Cats Don't Dance
Roger Ebert
Cats Don t Dance is not compelling and it s not a breakthrough but on its own terms it works well Whether this will appeal to kids is debatable the story involves a time and a subject they re not much interested in 
3
Cats Don't Dance
Mike Clark
Cats Don t Dance nor do they enchant 
1.5
Museum Town
Lisa Trifone
What s most compelling is when Trainer zooms out to focus instead on the curators and artists bringing grand scale works to the facility 
2.5
Museum Town
Brian Tallerico
A loving tribute that misses some opportunities but also fully represents the unpredictability of life 
3
Museum Town
Roger Moore
A fine recounting of one instance where thinking big in the always strapped for cash museum world paid off the MASS MoCa contemporary art museum in post industrial North Adams Mass 
3
Grigris
Marty Mapes
Dm deserves to be showcased like Keaton or Kelly
2.5
Lost & Found
Michael Dequina
A love story but Spade is way too smug to appear the slightest bit sincere in his scenes with Marceau for it to work at all on that level 
1.5
Lost & Found
Rick Groen
A mundane sitcom with feature pretensions the kind where the comic situation is simply a coat rack for hanging a rag tag assortment of inflated sight gags and telegraphed punch lines 
2
Lost & Found
Ross Anthony
Eventually Lost and Found becomes a mellow romance lite comedy with a few good zingers and the heart of a puppy dog 
2
Lost & Found
James Berardinelli
Too many of the jokes are predictable and as a result not especially funny 
2.5
Lost & Found
Mick LaSalle
Why was the sight of scrawny Woody Allen kissing pretty Diane Keaton never revolting while scrawny David Spade kissing beautiful Sophie Marceau in Lost Found is the creepiest cinematic sight of the year 
1
Lost & Found
Jeff Vice
A little David Spade goes a long way and to its detriment Lost Found has a whole lot of David Spade 
1.5
Lost & Found
Roger Ebert
A movie about characters of limited intelligence who wander through the lonely wastes of ancient and boring formulas 
1
Staircase
Roger Ebert
Stanley Donen s Staircase is an unpleasant exercise in bad taste in taste so bad in fact you wonder how Donen who directed Singin in the Rain and Bedazzled could have directed it 
1
The City Dark
Chuck Bowen
As an effort in civil duty The City Dark would earn three sturdy stars but as a film it s lacking 
1.5
The City Dark
Mark Feeney
The documentary tries to take on too much but Cheney s enthusiasm for the subject makes that understandable 
2.5
The Amazing Maurice
Rob Thomas
There are also some scary scenes that might not play well with younger audiences 46 But older kids who think they 8217 ve outgrown their Little Golden Books should have a good time 44 if not an 8220 amazing 8221 one 46 
2.5
The Amazing Maurice
Brian Tallerico
It could be because of deviations from the source 44 the film apos s bland visual style that 8217 s just unambitious enough to be annoying 44 or the unengaging story 44 but 8220 The Amazing Maurice 8221 is 44 well 44 less than amazing 46 
2
The Amazing Maurice
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he result is a movie that apos s probably too grimly esoteric for kids but not nearly enough for adults 46 
2
The Amazing Maurice
Roger Moore
Delightful and sometimes droll 
2.5
The Amazing Maurice
Mike McGranaghan
The Amazing Maurice is family entertainment with an attitude 46 
3
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
James Kendrick
The film s extraordinary power derives from the way in which actress Kim Stanley convinces us of her character s conviction no matter how misguided and ultimately pathetic 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Mattie Lucas
Mungiu s very specific brand of formalism traps the characters in a theological prison of their own design and the results are as fascinating to watch as they are painful 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Kelly Jane Torrance
Director Cristian Mungiu has practically single handedly put modern Romanian cinema on the map 
4
Beyond the Hills
Walter Chaw
It s an exorcism movie for everyone who thought after Mungiu s gruelling abortion buddy movie 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days that this guy should do an exorcism movie
4
Beyond the Hills
Ty Burr
Beyond the Hills seethes with astonishment and rage at a broken society marooned between the 21st century and the 16th 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Joe Williams
It s an enigmatic and austere film from a region where political sexual and religious repression are as stifling as the sooty air 
3
Beyond the Hills
Chris Hewitt
Mungui s rigorous approach to filmmaking isn t a ton of fun to watch but his ideas stick with you 
3
Beyond the Hills
Rick Groen
If you long for the bleak intelligence of an Ingmar Bergman film where humankind is deeply flawed and God is indifferently silent and the landscape is cloaked in perpetual winter then Beyond the Hills promises to be your cup of despair 
3
Beyond the Hills
Peter Howell
There are no easy villains or heroes in this sad and slow but forcefully told tale which exhibits the same humanity Mungiu brought to 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days his abortion drama that won the 2007 Palme d Or 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Steven Rea
A film that asks its viewer to consider the nature of good and evil love and trust and trust that turns into something like blind faith 
3
Beyond the Hills
Walter V. Addiego
The film offers rewards for the patient viewer as it examines conflicting visions of love played out in a remote faith based community 
3
Beyond the Hills
Ann Hornaday
An austere but subtly textured retelling of a 2005 news story in which a young woman died during an exorcism 
3
Beyond the Hills
Josh Larsen
if Beyond the Hills is an exorcism movie the scariest thing about it is that there isn t a demon to be found 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
John Anderson
Cristian Mungiu s Beyond the Hills moves so effortlessly through the gnarly intersection of love loss God and godlessness that you barely notice how much he s doing and with such effortless grace 
4
Beyond the Hills
Michael Phillips
Of all the movies culminating in a rite of exorcism Romanian writer director Cristian Mungiu s remarkable Beyond the Hills stands alone 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Farran Smith Nehme
At times the pace of Beyond the Hills is nerve wrackingly slow But Mungiu has his own way of creating suspense and he has a gift for making a known outcome as shocking as a twist 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Stephen Whitty
Mingiu used to be a journalist and Beyond the Hills has the feel of real life to it no soaring soundtrack music a cast full of everyday faces 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Peter Travers
What seems like the makings of a tawdry horror show becomes a subtle and moving exploration into the sacred and profane 
3
Beyond the Hills
Steven Boone
Beyond the Hills is an arthouse film from Romania yet in its slow lurching progress toward a tragic exorcism it is a stylistic nephew of America s The Exorcist 
3.5
Beyond the Hills
Nick Schager
It s Cristian Mungiu s staging and compositional skill that lends the material its true sense of dawning dread 
3.5
Flannel Pajamas
Bruce Westbrook
Flannel Pajamas is so gorged with gab it feels like a filibuster 
1
Flannel Pajamas
John Monaghan
In his sophomore feature Lipsky doesn t feel the need to pump the movie with showy visual tricks You don t even know he s there most of the time which is probably a compliment 
3
Flannel Pajamas
Mick LaSalle
This is all quite fascinating 
3
Flannel Pajamas
Mary F. Pols
Maybe Lipsky s been too direct in his screenplay he makes us feel like informed witnesses to their relationship rather than participants Which means we spend most of the movie thinking just break up already please 
2
Flannel Pajamas
Tom Keogh
This is the kind of introspective drama in which a determined pair of young very fine actors and a strong filmmaker put everything on the line to explore emotional truth wherever it exists 
3.5
Flannel Pajamas
Jeffrey Westhoff
With Flannel Pajamas Lipsky has written an excellent off Broadway play not a film 
2.5
Flannel Pajamas
Teresa Budasi
It s as close to what the disintegration of a real life relationship looks like as you ll ever see onscreen 
3.5
Flannel Pajamas
Michael Wilmington
Sometimes a movie improves on second viewing and I liked Flannel Pajamas better when I screened it again 
2.5
Flannel Pajamas
Matt Pais
By the time these two must decide whether or not to stay together we ve given up on the whole process entirely 
2
Flannel Pajamas
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ever been on a blind date that you knew would be dismal from the start Well this is the movie version of that date stretched out over the slowest two hours imaginable 
1.5
Flannel Pajamas
Gene Seymour
As raw and biting as a December morning in Montauk writer director Jeff Lipsky s depiction of modern metropolitan romance honors the sensibilities of both John Cassavetes and Ingmar Bergman 
4
Flannel Pajamas
Maitland McDonagh
Lipsky puts utterly ordinary lives under a microscope and finds a teeming microcosm of chaos no less devastating for being so unremarkable 
3
Flannel Pajamas
Lou Lumenick
Though Jeff Lipsky s snoozefest Flannel Pajamas essentially consists of a couple talking nonstop for two hours we never really understand what brought them together in the first place much less why they break up after two years together 
1.5
Flannel Pajamas
Nick Schager
A series of scenes from a love affair whose insightfulness slightly outweighs its sluggishness 
2.5
Flannel Pajamas
Steve Rhodes
A romantic comedy it s heavy on the romance but light on the comedy as it is more interested in being a character study of real relationships than it is in tickling our funny bones 
3
Orphan
Brian Eggert
It involves us on unexpected emotional levels 44 making us care about the characters instead of just compiling a body count 46 Therein 44 it sends us writhing in our seats from the perpetual sense of unease and growing shock 46 
3.5
Orphan
Walter Chaw
Alas in the end it s not nasty enough 
1.5
Orphan
Mike McGranaghan
This is the rare fright flick that is actually grounded in some genuine human emotion 
3.5
Orphan
Nick Rogers
David Johnson s script plays fair with red herrings before a devilish denouement with all the torque of a good twist Esther doesn t just want to topple the Colemans house of cards She wants to torch it and Orphan is gruesome gripping material 
3
Orphan
Michael Dequina
Something isn t quite working in the intended way when the audience s primary reaction for two plus hours is raucous laughter 
2.5
Orphan
Sonny Bunch
Orphan is as much a high tension frightening thriller as it is a straight up horror flick at least it is until it devolves into outright silliness in the final act 
2.5
Orphan
James Kendrick
a carefully staged deconstruction of our assumptions about horrorshows about preternaturally manipulative and malevolent children
3
Orphan
Austin Kennedy
The movie amps up the tension to a laughable degree using every clich in the horror movie guidebook 
2
Orphan
Lucius Gore
Daring and fresh Orphan is easily one of the best horror movies of 2009 
3.5
Orphan
David Keyes
an angry bitter and abhorrent display of masochism masquerading around as a legitimate horror film 
0
Orphan
Linda Cook
I think that if someone really wanted to adopt as my dear parents did it would take more than a single movie to dissuade them 
3
Orphan
John Wirt
An exceptional cast including child actress Isabelle Fuhrman make Orphan a cut above 
3
Orphan
John Beifuss
Distinguished by a loony plot twist and by its sympathetic treatment of characters 
2.5
Orphan
James Berardinelli
It would be harder to find a more dark and joyless thriller on the market than this one 
1.5
Orphan
Kit Bowen
Don t be afraid Horror movies about creepy kids can be frightening u2013 just not in Orphan 
2
Orphan
David Nusair
The inclusion of a twist ending that s flat out jaw dropping in its audaciousness virtually justifies the entire movie s existence by itself 
3
Orphan
Gina Carbone
It s uh creepy in that other way 
2.5
Orphan
Michael Phillips
There s a surprise ending followed by several bonus endings and we re not giving anything away in noting that the film s titular adoptee has more lives than Chucky 
2
Orphan
Kyle Smith
Although reasonably cheesily suspenseful the movie takes a long time to get going Its tagline There s something wrong with Esther turns out to be a masterpiece of understatement 
1.5
Orphan
Chris Hewitt
As much fun as it is to follow Orphan s improbable developments there is also a dark undercurrent that lingers with you afterward It s that troubling theme that takes the movie from good to almost great 
3.5
Orphan
Greg Quill
The best thing about Orphan is the way it plays with the genre s overused staples and its sophisticated audience s expectations 
2.5
Orphan
Claudia Puig
It s a cut above most spooky kid movies with a twist that sets it apart 
2.5
Orphan
Willie Waffle
While laughter may not be the intended entertainment value you have to admit Orphan does entertain Isn t that what really counts 
3
Orphan
Erik Childress
This is a poorly directed wannabe horror film that nevertheless contains more laughs than The Proposal The Ugly Truth Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Land of the Lost combined Is that a compliment Kind of 
3
Orphan
Jennie Punter
Orphan never exploits the dramatic possibilities despite the efforts of its excellent cast and gorgeous production values 
2
Orphan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It would be nice to think that Orphan brought something new to the genre but the only thing it adds is more running time 
2.5
Orphan
Mick LaSalle
So sloppy so lowdown so shameless and so entertaining Orphan provides everything you might expect in a psycho child thriller but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise 
3
Orphan
Moira MacDonald
Overlong and overwrought Orphan stays faithful to every clich of the genre 
1.5
Orphan
Stephen Whitty
What could be an interesting horror film just turns horrible 
2
Orphan
Tirdad Derakhshani
One of the best entries in the cute as a button psycho demon child from hell subgenre 
3
Orphan
Dustin Putman
An unnerving psychological thriller with the atmospheric elegance of classics like Rosemary s Baby Don t Look Now and Dressed to Kill masterful in its blends of style and substance violence and mayhem 
3.5
Orphan
Ty Burr
Director Jaume Collet Serra moves Orphan along efficiently doling out a boo shot every few minutes with mechanical professionalism 
2.5
Orphan
Kevin C. Johnson
During a summer with the usual transforming robots and young wizards this chilly flick is a bit of a break and there are worse options than letting this Orphan in the door 
3
Orphan
Nick Schager
Despite director Jaume Collet Serra s apt use of running children s laughter for jolt scares the suspense generated from Esther s early lunatic behavior is of a mild amusing variety 
2
Orphan
Roger Ebert
Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors a child 
3.5
This Ain't California
Sara Stewart
A trove of home videos vintage commercial and propaganda footage and black and white animation dress up this energetic if somewhat unfocused look at the birth of skateboarding in the German Democratic Republic 
2.5
This Ain't California
Drew Hunt
While the film is deeply romantic and nostalgic possessing a genuine reverence for youth and rebellion it s also something of a tragedy 
3
Sexy Beast
Brian Eggert
There s something appealing about the films sometimes clumsy energy where a stylistic flourish doesn t require an advanced intellectual metaphor because there s feeling behind it 
4
Sexy Beast
Tom Meek
Jonathan Glazer s brilliant reimagining of the crime drama is character and performance driven with a capital C and P 
3.5
Sexy Beast
David Nusair
a visceral mostly captivating thriller that features one of modern cinema s very best villains 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Nick Rogers
It s not just the ironic kick of watching the guy who played Gandhi get his rocks off on sociopathic violence Ben Kingsley s Don Logan is one of cinema s all time fearsome loathsome villains stalking even the frames from which he s absent 
4
Sexy Beast
Felix Vasquez Jr.
When you get the chance give this one a look 
3
Sexy Beast
Joe Lozito
A film that takes a familiar premise in this case a retired thief who is asked to pull one last job and makes it exciting again through the use of interesting characters elegant camerawork and exhilarating storytelling 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An astonishing underwater robbery scene highlights this amazingly staged and acted film A must see 
3
Sexy Beast
James Sanford
a chilly comedy of the darkest kind set in a world where sentences are punctuated with profanities weapons sometimes fall apart at unfortunate moments and people say things like You ve got very nice eyes Are they real 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like Lee Marvin from Point Blank or Michael Caine in the original Get Carter he s a force of nature a hurricane like dervish once unleashed cannot be contained 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Wesley Lovell
Ben Kingsley goes way over the top in a departure from his traditionally more subdued roles 46 
3
Sexy Beast
Margaret A. McGurk
A wry violent and surreally funny crime caper from British director Jonathan Glazer and screenwriters Louis Mellis and David Scinto 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Jeffrey Westhoff
A perfectly acted sardonic thriller aimed at the intelligent adult audience Hollywood studies have abandoned 
3
Sexy Beast
Stephen Himes
The site of Gandhi wielding a broken beer bottle is enough to warrant two hours of Sexy Beast 
3
Sexy Beast
Mark Dujsik
Its central theme of the lure and danger of the criminal life and a villain so perfect at personifying that theme are the propelling force of the film 
3
Sexy Beast
Ross Anthony
Oscar talk for Kingsley all well deserved 
2.5
Sexy Beast
Robert Roten
If any of the characters was the least bit appealing I might have had more patience waiting for something to happen 
2
Sexy Beast
Jules Brenner
Kudos for the way writers Louis Mellis and David Scinto balance believability with theatrics providing a caper film with such surprising depth and versatility 
3
Sexy Beast
David N. Butterworth
Starts strong and keeps getting stronger 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Joshua Katzman
Aside from Glazer s visual flair and gallows humor he s still subtracted much more than he s added 
2
Sexy Beast
Mike McGranaghan
When it s over you ll thank your lucky stars that you don t know anyone as thoroughly demented as Don Logan 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Dan Lybarger
Nonetheless in a summer full of poxy flicks that aim for formula and fail at even that lowly goal Sexy Beast is a ferocious alternative 
3.5
Sexy Beast
James Kendrick
has a brassy confidence that is enthralling
3.5
Sexy Beast
Steve Rhodes
A crime drama that uses the force of the characters not cheap plot tricks to maintain the tension 
3
Sexy Beast
Michael Dequina
Whenever Ben Kingsley shares the screen with Ray Winstone director Jonathan Glazer s film is no less than electrifying 
3
Sexy Beast
Wesley Morris
Glazer directs from Louis Mellis and David Scinto s script like a man who knows the outer limits of a bad dream 
4
Sexy Beast
Roger Ebert
I didn t know Kingsley had such notes inside him Obviously he can play anyone 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Rob Blackwelder
An eloquent and exacting film in which the style is only a function of the substance 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Robert K. Elder
A noir masterpiece with Oscar caliber performances 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Harvey S. Karten
A crackling noir thriller with sensational acting and a stellar job of intercutting a heist with a confrontation that precedes it 
3
Sexy Beast
Tor Thorsen
At its center are three of the best performances in recent memory 
3.5
Sexy Beast
Lou Lumenick
Kingsley burns up the screen as a foul mouthed Cockney gangster 
3
Sexy Beast
Liam Lacey
Glazer s style is the cinematic slang of the moment and his fresh take on an old genre opens some breathing space 
3
Sexy Beast
Greg Dean Schmitz
Like a sandwich with great bread and distracting meat
2
Sexy Beast
James Berardinelli
A suspenseful 90 minutes 
3
Freeze Me
Joshua Tanzer
About a manga like heroine who fights back at her abusers it s energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological 
3
Freeze Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
To show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape is overkill to the highest degree 
2
Freeze Me
Michael Wilmington
Queasy audiences beware but midnight movie bookers take note 
2.5
Farewell
Eric Melin
Keeping the story focused on the personal sacrifices of the two men involved is a smart strategy because it makes their secret correspondence even more fraught with danger 
3
Farewell
Peter Canavese
Carion s film admirably resists overselling the material it s an adult espionage film with no comic book theatrics Blu ray 
3
Farewell
Sean P. Means
By the time Carion winds to an exciting finale as Pierre and Jessica try to get out of the Soviet Union this Cold War drama will have already left you cold 
2.5
Farewell
Rene Rodriguez
The movie earns its tension and suspense the old fashioned way By making you care about its characters who live in a recognizably real world 
3
Farewell
Keith Cohen
Despite the majority of the 113 minute running time consisting of dialogue heavy talks between Grigoriev and Froment the movie holds a fascination for the audience because it squarely puts the focus on the 
3.5
Farewell
Joe Williams
In the high noon finale the personal and the political have an effectively tense showdown with the double crosses and getaways we expect from a good espionage flick 
3
Farewell
Robert W. Butler
A French film about a traitor you can t help but love 
3.5
Farewell
Steven Rea
A smart and suspenseful thriller but one that s grounded in the reality of the world we all live in whether we re spies or engineers 
3.5
Farewell
Chris Hewitt
From its double or triple meaning title to its sober conclusion it s a winner 
3
Farewell
Moira MacDonald
The film based on a true story is an uneasy mix of generic spy thriller and tensions at home family drama but it s definitely entertaining 
2.5
Farewell
Ty Burr
Beware the thriller whose characters are more naive than the audience 
2.5
Farewell
Peter Keough
Unpretentious engrossing 
3
Farewell
Rachel Saslow
There s a reason nobody made a movie about the 1983 bust of Soviet spies with the code name Farewell until now It s too bloody complicated 
1
Farewell
Roger Ebert
Farewell has something you don t see very often an endorsement blurb from Ronald Reagan himself 
3.5
Farewell
Mick LaSalle
More than most espionage movies the film is about relationships the men with each other the men with their own disapproving wives and governments with each other 
3
Farewell
Jim Emerson
That s another thing about Carion s direction He has an eye for unusual atmospheric touches the kinds of striking little things you notice in the world and think Somebody should put that in a movie 
3.5
Farewell
Michael Phillips
An ideal corrective to the usual overblown espionage fantasies and one that works very well on its own stealthy terms 
3.5
Farewell
V.A. Musetto
Starts slowly but picks up steam as it goes along The final half hour is suspenseful to the max 
3
Farewell
Jay Antani
a conscientious but surprisingly dull affair
2.5
Farewell
Bill Weber
A middling docudrama of a pivotal Cold War espionage case is bolstered by Emir Kusturica s gloomy but idealistic KGB renegade 
2.5
Damn Yankees
Mattie Lucas
While the film s proscenium blocking keeps it from from reaching the heights of Donen s Singin in the Rain Bob Fosse s choreography is allowed to unfold organically with minimal directorial interference 
3
Damn Yankees
Scott Nash
Why did and does Hollywood continue to put non singers in musicals No one in this movie has a good voice 
1.5
A Mermaid in Paris
Rene Sanchez
A charming and imaginative rom com about finding the magic of love in the most unexpected places Full Review in Spanish 
3
David Hockney: The Color of Music
Russell Scott Smith
Looking at the art and listening to the music is wonderful just on its own but hanging out with Hockney is also a treat He s a delightful companion 
3
The Sacrifice
Mattie Lucas
A stunning and brilliant summation of a legendary career and Kino s sumptuous treatment of it is befitting of its stature in cinema history 
4
The Sacrifice
Josh Larsen
haunted by the gap between human yearning and ultimate understanding 
4
The Sacrifice
Roger Ebert
The Sacrifice is not the sort of movie most people will choose to see but those with the imagination to risk it may find it rewarding 
4
The Big Wedding
Frank Ochieng
Trivial meandering and mean spirited The Big Wedding ironically serves as an instant funeral for the camera mugging cohorts saddled in this incoherent and mindless marriage in the making mishap 
1
The Big Wedding
Forrest Hartman
The goofy characters waltz through plenty of offbeat situations but that s not enough because quirky and funny are not synonymous 
2
The Big Wedding
Scott Nash
As bland as a box of beige rocks 
.5
The Big Wedding
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All of the actors young and old alike look plastic and the characters big revelations pregnant lesbian had an affair etc all feel plastic 
1
The Big Wedding
Linda Cook
Vulgar witless and an insult to its stars and its audience 
0
The Big Wedding
Mike McGranaghan
It simply takes all the things you ve seen in other wedding movies and recycles them all while pretending you re dumb enough not to notice 
1
The Big Wedding
James Berardinelli
It s tired and dated with too few laughs to justify the stultifying attempts at drama and the impossible to swallow plot contortions 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Rob Humanick
For a movie ultimately about what freaks we all are behind the fronts we build for the sake of normalcy the apathetically performed The Big Wedding couldn t possibly be more square 
.5
The Big Wedding
Willie Waffle
Katherine Heigl puked on Robert De Niro and he still had a better time than I did at The Big Wedding 
.5
The Big Wedding
Jon Niccum
It s a movie packed with purportedly smart characters making the sort of absurdly contrived decisions that haven t been seen since Three s Company went off the air 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Jason Buchanan
Though the seasoned cast are certainly game the heartfelt nature of Zackham s screenplay and the message that sometimes we must lie in order to protect our loved ones combine to make this one strange stew in which the various ingredients clash 
2
The Big Wedding
Rene Rodriguez
The Big Wedding is a would be screwball comedy that forgets to throw in the screws 
1
The Big Wedding
Linda Barnard
The Big Wedding aims low and achieves every aspiration 
1
The Big Wedding
Stephen Whitty
I suppose it s always nice to get an invitation but please this Wedding Send back your regrets 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Chris Hewitt
It has no value other than to remind us that these people have made better similar films that we can rent 
0
The Big Wedding
Rick Groen
A shining example of a dull studio comedy 
2
The Big Wedding
Joe Williams
The Big Wedding doesn t have a single moment of recognizable humanity 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Stephanie Merry
Sadly superior talent can propel a movie only so far Bad scripts beget bad movies even when four Academy Award winners are involved 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Robert Levin
The Big Wedding is the kind of movie where casting Christine Ebersole as a woman named Muffin is seen as the height of comedy No thanks 
1
The Big Wedding
Moira MacDonald
It s a mess and not in a good way 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Frank Lovece
This movie plays like an episode of Gilligan s Island done as straight as an episode of Lost 
1
The Big Wedding
Roger Moore
Broad coarse and crude but bottom line A lot of good actors land more than a few laughs 
2.5
The Big Wedding
Claudia Puig
It might take a glass of champagne or two to get through The Big Wedding 
2
The Big Wedding
Tom Russo
An ensemble comedy with a tonal cluelessness as surprising as the name cast that signed on for it anyway 
1
The Big Wedding
Lou Lumenick
I d rather gouge my eyes out with hot spoons De Niro exclaims at one point I m not sure exactly what he was talking about but I d like to think it referred to the prospect of being forced to watch The Big Wedding 
0
The Big Wedding
Steven Rea
In order to pull off this sort of business the pace should be breakneck there shouldn t be an extra second to contemplate the moral lapses and betrayals Alas The Big Wedding which inches along like a stoned snail gives us all the time in the world 
2
The Big Wedding
Mick LaSalle
There is only one thing to do when you set up a comic machine that doesn t fire and that s to go sentimental But if everybody is behaving like a stock comic type that s not going to work either 
2
The Big Wedding
Michael Phillips
This is an American movie trying strenuously to swing a little The slapstick is broad and generally awkward 
2
The Big Wedding
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
The movie is bland hackwork its crime isn t incompetence but indifference 
1.5
The Big Wedding
Matt Pais
The film was delayed from the fall assumedly so if the Mayan apocalypse really hit the cast could have a silver lining 
0.5
The Big Wedding
Dustin Putman
Lines such as Who do you have to lynch for a Cosmo around here pass for a version of humor that only a Mississippi slave owner in 1858 would likely find funny 
1
The Endless Summer II
Roger Ebert
Although the movie runs 95 minutes it contains nothing much in the way of information about surfing 
2
The Endless Summer II
Marty Mapes
Bruce Brown s loving surfing documentary sequel 
3
The Amina Profile
Tina Hassannia
The film tries too hard to sensationalize a real life story that has already been sensationalized enough the kind that s too strange for fiction but in doing so undermines the narrative s own weirdness 
2
The Amina Profile
Peter Howell
The film is reminiscent of Catfish in its essential circumstances of love and online deception but it goes far deeper into how virtual lies cause tangible problems 
3
The Amina Profile
Mark Dujsik
There are no easy answers which makes Deraspe s attempt to provide us with one so frustrating 
2.5
The Amina Profile
Sheila O'Malley
The Amina Profile is interested in every level of this complex emotionally fraught story This is not just the story of the catfishing of Sandra Bagaria Everyone was catfished 
3
The Amina Profile
David Lewis
All in all Amina is an enterprising movie that makes this Internet story cinematically engaging 
3
Citizen Gangster
Liam Lacey
Inspired by Boyd s story rather than literally retelling it the movie is less a gangster film than an existential allegory of choices and limitations 
3
Citizen Gangster
Farran Smith Nehme
Morlando has chosen to approach this material not with witty cynicism but with quiet and at times leaden sincerity 
2
Citizen Gangster
Nick Schager
Its commentary on our fascination with law breakers is virtually nonexistent except to the extent that the film itself revels in the doomed romanticism of its own protagonist 
2
Frankenstein
Walter Chaw
painfully stupid
0.5
In & Out
Wesley Lovell
The comedy is at its peak in this delicious 44 stylistic film 46 
3.5
In & Out
Roger Moore
Watching it now 44 it feels quaint 8212 a time capsule of the late 8217 90s 44 its prejudices 44 stereotypes and worth lampooning gay cliches 46 But the hallmark of a quot classic quot is here 46 It still plays 46 It apos s still hilarious 46 
3.5
In & Out
David Nusair
an often painfully broad comedy that s rarely as entertaining or as funny as one might ve anticipated 
2
In & Out
Maitland McDonagh
Forget the inevitable carping and give credit where credit is due 
3
In & Out
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The clever screenwriter Paul Rudnick cooks up a solid script that s both wildly funny and gently satirical 
3
In & Out
Michael Dequina
A plain ol enjoyable time at the movies 
3
In & Out
Margaret A. McGurk
Oh what a swell movie we have with In Out 
3.5
In & Out
Mike McGranaghan
It s light as a feather and I probably won t remember much about it a year from now but In Out did make me laugh while I watched it 
3
In & Out
Susan Wloszczyna
One coming out party that aims to please nearly everyone 
3
In & Out
Madeleine Williams
A man questioning his own sexuality does not seem like the ideal topic for a comedy But with a good script and plenty of humor In Out tackles this touchy subject matter with aplomb 
3
In & Out
Edward Guthmann
Never amounts to more than a thin sketch 
2
In & Out
Rob Blackwelder
In Out doesn t take itself seriously for a moment which is why the halcyon happy schmaltz that floats through the movie and floods the last reel is forgivable 
3
In & Out
James Berardinelli
From the very first scene you know that In and Out has struck a rich satirical vein 
3.5
In & Out
Steve Rhodes
The script itself is the real star of the show It manages to elicit huge laughs without resorting to slapstick and it finds humor in unlikely spots 
3.5
In & Out
Roger Ebert
In a year when good comedies seem as hard to make as ever In and Out is one of the best 
3
In & Out
Ted Prigge
The ending a hilarious spoof on the films of Frank Capra is further proof of how funny this film can be walking right on the edge between parody and preachiness 
3.5
In & Out
Barbara Shulgasser
What a pleasure it is to watch two comic pros getting a real workout 
3
The Mist
Matt Brunson
Because Darabont apos s not shooting for Oscar gold this time around 44 he apos s able to ease up on the pedal of self importance and deliver an old fashioned quot B quot style genre flick 46 
3
The Mist
Brian Eggert
The Mist suggests that human nature represents an abysmal void filled with fear and when tested it transforms people into monstrosities of unimaginable horror 
4
The Mist
David Keyes
The last 30 minutes play like a dismissive ambush leading to a final scene so utterly misguided that I wanted to hurl obscenities at the screen 
1.5
The Mist
Nick Rogers
The black and white version s stark contrasts give greater claustrophobic force to the fragility of civilization when ideology grows as deadly as any marauding beasts Prepare also to be knocked cold and gut kicked for good measure by its ending 
4
The Mist
Lucius Gore
This is a flawless horror movie 
4
The Mist
Rossiter Drake
The Mist is a classic monster movie turned morality play and for a while it works on both counts 
3
The Mist
Peter Canavese
Both a gory monster movie and a Twilight Zone styled morality play on mob mentality and religion run amok DVD review 
3
The Mist
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This is why I love post apocalyptic movies 
3.5
The Mist
Linda Cook
The Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile And now The Mist Director Frank Darabon tells Stephen King stories that are memorable shattering and moving Darabont deftly translates King s words to the big screen 
3.5
The Mist
Eric Lurio
Steven King and Frank Darabont have had a good relationship over the years 
3
The Mist
Gina Carbone
Poor Maine Between Stephen King and Jessica Fletcher it s not safe to step one foot in Vacationland At least Mrs Fletcher works with straight up murder Uncle Stevie likes his death with a side of psychological torture 
2.75
The Mist
John Beifuss
The cruel irony of the ending doesn t jibe with what is essentially a big budget politicized revamp of 1958 s The Crawling Eye 
2.5
The Mist
Joe Lozito
In the worst film about a weather pattern since 2005 s The Fog Stephen King go to adapter Frank Darabont launches this dreadful misfire that works as neither horror nor social commentary 
1
The Mist
Peter Howell
Even though it is mindless at least until the provocative ending The Mist manages to provide some decent old school shocks 
2.5
The Mist
Greg Maki
If nothing else the ending of The Mist is sure to get people talking 
2.5
The Mist
David Nusair
the movie s underlying apocalyptic feel cemented by the unbelievably grim and downright haunting finale is more than effective enough to carry it through a few slow spots 
3
The Mist
Rick Groen
The Shawshank Redemption was splendid the second The Green Mile wasn t and now The Mist continues the slide I wouldn t say this is laugh out loud risible but there are definitely moments 
2
The Mist
Kit Bowen
With his chilling ultimately bleak adaptation of The Mist writer director Frank Darabont once again successfully channels Stephen Kingâ TM s twisted psyche on the big screen 
3
The Mist
Phil Villarreal
There s something out there in the mist A horror so stifling and ravenous it forces shoppers and management at a mom and pop grocer to cower with fear as they gawk at oblivion That s right we re talking about Super Wal Mart 
3.5
The Mist
Bob Bloom
The Mist is a disappointment not so much for what is on the screen but for what it could have been 
2.5
The Mist
Sean P. Means
Darabont and King take the characters fear of the unknown to the extreme with a finale that s emotionally brutal and bordering on sadistic 
2
The Mist
Sara Michelle Fetters
The filmmaker writes himself into a corner he just can t get out of and no matter which way he twists or turns the tale the only thing his film manages to create is a monstrous sense of disappointed dissatisfaction 
2
The Mist
Peter Hartlaub
The movie has plenty of payoff especially in the exciting and nerve wracking final hour You can try guessing what will happen next but you ll probably be wrong 
3
The Mist
Claudia Puig
The issues raised may make for some lively debate on the way home especially if it s foggy out 
2.5
The Mist
Maitland McDonagh
If Darabont doesn t quite make the story work as a pop allegory about mob mentality and the wages of fear he does take it to a significantly darker place than King imagined 
2.5
The Mist
Chris Hewitt
What s more annoying than a bad horror movie A bad horror movie that thinks it has lessons to teach us 
1
The Mist
Mark Rahner
It ll look especially familiar to fans of the popular Silent Hill video games which are said to have been inspired by King s 1980 story 
2.5
The Mist
Brett McCracken
It s not The Shawshank Redemption but for what it is The Mist is an admirable venture into the always foggy sometimes treacherous landscape of the human soul 
2.5
The Mist
Jack Mathews
A combination monster disaster movie it explores issues as fundamentally elusive as the nature of man the existence of God and the purpose of religion and its conclusions aren t going to leave anybody feeling too good about whatever they believe 
2
The Mist
Rene Rodriguez
The film has the decency to spring another critter out from the darkness whenever things threaten to get too talky 
3
The Mist
Glenn Whipp
If the film s finale proves more gutsy in theory than it does in practice it doesn t completely erase the fine fatalistic freak show that Darabont delivers early on 
3
The Mist
David Frese
If you ever want to produce an adaptation of a Stephen King story call Frank Darabont 
3
The Mist
Terry Lawson
It s an old fashioned spooker that gives the boogey man more than a fighting chance and leaves you more concerned about the evil out there than you were before you survived the experience 
3
The Mist
Roger Ebert
It is a competently made Horrible Things Pouncing on People Movie If you think Frank Darabont has equaled the Shawshank and Green Mile i track record you will be sadly mistaken 
2
The Mist
Ty Burr
That bloated sense of purpose turns what could have been a nifty B movie into a strained two hours plus Twilight Zone episode and believe me Darabont s no Rod Serling 
2
The Mist
James Rocchi
Darabont s made what can best be called a grade A B movie full of jolts and jumps and classic monster movie tricks played out with old school showmanship and thoroughly modern special effects 
3
The Mist
Josh Larsen
could have been a fantastic 80 minute B movie it certainly has the appropriately shlocky special effects if it weren t directed by Frank Stephen King Darabont 
2
The Mist
James Berardinelli
Dark tense and punctuated by just enough gore to keep the viewer s flinch reflex intact 
3.5
The Mist
Erik Childress
Frank Darabont s The Mist is easily the best horror film since The Blair Witch Project and the most socially frightening statement about humanity in the post 9 11 era 
4
The Mist
Willie Waffle
It s one of the most daring endings I have seen all year which wins Darabont and King plenty of points from me for courageously going against the grain 
2.5
The Mist
Kyle Smith
I m scared of a lot of things Cancer Al Qaeda teenagers Land octopi aren t in my top 1000 
2
The Mist
Mark Dujsik
Touches upon the frightening fantasy of monsters hidden in the mist and the unsettling reality of monsters walking revealed among us 
3.5
The Mist
Michael Phillips
Good and creepy The Mist comes from a Stephen King novella and is more the shape size and quality of the recent 1408 
3.5
The Mist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film isn t particularly chilling but it provides food for thought with its downright vicious assertion that humans are equally as monstrous as anything supernatural 
3
The Mist
Tirdad Derakhshani
A flawed sometimes goofy but exciting and surprisingly clever adaptation of Stephen King s horror yarn 
3
The Mist
Jeff Vice
It s a messy ultimately depressing horror film that feels like an overlong episode of TV s The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone 
2
The Mist
Duane Dudek
The Mist can be preachy and calculated but it s also just what we need to counteract holiday season movie fare a chilling creature feature in which nothing that flies is named Rudolph 
2.5
The Mist
Jan Stuart
There is a mind behind Frank Darabont s windy adaptation of a Stephen King novella but it is twisted to cynical and dispiriting ends 
2
The Mist
Dustin Putman
Takes a terrifying plot and then somehow manages to miss the mark and the scares 
2
The Mist
Nick Schager
Frank Darabont ditches the warm and fuzzies for out and out cynicism about mankind s capacity for goodness and altruism with The Mist 
3
Friends
Roger Ebert
It s so cynical in its manipulation of youth innocence sunsets and all the rest that you squirm with embarrassment 
1
A Four Letter Word
Maureen M. Hart
Archer s acting is overly arch but Cory Grant is quite effective as Zeke 
2
A Four Letter Word
Phil Villarreal
A gay romantic comedy witty and charming enough to stand up to any boy meets girl date flick in the megaplexes 
3
A Four Letter Word
Tom Russo
The film also serves up latte frothy glimpses of an all drag bridal shower an erotic spinning class and all of 90 seconds into the proceedings naked yoga Don t forget to bring your wipe down towel 
2
A Four Letter Word
Ken Fox
Lots of four letter words get tossed around in Caspar Andreas naughty sequel to his cheekily titled Slutty Summer but the scariest one of all is the L word love 
2.5
A Four Letter Word
Bill Weber
How dismally arch and self satisfied can a Chelseacore sex comedy get 
.5
A Four Letter Word
Tirdad Derakhshani
Director Andreas rescues A Four Letter Word from being merely a raunchy lil romance by showing how his characters are steeped in a culture of therapy that has filled Americans with endless compulsive self analysis and self doubt 
3
The Outskirts
Roger Moore
Perfunctory ponderous and peopled with the oldest high schoolers since Twilight 
1.5
The Outskirts
Richard Roeper
Before it was even over I was already forgetting about it 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Brian Eggert
Like the Saw franchise before it 44 the Paranormal Activity movies have outstayed their welcome 46 
1
Paranormal Activity 4
Frank Ochieng
Silly minded and riddled with telegraphed convolution Paranormal Activity 4 s only legitimate scare tactic is its inevitable fifth sluggish serving waiting in the wings for a future flaccid presentation in a selected October month of your choosing 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Linda Cook
The chills are centered at the end of Paranormal Activity 4 Even more creepy is the cute factor of little kids that permeates most of the movie Although the franchise may be running out of steam this segment is more than mediocre 
2.5
Paranormal Activity 4
John Beifuss
The popularity of this reliable if repetitious franchise suggests that anxieties over the ubiquity and invasiveness of social media and its related technologies may trouble even the most enthusiastic members of the plugged in generation even teenagers 
2.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Jeff Beck
Anyone who s seen the other entries can tell you this series has never been about the story Paranormal Activity 4 proves this once again and when you factor in the lazy writing and complete lack of scares it easily earns the title of worst entry yet 
1
Paranormal Activity 4
Alexandra Cavallo
When the scares do come they come fast and hard but unfortunately far too late 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
Wesley Morris
Even for a something about supernatural shenanigans this ending is embarrassing 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
James Berardinelli
They could have called this Paranormal Inactivity 
1
Paranormal Activity 4
Chuck Bowen
Sadly continues the series downslide most drearily with a mid film twist that enables the filmmakers to go about essentially remaking the second entry 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Roger Moore
The jig is up and the joke s on us 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Mike McGranaghan
This fourth chapter is proof that the series has run out of ideas it s all been done there s nothing new to add just pack up and go home 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Jeremy Wheeler
While Paranormal Activity 4 is a lesser film than its predecessors it still delivers the shocking goods and ends with a frightening finale that promises much more to come 
2.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Peter Howell
It s all faint by numbers this time without even a cool device like the low tech fan cam from PA3 to interest us or really scare us 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
David Nusair
The Paranormal Activity series hits the wall hard with this ineffectual and frequently interminable entry 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Sara Stewart
There is still activity I regret to report and none of it is of the normal variety 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
Rafer Guzman
The scares are hit and miss but at least Alex and Ben are fun to hang out with 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
Daniel M. Kimmel
If you re planning on seeing it solely to find out if this is finally the end of the series here s one spoiler this review will provide no it s not 
1.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Dustin Putman
Just as the Saw series began to noticeably peter out and grasp at straws after moving beyond a trilogy the fourth time is most certainly not the charm with Paranormal Activity 4 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
Matt Pais
Nothing but leftovers 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
Willie Waffle
Since I was creeped out walking home alone in the dark from the theater to my empty apartment Paranormal Activity 4 accomplishes the mission of scaring you out of your underpants 
2.5
Paranormal Activity 4
Claudia Puig
The franchise that capitalized on the found footage craze has gotten lost 
2
Paranormal Activity 4
Stephen Whitty
There s nothing very new to the shocks Even the sound of them is the same 
2
Jarhead: Law of Return
Roger Moore
Cut rate inept and unsatisfying 
1
Ray of Sunshine
Robert W. Butler
A well meaning but pedestrian low budget melodrama 
1.5
The Deserted Station
Kam Williams
A sweet little unpretentious slice of life flick from Iran which while highlighting the arid region s visually arresting utter desolation ever so subtly hints at the tension between a simmering feminism and traditional Muslim values 
4
The Deserted Station
V.A. Musetto
The sweet script crisp direction and a delightful performance by Leila Hatami as the sad eyed wife should put Deserted Station on your must see list 
3.5
The Deserted Station
Robert Dominguez
A poignant parable about the role of women in Islamic society 
2.5
The Deserted Station
David Sterritt
Intimate and engaging 
4
The Deserted Station
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a simple enough setup but Raisian packs so much into it that multiple viewings may be necessary 
3.5
The Deserted Station
Jonathan Curiel
For filmgoers who like dramas that are spare yet evocative that focus on the subtleties of relationships and that feature foreign settings completely off the beaten path Deserted Station will be a masterpiece 
3
The Island
Kam Williams
The pace of this roller coaster ride becomes too furious to remember that it all started out as an adventure addressing some pertinent ethical issues about the pitfalls of stem cell research cloning and bio genetics 
3.5
The Island
Peter T. Chattaway
The film remains a patchwork of clichés evil corporations evil Frankenstein like scientists and so forth which is the one kind of cloning that Hollywood does accept 
2
The Island
Jorge Avila Andrade
Pone el dedo en la llaga respecto a uno de los temas más controvertidos de la ciencia actual y los grupos religiosos más importantes la actitud del hombre de jugar a ser Dios
3
The Island
Kurt Loder
What really distinguishes The Island is that it s a Michael Bay movie with a compelling idea or at least a resonant question What does it mean to be human 
2.5
The Island
Matt Brunson
Once you push past the topicality the film is pretty simplistic not to mention derivative 
2
The Island
Peter Travers
What the clone lovers find is a new world it s 2019 of highway collisions flying motorbikes exploding buildings bad acting and moral incoherence very much like old Bay movies 
1.5
The Island
Chuck O'Leary
A high energy sci fi thriller that s smarter edgier and more exciting than the usual action packed summer blockbuster 
3.25
The Island
Lori Hoffman
The Island is eventually slammed with a Michael Bay tsunami a wave of action sequences that are so preposterous they drown the excellent premise 
2
The Island
Tyler Hanley
Viewers will be contemplating the commentary on life death and humanity after they pop Advils for their pounding headaches 
2.5
The Island
Mike McGranaghan
The movie s first part works as provocative sci fi and the second part works as mindless action mayhem but the two parts never manage to find a satisfactory coexistence 
2.5
The Island
Jeffrey Westhoff
It is never flat out awful 
2.5
The Island
Linda Cook
About half way through The Island I realized what had happened Director Michael Bay just plain went nuts behind the camera 
1.5
The Island
Mark Collette
It veers toward the profound and then shockingly bolts for a finish line that looks a lot like box office receipt tape 
2.5
The Island
Christian Toto
The Island boasts a neat sci fi story but director Michael Bay can t help but blow that up too
2.5
The Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
The good ideas drown mercilessly in a sea of idiocy the banality barely concealed by a monotonous series of crash boom bang so concussive hitting one s head against a brick wall would seem benign in comparison 
2
The Island
Peter Keough
The real surprise is Bay s subtle subversive subtext not just old chestnuts like appearance and reality but down to earth issues like abortion and stem cell research 
3
The Island
Jeff Vice
If you can turn off your brain The Island is one of the more enjoyable movies this summer 
2.5
The Island
Geoff Pevere
If The Island qualifies as cheese deluxe even by Michael Bay standards it s because it s the only one in his lavishly decadent oeuvre that actually pretends to trade in ideas 
1
The Island
Tom Keogh
Once they re outside in a dispiriting vision of our near future Bay falls back on his old playbook creating more mayhem per square inch than in all his other movies combined 
2.5
The Island
Mick LaSalle
On its own terms The Island is just fine 
3
The Island
Carla Meyer
Bay turns what had been a thoughtful science fiction film into a series of car crashes and jarring cuts 
2
The Island
Stephen Whitty
The story splicing isn t any smoother than the movie s own awkward bio engineering and by the film s finale it s hard to care much about any of it 
2
The Island
Kyle Smith
Bay s best film since The Rock 
3
The Island
Jack Mathews
Theaters showing Michael Bay s futuristic thriller The Island won t be offering any money back guarantees They just need to be sure they have enough popcorn on hand 
3
The Island
Rene Rodriguez
The Island grows dumber as it goes along gradually disintegrating into a generic good versus evil spectacular that not only defies all known laws of gravity and physics but also suffers from the lack of morality that plagues Bay s films 
2
The Island
Glenn Whipp
Pure Bay Utterly soulless Earplugs optional 
2
The Island
Robert W. Butler
The Island starts out as a passably good sci fi flick Then it turns into a Michael Bay movie 
2
The Island
Bruce Westbrook
Its tale was more tame and thoughtful when Steven Spielberg having done the related Artificial Intelligence pitched it to Bay But Bay being Bay punched it up hiring script doctors to mainline some action 
2
The Island
Liam Lacey
Like War of the Worlds The Island is essentially a chase movie where the actors job is to look good and keep moving 
2.5
The Island
Terry Lawson
As is inevitably the case with Bay films The Island goes on long after we have become exhausted from all the breathless fun to be had in high speed chases and dodging fireballs 
2
The Island
Michael Booth
Like the first half of Minority Report Bay s movie creates an entire new world making us believe it and dread it at the same time 
3
The Island
Mary F. Pols
This is precisely the kind of fun trashy summer movie that makes you want to plunge both hands into a enormous bucket of popcorn 
3
The Island
Lawrence Toppman
Michael Bay has directed a movie worth seeing 
3
The Island
Wesley Morris
Frequently thrilling 
2.5
The Island
Sean O'Connell
Order from McDonald s and you shouldn t expect steak Buy tickets for a Bay film and you shouldn t expect Oscar worthy cinema 
2
The Island
Greg Maki
A smart sci fi thriller headlined by an outstanding cast 
3
The Island
Kit Bowen
It doesn t make a lick of sense of course but we don t care This is the real Attack of the Clones baby 
2.5
The Island
Peter Canavese
Dimwitted action flailing mediocrity Michael Bay said I always say the critics I ll tell you what I always say Michael Bay is a tool 
2
The Island
Steve Rhodes
A sci fi action picture that s funny and fun 
3
The Island
Eric Melin
an over simplification of the film s more heady implications and a whole lot of excuses to blow s t up 
2
The Island
Willie Waffle
The Island is exactly what you expect from a summer action film with plenty of explosions an amazing car chase and a beautiful woman 
3
The Island
Erik Childress
Michael Bay is a master at creating money shots for trailers but outside most of The Rock and at least the attack sequence in Pearl Harbor has consistently failed to stimulate anything but the muscles which create migraines 
1.5
The Island
Dustin Putman
The first act holds such promise but by the end Bay deflates all rooting interest and throws logic out the window in favor of shootouts and been there done that car chases 
2
The Island
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The smoking ruins of a few real ideas can be glimpsed among the carnage 
2
The Island
Claudia Puig
Despite all the firepower the movie is only sporadically exciting 
2
The Island
Duane Dudek
While it is too long and runs on automatic pilot toward the predictably concussive conclusion it is just taut succinct and entertaining enough to obscure how ridiculous it is 
3
The Island
Steven Rea
The Island could be read as a metaphor for societal ills if it weren t so shamelessly dumb 
2
The Island
Sean McBride
There s a good idea and an intriguing story hidden underneath all of Bay s boom booms Too bad the smoke doesn t clear long enough to see it 
2
The Island
David Sterritt
The first half is high quality science fiction the rest is a high tech chase adventure with a gleeful yen for destructive thrills 
2
The Island
Allison Benedikt
Classic Bay except it s missing the crass director s fine tuned rhythm his feel for adrenaline his breakneck edits and sense of humor 
2
The Island
Roger Ebert
The first half of Michael Bay s new film is a spare creepy science fiction parable and then it shifts into a high tech action picture Both halves work Whether they work together is a good question 
3
The Island
Josh Larsen
What would it take to turn your world upside down For me it took seeing a good Michael Bay movie 
3.5
The Island
Chris Hewitt
The Island is not a great popcorn movie 
2
The Island
Tracy Allerton
The Island is a curious hybrid of intriguing sci fi premise and over the top action sequences Nevertheless it manages to provide adrenaline charged entertainment for two hours 
2.5
The Island
John Anderson
The Island which belabors itself for about 45 minutes before you have any idea what s afoot is a clone itself of Coma a 70s medical thriller that once seemed so far fetched it had to be sci fi 
1
The Island
Phil Villarreal
Most directors use scripts but Michael Bay shuffles a deck of cards suited EXPLOSION CAR CHASE FIGHT and SEX SCENE 
2
The Island
Rob Blackwelder
The third act is so full of holes it s a wonder the film doesn t get tangled up in the projector 
2
The Island
Keith Uhlich
All Michael Bay movies are evil 
1
The Island
James Berardinelli
Calling The Island a popcorn old fashioned summer movie is fair but it s also sad since it could have been more But movies that aim low rarely achieve any kind of altitude 
2.5
The Island
Sarah Chauncey
Turn off your brain and just have fun 
3.5
The Island
Walter Chaw
Hokey retrograde cornpone 
1
The Island
Scott Nash
The Island is an action packed Sci Fi adventure that carries all the hallmarks both good and bad of your typical Michael Bay movie 
3
Mr. Right
Matt Bobkin
It s a tale of two undercooked films that abruptly becomes one undercooked film in Mr Right a romantic comedy that violently collides with an action thriller 
1.5
Mr. Right
Oliver Jones
Mr Right isn t a bad movie as much as it is two and a half maybe three bad movies playing all at the same time 
1
Mr. Right
Margaux Henquinet
Mr Right is a mess It s not a great movie It s all quirk and flash with no logic and minimal real emotion 
1.5
Mr. Right
Matt Zoller Seitz
Mr Right hires two charismatic lead actors Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell then expects them to carry a movie with almost no compelling reason to exist 
1.5
Mr. Right
Lou Lumenick
Rockwell who literally dances his way through battle scenes with guns and knives hasn t had a role this satisfying in years 
3
Mr. Right
Pat Padua
Despite more ironic music cues the movie falls in a subgenre that has been largely immune to creeping Tarantinoism the rom com 
2
Mr. Right
Moira MacDonald
Rockwell and Kendrick both of whom can really sell this film s brand of laid back quirk keep things lively 
2.5
Mr. Right
Stephen Whitty
Full of funny killers and clownish gangsters ridiculous gunfights and fall in first sight love it s the kind of movie you write when all you ve done is watch other movies And not particularly good ones either 
2
Mr. Right
Chuck Bowen
It has a bouncy sense of lunacy wearing its derivative junkiness on its sleeve with surprising lightness of authority 
2.5
Mr. Right
Nathalie Atkinson
A screwball hit man comedy in the Grosse Pointe universe it s like what you d get if Nora Ephron wrote True Lies while high 
3
Mr. Right
David Nusair
the two central performances charming as they sporadically are veer more towards obnoxiously broad than comedically endearing 
2
Mr. Right
Bill Chambers
Grotesquely cynical
0.5
Moving
Richard Freedman
While Pryor is perfectly adequate in the role it hardly does justice to his talents which here are largely confined to rolling his eyes in mute agony 
2
Moving
David Nusair
a rather epic bomb that s been justifiably forgotten in the years since its 1988 release 
1
At Eternity's Gate
Matt Brunson
Mixes fact and fiction to provide a look at Van Gogh apos s tortured mental state during his final years 46 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Randy Myers
Finds Willem Dafoe pulling off an acting tour de force as the deteriorating emotionally and mentally unstable artist 
4
At Eternity's Gate
Steven Prokopy
The movie at times dives too deeply into Schnabel s personal take on Van Gogh but it s worth sitting through these indulgences to watch Dafoe just devour this role 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Mattie Lucas
Something like a daydream a wistful and yearning work that pines for the beauty in all things 
3.5
At Eternity's Gate
Wesley Lovell
Willem Dafoe needs a better vessel for this performance 
2.5
At Eternity's Gate
Ernesto Diezmartinez
An atypical biopic 
2.5
At Eternity's Gate
Rene Sanchez
A fully immersive experience inside the mind of a genius the mysteries of life and the legacy of an artist Full Review in Spanish 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Peter Canavese
Memorable moments come from its series of penetrating philosophical conversations Dafoe expertly plays the keenness of Van Gogh s intellect and creativity against his searing drive his raw emotions and the haunting that was his depression 
4
At Eternity's Gate
Sean P. Means
Dafoe gets closer to van Gogh s ragged heart than anyone ever has on film 
2.5
At Eternity's Gate
James Kendrick
most compelling when we watch van Gogh at work painting old boots or tree roots which allows us to really appreciate the depth of his style and how he assembled seemingly crude brush strokes into works of profound beauty 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Michael Smith
With At Eternity s Gate go for van Gogh and stay for Dafoe s measured excellence 
2.5
At Eternity's Gate
Lisa Jensen
For all of Schnabel s determined technique nothing in his movie ever quite achieves the emotional clarity of a single Van Gogh painting 
2.5
At Eternity's Gate
Rubén Rosario
It s rare to see this much sadness distilled with such unbridled joy 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Barry Paris
A great artist considered not so great at the time is the subject of Julian Schnabel s At Eternity s Gate less a biopic than a psycho artistic essay on insanity and genius 
3.5
At Eternity's Gate
Bob Bloom
Seeing the world through van Gogh s eyes makes At Eternity s Gate compelling viewing At times colors jump out at you while other sequences are muted and bleak 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Mark Dujsik
The film serves as an admirable deconstruction of the romanticized legend of Van Gogh as a tortured artist 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Frank Ochieng
Marvelously explored and poetically masterful Schnabel aptly captures the contained creativity that is trapped in the weary eyes of the intuitive Dafoe s well traveled van Gogh Consequently At Eternity s Gate has a quiet spell binding appeal 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dafoe s deeply committed performance unquestionably drives the movie and possibly ranks above all other cinematic portrayals of the great painter 
3.5
At Eternity's Gate
Joe Friar
Dafoe delivers a masterful performance while Schnabel creates the most revealing portrait of Van Gogh placing the audience in the troubled mind of the accomplished painter 
4
At Eternity's Gate
Peter Howell
It s a story both ecstatic and tragic and Schnabel is more interested in the former than the latter 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Mike McGranaghan
At Eternity s Gate has much more technique than substance making it virtually impossible to form any emotional connection to it 
1.5
At Eternity's Gate
Robert Daniels
At Eternity s Gate favors beauty in the extreme 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Peter Keough
Dafoe may be the best actor around for expressing an inner life in extremis 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Chris Hewitt
Dafoe s elegiac quality hints at why the artist was ahead of his time because he saw more than anyone else could It s a towering performance in a movie that casts a magnetic spell 
3.5
At Eternity's Gate
Michael O'Sullivan
Dafoe delivers an impassioned and believable performance his deeply lined face capturing the mix of agony and ecstasy to borrow a phrase from another artistic biopic that this tortured artist must have felt 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Michael Phillips
It sees van Gogh the way he might ve seen the world around him threatening and supple 
3.5
At Eternity's Gate
Walter V. Addiego
Willem Dafoe s inspired and heartfelt performance as Vincent van Gogh raises At Eternity s Gate far above standard biopics 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Kent Turner
The radiant visuals provide the beating heart for what otherwise would have been a distant thoroughly reverent series of sketches 
2.5
At Eternity's Gate
Brian Tallerico
Rarely has a film been more of a singular showcase for a performer 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Joey Magidson
A grueling experience it s often actively unpleasant to sit through There were times I d have contemplated an offer of cutting my own ear off to make it stop 
2
At Eternity's Gate
Dwight Brown
The pacing is off and some parts could put an insomniac to sleep However stick with the film and your stamina will be rewarded 
3
At Eternity's Gate
Greg Cwik
This is both a fitting tribute to an artist who rebuffed conventional painting techniques and a disappointingly self indulgent exercise the efforts of a filmmaker whose affinity for abstractions often interfere with the story he s trying to tell 
2
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Gene Siskel
This dubious concept might have worked if someone had written something funny for either comic actor to say 
1
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Dave Kehr
See No Evil lurches from hip callousness to damp sentimentality 
2
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Jack Garner
Pryor and Wilder who haven t always been successful in their solo film work seem to inspire each other in their joint ventures and See No Evil Hear No Evil generates more laughs than their recent films 
3
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
David Nusair
interminable 
.5
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Roger Ebert
The possibilities for visual comedy with this idea are seemingly endless but the movie chooses instead to plug the characters into a dumb plot about industrial espionage 
1.5
The Resident
Glenn Lovell
takes primal fear of home invasion to the next level As in Crawlspace you can t lock out the threat because it s inside and it knows the floor plan better than you 
3
The Resident
David Nusair
a low rent hopelessly by the numbers thriller that is way way beneath the talents of its Oscar winning star 
2.5
The Resident
Lucius Gore
The film would have benefited from a higher body count 
1
A Good Year
Namrata Joshi
It s a film from which you d expect the moon the stars and the sun What with an actor like Crowe and a director like Scott Disappointingly the talented duo gives you the most wishy washy film of the year 
1
A Good Year
Lori Hoffman
Crowe has located his funnybone again in a conventional but engaging romantic comedy 
2.5
A Good Year
Jonathan R. Perry
Look Homeward Gladiator hints at new dimensions of warmth and heart in Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott They re not there yet but they re headed in the right direction 
2.5
A Good Year
Mike McGranaghan
The course A Good Year takes feels like it s on rails there s only one possible destination and only one way to get there 
2.5
A Good Year
Linda Cook
You can do worse than seeing a movie with gorgeous scenery a predictable plot and sweet characters 
2
A Good Year
Scott Warren
Provence looks like a lovely place to visit and Mr Scott deserves his rest now and then but let s hope he gets back to darker work soon 
2
A Good Year
Sara Michelle Fetters
Too bad really because as changes of pace go this one should have been magnificent 
2
A Good Year
Bob Strauss
Russell Crowe trying to twinkle may not be the most unsettling thing on the big screen this season but it s up there 
2.5
A Good Year
Peter Travers
Russell Crowe has many talents but a gift for light comedy is not one of them 
2.5
A Good Year
Jeffrey M. Anderson
They were so adamant about not repeating Gladiator s themes that they borrowed a new one from Pixar s Cars 
2
A Good Year
Gary Brown
A Good Year is nothing to Crowe about 
2
A Good Year
Dustin Putman
A Good Year is a bad movie 
1.5
A Good Year
Ken Fox
Ridley Scott s lush adaptation of Peter Mayle s novel about a ruthless London commodities trader who finds his soul in Provence is broad hackneyed and stultifyingly predictable 
2.5
A Good Year
Peter Howell
Crowe a superb dramatic actor is congenitally incapable of humour especially when he tries slapstick 
2
A Good Year
Moira MacDonald
On a rainy day A Good Year may be welcome fantasy the question is whether anyone will remember it after the clouds have parted 
2
A Good Year
Peter Hartlaub
Despite some stunning visuals and a lot of nice moments the finished product feels like the work of an actor and director who are out of their element 
2
A Good Year
David Elliott
Despite all the sunny Provencale charms the plot is a wisp of wee gags peeps of flesh mildly charming repartee 
2
A Good Year
Carla Meyer
Awkward when delivering lighthearted dialogue Crowe seems profoundly uncomfortable with physical comedy approaching it with an intense earnestness that smothers potential chuckles 
2
A Good Year
Pam Grady
Whatever joy Scott and his cohorts might have experienced on location didn t make its way into the movie This Good Year is no good time 
2
A Good Year
Carrie Rickey
The overall effect is one of a sumptuously laid table where the main course is overcooked 
2
A Good Year
Stephen Whitty
Close your eyes And now imagine the whole thing re cast and shot by Stanley Donen back in say 1962 with Cary Grant and Leslie Caron 
2.5
A Good Year
Lou Lumenick
A Good Year may not be vintage stuff but it goes down fairly smoothly 
2.5
A Good Year
Jack Mathews
Like a fragile Provence wine left too long in the sun Ridley Scott s romantic comedy A Good Year spoiled somewhere between the publication of Peter Mayle s novel and this cockamamie adaptation 
1.5
A Good Year
Mary-Liz Shaw
Movies with predictable arcs rise or fall on their cinematic moments Fortunately there are several in A Good Year 
2.5
A Good Year
Rene Rodriguez
A Good Year is never less than visually ravishing its warm inviting vistas of the French countryside and its unhurried pleasant vibe putting the viewer in the same frame of mind as Max 
2.5
A Good Year
Robert W. Butler
One suspects it was a lot more fun to make this movie than it is to watch it 
2
A Good Year
Bruce Westbrook
A Good Year builds so much fairy tale contrivance with such boisterous high spirits that it s exhausting to keep feeling good about feeling good 
3
A Good Year
Terry Lawson
A Good Year is a chance for Crowe and his Gladiator director Ridley Scott to slow down and appreciate the good things like beautiful women good wine and a country home in France 
3
A Good Year
Jeff Vice
Russell Crowe would appear to mix with light comedy about the same way oil mixes with water Which is to say not at all 
2
A Good Year
Michael Booth
Full of pretentious grape droppings on how wine is like life only tastier and with a bolder finish A Good Year is at best elusive to the palate At worst it s a bad pressing of a vintage that has no reisling to exist 
2
A Good Year
Mary F. Pols
A Good Year is the story of a jerk in an expensive suit who inherits a French chateau and after a few transformative weeks under the Provençal sun becomes a jerk in a ratty bathrobe 
2
A Good Year
Bill Zwecker
A pleasant jaunt through one of the most beautiful places on the planet encased in a story that ends up making you feel that all is right with the world 
3
A Good Year
Ty Burr
A shamelessly enjoyable retread an ode to la belle vie that has been well turned on a factory spindle 
3
A Good Year
Kit Bowen
Is it good for those Gladiator dudes Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe to team up again for a romantic comedy about winemaking in the South of France Perhaps not but it s a nice try 
2
A Good Year
James Sanford
an aggressively mellow comedy that shows off the bucolic beauty of Provence extolls the virtues of country living and then bellows Relax right now at the viewer 
2
A Good Year
Matt Brunson
Scott tries to pump up this slender tale into something more meaningful His tactic of choice is to bully us into always feeling something which leads to an astonishing amount of clumsy comedy and overreaching sentiment 
2.5
A Good Year
Jeffrey Westhoff
The humor is fast and witty P G Wodehouse on rocket fuel 
3
A Good Year
Daniel M. Kimmel
an airy pleasant diversion for those who like light entertainment solidly constructed Like a good table wine it goes down easy 
3
A Good Year
Willie Waffle
When did Russell Crowe morph into Jimmy Fallon You practically can see Crowe screaming to the audience Don t you like me I really really want you to like me 
0
A Good Year
Claudia Puig
Russell Crowe may find himself discovering the simple joys of life in A Good Year but audiences will be checking their watches during this joyless attempt at comedy 
1.5
A Good Year
Jessica Reaves
It s no surprise that you can see A Good Year s plot twists and clunker of an ending from a mile away 
2
A Good Year
Chris Hewitt
If nothing else A Good Year conveys why the people in Provence are sick to mort of tourists who show up to get sloppy on red wine and revel in the countryside s Cezanne gorgeousness 
2
A Good Year
Phoebe Flowers
You ve got to wonder if old pals Scott and Crowe had such a great time on the set they simply forgot to channel any of that experience into the film itself 
2
A Good Year
Jan Stuart
This flat as last night s champagne comedy is yet another epiphanic tale about a hard driving corporate workaholic who learns how to stop and smell the roses or the grapevine fertilizer as is the case here 
1.5
A Good Year
Jeff Strickler
It s corny and predictable and delightfully simplistic in its goal to provide a couple of hours of fun Mission accomplished 
3.5
A Good Year
Lawrence Toppman
Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe attempt light romantic comedy in A Good Year and the results are as grindingly discordant as a punk band writing a suite of waltzes 
1.5
A Good Year
James Berardinelli
For those who don t mind pictures that fall into predictable rhythms A Good Year represents a pleasant diversion 
3
A Good Year
Matt Pais
Crowe s as excellent a romantic lead as he is a gladiator and A Good Year wouldn t be nearly as good without him 
2.5
A Good Year
Josh Larsen
Watching Russell Crowe attempt comedy is a bit like watching a dancing bear at the circus He makes the right moves but the rhythm is all off 
2
A Good Year
Fernando F. Croce
A Good Year suggests not so much the stirring of a soul as Sir Ridley grinding his teeth behind the camera grimly muttering I m going to be breezy if it kills me goddamit 
2
A Good Year
Steve Rhodes
Completely vacuous A Good Year isn t It isn t even a good minute It s a romantic comedy without any laughs or any chemistry 
1.5
A Good Year
Thomas Delapa
Definitely not vintage Crowe He can do a world of things as a leading man but Cary Grant or Tom Hanks he s not 
1.5
A Good Year
Jeanne Aufmuth
To quote a classic cinematic oenophile quaffable but far from transcendent 
2
A Good Year
Erik Childress
Any vacation which could dry out Russell Crowe s intensity is probably a good thing Just not as a lark by his Gladiator director doing Benny Hill jokes while he discovers the joys of life 
2
A Good Year
Stephen Cole
As the audience moves from feast to feast watching all the screen characters grow glow and have fun we can t help but feel like we re the only ones at a party who aren t drinking 
2
A Good Year
David Nusair
it s hard not to feel a twinge of disappointment as the film quickly reveals itself to be an innocuous and ultimately forgettable piece of work 
2.5
Blow
Emanuel Levy
Rambling and confused the film shows much concern for plot and not enough for characterization particularly in second half which unfolds as a catalog of events Misdirected the usually reliable Depp gives a confused and scattered performance 
2
Blow
Jeffrey Westhoff
A worthy companion to Traffic which isn t all it s cracked up to be either 
3
Blow
Judith Egerton
Overall Blow just blows 
2.5
Blow
David Nusair
46 46 46 a watchable yet extremely by the numbers drama that does 44 for the most part 44 unfold exactly as one might 8217 ve anticipated 46 46 46 
3
Blow
Jorge Avila Andrade
Con un argumento inteligente y buenas actuaciones es uno de esos filmes altamente recomendables que nadie debe dejar de ver 
3
Blow
Collin Souter
While Blow certainly has its moments of greatness it tries too hard to sell us a product we would have bought had they not pushed it too hard 
2.5
Blow
Mark Dujsik
The story here is intriguing but there is something hinted at in between the plot that really struck me 
3
Blow
Andrew Howe
Aspirations are well and good but only if you ve got the talent to back them up 
2.5
Blow
Michael Dequina
Shoots itself in the foot with one wrongheaded turn 
2.5
Blow
David Sterritt
Depp lends a touch of class to this inherently stale stuff by playing Jung with his trademarked understatement 
2
Blow
Ross Anthony
Depp is good albeit a bit prosaic however Liota commands 
1.5
Blow
James Kendrick
an aspiring epic that is much like George Jung himself who admits in a voice over narration near the end that his aspirations were greater than his talent 
2.5
Blow
Greg Dean Schmitz
Blow has a opening followed by 90 minutes of 1 2 Blow limps to its end in a long slump after a quick rush a bit I guess like cocaine 
2
Blow
Robert Roten
Jung is portrayed very sympathetically in the story maybe to a fault 
3
Blow
David Keyes
What works best in Blow is how well the cast embodies the characters and how elaborately the plot uses them 
3
Blow
Rob Blackwelder
A dizzyingly seductive criminal whirlpool of money and drugs that sucks the audience in 
3
Blow
Edward Guthmann
A mediocre biopic 
2
Blow
Barry Paris
It s a true story and Blow is director Ted Demme s potent rendering of it with a terrific performance by Johnny Depp 
3
Blow
Susan Stark
There s a been there done that quality to this picture for anyone who saw the far nervier more flamboyant Scarface not to mention the far grittier urgent Traffic 
2
Blow
Roger Ebert
Take away the drugs and this is the story of a boring life in wholesale 
2.5
Blow
Tor Thorsen
Watching the film s third act is like flipping channels between the brilliant Frontline special on the drug trade which featured extensive interviews with Jung himself and an episode of Miami Vice 
2.5
Blow
Erik Childress
Like the idea of different actors putting on a production of a classic play Blow succeeds where it needs to 
3
Blow
Steve Rhodes
Although it is an easy movie to enjoy it isn t especially challenging or insightful 
3
Blow
James Berardinelli
The movie boasts an uncommon level of intelligence to go along with the fine craftsmanship 
3.5
Blow
Michael Wilmington
Too hasty too scattered and superficial and in the end disappointingly sappy and sentimental 
2.5
Blow
Harvey S. Karten
Interesting isn t it that we wind up feeling sorry for a guy that caused so much havoc in the U S 
3
Blow
Jeanne Aufmuth
The climax is a paean to the cheesy melodrama 
2.5
Blow
Dustin Putman
A mature emotionally resounding film that could have easily been released in December and garnered several Oscar nominations 
3
Brain on Fire
Roger Moore
Moretz s least subtle least empathetic performance 
1.5
Brain on Fire
David Nusair
a fairly compelling premise that s employed to consistently underwhelming effect by writer director Gerard Barrett 
2
Roxanne Roxanne
Roger Moore
Nia Long has her fiercest role in ages and gives her best performance in years in this gritty tale of love and hip hop 
2.5
Roxanne Roxanne
Robert Daniels
Left as a footnote in music and hip hop history when the film is at its best it s a mold breaking biopic for its subject At its worst it s as unfocused as the teenage mind it inhabits 
2.5
Roxanne Roxanne
Chuck Bowen
One presumes that Michael Lerner s sense of emphasis is meant to humanize Shant defining her apart from the fame she achieved but this stratagem backfires as Roxanne Roxanne mires itself in scenes of speechifying domestic strife 
2.5
Roxanne Roxanne
Sean P. Means
Writer director Michael J Larnell presents the episodes of Shant s tumultuous life with vital energy and style to burn
3
Roxanne Roxanne
Nick Allen
Like David O Russell s Joy this story feels overwhelmingly like the writer director s version of their subject s lives rendering Roxanne Roxanne a portrait that s as expressive as it is incomplete 
2
Outlaw
Christian Toto
Outlaw commits an unforgivable offense It makes the vigilante genre boring 
1.5
Outlaw
David Wiegand
Give me a bit of the old ultraviolence any day Just make me care about it 
1
Outlaw
Johnny Vaughan
Strong language and bone crunching tear ups won t appeal to the faint hearted but for fans of in your face action this is the business 
3.5
Beyond Darkness
Matt Brunson
An abysmal mishmash of The Exorcist The Amityville Horror and Poltergeist 
1
The American Scream
Felix Vasquez Jr.
For a celebration of Halloween or a look at how hobbies can fuel our lives this is very much worthy of your attention 
3
The American Scream
Roger Ebert
We discover that the haunted house hobby has inspired a small industry annual conventions and inspirational talks by haunters 
3
Local Color
Annie Young Frisbie
Despite the color that Mueller Stahl and Morgan bring to their roles Local Color remains as flat as a monochrome painting 
2.5
Local Color
Kam Williams
Forget The Karate Kid make room for The Painting Protg 
2.5
Local Color
Bill Weber
Local Color is a sappy brick to the audience s forehead 
.5
Local Color
Wesley Lovell
Exploring the nurturing and development of artists this film is more about the performances of Mueller Stahl and Morgan than anything 
2.5
The Blonde One
Roger Moore
Bittersweet Argentine gay romance that feels somewhat dated by North American standards 
2.5
Around the Sun
Roger Moore
The roundabout repetitious storytelling gimmick and lack of incident and drama won t be to every taste 
2.5
Around the Sun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A metaphysical walk and talk it s a brainy movie and clever too as when its chapters end it leaves fascinating little clues as to its methods delightful little pregnant moments that leave off just before closure 
3
Around the Sun
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A metaphysical walk and talk it s a brainy movie and clever too as when its chapters end it leaves fascinating little clues as to its methods 
3
Home of the Brave
Roger Ebert
It s strange You can t put your finger on it but after you leave you have the feeling that your perception of things has been skewed slightly 
3.5
Church Ball
Ted Fry
a carefree underdog sports comedy 
2.5
Church Ball
Phil Villarreal
Air ball Air ball 
1
Church Ball
Forrest Hartman
Recreational basketball leagues offer plenty to laugh at and screenwriter Paul Eagleston mined that material but not as deeply as he needed to 
2.5
Church Ball
Jeff Vice
Relies heavily on dumb slapstick including a few tasteless low brow moments 
2
Church Ball
Sean P. Means
Like Kurt Hale s previous Mormon comedies Church Ball envelops the viewer in the embrace of the familiar 
2.5
Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure
Linda Cook
Yes it s a PG 13 animated film in Spanish with English subtitles It s a fever dream of a film which after 28 years of reviewing movies is one of the weirdest films I ve seen And it s funny too 
3
Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure
Roger Moore
One long Mexican testicle pun with cockfighting as its punchline Marketed to children Um no amigos no 
1.5
The Ones Below
Dustin Putman
The Ones Below cannot attest to having the most original of plots It is an effective film however one that ever more tightens its compellingly diabolical grip 
2.5
The Ones Below
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Ones Below is a powerful thriller a movie that toys with audience expectation at every turn making it the type of debut Farr will be proud to lead off his resume with long into the foreseeable future 
3
The Ones Below
Rex Reed
There are elements of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle here but Mr Farr and an excellent cast of four give it fluidity and balance without the familiar gotcha 
3
The Ones Below
Christy Lemire
Even as events turn more than a tad preposterous with twists that seem not just predictable but inevitable Farr keeps a handle on the tension and tone which keeps us hooked 
3
The Ones Below
Sara Stewart
Its themes and its Rosemary like lullaby may haunt you for days 
2.5
The Ones Below
Chuck Bowen
Even the film s lapses inform it with a free associative sense of portent evoking the stupid things we inexplicably do in our most personal nightmares 
2.5
The Ones Below
Walter Chaw
while the technical craft of it is fine its influences are worn too proudly on its sleeve 
1.5
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
John Beifuss
Hardly definitive where s Houston and Memphis and why are MC Lyte and Salt the only females represented the movie is nonetheless fascinating for fans as rappers break down their writing techniques for Ice T s cameras 
3
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
Kevin C. Johnson
Essential viewing and a nice companion piece to Wild Style Style Wars and other key hip hop documentaries 
3
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
Sara Stewart
In his debut as a documentarian Ice T creates a vibrant portrait of how and why rap came to be 
2.5
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
Michael Phillips
The interviews are often revealing and funny And much of the music is tremendous 
2.5
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Rick Groen
Hey hey we get it already 
2
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Jason Anderson
The sometimes strained efforts at quirky humour and the more melodramatic moments in the later scenes can feel like they belong in different movies altogether 
2
The Clowns
Roger Ebert
This is artful and sometimes very amusing but it doesn t work as fiction because Fellini is tied to facts and it doesn t work as documentary because Fellini will not cannot abandon his gift of giving the raw material an artistic shape 
3
Clash
Mark Dujsik
Director Mohamed Diab who co wrote the screenplay with his brother Khaled Diab doesn t side with or against anyone T he filmmaker is on the side of humanity 
3
Clash
Nick Allen
Its limited point of view says enough to the original horror and poignantly makes humanity a non political issue 
3
Clash
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Clash has no theories about how war begins or ends but offers a unique sensation of its cruelty The sound of rattling metal will stick in your brain long after the credits roll 
3
Permission
Rob Thomas
Brian Crano s screenplay navigates these tricky waters with insight and empathy for everybody on screen while refusing to offer anyone an easy out 
3
Permission
Sheila O'Malley
What is most unexpected about Permission is its sense of poignancy and tenderness In its own way it s quite heartbreaking 
3
Permission
Johanna Schneller
You kind of want to slap everybody in Permission and that s kind of the point 
2.5
Permission
Chuck Bowen
Brian Crano is as skittish as his protagonists are about the particular contours of their dilemma To put it bluntly Permission is a sex film without the sex 
2
The Musketeer
David Nusair
The Musketeer is an ambitious failure 
2
The Musketeer
Ian Mantgani
Alexandre Dumas would be rolling around in his grave if this movie were lively enough to wake him up 
1
The Musketeer
Mark Dujsik
Did I mention there are fight sequences They are by far the best part of this movie but even they disappoint 
1.5
The Musketeer
Marty Mapes
One great action sequence too much bad dialogue
2
The Musketeer
Michael Dequina
If there is a wrong angle to shoot from or an ill advised edit to make Hyams goes for it 
1
The Musketeer
James Berardinelli
For the third time in less than a decade Alexandre Dumas is turning over in his grave 
2
The Musketeer
Wesley Lovell
quot The Musketeer quot is a modest mess of a film 46 It apos s not horrendously bad 44 but it apos s not extremely good 46 
2
The Musketeer
Steve Rhodes
The musketeer twirls his opponents to death causing them to die more from dizziness than sword wounds 
1
The Musketeer
Rob Blackwelder
The Musketeer betrays its utter lack of real ambition in the casting of the wooden charmlessly handsome totally generic Justin Chambers in the title role 
1
The Musketeer
Dustin Putman
Does the phrase worst movie of 2001 mean anything to you 
.5
The Musketeer
Bob Graham
The movie lacks the one thing that the classic Three Musketeers story can t do without panache 
1
The Musketeer
Jonathan Foreman
An example of lazy dumb and couldn t care less hack movie making 
0
The Musketeer
Ray Conlogue
This is a terrible movie But it has the strange quality that it seems to have been made by people who were enjoying themselves Not enough unfortunately for the rest of us to enjoy it too 
1
The Musketeer
Susan Stark
Regularly if inadvertently Catherine Deneuve provides The Musketeer with its sole point of fascination 
1
The Musketeer
Roger Ebert
A jumble of action and motivation ill defined characters and action howlers 
2.5
The Musketeer
Tor Thorsen
An up and down experience 
2.5
The Musketeer
Steven Rea
As filmed by Hyams he directs he cinematographs all the crazy exhilarating ballet of the martial arts genre is lost in a murky blur of motion and the clang and thump of overdone sound effects 
1
The Musketeer
Ross Anthony
Despite isolated awkward and downright poor stints of dialogue and editing the magnificence of the cinematography pace choreography and acting prevail 
3
The Musketeer
Harvey S. Karten
Without charm lazily directed acted by the numbers could make swashbuckling a dirty word 
1.5
Amusement
Mike McGranaghan
Amusement might end up being the most ironic title of the year because there s absolutely nothing amusing about it 
0.5
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Walter Chaw
There s a brilliant moment that finds Scooter in S M gear gyrating in a cage in a leather bar as Kermit ponders a world where he s never been born 
2.5
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
David Nusair
will never make it onto the list of classic holiday flicks but it s agreeable enough to warrant a mild recommendation 
2.5
Sword of Trust
Lisa Jensen
Maron is up to the task funny on a dime yet just as persuasive in the character s more serious and revealing moments He provides the grounding for the rest of the excellent cast to build on 
3.5
Sword of Trust
Cate Marquis
Director Shelton does a masterful job She draws us in with the humor then throws us off balance upending assumptions and turning things around every time we get too comfortable 
4
Sword of Trust
Bob Bloom
Trust can be a double edged sword according to Shelton and O Brien It must be earned as well as given And without it life can be as dull as the point of an antique sabre 
3.5
Sword of Trust
David Nusair
an exceedingly low key comedy that does at the outset benefit substantially from Maron s captivating lived in performance 
2.5
Sword of Trust
Joe Friar
Spending 89 minutes with these four actors is delightful and once again Shelton churns out another whimsical comedy 
3.5
Sword of Trust
Gary Thompson
Sword of Trust can be admired more for its thrust than its edge 
2.5
Sword of Trust
Robert Horton
Mel is sardonic pragmatic and just barely tolerating all this The role fits like a glove for the comedian and celebrated podcast host Marc Maron who brings a splendidly rumpled humanity to his role 
3
Sword of Trust
Sean P. Means
Shelton s ace in the hole is Maron who invests plenty of pathos in Mel s backstory for a performance that s wry sardonic and quietly heartbreaking 
3.5
Sword of Trust
Richard Roeper
Even when Maron is playing someone who is the saddest and most cynical person in the room and maybe the whole town he is a brilliant reactor who delivers pithy comebacks and wry observations with pitch perfect timing 
3.5
Sword of Trust
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It feel s like it comes from life and it s as lovable as it is wacky 
3.5
Sword of Trust
Mark Dujsik
In this age of online weirdos being legitimized and irrational conspiracies being seriously considered the laughter feels pleasantly cathartic 
3
Sword of Trust
Lisa Trifone
For a film that fills nearly every moment with dialogue not a single scene feels superfluous
3
Sword of Trust
Mark Feeney
In this entertainment day and age originality counts for something and Sword of Trust is nothing if not novel 
3
Sword of Trust
Matt Zoller Seitz
A throwback to the kind of rambling character driven micro budgeted indie flicks that used to be all over theaters in the 1990s 
2.5
Sword of Trust
Ann Hornaday
Sword of Trust is a perfect comedy of manners for our post truth age when historical consensus has become subject to the same kind of interpretive haggling as the price of a kitschy cream pitcher 
3.5
Sword of Trust
Michael Phillips
The film neither unites nor divides it shambles scoring a few points mostly because of Maron s rumpled charisma and Watkins oddball push pull timing 
2.5
Sword of Trust
Mick LaSalle
It reflects this slice of life It doesn t comment on it or broaden our understanding of it But it s smart and original and that s enough 
3
Sword of Trust
Matthew Passantino
It s not one of her strongest efforts but Sword of Trust is still a fine example of a wonderful filmmaker 
3
Sword of Trust
Sara Michelle Fetters
In a role tailormade for his uniquely sardonic skills Maron is wonderful 
3
Sword of Trust
Mike McGranaghan
Maron Bell Watkins and Bass make a winning team playing off one another with consummate skill They create a comic rhythm that is a pleasure to get lost in 
3
Sword of Trust
Chuck Bowen
Marc Maron s commanding aura of regret gives the film despite its missed opportunities an emotional center 
2.5
Sword of Trust
Joey Magidson
Marc Maron is absolutely on his A game here infusing his character with an edge that s pure personality He s hypnotically watchable 
3
Sword of Trust
Roger Moore
THE indie comedy of the summer 
3
Fourteen
Mattie Lucas
Consistently filled with wise insights into the nature of human connections and the general ennui of millennial life seeking stability where there is none to be found 
2.5
Fourteen
Robert Horton
So much of moviemaking is the art of selection what goes in what gets left out and Dan Sallitt s Fourteen is a gem of that art 
4
Fourteen
Lisa Trifone
Something about Fourteen feels downright retro as if it was made in another era 
2.5
Fourteen
Barry Hertz
The film s rhythm might sound jarring on paper but Fourteen is more a work of structural playfulness and experimentation than gimmicky manipulation 
3
Fourteen
Tom Meek
Made for less than 100 000 by critic and writer Dan Sallit Fourteen is a lo fi wonder long on talk and short on setting the kind of small intimate film John Cassavetes used to make 
3
Fourteen
Michael Phillips
What I love about the film among other aspects is how the wry verbal wit of the early conversations suggests a mordant comedy almost a working class variation on the films of Whit Stillman 
3.5
Fourteen
Rob Thomas
For a film that keeps so much under the surface I was surprised how much of a wallop Fourteen packs by its final shot 
3
Fourteen
Nick Allen
You re supposed to see a slice of life but all you can see are the rehearsals 
2
Fourteen
Mark Dujsik
The impact of Fourteen is all in the rhythm of its storytelling 
3
Fourteen
Mick LaSalle
The success of a movie such as this depends on our believing in the interaction of the two women that the friendship is real The director builds that not all in one scene but confidently from moment to moment 
3
Fourteen
Carson Lund
Dan Sallitt recognizes that even the sturdiest of friendships are inevitably tested by time and the evolution of personal responsibility 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Mattie Lucas
A man completely free of pretension a welcome and refreshing change of pace a kind of throwback to a gentler less harried era and one of the most indelible characters to come from a documentary in a long time 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Rob Thomas
Richard Press film is an affectionate look at a man who embodies the spirit of his cosmopolitan city has discovered and documented trends in fashion for decades and along the way may have figured out the secret to life 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Carol Deptolla
A fascinating endearing portrait of the man who for decades has documented trends born on the streets and beau monde parties for a worthy cause 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie about a happy and nice man 
4
Bill Cunningham New York
Chris Hewitt
It s a great and modest film 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Sara Glassman
Filmmaker Richard Press offers a humorous touching and insightful portrait about a subject who clearly would have preferred to stay behind the camera 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie has a refreshing allure that goes beyond fashion beyond journalism moving from moment to moment and scene to scene with a remarkable precision that is as emotional as it is fascinating 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Moira MacDonald
He finds beauty watching him we find joy 
4
Bill Cunningham New York
Liam Lacey
Bill Cunningham New York is as winning as its subject the affable chronicler of New York style from the sidewalk to the runway 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Walter V. Addiego
Cunningham s work is about seeing and teaching us how to see and that should be plenty for us 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Wesley Morris
It s as much a portrait of a kind of artist as it is a document of a city s evolving sense of style 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Joe Williams
Cunningham seems genuinely in love with his work 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Robert W. Butler
Lots of us are interested in clothes But few can match Bill Cunningham s passion for fashion 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Steven Rea
I love this man I love this movie 
4
Bill Cunningham New York
Lou Lumenick
Cunningham talks freely about his passion for fashion and photography 
3
Bill Cunningham New York
Robert Levin
The film offers a portrait that s revealing and mysterious as the folksy subject welcomes Press camera into his routine while keeping a tight lipped distance from it 
3.5
Bill Cunningham New York
Nick Schager
Bill Cunningham is astutely defined by Bill Cunningham New York as not simply a traditional photographer of clothing but an anthropological historian 
3
Killers
Mike Clark
It s a violent high energy U S action film in the Hong Kong tradition 
3
It's All So Quiet
Monica Castillo
The picture feels bleak and dirty like looking through a dirty window pane at an abandoned house 
2.5
It's All So Quiet
Carson Lund
There s literally no way to miss the memo that It s All So Quiet is about dealing with the encroachment of death as it s there in every scene 
1.5
Penny Points to Paradise
Roger Moore
Probably felt corny and dated the moment it hit the screen But if you re a completist trying to sample all the performers who shaped comedy for generations all across the English speaking world this one fills in a few more blanks 
2
Survivors Guide to Prison
Roger Moore
Somewhat star struck and glib but always useful and sobering in its advice chilling and damning in the broken system it portrays 
3
Survivors Guide to Prison
David N. Butterworth
What if you re not a murderer or a rapist or a thief yet find yourself facing incarceration You re going to need the Survivors Guide to Prison 
3
Cold Sweat
David Nusair
a seriously misbegotten endeavor 
1
Princess Cyd
Sheila O'Malley
Its leisurely quality its disinterest in pumping things up its focus on the small yet vivid spaces of listening understanding struggle identity is its greatest asset 
3.5
Princess Cyd
Carson Lund
Stephen Cone s Princess Cyd is distinguished by a dramatic complexity that would seem to run counter to its remarkably even tempered tone 
2.5
Princess Cyd
Michael Phillips
The performances by Pinnick and Spence are clean vivid and honestly felt with a lot of the best work emerging nonverbally in the spaces between characters closing a gap 
3
Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
Roger Moore
Though the film drags and the geysers of blood at this beheading or that neck biting get to be a bit much it s always heartening to see how generous people can be when given a chance to do something nice for a couple of kids with a dream
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Brian Eggert
When Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark brings Gammell s art to life it s terrifying 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Jason Fraley
A PG 13 adaptation that delivers intermittent frights amid plenty of campy nostalgia as it tries to stitch together unrelated spooky stories with mixed results One can t help but think that it would have been better as an episodic TV series 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Doug Walker
A very good Goosebumps movie not a very good Scary Stories movie 
2
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Joe Friar
The tension builds the special effects are gruesome and most of all the film is fun for both young and old moviegoers 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Federico Furzan
Blame the high expectations but this adaptation feels bland and vague Trailers should never be better than the actual movie In this case they were Full review in Spanish 
2
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
James Kendrick
any movie called Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark lives and dies by its goosey thrills of which there are plenty here
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Linda Cook
Scary Stories is a celebration of writing and storytelling 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
James Berardinelli
The genre tropes are all alive and well and Scary Stories delivers them with élan but the dispiriting ending hangs over everything like a pall 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
David Nusair
would ve been better off had it been structured as a traditional horror anthology 
2
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Matt Brunson
A slight fright night 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Steven Prokopy
Each story gives us just enough to quicken our pulses in a way that feels more like a thrill ride than an endurance challenge 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Walter Chaw
Scary Stories says there s nothing that matters save telling the right stories It s a call to arms to the resistance that doesn t necessarily believe it can save anyone yet pushes the idea that it s meaningful to be on the record all the same 
3.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Mike McGranaghan
This is fun horror for teens and adults that features some legitimately spooky sights yet nothing that could be described as traumatizing 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Robert Daniels
The frights may be enough to sustain this PG 13 film and they will freak out teens and tweens alike but the conformist ending may be the real scare 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Mattie Lucas
Øvredal turns the film s creepy funhouse aesthetic into a surprisingly adept commentary on our national obsession with clinging to false narratives about of our past 
3.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Kevin A. Ranson
While imperfect André Øvredal leverages an impressive cast and serious subject matter into a shoehorned concept that happily exceeds its mandate an old fashioned ghost story with all the trimmings 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Oliver Jones
An effective answer to the question of what to do with the kids who have aged out of trick or treating but still want to do something fun 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Sara Michelle Fetters
I loved this movie something fierce 
3.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Josh Terry
On its own the disturbed ghost in the haunted house framework is pretty routine but it creates a fun showcase for the short stories and the film s effective tension and scares are enough to cover for any lack of originality 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Tomris Laffly
While it doesn t break any new ground there is plenty of vintage fun to be had with kids who feel their way through life s impending fears and live to tell the tale 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Roger Moore
So long and sooo lame 
1
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Henry Stewart
Once it gets past what feels like submission to genre demands the drama reaffirms its focus on the central themes 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
G. Allen Johnson
The film finally gets into gear around the midpoint and zooms to a satisfying finish 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Mark Dujsik
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark possesses some eerie atmosphere It s also mostly a pedestrian horror story that never lives up to its potential 
2
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Jake Coyle
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark like the books only needs to be so deep to cast a spell Even if some stories are still best told by fireside 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Nick Vadala
Scary Stories manages to do well by its source material and offers a few genuine scares to boot especially for the new young horror fans at which the film is targeted 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Brad Wheeler
It is what it says it is and nothing more 
2.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Michael Phillips
The movie s good even when it goes in too many directions at once because it gets the kids right 
3
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Sean P. Means
The teens are a perfect fit for a movie that serves up the right level of frights for the slumber party set 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Peter Canavese
A fun and funny movie in the continuity of the TV series 44 and in a blu ray release replete with a slew of deep dive extras 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Tom Meek
It s all whimsical and spritely and a fun representation of the familial struggles we all go though 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Erik Childress
As an uninitiated viewer into the Burgers world 44 the film felt like five mediocre episodes stitched together 46 After a first viewing of a single solid episode 44 this theory felt on point 46 
2
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Sonny Bunch
If you 8217 re worried about going to see The Bob 8217 s Burgers Movie because you 8217 ve never seen an episode of Bob 8217 s Burgers 44 don 8217 t be 44 you 8217 ll be fine 46 
2.5
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Jay Horton
The best possible version of a comfort staple rendered fresh flavorful and well done 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Mike McGranaghan
The picture has an ability to mix irreverence and sweetness that apos s incredibly satisfying 44 especially in these crazy times 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Sean P. Means
The reliable wellspring of humor in 8220 The Bob 8217 s Burgers Movie 8221 is the quick witted banter among the Belchers 44 particularly when the kids get going 46 
3.5
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Kevin Carr
It apos s a fun movie 46 It apos s completely satisfying 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Katie Walsh
One of the funniest 44 smartest and most unique summer movies of the year 44 the kind of lighthearted 44 charming 44 low stakes and incredibly intelligent entertainment that is all too rare 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a loving 44 nonjudgmental grace to this smorgasbord of animated nonsense that 8217 s simply delicious 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Brian Tallerico
The Bob 8217 s Burgers Movie is briskly plotted and nails the big heart and wonderful characters of the beloved FOX show 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Mark Meszoros
Maybe it will earn an audience far greater than the show 8217 s loyal fanbase 44 but it 8217 s hard to see a ton of people going for this sandwich 8217 s unusual combination of flavors 46 
2
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Josh Bell
It apos s little more than a 100 minute episode of Bob apos s Burgers 44 but that makes it 100 minutes of goofy 44 giddy fun 46 
2.5
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Roger Moore
It 8217 s not particularly cinematic 46 46 46 It 8217 s not deep or all that sophisticated 46 Yet it 8217 s always quick 44 and often damned funny 46 46 46 46 Bubbly 46 
2.5
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Mark Dujsik
91 C 93 o writer 47 co director Loren Bouchard 44 also the creator of the show 44 knows the inherent strengths and charms of this material 46 46 46 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Lindsey Bahr
The Bob s Burgers Movie feels very much like the quirky show just on a supersized scale which is all it needed to be 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Michael O'Sullivan
This movie may not be the Meatsiah beef tartare inside a medium well burger inside beef Wellington but it s pretty well done 
3.5
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Scott Greenstone
I could take my entire family to the movie and everyone would laugh at some point and no one would get too uncomfortable 
3
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Soleil Ho
I wanted to love The Bob s Burgers Movie but it truly tested my faith as a fan of the long running sitcom 
2
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Keith Watson
Throughout the film 44 the quick hit jokes from the show 8217 s rich cast of oddballs serves to suggest a vibrant world outside of the Belchers 46 
3
Caught in the Act
Rene Rodriguez
Magic real magic not the sneaky sleight of hand stuff is the central plot element in El Acto en Cuestion The Act in Question but it also describes the film itself 
3.5
I Am Bolt
Shane Slater
There s not a dull moment in sight 
3
One Fine Day
Wesley Lovell
One Fine Day is not only the epitome of such it strangely harkens back more to the films of the romantic films of the 1930s than it does to the romances of the late 1980s 
3
One Fine Day
David Nusair
An affable romcom 
3
One Fine Day
Michael Dequina
Remarkable chemistry between the impossibly glamorous pair of Pfeiffer and Clooney 
3.5
One Fine Day
Mike Clark
One Fine Day is two formulaic hours but they do illustrate how two attractive leads and a lickety split narrative can elevate meager material into something this side of bearability 
2.5
One Fine Day
Roger Ebert
An uninspired formula movie with another fine performance by Michelle Pfeiffer 
2
One Fine Day
Steve Rhodes
Our whole family loved it 
2.5
Fat City
Matt Brunson
With Leonard Gardner adapting his own book and John Huston sitting in the director s chair Fat City adheres closer to real life than reel life painting a portrait of a downtrodden existence not only among the have nots but among the never will haves 
3
Fat City
Roger Ebert
The movie s edges are filled with small perfect character performances 
4
Fat City
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Huston really gets the flavor of Stockton CA and with its run down drinking establishments sleazy gyms and bad coffee joints 
4
Fat City
Bill Chambers
An insightful humanist masterwork 
4
The Rope Curse 2
Roger Moore
Starts out making little sense and makes none at all by the time the credits roll 
1
Djomeh
Susan Stark
Offers viewers here an intimate glimpse of the everyday realities behind the headlines 
3
Djomeh
Jeff Vice
Deceptively simple ultimately heart breaking drama 
3.5
Djomeh
Steve Rhodes
One of the better examples of the minimalist cinema popular with Iranian filmmakers
3
Djomeh
Jonathan Foreman
Agonizingly slow moving and talky it consists primarily of conversations between two men in a truck 
2
Djomeh
Harvey S. Karten
Chekhov in the Iranian mountains intriguing 
3
Skyscraper
Brian Eggert
The paint by numbers script panders delivering only predictable ingratiating twists and turns characters without personalities and a big budget experience that s content with being on autopilot 
2
Skyscraper
Jason Fraley
Sorry folks this skyscraper crumbles And yet after all the smoke has cleared after all the dust has settled the millions and millions of Rock s fans will still be chanting his name 
2
Skyscraper
Matt Brunson
Scuse me while I diss the Skyscraper 
2
Skyscraper
Federico Furzan
A cereal box script with great stunts Even when absurd the movie manages to surpass itself as commercial blabber and make us enjoy it Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Skyscraper
John Hanlon
There s a lot of fun to be had in this big budget action thriller that never takes itself too seriously 
3.0
Skyscraper
Robert Daniels
The Rock s appeal is the empathy he demonstrates for one of his size Even in the silliest of roles he s completely sincere 
2.5
Skyscraper
Pamela Powell
Skyscraper isn t going to be remembered a year from now and Johnson will not be the next Die Hard s John McClane 
2
Skyscraper
Linda Cook
Skyscraper is a disaster of a disaster movie 
1
Skyscraper
Stephen Rebello
Really nothing much is at stake and nobody s saving the world in this harmless brainless action romp that lumbers along without a single decent hiss able villain 
2
Skyscraper
Oliver Jones
Along with Johnson s rippling physique and heroic fingertips the film s chief asset is the creatively conceived title object the very tall building 
2.5
Skyscraper
James Berardinelli
It would be fair to say that Skyscraper does what it sets out to do but the unambitious agenda isn t something I m especially interested in watching 
2
Skyscraper
Barry Paris
It s silly but satisfactory summer fun 
3
Skyscraper
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The sequences of finely crafted popcorn filmmaking almost almost bring Skyscraper up to code 
2.5
Skyscraper
Christian Toto
You can only swallow so many insults to the laws of science and common sense 
2.5
Skyscraper
Mike McGranaghan
Skyscraper is like The Towering Inferno meets Die Hard without being anywhere near as awesome as that sounds 
1.5
Skyscraper
David Nusair
A disappointing actioner 
2
Skyscraper
Josh Terry
Skyscraper s stunts are just a hair too much even with The Rock at the helm 
2.5
Skyscraper
Ty Burr
As a streaming option on a slow night or a long flight the movie has its uses But you ve seen almost all of this before with more wit and a better villain 
2
Skyscraper
Brad Wheeler
Skyscraper itself defies gravity and plain sense and humour and self awareness and most things even a dumb hot buttered blockbuster would have even a little of 
1
Skyscraper
Robert Horton
The movie has such a cheerful sense of its own absurdity while not for a moment undercutting its legitimate thrills that it succeeds almost completely at the summer blockbuster game 
3
Skyscraper
Bob Bloom
Basically Skyscraper is a guilty pleasure formulaic feature that is silly and easy to swallow Sure it s absurd and exciting but surprisingly lacks suspense or tension 
2
Skyscraper
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If you re going to rip off Die Hard try making more with the jokes especially if your main conceit collapses under the weight of its contrivances 
1
Skyscraper
Mark Dujsik
Skyscraper does right by just enough of its primary elements that its weaknesses seem inconsequential 
3
Skyscraper
Calvin Wilson
Just another film that squanders the movie star charisma of Johnson who should consider lending his box office clout to more worthy projects 
2
Skyscraper
Mick LaSalle
Skyscraper is not one of Dwayne Johnson s best It s slow getting off the ground and never completely achieves flight at least not in the sense of transport 
2
Skyscraper
Peter Howell
Belief is willingly suspended on account of dumb summer fun 
2.5
Skyscraper
Moira MacDonald
Nobody in this film has a personality they re just evil stoic mildly badass particularly Neve Campbell as Will s resourceful wife or The Rock 
2
Skyscraper
Richard Roeper
Skyscraper is the kind of movie you can watch on a flight without bothering to wear headphones In fact it might play better that way 
2
Skyscraper
Sean P. Means
People who like Dwayne Johnson could care less about such things but it s nice that Thurber indulged his movie love and included it in an otherwise forgettable bit of formula like Skyscraper 
2.5
Skyscraper
Max Weiss
Skyscraper is ridiculous but knowingly so I hope It just keeps upping the ante in the most absurd ways possible 
2
Skyscraper
Sara Michelle Fetters
Skyscraper is a towering farcical misfire built upon a foundation of misbegotten nonsense 
2
Skyscraper
Christy Lemire
Just intense enough to provide a much needed diversion just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it s over 
2.5
Skyscraper
Michael O'Sullivan
Skyscraper is dumb summer fun 
2
Skyscraper
Eric Henderson
Dwayne The Rock Johnson is the true Tower of Babel the movie star who with each film gets closer to God and whose films always come tumbling down around him 
1.5
Skyscraper
Gary Thompson
Ginger Rogers they say did everything Fred Astaire did only backward and in heels Skyscraper gives Dwayne Johnson a chance to do everything Bruce Willis did in Die Hard only on one leg 
2
Skyscraper
Dustin Putman
It s big it s far fetched and it s certainly not deep It is fun however and sometimes that s enough Succeeding precisely because it puts on no airs Skyscraper is every bit as electrifying as it is unapologetically inconsequential 
2.5
Skyscraper
Dann Gire
Johnson commits admirably but Thurber lacking the creative checks and balances between separate producers directors and writers provides him with limited dramatic options 
2.5
Skyscraper
Jake Coyle
It does the job better than most thanks largely to its hulking hero 
2.5
Skyscraper
Katie Walsh
While it s a completely disposable story Skyscraper is fascinating simply for Thurber s fascination with evolving Johnson s star persona 
2
Skyscraper
Roger Moore
Preposterous on an epic scale
2
Skyscraper
Rafer Guzman
A cheerfully derivative and hugely enjoyable piece of entertainment 
3
Skyscraper
Sara Stewart
The whole film feels as if it s on autopilot or maybe written by artificial intelligence that s been fed a steady diet of the Die Hard oeuvre Speed Das Boot and I m guessing The Towering Inferno 
1
Midnight
Matt Brunson
It s a dreadful picture the type whose only worth is that it keeps open mouth breathers off the streets for a couple of hours 
1
Paper Clips
Phil Villarreal
For the documentary to shift credit to the paper clip project as a reason for receiving the speakers is tantamount to fraud 
1
Paper Clips
Robert W. Butler
This is a modest film with a big heart that leaves you thinking that Anne Frank got it right Basically people are good 
3
Paper Clips
Jeff Vice
It would be easier to forgive first timers Elliot Berlin and Joe Fab for their offenses against good documentary filmmaking if they weren t messing up such sure fire material 
2
Paper Clips
Matt Brunson
There s no denying the iron grip of the movie s message 
3
Paper Clips
Sean P. Means
Certainly not the tribute these kids and adults deserve 
2.5
Paper Clips
Chris Hewitt
Paper Clips is two movies the movie its makers think it is and the movie it actually is One of them is pretty good 
2.5
Paper Clips
Lawrence Toppman
A heartfelt if rather repetitive documentary 
3
Paper Clips
Larry Ratliff
You will never look at the familiar little fasteners the same way again This is an incredible 87 minutes in a movie theater on several levels 
3.5
Paper Clips
Mary Brennan
It s a remarkable story and well worth seeing particularly for its handful of genuinely affecting moments 
2.5
Paper Clips
Peter Canavese
Has powerful moments mostly courtesy of the Holocaust survivors but the interviews and narration sound overly coached and the film is given to repetitive overstatement 
2.5
Paper Clips
Steve Rhodes
Paper Clips isn t very well shot but the kids hearts and compassion come through quite clearly nonetheless 
2.5
Paper Clips
Jonathan Curiel
What makes Paper Clips so powerful and moving is the way everyone in the film seems affected by the Whitwell project The students change The teachers change The townspeople change 
3.5
Paper Clips
Roger Ebert
Not a sophisticated or very challenging film nor should it be It is straightforward heartfelt and genuine 
3
Paper Clips
Allison Benedikt
Symbolism is hard to swallow and it s near impossible to relate to these paper clips as souls especially when they are talked about in terms of collecting and counting and displaying 
2
Paper Clips
Connie Ogle
A small heartening slice of life that feels like a crucial step toward something bigger 
3
Paper Clips
John Monaghan
A moving experience 
3
Paper Clips
Carrie Rickey
Touching and inspiring 
2.5
Paper Clips
Paul Sherman
Paper Clips may be so so moviemaking but it s great reality 
2.5
Paper Clips
Janice Page
Will always succeed with audiences because it documents an A level grass roots effort But as filmmaking the disappointment is that it manages only C level vision 
2.5
The Wannabe
Clayton Dillard
The film is less a revisionist take on the circumstances of John Gotti s 1992 indictment than a tedious love child of Bonnie and Clyde and Goodfellas 
1.5
The Wannabe
Roger Moore
Arquette shines but this unmade man mob movie lacks the energy and brutally dark humor of Rob the Mob which was about exactly the same story 
2
Madman
David Keyes
There s nothing remotely enjoyable about the experience of Madman which misses the opportunity to exploit unlikely punchlines and buries its situations in a compost pile of muck boredom and insufferably miscalculated technical merits 
1.5
Madman
Dustin Putman
Deliberately paced and far from frightening but for slasher aficionados and viewers looking for solid laughs of the unintentional variety there are few bloodied romps of its type with quite the same level of charm 
1.5
Madman
Dustin Putman
Fits the 80s slasher blueprint to the letter It s only adequately made but it happens to feature a handful of scenes so knee slappingly bad that the film ranks as a party favorite 
1.5
The Program
John Petrakis
Those are fairly standard story lines in a football movie so that leaves the assorted relationship subplots which frankly are worse 
2
The Program
James Berardinelli
The Program is a mish mash of cliches 
2
The Program
Roger Ebert
By the film s end I found myself simultaneously hoping that ESU would win its big game and that the school would pull the plug on its football program I guess that s how I was supposed to feel 
3
Personal Services
Roger Ebert
Personal Services is not a sensational movie nor does it want to be It is a study of banality with flashes of genuine comedy 
3.5
The Land of Eb
Burl Burlingame
A rare extraordinary film that celebrates the dignity of hard work as well as the tenuous connections of cultural legacy in a fragmented community 
3.5
There Was a Crooked Man
Matt Brunson
The penultimate film of director Joseph L Mankiewicz All About Eve is a tart tongued Western written by the same gents who had penned Bonnie and Clyde three years earlier 
3
There Was a Crooked Man
David Nusair
a solid little Western that s worth a look if only for its refreshingly cynical sensibilities 
3
The Strangers
Matt Brunson
The Strangers isn t scary just tedious 
1
The Strangers
Nick Rogers
There s no better feet on the seat execution for the home invasion genre than this The Strangers twists the knife with scenes lasting a beat longer than normal to maximize dread and sound design excavating a hole in your cortex and nestling there 
3.5
The Strangers
Tom Meek
Bryan Bertino s psycho thriller gets the job done for nearly two thirds of its length But when it shows its hand it folds 
2.5
The Strangers
Claudia Puig
The Strangers has a couple of scares but it s not anywhere near as frightening as advertised The creepy folks of the title are more fumbling than fiendish 
1.5
The Strangers
Jolene Mendez
This film does not have the shock value of many other horror films which was a pleasant surprise for my taste It is scary in the sense that this could this really happen 
3
The Strangers
Amy Biancolli
At least it s short 
0.5
The Strangers
Sean P. Means
This is straight up nightmare fuel unredeemed by compelling characters or interesting motives 
1
The Strangers
Lucius Gore
The Strangers bears more than a passing resemblance to Them the French horror film about a couple in a secluded house who are stalked by mysterious almost supernatural tormenters 
2.5
The Strangers
John Beifuss
Offers no more enlightenment or catharsis than a drugged insect could expect in the moment before it is skewered by a lepidopterist s pin 
0
The Strangers
Greg Maki
The work of a born filmmaker who shows a remarkable command of tone and pace It is a new classic in its genre 
3.5
The Strangers
Austin Kennedy
Though most of the movie was efficient it felt empty 
2.5
The Strangers
Linda Cook
I don t remember hearing young women scream like this in a theater since I saw Double Jeopardy some years back in a packed auditorium 
2.5
The Strangers
Eric Melin
I ve got to credit Bertino with the sense enough to not resort to shocking gore to make up for lack of suspense The final act however is as messy as a plate of spaghetti 
2
The Strangers
Sean McBride
when a horror film manages to get its creepy hooks into your skin it at least deserves some faint praise for psychological effectiveness 
2
The Strangers
Kyle Smith
Kind of like what The Shining might be if you took out the ESP And the ghosts And the chilling atmosphere So call it The Sucking 
0.5
The Strangers
Mike McGranaghan
A mediocre scare show that just happened to have one of the best trailers of recent times At two minutes The Strangers is terrifying at eighty five it s lackluster 
2
The Strangers
Maitland McDonagh
There s nothing more to it than meets the eye but Bertino understands the mechanics of suspense and knows how to use them 
3
The Strangers
Susan Walker
With no plot to speak of no character development whatsoever no theme and precious little intrigue what we have here is simply a pileup of effects And not especially special effects 
1
The Strangers
Chris Hewitt
The Strangers is still entertaining but just so you know Them came up with a sharper more disturbing way to finish things off 
3
The Strangers
Jeff Shannon
Bertino relies too heavily on occasionally nonsensical terror tricks that every horror buff has seen a million times since John Carpenter s Halloween set the standard for domestic fright night mayhem 
2
The Strangers
Mick LaSalle
Let s give writer director Bryan Bertino credit He knows how to frame a shot to make characters seem vulnerable Now for his next trick he just needs to turn his talents toward something that isn t repulsive 
1
The Strangers
Carla Meyer
Though we always know where things are going the film still frightens from moment to moment 
2.5
The Strangers
James Berardinelli
It s intense but not necessarily fun and may disappoint less sophisticated horror fans However for die hard supporters of unsettling peeks into the dark side of human nature this is a welcome excursion 
3
The Strangers
Rafer Guzman
Writer and first time director Bryan Bertino wastes his taut tense premise two lovers three villains one house by depending on wearingly familiar tricks 
1
The Strangers
Stephen Whitty
Unfolding with an almost startling lack of self awareness young filmmaker Bryan Bertino s debut is such a careful straight faced knockoff of 70s exploitation films it plays like a parody 
1.5
The Strangers
Graham Killeen
For a film too goofy to be scary and too clumsy to be fun even the least discerning splatter fan will find it hard to depend on the violence of The Strangers 
2
The Strangers
Rene Rodriguez
After a while the suspense starts seeping out of The Strangers because you realize that s all there s going to be to the movie 
2
The Strangers
Jason Heck
Director Bryan Bertino brings an intimacy to his film that differentiates it from most of the slasher tripe out there despite a creakily shopworn premise 
2.5
The Strangers
Roger Ebert
The movie deserves more stars for its bottom line craft but all the craft in the world can t redeem its story 
1.5
The Strangers
Wesley Morris
Director Bertino has the pretensions of an artist and the indelicacy of a hack He tries to get under our skin with a pile driver 
.5
The Strangers
Daniel M. Kimmel
Writer director Bryan Bertino making his debut seems to understand the mechanics of the genre without having the slightest sense as to what do about the content 
1
The Strangers
Steven Rea
No one is getting at anything in The Strangers except the cheapest ugliest kind of sadistic titillation 
1
The Strangers
Barry Paris
Kudos to Tyler and Speedman for their vulnerable believable low key performances and to Bertino for an accomplished exercise in diabolical terror even if it makes no particular sense 
3
The Strangers
Jennie Punter
The secret to a good horror movie is the set up and Bertino gives us plenty of reasons to care what happens to the couple 
3
The Strangers
Erik Childress
A film to unnerve us enough to either buy some extra deadbolts or kill the next bastard who walks across our lawn 
3
The Strangers
Willie Waffle
Proves well executed simplicity sometimes can be more effective than bombast blood and things that go boom 
2.5
The Strangers
David Nusair
The Strangers has been saddled with an increasingly uneven sensibility that ultimately dulls the movie s overall impact 
2.5
The Strangers
Jeff Vice
It gets less scary and less tense as it goes along 
2
The Strangers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an outstanding example of the horror suspense genre made with a refreshing approach But it contains elements so creaky and pathetic you want to scream 
2.5
The Strangers
Dustin Putman
An immensely creepy thriller one that plays fair with the audience treats its characters with unusual intelligence for the genre and is all the more effective because the minimalist plot is kept spare and straightforward 
3
The Strangers
Rossiter Drake
Ultimately it s an invitation best refused The Strangers offers a few memorable scares but it is less chilling in its simplicity than numbing in its banality 
2
The Strangers
Lawrence Toppman
Speedman remains comatose though Tyler flickers fitfully to life The mournful look on her face suggests she s remembering the days when she was given more psychologically complex scripts such as Armageddon 
1
The Strangers
Jessica Reaves
Anchored by convincing performances from Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler both of whom elevate their roles above the standard horror movie caricature this is an enormously unsettling movie 
3
The Strangers
Josh Larsen
The climax is deadening Somewhere Michael Haneke is saying I told you so 
1
The Strangers
Peter Canavese
If you put yourself through the wringer only once this year you could do worse than The Strangers 
2.5
The Strangers
Michael A. Smith
looks like a student film made at a friend s house where the only direction given to the cast was to scream 
1
The Strangers
Nick Schager
As with last year s lean mean B movie Vacancy Bryan Bertino s The Strangers is a white knuckle thriller in which a couple going through relationship difficulties is terrorized by psychos 
3
The Runner Stumbles
Roger Ebert
In its relentlessly old fashioned way The Runner Stumbles has a sort of dramatic persistence It s not great but it s there 
2
Red Sands
David Nusair
an ambitious yet wholly underwhelming endeavor 
2
Red Sands
Lucius Gore
While not a perfect film it was visionary and impressive given a tiny budget 
3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chuck Jones s wonderful 1966 television special remains a model of economy taking Dr Suess s simple tale and perfectly stretching it out to 26 minutes 
4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Forrest Hartman
Forget director Ron Howard s ill conceived live action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas The only cinematic take the story needed was released as an animated television special in 1966 
4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Steve Rhodes
In the middle of a frantic Christmas season there is no better respite from the buy me commercialism of the holidays than this short but poignant story by Dr Seuss 
4
The Hot Chick
David Nusair
It s interesting that Rob Schneider s comedies are getting progressively worse as they are released 
1.5
The Hot Chick
Jessica Letkemann
Basically harmless and grudgingly funny 
2.5
The Hot Chick
Forrest Hartman
It s push the limits teen comedy the type written by people who can t come up with legitimate funny and it s used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed 
1.5
The Hot Chick
Linda Cook
Freaky Friday it s not 
.5
The Hot Chick
Frank Ochieng
Somehow Schneider enthusiasts will find their needed escapism in a clueless comedy that has more holes in it than rotted Swiss cheese 
1.5
The Hot Chick
Walter Chaw
A farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise it isn t a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films 
0
The Hot Chick
Dustin Putman
An admittedly by the numbers affair but garners some hearty and unexpected laughs through the machinations of its premise 
2.5
The Hot Chick
Steve Rhodes
It contains the most insufferably lame outtakes of any movie that I can ever remember 
2
The Hot Chick
Joe Leydon
Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious and Schneider s performance is so fine it s a real shame that so much of the movie again as in The Animal is a slapdash mess 
2.5
The Hot Chick
Ty Burr
By the standards of knucklehead swill The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny 
2.5
The Hot Chick
C.W. Nevius
Instead of the easy laughs Schneider and Brady are going for something a little deeper 
2
The Hot Chick
Joe Baltake
Strictly a guy s film in the worst sense of the expression 
1.5
The Hot Chick
Steven Rea
This unabashedly stupid comedy is well unabashedly stupid 
1.5
The Hot Chick
Sean P. Means
Too lazy to take advantage of its semi humorous premise 
1
The Hot Chick
Jeff Vice
At more than 100 minutes this alleged comedy is easily the worst thing Schneider s done to date 
1
The Hot Chick
Margaret A. McGurk
Jam packed with literally bruising jokes Every five minutes or so someone gets clocked 
1
The Hot Chick
Phil Villarreal
Schneidermeister Makin a fool of himself Losin his fan base 
2
The Hot Chick
Chris Hewitt
This is a movie that starts out like Heathers then becomes Bring it On then becomes unwatchable 
1
The Hot Chick
Tor Thorsen
Despite this inconsistency and Schneider s one note turn the film does offer a few amusing moments All too often however The Hot Chick feels like a cold fish 
2
The Hot Chick
Gene Seymour
Call it tastelessness with a message a dubious combination like for sure Still Schneider pulls off the masquerade pretty well 
1.5
The Hot Chick
Lou Lumenick
I haven t laughed harder at anything this year but I would have a hard time recommending this gender bending gut buster to anyone who doesn t have a high threshold for crude sexual humor and stereotypes 
3
The Hot Chick
Sue Pierman
Another lukewarm comedy 
2.5
The Hot Chick
Rick Groen
Loosely speaking we re in All of Me territory again and strictly speaking Schneider is no Steve Martin 
2
The Hot Chick
Terry Lawson
Does Revelations say anything that could be interpreted as The end is nigh when Rob Schneider turns into a woman in a movie that s funny sweet and clever If so prepare to meet your maker because The Hot Chick is exactly that 
3
The Hot Chick
Roger Ebert
The movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates 
.5
The Hot Chick
Tony Toscano
Yes the film does have its grosser moments but overall the film is Schneider s best comedy to date 
3
The Hot Chick
Rob Blackwelder
Schnieder bounces around with limp wrists wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that s enough to sustain laughs 
1.5
The Hot Chick
James Berardinelli
One of the most depressing movie going experiences I can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so called comedy and not laugh once 
1
Chasing Sleep
David Nusair
a wonderfully creepy riff on Polanski s Repulsion 
2.5
Chasing Sleep
Bill Chambers
A gem well hidden on video store shelves beneath artwork that makes it look like a quick cash in on the success of What Lies Beneath 
3
Maria Chapdelaine
Kate Taylor
Today s YA generation is unlikely to appreciate the monosyllabic performances and stately pace but Pilote delivers a beautiful film in the tradition of the Quebec canon 
3
Miss Arizona
Richard Roeper
Miss Arizona alternates not altogether gracefully from heavy tear jerking moments to slapstick comedy sometimes within the same sequence 
2.5
This Is Spinal Tap
Josh Larsen
Little riffs of comic genius can be heard amidst the heavy metal cacophony of This is Spinal Tap 
3.5
This Is Spinal Tap
David Nusair
a sporadically amusing but all too uneven piece of work 
2
This Is Spinal Tap
Jordan Hiller
The original suffers upon review simply because its novelty has worn off But being the first mainstream feature of its kind it deserves due reverence 
2.5
This Is Spinal Tap
Peter Canavese
The story of an embarrasingly inept heavy metal band called Spinal Tap Rob Reiner s film set the mockumentary standard that has come to define much of modern screen comedy Blu ray 
4
This Is Spinal Tap
David N. Butterworth
Scores an 11 out of 10 for sheer inspired lunacy but it s the writers unexpected fondness for their subject matter that puts the film in a class all its own 
3.5
This Is Spinal Tap
James Berardinelli
The film is a composite of classic moments all of which we sense could have happened to any of the classic heavy metal bands or at least to those whose members combined delusions of greatness with low I Q s 
4
This Is Spinal Tap
James Kendrick
Although the movie is hilarious I think it is the undeniable human nature of the loser characters that has kept the movie alive for so long 
4
This Is Spinal Tap
Bruce Dancis
This Is Spinal Tap the funniest rock n roll movie ever made 
4
This Is Spinal Tap
Steve Rhodes
one of the funniest movies ever made
4
This Is Spinal Tap
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a milestone in American comedy cinema 
4
This Is Spinal Tap
Roger Ebert
The satire has a deft wicked touch 
4
The Flintstones
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Through the miracle of movies we all join the The Flintstones in becoming living breathing snorting garbage disposal units 
1
The Flintstones
David Nusair
a bright colorful and entirely exhausting endeavor that ll surely fare best among small children 
2
The Flintstones
Gene Siskel
Our Flick of the Week is The Flintstones and unfortunately much less thought has been put into this screenplay than into the production design and publicity campaign for this profoundly dull enterprise 
1.5
The Flintstones
Michael Dequina
Click to read review
0
The Flintstones
Susan Tavernetti
Adults should be forewarned Yabba dabba don t go unless you have to 
1.5
The Flintstones
Chris Hicks
So silly and sophomoric despite a few amusing bits of business that it is recommendable only for kids and curious Flintstones fanatics 
2
The Flintstones
James Berardinelli
Maybe it s because so many of the things they do in the movie are lifted directly from the show but a lot of stuff seems stale 
2
The Flintstones
Roger Ebert
Just watching it is fun Following the plot is not so much fun 
2.5
Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests
Matthew Rozsa
Persona will hopefully serve as a clarion call for those who make hiring decisions based on personality tests 
3.5
The Five Rules of Success
Roger Moore
A compact artful and blunt take on an ex con s life outside re entering a world tempered by violence and fraught with the perils of recidivism 
3
The Five Rules of Success
Walter Chaw
Oblowitz is a poet of West Coast desperation I m excited for more 
3
5x2
Robert W. Butler
We watch Marion and Gilles with a sort of clinical detachment and it s difficult to really care 
2.5
5x2
Marty Mapes
Doesn t feel like a gimmick at all It feels like a natural introduction to the characters 
3.5
5x2
Jeff Vice
Bruni Tedeschi and Freiss give solid performances though and their physical transformations over time a slight weight gain for her facial hair for him are convincing 
2.5
5x2
Sean P. Means
The reverse chronology gimmick ends up only serving up a trite observation that lies and mistrust are a poor foundation for a marriage 
2
5x2
Chris Hewitt
The effect of the reverse sequencing is to make us view everything in the film even hopeful events like a marriage or the birth of a child with sadness 
2
5x2
Ty Burr
Gilles and Marion may be more than the sum of their regrets but because their creator hasn t done the math they remain touching stick figures 
2.5
5x2
James Verniere
Tedeschi delivers a radiant multifaceted performance and both leads eerily appear to get younger as the film heads into the past 
3
5x2
Moira MacDonald
Ozon as he s shown in his many recent films particularly Under the Sand knows a thing or two about love and loss 5x2 achingly demonstrates both 
3
5x2
Michael Wilmington
Unwinds with absolute clarity and sure style and Freiss and Bruni Tedeschi make an interesting couple if not a truly memorable one 
3
5x2
Steven Rea
Neither Marion with her melancholy stares nor Gilles with his detachment and his cigarettes appears more than a character sketch 
2.5
5x2
Peter Howell
The inevitability of the conceit could wear on us were it not for the lived in performances of the cast most important Bruni Tedeschi and Freiss 
2.5
5x2
Mick LaSalle
You can get an idea of the two seemingly contradictory truths about this movie It s not much fun and it s impossible to stop watching 
2
5x2
Rick Groen
We never get to know the twosome and the intense curiosity generated by the opening scene starts to wane severely 
2.5
5x2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Repellent borderline offensive 
2
5x2
Bill Chambers
Sympathies sway back and forth between the wife and the husband but never within the same episode making Ozon just another god from the machine
2
5x2
Bob Strauss
Marion and Gilles act in ways that rarely prove predictable but usually make a haunting kind of emotional sense 
3
5x2
Kyle Smith
Ozon is a smart filmmaker but he doesn t go nearly as deep as Bergman did 
2.5
5x2
Peter Canavese
Ozon presents no easy answers but his often incisive show don t tell character study makes touching emotional observations of marital folly 
3
5x2
David Sterritt
Ozon s drama is compellingly acted and rich in visual ideas but a bit thin in its psychological approach 
3
5x2
Jan Stuart
Bruno Tedeschi has one of those alert off kilter screen faces that burn with light and intelligence even as their characters slide into darkness a tragedienne of the first order 
3.5
5x2
Eric Henderson
Oh Franois you big tease 
2
5x2
James Berardinelli
5x2 is a little talky and the pace is slow but for this kind of motion picture it s one of the best around 
3
Union
Matt Brunson
The overall story remains compelling even if some individual scenes lag 
2.5
Nomis
David Nusair
46 46 46 hopelessly anticlimactic 46 46 46 
1.5
Nomis
Simon Abrams
Testing the limits of good taste in otherwise formulaic grimdark entertainment is one thing but pushing against those boundaries for its own sake is just tiresome 
1.5
Nomis
Mark Dujsik
Night Hunter only has two things to offer a foul attitude toward women and a messy jumble of plot 
1
Nomis
Chuck Bowen
The film is so clichéd and scattershot as to make Copycat look like Peeping Tom by comparison 
1.5
Nomis
Roger Moore
Whatever coherence the players saw on the screenplay page was lost on the way to the set and from the set to the editing bay
1.5
Aliens in the Wild, Wild West
David Nusair
A complete and utter waste of time 
.5
The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Steve Rhodes
This film is about courage not cowboy style bravado but strong dedicated and steadfast determination to insist on democracy and nothing less than democracy 
3.5
Wildlike
Tom Keogh
Green explores an atypical relationship between a solitary 50 something man who finds that a vulnerable but determined kid has attached herself to him no matter what as he sets off into the wild 
3
Deus
Roger Moore
The cast seems to have bee directed into narcolepsy 46 There 8217 s nothing here that they 8217 d care to wake up and get us involved with 46 
1.5
12 Hour Shift
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a spiritedly entertaining bit of unrelenting nastiness all of it centered on a strong performance from the versatile Bettis that s outstanding 
3
12 Hour Shift
Mike McGranaghan
Writer director Brea Grant stacks macabre situations on top of each other to create a wild journey through a criminal enterprise 
3
12 Hour Shift
Mark Dujsik
With a greater sense of wild abandon the movie might have convinced us to abandon our scruples with these characters and this scenario 
2
12 Hour Shift
Simon Abrams
If you don t like the premise of 12 Hour Shift you re not left with much to hold onto 
1.5
12 Hour Shift
Ed Gonzalez
The plot geared as much for comedy as horror is wound with efficient build up and its revolving door atmosphere is consistent enough to paper over some iffy acting baggy dialogue and more than a few minutes of wasted real estate 
2.5
12 Hour Shift
Erik Childress
12 Hour Shift is not Brea Grant s first outing as a director but it should be the one that gets her a higher profile Because this is a genuinely confident and funny outing that should be embraced by afficionados of both horror and dark humor 
3
12 Hour Shift
Roger Moore
If this 12 Hour Shift sprinted by we could forget how nasty it is to nurses at least while watching it 
2
12 Hour Shift
Joey Magidson
12 Hour Shift is a comedy but there aren t any jokes The premise sets up humorous moments without following through 
2.5
Misery
Brian Eggert
Reiner s ambitions to make a Hitchcockian thriller prevail and on those terms the film performs splendidly ratcheting the suspense in scene after scene 
4
Misery
Matt Brunson
Rob Reiner s direction and William Goldman s script are serviceable but what really puts Misery over the top are the performances 
3
Misery
Josh Larsen
a prescient prediction of the way fanboy culture would come to influence the creative process 
2.5
Misery
John Wooley
Among other things Misery emerges as a great picture of fan obsession and of that curious mix of hero worship and hero bashing personified in supermarket tabloids and trash TV 
4
Misery
Desmond Ryan
Bates turns Wilkes into the nastiest nurse to reach the screen since Louise Fletcher tormented Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 
3
Misery
Gary Thompson
Caan and Bates capture the movie s roguish spirit perfectly 
3
Misery
Dave Kehr
Like any good work of popular culture Rob Reiner s film of Stephen King s best selling book Misery functions on more than one level 
3
Misery
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rob Reiner builds Stephen King s tale with clean effortless strokes 
3
Misery
Robert Roten
This is a first rate movie one of the best of the Stephen King adaptions ever 
3
Misery
Chris Hicks
The result is arguably the best King novel to film adaptation yet a tense character study that grows and builds and has plenty of humor both light and dark along the way 
3
Misery
Roger Ebert
It is a good story a natural and it grabs us 
3
Essential Killing
Chris Knight
Too often in cinema existential serves as code for boring That would be a mistaken assumption about this film from Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski 
3
Essential Killing
Roger Ebert
With Essential Killing Jerzy Skolimowski comes closer than ever before to a pure elemental story 
3
Essential Killing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
What is striking about it of course is the way that the filmmaker manages to garner sympathy for an essential villain 
3
Essential Killing
David Nusair
An astonishingly dull piece of work 
1
Essential Killing
Marty Mapes
Gallo s humanity is reduced to its naked essence
3.5
Essential Killing
Rick Groen
Stripped of its political vestments Essential Killing is a chase film almost existential in its rawness and virtually silent in its unfolding just a pursued man reduced by circumstance to a primitive state 
3
Essential Killing
Peter Howell
View it as an existential thriller illustrating how violence begets violence 
3
La gran promesa
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The problem is the script written by Ramírez Suárez and Klaas Bense which is full of nonsense 
0
Chupacabra Territory
Dustin Putman
Arguably one of the worst and most obnoxious of the Blair Witch imitators 
0.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Dustin Putman
A half silly half moralistic story about how it is never too late to turn things around Madea Goes to Jail is as wispy as whipped cream but also as easy to consume 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
James Kendrick
if it doesn t work quite as well as some of Tyler Perry s previous efforts it certainly isn t for lack of trying 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Linda Cook
I like Tyler Perry s movies best when the character of Medea isn t in them 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Sean McBride
Perry knows what his fans want that would be Madea and so his fans should be well pleased by his latest film 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Michael Dequina
Pulliam lends the material emotional shadings that Perry does not write into the script himself 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Wesley Morris
The women s prison dramedy I wanted never really happens 
2
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Rob Humanick
Tyler Perry s roles as both populist entertainer and social preacher come into disconcerting conflict in the latest film 
1.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Wilson Morales
Tyler Perry has brought back the zest in the character that made him a household name 
2.5
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Kam Williams
Tyler Perry s best endeavor to date 
4
Elf
Matt Brunson
Elf isn 8217 t a pre fabricated piece of synthetic Christmas cheer like such junk as Deck the Halls 44 Jingle All the Way or the worst of the worst Christmas With the Kranks 46 
2.5
Elf
Dennis King
Raise a glass of cheer to Ferrell and Favreau They might not have created a full scale holiday classic here but they ve certainly given us a fresh sparkly new bauble to hang on our perennial tree 
3
Elf
Matt Soergel
Will Ferrell has the ability to turn those wide eyes and that big body into a potent comic weapon so Elf gets a good number of laughs from his complete innocent abandonment to his role as a lummox size elf 
3
Elf
Leah Rozen
It would be Scrooge like to say mean things about the innocuous Elf so I ll just point out that director Jon Favreau s film rarely reaches its full comic potential 
2
Elf
Christian Toto
Elf might be the last modern Christmas classic we see for a long time 
3.5
Elf
Kam Williams
A delightful slapstick adventure about a nave innocent woefully ill equipped to handle the rigors of life inside any impatiently unforgiving metropolis 
4
Elf
Betsy Bozdech
Like the old TV Christmas specials it happily steals from Elf seems poised to become a holiday classic 
3.5
Elf
Jeffrey Westhoff
Will Ferrell simply glows 
3.5
Elf
Kevin A. Ranson
Against every odd imaginable emerges as the little holiday film that could 
3
Elf
Mark Dujsik
A sweet and sincere holiday tale about a perennial fish out of water 
3
Elf
John Beifuss
Offensive instances of product placement put the lie to the idea that Elf is more interested in promoting Christmas cheer than in collecting Christmas coin 
2
Elf
James Kendrick
Part of its charm is its old fashioned visual appeal 
3
Elf
Emily Blunt
If you and yours see one film after your feast of pheasants make it this incredibly precious delightfully sweet instant holiday classic Elf 
4
Elf
Jonathan R. Perry
With Ferrell s charm this knowing wink to the Yuletide fuzzies of yore survives the saccharine assault that claims most family films released between Nov 1 and Christmas 
3
Elf
Tyler Hanley
Will Ferrell s uninhibited physical comedy ignites this fish out of water family film 
3
Elf
Linda Cook
Audiences must have been VERY nice this year 
3
Elf
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Jon Favreau keeps the film sincere and adult for most of the running time 
3
Elf
Tony Toscano
the film doles out Christmas warmth like a department store Santa handing out candy canes 
3
Elf
Nick Rogers
While sufficiently funny charming and clever Elf is no modern Christmas classic But it will make Will Ferrell a bona fide star and for good reason 
3
Elf
Frank Ochieng
Berenbaum s script is as flaky as a handmade snowball but the sheer impishness of Ferrell s giddy on screen persona seals the deal for the movie s wide eyed off kilter timing
3
Elf
Mike McGranaghan
From here on out Elf is going to be a Christmas movie watching tradition for me 
3.5
Elf
Dustin Putman
Filled to bursting with joy creativity and good cheer Elf is one early Christmas gift that does not disappoint 
3
Elf
David Nusair
Not only is Elf an above average Christmas movie but it s that rare flick that s be designed to appeal to all ages 
3
Elf
Sara Michelle Fetters
Well the gloves are off this time around for no matter how many different ways you look at it former Saturday Night Live funnyman Will Ferrell s Christmas comedy Elf is a big lump of Yule tide coal 
1
Elf
Angel Cohn
Engaging and offbeat 
3.5
Elf
Moira MacDonald
Thanks to Ferrell it s a tolerably sweet holiday treat 
2.5
Elf
Mick LaSalle
Funny and intelligently made a film for kids and adults that s both sweet and sardonic 
3
Elf
Joe Baltake
The film works not only as an innocuous family movie but also as something of a hipster s pipe dream 
3
Elf
Franny French
Not only is Ferrell a total crack up in his green velvet doublet and yellow tights he s also great at physical comedy 
3
Elf
Megan Lehmann
A pleasantly old fashioned gee whillikers Yuletide confection rescued from Schmaltz ville by the subversive comic talents of Will Ferrell 
3
Elf
Rick Groen
Say hello kiddies to the first big hearted flick of the season Time s up so say goodbye and be polite now try to hide your mild disappointment 
2.5
Elf
Guylaine Cadorette
While the idea behind Elf may be gleefully outlandish unfortunately this holiday comedy fails to take full advantage of its own absurdity 
2
Elf
Jeff Vice
This charming little holiday comedy is the movie equivalent of comfort food 
3
Elf
Wesley Morris
The movie sets Ferrell s assaultive and juvenile physical comedy in a less combative playground and the result might leave the Ferrell intolerant exiting the theater on a high 
3
Elf
Josh Larsen
If we were ready to crown Ferrell a comedy king we might want to reschedule the coronation 
2.5
Elf
Phil Villarreal
Makes us believe that maybe Ferrell really was raised by elves 
3
Elf
Sean P. Means
Thankfully it s good kitsch an all ages Christmas story that will actually appeal to people of all ages 
3
Elf
Chris Knight
A charming little film about trying to fit in and kids not to mention most adults will relate to feeling clumsy and out of place as well as the desire to be loved for who we are and to have our talents recognized 
2.5
Elf
Bob Strauss
Ferrell s natural ability to play the earnest holy fool man child coupled with the immense slapstick potential of this 6 foot plus oaf having been raised to act like one of Santa s teensy elves makes for a central figure who is always fun 
3
Elf
Michael Booth
Leaves a sour taste in the mouth and a Grinch like resolve to sue the manufacturer 
1.5
Elf
Terry Lawson
Short and sweet 
2
Elf
Chris Kaltenbach
Elf is best when Ferrell is on screen relishing his character s fish out of water status 
3
Elf
Jami Bernard
It wiped away the Scrooge in me for 90 enchanting minutes 
3
Elf
Roger Ebert
This is one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart a brain and a wicked sense of humor and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece 
3
Elf
Scott Nash
Cute and funny in parts Elf should have been more 
2.5
Elf
Joe Lozito
Relentlessly silly holiday tale about a human raised by elves who travels to New York to find his long lost father 
3
Elf
Walter Chaw
Curiously flaccid 
2
Elf
Marty Mapes
The best jokes earn the movie enough coasting time that the dry spells aren t so bad
2
Elf
Chris Hewitt
Genuine awe and wonder two crucial ingredients missing from most recent holiday comedies are what makes Elf so much fun 
3
Elf
Rene Rodriguez
Worth seeing for one simple reason Will Ferrell 
2.5
Elf
Lawrence Toppman
Even when he s being a prize idiot eating chewed gum stuck on a subway entrance or walking in front of a moving cab Ferrell stays peculiarly endearing 
3
Elf
Claudia Puig
Its message is unobjectionable and there are a few laughs to be had but too much of Elf is like Buddy s favorite meals syrupy sweet 
2
Elf
Sue Pierman
Elf is by far the best effort by an SNL alum in many years 
2.5
Elf
Phoebe Flowers
Ferrell handily carries the movie 
2.5
Elf
David Sterritt
A terrific movie smart and funny enough to hold up at any time of year 
4
Elf
Bruce Newman
It s a close call for a while but at the last moment the movie finally soars 
2.5
Elf
Steven Rea
An enjoyably goofy yuletide tale of a towering innocent with a serious sugar addiction 
3
Elf
John Anderson
It is very smart consistently very funny and like the elevator ridden by our awestruck title character who wants to stop at every floor if you ve got buttons to push this movie will push em 
3.5
Elf
Jeff Strickler
Ferrell has found the ideal starring vehicle and it turns out to be Santa s sleigh 
3
Elf
Robert K. Elder
Formulaic but lovable 
3
Elf
James Berardinelli
A feather light motion picture that embraces the Christmas spirit but in the process forgets that it s trying to be a comedy 
2.5
Elf
Rob Blackwelder
Buddy the elf s inherent kindheartedness and selfless good intentions are the saving grace elements that Ferrell s performances have always been missing 
2.5
Elf
Steven Snyder
Buddy s happiness is out of place in New York City and rather than simply laugh at it I think deep down we all wish more people could be like him 
2.5
Elf
Ed Gonzalez
It shouldn t come as a surprise that Ferrell s insane performance almost saves the show 
2
Elf
Steve Rhodes
A hilariously funny and absolutely precious family film Elf is lots of fun even if you don t have any kids to take along 
3
Fury
Brian Eggert
Ayer 8217 s brief moments of pathos weigh far less on the viewer than his prevalent obsession with the violence and gore of war 46 
2.5
Fury
Mattie Lucas
A bold raw look at a war we only thought we understood 
3.5
Fury
Sonny Bunch
Fury is a well crafted incredibly taut war film one that sets aside the Great Man Theory of war and instead focuses on war fighting men 
3
Fury
Wesley Lovell
A gut wrenching look at the depressing and vicious ramifications of war 
3.5
Fury
Richard Roeper
Pitt is at the top of his game playing a man who has forgotten whatever he used to be and has wholly embraced his role in this war 
3
Fury
Lori Hoffman
A war movie without frills featuring typical characters of the genre 
2.5
Fury
David Nusair
Fury generally comes off as a far more engaging and entertaining endeavor than one might ve expected 
3
Fury
Sam Fragoso
Ayer s overlong 134 minute screenplay never pops with any urgency passion or fire 
2
Fury
Peter Canavese
A throwback combat movie that offers tanks for the memories along with vivid performances 
3
Fury
James Kendrick
Far from being just a celebration of American blood and guts warfare against a clearly evil enemy Fury gives us real glimpses into the heart of darkness
3
Fury
Kenneth R. Morefield
My emotions were deeply touched particularly as a reminder that those we ask to go to war deserve our gratitude and respect 
3.5
Fury
Perry Seibert
It s exactly the kind of genre movie that feels right for a country that s been at war for more than a decade 
3
Fury
Linda Cook
It s not all about shock for the audience though it s about character development and that s why it works so well 
3
Fury
Mal Vincent
Fury is one of the better war films and surely one of the best of modern times 
3.5
Fury
John Serba
It doesn t compel us with the minutiae of the five man tank operation and instead is more interested in the symbolism of an armored machine ushering in a new era of brutality 
3
Fury
Brad Keefe
Built like a tank a carefully constructed WWII film that slowly rumbles toward greatness while not quite getting there 
3
Fury
John Beifuss
With its Greatest Generation context Fury offers a way for Ayer to legitimize his signature carnage and to reach audiences unsympathetic to stories of drug dealers and other urban perps but the effort feels somewhat presumptuous 
2.5
Fury
Mara Reinstein
No doubt writer director David Ayer went to painstaking lengths in re creating details of the period But his ambitious efforts will just leave audiences feeling battle fatigued 
2
Fury
James Berardinelli
This is an intense movie with taut expertly depicted tank battles and a believable sense of camaraderie among the characters 
3.5
Fury
Glenn Lovell
Ayer s long awaited World War 2 saga earns its stripes the old fashioned way with plenty of blood and guts Pitt baring both battle scars and killer pecs has his best read most grim character role to date 
3
Fury
Matt Brunson
About as unsentimental a war movie as has ever barreled across the movie screen 
3
Fury
Burl Burlingame
Charmingly old school FDR Democrat foxhole buddy Americana Citizens from all walks of life facing a common enemy and working together a touchingly old fashioned notion 
3.5
Fury
Mike McGranaghan
Fury works on an action level in a big way Its human element is even better The film is a powerhouse 
3.5
Fury
Bob Bloom
At 135 minutes Fury could have been tightened a bit but nonetheless it provides a relentless picture of how war traumatizes the psyche and the soul 
3
Fury
Lisa Kennedy
Fury is irrefutably crafted Over two hours long it is tense going a sturdily acted affair And yet As the author of this drama Ayer has penned a work that takes us no place new or illuminating 
2.5
Fury
Geoff Pevere
Fury is a war movie with balls of steel and marbles for brains 
1.5
Fury
Peter Sobczynski
The end result while technically impressive is a dramatically bloodless affair despite the gallons of gore on display 
2
Fury
Marty Mapes
Pitt in peak form leads a tank crew through war and domesticity
4
Fury
Willie Waffle
Fury was one good casting decision away from being an Oscar winner but it still might be a contender 
3.5
Fury
Christian Toto
Fury suggests U S soldiers can be just as savage as their enemies before remembering the Greatest Generation saved the world 
3
Fury
Steven Rea
Fury presents an unrelentingly violent visceral depiction of war which is perhaps as it should be 
3
Fury
Carla Meyer
Ayer can match Tarantino s brutality but lacks his humor and finesse 
1.5
Fury
Anders Wright
There is something patently obvious and somewhat unsatisfying about Fury 
2.5
Fury
Peter Howell
Attention to details give Fury heft and value as does solid acting but Ayer seems to lose his resolve in two scenes that are straight out of a Sgt Fury Marvel Comics episode or maybe a Hollywood script rewrite 
2.5
Fury
Chris Knight
Fury paints a grimly satisfying portrait of the war 
2.5
Fury
Robert W. Butler
Action fans will not be disappointed Fury is a slam bam blood spattered convulsively kinetic experience 
3
Fury
Ty Burr
Fury wants to lead us to a fresh consideration of the good war while simultaneously celebrating the old bromides and clichés No wonder it shoots itself in the tank 
2.5
Fury
Mark Dujsik
Fury is an unforgiving tale of warfare centered on the thesis that battle brings out the worst in men 
3
Fury
Duane Dudek
The stirring grim and brutally realistic Fury portrays not the folly of war but its cost 
3.5
Fury
Rafer Guzman
For all the extra blood and brutality this is still a macho and romanticized war movie Pitt serves honorably in the John Wayne role 
2.5
Fury
Soren Andersen
Depictions of war as portrayed in Hollywood movies can stray into the realm of the trite Case in point Fury 
2
Fury
Kristin Tillotson
Fury may not be the most memorable of World War II movies but it s a visceral ride 
3
Fury
Peter Travers
Written and directed with exacting skill and aching heart by David Ayer Fury captures the buried feelings of men in combat with piercing immediacy 
3
Fury
Michael O'Sullivan
It s easy to see the movie as a story of how war makes monsters out of men But it s a good deal more complicated than that 
2.5
Fury
Mick LaSalle
A great movie lets you know you re in safe hands from the beginning 
4
Fury
Calvin Wilson
Fury is a guided tour through a manmade hell 
3.5
Fury
Rene Rodriguez
War is hell That s entertainment folks 
2
Fury
Michael Phillips
At its weakest Fury contributes a frustrating percentage of tin to go with the iron and steel 
2.5
Fury
Matt Pais
The kind of war movie that reinvigorates your interest in war movies It also shows that writer director David Ayer can do better than good 
3.5
Fury
Claudia Puig
Flesh and blood soldiers play second fiddle to the authentic looking artillery in Fury rendering the film tough and harrowing but less emotionally compelling than it could have been 
3
Fury
Rex Reed
It never scales the cinematic heights or reaches the same groundbreaking level as Saving Private Ryan but it s intensely ferocious and relentlessly rough on the senses You ll know you ve been to war and not on the Hollywood front 
3
Fury
Roger Moore
A thoroughly entertaining B movie with pretensions of being more than that 
3
Fury
Stephen Whitty
Fury is about the fog of war Also the mud The grime The blood The darkness and the light And the noise Always the noise 
3
Fury
Randy Myers
While Ayer s Fury does mine a well worn genre it is texturally different in how vigorously and viscerally it laces us into tired brave soldiers muck stained boots 
3
Fury
Kam Williams
Picture the sheer intensity of Saving Private Ryan coupled with the visual capture of The Thin Red Line the harrowing claustrophobia of Das Boot and the utter insanity of Apocalypse Now 
4
Fury
Clayton Davis
With elements of Steven Spielberg s Saving Private Ryan and a dinner scene that would put Django Unchained to absolute shame Fury is full of wit charm and affection 
3.5
Fury
Jesse Cataldo
The film itself is a lumbering tank of a movie chunky loud and clumsy mulching down men into meat as proof of its dramatic seriousness and gloomy worldview 
2
The Lighthorsemen
Roger Ebert
Unfortunately despite all of the other briefings and countless subtitles identifying various general s headquarters I was disoriented almost all the way through the movie 
2.5
Wicked Ones
Roger Moore
Life is too short to watch awful movies not awful enough to be laughed at 46 
0
Kiss or Kill
Roger Ebert
I ve seen countless road movies but this one felt different as if it had an unbalanced flywheel 
3
Kiss or Kill
James Berardinelli
A chaotic but pointless exercise in mediocrity 
2
Kiss or Kill
Steve Rhodes
Too often more an exercise in style than an interesting narrative 
2
Acute Misfortune
Mark Dujsik
Smartly Wright doesn t play this material for horror or tragedy although there is plenty of both 
3
Beyond the Farthest Star
Mike McGranaghan
Instead of focusing on the part of the story that s potentially affecting writer director Andrew Librizzi overcrowds his picture with subplots that go nowhere and extraneous characters who could have easily been chopped out 
2
Nightkill
Matt Brunson
A lackluster thriller that begins promisingly before repeatedly hitting the snooze button 
2
Sade
Nick Carter
This time out Sade is an unsettlingly familiar figure in turns loyal and deceitful responsible and reckless idealistically selfless and coldly self interested 
3
Sade
Phil Villarreal
The Marquis de Sade couldn t have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be 
2
Sade
Marta Barber
In Auteil s less dramatic but equally incisive performance he s a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer 
2.5
Sade
Wesley Morris
It s a rosy coming of age romp that refuses to see the horror even in the severed heads from the guillotine 
3
Sade
Loren King
This Sade is hardly a perverse dangerous libertine and agitator which would have made for better drama He s just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery and the film seems as deflated as he does 
2.5
Sade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
More concerned with Sade s ideas than with his actions The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as Quills did by showing them 
3
Sade
Jonathan Curiel
If you re looking for a smart nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus Sade is your film 
3
Sade
Rod Armstrong
The movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man 
2
Sade
V.A. Musetto
Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors and the costumes and sets are grand 
3
Sade
Rick Groen
Despite Auteuil s performance it s a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug 
2.5
Mr. Landsbergis
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A work of meticulous detail the four hour and change Mr Landsbergis documents how this tiny Baltic nation stood up to its oppressor and emerged victorious 
3.5
Lily in Love
Bob Ross
Burdened with a script that reminds one of provincial dinner theater Lily in Love proves entertaining nevertheless The credit goes to Christopher Plummer and Maggie Smith who transcend lame material with bright tongue in cheek performances 
2
Lily in Love
George Williams
Makk gives his actors all the room they need to bring this story to life and they deliver 
3
Lily in Love
Leo Seligsohn
The strength of this contrived farce is its ability to keep tongue firmly in cheek while playing the nonsense earnestly Everybody seems to be having quite a good time 
2.5
Lily in Love
Roger Hurlburt
For a change it s great to hear two fine actors converse and not merely talk 
3
Lily in Love
Desmond Ryan
Plummer makes the most of a unique opportunity His virtuosity carries all before it and makes us forget the creaky artifice of the film and its dangerously inert pace 
3
Lily in Love
Bill Cosford
It has all the freshness and zest of a cave painting 
2
Lily in Love
Barbara Shulgasser
Lily in Love is an irresistible comedy as commendable for its wit and humor as for showing off the immense talents of Christopher Plummer and Maggie Smith 
4
Lily in Love
Kathleen Carroll
Lily in Love eventually runs out of steam under the unimaginative direction of Karoly Makk Still it s a treat to see Christopher Plummer and Maggie Smith tackle the leading roles 
2.5
Simone
Bill Stamets
Simone joins numerous other movies in satirizing the dream factory but it dares not tell us suckers how we fit into the big picture 
3
Simone
Michael Dequina
Niccol makes what seems like a preposterous idea not only fresh and entertaining but most of all reveals said idea to be not at all far removed from reality 
3.5
Simone
David Nusair
an above average sophomoric effort from director Andrew Niccol 
3
Simone
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant satire of the film industry 
3.5
Simone
Ian Mantgani
We can see that Simone looks fake and we can tell that her acting is flat and lifeless and it is embarrassingly obvious that Roberts is unable to capture the gestures of the great performers her character supposed to be made from So what s the point 
1.5
Simone
Margaret A. McGurk
The action unwinds with energy and wit so far as it goes and Mr Pacino s zest for his absurd role is amusing 
2.5
Simone
James Kendrick
a media satire that ultimately lacks bite
2
Simone
Mark Dujsik
Not a bad movie just an unambitious one 
2.5
Simone
Mike McGranaghan
The real theme here is the destructive nature of increasingly good special effects and how filmmakers become over reliant on them 
3.5
Simone
Linda Cook
You might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see Simone and consider a DVD rental instead 
2.5
Simone
Frank Ochieng
Simone should have exposed more of its heartless hard drive to give this flimsy computerized comedy some more edgy kick in its absurdity devoted to creating an ideal image for pop culture pundits 
2.5
Simone
Gary Brown
Purports to be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging Oh and more entertaining too 
2
Simone
Vanessa Sibbald
Simone gets lost in its own creation missing the opportunity to take Hollywood to task for its practices
1.5
Simone
Joe Leydon
A fitfully amusing yet ultimately unsatisfying comedy that fails to make the most of its modestly clever premise 
2.5
Simone
David Keyes
Simone is brilliantly creative and hilarious a wild and silly farce that holds nothing back in its gutsy attempt to abandon every ounce of sanity 
3.5
Simone
Dustin Putman
A topically ambitious motion picture that never spots a true purpose for being 
2
Simone
Claudia Puig
A witty and sharply written Hollywood satire that is entertaining if a bit directionless 
2.5
Simone
Moira MacDonald
While Simone has its strengths perhaps we should have waited for version 2 0 
2.5
Simone
Mick LaSalle
Uses a premise involving fantasy computer technology as a jumping off point to say some pertinent things about longing and idolatry in the modern age 
3
Simone
David Elliott
There is honestly funny head scratching here about the real and fake on screen and in life and about the elements of stardom and about the need for personality to give beauty a soul 
3.5
Simone
Joe Baltake
Aside from being the funniest movie of the year Simone Andrew Niccol s brilliant anti Hollywood satire has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it 
4
Simone
John Anderson
Pacino is the best he s been in years and Keener is marvelous 
3.5
Simone
Robert W. Butler
Smart provocative and blisteringly funny 
3.5
Simone
Terry Lawson
It not only has a star created by a computer it has a script that could have been created in one as well 
2
Simone
Jeff Vice
Cliched and there are glaring plot holes galore 
2
Simone
Bob Strauss
The same old cliches underneath the smooth digitized surface 
2.5
Simone
Roger Ebert
It s fitfully funny but never really takes off 
2
Simone
Ty Burr
A ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking 
1.5
Simone
Rick Groen
If this is satire it s the smug and self congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook 
2
Simone
Jonathan Foreman
Staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce 
2
Simone
Pam Grady
Pacino is so exuberant that you can feel his glee even in Viktor s darker moments 
3
Simone
David Sterritt
The ironic commentary on show biz superficiality is sabotaged by Niccol s failure to make his own story seem real 
1
Simone
Phil Villarreal
S1m0ne is too b0r1ng to work as a comedy 
2
Simone
Jackie Loohauis
Sure the film is a strange vehicle for Pacino But he pulls the part off perfectly 
2
Simone
Steven Rea
Simone for all its flaws offers an enjoyable look at the machinations of moviedom and fame 
3
Simone
Chris Hewitt
Feels like a premise followed by an hour of dead air followed by an ending 
2
Simone
Erik Childress
Simone is a creation that does have it all comedy brains ideas beauty and discussion 
3.5
Simone
Josh Larsen
anticipates that seemingly fast approaching moment when celebrity culture becomes the only sort of culture we re familiar with 
3.5
Simone
Jeffrey Westhoff
Niccol is working with Al Pacino for crying out loud and winds up rushing him through the same paces as Andrew McCarthy in Weekend at Bernie s 
2.5
Simone
Lawrence Toppman
Some movies need a suspension of disbelief Simone requires a suspension bridge 
2
Simone
Rene Rodriguez
Simone doesn t have anything to say about the vapidity of celebrity culture other than the obvious 
2
Simone
Glenn Lovell
A high concept idea in search of plot a few new wrinkles and a more playful or perverse approach 
2
Simone
Michael Wilmington
Instead of piercing flesh and tinsel the satiric shots almost slither off the screen 
2
Simone
Harvey S. Karten
A winning parody of celebrity deification 
3.5
Simone
Walter Chaw
The picture s fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed 
3.5
Simone
Steven Snyder
Any impact the film had as it questioned reality the media perception and Hollywood is erased like a reformatted hard drive 
2.5
Simone
Rob Blackwelder
Beneath the uncanny inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie biz farce lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments 
2
Simone
Steve Rhodes
Al Pacino and all of the actors are great but the script is the star of the show 
3.5
Simone
James Berardinelli
This is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience 
2
Simone
Jeanne Aufmuth
A sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception 
3
Like Father, Like Son
Mattie Lucas
No one is better suited to tell this tale than Hirokazu who directs with such delicacy that the result is something extraordinarily moving 
3.5
Like Father, Like Son
Nathan Southern
This is a profound and remarkable work and like Still Walking it reasserts Koreeda s place among the ranks of the world s greatest living directors 
4
Like Father, Like Son
Marty Mapes
A heartfelt charmer from Director Kore eda overcomes its contrived plot point
3.5
Like Father, Like Son
Geoff Pevere
If you ve seen any of Koreeda s previous films and especially the wrenching children alone saga Nobody Knows it won t surprise you to learn that the observation of children in Like Father Like Son is unfailingly acute 
3
Like Father, Like Son
Steven Rea
If you ve seen Hirokazu Koreeda s films Nobody Knows Still Life I Wish then just the announcement that a new one Like Father Like Son has arrived is all you need to know 
4
Like Father, Like Son
Moira MacDonald
A moving drama about parenthood from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore eda 
3.5
Like Father, Like Son
Peter Keough
A bittersweet musing about the nature of parenthood and about the conflict between nature and nurture it is as banal and insightful as its title 
2.5
Like Father, Like Son
Michael O'Sullivan
In general the speed and stoicism with which Keita and Ryusei adjust to the familial maneuvering is quite frankly weird 
2
Like Father, Like Son
Walter V. Addiego
Kore eda pokes some fun at class differences but his overall aim is serious we get a powerful sense of how unsettling it would be to live through such a wrenching event Remarkably he conveys this with charm and restraint 
3
Like Father, Like Son
Bill Stamets
Like Father Like Son is always wise about the quandary faced by the two fathers and the two mothers 
3.5
Like Father, Like Son
John Anderson
Wry funny and wise like most of the work of Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda 
3.5
Like Father, Like Son
Matt Pais
Examinations of nature vs nurture don t get much more quietly thrilling 
3
Like Father, Like Son
James Berardinelli
The questions posed by Like Father Like Son are universal in nature and the manner in which Kore eda addresses them makes for superior drama 
4
Like Father, Like Son
Farran Smith Nehme
Little Keita Ninomiya plays Keita with such tenderness while Fukuyama makes Ryota harsh at first and fills in each step of the man s progress with precision 
3.5
Like Father, Like Son
David Nusair
the filmmaker has infused the proceedings with a heartfelt atmosphere that s awfully difficult to resist 
2.5
Like Father, Like Son
Andrew Schenker
The film scores all of its thematic points early commenting intriguingly if ultimately rather obviously on the demands of Japanese patriarchy 
2
Crazy, Not Insane
Steven Prokopy
Crazy Not Insane probably isn t for the easily squeamish but it is a fascinating journey with an influential woman
3
Crazy, Not Insane
Kenneth R. Morefield
Alex Gibney is the rare documentarian who usually ends up convincing me regardless of whether or not I start on the same side of his arguments 
2.5
Crazy, Not Insane
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Knowledge is power and those who reject it condemn themselves to wander forever in the dark 
3
Crazy, Not Insane
Nick Allen
A half portrait half investigation about Dr Lewis work addressed with infectious curiosity by director Alex Gibney 
3
Crazy, Not Insane
Mark Dujsik
As Lewis takes us on a tour of her career we re forced to grapple with the same questions she has asked and the conclusions she has made 
3
Crazy, Not Insane
Roger Moore
Compared with Gibney s recent work it s a less satisfying film on a more intellectually challenging proposition 
2.5
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Peter Howell
Worth seeing for the delightful banter between Feore and Bouchard 
3
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Stephen Cole
As with all buddy movies Bon Cop Bad Cop succeeds on the strength of the leads rapport 
3
My First Mister
David Nusair
while Ghost World is on the whole a slightly better movie My First Mister is nevertheless worth checking out mostly due to two incredible lead performances 
3
My First Mister
Michael Dequina
The calculated sappiness does succeed in provoking a heightened reaction but resentment and disgust is surely not what they had in mind 
2.5
My First Mister
David N. Butterworth
A rarity this an older man paired with a younger woman that doesn t produce a loud vulgar gagging sound from the back of the viewer s throat 
3.5
My First Mister
Walter Chaw
the film abandons Randall s store completely to more effectively segue from an unsuccessful comedy into an equally unsuccessful tearjerker
1
My First Mister
Marty Mapes
Sold as a lightweight dramatic comedy Mister misses by far
1
My First Mister
Elias Savada
Distinguished actress Christine Lahti s feature directorial debut suffers from a touch too much structure and a script that pedals a tad too hard on sentimentality 
2
My First Mister
Dustin Putman
Scene after scene suddenly rings with a resounding falseness in the second half 
2
My First Mister
Rob Blackwelder
When a movie starts out as trenchant as Ghost World then turns into something as mawkish as Steel Magnolias it s been botched plain and simple 
2
My First Mister
Carla Meyer
A coming of age story that gets it all wrong 
1
My First Mister
Rod Armstrong
While the movie loads on too much sap in the final third it is still a funny and moving first time effort 
3
My First Mister
Liam Lacey
A small movie full of good intentions and wildly erratic execution 
2
My First Mister
Roger Ebert
These two characters are so particular and sympathetic that the whole movie could simply observe them 
3
My First Mister
Carrie Rickey
A human scale comedy that reaches across generations to tickle connect and embrace 
3.5
My First Mister
Loren King
Offers something rare for a modern movie an uncynical depiction of the redemptive power of human relationships 
3
My First Mister
Jeanne Aufmuth
Tilts too steeply into movie disease of the week territory 
2.5
My First Mister
James Berardinelli
60 minutes into My First Mister I was thoroughly engrossed A half hour later I desperately wanted the whole mess to end 
2.5
My First Mister
Harvey S. Karten
A delightfully quirky and humorous account of a relationship between an older conservative man and an alienated teenaged girl 
3
My First Mister
Steve Rhodes
Leelee Sobieski delivers the best performance of her career 
3.5
Bear Cub
Wesley Morris
Suddenly this careful and patient movie turns cheap and hasty with unexpected disclosures desperate curveballs and crocodile tears It s not ruinous but it s not good either 
2.5
Bear Cub
Chris Hewitt
Bear Cub knows about a million ways to jerk our tears but it hasn t mastered any of them 
1
Bear Cub
Rene Rodriguez
Albaladejo takes a warm approach to his characters from Pedro s boisterous circle of like minded gay pals known as bears for their stocky builds and facial hair to Bernardo s paternal grandmother 
3
Bear Cub
John Monaghan
It turns into a subtle character study that both gay and straight audiences will find moving 
3
Bear Cub
David Elliott
Director Luis Miguel Albaladejo has an essential rather sweet earnestness but we sense that he likes pushing touchy buttons 
2
Bear Cub
Ruthe Stein
The film s ambitions are laudable and it manages to be touching funny and true to life 
3
Bear Cub
Jessica Reaves
It s enough to give you faith in family dramas again 
3
Bear Cub
V.A. Musetto
It unfortunately turns downbeat 
2
Bear Cub
David Sterritt
A compassionate life affirming Spanish comedy drama 
3
Bear Cub
Ed Gonzalez
Cachorro sets out to prove that not every gay man looks like Montgomery Clift or Rock Hudson some in fact look like Dom DeLuise 
2
Memories of Murder
James Kendrick
Bong weaves a compelling narrative that is part police procedural part political critique and part examination of toxic misogyny in Korean culture
3.5
Memories of Murder
Matt Brunson
A mesmerizing film 
3.5
Memories of Murder
Brian Tallerico
Bong elevates every scene with his unbelievably assured filmmaking 
4
Memories of Murder
Mike McGranaghan
Like Parasite it s one of those stories that sucks you right in then proceeds to surprise you on a regular basis 
4
Memories of Murder
Nick Rogers
Joon ho Bong lets viewers fall into the cops frustrations but these detectives are dogged not downtrodden Memories shows their lives however tortured outside the case like Heat without antagonistic rivalries or a more political Zodiac 
4
Memories of Murder
Stephen Whitty
Bong not only has an eye for beauty there are some gorgeous shots of the country s farmland but for the absurd 
3
Memories of Murder
David Sterritt
Suspenseful surprising and psychologically rich 
4
Memories of Murder
John Anderson
An almost perversely conceived hybrid noirish thriller social satire and virtual Korean Keystone Komedy with a dash of political attitude 
3.5
Memories of Murder
Jason Clark
For a film about women getting brutally attacked and dispatched the movie has no sense of urgency or underlying dread 
2.5
Memories of Murder
Jeff Shannon
Achieves an unlikely but ultimately successful blend of blunt force comedy and desperate investigation 
3
Memories of Murder
Wesley Morris
What s most remarkable about it is the way Bong builds real suspense and plays the chilling moments straight while leaving himself room for nonsense and horseplay 
3.5
Memories of Murder
Joshua Tanzer
These are no gritty Dirty Harry cops nor are they kooky Keystone Kops You know what they are They re Columbo if Columbo were the schlemiel he always pretends to be 
3.5
Memories of Murder
Steve Rhodes
Uneven movie has tonal problems 
2.5
The Golden Seal
Roger Ebert
Seals are cute But they are not charismatic animals They rank well below horses chipmunks and lions down around wild boars and sloths 
2
The Golden Seal
David Nusair
rife with sequences that are either overlong or completely superfluous 
2
Café Lumière
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like all Hou films viewers will want to ponder Cafe Lumiere and its many layers well after this year s Oscars have come and gone 
4
Café Lumière
Michael Wilmington
Both Hou and Ozu excel in evoking the poetry of everyday life and as a tribute from one great filmmaker to another Cafe Lumiere should richly satisfy devotees of both artists 
3.5
Café Lumière
Ted Fry
The film often takes on the hypnotic rhythm of a dream 
3
Café Lumière
David Sterritt
Hou s sensitivity plus Ozu s inspiration equals sublimity of sight and sound 
4
Café Lumière
Nick Schager
A languorous rumination on the relationship between the inescapable past hesitant present and daunting future 
3.5
Lynch/Oz
David Gonzalez
Never entering the world of being overly preachy 44 Philippe apos s Lynch 47 Oz 160 carefully examines Lynch but never constructs one conclusion 44 leaving it to the viewer to decide 44 and David Lynch wouldn apos t have it any other way 46 
3
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
Roger Moore
If you love movies and think you know the medium 8217 s history 44 prepare to be overwhelmed 46 
3.5
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
Kent Turner
This is a must see for TCM addicts Criterion Channel subscribers and other film buffs If it preaches to the choir it s still a powerful sermon 
3.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
David Nusair
46 46 46 a seriously lackluster video game adaptation that ranks among the worst that the genre has to offer 46 
1
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Peter Canavese
Cinematic dessert for kids 46 91 4K Blu ray 93 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Matt Brunson
It would be tempting to say that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 represents more of the same except it doesn apos t 44 as the few modest strengths of the first film have been surgically excised 46 
1.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Rene Sanchez
Carrey steals the show again in this entertaining yet formulaic sequel that lacks the freshness and originality of its predecessor Full Review in Spanish
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sean P. Means
As with the first Sonic Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is watchable only because of Carrey as he applies offbeat shadings to an already ridiculous character and makes them fascinating 
2.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Kevin Carr
It s ultimately a fun high energy action movie 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mark Meszoros
With Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in theaters this week we get a sequel that is of course bigger And unfortunately looonnnngeeerrrrr Did we mention its longer 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Morgan Shaunette
Outside of Jim Carrey s gleefully maniacal Dr Robotnik however the film struggles to find a purpose for its human supporting cast Ultimately Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is at best a mostly harmless romp that keeps you entertained or at least distracted 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Roger Moore
Cheesy inane and only suitable for the ten and unders
1.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Doug Walker
It s a mess but it s a fun mess I m glad they actually let him out of the car for this one 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
John Wenzel
Dismiss it as another cash in you wouldn t be wrong But it s pure and unapologetic fun a thrill ride for kids that manages to fly by for adults too 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Johnny Oleksinski
The novelty has worn off the charms of the original have evaporated and there s nowhere for the series to go 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Lindsey Bahr
Hopefully there s time for a little reflection before the next one is fast tracked to a VFX house to do the brunt of the work What this franchise needs most at this point is to slow down 
1.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Nell Minow
Theres nothing especially creative here 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mark Dujsik
This one definitely does more but in terms of giving us any tangible reason to care about the established foundations and the new additions the movie does less 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Zaki Hasan
Like its predecessor Sonic the Hedgehog 2 knows when to go big but more important it knows when to stay small Go ahead put a ring on it 
3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Thomas Floyd
In Sonic the Hedgehog 2 there is no problem that can t be outrun by its titular speed demon With that in mind it s especially perplexing that this video game inspired sequel should be of all things a bit sluggish 
2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Soren Andersen
There is overacting And then there s what Jim Carrey achieves in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 
2
The Outsider
Maitland McDonagh
Toback quickly reveals himself as an insufferable opinionated blowhard who pontificates shamelessly about the art of the cinema while indulging his own obsessions on film 
1
The Outsider
Gene Seymour
Jarecki s tour of Toback s world may glean more than probe But as these kinds of trips go even looking at the scenery yields fascinating sights and stirs worthwhile curiosity 
3
The Outsider
Elizabeth Weitzman
As is often the case with Toback s films even as you re shaking your head at his shameless self indulgence you can t help but keep on watching 
2.5
The Outsider
Ethan Alter
Shot largely during the production of Toback s feature When Will I Be Loved Outsider features extensive interviews with many of Toback s longtime friends and colleagues 
2.5
The Outsider
Ed Gonzalez
The Outsider doesn t have the edge of a race conscious James Toback film 
2
The Outsider
Mick LaSalle
Toback is not a household name but he tends to be a favorite among people who have seen his pictures which are unlike anyone else s 
4
Mary, Queen of Scots
Matt Brunson
A royal flush of a different sort can be found in this gripping period piece in which two queens try to sweep each other out of power 
3.5
Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Ebert
Historical dramas can be fun if you approach them in the right spirit 
3
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
James Kendrick
hampered by lots of post production editing and squabbling that renders chunks of the film incoherent without voice over narration and results in a film that moves in awkward fits and starts 44 lurching from deranged near brilliance to simple clumsiness
2.5
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Matt Brunson
Contains a few memorable set pieces 
2.5
The Power of the Dog
David Gonzalez
The Power of the Dog will challenge its viewers 46 If that challenge is accepted 44 Jane Campion rewards cinephiles with a film that submerges you into its complex characters and themes and is one of the best films of the year 46 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
David Reddish
Call it the anti Brokeback Mountain 
4
The Power of the Dog
Rene Sanchez
Benedict Cumberbatch is extraordinary in this subversive and spellbinding western exploring masculinity and its oppressive impact on society Full Review in Spanish
4
The Power of the Dog
Brian Eggert
In beautiful disturbing and confronting ways The Power of the Dog compels viewers to see beyond the surface and recognize that people can be optical illusions a double image hidden in plain sight 
4
The Power of the Dog
Wesley Lovell
The Power of the Dog makes a case that such dissection is still possible and the resultant effort can reveal fathomless depths of analysis that can dismantle the flawed fetishization of the American cowboy 
4
The Power of the Dog
John Beifuss
False fronts and concealed identities poison lives and thus communities like a virus 
4
The Power of the Dog
Diana Cheng
The Power of the Dog is exquisite cinematic storytelling A Western only in its setting with no shootouts but no less intense characterization astute conflicts psychological 
4
The Power of the Dog
James Kendrick
embeds its powerful story of repressed desire 44 barely concealed psychosis 44 and toxic masculinity within that most fabled and revered of American genres one that the film systematically dismantles
4
The Power of the Dog
Kevin A. Ranson
the admittedly clever plot threading is unfulfilling it s not enough to balance Phil s accountability a thin revenge fantasy masquerading as a thought provoking exposé 
2
The Power of the Dog
Sean P. Means
Director screenwriter Jane Campion s first feature film in more than a decade The Power of the Dog is a shatteringly beautiful return to form a prickly tale of strained family bonds in the not so old West 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Bob Bloom
Cumberbatch embodies a character who buries his insecurities and pain beneath a veneer of machismo He is a guarded man keeping others at an emotional arm s length He gets satisfaction from the pain he inflicts because it lessens his own 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Campion has lost none of her potency using the landscape and even the earth itself to tell this primal feral story 
4
The Power of the Dog
Tom Meek
The cast is impressive most notably Cumberbatch is unexpectedly brash and imposing here and Smit McPhee the boy in Cormac McCarthy s The Road is vulnerable but with a steely resourcefulness 
3
The Power of the Dog
James Berardinelli
Overall The Power of the Dog probably isn t as powerful or wrenching as Campion intended for it to be but it remains an unsettling piece of cinema 
3
The Power of the Dog
Mike McGranaghan
A magnificent work The Power of the Dog works so beautifully because it s incisive about human behavior 
4
The Power of the Dog
Lisa Trifone
The sort of film that reminds us what s possible when a visionary filmmaker with a polished script works with craftspeople and actors all at the top of their game 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Rafer Guzman
Broken into chapters it starts as a nicely observed period piece darkens into a psychological drama then becomes an exercise in dread 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Sonny Bunch
There is a monster at the heart of Jane Campion s The Power of the Dog but I do not think the monster is the character everyone else seems to think it is 
3
The Power of the Dog
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
By capturing Phil s dangerous petulance and haunting vulnerability Cumberbatch makes the character worthy of both our revulsion and our compassion 
4
The Power of the Dog
Mattie Lucas
John Ford by way Pier Paolo Pasolini at once classical and revisionist seductive and terrifying a giant of modern cinema reiterating her mastery on a grandly intimate canvas 
4
The Power of the Dog
Kent Turner
Campion s sinewy saga ostensibly feels like a Western before it turns into something entirely else 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Linda Cook
This is the finest film of the year so far 
4
The Power of the Dog
Sarah Knight Adamson
The film is a cinematic pleasure there s so much to appreciate as Jane Campion is at the top of her game here 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Ty Burr
How do we know Benedict Cumberbatch is a serious thespian Because we have no idea who he is offscreen He s just entirely the role he s playing at any given moment and those roles change radically 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Roger Moore
Stately austere and somewhat soap operatic
2.5
The Power of the Dog
Brian Truitt
A picturesque enthralling exploration of male ego and toxic masculinity crafted by an extremely talented woman and offering enough nuanced bite to keep it interesting till the very end 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Richard Roeper
Director Jane Campion returns to feature filmmaking with a dark Western contrasting beautiful scenery and ugly behavior 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Kevin Carr
It has a lot of layers to it and it takes its time But it challenges the look at what it means to be a man a woman an adult There s a lot of stuff built in this movie 
3
The Power of the Dog
Jeff York
It s a good modern western albeit one that feels more like art and less like the truly haunting tale it could have been 
3
The Power of the Dog
Jake Coyle
The Power of the Dog may in the end be more a twisty psychological thriller than a transcendent frontier epic But the film s shape shifting transformation is also part of its ruthless finesse 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The Power of the Dog eighth feature film by the Oscar winning New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion belongs to that strange category of films whose hidden meaning is defined in his last scene Sometimes even in his last image 
2.5
The Power of the Dog
Mark Feeney
The movie begins and ends with Smit McPhee Plemons plays the most winning character And Dunst gets the most to do expressively But Cumberbatch dominates the film 
2.5
The Power of the Dog
Leo Brady
The Power of the Dog is a calculated and conflicting mind game where the dynamics of differing personalities clash out on the range 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Randy Myers
Campion s disturbing unsettling film is crafted to perfection from the performances to a near Shakespearean finale 
4
The Power of the Dog
Ann Hornaday
Once again demonstrating her own strong clear vision not to mention superb control of her craft Campion proves her ability to illuminate hidden truths and let us see what was hiding in plain sight all along 
4
The Power of the Dog
Michael Phillips
The Power of the Dog lays out this theme pretty bluntly in a story that can feel a mite thin It s also well worth your time because it imagines the time place and people it s about so intriguingly 
3
The Power of the Dog
Monica Castillo
The game of wits between Phil and everyone else is a chilling one to watch and it s exactly the kind of end of the year movie to finish things with a bang 
4
The Power of the Dog
Moira MacDonald
It s a unique ride of a movie beautiful and disturbing and haunting in other words it s a Jane Campion film Here s hoping we don t have to wait 11 years for the next one 
4
The Power of the Dog
Mark Dujsik
The Power of the Dog is an exquisitely crafted and generally superb character study 
4
The Power of the Dog
Mick LaSalle
The Power of the Dog is a beautifully composed work by a filmmaker at the height of her powers It deserves our attention 
3
The Power of the Dog
Josh Larsen
There hasn t been a performance this crucial to a Campion film since Holly Hunter in The Piano 
4
The Power of the Dog
Dwight Brown
No moral to the story No life lesson But you will enjoy the view 
2.5
The Power of the Dog
Siddhant Adlakha
Campion s modern Western presses against a razor thin membrane between gentleness and cruelty acting both as a searing exploration and a gorgeous tapestry of the little secret moments that make up a person
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Chris Barsanti
The film looks at times like a stiff jawed period piece but it ripples underneath with a prickly modern sensibility 
3
The Power of the Dog
Peter Howell
Superb direction a carefully calibrated screenplay and an excellent supporting cast make this awards catnip 
4
The Power of the Dog
Walter Chaw
Campion demonstrates mastery of both what is spoken and what is seen how words delivered with exquisite just so composition and deadly true execution become at the moment of their sublimation images in the mind like witchcraft 
4
The Power of the Dog
Kate Taylor
Campion builds the tension slowly and emphatically telegraphing the perils ahead Yet when the two edged climax comes it s powerfully unexpected 
4
The Power of the Dog
David Nusair
a first class adaptation that lingers in one s mind long after the credits have finished rolling 
3.5
The Power of the Dog
Joey Magidson
The Power of the Dog packs a punch Even beyond its across the board awards potential it s just compelling cinema 
3.5
Gracie
Brandy McDonnell
The reason these formulaic films work is they give sports fans what we want a hard working underdog we can root for and a sense that the sports we love have some deeper meaning 
3
Gracie
Kam Williams
A wholesome female empowerment adventure and one very likely to resonate with youngsters of both sexes in the pre teen crowd 
3
Gracie
Claudia Puig
It s too bad that Gracie s story seems bent on staying on the surface of such familiar turf rather than digging deeper to reveal what propels her 
2
Gracie
Malene Arpe
Ends up more like a middling after school special than an insightful look at family dynamics 
1.5
Gracie
Rick Groen
Actress Schroeder gives Gracie a credibly rugged edge building her into a mini tower of blond ambition and almost rescuing the role from cliché Almost but not quite not when burdened with a script so proudly rooted in uplift s trite traditions 
2
Gracie
David Nusair
Though predictable at virtually every turn and almost relentlessly sentimental Gracie ultimately establishes itself as a surprisingly moving and compelling story
3
Gracie
Susan Tavernetti
Despite flaws though this stirring independent production is remarkable for its honest portrayal of a family grappling with grief and a female taking the penalty kick to score points for gender equity 
2.5
Gracie
Eric Lurio
Ultimately Gracie scores as a feminist inspirational sports film 
2.6
Gracie
Linda Cook
Here s a little winner of a sports movie that became lost amidst the ogres and the pirates 
3
Gracie
Maitland McDonagh
The New Jersey locations and soundtrack help ground the story in a particular time and place and Schroeder delivers a terrific performance 
2.5
Gracie
Moira MacDonald
There are some powerful moments such as Elisabeth Shue as Gracie s mother giving a touching unexpected speech about how she doesn t share her family s competitive spirit and by its end Gracie earns its cheers 
3
Gracie
Peter Hartlaub
Everyone who made this movie had his or her heart in the right place even though they got so much wrong 
1
Gracie
David Elliott
This more homespun film doesn t let down its story or the Shue family Its plain integrity outshines predictability It is feminist without cant And Schroeder delivers perhaps the finest young female performance of the year 
3
Gracie
Gary Goldstein
Gracie s many heartfelt well calibrated moments affecting performances and evocative visual style should win over those who do give it a shot 
3
Gracie
Stephen Whitty
Meant to be a thrilling inspiration it only feels a little like a teacher recommended Afterschool Special 
2
Gracie
Kyle Smith
It s puzzling to watch someone present her own life in terms of cliché 
1.5
Gracie
Elizabeth Weitzman
A nicely confident Schroeder strides though the movie as if it s a masterpiece and Mulroney is equally charismatic But they can t quite save Gracie from feeling like a vanity project 
2
Gracie
Connie Ogle
For all the heartfelt emotion behind it the movie plays out like your basic after school special no surprises no suspense 
2
Gracie
Glenn Whipp
There s a tough minded authenticity at the center of the family movie Gracie that keeps it from being just another run of the mill inspirational sports flick 
3
Gracie
Forrest Hartman
The Shue family s passion for the story is evident and it shows through in a well acted and even inspiring movie that will hold particular appeal for young female athletes 
3
Gracie
Robert W. Butler
For anyone who s ever had an adolescent girl in the house Gracie will be both eerily familiar and a bit scary 
2.5
Gracie
Bruce Westbrook
Gracie a tale about a teen girl blazing trails in soccer is worthy but it s also formulaic to a fault 
2
Gracie
Terry Lawson
She shoots Gracie scores 
3
Gracie
Michael Booth
A truly winning American soccer movie has yet to be made but Gracie is good enough to play for a tie 
2.5
Gracie
Mary F. Pols
Screenwriters Lisa Marie Petersen and Karen Janszen pile on so much fake feeling dramatic tension that they muck up an already perfectly compelling story about a strong young woman 
2
Gracie
Bill Zwecker
It s a sweet and uplifting film and though quite predictable gives us a family drama that showcases simple truths about overcoming seemingly impossible odds and leaves you with a warm and very satisfying feeling deep down 
3
Gracie
Ty Burr
Does Gracie work as a movie Just close enough and closer still for a young soccer player who may already know her sports movie clichés but also recognizes when they touch on something once and truly felt 
2.5
Gracie
Sean P. Means
Every triumph over tragedy cliche is firmly in place but the movie still feels authentic 
3
Gracie
Daniel M. Kimmel
Sometimes a formula picture can get that extra wrinkle that makes all the difference Such is the case with Gracie 
2.5
Gracie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unfortunately this is one of those times when keeping a family scrapbook would have been far more effective 
1
Gracie
Erik Childress
While doing fine work otherwise Carly Schroeder is never able to elevate the athletics of the role to make us believe the guys aren t taking it easy on her 
2
Gracie
Willie Waffle
What kind of cold heartless evil failure of a human being would I have to be to dump on a feel good movie about a 15 year old girl fighting for equality and the right to play soccer 
2.5
Gracie
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still I liked this movie Schroeder is excellent while veteran Mulroney is even better 
3
Gracie
Chris Hewitt
Gracie balances its sentiment with gritty scenes on the soccer field 
3
Gracie
Jeff Vice
While it may not be quite as memorable as such classic sports films as Hoosiers Rocky and The Natural it does have a worthwhile girl power message and an appealing cast along with a fairly satisfying emotional climax 
3
Gracie
Dustin Putman
In the annals of sports flicks of the twenty first century Gracie eclipses practically all of them 
3
Gracie
Carrie Rickey
Director Guggenheim doesn t bring much visual style to the game But he brings heart and some Bruce Springsteen on the soundtrack to the story of a lost Jersey girl redeemed by sport Yeah I cried And cheered You will too 
3
Gracie
Josh Larsen
wouldn t know a nuance if one hit it in the face 
2
Gracie
James Berardinelli
Gracie is painless enough and at times even enjoyable But it suffers from an overriding feeling that this would be better positioned as a made for TV feature 
2.5
Gracie
Michael Phillips
Gracie does hold you in its oversimplified and sentimental way and it deals with a real issue in semi real fashion half Hollywood half actual life or something like it 
2.5
Gracie
John Anderson
Who could possibly be interested in a movie about decent recognizably human creatures dealing with believable problems and discovering within themselves the capacity to be better people 
3
Gracie
Matt Pais
Between the schmaltzy messages about family and the super sweet on field heroics this is cheese washed down with syrup Yuck 
2
Gracie
Steve Rhodes
Predictable and cliched The last time this movie was made it was called Bend It Like Beckham and it was a lot more enjoyable and genuine 
2
Gracie
Phil Villarreal
Gracie strives to be G I Jane in shin guards but it ends up as She s the Man without the comedy 
2
Gracie
Peter Canavese
How often do you see a film that s not only interested in girls lives but equally honest about their tribulations and their potential 
3.5
Gracie
Sean McBride
An unbelievable mix of sports movie clichés and girl power attitude
2
Gracie
Ed Gonzalez
Gracie s only achievement is technical yet it has nothing to do with creative merit Prints for the film Davis Guggenheim s first feature length fiction will be carbon neutral 
1.5
Two Family House
David Nusair
Low key yet utterly charming 
3
Two Family House
Roger Ebert
Michael Rispoli gets one of the roles of a lifetime 
3.5
Two Family House
Elias Savada
A world class winner about a perpetual dreamer stepping up to the plate in a poignant grand slam story of ambitions lost gained among ethnic outcasts of 1956 Staten Island
3
Brave New Jersey
Stephen Whitty
No wonder the Martians never came There s no intelligent life here 
2
Brave New Jersey
Roger Moore
A limp War of the Worlds broadcast farce that features a hilarious compact and profane turn by veteran character actor Raymond J Barry 
1.5
The Honor List
Roger Moore
So lame it doesn t even live up to its bad pun title 
1.5
Barefoot in the Park
Wanda Hale
Gene Saks an excellent comedy director is skilled and imaginative and his players are responsive to his suggestions for getting the most from humorous lines and situations 
4
Barefoot in the Park
Scott Nash
Very funny and charming 
3
American Perfekt
David Nusair
American Perfekt wants to get by on quirkiness and so called charm alone and it just doesn t work 
1
Down the Road Again
Greg Quill
It s a worthy companion piece to its raw and jagged partner maybe a bit old fashioned maybe a bit too sweet but imbued with wisdom heart and good intentions 
2.5
The Red Balloon
Paul Schrodt
The story of a boy and his toy The Red Balloon is widely praised for its narrative and visual purity but not enough is said about the movie s delightful manipulation 
3
The Red Balloon
Sean P. Means
It s the perfect little movie 
4
The Red Balloon
Steven Rea
A beautiful little meditation on childhood on imagination literally taking flight 
4
The Red Balloon
Rob Thomas
These are two unique and unforgettable family films one an essential part of world cinema the other an underseen gem that a new generation deserves the chance to get acquainted with
4
Into Eternity
Joe Williams
Madsen whose symmetrical compositions and slo mo shots of uniformed workers have a quality of Kubrickian sci fi frames the film as a message to the future 
3.5
Into Eternity
David Lewis
In a deceptively low key manner Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen has beautifully crafted one of the most provocative movies of the year 
4
Into Eternity
Lisa Kennedy
Directed by Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen with grace and deep curiosity Into Eternity is better than timely 
3.5
Into Eternity
Marty Mapes
Finland leads in storing nuclear waste and what a long strange trip it will be
3.5
Into Eternity
Lauren Wissot
Watching the film is akin to having a totally immersive video game like experience a journey best described as Lord of the Rings meets 2001 A Space Odyssey 
3.5
Into Eternity
V.A. Musetto
Into Eternity provides few solutions regarding the estimated 200 000 to 300 000 tons of N waste lying around the world but it does alert us to potentially devastating consequences Will we heed the warning 
3
Sleepless
Ed Gonzalez
Gorgeous but overbaked mama s boy thriller from master Argento 
2.5
Sleepless
Walter Chaw
The entire exercise is a heartrending one particularly for fans of the horror auteur who held hopes that Sleepless would return Argento to form 
1
Frankenweenie
Matt Brunson
The stop motion animation looks especially crisp in the film 8217 s black and white world 46 
3
Frankenweenie
Brian Eggert
Burton has set aside his usual 44 increasingly cloying commercial drives to tell a story that means something to him 46 
3
Frankenweenie
Mattie Lucas
A gothic comedy for youngsters mixing Burton s love of the macabre with a decidedly gentler bent Frankenweenie finds Burton squarely in his element 
3
Frankenweenie
Frank Ochieng
In step with this year s earlier released ParaNorman the lively and loony Frankenweenie will capture the upbeat heart and soul craziness of Burton s flashy and flaky playground of absurdity Sophisticated and colorfully conceived 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Brandy McDonnell
Even better the quirky story of a boy and his dog shows that Burton has still got plenty of wonderful weirdness to bring to the big screen 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Nour Habib
Burton known for his dark and quirky movies has created a fantastical tale of monsters and oddballs that is fun and funny 
3
Frankenweenie
Bill Chambers
A remake of not one Tim Burton movie but all of them 
2
Frankenweenie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Frankenweenie is far from his best but it is a timely reassurance that the old Tim Burton still exists and may be able to work his black magic again 
3
Frankenweenie
Austin Kennedy
Even though it s not among his best films I m just happy that Tim Burton has finally made a movie I can recommend to people again 
3
Frankenweenie
David Nusair
There is unfortunately never a point at which it s not completely obvious that Frankenweenie has been adapted from a short film 
2.5
Frankenweenie
James Kendrick
An almost perfect balance of macabre humor charming sincerity and a love of all things cinematic Frankenweenie is Tim Burton s best film in years
3.5
Frankenweenie
Mike McGranaghan
By revisiting an idea from his past Tim Burton feels emotionally connected to his material and by extension his audience for the first time in years 
3
Frankenweenie
Sean O'Connell
Shines a welcome spotlight on science and knowledge with a whip smart lonely hero who just wants his canine best friend to stick around a while longer 
3
Frankenweenie
John Beifuss
Occasionally the film feints in the direction of something deeper and acknowledges the disturbing nature of its premise in one very poignant scene Sparky returns to the pet cemetery to sleep on top of his grave 
3
Frankenweenie
Jon Niccum
It s like Old Yeller crossed with Re Animator 
3
Frankenweenie
Josh Larsen
when Burton is deeply attuned to the emotional undercurrent of his stories as he is here his movies become much more than ghoulish gags 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Mark Deming
Its heart is still the relationship between a boy and his dog and it still pulls at the heartstrings no matter how strongly you resist 
3
Frankenweenie
Alison Gang
Frankenweenie is Burton boiled down to his wonderfully weird essence coated with warm nostalgia for his early days as a filmmaker and his childhood as an artsy loner stuck in the suburbs 
3
Frankenweenie
John Wirt
A heartwarming funny tale about a boy and his reanimated dog 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Lawrence Toppman
Burton s cleverness hides a lack of purpose 
2.5
Frankenweenie
Bob Bloom
A sense of youthful joy and lightness missing from many recent Burton works engulfs Frankenweenie despite its dark subject matter 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Sean P. Means
Burton applies his visual trademarks with spindly characters and a moody black and white palette while he and his regular screenwriter John August pepper the story with fond references to classic horror movies and past stop motion gems 
3
Frankenweenie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Having gone back to his original notes and sketches Burton seems to have rediscovered his passion for filmmaking 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Stephen Whitty
The stop motion animation a favorite tool of Burton s is given loving attention and the character design is full of terrific touches such as the hulking flat topped schoolmate who looks a bit like a certain man made monster 
4
Frankenweenie
Peter Canavese
Flipping the cautionary themes of Mary Shelley rsquo s original source material Frankenweenie plays out as a primarily pro science parable goes out of its way to encourage free thinking square pegs to avoid gaping round holes 
3
Frankenweenie
Willie Waffle
A movie full of laughs and some scares but it works because it is full of true love and heart 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Connie Ogle
The best thing about an animated monster movie with this much heart is It s alive In the best possible way 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Michael O'Sullivan
Designed to appeal to both discriminating adults and older kids the gorgeous black and white stop motion film is a fresh clever and affectionate love letter to classic horror movies 
3
Frankenweenie
Lou Lumenick
The most Tim Burton y of the director s films and not just because it contains a vast catalog of references to his own movies everything from Edward Scissorhands to the underrated 1989 Batman 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Rafer Guzman
It s a quintessential Burton film but also more Disney than a lot of Disney films 
2.5
Frankenweenie
Liam Lacey
A 3 D black and white stop motion animated film it s a one man blow for cinematic biodiversity 
3
Frankenweenie
Mark Dujsik
W hile the results are underwhelming it is one of the better directorial efforts from Burton in a while 
2.5
Frankenweenie
Dustin Putman
Irresponsible and insulting in the way that it takes great pains to quite correctly rail against messing with the natural order of things before hypocritically contradicting itself in the end 
2
Frankenweenie
Amy Biancolli
The overall effect is great cinema good fun a visual feast for pie eyed Burton fans and a terrifically warped reminder of just how freaky a PG film can be 
4
Frankenweenie
Joe Williams
Some audiences might feel that Frankenweenie is creaky but those on the same wavelength as Burton will gratefully declare it s alive 
3
Frankenweenie
Duane Dudek
Even though the kid friendly horror genre has become crowded with offerings such as ParaNorman Monster House and Coraline the new Weenie is distinctive 
3
Frankenweenie
David Hiltbrand
Frankenweenie is the apotheosis of goth director Tim Burton s oeuvre artistic yet sterile incredibly meticulous and totally misbegotten 
2
Frankenweenie
Peter Travers
Only Tim Burton could envision this Frankenstein inspired tale and it s a honey a dark and dazzling spellbinder that scares up laughs and surprising emotion 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Ty Burr
Frankenweenie is a mere 87 minutes long which turns out to be just the right length there s not enough time for Burton to go off the rails as he does in so many of his films 
4
Frankenweenie
James Berardinelli
Even as the narrative becomes progressively more ghoulish and a Godzilla wannabe shows up Frankenweenie never loses its heart 
3
Frankenweenie
Chris Hewitt
It may be the best animated movie this year and it s Burton s best film since Edward Scissorhands 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Matt Pais
A better sweeter entry point for talking to youngsters about death than The Odd Life of Timothy Green 
3
Frankenweenie
Linda Barnard
High concept and stylish Frankenweenie is a playlist of films and characters from Burton s movie loving childhood 
3
Frankenweenie
Michael Phillips
The monster movie component of Frankenweenie stomps all over the appeal of the original 30 minute version 
2.5
Frankenweenie
Moira MacDonald
Older kids horror movie buffs and Burton fans will likely enjoy this oddly gentle tale of a boy and his dog 
3
Frankenweenie
Roger Ebert
This isn t one of Burton s best but it has zealous energy 
3
Frankenweenie
Daniel M. Kimmel
Frankenweenie isn t terrible but compared to other animation out there this year it does suggest Burton s time may have come and gone 
2
Frankenweenie
Claudia Puig
A beautifully crafted homage to classic horror films a study of grief and a commentary on the mysteries of science and those who narrow mindedly fear its advances 
3.5
Frankenweenie
Christy Lemire
Revisiting the past his own and that of the masters who came before him seems to have brought this filmmaker s boyish enthusiasm back to life as well 
3
Frankenweenie
Randy Myers
If dark and twisted is how you like your Burton movies you re in luck 
3
Frankenweenie
Nick Schager
Tim Burton s sense of playfulness feels forced throughout and as the film progresses any humor or inventiveness takes a backseat to tumultuous set pieces that reference Frankenstein 
1.5
Julia
David Reddish
Once a homophobe the death of a close gay friend to AIDS transformed Child into an ardent AIDS and queer rights activist Its just one more reason to love a woman who transformed the way Americans look at food and made cooking into entertainment 
2.5
Julia
Sean P. Means
With a life as full and as rich as Julia Child s any documentary will feel like a trifle but filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West do an admirable job getting to the essence of the famed chef in Julia 
3.5
Julia
Michael Medved
Powerful and life affirming JULIA offers a satisfying repast even for non foodies 
4
Julia
Lisa Trifone
As in their earlier films Cohen and West are especially talented at elevating this noteworthy woman s life and legacy to more than just what she s best known for 
3.5
Julia
Rob Thomas
One gets the sense that Cohen and West wouldn t make a movie about a woman they didn t deeply admire Julia follows that tradition and their affection for their subject is irresistible Bon appetit 
3
Julia
Peter Canavese
It does the job well 
3.5
Julia
Tom Meek
The film does a wonderful job of capturing Julia s rich personality and love of food and cooking techniques and as a time capsule reminding us how much mass produced preservative filled junk we ate in the 1950s and 60s 
3
Julia
Cate Marquis
Julia serves up a well rounded exploration of Julia Child s long career and life and does so in a charming affectionate way 
3
Julia
Mark Feeney
Julia a brisk documentary survey of Julia Child s life is warmly admiring This makes sense as there s lots to admire 
2.5
Julia
Jeff Mitchell
This doc has encouraged this critic to someday soon pick up Mastering the Art of French Cooking and actually use an appliance that others refer to as a stove 
3
Julia
Moira MacDonald
Julia is full of irresistible clips and interviews with its subject trilling and burbling with her trademark enthusiasm reminding her viewers that anything was possible and that mistakes are how cooks learn 
3
Julia
Dwight Brown
A leader in America s food movement is rightfully praised and immortalized in a doc that is a pleasure to watch You can almost smell the Coq au Vin simmering on the stove 
3
Julia
Randy Myers
In this affectionate portrait Child s loves losses and triumphs along with her skill as a businesswoman come into sharp focus 
3
Julia
Emily Heil
A documentary that examines Child s life and influence on American cuisine and culture goes down like a sweet crepe Suzette and thankfully does little to complicate a lifelong fan s feelings 
3
Julia
Pamela Powell
Cohen and West are masterful storytellers bringing us into the life of yet another innovative and bold woman who influenced us 
3.5
Julia
Leo Brady
Julia Child is a legend in the kitchen and a trailblazer for the craft She is a one of a kind and Julia is a documentary that undoubtedly cements that 
3
Julia
Tomris Laffly
Julia won t be the most groundbreaking meal you ve ever had but you ll leave the table comforted and satisfied in a state of bliss that Child would very much approve of 
3
Julia
Mark Dujsik
It s disappointing to see a documentary start to curb routine only to fully follow it 
2.5
Julia
Roger Moore
Bless her big butter basted heart here s the woman changed America and it s attitudes towards food 
3
Julia
Lindsey Bahr
The experience begins to feel a little rushed and undercooked It s still a satisfying and fun tribute to someone whose impacts on modern food culture and celebrity are still being felt Just don t go in hungry 
2.5
Julia
Bob Bloom
What the movie does best is capture Child s spirit not only her joy of cooking but her positive attitude and charm her love of meeting people and of sharing her knowledge of food with others 
3.5
The Train Robbers
Walter Chaw
How can the author of this piece of shit be the same guy who wrote Seven Men From Now and Comanche Station 
0.5
The Train Robbers
Roger Ebert
The result is a movie that isolates the John Wayne mystique and surrounds it with the necessary simplicity and directness 
3
Love, Sex & Eating the Bones
Rick Groen
Sutherland s artful trick is to stick a serious tension sex objects versus love subjects into a genre flick without losing his balance without sacrificing either the comedic levity or the thematic weight 
3
Love, Sex & Eating the Bones
David Nusair
Quirky in a typically Canadian way the film is a romantic comedy that almost manages to overcome the inherent conventions of the genre 
2
On the Job
Mick LaSalle
On the Job is a sturdy and sophisticated crime drama from the Philippines that takes a pretty gruesome situation and enriches its presentation with lots of human detail 
3
On the Job
Farran Smith Nehme
Matti uses this setup to show the rot in Philippine society and it s often compelling stuff filmed mostly on dirty streets and in moldy ramshackle buildings 
2.5
On the Job
Andrew Schenker
A nose to the ground crime thriller that also doubles as a wide ranging portrait of official corruption in the Philippines On the Job has little trouble delivering the genre goods 
2.5
A Time to Kill
David Nusair
a slow moving yet mostly engrossing drama 
3
A Time to Kill
Walter Chaw
Only a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman could make things worse and lo and behold speak of the devil and Old Scratch appears 
0.5
A Time to Kill
Judith Egerton
McConaughey nails with such laconic grace that some critics are comparing him to the young Paul Newman and to Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird 
3
A Time to Kill
Michael Dequina
The best Grisham to hit the screen yet 
3
A Time to Kill
Jeanne Aufmuth
Insight into black white relations is superficial disappointing when you consider that the moral of the story is supposed to be how large a role race plays in the execution of justice 
2
A Time to Kill
Robert Roten
This may be a case where you have to read the book to appreciate the film but if that s true the film hasn t done its job 
2
A Time to Kill
Edward Guthmann
Untrained as an actor with only three minor roles to his credit McConaughey holds the screen against Samuel L Jackson Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey and completely justifies the buzz surrounding his role 
3
A Time to Kill
Roger Ebert
A skillfully constructed morality play that pushes all the right buttons and arrives at all the right conclusions 
3
A Time to Kill
James Berardinelli
Despite certain drawbacks A Time to Kill is involving energetic and occasionally thought provoking All things considered this film will make for a worthwhile trip to the cinema for all not just those who have time to kill 
3
A Time to Kill
Madeleine Williams
An outstanding courtroom drama and easily the best adaptation of one of John Grisham s legal thrillers 
3.5
A Time to Kill
Chris Hicks
There is so much plot crammed into this 21 2 hour thriller that instead of an epic ensemble tale of racism in modern America it becomes an episodic skim the surface series of melodramatic skits 
2
A Time to Kill
Steve Rhodes
A Time to Kill has it all 
3
A Time to Kill
Mike Clark
A handsome but riotously cluttered melodrama with maybe 145 subplots 
2
A Time to Kill
Rob Blackwelder
The hype is true Matthew McConaughey is all that 
3
Terrifier 2
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exhausting and thoroughly disappointing sequel that could only have worked had it been edited down significantly 46 
1
Terrifier 2
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t too often feels as if the violence is the primary or only point of the movie apos s existence 46 
2
Terrifier 2
Joey Magidson
Art the Clown is back in Terrifier 2 44 the epic slasher sequel 40 some of 41 you have been asking for 46 
3
Terrifier 2
Mike McGranaghan
Super mega ultra gory fun for fans of hardcore horror 46 
3
Terrifier 2
Erik Childress
Going into this having only seen the original 8217 s poster 44 I was surprised to find a brutally fun villain in an admittedly overlong but no less slickly made blood drenched horror romp with a solid lead turn from Lauren LaVera 46 
3
Terrifier 2
Kevin Carr
Entirely relying on the visually arresting Art the Clown 44 the story is more coherent than previous efforts 46 It runs a bit long in order to find its footing 44 but it 8217 s sending the Terrifier franchise in the right direction 46 
2.5
Terrifier 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Terrifier 2 is exhausting 46 Leone 8217 s sequel wore me out 44 it 8217 s objectionably devious nastiness too extreme even for me 46 
2
Terrifier 2
Leo Brady
One thing is for sure 44 it will be impossible for anyone to forget Terrifier 2 44 and that is because it is one gnarly ride 46 Long live Art the Clown 46 
3
Terrifier 2
David Gonzalez
Terrifier 2 is an utterly brutal and relentless macabre of mayhem that solidifies Art the Clown as one of horror 8217 s elite slashers 46 
3
K2
Roger Ebert
K2 serves as an anthology of almost all the obligatory plot points that make mountain climbing movies so predictable 
2
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Matt Brunson
I can t say that the picture is a success but fans of bawdy comedies will appreciate at least some of its choices 
2.5
Summer of '42
Roger Ebert
Nostalgia is used as a distancing device to keep us safely insulated from the boy s immediate grief love and passion 
2.5
Dodging the Clock
Tony Wong
Trogi s binding theme that males are cavemen at heart is woven throughout the movie But it s a tired and unoriginal symbol 
2
Dodging the Clock
Jennie Punter
A satisfying slice of modern life 
2.5
Home Sweet Home Alone
Rene Sanchez
It tries too hard and fails to capture the charm that made the original a beloved Christmas classic Full Review in Spanish 
1.5
Home Sweet Home Alone
Sean P. Means
It s a bold move I suppose to remake a beloved Christmas comedy and invert the roles where the pre teen hero is now the loathsome villain and the scummy bad guys are now sympathetic characters Doomed but bold 
1
Home Sweet Home Alone
Kevin Carr
It s a little more nasty and not as good natured 
1.5
Home Sweet Home Alone
Roger Moore
Nice snow some very good pratfalls Ellie K and Kenan T kill it and everybody else reads their script and wishes John Hughes was still around to fix it 
2
Home Sweet Home Alone
Leo Brady
I can t stress it enough that nothing good will come from watching Home Sweet Home Alone 
1
Home Sweet Home Alone
Nell Minow
Home Sweet Home Alone misses the key elements that made both the slapstick and the sentiment of the 1990 version appealing 
2
Home Sweet Home Alone
Mike McGranaghan
The first hour of Home Sweet Home Alone is relentlessly stupid Then comes the final half hour the point where the movie makes such a monumental mistake that it completely falls apart 
1.5
Mickey Virus
Anna M.M. Vetticad
Mickey Virus is too long 44 the first half feels too much like it 8217 s an aspirant to coolth 44 and the ending is the old fashioned cliched sort where all the villains gather and explain in detail why they did what they did 46 
2
Bells Are Ringing
Jeremiah Kipp
Never translates into anything cinematic 
1.5
Seized
Roger Moore
Never grabs you
1.5
Avenida Larco: La película
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s not a great musical but despite its many shortcomings it s not a missed opportunity Full review in Spanish 
3
Inside Man: Most Wanted
Roger Moore
There s nothing here to hold one s interest more than 30 minutes By that time the viewer is as winded as the hapless cast 
1
Monsoon
David Berry
Not content with mere metaphorical forces of nature Sturla Gunnarsson s latest documentary dives headfirst into one of our most impressive literal ones the torrential rains that in many ways define Indian culture 
3
Monsoon
Peter Howell
We meet some interesting characters including a bookie who takes bets on rain and travel to fascinating destinations like Place of the Clouds at the base of the Himalaya Range reportedly the world s rainiest spot 
2.5
The Misfits
Peter Canavese
Deconstructs Hollywood s cowboy myth with a mythic Hollywood cast Clark Gable Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift Blu ray 
3
The Misfits
Betsy Bozdech
Monroe does some of her best work as lost tenderhearted divorcee Roslyn Tabor she s still breathless and blond but her vulnerability has an edge 
3.5
Lansky
Peter Canavese
Its trite script lacks emotional resonance though the thread about Israeli politics was interesting But overall pretty pokey 
1.5
Lansky
Richard Roeper
Harvey Keitel takes a swing at portraying the Mob s Accountant and Keitel is as reliable as he s always been but while this is a well filmed and well acted story much of the material has been covered in superior movies 
2.5
Lansky
Roger Moore
The mob movie tropes and cliches end up being the only memorable moments in Lansky material so overfamiliar we can finish the lines before the actors do 
1.5
Lansky
Glenn Kenny
For Keitel completists only 
2
Lansky
Mark Dujsik
Most of it feels more clichéd than insightful 
1.5
Rebuilding Paradise
David Nusair
Filmmaker Howard admittedly does a superb job of immediately drawing the viewer into the briskly paced proceedings 
3.5
Rebuilding Paradise
Steven Prokopy
Howard and his documentary team are interested in chronicling the slow often painful resurrection of Paradise to even a fraction of its former glory 
3.5
Rebuilding Paradise
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
the documentary actually tips its hat to all three of those ideas which only really serves to highlight the more melodramatic approach 
2
Rebuilding Paradise
Joey Magidson
Ron Howard really seems to feel for the community digging in to simply watch them refuse to give in to tragedy 
3
Rebuilding Paradise
Joe Friar
Ron Howard documents a town rising like a phoenix from the ashes of the most destructive wildfire in California history and once again the filmmaker serves up hope after capturing the tenacity of the human spirit 
3
Rebuilding Paradise
Michael Phillips
It s frequently gripping and finally very moving 
3.5
Rebuilding Paradise
Matt Zoller Seitz
A gripping and moving story even though it never quite lives up to its opening section 
3
Rebuilding Paradise
Mark Dujsik
Howard s film is an optimistic one if only because the slightest amount of hope seems to shine all the brighter in the gloom of such devastation 
3
Rebuilding Paradise
Ty Burr
Rebuilding Paradise is well worth seeing but know that Howard s taste for the upbeat keeps getting drowned out by a dire and dissonant doomsday drum 
3
Rebuilding Paradise
Mike McGranaghan
An emotionally potent documentary 
3.5
Tower of London
Matt Brunson
The story is hampered by too many repetitive scenes of Richard being confronted by the ghosts of those he killed but Price is compelling as the mad ruler even if some of his bellows sound like Walter Matthau doing Neil Simon 
2.5
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate
Roger Moore
Some raunchy funny lines not enough to make up for the haphazard plotting acting etc 
1.5
Rec 3: Genesis
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s exceedingly gory 44 more so than its predecessors 44 and its lack of technical ingenuity and half hearted use of the 8220 found footage 8221 device somehow makes it less interesting 46 
1.5
Rec 3: Genesis
Matt Brunson
Inconsequential 
2
Rec 3: Genesis
David Nusair
a garden variety zombie movie that boasts few attributes designed to separate it from its legion of competitors 
2
Rec 3: Genesis
Eric Melin
A bit short on original ideas but at 81 minutes it s difficult to say that it s too long Some may feel that the humor betrays the mood of first two movies and that dropping the reality style was a mistake but I disagree 
2.5
Rec 3: Genesis
Stephen Whitty
Zombieland and possibly Shaun of the Dead aside this isn t a genre with a lot of life in it 
1.5
Rec 3: Genesis
V.A. Musetto
Plaza throws in more than enough ludicrous touches of his own to grab viewers by their arteries and never let go 
3.5
Rec 3: Genesis
Mike McGranaghan
An awesomely crazy survival horror joyride 
3
Rec 3: Genesis
Ed Gonzalez
If a fourth entry wasn t already in the works Rec 3 Genesis could have easily represented the nail in the franchise s coffin 
1.5
Rec 3: Genesis
Dustin Putman
Doesn t come close to earning the revery of its moniker This is one misbegotten deviation from the norm not worth repeating 
2
Men in Black 3
Brian Eggert
Although not entirely successful in terms of restoring interest in the franchise or justifying yet another sequel after this one 44 it 8217 s a diverting experience and 44 at best 44 better than the 2002 sequel 46 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Dwight Brown
Let s give Smith Jones and Sonnefeld a pass for going back to the well one too many times But if they go for a MIB4 the pity party is over 
2
Men in Black 3
Kirk Baird
This is the proper sequel to the 1997 original and not the 2002 laugh free abomination Men in Black II 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Eric Melin
Funny if familiar Energy and pacing are reasons it s able to skate by It actually deepens the relationship between J and K but it s still really a showcase for more of the same offbeat humor and imaginative special effects the first two are known for 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Jeff Beck
Men in Black 3 is fun and entertaining and shows hope that the series is not as dead as it seemed 
3
Men in Black 3
Linda Cook
Smarter than its predecessors and better looking Men in Black 3 is an entertaining and I hope touching wrap up to the buddy film science fiction franchise that began 15 years ago 
3
Men in Black 3
Sean P. Means
Sonnenfeld strikes a rich vein of comedy in production designer Bo Welch s imagining of the MIB in the 1960s 
3
Men in Black 3
Lori Hoffman
MiB3 isn t as good as the original but it has a sufficient number of enjoyable moments and a delightful homage to Tommy Lee Jones Agent K by Josh Brolin 
2.5
Men in Black 3
James Kendrick
Sonnenfeld wisely plays to the strengths of the series longevity drawing some genuine emotion out of the buddy routine between slick talking J and granite faced K
3
Men in Black 3
David Nusair
A clear improvement over its nigh disastrous predecessor 
3
Men in Black 3
Erik Childress
A lazy paceless lump of special effects and zero laughs
1.5
Men in Black 3
Michael Dequina
Despite having such a franchise ready concept it s becoming all the more clear that 1997 s original MiB is a perfectly self contained action comedy that needn t have been sequelized 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Kam Williams
A fitting franchise finale featuring all the fixins for a satisfying sendoff 
3
Men in Black 3
Matt Brunson
Ultimately it proves to be a bit long in the tooth but a few bits manage to do the series proud 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Brolin captures Jones essence to such a high degree that he falls right into the old chemistry with Smith It s a smooth transition and happily the old comedy team is back 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Scott Nash
The good news is that it is an improvement over the previous film 
3
Men in Black 3
John Beifuss
With a budget reported at 375 million the latest project to incorporate Apollo 11 into its sci fi rewrite of history represents one small step for cinema one giant leap for creative accounting 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Mike McGranaghan
Did a third installment in this series need to exist No but it offers enough new variations on the formula to make me glad it does 
3
Men in Black 3
Lisa Kennedy
The Smith Jones duo s return as the titularly clad operatives while not exactly essential comes with the charms of reprised well liked characters and a didn t see that coming conclusion that makes up for the first hour s sequelitis 
2.5
Men in Black 3
John Wirt
Not just the funniest film in the series Men In Black 3 has the best story too 
3
Men in Black 3
Tyler Hanley
An eclectic cast and stellar visual effects coalesce to make Men in Black 3 a quintessential kernel of summer popcorn cinema 
3
Men in Black 3
Alison Gang
Men in Black 3 is a bore 
1
Men in Black 3
Willie Waffle
The world hasn t been craving another Men In Black sequel as much as Will Smith s agent 
2
Men in Black 3
Michael O'Sullivan
If there ever is a Men in Black IV and at this point it s hard to imagine one let s hope it finds that delicate balance between the yuks and the yucks 
1.5
Men in Black 3
Mark Dujsik
E ven though it manages to escape the been there done that feeling of the second movie Men in Black 3 still never fully justifies its existence 
2
Men in Black 3
Phil Villarreal
You stop questioning the sight of hairballs launching scorpion boomerangs or shopkeepers dropping their trousers to reveal they re Teddy Ruxpin s pal Grubby 
3
Men in Black 3
Dustin Putman
Ups the ante ever so slightly by incorporating some fireworks and daring to the typical gags but it s still more often than not no great shakes 
2
Men in Black 3
Claudia Puig
This spirited three quel comes close to the exuberance of the first Men in Black and is a distinct improvement over its limp 2002 follow up 
3
Men in Black 3
Amy Biancolli
If you re looking for cinema verite look elsewhere If you re looking for a fun fizzy sequel in a franchise left for dead 10 years ago have at it 
3
Men in Black 3
Perry Seibert
The fresh blood added to MiB3 makes it such an enjoyable movie Brolin s evocation of Jones never fails to amuse 
3.5
Men in Black 3
Lawrence Toppman
If it s not nearly as fresh and clever as the 1997 Men in Black it restores a bit of luster to the series after the dud sequel of 2002 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Peter Travers
The unexpected spark between Smith and Brolin makes MiB3 primo summer fun 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Peter Keough
You ve already got a hidden universe of alien inhabitants below the surface of normality why throw in time travel as well especially when The Family Guy does it better 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Chris Hewitt
It s not quite as fresh as the first one but it s better than the second 
3
Men in Black 3
Cathy Jakicic
Happily it far exceeds the second effort And while it doesn t quite match the first it s still a good time extraterrestrial warts and all 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Ann Lewinson
It may sound good as a screenwriter s pitch but it s not much fun to watch 
2
Men in Black 3
Gary Thompson
Smith tries hard here but that s part of the problem beads of sweat are all over this thing 
2.5
Men in Black 3
James Berardinelli
This sequel is so lifeless and pointless that it moves beyond unnecessary into the realm of unwanted and insulting 
1.5
Men in Black 3
Austin Kennedy
This isn t nearly as satisfying as something like THE AVENGERS but it s not trying to be It s a breezy popcorn movie that s supposed to entertain you while you re in the theater then you return to your normal lives when it s done 
3
Men in Black 3
Rich Heldenfels
Some big laughs and an air of sweet melancholy get you through the slow spots But enough is enough 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Peter Canavese
Has no MSG I mention this because many will probably want to make a meal of it and it should be said it s both pretty tasty and will leave you feeling hungry an hour later 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Rafer Guzman
The franchise is no longer the zenith of blockbusterism and the gooey effects from Hollywood veteran Rick Baker look overly familiar but Men in Black 3 remains an amiable comedy with some fondly familiar faces 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Joe Williams
Men in Black 3 is all surface but as with the moon the surface can steal our attention
2.5
Men in Black 3
Linda Barnard
Look into this device and wait for the flash and forget any talk of sequels please Move along Your work is done 
3
Men in Black 3
Stephen Whitty
It really is too bad that Smith couldn t go back in time and stop this thing 
2
Men in Black 3
Matt Pais
A small movie in a blockbuster suit with enough emotional pull to rise above irrelevant if south of necessary 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Rick Groen
In the mists of the past damned if an old tune doesn t find some new energy Delight a modest yet palpable measure of the stuff is restored 
3
Men in Black 3
Rene Rodriguez
Men in Black 3 is so dull and empty it s the first movie that has ever made me think Thank God this is in 3D 
1
Men in Black 3
Moira MacDonald
You may be wondering what thrilling creative idea caused the filmmakers and stars to resurrect this franchise The answer none 
2
Men in Black 3
Roger Ebert
It s better than the first one 
3
Men in Black 3
Ty Burr
Brolin s performance is funny masterful confident and more than a little unsettling If one human being can sample another that s what s going on here 
2.5
Men in Black 3
Randy Myers
Like an alien trapped in a human host a better movie is itching to burst out of Men in Black 3 
2.5
Men in Black 3
John Semley
More like an attempt to reenergize a franchise than rebottle the lightning that electrified the original 
2
Men in Black 3
Daniel M. Kimmel
What makes the film work is a marvelous performance by Josh Brolin as a younger 1969 version of K 
3
Men in Black 3
Christy Lemire
When even the most charismatic actor on the planet can t fake excitement you know you re in trouble 
1.5
Men in Black 3
Lou Lumenick
This only mildly bloated and convoluted action comedy has enough inspired moments to wipe out memories of the abysmal 2002 first sequel as surely as one of the black suited heroes nebulizers 
2.5
Burning Patience
Roger Moore
Director Rodrigo Sep 250 lveda 46 46 46 and screenwriter Guillermo Calder 243 n separate their film from the earlier and better British directed Italian version 44 quot Il Postino 46 quot But they never improve on it 44 and their movie seems almost self consciously aware of that 46 
2
Operator
Roger Moore
More droll than funny more interesting than charming but a couple of killer scenes and engaging leads let this romance pay off 
2.5
Operator
Erik Childress
Begins as a very funny comedy but its two lead performances including the best work of Whitman s career carry the film to uncommon insight into how we relate emote and will always need the spontaneity of the human experience 
3
Fender Bender
Dustin Putman
What Fender Bender gets most right is the sheer claustrophobia crafted from the situation and the what if factor that makes its premise so instantly identifiable Scary but true this could happen to anyone 
2.5
Donnie Brasco
Maitland McDonagh
Depp s tight guarded performance is almost painful to watch and Newell seems to have reined in the flamboyant Pacino whose portrait of the mobster as a grumpy old man may be his best work in years 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Michael Dequina
A classy piece of work that may disappoint those looking for something more conventional 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Jeanne Aufmuth
Donnie Brasco manages to sidestep the obvious and dwell on the intriguing 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Margaret A. McGurk
In almost every respect Donnie Brasco is an original the unexpected rebirth of an old and oft told tale 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Mick LaSalle
A first class Mafia thriller that is also in its way a love story 
4
Donnie Brasco
Rick Groen
In the tired figure of Lefty manifest in the craggy icon of Pacino our sympathies are definitely enlisted and the theme rings a poignant note 
3
Donnie Brasco
Jeremy Heilman
One of the most moving and insightful gangster films ever made 
4
Donnie Brasco
James Kendrick
Powerful driving incisive and fascinating Donnie Brasco paints a convincing portrait of a man s life undercover 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Steve Rhodes
Together Pacino and Depp turn in two fascinating performances with believable macho chemistry between the two of them 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Roger Ebert
The movie has many human qualities and contains what will be remembered as one of Pacino s finest scenes 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Joe Baltake
Remains a bore for much of its running time 
2.5
Donnie Brasco
Susan Wloszczyna
Pacino cans the showboating bluster and gives a gently nuanced portrait of a simple man in decline 
4
Donnie Brasco
Susan Stark
You get something far richer if more unsettling here than conventional crime drama s romanticism and easy analogies 
3
Donnie Brasco
Jeff Vice
The performances are terrific especially Pacino But when has he not been But here he s even better than usual even showing a vulnerable side that is almost heartbreaking 
3
Donnie Brasco
James Berardinelli
Takes us into a world that the movies frequently open to us but somehow this trip seems more real and less glamorized than most 
3
Donnie Brasco
Rob Blackwelder
A standard issue mobster movie that rises above the mire of its shopworn genre by showing the cracks in its characters armor 
3.5
Donnie Brasco
Marty Mapes
Pacino s performance is great and the story seems to have an interesting take on human nature but the bland mechanical direction make it not quite worthy of a full recommendation 
2.5
Donnie Brasco
Madeleine Williams
Two powerful performances and a glimpse at the inner workings of the lower levels of the mob make this a must see 
3.5
Ned Rifle
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hartley s dialogue has a crisp sardonic back and forth quality as if characters were bargaining over information and logic 
3
Ned Rifle
Ty Burr
At its worst Ned Rifle is a self involved movie about self involved people When it clicks though we re in a pared down moral universe that carries unsettling echoes of our own 
2.5
Ned Rifle
Bill Chambers
Hal Hartley good at endings 
3
Don't Talk to Irene
John Semley
Watching Mills film one wishes it were as weird and wonderful as Irene herself It s almost as if the writer director doesn t realize how rare his own creation is 
2.5
Don't Talk to Irene
Bruce DeMara
There s a warm hearted tale here suffused with wit and a positive and life affirming message about having the confidence to achieve your goals in the face of adversity 
2.5
The Chelsea Girls
Roger Ebert
Warhol has nothing to say and no technique to say it with 
1
Six Sex Scenes & a Murder
Peter Travers
These American teens really get under your skin You ll be pissed You ll be perplexed You ll be totally riveted 
3
Six Sex Scenes & a Murder
Mick LaSalle
Unfortunately the results are limp and diffused not sexy not suspenseful and not involving 
1
Brigsby Bear
Leo Brady
Director Dave McCary has made an adorable film celebrating ingenuity and ones passion for creativity 
3
Brigsby Bear
Rosalie Kicks
Not enjoying the film Brigsby Bear probably means as a child you were the Biff Tannen of your school and totally deserve to be smothered in manure 
3
Brigsby Bear
Josh Larsen
argues for an eternal childhood 
2.5
Brigsby Bear
Matthew Rozsa
Brigsby Bear is a funny oddly touching look at the pros and cons of millennials tendency to obsess over pop culture 
3.5
Brigsby Bear
David Nusair
An oddball endeavor that doesn t entirely work 
2
Brigsby Bear
Mitchell Millar
Brigsby Bear is whimsical sweet and ambitious 
3
Brigsby Bear
Christopher Schobert
When the credits roll it s nearly impossible not to be smiling 
3
Brigsby Bear
Bob Bloom
Brigsby Bear is a gentle and kindhearted movie that will embrace you like a good night lullaby 
3.5
Brigsby Bear
Roger Moore
Too slight to add up to much
2
Brigsby Bear
Tom Russo
The approach can be a reach but on the whole it works better than you might guess 
2.5
Brigsby Bear
Gary Thompson
Mooney s performance is astute he plays James estrangement and confusion straight without so much as a wink If he s aware of the camera he shows no sign 
3
Brigsby Bear
James Berardinelli
Brigsby Bear can be accused of a lot of things but lack of ambition isn t among them 
3
Brigsby Bear
Richard Roeper
What a strange and lovely road we travel with Brigsby Bear 
3
Brigsby Bear
Anita Katz
Crucially the film respects its characters and doesn t let indie eccentricity upstage underlying humanity 
3
Brigsby Bear
Brad Wheeler
An oddball charmer of a motion picture about nostalgia the pursuit of artistic passion and a coming of age bizarrely delayed and uniquely fulfilled 
3
Brigsby Bear
Peter Howell
An almost unbearably twee story about pursuing a dream 
2
Brigsby Bear
Mark Dujsik
I t tries to turn something absurd and satirical into something with a sincere message about overcoming trauma It doesn t work 
2.5
Brigsby Bear
Stephanie Merry
Brigsby never ventures into the caustic simply for the sake of comedy These days that s refreshing There aren t many movies that value sweetness over cynicism 
2.5
Brigsby Bear
Mick LaSalle
It s imaginative and even brilliant at times and then it starts to cave in But then we think no maybe not maybe everything s going to be made right until it collapses completely 
2
Brigsby Bear
Kam Williams
A poignant character portrait capable of catapulting Kyle Mooney from SNL support player to bona fide matinee idol 
4
Brigsby Bear
David Fear
Mooney is the main reason to see Brigsby Bear the sort of indie dramedy that wears its on the spectrum quirk on its sleeve 
3
Brigsby Bear
Brian Tallerico
It often feels as if Brigsby Bear has such an unusual concept that the creators were then scared to lean into it making everything about its delivery feel like it s designed to soften the sharp edges and lighten its darker tones 
2.5
Brigsby Bear
Peter Goldberg
Brigsby Bear has such a goofy sense of humor and affection for its premise that its uneven narrative is sometimes only as frustrating as a little static on an old VHS 
2.5
Brigsby Bear
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Heartfelt to the end Brigsby cherishes a thought experiment on the blissful solipsistic delusion any superfan occasionally harbors Did somebody make this just for me 
3
Brigsby Bear
Sean P. Means
Director Dave McCary an SNL writer and segment director zeroes in on the offbeat wavelength of Mooney and Costello s script which may be the most bizarrely funny thing to come out of Sundance since Napoleon Dynamite 
3.5
The Ten Commandments
Austin Kennedy
This is light years better than the Heston version The effects hold up better parting of the read sea is awesome the acting is better and it s about an hour shorter 
3
The Lonely Lady
David Keyes
This may be the most shamelessly evasive drama ever written 
0.5
The Lonely Lady
Roger Ebert
If The Lonely Lady had even a shred of style and humor it could qualify as the worst movie of the year Unfortunately it s not that good 
0.5
Love and Monsters
Brian Eggert
Love and Monsters checks a few of my I m a sucker for movie boxes 
3.5
Love and Monsters
Matt Brunson
Love and Monsters is reminiscent of the 2013 zom rom com Warm Bodies in its confident mixing of well love and monsters 
3
Love and Monsters
Walter Chaw
It has it all 
3
Love and Monsters
Sean P. Means
O Brien is an easygoing charmer handsome without being too showy about it who gives Joel a pleasantly self deprecating side 
3
Love and Monsters
Tom Meek
Nothing too original there and the CGI heavy effects go only so far but we have Dylan O Brien s semi can do hero seeking his love Jessica Henwick when venturing outside invites the subterranean worst of Tremors or Dune 
2.5
Love and Monsters
Nick Allen
An excellent display of O Brien s infectious imagination and comic energy 
3
Love and Monsters
Randy Myers
There s a kicky spirit to the whole production and the effects are first rate 
3
Love and Monsters
Mike McGranaghan
There s an undeniable if unconventional romantic spirit in Love and Monsters 
3
The Disciple
Ishita Sengupta
If Disciple feels more personal than most 44 it is because its preoccupations are more noble than what it appears 46 The question at the heart of this artistic expedition is not the need to achieve greatness but the reason for doing so 10 
4
The Disciple
Rene Sanchez
A meditative study powered by a layered narrative and stunning visuals about the difficult road to achieve success and perfection Full Review in Spanish 
4
The Disciple
Nick Allen
The Disciple is a great example of when filmmaking and acting styles complement each other and it s that bond that feels to be a significant part of what makes Tamhane s film so special so resonant 
3.5
The Disciple
Dwight Brown
Well shot produced written and directed Chaitanya Tamhane sends a transcendental postcard from India filled with soothing music and enlightening insights as the old mixes with the new 
3
The Disciple
Derek Smith
Chaitanya Tamhane gives full dimension to the rich complex and sometimes contradictory nature of the relationship between disciple and guru 
3.5
The Disciple
David Nusair
a punishingly deliberate drama that is for the most part unable to wholeheartedly capture the viewer s interest 
2
Fatal Beauty
Roger Hurlburt
Nothing not a thing in Fatal Beauty is believable 
1
Fatal Beauty
Mike McGranaghan
Never quite hits the sweet spot in balancing action and humor The film clunkily moves back and forth between them rather than getting them to work in unison 
2
Fatal Beauty
Roger Ebert
Goldberg s best work since The Color Purple 
3
Death Sentence
Mike Scott
It s a gritty adrenaline soaked thriller and if that s as deep as you care to dig you ll be entertained But for those who care to contemplate it s quite a bit more 
3
Death Sentence
Christian Toto
This Sentence is as grisly and violent as the trailer portends 
2
Death Sentence
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I really enjoyed what it had to offer with takes on morals war and the damage violence can do to people in its grasp 
3
Death Sentence
Jeffrey Westhoff
Begins promisingly but ends putridly 
1.5
Death Sentence
David Nusair
the film s schizophrenic nature eventually proves to be its downfall 
2.5
Death Sentence
John Beifuss
A parking garage chase is impressive but Wan s ultra kitschy use of melancholy indie pop music at moments of intense emotion transforms the movie into pure camp 
2.5
Death Sentence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The practical side the details of the plot run to the ridiculous and dampen the film s more prickly parts 
2.5
Death Sentence
Sean McBride
It s unbelievable and with a few exceptions not all that exciting 
1.5
Death Sentence
Gary Brown
The theme remains the same only this time the movie gets the James Wan treatment 
1.5
Death Sentence
Ross Anthony
Stumbles away from its smart thriller open completely immerses itself in a one man vs gang of thugs love of guns flick with Bacon more like Bourne than corp VP 
.5
Death Sentence
Scott Nash
There s about six degrees of separation between this and a good movie 
1
Death Sentence
Rob Humanick
With Death Sentence James Wan continues to beat us over the head though this time he has the decency to do so with some semblance of human emotion 
2.5
Death Sentence
Dustin Putman
As entertainment the film is equally unpleasant and captivating As a more serious drama it alternates between heartbreaking and heavy handed 
2.5
Death Sentence
James Berardinelli
The result is such a mish mash of conflicting tones and ideas that it doesn t play well on any level 
2
Death Sentence
Sean P. Means
It s as if Wan was given the chance to step away from his slasher movie sensibility which says more gore is always better but couldn t turn away from what s worked for him before 
1.5
Death Sentence
Maitland McDonagh
This reductive revenge thriller preaches at the same time it panders to base payback fantasies 
1
Death Sentence
Geoff Pevere
At both its best and worst it feels like the missing third part of the faux retro double bill Grindhouse 
2
Death Sentence
Ted Fry
It s got style to burn and is more gruesome that any schlock horror gorefest 
3
Death Sentence
Bruce Newman
As rancid as its title is lurid an example of pulp fiction run amok 
0
Death Sentence
Steven Winn
Blunt bloody and far too busy with its sledgehammer plot and mighty gunplay to waste time on the main character s inner life Death Sentence is a baseline entertainment 
1.5
Death Sentence
Pam Grady
Death Sentence is not exactly a fun time at the movies but it is riveting 
3
Death Sentence
Lisa Rose
If only the world were a more peaceful place we wouldn t have to sit through movies like Death Sentence 
1.5
Death Sentence
Lou Lumenick
Fails to provide any sort of genuine social context for its violence 
1
Death Sentence
Jack Mathews
Bacon s performance in Saw creator James Wan s laughably extreme revenge thriller Death Sentence is six degrees of ham 
1
Death Sentence
Peter Debruge
An old school exploitation picture polished off with a modern sensibility by Saw director James Wan 
2.5
Death Sentence
Bruce Westbrook
It may be the most depressing action movie ever made Its calamities are well staged and its acting beyond some histrionics is fine But you don t enjoy this film you endure it 
1.5
Death Sentence
Sara Michelle Fetters
The endgame is that it doesn t matter if some scenes have flare or if the cinematography is ingenious the characters and story flat out suck and no amount of filmmaking élan is going to change that fact for the better 
1.5
Death Sentence
Claudia Puig
Is the movie trying to show how bloodlust and revenge can destroy a person If so it simultaneously revels in violence Trying to have it both ways diminishes the entire undertaking rendering it despicably hypocritical 
1
Death Sentence
Terry Lawson
Death Sentence has a crude naturalistic style that fails to disguise the fact that its twists and turns become increasingly preposterous 
2
Death Sentence
Roger Ebert
There is a courtroom scene of true surprise and suspense and some other effective moments but basically this is a movie about a lot of people shooting at each other 
2.5
Death Sentence
Daniel M. Kimmel
Connoisseurs of sleazy movies won t be bored but don t mistake this for anything other than trash 
2.5
Death Sentence
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Awesomely bad 
2
Death Sentence
Steven Rea
From the perfect family home movies that open the film to its unconvincing urban settings Death Sentence is one dimensional cliched 
2
Death Sentence
Erik Childress
In the same way that Quentin Tarantino and Kurt Russell elevated Death Proof James Wan and Kevin Bacon go beyond what would have been satisfactory to crowds craving a good bloodletting 
3.5
Death Sentence
Josh Larsen
ultimately undone by a ridiculous final half hour in which Bacon turns into the Terminator 
1.5
Death Sentence
Mark Dujsik
There s an inherent disconnect with the material 
2.5
Death Sentence
Willie Waffle
It has Kevin Bacon How bad could it be Bacon makes everything better whether it be a cheesy movie or a cheeseburger I ll never think that again as this movie becomes more absurd by the moment 
.5
Death Sentence
Jeff Vice
In the more sensational and gruesome aspects the film fails miserably getting more ridiculous and unbelievable as it goes along 
1
Death Sentence
Jan Stuart
An exercise in do it yourself justice mongering 
1.5
Death Sentence
Matt Pais
It s OK for sleazy late night entertainment until the statement of the world is a scary place starts sounding like violence might be the answer 
2
Death Sentence
Chris Hewitt
Even as the film slides into unintentional comedy it s almost redeemed by John Goodman s demented supporting performance as a mysterious character who in a better film would have held the key to everything 
1.5
Framing Agnes
Anne Brodie
Trans actors recreate historic trans figures like Christine Jorgenson 46 46 compelling interviews with historian Jules Gill Peterson 44 who wrote Histories of the Transgender Child 46 46 who says it apos s easier today to be seen 44 which is emancipation 46 10 
3
Framing Agnes
Matt Fagerholm
Essential viewing 46 
3
I Smile Back
Sara Michelle Fetters
I Smile Back might not rewrite the addiction or mental illness melodrama rule book but that doesn t make it less affecting Silverman s spectacular performance alone making the price of a ticket well worth spending 
3
I Smile Back
David N. Butterworth
Silverman is excellent but she could use a better script 
2.5
I Smile Back
Barry Hertz
Silverman delivers a knockout performance any memories of her scatalogical stand up act are washed away in an instant But her intense commitment to the depths of depression belongs in a better more focused less derivative film 
2
I Smile Back
Chris Knight
It is a brave performance by Sarah Silverman as a woman slipping into a private hell of her own making but well that probably says enough 
2.5
I Smile Back
Linda Barnard
I Smile Back pummels with nastiness then moves from one shocking event to the next without a backward glance 
2
I Smile Back
Christian Toto
Silverman s shtick may be getting tired but her bravura turn in I Smile Back suggests a career resurgence 
3
I Smile Back
Soren Andersen
Silverman s performance while good is by no means great and she is not able to transcend what amounts to a little too much sweetness and light in this cinematic Smile 
2.5
I Smile Back
Ty Burr
Silverman is far and away the best part of I Smile Back a strained entry in the Mad Housewife genre 
2
I Smile Back
Richard Roeper
A tough unbending sometimes brutally truthful profile of one woman s addiction and the havoc it wreaks on herself and just about everyone who matters to her 
3
I Smile Back
Dann Gire
Silverman the tart tongued stand up comic known for treading treacherous social waters confirms herself as a serious actress If only she d been given a character supported by a stronger arc 
2.5
I Smile Back
Michael Phillips
Silverman s scarily good in this role sick joke funny when the behavior supports it raw yet subtle at Laney s most reckless junctures 
3
I Smile Back
Matt Pais
Silverman proves that she is a legit actress not just pretty good for a comedian trying to get serious 
2.5
I Smile Back
Mick LaSalle
The movie s intelligent respect for that which is unknowable allows it to cover an enormous swath of ground in just 85 minutes Sarah Silverman is very good in I Smile Back and the movie is even better 
3
I Smile Back
Randy Myers
Let s hope the next time Silverman lands a meaty dramatic role and she surely will it will be attached to a stronger movie with a screenplay that adds more context and gives more texture to its characters 
1.5
I Smile Back
Dustin Putman
Sarah Silverman s work is of a towering caliber few actors could even dream of reaching so emotionally piercing and yet so bereft of vanity and artifice it has the power to haunt the viewer for days 
4
I Smile Back
Ann Hornaday
If I Smile Back accomplishes anything it proves that Silverman is no joke 
2
I Smile Back
Christy Lemire
Silverman is so committed and convincing that she makes you wish there were more to her character more to her story 
2
I Smile Back
Peter Travers
Silverman is fierce and unerring No showing off she just is This is acting of the highest caliber 
3
I Smile Back
David Nusair
a fantastic performance in search of a compelling narrative 
2
I Smile Back
Sean P. Means
A fearless dramatic performance by comedian Sarah Silverman can t save director Adam Salky s repetitive housewife in rehab drama I Smile Back 
2
The Courtyard
David Nusair
contains many obnoxiously quirky characters and truly idiotic plot twists 
1.5
Bedlam
Mattie Lucas
Attempts to balance horror with social conscience in a way that doesn t always work but Lee and Karloff make for excellent foils and it s thrilling to watch the two of them go toe to toe in a kind of proto One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 
2.5
Bedlam
Matt Brunson
Another top flight performance from Karloff 
3
Bedlam
David N. Butterworth
Why the Brits banned this creepily effective Boris Karloff thriller for fifty years is unclear 
3
Bedlam
Walter Chaw
Lewton had something to say Perhaps inevitably he found less interesting ways of saying it over the course of nine films in a short four years 
1.5
Diamonds
Michael Dequina
I wouldn t call Douglas s performance particularly award worthy other than for sentimental reasons 
2
Diamonds
Matt Reichl
The tag line for Diamonds promises that searching for buried treasure was never this much fun Replace much fun with dull and that marketing slogan suddenly gains a lot of truth 
1
Diamonds
Elias Savada
It s a male bonding road movie that veers off a weary course filled with dreary clichs on the way to a possible treasure in diamonds The trip is barely worth it 
1
Diamonds
Lou Lumenick
Douglas always one of Hollywood s most vigorous actors still commands the screen as Harry 
2
Diamonds
Roger Ebert
Diamonds feels like it was conceived as a showcase for Douglas at 83 and so it is but what a dreary story and unconvincing characters he has been surrounded with 
1
Angel Has Fallen
David Nusair
The best of the Has Fallen series 
3
Angel Has Fallen
Mike McGranaghan
You probably won t be blown away although you definitely won t be bored either 
2.5
Angel Has Fallen
Matt Brunson
Its chief selling points are that it s not as stridently stupid as Olympus Has Fallen nor as obnoxiously xenophobic as London Has Fallen 
2
Angel Has Fallen
Sean P. Means
Even by the dumbed down standards of this bombastic franchise Angel Has Fallen is particularly loud and stupid an action movie that wants to have its Deep State and eat it too 
1.5
Angel Has Fallen
Josh Terry
Watching Angel Has Fallen is a little like eating at McDonald s while you re on vacation It s safe it s dependable and it s affordable but you know there have to be better options available It s not bad it s just lazy 
2.5
Angel Has Fallen
Sara Michelle Fetters
Faults flaws and all this supposedly final chapter in the adventures of Mike Banning got the job done as far as I was concerned 
2.5
Angel Has Fallen
Jake Cole
The film seems to have cobbled its set pieces together from a series of close ups edited as if by random selection 
1.5
Angel Has Fallen
Robert Horton
Sticks to the low road relying on hackneyed dialogue and the belief that the more ammunition the better 
2
Angel Has Fallen
James Berardinelli
Angel Has Fallen feels like it was cobbled together with cliched action scenes and circumstances overused by the once popular TV series 24 
2
Angel Has Fallen
Brad Wheeler
There s no thrill to this thriller Nor is there nuance to the characters 
2
Angel Has Fallen
Mark Dujsik
H ere we see the modern day sequel laid bare as a hollow money driven expectation no story or creativity required 
1.5
Angel Has Fallen
Simon Abrams
If this type of no brow entertainment is your thing you may find something to like in Angel Has Fallen but that doesn t mean you need what these guys are reselling 
1
Angel Has Fallen
Soren Andersen
Angel Has Fallen plays out exactly as you would expect from a potboiler of this type No surprises here other than that it exists at all 
2
Angel Has Fallen
Lindsey Bahr
It might still be passable for cable but this series has sadly fallen into unwatchable territory 
1
Angel Has Fallen
Mick LaSalle
Butler can do more but he s so good at doing this one thing that it has become his brand That might be a blessing or a curse but if it s a curse there are worse curses 
3
Angel Has Fallen
Oliver Jones
It is a doom invoking cathartic and strangely satisfying head trip that s also a bit ridiculous 
2.5
Angel Has Fallen
Roger Moore
Visceral sometimes fun and far fetched B movie that steals its action beats from The Fugitive Sniper and RED and its politics from QAnon 
2
Angel Has Fallen
Christopher Lloyd
Surprisingly the best of the Fallen franchise with decent action scenes and even some tender moments 
3
Angel Has Fallen
Joey Magidson
Admittedly the best of the franchise to date though still fairly mediocre and dumb as rocks Angel Has Fallen is occasionally fun but mostly just a bland shoot em up 
2
Angel Has Fallen
Hau Chu
Most action flicks would settle for thrilling violence and mayhem in service of a utilitarian plot Angel flips this formula on its head delivering a surprisingly coherent story but with no discernible sense of fun 
1.5
Angel Has Fallen
Katie Walsh
Surprisingly the tough guy is willing to grow and change along with the franchise itself even if it is as goofy and violent as it always has been 
2.5
A Useful Life
John Beifuss
Dedicated to cinephiles everywhere this pocket vest valentine of a film examines the comforts and limits of movie love 
3.5
A Useful Life
Ed Gonzalez
A Useful Life blooms as a study of cinephilia as a means to a sheltered end 
3
Let Us In
Roger Moore
A pretty bad horror comedy briefly takes a turn for the better when its biggest name makes his star entrance 
1.5
The Great Lie
Wesley Lovell
Predictable to a fault even Bette Davis can t save this film 
2.5
A Kid From Coney Island
Dwight Brown
Under the prying eye of doc directors Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah viewers watch a very talented man withstand the death of a parent depression a career that stalls and a surprisingly spiritual path to redemption 
3
A Kid From Coney Island
Joey Magidson
One doesn t have to be a basketball fan to find a core of deep fascination and reflexivity in A Kid From Coney Island 
3
Reality
Stephen Rebello
As a Hollywood satire of zero budget horror flicks Reality is never as fresh or savage as its needs to be 
2.5
Reality
Robert Horton
It s more eerie than funny like looking into a distorted mirror and realizing there might be some truth there 
2.5
Reality
Simon Abrams
The film will only work for you if you expect it not to make sense and enjoy jokes that go on and on and then suddenly and repeatedly jack knife off a cliff or two 
3
Reality
Chuck Bowen
Quentin Dupieux has a talent for rendering otherworldly concepts banal in a manner that reflects the stymied desires of his characters 
2.5
The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
Roger Moore
A lighthearted yet lumbering pirate romp around that sea that separates Japan from the Korean peninsula 
2
Cowboy
David Nusair
a fine premise that is for the most part employed to woefully uninvolving effect by Delmer Daves 
2
Cowboy
Mattie Lucas
Daves brings a kind of gritty realism and strong sense of framing using the terrific performances of Ford and Lemmon to explore masculine rivalries and western mythos 
3.5
Cowboy
Matt Brunson
At 92 minutes Cowboy is simply too short to fully explore its characters and their arcs but to quote Pat and Mike s Spencer Tracy albeit in a completely different context What s there is cherce 
3
Hondo
Matt Brunson
A twisty Western 
3.5
Hondo
Peter Canavese
Stands out as one of Wayne s best remembered features a smooth Western co produced by Wayne and shot at the tail end of the 50s 3 D craze Blu ray 
3
MDMA
Mark Dujsik
There are a lot of excuses made by and for the main character of MDMA 
1.5
MDMA
James Berardinelli
Although MDMA goes to some dark places and features its share of ugly scenes it s ultimately a story of hope and redemption 
3
MDMA
Roger Moore
Lurid uneven exploitation masquerading as a cautionary tale about Molly 
2
Venus Beauty Institute
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Tonie Marshall turns in a lightweight enjoyable film where love wins out over all 
3
Venus Beauty Institute
Elias Savada
The French have just the right bring me down if you can t bear to drown yourself in a bowl of eggnog 
2
The Lawyer
David Reddish
Viewers will no doubt debate if the story theyve just seen is a romantic dreamor a total nightmare 
3
Looks That Kill
Peter Canavese
An amiable but messy attempt to marry Hal Ashby to Tim Burton by way of YA romance novels 
2
Murder à la Mod
David Nusair
Brian De Palma s first and worst feature length endeavor 
0
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Bob Ross
The recipe of course is that exhilarating blend of pulse pumping action wry humor and splashy effects that made 1981 s Raiders of the Lost Ark such a delightful diversion 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Michael Sragow
Because of Ford Jones is both the most immediately appealing of larger than life heroes and the one with the most staying power 
2.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Joe Baltake
Indiana notwithstanding Steven Spielberg is the real hero here cracking his directorial whip in expert fashion It s first class and sometimes very high class I recommend it whole heartedly if only half headedly 
3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Brian Eggert
If Raiders of the Lost Ark remains the series flawlessly balanced cinematic spectacle and Temple of Doom provides an ultra simplification of suspense entertainment this third entry in Spielberg s enduring series places a vital humanity onto the series 
4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Matt Brunson
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade closed the decade in style 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Desmond Ryan
Not surprisingly Ford has most of the action here But Connery in what is often a test of a true actor shows how much you can do with an essentially passive part 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Dave Kehr
Fans of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas Indiana Jones series may rest assured that the latest installment Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is fully up to as well as virtually indistinguishable from its predecessors 
3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Roger Hurlburt
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is by far the best most inspired and ingeniously produced of Steven Spielberg s affectionate odes to the heyday of the movie cliffhanger 
4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Gene Siskel
This is not so much a bad film as a machine like one lacking the same energy as the original which it most resembles 
2.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Walter Chaw
benign slapstick 
2.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Scott Nash
It shows us Indy s origin and even ends with him riding off into the sunset after completing the ultimate quest of finding the Holy Grail I mean how do you top that 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
James Berardinelli
Captures some of the sense of fun that infused the first movie while using the addition of Sean Connery to up the comedic ante and provide a father son dynamic 
3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
David Nusair
it s impossible to deny the film s status as the very best of the series sequels 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Robert W. Butler
This is reportedly the last time producer writer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg will treat movie fans to an Indiana Jones adventure and it s pretty obvious they were determined to send Indy riding off into the sunset in style 
3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jeremiah Kipp
There s considerable pleasure in watching these two lions spar but sometimes Last Crusade mistakes dotting every I and crossing every T for detailed character development 
2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Peter Canavese
The eventual arrival of towering screen presence Sean Connery as Dr Henry Jones Sr alongside Harrison Ford as Dr Henry Jones Jr allows for what may be adventure cinema s most potent pairing DVD 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Josh Larsen
A blueprint for how a blockbuster sequel should be done 
4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
TV Guide Staff
Despite strong acting the slapstick energy between Ford and Connery is wasted obligatory chases and stunts and splendid art direction the virtuoso technique evident in every frame remains formulaic unaccompanied by revelation epiphany or surprise 
2.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Kevin Carr
A strong return to form for Spielberg and the gang 44 offering a strong third adventure 46 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Rob Blackwelder
This movie returns the Indy series to its roots of thundering thrills spiritual inspiration and perfectly timed humor 
3.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Sean Connery as Indy s father is a perfect foil The chemistry between the two men is magical they make a great comedy team 
4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Dan Webster
It essentially is a carbon copy of Raiders its sole woman character is shamelessly portrayed and its ending is bungled to the point of insult 
2
Porfirio
Andrew Schenker
The discomforts of the body define Alejandro Landes s Porfirio 
3
Bottom of the 9th
Joey Magidson
Joe Manganiello gets a nice showcase here believably portraying a once can t miss baseball prospect 
3
Bottom of the 9th
Nell Minow
While it wavers with heavy handed dialogue underwritten supporting characters and a storyline that veers away from its original grittiness Manganiello keeps it grounded with a performance of sincerity and heart 
2.5
Bottom of the 9th
Roger Moore
Tepid slow second chance romance last chance at baseball drama that plays more like The Seventh Inning Stretch 
1.5
Bottom of the 9th
Chuck Bowen
Raymond De Felitta s film offers a sampler course of formulas which creates a strangely unfulfilling tension 
1.5
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Ed Gonzalez
Yaji and Kita The Midnight Pilgrims is a trip a mashup of aesthetic sensibilities and attitudes old and new 
3
By the Time It Gets Dark
Chuck Bowen
By the Time It Gets Dark ironically grows more hypnotic rapturous and overpowering discarding conventional narrative to hunt for wild emotional shard 
3.5
Piranha
Mattie Lucas
A welcome antidote to this season s often painfully self serious blockbuster offerings 
2.5
Piranha
Jeff Beck
I understand what the filmmakers were trying to do and they almost pulled it off but there s no sense in making the audience slog through a dreary 40 minutes before the fun actually begins 
2.5
Piranha
Liam Lacey
Piranha 3D is more funny than disgusting even when screen fills with half nude swimmers bobbing like human dumplings in a roiling vat of borscht This isn t just sick it s clas sick 
2
Piranha
David Nusair
a mildly watchable B movie effort that could have and should have been so much better 
2.5
Piranha
Sean P. Means
Theres a dull predictability to the set pieces when you see a topless para skier bob in and out of the water its inevitable that shell rise into the air without any legs 
2
Piranha
Jeff Vice
Its only saving grace if the film can really be said to have one is that the filmmakers were fully aware that they weren t making anything that could be taken seriously 
1.5
Piranha
James Berardinelli
For most of Piranha 3D Aja skates along the line separating satire camp from horror without straying into the realm of outright parody 
3
Piranha
Sara Michelle Fetters
Seen with a group of friends and in a packed theatre it is doubtful that if this is your cup of tea you re not going to walk away ecstatic afterwards 
2.5
Piranha
John Beifuss
Crasser than even a movie with Eli Roth as the host of a wet T shirt contest needs to be yet there s no denying that director Alexandre Aja stages the flesh eating comin at ya chaos with bloodthirsty glee 
3
Piranha
Linda Cook
Let s get this over with Piranha 3D is softcore exploitation 
2.5
Piranha
Peter Travers
Piranha 3D ends the summer on a note of shamelessly entertaining B movie bottomfeeding 
2.5
Piranha
Tirdad Derakhshani
An awe inspiring stomach churning journey into blood gore and boobs directed by one of France s most talented horror auteurs Alexandre Aja 
3.5
Piranha
Shaula Clark
Can we ask anything more of a popcorn horror flick No we cannot 
3
Piranha
Kam Williams
Hell hath no fury like a school of hungry teen eating piranhas 
4
Piranha
Michael A. Smith
Packed with enough nudity to make Russ Meyer proud if it was my movie I would have named it Piranha 3DD 
3
Piranha
Rossiter Drake
The violence is gory gratuitous and convincingly staged a credit to effects duo Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero whose carnage looks impressively or nauseatingly real even if the boobs are not 
3
Piranha
Wesley Morris
A movie this adolescently dirty minded could hardly pass up a chance to go to Lake Titicaca 
1
Piranha
James Kendrick
funny and gross and tasteless as it is it frequently feels like too much as if Aja is swinging for the fences of cult moviedom at every moment
2.5
Piranha
Mike McGranaghan
A gory self aware joyride that is insane in all the right ways 
3.5
Piranha
Christian Toto
Making a great B movie requires more than just fake blood and breasts something the minds behind Piranha 3D already know 
3
Piranha
Robert Levin
The film more closely evokes the B movie spirit that gave birth to stereoscopic cinema than any of its contemporaries 
3
Piranha
Nick Schager
Piranha 3D proves a worthy heir to its brazen exploitation cinema forefathers 
3
Piranha
Gina Carbone
Too much Jersey Shore not enough piranhas 
1
Piranha
Josh Larsen
The definitive film for this latest 3 D era It exploits sex and gore the same way studios are exploiting moviegoers with 3 D ticket prices 
1
Piranha
Roger Moore
Piranha 3D goes for the jugular And generally misses but generally in an amusing way 
1.5
Piranha
Dustin Putman
Had Christopher Lloyd ended his scene with a great scott utterance it might have simply been too much to handle at one time 
2.5
Kalamazoo?
John Monaghan
While the low budget comedy is occasionally charming it mostly fails in clumsy attempts at evoking laughs and tears 
2
Husbands
Matt Brunson
Some astute observations are lost in an avalanche of endless scenes and a cascade of tiresome and self absorbed characters 
2
Husbands
James Kendrick
as a time capsule rendition of men being boys it certainly has an inherent intrigue but it is not one of Cassavetes strongest films
2
Husbands
Michael Scheinfeld
Most of Cassavetes s cinema verite films as a director are invariably accused and with some justification of being rambling self indulgent and unfocused but it is precisely those elements that make his best work so affecting and memorable 
3.5
Husbands
Roger Ebert
John Cassavetes Husbands is disappointing in the way Antonioni s Zabriskie Point was It shows an important director not merely failing but not even understanding why 
2
Whip It
Troy Patterson
Though Whip It celebrates risk taking ladies its plot turns gently from one formulaic moment to the next The only surprise is just how much silliness Barrymore is willing to commit 
3
Whip It
Kelly Jane Torrance
The story is not particularly original but the milieu is and so is the energy in this ode to girl power 
2.5
Whip It
Wesley Lovell
A surprisingly energetic provoking and entertaining coming of age story 
3.5
Whip It
Rosie Fletcher
Part underdog sports flick part coming of ager Whip It trades on familiar formulaics yet Shauna Cross smart script based on her novel keeps things fresh and funny 
4
Whip It
Roz Laws
Sure Whip It is clichéd slight and formulaic but it still has enough charm and wit to keep us entertained And it s packed with girl power 
3
Whip It
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Drew Barrymore s directorial debut is an energetic celebration of grrrl power and it sure is fun to watch 
3
Whip It
David Nusair
the stellar performances and Barrymore s obvious enthusiasm for the material ultimately proves instrumental in allowing the viewer to overlook the myriad of flaws 
2.5
Whip It
Eric Melin
The marvel of Whip It is that Barrymore s freewheeling spirit is infectious even when her direction borders on sloppiness and the script skirts with cliché 
3
Whip It
Linda Cook
Whip It is so many things It s a coming of age movie It s a sports movie It s a relationship movie It s a funny movie It s a poignant movie And above all is it ever fun 
3.5
Whip It
Sara Michelle Fetters
While unsurprising and more than a tad familiar this is nonetheless one of the more exuberantly entertaining pictures I ve seen this Fall 
3
Whip It
Sean P. Means
First time director Barrymore has a sharp eye for the rough and tumble grunginess of roller derby and a warmhearted appreciation of the girl power that fuels it 
3
Whip It
Mike Scott
A feel good if formulaic dramatic comedy set in the full contact world of roller derby and boasting a very Drew Barrymore blend of good humor and punky femininity 
2.5
Whip It
Rob Thomas
boy when you see Ellen Page and Juliette Lewis whipping around the corner the beer fueled crowd cheering and the Breeders Last Splash blaring on the soundtrack you know that Whip It has the spirit of roller derby down cold 
3.5
Whip It
John Beifuss
Hip but not smart aleck the film is not afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve as an invisible accessory to the pads helmet and embarrassing Barbie skates that propel its underage heroine to a new identity 
3.5
Whip It
Matt Brunson
Easily skates by on the charms of both its novel setting and its gung ho cast 
3
Whip It
Steve Rhodes
In a role that cries out for quirkiness Barrymore has Page playing it as straight as possible Since Page is the queen of quirk this makes little sense Still the result is a solid performance in an entertaining movie 
3
Whip It
Kit Bowen
Drew Barrymore finds the perfect project for her directorial debut infusing the roller derby fun fest with her spunk and joie de vivre 
3.5
Whip It
Bob Bloom
Whip It is simply an entertaining vehicle not an in depth examination of the sport of roller derby or the women who play it 
3
Whip It
Jeffrey Westhoff
An easy movie to like 
3
Whip It
Lori Hoffman
this is a movie about girls that just wanna have fun
3
Whip It
Amy Biancolli
Love may be too strong a word for me But I m deeply in like with Whip It 
3
Whip It
Liam Lacey
Boisterous cloying simultaneously raunchy and innocent hip and klutzy 
3
Whip It
Robert Levin
A classically constructed coming of age story that fully embraces its girl power attitude 
3
Whip It
Lisa Kennedy
Barrymore s embrace of gal power is joyful The skaters are gutsy goofy or both They own their own odd sexiness 
3
Whip It
Michael Phillips
It succeeds because of the emotional rather than comic payoffs such as a late scene between Page and Harden where daughter and mother after a rough patch hit on an unexpectedly serious subject 
3
Whip It
Michael Sragow
If you re looking for good company you ll get it 
2.5
Whip It
John Wirt
Set in the rocky world of roller derby Whip It proves Ellen Page can carry a good script without Kimya Dawson s songs and Michael Cera s sensitivity 
3.5
Whip It
Willie Waffle
The result is a mixed Whip It crying out for more edge and honesty with a cast that looks like it is playing dress up
1.5
Whip It
Sean O'Connell
Packs the same unfiltered jolts of grrrrrly girl empowerment Barrymore likes to embrace in her acting gigs 
3
Whip It
Nick Rogers
A moving meditation on the importance of seizing the now early whatever that might be Twee and tough the film elbows aside sports movie clichés with thoughtful intelligence emphasis on self reliance and all too rare portrayals of strong women 
4
Whip It
Chris Hewitt
The roller derby comedy Whip It is like roller derby itself sloppy loud fun 
3
Whip It
Linda Barnard
Whip It Drew Barrymore s fledgling outing as a director stars Ellen Page in an engaging affirming tale that s more sk8r grl saga than hell on wheels ride 
3
Whip It
Lou Lumenick
Girls just wanna have fun and boy do they as rough n ready roller derby players in Whip It Drew Barrymore s exuberant and totally winning directing debut 
3
Whip It
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Drew Barrymore makes her feature directorial debut at age 34 and whips up one of the year s most purely enjoyable Hollywood films 
3.5
Whip It
James Berardinelli
Built upon a mountain of clichÃ C s the screenplay wallows in artificiality and although some of the sports action sequences are well choreographed and have a ring of authenticity nearly every scene away from the arena reeks of contrivance 
2
Whip It
Peter Travers
Screenwriter Shauna Cross dulls the edges of her novel Derby Girl which the skate action and rockin soundtrack can t disguise 
2.5
Whip It
Erik Childress
Whip It is the kind of film that you can t quite recommend but certainly wouldn t begrudge other people for liking either 
2.5
Whip It
Mark Dujsik
Manages to make a sport about women on roller skates beating the crap out of each other tedious 
1.5
Whip It
Michael A. Smith
An excellent freshman feature I can hardly wait to see what Barrymore picks for her sophomore effort 
3.5
Whip It
Phil Villarreal
There s an extended sequence of underwater kissing that makes it seem that both Page and Pigg are mer people Seriously they never come up for air as they make out in about 15 different positions It s only the audience that s drowning 
2
Whip It
Duane Dudek
Roller derby is more than women in fishnet stockings on roller skates But Whip It isn t 
2
Whip It
Dustin Putman
Never less than sheer fun Whip It enlivens Bliss touching journey and makes roller derby seem so much cooler than boring old football or basketball 
3
Whip It
Moira MacDonald
Yes you know exactly where this movie is going But Barrymore and writer Shauna Cross give us plenty of reason to enjoy the journey however familiar 
3
Whip It
Carrie Rickey
Heaven on wheels 
3
Whip It
Matt Soergel
There are no real villains here just normal people making their way through life And Bliss while willful is not horrible she s just found something she needs to do fishnets and all and she s doing it 
3.5
Whip It
Stephen Whitty
It s as if Napoleon Dynamite and Little Miss Sunshine strapped on skates and sailed right into some pat Hollywood comedy 
2
Whip It
Wesley Morris
Barrymore has so thoroughly laced Whip It with her own lunatic affections for women and the human race in general that it ought to be sold as an antidepressant 
3
Whip It
Rene Rodriguez
Whip It is completely predictable from the first frame It also is ridiculously utterly entertaining 
3
Whip It
Rafer Guzman
The cast is mostly female the first time director is Drew Barrymore and the screenplay comes from Shauna Cross based on her novel But the teenage themes are universal breaking from your parents discovering yourself and following your bliss 
3
Whip It
Roger Ebert
Yes the movie has cliches Yes it all leads up to a big game Yes there is a character s validating appearance near the end Yes and so what The movie is miles more intelligent than most of the cream of wheat marketed to teenage girls 
3.5
Whip It
Peter Keough
The roller derby action is as listless as the comic back and forth and the smarmy sentiment but Barrymore at least proves she s no more mediocre than anyone else at directing such pap 
1.5
Whip It
Joe Williams
What Barrymore brings is good natured girl powered subversion a sense of when to flaunt clichés and when to flip them over the rails 
3
Whip It
Ryan Stewart
There s a lot of underlying potential here but there seems to have been no one around to whip it into shape 
1.5
Whip It
Kam Williams
Juno on roller skates 
2.5
Camille
Matt Brunson
George Cukor has long been tagged a 8220 woman 8217 s director 44 8221 and his elevation here of the actress from mere mortal to silver screen goddess is an example why 46 
3
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Matt Brunson
Jock Mahoney is a far less interesting Tarzan than Gordon Scott 40 and neither 44 of course 44 could touch Johnny Weissmuller 41 46 
2.5
A Huey P. Newton Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film represents a new triumph for Lee one that comes closer to Do the Right Thing than nearly anything else in his career 
3.5
Nh10
Namrata Joshi
The film loses out on complexity by opting for a way too easy narrative the rural brutes vs us the city slickers 
2
Memento Mori
David Nusair
it s rather stunning to note that a North American studio thought that this garbage heap of a movie was worth releasing on home video 
0
FeardotCom
Jami Bernard
The story is a mess some of the images offensive the acting under par and the dialogue silly 
1
FeardotCom
Alex Kaloostian
A decent score and truly gorgeous cinematography are ruined by a terrible script and violence that defines gratuitous 
1.5
FeardotCom
David Nusair
dark grungy and generally unpleasant to look at 
0
FeardotCom
Nick Rogers
Malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain But the movie s narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure 
1.5
FeardotCom
Frank Ochieng
When appreciating the heuristic nature of the hackneyed Fear Dot Com do yourself a favor and be sure to log off immediately in reference to this misguided nightmarish nonsense 
1.5
FeardotCom
Liam Lacey
The movie s progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase fatal script error 
2
FeardotCom
Mike McGranaghan
Log on to my imaginary website www this movie sucks com 
1.5
FeardotCom
Mark Dujsik
Makes me yearn to use colloquial phrases like sucks big time and piece of crap but alas I cannot bring myself to do so except with quotation marks 
0.5
FeardotCom
Jonathan R. Perry
Taken purely as an exercise in style this oppressively gloomy techno horror clambake is impossible to ignore But as a movie it s a humorless disjointed mess 
2
FeardotCom
Linda Cook
Promise me you won t go there 
.5
FeardotCom
Dustin Putman
A mess when it comes to the characters and writing but works its way underneath the skin like few movies have in recent memory 
2.5
FeardotCom
Steve Rhodes
I ll go out on a limb It isn t quite one of the worst movies of the year It s just merely very bad 
1
FeardotCom
Michael Szymanski
Going to the website may be just as fun and scary as going to the film 
2
FeardotCom
Maitland McDonagh
This intensely derivative mishmash owes its creepiest images and conceits to other films 
1.5
FeardotCom
Mick LaSalle
What we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie In other words it s badder than bad 
0
FeardotCom
Phil Villarreal
It s tough to be startled when you re almost dozing 
1
FeardotCom
John Anderson
It misses the big picture the story is impossibly lame but you can t say it doesn t have style 
1.5
FeardotCom
Jeff Vice
The only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie 
0
FeardotCom
Roger Ebert
The screenplay is a mess and yet the visuals are so creative this is one of the rare bad films you might actually want to see 
2
FeardotCom
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Feardotcom invents a whole new kind of bad 
1
FeardotCom
Chris Hewitt
Despite the up to the minute trappings there s nothing here that s newer than rotary dial phones 
1.5
FeardotCom
Lou Lumenick
Press the delete key 
1
FeardotCom
John Monaghan
Expect to be reminded of other better films especially Seven which director William Malone slavishly copies 
1
FeardotCom
Tony Toscano
The only thing to fear about Fear Dot Com is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film 
.5
FeardotCom
Rob Blackwelder
If this sounds like entertainment to you perhaps you should save the price of admission and put it toward therapy 
0
FeardotCom
Glenn Lovell
Anyone not into high tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally and log on to something more user friendly 
2
FeardotCom
Tor Thorsen
Summer s far too fleeting to squander on offal like this 
1
FeardotCom
Robert K. Elder
As scary and minor chord heavy as FearDotCom can be there s no big payoff no logical resolution It s like waiting for a site to download only to find that when it happens anticipation was more than half of the empty thrill 
1.5
Rancho Deluxe
Gene Siskel
Rancho Deluxe is more than Just a gag show A lot of its humor is wistful and visual 
3
Rancho Deluxe
Jerry Oster
It s become quite clear that any movie with Bridges is a movie worth seeing 
3.5
Rancho Deluxe
Roger Ebert
There s nothing so hapless as a movie made in the wrong style especially when the director doggedly insists on that style to the bitter end 
1.5
Battle Scars
Mike McGranaghan
Battle Scars tells two stories concurrently One is really good the other incredibly weak The problem is that the second story continually intrudes upon the first one 
2.5
Battle Scars
Roger Moore
A sordid and generic B thriller misleadingly packaged as a PTSD drama 
1
Iowa
Michael Wilmington
A mish mash of familiar cinematic would be jolts and shocks that don t convince for a more than a moment or two 
1.5
Iowa
Bill Stamets
Cut with distractions tweaky visuals borrowed touches and cartoonish characters 
1.5
Iowa
Linda Cook
Here s a strange moody movie about Iowa that s never going to make to a Chamber of Commerce dinner 
2
Iowa
Ken Fox
According to this first time feature filmmaker the entire Hawkeye State is a hotbed of crime corruption and clandestine chemistry with home cooked crystal methamphetamine replacing pot roast and Mom s apple pie 
2
Iowa
Kyle Smith
There s not much story but there are plenty of colorful almost David Lynchian drug freakouts 
1.5
Iowa
Elizabeth Weitzman
A sour vanity project trash posing as a socially relevant cautionary tale 
1
Iowa
Nick Schager
Iowa is so stupendously slipshod that even mentioning the classics it vainly attempts to emulate would be to give it too much credit by association 
0.5
Valkyrie
Matt Soergel
Singer can only touch on the surface of each development It would help if we could see the failure reflected in von Stauffenberg s one good eye but Cruise alas can offer little help He s just Tom Cruise in an eyepatch 
2
Valkyrie
Sonny Bunch
Maintaining tension in the face of a foregone conclusion is no mean trick but Mr Singer and company do as well as anyone could hope 
2.5
Valkyrie
Walter Chaw
It s the perfect film for our age of reassessment and ambiguity 
3
Valkyrie
Peter Canavese
A pleasing throwback to 1970s war intrigue pictures Blu ray 
3
Valkyrie
David Nusair
finally can t help but come off as something of a minor disappointment 
3
Valkyrie
Kam Williams
An interminable costume drama strictly for Tom Cruise fans and for World War II buffs 
1.5
Valkyrie
Greg Maki
The movie looks good and seems to hit all the right notes yet never quite connects or resonates like it should 
2
Valkyrie
Wesley Lovell
A well wrought thriller about one group s attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler 
3
Valkyrie
Tyler Hanley
The tension that builds throughout Valkyrie is palpable and the plot is incredibly compelling 
3.5
Valkyrie
Vicky Roach
A well paced thriller that sheds light on a little known piece of World War II history 
3.5
Valkyrie
John Beifuss
Handsomely mounted but undistinguished 
2.5
Valkyrie
Jeffrey Westhoff
Much of Valkyrie works but not quite enough 
2.5
Valkyrie
Rob Humanick
As the film eschews self importance it engages more directly and universally if only in a rudimentary fashion that fails in terms of overall staying power 
2.5
Valkyrie
Matt Brunson
For better or worse Valkyrie brings to mind that classic line from The Producers Springtime for Hitler musical number Don t be stupid be a smarty Come and join the Nazi party 
2
Valkyrie
Gina Carbone
This is chew your fingernails country Anyone who misses it simply because it stars a couch jumping Scientologist is missing a great film 
3
Valkyrie
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is an urgent you are there magnetism each fateful mistake and misstep foreshadowing the group s ultimate demise only adding to the slowly building excitement 
3
Valkyrie
Michael Dequina
The top priority of Bryan Singer s film is not to be a history lesson or character study but to simply be an absorbing adult suspense film 
3
Valkyrie
John Wirt
Valkyrie works as a full dress military drama fleshing out a historical footnote in vivid detail 
2.5
Valkyrie
Michael Wilmington
As a high gloss high powered high tech WW2 era thriller with real life overtones it s often hell on wheels 
3
Valkyrie
Joe Lozito
Talk about an impossible mission Tom Cruise plays a German WWII Colonel with plans to assassinate Hitler in this distractingly anachronistic fact based tale from Bryan Singer 
2.5
Valkyrie
Jenni Miller
Sure it s complicated to set up the assassination of a lunatic dictator but does it have to be so boring 
2.5
Valkyrie
Jeff Vice
What the film really has going for it is a good supporting cast Actors playing von Stauffenberg s fellow conspirators include Bill Nighy Kenneth Branagh and Terence Stamp 
2.5
Valkyrie
Lisa Kennedy
What if this lesser known chapter of German resistance had been more deeply captured What if the moral conflicts running through this movie about love of country and revolt said more about Germany war and yes genocide 
2
Valkyrie
Lawrence Toppman
It s slickly executed handsomely acted for the most part and utterly easy to forget 
2
Valkyrie
Michael Sragow
Valkyrie lacks the coherence to make the unfolding of a hideous foregone conclusion of course we know the Hitler killing will be foiled lucid or magnetic 
2
Valkyrie
Willie Waffle
Gets off to a slow start but it s almost like Valkyrie had a Red Bull mid way through as everything is kicked up a notch
2.5
Valkyrie
Robert W. Butler
Valkyrie has all the dramatic oomph of a History Channel re enactment 
2
Valkyrie
Connie Ogle
The screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander introduces a seemingly endless series of characters but there s no time to flesh any of them out enough to make you worry about their fate 
2
Valkyrie
Duane Dudek
The stilted and diffuse result is as dramatically compelling as a planning commission meeting 
2.5
Valkyrie
Moira MacDonald
You just can t quite enter the world of this film not in the way that you might have if a more nuanced and less iconic actor had played the central role 
2.5
Valkyrie
Mick LaSalle
Think of Valkyrie as a reasonably entertaining drama about the time Tom Cruise tried to kill Hitler Do that and it becomes possible to enjoy the movie 
2
Valkyrie
Charles Koplinski
A bit shallow but undeniably thrilling 
3.5
Valkyrie
Linda Cook
Sometimes conspiracies are more than just theories 
3.5
Valkyrie
Christian Toto
Valkyrie isn t Ishtar or Heaven s Gate 2 0 but it s also not the vehicle to springboard Tom Cruise back to the top 
2
Valkyrie
Gary Brown
The performances truly stand out led by Tom Cruise and several members of the supporting cast 
3.5
Valkyrie
Michael A. Smith
Cruise who already delivered a great performance this summer in Tropic Thunder is at the top of his game here
3.5
Valkyrie
Eric Melin
Director Bryan Singer approaches this sensitive material as a strict procedural It s almost as if we are joining part two of a miniseries already in progress 
2
Valkyrie
Peter T. Chattaway
To Singer s credit the film is remarkably suspenseful even though we know pretty much how it will end 
3
Valkyrie
Bob Bloom
The movie is shallow and clinical It rarely lets us inside its protagonists We know that they despise Hitler period and that they consider themselves patriots 
2
Valkyrie
Steve Rhodes
Achieves the authenticity of something that the History Channel would be proud of 
3
Valkyrie
Phil Villarreal
Bryan Singer has managed a new unexpected feat u2014 he s learned to make boring movies 
2
Valkyrie
Dustin Putman
Thriller and action elements are low scale and unsuccessful Valkyrie is little more than a sketchy and narrow history lesson with less impact than it should have 
2
Valkyrie
Claudia Puig
Valkyrie is a World War II thriller without enough thrills 
2
Valkyrie
Linda Barnard
Like the coup whose story it tells Valkyrie is a near miss failing to sweep us along for what should have been a dramatic ride 
2
Valkyrie
Chris Hewitt
Cruise s character Claus von Stauffenberg is off putting and not just because he s a German with a pronounced American accent 
1.5
Valkyrie
James Berardinelli
Bryan Singer has capably crafted this war thriller in such a way that one occasionally forgets the foregone conclusion and becomes wrapped up in the excitement of the moment 
3
Valkyrie
Steven Rea
The film isn t half bad It s certainly not the unwitting laugh riot that many me included expected 
2.5
Valkyrie
Rick Groen
It may be the same old partners but it s a better dance here at least history leads and Hollywood follows 
3
Valkyrie
Ty Burr
With just the slightest tilt toward black comedy Valkyrie could have been the Dilbert of Nazi movies 
2.5
Valkyrie
Michael Phillips
Judging by Mark Twain s comment about the music of Richard Wagner better than it sounds if Twain were around to see Valkyrie he d likely say it s better than it seems 
2.5
Valkyrie
Rafer Guzman
Based on a true story Valkyrie aims to be a thriller not an issues movie and it succeeds 
3
Valkyrie
Kyle Smith
Valkyrie is a taut suspense flick for grown ups that asks What if ruthless German efficiency had been used against Hitler 
3
Valkyrie
Roger Ebert
A meticulous thriller based on a large scale conspiracy within the German army to assassinate Hitler 
3
Valkyrie
Peter Travers
Tom Cruise starring in the fact based story of a plot to kill Hitler by Nazi Col Claus von Stauffenberg sounds like Oscar bait It isn t And the sooner you accept it the more fun you ll have at this satisfying B movie 
2.5
Valkyrie
Nick Schager
Incongruous vocal intonations aren t even the most significant problem plaguing Bryan Singer s film 
1.5
Elvira's Haunted Hills
David Reddish
Ok so Elviras Haunted Hills isnt exactly The Witch but it is a fun and campy romp 
3
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Kevin Carr
The thing I appreciated most about this movie was its reverence to horror classics And it s a great cast Obviously Elvira s fun to watch 
3
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Matt Brunson
The humor is on the anemic side 
2
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Ty Burr
A sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom of the bill fare like The Ghost and Mr Chicken 
1.5
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Lou Lumenick
More entertaining than much of the big studio schlock out there 
2
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Mark Rahner
The campy results make Mel Brooks Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated 
2
The Hearse
Roger Ebert
The events in this movie happen because they have happened in other horror movies and seemed like a good idea at the time We know better 
0.5
New York Stories
Jack Garner
Each film in New York Stories is a worthy addition to the impressive range of work created by three great directors 
3.5
New York Stories
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Whether it happened by chance or design the sketches have more than just New York in common all three have something to do with middle age as well as with romantic relationships 
3
New York Stories
Chris Hicks
The best news of course is that Allen is back in rare form 
3.5
New York Stories
Roger Ebert
New York Stories consists of three films one good one bad one disappointing 
2.5
Becket
Jeff Vice
The material remains relevant and the film as a whole is completely engrossing It may be nearly 2 1 2 hours long but it doesn t feel like it 
4
Becket
Sean P. Means
Watching Becket is to see a form of stylized epic moviemaking not practiced today 
4
Becket
Michael Wilmington
Ripe with homoerotic undercurrents which O Toole mines with relish in his great hysterical performance full of cunning eloquence and mad outbursts 
3
Becket
Mark Feeney
Everything that Doctor Strangelove is daring and inspired vibrant and brilliantly staged Becket is not 
2.5
Becket
David Elliott
Peter Glenville s stage plank direction creaks badly but the acting still holds you 
2
Becket
Peter Canavese
A power play about power plays Jean Anouilh s now classic Becket provided the basis for one of the great screen pairings 
3.5
Becket
Carrie Rickey
The pleasure of these two extravagantly gifted actors at the top of their game their diction their conviction their beauty is enormous 
3
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Lou Lumenick
Writer director Michael Bregman son of Martin who produced both films keeps things moving briskly on the way to an improbably happy ending 
2
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
David Nusair
a legitimate piece of work and not just a sleazy attempt to milk the popularity of the original 
2.5
Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing
Nick Allen
For intimate narratives that are about incomplete or in progress healing and the elements of lives that are changed forever the approach can feel too tidy 
2.5
Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing
Peter Keough
It focuses rightly so on the survivors still courageously trying to overcome their wounds and on those who didn t survive to whom the film is dedicated 
3
Johnny English Reborn
Roger Moore
English Reborn isn t terrible and is certainly seriously harmless But it does remind one of the glorious past and the potential Atkinson never realized in his movies even the hit ones 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Jeff Beck
What the film really needed was an injection of comedy that plays to Atkinson s strengths He s a funny guy but this material just isn t worthy of him 
2.5
Johnny English Reborn
Roger Moore
Atkinson revives the comic secret agent that he first introduced in a series of TV ads in the UK but this thin script gives him nothing remotely like a rebirth 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Matt Brunson
It does contain almost enough laughs to make it worth the ticket price Falling a tad short I would suggest adding it to the Netflix queue instead 
2.5
Johnny English Reborn
Scott Nash
The under 12s in the theater seemed to enjoy it immensely 
2.5
Johnny English Reborn
Kate Taylor
Johnny English Reborn is funny enough to make you laugh and plausible enough in an exploding umbrella type of way to make you care 
3
Johnny English Reborn
Joe Williams
At gunpoint I might confess to smiling when English pummeled the Queen of England with a tea tray but the babysitters for the target audience will know that his best bits are burgled from Austin Powers 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Lou Lumenick
It would seem to appeal mostly to hard core fans of the Mr Bean star and children who laugh at the sight of men being repeatedly kicked in the groin 
2
Johnny English Reborn
Scott Bowles
The humor isn t as dual edged as say a Pixar comedy But director Oliver Parker knows his genre well enough to lampoon the mainstays of the spy flick genre from impossibly high tech weapons to foot chases worthy of Olympic medals 
2.5
Johnny English Reborn
Mick LaSalle
The movie feels about 10 minutes too long Still the laughs including the big laughs keep coming right up to the closing seconds 
3
Johnny English Reborn
Mack Bates
That the film ultimately doesn t quite gel is no fault of Atkinson s He gives it his all in an agreeably engaging performance 
2.5
Johnny English Reborn
Tom Russo
After a fast funny start the new sequel Johnny English Reborn proves to be more of the same 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Sean O'Connell
Atkinson has amassed a loyal following who will no doubt support English in theaters But most will leave disappointed thinking Bean there done that 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Rob Humanick
Despite many groins being pelted throughout Johnny English Reborn barely functions on the lone level of juvenile absurdity 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Moira MacDonald
While Atkinson with his elastic eyebrows and not quite in on the joke gaze is always a pleasure the movie feels unnecessary a way to give some work to a handful of actors while waiting for a real movie to come along 
2
Johnny English Reborn
Peter Howell
At least he s being honest Johnny English Reborn makes no attempt to hide Atkinson s shameless thievery his lack of invention or even his graying hair 
2
Johnny English Reborn
Christy Lemire
Johnny English isn t reborn so much as reheated and his aim hasn t improved after all these years 
1.5
Johnny English Reborn
Ann Lewinson
Improves on its unwatchable predecessor 
2.5
The Cat and the Canary
Scott Nash
This isn t so much a horror movie as it is an intentional parody of one It also goes to show how old and tired horror movie clichés are when a film in 1927 was already making fun of them 
3
New World
Linda Barnard
New World tries to expand the genre with nods to The Godfather but can t escape the over the top acting expansive violence and overdone story typical of Seoul made crime dramas 
2
New World
Tina Hassannia
This is action thriller feather preening but all the wit in the world can t hide the narrative sprawl that rots from within 
2
Fiend Without a Face
James Kendrick
a well crafted and generally suspenseful genre flick that has held up surprisingly well
3
Carnal Knowledge
Roger Ebert
Stays within the universe of its characters and inhabits it totally And within that universe men and woman fail to find sexual and personal happiness because they can t break through their patterns of treating each other as objects 
4
Spaced Invaders
Roger Ebert
Maybe I ve lost touch with silly brainless entertainments like this Let s hope so One of the purposes of growing up and getting an education is to learn why movies like Spaced Invaders are a waste of time 
1.5
Amour fou
Robert Horton
Hausner has cast the movie brilliantly We know volumes about wife husband and poet just from their faces and the way they move 
3
Amour fou
John Anderson
Less than propulsive as a narrative but provocative instructive consistently surprising and a kind of slow motion thriller 
3
Amour fou
Amir Soltani
In Hausner s deft hands the comedy makes the existential exercise even more challenging forcing the audience to ponder awkward truths beneath the chilly humor 
3
Amour fou
Scout Tafoya
It illustrates both bluntly and gently the stultifying trap of male influence 
4
Amour fou
Sara Stewart
Hausner s film feels authentically quiet and slower paced for the time period 
3
Amour fou
James Lattimer
Jessica Hausner is less interested in historical revisionism than mining this real life tragedy for its existential thrust 
3.5
The Last Kiss
David Nusair
the viewer is unable to forge any kind of an emotional connection to these people 
2
The Last Kiss
Matt Brunson
The film tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward emotionally honest manner that by the end it s impossible to ascertain whether the film is at its core deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful 
3
The Last Kiss
Jeff Vice
There s a lot more going on here than appears on the surface 
3
The Last Kiss
Marta Barber
Painted with broad strokes but with a palette of rich colorful details 
3
The Last Kiss
Laura Kelly
It s a vast messy but sharply edited circle that writer director Gabriele Muccino makes inherently watchable with balanced doses of comedy and reality 
3
The Last Kiss
John Hartl
The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Terry Lawson
More tiring than anything 
1
The Last Kiss
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It picked me up swung me around and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film 
3
The Last Kiss
Mick LaSalle
The Last Kiss can and should be appreciated as an uproarious comedy of sexual manners but get past that layer and there s a darker more pessimistic movie underneath 
4
The Last Kiss
David Elliott
Director chef Gabriele Muccino keeps it fast zippy comin at ya as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale 
2
The Last Kiss
Bruce Newman
Fits nicely into a new genre that seems intent upon examining whether marriage or even love are the answers to everything 
3
The Last Kiss
Mary F. Pols
It s seething with truth 
3
The Last Kiss
Jeanne Aufmuth
In spite of the adolescent behavior of its players it manages to charm 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hollywood is so filled with so called romantic comedies about emotionally stunted men why import them from Italy Here is one instance where a trade quota would a good idea 
2
The Last Kiss
Frank Ochieng
entanglements are compelling and bursting with enthusiastic irreverence One should definitely unseal their lips because The Last Kiss will leave an indelible mark on your astonished glorious face 
3
The Last Kiss
Roger Ebert
The problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not 
2
The Last Kiss
Steve Rhodes
Since the actors are so attractive and visually articulate and since the cinematography and the sets are so lush the better option is to watch the movie rather than read it 
3
The Last Kiss
Steven Rea
Muccino orchestrates the alternately comic and catastrophic goings on with a maestro s touch 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Michael Wilmington
While Last Kiss may strike some as a calculated crowd pleaser it s cleverly calculated perceptive and often quite funny and a bit darker than it may first appear 
3.5
The Last Kiss
Jan Stuart
Don t let the Italian context throw you You ve seen this crowd many times before although probably not in anything as bombastic and tiresome as The Last Kiss 
1.5
The Last Kiss
Bob Strauss
The Last Kiss is rich with universal truths about the things men and women do to each other and it s probably better in the long run to purge them rather than suffer in silence 
3
The Last Kiss
Megan Turner
Surprisingly for a comedy it s the moments of heavy drama in The Last Kiss that pack the bigger punch 
2.5
The Last Kiss
Stephen Cole
It s hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful self satisfied 22 year old girlfriend and an equally beautiful self satisfied 18 year old mistress 
2
The Last Kiss
Ed Gonzalez
There s enough melodrama in this Magnolia Primavera to make PTA proud yet director Muccino s characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television 
2
The Last Kiss
Harvey S. Karten
Uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance 
3
The Last Kiss
Andrew Howe
What it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart 
3
Hood to Coast
Diego Semerene
I d take raw shots of sweat dripping on pavement and heavy panting over slick graphics and guitar strumming any day 
1.5
The Fourth War
David Nusair
an oddball premise that s employed to partially watchable yet mostly tedious effect by Frankenheimer 
2
The Fourth War
Roger Ebert
The Fourth War is essentially a psychological study of a man coming apart at the hinges 
3
Body of Lies
Mattie Lucas
The action sequences lack pizzazz and feel decidedly old hat for Scott 
2.5
Body of Lies
David Nusair
Ridley Scott s most entertaining and involving effort since 2001 s Black Hawk Down 
3
Body of Lies
Matt Soergel
It doesn t help that those action scenes all blend together relying overmuch on speeding convoys of big black SUVs and surveillance planes that can see you picking your nose from miles up 
2
Body of Lies
Sonny Bunch
Visually the film is quite striking Few modern filmmakers handle desert landscapes as well as Mr Scott 
3
Body of Lies
Peter Canavese
If you re going to have a mall ready entertainment about the war on terror you might as well have this one Blu ray 
2.5
Body of Lies
Matt Brunson
Better than the vast majority of the post 9 11 terrorist yarns Body of Lies is both more ambiguous and ambitious than such heavy handed duds as Rendition and Redacted 
3
Body of Lies
Jeffrey Westhoff
Body of Lies proves as generic as its title 
2
Body of Lies
Walter Chaw
Perfectly workmanlike unimpeachably prestige y achingly contemporary and a near complete failure as revelation
2
Body of Lies
Charles Koplinski
A timely game of cat and mouse that benefits from the performances by its two leads 
3.0
Body of Lies
Sean P. Means
Ridley Scott delivers an involving if sometimes meandering spy thriller and gets in some choice digs about the paralyzed state of American intelligence in the post 9 11 age 
3
Body of Lies
Linda Cook
Body of Lies is an adults only story about espionage and the politics of war 
3
Body of Lies
Michael Phillips
DiCaprio s solid though I wonder if a real CIA agent could get away with looking so earnest every second Crowe has the right idea in addition to all the fun Just throw it away throw it away and pretty soon you build yourself a clever characterization
2.5
Body of Lies
Lori Hoffman
a forgettable spy non thriller 
2
Body of Lies
David Stratton
Body of Lies may not tell us anything we didn t already know about the way the US does business in the Middle East but it s compelling nonetheless 
4
Body of Lies
Nick Rogers
Just because Leonardo DiCaprio gets worked like a speed bag doesn t mean Ridley Scott isn t pulling the punches he usually packs It s emotionless chaos that s more like Collateral Damage less a film weighing what collateral damage really means 
2
Body of Lies
Eric Melin
It looks really good and has really great acting in it but it doesn t amount to much in the end emotionally 
2
Body of Lies
Kyle Smith
Gets across a palpable sense of Iraq fatigue Which is another way of saying it invites the audience to see the talking Chihuahua picture instead 
2.5
Body of Lies
Gina Carbone
Body of Lies could ve been one of those gag trailers at the beginning of Tropic Thunder 
2.5
Body of Lies
Ross Anthony
I m usually not crazy about thrillers but this one had me engaged from start to finish 
2.5
Body of Lies
Mike McGranaghan
Doesn t tell its story clearly and buries its most compelling aspects beneath action scenes and romantic subplots that detract from them 
2
Body of Lies
Claudia Puig
The plot occasionally becomes convoluted and murky but when it trains its focus on matters of treachery and intrigue Body of Lies is exciting and compelling 
2.5
Body of Lies
Perry Seibert
The result isn t a lecture about American foreign policy but a smartly updated old fashioned espionage thriller 
3.5
Body of Lies
Peter Howell
Body of Lies is more than anything a missed opportunity or perhaps given its cellular phoniness a series of missed connections 
2
Body of Lies
Chris Hewitt
The world of Body of Lies should feel chaotic and dangerous But Scott s camera smoothly gliding across one stately image after another keeps assuring us everything is fine 
2
Body of Lies
John Beifuss
DiCaprio bleeds and curses and emotes all over the desert but the movie he inhabits seems cold like a clockwork mechanism 
2.5
Body of Lies
Mick LaSalle
This makes for a movie experience in which the viewer sits patiently for about 45 minutes waiting for the story to kick in only to realize oh So this is it 
2
Body of Lies
Jeffrey Overstreet
Like Blade Runner the film reminds us of the corrupting nature of power and how those who look down on others often fail to understand the consequences of their actions 
3
Body of Lies
Carla Meyer
Though Body of Lies hews a bit too closely to convention it still engages throughout thanks to DiCaprio and director Scott 
3
Body of Lies
James Berardinelli
For those who care about there being more to a thriller than pointless car chases and over edited fight sequences Body of Lies offers a satisfying dose of truth 
3.5
Body of Lies
Bob Bloom
Body of Lies is an intelligent geopolitical thriller that is really about the manipulation of people like chess pieces on a worldwide board 
3.5
Body of Lies
Stephen Whitty
It s a little bit of Syriana a lot of Traitor and an awful lot of scenes of people cursing into cell phones 
2.5
Body of Lies
Lou Lumenick
Body of Lies is being hailed in some quarters as a new kind of war thriller While this glitzy production may attract audiences suffering from battle fatigue it s nothing of the sort 
2
Body of Lies
Sara Michelle Fetters
Say what you want about the guy s early films or performances DiCaprio is quickly and quietly turning into one of the more fearlessly talented and gifted actors working today 
3
Body of Lies
Graham Killeen
An apocalyptic vision of cloak and dagger intelligence Lies is like a suicide note written by Tom Clancy but the movie s gloomy inaccessibility actually makes it all the more intriguing 
3
Body of Lies
Rene Rodriguez
Body of Lies has its share of exciting moments Scott remains a master at directing physical action and it certainly couldn t be more timely But it s also a safe and predictable movie about a subject that is neither 
2.5
Body of Lies
Glenn Whipp
A well crafted but curiously generic spy thriller that for its final hour at least comes off as formulaic as its title 
2.5
Body of Lies
Robert W. Butler
Even if Body of Lies lacks a huge emotional wallop it dishes plenty of food for thought 
3
Body of Lies
Amy Biancolli
On this basic premise builds a complicated story plied with onion layers of perspective and cunning 
3
Body of Lies
Lisa Kennedy
Body of Lies is an A list project with B game results 
2.5
Body of Lies
Ty Burr
The movie is an urgent current events thriller that falls somewhere between Syriana and the Bourne movies 
3
Body of Lies
Michael Sragow
DiCaprio helps turn what could have been a dry as sand Middle Eastern thriller into a compelling suspense film that questions the ethics of espionage and counterterrorism without turning sanctimonious or screedlike 
3
Body of Lies
Tyler Hanley
Both complicated and compelling Body of Lies offers an audacious glimpse at the hypocrisy and religious furor fueling a struggle most Americans recognize only as a political catch phrase a war on terror 
3
Body of Lies
Christian Toto
Body of Lies is smart sophisticated and hopelessly uninvolving 
2
Body of Lies
Willie Waffle
I m not much of a mathematician but you can say this one is Crowe Scott DiCaprio Disappointment
1
Body of Lies
Liam Lacey
What begins as a movie suggesting the moral complexity of counterterrorism ends up feeling very much like a thriller as generic as its title 
2
Body of Lies
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Anyone who actually sees Body of Lies will have a hard time taking it as seriously as audiences took Scott s Black Hawk Down 
2.5
Body of Lies
Erik Childress
After Ridley s less than stellar stretch including Matchstick Men Kingdom of Heaven A Good Year and American Gangster expectations are medium at best and Body of Lies does nothing to raise them 
2.5
Body of Lies
Carrie Rickey
Body of Lies is most alive while relishing the surveillance and communications tools abused by Hoffman tools that supply him military intelligence but not the smarts or scruples to effectively use it 
3
Body of Lies
Jeff Vice
Body of Lies nearly goes too far As it is this heavily political thriller becomes too serious and much too dark at times and it doesn t seem to be serious enough when it really counts 
2.5
Body of Lies
Dustin Putman
So many like minded films have beat it to the punch that there s nothing new to offer audiences The talents of all involved have been wasted and so has our time 
2
Body of Lies
Rafer Guzman
A passable Friday night flick 
2.5
Body of Lies
Roger Ebert
Body of Lies contains enough you can believe or almost believe that you wish so much of it weren t sensationally implausible 
3
Body of Lies
Josh Larsen
Isn t it time someone did a serious cost benefit analysis on the filmmaking partnership of Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott 
2
Body of Lies
Joe Lozito
A tight first rate espionage thriller that casts a bleak light on American involvement in the Middle East 
3.5
Body of Lies
Rossiter Drake
Body of Lies is a tense deftly paced meditation on America s role in the Middle East and if it s not quite a war movie it offers somber insights into the Bush administration s campaign against terror that recent thrillers like The Kingdom have not 
3.5
Body of Lies
Nick Schager
While action adventure conventions take precedence over socio political analysis visceral kicks are in short supply a situation that throws the film s tendencies toward stale misdirection and goofy melodrama into sharp relief 
2
Body of Lies
Phil Villarreal
It s a wonder that Body of Lies squanders all of those ingredients in a dry convoluted mess 
2
Body of Lies
Austin Kennedy
For the most part this is a pretty solid thriller that combines Government mumble jumble with some pretty exciting action sequences 
3
Body of Lies
Michael A. Smith
High marks also to Strong the almost overly polite leader of the Jordanian security forces His soft spoken demeanor attempts to mask the furiousness of his convictions
2.5
Petit Mal
Roger Moore
It 8217 s not a badly crafted film 44 just a shallow gloss on these characters and a relationship that they don 8217 t explain 44 don 8217 t dissect and analyze 44 but simply live 46 10 That 8217 s not enough 46 
2
The Birth of Deceit
Dwight Brown
The wavering tonal issues will leave viewers perplexed on how to react 
2
Let the Fire Burn
Michael Phillips
Director Jason Osder s grieving account of the deadly police assault on the MOVE collective s fortified Philadelphia row house works small continuous miracles with a variety of existing footage 
4
Let the Fire Burn
Liam Lacey
Brilliantly edited the film moves back and forth in time first tracking the events leading up to the confrontation through news reports of the day 
3
Let the Fire Burn
Moira MacDonald
A unique and disturbing work Jason Osder s documentary Let the Fire Burn uses only archival footage to tell the story of a terrible day in a Philadelphia neighborhood 28 years ago 
3.5
Let the Fire Burn
Peter Howell
Eschews talking heads tradition in its potent examination of the 1985 Philadelphia police firebombing of a radical group known as MOVE 
3
Let the Fire Burn
Ann Hornaday
Osder creates both intensity and intimacy inviting viewers simply to watch and listen as a tragedy born of unchecked aggression incoherent ideology and appallingly faulty logic unfolds 
4
Let the Fire Burn
Chris Hewitt
It s gripping and shocking 
3.5
Let the Fire Burn
Marty Mapes
Shocking events in Philadelphia get their day at the movies
3.5
Let the Fire Burn
Steven Rea
Piecing the components together and only sparingly deploying intertitle cards for clarity Let the Fire Burn brings this 28 year old tragedy front and center again vividly viscerally 
3
Let the Fire Burn
David Lewis
Uses no narrators talking heads or fancy graphics to tell its devastating story It doesn t need to 
4
Let the Fire Burn
Peter Keough
Eloquent even handed and meticulously constructed 
3.5
Let the Fire Burn
Farran Smith Nehme
The pure archive approach leaves a taste of despair civic governance it seems can t even promise not to kill you 
3
Let the Fire Burn
Bill Weber
An unnerving all archival account of Philadelphia citizens suddenly terrorized by the unchecked violence of rogue law and order 
3.5
Cooking With Stella
Rick Groen
Meant to be a funny clash of cultures but suddenly and with scant warning it turns into a confused clamour of genres 
2
The Dinner Party
Mark Dujsik
The whole movie is too much and not just in terms of violence blood gore unnatural behavior and the like 
1
The Dinner Party
Roger Moore
Utter garbage from conception to closing credits 
0
Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision
Clayton Dillard
For all of its evident toil in recreating historically accurate environments and researching the precise conditions in varying regions it has little force as a work of cinema 
2
Here Alone
Blake Howard
Here Alone a deeply affecting tale of isolation does more with its modest 150 thousand dollar budget and 90 odd minutes than so many survival horror thrillers before or since 
2.5
Here Alone
Tom Meek
There s something new here to sink your teeth into for folks who hunger for the way The Walking Dead shambled out of the gate 
2.5
Here Alone
Bob Bloom
The pace of Here Alone is too relaxed it lacks urgency and at 97 minutes feels longer than it is 
2.5
Here Alone
Federico Furzan
It s an atypical zombie film Tons of drama little blood and a harrowing human story 
3
Here Alone
Christian Toto
Here Alone is thoughtful ambitious and a bona fide snooze 
2
Lady Vengeance
Nick Rogers
As a man is made to mediate the terms of his own murder Park Chan wook offers a perfect resolution to his Vengeance trilogy an acutely agonizing elegy for whatever shred of humanity is left after the impulse for vengeance has worked itself out 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
Bob Strauss
Park Chanwook s latest revenge thriller isn t as graphic as earlier ones but may be even more psychologically violent and that s a compliment as it leads to astounding revelations about guilt and justice 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
Duane Dudek
It has an operatic scale and an emotional eloquence and along the way in the juxtaposition of its variously conflicting elements we see how vengeance turns to redemption 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
Rob Thomas
may be the most emotionally affecting perversely amusing and deeply disturbing of the trilogy 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
Marty Mapes
Park cleverly shows us that justice and revenge can be equally horrifying
3
Lady Vengeance
Walter Chaw
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is out to ruin you 
4
Lady Vengeance
Peter Canavese
Delivers more than the filmmaker ever has before richer themes and more skillful audience involvement 
4
Lady Vengeance
Jeff Vice
It doesn t help that Lee s performance is pretty one note She doesn t seem too interested in exploring her character s human side despite opportunities provided by Park 
2
Lady Vengeance
Emanuel Levy
The concluding chapter of the Revenge Trilogy this is the most visually stunning and in moments lyrically hypnotic of the trio of films linked by the common theme of vengeance and its tragic effects 
3
Lady Vengeance
Chris Hewitt
Park is a crazily confident filmmaker who crafts gorgeous images and whose transitions between scenes are breathtaking 
3
Lady Vengeance
Bruce Westbrook
Squanders plot impetus and even with constant crosscutting it s lethargically paced slogging through soap operatic back stories and maddening irrelevancies 
1.5
Lady Vengeance
Sean P. Means
Park s imagery can be as poetic as it is jolting but the pacing is slow and meandering 
2
Lady Vengeance
David N. Butterworth
An exhilarating ride due in no small part to a complex storyline director Park s visual flair for telling it and Lee s all encompassing performance as the vengeful Geum Ja 
3
Lady Vengeance
Jeff Shannon
Apart from Park s impressive but ultimately hollow style his images are impeccably composed and visually inventive Lady Vengeance is still an exercise in wretched excess though less extreme than its predecessors 
2
Lady Vengeance
G. Allen Johnson
Powered by a glowering performance by actress Lee Young Ae it is a walloping tale 
4
Lady Vengeance
Thomas Delapa
I have four words to account for the popularity of Park Chanwook s stylishly inane crime picture Asian chicks in prison 
1
Lady Vengeance
Wesley Morris
For once Park has stopped smirking long enough to consider the practical point of violence in a way that s pertinent to his own gruesome cinematic pursuits 
3
Lady Vengeance
Phil Villarreal
Looks may not be able to kill but boredom can sure do the job 
2
Lady Vengeance
Steven Rea
Hell can t possibly get any more beautiful or strange than the way it s rendered in Lady Vengeance 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
Michael Wilmington
A film with the capacity to both sicken and delight a dark thriller with an obsessive shocking story shot in gorgeous images that heighten the gruesomeness and horror of what they reveal 
3
Lady Vengeance
Peter Howell
Operating on many emotional and visceral levels and occasionally shifting from reality into fantasy the film demands complete attention even if the shocking images often make the viewer want to look away 
3
Lady Vengeance
Liam Lacey
For anyone else interested in one of the most skillful and startling directors today Vengeance is worth bracing yourself for 
3
Lady Vengeance
Terry Lawson
While Lady Vengeance is not quite as devastating or brilliantly plotted as Oldboy it s still a solid punch to the soft stomach of the modern crime thriller 
3
Lady Vengeance
V.A. Musetto
Novices should prepare for mind bending bloodshed and violence 
2.5
Lady Vengeance
Jami Bernard
The last of director Park Chanwook s revenge trilogy Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is another astonishing achievement of slasher style justice moral tussles and eye candy design 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
Jan Stuart
Lady Vengeance dazzles us with cinematic savoir faire but it is ultimately as cold calculating and contradictory as its anti heroine 
3
Lady Vengeance
Maitland McDonagh
It concludes Park s trilogy on a dual note of circular tragedy and fragile hope while working equally well as an introduction to his universe of retribution and repentance or as a stand alone thriller with a darkly feminist twist 
3.5
Lady Vengeance
James Berardinelli
Chan wook has examined many aspects of the concept of revenge including the most lasting consequences For many movies the act of retribution is the point of the film For Chan wook it s the starting point for a larger tapestry 
3
Lady Vengeance
James Emanuel Shapiro
The Vengeance Trilogy is a remarkable accomplishment not only for Park but for world cinema and lovers of the extreme who finally have a collection of films they can truly call art 
4
Lady Vengeance
David Nusair
meaningless lunacy 
2
Lady Vengeance
Ed Gonzalez
With Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Park Chanwook delivers more virtuosic but empty flash 
1.5
Rage
Roger Ebert
The problem is that Scott hasn t found a way to imbed his argument in the movie s plot 
2.5
The Professionals
Roger Moore
Palance and Lancaster grin chew the scenery and devour the tough guy talk that is this film s calling card decades after its release 
3
A Fish Called Wanda
Matt Brunson
The bright characterizations vivid performances and unexpectedly uproarious set pieces have lost little of their luster over the ensuing decades 
3.5
A Fish Called Wanda
David Nusair
There are certainly plenty of elements within A Fish Called Wanda that work exceedingly well 
2.5
A Fish Called Wanda
Desmond Ryan
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of what is surely the year s most original and daring comedy is that John Cleese is not the funniest performer in it Believe it or not that honor goes to none other than the usually somber Kevin Kline 
3
A Fish Called Wanda
Dave Kehr
The movie s basic joke holds that the overbearing unselfconscious Americans will do anything and say anything and usually as loudly as possible while the timorous British are nearly too polite to breathe 
3
A Fish Called Wanda
Betsy Bozdech
A Fish Called Wanda manages to turn its merry miscreants into sympathetic characters which in turn is what makes the film succeed 
4
A Fish Called Wanda
Scott Nash
One of the greatest comedies of all time 
4
Yellow Submarine
Matt Brunson
An outrageously inventive piece of eye popping pop it still qualifies as one of the greatest animated movies ever made It also landed in the number 11 spot on Creative Loafing s own list of The 20 Greatest Rock Films Ever Made 
4
Yellow Submarine
Roger Ebert
Instead of contrived urgency there s unpressured whimsy and the movie exists as pure charm expressed in fantastical imagery And then there are the songs 
4
Hyde Park on Hudson
Kelly Jane Torrance
It seems there is no end of things to cringe at in this mess of a movie 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Wesley Lovell
The possibilities are endless but none of them are explored with any depth herein 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Rob Thomas
When the central drama concerns whether the Royal Couple will eat hot dogs or not you can tell it s too slender a premise to hang on a film on 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Matt Brunson
Like the equally ludicrous Hitchcock Hyde Park on Hudson is a character assassination posing as a movie 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
John Wirt
The movie is most alive when Bill Murray s Roosevelt and Samuel West s King George VI retreat from the crowd and talk man to man 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Lawrence Toppman
The film bounces jauntily along it s never less than handsome to look at and the actors all do fine jobs 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
John Beifuss
The Day the King Ate a Hot Dog might be a more informative title for this wispy historical trifle 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Connie Ogle
A languid tedious effort that never bothers to get to the heart of its characters the film is a shallow reading of a significant time told mostly from the viewpoint of a lifeless character 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Jon Niccum
The film misses a choice opportunity to build a central story around its secondary one 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Chris Foran
It s a nearly impossibly tall order but Murray makes it work with an ease that results in the movie award year s second best performance as a U S president 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
David Nusair
Hyde Park on Hudson would ve fared a whole lot better had it focused entirely on Roosevelt and the King s appealing exploits 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Bob Bloom
Hyde Park lacks a solid focus It juggles too many stories so much so that it becomes a distraction and you quickly lose interest 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Roger Moore
The movie hinges on Murray s turn as FDR and frankly he comes up wanting He looks and sounds nothing like the man and barely makes an effort to rectify that 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The mix works thanks to Murray In a presidential mode he creates tension and then effortlessly diffuses it He s also a great comedian working the room and turning everyone around to his side He s got my vote 
3
Hyde Park on Hudson
Rick Groen
Essentially Hyde Park on Hudson is a Shakespearean revel 
3
Hyde Park on Hudson
Ann Hornaday
Murray s spot on portrayal of a man juggling myriad pressures and demands from petty to momentous marks one of the film s greatest strengths 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Austin Kennedy
This isn t the worst film of the year but it s definitely inadequate filmmaking Murray gives a cartoonish performance and the film has no focus 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Mark Dujsik
The significance of the historic meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and King George VI cannot go unnoticed except apparently by Hyde Park on Hudson 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Moira MacDonald
By all rights Hyde Park on Hudson should be a slyly funny treat It is in places but it s also strangely flat as if screenwriter Richard Nelson lost interest somewhere along the way 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Peter Howell
Roger Michell s brightly lit film turns America s 32nd president from world statesman into naughty codger quite the fall from grace for the man who led his country through the Great Depression and the Second World War 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Mick LaSalle
Just think of it as a movie about a friendly sick old man who can be quite a handful and put the real FDR out of your mind 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Michael Phillips
A middlebrow middleweight and middling project 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Steven Rea
A deceptively subtle portrayal in which the mostly deadpan comic star disappears beneath the pince nez and the snappy brim of a presidential fedora Murray offers a fascinating glimpse into a complex and charismatic figure 
3.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Ty Burr
I don t know if I ve ever seen a movie as spectacularly tone deaf as Hyde Park on Hudson 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Jake Mulligan
Most of the time it feels like an SNL sketch with all the punchlines removed 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Chris Hewitt
Let s put it this way There s a reason Hyde Park on Hudson is named after an evocative place rather than any of the people in it 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Matt Pais
Makes Lincoln look like Skyfall 
1.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Roger Ebert
Murray who has a wider range than we sometimes realize finds the human core of this FDR and presents it tenderly 
3.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Robert Levin
It s simultaneously an enlightening historical account and a softhearted comedy of manners and you wish director Roger Michell had gone one way or the other 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Josh Larsen
Murray erases any trace of his own comically morose persona and gives us a kind old uncle figure Hardly a fair trade in my opinion 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
Stephen Whitty
Hyde Park on Hudson doesn t dig deep enough into the man or his women to be a great film 
2.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
Lou Lumenick
Basically a frothy tabloid take on presidential history And for my money that s a good thing in a season filled with puffed up prestige pictures 
3
Hyde Park on Hudson
Claudia Puig
A romance that grows out of admiration over a stamp collection is about as boring as it sounds 
2
Hyde Park on Hudson
James Berardinelli
Instead of focusing on FDR as a president this movie gives up half its length to tawdry soap opera 
2.5
Point Blank
David Nusair
an underwhelming adaptation of a vastly superior novel 
2
Point Blank
Roger Ebert
It gets back into the groove of Hollywood thrillers after the recent glut of spies counterspies funny spies anti hero spies and spy spier spies 
3
Point Blank
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lee Marvin makes a perfect unfazed human center to John Boorman s bizarre psychedelic universe 
4
Bonnie and Clyde
Eric Henderson
Stylistically Arthur Penn s crime epic doesn t do anything that hadn t already been seen in any number of runty skuzzy teen epics all of which firmly established the paragons of good i e The Law as being the new antagonists 
3
Bonnie and Clyde
Peter Canavese
A bona fide landmark in American film Bonnie and Clyde stands the test of time the same way its protagonists did by breaking all the rules Blu Ray 
4
Bonnie and Clyde
Felix Vasquez Jr.
In spite of the technological advances of film in the modern age the blood soaked finale remains one of the most extraordinarily shot closers ever filmed 
4
Bonnie and Clyde
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Freed from the production code that drove most of the old Warner Brothers gangster films of the 1930s and 40s Arthur Penn gave Bonnie and Clyde a new kind of thrilling glee 
4
Bonnie and Clyde
James Berardinelli
It should readily be apparent that there is something special about the production with its brash vivid style indelible performances by movie icons and bold mixture of violence and comedy romance and tragedy 
4
Bonnie and Clyde
James Kendrick
It is a film that took considerable risks but somehow or another all the gears clicked at the right time and director Arthur Penn wound up with a national masterpiece he was never able to equal 
4
Bonnie and Clyde
Roger Ebert
When I saw it I had been a film critic for less than six months and it was the first masterpiece I had seen on the job I felt an exhilaration beyond describing 
4
Sasquatch Hunters
David Nusair
there s no denying that as a horror flick the film fails miserably 
1.5
Two Daughters
Edward Guthmann
Each exemplifies in its modest way the quiet wisdom and the subtle craftsmanship of Ray s films 
3
Funny Games
Mattie Lucas
Yet we as the audience are invited to participate in their amoral game and soon we have to question our own feelings lest they stray too close to the vicious antagonists we are rooting against 
3.5
Funny Games
James Kendrick
a viciously effective polemic against the placid acceptance of film violence a perverse experiment in audience manipulation that lures us into watching what should be unwatchable and then draws our attention to our unexamined desires
4
Funny Games
Matt Brunson
What follows is basically Hostel with subtitles and given the very nature of Haneke s experiment it s not hard to figure out exactly how this will end 
1.5
Funny Games
David Keyes
So much of it is elevated to engrossing observation because it is a movie that takes these ideas seriously not as tools meant to turn a stomach 
3.5
Funny Games
Ken Fox
The first half is sadistically intense Geiring and Frisch make wonderfully creepy psychopaths and Haneke and cinematographer Jurgen Jurges burnish the film to a high polish that s rare for the genre 
2.5
Funny Games
Josh Larsen
Haneke has rational reasons for his movie s violence but he still crosses lines more often than he justifies crossing them 
1.5
Funny Games
Ed Gonzalez
Haneke s snooty admonishments are disturbing because they re never self critical 
2
Funny Games
David Nusair
one sequence featuring the manipulation of time by a character undermines everything that came before it 
1.5
Funny Games
Jeremy Heilman
Alternately infuriating and harrowing Michael Haneke s Funny Games is a potent piece of shock cinema that thrives on making the audience uncomfortable 
4
Funny Games
Lisa Alspector
The emotions of the victims are clear and complex their conflicts dominate our experience of the narrative as powerfully as all the devices telling us to look elsewhere for the movie s themes 
2
The Killer Elite
Roger Ebert
The Killer Elite is directed and acted with a certain nice style but it puts us through so many convolutions of the plot that finally we just don t care 
2.5
Twilight People
Matt Brunson
That bat man is pretty cool though 
1.5
If I Didn't Care
Bill Stamets
Hitchcockian is the less than lilting compliment used to hype this Long Island noir 
2.5
If I Didn't Care
Michael Esposito
The ending offers a bit of a surprise but overall events are pretty much telegraphed but not as fast in transmission The running time is not much more than an hour but it seems much much longer 
2
If I Didn't Care
Maitland McDonagh
Lazy little thriller about murder in the Hamptons aspires to update classic noir situations and characters but falls sadly short 
2
If I Didn't Care
Kyle Smith
At 80 minutes this movie is short but long enough to be boring 
1
If I Didn't Care
Ed Gonzalez
Let us praise If I Didn t Care for living up to its title You will not see another film this year made with so little ambition 
1.5
Casualties of War
Matt Brunson
A grim and sobering work 
3
Casualties of War
David Nusair
The strong conclusion ensures that the film ends on a somewhat powerful note 
3
Casualties of War
Eric Henderson
De Palma uses his consummate filmmaking skill to craft a reflection of his own grave sorrow about the Vietnam era 
4
Casualties of War
Jeremy Heilman
The equation of sanctioned and unsanctioned barbarism in the climactic moments of Casualties is about as damning an indictment of the way that humanity justifies immoral acts during war as I ve seen 
4
Mighty Fine
John Anderson
A well meaning but unstable hand at the tiller and a propensity for charting plot points rather than a clear narrative destination 
2
Mighty Fine
Kyle Smith
If you can overlook Andie MacDowell s Mitteleuropa accent as a Jewish Holocaust survivor I know big if the cinematic roman a clef Mighty Fine has some quiet charms 
2.5
Mighty Fine
Mark Feeney
Too many directions can be as much of a liability for a movie as too few and Mighty Fine heads in all of them 
2
Mighty Fine
Andrew Schenker
Debbie Goodstein Rosenfeld s film seems oddly anemic when it deals with anyone but Chazz Palminteri s Joe 
1.5
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Lou Lumenick
In execution this clever idea is far less funny than the original Killers From Space 
1
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Erin Meister
A surprisingly thoughtful social film 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Susan Tavernetti
Haunting photographs and video seemingly point a finger at the low ranking indicted soldiers Equally haunting is the notion that journalists and the public assumed they had seen everything 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Marty Mapes
Non essential Morris Pick any other documentary to find more interesting and colorful subjects 
2
Standard Operating Procedure
John Beifuss
Errol Morris has become the Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese of documentary filmmaking with all the positives and negatives that rather facile comparison implies 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Rene Rodriguez
As unappetizing as the subject may seem Errol Morris Standard Operating Procedure exerts a hypnotic pull anyway 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Jeff Vice
As powerful as selected moments in the film are it s not one of Morris better works 
2.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Phil Villarreal
Throughout the film Morris wants to get you to consider what was going on outside the frames of the stills especially in offices going up the chain of command which apparently approved of torture and humiliation 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Amy Biancolli
The result is a devastating film and an important one 
4
Standard Operating Procedure
Chris Hewitt
It s unpleasant as it should be but not very illuminating 
2
Standard Operating Procedure
Lisa Kennedy
Standard Operating Procedure encourages us not to judge but to try to understand Or barring that impossibility it prods us like the finest documentaries to watch and listen 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Carrie Rickey
Morris marshals the witnesses demonstrates that photographs are unreliable evidence and leaves a verdict to the audience 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Jeff Shannon
Morris explores the reality of Abu Ghraib with a visceral intensity that straightforward reportage could never allow 
4
Standard Operating Procedure
Mick LaSalle
Morris widens our understanding of the real crimes that took place there This is where the movie becomes not just a slant on history but also a vehicle for broadening our understanding 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Peter Howell
The singular achievement of SOP is reminding us that truth is always a slippery construct made all the more so by the fallible human mind and the ever blinking eye 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Roger Ebert
Completely unlike anything I was expecting from such a film more disturbing analytical and morose 
4
Standard Operating Procedure
Ty Burr
The movie s a staggering work that traces the rotten blossom of this scandal close to its roots 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Rick Groen
Standard Operating Procedure begins with the terrible volumes spoken by the photos and then after interviewing the guilty soldiers holding the camera it forces us to look outside the pictures frame to see what is obscured 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Michael Phillips
A misjudged degree of cinematic dazzle obscures the outrages at the core of Standard Operating Procedure director Errol Morris first documentary since The Fog of War and the first Iraq documentary to focus on the infamous Abu Ghraib photo
2.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Claudia Puig
Standard Operating Procedure s subject matter and what it says about the war in Iraq is eye opening It may be the most disturbing film you ll see in a long time 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Ken Fox
No matter how slick and questionably appropriate Morris s style may be the content is compelling 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Stephen Whitty
This film does have Morris estimable style grace and control From the very first moment as the music starts and the images of Iraq begin we feel as if we re being led someplace 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Kyle Smith
those hoping to see Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz if not President Bush get a cinematic racking in Standard Operating Procedure are going to be disappointed 
2
Standard Operating Procedure
Joe Neumaier
Morris mixes piercing sit downs with disturbing evidence 
3
Standard Operating Procedure
Sara Michelle Fetters
Morris holds nothing back his recreations almost exhausting in their excruciatingly nauseous detail while the hundreds of photographs themselves are so sickening the turned my stomach to constantly rampaging oceans of intestinal Cottage Cheese 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Peter T. Chattaway
The wounds of Abu Ghraib are still so fresh we may not be ready to transcend them just yet 
2.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Rafer Guzman
You probably won t find a more illuminating account of what happened within the walls of Abu Ghraib 
4
Standard Operating Procedure
Glenn Kenny
Morris method has a subliminal message it reminds you that he as a filmmaker is also manipulating this thing called reality It s his way of telling the viewer to never stop asking questions 
3.5
Standard Operating Procedure
Bill Weber
Morris s signature touches can occasionally seem studied to the point of annoyance but the cumulative power of his busy artsy style generally enhances the horror making it no more palatable than necessary 
3.5
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
David Nusair
The Fear Street trilogy comes to a merciful close with this inert and hopelessly uninvolving entry 46 46 46 
1
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
David Reddish
Director Leigh Janiak and writer Phil Graziadei do their damnedest to elevate the pulp schlock of RL Stine to high art They never quite get there but the resultant trilogy when viewed as a whole is a lot of fun 
3
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Steven Prokopy
It isn t just about slashers killing young people There s an interesting revealing story being told about the period misplaced morality and a bad deed coming full circle 
2.5
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is plenty of silliness to be found in this last installment But while much of the humor still tickled my funny bone I m still struck by how profoundly relevant many of the interior dramatic sentiments of this one proved to be 
3.5
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Randy Myers
Horror has a new filmmaking queen and her name is Leigh Janiak 
3
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Leo Brady
Fear Street Part Three 1666 is a solid closure to one of 2021 s finest accomplishments in horror cinema 
3
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Kevin Carr
It was this interesting at home cinematic experience to get a trilogy that s binge watchable but also released over the course of three weeks 
3
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Nick Allen
The last hour of 1666 is a series highlight especially as it captures the brand of out and out fun that has made Janiak a newly minted crowd pleaser in horror 
3
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Joshua Axelrod
The best thing about Fear Street is that if you enjoy one movie the other two are just a click away As Netflix gimmicks go this is a pretty nifty one and they picked a set of films that lend themselves well to a six hour fear fest 
2.5
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Roger Moore
What we have in these three films is the streaming equivalent of a summer horror beach book an R L Stine page turner more interesting for how this all turns out than any shocks frights or tugs at the heartstrings 
2
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
Mark Dujsik
T his entry serves as an eerie tale of fanaticism and a better version of what the filmmakers tried to do with the first installment 
3
GMO OMG
David Berry
Starting from a place of ignorance and never going much further Seifert omits anything that might hurt his obvious anti GMO thesis 
1
GMO OMG
Bruce DeMara
Seifert approaches the subject from the perspective of a concerned father of three youngsters and he comes across as earnest and well intentioned 
3
GMO OMG
Simon Abrams
This is a David vs Goliath movie but David s aim is so spotty that Goliath has nothing to fear 
1
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Joe Baltake
Sautet avoids the pitfalls of the usual May December romance by eschewing all the cliches 
4
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Steve Rhodes
These characters are so realistically drawn that I did not for a minute think I was observing actors rather I was eavesdropping on real life 
3
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
James Berardinelli
These are two great actors giving top notch performances and the restrained romance they project is fascinating 
3
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Mike D'Angelo
Like its hapless characters it s really a bit too restrained for its own good but the performances alone make it well worth seeing and Sautet s elegant understated direction is a low key treat 
3
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Chris Hicks
Sautet s insights into human nature are revealing if extremely subtle 
3
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s one sign of Sautet s success that though he presents neither character as especially admirable or exceptional he makes us care about them a great deal 
3
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Peter Stack
It glows with sorrowful humor in its look at two people who seem just right for each other but don t have time on their side 
3
Nelly & Monsieur Arnold
Roger Ebert
It is a matter of great erotic fascination when two people are intrigued by the notion of becoming lovers but are held back by the fear of rejection _and_ the fear of involvement 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Terry Lawson
Though set in the Bard s 16th Century Shakespeare in Love is hipper smarter and cleverer than any contemporary romantic comedy in recent memory 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Rene Rodriguez
Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes send this wildly creative comedy spiraling into heights so exhilarating that even the Bard would have given it a standing ovation 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Sean P. Means
To quote Shakespeare A good wit will make use of anything and there are plenty of good wits making use of history romance laughter and boundless imagination in the delicious comedy Shakespeare in Love 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Dennis King
A sprightly valentine to the heady world of comedy drama romance art commerce and language that is the theater 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Matt Soergel
There s so much to like about this film which is giddily romantic funny and clever chock full of Shakespearean touches like doomed love mistaken identity and men dressing as women and women dressing as men 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Jami Bernard
An inordinately clever sprightly romantic comedy 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
John Hartl
A triumph of talent and style over silliness 
3
Shakespeare in Love
David Sterritt
This romantic farce has a talented cast and energy to spare but somehow the ingredients don t burn as brightly as one would expect from such promising ingredients 
2
Shakespeare in Love
Steven Rea
In addition to Fiennes who does a star making job here and the radiant Paltrow Shakespeare in Love teems with wonderful performances 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Ann Hornaday
Shakespeare in Love crackles with the in jokey brilliance that we associate with the playwright Tom Stoppard And you don t have to be a Shakespeare scholar to appreciate this movie s wit and easygoing references to the entertainment world today 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Scott Nash
A brilliant and witty script by Tom Stoppard is brought to life by a great cast 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Mike Clark
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard have written one of the year s smartest scripts and Mrs Brown director John Madden gets a chance to show a funny side that s previously been submerged 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Joe Lozito
It is clear that everyone in the film is having a great time with the material and it is contagious 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Wesley Lovell
A sumptuous fictional glimpse into the creative mind of one of history s most brilliant theatrical minds 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Garth Franklin
It s the performances which push this to a very high level 
3
Shakespeare in Love
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shakespeare in Love moves fast and may deserve multiple viewings It s a delicious feast of lowbrow and highbrow mixed with romance 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Jeffrey Westhoff
A tale of infinite jest of most excellent fancy 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Jeanne Aufmuth
Amusing romantic historic and immensely clever 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Marty Mapes
Hardly deserving of 13 Oscar nominations and 7 Oscars this film is nevertheless an entertaining bit of fluff 
3
Shakespeare in Love
Rick Groen
Seems the Bard is badly blocked 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
James Kendrick
Given slight twistings and tweakings for a 1990s audience this Shakespeare is true to its inspirational muse without taking itself too seriously 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Madeleine Williams
Not merely a period piece Shakespeare in Love is the rival of many a modern day romantic comedy 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Matt Prigge
There s more to the film than just making light of Shakespeare s early career 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Mac Verstandig
A thin predictable plot that is only carried by the portrayal of people that we revere in our history books 
1.5
Shakespeare in Love
Michael Dequina
Shakespeare has now finally arrived onscreen in the right hands those of director John Madden and stars Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Roger Ebert
I was carried along by the wit the energy and a surprising sweetness 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Ruthe Stein
The cast is near perfect 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Michael Wilmington
If for the playwright himself all the world s a stage and all the men and women merely players then this splendrous new movie gives as much of his world as a simple stage or screen can hold 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Bob Bloom
Shakespeare in Love is a luminous entertaining tale 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
James Berardinelli
Shakespeare in Love is not a great film but it s an excuse to have an evening of pure enjoyment with a little culture painlessly mixed in 
3
Shakespeare in Love
Susan Stark
With glittering shows of erudition and playfulness Shakespeare in Love mixes history fiction comedy and romance to create a pure joy of a movie 
4
Shakespeare in Love
David Keyes
The writing is brilliant the acting is masterful the direction is breathtaking the costumes are beautiful and every little detail in the film is charming and witty 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Rob Blackwelder
The most deliciously witty film of the year 
4
Shakespeare in Love
Tor Thorsen
One would have to be a melancholy Dane not to enjoy Shakespeare in Love s ample pleasures 
3
Shakespeare in Love
Mike McGranaghan
Shakespeare in Love is one of those great movies the kind of film that makes me clack away furiously at my keyboard telling people just how much I loved this movie 
4
Shakespeare in Love
David N. Butterworth
Like any good Shakespearean work Shakespeare in Love is filled with love sex villainy despair tears sword fights men dressed as women women dressed as men buffoonery ribald humor intimidating penmanship and a dog 
3.5
Shakespeare in Love
Steve Rhodes
The script will sweep you away 
4
All the Rage
Michael Dequina
Watching this stridently offbeat film one cannot help but feel that the approach is completely wrongheaded 
1.5
Bounty Killer
Peter Sobczynski
Are you consumed by an overwhelming desire to fork over the price of a movie ticket in order to see the kind of meagerly funded nonsense that the SyFy network provides for the price of a basic cable package 
2
Bounty Killer
G. Allen Johnson
It isn t the worst thing to blow an hour and a half on a film where everyone including supporting players Gary Busey Beverly D Angelo and Kristanna Loken seems to be having a good time 
3
Death Note
Brian Eggert
Wingard s lack of control over the material seems unlike his work and yet the uneven result speaks for itself 
1.5
Death Note
David Nusair
It s an almost inherently engrossing premise that s employed to progressively hit and miss effect by director Adam Wingard 
2.5
Death Note
Brian Tallerico
The ending will have you switching off your Netflix app in disgust If you don t die from boredom before you get there 
1
Death Note
Clayton Dillard
Whereas the more grounded scenes of Death Note anchor a startlingly bloody fantasy of power run amok the scenes that fixate on super powers and code busting seldom manage to rise above the realm of serviceable YA fiction 
2.5
The Bouncer
Roger Moore
The plotting and action beats are a bit of a hash but Van Damme lends it aged nobility in the title role 
1.5
North by Current
Dwight Brown
Though the footage lacks artistry the filmmaker makes up for any imperfections with his willingness to strip bare 
2.5
Salad Days
Michael O'Sullivan
While the movie is best viewed as an examination of a specific place and time it also can be seen as a celebration of a larger more generic cultural phenomenon that one might call creative foment 
3
White Rainbow
Bruce Newman
Intended as an empowerment fantasy in a world where fantasy is the last thing that s needed 
2.5
Bandits
Michael Dequina
Achieves its own strange sort of perfection 
4
Searchers
Joey Magidson
Searchers may be more appealing to your grandparent but to anyone with any bit of familiarity with modern dating it offers up absolutely nothing new 
2
The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
Nell Minow
Encompasses two different films and neither one of them is in fact a portrait of the poet novelist farmer activist Wendell Berry Neither one of them despite sincere intentions is very good 
2
Dark Matter
Burl Burlingame
Xing is surprised to discover Western academics are just as ruthless as communist apparatchiks and ill equipped emotionally to handle humiliation he takes his guns to town 
1.5
Dark Matter
Maureen M. Hart
The film does a fine job of displaying the contrasts between these tense formalized Chinese students and the faux populist American academics 
3
Dark Matter
Reyhan Harmanci
There is nothing wrong with taking inspiration from actual events but it s a tricky business and Dark Matter does no one right by sticking to the shocking conclusion 
1
Dark Matter
Bob Strauss
A remarkable whisper of a movie as well for something that deals with a subject as alarming as campus violence 
2.5
Dark Matter
Ken Fox
Written by Billy Shebar and directed by opera director Chen Shi Zheng this visually sophisticated film has been criticized for turning a deeply disturbed individual into a hero but nothing could be further from the truth 
3
Dark Matter
Lou Lumenick
There s little in Billy Shebar s script the rambling direction by theater and opera helmer Chen Shi Zheng or Liu Ye s impassive performance as the student 
2
Dark Matter
Joe Neumaier
Director Chen Shi Zheng s film has a graceful energy and three strong performances help make this serene drama and its shocking conclusion quietly moving 
3
Dark Matter
Ty Burr
An unsuccessful mix of drama and social warning Post Virginia Tech Dark Matter seems merely nave 
2
Dark Matter
John Anderson
It concludes in a way that will have you asking whether the ending was misguided or maybe it was just the rest of the movie 
2
Dark Matter
Nick Schager
Aside from depicting American academia as a cutthroat environment that can inspire deadly resentment there s not much going on 
1.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mattie Lucas
To watch a Tarantino film is to surrender wholeheartedly to his giddy genius and this his magnum opus is no exception 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Namrata Joshi
n the hyper kinetic Kill Bill 1 you didn t know when the end happened in Vol 2 you often wish the proceedings could hurtle to the finale fast 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Joe Lozito
The Tarantino style has been copied a thousand times over since Pulp Fiction what Kill Bill Vol 2 proves is that he s still the master 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Russ Breimeier
Much like the classic spaghetti Westerns and kung fu flicks Tarantino paradoxically manages to glorify and condemn the violence of his characters 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Gina Carbone
Tarantino is killing off his mentors directors who have passed or should have passed the torch long ago to pave the future of cinema 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jeffrey Overstreet
The closer the Bride gets to her true goal the more human she becomes Some scenes near the conclusion have a lot of heart in them 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mark Dujsik
Vol 2 is a great conclusion to a great albeit as of yet nonexistent except in theory film but it is not a great film 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Tarantino deja un buen sabor de boca con esta cinta que es bastante más sólida e interesante que su antecesora 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Wesley Lovell
It s hard to believe that Quentin Tarantino s second volume would be so limited in violence considering his first three films 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Judith Egerton
Tarantino has indulged his whims and paid passionate tribute to the Asian and American directors who influenced him 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jeremy Heilman
The massive combination of the first and second Kill Bill movies stands as a testament to both Tarantino s exceptional skill as a filmmaker and the possibilities of pop cinema 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Noah Berlatsky
If he doesn t take care Tarantino could make something significantly worse 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jonathan R. Perry
It exhilarates even as it maddens 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Glenn Kenny
This is a movie of head spinning richness 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
James Kendrick
brings a genuinely surprising depth of feeling to the proceedings by filling in the emotional and narrative gaps left hanging in the first volume
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Lori Hoffman
Kill Bill Vol 2 turns out to be exploitation dominated by speeches worthy of Shakespearean tragedy punctuated with a few choice fight scenes 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Tony Toscano
gleefully directed and lovingly shot 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
David N. Butterworth
More is less in this needlessly talky surprisingly unstylish and disappointingly dull affair Yet stitch together Vol 1 2 and you ve got a different story altogether 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
John Beifuss
If Vol 1 was pure cinema composed entirely of pulp dreams Vol 2 finds the Bride awakening to the consequences of something approximating the real world 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Emily Blunt
Kill Bill 2 is a non stop visual bombardment of cinematic pop artistry accented with action pulp hued genius 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mike McGranaghan
This is bold breathtaking cinema that makes me remember why I love the movies 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Linda Cook
This is a film of mythic proportions 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Ross Anthony
V1 Bad V2 Good
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Matt Brunson
Volume 1 diehards will inevitably feel let down but Volume 2 is nevertheless the superior movie 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Frank Ochieng
Tarantino s pulverizing and oddly poetic exposition continues where it left off by steam rolling its farfetched and flaunting escapist visual escapades to the ultimate limit
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
David Nusair
Though the movie s lack of violence might turn off impatient viewers Volume 2 is ultimately a far more rewarding experience than its predecessor 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Steve Rhodes
It s Tarantino paying homage to Tarantino 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Dustin Putman
Congratulations Quentin Tarantino and Miramax With Kill Bill you single handedly turned a brilliant motion picture into two lesser one s 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
Tarantino s films are rarely nice People get eviscerated browbeaten whipped shot stabbed mutilated eaten alive eyes plucked out and endure a smorgasbord of Big Kahuna Burgers 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Bob Bloom
If Vol 1 could be likened to a 100 yard dash than Vol 2 is akin to a mile run with the performers pacing themselves at strategic points 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mark Rahner
It s flawed but so audaciously unique that I can t imagine missing it if you love movies 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mick LaSalle
A witty and entertaining action movie 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
David Elliott
Not so much dramatizing as frisking its themes Vol 2 has more story more emotion more breath held quiet times to coax and trigger the tensions 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Joe Baltake
Simply one of the best films period 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kim Morgan
A film that exemplifies WHY we go to the movies 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Chris Kaltenbach
If Kill Bill Vol 1 was bloody exhilarating Vol 2 is bloody great And as a bonus not nearly so bloody 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
James Verniere
No one could have guessed Tarantino s second geek movie apotheosis would be so much better than the first 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jami Bernard
A dulling experience that can safely be admired from afar without it ever engaging the senses 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Rene Rodriguez
Vol 2 isn t exactly disappointing and like all of Tarantino s movies I suspect it will improve with repeated viewings But for now Vol 2 leaves you pondering what could have been 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Robert W. Butler
Vol 2 slowly wears out its welcome with its empty oratory 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kill Bill is a triumphant achievement in American film a cut and paste epic celebrating the crudest and most noblest human traits 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Glenn Whipp
Kill Bill Vol 2 finishes the job and then some 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Rick Groen
So much cinematic majesty perched precariously atop so little common sense but a castle with a shaky foundation is still quite a sight 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Terry Lawson
Kill Bill Vol 2 is the movie that makes movie geekdom seem sexy 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jeff Vice
Those who enjoyed the first Kill Bill will be surprised and entertained by this sequel which nicely wraps up all the loose ends that were left dangling At least when it s not assaulting your sensibilities 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Lisa Kennedy
In Kill Bill Vol 2 cool has rediscovered its medium It has found its master 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Roger Ebert
An exuberant celebration of moviemaking 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Ty Burr
A film richer in every way than its illustrious callow predecessor 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Sean P. Means
Vol 2 isn t icing on the cake it is the cake 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Leigh Johnson
One of the most entertaining movies of the year so far Kill Bill Vol 2 is twice as good as its predecessor and about half as violent 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jon Niccum
The enterprise may simply be a tale of bloody revenge as Carradine says but it s one that showcases Tarantino as a visionary director
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Marty Mapes
Violence revenge style music and Uma Thurman It s time for another volume of Kill Bill
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jeanne Aufmuth
Treads emotional waters that barely rippled the surface of Volume 1 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Phil Villarreal
Kicks down the door with a primal scream sticks up the cash register and holds moviegoers hostage 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Christian Toto
Vol 2 finally tells us why we should care why Bill gets killed in the first place 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
David Keyes
Mind numbingly brilliant 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kevin A. Ranson
Someone old someone bled someone killed someone dead 
3.0
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Erik Childress
The sword doesn t claim a single victim this go round thus claiming Tarantino s pen as the mightier 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Lou Lumenick
A very good movie 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Duane Dudek
An impressive engrossing and almost nostalgic tribute to a world found only in the movies and to the movies it was found in 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Scott Nash
As gloriously cinematic as it is completely over the top in the best possible way 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
James Sanford
the tension Carradine and Thurman generate in the pivotal scene as bloodlust collides with memories of happier days is utterly riveting 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mike Clark
Kill Bill s two pack isn t of Godfather caliber b ut its scope filmmaking ambition and uniquely twisted point of view make it worthy of being seen some day in a chronological home version 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Chris Hewitt
Vol 2 is nowhere near as explicit in its violence as Vol 1 but it is more emotionally explicit 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
David Sterritt
Tarantino has always been an inventive director and in Kill Bill Vol 2 he s at his cinematic best showing an ingenuity that nothing in his monster hit Pulp Fiction surpasses 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
Kill Bill Vol 2 is still pulp but it is elegant pulp 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Willie Waffle
Tarantino shows more skill in this average movie than some directors could in their best work 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Phoebe Flowers
While Vol 2 has its breathtaking moments it is self indulgent unmemorable and almost completely uninvolving 
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Bruce Newman
At times you may find yourself wishing that Bill or the Bride would just shut up and kill somebody 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
James Berardinelli
The second movie is less kinetic but more satisfying 
3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Steven Rea
Kill Bill is silly stuff but it s transcendental silliness 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
John Anderson
A powerhouse movie 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mark Caro
For those seeking the vibrant innovation of Tarantino s first movies or the sheer rush of Kill Bill Vol 1 Vol 2 feels like a dulled blade 
2.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Keith Uhlich
Aside from the films contrary ambiences which we might term excess vs focus this principle of twos reveals itself in Tarantino s casting 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Austin O'Connor
S o good you want to shower it with bloody expletives 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Rob Blackwelder
Everything Kill Bill Volume 1 lacked in depth and character is remedied tenfold in Quentin Tarantino s stunning cunning conclusion to his epic revenge fantasy 
3.5
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Walter Chaw
The reason a lot of us started to go to movies in the first place 
4
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Peter Travers
You ll thrill to the action savor the tasty dialogue and laugh like bloody hell 
4
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub
Rafer Guzman
If you never twirled barefoot in the funky old club Wetlands Preserved may be of limited interest but it s a loving and thorough document of a small slice of rock history 
3
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub
Elizabeth Weitzman
With its carefully chosen soundtrack funky animation and enthusiastic interviews Dean Budnick s affectionate documentary pays apt tribute to Wetlands a local landmark that closed in 2001 
3
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub
Rob Humanick
Dean Budnick s nostalgic doc never wants for feeling or a sense of purpose as it examines not simply how this niche in the New York nightlife came to pass but what it represented and how its presence has since affected the world 
3
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub
Kam Williams
A fitting tribute recounting rise and fall of Earth friendly NYC nightclub 
3.5
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Michael O'Sullivan
The most fascinating aspect of listening to him talk comes not from what he says about what he did but how he talks about it 
2.5
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Roger Ebert
It s a tribute to the singular popularity of Steve Jobs that he s probably the only talking head people would pay to watch for more than an hour 
3
The Blue Years
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The sensitivity of Gómez Córdova is beyond doubt 
2
The Blue Years
Rene Sanchez
Authentic and subtle This is how it feels to face the challenges of adulthood for the first time Full Review in Spanish 
3
Amadeus
Gene Siskel
The subject of artistic creation is typically handled badly in the movies Amadeus treats the subject of creativity in a fresh way 
3.5
Amadeus
Roger Ebert
This is Mozart as an eighteenth century Bruce Springsteen and yet here is the genius of the movie there is nothing cheap or unworthy about the approach 
4
Amadeus
Dann Gire
Amadeus is powerful storytelling an effective blend of fact and drama that transcends the simple biography of a historical music figure 
4
Amadeus
Michael Fleming
What sets Amadeus apart from previous film biographies of composers is the skill with which music is integrated into the plot For the music lover the film is a feast 
3.5
Amadeus
Perry Stewart
Hulce delivers a first rate Mozart complete with the hyena laugh clumsy gait and bathroom humor which historians assure us were accompaniments to the composer s artistic gifts 
4
Amadeus
Robert W. Butler
The film while toying with our intellect never succeeds in touching our emotions The result is an undeniably interesting movie but only a marginally successful one 
3
Amadeus
Bill Cosford
Amadeus is long and slow but it also is ornate and well polished It s just that where there was once a theme a mediocre man s rage at the gifts bestowed capriciously on another there is now merely a story 
2
Amadeus
Bill Morrison
Forman has staged a lovely dark work by candlelight a work in which Mozart proves far more sympathetic than he did onstage 
3.5
Amadeus
Leo Seligsohn
This Amadeus is a 10 tiered wedding cake here a feast all right But when all is said and sung the movie leaves one with the feeling of having overindulged on Viennese pastry rather than having sipped rare artistic wine 
2.5
Amadeus
Kathleen Carroll
The music is the movie s saving grace The movie may be shrill and overbearing but as a celebration of some of the most glorious music ever written it contains moments of pure rapture 
3
Amadeus
Rick Lyman
Salieri is the role of a lifetime a career maker and Abraham knows it He caresses his performance a bleeding awestruck confessional and brings the movie a tender resonant kind of unity 
4
Amadeus
George Williams
Boasts compelling performances by Tom Hulce in the title role and F Murray Abraham as Salieri as well as a first rate supporting cast Brimming with Mozart s music You must see it 
4
Amadeus
Allan Ulrich
It is a feast for the eye caviar for the mind and pure balm for the spirit It is a tribute to film craftsmanship at its loftiest It is also a marvelously witty provocative and touching story of souls in conflict 
4
Amadeus
Susie Eisenhuth
If it all sounds a bit melodramatic it most certainly is But it works like a dream in this extraordinary film a spectacular blend of sights and sounds its breathless swirls of colorful events brilliantly interwoven with the shimmering music itself 
4
Amadeus
Brian Eggert
As a historical biography there are few motion pictures that take greater liberties with history yet as a dramatic piece of cinema there are few that match its splendors and delight 
4
Amadeus
Josh Larsen
a case study for the theological notion of common grace 
3.5
Amadeus
Scott Nash
The look of the film is absolutely gorgeous 
4
Amadeus
Michael Sragow
Except for the Mozart music and Tharp movements around the edges Amadeus plays like a monument to mediocrity 
2.5
Amadeus
Jack Mathews
The performance of Abraham who won the Best Actor Oscar for it is monumental and so is Forman s direction 
4
Amadeus
Peter Canavese
A witty and highly imaginative historical fiction well adapted by screenwriter Peter Shaffer from his own hit play Blu ray 
4
Amadeus
Michael Dequina
Such a wonderful mix of sight and sound of humor and drama of love and hate of ugliness and beauty 
4
Amadeus
Wesley Lovell
Two amazing performances cap a stellar work of musical imagination and creative artistry 
4
Amadeus
Michael Szymanski
A bit overdone and overblown the movie could have easily had a half hour cut out of it and no one would have noticed 
2
Amadeus
James Berardinelli
It is arguably the best motion picture ever made about the process of creation and the creator 
4
Amadeus
Michael Wilmington
Reminds us that movies can be lyrical as well as vulgar ambitious as well as playful brilliant as well as down and dirty just like Amadeus himself 
4
Amadeus
Walter Chaw
The urge to revisit old successes in an attempt to improve upon them is a risky venture at best 
3
Amadeus
Moira MacDonald
A gloriously colorful confection of music theater and emotion 
4
Amadeus
David Elliott
It captures the smack and wit of Peter Shaffer s stage play 
3.5
Amadeus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Most costume epics come complete with a deadly seriousness a dreary self importance that demands respect but doesn t earn any love Amadeus turns that notion on its side and introduces fresh air back into the stuffiness 
3.5
Amadeus
Mick LaSalle
In any incarnation Amadeus is beautiful to behold 
3
Amadeus
Liam Lacey
The principal additions are more Amadeus but not better 
3
Amadeus
Rob Lowman
Even a longer Amadeus feels and looks just right 
4
Amadeus
Glenn Lovell
Still a work of consummate artistry and craftsmanship 
4
Amadeus
Jeanne Aufmuth
Still overwhelms and entertains with the best of them 
3
Amadeus
Harvey S. Karten
Still the most wonderful movie on the subject of music ever made and the best film I ve ever seen 
4
Amadeus
Steve Rhodes
Don t miss a chance to see and hear it on the big screen 
4
Hope Floats
Elias Savada
At times heartwarming home town kitsch at other times predictable puppy love pablum for the young and recently separated Hope Floats but just barely 
1.5
Hope Floats
Roger Ebert
This material could obviously lead in a lot of different directions It seems most promising as comedy or satire but no Hope Floats is a turgid melodrama with the emotional range of a sympathy card 
2
Hope Floats
Michael Dequina
Nothing spells dull and saccharine quite like the two dreaded H s hugs and healing 
2
The LEGO Movie
Brian Eggert
In the end 44 the costs 40 both monetary and social 41 of The LEGO Movie are less than desirable 44 but it works on multiple levels as the best animated films often do 44 and provides a number of distinctive visual touches to keep the viewer involved and laughing 46 
3
The LEGO Movie
Peter Hartlaub
The movie is a wonderful surprise cleverly written and executed brick by brick with a visual panache 
4
The LEGO Movie
Vince Horiuchi
The creators of The LEGO Movie know the building blocks of a great movie charm side splitting jokes lovable people er I mean LEGO figures and an engaging storyline 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Michael Smith
The storyline is wonderfully subversive and the jokes come so fast and furious that it s a challenge to keep up with the humor of The Lego Movie 
3
The LEGO Movie
Bill Chambers
A 100 minute advertisement you ve paid to watch now that s ingenuity 
2.5
The LEGO Movie
Mark Dujsik
I t s an exhilarating absolute joy to watch it all come together 
4
The LEGO Movie
David Nusair
the movie s relentlessly frenetic vibe grows more and more exhausting as time progresses 
2
The LEGO Movie
Wesley Lovell
The richness of animated detail is more compelling than any substantive narrative insight 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
David Keyes
It is as original as cartoons come 
3
The LEGO Movie
John Beifuss
On the basis of their three feature films directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are masters of transforming unlikely source material into something wonderful 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Linda Cook
Smart and hilarious with writing as brilliant as the colors of Lego blocks The Lego Movie is wowing winter worn audiences of all ages 
4
The LEGO Movie
James Kendrick
a hectic bum rush of clever pop culture and corporate satire that works just well enough to help us forget that it is essentially a 100 minute commercial
2.5
The LEGO Movie
Matt Brunson
With a 100 minute run time The LEGO Movie often does feel like too much of a good thing I was satiated more than once But it would be curmudgeonly not to enjoy many of the gags that the film has to offer 
3
The LEGO Movie
Mike McGranaghan
Hilarious and poignant The LEGO Movie isn t here to sell you plastic building blocks it s here to make you remember why playing with them is an essential and magical part of life 
4
The LEGO Movie
Scott Nash
Surprisingly entertaining 
3
The LEGO Movie
James Berardinelli
This is truly a movie that children and their parents can both enjoy for different reasons 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Christy Lemire
The Lego Movie Merely a great film or the greatest film ever in the history of cinema 
4
The LEGO Movie
Perry Seibert
The LEGO Movie amounts to little more than an exercise in overstimulation that exists primarily so children will get their parents to buy them more of the titular toy 
1.5
The LEGO Movie
Bill Zwecker
The visuals are spectacular the 3D technology is artfully used and the story is jam packed with so many funny lines it s hard to catch all the jokes that are delivered in rapid fire succession constantly tweaking many popular culture icons 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Peter Travers
The brightly imagined Lego Movie is a wickedly smart and funny free for all and sassy enough to shoot well aimed darts at corporate branding 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
David Berry
The movie is built like a child s game on a few levels the sheer chaos of pieces spread out across the screen and assembled with a furious kind of fun 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
John Serba
Clever in concept if a bit manic in execution 
3
The LEGO Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Lego Movie easily could have been a corporate commercial full of enticements for kids to buy toys but it s not Free flowing and energetic it s as fun as actual play 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Rene Rodriguez
A manic and surprising comedy inspired by toys that has more imagination and creativity than all the Transformers pictures combined 
3
The LEGO Movie
Rob Thomas
The animated film lovingly and cleverly captures the appeal those little plastic bricks have on kids whether you played with them yesterday or during the Carter Administration 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Susan Wloszczyna
It still might be a 100 minute commercial but at least it s a highly entertaining and most surprisingly a thoughtful one with in jokes that snap crackle and zoom by at warp speed 
4
The LEGO Movie
Willie Waffle
An amazing brilliant spirit that is silly and hilarious 
4
The LEGO Movie
Liam Lacey
A movie that s fast paced and silly with enough throwaway clever in jokes for their accompanying adults to justify a second viewing 
3
The LEGO Movie
Rafer Guzman
It s the smartest funniest and most dazzlingly inventive children s movie to come along in years 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Claudia Puig
A spirited romp through a world that looks distinctively familiar and yet freshly inventive 
3
The LEGO Movie
Peter Howell
For the most part it s a hoot There s more ingenuity packed into one minute of this film than there is in the entire running time of most animated amusements 
3
The LEGO Movie
Ty Burr
My fingers rebel but type it I must The LEGO Movie is the first great cinematic experience of 2014 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Chris Hewitt
Its millions of tiny pieces add up to big fun 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Joe Williams
The Lego Movie is a marvelous piece of work 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Michael O'Sullivan
While clearly filled with affection for and marketing tie ins to the titular product that s front and center it s also something of a sharp plastic brick flung in the eye of its corporate sponsor 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Dann Gire
The Lego Movie entertains us with every blockbuster cliché known to humankind at the same time it ridicules every blockbuster cliché known to humankind 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Jon Niccum
For a film based on a product tie in the filmmakers admirably concoct a movie that never sells out 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Paul Doro
While small children might get a little antsy everyone else should find The Lego Movie amusing and delightful If one of its goals is to make people want to head straight from the theater to a Lego store mission accomplished 
3
The LEGO Movie
Moira MacDonald
Though it falls apart a bit near the end The Lego Movie is easily the best movie ever made about plastic interlocking blocks and good fun by any measure 
3
The LEGO Movie
Dustin Putman
This is so cool a young child behind me at the screening couldn t help but exclaim late in the film It is difficult to argue with this reaction 
3
The LEGO Movie
Kyle Smith
As cute and energetic as it is The Lego Movie is more exhausting than fun too unsure of itself to stick with any story thread for too long 
2
The LEGO Movie
Stephen Whitty
Like the toy it s based on it s goofy and colorful and something adults and children can enjoy together 
3.5
The LEGO Movie
Michael Phillips
This isn t just the funniest PG rated animation in too long it s the funniest film period in months 
4
The LEGO Movie
Peter Canavese
Zany episodes provide a clothesline on which to hang social satire and an overriding message that an individual s imagination can trump social and cultural oppression Throw out the instructions and make what you want of the world Plus butt jokes 
3
The LEGO Movie
Matt Pais
The funniest most fun movie in insert considerable amount of time and I can t wait to see it again 
4
The LEGO Movie
R. Kurt Osenlund
Appreciation of the film lies perhaps aptly in the pieces built on a pillaged foundation 
2.5
The LEGO Movie
Roger Moore
Subversive A film of demented audacity 
3
Bloody Oranges
Roger Moore
Lets just say it edits down into a gonzo seriously transgressive 90 second trailer that doesnt represent the movie not all of its Bloody Oranges being equally bloody offensive or pointed 
2
Horse Money
Michael Phillips
The director has plenty of influences Stanley Kubrick and Old Hollywood classicists such as John Ford among them But his style is his own exacting but dreamlike 
3
Horse Money
Robert Horton
osta s impoverished landscape is visualized in a series of beautifully composed carefully lighted images 
3
Horse Money
Matt Zoller Seitz
As gorgeous and impenetrable as a dream 
3.5
Horse Money
Steve Macfarlane
It s the multitude of miniature narratives that gives Pedro Costa s film its abiding silent outrage 
3.5
The Human Experiment
Godfrey Cheshire
Gradually marshals its arguments and evidence in such a way that it ends being compelling and illuminating for viewers who are more interested in useful information than artful presentation 
2.5
The Human Experiment
Kam Williams
A cautionary expose making a convincing argument that consumers would be very wise to learn all they can about the ingredients in the products they buy 
4
The Human Experiment
Stephanie Merry
In the end this film will persuade only those who already believe 
2
The Lie
James Kendrick
starts from an intriguing premise that is well sustained for most of the film before it inexplicably devolves into a preposterous and baffling conclusion that undercuts everything that was good in it
2
The Lie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Lie is a sturdy thriller the cracks emerge a little at a time along with the suspense And the ending will likely have some jaws hitting the floor 
3
The Lie
Pamela Powell
The questions this film brings to light are compelling ones that both Enos and Sarsgaard eloquently approach 
3
The Lie
James Berardinelli
This is the kind of movie that Mystery Science Theater 3K would have had a field day with 
1.5
The Lie
Nick Allen
Very little about this movie works in spite of a certain ambition in telling a story based solely on unfathomable decisions 
1.5
The Lie
Chuck Bowen
At the heart of Veena Sud s film is the raw material for a potentially ingenious satirical domestic thriller 
2.5
The Lie
Steven Prokopy
The Lie is a tense and nerve racking exercise in spinning a web of lies that is constantly being torn down and re spun because of careless actions and flimsy planning 
3
The Lie
David Nusair
The Lie s less than engrossing vibe is compounded by a stagnant stagy feel 
2
Time Is Illmatic
Michael Dequina
Paints a vivid portrait of all that Nas the artist and Nasir Jones the person are in a remarkably efficient 75 minute run time 
3.5
Time Is Illmatic
Dan DeLuca
Time Is Illmatic does a terrific job of weaving hip hop history into a highly personal story 
3.5
Time Is Illmatic
Stephanie Merry
The movie is inspiring and tragic and directed by street artist One9 it s captured in an artful emotional way that will speak to an audience beyond rap fans 
3
Time Is Illmatic
Odie Henderson
The camera roams the way the human eye would yet it knows the power of stillness of letting the image linger and rest These documentarians masterfully construct their vision to elevate and serve their subject 
3.5
Time Is Illmatic
Mike McGranaghan
An engaging document of how and more importantly why this particular album had such an impact 
3
Series 7
Erik Anderson
A bleak dead end at our potential cultural void it s nevertheless a scary and hilarious film 
4
Series 7
David Nusair
takes an intriguing topic but essentially beats it to death over the course of about 90 minutes 
2
Series 7
Mark Dujsik
Will have a short shelf life and just as reality TV offers instant gratification entertainment The Contenders offers instant gratification satire 
2.5
Series 7
Ian Mantgani
Amidst the dry humour the film is chilling because it rings far too true 
3
Series 7
Andrew Howe
A sure fire ratings winner 
2.5
Series 7
Michael Dequina
Cynical biting fun 
3
Series 7
Greg Dean Schmitz
This dark satire is the right movie at the right time 
3
Series 7
Bob Graham
Its prescience is sometimes uncanny 
3
Series 7
Roger Ebert
The movie has one joke and tells it too often for too long 
2.5
Series 7
Jeanne Aufmuth
The charm of this fanatical spoof relies on heavy doses of nervous humor to support its outrageous action 
3.5
Series 7
Elias Savada
With a dollop of originality a pinch of drollness and a dash of dry wit it sends up survivor based reality television with a deadly dose of gladiator humor 
3.5
Series 7
Rod Armstrong
The script unfortunately compounds this fundamental problem with numerous unleavened ideas and characters resulting in an overwhelmingly mediocre moviegoing experience 
2
Series 7
Rob Blackwelder
Tasteless pointless irritating and absurd 
0
Series 7
James Berardinelli
This is one of those movies that is considerably more interesting to read about than it is to sit through 
2.5
Descent
Michael Dequina
Dawson armed not with a whole lot of dialogue but her endlessly eloquent face makes each note of the character s journey pierce whether with pain or ecstasy 
3
Descent
Maitland McDonagh
There s too much arty writhing and too little concrete character development 
1.5
Descent
Kyle Smith
Look at me I m a filmmaker photography pacing that has all the thrills of waiting in line at the post office and an utterly predictable plot combine to make the movie even worse than the hacky chick revenge fantasy now showing on channel 186 of your box 
0.5
Descent
Jack Mathews
No moviegoer has done anything to deserve the images that director Talia Lugacy would throw in their face 
1
Descent
Sara Michelle Fetters
A daring sometimes provocative work director Talia Lugacy s debut motion picture is still nonetheless an exhausting foray into horrific degradation devoid of either context or meaning 
1.5
Descent
Mike McGranaghan
There s a potentially groundbreaking story lurking somewhere in Descent but it stops at the revenge thereby robbing us of what might have been a vitally important moviegoing experience 
2.5
Descent
Kam Williams
Rosario Dawson exhibits a previously unseen range here more than meeting the challenge of the most emotionally demanding role of her career 
4
Descent
Ed Gonzalez
Each section of the film is a heady and artful consideration of Maya s torment which Dawson conveys as a wounded puzzle of shame and denial 
3
Arranged
David Nusair
a slight yet thoroughly charming little effort 
3.5
Arranged
Kam Williams
Even if the cross cultural camaraderie looks a little easy to achieve here aren t movies sometimes supposed to point towards the path of peace and reconciliation 
3.5
Arranged
Maitland McDonagh
Schaefer and Crespo s message isn t subtle but they give it a fresh face by focusing on women whose identities are shaped but not warped by piety and devotion to ancient cultural values 
2.5
Arranged
Elizabeth Weitzman
For a movie meant to shake viewers out of their ignorance this clunky drama sure does indulge in a lot of stereotypes 
2
Arranged
David Phelps
At least Arranged understands that its message is directed at nave children 
1
The Ambush
Roger Moore
It 8217 s got a lot in common with 8220 Black Hawk Down 8221 8212 soldiers trapped 44 others fighting to rescue them 44 obvious moments of foreshadowing 44 mistakes made 44 bravery celebrated 44 8220 hesitance 8221 noted 46 
2.5
In Which We Serve
Mattie Lucas
Established Lean as the a director to watch and foreshadowed his later prowess at focusing on intimate themes against a grand backdrop 
4
In Which We Serve
Matt Brunson
Noel Coward who also co directed and wrote the script brings weight and dignity to the role of Captain Kinross 
3.5
In Which We Serve
James Kendrick
a particularly memorable World War II British propaganda film having successfully outlived its initial propagandistic value and solidified into a timelessly moving drama of human determination and tenacity
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Nick Rogers
A mostly terrific documentary about a mostly terrible album Despite derisory poor me whining it captures fragility and fear in Metallica s questioned relevancy considered disbandment and the closest things to tears they can muster for each other 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Jay Antani
An entertaining and penetrating look at the creative process
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Ross Anthony
A magnificent documentary I talked about it for seven days afterwards 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Forrest Hartman
What the film lacks in music it makes up for with emotional upheavals and conflict 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Linda Cook
You don t need to be a Metallica fan to appreciate this well done documentary 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Rob Thomas
it s truly laudable that the band let them keep filming even after what was originally intended to be a making of puff piece turns into an intense psychodrama 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Phil Villarreal
There s something so right about seeing multimillionaire metal monsters reduced to crybabies slamming doors flinging passive aggresive insults and pouting like 8 year olds 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Duane Dudek
A cultural document of significance and insight about group dynamics the creative process and the business of being Metallica 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Chris Hewitt
It s not the sort of film that will make you like its subjects but you will understand them and appreciate their power 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Chris Riemenschneider
Fans of the band will love the revealing footage especially landmark moments such as bassist auditions more famous names showed up than the one they picked and encounters with the ex Metallica members Newsted and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
David N. Butterworth
Comparisons to This is Spinal Tap abound in this inside look at the heavy metal rock band Metallica but This is Spinal Tap was a heck of a lot of fun also 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Matt Brunson
A compelling documentary that allows us exposure to musicians in a more personal manner than usual 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Sean P. Means
Berlinger and Sinofsky have created the most revelatory movie about musical creativity since Let It Be 
4
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Jeff Vice
While it does give us a more honest glimpse into the business of rock music the film is also more than a little windy after more than two hours it becomes wearisome 
2.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
John Beifuss
The band s literal Dr Phil even develops a Metallica Mission Statement that asks the musicians to become healers of ourselves a far cry from Kill Em All 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Ricardo Baca
It s great emotional fodder for old school Metallica fans and smart tugging drama for people unfamiliar with the band 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Ty Burr
An overlong but startling heavy metal therapy documentary 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
James Verniere
Mesmerizing often funny even poignant 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Terry Lawson
Overkill to anyone who never flashed the group s devil horns salute 
2
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Roger Ebert
Metallica Some Kind of Monster doesn t require you to know anything about the band Metallica or heavy metal music but it supplies a lot of information about various kinds of monsters 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Walter Chaw
A movie about narcissism that indulges that narcissism vindicated by our decision to pay a few bucks for the honour 
2
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Robert K. Elder
A counterintuitive riveting documentary so honest that it will either become a rock movie classic or a severe embarrassment for the heavy metal band 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Willie Waffle
It works because there is something oddly compelling about watching legendary heavy metal hard rock tough guys go to therapy and talk about their feelings 
4
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
George Varga
A memorable tragic comedy that produces its share of laughs in between the very real tears of rage and frustration 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Chris Macias
The polar opposite of a puff piece It s raw and sometimes ugly but strives for honesty and intensity kind of like Metallica s own music 
4
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Glenn Whipp
Now that they re past 40 with families of their own Hetfield and Ulrich finally face their demons Watching them do so is fascinating funny and more than a little relatable to anyone finding himself unexpectedly can it be middle aged 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
James Adams
It s less rockumentary and more exploration of and meditation on long term relationships creativity and maturity the value of the talking cure and the quest for personal authenticity in a matrix of family demands peer pressure and corporate greed 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Peter Travers
Don t let anyone spoil the surprises of this thrashing thrilling chunk of cinematic gold It s one for the time capsule 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Pam Grady
This is an engrossing film for anyone interested in the ongoing saga of the human condition 
4
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Neva Chonin
Transcends the rockumentary genre and becomes something uniquely its own 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Jack Mathews
Great theater 
2.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
David Sterritt
The quartet appears to be mightily lacking in the brains and judgment departments 
2
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Megan Lehmann
An astonishingly intimate look at the disconnect between the hard partying image that earned the band the nickname Alcohollica and the behind the scenes reality 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Claudia Puig
Even if you re not a fan of their music Metallica Some Kind of Monster is a revelation funny fascinating and insightful 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Brad Kava
It goes to places no other band has dared to explore in public finances fights families real feelings about one another and the things required to stay commercially successful 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
John Anderson
There s an almost soap opera aspect to the story about people with deep affection for each other but also 20 years of hard history and a candidness one can t help but respect 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Guylaine Cadorette
This silly juxtaposition of hardened tattooed headbangers lamenting about abandonment issues is precisely what makes this documentary both touching and entertaining 
3.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Ed Gonzalez
Some Kind of Monster is a first a film that s intimate to a fault 
2
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Jeanne Aufmuth
One of the most intriguing films of the year 
4
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Steve Rhodes
Although frequently funny the movie ultimately works or not based on the music And even for non fans the music turns out to be quite inviting and invigorating 
3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
David Nusair
there s more than enough here to hold the interest of those that aren t necessarily into this kind of music 
3.5
Hush!
Edward Guthmann
Starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary humorless soap opera 
1
Hush!
V.A. Musetto
Although the editing might have been tighter Hush sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Matt Brunson
Peter Morgan adapts his own play and together he and director Ron Howard open it up so that the end result feels much more vibrant than merely a constricted stage piece plunked down in front of a camera 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Mattie Lucas
A smart crackling political drama marked by excellent performances and a finely tuned screenplay 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Kelly Jane Torrance
Mr Langella wisely decided not to impersonate the iconic president exactly but he has captured Mr Nixon perfectly nonetheless 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
James Vance
The film s success ultimately depends on the byplay between Sheen and Langella and they re more than up to the task Langella in fact may have just delivered a performance for the ages and how often do those come along 
3
Frost/Nixon
Lee Grant
It s a credit to the actor that by the end Langella is living it seems in Nixon s skin 
3
Frost/Nixon
Christy Lemire
You never feel like you re watching a play on film The way Morgan has opened up the proceedings in his screenplay feels organic under the direction of Ron Howard who has crafted his finest film yet and one of the year s best 
4
Frost/Nixon
Leah Rozen
Frost Nixon crackles with excitement humor and the thrill of the hunt and Langella and Sheen couldn t be better 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
John Serba
Credit Frank Langella playing the disgraced ex President and Michael Sheen as the British celebrity interviewer for giving credible performances despite Howard s seeming attempt to give the film a sheen of phoniness 
3
Frost/Nixon
Sean P. Means
When Frost Nixon centers on these two men the fireworks are considerable 
3
Frost/Nixon
Nick Rogers
David Frost wasn t Richard Nixon s foe so much as that camera s red light which Ron Howard films as futuristic robotic and destructive from Nixon s vantage point What audiences deduce from one shot can imprint how an entire era is interpreted 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Peter Canavese
Entertaining and provocative a satisfying intellectual bout Blu ray 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Greg Maki
Plays like an epic tragedy and is nothing short of riveting 
4
Frost/Nixon
Peter Keough
Unlike the gargoyle I remember Langella s Nixon exudes a seductive charm and vulnerability He s the film s chief virtue and its biggest flaw 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Sean McBride
The history lesson is a nice bonus but it s the art and the acting that give the film its power and resonance 
3
Frost/Nixon
Lori Hoffman
Frost Nixon provides an enjoyable history lesson for some and triggers memories of a tumultuous period in American history for others 
3
Frost/Nixon
James Kendrick
Ron Howard has the benefit of being able to structure the film s entire second act around close ups which allows his two fine leading actors to convey the smallest details of emotional turmoil
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Charles Koplinski
A fierce battle for redemption 
4.0
Frost/Nixon
Linda Cook
Did it happen exactly this way Probably not But what fun to consider the details and the possible events before and after the interview between David Frost and disgraced President Richard Nixon
4
Frost/Nixon
John Wirt
Documentary style reminiscences from supporting characters slow the film s momentum The run up to the big broadcasts too aren t so suspenseful The best drama comes from Langella and Sheen as Nixon and Frost and not necessarily while they re face to f
3
Frost/Nixon
Daniel M. Kimmel
Langella s Nixon is a tragic figure Langella doesn t so much make him sympathetic as show us the flawed personality trying to avoid blaming himself for his failure 
4
Frost/Nixon
Marty Mapes
The best boxing movie of 2008 with words and wits instead of gloves and fists
3
Frost/Nixon
Rossiter Drake
Howard a highly competent filmmaker if not a great one rarely gets in the way of his actors or Morgan s sharply written script and Frost Nixon is probably the better for it 
4
Frost/Nixon
Christian Toto
Frost Nixon The glory days of checkbook journalism 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
John Beifuss
The movie transforms the wily Nixon into a sympathetic figure a familiarly complicated movie character and hardly one of the darkest and most fascinating souls in 20th century America 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Rob Thomas
It might have been easier to simply try to make Nixon sympathetic Langella tackles the harder job of making him more understandable while still giving us the Tricky Dick we know in all his rumbling flawed glory 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Gary Brown
Frost Nixon is compelling viewing and I can t recommend a movie more highly 
4
Frost/Nixon
Jeff Vice
It s a well acted compelling piece with a strong whiff of topicality 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Lawrence Toppman
If Frost Nixon were merely a beautifully shaped re creation of a moment in history it would be worth a look But as a reminder of the world we live in 31 years later it s as sadly topical as any documentary about the Iraq War 
4
Frost/Nixon
Michael Sragow
Ron Howard has made his best movie with Frost Nixon an electric political drama with a skin prickling immediacy 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Robert W. Butler
Frost Nixon works on just about every level but above all else it s a feast of acting 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Duane Dudek
The result has a fluid and nimble quality that makes it entertaining and a performance by Langella that makes it memorable 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Gina Carbone
A Beltway Rocky the jabs punches bobs and weaves political junkies geek out over but Average Joe can also get behind But which one is the underdog 
3.25
Frost/Nixon
Michael Dequina
Ron Howard s main job here is to simply stay out of the way of his two actors and that he does 
3
Frost/Nixon
Jay Antani
Frost Nixon acquits itself through Langella s performance and Morgan s tight script but Howard fails to give the material a pointed spin 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Michael A. Smith
Along with the stars Howard has assembled an outstanding supporting cast that bring to life members of both player s teams 
4
Frost/Nixon
Eric Melin
While I normally don t complain too much about facts getting distorted in movies for better drama Howard s format inherently seems like it s trying to pass itself off as reality and that really bugged me 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Susan Tavernetti
Engrossing emotionally and intellectually this showdown shouldn t be missed 
4
Frost/Nixon
Calvin Wilson
Plays often lose their energy when adapted for the screen But even on the stage Frost Nixon had a cinematic dynamism and Howard has only enhanced that quality 
4
Frost/Nixon
J. R. Jones
All this makes for great entertainment on the big screen though the real legacy of the Nixon interviews is more vexing than Morgan would have us understand 
3
Frost/Nixon
Phil Villarreal
Truly shines as a bare bones filmmaking exercise 
4
Frost/Nixon
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sometimes a good movie can be transformed into something great by a powerful third act 
3
Frost/Nixon
Kyle Smith
A better title might have been I interviewed an ex president for 29 hours and all I got was two lousy sound bites Still an incisive character study 
3
Frost/Nixon
Kam Williams
Basically offers any still embittered Baby Boomers a belated opportunity to bask in Nixon s humiliation 
3
Frost/Nixon
David Nusair
Howard surely deserves credit for infusing the production with a distinctly cinematic quality that generally belies its stage origins 
3
Frost/Nixon
Todd Hertz
A fine actors showcase and a scintillating story about the different motivations that control our actions when cornered in the ring 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Jenni Miller
A totally mesmerizing battle of the wills between the occasionally charming yet wily Nixon and the increasingly desperate Frost 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Perry Seibert
Among the most satisfying films of Ron Howard s career 
4
Frost/Nixon
Claudia Puig
An absorbing film replete with telling moments and powerful performances 
4
Frost/Nixon
Chris Hewitt
Not quite a knockout but definitely a winner 
3
Frost/Nixon
Carla Meyer
Frank Langella doesn t impersonate Richard M Nixon in Frost Nixon He goes one better He makes him a sympathetic movie character 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Rene Rodriguez
Despite the great care and research that went into the movie Frost Nixon pales in comparison to Oliver Stone s Nixon when it comes to humanizing the infamous leader 
2
Frost/Nixon
Amy Biancolli
When the movie sticks to its central dramatic conflict it can be spellbinding 
3
Frost/Nixon
Lisa Kennedy
Frost Nixon is a stylish smart film 
3
Frost/Nixon
Ty Burr
Despite a moving canny incarnation of the man by Frank Langella despite a slickly entertaining coffee table production as only Ron Howard knows how the movie feels cooked up In the name of dramatizing history Frost Nixon sacrifices it 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Austin Kennedy
Ron Howard is back He s made a terrific old fashioned battle of the wits flick Easily his best since his Oscar winner 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Michael Phillips
Like Doubt this week s other stage to screen adaptation director Ron Howard s Frost Nixon pours old fashioned theatrical juice into a cinematic bottle and lets the actors drink it up 
3
Frost/Nixon
Moira MacDonald
Howard gives it all an appealing speedy pace but most important he gives his two lead actors room to create their complicated showy characters 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Steven Rea
A must see for political junkies history buffs and folks still fascinated by the paranoia fueled follies of the twitchy sweaty decidedly uncharismatic 37th president 
3
Frost/Nixon
Roger Ebert
The film begins as a fascinating inside look at the TV news business and then tightens into a spellbinding thriller 
4
Frost/Nixon
Wesley Lovell
Anchored by an outstanding performance by Frank Langella this stage to screen adaptation doesn t feel rooted to the boards like so many others have been 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Willie Waffle
Entertaining and compelling for the battle of wills instead of the historical rehash
4
Frost/Nixon
Mike McGranaghan
Even if the historical value is only of minor interest to you Frost Nixon remains a great human tragedy about two men who meet on a televised battleground knowing that it s do or die time 
4
Frost/Nixon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s Howard s second really good film 
3
Frost/Nixon
Peter Howell
That this much drama can be wrung out of the Frost Nixon conversations is no small achievement 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Lou Lumenick
Whatever problems Nixon might have with Nixon Frost Langella s magnetic performance would probably bring a smile to Tricky Dick s famously perspiration dappled face 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Bob Strauss
Frost Nixon could be the best political film in a year that s had more than its share of good ones 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Rick Groen
Shakespeare would have delighted in the chapter especially in the antagonist but not at the expense of the longer and darker and still unfinished book 
3
Frost/Nixon
Josh Larsen
Some of the best male acting this year has come from two men who play reviled American presidents and the performances are good for the same reason 
3
Frost/Nixon
Mick LaSalle
The sheer fun of Frost Nixon and fun is the right word is not only in watching these men in collision It s also in watching them together in the same frame as two contrasting aspects of humanity 
4
Frost/Nixon
Peter Travers
A film version of a play about two talking heads Please It shouldn t work at all But it does work spectacularly as a matter of fact 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Chris Knight
Langella does not look like a natural to play Nixon but the wonder of films set in the 1970s is that hairstyles go a great way to creating the look of the characters In any case he nails the man s heavy shifting gait and slightly stiff mannerisms 
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Scott Nash
This is that rare movie that is award worthy and yet truly entertaining at the same time 
4
Frost/Nixon
Erik Childress
Without George W Bush the Frost Nixon conversations may have become just another anecdote of remembering when instead of confronting audiences with the ironies of two wartime Presidents not owning up to the mistakes that were made 
4
Frost/Nixon
Dustin Putman
Avoiding staginess even as the subject matter threatens to turn it into such Ron Howard opens up the film s world through Salvatore Totino s glossy cinematography and a firm handle on his mise en scene 
2.5
Frost/Nixon
Rafer Guzman
Sheen and Langella originated their respective roles in the play and it s clear why Langella won a Tony for his 
3
Frost/Nixon
James Berardinelli
Howard and Morgan have transformed this story into something more than an embellished re telling of recent history They have shaped a tragedy that is almost Shakespearean in force
3.5
Frost/Nixon
Bill Weber
Frost Nixon is a trivial afterword to a historical footnote a showbiz story inflated into a retroactive therapy session for one of 20th century America s biggest knaves 
1.5
Uncle Kent
Matt Pais
He used to do tricks with his penis isn t really character development 
2
Uncle Kent
David Nusair
the latest underwhelming drama from a man who stubbornly refuses to grow as a filmmaker 
1.5
Bob the Gambler
Brian Eggert
Bob is the singular example of Melville s style both a product of American iconography yet rooted in a certain French mysticism and poetry 
4
Bob the Gambler
Jay Antani
a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck
3
Bob the Gambler
Roger Ebert
Bob le Flambeur 1955 has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave 
4
Bob the Gambler
Jeffrey Westhoff
A brisk heist movie that embraces cinema s past and points toward its future 
3.5
Bob the Gambler
James Kendrick
less interested in the mechanics of the heist than the existential ramifications for the characters and how the sly intervention of fate
3
Bob the Gambler
Walter Chaw
Watching Bob Le Flambeur in its newly restored 35mm print is a little of the old religion 
3.5
Bob the Gambler
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Duchesne s smooth handsome performance puts him in a league with cool guys like Bogart Eastwood and Mitchum 
4
Bob the Gambler
Steve Rhodes
Picture postcard film noir 
3
It's Alive!
Matt Brunson
It skews on the amateurish side with an intriguing premise compromised by bland characters awkward dialogue and lurching scenes 
2
It's Alive!
David Nusair
the picture slowly but surely loses its grip on the viewer as it progresses into an often unbearably meandering midsection 
1
It's Alive!
Joshua Vasquez
One part allegory on familial tensions and one part commentary on environmental and biological poisoning 
3.5
Boy Wonder
Roger Ebert
I started watching it with moderate expectations and was surprised by how quickly I was drawn in the movie works insistently on an emotional level 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
David Nusair
an often excessively deliberate endeavor that s clearly been inspired by the work of Terrence Malick 
2
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Terence Johnson
I ve absolutely nothing wrong with movies wanting to be tone poems but the lack of urgency in the plot really hindered me from getting invested in the story 
2.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Wesley Lovell
Anchored by two strong performances from Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
John Serba
Even during its moments of unapologetic pastiche David Lowery s Ain t Them Bodies Saints is an absorbing drama nuanced and emotionally evocative 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
John Beifuss
An outlaw saga of undying love distilled to its emotional essence as if it were something to be inhaled or applied to the skin to work at the level of the blood and bypass the cynical defenses of the intellect 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Rob Thomas
While he wears his 70s filmmaking influences on his sleeves Saints is no pastiche but an eloquent mood piece that leaves room for improvisation from the actors and introspection from the audience 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Eric Melin
The story is told in the moments before and after most of the conflict and constructed with dream like cinematography a really strong film 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Joe Williams
This Sundance sanctioned love on the run melodrama is indie filmmaking of a deliberately timeless sort 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Rene Rodriguez
Lowery has a lyrical style of storytelling that is delicate and subtle yet suffused with emotion and atmosphere It s gentle and pointed at the same time 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Michael Phillips
It is not a large film But Lowery may well be a large talent and he sure knows how to cast the right actors 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Matt Pais
Like crust with the bread cut off 
2
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Robert Levin
Rooney Mara s excellent work which transitions from wide eyed navet to forceful intelligence is the heart of this movie 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Dustin Putman
Exasperating in its disjointed pacing ceaselessly static tempo and refusal to provide context and development for its nearly comatose characters this lethargic art house drama confuses painterly cinematography for overall cinematic distinctiveness 
1.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Steven Rea
A loping and lovely romance steeped in tragedy with a Texas twang 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Mick LaSalle
The tone never changes Scenes aren t inflected and when the end comes it registers but without much impact 
2
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Kristin Tillotson
It feels raw and real and sets a tone that is sustained throughout 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Ty Burr
The characters are too ordinary to care deeply for and the story doesn t add up to much but Lowery has made a shrine to his actors to the land through which they move and to the kind of cinema that once sustained us 
2.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Christy Lemire
A muted but always engrossing tale of young doomed love 
3.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Kyle Smith
Lowery put 90 percent of his energy into the atmosphere and 10 percent into the script 
2
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Stephen Whitty
The places feel lived in The story feels like life 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Peter Travers
Ain t Them Bodies Saints offers no glib answers or smooth resolution but there s no question that Lowery is a filmmaker with a striking future 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Matthew Kassel
If Ain t Them Bodies Saints seems insubstantial in structure it may be because Mr Lowery has chosen to focus on appearance over plot which doesn t mean the movie is less effective as a result 
3
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Jake Coyle
Awash in 1970s filmmaking and the kind of stylized folksiness that pickling Brooklyn hipsters with handlebar mustaches will positively drool over 
2.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Nick McCarthy
The film s highly calculated beauty suffocates rather than elevates the story s emotional underpinnings 
2.5
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Roger Moore
A derivative and over familiar tale poetically told 
2.5
The Closet
Michael Dequina
If one didn t know any better one would think that French farceur Francis Veber s latest comedy as a just unearthed relic from the 80s given how it treats homosexuality as some sort of cutesy novelty 
1.5
The Closet
David Nusair
there are a number of sequences that would clearly benefit from a more broad sensibility there s a scene that s virtually crying out for a spit take for example 
2.5
The Closet
Sara Michelle Fetters
While there are laughs to be had on a whole Veber s new film is an unfunny and offensive disaster wasting a truckload of rich comedic talent in the process 
1.5
The Closet
Robert Roten
This one joke movie manages so many imaginative wrinkles that it successfully extends the joke into a feature length film 
3
The Closet
Rob Blackwelder
See The Closet now before somebody ruins an American version by casting Robin Williams and scrubbing clean all its wanton wackiness 
3.5
The Names of Love
Mattie Lucas
Every bit as anonymous and lost as its cartoonish cookie cutter characters who whittle down the cultural complexities of a diverse France into a stale and toothless romantic comedy 
2
The Names of Love
Roger Moore
An edgy French twist on the old Hollywood meet cute romance 
3
The Names of Love
Jay Antani
It s a credit to the talents of his cast as well as to Leclerc s ability to juggle comedy and drama that The Names of Love manages to be so winning a concoction 
3
The Names of Love
Marty Mapes
Your name is your destiny but not always
2.5
The Names of Love
Christian Toto
The far left lead character in The Names of Love is so enchanting even Rush Limbaugh would give her the time of day 
3.5
The Names of Love
Roger Moore
There s a taste of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Something Wild Forces of Nature and even Bringing Up Baby perhaps the best of the wild child seduces straight arrow romances 
3
The Names of Love
Rob Thomas
It s a familiar story but one that Leclerc tells with a lot of energy and ingenuity 
3
The Names of Love
Joe Williams
The elements of sex race and religion spin in separate orbits but the two likable leads hold them together as the film grows surprisingly serious 
3
The Names of Love
Chris Hewitt
A modest bit of fun 
2.5
The Names of Love
Mark Jenkins
It s a playfully sexy farce that plays like a Gallic Annie Hall if Annie had been as blithe about nudity as Baya is 
3
The Names of Love
Steven Rea
Playfully provocative and boasting a star making turn from Sara Forestier The Names of Love addresses the volatile issue of European assimilation and multiculturalism but in a tone and tenor full of screwball whimsy 
3
The Names of Love
Ty Burr
Instead of asking What s in a name this slyly delightful piece of Gallic fluff wonders at all the ways that names the labels we give to one another bring us into the world and keep us apart from it 
3
The Names of Love
Peter Keough
A meretricious mix of lechery kitsch bad taste and glib political correctness 
1.5
The Names of Love
Peter Canavese
Serves up a bounty of clichs and borrowed ideas but it s also overtly political bringing up issues American rom coms wouldn t dare touch 
2.5
The Names of Love
Mick LaSalle
Forestier s performance is a tour de force of comic acting maintaining astonishing alertness and energy from shot to shot and scene to scene 
4
The Names of Love
Roger Ebert
What I admired was the story of these characters themselves What an odd couple 
3
The Names of Love
Greg Quill
Well worth the effort spent trying to read the white subtitles too often superimposed over a white background 
3
The Names of Love
Rick Groen
The film is sometimes funny and occasionally smart yet never quite what it wants to be funny and smart at the same time 
2.5
The Names of Love
Stephen Whitty
A film that isn t sure if it s a political statement on Muslim Jewish relations or an Annie Hall homage 
2
The Names of Love
V.A. Musetto
Strained and mildly amusing 
2
Show Me the Father
Mike McGranaghan
Even viewers who aren t interested in the religious messaging are likely to be moved by the stories told here They make the film heartwarming and inspiring 
3
Last Embrace
Wanda Hale
A movie so blatantly anti Semitic and so ludicrous it should have been quietly shelved or better still completely destroyed before it caused any more embarrassment 
1
The Four Musketeers
Roger Ebert
I liked the first film better than the second but in any event half of this pair is enough It s too much of the same material spun out into a wearying series of sword fights and romances 
2
Made in U.S.A.
James Kendrick
While in theory it all sounds very interesting and intriguing and well Godardian the whole never really comes together
2.5
Made in U.S.A.
Fernando F. Croce
Godard s films are records documentaries even of personal interests ecstasies and agonies at a particular time in the artist s life 
4
Made in U.S.A.
Ty Burr
Gorgeous minor and pivotal 
3
Anaglyph Tom
Andrew Schenker
Anaglyph Tom Tom with Puffy Cheeks treats two different sections of the original short with two sets of manipulative strategies 
3
Silkwood
Mattie Lucas
A top notch cast and a strong Oscar nominated script by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen keep Silkwood from sliding into cliche Lifetime movie of the week territory 
2.5
Silkwood
Roger Ebert
Silkwood is the story of an ordinary woman hard working and passionate funny and screwed up who made those people mad simply because she told the truth as she saw it and did what she thought was right 
4
Silkwood
David Nusair
Nichols does a superb job of establishing the mood and atmosphere of this small town 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
John Beifuss
Barely there Morgan Freeman and Kris Kristofferson pick up the easiest paychecks of their careers while top acting honors go to Mavis the sea turtle and Rufus the comic relief pelican 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Lori Hoffman
As was the original Dolphin Tale 2 is a prime example of excellent family filmmaking that is sentimental without being cloyingly sweet 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Tim Holland
Dolphin Tale 2 lacks a bit of the dramatic heft of the first film but that s a minor complaint given the satisfaction this sequel generates 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Peter Canavese
Wait mdash is this a lesbian dolphin dating movie 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Christian Toto
Prepare to have Dolphin Tale 2 shred your cynicism and feed it to the sharks 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Linda Cook
How can you not like a movie as good hearted as this one 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Mara Reinstein
With its important lessons of opportunity and hope the sequel makes for fine family entertainment 
2.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Mal Vincent
It s a pleasingly conscientious effort that merges the fantasies of the genre with some reality of the traumas of moving into maturity 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Sheila O'Malley
Dolphin Tale 2 cares about the right things the details of marine rescue the dedication of the individuals involved and the lives and personalities of the animals under their care 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Willie Waffle
You have to be the second coming of Hitler or Ray Rice not to have your heart warmed by all of that cuteness 
2.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Tirdad Derakhshani
Children will revel in Dolphin Tale 2 with its rapturous lovingly filmed sequences of dolphins playing swimming and generally frolicking about with each other and with their human friends 
2.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Dustin Putman
Dolphin Tale 2 doesn t have a pessimistic bone in its body Indeed the film is so earnest that one almost feels like a curmudgeon having to criticize it 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Bruce DeMara
There s some lovely underwater cinematography and a few dollops of suspense But Dolphin Tale 2 is mostly an easy breezy ride that will please younger audiences and their parents with its message of resilience and hope 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Rafer Guzman
Dolphin Tale 2 is both uneventful and predictable but it deserves credit for treating its nonhuman characters with respect 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sweet and cheesy 
2.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Peter Hartlaub
It s kind of sad to see Rufus the Pelican getting way more screen time and plot significance than characters played by Kris Kristofferson and Ashley Judd 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Graham Killeen
Once Bethany Hamilton of Soul Surfer fame shows up for stunning group swim cameos the shallower story is instantly forgiven 
2.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Joe Williams
A coo inducing movie that runs on autopilot without veering into the realm of bad taste 
2.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Claudia Puig
Like its predecessor Dolphin Tale 2 is a family friendly story with a heart warming and wise message of healing 
3
Dolphin Tale 2
Erik Lundegaard
The original Dolphin Tale was so anodyne it felt like a 1950s TV series episodic problems resolved in an ultrasafe atmosphere often by parental generally fatherly advice This is more of the same 
1.5
Dolphin Tale 2
Kyle Smith
Even for a movie about complying with USDA regulations Dolphin Tale 2 is a little lacking in excitement 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Roger Moore
Harmless dull inferior to the original 
2
Dolphin Tale 2
Ed Gonzalez
Writer director Charles Martin Smith s tin ear for dialogue and contrived symbolism is as unmistakable as his enormous heart 
2.5
Wisconsin Death Trip
Jack Mathews
Marsh s film alludes to the poor economy of the former mining town but has little else to say about potential causes or motivation Marsh just piles the events on as if there s black humor in their sheer volume Nope just a big boring pile 
1
Wisconsin Death Trip
Ken Fox
Crisply photographed in black and white by cinematographer Eigil Bryld and extremely violent it s the hellish flip side to Little House on the Prairie 
3.5
Wisconsin Death Trip
David Sterritt
Required viewing for anyone who thinks the modern media created the social ills that accost us so frequently today 
3
Wisconsin Death Trip
Michael Wilmington
A piece of twisted Americana that stays eerily in your mind 
2.5
Wisconsin Death Trip
Steve Rhodes
The pice de rsistance is Ian Holm s omnipresent narration which is taken directly from the newspaper accounts of the time 
3
Alex Cross
Brian Eggert
This is an agonizingly unoriginal yarn about another wise detective hunting another ruthless sociopath 46 
0.5
Alex Cross
Frank Ochieng
For this bad to the bone blunder Perry continues to have a Cross to bear in finding his niche away from his famed bible thumping box office lip service granny with the itchy trigger finger 
1.5
Alex Cross
Linda Cook
It doesn t take a detective to determine it s not the fault of Tyler Perry that Alex Cross is subpar 
.5
Alex Cross
Jeffrey Westhoff
So many other things are wrong with the wretched Alex Cross that Perry s somnambulistic performance doesn t even crack the top five 
1
Alex Cross
Betsy Sherman
With each anguished look each dramatic pause Perry gives the impression that he has an invisible third hand patting himself on the back for courageously straying from Madea 
1
Alex Cross
Matt Brunson
Its casual cruelty serves to render it slightly repellent The performances are solid with Fox the notable exception his camp performance suggests too many screenings of Mommie Dearest prior to filming 
1.5
Alex Cross
Mark Deming
Tyler Perry s bid to reinvent himself like Bruce Willis or Matt Damon in Alex Cross is ultimately a failure but if it s any consolation to him he s hardly the only reason this film is not worth your time 
2
Alex Cross
Lisa Kennedy
For a franchise with an off the charts nuanced thinker as its protagonist Alex Cross isn t very smart 
1.5
Alex Cross
Sean P. Means
Perry isn t a spitter so his attempts to bring the rage come off as forced and unintentionally comical And Perry tall and doughy isn t convincing in the fight scenes or other physical moments 
1.5
Alex Cross
John Beifuss
Tyler Perry trades Madea drag for the shoulder holster and scowl of a genius police detective but the movie couldn t be any sillier if Alex Cross pursued the story s sadistic killer in a gray wig and granny panties 
2
Alex Cross
Rich Heldenfels
Silly plotting murky action sequences indifferent acting and a lot of violence against women Not even the locally shot scenes are reason enough to see it 
1
Alex Cross
Stephen Whitty
Perry s supposed to be its center And as an actor certainly as a movie star he s absolutely nowhere to be found 
1
Alex Cross
Peter Howell
Tyler Perry finds it easier to step out of Madea s dress than into Morgan Freeman s shoes in the thriller Alex Cross a trite attempt at franchise building 
1.5
Alex Cross
Willie Waffle
Most of the acting is lifeless except for Matthew Fox who is hamming it up more than fat guy at a bacon festival
0
Alex Cross
Adam Nayman
Stripped down to his undershirt or brandishing an assault rifle Perry looks both incongruous and ridiculous an icon out of water 
1
Alex Cross
Rafer Guzman
It feels almost cruel to laugh at such a blindly stumbling dunderheaded action thriller but you won t be able to help it 
0.5
Alex Cross
Sara Stewart
Cohen squanders a surprisingly recognizable cast on a half baked plot adapted from James Patterson s series of novels 
1.5
Alex Cross
Michael O'Sullivan
The first thing you ll want to know about Alex Cross is Can Tyler Perry carry it off The answer is Sort of but not really 
2
Alex Cross
Dustin Putman
A blundering mess 
1
Alex Cross
Mark Dujsik
For a relatively simple story Alex Cross makes a multitude of bad decisions 
1.5
Alex Cross
Mick LaSalle
Alex Cross is a good example of what a seriously talented director can do with a heaping pile of garbage 
2
Alex Cross
Cathy Jakicic
The problem is that Alex Cross is just not a great movie and its breakneck paced sometimes logic optional story doesn t allow Perry to realistically develop his character s transformation from cerebral detective to action hero 
2.5
Alex Cross
Gary Thompson
A shockingly incompetent major studio release that strands Perry in a poorly written and poorly executed police procedural 
1.5
Alex Cross
Wesley Morris
If I hadn t had to stay awake I would have slept though the whole thing At home 
1.5
Alex Cross
Loey Lockerby
As an attempt to establish another franchise Alex Cross is modestly successful but the series will need directors with more finesse than Cohen 
2
Alex Cross
Lawrence Toppman
There s just enough genuine emotion to connect us with the characters whether we watch Perry as the quietly dogged Cross or Edward Burns as his lifelong friend and investigative partner 
2.5
Alex Cross
James Berardinelli
Cohen s resume argues that he s a better action director than this the laziness is inexcusable The denouement is easily decoded and suitably cheesy 
2
Alex Cross
Chris Hewitt
You can get better mysteries any night on TV but the performers are worth checking out 
2.5
Alex Cross
Joe Williams
Formulaic serial killer crapola 
1
Alex Cross
Matt Pais
A thriller that cannot be taken seriously Incompetent on every level 
0
Alex Cross
Roger Moore
When you make Tyler Perry run and point a gun you remember why nobody s ever used him as an action figure before 
2
Alex Cross
Moira MacDonald
Alex Cross is a grim yet silly piece of work even as serial killer thrillers go 
2
Alex Cross
Michael Phillips
The closer Cohen rams the camera to his pummeling actors the more you don t know what s actually transpiring 
2
Alex Cross
Roger Ebert
The direction by Rob Cohen is so careless that the film s climax is set up by a car crash that if I am not mistaken is completely coincidental 
2
Alex Cross
Claudia Puig
Tyler Perry should not give up his day job At least not until he chooses better dramatic vehicles for branching out 
2
Alex Cross
David Germain
Casting Perry as Cross was a bad idea though it s not necessarily the worst in a movie built on bad ideas 
1.5
Alex Cross
Chris Cabin
Alex Cross comes to theaters with the distinct timbre of a merger rather than a singular entertainment 
.5
3 Days to Kill
Frank Ochieng
As a flat and fledgling spy vehicle 3 Days To Kill could not die soon enough 
2
3 Days to Kill
John Beifuss
If you think being a CIA assassin is tough try making sense of a teenage girl 
2
3 Days to Kill
Linda Cook
If you ve ever seen a Luc Besson movie before you ll feel transported into familiar territory with 3 Days to Kill 
2
3 Days to Kill
David Nusair
the scattered vibe prevents the viewer from working up any interest in or enthusiasm for the central character s ongoing exploits 
1.5
3 Days to Kill
Burl Burlingame
An impossibly sexy operative shows up from the Agency maybe it s a modeling agency and Fausts him a bargain Kill some bad guys and she ll give him some magic beans 
2
3 Days to Kill
Scott Nash
Never finds the right balance between action comedy and drama but thanks to Costner it remains watchable 
2.5
3 Days to Kill
James Berardinelli
How did 3 Days to Kill which doesn t have the worst imaginable premise turn out this bad 
1.5
3 Days to Kill
Perry Seibert
The result is an action comedy that delivers a couple of satisfying gunfights lands a few funny moments and fumbles the dramatic beats 
2
3 Days to Kill
Mark Dujsik
3 Days to Kill is simply indecisive of its purpose and the result is tonal cacophony 
1.5
3 Days to Kill
Liam Lacey
To the degree that the film works it s because Costner plays the straight man 
2
3 Days to Kill
Steven Rea
It s the modern dilemma how to balance work with family get the job done and still have time to share a meal with the wife and kid 
2.5
3 Days to Kill
Glenn Kenny
Costner deserves better and the fact that he doesn t phone it in here indicates that he thinks maybe so do you 
2
3 Days to Kill
Willie Waffle
I don t want to believe a professional writer came up with this stuff 
0
3 Days to Kill
Dustin Putman
As comedy as drama as crime actioner the film ends up making little impact at all 
2
3 Days to Kill
Robert Levin
All over the map from a dramatic and tonal standpoint but it nearly gets by on on the presence of Kevin Costner in one of his most lighthearted parts in ages 
2.5
3 Days to Kill
Peter Howell
Long before Kevin Costner is demanding pasta sauce info at gunpoint from a terrified Italian hostage in 3 Days to Kill it s obvious no one is following any kind of coherent recipe for this movie 
2
3 Days to Kill
Sue Pierman
Costner makes the movie if not believable at least entertaining 
2.5
3 Days to Kill
Moira MacDonald
3 Days though not without pleasures doesn t seem to know what it is it s three not quite good enough movies all in one 
2
3 Days to Kill
Scott Bowles
Contrived and manic Days can t decide whether it s a thriller comedy or feel good family film 
1.5
3 Days to Kill
Stephen Whitty
It s like a bad Liam Neeson actioner crossed with a worse American sitcom and it s a mess 
1.5
3 Days to Kill
Michael O'Sullivan
Like Ethan 3 Days to Kill has a job to do but it prefers to shoot first and ask questions later 
1.5
3 Days to Kill
Ty Burr
Every so often a bad movie will become so mind bogglingly existentially bad that it turns perversely good Unfortunately 3 Days to Kill isn t that bad 
1
3 Days to Kill
Kyle Smith
Besson provided the story and co wrote the screenplay for a film directed by McG who does his usual McGhastly job with action and is McGruesome when it comes to comedy 
1
3 Days to Kill
Alan Jones
McG may strip down his approach and serve up a variety of slick well paced shoot outs and car chases but his technical skill can t quite overcome the story s lazy sense of humor and incomprehensible account of international espionage 
2.5
3 Days to Kill
Roger Moore
Daft and sloppy dark and yeah funny As funny as any movie where torturing terrorists and taking their advice on raising a teen can be 
2.5
The Royal Treatment
David Nusair
hopelessly underwhelming and thoroughly tedious 
1
The Royal Treatment
Roger Moore
A movie with dull leads scripted by a veteran of second tier sitcoms and helmed by an even less promising director it started life flavorless and nobody added even a hint of spice along the way 
1
The Royal Treatment
Lindsey Bahr
Like a drug store chocolate bar it just is It might not be good for you but it ll go down shockingly easy give you a minor sugar high and possible headache and disappear from your memory just as quickly 
1.5
The Royal Treatment
Carla Meyer
Wavers between too little and too much fantasy and between charming and simply odd 
2
The World Is Yours
Roger Moore
A 8220 one last job 47 score 8221 tale that takes its title from the DePalma 47 Pacino 8220 Scarface 8221 and its style from 8220 Snatch 8221 era Guy Ritchie 46 Yeah 44 it 8217 s funny 46 And violent 46 And very French 46 
3
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
Ty Burr
Say Her Name navigates a steady path between haters on one side and conspiracy nuts on the other it s an angry movie that uses its inside voice 
3.5
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
David Lewis
Every single official comes off as genuine and patriotic and as people who cared about their country Clearly there is some legacy shaping going on here but that s what public officials do 
3
Sequence Break
Alice Stoehr
Despite its tiny cast and handful of nondescript locations Sequence Break isn t minimalist It s just empty 
2
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Michael Phillips
In order for audiences to better appreciate the underpinnings of Buddhism and the risks involved with modern day practice in Tibet the man who made Vajra would ve needed to get his documentarian s hands a little dirty 
2
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
John Hartl
Eventually you can t help wishing for some human contact While the lulling narration by Bush and two exiled Tibetans is informative it doesn t quite fill the gap 
2.5
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Walter V. Addiego
The material is so compelling that we keep watching 
3
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Maitland McDonagh
The images of gods and ordinary Tibetans that Bush captures are more eloquent that his turgid narration and overall the film works better as a travelogue than an introduction to Tibetan Buddhist beliefs or history 
2
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Michael Booth
The film simply takes too long to deliver its message 
2
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Ty Burr
A gorgeous meandering travelogue that only gradually bares its teeth 
3
Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Nick Schager
A reverential act of bearing witness to a culture and religion being systematically erased 
2
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac
Brian Tallerico
A startlingly scattershot piece of filmmaking from a director who normally has a sure personal hand on his projects 
1.5
Idlewild
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Though not as good as I hoped it would be it s still an above par musical effort in the end 
2.5
Idlewild
Kam Williams
In spite of several inspired moments where it exhibits some genuine promise this desperate attempt to be all things to all people ends up sabotaging any potential to make a memorable contribution to the annals of cinema 
2
Idlewild
Michael A. Smith
The music which sounds like a collaboration between Cab Calloway and Run DMC keeps the story flowing 
3
Idlewild
James Sanford
an eccentric audacious musical that like Moulin Rouge blends backstage drama tragic romance and flights of fantasy into a story that bravely jumps from genre to genre and from era to era 
3
Idlewild
Janos Gereben
The only real problem is the inconsistency of performances from the individually outstanding cast 
2
Idlewild
Linda Cook
Never idle and always wild Idlewild truly is an adults only musical about gangsters 
3
Idlewild
Collin Souter
There will probably never be a marriage between a great movie and a great album but I m glad they keep trying 
3
Idlewild
Rob Thomas
Too much idle not enough wild 
2.5
Idlewild
Dustin Putman
The genre smashing Idlewild brings welcome new life to the familiar 
2.5
Idlewild
Claudia Puig
By jumbling genres fashions music and locales and riddling bullets through much of it Idlewild ends up feeling disjointed and disquieting 
2.5
Idlewild
Maitland McDonagh
The film winds up being neither fish nor fowl and sat on the shelf for the better part of two years before being released 
2.5
Idlewild
Peter Howell
A series of pretty good pop videos wrapped around a confusing tale of Chitlin Circuit striving and conniving 
2
Idlewild
Ted Fry
Comic dramatic highly conceptual and all great fun 
3
Idlewild
Neva Chonin
Idlewild comes alive only during the production numbers which look and feel more like music videos than music as storytelling 
2
Idlewild
David Elliott
Easy to peel apart for flaws Idlewild is also easy to enjoy if you go with its jived earthiness 
3
Idlewild
Timothy Knight
It may not be a complete success but when Andre 3000 pays homage to Cab Calloway Idlewild is hard to resist 
2.5
Idlewild
Carrie Rickey
The Outkast duo are as might be expected terrific in the musical numbers and painfully self conscious in the dramatic sequences 
2.5
Idlewild
Dan Fienberg
There s a certain oddness to a movie that casts Paula Patton as a singer only to dub her voice but leaves legends like Ben Vereen and Patti LaBelle in non musical parts 
2
Idlewild
Lisa Rose
The OutKast epic Idlewild is an amazingly misguided film a muddled attempt to create an old school Hollywood musical showcasing the unique hip hop duo 
1.5
Idlewild
Lou Lumenick
It s basically a series of music videos a few quite good strung together over two long hours and loosely connected by a weak story line loaded with anachronisms 
2
Idlewild
Elizabeth Weitzman
The first film from OutKast iconoclasts Andr Benjamin Andr 3000 and Antwan A Patton Big Boi has all the wit and creativity of their music videos And here s the bad news That makes it at least an hour too long 
2
Idlewild
Aaron Hillis
A thin sprinkling of exuberance and a couple of choice cameos that s about all this underwritten and overly choreographed spectacle has to tease us with 
1.5
Idlewild
Duane Dudek
Idlewild is a long lively ride down a bumpy road that has terrific scenery along the way It has flashes of brilliance and stretches of drudgery 
2.5
Idlewild
Rene Rodriguez
Idlewild doesn t exactly hang together but its parts are something to behold 
2.5
Idlewild
Bob Strauss
By the end of Idlewild some ironic thematic twists come nicely into play but they re not enough to rescue a scenario that s been both too predictable and too weird for much too long 
2.5
Idlewild
Loey Lockerby
The problem with many musicals is that they focus so much on the music they skimp on the plot The problem with Idlewild is that it skimps on both 
2
Idlewild
Amy Biancolli
OutKast s much ballyhooed Prohibition era musical is a dense confusing jumble of old school and new school gangster and gangsta that never pauses long enough to tell a cogent story 
1.5
Idlewild
Liam Lacey
Idlewild is so eccentric it remains compellingly watchable 
2.5
Idlewild
Terry Lawson
Those who do not succumb to the movie s fantasy will dismiss it as an extended music video That s not an unfair criticism but it doesn t make the film any less enjoyable 
3
Idlewild
Jeff Vice
As expected the soundtrack is the highlight of Idlewild Unfortunately the film s rather thin plot keeps getting in the way of the music 
2
Idlewild
Lisa Kennedy
Welcome to Church the speakeasy in the often vivacious sometimes silly musical Idlewild 
3
Idlewild
Mary F. Pols
So playful and vibrant that even when it stumbles as it does fairly frequently it s still an enjoyable spectacle 
2.5
Idlewild
Jim DeRogatis
In the end the saddest thing about Idlewild is that all of the pieces were present for a very good film 
2
Idlewild
Wesley Morris
A sludgy badly photographed poorly edited bungle whose musical numbers never pop 
2
Idlewild
Sara Michelle Fetters
But whereas Barber stages the musical numbers as ingeniously as the groundbreaking music videos for which he s justifiably been lauded for the rest is an unfocused herky jerky haphazardly realized disaster 
2
Idlewild
Sean P. Means
Even in a period piece set before such cameras were available Andr and Big Boi can still shake it like a Polaroid picture 
3
Idlewild
Thomas Delapa
Call me crazy but hip hop floor shows weren t an especially common sight in the 1930s Deep South 
1.5
Idlewild
John Beifuss
True it s a little late in OutKast s career for Andre 3000 and Big Boi to make their Purple Rain move but who would have expected them to leap straight to Graffiti Bridge 
2
Idlewild
Willie Waffle
spends a great deal of time distracting us from the story with all sorts of visual eccentricities
1
Idlewild
Peter Canavese
When Angel brushes off Trumpy with the line Can the artist get a little space around here you may agree that the question deserves a qualified yes answer 
2.5
Idlewild
Sid Smith
Idlewild is an engaging original movie musical It turns all sorts of pop cultural icons on their heads and delivers a smart commentary on race and class in 20th Century America 
3
Idlewild
Gene Seymour
There are enough qualities in Idlewild to make you believe not only in director Barber s potential but in a fruitful marriage of hip hop sensibility with the movie musical genre 
3
Idlewild
Matt Pais
Sorry Ms Jackson The Outkast movie stanks 
1.5
Idlewild
Chris Hewitt
The good stuff is really good and although you ll wish for a fast forward button it isn t going to pop at home like it does on the big screen 
2.5
Idlewild
Phoebe Flowers
The opening half hour of Idlewild is perhaps the most entrancing of any movie so far this year which is why it s all the more frustrating that what follows is of such uneven quality 
2.5
Idlewild
James Berardinelli
There s nothing compelling about the characters or story and that maroons Idlewild within the category of disposable entertainment 
2.5
Idlewild
Chris Riemenschneider
As unlikely as it seems that the music segments would be the weakest parts of Idlewild however it s just as surprising that the rest of the movie stands up pretty well 
2.5
Idlewild
Josh Larsen
There hasn t been a movie musical this impulsive this risky this impetuous since Moulin Rouge 
3.5
Idlewild
Ross Anthony
Aggressive direction Aggressive bold confident unabashed The cinematography flat out gorgeous This film busts out of the projector s gates like a break dancer on ice 
3.5
Idlewild
Jeanne Aufmuth
Animated musical notes jump from their staffs with frenzied glee and stop motion dancers fly high in a kaleidoscope of color rhythm and joy What s not to love 
3.5
Idlewild
Nick Schager
A middling musical mishmash that can t keep a beat 
1.5
Idlewild
Peter Travers
Idlewild can t decide if it s about bullets booze broads or the sound of hip hop that the film strenuously tries to marry to the 1930s 
2
The Hard Word
Jeff Vice
This Aussie thriller is all about characters interesting characters and several of them could hold a movie on their own 
2.5
The Hard Word
Sean P. Means
Not everything works but Roberts knack for realistic action hard bitten dialogue and finding humor in unexpected places keeps your attention to the finish 
2.5
The Hard Word
Michael Booth
The movie jaded will dismiss The Hard Word as just another slick heist flick with a band of burglar buddies Too bad for their cynical souls They ll be missing a grand theft time 
3
The Hard Word
Phil Villarreal
When it s finally time to lay down the cards we discover Roberts was simply trying to get by on his wit and charm and he didn t have enough of either 
2.5
The Hard Word
Laura Kelly
This one s destined for a dusty spot on an Australian video store shelf 
2
The Hard Word
Sara Michelle Fetters
Writer Director Scott Roberts K2 first film in a decade doesn t exactly go places other movies haven t already tread 
2
The Hard Word
Terry Lawson
It s fun as far as it goes but that isn t very far 
2
The Hard Word
Rob Blackwelder
A wily performance driven heist gone wrong picture with shrewd underworld savvy reminiscent of Snatch without the smug self awareness 
3
The Hard Word
Glenn Lovell
The Hard Word may not be the last word in underworld thrills but like eternal patsy Pearce it possesses a certain wild eyed affability 
2.5
The Hard Word
John Hartl
Much of The Hard Word feels like hard time 
2
The Hard Word
Mick LaSalle
Nothing new or earthshaking here but The Hard Word is tense and compelling with the added charm of a mischievous spirit 
3
The Hard Word
Carrie Rickey
The film has an appeal for lovers of the genre Little else in this unpredictable thriller by first time director Scott Roberts requires immediate attention 
2.5
The Hard Word
Roger Ebert
This movie could obviously go on fooling us forever but we are good sports only up to a point and then our attention drifts 
2.5
The Hard Word
Mark Caro
The Hard Word never steals our hearts though it does kill time 
2
The Hard Word
Ty Burr
The Hard Word strains to be light on its feet but piles too much on its plate characters come and go changing personality at the director s whim and you re never quite sure who s getting the shaft 
2
The Hard Word
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A good but not great caper film 
3
The Hard Word
Walter Chaw
a mish mash of post mod noir ideas the butcher the redeemed femme cannibalism arranged with little respect for rhyme and reason 
1.5
The Hard Word
Alex Kranz
Odd details certainly enliven the film but their purpose in it is not always clear 
2
The Hard Word
Evan Henerson
A smart frisky bauble as funny as it is entertaining without resorting to elaborate red herrings or hoaxes 
3
The Hard Word
Steve Rhodes
Too much time spent in petty bickering and not enough in robbing 
2
The Hard Word
Jack Mathews
The gore is intended as Tarantino style black comedy but instead it s just weirdly grotesque 
2
The Hard Word
Megan Lehmann
A raft of impressive performances and a dose of lunatic unpredictability float this verbose debut from writer director Scott Roberts 
2.5
The Hard Word
Jan Stuart
It takes a clumsy turn into comic book violence a la Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 
2.5
The Hard Word
David Sterritt
The film would work better if its story unfolded more swiftly and if its twists were more unexpected 
2
The Hard Word
Erik Childress
The Hard Word is not a complete failure just a familiarized one that s not going to woo away any fans of the directors who know how to do it right And hundreds of times before 
2.5
Train to Busan
Brian Eggert
Train to Busan defies the notion that all has been said and done when it comes to zombies 
3.5
Train to Busan
Josh Larsen
a cleverly concentrated shot of zombie terror 
4
Train to Busan
David Nusair
a top notch zombie flick 
3
Train to Busan
Roger Moore
Generic but badass 
2.5
Train to Busan
David N. Butterworth
The very definition of a mondo midnight movie 
3.5
Train to Busan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Often it s the simplest ideas that are the most ingenious Get this one zombies on a train That s it Ingenious And amazingly the South Korean film Train to Busan gets just about everything right with this scenario 
3.5
Train to Busan
Sean P. Means
The scares would mean nothing though if Yeon also didn t invest some heart into the characters That dose of humanity propels Train to Busan beyond the usual meat grinder horror fare 
3.5
Train to Busan
Rene Rodriguez
In the manner of the most enjoyable horror pictures every time you think things can t get worse they do 
3
Train to Busan
Brian Tallerico
The most purely entertaining zombie film in some time finding echoes of George Romero s and Danny Boyle s work but delivering something unique for an era in which kindness to others seems more essential than ever 
3
Train to Busan
Ed Gonzalez
When divorced of message mongering the film s scare tactics are among the most distinctive that the zombie canon has ever seen 
2.5
My Sister Maria
Moira MacDonald
It s not easy to classify Maximilian Schell s occasionally clumsy but always touching tribute to his actress sister and it s equally difficult not to be moved by it 
3
My Sister Maria
G. Allen Johnson
It is meant to be a loving and sad portrait of a fading life but it feels intrusive excessively brooding and narcissistic 
1
My Sister Maria
David Elliott
My Sister Maria is a strange bouquet a sort of pre memorial 
2.5
My Sister Maria
Roger Ebert
Bbrave heartless and exceedingly strange 
3.5
My Sister Maria
Janice Page
Maximilian s narcissistic examination of his theatrical family to the degree that he shows us photos of ancestors even he doesn t know can be boring and his creative license with the truth is kind of troubling 
2.5
My Sister Maria
Paul Sherman
Feels less like a tribute and more like a chance for Maximilian to play the caring savior 
1
Cinema Sabaya
Roger Moore
Charming but slight 46 46 46 another one of the many Israeli films over the years that emphasizes connection 44 accidental or forced 44 in the close quarters of Palestine
2.5
X500
Radheyan Simonpillai
Few things are more frustrating than seeing people who can t exercise free will because they exist in a nihilistic film fascinated with violence 
1
The Medium
Roger Moore
Gulmongkolpech gives as fierce and alarming a performance as I ve seen in many an exorcism demonic possession movie 
3
Mahogany
Dan Callahan
Even a charming last minute happy ending can t quite redeem all the mess and unidentified dread 
2
Mahogany
James Sanford
a perfect companion piece to Dreamgirls Sitting through it is like flipping through your high school yearbook and laughing out loud at what was once considered stylish or sophisticated 
2.5
Mahogany
Roger Ebert
Mahogany is a big lush messy soap opera so ambivalent about its heroine that we can t even be sure the ending s supposed to be happy 
2
Selena
Matt Brunson
It s hard to get too cynical about the approach taken by Selena 
2.5
Selena
Dennis King
Writer director Gregory Nava relates the singer s story on a touchingly human scale particularly focusing on the father daughter dynamic 
2.5
Selena
Michael Dequina
Lopez s commanding presence makes up for any of the script s shortcomings 
3
Selena
Susan Tavernetti
Lopez gives the movie a much needed spark whenever the script starts to stall 
1.5
Selena
Robert Roten
Not only gives you some insight into a talented young singer but some insight into Chicano life in the U S Most of all it is a solid love story 
3
Selena
Margaret A. McGurk
On the whole the movie bogs down in reverence for Selena and her family I lost count of the speeches about believing in yourself and making dreams come true 
2.5
Selena
Edward Guthmann
Nava who started his feature film career with El Norte is a good director who invariably finds a strong rapport with his actors He s not much of a writer though and he should think twice about creating dialogue for his future projects 
2
Selena
James Berardinelli
This is a simple story of hope and triumph of one girl with the drive to succeed defying the odds and following her dream It s not an original tale movies like this abound but Nava s point of view is fresh 
3.5
Selena
Roger Ebert
Selena succeeds through Lopez s performance in evoking the magic of a sweet and talented young woman 
3.5
Selena
Steve Rhodes
Although the show has merit and Lopez delivers a remarkably compelling and extremely likable performance the picture suffers from terminal blandness and leaves too many questions unanswered 
2.5
Selena
Chris Hicks
The result is sadly a hit and miss affair 
2
Selena
Marty Mapes
Luckily the movie doesn t require that you love or even like Selena s music The movie focuses enough on the characters and the story that even non fans can enjoy it I did 
3
Selena
Madeleine Williams
Selena has a few enjoyable moments and will no doubt be enjoyed by the hordes of Selena worshippers if you are not among their throngs don t expect any insights out of Selena 
2
Selena
Mike Clark
Selena Quintanilla Perez s life was too short to fill a screen bio with traditional dramatic components yet Selena infectiously salutes the Tejano singer who had a rapturous fan base when she was slain in 1995 
3
Plain Clothes
David Nusair
46 46 46 distressingly uninvolving and surprisingly lifeless 46 46 46 
2
Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel
Roger Moore
A super hero fan convention comedy sequel that sets out to be awful and succeeds 
1
Performance
David Sterritt
It put Roeg s powerful cinematic style on the cultural map for the first time 
4
Performance
Walter Chaw
We were always building monuments to our power and we always will be performance is just one avenue to that same old immortality 
3.5
Performance
Roger Ebert
It isn t altogether successful largely because it tries too hard and doesn t pace itself to let its effects sink in 
2.5
Performance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very much a product of the late 60s and early 70s 
2
Shocker
David Nusair
It s interesting to note that Shocker boasts an opening stretch that hardly hints at the off the wall craziness that s to come 
2.5
Shocker
John Beifuss
The notion that television regularly delivers violence into America s living rooms is literalized in this thoroughly wick wick wack but distinctive satire chiller 
2.5
Shocker
Matt Brunson
Shocker ranks among Craven s absolute worst with his attempt to create another enduring villain like A Nightmare on Elm Street s Freddy Krueger falling woefully flat 
1
Shocker
Dustin Putman
If Shocker careens off its rails however Craven s puppet master command behind the scenes remains in evidence his direction is never in doubt even when shreds of his script are 
2
Dissolution
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Nina Menkes s camera is at its most effective when it seems dumbfounded at what it s indexing 
3
Con Air
Maitland McDonagh
Mega budget action extravaganzas don t get much sillier than this 
2.5
Con Air
Phil Villarreal
Director Simon West pulls off the impossible task of having the film make constant fun of itself and its viewers while keeping the storyline grounded enough for emotional payoffs 
4
Con Air
Susan Tavernetti
Cage carries the first action flick of the year that s worthy of topping the box office charts 
3.5
Con Air
David Nusair
were that many explosions really necessary 
2.5
Con Air
Jeffrey Westhoff
You have to wonder where we stand as a society when something like Con Air passes for entertainment 
1
Con Air
James Kendrick
Beneath all the dust and blood there is heart in the tale of a man trying to get back to his wife and child 
3
Con Air
David N. Butterworth
After about two hours the explosions shootings explosions wisecracks explosions and intrusive sentimental interludes get very boring 
2
Con Air
David Sterritt
The movie sends two mean spirited messages One is that bad criminals are no better than animals and should be treated accordingly The other is that hatred mayhem and destruction are rip roaring ingredients for summer entertainment 
1
Con Air
Rob Blackwelder
Passably entertaining for the first 90 minutes but the movie becomes in quick succession silly then generic 
2
Con Air
Edward Johnson-Ott
You ll never mistake it for art but as far as summer movies go this is a pretty effective thrill machine 
3.5
Con Air
Mick LaSalle
I kept thinking that if their budget were cut in half they would have made a better picture If the special effects department were put on a much stricter budget the show might have had to develop the characters beyond caricature 
2
Con Air
Steve Rhodes
The worst part of the conclusion is that when you breathe a slight of relief that this repetitive and overly long film is finally over it isn t 
2
Con Air
Michael Dequina
Don Simpson may be dead but former producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer keeps the old Simpson Bruckheimer spirit alive 
3
Con Air
Marty Mapes
It s not a great movie It may not even be a good movie except that it s fun 
2.5
Con Air
Chris Hicks
There are quite a few funny wisecracks peppering the dialogue and Cage s accent a sort of cornpone imitation of Elvis Presley and his dry witted delivery are certainly entertaining 
2.5
Con Air
Roger Ebert
The movie is essentially a series of quick setups brisk dialogue and elaborate action sequences 
3
Con Air
James Berardinelli
Sitting through this movie is like watching a dog running in circles chasing its tail the amusement factor dies quickly as the situation become repetitive 
2
Tibet in Song
Ty Burr
Tibet in Song offers blunt heartbreaking proof that the best way to murder a country is to murder its culture and the best way to murder its culture is to kill its music 
3.5
Tibet in Song
Gerald Peary
The benign title of Ngawaang Choephel s documentary gives little clue to the biting powerful story that s told 
3.5
Tibet in Song
Walter V. Addiego
Could pressure by outside activists cause the Chinese to temper its campaign against traditional culture Tibet in Song suggests that it s worth trying 
3
Tibet in Song
Chris Hewitt
My guess is it will mostly appeal to folks who are already into the culture of Tibet And I bet they ll love it 
3
Tibet in Song
Ethan Alter
Overall Tibet in Song provides an impassioned yet relatively clear eyed account of its director s turbulent homecoming 
3
Tibet in Song
Diego Semerene
The business of cultural erasure through music gains literal status and gruesome consequences in Ngawang Choephel s documentary 
3
PK
Michael Dequina
For once with an Aamir Khan vehicle what is most memorable is not his predictably strong performance but material and execution as fearless as he is 
3.5
I Spit on Your Grave
Federico Furzan
An unnecessary piece of garbage I wonder how this could have gotten financed by someone with taste Full review in Spanish 
0
I Spit on Your Grave
Lucius Gore
Better than the original
2.5
I Spit on Your Grave
David Nusair
A vast improvement over its unwatchable hopelessly dated predecessor 
2.5
I Spit on Your Grave
Jason Anderson
An attempt to trade on its predecessor s reputation without really grappling with the questions it raises Monroe s version merely seems shallow cynical and extremely ugly 
1
I Spit on Your Grave
V.A. Musetto
I Spit on Your Grave is exploitation pure and simple But it s artistically redeeming exploitation If you can handle it see it 
3
I Spit on Your Grave
Mark Dujsik
So detestable it makes the exploitative misguided 1978 original seem a thoughtful rumination on the subject 
0
I Spit on Your Grave
Mick LaSalle
In addition to all the obvious things that are disgusting about this movie I Spit on Your Grave is trying to get us to hate each other Hate it instead It makes more sense and the hatred is much more deserved 
1
I Spit on Your Grave
Roger Ebert
This despicable remake of the despicable 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave adds yet another offense a phony moral equivalency 
0
I Spit on Your Grave
Ed Gonzalez
Thirty two years later what most shocks about Steven R Monroe s remake of Zarchi s cheapo classic is its utter predictability 
2
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!
Matt Brunson
There are some nice moments but the film too often places plot ahead of characters 
2.5
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!
James Berardinelli
A movie whose primary demographic won t be charmed amused or enraptured 
2.5
50/50
Brian Eggert
With an optimism that isn 8217 t shrouded by a layer of saccharine artificiality 44 Levine 8217 s film takes us through Adam 8217 s stages of grief and delivers a light 44 affecting 44 modest 44 and enjoyable experience that deserves to be seen 46 
3
50/50
Kelly Jane Torrance
Rogen is a funnyman who s growing up without losing any of his ribald charm 
3.5
50/50
Roger Moore
Wonderfully played with a marvelous humanity about it 
3
50/50
Michael Dequina
The tears are earned no small thanks to the touching performances 
3.5
50/50
Josh Larsen
Deeply affecting and admirably even keeled 
3.5
50/50
Sara Michelle Fetters
The honesty driving this picture is undeniable and is evident in every frame Adam a compelling protagonist and for my part I couldn t take my eyes off of him 
3
50/50
Perry Seibert
Will Reiser s emotionally rich script which is based on his own battle with cancer never hits a wrong note and he finds the comedy in Adam s life as easily as the drama 
3
50/50
Linda Cook
Dark humor smart characters and a script with a heart make 50 50 one of the best films of the year You ll take some emotions with you when you leave the theater 
3.5
50/50
Eric Melin
It s refreshing to see a movie that embraces the ugly side of what happens to complicated personal relationships Its quite uncomfortable at times and the frank exploration of the cancer patient journey makes the comedy even funnier 
3
50/50
James Kendrick
a good movie with a moderate sense of daring that ultimately spends too much time telling the wrong story
2.5
50/50
Camerin Courtney
Interesting commentary on how we deal with difficult situations and makes a strong case for our desperate need for each other especially when the odds are stacked against us 
2.5
50/50
Erik Childress
50 50 is not just another crude piece of mockery Crude at times yes but at its occasionally uneven soul is a very funny and bluntly moving tale of living within the fringes of potential death 
3
50/50
Matt Brunson
50 50 centers around a cancerous presence and that refers to Seth Rogen as much as it does to the malignant tumor found on the spine of Adam Joseph Gordon Levitt Carve Rogen out of the picture and its chances of being a truly moving film increase 
2.5
50/50
Peter Canavese
50 50 isn rsquo t interested in defeatism except as one inevitable way station of the film rsquo s appealing emotional ramble 
3
50/50
Matt Soergel
If you want to draw some life lessons from it all go ahead That s your choice and it s easy to do But 50 50 isn t going to beat you about the head with it 
4
50/50
Lisa Kennedy
Still it s Gordon Levitt s choices that continue to impress Sure he owned one of the most jaw dropping sequences in last summer s blockbuster Inception But the actor remains drawn to profoundly human scale hurts and quiet triumphs 
2.5
50/50
Mike McGranaghan
Mixing humor and painful subject matter is naturally very difficult The beauty of this movie is that it does so with ease 
4
50/50
Linda Barnard
An everyman tale with plenty of heart and honesty the serious subject matter is regularly enlivened with jolts of genuine hilarity some of it in delightfully questionable taste 
3.5
50/50
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Somehow remains prickly and funny through every moment of its running time 
3
50/50
John Beifuss
Fact inspired yet unpersuasive transforming neurofibrosarcoma into a lucky break a short cut to a more purposeful life complete with an attractive age appropriate cancer therapist to replace the unfaithful girlfriend 
2
50/50
Alison Gang
50 50 is an unusual comedy that should be taken seriously 
3
50/50
Joe Williams
It wrings comedy from cancer and surrounds its saintly protagonist with sickly stereotypes But the closer it gets to the mortal abyss the more it feels real and revealing 
3
50/50
Stephen Whitty
The truly outrageous idea that you can use being gravely ill to get sympathy hookups for yourself and your friends as underlined in the movie s original better title I m With Cancer is given short shrift 
2.5
50/50
Lou Lumenick
It succeeds mostly thanks to stellar work by the wonderful Joseph Gordon Levitt who capably handles the dramatic heavy lifting and Seth Rogen who delivers big laughs as his raunchy bud 
3
50/50
Ann Hornaday
50 50 takes the hackneyed convention of illness driven melodrama and reinvigorates it with honesty clear eyed compassion and unsentimental wit 
3.5
50/50
Willie Waffle
One of the best movies I have seen this year 
4
50/50
Bob Bloom
Some people might take offense at the movie s tone But it is that very attitude that sets 50 50 apart from your typical movie of the week feature It actually strengthens its appeal 
3
50/50
Mark Dujsik
There s a simple elegance to way screenwriter Will Reiser and director Jonathan Levine tie these bonds 
3
50/50
Dustin Putman
An uncompromising gem the kind of film that hits all the right notes as it navigates from gentle unforced humor to knowing pathos 
3.5
50/50
Claudia Puig
50 50 nimbly draws humor out of a young man s illness walks a tightrope of tragicomedy and touches on all the right points 
4
50/50
Mick LaSalle
50 50 will be liked and appreciated even by people who can t imagine wanting to see it 
3
50/50
Cathy Jakicic
It s an impressive balance between humor and heart 
3.5
50/50
Lawrence Toppman
The movie deepens in the second half Eisner based Adam on someone he knew extremely well so the unsentimental dialogue rings true 
3
50/50
Jon Niccum
Gordon Levitt capitalizes on the best role of his career one that justifies a potential Oscar nomination 
3.5
50/50
Moira MacDonald
50 50 deftly blends tragedy with comedy in a way that feels often effortlessly like real life 
3.5
50/50
Chris Hewitt
I don t think there has been a movie so far with this many good things going on 
3.5
50/50
Ty Burr
Too pat and contrived to be the Oscar bell ringer early reports have claimed 50 50 is most affecting when it shows callow young dudes struggling to come to terms with the ultimate party crasher 
2.5
50/50
Carrie Rickey
Levitt the definition of nuance is touching funny and fierce an unusual combination of moods but deeply affecting 
3
50/50
Peter Travers
Refusing to hide from pain or bow to it 50 50 makes its own rules Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen are a dream team 
3.5
50/50
Randy Myers
Just like the many bits of advice that are so convincingly strewn throughout 50 50 it emphatically validates one of the most enduring ones Laughter is indeed the best medicine especially when the stakes are so high 
3.5
50/50
Joe Lozito
This ambitious comedy may appear benign on the surface but it s likely to stay with you and develop into something more than you might have thought And in this case that s a good thing 
3
50/50
Connie Ogle
50 50 is crude and funny and it demands that you laugh And you will 
3.5
50/50
Michael Phillips
A picture with a commercial sensibility and a quippy streak yet one honest enough to transcend the usual 
3
50/50
Roger Ebert
Although 50 50 is structured with the efficiency of a sitcom there s an undercurrent of truth and real feeling 
3.5
50/50
Matt Pais
More interested in healing through laughter than confronting the tough stuff That s why the treatment goes down so easy 
3
50/50
Peter Keough
An edgy concept promising director and a fine cast done in by bromides 
2
50/50
Rex Reed
My reaction to everything that happens in 50 50 was Why don t they just walk out But nobody did so I did it for them 
1
50/50
James Berardinelli
Too much humor and we lose the characters Too little humor and it becomes a Lifetime Movie Balance is the key and for the most part Levine finds it 
3
50/50
Roger Moore
Odds are you ll find something of substance a few life lessons in between the laughs in 50 50 
3
50/50
Christy Lemire
Levine has accomplished a tricky bit of juggling here He s made a film about cancer that s effortlessly affecting 
4
50/50
R. Kurt Osenlund
This film could use a lot more affliction and a lot less cure 
2.5
50/50
David Nusair
brilliantly manages to blend big laughs with high drama 
3.5
50/50
Sean O'Connell
Takes what I believe is one of the most realistic approaches to cancer and cancer treatment you ll see on screen but remembers to treat its potentially delicate subject matter with a blunt sense of humor 
3
50/50
Rick Groen
Even hardened cynics will embrace the clich yep you will laugh you will cry 
3.5
First Blood
Richard Freedman
Considerably less thoughtful than say Coming Home on a similar subject First Blood so revels In sadism that Its high minded pretenses are quickly washed away in blood first last and always 
2
First Blood
Matt Brunson
The first and best of the franchise 
3
First Blood
Matt Brunson
The character of John Rambo is so identified with Stallone that it s amusing to note how many actors were considered for the role including Dustin Hoffman Al Pacino and Robert De Niro 
2.5
First Blood
James Berardinelli
The darker tone somber subtext and generally non exploitative violence allow viewers to enjoy the film not only as an action thriller but as something with a degree of intelligence and substance 
3
First Blood
Josh Larsen
does get loonier as it goes along yet for a while it s actually a mournful and sobering action movie treatment of postwar stress 
3
First Blood
David Nusair
First Blood primarily comes off as a relatively tame survivalism flick 
2.5
First Blood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film is just too somber and preachy 
2.5
First Blood
Phil Villarreal
Stallone s dogged tale of survival seems so fresh you d swear it was made last week except for the sad truth that they don t make em like that anymore 
4
First Blood
Roger Ebert
Sylvester Stallone is one of the great physical actors in the movies with a gift for throwing himself so fearlessly into an action scene that we can t understand why somebody doesn t really get hurt 
3
First Blood
Bill Chambers
I d be lying if I said Rambo s isolation didn t resonate with me now as I stew in the sads of middle age unmarried and broke with an inapplicable film degree like Rambo s tank training and a hollow husk of a social life 
3.5
Gothika
Mark Collette
the 80 minute setup for the shock has nothing to do with engaging the deep seated fears and emotions that really plague us all at some level every day 
0.5
Gothika
Vince Koehler
Halle is always great to watch and this is a well written horror story 
3
Gothika
James Verniere
Schlock cinema 
2
Gothika
Laine Ewen
Deserves credit for embracing the ghost story genre so whole heartedly but as any ten year old girl can tell you there s nothing original here to see 
2
Gothika
Tony Toscano
Gothika is scary as hell 
3
Gothika
David Nusair
the whole thing just feels like a sleazy attempt to cash in on The Ring s success 
2
Gothika
Mike McGranaghan
The sincerity Halle Berry brings to the part aids the movie in gliding over some of the more hard to swallow moments 
3
Gothika
Matt Brunson
Miranda s patients may indeed be not guilty by reason of insanity but Gothika is clearly guilty by reason of stupidity 
1.5
Gothika
Michael Szymanski
Folks may say you d have to be possessed to go see this movie 
1
Gothika
Shirley Klass
The ending has a suitable pay off but overall the movie is derivative of other horror movies 
2.5
Gothika
Dustin Putman
Gothika is a classy dread filled production populated with an above average cast and plenty of namesake atmospherics One of the stronger horror entries of the year 
3
Gothika
Frank Ochieng
an elaborate and hokey grade B thrills and chills anemic sideshow the shock value has all the heft of a nun sticking up her middle finger in anger
2
Gothika
Sara Michelle Fetters
The formerly intelligent Miranda starts acting like an imbecile characters do things no one working in a prison would ever do and the resolution to the movie s gothic mystery is so stupid it s almost too much 
2.5
Gothika
Phoebe Flowers
It s a misleadingly foreboding cheaply scary and remarkably stupid thriller 
1
Gothika
Moira MacDonald
A movie that invariably chooses style over substance and logic 
1.5
Gothika
Peter Hartlaub
Constantly bouncing from derivative to ridiculous and back to derivative again Gothika will be tolerable for undiscriminating horror fans but should be shunned by everybody else 
1
Gothika
Rachel Leibrock
A mishmash of scenes and plot devices culled from recent popular horror suspense flicks such as The Sixth Sense and Thirteen Ghosts 
2
Gothika
Sarah Chauncey
The big surprise in Gothika is there is no surprise What it does have is every bad psychiatric criminal and horror movie clich including the requisite grey green caste to every frame as well as a lesson in how not to make a movie 
1
Gothika
Katrina Onstad
I m tired of horror movies that demand the audience put aside its urban skepticism and just believe because the writers can t find any way out of a messy script 
2
Gothika
Robert W. Butler
A terribly silly movie only slightly elevated by Berry s panicked performance 
1.5
Gothika
Rick Groen
Exercise in mediocrity 
2
Gothika
Wesley Morris
A desperate frenzy of cheap thrills 
1.5
Gothika
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This movie doesn t make a lick of sense 
2
Gothika
Roger Ebert
In trash as in art there is no accounting for taste and reader I cherished this movie in all of its lurid glory 
3
Gothika
Jack Mathews
No scene goes underplayed no performance save one from Robert Downey Jr lacks volume no horror cliche is forgotten 
1.5
Gothika
Bob Strauss
Keeps trying to lay out a plot whose every point makes you question its plausibility 
2.5
Gothika
Michael Booth
Stumbles in so many spots that it s even difficult to champion a claim for Berry being the best thing about it 
2
Gothika
Lou Lumenick
Kassovitz seems totally oblivious to how silly this all gets 
1
Gothika
Jackie Loohauis
Flattens out before it hits its end the filmmakers almost visibly losing steam along the way 
2
Gothika
Jon Niccum
It even manages to make a shower scene involving both Berry and Cruz completely boring 
1.5
Gothika
Terry Lawson
Soon enough Gothika takes a familiar turn 
2
Gothika
Mike Clark
The movie is on the cheesy side 
2
Gothika
Erich Scholz
Dwells in its own abysmal dreariness without creating real suspense relying instead on a stream of easy shocks to convince us that we re watching a scary movie 
1.5
Gothika
Lawrence Toppman
Logic is tossed out the window chased down the road and abused so roundly that it never comes back 
2
Gothika
Phil Villarreal
I m an Oscar winning actress I believe I ll get better roles than this someday I don t believe I ll stick with my agent 
1.5
Gothika
Connie Ogle
If you try hard enough you might be able to forget that the story doesn t make a lot of sense or provide adequate thrills although it tries to scare you a couple of times in the cheapest possible way 
2
Gothika
Chris Hewitt
You are more likely to be amused than scared by these sorts of foolishness 
1
Gothika
Glenn Lovell
Crawling with supernatural thriller cliches from the tub of blood to the scribbled SOS s from beyond 
1.5
Gothika
Mary F. Pols
A preposterous movie and Berry is preposterous in it 
1
Gothika
Jeffrey Westhoff
Gothika is a great ride to a terrible ending 
2
Gothika
David Sterritt
Great cast great atmosphere little sense or first rate suspense 
2
Gothika
Michael Wilmington
Plays out on screen as a series of crazy chases and lady in distress cliches interspersed with wildly illogical plot twists all caught by a nervous camera whirling like drunken paparazzi 
2
Gothika
James Berardinelli
There s nothing worse than watching an involving motion picture collapse into rubble before your eyes and that s exactly what happens here 
2
Gothika
Peter Travers
If you re smart alone is just where you ll leave Gothika 
1
Gothika
Carrie Rickey
For those who want nothing more than a thorough scare Gothika is effective But for those of us who want some psychological insight with our frightfests the film is sadly lacking 
2
Gothika
John Anderson
French actor filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz has misdirected his first American production so clumsily you wonder if the script got lost in translation 
2
Gothika
Jeff Strickler
The horror thriller Gothika gets an A for presentation a C for story and an F for dialogue 
2
Gothika
Stacie Hougland
A plane crossing flapdoodle of a movie with plot holes the size of which rival Michael Jackson s legal troubles 
1.5
Gothika
Walter Chaw
A hilarious coda of logic is overrated covers both the film and its existence 
1
Gothika
Josh Larsen
Trust me if you re looking for frights Gothika delivers and I m not possessed or deluded 
3
Gothika
Nick Rogers
No dread no suspense no surprises just laughs lots of them 99 percent unintentional A crummy horror film that turns into a crummier whodunit 
1
Gothika
Scott Nash
The visual style and scares cover up just enough of Gothika s weaknesses to make it worth watching 
2.5
Gothika
James Sanford
A wannabe chiller that s heavy with atmospherics and light on actual shocks 
1.5
Gothika
Ed Gonzalez
Bless Penelope Cruz s Spanish little heart not to mention her right tear duct that she can wail a line like He opened me like a flower of pain without busting a gut 
.5
Gothika
Jeanne Aufmuth
Littered with clichs and lacking even a speck of originality this gothic snoozer is yet another entry in the if we build it they will come horror sweepstakes 
1
Gothika
Rob Blackwelder
A forgettably common fright flick wearing its psychological themes like a Halloween costume 
2
Gothika
Steve Rhodes
The movie is stuck in the purgatory between being merely bad and being laughably bad 
1
Silicon Cowboys
Leba Hertz
Although we know the outcome Silicon Cowboys feels like a suspense thriller 
3
Silicon Cowboys
Steven Wright
Jason Cohen s slick aesthetics manage to elevate Silicon Cowboys beyond fellow info dumps of this caliber 
3
Roustabout
Josh Larsen
Elvis Presley cruises through Roustabout like a predatory shark 
1.5
The 7th Dawn
Matt Brunson
Once the characters are forced to slog through the jungle viewers are forced to slog through the remainder of the picture 
2.5
The Grudge
Brian Eggert
The Grudge is another in a long line of Hollywood s ill advised attempts to adapt a culturally specific strain of horror for Western audiences 
1.5
The Grudge
Federico Furzan
Too many storylines and no one to solve them It s unbelievably complex and feels too much like a wasted opportunity Full review in Spanish 
1
The Grudge
Linda Cook
Here s the first January junk offering 
1
The Grudge
David Nusair
a disappointingly misguided entry within a perpetually erratic franchise 
2
The Grudge
Matt Brunson
The Grudge became just the 20th film since CinemaScore s inception in 1979 to earn an F designation That s actually appropriate since the movie itself is nothing if not a big F you to everyone who paid to see it 
1
The Grudge
Walter Chaw
I ve seen films more gory and violent than The Grudge but I haven t seen very many that are more brutal 
3
The Grudge
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a pity that the whole thing goes so obnoxiously off the rails just as it s building to a conclusion 
2
The Grudge
Mattie Lucas
An unpleasant humorless slog through the muck of low budget January horror fodder that is neither frightening or particularly entertaining blandly ambling from tired jump scare to tired jump scare 
1.5
The Grudge
Matthew Rozsa
There was one moment in The Grudge when the movie ever so briefly rose to the level of greatness Instead it settles on being merely okay 
2.75
The Grudge
Mike McGranaghan
The Grudge is an excellent reminder that the worst sin a horror movie can commit is to be boring 
1
The Grudge
Steven Nguyen Scaife
Nicolas Pesce evincing little of the promise he showed in his prior films and even less drive to remake the old into something new 
1
The Grudge
Sara Stewart
Ultimately I came away with questions like Don t a LOT of murders happen in a furious rage so shouldn t there be little soggy ghosts wandering around all over the place And How did this many talented actors get involved in this mess 
1.5
The Grudge
Nick Allen
Nicolas Pesce s new and improved take on The Grudge is often as nasty as you want it to be its cheesy jump scares and generic packaging be damned 
3
The Grudge
Mark Dujsik
N one of this is particularly suspenseful not only because of our previous knowledge of the gimmick but also because the movie itself offers no genuine sense of discovery 
1
The Grudge
Phil Villarreal
Any hope of a terror thrill ride vanish like one of the film s wacky nonsensical ghosts 
2
The Grudge
Roger Moore
Writer director Pesce was blessed with this cast But after this my guess is he ll never work with players this accomplished again 
1.5
The Grudge
Mick LaSalle
I saw this movie in the middle of the day having had a great night s sleep and I had to slap myself awake a few times 
1
Rain
Matt Brunson
Its pre Code standing means that it doesn apos t pull many punches in its portrayal of religious hypocrisy 46 
3
Mavis!
Nick Allen
Mavis is by all definitions a rock star but this is not a regular rock star documentary 
3.5
Mavis!
Nathalie Atkinson
The movie doesn t linger on the string of bad luck that derailed the younger Staples s promising solo career opportunities because she doesn t she s too busy warming up for the next show 
3
Mavis!
Chris Knight
Staples voice is truly astounding and always has been 
3
Mavis!
Linda Barnard
Whether in church or on the concert stage Staples remains indomitable as scenes of her recent performances demonstrate 
3
One Love
Kit Bowen
Applaud a great short film when you see one Examining the sometimes painful consequences of childbirth One Love is a well crafted 15 minute movie that leaves you wanting more 
3.5
American Folk
Matt Zoller Seitz
The whole thing was a bad idea that only genius could ve rescued Maybe not even then 
1.5
American Folk
Roger Moore
A sweet slight hillbilly Once that s a little too conflict free to sing as a romantic road comedy 
2.5
American Folk
Christopher Kompanek
Sung mainly by real life folk musicians Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth the songs lend the film an emotional resonance that the forced dialogue often struggles to achieve 
2
American Folk
Brent McKnight
With quirky characters met along the road and as a visual love letter to the heartland the film has a certain charm and fans of folk music should be more than happy 
2.5
Panic Room
Namrata Joshi
Leaving you utterly dissatisfied 
2
Panic Room
Nick Rogers
Valuing logic over brutality David Fincher s claustrophobic ride also touted the real world practicality of keeping quiet over the cinematic kicks of a loud thriller It s like Wait Until Dark with helplessness that s emotional not just physical 
3.5
Panic Room
Felix Vasquez Jr.
There are so little things you can do with this story and a lot of it is pretty contrived 
2
Panic Room
Joe Lozito
Allows Fincher to shine as the skilled stylish director that he is 
3
Panic Room
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After his mind bending exhilarating Fight Club director David Fincher takes on a more conventional Hollywood thriller 
3
Panic Room
Judith Egerton
Director David Fincher stuffs the film with showy camerawork including a trip into a keyhole down drainpipes and through air vents 
2.5
Panic Room
Greg Maki
Further proof that Fincher is one of the cinema s true modern masters 
3.5
Panic Room
David Nusair
A top notch thriller 
3.5
Panic Room
Steven Snyder
Seeing Jodie Foster lay on her pillow helpless as shadows walk through hallways behind her frightened me to the core 
4
Panic Room
Margaret A. McGurk
Not a great film but with such high octane talent on board it is better than run of the mill 
3
Panic Room
Jon Niccum
From the bravura title sequence to tracking shots of the criminals casing their target Fincher is able to expand artistically while shackled to a claustrophobic setting 
3.5
Panic Room
Mark Caro
Fincher mounts some clever tense sequences in which the trio devises increasingly threatening strategies to force Meg and Sarah out of the panic room only to be matched with improvised ingenuity from behind the vault door 
3
Panic Room
Jorge Avila Andrade
Fincher comprueba que el cine de escapismo y entretenimiento puede hacerse de forma inteligente y sin ofender al espectador menospreciando su capacidad mental 
3.5
Panic Room
James Kendrick
a first rate nail biter a taut claustrophobic thriller that is part modern Hitchcock and part Peckinpah with a gender twist
3.5
Panic Room
Ian Mantgani
Very well made but doesn t generate a lot of tension 
2.5
Panic Room
Mark Dujsik
Placing it in the wide perspective of many other thrillers it most definitely stands out in the crowd 
3.5
Panic Room
Jules Brenner
This is good stuff and you d have to be numb to not feel the suspense as tides turn and turn again 
4
Panic Room
Kevin A. Ranson
The fretful room is a better description of this light thriller that unfolds like Die Hard within a Budget 
2
Panic Room
Marty Mapes
David Fincher hasn t made a bad movie yet
3
Panic Room
Michael Dequina
Style definitely wins over substance and it s difficult to imagine the film being as enjoyable an entertainment if that were not the case 
3
Panic Room
Jeremy Heilman
Panic Room is a state of the art example of solid Hollywood filmmaking 
3.5
Panic Room
David Keyes
Panic Room is taut convincing stylish and edgy cinema 
3.5
Panic Room
Mike McGranaghan
Panic Room is like the Energizer bunny of suspense it just keeps going and going and going 
3.5
Panic Room
Robert Roten
Panic Room is a conventional but well crafted thriller which benefits from very talented actors 
3
Panic Room
Dustin Putman
A superb exercise in eliciting suspense out of simple progressively sticky situations 
3
Panic Room
Harvey S. Karten
Cookie cutter though this may be Jodie makes for some awfully good eye candy 
3
Panic Room
Joe Leydon
Style dominates content even when it comes to such niceties as continuity and establishing shots 
3
Panic Room
Geoff Pevere
It feels less like a suspense movie than a video game spinoff of a suspense movie 
2
Panic Room
Todd Anthony
Fincher magically crafts stylish suspense out of the narrative equivalent of thin air 
3
Panic Room
Moira MacDonald
It s a triumph of technical filmmaking as a story it s got ice in its heart 
2.5
Panic Room
Mick LaSalle
It might sometimes forget to make sense but no matter since it creates enough tension that the audience can hardly think anyway 
3
Panic Room
David Elliott
It s a terrific entertainment 
4
Panic Room
Joe Baltake
The star of this movie is Fincher who has filmed it in a grand style that manages to avoid showy excesses 
3
Panic Room
Rod Armstrong
Fincher clearly has talent to burn and though this one doesn t set the screen ablaze it certainly sends up a few sparks 
3
Panic Room
Bill Pearis
A class act from its elegant opening titles to its intense nail biting climax 
4
Panic Room
John Anderson
Taut and forbidding enough so that you won t mind the implausibilities 
3.5
Panic Room
Duane Dudek
Fincher brings suspense but few surprises to this mousetrap of a tale written by Pewaukee native David Koepp who has baited it with a cheese flavored McGuffin 
2.5
Panic Room
Susan Stark
It confirms Fincher s status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know how to the service of psychological insight 
3
Panic Room
Steven Rosen
Director David Fincher and writer David Koepp can t sustain it 
2
Panic Room
Bob Strauss
It s a pleasurable revelation to see Foster feel out a role both emotively and physically with the well marshaled gusto that she does here 
3
Panic Room
Jay Carr
Foster usually makes intelligent choices but time and again one wonders what she could have seen in David Koepp s script which ranges from flimsy to nonexistent 
2
Panic Room
Sean P. Means
Unencumbered with the usual sociological weight his movies carry Fincher gets to revel in the sheer gee whizziness of his craft 
3.5
Panic Room
Shirley Klass
David Koepp has worked backwards to write the worst movie of his career 
2
Panic Room
Lou Lumenick
An acceptably diverting Saturday night at the movies especially if you re willing to check your brains at the popcorn stand 
3
Panic Room
David Sterritt
Koepp s screenplay isn t nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own 
2
Panic Room
Mike Clark
Because Room s own time is limited to the 95 minute range things move fast enough to make it a movie to enjoy and then forget 
2.5
Panic Room
Roger Ebert
Once we sense Panic Room isn t going to cheat it gathers in tension because the characters are operating out of their own resources and that makes them the players not the pawns 
3
Panic Room
Phil Villarreal
What goes on for the 110 minutes of Panic Room is a battle of witlessness between a not so bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals 
2
Panic Room
Rick Groen
Yes Fincher is stooping this time his posture may not be sublime but he does manage to conquer most of our objections 
3
Panic Room
Jeff Vice
Features Fincher s characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity 
3
Panic Room
Walter Chaw
Not even the expansion of Psycho s peephole into a bank of video monitors can convince of Panic Room s purported heritage 
2.5
Panic Room
Vera H-C Chan
We should be so lucky if all popcorn movies starred Jodie Foster and had the delicious interplay of psychological will strategic cunning and reasonably watertight plausibility 
3.5
Panic Room
Chris Hewitt
One of those rare movies where you realize you re being manipulated but you succumb to it because the guy who s pulling the strings is a master 
3.5
Panic Room
Steven Rea
Works the basics with style and intelligence 
3
Panic Room
Rene Rodriguez
Tense terrific sweaty palmed fun 
3
Panic Room
Terry Lawson
There is no shortage of twists and turns but nearly all are easily maneuvered and those that aren t only tend to test the traditional suspense movie suspension of disbelief 
2
Panic Room
Lawrence Toppman
Defies logic the laws of physics and almost anyone s willingness to believe in it But darned if it doesn t also keep us riveted to our seats 
3
Panic Room
Tony Toscano
Foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill 
3
Panic Room
Glenn Lovell
Fincher is a master of kinetic razzle dazzle goosing familiar or trite material to life with his high tech bag of tricks 
3
Panic Room
Erik Childress
David Fincher s Panic Room is the closest we ve come to a film worthy of the banner a female Die Hard 
3.5
Panic Room
Rob Blackwelder
Without question Panic Room is robust thriller But I expected more from a filmmaker as creative as Fincher 
3
Panic Room
James Berardinelli
The suspense in Panic Room never ebbs and that makes for a thoroughly entertaining if somewhat exhausting 108 minutes 
3.5
Panic Room
Steve Rhodes
In an intriguing opening title sequence the cameras pan about New York City s skyscrapers with frightening panache as if each edifice holds some hideous secret 
3
Panic Room
Ed Gonzalez
Panic Room may lack depth but it s great eye candy nonetheless 
2.5
Brother
Nick Schager
Director Aleksei Balabanov s matter of fact depiction of his protagonist s exploits conveys the blunt harshness of post Cold War Russia 
3
Beijing Taxi
Diego Semerene
Although the film can feel a little emotionless director Miao Wang has an emblematic metaphor in her hands 
2.5
Raggedy Man
Roger Ebert
Raggedy Man remembers the small town years of World War II so exactly that although not yet born when the war broke out I found myself remembering things I didn t even know I knew 
3.5
Band of Robbers
Farran Smith Nehme
In addition to Twain the directors clearly worship the Coens specifically Raising Arizona And that s OK 
3
Band of Robbers
Glenn Kenny
I think it s a bad idea that s badly done in at least two ways maybe three but however many there are they re all fatal 
1
Band of Robbers
Moira MacDonald
The filmmakers have described Band of Robbers as fan fiction and that feels about right They don t quite hit the mark but it s fun to watch them trying 
2.5
Band of Robbers
Nick Prigge
It places more focus on the childish fabulousness of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer than the racial reckoning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 
3
Band of Robbers
Roger Moore
They ve taken a shot at updating a classic Tom Sawyer And missed But there s no dishonor in that 
1.5
Wasteland
Kyle Smith
The shallow derivative and contrived British heist thriller Wasteland lives down to its unfortunate name 
1.5
Wasteland
Roger Moore
Botched by an ending that is too concerned with showing us how clever the writer director thinks he is 
2
Wasteland
Tina Hassannia
At heart a heist movie snappy and dry in its humor clever in its elaborate robbery scheme and somewhat bloated and unspooled in its storytelling 
2
Rent-A-Cop
Juan Carlos Coto
On the surface it sounds fascinating but Rent A Cop s story is far from compelling mostly be cause this romantic thriller is neither romantic nor thrilling it s conventional and convoluted 
2
Rent-A-Cop
Roger Ebert
Rent A Cop is a collision between a relationship and a cliche and the cliche wins but not before the relationship has given us some nice moments 
2
Battleship
Brian Eggert
A derivative 44 nonsensical sci fi project best described by comparing it to better movies 46 
1.5
Battleship
Rob Humanick
This cheap looking dung heap doesn t even bother hiding its contempt for paying audiences and the lack of pretension almost justifies the cynicism on display 
1
Battleship
Jeff Beck
It really should have been obvious to everyone involved that it was going to turn out like this 
1.5
Battleship
Linda Cook
For an action flick that starts to sink right out of port Battleship does take a clever turn But boy do you have to wait a long time for it to smarten up 
2
Battleship
Sean P. Means
Any movie based on Battleship that doesn t at least throw in a PT boat isn t worthy of the name 
1.5
Battleship
Lori Hoffman
Liam Neeson fans beware it s the old bait and switch tactic as he has barely more than a cameo role in this alien invasion saga 
1.5
Battleship
James Kendrick
It s fun in sporadic bursts but never memorable 
2.5
Battleship
Michael Dequina
Goes about its thought free blow s t up business in such a bizarre and absurd manner that to simply dismiss it as laughably awful is to shortchange how oddly captivating its off the charts what the f k quality often is 
1
Battleship
Scott Nash
I never thought I d be saying this but I enjoyed it 
3
Battleship
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If this is entertainment we re sunk 
2
Battleship
Kam Williams
The epitome of a summer blockbuster a dizzying display of derring do patriotism and fearlessness in the face of an overwhelming alien invasion on the high seas And the guy even gets the girl 
3
Battleship
David Nusair
Epically bad in virtually every way imaginable 
.5
Battleship
Matt Brunson
Could be mistaken for a Transformers sequel except it s missing Shia LaBeouf s distinctive hairdo To tag it a worthy popcorn flick is the equivalent of spitting in the faces of Spielberg Zemeckis or anybody who used to expertly do this sort of thing 
1
Battleship
Mike McGranaghan
Battleship is ultimately too derivative for my taste I d be lying if I said I didn t have a tiny bit of fun with it though 
2.5
Battleship
John Beifuss
A forgiving viewer may wonder if there s method in its moronity Creedence Clearwater Revival s anti war classic Fortunate Son blares over the end credits as if in veiled insult to audience members who cheered the movie s Hollywoodized warmongering 
2
Battleship
John Wirt
It s big loud dumb and sloppy but despite it all the thing entertains on some primal level 
2.5
Battleship
Matt Soergel
Big goofy summertime entertainment quick on its feet and just as quick to poke fun at itself 
2.5
Battleship
Willie Waffle
Taylor Kitsch might be trying to fire his agent as we speak 
.5
Battleship
Adam Litovitz
One can be sure that heroic characters get what they want bond with enemies and earn respect 
2
Battleship
Kyle Smith
It makes Top Gun look like the work of Orson Welles At least the Tom Cruise movie remembered to cast actual actors 
1.5
Battleship
Michael O'Sullivan
Battleship is an invigorating blast of cinematic adrenaline 
3
Battleship
Austin Kennedy
I didn t come to a movie called BATTLESHIP to see a bunch of crap that I could ve watched on 90210 I want to see explosions and aliens and what not 
2.5
Battleship
Mark Dujsik
A distended and entirely generic movie about a trio of Navy ships and if one is generous the people onboard that are the last line of defense when aliens invade Earth 
1.5
Battleship
Dustin Putman
One ethnic stereotype two objectifying shots of the supermodel ready female form and three set pieces of choppy ADD massaging quick edits away from being titled Transformers 4 
2
Battleship
Amy Biancolli
It s loud it s large it s stupid and its best gag involves a chicken burrito 
1
Battleship
Claudia Puig
Mostly Battleship is a noisy overlong and numbing military vs aliens saga with laughably bad dialogue 
2
Battleship
Chris Hewitt
It s the sort of movie every summer needs And stick around for a fun post credits sequence that hints at a sequel 
2.5
Battleship
Peter Travers
Battleship is all noise and crashing metal sinking to the shallows of Michael Bay s Armageddon and then digging to the brain extinction level of the Transformers trilogy 
1
Battleship
Ann Lewinson
You can t help but wonder what Hasbro will do with Candy Land 
1.5
Battleship
Tom Russo
Hey if you re Hasbro and Universal and you ve agreed to make a movie based on nothing more than brand recognition of a game you ve got to fill two hours with something 
1.5
Battleship
Rafer Guzman
Battleship employs the same nonintelligent strategy as the Hasbro board game Fire blindly at broad targets and wait for explosions 
1
Battleship
Gary Thompson
It s fast efficient and keenly aware of its popcorn movie mission statement 
3
Battleship
Graham Killeen
Berg does his best to emulate Michael Bay s timeless military fetish meets farting robots aesthetic but he never succeeds at putting together an action set piece that clicks 
1.5
Battleship
Jon Niccum
Saluting both the American flag and filmmaker Michael Bay Battleship rises to new heights of pandering while Erich and Jon Hoeber s screenplay sinks to depths of dopiness 
1
Battleship
Linda Barnard
The loudest dumbest alien invasion movie based on a board game since well ever 
2
Battleship
Matt Pais
Mind numbingly entertaining It s great when summer blockbuster offers clever verses but I ll settle for a killer chorus 
3
Battleship
Joe Williams
Some guilty pleasure cheese atop a ration of stale popcorn can t cleanse the distastefulness that Battleship leaves in its wake 
2
Battleship
Stephen Whitty
As big dumb summer movies go this is just another big dumb summer movie And one that makes you feel slightly dumber for having watched it 
2
Battleship
Soren Andersen
Turn off your brain and enjoy But don t forget to cover your ears 
2
Battleship
Roger Ebert
The film eventually comes down to lots of scenes in which things get blowed up real good 
2.5
Battleship
Rene Rodriguez
At one point a hot chick in a Jeep saves the world by ramming her car into an alien thingamajig 
1
Battleship
Daniel M. Kimmel
If the movie works at all it is as a gigantic goof on the elements that make up contemporary blockbusters 
1.5
Battleship
Randy Myers
Not all of Battleship works But even when you re laughing at it not with it the blockbuster remains silly fun leaks and all 
2.5
Battleship
Roger Moore
There will be bigger movies this summer and better ones and worse ones But there will not be a dumber movie than Battleship 
1.5
Battleship
James Berardinelli
Battleship has the IQ of a rutabaga and doesn t require much more intelligence than that to watch 
1.5
Battleship
Christy Lemire
Battleship is big dumb fun that knows it s big dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big dumb fun nature 
2.5
Battleship
Nick Schager
Shamelessly mimics Michael Bay s larger than life dialogue sweeping cinematography cornball romance and military fetishism 
1
Up the Creek
Matt Brunson
There are more lulls than laughs but the dog is cute 
2
Judas Kiss
Michael Dequina
Has nothing all too surprising distinguish it from the winding paths of other similar films 
2.5
Intent to Destroy
Walter V. Addiego
The film deserves viewing especially by those unfamiliar with this series of horrific events 
3
Intent to Destroy
Matt Fagerholm
A sporadically successful indictment of how U S policy has been synonymous with alternative facts 
2.5
Life as a House
Betsy Bozdech
When it s not veering into cheesiness this well acted tale of redemption has some affecting scenes and moments of genuine drama 
2.5
Life as a House
Judith Egerton
Remember the movie Terms of Endearment about a mother daughter relationship a terminal illness and a message about not taking people for granted 
2
Life as a House
Mark Dujsik
A blatant tearjerker with the kind of shady characterization and plot development that give the genre a bad reputation 
2
Life as a House
Jorge Avila Andrade
Retrato de la importancia de las relaciones humanas y el dolor que estas conllevan 
3
Life as a House
Rick Groen
Gauged strictly by the gag factor a more honest title might be Life as a Basement Apartment with Bad Light and a Dank Smell 
2
Life as a House
Jamie Russell
As a drama it s insipid maudlin junk that ll have you reaching for the sick bucket rather than the Kleenex 
1
Life as a House
Michael Dequina
Rebuild your house rebuild your home rebuild your family rebuild your life is the rather obvious message If only it really were that simple 
2.5
Life as a House
Robert Roten
While it is both funny and tragic the two themes don t always work together 
2.5
Life as a House
Mike McGranaghan
It says that relationships like houses need to be built 
3.5
Life as a House
James Berardinelli
The movie gets us to feel about the characters their relationships and their circumstances and that goes a long way towards allowing us to forgive the screenplays occasional mis steps and wrong turns 
3
Life as a House
Tony Toscano
Kevin Kline gives a poignant and well crafted performance 
3
Life as a House
Dustin Putman
Gets a lot of mileage out of some very fine performances before making way for mawkishness in the final half hour 
2.5
Life as a House
Bob Graham
May satisfy those who like their movies to offer life lessons and provide role models 
2
Life as a House
Rod Armstrong
In addition to the predictability problems Life suffers from poor editing and a reluctance to portray the realities of construction 
2
Life as a House
Lou Lumenick
An overwrought ramshackle weepie 
2.5
Life as a House
Michael Wilmington
Like George s house if not his life it s built well and full of heart 
3
Life as a House
Roger Ebert
Has much heart and not enough brain 
2.5
Life as a House
Ed Gonzalez
The weepy Life as a House becomes little more than a shameless riff on American Beauty by way of Bob Villa 
2
Life as a House
Rob Blackwelder
while Life as a House is nothing if not conventional it never stoops to being maudlin or weepy like Hollywood terminal illness movies are wont to be 
2.5
Life as a House
Steven Rea
Elevated beyond its cutesy contrivances and mawkishness by some extraordinarily good performances 
2.5
Life as a House
Harvey S. Karten
Nuanced characterizations by stellar performers
3
Life as a House
Jeanne Aufmuth
One half step shy of schmaltzy but relentlessly heartbreaking 
4
Life as a House
Walter Chaw
Adrift in a turbid morass of Forrest Gump isms
1
Life as a House
Steve Rhodes
One of the very best films of the year containing an incredibly nuanced and Oscar caliber performance by Kevin Kline 
4
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies
Ty Burr
A rapturous often profound visual essay about the metaphysics of time about how we spend our lives fleeing from the silence of existence by filling our days with busy ness It s a film to come back and touch in your thoughts for quite a while 
3.5
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Roger Moore
Gorgeous marred by an incessant and generally superfluous voice over narration stating the too obvious in scene after scene 
2.5
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There are romance movies and then there s Pandora and the Flying Dutchman There s just nothing else quite like it 
4
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Peter Canavese
Its unique oddball blend of fatalistic Hemingway esque masculinity swoony romance and mythology literary allusions and grab bag of styles makes Pandora and the Flying Dutchman nearly as hypnotic as the romance it retells Blu ray 
3
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Gerald Peary
Lewin s pseudo Somerset Maugham story is pretentious and unconvincing descending into fantasy hokum involving sailor ghosts and a cursed protagonist who s been undead since the 16th century 
2
Blame It on Fidel
Rob Thomas
Gavras maintains a light touch throughout that allows us a rare chance to emphasize with both the radical and conservative elements at the family dinner table 
3
Blame It on Fidel
Ted Fry
Blame it on Fidel is a knowing lesson in film and history that often makes its serious point with a dose of wise humor 
3.5
Blame It on Fidel
Roger Ebert
The film contains a surprising amount of understated humor 
3.5
Blame It on Fidel
Tasha Robinson
It s all too easy to read Blame It On Fidel as a simple morality tale an allegory comparing conservatism to childishness and political awakening to emotional maturity 
2
Blame It on Fidel
Evan Henerson
Gavras film captures both the time period and the queasy inconsistencies of childhood And in Kervel Gavras has found a real gem 
3
Blame It on Fidel
Wesley Morris
What is it about little girls and Franco that brings out the best in filmmakers 
3.5
Blame It on Fidel
V.A. Musetto
Julie Gavras offspring of famed Greek born filmmaker Constantin Costa Gavras makes an assured feature directing debut with Blame It on Fidel 
3
Blame It on Fidel
Paul Schrodt
Gavras uses Anna s precocious reason to tackle a generation s idealism head on 
3.5
The Bad Kids
Roger Moore
Formulaic but uplifting and inspiring
3
The Bad Kids
Diego Semerene
Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe s documentary raises important questions about the limits of pedagogy 
3.5
The Bad Kids
Sean P. Means
Determined teachers fight long odds in The Bad Kids a slice of life documentary of the struggles in a high school for at risk youth in California s Mojave Desert 
3
The Bad Kids
Scott Renshaw
Powerfully emotional 
3.5
Dersu Uzala
Elliott Stein
The film s finest passage occurs when the hunter and the captain are stranded on a frozen lake a harrowing spooky gorgeous spectacle of supernatural realism 
4
Touching Wild Horses
Sean P. Means
A family drama that makes up for its production deficiencies with a noble heart 
2.5
Touching Wild Horses
Jeff Vice
The insights this independently produced drama has aren t any deeper than those to be gleaned from your average Afterschool Special 
2
The Velocity of Gary
Michael Dequina
Never quite develops three way erotic charge it should have 
2
The Velocity of Gary
David Nusair
despite their best efforts none of the actors are able to create characters worth caring about 
1.5
The Velocity of Gary
Jeffrey Westhoff
Everything pales next to the spectacle of Hayek barnstorming through this story as if it were her Mildred Pierce She emotes the way Vesuvius erupts 
1
The Velocity of Gary
Roger Ebert
In The Velocity of Gary there is never quite the feeling that these people occupy a real world their colorful exteriors are like costumes and inside are simply actors following instructions 
2
Kicking and Screaming
Josh Larsen
clever confessional narcissism 
2.5
Kicking and Screaming
Nick Schager
Charts the aimlessness and ennui of four insufferable maturation adverse college grads with relaxed realism 
2.5
Kicking and Screaming
Steve Rhodes
Although Baumbach s film showed a lot of potential too much was unrealized for me to be able to recommend it 
2
Kicking and Screaming
Joe Baltake
Loses its initial kick and verve and settles down into one long whine 
.5
Kicking and Screaming
Roger Ebert
I like people who talk interestingly who have read books who appreciate verbal wit who look dubiously at establishment assumptions 
3
Kicking and Screaming
Mike Clark
Writer director Noel Baumbach establishes an ear for commentary during his wry guy movie s opening graduation party 
3
Kicking and Screaming
James Berardinelli
What s on screen is just a little too familiar to be worth lauding 
2.5
The Rainbow
Roger Ebert
In The Rainbow Russell has made a measured thoughtful literary adaptation He obviously believes Lawrence s message is as appropriate now as it was then and of course he is right 
3
Sherrybaby
David Nusair
generally manages to overcome its almost egregiously familiar sensibilities to become an entertaining yet hopelessly uneven piece of work 
2.5
Sherrybaby
Kam Williams
A bittersweet tale of human failings and redemption which ought to establish Gyllenhaal as one of the best actresses around 
4
Sherrybaby
Michael Booth
It s the movie for you if you liked the pessimistic street view of Half Nelson 
2.5
Sherrybaby
Scott Nash
If it weren t for the nudity I would have thought I was watching a Lifetime for Women TV movie 
1
Sherrybaby
D. Scott Apel
The entire film is a sobering sorrowful but ultimately uplifting snapshot of an addict looking for salvation 
4
Sherrybaby
Ruthe Stein
Like its hyped up heroine Sherrybaby based on a true story explodes with manic energy that keeps you riveted through parts that might otherwise be difficult to watch 
3
Sherrybaby
Bill Zwecker
Gyllenhaal presents us with an indelible character study that will be seared into our minds for a long time to come 
3.5
Sherrybaby
Michael Phillips
The film works It doesn t go soft or inspirational in its later stages when most films would It doesn t pump up the redemption or the melodrama 
3
Sherrybaby
Frank Ochieng
Clearly Sherrybaby is tender psychologically complex perceptive and resoundingly redemptive in its reflection of womanly angst 
3
Sherrybaby
Ken Fox
nothing about this familiar story feels hackneyed or exploitative 
3
Sherrybaby
Claudia Puig
has nuance and complexity even in its seemingly throwaway title 
3
Sherrybaby
Stephen Whitty
Sherrybaby remains a lost soul if not an absolute lost cause And while we can pity her continued descent it s hard to want to watch 
2.5
Sherrybaby
Kyle Smith
a movie bursting with nothingness 
1
Sherrybaby
Bob Strauss
Sherrybaby is Gyllenhaal s show and the gifted actress puts everything she s got into it 
3.5
Sherrybaby
David Germain
Sherrybaby is not so much a film as a performance and it s a great one from Gyllenhaal 
2.5
Sherrybaby
Peter Travers
No matter how much grit writer director Laurie Collyer sprinkles on the surface the innards of this baby are pure formula 
2
Sherrybaby
Gene Seymour
Without Maggie Gyllenhaal s all out investment of compassion and perception it s hard to imagine Sherrybaby being anything other than a spicier than average Lifetime movie 
3
Sherrybaby
Jason Clark
Sherrybaby is never really convincing outside of Gyllenhaal s portrayal 
2
Applesauce
Rob Thomas
The fatal flaw is that they re all uninteresting no matter how many fingers or toes they end up with 
1.5
Golden Door
Phil Villarreal
So enjoyable and visually stimulating is the experience it s tough to knock Crialese s Door 
3
Golden Door
Loey Lockerby
Although it has a gorgeous lyrical visual style it contains no stirring speeches or sentimentality 
3
Golden Door
Larry Ratliff
Golden Door belongs to Vincenzo Amato Respiro He makes this tale of woe and wonderment the charmer it turns out to be 
3
Golden Door
Duane Dudek
Director Crialese s talent for poetic illusion and for finding the general within the microcosm is reminiscent of Steven Spielberg 
3.5
Golden Door
Lawrence Toppman
Director Crialese establishes moods beautifully whether in surreal visions such as Salvatore swimming in the river of milk flowing in California or in hardscrabble realities 
3
Golden Door
Sean P. Means
Crialese s gorgeous evocative images are housed like a great exhibit in a museum with overly long hallways in a sluggishly paced narrative 
2
Golden Door
Bruce Westbrook
Its minutiae don t bring a lump in the throat just a drumming of the fingers 
2
Golden Door
Johnny Vaughan
It s an eye opening insight into pre Virgin Atlantic travel beautifully acted by its mainly Italian cast and guaranteed to make you count your blessings 
3
Golden Door
Jonathan W. Hickman
Director Emanuele Crialese makes this touching story very entertaining by injecting wild visuals through neat fantasy sequences and utilizing a somewhat modern score and soundtrack 
3
Golden Door
Moira MacDonald
Director Crialese ends his film on an exquisite note of fantasy an indelible image of hope and good fortune His vision is unique his film strange and lovely 
3.5
Golden Door
Peter Debruge
Director Emanuele Crialese passes no judgments capturing the mundane and miraculous alike 
3.5
Golden Door
Terry Lawson
Turns an old story into something completely new 
3
Golden Door
Chris Hewitt
As close as the movies come to poetry 
3.5
Golden Door
Phoebe Flowers
There s a big difference between slowly unfurling a difficult story so that it rewards a patient audience and simply teasing viewers nearly to the point of torture The Golden Door skirts dangerously close to the torturous 
2
Golden Door
Rob Salem
I ve got to be honest here In the interest of full disclosure I must confess that I was not entirely awake all the way through 
2
Golden Door
Liam Lacey
Unfolding like a gorgeous coffee table book of photographs Emanuele Crialese s film Golden Door is as lovely to look at as it is dramatically inert 
2.5
Golden Door
Teresa Budasi
A three paneled piece where the strength lies in the detail work rather than the larger brushstrokes 
3
Golden Door
Wesley Morris
A movie about immigration that even Lou Dobbs can get behind It s so hypnotically breathtaking you don t realize you re not breathing By the final shot you don t realize you re crying either but there go the tears 
4
Golden Door
Steven Rea
There s an old Zen saying It s the journey not the destination The Golden Door offers an extraordinary journey of its own 
3.5
Golden Door
Michael Wilmington
An often lyrical and moving movie 
3.5
Golden Door
Peter Canavese
All too successful in evoking the simple mindedness of its immigrant naifs and the interminability of the Atlantic passage 
2
Golden Door
Bob Strauss
Tired poor journey to Golden Door 
3
Golden Door
Ken Fox
An enlightening historically accurate look at what the ancestors of many Americans went through At a time when another kind of immigration debate rages it s also an important reminder of where many of us Americans came from 
4
Golden Door
Jim Hemphill
Beautifully made but simple minded Oscar bait a film guaranteed to offend no one and to attract a large contingent fans who will love it for the nobility of its intentions and the earnestness of its performances 
2
Golden Door
Stephen Whitty
A modest film both in its aims and the emotions it solicits 
3
Golden Door
V.A. Musetto
The acting is superb especially the always alluring Charlotte Gainsbourg as a mysterious Englishwoman taking the ship to America Agnes Godard s lensing is painterly and Crialese s direction is seamless 
3
Golden Door
Jack Mathews
The movie never really comes alive and director Crialese s coyness with Lucy s character is more frustrating than mysterious 
2
Golden Door
Ed Gonzalez
Hung up on the nature of procedure the film transpires in very distinct hellish parts as if moving slowly along the links of a great and heavy metal chain 
3.5
Stay
Peter T. Chattaway
Ultimately the film delivers such a weak payoff that it makes nearly everything that came before it seem rather pointless 
1.5
Stay
Linda Cook
OK all you folks who loved the bizarre Mulholland Drive as much as I did You re in for another mind boggling brain teasing treat 
3.5
Stay
Sara Michelle Fetters
In all honesty by the time Forster and Benioff reach their conclusion which looking back on it would be sort of neat if it didn t make the proceeding 90 minutes a waist of time I had a headache so throbbing I simply didn t care 
2
Stay
Timothy Knight
There s very little pay off to this overlong and murky psychological thriller 
2
Stay
James Berardinelli
Stay is interesting but it s hard to recommend to anyone but the small cadre of David Lynch devotees who will inhale anything with a whiff of similarity to their favorite auteur s scent 
2.5
Stay
Scott Nash
Stay away 
.5
Stay
Gary Brown
Audience members probably fluttered their eyes in disbelief at this convoluted tale 
1.5
Stay
Dustin Putman
A more appropriate title for Stay would have been Go 
2
Stay
Larry Ratliff
Its sole purpose appears to be to confuse to muddle and to blow our minds 
2.5
Stay
Mark Collette
Was the conclusion unforeseen Definitely Did it make me think about or learn something about the human condition Not really 
2.5
Stay
Steven Rea
It s all very deep but in a tricked up art directed sort of way 
2.5
Stay
Moira MacDonald
Stay is crowded with layers and symbols probably too many for one movie and it ultimately wears out its welcome But its images are compelling even as its story fades away 
2.5
Stay
Neva Chonin
A pretty package that s empty on the inside 
2
Stay
Carla Meyer
Forster s disjointed cuts and camera angles fail to spice things up as intended Instead he seems to be killing time until the film s trick ending 
1.5
Stay
Peter Travers
Some people find this twisty and twisted psychological thriller arty and pretentious I find it arty and provocative 
3
Stay
Susan Walker
Sometimes artful doesn t make up for annoying 
2
Stay
Maitland McDonagh
Ultimately it s a whole lot of style at the service of a story that adds up to nothing more than a great big Gotcha 
2
Stay
Stephen Whitty
Too bad that when it comes time to finally produce a rabbit from his top hat all Forster can manage is a mouse 
2
Stay
Lou Lumenick
There s no payoff as things drag along to a ludicrous ending that reeks of contempt for its audience 
1
Stay
Robert W. Butler
Stay has all the signs of a look what I learned in film school movie 
2
Stay
Mack Bates
More bewildering than entertaining 
2
Stay
Jack Mathews
Whether you guess the ending early or have it smack you upside the head the result is the same You ll be out the price of a ticket 
1.5
Stay
Bruce Westbrook
It s hard to imagine a film more perversely obtuse than this dark grim exercise in cinematic sleight of hand 
1
Stay
Michael Booth
The brain power you expend making sense of it is better spent elsewhere 
1.5
Stay
Terry Lawson
It all leads to nowhere involving or revelatory or particularly entertaining unless you are interested in Forster s hip eccentric tastes 
1
Stay
Rick Groen
Stay is all dressed up with no place to go an eye popping exercise in lavish style unattached to any discernible content 
2
Stay
Jeff Vice
This one is more headache inducing than mind blowing 
2
Stay
Roger Ebert
When the movie is over and we know all that is to be known it deserves some thought 
3.5
Stay
Lawrence Toppman
Forster keeps us from drifting off with inventive camerawork in this case that s like saying a hideous suit has well stitched lapels 
1.5
Stay
Marty Mapes
A gorgeous textured meaningful multimedia shadow play appreciate it as deeply as you like
3
Stay
Wesley Morris
It s worse than bad It s mediocre 
1
Stay
Kit Bowen
Part thriller part mind bending absurdity it will definitely leave you scratching your head But try to stay until the end it might make up for the rest of it 
2.5
Stay
Sean P. Means
After it s over the nagging feeling will hit you in the parking lot that it really doesn t make any sense 
2
Stay
James Sanford
You could attempt to summarize the plot of Stay or could try to catch the morning fog in a butterfly net Either activity would produce the same results 
2
Stay
Daniel M. Kimmel
People who have never seen a movie using this gimmick may be impressed but for those who have or can see it coming there isn t very much point 
2.5
Stay
Erik Childress
A very sad story with great potential but what s pulsating through its veins is a double assed Twilight Zone that somehow manages to tell it from the wrong point of view 
1.5
Stay
Willie Waffle
Watts is under used and wasted More Naomi More Waffles no matter how bad the movie might be
2
Stay
David Nusair
a striking piece of work one that stays with the viewer long after the end credits have rolled 
3
Stay
Chuck O'Leary
Stay away 
1
Stay
Chris Hewitt
Stay means to unsettle us and it does 
3
Stay
Gene Seymour
After an hour or so despite the heroic efforts of cast and crew torpor and impatience slither between the movie s trapdoors 
2.5
Stay
Michael Wilmington
Though visual prodigies abound the nightmare never gets real enough 
2.5
Stay
Jeffrey M. Anderson
All of this leads up to a promising reveal but what we get is a great big huh 
2
Stay
Josh Larsen
fussily enigmatic 
2
Stay
Phil Villarreal
The viewer s confidence and attention are not only undermined but completely disregarded You get the same feeling as Charlie Brown when Lucy pulls the football away 
2
Stay
Walter Chaw
A metaphysical film that has no existential thoughts in its head 
1.5
Stay
Steve Rhodes
Stay attempts to justify the entire price of admission with its ending twist 
2
Stay
Ed Gonzalez
Forster presents to us the despair of the world as a soulless Euro trashy video installation 
1
Cal
Roger Ebert
Cal tells a story that has been told many times before but tells it quietly and powerfully about a particular time and place Northern Ireland in the 1980s 
3
Cal
Janet Maslin
Miss Mirren through a reserve that disappears layer by layer makes Marcella a woman of unexpected substance and generosity one who is no more comfortable with the pain and paradoxes of Northern Ireland than Cal is himself 
4
Oh, God!
Matt Brunson
The film s success is due to its sincerity eschewing the sort of tasteless and cynical jokes that such a project would naturally attract 
3
Oh, God!
David Nusair
an oddball premise that s employed to watchable yet entirely forgettable effect 
2.5
Oh, God!
Roger Ebert
Carl Reiner s Oh God is a treasure of a movie A sly civilized quietly funny speculation on what might happen if God endeavored to present himself in the flesh yet once again to forgetful Man 
3.5
The Quiet Earth
Tom Keogh
A strange vivid movie 
3.5
Django
Michael Phillips
A more honest script might ve supported Reda Kateb s laid back medium effective portrayal of Reinhardt more fully As is he s depicted as an artist man floating through his awful times living for the music 
2
Django
Glenn Kenny
Django is for the most part everything Reinhardt s music was not listless glum and meandering 
1.5
Django
Kenji Fujishima
The film s most crucial shortcoming lies in its failure to illuminate both the inner life of its subject and his artistic genius 
1.5
Walled In
David Nusair
Astonishingly dull and pervasively unwatchable 
0
Adventures of Don Juan
Matt Brunson
Adventures of Don Juan allowed an older Errol Flynn to swash with buckler in hand one final time for Warner Bros 46 
3
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Brian Eggert
The most essential element lacking from the production 44 beyond even its historically inaccurate cast 44 remains the film apos s inability to find a new or novel relevance for an audience who has heard this story countless times before 46 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Michael Smith
The one thing that people approaching Exodus Gods and Kings from either a religious or secular background will be able to agree upon is a lack of faith in Scott s devotion to making a good film 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Scott tried to give the epic treatment to the Moses story and failed Full review in Spanish 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Carla Meyer
It creates a less believable ancient world and contains fewer compelling action scenes than Scott s previous sun and sandals epic Gladiator nor conviction 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Sonny Bunch
Exodus is rarely boring but it lacks gravitas compared to its predecessors 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
David Nusair
Ridley Scott s worst movie since Kingdom of Heaven 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Robert W. Butler
Ridley Scott s Exodus Gods and Kings runs for almost 21 2 hours and that still isn t enough time for it to figure out why it s here or what it wants to say 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
John Beifuss
Lacking the faith in God and Hollywood kitsch that motivated Cecil B DeMille Ridley Scott s modern day Bible epic is much less gripping than any movie with plagues of frogs and boils ought to be 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Stephen Rebello
There s no arguing the immensity of it or the beauty of its visual images But what s around the many show stopping moments is too generic to send us out of the theater properly awestruck reverent and wowed 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Brett McCracken
Exodus Gods and Kings is by no means a perfect film But it s a very good film with exceptional devotion to craft which is more than can be said for many other Bible themed movies which often favor accuracy over artistry 
3
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Lori Hoffman
Despite the always commanding Bale as Moses the emotional side of this story is lacking 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Sean P. Means
Ridley Scott s biblical epic Exodus Gods and Kings is by turns fascinating and infuriating exciting and tedious head scratching and inspiring 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
James Kendrick
the film s racial issues only make it seem that much leaden unimaginative and old fashioned
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
John Serba
The film s emotional component hinges on Moses leaving his wife and young son for a long and dangerous journey But what you ll remember best is all the smiting 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Matt Brunson
Much of the film takes place in Memphis Egypt and given the ineptitude on display in other facets of the production I half expected a scene in which Moses parted the gates of Graceland 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fails on many levels but the main one is that it s a droning bore 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
James Berardinelli
The screenplay credited to four screenwriters is a mess the pacing is uneven the acting is inconsistent and the experience as a whole is a letdown 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Liam Lacey
While the pale skin tones bronzer is selectively applied and haphazard mix of American and British accents is distracting it barely scratches the surface of Exodus s ungainly artificiality 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Robert Levin
Intends to be a character study a serious exploration of who this biblical icon might have been but it also packs on the CGI heavy combat and tired characterizations 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Dustin Putman
Has undeniable technical merits and two fine central turns from Bale and Edgerton but how successful can a sprawling live action spectacle really be when it makes one wish he or she was revisiting 1998 s animated The Prince of Egypt instead 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Stephen Whitty
A mish mash part half committed melodrama part half thought out political provocation 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Steven Rea
Computer generated imaging has advanced spectacularly over the decades but moviegoers and gamers have been there every step of the way Miracles aren t as impressive as they used to be 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Anders Wright
Exodus Gods and Kings despite its lofty ambitions and some enormous set pieces is painfully melodramatic featuring flimsy contemporary dialogue and failing in its attempts to energize a tale as old as time 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Lou Lumenick
An utterly clueless relentlessly grim and rambling action epic guaranteed to displease devout Jews Christians and Muslims alike amuse atheists and generally bore everyone 
1
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Chris Knight
It s too middling neither costume campy and outrageous enough to count as a guilty pleasure nor serious enough to demand any deep theological consideration 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Mark Dujsik
C ommendably daring in its rational distrusting slant on a biblical narrative but there s no ignoring that something fundamental is lost in the movie s translation 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Ty Burr
Exodus Gods and Kings does a fair job of giving us what might be called The Second Greatest Story Ever Told What it never convinces us of is why 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Rene Rodriguez
This is spectacular entertainment practically a theme park ride that could have used more spirituality and soul 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Linda Barnard
Director Ridley Scott ticks the visual epic box with Exodus Gods and Kings but leaves emotion in the dust by trading spectacle for a compelling story 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Rafer Guzman
Exodus turns out to be part of a time honored tradition the old fashioned super spectacular Hollywood bomb 
1
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Stephanie Merry
It s understandable that people were angry about the whitewashing of Egypt But no aspiring actor of color should think of this as an opportunity missed so much as a bullet dodged 
1
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Peter Travers
Scott departs from Scripture enough to raise hackles For example this Moses sees God in the person of an insolent schoolboy Isaac Andrews 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Michael Phillips
Momentous conversations periodically grind any retelling of the Moses story to a halt but Scott keeps his head down plows through and then gets out of the way while visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang and his slave army take it on home 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Mick LaSalle
After a strong opening and a sagging middle Exodus Gods and Kings regains its stride and surpasses itself in the last third when the God of Abraham unleashes a series of calamities on Egypt and the royal household 
3
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Chris Hewitt
Read the book instead 
1
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Joe Williams
We have no idea What s the point of a Moses movie without a message from the mountaintop Scott has broken the second commandment of a Bible movie Have something to say and someone majestic to say it 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Claudia Puig
Bland overly long and otherwise forgettable 
2
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Dann Gire
Visually stunning yet dramatically arid 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Christy Lemire
A numbing and soulless spectacle of 3 D computer generated imagery run amok Ridley Scott s Exodus Gods and Kings presents an enduring tale by pummeling us over the head with it 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Matt Pais
I always hoped my experience could come to the big screen with 3 D CGI alligators with an Australian as Egyptian ruler Ramses while I m played by an English man named Christian 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Josh Larsen
both a drag and a hoot and unfortunately more of the former than the latter 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Randy Myers
What this 3 D extravaganza gets spectacularly right is in putting the epic back into the biblical epic 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Soren Andersen
Its grandiose set pieces feel empty and imitative Scott pulled off this kind of thing much more successfully in Gladiator and the whole picture feels glitzy and hollow at the core 
1.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Peter Canavese
A biblical epic in 2014 is a strange beast indeed walking a fine line in the hopes of pleasing both the faithful and those audiences more accustomed to secular myths 
2.5
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Roger Moore
Epic and action packed if not as moving or King James version poetic as its corny predecessor The Ten Commandments 
3
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Eric Henderson
It doesn t take long to realize that Ridley Scott s adaptation is only aiming for certain forms of credibility and callously eschewing others 
1.5
Captain Nova
Roger Moore
The hellscape future is quite convincing and the plot has merit Its the sluggish execution that demotes Captain Nova back to corporal 
1.5
We Are the Best!
Marty Mapes
Moodysson gives his characters the perfect mix of love protection and freedom
4
We Are the Best!
Scott Renshaw
The beautifully authentic performances by the three bandmates capture that brief life moment when nearly everything can feel like a scary joyous act of rebellion 
4
We Are the Best!
Duane Dudek
We Are the Best captures the chaos of youth with a funny and profane energy 
3
We Are the Best!
Rob Thomas
In its evocation of the early 80s Stockholm middle school girl punk rock scene We Are The Best could hardly be more specific But in its depiction of the joys and sorrows of adolescence it could hardly be more universal 
3.5
We Are the Best!
John Beifuss
An unexpected charmer about friendship identity and the liberating power of making a racket 
3
We Are the Best!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
We Are the Best seems like Moodysson s clearest vision to date 
3.5
We Are the Best!
Steven Rea
Moodysson captures the crushing urgency and emotional craziness of youth It s not blood that flows through these girls veins it s nitroglycerin 
3.5
We Are the Best!
Ty Burr
We Are the Best is a messy congenial empowerment story that knows how aggravating adolescence can be when you refuse to fit in 
3.5
We Are the Best!
John Anderson
It s a title that makes quite a statement Few viewers will be inclined to argue 
3.5
We Are the Best!
Walter V. Addiego
It s impossible not to root for these appealing if flawed youngsters 
3
We Are the Best!
Pasha Malla
When the girls chant the film s titular mantra not only do we feel like it s true we feel we ve earned the right to chant along 
3.5
We Are the Best!
Godfrey Cheshire
The film s winsome self satisfied comedy will no doubt appeal more to viewers who prize juvenile hi jinks over the cultural moment it depicts 
2
We Are the Best!
Stephen Whitty
Audiences can be pleased to find a story in which its young female characters aren t victims or even pretty little liars but just friends And good ones at that 
3
We Are the Best!
Linda Barnard
We are the Best is smart funny and real an honest peek into the secret lives of girls 
3.5
We Are the Best!
Peter Travers
What we have here is an exhilarating blast of a movie full of heart but still punk rock We Are the Best is loud crude socially irresponsible and totally irresistible 
3.5
We Are the Best!
Lou Lumenick
No film I ve seen so far this year has provided the sheer moviegoing pleasure of We Are the Best 
4
We Are the Best!
Clayton Dillard
Lukas Moodysson s film allows its trio of girls to express themselves through gender certainly but not undermine their desire to be heard as artists first 
3
We Are the Best!
Roger Moore
Punk has never been so adorably girl or Swedish
3
We Are the Best!
Kent Turner
A gift for the blurry eyed filmgoer
3
Who'll Stop the Rain?
Matt Brunson
Like the same year s more celebrated Vietnam War endeavors The Deer Hunter and Coming Home this assured picture similarly examines the effects of the war on not only those who served but also those who remained stateside 
3
Who'll Stop the Rain?
Mattie Lucas
Something of a mixed bag occasionally feeling likely a cheaply constructed thriller using Vietnam as a selling point 
2.5
Who'll Stop the Rain?
Roger Ebert
The movie works mostly because it s so well told on the narrative level 
3
Killer's Kiss
Roger Moore
Kubrick apos s 46 46 46 quot sizzle reel 44 quot an introduction 47 audition for all the great films to follow 46 
3
Killer's Kiss
Matt Brunson
Kubrick considered this an inferior effort 44 and he was mostly right 46 
2.5
Killer's Kiss
Peter Canavese
A simple 44 atmospheric noir with a documentary feel to its location photography where Kubrick in his sophomore feature is learning his craft 46 
2.5
Killer's Kiss
David Nusair
a must for Kubrick aficionados 
3
Roger Dodger
Michael Dequina
Scott s hilariously hateful hauteur is able to counteract some falsely fuzzy notes in the ending 
3
Roger Dodger
Betsy Bozdech
Scott has never had a showier edgier part and he plays it to the hilt 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Ian Mantgani
The dialogue addresses our expectations gets us laughing and stops the movie from becoming too obvious a character study 
3
Roger Dodger
Cheryl Maday
Kidd says he wants the extras to act as a film school in a box but the overall effect is more it takes a village indie style 
2
Roger Dodger
Matt Brunson
Sharply written by Dylan Kidd 
3
Roger Dodger
Bill Chambers
Dylan Kidd writes quotable dialogue and monologues that have the muscle of early Mamet without the attendant sameness of every character 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Mike McGranaghan
What sounds on the surface like another generic sex comedy is actually a bitingly funny character study 
3
Roger Dodger
Mark Dujsik
An entertaining look into the male psyche well at least the psyche of males preoccupied with adolescent concerns 
3
Roger Dodger
James Kendrick
Campbell Scott s performance gives the character an added dimension one of inner sadness and loneliness that taints even his most deplorable speeches with potential sympathy
3
Roger Dodger
Mike Clark
Scott s low key portrayal makes Roger interesting 
3
Roger Dodger
Jeremy Heilman
It only rarely becomes less than apparent that lurking behind these clever characters there s a cleverer screenwriter delighting himself as he takes turns setting each of them up for a verbal fall 
2.5
Roger Dodger
Dustin Putman
The film s highlight is definitely its screenplay both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page and for the memorable character creations 
3
Roger Dodger
Jeff Vice
First time writer director Dylan Kidd also has a good ear for dialogue and the characters sound like real people 
3
Roger Dodger
Frank Ochieng
Kidd s wickedly irreverent and succulent narrative cunningly cuts to the quick in the way it examines the boorish behavior of male mischievousness that ultimately serves as the needed comeuppance to redefine their consciousness 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Joe Baltake
Campbell Scott in the role of a lifetime brushes past all the built in limitations seizes the role and us and turns it into a genuine tour de force 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Connie Ogle
Doesn t really add up to much 
2.5
Roger Dodger
Margaret A. McGurk
It is a testament to Mr Kidd s skill that in his debut feature he makes such entertainment out of a character that could easily have seemed nothing more than an egotistical blowhard 
3
Roger Dodger
Duane Dudek
It is less about treating others badly than about what happens to us when we do a bleary eyed look in the mirror behind the bar when they announce last call 
3
Roger Dodger
Steve Rhodes
The date movie that Franz Kafka would have made 
3.5
Roger Dodger
David N. Butterworth
Razor sharp and remarkable one of the year s best films 
3.5
Roger Dodger
John Moore
An exciting debut from promising and fairly disturbed young director screenwriter Dylan Kidd 
3
Roger Dodger
Joe Leydon
Pungently edgy comedy drama about self delusion and sexual gamesmanship 
3
Roger Dodger
Rob Blackwelder
The perfect cross between Swingers and In the Company of Men that we didn t know we needed until we had it 
3
Roger Dodger
Dan Lybarger
Roger Dodger features a protagonist who s so abrasive it s a wonder that he doesn t send viewers charging for the exits Fortunately Campbell Scott The Spanish Prisoner and novice writer director Dylan Kidd imbue the arrogant predator
3
Roger Dodger
Jeanne Aufmuth
Campbell Scott s amusing and contemptuous performance is the stuff of awards 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Edward Guthmann
A clever exceptionally well written film 
3
Roger Dodger
Moira MacDonald
A skillfully made but ultimately annoying drama 
2
Roger Dodger
David Elliott
Kidd s script is rich in smart lines that have stingers in their tails 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Liam Lacey
An unusually smartly written and performed American independent film 
3
Roger Dodger
Terry Lawson
The film s murky jerky visuals may put some viewers off but Kidd is clearly a writer and director to watch and Scott is an actor to admire 
3
Roger Dodger
Roger Ebert
The film is not just a lot of one liners but has a buried agenda as the funny early dialogue slides down into confusion and sadness 
3
Roger Dodger
Ty Burr
A LaBute movie turned inside out 
3.5
Roger Dodger
James Berardinelli
Aa delight for anyone who loves to absorb dialogue 
3
Roger Dodger
Steven Rea
Sly sophisticated and surprising 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Mary F. Pols
It is Scott s convincing portrayal of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Mark Caro
Revives the art of smart scathing movie conversation as it skewers Manhattan s singles scene while providing a goodly number of laughs 
3.5
Roger Dodger
Harvey S. Karten
Good cutting dialogue that one ups Neil La Bute s for downright cynicism 
3
Roger Dodger
David Sterritt
One of the smartest takes on singles culture I ve seen in a long time 
4
Roger Dodger
Peter Travers
A wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs 
3
Roger Dodger
Lou Lumenick
Thanks to Scott s charismatic Roger and Eisenberg s sweet nephew Roger Dodger is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men 
3
Roger Dodger
Bob Strauss
Shot perhaps artistically with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by Joaquin Baca Asay the low budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity 
2.5
Roger Dodger
Pam Grady
For Kidd Roger Dodger marks an arresting and auspicious debut 
3
Roger Dodger
Erik Childress
In a career performance that deserves Oscar consideration Campbell Scott finds that middle ground in between Aaron Eckhart s Chad Vince Vaughn s Trent so that you loathe things that he says and does but can t help but feel compelled to watch him do hi
3.5
Roger Dodger
Ed Gonzalez
Think of Roger Dodger as a less mean spirited version of Your Friends and Neighbors 
2.5
Roger Dodger
Walter Chaw
Casanova Virgil and virginal Dante into the concentric circles of casual sex hell 
3.5
Nanny
Ty Burr
An eerie dreamlike drama of cultural displacement class exploitation and mythic surrealism 
3
Nanny
Bob Strauss
A singular vision that even when its focus drifts provides one woman s worldview all the dignity it deserves amid dementia she surely does not 
2.5
Nanny
Josh Bell
Piles on the misfortune for its Senegalese protagonist 44 turning what could be an affecting naturalistic drama about class and race into a wispy 44 dissatisfying piece of supernatural horror 46 
2
Nanny
Michael Phillips
Diop carries every scene with aplomb and she s rarely off screen 
3
Nanny
Erik Childress
Anna Diop is so very good that the domestic struggle is compelling enough to follow without the imagery and dreams that try to define it into a horror film when it already was
2.5
Nanny
Peyton Robinson
While its horror elements and overall structure lack gratification 44 it apos s the woman at its center and the submergence into her spirit that make it a poignant 44 wonderfully personal character study 46 
2.5
Nanny
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie gradually becomes more of a horror story 46 46 46 It apos s far less convincing or developed in that regard 46 
2
Nanny
Michael O'Sullivan
The film despite being mostly set in a huge expensive apartment that inexplicably seems to be illuminated only by low wattage lightbulbs by and large resists the easy tropes of conventional horror 
3
Nanny
Roger Moore
For a horror movie for people who won 8217 t realize they 8217 re watching a horror movie 44 it 8217 s not bad 46 
2.5
Nanny
Josh Larsen
Diop has a quiet ferocity 46 46 46 
2.5
Nanny
Steven Prokopy
This is yet another excellent example of a filmmaker using the horror framework to tell a very troubling tale of inner drama and turmoil 46 
3
Nanny
Brian Eggert
At its core 44 Jusu 8217 s first feature is a powerful metaphor for the almost supernatural way culture imprints on someone 8217 s identity 46 
3
Nanny
Randy Myers
The supernatural announces its ominous presence early but stays mostly in the background in director Nikyatu Jusu s atmospherically shot feature debut a thought provoking domestic chiller 
3
Nanny
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
This is a story that resonates far beyond the borders of the cinematic frame 46 
3
Nanny
Dwight Brown
Jusu shows great promise as a director 
2.5
Nanny
Sean P. Means
Writer director Nikyatu Jusu neatly blurs the lines of reality and myth for Aisha until she s not entirely sure what s up or down 
3.5
Nanny
Mike McGranaghan
This is a bold striking film that immediately pegs Nikyatu Jusu as a director to watch 
3
Nanny
Keith Watson
Writer director Nikyatu Jusu s film ultimately proposes that survival is the greatest form of resistance 
3
Secret Headquarters
Matt Brunson
The film could use a little more Wilson and a lot less Pena 46 
1.5
Secret Headquarters
Peter Canavese
Basically a less creative and less idiosyncratic Spy Kids produced by Jerry Bruckheimer 40 that might tell you something 41 46 
2
Secret Headquarters
Robert Levin
There s probably enough going on in Secret Headquarters for some young audiences to have a good time but parents please Have your kids best interests at heart and steer them elsewhere 
1
Secret Headquarters
Ty Burr
It s lighthearted formulaic and cute your kids will like it and you can look up from the book you re reading during the dialogue scenes 
2
Secret Headquarters
Christy Lemire
Secret Headquarters is as bland and forgettable as its title would suggest 46 
1
Secret Headquarters
Roger Moore
Superhero movie or not 44 that tweenage audience is tricky to target 44 so there 8217 s no shame in missing it 46 But miss it they did 46 10 10 Leaving the funniest player in the cast out of most of the picture 63 That 8217 s just dumb 46 
1.5
Secret Headquarters
Mark Dujsik
This is 46 46 46 the stuff of fantasy and wish fulfillment 46 It apos s difficult to view it as quot fun quot in any sense of the word 46 
1.5
Secret Headquarters
Mark Feeney
There are moments of real wit when was the last time you saw a movie use Pig Latin though not enough to compensate for the fairly tired somewhat confused action sequences 
2
El Cortez
Maitland McDonagh
Director Stephen Purvis and writer Chris Haddock never rise above the material s inherent pulpiness but they keep the twists coming until the very end 
2.5
El Cortez
V.A. Musetto
Stick with Hitchcock 
1
Burning Money
Wesley Morris
It s a soap opera strewn with bullet casings 
2
Burning Money
Walter Chaw
Its highlight comes in a cunning series of cuts that fade between fellatio performed at gunpoint with genuflection at the foot of a crucifix 
2.5
Burning Money
Terry Lawson
Directed with enough borrowed style by Marcelo Pineyro that we barely notice its lack of original ideas 
3
Burning Money
Liam Lacey
Are we any the wiser at the end of this exercise in beautiful messed up nihilism Not a bit Could we stop watching Not for a moment 
3
Burning Money
Pam Grady
The key to a good crime film lies in its power to seduce us into its world of senseless violence that has no way to end except badly The allure of Burnt Money with its amoral sensual antiheroes lush locales and lurid situation seduces more than most 
3
Burning Money
V.A. Musetto
Burnt Money has a stylish look and a fair amount of hot and heavy sex mostly hetero and the final shootout is pretty nifty 
2.5
Come See the Paradise
Roger Ebert
Come See the Paradise is a fable to remind us of how easily we can surrender our liberties and how much we need them 
3
The Song Remains the Same
Bill Chambers
Clearly film is not their forte 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Kam Williams
Without a whit of subtlety this tired retread induces nary a laugh only groans of disbelief that we re expected to find such a sorry string of dumb puns infantile farts awful accents and endless pratfalls funny 
1
The Pink Panther
Russ Breimeier
Perhaps it s time to admit that The Pink Panther series is ready for permanent retirement 
2
The Pink Panther
David Nusair
46 46 46 benefits substantially from Martin 8217 s agreeable 40 and frequently hilarious 41 turn as the iconic central character 46 46 46 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Matt Brunson
An uncomfortable attempt to tap into the essence of the classic Panther films while updating it for modern audiences who might not know Inspector Clouseau from Inspector Javert 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Jonathan R. Perry
It s more than a little sad to see Steve Martin a talent who himself is incomparable attempt to imitate the inimitable Peter Sellers 
2
The Pink Panther
Linda Cook
OK I m tired of being evasive about this so I m just gong to own up to it I never have been able to enjoy a Pink Panther movie 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Susan Tavernetti
The pain and destruction humor won t tickle everyone as pink as the cartoon character but still provides some good escapist fare 
2
The Pink Panther
Thomas Delapa
Trying to fill some huge paw prints Steve Martin won t make you forget Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau but neither will he make you see red 
2
The Pink Panther
Jeffrey Westhoff
Martin plays Clouseau as a cartoon We always are aware of the distance between the actor and the character whereas with Sellers Clouseau was a part of him 
2
The Pink Panther
Sean McBride
it s sad to see Martin in a film that offers little other than stupid accents and broad pratfalls
2
The Pink Panther
Mike McGranaghan
If you can divorce yourself from total allegiance to the original u2013 or if you have no allegiance to the original then this is an enjoyable movie with some real laughs courtesy of a modern day comic genius 
3
The Pink Panther
Frank Ochieng
only manages to conjure up our nostalgic appreciation for the late and great Peter Sellers this flaccid farce doesn t look pretty in Pink the millionth time around 
2
The Pink Panther
Ross Anthony
While the flat site gags never quite disappear they re offset by an equal number of bits that ll keep you in stitches It s good mostly clean light fun 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Phil Villarreal
Enough already It s time for an intervention Steve Martin you re no longer allowed to work with director Shawn Levy 
1
The Pink Panther
Dustin Putman
A ninety minute movie containing two or three big laughs another two or three small ones and eighty surrounding minutes of lazy misguided laughless tripe 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Dan Fienberg
Through its admirably short 90 minute running time The Pink Panther never made me laugh a single time though Martin s clever wordplay yielded one or two chuckles 
2
The Pink Panther
James Berardinelli
For those who recall Sellers and the role he made famous travesty seems to be the right descriptor 
1
The Pink Panther
Ken Fox
Bland unfunny and filled with crude sight gags that can t touch Sellers at his laziest 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Geoff Pevere
As if the curse of the Pink Panther wasn t dire enough Martin s Clouseau is haunted by more than the ghost of Peter Sellers He s also being trailed by the old Steve Martin 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Moira MacDonald
It s time to let the Inspector rest in peace 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Mick LaSalle
If The Pink Panther has any value at all it s in the way its failure demonstrates the delicate nature of comedy and the skill of other comedies by contrast 
0
The Pink Panther
David Elliott
By now the panther has had a very long meow 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Carla Meyer
With so much resting on Martin Pink Panther falls prey to the great equalizer of all star over substance comedies the 45 minute mark 
2
The Pink Panther
Gary Goldstein
Surprisingly lively and hilarious 
3
The Pink Panther
Lisa Rose
The film has its stumbling points but it offers a sufficient amount of laughter 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Kyle Smith
You could wander into The Pink Panther for any 15 minute period laugh a couple of times and leave without wondering for a moment how things will turn out 
2
The Pink Panther
Jack Mathews
Under his coat the Panther must be pink with embarrassment 
1
The Pink Panther
Sue Pierman
Martin does a good job stumbling into Sellers shoes and it s all funny enough depending on your tolerance for slapstick and odd accents 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Rene Rodriguez
Martin who also co wrote the screenplay is so uninspired and dull in this witless movie he almost almost makes you long for Adam Sandler 
1
The Pink Panther
John Beifuss
Martin and Levy fail to convince us of Clouseau s belief in his own reality We find ourselves watching Martin riffing on Sellers rather than a legitimate if ridiculous character 
2
The Pink Panther
Bob Strauss
Whatever franchise value the Pink Panther name may possess it might be time to put the Clouseau character to rest 
2
The Pink Panther
Robert W. Butler
Peter Sellers was Inspector Clouseau Steve Martin is merely playing Clouseau Big difference 
2
The Pink Panther
Amy Biancolli
it doesn t stink Au contraire It s good Maybe not a masterwork but good enough to redeem the series and its intrepid mustachioed twit 
3
The Pink Panther
Liam Lacey
The trouble is the movie has little to offer except Martin s set pieces which feel off the cuff and even in the roughly one in four times they work far too drawn out 
2
The Pink Panther
Terry Lawson
The Pink Panther while hardly the disaster it might have been renders the love as labored as the pronunciation 
2
The Pink Panther
Jeff Vice
To get any enjoyment out of The Pink Panther you have to forget that Peter Sellers ever played Inspector Jacques Clouseau 
2
The Pink Panther
Michael Booth
It s not quite on the high comedic plane of Do you have a license for that moon key But AM bourg airs will do Just ask the kids 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Lawrence Toppman
The writers and director Shawn Levy also misunderstand comic math In their world something that s funny once will be four times as funny if it s repeated over and over and over Actually the inverse is true 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Ty Burr
Well at least Steve Martin s trying to be funny again 
2
The Pink Panther
Emily Blunt
The Pink Painther is more like it 
1
The Pink Panther
Steve Rhodes
an hour and a half of an audio assault on your ears as Steve Martin hams it up for all he s worth with the silliest accent in recent memory 
2
The Pink Panther
Sara Michelle Fetters
Pity because whether the suits greenlighting things like this realize it or not the fact that they ve sacrificed both art and creativity in pursuit of a dollar isn t just a shame it s a crime 
2
The Pink Panther
Peter Canavese
Martin s innate verbal panache is the only asset that shows any reliability here Blu ray 
2
The Pink Panther
Daniel M. Kimmel
It doesn t quite work particularly for those viewers who remember Sellers in the same way no one but Sean Connery can ever really be James Bond 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Willie Waffle
I think I have laughed more at funerals which is somewhat appropriate for this movie The Pink Panther is a funeral for Steve Martin s dignity and soul 
0
The Pink Panther
Mike Clark
Even if you give Sellers the edge in facial expressions Martin is his equal in mangled verbiage 
3
The Pink Panther
Michael Wilmington
We responded to Sellers Clouseau because his foolishness and fakery echoed something deeply human as well as hilarious We respond to Martin mostly because he s a funny guy in a silly mustache cutting up and trying to make us laugh 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Carrie Rickey
Alas this joyless affair doesn t have a clou 
1
The Pink Panther
Roger Ebert
At every moment in the movie I was aware that Peter Sellers was Clouseau and Steve Martin was not I hadn t realized how thoroughly Sellers and Edwards had colonized my memory 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Tracy Allerton
Martin deserves another case as Inspector Clouseau and we deserve a better movie 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Chris Hewitt
Darned if it isn t pretty good Martin is not as distinctive as Sellers but not many people are watching those Sellers films these days and Martin knows the most important thing about this character silliness 
2.5
The Pink Panther
Jan Stuart
Cheaper by the Dozen may have affirmed Levy s credentials as a director of domestic comedy but he seems clueless with this sort of banana peel shtick 
1.5
The Pink Panther
Josh Larsen
To say that Steve Martin does justice to the Pink Panther film series is not to say that you should drop everything and run out to see Martin s The Pink Panther 
3
The Pink Panther
Fernando F. Croce
A leaden rehash that finally materializing after repeated delays is all too symptomatic of star Steve Martin s mushy recent choices 
1.5
Bob and the Monster
Kate Taylor
Bob and the Monster is blessed with great archival footage of its subject rock star turned addiction counselor Bob Forrest 
3
Answers to Nothing
Amy Biancolli
Any movie that calls itself Answers to Nothing ought to be 100 percent sure it s about something 
1
Answers to Nothing
R. Kurt Osenlund
Tasteless and out of touch right down to its foundation embarrassingly unaware that Crash like hyperlink narratives went out with bird flu paranoia 
.5
Answers to Nothing
Wesley Morris
The trick for a movie with this many loosely connected people is to find the magic or tragedy or thought that arranges them into some kind of galaxy 
1
Answers to Nothing
Matt Pais
Will make you hate words and these idiots who refuse to stop saying them without actually saying anything at all 
0
Answers to Nothing
Roger Ebert
The connections seem less immediate and significant and so the movie sometimes seems based on a group of separate short stories 
2.5
Answers to Nothing
Peter Keough
The baleful influence of Paul Haggis s multi narrative Oscar winner Crash 2004 continues with Matthew Leutwyler s trite contraption 
1.5
The Contender
David Nusair
a slightly overlong yet mostly compelling drama 
3
The Contender
Michael Dequina
Pretty much shameless leftist propaganda being sold as conventional Hollywood entertainment but it manages to satisfy on the traditional genre terms 
3
The Contender
Wesley Lovell
It can be said that politics is a filthy business and if you don apos t want to get your hands dirty 44 you shouldn apos t participate 46 
3
The Contender
Jon Niccum
Unfortunately the film s final act crumbles faster and more irreparably than a Ross Perot campaign 
3
The Contender
Ian Mantgani
There are few things more involving than watching someone sticking to their guns
3.5
The Contender
David Keyes
a flawless endeavor that educates intrigues and entertains all at the same time 
4
The Contender
James Berardinelli
A major step forward for the director 
3
The Contender
Roger Ebert
This is one of those rare movies where you leave the theater having been surprised and entertained and then start arguing 
4
The Contender
Rob Blackwelder
Writer director Rod Lurie is to political thriller cinema what Jackie Collins is to romance novels high gloss trash The difference is that Lurie takes himself seriously 
2
The Contender
Rod Armstrong
Ultimately this film is undone because it wears its bleeding heart too liberally on its sleeve 
2.5
The Contender
Marty Mapes
The Contender could have been great But because of some inconsistencies it s merely powerful daring and refreshing 
3
The Contender
Susan Stark
No question The Contender taps into the modern political zeitgeist As drama however it flails 
2
Duffy
Roger Ebert
Duffy is a movie mostly made up of pauses Unhappily Parrish does not understand the pause and so what we mostly get are dead spaces with James Coburn smiling enigmatically 
2
Brakhage
Fred Camper
If viewers come away with the impression that they now have a good understanding of Brakhage s achievement they will be making a serious mistake 
2
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Bill Stamets
Abbas could tell his interrogators nothing they wanted to know but everything we needed to know about their tactics 
3
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Ty Burr
It s an angry story but also a strangely hopeful one in the sense of new life sprouting through a battlefield Above all it s personal and specific and that is news we can use 
3
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Peter Hartlaub
The Prisoner doesn t try to put the entire war in context or offer broad solutions It s a focused slice of the war covering an issue that you ve probably wondered about but haven t seen in many other places 
3
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Michael Phillips
The Prisoner is a triumph of specificity It is one man s story told in scrupulous and vivid detail 
4
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Jeffrey Wachs
Provides ample proof of the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction 
3
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Gene Seymour
What really gives you hope for humanity in general is that Abbas came out of his demeaning and heart rending experience with his dignity and maybe some of his sense of humor intact 
3.5
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Nick Schager
Tucker and Epperlein s film assumes a tone of black humor using chapter breaks and comic book style illustrations to highlight the amusing astonishing and horrifying absurdity of its central tale 
2.5
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
David Nusair
it s hard not to be drawn into his admittedly horrifying tale 
3
Spanish Lake
Kam Williams
A timely documentary taking a sobering look at life along the color line in an idyllic Missouri community located near Ferguson where life was irreversibly altered by integration followed by white flight 
4
Spanish Lake
Joe Williams
This is a fascinating story But as a movie Spanish Lake misses the opportunity to include other voices 
2.5
Strike a Pose
Brad Wheeler
The affecting film is absent of the truth or dare it had the potential for 
2.5
Strike a Pose
Diego Semerene
The filmmakers and performers show great maturity in refusing to settle scores or spill secrets 
2.5
My Kingdom
Mark Jenkins
Unlikely to appeal to filmgoers who don t already have a taste for the spectacle and sentimentality of Chinese cinema 
2
My Kingdom
Andrew Schenker
Augments the genre s typically thrill packing action sequences by upgrading them to eye popping opera battles 
2.5
Beauty Day
Linda Barnard
While the TV show highlights are amusing director Cheel wisely offers glimpses into other aspects of Zavadil s life 
2.5
The Color of Time
Simon Abrams
Based on Pulitzer Prize winning poet C K Williams s autobiographical work The Color of Time is about poetry though it has none to speak of 
1
The Color of Time
Sara Stewart
The uniformity of its languorous lens flared visuals may wear on all but the most ardent Terrence Malick devotees many of whom I suspect are also grad students 
2
The Color of Time
Rex Reed
Another in a growing line of pretentious James Franco disasters nobody will ever see 
0
The Color of Time
Elise Nakhnikian
If The Tree of Life was a contemplation of the universal mysteries and verities of life The Color of Time is an hour spent scrolling through a stranger s family album 
2
Starter for 10
Troy Patterson
Adhering to every convention of the coming of age film in a sneakily alluring way and flirting with cliche without slobbering all over it this sweet little date night flick is built to charm everyone s inner 18 year old 
3.5
Starter for 10
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable yet far from memorable romantic comedy coming of age story 
3
Starter for 10
Nick Schager
A film whose own wisdom about the world seems principally derived from innumerable coming of age tales 
1.5
Starter for 10
Michael Dequina
This amiable British romantic comedy further confirms the gifts of star James McAvoy 
3
Starter for 10
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nicholls and director Tom Vaughan eventually flesh out all the potential stereotypes into full fledged characters 
3
Starter for 10
Walter V. Addiego
Some nice performances and modest laughs highlight this amiable British comedy about a young man who goes off to Bristol University in the mid 80s and does what young people naturally do when they go to college 
3
Starter for 10
Steven Rea
Written by David Nicholls adapting his own novel and directed by Tom Vaughan a British TV veteran making his feature debut Starter for 10 clips along smartly 
3
Starter for 10
Jeff Vice
Though this cheery romantic comedy from England may be a bit familiar and predictable the fresh faced cast makes it appealing 
3
Starter for 10
Mary F. Pols
Starter for 10 is in some sense the same old coming of age story but this telling is particularly witty and warm 
3
Starter for 10
Moira MacDonald
Never surprising but always agreeable Tom Vaughan s Starter for 10 bops along like a hummable tune 
3
Starter for 10
Sean P. Means
Starter for 10 lives happily at the intersection of Nick Hornby s novels and John Hughes 80s era coming of age movies 
3
Starter for 10
Ty Burr
The movie s enjoyable but almost wholly canned coasting on the pleasure of its post punk soundtrack and the novelty of the quiz show scenes 
2.5
Starter for 10
Peter Howell
Starter for Ten is McAvoy s movie all the way although he gets splendid support from several fresh faces 
2.5
Starter for 10
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a depth and a poignancy to the story that s wonderfully touching an appeal to it all crossing gender lines and oceanic barriers as simply as a wisp of pollen blowing on the wind 
3
Starter for 10
Michael Wilmington
Starter for 10 is cute and smart just like its star triangle and it s also well written acted and directed 
3
Starter for 10
Ken Fox
While at times overly familiar the film never feels self mocking Vaughn goes easy on the leg warmers and shoulder pads using his soundtrack to evoke a time when relationships were best expressed through analogue artifacts known as mixed tapes 
3
Starter for 10
Peter Travers
Don t mind the featherweight plot A cheeky comedy with sex and smarts earns a passing grade 
3
Starter for 10
Lisa Rose
Explores dark themes without taking itself too seriously offering wit to offset the angst 
3
Starter for 10
Kyle Smith
Shifting the self deprecating japery of High Fidelity from a record store to a quiz show makes Starter for 10 a sweetly endearing date movie 
3
Starter for 10
Jack Mathews
Starter for Ten follows the formula from one unsurprising and unrealistic anecdote to another 
2.5
Starter for 10
Glenn Whipp
The bland but likable enough coming of age trifle Starter for 10 comes made by and for people whose feet tap involuntarily the second they hear the big beat of the Psychedelic Furs Love My Way 
2.5
Starter for 10
Claudia Puig
The writing is nimble the performances engaging and the story of a working class boy who yearns to distinguish himself by acquiring knowledge is witty and intelligent 
3.5
Starter for 10
Gene Seymour
The notion that knowledge isn t always wisdom isn t exactly novel but Starter for 10 s gentle humane assertion of this idea makes it seem fresh even amidst 20 year old fashions and rock music 
3
Starter for 10
James Berardinelli
Starter for 10 is a mildly enjoyable romantic comedy that stays within the safe bounds of the genre s formula 
2.5
Starter for 10
Pam Grady
Starter for Ten benefits from an inviting story but it s McAvoy s lively performance that lends the movie its engaging buoyancy 
3
Starter for 10
Shlomo Schwartzberg
It is uniformly well acted but the cast deserves better than this prepackaged artificially preserved concoction 
2
Outpost
David Nusair
it eventually becomes clear that the entire opening hour could ve easily been compressed into a tightly wound 15 minute chunk 
2
The Grandfather
Michael Dequina
The slack pacing keeps the touching from developing into something more deeply affecting 
2.5
The Grandfather
Lou Lumenick
A prettily shot soap opera that spends 2 hours telling a story that would be more effective in 90 minutes 
2.5
31
Brian Eggert
Zombie forces his corny instincts into every line of dialogue disconnecting the viewer from the experience on any relatable emotional level 
1
31
David Keyes
As I watched Zombie s latest endeavor I was less convinced that he was dealing with powerful philosophies and more apt to believe he was trapped on the hamster wheel of his own overwrought artistic values 
2.5
31
Simon Abrams
Zombie may not be working outside of his comfort zone but 31 is one of his most impressive films to date 
3
31
Chuck Bowen
It collapses into repetition and unintended self parody as it s devoid of the subtext and empathetic audacity 
2
31
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 The paper thin characters the busy monotone dialogue and especially the monotonous camerawork spell a less than enthusiastic fate for 31 
2
Shadows
Matt Brunson
Cassavetes startling debut piece 
3.5
Shadows
Jeremiah Kipp
The Beat generation espoused a rejection of mainstream American values and John Cassavetes s Shadows feels like a relic from that movement 
3
Miracles From Heaven
Sara Michelle Fetters
To have it suddenly blatantly preach to the converted and to the converted alone is a missed opportunity of massive proportions making watching Miracles from Heaven at all a serious waste of time 
1.5
Miracles From Heaven
Linda Cook
It s insulting to the audience 
1
Miracles From Heaven
David Nusair
It s a simplistic and somewhat offensive approach that s been shamelessly designed to win the approval of the most faithful of moviegoers with the pandering vibe cementing Miracles from Heaven s place as a disaster of nigh biblical proportions 
1
Miracles From Heaven
Josh Terry
The individual parts don t always work but the whole gets the job done in a satisfying way 
3
Miracles From Heaven
Mike McGranaghan
If you want a meaningful Christian message you ll absolutely find one If that s not your cup of tea you can still enjoy a really amazing feel good story 
3
Miracles From Heaven
David Berry
It kind of reduces all those questions of faith to a self help book 
2
Miracles From Heaven
Sean P. Means
The faith based audience that Miracles From Heaven targets will be waiting impatiently for the payoff the miracle of the title but it s what happens before the miracle that gives this spiritually alert drama its spark 
2.5
Miracles From Heaven
John Hanlon
Jennifer Garner delivers a standout performance in this uplifting and heartfelt drama 
3.5
Miracles From Heaven
Peter Keough
Riggen has no shame when it comes to jerking the tears and sometimes her manipulations work even on the hardest of hearts One thing she should probably work on is the comedy 
2
Miracles From Heaven
Michael O'Sullivan
The question is never what will happen to 10 year old Anna Kylie Rogers who suffers a bloated belly and chronic pain The only issue is how long she and the audience will have to wait to find out 
1.5
Miracles From Heaven
Rafer Guzman
Miracles From Heaven occasionally wags a told you so finger at nonbelievers But in a genre that tends to hector and bludgeon that s some kind of improvement 
2
Miracles From Heaven
Rick Bentley
Even if the idea of a religious movie leaves you cold the film is still incredibly moving because it s a reminder of the strength parents must have and how life is made up of small acts of kindness that happen on a daily basis 
3
Miracles From Heaven
Barry Hertz
This is not a film at least as most filmmakers and audiences imagine the form This is proselytizing pure and simple 
1
Miracles From Heaven
Kyle Smith
The sweet sincerity of Miracles From Heaven makes it hard to dislike 
2.5
Miracles From Heaven
Bill Zwecker
I constantly had the sense I was witnessing a formulaic Hallmark Channel type approach that really did not elevate this genre in any new ways 
2.5
Miracles From Heaven
David Lewis
The emotional and spiritual core of this movie doesn t rest solely with the big miracle The most important theme is rooted in the premise that everyday miracles surround us if only we pay attention That s an appealing message to people of all faiths 
2.5
Miracles From Heaven
Barbara Vancheri
Miracles is about Anna s healing and a belief in God but also about the day to day kindnesses of strangers or friends that can make all the difference in the world 
3
Miracles From Heaven
Christian Toto
Faith based filmmaking is maturing faster than expected A movie like Miracles from Heaven is the result 
3
Miracles From Heaven
Christy Lemire
Bring tissues 
3
Miracles From Heaven
Elise Nakhnikian
The film like the misattributed Albert Einstein quote that young Anna solemnly parrots throughout is as hollow as the old tree in the Beams backyard 
1.5
Miracles From Heaven
Jake Coyle
The course of Miracles From Heaven is never in doubt When Garner as Beam intones in the opening voiceover questions of where miracles come from the film s title has already stated the answer 
2
Miracles From Heaven
Roger Moore
Sometimes cloying faith based film that doesn t sermonize but succeeds thanks to a convincingly wrenching performance by Jennifer Garner 
2.5
Miracles From Heaven
Kam Williams
The Lord working in mysterious ways designed to elicit an Amen from believers in the Amen Corner 
3
Alien Encounters
Bill Chambers
Without Warning has a lot of credibility for something that can be so shamelessly risible 
3
Alien Encounters
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Looking great and jam packed with quality bonus content the Blu ray of Without Warning is something of a dream Highly recommended 
2.5
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
Tomas Hachard
The doc s straightforward and chronological structure is its own worst enemy 
1.5
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
Erik Childress
A fascinating documentary that is scary no matter whom you side with 
3
Ride Around the World
Tom Keogh
So this is what IMAX was made for 70mm six story high images of horses and their riders thundering through grassy plains 
3
Ferlinghetti: A City Light
Jeffrey M. Anderson
More reverent than curious Still the movie does make you want to read more poetry 
3
The Chinese Cat
David Nusair
more of the same 
2
My Date With Drew
Kam Williams
A reality movie which turns entirely on the likeability of a nerd in heat 
3
My Date With Drew
David Nusair
inspiring and uplifting 
3
My Date With Drew
Phil Villarreal
In equal measures joyous bumbling and insecure Herzlinger deftly captures the man on the street appea 
3.5
My Date With Drew
Steve Rhodes
I am getting sooooo tired of bad home movies getting theatrical releases 
.5
My Date With Drew
Moira MacDonald
This film like the actress who inspired it has an appealing sweetness that sneaks up on its viewer 
3
My Date With Drew
Connie Ogle
It s like reality TV only twice as irritating 
1
My Date With Drew
Sheela Raman
In this TV reality show masquerading as a movie documentary Brian Herzlinger is a creepy voyeur a run of the mill loser who obsesses about living the celebrity high life but lacks the talent to pull it off 
2
My Date With Drew
Jeffrey Westhoff
Herzlinger forges through Hollywood s network of hangers on and D list celebrities merry in his existence as a worthless twit 
1.5
My Date With Drew
Chris Hewitt
In My Date With Drew the Drew part is a lot more interesting than the My part 
3
My Date With Drew
Jeff Strickler
If this unemployed gofer can land a date with a superstar maybe there s hope for all of us 
2.5
My Date With Drew
Kurt Loder
At one point someone actually says of the whole undertaking The dumbing down of America is complete Let s at least hope it doesn t get too much dumber than this 
2
My Date With Drew
Geoff Pevere
If you re weirdly disinterested in the promotion of Herzlinger s career this movie may offer all the delight of being slowly dragged by a pickup truck along a stretch of remote rural flat top 
1
My Date With Drew
Jennie Punter
Don Quixote meets Bowfinger meets Swingers for the reality TV generation 
3
My Date With Drew
James Berardinelli
My Date with Drew is just about the right length and contains enough feel good energy to make it a crowd pleaser 
3
My Date With Drew
Robert K. Elder
It does work and winningly so as a sharp comedy powered by Brian Herzlinger s disarming audacity and puckish self deprecation 
3
My Date With Drew
Bob Strauss
Funny charming in its way and a little alarming in what it says about celebrity culture obsessions 
3
My Date With Drew
Stephen Whitty
What might in other circumstances seem like a sweet crush comes off here as only the most shameless kind of networking 
1.5
My Date With Drew
Timothy Knight
Silly yet wistfully romantic the film is a real life underdog s tale that will appeal to both hopeless romantics and incurable optimists 
3
My Date With Drew
Kyle Smith
Why does he chase her so desperately Not because he s a mad romantic He s making a movie so he can get publicity so he can meet Drew so he can get his movie released so he can get more publicity 
1.5
My Date With Drew
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though undeniably slight Brian Herzlinger s endearingly enthusiastic documentary My Date With Drew makes a pretty good case for the underdog 
3
My Date With Drew
Erik Childress
The more time we spend with Brian the more he becomes well each one of us And that s part of the reason I seriously adore this film 
3.5
My Date With Drew
Claudia Puig
Though his actions teeter on stalker territory Herzlinger is both endearingly embarrassed by his own foolishness and so earnest about his fascination with the actress that we can t help but root for him 
3
My Date With Drew
Carrie Rickey
Slight but sweet 
2.5
My Date With Drew
Jan Stuart
Watching My Date With Drew is like being party to the slow poisoning death of the documentary 
1
My Date With Drew
Josh Larsen
Herzlinger is the kind of stalker you want to pet 
2
My Date With Drew
Ed Gonzalez
An accidental commentary on the difficult task of initiating genuine human interaction through a seemingly impenetrable and guarded web of Hollywood connections 
2.5
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Michael Phillips
Resentments pregnancies cancer spousal abuse and the struggle of a recovering alcoholic all come and go on cue 
2
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Connie Ogle
These Fitzgeralds are loud selfish and often maddening but they re a loving group and you wouldn t mind spending more time with them 
3
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Peter Travers
A holiday themed piece shot through with humor and heartbreak No bull And low on sappy 
3
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Sara Stewart
Too much of the film is taken up by creaky plot devices and one sibling vowing to track down and talk to another one to resolve a problem 
2
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Rafer Guzman
A genuine charmer with appealingly natural performances and the kind of holiday warmth that can t be manufactured 
3
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Tomas Hachard
Edward Burns certainly doles out his fair share of family turmoil but he admirably doesn t make lunatics out of his characters 
1.5
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Mike McGranaghan
A terrific holiday movie Edward Burns most invigorating heartfelt picture in years 
3
Nothing but Trouble
Dave Kehr
It s the sort of film that can only be watched in stunned disbelief as it lumbers from one misfired unpleasant sequence to the next 
1
33 Postcards
Farran Smith Nehme
Were it not for the staccato bursts of violence this Chinese Australian co production about how an adorable orphan brings love into the life of a hardened convict would feel like a film from Hayley Mills heyday 
2
33 Postcards
Rex Reed
Just when you think it can t get any more sentimental or tack on any more plot detours the film attempts a clumsy cultural dtente as the Chinese children s choir sings Waltzing Matilda 
2
33 Postcards
Mike McGranaghan
33 Postcards is merely the latest in a long line of films to throw in needless crime subplots as a way of shortcutting things emotionally 
2
33 Postcards
Chuck Bowen
Pauline Chan s film is a jumbled mixture of redemptive uplift and genre hijinks 
0
Race
Sarah Knight Adamson
If you re looking for insight into what made Jesse Owens tick you won t find much of that in Race But in its own straightforward way the film still manages to be contemplative educational and inspiring and you ll be glad you saw it 
3
Race
Sara Michelle Fetters
Race means well and it certainly wants to tell Owens story as completely as it can Yet Hopkins and company never quite get there the whole enterprise coming up a little short of the finish line as it lumbers its way down the track 
2
Race
Linda Cook
Race is worth running out to see 
3
Race
David Nusair
a passable yet somewhat disappointing look at an iconic American figure 
2.5
Race
James Kendrick
When the film plays to its generous old fashioned strengths of celebrating determination and perseverance it works quite nicely
3
Race
John Beifuss
An engaging even exemplary biopic 
3
Race
Chris Knight
Jesse Owens the African American athlete who ran rings around Nazi notions of a master race at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin deserves a film as great as his own feats Alas Race isn t it 
2
Race
Roger Moore
Sudeikis is miscast the history is revisionist and it wants to be an epic but isn t 
2
Race
John Hanlon
A commendable but conventional look at Jesse Owen s tremendous success on and off the track 
3.0
Race
James Berardinelli
The bare necessities are there the performances are competent and there are some strong moments but Race suffers from a lack of ambition It s too safe and that quality mutes its impact and limits its ability to be more than a history lesson 
2.5
Race
Scott Renshaw
While it may have been an extraordinary time in which this one man pulled off his extraordinary achievements a movie starts to lose its impact when it begins to feel that it s more about the time than about the man 
2.5
Race
Kam Williams
A very inspiring long overdue tribute to a great patriot and African American icon 
4
Race
Anita Katz
It s a terrific story and by simply telling it competently the film is worth taking your kids to At the same itme it s not a satisfying portrayal of an extraordinary individual or sterling historical event 
2.5
Race
Rick Bentley
It presents some horrible truths about mankind with a power and grace The film s messages are powerful and beautifully conveyed 
3
Race
Josh Terry
Race is a collection of good parts that make up a decent whole 
3
Race
Christian Toto
This inspiring Race runs on character not victimization 
3
Race
Willie Waffle
Hopkins and the writing team try very hard to get every little piece of the story into the film rather than going into a deeper focus on an episode or a moment 
2.5
Race
Kate Taylor
Hopkins films all the races with suitable lan since Owens was a sprinter accomplishing his feats in a matter of seconds they are relatively easy to dramatize but you don t leave the theatre with much understanding of how he did it 
2.5
Race
Anders Wright
Merely good enough rather than something spectacular 
2.5
Race
Richard Roeper
Race tells the story of a brave and gifted and determined man who accomplished great feats during a pivotal moment in world history but it s a by the numbers sports biopic with little nuance and a penchant for saccharine soaked dramatic moments 
2
Race
Robert W. Butler
Race will undoubtedly raise awareness of Owens accomplishments and the travails he endured That s a good thing But one could wish for more substance in his personal story 
2.5
Race
Katie Walsh
While the film itself is a sometimes mediocre feel good sports biography it s hard not to be swept up by Owens strength of character and seeing his incredible story on screen 
3
Race
Mark Dujsik
O ne can t help but feel that the movie downplays the far more important ideas and ideals here 
2.5
Race
Ty Burr
Race wants so badly to get every last bit of the big picture that it dashes past the little details that actually tell a story Like an over trained athlete who pulls a hamstring in the big race the movie tries to do it all and comes up short 
2
Race
Kyle Smith
Race is disappointing in parts but Stephan James makes for an appealing star 
2.5
Race
Linda Barnard
Owens s story is certainly one that needs telling although Race isn t as strong as it could be even if it does include a larger narrative than one man s rise to greatness 
3
Race
Peter Travers
Director Stephen Hopkins plods when he needs to sprint but Jesse Owens is a great movie subject His triumph at the 1936 Olympics left Hitler to suck it up and watch a black man shatter his cuckoo theories of an Aryan master race 
2.5
Race
Chris Hewitt
I understand the screenwriters decision to pair Owens story with the drama surrounding the U S decision whether to compete in the Olympics but that timeline robs us of some of the drama of the protagonist s story 
2
Race
Dann Gire
At its core Race remains a conventional sports biopic but one beautifully ensconced in period fashions vehicles and props crowned with winning performances from James and Sudeikis all captured by Levy s sharp zesty camera work 
3.5
Race
Alan Zilberman
The script and direction of Race are both workmanlike and serve the film well helping us to see Owens and Snyder as ordinary people with extraordinary gifts 
2.5
Race
Michael Phillips
Race can t help but engage when it gets to the games But what s the point of telling Jesse Owens story if you don t get into what made him tick and drove his success as an athlete 
2
Race
Mick LaSalle
It s amazing the power of drama to make audiences worry about an outcome that is part of the historical record but Race accomplishes just that 
4
Race
Elise Nakhnikian
The film is a complication smoothing take on Jesse Owens s elegant riposte to Hitler s racism at the 1936 Olympics 
2
Race
Calvin Wilson
James makes for a charismatic hero and former Saturday Night Live star Sudeikis is a revelation as the steadfast Snyder 
3
Race
Odie Henderson
The predictability of its storytelling beats isn t really the problem for there is comfort to be found in the dance of the familiar The issue here is the tone of the material 
2.5
Race
Brian Truitt
At a time when the Oscars and movies in general struggle with finding racial balance two guys of different skin colors coming together for some sports movie magic is a fitting and truly welcoming lapping of the competition 
3
Race
Matt Pais
Represents more moral ambiguity than found in most stories like this Necessary stuff 
3
Race
Rene Rodriguez
A dull portrait of an extraordinary man 
2
Race
Soren Andersen
Directed by Stephen Hopkins from a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse Race is a well made biopic about Owens at the Berlin Games and the events leading up to his extraordinary accomplishment 
3
Race
Tony Hicks
Race is the story of Owens in his finest moments and it succeeds in telling it Just don t expect more than that 
3
Along for the Ride
Roger Moore
Maybe a little more effort to 46 46 46 conceal the cliches 44 types and tropes would make 40 Alvarez apos s 41 future work more 8220 timeless 8221 than generic and disposable as 8220 this year 8217 s beach romance movie for teens 46 8221 
2
Along for the Ride
Nell Minow
Dessen gracefully bypasses the too frequent plot lines about mean girls or misunderstandings 44 and it is heartening to see smart 44 confident young women supporting each other 46 
3
Along for the Ride
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 n the rush to add and resolve more and more problems for these characters 44 those issues and their resolutions never feel authentic 46 
1.5
The Messengers
David Nusair
irredeemably uneventful and ultimately hopelessly derivative 
1.5
The Messengers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Forgoes any more innovations lazily borrowing from other people s horror movies 
2.5
The Messengers
Lou Lumenick
Nicely photographed but slow moving dull and utterly predictable 
1
The Messengers
Geoff Pevere
If the ghosts were magnets and the Solomons were paperclips the two parties couldn t be in a bigger rush to collide 
1
The Messengers
Stephen Whitty
Every movie has to have its own sense of logic horror movies perhaps most of all but as this story heads towards its climax it begins to contradict what it s told us to believe all along 
2
The Messengers
John Anderson
It s awards season so we d like to nominate The Messengers for the yet to be established Tippi Hedren Award for best use of malignant ravens in a motion picture 
2
The Messengers
Peter Hartlaub
The Messengers isn t a particularly frightening or gory horror movie but directors Danny and Oxide Pang do have a special talent for torturing the reputations of their actors 
1
The Messengers
Rob Humanick
The Pangs might know how to knee jerk shock an audience ad nauseam but the remainder of The Messengers suffers from shamelessly thudding banality 
1.5
The Messengers
Frank Ochieng
However in their The Pangs first serving of an American made boofest served with all the fixings of a horror induced bunt cake the taste still remains strikingly superficial
2
The Messengers
Daniel M. Kimmel
Viewers who prefer to see blood splattering and internal organs being sliced and diced will be disappointed 
3
The Messengers
Mark Dujsik
The scare tactics are tried and just as tired as they always are 
1.5
The Messengers
Jim Hemphill
The Messengers is still worth seeing for the strength of its first half and for the consistently solid performances but the sense of unrealized potential is tough to ignore 
2.5
The Messengers
Maitland McDonagh
The Pangs keep it moving and deliver the gotcha moments but a steady diet of mechanical scares is thin stuff 
2
The Messengers
Sara Michelle Fetters
But only almost For all their success behind the camera the Pangs whether working from their own material or handling the scripts of others appear drawn to great ideas devoid of substance 
2
The Messengers
Willie Waffle
With a heaping helping of common sense The Messengers could have been a very good movie 
1.5
The Messengers
James Berardinelli
The Messengers borrows so heavily from The Amityville Horror The Birds The Grudge Poltergeist and others that it has no room left for anything of its own 
1.5
The Messengers
Ty Burr
The grown ups fare worse They speak very slowly as if to pad the running time out This may in fact be the most ridiculous performance John Corbett has ever given 
1.5
The Messengers
Dustin Putman
Yet another supernatural thriller about ghostly apparitions and corpsy children The Messengers doesn t deliver 
2
The War of the Worlds
James Kendrick
If The War of the Worlds had had an effective human core one that put a face on its epic of death and destruction it might very well have reached a pinnacle of true greatness 
3
The War of the Worlds
Matt Brunson
The technical merits including the vibrant color scheme and the aural assaults all rate an A 
3.5
The War of the Worlds
Walter Chaw
peculiarly fifties bound
3
The War of the Worlds
David Nusair
a so called classic that couldn t possibly be more overrated 
1.5
The War of the Worlds
James O'Ehley
This is an imminently watchable film better than many other B grade science fiction films with similar themes of alien invasion 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
John Beifuss
Never panders or becomes cloying on its way to a well earned we are family conclusion 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Lisa Jensen
Barras technique is a sophisticated update of classic stop motion clay animation It s a laborious process especially for a small independent studio like Barras with only 10 staff animators But the result is obviously a labor of love 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Sean P. Means
Tough issues are not dismissed but handled with delicacy and honesty 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Josh Terry
Fans of stop motion animation will be pleased to know they have another gem on their hands My Life as a Zucchini is a bit darker than your usual kids movie but it is a wonderful thing to watch 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Christopher Schobert
Yes it s an odd title one that sounds much better in its native language Ma vie de Courgette It s also a wonderful tremendously moving film about an emotionally wounded little boy and the family unit that develops at a foster home for orphans 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Robert Horton
The mood is closer to the gentle melancholy of Peanuts with which Zucchini shares a wistful air and pumpkin sized craniums
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Mark Dujsik
The intrinsic cuteness of the style and surface not to mention the title of My Life as a Zucchini belies the film s broken despondent heart 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Miriam Di Nunzio
Seeing the world through a child s eyes can be pretty eye opening Watching My Life as a Zucchini the altogether marvelous and Oscar nominated stop action animated film by director Claude Barras that world is one you will not soon forget 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Soren Andersen
Along with the kids sorrow Barras works uplift and lightness into the story and there are moments of great joy 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This stop motion film from France does what the greatest children s stories do it refuses to avoid darkness fear and sorrow 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Michael O'Sullivan
It may not sound like it but calling this barely 70 minute Swiss stop motion film heavy as in substantial and almost swollen with feeling is a true compliment 
4
My Life as a Zucchini
Ty Burr
It s well worth seeking out for older kids who don t mind reading subtitles their parents and any adults who can appreciate a good story movingly and creatively told 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Walter V. Addiego
There may be a few overly wistful moments here but in the main it s an affecting portrait of a group of unlucky but resilient children 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Gary Thompson
It s a lovely little animated film but it is French so at any moment its cast of 9 year olds can suddenly start talking about sex 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Glenn Kenny
The character work here is both intimate and nicely compressed But the movie really gets to its most sublime heights visually 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Peter Travers
For the U S version the French voice cast has been replaced by an English one But no matter what language it s in My Life as Zucchini never sacrifices what s true for what s trite This is animation as an art form inspiring and indelible 
3.5
My Life as a Zucchini
Mike McGranaghan
A heartfelt poignant movie and further proof that animation is a viable means with which to tell complex human stories 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Christopher Gray
The film circumvents bleakness with a thoroughgoing commitment to understanding and intimacy 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
As Zucchini bonds with friends My Life blossoms into an intensely moving tale of recovery about kids who realize the secret to their survival lies in holding onto the frayed but beautiful friendships they share 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Shane Slater
Creates a deeply felt sense of tender fragility 
3
My Life as a Zucchini
Kent Turner
The animation is simple and no frills but the movie s strength lies in its hopeful and not naïve outlook and its convincing evocation of childhood 
3
The Elephant Queen
Brian Tallerico
A love letter to a gorgeous species that is increasingly in danger 
3
The Elephant Queen
Steven D. Greydanus
Anthropomorphism is generally kept to reasonable levels and the total effect conveys real respect for nature 
3
The Mighty Gorga
Matt Brunson
The cross eyed gorilla isn t even the worst element of the unspeakably awful The Mighty Gorga 
1
Top Dog
Roger Ebert
Why exactly would you want to make a movie about racist hate groups and then disguise it as family entertainment about a cute dog 
1
Fourth Man Out
David Berry
It isn t backwards or hateful so much as inexplicable these 2016 dudes playing early 20s but looking early 30s act like their only exposure to gay life is someone else telling them about a Will Grace episode 
2
Fourth Man Out
David Lewis
This briskly edited film never fails to be entertaining and appealing to all audiences 
3
Fourth Man Out
Christopher Gray
It s a bizarre and retrograde spectacle as clueless and incurious about friendship as it is about the rudiments of composition and screenwriting 
0
The Giant
Oleg Ivanov
The film is a shrewd political commentary and canny portrait of a society continuing to wrestle with its ineffaceable cruelty 
3
The Giant
David Nusair
A truly singular piece of work 
3.5
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
Matt Brunson
It s a must for Poe and or Price fans 
3
Odds Against Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
Here s a nifty slice of noir that not only was filmed in black and white but also focuses on black and white 
3.5
Odds Against Tomorrow
David Nusair
a well worn premise that s employed to decidedly off kilter effect by Wise 
3
My Son Hunter
Christian Toto
Subversive satire 8217 s most shocking surprise 63 Embracing Hunter Biden 8217 s humanity 46 
3
Don't Get Killed in Alaska
Bruce DeMara
The film competently shot and well cast isn t a particularly revelatory journey 
2
Suited
David Wiegand
It will take more than an informative and engaging documentary on a pair of custom tailors to prevent another Orlando but Suited makes a valuable contribution to understanding what it means to be transgender in the U S in 2016 
3
God Loves Uganda
Linda Barnard
God Loves Uganda charts the rise in persecution and intolerance in the African nation as America s Christian right takes its anti gay fight to new territory 
3
God Loves Uganda
David Lewis
Watching this film will leave you with some dispiriting questions about America and its values 
3
God Loves Uganda
Michael O'Sullivan
You d never guess the subject matter of God Loves Uganda from its innocuous sounding title 
3
The Boy With Green Hair
Kam Williams
A precursor to all those radiation fallout monster flicks of the Fifties A telling cautionary tale worth a watch for far more than the nostalgic factor 
4
Louis C.K.: Hilarious
David Nusair
a solid hour and a half of comedy 
3
The Mustang
Jason Fraley
Laure de Clermont Tonnerre makes her directorial debut in this French Belgian flick about a convict who joins Bruce Dern s prison rehab program training wild mustangs 
3
The Mustang
Steven Prokopy
This is a beautifully shot exquisitely realized work that marks an early entry as one of the best films of the year so far 
3.5
The Mustang
Rob Thomas
A film that s part gritty prison drama and part uplifting horse movie might seem like a strange mix but The Mustang makes it work with authentic performances and a stark beauty 
3
The Mustang
Kam Williams
An emotionally engaging meditation on redemption inspired by a real life program helping inmates turn their lives around 
4
The Mustang
Linda Cook
It s one of the best films you ve never heard of and one of the best films of the year 
4
The Mustang
Lisa Jensen
The analogy between wild spirited mustangs and incarcerated men who have lost their freedom is pretty standard stuff yet the nuances of character story and subtle yet profoundly felt emotion keep viewers involved 
3
The Mustang
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Any horse trainer or even someone who loved The Rider could spot the missing virtue here patience 
2
The Mustang
Gary Thompson
A nicely acted and ultimately moving drama 
3.5
The Mustang
Tom Meek
Thankfully nothing about The Mustang is heavy handed 
3
The Mustang
Rosalie Kicks
A compelling story from a director that is definitely one to watch 
2.5
The Mustang
Josh Terry
While you might be able to find better horse movies and certainly more elaborate prison movies The Mustang draws from both genres to create a moving portrait of a man trying to overcome his failures and find even a hint of purpose in his life 
3.5
The Mustang
Roger Moore
Spare tense and beautiful
3
The Mustang
Mark Dujsik
It s an empathetic story bolstered by Schoenaerts subtly revelatory performance 
3
The Mustang
James Berardinelli
It s worth seeking out as both a portrait of a prison program few are aware of and a powerful character study 
3.5
The Mustang
Sean P. Means
As beautiful as the horses it features and as uncompromising as the broken men it depicts The Mustang is a modern tale that celebrates and then deconstructs the old ideas of the West 
3.5
The Mustang
Peter Keough
It is handsomely shot affectingly acted and narratively predictable 
3
The Mustang
Joe Friar
Matthias Schoenarts delivers a superb performance in Laure de Clermont Tonnerre s directorial debut a beautiful film about redemption and reform 
4
The Mustang
Soren Andersen
A stringent tale of a struggle for redemption 
3.5
The Mustang
Barry Hertz
Like Roman though all I longed for were further glimpses of the life outside where man and beast roam free oblivious to any narrative demands 
2.5
The Mustang
Mick LaSalle
Within no more than a minute of screen time we know that director Laure de Clermont Tonnerre has authority and vision and that we are watching a good movie 
4
The Mustang
Sara Stewart
It s Schoenaerts one of this generation s finest actors who makes The Mustang a moving look at human potential for redemption and rehabilitation 
3
The Mustang
Tomris Laffly
A testament to the worthy stories yet to be told about the healing unbreakable bonds between tormented people and the misunderstood animals that come to their rescue 
3.5
The Mustang
Joey Magidson
Dern and Schoenaerts are powerhouses here The former turns in supporting work that is a Bruce Dern performance to a T while the latter is quietly devastating 
3.5
The Mustang
Peter Goldberg
Single minded and direct in its execution the film is a hard look at the extremes of masculine guilt and healing 
2.5
TV Junkie
Mike McGranaghan
This is the best movie about addiction that I ve ever seen 
4
The Devil Wears Prada
David Keyes
We continue to reflect on the movie s lessons long after the laughs have diminished because they are sound relevant and conveyed by the talents of actors who offer legitimate stakes in the material 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Joe Lozito
It s to the film s credit that I still found it an enjoyable satire as glossy and superficial as the industry it purports to skewer 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Jorge Avila Andrade
Funciona por el talento de sus actrices por lo inteligente de su guión y por no pretender ser nada fuera de lo común Fue una de las sorpresas del año pasado y con justa razón 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
David Nusair
there s simply no denying the effectiveness of virtually every aspect of the production 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Michael A. Smith
A film for those over the age of 14 is hard to come by this time of year Don t let The Devil Wears Prada sneak by without giving it a look 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Camerin Courtney
A fun voyeuristic peek into the world of high fashion If you re looking for a light hearted romp down the runway The Devil Wears Prada is a perfect fit 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Garth Franklin
A more singular sharp and smarter tone would ve made it a far more memorable piece of work
2
The Devil Wears Prada
Ross Anthony
Whether you re high on fashion hi life or simply shopping at Good Will I think you ll have a fun time with this film Top notch direction and production 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
James Berardinelli
The Devil Wears Prada is two films in one a caustic energetic satire of the fashion world and a cautionary melodrama 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Gene Seymour
The Devil Wears Prada is primarily an occasion to celebrate Meryl Streep as a grand comedienne 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Thomas Delapa
A slick but flimsy knock off almost as superficial as the industry it pretends to dress down 
2
The Devil Wears Prada
Sean O'Connell
The cast take their characters as far as possible in the film s opening act but are required to hit the same notes over and over in the limited repetitive screenplay 
2
The Devil Wears Prada
Collin Souter
The storyline sets itself up for plenty of phony pay offs but thankfully doesn t deliver on them It actually knows better 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Susan Tavernetti
Despite themes as outdated as last season s wardrobe the comedy delivers lightweight entertainment 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Janos Gereben
A fun movie that should be much better 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
John Beifuss
White maned Meryl Streep is a lioness in winter with a weary whisper for a roar 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nasty and funny for about 30 minutes 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Mike McGranaghan
A clever funny look at the way we sometimes risk selling our souls in the name of success 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Lori Hoffman
Streep has latched onto this role of an impossibly demanding fashion editor who chews up and spits out underlings with all of the bravado of Bette Davis in her prime 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Scott Nash
Streep steals the show although Emily Blunt manages to sneak away with a bit for herself 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Matt Brunson
The film s peeks into the fashion world are amusing and the script makes some salient points about the lengths to which a person will allow themselves to be humiliated simply to hold onto a job 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Michael Dequina
Streep s icy hauteur and acidic condescension makes for a most irresistible injection of venom into what would be a typically sugary Princess Diaries installment 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Jeffrey Westhoff
Andy s corruption is so gradual she doesn t realize it is happening While this is probably truer to life it doesn t make for interesting drama 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Sean McBride
a wickedly funny film with a slew of top drawer supporting performances
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Dustin Putman
The year s shrewdest comedy thus far 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Jeff Vice
A little predictable but it does have a certain appealing cattiness and bite 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Clifford Pugh
A lightweight chick flick that despite gaping plot holes will likely be a favorite of anyone who adores pretty women in pretty clothes 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
James Rocchi
a glossy good time movie 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Claudia Puig
The comic appeal of The Devil Wears Prada is the cinematic equivalent of a size 2 wafer thin and ultimately lacking in meat and substance 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Maitland McDonagh
There s a surprisingly sharp little sting hidden in this sleek throwback to old fashioned Hollywood melodramas about sweet young things thrown into the lairs of hard edged harpies who value their careers above all things womanly 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Peter Howell
The Devil Wears Prada is an awards season attraction that somehow escaped into the temperate months of the super and the silly all the more reason to applaud its audacity 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Chris Hewitt
By now it s gotten boring to talk about how wonderful Streep is but her delicate underplaying in Devil is extraordinary 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Moira MacDonald
Single handedly Streep lifts Prada from adequate chick flick into intoxicating character study 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Mick LaSalle
Prada just feels authentic from its glossy look to the specific and sometimes curious behavior of the secondary and tertiary characters To watch it is like being entertained while getting an anthropological crash course 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Arthur Salm
A flat comedy that pretends to cluck its tongue at gloss and glitz and the surface tension of lives attuned only to appearances then spends most of its time drooling over them 
1.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Timothy Knight
If there s scarcely an original moment in this breezy lark of a quipfest cautionary tale it s a dead on pricelessly funny send up of the cutthroat back stabbing fashion world where a size 6 dress size is cause for alarm 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Linda Cook
I realize the book was a best seller But the movie is just another Cinderella story that only Meryl Streep brings to above average level 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Stephen Whitty
It s all very light and pleasurable and for fashionistas it s as fun as a sample shoe sale 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Jack Mathews
The movie is no thigh slapper by any means but veteran TV director David Frankel Sex and the City has given it a consistently whimsical touch 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Duane Dudek
For the most part The Devil Wears Prada is a broadly woven series of truisms and generalities in which fashion itself is an accessory 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Rene Rodriguez
Aside from Streep the movie feels curiously light a timid satire afraid of upsetting the industry it derides 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Bob Strauss
The scandalous novel about a dictatorial magazine editor and her tortured assistant is toned down for the movie but Streep still manages to have great nasty fun 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Sean P. Means
Even when Frankel and McKenna let her down by trying to soften the character Streep scores by staying true to Miranda s deliciously devilish self 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Robert W. Butler
Devil is pretty lightweight stuff But the performances are so good they elevate everything else 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Rick Groen
This is a breezy and enjoyable piece of pop entertainment a welcome reminder of what Hollywood used to be good at 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Lisa Kennedy
The Devil Wears Prada has the look of many studio movies But if you pay heed to the craft in the details there s satisfying quality here 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Roger Ebert
The Devil Wears Prada is being positioned as a movie for grown ups and others who know what or who or when or where Prada is 
2
The Devil Wears Prada
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Devil may indeed wear Prada but in the case of this movie the only thing this melodious masterwork needs to be covered in is box office gold 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Lawrence Toppman
It s a self blunting satire a toothless attack on fashionistas that twists around tortuously and ends up biting well gumming its own tail 
2
The Devil Wears Prada
Wesley Morris
While the picture isn t brilliant it is at its most entertaining a kicky surprisingly astute throwback to bygone Hollywood social comedies 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Kit Bowen
If The Devil Wears Prada didn t have the silently menacing Meryl Streep as its title character the film would be sporting nubs and carrying a broom instead of full blown horns and a pitch fork 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Jon Niccum
Come February it might be very fashionable to present Streep with another Oscar
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Kurt Loder
The film captures New York in all of its media lashed uproar and Paris in the spring has rarely looked so heart swellingly gorgeous But the most impressive natural wonder in the film is Meryl Streep in one of her most wickedly inspired comic perform
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
James Sanford
Streep s comic timing is so on the mark that she even manages to get a sizable laugh with the simplest line imaginable Go 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Daniel M. Kimmel
The actor who nearly steals the film away is Stanley Tucci Early handicappers for next year s Oscar race take note 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Peter Canavese
If it rarely becomes more than a conventional Hollywood movie with conventional conflicts at least it remembers to amuse and has a force of nature in Streep 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Willie Waffle
Buying a ticket to this instead of Superman Returns this week is like ordering pizza on Thanksgiving but Streep gives Miranda the kind of authority and steely stare that would make a Navy SEAL shake in his boots 
4
The Devil Wears Prada
Phoebe Flowers
Saying The Devil Wears Prada is superior to the book on which it is based is like saying that devouring chocolate is better than seeing its grimy residue smudged on a napkin 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Bruce Newman
A very clever adaptation of Lauren Weisberger s bestselling novel 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Carrie Rickey
Zings with unzipped quips about the insular universe of rag mags where the length of a hemline and color of a season are accorded moral significance 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Kyle Smith
The laughs were largely missing from the whiny book which is to this movie what Wrangler jeans are to John Galliano s fall collection 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Michael Phillips
Consider The Devil Wears Prada an attractive makeover of the original book 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Josh Larsen
Wearing an ill fitting top of insincerity matched with clunky hypocritical heels The Devil Wears Prada is in dire need of a makeover 
1.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Matt Pais
The movie s veiled endorsement of superficiality should give you reason to shout at the devil 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Aaron Hillis
The only thing super about this commonplace boss from hell comedy is its couture and fluffiness but at least it flies at a quicker clip than the Kryptonian uuml berman s insipid return this week Are capes in this season 
2
The Devil Wears Prada
Phil Villarreal
Underneath the canned dialogue and a predictable career isn t everything social message The Devil Wears Prada beats with an earnest heart 
2.5
The Devil Wears Prada
John Thomason
The Devil Wears Prada is to the cutthroat world of chic glossies what Swimming With Sharks is to the movie business a satirical indictment of its industry with naive lackeys serving as the spectator s surrogates through the glitzy abyss 
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada
Steve Rhodes
You ll leave thoroughly entertained and that is all the movie really cares about 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Peter Travers
Everyone knows that Meryl Streep is the high priestess of drama but she never gets enough credit for her comedy skills That should change with The Devil Wears Prada 
3
The Devil Wears Prada
Dan Callahan
Here is the stroke of an artist cutting through the narcissistic confusion around her both shaming and enlivening this smooth but wafer thin film 
2.5
Islands
Randy Myers
Edralin s restrained debut feature depicts the complexity of being a caregiver showing the sacrifices it requires and how the role can turn into a crutch to avoid dealing with the hard stuff inside us all 
3
Frankenstein's Daughter
Matt Brunson
It rarely escapes from its Z movie zone 
1.5
Suburbicon
Brian Eggert
Damon Moore Jupe and Isaac are all excellent though their performances have been sunk by the uneven script and Clooney s inability to replicate the Coens balance of several playful sometimes contradictory modes at once 
2
Suburbicon
Federico Furzan
A terrible mistake in scripting that actually hides an interesting story Or stories Full review in Spanish 
2
Suburbicon
Matt Brunson
Given the ghastly result perhaps the Coens should sue since it s almost inconceivable that their original idea bore much resemblance to a debacle that unexpectedly has emerged as one of the year s worst films 
1
Suburbicon
Mattie Lucas
An uneven often unpleasant satire that comes across as a pale imitation of the Coens distinctive style 
2
Suburbicon
John Serba
The movie spikes with broadly comic or grisly violent extremes but smooths out for dull stretches and is oddly deaf to the tones of its thematic ambitions 
1.5
Suburbicon
David Nusair
George Clooney s best movie since The Ides of March 
3.5
Suburbicon
James Kendrick
not a total loss but it s hard to see it as much more than an interesting failure
2
Suburbicon
R Mitchell Miller
With a twisty storyline that borrows from multiple genres it s sort of like a one man band It may sound muddled but it s unique enough that it s hard to look away 
3
Suburbicon
Josh Terry
Ultimately Suburbicon is just one of those movies that leaves you thinking about the better efforts from all the people involved 
2
Suburbicon
Roger Moore
The Hudsucker Miscarriage 
1
Suburbicon
Rex Reed
It s A Raisin in the Sun Meets The Donna Reed Show 
2
Suburbicon
Peter Travers
Clooney is too talented a filmmaker not to get in his licks But this alternately comic and deadly earnest satire of the dark underbelly of 1950s suburbia the Coen brothers had a hand in the script is a movie that feels tonally at war with itself 
2.5
Suburbicon
Christian Toto
The most original assault on the suburbs since PleasantvilleAmericanBeautyIceStormTheBurbsTheStepfordWives 
2
Suburbicon
James Berardinelli
Suburbicon goes immediately to the front of the line of contenders for the most disappointing film of 2017 
1.5
Suburbicon
Stephen Whitty
Really all in all Clooney s made a good movie But he could have made a great one if he d been willing to settle for one movie 
3
Suburbicon
Dann Gire
Clooney takes on the bold challenge of blending two seemingly incongruent genres classic film noir and hard hitting civil rights drama with wavering results 
2
Suburbicon
Sonny Bunch
A rather dreadful black comedy that never manages to be funny enough to justify its ham handed social commentary 
1.5
Suburbicon
Mark Dujsik
The two stories are clearly connected but we re left with only a vague idea of how 
2
Suburbicon
Tom Meek
There s little in the film that will surprise you 
2
Suburbicon
Peter Howell
I m inclined to give Suburbicon a mild thumbs up 
2.5
Suburbicon
George M. Thomas
In Suburbicon it feels as if the actor director pulls punches as he tries unsuccessfully to walk the line between drama and satire 
2
Suburbicon
Rafer Guzman
A misguided mix of nasty comedy and civil rights drama 
1
Suburbicon
Ann Hornaday
As kitschiness gives way to savagery the tonal balance finally and fatally succumbs 
2
Suburbicon
Calvin Wilson
If you re merely out for a good time at the movies you can safely skip Suburbicon But true film buffs will want to peek behind the blinds of Clooney s latest directorial endeavor 
3
Suburbicon
Bill Zwecker
As the film unfolds things increasingly become further and further unbelievable and lead to moments of would be horror that instead made me laugh out loud thanks to the incredulity of the situation at hand 
2
Suburbicon
Jeff Simon
One true tale that exemplified the time might have helped 
2
Suburbicon
Gary Thompson
If there is a way to join these elements together Clooney has failed to find it 
1.5
Suburbicon
Mick LaSalle
The pleasures of Suburbicon are in the moment and the moments fade before the next moment There s no build just flashes of virtuosity flashes ultimately in the service of nothing 
2
Suburbicon
Ty Burr
What s the point of Suburbicon 
1
Suburbicon
Gary Thompson
The monumental misfire Suburbicon sinks to the bottom of a big pool of talent 
1.5
Suburbicon
Katie Walsh
Irritating faux edgy tonally wack strained unfunny and such a colossally tone deaf misfire
1
Suburbicon
Brian Truitt
In the grand scheme of Coen brothers scripts with nimwits making hugely bad decisions Fargo exists on one brilliant end while Suburbicon lands with a hearty thud somewhere on the other side 
2
Suburbicon
Dwight Brown
If parody is supposed to include comedy Clooney did not get the memo 
1.5
Suburbicon
Bill Chambers
The best parts are obviously the Coens and the worst parts are obviously director George Clooney and co writer Grant Heslov s Trouble is the best parts aren t that great and the worst parts yikes 
1.5
Suburbicon
Brian Tallerico
This startling misfire is a tonal disaster from start to finish 
1.5
Suburbicon
Keith Uhlich
Suburbicon sees a bunch of candidly left leaning movie stars doing their best to out awful each other 
1.5
Suburbicon
Barry Hertz
Whatever stabs at dark comedy social satire and noir esque murder mystery the Coens may have once been mulling with Suburbicon are only superficial wounds in George Clooney s hands 
2
My Best Friend
Brett McCracken
A wonderful rare film that portrays one of the most under represented but universal human neuroses the desire for friendship or platonic love 
4
My Best Friend
Gary Goldstein
My Best Friend s heart is in the right place but its grasp on its characters isn t well the best 
2.5
My Best Friend
Eric Lurio
This is one of the better films to come out of France this summer 
3
My Best Friend
Larry Ratliff
Although it s not a French parlor farce My Best Friend appears headed that way at times Then it has the courage to ride a bittersweet wave to something more meaningful 
3
My Best Friend
Lisa Kennedy
Director Leconte and his perfectly suited stars have given us one of those light comedies that carry a world of lovely weight 
3.5
My Best Friend
Duane Dudek
Often to compensate for their smaller budgets French films will substitute emotional or intellectual density and character development for costly production elements But this also leads to high concept farces of door slamming simplicity 
2.5
My Best Friend
Sean P. Means
If you can hang on through the contrived ending the warm byplay between Auteuil and Boon is worth savoring 
3
My Best Friend
Bruce Westbrook
As an alleged witty comedy of humanistic charm it sags in both thanks to unfunny predicaments and a phony plot 
2
My Best Friend
Jeff Vice
Patrice Leconte has taken a story about male friendship in all its posturing and potential vulnerability and turned it into a light smart crowd pleasing comedy 
3
My Best Friend
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a pleasant enough diversion but it s not really about human beings and contains not one genuine laugh 
2
My Best Friend
Sid Smith
The tone of the movie saves it from its preposterous plot 
2.5
My Best Friend
Ken Fox
The always dependable French director Patrice Leconte returns to the subject of friendship with another mordantly funny and unexpectedly touching odd couple buddy comedy 
3.5
My Best Friend
Geoff Pevere
Resolutely predictable from the starting gate 
1.5
My Best Friend
Moira MacDonald
Watching it is like spending 90 minutes with a good friend You ll revel in the pleasure of its company and remember your time together with a smile 
3.5
My Best Friend
Mick LaSalle
Some of the best French films of the past 20 years have been made by Patrice Leconte 
3
My Best Friend
Stephen Cole
An unconvincing replica of the dizzy situation comedies that Hollywood poured out in double and triple bills in the thirties and forties and went on making in the guise of TV sitcoms well into the nineties 
2
My Best Friend
Terry Lawson
You ll laugh but you may also be counting your friends on your fingers when you leave 
3
My Best Friend
Roger Ebert
It was directed by Patrice Leconte who makes intelligent films combining sympathy for his characters with a quick wit a dark undertow and a love of human peculiarity 
3
My Best Friend
Wesley Morris
Leconte s writing is tight and nimble and while the tests of the duo s friendship are facile under the circumstances they make sense 
3
My Best Friend
Chris Hewitt
None of this is exactly revolutionary but the movie is thoughtful and well friendly 
3
My Best Friend
Steven Rea
a mild mannered farce 
3
My Best Friend
Matt Pais
Even if making friends is a task that usually lives on Sesame Street it s comforting to see a socially stunted man finally asking how to get there 
2.5
My Best Friend
Jeanne Aufmuth
Infected with a joie de vivre that renders the project far more than a stock buddy picture 
3
My Best Friend
Kam Williams
Another fascinating character study from French director Patrice Leconte who has proven himself quite adept at plumbing the depths of the human psyche by placing a couple of people with nothing in common in an emotionally explosive predicament 
4
My Best Friend
Stephen Whitty
Missing a little something an interest in reaching out a willingness to be silly a fond and friendly talent for connecting 
2.5
My Best Friend
Lou Lumenick
Formulaic but entertaining 
2.5
My Best Friend
Jack Mathews
The film has elements of suspense that keep it interesting 
2.5
My Best Friend
Glenn Whipp
High concept farce agreeable if shallow 
3
My Best Friend
Jan Stuart
The difficulties that men of a certain age have in forging substantive alliances is a subject rarely tackled by the movies in any serious way so one is inclined to forgive Leconte the film s sitcommy tendencies 
2.5
My Best Friend
David Nusair
Lightweight but generally engaging 
2.5
My Best Friend
Nick Schager
Leconte is mainly drawn to sitcom scenarios which might have been a reasonable tack to take if his material weren t so cautious and staid 
1.5
The Embalmer
Roger Ebert
Masterful at concealing its true nature and surprising us with the turns of the story 
3
The Embalmer
Josh Larsen
does just about everything in its power to turn you off And guess what It works 
1.5
The Embalmer
Michael Wilmington
The movie a keen look at the way passion unravels and obsession destroys creates a black mood a sense of truth and an enduring chill that stay with you 
3
The Embalmer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This story is far too transparent to hold our attention for long 
2
The Embalmer
Edward Guthmann
Mahieux builds a character so relentlessly powerful and creepy that The Embalmer leaves an aftertaste we can practically smell him 
2
The Embalmer
Chris Hewitt
Once Peppino is identified as a sexual predator the movie loses whatever compassion it had for him seeming to imply that his obsession and his sexual identity are the same thing 
2
The Embalmer
Glenn Lovell
Here s a movie that could keep David Lynch tossing at night 
3
The Embalmer
Elizabeth Weitzman
At moments the story skirts uncomfortably close to the grotesque But this atmospheric oddity delivers a surprisingly sensitive take on the overwhelming ache of loneliness 
3
The Embalmer
V.A. Musetto
Creepy 
3
The Embalmer
John Anderson
Perverse and chilling but also novel smart 
3
The Embalmer
David Sterritt
Director Garrone keeps the story involving even though it doesn t quite live up to the star s strong talents 
3
Dylan & Zoey
Roger Moore
It apos s sensitive enough 46 But 46 46 46 there just isn apos t enough of a story arc to engage us 44 not enough going on and going wrong to make their stories 80 minutes worth of compelling 46 
2
My Private War
Fred Camper
Clever juxtapositions will not do the work of the most basic facts which need to be repeated again and again and again 
2
Fire
Jay Antani
Fire lights its spark beautifully
3
Fire
Steve Rhodes
Although the acting is pleasant enough the script by the director suffers from a paucity of ideas His characters are handsomely outlined but never adequately filled in 
2
Fire
Roger Ebert
The film has a seductive resonance 
3
Fire
Joe Baltake
Works because it doesn t come off as a lofty diatribe but actually mixes humor with its pathos 
3
Fire
Peter Stack
Speaks tellingly about individual freedom for women versus social expectations and arranged marriages 
3
Motorrad - The Last Ride
Bill Chambers
There is a whole subtext nay context begging to be unpacked in Motorrad yet the filmmaking never inspires much curiosity about it 
2
Bad Teacher
Brian Eggert
The filmmakers play it safe 44 which is exactly what anyone seeing this movie doesn 8217 t want 46 
2
Bad Teacher
Mattie Lucas
The kind of film that sounds better on paper than it actually is a relative comedic minefield that goes largely untapped 
2
Bad Teacher
Roger Moore
A raunchy comedy that promises from its title to its casting a Bad Santa riff on a sacred institution But they don t deliver 
2
Bad Teacher
Jeff Beck
In the end despite how thinly plotted the film is there are several laughs to be had and that goes a long way 
3
Bad Teacher
Eric Melin
The problem isn t that Diaz s character is such a mean spirited person it s that her motives for being that way are completely contrived It might have been a good short film but that s about it 
2
Bad Teacher
David Nusair
a failure of dishearteningly monumental proportions 
1.5
Bad Teacher
Linda Cook
And you thought Santa was bad 
3
Bad Teacher
John Beifuss
Would Bridesmaids have worked if audiences had been asked to sympathize with a meaner version of Rose Byrne and root against Kristen Wiig 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Brett Michel
Both Bad Santa and the Bad Lieutenants Keitel and Cage were really bad but they were entertaining Cameron Diaz s Bad Teacher Elizabeth is neither 
1.5
Bad Teacher
Kam Williams
Provided you re in the mood for salacious fare this titillating teensploit does deliver the requisite number of raunchy rib ticklers to be worth the investment for the testosterone driven demographic 
3
Bad Teacher
Christian Toto
Bad Teacher gets a shiny new apple thanks to a raunchy turn by Diaz
2.5
Bad Teacher
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even if I can t give it a gold star the two and a half I m slipping it is still enough to be considered a passing grade 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Matt Brunson
It s no Bad Santa but Bad Teacher brings just enough naughty behavior to the table to make it a decent watch for viewers tired of PG 13 timidity 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Robert Levin
The film asks us to identify with a woman who behaves rather heinously while it relies on her mean spiritedly outrageous behavior to sustain all 92 minutes 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Mike McGranaghan
Even though the picture is far from perfect I was never less than amused The terrific cast and some individual bits of comedy were enough to keep me invested 
3
Bad Teacher
Sean P. Means
Diaz lets her wardrobe and bad attitude do the work for her but she s left high and dry at the end of the film when it abruptly tries to redeem Elizabeth s bad behavior 
2
Bad Teacher
Amy Biancolli
The best lines were harvested for the trailer so if you ve seen that you ve seen it all 
1.5
Bad Teacher
Rick Groen
Shame the flick s just a one note joke because sight unseen Bad Teacher had me at the title 
1.5
Bad Teacher
Stephen Whitty
The film is fast and often funny And while it s not for children really I bet the adults who just spent a school year with them are going to love it 
3
Bad Teacher
Erik Childress
Has no appreciable arc for any of the characters and if it wasn t for the work of Jason Segel who appears to have shown up with his own script this would have been an even more brutal affair 
2
Bad Teacher
Ann Hornaday
This fitfully funny but mostly dull misfire defines exactly where the line can be drawn between truly subversive humor and lazy cynicism 
1.5
Bad Teacher
Chris Hewitt
There s a dark acid tongued comedy to be made from this premise with these characters but this bland Teacher just isn t bad enough 
2
Bad Teacher
Lou Lumenick
A fitfully amusing comedy that promises far more outrageousness than it actually delivers 
2
Bad Teacher
Willie Waffle
Bad Teacher is more like a rebellious teen acting out against her parents than a truly rotten to the core degenerate kid I guess you could say it s Kim Kardashian instead of being Lindsay Lohan 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Roger Ebert
Bad Teacher immediately brings Bad Santa to mind and suffers by the comparison 
2
Bad Teacher
Phil Villarreal
Cameron Diaz is the reason charter schools exist 
3
Bad Teacher
Mark Dujsik
Where the screenplay mostly falters is populating the school with unproductive supporting characters 
2
Bad Teacher
Dustin Putman
When the end arrives at the 89 minute mark the immediate reaction is that it was too slight by a half and a lot safer than expected 
2
Bad Teacher
Claudia Puig
The film s rhythms are disjointed and there are tedious patches and gaping holes in the story No one bothered to create anything beyond a vague outline of a superficial character 
1.5
Bad Teacher
Lawrence Toppman
The picture doesn t inspire or reward high expectations but it raises smiles 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The main problem is that Hollywood finds it next to impossible to break out of the mold of the likeable characters 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Peter Travers
Cameron Diaz s fem spin on Billy Bob Thornton s Bad Santa should have added up to raunchy fun Sadly it only took about 10 minutes to wipe the smile off my face 
2
Bad Teacher
Sue Pierman
It s not often a movie features a cast of characters with absolutely no redeeming qualities but Bad Teacher really hits that one out of the park 
1
Bad Teacher
Wesley Morris
This movie is what you do when you have never been to school or don t like education Or movies comedies women breasts sex or dodgeball 
1
Bad Teacher
Steven Rea
Bad Teacher is a promising concept in need of more promising material 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Connie Ogle
Diaz is funny all right but she is no miracle worker so she can t erase the movie s slow spots or make it feel shorter than its 92 minute running time it feels much much longer never a good sign for a comedy 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Joe Williams
The classroom comedy Bad Teacher could have been sent to detention for copying off of Bad Santa but it s brazenly funny in its own right until it turns into a goody two shoes 
3
Bad Teacher
James Berardinelli
The concept titillates an oversexed drug abusing foul mouthed doesn t give a s woman put in charge of a classroom but the result is drab obvious and disappointing 
2
Bad Teacher
Matt Pais
Surprisingly likable for a movie populated exclusively by idiots and jerks 
2.5
Bad Teacher
Roger Moore
Bad Teacher is a pulled punch a pot smoking kid cussing teacher copulating farce that is less than the sum of its parts 
2
Bad Teacher
Nick Schager
Vainly strives for outrageousness via dry humping nude pic blackmail scams and desperate cracks about blacks Jews and Orientals 
1.5
A Family Thing
Steve Rhodes
A poignant and beautifully life affirming film 
3
A Family Thing
Roger Ebert
As it is it s a superior entertainment warm hearted and touching and with some nice shadings in the performances 
3
A Family Thing
Susan Wloszczyna
It s likely to be overrated by some and underrated by others and both contingents will be wrong One can t however overrate the performances with auntie ruling the roost in more ways than one 
3
The Lost Son of Havana
Geoff Edgers
More than a travelogue the film tells of Tiant s two loves for his homeland and the pitcher s mound 
3
It Ain't Over
David Gonzalez
Whether you 8217 re a fan of the Yankees or baseball 44 It Ain 8217 t Over is essential viewing for any sports fan out there 46 It 8217 s a fitting tribute to one of the iconic sports figures of all time and one that 8217 s sure to create a new generation of fans 46 
3
Love Affair
David Nusair
the characters climactic meeting is strangely underwhelming 
2
The Humbling
Peter Travers
This is Pacino s best film performance in years In playing an actor who has lost the art of fooling himself he reveals with mordant wit the terrors of diminished capacity To watch him do it is a master class 
3
The Humbling
Mike McGranaghan
The Humbling is going after something interesting the idea that an actor could spend so many years in fiction that he loses his connection with reality Sadly the film fails to explore that concept to its fullest extent Plus you know Birdman 
2
The Humbling
Christy Lemire
Pacino gives a refreshingly quiet and understated performance with poignant moments of vulnerability It is the most consistent factor in a film that is frustratingly inconsistent 
2.5
The Humbling
Brad Wheeler
An unusually charming dark comedy about an actor teetering on the edges of reality fantasy and career 
3
The Humbling
Dann Gire
I am not a fan of voice over narration or of the lazy use of psychiatrists providing constant commentary on characters and their motivations This movie has both 
1.5
The Humbling
Mick LaSalle
At times The Humbling seems as though it s hovering in place with little forward movement or variation It is not at all times compelling and sometimes it s dull 
2
The Humbling
Steve Macfarlane
Philip Roth s original ending is cranked up to 11 flattening the more interesting contours of Al Pacino s performance into a martyr s desperate plea for an audience s love 
2.5
The Humbling
Rex Reed
Be forewarned It is dreadful 
1
The Humbling
Roger Moore
Fun but overlong a little too on the nose
2.5
A Room With a View
Matt Brunson
A 19 year old Helena Bonham Carter makes her striking film debut 
3
A Room With a View
Roger Ebert
It is an intellectual film but intellectual about emotions It encourages us to think about how we feel instead of simply acting on our feelings 
4
Bad Johnson
David Keyes
The premise is a whopper of a bad idea made all the more disheartening by the notion that someone thought highly enough of it to see it as a feasible outlet for movie comedy 
0.5
Bad Johnson
Odie Henderson
Why actresses take roles in dreck like this I ll never know The money must be fabulous 
1
Bad Johnson
Matt Pais
A nice romantic comedy disguised as a moronic raunch fest 
3
Bad Johnson
Kyle Smith
A buddy comedy that reeks like stale underpants 
0.5
Bad Johnson
Mike McGranaghan
The cinematic equivalent of an 11 year old boy trying to make his buddies laugh by repeating the word penis again and again 
1
Bad Johnson
Alan Jones
Huck Botko s film asks us to laugh at even revel in the misadventures of womanizing men even as it condemns them for their behavior 
.5
Attack on Titan
Mike McGranaghan
If you re a fan of hardcore bonkers cinema this needs to shoot directly to the top of your must see list 
3.5
Min Ye
Kevin B. Lee
But more than probing the societal norms that undermine his salacious couple s bid at happiness Cisse is also out to dissect the sordid relationship between storytelling and reality 
2.5
Sleepless
David Nusair
Sleepless concludes with a stirring surprising climax that effectively cements its place as an uneven yet entertaining contemporary actioner albeit one that s right in line with its equally erratic predecessor 
2.5
Sleepless
Roger Moore
Cop picture cliches in an altogether ridiculous package
1.5
Sleepless
Matt Zoller Seitz
One of those movies that needed to be a lot better or a lot worse to make much of an impression 
2
Sleepless
Mark Dujsik
T he movie almost inevitability becomes sillier and more contrived as it goes because the filmmakers have opted for more and bigger things 
2
Man Bites Dog
Tom Meek
Man Bites Dog is a deliriously sharp reflection of society s secret thirst for blood and human spectacle while hypocritically maintaining a stiff moral chin A unique one of a kind that s not for all 
3.5
Man Bites Dog
James Kendrick
a deeply compelling if ultimately confused indictment of screen violence as entertainment one that continues to shock and confound
3
The Ruins
Walter Chaw
If it could happen to these kids smart and beautiful then it sure as shit is going to happen to me 
3
The Ruins
Peter Canavese
Competent but somewhat slack modest and modestly budgeted shocker that doesn t work quite hard enough to justify its plot mechanics Blu Ray 
2
The Ruins
Lucius Gore
it s only after you ve left the theater that you realize just how totally utterly ludicrous the movie really is 
3
The Ruins
Austin Kennedy
This movie wasn t screened for critics That s too bad because this movie was surprisingly well done 
3
The Ruins
Jolene Mendez
Catch the amusing ridiculous scenes on You Tube don t waste any time or money on this film What a waste it was for me 
0
The Ruins
John Beifuss
Stripped of the novel s kudzu like excess the story loses its timeless nightmarish existential power and becomes another cautionary tale in which beautiful and privileged post 9 11 young people learn the world is no longer safe for Americans 
2
The Ruins
Greg Maki
A strong addition to a genre filled with movies that rarely receive the care that obviously went into its making 
3
The Ruins
Stephen Cole
A more than satisfactory scare fest 
2.5
The Ruins
David Nusair
one s interest tends to flag in between the appreciatively gruesome set pieces 
2.5
The Ruins
Mike McGranaghan
It s just weird the movie fixed the flaws in the book but screwed up the stuff that was most effective on the page Go figure 
2.5
The Ruins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Smith directs the movie in a completely rudimentary fashion straight out of Horror 101 
2.5
The Ruins
Josh Larsen
If you ve read The Ruins you can probably guess there will come a point at which the movie succumbs to silliness And sure enough that moment arrives 
2
The Ruins
Larry Ratliff
Finally a horror thriller that freaks you out and creeps you out without making you downshift your brain into moron mode 
3
The Ruins
Ken Fox
Whether the result of angry test audiences who don t like downbeat denouements or just another misguided improvement the new finale undoes the book s sense of terrible inexorability and relegates a promising premise to just another bloody horror movie
2
The Ruins
Philip Marchand
Moral of the story never visit an out of the way Mexican ruin covered by vines and blood red flowers that make a squeaking sound 
1.5
The Ruins
Chris Hewitt
If you re into grim relentless drama that acknowledges the grief that comes with unspeakable tragedy the recent The Descent comes to mind then you are in luck 
3.5
The Ruins
James Berardinelli
The Ruins does what a good psychological horror movie should do rely on tension rather than gore to achieve its aims 
3
The Ruins
Gene Seymour
The usual gore and gristle fare but this one serves it up with a tad more suggestiveness and smarts 
2.5
The Ruins
Wesley Morris
A surprisingly effective little horror nightmare 
3
The Ruins
Kyle Smith
When you ve got cute young tourists an exotic locale well sort of Mexico ancient Mayan hoodoo and surly peasants with machetes you expect a bit more than The Ruins gives you which is killer plants 
1.5
The Ruins
Nick Schager
The film s depiction of deteriorating under pressure group dynamics comes to an abrupt end just as it gets going
2
The Ruins
Dustin Putman
Because the film works so splendidly for so long the sole misstep that The Ruins takes is a major one ending on a note of disappointment What comes before this is superbly crafted and as tight as a vise grip worth seeing for that alone 
2.5
The Ruins
Jeff Vice
The Ruins offers further proof that what works on the printed page doesn t necessarily work on the big screen 
2
The Ruins
Rene Rodriguez
The finale of The Ruins makes the film feel like a cheap cop out a claim no one would ever make about the novel 
2.5
The Ruins
Sean P. Means
The shift from averting your eyes from the gore to rolling your eyes at the stupid dialogue is enough to give you a headache 
2
The Ruins
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a good film sometimes beautifully so and if people don t come out of this one a little shaken up and disturbed then they probably need to be checked for a pulse 
3
The Ruins
Willie Waffle
A movie that just wants to gross us out a few times and call it entertainment 
1
An Ideal Husband
Maitland McDonagh
It s lavish clever entertainment a welcome opportunity to laugh without shame 
3.5
An Ideal Husband
Michael Dequina
The exquisite teamwork and byplay make the film such a delight to watch 
3
An Ideal Husband
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Certain stretches truly sparkle but the movie is not as inventive as The Winslow Boy nor as relaxed and goofy as Midsummer night s Dream 
2.5
An Ideal Husband
Wesley Lovell
8220 An Ideal Husband 8221 is one of those rare gems that isn 8217 t seen by as many people as should see it 46 It appeals to many different kinds of people 46 46 46 
3.5
An Ideal Husband
Margaret A. McGurk
Alas something went wrong between stage and screen 
2
An Ideal Husband
Edward Guthmann
T his Husband plods and ambles and bears the burden of a soundtrack that resembles a wimpy meditation tape 
2
An Ideal Husband
Jeff Vice
W hile the cinematic version of his farce An Ideal Husband isn t too far from ideal it s almost too polite 
3
An Ideal Husband
Roger Ebert
An Ideal Husband works because Wilde created an expert mechanism kind of slow motion serious screwball comedy for manipulating the plot and characters 
3
An Ideal Husband
Steve Rhodes
Thoroughly entertaining the film moves from one scene of deliciously subtle humor to another When you re not laughing out loud you ll be grinning from ear to ear 
3.5
An Ideal Husband
James Berardinelli
An irresistible concoction of brilliant dialogue sumptuous set design top notch acting and a plot littered with Machiavellian twists 
3.5
An Ideal Husband
Wesley Morris
A film that leans so heavily on its stars that their performances are marred by their emptiness 
2
An Ideal Husband
Ian Mantgani
It kept making me wonder if I was enjoying it The frustration of this experience is that I feel guilty about not recommending it and I d feel just as guilty if I did recommend it 
2.5
An Ideal Husband
Dustin Putman
Leave it up to director Oliver Parker s An Ideal Husband based loosely on famed 19th century writer Oscar Wilde s play to prove that all a period film needs to jump vibrantly to life is a remarkable cast 
3
An Ideal Husband
David Keyes
Such an adaptation comes across effectively because the writer s topics are not limited to certain time periods 
3.5
An Ideal Husband
Gemma Files
Parker does an admirable job of translating Wilde s often static emotionally distant collection of one liners into a fairly hot morass of straitlaced morals pitted against barely repressed passions 
3
An Ideal Husband
Madeleine Williams
Don t let the period setting deceive you This is not a staid drawing rooms and tea drama Rather it s a deliriously enjoyable comedy with dashes of plots and romance 
3.5
An Ideal Husband
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Much of the four acts of An Ideal Husband a serious comedy is constructed out of flip one liners most of which remain though Parker has added a few all unworthy of the master 
3
Laurence Anyways
David Lewis
Laurence Anyways is a formidable display of French Canadian director Xavier Dolan s prodigious talents but also a case study of a young talent still finding his way to greatness He ll get there one day soon but this film doesn t quite do it 
2.5
Laurence Anyways
Farran Smith Nehme
At nearly three hours it s entirely too long needlessly padded out with an intrusive interview framing device 
2.5
Laurence Anyways
Jeff Shannon
For all of its transgender drama Laurence Anyways remains a love story pure but not so simple 
3
Laurence Anyways
Olivia Collette
It zeroes in on the impact of transgender on a relationship and tries to understand what makes two people stay together or fall apart 
3
Laurence Anyways
Chuck Bowen
It takes cojones for a filmmaker to chase Fassbinder s ghost but it takes heart and talent to damn near catch up with it 
4
Laurence Anyways
Liam Lacey
A well acted drama about two anguished lovers struggling with their own flaws and an unjust society 
2.5
Laurence Anyways
Peter Howell
The story just doesn t have the heft that its 161 minute running time implies It s about an hour longer than the story requires even for one that spans decades 
2
The Burglar
Eric Melin
An underrated and overlooked gem The Burglar is a very stylized film for a B movie Wendkos uses striking camera angles and far out set pieces to frame what is essentially a psychological story about family loyalty 
3.5
Threshold
Randy Myers
Intrepid filmmaking duo Powell Robinson and Patrick R Young pull off quite a feat with their scrappy brother sister road trip thriller 
3
Threshold
Roger Moore
This may be the slowest moving 78 minute road picture or thriller on record 
1.5
Battlefield America
Roger Moore
Watching stage parented poseurs play at being punks mugging for the camera and talking sass to every adult is not most people s idea of time well spent at the movies 
1
Battlefield America
Jeffrey Gantz
If you re looking for a tough streetwise film about urban kids who get together to enter a national hip hop dance competition Battlefield America is not your movie 
2
Battlefield America
Dustin Putman
Cringe inducing doesn t even begin to describe it 
0.5
Patience (After Sebald)
Mattie Lucas
By pairing Sebald s words with such gorgeous imagery Gee creates something deeply sublime 
3
Patience (After Sebald)
Farran Smith Nehme
Sometimes the scenery is breathtaking but more often the narration lends the landscape an interest it wouldn t otherwise have 
3
Patience (After Sebald)
Tom Keogh
A visionary composition on a series of spoken reflections about a literary work itself full of layered free association Gee s intricate prismatic film might sound as if it must be buried in abstraction 
4
Patience (After Sebald)
Kenji Fujishima
A wide ranging piece of literary criticism brought to vivid cinematic life bursting with ideas and inspired visual translations of them 
3.5
Racing Against the Clock
Frank Ochieng
an absorbing and uplifting documentary a productive exposition that deserves more than a gold medal it demands our utmost compassion and consideration 
3
Run Robot Run
Jason Anderson
Run Robot Run should reassure viewers that they need not fear the new mechanical beings who will soon be part of their lives They re better off watching out for the co workers they have right now 
2.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Mattie Lucas
Has an authenticity and sense of genuineness that is truly beautiful 
3.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Michele Kenner
a sharply drawn coming of age comedy drama 
3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Sean O'Connell
Joelsas youthful exuberance carries the movie long enough to make this Vacation a rewarding trip 
2.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Jeff Vice
Despite a few bits of low key humor and some cheeky bits the mostly charming film is actually meant to be taken seriously And there are some poignant surprisingly tender moments 
3.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Matt Brunson
Director and co writer Cao Hamburger presents all of this in such a timid and sanitized manner that one would suspect childhood wasn t a messy affair Unfortunately for Hamburger we ve all been there done that 
2
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Larry Ratliff
Their performances Michel Joelsas Daniela Piepszyk u2014 natural poignant and wide eyed about what life will serve up u2014 are things of beauty 
3.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Chris Hewitt
A Brazilian dramedy that touches on politics sex family and religion but is interested in them only to the extent that they rub off on the movie s people 
3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
John Beifuss
An utterly convincing depiction of childhood loneliness and uncertainty in a world I d never seen onscreen the Orthodox Jewish community of Sao Paulo 
3.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
John Hartl
This Brazilian coming of age drama co produced by City of God creator Fernando Meirelles charms because it rarely spells things out 
3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Rick Groen
Be patient and brace yourself for the climax the wait is definitely worthwhile 
2.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Philip Marchand
Director Cao Hamburger a Brazilian of Italian and German descent treats this development with a very light hand 
3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Michael Phillips
This 1970 set tale of a 12 year old shaped by three driving forces his country s brutal dictatorship his left wing parents disappearance and a nation s obsession with the World Cup pulls you into a well observed world and its characters 
3.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
V.A. Musetto
A pleasant mix of sentimentality and political intrigue 
3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Ken Fox
The acting is uniformly fine 
3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has little to do with any actual human experience and everything with re creating experiences from other movies 
2.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Jan Stuart
The film s final third contains a glimmer of a great movie wanting to break out 
2.5
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Nick Schager
The director s understatement is married to a story that s frustratingly unexceptional 
2
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Marta Barber
Mauro s character is underwritten but Michel Joelsas delivers a believable pained lad capable of still being a child 
2
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
James Kendrick
pure camp taken to the highest extremes with a careful and purposeful hand
3
Pervert Park
David Fear
You may leave being repulsed and repelled by them But you will walk out seeing them for better or worse as fellow human beings 
4
Pervert Park
Nick Allen
With profound results Pervert Park is eye opening about the lives of convicted sex offenders as inspired by a degree of empathy we need not be afraid of 
4
Lonesome
Roger Moore
I liked what I saw 44 I just needed to see more 46 This is a somewhat polished quot student quot level indie that runs a tad long 44 not a feature that invites us to wholly invest in the thinly sketched in characters 46 
2
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Rossiter Drake
I ve got a fever and the only prescription is more Corey 
2
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Walter Chaw
Fans of disembowelment and tits and c mon who isn t have reason to check out this Uncut version 
1.5
Harsh Times
Kam Williams
A gritty automobile intensive buddy flick rather reminiscent of director David Ayer s similarly amoral Training Day 
2
Harsh Times
Rob Thomas
The mix of black humor and pitiless drama makes for a very effective cinematic slow burn
3
Harsh Times
Steven Snyder
We don t like the view from this dark place but is that a flaw or precisely the point 
3
Harsh Times
Thomas Delapa
Bale s wild eyed menace keeps you watching for a time but by the grisly end he s just another American psycho 
1.5
Harsh Times
Linda Cook
Harsh Times is a tragedy whose finale is obvious right from the start 
2
Harsh Times
Sara Michelle Fetters
On the one hand this grinding interpersonal week in the life thriller is an energetic kick in the face a no holds barred pulp fiction reveling in personal demons muddy self destruction and the kinetic vitriol of doing things not remotely good for you 
2.5
Harsh Times
Ken Fox
Despite its flaws the cumulative effect is powerful 
3
Harsh Times
Peter Howell
Harsh Times is so into its own nihilism it sometimes forgets the humanity beneath the hurt 
2.5
Harsh Times
Chris Hewitt
Moral extremes make for an intense intelligent character study 
3
Harsh Times
John Hartl
Ayer makes his directing debut with Harsh Times which is so relentlessly grim that it occasionally goes over the top and invites derision 
2.5
Harsh Times
Ruthe Stein
For a neophyte director Ayer displays a lot of style 
3
Harsh Times
David Elliott
A buddy movie shot with artless rawness yet highly implicative about the wastage of modern street males and the sort of men cultivated by state agencies to be disposable killers Harsh Times is a B film with A level morsels 
3
Harsh Times
Terry Lawson
As well written and acted as Harsh Times may be you will be relieved when the adrenaline returns to an acceptable level 
3
Harsh Times
Pam Grady
It s the rare movie in which audience members will reverently wish for the main character s death from the very beginning 
1
Harsh Times
Stephen Whitty
It s true that we don t need to like characters for a movie to work We should however at least find them interesting 
1.5
Harsh Times
Kyle Smith
Ayer s writing is loaded with wit and malice 
3.5
Harsh Times
Jack Mathews
Though Bale has the presence of a young De Niro and the same volatile edge he s being asked here to fill out a role that doesn t ring true on any level 
2
Harsh Times
Peter Debruge
Ayer romanticizes a certain type of true grit persona and relies on actors tough enough to pull it off 
3
Harsh Times
Bruce Westbrook
It s an ugly brutal picture and it s not about times but rather timeless macho posturing run amok 
1.5
Harsh Times
Rick Groen
Harsh Times opens with a deadly nightmare and ends with a vast bloodbath in between things get a little gruesome 
2.5
Harsh Times
Jeff Vice
This scuzzy profane character piece seems like a shoddy urbanized knock off call it Low Rider Driver 
1.5
Harsh Times
Bill Zwecker
This is a powerful film that combines a number of what if situations with some true tragic moments and even a number of oddly funny situations 
3
Harsh Times
Wesley Morris
If the movie is a comment on the dire straits of our returning soldiers it s unconvincing 
1.5
Harsh Times
Sean O'Connell
Bale is more sparkler than powder keg though he s only one of many actors who give terribly overblown performances 
1
Harsh Times
Sean P. Means
Ayer piles on one incident after another of gang culture posing histrionic shouting Taxi Driver esque craziness and senseless violence all filmed in lurid smog o vision browns 
1.5
Harsh Times
Peter Canavese
It takes only a small leap of imagination to get from Jim Davis to GI Steven Green the 21 year old alleged rapist murderer men like Jim are trying to unwind from something worse than a bad day at the office 
2.5
Harsh Times
Willie Waffle
A series of great acting performances surrounded by a movie with no plot 
2.5
Harsh Times
Gene Seymour
A messy exasperating but fascinating excursion through the darker corners of neighborhoods at risk and of one man s mind 
2.5
Harsh Times
Michael Wilmington
Harsh Times is almost a good salty urban thriller 
2.5
Harsh Times
Lawrence Toppman
The film is two full hours in which literally every scene but the intriguing opening Iraq War combat shot through a rifle scope and the bloody emotionless finale is both dull and disposable 
1.5
Harsh Times
James Sanford
If you re looking for a movie that s a testament to the beauty of the human spirit don t go anywhere near Harsh Times If you like Christian Bale on the other hand you shouldn t miss it 
3
Harsh Times
Matt Pais
These are guys searching for what it means to be a man either a lover or a fighter and discovering that their friendship will never be the same 
3
Harsh Times
Josh Larsen
Any actor looking to go berserk on screen should track down filmmaker David Ayer 
2
Harsh Times
James Berardinelli
Few individuals who go off to war and experience its devastation and chaos return as the same person This factor lies at the heart of what Harsh Times illustrates 
3
Harsh Times
Steve Rhodes
A repetitive and pointless stoner comedy it s never funny interesting or even tolerable I ve rarely seen so many people checking their watches in a theater 
1
Harsh Times
Nick Schager
The only thing holding together the loopily overwrought Harsh Times is its unintentional humor 
2
Harsh Times
David Nusair
Bale delivers one of his best performances 
2.5
Cool It
Jay Antani
That this documentary is solution oriented rather than fear oriented as so many recent ones have been is itself a reason for touting it 
2.5
Cool It
John Beifuss
Fascinating but no more cinematic than an episode of Nova 
2.5
Cool It
Jennie Punter
Jam packed but never disorienting Cool It will definitely get your head spinning 
3
Cool It
Chris Foran
Unfortunately Cool It even with its better ideas too often feels like just more talking 
2.5
Cool It
Brett Michel
Lomborg might not interact with his detractors but at least he finds time for monthly visits to his Alzheimer s stricken mom 
2.5
Cool It
Robert Levin
In its own way it s no less essential a look at where we go from here than was An Inconvenient Truth 
3
Cool It
Chris Hewitt
The swift sharply edited film effectively underscores Lomborg s arguments He comes off as a modest funny guy but I d also argue his modest arguments undercut the film 
2
Cool It
Kyle Smith
It s been five years since Gore warned us that we only have 10 years to fix global warming hey Al my apartment is near the Hudson River Wanna bet it s still above water in 2015 
3.5
Cool It
Michael O'Sullivan
Some of it sounds quite frankly nuts And a few of Lomborg s enemies have said as much But throwing tons of money at the problem with little result That also sounds kind of crazy 
2.5
Cool It
Amy Biancolli
It s hard too to shake the sense that Lomborg is promoting more than just a different perspective on climate debate He s promoting his book and himself 
2.5
Cool It
Marty Mapes
Good ideas on climate change nearly drowned out by personal politics
2.5
Cool It
John Hartl
A wide ranging sometimes scattered new documentary that s positioned as a four years later answer to Al Gore s 2006 Oscar winner An Inconvenient Truth 
2.5
Cool It
Tirdad Derakhshani
Cool It offers no new insights into the internecine debates in enviro policy 
2.5
Cool It
Wesley Morris
On one level this is one filmmaker thumbing her nose at another Unfortunately a lot of what was wrong with Guggenheim s movie is wrong with Timoner s 
2.5
Cool It
Roger Moore
Fresh evidence of widening desertification and other calamities linked to climate change is ignored for a lengthy take down of Gore s admittedly specious use of Katrina as the future face of hurricanes 
2
Cool It
Nick Schager
It cogently and persuasively lays out its obvious and yet far from embraced thesis 
2.5
Tumbledown
Rob Thomas
Tumbledown is like listening to a favorite album on a cold winter s day 
3
Tumbledown
Peter Travers
First time director Sean Mewshaw and screenwriter Desi Van Til they re married have decided intriguingly to craft a movie about loss and letting go And they ve done so with uncommon humor and heart 
3
Tumbledown
Drew Lazor
Tumbledown comes up light in the categories that matter most miring a capable cast in a forced cable knit folksiness familiar to anyone who has ever watched anything set in New England 
2
Tumbledown
Sheila O'Malley
Hall and Sudeikis circle around one another warily erupting into defensiveness shutting each other out then letting each other back in There s a rhythm to it Mewshaw helps sustain that rhythm 
3
Tumbledown
Rex Reed
The two stars have charisma but not necessarily together 
2
Tumbledown
Katie Walsh
There s a relaxed and comfortable sensibility to Tumbledown which eases the conversations of death grief and legacy that it undertakes 
3.5
Tumbledown
Sara Stewart
Sudeikis often cast as genial everyman is quite good in a more prickly role and Hall brings her characteristic nuance to a smart but lost character processing the death of a partner who s mourned but misunderstood by legions of fans 
3
The Best Is Yet To Come
Barry Hertz
As a procedural it s a fine enough two hour distraction you just cannot help but imagine what someone like Jia would have done with the material 
2
The Big Kahuna
David Nusair
worth watching just for the performances 
2.5
The Big Kahuna
Lou Lumenick
Definitely worth a look 
2.5
The Big Kahuna
Fiona Ng
John Swanbeck has made a notable debut with The Big Kahuna 
0
The Big Kahuna
Michael Dequina
Not exactly the most promising jumping off point for an exciting thought provoking drama but that s exactly what the film evolves into 
3
The Big Kahuna
Mike Gregory
Revolving around three characters in a hotel room this modest yet engaging film tackles the big issues life death religion with enough humor and insight to overcome its familiar setup 
2.5
The Big Kahuna
Ross Anthony
If we ve all got something to sell what parts do character and integrity play in our occupational goals Interviews 
3
The Big Kahuna
Roger Ebert
Sharp edged perfectly timed funny and thoughtful 
3.5
The Big Kahuna
Bob Graham
What a charge it is to see the way these three actors get loose and play off each other 
3
The Big Kahuna
Rob Blackwelder
Spacey and DeVito deliver such layered perceptive and detailed performances that their mere presence raises the picture to a recommendable level 
2.5
The Big Kahuna
Susan Stark
The destination is well worth the sometimes baffling and tedious journey 
3
Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Matt Brunson
It s an effective bit of Hammer horror boasting the expected atmospherics period trappings literary conceits and yes buxom beauties 
3
Le Grand Voyage
Ed Gonzalez
Old man good young man bad I get it already 
2
Otter 501
Peter Hartlaub
The stars of the film are so entertaining the tricks seem superfluous Sometimes all you need are otters 
2
Rocketship X-M
Matt Brunson
Too many arid stretches tarnish this otherwise sturdy tale 
2
I Just Didn't Do It
Nick Schager
Righteously infuriating in its comprehensive portrait of a system that values public approval ratings and a high conviction rate above the truth 
3.5
Dance of the Dead
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Never forgets its audience s sensibilities and makes for some truly great Halloween festivities 
3
Blackmale
Michael Dequina
The film s final twist is not only easy to predict it s aggravating 
1.5
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty
Roger Moore
The characters are just sketched in and the performances don t add much to those sketches 
1.5
Pépé le moko
Steven Snyder
am most amazed at how well it has survived the test of time 
4
Pépé le moko
James Kendrick
the film that made consummate French actor Jean Gabin a star
4
Pépé le moko
Joe Leydon
An irresistibly entertaining drama of dreamy doom laden romantic fatalism a vividly atmospheric film noir years before noir was cool 
3.5
Pépé le moko
Mick LaSalle
The French original has it all over on the Hollywood version in the way it conveys atmosphere 
4
Pépé le moko
Pam Grady
Retains its power to amuse and enthrall 65 years after its debut 
3.5
Pépé le moko
Ty Burr
Pepe le Moko made in 1937 begins with that tinny swooning French soundtrack music that conjures up European movies before the war but it isn t until a few minutes later that you realize you re in for something special 
4
Pépé le moko
David Elliott
Excitingly filmed with North African footage mixed with superb sets 
4
Pépé le moko
Michael Wilmington
A timeless romantic thriller that steeps us in one of those great artificial movie worlds that become more overpowering than reality itself 
4
The Palm Beach Story
Lou Lumenick
This might not be the funniest film of Sturges brilliant 40s heyday The Miracle of Morgan s Creek or the most subversively romantic The Lady Eve or the best made Sullivan s Travels but it s definitely a censor baiting treat 
4
The Palm Beach Story
Eric Melin
It s about as breezy carefree and anarchic as romantic comedies get Full of absurd comedic digressions and bookends that still don t quite make sense this eccentric road trip comedy would likely never get made in today s Hollywood climate 
3.5
The Palm Beach Story
James Kendrick
one of the outright funniest movies of its era a veritable parade of wicked rapid dialogue absurdist narrative loops and socially subversive attitude
3.5
Creep
Frank Ochieng
an edge of your seat chiller that does not necessarily need to overwhelm the audience s nervous system with grotesque tactics of torture to bring along the bloody chase of a detached thrill 
3
Creep
David Nusair
The chilling final stretch ultimately confirms Creep s place as a better than average horror effort 
3
Creep
James Kendrick
a just clever enough found footage horror film whose primary asset is not its jump scares or even its mounting sense of dread but rather its macabre sense of black humor which keeps you constantly ill at ease
3
Where the Lilies Bloom
Peter Canavese
A slightly corny YA story 40 written by Earl Hamner 44 Jr 46 44 music by Earl Scruggs 41 but it makes for a comfortingly old fashioned 44 G rated happy sad movie 46 
3
Machuca
Marta Barber
Though the film would benefit from further cuts Machuca still manages to convey the frailty of convictions and the difficulties of growing up be it a child or a nation 
2.5
Machuca
Ted Fry
Thanks to a pristine eye for period detail and strong acting skills by the entire cast there s no need for the script to press any points 
3
Machuca
Michael Wilmington
A fine exciting film that makes a bloody historical event live all over again by showing it through the eyes of children on the edges of the conflict 
3.5
Machuca
Phil Villarreal
Wood is content to pace his film with a methodic leisure that both suits his tone and stretches his story a bit thin 
3
Machuca
Ty Burr
The film has an unerring eye for time and place that s counterbalanced by an overly passive if sympathetic central character 
3
Machuca
Jonathan Curiel
It s a sensitively wrought work that reveals a time in Chile when class differences were both ignored and emphasized depending on your perspective 
4
Machuca
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has moments of vivid clarity and power mixed randomly with clunky samples of other coming of age films 
2.5
Machuca
David Elliott
As perceptive about youth as were the French New Wave films and in its wide sympathy and honest outrage extends some of the rich implications of The Motorcycle Diaries 
3.5
Machuca
Timothy Knight
A remarkable and compelling film you won t soon forget 
3.5
Machuca
Karen Heller
Machuca is sweet poignant and winningly evocative of the period though occasionally dogged by predictable scenarios and caricatures 
3
Machuca
Russell Scott Smith
Grabs our hearts by lingering over details of the trio s friendship 
3.5
Machuca
Jack Mathews
An astonishingly intimate and painful coming of age story 
3.5
Machuca
Ed Gonzalez
Like John Boorman s Hope and Glory Machuca conflates a boy s coming of age with a country s social upheavals 
3.5
Miguel's War
Shane Slater
At times frustrating but always rooted in relatable honesty 
2.5
The Quiet
Kam Williams
What on the surface initially seems like your typical bitchy blonde versus ostracized newcomer teensploit is merely this taut psychological thriller s point of departure for the exploration of a more sobering set of circumstances 
2.5
The Quiet
Forrest Hartman
Starts with an overwritten voice over and ends with events so baffling as to seem satirical 
1
The Quiet
Jeanne Aufmuth
Pretentious and pointless take a pass 
1
The Quiet
James Berardinelli
One strength of The Quiet is that it does not deal exploitatively with the incest sexual abuse issue in its quest to generate tension 
3
The Quiet
Thomas Delapa
Babbit starts with loud caricature and lathers on a lecherous tone with a lesbian subtext 
1
The Quiet
John Beifuss
The latest example of a creepy new subgenre the Sundance exploitation film 
1
The Quiet
Dustin Putman
An uncomfortable and disturbing portrait of lives in disarray each one being hidden by a veneer of faux normalcy within the external world 
2.5
The Quiet
Sean O'Connell
How can a movie structured around incest murder parental alcoholism underage fornication and overt flirting between same sex cheerleaders be so bland frigid and hopelessly lifeless 
1
The Quiet
Janos Gereben
The Quiet however much it may hold you through most of the story will leave you at the end stunned by the realization you have just wasted 96 precious minutes of your presumably not unlimited lifespan 
2.5
The Quiet
Susan Walker
The exposition is so heavy handed the producers might just as well distribute a printed handout to hapless ticket buyers 
1.5
The Quiet
Jeff Shannon
Bordering on camp and loaded with lesbian undertones this wretched drama plays like a high school horror flick that trades monsters and mayhem for an overdose of force fed cruelty 
1.5
The Quiet
Ruthe Stein
A creepy family drama that reeks of pretentiousness 
1
The Quiet
David Elliott
A sauced teaser that skims Freudian depths it doesn t begin to fathom 
1
The Quiet
Bruce Westbrook
The film s focus shouldn t be Dot Camilla Belle a deaf mute and orphaned teen It should be her new family of suburbanites sliding into hell 
1.5
The Quiet
Rick Groen
Characters already too wicked to be credible start doing stuff simply too stupid to be believed with no help from a cast way too overmatched to be useful 
1.5
The Quiet
Terry Lawson
A drama that all but begs to have its earnestness called into question 
1
The Quiet
Jeff Vice
While it almost takes on a campy air distasteful subject matter prevents it from being little more than exploitative nonsense 
1
The Quiet
Michael Booth
Sometimes a movie is so repulsive and devoid of redeeming material that afterward you re certain it doesn t deserve to exist 
0
The Quiet
Richard Roeper
It s a complete fraud that never feels the least bit authentic in its efforts to titillate and shock 
1.5
The Quiet
Wesley Morris
The Quiet is in such bad taste that it s a shame the thriller doesn t make a better bad movie 
1
The Quiet
Sean P. Means
If it were a little bit worse it could be a camp classic As it is this movie is just a snooze 
1.5
The Quiet
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film could have been re jiggered as a psychotic after school special straightforward without all the so called twists that seem to be a requirement of thrillers today 
2
The Quiet
Mary-Liz Shaw
The direction by Jamie Babbit a young filmmaker who has done mostly television dramas is sure and close in a modern noir way 
2.5
The Quiet
Chris Hewitt
The Quiet doesn t have the wit of American Beauty and in fact what s most interesting about it is its weirdly blank haziness 
2.5
The Quiet
Steven Rea
Trapped between edgy art flick and exploitation psychothriller The Quiet manages to be neither and manages to be pretty awful in the bargain 
1.5
The Quiet
Mary F. Pols
It teeters between being a campy horror film a dark comedy and a sleazy Wild Things style teen sexfest 
1
The Quiet
Lawrence Toppman
Babbit clumsily underlines emotional moods 
1
The Quiet
Michael Wilmington
Sheer punishment to watch 
1
The Quiet
Matt Pais
I do not say this quietly Save your money 
1
The Quiet
Phil Villarreal
Babbit overplays her hand heavily hinting at every mystery and by the midpoint the film is just a long dive into the inevitable 
2
The Quiet
Frank Ochieng
Babbit basically waltzes through this mundane material without so much a titillating revelation that feels grounded in substantial decadence 
2
The Quiet
Stephen Whitty
Falls back on angsty adolescent clichés about how sick and shallow suburbia is It may be sometimes But it s still not quite as sick and shallow as this 
1.5
The Quiet
Walter Chaw
The world s most inappropriate Harlequin romance novel a heavy breather of a potboiler for Judy Blume s audience of babysitters and old men in long coats 
1
The Quiet
Ken Fox
An unconvincing and uninvolving psychological thriller about the ugly reality festering behind the pristine façade of a respectable upper middle class family 
2
The Quiet
Gary Goldstein
The Quiet s attractive young cast erotically charged dialogue and occasional chills make the movie a whole lot kickier than might be expected 
3
The Quiet
Lou Lumenick
A repugnant little indie black comedy poorly acted in hideous looking digital video guaranteed to send audiences fleeing for the nearest shower 
1
The Quiet
Jack Mathews
A screamingly bad melodrama whose message seems to be that people who think they re talking to a deaf person admit things they wouldn t admit to themselves Silence please 
1.5
The Quiet
Peter Canavese
Meanders at times and stretches credibility but The Quiet s creepy character study reaches an emotionally satisfying conclusion 
2.5
The Quiet
Gene Seymour
Babbit s flair for menace and allure can t be dismissed nor can the magnetism of Cuthbert and Belle 
2.5
The Quiet
Steve Rhodes
Needs more sleaze 
2
The Quiet
Ed Gonzalez
The Quiet s sense of disquiet feels unintentional suggesting behind the scenes conflict 
2
The Quiet
David Nusair
plays out like a subpar movie of the week 
2
Derailed
David Nusair
a perpetually watchable yet undeniably generic thriller that benefits from its raft of compelling plot twists and relatively engaging performances 
3
Derailed
Todd Hertz
What finally derails the movie is that it thinks it s a lot smarter than it is 
2
Derailed
Forrest Hartman
Derailed s primary strength a topsy turvy plot that will keep viewers guessing is also its main weakness While the story developments are exciting and often surprising most are based on Clive Owen s character making the stupidest possible
2.5
Derailed
Sara Michelle Fetters
But beginning to end this is Clive Owen s show and the man who should have been James Bond dominates the screen like a Bengal Tiger slowly sharpening his claws 
2.5
Derailed
James Berardinelli
Yet another in the seemingly endless line of stupid generic thrillers that Hollywood foists upon the movie going public 
1.5
Derailed
David N. Butterworth
Hitchcock did this sort of thing much much better of course But Derailed s strangers on a train are still worth your nine bucks or so 
2.5
Derailed
Peter Debruge
All of Owen s problems would go away if he just went to the police 
1
Derailed
Jonathan R. Perry
Derailed is an uncomfortably appropriate title for an intriguing look at consequences of adultery hijacked by a crime thriller that s not as clever as it thinks it is 
2.5
Derailed
Larry Ratliff
Jennifer Aniston busy since Friends waved goodbye and her marriage to Brad Pitt hit the skids is plenty convincing as the mysterious Lucinda 
3
Derailed
Thomas Delapa
Sidetracked by a slew of unbelievable coincidences When the going gets tough Aniston looks as out of place as a Prada bag on the south side of Chicago 
1.5
Derailed
Linda Cook
What a perfect name for a train wreck of a movie 
0
Derailed
John Beifuss
Arriving only weeks after A History of Violence the film s agenda seems especially spurious 
2
Derailed
Christian Toto
Derailed could send Miss Aniston s film career off the rails
2
Derailed
Dustin Putman
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the genre who is paying attention will be able to guess almost from the start where things are headed 
2
Derailed
Steve Rhodes
A satisfyingly cheesy thriller 
3
Derailed
Ruthe Stein
Derailed has a ludicrous script whose twists and turns are laughably obvious or just plain laughable 
1
Derailed
John Hartl
As long as Clive Owen is on his own solving problems and planning revenge Derailed is a reasonably gripping thriller 
2.5
Derailed
Chris Hewitt
The twist in Derailed is so obvious it s not even a twist More like a tw 
2
Derailed
Peter Howell
They Never Saw It Coming teases the poster for Derailed and you have to wonder if blindness is now a prerequisite for Hollywood characters 
2
Derailed
Maitland McDonagh
Derailed pivots on the kind of big twist that thriller fans will see coming when there s still plenty of time to get off the tracks 
2
Derailed
David Elliott
Mikael Hafstrom s film is rancid pulp that dares to invoke family values and use a sick child for sympathy 
2
Derailed
Carla Meyer
Derailed is ugly and predictable when it should be sexy and sophisticated 
1.5
Derailed
Josh Larsen
By its finale the movie has teetered over from film noir update to slasher flick 
1.5
Derailed
Timothy Knight
Known most for his 2003 Oscar nominated Foreign Language Film Evil Hafstrom does no more than a perfunctory job of guiding his attractive stars through the overly methodical paces of Derailed which builds to an implausible climax 
2
Derailed
Kyle Smith
Derailed is a choo choo bound for oblivion and making no stops for plausibility along the way 
.5
Derailed
Jack Mathews
Like a runaway train the movie hurtles over the tracks so fast you can barely keep up with the incongruities 
2
Derailed
Connie Ogle
You d have to have been frozen in an Arctic ice block with no access to cable TV not to know exactly what s coming 
2
Derailed
Glenn Whipp
Derailed is an Adrian Lyne morality thriller without the sex or the sheen 
1
Derailed
Amy Biancolli
Derailed is one of those thrillers that makes you wish the main characters watched more thrillers because then they wouldn t act like chumps 
1.5
Derailed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doesn t completely jump the tracks but it spends most of its time searching for a groove and never finding it 
2
Derailed
Liam Lacey
Derailed is just entertaining enough if you approach it with appropriately low expectations 
2.5
Derailed
Terry Lawson
What we can t quite get our head around is the fact that as urbane and smart as Charles would seem to be he doesn t appear to have ever seen even one film noir movie 
2
Derailed
Michael Booth
Shot without visual style sharp dialogue or discernible logic the movie seems to be riding entirely on the star power of Aniston Clive Owen and the boastful Weinsteins 
1.5
Derailed
Randy Myers
Derailed should have received a one way ticket to the direct to video bin stacked next to Cruel Intentions 3 
0
Derailed
Roger Ebert
Derailed doesn t hold up At the end we want more or less or different 
2.5
Derailed
Lawrence Toppman
Derailed lives down to its title almost immediately 
1.5
Derailed
Kevin Courrier
Derailed ends up so frantic that every dramatic curve ball it fires at the audience turns into a cliché heading straight down the heart of the plate 
1.5
Derailed
Ty Burr
Derailed is a tawdry predictable hunk of movie headcheese 
2
Derailed
Jeffrey Westhoff
This is a railroad to nowhere 
1.5
Derailed
Sean P. Means
Owen s character is only slightly smarter than a tree stump and watching him enter a battle of wits unarmed isn t much fun for the audience 
2
Derailed
Walter Chaw
Dozens of inept thrillers are churned out every year only a few are ever this simpering 
0
Derailed
Dan Fienberg
Derailed is that kind of semi hypocritical drama that studios loved to make with Michael Douglas a decade or two ago Only not as good 
1.5
Derailed
Willie Waffle
Derailed is one of the biggest surprises of the year
3
Derailed
Chuck O'Leary
The Weinstein s new company gets off to a good if unspectacular start with this solidly efficient thriller 
3
Derailed
Mike Clark
Drawn out clunky and uneasily acted as well as exasperating 
1.5
Derailed
Steven Rea
If Deceived was Hitchcock Lite Derailed is Extra Lite there s no caloric content whatsoever 
2
Derailed
Duane Dudek
Anyone in the mood to play Pin the Tail on the Genre stands a good chance of beating Derailed at its own game before the first reel unspools 
2
Derailed
Bruce Newman
As a thriller Derailed proceeds with the same unearned swagger as a bad magic act revealing its astonishments to the evident surprise of the filmmakers alone 
1.5
Derailed
Allison Benedikt
In the vast world of ludicrous plots and the vaster world of ludicrous plots for thrillers starring handsome celebrities Derailed rings almost logical 
2.5
Derailed
Jan Stuart
A cagey tough as nails thriller that makes up in swagger and star wattage what it may lack in surprise 
3
Derailed
Phil Villarreal
It s de rail thing baby 
3
Derailed
Nick Schager
A faux noir with Fatal Attraction shadings that remains doggedly faithful to Hollywood s preference for narrative orderliness and optimism 
2
Derailed
Peter Travers
Hafstrom is hamstrung by a Stuart Beattie script that telegraphs all its surprises and by two mismatched miscast stars 
2
Momentum
Katie Walsh
Momentum is just that a whole lot of forward motion without much to back it up or a compelling destination 
1
Momentum
Sara Stewart
Crammed with leaden dialogue and predictable plot turns 
1
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Marta Barber
A provocative documentary on a life that could easily be described as a moving train 
3
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Jonathan Curiel
Finally a documentary about one of America s most important academics 
3
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Chris Hewitt
Compassion is a word the man himself uses a lot and it s what makes the film so invigorating Ending the movie with eloquent words about how to live a hopeful life he is 82 and he continues to fight for what he believes in 
3
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Rob Thomas
They generally sit back and let the genial even cheerful Zinn tell his story 
3
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Steven Rea
A thinker and an educator Zinn has led a life of commitment and compassion and the film offers a loving tribute 
3.5
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s the subject himself still brimming with passion in his 80s who provides the most inspiring moments 
2.5
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Lou Lumenick
Deb Ellis and Dennis Mueller s tight and deceptively low key documentary lets the subject eloquently speak for himself 
3
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
John Anderson
A decently executed but rather formulaic treatment of a life that s been anything but 
2.5
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
David Sterritt
Thoughtful exciting moving 
4
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Wesley Morris
A brisk introductory documentary that makes a useful omnibus profile of the antiwar activist historian and author of A People s History of the United States 
3
Savage Island
Walter Chaw
A statement about man culture and how they don t often make em like they used to 
3
Nerdland
Rob Thomas
It s hard not to get your hopes up while seeing the names in the credits including Paul Rudd Patton Oswalt Hannibal Buress and Kate Micucci But those hopes get dashed fast and hard 
1
City of the Walking Dead
Eric Henderson
Both the crypto zombies of Nightmare City and the film itself are fast paced sons of bitches without so much as a whisper of a thought inside their heads 
2.5
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Steve Rhodes
It has made several lists as one of the greatest movies of all time It is easy to see why 
4
Gozu
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Many times it s just a rambling and incoherent mess without a point in sight 
2
Gozu
Paul Doro
How refreshing it is to see a movie even an imperfect one that is completely unpredictable and astonishingly bizarre 
2.5
Gozu
Phil Villarreal
Starts off making almost no sense and becomes less and less logical the longer it plays 
1
Gozu
Jeff Shannon
An undisciplined mess 
1
Gozu
G. Allen Johnson
For Miike freaks only and you know who you are Everyone else Stay far far away 
0
Gozu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m not sure what it really is about but it s one hell of a ride 
3
Gozu
Peter Canavese
The absurdist staging suggests a kind of magic surrealism Miike literally turns homosexual panic inside out 
3.5
Gozu
David Nusair
I don t object to the oddities that Miike s populated his film with no the reason Gozu fails is because it s a bore plain and simple 
1
Gozu
Ty Burr
Not your average midnight movie but something more hermetic 
3
Gozu
Bob Strauss
This is the strongest stuff for film extremists who ve just gotta have it 
3
Gozu
James Verniere
Miike is quite a find especially since Lynch has slowed down in recent years 
3.5
Gozu
V.A. Musetto
Miike is at the top of his game loving every minute of his surreal visit to the twilight zone 
3.5
Gozu
Elizabeth Weitzman
Having challenged his audience with ultraviolent movies Japanese shockmeister Takashi Miike throws us for a real loop with a screwball comedy Granted we re talking about a guy who considers squashed puppies hilarious 
2.5
Gozu
Ed Gonzalez
Unlike Ichi the Killer and the considerably shorter Visitor Q Gozu s random acts of hysteria don t seem to add up to anything 
2.5
Philomena
Brian Eggert
The restrained realism and depth of the melodrama are perfectly balanced 44 altogether avoiding what could have easily become schmaltzy 46 
3
Philomena
Mattie Lucas
Director Stephen Frears overplays his hand occasionally but the film is balanced by some fine performances and a delicate script by Coogan 
3
Philomena
Brad Keefe
I d be a grouch to call the two leads anything but delightful and they both stretch in directions you mightn t expect 
3
Philomena
James Kendrick
Equal parts uplifting tearjerker odd couple comedy and righteous screed against abuse of power in the name of religion
3
Philomena
Kam Williams
As much a poignant meditation on motherhood lost as a searing indictment of the Catholic Church s antiquated attitude about what might be in the best interests of an adopted child 
4
Philomena
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very nicely balanced and unexpectedly moving 
3
Philomena
Kam Williams
As much a poignant meditation on motherhood lost as a searing indictment of the Catholic Church s antiquated attitude about what might be in the best interests of an adopted child 
4
Philomena
Sean P. Means
Dame Judi Dench gives a warm and compelling performance in Philomena a fact based drama of maternal love and eternal regrets 
3
Philomena
Michael Smith
Philomena is a marvelous little movie a heartwarming drama with plenty of comedic pathos that features Judi Dench an incredibly bright quickwitted woman playing a simple Irish woman who doesn t get the jokes of her traveling companion 
3
Philomena
Liam Lacey
What at first seems formulaic comedy gains a deeper resonance as we see how they represent two responses to cruelty and injustice first outrage and with time eventually forgiveness 
3
Philomena
Lori Hoffman
A story of heartbreak told in the form of an endearing road trip Philomena allows Judi Dench to prove once again that she is a cinematic treasure 8233 
3
Philomena
David Nusair
It s an inherently intriguing setup that s employed to consistently watchable effect by director Stephen Frears 
3
Philomena
Josh Larsen
Whenever things get too didactic Coogan s solemn presence helps the picture regain its balance 
3
Philomena
Scott Nash
A small film that deserves a large audience 
3.5
Philomena
Linda Cook
The true story of Philomena hits so close to my own past that I couldn t leave the theater without tears 
4
Philomena
Perry Seibert
it s a ceaselessly entertaining film because Dench and Coogan are playing fully realized characters and share a unique comedic chemistry 
4
Philomena
John Serba
Although it s a clich to stage a road trip plot with an odd couple like Dench and Coogan there s more to their comical bickering than witnessed at first blush 
3.5
Philomena
John Beifuss
Charming yet tough and not blinkered by its own good intentions Philomena is an ideal vehicle for the beloved Judi Dench 
3
Philomena
Michael Dequina
Makes me clamor for a Dame Judi Dench Martin Lawrence buddy film now 
3
Philomena
Peter Howell
Even as Philomena embraces the expected feel good dynamics it avoids taking the usual path and doesn t paint all of the evil nuns with the same brush 
3
Philomena
Jocelyn Noveck
We wouldn t care about any of this if the performances were weak But both actors find complexity and depth 
3.5
Philomena
Ann Hornaday
At its core this clever wrenching profound story underscores the tenacity of faith in the face of unfathomable cruelty 
3.5
Philomena
Bill Zwecker
Director Steven Frears deserves special mention A lesser filmmaker could so easily have turned this project into mushy sentimental junk The tear jerking moments here are heartfelt and real It s the kind of filmmaking we see too little of today 
3.5
Philomena
Steven Rea
A true story that takes unexpected unusually poignant turns 
3.5
Philomena
Mark Dujsik
Both of these characters are realized and performed so well that one would be hard pressed to definitively say whose story this actually is 
3
Philomena
Mick LaSalle
Go beyond the manner of its telling and you find a story of cruelty and evil of shocking acts committed under a veneer of civility and sanctity 
3
Philomena
Duane Dudek
Philomena is a remarkable story told unremarkably 
3
Philomena
Ty Burr
Philomena is a tearjerker of rare honesty and craft 
3.5
Philomena
Moira MacDonald
An utterly charming combination of road trip odd couple comedy and heart touching true story that will leave few dry eyed Philomena rests comfortably in the lap of the great Judi Dench 
4
Philomena
Peter Canavese
Though Coogan s the avowed funnyman twinkly eyed Dench makes beautiful comic music with him ironically as a woman whose sense of humor is lacking and though Dame Judi s the classically trained tragedian Coogan holds his own when matters get serious 
3
Philomena
Chris Hewitt
Simultaneously comforting and challenging this slightly old fashioned comedy drama is not like any other movie in theaters 
3
Philomena
Connie Ogle
Much of the beauty of Philomena which was directed by Stephen Frears The Queen lies in its odd couple characters and the superb actors portraying them 
3
Philomena
Loey Lockerby
The spotlight shines on the script and characters and Frears couldn t have two better collaborators 
3
Philomena
Joe Williams
Dench Coogan and sure handed director Stephen Frears The Queen keep the focus on character and in Philomena they ve got an earthbound angel 
3
Philomena
Matt Pais
Is Philomena a good movie or a very good movie Tough call Let s say somewhere in between 
3
Philomena
James Berardinelli
It s simple and well told although nothing about it is breathtakingly original 
3
Philomena
Kenneth R. Morefield
There s probably not an adjective in the thesaurus that hasn t been deservedly laid at Dench s feet and Coogan is right there with her 
4
Philomena
Stephen Whitty
Coogan was raised Catholic and the hypocrisies and horrors of this story clearly hit him in the way they can only strike those who still remember weekly confession fish on Fridays and kneeling unquestioningly at the altar rail 
3
Philomena
Susan Wloszczyna
Most of its pleasures come from the way it confounds expectations 
3.5
Philomena
Claudia Puig
Judi Dench brings the Irish born Philomena to life with good humor and dignity It s a wonderfully memorable performance by one of the acting world s greats 
3
Philomena
Kyle Smith
A witless bore about a ninny and a jerk having one of those dire heavily staged only in movies odd couple road trips 
1
Philomena
Peter Travers
It s Dench showing how faith and hellraising can reside in the same woman who makes Philomena moving and memorable 
3
Philomena
Rex Reed
One of the most eloquent powerful and perfect movies I have ever seen 
4
Philomena
Roger Moore
Standard issue little old lady tour de force for Oscar winner Judi Dench but a delicious change of pace for cynical snarky funnyman Steve Coogan 
3.5
Philomena
Jesse Cataldo
A human interest story that claims spite for human interest stories the film has some pretty divisive issues at its core that leave it torn between contrasting approaches 
2
Undercover Blues
David Nusair
Tucci s go for broke presence alone justifies the picture s very existence 
2.5
Undercover Blues
Robert Roten
Undercover Blues is one of the best comedies I have seen in a long time 
3
Undercover Blues
Chris Hicks
Some of this is funny but too much tends to fall flat 
2.5
Undercover Blues
Steve Rhodes
Buy some tickets and give them to your worst enemies 
0.5
Undercover Blues
James Berardinelli
This empty headed comedy revels in its own admitted idiocy 
2
Baby Boom
Matt Brunson
While not the most financially successful of the rash of baby flicks to emerge from Hollywood during the late apos 80s 40 that would be Three Men and a Baby 41 44 it was arguably the best 46 
3
Baby Boom
Dave Kehr
Shyer s direction of actors rises instantly to a level of cartoonish hysteria and descends only for occasional wet bursts of sentimentality 
2
Baby Boom
Kathleen Carroll
The script is too coy and calculating But watching Keaton romp through Baby Boom is a special treat 
3.5
Baby Boom
Hal Lipper
Keaton redeems Baby Boom from the clutches of 40s romantic comedy banality 
2
Baby Boom
Michael Sragow
Nothing in this pseudo comedy which resembles episodes from three different sitcoms strung together remotely approximates real life 
1.5
Baby Boom
Bill Cosford
It s a big bundle of fluff you don t know whether to sit there and watch or charge the screen and tickle its itsy nose but it s power fluff 
2.5
Baby Boom
TV Guide Staff
While the script is often trite Keaton turns in her best comic performance since MANHATTAN 
2
Baby Boom
David Nusair
a wholeheartedly underwhelming bit of 80s nostalgia 
2
Baby Boom
Roger Ebert
Baby Boom makes no effort to show us real life It is a fantasy about mothers and babies and sweetness and love with just enough wicked comedy to give it an edge 
3
The Conqueror Worm
Matt Brunson
Price is superb as real life witchhunter Matthew Hopkins and writer director Michael Reeves pulls no punches with this absorbing material 
3.5
The Conqueror Worm
Lucius Gore
With no supernatural elements to speak of it is as much an historical drama as a horror film 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
David Nusair
a watchable and impressively faithful adaptation that never quite becomes as captivating or engrossing as one might ve hoped 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Namrata Joshi
This time the adventures of the world s most famous young wizard come mixed with a stiff dose of the menacing 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Matt Soergel
Have no fear you legions of Potter fans Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a solid step forward in the movie adaptations of J K Rowling s much read novels 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Kleinschrodt
Although it s unlikely to make converts of the uninitiated fans of the series and its characters will find the movie to be a worthy entry 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Roger Moore
It s not all bad But there are wasted senseless scenes of characters about to head to the Quidditch pitch for a game that doesn t happen and time eating speeches about how This could mean the end of Hogwarts Crikey again 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Dequina
Everything about The Sorcerer s Stone pretty much applies to the adaptation of the second novel in the series 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Wesley Lovell
The exciting second chapter in the Harry Potter chronicle that in many ways surpasses the original 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Joe Lozito
Though these films are trifles they are at least high quality trifles 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Scott Nash
This second effort is even better than the first go around 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Judith Egerton
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets satisfies as a film adaptation but it doesn t cast as enchanting a spell as the first movie 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Nick Rogers
The franchise is showing no fear at exploring the novels apos darker moments 44 but needs to judiciously pare down the time it takes for the lights to come up 46 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Sara Michelle Fetters
Blood is splattered on walls pre teen students are turned to stone a Poltergeist ian tree tries to smash our heroes spiders rampage across the Dark Forest and a giant snake cruises menacingly through dank catacombs 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Howard Karren
The humor and the villainy have bite the acting has conviction the effects look far less cheesy and the storytelling actually conveys the imagination and emotional power of Rowling s prose 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jorge Avila Andrade
Llena de accin aventuras magia e imaginacin que en muchos aspectos supera a su predecesora 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jeff Strickler
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets works the kind of magic that Hollywood rarely displays It s a sequel that s better than the original 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kevin A. Ranson
the script is tight enough and moves along with such blazing speed that it suffers from the only failing grace of the original did can audience members who haven t read the books keep up 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Steven Snyder
The Chamber of Secrets while more visually striking and entertaining still suffers from many of the same problems that plagued The Sorcerer s Stone 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
David N. Butterworth
Slick and sophisticated if same y 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jonathan R. Perry
Where the first film was the exposition the follow up is the reward taking our heroes on a darker more rewarding journey as we watch them deepen and mature with time 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ian Mantgani
I stopped thinking about how good it all was and started doing nothing but reacting to it feeling a part of its grand locations thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness gasping at its visual delights 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
James Kendrick
Chris Columbus shortcomings in ingenuity and imagination don t seem terribly detrimental since the material he s working with is so infused with magic and wit
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Frank Ochieng
This second succulent serving of Harry Potter may be all over the map like a feeble minded person looking for interstate highway directions but it does lend itself to do what it s suppose to do whisk diehard moviegoers away to another dynamic dimension
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Emily Blunt
The special effects enchant all no matter what your age 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jules Brenner
Grab a broomstick and sail along for the ride 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mike McGranaghan
This is a vastly superior movie capturing all the things that I felt were missing from the first 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Szymanski
The second chapter of the Harry Potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mark Ramsey
These Potter kids have grown up a lot in one year At this rate their next adventure will be Harry Potter and the Octogenarian s Enlarged Prostate 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mark Dujsik
Now that s more like it 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a solid work it s effortlessly entertaining generously faithful to J K Rowling s book and thrilling 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Claudia Puig
Just as there is more magic conjured up in Chamber of Secrets the book Chamber of Secrets the movie weaves a more powerful spell over its audience 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Angel Cohn
Chris Columbus makes the novel s transformation into a big budget feature look effortless and the film s darker tone is more satisfying than that of the first a somewhat forced happy ending notwithstanding 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harvey S. Karten
The best blend of human activity with computer animation since Who Framed Roger Rabbit 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Todd Anthony
This time out director Chris Columbus waves his wand in all the right directions The funny scenes are funnier The scary scenes are scarier 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Moira MacDonald
No sequelitis here kids and grown ups this franchise is alive and well 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mick LaSalle
Just as often the film is as monotonous and despair inducing as three hours on an airplane with nothing to read but the in flight magazine 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
David Elliott
While one of 2001 s most generous pleasures might merit a less industrially mounted successor than this a vivid link is forged to No 3 in 2004 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Joe Baltake
The Godfather II of family films 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Peter Travers
Once again director Chris Columbus takes a hat in hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Gary Brown
Doesn t dally around and far more action packed than the first 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Connie Ogle
While it still falls short of becoming the classic fans so badly want it to be the film is livelier and better overall than The Sorcerer s Stone mostly because J K Rowling got all that tiresome exposition over with the first time out 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Bob Strauss
Although very much like the first movie based on J K Rowling s phenomenal fantasy best sellers this second go round possesses a quite pleasing headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Susan Stark
Dark resonant inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jeff Vice
So so entertainment 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Steven Rosen
Not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry but the film conjures the magic of author J K Rowling s books 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lawrence Toppman
The weakest of the four Harry Potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ty Burr
Entertaining and moves nimbly enough to keep your way back seat from turning to stone 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Forrest Hartman
Just as Harry and friends are fighting the forces of darkness the film s great elements are struggling toward the spotlight 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Linda Cook
It s well spellbinding 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Margaret A. McGurk
Overall the movie feels brighter smarter and sleeker than the first 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Barry Paris
The kids will be just as wild about Harry the second time around but adults had better be ready to take the multiple choice quiz in advance 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Rick Groen
Two and a half hours of unadulterated fun 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Terry Lawson
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is superior to its predecessor in every way It s more thrilling more entertaining and yep more magical 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
David Sterritt
Chamber of Secrets will find millions of eager fans But if the essence of magic is its make believe promise of life that soars above the material realm this is the opposite of a truly magical movie 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
James Berardinelli
As a companion piece to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets makes for effective viewing 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Roger Ebert
The first movie was the setup and this one is the payoff 
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Sragow
Despite a potpourri of minor delights the film ends up a disappointment 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lou Lumenick
Crammed full of labyrinthine plot twists this second installment will delight Potter crazy kids even as their parents grow restless at the 2 hour and 41 minute running time 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jon Niccum
Chamber of Secrets is not quite the magical mystery tour that the first one was Despite some major improvements the movie is often sluggish in pacing and intrigue 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Phil Villarreal
Swims in mediocrity sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
David Keyes
When it comes to the imagination scale Harry Potter has everything it needs But what does it all really amount to in the end Not much of a payoff I m afraid 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Bob Bloom
Chamber of Secrets is a less benign excursion The intensity and scares have been ratcheted up and the younger filmgoers those about 7 or 8 and under may find it frightening 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dustin Putman
Bigger faster funnier and darker but lacks the deep soul and character nuances of its predecessor 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Marty Mapes
If you liked one you ll like the other
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Duane Dudek
Like the first film it cleaves too faithfully to the source material but it always fills the screen with spectacle 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chris Hewitt
Deepening and widening an imaginative world full of cleverly detailed creatures much as J K Rowling has done in her books Chamber is a speedy funny winner 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Glenn Lovell
It s smartly produced and slightly more streamlined than Sorcerer s Stone its predecessor but at almost three hours it s still too slavishly faithful to its source and will no doubt try the patience of Muggle moppets 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jeffrey Westhoff
In his second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the cinematic Harry Potter shows improvement But he has a ways to go before earning top marks 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mary Kalin-Casey
From screaming mandrake plants to animal transfiguration to ethereal letters literally hanging in the air Columbus approach to the books enchanting elements is marvelous to behold 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Steven Rea
Darker scarier and somewhat better than Sorcerer s Stone 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
John Anderson
Ironically enough Chamber of Secrets has more of a narrative arc but consequently lacks much urgency It does retain the wonderment that made the first film fun 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mary F. Pols
Columbus has done honorable work here but if the last 20 minutes of Chamber are any indication a fresh perspective might be just what the franchise needs 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mark Caro
It remains an expertly assembled companion piece to its source material with charms you can t overlook But the great Harry Potter should be casting a more powerful spell 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Collin Souter
Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books they can t go wrong Better effects better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh An excellent sequel 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Josh Larsen
The series has progressed from reciting J K Rowling s source novels to paraphrasing them 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Erik Childress
When it was all over I could easily proclaim The Chamber of Secrets as a vastly superior film on every level one that I ll be willing to devote more time to again and again in the future 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
James Sanford
Exactly the kind of slam bang adventure that s certain to please audiences of all ages 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
David Germain
Chamber of Secrets is fairly fun despite its length 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Rob Blackwelder
A vast improvement over last year s film bloated as it was with Quidditch matches and monster moments that didn t advance the plot one iota 
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Walter Chaw
That the film is a worthy swan song for Richard Harris is first a surprise then an incalculable relief and destined to be the proudest legacy of the picture a beautifully crafted dark fable 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jeanne Aufmuth
A watered down CG saturated nod to moviemaking convention 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Steve Rhodes
Lots more of the same isn t better 
2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ed Gonzalez
Harry s latest adventure has enough snakes mandrakes phoenix tears Cornish pixies climaxes and denouements to scare the J R R Tolkien out of you 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ross Anthony
Mostly fun somewhat enchanting and at a few turns surprisingly spooky 
3.5
The Family
Brian Eggert
The Family mishandles almost every attempt at humor and tries to make a lovable 44 8220 Tony Soprano Lite 8221 character out of Giovanni 44 except the paterfamilias is far too mean spirited to win us over 46 
2
The Family
Sonny Bunch
Those excited for the return of Besson to the action comedy game likely will come away disappointed from this jumbled visually bland effort 
1.5
The Family
Wesley Lovell
A terrible waste of many wonderful talents in front of and behind the camera 
2
The Family
David Nusair
ultimately stretches its one note premise to a punishing 111 minutes 
2
The Family
Linda Cook
Neither comedy nor drama The Family is a combination of both that sometimes works when it decides what it wants to be 
2
The Family
James Kendrick
a surprisingly flat satire
2
The Family
Jason Buchanan
Besson and Michael Caleo just never manage to hit that sweet spot between comedy and drama much less give us a reason to care about this unrepentant family of criminals 
2
The Family
Matt Brunson
While it qualifies as OK entertainment especially for early September that dead zone between summer blockbusters and fall award contenders The Family is ultimately nothing to write home about 
2.5
The Family
Willie Waffle
It s boring and I never thought it would be possible to say that about a De Niro mob movie 
1
The Family
Richard Roeper
This is a deliberately off kilter cheerfully violent hit and miss effort with just enough moments of inspiration to warrant a recommendation 
3
The Family
Sheila O'Malley
The Family is a pretty uneven film lurching from comedy to violence to sentiment but it s best when it sticks in the realm of flat out farce 
3
The Family
Chris Knight
There s comedy in the notion of a character played by Robert DeNiro being asked to talk about GoodFellas at a small town film society meeting in France Unfortunately there s not 110 minutes of comedy in it 
1.5
The Family
Kirk Baird
What sells The Family is its cast in particular De Niro and Pfeiffer who are charming and believable as a couple fluent in each other s faults but still unabashedly in love 
2.5
The Family
Phil Villarreal
Remember the octopus that always picked the winners of soccer games That s what Robert De Niro is only his talent is always managing to choose horrible scripts 
1
The Family
Adam Nayman
The casting of Robert De Niro as an ex Mafioso hiding in witness protection is witty in only the silliest most superficial way It s a joke with its own tinny built in laugh track 
1
The Family
David Hiltbrand
The Family is a film at once strange and intriguing It can t seem to settle on a tone 
2.5
The Family
Robert Levin
The movie repeats the same basic humorous conceit ad nauseam The Blakes violently overreact to things setting fire to grocery stores and more 
1.5
The Family
Austin Kennedy
De Niro is a hoot to watch and the action scenes are a ton of fun Unfortunately the movie just couldn t find the right tone to be wholly successful 
2.5
The Family
Kristin Tillotson
If cultural treason were a capital offense The Family director Luc Besson would be on death row 
2
The Family
James Berardinelli
Besson s history is one of making crowd pleasing entertainment and The Family is no different 
3
The Family
Peter Keough
Not known for subtlety Besson gets the expected laughs and then some 
3
The Family
Stephanie Merry
The Blakes think they re vigilantes but in most other movies they d be the bad guys 
1
The Family
Graham Killeen
The movie s dark humor and realistic often sexual violence go together about as well as Cabernet and a mugging 
2
The Family
Jesse Cataldo
A film whose only distinguishing characteristic is how big a mess it makes of its already meager ambitions 
1
The Family
Dustin Putman
The finished output is so terrible it is angering 
0.5
The Family
Peter Travers
The Family is a comic souffl that never rises 
2
The Family
Claudia Puig
The Family is a fish out of water buddy comedy Mob flick But most of all it s a missed opportunity 
2
The Family
Chris Hewitt
Bizarrely Besson tries to shift from making fun of the main characters to sentimentalizing them 
1
The Family
Linda Barnard
While Besson knows his way around an action film he s not as adept at comedy 
2
The Family
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is a cartoon but the stakes are surprisingly real 
3
The Family
Roger Moore
Director Luc Besson knows violence comedy Not so much 
2
Young People F...ing
Lou Lumenick
YPF caused a minor sensation at last year s Toronto Film Festival but I guess the chance to see Canucks even partially disrobed is a selling point up there 
2
Young People F...ing
Peter Howell
In truth Canadian filmmaker Martin Gero s very funny and insightful feature debut is far less shocking than its detractors most of whom haven t even seen it would have you believe 
3
Young People F...ing
Carrie Rickey
Like some of the erotic acts it purveys Y P F is pleasant rather than pleasurable 
2.5
Young People F...ing
David Nusair
a fast paced and very funny look at contemporary relationships 
2.5
The Salesman
Brian Eggert
Farhadi s moral puzzles do not end by passing judgment from a moralist perspective they prompt us to search inward to assess the choices and behavior on display 
3.5
The Salesman
Rick Bentley
Farhadi masterfully moves between the real world and the stage production Not only does this give him parallel points to play with but also offers a compelling look at how an American classic is seen through the eyes of others around the world 
3.5
The Salesman
Robert Horton
The movie s main issue is a warped concept of masculinity an issue Farhadi explores not by appointing a single villain but by depicting the problem in context 
3
The Salesman
John Beifuss
As usual Farhadi constructs a noose of a narrative that tightens the more the characters unravel 
3.5
The Salesman
David Nusair
A typically ineffective drama from Asghar Farhadi 
2
The Salesman
Jeff Simon
Attention as Miller said must be paid in the words of Linda Loman In this movie that attention to human mortality is not very pretty It turns the theme of the play upside down 
3
The Salesman
Roger Moore
Iran s Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee deftly captures the universality of Arthur Miller s Death of a Salesman and parks it within the story of a crime and a husband s efforts to get justice
3
The Salesman
Sean P. Means
Moving and tense 
3.5
The Salesman
Chris Hewitt
It s a gripping insightful study of morality and compassion 
3
The Salesman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s actually more of a soap opera but without flourish dreary and hopeless 
2.5
The Salesman
Calvin Wilson
Hosseini is impressive as a man who feels compelled to take action regardless of the ramifications And Alidoosti persuasively embodies Rana s pain 
4
The Salesman
Rene Rodriguez
The Salesman warns of the dangers of plastering over fissures so deep that they will eventually inevitably give way 
3
The Salesman
Peter Keough
Brooding revelatory 
4
The Salesman
Tirdad Derakhshani
An exquisite closely studied moral fable about our tendency to confuse love with ownership and our willingness in the face of felt humiliation to disavow empathy understanding and concern for our neighbor 
3.5
The Salesman
Anita Katz
Hosseini and Alidoosti both Farhadi veterans are extraordinary Farid Sajjadi Hosseini as the terribly behaving but deeply human man who triggered the disaster also is superb 
3.5
The Salesman
Kate Taylor
It is a work entirely worthy of any prize anyone chooses to bestow on it a compassionate and intelligent thing that should linger long after the 24 hour news cycle is over or the political flavour of the month goes stale 
4
The Salesman
Michael Phillips
The Salesman doesn t shy away from showing its male protagonist as a righteous misguided man But he s still human Everyone is in this picture and in Farhadi s illusion free worldview 
3.5
The Salesman
Mick LaSalle
Hosseini and Alidoosti are superb with rich internal lives that give depth to their characters actions and these characters are indeed active 
3
The Salesman
Peter Howell
Using handheld camera and a minimum of dialogue and music Farhadi turns the mundane into the momentous 
3.5
The Salesman
Ann Hornaday
In the film s stunning third act Farhadi s occasionally shaky parallels between art and life are distilled into a brilliantly staged searingly confrontational chamber piece 
3.5
The Salesman
Rafer Guzman
Like many of Farhadi s films The Salesman says something profound about politics without directly addressing the issue at all 
3
The Salesman
Tina Hassannia
Like Farhadi s previous films The Salesman consistently tries to show us the subtle difficulties Iranian women face in their day to day lives 
3
The Salesman
James Kendrick
a probing examination of interior and external conflict wrapped up in the guise of a mystery
3.5
The Salesman
Stephen Whitty
Every moment holds a revelation Characters are quickly stripped so bare emotionally audiences may feel they need to look away 
3.5
The Salesman
Thelma Adams
The moment the bearded leading man states his luck is about to turn the audience realizes NO IT S NOT It s the intellectual foreign language equivalent of the horror trope don t open that door And yet open it he must 
3
The Salesman
Peter Travers
Fresh off its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language film Asghar Farhadi s The Salesman is a dazzling darkly funny quietly devastating human drama from Iran You are in the hands of a major film artist 
3.5
The Salesman
Godfrey Cheshire
The film finds Farhadi now inhabiting a strangely transnational place in cinema one where bridging Gholem Hossein Sa edi and Arthur Miller is more a playful aspirational gesture than a purposeful strategy 
3.5
The Salesman
Sara Stewart
It s an effectively feel bad story deploying a torrent of wounded retrograde masculinity to make uttering the word rape an even greater transgression than the event itself 
3
The Salesman
Stephen Rebello
This is ambitious well made stuff a quiet well acted if overly schematic film that s stronger on moral ambiguity and psychological nuance than on fast paced cat and mouse thriller trappings 
3
The Salesman
Chuck Bowen
Asghar Farhadi s film yields a tonal and emotional friction that s simultaneously tragic transcendent and comic 
4
The Salesman
Bob Strauss
Seeing as how Separation was a perfect film Farhadi is on quite a roll 
4
Madame Bovary
Robert Everett-Green
Barthes feels the need to improve on Flaubert adding and dropping scenes and inventing social metaphors mainly spiderwebs and corsets 
2
Madame Bovary
Linda Barnard
For a film about passion it feels oddly flat and often passionless 
2.5
Madame Bovary
Calum Marsh
What language the film does make us of where it differs from Flaubert is careless littered with strange anachronisms and mistakes of usage and tone 
1.5
Madame Bovary
Christy Lemire
There s little tension as her romantic and financial calamities collide only mere traces of tragedy Even at nearly two hours much needed character development is sorely lacking 
2
Madame Bovary
Mark Dujsik
This Madame Bovary may challenge our conception of the character but that s about all it challenges 
2
Madame Bovary
Moira MacDonald
This Madame Bovary may not quite be Flaubert s but it s lovely to look at all the same 
3
Madame Bovary
Mallory Andrews
Madame Bovary still ends up a staid and unsuitably solemn outing 
2.5
Madame Bovary
Rex Reed
Realistic and refined but uneven and disappointing 
2
Madame Bovary
Farran Smith Nehme
The performances mostly come up short Wasikowska does sullenness well but her sexual yearning reads as more of the same 
2
Madame Bovary
Roger Moore
Handsome and Wasikowska shines in it But the liberties taken with the story make one wonder if the director didn t miss the point 
2.5
Madame Bovary
Clayton Dillard
Sophie Barthes neglects to thoroughly conceive of Emma s plight instead making only sporadic gestures to it 
2.5
The I Inside
David Nusair
a talky hopelessly convoluted would be thriller that isn t even a little bit involving 
2
Lifeboat
Matt Brunson
There are many reasons to watch Alfred Hitchcock s Lifeboat but chief among them is the opportunity to catch a rare film appearance by Tallulah Bankhead 
3.5
Lifeboat
David Nusair
Saddled with as thin a premise as one could envision Lifeboat ultimately comes off as a disappointing endeavor that boasts few elements designed to capture and sustain the viewer s interest 
2
Lifeboat
Josh Larsen
one of Hitchcock s significant works accented by wickedly effective insert shots and a handful of strong performances 
3
Lifeboat
David Keyes
Here is the closest the director probably ever came to making an insightful statement about the dreadful world he and his peers lived in 
3.5
Lifeboat
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a technical tour de force 
3.5
Lifeboat
Dan Callahan
Hitchcock s shifting sympathies guarantee our guilty involvement with the characters until he builds to a climax of intellectual and spiritual excitation 
4
A Date With Miss Fortune
Brad Wheeler
Amind blowing revelation from the silver screen Life is affected by the life changing decisions we make 
1.5
A Date With Miss Fortune
Chris Knight
Jack is in love but Maria and her family are driving him crazy It s almost like he s living in a sitcom which is great for him professionally He gives up writing a pilot for Space Bar Cheers in space and pens a sitcom based on his life How meta 
2
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Brian Tallerico
There s a streamlined simplicity to Wyrmwood that s admirable in an era when too many horror movies get cluttered with subplots and characters who wander into frame merely to be turned into goo 
3
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Andy Crump
Wyrmwood isn t original but it s exuberant 
2.5
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Mike McGranaghan
A no holds barred blast of mayhem perfect for viewers who like their horror straight up bonkers 
3
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Chuck Bowen
The film s skillfulness renders its eventual slide into the routine all the more irritating 
2
The Orphanage
Matt Brunson
A deeply absorbing and heavily atmospheric yarn that offers several noteworthy plot spins 
3.5
The Orphanage
Brett Michel
Bayona is a skilled technician but seek elsewhere if you re hoping for the transporting originality of last year s Pan s Labyrinth 
2
The Orphanage
Michael Phillips
Director Bayona has a fine career ahead of him 
3
The Orphanage
Peter Howell
The year s best horror picture is also one of the simplest 
3.5
The Orphanage
Liam Lacey
What s even more disquieting is the persistent undercurrent of exploitation the mixture of grief and jarring shock effects and the pitiless use of a disfigured child as a source of horror 
2
The Orphanage
Christian Toto
The Orphanage proves the haunted house genre is alive and well in the right hands 
3
The Orphanage
Gina Carbone
Belén Rueda the film s star is that rare woman in her 40s who is allowed to look naturally beautiful with the lines of a woman in her 40s even though she s playing a character who is 37 
3
The Orphanage
Wesley Lovell
A spectacular entry into the horror thriller genre The Orphanage twists and turns and gives the audience some truly scary and sorrowful moments 
4
The Orphanage
James Kendrick
an often chilling story that never sags and ultimately supplies a surprisingly moving ending that marries life and death past and present
3
The Orphanage
Nick Rogers
The historical details and enthralling magic of Guillermo del Toro s own productions are missing and it s more reliant on boo scares than its somber story can support Yet an intriguing subtext fierce lead performance and a perfect ending make it work 
3
The Orphanage
Larry Ratliff
In Spanish with subtitles this magical mystical tale seems anointed somehow with Del Toro s thick atmospheric elixir that served Pan s Labyrinth Del Toro s unsettling Oscar winner of last year 
3
The Orphanage
John Beifuss
Goes for the heart as well as the throat 
3
The Orphanage
Carla Meyer
The Orphanage contains jolts and gruesome moments But most of the time the film unsettles in quieter more encompassing ways its horrific qualities derived from implication instead of imagery 
3
The Orphanage
Duane Dudek
What makes this bleak thriller the feature debut by Juan Antonio Bayona not like other horror movies Partly it is an ambiguous sense of portent that clarifies itself by growing more opaque 
3
The Orphanage
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is so good at using its horror elements to explore deeper less fantastical emotions For all its bump in the night suspense The Orphanage is ultimately as much about motherhood and grief as it is about apparitions and shadowy corridors 
3
The Orphanage
Glenn Whipp
Goes for shock over substance 
2.5
The Orphanage
Robert W. Butler
The Orphanage works in large part because the filmmakers create horror through a slow tightening of tension rather than with lurid gotcha moments And because in Rueda they have a compelling and heartbreaking leading lady 
3
The Orphanage
Jeff Vice
Features a few decent chills and has a distinctive tone and look 
3
The Orphanage
Ty Burr
Director Bayona has fashioned an assured even conservative piece of work one that s lusciously filmed and more than a little terrifying but that in the end never widens out to greater art 
3
The Orphanage
Daniel M. Kimmel
The sense that there s nothing we can do to protect ourselves and our loved ones may be why The Orphanage is one of the most frightening movies you may see this year 
3
The Orphanage
Steven Rea
The Orphanage is never less than engaging Here and there it s even genuinely frightening 
3
The Orphanage
Lawrence Toppman
By the end you ll be chilled and disturbed by what you ve seen and rare as this is in a horror movie touched to the heart 
3.5
The Orphanage
Phil Villarreal
The del Toro touch spans every orifice of The Orphanage from the elegantly gothic cinematography to the understated yet gnawing dread that expands throughout the running time 
3
The Orphanage
Mick LaSalle
Beautifully conceived and composed it s eerie sometimes frightening and surprisingly moving 
3
The Orphanage
David N. Butterworth
As an addition to the psychological thriller genre The Orphanage is a solid well rehearsed entry 
3
The Orphanage
Kam Williams
More suspenseful than scary the movie is apt to disappoint anyone expecting to scream out loud in the theater Nonetheless it s effective at casting a creepy pall over the proceedings which permeates the picture for the duration 
3
The Orphanage
David Elliott
The truly disturbing element is the heavy reliance on childhood loneliness fear and sickness 
2
The Orphanage
Maitland McDonagh
This elegant psychologically rich ghost story compares favorably with the best of the genre including The Haunting 1963 and especially The Innocents 1961 
3
The Orphanage
Moira MacDonald
Like the best of horror films it gets under your skin not with gore or cheap jolts but with an unnerving ever building tension and with images that remain with you long afterward interrupting your own quiet dreams 
3.5
The Orphanage
Claudia Puig
In a season filled with dark themed films it stands out as an elegantly mounted surprisingly humane but terrifying horror thriller well worth seeing 
3
The Orphanage
Willie Waffle
a spooky slightly melodramatic movie that is part Hitchcock part Poltergeist and all creepy 
3.5
The Orphanage
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bayona has an amazing touch for color light and darkness sound space and nuance and his presentation of horror never tricks or insults the audience 
3.5
The Orphanage
Chris Hewitt
Goes overboard on the deafening door slams and the hyper amplified music to such an extent that concession stands should offer ground up Tylenol as a popcorn topping 
2
The Orphanage
Josh Larsen
Of all the fright flicks that came out in the last 12 months this is the one that made us hardened critics in the screening room literally jump in our seats 
3.5
The Orphanage
Gene Seymour
Plot details only hint at the subtle metaphors lurking in Sergio G Snchez s script and the gut wrenching jolts elegantly orchestrated by first time director Juan Antonio Bayona 
3
The Orphanage
Lou Lumenick
Go see it already 
3.5
The Orphanage
Jack Mathews
The last act is laced with surprises but unfortunately none that you might call pleasant 
2
The Orphanage
Jeanne Aufmuth
Saturated in anxiety and dripping with dread 
4
The Orphanage
James Berardinelli
An effective mixture of horror and fantasy with the supernatural bleeding into dreams that teeter on the brink of reality 
3
The Orphanage
Mark Dujsik
Creates some genuinely creepy moments and a sad tone of loss and remorse that elevates the tale beyond our expectations for the genre 
3
The Orphanage
Mike McGranaghan
The Orphanage gets it exactly right it builds suspense by sending out a disquieting vibe then letting it slowly permeate your psyche before paying it off This is one of the best ghost story films I ve ever seen 
3.5
The Orphanage
Aaron Hillis
Since mainstream American horror s devolution you have to tip your hat whenever an import attempts to maintain suspense and atmosphere instead even when said import is an obvious retread 
2.5
The Orphanage
Peter Canavese
A series of serviceable creep outs and jolts the pretzel shaped resolution feels like too little too late 
2.5
The Orphanage
Roger Ebert
A superior ghost story 
3.5
The Orphanage
Dustin Putman
The Orphanage is first and foremost a weighty at times heartbreaking existential study of the frailty of life the mysteries of death and the knowledge of one s own mortality It is also very very scary 
3.5
The Orphanage
Sara Michelle Fetters
It all builds to a crescendo so soul shattering I almost couldn t believe what I was seeing While this twist isn t exactly a surprise what is shocking is just how all encompassing this emotional toll ultimately proves to be 
3.5
The Orphanage
Joe Lozito
Pleasantly spooky debut from director Juan Antonio Bayona proves that even the oldest horror movie clichés are still effective in the right hands 
3
The Orphanage
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Will definitely be a great companion piece to the likes of The Devil s Backbone and Pan s Labyrinth 
3.5
The Orphanage
Ed Gonzalez
Rips off horror classics as far back as The Innocents to as recent as The Devil s Backbone stripping them of their vibrant emotional connotations 
1.5
The Orphanage
David Nusair
ultimately undone by its egregiously deliberate pace and pervading vibe of familiarity 
2
The Great Muppet Caper
Josh Larsen
The usual pleasures are all here but the puppeteers seemed especially intent on giving themselves logistical challenges this time around 
3.5
The Great Muppet Caper
David Nusair
just as silly and uneven as its predecessor 
2.5
The Great Muppet Caper
Peter Canavese
A brisk and consistently funny family entertainment new DVD review 
3.5
The Great Muppet Caper
Roger Ebert
We don t care about some dumb diamond the size of a baseball and as Muppet fans we re probably also indifferent to Henson s ambition to satirize old movie genres 
2
The Street With No Name
David Nusair
engaging thanks to some expectedly hard bitten dialogue and Widmark s charismatic sinister performance 
3
Four of the Apocalypse
James Kendrick
holds up well because it is visually evocative and it resists easy answers instead becoming an enigmatic character study
3
Get Hard
David Nusair
Will Ferrell apos s steep descent into total irrelevance continues with Get Hard 46 46 46 
2
Get Hard
Michael Smith
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart didn t stop being funny Their new movie Get Hard is just so bad in so many ways that it may make you think this is true 
1.5
Get Hard
John Beifuss
The movie wallows in stereotypes of race class and culture and cranks the male homosexual panic to 11 even so it is often dumb funny and its satirical observations about income inequality and systemic racism are especially timely 
2.5
Get Hard
Linda Cook
You re going to see certain things in most Will Ferrell movies and Get Hard is no exception 
2
Get Hard
Brad Keefe
Let s pretend prison rape jokes are funny they re not and cheap homophobia jokes are funny also not Even with all those concessions Get Hard still isn t that funny 
1.5
Get Hard
John Serba
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart work diligently to soften the movie s mean spirit 
1.5
Get Hard
Matt Brunson
This will be tagged racist by some and commended for puncturing racism by others There are a number of choice bits yet for every couple of gags that work there s one that falls flat The odds when it comes to the homophobic material are even worse 
2.5
Get Hard
John Hanlon
If you think jokes about prison rapes are funny you might enjoy this movie If not steer clear 
1.0
Get Hard
James Berardinelli
Dumb juvenile comedy has its place when it s funny Unfortunately too often in Get Hard it s not 
2.5
Get Hard
Mike McGranaghan
The film feels like a 100 minute prison rape joke 
2
Get Hard
Stephen Rebello
With such a promising premise at its center Get Hard could have been scathingly satirically funny a kind of 48 HRS meets Trading Places for moderns but oh man it s not 
0.5
Get Hard
Lisa Kennedy
It trucks in stereotypes black white Latino female the list is long and plays clumsily with sexuality Still the movie s greatest and altogether familiar sin is that it s stupid 
1.5
Get Hard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It can t find much of a tone and it s neither sharply constructed nor is it reckless or anarchic 
2.5
Get Hard
Gary Wolcott
It s hard to find anything remotely funny or fun about Get Hard 
1
Get Hard
Matt Zoller Seitz
If you love rape jokes Get Hard is your movie 
2
Get Hard
Willie Waffle
Get Hard gets the job done but I feel sad for the loss of what could have been 
2.5
Get Hard
Liam Lacey
Not entirely unfunny 
1.5
Get Hard
Kyle Smith
A lazy attempt to drag out a Funny or Die style skit to feature length by continuously recycling about eight minutes worth of gags 
1.5
Get Hard
Peter Howell
The movie seeks to make you laugh while also risking offense by going too far It succeeds on both counts 
2.5
Get Hard
Carla Meyer
The distasteful often flat Get Hard succeeds only as a testament to the resilience of talent 
1.5
Get Hard
Tom Russo
A movie that refuses to recognize when it s going too far with its wince eliciting jokes about jailhouse rape in particular 
1.5
Get Hard
David Berry
If Get Hard isn t quite the biting satire that its premise would imply though it s more unabashedly eat the rich than some critics have given it credit for it s consistently ridiculous enough to be funny more often than not 
2.5
Get Hard
Anders Wright
The movie overcompensates for its lack of cleverness with an oversimplified story and an enormous amount of lowbrow humor 
1.5
Get Hard
Mark Dujsik
Here is an ounce of credit to Get Hard for avoiding any mention of the innuendo involving an inmate dropping the soap in the prison shower 
1
Get Hard
Jon Niccum
Get Hard might be the perfect flick to show at your next frat party at the University of Oklahoma 
2
Get Hard
Claudia Puig
Get Hard is hard to sit through and hardly funny 
1.5
Get Hard
Molly Eichel
The germ of an interesting idea in Get Hard is completely overshadowed by the onslaught of jokes meant to be boundary pushing and edgy 
2
Get Hard
Mick LaSalle
Subtly not in a way anyone would notice without looking for it the movie switches back and forth giving each comedian a chance to be the funny one and the other to lend support 
3
Get Hard
Kevin C. Johnson
The film s numbing lack of intelligence exhibited from the start makes Get Hard tough to watch even by Hart Ferrell standards 
1
Get Hard
Mara Reinstein
by the final act the entire fish out of water concept is scrapped as Hart and Ferrell play bumbling cops and robbers and attempt to solve a crime Haven t we been punished enough 
2
Get Hard
Rafer Guzman
Hart and Ferrell may not be Pryor and Wilder but they score several laughs in this slim comedy 
2.5
Get Hard
Ann Hornaday
The dubious merit of tiresome don t drop the soap jokes aside Get Hard sometimes veers perilously close to committing the very sins it aspires to criticize 
2
Get Hard
Michael Phillips
I laughed when Ferrell smashed a bottle of beer on the sidewalk just to show he s tough but if that s a movie s standout bit that movie s no standout 
1
Get Hard
Peter Travers
Get Hard is one limp noodle 
1.5
Get Hard
Matt Pais
Getting huge laughs somewhere from Beavis and Butt Head or their real life equivalents 
1.5
Get Hard
Drew Hunt
Somewhere amid the unbearable stereotypes that choke this sophomoric comedy is a potent blue collar revenge fantasy about an arrogant white collar crook getting his just comeuppance 
1
Get Hard
Roger Moore
Kevin Hart shoehorned into a standard issue Will Ferrell character comedy
2
Get Hard
Kam Williams
An inspired pairing of the relentlessly absurd Ferrell and the motor mouthed Hart at the top of their games 
3
Nemesis
Matt Brunson
Nemesis is the sort of accomplished short that can double as a calling card for the major studios 
3
Fish Tank
Mattie Lucas
Always vibrantly alive teeming with energy and a raw compelling power 
3
Fish Tank
Rob Thomas
Watching the film twists a knot in your gut but Fish Tank moves to an ending that feels both satisfying and natural 
3.5
Fish Tank
Robert W. Butler
Much of what goes on here is seriously disturbing Be thankful then for non actress Jarvis mesmerizing performance 
3
Fish Tank
Chris Hewitt
Fish Tank is filled with careful images that encourage us to look past the bleak surface of Mia s life and see the potential and beauty beneath it 
3.5
Fish Tank
Sean P. Means
It s Jarvis in her first movie appearance who commands the screen as Mia providing a window into the mind of a girl facing adulthood 
3
Fish Tank
Jeff Vice
The one really compelling reason to see it is the startlingly vivid performance of Katie Jarvis a newcomer 
2
Fish Tank
Joe Williams
Katie Jarvis has a natural presence that matches the unsentimental minimalism of the film 
3
Fish Tank
Lisa Kennedy
The film swims in an anguish not solely the result of Mia s coming of age and yet it surfaces for air in ways compelling and uncompromising 
3
Fish Tank
Moira MacDonald
In the film s dark final third it s as if we ve entered a waking nightmare with stop and start rhythms as Mia takes one wrong step after another 
3.5
Fish Tank
Rick Groen
To the script s credit when the climax comes it feels inevitable yet surprising too that ideal combination 
3
Fish Tank
Peter Howell
In a year less crowded with new young talent Katie Jarvis might now be getting fittings for her Oscar nomination dress 
3.5
Fish Tank
Steven Rea
Fish Tank digs around in its protagonist s psyche unafraid to explore It s oppressive and claustrophobic confused and scary in there But it s also compellingly real 
3.5
Fish Tank
James Berardinelli
Watching Fish Tank is as the title implies like gazing through the glass of an aquarium at the lives of those trapped within whose only chance of escape would seem to be through death and the indignity of being flushed down a toilet 
3.5
Fish Tank
Ann Hornaday
Jarvis whom the director reportedly discovered at an Essex train station is nothing less than a revelation in a performance that is tender spiky and utterly fearless in its physical and emotional range 
3.5
Fish Tank
Michael Phillips
A remarkable downer upper paradox a bruising tale of teenage resilience honest and emotionally complicated and alive 
3.5
Fish Tank
Roger Ebert
Arnold sees everything through Mia s eyes and never steps outside to explain things from any other point of view She knows who the young girl is and we are left to assume 
4
Fish Tank
Mick LaSalle
As it stands Fish Tank is a valuable movie though it aspires to a social insight it doesn t attain and a psychological penetration it won t maintain 
2
Fish Tank
Claudia Puig
Jarvis debut performance is a bracingly authentic revelation She was discovered by filmmakers in a train station as she fought with her boyfriend and brings just the right blend of feisty forcefulness and awkward tenderness to the part 
3.5
Fish Tank
Ty Burr
With a bare minimum of dialogue none of which I can print Arnold establishes Mia s barren environment and the hope and fury that war beneath the surface of the girl s skin 
3
Fish Tank
Peter Keough
No one escapes untainted but thanks to Arnold s lucid edgy detached naturalistic style no one watching can escape feeling both empathy and uneasiness 
3.5
Fish Tank
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Andrea Arnold s follow up to her excellent debut feature Red Road is just as mysterious and powerful it s like a lower class version of An Education but far more effective 
3.5
Fish Tank
V.A. Musetto
Fish Tank is grim to be sure but it leaves us with a feeling of hopefulness 
3
Fish Tank
Peter Travers
Katie Jarvis 18 hits you like a shot in the heart with her sensational breakout performance And cheers to director Andrea Arnold who flies on her own unerring instincts 
3.5
Fish Tank
Kam Williams
Trouble in Cockneyland 
4
Fish Tank
Lauren Wissot
The British director s filmmaking style is precise and concise as tight and lean as her teenage heroine 
3
If Lucy Fell
Susan Wloszczyna
Sadly the story is nowhere as original as the details and performances 
2.5
If Lucy Fell
Peter Stack
It s airy fluffy and ultimately uninteresting 
1
If Lucy Fell
Madeleine Williams
If you re looking for a limp and humorless comedy look ye no further 
0.5
If Lucy Fell
James Berardinelli
A disappointingly superficial romantic comedy There s no chemistry between any of the characters The acting is mediocre with Schaeffer and Parker exhibiting no screen presence 
2
If Lucy Fell
Roger Ebert
There is an affectation that I find particularly annoying and that is when people choose to perform at a level below their natural intelligence 
1
Bluebeard
Mattie Lucas
Breillat has breathed life into an enchanting feminist fairy tale for a modern age at once wistful and nostalgic and eerily macabre 
3.5
Bluebeard
Kent Turner
Breillat directs the Bluebeard story line with a deliberate flatness like a literal retelling where all the actors appear stiff
2
Bluebeard
Mark Feeney
A simple device the parallel structure freshens and enlarges the familiar story precisely because Breillat doesn t put too much weight on it 
2.5
Bluebeard
Shaula Clark
Will Breillat flip the tale and have Marie Catherine take advantage of her paramour Alas the plot unfolds as you d expect 
2.5
Bluebeard
V.A. Musetto
Bluebeard revisits themes often found in Breillat s films sibling rivalry pedophilia gender conflict but it remains fresh and new 
3
Bluebeard
Fernando F. Croce
n a perversely tranquil mood Breillat fractures fairy tales only to celebrate their power to beguile disturb and even kill 
3
The Chess Players
Jay Antani
Its mannered goofiness echoes the pastoral comedy of Days and Nights In the Forest while the Raj era dancing girl trappings recall the decidedly grim The Music Room 
3
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Christopher James
This comes off better than Welles supposed masterpiece It gives great context into the film business in the 70s and Welles struggle to find his place within it 
3
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprisingly touching film and one that makes you want to go back and look at The Other Side of the Wind some more 
3.5
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Glenn Kenny
The movie can t help but portray Welles as an inspired and inspiring figure 
3
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Chuck Bowen
Morgan Neville understands Orson Welles s art to pivot on an ongoing quest to bring about self destruction so as to contrive to transcend it 
3
The Stickup
David Nusair
a great example of a film that s unfairly fallen through the cracks 
3
Norman... Is That You?
Roger Ebert
The movie isn t much and it s based on a Broadway play that was even less but while Foxx is onscreen we re willing to forgive it a lot 
2
The Magnetic Monster
Matt Brunson
What sounds like a ludicrous exercise in 1950s sci fi actually turns out to be a fairly involving thriller 46 
2.5
Love Liza
Jeff Vice
Pointless claptrap that wastes those fine performances in service of a story that s all too predictable 
2
Love Liza
Sean P. Means
Hoffman s performance provides the emotional release his brother s script and Louiso s direction try to deny us 
2.5
Love Liza
Duane Dudek
Hoffman is a terrific character actor 
3
Love Liza
Phil Villarreal
The film skillfully taps into the desire to watch the slow burn in its entirety 
3
Love Liza
Chris Hewitt
Hoffman s unfettered performance beautifully captures Wilson s sad manic quality 
3
Love Liza
David N. Butterworth
Philip Seymour Hoffman carries the piece and makes what might have been an otherwise unbearable film oddly gratifying 
3
Love Liza
Glenn Kenny
A low key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord 
3.5
Love Liza
Laura Kelly
While Hoffman s performance is great the subject matter goes nowhere 
2
Love Liza
Joe Baltake
After a while Hoffman s quirks and mannerisms particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue things that seem so real in small doses become annoying and artificial 
1
Love Liza
Carrie Rickey
A showcase for an actor s actor rather than as a drama that engages our hearts 
2
Love Liza
Connie Ogle
A bleak little film bold and well intentioned in its unrelenting gaze on sorrow but it never involves your emotions 
2
Love Liza
Moira MacDonald
It s hard to love Love Liza Todd Louiso s well crafted but grim exercise in misery but hiding within it are moments of exquisite acting 
2.5
Love Liza
Roger Ebert
There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters as if he has been giving them private lessons and now it is time for their first public recital 
3
Love Liza
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hoffman spends a good deal of screen time alone and without much dialogue using only his considerable physical skill and screen presence to pull off the role 
3.5
Love Liza
Michael Wilmington
Louiso has a confident touch and a good eye and there isn t a scene in the film that wasn t intelligently done 
2.5
Love Liza
Edward Guthmann
Oddly the film isn t nearly as downbeat as it sounds but strikes a tone that s alternately melancholic hopeful and strangely funny 
3
Love Liza
David Elliott
Hoffman notches in the nuances of pain but his smart edgy voice and waddling profile emphasized here accent the humor of Wilson s plight and that saves his pathos from drippiness 
3.5
Love Liza
Ty Burr
Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected indie film mode and brother Hoffman s script stumbles over a late inning twist that just doesn t make sense 
2
Love Liza
Glenn Lovell
An amazing little character study 
3
Love Liza
Rick Groen
A picture as erratic as its central character 
2
Love Liza
Steve Rhodes
Depressing and fairly pointless 
2
Love Liza
Michael Szymanski
Philip Seymour Hoffman is fascinating to watch just not so close up 
2
Love Liza
Walter Chaw
Melancholy and unpredictable Love Liza is courageous and lovely 
3.5
Love Liza
Frank Ochieng
Louiso s intense and droll narrative is still a respectable portrait of cockeyed despair set against the moodiness of a dark weeping comedy 
3
Love Liza
Bob Strauss
More than your basic man loses wife man huffs gasoline drama Love Liza looks at grief in a peculiar way that makes it as winning as such a downer of a movie can reasonably get 
3
Love Liza
Lou Lumenick
An oddly endearing little chamber piece that provides a terrific showcase for Hoffman 
3
Love Liza
Pam Grady
In addition to Hoffman s powerful acting clinic this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt or will feel someday 
3
Love Liza
Ed Gonzalez
What with the incessant lounge music playing in the film s background you may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song 
2
Love Liza
Harvey S. Karten
Gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife 
3
Love Liza
Bill Chambers
Almost peerlessly unsettling 
3.5
Under the Bed
Ed Gonzalez
The film s sense of conviction and psychological nuance never rises above that of the I Learned It from Watching You anti drug PSA 
1.5
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl
Jordan Hiller
A blow by blow thoroughly researched rendering of the Hungarian secular journalist s instrumental part in taking Zionism from the theoretical to the actual 
2
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl
Mark Feeney
Richard Trank s film is sober detailed and handsomely mounted Ben Kingsley narrates to excellent effect 
2.5
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl
Peter Keough
An epic even Biblical story brought down to Ken Burns size in this lackluster telling 
2.5
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl
Kenji Fujishima
Offers at least one way to couch propaganda in a way that doesn t seem like the genuine article on the face of it 
2
Mitchell
Matt Brunson
Mitchell 
1
Crime Story
Michael Dequina
Chan acquits himself nicely in this dramatic role 
3
Crime Story
Chris Hicks
Crime Story proves that even as he gets older and eschews his clown persona Jackie Chan is an action star to reckon with Fans will not be disappointed 
3
Mission Istanbul
Namrata Joshi
It makes a mockery of the tragic reality of global terrorism 
1
Virgil Bliss
V.A. Musetto
Too bad Maggio couldn t come up with a better script 
2.5
A Delicate Balance
Roger Ebert
The American Film Theater engaged Tony Richardson to make the play into a movie and he has delivered with a fine tough lacerating production 
4
A Delicate Balance
Jeremy Heilman
More surprising than the acerbic tone or the intense shouting matches though is the very touching sentiment that emerges whenever a quiet moment transpires 
3.5
Sherlock Holmes
Kelly Jane Torrance
This film seems like a cynical moneymaker using a storied name to draw attention while not even trying to bring that beloved creation to life Expect more of the same though 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Jeff Beck
There s plenty of fun and entertainment to be had from Guy Ritchie s take on the character for both fans of Doyle s work and for those just getting to know Holmes and Watson 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Michael Dequina
Like Ritchie s best films this gets the job done as both an intriguing plot puzzle and a bouncy entertaining romp 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Mike McGranaghan
The whole movie is kind of old fashioned but also kind of modern at the same time and I think that contrast is a big part of its appeal 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Jeffrey Westhoff
A character known for his supreme intelligence should not be trapped in such a dumbed down plot 
2.4
Sherlock Holmes
Christian Toto
Sherlock Holmes is neither a cookie cutter blockbuster nor insulting to the source material 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Sean P. Means
Ritchie mounts some impressively exciting action sequences then bathes everything in dingy browns and grays to achieve an unappealing Victorian griminess 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
David Nusair
a sporadically amusing yet thoroughly tedious misfire of nigh disastrous proportions 
1.5
Sherlock Holmes
Emily Blunt
Hollywoody ish ist Sherlock ever Downey Jr and Law are magical though 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Mike Scott
Elementary my dear as in that s what Ritchie s spirited but superficial version of Arthur Conan Doyle s iconic detective ends up being 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Robert W. Butler
Worst of all this Sherlock Holmes isn t fun 
2
Sherlock Holmes
James Kendrick
while it is tempting to see Downey s portrayal and Ritchie s amped up aesthetic approach to the material as revisionism for an attention addled generation in many ways it is closer in spirit and tone to Doyle s eccentric character
3
Sherlock Holmes
Duane Dudek
While a fish rots from its head down a film suffers from the screenplay up which is where Sherlock Homes stinks 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Sara Michelle Fetters
In short this movie somehow does Doyle proud and unlike other revisionist takes on the detective gone horribly wrong like 1985 s Young Sherlock Holmes this one gets so much right enjoying it is positively elementary 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Matt Brunson
Not a great film by any stretch of the imagination director Guy Ritchie s full speed ahead effort still qualifies as decent holiday season fare 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Tyler Hanley
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s legendary sleuth gets a cinematic adrenaline shot for this wildly entertaining and action packed mystery 
3.5
Sherlock Holmes
Lisa Kennedy
It s all knotted together then unraveled with brio by Holmes and Watson There are fisticuffs galore fiery combustion aplenty and yes my dear reader clever deduction 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Ty Burr
Downey never winks heâ TM s too much of a pro for that but like the man heâ TM s playing heâ TM s much much smarter than the movie heâ TM s in 
3
Sherlock Holmes
John Beifuss
This latest Holmes frequently stripped down to suspenders and pantaloons the better for bareknuckle brawling may displease Arthur Conan Doyle purists but should find favor with audiences eager for a fun witty action movie 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Michael Smith
The delight of Downey and Law in combination proves you don t have to feature a great villain or a complete story if you ve got two super heroes 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Kit Bowen
Fueled by director Guy Ritchie s fast paced action and Robert Downey Jr s uncanny skill at inventing his own unique spin on his characters Sherlock Holmes thoroughly entertains from beginning to end 
4
Sherlock Holmes
Scott Nash
Retains the spirit and a surprising number of details from the original source material A sequel seems elementary 
3.5
Sherlock Holmes
Rossiter Drake
Ritchie s Sherlock Holmes is Brokeback Mountain without the sex and depth of emotion 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Willie Waffle
The people who made Did You Hear About The Morgans probably wish they cast Downey and Law instead of Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker
3
Sherlock Holmes
John Wirt
A brutal jackhammer of a movie that s more Jerry Bruckheimer than Sherlock Holmes 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Dustin Putman
Dour slow and with little to stimulate the mind or the emotions Sherlock Holmes is a big bust 
1
Sherlock Holmes
Jeff Vice
It s one of the more fun big budgeted big studio films to come around of late 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Chris Hewitt
In Sherlock Holmes Robert Downey Jr cracks The Case of the Perfect Actor 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Michael O'Sullivan
At times Ritchie and company try so hard to make sure this isn t your father s Sherlock Holmes that it comes across as well cartoonish 
1.5
Sherlock Holmes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robert Downey Jr makes a perfect Sherlock Holmes 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Steven Rea
The game is not afoot 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Mick LaSalle
Guy Ritchie is the worst screenwriter in the world but to be fair he is not the worst director He is only the worst director of the people who actually get to make movies 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Mark Dujsik
I enjoyed the hell out of Sherlock Holmes 
3.5
Sherlock Holmes
Michael A. Smith
As the title character Downey Jr shines 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Matt Soergel
Charmless and shapeless larded down with nonsensical action scenes witless repartee and a plot stitched together by a committee of writers who ve watched The Da Vinci Code too many times 
1
Sherlock Holmes
Ryan Stewart
Pop culture s most enduring sleuth gets a welcome modernized makeover in Guy Ritchie s Sherlock Holmes 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Peter Howell
It s good enough to just sit back and enjoy Downey and Law plays Holmes and Watson as Victorian versions of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Joe Williams
Yes this Holmes is leaner and meaner and Watson Jude Law is nearly his equal But there s still something fussy about the result as if bobbies had broken up the party at 11 59 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Moira MacDonald
Put away your period movie expectations and you just might have a lot of fun What makes this movie work is actually something very old fashioned movie star chemistry 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Liam Lacey
Guy Ritchie s Holmes reboot feels both too complicated and too elementary dear Watson 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Joe Lozito
Guy Ritchie s frenzied over long reimagining of the much adapted Conan Doyle character isn t quite the blasphemy you d think thanks to a solid cast and Robert Downey Jr s inherent likability as the title 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Roger Ebert
The less I thought about Sherlock Holmes the more I liked Sherlock Holmes 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Josh Larsen
didn t entirely click for me yet there is something to be said for the fact that I m not dreading the inevitable sequel 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Kyle Smith
Who the deuce decided to filter Sherlock Holmes through Batman Robin 
1.5
Sherlock Holmes
Claudia Puig
Old London achieved via superb visual effects is breathtaking in its grimy verisimilitude And Downey is charming But his world is jarringly frenetic in the manner of most Ritchie films 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Stephen Whitty
The whole film doesn t feel so much like Holmes as a strange and unwanted sequel to Will Smith s Wild Wild West 
2
Sherlock Holmes
Walter Chaw
Ritchie s accomplished the feat of resurrecting his career as a pulp stylist London s Tarantino you could be called worse 
3.5
Sherlock Holmes
Roger Moore
This is not your great grandfather s Sherlock Holmes 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Phil Villarreal
Full of new revelations about the old British sleuth whose exploits were based on the great Encyclopedia Brown 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Michael Phillips
This spazzy sour project is to every previous Holmes picture as the Stephen Sommers Mummy pictures are to the great 1932 creeper The Mummy 
1.5
Sherlock Holmes
Rene Rodriguez
Not even Sherlock Holmes could make much sense out of the overplotted murky mess that is Sherlock Holmes although Arthur Conan Doyle s legendarily brainy detective would probably never buy a ticket to a movie as elephant footed as this one 
2
Sherlock Holmes
James Berardinelli
Given a worthy story Downey s Holmes might have been memorable Here he s an interesting character in search of a worthwhile story 
2.5
Sherlock Holmes
Michael Atkinson
The good news is that Ritchie even as he packs in the explosions and last minute rescues for the schoolkids doesn t ignore the shank meat of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s concept the esprit enjoyed by Holmes and Dr Watson as thinking Englishmen 
3
Sherlock Holmes
Peter Travers
Ritchie is all about the whooshing and headbanging leaving no space between Holmes words to savor their meaning Downey is irresistible The movie not so much 
2
In the Bedroom
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly deliberate yet mostly engrossing drama that benefits substantially from its raft of spellbinding performances 46 46 46 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Judith Egerton
Few things are more sorrowful than a couple in a house of mourning with nothing but a wall of silence between them 
4
In the Bedroom
Jorge Avila Andrade
La pelcula logra lo que pocos dramas de su gnero que es hacer interesante un historia digna de cualquier pasqun de pueblo 
3
In the Bedroom
Mike McGranaghan
In the Bedroom takes a story that s been told before and makes it fresh by re telling it realistically 
4
In the Bedroom
Ian Mantgani
Tremendously powerful emotions below the surface are made devastatingly clear
4
In the Bedroom
Mark Dujsik
Even with its flawed finale In the Bedroom is a powerful experience but because of its finale the film does not feel complete 
3
In the Bedroom
David N. Butterworth
Powerful and disturbing 
3
In the Bedroom
James Kendrick
It speaks to broadly defined themes that are staples of literature and art yet it is done intimately always with an eye on the people who are affected
4
In the Bedroom
Emily Blunt
Incredible
4
In the Bedroom
Ross Anthony
Good acting by all the direction is strong and compelling However the film lacks a dynamic emotive arch 
2.5
In the Bedroom
Dan Lybarger
There have been other films dealing with vengeance and grief but Field s unpredictable approach makes In the Bedroom seem richer and more vibrant 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Robert Roten
The best film of 2001 
4
In the Bedroom
Michael Dequina
Had it not been for the amazing work of the actors the realistically messy emotional journey would not have been nearly as haunting and downright harrowing 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Dustin Putman
The ending has not been clearly thought out by director Todd Field leaving the strength of the picture the top notch performances to appear even more impressive 
2.5
In the Bedroom
Liam Lacey
There has probably not been a more adult American film made in the last year 
3
In the Bedroom
Roger Ebert
There are scenes as true as movies can make them 
4
In the Bedroom
Rob Blackwelder
a powerfully understated exposed nerve of a film
3.5
In the Bedroom
Steve Rhodes
Skip the voting and hand Spacek the Oscar now 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Jeanne Aufmuth
Todd Field has constructed a remarkable first feature directing with patient effective pacing and a good eye for detail 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Rod Armstrong
Field s direction is amazingly assured for someone on his first time around the track 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Lou Lumenick
Must see viewing for anyone who complains Hollywood doesn t make movies for grownups 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Walter Chaw
An emotionally brutal and laudably ambiguous film that does justice to the sober restraint and taint of truth that informs the best of Dubus work 
4
In the Bedroom
James Berardinelli
It epitomizes what an American independent film can be when the director is willing to abandon the safety net 
4
In the Bedroom
Ed Gonzalez
From subdued study of loss to airtight thriller In the Bedroom s fascinating lack of closure suggests that grief is eternal 
3.5
In the Bedroom
Greg Dean Schmitz
an amazingly deft debut for actor turned director Todd Field who has obviously been watching the great directors he s had a chance to work with
4
Deranged
David Nusair
Deranged is for the most part simply unable to become the tense or engrossing thriller promised by its admittedly spectacular setup 
1.5
Half Moon
Fernando F. Croce
Balancing earthy humor and scarring tragedy Bahman Ghobadi s portraits of Kurdish wanderers are particularly expressive of Iranian cinema s sense of hope within instability 
3
Half Moon
Ty Burr
The Kurds may not yet have a country but as long as Bahman Ghobadi keeps making movies they have a national cinema 
3.5
Why Don't You Just Die! (Papa, sdokhni)
Steven Prokopy
Why Don t You Just Die is kinetic filmmaking that takes the time to dig into the motivations of its characters just enough that we actually care
3
Why Don't You Just Die! (Papa, sdokhni)
Mark Dujsik
The thrill of the film is how Sokolov uses that seemingly restricted setting to create a series of suspenseful and often grisly setpieces 
3
Why Don't You Just Die! (Papa, sdokhni)
Simon Abrams
Why Don t You Just Die is stylish enough but it s rarely as clever as it is busy 
2.5
Why Don't You Just Die! (Papa, sdokhni)
Luke Parker
Why Don t You Just Die a red soaked blood fest sometimes axed by its own relentless stamina is a grim and smartly constructed mound of chaos
3
Why Don't You Just Die! (Papa, sdokhni)
Roger Moore
Maybe the world didn t know it needed a Russian Guy Ritchie film But here it is 
3
The Scarecrow
Josh Larsen
A gag stuffed story light short from Buster Keaton 
3
Lisa and the Devil
Matt Brunson
Lisa and the Devil is simply too audacious to be dismissed out of hand But the U S cut The House of Exorcism is mostly a tragedy 
2.5
Lisa and the Devil
Dustin Putman
Lisa and the Devil is the real deal a masterfully poetic journey into darkness and dislocation that is long overdue in finding the audience it so desperately deserves 
4
Persepolis
Mattie Lucas
A masterful balancing of socially conscious drama childhood memoir and outright comedy highlighting the absurdity of a culture ruled by petty fundamentalism 
4
Persepolis
Peter Travers
It s a mind blower 
3.5
Persepolis
Peter Keough
Marjane learns that there s no place like home And we Americans watching realize that people have homes even in the heart of the Axis of Evil 
3
Persepolis
Peter Howell
Persepolis is a superb film about a young girl s coming of age amidst war fascism and family tragedy 
3.5
Persepolis
Mick LaSalle
It s striking how much emotion Satrapi is able to convey through these blocky drawings which are simple but powerfully chosen 
3
Persepolis
Barbara Vancheri
Animation has never been a more sophisticated tool for storytelling and Persepolis takes the form in a daring direction 
3.5
Persepolis
Sandra Hall
The monochromatic palette and simple lines of Satrapi s drawings go with a lusty sense of humour 
4
Persepolis
Jim Schembri
An uplifting funny moving fable about the difference between the ideal of freedom and the real thing 
4
Persepolis
Peter Canavese
So satisfying because it works on a few complimentary levels as a coming of age story tracking innocence to experience as an accounting of revolutionary and feminist struggles and as an artful visual experience in cartoon form Blu Ray 
3.5
Persepolis
Lori Hoffman
The political component is understated but then it suddenly slips in and snaps at you 
2.5
Persepolis
James Kendrick
at times uproariously funny and it has moments of beautifully wild abandon
3.5
Persepolis
John Beifuss
If Charles M Schulz s Peanuts cast was transported inside The Cabinet of Dr Caligari the visual result might resemble this film 
3.5
Persepolis
Carla Meyer
With poignancy humor and evocative animation Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud who co wrote and co directed detail a coming of age that coincided with the deterioration of a nation 
3.5
Persepolis
Larry Ratliff
If you go to see Persepolis you re going to do something you might not have expected to do in your life You re going to fall in love with an Iranian girl 
3.5
Persepolis
Duane Dudek
Persepolis is passionate comically poignant and universally familiar in ways that expose the penguins and rodents that are its fellow Oscar nominees for best animated feature as being commercial and conventional 
3.5
Persepolis
Robert W. Butler
It s riveting 
3.5
Persepolis
Jeff Vice
The film works on multiple levels as a history lesson as a primer on Middle Eastern politics and as an artist biography 
3.5
Persepolis
Phil Villarreal
It s a cultural Rosetta Stone bridging disparate cultures with a universal language u2014 the pain of growing up 
3.5
Persepolis
Tom Keogh
If anything the tonal simplicity of the film lends itself to graphic wit a rich array of emotional experience and an austere impression of Iran as a place where ordinary fun as Satrapi remembers it could get a young person in trouble 
3.5
Persepolis
Amy Biancolli
A film as personal and eccentric as Satrapi s original book a black and white hand drawn memoir of growing up and away from Iran 
4
Persepolis
John Monaghan
More than just the first film in recent memory to be considered a must see Persepolis begs for a second viewing if only to chart the way it so delicately weaves together the different stages of Marjane s life 
4
Persepolis
Lisa Kennedy
Few movies capture so well the fluid fulsome response of children to their and our complex worlds 
3
Persepolis
Sara Michelle Fetters
Beautiful and heartbreaking Persepolis is a sublime achievement worthy of applause 
3.5
Persepolis
Chris Hewitt
No attempt has been made to go beyond two dimensions with the images but the story and characters spring to three dimensional life 
3.5
Persepolis
David Elliott
Persepolis feels abstract never deeply personal because Satrapi offers only surfaces and push pin thoughts while sharing here sincere but glib sisterhood with Iranian history 
2
Persepolis
J. R. Jones
The story s greatest value lies in its elegant twining of the universal and the obscure Satrapi s coming of age should be familiar to all but along with it come startling glimpses of everyday life under the heavy hand of a Muslim theocracy 
3
Persepolis
Tasha Robinson
In spite of all the idealistic baggage the film feels like it s traveling light The fluid handmade visuals hang onto the uniqueness of Satrapi s heavy lined work while giving them a smoothness and a visual depth they previously lacked 
3.5
Persepolis
Carrie Rickey
A riveting odyssey in pictures and words It s unlike any journal you ve read or any animated movie you ve seen 
4
Persepolis
Roger Ebert
It might seem that her story is too large for one 98 minute film but Persepolis tells it carefully lovingly and with great style It is infinitely more interesting than the witless coming of age Western girls we meet in animated films 
4
Persepolis
Ty Burr
It s The 400 Blows viewed from behind a veil and drawn with a graceful ironic black and white pen 
3.5
Persepolis
Glenn Kenny
It is as much as anything else an expression of a personality an insistence that the singular voice of a single heart has meaning and can speak meaningfully across cultural boundaries both real and created 
4
Persepolis
Ken Fox
Named for the ancient capital of what was one called Persia Satrapi s story is also a timely and deeply personal glimpse of life in Iran before during and after the 1979 revolution that ended the reign of the Shah and ushered in a new era 
3.5
Persepolis
Jack Mathews
The black and white animation won t dazzle your eyes but everything else about Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud s adaptation of Satrapi s graphic comic book series Persepolis will hold you in its thrall 
3.5
Persepolis
V.A. Musetto
It is a vivid at times heartbreaking portrait of a life and a nation in crisis 
3
Persepolis
Claudia Puig
With its powerful fusion of the whimsical satirical and emotional Persepolis may well be the most original inventive and moving film of the year 
4
Persepolis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though the film leaves out the subtle and complex political nuances of the book in favor of speed and brevity it s also a good deal livelier and funnier 
3.5
Persepolis
Walter Chaw
Illustrates that the extent to which fundamentalism has tightened its band around our artistic selves is leading both countries ours and hers into that old danse macabre 
3.5
Persepolis
Gene Seymour
Persepolis provides an achingly intimate view of how one young girl s hopes and fantasies come under siege by events beyond her control 
4
Persepolis
Nick Schager
As with Art Spiegelman s gold standard graphic novel Maus Iranian author Marjane Satrapi s acclaimed series Persepolis directly confronts the political via the personal 
3.5
King Leopold's Ghost
Jack Mathews
The movie directed by Pippa Scott and Oreet Rees includes beautifully shot footage of the lush landscape plus horrifying black and white footage and stills of the Congolese under the yoke of Leopold and his successors 
3.5
King Leopold's Ghost
Stephen Whitty
Exhaustively if sometimes depressingly thorough 
3
King Leopold's Ghost
John Anderson
It is an indispensable treatise on Western hegemony and capitalist plunder as seen through the troubled history of the Congo 
3
Disney's Descendants 2
David Wiegand
Descendants 2 will not disappoint and that means fans as well as Disney s number crunchers 
2.5
The Fairy
Mattie Lucas
A little bitty movie with a great big heart that is nearly impossible to resist 
3
The Fairy
Austin Kennedy
This has to be one of the most imaginative articulately planned strange wacky whimsical unique and flat out hysterical films I have seen in at least a few years 
4
The Fairy
Chris Hewitt
As slight and tasty as a Popsicle on a hot day the movie gets its fun from its freedom from how regularly its blithe characters find themselves in impossible situations and how effortlessly they wriggle out of them 
3
The Fairy
Joe Williams
Do yourself and your kids a favor On the way to multiplex to see The Avengers tell them The Fairy is about an all powerful superheroine Someday they ll find the words to thank you 
3.5
The Fairy
Mick LaSalle
Its appeal is in watching people who have devised their own original style of comic performance and have taken it to a rare level of refinement 
3
The Fairy
Moira MacDonald
It s a slight film and it s over just as you re thinking it should be but it s both sweet and refreshingly tart 
3
The Fairy
Ty Burr
The vibe s too rarefied to last the length of a feature film and it doesn t but when The Fairy is on it creates entirely new comic synapses in your head 
3
The Fairy
Peg Aloi
Though occasionally the absurd humor falls flat the attempt to forge something utterly unlike anything else happening in cinema today gives this film a mesmerizing and memorable charm 
3
The Fairy
V.A. Musetto
You ll get a kick out of The Fairy even if you don t believe in fairies 
3
The Fairy
Kam Williams
A delightful genre blending adventure that s part romantic romp part escapist fantasy part slapstick comedy and part song and dance musical 
4
The Fairy
Bill Weber
Re employing the tools of Jacques Tati and Jerry Lewis this pleasant fable reclaims artful slapstick with a bliss that s hard to deny 
2.5
The Fairy
Marty Mapes
Abel and Gordon follow Rumba with another comic dance
3.5
Summer Storm
Sean P. Means
Kreuzpaintner junks up this simple gay coming of age story with too many subplots and sitcomlike situations 
2.5
Summer Storm
Jeff Vice
There are at least a couple of disparate movies fighting for control in Summer Storm 
2
Summer Storm
Bruce Westbrook
Its coming of age yarn goes nowhere beyond inevitably out of a closet 
2
Summer Storm
Laura Kelly
Humor toned bods a mellow soundtrack and far too much predictability are the highlights and lowlight of Summer Storm 
2
Summer Storm
John Hartl
Stadlober a young Austrian actor cast in the leading role is charming enough to survive most of the movie s labored attempts to lighten up 
2.5
Summer Storm
Jan Stuart
Kreutzpainter limns his multifarious characters with an amiable unforced humor and an authentic feel for the ways in which good kids respond to peer pressure with less than admirable behavior 
3
Summer Storm
Elizabeth Weitzman
Equal parts earnest and endearing Bavarian director Marco Kreuzpaintner s gay romance tackles its adolescent heartaches with unusual compassion 
2.5
Summer Storm
V.A. Musetto
The slo mo opening accompanied by sappy music tells you everything you need to know about Summer Storm an uninspired gay coming of age import from Germany 
1
Summer Storm
David Elliott
Coming out films are now rituals patterned like dances and Marco Kreuzpaintner s Summer Storm hits its generic marks 
2
Summer Storm
Bruce Newman
For a small coming of age film this picture is remarkably well photographed and acted But the single mindedness with which it seems determined to have almost everyone rowing in the same sexual direction finally becomes a bit oppressive 
2.5
Summer Storm
Michael Wilmington
Summer Storm is a contemporary teen summer romance with a modern sexual twist though in many ways it s just the same old malarkey 
1.5
Summer Storm
Timothy Knight
A tonally inconsistent coming out story that wavers between earnest drama and dopey teen sex comedy 
1.5
Summer Storm
Neva Chonin
Though the characters and plot are all paint by numbers Summer Storm is still a fairly charming look at what it s like for a typical teen jock to admit he s not so typical after all 
2
Summer Storm
Ken Fox
An observant and sensitively played drama about adolescent sexuality unrequited love and heartbreak 
3
Summer Storm
Ed Gonzalez
Hey Toby I know what you did last summer you went gay 
1.5
The Help
Brian Eggert
This is a film that will expose you to horrible truths about a not too distant past and 44 in the end 44 makes you laugh and feel like there 8217 s a happy ending 44 except there isn 8217 t one 46 Not really 46 
2
The Help
Mattie Lucas
A fun satisfying and often quite moving summer movie for grown ups 
3
The Help
Brandy McDonnell
The Help still serves as an uplifting reminder of how compassion courage empathy and honesty have helped change the world 
3.5
The Help
David Nusair
Taylor s palpably meandering sensibilities are exacerbated by an almost comically overlong running time 
2.5
The Help
Sara Michelle Fetters
They collectively drive this film s engine and as ensembles go this is the best one I m likely to see assembled in all of 2011 
3
The Help
Linda Cook
Brimming with believable likeable women characters and set against the turbulence of Mississippi in the 1960s The Help is almost as good as Kathryn Stockett s novel 
3.5
The Help
Glenn Lovell
Part conscience searing history lesson part shamelessly manipulative melodrama Tate Taylor s adaptation sinks its teeth in early and never lets go Do I hear Oscar calling 
4
The Help
Josh Larsen
A Civil Rights drama that artfully dramatizes the love for one s enemy espoused by Martin Luther King 
3
The Help
Camerin Courtney
The Help s greatest strength lies in showing how the truth no matter how difficult it is to tell at times has the power to unite to heal and sometimes even to set us free 
3
The Help
James Kendrick
largely succeeds in finding good ol fashioned entertainment value heavily laced with social uplift
3
The Help
Lori Hoffman
There are moments when the film leans on traditional stereotypes but what redeems it is the ability to expand those stereotypes into more complicated and layered portrayals 
3
The Help
Michael Dequina
Viola Davis is truly the beating heart and bleeding soul of the film and without her Tate Taylor s film would hardly leave the audience with the rather startling and haunting impact it does at its conclusion 
3
The Help
Burl Burlingame
A Southern gothic comedy drama with wickedly observed performances and a story arc that feels absolutely epic despite the modest domestic setting 
4
The Help
Dwight Brown
The film production elements are iffy at best The lighting is too bright The costumes don t seem real Skeeter s obtrusive wig looks like a mop The musical score is not an asset 
2
The Help
Mike McGranaghan
Despite a few stray moments that ring false this is an intellectually engaging emotionally satisfying drama 
3.5
The Help
Matt Brunson
Many of the conflicts play out as expected and Bryce Dallas Howard s racist housewife proves to be about as subtle as Cruella De Vil But interesting subplots abound I particularly liked the relationship between Minny and her insecure employer Celia 
3
The Help
Keith Cohen
There are not enough superlatives to describe the best ensemble acting of the year The cinematography costumes interior designs musical score are top drawer You need to have a supply of tissues handy because tears will readily flow and 
4
The Help
John Beifuss
Not only superior to the novel that was its inspiration it also may be the most surprising movie of the year with more than a dozen indelible distinctive characters 
3.5
The Help
Barbara Vancheri
In addition to being entertaining the movie functions as a time capsule as well as a lesson in American history women s and civil rights 
3
The Help
Lisa Kennedy
Thanks to a talented cast starting with leads Emma Stone Viola Davis 8203 and Octavia Spencer 8203 the movie is often entertaining But The Help should have been challenging too 
2.5
The Help
Scott Nash
Has all the subtlety of a baseball bat to the head with the phrase Racism is wrong written on it 
2.5
The Help
Peter Canavese
If only The Help accepted more of Davis rsquo help we might have a work of art on our hands instead of another condescending half baked history lesson 
2
The Help
Wilson Morales
With powerful performances given by Viola Davis and scene stealer Octavia Spencer the film is an emotionally moving drama that remains highly entertaining 
3
The Help
Alison Gang
Writer director Tate Taylor takes care to balance the at odds themes of shameful social injustice female bonding and outright comedy in this tale about African American maids in 1960s Jackson Miss 
3
The Help
Rafer Guzman
The Help brings a chick flick sensibility to a serious subject which is more daring than it might sound It s also incredibly refreshing 
3.5
The Help
Connie Ogle
The Help will make you laugh yes but it can also break your heart In the dog days of August moviegoing that s a powerful recommendation 
3
The Help
Rick Groen
Now comes the inevitable movie which in the hands of writer director Tate Taylor does a novel about injustice an injustice itself It turns lite into featherweight 
2
The Help
Chris Hewitt
Some adaptations find a fresh cinematic way to convey a book s spirit but The Help doesn t 
2
The Help
Matt Soergel
Satisfying entertainment that s going to seem like heaven to those who have had their fill of cowboys aliens and superheroes 
3.5
The Help
Bob Bloom
The Help is an unforgettable feature about a past that should rightly be remembered as a blight on this nation It is a film that at times will make you flinch and squirm but ultimately make you applaud the courage of these remarkable women 
3.5
The Help
Erik Childress
Almost succeeds solely on the strength of its acting but The Help cannot escape the central hypocrisy that should have been easy as pie to fix 
2
The Help
Rich Heldenfels
Well told and touching with Oscar worthy performances by Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer 
3.5
The Help
Mike Scott
A warm and sweet song of hope and chocolate pie that pushes all the right buttons 
4
The Help
Sara Stewart
Aims for To Kill a Mockingbird significance but lands in Steel Magnolias territory 
2.5
The Help
Willie Waffle
A better movie than you might think it is 
3
The Help
Mark Dujsik
Taylor gives Skeeter and Celia s problems more significance through the use of visual storytelling while the titular caste is left simply to orate their own 
2.5
The Help
Dustin Putman
A beautiful story beautifully told No acting ensemble this year has featured so many awards caliber performances 
3.5
The Help
Claudia Puig
Fans of the best selling novel can rest easy The warmly engaging book has been made into an equally affecting movie 
3
The Help
Roger Ebert
I was drawn into the characters and quite moved even though all the while I was aware it was a feel good fable a story that deals with pain but doesn t care to be that painful 
3
The Help
Carrie Rickey
Like its characters it has its faults But overall it is a movie of imaginative sympathy that gets into the skin of its characters into their hearts and ultimately into ours 
3
The Help
Linda Barnard
Occasionally the sentimental sweep of the picture threatens to overwhelm but Taylor manages to pull it back in time 
3
The Help
Duane Dudek
Although the story is uplifting and the characters heroic The Help feels like a missed opportunity to explore the inner lives of these women and the culture that sustained them in any kind of artful or insightful way 
3
The Help
Maria Cote
The message is delivered in a whispered hush but you will hear it Because it s true what your parents said when you were young Sometimes a whisper carries farther than a shout 
3.5
The Help
Karen D'Souza
This is one shameless tear jerker that earns its sniffles 
3
The Help
Ann Hornaday
Both taste and perspective will inform whether viewers will find The Help a revelatory celebration of interracial healing and transcendence or a patronizing portrait that trivializes those alliances by reducing them to melodrama and facile uplift 
2
The Help
Peter Travers
The Help is an exhilarating gift a deeply touching human story filled with humor and heartbreak and sublime performances from Viola Davis Octavia Spencer Emma Stone and Co 
3.5
The Help
Peter Keough
Like The Blind Side this salves white guilt by scapegoating the wrong villains crediting the wrong heroes and exploiting the victims 
1
The Help
Michael Phillips
The Help has Viola Davis going for it and she is more than enough 
3
The Help
Joe Williams
When an important message is delivered through cardboard cutouts it s akin to a Tyler Perry production of Guess Who s Cooking the Dinner 
2.5
The Help
Wesley Morris
The Help comes out on the losing end of the movies social history The best film roles three black women will have all year require one of them to clean Ron Howard s daughter s house It s self reinforcing movie imagery 
2.5
The Help
Stephen Whitty
It s the black actresses who own this as they should and help lift it above well intentioned melodrama 
3
The Help
Matt Pais
We don t need to see white characters feeling guilty or oppressed to understand that the verbal and emotional abuse committed against the help is wrong 
2.5
The Help
Andrew Schenker
High school creative writing class ironies of all kinds abound in The Help 
1
The Help
Kam Williams
Truth and reconciliation between blacks and whites in Mississippi belatedly achieved like a dream deferred 
4
The Help
Moira MacDonald
Is the movie version of The Help better than the book Yes it is primarily for one reason The book doesn t have Viola Davis in it 
3
The Help
David Germain
Stone Davis and Spencer forge something quite beautiful a sense of sisterhood and equality that unfolds with ease and grace never feeling forced or untrue to their era and circumstances 
3.5
The Help
Stephen Rebello
Things are on much firmer ground when the quietly powerful watchful and intense Davis and the sour hilarious Spencer mostly take over the movie and expose the painful consequences of the racism that to this day plagues and demeans us 
3.5
Funny Bunny
Chuck Bowen
Alison Bagnall and her talented leads appear to effortlessly achieve a tone that s tricky to sustain one that abounds equally in absurdism and empathy 
3
The Nutcracker
Liam Lacey
One of the most misguided children s films ever made 
1
The Nutcracker
Peter Canavese
Vienna The 1920s Albert Einstein sings a world of proto Nazi space ranger rats led by a nasty singing Andy Warhol rodent But I don t have to tell you the beloved story of The Nutcracker 
1
The Nutcracker
Robert Levin
A lot happens in The Nutcracker in 3D little of it of much consequence 
2.5
The Nutcracker
Mike Hale
The Viennese scenes shot on Budapest soundstages give a new dreary meaning to workmanlike 
2
The Nutcracker
Roger Ebert
From what dark night of the soul emerged the wretched idea for The Nutcracker in 3D 
1
The Nutcracker
Peter Hartlaub
Imagine watching Tchaikovsky s ballet after taking a handful of peyote on a day when all of the dancers call in sick and the orchestra decides to play a different set of the composer s works 
2
The Nutcracker
Claudia Puig
Who had the lamebrained idea for a post apocalyptic 3 D Nutcracker that is lacking any trace of ballet 
1.5
The Nutcracker
Nick Schager
Konchalovsky s holiday fable confirms its chosen technology as not simply a gimmick but a veritable crime against both cinema and moviegoers wallets confirms
1
Airport '77
David Nusair
46 46 46 a first class 1970s disaster picture 46 
3
Airport '77
Roger Ebert
I mean whadaya gonna say It s not Wertmuller You ve got to take these things on their own level and they ve finally made one 30 feet under 
2
Airport '77
Matt Brunson
Airport 77 sounds like it would be the dopiest of them all but it s actually not bad thanks to a surprisingly strong cast and a tendency to avoid any camp 
2.5
Jolt
David Nusair
underwhelming and forgettable 
2
Jolt
Tom Meek
Yeah it s total B level vigilante junk but Beckinsale and Stanley Tucci as her shrink play it for camp or so I think 
2
Jolt
Randy Myers
Too bad Beckinsale deserves better in this one 
2
Jolt
Kevin Carr
If you like the Underworld movies because you like watching Kate Beckinsale run around in leather sure but there s no depth to the story or interest to the characters 
1
Jolt
Katie Walsh
Jolt isn t prestige cinema but it is far smarter than its exploitation trappings Wexler and Beckinsale truly make a meal of the gender flip that is sending a woman to wreak bloody havoc in revenge for the murder of a sweet nerdy hunk 
3
Jolt
Leo Brady
Although it sounds like a premise that could lead to fun action Jolt is anything but with a paper thin plot poorly cut fight sequences and a wasted use of Kate Beckinsale s electric personality 
1
Jolt
Tomris Laffly
An action packed sci fi adjacent dark comedy that leaves a lot to be desired in its neon soaked wake 
2
Jolt
Mike McGranaghan
Sassy funny and action packed 
3
Jolt
Mark Dujsik
The main gimmick isn t quite as clever and considered as the filmmakers might believe it to be 
2
Jolt
Bob Strauss
While it s not always as sharp as it could be the energy in Jolt never falters and there are definitely amusing bits 
2.5
La Balance
Roger Ebert
La Balance sees this Parisian underworld as clearly as any movie I can remember 
3.5
Green Lantern: First Flight
Peter Canavese
A literally colorful action adventure plot but fails to replicate the success of February s Wonder Woman at making its leading character not just kick ass but fascinating Blu ray 
3
Green Lantern: First Flight
Mike McGranaghan
Superhero tales are best when they strive for some complexity this one has an engrossing plot and some solid character development that grown ups can appreciate 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Knocked my socks off and I was cursing myself for not seeing it sooner 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Skittishly directed and haphazardly written Ong Bak The Thai Warrior is a bundle of old action movie chestnuts brought briefly to life only by Jaa s presence 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Collin Souter
It s too soon to tell if Tony Jaa has the the ability to sustain an interesting career but he s off to a hell of a start regardless 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
John Beifuss
About the only CGI illusion occurs when the bad guy exhales cigarette smoke through the blowhole of his tracheotomy But Pinkaew isn t blowing smoke this is the real deal 
3.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Sean P. Means
Watching Tony Jaa provides the same thrill as watching those early Jackie Chan movies This guy is the real deal 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Jeff Vice
Its plot is pretty much standard issue But the action is spectacular enough to allow the audience to overlook that problem 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Phil Villarreal
Get a load of this guy the way he leaps over cars slides under SUVs Experience the man bringing the pain and unleashing wrath Gaze with wide eyes at his jackhammer fists 
3.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Matt Brunson
Tony Jaa doesn t possess the authority of Lee the charisma of Chan or the intensity of Li though he does project the same sleepy eyed blandness as Van Damme 
2
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Willie Waffle
Jaa lives up to the hype 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Rene Rodriguez
Ong Bak is not very good but Hollywood suits would be nuts not to give Jaa a role in every action flick they make from now on 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Chris Hewitt
Ong Bak s only agenda is kicking butt and it does that pretty well 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Michael Dequina
All the creatively staged and choreographed knees n elbows Muay Thai mayhem one buys the ticket to see 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Frank Ochieng
thoroughly robust within its own skin Visually involving and vibrantly executed fight fans will definitely get a rousing kick out of Ong Bak
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
James Kendrick
More than anything the filmmakers want to impress on you the wonders of Jaa s physical presence
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Rob Blackwelder
Tony Jaa has grace style as a fighter stunt man but he can do better than Ong Bak 
0.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Liam Lacey
A knockout of a martial arts movie and an elbow to the head And two knees to the back and a roundhouse kick to the ear for good measure 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Sara Michelle Fetters
This nearly six minute sequence is one of the most joyously rapturous of the new year the actor sliding under vehicles walking pixie like across a minefield of heads and leaping over knives fences and even cars with unmitigated glee 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
James Verniere
If you combined the genes of Chan and Bruce Lee with a dash of Buster Keaton the result might resemble Jaa 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Mark Dujsik
For every moment that inspires vocal awe there are two or three moments that produce groans 
2
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
John Monaghan
You can rightly say that Jaa has yet to establish much of a character but give him a chance 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Michael Booth
I wouldn t bet against a kickboxer who sets himself on fire and then crushes an opponent between his flaming fibulas 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Geoff Pevere
The time to catch Tony Jaa is now 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Bruce Kirkland
Thai genre filmmakers are still finding their pathway however awkwardly What they can boast is a homegrown superstar Tony Jaa 
3.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Bob Strauss
The movie s strong points are its clever chase sequences in which Jaa outruns or levitates over gangs of murderous baddies through obstacle courses of everyday Bangkok commerce and street traffic 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Lisa Rose
Imaginatively plotted destruction abounds 
3.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Tom Keogh
Jaa s screen time is largely about athletics not building a character 
1.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
David Elliott
The opening scene is best of men combatively climbing a huge tree like crazed monkeys After that it s a steady slide down into the sludge pond of global junk cinema 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
G. Allen Johnson
Nearly every impressive stunt is repeated in slow motion from a different camera angle and we get to see the most eye popping ones three times Thus a tightly edited 90 minute action flick becomes a bloated 105 minute exercise 
2.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Elizabeth Weitzman
It s not often that you witness the creation of a star so grab the chance now 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
V.A. Musetto
Vile humorless distasteful sickening 
0
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Roger Ebert
I sat through the movie impressed at how real the action sequences seemed Then I went to the Web site and discovered that they were real 
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Ty Burr
After a while a punch is a punch is a punch 
2
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Marty Mapes
It s too soon to say for sure that Jaa is the next Chan but I m rooting for him
3
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
David Nusair
a horrible amateurish barely engaging little film 
1
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Robert K. Elder
Already a much bootlegged beloved martial arts film in Thailand Ong Bak delivers a new world action star in Jaa 
3.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Jeanne Aufmuth
Tony Jaa is the real deal gently charismatic but gifted with a fierce passion for his sport and its balletic but brutal grace 
3.5
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Ed Gonzalez
The film s middle stretch is an unmistakable tour de brute force 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Mattie Lucas
Cheech and Chong have found new heirs apparent in the form of Saul and Dale in a film destined to be a new stoner classic 
3
Pineapple Express
Matt Soergel
The movie runs red with both blood and cherry Slushies There s also more male affection on display here than well since Superbad and that cowboy movie that people still complain to me about 
3
Pineapple Express
Sonny Bunch
Pineapple Express is good for a few laughs but little more it s low grade Apatow I think they used to call it dirt weed 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Jeffrey Westhoff
Pineapple Express is funny but it s not outrageously funny Such material needs to be outrageously funny to succeed 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Sean P. Means
A rare thing a stoner comedy where being stoned isn t a requirement to enjoying it 
3
Pineapple Express
Walter Chaw
Tied together by a performance from Franco that has the misfortune of being familiar and human in the middle of a lot of low aspiring blarney 
2
Pineapple Express
Charles Koplinski
Cheech and Chong meets Scarface 
3.0
Pineapple Express
Ross Anthony
Despite the smoking pot refrain PE finds a way to charm These guys really seem to enjoy each others company and are happy to welcome you into their little group 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Lori Hoffman
if you are going to have a couple of dumb asses running around like total idiots you could do a lot worse than Rogen and Franco 
2.5
Pineapple Express
David Nusair
an above average contemporary stoner comedy 
3
Pineapple Express
Daniel M. Kimmel
stoner humor is primarily funny to people who are stoned 
1.5
Pineapple Express
Sean McBride
I can live without the drug murders and chases but sitting around over breakfast with some new friends makes for a primo comedy and another crowd friendly hit for Judd Apatow 
3
Pineapple Express
Gina Carbone
The bromance genre is alive and well and it just gave me a pickle craving 
3
Pineapple Express
Kam Williams
Sidesplitting high attrition rate S M slapstick where you get to savor the sight of characters getting tortured to death about five times each if that s your bag of grass 
4
Pineapple Express
Mike McGranaghan
Pineapple Express pulls off the amazing trick of elevating the stoner comedy into something resembling art 
3.5
Pineapple Express
Larry Ratliff
You re in for a mildly entertaining ride through lowbrow slapstick action violence Just don t ask for a seat in the non smoking section 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Peter T. Chattaway
The noisier and bloodier it gets the more you notice how uninspired the movie is If you re high this might not be a problem But for the rest of us it s a bit of a drag 
2
Pineapple Express
Michael Phillips
At its sharpest the script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg who co wrote Superbad recalls what made Superbad worth seeing the sidewinding conversational riffs the why am I laughing wordplay 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Duane Dudek
The simple storyline plays out as expected in a series of comically violent chase and action scenes skillfully rendered by another independent film director gone mainstream David Gordon Green 
3
Pineapple Express
Rene Rodriguez
This is an endearingly slovenly profane movie with bursts of startling violence but it s all played for nyuk nyuk laughs and it has been directed with more care than it might initially appear by David Gordon Green 
3
Pineapple Express
Linda Cook
It s HIGH larious 
3.5
Pineapple Express
Willie Waffle
A beneficiary of low expectations
3
Pineapple Express
Matt Brunson
In a sense this harkens back to the buddy flicks so rampant in the 1980s odd couple outings like 48 HRS and Midnight Run 
3
Pineapple Express
Jeanne Aufmuth
I m typically not a fan of the wildly popular Judd Apatow Seth Rogen collaborative efforts but a pitch perfect performance by James Franco temporarily sways me in the other direction 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Ken Fox
The film has the same unexpected unabashed tenderness as Superbad but in the absolute last place anyone would ever think of looking a fast paced and extremely bloody crime comedy 
3
Pineapple Express
Peter Howell
Apatow and Green are just throwing whatever they can at the screen to see what will get either a laugh or a grimace More likely the latter since you ll likely leave the theatre wondering if you saw a comedy or a Sam Peckinpah movie 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Chris Hewitt
Pineapple has less on its mind than more ambitious movies from producer Judd Apatow s factory Superbad Knocked Up but it s an entertaining little empty calorie snack if you have the movie munchies 
3
Pineapple Express
Peter Hartlaub
It s a funny mostly harmless and entertaining film with a bad case of dry mouth 
3
Pineapple Express
Carla Meyer
Never much of a scene stealer before now the delightful Franco runs away with Pineapple Express 
3
Pineapple Express
Steven Rea
The movie s too long and the violence and mayhem are unexpectedly harsh and heavy but Franco s inspired looped performance is right up there in the annals of reefer filmdom with Jeff Bridges the Dude in The Big Lebowski 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Stephen Whitty
The sloppy script which Rogen co wrote aspires to nothing more than old Cheech and Chong routines built around frustrating circuitous conversations 
2
Pineapple Express
Lou Lumenick
Frequently hilarious occasionally sweet and often graphically violent Pineapple Express may not be the greatest stoner movie ever made but it will do perfectly well until we get another hit of Harold and Kumar 
3
Pineapple Express
Bob Strauss
The funniest stoner movie ever made and so far the most hilarious comedy of 2008 
4
Pineapple Express
Robert W. Butler
This blood spattered stoner comedy the latest from Team Apatow is wildly uneven and at times trying But even a DEA agent would find plenty to laugh at 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Amy Biancolli
You needn t be a pothead to enjoy Pineapple Express the movie I mean the movie 
3
Pineapple Express
Rick Groen
This is a movie with more stops and starts than a rural train on a milk run Specifically it s an action comedy that has a terrific accelerator but a really annoying brake 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Jeff Vice
The film tries to fuse elements from the Harold Kumar druggie comedies onto the violent buddy comedy thriller Hot Fuzz But it seems like the project was rushed into production before the script was even finished 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Lawrence Toppman
The movie s a crazy quilt of pot jokes sarcastic put downs and pop culture references both obvious and obscure 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Lisa Kennedy
While this R rated comedy is oh so lite it also builds to some endearingly goofball conclusions about friendship and maybe just maybe responsibility Though there s a hazy quality to the latter 
3
Pineapple Express
Sara Michelle Fetters
Not only is this one of the more breezily entertaining flicks of the summer it s also one of the funniest comedies I ve had the pleasure to see this year 
3
Pineapple Express
Christian Toto
You d have to be high to think Pineapple Express is anything but a letdown 
2
Pineapple Express
Andrew Schenker
The film brings to the fore the tacit assumptions of the buddy movie and winds up offering a useful critique of the genre 
3
Pineapple Express
Greg Maki
Pineapple Express is very funny in spots but the action keeps sending it off the tracks 
2
Pineapple Express
Michael A. Smith
a hit of Pineapple Express is just the cure for the dog days of summer 
3.5
Pineapple Express
Dustin Putman
Begins as a been there done that stoner romp before turning into an outlandishly silly and graphically violent action thriller The tone may be schizophrenic but the sheer unabashed showmanship of the whole thing warrants praising 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Phil Villarreal
Funny enough to make a hardened movie critic fall forward and spit on people sitting in front of him 
4
Pineapple Express
John Beifuss
Not since Pulp Fiction plunged a needle in the heart of an overdose victim has drug comedy met drug violence with the pop of Pineapple Express 
3.5
Pineapple Express
Peter Travers
Rogen Franco and McBride are on the march into stoner legend 
3.5
Pineapple Express
James Berardinelli
The humor in this movie is smart enough that even a moderate level of intoxication or inebriation is not necessary to enjoy it 
3
Pineapple Express
Rafer Guzman
An uneven but entertaining action comedy that answers a question you ve probably never asked What if someone gave Cheech and Chong a shot of testosterone and a couple of Uzis 
3
Pineapple Express
Ty Burr
Guys you re asking us to swallow a pot farce a buddy thriller an action parody and a touching tale of two men on the run You must be high 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Claudia Puig
You don t have to be in an altered state to appreciate the ludicrous humor The laughs mostly crude profane and drug addled are almost non stop 
3.5
Pineapple Express
Roger Ebert
Pineapple Express is the answer to the question What would happen if a movie like this was made by a great director 
3.5
Pineapple Express
Erik Childress
While the pot comedy genre has strived more on memorable characters Spicoli Cheech Chong Harold Kumar than memorable movies Pineapple Express is the rare exception 
3
Pineapple Express
Peter Canavese
Despite its rusty mechanics and hodgepodge of tones Pineapple Express convincingly imitates the mode of Midnight Run on the run odd couple comedy with gunplay and car chases 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Josh Larsen
Pineapple Express is never really focused that s not exactly the right word for a drug comedy But Apatow and company certainly ensure it s a lot of fun 
3
Pineapple Express
Austin Kennedy
Even though I think the movie gets bogged down with too many pot smoking scenes stoners are going to think it s the Holy Grail I laughed quite a bit but I just wish the film was a little more focused 
2.5
Pineapple Express
Nick Rogers
Forget the puff puff Pass on this protracted problematic comedy with Hot Fuzz aspirations in which neither Seth Rogen nor the grim leaden violence is much fun at all James Franco Danny McBride and Craig Robinson at least salvage the film 
1.5
Ingenium
Roger Moore
It works better as a mystery than as a mystery solved 
2
Black Box
Michael Phillips
Plaintive and generous it s a worthy follow up to Cone s previous film The Wise Kids 
3.5
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain
Peter Stack
Overall it s the sort of pleasant twinkle in the eye folk tale that audiences young and old will find amusing and even a little inspiring 
3
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain
Mike Clark
Though there s nothing in the film to equal the excitement of seeing a marquee collapse from the weight of its title an attractive cast and setting turn a tired one joke premise into an adequate view 
2.5
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain
Roger Ebert
The people in this movie are so crazy they could only be real 
3
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain
Steve Rhodes
The characters while cute were not credible enough to be believable nor humorous enough to be funny 
2
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain
James Berardinelli
The Englishman is low key in all aspects from the comic elements to the love story 
3
The Dawn Wall
David N. Butterworth
The best mountaineering film and then some since Joe Simpson and Simon Yates first touched the void in 2004 Absolutely mesmerizing 
4
The Dawn Wall
Roger Moore
One of a kind striking
3.5
The Dawn Wall
Rob Thomas
While the climbing scenes are white knuckle exciting the filmmakers understand that thrills alone don t make for a good climbing documentary We have to care about the climbers before they set one foot on the rock 
3
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Kevin Carr
It s probably one of the best Paranormal Activity movies they ve made in the past several years 
3
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Mike McGranaghan
Too much here betrays the notion that we re watching found footage and some fairly big questions remain unanswered at the end 
2
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
David Nusair
this never at any point feels like a Paranormal Activity movie 
2.5
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Brian Tallerico
It s clearly an original story that s been slapped with the Paranormal Activity label and that only adds to the sense that there s little creative depth here 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Mark Dujsik
A lot of what we ve come to expect either from this series or from found footage horror movies in general remains completely intact here 
1.5
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
G. Allen Johnson
To get through that first hour the characters have to be interesting but these self absorbed Gen Z wannabe filmmakers are anything but 
1
Colombiana
Brian Eggert
A midrange action product with violence to spare 44 reasonable star power 44 lots of momentum 44 even more violence 44 and heaps of sex appeal 44 all tempered for mass consumption by a PG 13 rating 46 
2.5
Colombiana
Mattie Lucas
Saldana is a compelling screen presence and is compulsively watchable but the film around her is a tired hackneyed mess
1.5
Colombiana
Roger Moore
Laugh out loud exploitation See Zoe shoot See Zoe kill See Zoe strip PG 13 style 
1.5
Colombiana
Jeff Beck
With a tighter story and structure most of the film s problems could have been easily fixed resulting in a film that doesn t feel like a build up of superfluous events 
2.5
Colombiana
Michael Dequina
Ranks as one of the more eco and econ friendly projects of recent memory what with producer co writer Luc Besson recycling many elements from his prior successes 
2.5
Colombiana
Linda Cook
A fast paced tale of revenge Colombiana is a better than average actioner made all the more interesting by its female lead Zoe Saldana Star Trek and Avatar follows the path of Hanna and Salt as a tough as nails assassin 
2.5
Colombiana
David Nusair
The latest disappointing actioner from producer Luc Besson 
1.5
Colombiana
Burl Burlingame
The movie delivers slam bang action so much so that we re reminded that movies have to MOVE to carry us along and with Columbiana we re along for the ride baby 
2
Colombiana
John Beifuss
The promise of the borderline priceless early scenes with Amandla Stenberg as the 10 year old Cataleya aren t quite fulfilled by the more predictable set pieces with the adult assassin 
2.5
Colombiana
Mike McGranaghan
A generic time killer that doesn t leave any kind of lasting impression 
2
Colombiana
Peter Keough
Director Olivier Megaton has mastered the art of balancing absurdity with conviction both in his montages and his choices on the soundtrack 
3
Colombiana
Tirdad Derakhshani
Colombiana isn t the last word in action movies but it s a fun ride 
2.5
Colombiana
Wesley Morris
Megaton blows things up demolishes a fruit market and throws in some parkour foot chases as if he s completing a checklist 
2
Colombiana
Peter Howell
Colombiana isn t completely dreadful if you ignore the holes in its Swiss cheese of a plot 
2.5
Colombiana
Scott Nash
When shortly into the film Cataleya is escaping from a jail cell through an unsecured ventilation vent large enough for a person to easily fit through and that leads to the outside I knew we were in trouble 
1.5
Colombiana
Nick Schager
Luc Besson s pulp fiction assembly line churns out another adequate ass kicker with Colombiana which boasts many of the French producer director s favorite tropes 
2.5
Colombiana
Wilson Morales
The best way to describe the action packed film Colombiana is to say to that it s mindless unpretentious very stylized and entertaining It s your typical B film brought to the big screen by the power and influence of Luc Besson 
2.5
Colombiana
Kyle Smith
Luc Besson keeps ralphing up scripts about beautiful lady killers but that doesn t mean you have to keep seeing them 
0.5
Colombiana
Mark Jenkins
Luc Besson has decided to make one for the girls 
2
Colombiana
Claudia Puig
This is a showy flower of an action film Saldana doesn t get much of a chance to emote but her action skills blossom 
2.5
Colombiana
Christy Lemire
For the most part it s all big and silly but at least it s enjoyably staged and crafted 
2.5
Dead Presidents
Michael Dequina
Excellent performances a great soundtrack and the Hughes technical virtuosity make it worth a look 
3
Dead Presidents
Caryn James
Like those overreaching sophomore term papers we can all laugh at now this disappointing film may free the Hughes brothers to move on to fresher more inspired work 
2
Dead Presidents
Peter Stack
It s an overly ambitious effort that strains to work as a coming of age drama a 1960s period piece and a searing comment on the way African American GIs went largely unappreciated for their war efforts 
2
Dead Presidents
Madeleine Williams
The movie makes its point and continues to hit you over the head with it 
2
Dead Presidents
Chris Hicks
The level of exaggerated violence and gore is so gross and disgusting that the film takes on a horror movie look which tends to undermine its intentions as a thoughtful exploration of troubled times for blacks 
2
Dead Presidents
Mike Clark
Messy but mesmerizing 
3
Dead Presidents
Ted Prigge
It features lots of heartache a downer of an ending and even some nasty bloodshed But in the end it just feels like they forgot to add something in there but it still comes out as a pretty good film nonetheless 
2.5
Dead Presidents
Roger Ebert
Here is a film that feels incomplete as if its last step is into thin air Scene by scene you feel its skill but you leave the theater wondering about the meaning of it all 
2.5
Dead Presidents
James Berardinelli
People of any color can sympathize with the plight of Anthony Curtis and understand if not agree with the eventual choices life forces him to make 
3
A Dog's Journey
Linda Cook
A Dog s Journey has more bite than you might think 
3
A Dog's Journey
Matt Brunson
A stale melodrama that doesn t exhibit much bite much bark or really much of anything 
2
A Dog's Journey
Roger Moore
Lachrymose insipid 
1.5
A Dog's Journey
Josh Terry
It s pretty rare that a sequel improves on an original but that is certainly the case with Gail Mancuso s A Dog s Journey 
3
A Dog's Journey
Katie Walsh
It s about halfway through the film when one realizes how much deeper Mancuso and team are going with this dog s journey It s about how dogs can fill the hole in your heart that a person might leave 
2.5
A Dog's Journey
Tomris Laffly
Is A Dog s Journey one of the sweetest canine films out there or one of the meanest 
2
A Dog's Journey
Mark Dujsik
Just as in the last movie multiple dogs die in assorted and depressing ways here Since we already know the game of this story it s much easier to become numb to it 
2
A Dog's Journey
Brad Wheeler
A Dog s Journey ends in bittersweet fashion but with the suspicion that this franchise will live on 
2
A Dog's Journey
Kristen Page-Kirby
The love we share with our canine companions is one of the simplest emotions there is and to build an entire film around manipulating that love is lazy storytelling 
1
A Dog's Journey
Rafer Guzman
A corny but effective tearjerker for kids and families 
2.5
A Dog's Journey
Walter V. Addiego
Even the crustiest viewers count me among them must credit director Gail Mancuso for a handful of sequences that amid all the glop are capable of softening a hard heart 
2.5
Monster A-Go-Go
Matt Brunson
Its notoriety extends beyond just the usual dismissals as one of the worst films ever made as bad movie buffs place it in the same uh exalted pantheon of immortal atrocities like Plan 9 from Outer Space Robot Monster and Manos The Hands of Fate 
1
Beyond the Lights
Pamela Powell
Although the intrigue and intensity waxes and wanes it is a decent film about love overbearing mothers and the cost of fortune and fame 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Perry Seibert
It s a competent entry in the genre but it s a shame that s all it is when it had the potential to be a little more 
2
Beyond the Lights
John Beifuss
Dido in Belle and Noni here wouldn t seem to have a lot in common but both roles present Mbatha Raw as a woman searching for her authentic self within a cultural context that prefers compromised or cartoonish representations of black identity 
3
Beyond the Lights
Matt Brunson
This then is where Beyond the Lights most makes its mark not as a love story but as a look at the demands encountered by female entertainers in today s marketplace 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Rafer Guzman
Beyond the Lights is a faint shadow of 1992 s The Bodyguard without the star power of Whitney Houston or Kevin Costner 
2
Beyond the Lights
Odie Henderson
It strikes a risky though successful balancing act between being immensely entertaining as a musical feature and making dramatic important statements about depression self worth and female empowerment 
4
Beyond the Lights
Stephen Whitty
If it were any cheesier they could pour it on macaroni 
2
Beyond the Lights
Brad Wheeler
A formulaic often melodramatic crowd pleaser with thoughts on celebrity driven culture and the ravenous appetite of fans followers and the media 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Claudia Puig
While melodramatic in the vein of A Star Is Born Beyond the Lights is also a wise and open hearted look at the price of fame upon personal identity 
3
Beyond the Lights
Tom Russo
The movie has a soapy impulse that it would have done well to resist given the occasional surprising strength of its more unvarnished elements 
2
Beyond the Lights
Moira MacDonald
You re drawn to her and you root for her there s something in Mbatha Raw s lovely direct gaze that pulls us in 
3
Beyond the Lights
Linda Barnard
Mbatha Raw is clearly destined for bigger things Consider Beyond the Lights a stop along the way 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Cathy Jakicic
The basic elements are very much like The Bodyguard and countless dangerous rise to fame movies The originality lies in the details up to date themes and the strong performances of the relatively young lead actors 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Ann Hornaday
The fact that Beyond the Lights is so effective at both celebrating and critiquing extravagance and artifice can be credited to Prince Bythewood s shrewd understanding of the highly pitched cinematic vernacular she s working with 
3
Beyond the Lights
Mick LaSalle
Over the course of the film Mbatha Raw does many things all of them quite well 
3
Beyond the Lights
Kevin C. Johnson
Prince Bythewood isn t reinventing the wheel here but she succeeds on a pure entertainment level 
3
Beyond the Lights
Dann Gire
Yes we ve seen this movie before but not as well played or as smartly written 
3
Beyond the Lights
Matt Pais
Another commanding performance from Mbatha Raw who doesn t need words to explain how the outer emptiness of Noni s persona has found its way inside 
3
Beyond the Lights
Kyle Smith
The teary eyed sincerity of the music industry drama Beyond the Lights is at times too much but despite its cliche elements the film at least has the feel of a passion project 
2
Beyond the Lights
Roger Moore
Well acted sexy and surprising considering its worn sell your soul to the music business story 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Chris Cabin
By rooting Noni s self image issues in a controlling mother the script provides the film with a tame melodramatic structure that dulls the thorny matters of identity and expression at its center 
2.5
Beyond the Lights
Kam Williams
Love in the time of hip hopera 
3
Buried Alive
David Nusair
Aside from the admittedly effective casting of Saw s Tobin Bell as a crazy old coot Buried Alive is conspicuously lacking in overtly positive elements 
2
The Falling
Elise Nakhnikian
The film all leads to a melodramatic climax that wraps up the main character s explosive acting out in a too neat package 
2
Swallow
G. Allen Johnson
Whatever 
1
Swallow
Sara Stewart
Bennett who s been largely off the radar for a while is heartbreaking and eventually fierce as her character begins to crave change 
3
Swallow
Ty Burr
I only wish Swallow didn t hammer its themes home quite so hard through dialogue editing and camerawork that never trust the audience to think for itself 
2
Swallow
Matt Brunson
This unsettling drama initially feels like a distant cousin to those numerous body horror films conceived by David Cronenberg Yet Swallow turns out to be more about emotional rather than physical anguish 
3
Swallow
Federico Furzan
A valid premise hidden in a movie with too many obstacles to be understood Full review in Spanish 
2
Swallow
Barry Hertz
This is a movie that cries out for attention in ways both admirable and grating 
2
Swallow
Cody Corrall
In a time when everyone s anxieties are heightened it s validating to see a film like Carlo Mirabella Davis s Swallow which understands that sometimes the scariest things are grounded in reality 
3
Swallow
Tom Meek
The moody aural atmosphere and astutely sharp visuals by director Carlo Mirabella Davis draws the viewer in quickly and Haley Bennett is perfect 
2.5
Swallow
Michael Frank
Beginning with a calligraphic gorgeous title sequence Mirabella Davis s slight horror heavy drama features a collection of incredible visuals and striking production and costume design 
3
Swallow
Lisa Trifone
Swallow is a weird one and that s high praise 
3.5
Swallow
Mike McGranaghan
With Haley Bennett s outstanding work at the center the film is a true stunner 
3.5
Swallow
Katie Walsh
A remarkably rebellious film filled with a kind of sly anarchic energy from which one wants to greedily drink as it cracks through and pours from its hard candy colored shell 
4
Swallow
Kathy Fennessy
If the ending is too neat it s also emotionally satisfying 
3
Swallow
Ann Hornaday
In Swallow Bennett finally comes into her own as the kind of leading lady who is more than just a pretty face and can occupy the screen and hold it with commanding authority 
3
Swallow
Joe Friar
he psychological thriller can be hard to ingest but Haley Bennett s mesmerizing performance helps it go down easy 
3.5
Swallow
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is an intimate masterfully modulated character study of abuse isolation depression and obsession that grows in chillingly personal impact as it goes along 
3.5
Swallow
Justine Smith
An uncompromising horror that evokes deeply rooted alienation and dysmorphia 
3.5
Swallow
Rosalie Kicks
A mesmerizing and beautifully shot feature that left me feeling haunted 
3.5
Swallow
Mark Dujsik
T he disgust and uneasiness overshadow our ability to sympathize with the character 
2
Swallow
Roger Moore
For all its People Magazine psychoanalysis its harrowing and gripping in its myopia 
3
Swallow
Chuck Bowen
Fortunately for the film Carlo Mirabella Davis continually springs scenes that either transcend or justify his preaching 
3
Swallow
Joey Magidson
Haley Bennett s turn deserves to be seen outside of the festival circuit but the film itself doesn t earn that same esteem 
2
Anatomy of Hell
Jay Antani
A waste of cinema and of precious time 
.5
Anatomy of Hell
Eric Henderson
The ultimate lesson being taught isn t how homosexuality can be transposed to kinky hetero sex games 
3
Anatomy of Hell
Sean P. Means
Breillat reduces sexuality to the basest coupling of body parts and Anatomy of Hell reduces film to freak show voyeurism 
0
Anatomy of Hell
Rick Groen
Forget the Anatomy this is just plain Hell 
1.5
Anatomy of Hell
Achy Obejas
A ponderous but very very explicit exploration of gender roles and fears that frequently seems like a parody of the genre 
1
Anatomy of Hell
John Anderson
Breillat as usual leaves us gasping 
2.5
Anatomy of Hell
V.A. Musetto
Ranks high on the squirm meter But unlike in most of Breillat s earlier work there s no emotional payoff 
1
Anatomy of Hell
David Sterritt
Breillat is a smart serious observer of sexuality s often disruptive role in human life but this existential drama is sadly pretentious 
1
Anatomy of Hell
Ty Burr
A mere parade of shock images meant to free us from our bourgeois illusions and since narrative engagement appears to be one of those sins it s impossible to find a foothold 
1
Flowers
Erik Childress
I ve seen films about terrible people before but rarely one about boring humdrum losers who are neither sad funny or worth my time 
1
Elena
Mattie Lucas
A riveting domestic thriller an elegantly crafted glimpse into modern Russian life that speaks volumes while barely saying a word 
3
Elena
Kelly Jane Torrance
Elena is more than just a simple thriller 
3
Elena
Sean P. Means
Zvyagintsev moves the story with a slow brooding pace aided by a somber Philip Glass score that turns the screws patiently and inexorably toward a shattering conclusion 
3
Elena
Joe Williams
In different hands Elena might have been a noir thriller but this serving of cinematic borscht is as cold as a Russian winter 
2
Elena
Chris Hewitt
Be sure to see Elena with a friend because it s the sort of movie where the real experience begins after it ends 
3
Elena
John Hartl
Zvyaginstsev makes the most of the ghastly settings which include a backyard that ominously features nuclear cones and the kinds of compartmentalized living spaces that Hitchcock used for droll effect in Rear Window 
3
Elena
Michael Phillips
The script by Oleg Negin and Zvyagintsev uses spare dialogue to quietly devastating effect Performances are superb across the board framed in elegant widescreen compositions that simmer with violence 
3.5
Elena
Roger Ebert
Andrei Zvyagintsev s film isn t stupid or crude and we can pretty well imagine how all the characters feel even though it doesn t make them sympathetic 
3
Elena
Michael O'Sullivan
A nicely noirish cynically satisfying drama set in a gritty urban Moscow that would otherwise not seem to be a haven for wildlife 
3
Elena
Mick LaSalle
Here s a tip Don t feel Think Zvyagintsev wants you to come out of Elena thinking something and if your realization is an uneasy one that s OK with him 
3
Elena
Gerald Peary
A grim effective allegory of the daily whirl in Putinland 
3
Elena
Ty Burr
Elena reveals a filmmaker in full command of his art and not much interested in catering to an audience If you want this film you have to meet it more than halfway 
3.5
Elena
Kent Turner
Absorbing
3
Elena
V.A. Musetto
Elena is a grim somber portrait of life in Putin s Russia where the haves and have nots uneasily co exist 
3.5
Elena
Chuck Bowen
Elena is a film deeply concerned with class resentment but the filmmakers attitude toward their titular character is disconcerting and even shocking 
3.5
The Accompanist
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Insofar as it s a Claude film it s schizophrenic combining bourgeois escapism via the music with antibourgeois skepticism without ever confronting the audience with the implicit contradiction 
2
The Accompanist
Roger Ebert
The performances require our close attention All three are very complex A lot is going on 
3.5
Pavilion of Women
Betsy Bozdech
On the whole you d be better off catching a couple of hours of Days of Our Lives 
1.5
Pavilion of Women
Michael Dequina
The only importance anyone is likely to associate with this overblown melodrama is self importance 
2
Pavilion of Women
Wesley Morris
A whole lot of bombast and phony exaltation in the name of entertaining enrichment 
1
Pavilion of Women
Rod Armstrong
Viewers have to wade through many embarrassing moments and performances 
1
Pavilion of Women
Rob Blackwelder
Absolutely drowning in clichs and cheap melodrama 
1.5
Pavilion of Women
Harvey S. Karten
Were it not for the oral sex that an idiot guy demands of his wife and concubine you d swear that this banal movie was written for children 
2
People's Park
John Semley
Aesthetically People s Park continuous long take presents a gentle comment on cinema s relationship to a people s history 
3
Speed Sisters
Brad Wheeler
This half throttle documentary might better be called The Fast and the Uneventful 
2
Claire of the Moon
Trey Graham, Lyn Stoesen, and Kristina Campbell
The relationship between Claire and Noel is unconvincing 
2
Claire of the Moon
James Berardinelli
While the film undoubtedly attempts to pique the intellect it is above all else a love story and as such should rouse the emotions as well For a number of reasons it proves unable to do so 
1.5
Claire of the Moon
Roger Ebert
Nicole Conn who wrote and directed has not yet learned to do either job with spontaneity and naturalness and the function of each scene is made so awkwardly clear that we wonder why the characters don t catch on as quickly as we do 
1
Wild Thing
Kurt Jacobsen
Wild Thing is a terribly sensitive and compassionate chap just the sort who might eventually repel Jane if she turned out to be a textbook case of women who love too much Yeah that would add suspense 
1
Wild Thing
Mike Clark
Also involved are the local cops exemplified by suspicious detective Ray Duquette Kevin Bacon 
2.5
Wild Thing
Roger Ebert
There s a movie here all right The question is where is it And how did Wild Thing so decisively miss so many opportunities to do something with it 
1.5
Straight-Jacket
Sean P. Means
Until it tries to mean something Straight Jacket is an enjoyably manic little farce whose wit far exceeds its production budget 
3
Straight-Jacket
Jeff Vice
At its best when it s sending up 50s era Hollywood and it s at its worst when trying to make a serious point 
2
Straight-Jacket
Rene Rodriguez
It s a shame then that Straight Jacket turns dour and melodramatic The light hearted fun seeps out of the movie replaced by trite interludes of coming out angst McCarthy era persecution and even gay bashing 
2
Straight-Jacket
Laura Kelly
The perkiness with a capital P gorgeous set and great color can t completely salvage an occasionally strong cast and middling story and don t forget a lousy if literal title 
2
Straight-Jacket
David Elliott
Movies can never again be so corny campy and PC clumsy as some of the howlers of the 1950s and 60s But Straight Jacket has a spiffy and gay both senses time joining the party 
2.5
Straight-Jacket
Mick LaSalle
It has verve color and energy but there s something fundamentally bogus about it and whenever it takes a turn into seriousness entire moments fall apart 
2
Straight-Jacket
Robert K. Elder
Day s pyrotechnic dialogue and instinctive comic timing make Straight Jacket a delight 
3
Straight-Jacket
V.A. Musetto
Save your money and rent one of those old Hudson Doris Day comedies instead 
1
The Phenomenon
Roger Moore
The Greatest Hits of UFO fandom revisited because now we ve all seen that footage shot by Navy pilots 
2
Chippa
Roger Moore
One of the hidden gems of Netflix a charmer well worth tracking down 
3
The Atonement of Gosta Berling
Dan Callahan
Stiller s direction is only adequate most of the time and there are a lot of mismatched eyelines and shots that feel off balance and uncertain 
2.5
Back to the Outback
Roger Moore
It s formulaic but good clean fun And it s a fair dinkum way for the kiddos to learn Oz wildlife and Oz slang in a cartoon 
2.5
Back to the Outback
Brian Tallerico
There s just too little fresh creative passion here in a project that s sometimes sweet but also remarkably programmatic 
2
Ruth Weiss: The Beat Goddess
Kathy Fennessy
Her ability to carve out a niche in a male dominated scene 44 in addition to her Judaism 44 bears comparison with Chuck Smith apos s documentary Barbara Rubin and the Exploding Underground 46 
3
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Joey Magidson
Taylor Swift directs as well as stars here and it s more evidence that she can be a filmmaker if she wants to be 
3.5
Christine
David Keyes
One of the more effective screen treatments of the era however corny or preposterous it may remain on paper 
3
Christine
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I love Carpenter and I like Christine well enough but I m not as enthusiastic about it as I am about other King films 
3
Christine
Matt Brunson
Relatively artless when compared to several other King adaptations around the time Carrie The Shining The Dead Zone or even with Carpenter s previous picture 1982 s career best The Thing the film still delivers the goods as entertainment 
3
Christine
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie where you walk out with a silly grin get in your car and lay rubber halfway down the Eisenhower 
3
Blue Chips
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An effective if overlong basketball drama 
3
Blue Chips
Chris Hicks
The film is quite entertaining in its own right and Nolte does give it a tremendous boost 
3
Blue Chips
James Berardinelli
A rare example of an entry into this genre that attempts to be honest and unique 
3
Blue Chips
Steve Rhodes
It is a very homogenized movie that never offends yet never seems to be for real either 
2
Blue Chips
Roger Ebert
What Friedkin brings to the story is a tone that feels completely accurate the movie is a morality play told in the realistic sometimes cynical terms of modern high pressure college sports 
3
Pihu
Roger Moore
Cute and paranoid playing to every parents fears of what a toddler can get into when left on her own 
2.5
The African Queen
Matt Brunson
Humphrey Bogart finally won his Best Actor Oscar It s an amusing performance though it doesn t compare to his work in High Sierra Casablanca The Treasure of the Sierra Madre In a Lonely Place The Caine Mutiny and a handful of other indelible turns 
3
The African Queen
Matthew Connolly
Huston understands the majestic savagery of his surroundings well enough to let it exert some dramatic pressure on what is primarily a buoyant romantic comedy 
3
Talk Radio
David Nusair
Talk Radio 8216 s perpetually watchable vibe is heightened by Stone 8217 s stylish visuals and a series of top notch performances 46 46 46 
3
Talk Radio
Jack Garner
Bogosian gives a biting energetic get under your skin performance the daring centerpiece of this impressive thought provoking film 
3
Talk Radio
Gene Siskel
The film has a purposefully repellent but fascinating quality Bogosian s performance based on his stage play is spectacularly demented 
3.5
Talk Radio
Dave Kehr
As a director Stone has a way of merging with the point of view of his protagonists which is to say that his films are as jittery wired up and fragmented as they are 
3
Talk Radio
Carrie Rickey
Not to put too fine a point on it Bogosian is prickly irritable alienating and overwhelming Underwhelming however is the way that director Oliver Stone has taken monologuist Bogosian s intimate Off Broadway play and opened it up 
2
Talk Radio
Kathleen Shea
Talk Radio is an exhaustively and exhaustingly unpleasant portrait of an unpleasant guy 
1
Talk Radio
Roger Hurlburt
Just how far can Barry go That s what stupified audiences will begin to wonder at the outset of this riveting drama 
3.5
Talk Radio
Roger Ebert
Talk Radio is directed by Stone with a claustrophobic intensity 
4
Talk Radio
Chris Hicks
Eric Bogosian is what makes Talk Radio worth seeing and he is what you ll be talking about afterward 
3
Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks
Christian Toto
The A list comic keeps telling truths other stand ups won apos t go near 46 
3
The Perfect Game
Tim Avery
The Perfect Game is an earnest tribute but the story could have been rendered more convincingly 
2
The Perfect Game
Rick Groen
Director William Dear is not one to miss a sentimental beat 
2
The Perfect Game
Michael O'Sullivan
Anyone much older than say 10 will likely find the underdog saga sappy and manipulative not to mention filled with sports movie cliches including the following statement It will take a miracle to make them into a real team 
2
The Perfect Game
Lou Lumenick
This inspirational film written by first timer and producer W William Winokur is not for cynics or those resistant to cute kids and child actors sometimes given to mugging 
3
The Perfect Game
Stephen Whitty
A big bland serving of corn that wouldn t have been out of place on The Wonderful World of Disney 50 years ago 
2
The Perfect Game
Mark Dujsik
The script s focus is all over the place and it surely doesn t help that each uplifting moment of this underdog story feels contrived and cloying 
1.5
The Perfect Game
Carrie Rickey
A very sweet very slight family movie that scores smiles and tears of joy 
2.5
The Perfect Game
Tom Russo
The climactic drama of the championship game owes largely to the fact that despite their unprecedented success as a foreign team in the tournament young Angel Macias and his teammates somehow didn t go down in history at least not stateside 
2.5
The Perfect Game
Michael Phillips
The film is perfectly mediocre which is heartbreaking not heartwarming 
1.5
The Perfect Game
Roger Ebert
You sort of know how these underdog sports movies turn out Doesn t matter The Perfect Game so expertly uses the charisma and personalities of the actors especially the young ones that it s thrilling anyway 
3
The Perfect Game
Tom Meek
What s surprising are the poignant undercurrents about race and jingoism 
3
The Perfect Game
Roger Moore
The odd engaging moment is always followed by a cloying eye roller such as when a nearly new ball appears on their dusty Monterey sandlot Father what does it mean It means God wants us to play baseball 
1.5
The Perfect Game
Steve Persall
Recommended for Little League coaches and teams whose schedules look like 10 run rules waiting to happen Kids on the sweet end of that rule will scoff at this overly earnest story of diamond underdogs winning 
2
The Perfect Game
Nick Schager
Baseball movies generally lean toward the mawkishly uplifting an inclination wholly embraced by The Perfect Game which resorts to such corniness that one can practically hear the screen crunching 
1
Finding Bliss
Kam Williams
A steamy sitcom which could have benefitted immeasurably from less carnality in favor of character development 
2
Finding Bliss
Lou Lumenick
A mildly funny stereotype stuffed comedy about a straight laced aspiring filmmaker who is forced to go to work for a producer of adult films 
2
Finding Bliss
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Like the most blithering chick flicks Finding Bliss obnoxiously and misleadingly wants to have its cake and get eaten too 
.5
Philadelphia
Matt Brunson
Philadelphia is hardly a movie milestone but it s actually quite limber for a film that has to carry such a heavy load on its shoulders 
3
Philadelphia
David Nusair
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme does an absolutely superlative job of establishing the film s various characters and their urban environs 
3.5
Philadelphia
Mattie Lucas
An important film not just from a cinematic perspective but from a cultural one bringing the AIDS crisis to the masses in a deeply human way confronting and dispelling prejudices and misconceptions with major stars 
3.5
Philadelphia
David Keyes
Jonathan Demme s thoughtful human drama was certainly not the first movie to confront the AIDS crisis but it was even in the conventional skin of a courtroom drama the most heartbreaking and passionate undertaking of its kind 
4
Philadelphia
Peter Canavese
What remains most striking about Philadelphia may be the conspicuous emphasis on intense close ups They force an inescapable emotional intimacy in relation to issues the mainstream at least at the time would rather have looked away from Blu ray 
2.5
Philadelphia
Emanuel Levy
Wearing its heart on its sleeves this well intentioned but soft and compromised AIDS drama may nonetheless perform the same function that Paltoon or Schindler s List have Change public opinion about an urgent problem 
3
Philadelphia
Keith Uhlich
In the guise of piety Philadelphia panders to a perceived straight male majority 
2
Philadelphia
Bill Chambers
Being under the PC microscope transforms Demme into the bastard offspring of Stanley Kramer and Norman Lear
2
Philadelphia
Roger Ebert
Philadelphia breaks no new dramatic ground And yet Philadelphia is quite a good film on its own terms 
3.5
Philadelphia
James Berardinelli
The story is timely and powerful and the performances of Hanks and Washington assure that the characters will not immediately vanish into obscurity 
3.5
Philadelphia
Steve Rhodes
I highly recommend this show to everyone over 12 
3.5
Philadelphia
Chris Hicks
Though the film has moments that are too showy grandstanding scenes that hammer home the main messages too heavily it s a compelling yarn that deserves to find an audience 
3
The Blood on Satan's Claw
Lucius Gore
A little hard to find these days but well worth searching for Blood on Satan s Claw is a classic 
4
The Hammer
Forrest Hartman
The Hammer could have become a typically sappy sports flick but Adam Carolla filled it with enough of his trademark humor to keep things fresh even with plotting that isn t groundbreaking 
3
The Hammer
Rossiter Drake
To his credit Carolla carries The Hammer with self assured ease hoisting the film on his broad shoulders while making sure as screenwriter to leave some of its sharpest one liners to his supporting cast 
3
The Hammer
Moira MacDonald
Working with utterly predictable material screenwriter Kevin Hench finds plenty of offbeat humor and Carolla knows how to make it sing 
3
The Hammer
Walter V. Addiego
I never would have guessed that Adam Carolla the politically incorrect radio and TV personality could hold his own in a movie but here s The Hammer to prove me wrong 
3
The Hammer
Carla Meyer
Carolla is winning in The Hammer which evokes Rocky and just about every other lovable loser sports movie while showing enough comic originality to hold interest throughout 
3
The Hammer
Stephen Whitty
A nearly comatose comedy that spends its time just bum stumbling along never putting in the work necessary to land a solid joke or develop a winning character 
1.5
The Hammer
Joe Neumaier
Adam Carolla s grumbly monotoned stoop shouldered pessimism in The Hammer the first feature he has penned is actually funny 
3
The Hammer
Glenn Whipp
Adam Carrola makes for a pretty agreeable leading man in The Hammer a movie tailor made to the comic strengths of the radio TV personality 
3
The Hammer
Maitland McDonagh
It s genuinely funny oddly romantic and surprisingly engaging for what could easily have been an obnoxious vanity project 
3
The Hammer
Kyle Smith
The script depends heavily on familiar stand up comedy bits but it s full of sharp wisecracks and slacker charm 
2.5
The Hammer
Peter Canavese
Adam Carolla fans will feel they ve died and gone to heaven Unfortunately it all adds up to something more like a viral video than a full fledged film 
2
The Hammer
Gene Seymour
It s no classic but unlike recent attempts at sports comedy we re looking at you Semi Pro The Hammer comes through by not seeming to try too hard 
3
The Hammer
Nick Schager
Remaking Rocky Balboa as a comedy isn t a half bad idea remaking it as a comedy starring Adam Carolla the dreadfully unfunny former host of Loveline and The Man Show most certainly is a terrible one 
1
Extraordinary Tales
Robert Horton
The fact that an author who died 166 years ago continues to be a draw for moviemakers says something about Edgar Allan Poe s imagination And here s a feverish new animated Poe feature released just in time for Halloween 
2.5
Extraordinary Tales
Brian Tallerico
Poe s storytelling gift is so timeless and the voice actors assembled so captivating that Extraordinary Tales can t help but work on some level It just never quite rises above that faint praise 
2.5
Extraordinary Tales
Mark Dujsik
With its weak framing story and hastily assembled formatting Extraordinary Tales simply is the sum of parts not a whole 
2.5
Extraordinary Tales
Tom Keogh
Just in time for Halloween comes this singular tribute to Edgar Allan Poe from veteran animator Raul Garcia 
3
Extraordinary Tales
Peter Keough
The voices of the late Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi reading from the text isn t quite the same But Garcia compensates with a different animation style for each of the five stories 
2.5
Extraordinary Tales
Chris Hewitt
It s no substitute for Poe s atmospheric writing but it s a pretty good introduction to it 
2.5
Extraordinary Tales
Carson Lund
It offers a CliffsNotes encapsulation of Edgar Allen Poe s most enduring works for viewers unacquainted with them 
2
The Far Side of the Moon
Walter V. Addiego
The film may be best appreciated by those who ve seen the stage version 
2
The Far Side of the Moon
Michael Phillips
Lepage is such an interesting camera subject you stick with this dreamy rumination even when the going gets arch 
2.5
The Far Side of the Moon
Maitland McDonagh
Lepage maintains a leisurely pace and lets the narrative wander but ultimately lands on the right side of the line between contemplative noodling and aimless navel gazing ending with an image that s simultaneously melancholy and playful 
2.5
The Far Side of the Moon
Pam Grady
In this gorgeous high definition DV drama its stage roots are obscured by arresting images in this tale of outer space sibling rivalry and one man s struggle to find his destiny 
3
The Far Side of the Moon
V.A. Musetto
The Far Side of the Moon is a master class on turning a talky one man play into a visual delight 
3
The Far Side of the Moon
Elizabeth Weitzman
As an actor Lepage is a captivating presence easily transforming from one sibling to the other And as a director he braids the personal and the universal with dexterity turning theatrical intimacy into cinematic ecstasy 
3.5
The Far Side of the Moon
Ed Gonzalez
In essence Lepage has remade 2001 A Space Odyssey without the Kubrick film s sense of spiritual curiosity 
2
The Far Side of the Moon
Steven Rea
Far Side of the Moon imbues the weightiest issues of human existence with a zero gravity grace and charm 
4
The Far Side of the Moon
Rick Groen
The moon in Far Side of the Moon shows its smiling symbolic face in the very first frame 
3
Red Betsy
Carla Meyer
A picture that s lovely to look at but lacking in dramatic impact 
2
Red Betsy
Chris Hewitt
I can t recall a movie since The Straight Story that does as fine a job of capturing a Midwestern sensibility as Red Betsy 
3
Red Betsy
Jeff Strickler
Provides a bountiful harvest of emotions 
3
Red Betsy
Roger Ebert
This is not the country postcard of Hollywood fantasies but just a working farm in a district where there are few enough people that every personality seems back lighted 
3
Red Betsy
Robert W. Butler
It worms its way into our good graces with gentle insight and an understated approach 
2.5
Red Betsy
Duane Dudek
Reminds us to treasure the not so distant past like it was a family heirloom 
3
Red Betsy
Allison Benedikt
The movie is so general so afraid to get specific with feelings and complicated characters that of course I can relate just as I can almost always relate to my daily horoscope 
2
The Shadow
Mal Vincent
The Shadow seeks to be another Batman It is more likely to be another Doc Savage or Flash Gordon both lackluster attempts to translate past pulp heroes into big screen money 
2.5
The Shadow
Robert Roten
It s a little wacky but it packs a pretty entertaining punch 
3
The Shadow
Steve Rhodes
The movie from start to finish is just an exercise in style 
1.5
The Shadow
Roger Ebert
If you respond to film noir if you like dark streets and women with scarlet lips and big fast cars with running boards the look of this movie will work some kind of magic 
3
The Shadow
James Berardinelli
The setup promises something more invigorating than it delivers 
2.5
The Gauntlet
David Nusair
suffers from a pervasively muted atmosphere that effectively drains its more overtly thrilling interludes of their impact 
2
The Gauntlet
Roger Ebert
Classic Clint Eastwood fast furious and funny 
3
Violent Cop
Steve Rhodes
Possesses a serenity that is periodically punctured by random acts of increasingly horrific violence
2
The Other Half
Susan Wloszczyna
A somber and derivative relationship drama 
2
The Other Half
Derek Smith
The film s emotional resonance is consistently stifled by excessively gloomy aesthetic and stylistic tics 
2
The Other Half
Calum Marsh
Maslany and Cullen have been praised extensively and justly for their work here in festival reviews and across the trades no less excellent if perhaps less conspicuous are the performances of the film s supporting players 
2.5
The Other Half
Brad Wheeler
The film is the Canadian actor Klein s first feature as a writer and director His entry is auspicious and welcome 
3.5
The Other Half
Bruce DeMara
Klein creates a mood of tension foreboding and sombre reflection through occasional moments of slo mo and camera work that blurs reality His literate script offers no easy resolution only the faint hope that love can rescue two lost souls 
3
A Certain Kind of Death
Joshua Tanzer
It s just like C S I only without the stars without the glamour without evil geniuses cat and mouse games and chases In short without the C 
3
Bushwick Homecomings
Kam Williams
A remarkable documentary 
3
The Killer That Stalked New York
David Nusair
a satisfying piece of work that couldn t possibly be more relevant in 2021 
2.5
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Roger Moore
A riveting and thoroughly engrossing satire of Iranian culture and the work arounds built into a theocracy ways of ignoring calls for reform and the shedding of tradition 
3.5
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Rene Sanchez
It slowly builds its captivating and tense atmosphere surprising us at every single turn and involving us in its complex moral dilemma Full Review in Spanish 
3
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Roxana Hadadi
It s a tricky balancing act that requires increasingly high stakes and in its quieter moments Yalda sometimes loses momentum But the scenes during which everything clicks together are so uncomfortable and so tense that you won t soon forget them 
3
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Walter Chaw
As it is Yalda which overstays its welcome even at a brisk 80 minutes the last five minutes feel like 80 by themselves doesn t know what it wants to say and so it says the worst possible thing it could say What a shame 
1
Quay Brothers - On 35 MM
Tom Keogh
These are films for the subconscious a trail into shadows 
4
As It Is in Heaven
Moira MacDonald
Written with less is more simplicity by Ginny Lee Overbay As It Is In Heaven grows ever more devastating 
3
As It Is in Heaven
Simon Abrams
As It Is in Heaven ultimately doesn t go anywhere unexpected but it does foster a potent unexpected bond between its subjects and its audience 
3
As It Is in Heaven
Bill Stamets
A disquieting film about testing faith 
3
Colony
Moira MacDonald
Emerges as a quiet tribute to a usually ignored species gently reminding us in one keeper s words that Bees work together for the common good 
3
The Cleansing Hour
David Nusair
a lamentable misfire that probably one would assume worked much better as a 19 minute short 
2
The Cleansing Hour
Roger Moore
A violent and entertaining ride through demonic possession religious fakery the perils of Catholic education and the evil power of the Internet 
2.5
Fly Boy
Michael Dequina
Harmless but with its hambone performances and uninspired script that doesn t mean the film is any good 
2
Marion Bridge
Janice Page
A respectable addition to the tragic three sisters oeuvre 
3
Marion Bridge
Rick Groen
Always engaging and often compelling 
3
Marion Bridge
Katrina Onstad
von Carolsfeld s instincts to trust an audience to be patient and poetic are exactly right 
2.5
Marion Bridge
Edward Guthmann
Parker is very good at conveying Agnes wobbly mixture of instability and emotional bravery and Jenkins finds the sad lonely ache below Theresa s urge to regiment the lives of everyone in the family 
3
Marion Bridge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The gray lazy Nova Scotia atmosphere helps a great deal the cold and fog permeate the film indoors as well as out 
3
Marion Bridge
Lou Lumenick
There is some good acting on view as we watch Agnes brave attempts to face up to a past that includes incest and pregnancy but Daniel McIvor s adaptation of his stage play is hardly going to quicken anyone s pulse 
2
Beloved
Mattie Lucas
The Honoré elements his fans have come to love are all here but the package is somewhat bloated and lacking that extra spark he needed to make the magic truly come to life 
2.5
Beloved
Kelly Jane Torrance
Deneuve still charms us and the talented young Sagnier who starred in New Waver Claude Chabrol s 2007 The Girl Cut in Two has a delightful mix of innocence and sauciness 
3
Beloved
Ty Burr
Honor s a genuinely gifted eccentric of a filmmaker but on the evidence of Beloved he could use a nap 
2.5
Beloved
Roger Ebert
The plot of Beloved I m afraid may try your patience 
2
Beloved
Betsy Sherman
Honor s melodramatic excesses are tempered by the subtle performances of his leading ladies 
2.5
Beloved
Michael O'Sullivan
Somehow manages to feel sprawling and epic while at the same time presenting an intimately observed view of two women s love lives 
3
Beloved
John Hartl
Skips around the decades taking a minimalist approach to history mostly by demonstrating how recent traumatic events have inconvenienced the love lives of its central characters 
1.5
Beloved
Steven Rea
It s a film full of turbulence and passion as a mother and daughter embark on their separate journeys their pasts and futures their happiness and sorrow intertwined 
3.5
Beloved
Michael Dequina
The songs may not be particularly memorable however they serve their purpose in bolstering the emotional drive of the piece and the film s effect would be neither as unique nor as lasting had they not been there 
3
Beloved
Kyle Smith
Lung cancer coronary thrombosis and French pop music Two of these things will kill you but the third will make you wish you were dead 
1
Beloved
Mick LaSalle
Beloved has a big spirit and somewhere along the line it becomes a big film 
3
Beloved
Jesse Cataldo
Ultimately crammed at a frustrating juncture between period piece froth and seriously conceived drama never tipping its hand toward either 
2
Land of the Lost
Mattie Lucas
More jokes fall flat than actually work but the complete strangeness of it all adds a level of charm to it that it might not otherwise have had 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Nick Rogers
Better than Bewitched if only for its straightforwardness Then again even Nora Ephron didn t turn Will Ferrell into a colonoscopic agent for a dinosaur Depending on if you like him that may be a comic equivalent to the Berlin Wall s collapse 
1.5
Land of the Lost
David Nusair
the film boasts a pervasively puerile sensibility that s reflected in virtually all of its attributes 
1
Land of the Lost
Michael Dequina
Not really a film version of the oft rerun 70s Saturday morning staple that happens to star Will Ferrell but rather a Will Ferrell movie that happens to bear the title and some concepts of the show 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Sonny Bunch
Will Ferrell s and Danny McBride s natural charisma isn t sufficient to save Land of the Lost
1.5
Land of the Lost
James Kendrick
perhaps the movie isn t quite weird enough so instead of seeming inspired in its dementedness it just seems inept and desperate
1.5
Land of the Lost
Russ Breimeier
If you hated the show you ll hate this even more If you loved it prepare to find your precious childhood memories drenched literally in dinosaur pee 
1
Land of the Lost
Sean P. Means
The technical quality of the effects has improved but the inherent cheesiness of the saucer eyed Sleestak remains intact 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Linda Cook
There are countless mentions of feces and urine A woman is fondled several times The lead character mouths a two word vulgarity to another character 
.5
Land of the Lost
Mike McGranaghan
The great irony of the new big screen Land of the Lost adaptation is that the filmmakers have spent a reported 100 million to make a movie that looks like it cost 1 95 And you know what In a weird kind of way I actually appreciate that ethic
3
Land of the Lost
John Beifuss
A misbegotten project that immediately alienates kid toting parents with shameless and incessant product plugs surprisingly foul language and other inappropriate references 
2
Land of the Lost
Eric Melin
Caught in an unfunny netherworld between kid oriented mainstream summer entertainment and a cheap looking green screened sort of surreality it might have been a watchable no bearable movie had it just embraced one or the other fully 
1
Land of the Lost
Kit Bowen
Embrace the inane wackiness that is Land of the Lost Seriously you need to chuck any rational thought and just let yourself enjoy this one u2013 and don t feel ashamed about it 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Sara Michelle Fetters
Land of the Lost isn t a movie it s an endurance test 
.5
Land of the Lost
Matt Brunson
The reason this new picture works on occasion is precisely because it isn t a Will Ferrell movie rather it s a movie that just happens to star Will Ferrell 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Willie Waffle
The Will Ferrell Comedy Train might be out of steam 
0.5
Land of the Lost
Christian Toto
It lives down to the source material 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Michael Phillips
The movie is 90 minutes of bickering and blase under reaction to outrageous events interrupted by gross out scraps such as Ferrell s run in with an enormous mosquito which ends with a tremendous amount of blood and guts 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Robert W. Butler
This is the worst adaptation of a classic kids TV show to the big screen since well since last year s joyless movie Speed Racer But Land raises the bar on joylessness 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Lou Lumenick
Pity the unwitting parents who take their kids to see Land of the Lost Will Ferrell s terminally stupid sloppy campy and cheesy and thoroughly unexciting and unfunny experiment in family entertainment 
.5
Land of the Lost
Amy Biancolli
It all amounts to a certain brand of comedy something closer to long form Dada than conventional humor 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Lisa Kennedy
What next The Banana Splits movie 
2
Land of the Lost
John Hartl
It s hard to say what audience Silberling had in mind For the kids there s a steady parade of dinosaurs time travel adventures and absent minded professor jokes But there are no kids to identify with 
2
Land of the Lost
Michael Sragow
A spin off of the 70s TV kids show of the same name it s far from a good movie but it s also more enjoyable than this season s heavier or more pretentious misfires 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Chris Hewitt
Land of the Lost seems more intent on being off putting than being funny Mission accomplished I guess but it s not entertaining And whoever thought it would be must have been out of his gourd 
1
Land of the Lost
Peter Howell
The screenwriters haven t given Ferrell a single witty line which may explain why he seems to be so grimly going through the motions The jokes aren t just worn out they re clubbed to death 
2
Land of the Lost
Erik Childress
Land of the Lost will have kids asking if they can just go see Up again Hopefully mom and dad have a little money left after blowing it on this 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Liam Lacey
The only discernible intention in Land of the Lost the latest comedy starring Will Ferrell acting like Will Ferrell seems to have been to take a slight idea and make the least of it in a very expensive way 
1
Land of the Lost
Steven Rea
Not exactly a hundred million dollars worth of classic comedy 
2
Land of the Lost
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The result is a giant mess albeit one with about a dozen solid laughs 
2.5
Land of the Lost
Peter Travers
Will Ferrell and Danny McBride can find the dumb fun in anything Too bad that Land of the Lost is so much less than anything 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Jeffrey Westhoff
Land of the Lost is only one hour and 36 minutes long but it could easily be 15 minutes shorter without the scenes of Ferrell s meandering ad libs 
2
Land of the Lost
Rene Rodriguez
Land of the Lost becomes an endurance test one that s too borderline bawdy for families and too dull and rote for anyone over 15 Who exactly is the intended audience for this drivel 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Jeff Vice
This only intermittently amusing film isn t going to win over any new fans of the divisive Will Ferrell 
2
Land of the Lost
Ty Burr
Genially terrible Lost is lazy sloppy multiplex filler good for a few solid giggles and not much more 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Rafer Guzman
Not a children s movie but a movie for people with childlike minds Land of the Lost combines the kind of juvenile humor that might amuse a 14 year old with a shoddy plot that wouldn t satisfy a 5 year old 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Dustin Putman
The movie races around to nowhere in particular more concerned with rarely spectacular spectacle than a beating heart 
2
Land of the Lost
Joe Williams
Audiences of a certain sort will be dumbstruck by how high the silliness gets piled but whether or not you re puffin stuff you ll likely get lost in laughter 
3.5
Land of the Lost
Roger Ebert
Confronted with such effects the actors make not the slightest effort to appear terrified amazed or sometimes even mildly concerned Some might consider that a weakness I suspect it is more of a deliberate choice and I say I enjoyed it 
3
Land of the Lost
James Berardinelli
Dull unfunny and completely unsuitable for viewing by anyone who isn t a charter member of the Will Farrell fan club 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Rossiter Drake
McBride and Ferrell who seems content to spin his wheels in vehicles that indulge his passion for stripping and dumbing down are gifted performers Here they are given little to work with and deliver accordingly 
1.5
Land of the Lost
Nick Schager
Land of the Lost is halfway toward amusing which means it s just as close to awful 
2
American Cheerleader
John Beifuss
High school cheerleading as a competitive team sport is the subject of this traditionally structured extremely entertaining and ultimately even moving documentary 
3
The Glass Bottom Boat
Matt Brunson
This takes an awfully long time to hit its comic stride although the film finally delivers the goods during the second half 
2.5
The Glass Bottom Boat
Eric Henderson
The film flails airlessly not unlike Day herself when she s mistakenly locked inside Taylor s anti gravity prototype 
3
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It just goes to show that even though a maverick may not be polished or professional if given his own prerogative he can deliver something truly unique and in its own odd way special 
3
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
James Kendrick
some kind of feat of whacked out absurdity
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Brian Eggert
Viewers and gamers alike may have more fun with Pitfall Harry 
1
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Matt Brunson
Enjoyable and undemanding entertainment 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Mattie Lucas
It s probably better than it has any right to be gleefully exploring its jungle video game concept while cleverly updating the concept for a whole new audience 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Federico Furzan
The no sequel that barely works due to a great cast and decent effects It could have exploited its premise a lot more than it did Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Robert Daniels
The myriad of ways this sequel could have ended in disaster were obvious and ripe Nevertheless against all odds Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle is a good movie 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Khari J. Sampson
The actors shine across the board 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Linda Cook
Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black make this an adventure worth taking 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
a very respectful sequel that in many ways is superior to its predecessor Full Review in Spanish 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Walter Chaw
It is exactly what it seems to be an obsequious waste of time that feels like a relic from twenty years ago and will be forgotten almost immediately It s not even worth this conversation 
1.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Matthew Rozsa
It strikes the balance between referencing its nostalgic origins without being obnoxious or obsequious in doing so 
3.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Robert Horton
Johnson is in his usual self parodying mode and he banters well with the perpetually adrenalized Hart 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Roger Moore
Corporate cooked up by committee by the time a Jonas Brother shows up most viewers will have checked out checking their text messages 
1.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Sara Michelle Fetters
Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle might not be a great movie but sure as heck it s an entertaining one 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Josh Terry
This avatar dynamic contributes to making Welcome to the Jungle one of the more enjoyable action films of recent memory All four leads are strong and it s fun to watch them riffing on their usual MOs
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Matt Zoller Seitz
A likable funny diversion and sometimes more than that 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
James Berardinelli
Every year there are a handful of pleasant and unpleasant surprises in multiplexes Count Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle among the former 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jody Mitori
With its smart casting and lively action sequences this version of the game is an overall upgrade 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Mark Dujsik
That the movie works to any degree is a genuine shock but that s not enough to overcome its inevitable slide into routine 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Bill Zwecker
In the end the filmmakers have given us one of the most fun movie going experiences I ve had this year Huge kudos go to Johnson Hart and especially Black for providing some truly entertaining performances 
3.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Tom Russo
Director Jake Kasdan coaxes crisp interplay from all four leads getting more from Johnson and Hart s scenes together than Central Intelligence did 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Brad Wheeler
Welcome to Jake Kasdan s jungle he s got fun and games Unfortunately he doesn t have much of a movie 
2
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Carla Meyer
Johnson is good at suggesting a timid teen beneath his wall of muscle Gillan seems believably unsure of herself as the nerd Martha while also making exposed abs look classy 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Soren Andersen
This Jumanji is a passable time waster the equivalent of comfort food dished up for the holidays 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Johnny Oleksinski
Sorry nostalgia junkies Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle the sequel to the popular 1995 movie about a mystical board game rolls snake eyes 
1
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Peter Howell
It s surprisingly OK largely due to the likability factor of the four leads 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Peter Travers
This updated Jumanji can t outrun the clichés on its tail but its puppy eagerness to please is hard to resist And Jack Black steals every scene he s in 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Gary Thompson
Jumanji reboot Welcome to the Jungle a happy surprise a movie that turns out to be good almost clean fun and is much more interested in character and comedy than special effects 
3
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Rafer Guzman
You may ask Though good for an initial laugh how long can this wrong body comedy shtick pay off The answer pretty much the entire movie 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Lindsey Bahr
Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle is a very sweet and generally entertaining body swap lark with some nice messages about being and believing in yourself 
2.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Derek Smith
The film is unable to reconcile a desire to ridicule its own artifice with constant attempts to foster genuine empathy and dramatic tension 
1.5
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Clayton Davis
Proud to report that Jake Kasdan s Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle presents itself as a fun and entertaining piece that introduces the mysterious game to new generations while still having a respect for its origins 
2.5
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Peter Canavese
I ll say this for Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon It s a film that takes a big roll of the dice Is it wrenching Is it wacky Well it s definitely weird 
1
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Roger Ebert
It succeeds among other things in making human entertainment out of a rather unlikely story 
3
Marlowe
Erik Childress
Appropriate that the film is based on a modern interpretation of the Raymond Chandler character 46 While the femme fatales are hard at work and Neeson is fine 44 so much feels like a copy of a copy and it just never clicks 46 
2
Marlowe
Brian Eggert
Somewhere between the jagged cutting style and flatly presented scenes 44 Marlowe is a potboiler that never quite manages to get beyond medium heat 46 
2.5
Marlowe
Randy Myers
The story is laden with red herrings and punched up dialogue but little manages no land 
1.5
Marlowe
Rex Reed
Ironies build narrow escapes accelerate and familiar fisticuffs multiply to little avail in William Monaghan s yawning screenplay 
2
Marlowe
Charles Koplinski
If you 8217 ve read any of Raymond Chandler 8217 s Philip Marlowe novels or seen 8220 The Big Sleep 8221 or 8220 Chinatown 44 8221 you 8217 re likely to experience d 233 j 224 vu on multiple occasions while sitting through this 46 
2
Marlowe
Anne Brodie
Marlowe 8217 s fun 44 unusual 44 Lange 8217 s fabulously outr 233 44 Neeson dominates 44 but no signature action moves 46 Kruger 8217 s cool ambition 44 Huston 8217 s seething rage 8211 it 8217 s all there 46 Jordan had fun with this 46 
2
Marlowe
Richard Roeper
Thanks to the high end production values the juicy script and the vigorous performances from that first rate cast it s great to see another iteration of Marlowe on the case 
3
Return to the Land of Wonders
David Sterritt
Pachachi keeps things lively by roaming far and wide with her camera returning to the statesmanship side of the documentary often enough to let us follow relevant events as they unfold 
4
Return to the Land of Wonders
V.A. Musetto
The impact is lessened by the director s failure to let those who think the war is justified have their say 
2
Transcendence
Brian Eggert
Transcendence looks like a top notch production 44 but nothing about it stands out in any way 46 
2
Transcendence
Frank Ochieng
Transcendence should have been infested with convincing amounts of personality and precision Instead it lingers on in disbelief with all the stability of a faulty hard drive in an antiquated IBM computer 
2
Transcendence
Sonny Bunch
Transcendence s intellectual reach exceeds its grasp 
1.5
Transcendence
Alissa Wilkinson
Transcendence becomes weirdly successful as a sort of cockeyed analogy for the gospel and the painful tragic violent beauty of the Incarnation and Christ s crucifixion 
2.5
Transcendence
John Beifuss
Pfister seems afraid to recognize the humor inherent in a story that requires Johnny Depp to become a grim sort of Max Headroom 
2
Transcendence
James Kendrick
built on a set of intriguing moral and ethical conundrums involving our relationship with rapidly evolving computer technology but it finds virtually no dramatic traction
2
Transcendence
David Keyes
What an empty and misguided movie this is 
1.5
Transcendence
David Nusair
a misguided failure that hardly bodes well for Pfister s directorial career 
2
Transcendence
Linda Cook
An intriguing concept that devolves into a somewhat silly adventure tale Transcendence is overly long and contrived 
2
Transcendence
Peter Travers
Remember when paycheck hungry actors were accused of phoning in a performance Johnny Depp spins that for millennials in Transcendence by Skpying in his performance 
1
Transcendence
Lori Hoffman
Transcendence borrows ideas from so many sci fi sources it turns into a messy cinematic stew that fails to deliver its own unique flavor 8233 
2
Transcendence
Christy Lemire
When it s all over you will turn on your iPhone and ask Siri to find you a good restaurant for a bite to eat near the theater And you will have learned nothing 
2
Transcendence
Sam Fragoso
Depending on how the next few decades unfold people will look back at Transcendence as either a prophetic or surreal piece of filmmaking 
2
Transcendence
Mike McGranaghan
Transcendence continually reaches for big ideas It has a go for broke ambition that may mark it as ahead of its time 
3
Transcendence
Alynda Wheat
Johnny Depp proves he is no Her as his artificial intelligence film fails to provoke thought or feeling 
2
Transcendence
Cammila Collar
In a way the relatively balanced approach that Transcendence takes to its subject matter is the most interesting thing about it 
3
Transcendence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The whole of Transcendence feels more in tune with computers than it does with people It has some intelligence of the artificial kind but it could have used some heart 
2
Transcendence
Phil Villarreal
Pfister proves to be as clever a storyteller as he is a painter of moving pictures 
3.5
Transcendence
Mara Reinstein
Depp appears mostly from the waist up on a computer screen mumbling in a monotone voice that would lull a cup of coffee to sleep 
2
Transcendence
Peter Hartlaub
The directorial debut for ace cinematographer Wally Pfister is always watchable but the narrative flaws and logical leaps sabotage sustained enjoyment Transcendence looks and sounds like a Christopher Nolan film that got attacked by malware 
2
Transcendence
Steven Rea
Soon the worlds of technology and humanity collide super medicine super intelligence super ecosystems super confusing 
2.5
Transcendence
Liam Lacey
Lost in the land of mind over matter Transcendence is too much trance and not nearly enough dance 
2.5
Transcendence
Willie Waffle
Transcendence is a movie that sneaks up on you 
3
Transcendence
Peter Canavese
A throwback to the fear mongering science fiction of the past the lab bound likes of The Andromeda Strain and Demon Seed circa the paranoid 70s 
2.5
Transcendence
Mark Dujsik
Every idea with potential is raised in the first act of Transcendence never to be heard from again 
2
Transcendence
Chris Knight
Transcendence is a big idea movie the kind to cause spontaneous salivation in science fiction fans But big ideas don t always fit neatly onto the big screen 
2.5
Transcendence
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately it takes more than grand concepts to make a movie and the lack of cinematic connective tissue is apparent in this poorly focused meandering and ultimately disappointing film 
2
Transcendence
Peter Howell
Includes some genuine chemistry between Depp and Hall which puts heart and soul into this machine 
2.5
Transcendence
Ty Burr
How can you tell a movie is the directorial debut of a renowned cinematographer When everything s interesting to look at except the performances 
2
Transcendence
Claudia Puig
A far fetched futuristic snooze fest that often defies its own logic Characters motivations are rarely clear and allegiances shift with no explanation 
2
Transcendence
Eric Henderson
If you programmed an algorithm to figure out how The Lawnmower Man might be retold by Snake Plissken at the conclusion of Escape from L A you d still wind up with a more recognizably human effort 
1.5
Transcendence
Dann Gire
Transcendence can t quite decide what it wants to say about individualism and the Internet or about true love between a woman and a digitally Xeroxed man 
2
Transcendence
Rafer Guzman
Drags science fiction back to the Cold War era if not the Stone Age 
0.5
Transcendence
Rene Rodriguez
Aside from a few scenes where he s walking around in a suit Depp could have shot in his living room while instant messaging his agent about the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie 
1
Transcendence
Jon Niccum
Even when ensconced in a traditional shoot em up the film still kicks around some heady ideas If only there were some underlying momentum to energize such poetic intellectual flourishes 
2.5
Transcendence
Chris Hewitt
It isn t a terrible movie just a frustrating one that is far from transcendent 
2
Transcendence
Michael O'Sullivan
The real trouble with Transcendence is that it just isn t all that scary at least not in the way that it wants to be 
1.5
Transcendence
Joe Williams
Transcendence is an ambitious movie but ultimately there s too much artificial and not enough intelligence 
2
Transcendence
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s fine to want to explore and just sort of kick ideas around Too often though the movie doesn t feel ambiguous or complicated merely muddled and wishy washy 
2.5
Transcendence
Michael Phillips
After an intriguing start Transcendence aka The Computer Wore Johnny Depp s Tennis Shoes offers roughly the same level of excitement as listening to hold music during a call to tech support 
2
Transcendence
Stephen Whitty
Transcendence never grapples with the concepts it introduces sticking to an absolute genius corrupts absolutely plot that was old back in the first season of Star Trek and ending with a muffled whimper 
2
Transcendence
Soren Andersen
Transcendence traffics in a lot of interesting ideas but does so in unoriginal ways 
2
Transcendence
Dustin Putman
Transcendence is much too lofty a title for a film that is rarely if ever transcendent 
2
Transcendence
Randy Myers
While its discussions about supercomputers transcendence and god complexes send red flags flying about the near future the story s mainframe is faultily wired and in need of repair 
2
Transcendence
Lou Lumenick
It s not a horrible premise for a movie but the execution is exceedingly trite and sloppy 
1
Transcendence
Rex Reed
What fresh hell is this 
1
Transcendence
Roger Moore
Depp doesn t suggest higher intelligence Perhaps because he hasn t had to in decades 
1.5
Transcendence
Jake Coyle
Transcendence is clunky and lifeless It s like the movie version of a paranoid TED talk 
2
Fury
Matt Brunson
Whereas Lang s 1931 M was more ambiguous in its depiction of mob justice this one clearly shows the dangers of vigilantism 
3.5
Fury
Ed Gonzalez
Lang s first English language film seemed to anticipate the horrors at Abu Ghraib as far back as 1936 
4
Be With Me
Ken Fox
Singaporean writer director Eric Khoo s third feature is a beautiful contemplative study of love unrequited unfulfilled and reborn 
3
Be With Me
V.A. Musetto
Viewers patience will be rewarded as the stories come together in a moving fashion 
3
Be With Me
Michael Wilmington
A delicately crafted gently inflected lovely little movie about the need for love 
3
The Regeneration
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an extraordinary film 
4
Musician
Kam Williams
A fascinating documentary made memorable not by its music but by its poignant portrait of a likable if narrowly focused purist unwilling to compromise his values regardless of its cost in terms of fame or his career 
4
God's Time
Monica Castillo
Unfortunately 44 8220 God 8217 s Time 8221 doesn 8217 t quite sustain the momentum or freewheeling style of its start 46 
2
God's Time
Mark Dujsik
It apos s a rush of style and dark humor 44 and there apos s a real unpredictability to how things unfold 46 46 46 
3
God's Time
Roger Moore
It 8217 s not every rom com that dares to let you hate the leading lady 44 dares you to find an excuse to like her and dares to make her an object of pity and concern by the time she 8217 s smashed her way through this 12 step China shop 46 
2.5
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Enrique Fernandez
Iranian film continues to enchant viewers hungry for a gimmick free yet imaginative approach to the medium 
3
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Rick Groen
Our comeback tale should end on a classic note of resounding triumph Should but doesn t 
2.5
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Pam Grady
Bahman Farmanara triumphantly reclaims his own soul with Smell of Camphor and it s been well worth the wait 
3.5
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Rob Blackwelder
A meditative shrewdly humorous farce 
3
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Steve Rhodes
This slice of the end of a man s life strikes universal themes 
2.5
A Boy Called Sailboat
Matt Brunson
A Boy Called Sailboat is never less than likable but a little more variance in its beats might have prevented it from settling into a well worn groove of unrelenting whimsy 
2.5
A Boy Called Sailboat
Roger Moore
Adorable nearly perfect modern folktale save for one grating and unfortunate miscalculation on the director s part 
2.5
A Boy Called Sailboat
Bob Bloom
The key to the movie is how Nugent handles the song Sailboat creates for his grandmother We never hear him play it or sing it the screen grows silent when he performs All we see are the reactions of those who hear the music and his voice 
3
Ruby in Paradise
Linda Cook
This film is well worth seeing 
4
Ruby in Paradise
Roger Moore
A classic indie cinema as regional cinema a post sex lies and videotape declaration of independence from Hollywood
3
Ruby in Paradise
James Berardinelli
A surprisingly fresh and engrossing little film 
3
Ruby in Paradise
Roger Ebert
Ruby in Paradise is a wonderful life affirming movie about a young woman who has that kind of luck It s a celebration of heart courage and persistence 
4
The Leisure Seeker
Rob Thomas
If you ve been through what John and Ella are going through with a family member of your own The Leisure Seeker is true enough to that experience And it s enough of a fantasy to make you wish for a Winnebago an open road and a little more time 
3
The Leisure Seeker
Moira MacDonald
Both performers are treasures both deserve together and separately a better showcase than this 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Rafer Guzman
Sentimental but not exactly meaningful 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Johanna Schneller
Sometimes an outsider s perspective is a breath of fresh air In this one you feel the director holding his nose 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Bruce DeMara
The film s poignant and powerful ending does provide a saving grace 
2.5
The Leisure Seeker
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Ultimately The Leisure Seeker falls into a pile of human interest indies trying to tip the scales with charm and acting alone This one doesn t transcend its pitch 
1
The Leisure Seeker
Mark Feeney
The pleasure of Mirren and Sutherland s company is considerable but not that considerable 
1.5
The Leisure Seeker
Gary Thompson
It becomes increasingly difficult for Leisure Seeker to manage its varying tones and ultimately impossible 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Peter Travers
Mirren and Sutherland can do anything except save this sentimental drool bucket of senior cinema from driving into a predictable ditch of been there seen that 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Anita Katz
Missing are the detours and oddball characters that give road tales quirk appeal The trip is predictable from the beginning 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Kam Williams
A touching travelogue with just enough heartfelt moments combined with comic relief to warrant this critic s stamp of approval 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Dann Gire
It occurred to me early on that The Leisure Seeker could effortlessly be adapted into a two person single set stage play But given the relatively inert material here who d want to do that 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Sara Stewart
It s a sweet premise that isn t fleshed out well in the leaden screenplay which leans heavily on the most obvious Americana trappings to gin up a lighter side of senility 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Mick LaSalle
There s beauty here Virzi is too humane to make a movie without beautiful moments But a scattered eight or 10 minutes of splendor just isn t worth an almost two hour investment of time 
1
The Leisure Seeker
Mike McGranaghan
When a film doesn t know how to deal with a tough subject honestly it does so with dishonesty instead The Leisure Seeker is one of the most dishonest pictures of its type ever made 
1.5
The Leisure Seeker
Rex Reed
There are occasional flashes of sweetness and charm but the parts don t add up to anything substantial 
2
The Leisure Seeker
Keith Watson
No matter how likable Sutherland and Mirren are they re still stuck in little more than an upbeat wish fulfillment fantasy 
1.5
The Leisure Seeker
Christy Lemire
Even having tremendous actors like Sutherland and Mirren in the front seat can t enliven this vacation 
1.5
The Leisure Seeker
Mark Dujsik
Just about everything about The Leisure Seeker gets worse as the movie progresses 
1.5
Princesas
David Nusair
Slow moving but generally interesting 
2.5
Princesas
Kam Williams
The most engaging presentation from the perspective of an exploited female underclass since the equally evocative Maria Full of Grace 
4
Princesas
Michael Booth
Aranoa sketches a melancholy based on accurate human observation 
3
Princesas
John Anderson
In Princesas writer director Fernando Len de Aranoa leaves too many loose ends hanging about but his sentiments are noble 
2.5
Princesas
Jack Mathews
Women become prostitutes for different reasons and the reasons driving the main characters in Spanish writer director Fernando Len de Aranoa s earnest tale of friendship couldn t be more different 
3
Princesas
Ken Fox
Works best as a soberly witty commentary on the workplace 
3.5
Princesas
V.A. Musetto
Princesas starts as a serious examination of the two women s lives but it descends into a mushy melodrama complete with schmaltzy music and dewy cinematography 
2
Princesas
Nick Schager
Another depiction of flesh trade hardships told with a mixture of somewhat disingenuously restrained grittiness bittersweet pathos and little of the depth that might help it stand out from the increasingly crowded prostitution cinema pack 
2.5
The Lady
Marty Mapes
Biopic of Ang San Suu Kyi a notch above the rest
3
The Lady
Liam Lacey
The Lady is a slog a two and a half hour painted on wood exercise in political iconography 
1
The Lady
John Anderson
The Lady is a two hour trip into earnestness from which audiences will want a little liberation of their own 
2
The Lady
Linda Barnard
The Lady is little more than a history lesson although a beautifully presented one wrapped in the pink gloss of a G rated potboiler evidenced in Suu Kyi s and Michael s storybook romance 
2.5
The Lady
Adam Bernstein
A heavy handed attempt to sanctify one of the most dignified and uncompromising politicians and human rights champions of recent times 
1.5
The Lady
Roger Ebert
It does indeed deal with a real life but follows so faithfully the traditional shape of film biography that it feels less convincing 
2.5
The Lady
Kyle Smith
An appropriately respectful and dignified biopic 
2.5
The Lady
Mick LaSalle
The Lady is a portrait in moral and physical courage a sort of analysis of what constitutes greatness 
3
The Lady
Soren Andersen
Yeoh is perfectly cast Slender and graceful her physical resemblance to Suu Kyi is remarkable 
3
The Lady
Ty Burr
The Lady presents a stately rather dull portrayal of a loving marriage stymied by the whims of political necessity and fascist generals 
2
The Lady
Chris Hewitt
She s a great woman who deserves a better biopic 
1
The Lady
Peter Keough
This lady who just won a historic election apparently triumphing over the tyrants deserves better 
2
The Lady
Michael Nordine
If The Lady never quite blossoms in the way one might hope it s largely because its subject has never been allowed to either 
2.5
Noroi: The Curse
Federico Furzan
It s raw it s unsettling but time has not been kind to the movie It still works Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Angel and Tony
Marty Mapes
Refreshing and simple love story about a fisherman and a parolee
3.5
Lake of Fire
Marty Mapes
The most striking footage is of an abortion the next is of hateful and ignorant Americans
3.5
Lake of Fire
Mark Dujsik
Demands we throw out our preconceived notions and face the issue without walls to protect us 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Chris Hewitt
The astonishing feat of the documentary Lake of Fire is that it takes a topic about which everyone is always telling us what to think and manages to do justice to both sides Or rather all sides 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Sean P. Means
Most of the footage is at least a decade old and the saddest commentary is that the discussion hasn t budged an inch 
3
Lake of Fire
Jeff Vice
Fascinating but unsettling 
3
Lake of Fire
Roger Ebert
At 152 minutes his film doesn t seem long because at every moment something absorbing disturbing depressing or infuriating is happening 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Michael Phillips
No one will have an easy time of it with Lake of Fire a work of profound anguish centered on the abortion rights debate 
3
Lake of Fire
John Hartl
It s the arguments on both sides that make this long gripping film such a vital contribution to the national conversation about abortion 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Glenn Whipp
Upsetting engrossing engaging documentary on abortion 
3
Lake of Fire
Nick Schager
Provides gruesome incontrovertible images to complement its deliberations about morality 
3
Lake of Fire
Brett McCracken
The latest in a long list of hyper politicized sensationalistic documentaries that are high on scare tactics and shock value but low on progressive discourse 
2
Lake of Fire
Ken Fox
For a notoriously difficult director Kaye turned in a surprisingly even handed film and his sensitive treatment of his interview subjects leads to a number of revealing moments 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Timothy Knight
A monumental achievement 17 years in the making and financed by Kaye himself Lake of Fire reveals Kaye to be a far more thoughtful and mature filmmaker than his loose cannon public persona suggests 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Stephen Whitty
Kaye has taken his camera places and filmed things that neither side will want you see 
3
Lake of Fire
Gene Seymour
Wherever you stand on the volatile issue of abortion Tony Kaye s exhaustive documentary could dislodge your certainties with a broad survey of opinion from opposite extremes and explicit depictions of medical procedures 
3.5
Lake of Fire
Kyle Smith
The film does nothing to advance the debate but does a great deal to show us what s at stake 
3
Lake of Fire
Ty Burr
Lake wants to break through decades of encrusted rhetoric to make us think again With one slow reveal of Norma McCorvey a k a Jane Roe the movie upends all you assumed about this subject 
3.5
Jackie
Brian Eggert
Larraín and Portman remember that Jackie was also a human being and they render her convincingly in a complex portrayal 
3.5
Jackie
David Gonzalez
Jackie is a heartbreaking portrait of a womans most lonesome moments 46 With the accompaniment of Levis score and Larrains direction 44 this film should be in consideration for not only awards but in the conversation of top 10 films of 2016 46 
4
Jackie
Matt Brunson
Natalie Portman delivers a tremendous performance in a movie that marches to its own beat without ever taking its eye off the ball 
3
Jackie
Wesley Lovell
Seldom has a portrait of a familiar a political figure felt so focused so fierce and so familiar 
4
Jackie
Erik Anderson
At a very brisk 95 minutes Larraín s Jackie is stripped of any fluff or distractions and is streamlined for maximum focus on a moment in American history so steeped in controversy and conspiracy by focusing on the most human element of it 
4
Jackie
Pamela Powell
It s enlightening and insightful using unusually creative filming to experience Jackie s life and perspective firsthand 
3.5
Jackie
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Not without aesthetic interest the movie is still a complete mess weighed down by an expositional script and extremely mannered performances 
1
Jackie
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Jackie is a great recreation of a very important time and context but it didn t stimulated me emotionally or intellectually as much as I would have liked Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Jackie
John Hanlon
Distinct and sensitive this unique feature offers an emotional and enthralling look at the former first lady 
4.0
Jackie
John Serba
Jackie is artful when it needs to be heartful its overly ambitious visual dramatics are often a glass wall between Portman and the audience But when she breaks through it watch out 
2.5
Jackie
David Nusair
Director Larraín working from a script by Noah Oppenheim delivers a frequently mesmerizing drama that benefits greatly from Portman s striking performance 
3.5
Jackie
Rick Bentley
The entire movie resonates with an authenticity that stems from Portman s performance From the wardrobe to the re creation of historical moments there are no shortcuts taken 
4
Jackie
Christian Toto
Torture lot 
1
Jackie
Mal Vincent
One could excuse the lack of factual detail if the movie had some focused impression to suggest 
2.5
Jackie
Barry Paris
Director Pablo Larraín s Jackie is a powerful if traumatic achievement in approach as well as execution So is Natalie Portman s performance in the title role 
3.5
Jackie
Josh Larsen
a psychodrama more than a standard biopic 
2
Jackie
Jeff Simon
The film doesn t dwell exploitively on these things It just makes abundantly clear what this woman was dealing with when she insisted on dealing with the details of her husband s funeral 
4
Jackie
Peter Canavese
The serviceable movie you make about this subject But it does offer a little bit more peeking through with an interesting insight every quarter hour or so 
3
Jackie
Sean P. Means
Portman s performance reaches past mere impersonation to capture her sense of dignity that allowed her in the face of her husband s horrific death to complete the task of establishing his place in history 
3.5
Jackie
Michael Smith
There s no denying Portman s depiction of class and grace under pressure capturing the emotions of that time and showing people who were scared and confused a way to heal 
4
Jackie
Bob Bloom
Jackie is an extraordinary and intimate look at an iconic figure who put her stamp on the White House the nation and our perception of grace and beauty 
3.5
Jackie
Calvin Wilson
Portman is simply brilliant getting to the essence of Jackie without resorting to a mere impersonation 
4
Jackie
Jon Niccum
The film instead becomes preoccupied with trendy period detail and the mannered performance of its star rather than in finding deeper truths about the subject 
2.5
Jackie
James Berardinelli
The title character never emerges from the iconic shell she inhabits to become a fully fleshed out individual and the filmmakers are perhaps too reverential to make her seem real 
2.5
Jackie
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a cinematic work of art and taking the time to see it in a theatre should be priority number one 
4
Jackie
Robert Horton
Portman s scarily composed performance is laser focused an act of empathy without tears 
3.5
Jackie
Steven Rea
It is a fever dream of a movie tracking its subject as she tries to maintain control maintain her composure her sanity 
3
Jackie
Moira MacDonald
Jackie is mesmerizing a familiar story told from an entirely different angle 
3.5
Jackie
Tom Meek
It s an impressively bold go at such a revered presidency and much of the project s success hangs on Natalie Portman s fully immersed and utterly mesmerizing portrait of the grieving first widow 
3
Jackie
Shelbie Lynn Bostedt
Portman reconciles the indulgent and extravagant aspects of Jackie s character with the strong willed first lady looking to create something for the American people out of a nationwide tragedy 
3.5
Jackie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Yet another film about the Kennedy family may seem like an eye rolling prospect but Pablo Larrain s Jackie is so painfully alive so painstakingly intimate it rises above such simple descriptions 
3.5
Jackie
Barry Hertz
To watch Portman s every move is to not only watch history being recreated but to also witness history being made No one will ever be able to touch this role again Or at least no one should 
4
Jackie
Richard Roeper
Portman s performance carries the day 
3
Jackie
Mark Dujsik
The film is wise in the way it sees Jackie as a constructor of narratives and it s tragic in its recognition that those narratives have little to do with her 
4
Jackie
Peter Howell
What emerges is more serious docudrama a fully rendered vision of a woman ill served by most previous accounts featuring an Oscar worthy lead performance by Portman It s also one of the year s best movies 
4
Jackie
Roger Moore
An iconic performance packaged in a film good enough to support it 
3.5
Jackie
Ann Hornaday
Jackie would have been an exceptionally smart intriguing movie as an astutely conceived well crafted meditation on political mythmaking In Larraín and Portman s hands it becomes something deeper and more emotionally potent 
4
Jackie
Michael Phillips
Even if it lacks full dimension and a final imaginative leap past the biopic strictures Jackie pulls you into its web shot by shot moment by moment most of them Portman s 
3.5
Jackie
Rex Reed
A carefully compiled dossier on the life of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times whose dignity and grace under pressure humbled the world at the time and influenced future generations without planning to 
4
Jackie
Dann Gire
Jackie is a triumph of production design period costuming and vintage cars and props all captured by Stephane Fontaine s formal camera lens in a mix of sharply defining close ups and scenes constructed of Kubrickian symmetry 
3
Jackie
Ty Burr
What is this movie trying to do Simply dramatize everything that can go on inside a woman simultaneously marginalized and revered 
4
Jackie
Mick LaSalle
What is the tension of the movie Where is the drama There s nothing at stake no transformation to witness just the weird spectacle of Portman s peculiar Jackie impersonation and the promise hinted at throughout that the assassination will be shown 
1
Jackie
James Kendrick
takes a topic that could so easily have become a one dimensional hagiography or a cruelly biting hatchet job and turns it into a powerful study in loss and resolve
3.5
Jackie
Robert Levin
Larraín s film deepens the general understanding of this person at this terrible time while also keeping her truest and deepest thoughts exactly where they must be out of our reach 
3
Jackie
Matt Zoller Seitz
There are two movies in Jackie One of these movies is just OK The other is exceptional The first one keeps undermining the second 
2.5
Jackie
Kent Turner
Vibrant and melancholic 
3
Jackie
Mike McGranaghan
A profoundly haunting and powerful film that examines grief in its most raw form Natalie Portman is extraordinary 
4
Jackie
Stephen Rebello
Although often gut wrenching the movie is supremely compassionate toward its subject Yet Larrain and Oppenheim pull no punches when it comes to Jackie who emerges as incredibly complex 
4
Jackie
Peter Travers
A potent cinematic provocation Powered by a transfixing Portman as Jackie Larrain s film one of the year s best is appropriately hard to pin down and impossible to forget 
3.5
Jackie
Katie Walsh
Portman is simply magnetic in the role but it s a performance that works when in concert with all the other elements of the filmmaking It s entirely of a piece a perfect film because all of the details are perfect together 
4
Jackie
Kyle Smith
Jackie does more than a disservice bordering on an insult to its subject It s so obtuse about the history of mores that it s the equivalent of showing Abraham Lincoln reading the Gettysburg Address off a teleprompter 
2
Jackie
Rafer Guzman
An ambitious but jumbled drama in which the central figure remains elusive Portman s performance gets lost in the chaos 
2
Jackie
Brian Truitt
The iconic first lady is given emotional complexity and rich understanding through a stirring and ambitious performance by Natalie Portman in director Pablo Larrain s powerful drama 
3.5
Jackie
Bill Chambers
Every scene is kind of perfectly honed 
3.5
Jackie
Clayton Davis
A biopic that breaks the barriers and conventions of the genre Pablo Larrain s Jackie layers itself as a deeply felt drama masquerading as a new form horror venture 
3
Eden Court
Steve Rhodes
I d like to be able to say good things about this comedy that didn t make me laugh but I can t The only redeeming feature was how Williams Paisley managed to shine 
1.5
Harry Benson: Shoot First
David N. Butterworth
Great Scot 
3
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Chris Knight
Benson s overall good manners and self deprecating style have endeared him to most of his subjects and almost every viewer 
3
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Zosia Bielski
The film shows a man who is empathetic toward those in his photos but less forgiving with himself 
3
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Kathryn Laskaris
The only thing better than Harry Benson behind the camera is Harry Benson in front of it 
3
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Glenn Kenny
The filmmakers are themselves too celebrity besotted to comment in a meaningful way on how Benson s career balanced depictions of the rich and famous with in the trenches risk taking 
2.5
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Pat Padua
Overall Shoot First is a breezy look at a professional whose work remains endearing despite some highfalutin claims 
3
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Peter Travers
Iconic shutterbug Benson is captured in all his funny feisty gritty and graceful complexity in this spellbinder of a doc from Justin Bare and Matthew Miele with images that take the breath away 
3.5
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Keith Watson
While it offers ample opportunity to admire Benson s body of work it provides few aesthetic delights of its own 
2.5
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Roger Moore
A playful and authoritative look at one of the great news and celebrity photographers
3
On the Sly
Tom Keogh
A compelling wholly original tale marred a bit by its young heroine s incessant chatter on the soundtrack 
2.5
A Stranger Among Us
David Nusair
A Stranger Among Us is rife with laughably heavy handed instances of plot and character development 
2
A Stranger Among Us
Desmond Ryan
Lumet may be the quintessential New York director but A Stranger Among Us argues that he should stay out of Brooklyn 
1.5
A Stranger Among Us
John Hartl
Although it s enjoyable as a bittersweet fish out of water love story Sidney Lumet s A Stranger Among Us is less effective when it transforms itself into an exotic whodunit 
2.5
A Stranger Among Us
Stephen Hunter
If I were a rich man I wouldn t have had to see A Stranger Among Us 
2
A Stranger Among Us
Gary Thompson
Scenes of life among the Hasidim are soft and amber tinged in keeping with Lumet s idealized conception of their lives The effect is so pronounced that it begins to grow comical 
2
A Stranger Among Us
Dave Kehr
A Stranger Among Us is eerily devoid of precisely the kind of urban detail and atmosphere that has always given Lumet s work its authority even when his storytelling falters 
1
A Stranger Among Us
Dennis King
A Stranger Among Us is offered primarily as a Melanie Griffith star vehicle That s too bad It s a story with a hopeful and well meaning message 
2
A Stranger Among Us
Jordan Hiller
What could easily have been another irritatingly earnest clueless depiction of orthodox Jewish stereotypes unfolds as an involving challenging and most importantly respectful treatment of an oft misrepresented religion
3
A Stranger Among Us
Roger Ebert
If there has ever been a crime in all the history of crime movies that has a lamer solution than this one I cannot remember it 
1.5
The Harvest
Kalvin Henely
This isn t so much a document of a certain group of people s lives but a political tool Democratic through and through 
2
Anesthesia
David Nusair
A disappointing misfire 
2
Anesthesia
Christian Toto
What will numb our pain after meeting some of Anesthesia s dull characters 
2.5
Anesthesia
Mark Dujsik
Is that all there is 
2
Anesthesia
Molly Eichel
The irony of Anesthesia is that while it uses interconnectivity as a storytelling mechanism the characters do not really connect 
2
Anesthesia
John Hartl
Stewart stands out because her one big scene seems so passionate and genuine It s the only moment when Anesthesia seems to be working 
2
Anesthesia
Richard Roeper
A grand gesture going nowhere 
2
Anesthesia
Rex Reed
A pile of incomprehensible existential gibberish by the vastly untalented actor writer director Tim Blake Nelson about the meaning of life in an age of technology told in the tiresome style of multiple characters who intersect at odd angles 
2
Anesthesia
Simon Abrams
I want to recommend Nelson s film in spite of how misconceived it is simply because it asks interesting questions albeit in some of the most banal ways imaginable 
2.5
Anesthesia
Roger Moore
There s just enough here Or almost enough 
2
Anesthesia
Sara Stewart
Overall the film plays like an annotated philosophy lecture with Nelson using various interwoven characters to flesh out Waterston s talking points 
2
Anesthesia
Clayton Dillard
Tim Blake Nelson s film immerses itself into as many pain induced and painful subplots as it possibly can 
1
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
Roger Moore
A kid friendly mash up of limited imagination and endless exposition Boring as all get out in other words 
1.5
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
Christy Lemire
It s hard to figure out exactly what Talalay and Co are aiming for here Babysitter s Guide is never truly scary but it s also never all that funny 
1
A Few Days in September
David Nusair
Generally interesting but only sporadically compelling 
2
The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station
Mark Dujsik
While these stories may give some children the inspiration to look at the stars and dream they don t make for a particularly engaging documentary 
2.5
Eegah!
Matt Brunson
While some awful movies only became known following their ribbing on Mystery Science Theater 3000 several films that were featured on the show were famous make that infamous long before their Satellite of Love slots This was one of them 
1
Costa da morte
Clayton Dillard
It convincingly insists that the human figure is no more vital to the image than the rapidly shifting landscape it inhabits 
3
Jimmy and Judy
David Nusair
a marginally entertaining first person drama that benefits substantially from the two leads compelling work 
2.5
Jimmy and Judy
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Probably one of the worst movies of the last two years 
0.5
Jimmy and Judy
Terry Lawson
We can t help but wonder why we should care save the fact that the first person gimmick makes us feel complicit in the crimes 
2
Jimmy and Judy
Peter Hartlaub
This is the film that Natural Born Killers wanted to be and at one twentieth the cost 
3
Only
Mark Dujsik
T he filmmaker is more interested in observing how the central relationship is molded Too much gets in the way of that goal though 
2
Only
Roger Moore
Derivative sci fi parable with performances that click and situations tried and true as they are that pop 
2.5
Only
Dwight Brown
Can t say Takashi Dosher is an accomplished filmmaker yet but this movie hits a nerve Also coming from a male director there is a misogynist undertone that just doesn t feel right 
2.5
Only
Joey Magidson
Only prioritizes ideas over scope but it s a situation where a larger canvas would have helped As a chamber piece it can just go so far 
2.5
The Wrong Box
Bosley Crowther
Some sections and bits are funnier than others Some are labored and dull It is that sort of story that sort of comedy But it adds up to a lively lark 
3
12:08 East of Bucharest
John Monaghan
12 08 East of Bucharest is easier to admire than enjoy funnier to describe than actually watch 
2
12:08 East of Bucharest
Lawrence Toppman
The movie provokes low key laughs yes it s a comedy but with a sad overtone 
3
12:08 East of Bucharest
Sean P. Means
Porumboiu s minimalist approach concentrates the movie s focus on its mournful characters so disillusioned with their post Communist life they question the history that led to it 
3
12:08 East of Bucharest
Jeff Vice
The self indulgent 12 08 East of Bucharest certainly takes its time getting to the point In fact the first third of this film could have been trimmed without much damage And this Romanian comedy drama is only an hour and a half in length 
2
12:08 East of Bucharest
Leba Hertz
12 08 East of Bucharest cleverly takes on the aftermath of the December 1989 revolution in Romania that resulted in the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaucescu It s a movie that seems simple yet its subtle and brilliant complexity is not to be denied 
4
12:08 East of Bucharest
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film leaves off on a perfect note of hopeful melancholy 
3.5
12:08 East of Bucharest
Marty Mapes
Human savvy funny well observed kudos to director Porumboiu for making something from nothing
3
12:08 East of Bucharest
Michael Phillips
Live television going down in flames is always good for a laugh 
3
12:08 East of Bucharest
Ty Burr
It s a dark little ride but at the end the lights hesitantly flicker back on 
3.5
12:08 East of Bucharest
Timothy Knight
Corneliu Porumboiu s drolly witty black comedy 12 08 East of Bucharest is an understated gem infused with gimlet eyed humor weary pathos and surprising tenderness 
3.5
12:08 East of Bucharest
John Anderson
A bleakly hilarious movie 
3.5
12:08 East of Bucharest
Ken Fox
Romanian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu grapples with his country s troubled recent past in this wonderfully droll Cannes Camera d Or winner about a local TV station owner who attempts to define the events of December 22 1989 
3.5
12:08 East of Bucharest
V.A. Musetto
The most hilarious movie I ve seen this year 
4
12:08 East of Bucharest
Nick Schager
A deadpan comedy that evolves into a wry politicized examination of truth 
3.5
Black Cloud
Janice Page
Many cliches and borrowed substitutes for creativity 
1.5
Black Cloud
Phil Villarreal
A punch drunk boxing drama that can t quite connect as it swings for its emotional uppercut 
2.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Matt Brunson
God save us all 
1
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Rene Sanchez
An unoriginal reboot that uses nostalgia as an excuse to bring together all of WB s intellectual property in a very chaotic way Full Review in Spanish 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Blake Howard
Space Jam A New Legacy is a deplorable act of IP coercion and grave robbery that is as boring as it is vindictive 
0.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Erik Childress
Makes the first film look like Who Framed Roger Rabbit or Looney Tunes Back in Action My apologies for evoking either film in its presence 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Bruce R. Miller
Because this will likely sell a lot of merchandise and do well at the box office you can bet it s not game over even when the film ends That s all folks may be a great catchphrase but it s definitely not a business plan no matter who s playing 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Sean P. Means
This is an audiovisual presentation at the Warner Bros shareholders meeting a big screen catalog of corporate owned brands to remind the suits what titles could be making them money 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Steven Prokopy
If you walk into A New Legacy expecting pure uncompromising entertainment I want what you re smoking 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Linda Cook
It wants nothing but to net cash 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Tom Meek
A totally unnecessary updating to a concept that while fun for a hot moment back in 1996 was too much of a mashup to really hold its own 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Like too many mainstream movies it adheres to the golden rule of the Ready Player One school of filmmaking bludgeon your audience with references until they beg for mercy 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
James Berardinelli
It doesn t take long before A New Legacy feels more like a two hour commercial for the entire WB catalog than a movie in its own right 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Mike McGranaghan
LeBron James proves to have plenty of charisma onscreen even if Daniel Day Lewis doesn t need to worry about being overtaken in the world class acting department 
3
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Matthew Rozsa
Space Jam A New Legacy did something I had not anticipated It was a sweet smart funny and engaging movie 
3.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Alan French
A New Legacy is not a disastrous film that many will claim in the coming weeks 46 Instead 44 the truth lies somewhere in the middle 46 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Kevin Carr
It s not to be taken seriously It s not trying to change the world It s trying to tell a fun crazy energetic story and in that it works 
3
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Dann Gire
New Legacy mistakes quantity for quality as it piles on sight gags puns and visual effects 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Mark Dujsik
Space Jam A New Legacy holds some early promise but it doesn t last 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Johnny Oleksinski
In the pantheon of misguided sequels and reboots A New Legacy is right up there with Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 and Little Fockers 
1
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Chris Hewitt
Space Jam doesn t break new ground for that we d need Sylvia Fowles A New Legacy but there s something to be said for a movie that delivers exactly what it promises 
2.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Jeff York
It should ve been easy goofy fun trading on James s showmanship blended in with the Loony Tunes family strutting their stuff Instead this film finds all sorts of ways to be morose bloated and baffling 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Michael Phillips
Space Jam 2 8243 is a smoother less grating experience than the first one Faint praise Faint movie 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Kristen Page-Kirby
There s no real reason for this sequel tribute to the original 1996 film to exist but now that it does there s no reason to wish that it didn t 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Katie Walsh
An upcycled Frankenstein s monster of intellectual property spraying a stew of Easter eggs and Halloween costumes at the viewer praying that something sticks 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Nell Minow
It s good to see that the insouciant anarchy of Termite Terrace is still pure unrepentant id 
3
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Doug Walker
Awkward garbage fluff but it s very entertaining awkward garbage fluff 
3
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Richard Roeper
I ve never seen anything like it I also hope to never see anything like it again and I wish I could unsee what I HAVE seen 
1.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Brian Truitt
Sorry LeBron This Jam is ripe to be slammed 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
G. Allen Johnson
A bloated 115 minutes its mayhem and madness wearing pretty thin as it goes along 
2
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Jake Cole
The film is a thinly veiled excuse for Warner Bros to parade and possibly renew all of its various copyrights 
1
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Joey Magidson
Space Jam A New Legacy will probably do for kids what Space Jam did for me two decades and change ago and isn t that the point 
3
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Roger Moore
A candy colored image crammed B ball bauble for the bambinos
2
Sadako
Bill Chambers
Nakata even more or less rehashes the possessed kid gambit that made The Ring Two so logy if vindicating himself was the aim all I can say is womp womp 
1.5
Black Sea
Brian Eggert
Law 8217 s intensity carries the audience every step of the way 46 
3
Black Sea
Leo Brady
Black Sea is a superbly crafted piece of film 
3.5
Black Sea
David N. Butterworth
Cliches abound in this waterlogged post Cold War thriller from director Kevin Macdonald 
1.5
Black Sea
Anita Katz
You could do far worse than this competently steered claustrophobic adventure But better fare exists in the subgenre catalog and implausibility problems make this movie only partially compelling 
2.5
Black Sea
Bob Bloom
Black Sea is shrill and strident an overall unpleasant experience 
1.5
Black Sea
John Wirt
Despite leading man Jude Law s passionate performance his vessel continuously springs leaks 
2
Black Sea
Kristin Tillotson
Too often moviegoers must choose between character driven drama and edge of your seat action Black Sea has both with a gripping performance by Jude Law as their nexus 
3
Black Sea
Steven Rea
Black Sea is a submarine thriller set in the murky depths of exactly where the title says 
3
Black Sea
Matt Pais
A conventional underwater boat movie albeit one that s well made enough so that when you turn to each other after the movie and shrug you mean it in a good way Sort of 
2.5
Black Sea
Mick LaSalle
As the perils mount a certain momentum takes hold though never quite enough to justify taking up two hours space in your life 
2
Black Sea
Mark Dujsik
Kelly s screenplay continually adjusts the stakes but the changes are the result of decisions made by the characters 
3
Black Sea
Moira MacDonald
A sturdy little adventure even when it goes enjoyably off kilter in its last half hour 
3
Black Sea
Dann Gire
We don t truly know this skipper so when crew members accuse him of letting gold fever compromise his sanity we have no way to tell if they re right 
2.5
Black Sea
Michael Phillips
Handled artfully by Macdonald whose earlier work includes The Last King of Scotland Dennis Kelly s script pulls bits and pieces from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Wages of Fear and its remake Sorcerer 
2.5
Black Sea
James Berardinelli
The Cold War flavor gives Black Sea the feel of something that might have been made three decades ago 
3
Black Sea
Michael O'Sullivan
The film s patina of richly textured grime lends the film a gloomy claustrophobic beauty that serves its mood as well as its satisfyingly misanthropic message 
3
Black Sea
Chris Hewitt
Dive in 
3
Black Sea
Claudia Puig
Black Sea doesn t delve too far below the surface but it is claustrophobic compelling and suspenseful 
3
Black Sea
Matt Zoller Seitz
Peanut butter and chocolate Fish and chips The heist movie and the submarine picture These things go together so perfectly that it s a wonder they were ever apart 
3
Black Sea
Kyle Smith
It s in the second hour that this boat really gets rocking Macdonald has torpedoes of conflict firing in every direction 
3.5
Black Sea
Peter Travers
Director Kevin Macdonald uses the Das Boot like claustrophobia for maximum tension then deadens the thrills with flashbacks Ah jeez 
2.5
Black Sea
Rex Reed
Basically another tough genre workout that is all too familiar with enough tension and violence to keep an audience alert if not riveted 
3
Black Sea
Roger Moore
Shallow swamped by cliches
2
Black Sea
Dan Schindel
Really though everything else about Black Sea is in service to several big suspense setpieces and here the film cuts loose concocting marvelous scenarios for enormous stress 
2.5
Black Sea
Chris Cabin
As much as the film is primarily a genre workout for director Kevin Macdonald the script makes room for a tough minded psychologically corrosive depiction of vengeance 
2.5
Paradise, Texas
Louis B. Parks
Joe Conway s script needs more dramatic edge and motivation and a less easy resolution but we re glad when things work out the way we knew they would 
2.5
Superior
Sean P. Means
Vassilopoulos has a keen sense of pacing switching from the comedic to the frightening with expert timing 
3
Robert the Bruce
Joe Friar
Light on action but strong performances throughout in this relaxed historical biopic 
3
Robert the Bruce
Linda Cook
Robert the Bruce is an enjoyable sort of but not exactly spinoff of Braveheart 
3
Robert the Bruce
Joey Magidson
Angus Macfadyen clearly felt like this was a passion project Unfortunately it doesn t really reflect in the overall execution 
2
Robert the Bruce
Nell Minow
Robert the Bruce is gorgeously filmed by cinematographer John Garrett making the most of every exquisitely lit crag of the Scottish countryside 
3
Robert the Bruce
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In some ways the tone befits the subject but this cinema of existential ennui is all too frequently a bore to behold 
1.5
Robert the Bruce
Barry Hertz
Unless you are a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce or perhaps part of the Macfayden clan you re better off letting this particular version of history get lost in the sands of time 
1.5
Missing Victor Pellerin
Maitland McDonagh
Deraspe s film begins as a mystery and becomes a razor sharp dissection of the self promotion pretension and deeply cynical inner workings of the art world 
3
Missing Victor Pellerin
V.A. Musetto
In 1990 a successful Quebec artist Victor Pellerin burned every last one of his paintings then vanished Fifteen years later a clever young woman named Sophie Deraspe decided to make a documentary about this strange occurrence 
3
Museum Hours
Mattie Lucas
A sublime and quietly engrossing exploration of the power of art to bind people together across the ages 
3.5
Museum Hours
Michael Phillips
Sommer is perfect So is O Hara This is the Before Sunrise for a very different and platonic pair of individuals 
4
Museum Hours
Josh Larsen
encourages you to see the aesthetic potential of everything around you including each frame that appears on the screen 
3.5
Museum Hours
Bill Stamets
The quiet time that Johann and Anne spend during museum hours and after his shifts on trips around the city offer solace in their mutual solitude Museum Hours is an introverted companion for its viewers 
2.5
Museum Hours
John Beifuss
Most successful at its most hushed and explicitly artful in the museum less interesting when it becomes more casual as when Johann and Mary hang out and discuss general topics at coffeehouses Mary is nice but frankly a bit of a bore 
3
Museum Hours
Leba Hertz
It has its tedium but it s not bad At times it s actually quite good 
2
Museum Hours
Austin Kennedy
What should have been a beautiful contemplative piece of art ends up being a self indulgent bore You d be much better off going to your local art museum than sitting through this reject of an art film 
0
Museum Hours
Chris Hewitt
It s an odd duck but it rewards moviegoers willing to fall under its spell 
3.5
Museum Hours
Rob Nelson
Cohen s spare but spectacularly visualized film follows a pair of middle aged strangers who meet in a Viennese art museum and proceed to walk and talk 
3.5
Museum Hours
Ann Hornaday
Museum Hours is every bit as masterfully conceived and executed as the art works that serve as the film s lively cast of supporting characters 
4
Museum Hours
Mark Feeney
One of the world s great art museums the Kunsthistoriches is the true star of the movie Museum Hours 
3
Museum Hours
Nathalie Atkinson
It peers into the twin galleries of art and life and in particular follows the brief intersection of lives between a security guard Bobby Sommer and Anne one of the museum s regular visitors Mary Margaret O Hara 
3.5
Museum Hours
Liam Lacey
It s a hybrid drama art history essay about how looking at art recasts our experience of looking at the world 
3
Museum Hours
Linda Barnard
The languid pace long silences and lack of purpose and dramatic tension will leave some looking at their watches 
2.5
Museum Hours
Robert Levin
The genius of Museum Hours lies in the way Jem Cohen ties the minimalist story at the movie s center with the extraordinary art that fills his frame 
3.5
Museum Hours
Farran Smith Nehme
The film shows how quiet exteriors can mask deep interior lives and how art feeds those lives 
3
Museum Hours
Jesse Cataldo
Jem Cohen s film finds its most salient tension in the fraught relationship between known and unknown objects 
4
The Other
Blake Howard
Charlotte Dauphin s L autre or the other is a delicate and deliberate portrayal of grief In this sense memory portrayal through time Dauphin constructs a ride through the seemingly never ending internal emotional structures of personal tragedy 
2.5
The Other
Matt Brunson
A haunting if occasionally halting meditation 
2.5
The Other
Federico Furzan
A powerful drama about the mysteries and variations of pain and grief Dauphin s direction is astounding 
3
The Real McCoy
David Nusair
a just good enough caper film 
2.5
The Real McCoy
Roger Ebert
The film s one redeeming merit is Kim Basinger a good actress who has a sweet presence here I cared about her character more than the character deserved to be cared about and more I suspect than the filmmakers did 
2
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Kam Williams
You are likely to enjoy this bio pic to the extent that you buy into the idea that one effete snob ought to define an aesthetic for the rest of us slobs 
2
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Michael Wilmington
Shot with a Peter Greenaway like austere impudence and edited brilliantly by Jed Parker this is an entertaining movie and a moving one even if like me you re not especially fond of these paintings or that scene 
3.5
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Sheila Farr
With its snappy even hectic editing and great archival footage Who Gets to Call It Art is loads of fun to watch 
3
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Maitland McDonagh
The film s flippant style ultimately undermines its material and ironically makes the American art scene of the 60s appear as shallow and trendy as its detractors always claimed it was 
2.5
Who Gets to Call It Art?
V.A. Musetto
Peter Rosen s documentary Who Gets to Call It Art paints an entertaining picture of the cherubic gentleman who as the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 
3
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Jack Mathews
The film s appeal is for the eyes 
2.5
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Ed Gonzalez
Through his use of green screen and montage Rosen seems to want to position his film as its own work of Pop Art 
2.5
Going for Gold
Roger Moore
Limp colorless and half speed Bring it On clone set in Australia
1
Islander
Ted Fry
A noble entry into the real world of timeless and truly independent American cinema 
3
Islander
Laura Kelly
The Islander places its generic troubled guy plot within a small lobstering community on an island off the coast of Maine 
2
Islander
Wesley Morris
A small plaintive modestly made film about how one bad decision can wreck a life 
3.5
Enhanced
Roger Moore
Nothing new to see here 
1
Acquainted
Brad Wheeler
Like the four principal actors Acquainted is nice to look at but not so stimulating 
2
State Fair
Walter Chaw
Even among dyed in the wool fans of R H this one s largely remembered if remembered at all as a dud 
1.5
For Colored Girls
Mattie Lucas
A lovely and moving film at once Perry s most dynamic and his most subtle work 
3
For Colored Girls
Roger Moore
Perry aims high and doesn t embarrass himself in tackling this iconic but dated play 
3
For Colored Girls
Michael Dequina
Perry s awkwardly constructed screenplay and equally muddled direction is one metaphysical dilemma not even these strong and strongly gifted women can conquer 
2
For Colored Girls
Linda Cook
For Colored Girls doesn t do justice to the play it s based upon However the talent Tyler Perry has assembled here cannot be denied 
3
For Colored Girls
Dwight Brown
Go back and read the play 
2
For Colored Girls
Brett Michel
Can a mid 70s play consisting of 20 monologues delivered by seven women survive the transition to movie screens in 2010 The short answer not if it s adapted by Tyler Perry 
1.5
For Colored Girls
Keith Cohen
The thought provoking material about women paying a high price for making bad choices and ultimately finding their own voice may work on stage but it s like putting a square peg in a round hole for a film 
2
For Colored Girls
Lisa Kennedy
Director Tyler Perry s For Colored Girls is a bold example of an artist s reach exceeding his grasp And it s hard not to applaud his determination and grade for ambition 
3
For Colored Girls
Lawrence Toppman
It has two undeniable virtues however Perry s bolder attitude as a writer and uniformly good work by his cast 
3.5
For Colored Girls
Robert Levin
The entire film is suffocated by an inflated sense of self worth we are making a crucial movie of great pedigree about major underreported issues is the general attitude 
2
For Colored Girls
Sean O'Connell
Any time an actress excels in a scene its in spite of Perry s uninspired contributions behind the camera and not because of them 
1.5
For Colored Girls
Wilson Morales
It s not a perfect vehicle but the one thing that stands out is the amazing acting by the ensemble If anything the performances outweigh whatever flaws one sees 
3
For Colored Girls
John Beifuss
The movie ends with a group hug but it takes date rape STD s a down low husband teen pregnancy girlfriend beating exorcism and even baby defenestration to get there 
2
For Colored Girls
Stephen Whitty
Perry gets points for persistence yes and for ambition But that s not enuf 
2
For Colored Girls
Lou Lumenick
Shange s words retain their power despite the melodramatic incidents Perry has woven to fill in the spaces between poems his flat TV style direction and the highly variable performances of an all star cast 
1.5
For Colored Girls
Michael O'Sullivan
For Colored Girls may in fact be Perry s best film not saying a lot I know It s certainly his first bid as a director for art house respectability 
1
For Colored Girls
Liam Lacey
The film is a mawkish mess only occasionally alleviated by the performances or Shange s poetry 
1
For Colored Girls
Mike Scott
As often as Perry s melodramatic storytelling hits the mark Thandie Newton s performance it misses at least as often Whoopi Goldberg s 
2
For Colored Girls
Willie Waffle
Perry uses a very heavy hand to create melodrama when the material is dramatic enough 
2.5
For Colored Girls
Dustin Putman
It s better to reach for the stars and not always succeed than to lazily play it safe and For Colored Girls is nothing if not courageous 
3
For Colored Girls
Mick LaSalle
Shows a mastery of tone a capacity to elicit strong performances and also to bring out different colors within those performances so that when it all comes together it s not the same note sounding over and over This is smart lovely work 
4
For Colored Girls
Peter Howell
The writer director behind the exceedingly broad comedy of the Madea franchise approaches the hit 1970s Ntozake Shange play with a pragmatism that succeeds in form but not in function 
2
For Colored Girls
Claudia Puig
Monologues and melodrama rarely work in contemporary movies exploring social ills 
1.5
For Colored Girls
Misha Berson
Who could imagine 35 years on For Colored Girls would become a star studded mess of a movie directed by a black male Hollywood mogul 
2
For Colored Girls
Carrie Rickey
Shange gives us archetypes Perry trades in stereotypes 
2.5
For Colored Girls
Robert W. Butler
For Colored Girls raises the question of whether Perry having made more money than he could possibly spend will now turn his attention to ever more challenging if not so popular stories and themes If so this film is a good first step 
2.5
For Colored Girls
Wesley Morris
The audience I saw it with didn t seem to know whether to clap when it was over or start taking Lipitor 
2.5
For Colored Girls
Michael Phillips
The appeal of the original went far beyond the specifics of being black or female in the 70s or any time The adaptation s limitations make the play seem quaint out of date 
1.5
For Colored Girls
Rene Rodriguez
Perry has built a lucrative and beloved niche from films aimed specifically at black women but none of those pictures bore the painfully theatrical artifice of For Colored Girls 
1
For Colored Girls
Roger Ebert
Perry tries to be faithful to the play and also to his own boldly and simply told stories and the two styles don t fit together 
2.5
For Colored Girls
Kam Williams
All that was missing was a pistol packing granny in drag chirrun 
3.5
For Colored Girls
Ed Gonzalez
For Colored Girls s undiluted hysteria would be completely obscene if it weren t so unintentionally hilarious 
1.5
The Whale
Pablo O. Scholz
It isn t a bad film but it s not that good either and it s worth discerning and separating to appreciate what s fat and what s bloated Full review in Spanish 
3
The Whale
Mike Scott
Brendan Fraser stands out 44 but every member of Darren Aronofsky apos s tiny cast gets moments to shine 44 and they all prove up to the challenge 46 Together 44 they combine to tell a lovely heartbreaker of a story 46 
3.5
The Whale
Leo Brady
The Whale is a mammoth undertaking 44 lacking in subtlety 44 and compassion 44 that leaves the viewer gasping for air on the beach 46 
1.5
The Whale
Erik Childress
Aronofsky has broached similar territory before but terrific performances by Brendan Fraser amp Hong Chau reveal this to be a more layered look at the way we treat others and the empathy that often escapes us for even the most inner flawed of people 46 
3
The Whale
Mark Meszoros
Fraser 46 46 46 gives an arresting performance that makes The Whale well worth seeing 44 despite some issues 46 
3
The Whale
Richard Roeper
Fraser delivers the best work of his career 
4
The Whale
Chris Hewitt
Fraser s choices are so subtly intelligent that we barely notice what amounts to his costume so attuned are we to the way his Charlie teeters on the brink of life and death 
2.5
The Whale
Jeff Mitchell
Fraser apos s Charlie teeters on the edge of danger and clings to the tiniest buoy of hope 44 one that barely floats on a sea of heartbreak 46 The lead actor performance of the year 46 
3
The Whale
Steven Prokopy
The film is both uniquely an Aronofsky work and something quite universal 44 a message for those who believe their past mistakes or current self make them outcasts in their own life 46 
3.5
The Whale
Tom Meek
The bland matted cinematography takes some zip off but Fraser clearly committed carries much and the supporting cast do their part 
2.5
The Whale
Jay Horton
Brendan Fraser s performance can t quite lift this turgid chamber drama up from the depths of director Darren Aronofsky s bloated pretensions 
2
The Whale
Rob Thomas
Darren Aronofsky 8217 s 8220 The Whale 8221 is a film that tries to build sympathy and understanding for its dangerously obese main character 46 Maybe a good place to start would be to not call your film 8220 The Whale 8221 63 
1.5
The Whale
Odie Henderson
Aronofsky has proven he can direct so what to make of the fact that this film is so hateful and vile 
0.5
The Whale
Ann Hornaday
A murky looking claustrophobic exercise in emotionalism at its most trite and ostentatiously maudlin 
1.5
The Whale
Soren Andersen
A searing moving experience 
3
The Whale
Michael Phillips
In every scene every moment practically Fraser strives for and often succeeds in finding something more than cheap pathos 
2
The Whale
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s the director 8217 s tendency to underline every point 44 every symbolic connection 44 and make them unmistakable for the viewer that leaves The Whale feeling like a lofty yet tedious exercise 46 
2
The Whale
Anne Brodie
A man facing imminent death finds small joys and reason to laugh and looks forward to his release 46 Charlie apos s an example of apparent weakness and carelessness who is wide awake and strong 46 Extraordinary stuff 46 Haunting 44 demanding and oh so human 46 10 
3
The Whale
Mick LaSalle
The Whale doesn t make a lunge for your emotions It earns them 
3
The Whale
Mattie Lucas
Wants us so desperately for us to believe in simple human goodness 44 to look beyond appearances and even actions and see something beautiful 44 and yet it treats Fraser apos s character with such disgust that it is disturbing for all the wrong reasons 46 
2
The Whale
Rex Reed
Whatever The Whale s many imperfections Brendan Fraser s relentless display of craft and courage is a must see 
2
The Whale
Kent Turner
The director leaves viewers little room not to be reminded of what makeup artists can do in their craft 46 
2
The Whale
Kevin Carr
Brendan Fraser gives a great performance in this complex and touching story of redemption 46 
3
The Whale
Christy Lemire
91 The Whale 93 gawks at the grotesquerie of its central figure beneath the guise of sentimentality 44 but it also offers sharp exchanges between its characters that ring with bracing honesty 46 
1.5
The Whale
Walter Chaw
If only this precious defense of the chroniclers weren t blasted out of the arena by the strutting and mewling of crowing pontificators 
2
The Whale
Katie Walsh
8220 The Whale 8221 may not be as honest as Charlie demands 44 but Fraser is 44 and that is the film 8217 s saving grace 46 
2.5
The Whale
Mark Kennedy
This is a film that stays with you and changes you It is heavy indeed 
4
The Whale
Mark Dujsik
Screenwriter Samuel D 46 Hunter 46 46 46 doesn apos t quite seem to know which argument of the many possibilities here he actually wants to make 44 let alone develop 46 
2
The Whale
Bob Bloom
Fraser touches your emotions 46 Whatever your opinions of the choices Charlies has made 44 he is not a bad man 46 
3
The Whale
Brian Truitt
The Whale makes waves in two ways for Brendan Fraser s astounding and incredibly compassionate portrayal of an obese man seeking redemption and as an empathy test in a supremely cynical social media landscape 
4
The Whale
Michael Nordine
The six minute standing ovation Fraser received in Venice wasn 8217 t long enough 46 
3
The Whale
Mike McGranaghan
This is not a subtle film 46 Superior work from the cast 44 Fraser in particular 44 proves enough to make that lack of subtlety overlook able 46 
3
The Whale
James Berardinelli
The cynic in me believes this movie may have been constructed primarily for end of the year plaudits because there doesn t seem to be another compelling reason for it to exist 
2
The Whale
Roger Moore
Fraser is transcendent 46 
3
The Whale
David Gonzalez
Darren Aronofsky apos s 160 The Whale 160 broke me 46 A heartbreaking and numbing cinematic journey through redemption and self reflection 46 Brendan Fraser is nothing short of transcendent in this devastating and career defining performance 46 
3.5
The Whale
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As such 44 it is a bit of a claustrophobic chamber piece 46 That could work 44 but the greater sin is the fatphobia stamped in every single scene 46 
1.5
The Whale
Josh Larsen
Fraser apos s performance relies on a gentle 44 even beguiling belief in dignity for all 46 
3
The Whale
Dwight Brown
You ll gaze dumbfounded at the screen for 1h 57m Pulled into an emotional black hole that offers no easy exit That s an incredible mind numbing feat 
4
The Whale
Rene Sanchez
Led by Brendan Fraser apos s commanding performance 44 The Whale is a devastating and intimate tale of broken souls in search for redemption 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3.5
The Whale
Peter Howell
Aronofsky artisan of lost souls finds compassion in the oddest of situations 
3
The Whale
Johnny Oleksinski
Fraser so good takes what could be a joke a flat tragedy or even a lecture about weight and imbues it with gorgeous humanity 
3.5
The Whale
Ty Burr
While the body padding transforming Fraser is a stunt his performance certainly isn t 
2.5
The Whale
Joey Magidson
Darren Aronofsky apos s testament to empathy and redemption shatters you 44 before putting you back together 46 Brendan Fraser gives the performance of a lifetime 46 Once The Whale grabs you 44 it will not let go 46 
3.5
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
David Nusair
The script penned by no less than four writers is as vapid and brainless as Wendy Wu herself 
1.5
Soldier Blue
Matt Brunson
Soldier Blue has been tagged as important by some and exploitative by others Honestly it s a bit of both 
2.5
Soldier Blue
Roger Ebert
The film is too mixed up to qualify as a serious allegory about anything 
1.5
The Polar Express
Matt Brunson
A 8220 Harry Potter meets Scrooge 8221 hodgepodge enacted on a plateau of plasticity 46 
2
The Polar Express
Barbara Sullivan
The trailers and TV commercials for The Polar Express don t do justice to the breathtaking artistry of the film 
3.5
The Polar Express
Betsy Bozdech
It may not have become the instant holiday classic that its cast and crew were hoping for but it s is a sweet imaginative adventure that s awfully easy on the eyes 
3
The Polar Express
Sara Michelle Fetters
What the book does so deliriously and what the movie only hints at is that time honored belief that as a child anything is possible and magical characters like Santa Claus and the emotions they represent will last forever 
2.5
The Polar Express
Forrest Hartman
The animation looks like an oil painting come to life and the overall viewing experience is awe inspiring 
3.5
The Polar Express
Peter Travers
A failed and lifeless experiment in which everything goes wrong 
1
The Polar Express
James Kendrick
a deeply confused Hollywood rendering of childhood innocence by way of computer generated roller coaster thrills
2
The Polar Express
Bob Bloom
And while this is a technological advancement the system still needs improvement The characters at times look and feel unnatural their eyes are missing their sparkle 
3
The Polar Express
Mark Dujsik
The world of the movie is the stuff of childhood fancy but it never engages us in that transcendent way that brings even the most hardened adults into its imagination 
2
The Polar Express
Sean McBride
has good intentions but doesn t quite succeed because its animation style is a little too inadvertently creepy for a mainstream Christmas flick
2.5
The Polar Express
Vince Koehler
I found the film satisfying and a good G rated film the whole family can enjoy 
3
The Polar Express
Jessica Letkemann
Everything is so nearly real down to the characters hair fluttering in the icy wind that it s uneasily surreal the way that clowns scare tots more than they amuse them 
2.5
The Polar Express
Mike McGranaghan
Its rich characters spectacular visuals and unbridled sense of awe and wonder make this the kind of movie families will want to watch together every holiday season 
4
The Polar Express
Collin Souter
In terms of awesome spectacle the movie delivers and should really be viewed as it was meant to be In 3 D IMAX 
3.5
The Polar Express
Nick Rogers
Its storybook look and early energy is enthralling but the end message is not so much that believing keeps you young as it does guarantee membership in an important club 
2.5
The Polar Express
Mark Collette
An early and unexpectedly intelligent gift 
3.5
The Polar Express
Jeffrey Overstreet
It s utterly sincere in its storytelling but overuses shallow vague and sentimental platitudes until we weary of the word believe 
3
The Polar Express
David Elliott
Except for children who might find this a breathless gift the film s personality is defined by its locomotive showmanship 
2.5
The Polar Express
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Certain moments will amaze but these new digital characters very often look stiff and spooky like a wax museum dummy that you could swear just moved 
2.5
The Polar Express
Larry Ratliff
No matter where you stand on the jolly guy in the red suit believe this The Polar Express is the most magical captivating animated Christmas adventure of all time 
4
The Polar Express
Jon Niccum
Anytime a movie is this dependent on new technology it becomes a science fair exhibit for what works and what doesn t about the process 
3
The Polar Express
Chris Kaltenbach
The Polar Express is like the coolest train set a kid ever had 
3.5
The Polar Express
James Verniere
Oddly off putting and belabored 
2
The Polar Express
Timothy Knight
It s visually astonishing and mostly engaging but ultimately lacks the one quality essential for a true holiday classic genuine warmth 
3
The Polar Express
Josh Larsen
As a general rule I like to keep my Christmas fables Steven Tyler free 
2.5
The Polar Express
David Sterritt
Many moviegoers may find its colors and effects delightful enough to make the experience a thrill Look beyond the tinsel though and you may be disappointed 
2
The Polar Express
Michael Wilmington
Faithful to its source but stretches it to the snapping point 
3
The Polar Express
Michael A. Smith
The Polar Express Visually stunning 
4
The Polar Express
Rob Thomas
It s dazzling and enchanting and will get everybody s holiday season off on the right foot Bu make sure your kids have read the book first 
3
The Polar Express
John Beifuss
This labor intensive high tech multimillion dollar enterprise suffers in ironic contrast next to the spare elegance of Van Allsburg s oil pastel storybook 
2
The Polar Express
David Keyes
The Polar Express is the most expensive vanity project ever made 
2
The Polar Express
Linda Cook
The Polar Express will shine its light for decades to come 
3.5
The Polar Express
Claudia Puig
Simple and evocative yet teeming with intriguing visual effects 
2.5
The Polar Express
Laura Kelly
Despite the lack of human warmth this thrill ride is indeed thrilling and probably even more spectacular in IMAX theaters 
3
The Polar Express
Moira MacDonald
Its heart is in the right place and its bell should ring for many enchanted children in its audience 
3.5
The Polar Express
Bruce Newman
Barrels across the trackless landscape of our affections arriving where no one would have thought to look for a big budget Hollywood movie in the terrain of the heart 
4
The Polar Express
Mick LaSalle
An enchanting beautiful and brilliantly imagined film that constitutes a technological breakthrough 
4
The Polar Express
Joe Baltake
It s too mechanical in its perfection and too driven and premeditated in its attempts to impress us to muster the warmth and good cheer for which it s also striving 
2.5
The Polar Express
Steven Rea
Visually taking its cues mostly from Van Allsburg s Hopperesque art The Polar Express is eye popping Storywise however it can be eyelid drooping 
2.5
The Polar Express
John Anderson
Watching the dead eyed population of Polar Express and their supposedly natural movements made me think more of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings than anything associated with Christmas 
2
The Polar Express
Megan Lehmann
Devoid of 21st century irony this visually stunning action packed yuletide treat is sweet and yes magical in a way that will enchant kids and give older viewers a twinge of nostalgia 
3.5
The Polar Express
Jack Mathews
It s a sensation both a milestone in computer animation and a likely Christmas classic 
3.5
The Polar Express
Glenn Whipp
Anyone older than say 10 might have trouble hearing the Christmas bells That doesn t make you a Grinch just a true believer in good storytelling 
2.5
The Polar Express
Rick Groen
I loved watching this movie I loved even more watching children hugging mothers watching this movie 
3.5
The Polar Express
Terry Lawson
Looks as reassuringly retro as a 1950s Lionel train set still in its original box 
3
The Polar Express
Jeff Vice
Lacks the warmth or edginess that it so desperately needs 
2
The Polar Express
Lisa Kennedy
Polar Express honors its source then exceeds it 
4
The Polar Express
Lawrence Toppman
While the 29 pages of Van Allsburg s mini classic would have made a superb half hour TV special Zemeckis and writer William Broyles Jr have created a steroidal monster with a heart about one size too small 
2.5
The Polar Express
Ty Burr
A holiday oddity of the first rank a breathtaking visual feast peopled by dead eyed mannequins 
2
The Polar Express
Roger Ebert
There s a deeper shivery tone instead of the mindless jolliness of the usual Christmas movie 
4
The Polar Express
Kit Bowen
Lacking a human touch here and there The Polar Express is still a brilliant effort in CGI animation and will certainly evoke the Christmas spirit in us all 
3
The Polar Express
Sean P. Means
It takes a funny pair of glasses to turn a mediocre Christmas tale into an eye popping spectacle 
3
The Polar Express
Phil Villarreal
Either the year s worst children s film or its best horror flick 
1
The Polar Express
Peter Canavese
The film s only fatal failing is its inability to make any of the characters seem real Most of them are downright creepy in their doll like inexpressiveness 
2.5
The Polar Express
Erik Childress
The Polar Express is the grandest WOW experience I ve had in this world of film since the original Toy Story It s like discovering Pixar all over again 
4
The Polar Express
Chris Hewitt
For a book with no characters or plot The Polar Express makes a surprisingly smooth transition to the movies 
3
The Polar Express
Jeffrey Westhoff
Combine the dead eyes with the shiny skin and Polar Express becomes a Christmas pageant enacted by the kids from Village of the Damned after being dipped in wax 
2
The Polar Express
James Berardinelli
A delightful tale guaranteed to enthrall viewers of all ages 
3.5
The Polar Express
Jeff Strickler
Entertaining and innovative animated film 
3.5
The Polar Express
Duane Dudek
Most parents and children will be enthralled and enchanted by the positive themes it promotes 
3
The Polar Express
Bruce Westbrook
A wondrous dazzling eye popping adventure 
3
The Polar Express
Rob Blackwelder
Upon arriving at in the North Pole the movie becomes a behind the scenes adventure that captures a certain wonder the computer created characters cannot on their own 
2.5
The Polar Express
Walter Chaw
It s hard to know how much of that intense martial creepiness is intended as satire and how much of it is just what lies beneath 
2
The Polar Express
Steve Rhodes
A series of great special effects lost in search of a story fans of the book will be disappointed 
2.5
The Polar Express
Jeanne Aufmuth
A charming meditation on the inherent cynicism of growing old 
3.5
The Polar Express
Ross Anthony
The filmmakers shake up this Christmas scene snowy glass ball and through the magic of 3 D allow you to step inside as the snow silently falls 
3.5
The Polar Express
Scott Nash
A Christmas Classic
4
The Polar Express
Dustin Putman
An endlessly magical experience One couldn t ask for a movie more pure and genuine In a single word The Polar Express is a masterpiece 
4
The Polar Express
Ed Gonzalez
Polar Express s CGI effects are more frightening than endearing another artificial composite of the film s blockbuster agenda 
2
The Polar Express
Willie Waffle
Hanks pours it on with a heart wrenching tear inducing 4 boxes of tissues final narration that made the toughest and most cynical of audience members weep I m only human 
3.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
James Plath
I m not going to beat around the glacier If you liked Ice Age you re going to like this sequel 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Michael A. Smith
The animation is beautiful with the flowing water and icy cliffs perfectly rendered 
3.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Betsy Bozdech
While not quite as fresh charming or focused as its predecessor this is still a fine way to spend an hour and a half especially if you re a Scrat fan 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Peter T. Chattaway
Revels in clever complex set pieces and lowbrow big rear end humor but falls somewhat short when it comes to character development and interpersonal warmth 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Larry Ratliff
Unfortunately the Ice Age sequel doesn t take a major step forward like Toy Story 2 in 1999 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Jessica Letkemann
The sequel is satisfying for the same reason as the first movie The sweet animals are witty and while the physical comedy is simple the main characters ultimately aren t 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Forrest Hartman
Although hardly a departure from the original it is well animated well voiced and decently plotted 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
David Nusair
viewers who enjoyed the bland original may also dig this one 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Tyler Hanley
Fans fired up by the first Ice Age won t be cooled down with this fun loving follow up 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Thomas Delapa
It s hard to warm up to Ice Age 2 when most of it feels like a furry retread 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Lori Hoffman
The physical comedy is still first rate and should entertain most kids 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Jonathan R. Perry
The periodic fits of inspiration most of them courtesy of Scrat are just welcome breaks from an onslaught of witless pratfalling and white noise 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sara Michelle Fetters
It isn t always out of whack and I liked the way the writers tried to make Diego s fear of water into a universal metaphor relating to life in general but the picture overall just doesn t work 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Linda Cook
Maybe it s not quite as deep as its predecessor but still you re bound to warm up to Ice Age The Meltdown because of the universal emotions shared by its characters 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Kit Bowen
How nice it is to see the whole Ice Age gang back but unfortunately this sequel falls under the cute but not quite as good as the original category 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Scott Nash
An easy and enjoyable way of spending an hour and a half 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Mike McGranaghan
For whatever it lacks in the way of a compelling story Ice Age The Meltdown still manages to give family audiences what they want and expect lovable characters gorgeous computer generated animation and laughter 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Maitland McDonagh
Prehistory s first blended herd begins a new adventure some tens of thousands of years after joining forces in the face of a global deep freeze no the math doesn t work so stop worrying about it 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Geoff Pevere
The Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Moira MacDonald
The film feels visually richer than its predecessor but has the same brand of uncomplicated all ages charm 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Peter Hartlaub
The Meltdown is less a story than a series of complicated slapstick bits the physical gags are often enjoyable but there s not much else to the movie 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
David Elliott
Fire and freeze flames and ice it s all primal And fairly prime as getaway entertainment 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Carla Meyer
Ice Age The Meltdown seems like one of those straight to DVD animation sequels the studios love to churn out and not just because of the colon in its title 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Pam Grady
A curiously dour sequel to 2002 s popular Ice Age 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Josh Larsen
Its prehistoric characters might as well be stretching their paws and claws out for money because the picture gives them little else of consequence to do 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Carrie Rickey
On the short list of sequels superior to the originals alphabetically between The Godfather Part II and Toy Story 2 you may enter Ice Age The Meltdown 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Lou Lumenick
Ice Age The Meltdown a follow up to the 2002 animated prehistoric hit is the rare sequel that is better than the original 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Jami Bernard
A good natured gag filled sequel to the hit animated movie about animals trying to evade extinction while trading one liners 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Peter Debruge
There s not much to Ice Age The Meltdown but it s enjoyable all the same 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Glenn Whipp
For a sequel it ll do 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
David Frese
Parents forced by unruly ankle biters to spend an afternoon at the multiplex could do worse than Ice Age The Meltdown Valiant anyone But if kids could be persuaded to wait a few months for the DVD it wouldn t be the end of the world 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Amy Biancolli
Ice Age The Meltdown crosses familiar territory but does so with exceeding sweetness and no shortage of visual imagination bolstering what is in essence a fairly simplistic road movie with an eco conscious twist 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Terry Lawson
There s something disheartening about the way the writers and director have to give so much of the dialogue double meaning all literal for the kiddies and full of double entendres and pop culture references for the parents 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Jeff Vice
Where the first Ice Age was low key this one is more frantic And this time around the material is cruder more lowbrow than it needs to be 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Michael Booth
If the rest of Meltdown is a three star movie Scrat brings four stars every time Perhaps by the next sequel they ll dispense with the filler and give Scrat his own movie 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Lawrence Toppman
A sequel with more humor topicality intelligence and appeal than the original 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ty Burr
Ice Age The Meltdown is pure sequel product that should make children and undemanding grown ups happy even as it lacks anything resembling storytelling inspiration 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sean P. Means
Scrat s antics rank with Chuck Jones old Road Runner vs Coyote cartoons for pure laughs 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
John Beifuss
In evolution some things worked some didn t hooves and horns good shovel shaped jaws on elephants bad The humor in Meltdown is similarly hit and miss 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Daniel M. Kimmel
I f your offspring complain about being bored congratulate them on growing up and developing taste 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
James Sanford
a worthy highly enjoyable follow up it has the same lively pace suspenseful situations and off the wall jokiness of its predecessor 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Peter Canavese
The seams show a somewhat grudging social obligation for audiences over the age of ten to tow their younger charges 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Willie Waffle
Sisyphus has nothing on Scrat and his antics make Ice Age The Meltdown worth the price of admission 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Claudia Puig
With its appealing combination of humor and endearing characters many of whom are back from the first film it is at least as good as the original Ice Age and possibly better 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Roger Ebert
The first Ice Age movie more or less exhausted these characters and their world and the meltdown doesn t add much 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sue Pierman
Ice Age The Meltdown is a rarity like the last of the woolly mammoths a sequel that s as delightful as the original 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Chris Hewitt
The wacky creatures from the first Ice Age return for a witty poignant sequel made by people who actually care about animation 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Laura Kelly
Ice Age The Meltdown leaves you with a warm feeling and not the typical frustration at being ripped off by a cheesy sequel 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
James Berardinelli
Ice Age The Meltdown has its share of humorous moments but most of these involve the squirrel The main plot involving the exodus and the Mammoth romance is more often dull than amusing 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Jeff Strickler
Forget two thumbs up Ice Age The Meltdown earns three toes up of the sloth variety 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Michael Wilmington
This Ice Age is still a good movie especially for kids with top of the tech CGI 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Dustin Putman
Forgettable completely harmless sporadically amusing and not at all ready to go up against the real masters at Pixar and Disney 
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Nick Rogers
A blandly voiced simply plotted inoffensively average children s film Every single bit down to Scrat once again running away with the movie is exactly like the first 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sean McBride
Scrat once again steals the show
2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Steve Rhodes
Whenever Scrat is on the screen the movie consistently delights young and old 
2.5
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ross Anthony
A bit spotty in the early goings almost stalls in the middle but from there takes off toward climax and never looks back A lot of fun John Leguizamo rocks 
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ed Gonzalez
Ice Age The Meltdown acknowledges something the Bush administration doesn t believe in global warming 
1.5
Swimming With Sharks
David Nusair
Spacey delivers one of his most memorable performances 
2.5
Swimming With Sharks
Peter Stack
The film has no subtlety so the one dimensional story comes across as a sophomoric pointless tirade 
1
Swimming With Sharks
James Berardinelli
There doesn t seem to be enough material here to satisfy a full length feature and the movie which starts with such promise begins to drag around its midpoint 
2.5
Swimming With Sharks
Roger Ebert
Huang s plot may be overwritten and the ending may be less than satisfying but his eye and ear are right 
3
Swimming With Sharks
Ted Prigge
This is a really funny black comedy that satisfies anyone s needs to ever beat up their awful power hungry bosses 
3
The Pirates of Blood River
Matt Brunson
There s a rousing sequence involving swords and blindfolds 
3
The Pirates of Blood River
Mattie Lucas
A rollicking high seas adventure with a strong villainous performance by Christopher Lee What more do you really need 
2.5
The Weird World of Blowfly
Kam Williams
Cringe inducing debauchery courtesy of The Godfather of Rap 
3
The Weird World of Blowfly
Kam Williams
Cringe inducing debauchery courtesy of The Godfather of Rap 
3
The Weird World of Blowfly
Kalvin Henely
Though it was made by a fanboy The Weird World of Blowfly manages not to blindly glorify its subject 
2.5
The Weird World of Blowfly
Mike McGranaghan
You are not likely to meet a more intriguing unusual person in any other documentary you ll see this year 
3.5
A Man's Castle
Dan Callahan
Harsh spirited episodic and in a rage over the ghastly injustices of economic privation 
3.5
Elite Squad 2
Liam Lacey
Elite Squad is just urgent and complex enough to make it clear violence is more than a matter for academic debate 
2.5
Elite Squad 2
Roger Ebert
Here s a Brazilian thriller that s so angry and specifically political it s hard to believe they got away with making it 
3
Elite Squad 2
Rene Rodriguez
There is a deep sense of indignation at the core of The Enemy Within a righteous fury that pelts every cog of the system like machine gun fire 
3
Elite Squad 2
V.A. Musetto
No wonder Padilha s been tapped to helm a Hollywood reboot of RoboCop 
3
Elite Squad 2
Diego Semerene
It s Wagner Moura s spotless embodiment of the principled Brazilian man for whom aggression and being coincide that renders the film such an immersive experience 
3.5
Requiem for Murder
David Nusair
may be worth a look if you ever wondered what Ringwald would look like as a brunette answer weird 
2.5
The Lesser Evil
Michael Dequina
The overwrought performances of the adult actors and the overall staginess of their section keeps this thriller from truly thrilling 
2.5
The Bélier Family
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A light and agreeable movie it s not particularly memorable but it s got nothing offensively bad about it either Full review in Spanish 
3
The Bélier Family
Sandra Hall
As well as ensuring that the film avoids the cloying sweetness of Hollywood s seasonal offering Love the Coopers the Beliers idiosyncrasies strike a gently subversive note 
3
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Brad Wheeler
Other than keeping Hamilton s name out there and giving her brand exposure Unstoppable stops short of making a compelling case for itself 
2
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Joey Magidson
Here s the thing Bethany Hamilton is an inspiring figure but she never makes for a fully compelling documentary subject 
2.5
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Sean P. Means
There s no doubt Hamilton has a fascinating story to tell but this movie shies away from telling the most important parts 
2
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Mike McGranaghan
This is an entertaining look at one of the most prominent sports figures of our time and it s packed with breathtaking surfing footage 
3
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Roger Moore
Upbeat reprise of an inspirational story backed by routinely pretty surf documentary visuals 
2.5
Driven
Michael Dequina
Less a look at Formula One than a pilot for a flat sub Aaron Spelling sudser that just happens to be set in the world of auto racing 
1
Driven
David Nusair
excels with pure visceral thrills but merely toddles by with its story and characters 
3
Driven
Jorge Avila Andrade
Intento de escapismo hollywoodense que se queda a medio camino por lo risible de su argumento y lo inanimado de sus actuaciones 
2
Driven
Elias Savada
Red flags not checkered abound in the banal script silly dialogue and the age defying stretch marks on the face of Burt Reynold 
0.5
Driven
James Kendrick
as a thinly disguised allegory for the fading career of Sylvester Stallone it is a perversely enjoyable ride filled with retro pleasures and immense camp potential 
2.5
Driven
Robert Roten
Special effects lap the field while the plot is in the pits 
2
Driven
Mike McGranaghan
By the end I was ready to hop in my own car and do 200 MPH out of the parking lot 
2
Driven
Bill Chambers
if possible the dialogue in Stallone s screenplay is even more ludicrous than its set pieces 
1.5
Driven
Marty Mapes
An average race car movie with a few cool scenes and blatant special effects 
2.5
Driven
Bob Graham
Driven is all over the map in more ways than one 
2
Driven
Tor Thorsen
No matter how much leaden drama came before it Driven is one hell of a ride 
2.5
Driven
Roger Ebert
A movie by for and about the Attention Deficit Disordered 
2.5
Driven
James Berardinelli
Unless you find car racing to be a nearly orgasmic experience Driven offers little in the way of entertainment 
2
Driven
Michael Wilmington
A silly overexaggerated movie 
1.5
Driven
Steve Rhodes
The only glimmer of any acting in evidence is by Robert Sean Leonard as Jimmy s heartless brother and Gina Gershon The rest of the cast appear to be either escapees from a fashion shoot or wax museum versions of once famous action stars 
1
Driven
Rob Blackwelder
It s almost a Pavlovian response for your thumbs to develop a joystick tic while watching this movie 
2
Driven
Ross Anthony
At age 10 I would have loved this film 
2
Driven
Jeanne Aufmuth
the total testosterone package 
3
Driven
Erik Childress
It s a terrible film that made no effort of anything but to find a track and go real fast in hope that we wouldn t realize we were only going straight and making lefts 
0.5
Driven
Harvey S. Karten
Banal screenplays mars good visuals in this drama about racing car drivers 
2.5
Love Me Tonight
Eric Henderson
No longer was Chevalier the mysterious if gregarious other he was a member of the proletariat just like everyone else 
4
Bride & Prejudice
Agnieszka Tennant
If you want a wacky multicultural pairing to make you laugh a lot and learn a little head for the movie theater playing Bride Prejudice 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Larry Ratliff
Gutsy director Gurinder Chadha bends it like Bollywood this time the it being the relatively sacred prose of British novelist Jane Austen 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Jeff Vice
It was a bad decision to pair Rai with Australian actor Henderson who comes up a little short in the charisma department Darcy is supposed to be abrasive at first but here he s just dull 
2
Bride & Prejudice
Sean P. Means
How much you like it will hinge on how readily you accept the notion of people busting out into song in an Amritsar bazaar or seeing a gospel choir on the beach 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It feels as utterly clueless as the American tourist whose vulgar behavior pushes everyone away 
2
Bride & Prejudice
Matt Brunson
Bride is far less polished than Beckham but Aishwarya Rai makes an appealing heroine and the movie s musical numbers are a treat to behold 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Jonathan W. Hickman
this is a film that is so full of energy and fun that it is impossible not to find it delightful If only Hollywood offerings could be this overflowing with exuberance 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Michael Dequina
Showing off her charisma chops and charm Aishwarya Rai shows that there s no language more universal than simple star quality 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Susan Walker
Who would have guessed that transposing the Bennet family of Netherfield Park in 1790s Britain to a middle class home in contemporary Amritsar India would require so little forcing 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Leah McLaren
What is silly about Bride is also what makes it special That and its leading lady the luminous Aishwarya Rai 
3
Bride & Prejudice
John Beifuss
Transforms Austen s masterpiece into a Bollywood version of chick lit 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Mary-Liz Shaw
Doesn t quite do justice to Austen despite its attempt to pay her homage 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Phoebe Flowers
As colorful and tasty as Skittles Bride and Prejudice surges along breathlessly for an admirably long time It s not until it slowly grinds to a halt near the end that the sugar high crashes 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Phil Villarreal
The kaleidoscopic spectacles rival those of the kinetic Monsoon Wedding 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Jack Mathews
The lyrics for the musical numbers are delightfully clever the dancing has an energetic let s put on a show quality and the movie is as gorgeous to look at as its cast 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Rob Blackwelder
Bollywood bellyflop 
1.5
Bride & Prejudice
Glenn Kenny
It s very colorful for sure but the dialogue is lead footed at best 
2
Bride & Prejudice
James Verniere
It s a mediocre exercise in cultural hybridization 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Claudia Puig
This feels more like a mixed up Bollywood sitcom 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Moira MacDonald
Watch it as a movie musical and you may be disappointed watch it as an experiment in genres and be intrigued watch it for the birth of an international star and be dazzled 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Carla Meyer
Bollywood films often match musical spectacle with heightened drama but Bride Prejudice lacks even mild drama and its absence becomes glaring once the music stops 
2
Bride & Prejudice
David Elliott
Bride Prejudice may be the most excruciating translation of lit to twit since Ross Hunter s Lost Horizon staged a fertility dance in old Shangri La 
1.5
Bride & Prejudice
James Berardinelli
Bride and Prejudice is bright colorful and exhilarating and brings new dimensions to a story that has been told so many times that it s astounding to recognize that someone has found a fresh perspective 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Timothy Knight
Bride Prejudice has a goofy exuberance that s incredibly disarming 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Lou Lumenick
Though nobody will mistake it for the real thing Bride Prejudice is the best attempt at adapting Bollywood style to Western tastes since Moulin Rouge 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Bob Strauss
B P is an example of a little excess going a long way 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Bruce Westbrook
A colorful cavort in songs and saris Bride Prejudice has infectious high spirits though its showmanship upstages plot and characters 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Terry Lawson
It s joyous and the colorful cacophony of phoniness becomes it 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Michael Booth
Bride Prejudice is a fun family movie with eye candy for everyone in the audience 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Roger Ebert
A free spirited adaptation of the Jane Austen novel 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Michael Wilmington
Gurinder Chadha s Bride and Prejudice is a pretty movie but it s also a pretty crazy one 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Wesley Morris
In attempting to show us a love blind to class culture and color Chadha has also made it bland 
2
Bride & Prejudice
Peter Canavese
Chadha has an eye for casting and visual color and a knack for goosing the story along with modernized references and musical numbers 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Bruce Newman
Chadha proves that Austen s material is timeless but not tireless 
1.5
Bride & Prejudice
Gene Seymour
Bride Prejudice may not be necessary Sometimes it isn t even fun But it never stops jumping 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Carrie Rickey
Bride very well may be the first not so great film since Viva Las Vegas that I watched with an ear to ear grin throughout It s pure pleasure 
2.5
Bride & Prejudice
Jeff Strickler
It s not insightful but it sure is a lot of fun 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Chris Hewitt
An effervescent crowd pleaser 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Ed Gonzalez
If according to the film everyone has their hands on India direcctor Gurinder Chadha similarly has her hands on the American box office 
1.5
Bride & Prejudice
Scott Nash
Grabs a hold and doesn t let go until you re smiling 
3
Bride & Prejudice
Peter Travers
Purists who think Austen will be spinning in her grave will be wrong She ll be dancing 
3
Vampire Sisters
David Nusair
Vampire Sisters is that rare straight to video horror flick with virtually no positive attributes 
.5
Breathe
Roger Moore
Overlong yet uplifting
2.5
Breathe
David Nusair
a well intentioned well acted misfire 
2
Breathe
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Under the confident compassionate direction of Andy Serkis the biopic of disability rights advocate Robin Cavendish Andrew Garfield blossoms into a rousing survival story 
3
Breathe
Sara Michelle Fetters
I had trouble caring about almost anything that was transpiring not exactly the outcome I expected before sitting down to give this film a look 
2.5
Breathe
Rob Thomas
Breathe avoids falling into the trap of either being an issue film or a manipulative tearjerker about a hero with a fatal disease Instead much like Diana the film is determined to put a brave face on Robin s situation and emphasize the positive 
3.5
Breathe
Josh Terry
Altogether Breathe is a difficult movie to peg flawed enough to merit serious criticism but redeeming enough to consider 
2
Breathe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a great story but the fictional biopic Breathe is the most typical kind of slick Oscar bait 
2
Breathe
Robert Horton
A stubborn strain of unsentimental even sarcastic humor 
3
Breathe
Bob Bloom
The movie is rather warmhearted and sentimental which is no surprise since Cavendish s son Jonathan was one of the producers 
3
Breathe
Clayton Davis
The story of Robin while inspiration is riddled with anguish and misery Garfield explores those feelings with nothing else but facial expressions and welled up tear ducts An impressive outing for the talented actor 
3
Breathe
James Berardinelli
Breathe has moments of emotional resonance but the overall experience feels flat and familiar 
2.5
Breathe
Bruce DeMara
This is a film that rises above the doldrums It inspires in the best way in large part because it s based on a true story 
3.5
Breathe
Mark Dujsik
Serkis doesn t present it with the kind of phony sentimentality that one might expect from the phrase inspirational story 
3
Breathe
Sean P. Means
Serkis delivers more than the usual struggling through adversity drama With Breathe he has given us a romance that isn t reliant on first glances and big moments but on the daily care and tenderness that bolster an enduring passion 
3.5
Breathe
Richard Roeper
Thirty minutes in we re pretty sure we know how the movie is going to turn out even if we re unfamiliar with Robin s remarkable journey and his lasting impact That doesn t mean Breathe isn t worth seeing 
3
Breathe
Alan Zilberman
If its subject were around to see this film would he appreciate the tender care that his son obviously took in making it Or might he be annoyed to have so little attention paid to what he himself was thinking 
2
Breathe
Calvin Wilson
Breathe is obvious Oscar bait but its engaging story and appealing cast make that agenda easy to excuse 
3
Breathe
Peter Keough
Too much of this based on truth drama relies on sentiment manipulation a bruising soundtrack and lax storytelling 
2
Breathe
Mick LaSalle
In the end it really does seem these people were worth a movie but that the movie is giving us only part of the story 
2
Breathe
Rex Reed
Given the limitations of his role I can t praise Andrew Garfield enough 
3
Breathe
Peter Travers
Andy Serkis directs a brilliant Andrew Garfield in a flawed but moving take on the true story of Robin Cavendish who defied polio to make a better life for himself and others like him 
2.5
Breathe
Derek Smith
The film is an easily digestible replica of the truth bathed in honeyed cinematography and sentimentalized adulation 
2
Breathe
Kate Taylor
Serkis achieves a careful balance with a film that tastefully covers some delicate territory 
3
Breathe
Brian Tallerico
The performances and the inherent power of the true story keep it from being a complete disaster but one hopes Serkis moves on to more challenging material with his follow up 
2
Battle of the Year
Linda Cook
If director Werner Herzog can do it with Rescue Dawn and Little Dieter Needs to Fly why can t director Benson Lee 
2
Battle of the Year
Simon Abrams
The movie s inability to showcase its greatest asset the grace and control of its dancers is its most conspicuous failing 
0.5
Battle of the Year
Liam Lacey
The 3 D is a pain and the excitable editing slo mo and speeded up action frustrate attempts to watch the athleticism on display 
2
Battle of the Year
Peter Hartlaub
The story is a derivative quilt patching together cliches from every sports movie since 1976 
2
Battle of the Year
Sara Stewart
At the risk of sounding 100 I think it s regrettable this film had to be shot in digital 3 D 
2
Battle of the Year
Scott Bowles
A frenetic mess that makes Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloolook like a Fellini film 
1
Battle of the Year
Rafer Guzman
Battle of the Year is too inept to make this tired premise sing 
1
Battle of the Year
Linda Barnard
Chris Brown gets punched in the face so it s not a total wash 
1.5
Battle of the Year
Sean O'Connell
Everything about Benson Lee s predictable dance flick Battle of the Year strikes me as old 
1.5
Battle of the Year
Dann Gire
Battle of the Year crams so many clichs into its 109 minutes that you just know it will end with a sports movie freeze frame And it does 
2
Battle of the Year
Jordan Hoffman
It s undeniable that the good natured Afterschool Special vibe here plays to the film s corny strengths and the dancing is impressive So much so that it s almost impossible not to cheer during the final round 
3
Battle of the Year
Roger Moore
Not badly executed but not the least bit original either 
2
Battle of the Year
Ed Gonzalez
Remarkably the highlight of Benson Lee s film essentially a fiction reboot of his Planet B Boy isn t the scene where Chris Brown gets punched in the face 
1.5
The Border Post (Karaula)
Ed Gonzalez
Told as a carefree series of serio comic encounters recalling the spirit of Catch 22 and as such it s no surprise that that film flirts with inconsequentiality 
2.5
The Border Post (Karaula)
V.A. Musetto
The script is fresh and accessible even for folks who don t know Croatia from Cambodia and it is put over by solid acting and direction 
3
The Border Post (Karaula)
Steve Rhodes
First and foremost what good comedies require are credible characters which this film doesn t have 
2
Slums of Beverly Hills
Maitland McDonagh
Uneven but filled with flashes of painful insight into the pitfalls awaiting adolescent girls 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Jeanne Aufmuth
Intelligent humorous and thoroughly poignant this can easily hold its own with the best comedies of the year 
3.5
Slums of Beverly Hills
Margaret A. McGurk
Refreshingly real 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Ray Conlogue
There s an alchemy that can transform personal experience into a great film but it was nowhere nearby when Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed this lacklustre first feature 
2
Slums of Beverly Hills
James Kendrick
It covers some serious topics about adolescence but it does it with a wink and a knowing nod some things that are tragic when you re 14 are quite funny in hindsight 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
David Sterritt
Gets much of its energy from a first rate cast 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
James Berardinelli
The character s struggles with the pitfalls of adolescent development may be particular to women but many of the emotional ramifications will strike a chord of familiarity for men as well 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Ruthe Stein
A hilarious comedy that never strains to be funny 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Roger Ebert
Basically I enjoyed Slums of Beverly Hills for the wisecracking for the family squabbles for the notion of squatters who stake a claim in a Beverly Hills where money after all is not the only currency 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Jeff Vice
Despite showing that she has a talent for writing clever dialogue Jenkins quickly loses control over the story s direction 
2
Slums of Beverly Hills
Ted Prigge
Poignant but never heavy handed 
3.5
Slums of Beverly Hills
Steve Rhodes
The comedy rarely subsides and yet the picture is more touching than funny 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Madeleine Williams
Slums of Beverly Hills i rides mostly on the success of Natasha Lyonne s sharp comic performance 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Bob Bloom
Jenkins characters are multitextured and all too human 
3
Slums of Beverly Hills
Michael Dequina
The snack food equivalent of film it satisfies for a while but it doesn t fill you up in the long run 
2.5
Slums of Beverly Hills
Rob Blackwelder
Lyonne s splendid efforts are undermined by the scattered focus on other characters who are well acted but too much of a distraction 
2
Vagabond
Josh Larsen
Vagabond doesn t ask its main character to explain herself and that attitude makes all the difference 
4
Vagabond
Gene Siskel
A masterpiece clearly one of the finest films in many a year 
4
Vagabond
Jeremy Heilman
Taken as an examination of how we watch and react to the films and the real people that we see it becomes transcendent 
4
Vagabond
Roger Ebert
What a film this is Like so many of the greatest films it tells us a very specific story strong and unadorned about a very particular person 
4
Nuoc 2030
Erik McClanahan
The sentiment and narrative are solid if not a little boilerplate but the greatest accomplishment is its totally convincing world building 
3
Lost in Space
Wesley Lovell
The film easily plays on its title 44 because the acting 44 plot and many other aspects are truly 8220 Lost in Space 46 8221 
1.5
Lost in Space
Jami Bernard
The new robot is a disappointment Instead of the endearingly low tech fireplug of yore that warned Will Robinson of encroaching danger the new machine is all bells and whistles and no fun at all Kinda like the movie itself 
2
Lost in Space
Ted Fry
Much of the movie plays like a live action video game and the sequel ready ending feels akin to falling off a cliff But with its appealing mix of heart and adventure Lost in Space is great fun for children of the 60s or the 90s 
2.5
Lost in Space
Ann Hornaday
The overreachers who made this super scale mess failed to realize one essential truth about great science fiction cinema Sometimes the low road is the best road even in outer space 
1
Lost in Space
Dennis King
Lost in Space isn t so much a movie version of an old TV show as a mind blowing multi media video game that threatens to blast audiences into submission with bleeps and blips fiery explosions clever gizmos and ear splitting sound effects 
2
Lost in Space
Maitland McDonagh
The movie s father son dynamics smack of too much therapy and some of the effects have an insubstantial computer generated look but the whole thing is fun for 11 year olds of all ages 
2.5
Lost in Space
Steven Rea
I don t know about you but my eyes glaze like doughnuts when people start time traveling showing up in two places at once or one place twice which is what happens here 
2.5
Lost in Space
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Usually Hollywood can t make movies that are as good as the best TV so why not adapt bad TV shows into good movies That s what they ve done here with the new Lost in Space movie 
3
Lost in Space
Judith Egerton
It s a special effects bonanza with space battles spider aliens and virtual reality sequences but this remake of the popular 1960s TV series seriously lacks humor 
2
Lost in Space
Margaret A. McGurk
Don t ask me how Lost in Space compares to the old television show I never watched one episode But ask me how it stacks up against the ever growing library of effects laden sci fi fantasies and I can tell you Not too bad 
3
Lost in Space
James Kendrick
The movie streaks along its two hour course without ever being much in the way of exciting funny or moving 
1.5
Lost in Space
Roger Ebert
It s got cheesy special effects a muddy visual look and characters who say obvious things in obvious ways 
1.5
Lost in Space
James O'Ehley
Sure at this same time director Hopkins also increases the frenetic action sequences to generate some audience interest in the onscreen proceedings but I found my attention wavering 
2
Lost in Space
Steve Rhodes
The main failing in the picture is not the pathetic script but instead is the way they blow it with the robot 
2
Lost in Space
David Sterritt
One expedition that should have been scrubbed long before the final countdown 
2
Lost in Space
Peter Stack
Packed with Star Wars style dazzle and some of the clunkiest dialogue this year Lost in Space is a wild ride through nonstop visual effects yet a warm wallow in the cinema of the dumbed down 
3
Lost in Space
James Berardinelli
Unfortunately there s not much to supplement all the eye popping visuals The story is unfocused and the character development is virtually nonexistent 
2.5
Lost in Space
Rob Blackwelder
Every action sequence in this grossly over produced movie looks like designers from Nintendo were creative consultants 
1
Lost in Space
Madeleine Williams
The Lost in Space TV show had devolved into camp after its first season but though the movie remake takes itself a bit more seriously it doesn t give us much of a reason to 
2
Lost in Space
David Keyes
It is not fun watching people dumber than road kill on the screen reciting endlessly bad dialogue It is not fun to sit through a science fiction film with bad special effects It is not fun period 
0
Lost in Space
Jay Carr
Lost in Space is lost on the big screen Or rather it never arrives This film version of the campy TV series that aired from 1965 to 68 seldom seems more than a secondhand slog through two hours of instant staleness 
1.5
Lost in Space
Michael Dequina
Sloppily slapped together blockbuster wannabe 
1
Lost in Space
Bob Bloom
Lost in Space is an apt title for a movie that is dramatically lost for lack of consistency and focus 
1.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Walter V. Addiego
Jay s own personality and intellect steer the film and he s such a finely honed performer that he easily carries it off What we get here simply is time spent with Ricky Jay and that s time well spent 
3
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Adam Nayman
Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein s film works first and foremost as a showcase of Jay s skills but he s also an ideal interview subject 
2.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I happen to love magic tricks Deceptive Practice gave me a healthy dose of them plus a good bit of history as well and I appreciated it 
3.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Michael O'Sullivan
A documentary portrait of the magician author and actor who is known as one of today s preeminent practitioners of close up magic 
2.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Austin Kennedy
It s not the tightest Documentary I ve ever seen but it offers a rare look into the life of that charismatic mysterious character that is Ricky Jay If you re a fan of magic card tricks or Jay definitely check it out 
3
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Tom Russo
Fittingly there s a lot to try to keep track of in Deceptive Practice The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay 
2.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Chris Hewitt
If you like magic I bet you ll love it I don t and even I had fun 
3
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Steven Rea
It reveals the philosophy behind Jay s art a view of life that examines illusions from every which way and finds meaning in the magic 
3.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Moira MacDonald
Deceptive Practice lets us peer up close at what he s doing camera tight on the cards Jay s sleeves pushed up and we still don t know how he does it for lack of a better phrase it s like magic 
3.5
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Lou Lumenick
Aside from some references to misdirection Jay offers no clue as to how he pulls off illusions with sleight of hand but he performs them with such panache that you have little choice but to suspend disbelief 
3
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Roger Ebert
He always holds a card you don t see 
3
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Stephen Whitty
A lot of the charm of this straight ahead documentary comes from Jay simply holding forth on old in many cases centuries old illusionists and their work 
3
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Joseph Jon Lanthier
It never bothers to attempt the one thing we d expect and hope from a documentary about Ricky Jay It doesn t try to bamboozle us 
2.5
Bamako
Jeff Vice
A clumsy talk heavy and crushingly heavy handed hybrid While it may have the best of intentions Bamako is sometimes hard to watch 
2
Bamako
Jeff Shannon
Unlike other recent films about the plight of Africa Bamako channels its outrage more directly yet with greater subtlety by recruiting real life witnesses to Africa s economic crises 
3
Bamako
Walter V. Addiego
Trial movies can be painful but Bamako is a powerful polemic leavened with moments of beauty and humor 
3
Bamako
Glenn Whipp
Bamako is challenging without a doubt but Sissako s righteous anger never loses its ability to connect to the heart even in the film s densest thickets of symbolism 
3
Bamako
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Overall Bamako is a passionate plea filled with interesting ideas and wrapped up in an uneven presentation 
3
Bamako
John Monaghan
A strange and often haunting little film 
3
Bamako
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Director Sissako somehow manages to reconcile the passionate words of the debate and the mundane activities surrounding it but he seems most interested in noting and even marveling at the subtle comedy of their coexistence 
4
Bamako
Michael Phillips
Director Sissako has an unusual camera eye patient and alert to the ebb and flow of both the courtroom sequences and the outside scenes The music is wonderful as well 
3.5
Bamako
Pam Grady
Heavy on polemics the drama nevertheless does not neglect the human story behind all the politicizing 
3.5
Bamako
Elizabeth Weitzman
Heated speeches about the International Monetary Fund debt relief and global responsibility may not sound like your idea of Friday night entertainment but director Sissako makes a strong case 
3
Bamako
Wesley Morris
For all its outrage Bamako is not a work of righteousness Director Sissako is a poet and the filmmaking in this new picture is stuff of a deserving laureate Sissako is thinking about the small but mounting consequences of big ideas 
4
Bamako
V.A. Musetto
Credit director Sissako for entertainingly blending serious international issues with the daily comings and goings of village life 
3
Bamako
Rafer Guzman
Much of the nearly two hour film consists of impassioned but lengthy speeches about interest rates deficits poverty and corruption This is no way to entertain an audience so Sissako throws in a few hastily drawn characters and a threadbare plot 
1
Bamako
Ed Gonzalez
After the resonant and lyrical experience of Sissako s criminally unseen Waiting for Happiness which could have been an alternate title for Bamako this new film represents a colossal downgrade 
2
Coconut Hero
Barry Hertz
There s nothing new here that hasn t been mined ahem to death in other similar genre entries 
2
Coconut Hero
Linda Barnard
Too obvious in its quest for quirkiness director Florian Cossen s German Canadian indie about a suicidal 16 year old named Mike Tyson Alex Ozerov has some original moments but not enough of them to make Coconut Hero stand out 
2
Coconut Hero
Chris Knight
If I have to see one more movie about a suicidally depressed teenager who learns life lessons from a pretty girl I may kill myself 
2
Black Box
Roger Moore
Oh the horrors of a horror movie that s not the least bit horrifying 
1.5
Black Box
Tom Meek
Feels like an episode of Black Mirror but not as well crafted 
2
Black Box
Mike Scott
It s built around the sort of far fetched Hollywood science that might make some viewers tune out but the captivating final 30 minutes make up for any stumbles 
2.5
Black Box
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It requires quite a strong suspension of disbelief but at least the characters motives are pure and make emotional sense and Osei Kuffour s careful mysterious storytelling keeps a tight grip on things 
3
Black Box
Steven Prokopy
The acting in Black Box is across the board terrific and I especially love being reminded what a powerhouse Rashad can be 
2.5
Black Box
Nick Allen
When you watch a debut like Black Box you just know that the director is going to be around for a while 
3
Black Box
William Repass
The film ruminates on how virtuality infiltrates the deepest regions of our subconscious to reprogram the inner workings of the self 
2.5
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Chris Hewitt
Passionate funny and modest Dagg is the sort of character documentarians dream of finding 
4
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Mark Feeney
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes is almost as much about the prejudice Dagg had to deal with as a female scientist as it is about the wondrous title creatures 
2.5
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Michael O'Sullivan
It s worth being reminded that misogyny is as pernicious a force as the unchecked development that threatens the habitat of a majestic animal 
2.5
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Steven Prokopy
The film is a triumph and inspiration 
3
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Anita Katz
The African footage some of it shot by Dagg contains extraordinary scenes of giraffes eating running and fighting with their necks The sight of giraffes in motion is in Dagg s words a symphony of movement 
3
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
G. Allen Johnson
I wish the film was a bit stronger but after a lifetime of being denied her place in history thanks largely to misogyny in the academia world I m glad we have this documentary 
3
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Bruce DeMara
Alison Reid deserves high praise for fine storytelling combining ecology and social justice issues while focusing on a woman ahead of her times whose ambitions were thwarted by institutional sexism 
3.5
Petunia
Rex Reed
Petunia augurs more titillation than it delivers and only works occasionally 
2
Sublime
David Nusair
an unpleasant and flat out unwatchable piece of work 
0
Sublime
Kam Williams
Relatively sophisticated for a sci fi horror flick this psychological thriller scares the bejesus out of you while subtly using malpractice as metaphor for a generally unacknowledged aspect of American culture 
2.5
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Peter Canavese
An important and sickening story told by the surviving workers and civilians with archival film and audio effectively illustrating a story to remember 46 
3
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Steven Prokopy
By simply piecing together footage from the time 44 this film opens up the truth in powerful and substantial ways that few accounts have or could 46 
3.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mattie Lucas
Certainly is beautiful to look at but it holds the audience at bay with one dainty silk shrouded arm 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Namrata Joshi
Ziyi s fragile radiant presence lights up the screen the standout scene being her public dance performance which marks her ascension into geishadom 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Betsy Bozdech
Director Rob Marshall s adaptation of Arthur Golden s best selling novel is beautifully shot scored and also very deliberate as well as a bit inscrutable 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Camerin Courtney
The overall effect is not so unlike Mameha s description of geisha themselves a moving work of art 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Matt Pais
As authentic as cheeseburger teriyaki 
1.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Larry Ratliff
Cinematographer Dione Beebe fills the screen with lavish images that constantly amaze the senses 
3.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Peter Debruge
Marshall s approach is simultaneously accessible and exotic a breathtaking introduction that exposes without spoiling a world of carefully guarded mystery 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sean O'Connell
Always pleasant to watch even as the plot bites off more than it can chew 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Bob Bloom
Geisha offers a colorful glimpse that is as alien to most Western audiences as the dark side of the moon 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Jeff Vice
The filmmakers have taken the source material Arthur Golden s best selling novel and turned it into a glossy Hollywood production with the overripe melodrama you d expect from a television soap opera not a supposed epic drama 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Thomas Delapa
Marshall weaves together an exotically sumptuous production frayed by a disappointing ending that tries to draw a powdered happy face on tragedy 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
John Beifuss
Only occasionally does the camp classic struggling to free itself from the constricting kimonos and white pancake makeup of Geisha claw its way to the surface 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Phoebe Flowers
In any case if you judge Memoirs of a Geisha as a moving work of art it s pretty fabulous 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Memoirs of a Geisha compares unfavorably with the book though it offers pleasures of its own 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Rene Rodriguez
the movie is a well meaning vaporous bore enlivened only by occasional traces of Showgirls style camp and plasticine tears trickling down impeccably powdered cheeks 
1
Memoirs of a Geisha
Robert W. Butler
Rob Marshall s movie version has a harder time hiding the ripeness And it s a bit like a geisha s persona visually exciting and emotionally remote 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Amy Biancolli
It is a lush blushingly romantic portrait of Asian culture as seen through a Western lens 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Lisa Kennedy
good looking but not quite memorable 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Terry Lawson
This is a lavishly detailed memoir in which little turns out to be that memorable 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Lawrence Toppman
For all its vagueness the story is never less than visually exquisite and aurally appealing 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Stella Papamichael
Unlike the geisha this adaptation does wear its heart on its sleeve but a fine cast including the regal Michelle Yeoh create a picture of composure 
4
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sean P. Means
Sayuri s geisha training plays out in formulaic montages like The Karate Kid in kimonos And the cast is allowed to lapse into theatrics that would shame Lillian Gish 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Daniel M. Kimmel
a sumptuous visual feast that shouldn t be confused with the real thing but a fascinating introduction to a part of Japanese culture 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Greg Maki
Trimming 20 to 30 minutes of material not involving the Chairman would have considerably tightened the romantic angle and strengthened the entire film 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Duane Dudek
A beautiful and lush but thematically flawed and even disturbing portrait of a prisoner who adopts the reality of her captors and of a love stunted by captivity 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Chris Hewitt
The clothes in Memoirs of a Geisha are pretty the women are pretty the snowstorms are pretty and the trees are pretty there s a bush that is the Catherine Zeta Jones of shrubbery But the story Pretty dull 
1.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Phil Villarreal
If I wanted the story read to me I would have bought the book on tape 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Matt Brunson
Plays like a Disney version of a Zhang Yimou movie though the end result isn t as dreadful as that designation might suggest 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Glenn Whipp
Memoirs brandishes old school razzle dazzle at the expense of subtlety and contemplation coating his sound stage sets in delicately applied layers of cherry blossoms and snowflakes 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Linda Cook
Memoirs of a Geisha is a Hollywood ized version of the far better novel Still it s an enjoyable lush interpretation of the best selling tale of deceit romance and ambition 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sean McBride
Memoirs of a Geisha may be culturally inaccurate and a bit pulpy but so were some of the best movie romances ever 
3.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Ty Burr
Its commercial compromises cripple it as a movie 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Michael Phillips
Golden s straightforwardly involving prose while no great shakes has been replaced by an extremely fussy affair that is in effect its own silk wrapped pictorial novelization 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Steven Rea
Everything is beautiful even the squalor of poverty the suffering of war And nothing ever is revealed 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sara Michelle Fetters
Thusly I don t care about her could care less if Sayuri finally finds true love That means I don t like the movie and if I ever write my own memoirs about my life reviewing film I ll make sure and say it again 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Steve Rhodes
Not merely bad but pretentiously bad 
1.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Willie Waffle
Marshall remarkably has established a challenging tone making the audience aware of the world the characters live in beneath the gloss 
3.75
Memoirs of a Geisha
Jeffrey Westhoff
Films set in different countries can teach us so much about other cultures For example did you know that Memoirs of a Geisha is Japanese for Sominex 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Roger Ebert
I object to the movie not on sociological grounds but because I suspect a real geisha house floated on currents deeper and more subtle than the broad melodrama on display here 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Josh Larsen
the picture mistakes opulence for importance It s like a geisha who is all dressed up with no place to go 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Jeanne Aufmuth
Despite his mainstream heavy sensibility Marshall has crafted a textured film companion to Arthur Golden s stunning masterwork 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Frank Houston
As gorgeous as it is lifeless 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Eric Melin
Exotic locations and vibrant colors mask what is essentially a Japanese soap opera voiced in English 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sheri Linden
A lush operatic period piece that abounds in detail incident and spectacle and yet seldom connects on the emotional plane 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Peter Howell
This is a movie for the ear and the eye not the brain and the heart 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Claudia Puig
With its gorgeous cinematography costumes and production design Geisha is a visual feast but it lacks emotional heft and leaves the viewer strangely unsatisfied 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Maitland McDonagh
Simultaneously gorgeous and forgettable sentimental and prurient 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mick LaSalle
It oozes importance is heavy with worthiness and lies there waiting to be appreciated for the beautiful thing it is 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Timothy Knight
Well worth seeing on the big screen Memoirs of a Geisha is ultimately a film you admire rather than embrace 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Kyle Smith
All three acts suffer from sluggish momentum and weak endings 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Jami Bernard
In the luxuriant Memoirs of a Geisha three of the biggest and loveliest stars of Chinese cinema Ziyi Zhang Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li sharpen their talons 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Kit Bowen
An epic romantic period piece with deeply felt performances beautiful costumes and exquisitely framed sets Geisha pretty much defines the phrase Oscar contender 
3.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Dustin Putman
A more fitting title for Memoirs of a Geisha would have been Cliffs Notes of a Geisha 
1.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Erik Childress
In essence Chicago comes closer to capturing that life of artists and performance Memoirs is just whoring for a little prestige known as the Oscars 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Peter Canavese
A bloated melodrama more interested in poses than inner lives according to some Japanese culture vultures it gets the poses wrong too 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Bruce Newman
What s wrong with Memoirs of a Geisha isn t the casting it s the film s languorous pace 
2.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Gene Seymour
Arthur Golden s bestselling novel has been transfigured into an overripe romance that manages the not so cute trick of being both glitzy and ponderous while straining for delicacy and grandeur 
1.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The actors are hamstrung from the very beginning by the Westernized material everyone speaks English at all times and by the bland direction from Rob Marshall 
2
Memoirs of a Geisha
Ross Anthony
Ziyi is radiant as real as the script allows just not Japanese Sweetly shot overall though a dismal mood dominates Otherwise somewhat simple and soapy 
1
Memoirs of a Geisha
James Berardinelli
Memoirs of a Geisha is worthwhile on many levels although it lacks the depth of feeling that would have elevated it from a good movie to a romance for the ages 
3
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walter Chaw
Icky 
1
Memoirs of a Geisha
Ed Gonzalez
More like Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey s Memoirs of a Geisha 
.5
Memoirs of a Geisha
Peter Travers
Any doubts about three Chinese actresses speaking English with Japanese accents vanish in the face of their deeply felt performances and the world Marshall conjures with magical finesse 
3
All of Me
David Nusair
a decidedly out there premise that s employed to watchable yet far from memorable effect by filmmaker Carl Reiner 
2.5
All of Me
Roger Ebert
It scores a lot of points by speculating on the ways in which a man and a woman could learn to coexist in such close quarters Against all the odds a certain tenderness and sweetness develops by the end of the film 
3.5
All of Me
Ross Anthony
All of me is very funny but not too outlandish risque at times but not disgusting A quality comedy with a heart 
3.5
Wolf Hound
Michael Medved
Cheesy and melodramatic 46 46 46 though some of the aerial combat sequences are still ambitious and watchable 46 
2
Wolf Hound
Mark Dujsik
Once the story is taken out of the sky 46 46 46 the clunky screenplay seems to infect every other element of the movie 46 
1.5
Wolf Hound
Randy Myers
There s no subtlety whatsoever to be found in a script that was inspired by a true story hits every cliché it can 
2
Lingua Franca
Dwight Brown
This story has never been told before communicated in this way or created by such an astute and perceptive writer director actor like Isabel Sandoval 
3.5
Lingua Franca
Christy Lemire
Isabel Sandoval has a light tough with some weighty subject matter 
3
Lingua Franca
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The moving image is the lingua franca of our age and so it seems appropriate that the less said in Lingua Franca the better The gaze has it and Sandoval s is piercing 
3
Lingua Franca
Roger Moore
Sandoval has made a film with cultural currency and the rich texture of a New York setting for a story as immediate as today s headlines and just as sad 
2.5
Man of La Mancha
Matt Brunson
An ugly and unseemly adaptation 
1.5
Man of La Mancha
Roger Ebert
Here s a musical that s supposed to be some kind of affirmation of human hope and all it really does is encourage whistling in the dark What s worse it does so with words and ideas that would embarrass a Dale Carnegie instructor 
2
One Crazy Summer
Matt Brunson
Fresh off 1985 s Better Off Dead writer director Savage Steve Holland and star John Cusack reunited for One Crazy Summer which is basically more of the same minus that great Two dollars running gag 
2.5
One Crazy Summer
Ryan Murphy
One Crazy Summer is all about this band of misfits who go to this real pretty island for the summer and meet up with this real pretty girl and then get into these real pretty dangerous situations What shocking originality 
1
One Crazy Summer
Tony Mastroianni
One Crazy Summer has its moments and an appealing cast of talented performers Perhaps some other time in some other movie 
2
One Crazy Summer
David Nusair
a fairly standard premise that Holland employs as a springboard for an episodic and surprisingly surreal comedy that s just about as hit and miss as one could envision 
2.5
The Girls in the Band
Matt Pais
Undeniably achieves its primary purpose of making viewers walk out of the theater knowing a lot more about the subject than when they entered 
3
The Girls in the Band
Paul de Barros
The major strength of The Girls in the Band is its abundant crisp footage of women playing at the highest level from pianist Lil Armstrong Louis wife to contemporary reed player Anat Cohen 
3
The Girls in the Band
Mick LaSalle
The movie meanders a bit in the beginning though the information comes across Then it gets into a chronological groove after about 30 minutes and finds its proper form 
3
Fidel
Walter Chaw
it doesn t need to have my point of view but it does need to have a point of view 
1.5
Know Fear
Dann Gire
A lowbrow exercise in uninspired simplistic manipulation 
1.5
Know Fear
Roger Moore
Grisly haunted house story distinguished mainly in the extensive use of the sound effect of a knife plunging into flesh 
1.5
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Randy Myers
Rob Lowe takes us on a diverting jaunt through the tried and tired formulaic screenwriting tricks from the meet cute to the maverick cop to the talking to tombstones scene 
3
How It Ends
James Berardinelli
The desire to fast forward becomes almost overpowering 
2
How It Ends
Roger Moore
Impressive looking but undercut by passive characterizations And how s it end By petering out 
2
How It Ends
Brian Tallerico
You re better off not even beginning 
1
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Michael Dequina
Love it or hate it such a feat of highly demented cinematic imagination simply must be seen 
4
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Ian Mantgani
It s shot and acted in a way that s hastily amateurishly theatrical through digital photography that tries to look beautiful but just plain can t 
2
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Moira MacDonald
It s weirdly and often wonderfully entertaining 
3
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Patrick Z. McGavin
By the second hour Miike s story fails to punctuate its powerful setup and the work much like the family itself ends up a tangled mess 
2.5
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Michael Booth
There are so many moments in Happiness of the Katakuris that beg us to walk out on the movie it s hard to pick just one 
1
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Jonathan Curiel
A kind of strange existentialist comedy 
2
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Janice Page
It s a ball when it works which is why fans of Lars von Trier s Dancer in the Dark Francois Ozon s 8 Women and other darkly inspired genre bending musical fusions must introduce themselves to the Katakuris 
3
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Miike is also counting on the fact that even if you ve seen his other films they won t help you one whit 
3
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Mary Kalin-Casey
Hardcore Miike fans may want to catch this uncharacteristically upbeat curiosity however everyone will be much happier without the Katakuris 
2
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Jeremy Heilman
Katakuris doesn t disappoint except in that it provides pretty much exactly what one would expect from a Miike musical 
3.5
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Ed Gonzalez
Though uneven this genre defying creation s spectacle is still never less than awesome to behold 
3
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Andrew Howe
Anyone who lasts the distance will be treated to some truly absurd sequences 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Sarah Knight Adamson
Written and directed by Natalie Krinsky her direction allows both leads to find their ground and play their hands I enjoyed both performances and surprises along the way 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Linda Cook
If you ve ever had a broken heart you will see a little piece of yourself in this artful ode to relationships broken and otherwise 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Barry Hertz
There s enough style and um heart in Krinsky s ultra romantic vision to carry the film through 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Jake Coyle
A glossy but spirited Gen Y romantic comedy imbued with the wit and spunk of its young star 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Joey Magidson
If you enjoy romcoms The Broken Hearts Gallery is just what the doctor ordered 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Sean P. Means
Here in her first Hollywood leading role it s clear that Viswanathan is a name we re all going to learn to spell it and pronounce because we ll be writing and talking about her a lot 
3.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Jeff Mitchell
You may or may not buy this breezy thin rom com I didn t 
2
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Pamela Powell
The Broken Hearts Gallery like all rom coms isn t meant to be real It s what fairy tales are made of and it s pure escapism 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Roxana Hadadi
It s an unexpected basis for a rom com and Viswanathan throws herself into the material with a dazzlingly infectious energy 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Steven Prokopy
It s entirely feasible I lost brain cells watching this film and I don t have that many to spare 
1
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Chris Hewitt
Gallery has so much interesting stuff in its nonromantic scenes that I hoped Krinsky would steer the movie toward insisting that smart creative Lucy would be just fine without a generic dude in her life 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Jeff York
Too often Krinsky seems to be making a movie about rom com s not a movie about romance especially when she hauls out hoary tropes that have been exhausted onscreen for decades 
2
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Ty Burr
With all that badinage The Broken Hearts Gallery spins and glitters like a disco ball and it s fine until you notice the missing bits of mirror 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Broken Hearts Gallery is shaped like an old fashioned romantic comedy hitting all the old familiar beats But it checks off all the old boxes with fresh new ink 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Mark Dujsik
T he characters are funny and charming We like them and that s really enough for material such as this 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Johnny Oleksinski
The viewing experience is like wondering if you should laugh while a clown struggles to bench press 600 pounds 
2
The Broken Hearts Gallery
James Berardinelli
Through it all though Viswanathan s live wire presence keeps the movie from overstaying its welcome even when it veers into sitcom territory 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Joe Friar
The film s big selling point is actress Geraldine Viswanathan who makes the rom com a pure delight TBHG forgoes groundbreaking for sharp sexy and funny 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Bob Strauss
Broken Hearts Gallery is designed to simply make you happy maybe want to pet a puppy or fall in love and kiss someone new 
2.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Richard Roeper
Even as Broken Hearts Gallery travels down a well worn path it retains a certain freshness 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Michael O'Sullivan
Broken Hearts wends its way toward the foregone conclusion with a single minded determination that is admirable if not exactly unexpected 
1.5
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Roger Moore
Even if it plays like a sitcom pilot that might get picked up after a little recasting Broken Hearts Gallery is never unpleasant and only rarely a drag 
2
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Katie Walsh
With pluck and wit in spades Viswanathan s character Lucy is a classic rom com heroine whom audiences will instantly fall for 
3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Mike McGranaghan
The Broken Hearts Gallery is sunny and joyful and optimistic 
3
Baby Doll
Kathy Fennessy
The good news is that it apos s just as entertaining now as it must have been in 1956 46 It apos s also much funnier 40 intentionally or otherwise 41 46 
3.5
Baby Doll
Matt Brunson
A movie so contentious that it was banned in a few countries pulled in several U S cities and denounced by Cardinal Francis Spellman who forbade his flock from seeing it under pain of sin 
3
Baby Doll
Walter Chaw
The movie hasn t aged a day in fifty years 
4
Playing for Keeps
Brett Michel
Fox hasn t penned a script since 1993 s So I Married an Axe Murderer and he apparently hasn t left his home either 
1
Playing for Keeps
Sean P. Means
Director Gabriele Muccino can t decide whether Robbie Fox s script should be played as sex farce or heart tugging romance and splitting the difference is a loser both ways 
2
Playing for Keeps
Jason Buchanan
It could be just the kind of pleasant surprise that leaves your inner cynic at a momentary loss for words 
2.5
Playing for Keeps
Peter Canavese
Another day at the Romantic Comedy Factory Pull me down a Gerard Butler and a Jessica Biel will ya 
.5
Playing for Keeps
Jeffrey Westhoff
At least Playing for Keeps does a service for the late Rodney Dangerfield His Ladybugs is no longer the worst movie about a youth soccer coach 
1
Playing for Keeps
Rene Rodriguez
The only thing Playing for Keeps teaches us is Guys forget the bars and nightclubs Soccer moms are where the action is 
1
Playing for Keeps
Roger Ebert
A film that s pretty much from the assembly line 
2
Playing for Keeps
Ann Hornaday
An undistinguished impact free watch checker that will soon be vaguely distracting transatlantic travelers who forgot to carry on their iPads 
1
Playing for Keeps
Liam Lacey
Butler beware In acting as in soccer if you keep taking dives sooner or later you pay the penalty 
2
Playing for Keeps
Kyle Smith
One of those movies that comes straight from the heart the heart of the hack screenwriter s manual that pushes formulaic structure to cover up a lack of compelling characters genuine emotion or actual humor 
0.5
Playing for Keeps
Mark Dujsik
This is simply a groan inducing comedy of errors about an accidental lothario mixed with a transparently predictable look at an irresponsible man forced to become better 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Mick LaSalle
For a trifle one that probably looked like one on the printed page too Playing for Keeps somehow attracted a strong cast 
2
Playing for Keeps
Dustin Putman
An acceptable but very slim romantic comedy 
2
Playing for Keeps
Carrie Rickey
If Gerard Butler exudes rakish charm and Jessica Biel a charming flintiness then why is Playing for Keeps so utterly charmless 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Moira MacDonald
Playing for Keeps plods along pretty much as you d expect Its small pleasures come from the relaxed cast 
2
Playing for Keeps
Wesley Morris
This is modern movie stardom and it s depressing the romantic lead who could also be selling us body spray 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Peter Howell
Playing for Keeps doesn t play with a full deck 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Matt Pais
Awkwardly blends family comedy and sex farce and winds up with squat 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Claudia Puig
Playing for Keeps is a throwaway movie if ever there was one 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Jon Niccum
It s comforting to know that American culture has progressed to where soccer routinely joins baseball football and basketball as a backdrop for forgettable romantic comedies 
2
Playing for Keeps
Chris Hewitt
Contrived and phony from beginning to end Playing for Keeps never does make sense of its characters who flip and flop from scene to scene 
1
Playing for Keeps
Rafer Guzman
Half the actors realize they re in a bit of Hollywood fluff but others deliver emotional performances worthy of a serious drama As for Butler well it s hard to say exactly what he s doing 
2
Playing for Keeps
James Berardinelli
A sloppy poorly focused comedy that wants to be about the relationship between a father and his 9 year old son but ends up being about nearly everything else 
2
Playing for Keeps
Roger Moore
Gerard Butler what went wrong 
1.5
Playing for Keeps
Christy Lemire
It is truly baffling that all the talented acclaimed actors involved actually read this script and then agreed to devote their time to this movie especially given its uncomfortably flagrant misogynistic streak 
0
Playing for Keeps
Eric Henderson
Gabriele Muccino s film is knee deep in don t hate the player hate the game territory 
.5
Shot
Frank Ochieng
engrossing and sympathetically realized However Shot needed to embrace the gun control pulpit more fully than only scratching its surface and playing it sentimentally safe 
2.5
Shot
Rex Reed
Wyle is so good as he goes through the stages of pain rage remorse and resignation that he keeps you caring and alert 
3
Shot
Mark Dujsik
Shot is caught between two worlds telling a straightforward story and fashioning a message movie 
2.5
Shot
Alan Zilberman
Shot would have you believe there s a moral to this fable But suggesting that the solution to the problem of gun violence is as simple as one of Aesop s fables only adds insult to injury 
2
A Perfect Getaway
Jeff Beck
The film is not a total loss due to its interesting use of suspense and its tactic of placing suspicion on every character While it s not one of the best thrillers out there you could easily do worse 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Janos Gereben
Twohy s script dares and succeeds in peppering the dialogue with funny insider references to Hollywood scripts and actors 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Austin Kennedy
The set up is so good that it pains me to say that the last half hour falls apart Once things are revealed it becomes too silly 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Linda Cook
I changed my mind about this movie three times 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Michael Phillips
A Perfect Getaway is a little better well a little stranger than most of the disposables this summer 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
John Wirt
Trash with a whiplash 
1.5
A Perfect Getaway
John Beifuss
Modest but twisty B thriller is elevated by nice character touches witty writing and its tropical setting 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Kit Bowen
Prepare to be pleasantly surprised by A Perfect Getaway a compact no frills thriller that does it s job nicely 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Sean P. Means
Writer director David Twohy is too much in love with his hipper than thou dialogue but he plants some sneaky scares along the trail 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Gary Wolcott
The film is gratefully short but writer director David Twohy still takes too much time working through the standard suspect check list before getting to a terrific twist 
3.5
A Perfect Getaway
Willie Waffle
This could be one of the most awful movies of the year Then it gets worse 
0
A Perfect Getaway
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a genre entry that knows exactly what it is and has a lot of fun being it It pushes most of the right buttons assumes its audience has a brain and doesn t telegraph its punches right from the very start 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Stephen Cole
A Perfect Getaway is the rarest of film treats a B movie that knows where it s going and how to get there 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Sean O'Connell
Can t get away from the psycho stalker formula so predictability trumps creativity in the end 
2
A Perfect Getaway
Lou Lumenick
Twohy serves up a hard to swallow second act twist and an unconvincing back story but the slightly overlong A Perfect Getaway recovers with a pulse pounding climax 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Matt Brunson
This feels like a classic case of a B movie showing its more heavily hyped A list competition how to get the job done with little fuss or fanfare 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Stephen Whitty
A Perfect Getaway is one of those very clever whodunits that keeps you guessing for quite awhile But on the way home as you replay its tricks you may feel more conned than charmed 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Connie Ogle
For a low brow psycho on the loose in paradise thriller A Perfect Getaway is surprisingly entertaining with exactly the right elements to overcome the inevitable cliches 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Peter Hartlaub
A Perfect Getaway is a clever heart pounding thriller and a welcome return to form for the director 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Jeff Vice
While the suspense thriller may not be a good movie it s sort of entertaining and funny 
2
A Perfect Getaway
Chris Hewitt
Unfortunately in Getaway the bad things that happen include a lazy script 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Jason Anderson
What is surprising about this effective little thriller is how cleverly writer director David Twohy toys with the conventions of the genre as they exist today 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Claudia Puig
A Perfect Getaway has its imperfections but for a thriller of its kind it s a lively and slick summer escape 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Christian Toto
Would someone please write a movie good enough for Timothy Olyphant A Perfect Getaway sure isn t it 
2
A Perfect Getaway
David Nusair
one of the most entertainingly trashy thrillers to hit multiplexes in quite some time 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Rossiter Drake
While hardly a film for the ages it is exceptionally effective at what it sets out to achieve namely pumping up the tension tossing us a few red herrings then blindsiding us with the Big Surprise 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Jeremiah Kipp
Unashamed of flaunting its B movie conventions
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Mark Dujsik
Twohy constantly dares us to guess only to throw the scent elsewhere get us accustomed to our new idea and then throw it back right where it started 
3
A Perfect Getaway
Dustin Putman
For the promise it held at the onset and the foolishly inane places it opts to travel to this is a particularly arrogant letdown a thriller with a rancid bite 
1.5
A Perfect Getaway
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A Perfect Getaway starts with confidence and rarely steps wrong it knows exactly where to go and what to do 
3.5
A Perfect Getaway
John Hartl
Director Twohy eventually paints himself into a corner with an explanation that s fatally far fetched By the end you re convinced he ll try anything no matter how illogical to hold the audience s attention 
2
A Perfect Getaway
Joe Lozito
A Hawaiian honeymoon turns sinister in this effective but absurd thriller from writer director David Twohy 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Ty Burr
A Perfect Getaway is proof that a dumb idea can be brought to life however briefly by smart people and writer director David Twohy is nothing if not clever 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Kevin C. Johnson
A Perfect Getaway a more scenic than scary movie about a couple whose Hawaiian honeymoon goes horribly wrong takes a long time to get where it s going 
2
A Perfect Getaway
James Berardinelli
This could have been a triumph of structure over story if only the importance of the structure had been better camouflaged 
2.5
A Perfect Getaway
Roger Ebert
Here s a thriller that worked for me 
3
How to Fake a War
Roger Moore
In the Loop meets Ab Fab and impresses and entertains as it does 
2.5
Legend
Kevin Carr
This is a fantasy painting come to life as a movie If you know anything about fantasy paintings you ll also know that most fantasy paintings don t have a story or plot to them 
2.5
Legend
Matt Brunson
The deficits remain as voluminous and ghastly as ever 
2
Legend
Gene Siskel
I don t want to remember any more about Legend than to make sure I include it in my worst films of 1986 list and never rent it when it comes out as a video cassette 
0.5
Legend
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ridiculously self important and serious 
2
Legend
James Kendrick
Perhaps ahead of its time certainly too ambitious for its budget and its era Legend is nevertheless a fascinating film
3.5
Legend
Bill Chambers
Ridley Scott s exclusive to DVD re edit of Legend no pun intended is fantastic 
3
Legend
Ed Gonzalez
Legend is a Gothic fairy tale brought to life 
3
Legend
Roger Ebert
Like many recent sword and sorcery movies it is so effective in rendering evil so good at depicting the dire bleak fates facing the heroes that it s too dreary and gloomy for its own good 
2
Big Bear
Roger Moore
Promising Hangover bachelor party from Hell set up without the guts or the edge to deliver 
1.5
Starkiss: Circus Girls in India
Jonathan Curiel
Starkiss spotlights disturbing conditions in which circus workers have much in common with animals that are let out of their cages only for performances 
3
Starkiss: Circus Girls in India
V.A. Musetto
Troubling 
3
Starkiss: Circus Girls in India
Aaron Hillis
As wrist slicingly dreary as all that is the footage accumulated is endlessly fascinating 
3
The Walk
Brian Eggert
Zemeckis separates the audience from the profundity of what Petit accomplished by allowing his visual components to overshadow the inconceivable real life story 46 
2.5
The Walk
Max Weiss
Just the mechanics of getting to the roof are fun filled with surprise allies and strokes of luck and last minute escapes 
3
The Walk
David N. Butterworth
A technically brilliant sweaty palmed account of the man who walked between the Twin Towers 
3
The Walk
Eric Melin
Zemeckis jettisons most of the hard edges of Petit s character in favor of a wide eyed follow your dreams story Rendered in broad strokes it falls more into the fairy tale category than anything else 
2
The Walk
Craig D. Lindsey
While Zemeckis who co wrote the film with Christopher Browne makes sure the movie looks wondrous most of the characters are campy caricatures especially after Petit and company touch down in the Big Apple and mingle with the Noo Yawk folk 
2.5
The Walk
Robert W. Butler
Even if it didn t feature the best 3 D of any film since Avatar Robert Zemeckis The Walk would be a winner for its heady blend of gritty reality and lighthearted whimsy not to mention yet another terrific performance from Joseph Gordon Levitt 
4
The Walk
John Beifuss
Like Petit Zemeckis has made a career out of being a sort of high wire artist who embraces the technological and practical challenges inherent to his art 
3.5
The Walk
Kam Williams
A heart stopping spectacular 
2
The Walk
Scott Nash
An entertaining recreation of one of the most audacious acts of performance art ever perpetrated 
3
The Walk
Sergio López Aguirre
This level of suspense is rarely achieved in a film Full review in Spanish 
4
The Walk
Mal Vincent
The Walk is a stunning participatory movie experience for the senses and the emotions 
3.5
The Walk
Mike McGranaghan
This is one of those rare cases where the exhibition format is as much a part of the movie s success as the storytelling is The extra dimension is quite crucial as the whole thing is designed around giving the audience a vicarious experience 
3.5
The Walk
Willie Waffle
When focused on being a caper film The Walk is entertaining and exciting 
3
The Walk
James Kendrick
The visceral thrill of experience Petit s death defying feat is undeniable but Zemeckis pushes the envelope farther than it needs to go and makes some highly questionable decisions that undermine what is best in the film 
2.5
The Walk
Scott Renshaw
It s been so long since we ve seen the Robert Zemeckis who was a consummate craftsman of pop entertainment that the flickers we see here of that talent somehow elevate the whole enterprise 
3
The Walk
James Berardinelli
It s two thirds of a great film but the slow start and unremarkable first hour hold it back Still for those who buy into the precept that good things are worth waiting for The Walk unquestionably delivers 
3
The Walk
Linda Cook
Oh how I look up to The Walk as a towering cinematic achievement 
4
The Walk
Matt Brunson
The final half hour as Petit takes to the wire is basically one sustained money shot 
3
The Walk
Josh Larsen
in its reenactment of a miraculous feat the movie achieves a tender sort of transcendence 
2.5
The Walk
Neil Rosen
What makes this new movie a must see is the walk itself which is an eye popping spectacle 
3
The Walk
Kate Taylor
The film limps through its first two acts putting in time until the big moment 
2
The Walk
Alissa Wilkinson
The film seems more than a little insecure unwilling to let you feel its awesomeness it shouldn t have been and resorting to telling you over and over that this is a very inspirational story and you should be inspired by it 
2
The Walk
Richard Roeper
The last 30 minutes or so are all about the walk Dariusz Wolski s cinematography is beautiful and Gordon Levitt does some of his best acting when he s out on the wire and mostly silent his face glowing from the sheer crazy joy he s feeling 
3
The Walk
Rick Bentley
It does redeem itself in the final 40 minutes but it still may be best to wait and see the movie at home where you can turn down Gordon Levitt s exasperating narration and just look at the magic that comes when one man defies gravity 
2.5
The Walk
Tom Russo
These dizzying IMAX 3 D visuals truly are big screen magic taking us inside Petit s transcendent experience as he navigates his preternatural path indulges his showman s flair and agh reclines to commune with the heavens 
3
The Walk
Peter Travers
Expect the worst from the first half that s before Philippe Petit Joseph Gordon Levitt strings up a wire between the World Trade Center towers But then oh baby does this movie fly 
3
The Walk
Brad Keefe
Doesn t delve very deep into Petit s psyche but its visual strengths handily outweigh its narrative weaknesses 
3
The Walk
Michael Smith
Zemeckis has been working with advanced 3 D filming since The Polar Express With The Walk he has reached for the sky with his art and achieved astounding heights 
3.5
The Walk
Dann Gire
For half an hour a man walks across a thin wire over a metropolitan void and we are held spellbound transfixed and frightened to nausea by one of the most galvanizing events ever committed to cinema 
3.5
The Walk
Chris Hewitt
It would be easy for a movie about such a spectacular feat to feel like it s mostly about the daredevil aspect of that feat but The Walk feels like it s about bigger things such as love art and what it means to be alive 
4
The Walk
Ann Hornaday
The Walk satisfies as an absorbing yarn of authority flouting adventure and as an example of stomach flipping you are there ness The journey it offers viewers doesn t just span 140 feet but also an ethereal now vanished world 
2.5
The Walk
Bob Bloom
To get the upmost enjoyment from the film you should see the film in 3 D at an IMAX theater where at times the cinematography makes it seem as if you are on the wire with Petit 
3
The Walk
Mick LaSalle
After two hours of The Walk I felt as if I d walked the wire myself 
3
The Walk
Anders Wright
The Walk may rely more on visuals than characters but it s also a tremendous piece of filmmaking 
3
The Walk
Chris Knight
This is one to see in Imax 3D if you dare And good luck not flinching when Philippe drops his balancing pole while practicing on the circus high wire 
3.5
The Walk
Odie Henderson
one can t help but surrender to the astonishing movie magic of The Walk s digitally recreated spectacle 
3.5
The Walk
Stephen Rebello
Visual and emotional dazzlers finally pop and crackle in the last 20 minutes of The Walk the new Robert Zemeckis directed movie starring Joseph Gordon Levitt as daredevil French aerialist Phillippe Petit 
3
The Walk
Rafer Guzman
A razzle dazzle thriller with eye popping visuals white knuckle tension and just the right note of melancholy 
3.5
The Walk
Mark Dujsik
T he film especially once Philippe prepares to take his first steps across and over the void becomes something altogether astonishing 
3
The Walk
Rene Rodriguez
The Walk has been made with the same genial spirit a judge used when he sentenced Petit to perform a free show for children in Central Park for his crime This is a love letter to lunacy that lets you feel what it s like to tread where only gods dare 
3
The Walk
Steven Rea
It may not get inside the head of its pole balancing protagonist it doesn t really even try but Zemeckis movie takes you skyward 
3
The Walk
Lou Lumenick
Zemeckis finally delivers the goods in abundance in the section that really counts A vertigo inducing digital re creation of Petit s famous walk back and forth between the towers 
3
The Walk
Moira MacDonald
While it s clearly constructed with meticulous care with the wire walking scenes as breathtaking as CGI allows it lacks a certain well je ne sais quoi 
2.5
The Walk
Calvin Wilson
Gordon Levitt beguilingly captures Petit s irresistible charisma in a performance that completes his transition from indie film favorite to big budget star 
4
The Walk
Peter Howell
Somehow The Walk succeeds in spite of its immoderation especially when the stunt is at hand in 3D IMAX no less which is so often the way of Zemeckis movies 
3
The Walk
Matt Zoller Seitz
In terms of sheer directorial craft The Walk is masterful but as storytelling it s a near disaster 
2.5
The Walk
Brian Truitt
For those who want to feel like they re 110 stories up and living in the clouds Hollywood does its job conjuring movie magic with a breathtaking Walk to remember 
2.5
The Walk
Roger Moore
Flip funny and sentimental Not Man on Wire but not bad either 
3
The Walk
Michael Phillips
The film gets better as it goes and the last half hour especially in 3 D on an Imax screen is nearly everything it should be scary visually momentous meticulously realized 
2.5
The Walk
Lindsey Bahr
The Walk serves its purpose by showing you something you ve never seen before from perspectives as impossible as the stunt itself Zemeckis just chose for too long to luxuriate in the fantasy of it all when the reality was more than enough 
2.5
The Walk
Stephen Whitty
It is as it should be a slight mischievous light footed film full of imagery 
3
The Walk
Jaime N. Christley
In order to make the walk Philippe Petit has to comprehend it as real and impossible Zemeckis teaches us the same lesson 
3
The Walk
Clayton Davis
Zemeckis creates an apparent respect and adoration of New York City and the twin towers that haven t really been seen in film post 9 11 however his narrative tones and setup are both uninspired and dull
2
The Walk
Matt Pais
Lunatic almost kills himself and everyone loves it 
1.5
Calvin Marshall
Adam Keleman
Director Gary Lundgren s Calvin Marshall eventually falls flat in its heavy handed efforts to score an emotional homerun 
1.5
The Inhabitants
Frank Ochieng
an eerie ambiance Overall The Inhabitants has not explored any new territory that one has not seen countless times before in slash and dash cinema Nevertheless this stark and resourceful vehicle works its challenging mundane impish magic
3
The Inhabitants
David N. Butterworth
You have to credit the Rasmussen Brothers for going spectral rather than splatter but a good disembowelment rarely hurts 
2
Why Would I Lie?
Roger Ebert
Why Would I Lie made me very angry while I was watching it because it is both a glorification of the arrogant stupidity of its central character and an insult to the intelligence of its audience Not a bad double play 
1
Shane
Scott Nash
Western Poetry in Technicolor 
4
Shane
Roger Ebert
There are intriguing mysteries in Shane puzzles and challenges not least in the title character and the way he is played by Alan Ladd 
4
First Signal
Roger Moore
Damned near unwatchable 
1
The Alamo
Mattie Lucas
A big lumbering unwieldy epic that creaks and groans from speech to battle 
1.5
The Alamo
Russ Breimeier
There are great moments though it s ultimately a lightweight film and certainly not an Oscar contender 
3
The Alamo
Betsy Bozdech
Not even good sets plenty of historical detail and Billy Bob Thornton can put life into director John Lee Hancock s slow moving poorly acted Texan saga 
1.5
The Alamo
Jonathan R. Perry
Hancock keeps what could have been a leaden behemoth accessible and engaging by drawing a bead on the personalities of the men who ve loomed over history books warts and all 
3
The Alamo
Linda Cook
You may or may not remember The Alamo 
2
The Alamo
Matt Brunson
The equivalent of one long drone from a stiff Social Studies teacher who can scarcely be bothered to add any sort of relevance to the topic 
1.5
The Alamo
Sara Michelle Fetters
Arriving in theaters today the resulting 100 million dollar motion picture is a flawed sprawling examination of the Mexican American conflict that raises far more questions than it answers 
2
The Alamo
Lori Hoffman
John Lee Hancock has done the unforgivable he has made a boring movie 
1
The Alamo
Peter Debruge
Looks and feels like the kind of 16mm filmstrip once projected in grade school history classes right down to the corny dialogue and hammy acting 
1.5
The Alamo
Vince Koehler
The Alamo honors the handful of men who stood up for their passion and ideals against an overwhelming force 
2.5
The Alamo
John Beifuss
The Alamo is forgettable with the exception of Billy Bob Thornton s performance as a Davy Crockett who deserves a movie of his own 
2
The Alamo
David Nusair
the movie is curiously flat void of any emotional context 
1.5
The Alamo
Dustin Putman
Truth be told for most of its running time The Alamo plays like a vague badly written history lesson aimed at grade schoolers 
2
The Alamo
Moira MacDonald
It may be history but it s too meticulous to be believable 
2
The Alamo
Joe Baltake
A heartfelt yet strangely uninvolving account of the mythic Texas battle 
2.5
The Alamo
Pam Grady
The film utterly fails at bringing history to life 
1
The Alamo
Jami Bernard
Alamo buffs will be delighted and everyone else will be treated to something that feels like Old Hollywood crossed with new sensibilities 
3
The Alamo
Robert W. Butler
This is the best Alamo movie ever the most accurate the best acted the most sumptuously mounted 
3
The Alamo
Jeff Vice
Drier and dustier than just about any academic history text out there 
2
The Alamo
Lawrence Toppman
Everything about the movie seems smaller than life from Carter Burwell s hollowly pompous music to Dean Semler s muddy cinematography 
1.5
The Alamo
Ty Burr
A deeply compromised film if not a broken one 
2.5
The Alamo
Carla Meyer
A valiant but losing effort 
2
The Alamo
James Verniere
The film may succeed as a simplistic introduction to a complex event in American history But some of it is just depressingly lame 
2
The Alamo
Rene Rodriguez
A crushing bore 
1
The Alamo
Terry Lawson
An ambitious mix of history lesson politically correct speculation character sketches of American icons and pretty scenery but it winds up without much of a point of view 
2
The Alamo
Lou Lumenick
Despite Thornton s yeoman efforts and a remarkable 52 acre set you re more apt to forget The Alamo than to remember it 
2
The Alamo
Bob Strauss
Having undergone a long and presumably tortuous editing process the new Alamo in the end feels thinned out 
2.5
The Alamo
Liam Lacey
A drama mired in the mundane 
2
The Alamo
Lisa Kennedy
As talented as the cast is not a one makes this an Alamo worth remembering
1.5
The Alamo
Roger Ebert
Succeeds in taking those pop culture brand names like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie and giving them human form 
3.5
The Alamo
Jeffrey Westhoff
Hancock s film immediately and emotionally establishes itself as the definitive version 
3.5
The Alamo
Sean P. Means
By creating the only character of depth in an underdeveloped epic Thornton is the only element of The Alamo truly worth remembering 
2
The Alamo
Phil Villarreal
Does its best to shake off the baggage of its predecessors 
3
The Alamo
Jon Niccum
The way filmmaker Hancock addresses the material one half expects Travis Bowie Crockett and the rest of the defenders to rise from their graves after three days 
2
The Alamo
David Keyes
Nothing more than a long and exhausting excursion into the world of macho men as they defeat the enemy and then celebrate by boring the audience to tears 
1
The Alamo
Emily Blunt
This bloated bore of a film has the audacity to call itself an epic Fancy costumes and a barrage of actors in American iconic roles does not a masterpiece make Read on 
2
The Alamo
Erik Childress
Did we learn nothing from John Sayles when he closed Lone Star with the line Forget the Alamo 
2
The Alamo
Mike Clark
The movie is a mild compeller for history buffs and occasionally it s better than that But the teenage mall rats on whom box office success largely depends are more likely to zoom away in Alamo rental cars 
2.5
The Alamo
Duane Dudek
While the PG 13 rating makes it impossible to portray the actual battle realistically this could otherwise be the most accurate version of The Alamo to date which isn t saying much 
2.5
The Alamo
Scott Nash
Slowly paced but manages to entertain 
3
The Alamo
Chris Hewitt
The Alamo is handsomely shot and written with plain spoken eloquence But the characters are indistinct and there s no compelling reason for this movie 
2
The Alamo
Phoebe Flowers
A movie that inspires little but boredom and faint irritation 
1.5
The Alamo
Jeff Strickler
More intellectually rewarding than emotionally satisfying 
3
The Alamo
David Sterritt
It s dull derivative and as lifelike as a heap of historical figurines 
1
The Alamo
Josh Larsen
rigidly epic 
1.5
The Alamo
Glenn Lovell
Yes a lot of The Alamo is chauvinistic hokum But what entertaining hokum it is 
3
The Alamo
Carrie Rickey
Except for a handful of scenes Hancock s film isn t good enough to be memorable 
2.5
The Alamo
John Anderson
While the battle scenes Hancock conducts are symphonic in their concussive confusion and chaos it s in the characterization that the film achieves some gravitas 
2.5
The Alamo
Mark Caro
Plays like your standard issue modern war movie 
2
The Alamo
Austin O'Connor
slips from the mind so quickly it might as well be about the rental car agency and not the famous Texas battle 
2
The Alamo
Tony Toscano
The Alamo is a well made and nostalgic film with big sweeping scenes red sunsets and grandiose battle shots 
3
The Alamo
Nick Rogers
A torturous cycle of standing pouting bickering and looking at the Mexican army as irritatingly flat as the pages of the history books that taught us about the Alamo 
1
The Alamo
Willie Waffle
Hancock goes through great pains to impose important moments on us but he fails to give them the poignancy needed to elicit emotion 
1
The Alamo
Keith Uhlich
The Alamo is further sobering proof that every dog gerel has its day and every generation gets the movie it deserves 
.5
The Alamo
Walter Chaw
A few dollars lighter a few hours closer to death get a chance to glimpse your own mortality reflected in the dead shark eyed glare of another big budget prestige picture 
0
The Alamo
Steve Rhodes
Cartoonishly awful Remember the Alamo but forget this movie 
2
The Alamo
Rob Blackwelder
It s a movie more concerned with details like Jim Bowie s terminal case of consumption than it is with the historical context of its story and its legendary characters 
2.5
The Alamo
James Berardinelli
Emotionally inert and poorly paced The Alamo transforms one of Texas best known events into an uninvolving bore 
2
Mississippi Grind
Pamela Powell
Mississippi Grind is a true gem of a film this year with standout performances by Reynolds and Mendolsohn and sharp and cutting writing as well as deft direction 
4
Mississippi Grind
John Beifuss
Mendelsohn ought to be an Oscar contender for the shades of desperation vulnerability and queasy hopefulness that shuffle across his weary features like the shadows of cards falling from a marked deck 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Robert Horton
Above all the movie offers the electric snap of an actor stretching out in his full powers Ben Mendelsohn just went all in 
3
Mississippi Grind
Robert Levin
Ben Mendelsohn takes an individual who might in a lesser movie be simply described as a loser and imbues him with compassionate regard for his plight 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Katie Walsh
It s as if the Scarecrow and the Tin Man got lost and wandered down the Mississippi River drinking and gambling and stumbling into and out of various troubles not worrying about their brains or their hearts just wishing for a little bit of luck 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Walter Chaw
I ve never hated one of their movies They don t elicit that kind of emotion 
1.5
Mississippi Grind
Mark Dujsik
Boden and Fleck understand that these two characters feed off of each other s personalities while fueling the addiction that unifies them 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Gary Thompson
The movie is a snapshot collage of flyover America but also perhaps an homage to the soon to be lost world of brick and mortar gambling 
2.5
Mississippi Grind
Richard Roeper
This is one of the better movies about the gambling culture in recent years 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Ann Hornaday
Mississippi Grind winds up being an improbably satisfying even heartwarming character study 
2.5
Mississippi Grind
Calvin Wilson
Among the virtues of Mississippi Grind is an unpredictability that s rare in movies these days For much of the film it s unclear just where it s going and that s just fine 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Matt Pais
I m never one to call something a great American movie but Mississippi Grind really is 
4
Mississippi Grind
Steve Rubenstein
A well crafted and gritty tale of two compulsive gamblers 
3
Mississippi Grind
Chris Knight
The film isn t bad but it relies a little too much on the here and now of the characters with the result that we never really find out what put them on this desperate road 
2.5
Mississippi Grind
Matt Zoller Seitz
Both of these men have more shadings and unexpected often hidden layers than we thought and the actors reveal them in pieces often at moments where you don t expect to be surprised much less confounded 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Peter Travers
Gambling tales are a hard sell But this one is on a lucky streak Great performances from Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn 
3.5
Mississippi Grind
Barry Hertz
The filmmakers know how to squeeze a lot from only a little narrative Mendelsohn once again proves he s the reigning king of ne er do wells and Reynolds has never been better 
3
Mississippi Grind
Sara Stewart
This low budget indie has a unique ambiance and surprising depth both in the performances of its two leads and the writing directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 
3
Mississippi Grind
Rex Reed
The ambience of pool halls honkytonks backroom crap games and smelly racetracks where these guys live out their aimless days and nights is captured perfectly lending a distinct air of hopelessness to their already rudderless lives 
3
Mississippi Grind
Bruce DeMara
Mendelsohn and Reynolds share great screen chemistry 
3
Mississippi Grind
Andy Crump
Reynolds and Mendelsohn work and so Mississippi Grind does too 
3
Mississippi Grind
Christopher Gray
Ryan Boden and Anna Fleck convey an engagingly low key atmosphere pervasive with wayward souls haunted by poor choices 
2.5
Mississippi Grind
Roger Moore
Great milieu sharply played characters random rambling and illogical story 
2.5
Flying Monsters
Chris Hewitt
Monsters is informative cogent and a word one wouldn t usually associate with 80 foot tall films about dinosaurs charming 
3
Copacabana
David Nusair
entertaining yet far from engrossing 
2.5
Copacabana
Nick Schager
Copacabana proves that Isabelle Huppert can do anything including starring in a trivial mother daughter dramedy that s beneath her considerable talents 
2
The Batman-Superman Movie
Peter Canavese
Essentially The Batman Superman Movie is an action comedy a superhero buddy picture this eventful superhero adventure delivers twice the fun 
3
Soul
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 it should help convince them that even if it 8217 s not something they are great at 44 all they have to have is passion for its pursuit and that will be more than enough to satisfy their soul 8217 s enrichment 46 
4
Soul
Brian Eggert
Beyond its sillier humorous notes and efficient fast paced explanations of complex worlds Soul rewards contemplation 
4
Soul
Matt Brunson
Even if the story hits too many familiar beats to completely succeed the animation is absolutely stunning 
3
Soul
Mike Scott
The film s multilayered charms a Pixar hallmark seamlessly blend heart and humor in a package that parents will be able to enjoy alongside their kids 
3
Soul
John Beifuss
This may be Pixar s most adult film in terms of its themes its mostly middle aged characters its sometimes experimental and yes jazzy animation heaven is run by characters who are nothing but squiggly lines and its soundtrack 
4
Soul
Mark Meszoros
Even with some wrong notes Soul has enough going for it to give it a reasonably toe tapping recommendation Just don t expect it to come together like a great piece of jazz 
2.5
Soul
Linda Cook
Soul has magic music and meaning 
4
Soul
Leo Brady
There s a lot of deep concepts in Soul some of it s too complex for kids but there is a mix of laughter sweet music mind bending animated visuals and a message to live for today not tomorrow 
3
Soul
Brian Truitt
An entertaining exuberant effort about our existence with comedic shenanigans deep thoughts and wondrous imagination 
3
Soul
Jake Coyle
The meaning of Soul also comes through in the pointillist realism of Pixar As delightful as its imagery of the afterlife is the best stuff might be back on Earth 
3.5
Soul
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
After plunging into the human mind in Inside Out and then the afterlife in Coco Pixar Animation Studios takes us into both in Soul 
3
Soul
Sonny Bunch
Sweet and sly Soul is the hopeful note on which we needed to exit 2020 And it ll make a great way to start 2021 if you ve yet to watch it 
3
Soul
Doug Walker
Pixar it s good to have you back 
4
Soul
Richard Roeper
Music wallpapers every frame of Soul with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross sure to be nominated for another Oscar for their jazz infused score 
4
Soul
Tom Meek
A charming animated redemption story 
3
Soul
Sarah Knight Adamson
Here s a film that s perfect for the entire family Similar in tone to Disney s Inside Out kids and adults are shown that through our differences we shine as people and that it s never too late to follow your dreams 
4
Soul
James Berardinelli
Soul adopts many of the elements and ideas that have made Pixar films so beloved over the years 
3.5
Soul
Pamela Powell
Soul is the perfect escape to find yourself and while it may appeal more to adults than children the animation will certainly capture the heart and soul pun intended of everyone who watches it 
4
Soul
Max Weiss
My favorite part was the earth bound stuff which featured one of the most evocative renderings of New York City I ve ever seen on film animated or not 
3
Soul
Lisa Trifone
It s the final moments of Soul however that make it transcendent 
4
Soul
Sean P. Means
Soul confirms director Pete Docter as perhaps the greatest surrealist filmmaker since the Japanese legend Hayao Miyazaki 
4
Soul
Kevin A. Ranson
Amazingly animated perfectly voice cast and managing to surprise without losing focus the more one thinks about Soul the better it becomes 
4
Soul
Jeff Mitchell
Soul is the warm chicken soup and philosophical hug that we need right now 
4
Soul
Mark Dujsik
The film like Docter s previous ones is a great accomplishment of imagination filled with real ideas inventive design and grounded by an emotional core 
3.5
Soul
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Docter and Powers do a remarkable job of making things flow in the best Pixar vein It s very funny of course but the most memorable moments are existential when characters experience small revelations begin to see what life is about 
3.5
Soul
Bob Bloom
Soul focuses on dealing with the struggles of life and rising to the occasion even if it means subverting your own goal to help someone else reach his or hers 
4
Soul
John Wirt
Another major achievement from Pixar and obvious contender for best animated feature awards 
4
Soul
Joey Magidson
Soul is about the things that make life worth living 
3.5
Soul
Randy Myers
I ll be watching that one again and again 
3.5
Soul
Phil Villarreal
A moving think piece that will stick with you long after the credits roll 
4
Soul
Peter Canavese
An instructive fable infused with Pixar s on brand pop philosophy You just know it s going to take you to a place that s moving 
3.5
Soul
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
To anyone of a certain age who has ever wrestled with similar fears and disappointments Soul is sure to resonate even if parts of it don t work as well as others 
3
Soul
Mike McGranaghan
Pixar has brought us another gorgeously animated poignant story that transcends what most animated features do 
3.5
Soul
Sara Michelle Fetters
Soul ends on the perfect note its last moments overflowing in voluminous human insights so melodious I could happily hum its climactic tune for a lifetime and likely never grow tired of hearing it 
3
Soul
Moira MacDonald
Play it again Soul 
3.5
Soul
Walter Chaw
It s a minor flick to be sure but the band is tight tonight and there s some pleasure in that if you give yourself over to it It doesn t have fire I d say but it s got a spark 
3
Soul
Mattie Lucas
The film s post modern evocation of the afterlife set to a nearly transcendent score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and the wistful jazz stylings of Jon Batiste is unlike anything Pixar has done before 
3.5
Soul
Ty Burr
Soul is messy maudlin funny ridiculous and poignant In other words it has soul 
3.5
Soul
Jeff York
The film is one of Disney Pixar s best efforts in years It s full of sublime attributes that eclipse many life actioners this year 
3.5
Soul
Rafer Guzman
Soul is a frustrating combination of artistry charm and a Pixar formula that is starting to feel tuckered out 
2.5
Soul
Mick LaSalle
The beauty of Soul is that just as animation is finding more being demanded of it Pixar is answering that demand 
3
Soul
Rob Thomas
It s probably fitting that in a film that urges us to embrace the everyday miracles of life I found myself preferring the real world of Soul over its fantastic one 
3.5
Soul
Ann Hornaday
Arrives at some numbingly complex and maybe not entirely consistent answers but generates some fun and genuine beauty along the way 
2.5
Soul
Aparita Bhandari
Soul is marvellous on many fronts 
3
Soul
Matt Zoller Seitz
Soul is pleasant and clever with a generous heart committed voice acting and some of the kookiest images in Pixar history 
3
Soul
Jeff Beck
Looking at the film as a whole it teeters between being good and great with the great portions being of typical excellent Pixar quality and the good portions being surprisingly average 
3
Soul
Brandon Katz
Soul pushes Pixar further into uncharted territory than ever before 
3
Soul
Johnny Oleksinski
Soul amounts to more than technical wizardry and intelligent dialogue Why artists keep pounding the pavement despite never finding commercial success is a meaty topic 
3.5
Soul
Josh Larsen
an exercise in psychedelic existentialism that astonishingly increases in inventiveness as it goes along 
4
Soul
Dan Rubins
It s hard not to want Soul to be all about music not just as metaphor but as the very real engine that drives the film s characters forward 
2.5
Soul
Roger Moore
Jazz is how the viewer should approach Soul Simplistic and derivative it may be it s still not something you re meant to wholly understand It s a film that you feel 
3
The Specials
David Nusair
generally emphasizes jokes that aren t all that funny 
2
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
So don t let the subject matter or the curiously off putting yet peculiarly engaging title fool you this is a movie I think people should do their best to search out and see 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Chris Hewitt
It has midnight movie written all over it 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Carrie Rickey
Wristcutters is a small film of ambitions nicely scaled to the performances and story Who knew that affectless characters could be so oddly affecting 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Moira MacDonald
All this sounds rather grim and indeed it is but this backward Heaven Can Wait is also thanks to director Dukic s inventive imagination surprisingly involving and ultimately sweet 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Ruthe Stein
Wristcutters is a cut above most low budget American indies with something original to say about the human condition and an artful way of saying it 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Robert W. Butler
Goran Dukic s film starts off seeming hip and funky and dark but almost immediately runs out of steam It feels like a short carelessly padded to feature length 
1.5
Wristcutters: A Love Story
John Monaghan
The future of Wristcutters as a cult favorite is less assured Rather than benefiting from repeated viewings the movie s charm is pretty much spent after the first half hour 
2
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Roger Ebert
We witness the birth of a new genre the Post Slasher Movie 
2.5
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Ty Burr
Croatian filmmaker Goran Dukic s debut feature turns out to be a sweetly grim lark a road film through Limbo 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Josh Larsen
more whimsical and charming than you would ever expect from a picture about suicide 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Graham Killeen
Almost 40 years ago Easy Rider established that road trips can make great independent films Or at least cheap ones But when booking a room inside the pearly gates cheap may not be exactly what you re looking for 
2
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Jeff Vice
Screenwriter director Goran Dukic can t quite decide on a tone The film is at times lighthearted almost effervescent and then it s so dark that it becomes depressingly bleak 
2
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Jessica Reaves
Wristcutters is quite a bit darker than most mainstream romantic comedies As you might not expect it s also quite a bit more inventive and far wittier than most mainstream romantic comedies 
2.5
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Glenn Whipp
A life affirming movie about suicide could go wrong in a million ways but the understated Wristcutters straddles the line between sentiment and bleakness It should enjoy a healthy afterlife 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
James Berardinelli
It is neither as clever nor as funny nor as inventive as the daring title might lead one to expect 
2.5
Wristcutters: A Love Story
V.A. Musetto
Croatian born director writer Goran Dukic instills Wristcutters with the absurdist humor you find in films from the Balkans 
3
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Jack Mathews
It s described as a black comedy but you can forget the comedy part 
1.5
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Jan Stuart
It s borderline parody of a kind of fey filmmaking popular at crunchy granola festivals but the counterfeit aesthetic is ultimately outshone by the life affirming message 
2.5
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Ed Gonzalez
The story s dialogue may be wry but what should have been a jumping off point for a lively discussion about the meaning of life is really just a philosophically shallow wasteland 
2
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Steve Rhodes
sweet and harmless little story that will delight kids who are into the series but the underdeveloped and formulaic story line will disappoint adult viewers 
2
Flash Gordon
Kathy Fennessy
Once upon a time comic book movies weren t always such serious affairs 
3
Flash Gordon
David Nusair
a terminally underwhelming sci fi epic that may keep small children amused admittedly but will leave adults bored to tears 
1
Flash Gordon
Peter Canavese
I m guessing nine out of ten people would rather watch the bearded barrel shaped Blessed strapped to giant wings bellow Impetuous boy Oh well who wants to live forever Diiiive than watch Olivier deliver To be or not to be Blu ray 
2.5
Flash Gordon
Roger Ebert
Is it fun Yeah sort of it is 
3
Flash Gordon
James O'Ehley
If you feel like camping it up then rent this one 
2.5
Maladies
Sheila O'Malley
Maladies remains on too low a boil to communicate any sense of stakes for the various characters It seems to be trying to say something about creativity and living one s life on one s own terms but it s a muddle 
2
Maladies
Rex Reed
Overrated overexposed and overindulgent James Franco is all over the place like cow chips in the abandoned pasture of a derelict farm 
0
Maladies
Wes Greene
It borders on parody as it tries to portray its hero as martyrdom bound genius which makes the film feel as if it was made by Franco s vain art fetishizing character from This Is the End 
1.5
What's Your Raashee?
Guy Dixon
A straightforward innocent comedy about arranged marriages made for already ardent Bollywood fans 
2
Monsignor
Roger Ebert
I do not object to the filmmaker s desire to make a film of overwhelming cynicism about the Vatican power structure I simply object to the film they have made 
1
Resident Evil: Extinction
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Repetitive violent and with a very basic story this film is a light and mediocre entertainment Full review in Spanish 
2
Resident Evil: Extinction
Brett Michel
The latest installment in writer producer Paul W S Anderson s Resident Evil series may have opened atop the box office but hardcore gamers know where the real action is 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Frank Ochieng
Extinction is basically a robotic and wretched screen sized visual video game that never challenges or stimulates the audience s rush for genuine outrageous freakiness 
1.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Scott Nash
There are some cheap thrills to be had but nothing spectacular or even truly memorable happens 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
John Beifuss
On its own action horror terms this is the most successful threequel of the year if only because it actually improves on its silly predecessors 
3
Resident Evil: Extinction
Timothy Knight
No better or worse than its video game derived predecessors hack for hire Russell Mulcahy s tired schlockfest blatantly rips off other infinitely better sci fi chillers 
1.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Linda Cook
Now don t get me wrong I m all about flesh eating zombie movies Just not this one 
1
Resident Evil: Extinction
Sara Michelle Fetters
For the 90 or so minutes it ran I admit I had a massively juvenile good time the film providing just enough thrills chills and gory spills to keep my mind from dwelling on just how idiotically routine much of it actually was 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Maitland McDonagh
Equal parts Mad Max and Day of the Dead this third and supposedly final entry in the Resident Evil franchise is no less derivative than its predecessors but moves along at a brisk clip 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Geoff Pevere
If ever a movie was made for a quick in and out engagement at the multiplex this is it 
.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Kyle Smith
Resident Evil Extinction is no more interesting than watching someone else play with his Xbox 
.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Jack Mathews
The action is not so much bloody as bloody monotonous 
1.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Jason Anderson
The third in the modestly successful franchise spawned by the ultraviolent video game Resident Evil Extinction provides little in the way of satisfying explanations or for that matter satisfying anything 
1
Resident Evil: Extinction
Erin Meister
It s all so much more fun when you re the one with the controller telling the heroes what to do Watching this stuff unfold onscreen is like sitting by while someone plays your video games without you 
1.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Sean McBride
The only thing that matters in a film like this is whether the main character looks cool yes and whether the action and gore are exciting a qualified yes 
2
Resident Evil: Extinction
Mark Dujsik
At least the series has been consistently bad but Extinction might be the worst of them 
1
Resident Evil: Extinction
Rob Humanick
Resident Evil Extinction brings to mind an alt metal remake of Romero s Day of the Dead 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Larry Ratliff
With nothing much left to do in its third installment Resident Evil Extinction heads for Alfred Hitchcock territory and gives us The Birds 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Vince Koehler
What happened to the old zombie films that could scare you with just a look not with hundred watt sound 
1
Resident Evil: Extinction
Chris Hewitt
Its goals are modest but it delivers 
2.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
John Monaghan
More of the same game 
2
Resident Evil: Extinction
Josh Larsen
With clever lifts from The Birds and Cormac McCarthy s bleak The Road you have a rare movie that wasn t screened for critics yet is actually worth watching 
3
Resident Evil: Extinction
Willie Waffle
This movie is all about Jovovich slicing zombies in half with a machete You re either into it or not 
.5
Resident Evil: Extinction
Dustin Putman
The good news is that Resident Evil Extinction is about twice as good as its predecessors That s not saying much 
2
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Walter Chaw
A definite spark of the subversive that by itself earns it a recommendation 
2.5
First Men in the Moon
Matt Brunson
The incessant comic relief clumsy and cumbersome too often gets in the way of a cracking good tale 
2.5
Breaking News
Kam Williams
A brainless but harmless display of senseless slaughter 
3
Breaking News
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Starts with an astonishing tracking shot lasting nearly seven minutes that could rank with Orson Welles much admired Touch of Evil opener 
3.5
Breaking News
G. Allen Johnson
To Hong Kong s best action auteur since John Woo left for Hollywood doesn t disappoint 
3
Breaking News
Maitland McDonagh
To takes on the relationship between the media and the police in this taut cynical thriller 
3
Breaking News
Ed Gonzalez
The story s unrefined point about media one upmanship is crudely spaced out across the film s terse 90 minutes 
2.5
We Women Warriors
Calum Marsh
Looks and sounds considerably better than nearly every other independent documentary of its kind forming an argument that s clear and cogent and virtually free of obvious manipulation or pandering 
2.5
She Dies Tomorrow
Brian Eggert
It seems like Seimetz has wrapped up her angst and dissolution into a grim conclusive expression I only wish it didn t feel so resonant 
3.5
She Dies Tomorrow
Federico Furzan
Maybe it s not very clever storywise but this is a finely crafted unnerving film Full review in Spanish 
2.5
She Dies Tomorrow
Steven Prokopy
Embodies so many different and fascinating topics and genres that it s almost indescribable 
3.5
She Dies Tomorrow
Mia Vicino
Anxiety itself is often irrational so this is Seimetz s impressionistic response to that all too ubiquitous frustration Embrace it 
3
She Dies Tomorrow
Tom Meek
The bigger what and why never really comes to the fore but Seimetz creates an eerie cerebral immersion with a micro focus on the individual dramas of those afflicted 
2.5
She Dies Tomorrow
Sean P. Means
It s a movie that burrows under the skin and bounces around the brain a parasite feeding off of our pandemic battered psyches 
3.5
She Dies Tomorrow
Sonny Bunch
An existential meditation on grappling with well not death exactly but the realization of death the understanding that we re all going to die 
3
She Dies Tomorrow
Kathy Fennessy
Once I got over my surprise I was able to more fully appreciate what Seimetz was trying to do 
3
She Dies Tomorrow
Josh Larsen
mostly stays in its sci fi lane but could also be read as a metaphor for many things 
3
To End All Wars
Burl Burlingame
Will be well received on Sunday school movie night at church particularly during group discussions afterward For the rest of us alas it doesn t quite hang together 
1.5
To End All Wars
Ron Reed
Its message of costly sacrifice and hard won reconciliation is at the heart of the gospel and the fact that this story is drawn from actual events demands attention 
2.5
To End All Wars
David Nusair
there s no denying that the story it s telling is a fascinating one 
3
Lost and Beautiful
Kenji Fujishima
Director Pietro Marcello s film is by turns eloquent and shallow in its essayistic elegizing of a lost golden age 
2.5
In Bright Axiom
Tom Meek
A gorgeously composed documentary about a Pacific Northwest cult that operates under a thick cloak of mystery and communal promise 
2.5
In Bright Axiom
Federico Furzan
What begins as a silly entry into performance art ends up being an interesting example of way too far Full review in Spanish 
3
Ithaca
Roger Moore
Dated and dull 
1.5
Ithaca
Kyle Smith
If you can t see where it s all heading you re probably wearing a onesie and wondering how the mobile over your head works 
1
Ithaca
Keith Watson
The film is confused in conception dreary in execution and completely lacking in forward momentum 
.5
Passion
Joe Williams
Turturro creates the sense that music spews spontaneously from the average Neapolitan and limits the film s educational quotient But as anyone who has been to Naples knows you don t go there to learn but to live out loud 
3
Passion
Roger Ebert
It s a happy ramble through the storied streets with Turturro as our guide not pretending to be an expert it s more like having a good friend take you to this place he really loves 
3.5
Passion
Ty Burr
Close to the sublime especially if you have a thing for sensuous Italians of either gender unleashing ballads of soaring romantic masochism 
3
Passion
Rob Thomas
That s the charm of Passione Turturro is so head over heels in love with this city and this music he s willing to risk looking a little stupid Ah l amore 
3
Passion
Mick LaSalle
This is a one of a kind documentary 
3
Passion
Chris Hewitt
There s a pleasant song at the beginning of Passione Then another one that sounds almost exactly the same Then another and another and another 
1.5
Passion
Steven Rea
Passione is a surprise and a delight from beginning to end 
3.5
Passion
Moira MacDonald
Loosely structured as a sort of musical travelogue with 23 song performances interwoven it s as passionate as the singers it showcases enveloping the viewer in the soulful music it celebrates 
3.5
Passion
Adam Bernstein
Entertainers bloom from nowhere sing and then vanish it s rather like an extended music video 
2
Passion
V.A. Musetto
Who needs talking heads for a documentary when they can have singing heads and dancing bodies 
3
Passion
Andrew Schenker
The richness that John Turturro professes to find in the music is likely to remain largely unapparent to the viewer 
2.5
School of Life
David Nusair
substitutes overt instances of sentimentality for anything even resembling authenticity and genuine emotion 
1
Children of Heaven
CSM Staff
This modestly produced family drama has all the poignancy and humor associated with today s vibrant Iranian film industry 
4
Children of Heaven
Josh Larsen
Majidi and his young actors invest it with such basic truth about the inner lives of children that the movie feels as big as the universe 
3.5
Children of Heaven
Michael Dequina
Proof that it doesn t take an elaborate story to make a terrific film 
3.5
Children of Heaven
Roger Ebert
Children of Heaven is very nearly a perfect movie for children and of course that means adults will like it too 
4
Children of Heaven
Ross Anthony
a sweet film about a boy his sister and shoes Interview 
3.5
Vault of Horror
Matt Brunson
Its tales are of comparable quality to those found in its predecessor Tales from the Crypt 
3
Vault of Horror
John Beifuss
Scream Factory has issued Vault uncut in America for the first time on Blu ray the transfer restores several gruesome visual punch lines including one involving Glynis Johns gap toothed Terry Thomas and a hammer 
3
Come Undone
Loren King
Come Undone is the coming of age romance French style with emotions nuanced effects subtle But it s also achingly slow at times bleak and in the end frustratingly and regrettably rather pointless 
2
Come Undone
Desmond Ryan
A delicately managed piece that is by turns intimately detailed and elliptical 
3
Come Undone
Edward Guthmann
Sticks to a standard of emotional honesty in following Mathieu s journey and casting a shrewd eye as he stumbles toward self awareness 
3
Come Undone
Rod Armstrong
A cut above the average coming out flick but stops just short of excellence 
3
My Rice Noodle Shop
Burl Burlingame
Although Chinese films can be overtly weepy My Rice Noodle Shop is more smartly sentimental than mawkish 
4
Knives of the Avenger
David Nusair
The colossally incompetent vibe will undoubtedly turn off all but the most ardent Bava follower 
.5
Benny Loves You
Christian Toto
The third act loses its dark whimsy but this no budget romp can t be contained 
2.5
Benny Loves You
Kevin A. Ranson
The final act payoff not only pulls the story together but recalls every detail tugging on each dangling plot thread up until the final frame as an act of sheer will in a good way 
3
Rear Window
Wesley Lovell
One of the defining characteristics of Alfred Hitchcocks cinematic oeuvre is his constant need to innovate and iterate on ideas taking audiences to new and compelling places Rear Window is not his most ambitious gimmick but it is his most successful 
4
Rear Window
Terry Hiller
It s a great movie and it s a chance in a million to see a passionate Grace Kelly She had so much class it would be easy to overlook that underlying heat which Hitchcock let play in this film 
4
Rear Window
John Monaghan
Sure Vertigo is more personal Psycho more bizarre North by Northwest more thrilling But Rear Window shows the Master of Suspense at his most spare sophisticated and sinisterly clever a movie that is essentially about watching movies 
4
Rear Window
Kate Cameron
Rear Window is Hitchcock at his best He tells a thrilling story in an original and tricky manner 
4
Rear Window
Janet Graves
In an ingenious Alfred Hitchcock thriller James Stewart is an aggressive action hero wheelchair bound And Grace Kelly s appeal registers warmly for the first time 
4
Rear Window
Gene Siskel
One of Hitchcock s finest artistic achievements and most popular entertainments 
4
Rear Window
David Keyes
Beneath pointed dialogue perceptive character development and tense plot twists the movie plays like a breakpoint in our journey towards complete voyeurism 
4
Rear Window
David Nusair
the film surely remains one of the most memorable and downright essential examples of the slow burn thriller genre 
3.5
Rear Window
Glenn Lovell
Don t resist the urge steal a peek at it now and be reminded why Hitchcock is still without equal in the clammy thrills department 
4
Rear Window
Bill Chambers
see Rear Window if you haven t already for Grace Kelly s sensual slo mo entrance 
4
Rear Window
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In an impressive oeuvre Rear Window is arguably the most exquisitely handcrafted feature because Hitchcock mastered the spatial as well as behavioral coordinates of his chosen universe inch by inch 
4
Rear Window
Mike Clark
Masterpiece 
4
Rear Window
Ted Prigge
What results is in essence one of the greatest films ever made 
4
Rear Window
Michael Dequina
For some real voyeuristic thrills one cannot do better than Universal s sparkling remaster of Alfred Hitchcock s timeless that is aside from the dated soundstagey production design 1954 classic 
4
Rear Window
Steve Rhodes
A cinematic treasure 
4
Rear Window
David N. Butterworth
The director s most accomplished film 
4
Rear Window
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brilliant idea for a movie 
4
Rear Window
Rob Blackwelder
voyeuristic mystery is a masterpiece of meticulous detail 
4
Rear Window
Roger Ebert
Rear Window lovingly invests in suspense all through the film banking it in our memory so that when the final payoff arrives the whole film has been the thriller equivalent of foreplay 
4
Rear Window
Peter Stack
Since the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic is all about the voyeuristic instinct the better the view the more sensational the experience 
4
I'm Your Woman
Mark Meszoros
Now we get to see a different side of the gifted performer with Brosnahan starring in an intriguing if not quite outstanding drama film I m Your Woman 
2.5
I'm Your Woman
Linda Cook
What a terrific 1970s era crime drama 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Leo Brady
The tension is palpable in I m Your Woman guided by the steel reserve of Rachel Brosnahan and the steady direction of Julia Hart I m Your Woman is calculated and cool 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Roger Moore
The journey I m Your Woman takes us on offers no surprises and Brosnahan so fun as Mrs Maisel gives us nothing to connect with and grab hold of here 
1.5
I'm Your Woman
Lisa Trifone
Delivers both as an unexpected twist on a retro gangster film and as a statement on evolving female identity 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Tom Meek
Director Julia Hart keeps things clicking and has a great eye for the era 
3
I'm Your Woman
Josh Larsen
imagines what Mrs Pink might have been doing while the boys were playing around in Reservoir Dogs 
3
I'm Your Woman
Richard Roeper
With spare and precise dialogue a labyrinthine story with a few heart stopping twists and pitch perfect performances by Brosnahan and the supporting cast this is one of the best movies of the year 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Robert Levin
Brosnahan is wonderful and I m Your Woman offers an exacting replication of 70s era filmmaking while turning a classic story template on its head Too bad it s still not compelling or dramatic enough to hold your interest consistently 
2.5
I'm Your Woman
Peter Canavese
A feminist neo noir a solid crime drama and an interesting one 
3
I'm Your Woman
David Nusair
a glacially paced drama that does at least boast an exceedingly strong performance from Brosnahan 
2.5
I'm Your Woman
Rosalie Kicks
A refreshing take on the mob tale genre with magnetic performances 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Ty Burr
It s an action movie where the action is always happening somewhere else 
2.5
I'm Your Woman
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
With impressive period decor and deceptively simple visuals that explode when needed I m Your Woman delivers enough dramatic goods to satisfy 
3
I'm Your Woman
Tomris Laffly
A fresh noir adjacent thriller that deals with womanhood motherhood and race with a gracious sense of honesty 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Barry Hertz
Good intentions are well and fine but if a movie doesn t have much else to offer then what s the point I found myself hurling this question around in my head until my skull broke while watching the new thriller I m Your Woman 
2
I'm Your Woman
Jeff York
It defies convention at almost every turn despite the tried and true premise of a beleaguered mob wife the film never fails to surprise or even shock for that matter 
3
I'm Your Woman
Michael O'Sullivan
The title sounds exploitative perhaps even silly but the tale it spins is one of power and ultimately of coming unexpectedly satisfyingly into one s own 
3
I'm Your Woman
Jake Coyle
The narrative never comes into focus though it continues to compellingly bring in elements usually kept at bay in the crime film like family and race 
2.5
I'm Your Woman
Mark Dujsik
Brosnahan s performance carries a lot of it even as the screenwriters give us an entirely obvious and mostly shallow progression of the character 
2.5
I'm Your Woman
Katie Walsh
I m Your Woman is the full gangster s moll experience but it drastically reorients this traditionally male genre to a female experience and the result is something illuminating about the genre itself 
3
I'm Your Woman
Joey Magidson
Rachel Brosnahan is quite good here Julia Hart along with her co writer and husband Jordan Horowitz have crafted a screenplay that oozes intelligence 
3
I'm Your Woman
Mick LaSalle
I m Your Woman represents a minor breakthrough and is definitely worth seeing 
3
I'm Your Woman
Chuck Bowen
Julia Hart drains the crime film genre of its macho bluster without replacing it with anything 
1.5
I'm Your Woman
Matthew Passantino
I m Your Woman is one of the most effective movies of 2020 
3.5
I'm Your Woman
Walter Chaw
Exquisitely scripted I m Your Woman is like a lost Alan Pakula film the honorary fourth entry in his paranoia trilogy perhaps and the only one that speaks to a genuine possibility for the world not as it is but as it could be 
4
I'm Your Woman
Catherine Springer
Hart and Horowitz infuse this story with depth and an actual story which for the most part is engrossing and unpredictable 
2
The Lazarus Project
David Nusair
a frustratingly surreal and progressively interminable piece of work 
1.5
The Nice Guys
Brian Eggert
The Nice Guys is a jubilant gritty and guilt free lark As a critic it s so satisfying to see a film that serves as both strong filmmaking and popcorn munching entertainment 
4
The Nice Guys
Matt Brunson
The Crowe Gosling team might stir unhappy memories of what were they thinking twofers like Pat Morita and Jay Leno Collision Course Ted Danson and Howie Mandel A Fine Mess or Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds R I P D but they re a dynamic duo 
3
The Nice Guys
Sarah Knight Adamson
Don t even get me started on the plot Again my suspicion is that Black and Bagarozzi constructed a convoluted story on purpose 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Pamela Powell
While it has its laugh out loud moments there just isn t enough content to make it worth paying the price of a theater ticket 
1.5
The Nice Guys
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A refreshing film due to its excessive violence and hilarious originality Full review in Spanish 
3
The Nice Guys
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Nice Guys is a major blast Crowe and Gosling having the time of their lives bringing all this madcap blood splattered lunacy to life 
3
The Nice Guys
Sonny Bunch
Shane Black s R rated 1970s action comedy is a welcome throwback 
3.5
The Nice Guys
John Serba
All about the chemistry between Gosling and Crowe and the witty script and the saucy tone and the vintage textures and the unexpected comic twists 
3.5
The Nice Guys
David Nusair
a sporadically entertaining exceedingly well acted diversion 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Max Weiss
Crowe and Gosling have a wonderful gruff chemistry here which is key If this is the beginning of a Lethal Weapon style franchise for the two actors count me in 
3
The Nice Guys
Linda Cook
The Nice Guys delivers action packed retro fun 
3.5
The Nice Guys
John Beifuss
Not so much a mainstreamed Inherent Vice as a civilian superhero movie for those who think they re too smart or adult for costumed superhero movies 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Robert Levin
The Nice Guys turns on the chemistry between Gosling s manic detective and Crowe s tough but humorous Healy 
3
The Nice Guys
John Hanlon
A fun but admittedly violent comedy that features a truly great standout performance by Ryan Gosling 
3.0
The Nice Guys
Glenn Lovell
a wonderfully loopy buddy comedy Black s thing remains shaggy dog humor mixed with offhand bursts of violence Crowe and Gosling channel the nitwit camaraderie of Abbott Costello
3
The Nice Guys
James Kendrick
Most of the laughs are solid and the underlying tone of the film is pitched in such a way that it doesn t undermine our inherent investment in the mystery or the appeal of the characters
3
The Nice Guys
Tom Meek
Black layers in devilish sight gag after sight gag with smooth pulpy nuance while maintaining the requisite forward motion 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Mike McGranaghan
The Nice Guys is like James Ellroy by way of Abbott Costello Frequently hilarious often surprising and consistently fun 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Robert Horton
The New Guys is fast violent and doesn t feel like it came out of the summer movie food processor 
3
The Nice Guys
Gary Rotstein
A heckuva entertaining film 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Christian Toto
You may not recognize Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in Nice Guys Here s why that s a good thing 
3
The Nice Guys
Mark Dujsik
These are smart comedic performances which more than compensates for the feeling that the pairing is ordinary 
3
The Nice Guys
Rob Thomas
The plot doesn t and doesn t have to make much sense as the whole point is just to watch Gosling and Crowe tool around a long lost L A in a convertible trade quips and insults and occasionally shoot people 
3
The Nice Guys
Willie Waffle
Might go down as the biggest missed opportunity of the summer 
1
The Nice Guys
Barry Hertz
It s all delightfully fizzy bloody fun even if there s the teeniest tiniest hint of sequel ambitions 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Bob Bloom
The film is at its best when Crowe and Gosling are on screen together They create movie magic their collective charisma explodes off the screen 
3
The Nice Guys
Sean P. Means
It s a testament to Black s confidence as a filmmaker that such odd touches fit seamlessly into this crazy nimble detective yarn 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shane Black s The Nice Guys brings us a 1970s that s halfway between Inherent Vice and the Beastie Boys Sabotage video shabby and scrappy and loose 
3
The Nice Guys
Chris Knight
Some viewers may find the violence a bit much although it does lean toward the cartoonish Best of all it s funny It s fair to say that in this instance Nice Guys do finish first 
3
The Nice Guys
Jon Niccum
The nefarious plot at the core of The Nice Guys doesn t hold up to the most casual scrutiny Fortunately about everything else does in this entertaining crime comedy from the look to the tone to the throwaway details 
3
The Nice Guys
Ty Burr
For a movie predicated on slapstick forward momentum we spend an awful lot of time driving backward 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Lou Lumenick
It freshens the odd couple formula with some nice period and father daughter twists 
3
The Nice Guys
Rick Bentley
The concept is solid and Black s formula for this kind of film has worked before Where The Good Guys goes astray is in Black s decision to downplay the 70s as fodder for his script and the casting of Gosling as the quirky private detective 
2
The Nice Guys
Jeff Simon
Crowe and Gosling are having some career fun here It s just contagious enough if you don t expect too much more than that 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Lauren Chval
Strong physical comedy great timing winning dialogue and off the charts chemistry all make The Nice Guys a hilarious ride 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Ann Hornaday
Perhaps unfocused and off balance at times but conveying a sense of buoyancy that s as cheerfully contagious as it is freewheeling 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Calvin Wilson
Does it include scenes that some may find painful to watch You bet Will you be entertained Thoroughly 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Michael Smith
It all adds up to The Nice Guys being cool man very cool 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Richard Roeper
Crowe and Gosling save the day They both look like hell for most of the film with neither actor demonstrating a wisp of vanity as they throw themselves into this cheerfully nasty mess 
3
The Nice Guys
Dann Gire
The Nice Guys may not be Chinatown but it could be an updated Lethal Weapon 
3
The Nice Guys
Rafer Guzman
Crowe and Gosling are fine but they never form a genuine rapport These actors are known for intensity and screen hogging not warmth or comedic timing and here they seem to be moving in parallel but not fully in sync 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Stephen Whitty
No it doesn t deliver anything new But it does bring back something old and for 100 minutes or so that s enough 
3
The Nice Guys
Rene Rodriguez
The Nice Guys never lives up to the promise of its hilarious first 10 minutes but Crowe and Gosling are good enough to leave you hoping for a sequel 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Michael Phillips
Is it fun Parts yes and many will get exactly what they wanted from The Nice Guys violence wisecracks a couple of choice sight gags plus the usual angry mismatched buddy cops but not really cops routine 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Mick LaSalle
It s a bombardment of audacity and outrageous humor that never lets up 
3
The Nice Guys
Rex Reed
The Nice Guys is another sub mental movie for morons churned out by the kind of sophomoric Hollywood machine that trademarks the works of Judd Apatow Co 
0
The Nice Guys
Peter Travers
Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are clearly enjoying the hell out of each other in this crime caper set in 1977 Los Angeles So how can you resist 
2.5
The Nice Guys
Katie Walsh
One of the purest expressions of Black s aesthetic a bloody hilarious convoluted mystery that s as funny as it s dark 
3.5
The Nice Guys
Brian Truitt
The movie is a throwback in many ways but also proves a dynamic duo can still be just as effective in modern cinema as a superhero ensemble cast For The Nice Guys it takes two to make it outta sight 
3
The Nice Guys
Brian Tallerico
Crowe and Gosling become a surprisingly brilliant comedy duo carrying The Nice Guys past a few flat jokes needed edits and a cluttered finale 
3
The Nice Guys
Dustin Putman
An energetically acerbic sneakily touching joyride through a bygone vision of Hollywood 
3
The Nice Guys
Jake Cole
Shane Black s The Nice Guys doesn t want for great exchanges and even disposable conversations brim with acidic wit 
3
The Nice Guys
Josh Larsen
Gosling does enough stumbling and bumbling and falling from balconies twice to earn the term Keatonesque 
3
The Nice Guys
Roger Moore
Funny in that casually violent Shane Black way But Russell Crowe as Saturday Night Live proved has no flair for comedy At all 
2.5
Straight Shooting
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie s ending with its clash between home life and frontier life comes quite close to The Searchers territory 
3.5
The Green Cockatoo
Matt Brunson
A movie directed by William Cameron Menzies and based on a story by Graham Greene sounds like it can t miss but The Green Cockatoo unfortunately comes up short 
2
The Green Cockatoo
Keith Uhlich
A highly entertaining curio of early British cinema 
3
The Universe of Keith Haring
V.A. Musetto
As directed by Rome based Christina Clausen the film is loving but shallow We learn a lot about minor details of Haring s life his dad helped him deliver newspapers in Kutztown but little about what makes his art so popular 
2
The Universe of Keith Haring
Aaron Cutler
The Universe of Keith Haring is content to slide on hagiography and shortchange cultural critique 
2.5
The Universe of Keith Haring
Sebastian Smee
Ataut collage of contemporary and archival footage with frank open hearted interviews 
2.5
The Universe of Keith Haring
Ted Fry
An affectionate and absorbing look at the premiere artist of the 80s downtown New York art scene whose images quickly penetrated popular culture around the world 
3
The Universe of Keith Haring
Kenneth Baker
In its filmic conventionality and reliance on driving musical soundtrack The Universe of Keith Haring actually makes too little of his gift for thinking out loud in images 
2
Bow Barracks Forever
Namrata Joshi
Shrill and hysterical these are the words that immediately come to mind in describing Bow Barracks Forever 
1
Takers
Jeff Beck
It seems the writers thought the essentials of a heist film were a half baked heist sequence and lots of gunfire They seem to forget that if there s not a good story and characters in place to carry those extra elements none of them will matter 
2
Takers
Kam Williams
Mindless mayhem perfect for fans of pyrotechnics for pyrotechnics sake 
2
Takers
David Nusair
A consistently unwatchable actioner 
1
Takers
Sean P. Means
It all crumbles into a series of chaotic gun battles filled with shaky camera moves and excessive noise 
2.5
Takers
Todd Hertz
There are so many laughable and tiring cop criminal clichs it s like they were writing a Police Squad like spoof and then made it sincere Save it for Spike TV or FX someday 
1.5
Takers
Tom Meek
It s no Heat but it does take in a small haul of thrills 
2.5
Takers
Kam Williams
Mindless mayhem perfect for fans of pyrotechnics for pyrotechnics sake 
2
Takers
Christian Toto
Takers is all flash no substance But for two thirds of the film that style and the always gritty Matt Dillon is more than enough 
2.5
Takers
Amy Biancolli
Someone has to say it so I will Shaky cam is out of control 
2
Takers
Liam Lacey
Once you get past the recycled quality of the characters and dialogue the movie has some stylish action sequences and moderately clever plot turns 
2
Takers
Sara Michelle Fetters
I guess the easy place to start here is to call Takers the most derivative and obvious thriller to not go directly to DVD in over a decade 
2
Takers
Robert Levin
It s possible to sit through Takers enjoy the scenery and have a good time
3
Takers
Willie Waffle
A serviceable passable entertaining heist movie until it collapses under its own weight towards the end of the movie 
2.5
Takers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The disparate cast tries hard to bring some personality to the movie but their characters seem short changed by the bad writing 
1
Takers
John Anderson
Luessenhop and his antic camera are after a kineticism that eludes them He shoots too closely he s practically crawling up his characters nostrils with his unhinged camera 
2
Takers
Lou Lumenick
A Michael Mann ish heist thriller with a pulse pounding foot chase and some terrific stunt work offsetting its hackneyed plot and dialogue 
2.5
Takers
James Berardinelli
It s hard to imagine anyone who sees the movie not being at least moderately engaged 
3
Takers
Peter Howell
The screenplay is credited to four writers director John Luessenhop among them and they ve all been busy cutting and pasting from other movies 
2
Takers
Paul Schrodt
Remember when Paul Walker had a career Matt Dillon had indie credibility Jay Hernandez was just a cute face and Chris Brown was an R B singer without a rap sheet 
1
Takers
Robert W. Butler
A slickly efficient cops and robbers yarn largely uncomplicated yet offering a few moments of insight and dramatic weight 
3
Takers
Graham Killeen
Each close up competes to be the closest until everything looks like Batman getting dressed 
2
Takers
Jeff Vice
Takers is a pretty fitting name for a movie that swipes its only good moves from earlier better heist thrillers and other classic films 
1.5
Takers
Ty Burr
Takers might have made a perfectly decent little B heist movie but someone had to go and forget to give the cameraman his Ritalin 
1.5
Takers
Roger Moore
The performers are given stock types to play and Elba and Dillon at least can do a little with that 
2
Takers
Rene Rodriguez
A crackling crime drama assembled from a scrap heap of hoary cliches Takers proves that everything old can sometimes really be new again 
3
Vanquish
Steven Prokopy
Vanquish is meant to be a portrait of desperation but it s basically just a non stop chase movie punctuated by gunplay and occasional explosions
2
Vanquish
Tom Meek
The film might have been better twisted into the kind of over the top stylized mashup Luc Besson rose to fame on or at least Nic Cage style self deferential camp but we get it straight up uninspired and dull 
1
Vanquish
Kevin Carr
A dud of a movie 
1
Vanquish
Roger Moore
Hallucinatory fish eye lenses blurred sequences extreme close ups and flashes of an editor s Maybe I can save this ambition show themselves Not a chance 
1
Vanquish
Richard Roeper
Vanquish burdens Morgan Freeman with stupid lines and barely gives Ruby Rose a character 
2
Vanquish
Jeffrey M. Anderson
So weirdly clueless that the only appropriate responses are jaws dropping or laughter 
1
Vanquish
Peter Sobczynski
Vanquish is like watching someone beta testing an exceptionally buggy game for a system that s soon to be phased out 
1
Vanquish
Mark Dujsik
Vanquish is a dull repetitive exercise in stretching too thin material into something wholly transparent and almost completely pointless 
0.5
Vanquish
Johnny Oleksinski
Freeman can t lift this heinous material by director and co writer George Gallo Popeye couldn t hoist it up post spinach 
1
Vanquish
Mike McGranaghan
A paycheck job for everyone involved You can tell that no one really cared too much about what they were doing 
1
Vanquish
G. Allen Johnson
Anyone wondering what Ironside would have been like if Raymond Burr had been a dirty cop gets their answer courtesy of Morgan Freeman in the dreadful new thriller Vanquish 
1
La Dea Fortuna
Randy Myers
Director Ferzan Ozpetek s drama doesn t stick to the obvious as his lead characters grapple with unfaithfulness family issues and friendships And what a beautiful understated ending 
3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Matt Brunson
This remains not only the best of the adaptations but also one of the best horror sci fi films ever made 
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
James Kendrick
The film s brilliance lies in the way it splits the difference between the horror and sci fi turning the potential wonders of outer space into a nightmare about inner space
3.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Marty Mapes
Some genuinely creepy moments and good social commentary raise this horror film
3.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Wesley Lovell
8220 Invasion 8221 is a cautionary tale about the loss of one 8217 s identity and emotion 46 On the surface it 8217 s an interesting film that explores the xenophobic nature of human beings and their desire for uniqueness 46 
4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
James O'Ehley
A classic must see It remains potent to this day 
3
The Changeover
Federico Furzan
Great style and performances are not enough to make The Changeover any different from a teen fantasy franchise launch Full review in Spanish 
2
The Changeover
Frank Ochieng
This quaint and unassuming sleeper of a creeper is magical and mystical in its curious presentation New Zealand s The Changeover is a character driven frightfest at its small scare creative core 
3
The Changeover
Mark Dujsik
Unfortunately the story which involves all sorts of distracting schemes and spells and even time travel gets in the way of the movie actually being about the main character 
2.5
The Changeover
Matt Zoller Seitz
In its own modest way this is a perfect genre film 
4
The Changeover
Keith Watson
If in the end the film s narrative fails to cohere the journey getting there is at least enjoyably swift paced 
2.5
The Changeover
Roger Moore
Timothy Spall When he bugs his eyes out and grins that viperous British dentistry grin you know its time to hide the kids 
2.5
Indestructible
Maureen M. Hart
Byer despite the lousy hand fate dealt him wasn t much about gloom 
3.5
Left Behind: World at War
Todd Hertz
As far as unfortunate cheese and silliness there are still some gems here 
2
Pushing Tin
Dustin Putman
I liked most of what I saw but it was also difficult not to acknowledge how much stronger it might have been with just one more screenplay rewrite 
2
Pushing Tin
Michael Dequina
An original premise is made into something far too conventional 
2.5
Pushing Tin
Roger Ebert
John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton take hold of a scene and shake it awake and make it live 
3
Pushing Tin
David Sterritt
Pushing Tin bids for originality by focusing on an offbeat profession Every other aspect is pretty stale though from the smart alecky characters to the romantic triangle plot 
2
Pushing Tin
Ross Anthony
Nice take off and landing but the flight was rather uneventful 
2
Pushing Tin
David N. Butterworth
An embarrassment for all concerned 
1.5
Pushing Tin
Elias Savada
Pushing Tin overshoots the runway by the equivalent of at least one of the Brothers Charles better tv episodes 
1.5
Clinton Road
Roger Moore
The unintentional laughs quickly outnumber the intentional ones 
1
Dirty Love
David Keyes
Each moment more unfunny than the last is a record of underachievers who are so far in over their head that they have lost the will to break the chains of their prison 
0
Dirty Love
Jeffrey Westhoff
Aims to be the chick flick answer to Deuce Bigalow but even that turns out to be setting its sights too high 
1
Dirty Love
Lisa Rose
The shtick is desperately crude and not particularly funny One wonders why any actress even a retired MTV game show hostess would stoop to such a disgraceful gig 
.5
Dirty Love
Frank Ochieng
Dreadfully lacking about as awkwardly received as a training bra on Anna Nicole Smith s bouncy bosom a cheap minded farce aimed at the lowest common denominator
1
Dirty Love
Bob Strauss
One thing you can say for McCarthy The woman knows no vanity 
1.5
Dirty Love
Jami Bernard
Comedy can be a deadly weapon in the wrong hands 
1.5
Dirty Love
Kyle Smith
Jenny McCarthy s giddy charm is wasted by screen writer Jenny McCarthy 
.5
Dirty Love
Maitland McDonagh
This dyspeptic exploration of modern romance was written by TV star Jenny McCarthy who tailored its vulgar slapstick to her own apparently endless willingness to be the butt of raunchy gags 
1
Dirty Love
Josh Larsen
McCarthy is so busy trying to prove she doesn t take herself seriously that she undersells what is actually some serious comedic talent 
2
Dirty Love
Roger Ebert
Here is a film so pitiful it doesn t rise to the level of badness It is hopelessly incompetent 
0
Jackass 4.5
Roger Moore
Guys 44 you already dropped the mike 46 There 8217 s no coming back on stage and stumbling 44 kicking it around as you try to pick it up again 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Sarah Knight Adamson
Boring 44 at times 44 with a pieced together script of confusing flashbacks 44 the movie doesn 8217 t make the cut when compared the the beloved 44 best selling book 46 
2.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
David Nusair
46 46 46 a watchable yet thoroughly erratic drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Steven Prokopy
Blatant is a word I apos d use to describe a great deal of Where the Crawdads Sing 46 There are opportunities here to get dark and grimy and edgy 44 but instead it feels polished and wiped clean 44 like so many fingerprints after a crime 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Erik Childress
The kind of lifeless 44 misguided adaptation that makes you wonder what anyone saw in the book in the first place 46 Unless the readers 8217 visualization imagined 8216 Marsh Girl 8217 as the most camera ready outsider from the danger free swamps 46 
1
Where the Crawdads Sing
Dann Gire
Where the Crawdads Sing is compromised by voice overs inauthentic details 
2.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Rex Reed
What emerges on the screen lacks the pace suspense and humor it needs to keep a general audience alert and riveted 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Sara Michelle Fetters
Where the Crawdads Sing is an old school Southern melodrama told in big 44 broad brushstrokes 46 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Joe Friar
Daisy Edgar Jones is captivating as the 8220 Marsh Girl 8221 accused of murder in the diluted version of Delia Owens 8217 bestseller 46 Despite my grievances with the film 44 I fell for it hook 44 line 44 and sinker 46 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Andrea Chase
It is a lifeless thing 44 untroubled by the energy of passion that is a necessary component to a story such as this 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
James Berardinelli
Where the Crawdads Sing is not without flaws but it draws the viewer into its specific time and place and offers an engaging two hour escape into the life of a memorable individual More movies today could learn from such an old fashioned approach 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Mike McGranaghan
With Daisy Edgar Jones and those alluring locations at the center 44 the movie is good escapist drama 46 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Leo Brady
I would say the effort is noble but sadly there 8217 s a lack of energy 44 a lack of genuine tension 44 in a story that becomes stuck in the mud 46 Where the Crawdads Sing is a melody that falls flat into the marsh 46 10 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tom Meek
Don t get me wrong Strathairn and Jones put in solid turns it s just that their subtly strong inward performances deserve material that is interested in those efforts not this forced heartstring tugging and these strained plot twists 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Ty Burr
It is acceptable 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Mattie Lucas
For such a lurid tale of rural murder 44 it feels oddly careful and chaste 44 seemingly begging for more Tennessee Williams style southern gothic to counteract its more saccharine tendencies 46 
2.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Rob Thomas
For a movie about a wild child 44 it 8217 s fatally tame 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Christy Lemire
While Where the Crawdads Sing is rich in atmosphere 44 it 8217 s sorely lacking in actual substance or suspense 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Phil Villarreal
This is a film wrapped in seductive mysteries 44 just like the marsh in which it apos s set 46 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Roger Moore
A clumsily plotted murder mystery tucked into a geographically inept 47 historically dubious period piece wrapped up in a 8220 surviving abuse 8221 bow 44 it 8217 s so corny 44 slow and dull that one barely notices how colorless and uninteresting the cast is 46 
1.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Mark Meszoros
A worthwhile experience 44 one that 44 at times 44 will be a keep the tissues closeby affair for some audience members 46 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Richard Roeper
Daisy Edgar Jones performance and the gorgeous imagery redeem a book adaptation that s uneven and sometimes implausible 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Emily Zemler
A strong satisfying film welcomes movie audiences into the world of the marsh 
3.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Johnny Oleksinski
After an interminable wind up the bombshell ending is rewarding 
1.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Jocelyn Noveck
All the buzz and talent around a tale that s sold more than 12 million copies can t thoroughly mask a sometimes corny often clunky script even if most of the lines are delivered by Daisy Edgar Jones 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Mark Dujsik
Where the Crawdads Sing has little idea of what story it wants to tell 46 
1.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Pat Padua
It s Southern fried The Blue Lagoon meets Murder She Wrote and topped off with a sprinkling of To Kill a Mockingbird 
2.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Chris Hewitt
Oh the crawdads definitely sing in Where the Crawdads Sing Much of the time you wish they d shut the hell up 
1.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Mark Feeney
The more involved the plot becomes and it becomes quite involved the slower the movie gets Crawdads is Olivia Newman s debut as a feature film director and it shows 
1.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Randy Myers
This is a satisfying production that s one part mystery two parts romance and ultimately a message movie about being kind and embracing outsiders 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Derek Smith
Where the Crawdads Sing spins a soapy yet dramatically inert and often tone deaf yarn about societal rejection and female empowerment in the wetlands of North Carolina 46 
1.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
Brian Eggert
The movie doesn 8217 t have a vibrant life of its own 44 suggesting it has been crafted for established fans who will imbue the experience with what the filmmaking lacks 44 leaving those like me unconverted 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Katie Walsh
Though it is faithful 44 8220 Where the Crawdads Sing 8221 is lacking the essential character and storytelling connective tissue that makes a story like this work 8212 an adaptation such as this cannot survive on plot alone 46 
2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Rafer Guzman
A solid murder mystery with rich characters and a vivid Southern backdrop 
3
Where the Crawdads Sing
Rosalie Kicks
quot If you 8217 re looking to get away from things and shut your mind off for a while 44 this film is not the worst way to spend your time 46 quot 
2.75
Where the Crawdads Sing
Jeff York
Edgar Jones gives it her all in a wonderfully physical and earthy performance 44 but almost everything else around her seems to be working against her gritty work 46 
2
Screaming Mimi
John Beifuss
The movie is discreet by modern standards but Screaming Mimi has so much sex on the brain the characters almost leak 
3
Represent
Tom Meek
What s remarkable about Bachelder s doc is the degree of access and trust she gains from her subjects 
3
Represent
Lisa Trifone
The film skillfully understands that by limiting its own scope there s an opportunity to invest deeply in each of the women s stories 
3
Represent
Sean P. Means
Like any good documentarian Bachelder shows us the people behind the process and lets us get to know and like them 
3
Represent
Monica Castillo
Heading into the homestretch of this year s election Represent feels like a balm 
3
Represent
Michael Phillips
Regional politics is local politics is national politics It s revealing to see how the sausage gets made and who gets to make it 
3
Represent
Mark Dujsik
Represent shows a lot about the political system simply by observing all of the challenges and obstacles placed in front of these women 
3
Represent
Carla Meyer
An imperfect but insightful film 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Rob Thomas
This film has more shots of characters reacting to pieces of paper than any movie I can think of and that includes The Paper If only those pieces of paper could talk back Infinity might end up being gripping drama 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Roger Moore
Pleasantly watchable but utterly lacking in surprises
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Marsha Lederman
When one of the most enlightening moments of a film comes during the postscript black holes you know there s a problem one that has nothing to do with math 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Chris Knight
It fills a hole in popular scientific knowledge and does so with a measure of grace and good humour 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Robert Horton
Infinity is too dutiful to really catch fire but it s got a strong true story plus fine actors plus a handsome British setting You do the math 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Josh Terry
The sum of the effort is a sincere film that offers insight in surprising areas 
3.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Sean P. Means
The biographical drama The Man Who Knew Infinity tells of one of the world s most brilliant mathematicians but only sometimes reaches past the prosaic 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Jeff Simon
It s about the worldly doings of genuinely awesome intellect Some of it has the intended effect But don t be intimidated 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Calvin Wilson
The multiplexes are full of films that promise little more than a forgettable good time The Man Who Knew Infinity is just as entertaining but far more substantial 
3.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Moira MacDonald
It s predictable throughout the film I kept thinking that I d seen it before and a bit sentimental yet thoroughly pleasant 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Peter Canavese
Can repeat its formula by rote but develops no breakthrough theory of its own 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Miriam Di Nunzio
The Man Who Knew Infinity stands on its own merit thanks in great measure to Patel and Irons who give us two engaging characters 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Mark Dujsik
As biography the movie is about as straightforward as one could imagine 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Dann Gire
Although both Patel and Irons slip effortlessly into the skins of their characters their performances are stuck in another standard issue fish out of water tale 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Anders Wright
For a movie about a mathematician who always thought outside the box The Man Who Knew Infinity is quite staid and traditional 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Michael O'Sullivan
The Man Who Knew Infinity tells a great story It s just that it s a little too by the book to make anything other than a so so movie 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Michael Phillips
It s pretty dull sorry to say 
2
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Rex Reed
Its craft is evident its sincerity is admirable and it s the kind of movie about which you can say There s not a hair out of place and mean it 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Rafer Guzman
The Man Who Knew Infinity shines a welcome light on a lesser known figure in mathematics but it isn t as illuminating as it could have been 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Tom Russo
First time writer director Matt Brown does capable work making Infinity another film that manages to tread the territory without getting bogged down 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Lou Lumenick
Patel has his most rewarding role since Slumdog as the passionate Ramanujan who leaves his wife behind in India and risks his health to prove his critics wrong leaving a lasting mark on the field 
2.5
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Walter V. Addiego
Well done 
3
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Susan Wloszczyna
An account of a remarkable person should strive to be as equally remarkable as its subject not the timid and tidy boilerplate special of a biopic that The Man Who Knew Infinity too often resembles 
2
Frenzy
David Keyes
There is a thorough sense of entertainment boiling over the pot here and the material is well acted skillful and photographed with intensity 
3.5
Frenzy
Fernando F. Croce
Frenzy is easily the strongest of the master s final works 
3
Frenzy
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of thriller Hitchcock was making in the 1940s filled with macabre details incongruous humor and the desperation of a man convicted of a crime he didn t commit 
4
Frenzy
James Kendrick
an often gruesome and violent but nonetheless engrossing mystery thriller mixed with moments of delicious black comedy
3.5
Opening Night
Josh Larsen
Rowlands takes the movie by the throat 
3.5
Opening Night
Matt Brunson
An occasionally infuriating but ultimately affecting drama 
3
Opening Night
Roger Ebert
Gena Rowlands plays the role at perfect pitch She is able to suggest even in the midst of seemingly ordinary moments the controlled panic of a person who needs a drink right here right now 
3
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bresson s treatment of the material has the marks of his later style but it s also more overtly stylized than anything else he did later 
4
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
James Kendrick
Les Dames has moments of subtle power that suggest the direction Bresson s filmmaking aesthetic would eventually take in fact it was the last film he made in the traditional style before striking out completely on his own 
3.5
Cube
David Nusair
an inventive if inconsistent bit of sci fi fun 
3
Cube
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A bizarre frightening and clever new low budget movie with a Twilight Zone ish premise 
3
Cube
Bob Graham
If writer director Vincenzo Natali storyboard artist for Keanu Reeve s Johnny Mnemonic were as comfortable with dialogue and dramatizing characters as he is with images this first feature of his might have worked better 
2
Cube
Madeleine Williams
Vincenzo Natali directs this science fiction thriller with an intriguing premise Unfortunately there s little to Cube besides that premise and some creative filmmaking techniques 
1.5
Cube
Michael Dequina
Adding to the narrative tedium are the often laughably amateurish turns by the justly unknown cast 
2
Meet Me In Miami
Joey Guerra
What sets this fluffy ultimately enjoyable trifle apart is that it doesn t make a big deal about its cross cultural cast The characters are presented as individuals rather than sweeping representations of a group or race 
2.5
Headshot
Mark Dujsik
It s difficult to dub something this pervasively violent as fun but there s an undeniable feeling of appreciation for the ingenuity of the action 
3
Headshot
Simon Abrams
Headshot is rarely as good as Uwais but he makes the bloody beat em up worth a look 
2.5
Headshot
Mike McGranaghan
For anyone in search of an action extravaganza with a nice touch of humanity on the side this is a can t miss movie 
3.5
The Golden Bowl
Robert Roten
This kind of highly skilled verbal combat is reserved almost exclusively for Merchant Ivory films it seems 
3
The Golden Bowl
Wesley Lovell
It apos s an interesting film with lots of wonderful moments 44 but in the end 44 it apos s just like all the rest 46 
3
The Golden Bowl
Susan Stark
coiled nuanced resonant tale 
3
The Golden Bowl
Rob Blackwelder
None of its minor shortcomings can take the viewer away from the talent with which this cast brings to Henry James characters 
3.5
The Golden Bowl
Edward Guthmann
Makes the viewer wish that Ivory had cast a more accomplished actress Kate Winslet perhaps or Cate Blanchett who could give dimension to the character and indicate subtext in a way that Thurman can t 
2
The Golden Bowl
Mary Kalin-Casey
Swift and downright suspenseful at times yet lacking in the wealth of subtleties and depth of character which mark their finest works 
3
The Golden Bowl
Rick Groen
A fairly satisfying flick 
3
The Golden Bowl
Roger Ebert
It kept me at arm s length but that is where I am supposed to be the characters are after all at arm s length from each other and the tragedy of the story is implied but never spoken aloud 
3
The Golden Bowl
Mark Caro
Looks exquisite at first upon closer inspection its flaws become all too apparent 
2
The Golden Bowl
Steve Rhodes
There are lots of truthfully good things to say about this superb motion picture from the strong ensemble cast to the striking production to the mesmerizing yet delicate story 
3.5
The Golden Bowl
Jeanne Aufmuth
Merchant Ivory know their way around a lush adaptation 
3
The Golden Bowl
Cornell & Petricelli
The Golden Bowl finally leaves us with a hollow feeling albeit one polished to perfection in its period dressing 
2.5
Psycho
David Nusair
Gus Van Sant s oddball shot for shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock s 1960 classic 
2.5
Psycho
Leonard Schwarz
Gus Vant Sant has remade Alfred Hitchcock s classic slasher film with so much reverence and so little originality that it is not clear what the point is 
2.5
Psycho
James Kendrick
An utterly empty technical achievement 
1
Psycho
Ian Mantgani
With the vibrant colour photography we find ourselves getting caught up in the style and so instead of atmosphere being added all that happens is attention being detracted Perhaps they should have recreated the period of the original film 
2.5
Psycho
Marty Mapes
Though some hard core fans of the original may scoff at anything that tries to compete Van Sant s version of Psycho is actually pretty good 
3
Psycho
Jeff Vice
It retains little of the frights and the material feels surprisingly dated 
1.5
Psycho
Edward Guthmann
Vaughn and Heche bring energy and freshness to the parts originated by Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh Heche is so good in fact and so frisky and watchable in her role that after her grisly demise in the shower you miss her for a long time 
3
Psycho
Roger Ebert
The movie is an invaluable experiment in the theory of cinema because it demonstrates that a shot by shot remake is pointless genius apparently resides between or beneath the shots or in chemistry that cannot be timed or counted 
1.5
Psycho
James Berardinelli
This is a lifeless workmanlike project all tension has been leeched away Also it s in color 
1.5
Psycho
David Sterritt
It s so slavishly similar to its predecessor right down to the symbolic lettering on Marion s license plates that there s little to spark fresh discussion except the acting 
2
Psycho
Michael Dequina
Having all of this distinctly 60s material played out by 90s performers in living color makes for a film that feels jarringly anachronistic 
2
Psycho
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es mejor que las nuevas generaciones vayan a la tienda de videos y renten la versin original
2
Psycho
David Keyes
Vince Vaughn is probably the best person you can get to fill Anthony Perkins shoes he can be one of America s best film stars one day and that is evident in the way he treats his character on screen 
1.5
Psycho
David N. Butterworth
Less a remake and more a scene by scene reconstruction with all of the original dialogue intact 
2.5
Psycho
Madeleine Williams
On the whole the remake is just about but not quite as good as the original Psycho 
2
Psycho
Bob Bloom
Vaughn from the outset seems like a loose cannon a nut case a psycho Unlike Anthony Perkins who at first appeared as a shy mama s boy Vaughn adds an extra layer of menace to his Norman that renders Van Sant s film a bit a kilter 
3.5
Psycho
Rob Blackwelder
This gutsy cinematic experiment is more than just a curiosity It s an intelligent homage at times even a spoof and still a bit of a hand wringer even though pop culture has spoiled all the surprises 
3
Psycho
Dustin Putman
Is this film better than the original The answer is no not quite but to my shock it is just about as good of a remake as could have possibly been expected 
3.5
Psycho
Jeffrey Huston
It is only because of a few elements of original creativity that Van Sant and the rest should be saved from eternal film damnation 
2
Psycho
Steve Rhodes
Whereas the original was fascinating and shocking the reconstruction is bland and lifeless 
2
Jailbait
Carrie Rickey
Claustrophobic and overwrought Jailbait is an unpleasant excursion into gay panic mitigated somewhat by performances that are hard to shake 
2
Jailbait
Ken Fox
In the final analysis it all feels very much like a successful acting exercise that while psychologically acute doesn t really bring much more to the table than what we ve already gleaned from a few episodes of Oz 
2
Jailbait
Lou Lumenick
I wouldn t have thought it was possible to make a prison picture as utterly boring as Jailbait 
1
Jailbait
Jack Mathews
The cruelty of the law has been better demonstrated with news stories and unless you re a Californian with two strikes against you I don t know why you d want to do this movie to yourself 
2
Jailbait
Nick Schager
Jailbait argues that prison is an unpleasant place to spend time but didn t Oz already destroy any remaining romantic notions about life behind bars years ago 
2
Warning Sign
Matt Brunson
A sedate endeavor 
2
Warning Sign
Rick Kogan
Warning Sign fails to deliver any substantive messages or any genuine thrills 
1.5
Warning Sign
David Nusair
Warning Sign takes what should have been an exciting subject ie Outbreak and turns it into an excrutiatingly dull one ie The Andromeda Strain 
1.5
Hail Satan?
John Beifuss
Rarely has so called blasphemy seemed like so much prankish fun 
3.5
Hail Satan?
Mattie Lucas
A funny kooky film that nevertheless offers a consistently engaging look at the sad irony of Christians ceding the moral high ground to Satanists 
3
Hail Satan?
Jeff Mitchell
You may have more in common with Satanists than you thought 
3
Hail Satan?
Barry Paris
still very much worth the viewing at 95 crisp minutes 
2.5
Hail Satan?
Mark Dujsik
Despite its promotional tone and approach Hail Satan remains a funny examination of how this group turns religious hypocrisy on its head 
3
Hail Satan?
Peter Howell
These outspoken occultists consider themselves not so much part of a religion as a politically active agency espousing individualism self expression and liberty 
3
Hail Satan?
Josh Larsen
more interested in the prankish politics of The Satanic Temple than theological debate 
3
Hail Satan?
John Semley
In keeping with the Temple s highly endearing sense of humour Lane s doc approaches their activities with an irreverence that never feels mocking 
3
Hail Satan?
Michael Phillips
It s a sly primer in homegrown grassroots activism 
3
Hail Satan?
Joe Friar
Penny Lane s humorous documentary feels like a cousin to Rob Rob Reiner s Spinal Tap while delivering insight to a misunderstood organization that may have more in common with you than you think 
3
Hail Satan?
Corbin Smith
It s an artless film constantly reaching for obvious musical cues and film clips while the subjects are mostly uninteresting doofs 
2
Hail Satan?
Ann Hornaday
Consistent with her oeuvre what she finds is surprising and much deeper and more important than the surface of goth makeup unsettling rituals and weird symbolism initially suggests 
3
Hail Satan?
Mark Feeney
It s impressive how rarely you feel as if you re watching different movies 
2.5
Hail Satan?
Carla Meyer
Hail Satan is too lacking in conflict apart from the eternal one to be a true study of a movement But it s a highly entertaining survey 
3
Hail Satan?
Rosalie Kicks
By the end of this flick you ll probably be chanting Hail Satan 
3
Hail Satan?
Matt Zoller Seitz
This light footed movie is essentially a defense brief on behalf of a group whose existence amounts to an ongoing prank with a purpose 
3
Hail Satan?
Christopher James
This terrific documentary captures the spirit of a movement Furthermore it re contextualizes what it means to be a practicing Satanist in 2019 
3.5
Hail Satan?
Mike McGranaghan
Hail Satan is one of the most unusual political documentaries you will ever see It s also one of the most astute and one of the funniest 
4
Hail Satan?
Joey Magidson
Go figure a charming religion centered on actually protecting basic human rights in America goes by the name of The Satanic Temple Who knew Satan could be so kind 
3
Hail Satan?
Christopher Gray
The documentary shrewdly illustrates how media savvy can turn a fledgling protest into an international cause célèbre 
2.5
Hail Satan?
Roger Moore
Laugh out loud funny but it s also the one cinematic civics lesson you need to see this year 
3
Hail Satan?
Sean P. Means
The funny and fierce documentary Hail Satan examines what happens when a satire of religion turns into a movement of its own 
3.5
On the Edge
Roger Ebert
On the Edge may have a familiar formula but it is an angry original unpredictable movie 
3.5
Paddington 2
Sarah Knight Adamson
The comedy acting set design are all outstanding 
3.5
Paddington 2
Christopher James
This may be a story of a bear trying to do a good deed However it s a film with a larger message of respecting one self and showing kindness to each other 
3.5
Paddington 2
David Nusair
it s virtually impossible not to get an ongoing kick out of King s continuously creative approach to the material 
3
Paddington 2
Linda Cook
A colorful good hearted romp for all ages 
3.5
Paddington 2
Josh Larsen
creativity for the sheer joy of it 
3.5
Paddington 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In 2015 I marveled at the very existence of a movie that championed good manners and kindness but I had no idea how much more those things would matter in 2018 
3
Paddington 2
Katie Walsh
A dash of Wes Anderson and a sprinkle of Jean Pierre Jeunet swirled around with a wonderfully fluid sense of airiness and light It s mannered yet carefree colorful and evocative 
4
Paddington 2
Josh Terry
It s that extra dose of creativity that elevates Paddington 2 from the status of routine sequel to the kind of film parents will find worth packing up the kids for even when the weather outside is still frightful 
3
Paddington 2
Rafer Guzman
All in all Paddington 2 has a warmth and wit that s missing from many a children s movie Don t let your January go by without it 
3.5
Paddington 2
Mike McGranaghan
As funny as Paddington 2 is and it s really funny the movie s big heart is perhaps its finest quality 
4
Paddington 2
James Berardinelli
This is one sequel it s a pleasure to review 
3
Paddington 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
I might even go so far as to proclaim Paddington 2 pretty much perfect but let me indulge in one more marmalade sandwich before I make the decision to say just that 
4
Paddington 2
Christy Lemire
Paddington 2 may not be the novel revelation that its predecessor was but it has its heart and its stomach in the right place 
3
Paddington 2
Christian Toto
Sick of surly Facebook posts and angry Tweets Paddington 2 is the movie we need now more than ever 
3.5
Paddington 2
Robert Horton
Supplies a happy ration of kid friendly slapstick grown up jokes and a batch of the most recognizable actors in Britain 
3
Paddington 2
Kate Taylor
Even in a sequel Bond s furry metaphor survives its animation intact 
3
Paddington 2
Dustin Putman
Paddington could melt the coldest of hearts 
3
Paddington 2
Sean P. Means
The movie is full of bright wit and sincere joy as Paddington s innate kindness permeates all around him providing a weary world just what it needs right now 
4
Paddington 2
Mark Dujsik
The utterly delightful Paddington 2 feels like the right film for this moment in time 
4
Paddington 2
Bruce DeMara
Family friendly fun for all ages thanks to a marvellous script a sterling cast and the adept sure handed direction of Paul King 
3.5
Paddington 2
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a perfect flick for families but also a jolly time for anyone with a pulse 
3.5
Paddington 2
Jody Mitori
The sequel has the same tone as the original but is livelier and funnier mostly due to Hugh Grant who gleams as the bad guy 
3
Paddington 2
Lindsey Bahr
Paddington 2 is a total delight 
3.5
Paddington 2
Stephanie Merry
Could it be that Hugh Grant was born to play a villainous dandy in a kid s movie 
3.5
Paddington 2
Michael Phillips
These movies simply know what they re doing They retain the spirit and the humane reassurance of the source material 
3.5
Paddington 2
Keith Watson
Paddington 2 stands out for its atmosphere of homey cheer and profound belief in the harmonizing power of warmth politeness and the absurd 
3.5
Paddington 2
Carla Meyer
These actors all yield the floor to Hugh Grant s delightful performance as Phoenix Buchanan a vain thespian who lives near the Browns in London 
3
Paddington 2
Phil Villarreal
Paddington is as gangsta as they come 
3
Paddington 2
Claudia Puig
The way Paddington embraces his fellow outsiders like the inmates in Portobello Prison subtly reminds viewers that even those without Paddington s good manners have kindness in their hearts 
3
Paddington 2
Roger Moore
Could not be more adorable 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Brian Eggert
Ramsay made You Were Never Really Here somehow both economical and impressionistic uncanny and sympathetic savage and heartening 
4
You Were Never Really Here
Matt Brunson
A few individual moments crackle but it s ultimately disappointing to see an artist as unique as Ramsay wrestling with something so familiar 
2
You Were Never Really Here
Federico Furzan
A heavy descent into hell This is the best movie of 2018 Full review in Spanish 
4
You Were Never Really Here
David Keyes
There is an undercurrent beneath the frames that goes to the bloody heart of the matter giving a wondrous sense of dramatic desperation to each of the characters as they move through this macabre labyrinth 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
John Beifuss
A film of uncompromised painstaking and delirious style 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Joey Magidson
The movie is like a lucid fever dream 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Karen M. Peterson
Ramsay parcels out little pieces of the story then pulls back and reveals something else It is one that is almost impossible to predict which is refreshing in an age of cookie cutter mysteries and by the numbers blockbusters 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Robert Daniels
You Were Never Really Here isn t just about the rescue of a State Senator s daughter Rather an expression of a single man s existence ghostly by all extents 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Ramsay s fourth feature does not hide his debts with classics such as Taxi Driver Scorsese 1976 and even the seminal western The Searchers Ford 1956 but the British director knows how to create truly absorbing images Complete review in Spanish 
3
You Were Never Really Here
David Nusair
a fairly conventional premise that s employ to consistently and increasingly avant garde effect by director Lynne Ramsay 
2.5
You Were Never Really Here
Sonny Bunch
You Were Never Really Here doesn t quite work for me but it is certainly worth watching once it hits streaming services for Phoenix s performance alone 
2
You Were Never Really Here
Josh Larsen
a harrowing evocation of life as a trauma survivor 
2.5
You Were Never Really Here
Michael Smith
Maybe the film will be best enjoyed by those who are hammered 
2
You Were Never Really Here
Rob Thomas
Writer director Lynne Ramsay s masterful thriller turns the hitman movie genre on its ear with a fractured impressionistic style that matches Joe s jumbled mind 
4
You Were Never Really Here
Robert Horton
Phoenix is in complete sync with Ramsay s cryptic style he slugs through the action as though bearing the weight of a thousand unspoken guilts 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Bob Bloom
One of the problems is the tone Ramsay is trying to set Is You Were Never Really Here an artistic action movie Or is it a character study of a damaged individual 
2
You Were Never Really Here
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ramsey blankets You Were Never Really Here with a woozy daydream fabric moments that seem to have come in between rational thoughts and are more like impulses or intuition 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Barry Hertz
We do not deserve Lynne Ramsay 
4
You Were Never Really Here
Mick LaSalle
In a case of trying to run before knowing how to walk Ramsay tries to make a different kind of action movie without bothering to master the rudiments of the form 
2
You Were Never Really Here
Richard Roeper
Joaquin Phoenix has never been shy about going big if the role called for it and maybe even if the role didn t necessarily call for it but his performance here ranks as one of his best because of what happens between the outbursts 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Tom Meek
The film s a brutal cerebral exposé that s bone bruising in execution 
3
You Were Never Really Here
Mark Dujsik
Ramsay s storytelling reflects the broken mind and soul of this man Her style understands that this man is working on some unstoppable unappeasable impulse 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Peter Howell
Ramsay s screenplay is based on a novella by Jonathan Ames which scans as the leanest of prose Ramsay turns it into violent visual poetry 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Leah Pickett
You Were Never Really Here amounts to more than a Taxi Driver for our time Despite the obvious homage this is a Ramsay film rooted in the Glaswegian auteur s feverish kaleidoscope style 
4
You Were Never Really Here
Michael Phillips
Audiences particularly heterosexual male audiences still eat up the old rugged individualist noir cliches It s about time a female director of serious nerve threw the genre a curveball 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Ty Burr
Through it all walks Phoenix as Joe and rarely has this mercurial actor seemed so simultaneously threatening and vulnerable unstoppable and lost 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Gary Thompson
On screen it s not very deeply felt Phoenix gives his all but Ramsay plops us down in the middle of Joe s breakdown before we can get our emotional bearings 
2.5
You Were Never Really Here
Peter Canavese
Ramsay s limber direction and another phenomenal leading performance by Joaquin Phoenix lend the material an aching sensitivity and an arrhythmic but persistent heartbeat 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Ann Hornaday
You Were Never Really Here is a good film maybe even a great one But I can t honestly say that I liked it 
2
You Were Never Really Here
Robert Levin
Joaquin Phoenix has found the perfect filmmaker for his talents in Lynne Ramsay an impressionistic master 
3
You Were Never Really Here
Sheila O'Malley
A taut and almost unbearably intense 90 minutes without an ounce of fat on it Ramsay doesn t give you a second to breathe 
4
You Were Never Really Here
Sara Stewart
With a jarring 11th hour twist director Lynne Ramsay leaves you pondering what menace lies beneath all those familiar sights and sounds 
3
You Were Never Really Here
Peter Travers
Joaquin Phoenix is simply stupendous in a revenge thriller from the brilliant Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay that gets under your skin and makes it crawl You won t know what hit you 
3.5
You Were Never Really Here
Greg Cwik
Lynne Ramsay s You Were Never Really Here could be considered artsy exploitation a film whose formal dexterity belies its debts to its chosen and quite squalid genre 
2.5
Waking Sleeping Beauty
David Nusair
An intriguing yet uneven documentary 
2.5
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Sean P. Means
Director Don Hahn s interviews are used as voice over to a lively mix of Disney film clips behind the scenes footage and rare home movies taken by Disney staffers 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Michael O'Sullivan
More Belle more Ariel more Simba and less of Eisner and Co would have made a more interesting movie 
1
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Chris Hewitt
It s not one of those documentaries whose appeal stretches beyond people who are already interested in the subject but animation buffs will eat it up 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Jeff Vice
It may not be thrilling riveting viewing for some but for animation fans and for aficionados of Disney the movie is must see 
4
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Rob Thomas
Instead it s a fascinating look at how a group of talented flawed individuals managed to pull together for a while and make some beautiful and lasting films There s something kind of magical about that too 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Moira MacDonald
It s a not so great movie about some great movies 
2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Robert W. Butler
Waking Sleeping Beauty will matter only to those who grew up on Walt Disney s animated films In other words all of us 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Ethan Alter
All too often the movie s breadth comes at the expense of its depth 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Kyle Smith
Waking Sleeping Beauty doesn t have as much behind the scenes juice as you d hope 
2.5
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film manages to appear satisfyingly objective and observant rather than just an official studio document patting itself on the back 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Claudia Puig
Waking Sleeping Beauty covers a dream era in the history of animation but it could have delved a little deeper to keep us wide eyed and engaged 
2.5
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Peter Hartlaub
The movie turns from good to great as the layers are peeled away and director Hahn provides an insider s look at the creative epicenter of the studio 
3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Aaron Cutler
It twists turns and avoids unpleasant aspects of the Disney company both immediate and historical 
0
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Roger Ebert
Whatever happened happened The fact remains that those years were revolutionary and if not for them it s a good question whether Pixar DreamWorks and the other animation production sources and Disney Animation itself would still exist 
3.5
Me Myself I
Michael Dequina
The film s staying power derives from its genuine gentle heart perfectly embodied by Griffiths balanced multifaceted performance 
3
Me Myself I
Roger Ebert
Griffiths career is humming right along if the criteria are that she stars in good roles in interesting movies and is able to use her gifts and her intriguing personality 
3
See You Next Tuesday
David Lee Dallas
The film is uproariously funny but its laughs don t come with an aftertaste of cynicism so much as they are the aftertaste of cynicism 
3.5
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
David Nusair
the film is in the final analysis simply unable to live up to the better than average standard set by its superior predecessor 
2
Hive
Cate Marquis
Hive is a touching inspiring drama about the power of sisterhood filled with fine performances particularly by star Yllka Gashi and an insightful glimpse into another culture 
3
Hive
Randy Myers
Basholli s film is a spare and unsparing portrait of a survivor who refuses to bend to ancient traditions As storytelling this is as good as it gets 
4
Hive
Tomris Laffly
Though it doesn t break new ground Hive still reminds one how urgently significant it is to honor the unique fighting spirit of women 
3
Hive
Mark Dujsik
Hive is quietly unaffectedly inspiring in its simple gestures as well as its broader implications 
3
Hive
William Repass
A layer of ambivalence facilitates our identification with Fahrije but also makes her a distinct character and not just an archetype 
2.5
Hive
Kent Turner
The antithesis to the other big winner at this year s Sundance Film festival the tear jerking and crowd pleasing CODA for its subtle and quieter tone 
3
Hive
Dwight Brown
Very simple grassroots looking filmmaking makes what s on view all the more realistic A fact based allegory guaranteed to inspire 
3
Walking on Water
Bill Chambers
A gripping and mildly devastating viewing experience
3
To Our Loves
Roger Ebert
This film could inspire a lot of self examination for thoughtful older teenagers and might act as a corrective for the dime a dozen teenage sex exploitation movies 
3.5
Respiro
Phil Villarreal
We re slouched back with our heads resting on the tops of the seats relaxing and letting our minds leap out of our heads to spend 95 minutes at play in Lampedusa 
3
Respiro
Robert W. Butler
Whatever its shortcomings Respiro provides Valeria Golino with a juicy leading role and she takes full advantage of the opportunity 
2.5
Respiro
Sean P. Means
If the Italian Neo Realists had ever granted themselves enough romanticism or found a little money to shoot in color they might have made Respiro 
3.5
Respiro
Jeff Vice
It s watchable because of Golino whose performance is both a revelation and a saving grace 
2.5
Respiro
John Beifuss
Like David Gordon Green s George Washington it examines the rituals of children and the oddities of families with fresh eyes 
3
Respiro
Terry Lawson
A small sensual and unforgettable Italian drama that transports us to a place wonderfully exotic yet strangely familiar 
4
Respiro
Kevin John Bozelka
After 90 minutes of policing female sexuality the film is left with little to say on the matter 
2.5
Respiro
Rick Groen
Somewhere along the way Respiro just seems to run out of breath 
2.5
Respiro
John Hartl
While Crialese certainly has a knack for visualizing such moments his script willfully refuses to pull them together to tell a coherent story 
2.5
Respiro
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Crialese does such a marvelous job of establishing daily life in the film s first hour that the final section feels earned rather than forced 
3
Respiro
Chris Hewitt
Nobody does the stacked hottie who bewitches an entire village movie like the Italians 
3
Respiro
Michael Booth
There is a rough magic in the dramatic setting and the classical undertones crafted by writer director Emanuele Crialese 
2.5
Respiro
Jeff Strickler
The film was shot on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa a picture postcard setting of magnificent cliffs and crystal clear water The beautiful setting is a stark contrast to Grazia s descent into darkness 
3
Respiro
Mick LaSalle
Like a fable its meanings are unspecific but haunting 
3
Respiro
Roger Ebert
A cheerful life affirming film strong in its energy about vivid characters 
3
Respiro
Mark Caro
You just appreciate the time spent with these particular people in this particular place 
3
Respiro
Ty Burr
If nothing else it s a reminder of how severely underutilized Valeria Golino is as both actress and cinematic glory 
3
Respiro
Jeanne Aufmuth
The dialogue is kept spare and the visual images let loose to flow with their own comely sentiment
3.5
Respiro
Peter Debruge
Reflects the effortless charm of a film like Il Postino rather than the untidy manufactured romance of another Captain Corelli s Mandolin 
3.5
Respiro
Steve Rhodes
A mood piece that never quite manages to rise above being just a mood piece 
2.5
Respiro
V.A. Musetto
Respiro has a sexy cast and is gorgeous to watch but it takes more than that to make a movie worth seeking out 
2
Respiro
Jami Bernard
A beautifully composed tone poem about unspoken group dynamics in an isolated community 
3
Respiro
Evan Henerson
Golino is positively bewitching Sun drenched and sad eyed with a desperate fury that comes out of nowhere she carries the movie 
3
Respiro
Walter Chaw
A picture that cherishes the cinematic flourish as much as the poignant phrase 
3.5
Respiro
Rob Blackwelder
has a spicy sweaty sun baked sense of place and an air of magical realism both of which enhance its central themes of love passion perception and faith 
2.5
Respiro
Jan Stuart
A shimmering mystical beauty emanates from every frame of Emanuele Crialese s Respiro 
3.5
Respiro
Jules Brenner
The cat eyed Golino who can be gorgeously sensual when the part calls for it plays the mom with great naturalism lavishing love upon her children and husband 
2.5
Stripper
Roger Ebert
The film s framework is phony But some of the women in this film are manifestly real complicated and interesting and they make the movie worth seeing 
3
That's Dancing!
Roger Ebert
What it basically wants to do is entertain us with a lot of good dance scenes from a lot of good and bad movies and that is such a harmless ambition that I guess we can accept it 
3
That's Dancing!
Austin Kennedy
I d rather just watch a musical in it s entirety than a greatest clips presentation but for what it is it s entertaining enough At least it made me write down a list of musicals to watch 
3
That's Dancing!
Eric Henderson
Bends over backwards to celebrate the perception that the box office success of Fame and Flashdance heralded the rebirth of the form 
2.5
The Program
Brian Eggert
The Program feels uneven as though it couldn t decide whether to be a dramatically reenacted exposé of Armstrong s lies or a standard drama 
2
The Program
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Basically the same as The Armstrong Lie documentary but with less cycling scenes and the repulsive but appealing performance from Ben Foster Full review in Spanish 
2
The Program
Susan Wloszczyna
The flashily photographed enterprise too often becomes a blur of sound bites and slick aesthetics akin to a Nike commercial 
2
The Program
Christian Toto
The Program reveals the tiniest details about Lance Armstrong s doping regimen Just don t expect to learn as much about the cyclist himself 
3
The Program
Stephen Whitty
For a story about incredibly focused determination and if nothing else Lance Armstrong had that the film remains strangely uninvolved 
2
The Program
Kate Taylor
It never goes deep on what it was that produced the awfulness that is Lance Armstrong 
2
The Program
Linda Barnard
Foster nails Armstrong right down to his final clenched jaw TV confession to Oprah Winfrey but The Program s glancing narrative feels less secure 
2
The Program
Chris Knight
Frears squeezes tension out of these interstitial moments letting personalities rather than facts collide 
3
The Program
Sara Stewart
We re left with the well acted and well told if familiar story of a man who knew better but couldn t stop himself 
2.5
The Program
Rex Reed
I had a hard time buying so much concentrated bile and for me the film loses an objectivity that might have otherwise scored points for the destructive nature of competition that can wreck a decent man s corrupted psyche 
2
The Program
Mike McGranaghan
While perhaps not as deep as it could have been the movie is nonetheless a compelling examination of an unrepentant cheater 
3
The Program
Chuck Bowen
The Program is flashier and more self conscious than many biopics but it s ultimately just as hollow 
2
The Program
Roger Moore
A surprisingly nuanced portrait of Armstrong built on a transformative performance by Ben Foster
3
Big River Man
David Nusair
It s clear almost instantly that Strel s life is despite the breadth of his various accomplishments simply not interesting enough to warrant a full length feature 
1
Big River Man
Walter V. Addiego
Strel is one strange duck and you can only wonder that Werner Herzog with his fondness for captivating weirdos didn t get to him first 
3
Big River Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gripes aside I do think Big River Man is an exemplary film and possibly a top contender for the documentary of the year 
3.5
Big River Man
Liam Lacey
An odd and irresistible documentary about Slovenian strongman Martin Strel and his quest at 52 to be the first man to swim 5 268 kilometres of the Amazon River 
3
Big River Man
Diego Semerene
Big River Man is a marketing tool for the hard drinking overweight Slovenian swimmer Martin Strel only it s disguised as a global warming awareness tale of human endurance 
2.5
Before I Go to Sleep
David Nusair
seriously lackluster 
1
Before I Go to Sleep
Linda Cook
It was better when it was a comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Matt Brunson
Ultimately no more clever than a 10 year old boy with a penchant for making armpit noises 
1.5
Before I Go to Sleep
Steve Macfarlane
It s hard to tell if the film is hampered or helped by the performances of its three stars because it s so amateurishly written and directed that their participation beggars belief 
1
Before I Go to Sleep
Brian Tallerico
There s no edge no pulp no grit under its fingernails 
1.5
Before I Go to Sleep
Stephen Whitty
It s shallow it s silly it s pat It s forgettable 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Willie Waffle
We are all caught up in the messy web of deceit and mystery It s kind of fun 
2.5
Before I Go to Sleep
Liam Lacey
Throbbing musical crescendos and flickery flashbacks abound but apart from some outlandish plot machinations nothing here is good or bad enough to be memorable 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Sue Pierman
As long as viewers don t get a close up look at the puzzle pieces the film offers a giddy tension but eventually the teasing becomes tiresome and you just wish Joffe would cut to the chase 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Tirdad Derakhshani
Filled with far too many contradictions and implausible situations 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Mark Dujsik
The point is to make us distrust everyone and everything that everyone says It works a little too well because we end up distrusting the movie as a whole 
1.5
Before I Go to Sleep
James Berardinelli
Were it not for the participation of two A list actors Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth Before I Go to Sleep would have been headed straight to video 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Mick LaSalle
Kidman in particular takes honors for her smart unshowy work conveying desperation with her eyes and terror in the way she refuses to trust anyone with her real emotion 
3
Before I Go to Sleep
Chris Knight
You could catch a quick nap during the film s denouement 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Linda Barnard
An average thriller that s punctured with annoying plot holes 
2.5
Before I Go to Sleep
Kyle Smith
Unfortunately the film turns out to be not quite as twisty as promised it s less a pretzel than it is a Cheez Curl 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Moira MacDonald
The premise is promising but writer director Rowan Joffe seems at a loss for how to handle the material it all eventually like Christine s memories fades away 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Dann Gire
Despite a palpable chemistry between Kidman and Firth Before I Go to Sleep lacks the level of sheer suspense and fear factor we ve come to expect in amnesia thrillers the best example being the daring Memento 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Rafer Guzman
A nifty premise but other films have done this with more verve and imagination The fine cast almost makes up for the ponderous tone 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Calvin Wilson
Despite its intriguing premise the film amounts to little more than tedious clichd melodramatics 
1.5
Before I Go to Sleep
Matt Pais
A sheep in wolf s clothing 
2
Before I Go to Sleep
Roger Moore
Whatever else this puzzle picture is or isn t the three stars turn it into an acting tour de force 
3
Before I Go to Sleep
Claudia Puig
Before I Go to Sleep feels like a recurring nightmare the kind you wake up from and wonder why you dream in clichs 
1.5
The Rashevski Tango
Joseph Jon Lanthier
We feel as though we ve spent an hour and a half with the wrong people 
1.5
The Rashevski Tango
Wesley Morris
The Rashevski s Tango is seriously made and sincere enough to assemble a gallery of affecting characters who grow increasingly at ease with themselves 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Brian Eggert
Williams makes the most of her underwritten role by giving a performance that proves to be the film 8217 s raison d 8217 234 tre 46 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Sarah Knight Adamson
Michelle Williams is amazing She rose to the enormous challenge of portraying the iconic beauty Marilyn Monroe capturing both her physical nuances as well as her distinctive personality attributes such as her sultriness playfulness and sadness 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Jeff Mitchell
My Week with Marilyn says so much in a short time capsule
3
My Week With Marilyn
Mattie Lucas
While it s hardly revelatory the film itself is something both lovely and consistently engaging 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Kelly Jane Torrance
Williams is simply superb as the talented but troubled Monroe 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Roger Moore
When Michelle Williams is singing about starting a Heat Wave by making my seat wave friends you will believe it 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Wesley Lovell
Definitive performances keep the viewer interested in a less than compelling screenplay 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Sara Michelle Fetters
Most of all without a shadow of a doubt or a moment s hesitation I can state for the record Michelle Williams is sublime as the titular central figure deftly crafting a performance that easily ranks as one of the best of the entire year 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Linda Cook
Based on a true story about the iconic Marilyn Monroe My Week with Marilyn depicts the actress at her most gorgeous and most frustrating 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
David Nusair
The egregiously lackadaisical vibe ensures that the novelty of the premise slowly but surely wears off 
2
My Week With Marilyn
Mike McGranaghan
An effective and entertaining portrait of how a young starstruck man gets sucked into the dysfunction of the world s biggest movie star 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Matt Soergel
He says he had a fling with her and while I don t necessarily doubt his story it s not as interesting as the tricky relationship between Olivier and Monroe 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Phil Villarreal
It seems like oversimplified hogwash but that s how films like this go 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
John Wirt
Michelle Williams glowing performance at times touching tragic innocent and sultry rekindles Monroe s magic Her British co stars especially Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench are memorable even in Monroe s light 
4
My Week With Marilyn
John Beifuss
Michelle Williams brings depth and compassion to her performance as Hollywood s tragic blond bombshell and her sincerity invests this otherwise minor film with a sort of grandeur 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Rick Groen
That s all familiar lore but to his credit director Simon Curtis lays out these separate ambitions and conflicting tensions with breezy dispatch in the early frames 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Eric Melin
My Week With Marilyn is a frustrating lark of a film anchored by an impressive performance from Michelle Williams 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Moira MacDonald
Williams floats through the movie perfectly capturing Monroe s way of rhythmically whispering through a song looking softly frightened when uncertain and not strolling so much as delicately oozing across the floor 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Joe Williams
Williams is a more three dimensional Monroe than the love goddess herself The performance is both an eerie imitation and a touching revelation 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Peter Howell
Curtis occasionally takes his characters out of Pinewood but they re never really set free either in physical or emotional terms 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Peter Canavese
Williams is better than the picture but within the screenplay s constraints she nails every possible nuance of physical and emotional expression It s dazzling work and reason alone to spend ninety nine minutes with Marilyn 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Keith Cohen
Director Simon Curtis in his first theatrical feature film gives audiences a wonderfully entertaining insider point of view You feel like you get to know Monroe in an intimate and personal way during the 101 minute running time Besides the divine 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Scott Nash
Michelle Williams is radiant as Marilyn Monroe 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Alison Gang
Williams delicate underplayed performance demonstrates the actress courage and confidence in her own talent to take herself and her audience inside Monroe s fragile psyche 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Lisa Kennedy
After My Week Monroe remains an enigma And that isn t a failing of Williams performance but an expression of its nuance 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Mark Jenkins
Williams s Monroe is more vital than anything else The actress captures Monroe s range of emotions and personae her shifts from vulnerability to brashness 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Lou Lumenick
Brilliantly playing doomed 50s sex bomb Marilyn Monroe Michelle Williams gets under the skin of the troubled yet vulnerable icon in a way no one else ever has 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Carrie Rickey
Look at how Williams goes from unconsciously being Marilyn to consciously acting her Would that the entire movie were as eloquent 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Stephen Whitty
No other actress has quite understood the frustrated maternal side of Monroe that informed so many of her performances Or quite recaptured that absolutely luminous quality she had on film 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Roger Ebert
What matters is the performance by Michelle Williams She evokes so many Marilyns public and private real and make believe We didn t know Monroe but we believe she must have been something like this 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Willie Waffle
Everyone keeps talking about how Michelle Williams is magnificent as Marilyn Monroe And she is 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Mark Dujsik
Williams is truly radiant in the role offering a Marilyn that is the epitome of both sensuality and vulnerability 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Dustin Putman
Is there anything Michelle Williams cannot do 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Chris Hewitt
It s worth seeing because Williams is worth seeing 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Randy Myers
Just try to peel your eyes away from the blonde bombshell as she wistfully brings Marilyn s help me vulnerability and sexy allure to life 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Mick LaSalle
To have Marilyn Monroe kiss you and say that she loves you whether or not she means it imagine what that would mean in a man s life not only in 1956 but decades after that when he s middle aged or old 
4
My Week With Marilyn
Tom Horgen
In My Week With Marilyn Michelle Williams disappears so effortlessly into Monroe s translucent skin that the camera lens seems to fog up with desire She s that good 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Ty Burr
For the 99 pleasantly strained minutes of My Week With Marilyn Williams convinces us of her Marilyn Monroe 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Claudia Puig
Williams may not be a dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe Norma Jean Baker but she superbly embodies the legendary sex symbol in My Week with Marilyn 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Rex Reed
Something moved me deeply watching Ms Williams as the tragic Marilyn illuminating the girlish joy erotic glamour and self destructive suffering of a public icon who was privately a bottomless pit of need 
4
My Week With Marilyn
Matt Pais
Bursting with spunk and lively performances wonderfully crowd pleasing Oscar bait 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Michael Phillips
First time feature film director Simon Curtis has made a minor picture about a minor picture major talents notwithstanding 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Peter Keough
The physical resemblance might be dubious but Michelle Williams portrays Monroe like Monroe might have portrayed herself especially as coached by her on set Method Svengali Paula Strasberg 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Peter Travers
It took a toll on Marilyn Monroe to look effortlessly buoyant on camera Michelle Williams lets us see why It s a great soulful performance Sit back and behold 
3
My Week With Marilyn
James Berardinelli
Williams brings Marilyn to life in all her permutations little girl lost Norma Jean sexy kittenish Marilyn Monroe and the confused woman trapped in between 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Kent Turner
Williams has done her homework Her mannerisms are effortless unlike the script so after the first couple of minutes comparisons are moot 
2.5
My Week With Marilyn
Rene Rodriguez
Williams makes Monroe simultaneously seem larger than life and heartbreakingly human 
3
My Week With Marilyn
Erik Childress
Unlike Me and Orson Welles from a few years ago this is more than just an interesting footnote in history wrapped around a performance And the star of it all is Williams who from second one on screen IS Marilyn Monroe in a performance for the ages 
3.5
My Week With Marilyn
Robert Levin
The truth of course is that Marilyn Monroe is what you make of her Still Michelle Williams offers a powerful way in 
3
Unwelcome
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite the spirited filmmaking 44 keen performances 40 especially by John Kamen 44 Meany 44 and Nairn 41 44 and rich Irish atmosphere 44 it apos s ultimately pretty clear how apos Unwelcome apos is going to unfold 46 
2.5
Unwelcome
Roger Moore
It 8217 s visceral 40 literally 41 and pulse pounding on occasion 46 And as we see the wee creatures making all this mayhem 44 it 8217 s also laugh out loud funny 46 
2.5
Unwelcome
Sheila O'Malley
Some of quot Unwelcome quot is legitimately creepy and upsetting 46 Some of it is hilarious 46 Whether or not the hilarity is intended is unclear 46 
2.5
Unwelcome
Mark Dujsik
It might take a while 44 but Unwelcome becomes the right kind of twisted 46 46 46 
3
Unwelcome
Mike McGranaghan
The first half offers a slow burn build up 44 carefully setting things in place to be paid off later on 46 Once the second half hits 44 it goes to Crazytown and never returns 46 
3
Underdog
David Nusair
an affable sporadically entertaining piece of work that s ultimately undone by its emphasis on relentlessly silly elements 
2
Underdog
Felix Vasquez Jr.
An ill conceived and often irritating bout of Children s film fare 
2
Underdog
Bill Chambers
Disney s charmless live action resurrection of the beloved super mutt is just a bunch of mercenary actors and technicians who can barely disguise their contempt for the film s screenplay
0
Underdog
Linda Cook
There s no need to fear Underdog brings cheer 
3
Underdog
Michael Dequina
The tag line is simply brilliant but that s about the only thing remotely associated with this film that would classify as such 
2
Underdog
John Beifuss
An underachiever 
2
Underdog
John Wirt
A very bad dog of a movie 
1
Underdog
Timothy Knight
Yet another misbegotten live action remake of a beloved Saturday morning cartoon Underdog is a negligible family film that s so blandly formulaic it makes the original 60s era cartoon look downright edgy in comparison 
1.5
Underdog
Mark Dujsik
A live action version of the 1960s 70s cartoon Underdog seemed a really bad idea but it turns out it was merely a bad idea 
2
Underdog
Todd Hertz
It s just average family entertainment with the normal messages friendship unconditional love family and believing in yourself 
2
Underdog
Jack Mathews
Underdog is made for the Saturday morning TV crowd and parents who lead their tykes to this adventure aren t likely to leave disappointed 
2.5
Underdog
Janice Page
Where oh where are Tennessee Tuxedo and Phineas J Whoopie when we need them 
1.5
Underdog
Sara Michelle Fetters
Besides if I start talking about the film I ll only get depressed and when a woman of my three decade age gets depressed all that therapeutic ice cream goes straight to her thighs and none of us want that now do we 
2
Underdog
Sean P. Means
Seeing realistic animals in feats of derring do or kicking each other around action movie style is more disturbing than cute 
1
Underdog
Rob Humanick
A film like Underdog is best defined by its complete lack of distinction 
1.5
Underdog
Kyle Smith
I have an idea for the sequel Underdog Vs Michael Vick 
1.5
Underdog
Gene Seymour
Underdog putting it mildly lacks the sleekness and cunning of other better kids flicks though it gains points for respecting while modifying its source material 
2
Underdog
Ken Fox
If you set your expectations just low enough or are an easily satisfied 8 year old you might have a bit of fun 
2.5
Underdog
Stephen Whitty
I had a painless enough time And so given a quiet Saturday a stifling heat wave and a fretful kindergartener to contend with might you 
2.5
Underdog
Jeff Vice
About all the film offers is some bad CGI effect work a bored sounding Jason Lee providing the voice of the heroic canine and lots of dumb slapstick 
1.5
Underdog
Josh Larsen
The adults in Underdog appear to be having a really good time and that helps the adults in the audience have a fairly good one 
3
Underdog
Peter Howell
Even at a lean 84 minutes padded with a credit blooper reel it seems long If you ve seen one flying dog you ve seen them all Jay Leno s cameo appearance proves he s almost as big a publicity hound as Larry King 
2
Underdog
John Monaghan
Serious movie standards aren t necessarily required in an entertainment like Underdog Still as with most movies it s frustrating to watch Hollywood undercut the intelligence of its target audience 
2
Underdog
Dustin Putman
A big hearted movie that delights in playing with the conventions of superhero pictures In the same week when the insulting Bratz is also opening it s a comparative godsend 
2.5
Die Another Day
Matt Brunson
Not as bad as its reputation with Brosnan finally appearing completely at ease in the part 
3
Die Another Day
Namrata Joshi
The film is a frantic roller coaster ride from which you emerge exhausted with a massive blur in the head 
2
Die Another Day
John Wooley
Die Another Day faithfully hews to the James Bond formula giving us all the elements and allowing the 60s formula to not only live but prosper into the the new millennium 
3
Die Another Day
Matt Soergel
Adding to the grimness The title song is from Madonna a dreary bit of lightweight electro pop that goes on and on to little effect 
2
Die Another Day
Jami Bernard
A vigorous 20th installment that is as strong on action as it is weak on the interpersonal stuff 
3.5
Die Another Day
Austin Kennedy
No one s going to accuse DIE ANOTHER DAY of being a sophisticated spy movie It s an over the top action movie that is to be enjoyed best with a big bucket of popcorn 
3
Die Another Day
Joe Lozito
I can t figure out the folks behind the James Bond franchise They keep making noise about wanting to update or inject more life into the series but continually fall short in frustratingly obvious ways 
2
Die Another Day
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the sturdier and darker of James Bond films 
3
Die Another Day
Michael Dequina
Brosnan s best mission as Bond yet and the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory 
3
Die Another Day
Scott Nash
With Pierce Brosnan combining the best of all the actors who came before him in the role we have a worthy Bond to begin the journey into the next forty years 
3
Die Another Day
Jim Shelby
It s the 20th Bond film and one might say they ve had their run 
2
Die Another Day
Fred Schruers
The results are often leaden and even campy 
2
Die Another Day
Jorge Avila Andrade
No es la mejor cinta de la serie ni la mejor con Brosnan a la cabeza pero de que entretiene ni duda cabe 
3
Die Another Day
Jules Brenner
It fulfills its essential mission to entertain for 2 hours and 12 stunt filled minutes in its patented formulaic satisfying way 
3
Die Another Day
Steven Snyder
This is fun stuff Not brilliant not enlightening but fun Finally a Bond film has once again found that crucial balance between modern action and some good old fashioned Bond fun 
3
Die Another Day
James Kendrick
While it hasn t reinvented the series would we really want that anyway there is enough ingenuity here balanced with the staples of the series to keep it if not entirely fresh at least from going stale 
3
Die Another Day
Mike McGranaghan
Die Another Day gives us the coolness the action and the sex appeal in satisfying doses which is enough to make it a solid Bond entry if not a spectacular one 
3
Die Another Day
David N. Butterworth
Die Another Day makes you long for the days when Roger Moore played 007 And who would ever admit to that 
2
Die Another Day
Ian Mantgani
It plays around and still delivers the goods 
3
Die Another Day
Mark Dujsik
If anything Die Another Day shows that Brosnan makes a good Bond I ve thought that since GoldenEye and I d hate to see this outing be his last if only because it s my least favorite of his stints so far 
2.5
Die Another Day
Linda Cook
It took 19 predecessors to get THIS 
2.5
Die Another Day
Kevin A. Ranson
there are some inspired sequences such as an egomaniac s sword duel from hell but next time somebody needs to trim the fat to keep the superspy and his film a little less overindulgent 
2.5
Die Another Day
Frank Ochieng
No doubt Tamahori has risen to the occasion in assuring the box office staying power of James Bond and his recurring jolting journeys Die Another Day is indeed a view to a thrill 
3
Die Another Day
Dustin Putman
The very first movie I have seen in the secret agent series to warrant a recommendation 
2.5
Die Another Day
Mark Ramsey
To appreciate Die Another Day you need to suspend more than disbelief You need to suspend disbelief over a hotel balcony with a sheet on its head 
1
Die Another Day
David Forsmark
This is one of the sillier Bonds but the actors seem to be having fun the pace is quick and there s a lot to look at At least it s not a bore like Tomorrow Never Dies 
2.5
Die Another Day
Joe Leydon
T he movie as a whole suggests the 40 year old franchise is finally showing its age 
1
Die Another Day
Gary Brown
This Bond film goes off the beaten path not necessarily for the better 
2
Die Another Day
Claudia Puig
The film is so fraught with explosions and chases that the action eventually feels numbing 
2.5
Die Another Day
Chris Hewitt
As one clunky explosion piles on another you picture how much more fun it would be if we could just watch Austin s version of the mayhem in say Shag Another Day 
1.5
Die Another Day
Todd Anthony
It s easily the fastest meanest funniest edgiest Bond of the Brosnan era 
3
Die Another Day
Moira MacDonald
Die Another Day never quite finds real excitement or genuine wit 
2
Die Another Day
Mick LaSalle
The new movie lacks something a special something 
2
Die Another Day
David Elliott
Die Another Day has cute amusements but seems to die every few minutes 
2
Die Another Day
John Anderson
A lot smarter than your average Bond 
2.5
Die Another Day
Howard Cohen
Die Another Day is stylish and state of the art and Bond aficionados will love the anniversary homages to previous films 
3
Die Another Day
Glenn Whipp
A tiresome movie that is at turns grim overly violent and patently absurd 
2
Die Another Day
Susan Stark
It s a movie that tries to have it both ways and for the most part succeeds 
3
Die Another Day
Jeff Vice
The Bond films never make sense but some of the plot twists here are ludicrous even by the usual standards 
2.5
Die Another Day
John Moore
Die Another Day s special effects will make your eyes open so wide your contacts might fall out but the spy caper is double crossed by a stupid script littered with one liners so dumb that 007 actually makes XXX Vin Diesel sound like he s clever 
2.5
Die Another Day
Wesley Morris
As professionally mediocre as its predecessors 
2.5
Die Another Day
Jonathan R. Perry
Pierce Brosnan was born to play James Bond but he ll never make the role his own if an intelligent script doesn t pass through his mail slot soon 
2.5
Die Another Day
Terry Lawson
If I can t return to the past I ll happily follow a Bond this reenergized into the future 
3
Die Another Day
David Sterritt
Bond is keeping up with the times in everything but his story ideas which seem as determined to keep cold war anxieties alive as 007 is to get out of his latest scrape 
2
Die Another Day
Liam Lacey
In a movie that s distinguished by some higher heights than most recent Bonds and some new lows Die Another Day also sees Bond do battle with obviously artificial digitally created backgrounds and effects 
2.5
Die Another Day
Michael Sragow
Tamahori s visceral instincts can t guide him through a fantasy land where agents outrace avalanches and swim unharmed through Arctic waters 
2
Die Another Day
Roger Ebert
This movie has the usual impossible stunts But it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie 
3
Die Another Day
Megan Turner
The first installment of the new millennium maintains the franchise s standing as the ultimate cinematic guilty pleasure 
3
Die Another Day
Marty Mapes
Fans of James Bond won t be disappointed by Die Another Day
3
Die Another Day
Jon Niccum
With four films comfortably tucked under his tuxedo Brosnan has established himself as the second best Bond next to Sean Connery That s hardly faint praise it s kind of like calling him the second best home run hitter next to Hank Aaron 
3
Die Another Day
Phil Villarreal
Bomb James Bomb 
1
Die Another Day
Tor Thorsen
When it s good it s very good but when it s bad it s awful 
2.5
Die Another Day
Steven Rea
Prefab and formulaic all the way 
2
Die Another Day
Duane Dudek
Too soon the toys gadgets and stunts for which the franchise has become famous reclaim it and Die Another Day becomes indistinguishable from the other faceless action films that seek that same audience 
2.5
Die Another Day
Walter Chaw
There s just no currency in deriding James Bond for being a clich uFFFDd doddering misogynistic boy s club 
2
Die Another Day
Erik Childress
It s a stale overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch it s one of the worst of the entire franchise 
2
Die Another Day
Glenn Lovell
A meandering over inflated everything but the kitchen sink attempt to one up and wear down 
2
Die Another Day
Mary F. Pols
Half frivolous fun half tedious 
3
Die Another Day
Bob Bloom
Like most Bond outings in recent years some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike A heavy reliance on CGI technology is beginning to creep into the series 
3
Die Another Day
Mark Caro
You leave feeling like you ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing 
2
Die Another Day
Jeffrey Westhoff
Regaining his bearings after that look how angry I can be turn in The World Is Not Enough Brosnan finally plays Bond as if he no longer has anything to prove 
3
Die Another Day
Ross Anthony
A thunderous ride at first quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action Still this flick is fun and host to some truly excellent sequences 
2.5
Die Another Day
Steve Rhodes
Disappointing it just lumbers along until periodically someone calls for the stunt men and women 
2.5
Die Another Day
Josh Larsen
After a summer of tired spoofs and lame imitations it s nice to sit back and enjoy a movie that s Bond pure Bond 
3
Die Another Day
James Berardinelli
This is a train wreck of an action film a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs 
2
Die Another Day
Peter Travers
Brosnan in his fourth time up at the Bond bat hits this one out of the park 
3
Die Another Day
Rob Blackwelder
Until the superfluous epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve Die Another Day is as stimulating heart rate raising as any James Bond thriller 
2.5
Die Another Day
Ed Gonzalez
With there being no end in sight to Mike Myers s Austin Powers franchise how will James Bond now reconcile that he s become a parody of a parody of a parody 
1.5
Die Another Day
Harvey S. Karten
Could move President Bush s attention far to the east of Iraq 
3
Lola
Dwight Brown
The director Antoine Allen needed a much stronger hand with his actors 
2
Play Dirty
Matt Brunson
Often unfairly dismissed as a British rip off of 1967 s The Dirty Dozen Play Dirty is instead its own nasty little beast 
3
Blackboard Jungle
Jeremiah Kipp
Sanctimonious 
2
Full Moon in Blue Water
Roger Ebert
Full Moon in Blue Water is such a likable film in so many little ways that you want to forgive it for being so bad in so many big ones 
2
Be My Star
Walter Chaw
A painful portrait of that confused liminal period between childhood and sexual maturity 
2.5
Irene in Time
Mike Miliard
Henry Jaglom has been making indie movies for decades He s a devotee of unadorned camerawork and semi improvised dialogue but some actors are better at improv than others 
1.5
Irene in Time
Tom Keogh
A disappointingly monotonous weepie 
1.5
Irene in Time
Andrew Schenker
For some girls when it comes to men there s just no one quite like daddy 
2.5
Irene in Time
Roger Ebert
It offers certain pleasures but suffers from an inability to structure events or know when to end a shot And it has an ending that is simply perhaps ridiculously incomprehensible 
1.5
Irene in Time
Steve Rhodes
Somehow for all of her flaws Irene slowly and surprisingly worked her way into my heart Because of this I found the film s ending particularly effective and poignant 
3
Irene in Time
Peter Hartlaub
There s some sharply written dialogue and a few strong performances in supporting roles But much of the action onscreen doesn t ring true 
1
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mattie Lucas
Essentially a prestige MGM monster movie 44 but the final product feels almost too polished and too afraid is its own genre to be any fun
2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Matt Brunson
Ingrid Bergman is superb 44 but inconsistencies in Jekyll 8217 s character work against the film 8217 s total success 46 
2.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wesley Lovell
If you mess with perfection you end up with the beast 
2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
David Keyes
it renders the uttermost strengths of the silent film era in which the audience was dependent on what went into the picture instead of what came out of the speaker 
4
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Peter Keough
Brown s film seems primarily intended to promote the energy drink Red Bull 
1.5
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Glenn Kenny
A clean and concise report on The Wide World Of Motorcycling in the 21st Century 
2.5
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Tom Keogh
A typically handsome energized nonfiction celebration of a sport embraced by die hard fans 
2.5
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Farran Smith Nehme
The single theme is Isn t this cool And if your response is Well it s certainly loud then On Any Sunday probably isn t for you 
2
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Roger Moore
Slick as a Red Bull motorsports commercial but it lacks the DIY grit and passion of the original the greatest motorcycle documentary of them all
2.5
The Marksman
Leo Brady
The journey is filled with fear and an unexpected friendship but there s a much needed boost to make The Marksman more than mediocre 
2.5
The Marksman
Matt Brunson
Just as reliably as the swallows migrate annually to Capistrano audiences can expect Liam Neeson to regularly show up in a movie that finds him beating the living hell out of various villains 
2
The Marksman
Peter Canavese
A very Clint Eastwood sort of movie starring an excellent Liam Neeson who makes the whole thing watchable Universal blu ray review 
2
The Marksman
Steven Prokopy
The Marksman isn t a particularly good or bad film 
2.5
The Marksman
Linda Cook
Liam Neeson stars in a Clint Eastwood movie 
2
The Marksman
Sean P. Means
Despite its head fake toward current events relevance The Marksman is a serviceable road thriller that demonstrates that Liam Neeson is slowly inexorably morphing into Clint Eastwood 
2.5
The Marksman
Richard Roeper
While that stuff might be new to this guy we ve seen it all before 
2.5
The Marksman
Tom Meek
I m not sure who s more tired Liam Neeson playing another old war vet cop special ops guy getting it up to beat the snot out of a bunch of rowdy upstarts or me having to sit through another round of the same gummy mulch 
2
The Marksman
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a ponderous slog of a tale that rarely achieves anything close to a lasting impact 
1.5
The Marksman
Roger Moore
Of all the steadily slower moving action pictures Liam Neeson has stumbled into the sunset with in the latter stages of his action hero career The Marksman stands out as the stupidest 
1.5
The Marksman
Joe Friar
Neeson puts in another fine performance as an average guy thrust into a situation he wasn t looking for There s plenty of action and heart as the film tackles family honor and immigration 
3
The Marksman
Christy Lemire
There s not much to the character Neeson plays or anyone else in the film for that matter 
2
The Marksman
Mark Dujsik
The attempted thrills of the chase overcome the better story within The Marksman 
2.5
The Marksman
Michael O'Sullivan
The Marksman proves itself to be the cinematic version of comfort food satisfyingly familiar but full of starch and empty calories 
2
The Marksman
Katie Walsh
Although The Marksman never finds its target if it has one Neeson s still got it 
2
The Marksman
Mike McGranaghan
The Marksman adheres firmly to a formula Every plot point is pretty much a foregone conclusion from the start 
2.5
We Are Not Alone
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A very well made movie that unfortunately has a predictable plot Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Mike McGranaghan
Its strengths make it worth paying attention to while its weaknesses prevent it from becoming the first class chiller it had the potential to be 
2
Chernobyl Diaries
Linda Cook
You ve seen this sort of thing before just not set in such an unusual locale Chernobyl Diaries delivers on atmosphere at least during the first That s not surprising considering that Oren Peli of Paranormal Activity fame is a producer 
2
Chernobyl Diaries
John Beifuss
My friends are morons asserts a young American early in the film However unintentionally that line sums up the plot of this dull poorly motivated and dreadfully constructed horror movie 
0.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Michael Dequina
Takes its sweet time getting down to the dirty business 
2
Chernobyl Diaries
Jake Mulligan
More akin to a meander through a haunted house than a fulfilling feature film 
1.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Roger Moore
The people Oren Paranormal Activity Peli charged with turning this idea into a scary movie ignore many of the cardinal rules of horror how to build suspense the necessity of empathy in the characters the need to give us and them hope 
1
Chernobyl Diaries
David Nusair
It s palpably dull stuff that s exacerbated by an incongruous lack of gore with Parker s decision to stage each and every one of the kill sequences off screen proving utterly disastrous 
1.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Wesley Morris
The real stars of the movie are the tired devices and plot points They re famous but they re as old as Betty White The Guide Is Dead The Van Won t Start Her Shirt Has a Plunging Neckline Don t Go in There 
1
Chernobyl Diaries
Scott Nash
You should avoid this movie as if it were radioactive 
1
Chernobyl Diaries
Glenn Lovell
In keeping with some of the better Wrong Turn chillers of recent vintage the dimwit wayfarers in Chernobyl Diaries break every rule known to horrordom and are therefore ripe for catastrophe Goody goody 
2
Chernobyl Diaries
Nick Schager
With the faux verit aesthetics of Rec the American tourists in Eastern European hell setup of Hostel and the brain of a mushy radioactive mutant zombie thingie Chernobyl Diaries is little more than decomposed horror leftovers 
.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Linda Barnard
Well paced direction from first timer Bradley Parker layers on the tension and tosses in some worthy scares 
2.5
Chernobyl Diaries
James Berardinelli
Chernobyl Diaries is afflicted with a fatal flaw that damages many horror films after a better than average setup and a promising first half everything falls apart 
2
Chernobyl Diaries
Claudia Puig
Avoid a boredom meltdown and give this formulaic scarefest a wide berth 
1.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Mark Dujsik
We take what we can get when it comes to movies about a group of people doing dumb things and being killed off one by one 
2.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Matt Pais
An exploitative idea with mind numbingly stupid behavior and zero explanation 
0.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Austin Kennedy
I can see the average horror junkie looking for some cheap scares and are more forgiving to generic horror movie conventions digging it enough I just would ve liked to see this promising premise followed through with some worthy characters
2.5
Chernobyl Diaries
Dustin Putman
A thoroughly frightening study in how to do a tried and true formula proud 
3
The Girl From Monaco
Bill Chambers
If you think I m being tasteless you should see the movie 
2
The Girl From Monaco
Jennie Punter
The Girl from Monaco is a tease 
2
The Girl From Monaco
Bruce DeMara
As a solid thriller La fille de Monaco feels like it s missed the mark 
2.5
The Girl From Monaco
Moira MacDonald
Despite Bourgoin s dazzling presence it s the hollow eyed Luchini who quietly takes over the film 
3
The Girl From Monaco
Rob Lowman
The film doesn t add up to much in the end but if you like leggy flirty blondes dark brooding tough guy bodyguards and fussy middle aged lawyers it s entertaining 
3
The Girl From Monaco
Kam Williams
The postman may always ring twice but a bodyguard doesn t even have to bother to knock 
3.5
The Girl From Monaco
Peter Canavese
The French comedy drama The Girl from Monaco demonstrates how an excess of libert and fraternit can be hazardous to the health especially where there is an absence of egalit 
2.5
The Girl From Monaco
Joel Brown
The Girl From Monaco doesn t seem to know whether it wants to be a sprightly sex comedy or an enigmatic little thriller Unfortunately it s neither very funny nor very thrilling 
2
The Girl From Monaco
Michael Phillips
This is a modest but expertly performed piece And this summer surrounded by lesser louder bigger and dumber diversions it s especially welcome 
3
The Girl From Monaco
V.A. Musetto
The Girl From Monaco may be momentarily entertaining but don t expect anything profound from the lightweight saga as it wends its way to its contrived TV movie conclusion 
2
The Girl From Monaco
Stephen Whitty
It s often sparkling always stylish but ultimately no more significant than another day at an overpriced resort 
2.5
The Girl From Monaco
Chris Hewitt
The Girl From Monaco is a romantic comedy drama but the most appealing relationship has nothing to do with the girl of the title 
2.5
The Girl From Monaco
Roger Ebert
The Girl from Monaco is not more than an entertainment but an assured and well oiled one 
3
The Girl From Monaco
Steven Rea
At best diverting at worst an almost self parodic compendium of French film cliches 
2.5
The Girl From Monaco
Mick LaSalle
Some movies create an inviting world for the viewer This is one of them 
3
The Girl From Monaco
Ryan Stewart
The Girl from Monaco is a frustratingly suspense free affair 
1.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Kelly Jane Torrance
Real shopaholics should skip this one and save their money for one of those sample sales Rebecca loves so much 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Mike Scott
This is a film that couldn t buy a positive female character if there was a barrel full on clearance at Bloomies 
1.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Peter Canavese
Hollywood likes nothing more than having its cake and eating it too which explains the confusions of P J Hogan s Confessions of a Shopaholic Blu ray 
1.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
David Nusair
46 46 46 a typically dumbed down mainstream romantic comedy 46 46 46 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Keith Cohen
This sweet and endearing fashionista fairy tale is just what the doctor ordered to take our minds off the current economic crisis 
3
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Daniel M. Kimmel
a much better film than might be expected even if it turns out to be as superficial as this season s scarf or handbag 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Charles Koplinski
overextends its credibility 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sean McBride
I must sheepishly admit that I enjoyed the frothy fun of Confessions of a Shopaholic and I can only imagine that women will like it even more than this cranky male film critic 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Michael Dequina
One of those so labeled chick flicks that shows why that term is so often used as a pejorative 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Christian Toto
Confessions of a Shopaholic is a day late and a dollar short But the presence of Isla Fisher is no small change 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Gary Brown
On this one the better choice is to window shop 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Tyler Hanley
Confessions is more cautionary tale than comedy 
3
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Krista Soriano
We re pleasantly surprised by how good this movie makes us feel 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Perry Seibert
Considering that the country is in deep financial turmoil it s hard to sit through a movie so flippant about personal bankruptcy 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Claudia Puig
Not only is it an unfunny movie shrilly told it probably is the most ill timed and appallingly insulting movie in recent memory 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Linda Barnard
It s very hard to watch a wild eyed woman engage in an orgy of avarice using a fan of maxed out cards when so many have lost so much even if there is a message within the madness that fiscal responsibility is the true key to happiness 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Chris Hewitt
This year s Valentine s Day movies aimed at women have turned out to be a good batch But if you re seeing just one of em this is it 
3
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Reyhan Harmanci
Could there be a worse time to revisit the indulgences of the 00s 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Kyle Smith
Note to would be financial journalists No one cares about your personal musings Not even at Portfolio 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Bob Strauss
Isla Fisher is as bright a comic talent as anything Hollywood has to offer these days 
3
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Lisa Kennedy
It was hard to shake the worry that a fizzy comedy about debt would be about as wrong for our current woes as uncorking a bottle of champagne Confessions is definitely slight 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sara Michelle Fetters
In other words bimbos rule and if a girl wants to be anything more than that the only thing she can expect from life is to live it completely alone 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Michael Sragow
You never believe even in a fantasy way that Bloomwood could stumble into a job at a Manhattan based financial magazine for a Conde Nast like conglomerate 
1.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Jessica Reaves
If there is a single bright spot in the financial crisis it is the possibility that one day producer Jerry Bruckheimer will run out of money 
1.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
John Anderson
Isla Fisher is carrying this often stylish comedy on her Prada upholstered back 
3
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Willie Waffle
P J Hogan and his writing team really love Lucy because they attempt to put Fisher through more pratfalls uncomfortable social situations and misconceived schemes than Lucy and Ethel combined 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Dustin Putman
Not even a radiant star performance from Isla Fisher is enough to chip away the mold from a derivative plot that can t be believed for a second 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Peter Travers
Confessions is no more than a painless time waster But the beguiling Fisher is well worth the investment 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Connie Ogle
With any luck Confessions will end up as a tipping point signaling the moment that women finally stopped paying to see themselves look stupid on screen That would be quite a bargain 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Jeff Vice
This material should at least hold our attention if not yield some laughs But director P J Hogan and three credited screenwriters manage to bungle this seemingly goof proof premise 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Moira MacDonald
Overall Shopaholic seems to be standing in an empty station waving a futile hand at a train long gone 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Carrie Rickey
I didn t much like Shopaholic but boy did Fisher make me laugh 
2
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Kara Nesvig
Had Confessions been truer to its chick lit novel inspiration the movie could have been fizzily enjoyable instead of sickening 
1.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Wesley Morris
Fantasy here usually comes at reality s expense 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Mack Bates
This enjoyable if sometimes uneven denouncement of consumerism run amok is clearly Fisher s show 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Steve Rhodes
What a delightful surprise It s as wonderfully silly and charming as it is absolutely hilarious If you loved Legally Blonde then this is definitely the movie for you 
3
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Rick Groen
I did not know that mannequins in Manhattan store windows could actually talk I did not find their performance in the least wooden 
1
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Roger Ebert
The plotting is on automatic pilot It needs Chesley B Sullenberger III 
2.5
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Nick Schager
If you gave Bernie Madoff custody of your life savings mere days before the FBI knocked on his door last December your timing still wouldn t be as wretched as that of Confessions of a Shopaholic 
1
Inside I'm Dancing
Betsy Bozdech
It would all be a lot more heartbreaking if it wasn t quite so blatant 
2.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Mary Lasse
A technical mess The final version looks like an unfinished cut 
1
Inside I'm Dancing
Jules Brenner
Spiky haired handsome MacAvoy shows us how to be audacious and prominent without moving more than his face and two fingers 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tries and fails to juggle humor sentimentality and political correctness with its punk war cry 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Larry Ratliff
Rory O Shea challenging and difficult to watch at times is to be applauded for taking us about as close to reality as a situation like this allows 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
John Beifuss
Randle Patrick McMurphy in a motorized wheelchair 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Marty Mapes
Nobody will be shocked to learn people with cerebral palsy are people too
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Tries and fails to juggle humor sentimentality and political correctness with its punk war cry 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Michael Dequina
Director Damien O Donnell and his terrific cast lend the film authenticity by quickly retreating whenever the proceedings threaten to get too cloying or sappy 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Steven Rea
It addresses the essential human need for dignity for freedom for mastery over one s life 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Liam Lacey
The script despite doses of irreverent humour feels manipulative 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Roger Ebert
Funny and moving and more entertaining than some of the movies you are considering this weekend 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Mary F. Pols
McAvoy has an impudent face twinkling blue eyes and an irresistibly wry delivery On the basis of his charm he could single handedly sell the movie But his Rory has hidden dimensions as well most of which we don t grasp until quite late in the game 
3.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Ruthe Stein
Sweet and deeply moving 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Geoff Pevere
By all outward appearance and promotional literature this movie wishes to depict the lives of seriously handicapped people in as real and accurate a way as possible So why does it resort to some of the most insultingly lame clichs imaginable 
1.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Erik Childress
Rory O Shea Was Here certainly isn t the most cloying of the handicapped dramas but doesn t earn the special status it s fighting for 
2.5
Inside I'm Dancing
James Berardinelli
As a feel good movie about disabled youths Rory O Shea Was Here gets the job done but it isn t interesting or daring enough to make it worth a trip to a theater 
2.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Jeffrey Westhoff
A movie friendship to haunt our thoughts and inspire our deeds long after the details of the plot have flown from our memories 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Allison Benedikt
Director Damien O Donnell and screenwriter Jeffrey Caine faithfully adhere to the bylaws of melodrama and quickly plunge us from triumph to tragedy 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Pam Grady
Here comedy tries to compete with maudlin underpinnings and eventually the movie drowns in a sea of soap 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Jan Stuart
Writer Jeffrey Caine and director Damien O Donnell all but cut out our vital organ with moments of hard sell poignancy 
1.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Lou Lumenick
Grows ever more manipulative and predictable 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Elizabeth Weitzman
In this earnest but ill conceived message movie Irish director Damien O Donnell appears determined to teach us a lesson without quite understanding it himself 
2
Inside I'm Dancing
Bob Strauss
Rory O Shea Was Here of course has its heart in the right place Its imagination disappointingly is in all the usual places 
2.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Walter Chaw
Real people with real problems deserve to be more than proverbial Christopher Reeves bolted as THE ONION once suggested to proverbial Washington Monuments 
1
Inside I'm Dancing
Claudia Puig
This is a lovely moving tale of a powerful friendship 
3.5
Inside I'm Dancing
David Sterritt
Superbly acted 
3
Inside I'm Dancing
Peter Canavese
Differently abled characters are too seldom portrayed on screen but the overall impression of the film is rather mawkishly obvious 
2.5
Inside I'm Dancing
Ed Gonzalez
An unusual mix of Leigh for Dummies social realism and fairy tale wish fulfillment 
2
Firefox
Peter Stack
Eastwood looks like an automated totem pole the Russians are portrayed as the Three Stooges and there s more drama tension and action in a spoonful of cottage cheese than in this painfully drawn out affair 
1
Firefox
Roger Ebert
Firefox is a slick muscular thriller that combines espionage with science fiction The movie works like a well crafted machine and it s about a well crafted machine 
3.5
The Hunter
Matt Brunson
No point in chasing this one down 46 
2
The Hunter
Roger Ebert
The Hunter bears all the marks of a tailor made star vehicle one of those awful movies catering to a star s ego and image 
1.5
Some Girls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Patrick Dempsey gives a likable performance at the center of Michael Hoffmann apos s Some Girls and he almost holds it together on goodwill alone 46 
2.5
Some Girls
David Nusair
an exercise in irritation that possesses exceedingly little in the way of positive attributes 
1
House Party
Dwight Brown
Bringing the 90s back is hard work So hard this new House Party reboot only gets half the job done But when it s on it s on 
2.5
House Party
Richard Roeper
Filled with celebs and unfunny gags the bash at LeBron James mansion ends up feeling more exhausting than exciting 
2
House Party
Monica Castillo
While this remix of House Party may leave some nostalgic for the original 44 it smartly doesn apos t try to copy the first film 46 However 44 it does stay true to the first version apos s celebration of friendship 46 
2.5
House Party
Katie Walsh
deeply unfunny and downright tiresome 46 
1.5
House Party
Mark Dujsik
When the party starts 44 the fun basically ends in House Party 46 
1.5
True Wolf
Farran Smith Nehme
It s hard to get close to a wild creature and True Wolf doesn t always manage either 
2.5
True Wolf
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The doc veers between repetitive and didactic pronouncements of a call to inaction and more affectionately told stories about Koani s life as an ambassador wolf on the elementary school circuit 
2.5
The Claus Family
Roger Moore
So pretty that it almost fills the bill as holiday TV babysitting for little kids and so slow that they re almost guaranteed to not sit still for it 
1.5
Permanent Midnight
Michael Dequina
Comes off as manufactured and synthetic as most Hollywood product 
2
Permanent Midnight
Dustin Putman
Constant sequences of drug taking one after the other does not a good film make 
2
Permanent Midnight
Mick LaSalle
The trouble is that it s hard to care 
2
Permanent Midnight
David N. Butterworth
Ben Stiller proves his acting chops in this atypical role as a heroin addicted television writer 
3
Permanent Midnight
Elias Savada
It s horrifying and R rated if not utterly relentless it sucks your breath away perhaps too much 
2.5
Permanent Midnight
Roger Ebert
The movie gets credit for not making the high life seem colorful or funny 
3
City of Ghosts
Calvin Wilson
This film will give you a new appreciation for the freedoms that are often taken for granted in a democracy 
3.5
City of Ghosts
Josh Terry
City of Ghosts is not an easy film to watch Matthew Heineman s documentary on the ISIS occupation of the city of Raqqa is in alternate turns fascinating heartbreaking horrifying and inspiring 
3.5
City of Ghosts
Mark Dujsik
A sense of fear permeates City of Ghosts 
3.5
City of Ghosts
Dann Gire
The story of these daring citizen journalists becomes the stuff of a riveting nonfiction thriller in Matthew Heineman s searing documentary City of Ghosts 
4
City of Ghosts
Peter Keough
An infuriating documentary 
3.5
City of Ghosts
Ann Hornaday
City of Ghosts provides a grim reminder of what journalism should look like and why its stakes are literally life and death 
4
City of Ghosts
David Lewis
City of Ghosts a harrowing documentary about ISIS atrocities in Syria is both timely and terrifying but it will be remembered most for putting a human face on the citizen journalists who at great risk exposed the terrorist group s horrors in Raqqa 
3
City of Ghosts
Thelma Adams
City of Ghosts gains its power from highlighting the rape of Raqqa as told by ordinary men who risked everything to share this news story 
3.5
City of Ghosts
Brian Tallerico
A worthwhile examination of the importance of an institution currently under siege around the world journalism 
3
City of Ghosts
Roger Moore
Gutsy
3
City of Ghosts
Sara Stewart
Their story should be required viewing for anyone engaging in discussion of the refugee problem 
3
City of Ghosts
Shane Slater
Heineman wields his impressive strengths as a filmmaker assembling powerful images that paint an unforgettable picture 
3.5
City of Ghosts
Jake Coyle
The heroism on display in City of Ghosts is unforgettable and the film remains an ever essential reminder of the high costs and vital necessity of journalism in this or any fight against evil 
3
City of Ghosts
Christopher Gray
The director s apparently frank and intimate relationships with the RBSS s heroic journalists help sustain City of Ghosts s undeniable urgency which culminates in a final image of appropriate irresolvable anguish 
3
City of Ghosts
Brent McKnight
Timely pressing important 
4
City of Ghosts
Kate Taylor
City of Ghosts reveals accurate information as the first weapon of resistance 
4
Isn't She Great
Mike Clark
A wannabe satire shackled by misplaced reverence 
1.5
Isn't She Great
Steve Rhodes
Probably a bad idea from the beginning and nothing in this movie convinces us otherwise 
1.5
Isn't She Great
Rob Blackwelder
The story s structure is unspontaneous and utterly common 
2
Isn't She Great
Dustin Putman
A rather cartoonish biopic of struggling actress turned trashy writer Jacqueline Susann 
1.5
Isn't She Great
Michael Dequina
Great is unlikely the word to come to the mind of audiences in regards to author Jacqueline Susann after seeing her depiction here 
1.5
Isn't She Great
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie that needed great trash great sex and great gossip and at all the crucial moments Susann is talking to a tree 
1
Isn't She Great
Cornell & Petricelli
Some funny moments and strong cast but ultimately a disappointing story with little depth or interest 
2.5
Isn't She Great
Susan Stark
A sluggish joyless attempt at comedy 
1
Isn't She Great
Lou Lumenick
Amusing light entertainment 
3
Chungking Express
David Nusair
a visually striking drama that unfortunately grows less and less engaging as it progresses 
2
Chungking Express
Josh Larsen
Whatever ineffable thing Wong Wong Kar wai does let s call it despondent extravagance he distilled it into its purest form here 
3.5
Chungking Express
Matt Brunson
Faye Wong is a real delight 
3
Chungking Express
Jeff Shannon
I ve never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself but Wong s frenetic blend of slow motion pixilation rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds or vice versa is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters 
3
Chungking Express
Michael Wilmington
Chungking Express is a breezy little Hong Kong movie that has more life energy humanity and sheer visual zing than most other shows you ll see in a month or so 
3.5
Chungking Express
Dave Kehr
Dull it is not but Wong s trademark sense of romantic melancholy fails to jell amid all the excess 
2
Chungking Express
Carrie Rickey
A lyrical and delightfully goofy study in romantic longing 
3
Chungking Express
David Sterritt
Written and directed by Wong Kar wai the film is an imaginative piece of filmmaking and an evocative essay on contemporary Hong Kong as it prepares for a return to Chinese rule 
3
Chungking Express
Matt Noller
Despite the liveliness of Chungking Express s first half it s this second story that catapults it into the company of Wong s best films 
3.5
Chungking Express
Jay Antani
a pair of not entirely successful romantic stories but fuelled by Wong Kar Wai s cinematic fervor and exuberant use of music it s irresistible
3
Chungking Express
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Chungking Express is unlike almost any film I have ever seen and yet it is like almost every film I have ever seen Its imagination character and vitality set it apart from its peers 
4
Chungking Express
Jim Shelby
In spite of some overlong sequences and an occasional excess of style Kar Wai s dreams are indeed contagious 
3
Chungking Express
James Kendrick
Although it s a bit frustrating during its first viewing because it refuses to cooperate and fill an preconceived notion Chunking Express ultimately rewards with subsequent viewings 
3
Chungking Express
Joe Baltake
A movie that has Tarantino s brand of kinetic eccentric energy but that s much more soulful 
3.5
Chungking Express
Mick LaSalle
More impressive than engaging 
2
Chungking Express
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie you ll relate to if you love film itself rather than its surface aspects such as story and stars 
3
Chungking Express
Michael Dequina
One of the most inventive original works to come from Hong Kong or anywhere else in a long time 
4
Chungking Express
Chris Hicks
Wang is utterly enchanting in her own offbeat way and her natural performance is so graceful that her presence alone is almost worth the price of admission 
2.5
Chungking Express
James Berardinelli
Once the viewer gets past bouts of confusion the film demands more than one viewing the result is a uniquely memorable look at the ties that bind all people 
3.5
Stage Door
Matt Brunson
Second only to the incomparable All About Eve as the best movie ever made about the theater 
4
Stage Door
Dan Callahan
All About Eve The real masterpiece about women and theater is Gregory La Cava s Stage Door 
4
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Austin Kennedy
Easily Lawrence s best starring role But keep in mind that s only compared to his other movies 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Linda Cook
Uneven tasteless and just not all that funny Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is another non stellar vehicle for Martin Lawrence 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Peter Travers
Actors such as Michael Clarke Duncan Mo Nique Mike Epps and Cedric the Entertainer have been persuaded by writer director Malcolm D Lee to do crass routines that should have gone out with minstrel shows 
1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Frank Ochieng
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins feels like a rudimentary retread of previously outrageous black attack farces needlessly cluttered unfocused and pointless 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Sean McBride
a cast full of talented comedians and a director who obviously doesn t mind watching his cast go way over the top in search of raucous and randy laughs
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Gina Carbone
I laughed harder watching Norbit 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Mark Dujsik
Ugh Just ugh 
0.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Kam Williams
Not even a soulful soliloquy before the closing credits about the importance of family could undo the damage already inflicted by this impressively pointless minstrel show 
1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Scott Bowles
There s little to distinguish this oddly mean spirited comedy 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Philip Marchand
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins reinforces the sense that movies are not about real life but about other movies 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Chris Hewitt
It s not bad but if you wait and spend a couple of bucks to rent the DVD it ll probably seem even better 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Tom Keogh
Sometimes with a film like this one grabs for anything potentially redeeming It doesn t happen here 
1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Walter V. Addiego
The message stay true to your roots is solid and director Lee gives his outstanding comic cast some sharp one liners but he undermines the effort with crass humor mugging and slapstick 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Kyle Smith
Possible signs of the apocalypse a rain of fire return of the Messiah my enjoy ing a Martin Lawrence comedy 
3
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Elizabeth Weitzman
Spiking sentimental family values with crude hilarity isn t the recipe for an award winner 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Glenn Whipp
Tyler Perry style family comedy has a shortage of laughs a plethora of sitcom stupidity 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Jason Anderson
Lawrence has rarely been more appealing That s partly because this latest incarnation of his usual persona is more vulnerable and likeable but mostly it s a relief not to see him strain so hard to Bogart all the jokes 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Lisa Kennedy
The movie ditches clever for crass Mo nique and Mike Epps as opportunistic cousin Reggie provide most of the downhome and dirty entendres Less nique would have fixed much of what ails this movie 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Wesley Morris
The movie hurts 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Sara Michelle Fetters
Watching this picture is akin to two hours of being beaten over the head with a rubber chicken peppered with razor blades and by the time it was over my head hurt so bad it would have taken a whole bottle of aspirin to make it go away 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Funny people abound such as Cedric the Entertainer Mo Nique Mike Epps etc but their antics can t save this lazy bloated stupid affair 
1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Willie Waffle
Faithfully and fatally committed to producing a gross out comedy that undeniably grosses
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Maitland McDonagh
Writer director Malcolm D Lee wraps a soft and gooey message in a thick crust of crass slapstick 
1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Sue Pierman
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins overstays its welcome by about 30 minutes 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Jeff Vice
It was bad enough when Martin Lawrence humiliated himself in such noxious comedy hits as Big Momma s House National Security and Wild Hogs 
1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Lawrence Toppman
It s a cynical attempt to plunder your wallet with broad buffoonery you can see for free on TV 
1.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Kelley L. Carter
Writer director Malcolm D Lee delivers a relatable comedy that drops viewers off in this family that just happens to be African American 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Dustin Putman
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a happy surprise of a movie a heartfelt comedy that probably shouldn t work but does Would it have hurt to add a comma to the title 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Carrie Rickey
Roscoe Jenkins labors too hard to wring too few chuckles 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
James Berardinelli
If the idea of watching Martin Lawrence getting used and abused appeals to you then Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is the movie for you 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Gene Seymour
Even when the movie s overplayed or undercooked its roughhousing energy grows on you 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Joe Lozito
Noisy scattershot Martin Lawrence comedy has a promising setup and then simply stops trying 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Josh Larsen
You can often gauge how desperate a comedy is by the number of attacking animals it features 
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Nick Schager
It s not half bad largely because it places an absolute premium on brash bawdy humor 
2.5
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Vince Koehler
You find yourself reliving many of your family reunions while watching this comedy many of us having suffered through the same troubles 
3.5
Sweeney!
Matt Brunson
The story itself is sturdy enough Where the movie errs is in the character of Regan who always had a hidden soft side on the series but is presented here as an unsympathetic lout 
2.5
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Roger Moore
A bigger Cluster Sheen I could hardly imagine 
1
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Peter Keough
When the subtlest part of your film is Charlie Sheen s performance you ve got a problem 
1.5
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Mick LaSalle
The audience finds out just how long 84 minutes can be The answer really long 
1
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Peter Howell
Perhaps the best thing that can be said about the film is that it adequately depicts the narcissism of its star 
1.5
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Matt Pais
The guys play victims and lament the poor condition of being guys whose significant others won t just be happy with men who make no effort at all 
0
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Roger Ebert
A film is a terrible thing to waste 
1
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Robert Levin
The film reveals a depth and weight to the Charlie Sheen archetype that we haven t experienced before 
3
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Lou Lumenick
Sort of like Bob Fosse s All That Jazz minus the music the wit and the insight not to mention Roy Scheider s brilliant performance 
1
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Josh Larsen
If Sheen brings any presence to the screen it s geriatric 
1.5
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Andrew Schenker
The film speeds ahead with almost gleeful disinterest in dealing with the narrative challenges it sets up before resolving them in the most perfunctory ways
1
Summit Fever
Roger Moore
Meet it on its own level and 8220 Summit Fever 8221 isn 8217 t bad 44 and certainly not as bad as most couch potato critics have been saying 46 
2.5
Summit Fever
Mark Dujsik
Summit Fever short changes its critique of what climbing has and continues to become 46 
2
Soul Man
David Nusair
A decidedly high concept comedy 
2
Soul Man
Roger Ebert
This is a genuinely interesting idea filled with dramatic possibilities but the movie approaches it on the level of a dim witted sit com 
1
The Devil Came on Horseback
Rob Thomas
In a way Devil is two horror stories the first is what Steidle saw in Darfur the second what he saw when he left 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
John Monaghan
The Devil Came on Horseback is a documentary account of Steidle s ongoing efforts to educate the world about the violence he witnessed as an unarmed military observer for the African Union in 2004 
3
The Devil Came on Horseback
Bill Stamets
On all counts the co directors of this persuasive documentary set the right tone 
3
The Devil Came on Horseback
Tom Keogh
A dynamic shockingly graphic story of the horrors of Darfur 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
Michael Phillips
With an estimated 400 000 dead since 2003 and 2 5 million Sudanese left homeless in the wake of the genocide ignoring the story doesn t seem like a humane option 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
Sean P. Means
Steidle s photos cannot be viewed without flinching but they must be seen by as many people as possible 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
Jeff Vice
Like the best art documentary films can provoke strong emotions and The Devil Came on Horseback is definitely provocative 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
Steven Winn
An exceptionally powerful film driven by contradictory forces 
4
The Devil Came on Horseback
Ty Burr
Too often the movies view the problems of Africa through Western eyes but Devil turns that weakness to a literal strength because Steidle could do nothing in his position except take photographs 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
John Anderson
The failure of world conscience haunts The Devil Came on Horseback 
3.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
Ken Fox
If you don t already have a handle on the complicated conflict at the heart of Darfur s ongoing genocide you probably won t come away from this harrowing documentary with any comprehensive understanding 
2.5
The Devil Came on Horseback
Ed Gonzalez
Both explains the rationale for the chaos in Darfur in terms we can all understand and asks us to follow Steidle s lead by demanding our leaders to act now in order to save the helpless people of Darfur 
3
The Devil Came on Horseback
Ross Anthony
Thank you Brian for your bravery to go directly into the eye of the storm and for your immense courage to share what you have seen with your sincerity and compassion 
2.5
Enter Laughing
David Nusair
suffers from a hopelessly and aggressively padded out feel 
2
Enter Laughing
Roger Ebert
A low pressure quietly amusing story based on Carl Reiner s entry into show business 
3
The Soft Skin
Roger Ebert
Francois Truffaut s The Soft Skin is being revived at the very moment when it seems uncannily prophetic
3
The Soft Skin
Glenn Heath Jr.
A mesmerizing morality play detailing the machinations of adultery and their deadly consequences 
3.5
Dolphin Boy
Kam Williams
An astonishing tale of recovered voice and memory depicting the most intriguing reason yet to save the whales 
4
Guy X
Susan Walker
A movie that doesn t know whether it is slapstick comedy satire mystery or a schlock horror flick Whatever it is it is highly derivative and of little consequence 
1.5
Guy X
Kate Taylor
A jack of all formulas and master of none 
1
Guy X
Nev Pierce
A film which lingers and haunts but never compels 
3
Delhi Belly
Simon Abrams
The film is by and large too concerned with not offending its audience too much for it to ever even be that shocking 
2
Demon Hunter
David Nusair
it doesn t take long for the movie to sink into irrelevance 
2
Outsourced
Michele Kenner
Sending jobs overseas a hot button issue for some Americans gets gentle good natured treatment in Outsourced 
3
Outsourced
Susan Walker
In the hands of a lesser director the secondary characters including Todd s matronly Indian landlady might have been mere caricatures Smart production design and camerawork enhance the sense of authenticity 
2.5
Outsourced
Liam Lacey
A frothy romantic comedy that makes a serious point about the arrogance of treating human beings from around the world as interchangeable economic units 
3
Outsourced
Wesley Morris
Jeffcoat handles the ostensible cultural differences gingerly The movie s approach to globalism is to play everything small and keep everybody human 
3
Outsourced
Susan Tavernetti
An indie charmer that may become the sleeper of Seattle 
3
Outsourced
Timothy Knight
A smart low key charmer 
3
Outsourced
Tom Keogh
The film s deliberate carefully paced narrative can t obscure the sense of epiphany that permeates Outsourced 
3
Outsourced
Ruthe Stein
The problem with making a movie on topical subjects is that by the time of its release it can seem awfully stale 
2
Outsourced
Jack Mathews
Josh Hamilton gives a marvelously engaging performance in this fish out of water comedy 
3
Outsourced
Roger Ebert
It is a film bursting with affection for its characters and for India It never pushes things too far never stoops to cheap plotting is about people learning to really see one another It has a fundamental sweetness and innocence 
3
Outsourced
Rob Humanick
The story of one man s inner self discovery during his time in India Outsourced is a fish out of water tale of the distinctly white and schmucky kind 
1
Outsourced
Kam Williams
Engaging unpredictable hilarious and entertaining at every turn this charming thoroughly modern romantic romp offers all you could ever ask of a cross cultural comedy plus it paints a plausible picture of the pitfalls of sending jobs overseas 
4
Outsourced
James Berardinelli
It s a celebration of cultural diversity and an affirmation that despite differences in race religion and societal norms people are essentially the same with a lack of understanding being a key block to better relations 
3
Outsourced
David Nusair
Problems emerge as the lightweight vibe eventually becomes oppressive 
2
Outsourced
Steve Rhodes
A good spirited and silly comedy that is firmly grounded in reality 
3
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Erik Childress
Begins with some fun promise 44 but when it drops the burgeoning relationship between Jun Jong Seo amp Kate Hudson in favor of just another kid and their superhero tale 44 the film fades into familiarity 46 
2
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It apos s a gorgeous film 44 illuminated by the New Orleans nightlights 44 reflecting off of the shiny streets 44 wet with booze or who knows what else 46 
3
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Joe Friar
Ana Lily Amirpour is back with a vengeance for her third feature 44 a fantastical and sultry adventure filled with quirky characters that connect with the viewer 46 Kate Hudson is terrific 44 Ed Skrein is the VIP 44 and the soundtrack rocks 46 
3.5
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Richard Roeper
A thriller of striking colors and compelling characters 
3
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It doesn 8217 t help that each actor appears to believe they are in a different movie the one from the other 44 nor that Amirpour blasts far too many musical cues scene to scene 44 creating a jarring cacophony of hipster beats 46 
1.5
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Tomris Laffly
91 Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon 93 possess your senses at every one of its madcap turns 46 
3
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Mark Dujsik
Through it all 46 46 46 Mona Lisa seems like little more than a prop in Amirpour apos s elastic and unpredictable scheme of a plot 46 
1.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Sean P. Means
Spielberg s wondrous movie has remained its own thing which is something of a miracle 
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Josh Larsen
In Spielberg the cosmic has dinner table consequences 
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roger Ebert
One of the great moviegoing experiences 
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Betsy Bozdech
Steven Spielberg s awesome in the literal sense lyrical film about the first contact between humans and extraterrestrials is the kind of movie that gives you goosebumps 
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
James O'Ehley
Not even Spielberg makes them as they used to 
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Scott Nash
Despite finding the ending to be a little anticlimactic I still enjoyed this movie very much 
3.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
James Berardinelli
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is unquestionably a great movie 
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Bill Chambers
The film lacks blockbuster detachment 
4
Calichín
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Not a totally deficient film simply suffers from multiple personality syndrome It is a comedy but also a drama a family film a sports story and satire at times Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Blood Stripe
Roger Moore
Overly familiar genre but a very well acted and sympathetically directed take on Marine Corps Lioness suffering from post traumatic stress disorder 
2.5
Insert Coin
Steven Prokopy
Director Joshua Tsui a former Midway designer himself walks us through success story after success story while never forgetting to clue us into the creative process that was at play at Midway 
3
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Wesley Morris
Director Archer isn t necessarily taking us anywhere new but his movie s rapture is beautiful inside and out 
3
Wild Tigers I Have Known
John Hartl
Wild Tigers I Have Known studiously avoids the clichs of the genre It s also exasperatingly inconclusive Its dreamy enigmatic characters often fail to engage 
2
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Frank Ochieng
There s just not enough psychological mustard to cover this earnest hotdog of a movie about a male loner s breakout infatuation with the studmuffin of his wildest dreams 
2
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Pam Grady
There is talent on display here but it is ill used and that makes Wild Tigers I Have Known a frustrating experience 
2
Wild Tigers I Have Known
John Anderson
Young writer director Cam Archer uses disjointed imagery textures and clashing sound to create something seamlessly odd and poignantly pubescent 
3.5
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Ken Fox
First time feature filmmaker Cam Archer turns what might have been an exercise in salaciousness into a stylish visual poem about desire and adolescent alienation 
3
Wild Tigers I Have Known
V.A. Musetto
Cam Archer is a 24 year old with a future At least that s the impression given by his first feature Wild Tigers I Have Known which he wrote and directed 
2.5
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Nick Schager
Wild Tigers I Have Known self consciously attempts to stake its claim to a tract of the queer cinema landscape 
2
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Dustin Putman
An ultra lite version of Paul Thomas Anderson s Inherent Vice Once Upon a Time in Venice is a sunny SoCal noir so inconsequential it seems to evaporate as it plays out 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Richard Roeper
Of course Willis employs his trademark smirk and his familiar sarcastic line readings Of course we ve seen him play variations on this downtrodden wisecracking cynic in better movies But B movie Willis is still kind of a hoot 
3
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Vikram Murthi
Once Upon a Time in Venice frequently sags underneath its own general lethargy and not even the snarkiest John McClane can fix that 
2
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Mark Dujsik
Looked at from a certain angle Once Upon a Time in Venice plays as a document of how much humiliation Bruce Willis is willing to undergo for a paycheck 
0.5
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Dann Gire
Once Upon a Time in Venice feels like a really bad star studded Oceans 11 prequel which like a first pancake should have been thrown out 
1
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Gary Thompson
Surely Willis was hoping the movie would be more like Pulp Fiction less like Cop Out No such luck 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Roger Moore
Willis finds a few laughs in this limp low budget action comedy the sort of lazy paycheck picture he used to do when he was big box office 
1.5
To Mom (and Dad), With Love
Kevin Carr
Very much in the spirit of the original Peanuts animated specials 46 
3
Vinyan
David Nusair
it s ultimately impossible to deny the effectiveness of the astonishingly grim atmosphere 
2.5
Project Almanac
Frank Ochieng
PA morphs into teen soap opera territory and sinks the minimal sci fi flavoring it had for a nonsensical diversion punctuated by the aforementioned shoddy camera fluctuation and lack of time traveling zest beyond small time incidental dilemmas
2
Project Almanac
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
As a story as an experience it s one of the most underrated movies of the last few years Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Project Almanac
Linda Cook
Gone are the days when found footage was a fresh approach to a movie 
1.5
Project Almanac
David Hiltbrand
The premise which initially has a certain interior logic grows implausible and then nonsensical 
2
Project Almanac
James Berardinelli
Maybe it will work better on home video where unrestrained camera movement is less likely to provoke nausea but it certainly doesn t work on a big screen 
2
Project Almanac
Mike McGranaghan
There s an expression in journalism burying the lede It refers to the act of delaying the most important or enticing facts until late in the story Project Almanac buries its lede 
2.5
Project Almanac
David Nusair
a decent enough time travel thriller that ll almost certainly leave fans of the genre satisfied 
3
Project Almanac
Christian Toto
Project Almanac features that awful found footage gimmick but don t let that stop you from meeting these charming time travelin teens 
3
Project Almanac
Susan Wloszczyna
The time has come to finally tell the found footage genre to get lost Just pick up your unsteady handheld camera and go already 
2
Project Almanac
Peter Keough
It could have been a lot worse 
2.5
Project Almanac
Willie Waffle
Project Almanac starts off fine but the creative team struggles to find a satisfying logical ending 
1.5
Project Almanac
Brad Wheeler
Youth is wasted on the young and apparently time machines are as well 
1.5
Project Almanac
Mark Dujsik
Project Almanac insists that you lower your expectations No you should lower them further than that 
1.5
Project Almanac
Dustin Putman
Irksome in too many ways to possibly count 
1
Project Almanac
Linda Barnard
Bizarre camerawork and that laziest of all plot devices the stash of found footage soon slots it in the unrealized potential category 
2
Project Almanac
Claudia Puig
How about a moratorium on the found footage genre What was once fresh and innovative now is tired and overdone 
1.5
Project Almanac
Chris Cabin
The film delivers the same misogynistic faux modernistic jolts of trashy humor and labored plotting that typify the work of co producer Michael Bay 
1
Project Almanac
Thomas Lee
I found it hard to care about anybody when I wasn t too busy trying not to get sick anyway 
2
Project Almanac
Rafer Guzman
The found footage technique is aimed at teens but surely they re smart enough to see through the thin characters and skimpy story An almost enjoyable throwaway 
2
Project Almanac
Soren Andersen
Step back a step from Almanac and the whole thing seems beyond absurd But while it s playing you can kind of buy what it s selling 
2.5
Project Almanac
Roger Moore
Clever funny but emotionally stunted Like most teenagers 
2.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Brian Eggert
It s all about marketing more than art and Gilroy takes out his contempt for this scene 
2
Velvet Buzzsaw
Cassidy Olsen
While the pulpy by the numbers horror of the film s second half has the potential to be something awfully fun Velvet Buzzsaw s overwritten and unfocused script sucks the joy out of even the most ridiculous of deaths 
1
Velvet Buzzsaw
Lisa Trifone
Velvet Buzzsaw may not be a film we re still talking about in a year but as a biting commentary on art criticism and egos run amuck it s equally stinging and entertaining 
3
Velvet Buzzsaw
James Kendrick
the cultural satire is too broad and the horror is not only not particularly horrific but is oftentimes silly and almost always derivative
2
Velvet Buzzsaw
Bob Chipman
A classically structured You Shouldn t Have Opened The Scary Box Dummy campfire story that just happens to be set among exactly the sort of pretentious windbag characters who s very state of being is looking too hard at simple obvious things 
3
Velvet Buzzsaw
Karen M. Peterson
Setting the stage primarily in Los Angeles Gilroy provides a view of a city that is constantly in motion and never seeming to find its destination a perfect setting for a supernatural horror film with roots in the contemporary art scene 
4
Velvet Buzzsaw
David Nusair
There s ultimately little doubt that Velvet Buzzsaw has been designed to come off as a trenchant satire of the art world more than a garden variety horror flick 
2.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Josh Larsen
wields its mockery with the subtlety of a power tool 
1.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Rene Sanchez
Although some of its pieces might feel like they belong in a different gallery Velvet Buzzsaw offers a sharp and fierce critique about the modern art industry Full Review in Spanish 
3
Velvet Buzzsaw
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film offers an entertaining mix of satire and horror though the former is often a little too on the nose and the latter inadequately supported by backstory 
3
Velvet Buzzsaw
Richard Roeper
Velvet Buzzsaw has the kind of bite that leaves a mark 
3.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Robert Levin
Only smart and talented people could make a movie like Velvet Buzzsaw an art world satire meshed with a horror movie that trades in big ideas but finds precious little that s new to say about them 
2
Velvet Buzzsaw
Sonny Bunch
Jake Gyllenhaal is solid as the increasingly unhinged Morf bringing a weightiness to a part that could have easily devolved into silliness 
2.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Mark Dujsik
A fter experiencing the wackiness of the later horror we wonder why Gilroy took so much time to get to it 
2.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Joe Friar
Dan Gilroy reunites with Jake Gyllenhaal for the horror comedy that is reminiscent of Rod Serling s late 60s early 70s horror series Night Gallery Satire with plenty of blood and laughs 
3
Velvet Buzzsaw
Joey Magidson
Velvet Buzzsaw is not for the easily disturbed It takes such glee in offing its awful characters that you have to get on its wavelength If you do it s a bit of macabre fun 
3
Velvet Buzzsaw
Chuck Bowen
With its silvery sheen and sexy lure of celebrity actors being naughty the film recalls the decadent self consciously chic art it parodies
2
Velvet Buzzsaw
Brian Tallerico
A wildly inconsistent film sometimes disappointingly clunky and as superficial as the world it s mocking but it s also an ambitious piece of work with unforgettable imagery and an ace ensemble 
2.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Alan French
The campy and exaggerated display of the modern art community thrives with comedic beats Sadly the film is not the full on parody you want 
2.5
Velvet Buzzsaw
Mick LaSalle
Velvet Buzzsaw is half perhaps as much as two thirds of a smart enjoyable and original movie 
2.5
The Look of Love
David Nusair
The Look of Love comes off as an extremely standard biopic that seems to have emerged directly from a template for such films 
1.5
The Look of Love
Peter Keough
Frankly the guy just isn t very interesting 
2.5
The Look of Love
Sean P. Means
Coogan is adept at playing the cad but Winterbottom gives him little else to do 
2.5
The Look of Love
Chris Hewitt
It s structured around the question What went wrong but we can guess the answer about five minutes into the film 
2
The Look of Love
Robert Levin
A character study that offers some of Steve Coogan s most interesting work and another testament to Michael Winterbottom s knack for period naturalism 
3
The Look of Love
Michael O'Sullivan
Coogan turns in a fine dramatic performance in a role that calls for as much actual acting as wisecracking 
2.5
The Look of Love
Stephen Whitty
Winterbottom never really illuminates the man or helps explain the fixed intensely probing gaze of that title 
2
The Look of Love
Nick McCarthy
With its softened edges bland aftertaste and watered down distillation of Raymond s life and career Michael Winterbottom s film represents the house champagne of biographical cinema 
2
The Look of Love
Lou Lumenick
Ultimately more compelling as a long colorful look at Swinging London in the 1960s than as autobiographical drama 
2.5
The Look of Love
Erik Childress
he Look of Love forgets all the other senses when it comes to getting what makes Paul Raymond so fascinating desensitizing us to caring even less about him than the 60th breast that flashes across the screen 
1.5
Seven Men From Now
Fernando F. Croce
The effect is not one of pre post modern nudging but a questioning of the conventions through the director s humanizing gaze 
3.5
The Boys Are Back
Kelly Jane Torrance
Mr Owen in his first film as an executive producer gamely shows a new side of himself much like the adventurous single father he charmingly portrays 
3
The Boys Are Back
Brandy McDonnell
Even if it weren t billed as inspired by a true story Oscar nominated director Scott Hicks film would ring with emotional truth 
3
The Boys Are Back
David Nusair
It s a fairly standard premise that is for the most part employed to middling effect by filmmaker Scott Hicks 
2
The Boys Are Back
Christian Toto
Clive Owen turns a tear jerker into a meditation on fatherhood in The Boys Are Back
3
The Boys Are Back
Camerin Courtney
Joe says in a voice over that life is a journey to be traveled no matter how bad the road And The Boys Are Back is a highly satisfying ride 
3.5
The Boys Are Back
Mike Scott
The Boys are bound to seem a rather boring bunch which makes it hard for Scott Hicks downbeat heart tugger to resonate in any meaningful way 
2
The Boys Are Back
Lori Hoffman
presents some inevitable clichs from the grief dealing playbook but also tosses in the occasional change of pace zinger to keep the film from drowning in sorrow 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Keith Cohen
This indie gem marks the arrival of Oscar season McAnulty and Mackay give very natural performances that are real and genuine 
3.5
The Boys Are Back
Matt Brunson
Much like its lead character the film lacks the discipline to always do what s best 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Lawrence Toppman
The characters clumsy emotional growth shows us there s hope even for a stumbling father and two sons groping toward peace 
3
The Boys Are Back
Mick LaSalle
The Boys Are Back is based on a true story and not in a good way It s obviously true otherwise why would anyone think it s worth telling a story so trivial 
1
The Boys Are Back
Chris Hewitt
At first the Australian Boys seems to be one of those annoying isn t it noble how the single dad keeps it together movies but it s more interesting than that 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Duane Dudek
The boys are great and the relationship between brothers who have been thrown together because they share the same absentee father is the film s truest sweetest element 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Steven Rea
Relationships between men and women fathers and sons are more complicated in real life and The Boys Are Back deftly acknowledges that fact 
3
The Boys Are Back
Rene Rodriguez
Owen who doesn t get many roles like this but should be signed for more brings a compelling and sturdy realism to Joe making him likable but not insufferable 
3
The Boys Are Back
Lisa Kennedy
Clive Owen was spared the role of James Bond And The Boys are Back is an example of why we are all the better for it 
3
The Boys Are Back
Moira MacDonald
You may well cry I did at The Boys Are Back but Hicks doesn t use hammers or harp strings the emotion is honest and earned 
3
The Boys Are Back
Ty Burr
All told the movie s a solid entry in the Bad Dad Gets It Together genre and Owen is really quite touching especially when he s not trying too hard which is most of the time 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Roger Ebert
The film seems to regard Joe with affection and Owen certainly portrays him as a nice man But why are his unformed theories about bringing up Artie supposed to fill us with affection and sentiment 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Shaula Clark
Joe s just say yes policy is billed as an antidote to helicopter parenting but there s little evidence that his laxity benefits anything but his own ego 
1.5
The Boys Are Back
Liam Lacey
On the tougher side are Allan Cubitt s script which is good natured but doesn t idealize any character and the prickly honesty of Owen s performance 
3
The Boys Are Back
Lou Lumenick
The Boys Are Back is not a perfect movie but you can t do much better than Owen who beautifully plays against his darkly brooding persona 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Greg Quill
Shot in the glorious golds and greens of South Australia s autumn it s a convincing tale of spiritual and emotional rehabilitation perhaps not as important as it wants to be but not exactly a waste of time either 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Claudia Puig
This lovely and emotionally resonant film about a family shattered by grief deserves better than a forgettably glib title that conjures up images of beer brawls or gangster affiliations 
3.5
The Boys Are Back
Stephen Whitty
It sounds like the start of a Neil Simon sitcom or some Dennis Quaid movie for Disney with Rene Russo sweeping in during the second act to bring some order Actually that might have been okay At least it would have had a few jokes 
2
The Boys Are Back
Adam Keleman
Despite buoyant performances from its cast and an excellent score by Sigur Rs cloying sentimentality is in heavy supply throughout Scott Hick s adaptation of Simon Carr s memoir 
2
The Boys Are Back
Dustin Putman
Where s Thin Lizzy when you need them 
2
The Boys Are Back
James Berardinelli
There s nothing terribly wrong with this leisurely paced chronicle of a single father s struggles parenting his two sons but there s nothing terribly right with it either 
2.5
The Boys Are Back
Peter Travers
OK it sounds like a tear jerker and sometimes it drifts dangerously close But Owen in a heartfelt award caliber performance never goes soft It s his core of toughness that makes the movie so funny touching and vital 
3
The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead (Rusalka: Ozero myortvykh)
Mike McGranaghan
Calling The Mermaid scary wouldn t quite be accurate it oddly pulls back in spots that would benefit from going full bore but it certainly has an eerie vibe 
2.5
Camp
Michael Dequina
The highlights of the film are when the ostensible plotlines are dropped and the truly talented kids get a chance to perform 
2.5
Camp
Sean P. Means
What makes Camp such a delight are the kids any one of whom could kick your favorite American Idol star s butt 
3.5
Camp
Jeff Vice
Graff makes sure it s well paced and is played with a light touch 
3
Camp
Dustin Putman
Something a good deal more remarkable than it otherwise might have been without the music Well intentioned full of amiable energy and exceedingly entertaining with each passing minute 
3
Camp
Robert W. Butler
A sort of bargain basement Fame that squeaks by on good cheer and some of the brassiest voices ever to issue from adolescent throats 
3
Camp
Kevin John Bozelka
A film best avoided by teenage misfits of any stripe 
1
Camp
Phil Villarreal
Don t cop to what others think you should be Stay true to your inner light Be yourself la la la 
1
Camp
Terry Lawson
Fame may seem silly in retrospect but Camp with its dippy dialogue and characters revealing even less complexity than the ones from 42nd Street arrives silly 
2
Camp
Walter Chaw
like nothing so much as a William Asher beach blanket bomb o
1.5
Camp
Jeff Strickler
You ll have trouble keeping your toes from tapping 
3
Camp
Chris Hewitt
I could see all kinds of bad things coming together in Camp but I liked it anyway because the kids joy is so infectious even when they are bad 
3
Camp
Lisa Kennedy
Restraint and exuberance joy and tenderness and a cameo by the patron saint of musical theater Stephen Sondheim 
3.5
Camp
Sara Michelle Fetters
Daunting enough to make your debut featuring one unknown and untried talent but to fill an entire picture with them isn t just intimidating it s borderline stupid 
3
Camp
Steve Rhodes
It s political correctness run amok 
1
Camp
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eventually the jokes peter out 
2.5
Camp
Moira MacDonald
Graff so determinedly romanticizes his characters that he alienates all but the most musical mad of audiences 
2
Camp
C.W. Nevius
Another of those summer movies that want to pluck at our heartstrings If it would just stop plucking for a second it might be enjoyable 
2
Camp
Joe Baltake
Like that summer holiday that vacation that you hope will never end 
4
Camp
Liam Lacey
There are moments when you re not sure whether you re supposed to scoff with Camp or at it 
1.5
Camp
Ty Burr
A comedy and for all its cliches and clumsiness close to a great one 
3.5
Camp
Chris Knight
Has a couple of catchy tunes and a cameo by Stephen Sondheim but it s nothing to write home about 
1.5
Camp
Mike Clark
The situations are mighty broad but exuberance counts for something in the movie with perhaps the year s most double edged title 
2.5
Camp
Michael Wilmington
The entire movie struck me as shallow forced and phony in some of the same ways that Fame was a phony picture of the New York High School for Performing Arts 
2
Camp
Connie Ogle
Apologies to Irene Cara but you really do believe these kids want to live forever 
3.5
Camp
Jeanne Aufmuth
Kitschy sweet and kind of nutty this is a delightful exercise in well camp 
3
Camp
Lou Lumenick
Graff has drawn uniformly excellent performances from his cast of unknowns And they can sing and dance up a storm 
3.5
Camp
Jami Bernard
It s fun but Camp falls short of persuading viewers to go directly into musical comedy 
2.5
Camp
Glenn Whipp
Much like its striving youngsters the eager to please film gets by on the strength of its belief that the world would be a better place if everyone had the chance to put on a show 
3
Camp
Jan Stuart
Theater lovers will be in hog heaven 
3
Camp
Kelly Borgeson
Camp may not be great cinema but it s passionate and original enough to be special 
2.5
Camp
Peter Travers
A blast of exuberant fun that stays rooted in humanity 
3
Camp
Emily Blunt
Fans of musical theater will be pleasantly coddled thanks to the wonderful production numbers scattered within its campy cellulose walls 
3
Camp
Ed Gonzalez
Graff takes lessons learned from countless after school specials and sets the resulting kumbaya queer fantasy to banal show tunes 
1.5
Camp
Annlee Ellingson
One of the more enjoyable films at Sundance this year 
3
300: Rise of an Empire
Brian Eggert
Green enlivens the screen 46 The rest consists of profuse bloodshed and slow motion 44 copying Snyder 8217 s style to mind numbing extremes 46 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Frank Ochieng
It is fine and dandy if 300 Rise Of An Empire is the type of erratic cinema smorgasbord that some may feel drawn to in the orgy of grossness nudity debauchery and tawdriness an empty minded salacious spectacle
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Sonny Bunch
Eva Green delights as the cunning Artemesia so dominating every scene she s in that Empire almost feels as if it is her story rather than a tale of Greek freedom 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Walter Chaw
Call it Sergio Corbucci s Thermopylae 
3
300: Rise of an Empire
David Nusair
generally fares just a little bit better than its Zack Snyder directed predecessor 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Linda Cook
The story is interesting but it s the look that director Noam Murro makes the focus of his 300 Rise of an Empire 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Brad Keefe
There will be blood And of course speeches about rising up against insurmountable odds and homoerotic subtext 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
John Beifuss
As Persia s sexiest naval commander Eva Green is to this sidequel as Cate Blanchett is to Blue Jasmine and I mean that as a compliment and not a joke She s a frightening and awe inspiring force of nature draped in camp instead of Chanel 
3
300: Rise of an Empire
Robert Levin
This sequel is a wholly second rate effort save for the incomparable Eva Green 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Mike McGranaghan
Seems perfectly content to be a retread of the original visually and stylistically The film sticks so closely to the playbook that it never finds a way to become fun on its own terms 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
John Serba
It s all breathless in the sense that every cast member sucks in his or her gut chest puffed out posing rigidly half naked like Crossfit propaganda posters reading lifeless lines 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Peter Howell
The mere existence of 300 Rise of an Empire is worthy of note especially the inventive means by which the story has been advanced 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Matt Brunson
The gore appears storyboarded to death with much of the bloodletting presented in studied slow motion It s a dull deadening approach the type that can probably only be truly appreciated by 15 year old boys and serial killers 
1
300: Rise of an Empire
David Keyes
Somewhere in the fog of all these ideas and characterizations there is a central purpose but the movie never finds it 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Burl Burlingame
It s a testosterone dripping fantasy about blood lust baby The characters are based on real people and real events The mode of storytelling is pure mythology 
1
300: Rise of an Empire
Bob Bloom
Eva Green is the main reason to see Rise of an Empire Her Artemisia is a cold cruel merciless and deadly commander who brooks no opposition from anyone whether it is a subordinate or an enemy 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Jason Buchanan
Australian television star Stapleton despite his best efforts never summons the intensity that Gerard Butler so effortlessly exuded in the previous film 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Chris Hewitt
It s maybe a third as good as the original 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Phil Villarreal
The filmmakers copy the look and style of the original but important elements such as plot or a coherent story get lost in translation 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Stephen Whitty
There is much grinding of teeth and mauling of history and anachronistic use of gunpowder until we plug our ears and desperately pray to the gods of Olympus or the brothers of Warner that they might make an end 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Michael Smith
More blood More guts More men with six packs than a Quik Trip on a Friday night 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Glenn Kenny
300 Rise of an Empire gets a lot of mileage out of sheer venal spectacle Just don t try to derive a history lesson from the movie 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Adam Nayman
An extension of the 300 universe like an add on content pack for a video game 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
David Hiltbrand
With its slo mo ultraviolence gushers of blood impressive 3 D effects homoerotic subtext and self important plot this is a fan boy s fantasy a four star wonderment 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Willie Waffle
A movie completely and utterly designed around one special effect repeated over and over and over and over again to the point of cartoonishness 
0
300: Rise of an Empire
Mark Dujsik
S erves as a prequel and a sequel while providing a central plot that runs concurrently to the events of the previous film and yes the result is as unfocused as it sounds 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Scott Bowles
For anyone looking for a sense of script forget plausibility Empire is a Trojan horse 
2
300: Rise of an Empire
Jon Niccum
Empire proves that no decapitation can be too slow and no disemboweling too implied 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Ann Hornaday
Rise of an Empire is no fun at all even those famous six pack abs from 300 seem to be missing a can or two in this desperate attempt to up an already dubious ante 
1
300: Rise of an Empire
Graham Killeen
Eva Green shows up as the film s best visual effect transposing a one note henchwoman into a symphony of glowers glares gnashing teeth and blunt force decolletage 
3
300: Rise of an Empire
Rafer Guzman
A plotless montage of anonymous bodies 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Dann Gire
The title 300 Rise of an Empire takes on a whole new meaning when this bombastically stylized ancient Greece live action cartoon comes to its inadvertently hilarious seduction scene 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Mick LaSalle
Green is fun to watch she always is but there s a point at which the caricature becomes the career and that point is drawing closer 
1
300: Rise of an Empire
Michael Phillips
It wouldn t be much without Green 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
James Berardinelli
The lack of a creative driver behind the film leads to a level of fundamental dissatisfaction The movie delivers all the necessary elements but their impact is dull 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Steve Macfarlane
Noam Murro gives the film nothing so much as a hit refresh on the same glistening impossibly golden and gray flecks of pixel barf that have invaded the frames of every tent pole studio release since the Bush administration 
1
300: Rise of an Empire
Matt Pais
Hopefully fans of sword and sandal epics want more than fourth rate battles and speeches followed by more battles and then more speeches 
1
300: Rise of an Empire
Kam Williams
A revisionist tale of female empowerment suggesting the fairer sex was the equal of any man even when engaged in mortal hand to hand combat 
4
300: Rise of an Empire
Jake Coyle
It s as if Douglas Sirk made a combat video game 
1.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Soren Andersen
Rise of an Empire is not great by any stretch of the imagination but it s very impressive in its single minded dedication to creating a moviegoing experience designed to totally engulf its audience 
3
300: Rise of an Empire
Dustin Putman
Has what it takes to bring a sense of awe back to modern audiences no longer easily impressed with fantastical effects driven sights 
3
300: Rise of an Empire
Kyle Smith
The film works as a high tech boy fantasy successor to Conan the Barbarian 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Peter Canavese
Both blood bathetic and deliriously entertaining high camp will appeal mainly to meatheads but those with a tolerance for over the top violence may appreciate it on other levels 
2.5
300: Rise of an Empire
Roger Moore
Go tell the Spartans stranger passing by that these pretenders spoiled their franchise and here their movie lies 
2.5
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Erik Childress
A cover of Dire Straits Brothers In Arms bookends the film as if they were singing about Bruce Willis slipping away on the battlefield But he is not there for either performance and barely shows up in between either so best to just walk away 
1
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Tom Meek
The scenes between Kelly and Fox are some of the more intriguing in an otherwise subpar spin 
2
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Kevin Carr
It s trying to be gritty and raw and real but it lays it on so thick 
1
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Nick Allen
Midnight in the Switchgrass is the type of crime thriller that s so full of cliches that it becomes one big cliche itself 
.5
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Mike McGranaghan
Bruce Willis not caring in a movie that doesn t care feels oddly appropriate 
1.5
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Randy Myers
It s worth a watch if you like serial killer thrillers but don t expect to see anything revolutionary going on 
2.5
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers fail at both the basics and displaying a minimal level of competency 
1
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Mark Hanson
Randall Emmett s directorial debut is virtually indistinguishable from the scores of cheap VOD action thrillers that he s produced to date 
0
Maidan
Oleg Ivanov
It puts the viewer inside Maidan allowing them to draw their own conclusions about the ideas and agendas espoused by the movement s leaders and participants 
3
The Light Thief
Kate Taylor
So Mr Light is only light a simple hero in a small film that ignores the potential complexities of its characters and their decisions it exposes the spread of corruption but not its enveloping temptation 
2
Senior Year
Erik Childress
The opportunity is here to give Rebel Wilson a vehicle to tap into something more emotionally viable along with funny 46 Instead it relies on obvious jokes to fit her comic personality and fails to fully engage with the setup 46 
2
Senior Year
Leo Brady
It 8217 s certainly a throwback style of body swap or situational comedy 44 such as Big 44 13 Going on 30 44 or Billy Madison 44 and although the plot is predictable 44 Senior Year has enough charm to make the trip back to high school worth it 46 
2.5
Senior Year
Kevin Carr
While any scene or any joke seems to work in it apos s own 44 it doesn apos t string together 46 Part of it is the character is a horrible character 46 
1.5
Senior Year
David Nusair
46 46 46 a seemingly foolproof setup that 8217 s squandered virtually from the word go 46 46 46 
1
Senior Year
Verne Gay
It s hard to imagine a more unpleasant movie than Senior Year 
0.5
Senior Year
Roger Moore
If Wilson doesn 8217 t see the writing on the wall after this 44 Hollywood 8217 s about to read it to her 46 
1.5
Senior Year
Richard Roeper
Rebel Wilson is inherently funny and she manages to wring a few laughs out of the sitcom script but the thin plot is stretched out by the inclusion of multiple dance numbers 
2
Senior Year
Mick LaSalle
Senior Year is a just OK movie but it s a very good Rebel Wilson movie in that she has been funny in supporting roles but this is the first time she has excelled as the name above the title 
2.5
Senior Year
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 ts characters 44 plot 44 and humor seem pieced together from disparate sources and 47 or ideas 44 whether they make sense as a whole or not 46 
1
Senior Year
Christy Lemire
Senior Year takes two high concept premises the going back to high school movie and the waking up from a coma movie and slams them together in an intermittently amusing but mostly obvious comedy 46 
2
Senior Year
Mike McGranaghan
It apos s almost astonishing how badly the movie screws up what should have been a sure fire success 46 
1.5
10 to Midnight
Matt Brunson
An alternately nifty and nasty police procedural 
2.5
10 to Midnight
Mike McGranaghan
Is this is a good movie Not really Is it entertaining to watch Absolutely 
1.5
10 to Midnight
Roger Ebert
This is a scummy little sewer of a movie a cesspool that lingers sadistically on shots of a killer terrifying and killing helpless women and then is shameless enough to end with an appeal to law and order 
0
10 to Midnight
David Nusair
a routine police thriller that is for the most part slow moving and uneventful 
2
Externo
Jeff York
The film indicts the almighty buck and the devils we know and have yet to dance with It s a clever and searing film that recalls everything from THE BIG SHORT to David Lynch s work to the films of the French New Wave 
4
Life of Crime 1984-2020
Brian Tallerico
A powerful piece of work that details how communities on the edge of lawlessness and poverty were overwhelmed by drugs in the 80s and 90s leading to cycles of addiction and violence that can become impossible to escape 
3
Terror Firmer
Joe Bob Briggs
Kaufman always delivers on the three B s blood breasts and beasts And in this case he s so far beyond X rated that I have to say he made ME flinch and I ve seen 47 000 of these things 
3
The Petrified Forest
Josh Larsen
Bogart s breakout and for good reason 
3
The Petrified Forest
Chris Barsanti
Huch of what s on display here evokes a society on the decline 
3.5
2:22
Nick Allen
With a movie like this it s hard to tell where the good idea ran out as it seems to have been lost many drafts ago 
1
Just Say Love
Mattie Lucas
This is a movie of ideas and they aren t necessarily bad ones but this is not a movie it s a filmed stage production 
1.5
Hollywood Beauty Salon
Kam Williams
A moving collection of poignant personal portraits powerfully illustrating the utter indomitability of the human spirit 
4
Bohemian Rhapsody
Brian Eggert
Bohemian Rhapsody alternates between an exceedingly bland dramatic shorthand about Queen and Mercury s life and several long concert scenes that cannot help but enthuse the viewer 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Jason Fraley
The film clearly has its flaws rolling out more like a Greatest Hits compilation than a creative concept album but the experience is so nostalgically infectious as to be irresistible Forget the mixed reviews they re just radio gaga 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Wesley Lovell
A simplistic uninspiring reflection on Freddie Mercury s life with Queen s tremendous soundtrack doing most of the heavy lifting 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
David N. Butterworth
Unapologetically denuded of depth Bohemian Rhapsody s focus is clearly on the music not what made Mercury tick And this despite Malek s superhuman efforts to make Queen s charismatic frontman real and alive 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
David Keyes
Decent and watchable without being nearly as resonant as it should be 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Richard Roeper
The only redeeming value of Bohemian Rhapsody is it s so bad there s plenty of room left for a much better biopic about the one and only Freddie Mercury 
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Matt Brunson
The film s approach may not be especially deep but it s undeniably entertaining 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
James Kendrick
that most conventional of biopics the kind that moves smoothly and efficiently from one greatest hits moment to the next in this case literally as many of the film s narrative shifts pivot on the creation of one of Queen s hits
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Eric Melin
a surface level extended music video that has zero interest in honestly examining its characters inner lives distorts timelines for cheap dramatic shortcuts and exists to prop up a new soundtrack featuring unearthed live material 
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Lisa Jensen
The movie falls into some of the pitfalls of telescoping events to fit the format But it heroically depicts the Queen era late 70s early 80s and the band s phenomenal creative energy and output 
3.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Linda Cook
The movie itself isn t killer but the music is worthwhile 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sarah Knight Adamson
Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury is worth the price of admission 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Allyson Johnson
Bohemian Rhapsody is too engaged with the spectacle to take heed of the very human inherently mystifying and intriguing man at its core 
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s possible I hated this overblown mess of a musical biopic something fierce and I d rather not say another word about it 
1.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Alan French
Malek is endlessly charismatic and somehow pulls off the physicality needed to approximate Mercury on stage 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Joe Friar
Is this the real life Is this just fantasy Judging by Anthony McCarten s screenplay the biopic falls in the fantasy category Facts are sacrificed for entertainment in Bryan Singer s crowd pleaser which features an electrifying Rami Malek 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mike McGranaghan
If you can accept that the film is going to cherry pick certain moments from the band s career and omit others you ll get a perfectly entertaining if not especially original rock biopic 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Matthew Passantino
If you are a Queen fan the music is there and provides entertainment but at 135 minutes the razzle dazzle wears thin and feels stretched 
2
Bohemian Rhapsody
Barry Paris
This powerful Rhapsody 10 years in the making is really more Queen than Freddie a spectacle of joyful and electrifying rock n roll 
4
Bohemian Rhapsody
Stephen Rebello
The film is surprisingly smooth Too smooth The way Freddie Mercury lived his life he deserved a movie guaranteed to blow our minds Think say director Ken Russell at his balls out gaga peak PG 13 just won t cut it 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Walter Chaw
Bohemian Rhapsody is polite to the point of quailing a deeply inoffensive and bland film about the life of one of the most wilfully offensive and interesting figures in the rock pantheon 
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Phil Villarreal
Mercury turns in the performance of his young career channeling Mercury s flamboyance charisma and showmanship 
3.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Christian Toto
Here s how Rami Malek crushes the film s by the numbers plotting and vapid first act 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Robert Horton
Has a dutiful respectable air about it 
1.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Katie Walsh
The biopic reaches out for the very last row and in doing so it becomes unfortunately basic flattening out the fascinating character while sanding down and rearranging elements of the story to serve the band 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
James Berardinelli
The problem with all this meticulous recreation is that in the end it rings hollow 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
George M. Thomas
Crackles with snappy dialogue rarely plods and finds the characters voices with little problem If any issue exists it s courtesy of a film that lacks a plot 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Josh Terry
The final product may shortchange both sides of its equation but fans will probably still enjoy what Singer put on the screen As a musical biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is ultimately more interested in the greatest hits than mining deep cuts 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bob Bloom
While Bohemian Rhapsody soars at covering the band s talent as songwriters musicians and onstage performers it fails to explain the source of Mercury s lyrical gifts his ostentatious personality and gargantuan self confidence and self centeredness 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sean P. Means
Oh what I wouldn t give for a little of that sense of danger that reckless abandon in service to the beat anywhere during the 135 minutes of Bohemian Rhapsody 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Peter Howell
When all was said and done Queen just wanted to have fun Which is why I m inclined to cut much slack for Singer s approach which follows a Rock 101 storytelling template Levis to leather pants superstardom to squabbles leave taking to Live Aid 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Max Weiss
Between Malek and the incredible music the film gets the job done but just barely 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Josh Bell
Even as a celebration of Queen s music Rhapsody is superficial and unconvincing functioning only as a collection of mediocre music videos 
1.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Ross Raihala
You ll leave grinning and humming Queen anthems for days to come 
3.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Rafer Guzman
By rights this ought to be a glammed up sexually charged four octave blowout Instead it s a stilted stagy hopelessly corny biopic the kind of thing Walk Hard was meant to prevent 
2
Bohemian Rhapsody
Ty Burr
The trouble isn t really star Rami Malek who gives a mesmerizing if opaque performance as Mercury The problem is that the movie doesn t have anything interesting to say 
2
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mark Dujsik
Save for the music there s nothing authentic about it 
1.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Moira MacDonald
Pretty much everyone in this film is a cipher particularly Mercury s bandmates 
2
Bohemian Rhapsody
Ann Hornaday
Bohemian Rhapsody winds up being giddily entertaining first as an exercise in so bad it s funny kitsch and ultimately as something far more meaningful and thrilling 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sheila O'Malley
Bohemian Rhapsody is bad in the way a lot of biopics are bad it s superficial it avoids complexity and the narrative has a connect the dots quality 
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Joey Magidson
Rami Malek is terrific playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury that s for sure but the movie itself falls short of the intended mark It simply has very little to say about its subject 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Kevin A. Ranson
A breathtaking performance the eerie and exemplary portrayal by Malik an inspiration for accepting family biological or tribal regardless of its flaws Freddie is missed and was loved but the show must go on 
4
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to come up with someone who would have been better than Malek To his credit he does the one thing that would most seem impossible In the stage scenes he makes you believe he s Freddie Mercury 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Clayton Davis
Rami Malek s all encompassing performance vibrantly steals every scene he inhabits It s an excellent portrayal of an excellent musician A flawed movie surrounds him but his captivating acting and bustling persona smooth out the rough spots 
2.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Kam Williams
Rami Malek delivers an unforgettable performance in a breakout role destined to be remembered come awards season 
4
Bohemian Rhapsody
Roger Moore
For Freddie fans Unadulterated joy 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Robert Daniels
Bohemian Rhapsody is a rotten sort of cheese waiting on the shelf 
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Brian Truitt
Bohemian Rhapsody the song is a sonic masterpiece and Bohemian Rhapsody the movie is just a conventional rock flick one all too ordinary for a man and a band that exemplified the extraordinary 
2
Bohemian Rhapsody
Johnny Oleksinski
What we ultimately wanted from Bohemian Rhapsody was not carbon copied concerts but behind closed doors insight into a deeply private complicated internationally beloved superstar 
1.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mara Reinstein
Frankly if you are not cheering along with the crowd as Mercury belts out an ultra satisfying rendition of We are the Champions then a doctor should check your pulse Somewhere an outrageous artist knows that his Queen movie rules 
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
Richard Larson
Bohemian Rhapsody mistakenly believes that simply trudging through a workmanlike overview of Freddie Mercury s life will allow it to arrive at something approaching intimacy 
2
No Time for Sergeants
David Nusair
a lamentably uneven piece of work that s rarely as compelling as its star s magnetic performance 
2
No Time for Sergeants
Mike McGranaghan
No Time For Sergeants is ripe for re discovery by a new generation and ripe for re visiting by those who remember it fondly 
3
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Lisa Trifone
His Own Life stands as a worthy and thoughtful record creating a holistic picture of a man who truly understood how to create a life of meaning 
3
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Mark Dujsik
Oliver Sacks His Own Life is a thoughtful and thought provoking work 
3
Jurassic Punk
Matt Zoller Seitz
There apos s no doubting the sincerity of emotion expressed in the historical survey parts of the movie 46 
2.5
Jurassic Punk
Roger Moore
Great when it recaptures the days when Spaz Williams 44 his fellow computer effects quot punk quot Mark Dippe apos and others were showing up to work at ILM and asking quot How apos re we gonna do THAT 63 quot When nobody else had the answer 44 they came up with one 44 and then others 46 
3
Grandview, U.S.A.
Matt Brunson
Swayze manages to create some sympathy for his character but everything else about this picture from the tepid romantic triangle to the awkward music video segments barely rises above silly 
2
Grandview, U.S.A.
David Nusair
a forgettable bit of 80s nostalgia 
2
Time of the Gypsies
Roger Ebert
In a way the very richness of the film is a handicap There are so many people here and so many places and things happening to them that it is possible to lose track of some of them on a first viewing 
3
The Enforcer
Matt Brunson
Tyne Daly s fine performance as a committed policewoman served as a warm up for her star making role on TV s Cagney and Lacey 
3
The Enforcer
Roger Ebert
The Enforcer is the best of the Dirty Harry movies at striking a balance between the action and the humor 
3
The Enforcer
Steve Rhodes
The best part of the Dirty Harry movies is Harry s signature sarcasm 
3
21
Josh Larsen
You d find more glamour and excitement at the local OTB 
1.5
Rock Rubber 45s
Roger Moore
Brisk entertainingly cut informative but oh so self serving self portrait of a self described cultural orchestrator 
2.5
Sharks' Treasure
Roger Ebert
The movie s never convincing enough to really involve us 
1
I Hate Myself :)
Clayton Dillard
Few documentarians give themselves to their work as literally as Joanna Arnow 
3
Family Law
Marta Barber
Full of subtle dark humor that won t make you bend with laughter but certainly may cause you to giggle 
2.5
Family Law
Daniel M. Kimmel
a charming and low key effort from Argentina which was their contender for the foreign language Oscar though it didn t get nominated 
2.5
Family Law
Sean P. Means
Burman based this comedy drama on his experiences as a new father and the results are warmly observational but slightly navel gazing 
2.5
Family Law
Jeff Vice
Drastically overplotted and overwritten and could have used some editing to make it a tighter more modest character piece 
2.5
Family Law
Ruthe Stein
A subtly perceptive charmer that was Argentina s entry for a best foreign film Oscar and might have been nominated in a less competitive year 
3.5
Family Law
Tom Keogh
Family Law offers a sweet understated perspective on the psychological dance of wariness hope and acceptance that occurs between many a father and son 
3
Family Law
Jim Hemphill
Family Law is one of the best examinations of fathers and sons ever committed to celluloid 
3.5
Family Law
Bill Stamets
A pleasant crisply paced look at a wary character 
2.5
Family Law
Michael Wilmington
Family Law from Argentina is a very articulate comedy about fatherhood and marriage 
3
Family Law
Kam Williams
A deceptively delightful meditation on the meaning of life 
4
Family Law
Ty Burr
A deceptively small film one whose observations may continue to detonate quietly in your mind after the lights have come up 
2.5
Family Law
Ken Fox
Writer director Daniel Burman s Lost Embrace drily humorous poker faced comedic style is once again used in full play in this funny and touching film 
3.5
Family Law
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Daniel Burman follows the two lawyers through their daily chores Little of consequence happens and the lack of drama will keep viewers from caring about the characters 
2
Family Law
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Daniel Burman tends to focus very tightly on the details of individual identity religion nationality gender It is all the more striking then that his restrained and unassuming films are wise enough to speak to every adult 
3
Family Law
Jan Stuart
Low key without being ho hum sexy in a brainy but humble way Hendler is a how to study in the charismatic power of unembellished screen acting 
3.5
Family Law
Ed Gonzalez
Burman s vision veers dangerously close to the apathetic but his actors bring heart to a film that blares with fine details 
2.5
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
David Nusair
the movie is imbued with a bright colorful style that s impossible to resist 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Jeff Vice
Thankfully Puccini for Beginners isn t quite as exploitative as you might expect for a movie about a bisexual love triangle But that s about all the credit this flat footed would be screwball comedy gets 
1.5
Puccini for Beginners
Sean P. Means
Beware the indie screwball comedy that uses opera as a metaphor and lives in that dreamspace between Greenwich Village bookstores and the characters belly buttons 
1.5
Puccini for Beginners
Phil Villarreal
Maggenti has fun messing around with gender and sexuality stereotypes as well as relationship roles and strives to hammer home the point that both men and women can devolve into comically clingy wrecks 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Terry Lawson
There is pleasure and even insight to be had in Puccini but it all feels second hand and therefore of questionable provenance 
2
Puccini for Beginners
Amy Biancolli
Puccini for Beginners doesn t quite make it as romantic comedy Most of the elements are in place but the characters seem too narcissistic to fall in love and too broad brush to be authentic 
2.5
Puccini for Beginners
Moira MacDonald
Has a likable smartness to it like a good Woody Allen film with a gay twist 
3
Puccini for Beginners
James Berardinelli
Puccini for Beginners is littered with witty dialogue although some of it is so obviously scripted that it can become off putting 
2.5
Puccini for Beginners
Jeffrey M. Anderson
An engaging romantic quadrangle 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Mick LaSalle
There s a drag on this film and that s the character of the protagonist Allegra She s just not a nice person which could have been OK except it seems as though she s supposed to be 
2
Puccini for Beginners
Steven Rea
It may not be the real world of New York or even of most relationships but it s worth a visit 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Bruce Newman
Proving that a movie called Puccini For Beginners actually can be as deeply pretentious as its title implies Puccini For Beginners attempts to pick up the torch once carried by Woody Allen for the romantic comedy of ideas 
2
Puccini for Beginners
Glenn Whipp
A mostly agreeable comedy of the screwball sort enlivened by some good acting smart dialogue and an impassioned desire to stretch viewers notions of lesbian love beyond what they see on Desperate Housewives 
2.5
Puccini for Beginners
Bill Stamets
Director Maggenti offers a cute variation on the classic Hollywood comedy of remarriage 
2.5
Puccini for Beginners
Ty Burr
If Woody Allen were a young attractive gay woman he might make something like this or so Maggenti hopes But it would probably be funnier and it would definitely cut deeper 
2.5
Puccini for Beginners
Josh Larsen
Painfully pleased with its own cleverness of which there isn t much 
1
Puccini for Beginners
Michael Wilmington
A sharp witted romantic comedy that takes the old Woody Allen screwball style and mood and amusingly applies them to a story about tangled gay and straight relationships in modern Manhattan 
2.5
Puccini for Beginners
Matt Pais
Pretty much epitomizes pseudo intellectual It s crammed with articulate well off literary types who never actually sound like they know what they re talking about 
1.5
Puccini for Beginners
Stephen Whitty
For fans desperate for a funny new romantic comedy and willing to expand their definitions of just what a date movie might entail Puccini for Beginners offers a good 101 introduction to the genre 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Frank Ochieng
Reflectively transparent inconsequential and slightly contrived in the same sex love entanglement sweepstakes Sadly Maggenti s tepid romantic comedy gets lost in the perfunctory shuffle 
2
Puccini for Beginners
Ken Fox
Director Maggenti uses too many devices borrowed from movies like Annie Hall and Manhattan to feel remotely fresh 
2
Puccini for Beginners
Pam Grady
So it s not a laugh riot it is diverting enough And it s fun to watch these performers particularly Mol and Kirk go through their paces 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Lou Lumenick
Writer director Maggenti turns in some smart dialogue and keeps things moving swiftly 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Jan Stuart
A hardworking screwball comedy that plays like a warmed over Woody Allen fluffernutter 
2
Puccini for Beginners
Kam Williams
Don t expect anything life transforming but simply a gender bending screwball sitcom for the more cerebral demographic 
3
Puccini for Beginners
Nick Schager
Yearns to be a bisexual screwball comedy but turns out to be only a simplistic sitcom stretched to feature length 
1.5
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Mark Jenkins
Its lunacy is well staged and fast paced Too bad the movie s premise is so lame that the nimbler moments can t redeem it 
1.5
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Tom Keogh
Surely some Hollywood studio in the 1950s made a prototype of the sprightly if erratic comedy You May Not Kiss the Bride 
1.5
Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace
Cate McQuaid
The film at times seems like a comic opera It s no surprise that it all comes together in the end 
3
Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace
Ariella Budick
An edifying documentary about how one of today s hottest artists creates her memorable work 
3
Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace
V.A. Musetto
Kiki Smith Squatting the Palace studies the frizzy haired multi tattooed woman as she works in her East Village house preparing sculptures paintings drawings and furniture for an eight room installation at a palace in Venice 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Mattie Lucas
An essential American Western that deserves to be ranked among the greats 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Nick Rogers
Examining the transient nature of memories and mythmaking Coward understands there are as many crooked legacies in high definition as there were 130 years ago in dog eared dime store paperbacks and ghoulish stage productions 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Mike McGranaghan
This is the kind of picture that isn t afraid to put its characters under a microscope and it knows that studying their psychology is far more rewarding than studying their gun slinging skills 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gina Carbone
Casey Affleck s performance as the awkward awed angry man child carries this film but never hogs it It s probably too subtle and generous to get Oscar s attention but at least the Golden Globes caught on 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jeffrey Westhoff
Although it takes place 126 years ago the film is most fascinating for its contemporary echoes 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
John Beifuss
The hoods of the train robbers remind us of children s Halloween costumes which adds to the impression that this is a movie populated by dead men too stubborn to give up the ghost 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Matt Brunson
Hardly a straight shoot em up it instead serves as a commentary on the manner in which Western fact morphed into Western myth even as the ink was still drying on that particular time in American history 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Daniel M. Kimmel
a serious slowly paced but utterly masterful slice of American history 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Lisa Kennedy
Awesome splendor and a striking essay on celebrity reward those who brave the 2 1 2 hour run time 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Greg Maki
Somewhere within The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford there is a brilliant film 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
John Wirt
Depending upon your tolerance for cinema as meditation this moody trek to the inevitable murder of the outlaw Jesse James may actually seem as long as its title Yet there s much to admire 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Duane Dudek
A serpentine snow smudged and wood smoke thick stroll in the shoes of a dead man walking 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Chris Hewitt
It s one of the year s most confident visually arresting films but it requires patience 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Terry Lawson
Assassination is contemplative and quiet a studied film that is surprisingly engrossing not to mention so handsomely made you can hardly take your eyes off it 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Todd Hertz
More comparable to the quietly contemplative films of Terrance Malick The Thin Red Line The New World than it is to most gunslinging westerns 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Linda Cook
Sometimes as shocking as a gunshot The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is nonetheless an artful examination of one of the most infamous slayings in American history
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jeff Strickler
A better title might have been Jesse James in the Age of Pop Therapy 
2
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Mark Dujsik
I love the tone writer director Andrew Dominik establishes in the film it s the dragging it out to 160 minutes part that gets me down 
2
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Moira MacDonald
The movie has an almost hypnotic quality its spare and often beautiful shots seem to sear themselves into the camera s lens 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Peter Hartlaub
Who would have imagined that a biopic about Jesse James could be so boring 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Wesley Morris
Mostly ponderous despite the unceasingly beautiful imagery 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Sara Michelle Fetters
For me this is sublime poetry Pitt s performance grows in majesty as things progress while Affleck is absolutely mesmerizing as the fame hungry Ford 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Roger Ebert
The movie has the space and freedom of classic Western epics 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jeanne Aufmuth
Capricious meditative and absorbing 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Josh Larsen
Are these the thoughts that ran through Pitt s head after he was hugged in Venice by that aggressive fan 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Carrie Rickey
Everything about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is longer than it needs to be Its title for one thing Its duration two hours and 40 minutes for another 
2
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Michael Phillips
The oddest major studio release of the year and one of the most admirable 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dustin Putman
One of the most cinematically assured works of the year Blows most tried and true westerns out of the water 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Eric Lurio
This is the year s epic western and one wonders why it took so long to get out of the cutting room See it 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Frank Ochieng
Aside from the movie s mouthful title this is a contemplative and carousing exposition The prairie induced pathos is plenty to digest with absolute reverence 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Claudia Puig
heightened by a rare cinematic artistry that seamlessly melds a probing character essay with a lyrical Western epic 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Geoff Pevere
It s a western destined to outlive the pronouncements of its own death because it knows that death is only the first stage in the life of legend 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Pam Grady
The movie is merely a long empty exercise in style 
2
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Stephen Whitty
an epic film that s part literary treatise part mournful ballad and completely a portrait of our world as seen in a distant mirror 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Lou Lumenick
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a gorgeous snooze 
1.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jack Mathews
The look and feel of the movie are as authentic as any Western since Robert Altman s McCabe and Mrs Miller 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Liam Lacey
A long ambitious fitfully rewarding movie 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Walter Chaw
Heroically pretentious 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ross Anthony
High quality production The dialogue in this film sings with poetry grit spit and the ring of rural America circa 1880 s Not an action picture long with a relaxed pace 
3
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bob Strauss
To put it most bluntly the thing is just too long and too slow 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprising near masterpiece and the best Western to come across the range since Clint Eastwood s Unforgiven and Jim Jarmusch s Dead Man 
4
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jan Stuart
The Assassination of Jesse James is less of a Western than a mid Western which refers both to the film s urban Missouri center of gravity and its pivoting position between horse opera and backstage intrigue 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Joe Lozito
Unforgivably slow and over titled attempt to dramatize the ignoble murder of the notorious outlaw features a fine performance by Casey Affleck as Ford 
2
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Peter Travers
Dominik paints a richly detailed mosaic on locations in Calgary and Winnipeg and you can only marvel at the visual miracles achieved by cinematographer Roger Deakins 
3.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
James Berardinelli
Parts of the movie are brilliant in a Terrence Malick inspired way but the lugubrious middle section is badly in need of the hand of a ruthless editor 
2.5
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Nick Schager
Steeped in the lyrical fatalism of that last great decade for the western the 70s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford owes a debt to myriad spiritual ancestors 
3.5
Patsy & Loretta
Roger Moore
A brisk OK rushed sentimental behind the glamour gloss of a bio pic 
2.5
Ghostland
David Nusair
a shockingly incompetent effort from a once promising director 
.5
Ghostland
Federico Furzan
Ghostland is a surprising work of horror that feels like a journey to hell Laugier insists on making the audience suffer like he always does Full review in Spanish 
3
Ghostland
Walter Chaw
Desperately difficult to watch 
2.5
Trick or Treat
Federico Furzan
Long live the power of VHS and heavy metal Trick or Treat spells FUN with an awesome story of fandom satanism and the power of 80s music Full review in Spanish 
3
When the Cat's Away...
David N. Butterworth
Leave it to the French to take an idea as simple as a young woman searching for her lost cat and turn it into an evocation of life love and the big city 
3
When the Cat's Away...
Roger Ebert
When the Cat s Away is like a very subtle curious edgy documentary in which we get interested in Chloe because she has lost her cat and by the end we almost have to be reminded that the cat is missing 
3
El silencio es bienvenido
Roger Moore
Inscrutable And kind of dull 
2
She's Funny That Way
Brian Eggert
Occasionally muddled though it may be 44 She 8217 s Funny That Way has an appealing cast and blithe spirit 44 even if the experience is somehow frustrating because we can see that Bogdanovich is oh so close to a very good film 46 
2.5
She's Funny That Way
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
it left me smiling for hours and although it deals with complex themes such as divorce infidelity and prostitution Bogdanovich treats them in a fun and light way Full review in Spanish 
3.5
She's Funny That Way
Claudia Puig
She s Funny That Way is trying very hard to be a sexy screwball comedy It tries so hard with such a contrived and silly story that it only succeeds in wearing the audience down Full review in Japanese 
1.5
She's Funny That Way
David N. Butterworth
Bogdanovich the principal proponent of the latter day screwball comedy wastes a large and capable cast here 
2
She's Funny That Way
Mark Dujsik
It s old fashioned farce but it s not quite good old fashioned farce 
2
She's Funny That Way
Richard Roeper
The actors do their best with a hit and miss screenplay 
2
She's Funny That Way
Glenn Kenny
Too many times the characters in this movie sprint across the line separating quirky charm from know somethingish affectation and then stay on the wrong side of it 
2.5
She's Funny That Way
Rob Thomas
To call this comedy featherweight would be an insult to the substantiveness of feathers 
2
She's Funny That Way
Moira MacDonald
She s Funny That Way is one of those movies that you want to like rather more than you actually do 
2
She's Funny That Way
Molly Eichel
A loving ode to screwball comedies from the Golden Age of Hollywood that never approaches the films it pays homage to 
2
She's Funny That Way
Stephen Rebello
It s not that anyone in the movie is terrible but it s not like anybody sparkles or charms either 
2
She's Funny That Way
Mick LaSalle
If you still want to see it I won t talk you out of it But that s as far as I ll go 
2
She's Funny That Way
Lou Lumenick
A screwball farce that pulls off a pitifully low percentage of its gags even with a star crammed cast 
1.5
She's Funny That Way
Carson Lund
Familiar as its art life paralleling may be it s all fueled by a filmmaker with an intimate relationship to his subject matter 
3
She's Funny That Way
David Nusair
a watchable throwback almost from beginning to end 
3
She's Funny That Way
Nathalie Atkinson
For all its histrionics the comedy is sluggish plagued by wildly uneven acting jokes that don t land and a bizarre plot let alone odd casting choices 
1.5
She's Funny That Way
Chris Knight
It s not a great screwball but it is a charming throwback and a pleasant time waster and at 93 minutes it won t waste too much 
2.5
Memorial Day
V.A. Musetto
Yes Memorial Day is as dumb and unwatchable as it sounds 
.5
Memorial Day
Andrew Schenker
To simply show bad behavior is not to adequately critique it 
0.5
Hachiko: A Dog's Story
David Nusair
46 46 46 the most gut wrenching tearjerker to come around in quite some time 46 46 46 
4
Patriots Day
Brian Eggert
Patriots Day may tap into the emotional impetus of the intricate and complex investigation but despite Berg s good intentions his highly detailed production recreates a national tragedy perhaps too soon and without enough perspective 
2
Patriots Day
David Gonzalez
Bergs work in this film should not be ignored as he not only provides a riveting film but a respectful re telling of the events 44 which concludes with interviews of the real life victims and heroes of the event ending on a poignant note 46 
3.5
Patriots Day
Sarah Knight Adamson
Patriots Day is an intense but respectful docudrama that serves as both a love letter to the city of Boston and a timely reminder of everyday citizens undefeatable spirit 
3.5
Patriots Day
Khari J. Sampson
The audience s knowledge is a challenge for a film like this one but Patriots Day passes the test swimmingly It s mostly a credit to the movie that despite the fact that we know what s coming we re still shocked when it happens 
4
Patriots Day
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
This is a worthy tribute to the folks in Boston who helped solve the case and well worth watching 
3
Patriots Day
John Serba
Watching it is an upsetting discomfiting experience but also a necessary act of recognition for the people involved the lives irrevocably changed 
3.5
Patriots Day
David Nusair
a passable endeavor that probably would ve fared better had it been helmed by almost anyone else 
2.5
Patriots Day
Josh Terry
Berg s primary accomplishment is his ability to create tension and suspense in a story that everyone already knows 
3.5
Patriots Day
Barry Hertz
An efficient and intense thriller that mines the best tropes of the chase genre 
3
Patriots Day
Phil Villarreal
Works with the vigor and momentum of a weeknight crime expose 
3
Patriots Day
Roger Moore
Celebrates competence over bravado and the people of Boston over any attempts to circumscribe their freedoms dampen their enthusiasms or clean up their language 
3
Patriots Day
Sonny Bunch
At its best Patriots Day is extremely effective filmmaking It is too bad that the rest of the film is less taut 
2.5
Patriots Day
Chris Knight
The film surges forward with a satisfyingly staccato police procedural rhythm 
3
Patriots Day
Sean P. Means
Patriots Day lands between the absorbing and the problematic 
3
Patriots Day
Calvin Wilson
Far from being exploitative Patriots Day honors the Bostonians who responded to terrorism with strength 
3
Patriots Day
James Berardinelli
Berg s chronicle of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent manhunt is a first rate docudrama 
3
Patriots Day
Rick Bentley
A more personal approach would have elevated Patriots Day from a solid effort to retell a familiar story to a deep and moving reminder of the kind of personal damage that comes with this kind of tragedy 
2.5
Patriots Day
Mark Dujsik
At its best the film is a tapestry of pain and various forms of bravery 
3
Patriots Day
Lauren Chval
Though Patriots Day is plagued by the requisite cheese it remains remarkably apolitical preferring to present a black and white battle of good vs evil rather than muddle in the complicated shades of gray 
3
Patriots Day
Jeff Simon
Patriots Day is a very good thriller about a horrifying moment of real American trauma the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013 But it s also proof of what William Blake tells us enough is too much 
3
Patriots Day
Stephen Rebello
You leave the theater impressed inspired and moved by the unique community spirit known as Boston Strong 
3
Patriots Day
Richard Roeper
Overall this is a Boston Strong film about one of the worst terrorist attacks ever on American soil and a community s resounding response 
3.5
Patriots Day
Peter Howell
Did the real story all go down like this and does it matter The answers are not exactly and probably not since Patriots Day is meant as an ode to teamwork civic pride and doing what a man s gotta do 
3
Patriots Day
Jon Niccum
An engrossing procedural that immerses us within the tragedy that killed three and injured hundreds more 
3
Patriots Day
Michael O'Sullivan
After dispensing with the sluggish setup of the film s first act Berg shifts into high gear powerfully evoking the feelings of dread and white knuckle excitement that much of America no doubt felt as the manhunt progressed 
2.5
Patriots Day
John Wenzel
It s not exploitative or overtly political and the violence is both sickening and sad That s what makes it effective but also impressive as a still fresh take on a recent tragedy messy as it is 
3
Patriots Day
Michael Smith
I m conflicted about Patriots Day a new drama based on the events of the Boston Marathon bombing which I wanted to like more than I did 
2.5
Patriots Day
Mick LaSalle
This is an undeniably effective movie that I mostly enjoyed even though I m not altogether sure it should ever have been made 
2
Patriots Day
John Hartl
For all its rough edges and gruesome touches Patriots Day is a heartfelt and ambitious attempt to turn mayhem into something that s emotionally valid 
3
Patriots Day
Mike McGranaghan
Patriots Day is a tense movie that honors human strength during the darkest of hours 
3.5
Patriots Day
Bob Bloom
Director Peter Berg also takes time to focus on the human toll of the tragedy interweaving stories of those injured the suffering they endured and their determination not to allow this calamity to ultimately define them 
3
Patriots Day
Peter Canavese
Terror bad Boston strong 
2
Patriots Day
Brian Truitt
In other hands Patriots Day could have been a paint by the numbers action thriller but strong performances and well paced momentum make it an engrossing watch 
3
Patriots Day
Linda Cook
Patriots Day personifies the phrase Boston strong 
4
Patriots Day
Neil Rosen
Ultimately Patriots Day looks at how the city and its law enforcement officials came together in the face of this horrible tragedy 
3
Patriots Day
Allyson Johnson
The film is too choppily made rushed and heavy handed to be anything greater than a by the numbers based on true events pic 
1.5
Patriots Day
Rex Reed
Patriots Day is the third Berg Wahlberg collaboration and although it doesn t measure up to the chills and excitement of their first film Lone Survivor it does raise goose bumps with its accuracy realism and attention to detail 
3
Patriots Day
Rafer Guzman
Patriots Day may strike some as unwelcome fuel on a smoldering political fire but it doesn t seem intended as such Its only goal is to provide the nail biting tension and visceral thrills of an action blockbuster and it succeeds 
3
Patriots Day
Peter Travers
Berg s unquestioning faith in law and order could have used well a little questioning But this is a a raw riveting emotionally wrenching docudrama from Peter Berg and producer star Mark Wahlberg 
3
Patriots Day
Clayton Davis
An unblemished ensemble partnered with a near perfect crafts team makes for a pure sentimental outing at the movies 
3.5
Patriots Day
Sheila O'Malley
Berg and company have recreated familiar events in a gripping and immediate narrative 
2.5
Patriots Day
Ty Burr
At best it s unnecessary At worst it s vaguely insulting 
2
Patriots Day
Kyle Smith
A great American movie about the greatness of ordinary Americans Patriots Day combines an electrifying manhunt with the intimacy and feel for character writer director Peter Berg showed in his brilliant TV series Friday Night Lights 
4
Patriots Day
Stephen Whitty
A heartfelt tribute to guys who get the job done Even when the job is almost unimaginable 
3.5
Patriots Day
Christopher Gray
As long as Patriots Day is concerned with recreating the sense of ambient chaos among sparring investigators and an anxious community it s immersive and thrilling 
3
Germany Year Zero
Matt Brunson
Utterly pessimistic in every regard 
3
Germany Year Zero
James Kendrick
Even if you don t entirely buy into the final moments which I didn t they do little to lessen the power and profundity of the film s overall message about what a world at war does to those caught in the crossfire
3.5
Germany Year Zero
Gabe Leibowitz
There s rarely a shot that doesn t portray the utter hopelesness of Edmund s situation and it makes his eventual fate feel almost inevitable if no less wrenching as a result 
4
Germany Year Zero
Jeremy Heilman
Even as Germany Year Zero promotes a definite agenda it remains admirable because it incorporates politics without sacrificing its technical and storytelling virtues 
4
Summer School
Tony Mastroianni
Director Carl Reiner a veteran of television comedy and movies as well as being a performer is an old hand at milking a script for laughs With this one he must have really squeezed 
2
Summer School
Hal Boedeker
Boy is it dumb But boy is it funny 
2.5
Summer School
David Nusair
It s clear increasingly so that the picture s hit and miss environment is more miss than hit 
2.5
Summer School
TV Guide Staff
Another failure in Harmon s attempt to move from TV to the big screen 
1
Summer School
Roger Ebert
A comedy so listless leisurely and unspirited that it was an act of the will for me to care about it even while I was watching it 
0.5
Coffee & Kareem
Jason Fraley
A buddy romp that plays like Training Day meets Role Models only nowhere near as realistic as the former and nowhere near as funny as the latter No Coffee Kareem is way too raunchy 
2
Coffee & Kareem
David Nusair
a familiar setup that s employed to pervasively erratic effect by Dowse 
2.5
Coffee & Kareem
Katie Walsh
A profoundly irritating cacophonous mess 
1
Coffee & Kareem
Matthew Passantino
Coffee Kareem is breezy in its pacing but is rarely inspired in its comedy outside of Gardenhigh s performance 
2.5
Coffee & Kareem
Barry Hertz
Coffee Kareem is messy but it s an interesting sort of gross chaos 
3
Coffee & Kareem
Richard Roeper
Coffee Kareem is DOA 
1.5
Coffee & Kareem
Roger Moore
Never expect anything out of a film with an awful pun as its title 
1
Coffee & Kareem
Nick Allen
There just isn t much of a movie here or even much of an homage movie when you compare it to its clear influences like 48 Hours and Lethal Weapon 
1.5
Coffee & Kareem
Lindsey Bahr
Coffee Kareem has a sweet premise at its core with the two polar opposites tied together on a crazy quest but its gets bogged down in its mission to shock and appall 
1
Coffee & Kareem
Mick LaSalle
A funny action comedy that comes into your house in a good mood and gets the reaction it s supposed to get laughs 
3
Coffee & Kareem
Pamela Powell
Raunchy comedies can be a lot of fun and this one certainly had potential given the talent involved but it just couldn t deliver in a consistent way 
1.5
Are You Happy Now
Roger Moore
Random with sequences and situations sort of slapped together in a less than wholly logical order Not exactly what you d expect in a feature film made by a film editor 
1
Duel in the Sun
Matt Brunson
Martin Scorsese saw this at the age of 4 and it s easy to see how it influenced his own career what with its oversized emotions sweeping camerawork and ingrained violence 
3
Mr. Deeds
Scott Nash
Anyone with an IQ over 85 should stay away 
1
Mr. Deeds
Michael Dequina
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2
Mr. Deeds
Jim Shelby
This is a remake which will vaguely satisfy the Sandler faithful and have Capra fans gritting their teeth 
2
Mr. Deeds
Frank Ochieng
The only saving grace about Mr Deeds is its functioning as a wise and timely cliche money can t buy everything especially for a clunky comedy with no spirit or no spark 
2
Mr. Deeds
Jon Niccum
Mr Deeds has more impromptu punchouts than a Source Awards get together 
2
Mr. Deeds
Forrest Hartman
Comparing Frank Capra s Mr Deeds Goes to Town and Adam Sandler s new remake is like viewing a Rolex against a cheap knockoff 
2
Mr. Deeds
Todd Jorgenson
Neither charming nor funny and risks disappointing even the most ardent Sandler fans 
1.5
Mr. Deeds
Kevin A. Ranson
nicely fills the void between special effects blockbusters and predicatable thrillers while still being something you can send your kids to 
2
Mr. Deeds
Mike McGranaghan
Films like Big Daddy and The Waterboy aggravated me by being actively obnoxious Mr Deeds is merely bland 
2
Mr. Deeds
James Kendrick
just another dumbed down comedy although it aspires to social satire
1.5
Mr. Deeds
Emily Blunt
There are about four laughs in the thing and that s not good when you re Adam Sandler 
2
Mr. Deeds
Cory Cheney
God help us but Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves 
1
Mr. Deeds
Harvey S. Karten
Sandler s still owns the deeds to sweetness sentimentality and sitcom skill 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Mark Dujsik
There s a sense of genuine naive good will accompanying the material that almost but not quite makes up for the far more than occasional lapses of successful comedy 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Margaret A. McGurk
If you ve seen the original steer clear of the new knockoff lest your heart be broken 
2
Mr. Deeds
Joe Leydon
So painfully and relentlessly unamusing so chockablock full of desperate mugging and witless silliness where truly funny stuff should be that it appears to be work of people who never made another movie comedy 
.5
Mr. Deeds
Mark Ramsey
Look who s out of the courtroom and on the big screen in what may be the worst performance of her career it s alleged kleptomaniac Winona Ryder 
0
Mr. Deeds
Walter Chaw
The picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know how mixes with lack of give a damn 
0.5
Mr. Deeds
Gary Brown
Anyone who can count to five the film s target market can see where this dumbed down concoction is going 
1
Mr. Deeds
Dustin Putman
Sandler is back to form in a movie that has its share of over the top moments but is likable for its underlyingly sweet love story 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Marty Mapes
Mr Deeds could have used another round of editing and some beefed up comedy
2
Mr. Deeds
Todd Anthony
It s still Adam Sandler and it s not Little Nicky And for many of us that s good enough 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Moira MacDonald
It s nothing more than a money maker for the filmmakers and a pointless star vehicle for Sandler 
1
Mr. Deeds
Mick LaSalle
A stink bomb of a movie 
1
Mr. Deeds
David Elliott
It has finally happened a small miracle of miracles I actually like an Adam Sandler comedy 
3
Mr. Deeds
Joe Baltake
The latest Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year 
0
Mr. Deeds
Marc Fortier
With the Sandler company in full force once again one certainly can t accuse Deeds of straying from formula It s the formula itself that is highly suspect 
1.5
Mr. Deeds
John Anderson
The otherwise good naturedness of Mr Deeds with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less than likely New York celebrities certainly raises the film above anything Sandler s been attached to before 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Susan Stark
Anyone who has responded to the sweet side of Adam Sandler s growing comic screen persona is sure to be delighted by Mr Deeds 
2
Mr. Deeds
Jeff Vice
It s crippled by a complete lack of chemistry between the two leads 
2
Mr. Deeds
Glenn Whipp
Sandler has never seemed less inspired and merely goes though the motions in a bland movie that limply recycles bits from his other films 
1
Mr. Deeds
Wesley Morris
Sandler is ready to be himself again which means veering between his usual devilish savant and a newer post adolescent gentleman 
3
Mr. Deeds
Tony Toscano
Sandler reminiscent of his Wedding Singer character is sweet touching and very funny 
3
Mr. Deeds
Stephen Humphries
He s still the same persona in every movie 
1
Mr. Deeds
Mike Clark
It virtually defines a comedy that s strongly mediocre with funny bits surfacing every once in a while 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Lou Lumenick
Never decides whether it wants to be a surreal farce a satire a romance an homage or all of the above 
2
Mr. Deeds
Rick Groen
A surprisingly funny movie 
3
Mr. Deeds
Roger Ebert
Frank Capra played this story straight But the 2002 film doesn t really believe in it and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate comedy scenes 
1.5
Mr. Deeds
Jeffrey Westhoff
Mr Deeds oddly enough is enjoyable while it follows Capra s outline Only when it goes its own way in the third act does the comedy fall apart 
2
Mr. Deeds
Phil Villarreal
The story is only a loose thread formed to link a string of comedic pearls 
3
Mr. Deeds
Erik Childress
Fans can rejoice that Mr Deeds is a close third behind Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer on Sandler s list of quality credits 
3
Mr. Deeds
Paul Doro
Sandler s worst effort to date 
1
Mr. Deeds
Carrie Rickey
A half good update of Mr Deeds Goes to Town 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Terry Lawson
Makes the Capra film labeled cornball by some even in 1936 seem like Shakespeare 
1
Mr. Deeds
Connie Ogle
Surprisingly sweet and dare we say it old fashioned 
3
Mr. Deeds
Lawrence Toppman
It ranks among Sandler s better work Frank Capra would not approve but he s not rolling in his grave either 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Chris Hewitt
Slackly directed but there isn t a mean bone in its body even the bad people aren t all that bad and its good nature rubs off on you 
3
Mr. Deeds
Steven Snyder
In Mr Deeds there is no ambition no pretense whatsoever it is inexplicably proud of its forgettable nature 
2
Mr. Deeds
Mary F. Pols
Comically flat and flawed on many levels 
1.5
Mr. Deeds
Michael Wilmington
Lacks almost everything that made the 1936 movie an enduring classic idealism heart social and political savvy convincing romanticism robust ensemble acting and humor 
1.5
Mr. Deeds
Josh Larsen
Mr Deeds turns out to be the perfect vehicle for Sandler a common man s comedian who fits quite nicely in a farce celebrating common wisdom 
3
Mr. Deeds
Ross Anthony
Formuliac but fun 
3
Mr. Deeds
Steve Rhodes
A surprisingly sweet picture it isn t quite funny enough to be able to recommend it but it isn t a bad film 
2.5
Mr. Deeds
Bob Bloom
It s filled with charm 
3
Mr. Deeds
James Berardinelli
This is very much of a mixed bag with enough negatives to outweigh the positives 
2
Mr. Deeds
Rob Blackwelder
I ve never seen a remake do anything as stomach turning as the way Adam Sandler s new movie rapes pillages and incinerates Frank Capra s classic 
0
Mr. Deeds
Ed Gonzalez
Mr Deeds Goes to Town updated for the Big Daddy crowd 
2
The Reception
Jami Bernard
Well acted but otherwise lackluster drama 
2
The Reception
Lou Lumenick
Terrifically acted and beautifully shot on digital video The Reception is in many ways quite an indie accomplishment 
2.5
The Reception
Ed Gonzalez
The Reception s spartan aesthetic allows director John G Young to really tap into the story s painful racial and sexual hot zone 
2.5
Mad Detective
Ty Burr
A stylishly funky Hong Kong thriller from cult director Johnnie To and co writer codirector Wai Ka Fai 
3
Mad Detective
Kam Williams
More comical than compelling but what do you expect of a chopsocky revolving around a head case of a hero begging to be buried alive in order to channel his psychic powers 
3
Mad Detective
V.A. Musetto
Mad Detective doesn t always make sense and you cannot always tell what is real and what is imaginary but viewers will be having too much zonked out fun to care 
3
Mad Detective
Nick Schager
To and Ka fai s widescreen lensing is both elegant and sharp its distorted angles and flaring white lights generating a sense of unease that complements Bun s instability and Chi Wai s fractured self 
2.5
Mad Detective
Sara Michelle Fetters
A part of me is starting to wonder what all the fuss over To is really about 
2.5
Mad Detective
David Nusair
Interminable and pointless virtually from start to finish 46 46 46 
1
Shopgirl
Kathy Fennessy
the conclusion feels borrowed from Woody Allen s oeuvre I suspect Anand Tucker had Annie Hall in mind 
2.5
Shopgirl
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Claire Danes has a gravitas and grace to her that hearkens back to starlets of the 1930s and 40s 
2.5
Shopgirl
Matt Pais
Cutesy but never cute syrupy but never sweet sexual but never erotic 
1
Shopgirl
Jonathan R. Perry
More like a European film than Hollywood but it s not a matter of transmitting on a frequency most Americans don t receive It s a matter of information that s not there 
2.5
Shopgirl
Peter Debruge
Where Elizabethtown pretends to have the meaning of life Shopgirl hones in on a few telling details then allows audiences to fill in the rest 
3
Shopgirl
Sean O'Connell
An elegant distraction Shopgirl does everything in its power to eliminate human connection 
2
Shopgirl
Linda Cook
Yes I know it looks like a romantic comedy But this is a dramatic romance not a comedy It will not always make you laugh 
3.5
Shopgirl
Ross Anthony
An interesting piece Not the old silly Steve Martin and not without faults but nice in his new way 
3
Shopgirl
Dustin Putman
Proves to have a little extra to offer the viewer before and after the end credits have rolled than any number of homogenized cookie cutter love stories released each year 
2.5
Shopgirl
Carla Meyer
Starts on the surface and ends on the surface with intriguing moments of depth in between Claire Danes however is consistently wonderful 
2.5
Shopgirl
Rene Rodriguez
Where the book was preciously and carefully crafted the movie just feels precious 
2
Shopgirl
Terry Lawson
It s not a lack of originality that makes Shopgirl too Saks for its own good it s the attempt to make a distinctive item into a blue light special that betrays it 
2
Shopgirl
Jeff Vice
It seems a little disinterested and distracted even aloof and a bit cold 
2.5
Shopgirl
Michael Booth
A faithful and engaging adaptation adding Martin s skills as a screenwriter and actor to his fiction talents 
3
Shopgirl
Sean P. Means
That fragile look Claire Danes almost always shows the one where she s on the verge of tears from melancholy for once meets a character worthy of wearing it 
3
Shopgirl
Greg Maki
In the performance of her career Claire Danes is Shopgirl s center 
3.5
Shopgirl
Daniel M. Kimmel
Shopgirl offers us only a performance by Claire Danes to redeem an otherwise cold and inert movie 
1.5
Shopgirl
Duane Dudek
It is reassuring to watch the way Danes must go up to get down to finally find her balance 
3
Shopgirl
Phoebe Flowers
This is easily the best role Danes has had since she broke out a decade ago on TV s My So Called Life 
3.5
Shopgirl
Phil Villarreal
The story unrolls with ease greased along by Martin s witty and heavy hearted observations on life and love 
3
Shopgirl
Josh Larsen
like a romantic comedy on Prozac 
3
Shopgirl
Scott Nash
The spark of something great is there but it never ignites into anything 
2.5
Shopgirl
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is as good as it gets for Mirabelle Choosing between these two and popping antidepressants is going to be the kick this burgeoning artist needs to get her life together and start chasing dreams 
2
Shopgirl
Peter Howell
Shopgirl s feathery plot is lifted by three sterling performances 
3
Shopgirl
Moira MacDonald
An oddly dreary love story seemingly taking place in slow motion 
2
Shopgirl
Mick LaSalle
A film of wisdom emotional subtlety and power 
4
Shopgirl
David Elliott
Though Martin produced wrote and plays the male lead Claire Danes stars and really makes the film happen 
3
Shopgirl
Ty Burr
Without realizing it the film becomes an ode to middle aged male lechery of a literate sort it plays like Left Coast Woody Allen and I don t mean that as a compliment 
2.5
Shopgirl
Willie Waffle
don t go to Shopgirl looking for a romantic comedy or fairy tale Martin doesn t glamorize the lives and decisions of the characters 
4
Shopgirl
Steven Rea
It s delicate stuff and it s been brought to the screen with grace humor and a mood that s wonderfully here comes another of those film review words bittersweet 
3.5
Shopgirl
Michael Phillips
Danes who does more with a wary or puzzled smile than most performers can do with an Oscar baiting monologue makes an uneven film worth seeing 
2.5
Shopgirl
Roger Ebert
A tender and perceptive film 
3.5
Shopgirl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Lovely funny and adorable it s almost huggable 
3.5
Shopgirl
Jeff Strickler
Sparse but effective 
3
Shopgirl
Maitland McDonagh
The film s disingenuous air of bittersweet chic becomes deeply tiresome long before it s over 
2.5
Shopgirl
Peter Travers
The May December thing worked in Lost in Translation and it works here thanks to the perceptive and gracefully romantic script that Martin has adapted from his novella 
3
Shopgirl
Pam Grady
Shopgirl is often funny and sometimes sad and like its characters it is mostly enchanting 
3
Shopgirl
Lisa Rose
Danes performance is a grace note in a movie that is otherwise misguided The adaptation of Martin s bestselling novella lacks the flow and depth of its source material 
2.5
Shopgirl
Kyle Smith
With its somber air its plaintive score of strings and its meditations on loneliness this love triangle starring Steve Martin Claire Danes and Jason Schwartzman suggests Pretty Woman as remade by Franois Truffaut 
3.5
Shopgirl
Glenn Whipp
Shopgirl manages to capture the emotional truth of a relationship between two self contained people who aren t particularly interesting either on their own or together 
2.5
Shopgirl
Jack Mathews
Martin is so flat and uninteresting in the role you have to imagine charms that aren t apparent There is no chemistry between the characters because Martin brought no chemistry to the set 
2
Shopgirl
Liam Lacey
Written starring and co produced by Martin the film is directed by Anand Tucker Hilary and Jackie with the studied dreaminess of a perfume ad 
2
Shopgirl
Jeffrey Westhoff
Shopgirl has a loveliness rare in modern Hollywood 
3.5
Shopgirl
Steve Rhodes
Schwartzman is so insufferable that he leaves the audience in high anxiety as it fears the next fingers across a blackboard moment when he will appear again 
2.5
Shopgirl
Susan Wloszczyna
Like his silver maned paramour the film ultimately lets Mirabelle down and leaves the viewer dissatisfied 
2.5
Shopgirl
Chuck O'Leary
A smart and mature romantic comedy that s funny at times and surprisingly touching Claire Danes gives a luminous deeply felt performance 
3.25
Shopgirl
Jan Stuart
Wise and scrupulously honest 
3.5
Shopgirl
James Berardinelli
A smart adult romance that rarely panders to clichs and gives up the heady bliss of most such movies in favor of something bittersweet 
3
Shopgirl
Nick Schager
Second rate Lost in Translation preciousness 
1.5
Shopgirl
David Nusair
an effective and faithful adaptation of the source material 
3
Shopgirl
Bill Chambers
Lost in Translation on steroids
2
Counterfeiters
Roger Moore
Well plotted but dramatically flat thriller that s more a prospectus a pitch for a more polished remake
1.5
September Tapes
Ty Burr
Eventually collapses under the weight of its no budget arrogance but it goes some interesting places beforehand 
2
September Tapes
Jonathan Curiel
Afghanistan shouldn t be used as a backdrop for some director s selfish attempt at provocation 
0
September Tapes
Jack Mathews
The whole notion of exploiting a war and its victims to shoot a commercial feature is reprehensible 
2
September Tapes
Lisa Kennedy
Credit September Tapes with raising thorny questions about what forms of cinematic storytelling do justice to truth 
2.5
September Tapes
Timothy Knight
This disturbing docudrama is a remarkable achievement on many levels 
3
September Tapes
Paul Sherman
It shares a lot with the Hollywood product a forced gimmick a dislikable protagonist a transparent plot twist and a lot of unconvincing drama 
2
September Tapes
Joshua Tanzer
It yanks us eyes first into a place that we in our living rooms have known only as a clich 
3.5
September Tapes
Glenn Whipp
Alternating between the despicable and the inept and sometimes capturing both in a single moment September Tapes is a craven attempt to cash in on the 9 11 tragedy 
0
September Tapes
David Sterritt
The movie s heart is in the right place but it looks and sounds regrettably bogus 
2
September Tapes
Gene Seymour
Herky jerky ripsnorter 
2
September Tapes
Walter Chaw
The film is a vile thick reduction making a 9 11 victim s last cries the catalyst for a dimwitted first person shooter 
0
Salt and Fire
Brian Eggert
If the film is a failure it fails in the most fascinating admirable and lyrical ways 
3
Salt and Fire
Nick Allen
Looking just like a dressed up Neil Breen joint Salt and Fire becomes at its best Herzog s version of camp at its worst unwitting self parody 
1
Salt and Fire
Mark Dujsik
Salt and Fire is a hodgepodge of inexplicable characters half considered ideas and a rambling plot 
1
Salt and Fire
Chuck Bowen
Salt and Fire is a doodle suggesting an assemblage of ecological riffs and fantasias that Werner Herzog may have entertained while making Into the Inferno 
2
Salt and Fire
Roger Moore
Herzog does Mamet with metallic poetic prose and a hint of incoherent madness 
1.5
Watchmen
Matthew Rozsa
When given a great story and told that his job is to simply adapt it Snyder more than rises to the occasion 
3.5
Watchmen
Mattie Lucas
An obnoxious bloated ghastly piece of brightly colored pop trash 
1.5
Watchmen
David Keyes
A remarkable film in many respects 
3.5
Watchmen
Chris Knight
Snyder has done a good job of staying true to the source material 
3
Watchmen
Wesley Lovell
Stylish to a fault this graphic novel adaptation is never as good as its opening credit sequence 
2
Watchmen
Matt Soergel
Buckets of gore truckloads of angst hot superhero sex full frontal radiation monster nudity soap opera machinations pulp fiction voice overs weekend trips to Mars and enough back stories for the next half dozen superhero movies 
2.5
Watchmen
Sonny Bunch
Zack Snyder s direction is both strikingly beautiful he and his crew obviously went to great pains to re create the incredible art from the graphic novel and strikingly brutal 
3
Watchmen
Mike Scott
If nothing else Watchmen is a commendable feat of art direction As far as finding a narrative rhythm however the film could have stood a little rescuing itself 
2
Watchmen
Sean McBride
Fans of the graphic novel will be thrilled to see their beloved tome tenderly rendered out on the big screen while those unfamiliar with the material will be left wondering why everybody is making such a highbrow fuss 
3
Watchmen
Greg Maki
The reverential tone stands in the way of storytelling 
2
Watchmen
Frank Ochieng
A nearly 3 hour orgy of orchestrated violent vibrancy designed to perpetuate a whole new appreciation for ambitious unconventional superhero expositions Robustly confrontational and impishly raw 
3
Watchmen
John Beifuss
Comic books and movies both tell stories with pictures but Watchmen demonstrates that the animating spirit of a rich fully realized graphic novel may be as hard to transfer to the screen as that of any other type of successful literary work 
2.5
Watchmen
Keith Cohen
Watchmen is Campy Fun For Adults 
3
Watchmen
Charles Koplinski
A rich visual tableau in search of a narrative 
3.0
Watchmen
Lori Hoffman
The true auteur behind Watchmen u2014 other than the graphic novelist Alan Moore u2014 is cinematographer Larry Fong In the IMAX version the visuals are beyond spectacular 
3
Watchmen
Jordan Hiller
Basically with Watchmen the filmmakers could not win 
2.5
Watchmen
Rossiter Drake
While Moore may never see the final cut or any cut for that matter Snyder s reverence for his brooding prose and the cynical depths of his vision is unmistakable He has hardly done the author a disservice 
3.5
Watchmen
James Kendrick
manages to maintain much of the book s heady philosophical weight albeit primarily by changing as little as possible from the source material
3
Watchmen
Ross Anthony
Wow Your ticket price will buy you a whole lot of movie Big smooth action intense emotive acting complicated plot steamy romance This is not a child s comic book flick 
3.5
Watchmen
Eric Melin
The movie is so uneven that it sometimes it feels like parody or a gaudy recreation just minutes after achieving some kind of true cinematic bliss 
2
Watchmen
Linda Cook
I finished the revered graphic novel half an hour before I saw the movie Thus the two of them will be intertwined for me forever Not that they don t have their differences u2013 they do particularly when it comes to the stories conclusions But to me
3.5
Watchmen
Scott Nash
This epic is to superhero movies what The Godfather is to gangster films 
3.5
Watchmen
Daniel M. Kimmel
a fascinating film likely to reward repeated viewings but just as likely to be discovered on DVD than in the theaters 
3
Watchmen
Gary Brown
If gore is not your thing steer clear of this one 
4
Watchmen
Kam Williams
A morally ambiguous parable designed to tap into homoerotic urges while satiating the bloodlust of the sanguine post Pavlovian Cyber Generation 
1
Watchmen
Michael Smith
Snyder is slavishly reverential to the source work Too faithful to the point that film s greatest irony is that it lacks an identity of its own 
2
Watchmen
Christian Toto
Watchmen is bold and bloated fascinating and flawed but most of all not worth all the super hype 
2.5
Watchmen
Matt Brunson
Snyder makes almost all the right plays the movie is visually resplendent and remarkably faithful to the source material but too often fails to find the heart buried deep within the darkness 
3
Watchmen
Mike McGranaghan
The film has a stunning look abundant intelligence and a blessed retention of most of the ideas that made the graphic novel a classic in its genre Watchmen gave me a big old nerd gasm 
4
Watchmen
Wilson Morales
Visually it s eye popping and gorgeous and the costumes are a sight to see but with its heavy adult themed plot viewers will be mixed with this artistic approach 
2.5
Watchmen
Gina Carbone
Whoever chose the music should get thrown out a window but there are moments of Snyder s 300 visual flair and a few flashes of character magic 
3
Watchmen
Peter Canavese
Any film that depicts a superheroic rapist brute as a self styled parody of America s true face can hardly be accused of thematic squeamishness and any film that sends readers back to the comic for Moore and Gibbons has served the public interest 
3
Watchmen
Tyler Hanley
Rich with vibrant color visceral action and dynamic characters Zack Snyder s ambitious adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel is a visual and psychological feast 
3.5
Watchmen
Chris Hewitt
Not all of it works but parts of it are spectacular 
3
Watchmen
Patrick Parker
The film really does the graphic novel justice 
4
Watchmen
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The combination of slick and smart works blazingly well 
3.5
Watchmen
Lisa Kennedy
Watchmen is a two hour 42 minute ride through a dystopian scape with appropriately twisting and conflicted story lines 
3
Watchmen
Sean P. Means
It s a buffet of well crafted nihilism made by a director who knows how to depict bloody destruction but like Dr Manhattan lacking the humanity to understand why it should not be taken lightly 
1.5
Watchmen
Sara Michelle Fetters
Snyder s take on Watchmen is both too much and too little all at the same time and while a great deal of it is certainly extraordinary the majority is distant cold and ultimately infuriating 
2
Watchmen
Bob Bloom
Snyder has captured the look and feel of the novel but that is not enough for a successful movie It fails to totally engage its audience somehow keeping them at arm s length 
3
Watchmen
Erik Childress
There is much to like about Watchmen But it s not without its flaws and if the end result is as faithful as adaptations come they go as far back as the source material 
3
Watchmen
Cammila Albertson
It may not include every nuance of the graphic novel but it captures as much as any adaptation could which may not satisfy the fanboys but it s probably more than enough for everyone else 
3
Watchmen
Jeff Vice
It s doubtful that anyone will walk out of the movie without a strong opinion either positive or negative 
3
Watchmen
Duane Dudek
The dense and complex mythology remains 
3
Watchmen
Liam Lacey
Watchmen may be another comic book blockbuster but at its best moments it s also a refreshingly provocative head trip 
3
Watchmen
Ty Burr
Overall Snyder has given us a Watchmen that s visually faithful to the original to the point of panel by panel fetishism and that may be enough for many members of the cult 
2.5
Watchmen
Willie Waffle
Watchmen is like having too much of your favorite thing I love ice cream but I can t eat an entire gallon in one sitting
2.5
Watchmen
Walter Chaw
a movie made by Dr Manhattan it should ve been made by Rorschach 
2
Watchmen
Michael Wilmington
This is good stuff and perhaps we shouldn t fault it for not being great stuff 
3
Watchmen
Connie Ogle
With its basic themes structure and apocalyptic vibe intact Watchmen turns out to be quite filmable after all and its stylish highlights trump any quibbles 
3
Watchmen
Steven Rea
This movie will shake your windows and rattle your walls At least it will for a couple of hours before 40 odd minutes of draggy comic book exposition smother the wild subversive superhero business that came before 
3
Watchmen
Mick LaSalle
Part conscious and part unconscious Watchmen tells us of a world without hope and then makes us wonder if we re already living in it 
4
Watchmen
Jeffrey Westhoff
With Snyder visionary means he s all about the visuals and he does mine Watchmen for impressive computer enhanced eye candy But Snyder is tone deaf to stultifying dialogue and wooden performances 
2
Watchmen
Stephen Whitty
As much as it respectfully copies the comic book the film can t quite measure up 
2.5
Watchmen
Lawrence Toppman
Zack Snyder s sprawling film stays faithful to Moore s tale cleverly trimming and reshaping it to retain essentials 
3
Watchmen
Rafer Guzman
The film still offers an arrestingly dark vision 
3
Watchmen
Robert W. Butler
It s only the best superhero movie ever made 
3.5
Watchmen
Moira MacDonald
Watchman plays as if the filmmakers were afraid to make their own mark It s a transliteration rather than a translation from one medium to another a too often lifeless homage 
2
Watchmen
Peter Howell
Against considerable odds Snyder has directed a movie that should satisfy fanboys while engaging adventurous newcomers 
3.5
Watchmen
Nick Schager
A reverential photocopy of a superior original it s often close to perfect if also to some extent perfectly pointless 
2.5
Watchmen
Dustin Putman
About as uneven as a movie can get singular moments of dizzying brilliance arriving amidst an unfocused lugubrious narrative and pacing that would make a turtle s crawl appear speedy A visionary motion picture more ambitious than successful 
2
Watchmen
Roger Ebert
Another bold exercise in the liberation of the superhero movie 
4
Watchmen
Amy Biancolli
It should have remained what it was from the start a masterpiece of vicious Cold War paranoia completely and gut churningly rendered on the printed page 
2
Watchmen
Claudia Puig
As the story proceeds however it grows plodding convoluted and forgettable 
2
Watchmen
Peter Travers
You have to go back to the comic to learn that the freaks in Watchmen are not only for geeks maybe that s not so bad Just sayin 
2.5
Watchmen
Michael Sragow
The film s storytelling and image making lack originality and vitality Nothing sticks to your memory unless you come in with recollections of the book 
1.5
Watchmen
James Berardinelli
Watchmen is a perfect example of how material no matter how reverentially treated and massaged often loses something critical in translation 
2.5
Watchmen
Josh Larsen
could have worked as a bracing reminder that superheroes don t exist and that their movies can t save us if only it had taken the implicit themes of the novel further 
3.5
Watchmen
Michael Phillips
Zack Snyder s bloated screen adaptation will go over best with fanboys fangirls fanmen and fanwomen who give high marks for slavish fidelity to the source material 
1.5
Watchmen
Phil Villarreal
Tends to play like the SportsCenter version of the big game It s got all the highlights but little of the tension and atmosphere that give those moments impact 
3
Watchmen
Joe Lozito
That director Zack Snyder s vehemently faithful adaptation of Alan Moore s seminal graphic novel is as entertaining as it is counts as a monumental achievement But that doesn t make it a great movie 
3
Watchmen
Kyle Smith
Other fantasy movies are playing checkers This one plays chess with grandmaster panache 
4
Watchmen
Michael A. Smith
Watchmen is a visually stunning film 
3
The Watcher
Matt Brunson
Watching a miscast Keanu Reeves portray a brilliant serial killer is akin to watching a month old kitten try to navigate its way across a junkyard guarded by a half dozen pit bulls it ain t a pretty sight 
1.5
The Watcher
Liam Lacey
You can t buy Keanu as a sadist but you do worry about the guys who wrote the screenplay 
2
The Watcher
Jorge Avila Andrade
Utiliza el gastado recurso argumental de que tanto el bueno como el malo se necesitan mutuamente para poder existir
2
The Watcher
James Kendrick
all the self consciously hip style in the world isn t enough to compensate for an inert story that has no real destination
1.5
The Watcher
Ross Anthony
is stirring has action humor and great dialogue the Spader character is artfully drawn and portrayed 
2.5
The Watcher
Bob Graham
A hodgepodge of half baked visual styles Not many thrills either 
1
The Watcher
James Berardinelli
The Watcher proves to be low on suspense and high on contrivances 
2
The Watcher
Roger Ebert
Reeves as the killer has the fairly thankless task of saying only what the movie needs him to say he s limited by the fact that his killer has no real dimension or personality apart from his function as a plot device 
2
The Watcher
Mary Kalin-Casey
Joe Charbanic relies far too heavily on superficial visual concepts and dilutes any built up tension with distracting songs 
1.5
The Watcher
Michael Dequina
The only fright likely to be experienced by moviegoers is the fact that they spent hard earned money on such a turkey 
0.5
The Watcher
Dustin Putman
Comes this close to overcoming its problems and succeeding as a thriller but doesn t quite make it 
2
The Watcher
Rob Blackwelder
Keanu Reeves may very well be the least convincing least frightening serial killer in the history of the psycho thriller genre in The Watcher 
1
The Watcher
Tom Long
The Watcher isn t that hard to watch but you could find better things to do with your eyes 
2
City of Hope
Emanuel Levy
Though flawed Sayles most ambitious film to date confronts modern America as it is beset with explosive racial and class tensions escalating crime political corruption and police brutality 
3
City of Hope
Walter Chaw
A closed circle of aspiration and compromise simple hopes impossibly complicated by the stark realities of life in a kind of wartime 
3.5
City of Hope
Roger Ebert
City of Hope is a powerful film and an angry one It is impossible not to find echoes of its despair on the front pages every day 
4
The Osterman Weekend
Roger Ebert
I don t demand that all movies make sense I sometimes enjoy movies that make no sense whatsoever if that s their intention But a thriller is supposed to hold together in some sort of logical way isn t it 
1
The Osterman Weekend
Walter Chaw
Never been more current than it is now and if it s imperfect it s imperfect in exactly the right way 
4
The Osterman Weekend
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite some script contrivances it finds Peckinpah high in the saddle again and full of the same old thunder and lightning 
3.5
The Osterman Weekend
Matt Brunson
A muddled thriller Peckinpah seems more interested in shooting laughable action sequences and exposing the bare breasts of his actresses than in relating a coherent story 
2
Remembering Arthur
David Nusair
the filmmaker dwells on some of the less interesting aspects of his subject s life 
2
The Devil's Daughter
James Kendrick
while Soavi does a good job keeping the ultimate destination vague for a long time its arrival can t help but be a bit disappointing since it plays into such familiar territory
2.5
11:14
Mick LaSalle
An inventive black comedy 
3
11:14
David Nusair
gimmicky but ultimately enjoyable 
3
The Yin Yang Master
Roger Moore
This has a only for fans of the game vibe Even by origin story standards it s a mess 
1.5
I Believe in Santa
Roger Moore
Fails to warm the heart 44 wrap us in romance 44 salve us with sentiment or tickle the funny bone 46 Like too many of these mass production holiday pictures 44 it 8217 s just filler
1
The Mend
Rob Thomas
It is a gloriously entertaining film that gives some terrific actors plenty to gnaw on And they get unnervingly close to the bone 
3.5
The Mend
Robert Horton
Say this for John Magary s indie drama You can t predict where it s going from one moment to the next 
3
The Mend
Mark Dujsik
If the characters histories are subtle Magary s technique is far from that 
2.5
The Mend
Soren Andersen
The Mend meanders from situation to situation turning itself in the process into a wallow of dysfunction And a claustrophobic wallow at that 
1.5
The Mend
Brian Tallerico
What s great about The Mend is that it never goes exactly where you expect it to go 
3
The Mend
Nick Prigge
The film is defined by its staunch refusal to clarify its characters emotional issues marooning them instead in the messes those emotions have wrought 
3
The Hunting Ground
Tom Meek
The whole thing made me fearful for my daughter and ashamed The Hunting Ground underscores all that and brings to light the faces wronged and those looking to make it stop 
3
The Hunting Ground
Kam Williams
An unnerving expose about the proliferation of rape on college campuses across America 
4
The Hunting Ground
Moira MacDonald
Important but devastating viewing 
3.5
The Hunting Ground
Molly Eichel
The Hunting Ground is a clear piece of survivors advocacy Dick s purpose is not to be fair to both sides But is that such a problem when no one has been fair to his subjects 
3
The Hunting Ground
Rene Rodriguez
The Hunting Ground finds a narrative spine in the story of two rape victims Andrea Pino and Annie E Clark students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who wound up launching their own grassroots investigation into the epidemic 
3
The Hunting Ground
Mark Dujsik
The film uses those pesky things known as facts statistics and reports and anecdotal evidence to argue with thoroughly convincing precision that this is an epidemic 
3.5
The Hunting Ground
Dann Gire
The most disturbing part of Hunting Ground is the circling wagons mentality of universities and colleges 
3.5
The Hunting Ground
Michael Phillips
From its first moments the new documentary The Hunting Ground instills a sense of dread that is very very tough to shake 
3
The Hunting Ground
Matt Pais
Ensures that no one can foolishly attribute this problem to a particular kind of person or institution 
3.5
The Hunting Ground
Liam Lacey
Though far from a perfect film The Hunting Ground is a significant piece of advocacy journalism that shows young women refusing to be mute about crimes that have been commited against them 
3
The Hunting Ground
Stephanie Merry
8202 71 succeeds as an action thriller but with enough complexity to keep the brain engaged The film is also a reminder of the byproducts of hatred 
4
The Hunting Ground
Thomas Lee
As a call to action The Hunting Ground truly goes to bat for rape survivors As a documentary the movie as a whole is much lesser than its individual parts 
2
The Hunting Ground
Ty Burr
The movie needs to be seen and discussed by everyone within shouting distance of the college experience parents students of both genders administrators alumni coaches the list goes on 
3.5
The Hunting Ground
Claudia Puig
The Hunting Ground explores its disturbing subject so thoroughly that the documentary feels more like a horror film a slasher movie where the psyches of its young smart victims are in tatters 
3.5
The Hunting Ground
Peter Howell
The Hunting Ground s most unsettling finding is widespread institutional tolerance of campus rapists because school administrators fear bad publicity and the loss of alumni cash endowments 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Peter T. Chattaway
Thanks to some wonderfully open ended writing and acting and Auerbach s fine attention to detail Dear Frankie is one of those rare films that rewards repeat viewing 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Chuck O'Leary
A touching little gem 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Michael Dequina
The heart of the film is the very touching mother son story 
3.5
Dear Frankie
John Beifuss
Flirts with mawkishness at every turn but somehow remains as solid as the working class neighborhoods and shipyards of its Glasgow setting 
3
Dear Frankie
Connie Ogle
A small movie with a big soul and no easy formula for the happiness of its big hearted characters 
3
Dear Frankie
Amy Biancolli
The pain that s evoked in this small warm film the deep and unspoken yearning of child is as universal as it is heartbreaking 
3
Dear Frankie
Jeff Vice
It s the lack of sentiment at the right time that proves to be the film s undoing 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Sean P. Means
Director Shona Auerbach can t steer clear of the 10 car clich pileup within Andrea Gibb s tear jerking script 
2
Dear Frankie
Duane Dudek
More winning than cunning and too neat by half but it is an undeniably sweet story lovingly told by first time director Shona Auerbach 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Phil Villarreal
Sickeningly cruel or tenderly sweet Sometimes it s one or the other sometimes it s both at the same time Perhaps the same statements are true of parenthood 
3
Dear Frankie
David N. Butterworth
Dear Frankie with its strong casting and confident direction is a lasting love letter worth experiencing 
3
Dear Frankie
Peter Howell
There is no unnecessary dialogue and Auerbach encourages us to listen closely and to study the situation We are required to learn truths slowly at the same pace as the characters 
3
Dear Frankie
Rick Groen
Gives us a spoonful of medicine to make the sugar go down Depending on your tolerance it just may go down a treat 
3
Dear Frankie
David Elliott
This is a confident first feature by Auerbach if a bit rushed in resolution 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Lisa Kennedy
Director Auerbach and her able cast dial down the volume on the performances 
3
Dear Frankie
Jeff Strickler
In the insightful hands of first time filmmaker Shona Auerbach and veteran actors who play their roles with intelligence the movie deftly ducks the schmaltz 
3
Dear Frankie
James Verniere
While the film often crosses the line between storytelling and bullying Auerbach has done a marvelous job of casting 
3
Dear Frankie
Moira MacDonald
A wrenchingly sweet and beautifully acted film that keeps surprising us it never takes us where we think it s going but always where we want to go 
3
Dear Frankie
Terry Lawson
For all its sentimental superficiality Dear Frankie is emotionally affecting 
3
Dear Frankie
Roger Ebert
This sounds I know like the plot of a melodramatic tearjerker but the filmmakers work close to the bone finding emotional truth in hard lonely lives 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Ty Burr
This wee Scottish drama takes a mawkish premise and by playing its cards close to the vest imbues it with quiet careworn dignity 
3
Dear Frankie
Claudia Puig
An endearing occasionally sentimental story told with depth and substance 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Steven Rea
It rings true at heart 
3
Dear Frankie
Robert K. Elder
Both Mortimer and McElhone stitch together this carefully modulated little character piece with McElhone shining particularly bright as Frankie 
3
Dear Frankie
Jeanne Aufmuth
Narrative improbabilities aren t for everyone but they go down easily with the proverbial grain of salt 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Jonathan W. Hickman
The story as a whole may not completely hold up but the characterizations created have depth and importance 
3
Dear Frankie
Timothy Knight
A film that will lose nothing on the small screen Unless you need a big screen dose of sentiment with a Scottish accent wait for the DVD 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Ruthe Stein
Auerbach has resurrected Butler s career buried in the catacombs of a Parisian opera house and gotten an unforgettable performance from Mortimer 
4
Dear Frankie
Jami Bernard
It is a sweet wonderfully acted cameo of a movie about the lengths to which a lioness will go to protect her cub 
3
Dear Frankie
Kyle Smith
The film is soft and sticky but it deserves a small audience 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It poses itself as a feel good movie As a result it ignores the weight its own crimes and therefore feels utterly clueless 
2
Dear Frankie
Peter Canavese
Dear Frankie isn t a good film but it is a nice little movie about what can happen when people become the conscious artists of their own lives 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Rob Blackwelder
Sometimes no amount of good acting can make a film hold your interest 
2
Dear Frankie
David Sterritt
Well acted capably directed not as substantial as it might have been 
2
Dear Frankie
James Berardinelli
Dear Frankie is a cinematic definition of mediocrity 
2.5
Dear Frankie
Gene Seymour
Never conspicuously begs for your empathy and neither does Mortimer who carefully metes out her character s skittish mannerisms 
3
Dear Frankie
Peter Travers
Unhurried unslick and easy to hold dear 
3
Dear Frankie
Marty Mapes
A charming Scottish heartstring tugger
3
Dear Frankie
Erik Childress
In place of my worst expectations comes a beautifully calculated film about wounded souls trying to protect one another that avoids manufactured button pushing 
3.5
Dear Frankie
Chris Barsanti
Heartwarming but not entirely in a bad way 
2.5
Men in Black II
Brian Eggert
Represents a long established trend in Hollywood where franchises resolve to Xerox the first entry 46 
0.5
Men in Black II
Peter Canavese
In the absence of the first film s rhythm wit and novelty it s a typically lazy diminishing returns sequel 
2.5
Men in Black II
Joe Lozito
A virtually identical remake of the 1997 blockbuster which offers almost nothing new 
2
Men in Black II
Scott Nash
The acting is good the direction is good the special effects are great only the jokes are a little flat and far between and nothing very original is offered up here 
2
Men in Black II
Judith Egerton
Men in Black II doesn t replicate the blithely funny and hip attitude of the original 
2.5
Men in Black II
Michael Dequina
A textbook example of a redundant middle of the road summer sequel tailored to please the most easily entertained of moviegoers 
2
Men in Black II
Greg Maki
The best thing about Men in Black II is the talking dog 
2.5
Men in Black II
David Nusair
less a sequel and more a remake 
2.5
Men in Black II
Tyler Hanley
The chemistry between Smith and Jones is among the best of cinematic comedy duos and the aliens are quirky and often hilarious 
3
Men in Black II
Steven Snyder
Men In Black 2 recaptures the fun of a world overrun by aliens but then fails at being memorable unable to set itself apart from its notable beginnings 
2.5
Men in Black II
Margaret A. McGurk
What s missing is the giddy sense of discovery that made the first movie so endearing 
2
Men in Black II
Ian Mantgani
It s kinda colourful and bouncy and it features a lot of cool looking aliens but rather than expanding on the aesthetics of the first movie it copies and dilutes them 
2.5
Men in Black II
Jules Brenner
Is it as good as the original Given that what you re in for is no longer the surprise it was when this concept emerged from the egg of originality how can it be But that doesn t mean you shouldn t expose yourself to the latest installment 
3
Men in Black II
Bob Bloom
As stale as last week s white bread 
1
Men in Black II
Gina Carbone
Like most sequels it takes what worked last time repeats it and adds more characters more stunts more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness 
2.5
Men in Black II
Marty Mapes
It s a fluffy treat that doesn t include anything substantial or wholesome just sugar and MSG 
3
Men in Black II
Jorge Avila Andrade
Ms sarcstica divertida y demencial que su predecesora es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos 
3
Men in Black II
Mark Dujsik
A cynicism generator Suggests a big budget scrounging for profit in almost every fiber of its being 
1.5
Men in Black II
Forrest Hartman
If comic camp and big budget special effects leave you drooling Men in Black II should offer welcome relief from the crushing summer heat 
3
Men in Black II
Mike McGranaghan
Men in Black II is the rare sequel that makes me yearn for a Part III 
3.5
Men in Black II
Jeremy Heilman
As bad a film as I ve seen all year
1
Men in Black II
Cory Cheney
You ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied You ll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter 
2
Men in Black II
Rich Cline
Just sit back and laugh A lot 
3.5
Men in Black II
Kevin A. Ranson
short strained and tired Just be sure to tiptoe out when you leave the theater so you don t wake up Tommy Lee Jones 
1.5
Men in Black II
Tony Toscano
Like most sequels Men in Black 2 doesn t compare to the original 
2
Men in Black II
Jim Lane
Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro s script is so insubstantial it barely fills 80 minutes of running time 
2
Men in Black II
Garth Franklin
The one thing this movie has going for it is chemistry and both Smith and Jones work extremely well together onscreen forming one of those rare action comedy partnerships that work 
2
Men in Black II
Frank Ochieng
The Men in Black II are back to save us from the out of this world vermin But who s out to save us from the piffle of this sequel s alien ating existence 
2
Men in Black II
Gary Brown
The problem with MiB II is that like Crocodile Dundee much of the humor in the original was in the setup 
2.5
Men in Black II
James Kendrick
everything that worked in the first movie basically falls flat here
2
Men in Black II
Mark Ramsey
Tommy Lee Jones now works in the Post Office There we learn that while foul weather cannot stop mail delivery gray shorts and thigh high socks can halt machismo dead in its tracks 
3
Men in Black II
Josh Larsen
When a movie s strongest quality is a fantastic original concept a sequel can be something of a self defeating proposition 
2.5
Men in Black II
Gloria Goodale
If the plot were any simpler it wouldn t exist 
2
Men in Black II
Emily Blunt
MIB2 is a hilarious cosmic experience of meteoric proportions 
3.5
Men in Black II
Joe Leydon
If you loved Men in Black chances are extremely good that you ll like Men in Black II a lot 
3
Men in Black II
Jonathan R. Perry
The once dynamic duo of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith phones it in and a by the numbers script all but hands them the receiver 
2
Men in Black II
Dustin Putman
The mercifully short running time is either a result of thin material or an attempt to be over before viewers start questioning how very generic what they are watching is 
2
Men in Black II
Mike Clark
Large budget notwithstanding the movie is such a blip on the year s radar screen that it s tempting just to go with it for the ride But this time the old MIB label stands for Milder Isn t Better 
2.5
Men in Black II
Todd Anthony
The humor isn t as sharp the effects not as innovative nor the story as imaginative as in the original But it could have been worse 
2.5
Men in Black II
Moira MacDonald
Men in Black II with its agreeably slipshod feel is even slighter than the 1997 original but as summer blockbusters go it s shameless fun 
3
Men in Black II
Mick LaSalle
In every way an improvement over the original Men in Black 
3
Men in Black II
David Elliott
Eye filling but curiously joyless entertainment 
2
Men in Black II
Joe Baltake
MIB II is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything That s because relatively nothing happens 
2.5
Men in Black II
Lou Lumenick
It s fun while you re watching it but you may well feel as if Smith obliterated your memories of the flick five minutes later with his neutralizer 
2.5
Men in Black II
Duane Dudek
There is something perfunctory about the enterprise that suggests everyone is in it for a payday and perhaps this is the reason the sequel is never quite engaging 
2
Men in Black II
Rene Rodriguez
Runs a quick 80 minutes and yet it still feels padded 
2
Men in Black II
Liam Lacey
Instead of the fresh comic concept of the 1996 blockbuster we have a calculated piece of product a lightweight occasionally laboured copycat skewed to a younger children s demographic to move the action figures and video sales 
2.5
Men in Black II
Michael Szymanski
This sequel to Men in Black has all the great creepy aliens great conspiratorial camaraderie and great wild chases expected with this film but somehow it s all over before you want it to be 
3
Men in Black II
Susan Stark
The picture s definitely entertaining in fits and starts It s also joyless 
2
Men in Black II
Terry Lawson
The first film was laugh till you can t remember what you re laughing at funny while MIIB prefers gags that take a second or two to absorb but stick around the cerebrum a lot longer 
3
Men in Black II
Jeff Vice
If this is the best sequel that the Men in Black filmmakers could come up with in five years then we re lucky that they didn t rush the follow up to the 1997 smash hit 
2.5
Men in Black II
Steven Rosen
Returning director Barry Sonnenfeld and stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones try to give us more of the same But staleness has replaced hipness 
2
Men in Black II
Glenn Whipp
This might just be the slightest 100 million plus budgeted movie in history 
2
Men in Black II
Mary F. Pols
There is much to relish about Men in Black II The movie has a solid contemporary American sense of humor which is to say cynical on topics ranging from global warming to the vagaries of the postal system 
3
Men in Black II
Wesley Morris
No more than a soulless exercise in repetitive summer blockbusting 
2
Men in Black II
Roger Ebert
Men in Black II creates a new threat for the MIB but recycles the same premise 
1.5
Men in Black II
Jeanne Aufmuth
The mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs 
3
Men in Black II
Phil Villarreal
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones seem to be simply punching their time cards this time around 
2
Men in Black II
Michael Wilmington
If you re looking for a movie as good as the first you d better rent 1997 s MIB at the local video store 
2
Men in Black II
Chris Hewitt
Men in Black II is an efficient entertainment but it s far from inspired 
2.5
Men in Black II
Bruce Newman
MIB II hits its marks reliably enough 
2.5
Men in Black II
Mary Kalin-Casey
Men in Black II is just the sort of film that mainstream audiences expect to escape to during the sweltering summer months It s just funny enough just clever enough and it looks just slick enough to pass inspection 
2.5
Men in Black II
Carrie Rickey
A lot of setup for too little payoff 
2
Men in Black II
James Berardinelli
It s not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time 
2.5
Men in Black II
Rob Blackwelder
Men in Black II has sequel itis something fierce An ungainly comedy deficient B movie rush job 
1
Men in Black II
Steve Rhodes
Running a fast 88 minutes it won t tax your seat or your brain All you need to do is sit back and let the good times roll as aliens of all shapes and sizes entertain you 
3
Men in Black II
Jeffrey Westhoff
The original Men in Black also had a slim plot but the movie had comic verve and enjoyable byplay between Smith and Jones The sequel dearly misses this jauntiness 
2
Men in Black II
Walter Chaw
If we don t demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose we deserve the trash that we get 
1
Men in Black II
Ross Anthony
Sillier cuter and shorter than the first as best I remember but still a very good time at the cinema 
3
Men in Black II
Ed Gonzalez
MIB II is so aware of itself as vaudeville spectacle that a pre credit encore is inevitable 
1.5
Hardware
Walter Chaw
Shut up Try to pay attention 
1.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Rob Thomas
Crystal Fairy is a funny and authentic look at two very distinct types of Americans abroad who can t escape themselves no matter how far they go 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
John Wirt
Writer director Sebastián Silva takes viewers on a physical spiritual hallucinogenic journey He s a marvelous filmmaker and storyteller 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Marty Mapes
Cera takes a road trip and a mescaline trip
2.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
John Serba
It has an air of authenticity loose and free flowing which works very well thematically as Cera and Hoffmann explore two different versions of aimlessness 
3.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Peter Keough
Cera has transformed himself from one of the most irritating actors of his generation to one of the best 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
John Beifuss
Like the hallucinogenic brew the film s American drug tourist painstakingly distills from a purloined San Pedro cactus it demonstrates that a simple formula can produce a potent effect 
3.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Geoff Pevere
Consistently funny and fascinating 
2.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Jason Anderson
While the pleasures of Silva s trippy road trip movie are mostly minor it still does something major by eliciting Cera s boldest performance to date 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Steven Rea
Shot on the fly while Silva Cera Co were waiting to make another movie Crystal Fairy ends up on a beach and ends up resonating with a pesky charm 
2.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Chris Hewitt
Watching other people on a drug trip is never much fun 
2
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Michael O'Sullivan
Part drug comedy part psychological drama the movie is slight but only superficially so 
3.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
John Hartl
The clash of cultures is harrowing and sometimes hilarious 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
John Anderson
Crystal Fairy isn t going to be the mind expanding movie buzz that blows your mind but in its laconic trippy way it gets under the skin 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Joe Williams
Based on a true story using improvised dialogue and a handheld camera Crystal Fairy feels authentic 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Matt Pais
Sometimes funny and ultimately devastating 
3.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Robert Levin
Terrific acting especially from Gaby Hoffman but this is a slim movie that drifts toward its conclusion without much urgency 
2.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Christy Lemire
The ending sneaks up on you with a surprising bit of emotional catharsis thanks largely to a brave complex performance from former child star Gaby Hoffmann 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Kyle Smith
We already knew that jerks aren t necessarily interesting Nor is watching footage of other people doing drugs 
0.5
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Peter Travers
This trippy comic odyssey may not be for everyone But Crystal Fairy gives off fumes that deliver a indisputable high 
3
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Jesse Cataldo
There s so much baggage involved in the kind of dilettantish games Jamie and Crystal are playing that it s a shame that the film never fully engages with these enticing issues 
2.5
Shepherds and Butchers
Roger Moore
I found the picture moving in spite of its seeming unwillingness to wholly grapple with race and Coogan s unwillingness to master the Afrikaner accent 
2.5
Shepherds and Butchers
Bruce DeMara
The performances are solid including Coogan and especially Garion Dowds as the laconic and mournful defendant Director Oliver Schmitz gives the film a measured pace stoking tension as the courtroom drama unfolds 
3
Summer 1993
Christopher James
Here we get a nuanced and heartbreaking picture of a child displaced to her Aunt and Uncle However the film needs to have more insights to sustain itself 
2.5
Summer 1993
Joe Friar
In one form or another we can all relate to some childhood experience shared by the film s two young protagonists An ingenious portrait of family heartbreak and belonging 
4
Summer 1993
Peter Keough
In this semi autobiographical period piece Simón achieves the rare feat of faithfully recreating the mysterious consciousness of a child 
3
Summer 1993
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
For such a seemingly small story set almost entirely in one location it s extraordinary how high the stakes are raised making the final catharsis a true release of emotion 
4
Summer 1993
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The film does not have much originality but sensitivity Simon approaches the story of that girl with a tone devoid of sentimentality Complete review in Spanish in Mexican newspaper Reforma 
2.5
Summer 1993
Clayton Dillard
The film s screenplay is impressive for how crucial plot points emerge as backdrops to the explicit purpose of a scene 
3.5
Yuvvraaj
Namrata Joshi
The plot is a throwback to old ghar grihasti films and comes with the message that the family must always remain united What makes it worse is that the film unfolds at a snail s pace 
1
The Hillside Strangler
David Sterritt
Sordid and sleazy although the lead performances are hard to fault 
1
The Hillside Strangler
Megan Lehmann
Another repulsive fetishistic trawl through the life and crimes of a serial killer 
0
The Hillside Strangler
Jack Mathews
Here s one for the Sick Voyeurs Club 
1
OT: Our Town
Phil Villarreal
A tiny but wondrous miracle that sprouted despite daunting obstacles like a dandelion that shoots up in the middle of a sidewalk 
3
OT: Our Town
Jeff Vice
The film makes a convincing case that the seemingly antiquated play may actually be more relevant today than ever before Who would have guessed 
3.5
OT: Our Town
Sean P. Means
Director photographer Scott Hamilton Kennedy s celebratory documentary shows how the students proved the naysayers wrong 
3
OT: Our Town
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the most truthful backstage films in ages 
3.5
OT: Our Town
Megan Lehmann
For a film about stereotype busting OT treads a very worn path 
1.5
OT: Our Town
Bruce Newman
Emotionally involving 
3.5
OT: Our Town
David Sterritt
Kennedy and his likable cast deserve a standing ovation 
3
Designing Woman
Matt Brunson
The uproarious ravioli scene is the movie s most famous interlude Peck tribute shows often would employ it to demonstrate the actor s underrated comic chops but there are plenty of memorable set pieces in this effervescent effort 
3
D.N.A: Definitely Not Appropriate
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The good will and good humor of all involved make it work even when the script does not 
2.5
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Rob Thomas
8220 Salvatore quot is a loving and insightful film about the life and career of the celebrated Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo 44 who revolutionized the shoe inside and out 46 
3
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Ray Gill Jr.
The film shines while showing his early immigrant story and there s an infectious Forrest Gump type joy to this tale of a simple man rubbing elbows with fame and 
3
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Moira MacDonald
Salvatore is a pleasure for anyone who loves shoes and or good movies 
3.5
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Roger Moore
An interesting if seriously superficial grasp of the man who made fashionable footwear famous 46 
2
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Lisa Trifone
A charming and thoughtful chronicle that offers as much about the man and his work as his background 44 family and long lasting impact on the fashion industry 46 
3
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Mark Dujsik
Guadagnino doesn apos t seem to have a plan for telling this story 44 and that lack of consideration and care is so obvious that the movie is an occasionally embarrassing non effort 46 
1.5
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Jocelyn Noveck
Guadagnino s often fascinating unabashedly adoring and also perhaps somewhat overly stuffed study of the designer 
2.5
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Diego Semerene
The focus on Ferragamo 8217 s craft 44 and the very structure of manufacture 44 is exciting 44 but the narrative 8217 s tendency to embody the opposite of his innovativeness feels lazy and contradictory 46 10 
2
Kingsize
Marty Mapes
Limited budget inspired good but simple special effects in this polish fantasy from 1988
2.5
Return to Never Land
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review Return to Never Land is 1 a terrific motion picture and 2 absolutely gorgeous to watch and listen to The Blu ray release of Return to Never Land is a no brainer for Disney fans and comes highly recommended 
3
Return to Never Land
David Nusair
Running at a brisk 72 minutes it s near impossible to become bored with the film 
3
Return to Never Land
Jeff Strickler
Offers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude 
2.5
Return to Never Land
Margaret A. McGurk
Has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children s home video a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment as long as 3 year olds find it diverting 
1
Return to Never Land
Bill Chambers
I can only assume that Disney buried Peter Pan in Stephen King s pet sematary because resurrected in the misbegotten Return to Never Land is one sour Fairy King 
1
Return to Never Land
Jeffrey Westhoff
Fulfills the minimum requirement of Disney animation 
2.5
Return to Never Land
David N. Butterworth
The scant running time just 64 minutes makes one wonder if Peter Pan II The Death of Tink might have originally been planned for the home video market 
2.5
Return to Never Land
Michael Dequina
Tinker Bell and Peter Pan go through their pixie dust powered motions throughout the film but nothing ever soars 
0
Return to Never Land
Edward Guthmann
This is pleasant safe entertainment that ought to appeal to kids younger than 10 especially to girls with its female empowerment fantasy 
2
Return to Never Land
Jason Anderson
The boy who wouldn t grow up comes off like a shrill obnoxious little drip 
1.5
Return to Never Land
Joe Leydon
Aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters 
2
Return to Never Land
Sean P. Means
Disney again ransacks its archives for a quick buck sequel 
1.5
Return to Never Land
Claudia Puig
This follow up seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter 
2
Return to Never Land
Daphne Gordon
When it comes right down to it kids don t really care They just want to see a good story full of compelling characters and Return To Never Land is that 
3
Return to Never Land
Chris Hewitt
A lively movie with unusual depth of character 
2.5
Return to Never Land
Melanie McFarland
Return to Never Land is much more P C than the original version no more racist portraits of Indians for instance but the excitement is missing 
1.5
Return to Never Land
Joe Baltake
There s something winning about an animation that doesn t try to top itself knock us over or dazzle critics And Return to Never Land doesn t even try 
3.5
Return to Never Land
David Elliott
What s pleasing about the movie is how faithful it is to the old charms and how unpretentiously it gets the old groove going 
3
Return to Never Land
Lou Lumenick
Boomers and their kids will have a Barrie good time 
3
Return to Never Land
Christine Dolen
As handsome and playful as the movie often is it s another example of the let s further exploit a hit genre 
2
Return to Never Land
Robert W. Butler
There apparently wasn t enough pixie dust to go around for the magic runs out in the film s interminable middle portion leaving the viewer with bittersweet thoughts of what might have been 
2.5
Return to Never Land
John Monaghan
A bland animated sequel that hardly seems worth the effort 
2
Return to Never Land
Jeff Vice
A lackluster unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J M Barrie s Peter Pan 
2
Return to Never Land
Jordana Brown
Though the animation looks a little sub par in comparison to recent computer animated masterpieces like Monsters Inc the story is uplifting in true Disney style 
2
Return to Never Land
Roger Ebert
Return to Never Land is a bright and energetic animated comedy with all the slick polish we expect from Disney but it s not much more 
3
Return to Never Land
Loren King
Return to Never Land is reliable standard Disney animated fare with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages 
3
Return to Never Land
Peter Bernard
With Return to Never Land Disney is at it again producing a charming sequel that pays homage to the classic film while throwing in some modern twists 
3
Return to Never Land
Sue Pierman
Return to Never Land may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families but it s not half bad 
2.5
Return to Never Land
Robert K. Elder
With an anachronistic soundtrack and uneven animation Return to Neverland feels like an unasked for direct to video rehash of the original 
2
Return to Never Land
Harvey S. Karten
Nice albeit retro animation but nothing of wit to appease the adults in the audience 
2.5
Return to Never Land
Rob Blackwelder
If Disney wants to bastardize children s classics by imagining what happened later the least they could do is show a little ambition and imagination 
2
Return to Never Land
Jeanne Aufmuth
A tired re tread of Disney s well crafted 1953 cartoon version of Peter Pan 
2
Return to Never Land
Steve Rhodes
Everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable 
2.5
Return to Never Land
Jim Lane
Amusing and enjoyable 
3
Return to Never Land
Ed Gonzalez
This is Disney trying to pull the wool over our eyes this time bringing their straight to video sequel to the big screen 
2
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Jeff Vice
For most of its two hour running time it s a pretty solid action yarn that echoes both the swordsman epics of Akira Kurosawa as well as some of the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns 
2.5
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Sean P. Means
The movie has so much that s great that you forgive when it veers into Indiana Jones territory 
3
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Rick Groen
There s no denying its visual appeal 
2.5
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
G. Allen Johnson
Monotonous 
2
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Tom Keogh
Remarkable for its stimulating metaphor rich setting 
3
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Wesley Morris
Warriors ransacks enough of the dust swept battle genre start with Sergio Leone Akira Kurosawa and John Ford to have no rousing or opulent B movie personality of its own 
2.5
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
James Verniere
Has everything you could possibly want from the genre 
3
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
David Sterritt
Impressively filmed but not dramatic enough to justify its length 
2
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Ed Gonzalez
Despite the breathtaking locales Warriors of Heaven and Earth is impossibly cheesy 
1.5
We Were Here
Matt Brunson
We Were Here ultimately serves as a tribute not only to those who are no longer with us but also to those who crossed the minefield and emerged as survivors storytellers and heroes 
3.5
We Were Here
Duane Dudek
It s as much about survival as tragedy and any statistics in it pale in comparison to the personal testimony of those telling the tale 
3.5
We Were Here
John Hartl
There s something profoundly inspirational about this portrait of a community coming together to battle prejudice and disease 
3.5
We Were Here
Ann Hornaday
We Were Here pays eloquent homage to men and women who deserve to be celebrated and remembered as heroes 
3
We Were Here
Stephen Cole
The most gripping war movie you ll see this year We Were Here tells first hand the story of how AIDS attacked San Francisco killing more than 15 000 Whole peer groups were happy healthy and then dead in months 
4
We Were Here
Bruce DeMara
It is both a testament to the fallen and a series of life lessons from five brave survivors lessons about finding the best in ourselves in the worst of times 
3.5
We Were Here
John Beifuss
Reminds us that sometimes people really do pull together and help each other 
3
We Were Here
Bill Weber
A harrowing oral history of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco whose spine is the freshly recounted horror of an avalanche of grief 
3
We Were Here
Mick LaSalle
There is no turning away from the screen 
4
Hard Rain
Mike Clark
Hard Rain is pure water torture 
1.5
Hard Rain
Roger Ebert
Hard Rain is one of those movies that never convince you its stories are really happening From beginning to end I was acutely aware of actors being paid to stand in cold water 
1
Hard Rain
Elias Savada
If you were Noah you d probably want to sink the ark before you d care to spend time wading through this waterlogged effort 
1
Hard Rain
Michael Dequina
I cannot help but think that maybe the film would have been better off being either a disaster film or an action film instead of the uneven blend that plays out onscreen 
2
Hard Rain
Steve Rhodes
Graham Yost s script serves up one cliche after another for the actors who thankfully managed to mumble quite a few of the lines 
1
Hard Rain
David Nusair
while it s no Speed Hard Rain is a suitably diverting way to spend an hour and a half 
3
Carman: The Champion
Michael Dequina
A very standard sports movie inspirational drama 
2
Audience of One
V.A. Musetto
Somewhere above us God is watching Audience of One and chuckling Mere mortals will be doing likewise 
3
Audience of One
Keith Uhlich
It s a product of a dangerous sort of tunnel vision that afflicts a number of documentarians these days 
2
Audience of One
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m still recommending it mainly because of the great story it hints at and for the way it genuinely captures the excitement and heartbreak of filmmaking 
3
Audience of One
Walter V. Addiego
Entertaining in a one dimensional way but ultimately rather sad partly because of the level of delusion on display and partly because Gazowsky and company are an easy target 
2
The Island President
Mattie Lucas
A smart and engaging portrait of a man for whom this issue hits closer to home than anyone illustrating a tremendous issue that is now too big and no longer able to be ignored 
3
The Island President
Kelly Jane Torrance
Yet the documentary is at its most engrossing when it moves away from the big picture and focuses not on Mother Nature but a few of the people she affects especially the title character 
3
The Island President
Nathan Southern
One only hopes that the documentary will help advance Nasheed s mission and inspire others to join arms out of shared ecological concern 
3.5
The Island President
Peter Howell
The Island President is an important portrait of a determined man standing fast in a place where the ground is literally shifting beneath his feet 
2.5
The Island President
Rob Thomas
The haunting How to Disappear Completely plays over the closing credits If Nasheed isn t able to wake up the world to his country s plight in a few decades that could be the new Maldives national anthem 
3
The Island President
John Hartl
Climate change documentaries are almost always disturbing but The Island President communicates a special urgency 
3
The Island President
Chris Hewitt
The film clearly sides with Nasheed s David as he battles Goliath like businesses and governments but it never loses sight of the fact that his efforts to preserve the fragile beauty of the sinking Maldives may already be doomed 
3.5
The Island President
Alison Gang
Shenk s tight storytelling makes for a gripping film that delivers the ugly at times ennobling truth 
3.5
The Island President
Ann Hornaday
Shenk expertly weaves Nasheed s extraordinary personal story together with the Maldives breathtaking natural beauty and a Capra esque tale of dogged idealism and political courage to create wonderfully vivid cinematic portraiture 
3
The Island President
Walter V. Addiego
The Island President is a mostly compelling documentary about that rarest of breeds an appealing politician 
3
The Island President
V.A. Musetto
Viewers get an eye opening look at behind the scenes wrangling 
3
The Island President
Andrew Schenker
The film shares Mohamed Nasheed s pessimism but it s also able to celebrate that wonderfully stubborn individual s constant need to fight on regardless of the eventual result 
3
Mr. Turner
Michael Smith
It is both off putting and amusingly fascinating to watch the portrayal of the past 20 years or so of Turner s life as a man who changed the perception of landscape artistry 
2.5
Mr. Turner
David N. Butterworth
Another finely reenacted if longwinded history lesson from director Mike Leigh 
2.5
Mr. Turner
John Wirt
Writer director Mike Leigh renders an intimately detailed portrait of the artist and Timothy Spall portrays Mr Turner in brilliant strokes 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Eric Melin
Like it s subject the film has an irascible charm Leigh strips away the myth of the vaunted artist the highly evolved being with special knowledge He also avoids the clichés that come with portraying an artist of Turner s stature 
3
Mr. Turner
Rob Thomas
Unlike a conventional biopic like The Imitation Game that attempts to draw clear cause and effect between one event and the next Leigh refuses to explain or judge his subject The Mr in title suggests the respectful distance he keeps 
3
Mr. Turner
Matt Brunson
Some of Dick Pope s unique shots are beautiful enough to elicit awe and admiration which makes this picture a perfect match between subject matter artist and presentation artful 
3
Mr. Turner
John Beifuss
Leigh is as interested as Turner in the elusive the evocative and the essential 
4
Mr. Turner
Rafer Guzman
Mike Leigh s biopic is so richly detailed that it feels like a documentary Spall goes for broke in the outsize title role 
4
Mr. Turner
James Berardinelli
At 150 minutes it s a little too long but there are stretches during its course when it captivates and amazes 
3
Mr. Turner
Moira MacDonald
You leave Mr Turner as with all good fact based films wanting to know more about this man and his work and remembering that beautiful almost touchable light on the canvas and on the screen 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Joe Williams
For modern moviegoers the earthy Mr Turner may seem like slowly steeped tea with an unpleasant aftertaste But while some are impatiently waiting for the paint to dry astute viewers will see a cinematic landscape bloom 
3
Mr. Turner
Ty Burr
If the past is a foreign country then Mr Turner is one of the most rhapsodic foreign films you may ever see 
4
Mr. Turner
Peter Canavese
Revives an era in astonishing delicate detail then moves through the space with a documentarian s eye Leigh takes Turner out of art history and puts him back in the world 
4
Mr. Turner
Steven Rea
Mr Turner is no barrel of laughs It s a barrel of life an extraordinary one 
4
Mr. Turner
Anders Wright
It s exquisitely put together and Spall sucks the marrow out of the role playing Turner as inquisitive and impetuous comfortable in the Royal Academy of Arts or a brothel 
3
Mr. Turner
Josh Larsen
contrasts beautiful art with ugly humanity 
3
Mr. Turner
Mick LaSalle
Failure isn t only the province of the lazy and uninspired No even the gifted and conscientious must occasionally take a stroll through that blasted landscape and with Mr Turner Leigh does it for 2 1 2 hours Don t go with him 
1
Mr. Turner
Chris Knight
Mr Turner clocks in at a full two and a half hours but the pacing is such that we never feel it drag 
4
Mr. Turner
Anita Katz
Bailey s Mrs Booth chirpily complements the cantankerous Turner while Atkinson s Hannah conveys a sadness and longing that earn her the final close up from the movie s humanist director 
4
Mr. Turner
Scott Nash
It may be art but it s not entertainment 
3
Mr. Turner
Perry Seibert
Mr Turner manages to get inside the head and heart of an artist details what made him such a distinctive figure in art history and gives film lovers a chance to stare at some of the most beautiful cinematography of 2014 
3
Mr. Turner
Liam Lacey
The gap between the celestial art of the great English romantic painter Joseph Mallord William Turner and the brutish details of his life is vividly explored in Mike Leigh s tragicomic movie Mr Turner 
4
Mr. Turner
Bill Zwecker
I can t say enough about the power of Spall s performance 
4
Mr. Turner
Peter Howell
Keen observer Mike Leigh brings his hawk s eye to a vibrant rendering of J M W Turner the celebrated British painter of light 
3
Mr. Turner
Ann Hornaday
Despite his own failings and faults Leigh and Spall s Turner is a man consumed by the search for truth and beauty even in the midst of the less than pretty truths of his times 
4
Mr. Turner
Michael Phillips
Without a speck of pomposity Leigh s film one of the year s best honors its subject in all his tetchy ambiguity 
4
Mr. Turner
Robert Levin
The film looks and feels like a Turner painting thanks to Leigh s collaboration with cinematographer Dick Pope capturing the immense beauty that so transfixed this man 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Matt Pais
A vivid grumble 
3
Mr. Turner
Thelma Adams
Timothy Spall grunts gurgles and sputters playing J M W Turner in Mike Leigh s magnificent biopic The round faced British character actor continues to seize awards for his crass yet compelling portrait of an artist as a wheezy old lout 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Matt Zoller Seitz
Filmmaker Mike Leigh s biography of the landscape painter J M W Turner is what critics call austere which means it s slow and grim and deliberately hard to love yet it s fascinating and the performances and photography are outstanding 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rather than pure nostalgia this movie feels like time traveling 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Claudia Puig
The sprawling loosely structured 2 1 2 hour drama has some of the year s most stunning visuals many of which appear as artfully composed scenes in Turner s work 
3
Mr. Turner
Mark Dujsik
As per usual the method of Leigh s screenplay is relaxed but the aim and details are precise 
3
Mr. Turner
Peter Travers
Leigh shows us the world as Turner sees it harsh and ravishing His beauty of a movie touches the heart not by sentimental gush but by the amplitude of its art 8203 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Stephen Whitty
It s not a pretty portrait of the artist But it is a real one 
3
Mr. Turner
Leigh Paatsch
Unusually a long running time is a positive factor here especially as Turner s painting style begins to change radically in sync with his advancing age 
4
Mr. Turner
Roger Moore
A fascinating character a vividly realized film portrait
3
Mr. Turner
Clayton Davis
While his visual take on the life of J M W Turner s is among Leigh s most ambitious attempts outside of a few key scenes and good performances the film lays lifeless like a PBS special on a Sunday afternoon 
2
Mr. Turner
Thelma Adams
Timothy Spall grunts gurgles and sputters playing J M W Turner in Mike Leigh s visually stunning biopic The round faced British character actor took Best Actor at Cannes for his crass yet compelling portrait of an artist as a wheezy old lout 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Chris Cabin
An astute summation of Mike Leigh s glum view of humanity but also a challenge to this disposition and his own pessimistic perspective 
3.5
Mr. Turner
Kent Turner
Leigh has it both ways he s tough on British history but there s still a bit of Heritage England seeping through 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
David Nusair
the film remains consistently watchable thanks to Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong s surprisingly clever screenplay and the uniformly effective performances 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
Johnny Vaughan
Billy Bob phones in a below par performance but still blows his young rival off the screen 
2
School for Scoundrels
Gina Carbone
School for Scoundrels is Fight Club for people afraid of Fight Club 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
Linda Cook
Unfunny unkind and completely unnecessary School for Scoundrels doesn t pass as a comedy 
1
School for Scoundrels
Frank Ochieng
Unfortunately for the toothless rabble rousing School for Scoundrels this disposable and dimwitted farce deserves its smirking class to be dismissed 
2
School for Scoundrels
Scott Nash
The only grade this school deserves is an F 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Jonathan W. Hickman
A clashing combination of mismatched recycled ideas and wasted opportunities 
2
School for Scoundrels
Mike McGranaghan
School for Scoundrels has all the raw elements needed to be a classic comedy but it never finds the right rhythm The movie is ostensibly about cruelty and calculation yet its tone is too nice 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
Claudia Puig
It feels as if director Phillips was scrounging desperately for morsels with comic potential and came up empty handed 
1
School for Scoundrels
Maitland McDonagh
For all its crudeness Phillips tale of men behaving badly is remarkably toothless 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Geoff Pevere
School for Scoundrels is an exercise in advanced comedic embalming 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Tom Keogh
While the film is demeaned by sight gags aimed at teenage boys it has a smart center and delightful performances from Heder and Thornton 
3
School for Scoundrels
Ruthe Stein
It would require a near lethal injection of nitrous oxide to induce laughter 
1
School for Scoundrels
David Elliott
To call it slight is to slight the word slight Even to call it a movie is to place movie in the order of entertainment somewhere near paint scraping 
1
School for Scoundrels
Carla Meyer
Sweet when it should be tart depressing when it should be devilish and flat when it should be funny 
2
School for Scoundrels
Pam Grady
As long as the movie stays focused on the competition between Roger and Dr P it is hilarious 
3
School for Scoundrels
Carrie Rickey
Despite the appeal of cobra eyed Thornton and bunny nosed Heder Scoundrels trips early and often 
2
School for Scoundrels
Kyle Smith
This time the pace is so weak that long periods go by without even the whiff of a joke 
1
School for Scoundrels
Jack Mathews
Heder s looks and mannerisms are so inherently geeky that the post transformation Roger appears to be less a lion with a hearty roar than a dork with delusions of grandeur 
2
School for Scoundrels
Paul Doro
The screenplay co written by director Todd Phillips Old School is obvious and uninspired and prevents the comically adept Thornton from letting loose 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Peter Debruge
Phillips version does add one tantalizing twist as Thornton singles out his best student Heder of course and takes him on mano a mano but it seems like an awful lot of trouble to win over such an uninteresting love interest 
2
School for Scoundrels
Bob Strauss
The writing by Phillips and his usual collaborator Scot Armstrong doesn t give either comic performer much that s interesting to do 
2
School for Scoundrels
Sean P. Means
A guy s movie a comic battle of dueling manhood The surprise is that Heder both in his comedy and his machismo came fully loaded 
3
School for Scoundrels
Brian McTavish
There has to be something intrinsically lovable about a hapless character to draw in an audience That s what Heder did as misfit outsider Napoleon Dynamite And it s just not happening here 
1
School for Scoundrels
Amy Biancolli
Nice guys and creeps make it to the finish line though I won t say how they place But I will divulge this The movie s a loser 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Rick Groen
Is it a black comedy that isn t dark enough Or a dumb comedy that isn t stupid enough or a gross out comedy that isn t yucky enough Or is it really just a romance comedy that isn t sweet enough 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Terry Lawson
Todd Phillips is swiftly becoming the go to guy for comedy that s a lot smarter than it looks or probably needs to be 
3
School for Scoundrels
Jeff Vice
It s actually Thornton s amusing performance that makes the first half of this silly film watchable After that Ben Stiller comes along to do a painfully unfunny supporting bit and pretty much sucks all the remaining funny out of the movie 
2
School for Scoundrels
Michael Booth
Guys are guys in Todd Phillips movies for better or worse but almost always for the purposes of arriving somewhere in the same ZIP code as the truth 
3
School for Scoundrels
Lawrence Toppman
Thornton and Heder perform at about half their maximum wattage which isn t enough to power the inert script 
2
School for Scoundrels
Ty Burr
It achieves something previously thought impossible It renders Billy Bob Thornton unfunny 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Tyler Hanley
It feels like the filmmakers put Old School and Napoleon Dynamite into a cinematic blender and hit frappe in hopes of making a delicious shake They ended up with a tasteless one 
2
School for Scoundrels
James Sanford
ultimately neither fish nor fowl the mean spirited moments of School are easily the movie s most convincing leading one to wish that Phillips had emphasized the story s darker side 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
Sara Michelle Fetters
Heder is quickly becoming a one trick pony 
2
School for Scoundrels
Rob Thomas
I don t think that we as a moviegoing public fully realized that when we made Napoleon an indie blockbuster that we were also signing up for a full fledged movie career for Heder 
1
School for Scoundrels
John Beifuss
Eventually implausible plot mechanics replace winning character comedy 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
James Berardinelli
School for Scoundrels feels like a wasted opportunity 
2
School for Scoundrels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Thornton does his job admirably but he s derailed by a typically clunky script 
2.5
School for Scoundrels
Willie Waffle
Thornton seems bored by the whole movie 
2
School for Scoundrels
Josh Larsen
the movie goes soft and Heder ironically loses whatever star quality he had 
2
School for Scoundrels
Dustin Putman
A film of schizophrenic tonal shifts and sadly missed opportunities 
2
School for Scoundrels
Jessica Reaves
This ultimately disappointing comedy starts reasonably strong delivers a few good laughs then rolls over and plays dead 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Chris Hewitt
It s not that Scoundrels lacks for talent the cast members have all proven their ability to get laughs but the material in Scoundrels is too wan 
2
School for Scoundrels
Jan Stuart
A battering ram of rude encounters that aspires to be a romantic comedy 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Matt Pais
If you re amused by Diego Horatio Sanz being told to stop scratching your nuts you probably just need to stop scratching yours 
1.5
School for Scoundrels
Peter Canavese
It s too bad that Phillips fumbles for comic gimmickry when he has the makings of a rich and timely satire on poison peddling motivational personalities 
2
School for Scoundrels
Peter Travers
Phillips is here to stay And the whacked humor and sneaky substance of School for Scoundrels is another compelling reason why 
3
School for Scoundrels
Emanuel Levy
This unfunny comedy a loose remake of a 1960s British romp can t decide whether Billy Bob Thonrton s teacher is a hero or villain and thus every scene negates the previous one in tone and morale until the movie literally self destructs at the end
1
School for Scoundrels
Nick Schager
Asked only to regurgitate prior performances Heder dutifully performs his bumbling Napoleon Dynamite shtick and Thornton berates people with caustic Bad Santa Bad News Bears nastiness 
1.5
Go Back to China
David Lewis
Ting s conceptually solid film is briskly paced and its heart is in the right place With a more fine tuned screenplay it could have been better than a serviceable movie 
2
The Slugger's Wife
David Nusair
increasingly erratic 
2
The Slugger's Wife
Roger Ebert
Simon s not in a lighthearted mood and so the silliness of the story gets bogged down in all sorts of gloomy neuroses angry denunciations and painful self analysis 
2
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Alison Gang
Directed and co written by Herzog with Herbert Golder and executive produced by Lynch the film offers a whiff of originality in a sea of cinema schlock But compared to both filmmakers prior works it s nowhere near as memorable 
2
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Jeff Shannon
One of Herzog s quirky misfires 
2.5
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Roger Ebert
Confounds all convention and denies all expected pleasures providing instead the delight of watching Herzog feed the police hostage formula into the Mixmaster of his imagination 
3
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Peter Keough
The film can be funny and even epiphanic but when Brad Dourif and an ostrich doesn t get a laugh you re trying too hard 
2.5
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays like an unholy offspring of both maverick outsiders filled with unsettling dreamlike moments but also plenty of dark laughs 
3
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Chris Hewitt
Clearly Herzog isn t interested Advertisement in making a conventional melodrama but unconventionality isn t enough to hang a movie on 
1
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Elizabeth Weitzman
Herzog fans will love it 
3
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
V.A. Musetto
A surreal descent into a twilight zone created by the twisted sensibilities of two cinematic geniuses 
3
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Fernando F. Croce
My Son My Son What Have Ye Done is more controlled in its absurdism than Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans but it is easily the lesser work 
2
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
David Nusair
An unusually unwatchable effort from filmmaker Werner Herzog 
1
Female
John Beifuss
The Chatterton character s appetite for sex is large She cherry picks the men in her factory and invites them to her spectacular home for business meetings that turn into seductions When she s ready she tosses a pillow onto a fur rug on the floor 
3
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Roger Moore
A beautifully cast and polished production that still only manages to rise to mildly chilling 
2.5
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Joe Friar
Shirley Jackson s 1962 novel finally makes it to the big screen with a superb Taissa Farmiga leading a solid cast in this ominous tale of two sisters who refuse to suffer under the hands of men 
3
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Rosalie Kicks
A treat for your eyes I loved everything about this movie including the poison 
3.75
Chaos Theory
David Nusair
peters out in a fairly substantial way as it approaches its woefully melodramatic finale 
2
Chaos Theory
John Anderson
If actor Ryan Reynolds isn t careful he s going to parlay his good looks and engaging presence into a full time job as a game show host 
2
Chaos Theory
Mike McGranaghan
The cast is good and the themes are compelling but the execution is a bit of a mess 
2
Chaos Theory
Jeffrey Westhoff
As imperfect as it is Chaos Theory is much better than most of Hollywood s output this year 
2.5
Chaos Theory
Ken Fox
An uptight efficiency trainer learns to embrace the messy chaos of life when a small indiscretion leads to the collapse of his marriage in this atonal romantic comedy 
2
Chaos Theory
Philip Marchand
Reynolds goes through his emotional paces with conviction and is developing a trademark wounded look that is quite effective 
2.5
Chaos Theory
Moira MacDonald
It s swift and watchable enough and the actors keep things interesting but ultimately the movie falls short 
2.5
Chaos Theory
Kyle Smith
The audience if any for Chaos Theory is going to be hit with a little puff of celluloid flatulence The movie won t linger in the air but that doesn t make it any less embarrassing 
1
Chaos Theory
Elizabeth Weitzman
Oh Ryan Reynolds We like you We want to see you succeed And yet you keep making the wrong choices 
2
Chaos Theory
Ty Burr
It s genial enough but it should be called My First Mid Life Crisis Movie 
2.5
Chaos Theory
Jim Emerson
Dramatically it s neither fish nor fowl so you can t quite tell if the sandwich is tuna salad or chicken salad 
2
Chaos Theory
Ruthe Stein
Sometimes Hollywood producers are too myopic to recognize a winner even when they made it 
3
Chaos Theory
Steven Rea
Reynolds is more than likable in the lead 
2.5
Gerhard Richter Painting
Claude Peck
Richter gives off a heroic creator of the universe air as he strains to push the squeegee exposing a new world in his wake 
2.5
Gerhard Richter Painting
Chris Hewitt
Too often the film backs up Richter s assertion that painting is another way of thinking and that it s impossible to translate it into another language such as film 
2.5
Gerhard Richter Painting
Joe Williams
Through the documentary lens Richter s enigmatic paintings speak to us 
3
Gerhard Richter Painting
Michael O'Sullivan
Richter offers multiple explanations of how he knows when a painting is done They range from the mundane to the lofty 
3.5
Gerhard Richter Painting
Kenneth Baker
It shows us the world s most famous living painter who turned 80 in February at work with greater intimacy than any other film portrait of a contemporary artist provides 
3
Gerhard Richter Painting
Mark Feeney
The sight of Richter going back and forth between two related canvases recalls Roger Federer playing tennis with himself in slow deliberative motion 
3
Gerhard Richter Painting
Murray Whyte
Nearly two hours of drab dull as dishwater footage of the politely taciturn painter quietly going about his business 
1.5
Gerhard Richter Painting
Liam Lacey
A documentary about the 80 year old German artist putting paint on canvas that offers a look at the mighty mountain of creative achievement 
3
Gerhard Richter Painting
Michael Upchurch
Belz delivers exactly what her title promises the sight of Richter at work on his canvases 
3
Gerhard Richter Painting
V.A. Musetto
Instead of trotting out people friend and foe to comment on the renowned German abstract painter Belz allows Richter to tell his own story 
3
Gerhard Richter Painting
Kenji Fujishima
The end results are mixed but nevertheless scintillating and provocative enough to be worth taking seriously 
2.5
The Seventh Victim
Walter Chaw
the gauziest maybe the most influential surely the most underestimated Lewton production 
4
Money Talks
Michael Dequina
Tucker s manic energy is the only thing keeping the audience from dozing off like the rest of the cast 
1.5
Money Talks
Roger Ebert
Tucker has a personal triumph He s funny in that cocky freefall way that Carrey and Jerry Lewis get away with He s floating on inspiration and improvisation like a musician 
3
Money Talks
Susan Wloszczyna
Tucker and his profanely funny verbal bullets are about the only reason to put up with this gratuitously violent race baiting jumbled ripoff 
1.5
A Perfect Fit
Roger Moore
Not perfect Not that close But cute here and there 
2
Window Horses
Walter V. Addiego
You have to admire an animator who can make a star out of a stick figure and that s just what Canadian filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming has accomplished 
3
Window Horses
Shane Slater
Satisfying on both an emotional and intellectual level Window Horses is an animated film any family can enjoy 
3
Window Horses
Bruce DeMara
Throughout writer director Ann Marie Fleming demonstrates an adeptness at storytelling 
3
Window Horses
Kate Taylor
In the film s finest moments as a generous Iranian host explains traditional Farsi poetry the animation and the themes mingle and explode in a riot of cross cultural colour 
3
J. Edgar
Brian Eggert
By the end 44 we don 8217 t understand Hoover any more than we did when the film began 46 
2
J. Edgar
Mattie Lucas
A gripping and fascinating film humming with an electric undercurrent of sexual tension that is something of a new territory for Eastwood 
3.5
J. Edgar
Kelly Jane Torrance
J Edgar Hoover is brought to life by DiCaprio in a surprisingly mature performance 
2.5
J. Edgar
Brandy McDonnell
Eastwood s sure handed direction Black s time shifting storytelling and the stellar performances make J Edgar worth watching 
3
J. Edgar
Roger Moore
A lumbering miscalculation 
2
J. Edgar
Peter Canavese
Despite the odd sharp observation somehow J Edgar comes off like the Max Fischer Players production of Serpico Blu ray 
2
J. Edgar
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a solid expertly crafted biopic and while it doesn t dive as deeply into its enigmatic central figure as I d hoped it would that didn t make sitting in the theatre watching every single one of its 137 minutes any less enjoyable 
3
J. Edgar
David Nusair
a colossal misfire that is above all else downright boring for much of its overlong running time 
1.5
J. Edgar
John Beifuss
Hoover s lack of credibility as the narrator of his own story makes this yet another of Eastwood s confrontations with America s proud yet contradictory national history as previously examined in such films as Unforgiven and Flags of Our Fathers 
3
J. Edgar
Mike McGranaghan
The picture has more of a greatest hits feel rather than the feeling of a comprehensive vivid portrait of the man s life 
2
J. Edgar
Phil Villarreal
DiCaprio again proves to be a chameleon capable of tackling any task set before him 
3
J. Edgar
Steven D. Greydanus
The sort of staidly respectable competently directed biopic that gives a bad name to competently directed biopics and possibly to respectability 
2
J. Edgar
John Wirt
DiCaprio s performance is something to admire the movie around it less so 
2.5
J. Edgar
Glenn Lovell
occupies a safe middle ground between exposé and unrequited romance the opposite of an Oliver Stone smear job a careful rigorously fair mined depiction of a man who deserved less and in a bizarre way more 
2.5
J. Edgar
Kam Williams
Between the cross dressing and pleas of Please don t leave me Clyde brace yourself to see the vulnerable underbelly literally and figuratively of an anguished icon knocked off his pedestal 
3
J. Edgar
James Kendrick
cleverly uses the familiar tropes of the biopic against itself to blur the lines between verifiable fact elaboration and pure speculation
3
J. Edgar
Lori Hoffman
Eastwood s take on J Edgar Hoover feels like a major miscalculation 8233 
1.5
J. Edgar
Scott Nash
A great performance inside just a good movie 
3
J. Edgar
Matt Brunson
The focus for better or worse renders this less a comprehensive biopic more a Brokeback Bureau 
2.5
J. Edgar
Matt Soergel
It s so careful that it rarely rises above bland even though its central figure is anything but 
2
J. Edgar
Duane Dudek
In the end the reality comes from a physically and emotionally persuasive performance with the stiff body language and precise diction of someone afraid to show weakness 
3
J. Edgar
Keith Cohen
The movie has too many weaknesses to overcome They include the heavy layers of prosthetic latex makeup on the aging characters a desaturated color scheme draining the screen of vitality a sparse piano driven instrumental score inconsequential 
1.5
J. Edgar
Rick Groen
Usually the tautest of directors Clint Eastwood has gone all slack here allowing his subject to get completely away from him 
2.5
J. Edgar
Alison Gang
We get straightforward narration and expository dialogue that introduces each time traveling vignette and dictates Hoover s tiresome me versus them rationalizations for whatever unscrupulous thing he did to stop them 
1
J. Edgar
Eric Melin
Such a wildly divergent story might have been told more effectively with a heaping helping of style but Eastwood plays it safe while the screenplay is full of all kinds of innuendo and subtle dark humor 
2.5
J. Edgar
Mike Scott
A solid but staid portrait of a fascinating man 
2.5
J. Edgar
Stephen Whitty
Although Hoover s luster faded as his career went on Eastwood s movie seems wan from the start 
2.5
J. Edgar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This one at least keeps us thinking and puzzling well after the credits roll 
3.5
J. Edgar
Willie Waffle
It s about more than the dress 
4
J. Edgar
Chris Hewitt
Even though J Edgar never cracks the code of its title character I was absorbed by its swift 136 minutes 
2
J. Edgar
Charlie McCollum
For all its virtues or perhaps because of them J Edgar is a disappointment 
2.5
J. Edgar
Jon Niccum
Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the role of J Edgar Hoover with his usual gusto but the resulting film offers a detached meandering account of the controversial figure 
2
J. Edgar
Gary Thompson
This is conceptually interesting but it s clumsily delivered by Eastwood whose movie is a succession of dull interior scenes expository conversation and fractured chronology 
2
J. Edgar
Steven Rea
J Edgar is an arduous trek through the history books a gloomy glide down the marble halls of a Washington institution 
2.5
J. Edgar
Ty Burr
That J Edgar never ultimately convinces that at times it s quite entertainingly bad can be blamed on both an unfocused script and the project s very bigness 
2.5
J. Edgar
Lawrence Toppman
What s the motivation for the earnest handsome well acted unenlightening workaday J Edgar in 2011 
2.5
J. Edgar
Tyler Hanley
Watching J Edgar reminded this critic of sitting in a dimly lit history class after tossing back a tablespoon of NyQuil 
2
J. Edgar
Joe Williams
It s gratifying to see an old bully outed as a hypocrite but by distracting us from bigger crimes J Edgar is a public enemy 
2
J. Edgar
Moira MacDonald
J Edgar too often feels like the rough draft of the great movie it could have been a character sketch not quite a portrait 
2.5
J. Edgar
Peter Howell
DiCaprio wrings truth out of a cipher The Hoover of both headline and whispers comes into sharp relief in this Oscar beckoning performance 
3
J. Edgar
Michael Phillips
This may be a closety film about a closety character but the tensions between Eastwood s direction and the script he s directing keep us off guard in an intriguing way The results whatever one thinks of them may be square but they re all of a piece 
3
J. Edgar
Rene Rodriguez
J Edgar eloquently argues its case by skipping through Hoover s entire career from the founding of the Bureau in 1935 to his death in 1972 
2.5
J. Edgar
Peter Travers
Despite being buried in layers of prosthetic latex DiCaprio is a roaring wonder as J Edgar Hoover Even when the film trips on its tall ambitions you can t shake it off 
3
J. Edgar
Roger Moore
Clint Eastwood s J Edgar is a lumbering miscalculation a slow and clumsy re think of the late F B I founder J Edgar Hoover s life and career that views his him through the lens of his alleged homosexuality 
2
J. Edgar
James Berardinelli
DiCaprio wears the persona of Hoover with ease again reminding audiences that the young man who made so many girls swoon with Titanic has grown into an actor of great range and capability 
3
J. Edgar
Josh Larsen
DiCaprio is as effective as possible while laboring under pounds of aging makeup He is by all accounts OK 
3
J. Edgar
Mick LaSalle
Too ambiguous too gentle and too noncommittal to get the job done 
2
J. Edgar
Roger Ebert
As a period biopic J Edgar is masterful Few films span seven decades this comfortably 
3.5
J. Edgar
Mark Dujsik
If only Black or Eastwood had an idea of purpose or a definite statement about Hoover The movie offers ample opportunities those parts could have made a cohesive whole 
2
J. Edgar
Rex Reed
As a colorful chapter in American infamy it s a story worth telling in a better more suspenseful film but J Edgar does not hang together 
2
J. Edgar
Gerald Peary
Leonardo DiCaprio has the unenviable task of playing a character without a single redeeming feature 
2
J. Edgar
Dustin Putman
This is not quite the be all end all biopic of J Edgar Hoover that prospective viewers were expecting or at least hoped for 
2.5
J. Edgar
Matt Pais
A non controversial movie about a controversial figure 
2
J. Edgar
Jaime N. Christley
Images of the living yet decaying body are what turn a cookie cutter biopic into something far more personal 
3
J. Edgar
Claudia Puig
The film ages DiCaprio convincingly Hammer less so Still Hammer almost steals the show While DiCaprio has some noteworthy scenes it s tough to forget it s the actor playing Hoover In contrast Hammer and Watts disappear into more subtle roles 
3
J. Edgar
Jake Coyle
The resonating images of Hoover are of a man increasingly and tragically out of step with time Thankfully it s been quite the opposite for Eastwood 
3
La mer à l'aube (Calm at Sea)
Roger Moore
For a film about a horrific war crime the entire affair is too bloodless literally and figuratively 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Matt Brunson
It s difficult to make a truly boring vampire picture but the folks behind this draggy adaptation of Anne Rice s bestsellers The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned have done just that 
1.5
Queen of the Damned
Peter Travers
The film is vampire roadkill 
1
Queen of the Damned
Greg Maki
This film should have stayed in its coffin and never seen the light of day 
1
Queen of the Damned
David Nusair
the film s disjointed narrative makes it near impossible to ever become completely engrossed 
2
Queen of the Damned
Tyler Hanley
Anne Rice goes heavy metal in Hollywood s latest installment of bloodsucker cinema 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Kevin A. Ranson
pretends the events happening are really as earth shaking as the plot suggests all the while reveling in bits of cheese make sure you take your sunglasses in with you since the sun will be shining when you leave the matinee 
2
Queen of the Damned
Jon Niccum
Although there was hardly a clamoring among the filmgoing public for a sequel the popularity of Rice s series seemed reason enough to resurrect the characters 
2
Queen of the Damned
Robert K. Elder
Queen of the Damned leaves us puzzled as to why the term damned applies at all when vampirism is depicted as so cool fashion savvy and glamorous 
2
Queen of the Damned
Ian Mantgani
Muddled trashy and incompetent
0.5
Queen of the Damned
Michael Dequina
Rymer isn t too concerned with the plot he s more interested in striking stylish sometimes campy poses 
2
Queen of the Damned
Emily Blunt
This adaptation of famous author Anne Rice is going to have her legions of fans up in arms and weilding wooden stakes 
2
Queen of the Damned
Bob Bloom
Queen of the Damned s target audiences are those younger moviegoers who attend raves and an appreciate the heavy metal and goth sensibilities All others will probably find it alien terrain 
2
Queen of the Damned
Frank Ochieng
doesn t necessary punch a stake through its heart as far as cohesive plotlines and decent character development are concerned Slickly manufactured the intrusive gory antics coupled with a ludicrous premise makes for a mawkish mixture of mediocrity
2
Queen of the Damned
Dan Lybarger
Fate made the mistake of taking Aaliyah instead of the film 
1
Queen of the Damned
Robert Roten
It looks good but it is essentially empty 
1
Queen of the Damned
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The picture keeps the action and gore moving at a nice clip invents a few interesting and funny new moments and keeps it all very sexy 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Dustin Putman
Stands as a rare satisfying diversion into the world of vampires 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Walter Chaw
It s not so much an archetypical romantic irony as a manic depressive fancy brought on by a hormonal imbalance 
2
Queen of the Damned
Mike Clark
S o dull that you may be tempted to slip the projectionist 50 bucks to turn on the house lights and see what happens to the vampire cast 
2
Queen of the Damned
Geoff Pevere
A boldly stroked luridly coloured uni dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain 
2
Queen of the Damned
Melanie McFarland
For any of those die hards still shunning daylight while anxiously awaiting the release of Queen of the Damned I have two words for you sunblock matinee Or try this pair dollar theater 
1.5
Queen of the Damned
Edward Guthmann
Directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Rymer who showed promise in the low key Angel Baby Queen of the Damned is self serious pointless and silly 
1
Queen of the Damned
David Elliott
It screams video in every scene 
1
Queen of the Damned
Joe Baltake
the real special effects here are Townsend and Perez who are decidedly unconventional and whose lively scenes together come with a homoerotic campiness that seems straight out of The Rocky Horror Picture Show 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Carrie Rickey
At its best Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the 60s At its worst it implodes in a series of very bad special effects 
2
Queen of the Damned
John Anderson
Queen of the Damned wouldn t be so bad if it weren t so boring 
2
Queen of the Damned
Charles Savage
Aaliyah rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend When she speaks her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music 
2
Queen of the Damned
James Berardinelli
the kind of mess that never should have made it to theaters 
1.5
Queen of the Damned
Liam Lacey
When Queen of the Damned knows it s ridiculous it s moderately entertaining fun when it tries to be serious it s truly ridiculous 
2
Queen of the Damned
Susan Stark
There s a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate but generally it s a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance 
2
Queen of the Damned
John Monaghan
a visually seductive unrepentantly trashy take on Rice s second installment of her Vampire Chronicles 
3
Queen of the Damned
Bob Strauss
T here s only so much anyone can do with a florid overplotted Anne Rice rock n roll vampire novel before the built in silliness of the whole affair defeats them 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Ross Brooks
E even if you can swallow the silly plot about a vampire turned rock star the humorless script turns things sour eliciting unintentional laughs instead of blood curdling frights 
2
Queen of the Damned
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t reach the level of camp goofiness attained by films like The Mummy Returns and Lara Croft Tomb Raider perhaps because the filmmakers labor under the impression that Anne Rice s works must be treated respectfully 
2
Queen of the Damned
Jay Carr
Queen of the Damned degenerates into a lot of dull declaiming and attitudinizing despite a sly tongue in cheek quality brought by a preening Stuart Townsend to the Lestat role he inherited from the utterly humorless Tom Cruise 
2
Queen of the Damned
Jeff Vice
T he script isn t up to the level of the direction nor are the uneven performances by the cast members who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi s now cliched vampire accent 
2
Queen of the Damned
Rob Blackwelder
Aaliyah absolutely transcends the screen and fills the whole theater with her presence she dominates this incongruous vampire flick with her chilling allure 
2
Queen of the Damned
Lou Lumenick
Undemanding cheesy fun 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Tony Toscano
Queen of the Damned is too long with too little going on 
0
Queen of the Damned
Chris Hewitt
Anne Rice s novels use vampirism to tell a story about the preciousness and fragility of life but there s no deeper meaning in this movie 
1.5
Queen of the Damned
Bruce Newman
If legendary shlockmeister Ed Wood had ever made a movie about a vampire it probably would look a lot like this alarming production adapted from Anne Rice s novel The Vampire Chronicles 
1
Queen of the Damned
Mary Kalin-Casey
with every element drained of blood this Queen is damned 
2
Queen of the Damned
Jackie Loohauis
Half way into the film we begin to wish Akasha would finish us off 
1.5
Queen of the Damned
Vera H-C Chan
Despite blood slurping a Goth rock score and even the chilling resurrection of Aaliyah as the title character this third installment of Anne Rice s Vampire Chronicles seems curiously torpid 
2
Queen of the Damned
Ross Anthony
At its best when the music creeps up decibel by decibel distorted power chords mutant mortals spinning in slow mo And Aaliyah is brilliantly visually stunning 
2.5
Queen of the Damned
Ed Gonzalez
Aaliyah still manages to suggest a new kind of soul sister whose talk to the hand becomes a ferocious talk to the flame 
2
Queen of the Damned
Steve Rhodes
A vampire flick for the MTV generation it s slow plodding pretentious and pseudo serious 
2
Twist of Fate
David Nusair
For Madchen Amick completists only is there even such a thing 
2
It Happened Tomorrow
Matt Brunson
A premise that sounds perfect for The Twilight Zone 
3
Daredevil
Namrata Joshi
Daredevil has a brooding dark and dank air about it much like Batman That s about the only element that lends the movie any character 
1
Daredevil
Matt Soergel
Much of the film is a setup for hoped for sequels so the plot isn t really the thing But Daredevil benefits from some strong supporting roles 
3
Daredevil
Peter Canavese
Affleck s lanky offhand softness hardly suits the superheroic archetype but The R rated Director s Cut deserves an extra half star Blu ray 
2
Daredevil
Joe Lozito
A disappointment at nearly every turn 
1.5
Daredevil
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not bad so much as it is disposable and forgettable 
2
Daredevil
Scott Nash
The shame of this mess of a movie is that it could have been quite good 
1.5
Daredevil
Michael Dequina
A faithful translation of the character and one of his more memorable tales on the page it satisfies as an adventure and as a more intimate story 
3
Daredevil
Lori Hoffman
Daredevil isn 8217 t a masterpiece but it 8217 s worth a trip to the local multi plex 
2.5
Daredevil
Greg Maki
Even with Colin Farrell s inspired performance Daredevil falls short 
2.5
Daredevil
Nick Rogers
Picking up a comic book that apos s pretty good but has about one fourth of the panels incomplete is what it feels like watching Daredevil 46 
3
Daredevil
Wesley Lovell
The film s plot takes the viewer on the trail of a love story with explosions and fight scenes that make emotion secondary 
2.5
Daredevil
Tyler Hanley
The filmmakers may have been a bit too empathetic with Daredevil s disability as it feels they made the movie with one blind eye 
2.5
Daredevil
Joe Leydon
Boldly and brazenly larger than life a rock the house popcorn flick propelled by thunderous waves of vengeful obsession and faux operatic passion 
2.5
Daredevil
Jorge Avila Andrade
Daredevil est plagada de accin luchas cuerpo a cuerpo y grandes efectos especiales que la hacen bastante atractiva incluso mejor en muchos aspectos que la sobrevalorada El Hombre Araa 
3
Daredevil
John Beifuss
An unlikable and pretentious film that probably ranks as the most disappointing would be blockbuster in years 
1.5
Daredevil
David Keyes
Daredevil isn t a spectacular achievement by any means but in lots of ways it finds the right notes and never fails to pique the interest of its viewers 
3
Daredevil
Kevin A. Ranson
Daredevil is presented as a far more interesting character than the villains he fights while Daredevil may not be the most famous comic book character in the Marvel universe this film interpretation is in no danger of being mistaken for another Roge
3.5
Daredevil
James Kendrick
It s like we re back in the Death Wish era but with leather and digital effects 
3
Daredevil
Mark Dujsik
It s pretty hollow at its core even for a comic book 
2
Daredevil
Michael Szymanski
Go into this movie expecting a fun romp that s what you ll get It s good vs evil with a very dark side and hopefully will set the trend for action comic book films for the year 
3
Daredevil
Josh Gilchrist
Daredevil is nothing more than a big train wreck of a film Too bad those responsible for bringing it to theaters were not on the train when it derailed 
0.5
Daredevil
Matt Brunson
Although there s plenty to like in Daredevil there s almost as much to dismiss 
2.5
Daredevil
Tony Toscano
the stuff good comic books are made of 
3.5
Daredevil
Mike McGranaghan
Daredevil certainly belongs in the pantheon of comic book movies to get it just right 
3.5
Daredevil
Collin Souter
A rare action movie that suffers when it has action scenes 
2.5
Daredevil
Frank Ochieng
Johnson s sensationalistic fantasy is surprisingly another arbitrary stunt infested motion picture that has plenty of kinetic movement yet never really goes anywhere with its energizing format 
2
Daredevil
Dustin Putman
Colin Farrell may only have about fifteen minutes of screen time but he is easily the star of the movie creating one of the best screen villains in quite some time 
2.5
Daredevil
Mike Clark
There ll be plenty of ragging to go around once audiences get a dose of the dullest live action comic strip on record one that lacks even an interesting villain 
1.5
Daredevil
Chris Hewitt
Has a sense of humor atmospheric visuals and a romance that works better than these men in tights romances usually do 
3
Daredevil
Todd Anthony
Rather than lay on the expository detail Daredevil focuses on character development 
3
Daredevil
Gary Brown
Daredevil does not come close to Spider Man 
2.5
Daredevil
Mark Rahner
Marvel s on a roll 
3
Daredevil
Bruce Newman
With the appearance in movie theaters of Daredevil we have now officially arrived at the bottom of the comic book pile 
.5
Daredevil
Mick LaSalle
One of the biggest misfires in its genre since Godzilla 
1
Daredevil
David Elliott
When Hollywood bakes a pulp pastry like Daredevil the dough that rises isn t simply the budget You can feel your mind becoming a sponge cake so porous that air whistles through it like wind 
1
Daredevil
Joe Baltake
Daredevil might have worked if Johnson had gone all out and made a truly adult superhero movie embracing an R rating 
2
Daredevil
Peter Travers
Daredevil isn t laugh out loud lousy it s something worse deeply depressingly average 
2
Daredevil
Steven Rea
After sundry Batmans and last summer s Spider Man the comic book formula of childhood loss filial revenge and freakish physical prowess doesn t seem all that fresh anymore 
2.5
Daredevil
Duane Dudek
Beyond geeks and adolescents anyone wandering into the multiplex out of the cold might find this Spider Man Batman hybrid a little too familiar and bordering on derivative 
2.5
Daredevil
Bob Strauss
The good stuff which if it were to be scientifically measured might slightly outweigh the bad 
3
Daredevil
Robert W. Butler
Daredevil delivers the dramatic goods 
3
Daredevil
Jeff Vice
Not nearly as bad as dire predictions and word of mouth would have us believe 
2.5
Daredevil
Ricardo Baca
A well crafted introductory course 
2.5
Daredevil
Lawrence Toppman
For all its initial originality Daredevil eventually smacks of more calculation than the Batman series 
2
Daredevil
Wesley Morris
Too hollow and pedestrian to dramatize the conflict between its hero s vigilante streak and his moral straits imaginatively 
2
Daredevil
Sean P. Means
How is a superhero going to protect Gotham um er Hell s Kitchen if he can t even hang onto his own movie 
2.5
Daredevil
Terry Lawson
Plays closer to the Joel Schumacher campy sequel Batman Robin convoluted junky and obsessed with form fitting leather costumes 
1
Daredevil
Emily Blunt
Argh 
1
Daredevil
Rick Groen
Not woeful not wonderful merely watchable 
2.5
Daredevil
Lou Lumenick
The flick misses the bull s eye by such a length that nobody except hard core fanboys and leather fetishists will be panting for the sequel promised at the end 
1.5
Daredevil
Michael Sragow
How did an embarrassment of comic book riches become simply an embarrassment as a movie 
1
Daredevil
Lisa Leigh Connors
Ten minutes into it you won t need superhuman senses to realize it won t be a great movie 
1
Daredevil
Roger Ebert
The movie is actually pretty good 
3
Daredevil
Guylaine Cadorette
Daredevil morphs another Marvel character into a live action feature film that will please devotees of the comic book and new fans alike 
3
Daredevil
Jon Niccum
Overall this rendering of Daredevil is comparable to the character s eyesight It effectively outlines the necessary information but never quite develops into a fully satisfying picture 
2.5
Daredevil
Jeffrey Westhoff
Affleck may be playing a blind man but he adds no reaction or emotion to his blank stares 
2
Daredevil
Bob Bloom
Bottom line Daredevil does entertain The fight sequences and stunt work are first rate the film shows flashes of humor and for the most part the character remains true to his comic book source 
2.5
Daredevil
Erik Childress
So many things struck me with pleasure during Daredevil that I was both reminded of my days as a young moviegoer and how the seemingly same old game can still throw surprises at me 
3.5
Daredevil
Phil Villarreal
It captures the imaginative sparks that come out of comic readers minds urging them to turn page after page 
3.5
Daredevil
Jonathan R. Perry
Would be instantly forgettable if it weren t so spectacularly bad 
1.5
Daredevil
John Anderson
The dialogue is dreadful a stale sort of hokum that wouldn t make the cut at Marvel Comics 
2
Daredevil
Jeanne Aufmuth
Sounds good on flimsy colored paper but for a comic book adaptation to work onscreen there has to be decent scripting and A list production values 
2
Daredevil
Tor Thorsen
Cut so frantically you d think the studio chiefs were holding a pistol to the editor s head Daredevil s 96 minutes feel compressed rushed and jumbled 
2
Daredevil
James Sanford
If the women of The Hours were recruited to script an action movie it would probably look and sound an awful lot like Daredevil and Puggsley and Wednesday Addams would be its biggest fans 
2.5
Daredevil
Rene Rodriguez
For all its ambition Daredevil can t overcome the fact that at its colorful center lies a perfect blank in a bad suit 
2
Daredevil
Michael Wilmington
Daredevil is slick expensive and filled with good looking actors flexing muscles but once it grabs our attention it doesn t really reward it 
2
Daredevil
Ross Anthony
I d thought Ben Affleck an odd cast for a superhero but he plays the role of this blind guardian devil with great strength and vulnerability 
3
Daredevil
Josh Larsen
In a pinch the picture will do But if things really started to go bad this wouldn t be the first superhero you d call 
3
Daredevil
Mark Ramsey
If I want to watch a guy in a skin tight suit I ll summer on the beach in Rio 
3
Daredevil
Ed Gonzalez
As he runs toward the tank of hazardous waste that will eventually splatter all over his face his report card falls to the floor straight A s don t that beat all 
1.5
Daredevil
Harvey S. Karten
Here s one situation in which being a cartoon character like Colin Farrell s off the wall Bullseye is a compliment Absorbing fun and delightfully empty 
3
Daredevil
Steve Rhodes
A colossal misfire Daredevil is the Battlefield Earth of superhero films which isn t surprising given its pairing of charisma free actor Ben Affleck Pearl Harbor with saccharine writer director Mark Steven Johnson Simon Birch 
1.5
Daredevil
James Berardinelli
Sometimes you can tell when parts of a movie have been left on the cutting room floor and that s the case with Daredevil 
2.5
Daredevil
Walter Chaw
Earns points for recognizing Miller s contribution to the maturing of the comic medium in the early 80s but washes out in the end as another serious comic book flick Road to Perdition From Hell that s fitfully interesting but ultimately empty 
2
Daredevil
David Nusair
if Charles Bronson s Death Wish character had been a superhero he would ve been Daredevil 
3
Daredevil
Steven Snyder
Daredevil is a conflicted hero a lost soul and like all great characters is richer thanks to his complexity 
3
Daredevil
Rob Blackwelder
unremarkably routine plays like a C grade grad project for a night school course called Superhero Filmmaking 101 
2
No Escape
Roger Moore
A Saw like murder puzzle thriller that hits enough of its marks to earn a not half bad label 
2
Kid-Thing
Tina Hassannia
Its main character s moral predicament with a woman inside a pit becomes a muddle of confused symbolism and trite psychoanalysis 
2
Kid-Thing
Peter Keough
If Spirit of the Beehive took place in Napoleon Dynamite country it might turn out like David Zellner s absurd and wrenching coming of age tale 
3.5
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
Peter Canavese
The story the effective acting and the period specific recreations of Kabuki would be enough for most films but this one has Mizoguchi behind the camera applying his rigorous formalism 
4
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
Gabe Leibowitz
This is a decent movie but I admit to being baffled by its inclusion in discussions of Mizoguchi s best work let alone the greatest films of all time 
2.5
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Chris Riemenschneider
Penn Badgley delivers a pivotal performance as the younger Buckley coming off with just enough pretentiousness and attitude 
3
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Jeff Shannon
Algrant s desire to reunite father and son through music is admirable but Greetings from Tim Buckley is too meandering and ethereal to have any lasting impact 
2.5
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Rick Groen
Badgley does a credible take on the signature falsetto that Jeff would later bring to his only album Grace 
2.5
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Cammila Collar
Greetings From Tim Buckley is a beautiful touching electrically charged success capturing the essence of these two adored musicians with a synergistic magic that unbelievably does them both justice 
4
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Sara Stewart
Director Daniel Algrant chose well with Badgley who transcends the rather made for TV vibe with a decent rendition of Buckley s haunting falsetto 
2.5
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Peter Travers
Jeff s accidental drowning death in 1997 at 30 underscores the sense of loss in a heartfelt and deeply moving film It ll get to you 
3
Greetings From Tim Buckley
Nick McCarthy
Despite the counter culture subjects at its core Daniel Algrant s film possesses a put upon hipness that cannot mask its disarming dorkiness 
2
Greetings From Tim Buckley
David Nusair
Badgley s star making turn undoubtedly ranks as the film s most potent weapon attribute 
3
Two Summers
Rick Groen
With even the worst movie there s usually some gas in the tank a bit of motion in the picture But not here this clunker is flat out stalled 
1
Back to the Beach
Peter Canavese
An odd duck of a movie with an upbeat energy about it 44 and an ultra campy nostalgia delivery device cobbled together purportedly by 17 screenwriters 46 
2.5
Back to the Beach
Roger Ebert
This movie absolutely blind sided me I don t know what I was expecting from Back to the Beach but it certainly wasn t the funniest quirkiest musical comedy since Little Shop of Horrors 
3.5
Back to the Beach
Dustin Putman
Back to the Beach is by no means a deep and thought provoking motion picture but when you re dealing with Frankie and Annette what more could you ask for 
3
East Side, West Side
David Nusair
an unabashedly soapy melodrama 
3
The Girl
Kyle Smith
The Girl wants to be eat your vegetables cinema but vegetables are good for you This misery fest is more like an eat your bark movie 
1
The Thrill of It All
David Nusair
watchable yet entirely erratic 
2.5
Do Not Disturb
Sarah Nicole Prickett
An absurdly sexy French take on Lynn Shelton s acclaimed Hump Day 
2.5
Do Not Disturb
David Nusair
Proof that it s not just Americans cranking out pointless remakes 
2
Rescued by Ruby
Roger Moore
An utterly adorable hero dog tale based on a true story 
3
She Will
Steven Prokopy
She Will 40 even the title has several readings and meanings 41 is sometimes too murky for its own good 44 but its a memorable debut from Ghent 44 and I apos m genuinely excited to see what she brings us moving forward 46 
2.5
She Will
Peter Canavese
An eccentric art house horror movie visually striking 44 trippy 44 dreamlike and reminiscent of the more fringe genre movies of the 80s in how it follows its own muse 46 
3
She Will
Randy Myers
She Will is a fantastic debut with one incredible lead performance 
3
She Will
Sheila O'Malley
It has its creepy moments 44 particularly in the visual collages and Clint Mansell apos s unnerving score 44 but it apos s more thought provoking than scary 46 
3
She Will
Mike McGranaghan
Delivers a number of awesomely creepy sequences that are integrated into a plot filled with meaning 46 
3
She Will
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he deficiencies of story and characterization severely undermine the movie apos s strong look and even more compelling ideas 46 
1.5
She Will
William Repass
She Will can 8217 t decide if its horror or comedy 44 nor does it strike the balance that would harmoniously hybridize them 46 
2
She Will
Roger Moore
So well acted and so visually sophisticated and striking that I didn 8217 t mind the missing 8220 terror 8221 in all this 46 
2.5
Superstar
Jim Shelby
This movie manages to have more touching and hilarious moments than most schlock comedies could hope for 
3
Superstar
Wesley Lovell
Predictable is the word for 8220 Superstar 46 8221 It starts out innocently and uses up all the funny gags in the previews 44 then expects the audience to sit idly by and watch the train wreck unfold with no reasonable fanfare or excitement 46 
0.5
Superstar
Doug Saunders
A stick figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie 
0.5
Superstar
James Berardinelli
There s really no reason for anyone to see this film except die hard Shannon fans 
2
Superstar
Steve Rhodes
A 5 minute comedy sketch of the same material would be preferable 
2
Superstar
Madeleine Williams
It has the usual malady a premise that seems worn thin in ninety seconds much less ninety minutes 
1.5
Superstar
Dustin Putman
The story is simple almost painfully so but it still could have worked had the screenplay been more focused and innovative and the characters dealt with more satisfyingly 
2
Superstar
Peter Crimmins
Little more than a warmed over TV skit 
1.5
Superstar
Susan Wloszczyna
About as funny as an oozing fever blister 
1
Superstar
Michael Dequina
Forced bits of padding such as those just show that the concept really doesn t merit more than the five minutes its allotted on Saturday nights 
2
Superstar
Edward Guthmann
Delivers plenty of laughs and succeeds on a level that recent SNL movies didn t 
3
Superstar
Rob Blackwelder
I might just watch it again when it comes on cable in eight months or so But is it worth even the price a matinee admission No way 
2
Superstar
Roger Ebert
Here is a portrait of a character so sad and hapless so hard to like so impossible to empathize with that watching it feels like an act of unkindness 
1
Superstar
David Keyes
I was amused I wasn t exactly enthralled but that s nothing to be surprised about when attending a film based on a 9 minute television skit 
2.5
Superstar
Cornell & Petricelli
A sweet story of self discovery and romance 
2.5
Superstar
Lou Lumenick
The funniest SNL movie since Wayne s World 
3
Room Service
Peter Canavese
This oft dismissed exception in the Marx Brothers canon includes no musical numbers and only a few bits specifically tailored to the brothers underrated 
3
Room Service
Walter Chaw
A fabulously messy tissue rejection 
1
Hero
David Nusair
a deliberate yet mostly compelling drama 
3
Hero
Roger Ebert
A little more zip and Hero might really have worked It has all the ingredients for a terrific entertainment but it lingers over the kinds of details that belong in a different kind of movie 
2
Nightshooters
Roger Moore
In a year s time when the Rust accident has faded from even our long term memory Nightshooters will play as more fun than it does now 
2.5
Priest
Roger Moore
Priest is about five beads shy of a rosary 
1.5
Priest
Jeff Beck
Priest is one of those films you will forget about approximately five minutes after it s over There is absolutely nothing memorable or noteworthy about it
1.5
Priest
Eric Melin
90 minutes of inconsequential action and clich recycling painful to watch a semi interesting setup get squandered and become stuffed into a familiar as hell framework where nothing ever seems at stake 
1
Priest
David Nusair
as dull and intolerable an actioner as one can easily recall 
1
Priest
Wesley Lovell
A poorly conceived pointless exercise in genre filmmaking 
1
Priest
Linda Cook
A sort of futuristic fantasy western with The Searchers as its granddad Priest is an action adventure that will attract fans of the graphic novel and folks who like fantasy in general 
2
Priest
John Beifuss
The inspiration may be John Ford and the credited source may be a Korean comic book but it resembles one of producer Roger Corman s 1980s Mad Max rip offs pumped up with charmless and overbusy 21st century digital effects 
2
Priest
Peg Aloi
As happens with big screen comics the dialogue fizzles at times But mostly this is a delicious mash up of styles and genres gothic steampunk Wild West martial arts dystopian fun 
2.5
Priest
James Kendrick
yet another in a long line of dim contrasty postmodern stews that appeal to a particularly dark pseudo Gothic sensibility but probably not to anyone else including those who enjoy the various genres from which it steals 
1.5
Priest
Walter Chaw
It may not be great but it s pure and it deserved better 
3
Priest
Mark Feeney
Priest is based on a series of Korean graphic novels What it s really based on though is other movies a whole lot of other movies 
2
Priest
Scott Nash
So bad it s almost good almost 
1
Priest
Tirdad Derakhshani
High production values and slick editing can t save this picture Nor does its overbearing soundtrack music which tries to strong arm viewers into believing they re watching a pulse pounding thriller 
1
Priest
Linda Barnard
A mash up of vampire horror and period westerns stewed with Blade Runner cityscapes and ridiculous religious images in a bubbling cauldron of dumb ideas and sinfully bad dialogue 
0.5
Priest
Matt Brunson
After a strong beginning Priest ends with a whiff of Jonah Hex about it 
2
Priest
Stephen Whitty
The whole thing which in less than an hour and a half manages to insult Catholics Native Americans John Wayne fans and anybody with two I Q points to spare all climaxes in a lot of fire and smoke and CGI explosions 
1
Priest
Nick Schager
In the way it unimaginatively regurgitates familiar genre elements in service of preachy piousness director Scott Charles Stewart s cinema is the equivalent of Christian rock 
1
Priest
Brian Orndorf
Maybe I m giving the filmmakers too much credit but I d like to believe there was once more to Priest than the tedious hollow joyless jumble that s presented here
1.5
Priest
Dustin Putman
An irritating lifeless experience so bad it sucks the fun right out of moviegoing 
0.5
Million Dollar Mystery
Richard Freedman
With Million Dollar Mystery Hollywood achieves an apotheosis of sorts It isn t so much a movie as a promo for a promo 
0
Million Dollar Mystery
Roger Ebert
As nearly as I could ascertain it is not absolutely necessary to see this movie in order to find the million dollars All the clues are in the Glad boxes That is a good thing because the search may easily last longer than the movie s run 
1
Barefoot to Timbuktu
Phil Mushnick
An interesting but lackluster film better left to the small screen 
2
2000 Mules
Christian Toto
Dinesh D apos Souza apos s alarming doc demands a fair hearing on the Left 44 Right 46 
3
Three Violent People
David Nusair
Heston delivers a rugged compelling performance 
3
Caught in the Draft
Matt Brunson
From Abbott Costello and Martin Lewis to Bill Murray and shudder Pauly Shore it seems a rite of passage for popular comedians from all eras to tackle a military comedy 
3
Khadak
Ted Fry
There s an eerie magical quality to the political and symbolist fable embedded in Khadak a visually beautiful film about disappearing nomadic culture on the harsh steppes of Mongolia 
2.5
Khadak
Sid Smith
It gorgeously recalls Fellini and Koyaanisqatsi and hauntingly pits ancient tradition against science oppression and industrial rot 
3
Khadak
V.A. Musetto
Khadak is beautifully filmed and energetically acted with standout performances by newcomer Tsetsegee Byamba as Zolzaya and Batzu Khayankhyarvaa as Bagi 
3
Khadak
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even when their picture wanders from any reasonable path it s never less than stunning to look at 
2.5
Khadak
John Anderson
Khadak makes the most of Mongolia s vast horizons and swallowing space the grandeur of emptiness together with precisely composed pictures making the whole thing seem like one of Bagi s visions 
3
Khadak
Liam Lacey
More baffling than enlightening 
2
Khadak
David Nusair
feels like a film school experiment gone horribly wrong 
1.5
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Linda Cook
I have one issue with Mysteries of the Unseen World It isn t long enough Stunning in its images that reveal what we cannot see around us this movie is so enthralling I wish it had at least one more hour added to its 50 minute running time 
4
The Brides of Dracula
Matt Brunson
Several instances of lazy scripting further prevent this from attaining total success 
2.5
Yucatán
Roger Moore
This con artist caper picture never has much comic edge and goes soft altogether in the later acts 
2
No Man of Her Own
Scott Nash
Sure it s almost completely predictable but thanks in large part to its leads it s charming just the same 
3
Sour Death Balls
Steve Rhodes
Sometimes it takes simplicity to remind us of the magic of the motion picture medium and of how a straightforward idea can blossom into something wondrously delightful 
3
Mother's Day
Roger Ebert
The question of course of why anybody of any age would possibly want to see this film remains without an answer 
0
Mother's Day
Dustin Putman
Blends unthinkably nasty horror elements with perverse comedy intimate drama and outrageously on target satire without missing a beat 
3
Warrendale
Roger Ebert
It is not entertaining but not everyone goes to the movies to be entertained Sometimes it is enough to see life as it is 
4
The Squid and the Whale
Mattie Lucas
Despite the acidic tone The Squid and the Whale is a disarmingly funny film one that offers a wealth of insight into the modern American family 
4
The Squid and the Whale
James Kendrick
There is a lot of awkwardness some genuine sadness some tension relieving humor and just enough suggestion of potential growth to avoid either an overly dark ending or a phony feel good one 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Matt Pais
Doesn t break much new ground in terms of parental misconduct or adolescent sexual confusion 
2
The Squid and the Whale
Glenn Whipp
As smart and strongly acted as the movie is you re still left with the feeling that it s ultimately a rather thin slice of personal history that would have been better left as a short story or a lifetime of therapy sessions 
2.5
The Squid and the Whale
Lori Hoffman
this movie makes you want to hit these stupid parents on the head with a mallet until they come to their senses and realize their poison is contaminating their children 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Duane Dudek
The film has been nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards including nominations as best picture and best director 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Frank Houston
You could call it the filet of the divorce movie genre 
4
The Squid and the Whale
John Beifuss
Delineates the scary disillusion that occurs when a child realizes his parents are not only fallible but sometimes pathetic 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Rob Thomas
The sort of movie you want to see again and again even if it concerns a period of Baumbach s life that he seems perfectly happy to live through just once 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
James Verniere
Baumbach s film is both autobiographical and insightful 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Roger Ebert
The Squid and the Whale is essentially about how we grow up by absorbing what is useful in our parents and forgiving what is not 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Lawrence Toppman
Squid keeps you on your toes but payoffs will have you smiling maybe in rueful recognition of the truth in scene after scene 
4
The Squid and the Whale
Sean O'Connell
A downer of a comedy but one that brings out remarkable performances 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Phil Villarreal
Baumbach still feels such word inflicted wounds and draws on them to create some wrenching drama speckled with touches of caustic comedy 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Matt Brunson
Marital discord receives an innovative treatment in this impressive feature 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Sean P. Means
Baumbach s portraits of these unique characters particularly the angry Walt and the opinion dropping cheapskate Bernard are etched in acid and bitingly funny 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Michael Szymanski
All of the performances are stellar including Oscar caliber performances from Daniels and Linney But just like Kramer vs Kramer it s the little kid who steals the show 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Marty Mapes
A good movie held together in a web of repulsions a great observation of human behavior
3
The Squid and the Whale
Steve Rhodes
Naturally honest painfully poignant but funny too 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Moira MacDonald
It has the messiness of real life with uncombed hair and unanswered questions 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Robert W. Butler
Baumbach perfectly captures the atmosphere of a childhood marred by emotional fisticuffs 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Bruce Westbrook
Brevity is indeed the soul of wit and in this case wit barely starts to describe the value of this dead on full of life motion picture 
4
The Squid and the Whale
Ty Burr
The movie s lasting sting belies its brief 80 minutes This is one cinematic novella that stays with you for quite a while 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Willie Waffle
Daniels gives the best performance of his career and one I want to see rewarded with an Oscar nomination 
3.75
The Squid and the Whale
Chris Hewitt
The secret to enjoying The Squid and the Whale which is witty frank and merciless is recognizing that all four people deserve our sympathy because they are all damaged 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Jeff Strickler
Daniels and Linney do a great job of being despicable without coming off as monstrous which is what makes the characters credible 
2.5
The Squid and the Whale
David Elliott
Its richly occupied atmospherics of doubt rancor and combative assertion should maybe add up to a little more weight but that is wishing more than complaining 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Terry Lawson
It allows us to feel for all the aggrieved parties This is no small achievement considering how badly everyone behaves 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Michael Booth
The most praiseworthy thing about emerging writer director Noah Baumbach s movie is the precise observation and delivery of language 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Carrie Rickey
As one who survived the epic clash of estranged parents Baumbach has not only lived to tell the tale but has grown up with sufficient empathy to retell it with great flourish and from the perspectives of the warriors and their collateral damage 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Walter Chaw
A scabrous ode to the unmanageable muddle of interpersonal relationships 
4
The Squid and the Whale
Frank Ochieng
In Baumbach s compelling coming of age portrait of stark domesticity The Squid and the Whale is ruthlessly savvy as an introspective showcase of self reflection
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Josh Larsen
You get the sense Baumbach is trying to work out something personal here but it s hard to do that using someone else s language 
2
The Squid and the Whale
James Berardinelli
The foundation of any good family drama is interesting characters and The Squid and the Whale is replete with them
3
The Squid and the Whale
Peter Canavese
With brisk energy Baumbach finds equal parts humor and sadness in the foibles of his family 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Mick LaSalle
A worthy film satisfying along the way and indicative of an appealing talent 
3
The Squid and the Whale
Rick Groen
This is a film that reinvigorates the divorce cliché through the steady application of two ingredients scrupulous honesty and admirable concision 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the most acutely observed views of family life in a great while 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Claudia Puig
An incisive and intimate tale of a Brooklyn family falling apart as told by the two sons 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Dan Fienberg
Where both of Baumbach s earlier writing directing efforts occasionally undercut sparkling dialogue with vague characters and Gen X glibness Squid goes deep 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Peter Travers
Without jerking tears or reducing the acid content of his wit Baumbach s humane movie gets under your skin 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Timothy Knight
The Squid and the Whale represents Baumbach s own coming of age as a gifted filmmaker Put it on your must see list 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Maitland McDonagh
A fundamentally unrewarding story 
2
The Squid and the Whale
Jan Stuart
Photographed in a rough hewn French New Wave style befitting its alienated characters The Squid and the Whale significantly fulfills the promise of Baumbach s 1995 debut feature Kicking and Screaming 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Kyle Smith
The Squid and the Whale gazes inward like a diary and with its washed out look it s bitterly sober 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Jami Bernard
A wrenchingly funny agonizingly astute movie 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
Nick Schager
Baumbach s film substitutes Wes Anderson s ironic preciousness for a more blunt confrontation of its characters mixed up distraught emotions 
3.5
The Squid and the Whale
David Nusair
would be just as effective on home video as on the big screen 
2.5
The Squid and the Whale
Susan Walker
Both literarily wise and literary in itself The Squid and the Whale is a fresh rendering of the agony of divorce 
3
A Fighting Man
John Semley
Irish guilt redemption opportunism alcoholism writer director Damian Lee puts all across with about as much nuance as a bruising left hook 
1
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Roger Moore
James 44 an ordinary 44 burly 44 middle aged Malayam 44 has woken up as Sundaram 44 a long missing husband and father now back at quot home quot in the Tamil Twilight Zone 46 
2.5
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Simon Abrams
It 8217 s a pleasure to watch such a poised and formally ambitious filmmaker simultaneously recall other formative modernists 8212 Federico Fellini and Tsai Ming liang both came to mind 46 
3.5
This Is the Night
Roger Moore
The picture wears its contrivances like gold stars affixed to a first time screenwriter s memoir movie attempt in film school 
1.5
This Is the Night
Richard Roeper
An unconvincing contrived and rarely relatable misfire 
2
This Is the Night
Mark Dujsik
We buy that the boxing movie at heart of This Is the Night means something and possibly a lot to DeMonaco One isn t quite as convinced about the story surrounding that movie 
1.5
This Is the Night
Peter Sobczynski
There are times when one might mistake it for an especially clever and relentlessly deadpan satire of the type of film it s desperately trying to evoke 
1
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
Kam Williams
Paints an empathetic picture of a passionate Palestinian apologist as a loony loudmouth whose rants deserve respect if only because virtually all of his relatives were exterminated in the Holocaust 
4
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
Andrew Schenker
Even for those likely to be sympathetic to his point of view Norman Finkelstein can be a difficult figure to embrace 
3
The Protector 2
Glenn Kenny
Think about how bad the acting and plotting have to be in order to distill the impact of a Tony Jaa battle scene If you know a little about Tony Jaa that s kind of hard to imagine I know But trust me Or don t 
1.5
Time Share
Ernesto Diezmartinez
A brilliant dark comedy Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
3
Mobsters
Lou Cedrone
Mobsters is a bloody little fairy tale that makes good guys out of Lucky Luciano Frank Costello Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky According to the film a largely plodding affair they were just four kids who liked to kill people once in a while 
1
Mobsters
Carrie Rickey
Slater and Dempsey bring to the film whatever shallow depth Mobsters occasionally exhibits 
2
Mobsters
Gary Thompson
The virtue of GoodFellas was that it took the glamor out of mob sagas and it s going to take a picture a lot better than Mobsters to put it back in 
2
Mobsters
Michael Upchurch
A hollow concept gussied up with a few big names a pretty set and some fancy clothes 
1
Mobsters
Johanna Steinmetz
Despite competent production despite or perhaps because of a high and inventively mutilated body count the film is ultimately boring 
2
Mobsters
Roger Ebert
The problem is in the script which is so complicated and violent that the credibility of the entire enterprise is undermined 
2.5
Mobsters
Chris Hicks
None of these boys looks particularly grown up in their trench coats and fedoras and they shouldn t be playing with guns 
1.5
Darlin'
Walter Chaw
A promising and at times exceptional hyphenate debut 
3
Darlin'
Peter Sobczynski
Polly McIntosh does indeed have what it takes to one day make a solidly entertaining and dramatically satisfying film even if she hasn t quite done that here 
2.5
This is GWAR
Erik Childress
An entertaining history in performance art that also serves as a safe space for those avoiding the gross out fluids of the band 8217 s live show 46 
3
This is GWAR
Steven Prokopy
It apos s a terrific tale of artists working together to make something utterly new and terrifyingly different 46 
3
This is GWAR
Roger Moore
Celebrates 46 46 46 one of the longest 44 strangest trips around the fringes of punk and heavy metal music notoriety of any cult band 46 
2.5
Up in Smoke
Matt Brunson
Cheech Marin and Thomas Chong prove to be irresistible anti establishment figures in this consistently amusing dum dum comedy 
3
Up in Smoke
James Kendrick
a shaggy slice of slacker comedy and while no one will mistake it for a particularly well made movie it is imminently likeable and repeatedly watchable
3
Up in Smoke
Fernando F. Croce
As far as comedic ingredients go weed is not so much a surefire laugh getter as it is a free floating lubricant capable of setting off wicked complications 
2.5
Commander Arian, a story of women, war and freedom
Bruce DeMara
Inspirational in all the right ways 
3.5
Paraguayan Hammock
Ed Gonzalez
Encina s idea driven artistry belies the quiet integrity and poetry of the script keeping audiences at a rather clinical distance from the lives of her characters 
2.5
A Cinderella Story
Peter T. Chattaway
I took a friend s 10 year old daughter to see the film and she found it too childish And who am I to argue with a member of this film s target audience 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Mark Collette
A benign whimsical semblance of its namesake fairy tale 
1
A Cinderella Story
Tony Toscano
I look at Cinderella Story as I would look at early Elvis films this is a teen movie made for the sheer enjoyment of her fans 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Chris Hewitt
This year s one zillionth mean girl movie and that s not the only thing here that s played out 
2
A Cinderella Story
Kit Bowen
Besides adolescent girls who either want to be Hilary Duff or want to slobber over Chad Michael Murray the story offers nothing new to an already beaten to death teen genre 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Bob Bloom
A Cinderella Story definitely is for the younger film crowd It s unabashedly simplistic and formulaic made to highlight the charms of Hilary Duff 
2.5
A Cinderella Story
Steve Rhodes
Lackluster comedy could have been titled You ve Got Instant Messages 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Sean McBride
There are no original twists no fun takes on the archetypal characters no interesting visual style to make the movie pop 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Sarah Chauncey
Make it stop Please make it stop 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Mike Clark
Desperately conceived by even the most insipid standards of contemporary teen queen cinema 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Moira MacDonald
Duff is cute and chirpy Murray is cute and bland and the stepsisters squabble a lot Ho hum 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Carla Meyer
It s not a terrible movie just a disappointingly pleasant one 
2
A Cinderella Story
Megan Lehmann
An instantly forgettable wisp of marshmallow that revisits the same teen crush cliches that have surely been in play since the days of the classic fairy tale it ransacks for inspiration 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Jami Bernard
The Prince is a wet rag the slapstick stepsisters are dull and even the fretful Sam seems colorless 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Evan Henerson
The premise scripted by Leigh Dunlap with a reported uncredited polish by Callie Khouri is largely preposterous but Rosman embraces rather than evades those obstacles 
2.5
A Cinderella Story
Loey Lockerby
While A Cinderella Story is cute and reasonably intelligent it falls prey to the same curse that afflicts most movies in this genre a stunning lack of originality 
2
A Cinderella Story
Jason Anderson
Content to be another candy coloured fantasy It d be easier to enjoy it as such if most of the young characters here weren t mean spirited caricatures who chiefly serve to illustrate Sam s virtues 
1
A Cinderella Story
Jeff Vice
Anyone who s not already a Duff fan should stay away And given the lack of energy and innovation at work here even fans may find this one redundant and lackluster 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Lisa Kennedy
The movie starts off keenly aware of the hokum of fairy tale schemes Yet like a slew of similarly themed movies The Prince Me and 13 Going on 30 it has a hard time giving its audience a brand new vision 
2
A Cinderella Story
Roger Ebert
A terrible movie sappy and dead in the water 
1
A Cinderella Story
Ty Burr
Mean Girls it s not a plastic butter knife has more edge But sometimes it s nice to know your kids won t cut their fingers 
2
A Cinderella Story
Tyler Hanley
Only several charismatic actors and fleeting moments of genuine romance survive this modern thrashing of the age old fairy tale 
2
A Cinderella Story
Josh Larsen
the picture isn t the prince of a vehicle Duff s been looking for 
2
A Cinderella Story
Austin O'Connor
just about the same exact movie as all those other trifles aimed at the tween girl demographic that have been unleashed upon the unsuspecting moviegoing masses this year
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Larry Ratliff
What we have here is a failure to communicate anything the least bit interesting unless you re under 10 and this is your first cinematic rodeo
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Paul Doro
The whole thing feels like detached adults cartoonish idea of what high school life is like 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Connie Ogle
The sort of entertainment that makes you happy to be grown up and able to avoid the current onslaught of trite lazy unimaginative films aimed at tween agers 
1
A Cinderella Story
John Monaghan
A step down for Duff who owes her fans and herself something fresher than another lazy rehash of the world s most exploited fairy tale 
2
A Cinderella Story
David Sterritt
The timeless fairy tale is updated into a cookie cutter specimen of the teen girl comedy 
1
A Cinderella Story
Carrie Rickey
A mostly charmless affair 
2
A Cinderella Story
Jan Stuart
Writer Leigh Dunlap and director Mark Rosman tart up their Cinderella variation with the predictable accoutrements of teen comedies 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Jeff Strickler
This teen movie is all about the packaging 
2
A Cinderella Story
Peter Travers
Instant sugar shock 
1
A Cinderella Story
Willie Waffle
I m too much of a man to enjoy this movie Remarkably Duff is not annoying 
1
A Cinderella Story
Allison Benedikt
Duff needed to channel TV Lizzie for this role but instead she gives us milquetoast 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Scott Nash
Clearly a movie that is aiming strictly for its target audience of young girls 
1.5
A Cinderella Story
Ed Gonzalez
If some films are made to order the market researched A Cinderella Story has the stretch marks to prove it 
0
A Cinderella Story
Dustin Putman
Does justice to its well known source material while putting a pleasant spin on it It s better than one may be lead to expect which is perhaps the best compliment of all 
2.5
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
Pablo O. Scholz
There aren t any copyright issues with the material but Rhys Frake Waterfield has no right to do what he did with it Full review in Spanish 
1
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
Nick Allen
As a horror and a comedy 44 Winnie the Pooh 58 Blood and Honey has no rhythm with either 44 and it apos s too dim to be worthy of a curious look 46 
1.5
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
Mark Dujsik
91 O 93 ne gets the sense that this movie was made by people who realized they probably had much better things to do than to care about making this movie 46 
0.5
Inherit the Wind
Matt Brunson
Still relevant 
3
Inherit the Wind
James Kendrick
Producer director Stanley Kramer ably handles the incendiary material visually making good use of deep focus and careful compositions
3
Forever Amber
Matt Brunson
Hollywood had to considerably tone down the cinematic adaptation although it also met with its fair share of puritanical naysaying 
3
Scarface
Tom Meek
Day Glo Miami is framed well by John A Alonzo and the pulsating music by Giorgio Moroder is worthy of a listen on its own 
3
Scarface
Kathleen Carroll
Stone sticks all too closely to the dated plot structure of the original movie and such melodramatic flourishes as Montana s incestuous attraction for his sister now seem completely ludicrous 
2
Scarface
David Nusair
much much longer than it generally needs to be 
3
Scarface
James Kendrick
the very definition of excess which is perhaps why it has persisted so long as a cultural totem Its florid pleasures can never be exhausted
3.5
Scarface
James Berardinelli
Viewed today while Scarface seems less shocking than it did during its initial theatrical run it s no more substantive or interesting 
2.5
Scarface
Martyn Bamber
Although the film depicts a nightmarish world it s also very funny 
4
Scarface
Phil Villarreal
The most frantic and assured film of Brian De Palma s impressive career 
4
Scarface
Roger Ebert
What were Pacino s detractors hoping for Something internal and realistic Low key The Tony Montana character is above all a performance artist a man who exists in order to gloriously be himself 
4
Scarface
Matt Brunson
Subtle it ain t but just try turning your eyes away from this study in stylistic excess 
3
Scarface
Bill Chambers
At a certain point Scarface sheds its moralistic pretense and becomes a slick come on to impressionable youth
2.5
As Cool as I Am
David Nusair
The familiarity of the narrative the movie does after all include such coming of age touchstones as first love and irresponsible parents grows more and more problematic as time progresses 
2
As Cool as I Am
Kyle Smith
Oh no Claire Danes as the mom Already What s next Chelsea Clinton for president 
1
As Cool as I Am
Tina Hassannia
The film is the cinematic equivalent of a teenager making everything more melodramatic than it needs to be and impatient with the subtle details of life 
1
Mad Money
Kam Williams
Provided you can get past its improbable premise this madcap crime caper s trio of talented leading ladies manage to provide enough moments of mirth to make the rest of this raucous romp worthwhile 
2
Mad Money
Linda Cook
Mad Money really isn t worth yours 
2
Mad Money
Josh Rosenblatt
Just when I thought there was no way a movie like this could possibly show me anything new Money goes and makes Ivan Boesky out of Annie Hall paints redemption green and paves the road to heaven with gold Color me surprised 
2.5
Mad Money
Kit Bowen
While being a serviceable somewhat female empowering bank heist comedy Mad Money doesn t do much else to distinguish itself 
2
Mad Money
Frank Ochieng
A pointless payday for director Khourie s banal blank check comedy a straining pseudo hysterical heist flick that has all the giddy appeal of an empty bank draft 
2
Mad Money
Michael Phillips
Speaking of recycling this script by Glenn Gers reeks of it and not in a healthy eco minded way 
1.5
Mad Money
Claudia Puig
Moviegoers will come up empty 
2
Mad Money
Ken Fox
Whatever critique of desire and greed the original script intended is lost amid all the bland good times 
2
Mad Money
Peter Howell
Mad Money is small change that somehow manages to add up to a satisfying sum 
2.5
Mad Money
Moira MacDonald
This is an odd disposable movie it melts away as you leave the theater leaving nothing but vague dissatisfaction behind 
1.5
Mad Money
Mick LaSalle
It s just OK one of those decent little movies that get released in January 
2
Mad Money
David Elliott
What s not to believe A lot But asking for bolted logic and dramatic structure in such a movie is about like asking former Fed chief Alan Greenspan to open a mosh pit in Miami Anyway the money in the bank here is Keaton 
2.5
Mad Money
Carla Meyer
Much of the film is predictable But to its credit it doesn t present the men in the women s lives as the usual losers who drive them to crime 
2.5
Mad Money
Kyle Smith
Holmes with Alice Cooper hair and crazy Jim Carrey eyes looks terrible and acts worse unless this movie is unintentionally a lobotomy documentary Whatever could have happened to her in the last couple of years to zap the talent out of her like this 
1
Mad Money
Elizabeth Weitzman
When someone takes our money without offering much in return don t we have every right to get mad 
1.5
Mad Money
Rene Rodriguez
If you re going to make a heist picture then at least have the decency to make the heist itself interesting 
2
Mad Money
Robert W. Butler
It may not be awful enough to merit shredding but which evaporates from memory the minute the lights come up 
2
Mad Money
Lisa Kennedy
Leaves one pondering the ways audiences abet amorality tales 
2.5
Mad Money
Lawrence Toppman
Everyone in the cast treads water acting wise there s nothing else to do except for Latifah who brings passion to her work 
2
Mad Money
Wesley Morris
This movie scared me What is it saying about us This is basically a bunch of rich people celebrating pathological greed There s nothing satirical about the film 
2.5
Mad Money
Camerin Courtney
This is a fluff film you rent on a rainy day when you want some cute mindless entertainment If that s all you re looking for this is right on the money 
2
Mad Money
Rick Groen
The pocketing of tired bills headed for the shredder the producing of tired movies headed for the theatre it s all just recycling 
2
Mad Money
Carrie Rickey
A likable and completely dispensable heist film 
2
Mad Money
Roger Ebert
There is little suspense no true danger their plan is simple the complications are few and they don t get excited much beyond some high fives and hugs and giggles 
1.5
Mad Money
Daniel M. Kimmel
It isn t a horrible film It s merely adequate sort of like a box of generic tissues 
2
Mad Money
Mark Dujsik
That the movie can t decide if it wants them to get away with it is even more irritating but that s probably because I didn t care either way 
1.5
Mad Money
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is no style to it no wit to any of the criminal proceedings and while a joke here or there connects the majority fall so flat they might as well be made out of tissue paper 
2
Mad Money
Willie Waffle
Doesn t find the rhythm of a caper movie The most detail we get is how the women want to sneak the cash out in their underpants
1.5
Mad Money
David Nusair
an inoffensive sporadically entertaining yet ultimately underwhelming effort 
2
Mad Money
Matt Brunson
Better than Because I Said So simply by virtue of the fact that I wasn t tempted to cram a gun muzzle into my mouth this time around 
2.5
Mad Money
Mack Bates
This is another American remake of a European original that loses something in translation in a story that never offers any real sense of tension or doubt about how it ll all end up 
2
Mad Money
Dustin Putman
Adds up to more of a whimper than a bang 151 a thinly drawn female empowerment lark without the spine to be as ruthless as it wants to be and without the smarts to be half as memorable as it should 
2
Mad Money
James Berardinelli
Mad Money is a comedy caper where the caper s not interesting and the comedy s not funny Take away those elements and all that s left is a tepid female buddy movie and like its male counterparts we ve had enough of those to choke a critic 
2
Mad Money
Jan Stuart
Mad Money is no Rififi but Khouri and Gers invest it with an individuality and generosity of spirit that lift it into the realm of guiltless pleasure 
3
Mad Money
Phil Villarreal
How about a little creativity like maybe wadding up and flushing the bills down the toilet to be picked up later in the sewer The movie makes robbing the Fed look about as tough as finding an episode of Full House on TV 
2
Mad Money
Josh Larsen
There is such a thing as overcasting 
1.5
Mad Money
Joe Lozito
Lethargic heist comedy about three fairly unlikeable women who rob the Federal Reserve Bank and really really deserve to get caught 
1.5
Mad Money
Nick Schager
Mad Money opens with the sight of an enormous pile of hundred dollar bills and that s roughly what it would take to make me once again sit through this dim witted caper 
.5
Mad Money
David N. Butterworth
Money is really important in this world apparently 
2
The Little Soldier
Mattie Lucas
Perhaps more interesting for what it foreshadows in Godard s career than anything contained in the film itself 
3
The Little Soldier
Drew Hunt
In many ways Jean Luc Godard s Le Petit Soldat is equal to Breathless in its inventiveness and exuberance 
3.5
Seventh Moon
David Nusair
a missed opportunity that squanders the relatively promising nature of its setup 
2
Burn
Kelly Jane Torrance
Burn lets us inside a world we wouldn t otherwise see it s far too dangerous for most of us But these admirable men wouldn t have it any other way 
3
Burn
Chris Knight
Burn from directors Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez is a straight up documentary about a year in the life of the Detroit Fire Department And what a year 
3
Burn
Stephanie Merry
An emotional character study of a group of heroic yet very human individuals 
3
Burn
Glenn Heath Jr.
The endless scenes of burning buildings and macho posturing merely provide an action driven context for the filmmakers to deal with more personal topics like loneliness and resiliency 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Brian Eggert
The Imitation Game does a fine job of making Turing apos s life story accessible for mass consumption 8212 arguably to a fault 46 
3
The Imitation Game
Mattie Lucas
Restrained and tasteful in a very British sort of way but it almost seems afraid to tackle its subject head on 
2
The Imitation Game
Pamela Powell
The entire cast seems to have found the roles for which they were best suited Together they give a passionate energetic and emotional performance worthy of an Oscar win on every level 
4
The Imitation Game
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s very satisfying when a movie manages to generate some discussion and makes one want to know more about its source of inspiration Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Sonny Bunch
Weapons grade Oscar bait designed to earn months of plaudits before being promptly forgotten 
3
The Imitation Game
Wesley Lovell
A flawed biopic anchored by solid performances and fascinating drama even if it poorly handles its gay subject matter 
3.5
The Imitation Game
David Keyes
A very thoughtful and bewildering drama about a man who was meant to do great things in a world that was not ready to accept his eccentricities 
3.5
The Imitation Game
David Nusair
The intriguing subject matter is to an increasingly dismaying degree rendered moot by filmmaker Morten Tyldum s run of the mill sensibilities 
1.5
The Imitation Game
John Beifuss
A highly entertaining immaculately produced drama about a genius hero whose stiff upper lip resolve can t block a kick in the teeth when years after the war he is prosecuted for the crime of homosexuality 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Kam Williams
A well crafted character study which just might land the talented Benedict Cumberbatch a coveted Academy Award 
4
The Imitation Game
Mara Reinstein
A moving tribute to an extraordinary man 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Josh Larsen
Nearly every moment is infused with Importance 
2.5
The Imitation Game
Linda Cook
If you don t know who mathematician Alan Turing Benedict Cumberbatch was then The Imitation Game is a solid introduction to this complex individual whose discoveries were the foundation of the modern computer 
3
The Imitation Game
Chris Knight
Cumberbatch s performance is riveting but Knightley deserves credit for doing it backwards and in heels so to speak In fact Clarke probably deserves her own biopic as one of the few female practitioners of the code breaking art 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Carla Meyer
Knightley here gives a mature performance that matches Cumberbatch s in commitment 
3
The Imitation Game
Michael Smith
The Imitation Game is a great story that s well told about a man who was different from many of us which is to say that he was exceptional at a time when the world needed such a man most 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Anita Katz
Cumberbatch is terrific His Turing is an intense intellectual force and stirring mix of remote vulnerable and present 
3
The Imitation Game
Robert W. Butler
In a year of terrific performances by leading men Cumberbatch gets my vote for top honors 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Alissa Wilkinson
It s mostly to Cumberbatch s credit that The Imitation Game plays like a solid engaging historical drama interesting enough to suit audiences that aren t interested in either World War II history or technology 
2.5
The Imitation Game
Stephen Rebello
Cumberbatch does what he can to fill in the blanks and he is the real thing here all shyness rudeness acid comments pathos dazzling intellect and aching melancholy while suppressing his velvety star charisma 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Lori Hoffman
An engaging story about a remarkable person 
3.5
The Imitation Game
John Wirt
Benedict Cumberbatch gives an empathy stirring performance in the year s best biopic 
4
The Imitation Game
Matt Brunson
A vibrant work that refuses to be relegated to the status of just another Brit biopic appearing in the thick of awards season 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Steven Rea
Produced with a Masterpiece Theater eye for period detail but also with a missionary s zeal to honor a wrongly dishonored man 
3
The Imitation Game
Joe Williams
Cumberbatch is moviedom s man of the moment and with this painfully human performance the actor who has specialized in difficult geniuses finally cracks the code of compassion 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Bill Zwecker
This film s overall success hangs on Cumberbatch and what is to date his finest performance on the big screen 
4
The Imitation Game
Moira MacDonald
The Imitation Game is both an education and a pleasure and another chance to revel in what Cumberbatch can convey in eloquent silence 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Rene Rodriguez
Unlike The King s Speech which won a clutch of Oscars for its dull propriety and Masterpiece Theater vibe The Imitation Game is vibrant and lively engaging you on several levels 
3
The Imitation Game
Rafer Guzman
Cumberbatch s finely calibrated performance helps bring to life one of history s lesser known stories and most shameful injustices 
3
The Imitation Game
John Serba
Succeeds at rendering an irascible man sympathetic 
3
The Imitation Game
James Berardinelli
It s easy to see The Imitation Game as a triumph after all Turing accomplished what all the experts claimed was impossible but it s equally apparent that underlying the triumph is a tragedy 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Peter Canavese
Serviceably dramatizes an important historical story while giving rising star Cumberbatch suitably juicy material 
3
The Imitation Game
Geoff Pevere
As uncomplicatedly likeable and effortlessly rootable as its main character and star The Imitation Game ultimately wins at any easy game when it could have risked and revealed so much more 
2.5
The Imitation Game
Mark Dujsik
The Imitation Game is simple but it is also cogent in making the case for its subject s place in history 
3
The Imitation Game
Ty Burr
There s a film to be made about how government secrecy came spiraling out from Bletchley to conquer the future in which we now live but The Imitation Game would rather give you a very good night at the movies 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Peter Howell
A handsome and stirring film of Second World War ingenuity that also succeeds as cracking good entertainment 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Dann Gire
Imitation Game is partly a tragedy partly a history lesson but largely a dramatic plea not just to embrace those who think differently but actually appreciate them 
4
The Imitation Game
Ann Hornaday
The Imitation Game leaves Turing s essential mysteries intact but they will nonetheless find even the most public contours his story ripe with drama excitement and deeply affecting resonance 
3
The Imitation Game
Michael Phillips
The actors save the day 
3
The Imitation Game
Mick LaSalle
The Imitation Game translates Turing and his team s achievement for a lay audience while dramatizing the personal scientific and bureaucratic obstacles they faced 
3
The Imitation Game
Matt Pais
Like the recent The Theory of Everything The Imitation Game does a better job with the historical bullet points than with the interior lives of its characters 
2.5
The Imitation Game
Mike McGranaghan
A lively exciting beat the clock thriller Frequently sharp and witty 
4
The Imitation Game
Jocelyn Noveck
There s truth to it Turing s story is indeed hard to imagine Thanks to Cumberbatch s committed performance a lot more people will know it 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Scott Nash
Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Robert Levin
It s frustrating but the movie works thanks to Cumberbatch s excellent performance and the eternally powerful image of the tortured hero 
3
The Imitation Game
Susan Wloszczyna
Most likely it was the intent of screenwriter Graham Moore to make a puzzle out a film about puzzle solving That is not necessarily a bad thing however once the pieces fall into in place 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Roger Moore
Thoroughly entertaining utterly conventional 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Peter Travers
The film s prime force is Cumberbatch a great actor whose talent shines here on its highest beams It s an explosive emotionally complex performance 
3.5
The Imitation Game
Stephen Whitty
It never quite brings everything together into a dramatic whole 
2.5
The Imitation Game
Claudia Puig
Based on the biography by Andrew Hodges Imitation illuminates Turing s brilliance in an engrossing and moving film that features a standout Oscar worthy performance by Benedict Cumberbatch 
3
The Imitation Game
Rex Reed
It s a sad and heartbreaking story that keeps you nailed to the screen for its entire 114 minute running time 
4
The Imitation Game
Marty Mapes
Intriguing character study and exciting war drama rolled into one
3.5
The Imitation Game
Ed Gonzalez
Given the liberties the film takes it s surprising that it refuses to penetrate Alan Turing s carnality and allow Benedict Cumberbatch to truly wrestle with the torment of the man s sexuality 
2
The Imitation Game
Thelma Adams
Cumberbatch bristles with brilliance in this handsome biopics the British do so well about the fascinating tragic story of mathematician Alan Turing 
4
The Imitation Game
Clayton Davis
Morten Tyldum s espionage thriller about Alan Turing is purely sensational with a performance for the ages by Benedict Cumberbatch One of the year s very best 
4
The Imitation Game
Walter Chaw
something I d want my preteen children to see before they get too much more sophisticated 
2.5
Apocalypse Now Redux
Rob Humanick
The episodic nature is less apparent in Redux the pacing surprisingly smoother as a result 
4
Apocalypse Now Redux
Jeffrey Westhoff
Coppola leaves untouched the one section that cried out for a new edit the murky finale that puts the near in near masterpiece 
3.5
Apocalypse Now Redux
Robert Roten
Almost an hour of new footage has been added to the film making an already long film even longer but not better 
3
Apocalypse Now Redux
Walter Chaw
Its sprawling episodic process evokes the history as imagistic mosaic employed by T S Eliot whose work is referenced brazenly and repeatedly throughout the film 
4
Apocalypse Now Redux
Michael Dequina
Still a must see for Coppola s brilliant original version is after all the backbone for the superfluous additions 
3.5
Apocalypse Now Redux
Edward Guthmann
The new Redux version isn t a better film but for Coppola fans and film lovers it s essential viewing 
3
Apocalypse Now Redux
Roger Ebert
Longer or shorter redux or not Apocalypse Now is one of the central events of my life as a filmgoer 
4
Apocalypse Now Redux
Desmond Ryan
A restoration that transforms a flawed movie one that was touched by greatness into a masterpiece 
4
Apocalypse Now Redux
Ed Gonzalez
Apocalypse Now is a frenzied free based ode to the grieving soldier and his need to numb 
4
Apocalypse Now Redux
Ross Anthony
An Audio Visual War Poem
3
Apocalypse Now Redux
Steve Rhodes
Whatever you do don t pass on the probably brief opportunity to see Apocalypse Now Redux on the big screen 
4
Apocalypse Now Redux
Harvey S. Karten
Still one of the most moving films of its genre 
3.5
The Class
Mike McGranaghan
The picture tries so hard to copy The Breakfast Club that it becomes akin to the botched Jesus fresco that caught the world apos s attention several years back 46 
2
Like Mike
Michael Dequina
There s no joke about the wretchedness that is Like Mike except the cruel one on anyone who gets suckered into watching this crap 
0
Like Mike
Stephen Himes
Hey any movie that has Crispin Glover running an orphanage is good for a laugh 
3
Like Mike
Margaret A. McGurk
A cheery crowd pleasing sports fantasy built around a winning performance from a very young rap star 
2.5
Like Mike
Jerry McCormick
Keep an eye on Lil Bow Wow folks If Like Mike is any indication he s bound to score again 
3
Like Mike
Liam Lacey
It s not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster boy Lil Bow Wow 
2
Like Mike
Mike McGranaghan
Seeing Lil Bow Wow go toe to toe or more accurately face to kneecap against the stars of the game is loads of fun 
3
Like Mike
Tony Toscano
The film is typical sappy fare with little life lessons being learned all over the place It isn t the film is bad I as an adult found it just too predictable for this day and age 
2
Like Mike
Gary Brown
A heart warming family friendly sports movie about a kid who literally ends up in the supercharged basketball sneakers that used to belong to NBA superstar Michael Jordan 
3
Like Mike
Frank Ochieng
The kiddie sports fantasy Like Mike double dribbles Although it appears that Like Mike may be a rollicking good time in all its formulaic frenzy the film has all the impact and subtlety of a charging foul call 
1.5
Like Mike
Dustin Putman
Amiable enough but far too cliched and steadfastly generic to be worth recommending 
2
Like Mike
Josh Larsen
It helps that Lil Bow Wow tones down his pint sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid 
3
Like Mike
Gregory M. Lamb
If you d like a sweet and simple story where the final score is never in doubt lace em up and head to the theater 
2.5
Like Mike
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Offers a gentle summer fantasy for both grown ups and little ones 
2.5
Like Mike
Mike Clark
Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle 
2
Like Mike
Moira MacDonald
A squeaky clean warmhearted movie parents can send kids to without worries 
2.5
Like Mike
Mick LaSalle
One of the summer s pleasant surprises 
3
Like Mike
Joe Baltake
An efficient exceedingly likable family film about orphans and sports that comes with equal doses of sentimentality corny jokes and life lessons 
3
Like Mike
Gene Seymour
Both the slapstick and the schmaltz are workmanlike enough to keep the little ones eyes wide and bright Grown ups should be prepared to have their nerves milked dry 
2.5
Like Mike
Megan Turner
Essentially an unoriginal poor lil orphan story jazzed up with some crowd pleasing hoops action and a string of cameo appearances by NBA stars such as Allen Iverson Jason Kidd and Chris Webber 
2
Like Mike
Mack Bates
Armed with a game supporting cast from the pitch perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy Like Mike shoots and scores doing its namesake proud 
3
Like Mike
Susan Stark
A ho hum effort populated by a far more engaging cast than it deserves 
2
Like Mike
John Monaghan
A movie that can t help but trip over its own wholesomeness 
2
Like Mike
Jeff Vice
An incredibly slight comedy that earns points because it s clean and has a good message It s just not terribly funny 
2
Like Mike
Sandra Barrera
Bow s best moments are when he s getting busy on the basketball court because that s when he really scores 
3
Like Mike
Roger Ebert
The movie overcomes its lack or originality in the setup by making good use of its central idea that a pair of sneakers could make a kid into an NBA star 
3
Like Mike
Ty Burr
In the long dishonorable history of quickie teen pop exploitation Like Mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency 
3
Like Mike
Phil Villarreal
What we really want to see is Like Mike 2 in which the shoes make Calvin get caught up in a gambling scandal then ill advisedly quit the NBA to become a mediocre pro baseball player 
1
Like Mike
Loren King
Like Mike doesn t win any points for originality It does succeed by following a feel good formula with a winning style and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism 
3
Like Mike
Chris Hewitt
Unlike most movies for children Like Mike was made with care 
3
Like Mike
Marian Liu
A clean movie suitable for young children 
3
Like Mike
Marc Fortier
Like Mike is a harmlessly nave slice of b ball fantasy fit for filling in during the real NBA s off season 
3
Like Mike
Carrie Rickey
So accomplished is Like Mike as an article of league public relations that one is easily distracted from its schematic story line 
2.5
Like Mike
Rob Blackwelder
Like Mike isn t interested in recycling old cliches It wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor 
3
Like Mike
Jeffrey Westhoff
Bow Wow has a genuinely winning presence that makes the movie easy to take 
2.5
Like Mike
James Berardinelli
A soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95 minute commercial for NBA properties 
1.5
Like Mike
Steve Rhodes
A wonderfully sweet orphan Calvin is an endearing character who ll bring a constant smile to your face and leave just a bit of a lump in your throat 
3
Like Mike
Ross Anthony
A strong first quarter slightly less so second quarter and average second half 
2.25
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
James Kendrick
odd unstable mishmash of science fiction and adventure tropes that never really cohere
2.5
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Matt Brunson
If nothing else this silly adventure yarn has the distinction of containing the worst robot in movie or TV history 
2
South Mountain
Robert Daniels
Brougher s film is simple and personal yet complicated and elegant in all the best ways somewhat like love 
4
The Cremaster Cycle
David N. Butterworth
Matthew Barney makes Peter Greenaway look like Joel Schumacher 
3.5
The Cremaster Cycle
Peter Keough
The six and a half hours of Matthew Barney s Cremaster Cycle is sheer movie tedium inert and unmoving broken up by imagery that s more irritating than fascinating in its self indulgent preciosity 
1
Down River
Chris Knight
The script teeters on the edge of sentimentality and the ending is a little pat but for the most part Down River wears its emotions honestly on its sleeve 
3
Down River
Bruce DeMara
Down River is an intelligent work with moments of poignancy and emotional resonance by a talented filmmaker 
3
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Mae Tinee
As a step forward in the march of sound cinema the film deserves respectful consideration 
3
Happy, Happy
Walter V. Addiego
The curdled Norwegian comedy drama Happy Happy which dissects a pair of poisoned marriages is sometimes heavy handed like its title but has much to recommend it 
3
Happy, Happy
Roger Ebert
It is short and intense enough that it always seems on track even if the train goes nowhere 
3
Happy, Happy
Joe Williams
Happy Happy has the makings of a Norwegian Ice Storm but it goes out with a whimper 
2.5
Happy, Happy
Chris Hewitt
Sewitsky isn t much of a visual stylist every expense appears to have been spared on the film s washed out videotaped look but her compassion for her characters is welcome welcome 
3
Happy, Happy
Ann Hornaday
Sewitsky may intend Happy Happy as a Chekhovian chamber piece or romantic bagatelle but her smugness about racism and her glib symbolic resolution of the conflicts she raises suggests an ambition that far outstrips her ability at least for now 
1.5
Happy, Happy
Wesley Morris
You can t help but laugh at the obviousness in Happy Happy 
2
Happy, Happy
Gerald Peary
First time filmmaker Anne Sewitsky finds a compassionate way to tell a familiar tale of adultery and she s helped immeasurably by a first rate acting ensemble 
3
Happy, Happy
Kent Turner
On a discomforting level the film ranks about a seven The cringe producing moments of humiliation raise the dramedy above the familiar roads to self perception 
2.5
Happy, Happy
Ed Gonzalez
Happy Happy is another gust of smugly cold air from the land of Bent Hamer 
2
Las acacias
Kent Turner
The taciturn and ultimately tender Las Acacias defines the term slow burning charmer 
3
Las acacias
Ed Gonzalez
This lovely film is ultimately an articulation of something at once simple and universal the discontent of traveling through life with sad resignation 
3.5
Multiplicity
Mal Vincent
Well acted and playfully superficial 
3
Multiplicity
Gene Siskel
Multiplicity is more concerned with its special effects of multiple characters than any satisfying conclusion to its provocative premise 
2.5
Multiplicity
Judith Egerton
It s a showcase for Keaton 
3
Multiplicity
Robert Roten
It could have been a good story but it turns out to be thin despite good acting performances by Keaton and MacDowell 
2
Multiplicity
Mick LaSalle
Director Harold Ramis had more serious ambitions Multiplicity should have been another Groundhog Day which Ramis also directed but he comes up short 
2
Multiplicity
James Berardinelli
Although Multiplicity is funny it s not as heartwarming or inventive as Groundhog Day 
2.5
Multiplicity
Roger Ebert
Groundhog Day had a certain sweetness and even a sly philosophical depth but Multiplicity is more of a ground level comedy in which we can usually anticipate the problems for Doug and his clones 
2.5
Multiplicity
Madeleine Williams
Starts out with a great premise but fails to deliver on its promise 
2
Multiplicity
Susan Stark
The comedy itself however is uneven and more often than not obvious 
2
Multiplicity
Steve Rhodes
Multiplicity while far from a great comedy did provide this critic with a lot of laughs and made for a thoroughly enjoyable time at the movies 
2.5
Multiplicity
Susan Wloszczyna
Multiplicity cheats itself by not letting its imagination run as wild as its star 
2.5
Multiplicity
Rob Blackwelder
Multiplicity ignores just about every question that would naturally come to the movie goer s mind 
1.5
Eternal Spring
Heidy Morales
Aside from the great animation and music 44 the film brings to light an unprecedented story of defiance 44 including eyewitness accounts of persecution 44 to highlight the determination of those involved to speak up for political and religious freedoms 46 
4
Eternal Spring
Brian Eggert
The film may be compelling and eye poppingly inspired for what 8217 s onscreen 44 but Eternal Spring is also quite troublesome for what it never mentions about the Falun Gong 46 
1.5
Eternal Spring
Roger Moore
Through Daxiong apos s vivid and realistic drawings 44 rendered into mid grade animation in assistance of a gripping story 44 we get to know not only persecuted Falun Gong survivors 44 but those who perished opposing the one party dictatorship 46 
3
Eternal Spring
Christian Toto
Stunning animation 44 sober testimonials yield must see documentary 46 
3.5
Eternal Spring
Peter Howell
Jason Loftus and illustrator Daxiong combine potent recollections with gorgeous animation 
3.5
Eternal Spring
Anne Brodie
Jason Loftus and Daxiong 8217 s work is profoundly moving 46 Social realities in China are dispiriting but help us remember the humanity that links us all 46 The day after Eternal Spring was announced as Canada 8217 s Oscar contender 44 China banned Daxiong apos s books 46 
4
Modern Girls
Roger Ebert
Here s a movie without a brain in its head about three young women with no brains in theirs 
1
The Game Changers
Roger Moore
Some cherry picking but overall a compelling flood of arguments for a more plant based diet for athletes and everybody else 
3
The Game Changers
Peter Howell
Marshaling scientific data and athletic testimonials that strongly suggests carrots are better than carne if you want to up your energy 
3
Butcher the Bakers
Norman Gidney
It s official Butcher the Bakers is in the lead as the worst film I have seen in 2018 
1
The Terminal Man
David Nusair
a massive misfire 
1
High Fantasy
David Nusair
A well intentioned sketch of a movie 
2
Milk
Kate Taylor
In the end Milk has much material but no clear theme 
2
The Notorious Landlady
David Nusair
a decent enough premise thats employed to mostly underwhelming and uninvolving effect 
2
LOL
V.A. Musetto
Joe Swanberg who directed edited lensed co wrote and played one of the lovelorn characters has done wonders with a nothing budget and a personable cast of nonprofessional actors 
3
LOL
Maitland McDonagh
Scruffy loosely structured and piercingly perceptive about the ways in which technology that supposedly brings people together actually keeps them apart 
2.5
LOL
Ed Gonzalez
The film has the quality of something tended to by many affectionate hands a houseplant that blooms slightly more than it sags 
2.5
G-Force
Mattie Lucas
Everything from the writing to the score to the irritatingly plain cinematography is as generic as it gets 
0
G-Force
David Nusair
an utterly worthless and frequently unwatchable piece of work 
1
G-Force
Peter Canavese
When they re not risking their lives with exciting spy maneuvers Blaster works out to Lady Gaga and Juarez updates her Facebook page Okay so maybe G Force is just a tad self consciously hip Blu ray 
2
G-Force
Michael Dequina
Adults without kids may find their minds wandering even with the brief run time and those 3 D visuals 
2.5
G-Force
Sonny Bunch
The worst thing about G Force isn t that the plot is so formulaic that the entire movie can be divined from the first 20 minutes or that it s not particularly funny 
1
G-Force
Rob Humanick
Disney hates you and wants your money 
1
G-Force
Austin Kennedy
It wasn t a horrible movie but I could have done without the fart jokes really Overall it was just a mediocre kids movie that you can toss in the pile with all the rest 
2
G-Force
Sean P. Means
Guided by the principle that action movies have become generic that anybody can be plugged into the hero role and the results would be no different than if Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bruce Willis was the star 
2
G-Force
Linda Cook
Anybody who wants to go to a movie about talking secret agent guinea pigs is probably too young to read this review 
1.5
G-Force
John Wirt
The maestro of mayhem Jerry Bruckheimer does a kids movie 
1.4
G-Force
John Beifuss
Have you ever wondered what a Jerry Bruckheimer produced talking animal movie would be like Me neither But here s the answer 
2.5
G-Force
Kit Bowen
Blame it on Alvin and the Chipmunks Cute furry and talking CGI rodents are apparently now the rage much to the chagrin of anyone over 12 
2
G-Force
Mike McGranaghan
G Force is being shown in both 2 D and digital 3 D formats I saw it in 2 D and that s the preferred format because it s one less dimension for the movie to suck in 
1
G-Force
Michael Phillips
Producer Bruckheimer and director Hoyt H Yeatman Jr see no stylistic difference between the frenetic derring do of G Force and the atmosphere of such Bruckheimer hits as Con Air or The Rock 
2
G-Force
Cathy Jakicic
What happens when Disney meets Jerry Bruckheimer You get a whole new kind of rodent but not necessarily a better one 
2
G-Force
Amy Biancolli
A lot of resources went into making G Force a lot of talent a lot of money a lot of marketing and it doesn t have much to show for it not even some half way imaginative 3 D gimmickry 
1.5
G-Force
Chris Hewitt
G Force is bright and funny but surprisingly it s more of an adventure film than a comedy 
3
G-Force
Linda Barnard
The rodents carry the picture off in their little furry paws and this one is sure to entertain youngsters no matter how you look at it 
3
G-Force
Claudia Puig
G Force is unlikely to keep anyone older than 10 on the edge of his seat and the bathroom humor may annoy adults 
2
G-Force
Willie Waffle
Unimaginatively boringly bland without much to make you excited or angry about seeing it 
1.5
G-Force
Steven D. Greydanus
There s nothing wrong with G Force that John Lasseter couldn t fix 
2
G-Force
James Berardinelli
It s the template for either a video game or a Disney theme park ride or perhaps both 
2
G-Force
Stephen Cole
On an adult fun meter it would rate somewhere between a parent teacher meeting and a trip to the orthodontist to outfit your kid with braces 
2
G-Force
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is childish and inane valuing style over anything slightly substantive playing to such a lowest common denominator it almost can t help but become a box office smash 
2
G-Force
Tom Keogh
Parents already in dread of taking their children to this 3 D kids movie by uber producer Jerry Bruckheimer will find much to appreciate though G Force is lots of fun all around 
3
G-Force
Steven Rea
Just about the only folks likely to find this humdrum hybrid of Mission Impossible and The Wind in the Willows worthy for consideration are non discriminating pip squeaks happy to watch rodents rappelling walls and scampering along air ducts 
2
G-Force
Nick Schager
Its prime directive is to inculcate young viewers with the gee whiz tropes of producer Jerry Bruckheimer s teen oriented fare 
1
G-Force
Ty Burr
G Force represents an inconceivably tragic waste of a brilliant idea Frankly if you can t squeeze a decent movie out of talking 3 D superagent guinea pigs you may as well throw in the towel and consider a career in insurance 
1.5
G-Force
Dustin Putman
The worst Walt Disney Pictures release in a decade To describe this chaotic charmless pop culture centric product as completely and utterly excruciating is almost too kind a criticism 
.5
G-Force
Linda Winer
It s more fun than it should be 
3
G-Force
Roger Ebert
It will possibly be enjoyed by children of all ages 
2.5
Risk
David Nusair
the movie does capture the tedium one assumes Assange faces on a daily basis now so on that level it s hard to deny that Poitras has succeeded 
2.5
Risk
Sean P. Means
If Poitras fails in explaining all of Assange s contradictions that says more about his secretive character than about her journalistic skills 
3.5
Risk
Chris Knight
The twisty tale continues 
3
Risk
John Semley
There s no doubt that the world needs more iconoclasts whistle blowers and anti authoritarian rabble rousers But it deserves better than Julian Assange 
3.5
Risk
Linda Barnard
Interesting if uneven 
2.5
Risk
Ty Burr
Risk makes a case that character is stronger than idealism or ideology that who you are will always trump what you hope to achieve 
3
Risk
Oliver Jones
We may not get a perfect documentary with Risk but at least we get a very real and truthful sense of just how hard these kinds of movies are to make 
3
Risk
David Fear
It s telling that Poitras has assigned that particular name to her portrait of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 
3
Risk
Godfrey Cheshire
Another fascinating piece of cinema as history that reminds us that Laura Poitras remains one of our most original courageous and valuable filmmakers 
3.5
Risk
Mark Dujsik
Risk doesn t want to put a label on Assange but it gives us as good a picture of him as we re likely to get 
3.5
Risk
Richard Roeper
We get scenes of great nearly absurd theater 
3.5
Risk
Ann Hornaday
Risk raises deep misgivings about its subject and its maker But it s still queasily compulsively watchable and probably necessary if only as a cautionary example of how ethics objectivity and agendas come into play in nonfiction filmmaking 
2.5
Risk
Gary Thompson
He is a study in paranoia and contradictions fanatical about exposing secrets determined to preserve his own 
3
Risk
Kenji Fujishima
Laura Poitras doesn t indulge in score settling cheap shots but seriously grapples with her contradictory subject 
3
Cardinals
Brad Wheeler
Not everything works here the characters behavior and reactions don t always ring true but Cardinals mostly succeeds as an efficient tight lipped film that does a lot with a little 
2.5
Cardinals
Kent Turner
Sheila McCarthy s performance makes the viewer feel as though anything could happen 
2.5
Cardinals
David Nusair
Cardinals closes on an anticlimactic note that s rather emblematic of the narrative s half baked nature 
2
The Islands and the Whales
Mattie Lucas
Presents a difficult and complicated issue with clear eyes and a keen sense understanding of its sensitivity 
3
Greenland
Brian Eggert
It does a good job of masquerading as something deeper than your average disaster fare 
3
Greenland
Dann Gire
At first I thought someone had played a practical joke on me 
2
Greenland
Roger Moore
Doesn t often surprise but it never disappoints 
2.5
Greenland
Peter Canavese
If you can ignore the at times laughable script this is a skilled very dark and surprisingly effect disaster movie Blu ray Review 
2.5
Greenland
Kevin Carr
A bona fide disaster flick in the spirit of the modern disaster flick that was re pioneered by Roland Emmerich 
3
Greenland
David Nusair
an uneven yet ultimately completely rewarding and above average disaster flick 
3.5
Greenland
James Berardinelli
If there s one thing most people don t want to watch now it s a voyeuristic experience detailing the end of life on Earth as we know it 
2
Greenland
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
The latest Gerard Butler vehicle doesn t add much to the global disaster genre Hell it doesn t add much to this year 
2
Greenland
Sara Michelle Fetters
But no matter how silly it all gets the reality of the situation for the family is rarely inauthentic making the ridiculous stupidity even easier to digest 
3
Greenland
Steven Prokopy
Your reaction may vary but I believe Greenland is genuinely trying to do something different within the disaster film genre and I appreciate and even admire the effort 
3
Greenland
Tom Meek
Nothing that happens in Greenland is all that surprising including the poor and shrewdly opportunist ways people react under pressure 
2
Greenland
Jeff Mitchell
In some ways Greenland is a surprising disaster flick but it s also a dull predictable trip 
2
Greenland
Peter Sobczynski
Greenland never comes together into a truly satisfying package but it deserves a little credit for trying to do something unique within such a familiar framework 
2.5
Greenland
Katie Walsh
Not just plausible but recognizable There s very little otherworldly about this cinematic apocalypse These are the people places and yes behaviors we know all too well 
2.5
Greenland
Michael O'Sullivan
It is uncomfortably reminiscent of current affairs 
1.5
Greenland
Mark Dujsik
There s less a sense of inevitable doom in Greenland than a sense of inevitable formula 
2
Greenland
Randy Myers
With just a few editing nips and tucks this could have been so much better But it s still a decent bit of mindless escapism that invites you to laugh at it while enjoying a roller coaster ride 
2.5
Greenland
Chris Hewitt
It s capably done if familiar but Greenland forces viewers to ask this question Do I need more apocalyptic cruelty in my life 
2.5
Greenland
Mike McGranaghan
Whereas many pictures of this sort are just an empty string of special effects laden set pieces this one actually cares about the people enduring the disaster 
3
Greenland
Johnny Oleksinski
Butler s pretty bad not horrible but the movie itself is quite watchable if a lot bleaker than your average disaster flick 
2.5
Greenland
Richard Roeper
Director Waugh has a keen sense of action drama pacing and the special effects team does a fine job of providing CGI snapshots of the world bending to Clarke s will 
3
Greenland
Joey Magidson
Greenland does what it does reasonably well 
2.5
Greenland
Derek Smith
There are enough left turns here to allow us to shake the impression that we ve been to this rodeo before 
2.5
Hard Drive
Linda Barnard
There are plot holes and leaps in logic would a helicopter mom really not charge upstairs when she hears the girl who is with her son in the apartment above screaming 
2
The Changeling
Rob Humanick
Evokes the confrontational intimacy of a minimalist theatre 
3
He's a Bully, Charlie Brown
Bob Bloom
This kids friendly Charlie Brown adventure is among the dozens of titles featured in the 2015 holiday gift guide at ReelBob com 
3
The Jerk
Brian Eggert
Every scene offers something funny every scene subverts expectations 
3.5
The Jerk
Matt Brunson
Basically a series of skits that are barely tethered to a plot this works better than expected thanks primarily to Martin s infectious performance 
3
The Jerk
Roger Ebert
We get the sense at times that the cast and crew arrived at a location found the script bankrupt of real laughs and started looking around for funny props 
2
Out in the Dark
Wesley Lovell
A brilliant exploration of the challenges facing homosexuals in other parts of the developed world 
4
Out in the Dark
Rex Reed
It s one of the most powerful films about the Arab Israeli conflict that has ever been attempted on the screen 
3
Out in the Dark
David Lewis
Out in the Dark isn t a political film by any stretch but the intrigue and prejudices of the Arab Israeli conflict certainly fuel the romance and thrills of this entertaining taut movie 
3
Out in the Dark
Rene Rodriguez
By the end Nimr and Roy have become heavy handed symbols for the ongoing clash of ideologies in the Middle East Out in the Dark fared better when it treated them as people 
2.5
Out in the Dark
Diego Semerene
Instead of looking for depth or verisimilar romance director Michael Mayer turns his characters into mere cogs in a pseudo suspenseful thriller 
2
Anonymously Yours
Roger Moore
Any 100 minute movie with 40 minutes of story 44 one that blows the romance pretty much entirely and takes a dive in its big moment 44 is something even teens will outgrow before the closing credits 46 
1.5
Deep Web
Liam Lacey
Although it s a fascinating subject the director doesn t bring much rigour or insight to the complexity of the case 
3
Deep Web
Olivia Ward
Narrated by Keanu Reeves it plunges into the tangled web of secrecy accusations and criminal activity with implications for the future of technological freedom 
3
Who Killed Bambi?
Moira MacDonald
Competent but ultimately disappointing 
2
Who Killed Bambi?
Mick LaSalle
Who Killed Bambi does for doctors what Psycho did for showers 
3
Who Killed Bambi?
Jack Mathews
A long and uneventful snooze 
2
Who Killed Bambi?
V.A. Musetto
Marchand capably builds suspense thanks to a twisty script and nervy performances by Lucas and Quinton 
3
Who Killed Bambi?
Ed Gonzalez
Marchand uses the death of Bambi s mother as a point of departure for a study on postmodern violence in cinema 
2.5
Curse
Robert Roten
It s a pretty good little independent horror film produced on a tiny budget 
2.5
Immediate Family
Roger Ebert
I cared for all of the characters I was moved by the writing and acting of some of the key scenes and yet the movie as a whole failed to really reach me 
2
The Last Supper
Mal Vincent
Arsenic and old cliches 
2
The Last Supper
Gene Siskel
There is some thought behind this broad humor 
3
The Last Supper
Mick LaSalle
You know you re in good hands in The Last Supper from the well directed first scene 
3
The Last Supper
Steve Rhodes
It manages to be both thought provoking as well being chock full of dark humor 
3.5
The Last Supper
Susan Wloszczyna
A delectable black comedy 
3
The Last Supper
Rob Blackwelder
The problem with movies like The Last Supper about 20 somethings with lots to talk about and nothing to do is they try to cut a wide creative swath through biting satire poignant darkness and aesthetics and come up far short on all counts 
1.5
The Last Supper
James Berardinelli
For the first thirty minutes this picture takes a solid premise and runs with it Unfortunately the momentum eventually flags and The Last Supper meanders through an unnecessarily protracted middle segment 
2.5
The Last Supper
Roger Ebert
A brave effort in a timid time a Swiftian attempt to slap us all in the face and get us to admit that our own freedoms depend precisely on those of our neighbors our opponents and yes our enemies 
3
The Mob
Eric Melin
An expertly plotted noir less psychologically disturbing and more straight up undercover crime drama but it ratchets up the tension nicely and Crawford is having a hell of a time acting like the tough guy 
3
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
One of the most faithful video game adaptations to date Full review in Spanish 
3
The Coca-Cola Case
Stephen Cole
The movie is badly made meandering and overemphatic in the way of much left or right wing pamphleteering 
2
The Princess and the Pirate
David Nusair
The Princess and the Pirate s success is entirely dependent on one s opinion of Hope s specific brand of humor 
1.5
All About Eve
James Kendrick
a smart insightful and darkly humorous drama about the intersections of art and show business and that insatiable appetite we call ambition
4
All About Eve
Matt Brunson
Writer director Joseph L Mankiewicz s enduring masterpiece and incidentally my all time favorite film 
4
All About Eve
Kate Cameron
All About Eve is not only a brilliant and clever portrait of an actress it is a downright funny film from its opening scene to the final fadeout 
4
All About Eve
Scott Nash
Bette Davis is fabulous in this role 
4
All About Eve
Peter Canavese
Mankiewicz s inside knowledge of show business and its particular personality types gives the film an authenticity and allows for its famously devastating acid wit Blu ray 
4
All About Eve
Wesley Lovell
Amazing performances top the list of positive qualities in Joseph L Mankiewicz All About Eve 
4
All About Eve
James Berardinelli
A motion picture that because of its priceless dialogue and unforgettable lead performance will never lose its luster 
4
All About Eve
Michael Szymanski
One of the best send ups of the inside back stabbing and infighting that goes on in Hollywood ever put to film 
4
All About Eve
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s about the glory of acting 
4
Blue Caprice
Frank Ochieng
The slow burn outcry and low key fury that exists in Blue Caprice is an unsettling bumpy ride one must be willing to take with measured poignancy persistence and pain 
3.5
Blue Caprice
David N. Butterworth
Refusing to settle for easy exploitation director Alexandre Moors paints a vivid bone chilling picture of the corrupting power of evil 
3
Blue Caprice
David Nusair
a half baked endeavor that s unable to entirely live up to the promise of its setup and stellar performances 
2.5
Blue Caprice
Michael Smith
It may be too much slow burning style for those looking for true crime substance only but a cool patience is what drives Blue Caprice 
3
Blue Caprice
Michael Phillips
Coolly controlled and extremely well acted 
3
Blue Caprice
Tony Norman
Washington plays the character based on John Muhammad with a persuasive swagger Paternal pride mixed with a quiet madness dances in his eyes as he lectures his young partner on the fine points of disrupting the social order 
3
Blue Caprice
Duane Dudek
Haunting and less than riveting but jarring nonetheless 
2.5
Blue Caprice
Jason Buchanan
A compelling depiction of psychological decline 
3
Blue Caprice
Rene Rodriguez
This lyrical frightening film is a portrait of a man consumed by self hatred who decided to take it out on the world 
3
Blue Caprice
Jeff Shannon
If Moors and Porto were aiming for gun debate relevance they ve failed Blue Caprice has nothing to say about a society plagued by violence nor does it focus on mental illness as a probable cause 
2.5
Blue Caprice
Ty Burr
The film s a character piece with a tightening noose of suspense and while it has its artsy indie dawdly moments it s disturbing in ways that aren t easy to shake 
3
Blue Caprice
Ann Hornaday
Blue Caprice doesn t offer the sense of catharsis or closure let alone new information that makes it more than a cold if disciplined directorial exercise 
2.5
Blue Caprice
Matt Pais
Wonders how something like this happens without suggesting any simple means of prevention 
3
Blue Caprice
John Anderson
The entire movie is an experiment in disturbance that of the characters as well as the audience The results are nerve racking and resonant 
3.5
Blue Caprice
David Lewis
Despite the solid performances from Washington and Richmond we get a little bored and begin waiting to see what will happen or more precisely how the filmmakers will handle the ending 
2
Blue Caprice
Christy Lemire
Blue Caprice takes a true story of violence and panic and tells it in the most artful understated manner imaginable which makes its events even more powerful 
3.5
Blue Caprice
Matt Zoller Seitz
The end product is a psychological thriller that s light on thrills and psychology 
2.5
Blue Caprice
Robert Levin
If we look to cinema as a conduit for the entire range of the human experience from its highest highs to its lowest lows there s no denying that this movie is essential 
3
Blue Caprice
Peter Travers
Blue Caprice propelled by the rending riveting performances of Washington and Richmond hits hard It means to shake you and does 
3.5
Blue Caprice
Jeff Beck
It s rather impressive that this is Alexandre Moors first feature film and Ronnie Porto s first screenplay Their portrait of these killers could very well get under your skin 
3
Blue Caprice
Kam Williams
Hollywood likes to make martyrs out of mobsters and murderers but it usually waits at least a generation or two before romanticizing their life stories 
2
Blue Caprice
Roger Moore
Washington is chilling mysterious and not the least bit unfathomable He makes us understand a psychopath 
3
Blue Caprice
Matthew Kassel
The most frightening monster movie of the year 
3
Blue Caprice
Tomas Hachard
The filmmakers are more interested in questioning what brings people to commit senseless and merciless acts than they are preoccupied with the historical record 
3.5
Biker Fox
Lauren Wissot
Bravely riding full speed ahead Biker Fox nevertheless ends up in the very same place 
1.5
Sidewalks of New York
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end all I can really do is throw my hands in the air and plead for mercy 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Andrew Howe
Burns s ear for dialogue prevents it from becoming a forgotten footnote to a promising career 
2.5
Sidewalks of New York
Ian Mantgani
A work of charm sweetness and ease
3
Sidewalks of New York
Rick Groen
Make no mistake Burn s damn good at his singular craft adept at building and oiling this particular machine And it runs as smoothly as ever the plentiful laughs arrive right on cue as do the occasional moments of near poignancy 
2.5
Sidewalks of New York
Phil Villarreal
The acting must be superb in a film that attempts to recreate real life and it doesn t disappoint 
3.5
Sidewalks of New York
Dan Lybarger
Sidewalks of New York writer director Edward Burns has managed to find the five or six least engaging people in New York to waste 107 minutes on 
1.5
Sidewalks of New York
Jay Carr
Its New York flavor and energies are the real thing and it grows on you 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Dustin Putman
Perceptive and realistic There isn t a weak link in all six of its major performers 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Steve Rhodes
Consider it as science fiction How else can you explain a homely looking bald guy like Stanley Tucci cheating on a sexpot wife like Heather Graham 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Walter Chaw
The best choice that Burns makes in his film is to avoid any scenes with Tucci but no one ever said that Burns didn t know how to make himself look good 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Michael Wilmington
Reminds us deep down of why we love New York and a lot of people in it 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Mick LaSalle
Burns has a hard time finding a central idea some overall point that isn t borrowed or trite Or both 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Lou Lumenick
Wears out its welcome fast because of its artistic pretensions and self absorbed characters 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Tom Long
After a while you start wondering where this movie is going and then it goes nowhere 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Roger Ebert
Finds the right note of seeking optimism among the shoals of hope 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Rob Blackwelder
manifests itself in ways that are uniquely ironically fondly 100 percent New York 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Pam Grady
Like that other director turned wannabe movie star Quentin Tarantino Burns is someone who would do himself a world of good if he would just admit that he s no actor 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Jeanne Aufmuth
Burns needs to break into something new that doesn t revolve around love and lust 
2
Sidewalks of New York
Steven Rea
Slight but engaging Sidewalks has the familiar feel of an old sweater 
3
Sidewalks of New York
James Berardinelli
Despite a few easily identifiable flaws Sidewalks of New York is a breezy enjoyable motion picture that manages to be smart without demanding our undivided attention 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Ed Gonzalez
Edward Burns s latest Woody Allen project think Sex and the City meets Husbands and Wives Gen X style carries with it the weight of 9 11 
3
Sidewalks of New York
Ross Anthony
semi mock documentary which tells slice of love lives tales in a pseudo Woody Allen voice 
2.5
Sidewalks of New York
Harvey S. Karten
There are seven million stories in New York these are six of the funnier ones 
3
Amos & Andrew
James Berardinelli
If nothing else at least the movie offers laughs without being offensive 
2.5
Amos & Andrew
Roger Ebert
Although the movie strives mightily to teach its lesson which is that you cannot judge a man by the color of his skin the humor is undermined by the sadness of the basic situation 
2.5
Gone to Earth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Its bracing imagery still makes it worth a look 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
David Nusair
Robert Rodriguez s Mexico trilogy comes to a close with this disastrously underwhelming installment 
1
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Greg Maki
Once Upon a Time in Mexico is the film I ve wanted to see from Robert Rodriguez since he made Desperado in 1995 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jeremiah Kipp
As an iconic image Depp captures the feeling of Rodriguez s movie blinded and shooting randomly in all directions 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Sara Michelle Fetters
In fact his main character the Mariachi disappears for long stretches of the film s brisk 97 minutes the director instead choosing to shift much of the attention on Depp s beguilingly double dealing CIA agent 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Forrest Hartman
Mexico has the best plotting of the Mariachi series but be warned this is still a second tier picture that relies more on wit and technical virtuosity than inspiration 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Addison MacDonald
The picture is sort of like a piñata There are many wonderful details and players in it but there are just as many bits that are well cheap 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Mike McGranaghan
Robert Rodriguez has wisely given each movie its own distinct flair I like how endlessly inventive he gets with the idea 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Wesley Morris
A movie with that many freaks and creeps should be a lot more exciting than this one actually is 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Nick Rogers
The first thought as the credits roll will be how you d love to see Johnny Depp and that kid in another movie Rodriguez may do nothing but all pulp all the time but he delivers it with unquestionable zest and skill here 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Linda Cook
Are you among my PG 13 people I have a wonderful group of friends in fact some of my closest friends who just plain shouldn t go to R rated movies The potential for violence is too great in these films Because these nice gentle folks have my deep
3.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
James Berardinelli
A mess of a movie that nevertheless entertains because each individual piece stands high enough on its own merits that it s not necessary to look hard at the nonsensical linking material 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
John Beifuss
When Johnny Depp said America was like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you he may have been remembering his approach to his role here as a playfully dangerous CIA agent 
3.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Kevin A. Ranson
Entertaining with a capital El 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jeffrey Westhoff
Any semblance of a main plot vanishes The story is just a bunch of meanwhiles 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Steve Rhodes
A miserable excuse for a movie it s almost saved by Johnny Depp s wonderfully hammy performance 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Mark Dujsik
Rodriguez has given us a stylish posturing tableau Western based on his own mythic character filled with full blooded action set pieces and set against the continuation of Mexico s political strife 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Dan Lybarger
If Once Upon a Time in Mexico had a few more scenes like these and spent less time repeating the shootouts in Desperado the rest of the film would have more consistently matched Depp s beguiling brand of eccentricity 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Moves with uncanny cool it has a strange lukewarm energy that most Hollywood action films lack 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jeff Vice
It does have Depp to buoy it up just long enough to keep audience interest alive until the film gets to the meat of the story the action 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Phoebe Flowers
Rodriguez has taken his work in 1995 s Desperado Mexico s precursor and blown it up to mammoth thrilling proportions 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
John Hartl
Whenever Rodriguez is in a Fairbanks mood Mexico delivers 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Peter Hartlaub
Despite the movie s dark humor violence and the occasional nonvoluntary facial surgery that will drive away the queasy Once Upon a Time in Mexico is the most crowd pleasing film in the series 
4
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
David Elliott
Goes nowhere furiously 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Scott Huber
Feels like a bullfight on acid or a dish of carne asade peppered with just the right comedic seasoning 
4
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Megan Lehmann
A heady mix of Tarantino esque pulp 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Katrina Onstad
The Deppian touches are whimsical and hilarious 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Glenn Whipp
How can you resist a movie that features Willem Dafoe sporting a tan Mickey Rourke cradling a Chihuahua and Johnny Depp turning in another oddball tour de force 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Michael Booth
Shamelessly violent and shallow 
1
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Roger Ebert
I understood the general outlines of the story I liked the bold strokes he uses to create the characters and I was amused by the camera work which includes a lot of shots that are about themselves 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Tony Toscano
one of the best times you ll have at the movies this year 
3.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Sean P. Means
Rodriguez kid in a candy store attitude infuses every moment of this sprawling overstuffed and giddily inventive action drama 
3.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jami Bernard
Paying homage to Sergio Leone Mexico aims too high and in the process becomes more like every generic overplotted drug cartel and revenge flick out there 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Terry Lawson
A fractured fairy tale for whom we happily suspend disbelief right up to the best not believe it The End 
3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Paul Doro
The action scenes have a been there done that feel And it s all ridiculously silly 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Lisa Leigh Connors
It s entertaining but if you can t stomach brutal violence and gunfire it s best to skip this one 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Phil Villarreal
Those enamored of the stylish wall to wall gunfights and explosions from Rodriguez s previous films will leave the theater shaking their heads 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Chris Hewitt
We are meant to be amused by the film s bloodthirsty willingness to do anything to get a jolt or a laugh out of us just as we were in The Wild Bunch and I was amused 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Glenn Lovell
The director has a clear knack for big action set pieces 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Rene Rodriguez
Even when Mexico isn t exactly making sense it s still a blast to watch for its sheer chutzpah 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Steven Rea
After a while Once Upon a Time in Mexico starts having the same effect as one too many tequilas the Hong Kong style stunts the goofy wisecracks the foxy presence of Eva Mendes all of it becomes blurry and numbing 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
John Anderson
A movie that goes so wrong so abruptly it s as if a meteor were heading for the set and everyone had to evacuate 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Michael Wilmington
Though this wild and woolly movie will please its core audience well enough Rodriguez has the chops to do much more 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Josh Larsen
a big time action movie crying out for the sheen of celluloid 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Rob Blackwelder
when gunplay takes a back seat to manifold political intrigue that would give Tom Clancy a headache you ve done your tongue in cheek check your brain action movie a disservice 
2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jeanne Aufmuth
This filmic vagabond offers up his material as amusement by spoofing his own script and channeling the ghosts of Cinema Past 
2.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Walter Chaw
Rodriguez is less filmmaker now than freakshow but at least it can be said that freakshows aren t boring 
1.5
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Peter Travers
Just sit back and let Rodriguez take you to popcorn movie heaven 
3
Calendar Girls
Nell Minow
The costumes and dance numbers are fun but what is most touching is the way the women care for each other 46 
3.5
Dirty Work
Maitland McDonagh
Occasionally funny but all too often driven by the juvenile conviction that anything even remotely connected with homosexuality is riotously funny 
2
Dirty Work
Phil Villarreal
A ribald flood of comic bliss 
4
Dirty Work
Michael Dequina
For a film called Dirty Work what ensues is rather clean of spirit 
1
Dirty Work
Bob Graham
A stupid lowdown vulgar comedy 
1
Beeba Boys
Peter Howell
In Beeba Boys Deepa Mehta channels her inner Tarantino for a noteworthy change of pace one that pursues her career long inquiry into identity and the immigrant experience with explosive results 
3
Beeba Boys
Kate Taylor
In a film that does have a reliably twisting crime plot with a satisfying denouement there is too much action to do any of this emotional material justice 
2
Beeba Boys
Chris Knight
How much you enjoy Beeba Boys depends on whether you choose to focus on its faults or its merits which are roughly equal in scope Either way you slice it it s a certainty that you ve never seen anything quite like it 
2.5
Wings of Courage
Roger Ebert
The only reason to see the movie is to experience the process and that s reason enough 
3
Wings of Courage
Mike Clark
This 40 minute epic about mountain survival in the wake of a plane crash is like sitting through Alive again though in this case there isn t anything for the hero to eat 
2.5
Heaven Without People
Mattie Lucas
This is potent sharply observant stuff that pulls no punches in its depiction of a family at war with itself on multiple fronts generationally and politically 
3.5
Cutter's Way
Matt Brunson
Cutter 8217 s Way is at once an American film of its time and for all ensuing times 44 an ugly truth endeavor examining a nation in which the rich and powerful literally get away with murder while the poor and pitiful barely exist at all 46 
3.5
Cutter's Way
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly 40 and sometimes excessively 41 deliberate drama that benefits from its stellar performances and raft of appealing 44 eye catching attributes 46 46 46 
3
The Pallbearer
David Nusair
the picture benefits substantially from its raft of agreeable elements 
3
The Pallbearer
Rob Blackwelder
It s the kind of improper mix of funny and sad that makes an audience squirm in their seats 
2
The Pallbearer
Roger Ebert
The director Matt Reeves has a master plan and it s amazing how a movie with so many detours can arrive so convincingly at its destination 
3
Walk of Shame
Michael Dequina
Banks is one fierce talent more than able to carry a film all on her own and here s hoping the next starring vehicle makes for a much smoother and consistent ride 
2.5
Walk of Shame
Christy Lemire
It would all be galling if it weren t so lame But Walk of Shame is notable only for turning the unendingly adorable Banks into an unlikable figure 
1
The Brink
Chris Cabin
The Brink will likely appeal to college and high school kids who just got their first taste of Chomsky and Zinn 
1
Python 2
Walter Chaw
criticizing a film called Python much less Python 2 is one of those things that thirty year olds wearing felt and living in their mothers basements do
1
Cold Pursuit
Federico Furzan
At this point Neeson plays the same guy always It s only a different tone in the script that makes this one worth watching Full review in Spanish 
3
Cold Pursuit
Matt Brunson
What s next Neeson killing criminals while perched on a Segway Thankfully there s more to Cold Pursuit than just the gruff action star grimly running over villains with a snowplow 
3
Cold Pursuit
James Kendrick
Some of it works while other parts feel desperate and strained 
2
Cold Pursuit
Joe Friar
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland s remake is a fun ride that blends dark humor with a Tarantino body count 
3
Cold Pursuit
Walter Chaw
When it s Skarsgård you buy the hangdog With Neeson he s always just one affront away from killing everybody 
2
Cold Pursuit
Linda Cook
It s a hot adventure for Liam Neeson fans 
3
Cold Pursuit
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In so many action movies death is arbitrary but here it counts and is accepted as are the myriad ways humans respond to death 
3
Cold Pursuit
James Berardinelli
Cold Pursuit works as intended 
3
Cold Pursuit
Mike McGranaghan
A pleasing deviation from the one note revenge thrillers we ve seen time and time again 
3
Cold Pursuit
Stephen Rebello
The darkly comedic thrills keep coming in a film that is more fun than it needs to be 
3
Cold Pursuit
Matthew Passantino
Dark humor done well can be biting and daring but it feels contrived in Cold Pursuit like Moland was playing a desperate game of Coen Bros Bingo 
1.5
Cold Pursuit
Pamela Powell
Cold Pursuit is an oddly gruesome thriller as the comedic elements are continually stitched throughout the story Unfortunately sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn t 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Matt Zoller Seitz
At its best it plays like a wry critique of this unexpectedly lucrative period of Neeson s career and a borderline spoof of the genre as a whole 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Rob Thomas
What I ll remember from the movie isn t the grisly violence but the little comic flourishes like a shot of a group of hardened assassins throwing snowballs at each other and giggling like little kids 
3
Cold Pursuit
Roger Moore
Sadistic slow footed and inferior copy of a top notch Norwegian comic thriller 
2
Cold Pursuit
David Nusair
a decent enough Neeson vehicle that deserves credit for trying something different 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Sonny Bunch
There s a weird wry sense of humor running through Cold Pursuit an almost aggressively regressive brand of yuks that consistently made me giggle 
3
Cold Pursuit
Mark Dujsik
By the end Cold Pursuit doesn t have a handle on its tone its characters or its purpose 
2
Cold Pursuit
Gary Thompson
A darkly comic tundra noir that exists tonally somewhere between Fargo and Elmore Leonard 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Rex Reed
Cold Pursuit will not go down in history as one of Liam Neeson s most memorable efforts but it s fun while it lasts and he seems to have more fun than anyone else 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Bruce DeMara
Cold Pursuit is the kind of film action fans will embrace a decent antidote to cabin fever 
3
Cold Pursuit
Mark Jenkins
This is a movie in which nearly every one of the abundant killings is not just an act of justice but also a blackly comic punchline 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Kam Williams
A wanton splatterflick certain to satiate the bloodlust of fans of the genre 
3
Cold Pursuit
Katie Walsh
Bone dry ice black darkly violent and laugh out loud funny 
3
Cold Pursuit
Rafer Guzman
Neeson s latest action thriller is an ice hearted comedy that giggles at violence and shrugs at kidnapping Not cool 
1
Cold Pursuit
Mick LaSalle
All warnings given if you love Neeson s action thrillers you will find moments here of pleasure and amusement 
2.5
Cold Pursuit
Joey Magidson
There s devilish joy in seeing just how darkly funny this film can get Creative both in its humor and violence it s rather delightful provided you re on the twisted side 
3.5
Cold Pursuit
Richard Roeper
Although Cold Pursuit adheres closely to the original with many a scene virtually mirroring its predecessor director Moland amps up the comedic touches even as the bodies pile up 
3.5
Cold Pursuit
Pat Brown
It s the way tthe film s humor specifically subverts its genre s expected emotional valences that makes it so effective 
3
Cold Pursuit
Michael Phillips
The movie delivers in its chosen way But it s a soulless way 
1.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Robert W. Butler
Generally it works thanks to the terrific performances 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Lawrence Toppman
Ballad wears out one tale before its end 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Paul Doro
Poignant melancholic and a little strange The Ballad of Jack and Rose is an effective rendering of the loss of innocence and the acceptance that some ideals can t survive in a modern world 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Rob Thomas
Rebecca Miller s third feature begins as a two character drama and it would have been so much better if it had stayed that way 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Phil Villarreal
Murky disturbing stuff that most of the time does better at repelling viewers than compelling them to stick around to see what happens next 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Geoff Pevere
The entire movie seems to be suffering from the same suffocating disease as Jack 
1.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Stephen Cole
We leave this movie hoping to see Miller and Lewis together again soon 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Carla Meyer
Cinematic flourishes intoxicate until the hangover of retrospect sets in and you recognize the unhealthiness of the filial relationship this scene has celebrated 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Phoebe Flowers
It s generally a bad sign when you find yourself actively longing for the deadly copperhead snake that co stars to take a nice juicy bite out of the alleged protagonist 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Walter Chaw
Day Lewis brings the picture closer by himself to the ballad of its title than to the dirge it constantly threatens to be 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Marty Mapes
The movie s few flaws do a lot of damage to an otherwise skillfully crafted film
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
James Verniere
Overall it comes across as a shapeless self reflexive well acted psychodrama 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
John Hartl
Most of The Ballad of Jack and Rose takes itself too seriously 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Mick LaSalle
A film of scenes not a cohesive whole 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
David Elliott
Day Lewis is a great actor but his choices show a solemn earnestness that may be hurting his career and talent 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Carrie Rickey
A potent mesmerizing drama of a counterculture Adam and Eve and their expulsion from paradise 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Eric Harrison
Even with such a powerhouse actor as Day Lewis this movie belongs to Rose who is sensitively played by Camilla Belle an accomplished young actress who should have a bright future 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Terry Lawson
It s well sung and performed but less than stirring 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Lisa Kennedy
Miller can rightly be celebrated as a wonderful short story director in that her gift for detail mines the particular intimacy of its characters even as it delivers works of mythlike mood 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Mary F. Pols
Miller takes on a topic few filmmakers would dare to touch the corruption of love with astonishing compassion fierce intelligence and a delicate but always sure touch 
4
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Roger Ebert
An absorbing experience 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Wesley Morris
Indulgent shapeless and full of well meant but ponderous pieties and psychologically driven mayhem 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Michael Wilmington
The film disappoints partly because it inspires such large expectations 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Chris Hewitt
Jack and Rose isn t about right or wrong as much as it s about figuring out how to be true to yourself 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Jeff Strickler
It s hard not to sing the praises of The Ballad of Jack Rose 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Peter Debruge
Genuine and well acted Ballad has the potential to resonate deeply for those who allow it most likely as it begins to settle in over the days that follow 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Timothy Knight
A languidly paced disappointment 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Peter Canavese
Miller freely uses the unusual as an allegory for the most usual of subjects parentage and the rocky path from childhood to adulthood 
3.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Kyle Smith
When Daniel Day Lewis sprays lead in his new film though we re supposed to consider him a misunderstood romantic a crusading outlaw Bob Dylan keeps popping up on the soundtrack to make sure you get the point 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Glenn Whipp
The sheer talent of the great Daniel Day Lewis carries the film through its rough patches making the movie first and foremost another showcase for the world s most gifted actor 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Jami Bernard
There is something garish about watching a father and daughter struggle with the snake of incest in their ill advised Garden of Eden 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Jeanne Aufmuth
Deep rich and altogether satisfying 
3.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
James Berardinelli
The plot of The Ballad of Jack and Rose relies overmuch on contrivances but the viewer ends up liking the characters enough that it s hard not to forgive such narrative hiccups 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
John Anderson
The whole story feels like an exercise in manufactured emotion tortured contrivance narrative shortcutting and easy morality 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
David Sterritt
Marvelously acted 
3
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Steve Rhodes
An art house pretender it s nothing more than another film on the level of a TV disease movie of the week 
2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Nick Schager
Intriguing and disquietingly bizarre 
2.5
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Rene Rodriguez
It s hard to feel any sense of tragedy much less sympathy for a parent whose idea of child rearing borders on abuse 
2
Better Than Sex
Jay Carr
Runs out of impulse and falls back on glibness 
2
Better Than Sex
V.A. Musetto
The movie s only redeeming qualities are its stars David Wenham and Susie Porter 
1.5
Better Than Sex
Harvey S. Karten
An Australian film that gives new meaning to downunder 
3
Better Than Sex
Greg Dean Schmitz
We ve seen these sort of small extremely intimate romantic comedies before but this one has enough little quirks and one liners that seem unique and genuine that it s worth seeking out 
3
Better Than Sex
Andrew Howe
Bland tiresome and flat
2
Mean Dreams
Rex Reed
Not a great film in the same vein as Badlands and Pretty Poison but a very good one that is well worth seeing 
3
Mean Dreams
Mark Dujsik
Mean Dreams starts with promise It doesn t live up to that promise 
2
Mean Dreams
Nick Allen
One of those sparse projects where you wonder what excited the filmmakers through each stage of the production process and why the answer to that question isn t more obvious 
1.5
Mean Dreams
Richard Roeper
While the plot often travels familiar paths and even the impressive camerawork is evocative of other films Mean Dreams has a few story tricks up its sleeve 
3.5
Mean Dreams
Mike McGranaghan
Mean Dreams may not be particularly original but with an effectively somber atmosphere and first rate performances it s a sufficiently entertaining little thriller 
3
Mean Dreams
Roger Moore
Not much to this genre thriller but Bill Paxton delivers fair value and menace one last time 
2
Mean Dreams
Peter Howell
Morlando draws great performances out of his two young leads 
3
Mean Dreams
Chris Knight
Smart slice of home grown cinema 
3.5
Mean Dreams
Brad Wheeler
Spiritual questions and thoughts on the importance of flesh and blood relationships are raised but the strength of the you can run but you can t hide drama is the dewy charisma of the two young co stars T
3
Mean Dreams
David Nusair
A rather generic thriller 
2.5
DriverX
Nick Allen
DriverX is worse than just one of the year s most vapid movies it s an out and out nightmare of late stage capitalism 
0
DriverX
Mark Dujsik
T he movie doesn t have much to say beyond stating the obvious 
2
Supercop 2
Michael Dequina
One cannot help but feel let down seeing Yeoh behind the wheel in an extended car chase scene rather than kicking some butt 
2.5
The House That Dripped Blood
Matt Brunson
Robert Bloch the author of Psycho uses the framework of a haunted house to connect four stories involving as the original tagline blared Vampires Voodoo Vixens Victims 
3
The House That Dripped Blood
Bill Chambers
Cushing Lee and Pitt s dirty pillows are memorable as always but only the Lee section fully coheres
2.5
Suture
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie that holds your attention and is splendid to look at but after it s over you feel empty because there wasn t much there really except for the visual ideas 
2.5
Av: The Hunt
Roger Moore
A bracing 44 damning indictment of a world where women have no bodily autonomy wrapped in a visceral 44 on the lam chase thriller in which every man our heroine meets is not just an existential threat 44 but a real one 46 
3.5
Trilogy of Terror
Matt Brunson
Barely anyone who saw this can recall what happens in the first two vignettes but mention the Zuni fetish doll and watch the sweat break out 
2.5
Trilogy of Terror
Jeremiah Kipp
It s the Karen Black Show 
3.5
Tragic Jungle
Rene Sanchez
A spellbinding and atmospheric exploration of colonialism in Mexico told through a popular Mayan legend Full Review in Spanish 
3
Tragic Jungle
Roger Moore
A movie that s more interesting to ponder than to watch a film that doesn t live up to its perilous setting 
2
Tragic Jungle
Jake Cole
It operates in an ambiguous register suggesting that a woman is working in unison with nature to dole out revenge for their exploitation 
3
Midnighters
Joe Lipsett
There s a tension in the script about what kind of film Midnighters is it works best as a character oriented crime thriller and is less effective when it veers into film noir or puzzle film tropes 
2
Midnighters
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a thrilling noir that takes no prisoners and pulls no punches 
3
Midnighters
Brian Tallerico
A notable genre surprise early in the year 
3
Midnighters
Mark Dujsik
At some point the motives of these characters shift and as that happens it becomes more difficult to find any feeling of sympathy for them 
2.5
Midnighters
James Berardinelli
By focusing more on suspense and tension than gore the brothers Ramsay director Julius writer Alston have crafted an economical and effective alternative to the many disappointing big budget entries into this genre 
3
Midnighters
David N. Butterworth
If you can get over the film s dumb title you ll likely be well entertained 
2.5
Midnighters
Roger Moore
Just taut enough to work
2.5
Cusp
Ann Hornaday
In this mesmerizing revelatory and deeply compassionate film viewers are left with an indelible impression of girlhood at its most precarious and indomitable 
4
Cusp
Sheila O'Malley
Cusp with its dreamy imagery of golden sunsets and thunder y twilights empty Dairy Queen parking lots and birds taking flight is a mood driven piece of work sensitive to landscape and environment 
3
Cusp
Sean P. Means
Cusp is really a hangout movie where you observe along with the filmmakers the ways these girls rely on each other because there s nothing and no one else they can count on 
3.5
Cusp
Chuck Bowen
At its best the documentary s aura of desolation suggests a verité version of Peter Bogdanovich s The Last Picture Show 
2.5
The Junction
V.A. Musetto
Most telling perhaps is the junction itself Once filled with houses and orange groves it is now no more than dusty rubble 
3
White Nights
Roger Ebert
White Nights is made by people who seem much more comfortable with dance than with the requirements of the Hollywood thriller It comes to life in the dance sequences and then drifts away again 
2.5
At Night Comes Wolves
Roger Moore
It s got a message but sends it in ways that prevent it from ever chilling thrilling or even roping in the viewer 
1.5
Speer Goes to Hollywood
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s a fascinating examination of deception gripping even as Speer proves increasingly repellant or charismatic if you have a thing for duplicity 
3
Speer Goes to Hollywood
Glenn Kenny
A fascinating and pertinent tale but one major aspect of its telling gives me serious pause 
2.5
NOLA Circus
Kam Williams
Politically incorrect crassploitation fare strictly for the unshockable 
2.5
NOLA Circus
Roger Moore
Promising setting and characters but like every other African American comedy with a pun for a title this one has few laughs 
1.5
Tales of Terror
Matt Brunson
quot The Black Cat quot is the best story in the trilogy 44 a humorous tale that benefits from some unique technical tricks 44 a nifty twist ending 44 and especially a wonderful performance by Peter Lorre 46 
3
Neds
Chris Cabin
Neds opens with the sort of celebratory moment that makes you think for a moment that things might be all right 
3.5
Rawhide
Matt Brunson
A vastly underrated Western 
3.5
Collusions
Roger Moore
The slowest 83 minute movie of the year 
1.5
Red Angel
James Kendrick
a raw bloody uncompromised drama that takes as its central subject the destruction of humanity as seen through the mutilated soldiers and the psychically scarred medical personnel who must attend to them
3.5
Red Angel
Kathy Fennessy
If his film isn t as hallucinogenic as say Elem Klimov s Come and See it ranks among the most uncompromising antiwar films 
3.5
The Three Musketeers
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratically paced yet mostly entertaining adventure 46 46 46 
2.5
The Three Musketeers
Roger Ebert
It must have been great fun to make it what young actor doesn t want to dash around on horseback and engage in swashbuckling swordfights but it s not that much fun to watch It s all sound and energy without plan or meaning 
2
My Piece of the Pie
Roger Ebert
True the movie sidesteps a couple of cliches it seems headed directly toward but I might have preferred them to the preposterous melodrama it substitutes 
2.5
My Piece of the Pie
Andrew Schenker
Beyond the silliness of the heroine s action there s little to glom on to here of any significance 
1
Station to Station
Dan Schindel
The documentary s not about creativity in any honest sense don t trust any of it 
.5
Razor Blade Smile
Michael Dequina
West s cleverness gets the better of him in the final minutes tacking on an arbitrary twist that quite simply trashes the trashy enjoyment of all that preceded 
2.5
Welcome Home
Matt Zoller Seitz
Once the buzz from the ending fades you may find yourself resenting Welcome Home for not figuring out that it could ve been a classic until it was too late to be one 
2
Dahmer
Wesley Lovell
A chilling movie without oppressive gore 46 
3.5
Dahmer
Mark Dujsik
Does what should seem impossible it makes serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring 
1.5
Dahmer
Jeremy Heilman
Since Dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche 
2
Dahmer
Moira MacDonald
It s a hellish numbing experience to watch and it doesn t offer any insights that haven t been thoroughly debated in the media already back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid 90s 
1.5
Dahmer
Walter Chaw
In Dahmer s pillow game the atrocity is all about existential tragedy 
2.5
Dahmer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers For the rest of us sitting through Dahmer s two hours amounts to little more than punishment 
1.5
Dahmer
Carla Meyer
The movie should be credited with remembering his victims 
2
Dahmer
Rod Armstrong
The movie makes for watchable and interesting fare about the darkest side of human nature 
3
Dahmer
Michael Wilmington
It s difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting 
2
Dahmer
Bob Strauss
While Jacobson doesn t excuse Dahmer s horrific actions he always goes for empathy with the character and sometimes comes unforgivably close to presenting Dahmer as a kind of gay transgressive icon 
2.5
Dahmer
Megan Turner
All the more disquieting for its relatively gore free allusions to the serial murders but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject 
2
Dahmer
Harvey S. Karten
Chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer serial killer 
3
Intolerance
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film presents its stories on the grandest of scales sparing no expense in re creating the period and especially the monstrous Babylonian sets 
4
Intolerance
Jeremy Heilman
One can t help but feel that two of the stories would stand better on their own 
3.5
The Rundown
David Nusair
with The Rundown presumably hampered by a PG 13 rating Berg unleashes the Michael Bay within and turns each action sequence into an over the top spectacle 
2
The Rundown
Peter Canavese
I think you can smell what the Rock is cooking a dish that ll fatten your head but pleasantly plump your gut Blu ray 
2.5
The Rundown
Sara Michelle Fetters
With charm style and just a bit of winking intelligence Johnson shows a magical ability to carry a picture from start to finish If only the movie was worth the star s winning efforts 
2
The Rundown
Walter Chaw
It s slick it s loud and it s catalyzing a gadfly of a film from a subversive filmmaker approaching the mainstream but not quite there yet 
3
The Rundown
Austin O'Connor
L ikely to cement The Rock s place at the top of the current action hero pile 
3
The Rundown
James Verniere
A letdown more marketing tool than movie 
2.5
The Rundown
Greg Maki
It s a fun ride and a throwback to the kind of action movies that were popular in the 1980s the days before special effects dominated every frame 
3
The Rundown
Matt Brunson
One of those failed adventure yarns in which the character interaction is forced to make up for other shortcomings 
2
The Rundown
Tyler Hanley
The Rock is the action star of the new millennium and his charismatic presence in The Rundown solidifies that 
3
The Rundown
Susannah Gora
A smart fun actioner 
3
The Rundown
Frank Ochieng
If you can smell what The Rock is cooking then get a sensational whiff of his homemade cinematic snack known as the giddy and glossy executed The Rundown
2.5
The Rundown
Sarah Chauncey
Far and away one of the most enjoyable not to mention best made action comedies since the original Lethal Weapon 
4
The Rundown
Mike McGranaghan
Aided by a strong cast and a smart script The Rock makes The Rundown one of this year s premiere action movies 
3.5
The Rundown
John Beifuss
The fights almost make up for the excessively juvenile humor and a portrayal of Brazil that s as ridiculous as the depictions of Africa in old Tarzan movies 
2.5
The Rundown
Nick Rogers
The Rundown stomps about to its own nutty rhythm Unlike the abysmal The Scorpion King it s a movie that leaves you slaphappy not slapping your forehead 
3
The Rundown
Vanessa Sibbald
With a summer as full of action movies as this one you wouldn t think there d be room for one more yet The Rundown manages to keep an air of freshness without doing anything terribly new 
3
The Rundown
Mark Dujsik
Within the context of the script s gradual decline The Rundown s faults narrowly outweigh its virtues 
2.5
The Rundown
Jonathan R. Perry
I ve been placing all my money on Vin Diesel but it s time to hedge my bets The Rock is the action star for this generation 
3
The Rundown
Jeffrey Westhoff
Shows The Rock s promise as an action star A better director would have let him deliver on that promise 
2
The Rundown
Mark Ramsey
The Rock s acting skills are treading water midway between the island of infinitesimal and the isthmus of immeasurable 
3
The Rundown
Dustin Putman
A black hole of nothingness that is not only hackneyed but also mindnumbingly boring 
1
The Rundown
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Whatever Scott drains from the picture The Rock adds back in He s a natural a presence we take to immediately 
2.5
The Rundown
Chris Hewitt
No need to run down The Rundown The latest from The Rock is solid 
3
The Rundown
Moira MacDonald
While you won t exactly walk out humming the plot The Rundown should go down quite decently with popcorn 
2.5
The Rundown
Mick LaSalle
A witty fast paced action film 
3
The Rundown
David Elliott
As an action director Peter Berg applies simple principles speed it up make it louder blur it with effects So we never get a true fix on just how good an action machine the Rock might be 
2
The Rundown
David Hiltbrand
The film vacillates between balmy stabs at humor and milking its sodden social conscience Meanwhile the script devolves into people yelling Shut up at each other 
2
The Rundown
Tony Toscano
The Rock shows off some impressive comic timing 
3
The Rundown
Jan Stuart
Don t expect new horizons in the annals of odd couple comedy action flicks 
2
The Rundown
Guylaine Cadorette
The Rock reveals his classy transition from WWE star to a charming and charismatic big screen action hero 
3
The Rundown
Jonathan Foreman
A brisk good hearted but predictable and uninspired not to mention bone crunchingly violent action comedy 
2
The Rundown
Jack Mathews
It s more fun than most of what passed for popcornsellers this past summer 
3
The Rundown
Mack Bates
The Rock does have a winning screen presence even when the material falls short 
2
The Rundown
Rene Rodriguez
The Rundown doesn t break any new ground but it doesn t leave you wishing you had stayed home either 
2.5
The Rundown
Bob Strauss
Noisy bombastic and ludicrous enough to please any WrestleMania crowd 
2.5
The Rundown
James Berardinelli
The Rundown offers everything a good movie of this sort should plenty of suspenseful action a few good laughs and a share of obligatory reluctant buddy bonding 
3
The Rundown
Rick Groen
Connoisseurs of Christopher Walken and there are some hard core addicts lurking about will have good reason to take in The Rundown they can add a few more riches to their treasure chest of Wonky Walken Moments 
2.5
The Rundown
Terry Lawson
The Rundown understands how to take itself seriously and have fun and gives respect to an audience that usually doesn t deserve any 
3
The Rundown
Jeff Vice
A B movie that seems to be well aware of what it is 
2.5
The Rundown
Lisa Kennedy
Rife with chases explosions boyish banter 
3
The Rundown
Roger Ebert
The jungle locations give the film a texture and beauty that underlines the outsized characters 
3.5
The Rundown
Lawrence Toppman
While the first half of The Rundown is a satisfying buildup the second half is a tiresome letdown 
2
The Rundown
Wesley Morris
The Rock ought to expand his horizons and get himself a nice quiet comedy 
2.5
The Rundown
Forrest Hartman
The cinematic equivalent of a pulp novel Nobody will ever mistake it for great literature but it s darn near impossible to tear yourself away 
3
The Rundown
Bob Bloom
It s all silly with enough bone crunching brawls to hospitalize a regiment for a month but naturally characters merely pick themselves up and dust themselves off just like Wile E Coyote 
2.5
The Rundown
Erik Childress
The Rundown is just a helluva fun time at the movies better than your average buddy chase flick and funnier than most comedies 
3
The Rundown
Josh Larsen
an odd example of Hollywood gun worship 
2.5
The Rundown
Phoebe Flowers
For all its glossy genuinely entertaining action it s uncertain how long The Rundown will stick with you once you leave the theater What is certain is this The Rock has arrived as a movie star 
3
The Rundown
Glenn Lovell
Loads of goofy fun 
3
The Rundown
Phil Villarreal
Blistering action sequences and a story that moves faster than an Arizona winter 
3.5
The Rundown
David Sterritt
Basically a 10th tier rehash of the Indiana Jones genre laced with moments that are actually clever and exciting 
2
The Rundown
Michael Wilmington
The Rundown has what we usually want to see in movies like this bravura action tongue in cheek humor but most of all attitude 
3
The Rundown
Peter Travers
The Rock has a flair for action and comedy he s a real movie star 
2
The Rundown
Joshua Vasquez
Johnson is a natural action hero a point presumably made rather cheekily by way of an early cameo from none other than Ahhnold himself 
1.5
The Rundown
Rob Thomas
Who knew The Rock possessed as much on screen presence charisma and good humor as he displays in The Rundown 
3
The Rundown
Rob Blackwelder
The Rock seems to be winking at the audience as if to say Yeah I know it s dumb But aren t you having a great time 
2.5
The Rundown
Steve Rhodes
Hilarious action picture directed with his signature irreverence by Very Bad Things s Peter Berg 
3
The Stronghold
Roger Moore
For a cops and drug dealers thriller it can be frustrating 
2
Millhouse: A White Comedy
Roger Ebert
The thing about Millhouse is that the same film could have been made about anybody It is not specifically uniquely or revealingly about Nixon 
2
State of Fear
G. Allen Johnson
An informative and valuable documentary about the past 30 years of messy times in Peru but it is also frustrating 
2
State of Fear
Elizabeth Weitzman
Yates unblinking chronicle of recent Peruvian history paints a devastating picture of a people nearly destroyed by their own leaders 
3
State of Fear
Maitland McDonagh
The impressionistic presentation actually undermines the horrifying facts and moving testimony from survivors on both sides of the conflict 
3
State of Fear
Gene Seymour
A fiercely detailed yet scrupulously balanced documentary about the 20 year cycle of violence retribution and corruption that engulfed Peru its government and its citizens 
3.5
State of Fear
Ed Gonzalez
Yates encourages us to strike parallels between Peru s war on terror and any other crusade of its ilk without ever turning her attention away from the crisis at hand 
3
Insidious: Chapter 2
Brian Eggert
Wan 8217 s unique ability to reinvigorate otherwise tired yet time honored horror movie tropes has petered out here 46 
1
Insidious: Chapter 2
Frank Ochieng
Well the gang are all back for a second helping of manufactured lunacy Routinely Chapter 2 tap dances to the tepid trappings of its conventional creepiness while never challenging the audience beyond the opportunistic reboot
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
David Keyes
The movie isn t merely bad it s incompetent 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Eric Melin
It s a treat to see old school film technique and makeup design rather than an overabundance of CGI work 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
David Nusair
often fares even better than its entertaining predecessor 
3
Insidious: Chapter 2
Linda Cook
Alas the tension and fright remain mostly invisible in Insidious Chapter 2 the disappointing sequel to the terrific Insidious 
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Sean P. Means
Director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell generate some cool scares and clever comic relief from Elise s junior colleagues but a viewing of the first movie would benefit newbies 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Michael Dequina
Falls short especially when much of the would be frights shoulder on Wilson s overwrought and rather embarrassing attempt at echoing Jack Nicholson in THE SHINING 
1
Insidious: Chapter 2
Willie Waffle
Too campy and too silly for its own good 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Mike McGranaghan
What a shame that director James Wan had to follow up a triumph like this summer s The Conjuring with a complete dud like Insidious Chapter 2 A disjointed mess 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Simon Abrams
Insidious Chapter 2 is a puzzle movie with too many unnecessary pieces and not enough essential ones but it s superior to its predecessor in a few basic ways 
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
James Berardinelli
Insidious Chapter 2 is not only unnecessary but it commits the cardinal sin of devaluing its predecessor 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
John Serba
Despite its assured direction the sequel to 2011 s Insidious insists upon trotting out the hoary clichés of countless scarefests before it 
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Liam Lacey
Insidious Chapter 2 follows the further misfortunes of the Lambert family with diminishing insidious rewards 
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Mark Dujsik
Like its predecessor Insidious Chapter 2 has one clever concept to toss into the mix of its otherwise all too familiar proceedings of a haunted house 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Michael Phillips
Wan is getting better and better at figuring out what to do with the camera and maneuvering actors within a shot for maximum suspense while letting his design collaborators do the rest 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Roger Moore
More silly than sinister
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Claudia Puig
Yes of course it s the sequel to 2010 s Insidious but it seems cobbled together from outtakes 
1
Insidious: Chapter 2
Michael O'Sullivan
Considering how creatively bankrupt and stylistically profligate this second installment of the franchise is the new movie should really be called Insidious Chapter 11 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Vanessa Farquharson
For the most part horror clichés are avoided nobody walks down to a basement without turning the lights on first but this doesn t mean the characters aren t a bit daft 
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Dustin Putman
Isn t a total wash but it is difficult not to be disappointed 
2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Peter Hartlaub
If Insidious 2 exists solely because Insidious 1 made a ton of money then at least credit Wan for making quality control a priority 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Dann Gire
Wilson and Byrne turn in far better performances than their terrorized parent characters required 
2.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Soren Andersen
Been there seen that 
1.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
Bruce DeMara
If there is a fundamental flaw in Chapter 2 it s that it will make absolutely no sense unless you ve seen the first one 
2
Zero Charisma
John Beifuss
Fun and compassionate 
3
Zero Charisma
Matt Zoller Seitz
There s much to like here 
2.5
Zero Charisma
Bill Weber
It s a pity that it hews to sitcom like formula rather than using this bank of knowledge and sympathy to create something more original 
1.5
Sudden Fear
Josh Larsen
one of Crawford s first forays into camp 
3
Sudden Fear
Matt Brunson
A sharp thriller with film noir undercurrents 
3
Deep Red
Ann Guarino
Argento who s no Hitchcock manufactures suspense with flashy camerawork loud noises and pounding music Then all is garnished generously with gore Credibility which comes in a distant second flies out the window in the process 
2
Deep Red
Matt Brunson
This exemplary giallo is clever enough to use its utterly compelling mystery to examine issues of gender identity and fluidity 
3.5
Deep Red
Walter Chaw
Eureka
4
Deep Red
Lucius Gore
Argento never made a better movie 
4
Deep Red
TV Guide Staff
The edge of your seat climax in which Argento gleefully manipulates his audience is quite impressive 
3
Deep Red
Ed Gonzalez
1975 s Deep Red is Dario Argento s first full fledged masterpiece 
4
Deep Red
James Kendrick
one of Argento s best films as it prefigures some of the elaborate stylistic devices that would come to consume his later work yet is still deeply embedded in a tight absorbing narrative
3.5
The Comfort of Strangers
Matt Brunson
There s a great movie out there that is bathed in artistry takes place in Venice centers on a lost couple and finds someone getting their throat cut for their troubles Unfortunately for The Comfort of Strangers that movie would be Don t Look Now 
1.5
The Comfort of Strangers
Roger Ebert
Perhaps the arbitrary unfinished nature of the story is part of its purpose But I felt that characters this interesting should not be allowed to remain complete ciphers 
2.5
A League of Their Own
Jackie Potts
With this tribute to the real life All American Girls Professional Baseball League 1942 1954 director Penny Marshall confirms what some of us have suspected all along that she can play hardball in Hollywood s big leagues 
3.5
A League of Their Own
David Nusair
a comfortable promising setup that s employed to pervasively watchable effect 
3
A League of Their Own
Dennis King
If director Penny Marshall were a baseball player she d probably be a scrappy catcher who plays steadily and reliably always has her head in the game and usually comes through in the clutch 
3
A League of Their Own
Jeff Shannon
League wants you to laugh more than anything else and Hanks makes sure that you will 
2.5
A League of Their Own
Gary Thompson
Marshall s methods overwhelm the material and what emerges is a movie utterly without personality A unique chapter in American history becomes a movie as ordinary as they come 
2
A League of Their Own
Candice Russell
It s a cinematic home run certain to please filmgoers who don t know a catcher s mitt from an oven mitt 
3
A League of Their Own
Dave Kehr
Few of the other performers make an impression A director who can lose Madonna in a crowd can t be said to appreciate charisma 
2
A League of Their Own
Betsy Bozdech
A smart funny movie that continues to entertain with every new viewing 
4
A League of Their Own
Robert Roten
It is a fitting tribute to those who played and those who kept the league going for over 10 years 
3
A League of Their Own
Roger Ebert
The movie has a real bittersweet charm 
3
A League of Their Own
Chris Hicks
The result is an enjoyable if lightweight comic fiction 
3
Tales of Beatrix Potter
Roger Ebert
The stories are told simply and directly and with a certain almost clumsy charm 
4
Scorpion's Tail
Matt Brunson
A murder mystery packed with all manner of bait and switch 
3
A Journal for Jordan
Matt Brunson
Chante Adams excellent performance would be the reason to even consider seeing this 
2.5
A Journal for Jordan
Sean P. Means
Its a bit of a shock considering Washingtons track record of directing strong dynamic stories Antwone Fisher The Great Debaters and most importantly Fences that he would make a movie this bland and lifeless 
2
A Journal for Jordan
Peter Canavese
Might make a pretty good date movie Nicholas Sparksy but a little bit better Directed by Denzel Washington in this smooth commercial Hollywood style A romance for softies but also problematically propagandistic for the military 
2
A Journal for Jordan
Nell Minow
Adams and Jordan have a warm engaging connection on screen and there is a surprising but welcome touch of humor as their romance develops 
3
A Journal for Jordan
Mark Dujsik
A Journal for Jordan tells an undeniably devastating real life story in a cheap and unconvincing way 
1.5
A Journal for Jordan
Mark Feeney
The film is earnest if also a bit slick though not so much as to keep it from being affecting Expect to shed a tear or two at its conclusion 
2.5
A Journal for Jordan
Mark Kennedy
Washington earns his audience s tears with an unrushed unshowy style letting an adult and very human relationship evolve on camera skipping back and forth through years as it goes from love birth death and acceptance 
2
A Journal for Jordan
Pat Padua
The movie is too tidy to ever really feel like a living breathing thing 
2.5
A Journal for Jordan
Roger Moore
Whatever the messaging and emphasis of the memoir it s based on the ungainly movie reaching theaters needed a serious re edit 
2
Hustlers
Brian Eggert
A film about women overcoming dehumanizing sexualization ensuring the audience always sees the empowered woman behind the hustler 
3.5
Hustlers
Wesley Lovell
A compelling look at women forced to take their lives into their own hands in order to survive in an increasingly risky climate 
3.5
Hustlers
David N. Butterworth
Everything about Hustlers feels like a hustle 
2
Hustlers
Federico Furzan
A crime movie that plays between morality dilemma and a showcase for fine actresses Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Hustlers
David Nusair
A rare misfire from Lorene Scafaria 
2
Hustlers
Debbie Zhou
Writer director Lorene Scafaria confidently conjures up a high end crime flick that s a joy to watch 
3.5
Hustlers
Alan French
Hustlers stands out thanks to its intimate and nuanced portraits of the ladies at the heart of the scandal Thanks to larger than life performances it should stand the test of time 
4
Hustlers
Matt Brunson
Hustlers is at heart a standard underdog story only with a strip club as its setting rather than a baseball diamond or a boxing ring And Jennifer Lopez delivers her best performance since Bill Clinton was in office 
3
Hustlers
Rene Sanchez
Jennifer Lopez is dazzling in Hustlers an empowering and vibrant story told with a lot of heart Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Hustlers
Matthew Singer
The movie stays afloat on the strength of its lead performances with Wu as a woman desperate for someone to entrust with her secrets and especially Lopez as a charismatic but closed off survivalist 
3
Hustlers
Dwight Brown
Constance Wu Mette Towley Keke Palmer Lili Reinhart and a cameo by ex stripper Cardi B add magic as the women go from self help to self employment to self infliction 
3
Hustlers
Sean P. Means
Besides doing her own stripper pole acrobatics Lopez digs into the character s greed revenge and heartbreak to give perhaps the performance of her career 
3.5
Hustlers
Rex Reed
J Lo is the only reason to see it 
2
Hustlers
Karen M. Peterson
Hustlers is a celebration for women 
3.5
Hustlers
Steven Prokopy
With Hustlers Scafaria has perfected the formula for a cocktail that is equal parts pure high energy entertainment humor and crime drama 
3
Hustlers
Mattie Lucas
As damning a critique of American capitalism as anything mainstream cinema has given us this decade 
3.5
Hustlers
Mike McGranaghan
Few films have ever humanized sex workers the way Hustlers does By doing so the story which is inspired by real events manages to tap into something surprisingly powerful 
3.5
Hustlers
Michael Smith
Hustlers is less about these two women s relationship than it is about the ensemble friendship a wild story told well a killer soundtrack and a powerhouse performance by Lopez who s always in control 
3
Hustlers
Matthew Passantino
Scafaria presents a balance between aesthetics and the narrative which makes Hustlers a deeper and more engaging film 
3
Hustlers
Barry Paris
The movie is better than the sleazy promo fast paced female empowerment with magnetic J Lo in the driver s seat 
3
Hustlers
Max Weiss
Hustlers is the mashup of Showgirls Goodfellas and The Big Short that we never knew we needed 
3.5
Hustlers
Christy Lemire
Scafaria s film is always a blast to watch resulting in a surprising level of emotional depth 
3
Hustlers
Lindsey Bahr
The film is at its best when it s about the bond between the women but it s a theme that doesn t hit home until far too late 
2.5
Hustlers
Tom Meek
The real pull is the bond forged onscreen between Constance Wu Jennifer Lopez and the others running the operation but even that gets lost in the end 
2
Hustlers
Sara Michelle Fetters
Scafaria is their champion and her movie is their celebration and I can t wait for audiences all over the world to get the chance to see that for themselves 
4
Hustlers
Christian Toto
Jennifer Lopez sizzles but this generic Goodfellas riff is more zero calorie empowerment 
2.5
Hustlers
Phil Villarreal
A thrilling squadgoals crime caper that gets you cheering for its antiheroes as they haul in mountains of ill gotten cash 
3.5
Hustlers
Joe Friar
Jennifer Lopez delivers her best performance since Out of Sight while an even better Constance Wu makes this brazen crime caper a must see 
3.5
Hustlers
James Berardinelli
There s something delicious about the way Hustlers delivers on its promise of glitz sex and raunchiness while delving far enough beneath the surface to subvert the genre 
3
Hustlers
Richard Roeper
Jennifer Lopez does her best work in years but it s Constance Wu who anchors the story with a grounded and natural performance 
3.5
Hustlers
Leah Pickett
Hustlers it must be said is hustle incarnate 
3
Hustlers
Mark Dujsik
The major success of this film beyond its sharp focus on characters and relationships is a matter of tone and purpose 
3
Hustlers
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I m slightly more positive than negative on the whole thing but wish it were better and stood up for something rather than merely sitting down for a lap dance 
2.5
Hustlers
Bob Bloom
The movie written and directed by Lorene Scarfaria The Meddler is more a story of economic survival than a caper drama about a group of former strippers who band together to scam Wall Street high rollers 
3
Hustlers
Katie Walsh
This is girlie Goodfellas and it s an energizing instant crime classic a shot of adrenaline cloaked in cocoa butter 
4
Hustlers
G. Allen Johnson
Although the film is filled with strong female characters this isn t a triumph of female empowerment nor is it really a feminist film It is a film of anger and sadness at the stacked decks of our social and economic structures 
3.5
Hustlers
Moira MacDonald
You root for them and for the film which is over too quickly you just want to hang with these women a little longer 
3.5
Hustlers
Pat Brown
The film is remarkable for capturing a brewing conflict between women while also celebrating their connection 
3
Hustlers
Michael Phillips
Lopez and company remind us there s more than one kind of story worth telling about money sex women and as Burt Lancaster put it in another New York story Sweet Smell of Success the greedy murmur of little men 
3
Hustlers
Roger Moore
Lopez brings glitz and grit to this portrait of a gang of She Wolves of Wall Street 
3
Hustlers
Peter Howell
If you want to see JLo in her best role in 21 years since she dallied with George Clooney in Out of Sight you ve come to the right naughty place 
2.5
Hustlers
Joey Magidson
Hustlers is a lot of fun though plenty angry too in its depiction of how the United States is just one big strip club And yes Jennifer Lopez is as good as advertised 
3
Hustlers
Rafer Guzman
A high heeled crime caper with rollicking energy and an emotional left hook Think Goodfellas in glitter 
3.5
Hustlers
Ann Hornaday
In this raunchy gloriously liberated revenge fantasy Lopez rules with seductive triumphant authority Not only do we climb into her fur we ll happily follow her anywhere 
3
Hustlers
Robert Levin
A scathing satire of the fickleness of the American economy 
3
Hustlers
Sarah-Tai Black
Without treading into over sentimentality or worse hollow signalling to the most well trod tropes of female friendship on screen Hustlers takes a more organic view of the mercurial intimacies between its lead women 
3
Hustlers
Brian Truitt
An enjoyable empowering extravaganza of physical humor clever scriptwriting exquisite fashion and scantily clad underdogs 
3.5
The Feels
Roger Moore
Slapdash lesbian Big Chill meets Bridesmaids 
1.5
The Karate Kid
David Nusair
Predictable yet satisfying 
2.5
The Karate Kid
Jordan Hiller
Avildsen crafted an inspired movie with the perfect mix of 80 s bravado and 70 s artistic integrity 
3
The Karate Kid
Josh Larsen
Irresistible wish fulfillment 
3
The Karate Kid
Peter Canavese
The Karate Kid brought something fresh to the table and proved exceptionally skilled at reaching its adolescent audience Blu ray 
3
The Karate Kid
Walter Chaw
Morita s work in The Karate Kid is iconographic 
3.5
The Karate Kid
Phil Villarreal
All hail the Crane Kick liberator of self doubting wimps over bullies redeemer of lost causes winner of Elisabeth Shue s heart 
4
The Karate Kid
Roger Ebert
An exciting sweet tempered heart warming story with one of the most interesting friendships in a long time 
4
Casino
Mal Vincent
A misfire in the always interesting career of director Martin Scorsese 
2
Casino
Margaret A. McGurk
Something went terribly wrong Scorsese made an ambitious bid with Casino But he seems to have been overpowered by his material 
2
Casino
Rene Rodriguez
Casino is nothing less than an epic three hours long with a cast of hundreds stuffed with great victory and even greater tragedy 
3.5
Casino
Michael Dequina
Scorsese leaves his indelible signature on every frame 
4
Casino
Jeanne Aufmuth
The result Plot plethora 
2.5
Casino
Mick LaSalle
It s an ambitious film but also a scattered unfocused one 
1
Casino
Rick Groen
Visually impressive splendidly performed thematically significant this is a movie in full possession of every key cinematic asset except one a solid script 
3
Casino
Peter Travers
A Vegas masterpiece 
4
Casino
James Kendrick
Martin Scorsese is the most enthralling intense and dedicated director working in film today His thorough control of the filmmaking art is apparent on every level 
3.5
Casino
Madeleine Williams
Finely detailed analysis of the mob controlled casinos in the 70s but it lacks the soul of Scorsese s Goodfellas 
3
Casino
Ted Prigge
Engrossing from start to finish 
4
Casino
James Berardinelli
In every way from the fantastic sets rich dialogue and unapologetic violence to the well portrayed characters and themes of loyalty and betrayal Casino is pure Scorsese 
3.5
Casino
Roger Ebert
Martin Scorsese s fascinating new film Casino knows a lot about the Mafia s relationship with Las Vegas 
4
Casino
Steve Rhodes
It overstays its welcome 
2
Casino
Mike Clark
Whether you find it exhilarating expendable or exhausting and you will find it exhausting Martin Scorsese s Casino is the spectacular last word on urban sprawl 
3.5
Casino
Chris Hicks
This bloated three hour misfire this is a major fumble 
1.5
Age of Panic
Kent Turner
There s not a chance that anyone will nod off The film singly breaks the festival out of any art house stupor 
2.5
Judy Berlin
Jeffrey Westhoff
Anything that a first time filmmaker can do to annoy Mendelsohn does it 
1.5
Judy Berlin
Judith Egerton
Black and white movie of crisp contrast and dreamlike content 
3
Eyes of Laura Mars
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is glossy and fussy 44 and never really uses the quot seeing through another apos s eyes quot idea in any visual 44 cinematic way 46 
2.5
Eyes of Laura Mars
Matt Brunson
Director Irvin Kershner apos s work on this kinky thriller somehow convinced George Lucas to hire him for The Empire Strikes Back 46 
3
Eyes of Laura Mars
Roger Ebert
Eyes of Laura Mars tries to say Serious Things about fashion photography corruption in advertising and the violence in our society It does not succeed but it tries 
1.5
Hunting and Gathering
David Nusair
Very simple yet very effective 
3.5
The Decalogue
Michael Dequina
Not only ranks as one of the most ambitious and challenging film works ever attempted but one of the most rewarding and unforgettable 
4
The Decalogue
Joshua Tanzer
Most of the films put characters into situations in which they cannot obey one commandment without breaking others Challenges you to figure out how to be a moral person in a world with no easy answers 
4
The Decalogue
Collin Souter
Amongst the greatest stories ever told No serious film scholar can afford to miss it 
4
The Decalogue
Michael Wilmington
An overwhelming psychological and spiritual epic for our times 
4
The Decalogue
Wesley Morris
Kieslowski has modernized the 10 Commandments with the kind of ponderous haunting funny lucid vision that makes no claims to grandiosity epic spectacle or May sweeps stunt casting 
4
The Decalogue
Jonathan Rosenbaum
All of the films in The Decalogue are easy and pleasurable to follow as stories yet part of the excitement they generate stems from discussions about their meaning after their dramatic impact registers 
4
The Decalogue
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A masterpiece of modern times that puts most other movies out there to shame If you care about movies at all put everything else on your must see list aside and go see this 
4
The Decalogue
Roger Ebert
The 10 films are not philosophical abstractions but personal stories that involve us immediately I hardly stirred during some of them 
4
The Decalogue
James Berardinelli
This is the product of a expert storyteller filmmaker at the height of his craft creating a masterwork the likes of which comes along only once in a great while 
4
Second Nature
John Hartl
The staging of a few scenes suggests home movie limitations But enthusiasm counts for a great deal in a project as ambitious and strange as Second Nature 
2.5
Son-Mother
Barry Hertz
A simple story told simply documentarian Mahnaz Mohammadi s entry into feature length fiction filmmaking will break your heart even if it may also move you to check your watch 
2.5
My Brooklyn
Kalvin Henely
A thoughtful piece of documentary journalism that synecdochically uses the controversial redevelopment of the Fulton Street Mall to talk about the process of gentrification 
2.5
Pathology
David Nusair
a sporadically compelling yet hopelessly inconsequential piece of work 
2
Pathology
Lucius Gore
To put things into perspective the campier Saw films are all better and more clever 
2
Pathology
Sandy MacDonald
Even squeamish viewers are apt to be captivated by the tight credible scripting these 20 somethings talk and behave like today s irony clad young sophisticates And whatever your opinion of the subject matter you can t fault the filmmaking 
3
Wish Me Away
V.A. Musetto
The inspiring story of Chely Wright the first major country singer to come out as gay 
3
Wish Me Away
Chuck Bowen
Ultimately too concerned with courting the singer s fans to deliver anything more than a theatrical release of a very special episode of VH1 s Behind the Music 
1
Tour De Pharmacy
Christopher James
There are enough zany sight gags and fun performances to keep Tour de Pharmacy moving at a brisk and hilarious pace 
3
Tour De Pharmacy
David Wiegand
Tour de Pharmacy is a tour de farce of bad taste unsophisticated humor brief nudity and absolutely no redeeming values at all except that it s damn funny and oh so badly needed right about now 
3
Tour De Pharmacy
Nick Allen
As a piece of entertainment that primarily aims to distract and delight it s can t pass up goofiness 
3.5
The Bone Snatcher
David Nusair
shockingly non horrific 
1
Into the Blue
Stefan Ulstein
An unpretentious film that delivers more than the trailers might suggest 
3
Into the Blue
David Nusair
there comes a point at which Into the Blue becomes just overwhelmingly silly 
2
Into the Blue
David Edwards
Every time Alba dives into the ocean you expect to see her bobbing back up to the surface like an old plank 
2
Into the Blue
Larry Ratliff
Into the Blue is a fine looking often boring eye candy palace to visit Until the languid turquoise sea churns into a crimson tide that is 
2
Into the Blue
Sean O'Connell
Lumbers in circles before crashing into a surprisingly sadistic finale 
1
Into the Blue
Linda Cook
If you want your beefcake and cheesecake served up against an ocean setting you ll get Into the Blue a decent thriller with lots of skin sharks and sun 
2.5
Into the Blue
Gary Brown
the inane dialogue suggests each of the actors is suffering from a major case of the bends 
2
Into the Blue
Kit Bowen
Into the Blue is just dumb fun in the sun 
2
Into the Blue
Mike McGranaghan
Although it works in as a pleasantly mindless thriller the film never reaches its full potential because it can t decide what it is ultimately going to be about 
2.5
Into the Blue
Susan Tavernetti
The tension never heightens to the point where you worry about the protagonists 
1.5
Into the Blue
Mark Collette
The film s ethos clashes with Jessica Alba s tan lines and loses the battle 
2
Into the Blue
Christian Toto
Into the Blue does the impossible it makes a film featuring a bikini clad Jessica Alba as dull as a bag of sand
1.5
Into the Blue
Frank Ochieng
a banal bikini clad action adventure Into the Blue merely sinks aimlessly into the deep watered depths of its Caribbean currents 
2
Into the Blue
Phil Villarreal
Occasionally the action is so pulsing that we forget the actors are only half clothed 
3
Into the Blue
Dan Fienberg
The two leads have exactly the chemistry you d expect from really sexy young people who think that it s wicked cool to be paid big bucks to tan and make out 
2
Into the Blue
Josh Larsen
There must be an Aquaman movie in the works because Paul Walker seems to spend most of Into the Blue auditioning for it 
2
Into the Blue
Tom Keogh
It takes Stockwell forever to get these details into place because he s primarily concerned with Caribbean and bikini clad eye candy But even that loses its novelty in a ridiculous showcase like this 
1.5
Into the Blue
Peter Hartlaub
The makers of Into the Blue know what the audience wants And they deliver a little bit more 
2.5
Into the Blue
Lisa Rose
The actors swim well but emote poorly 
1.5
Into the Blue
Timothy Knight
Into the Blue should be thrown overboard preferably somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle 
0.5
Into the Blue
Peter Howell
There is nothing about Into the Blue that is going to arouse anything above the waistline but director Stockwell makes a fair show of it 
2.5
Into the Blue
Mike Clark
Too long at 110 minutes the movie gets a lot more complicated with its array of peripheral characters But it s never very deep on characterizations 
2
Into the Blue
Maitland McDonagh
The cast is little more than the sum total of golden skin firm flesh and blindingly white teeth but in a film that demands them to be half naked and soaking wet most of the time looks trump technical acting skill every time 
2.5
Into the Blue
Lou Lumenick
Alas there is no treasure buried or otherwise but only fool s gold in the silly script 
2
Into the Blue
Connie Ogle
Somewhat silly but reasonably entertaining 
2
Into the Blue
Bob Strauss
Buff bods Fantastic fish Silly thriller twists trolled along at a leisurely but increasingly suspenseful pace Some funny lines and a shark attack or two Did we mention there are buff bods 
3
Into the Blue
Meg Jones
The only good acting is done by the sharks 
1
Into the Blue
Jami Bernard
An enjoyable gorgeously photographed aquatic adventure whose stars are blissfully bodacious 
3
Into the Blue
Bruce Westbrook
Some movies are train wrecks This one is chum 
2
Into the Blue
Michael Booth
Manages to create a winning Caribbean vibe that stretches into a fun popcorn flick 
2.5
Into the Blue
Jeff Vice
At least this impromptu beach fashion show is more watchable than the rest of the movie which eventually turns into an improbable adventure thriller filled with groan inducing dialogue and equally groan inducing performances 
1
Into the Blue
Terry Lawson
Writer Matt Johnson lays on more villains and more chases and more twists but instead of giving the film more depth it just turns it increasingly sillier and sillier until it drowns in its own contrivances 
2
Into the Blue
Rick Groen
This one tells a hoary tale of Caribbean salvage operators dedicated to hunting sunken treasure on the ocean floor But the true salvager is the guy behind the camera John Stockwell has already flashed his talent for rescuing B material 
3
Into the Blue
Wesley Morris
The most improbable of movies a comic thriller set in the Bahamas in which Walker and Alba bare enough flesh to seduce us into thinking they ve bared pieces of their souls 
3
Into the Blue
Greg Maki
When a movie features Alba in a bikini for a good chunk of its running time and still can t hold a guy s interest you know it has serious problems 
1
Into the Blue
Daniel M. Kimmel
The contrived plot somehow combines true love drug smuggling pirate treasure and sharks into a paint by numbers exercise 
1.5
Into the Blue
James Berardinelli
Alba is bad but her co stars are worse Stockwell can t get a decent performance out of any of them Even the sharks seem to be hamming it up 
1
Into the Blue
Erik Childress
A film so boring overextended and endlessly moronic that my high school called to downgrade my GPA for having sat through it 
0.5
Into the Blue
Willie Waffle
We should just throw pretense to the wind and call this one Jessica Alba In A Bikini They re certainly not paying for her acting skills 
1
Into the Blue
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ultimately Into the Blue isn t nearly as bad as it looks 
2.5
Into the Blue
Steven Rea
It s eye candy with snorkels and fins 
2.5
Into the Blue
Dustin Putman
Offers the most lush picturesque underwater photography in recent cinematic memory For a while that s actually enough until its aimless wandering gets the best of it 
2
Into the Blue
Allison Benedikt
Mad props to Peter Zuccarini who headed the team of ocean bound photographers and captured some remarkably vivid footage and also to the actors who spend plenty of time looking cool calm and collected swimming with the predatory fishes 
2.5
Into the Blue
Chris Hewitt
A bikini clad morality tale one so simplistic and preposterous that even the sharks know they should munch only on the villains 
1
Into the Blue
Roger Ebert
The movie is written acted and directed as a story not as an exercise in mindless kinetic energy 
3
Into the Blue
Peter Canavese
Primarily Into the Blue displays plenty of priceless booty and the treasure is impressive too 
1.5
Into the Blue
Nick Schager
Without the delicious Alba s bootylicious presence the shallow Into the Blue would sink like a stone 
1.5
Into the Blue
Chuck O'Leary
Undeniably exciting and much better than a movie with this many young buff bodies should be 
3
Ninjababy
Rob Thomas
Like the ninja baby of the title the movie sneaks in some complex emotional themes beneath its bawdy jokes about sex drugs and role playing games 
3.5
Swing
Walter Chaw
infectiously good natured and bittersweet
3
Swing
Chris Knight
Gatlif might have done more of a service to the Manouche by focusing on their songs their lifestyle and their history than by overlaying the love story of Max and Swing 
1.5
Swing
Ray Conlogue
Virtually the whole cast is amateur but Gatlif knows how to get them to play lovely little vignette scenes 
3.5
Struck by Lightning
Mattie Lucas
A completely winning film the kind of smartly written indie comedy that so rarely separates itself from the self consciously quirky pack 
3
Struck by Lightning
Stephen Whitty
Colfer is still very young but he needs to learn that snide is not a point of view 
1.5
Struck by Lightning
Sara Stewart
Ultimately it all portends a much brighter future for Colfer than for Carson 
2
Struck by Lightning
Peter Travers
In his screenwriting debut Glee s gifted Chris Colfer 22 proves he can lace a line with sass and soul 
2
Struck by Lightning
Omer Mozaffar
What makes this film rise a bit above the pack is the recurring idea that everyone wants to leave their nests and fly high into the sky but few are able 
3
Struck by Lightning
Chris Cabin
A class five pity party so unbearably condescending and unconvincing that it might just make you run out and buy an I m With Mitt t shirt it makes an inadvertent but hugely compelling pro bullying argument 
0
Rag Doll
Roger Moore
A fight picture in which a whole lot of stuff that happens off camera when less interesting stuff is what we re often treated to on camera 
2
Demonic
Lisa Trifone
perhaps one of the shabbiest excuses for a horror film in recent memory 
1
Demonic
Walter Chaw
Demonic is a DTV ish holdover from the VHS era a Max Payne for people who ve never played it packed to the brim with vague Freudian Catholic nonsense and faux profundity 
0
Demonic
Kevin Carr
Director Neill Blomkamp was a little overly ambitious for this story but I found it enjoyable to watch 
3
Demonic
David Nusair
a sluggish and mostly tedious thriller 
1.5
Demonic
Joey Magidson
Demonic is a nail in the coffin for Neill Blomkamp s career as a director people look forward to seeing new work from 
1.5
Demonic
Brian Tallerico
Demonic feels like a film made by someone who s scared of his own ideas and his own limitations 
1.5
Demonic
Randy Myers
Clunks and gasps along chugging off the fumes of better movies 
1.5
Demonic
Leo Brady
Blomkamp is attempting to blend his science fiction stylings into a standard demon possession story but the final tally is a messy movie that never holds our interest 
1.5
Demonic
Mark Dujsik
Demonic doesn t know what to do with its central gimmick or the underlying horror story 
1.5
Demonic
Mike McGranaghan
A drab pointless and increasingly boring story that mistakenly thinks mixing virtual reality and demons will automatically yield chills 
1.5
Demonic
Roger Moore
Blomkamp simply has no flair for this genre 
1.5
Demonic
Chuck Bowen
Like District 9 the film is a genre outing with big ideas that s more committed to the power of arsenals and pyrotechnics 
1.5
Babe
Wesley Lovell
Babe is a delightful tale told with untold depths of joy and acceptance 46 It says that not only should you be accepted for who you are 44 you should be accepted regardless of what you choose to do or who you choose to be 46 
4
Babe
Dennis King
Wise captivating and thoroughly loony this artful little farm fable is one of those rare films that works for all age levels 
3
Babe
Jami Bernard
Thanks to well trained live animals clever voice characterizations and a big dash of muppetry from Henson s Creature Shop Babe and his barnyard friends not only walk the walk and trot the trot they also talk the talk 
3.5
Babe
Gene Siskel
Here s the summer s sleeper for kids and their parents a terrific picture that takes a lot of risks and makes them all pay off in a charming story about a pig who fancies himself a sheepdog or sheep pig 
3.5
Babe
Carrie Rickey
Babe is not strictly speaking a kid s movie It is a preposterously funny fable that strikes a chord with adults too 
4
Babe
Gary Thompson
The hero of the children s movie Babe is probably the summer s most likable character a pig so appealing he may have your family swearing off hot dogs 
4
Babe
Gary Dretzka
For children the movie will play like a storybook come to life Adults at first will marvel at the special effects and puppetry But ultimately they ll be won over by the nuances of a story that finds a fresh way to deliver a timeless message 
3.5
Babe
Doug Thomas
A film that is exceptional in its technical effects and its graceful ability to entertain 
4
Babe
David Sterritt
The movie is at times raucous but its spirits couldn t be higher and the tale teaches a good natured lesson about why cooperation is better than coercion 
3
Babe
Michael Dequina
A sweet surprisingly moving little fable 
3
Babe
Jeanne Aufmuth
Babe is a weird and wonderful charmer based on Dick King Smith s popular children s story 
3.5
Babe
Peter Stack
A lovely intelligent gem of G rated entertainment that is also rib tickling funny 
4
Babe
James Kendrick
All aspects of the movie are top notch especially the digital and animatronic effects used to bring the animals to life 
4
Babe
James Berardinelli
Through a mixture of imaginative storytelling impressive animatronics and irresistible cuteness Babe casts a spell over all viewers young old or somewhere in between 
3
Babe
Chris Hicks
Though the filmmakers romanticize farm life they don t sugarcoat the realities 
3
Babe
Roger Ebert
Babe is a movie made with charm and wit and unlike some family movies it does not condescend not for a second 
3
Babe
Walter V. Addiego
It s rare to see this kind of care expended on any movie on a family picture it s a small miracle 
3
Babe
Susan Wloszczyna
A silk purse among children s entertainment 
3.5
Babe
Steve Rhodes
This is a good family film 
2.5
Babe
Madeleine Williams
In the end the most impressive moments in the film seem to be the technical ones rather than the storyline 
2.5
Babe
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It has been so long since I ve genuinely cared about movie characters in a lighthearted story like this that I nearly wept with joy 
4
Therapy for a Vampire
Michael J. Casey
You may not laugh out loud but you ll enjoy the time spent 
3
Therapy for a Vampire
Jim Brunzell III
Ruhm incorporates classic Hammer Films and Love at First Bite in this entertaining vampire spoof by keeping the pacing brisk the jokes quick and the blood gushing 
3
Therapy for a Vampire
Tirdad Derakhshani
Rühm has an ear for the absurd that reminds one of Monty Python But his humor is as dry as they come Therapy for a Vampire elicits ironic smiles not belly laughs 
2.5
Therapy for a Vampire
Mick LaSalle
Therapy for a Vampire has nothing to say It just has stuff happening none of it repulsive and all of it performed by competent actors but that s just not enough 
2
Therapy for a Vampire
Rex Reed
It aims to be laugh out loud hilarious but never rises above a few wan chuckles 
2
Therapy for a Vampire
Peter Sobczynski
A thoroughly mediocre movie that is never as amusing as it should be 
2
Therapy for a Vampire
David N. Butterworth
An affectionate and Austrian take on vampire lore that s a lot more in keeping with the recent Things We Do in the Shadows than the less subtle Mel Brooks parody Dracula Dead and Loving It 
2.5
10 Truths About Love
Roger Moore
A parsimonious rom com that needed a better script better director better supporting players and co equal leads who actually click 
1.5
Crna macka, beli macor
Ken Fox
There s a surprising warmth and even a little optimism behind Kusturica s gallows humor 
3.5
Crna macka, beli macor
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a highly enjoyable fast paced comedy about warring gypsy families who are after both money and true love isn t that what all comedies are about 
3.5
Crna macka, beli macor
Michael Dequina
If you can tap into its twisted vibe it s a lot of fun 
3
Crna macka, beli macor
James Berardinelli
With all of the horrible things happening in the corner of the world once known as Yugoslavia it s a pleasant change of pace to discover a comedy that transpires there 
3
Crna macka, beli macor
Peter Stack
Bosnian born writer director Emir Kusturica makes raucous films so visually dense they overwhelm But his characters freakish or treacherous come up wonderfully human 
3
Woodlawn
Roger Moore
The unintentional message here What integrated Alabama wasn t Christian brotherhood but Alabama s REAL state religion football 
2
Woodlawn
Linda Cook
Woodlawn hits spiritual pay dirt 
3.5
Woodlawn
Kenneth R. Morefield
The Erwins latest film leans heavily on a genre formula but it is better than most Christian films 
2
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Mattie Lucas
Could have used a little bit more of Act Up s uncompromising spirit to keep it from becoming too bland 
2.5
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Ty Burr
BPM is an affecting memorial about being alive and being heard a movie that says the only things that matter in life are love righteous struggle and the joy of being with others It shakes all three until their atoms get up and dance 
3.5
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Mark Dujsik
This is intriguing as a time capsule of activism and apathy Capsule review 
3
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Mark Jenkins
BPM is often exhilarating and ultimately moving but it makes few concessions to audiences without a strong preexisting interest in its subject 
3
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Sara Michelle Fetters
BPM Beats Per Minute wrecked me something fierce Campillo s latest a piece of historical fiction that s just as relevant today as it ever was a quarter century ago 
3.5
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Mick LaSalle
BPM is a true and committed document a worthy piece of filmmaking that keeps faith with the people it memorializes 
3
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Shane Slater
BPM Beats Per Minute is so fascinating and lovingly crafted that it leaves you wanting more 
3
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Peter Travers
A wrenching love story set in Paris in the early 1990s told against the background of ACT UP AIDS activists fighting for their lives Ron Campillo s raw and riveting film musters the emotional power to floor you 
3.5
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Glenn Kenny
Even if you consider yourself reasonably well versed in the history BPM is a kind of wake up call a cinematic alarm against complacency 
3.5
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Peter Howell
A valuable and heartfelt document 
3
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Kent Turner
BPM thrives on political and hormonal energy The bickering among the group s members turns wonky vicious and lively 
3
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Ed Gonzalez
In between raids in between the meetings with ACT UP members and those who hold the keys to their possible survival BPM is at its most intimate when observing the exchange of war stories 
3
Bull
James Kendrick
In its best moments Bull s close direct observation of character and intimate rendition of time and place reminded me of the films of Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne 
3.5
Bull
Peter Canavese
Low key naturalistic drama with a lot of familiar beats whose strength is in depicting a child at the crossroads 
3
Bull
Joseph Braverman
Rob Morgan has always been a gifted character actor but here Silverstein gives him the opportunity to show how formidable he is at shepherding the narrative 
3
Bull
Rob Thomas
That restraint and authenticity gives Bull a documentary like feel as we re immersed in these two characters and their tiny piece of the world 
3
Bull
Anita Katz
Havard a newcomer isn t a powerhouse but she conveys essential goodness and brings a natural quality to Kris She and Morgan share understated winning chemistry 
3
Bull
Nell Minow
The patient observant camera captures the sensitive performances by Havard and Morgan and they are never less than eloquent and honest 
3.5
Bull
Ty Burr
The film aims for a tone of observant respectful realism which results in some slack patches but also has the virtue of honesty 
3
Bull
Mark Dujsik
D espite the movie s solid performances and permeating aura of melancholy it never quite comes together 
2.5
Bull
Mike McGranaghan
This isn t just a movie you watch it s one you feel in your gut 
3.5
Bull
Roger Moore
The first great movie of 2020
3.5
Bull
Chuck Bowen
Director Annie Silverstein tries to enrich the tropes of her class conscious buddy scenario by canceling them out 
2
Bull
Matt Brunson
What marks the picture as unique is its raw and unforced nature more slice of life than sleight of cinema 
3
The Forever Purge
Brian Eggert
Director Everardo Gout handles the action with the kinetic entertaining violence the Purge movies usually employ That s part of the problem 
2
The Forever Purge
Bruce R. Miller
At best The Forever Purge suggests no one should institute a night of killing But even that message gets lost in the gunfire It s a bloody mess 
1
The Forever Purge
Sean P. Means
If anything the lurid machinations in The Forever Purge feel a bit dated next to what we watched on the news on January 6th 
2
The Forever Purge
David Nusair
Undoubtedly the best of the Purge sequels 
2
The Forever Purge
Peter Canavese
Generic characters and lazy plotting are the hallmarks of what is easily the least well written installment of The Purge franchise 
1
The Forever Purge
Linda Cook
The Purge series continues with a twist 
3
The Forever Purge
Mike McGranaghan
You certainly can t say this fifth installment isn t timely In fact it couldn t be timelier 
3
The Forever Purge
Tom Meek
Unfortunately once the violence begins and goes wide scale The Forever Purge loses its bite and becomes more pat than provocative 
2.5
The Forever Purge
Steven Prokopy
Series writer James DeMonaco and director Everardo Valerio Gout have crafted what might be the best film in the franchise after the original 2013 The Purge 
3
The Forever Purge
Joe Friar
Franchise creator writer James DeMonaco takes the dystopian franchise and suddenly makes it seem all too real by blending horror and science fiction with social commentary The best film in the series 
3
The Forever Purge
Mark Meszoros
That the Purge is now threatening the powerful people who created it AND that myriad Americans are attempting to flee the violence in the U S for Mexico should generate a more delicious irony here 
2
The Forever Purge
Kevin Carr
It s not smart but it s a little smarter than the other Purge movies 
3
The Forever Purge
James Berardinelli
The Forever Purge is adept at providing the violence and gore fans expect from an exploitation flick And despite its pretense of offering political commentary that s really all this movie is 
2.5
The Forever Purge
Rick Bentley
The Forever Purge is proof it is time to purge the franchise 
2
The Forever Purge
Johnny Oleksinski
That idea was fun once maybe even twice but by the fifth outing the formula has given way to preachiness and predictability 
2
The Forever Purge
Leo Brady
It amounts to loads of ice cold violence and misconstrued messaging If this is the last Purge movie hopefully we can forget about this dumb series forever 
1
The Forever Purge
Matt Zoller Seitz
Bad people take over American civilization fall down go boom 
2
The Forever Purge
Sara Michelle Fetters
There s nothing subtle about this fifth entry and I can t help but feel that s exactly as it should be 
3
The Forever Purge
Christian Toto
Grindhouse franchise delivers more of the same blood guts and talking points 
2
The Forever Purge
Joey Magidson
The Forever Purge can t fully right the ship but this is as close as the franchise has come to justifying its existence 
2
The Forever Purge
Mark Dujsik
A few solid and even daring ideas are thoroughly overshadowed by mindless action and a routinely shallow plot 
1.5
The Forever Purge
Katie Walsh
Watching these violent events unfold feels just a bit too plausible but DeMonaco and Gout cook up such delicious comeuppance that you can t help but indulge in the pleasure of revenge even if the terrors and pleasures are incredibly fraught 
2.5
The Forever Purge
Derek Smith
As it strives for a grander metaphor of life in America The Forever Purge resorts to sweeping generalizations that make the prior films in the series feel like pinnacles of subtlety 
1.5
The Forever Purge
Michael O'Sullivan
The Forever Purge which struggles to justify its lurid fascination with mayhem by burnishing the plot with a patina of class and racial awareness 
2
The Forever Purge
Mark Kennedy
DeMonaco is not at all subtle with his script and maybe that s for the best 
3
The Forever Purge
G. Allen Johnson
The script by series creator James DeMonaco who directed the first three films never plumbs the depths of its clever concept The intense appealing performances by the lead actors get us through 
3
The Forever Purge
Richard Roeper
The Forever Purge is a fast paced jam that would play well on a drive in movie screen 
3
The Forever Purge
Roger Moore
After January 6 2021 nothing we see in these movies seems the least bit far fetched 
2.5
No Man's Land
Roger Ebert
This is a movie about how money and excitement generate a seduction that can change personal values it s better and deeper than you might expect 
3
Happily
Mitchell Beaupre
While seeing all of these comedic actors on a cast list might give you the impression of this being a straightforward comedy 44 the filmmaker rides this fascinating line between comedy 44 thriller 44 and domestic drama that makes it impossible to categorize 46 
2.5
Happily
Steven Prokopy
A joyfully oddball work about friends who aren t your friends and the price one young couple must pay for always being happy 
3
Happily
Jocelyn Noveck
The film progresses in horror film mode before in its third act tying things up in a somewhat clever unexpected way By then though you may have given up on this group 
2
Happily
Richard Roeper
Happily is filled with sly references to other films and some bitingly funny dialogue but then we get to that aforementioned fork in the road the film suffers greatly for taking the latter path 
2.5
Happily
Christy Lemire
The second half of Happily isn t nearly as interesting as the first and once we realize what s actually happening in this house it s such a contrivance that it takes us out of the story wondering whether it s even possible at all 
2
Happily
Mark Dujsik
It simply feels as if there s a lot more here beneath the surface and kept there in order to maintain the movie s air of mystery 
2
Happily
Mike McGranaghan
A clever comedy that asks What s so weird about loving your spouse 
3
Happily
Leo Brady
Happily is a dark comedy with an all star cast of characters building tension in a wound up house of deception boiling over into a wild and weird getaway 
3
Happily
Pamela Powell
Grabinski takes full advantage of his seasoned and talented comedic cast but it is his dry wit and timing which throws us that curveball when we least expect it that makes it so much fun 
3
Happily
Roger Moore
A dark fantasy parable about marriage with a good cast a little edge but not nearly enough wit or clever twists to come off 
1.5
Street Kings
Peter Canavese
Competent but fatally lacking in the element of surprise Blu Ray 
2
Street Kings
Rossiter Drake
If you can forgive its stale dialogue which at times seems so egregiously leaden that it might have been better suited to a Mad magazine parody Street Kings is a tense aggressively absurd thriller 
3
Street Kings
Charles Koplinski
Ayer s rapid pacing and solid work by the cast distract us from the script s shortcomings 
3.0
Street Kings
Austin Kennedy
I don t think there were really any bad scenes but I found the overall film emotionally empty 
2.5
Street Kings
Lori Hoffman
In the surprisingly engrossing Street Kings we are presented with cops who live up to our worst nightmare of excessive force 
2.5
Street Kings
Sean O'Connell
An archetypical Los Angeles detective story
2.5
Street Kings
Felix Vasquez Jr.
L A Confidential for Dummies 
1.5
Street Kings
Walter Chaw
I love James Ellroy his L A Confidential is a work of real genius but I wonder if he s not something of a one trick pony And I wonder if that pony isn t the proverbial dead horse
1
Street Kings
Jeffrey Westhoff
Street Kings is 107 minutes long and most casual viewers will know the bad guy s identity 100 minutes before Reeves does 
2
Street Kings
Linda Cook
Street Kings is a gritty popcorn movie for adults 
3
Street Kings
Sean McBride
The cast is filled with some very talented actors but none of them really shines out in a film that ultimately feels like a thousand other police thrillers 
2
Street Kings
Gina Carbone
This ambitious rookie jaded veteran template has become the new Hamlet There s a conveyor belt of actors waiting to fill the roles But as the lovable stoner comes back into fashion I think Keanu Reeves should return to his roots 
2.5
Street Kings
Kam Williams
It s never a good sign when a movie makes you laugh out loud at dialogue intended to be taken seriously 
1
Street Kings
Larry Ratliff
Street Kings unlike the recent cop drama Gone Baby Gone feels like it slid out of a police precinct file cabinet and slapped itself on a movie screen 
3
Street Kings
Stephen Whitty
James Ellroy writes Calvinist screeds against sin filmmakers turn them into shoot em up thrillers 
2.5
Street Kings
Claudia Puig
Street Kings wastes a moderately intriguing premise by filling it with laughably clichéd dialogue one dimensional characters and implausible turns of events 
1.5
Street Kings
Maitland McDonagh
Everything that worked brilliantly in L A Confidential and Dark Blue falls flat here 
2
Street Kings
Peter Howell
The movie belongs to Reeves who at 43 is finally starting to look like an adult with greater heft all round He does Clint proud 
2.5
Street Kings
Chris Hewitt
Street Kings is a lean energetic film that takes us through increasingly brutal scenes until it climaxes with a burst of violence so baroque and intense that you re not sure which part of the screen you re supposed to be looking at 
3
Street Kings
Nick Rogers
The charisma of its cast should be included amid its bloody body count It s hard to know what anyone saw in this particular dirty cop tale co written by James Ellroy It s not The Black Dahlia It s The Black Duh lia 
1
Street Kings
Mark Rahner
The potential match made in crime heaven has some admirably gritty action but suffers from first degree obviousness and some bad dialogue that s especially painful when it comes out of Keanu Reeves 
2
Street Kings
Carla Meyer
A B level cop thriller with an A list cast Street Kings engages when taken on its own trashy terms But even at that the film provokes unintentional laughter 
2.5
Street Kings
Kyle Smith
Like director David Ayer s previous movies he wrote Training Day Street Kings is about the joy of badass coppery 
2.5
Street Kings
Sean P. Means
Ayer continues to milk his street cred for writing Training Day this time adapting a James Ellroy story into a grimy copy of Ellroy s L A Confidential 
1
Street Kings
Rene Rodriguez
The picture may feel more than a little familiar but director Ayer knows how to cook up intense setpieces and Reeves keeps getting better at the weary hero role he continually gravitates toward 
2.5
Street Kings
Robert W. Butler
Just a lot of huffing and puffing and nothing blows you away 
1.5
Street Kings
Tyler Hanley
Fans of Keanue Reeves and Forest Whitaker will appreciate Reeves heavy screen time and Whitaker s performance but both actors deserve material that doesn t leave the viewer queasy and in need of a long shower 
2
Street Kings
Jim Emerson
An anemic attempt to evoke the big shiny action pictures of the late 80s and early 90s the heyday of Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger when Timothy Dalton was 007 and Clint Eastwood had fewer wrinkles and bigger hair 
1.5
Street Kings
Lisa Kennedy
Street Kings has hints of Training Day and the subtle aroma of L A Confidential two movies concerned with the moral ambiguity and compromised honor of L A s finest 
2
Street Kings
Wesley Morris
Director Ayer appears to like the thrill of violence more than its philosophical underpinnings so the movie is caught between the silly and the profound 
2.5
Street Kings
Peter T. Chattaway
While it is not quite of the same caliber as L A Confidential and Dark Blue it works well enough as a standard meat and potatoes example of its genre 
3
Street Kings
Sara Michelle Fetters
Seriously there is so much recycling going on you d think you were at a waste processing facility 
2
Street Kings
Greg Maki
Now that he is entering middle age and has packed on a few extra pounds I can buy Keanu Reeves as a haggard broken down LAPD veteran 
3
Street Kings
Mick LaSalle
There s a lot to appreciate in Street Kings a tight propulsive action thriller but there s one thing to marvel at and that s James Ellroy s command of story 
3
Street Kings
Daniel M. Kimmel
a decent enough police drama If only we hadn t seen it so many times before in better movies than this 
2.5
Street Kings
Christian Toto
Street Kings wastes a better than expected turn by Keanu Reeves That means he never says the word dude or breaks into a mean air guitar riff 
2
Street Kings
Erik Childress
Despite only sharing credit as a co writer the story has Ellroy s fingerprints all over it and those familiar smudges become a detriment to an otherwise well made film by director David Ayer 
3
Street Kings
Willie Waffle
a familiar story of corrupt cops running amok but it never rises above the obvious 
2
Street Kings
David Nusair
Street Kings ultimately comes off as an irrisistible throwback to the unapologetically over the top actioners of the 1980s 
3
Street Kings
Steve Rhodes
Ranging from pretty preposterous to laughably bad Street Kings is a silly and sappy melodrama that plays like an unintentional parody of old crime shows 
1
Street Kings
Stephen Cole
That Ellroy delivers a crude undistinguished script here is a pity 
2
Street Kings
Steven Rea
Much of the casting is dead on from Cedric the Entertainer as a street dealer to Jay Mohr as a slimy cop and Chris Evans as an earnest rookie who saddles up with Reeves Ludlow for an ill fated ride 
3
Street Kings
Peter Travers
Don t get me wrong Street Kings clips along with brutal efficiency but the plot that sets up Tom for a frame up is in critic parlance a strain on credulity 
2
Street Kings
Jeff Vice
Laid back actor Reeves is thoroughly unconvincing and so is the film as a direct result 
1.5
Street Kings
Dustin Putman
It s a story that has been played out more times than can be counted and is none too fresh on this go round Street Kings simply brings nothing new to the bad cop subgenre 
2
Street Kings
Michael Phillips
In Ellroy s original scenario Street Kings was a period piece set in the 1990s just after the Rodney King riots I wonder if it would ve made more sense that way 
2
Street Kings
Matt Brunson
Street Kings proves to be as standard issue as much of the gear assigned to real police officers and this familiarity often numbs the picture s effectiveness 
2.5
Street Kings
Rafer Guzman
David Ayer who wrote Training Day directs with enough flash to keep the action crisp and nasty But he can t swagger his way through Ellroy s swampy storyline which traps its characters in cynicism and amorality 
2
Street Kings
James Berardinelli
Despite the predictability of the overall story arc there s suspense and tension to be found between the credit sequences but the movie is saddled with an ending that is both improbable and borderline insulting 
2.5
Street Kings
Bill Weber
Surely two decades of TV s post Bochco dirty cop dramas have removed this kind of potboiler not only from claims of artiness but from expectations of being taken seriously 
2
Yol
Elliott Stein
Yol is an ambitious movie but a curiously slick and distant one 
1
Higher Ground
Kelly Jane Torrance
It can seem a bit of a mishmash at times but it s all held together thanks to some impressive acting from the three versions of Corinne and a script that tackles a subject most screenwriters won t touch in any meaningful way 
3
Higher Ground
Roger Moore
Farmiga challenges herself and the viewer Some may shrink from that challenge but thankfully our gutsy director and star never does
3
Higher Ground
Sara Michelle Fetters
Yet there is something about the film something about the way it is constructed about what it is saying that has struck some sort of interior chord with me and as such I ve been having plenty of trouble compiling my thoughts into one 
3
Higher Ground
Eric Melin
Movies don t often show the religious fervor of characters like these with such earnestness and Farmiga s layered performance helps the movie through some rough patches 
2.5
Higher Ground
Rob Thomas
Above all Farmiga tells Briggs story with authenticity going for small believable moments instead of big dramatic ones 
3
Higher Ground
John Beifuss
A shaky but interesting directorial debut 
3
Higher Ground
Keith Cohen
Farmiga makes an astounding directorial debut in this emotionally charged film in which doubt brings challenging questions and faith proves to not be the magic elixir in dealing with life s misfortunes 
3
Higher Ground
Mike Scott
It lubes its audiences mental gears and sets them to spinning without insulting anyone and without issuing threats of eternal damnation Subtlety thy name is Vera 
3
Higher Ground
Duane Dudek
A dignified and graceful first person account of how a belief system is created and sustained and evolves 
3
Higher Ground
Matt Brunson
Higher Ground grapples with weighty issues in a mature and pensive manner reinstating a measure of faith in the way Hollywood s disciples are willing to tackle this thorny subject 
3
Higher Ground
Josh Larsen
skeptical and yearning at the same time 
3.5
Higher Ground
Rick Groen
The film s quiet realism demands from us our own act of faith We re asked to watch closely and to listen intently in the promise of a greater reward to come Well the promise is partly kept 
3
Higher Ground
Peter Howell
Farmiga s first film is good enough to make us look forward to her next one 
2.5
Higher Ground
Willie Waffle
She s beautiful a great actress and now a great director Commence jealousy of Vera Farmiga 
3.5
Higher Ground
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is refreshingly free of proselytizing In its place however is a whiff of condescension 
2
Higher Ground
Calvin Wilson
This film might easily have settled for mocking religion Instead it s a fascinating glimpse into a culture that forces some people to choose between fitting in and opting out 
3
Higher Ground
Carrie Rickey
At times these analogies feel forced But give the rookie filmmaker credit for visual storytelling 
3.5
Higher Ground
Connie Ogle
Farmiga is terrific but her clear vision as a director and her ability to play fair with believers and skeptics alike provides the balance and insight needed to ground the film in thoughtful reality 
3
Higher Ground
Chris Hewitt
There s no sense of life or texture with many basic questions that would give the movie context unanswered When is it supposed to take place Where exactly are we Do any of the people in Corinne s sect have jobs 
1
Higher Ground
Moira MacDonald
There s a gentleness to Higher Ground that s very appealing you sense a real affection for all the characters particularly the women and a genuine curiosity about religion as a guiding principal in one s life 
3.5
Higher Ground
Ty Burr
Higher Ground is a noble failure a case of an artist loving a character so much that she loses sight of why 
2.5
Higher Ground
Peter Keough
As Robert Duvall did in The Apostle Farmiga portrays her characters with nuance and dignity and re creates their world with detail and respect 
3
Higher Ground
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Some reviewers have compared Higher Ground to Robert Duvall s The Apostle 1997 and it is a similarly positive portrayal of Southern evangelical faith 
3
Higher Ground
Mick LaSalle
Higher Ground shines a light on an important aspect of the human experience one not often explored onscreen and contains a number of notable performances not the least of which is Farmiga in the central role 
3
Higher Ground
Michael Phillips
Higher Ground glides and takes time to explore In the best way it feels very 70s It s about a relatable lost soul finding herself 
3.5
Higher Ground
Matt Pais
Farmiga recognizes that some may see faith as a generic way to stabilize weakness while others are happy to subscribe for such a reliable source of strength 
3
Higher Ground
Roger Ebert
In a world where believers and agnostics are polarized and hold simplified ideas about each other it takes a step back and sees faith as a series of choices that should be freely made 
3.5
Higher Ground
Stephen Whitty
It s a movie of glances emotions that pass between characters which the camera and the other characters sometimes inconveniently notice 
2.5
Higher Ground
Lou Lumenick
Most contemporary movies either treat religion uncri tically or mock it outright This promising directing debut by whip smart actress Vera Farmiga Up in the Air takes another more interesting path 
2.5
Higher Ground
Peter Travers
High praise for Vera Farmiga a stunner of an actress who makes her directing debut with the same bold instincts for sharp humor and harsh truths that mark her performances 
3.5
Higher Ground
Christy Lemire
Higher Ground probably sounds rather somber but Farmiga also deftly conveys the absurdity of Corinne s predicament Every once in a while she ll let out a cackle that s just pure joy 
3.5
Higher Ground
Bill Weber
Bereft of both spiritual and narrative spark the loss of faith drama Higher Ground gets stuck in the valley of the shadow of snark 
1
Skin Walker
Linda Cook
It s a creepy character study just perfect for the Halloween season 
3
Hey, Happy!
Ed Gonzalez
Hey Happy is great for stoners queens ravers and yes parties 
3
Everything Put Together
Rod Armstrong
A great example with which to counter the prevailing argument that indie cinema is dead 
3
Everything Put Together
Lou Lumenick
Foster shoots this rather grim film like a pretentious horror flick 
2
Knives and Skin
Catherine Springer
Knives and Skin is also a deeply feminist film which embraces all parts of the female experience and features a woman driven story 
2
Knives and Skin
Roger Moore
There s a lot to process here Perhaps the writer director should have tried you know processing it 
2
Knives and Skin
Cody Corrall
Carolyn is a martyr for Reeder s message a complex and twisted commentary on the plights of human nature 
3
Knives and Skin
Mark Dujsik
A movie as strange as this one needs some grounding in reality Knives and Skin gives us some but not nearly enough 
1
Knives and Skin
Michael Phillips
Reeder is deadly serious about the film s themes of teenage girls fears desires and demons though there s a fair amount of deadpan black comedy 
2.5
Knives and Skin
Richard Roeper
Social satire s strange sights and sounds are sure to stick with you 
3.5
Knives and Skin
Sean P. Means
Knives and Skin feels like the unwanted love child of David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson a dozen different stylistic ideas going off in different directions often canceling each other out 
1.5
Knives and Skin
Brian Tallerico
Like the songs sung by its young cast Knives and Skin feels like cinematic karaoke lacking in authorship or deeper meaning 
1.5
Knives and Skin
Tom Meek
The neon infused work by cinematographer Christopher Rejano and saucy servings from the closet make Reeder s hodgepodge of shocking revelations cum feminist anthem a watchable something hanging between camp and cult 
2.5
Knives and Skin
Rosalie Kicks
Despite some missteps this teen neo noir is still an accomplishment Jennifer Reeder has an eye for movie making and I look forward to see what she does next 
2.75
Knives and Skin
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film gets so lost in its affected idiosyncrasies that it stops probing any discernible human feelings 
1.5
Knives and Skin
Max Weiss
This is a feminist and refreshing take on a high school drama 
3
The Hellbenders
Roger Moore
When it comes to Spaghetti Westerns 44 there 8217 s Chef Leone 44 and everybody else 8212 Corbucci included 8212 is just pasta in a can 46 
1.5
Sunshine on Leith
David Nusair
the best jukebox musical to come around in ages 
4
Amateur Night
Keith Watson
The film is peppered with interesting true life details but these are overwhelmed by frantic comedic sequences 
1.5
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!
Kelly Lawler
A pelvic thrusting bad punning screeching version of the green curmudgeon was not what anyone wanted or needed in 2020 Morrison did his level best he s a good performer but the part simply never should have been written 
1
The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student
Roger Moore
A colorful cheerful and messy movie meandering out of the starting gate struggling to avoid anything remotely edgy funny or interesting 
1.5
An American Journey
Bill Weber
American Journey works only sporadically as a supplement to the cultural moment it chronicles and the passionate serendipitously intimate breadth of Frank s lens 
2.5
The Atoning
Frank Ochieng
Who knew that a well made small scale horror fable could be as cautionary to the human condition as mischievous whispers are to the dark 
3
Extreme Measures
David Nusair
a solid medical thriller that s lamentably been forgotten in the years since its 1996 theatrical release 
3
Extreme Measures
Michael Dequina
Tries to be a both a medical thriller and morality play and it doesn t quite deliver in both departments 
2
Extreme Measures
Roger Ebert
The movie written by Tony Gilroy is pitched at a higher level than most thrillers the dialogue is literate and intelligent and Grant is more of an everyman than an action hero 
3
Extreme Measures
Steve Rhodes
Always imaginative director Apted is a master at the thriller genre 
3
Extreme Measures
Mike Clark
Is it excusable to kill a few indigents here and there experimenting for a miracle cure Measures painfully protracted Hour 2 turns into a melodramatic debate about ethics 
2
Sydney White
David Nusair
Sydney White s astounding lack of positive attributes cements its place as an utterly worthless endeavor 
0
Sydney White
Christian Toto
Audiences will identify more with Sydney White s misfit cast than its bland leading lady 
2
Sydney White
Jeffrey Westhoff
A decent vehicle for Bynes 
3
Sydney White
Michael Dequina
I look forward to when Bynes graduates to more mature and sophisticated comedy 
2.5
Sydney White
Kit Bowen
He Joe Nussbaum pretty much directs by the numbers 
2
Sydney White
Walter V. Addiego
A lot of the acting is in the broad Disney Channel style 
2
Sydney White
Eric Lurio
This is one of those eh flicks entirely mediocre 
2
Sydney White
Linda Cook
Whoever thought to merge Snow White with Revenge of the Nerds had a clever idea there And you can watch it unfold in Sydney White 
3
Sydney White
Larry Ratliff
Bynes gives it the old college try though in a watered down combination of Legally Blonde and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
2
Sydney White
Sean P. Means
Screenwriter Chad Gomez Creasey cutely updates the Snow White fairy tale instead of a magic mirror Rachel consults a MySpace popularity poll and writes scenes that play up Bynes bubbly personality 
3
Sydney White
James Sanford
Neither as funny as it thinks it is nor as tough to sit through as many other movies of this sort Sydney is custom made for viewers who haven t taken their ACTs yet 
2
Sydney White
Claudia Puig
Sydney White s message of embracing all kinds of people and not quaking in fear of the elite and popular is a sound one but each twist and turn is so telegraphed and expected that the story feels wan and the comedy feeble 
2
Sydney White
Adam Schubak
Sydney White is an adorably clever re thinking of a classic fairy tale 
3
Sydney White
Peter Howell
How hard could it be to make a clever parody of Snow White Very hard apparently 
2
Sydney White
Chris Hewitt
In Sydney White Bynes actually has decent material to work with the Snow White concept is clever and the dialogue is fairly sharp 
2.5
Sydney White
Pam Grady
Completely undemanding and entirely predictable this Amanda Bynes vehicle nevertheless offers plenty of charm a lot of laughs and that rarest of commodities a smart independent can do heroine 
3
Sydney White
Lisa Rose
Part fairy tale part college comedy totally unoriginal and a tad offensive Sydney White stars Amanda Bynes as a new student who starts a rebellion against the school s oppressive Greek establishment 
2
Sydney White
Kyle Smith
Snow White joins a sorority and gets some Revenge of the Nerds friends in Sydney White a cute comedy for girls 
2.5
Sydney White
Elizabeth Weitzman
On television Amanda Bynes tendency toward slapstick can come across as sitcom cute Blown up on the big screen it s the equivalent of a hammer hitting you over the head For 90 minutes In surround sound 
2
Sydney White
Connie Ogle
Its silly Snow White allusions aside Sydney White is a simple but amiable modern fairy tale about a young woman Amanda Bynes who heads off to college determined to pledge her dead mom s sorority 
2.5
Sydney White
Loey Lockerby
Bynes still has plenty of charm and Sydney White is too sweet and innocuous to damage her career If she really wants to grow up on screen though she needs to graduate to better roles 
2
Sydney White
Liam Lacey
As Sydney White again demonstrates Amanda Bynes just doesn t seem to have found a script that lives up to her comic potential 
2
Sydney White
John Monaghan
This is not your middle schooler s Amanda Bynes While her female fans will appreciate that 21 year old Bynes is growing up with them maybe her next movie will stretch beyond the fractured fairy tale 
2
Sydney White
Jeff Vice
Sydney White is actually one of the better Amanda Bynes vehicles Yes it is silly and there s more sexually suggestive humor than you might prefer But there s also some charm to it all 
2.5
Sydney White
Maureen M. Hart
Sydney White according to its producers is a sequel to Hilary Duff s A Cinderella Story and it shares with that 2004 film the vacuum like ability to suck the fun out of a fairy tale 
2
Sydney White
Ty Burr
A feeble college comedy aimed at middle schoolers 
1.5
Sydney White
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sure it s overly familiar and not exactly very well plotted but the actress supplies just enough charisma to make watching the flick nowhere near as tedious an experience as it probably could be 
2.5
Sydney White
Mark Dujsik
For all its attempts at modernizing the story the movie is overly cluttered with formulaic plot complications that push even the boundaries of its source and a story that drags 
1.5
Sydney White
Cathy Jakicic
The movie is full of fun moments with classic fairytale characters and props poison apple magic mirror etc woven into modern life 
2.5
Sydney White
Dustin Putman
Sydney White might not physically resemble Snow White but the classic character s value system thankfully has not been lost in translation 
2.5
Sydney White
Jan Stuart
Sydney White is a carnival of ethnic and social stereotypes rising up against the lily white status quo 
2
Sydney White
Josh Larsen
The filmmakers must have known the concept was a loser fairly early on but they stubbornly plow ahead anyway It s like watching a car careen through a stop sign 
1.5
Sydney White
Matt Brunson
The news flash here is that this mallrat bait frequently rises above its formulaic trappings to score some points with more discerning audiences as well 
2.5
Sydney White
Nick Schager
Once upon a time Amanda Bynes made a movie called Sydney White that so lazily transplanted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to a college setting that it made one pine for a poison apple 
1.5
Sydney White
Vince Koehler
Yet again Amanda brings her comical act to the big screen with another HIT 
3.5
Life in a Day 2020
Richard Roeper
An affirmation of life of the simple joys experienced by citizens of the planet over the course of a single day 
3
Life in a Day 2020
Dwight Brown
A heartwarming collage An illuminating and humanizing reflection of 21st century life 
3
Life in a Day 2020
Sean P. Means
A fascinating lap around the Earth that captures so much of what makes humans wonderful 
3.5
Life in a Day 2020
G. Allen Johnson
Here s hoping for a follow up in 2030 and the decades beyond 
3
Armadillo
Mattie Lucas
A searing and unforgettable portrait of a modern warfare a clear eyed exploration of the motivations and the drive of the modern soldier 
3
Armadillo
Linda Barnard
Lets the soldiers tell their stories by the way they live day to day during their tour of duty 
3.5
Armadillo
Wesley Morris
It s alluring to watch 
2.5
Armadillo
Marty Mapes
War doc sets itself apart with skilled storytelling
3.5
Armadillo
V.A. Musetto
There s little new in Armadillo 
2
Armadillo
Andrew Schenker
Janus Metz s project is certain to prove far more revelatory to his fellow countrymen than it will when it makes its stateside debut 
2.5
Armadillo
Guy Dixon
This is filmmaking of great skill in documenting what soldiers themselves say are conditions that no one on the outside can really understand 
3
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
Richard Roeper
Gaffigan s a regular guy holding up a mirror to our everyday world and turning those reflections into laughs and bigger laughs and sometimes best of all smiles of recognition 
3.5
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
Glenn Kenny
8220 The Integrity of Joseph Chambers 8221 is a reasonably well constructed non hero 8217 s journey that may resonate with you if you 8217 re not already sick of movies set on anatomizing the Crisis of White Masculinity in These United States 46 
2
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he relaxed pacing and lengthy one takes 46 46 46 clash with the obvious desperation of the character 46 46 46 
2.5
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
Erik Childress
Robert Machoian amp Clayne Crawford have delivered a snipe into the heart of gun culture and the faux masculinity attached to it 46 The film is unnerving 44 darkly funny and is a genuine triumph in performance and aesthetic 46 
3.5
Shall We Dance
Josh Larsen
An Astaire Rogers vehicle saved by supporting players Eric Blore and Edward Everett Horton 
2.5
The Godfather, Part III
Matt Brunson
It s a mixed bag of a movie with some strong sequences and several potent performances particularly by Al Pacino and Andy Garcia competing against a meandering storyline and the absence of Robert Duvall and Winona Ryder 
2.5
The Godfather, Part III
Jeff Simon
That The Godfather Part III works up any grandeur at all is a tribute to the luridly baroque plotting of Coppola and Mario Puzo and the fierce and apparently ineradicable residue of artistic honor still left inside Coppola 
3
The Godfather, Part III
Josh Larsen
Considering the way it inadvertently lampoons and nearly diminishes the earlier two films this is nothing less than a travesty 
1
The Godfather, Part III
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Very few have stepped up to bat to defend The Godfather Part III 1990 which I consider a masterpiece and the equal of Parts I and II 
4
The Godfather, Part III
James Kendrick
although not in the league with its predecessors it is still an invigorating deeply felt piece of work
3.5
The Godfather, Part III
Chris Hicks
Though certainly one of 1990 s better films it is seriously flawed and doesn t hold a candle to the two earlier Godfather movies considered in most critical corners to be among the best if not the best films of the 1970s 
3
The Godfather, Part III
James Berardinelli
The Godfather Part III is a good movie with moments of rare power but it is not a great one a reason why many fans of the series have voiced their disappointment 
3.5
The Godfather, Part III
Roger Ebert
It is I suspect not even possible to understand this film without knowing the first two and yet knowing them Part III works better than it should evokes the same sense of wasted greatness of misdirected genius 
3.5
First Love
Matt Zoller Seitz
The untapped potential here is considerable 44 though the cinematography and performances ensure that the film remains watchable 46 
2.5
First Love
Peter Canavese
An uncommonly gentle romantic drama with a believable ground level story which more or less holds the interest 44 but the development of the young romance is too generic 44 largely accomplished in montage 46 
2
First Love
Mark Dujsik
First Love 46 46 46 is about half an engaging and persuasive story 46 
2
The Over the Hill Band
Chris Hewitt
I would not recommend The Over the Hill Band but it practically begs to be remade for American TV with Betty White in the lead 
2
The Over the Hill Band
V.A. Musetto
Sugary and has a silly tear jerker ending 
2
The Over the Hill Band
Rob Humanick
The Over the Hill Band lacks artistry but it remains a somewhat uniquely oddball diversion though a tedious opening act makes it a bit of a long haul getting there 
2.5
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Roger Ebert
There are a few scary moments in the dark But then there s that image on the retina gimmick which we can t believe and a conclusion that s so arbitrary we feel tricked 
2.5
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Ed Gonzalez
As far as Argento films go none come weirder than the little seen Four Flies on Grey Velvet 
3
The Weekend Away
Erik Childress
The type of movie that Lifetime Channel reruns were made for 
1
The Weekend Away
James Kendrick
even when the formula begins to show you cant quite help but get sucked into it
2.5
The Weekend Away
Kevin Carr
It has too many twists to it but it s not a bad throwaway thriller 
2
The Weekend Away
Randy Myers
Author Sarah Alderson adapted her own novel and the screenplay is made slick with clues dead ends and sinful temptations that don t materialize to much 
1.5
The Weekend Away
Marya E. Gates
The Weekend Away is the best kind of purposely preposterous potboiler 
3
The Weekend Away
Roger Moore
The plot works its way past red herrings and into anti climaxes never quite drowning in melodrama but coming damned close time and again 
1.5
The Weekend Away
Mark Dujsik
The mystery of The Weekend Away doesn t so much unravel as it collapses 
1.5
Blackwood
Roger Moore
A no budget horror 47 horse opera hybrid that doesn apos t do either genre justice 46 
1.5
Pillow Talk
Matt Brunson
It s impossible to imagine this movie not being presented in CinemaScope as the widescreen format is integral in supporting the imaginative use of split screen techniques 
3
Pillow Talk
David Nusair
Hudson and Day s palpable chemistry together is evident almost immediately 
3
The Cage Fighter
Soren Andersen
Thanks to the extraordinary access Joe and his family granted to Unay the pain comes through seemingly unfiltered The anguish is so raw and the sorrow so intense that the viewer feels like a voyeur 
3
The Cage Fighter
Katie Walsh
spare and brutal documentary an unflinching portrait of a man finding himself in the ring 
3.5
The Cage Fighter
Shane Slater
Carman may initially seem like an average Joe but both he and this thoughtful film contain multitudes 
3
The Cage Fighter
Glenn Kenny
Although it s a documentary The Cage Fighter teems with characters that are familiar from fictional tales 
3
The Cage Fighter
Chuck Bowen
The Cage Fighter isn t sentimental about the notion of an aging sports hero who needs one more day in the proverbial sun recognizing that desire as macho folly 
3
Witch Hunt
Joey Magidson
Witch Hunt plays like a concept in search of a film 
2.5
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Reddish
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf presents marital dysfunction at its most cruel and alcoholism at its most explosive Albees dialogue guts as deep and hard as any barb in the history of the moviesor just about anywhere else 
3
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Josh Larsen
I could watch Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton do this for hours 
3
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Matt Brunson
It s one of the Academy s black marks that Burton didn t win the Best Actor Oscar for his remarkable career capping performance 
4
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Walter Chaw
A merciless dissection of the intellectual s disease of ennui and gamesmanship 
4
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jeremy Heilman
It earns the hell that it puts us through by never compromising its vision of it 
4
Casper Meets Wendy
Walter Chaw
Answers the never asked questions of whatever happened to Shelley Duvall poor unrecognizable Teri Garr Cathy Moriarty George Hamilton Vincent Schiavelli Alan Thicke and Pauly Shore 
0.5
The Omega Code
Steve Rhodes
With the material for a great parody the movie s worst sin is that the actors who shamelessly overact take it all quite seriously 
1
The Omega Code
Michael Dequina
I m all for family friendly entertainment with a minimum of sex violence and foul language that is when done right 
0.5
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Matt Brunson
Jason Robards handles the central role of the acting troupe s impresario leading man and never before or since has this two time Oscar winner been so wretchedly miscast 
2
Chinese Puzzle
John DeFore
Viewers coming to this film without having seen the others would have no problem following the action whether they d care about it is another question 
2
Chinese Puzzle
Mary Houlihan
Once the story picks up it s easy breezy and enjoyable It seduces you into thinking Wouldn t it be fun to reconnect with Xavier in another five years or so 
3
Chinese Puzzle
Steven Rea
It s all very busy and cute and um French 
3
Chinese Puzzle
Peter Keough
Puzzle is neither puzzling nor much fun 
1.5
Chinese Puzzle
Moira MacDonald
Chinese Puzzle is a likable meandering film much like its main character complete with moments of whimsical creativity 
3
Chinese Puzzle
Dann Gire
Xavier constantly laments his impending 40th birthday yet he makes absurdly shallow observations for a seasoned novelist 
2
Chinese Puzzle
Mick LaSalle
Klapisch still gets these characters to sneak up and make us care about them though it might help if you remember them from when they were young 
3
Chinese Puzzle
Robert Levin
It s so amped up so eager to please in the most commercial sense that it winds up seeming aimless and adrift 
2
Chinese Puzzle
Glenn Kenny
A movie that glories in the worst and most unexamined bourgeois bohemian clichs 
1.5
Chinese Puzzle
Kyle Smith
Cdric Klapisch s film is meandering and cutesy but his characters are endearing and every so often he comes up with a deft insight such as how this city s streets are like a flayed zombie 
2.5
Chinese Puzzle
Roger Moore
A foreigner in New York fish out of water tale with familiar characters and easy going charms 
2.5
Chinese Puzzle
Nick Prigge
Cdric Klapisch s film becomes an effervescent variation on the time honored story of striking out for the American dream 
3
Duck
Mark Feeney
Writer director Nic Bettauer can t decide whether to play Duck for tears or laughs 
2
Duck
Ross Anthony
Hosts a promising premise and some pretty interesting dialogue in spurts But as the tail waddles across Los Angeles the originally agile storytelling suffers some bumps 
1.5
Duck
Evan Henerson
Possessed of one of the most hangdog faces in Hollywood Hall meshes expertly with the movie s hopeful sadness That we watch him toting a live duck around without once losing his dignity or breaking out in laughter has to count for something 
2.5
Duck
Elizabeth Weitzman
There isn t much to it but this odd little road movie from writer director Nic Bettauer does boast a sincere charm and fine performances from its two leading actors 
2.5
Duck
Kam Williams
Philip Baker Hall throws himself into the role ever so convincingly opposite his anthropomorphized companion in a manner reminiscent of Jimmy Stewart with his imaginary 6 foot tall rabbit in Harvey and Tom Hanks with Wilson the volleyball in Cast Away 
3
Duck
Ed Gonzalez
The strangest movie to reach theaters in many moons at least the strangest since Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters 
2.5
I Used to Go Here
Federico Furzan
A feelgood movie that will be a breath of fresh air for anyone willing to go back on worthy memories Full review in Spanish 
3.5
I Used to Go Here
Lisa Trifone
Another welcome bit of storytelling from a filmmaker evolving personally and professionally who s willing to explore that evolution in her films 
3
I Used to Go Here
Barry Hertz
Jacobs deserves better Clement deserves better and The Lonely Island should know better 
2
I Used to Go Here
Jeff York
Rey has a field day directing the talented cast she s put together to play the host of quirky characters she s written 
3
I Used to Go Here
Sheila O'Malley
I Used to Go Here features a very well drawn character arc thanks to Rey s script but Jacobs fills it with heart and feeling 
3
I Used to Go Here
Josh Larsen
A smart sweet gem of a comedy 
3
I Used to Go Here
Anita Katz
It s all rather slim and unchallenging but Rey has a sharp and agreeable comic touch and hits amusingly on some sweet and sour truths about what self discovery when you re in your 30s is like 
3
I Used to Go Here
Joey Magidson
Gillian Jacobs headlines a wonderful cast here though top to bottom they re all very good She just happens to be a phenomenal lead for filmmaker Kris Ray 
3
I Used to Go Here
Ann Hornaday
With modesty precision and wry compassion I Used to Go Here limns human nature at its most contradictory and indefinable offering a textbook example at least until the right German word comes along 
3
I Used to Go Here
Mike McGranaghan
Gillian Jacobs is a national treasure 
3.5
I Used to Go Here
Derek Smith
The film is almost sadistically driven to turn a woman s trip down memory lane into fodder for cringe humor 
2
I Used to Go Here
Pamela Powell
Rey s succinct story telling creates an innovative and entertaining film but with Jacobs in the lead role this movie becomes an even more memorable one 
4
I Used to Go Here
Roger Moore
For much of the movie all that s demanded of Jacobs is that she look cute and lonely 
2
I Used to Go Here
Mark Dujsik
This is a relatively small film in terms of its ambitions and its goals but Rey s tight focus offers some real wisdom about the main character 
3
I Used to Go Here
Michael Phillips
The lightly carbonated fizz of I Used to Go Here has everything to do with Rey s deftly chosen ensemble 
3
Eraserhead
Matt Brunson
This one of a kind picture doesn 8217 t push the envelope it shreds it entirely 46 
4
Eraserhead
Michael Wilmington
What makes Eraserhead great and still perhaps the best of all Lynch s films Intensity Nightmare clarity And perhaps also it s the single mindedness of its vision 
4
Eraserhead
James Kendrick
a nightmarish spin down an industrial wasteland rabbit hole that is equal parts surreal head scratcher and emotionally driven horrorshow
4
Eraserhead
Josh Larsen
expertly crafted wildly imaginative and deeply deeply disturbing
4
Eraserhead
Walter Chaw
The discomfort we feel with the film indicates that the truths contained in Eraserhead whatever they may be are as surely true as they are unexamined 
4
Eraserhead
James O'Ehley
What s it about I can hear you shout Therein lies the rub not much really 
2.5
Eraserhead
Ted Prigge
Offers so much to look into and decipher for yourself 
4
Surviving Progress
Kelly Jane Torrance
These are crucial questions facing us no matter what side of the aisle you re on But unfortunately you won t find any substantive discussion of them here 
2
Surviving Progress
Joe Williams
These are critically important issues but it needs a sharper point to get through thick skulls and even evolved humans who are tired of the treadmill of progress might ask What else is new 
2.5
Surviving Progress
Mark Feeney
A slick jeremiad Surviving Progress is expertly made it s far from tedious but intellectually muddled 
2
Surviving Progress
Steven Rea
A remarkably cogent albeit remarkably alarming film 
4
Surviving Progress
Gerald Peary
One of those annoying runaway films in which every on camera point is an excuse to cut to gratuitous expensive images 
1.5
Surviving Progress
Austin Kennedy
Debates will be inevitable after viewing this with a friend But after about halfway through the movie repeats itself I was getting bored when scientist after scientist was saying the same thing over and over again
2
Surviving Progress
Chris Hewitt
Unlike many current documentaries it offers a fresh take on familiar issues 
3
Surviving Progress
Roger Ebert
It s self evident and tells the truth 
3.5
Surviving Progress
Michael Dequina
Food for thought presented in a smart admirably unsentimentalized and largely unmanipulative manner 
3
Surviving Progress
Mick LaSalle
Maybe the people in this movie really don t know what they re talking about In any case believing them gets you nowhere because they offer nothing 
2
Surviving Progress
Michael O'Sullivan
Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks s powerful but pessimistic documentary look at the corner we humans seem to be painting ourselves into economically ecologically and otherwise 
3
Surviving Progress
Tom Keogh
A truly disturbing documentary which pretty much argues that human beings are hard wired to self destruct 
3
Surviving Progress
Kam Williams
If humans go extinct the epitaph on our gravestone should simply read Why 
4
Surviving Progress
Kalvin Henely
By turning the idea of progress on its head the nimble Surviving Progress exquisitely presents to us the possibility that humankind s achievements may cause its downfall 
3
Surviving Progress
Stephen Cole
Though often fascinating and beautiful to look at Surviving Progress falls into the adapting a book into a movie trap Trying to do too much too fast 
2.5
Surviving Progress
Greg Quill
Crucial captivating and profoundly disturbing 
3.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Brandy McDonnell
The movie has a few bright moments but writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore mostly depend on standard rom com cliches to tell the story 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
David Nusair
As superficial and melodramatic as one might ve expected 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Christian Toto
Matthew McConaughey proves better than the material put before him in the intermittently intriguing Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Mike McGranaghan
Ideally you want to see the male and female leads end up together in a romantic comedy if not it all starts to become kind of creepy 
1
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Sean McBride
The comedy is reduced to pratfalls and embarrassing situations and much of it comes across as just mean spirited 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Sean P. Means
Director Mark Waters finds the movie s laughs in the supporting players Michael Douglas Emma Stone and Lacey Chabert 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Charles Koplinski
Not as bad as you might think but 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Lori Hoffman
A more appropriate title would have been Screwed in reference to the character s predicament and the audience s response to wasting money on this clunker 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Linda Cook
Sleazy shallow and at times downright tasteless Ghosts of Girlfriends Past would have Charles Dickens spinning in his grave 
1
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Robert Levin
When the movie is not immersed in the main character s subconscious it s almost unspeakably bad 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Matt Brunson
It s fortunate director Mark Waters thought to surround his pretty boy star with so much talent without their combined efforts this wouldn t stand a ghost of a chance when it comes to offering any semblance of entertainment 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Steve Rhodes
Kind of cute it never takes itself too seriously and is filled with deliciously cheesy lines 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Willie Waffle
When I first read about this movie several years ago it was a star vehicle for Ben Affleck and I thought it was a great idea I was wrong 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Lou Lumenick
I m almost embarrassed to admit I found Ghosts of Girlfriends Past the season s first genuine guilty pleasure 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Daniel M. Kimmel
McConaughey has never really found his niche as a movie star occasionally scoring in an adventure film but lumbering through a series of romantic comedies to no good effect 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Liam Lacey
Only two characters might qualify as sympathetic 
1
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Carrie Rickey
As a romcom it s average but as a Matthew McConaughey romcom it s above average If you re a low expectations moviegoer this one might surprise you 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Mick LaSalle
Every audience member with an intellect bigger than a squid s knows at all times where Ghosts is heading 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Moira MacDonald
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past doesn t do Dickens any favors but in a year that brought us Bride Wars it ll do 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Chris Hewitt
All those snappy supporting performers take the focus off the movie s romantic comedy trappings 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Peter Howell
You ve got to love a movie that so eagerly assassinates its leading man s cuddly image and which also manages to blow a wicked kiss to Fatal Attraction 
3
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Walter Chaw
appalling hateful reptilian inept
0
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Sara Michelle Fetters
It also doesn t do the story any favors that it has makes Garner a one dimensional nincompoop pining for a Neanderthal 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Erik Childress
You know you re watching a bare bones witless screenplay when the writers can t merge the Dickensian parable with the morals of modern day casual sex by making a good old fashioned Yet To Come joke about the final ghost 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Dustin Putman
Carves out a little place for itself as one of the few romantic comedies of 2009 that doesn t annoy or insult the viewer s intelligence 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Peter Travers
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past never comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh 
1
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Claudia Puig
The formulaic story evaporates faster than cotton candy and it s often as cloyingly sweet and tacky 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Jeff Vice
This romantic comedy fantasy goes exactly where we expect it to go And that can t be considered a serious plot spoiler Anyone who s ever seen a movie fantasy will be able to predict this film s ending 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Sue Pierman
Overall Ghosts offers a couple quick laughs in passing but the movie never seems to generate sparks All in all it s a bit like kissing your sister 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Michael Phillips
Despite my McConaughey resistance I got more guilty chuckles from Ghosts of Girlfriends Past than Failure to Launch or Four Christmases 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Ty Burr
Ghosts is better than average McConaughey swill but not by much that s its pleasure and its curse 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Joe Williams
Despite inducing some guilty grins McConaughey s character is unforgivably shallow The likable Garner has little to do except wait for his inevitable breakthrough 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Rafer Guzman
Like Connor with his women the film picks up ideas and then drops them At one point Connor reflects on Wayne I never figured out why he called me Dutch Weirdly neither do we 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Roger Ebert
The potential is here for a comedy that could have been hilarious But the screenplay spaces out some undeniably funny lines in too much plot business and Matthew McConaughey while admirably villainous as a lecher is not convincing as a charmer 
2
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Frank Ochieng
An odious romantic comedy has all the depth and charm of an unwashed pillow case Needlessly unimaginative and cloying 
1.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
James Berardinelli
The Dickens elements elevate Ghosts of Girlfriends Past above the level of pure formula unfortunately the presence of McConaughey in full sleaze mode makes it difficult to like this film s Scrooge even after his redemption occurs 
2.5
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Nick Schager
The plot s eventual denigration of the single life and endorsement of soul mates and happily ever afters is predictably rote 
2
M.F.A.
Leo Brady
M F A is not just a statement but a rally cry for survivors dropping the hammer on the audience with incredible force The revenge genre has made a comeback and M F A is the match that lit the fire 
3.5
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
David Nusair
It s clear that everybody involved with the production had a great time making it but that simply doesn t disguise the film s inherently superfluous nature 
2
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Roger Ebert
Most of these movies including Good Guys haven t been very good but Mitchum has almost always been good in them 
2.5
Pulse
David Nusair
the requisite happy ending smacks of studio interference 
2
Pulse
John Beifuss
Dead on arrival 
0.5
Pulse
Pam Grady
For all those defects Pulse is entertaining enough providing one wants nothing more than an undemanding diversion 
2.5
Pulse
Linda Cook
Pulse is dead on arrival 
.5
Pulse
Rafer Guzman
The technophobic horror flick Pulse is a cautionary tale that could have been dreamed up by a frustrated parent If you don t get off of that computer kids you ll turn into a zombie 
1
Pulse
Lou Lumenick
Most contemporary Japanese horror movies concentrate on mood and don t much bother with plot But this brain dead remake is full of yammering about suicide clusters flu epidemics and hard drives 
1
Pulse
Jack Mathews
Hideously ugly to look at and not even worth following 
1
Pulse
Susan Walker
Pulse is most cunning in its overarching theme What Americans have to fear most are hidden dangers in their midst 
2.5
Pulse
Peter Hartlaub
What s the lesson here Should we all be talking to each other with two cans and a string 
1
Pulse
Wesley Morris
Like Naomi Watts and Sarah Michelle Gellar before her Bell spends this Hollywood remake of a Japanese cult hit at an emotional dead end 
2
Pulse
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The new American remake is a soulless imitation 
2
Pulse
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s an awful way for it all to crumble down into nothingness and had director Jim Sonzero managed to hold it together for just a teensy bit longer I d have been more than willing to give Pulse a pass 
2.5
Pulse
Jason Anderson
The Internet is trying to kill you Your cellphone also seems to be nursing a serious grudge They may both be conspiring with your Blackberry and your TiVo and possibly your washing machine 
1
Pulse
James Berardinelli
Sitting through this movie is a joyless chore Pulse doesn t have one 
1
Pulse
Larry Ratliff
Pulse isn t awful It s just an uninspired fright fest with ghouls we ve seen before and not enough creative style to make us forget that fact 
2
Pulse
James Sanford
The idea is better than the execution unfortunately although director Jim Sonzero does create a few extremely eerie moments 
2
Pulse
Dustin Putman
Fails to find the relevancy it desires and the momentum it needs all the while unleashing a series of hoary teen thriller clichés and cheap throwaway jump scares 
2
Pulse
Ken Fox
Sonzero flubs the icy scares by turning the dead into garden variety life force vampires instead of haunting pathetically melancholy ghosts whose lonely afterlife would have given Sartre himself a cold chill 
2.5
Pulse
John Monaghan
An hour into the movie I shut out the story and dialogue entirely and just focused on the visuals That made the boring Bell and the cast of third string teen movie supporting players somehow easier to bear 
2
Pulse
Mark Collette
What s the point in warning of the perils of the information age by creating a scareless formulaic film that fits so snugly into the thoughtless consumerism of the culture you re trying to criticize 
1
Pulse
Nick Schager
This domestic redo of Kurosawa s ghost story is a reasonably sinister scary movie that faithfully taps into its predecessor s existential dread and distrust of technology 
2.5
Pulse
Mike McGranaghan
Pulse is a lesson in Horror Filmmaking 101 a generic uninspired slog through just about every single genre cliché ever committed to celluloid 
1.5
Family Motel
Jennie Punter
Family Motel uses fresh faces to show the domino effect of becoming homeless revealing just how close many of us are to the edge 
3
Private School
David Nusair
Private School s mostly tolerable atmosphere is due almost entirely to the charm of the eclectic cast 
2
Private School
Roger Ebert
Why are all these movies so anti woman Why are all the jokes about nudity directed at women Why are the girls the only ones embarrassed in public 
2
Chasing the Thunder
Alan French
Settling into this specific story and eschewing the superfluous context of the situation helps drive home the emotional intensity This makes Chasing the Thunder an exciting ride from start to nearly finish 
3
Starving the Beast
Rob Thomas
Mims doesn t shy away from the complexity of the issue and tries to maintain an even hand in interviewing all sides of the debate 
3
Starving the Beast
Stephanie Merry
Starving the Beast is a worthwhile documentary Learning isn t always fun but that doesn t make it any less valuable 
3
Being the Ricardos
David Reddish
Being the Ricardos also ranks among Sorkin s best scripts with its astute nuanced portraits of legendary stars early TV politics and gender dynamics of the 1950s 
3
Being the Ricardos
Robert Horton
Because its Sorkin most of this is steered toward tidy middlebrow conclusions also because its Sorkin the steering is often amusing 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
David Gonzalez
Being the Ricardos surpassed all expectations 46 Its a film that profoundly moved me and one that left me shedding a tear as the credits rolled 46 Its not only Aaron Sorkins best direction thus far 44 but its without a doubt my favorite film of the year 46 
4
Being the Ricardos
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kidman manages some dazzling Ball like comedic bits and Simmons and Arianda steal the show with their acerbic bickering 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Lisa Jensen
Rescuing the show and its creators from the realm of comfy nostalgia Sorkin celebrates a surprisingly radical moment in American pop culture 
3
Being the Ricardos
James Kendrick
It is a difficult feat to pull off and Kidman and Bardem come close but not close enough and as a result Being the Ricardos never quite takes off 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
David Nusair
a watchable yet thoroughly erratic drama 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Rosa Parra
Kidman and Bardem never disappear into their roles Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are pioneers in tv and their stories should be told respectfully insightfully Flashback storytelling does a disservice meanwhile the supporting cast overshadows the stars
2
Being the Ricardos
Sarah Knight Adamson
The transition to the black and white original I Love Lucy with the real life Lucille Ball is a brilliant move 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Mike Scott
I love parts of it mind you But taken as a whole Sorkin has some splaining to do 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Pamela Powell
Sorkin tackles a very complicated story and using flashbacks and memories he is able to tell a much more elaborate one The unexpected real time interviews however is jarring and takes us out of the story 
3
Being the Ricardos
Sean P. Means
Being the Ricardos fits squarely in the Sorkin canon of walking and talking workplace dramas where smart people are thrown together in a pressure cooker situation and come out making magic 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Walter Chaw
Aaron Sorkin s incapable of creating ambiguous heroes and villains which is only a problem when you re not dealing with real people Except that s all Sorkin ever seems to do anymore 
2
Being the Ricardos
Leo Brady
Being the Ricardos seeks to be many movies and never settles on one The bright lights are all there but nobody is home 
2
Being the Ricardos
Rafer Guzman
An uneven love letter to Lucy but fans of TV history will find it rewarding 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Mark Feeney
Like the title characters and the performances that go with them Being the Ricardos has real zip It s a virtue of Sorkin s tendency to glibness 
3
Being the Ricardos
Linda Cook
You ll love Lucy 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Max Weiss
It s fun particularly to see such accomplished actors embodying the roles But it feels shallow and showy 
3
Being the Ricardos
Tom Meek
Fans of the show understandably might not buy the portrayals but the look behind the curtain of a 1950s television product and seeing Ball as a troubled yet vulnerable trailblazer very much intrigues 
3
Being the Ricardos
Michael Medved
A hugely enjoyable film powered by world class performances 
4
Being the Ricardos
Dwight Brown
Kidman s interpretation of Ball is as ingenious as it is emotionally nuanced Sorkin s most balanced writing directing effort ever 
4
Being the Ricardos
Peter Canavese
Insufficiently cinematic for a movie that s being hyped for awards season but the performances and the inside baseball ness of it all work in its favor 
3
Being the Ricardos
Roger Moore
Witty and bittersweet a biopic that like Spencer and King Richard forces us to take another look at public figures we think we know and consider them anew 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Mike McGranaghan
For all the negative online chatter about Nicole Kidman being cast as Lucille Ball she proves herself to be a pretty good choice in Being the Ricardos 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Jeff York
It s a tough expose of Tinsel Town sexism racism and the creative process Ball may not have always been easy to love but she earned the respect of those she worked with by hook or by crook 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Richard Roeper
In typical Aaron Sorkin style the whip smart drama packs years of turmoil into one compelling week 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Kevin Carr
If you re a big fan of Lucille Ball and her television legacy you ll walk away with a good view of this movie but it falls into the traps of a biopic 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Ty Burr
Nicole Kidman is good at many things but comedy isn t one of them 
2
Being the Ricardos
Steven Prokopy
The drama and tension is palpable the peek behind the making of the show is fascinating and the interpersonal web is sometimes devastating sometimes inspiring 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Tomris Laffly
A complex enjoyable gamble that comes with a big bright smile and something a touch darker underneath it much like the larger than life heroine at its heart 
3
Being the Ricardos
Christian Toto
Aaron Sorkin serves up a fun nostalgia trip but forgets the Love story we crave 
3
Being the Ricardos
Jeff Mitchell
Sorkin Kidman and Bardem capture a scary week in this gripping insightful Lucille and Desi biopic 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Sara Michelle Fetters
The one thing Being the Ricardos does better than anything else is prove that it is incredibly foolish to doubt Nicole Kidman 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Mark Dujsik
Sorkin never quite finds a way to tell a cohesive narrative within this jumble of ideas characters relationships and intentions 
2
Being the Ricardos
Rob Thomas
Being the Ricardos is a snappy energetic movie that only falters because Sorkin has tried to pack so much into it Ball would have known what to cut out 
3
Being the Ricardos
Chris Hewitt
What keeps us engaged is Kidman who makes sure Ricardos understands not just the icon but the human who created her 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Nina Metz
A biopic that offers little more than an exercise in re enactment 
2
Being the Ricardos
Randy Myers
It s good enough but should have been better 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
James Berardinelli
It s a perfectly enjoyable piece of movie making and a treasure for those who want a better understanding of how old TV shows were made 
3
Being the Ricardos
Lindsey Bahr
Being the Ricardos is a Sorkin event through and through and an earnest smart picture of a complex woman and like her show it all goes down so smoothly you barely even get a chance to appreciate the labor behind it 
3
Being the Ricardos
Mark Meszoros
Being the Ricardo has a few slow stretches but Sorkin with a lot of help from his friends succeeds in taking another moment in American history well worth revisiting 
3
Being the Ricardos
Katie Walsh
The acting is not the problem not by a long shot In fact the actors are the best part of this otherwise poorly executed film which actively works against whatever insights it may have wanted to impart about Lucy Desi and their influential TV show 
1.5
Being the Ricardos
Michael O'Sullivan
Someone once said that laws are like sausages It s better not to see them being made Sadly Ricardos makes the same point about comedy 
1.5
Being the Ricardos
Mick LaSalle
The bottom line on Being the Ricardos is that it s irresistible 
3
Being the Ricardos
Johnny Oleksinski
You were wrong guys Kidman is sensational in the part and is doing the finest work of her career 
3.5
Being the Ricardos
Brian Truitt
While it lacks a strong overall narrative focus Ricardos makes the most of a strong supporting cast and Sorkin s excellent banter filled script 
3
Being the Ricardos
Mattie Lucas
Like Trial of the Chicago 7 before it Being the Ricardos essentially defangs the radical politics at its heart boiling down a much broader much more fiery idealogical conflict into a martial spat between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz 
2.5
Being the Ricardos
Jake Cole
Like all Aaron Sorkin penned characters this film s version of Lucille Ball is a mouthpiece for his brand of smarmy know it all sarcasm 
2
Being the Ricardos
Joey Magidson
Being the Ricardos is crackerjack entertainment Aaron Sorkin s writing and the cast all work in concert to deliver something expertly executed 
3.5
The Open House
Federico Furzan
It s not a good sign when you say it could be better when describing a movie But at least The Open House survives its cliches Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Jeff Vice
Melancholia leans heavily toward propaganda but the movie is well done albeit almost overwhelmingly dark 
3
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Sean P. Means
Honkasalo moves somberly and way too slowly through these three linked scenarios and the droning score may induce sleep in the eyes of audience members 
2.5
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Elizabeth Weitzman
Consistently moving but never quite coalesces into a strongly coherent whole 
2.5
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
V.A. Musetto
An achingly beautiful look at the most tragic victims of the longtime war in Chechnya children 
3.5
Rampage
Roger Ebert
This is not a movie about murder so much as a movie about insanity as it applies to murder in modern American criminal courts Friedkin plays with two decks and is happy to stack them both 
3
The Shape of Things
Jordan Hiller
Go see The Shape of Things a peculiarly acted nasty caper and decide for yourself whether we are being set up by LaBute with a manipulative device or if he is speaking to our frailties and telling truths 
1.5
The Shape of Things
Ian Mantgani
Some critics have called the film stolid and stagy I think the way it sits still and looks hard is just the point and the key to its effect 
3.5
The Shape of Things
Nick Rogers
The commercially minded Nurse Betty aside it s Neil LaBute s weakest work But even on a bad day he s better than most 
3.5
The Shape of Things
Sara Michelle Fetters
LaBute knows how to push my buttons but he also knows how to make me think He s an intelligent unapologetic filmmaker 
3
The Shape of Things
Sean P. Means
This film like earlier LaBute ones is a precise little jewel box of misanthropy of men and women fighting a battle of the sexes with no winners only casualties 
3
The Shape of Things
David Nusair
LaBute s done a fantastic job of creating four distinct characters who aren t easily identifiable 
3
The Shape of Things
Rene Rodriguez
In The Shape of Things love doesn t just hurt It bites and bites deep 
3
The Shape of Things
Jeff Vice
LaBute keeps the tone surprisingly light for a LaBute film anyway 
3
The Shape of Things
Erik Childress
An amazing piece of writing and one that will provoke laughs discussion and anger 
4
The Shape of Things
Phil Villarreal
Meticulously crafted ambitious and uproariously funny 
4
The Shape of Things
Marty Mapes
Such an effective emotional roller coaster that its flaws seem diminished
3
The Shape of Things
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The balanced struggle between and among sexes is engaging for a good chunk of the film 
2.5
The Shape of Things
Dustin Putman
A motion picture not easy to shake grim in its look at what one person is capable of doing to another but it is not heartless 
3
The Shape of Things
Rob Blackwelder
LaBute hasn t augment the characters and settings with the additional depth and definition necessary to flesh out a stage production for the screen 
2
The Shape of Things
Frank Ochieng
Shape is rather slight as compared to LaBute s earlier creative cruelty based concoctions but it nevertheless is a twisted celebration in the bonding of misguided personalities feverishly searching for that elusive emotional completeness 
3
The Shape of Things
Claudia Puig
Raises interesting questions about the power exerted in relationships and the amount of control a person can or should have over another 
2.5
The Shape of Things
Moira MacDonald
It s a compelling story getting better as it goes along but nonetheless suffers from being too obviously bound to its stage origins 
2.5
The Shape of Things
Mick LaSalle
The film is certainly clever enough to hold an audience s interest throughout though in the end it s a victim of its own ambition 
3
The Shape of Things
Joe Baltake
Having played these roles for so long and so often Mol Rudd Weller and Weisz fully inhabit their parts 
3
The Shape of Things
Vic Vogler
Intellectually Shape is a tour de force that can t be dismissed merely for the coldness it makes us feel Artistically it should have been called Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here 
2.5
The Shape of Things
Wesley Morris
The cast helps enliven what could otherwise come off as a treatise 
3
The Shape of Things
Jonathan Rosenbaum
LaBute has extracted the maximum amount of meaning from his material by letting us approach it from every possible angle like a piece of sculpture 
3
The Shape of Things
Jack Mathews
Besides repeating his premise that only fools fall in love and deserve whatever circle of hell they enter for it LaBute seems to really believe that morality has no place in art Certainly he s keeping it out of his 
2
The Shape of Things
Roger Ebert
LaBute has that rarest of attributes a distinctive voice 
3.5
The Shape of Things
Lou Lumenick
Very well acted but psychologically superficial 
2
The Shape of Things
Glenn Whipp
Shape is LaBute spinning his wheels offering another sour candy to his fans while deluding himself that he s not turning into a one trick pony at least when it comes to looking at relationships 
2
The Shape of Things
Glenn Kenny
The characters don t seem to be people as much as they are stand ins for ideas 
2.5
The Shape of Things
Kit Bowen
In The Shape of Things writer director Neil Labute molds another whopper of a tale about modern romance but its hardly a date movie 
3
The Shape of Things
Chris Hewitt
A great play becomes a bad movie 
1.5
The Shape of Things
Glenn Lovell
The problem with Shape is that it s exactly what it seems a recycled four character play that someone mistook for a clever movie 
2
The Shape of Things
Steven Rea
LaBute s lacerating take on the battle of the sexes on the betrayals and debasements littering the field like bloody corpses isn t for everyone But for the rubberneckers and masochists among us The Shape of Things is hard to beat 
3
The Shape of Things
Terry Lawson
There s nothing cinematic here either in the execution or the performances which are little more than speeches 
2
The Shape of Things
Peter Travers
LaBute s ideas on art and humanity will make you hoot holler curse the actors damn LaBute and argue like hell with your date What else do you want from a movie 
3
The Shape of Things
Gene Seymour
An acrid chamber piece 
2.5
The Shape of Things
Jeff Strickler
The four actors who originated their roles on stage know the characters well and have developed a keen sense for the interaction among them 
3
The Shape of Things
James Berardinelli
The Shape of Things is imperfect but the flaws don t detract much from what is a singularly effective grim perspective of contemporary romance 
3
The Shape of Things
David Sterritt
LaBute s woven an engrossing yarn that combines his critical often astringent intelligence with a concern for human feelings that s miles beyond anything found in his previous pictures 
4
The Shape of Things
Mark Caro
Though you still sense some distance between the filmmaker and his creations he lets you warm up to these people so you re on board as he explores the larger issues their behavior suggests 
3
The Shape of Things
Walter Chaw
Labute s existential rage is cooling in direct proportion to the rise of his self pitying belief that no one understands him 
1.5
The Shape of Things
Jeanne Aufmuth
The fallout from the discomfiting climax lingers long after the lights have come up 
3
The Shape of Things
Steve Rhodes
Sit back and soak up the delicious dialog as LaBute entrances us once again 
3
The Shape of Things
Nick Schager
This preposterous relationship drama is LaBute s staunch defense of his own work 
1.5
Thunder Road
John Beifuss
Bruce Springsteen borrowed its title and Burt Reynolds appropriated its anti revenooer appeal but just shy of its 60th anniversary Thunder Road remains very much the property of its actor as auteur leading man Robert Mitchum 
3
Find Her
Anne Brodie
An ex cop doggedly pursues the truth and has an affair with a very young woman who is subjected to the male gaze 46 Another woman is a weapons expert photographed and developed as a man would be 46 So that 8217 s interesting 46 
2
Detention
Isaac Feldberg
For all the game s attention to the ways fear can become rooted in personal and collective psyches this adaptation feels curiously depersonalized 
2
Detention
Mark Dujsik
The horror of Detention resonates 
3
Faust
Fernando F. Croce
Films from the German Expressionism era are famous for their fiercely stylized mise en scene and to Murnau the medium s very artificiality provided the keys to locating its truths 
4
Faust
Roger Ebert
I sometimes feel in this age of expert CGI that I am being shown too much that technique is pushing aside artistry and imagination The world of Faust is never intended to define a physical universe but is a landscape of nightmares 
4
Faust
John Monaghan
Still a classic example of eye popping excess at a time when German filmmakers were among the most innovative in the world 
3
Faust
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The overall film is truly masterful 
4
Gypsy Caravan
Sean P. Means
While the backstage tour footage is sometimes repetitive it s delightful to see the musicians take up each other s songs as the tour progresses 
3
Gypsy Caravan
Terry Lawson
The emphasis remains on the personal stories of the players themselves who for all their backstage squabbling identify more with each other than any of the countries in which they ve settled 
3
Gypsy Caravan
Bill Stamets
The camera work is always note perfect 
3
Gypsy Caravan
Michael Phillips
If music were all Gypsy Caravan would be amazing As is it s worth seeing but you may get frustrated at the way Dellal raises provocative questions about ancestry and prejudice 
2.5
Gypsy Caravan
Jason Anderson
The personalities of the players also contribute energy They are an immensely charismatic bunch 
2.5
Gypsy Caravan
Steven Rea
It s hardly surprising that Gypsy Caravan a lively and lovely music documentary is rife with whirling rhythms wild soaring melodic lines the ululations of singers steeped in centuries of Romany tradition 
3.5
Gypsy Caravan
Peter Canavese
To best enjoy the energetic and big hearted Gypsy Caravan know that it s not so much a concert film as it is a cultural anthropology documentary 
3
Gypsy Caravan
Ruthe Stein
Caravan sounds great and if nothing else should help diminish the stereotype blasted by the film s subjects of Gypsies as little more than pickpockets whom travelers need to be wary of 
3.5
Gypsy Caravan
Ty Burr
Gypsy Caravan could have used some judicious trimming but you forgive Dellal her excesses as she forgives her artists theirs This is music to gorge on raw ethnic survival in the form of sound 
3.5
Gypsy Caravan
Bob Strauss
The music is unfailingly joyous even at its saddest and the film s devotion to outreach and understanding is just as exhilarating 
3.5
Gypsy Caravan
V.A. Musetto
Gypsy Caravan avoids any serious discussion of the social issues that confront the world s 10 million Roma Unfortunately the well intentioned film never gets beyond clichés itself 
2
Gypsy Caravan
Maitland McDonagh
A natural follow up to Dellal s debut American Gypsy A Stranger In Everybody s Land this exuberant film features long musical interludes that speak as vividly if not more so than the interviews and fly on the wall footage 
3
Gypsy Caravan
Jan Stuart
Everyone is having so much fun one would really like to be a part of it But the performance sequences are too jaggedly truncated to pull us in entirely 
2.5
Gypsy Caravan
Nick Schager
Music is the conduit for repudiating stereotypes and fostering cultural unity in Gypsy Caravan 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Margaret A. McGurk
This more civilized Dr Dolittle may be less zany than he used to be but at least you can take the kids to see this one 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Jeffrey Westhoff
The movie that the first one should have been 
3
Dr. Dolittle 2
James Sanford
Murphy has reached a genuine low point It s a thoroughly insipid feeble minded film that all but screams We re only in it for the money 
1
Dr. Dolittle 2
Mark Dujsik
Hardly ever elevates its humor beyond the mindset of a 10 year old 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Bill Chambers
Certainly the special effects designed by the wizards at Rhythm and Hues reach a new plateau of believability for talking animal CGI 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Jorge Avila Andrade
Historia totalmente intrascendente y sin gracia 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Steve Rhodes
This sequel tries to get by with easy to devise recycled humor 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Michael Dequina
When watching an Eddie Murphy film do you want to see him play straight man to a bunch of animals Didn t think so 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Mike McGranaghan
Dr Dolittle 2 is a reminder that you can be funny without being edgy hip without being self obsessed 
3
Dr. Dolittle 2
James Kendrick
funny and light hearted enough to pass for an innocuous afternoon of entertainment
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Robert Roten
Unlike most sequels this is better than the original There is an actual plot and the animals are funnier 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Mike Clark
While this Dolittle does too little it s harmless 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Bob Graham
Do little says it all 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Susan Stark
Murphy s performance is a testament to his endless energy wit and imagination 
3
Dr. Dolittle 2
Roger Ebert
A cute crude and good hearted movie 
3
Dr. Dolittle 2
Rick Groen
They should have called it Dr Doo Doo 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Tor Thorsen
The most frustrating thing however about Dr Dolittle 2 is its star Watching Eddie Murphy play the straight man is like seeing Michael Johnson sprint in leg irons the man is hobbled 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
James Berardinelli
The absence of a strong plot related motivation for the movie has led to complete creative bankruptcy 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Michael Wilmington
Like most other talking animal movies it winds up talking down to its audience 
2
Dr. Dolittle 2
Rob Blackwelder
Without question Dolittle 2 does entertain but it just doesn t have enough heart and hardiness to let slide its deficiencies 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Ross Anthony
Fun and educational for the kids 
2.5
Dr. Dolittle 2
Dustin Putman
A pointless sequel to the 1998 hit is superior to its hideously misguided predecessor and yet it s still pretty bad 
1.5
The Maid's Room
Nick Prigge
Drina is less of an individual and one whom we wish to see avenged than a transparent martyr for the collective sins of the wealthy few 
2
Becoming Mike Nichols
David Wiegand
Every time director Elaine May cuts away from Mike Nichols talking you re impatient for her to get back to him 
3
Becoming Mike Nichols
Brian Tallerico
Becoming Mike Nichols falls short of its potential beyond the clearly interesting source of trivia it provides 
2.5
Half Moon Street
Roger Ebert
The movie is interesting primarily because of the interaction between Weaver and Caine 
3
Ramchand Pakistani
Namrata Joshi
Ramchand Pakistani provides yet another glimpse into the freshly energised new wave cinema of our neighbour 
3
Color Me Blood Red
Mattie Lucas
Feels as if Lewis was running out of ideas by the time he got around to this one 
.5
Color Me Blood Red
Matt Brunson
There s some entertainment value in watching the abysmal acting listening to the wretched dialogue and pondering the artless direction in his flicks but they wear out their welcome far more rapidly than in turkeys by say Ed Wood 
1
The Brothers McMullen
Mal Vincent
The cheapo production values don t hide its rare ability to capture human nature 
3
The Brothers McMullen
David Sterritt
The acting and scripting are too uneven for either the drama or the comedy to gather much steam 
2
The Brothers McMullen
Phil Villarreal
It s easy to see what attracted Redford to Burns first film Burns dialogue is natural and witty Burns films with the gritty immediacy of a documentary slipping a boom mic above backyard conversations over beers 
4
The Brothers McMullen
Emanuel Levy
It s the sprightly profane dialogue the dirty talk of the brothers about love and religion that gives this otherwise old fashioned comedy imitative of Woody Allen a modern feel and winsome drive keeping it from getting stale 
3
The Brothers McMullen
Ross Anthony
A good Movie of the Week Engaging a bit soapy but with real circumstance intelligent plausable chat However tidies up too neatly in the end 
2.5
The Brothers McMullen
Roger Ebert
This is not a religious film and the brothers are far from saints But they know right and wrong and in their imperfect ways they are struggling to attain a state of grace Sometimes they slip Sometimes they don t struggle so hard Life s like that 
3
Wondrous Oblivion
Phil Villarreal
David s favorite exclamation is wondrous u2014 which happens to be a fitting description for the talents of writer director Paul Morrison 
3
Wondrous Oblivion
Bill Stamets
Wondrous Oblivion is a timeless tale of an 11 year old South London boy putting aside boyish things Writer director Paul Morrison affirms PG rated life lessons that could appeal to 11 year olds and their elders alike 
3
Wondrous Oblivion
Kam Williams
A touching rite of passage flick which simultaneously sends several valuable messages about friendship fidelity tolerance and reaching for the stars 
4
Wondrous Oblivion
G. Allen Johnson
You don t have to know anything about the sport of cricket to be charmed by Wondrous Oblivion a British film that is finally getting a well deserved theatrical release after opening the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in 2004 
3
Wondrous Oblivion
Stephen Whitty
It s a delight to see Delroy Lindo perpetually cast as tough cops and tougher crooks playing a tender father and decent if struggling husband 
2.5
Wondrous Oblivion
Ethan Alter
Amid the mawkish mess rests a genuinely touching love story between two people who are considered outcasts by mainstream society Too bad they re not the stars of the movie 
2
Wondrous Oblivion
Ken Fox
It s sweet as pie nicely acted and boasts a marvelous vintage ska reggae calypso soundtrack featuring some of the best bounciest songs of the era including Sugar Dandy Rudi A Message to You and of course Millie Small s My Boy Lollipop 
3
Wondrous Oblivion
John Anderson
The film feels like the Cliffs Notes version of what might have been a much longer and certainly more satisfying story 
2.5
Wondrous Oblivion
V.A. Musetto
It loses direction turning contrived and sentimental 
2
Wondrous Oblivion
Elizabeth Weitzman
Good intentions and some nicely playful moments go a long way toward balancing out Paul Morrison s uneven story of British immigrants in the early 1960s 
2.5
Wondrous Oblivion
Ed Gonzalez
Ignorance isn t bliss and neither are useless films like this one 
1.5
Wondrous Oblivion
David Nusair
The film s only real shortcoming is overlength the story goes on for about a half hour longer than it really needs to 
2.5
Ben Banks
Sean P. Means
This is a message to Bryce Clark the writer director of the made in St George comedy Ben Banks Your movie s awful dude but don t give up on filmmaking 
1.5
Confetti
Steven Prokopy
An opportunity to see such a work on true intimacy should not be missed even with a few minor shortcomings in the writing 
3
Confetti
Tom Meek
As pat and overly melodramatic as that sounds Hu imbues it with nuance and deep empathy She also has a pair of aces in her two leads 
2.5
Confetti
Leo Brady
The intentions are good from director Ann Hu and the cast is game to tell this light tale about what a mother would do to help her child which is what makes Confetti a nice movie 
2.5
Confetti
Nell Minow
Writer director Ann Hu who based the film on her own experience has a gift for subtle details that illuminate character and culture 
3
Confetti
Randy Myers
A little too glossy for its own good Confetti nevertheless will resonate for those who can relate to this family s plight 
2.5
Confetti
Roger Moore
I wish this wish fulfillment educational fantasy had been realistic enough to make me invest in the characters and doubt the outcome of their hopeless quest just a little 
2
The Planters
Roger Moore
Doesn t amount to much more than some winsome smirks and a chuckle or two but its mere existence is a delight 
2.5
The Planters
Lisa Trifone
A film with a distinctive sense of style humor and fun 
3
The Planters
Anita Katz
Kotcheff and Leder impressive behind and in front of the camera believe in their characters and have fun with Sadie s condition without treating mental illness as a laughing matter 
3
The Planters
Joseph Braverman
The Planters represents a stunning feat of auteur announcement 
3
The Piano
Dann Gire
The Piano is Campion s most accessible film yet mainstream audiences spoon fed on formula love stories will find themselves wondrously lost in its unpredictable turns of events and its explosive spontaneous sensibilities 
4
The Piano
Matt Brunson
One of the all time greats 
4
The Piano
Josh Larsen
swirls in melodrama and metaphor 
4
The Piano
Wesley Lovell
A melancholy film exploring the despair and passion that arises from difficult situations 
4
The Piano
Steve Rhodes
This is a dark and depressing show about the evils of life Depressing shows can be quite rewarding as this film proves 
3
The Piano
Roger Ebert
The Piano is as peculiar and haunting as any film I ve seen 
4
The Piano
James Berardinelli
The Piano is a solid motion picture with a universal message and occasional splashes of genius but it is remarkable only as Holly Hunter s performance is concerned 
3
Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control
Steve Rhodes
A smart romantic comedy drama in which Pinchot does a very touching piece of dramatic acting 
3
A Haunted House
Rick Groen
Along comes Marlon Wayans to do in A Haunted House what he once did in Scary Movie And do it much much worse 
1
A Haunted House
Josh Tapper
A movie that offends every moral sensibility but delivers few comedic rewards 
0.5
A Haunted House
Tom Russo
You might chuckle at Wayans huddled in the tub frantically trying to scrub himself clean of something slightly more earthly freaky than evil spirits But watching him get it on with stuffed animals Ick 
1
A Haunted House
Jeremy Wheeler
This found footage spoof impresses right out of the gate because in the first five minutes one sacred movie taboo is thrown out the window and pummeled to absolutely absurd lengths 
2.5
A Haunted House
Chris Hewitt
Who thinks it s high time for a movie that spoofs The Blair Witch Project Hands Anyone Anyone No 
1
A Haunted House
Michael Nordine
If you re wondering why A Haunted House exists alongside the upcoming Scary Movie 5 rather than instead of it you may already have given the subject more thought than Marlon Wayans had hoped 
.5
A Haunted House
Roger Moore
Paranormal Black tivity Played 
1
A Haunted House
Matt Pais
Doesn t so much skewer the popular Paranormal franchise as clone it into a comedy in which farting and the word asstraphobic pass as jokes 
1
A Haunted House
Dustin Putman
A Haunted House runs a scant 86 minutes but it s a painful 86 minutes seeming twice as long and more punishing by the second 
0.5
I Came By
Roger Moore
It 8217 s nice to see Hugh Bonneville truly slip the tuxedoed bonds of 8220 Downton Abbey 8221 and take on a real rotter for the change 46 
2.5
I Came By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie never quite goes where it seems to be pointed 44 eventually turning into a tense procedural 59 we watch as puzzle pieces almost fall into place 44 and then are cruelly swatted away 46 
3
I Came By
Peter Canavese
Hugh Bonneville as a posh but psychotic killer with serious daddy issues 46 So so script but enjoyable enough as a pulse pounding thriller 46 
2.5
I Came By
Brian Tallerico
There are some fun performances and clever themes in I Came By 44 two things that elevate it above a lot of the product coming out of the Netflix Thriller Factory 46 
2.5
The Funeral
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Funeral is yet another fresh take on the gangster flick 
3.5
The Funeral
Emanuel Levy
Though directed in different style thematically this period movie is a companion piece to King of New York and The Bad Lieutenant forming an urban crime trilogy and representing Ferrara s best work 
3
The Funeral
David Nusair
With a cast like that one would expect fireworks on the screen Unfortunately this never happens 
2
The Funeral
Mick LaSalle
Film after film Ferrara and St John are finding new ways to scream 
3
The Funeral
Roger Ebert
Now here is a gangster movie that does not want setups or payoffs like traditional gangster movies 
3
Crash Pad
Mark Dujsik
Do we really want to understand either of these guys 
1.5
Crash Pad
Roger Moore
A formula comedy that gets by on sparkling banter and the hilarious Sideways pairing of Domhnall Gleeson and Thomas Haden Church 
2.5
La Ronde
Josh Larsen
In what it means to do capture the first rush of attraction La Ronde has few screen equals 
3
La Ronde
Dan Callahan
Each vignette conforms to a tight outgrowing pattern so that they each have equal weight even if Danielle Darrieux s first segment is the one that lingers in the mind 
3.5
Foxtrot
Christopher James
Few films go to the places that Foxtrot goes It s a wholly unique experience that excels on multiple dramatic and filmmaking levels 
4
Foxtrot
Bob Bloom
This Israeli import written and directed by Samuel Maoz is weighted down by grief and tragedy as it delves into the uncertainties and ironies of life in modern day Israel for military personnel and civilians alike 
3
Foxtrot
Calvin Wilson
Particularly impressive is Ashkenazi who brings to Michael a soulful but volatile insecurity It s a hauntingly realized performance 
3.5
Foxtrot
Ty Burr
Maoz is a director of gallows humor and creamy visual control and the movie at times dances along the edge of magical realism only to pull the characters and the audience back with a jolt 
3.5
Foxtrot
Michael Phillips
Most everything in Foxtrot feeds into a singular aching illustration of fate at its cruelest 
3.5
Foxtrot
Gary Thompson
A slippery thing that resists easy categorization and will reward viewers who wait until all of its secrets have been revealed 
3
Foxtrot
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maoz s approach is masterly his camera unerringly choosing either gloomy close ups or wryly funny wider angles 
3.5
Foxtrot
David Nusair
a decent premise that s employed to consistently uninvolving effect by Maoz 
1
Foxtrot
Kate Taylor
It is both delicate allegory and dark indictment 
4
Foxtrot
Bruce DeMara
Foxtrot is a minor masterpiece that audiences will remember for a long time thanks to the masterful script and some dazzling acting 
4
Foxtrot
Ann Hornaday
With a fluent mix of irony and sincerity Maoz interrogates gently but with unwavering insistence the rituals of a country mired in the moral contradictions of occupation and its own defensive crouch 
4
Foxtrot
Carla Meyer
Israeli filmmaker Samuel Maoz s strange engaging Foxtrot offsets tragedy with a significant entertainment factor 
3
Foxtrot
Robert Levin
It captures a sense of ennui that s a familiar presence in Israeli cinema about the military a sense of a mission lost in a morass and shades it with a touch of surrealism and a great sweeping dose of tragedy 
3.5
Foxtrot
Peter Travers
Samuel Moaz s Israeli drama about life war and grief Is a deeply resonant achievement that takes a piece out of you 
3.5
Foxtrot
Lindsey Bahr
Watching the Israeli film Foxtrot is like watching a dream play out 
4
Foxtrot
Kam Williams
An anxiety inducing meditation on of the loss of a child 
4
Foxtrot
Mike McGranaghan
The film undermines its own drama by waiting until the final seconds to inform the audience of what we re supposed to have spent the last 110 minutes caring about 
1.5
Foxtrot
Keith Watson
Icy absurdism and sorrowful ironies abound throughout Samuel Maoz s Foxtrot whose laughs stick in your throat like the silent screams of its Job like protagonist 
3.5
Foxtrot
Brian Tallerico
A formally gorgeous piece of work the kind of film that exudes confidence in structure and tone and it contains some of the most striking memorable imagery of the year 
3.5
Foxtrot
Mark Dujsik
It would be simple to call Foxtrot cynical but it s too achingly understanding for that to be the case 
3
Foxtrot
Roger Moore
Lacerating allegory of grief guilt and occupation
3.5
Looking Glass
James Berardinelli
For Cage this is a big step back toward respectability 
2.5
Looking Glass
Richard Roeper
Nicolas Cage s starring presence explains why it s such a compelling and offbeat little thriller 
3
Looking Glass
Glenn Kenny
One can t be blamed for hoping that this combination of talents at this time might combust into something interesting 
1.5
Looking Glass
David N. Butterworth
When a subdued Nicolas Cage is the best thing about your movie well 
2
Looking Glass
Mark Dujsik
A n exercise in seeing how many creepy elements can be added to a story without finding a way to connect them 
1.5
Looking Glass
Derek Smith
There s no follow through or follow up on how the main character s voyeurism informs his burgeoning sexual perversions 
1.5
Looking Glass
Roger Moore
Generic thriller that s never engrossing enough to merit the presence of the cinema s busiest B movie star Nicolas Cage 
1.5
Quatermass II
Matt Brunson
The best of the original trilogy choked with a pervasive air of paranoia and panic 
3.5
Frat Star
Roger Moore
Hateful and appalling On purpose Just not funny 
1
The Escape Artist
David Nusair
the movie s pervasive lack of drama or tension results in a palpably flat atmosphere that proves disastrous 
2
God Bless America
Brian Eggert
God Bless America cries out for a change in a funny 44 shocking 44 unflinching manner and probes the depths of what it means to be a black comedy 46 
3.5
God Bless America
Craig D. Lindsey
While Goldthwait s heart is in the right place it s unlikely the blood spilled in his film will make annoying loathsome people finally straighten up 
2
God Bless America
Jeff Beck
Goldthwait s shown he has a knack for writing films with strange lead characters whose morals you will question but whose exploits you will want to follow to the end 
3
God Bless America
Matt Brunson
There s something disingenuous about this being made by a filmmaker whose claim to fame was appearing in Police Academy 2 Hot to Trot and Shakes the Clown But I d be lying if I didn t admit that there s something cathartic about it 
2.5
God Bless America
Tom Russo
It s about a terminally ill man who decides that if he is going to die he is going to grab a gun and take a whole bunch of obnoxious people with him 
2
God Bless America
Sara Michelle Fetters
Much like Super the movie is a brazen middle finger pointed at the status quo speaking to who we might possibly be if we took the time to turn down the volume and communicate with one another as if we didn t have cell phones glued to our ears 
2.5
God Bless America
Austin Kennedy
It s jawdroppingly hilarious You ll laugh but then will feel guilty for laughing I love movies that make me uncomfortable Remember how dark HEATHERS was Well this is 10 times darker 
3.5
God Bless America
Stephen Whitty
The film features elaborate and spot on parodies of mean girl reality shows YouTube nonsense and fatuous news reports but the people are thin and the plot meanders a bit 
3.5
God Bless America
Sara Stewart
The real problem is there s just not enough plot on which to hang the message that mean people suck 
2
God Bless America
Amy Biancolli
In this Falling Down of pop cultural observation Goldthwait forgets the thrill of the chase he s more concerned with piercing verbal barbs than actual suspense 
2
God Bless America
Robert Levin
A stark vision of American civilization crumbling amid a morass of loud cacophonic nonsense 
3
God Bless America
Chris Hewitt
Through it all the film never comes up with a way to convince us Murray s behavior has any internal logic 
1
God Bless America
Gary Thompson
You can sympathize with Goldthwait s outrage here even laugh at some of his jokes and still wonder whether he s decrying the decline of our culture or contributing to it 
1.5
God Bless America
Christy Lemire
God Bless America has a whole lotta Taxi Driver in it and some Network and some Heathers with Barr functioning as Christian Slater in the equation and even some Kick Ass 
3
God Bless America
Matt Pais
Disturbing and often very funny possesses a daring point of view connecting rude pop culture and citizens losing grip on common courtesy 
3
God Bless America
Roger Moore
Broad mean with inconsistent political aims and uneven performances 
1.5
God Bless America
Roger Ebert
Here is a film that begins with merciless comic savagery and descends into merely merciless savagery But wow what an opening 
2
God Bless America
Dustin Putman
Who might have guessed that a mid range comic whose heyday was in the late 80s early 90s would turn out to have such a sharp merciless vision as a filmmaker 
2.5
God Bless America
James Berardinelli
A lot of what God Bless America has to say is on target and is presented in such a straightforward unvarnished fashion that it s impossible to miss the honesty beneath the comedy 
3
God Bless America
Nick Schager
By wholeheartedly taking its main characters s side instead of complicating or censuring his homicidal vigilante crusade it proves inanely one note and preachy 
1.5
God Bless America
Tom Meek
Murray and Barr have fun with the tart dialogue and despite the flimsy premise and the derivativeness Goldthwait lifts whole scenes of Taxi Driver it might be Goldthwait s best film to date 
3
God Bless America
Erik Childress
We may be ready to crown Goldthwait as the modern Frank Capra for the America that we have created 
3
God Bless America
David Nusair
Easy to like but difficult to love 
2.5
White Water Summer
David Nusair
an innocuous drama revolving around the exploits of several campers and their seemingly amiable guide 
2
White Water Summer
Betsy Bozdech
A jumpy poorly developed coming of age story 
1.5
Vampyr
Matt Brunson
The notion of cinema as dreamscape has rarely been realized as exquisitely as in Danish writer director Carl Theodor Dreyer s moody vampire tale 
3.5
Vampyr
James Kendrick
a masterfully evocative and unsettling horror film
4
Vampyr
John Beifuss
An often gauzy gray movie that makes as much use of white as of the traditional horror movie black Vampyr is so beautiful to look at it s hypnotic 
4
Vampyr
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a masterpiece that gives me the chills 
4
The Burning Plain
Mattie Lucas
Both uninspired and languorous a bland and anonymous concoction 
2
The Burning Plain
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Burning Plain is a dark drama but one that offers hope if you re willing to wait for the story to untangle its way to its natural end 
3
The Burning Plain
Marty Mapes
Babel director shows his hand too soon
2.5
The Burning Plain
David Stratton
When so many cinema releases are instantly forgettable The Burning Plain clings to the memory 
4
The Burning Plain
Keith Cohen
Theron continues her string of terrific and daring thespian performances She lays bare her body and soul in this unforgettable heartbreaking turn 
3
The Burning Plain
Stephen Cole
Throw in enough symbolism to choke an English lit major and you have a film challenge that too often feels like a chore 
2
The Burning Plain
Lisa Kennedy
Possibly the stories fit too neatly If so it s hardly a fatal flaw 
2.5
The Burning Plain
Chris Hewitt
To its credit The Burning Plain grapples with some of the big questions human beings face but its reach exceeds its grasp 
1
The Burning Plain
Joe Williams
Initially the puzzle structure and a pair of Oscar winning actresses distract us from the dark vacuum at the center of this enterprise but when it implodes it doesn t reverberate 
2
The Burning Plain
V.A. Musetto
That fractured structure worked well for Arriaga in his scripts for other directors Here the characters aren t compelling enough to ask viewers to give their brains a workout to determine exactly what s going on 
1.5
The Burning Plain
Sara Michelle Fetters
I sat in the theater quietly letting it all sink in the trickle of tears flowing steadily upon my cheek ones I hesitated to wipe away 
3
The Burning Plain
Mark Dujsik
Arriaga s affinity for the humanistic propels The Burning Plain 
3
The Burning Plain
Ted Fry
The emotional elements in all the plot threads are tremendously earnest but Arriaga s manipulation of time and his abrupt shifts in focus ultimately detract from the knotty narrative puzzle 
2
The Burning Plain
Roger Ebert
Told chronologically it might have accumulated considerable power Told as a labyrinthine tangle of intercut timelines and locations it is a frustrating exercise in self indulgence by writer director Guillermo Arriaga 
2.5
The Burning Plain
Robert Levin
The film cuts back and forth over more than a decade weaves its way through two settings and winds up at a place heavy on symbolism and melodrama but empty on ideas 
1.5
The Burning Plain
Kam Williams
A convoluted cinematic jigsaw puzzle of Shakespearean proportions 
3.5
The Burning Plain
Fernando F. Croce
The film groans with shoddy ironies and overbearing serendipity 
1
The Burning Plain
Tirdad Derakhshani
A classic melodrama about thwarted desire failed relationships and unrealized dreams Plain delivers solid turns from a stellar cast 
3
The Burning Plain
Erik Childress
Arriaga s attempt with poignant reconnections at the end can t strike the emotional footnote it wants at the fade as he s muddled it up trying to get us to make all the obvious connections from the previous 100 minutes 
2.5
The Burning Plain
David Nusair
possesses the feel of a fairly standard drama 
2.5
United Skates
Rafer Guzman
A celebration of a vibrant black subculture that also shows how discrimination can pervade even the most harmless pastime 
3
United Skates
Pat Brown
The documentary brings to the foreground a fascinating and moreover beautiful culture lurking in the background of other stories 
3
United Skates
Dwight Brown
Directors Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown chronicle the history examine the racial politics and pay due homage to the one neutral territory where LA s fighting Crips and Bloods forgot their differences and had fun a black owned roller rink 
4
Home Movie
Steve Rhodes
A naturally funny film Home Movie makes you crave Chris Smith s next movie 
3
Home Movie
Wesley Morris
Smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise 
3
Home Movie
Steven Snyder
Home Movie is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time 
3.5
Home Movie
Nick Carter
Smith examines the intimate unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes which pop up in nearly every corner of the country 
2.5
Home Movie
Mark Rahner
At just over an hour Home Movie will leave you wanting more not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face 
3
Home Movie
Roger Ebert
Smith simply celebrates the universal desire to fashion our homes for our needs and desires 
3
Home Movie
John Petrakis
Smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities Instead he shows them the respect they are due 
3
Home Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A winning and wildly fascinating work 
3.5
Home Movie
Mick LaSalle
Seems like someone going through the motions 
1
Home Movie
Glenn Whipp
The cumulative effect of watching this 65 minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge Before long you re desperate for the evening to end 
2.5
Home Movie
Megan Turner
The perfect comic timing of the editing takes full advantage of the humor inherent in the owners unself conscious earnestness 
2.5
Home Movie
Ed Gonzalez
The pitch must have read like a discarded House Beautiful spread 
3
Deep Sleep (Sonno Profondo)
Chris Alexander
When taken as moving art installation Sonno Profondo is nothing short of audacious if occasionally a bit too frenetic Recommended for horror fans who like their stuff weird and challenging 
3
On a Tightrope
Erik Lundegaard
Lom and the children find balance and hope 
3
The Stranger
Mike McGranaghan
The film is a different spin on the vampire myth but the sluggish pace and gaps in logic prevent it from having the impact you really want from a story of this type 
2
The Stranger
Simon Abrams
It s a lousy little film that is so dark and joyless that it leaves you feeling like you wasted your time watching it 
1
Federal Hill
Mick LaSalle
Federal Hill has sincerity on its side and a fair degree of authenticity 
3
Federal Hill
James Berardinelli
With the possible exception of utilizing an atypical location Providence Rhode Island s Federal Hill as opposed to New York City or Long Island there is little in this film that hasn t been done before and better 
2
Federal Hill
Roger Ebert
The movie has a good ear for the way the characters talk dress move and live it s another Italian American slice of life well acted and directed 
3
Meet Dave
Walter Chaw
Failure couldn t happen to a nicer guy 
1.5
Meet Dave
David Nusair
one could certainly do much worse as far as Murphy s family friendly output goes 
2.5
Meet Dave
James Berardinelli
This is made for TV material dressed up by Eddie Murphy s participation into a theatrical release 
2
Meet Dave
Austin Kennedy
A movie starring Eddie Murphy used to mean something good Now it just means that you should avoid anything he does at all costs MEET DAVE is a disaster of epic proportions 
0
Meet Dave
Linda Cook
Unless you re a die hard Eddie Murphy fan there s no reason for you to Meet Dave a substandard comedy that should have gone straight to DVD 
1
Meet Dave
Matt Brunson
Murphy far outshines the material 
1.5
Meet Dave
Rob Humanick
Contrary to what its altogether hideous advertising campaign would have you think the latest collaboration between Eddie Murphy and Norbit director Brian Robbins is not in fact the worst movie ever made 
2.5
Meet Dave
Larry Ratliff
Murphy never loses focus although the one dimensional nature of the script might provoke a few yawns among frequent moviegoers 
2.5
Meet Dave
Kam Williams
The worst sci fi comedy since well since Eddie Murphy made The Adventures of Pluto Nash 
0
Meet Dave
Dustin Putman
It s not every day Eddie Murphy releases something that doesn t make you want to rip your eyes out In its own way it is a fun movie 
2.5
Meet Dave
Christian Toto
Meet Dave is a fish out of water comedy with a rather annoying fish 
2
Meet Dave
Willie Waffle
It feels like someone slipped a Lunesta in my Cherry Coke 
1.5
Meet Dave
Claudia Puig
The lackluster title hints at the dull witless and hackneyed story 
1.5
Meet Dave
Ken Fox
Aside from some unnecessarily crude stereotypes Eddie Murphy s least painful comedy in years has a certain peculiar charm 
3
Meet Dave
Linda Barnard
The summer popcorn flick manages to deliver more than the standard sci fi send up thanks to a solid supporting cast most of whom come from TV that help bolster Murphy s average work 
2.5
Meet Dave
Ted Fry
An unremarkable sci fi gagfest 
2
Meet Dave
Ruthe Stein
Director Brian Robbins keeps going for easy laughs 
2
Meet Dave
Peter Travers
Eddie Murphy was that Oscar nominated performance in Dreamgirls just something I imagined continues to trash his very real talent with bottomfeeding material 
1
Meet Dave
Lou Lumenick
There are some laughs here and there but this is badly edited hack work 
1.5
Meet Dave
Meg Jones
How bombs like Meet Dave get the green light in Hollywood is a mystery 
1
Meet Dave
Jason Heck
Murphy might want to remember that people over 12 used to enjoy his movies as well 
2
Meet Dave
Jeff Vice
You d expect to see chinzty looking visual like this in one of those made for Sci Fi Channel cheese fests not in a major studio release 
1
Meet Dave
Wesley Morris
Murphy appears to be on the verge of cracking himself up This is good news At least someone found him funny 
1
Meet Dave
Josh Larsen
It s about time this guy realized he doesn t need those Norbit prosthetics 
3
Meet Dave
Josh Hurst
If anything in Meet Dave surprises you you ve never seen a family movie before Instead go to the movie only for Murphy whose talents really shine in this role 
2
Meet Dave
Pete Hammond
Meet Dave is passable family fare occasionally even inspired but in the end it remains earthbound 
2
Meet Dave
Stephen Cole
It s kind of sweet innocent almost kid friendly in the best sense 
2.5
Meet Dave
Peter Canavese
Eddie it s time to start thinking big again 
2
Meet Dave
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything this one is actually kind of sweet and while I ll am positive I ll never sit through it ever again I certainly wouldn t begrudge anyone with children under 12 giving it a shot 
2
Meet Dave
Sean P. Means
Dumb jokes cheap special effects and Murphy s mugging add up to an eternity in 92 minutes 
0
Meet Dave
Carrie Rickey
In Meet Dave family friendly as a Fourth of July picnic Murphy and Norbit director Brian Robbins redeem themselves with a performance and scenario that might have been developed for Steve Martin 
2.5
Meet Dave
Michael Phillips
Better material and more adept direction might ve made this a perfectly solid commercial enterprise 
2
Behemoth
Sara Michelle Fetters
This film has a bunch of faults and takes more than its fair share of missteps But it also displays nearly as many memorable moments of pure unbridled creativity sequences of bedeviling bravado that forced me to sit up straight 
2.5
Company Man
Jeffrey Westhoff
McGrath aims for the humor of early Woody Allen He doesn t even achieve the humor of early Austin Powers 
1
Company Man
Michael Dequina
Wit is drowned out by caricature and the antics become laboriously over the top 
2
Company Man
Elias Savada
A lamentably incompetent spy send up a lame period comedy stalled in neutral and filled with drop dreadful jokes rejected from Get Smart and disbarred vaudeville routines 
0
Company Man
Mike Clark
Second rate fare 
2
Company Man
Wesley Morris
The low down dirtiest of shames 
1
Company Man
Roger Ebert
As bad movies go Company Man falls less in the category of Affront to the Audience and more in the category of Non Event 
0.5
Company Man
Tor Thorsen
Not since O C and Stiggs has a film strained so hard and so unsuccessfully to get laughs even bungling the script s few witty lines 
1.5
Company Man
Rob Blackwelder
All the characters that had been so much fun early on become largely grating 
2
Company Man
Steve Rhodes
An over the top comedy that is so intentionally bad it s hilarious 
3
Company Man
Ross Anthony
A Marx brother s script with a Stan Laurel where a Groucho should have been 
1
A Hole in My Heart
Ed Gonzalez
Moodysson doesn t use this borrowed aesthetic to study what s on his plate he s just out to cause a scene 
.5
A Hole in My Heart
V.A. Musetto
Will disgust many probably most viewers as it cements Moodysson s reputation as one of today s most daring filmmakers 
3
A Hole in My Heart
James Berardinelli
I can t imagine a worst film being released this year 
0
A Hole in My Heart
David Nusair
Moodysson doesn t seem to realize the difference between a film that s disturbing yet provocative and a film that s just amateurish and gross 
0
Pandemic
Mike McGranaghan
The first person action scenes are a lot of fun but everything else is so routine by this point that you may find yourself mentally going on autopilot whenever someone isn t fighting off hordes of infected 
2
Pandemic
Kam Williams
A paint by numbers production recommended for folks who can never get their fill of post apocalyptic zombie fare 
2
Pandemic
Roger Moore
A genre that is itself becoming The Walking Dead utterly devoid of ideas or anything new 
1
Pandemic
David N. Butterworth
Aren t we yet done with all this cheap n cheesy hand held wobbly all over the place found footage so manic you can t tell what s going on POV movie stuff 
1.5
Bra Boys
Sid Smith
A messy cheeky inelegant but unusual and interesting memoir 
2.5
Bra Boys
Peter Hartlaub
What begins as a probing look at this culture feels in the end like pro surf gang propaganda 
2
Bra Boys
Tom Keogh
An odd and suspect mix of documentary and public relations 
1.5
Bra Boys
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Maddeningly shallow 
2
Bra Boys
Maitland McDonagh
What it lacks in objectivity it makes up for in vivid intimacy 
2.5
Bra Boys
Kyle Smith
The film is narrated by Russell Crowe whose star power is probably the only reason it s being released here 
1.5
Bra Boys
Nick Schager
Bra Boys is a carefully manicured PR video for the infamous Bra Boys surfer community 
1
Kidnapped
John Beifuss
The highlight is its character actor hall of fame John Carradine C Aubrey Smith E E Clive Reginald Owen and Nigel Bruce who manages not to mangle even such mouthfuls as If it s helping Scotland no daughter of mine would do aught but say Aye 
2.5
The Devils
Brian Eggert
More than its images of medieval exorcism or nuns writhing in demonic ecstasy 44 it is how Russell critiques and questions the institutions held dear by Western civilization that earned the film its notorious reputation and censorship 46 
4
The Devils
Roger Ebert
All the events and persons depicted in The Devils are intended to be confused with actual events and persons How do I know Ken Russell tells me so 
0
Born Into Brothels
Jay Antani
an absorbing journey over gritty social terrain driven by a fierce sense of purpose
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Kam Williams
In the end you can t help but wonder exactly what it was you ve just seen A hard hitting exposé Voyeuristic slumming A true tale of triumph against all odds A self aggrandizing vanity biopic Some new type of reality film Perhaps all of the above 
4
Born Into Brothels
Linda Cook
Every thinking adult should see this compelling Oscar nominated documentary 
4
Born Into Brothels
Forrest Hartman
The filmmakers approach to the material makes it palatable but a grittier style would have added depth and power 
3
Born Into Brothels
Jon Niccum
It s a testament to the abilities of these Calcutta children that the most touching images revealed in Born Into Brothels are those taken by themselves 
3
Born Into Brothels
David N. Butterworth
An unsentimental look at how beauty artistry and hope can emerge from the most unexpected of places 
3
Born Into Brothels
Sean O'Connell
Wears the confidence of a well planned feature 
3
Born Into Brothels
Rob Thomas
Against all odds it s ultimately an uplifting experience 
3
Born Into Brothels
Ross Anthony
Captures hope and compassion in a shady part of humanity most probably unaccustomed to such things 
3
Born Into Brothels
Phil Villarreal
There is nothing called hope in my future Click Oh yeah bring a tissue 
3
Born Into Brothels
Sean P. Means
The best moments of Born Into Brothels come when Kauffman and Briski let the children speak for themselves 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Rene Rodriguez
The film says all it needs to say through the photos of the kids and their excited wide eyed reactions when they realize the outside world is paying attention to them 
3
Born Into Brothels
Jeff Vice
The stories in Brothels are quite moving and the film sheds light on a part of the world that is rarely seen anywhere 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Larry Ratliff
Oh Calcutta harsh and real like we ve never seen it This is one dazzling documentary that continues to develop 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Duane Dudek
It uses the medium to capture and reveal something and to inform the audience about it 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Phoebe Flowers
Even when Born Into Brothels shows a world one might rather pretend didn t exist it is enchanting to view 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
John Beifuss
Briski s seeming sincerity and her positive results make up for one s occasional misgivings about her showy empathy for the unfortunate 
3
Born Into Brothels
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Meeting these young photographers is delightful but what this film needed to transcend into greatness is more of Briski 
3
Born Into Brothels
Chris Hewitt
Briski gives herself too much screen time making sure we see how tirelessly she fights to give the kids educational opportunities health care and group photo exhibits at swank Manhattan galleries 
2.5
Born Into Brothels
Steven Rea
Beautifully filmed and devoid of the kind of patronizing beneficence that First Worlders often bring to the Third World 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Walter Chaw
It represents a certain kind of missionary zeal that I find troubling more accurately distasteful 
2.5
Born Into Brothels
Peter Howell
Born of genuine research and a desire to shine light into the darkness as all great documentaries must 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
J. R. Jones
The drama lies in watching the children s artistic educations sharpen their sense of self change the way they observe the world and affect their painful squalid environment 
3
Born Into Brothels
Roger Ebert
The movie is a record by well meaning people who try to make a difference for the better and succeed to a small degree while all around them the horror continues unaffected 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Michael Wilmington
It s beautifully photographed and thanks to its subject matter sometimes intensely moving 
3
Born Into Brothels
Jeanne Aufmuth
Borne of tragedy and working with unflagging energy to triumph over the odds 
3
Born Into Brothels
Peter Canavese
An account of a random act of kindness more than it is an exposé of the red light district Kauffman and Briski illuminate the potential and promise inherent in any child 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Tom Keogh
This low tech buoyant yet often heartbreaking film is miracle enough on its own terms full of surprises and tragic reminders that many kids are robbed of their dreams and promise by exploitative forces 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Carla Meyer
Before our eyes Briski confronts and answers questions of exploitation that can shadow profilers of the downtrodden 
4
Born Into Brothels
Mary F. Pols
It brings us to a place we d never see otherwise gives us a poignant lesson in the difficulties of saving those who seem doomed and reminds us how beauty can exist even in the ugliest of places and circumstances 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Mike Clark
Filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman find intermittent beauty without pushing our sentimental buttons But the title promises more than the movie delivers 
3
Born Into Brothels
Timothy Knight
It may sound like the most prehistoric of clichés but Briski and Kaufman s astonishing documentary confirms that art feeds the soul 
4
Born Into Brothels
Glenn Whipp
Some of these images will stay with you seared into your mind dispatches from a desperate world that will break your heart 
3
Born Into Brothels
Ty Burr
This is the kind of film that reminds you of what movies at their best are capable of 
4
Born Into Brothels
Jami Bernard
Touching and saddening 
2.5
Born Into Brothels
John Anderson
A perfect and perfectly calculated documentary 
4
Born Into Brothels
David Sterritt
A stirring documentary 
3
Born Into Brothels
V.A. Musetto
Kauffman and Briski the kids called her Zana Auntie avoid the temptation to sentimentalize their subjects 
3
Born Into Brothels
Ed Gonzalez
Focuses too much on the production of images and not enough on documenting the world contained within them 
2.5
Born Into Brothels
Collin Souter
Usually documentaries ask hard probing questions Refreshingly Born Into Brothels is about a person with an answer 
3.5
Born Into Brothels
Matt Brunson
There are numerous scenes of inspiration and uplift 
3.5
Pathfinder
David Keyes
Had the camera been a firing squad pointed towards its actors their careers would have taken less damage 
0
Pathfinder
Jim Hemphill
Pathfinder is simultaneously action packed and a total bore a strange movie that never seems to move even though it consists of almost nothing but violence 
1
Pathfinder
James Berardinelli
The movie is filmed in a way that makes it seem like the camera has epilepsy and the color desaturation renders everything murky Someone should remind director Marcus Nispel that there s a difference between making a music video and a feature film 
1.5
Pathfinder
Michael Dequina
All basic interest to say nothing of excitement is sapped whenever the big brutal battle sequences come to a halt and inane dialogue takes over 
2.5
Pathfinder
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like Beastmaster or Conan but without the wit or inspiration 
0
Pathfinder
Lori Hoffman
little more than an excuse to present a bunch of slice and dice battle scenes filmed with murky cinematography and a notable absence of emotional resonance 
1
Pathfinder
Linda Cook
Even an epic film with the best of intentions can be badly directed And here s a fine example Pathfinder with its silly melodrama of a script is proof of this 
1
Pathfinder
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is almost nothing better than a completely terrible monstrosity that s so rotten it s hysterical This however is not that movie Pity because maybe if it had been I might have actually had something semi interesting to talk about 
1.5
Pathfinder
Peter T. Chattaway
Once the actual fighting begins the film turns dull and lifeless From beginning to end the film plods when it should pulse 
1.5
Pathfinder
Mark Dujsik
A chaotic piece of storytelling told with the dull flash of quick cut editing ugly cinematography and clichés that apparently pre date Columbus journey to the New World 
1.5
Pathfinder
Ken Fox
Undone by a murky palette silly horror movie cliches dumb dialogue and a confusing climactic sequence 
2
Pathfinder
Peter Howell
As dim and dank as a power failure in a peepshow Pathfinder is Apocalypto without the laughs or 300 without the muscular visuals and elevating dialogue 
1.5
Pathfinder
Jeff Shannon
The official Pathfinder Web site is far more interesting than the movie itself and you ll get better history lessons from the Vikings of Minnesota 
1
Pathfinder
Mick LaSalle
No more than a minute into this and it becomes obvious that the next 98 are going to be trouble 
0
Pathfinder
David Elliott
Must the 13 year old boy Hollywood seems most eager to please also be a sadist First came Apocalypto then 300 now Pathfinder 
1.5
Pathfinder
Nick Schager
Strives to be a latter day Conan the Barbarian 
1
Pathfinder
Kyle Smith
The movie takes us on a journey to an ugly contentious period in our misty ancient past all the way back to four months ago when Apocalypto came out 
1
Pathfinder
Robert Dominguez
After the first 1 000 or so beheadings impalements and severed limbs Pathfinder s slash may just induce sleep 
2
Pathfinder
Jackie Loohauis
Pathfinder sweeps fantasy to a new level gritty layered chill chasing 
3
Pathfinder
Bruce Westbrook
Dialogue is a low priority in this film which has less plot than most video games 
1.5
Pathfinder
Liam Lacey
There s a fan s sincere hokeyness about Pathfinder that makes the experience relatively painless in spite of the number of people who get tortured decapitated or dismembered 
2
Pathfinder
Terry Lawson
Though Pathfinder was completed before 300 and the equally artful and brutal Apocalypto it can still do nothing but slog along in their footprints 
2
Pathfinder
Michael Booth
Here s hoping Pathfinder II is a straight to video game release 
1.5
Pathfinder
Wesley Morris
The movie is part Apocalypto warriors threat of hostile takeover violence and part 300 warriors threat of hostile takeover violence but with the commercial misfortune of being neither 
2.5
Pathfinder
Daniel M. Kimmel
given that battles between unequal forces have been a constant in human history it provides some food for thought amidst the bloodshed 
3
Pathfinder
Willie Waffle
So bad I was hoping everyone would die in the end so I wouldn t have to sit through a sequel 
0
Pathfinder
Claudia Puig
All cinematic creativity seems to have focused on devising the most repellent ways to maim and murder 
1.5
Pathfinder
Josh Larsen
Are these really the ancestors of IKEA 
1.5
Pathfinder
Chris Hewitt
The film is one expertly staged battle after another but it seems to be less about violence than about the frustration and fear behind violence Pathfinder makes sure its carnage is bloody awful and pointless But pretty 
3
Pathfinder
Michael Wilmington
Though you can t say Pathfinder doesn t deliver the goods action wise the movie often has trouble sticking to its story between battles or involving us with its characters and its self consciously mythic hero 
2
Doc
Ken Fox
The inclusion of interviews with several cultural giants who are no longer with us Mailer Plimpton Leary make this engaging documentary an even more valuable snapshot of a rich cultural moment that has long passed us by 
3
Doc
V.A. Musetto
Harold L Doc Humes was an icon of the counter culture even though in his prime he looked more like a CPA But looks can be deceiving as we discover in the lively and loving documentary Doc directed by one of Humes four daughters Immy 
3
Doc
Rob Humanick
Pristine cinematic journalism 
3
Mademoiselle Fifi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A rare non horror film for producer Val Lewton the oft forgotten Mademoiselle Fifi moves with the same intelligent elegant style and economy as his other films 
3
Stick It
David Nusair
sample line of dialogue I m so sure I m practically deodorant 
2
Stick It
Michael Szymanski
Stick It is an enjoyable kids film with a tough group of gals who have an appreciation for gymnastics and claim that what they do is harder than being a Navy SEAL 
2.5
Stick It
Tyler Hanley
Peregrym lands on her feet even if the movie doesn t 
2.5
Stick It
Matt Pais
Halfway through you ll be ready to tell the people behind this malnourished rubbish exactly where they can stick it 
1
Stick It
Linda Cook
Stick It is a movie full of attitude eye candy and action 
3
Stick It
Phil Villarreal
This is no rah rah spandex strutting teen flick It s a pointed human drama with plenty to say about the unfair borderline child abusive sport of gymnastics with its archaic dense scoring system 
3.5
Stick It
Willie Waffle
hopes to distract us with several montages of scantily clad leotard wearing jail bait girls working out dancing performing their gymnastics routines and acting as sassy as possible If you are under 18 YAY If you are older SHAME ON YOU 
0
Stick It
Mike McGranaghan
I liked the passion with which the story argued its point about unfairness in gymnastic judging But and this is a big but I didn t believe the plot twist that is used to make the point 
2.5
Stick It
Jeffrey Westhoff
In Stick It attitude comes before all else Attitude runs crazy cartwheeling handspringing bird flipping attitude 
2
Stick It
Peter Howell
There is a positive message in the film often obscured by the bogus punk attitude 
2
Stick It
Moira MacDonald
Yes we re in the world of elite gymnastics and Jessica Bendinger s Stick It is an enjoyable exercise in girl power 
3
Stick It
Peter Hartlaub
It s a credit to writer director Bendinger s attention to the little details that make Stick It feel so unique and entertaining poking fun at elite level child athletics while still respecting its young characters and their feelings 
3
Stick It
David Elliott
Stick It has a clunky script a game cast and swell bodies in motion It would have been better if director Bendinger tried to tell it more than sell it 
2.5
Stick It
Kim Morgan
Though the film s twist is an entertaining jolt to the standard sports story its vision of integrity over points is executed with a surprising lack of finesse 
2.5
Stick It
Jason Anderson
Unfortunately Jessica Bendinger s directorial debut is far more formulaic than Bring It On 
2
Stick It
Terry Lawson
Stick It doesn t have an original bone in its buffed body It s been molded from all the sports as salvation movies that Bring It On so adroitly spoofed 
2
Stick It
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately the Bring It On formula has already been imitated so many times that it s become tired 
2
Stick It
Peter Canavese
Too lazy to perfect its own routine but a surprisingly appealing vacation from sense to sensibility 
2.5
Stick It
Wesley Morris
Stick It is a melodrama that doesn t know when to turn off the waterworks 
2
Stick It
James Sanford
the heroines motto might as well be I am Airhead hear me roar The derriere level cameras ensure that Bendinger s female empowerment fantasy features plenty of cheesecake 
1
Stick It
Maitland McDonagh
a frothy girl power manifesto so briskly paced sharply written and infectiously entertaining that its deficiencies seem as insignificant as a lightly chipped fingernail 
3
Stick It
Carrie Rickey
Subversively funny 
3
Stick It
Kyle Smith
Rarely is a sports movie so inept that it can t even make its central figure likable 
1
Stick It
Sue Pierman
Stick It gets stuck deciding where it s going Is it a the story of a wayward teen who straightens up b a gymnastics version of Clueless or c just a way to blow 100 minutes From the looks of it the right answer may be c 
1.5
Stick It
Lisa Kennedy
Bendinger who wrote for rock magazine Spin has figured out a way to salute female competition and unity 
3
Stick It
Roger Ebert
Stick It uses the story of a gymnast s comeback attempt as a backdrop for overwrought visual effects music videos sitcom dialogue and general pandering 
2
Stick It
Sara Michelle Fetters
But that duality disappears almost on a dime at the midpoint and as it does I could literally watch Bridges stop caring about the man pretty much altogether 
2
Stick It
Erik Childress
Stick It is shrill unrepentantly lame and will surely disappoint any fan of gymnastics as Bendinger substitutes some kind of Olympic sized political statement in place of a big rousing finale 
1.5
Stick It
Josh Larsen
It s appropriate that Stick It even has a title that sneers for watching the movie is like spending an hour supervising detention 
1.5
Stick It
Claudia Puig
Stick It may be tough to stick out unless you re a girl between the ages of 11 and 16 
2
Stick It
Dustin Putman
Should go where the sun don t shine all right and that s at the bottom of DVD bargain bins 
1
Stick It
Chris Hewitt
Stick It appears to be one kind of movie but the kind of movie it actually is is more original 
2.5
Stick It
John Anderson
An indelicately titled but inventive energetic fable about reconciling reality and roaring egos it is a movie almost totally reliant on well developed character quick witted repartee and mercurial relationships 
3
Stick It
Jessica Reaves
Where Bring It On found fans well outside its theoretical demographic Stick It is unlikely to follow suit 
2
Stick It
Steve Rhodes
Stay away from this cliché ridden script Stay at home and watch gymnastics on ESPN instead 
1.5
Stick It
Nick Schager
Jessica Bendinger looks to do for gymnastics what her Bring It On did for cheerleading namely give a stereotypically girlie girl activity some defiant individualistic attitude 
2
Book Club
Matt Brunson
As has become the norm these days screen legends are brought together not for an instant classic that deserves all the awards but for a frothy comedy that frankly is far beneath their collective talents Yet bless them all for signing those contracts 
2.5
Book Club
Mattie Lucas
Come for the effortless rapport of the stars but don t expect the film to fully deliver on their promise 
2.5
Book Club
Joe Friar
You re not going to see this film for the intricate plot you just want to be entertained and these iconic ladies know how to keep the audience satisfied 
3
Book Club
Pamela Powell
The film captures an element of female friendship that perhaps most films typically don t 
3.5
Book Club
Sarah Knight Adamson
Could be titled Sisterhood of the Traveling Wine Bottle Book Club is smart funny deeply rooted giving the world a mirror to how old age should appear 
3.5
Book Club
Josh Terry
For an appropriate audience it s a fun and forgettable movie that probably would have worked a lot better if it spent more time on the relationship among the women themselves 
2.5
Book Club
Max Weiss
Book Club completely delivers on the promise of its trailer Which is to say if it looks appealing to you you will probably love it 
2.5
Book Club
Rex Reed
You can like Book Club or hate it but you can t argue with the fact that Diane Keaton Jane Fonda Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen have real marquee value 
3
Book Club
Kate Taylor
In Holderman s ineffectual hands this leads to comedy so tired and morals so sentimental it s sometimes hard to keep awake in Book Club 
1
Book Club
James Berardinelli
It is indeed possible for Fifty Shades of Grey to inspire a watchable motion picture 
3
Book Club
Richard Roeper
What a waste of some perfectly wonderful legends 
2
Book Club
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Book Club delivers exactly the sort of experience one might ve anticipated based on the premise 
2
Book Club
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Some funny jokes land some don t and the ultimate effect is like spending time in well worn pleasant company It could be better it could be worse 
2
Book Club
Mark Dujsik
Director Bill Holderman and Erin Simms screenplay for Book Club feels like a half manufactured machine 
1.5
Book Club
Peter Travers
The insidious message of this insulting string of tired jokes is that four smart funny rigorously independent women played by top actresses who fit the same description can t find true happiness without a man Seriously 
1.5
Book Club
Ann Hornaday
It has brio rueful humor and celebratory verve that is nearly impossible to resist 
3
Book Club
Maren Longbella
It s Keaton and Bergen who carry the film and to a lesser extent Mary Steenburgen and the two of them are funny charming and believable 
2.5
Book Club
Calvin Wilson
Keaton and Fonda icons of American cinema deserve much better material 
1.5
Book Club
Dustin Putman
The act of watching this lovely film is much like losing oneself in the pages of an enthralling novel A cozy blanket and a steaming cup of hot cocoa are optional but nevertheless recommended 
3
Book Club
Rafer Guzman
A creaky late life comedy but Keaton and company give it some oomph 
2
Book Club
Ty Burr
Fonda and Steenburgen never transcend the plastic sitcom shallowness of their roles sad to say and it s distressing to think that many younger viewers will be coming to all four actresses for the first time here 
1
Book Club
Mick LaSalle
Book Club isn t a serious movie and wasn t meant to be it s just a diversion but it s only mildly diverting 
2
Book Club
Gary Thompson
The movie rides entirely on their charm not so much on the strength of the writing or the jokes 
2
Book Club
Susan Wloszczyna
It generally strives to maintain the dignity of its seasoned cast while making hay off of their collective chemistry 
3
Book Club
Moira MacDonald
Book Club is very silly and feather light but let me say this Spending time with this quartet is way more fun than reading Fifty Shades of Grey 
2.5
Book Club
Roger Moore
Sisterhood of the Traveling Spanx
2.5
Book Club
Keith Watson
It s been said that casting is 90 of directing and it seems to be 90 of the writing in Bill Holderman s Book Club 
2
Book Club
Jocelyn Noveck
Book Club has a script that s often so heavy on the corn But then darn it suddenly it makes you tearful with an unexpectedly genuine moment or laugh out loud 
2.5
Book Club
George M. Thomas
If death mayhem and graphic violence aren t your idea of a good time at the movies this is a good alternative 
2.5
The Killing Kind
Lucius Gore
Despite the anticipation for the film s only director approved release The Killing Kind is far from a classic 
1.5
Victim
J. R. Jones
Victim may seem archaic But even its compromises teach us something about the era that produced it 
3
Victim
Roger Ebert
Recent critics find Victim timid in its treatment of homosexuality but viewed in the context of Great Britain in 1961 it s a film of courage 
4
Beans
Randy Myers
It makes for ideal viewing during Native American Heritage Month But parents should be made aware it deals frankly with a variety of issues 
3
Beans
Jeff Mitchell
Kiawentiio delivers a grown up performance about growing up under perilous happenings 
3
Beans
Nick Allen
It s not hard not to feel that an even more resonant film would go deeper into what s underneath these various landmarks of maturity and identity instead of predominantly just pointing them out 
2
Beans
Roger Moore
A richly detailed debut feature about an ugly piece of Canadian history and it s to Tracey Deer s credit that she lets young heroine see the escalation from both sides
3
Beans
Peter Howell
Strong storytelling doubles as a tremendous showcase for the talents of young Mohawk actress Kiawentiio 
3.5
Beans
Shane Slater
On the strength of its performances and overall filmmaking Beans successfully weaves together an affecting drama 
3
Beans
David Nusair
Deer peppers the proceedings with a handful of undeniably powerful images and sequences 
2.5
Beans
Barry Hertz
When Beans works it resonates And when it doesn t it s not a tragedy merely evidence of a filmmaker finding what works for her voice and vision and what might work better for a highly anticipated follow up 
2.5
The Klansman
Matt Brunson
An utterly repellent melodrama 46 
1
The Klansman
James Kendrick
Perhaps at some point The Klansman had the potential to live up to its incendiary material but it ends up doing little more than crassly exploiting it 
1.5
Mouth to Mouth
Michael Dequina
Nowhere near as fresh funny subversive and sexy as it initially promises 
2
Aksar
Namrata Joshi
Which DVD did Anant Mahadevan get this apology of a script from Why is everyone comparing it to film noir And why should this film be called Aksar 
1
Love Is in the Air
Mike McGranaghan
If the story contains many of the well worn conventions of the genre and it does it at least assembles them with a modicum of wit along with some terrific performances that sell the material The movie turns out to be breezy and fun 
3
Love Is in the Air
Steve Macfarlane
The film is knowingly sarcastic in its self awareness without falling back on the gawky meta squealing of its American rom com counterparts 
3
Forty-Seven Ronin - Pt. 2
Jeremy Heilman
The relatively muted tone of The 47 Ronin doesn t prevent the ending from having emotional impact 
3.5
Brake
Jeff Beck
Most of it is a decent film despite it being stretched out but most of it being good just doesn t cut it 
2.5
Brake
David Nusair
a second rate carbon copy of Rodrigo Corts vastly superior Buried 
2
Brake
Sara Stewart
The whole claustrophobic one man show feels like we ve been here before and with better material 
1.5
Brake
Rex Reed
It is amazing how much hair raising action and fluid movement this film captures in the confined interior of a car trunk or how many mood shifts Mr Dorff conveys in a performance that can only be called multi dimensional 
3
Brake
Stephen Whitty
The situation itself is simply too absurd for us to accept right from the start And the more it goes on the harder it is to stay onboard 
1.5
Brake
Andrew Schenker
Until its pair of ludicrous twist endings which complicates its message and logistics in ways that make little sense Gabe Torres s Brake plays like a more simplistic version of Buried tailored specifically to a hawkish right wing crowd 
.5
No God, No Master
Chris Foran
No God No Master is at its best when it sticks with Straithairn who brings an added humanity to a role designed to celebrate the value of that very trait 
2.5
No God, No Master
Mary Houlihan
No God No Master has an authentic period feel But Green is focused on so many historical figures and potential storylines that the film feels rushed and at times confusing 
2.5
Unraveled
John Anderson
As both man and metaphor Drier is a pretty potent subject 
3.5
Unraveled
Chuck Bowen
Marc H Simon s documentary has the thrust of a great American noir or black comedy 
3.5
Causeway
Josh Larsen
Lawrence and Tyree Henry form a connection that 8217 s life giving 46 46 46 
3
Causeway
Mike Scott
What sounds like a well intentioned but threadbare dramatic retread ends up being something deeply affecting and powerful 44 a rare movie that 8212 thanks to the skill of those involved 8212 ends up being much more than the sum of its parts 46 
3.5
Causeway
Kevin Carr
A worthwhile issue to address with strong but low key performances 44 the story suffers from more inaction than action 46 
1.5
Causeway
Rex Reed
Year end releases reveal a plethora of fine actors vainly trying to apply their extraordinary skills to raise the quality level of mediocre films Jennifer Lawrence in Causeway is a perfect example 
2
Causeway
Cate Marquis
Jennifer Lawrence gives a heart rending performance as a wounded Afghan war veteran healing from injuries 44 obvious and not 46 CAUSEWAY 46 46 46 has a contemplative pace but it is a fine showcase for Jennifer Lawrence 46 46 46 reminding us how very talented she is 46 
3
Causeway
Steven Prokopy
Neugebauer finds ways to incorporate New Orleans into the lives of her characters 44 and the result is an experience that feels like an expanded theatrical piece 44 if only because its intimacy is so effective and heartfelt 46 
3
Causeway
Roger Moore
Slight but immersive 44 warm with the occasional chill and engaging in ways two very good actors can manage with just the barest bones of a story and a scattering of secrets to give away 44 one pained revelation at a time 46 
2.5
Causeway
Ty Burr
The filmmakers approach to the two people at the center of the tale is honest and honorable and the actors respond in gracious kind 
3
Causeway
Leo Brady
There 8217 s empathy at the center of Causeway and we all need to see it 46 
3
Causeway
Christy Lemire
Causeway ultimately may be a little too languid 44 too restrained 44 but there 8217 s catharsis to be found in its quiet moments and fine tuned performances 46 
3
Causeway
Mike McGranaghan
The intimacy of the movie 44 combined with the high quality of the performances 44 sets it apart 46 
3
Causeway
Nina Metz
As a film Causeway is perhaps too cautious and oblique about the story it wants to tell 
2
Causeway
Odie Henderson
Any metaphoric meaning is left up to the viewer who will be too busy basking in the fine performances to give it much thought 
3
Causeway
Mark Dujsik
The snag here is that these two characters need each other in terms of drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Causeway
Richard Roeper
Let s just that like so many elements of Causeway the results are rarely predictable but always believable 
3
Causeway
Randy Myers
A strong character study about two lonely people needing each other 
3
Causeway
Soren Andersen
Henry s performance is delicately nuanced His character is by turns cheerful ruminative anguished His performance and Lawrence s are complementary They play off each other well 
3
Causeway
Mick LaSalle
Clearly people meant well with Causeway and that counts for something but it just didn t work out 
1
Causeway
Brian Eggert
Neugebauer directs gentle and believable performances in a stripped down story that 44 yes 44 explores trauma as so many other films today do 46 But it does so with two commanding actors at the center 46 
3
Causeway
Dwight Brown
Sometimes moving but too often maudlin 
2.5
Causeway
Josh Wise
It 8217 s to Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry 8217 s credit that what lingers is their characters 8217 uncertainty 46 
3
Causeway
Kent Turner
91 Jennifer Lawrence apos s 93 best film in years 46 
3.5
Causeway
Joey Magidson
Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry shine in Causeway 46 
3
Katrina Babies
Mike Scott
Blending archival footage 44 singular animation and a wealth of interviews 44 40 it 41 delivers a vital document that is at once intimate 44 honest 44 engaging and indelible 46 
4
Katrina Babies
Peter Canavese
A lot of this feels a bit like therapy in front of the camera 44 but the subject matter is so compelling that 44 if approached from an emotional rather than intellectual standpoint 44 it definitely holds one 8217 s interest 46 
2.5
Autoerotic
V.A. Musetto
Yes there can be too much of a good thing even sex 
2
Autoerotic
Diego Semerene
The film ultimately promises controversial content too literally and through tediously normative form 
2
Real Men
David Nusair
46 46 46 an almost epically terrible misfire that apos s deservedly been forgotten in the years since its 1987 release 46 
.5
Postcards From London
Rex Reed
Aside from bad filmmaking I don t know what any of this means 
1
Wanderlust
Brian Eggert
Several scenes may induce guffaws or shocked gasps 44 but this is the kind of all too common comedy that leaves the viewer with no reason to watch it again 46 
2.5
Wanderlust
Roger Moore
A random tedious and tone deaf comedy a feeble recycling of every hippie commune cliche you ve ever heard 
1.5
Wanderlust
David Nusair
yet another in an increasingly long line of subpar comedies from producer Judd Apatow 
1
Wanderlust
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is no narrative cohesion to the film no pull towards any of the characters no emotional connection that made anything going onscreen resonate beyond a superficial level 
2.5
Wanderlust
Betsy Sherman
Rudd does some great riffing especially his hillbilly dirty talk but ultimately the sum of Wanderlust s parts is greater than the whole 
2.5
Wanderlust
Matt Brunson
David Wain s film sports an intriguing premise but the end result never really commits to any particular viewpoint 
2
Wanderlust
Scott Nash
I wouldn t recommend paying for a movie ticket to see it but if you catch it someday at home I am sure you ll agree that you ve seen worse 
2.5
Wanderlust
Kam Williams
A humorous send up of the 21st Century commune as a hedonistic dystopia for spoiled brats who can t cope with the real world 
3
Wanderlust
Erik Childress
Consistently funny throughout it s a great ensemble that is enlivened by Paul Rudd having some of the funniest moments of his already stellar career 
3
Wanderlust
Mike McGranaghan
While not without its flaws Wanderlust is a funny and intriguing adult comedy Smarter than you might expect 
3
Wanderlust
Stephen Whitty
The leads are charming and although the plot twists are obvious there are some funny scenes here 
2.5
Wanderlust
Peter Travers
Paul Rudd is the best friend a movie comedy can have 
2.5
Wanderlust
Rick Groen
As far as your humble correspondent knows Wanderlust is the first mainstream movie ever to star a Floppy Prosthetic Penis 
1
Wanderlust
Lou Lumenick
Wanderlust may lack the satiric edge of Albert Brooks Lost in America but it does deliver more big laughs than most comedies these days 
2.5
Wanderlust
Eric Melin
Whether it s deadpan humor or relentless mugging Rudd has never been funnier and the film lets him go for broke on more than one occasion with hilarious results 
3
Wanderlust
Mark Dujsik
Even when the jokes fall flat which is prevalent enough to notice it s not for lack of trying by the cast 
2.5
Wanderlust
Ann Hornaday
A shambling mix of cheap laughs and genuinely funny set pieces from writer director David Wain 
2
Wanderlust
Dustin Putman
A tad scattered a little unwieldy but never less than eager to please Fans of the cast are sure to have a particularly good time 
2.5
Wanderlust
Paul Doro
A slight but better than expected comedy featuring winning performances and an agreeability that s hard to resist 
2.5
Wanderlust
Claudia Puig
Though Wanderlust has a silly funny premise and moments of inspired lunacy it wanders aimlessly and runs some weak gags into the ground 
2.5
Wanderlust
Mick LaSalle
Wanderlust is an assembly line producing laughs 
3
Wanderlust
Kara Nesvig
It produces tons of laughs in its compact 90 minutes and doesn t overstay its welcome The bad jokes are bad but the good ones are great 
3
Wanderlust
Ann Lewinson
David Wain s skittish but amusing recessionary comedy 
2.5
Wanderlust
Linda Barnard
Buried below the endless penis and poop jokes a very funny movie lurks one we only catch glimpses of amid a churning mire of icky stuff and dangling privates 
2
Wanderlust
Wesley Morris
This movie has no teeth It does not want to say anything other than the unprintable word for penis over and over 
2
Wanderlust
Carrie Rickey
It s an R rated movie with a fair amount of nudity a lot of sexual candor truckloads of unspecified drugs and more laughs than I ve had at the movies in a very long time 
3
Wanderlust
James Berardinelli
Wanderlust has its moments It s sporadically funny funny enough to deliver a good laugh or two The problem is it doesn t do more than that and the comedy is inconsistent 
2
Wanderlust
Rafer Guzman
Wanderlust feels about as edgy as an early Johnny Carson monologue and slightly less clever than a Visualize Whirled Peas bumper sticker 
1
Wanderlust
Moira MacDonald
Wanderlust achieves a tricky balance It has enough laugh out loud moments that it wins you over even though the movie as a whole doesn t add up 
2.5
Wanderlust
Josh Larsen
a fabric of amusing bits and pieces something like a shaggy hippie blanket that s adorned with delightful little gems 
3
Wanderlust
Connie Ogle
Wanderlust is not the worst movie you will see all year But it is not good 
1.5
Wanderlust
Chris Hewitt
Moviegoers holding their breath for a sequel to Wet Hot American Summer it s supposedly happening can let out a couple of puffs because of Wanderlust 
3
Wanderlust
Matt Pais
Foolproof movie idea Paul Rudd stands in front of a mirror and improvises for 90 minutes 
3
Wanderlust
Jesse Cataldo
Wanderlust may fail as satire but its absurdist slant and eye for detail sustain it through its cruder passages 
2.5
Wanderlust
Christy Lemire
Some jokes get hammered into the ground repeatedly others go on well past the point of cringe inducing awkwardness which is the point But some do reach the levels of brilliant unfettered lunacy to which they aspire 
2.5
Cradle Will Rock
Matt Brunson
While writer director Tim Robbins uses this entertaining film to touch upon capitalism and class warfare he s mainly interested in championing artistic expression 
3.5
Cradle Will Rock
Christy Lemire
The let s put on a show energy can be intoxicating But man does it take a long time to achieve that high 
2
Cradle Will Rock
Betsy Bozdech
As passionate and interesting as the film is it s about as subtle as a brick wall 
3
Cradle Will Rock
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Cradle Will Rock is a far from perfect film but it s never less than fascinating 
3
Cradle Will Rock
Judith Egerton
Trust writer director Tim Robbins to know how to tickle an audience while making a political point 
3.5
Cradle Will Rock
Steve Rhodes
None of the characters are compelling and if the movie had aired on television I m sure I would have turned it off long before it was over 
2
Cradle Will Rock
Michael Dequina
Proves to be a very apt title it sways haphazardly for a while but it does eventually find its steady rhythm 
3
Cradle Will Rock
Ross Anthony
You ll marvel at it simply marvel But you may not feel until the climax 
2.5
Cradle Will Rock
Mike Clark
Rock actually rocks out as one of the year s most purely entertaining movies 
3
Cradle Will Rock
Jonathan Foreman
A confused unrefined agitprop movie 
1.5
Cradle Will Rock
Roger Ebert
There is a lot of material to cover here and Robbins covers it in a way that will be fascinating to people who know the period to whom names like Welles Rockefeller Hearst and Rivera mean something 
3
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Mike Scott
Even with that uninspired title Anita O Day The Life of a Jazz Singer is a fitting tribute a fascinating and swinging documentary 
3
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Kam Williams
Blue eyed soul at its very best 
4
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Steve Paul
It s lovingly made with jazzy movement and though it s no great technical achievement its low budget aura hardly detracts from the mission 
3
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
John Beifuss
O Day survived the rigors of what euphemistically might be called the jazz life Comments Bryant Gumble Your personal experiences include rape abortion jail heroin addiction Responds the unflappable O Day It s the way it went down Bryant 
3
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Chris Hewitt
Even if you re not nuts about the music in Anita O Day The Life of a Jazz Singer I bet you ll fall for the musician 
3.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Peter Schilling
The incomparable songbird is finally given her due in one of the greatest music documentaries I ve ever seen 
4
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Steven Rea
A close up look at the strange alchemy that is jazz singing singing at its most sublime 
3.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
John Anderson
Robbie Cavalina and Ian McCrudden s loving tribute to the great singer orchestrates archival footage late in life interviews and some spectacular music into one of the better bio pics of recent years 
3.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Roger Ebert
Anita O Day The Life of a Jazz Singer chooses from all the existing materials and is invaluable 
3.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Joel Selvin
A gentle swinging film that pieces together her extraordinary life story from vintage performance clips and various interviews done over the years 
3
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
V.A. Musetto
A high point shows O Day in a black and white hat and form fitting dress singing Sweet Georgia Brown at the Newport Jazz Festival That scene alone confirms O Day s place among the greats 
3
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Matt Noller
As a tribute to its star it s damn near essential 
2.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The superb jazz documentary Anita O Day The Life of a Jazz Singer is blessed with lengthy sit down interviews with the singer herself 
3.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Tom Horgen
Wow now this is how you make a jazz documentary
3.5
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Mark Feeney
Gimmicks and hyperbole aren t necessary so long as there s O Day s beaming face to look at radiant when young radiant and wrinkled when old and the sound of that sloe gin voice to savor 
2.5
Dark Floors
Lucius Gore
Dark Floors manages to keep up the supsense for a good 90 minutes and close with a powerful art film ending 
3
City of Ali
Roger Moore
The death of Breonna Taylor dampens in ways the filmmakers could not have foreseen an upbeat film
3
City of Ali
Odie Henderson
Like many of the onscreen interviewees I found myself tearing up several times even when I knew the film was taking quick jabs at my tear ducts 
3.5
Arid Lands
Jeff Shannon
The filmmakers encourage the viewer to think of geography on personal terms and this no frills passion elevates Arid Lands above so many other eco documentaries that are rarely seen beyond classrooms 
3.5
The Problem With Apu
Verne Gay
A congenial and persuasive argument for why Apu must go 
3
Jirga
Mark Dujsik
Its overall message is important although the steps it takes to get there are sometimes questionable especially during one lengthy passage 
2.5
Jirga
Shane Slater
Expressed through raw performances the film s philosophical underpinnings ultimately strike a chord 
2.5
Ezra
Gene Seymour
Since the movie however infuriating is a plea for mercy the audience is compelled to forgive Ezra its often jittery and confusing overlaps 
3
Ezra
V.A. Musetto
An intelligent if raw work 
3
Ezra
Ken Fox
Newton I Aduaka s comprehensive account of an African nightmare covers a lot of important ground making this flawed film worth seeing 
3
Ezra
Nick Schager
The script s flip flopping between the past and present is so clunky and unfocused that confusion often reigns thus undermining any clear portrait of its subject 
2
A Matter of Size
Kate Taylor
Those elements make it hard to slot the movie into the happy category of quirky charmer and yet while intriguing they are never significant enough for the film to take on a larger personality 
2
A Matter of Size
Linda Barnard
An amusingly lightweight Israeli comedy about rebellious fatties who decide to use their heft for a greater purpose A Matter of Size will have you ordering your popcorn with extra butter and refusing to feel guilty about it 
2.5
A Matter of Size
John Hartl
While the story may take place in working class Israel in the 21st century rejection is universal So are most attempts to come to terms with it Still there s more than a little novelty value in the choices its characters make 
3
A Matter of Size
Rachel Saslow
Herzl s approach might not be great for one s cholesterol or blood pressure but it brings up an intriguing idea one that isn t talked about often Maybe it would be better to be fat and happy than thin and miserable 
3
A Matter of Size
Wesley Morris
We re meant to like these men and we do more or less but they ve been simplified for easy digestion 
2.5
A Matter of Size
Brett Michel
A big charmer 
3
The Heartbreak Kid
Kathleen Carroll
Within this fragile framework Elaine May has constructed scenes of stinging satire each one more fresh and inventive than the next 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Gene Siskel
The overall high quality of the acting however does sustain the film 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Josh Larsen
a war of the sexes comedy that leaves no side unscathed 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Josh Larsen
Bitter about marriage yet optimistic about infatuation 
3.5
The Heartbreak Kid
Roger Ebert
Elaine May s The Heartbreak Kid was directed with a sure feeling for how comedy can edge over into satire and then tragedy 
3.5
Deadline
Roger Ebert
The plot in short is underwhelming It merely follows the reporters as the screenplay serves them the solution to their case on a silver platter 
2
Deadline
Ed Gonzalez
By the end of it you ll be crying uncle or wish you were watching The Help instead At least that was a more artful lie 
1
Deadline
John Beifuss
The acting is the strong suit of this cold case civil rights murder drama with songwriter J D Souther who resembles a more professorial Clint Eastwood making a particularly distinct impression 
2
A Man of No Importance
Steve Rhodes
Although it is bittersweet it is a feel good movie I left the theater singing the happy song from the credits and feeling elated 
2.5
A Man of No Importance
Roger Ebert
If there were real Alfies in Dublin in the early 1960s and I am sure there were their lives were probably not anything near this cozy 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Johnny Vaughan
Hilarious and heart warming this is a real crowd pleaser for all ages 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Robert Roten
This is only the second time in my life I cried over a spider The first time was when I was a child and I accidentally stepped on a pet spider I had captured This is an exceptional family movie 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Lori Hoffman
Babe the movie that set the standard for the GCI talking critter flicks was so much better 
2
Charlotte's Web
Jonathan R. Perry
Don t be put off by the G rating I know a lot of adults who could learn from a talking pig 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Rich Cline
The writers and director get the balance right never tipping over into either sentiment or preachiness 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Bill Muller
There s too much talent and too strong a story to mess it up There was potential for more here but this incarnation is nothing to be ashamed of and some of the actors answer the bell 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Wesley Morris
Woe be to the child who doesn t mist up at this movie since it s been made if not with zip wit or imagination then at least with sweetness But I hope no one will think the film is an adequate replacement for White s book That would be a crime 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Thomas Delapa
Despite all of Winick s best efforts to Disneyfy the bearded Charlotte she still looks alarmingly like an eight legged beatnik 
2
Charlotte's Web
Matt Brunson
Works better in the more mature passages than those focusing on slapdash antics 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Forrest Hartman
It s refreshing to watch a movie that is both artistically brilliant and truly family friendly 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Kit Bowen
Its the talking pig movie for the next generation 
3
Charlotte's Web
Sean O'Connell
Winick s Web can t contend with White s lyrical book or the flawless animated feature in the long run 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
James Berardinelli
Charlotte s Web has all the requisite elements that a family film needs to succeed and endure humor drama pathos and an emotionally satisfying ending 
3
Charlotte's Web
Sean McBride
to borrow a line from the beloved spider Charlotte her new movie is simply Terrific Radiant and Some Film 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Sean P. Means
Charlotte already picked the best words to describe the latest movie adaptation terrific radiant and humble 
3
Charlotte's Web
Peter Canavese
Competence and a core faithfulness are enough to communicate the simple charms of E B White s perennial children s novel 
3
Charlotte's Web
John Beifuss
Earnest effective and entertaining although in no way an adequate substitute for the much richer experience of White s novel 
3
Charlotte's Web
Kyle Smith
Charlotte s Web with its insistently magical theme music an overbearing climax and a trough full of bad jokes is merely adequate 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Maitland McDonagh
Director Gary Winick doesn t downplay the tough stuff a matter of fact cut from Wilbur s first reprieve to a pan full of frying breakfast bacon connects adorable pink piglets and yummy pork products with admirable clarity 
3
Charlotte's Web
Peter Howell
It s a movie so modest and gentle you ll hear your neighbour s popcorn crunch But you may also hear your heart beating And there s nothing wrong with that 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Moira MacDonald
The film directed by Gary Winick 13 Going on 30 has a sweetness of its own 
3
Charlotte's Web
Ruthe Stein
Charlotte s Web a splendid new screen adaptation of White s 1952 children s book gloriously brings the classic to life If you ve never read it this is a perfect introduction 
4
Charlotte's Web
David Elliott
In this crafty version of the E B White classic critters say the darndest things humans are often marginal and mom frying bacon is darn tactless humor and warmth keep bubbling up 
3
Charlotte's Web
Carla Meyer
Charlotte s Web gives E B White s classic tale a spiffy cinematic update but leaves its core values intact Visually accomplished and heartfelt this G rated gem is radiant terrific and really some film 
4
Charlotte's Web
Timothy Knight
The filmmakers have the taste and good sense not to trash White s classic by lacing their narrative with pop culture references 
3
Charlotte's Web
Carrie Rickey
The movie may not be perfect but it beautifully distills White s simple message We are all born to die But we are also born to befriend 
3
Charlotte's Web
Stephen Whitty
Unfortunately Charlotte s Web is an unremarkable collection of cute kids talking animals and syrupy sentiment There s little of White s original spare style and even less to entertain anyone but the very undemanding 
2
Charlotte's Web
Elizabeth Weitzman
Like its porcine protagonist E B White s classic 1952 story Charlotte s Web manages to be both radiant and humble If only the same could be said for Gary Winick s live action adaptation which is neither 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Sue Pierman
The heart wrenching ending left a preview audience adults included shamelessly blubbering 
3
Charlotte's Web
Peter Debruge
Fanning isn t quite right No doubt the ubiquitous young lady is the first child actor anyone pictures as Fern but is there ever a moment in which the audience isn t aware they re watching Dakota Fanning in the part 
2
Charlotte's Web
Glenn Whipp
As my daughter noted after the movie Wilbur isn t any ordinary pig As Charlotte writes in her web he is some pig That he is and here he gets his just due with a movie that honors his humility and grace in fine fashion 
3
Charlotte's Web
Robert W. Butler
Charlotte s Web ends on a grace note that should keep you feeling whimsical for many days after 
3
Charlotte's Web
Bruce Westbrook
Charlotte s Web adapts a classic which is not to say it is one 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Liam Lacey
What do you say about a mediocre movie adaptation of a literary masterpiece Could have been worse Or it could have been much much better but even then it probably wouldn t measure up to the original 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Terry Lawson
Fans of E B White s elegant droll style will be happy to know it is wonderfully faithful to the book I know because I read it as soon as I came home from the movie 
3
Charlotte's Web
Jeff Vice
This new live action adaptation of the beloved children s book falls back on trickery mostly CGI enhancements and lowbrow humor at least to a certain degree as if the filmmakers didn t believe in the material as much as they should 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Lisa Kennedy
Some will bristle at liberties taken Cows do indeed break wind Yet the movie s use of flatulence is less a nod to rural truths than a reliance on what has become a go to gag in movie s made for the booster seat set 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Tyler Hanley
Despite some juvenile humor and a red carpet vocal cast this Web is spun with emotional resonance that sticks 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Chad Greene
While certainly not just some pig it isn t exactly terrific or radiant either 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Sara Michelle Fetters
Winick and company do a fine job of capturing a bit of the magic found in White s original and while not all of the melodiously intricate subtleties shine through just enough sparkle forth to make the movie a fondly heartwarming good time 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Jeffrey Westhoff
Charlotte s Web may not emerge from the shadow of that other talking pig movie but in its own humble way it is radiant 
3
Charlotte's Web
Russ Breimeier
Fortunately this version gets it right To quote another classic involving an adorable little swine That ll do pig 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Daniel M. Kimmel
those looking for safe family entertainment this season are not likely to find more of a sure thing than Charlotte s Web 
3
Charlotte's Web
James Sanford
retains many of the book s charms and much of its warmth this beguiling adaptation makes it clear why White s story has enchanted three generations of readers 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Erik Childress
Special stories like this are rare and so are the films which treat them with the respect they deserve It may ultimately be a story about death but I like to think of it as one of forever 
4
Charlotte's Web
Willie Waffle
If you are taking your kid to see Charlotte s Web you better not plan on serving ham for Christmas dinner 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Ed Gonzalez
Julia Robert spent 2006 catatonically voicing an ant in The Ant Bully a film no one saw and a spider in Charlotte s Web a film that every child who poops their pants can stand to benefit from 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Claudia Puig
A whimsical and warmly appealing adaptation of the children s classic 
3
Charlotte's Web
Lawrence Toppman
Director Gary Winick and writers Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick preserve White s lovely observations often using his language 
3
Charlotte's Web
Jeff Strickler
This is one case where the special effects do what they are supposed to do enhance the movie instead of taking it over 
3
Charlotte's Web
Mark Dujsik
Gary Winick s version of Charlotte s Web captures the moral spirit of E B White s hugely popular barnyard fable 
3
Charlotte's Web
Dustin Putman
This story could be used as a wonderful learning tool for children dealing with loss 
3
Charlotte's Web
Laura Kelly
Because this Charlotte eschewing animation for real humans adorable Dakota Fanning as Fern and real animals that seem to talk this Charlotte gets you 
3
Charlotte's Web
Michael Phillips
Director Gary Winick keeps the film s modesty of scale and generosity of spirit in mind throughout The story has a pull like few others and Sam Shepard s narration keeps everything easy and unpretentious in sync with White s prose 
3
Charlotte's Web
Chris Hewitt
Pork producers may not be high on it but moviegoers are going to love Charlotte s Web 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Matt Pais
There are pleasures to be had from a family film that doesn t scamper from one action sequence to the next 
2.5
Charlotte's Web
Jan Stuart
What I can say without equivocating is that E B White s wise and wonderful children s classic is now a very nice motion picture 
3
Charlotte's Web
Josh Larsen
There is nothing magical here but there is nothing blasphemous either 
3.5
Charlotte's Web
Michael A. Smith
If I could spin a web I would declare Charlotte s Web SOME FILM 
4
Charlotte's Web
Steve Rhodes
Given a choice between reading the book again and seeing this film version I d go with the book but the film is nicely done and quite cute 
3
Charlotte's Web
Linda Cook
Almost as sweet as the children s classic novel Charlotte s Web is just well crawling with entertainment 
3.5
Hide and Seek
Roger Moore
Short well acted and easy enough to follow until it isn t It s the until it isn t that earns it the label disappointing 
1.5
Take Me
Roger Moore
Enough tickles and twists to be Netflixable but just barely 
2.5
Take Me
Rob Thomas
The movie moves briskly along at just 85 minutes balancing laughs and cringe worthy violence A sequence involving a set of car keys will not be soon forgotten 
3
Take Me
Sheila O'Malley
The fun of Take Me is watching these two actors go toe to toe in scene after scene Healy knows that as a director His approach is simple unadorned and gets the job done 
3.5
Take Me
Keith Watson
Take Me is a suspense comedy that simply isn t very suspenseful or very funny 
2
Sweet Liberty
David Nusair
46 46 46 an erratically paced comedy that grows less and less interesting as it progresses 46 46 46 
2
Sweet Liberty
Matt Brunson
If you want a ruthless picture about moviemaking go with Sunset Boulevard S O B or The Player But if you want a toothless picture about moviemaking then Sweet Liberty should hit the sweet spot 
2.5
Sweet Liberty
Roger Ebert
The movie wants to juggle a lot of characters all at once but it keeps dropping the most interesting ones 
2.5
Seven Days... Seven Nights
Kathy Fennessy
Though Brook hails from Britain the film has the unhurried pace of an Alain Resnais or Michelangelo Antonioni mood piece 
3
Missing Allen
Steve Rhodes
Another proof that truth is stranger than fiction If you like a good detective story you d be hard pressed to do better than Missing Allen 
3.5
Alien: Covenant
Brian Eggert
What Alien Covenant lacks in cohesive intelligence or consistency within the series it makes up for in compelling characters and raw scary as hell situations 
3
Alien: Covenant
Matt Brunson
Working in references to Milton Michelangelo and Percy Shelley s Ozymandias rather than to Marvel mutants and Depp s Jack Sparrow it s clear that Alien Covenant isn t a typical summer blockbuster 
3
Alien: Covenant
Sarah Knight Adamson
Say what you will about Prometheus but I would take a film that makes me think over a bunch of CGI d cat and mouse chase horror sequences and an uninspired plot 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Mattie Lucas
Consistently stunning from a visual standpoint Even at 80 years old Scott can still run circles around much younger directors when it comes to visceral action scenes and rich imagery 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Pamela Powell
The younger generation who did not grow up with Alien will appreciate the story and gruesome special effects much in the way as those who did 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Thanks to the talented cast and well choreographed action sequences there is still great entertainment value here There s also a lot of wasted opportunity 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
John Hanlon
This follow up plays out like a traditional sequel but should still please fans of the long running franchise 
3.0
Alien: Covenant
David N. Butterworth
In space nobody can you hear you roll your eyes 
2
Alien: Covenant
Wesley Lovell
Explaining away your mythos takes away the mystery and thus the enjoyment 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
David Keyes
A curious film made with the wandering eye of a provocateur who descends deeply into an abyss only to find himself tethered by the narrowed vision of a movie studio more interested in formulas of the past 
3
Alien: Covenant
John Beifuss
The splattery violence which reduces humanity to meat and reproduction to a survival instinct enacts a blunt rebuttal to the idea that science and art Ozymandias and even John Denver are referenced offer humankind an opportunity for immorality 
3
Alien: Covenant
Kevin A. Ranson
If you liked Prometheus you ll likely enjoy this if not skip this altogether some things are better left unknown At least it s better than Passengers right 
3
Alien: Covenant
Allyson Johnson
Restlessly soulless predictable and frustratingly dumb 
1.5
Alien: Covenant
Walter Chaw
The problem with Covenant beyond the howling boredom of its first hour and the remarkably poor CGI employed in the manufacture of its various beasties is that it s all references and no referents 
1
Alien: Covenant
Linda Cook
Alien Covenant stays true to the franchise brand 
3.5
Alien: Covenant
James Kendrick
takes enough risks in embedding its genre thrills in a muscular philosophical core that it is hard to begrudge its existence and Scott s willingness to return to the franchise that made him famous and take it in a new ish direction
3
Alien: Covenant
Eric Melin
It s not a complete failure but there s something sadly inevitable about Alien Covenant It feels more like an exercise than it does a movie 
1.5
Alien: Covenant
John Serba
An awkward marriage between intellectual exercise and suspenseful creature feature
2
Alien: Covenant
Michael Smith
There is fun to be had despite the characters making the same dumb mistakes that were made in the last movie and the one before that and so on 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Mike McGranaghan
It s thrilling when a science fiction story aims this high The series is on solid ground with Alien Covenant 
3
Alien: Covenant
Robert Levin
The film resonates not because of its scares or effects but thanks to the simple fact that the filmmaker wholly commits to building an atmosphere of sadness and dread around it 
3
Alien: Covenant
Thelma Adams
Peel away the big budget genre film s veneer of Western Civ for Dummies Michelangelo Wagner Byron and Shelley and what you have is rather conventional Lego blocks of sci fi horror 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Phil Villarreal
In space no one can hear you yawn 
3
Alien: Covenant
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Scott once again he shows why he was always the man for the job 
3
Alien: Covenant
Robert Horton
Covenant is the first one that truly feels like an attempt to dumb it down to formula 
2
Alien: Covenant
Christian Toto
Been there been scared plenty by that What else you got 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
David Nusair
Alien Covenant progresses into a somewhat watchable yet entirely underwhelming midsection that does more often than not seem to be spinning its wheels 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Barry Hertz
The new film is intended to act as several things none of them particularly admirable 
2
Alien: Covenant
Sonny Bunch
Alien Covenant is the prequel to Alien I imagine people thought they were getting when they heard about Prometheus 
3
Alien: Covenant
Stephen Rebello
It is Fassbender in dual roles who is the real focus of the movie and he is the best he s been in years perverse haunted magnetic touching and unique 
3
Alien: Covenant
James Berardinelli
Alien Covenant combines high minded sci fi ideas with the visceral horror inspired shock aspects of a slasher movie 
3
Alien: Covenant
Mark Dujsik
Alien Covenant may follow what seems like a blueprint at this point but the film provides a tantalizing combination of effective horror and troubling ideas 
3
Alien: Covenant
George M. Thomas
Should folks partake appreciation of Fassbender s dual performances will resonate more profoundly as he s given much with which to work 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Richard Roeper
Alien Covenant takes place prior to the events of the original Alien 1979 but since it was filmed in the mid 2010s it s an impressive technical achievement with amazing CGI special effects plunging us deep into outer space and deep into the future 
3
Alien: Covenant
Gary Thompson
The movie is often incomprehensible despite the four person team of writers hired to extract a meatball of coherence from the spaghetti of non sequiturs served up in the most recent Alien movie Prometheus 
2
Alien: Covenant
Sara Stewart
Clearly the elder Scott s aim is on the scares and oh what satisfying terrifying screams echoing down a ship s corridor scares they are 
3
Alien: Covenant
Jeff Simon
Scott is a great filmmaker The sights as always are remarkable The suspense is superb even more than it was the last time in Prometheus 
3.5
Alien: Covenant
Peter Howell
A story like this can t get by on terror alone It also needs good actors to put it across and Alien Convenant more than delivers on that score 
3.5
Alien: Covenant
Bob Bloom
The movie s finale hints at another sequel So it seems Scott is going to continue lugging his franchise through space until it comes full circle and the Nostromo appears on the horizon 
1.5
Alien: Covenant
Ann Hornaday
Scott is giving the audience what it wants but purists may wonder whether simply re watching Alien would have provided scarier more genuine jolts 
1.5
Alien: Covenant
David Frese
It s scary and fun and leaves us looking forward to the next chapter 
3
Alien: Covenant
Michael Phillips
It s a maddeningly uneven picture with an action climax staged and executed with the air of a contractual agreement But as with Prometheus the most elegantly wrought sequences make up for the monster stuff plainly less interesting to Scott 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Rafer Guzman
Gory Gothic and more than a little goofy 
3
Alien: Covenant
Ty Burr
As an A level horror movie Alien Covenant is satisfying enough to arguably stand as the third best entry in the series after Alien and James Cameron s majestic Aliens 1986 
3
Alien: Covenant
Dann Gire
Nobody comes to see Alien Covenant for surprises of the pleasant sort The unpleasant ones come at us with such intensity that in this space everyone really can hear you scream 
3.5
Alien: Covenant
Mick LaSalle
Though the scale is large and the action takes up a fair chunk of the screen time Alien Covenant remains grounded in its ideas and in the struggles of its individual characters 
3
Alien: Covenant
Peter Travers
It s covering old ground the shocking originality of the first Alien is a one time thing No worries I d rank Ridley Scott s Alien Covenant with the best of the series right after the initial one two punch Fans are going to freak out 
3
Alien: Covenant
Brian Truitt
Covenant does succeed in continuing Prometheus ambition to deepen the Alien mythology with a meaning of life bent 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Sara Michelle Fetters
This latest extravaganza set inside this particular universe might just be the most nihilistic and disturbing entry in the series yet 
3
Alien: Covenant
Katie Walsh
Covenant rips through plot points and action set pieces with the speed of a xenomorph ripping through flesh The story is a whirlwind smash and grab 
3
Alien: Covenant
Soren Andersen
It s all Alien Classic only with more of everything 
3
Alien: Covenant
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Works as a B type monster movie but considering both the prestige of its director and the franchise it definitely could have been something more Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Kam Williams
A blood curdling sequel and worthy addition to the series certain to scare the living daylights out of you 
4
Alien: Covenant
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is the third best Alien movie after the first two but don t be surprised if repeat viewings kick it up a notch 
4
Alien: Covenant
Jake Cole
The only saving grace of the film s mostly recycled horrors is how they deepen Michael Fassbender s android David 
2
Alien: Covenant
Josh Larsen
falls somewhere between the turgid mythologizing of Prometheus and the genre sleekness of the original 
2.5
Alien: Covenant
Roger Moore
In space no one can hear you giggle 
1.5
Alien: Covenant
Dustin Putman
Wildly uneven yet impossible to discount continuing to confront big questions about the genesis of life and the mysteries of death 
2.5
A Hard Day
Federico Furzan
A spectacular action thriller that pays no respect to the viewer s cardiac capabilities Full review in Spanish 
3.5
A Hard Day
Marty Mapes
Surprise and tension make this Korean police mystery a fun ride
3
A Hard Day
Robert Horton
There s plenty of healthy pulp here for fans to chew on 
3
A Hard Day
Linda Barnard
Director Kim turns the screw relentlessly working old school devices like ringing phones to excellent effect while tossing in some inspired fight and chase scenes 
3.5
A Hard Day
Soren Andersen
It s hard to feel sympathy for such a miserable miscreant Impossible in fact 
2
A Hard Day
Michael O'Sullivan
You ll be glad that A Hard Day isn t happening to you but you won t regret observing it all from a safe distance 
3
A Hard Day
Brian Tallerico
At its best A Hard Day has a breakneck pace that allows one to easily dismiss the more ridiculous downright nonsensical aspects of its plot Only occasionally will the eyes roll For the most part it works 
3
A Hard Day
Roger Moore
The script is tighter than the direction but this Korean cop facing a sea of troubles thriller is ripe for a Hollywood remake 
2.5
A Hard Day
Kent Turner
An all out over the top bad cop vs bad cop Korean thriller the viewer won t know what will pop up or come crashing down in the background 
3
Seberg
Brian Eggert
As signaled by the opening shot of Seberg as Joan of Arc the film has reduced its titular character to a martyr whose life was torn apart by an unruly FBI investigation 
2.5
Seberg
Tom Meek
Anthony Mackie is at times commanding Kristin Stewart looks the part with the blonde pixie cute but she and director Benedict Andrews and the writers feel like they are chasing a myth not a soul 
2
Seberg
Matt Brunson
A breathless story rendered wheezy 
2
Seberg
Steven Prokopy
If Seberg were simply a film about the actress turned activist it might have made for a more enticing work
2
Seberg
Joe Friar
Another superb performance by Kristen Stewart who brings her own interpretation of the Jean Seberg to the screen The film is a pseudo biopic that scampers through the facts but is still compelling to watch 
3
Seberg
Lisa Jensen
Ultimately it s only so much window dressing that can t quite disguise the fact that this movie doesn t actually know what makes its nominal heroine tick 
2
Seberg
Roger Moore
Never quite jells into the tragic jeremiad and Oscar bait it was intended to be 
1.5
Seberg
Richard Roeper
Kristen Stewart does fierce work as the radicalized 60s actress but the biopic too often wanders elsewhere 
1.5
Seberg
Robert Horton
Seberg remains a bit of a blank 
2.5
Seberg
Mark Dujsik
Andrews movie is about a lot of things but its eponymous subject isn t really one of them 
2
Seberg
Sean P. Means
What s infuriating here is that Solomon a composite character is depicted as a reluctant smear artist wrestling with his conscience and prodded by his wife to feel guilty about what the FBI did to Seberg 
2.5
Seberg
Mick LaSalle
Seberg provides a chance from Stewart to move from hubris and naïvete to fear and paranoia and finally to a kind of fragmentation 
3
Seberg
Walter Chaw
Stewart s too good for this She s an inspired choice to play Jean Seberg Both star and subject deserved better 
1
Seberg
James Berardinelli
The chief problem with Seberg as is often the case with biopics is that the filmmakers never really find the character underlying the historical figure 
2.5
Seberg
Catherine Springer
When you have Kristen Stewart playing a famously contradictory and motivationally elusive character you really shouldn t put her in the background and make her wallpaper to your silly FBI story 
2
Seberg
Rex Reed
Considering the horrors that constitute the current volatile political situation in America Seberg is more relevant than ever 
3.5
Seberg
Monica Castillo
However well intentioned the effort to unearth Seberg s legacy and open this shameful chapter in American History the movie s simplistic approach doesn t quite do her memory justice 
1.5
Seberg
Joey Magidson
Kristen Stewart is phenomenal here though ultimately not able to save Seberg from being a disappointment 
2.5
Seberg
Pat Brown
Throughout the filmmakers occlude the most fascinating and potentially powerful elements of Jean Seberg s history 
2
Seberg
Sara Stewart
A bland period piece with an irritating lack of focus 
2
The Fighting Temptations
LaTonya Taylor
Although there are plenty of positive feel good elements to this movie they are outweighed by missed opportunities to do something more valuable 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Judith Egerton
As a romantic comedy neither exceptional nor groundbreaking But as a musical the movie bursts with foot stomping arm swaying finger snapping gospel music 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Matt Brunson
Cuba Gooding Jr is so animated a performer that he even appears to be overacting on this movie s poster 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Sarah Chauncey
Gooding is on a downward spiral but The Fighting Temptations is at least a step above Snow Dogs and several above the inexcusably offensive Boat Trip 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Michael Szymanski
Fight the temptation to look for anything more than good music in this movie 
1.5
The Fighting Temptations
John Beifuss
Crowd pleasing but shoddy During a funeral scene the corpse can clearly be seen breathing 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
James Sanford
Cuba Gooding Jr once again shows he and comedy do not belong in the same area code and come to think of it after Boat Trip did anyone need further evidence 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Chris Hewitt
I ve looked forward to Cuba Gooding Jr movies as eagerly as I anticipate SPAM but The Fighting Temptations breaks his streak of crumminess 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Phoebe Flowers
If you re a gospel lover you can probably overlook the technical flaws especially if you see it in a crowded and enthusiastic theater 
1.5
The Fighting Temptations
Moira MacDonald
The Fighting Temptations exists for its rousing gospel soundtrack which is at times so good that you can forgive the movie its flaws 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Mick LaSalle
The music is glorious 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Jerry McCormick
Can this career be saved After watching The Fighting Temptations you may feel that Cuba Gooding Jr s may not 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Steven Rea
A woefully thin and pointless musical comedy 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Gene Seymour
A messy sprawling family barbecue of a movie that barely gets by on salesmanship energy and maybe more than a little chicanery 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Megan Lehmann
A hoot and a holler 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Jack Mathews
A raucous gospel comedy that s as broad as co star Beyonce Knowles vowels and chockablock with foot stomping up with the choir music that will have even atheists praising the Lord 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Connie Ogle
Its musical sequences could make the most hardened atheist want to go to church 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Glenn Whipp
When anyone opens their mouth to sing it s good when anyone opens their mouth to talk it s bad 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Liam Lacey
A lot more fun than you d expect for an MTV produced vehicle for pop diva Beyonce Knowles 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Terry Lawson
A bit more endurable than a Sunday morning service on a simmering Southern day in an un air conditioned church 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Jeff Vice
Two hours on the dot feels more like two years 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Michael Booth
A good story sung by great voices 
3.5
The Fighting Temptations
Roger Ebert
The Fighting Temptations is not brilliant and it has some clunky moments where we see the plot wheels grinding but it has its heart and its grin in the right places 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Ty Burr
The Fighting Temptations is junk 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Laine Ewen
The cast is endearing and despite a ridiculously contrived story line the film plays like a happily toe tapping song 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Guylaine Cadorette
Assembled under the guidance of music savvy producers such as Loretha Jones and Benny Medina The Fighting Temptations ends up being surprisingly entertaining 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Sean P. Means
The worst thing is watching the manic Gooding continue on his career death spiral 
1.5
The Fighting Temptations
Jeffrey Westhoff
The music makes the movie 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Erik Childress
At 120 minutes the film just barely squeezes in the musical moments making the uninspired and unfunny expositional scenes all the more tortuous 
1.5
The Fighting Temptations
Phil Villarreal
The only temptation you ll be fighting is the urge to leave the theater 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Nick Carter
There s no great plot development or surprises to keep your interest But the camaraderie and small community details captured by director Jonathan Lynn save the day 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Walter Chaw
That its title isn t something of an ironic warning is mostly the product of the fact that no one in their right mind was ever tempted in the first place 
1
The Fighting Temptations
Jeff Strickler
The Fighting Temptations is one of those lightweight breezy and predictable romantic comedies that is enjoyable precisely because it s so lightweight breezy and predictable 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Robert K. Elder
A delightful surprisingly fresh comedy 
3
The Fighting Temptations
Mike Clark
Temptations plays like a test case on whether there can be life after Boat Trip a movie perched to pop up from the deeps at year s end to dominate 10 worst lists 
1.5
The Fighting Temptations
Josh Larsen
The Fighting Temptations deserves better a better title a better script a better effort from everyone behind the camera 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Steven Snyder
is a wildly inconsistent film peppered with scenes that work extremely well but saddled with an incredibly lazy script which almost seems intentional in its incompetence 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Steve Rhodes
When the film isn t singing it is a low energy production that is as flat as a pancake 
2
The Fighting Temptations
Linda Cook
Gospel music despite the cast and crew listing is the actual star of The Fighting Temptations a rollicking musical that s bound to have you stomping and clapping along 
3
The Fighting Temptations
James Berardinelli
It s Sister Act warmed over 
2.5
The Fighting Temptations
Emily Blunt
Dear God literally what was Cuba Gooding Jr thinking 
.05
The Fighting Temptations
Ed Gonzalez
Too bad the film is never as soulful as the songs the character s sing 
2.5
If Not Now, When?
Katie Walsh
Bass script is overly ambitious perhaps because we re so starved for these kinds of stories biting off more than one indie debut can or should chew 
2.5
If Not Now, When?
Monica Castillo
Between its amateurish direction pedestrian cinematography and overly plotted script the narrative and visuals don t coalesce into a story that feels restorative cathartic or even joyful 
1.5
If Not Now, When?
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Due to patient emotional storytelling it goes well above the typical movie soap opera 
3
If Not Now, When?
Mark Dujsik
Tamara Bass screenplay gives each of the women s stories its due Some of those stories though are more engaging than others 
2
The Babysitter
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Essentially a chase movie but zippy sexy darkly funny and constantly creative with a fluid sense of space and movement as well as lots of blood 
3
The Babysitter
Federico Furzan
What a fun movie The Babysitter exploits its elements with such wit that even with its cliches it never manages to be boring Full review in Spanish 
3
The Extra Man
Troy Patterson
Extra Man s superfluous oddities threaten to obscure its peculiar charms 
2.5
The Extra Man
Roger Moore
Kevin Kline s tour de force a performance of uncommon joie de vivre 
3
The Extra Man
Robert W. Butler
I did a lot of squirming with this one 
2
The Extra Man
Mike Scott
While directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are busy tipping their caps to their favorite literary figures they seem to forget their obligation to good movie making 
2
The Extra Man
Rob Thomas
Extra Man is a loving ode to the eccentrics of New York and a wish that even in today s Disneyfied Manhattan the city will always make room for the weirdos too 
3.5
The Extra Man
Calvin Wilson
The Extra Man is a disappointment coming from Berman and Pulcini whose American Splendor was an imaginative biopic about the late comic book author Harvey Pekar 
2.5
The Extra Man
Lisa Kennedy
Dano and Kline are very fine performers So why is this comedy such a chore The answer appears to be whimsy overload 
1.5
The Extra Man
Sean O'Connell
Swifter comedic timing and a clearer narrative thread might have helped center this peculiar adaptation of Jonathan Ames s 1998 novel of the same name Then again maybe not 
2
The Extra Man
Willie Waffle
The worst movie I have seen this year 
0
The Extra Man
Chris Hewitt
The Extra Man is a comedy but the humor is so genteel and smug it s as if the movie thinks it would be rude for us to laugh 
2
The Extra Man
Michael Phillips
Some actors are dinner Kevin Kline is dessert and his comic brio saves the film version of The Extra Man from its limitations 
2.5
The Extra Man
Roger Ebert
The movie aggressively pushes its whimsicality to the point where it feels less whimsical than just aggressive 
2.5
The Extra Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
The picture revels in its own unconventionality The Extra Man a consistently engaging curiosity even when some of its more important pieces don t quite live up to the glorious oddities surrounding them 
2.5
The Extra Man
Kyle Smith
Darlings there s nothing quite so tragique as a boring eccentric 
1
The Extra Man
Stephen Whitty
The Extra Man not only gilds the flower but then glues on sequins and forces it into cha cha heels 
2
The Extra Man
Peter Travers
In this maddeningly uneven film version of Jonathan Ames acclaimed 1998 novel Kevin Kline gives a master class in acting 
2
The Extra Man
Rex Reed
The film knocks itself unconscious trying to be whimsical and offbeat but is so contrived that it is as embarrassing as it is unfunny 
1
The Extra Man
Lauren Wissot
Like Kevin Kline s ridiculously pretentious Harrison the film fancies itself much more interesting than it is 
1.5
Tombstone
Erik Childress
Val Kilmer apos s performance is legendary and a likely reason this film is more fondly remembered as a modern western classic rather than the mess it ultimately becomes in trying to tell a full piece of the legend 46 
2.5
Tombstone
Peter Canavese
Sports pretty much everything one would want in a Western and though it s not always eminently artful it is rarely anything less than entertaining Blu ray 
3
Tombstone
Chris Hicks
Taken on its own terms with some lowered expectations Western fans will have fun 
2.5
Tombstone
Steve Rhodes
An interesting movie with fascinating characterizations 
2.5
Tombstone
James Berardinelli
It s difficult to assign responsibility for the most serious of this film s shortcomings but one thing is clear somewhere along the way the creative process misfired 
2
La Grande Bouffe
Roger Ebert
La Grande Bouffe didn t leave me so much excited as exhausted 
2
Just Getting Started
Jeff Simon
Among the wisest things ever said about old age will always be the immortal dictum of Bette Davis Old age ain t for sissies It also ain t for people whose skills have vanished completely but are pretending they haven t 
1
Just Getting Started
Linda Cook
Not even two Oscar winners can save this garbage 
.5
Just Getting Started
Roger Moore
Just Wrapping Up any career in comedy is more like it 
1.5
Just Getting Started
Susan Wloszczyna
A rather lazy boondoggle by Shelton who waited 14 years to direct again and didn t bother to make it worthwhile 
1
Just Getting Started
Bill Zwecker
Just Getting Started simply never does get started It s D O A 
1
Just Getting Started
Mike McGranaghan
Everyone involved in the making of Just Getting Started should be charged with war crimes Okay that s obviously just a joke but my gosh what an endurance test this movie is 
1
Felt
Anita Katz
Different and daring but not quite satisfying 
2.5
Felt
Robert Horton
I d give the movie more of a break if it weren t for the improvised dialogue that grinds down scene after scene Those scenes don t look like a portrait of a debased culture they look like actors searching for something insightful or funny to say 
1.5
Felt
Roger Moore
A dull mumblecore psycho drama
1.5
Felt
Wes Greene
A hollow bit of violence exposes the film s sense of empowerment as nothing more than a harmless sheep masquerading in wolf s clothing 
2
Felt
Kam Williams
A cattle prod of a picture which incessantly provokes and pushes the cinematic envelope while taking no prisoners in a very freaky battle of the sexes 
3
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Nick Rogers
The Broken Lizard quintet follows its quintessential cult comedy classic Super Troopers with something like Ten Little Indians interpreted by five big imbeciles a slasher parody three Screams and three Scary Movies too late 
0
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Mark Collette
The film s creators use sexual humor as a stand in when they run out of vacuous little sub sketches 
0.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Bill Chambers
Half as clever as Scream and too winking in its nihilism to approach the invigorating immorality of Scream 2
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
David Nusair
the story is just so dull that nothing can save it 
1
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Linda Cook
Here s an oddball movie that s better suited to rental than the big screen 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Marty Mapes
Funny but has enough dry spells that it feels like a B movie
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Matt Brunson
Basically just an ordinary run of the mill slasher flick with the usual amount of fleeting T A tossed in to mollify the Playboy perusers in the audience 
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Paul Sherman
An amateur hour ordeal 
1
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
James Kendrick
exists in an uncomfortable middle ground between gore that is intended to gross you out and gore than is intended to make you laugh
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Phil Villarreal
If the lizard ain t broken don t fix it 
3
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Dustin Putman
A pretty creative conceit and often quite funny and creepy to boot 
2.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Christian Toto
Broken Lizard s Club Dread spoofs a genre already spoofed out the slasher film and does it badly
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
David Keyes
has the kind of energy so zealous that one can t help but notice the filmmakers simply using it as a mask to cover up obvious shortcomings 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Ted Fry
A shabby attempt at mixing elements of a teen slasher flick with the lowbrow laughs of a teen sex romp Neither one adds up to the sum of its whole 
1
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Ruthe Stein
Doesn t quite capture the devil may care feel of a sex comedy 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Rudy Joggerst
Will appeal to everyone who enjoys the shenanigans of movies like Army of Darkness Tommy Boy or even the Scary Movie series 
2.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Megan Lehmann
Unencumbered by logic or narrative cohesion the freewheeling lunacy of Club Dread sits squarely in the guilty pleasure zone 
2.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Roger Ebert
There will be better movies playing in the same theater even if it is a duplex but on the other hand there is something to be said for goofiness without apology by broken lizards who just wanna have fun 
2.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Jack Mathews
Pure dumb fun 
2.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Bob Strauss
This hit and mostly miss parody of slasher films is about 100 years overdue and has already been done to well death 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Rick Groen
A splatter of scenes that relocate the funny bone in the lower anatomical regions sometimes hitting the mark occasionally a glancing blow often missing completely 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
John Monaghan
If Project Greenlight ever awarded a movie making contract to a group of drunken frat boys it might look something like Broken Lizard s Club Dread 
1
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Jeff Vice
This is very different from what the Broken Lizard comedy team has done before Refreshingly so 
3
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Ty Burr
A bumptious splatter farce that manages to improve from awful to moderately engaging as its cast is winnowed down to the five guys themselves 
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Sean P. Means
It may be as deep as the resort s hot tub but it s plenty of fun 
3
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Claudia Puig
We realize it s a spoof of bad movies But does a satire of bad movies need to be bad too 
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Paul Doro
While there are a number of clever moments they aren t enough to keep the movie entertaining throughout 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Chris Hewitt
This is both a sloppy mystery with meaningless clues everywhere and a tedious comedy with jokes that seem to date from before Scream turned satirizing horror movies into a cottage industry 
1
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Steven Rea
Like the guests who party hardy on Pleasure Island a Caribbean resort lorded over by a brain fried Jimmy Buffett type the writers must have been too blotto to bother with like jokes 
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
John Anderson
Hackneyed premise recycled jokes 
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Mark Caro
Outrageous comedy isn t meant to be this safe 
1.5
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Glenn Kenny
the laughs in Club Dread remain their own reward even after the chop chop ghastliness has gone beyond the pale 
3
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Austin O'Connor
W hat s refreshing about the Broken Lizard films is how removed they seem from the cookie cutter Hollywood machine 
3
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Chris Barsanti
There s a problem with spoofs of crappy horror comedy flicks in order to get to the spoof comedy the audience still has to wade through the crappy horror flick 
2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Scott Nash
Very silly and quite funny 
3
Antibodies
Kyle Smith
A German thriller that isn t shy about ripping off The Silence of the Lambs 
2.5
Antibodies
Evan Henerson
As an exercise in watching a bad guy burrow too deeply into a good guy s head Antibodies proves more gross than psychologically unsettling 
2.5
Antibodies
Nick Schager
Alvart adorns everything in portentous biblical trappings but is more interested in sleek visuals and rug pulling gimmicks than his protagonist s histrionically handled moral conflict 
1.5
Once Upon A Time In Uganda
Kent Turner
Cathryne Czubek s engaging account of Isaac Nabwana s discovery by the international press and the festival circuit should be an inspiration to budding filmmakers 
3
Shining Through
Ryan Murphy
Shining Through is very much like the lush sweeping sentimental epics that Hollywood churned out during the 40s and as overblown and treacly as any of the patriotic paeans released during those war torn years 
2
Shining Through
Roger Ebert
Here is a film in which scene after scene is so implausible that the movie kept pushing me outside and making me ask how the key scenes could possibly be taken seriously 
2
Coogan's Bluff
Matt Brunson
The material involving Coogan s pursuit of Ringerman is solid but too much time is spent on a dreary relationship between Coogan and a probation officer Susan Clark their will they or won t they status would grow tiresome even in a romantic comedy 
2.5
Coogan's Bluff
Roger Ebert
Siegel knows what he wants and gets it 
3
Legally Blonde
Matt Brunson
A cut and style above other comedies of this ilk Legally Blonde mainly succeeds because of Witherspoon s winning performance 
3
Legally Blonde
Betsy Bozdech
The ultimate cotton candy movie it s sweet it s fluffy and boy is it pink 
3
Legally Blonde
David Nusair
consistently entertaining and enjoyable 
3.5
Legally Blonde
Margaret A. McGurk
Witherspoon deserves better than this 
2
Legally Blonde
Jeffrey Westhoff
Comes up just short of making a winning case 
2.5
Legally Blonde
Jon Niccum
Witherspoon again skillfully plays against her looks And as the movie repeatedly points out that s hard to do when you re blonde 
2.5
Legally Blonde
Mark Dujsik
You have to appreciate a movie whose title essentially sums up the whole thing 
3
Legally Blonde
Jorge Avila Andrade
Se puede ver si se toma como la tpica pelcula dominguera para pasar un rato sentado en la oscuridad de una sala de cine pero no ofrece nada ms 
2.5
Legally Blonde
Bill Chambers
Misses a plum opportunity to be the post Marilyn blonde movie 
2
Legally Blonde
James Kendrick
giddy effervescent pop comedy
2.5
Legally Blonde
Michael Dequina
The film is able to transcend its unpromising origins due to two words Reese Witherspoon 
3
Legally Blonde
Mike McGranaghan
Your parents warned you not to judge a book by its cover for a reason Dismissing Legally Blonde would mean missing one of the funniest comedies of the year 
3
Legally Blonde
Robert Roten
Legally Blonde is one of those rare modern comedies that does not rely on gross out humor or slapstick for its laughs 
3
Legally Blonde
Dustin Putman
A sunny hip confection 
3
Legally Blonde
Steve Rhodes
Filled with lots of big laughs 
3.5
Legally Blonde
David Sterritt
Most of Legally Blonde is mere sitcom style farce 
2
Legally Blonde
Rick Groen
They ve devised a potentially rich premise only to play it safe smoothing off every sharp edge and dumbing down any acerbic point 
2
Legally Blonde
Mick LaSalle
Witherspoon is so innately likable that the film goes along pleasantly enough 
2
Legally Blonde
Pam Grady
A yummy confection 
2.5
Legally Blonde
Jonathan Foreman
A watery poorly directed update of Clueless 
2
Legally Blonde
Roger Ebert
Witherspoon effortlessly animated this material with sunshine and quick wit 
3
Legally Blonde
Steven Rea
A smart screwball comedy that upends the stereotype of the airhead towhead 
3
Legally Blonde
Michael Wilmington
Witherspoon is in almost every scene and she makes them all snap and crackle 
3
Legally Blonde
Ross Anthony
Surprisingly refreshing and fun 
3
Legally Blonde
Rob Blackwelder
A paint by numbers big screen sitcom 
2
Legally Blonde
James Berardinelli
Handicapped by a lame predictable storyline that calls attention to itself too often 
2.5
Legally Blonde
Harvey S. Karten
A lighter than air comedy about female empowerment a needed antidote opening as it does after an abomindably vulgar nightmare 
3
Legally Blonde
Ed Gonzalez
Luketic neither commands the kind of broad satirical strokes heir to Alexander Payne or the low key absurdist touches that mark the works of Wes Anderson 
2.5
Young Ahmed
James Kendrick
ranks with the Dardennes s best films in terms of aligning us with a protagonist whose actions and worldview we may vigorously oppose but with whom can t help empathizing
3.5
Young Ahmed
Godfrey Cheshire
One of their most extraordinary masterpieces 
4
Young Ahmed
Roger Moore
Start to finish it forces one despairing question on us one it cannot answer Can Young Ahmed be saved 
3
Young Ahmed
Kent Turner
A novella of a film that introduces a premise but then doesn t quite expand upon it 
2
Young Ahmed
Joey Magidson
Young Ahmed takes a quiet approach to potential incendiary material Instead the Dardennes are content to simply observe their troubled protagonist 
3
Young Ahmed
Chuck Bowen
The Dardennes maintain a distance from Ahmed as a way of celebrating their refusal to reduce him to any easy psychological bullet points 
2
Trial by Jury
Mal Vincent
More correctly titled Trial by Melodrama 
2
The End of America
Kam Williams
A worthwhile film to the extent that it can serve a permanent watchdog function as a reminder of the possible erosion of Constitutional rights and of the citizenry s need to remain vigilant about the tendency of power to corrupt and of absolute power to
4
The End of America
Akiva Gottlieb
The End of America gives author and public intellectual Naomi Wolf an Inconvenient Truth style platform to remind Americans about the Bush administration s assault on our civil liberties 
2.5
An American in Paris
Josh Larsen
its defining trait is insistence 
2
An American in Paris
James Berardinelli
Gene Kelly remains one of the best and brightest of the Golden Era musical stars and An American in Paris shows him in fine form 
3
An American in Paris
Peter Canavese
A triumph for tireless dance advocate Kelly the Freed Unit and the American musical itself Blu ray 
4
An American in Paris
Wesley Lovell
Beautifully designed An American in Paris features plenty of unnecessarily lengthy dance numbers and a mildly interesting plot 
3
An American in Paris
Michael Szymanski
If you can t fall in love with Leslie Caron in this then you simply cannot fall in love 
2.5
An American in Paris
Jeremy Heilman
The feeling of escapism that it generates quickly fades away 
3
An American in Paris
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The An American in Paris ballet is a work of delirious filmmaking jumping and dissolving from space to space swirling around an area dancers entering and leaving the frame in surprising ways 
4
An American in Paris
Roger Ebert
The real reasons to see An American in Paris are for the Kelly dance sequences the closing ballet the Gershwin songs the bright locations and a few moments of the ineffable always curiously sad charm of Oscar Levant 
3.5
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Matt Brunson
Like Zoolander 2 Basic Instinct 2 and Dumb and Dumber To Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles was one of those belated sequels requested by absolutely no one 
1.5
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Jeffrey Westhoff
Becomes so laconic it forgets a movie ought to do something besides show you a lazy smile 
2
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Robert Roten
The movie is very good natured folksy and easy going it just isn t very funny 
1
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Steve Rhodes
There are a few mildly humorous moments but you ve seen it all before 
2
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Mike Clark
When movies have degraded to the point that Tyson is acting more than Quentin Tarantino is directing maybe it is time for an industry shutdown strike induced or otherwise 
1.5
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Bob Graham
At this stage of the game it s getting a little hard to present Dundee as a naif from the outback in the big city 
2
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Susan Stark
Oddly lethargic 
1
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Roger Ebert
I ve seen audits that were more thrilling 
2
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Tor Thorsen
A decidedly mixed bag 
2
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
James Berardinelli
The filmmakers lift something off the stock plots for bad crime movies shelf an art smuggling operation that uses movie making as a front 
1.5
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
John Petrakis
Despite the predictability of the story and the gags the film is surprisingly easy to sit through digest and even enjoy 
2.5
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Jeanne Aufmuth
The plot if you can dignify it as such is as pedestrian as it sounds 
2
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Ross Anthony
Fun very light comedy 
3
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Dan Lybarger
It s about as appetizing as month old leftovers from the Outback Steakhouse 
1
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Rob Blackwelder
Hogan s Subaru commercials have 200 times the spirit and charm of Dundee 3 
0
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Harvey S. Karten
Of little interest even for its targeted PG market
2
Flavors
Joshua Tanzer
A pleasing sendup of dating high tech contract employment and the immigrant experience If you re Indian American you can add five or six stars to any critic s rating 
3
Flavors
V.A. Musetto
There s enough schmaltz in the romancer Flavors to keep a second rate TV sit com going for an entire season and then some 
1
Flavors
Terry Lawson
Unevenness in tone and the film s reliance on stereotypes is not uncommon to first feature films and writers and directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D K don t help their cause with dialogue that too often asks questions like What is life without love 
2
Flavors
Steve Rhodes
Flavorless 
1.5
Time Out
Judith Egerton
A nonviolent yet tragic tale of job alienation and self worth 
3.5
Time Out
Emily Blunt
Here s a sleepy little treasure folks Veteran French stage actor Aurlien Recoing looms in the film He is at once foreboding and inviting 
4
Time Out
Margaret A. McGurk
Locked out by choice or chance Vincent strikes a profound chord in this startling evocative film 
3.5
Time Out
Jeff Vice
The movie could have toppled easily without a strong lead actor and fortunately Vincent s inner turmoil is entirely convincing thanks to Recoing s subtle turn 
3
Time Out
Rod Armstrong
Cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies two lane highways and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent s days
3.5
Time Out
Phil Villarreal
Time Out is deep and delicious growing more and more intriguing with each passing scene 
3
Time Out
Rob Thomas
a powerful look at how surprisingly fragile an ordinary life can be 
3
Time Out
Travis Hoover
A rare movie that makes us re assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity 
3.5
Time Out
Kevin John Bozelka
A rare beautiful film 
4
Time Out
Chris Hewitt
Time Out plays out slowly but Vincent s disconnectedness creates odd suspense and black humor 
3.5
Time Out
David Elliott
Full of bland hotels highways parking lots with some glimpses of nature and family warmth Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life 
3.5
Time Out
Joe Baltake
The film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time consuming the illusion of work is than actual work 
4
Time Out
Steve Rhodes
The movie s only mistake is its final scene After a perfect and ambiguous ending the director tacks on a final scene in which everything is wrapped up too neatly 
3
Time Out
Jeanne Aufmuth
A hidden agenda drama that shouts classic French nuance 
3.5
Time Out
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent 
2
Time Out
Laura Kelly
This is unusual food for thought cinema that s as entertaining as it is instructive 
3
Time Out
Mick LaSalle
Human Resources was a good straightforward tale but Time Out is better It s haunting It s like a poem 
3
Time Out
Susan Stark
Moody reflective and acutely noticing Time Out is less a drama than a cinematic essay about one man s experience in an era defined for professional and laborer by downsizing 
3
Time Out
Terry Lawson
Time Out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term 
4
Time Out
Rene Rodriguez
As bizarre as it is Vincent s gradual estrangement from society is also easy to identify with which makes Time Out especially compelling 
3
Time Out
Mary F. Pols
It s heartbreaking on a much deeper level one that makes us question our entire working society 
3.5
Time Out
Ian Mantgani
Reaches an extreme pitch and gets into Vincent s head simply by studying his face 
3
Time Out
Geoff Pevere
From those first moments behind the windshield Time Out draws you into its world of quiet deception 
4
Time Out
Liam Lacey
Skip work to see it at the first opportunity 
3.5
Time Out
Tom Keogh
Cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out and at other times outside looking in 
3
Time Out
Roger Ebert
I admire the closing scenes of the film which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent s complaint 
3
Time Out
Leighton Walter Kille
A taut psychological thriller that doesn t waste a moment of its two hour running time 
3.5
Time Out
Carrie Rickey
Writer director Cantet the filmmaker responsible for the similarly provocative Human Resources has an extremely arid sensibility 
3
Time Out
Bob Strauss
Time Out is an exhaustively complex look at what work and the lack of it means and does to an individual That these effects are rarely predictable and always persuasive marks the picture as a thoughtful original 
4
Time Out
James Berardinelli
In its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego destroying process of unemployment Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film 
3
Time Out
Jeremy Heilman
Recoing s fantastic performance doesn t exactly reveal what makes Vincent tick but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat 
3
Time Out
Jan Stuart
Like its middle aged protagonist the film goes a little flabby in its center but is kept compelling by the quirky charisma of Serge Lizrovet as a con man who comes to Vincent s aid and the chameleonic smoothness of its star 
3.5
Time Out
Lou Lumenick
Time Out which looks great but moves like molasses is more interesting than truly involving 
2
Time Out
Harvey S. Karten
A forceful drama of an alienated executive who re invents himself 
3.5
Vice Versa
David Nusair
An inoffensively entertaining 80s comedy 
2.5
Vice Versa
Roger Ebert
Vice Versa is a treasure of a movie in which the performances hold the key It s a movie that finds its humor in many small moments of truth and accurate observation
3.5
If I Were King
Matt Brunson
Basil Rathbone always projected confidence 44 intelligence 44 and authority that 8217 s why his mincing 44 jabbering performance in If I Were King is such an unexpected delight 46 
3
Black Book
Mattie Lucas
The film manages to turn German occupied Holland circa 1944 into a fast paced thrill ride without sacrificing the emotional core and very real human toll 
3.5
Black Book
Nick Rogers
The handsomely mounted heedlessly pulpy modernist World War II thriller that The Good German and Valkyrie failed to be a dizzying rush of daring rescues sexual intrigue treachery betrayal gunfights hasty conclusions and harrowing consequences 
4
Black Book
Claudia Puig
A hard core war film with raw violence intense action graphic sexuality and a twisting plot that offers a series of surprises 
3.5
Black Book
John Beifuss
Contains the violence nudity and sex we expect from a movie by Paul Verhoeven but moves with the narrative drive and surprise of a war film from decades past 
3.5
Black Book
Lori Hoffman
Even Verhoven s art house movies are a balancing act between vivid storytelling and exploitation 
3
Black Book
John Wirt
Carice van Houten is a persuasive heroine beautiful daring wry and when it counts poignant 
3
Black Book
Daniel M. Kimmel
a film about survival and fighting back one of the most engrossing and riveting films released this year 
3.5
Black Book
James Sanford
features the jolting violence and frank sensuality Verhoeven is known for as well as something he hasn t had in a quite a while an intelligent riveting screenplay gripping from beginning to end 
3.5
Black Book
Larry Ratliff
Black Book will drive home the struggles of world war underground resistance But as my colleague said you will snicker a little 
2.5
Black Book
Betsy Bozdech
Paul Verhoeven s well acted but overblown and overly long WWII thriller is like The Diary of Anne Frank by way of Basic Instinct 
2
Black Book
Duane Dudek
Though the wartime scenario seems authentic enough and includes several ambitious action filled set pieces the sprawling portrait of sacrifice and innocence spoiled is tainted by lurid and occasionally tasteless scenes 
2.5
Black Book
Robert W. Butler
Leading lady van Houten seems game for anything her director throws at her She exudes a happy sexuality that kept me watching well past the point of losing interest in the plot Koch is terrific as her German lover 
2.5
Black Book
Jeff Vice
Though Verhoeven and co screenwriter Gerard Soeteman supposedly based this espionage tale on some real events and real people much of it simply doesn t ring true 
2
Black Book
Sean P. Means
Black Book rides the line between high drama and cheap exploitation which for Verhoeven is a marked improvement 
2
Black Book
Phil Villarreal
Open up Black Book if you like your World War II dramas saucy crass sexually explicit and heedlessly entertaining 
3
Black Book
Sean O'Connell
Given his modest talents as a filmmaker the first half of Book might represent the best Verhoeven can do 
2.5
Black Book
Matt Brunson
It s like The Guns of Navarone for the art house set 
3.5
Black Book
Rick Groen
The happy ending demands that Verhoeven s return journey film Black Book be a rousing artistic triumph It isn t Too many of his lazy Hollywood habits have followed him home 
2
Black Book
Marrit Ingman
Verhoeven cites David Lean as an influence and the film has Lean s epic scope and crackerjack timing if not his mannerly refinement The 145 minute running time zips right by 
3.5
Black Book
Steven Rea
Black Book doesn t let the grim facts of the Holocaust get in the way of some ripping pulp 
3
Black Book
Bruce Newman
Despite the picture s subtitles and its imposing 145 minute running time Black Book maintains a breakneck pace pausing only long enough to raise some very interesting questions 
3
Black Book
Peter Howell
Judged in dramatic terms situational ethics drive the film never slackening the pace nor making the nearly 2 1 2 hour running time seem overlong Van Houten is rarely out of the frame but she s no mere eye candy 
2.5
Black Book
Laura Kelly
A while back Steven Soderbergh released his salute to 40s war dramas with The Good German He should ve just let Paul Verhoeven do it 
3
Black Book
Chris Hewitt
By the end Black Book no longer makes sense the plot having twisted around itself so much that we re left with a bunch of knots 
2
Black Book
Amy Biancolli
Stout hearted celebration of the Dutch Resistance or total smut Try both 
3
Black Book
Terry Lawson
It s just another Ilsa She Wolf of the SS disguised as an inspirational story of survival and courage 
2
Black Book
Michael Booth
Verhoeven hasn t seemed like a serious filmmaker for some time 
2
Black Book
Ty Burr
All that keeps the movie from collapsing into soap opera is the exuberant drive of the filmmaking And the central performance Van Houten is pretty without being beautiful 
3.5
Black Book
Ruthe Stein
Some may find scenes excessive and take offense at the suggestion that there were good Nazis like Ludwig But one thing that can be said for Black Book It s never boring 
3
Black Book
Moira MacDonald
Its essential trashiness too often takes over Rather than wondering about Rachel Ellis dilemma you find yourself pondering Verhoeven s consistency in setting up bedroom shots so that there s always a nipple in the frame 
2
Black Book
Sara Michelle Fetters
Returning to the Netherlands has been a godsend for Verhoeven energizing his talents and focusing his directorial powers like never before 
4
Black Book
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Verhoeven has succeeded in injecting a bit of energy into this tired genre and that s a major achievement 
3.5
Black Book
Michael Wilmington
The movie scrambles our responses and covers so much ground with such zest that its two and a half hours race past like a firestorm 
3.5
Black Book
Peter Canavese
Verhoeven doles out his customary boobs bombs and blood but the tension between thrills and serious consequences splits Black Book s difference 
2.5
Black Book
Jim Hemphill
An unadulterated modern day classic 
4
Black Book
Kyle Smith
There is much double and triple crossing as Rachel pulls off a series of narrow escapes But Verhoeven is not quite taking things seriously 
2.5
Black Book
Stephen Whitty
Rachel is played by Carice van Houten a Dutch actress little known here who is quick to infuse her heroine with sexy style and chilly daring It s a great role requiring a great range often within single scenes and she moves through them seamlessly 
3
Black Book
Jack Mathews
Van Houten is so good in it that it seems only a matter of time before she ll star in a real Hollywood movie as opposed to this pretender 
2.5
Black Book
Glenn Whipp
The movie hurtles through its two and a half hour running time piling on the treachery never letting its foot off the brake until the filmmakers have exhausted every narrative possibility and in the process the audience 
3.5
Black Book
Jeanne Aufmuth
This is history Hollywood style a dense soap opera ramped up with juicy elements not often associated with Hitler s regime 
3
Black Book
Kam Williams
Absorbing from start to finish this might be the first flick to interpret a Holocaust tale of survival as a highly stylized erotic espionage thriller 
4
Black Book
Maitland McDonagh
Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven returns to his roots with a WWII drama that s easily the best thing he s made in years 
3.5
Black Book
John Anderson
It isn t pretty but for all the melodramatic hoohah of Verhoeven s latest it all feels pretty real 
3.5
Black Book
James Berardinelli
Black Book possesses a taut exciting script that throws surprises at the viewer on a regular basis 
3.5
Black Book
Steve Rhodes
Absolutely engrossing it s an energetic and entertaining film that has what must be a near record number of double crosses 
3.5
Black Book
Peter Travers
Black Book the first film Verhoeven has made in the Netherlands in two decades is spoken in Dutch German Hebrew and English and it lasts for 145 minutes There s not a dull second in the bunch 
3.5
Black Book
Ed Gonzalez
This voluptuously directed epic crumbles beneath the weight of its well oiled but mechanical plot 
2.5
Black Book
David Nusair
one of Verhoeven s more consistent efforts 
3
Black Book
Bill Chambers
The screenplay could in fact have just as easily served as the template for a Roland Emmerich Dean Devlin turkey
2
Impromptu
Matt Brunson
Most of the hearty laughs are packed into the first half but the more focused second part maintains interest as it cannily explores the topic of role reversals 
3
Impromptu
Roger Ebert
A disorganized confusing but amusing biopic 
3
Impromptu
Chris Hicks
All the primary players are wonderful 
3.5
Nixon
Josh Larsen
a pop psychology portrait of a man who never felt loved even by those who voted for him 
2.5
Nixon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stone had just come off of his blast of overcooked insanity Natural Born Killers and he applies some of that rebellious invention to this otherwise sober undertaking 
4
Nixon
Matt Brunson
Stone s newfound timidity in both style and content this appeared after a 10 year stretch that included the high powered likes of Platoon JFK and Natural Born Killers marked it as the beginning of the end of a remarkable run 
2.5
Nixon
Peter Canavese
A convincing blend of Shakespearean tragedy and Citizen Kane Nixon paints the thirty seventh President of the United States as a uniquely American tragic hero Blu Ray 
4
Nixon
Matt Noller
A staggering work of empathy for Stone 
3.5
Nixon
Michael Dequina
A riveting tragedy 
4
Nixon
Robert Roten
The maverick director has outdone himself with a visually stunning sweeping epic of the life of one of this country s most enigmatic political figures 
3
Nixon
James Kendrick
That Stone could evoke so much sympathy for such a flawed man is testament to his skills as a filmmaker 
3.5
Nixon
Roger Ebert
Thoughts of Hamlet Macbeth and King Lear come to mind here again is a ruler destroyed by his fatal flaws There s something almost majestic about the process As Nixon goes down in this film there is no gloating but a watery sigh as of a great ship
4
Nixon
Mike Clark
Joan Allen goes beyond her chilling physical resemblance to Pat Nixon toward serious Oscar worthiness 
3
Nixon
Susan Stark
Thoughtful well researched and carefully modulated the film also marks director Oliver Stone s coming of age 
3
Nixon
Madeleine Williams
The president s tale is convoluted as it is and doesn t need the assistance of Stone s dizzying mix of film stocks camera angles and jump cuts or his non Euclidean plot flow 
2
Nixon
Mick LaSalle
The problem here isn t accuracy It s absurdity 
1
Nixon
James Berardinelli
Factual or not there s no denying that Nixon has moments when it is nothing short of compelling 
3
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
David Nusair
Depp s sincere subtle performance is certainly a big reason for the movie s success 
3
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Susan Tavernetti
With an eccentric charm that falters only in a few places the movie makes a strong statement against conformity and the franchising of America by celebrating a cast of characters and a storyline that don t fit into a mold 
3
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
James Kendrick
It s expertly handled well written material that knows and understands its many different characters There are moments in this film that cover the entire emotional spectrum and not a second is wasted on insincere emotion making it a real winner 
3.5
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Roger Ebert
One of the most enchanting movies of the year 
4
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Steve Rhodes
First the good part There is a 20 second clip of an architecturally interesting courthouse The rest of the show is either boring or unbearably depressing 
0.5
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
James Berardinelli
Well written albeit a little too long and competently acted 
2.5
Chernaya roza
Roger Moore
Ill considered badly acted and deadly dull vanity thriller from a body builder with the cheek to name himself Alexander Nevsky
1
Promises in the Dark
David Nusair
Promises in the Dark benefits substantially from the top tier efforts of a uniformly solid roster of performers 
2.5
Moebius
Marty Mapes
A wrenching tragedy from Kim Ki duk with an audience appeal of nearly zero
3.5
The Spider Tattoo
Kathy Fennessy
Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa Rashomon Sansho the Bailiff makes artful use of color particularly the vibrant reds of Otsuya s increasingly elaborate kimonos 
3.5
To Catch a Thief
Josh Larsen
has the feel of being made while on a getaway vacation 
3.5
To Catch a Thief
Walter Chaw
A collection of VistaVision postcards 
2
To Catch a Thief
Fernando F. Croce
Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes posited voyeuristic spectacle as the essence of cinema in Rear Window in To Catch a Thief they validate their thesis with plenty of spectacle to be voyeuristic over 
3
To Catch a Thief
James Kendrick
more romantic than suspenseful better known for its clever double entendres both verbal and visual than its hair raising moments
3
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Joshua Tanzer
If every audience manipulating tear jerking romance picture were like Crying Out Love it would give audience manipulating tear jerking romance pictures a good name 
3.25
Pelican Blood
David Nusair
works best in its deliberate yet fairly engrossing first half 
2.5
They Call Us Monsters
Peter Howell
Tighter editing might have made this a great movie rather than just a good one The material is there But They Call Us Monsters nevertheless helps us better understand the eternal conundrum of family loving teens who turn into violent threats 
2.5
They Call Us Monsters
Michael O'Sullivan
Even if you agree with the film s argument that teenagers shouldn t be locked up for life when there are other ways to save them Monsters doesn t offer a convincing argument that a screenwriting class is that lifeline 
2
They Call Us Monsters
G. Allen Johnson
No matter which side of the issue you come down on and no matter how engaging these young fellows can seem the truth is they are where they need to be 
2
They Call Us Monsters
Matt Fagerholm
There s a considerable amount of catharsis in They Call Us Monsters but it is bittersweet at best 
3.5
They Call Us Monsters
Bob Bloom
What the film does is point a laser at wasted lives and potential If only the movie had spent more time zeroing in on the individuals and their stories and less on the rhetoric around them 
2.5
Brassed Off
Mal Vincent
Brassed Off should not be missed 
4
Brassed Off
Dennis King
An audacious angry but oddly agreeable screed on the social evils of Thatcherism in 1992 Great Britain 
3
Brassed Off
Michael Dequina
An accessible entertaining package that is at once formulaic and clich busting 
3
Brassed Off
Roger Ebert
Brassed Off is a sweet film with a lot of anger at its core 
3
Brassed Off
James Berardinelli
Its heart is in the right place it has a great soundtrack and it keeps the viewer entertained 
3
Brassed Off
Rob Blackwelder
At once a tear jerker and a life affirming comedy Brassed Off is the best kind of mush 
3
Brassed Off
Peter Stack
The characters are beautifully drawn in this bittersweet melodrama written and directed by Mark Herman 
3
Brassed Off
Susan Wloszczyna
A shining ensemble cast that hits all the right notes makes Brassed Off toot sweet 
3
Rhapsody in August
Chris Hicks
It s proof as if anyone needed it that at 82 Kurosawa still possesses all of his artistic filmmaking powers 
3.5
Rhapsody in August
Roger Ebert
It is not one of his great films but shows him thoughtfully trying to come to peace with the central event of his times 
3
Gossip
Jeffrey Westhoff
Anyone who needs to sit through this movie to understand gossip is wrong probably can t be helped 
2
Gossip
Jon Niccum
Though it is reasonably effective as a morality tale on the dangers of spreading a rumor it is even more pertinent to the perils of burying a worthy screenplay under layers of big budget gloss 
2
Gossip
Jeff Strickler
A taut second half in which the plot turns back on itself in some surprising twists makes up for the lethargic first half 
3
Gossip
Walter Chaw
Insufferable and interminable in joke of a roundelay 
1.5
Gossip
Rick Groen
All style and no substance 
2
Gossip
Dustin Putman
Has many intriguing elements that might have equaled up to more in a tighter screenplay but it ultimately doesn t satisfy once the end credits have begun to roll 
2
Gossip
Steve Rhodes
Full of ludicrous moments 
3
Gossip
Robert Payne
Gossip is truly brainless over the top Hollywood fun 
2.5
Gossip
Rob Blackwelder
Pretty full of itself and doesn t try very hard to follow through on its potential blatantly opting for style over substance 
2
Gossip
James Berardinelli
An inane bore 
1.5
Gossip
Lou Lumenick
Gossip is a remarkably accurate title for a glossy shallow thriller where not a single scene rings true 
0
Gossip
Roger Ebert
Gossip stays in the game until the bottom of the ninth and then blows it 
2
Gossip
Mick LaSalle
A sense of unreality permeates the movie which allows for some far fetched plot turns Far fetched is OK Close fetched thrillers aren t worth watching 
3
Gossip
Tom Long
Gossip breaks out of the teen genre in surprising and ultimately pleasing ways 
3
Gossip
Cornell & Petricelli
The complex seeming premise of Gossip is simple and clever in its presentation and development 
3
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Josh Larsen
a portrait of America at its greediest and most haggard 
3.5
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Elliott Stein
Few documentaries rivet you to your seat this one does The guts it took to make are up there on the screen in the footage shot by director Barbara Kopple and cameraman Hart Perry during the violent encounters 
2
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Roger Ebert
The film retains all of its power in the story of a miners strike in Kentucky where the company employed armed goons to escort scabs into the mines and the most effective picketers were the miners wives articulate indominable courageous 
4
Shadow of the Cat
Matt Brunson
Highly imaginative and highly satisfying 
3
Lucky Break
Jeffrey Westhoff
Most screwball comedies play off a mistaken identity Paperback Romance may be the first to use a mistaken disability 
1
Heights
Mattie Lucas
No life no personality no passion of its own 
2
Heights
Rob Thomas
A noteworthy ending to Merchant s career and a solid beginning for the film careers of Terrio Fox and Banks 
3
Heights
Dan Lybarger
According to this film New York is a joyless place where people live only to drop names attend parties cheat on loved ones and brood 
1.5
Heights
Jeff Vice
The ties that bind this drama s often smug and off putting characters are contrived and the plotting rarely goes deeper than soap opera surface And that s a shame considering the caliber of its cast 
2
Heights
Forrest Hartman
The dance these filmmakers have created is the sort that makes viewing a joy 
3.5
Heights
Sean P. Means
Feels like a stage work a self important and self consciously lofty one at that and first time director Chris Terrio does little to make it come alive 
2
Heights
Piet Levy
The material isn t strong enough and the first time director isn t experienced enough to make it work 
2
Heights
Phil Villarreal
They work like little jigsaw puzzles seducing us into the lives of characters via little slivers then keeping us guessing about how they will collide and change one another 
3.5
Heights
James Verniere
Intelligent an impressive debut for Terrio and an important step in Banks screen career 
3
Heights
David Nusair
simply cannot shake its stage origins 
2
Heights
Geoff Pevere
Terrio may use such accelerating devices as a handheld camera and split screen editing but his movie still feels as inert as the piano chords in Martin Erskine and Ben Butler s score 
2
Heights
Jason Anderson
Sufficiently enjoyable and intelligent to erase unpleasant memories of Merchant Ivory s last foray into Manhattan it lacks the energy and vibrancy of the best films to come out of the city in the past few years 
2.5
Heights
Terry Lawson
It s all as pretentious as the arty types it seeks to chastise for not living their lives honestly 
2
Heights
Phoebe Flowers
You wish Glenn Close could have instilled this sense of passion in the rest of the cast and brought Heights to the level of greatness it might have otherwise reached 
3
Heights
David Hiltbrand
Heights manages to make the lives of all these beautiful people seem quite tedious Despite their accomplishments the only thing they seem suited for is hailing cabs 
2
Heights
Michael Booth
Heights is far from a perfect movie but as a hint of Terrio s talent it s an eminently watchable effort 
3
Heights
Marty Mapes
You can t have an artistic career as a day job
3.5
Heights
Chris Hewitt
Terrio s depiction of the characters is so precise that even minor characters such as a stranger on the subway or a worker at a theater are full of life 
3
Heights
Sara Michelle Fetters
If only what Terrio and Fox were saying was a bit more interesting or original The pieces here fit like an over worked jigsaw puzzle the edges tattered and worn by too much use 
2.5
Heights
John Hartl
Perhaps not since Fatal Attraction has Glenn Close been so overwhelming so gloriously intimidating 
3
Heights
Ruthe Stein
All very inside a particular stratum of New York and that can be annoying for the majority of us on the outside But this very insularity is responsible for the perversely fascinating ways the characters lives intersect 
3
Heights
Mary F. Pols
The truth about what we re seeing unravels gradually over the course of the day and by the time we get to it we re more interested in what these people will do next than in the readily apparent revelation itself 
3
Heights
Ty Burr
A week after seeing this multi character Manhattan roundelay you may barely remember its small not particularly original ironies Yet it s wholly alive while it s up there on the screen in a way few movies are anymore 
3
Heights
Allison Benedikt
These are not people me and you and everyone we know know these are short version people characters who comfort each other by quoting Shakespeare 
2.5
Heights
Roger Ebert
It is entertaining to see the lives of complex people become brutally simple all of a sudden They build elaborate facades of belief and image they think they know who they are and what people think of them and suddenly they re back at the beginning 
3
Heights
Walter Chaw
Treating film as a viable medium for telling adult tales 
2.5
Heights
Lisa Rose
Heights is just as contrived as the entertainment it mocks 
2
Heights
Pam Grady
Heights is an elegant beginning for Terrio and a fine addition to the Merchant Ivory canon 
3
Heights
Kyle Smith
Working in Terribly Serious mode rookie director Chris Terrio proves as pompous as filmmakers three times his age 
1.5
Heights
Glenn Whipp
Here s a movie so laboriously devised that it feels compelled to have one character exclaim Six degrees of separation More like two when it comes to New York 
2
Heights
Jack Mathews
The performances are first rate 
3
Heights
Peter Canavese
Diverting and well acted There are eight million stories in the naked city and Heights is five of them 
3
Heights
David Sterritt
There s much subtle beauty in the last movie completed by Merchant Ivory Productions before Merchant s untimely death 
4
Heights
Gene Seymour
By the time we re sure of how the day is going to end for these jittery achievers the movie starts dragging its feet to the point where we re ready to leave these New Yorkers with their traumas 
2.5
Heights
Nick Schager
Fox s writing makes up for its occasional obviousness with a rigorous interest in character and general avoidance of long winded homilies 
3
Heights
Peter Debruge
The movie I wanted Closer to be 
3.5
Harlem Nights
Dave Kehr
Harlem Nights it s worth remembering is a comedy though as the body count piles up and entire reels go by without a joke in sight it s also easy to forget 
1
Harlem Nights
Gene Siskel
The plot is a standard recycling of rival gangs battling for turf and the stunner is why Murphy found any interest in his own script 
1
Harlem Nights
Roger Ebert
An uninspired cross between Cotton Club and the characters of Damon Runyon told in cliches so broad you keep waiting for it to poke fun at itself but it never does 
2
Harlem Nights
Chris Hicks
It s narcissistic misogynistic and extremely mean spirited 
1.5
A Unicorn for Christmas
Mike McGranaghan
The two words that best describe A Unicorn for Christmas are apos nice apos and apos bland 46 apos 
2
A Unicorn for Christmas
Roger Moore
It apos s not so much a 8220 sweet nothing 8221 as a 8220 nothing nothing 8221 of a holiday movie
1
You I Love
Laura Kelly
Stolpovskaya s story of bisexual desire does not hold up its narrative end 
2
You I Love
Sean P. Means
The movie s choppy MTV style edits seem to be covering up a lack of focus in the characters motivations 
2
You I Love
Peter Debruge
It s certainly no surprise that the best apology Timofei can manage for the heartbroken Vera involves repeating lines from a bad television soap opera 
2
You I Love
Ruthe Stein
The fault lies in an anemic script and misguided attempts by co directors Olga Stolpovskaya and Dmitry Troitsky to seem hip by using lots of quick cuts 
2.5
You I Love
Rob Blackwelder
like an implausible superficial knock off of a Pedro Amolodovar flick 
2
You I Love
Achy Obejas
To say the epilogue strains credibility is a kindness The filmmakers seem set on a happy ending no matter what the story itself is telling them 
2
You I Love
Eric Harrison
The film starts as an entertaining postmodern take on bedroom farce but quickly becomes the kind of sprawling unpredictable and sexually charged tale associated with Pedro Almodvar but without the storytelling discipline 
2
You I Love
Jonathan W. Hickman
You I Love is a fascinating adventure of the heart featuring three hip Muscovites and their unlikely love affair 
3
You I Love
Jan Stuart
Tepid Russian comedy 
2
You I Love
V.A. Musetto
Stolpovskaya uses jump cuts flashy graphics and cool techno music to paint a delightful portrait of a post Communist Russia overdosing on capitalism 
3
You I Love
Robert Dominguez
Gay themes aside it provides a revealing look at Russian society that U S audiences seldom see 
2.5
You I Love
Carrie Rickey
As a filmmaker Stolpovskaya is a natural 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Brian Eggert
Moments of greatness do occur 44 and the audience is rapt throughout 44 just with less unbridled enthusiasm than when we last visited Miller apos s world nine years ago 46 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sonny Bunch
Sin City A Dame to Kill For isn t for the weak kneed It s a punch to the gut a cigarette burn on the soul 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Rob Humanick
Becomes full on parody without even necessarily recognizing it 
1.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
John Beifuss
Every frame is some kind of digital marvel yet the most impressive sights are old school the blunt instrument fearsomeness of Mickey Rourke s Frankensteinian prosthetic face and the dangerous curves of femme fatale Eva Green s often undraped body 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
David Keyes
This is one of those sequels that is probably a better film when absorbed within the frame of reference of its predecessor 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Matt Brunson
The sordid sagas on display here are by and large a feeble bunch further hampered by atrocious continuity errors that suggest Rodriguez and Miller didn t even have any recollections of making a Sin City flick before this one 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Scott Nash
Not as fresh as the original but there s still plenty to enjoy in this stylized comic book noir 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Linda Cook
Story wise it doesn t quite hold up to the original Sin City But Sin City A Dame to Kill For will still entertain fans of the original film that dazzled grownup viewers with its violence and the look of Miller s graphic noir novels 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Josh Larsen
The noir fatalism seems secondary to the imagery whereas in Sin City the imagery served the ideas 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Brad Keefe
The tone is almost completely humorless unless you factor how over the top the noir homage gets It s like the whole movie is spoken in Batman voice 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Mike McGranaghan
The film kind of slogs along never achieving anything close to the hypnotic edgy buzz that fans myself included are certainly looking for during another trip into Sin City 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Mal Vincent
This stylish 3 D film with noir ish deliciously naughty characters amounts to a campy satire 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Lisa Kennedy
A Dame To Kill For isn t likely to create converts out of those uninterested in the pulpy side of fiction But it more than earns its keep in terms of lavishing love mildly ironic as well as pretty damn earnest on pumped up noir 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
James Berardinelli
For those who appreciated Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller s 2005 campy kinetic film noir homage Sin City the 2014 follow up Sin City A Dame to Kill For is unlikely to disappoint 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sheila O'Malley
At some points the film lags loses focus especially in the segues between vignettes where you can hear the gears creak Thank goodness it s so pretty to look at and it is fun to count the references to classic films 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
John Serba
Lacks a sense of propulsion there s no sense of movement towards a significant dramatic payoff 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Rob Thomas
Here s the news from Sin City where all the men are strong the women are good looking and the plotting is below average 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Willie Waffle
A sumptuous visual feast for the eyes engulfing the audience in a dark bleak world 
3.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Liam Lacey
If you showed the Sin City midnight world in smaller doses as a weekly series on late night cable television the slick graphics and cold kink might be more compelling 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Steven Rea
Why sit through this pimply excuse for pulp fiction Why not read the real boys Goodis Cain Thompson or see the real films Forget it Jake It s not Chinatown 
1.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Randy Myers
Anyone offended by graphic violence kinky sex and eyefuls of nudity should stay away But for those who like their fiction hard boiled like a rock and naughty to the bone expect to be pleased if not thoroughly satisfied 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Stephen Whitty
The movie s all just broads and mugs and gats and gore 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dustin Putman
Spotty and slipshod an unsteady mostly vacuous excursion that not only shines a light on how much better Sin City did it but virtually erases from memory with each passing scene 
1.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sean P. Means
The self consciously stylized Sin City A Dame to Kill For is so driven to capture its peculiar visual aesthetic that it obliterates everything else character narrative emotion and logic to achieve it 
1.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Peter Howell
It s a town of bad women and worse poets where the fists are hard the talk is tough but nothing is for real and nothing doesn t add up to much 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Tom Russo
As usual with Sin City much of the vibe is about echoing genre touchstones while the look isn t quite like anything else the digital age has seen 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Rafer Guzman
The movie s trademark mix of live action and drawing techniques white silhouettes reddened lips an abundance of venetian blinds looks fantastic If it s depth you want you ve knocked on the wrong door 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Claudia Puig
The cartoonish mayhem in Sin City A Dame to Kill For aims for a film noir sensibility but too frequently the script simply resorts to anachronistic scenes of Jessica Alba twerking 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Joe Williams
As in the first film there are judicious stabs of color And Alba is a showstopper in a fringed cowgirl outfit But nine years wiser we know that pretty things aren t always worth killing for 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Stephanie Merry
The aesthetic quality is still there even if there haven t been too many great leaps since Rodriguez unveiled Sin City in 2005 But the stories aren t nearly as engrossing 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Kristin Tillotson
Sin City A Dame to Kill For is worth the watch if you expect nothing more than disparate comic strip frames of action But nine years in coming this follow up ultimately fizzles 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Chris Hewitt
It doesn t add much to the first Sin but cinemaphiles will like its style 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Peter Hartlaub
It is in almost every way inferior to its predecessor It s poorly paced and repetitive 
1
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dann Gire
In Sin City the prose is purple She slips out of her coat like it s Christmas wrapping and the cons are plentiful And every scene sucker punches your eyeballs 
3.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Michael Phillips
I m not sure what mood I d have to be in to truly enjoy Sin City A Dame to Kill For But I m not in it 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Mark Dujsik
E ven though Sin City A Dame to Kill For isn t as effective as its predecessor it is still a worthy trip to a brutal and exciting world 
3
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Matt Pais
Sin City may be warped and a little stale but it remains a familiar semi intriguing place where love and desire can make a fool of almost anyone 
2.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Peter Travers
Sin City A Dame To Kill For doesn t explode onscreen the way the first one did Miller s monochrome palette splashed with color that shines like a whore s lip gloss doesn t startle as it once did 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Soren Andersen
This new Sin City features the signature characteristics and many of the original s characters but seems less adventurous It feels a little flabby and self satisfied The element of surprise is gone 
2
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Chris Cabin
Whereas a single stinging one liner would have sufficed Jacques Tourneur or Fritz Lang Frank Miller s overcompensating flood of pulpy dialogue only renders his characters flat and sans empathy 
1.5
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Roger Moore
A better looking more sexually explicit and more repetitive version of the original
2
Libertad: The Dark Untold Story of Castro's Cuba
Ed Gonzalez
A deeply penetrating and humbling experience 
3.5
Badland
Roger Moore
Another quick and dirty genre Western hampered by a dull leading man from the prolific writer director Justin Lee 
1.5
Mass
Matt Brunson
A powerful drama 
3.5
Mass
Bob Bloom
The silences and nonverbal furtive glances exchanged by the married couples speak volumes about their vulnerabilities Long married couples will definitely recognize these signals 
4
Mass
Peter Canavese
Smartly scripted extremely theatrical emotional potboiler
3.5
Mass
Sarah Knight Adamson
From the beginning frame we are drawn in and are intrigued by this emotional gathering of people whose lives are forever connected 
3.5
Mass
Steven Prokopy
A rousing testament to those among us who seek to find meaning in even the worst moments of our lives 
3.5
Mass
Rob Thomas
Mass is an understated powerhouse of a movie that never takes a false step 
3.5
Mass
Cate Marquis
The drama offers much with its thoughtful complex discussion of difficult subjects its delving into human nature and the human heart and its stellar multi layered performances 
3
Mass
Jake Coyle
The performances are too internalized to seem theatrical Often Mass is most moving when they re simply listening 
3.5
Mass
Michael Medved
Extraordinary unusual and unusually affecting 
3
Mass
Joe Friar
Watching Reed Birney Ann Dowd Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton is on par with taking a masterclass on acting as the four actors deliver unforgettable performances that highlight the complexity of human behavior The must see film of the year 
4
Mass
Jeff Mitchell
One of the year s very best films and you ll need time space and plenty of tissues to help recuperate 
4
Mass
Richard Roeper
All four members of the primary ensemble deliver empathic and powerful performances with Plimpton s Gail nearly paralyzed by years of mourning Isaac s Jay brimming with anger 
3.5
Mass
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though some elements of the conceit don t entirely work by the end we emerge deeply affected by what we have witnessed 
3.5
Mass
Randy Myers
Actor Fran Kranz writing and directing debut makes for an uncomfortable often tortuous film 
2
Mass
Ann Hornaday
At its core Mass exerts the power of ritual at its most reflective and galvanizing reveling in human connection at its most arduous persistent and sublime 
4
Mass
Bob Strauss
The dedication to unpleasant and probably unknowable reality here can only be admired whether we like it or not 
3
Mass
Matt Zoller Seitz
An out of nowhere triumph Mass is the sort of American drama that you rarely see anymore 
3.5
Mass
Leo Brady
Mass is a matter of two sides internal terror and an outpouring of emotions and although it doesn t all work as a movie it s undeniable that Mass has four of the best performances of 2021 
2.5
Mass
Katie Walsh
Mass doesn t impose any meaning it simply observes the searching for it and the infinitesimally small salvations we can hope to find in the process 
3.5
Mass
Mark Dujsik
Even if some of the film s specifics risk working against its best qualities Mass ultimately and in general succeeds 
3
Mass
Rex Reed
A film of rare ideas and smashing performances 
3
Mass
Siddhant Adlakha
Driven by four challenging nuanced and completely distinct performances Mass is an emotional razor wire 
3.5
Mass
Wes Greene
In the hands of its cast the film gives such precise and profound expression to the totality of grief that it comes to feel downright palpable 
2.5
Mass
Rene Sanchez
Led by the astounding performances of its cast Mass is a powerful and heartbreaking drama that examines the emotional toll of one of the main social issues in the United States Full Review in Spanish 
4
Mass
Dwight Brown
This is such a cagey engrossing way to start a story 
4
Mass
Joey Magidson
Mass will devastate you yes but it will also move you 
3.5
24K
Burl Burlingame
Mostly charming and meandering and observational about the dynamics of camaraderie but then it takes a sudden off road swerve into mysterious melodrama and simply quits 
1.5
The Commitments
Patrick Z. McGavin
The Commitments is possibly Parker s most personal film his own working class origins in the north London borough of Islington paralleling those of his characters 
3
The Commitments
Leonard Pitts Jr.
The locations have a certain grimy reality The musical sequences are downright combustible exploding off the screen And the cast young and inexperienced as they are manage to convey poignant believability 
2.5
The Commitments
David Nusair
Filmmaker Alan Parker does a superb job of instantly luring the viewer into the deliberately paced proceedings 
3
The Commitments
Dustin Putman
Memorable lingering in one s mind after it has ended Perhaps in the end it s a tad wiser than it initially lets on 
2.5
The Commitments
Matt Brunson
Pure pleasure on every level 
4
The Commitments
Walter Chaw
Groundwork for The Full Monty school of condescending films about noble blue collar western Europeans who like their beer dark and their unemployment light 
1.5
The Commitments
Robert Roten
Although parts of the story are dramatic overall it is an ironic comedy and a very funny one at that as the band manager tries to keep this group of conflicting personalities from flying apart 
4
The Commitments
Chris Hicks
The musical choices are perfect they are performed thrillingly and the audience will quite probably be dancing in movie theater aisles before it s over 
3
The Commitments
Roger Ebert
As music and human comedy it works just fine 
3
Meeting David Wilson
Kam Williams
Roots documentary chronicles reunion of blacks and whites linked by ancestors to same slave plantation in North Carolina 
4
A Midnight Clear
James Berardinelli
A Midnight Clear is powerful without being overbearing 
3
A Midnight Clear
Gene Siskel
The sentiments aren t fresh but the skill of the writing and a superior ensemble American cast makes the drama memorable 
3
A Midnight Clear
Joe Pollack
A Midnight Clear is a beautifully written directed and acted movie but it is so gut wrenching so taut that it is more catharsis than entertainment 
3
A Midnight Clear
Michael Upchurch
A Midnight Clear doesn t do as much as it might with its characters But as a parable of human folly and fragile hope it has considerable impact 
3
A Midnight Clear
Johanna Steinmetz
Despite such peculiarities or perhaps because of them A Midnight Clear has a quirky haunting quality delivering good performances all around but especially from Sinise Hawke and Frank Whaley 
2.5
A Midnight Clear
Stephen Hunter
In combat confusion is normal an Army manual helpfully pointed out in World War II That same confusion seems to have infected A Midnight Clear 
2.5
A Midnight Clear
Marc Savlov
There are whole segments in A Midnight Clear that have little or no use here and scream of padding which is really too bad 
2.5
A Midnight Clear
Roger Ebert
It s a good film and Gordon is uncanny in the way he suggests the eerie forest mysteries that permeate all of the action 
3
A Midnight Clear
Chris Hicks
The performances are uniformly good by a number of familiar young actors and the atmosphere is exceptional conveying the chilling essence of the unknown that soldiers in combat face as well as the climactic cold in this case 
3
Quarantine
David Nusair
one could surely do far worse as far as horror remakes go 
3
Quarantine
Rob Humanick
An affair that aims low and succeeds well in such 
2
Quarantine
Christian Toto
What s a smart well crafted horror movie like Quarantine doing in today s marketplace 
3
Quarantine
John Beifuss
Despite the Cronenbergian themes the film is relentless and singleminded It just wants to scare you and it succeeds 
2.5
Quarantine
Linda Cook
Good Halloween type fun for the fans of adult thrillers Quarantine is a cleverly done scare flickt aht will keep you wondering who s going to get it next 
3
Quarantine
Felix Vasquez Jr.
My suggestion is to see the original first and then skip this one altogether 
2
Quarantine
Sara Michelle Fetters
Originality or no but damn it all if this stripped down frightener put me on pins and needles and at times terrified the ever living stuffing right out from inside of me 
3
Quarantine
Larry Ratliff
Visually this one mirrors Cloverfield right down to the dropped camera left to record what happens when the humans in the vicinity have been uh quarantined 
1.5
Quarantine
Nick Rogers
As the first person POV conceit goes it s not the nocturnal nightmare of Cloverfield but it s more compelling than the dog eared Diary of the Dead It s stylish and the sound design is superb but it eventually gets too dumb to be very scary 
2.5
Quarantine
Tony Wong
Quarantine is based on the 2007 Spanish thriller REC Like any imitation the quality s not as good but this is about cheap thrills of which there are not enough 
2
Quarantine
Liam Lacey
Give Quarantine credit Without resorting to computer generated monsters or supernatural explanations it uses consistent logic and confinement to find new ways of being scary 
2.5
Quarantine
Michael Hardy
I have seen many execrable films Plan 9 From Outer Space Disaster Movie Batman Robin but never has a movie made me so physically ill 
.5
Quarantine
Austin Kennedy
This isn t as good as CLOVERFIELD but it does a pretty decent job at generating some thrills Unfortunately the movie is ruined by Carpenter s distractingly awful performance 
2.5
Quarantine
Lucius Gore
In some ways Quarantine is better than Rec not only xeroxing all its shocks but managing to add more 
3.5
Quarantine
Dustin Putman
If a remake must be made in lieu of original thoughts and ideas one could do far far worse Quarantine is the real deal a primal uncompromising vision of insanity run amok 
3
Quarantine
James Berardinelli
Quarantine fails to correct some of the problems evident in its predecessor while also incorporating a few defects of its own 
2
Quarantine
Jeremy Wheeler
Claustrophobic jittery at times and electric in pace Quarantine is a stripped down bloody thrill ride that while certainly not catering to everyone s tastes should satisfy gore hounds looking to step up their theatrical horror cuisine 
3
Quarantine
Chris Hewitt
Quarantine is a hugely satisfying film if you re the sort of person who likes hanging around on the edge of your seat 
3.5
Quarantine
Wilson Morales
If you are looking for a film that will scare the wits out of you even briefly you can t wrong from seeing this one 
3
Quarantine
Josh Larsen
feels as if someone had videotaped their trip through a haunted house run by the local Jaycees 
2
Bingo Hell
C.H. Newell
Where Bingo Hell excels is the way it presents contemporary white gentrification as a literal deal with Satan turning capitalist enterprise into another facet of the Devil himself 
3.5
Bingo Hell
Kevin Carr
The subtext is there It s not terribly subtle but it does make it interesting 
2.5
Bingo Hell
Jay Horton
That measured world building renders the intercut scenes of close up carnage especially cartoonish and however textured the victims backstories their gory fates feel weirdly incidental 
2
Bingo Hell
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gruesome fun 
3
Bingo Hell
Leo Brady
Bingo Hell takes too long to get to the point isn t scary enough and misses any chance of giving us a thrill 
2
Bingo Hell
Nick Allen
There s far too little to fear or think about 
2
Footnote
David Nusair
a consistently inconsistent drama that could and should have been so much better 
2.5
Footnote
Roger Moore
A dry academic tragi comedy about academic blackballing scholarship and taking stock of how you ve spent or misspent your life 
3
Footnote
Eric Melin
Footnote is lighthearted in tone which is key to its success even though it deals with serious family issues and also spotlights the stubbornness and hypocrisy of academic world 
3
Footnote
Rob Thomas
The Coen Brothers must be ticked that they didn t think of the idea first 
3
Footnote
John Beifuss
The premise enables Cedar to spoof academic infighting and professorial egomania even as he dissects a love hate blood connection that has been fraught with tension and mistrust ever since Abraham was willing to slay Isaac 
3.5
Footnote
Lawrence Toppman
Cedar is mostly interested in the father son dynamics and he cast excellent actors 
3.5
Footnote
Duane Dudek
Footnote has one of the most satisfying scenes I ve seen in years 
3.5
Footnote
Rich Heldenfels
A funny sorrowful sharp witted look at ambition ego and fathers and sons 
3.5
Footnote
Joe Williams
Cedar mines dark humor from the humiliations of identity checks and pecking orders 
3
Footnote
Lisa Kennedy
Israeli writer director Joseph Cedar s tale of two Talmudic scholars set in present day Jerusalem while not exactly side splitting is quietly riotous And yes the guffaws are bittersweet 
3.5
Footnote
Moira MacDonald
At times the film seems to turn into a microfiche machine with the story s sections divided by frames thumping past us as if propelled by a researcher eyes scanning 
3
Footnote
Rafer Guzman
A droll deadpan satire of the professional contempt and personal rancor that breeds in any narrow field 
3
Footnote
Chris Hewitt
Footnote gets sly subtle comedy from the similarities between the two men particularly since Uriel is unaware how much like his dad he is 
3
Footnote
Rick Groen
It s a wryly observed little picture that plays like an anecdote deliberately separated from some larger text that s hinted at yet never fully divulged 
3
Footnote
Stephanie Merry
It s not easy to make Eliezer a sympathetic character yet Bar Aba s demonstration of fleeting vulnerability awakens inevitable if equally brief compassion 
3
Footnote
Amy Biancolli
Its energy and eccentricity assert themselves in funky graphics imaginative camerawork and everyday moments of awkwardness and absurdity 
4
Footnote
Wesley Morris
The film was a nominee for this year s foreign language Oscar and Cedar has a real grasp of how to create conflict and generate tension 
2.5
Footnote
Peter Howell
Writer director Joseph Cedar is wise to the comedy of frustration and alert to the tragedy of hubris 
4
Footnote
Peter Canavese
Largely concerned with the prickliness and delicacy around legacy and the attendant patrilineal complications But it s as much about the egotism and dysfunction of academia reflected in the complex personalities of Eliezer and Uriel 
3
Footnote
Ann Lewinson
Footnote finally gets back on track as Eliezer puts his philological skills to use but it s too little too late 
2.5
Footnote
Matt Pais
Eliezer s facial expressions consist of constipated and slightly less constipated 
1.5
Footnote
Michael Phillips
I ve seen the film twice gladly and I can t wait to see what Cedar comes up with next 
3.5
Footnote
Roger Ebert
In fact it s one of the smartest and most merciless comedies to come along in a while 
4
Footnote
Kyle Smith
The film is more about questions than answers But sometimes the questions are the point 
3
Footnote
Robert Levin
The modern Jewish parable Footnote imbues a classic moral dilemma with a fraught fascinating twist 
3
Footnote
Andrew Schenker
Joseph Cedar s Footnote is a sour rather unpleasant affair that hinges on acts of Jews behaving badly 
2
Footnote
Liam Lacey
A father son academic rivalry provides fodder for this caustic comedy set in the Talmud Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
3
Joe Somebody
David Nusair
Much of the running time is devoted to dramatic subplots and other such misguided attempts at pathos 
2
Joe Somebody
Jeff Strickler
Not something to write home about 
2.5
Joe Somebody
Margaret A. McGurk
Pure sitcom material that could easily be polished off in 30 minutes with laugh track 
2
Joe Somebody
Jason Anderson
Has the look and feel of an extended sitcom episode 
2.5
Joe Somebody
Carla Meyer
While never truly funny or insightful the movie works intermittently by digging a little deeper than you might expect 
2
Joe Somebody
Michael Dequina
Bland predictable unfunny 
1
Joe Somebody
Steve Rhodes
Stars a badly miscast Tim Allen as Joe Scheffer a Rocky Balboa of the cubical dwellers Allen manages to be even worse here than he is in Big Trouble 
1.5
Joe Somebody
Dustin Putman
So uninteresting and overflowing with lame jokes that it is sure to bore viewers of every age shape and size 
1.5
Joe Somebody
Roger Ebert
By the end of Joe Somebody we are faced with the dismal prospect of being denied a climax which if it occurred would be just as predictable as its substitute 
1.5
Joe Somebody
Jay Carr
It doesn t much succeed but Allen and the bit of acid candor the script does muster do cushion its shortcomings 
2.5
Joe Somebody
Tony Toscano
The film has about as much freshness as cheap chewing gum 
.5
Joe Somebody
Harvey S. Karten
Pretty pallid fare with a timid shot at corporations and a Tim Allen who doesn t look bullied 
2
Joe Somebody
James Berardinelli
What s the holiday season without a turkey 
2
Joe Somebody
Walter Chaw
Joe Somebody isn t as bad as Glitter but it s harder to watch and that s pretty much as bad as mainstream movies get 
0
Joe Somebody
Pam Grady
This contrived mess of a movie is even worse than the lowliest network schedule filler an example of a writing and production team woefully out of step with real life 
1.5
Joe Somebody
Ross Anthony
Extremely light but pleasant Rarely a big laugh but a friendly supply of chuckles
2.5
Joe Somebody
Rob Blackwelder
How can screenwriter John Scott Shepherd look at himself in the mirror after turning out such uninspired immature mechanical cliche driven insultingly predictable drivel 
0.5
Joe Somebody
Ed Gonzalez
Joe Nobody becomes Joe Somebody after he gives it to the man 
2
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Rob Thomas
If nothing else watching the documentary Antarctica A Year on Ice makes a Wisconsin February go down a little easier
3
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Anders Wright
The movie shows precisely what the title suggests the changing seasons in that desolate place and the folks who decide to endure them 
3
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Peter Keough
Antarctica ultimately does evoke a sense of the place its magnificent emptiness and inhuman unspoiled purity 
2.5
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Michael O'Sullivan
It is the simple glimpses of ordinary life in an extraordinary place that are the most stirring moments in the film 
3
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Moira MacDonald
A documentary that s essentially a tribute to a hardy group of people who ve made a life on the ice 
3
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Clayton Dillard
Anthony Powell s vision as a filmmaker is frustratingly limited to an information style presentation that doubles as an enthusiastic advert for the transcendental qualities of the terrain 
1.5
Motherhood
David Nusair
Filmmaker Dieckmann has infused Motherhood with a meandering sensibility that immediately sets the viewer on edge 
2
Motherhood
Lou Lumenick
If Carrie Bradshaw ever trades her Manolos for sneakers and starts blogging about raising children I pray she wouldn t be as tiresome as the heroine of Katherine Dieckmann s insufferable comedy Motherhood 
1.5
Motherhood
Claudia Puig
Motherhood not only overdoes its premise but it s hampered by several flaws When it tries to be serious it s too earnest and when it tries to strike a chord it s banal 
2
Motherhood
Roger Ebert
The movie is billed as a comedy but at no point will you require oxygen There are some smiles and chuckles and a couple of actual laughs but the overall effect is underwhelming Meh 
2
Motherhood
Mark Dujsik
The lesson I guess is that it really sucks being a mom but it s also incredibly unrewarding 
1.5
Motherhood
Wesley Morris
You can see the movie wants to comment on all the frustrations of urban motherhood but it does so only shallowly How did having children kill Eliza s fiercely lyrical fiction career The movie isn t that political or reflective 
1
Motherhood
Tom Meek
Motherhood never comes to term 
2
Motherhood
Bill Weber
Director Katherine Dieckmann who demonstrated some natural comic rhythms and efficiency with actors in Diggers is here unable to surmount the sitcom dreariness of her first original screenplay apparently a write what you know misjudgment 
1
Travels With My Aunt
Roger Ebert
George Cukor s Travels with My Aunt is a whimsical romantic fantasy that works which is to say if you are not a fan of whimsical romantic fantasy it s going to be too much for you 
2.5
Who's Camus Anyway?
Ed Gonzalez
Who s Camus Anyway doesn t simply reflect our love for the movies it responds to it as well 
3.5
Kongsi Raya
Roger Moore
Chins film takes a while to get going but by the time the two dads are trading ethnic stereotype insults about Malaysians and Muslims and Chinese with one dad s son donning a dress and hijab its clicking 
2.5
South
Roger Ebert
Watching these images we are absorbed as we often are with silent film in a reverie that is a collaboration with the images 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Betsy Bozdech
The limitations of time and celluloid make it impossible for the quiet character driven story to be as subtle and nuanced on screen as it is on the page 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Forrest Hartman
Fantastic performances a wonderful script and solid direction by Michael Mayer place A Home at the End of the World among the year s finest movies 
4
A Home at the End of the World
Sean P. Means
The story devolves into a contest to see which character can be the most selfish and eccentric 
2
A Home at the End of the World
John Beifuss
It s a delight until the weirdly adult like child grows up to be a childish adult Farrell wearing a caveman wig as a stud version of Chance the Gardener 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
David Nusair
Farrell gives a performance that s just as commanding and compelling as anything he s done before 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Joe Baltake
Vastly enjoyable nicely shocking and genuinely touching 
3.5
A Home at the End of the World
Rene Rodriguez
It may sound like grade A melodrama but A Home at the End of the World turns out to be much more ambitious and unfortunately less interesting 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Phoebe Flowers
Despite a surprisingly delicate performance by Farrell the drama never quite connects 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Sara Michelle Fetters
Like Virginia Woolfe so well ahead of her time Cunningham has the insight to realize family isn t necessarily a father and a mother but instead sometimes made up by the people we surround ourselves with 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Sam Sessa
By the end of the film you may get the sense that these are good actors still in search of good fully formed characters 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Duane Dudek
A narrative heavy but performance driven work that rarely achieves the poetry of the longing that it explores 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Steve Rhodes
I never believed a minute of the story And I never cared 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Moira MacDonald
Never less than watchable and often quite moving especially when Colin Farrell as Bobby or Sissy Spacek Alice are on screen 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
David Elliott
There are Vermont maple farms that have less sap 
1.5
A Home at the End of the World
Wesley Morris
Roberts Farrell and Penn don t appear to be in the least bit self consumed you really believe they re thinking about each other 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Terry Lawson
Cunningham has preserved his book s romantic idealistic integrity as well as its acknowledgment of the role music played in forming a generation 
3
A Home at the End of the World
James Verniere
Like The Hours A Home at the End of the World can t cover up its soap opera roots 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Roger Ebert
Farrell is astonishing in the movie not least because the character is such a departure from everything he has done before 
3.5
A Home at the End of the World
Rick Groen
The problem here isn t exactly a descent into sentimentality instead it s more like a surfeit of niceness the relentless kind that leaves no room for emotion even cheap emotion 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Erik Childress
It s rarely a good idea to film a movie partially about sexual confusion when the audience is just as confused as the characters 
1.5
A Home at the End of the World
Chris Hewitt
The effect of watching A Home at the End of the World is like listening to a good orchestra under the direction of a conductor who can t get everybody to play together 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Jeff Strickler
We give the filmmakers a lot of credit for reaching out of their comfort zone even if they reached a bit too far 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Sid Smith
Vital nuances are lost and what s left despite good intentions and some redeeming qualities is cloying sentimentality wrenched from dated material 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Willie Waffle
I have to wonder how Colin s manhood could have distracted the audience from the plot when not much of a plot exists 
1
A Home at the End of the World
Walter Chaw
Glib facile essentially misguided and exhibiting a kind of misunderstanding about film craft that sends exactly the opposite of the intended message in every scene 
1
A Home at the End of the World
Jeanne Aufmuth
Narrative wobbles a tremulous line between heartfelt and glib keeping just within the confines of realistic emotion and credulity 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Sara Brady
Mayer a theater director making his film debut has a sure hand with the finely calibrated emotions of his ensemble and the intricately knotted chain of love dependence and dissatisfaction that twines them together 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Dustin Putman
Attempts to cram too much information into a 95 minute feature Fortunately there is enough that is exquisitely good to make up for many of its narrative downfalls 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Emily Blunt
A Home at the End of the World can get a tad long but its beautiful story and spectacular performances allow it that small mute faux pas 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Claudia Puig
An intriguing look at an unconventional definition of family whose members don t speak in Hollywood clichs 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Mick LaSalle
The problem is not just that Bobby is hard to believe but that he s not interesting enough to make us want to believe him 
2
A Home at the End of the World
Peter Travers
The funny and heartfelt Home is a small treasure 
3
A Home at the End of the World
Timothy Knight
Farrell and his equally fine co stars Wright and Roberts comprise an embattled but fiercely loving trio whom you care about deeply even if A Home at the End of the World ultimately fails to realize the promise of its absorbing first half 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Lou Lumenick
A peculiarly bloodless variation on Jules and Jim suffused with the kind of pretentious gentility that some critics will mistake for seriousness 
1.5
A Home at the End of the World
Jami Bernard
Features strong performances from Colin Farrell as bi guy Bobby Robin Wright Penn as hetero Clare and Dallas Roberts as gay Jonathan 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Bob Strauss
Cunningham should have made sure more dimension got into the script and not just in Spacek s handful of scenes 
2.5
A Home at the End of the World
Gene Seymour
A resonant chamber piece for its talented actors 
4
A Home at the End of the World
David Sterritt
Compassionate and touching but less complex and resonant than the book 
4
A Home at the End of the World
Jeremiah Kipp
Independent cinema has fallen hard and it can t get up 
1
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Elias Savada
enough yuks to fill up a funny short subject
1
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Michael Dequina
The freshness date for the joke a second comedy style has just about expired 
2
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Roger Ebert
Mafia is the kind of movie that can never entirely fail but can succeed to various degrees It doesn t rank with Abraham s earlier efforts 
2
Jane Austen's Mafia!
David Sterritt
This picture does for dumb humor what Armageddon does for action shots and The Mask of Zorro does for swordfights flinging them out so frantically that you feel you ve gotten your money s worth long before the halfway mark 
2
Torso
Matt Brunson
Both stylish and suspenseful although it s pretty obvious who s responsible almost from the beginning 
3
Torso
James Kendrick
a gory giallo that pushes all the right buttons but never quite works until the final third
2.5
Torso
Fernando F. Croce
Pales next to director Sergio Martino s more inventive sleaze thrillers 
2
Police Academy
David Nusair
46 46 46 somewhat erratic yet mostly affable 46 46 46 
3
Police Academy
Roger Ebert
Now comes without any doubt the absolute pits of this genre the least funny movie that could possibly have been inspired by Airplane or any other movie 
0
Blizzard
Rick Groen
A solid bundle of modest charm 
2.5
Laila's Birthday
David Nusair
a promising yet unfulfilling endeavor 
2
Turbo
David Nusair
An almost excessively innocuous animated endeavor 
2
Turbo
Sean P. Means
Yes it s inevitable that somebody utters the words there s nothing in the rules that says a snail can t enter the race because if someone didn t say it we wouldn t have a movie 
2.5
Turbo
James Kendrick
dutifully and cheerfully follows a well worn path and rarely if ever deviates from the rising underdog formula and while it doesn t break any new ground what it does it does quite well
3
Turbo
Willie Waffle
Isn t a great movie but it is entertaining enough to put a smile on most faces
2.5
Turbo
Chris Knight
If you can suspend your disbelief long enough and high enough the film works as a goofy tale about following your dreams playing to your strengths and never letting anyone tell you you re out of your league or crazy 
2.5
Turbo
Perry Seibert
Turbo accomplishes what it sets out to do it will entertain kids and it won t make parents feel ripped off 
3
Turbo
Nour Habib
Turbo is energetic and colorful It s a cute first project for director and co writer David Soren one that will have no trouble getting its young target audience to cheer for its underdog hero 
2.5
Turbo
Peter Canavese
Kids will probably ho hum their way through Turbo happily enough and forget it moments later But they deserve better too than this lackluster generic kiddie flick 
2
Turbo
Matt Zoller Seitz
There s nothing new here just old stuff in a new ish package This movie s enjoyable but never as daring or bizarre as it could have been 
2.5
Turbo
Jen Chaney
A derivative but nevertheless good hearted movie that s peppered with enough clever touches to engage adults as well as moviegoers of the smaller squirmier variety 
2.5
Turbo
Austin Kennedy
The story is inspirational but the movie isn t Small kids will probably get a kick out of it but parents will most likely be bored I know I was Even my 9 year old didn t care for it 
2
Turbo
John Serba
Destined to be remembered only as That Snail Movie 
2.5
Turbo
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately Turbo nicely lives up to its diminutive hero s credo of No dream is too big and no dreamer too small a pleasant thought for people of all sizes 
3
Turbo
David Hiltbrand
Let s face it Kids aren t a very demanding audience If there s color movement and a high quotient of silliness they re happy 
2
Turbo
Tom Russo
DreamWorks 3 D confection featuring Ryan Reynolds as a garden trolling slowpoke who dreams of Indianapolis 500 glory 
2.5
Turbo
Linda Barnard
Turbo s colourful trek to product placement littered Indianapolis is as rote as it gets but little viewers won t care about predictability 
2
Turbo
Mark Dujsik
Fairly predictable but the characters and their progressions are simply too appealing for that predictability to hinder the film s charm 
3
Turbo
Claudia Puig
Has some appealing characters a few laughs and then devolves into a predictable Tortoise and the Hare spinoff 
2.5
Turbo
Paul Doro
A routine yet charming underdog tale Turbo is affable and amusing from start to finish suitable for kids of just about any age while not boring the adults who tag along 
3
Turbo
Dustin Putman
A well intentioned but sorely misguided fable 
2
Turbo
Rafer Guzman
Turbo has just enough heart to make it to the winner s circle 
2.5
Turbo
Lou Lumenick
A fresh fast and funny little fable about a freakishly fast garden snail who tries to enter the Indy 500 
3
Turbo
Jon Niccum
Takes a fundamentally dopey idea a snail competing in the Indy 500 and converts it into an enjoyable adventure with plenty of get up and escargot 
3
Turbo
Matt Pais
Wimbledon doesn t expressly prohibit rhinos either but something tells me the eligibility of a magic tennis playing rhino wouldn t be a quick decision 
1.5
Turbo
R. Kurt Osenlund
As a film about social issues and simply being yourself it s commendably progressive going so far as serving as a kind of coming out story 
2.5
Turbo
Roger Moore
A Cars with snails cute but SLUGgish 
2.5
Turbo
Kam Williams
A hilarious high octane variation of Aesop s fable about The Tortoise and the Hare 
4
I Used to Be Famous
Roger Moore
The best one can say about this is that 44 all things considered 44 it 8217 s harmless 44 and not entirely charmless 46 
1.5
The Mercenary
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Amazing 
4
True North
Robert W. Butler
A sobering and sad story of the terrible cost of a lack of moral fiber Not a happy yarn but it s been well acted and afterward you ll feel as if you ve been at sea for a week 
3
The Hero
Joshua Tanzer
Despite the film s obviousness it does illustrate the many ways war rends society 
2.5
The Hero
Ed Gonzalez
The Hero is unassuming and confidently directed for a first feature 
2.5
The Hip Hop Project
Tom Meek
Rolle s passion and perseverance power the film and along the way he gets a boost from rap mogul Russell Simmons and Bruce Willis 
3
The Hip Hop Project
Sara Michelle Fetters
More I can t shed my enthusiasm for what Kazi accomplished the philanthropic legacy he has crafted to give voices to the voiceles a simply stunning achievement 
2.5
The Hip Hop Project
Maitland McDonagh
The story is compelling enough that even glib phrases like healing through hip hop can t drag it down 
2.5
The Hip Hop Project
Ted Fry
First time director Matt Ruskin is a skilled documentarian he releases information gradually so the narrative develops in an organic fashion that is consistently engaging 
3
The Hip Hop Project
Steven Rea
The film meanders sidetracks and frustrates few of the rap songs some of them boasting wildly inspired couplets are shown and heard in their entirety 
2.5
The Hip Hop Project
Kyle Smith
Dramatically the movie lacks motion the kids don t seem a lot better off at the end and the point of the program escapes me These kids badly need an education 
2
The Hip Hop Project
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Ruskin is so awed by his subject that he never gains the distance needed to create a bigger more powerful picture 
2.5
The Hip Hop Project
Mark Olsen
Will the music of The Hip Hop Project album change your life Likely no Did the process of making it change the lives of those involved in its creation Undoubtedly And that perhaps is inspiration enough 
3
The Hip Hop Project
Bob Strauss
Net profits from the theatrical release of The Hip Hop Project will be donated to youth organizations so you can feel doubly good about attending this modestly moving tribute to a small but significant kind of inner city success 
3
The Hip Hop Project
John Monaghan
The live performances sizzle Expect genuine passion behind the music even when you wonder as an MTV interviewer does during the film whether these kids are that much more captivating than a million other hip hop hopefuls 
3
The Hip Hop Project
Jim DeRogatis
All of this is related in a well meaning would be uplifting but ultimately ham handed manner somewhere between a PBS documentary and a TV movie of the week 
1.5
The Hip Hop Project
Michelle Kung
In fact it is the tyro director s slapdash structure and pacing that distract from the film s content A rather haphazard architect of his own material Ruskin tends to rush certain crucial developments while lingering on more lackluster details 
2
The Hip Hop Project
Carolyn Arends
Its most compelling message is about the importance and power of community 
3
The Hip Hop Project
Michael Phillips
The film works best when it pays specific attention to how hard it is to write a rhyme worth hearing 
3
The Hip Hop Project
Matt Pais
Doesn t really make it clear how the program works or how it handles students that can t make the grade Are sub par rappers booted 
2.5
The Hip Hop Project
Rafer Guzman
The Hip Hop Project has a good heart and more than a little trouble organizing its thoughts 
2
The Hip Hop Project
Kam Williams
With 100 of the profits going to non profit charities devoted to youth The Hip Hop Project might be the first totally tax deductible movie 
4
The Hip Hop Project
Nick Schager
There s an inspirational story lurking within The Hip Hop Project but directors Matt Ruskin and Scott K Rosenberg can t quite seem to bring it out 
2
The Hip Hop Project
Jim Hemphill
the bottom line is that Kazi and his cohorts would be even better served by a film that was more than only intermittently involving and The Hip Hop Project is not that film 
2
Kompromat
Mark Dujsik
There apos s a fine and terrifying story at the core of Kompromat 44 but the filmmakers don apos t trust it 46 
2
Kompromat
Roger Moore
A tight 44 tense and just melodramatic enough tale that will have you racing along with our flawed hero 44 reasoning as he does as he tries to escape a culture whose police state traditions go back centuries 46 
3.5
Little Boxes
Roger Moore
Instantly forgettable 
1.5
Little Boxes
Susan Wloszczyna
What keeps their movie watchable is that Lynskey Ellis and Jackson are completely believable as a loving family unit going through a rough patch concerning their sense of identity and place 
2.5
Little Boxes
Wes Greene
The film s default mode is to lazily skewer suburbanites as cartoonishly privileged yuppies 
1.5
Hello Lonesome
Chuck Bowen
Hello Lonesome isn t really that much of a movie but it has something that a number of more polished pictures in the same vein don t human decency Sadly that s noteworthy 
2
Hello Lonesome
Kam Williams
Congrats to rookie Reid for crafting such an endlessly amusing screenplay for finding the right cast to execute that vision and for the rest of just the right ingredients to serve a satisfying cinematic stew 
4
Hello Lonesome
Stephen Whitty
It s a bit scattered and each of its three stories turns on a bit of a melodrama It s not perfect But it does work 
3
Hello Lonesome
Kyle Smith
The seeming randomness of the assorted human interactions in Hello Lonesome gradually becomes illuminating and just a little bit profound 
3
A Hijacking
Kam Williams
Captain Phillips revisited How do you say I m the captain now in Danish 
4
A Hijacking
Chris Hewitt
A Hijacking refrains from exploiting or judging the situation which reminds us that all of the characters think their behavior is justified Whether any of them is right is left to us to decide 
3
A Hijacking
Christian Toto
If only more movies could slip social messages into their stories as deftly as A Hijacking does 
3
A Hijacking
Chris Knight
In A Hijacking we watch as talks break down at one point the two parties are communicating by fax and are never certain how it will play out 
3
A Hijacking
Sean P. Means
As immediate and as hard hitting as a punch in the gut sucking you into a tension filled situation in the corporate offices and on the high seas 
3.5
A Hijacking
Geoff Pevere
A nail biter of a thriller that eschews conventional thrills Tobias Lindholm s verit like tale of a Danish cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates is rivetingly low key 
3
A Hijacking
Bruce DeMara
A finely spun tale that eschews sensationalism to focus on the human toll on the captives their families and their employers back home 
3
A Hijacking
Eric Melin
has an embedded feel without being a real life report or documentary at all It s a fictional film that hits both with blunt force and a surprising amount of complexity 
3.5
A Hijacking
Joe Williams
Lindholm rations the meat and potatoes of plot to keep us captive at the bargaining table It s a sadistic ploy that produces a real payoff 
3.5
A Hijacking
Tirdad Derakhshani
A Hijacking is one of those perfect films that crop up every few years to prove that with true artistry even the most exhausted genre can yield something new rich and strange 
3.5
A Hijacking
John Hartl
Lindholm justifies his confidence in a visual approach that s refreshingly realistic 
3.5
A Hijacking
Michael O'Sullivan
To refuse to call A Hijacking a thriller is not to say it isn t thrilling in a dryly cerebral way 
2.5
A Hijacking
Ty Burr
It s the second feature from the young writer director Tobias Lindholm and it showcases his gift for tightly focused stories told without an ounce of fat 
3.5
A Hijacking
Robert Levin
A smart movie derived out of the small moments that collectively comprise the hostage experience rather than grandiose gestures 
3
A Hijacking
Stephen Whitty
We re impatient for action any kind of action but preferably the sort that involves a team of Navy SEALs maybe led by Dwayne Johnson Instead we get something like a merger meeting 
2.5
A Hijacking
Farran Smith Nehme
Hand held camerawork so often a confounded nuisance here makes the conditions on board the Rozen feel nauseatingly urgent 
4
A Hijacking
Nick Schager
Tobias Lindholm s hostage negotiation drama wields its verit style for maximum tension 
3
A Hijacking
Roger Moore
Good but a bit too straightforward to live up to its dramatic potential 
2.5
A Hijacking
Rob Thomas
A Hijacking tells its tale as plainly as its title without Hollywood action without true heroes or villains without the expected emotional button pushing 
3.5
A Hijacking
Kent Turner
This sharp psychological drama should serve as a calling card for the lean and mean director Tobias Lindholm 
3.5
223 Wick
Roger Moore
As short as it is 44 it 8217 s still an hour of life you don 8217 t want to waste 46 
1
Jungleland
Rex Reed
Hope springs eternal but the surfeit of challenges in this turkey are too numerous to surmount 
2
Jungleland
Randy Myers
Jungleland is a raw and exciting effort from filmmaker Max Winkler Hunnam in particular is a knockout 
3
Jungleland
Katie Walsh
This dire and dreamy road movie is impressive work from director and co writer Winkler expanding the scope and genre of his work while remaining tightly focused on character 
3
Jungleland
Joe Friar
The film is filled with tropes we ve seen before but like a playlist in shuffle mode Jungleland feels fresh as it keeps the viewer engrossed thanks to the solid performances by Hunnam O Connell and Barden
3
Jungleland
Joey Magidson
Jungleland echos a number of other works from something like Warrior to even the songs of Bruce Springsteen 
3
Jungleland
Sheila O'Malley
Featuring three very strong central performances and eye catching poetic visuals Jungleland is more of a mood piece than anything else and on that level it works beautifully 
3
Jungleland
Mark Kennedy
The script by Theodore B Bressman David Branson Smith and Winkler never spoon feeds emotion or information letting naturalism rule 
3
Jungleland
Chuck Bowen
Director Max Winkler truly seems to believe that he s cutting to the heart of the boulevard of broken dreams 
2
Jungleland
David Nusair
an erratic yet completely rewarding little drama 
3.5
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Matt Brunson
Such a unique motion picture experience that it s no wonder it flopped with moviegoers and most critics 
3
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Mattie Lucas
The golden version gives the film a heated otherworldly quality as if its characters are wondering around in some sort of erotic dream lost in a tangled web of their own unexplored desires 
3.5
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Roger Ebert
Brando regains the peak of his magnificent talent After his series of six or seven disastrous performances even his admirers had given him up for lost But it was too soon 
4
Wake of Death
David Nusair
Jean Claude Van Damme s most enjoyable movie in almost ten years 
2.5
Chuyen Cua Pao
Chris Hewitt
Pao is a visually stunning deceptively sophisticated film 
2.5
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
G. Allen Johnson
Not only tells Kaavan s story but highlights the abuses many animals suffer in captivity as well as the international animal rights organizations trying to save them 
3
An Unremarkable Christmas
Roger Moore
An exercise in excess so many characters so much decor Laughs Too few in number alas 
1.5
The Emerald Forest
James Kendrick
even if Boorman can be faulted on a narrative level his cinematic eye almost matches his mythic aspirations
2.5
Kiki + Tiger
Ed Gonzalez
The film s raw sensual realism and social consciousness brings to mind Frears s My Beautiful Laundrette 
3
Little Black Book
Mark Collette
We are drilled again and again in how much we should hate all of these characters 
2
Little Black Book
Vince Koehler
The film is very funny and has many twists and turns as Stacy interacts with 3 ex girlfriends 
3
Little Black Book
Nicole Perri
The cinematic equivalent of chic lit mildly amusing but completely forgettable once you re done with it 
1.5
Little Black Book
Matt Brunson
Focus on the excellent performances by Holly Hunter and Julianne Nicholson the primary reasons this mean spirited comedy can be tolerated at all 
2
Little Black Book
Jeffrey Westhoff
Little Black Book has more in common with Sweet Smell of Success than When Harry Met Sally 
2
Little Black Book
Tony Toscano
I liked Little Black Book for its simple and sweet good nature 
2.5
Little Black Book
Moira MacDonald
A dud mostly serving to remind us of the other better movies that it wants to be when it grows up 
1.5
Little Black Book
Carla Meyer
An awkward and aggressively unfunny film 
1
Little Black Book
David Elliott
The sort of comedy where the chick flick goes to die while grinning 
1.5
Little Black Book
Peter Travers
Treat this sucker like the actors should have done when they read the script Kick it to the curb 
1
Little Black Book
Megan Lehmann
The jaw droppingly nasty second act is intriguing but it veers into territory so dark that it sucks the air out of the bouncy chick flick that surrounds it making for one confused and confusing comedy 
2
Little Black Book
Jami Bernard
A screechy chick flick relationship comedy with a lot of things working for and against it mostly against it 
2
Little Black Book
Loey Lockerby
There s a term called idiot plot that s used to describe stories whose development hinges on the stupidity of their characters 
1.5
Little Black Book
Jeff Vice
It s galling to think that the filmmakers actually believe anyone will find such a duplicitous character interesting And as played by Murphy Stacy is full of supposedly comic character quirks but little else 
1.5
Little Black Book
Lisa Kennedy
Raises the question When does a movie go from being an homage to being a parasite 
2
Little Black Book
Roger Ebert
We assume this is going to be a routine career girl comedy and we re surprised when it moves deeper into its subject until finally it s a satirical comedy about television that invades some of the same territory as Network or Broadcast News
3
Little Black Book
Janice Page
It s written more cleverly than you might expect with occasionally funny one liners and the good sense not to take itself too seriously most of the time 
3
Little Black Book
Josh Larsen
fairly sordid and depressing 
1.5
Little Black Book
Tyler Hanley
Big screen advertisement for Palm Pilots and romantic paranoia 
2
Little Black Book
Sarah Chauncey
As a media satire Little Black Book is quite funny Unfortunately it s a romantic comedy and in that area it doesn t measure up 
2
Little Black Book
Jason Anderson
The movie s tone veers wildly from scene to scene before taking an unexpected turn in the final scenes 
1.5
Little Black Book
Phil Villarreal
Characters have hidden motivations unexplained until the end and deep reservoirs of urgent emotion pump beneath each well drawn scene 
3.5
Little Black Book
Christian Toto
This otherwise limp Book injects a neat wrinkle into the chick film formula
2
Little Black Book
Guylaine Cadorette
An unexpectedly enjoyable romantic comedy Little Black Book steers clear of conventional contrivances and sugary idealism without being down with love 
3
Little Black Book
Larry Ratliff
Murphy who dazzled opposite Eminem in 8 Mile seemed close to budding starlet burnout after the dismal comedy Just Married She bounces back in this one 
3
Little Black Book
Claudia Puig
Textbook chick flick 
2
Little Black Book
Mack Bates
Surprisingly sharp if convoluted romantic comedy 
2.5
Little Black Book
Connie Ogle
An unfortunate confluence of herky jerky script pointless scenes weak slapstick and too many forays into the Land of the Moronic prevents the film from transcending its genre 
2
Little Black Book
John Monaghan
It has solid performances genuine wit and a few surprises that more than make up for occasional lapses in plot and taste 
3
Little Black Book
Chris Hewitt
Gets stronger as it goes acknowledging that nice people don t always behave nicely and that screwing things up can be the best way to learn what you need to learn 
3
Little Black Book
Phoebe Flowers
Much of Little Black Book seems like wasted opportunity and muddled execution 
2
Little Black Book
Carrie Rickey
Set in the exploitive world of Jerry Springer style confessional shows Little Black Book suggests this unpleasant theme Movies That Aren t Worth Your Eight Bucks Let Alone Talking About 
1.5
Little Black Book
David Sterritt
A spicy critique of tabloid TV is buried in romantic comedy material that strains too hard for cuteness Ditto for Murphy s acting 
2
Little Black Book
Jan Stuart
If you must feel superior to the bad behavior of others stick to Jerry Springer As Carly has sung nobody does it better 
1.5
Little Black Book
Robert K. Elder
An eccentric boldly black romantic comedy 
3
Little Black Book
Willie Waffle
It s hard to find anything to like in Little Black Book especially Murphy who is the most revolting lead actress in Hollywood 
.5
Little Black Book
Scott Nash
Murphy is cute and quirky but the movie is not 
1.5
Little Black Book
Rob Blackwelder
It s not a major departure from the sugary genre norm but Little Black Book definitely doesn t go where romantic comedy convention says it should 
3
Little Black Book
Steve Rhodes
The predictable big confrontation scene goes on for what feels like an eternity 
2
Little Black Book
Nick Schager
Little Black Book is a pointless sermon about the disastrous consequences of acting like a complete and utter moron 
.5
Little Black Book
James Berardinelli
The problem is that director Nick Hurran and writers Melissa Carter and Elisa Bell see this as more of a sit com And in a vain attempt to get laughs they de humanize their characters 
2
Little Black Book
Dustin Putman
If there is a reason to see it it s the effortlessly enchanting Murphy but that isn t quite reason enough This is one Book that should have remained closed 
2
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Jackie Loohauis
Swirl together hemp peppermint vitamin E and a huge dollop of weirdness and you have one of the most strangely brewed documentaries in years 
2.5
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Mark Feeney
A patently nice man Ralph is a not very compelling figure 
2
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Ken Fox
You know there s a story behind Dr Bronner s Magic Soap and filmmaker Sara Lamm hopes you re interested in hearing it Luckily the story behind the suds is a pretty good one 
2.5
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
The documentary leaves you feeling hopeful and tingly all over 
3
Death Defying Acts
Kyle Smith
Director Gillian Armstrong is more attentive to decor than the story which never seems in a hurry to get anyplace in particular and concludes with a thud 
1.5
Death Defying Acts
Ed Gonzalez
A cheap inventory of old hat period romping that downplays Houdini s contempt for psychics while saddling him with corny mommy issues 
1.5
Death Defying Acts
David Nusair
Anchored by Pearce apos s expectedly charismatic performance 44 the film generally comes off as a watchable yet entirely unexceptional effort 46 46 46 
2.5
This Sporting Life
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
This Sporting Life is a quintessential entrant in Britain s kitchen sink realism of the late 50s and 60s 
4
This Sporting Life
John Petrakis
It s impossible not to appreciate the remarkable performances both Harris and Roberts were nominated for Oscars or the realistic rugby scenes that earned Harris a broken leg 
3
Nobelity
Ty Burr
No offense to Pipkin and his real concerns but a tougher questioner might have shed more light and heat 
2
Downrange
Norman Gidney
Simple lean and merciless Downrange doesn t waste time with expository setup You are there in the moment when things go south and the suspense only occasionally loosens its death grip on your psyche 
4
Downrange
David Nusair
Kitamura effectively peppers the proceedings with compelling jolts 
3
Downrange
James Kendrick
It does what it does reasonably well with a sense of exploitative glee but it s also immediately forgettable 
2
Like Water for Chocolate
Peter Stack
Laura Esquivel s wonderful novel about the powers of passion has been adapted for the screen by her husband director Alfonso Arau The result is as rich and savory as Mexican hot chocolate 
4
Like Water for Chocolate
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Indeed this is one of the great food movies and Arau lets his camera luxuriate over the various ingredients and finished delicacies 
3.5
Like Water for Chocolate
Michael Dequina
A funny touching sumptuous and incredibly romantic ode to the joys of love and food 
4
Like Water for Chocolate
Roger Ebert
Like Water for Chocolate creates its own intense world of passion and romance and adds a little comedy and a lot of quail garlic honey chiles mole cilantro rose petals and corn meal 
4
Henry Fool
Roger Ebert
You watch you are absorbed and from scene to scene Henry Fool seems to be adding up but then your hand closes on air I am left unsure of my response of any response 
2.5
Slow Burn
Michael Dequina
The title gives an adequate description of what this thriller does to your time 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Mattie Lucas
Redford and Nolte make tired clichés feel like old friends taking us on a pleasant stroll through the woods that may not lead anywhere but we re having such a good time that the destination no longer matters 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Pamela Powell
A Walk in the Woods makes you laugh and inspires you to reconnect with people and nature It s truly a feel good film 
3
A Walk in the Woods
Max Weiss
Darned if the film didn t ultimately work for me Mostly it was the fun of seeing these two veteran actors riff off each other 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
David N. Butterworth
Bear jokes poop jokes bear poop jokes this movie s got em all 
1.5
A Walk in the Woods
Linda Cook
It hits its stride now and then and mostly because of Nick Nolte 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Kenneth R. Morefield
While this film keeps the bare outlines of Bryson s story it both misunderstands his comic voice and conveys it wrongly 
1.5
A Walk in the Woods
James Kendrick
is not entirely without its charms but is so scattered both tonally and narratively that nothing ever quite adds up
2
A Walk in the Woods
Stephen Rebello
This one is strictly a walk don t run proposition 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Mike McGranaghan
A Walk in the Woods is decent light entertainment there s just no real meat to it Without a strong thematic center the movie can feel a bit repetitive at times Grumpy Old Men in the wild so to speak 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
James Berardinelli
A Walk in the Woods is pleasant but inconsequential a passing diversion rather than a worthy cinematic destination 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Scott Renshaw
There s almost nothing here beyond the opportunity to watch two veteran actors play off one another and it turns out that s enough 
3
A Walk in the Woods
John Wirt
Amiable if shallow entertainment until it falls off a cliff 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Willie Waffle
A Walk In The Woods is much more about tame silliness which leaves us with a dull and lifeless film 
1
A Walk in the Woods
Connie Ogle
Too much of the breezy humor that made the book a delight is stripped away replaced with predictable jokes and broad slapstick sitcom quality encounters with women and bears and a pushy grating sentimentality 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Michael Smith
I enjoyed the film to the degree that comfort food extends to frozen pizza It s warm it s cheesy it s not as fresh as I had hoped for 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Sean P. Means
A Walk in the Woods is at its best when Redford and Nolte let the laughs subside and just relax as two guys contemplating their lives mortality and the joys of one last adventure together 
3
A Walk in the Woods
Matthew Kassel
The real pleasures are not to be found in the sweeping shots of the Great Smoky Mountains but in seeing how Mr Redford and Mr Nolte s characters learn to get along 
3
A Walk in the Woods
Dann Gire
The narrative gets a gentle push from Nathan Larson s economic score accented by harmonica and guitar complemented by John Bailey s postcard cinematography 
3
A Walk in the Woods
Peter Hartlaub
The finished product isn t a great movie But every good actor and that actor s most loyal fans deserve their Walk in the Woods 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
John Semley
The nature of this fantasy is boringly feel good and aspirational 
2
A Walk in the Woods
David Berry
It s like a soft pedalled self help version of Grumpy Old Men Genial Old Men Face Their Decline With Chipper Goodwill But an Inevitable Sense of the Tragedy of Decay Plus Bears 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Peter Howell
The two actors carp and quip well together enough to carry us through a plot with few surprises 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Michael Phillips
It s not a difficult picture to watch All you want from A Walk in the Woods honestly is a chance to enjoy a couple of veteran actors But the book s comic tone hasn t found a comfortable equivalent for the screen 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Richard Roeper
After all these years iconic former golden boys Robert Redford and Nick Nolte share the big screen and they re stuck in a middling sitcom 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Stephanie Merry
The book didn t deal in platitudes It was content to be lightly educational but mostly just entertaining The movie aspires to be more than that only to reveal how much less than that it really is 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Susan Wloszczyna
These guys still know how to not just hold our attention but grab it even if their current film needs them more than they need it 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Christian Toto
Is Nick Nolte auditioning for the Burgess Meredith role in a Grumpy Old Men reboot 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Mark Dujsik
Redford and Nolte playing off each other while using those archetypes is consistently amusing even as the screenplay starts to feel like a long trek to nowhere special 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Stephen Whitty
A Walk in the Woods is a pleasant perfectly acceptable adaptation that shows you some pretty scenery and lets you enjoy two veteran actors 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Gary Thompson
Redford s too old to give a crap demeanor is amusing Witness his opening TV interview with a doofus anchorman Nolte too has some funny scenes 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Moira MacDonald
Redford has said he had originally planned the film as a reunion for himself and Paul Newman It s a poignant reminder as in this film s best moments that life passes by too quickly 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
John Anderson
Thoughtful fun and Redford and Nolte are both in the zone 
3
A Walk in the Woods
Peter Canavese
A broad comic tone The few funny bits and sharp lines amount to fool s gold scattered around a claim that never satisfactorily pays off 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Lou Lumenick
A Walk in the Woods is broad as a barn door with two stars who have minimal chemistry and there s not much in the way of reflection about mortality 
2
A Walk in the Woods
Jake Coyle
It s light on its feet even though its geriatric woodsmen are plodding and grunting 
2.5
A Walk in the Woods
Matt Pais
Quickly wanders from a funny look at life at a crossroads to an obvious series of embarrassing nonsense and basic observations about nature and people 
1.5
A Walk in the Woods
Randy Myers
Sure A Walk in the Woods stumbles at times but it does make for an entertaining leisurely spent few hours at the movies All of it goes down charmingly and you ll likely walk out with a smile plastered on your face 
3
A Walk in the Woods
Roger Moore
Yeah it s just a predictable codger camping comedy But I grinned from beginning to end 
3
Amazon Women on the Moon
Kathy Fennessy
Amazon Women on the Moon duplicates the experience of watching late night TV in the 1980s 
3
Amazon Women on the Moon
Matt Brunson
Hit and miss The best skit features Ed Begley Jr as the son of the Invisible Man 
2.5
Amazon Women on the Moon
Roger Ebert
Satirists are in trouble when their subjects are funnier than they are 
0.5
Take Me to the River: New Orleans
Peter Sobczynski
Take Me to the River New Orleans contains a lot of good music and a number of fascinating subjects for discussion but never quite figures out how to bring them all together in a satisfying manner 
2
Take Me to the River: New Orleans
Roger Moore
It s educational all this stuff about second lines and the Habanera tempo who learned from whom and who wrote or invented what And Shore is to be celebrated for getting all these folks documented and down on film before it s too late 
2.5
Imagine That
Brandy McDonnell
A disappointment is that the film eventually veers into predictable territory but along the way Murphy and the sparkling Shahidi develop wonderful chemistry Church gamely steals the show and the film s star sings dances and even freaks out 
2.5
Imagine That
Michael Dequina
Twenty years ago it would ve been hard to imagine that the typical formula for an Eddie Murphy vehicle would have changed so dramatically 
2
Imagine That
Sonny Bunch
It s a sad reflection on Eddie Murphy s career that the best thing you can say about Imagine That is that there aren t any fat suits 
1.5
Imagine That
Mike Scott
Even with its ironic lack of imagination Imagine That ends up being redeemed by a handful of wonderfully sweet moments 
2.5
Imagine That
Lisa Ann Cockrel
As long as Murphy is being silly kids laugh Their affinity for an adult willing to play with them is palpable At the end even the movie critic got a bit teary Imagine that 
2.5
Imagine That
Sean P. Means
At least this Eddie Murphy family vehicle isn t as bad as Meet Dave but the same could be said of elective dental surgery 
2
Imagine That
Linda Cook
Kinda cute kinda silly and just about average Imagine That isn t the worst or the best we ve seen from Eddie Murphy 
2
Imagine That
Bob Bloom
Imagine That is not a bad movie It is inoffensive and innocuous 
2.5
Imagine That
Kam Williams
Worthwhile as long as you re willing to watch Eddie Murphy play the straight man 
3
Imagine That
Kit Bowen
Imagine That this innocuous family comedy could very well bring a smile to a little girl s face especially if she sees it with her daddy 
2.5
Imagine That
Perry Seibert
Most family films aim their lessons at children but some actually have a thing or two for adults to learn 
3.5
Imagine That
Kyle Smith
Cutesy My pain was acutesy as the entire plot yawned before me 
1
Imagine That
John Beifuss
Hey kids Nickelodeon one of your favorite companies has a new release with Eddie Murphy as a financial analyst so you ll get to hear a lot of grownups in grim offices talking about specs and yields and pension funds and hey kids Wake up 
1.5
Imagine That
Jason Heck
One of the most squirm inducing saccharine sweet movies to come along in a long time 
1.5
Imagine That
John Wirt
Thankfully freed by a child s imagination though it is Imagine That eventually obeys well worn adult imposed convention 
2.5
Imagine That
Amy Biancolli
Imagine That has a few nagging problems none of which is Eddie Murphy s fault 
2
Imagine That
Liam Lacey
Given the movie s early creative promise the ending is disappointingly trite 
2
Imagine That
Tom Keogh
If there were any doubts that Murphy can still be as boldly funny and charismatic in the flesh as he has been when providing the voice of Donkey in the Shrek franchise Imagine That helps allay them 
3
Imagine That
Lisa Kennedy
Unfortunately Evan s transformation rings tinny The music guides us to the appropriate moods This is magical This is goofy because Murphy s performance doesn t 
2
Imagine That
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything the movie is almost more for adults than it is for kids The first half to two thirds in particular are quiet peaceful and beautifully subtle 
2.5
Imagine That
Chris Hewitt
A Bedtime Stories like attempt to merge a child s concerns with the story of an adult Imagine That mostly succeeds by making good use of the adult and the child 
2.5
Imagine That
Linda Barnard
Here s a summer movie that kids will laugh at and parents can take them to without worrying about sex violence language or projectile vomiting jokes 
2.5
Imagine That
Michael Sragow
In the end Imagine That might not be anything more than superior family fare But it s as difficult to make a commercial film with honest feeling as it is to create a pop anthem 
3
Imagine That
Alicia Potter
Eddie Murphy proves he doesn t need a fat suit to play soft in Karey Kirkpatrick s surprisingly nuanced family comedy 
3
Imagine That
Willie Waffle
one of the most predictable sappy unoriginal movies I have ever seen in my entire life but it s not all THAT bad
2
Imagine That
Dustin Putman
Isn t so much offensively bad as it is offensively soul suckingly ordinary It is safe to say the young ones will be far from riveted by a film set in the world of investment firms and financial bigwigs 
1.5
Imagine That
Claudia Puig
It s too bad there s little to distinguish this predictable tale from any other comedy about an overly busy father who finally connects with his child 
2
Imagine That
Carrie Rickey
Shahidi s and Murphy s scenes together have such warmth tenderness and joy that they elevate this cookie cutter comedy into homemade fun 
2.5
Imagine That
Jeff Vice
This particular movie is so deprived of genuine humor and jokes that it almost defies categorization as a comedy 
1
Imagine That
Cathy Jakicic
Murphy s controlled mania and the chemistry he has with Yara Shahidi who plays his daughter make this well worn narrative path seem fresher than it is 
2.5
Imagine That
James Berardinelli
I laughed once during Imagine That s interminable 107 minutes and the longer I watched Murphy s desperate embarrassing attempts at provoking laughter the worse I felt 
1
Imagine That
Ryan Stewart
In its minimalism that borders on self parody Imagine That is reminiscent of M Night Shyamalan s The Happening 
1
Imagine That
Wesley Morris
Eddie Murphy in another mediocre family comedy Imagine that 
2
Imagine That
Kevin C. Johnson
A little more than what you d expect 
2.5
Imagine That
Roger Ebert
Imagine That is amusing without ever being break out funny 
2.5
The Antenna
Tom Meek
Orçun Behram s moody and eerie thriller is a stylistic winner but is the atmosphere worthy of its narrative 
2.5
The Antenna
Glenn Kenny
Berham is more concerned with spooky and galvanizing effects than with coherent statements or satire 
2
The Antenna
Roger Moore
More allegorical than interesting 
2
The Antenna
Barry Hertz
he Antenna proves a worthy successor to the work of David Cronenberg Ben Wheatley and the many other filmmakers who delight in the meaty material of rancid subjects 
3
The Contract
David Nusair
sporadically intriguing yet thoroughly mediocre 
2
The Name of the Rose
David Nusair
a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence 
1
The Name of the Rose
Peter Canavese
For labyrinth lovers a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate Blu ray 
3.5
The Name of the Rose
Roger Ebert
There are so many good things in The Name of the Rose the performances the reconstruction of the period the over all feeling of medieval times that if the story had been able to really involve us there would have been quite a movie here 
2.5
Turkish Delight
David Nusair
a wisp of a movie that suffers from an almost total dearth of memorable elements 
2
Heavy Metal
Matt Brunson
A mixed bag of a movie 
2.5
Heavy Metal
Chris Hicks
This is simply exploitation on a very juvenile level 
1.5
Heavy Metal
James O'Ehley
This animated movie based on the comics of the same title is fun once you accept it on its own terms i e brainless and adolescent 
3
There There
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While Bujalski has done this same thing beautifully in his past works 44 the attempt here feels thin and shrill 44 especially as it goes along 46 
2.5
There There
Steven Prokopy
I was more impressed with There There than I am in love with it 44 but it is another successful example of a filmmaker taking pandemic era restrictions and making something unique and modestly fulfilling out of them 46 
2.5
There There
Sheila O'Malley
There There doesn apos t come to life 44 even as an intellectual or artistic exercise 46 
2
There There
Mark Dujsik
It apos s a laughable exercise 46 46 46 
1
There There
Chris Barsanti
A funny and cleverly linked series of dramedic vignettes that doesn 8217 t try to hide the stitchwork imposed by pandemic period production restrictions 46 Instead 44 the film leans into them 46 46 46 
2.5
Oh Mercy! (Roubaix, Une Lumière)
Chuck Bowen
Arnaud Desplechin evinces a glancing touch with showing how social tension and need inform law and crime 
3
Music Box
David Nusair
a better than average courtroom thriller 
3
Music Box
Ryan Murphy
Lange without angst is like Tyson without punch She s the era s Sarah Bernhardt a tragedienne with soignee soul In Music Box Lange is at her furrowed brow best 
3.5
Music Box
Steve Rhodes
The script by Hollywood s controversial writer Joe Eszterhas is strictly edge of the seat material 
3
Music Box
Roger Ebert
What I particularly disliked about Music Box is that it takes the easy way out It is not about guilt or innocence it is a courtroom thriller with all of the usual automatic devices like last minute evidence and surprise witnesses 
2
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Ty Burr
Fascinating stuff but after a while the film runs out of things to say and falls back on clichs 
2
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Peter Howell
Despite its title Virtual JFK doesn t imagine a world where JFK survives the events of Dallas and goes on to win a second term as U S president That would be a whole other movie and a fascinating one at that 
3
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Liam Lacey
The film is a seductive immersion into an early sixties zeitgeist and Cold War cool 
2
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Maureen M. Hart
The word Iraq is never uttered but there s no avoiding it as Kennedy asserts during the Bay of Pigs crisis that to attack Cuba a country that hadn t attacked the United States would be contrary to our national tradition 
3
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Ted Fry
The controversial process of counterfactual history gets a captivating workout in Virtual JFK 
3
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
V.A. Musetto
Virtual JFK directed by Tokyo born US educated Koji Masutani doesn t bring up Iraq per se but the parallels are clear 
2.5
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Ken Fox
Assembles an amazing array of recorded conversations and vintage newsreel and offers up enough press conference footage to make one nostalgic for the days when an uncowed penetrating press really did serve the public interest 
3
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Ed Gonzalez
Argues that nearly 60 000 United States armed forces wouldn t have lost their lives in Vietnam had John F Kennedy not been assassinated Duh 
2
Dark House
G. Allen Johnson
Regrettably Scott the director is better than Scott the writer the script is standard issue by the numbers with no sense of character development 
2
10 Cent Pistol
Roger Moore
Snappy lines a couple of decent action beats and surprises but slackly paced and built around two drab leads 
1.5
10 Cent Pistol
Clayton Dillard
One wishes the director had as burning of an interest in significance as he does trickery and quippery 
2
40 Is the New 20
Linda Barnard
40 is the New 20 is a day late a dollar short and terrible in between 
.5
40 Is the New 20
Liam Lacey
Charmless aimless and a waste of a cast that in other contexts has done good work 40 Is the New 20 is the new zero 
0
40 Is the New 20
David Nusair
an uneven yet intriguing piece of work that fits comfortably within Boisvert s remarkably consistent filmography 
2.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Matt Brunson
A fine mix of rot and romance 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Mattie Lucas
A clever wickedly funny motion picture experience 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Joe Lozito
In the hands of another director this material could have been dead on arrival but for Mr Burton it s dead on 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Forrest Hartman
Gloomy but in a beautiful compelling way In fact the visuals sell the film because the story is entertaining but extremely lightweight 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jorge Avila Andrade
Divertida romántica y con mucho más corazón que el resto de los filmes en cartelera es simple y sencillamente un deleite que no puedes dejar pasar por alto 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jonathan R. Perry
Nothing more than an 81 minute in joke only two people in the world u2014 Tim Burton and Danny Elfman u2014 think is funny But sometimes self indulgence is the very thing that makes a filmmaker worth watching 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Sean McBride
The animation is pretty but the film is D O A 
2.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jeffrey Westhoff
Even though Burton has fun with the never ending Halloween of his imagination he takes the emotions and desires of his characters seriously 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Steve Rhodes
Would be a short 
2
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Steven Snyder
Tim Burton so believably brings his worlds to life with such a dark dreamy and dazzling imagination that we all but take for granted that he has taken us on some of the most delightfully absurd adventures of modern cinema 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Mike McGranaghan
Burton and his crew have once again challenged the medium and come with something appealingly unique 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Linda Cook
Arise you Tim Burton fans His genius walks animatedly among us 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Sara Michelle Fetters
More so other than being an astonishing feast for the eyes there isn t much here a person is likely to remember after they ve left the theater none of the jokes or sight gags good enough to talk about latter standing at the water cooler 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Hanh Nguyen
It s a fascinating and often amusing spectacle if short on emotional depth 
2.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Brett Michel
The storytelling may suffer intermittent rigor mortis but this Corpse should enjoy a long afterlife 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jeff Vice
At times this stop motion animated feature is grotesque even a bit creepy and scary it s probably a bit much for really young ones But it s just as often achingly sweet and features some grand sweeping romantic notions 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
James Verniere
It may be the purest expression of Burton s comic nightmarish neo gothic vision so far It also restores the venerable technique known as stop motion animation to its rightful place as one of cinema s greatest forms 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Greg Maki
Whether you re poring over the incredible detail of the images or losing yourself in the charming story you ll want to keep your eyes on the screen at all times 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Moira MacDonald
What makes Corpse Bride sing ultimately is the breadth of imagination that it demonstrates creating a cluttered textured and mysteriously beautiful world that we re loathe to leave at the end 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Ruthe Stein
Corpse Bride has the look and feel of the best puppet show ever 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
David Elliott
Corpse Bride is like cotton candy spun to glisten by happy spiders 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Carla Meyer
The hand manipulated characters move haltingly yet the picture always flows thanks to its engaging story deft visuals and big heart 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Pam Grady
By getting up to his old tricks Burton has delivered an outré family film for this Halloween season and it s mostly a treat 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Rene Rodriguez
Corpse Bride suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton s recent live action films for all its formidable razzle dazzle it doesn t engage the heart 
2.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Robert W. Butler
In a nutshell Burton s latest macabre puppet show is thoroughly enjoyable if a little thin on story 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Bruce Westbrook
Amazingly fluid and drop dead gorgeous Tim Burton s Corpse Bride is the best looking stop motion animation film ever 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Terry Lawson
There s a happy Halloween in store even for children who aren t allowed to trick or treat and it s courtesy of Tim Burton s animated Corpse Bride 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Emily Blunt
Hoorah The boy s done it again with a bit of help from mind boggling takent 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Michael Booth
Corpse Bride will win your heart if it doesn t rip it out of your chest first 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Randy Myers
This Corpse rises to the occasion 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Eric Melin
Corpse Bride is not a complete stiff but merely a disappointment 
2
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Lawrence Toppman
Corpse Bride had me at the maggot 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Wesley Morris
Burton has rarely been in brisker friskier form 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Sean P. Means
Endlessly inventive and gruesomely fun Corpse Bride is further proof that Burton s imagination only has free rein when there aren t actual human beings in the picture 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Josh Larsen
Everyone in the movie is too something too tall too thin too round too pointy too trapezoid even though always in the most delightful of ways 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Burton has plumbed his spidery soul for a glorious vision of undead vixens walking through the night as if every day were Halloween 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Peter Canavese
Burton paints death as a literally more colorful plane of existence than life the ultimate subversive joke in a movie full of them 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Daniel M. Kimmel
There are those who will no doubt be charmed by this dark fairy tale but it takes an effort to overlook its flaws 
2.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Willie Waffle
Burton is left to make Corpse Bride into a visually appealing movie but it never has that special moment or feeling that can elevate the movie into greatness 
2.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Duane Dudek
In terms of technique composition and film artistry alone Corpse Bride qualifies as poetry in stop motion 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Steven Rea
Tim Burton s Corpse Bride is easily the best stop motion animated necrophiliac musical romantic comedy of all time It is also just simply wonderful a morbid merry tale of true love that dazzles the eyes and delights the soul 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Chris Hewitt
The script tries to edge into the sort of spookily intriguing ideas fairy tales love But Burton is more interested in grotesque gags than in the characters or the story which is as cold and lifeless as a cadaver on a slab 
2
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Robert K. Elder
If Nightmare Before Christmas was a jazzy pop number Corpse Bride is a waltz an elegant deadly funny bit of macabre matrimony 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Roger Ebert
A sweet and visually lovely tale of love lost 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Nick Rogers
The film probably won t spawn a cottage industry at Hot Topic but its angst ridden story of love romantic and platonic is likely to resonate stronger with shoppers 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Phil Villarreal
A bouncy enchanting family film equally captivating on the levels of pathos dialogue and visuals 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Rob Blackwelder
Blessed with memorably iconic characters and a creative if fairly predictable plot Corpse Bride is quick droll and destined to be a perennial Halloween favorite 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jeanne Aufmuth
Reeks of Burton style borne of a freakish place in the psyche that feeds on the underbelly of things that go bump in the night 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Frank Ochieng
Thoroughly charming and visually spry Corpse Bride has the stylish impishness that made The Nightmare Before Christmas such a devilish treat to behold 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Peter Howell
If his The Nightmare Before Christmas from a dozen years back was a treat for the eyes and mind Tim Burton s Corpse Bride goes double or nothing by being a delight for the ears and also the heart 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Maitland McDonagh
Beneath the ghoulish in jokes and horror geek allusions there s a core of the same bittersweet truth that makes the best fairy tales resonate from one generation to the next 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
James Berardinelli
As animated films go this is easily the best of a weak year 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Lisa Rose
Corpse Bride offers unclassifiable enchantment 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Lou Lumenick
Tim Burton s Corpse Bride is an instant classic 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Jack Mathews
Stop motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood but the makers of Tim Burton s Corpse Bride deserve a couple of years in Tahiti celebrating their effort 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Liam Lacey
Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand in hand in Tim Burton s Corpse Bride a movie that digs into Hollywood s past to resurrect the antique art of stop motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Kit Bowen
Corpse Bride is a wild vibrant and somewhat romantically morbid trip through the afterlife 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Gene Seymour
Cheerfully macabre and unexpectedly soulful 
3
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Keith Uhlich
Tim Burton s Corpse Bride shows that imitation is the sincerest form of flattening 
2
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Dustin Putman
The season s first unadulterated disappointment 
1.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Walter Chaw
A melancholic dulcet little ode to love and sacrifice 
4
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Claudia Puig
An unexpectedly touching celebration of love told in a quirky and inventive style 
3.5
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Scott Nash
Like so many of Burton s films Corpse Bride is too much style not enough substance 
2
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Peter Travers
In the guise of a family film Burton evokes a darkly erotic obsession that recalls Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock s Vertigo It would be a test for any filmmaker and Burton aces it 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
James Kendrick
Howard manages to keep things tight and engaging 44 primarily by submerging us right along with the rescue team 44 engaging us viscerally in the cramped darkness 46 
3
Thirteen Lives
Sonny Bunch
A perfect recipe for the sort of unbearable procedural tension that Howard excels at dramatizing 46 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Peter Canavese
Director Ron Howard and screenwriter William Nicholson do an excellent 44 bang up job of adapting this complex story in to a feature film 46 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Brian Eggert
Viewers unversed in the account and unfamiliar with the two earlier screen versions might enjoy Thirteen Lives 44 but for everyone else 44 there 8217 s not much new here beyond the appeal of Hollywood production values and movie stars 46 
2.5
Thirteen Lives
Pat Brown
Avoiding excessively heightened melodrama 44 Thirteen Lives doesn 8217 t substitute it with much that one couldn 8217 t already find in the copious amount of available coverage of the real life incident 46 
2
Thirteen Lives
Pablo O. Scholz
Howard s film builds up tension aided by Benjamin Wallfisch s music never strident and at times the absence of it serves the film well Full review in Spanish 
3
Thirteen Lives
Roger Moore
You 8217 d have to be heartless 44 or Elon Musk 44 to not be moved by this 46 
3
Thirteen Lives
Kevin Carr
Deliberately paced and gripping 44 this tells a pragmatic story without the Hollywood flash 46 
3
Thirteen Lives
Ty Burr
Long but not overlong at 147 minutes Thirteen Lives is sober and gripping with an interest in the drama of men and women at work that wouldn t be out of place in a Howard Hawks movie 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Mark Feeney
The heart of the movie is the discussions among the divers and even more the scenes in the caves Simply as a technical achievement the underground and underwater filming is highly impressive 
2.5
Thirteen Lives
Mark Dujsik
Thirteen Lives tells a story of complex processes with admirable simplicity and no shortage of humanity 46 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Randy Myers
William Nicholson and Howard take the time to create authentic Thai characters and not turn this into another white savior story 
3
Thirteen Lives
Michael O'Sullivan
Like its protagonists it isn t flashy but is all business It gets the job done with a minimum of histrionics yet a mountain of suspense 
3
Thirteen Lives
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A suspenseful compassionate and disciplined film 
4
Thirteen Lives
Mark Kennedy
There are pockets of diffusive heroes everywhere and that means a lack of tautness or through line Neither the divers nor kids government officials nor families and volunteers really come into focus staying as murky as the miles of submerged cave 
2
Thirteen Lives
Rex Reed
As scripted documentary style fact based dramas go it doesn t get much better than this 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Richard Roeper
Farrell and Mortensen effortlessly click together 
3
Thirteen Lives
Steven Prokopy
Thirteen Lives is highly watchable 44 featuring some terrific performances 44 and perhaps a better grasp of some of the ethical questions surrounding this rescue 46 
3
Thirteen Lives
Mark Meszoros
The effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand that captured the world 8217 s attention in 2018 is rivetingly depicted in one of the best directorial efforts by prolific filmmaker Ron Howard 46 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Odie Henderson
When not in the caves with the divers 44 Howard is content to tell this story in such a drab 44 ho hum 44 overly respectful fashion that it starts to drag 46 
2
Thirteen Lives
Michael Medved
Thrilling to watch at every moment and a cinematic triumph 46 
3.5
Thirteen Lives
Rafer Guzman
Thirteen Lives is a gripping and suspenseful experience It ll have you holding your breath until the very end 
3
Thirteen Lives
Mick LaSalle
Thirteen Lives deserves to be seen 
3
Thirteen Lives
Johnny Oleksinski
We watch the skilled rescuers problem solve and come up with innovative solutions to the unimaginable But once we see them make the trip a handful of times the overlong film settles into a much too comfortable groove 
2.5
Puff, Puff, Pass
David Nusair
the bottom line is that the movie just isn t funny 
2
Pieces of April
Mattie Lucas
A light delicious confection that hits you like a bullet to the heart 
3
Pieces of April
Nick Rogers
Peter Hedges sustains the idea this family s interactions have begun with bared teeth for years If they can summon it one comforting moment will have to do At best it s a ramshackle reconciliation of tough minded emotion and well earned laughter 
3.5
Pieces of April
Kam Williams
A delightful charming instant holiday classic which makes us laugh repeatedly while delivering an emotionally satisfying message about unconditional love 
4
Pieces of April
Betsy Bozdech
The real news here is that Holmes turns in a heartfelt genuine performance 
3
Pieces of April
Wesley Lovell
A series of terrific performances led by the amazing Patricia Clarkson make this unusual Thanksgiving comedy a feast for the mind 
3.5
Pieces of April
James Sanford
Barely 80 minutes long this is a movie with the texture of a great short story a comedy and a sharp smart one 
4
Pieces of April
Mike McGranaghan
The masterstroke is keeping the family apart for most of the movie and using character analysis as a way of suggesting the dysfunction 
3
Pieces of April
Frank Ochieng
a solid and quirky dysfunctional family comedy drama sharply touching and carries the appropriate tone of wit and genuine forethought to heighten its redemptive vibes 
3
Pieces of April
Steven Snyder
Here in front of me was a film trying to talk about family the holidays bitterness and redemption all in such reasonable quantities 
3.5
Pieces of April
Timothy Knight
Consistently engaging and intelligent 
3
Pieces of April
David Nusair
a typically quirky independent comedy 
2.5
Pieces of April
Sean P. Means
The dialogue is crisp and natural particularly when Clarkson unloads with parental complaining or surprising humor 
3
Pieces of April
Jeff Vice
Even though some of the situations and characterizations might seem extreme the storytelling doesn t feel contrived Again it feels real 
3
Pieces of April
Duane Dudek
Few films have captured the guilt anxiety and gallows humor of Thanksgiving as successfully 
3.5
Pieces of April
David N. Butterworth
An emotionally powerful ending aside Pieces of April should have been a warm and fuzzy Thanksgiving treat Instead it s mostly just fuzzy 
2.5
Pieces of April
Stephen Cole
The film more than earns its heartwarming finale by virtue of the skilled performances of the leads 
3.5
Pieces of April
Elias Savada
This year s spilled turkey tribute provides an abundance of holiday stuffing suffering in dispelling the dysfunctional family spirit 
2.5
Pieces of April
David Keyes
An affectionate holiday movie with a lot of spirit and heart but one that might have been much better if not for the fact that the visuals almost annihilate the narrative 
3
Pieces of April
Matt Brunson
Pulls off a nice balancing act between humor and heartbreak 
3
Pieces of April
Phoebe Flowers
Smart funny steadfastly unsentimental 
3.5
Pieces of April
Joe Baltake
Hedges brings some refreshing new wrinkles to a familiar plot and he further spices it up by having the meal in question being prepared by the daughter not the mother 
3
Pieces of April
Roger Moore
There is but one quot Thanksgiving movie quot quot Pieces of April 46 46 46 quot funny and bittersweet and as emotionally satisfying as any holiday movie 46 
4
Pieces of April
Rene Rodriguez
Deftly captures the pressures that accompany holiday gatherings 
2.5
Pieces of April
Terry Lawson
While pleasant enough Pieces is more a sweet snack than a feast 
2
Pieces of April
Lisa Kennedy
Too rare pleasure an honest and sentimental journey 
3
Pieces of April
Jeff Strickler
Seamless blend of over the top farce with sincere drama 
3
Pieces of April
Dustin Putman
Plays like a sitcom that just so happens to feature characters infinitely more real and complex than the genre usually permits Katie Holmes is a joy to watch 
2.5
Pieces of April
Moira MacDonald
The film grows on you 
3
Pieces of April
Carla Meyer
Avoids sentimentality at every turn and truly earns both its laughs and its tears 
4
Pieces of April
Roger Ebert
Despite its flaws Pieces of April has a lot of joy and quirkiness it s well intentioned in its screwy way with flashes of human insight and actors who can take a moment and make it glow 
3
Pieces of April
Ty Burr
A shell game that replaces the comedy of observation it sets out to be with glib one liners shallow characterizations and a sweet but naive vision of racial harmony 
2
Pieces of April
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I m thankful that Pieces of April is one fall movie that is not a turkey and does not rely too heavily on stuffing 
3
Pieces of April
Glenn Lovell
We leave grateful that the filmmaker has taken the time to bring out not only the best in his characters but also the best in us 
3.5
Pieces of April
Steven Rea
For a movie about community and forgiveness family and grace Pieces of April is refreshingly unsappy 
3
Pieces of April
Michael Wilmington
Clarkson alone makes April a feast 
3
Pieces of April
Glenn Kenny
A modestly scaled film on every level it s only 81 minutes long but Hedges and company manage to ring true on almost all the material s sweet and sour notes 
2.5
Pieces of April
Rob Blackwelder
A Murphy s Law Thanksgiving comedy in which both the meal and the movie have a hard time coming together 
2
Pieces of April
Jeanne Aufmuth
A small independent with a big heart 
4
Pieces of April
Megan Lehmann
Hedges has crafted a warmhearted holiday film that stands as a small classic in its bittersweet illustration of the unbreakable bond of family 
3
Pieces of April
Jami Bernard
A delightful funny surprise 
3
Pieces of April
Bob Strauss
A movie that s a little too determined to find sweet forgiveness in sour attitudes 
2.5
Pieces of April
Marty Mapes
Great performances of well observed characters lift the movie above its one note ending
3
Pieces of April
John Anderson
Funny sober high brow situation comedy about family holidays and the perils of uncooked poultry unpaid utility bills 
3
Pieces of April
James Berardinelli
The ending of Pieces of April is conventional but satisfying and there s enough delightful weirdness up to the final moments that it s hard to fault Hedges for taking the easy way out 
3
Pieces of April
Walter Chaw
A white fantasy of helpful unflaggingly one dimensional minorities 
2
Pieces of April
Collin Souter
Miraculously the movie never breaks into a sitcom It remains a thoughtful witty and dead on portrait of a family coming to terms with its identity as one of its members faces death 
3.5
Pieces of April
Peter Travers
A playful comedy laced with heartbreak 
3
Pieces of April
Steve Rhodes
Played to the sarcastic hilt by Patricia Clarkson 
3
Pieces of April
Ed Gonzalez
Far stranger than the unnecessary air of mystery and constant telegraphing going on here is how Hedges turns disease and race into a running joke 
1.5
Pieces of April
Ross Anthony
Nothing there to make me care about her much still the picture is entertaining and surprisingly emotional as it rounds up with a strong dose of heart 
2.5
Pieces of April
Erik Childress
That Hedges is able to weave all the strands of humor regret anger and love into a paltry 80 minutes is quite an achievement 
3.5
Boogie Nights
Federico Furzan
A fantastic take on a Golden Era that nobody wants to remember and it s pretty relevant Full review in Spanish 
4
Boogie Nights
Mike Clark
The pop 1970s were typified in part by cheesy fashions ephemeral music and a regular diet of daring cutting edge movies that arguably made that decade Hollywood s richest Blistering Boogie Nights recaptures the spirit of that time on all three counts 
4
Boogie Nights
Maitland McDonagh
An epic story of self delusion with a skill and grace that many more experienced filmmakers would be hard put to match 
4
Boogie Nights
David Nusair
Paul Thomas Anderson cements his reputation as one of the most gifted filmmakers of his generation 
3.5
Boogie Nights
Phil Villarreal
Anderson eloquently blends these characters together for a tantalizing seriocomic medley He keeps his proceedings glossy and tantalizing while steady and harshly real 
4
Boogie Nights
Margaret A. McGurk
Director Paul Thomas Anderson is unsparing with his deluded characters and their giddy chaotic age but he is never cruel 
3.5
Boogie Nights
Mick LaSalle
With Boogie Nights we know we re not just watching episodes from disparate lives but a panorama of recent social history rendered in bold exuberant colors 
4
Boogie Nights
Jeremy Heilman
Boogie Nights is a shockingly well made film 
4
Boogie Nights
Barbara Shulgasser
I m not sure all of this works out as convincingly as Anderson intends in the movie s somewhat unsatisfying ending but getting there is a wickedly enjoyable journey 
3
Boogie Nights
Ted Prigge
While all the actors give stunning performances the real star of this film is without a doubt the Paul Thomas Anderson writer and director extraordinaire 
4
Boogie Nights
Michael Dequina
You re a star goes the film s final line Truer words cannot be spoken about Paul Thomas Anderson 
4
Boogie Nights
Ian Mantgani
Like a version of GoodFellas where everybody can trust each other 
4
Boogie Nights
Jeff Vice
On top of some preposterous and near fatal plotting errors Anderson makes the mistake of creating too many characters supporting stars Graham and Cheadle don t get enough to do while William H Macy is wasted for the sake of a punchline 
2.5
Boogie Nights
Rob Blackwelder
It simply tells a compelling story about shallow damaged people trying in earnest to gain any kind of respect they can find even through salacious means 
3
Boogie Nights
Marty Mapes
I didn t dislike it but it didn t do much for me 
2.5
Boogie Nights
Steve Rhodes
With fewer characters tighter editing and a more focused story it would have been much more palatable and enjoyable At the theater I was in the audience all looked exhausted when they left 
2.5
Boogie Nights
Madeleine Williams
Technically brilliant and with good acting Boogie nights is a very good but not great film 
3
Boogie Nights
Roger Ebert
As a writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson is a skilled reporter who fills his screen with understated authentic details 
4
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
John Beifuss
As in The Seventh Victim Valley of the Dolls and Earthquake director Mark Robson here suggests that the untreated festering anxieties of modern sophisticated society may erupt in dangerous traumatic even explosive ways 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Brian Eggert
Instead of inspiring his audience Parker s desperation to achieve greatness proves transparent while the quality of filmmaking does not equal his ambitions 
2
The Birth of a Nation
Matt Brunson
Whatever one thinks of the messenger the delivered movie is worthy of attention It s a film for the here and now a document that nicely supports the Black Lives Matter movement and throws shade on the All Lives Matter nonsense 
3
The Birth of a Nation
George M. Thomas
Although the story of Nat Turner s slave rebellion in Virginia is a formidable one worth telling it probably could have been told better than presented by Nate Parker s version 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
David N. Butterworth
Nate Parker might well be the next big thing if he s ever given the chance to work in Hollywood again 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
David Nusair
the film s searing true life origins could and should have paved the way for a electrifying engrossing piece of work 
2
The Birth of a Nation
Glenn Lovell
an ambitious multilayered epic as important in its way as 12 Years a Slave Parker s Nat Turner no Sunday school martyr thirsts as much for bloody retribution as freedom 
4
The Birth of a Nation
John Serba
Parker is best at nurturing a simmering tension throughout the narrative where the safety of Turner and his family is ever precarious 
3
The Birth of a Nation
John Beifuss
A remarkable episode in American history receives conventional quality treatment 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Kent Turner
By the midway point there are reminders that this is the work of a first time director making a small scale epic 
2
The Birth of a Nation
James Kendrick
As a directorial debut it is a bold assured film not flawless by any means but impassioned and genuine in all the right ways delving into a heady stew of faith and violence that is in the end irreconcilable 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Linda Cook
It s a beautiful film about an ugly time in history 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Ann Hornaday
The Birth of a Nation is a flawed but fairly compelling chapter of the American story that powerfully resonates with how that story is playing out today 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Robert Levin
The agony and desperation of slavery the sheer magnitude of the total dehumanization that defines it has been captured in The Birth of a Nation by director star and writer Nate Parker with stunning force 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Phil Villarreal
A penetrating unflinching look at the horrors of slavery that will forever taint American heritage 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Barry Paris
Hard to imagine a more timely and polarizing moral social racial agenda 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Neil Rosen
The movie should be seen It manages to involve you makes a powerful statement and it s a story that needs to be told 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Tom Meek
The film s both a look forward and back with the promise of a unified nation where all are treated equally regardless of color to be birthed from the bloody act 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Max Weiss
The rebellion itself is brutally violent cathartic and terrifying In the end it becomes clear that this is not one of Tarantino s florid revenge fantasies but a true story of the men and women who were willing to pay the ultimate price for freedom 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Sara Michelle Fetters
A vital movie maybe even an important one Parker s directorial debut is visually impressive viscerally hypnotic and emotionally complex It is also not the instant masterpiece it was initially pegged to be 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Robert Horton
Parker struggles to connect these motivations to Turner s ultimate historical strategy 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Christian Toto
The Birth of a Nation might be the most faith friendly movie you ll see all year although it won t be promoted that way 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Robert W. Butler
It makes each viewer a member of the slave community By the time it s over we wonder not that Nat Turner turned to murderous violence but that it took him so long 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Barry Hertz
While The Birth of a Nation certainly has a powerful and important story to tell it is ultimately a story told with little depth or artistry or skill 
1.5
The Birth of a Nation
Sonny Bunch
The Birth of a Nation devolved into a totem in the culture wars for reasons outside of what s up on the screen an intermittently powerful yet underwhelming film 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Sean P. Means
With this talented crew behind him Parker creates a grand period film that despite its indie budget carries the sweep of such epics as Braveheart and Spartacus 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Chris Knight
The story resonates today both as an important early chapter in the sordid tale of American race relations and as frightfully good cinematic drama Nate Parker clearly understands the incendiary nature of the story 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Tirdad Derakhshani
A fast moving deeply absorbing and thoroughly exciting directorial debut 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Mark Dujsik
The main takeaway of The Birth of a Nation is that Nat Turner s story needs to be told although it probably could use a different telling than this one 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Michael Smith
It takes some time to get there but by the third act of The Birth of a Nation its message is clear To move forward on the issue of race we must go back 
3
The Birth of a Nation
James Berardinelli
The film stands tall on its own merits and deserves to be seen irrespective of the perceived failings of its author 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Lauren Chval
The Birth of a Nation is a moving angry film that directly ties history to the current atmosphere of the country With a little more focus it could have harnessed its blind burst of rage 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Richard Roeper
Parker reaches with both hands for greatness and falls short but this is nevertheless a solid and strong and valuable piece of work 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Kyle Smith
It s one of the few important movies to hit cinemas this year 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Jeff Simon
Birth of a Nation is a cinematic juggernaut The cumulative portrait of Turner and its rebellion is immense 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Clayton Davis
The movie just revels in its own carnage that it just merely underwhelms its own purpose Images of a floating angel upon one s death is as cheesy as anything you can witness in a C level faith driven picture on the Hallmark Channel 
1.5
The Birth of a Nation
Peter Howell
The Birth of a Nation is a film for alert minds even those that can t and shouldn t forget the past and present behaviour of its maker 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Jeff Beck
The Birth of a Nation is certainly not without its flaws mainly due to issues in pacing and storytelling but one has to give credit where it s due for with a strong cast and a powerful narrative it s got just enough to make it worth exploring 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Matt Zoller Seitz
Parker s approach is never dull exactly But it s never remarkable enough to overwhelm the suspicion that you re not being told a story here so much as being sold a career 
2
The Birth of a Nation
Moira MacDonald
It tells unquestionably an important story that needs to be heard 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Rafer Guzman
An ambitious intelligent and unsettling film from writer director star Parker 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Ty Burr
There is a movie here amid the uproar and it s worth attending to powerful but imperfect both a dramatization of an overlooked chapter in American history and a clichéd gloss on it 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Chris Hewitt
As a filmmaker Parker balances the humanity within Turner s community of slaves with a matter of fact depiction of the physical and psychological horrors of slavery 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Bob Bloom
The Birth of a Nation is a fierce and furious depiction of one of the dark periods in American history that most citizens would like to forget and feel uncomfortable about dredging up 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Rex Reed
A conventional Hollywood biopic punctuated by a fury that sprays raspberry juice all over the camera with enough graphic slash and flash to turn your stomach 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Mick LaSalle
It takes a condition that we have all thought about historically politically and even dramatically and makes us actually feel it and live it That s a serious achievement 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Katie Walsh
Placed under the microscope The Birth of a Nation lacks some originality of thought but it nonetheless offers the opportunity for necessary discussion 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Dann Gire
Parker s project would be impressive enough as a first feature but him being its co writer producer director and star pushes it into an amazing achievement 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Peter Travers
Other films have taken on the blight of slavery but Nate Parker throws the knockout punch as people are killed for no reason but being black a statement that gives Parker s landmark film the heat of a history that s still being written 
3.5
The Birth of a Nation
Lawrence Toppman
Parker put his heart and soul into it but sometimes the road paved with good intentions doesn t lead to Hell It stops at mediocrity 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Michael Phillips
Parker sees the Nat Turner story as righteous wrath straight no chaser not much characterization Very likely the real Turner was a more unruly contradictory and human figure than the icon at the center of things here 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Josh Larsen
rightly rooted in the perspective of the oppressed 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Peter Canavese
Unsettlingly Parker s historical film depicts a tragic uncivil war that bears comparison to our modern racial struggles and while it s history not to be forgotten it s also not to be mischaracterized 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Brian Truitt
A work this powerful would be impressive for any filmmaker so the fact that this is Parker s first directorial feature is undoubtedly amazing 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Kam Williams
An emotionally unsettling alternate version of a controversial chapter in America s slave legacy 
4
The Birth of a Nation
Matt Brennan
Nate Parker strains to control the strange and stirring complications of his subject s visionary apocalypticism 
2
The Birth of a Nation
Shane Slater
Alternately flat and overwrought with flashes of brilliance in between Parker conveys Turner s story like a spiritual elegy for the past 
3
The Birth of a Nation
Roger Moore
It has value even if it s simply not good enough to make anyone forget the filmmakers pre movie sins 
2.5
The Birth of a Nation
Matt Pais
Essential as history and good not great as filmmaking 
3
Stardust
Brandy McDonnell
The movie boasts a stellar cast even in the smallest roles and they play their parts with gusto Stardust has a sense of whimsy and quirky humor missing from many fantasy hits 
3.5
Stardust
Jeffrey Westhoff
Wants to be the next generation Princess Bride and boy does it come close 
3.5
Stardust
Wesley Lovell
No more interesting or involving than The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
2
Stardust
Linda Cook
Well look what fell out of nowhere 
3.5
Stardust
John Beifuss
Pure imaginative escapism 
3
Stardust
Michael Dequina
Don t be fooled by the lackluster trailer which paints this as being in the staid and wholesome Narnia mold it s a lot more fun than that 
3
Stardust
Jonathan W. Hickman
If you can give into the fantastic premise Stardust is grand adventure on a grand scale 
3
Stardust
Erik Childress
Stardust had little chance of standing up next to the classics even with a competent storyteller 
2
Stardust
Matt Brunson
Every time it appears that the movie has exhausted its bag of tricks it pulls out something else that s sure to startle and please 
3.5
Stardust
Ross Anthony
Fails for 1 full hour then pivoting on De Niro s flamboyant appearance ascends to clouds Too many cut up furry creatures risque adult situations for kids animal lovers 
2.5
Stardust
Mike McGranaghan
A fairy tale ought to enchant this one just washes over you painlessly but unmemorably 
2
Stardust
Larry Ratliff
Harry Potter for older teens and adults that s the best way to describe the fantastic fantasy ride that is Stardust 
3.5
Stardust
Bob Bloom
Most knowledgeable filmgoers can figure out who does what to whom and who winds up with whom The enjoyable part is watching everyone get there 
3
Stardust
Claudia Puig
Stardust lights up the screen with a splendid tale of heroism and romance You don t have to be a fan of fantasies to enjoy its considerable whimsy 
3
Stardust
Geoff Pevere
Stardust feels episodic and clunky constantly straining for the impression of overall coherent design that Gaiman renders invisible 
2
Stardust
Chris Hewitt
The strained too long Stardust is way off the mark 
2
Stardust
Moira MacDonald
Stardust suffers from uneven pacing and some cheesy looking special effects But the fine cast keeps things watchable 
2.5
Stardust
Mick LaSalle
Though the special effects are at times a little more elaborate than necessary they don t overwhelm the story s human scale 
3
Stardust
David Elliott
Stardust staggers with end of summer excess seldom winning more than a weary gasp 
2
Stardust
Carla Meyer
Entertains and even transports at times But the spell is broken too often 
2.5
Stardust
Pam Grady
Vaughn has done justice to his source material at times even surpassing it his ending is way more satisfying than Gaiman s It is mostly a delight and that is just fine 
3
Stardust
Stephen Whitty
Look deeply into Stardust and all you see is a slightly diluted Princess Bride and a happily ever after you ve seen a dozen times before 
2.5
Stardust
Lou Lumenick
An overstuffed overlong epic with a tongue in cheek approach that repeatedly begs unfavorable comparisons with The Princess Bride 
2.5
Stardust
Jack Mathews
A kitchen sink fantasy in both mood and content It is exciting funny adventurous magical and very romantic The special effects are great but the characters are even better 
3.5
Stardust
Cathy Jakicic
Stardust includes a troupe of familiar faces in small witty parts plus some genuinely original touches but despite being virtually busting with magic isn t as magical as it should be 
2.5
Stardust
Connie Ogle
The most surprising thing about Stardust is that its most winning element is neither its delightful story nor its special effects but its sly sense of humor 
3
Stardust
Robert W. Butler
The biggest drawback is that young stars Cox and Danes are insufferably colorless Automatons could have given these performances 
2
Stardust
Amy Biancolli
No Stardust isn t a children s movie It s a movie for anyone of any age who believes in magic or wishes they did 
3.5
Stardust
Terry Lawson
Even if it is not as smart and emotionally affecting as MirrorMask it will alert moviegoers to the talent of Gaiman a storyteller for the ages 
3
Stardust
Lisa Kennedy
We can tell you this Your own pure escapism is assured 
3.5
Stardust
Wesley Morris
The movie isn t remotely as sardonic or irreverent as it so clearly wants to be 
1.5
Stardust
Sean P. Means
Stardust may fall short of the fairy tale grandeur and humor of The Princess Bride but it has plenty of charms of its own 
3
Stardust
Peter Canavese
It s been quite some time since a fantasy adventure this cheekily entertaining has made its way down the pipeline 
3
Stardust
Daniel M. Kimmel
Stardust will either usher in a new interest in fantasy films for grown ups or else become one of those cult movies whose devotees will eagerly seek out converts 
3
Stardust
Liam Lacey
For audiences tired of summer sequels that grind through the familiar motions Stardust provides a dizzying antidote 
3
Stardust
Roger Ebert
There are lots of good things in the movie but they play more like vaudeville acts than part of a coherent plot It s a film you enjoy in pieces but the jigsaw never gets solved 
2.5
Stardust
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film is a kaleidoscope of wonderment much of it bouncing off of the screen in such robust and magnificently layered detail a person needs to see it twice just to take it all in 
3.5
Stardust
Willie Waffle
Suffers mightily in the last third as Robert DeNiro shows up playing a pirate like he wants to out Johnny Depp the actual Johnny Depp
2.5
Stardust
Maitland McDonagh
This revisionist fairy tale is never quite able to find its tone 
2.5
Stardust
Steve Rhodes
A bore for young and old alike Stardust features a large and talented cast all wasted 
1.5
Stardust
Ed Gonzalez
A compendium of multifarious genre inflections seemingly intended for friends of Tori 
2
Stardust
James Sanford
a delightful thrilling and entertainingly offbeat yarn Pfeiffer is positively spellbinding Vaughn has given this seductive fairy tale the same dark comedy and out of left field wackiness that made his first effort memorable 
3.5
Stardust
Steven Rea
It brings too much of everything to the table It s the cinema equivalent of a long winding run on sentence 
2.5
Stardust
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stardust is the first summer movie of 2007 that actually celebrates storytelling rather than concept selling 
3.5
Stardust
Dustin Putman
Stardust isn t just a one note movie with a lot of pizzazz and zero substance but a more thoughtful motion picture that ponders many of the mysteries of life in a way that is accessible and emotionally satisfying 
3
Stardust
Michael Phillips
Stardust piles on the conflict and the bombast 
2
Stardust
Lawrence Toppman
Stardust takes a standard structure young hero of unrecognized worth goes on a quest to save a damsel and plays charming variations on that theme 
3
Stardust
Matt Pais
Like nothing you ve seen before and we don t mean that in a good way 
1
Stardust
Jan Stuart
Stardust comes as close as any newfangled fairy tale in recent years to sating the appetite of dream hungry moviegoers 
3
Stardust
Joe Lozito
Less than magical adaptation of Neil Gaiman s romantic fairytale has some fine moments but lacks vision 
2.5
Stardust
Josh Larsen
There has always been something diabolical about Pfeiffer s beauty and she both plays up and subverts that image here 
3
Stardust
James O'Ehley
A magical tale of witches princes magical realms and the mythical sleepy English village of Wall 
3
Stardust
Sean McBride
Should remind most audiences of The Princess Bride although this film is a lot more adult in its themes and villains 
3.5
Stardust
Jeanne Aufmuth
A mixed bag of triumphs and failures 
2.5
Stardust
James Berardinelli
Stardust is a little of a throwback to how fantasy movies used to be before the emergence of the multi part epic serials It s a lighter simpler sort of tale 
3
Love Is Strange
Mattie Lucas
Sachs has crafted something universal and resonant a Bittersweet funny and ultimately moving film that shows that even though love may be strange it s never anything short of beautiful 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Scott Renshaw
It s about the strangeness of love in all its forms with Sachs quiet observational style capturing tensions on a small scale between the ideal we hope for in our interactions with friends with family with lovers and reality 
3.5
Love Is Strange
John Beifuss
If it was conceived as a message movie the message is one of love and hope 
4
Love Is Strange
Mal Vincent
Initially you suspect you re in for a 90 minute sermon on gay rights Instead the traumas have a universal resonance
3
Love Is Strange
Brad Keefe
Sometimes a little movie comes along that s so achingly authentic it feels real 
3
Love Is Strange
Rob Thomas
Love is Strange captures scenes such as a day Ben spends painting the city from his rooftop of ordinary perfect moments ones that turned out to be the end of something But you didn t realize it at the time 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Matt Brunson
Writer director Ira Sachs has made a film that s messy and unfocused and in this instance that s not a detriment 
3
Love Is Strange
Peter Canavese
The film may seem to be doing very little but it evinces great sensitivity as it explores a universal theme of dealing with life s unexpected derailments and trying to get back on track 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Nathalie Atkinson
This is not a strident film it s about subtle performances 
3
Love Is Strange
Peter Howell
An unforgettable portrait set to a dazzling soundtrack of Chopin piano pieces of the sense of loss we all feel when we are obliged to move into unfamiliar and uncomfortable surroundings 
3
Love Is Strange
Joe Williams
Love Is Strange is beautifully acted and bittersweet It s a gentle reminder that modern love like a houseplant needs sunlight space and attention to grow 
3
Love Is Strange
Roger Moore
A sweet random little nothing of a comedy
2.5
Love Is Strange
Robert Levin
Here s a movie filled with the joy and sadness the frustrations and pleasures of real life 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Steven Rea
A film about learning and changing and learning to change 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Moira MacDonald
Sachs tells the story with artful economy one late crucial plot point happens without our seeing it and ends it with an achingly lovely image caught in golden sunlight 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Duane Dudek
From the first scene where the pair spoon in a crowded double bed and go about their morning ablutions the actors convincingly communicate the familiarity of longtime companions 
3
Love Is Strange
Rene Rodriguez
Sometimes love can feel like hate or annoyance it is as the title states strange But sometimes more often than not it can be a wonderful thing 
3
Love Is Strange
Claude Peck
The movie which feels a bit like a mashup of Woody Allen and Mike Leigh succeeds on its simple story and its lead actors 
3
Love Is Strange
Ann Hornaday
The strangest thing about Love Is Strange is how completely un strange it is from its familiar family dynamics to its exquisite honesty and compassion 
3
Love Is Strange
Dann Gire
It falls to Lithgow and Molina to create empathy for the major characters and the two of them fit so well together that it s heartbreaking when their marriage suffers terrible strain 
2.5
Love Is Strange
Walter V. Addiego
See Love Is Strange for its sensitivity and understated jokes but mainly for Lithgow and Molina s expertly modulated work which pulls the movie back when it threatens to stray into melodrama or heavy handedness 
3
Love Is Strange
Matt Pais
The acting is effortless with even small characters portrayed very clearly There is feeling throughout the movie however muted 
3
Love Is Strange
Michael Phillips
Many I suspect will be moved to tears by Love Is Strange which Sachs earns the hard way not by amping up the dramatic situations but by grace notes and quiet spells cast by all the right actors 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Stephen Whitty
A heartbreaking movie the story of two people who love each other who are devoted to each other who only want to live together in quiet happiness 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Claudia Puig
Love may be weird complicated and uncertain but it is also wondrous Love Is Strange makes that case with a remarkable blend of tenderness wit and intelligence
3.5
Love Is Strange
Peter Travers
Acting doesn t get better than this Want to know what love is Watch Lithgow and Molina and learn 
3.5
Love Is Strange
Sheila O'Malley
Love is Strange is a patient film The emotions it unleashes are enormous 
4
Love Is Strange
Lou Lumenick
Love is Strange is very well worth seeing for its two stars who acutely convey the pain their characters feel over their separation as well as displaying their considerable comic chops to keep things from getting too grim 
3
Love Is Strange
Matthew Kassel
Mr Sachs thankfully shirks the schtick settling instead on a more mellow and meandering narrative with pockets of humor and heartbreak giving Love Is Strange its casual welcoming feel 
3
Love Is Strange
Jesse Cataldo
Ira Sachs s push for heartrending poetry makes it clear that the film is putting too fine a gloss on the acute pains of one small tragedy 
2.5
Love Is Strange
Clayton Davis
Encompassing a sensitive and beautiful soul Sachs film allows for a deep connection embodied by all the great things that make up a terrific love story 
3
Worry Dolls
David Nusair
An often excessively tedious horror effort 
1
The Woman in the Septic Tank
Diego Semerene
A lighthearted critique on the fetishized notion of the non actor the ethics or lack thereof of the docudrama and the packaging of national despair for export 
3
Unleashed
Joe Lozito
Unfortunately the fight scenes and there are several are very frontloaded 
2
Unleashed
Kam Williams
An irritating excuse to glorify senseless slaughter 
1
Unleashed
Stefan Ulstein
Freeman is better than his role and Hoskins is a powerful presence Li almost pulls off a psychologically complex role But in the end Unleashed is a muddled film 
1.5
Unleashed
Kurt Loder
Unleashed is a must see for Jet Li fans he s so good in it in the end he even prevails over the movie s boldly improbable and distracting plot 
2.5
Unleashed
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If a movie is only as good as its villain then Unleashed is a very good movie indeed 
3
Unleashed
Mike McGranaghan
Unleashed while by no means a great film at least has some ambition in its storytelling its style and its performances 
3
Unleashed
Matt Brunson
Jet Li s puppy dog demeanor as the domesticated Danny the Dog adds some tears to the expected blood and sweat 
3
Unleashed
Frank Ochieng
convoluted but nevertheless intriguing Unleashed still manages to incorporate the spirit of a palatable actioner that resonates with energetic force
2.5
Unleashed
Susan Tavernetti
They didn t use much imagination or paper on this script 
1
Unleashed
Linda Cook
A sort of adult fable Unleashed is Jet Li s finest American release so far 
3.5
Unleashed
Sarah Chauncey
The writing direction performances and above all the editing help Unleashed to rise to the top of the pack in your not so average martial arts and British gangster flicks 
3
Unleashed
Marty Mapes
That s a lot of diverse talent that makes a melange rather than something more pure
3
Unleashed
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hoskins in particular is stunning adding layers and dimensions to Bart that are completely unexpected This isn t your typical maniacal over the top villainous performance but instead a nuanced evenly subtle examination of evil 
3
Unleashed
James Berardinelli
The film contains enough quiet reflective moments for us to become aware how preposterous the central conceit is and that keeps us at arm s length For a movie that strives to be in your face that s too far away 
2.5
Unleashed
Mike Clark
The movie doesn t make it but there s enough going on to make it more arf than barf 
2.5
Unleashed
Peter Howell
Unleashed is that rarest of things a violent movie that makes you think 
3
Unleashed
Ted Fry
Li and his Unleashed company have made a wildly entertaining piece of ultra violence that also stands as a gleefully absurdist adventure story 
3
Unleashed
Peter Hartlaub
Unleashed is the kind of martial arts movie we would see if Tom Hanks could execute a flying spin kick 
3
Unleashed
Josh Larsen
The frame itself seems to shake with fear whenever that collar comes off 
3
Unleashed
Lisa Rose
Even though the dramatic aspect doesn t quite click it s a watchable experiment 
3
Unleashed
Sean P. Means
Li shouldn t stop the acting lessons yet but his easy byplay with Freeman shows he is a quick study 
2.5
Unleashed
Robert W. Butler
Pure nonsense But modestly diverting nonsense 
2.5
Unleashed
Peter Canavese
The Dickensian trials of a poor shackled martial artist but save your great expectations for the next summer action movie 
2
Unleashed
Rick Groen
Let s just say that docility is not the best use of a martial artist s talents 
2
Unleashed
Jeff Vice
Unleashed is easily Li s best most consistently exciting film in quite some time 
3
Unleashed
Michael Booth
Unleashed is one of those rare gems a date movie with exploding squibs 
3.5
Unleashed
Wesley Morris
The insult in Unleashed comes not so much in having Li act like a dog but in refusing to let him be a man 
2
Unleashed
Bob Strauss
There is much that s worthy about Unleashed but you wish that somebody in charge would have reined in its dissonant excesses 
2.5
Unleashed
Terry Lawson
It was only after Li came to America to do his high flying thing that he was stripped of his personality Here he gets stripped of his dignity as well 
2
Unleashed
Jami Bernard
Unleashed serves two masters each one disappointingly It s a brutal series of over amped fights and it s a touching story of human nature at war with itself 
2.5
Unleashed
James Verniere
Colossally stupid 
1
Unleashed
Lou Lumenick
Unleashed which swiftly works its way to an over the top climax is top grade hokum That s a compliment 
2.5
Unleashed
Willie Waffle
Unleashed is one of those truly cursed movies that never had a chance Maybe someone should rub his nose in the script so Besson will never do it again 
0
Unleashed
Mack Bates
Li s best English language movie to date 
2.5
Unleashed
Roger Ebert
The film is ingenious in its construction It has all the martial arts action any Jet Li fan could possibly desire 
3
Unleashed
David Sterritt
Luc Besson s screenplay is dumb but has just enough weird touches to give occasional glimmers of interest 
1
Unleashed
David Hiltbrand
Picture Of Mice and Men remade for the smash mouth set and you have Unleashed 
2
Unleashed
Dustin Putman
Thrilling bone crunching gloriously choreographed fight scenes but they re in between the more enduring core of the film which is a character centric family drama 
2.5
Unleashed
Rob Blackwelder
The few unfortunate nods to convention are certainly forgivable when the rest of the picture stands uncommonly above the genre norm 
3
Unleashed
Chris Hewitt
Unleashed has a good idea and a great character and it can t figure out what to do with them 
2
Unleashed
Tracy Allerton
The martial arts mastery we expect is all there in spectacular fashion yet the story also allows Li to show off boyish vulnerability and it s a winning combination 
2.5
Unleashed
Allison Benedikt
Even with its clever gimmick Unleashed is like an old dog No new tricks 
2
Unleashed
Jeremiah Kipp
Here s an irresistible pulp fantasy premise that screams drive in classic 
3
Unleashed
Walter Chaw
The first happy surprise of 2005 
3.5
Unleashed
Peter Travers
Jet Li lets fly with his fists and feet of fury Which is all to the good It s the sentimental story that screenwriter Luc Besson sandwiches in between fights that induces a gag reflex 
2.5
True Love
Roger Ebert
This is a subtle movie that invites us to read between the lines It suggests that a lot of couples may be married to marriage rather than to each other 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Angie Ward
Succeeds as a comedy as a glimpse at a tumultuous time in European history and as a thoughtful look at the great lengths to which people will go for important relationships 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Betsy Bozdech
The influx of Western culture may have been inevitable but thanks to this charming film we see that there was plenty in the East worth saving 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Eric Melin
The real story is how ideologies melt when it comes to affairs of the heart In that way the movie has an appeal that goes way beyond its country s borders 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Linda Cook
This is an unusual and tender story about the love of a family for each other 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Lori Hoffman
Director Becker blends comedy pathos political commentary witty dialogue and beautiful visual elements into a seamless movie 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Phil Villarreal
The story is almost gag inducingly silly and unlikely but director Wolfgang Becker s film is just sweet enough to help the medicine go down 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
John Beifuss
The hero s imaginary GDR is not just a child s eye view of a socialist Utopia but a literal motherland contrived for the love of his mother 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Robert W. Butler
Often droll and clever but rarely genuinely funny Its real power asserts itself only in the final reel when a genuine sense of melancholia settles in 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Rob Thomas
Becker stays tapped into complicated and painful truths while keeping us laughing 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Steve Rhodes
A sweet and quirky tale it s a movie in which I never expected to cry but I did 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Jeff Vice
Good Bye Lenin does a better job of summarizing the politics and recent history of Eastern Europe than you might think could be crammed into a movie that runs less than two hours 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Duane Dudek
An ironic nostalgic and often poetic reminiscence about the period circa 1989 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Michael Booth
Watching Becker invent new challenges and new solutions in scene after scene makes Good Bye Lenin a joyous show blurred by tears of sympathy 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Chris Hewitt
It s a study of a fascinating shift in culture the family s whole way of life changes literally overnight and a story of a son s powerful faith in his mother 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
James Verniere
An inventively resonant comedy 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Roger Ebert
It is no doubt filled with references and in jokes we do not quite understand But the central idea travels well 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Ty Burr
Good Bye Lenin beautifully mixes comedy sentimentality and cynicism 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Steven Rea
A deft balance of wistful family drama and drollery 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Michael Wilmington
Like the East German pickles Alex finds for his mother it s a tasty but evasive treat no matter what your taste in politics or movies 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
James Berardinelli
It is not a step by step chronicle of German reunification but it gives a perspective of the time It s a bonus that this comes as part of an engrossing and well told story 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Jeanne Aufmuth
Its social satire is tinged with affable humor and subtle sadnesses even when the deception is too lengthily drawn out 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Moira MacDonald
A film that s ostensibly about politics turns out to be a love story 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Rick Groen
It s mainly a hunt for ironies usually playful but occasionally poignant and the search is definitely successful enough to merit our attention although maybe not the two hour running time 
2.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Ruthe Stein
Deliciously offbeat comedy as wildly inventive as anything Billy Wilder ever conceived 
4
Good Bye Lenin!
Glenn Lovell
Well acted by Sass and the very likable Brhl 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Peter Debruge
The illusion of a perfect East German state exists solely for one woman s benefit the deception a charming display of just how far a son will go out of love for his mother 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
V.A. Musetto
There are many funny lines and situations accompanied by strong performances all around 
2.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Bob Strauss
Wisely understands that it s our delusions which often get us through this difficult ridiculous life and they therefore require something akin to the same nurturing as our deepest most rewarding loves 
4
Good Bye Lenin!
Mike Clark
This is a very funny picture though it s never burlesqued and is in fact occasionally poignant 
3.5
Good Bye Lenin!
John Anderson
The mix of melancholy and possibility that Alex and his generation feel is made real and moving 
2.5
Good Bye Lenin!
Rene Rodriguez
Good Bye Lenin fares even better as a straightforward story about a mother and son 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Ed Gonzalez
If not as dense as Godard s Masculin Fminin Wolfgang Becker s Good Bye Lenin is an equally playful look at the effects of American globalization abroad 
3
Good Bye Lenin!
Ian Mantgani
The backdrop is snatching at random political significance and the plot just turns into a stupid and pointless comedy of errors 
2
Ferrante Fever
Roger Moore
Tries to avoid addressing the big question in front of it just who is this anonymous Elena Ferrante and is NOT knowing who she is a big part of her appeal 
2.5
I Do (But I Don't)
David Nusair
Affable yet forgettable 
2.5
Ravens
David Nusair
suffers from a lack of entertaining attributes to warrant anything more than an ambivalent shrug from the viewer 
2
The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
Adam Nayman
Bozzolini stays resolutely on message from beginning to end insisting so enthusiastically and adamantly about the greatness of Italy s musical culture that he almost drowns out the melodies on his own soundtrack 
2
North Dallas Forty
Tom Meek
A scathing yet comical take on the big business of football 
3.5
North Dallas Forty
Roger Ebert
The football scenes are brutally real the locker room scenes are totally authentic 
3.5
Pale Flower
Kathy Fennessy
91 Ry 244 93 Ikebe apos s difficulty in memorizing dialogue had shaken the industry apos s faith in him and his faith in himself but Shinoda knew he could get the job done in light of his quot erotic and graceful presence 44 quot and Ikebe fully rewards the filmmaker apos s faith 46 
4
Pale Flower
Roger Ebert
Pale Flower is one of the most haunting noirs I ve seen and something more in 1964 it was an important work in an emerging Japanese New Wave of independent filmmakers an exercise in existential cool 
4
Pale Flower
Eric Melin
Director Masahiro Shinoda takes lots of chances using close ups and off kilter edits to deepen his characters A jazzy avant garde score throws things even more off balance 
3.5
50 First Dates
Jorge Avila Andrade
Proporciona un buen rato de diversión para toda la familia Y decir esto de una película de Sandler es algo para tomar en cuenta 
3
50 First Dates
Collin Souter
A depressing Rom Com with more endings than Something s Gotta Give and Return of the King combined 
1.5
50 First Dates
Kevin A. Ranson
Sandler has blurred the line between comedy and drama 
3
50 First Dates
Sara Michelle Fetters
After watching the duo reunite in 50 First Dates it is instantly clear that the chemistry displayed in that older film wasn t a fluke If anything age has only been kind to the twosome in this regard 
2
50 First Dates
Jim Shelby
This is a potentially sweet and interesting romantic comedy which keeps going for the poo poo jokes 
2.5
50 First Dates
Matt Brunson
The picture still charms but it has to work overtime to do so 
2.5
50 First Dates
Sara Brady
a gently silly comedy that s actually romantic without making anyone sick in the process 
4
50 First Dates
James Kendrick
tries to have it both ways earn tears and sniffling smiles from the sentimental and big guffaws from those who like vomit penis and gay jokes
2.5
50 First Dates
Jonathan R. Perry
As Barrymore reminds us Nothing beats a first kiss Who would have thought an Adam Sandler vehicle in February would be the first romantic comedy in years to mean it 
3
50 First Dates
Mike McGranaghan
There s a nice blend of comedy and romance at work here I walked out feeling all warm and happy inside literally 
3
50 First Dates
Lori Hoffman
Sandler can 8217 t eliminate the sophomoric jokes but opposite Barrymore he is willing to send them to the back burner so their romantic combustion can percolate up front 
2.5
50 First Dates
Michael Dequina
There s a sweet romance fighting to reach the surface here but it s ultimately a losing battle against the overpowering and sour Sandler crassness 
2
50 First Dates
John Beifuss
Sandler was married last summer and the project seems to represent the star s ecstatic response to the possibility of lifelong true love 
2.5
50 First Dates
Dustin Putman
Nowhere near as good as The Wedding Singer but what Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore share on film is most certainly no flash in the pan 
2.5
50 First Dates
Linda Cook
Not exactly memorable 
2
50 First Dates
Christian Toto
Dates proves once more Sandler and Barrymore can trump the silliest shtick
2.5
50 First Dates
James Verniere
A vulgar contrived and weightless romantic comedy 
2.5
50 First Dates
Emily Blunt
The film has an odious poodle poo stench to it Though watching Rob Schneider be beaten with a baseball bat in one particularly off scene did seem a bit cathartic 
2
50 First Dates
Moira MacDonald
An awkward blend of date movie and preadolescent comedy 
1.5
50 First Dates
Mick LaSalle
The jokes in 50 First Dates aren t jokes and the bits aren t bits so much as scattershot gestures in the general direction of comedy at which an audience is expected to laugh not at the joke but at the comic s attempt at humor 
2
50 First Dates
Peter Travers
Uneven shapeless and crushingly repetitive 
2
50 First Dates
Sarah Chauncey
The underlying theme is lovely and romantic people should work to win their partners love every day It s too bad the execution leaves the audience feeling dumped 
1.5
50 First Dates
Jami Bernard
A terrible movie by all reasonable standards yet it leaves a sweet taste 
2.5
50 First Dates
Adam Sternbergh
Feels like an improv sketch that can t get off the ground because the performers keep cracking up and having to start over 
2
50 First Dates
James Sanford
it begins with a walrus vomiting the thought of Sandler seducing dozens of honeys is enough to make anybody feel like that unfortunate walrus goo goo goo joob 
2
50 First Dates
Connie Ogle
The film moves in fits and starts never finding its groove It s as if the filmmakers could come up with a potentially successful premise but no way of following through 
2
50 First Dates
Glenn Whipp
Neither tolerable nor fun 
1.5
50 First Dates
Dan Lybarger
There s also a weird sense of laziness with 50 First Dates that impedes a lot of the humor and much of the heart 
1.5
50 First Dates
Liam Lacey
Crude lewd and shameless You bet 
2
50 First Dates
Terry Lawson
Much of this is very sweet even touching but it just isn t funny 
2
50 First Dates
Jeff Vice
Sandler and Barrymore somehow manage to make the picture work at least some of the time but you will no doubt wish the material were better or at least higher minded 
2.5
50 First Dates
Lisa Kennedy
50 First Dates offers a seductive vision of a quirky love But there is a note of melancholy at the conclusion of this mixed bag of the compassionate and the crude 
2.5
50 First Dates
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn t have the complexity and depth of Groundhog Day but as entertainment it s ingratiating and lovable 
3
50 First Dates
Lawrence Toppman
For all the irrelevant silliness though the movie never loses sight of its romantic center 
2.5
50 First Dates
Ty Burr
50 First Dates wants to have it both ways but only one of them really works 
2.5
50 First Dates
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When not obsessed with hitting the giggly teenage boy demographic 50 First Dates concentrates on a situation that requires Sandler to act grown up and responsible 
2.5
50 First Dates
Phil Villarreal
This is Sandler s first romantic comedy that puts romantic first 
3
50 First Dates
Austin O'Connor
A fter the spate of painful rom coms that have started the movie year even one that features an explosively vomiting walrus somehow seems like a breath of fresh air 
2.5
50 First Dates
Jon Niccum
This could have been one of the great date movies But only those hopeless romantics who are dating a stoned frat guy will be totally satisfied with this patchwork picture 
2.5
50 First Dates
Kit Bowen
Even though it s populated with juvenile antics 50 First Dates is still a great date movie cliched as that sounds 
3
50 First Dates
Bob Bloom
Writer George Wing and director Peter Segal should have demonstrated more faith in their main plot and skimmed these unnecessary diversions like fat off a brisket 
2.5
50 First Dates
Erik Childress
There s a very sad romance at the heart of 50 First Dates It keeps peeking its head through only to be smacked back down 
2
50 First Dates
James Berardinelli
50 First Dates is more of a romantic comedy than an Adam Sandler comedy 
3
50 First Dates
Lou Lumenick
About 25 too many 
2
50 First Dates
Sue Pierman
50 First Dates probably will give couples a few laughs but nothing to remember in the morning 
2.5
50 First Dates
Claudia Puig
50 First Dates is working awfully hard to be romantic and not hard enough to be a comedy 
2
50 First Dates
David Sterritt
50 First Dates turns a good premise into a romantic comedy that s vulgar sentimental and as dumb as the sea creatures the veterinarian hero cares for in a Hawaii aquarium 
1
50 First Dates
Tony Toscano
despite Sandler s usual crutch of going way over the top 50 First Dates is still a pretty watchable and funny movie 
3
50 First Dates
Jeffrey Westhoff
Sandler wants to be charming and still fill his movie with gross comedy to have his cake and puke it up too 
1
50 First Dates
Chris Hewitt
Sweet deeply felt and funny 
3
50 First Dates
Phoebe Flowers
While it s not his best work it s certainly not the worst thing Sandler has made 
2
50 First Dates
Glenn Lovell
50 First Dates is the perfect date movie one that should appeal to teens into Sandler s mean spirited shtick while drawing coos and oohs from those traditionalists drawn to something softer and dreamier 
2.5
50 First Dates
Carrie Rickey
I don t think 50 First Dates is a great movie or a particularly funny one but I admired its romanticism and its gentle plea for the acceptance of difference 
2.5
50 First Dates
Rob Blackwelder
Sandler and Barrymore have some kind of romantic comedy alchemy together that makes him seem like a genuine catch of a lovable man boy and makes her flightiness seem cute 
2.5
50 First Dates
Gene Seymour
Sticky but ingratiating 
2.5
50 First Dates
Mark Caro
Sandler s movies always have combined juvenile humor with sentimentality but the two rarely have seemed so out of synch 
2
50 First Dates
Josh Larsen
Rob Schneider s contribution Well he says poi poi a lot 
1.5
50 First Dates
David Nusair
The chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore is undeniable a match that goes a long way towards making the film far more compelling than it should be 
3
50 First Dates
Ross Anthony
A sweet romantic entertaining unique romantic picture Good for a sincere first date long term partners or solo if you re on the outs and need a good cry 
2.5
50 First Dates
Steve Rhodes
Has a promising concept but in another of his annoying performances Adam Sandler stars as Henry 
2
50 First Dates
Walter Chaw
That 50 First Dates is awful is no surprise that it appears to have had the potential to be great is just heartbreaking 
1
50 First Dates
Scott Nash
Relies too heavily on juvenile humor 
2.5
50 First Dates
Ed Gonzalez
The Farrellys use the grotesque to illuminate human frailty while filmmakers like Peter Segal stoop low in order to validate their characters 
1.5
Dementia
Matt Brunson
From its politics of paranoia to its roster of freaks and geeks from its unsettling surrealism to its sexual psychoanalysis it s easy to see this oddity s DNA in Lynchian romps such as Eraserhead Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks 
3
Road to Rio
Matt Brunson
One of the better entries in the Hope Crosby franchise 
3
The Glory Guys
Matt Brunson
Fitfully entertaining yet consistently unexceptional Western with a script by no less than Sam Peckinpah 
2.5
Damien: Omen II
Matt Brunson
The most underrated film in the franchise 
3
Damien: Omen II
David Nusair
comes off as a surprisingly organic follow up to its 1976 predecessor 
2.5
Damien: Omen II
Ted Prigge
it is a mess but it s actually very engrossing There s not a minute of the film that isn t watchable 
2.5
Hyde Park
Roger Moore
An LGTBQ dramaedy 46 46 46 that daintily dances around the subject and 46 46 46 looks polished but is quaintly amateurish
1.5
Z.P.G.
Matt Brunson
Oliver Reed apos s sleepy performance suggests his character needs a nap more than a child 46 
2
My Reincarnation
Tom Russo
The story and settings hold interest throughout but at times the very lack of emotional connection that Yeshi laments in his father seems to hinder the film 
2.5
My Reincarnation
Michael O'Sullivan
My Reincarnation is a fascinating if inexpertly told yarn 
2
My Reincarnation
Kyle Smith
Buddhism teaches patience and you re going to need it if you attempt to sit through the conciliatory bromides of the slow documentary My Reincarnation 
1.5
My Reincarnation
Chuck Bowen
My Reincarnation at its simplest is another illustration of the idea that people of most walks of life have essentially the same problems 
3
My Reincarnation
Kam Williams
An intriguing Marjoe esque adventure highlighting how a corporate position at IBM might have belatedly led a reluctant designated demigod down a path of enlightenment lined by throngs of gullible devotees in waiting 
4
Charlie Is My Darling
Ted Scheinman
The doc weaves its footage into a meditation on sex art and money among a band not yet wearied of all three 
3.5
Big Fish & Begonia
Mark Dujsik
Big Fish Begonia is at times an achingly beautiful work of animation 
3
Big Fish & Begonia
Peter Sobczynski
From a visual standpoint Big Fish Begonia is never less than breathtaking 
3.5
Big Fish & Begonia
Oleg Ivanov
In the sly exchanges between the teenage protagonists and their elders the film reflects a nation s shifting tides 
3
Big Fish & Begonia
Roger Moore
Pretty to look at but its murky Chinese Little Mermaid folk tale loses something in translation
2
The Disappeared
Simon Houpt
Who needs a Hollywood budget to make a haunting drama of men adrift at sea 
3
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Bob Bloom
The serial s production values compensate for the usual Universal cheapness of stock footage and newsreel sequences 
3
Prisoner of the Mountains
Gene Siskel
The mountain top locations are stunning it s like a visit to the moon And the story has all of the cynicism of war itself 
3.5
Prisoner of the Mountains
Margaret A. McGurk
A reminder of how revealing it can be to see classic tales through the prism of another culture 
3
Prisoner of the Mountains
Rick Groen
Once our disbelief gets suspended a spell is definitely cast 
3
Prisoner of the Mountains
Roger Ebert
A thoughtful and moving film about war 
3.5
Prisoner of the Mountains
James Berardinelli
Lyrical and evocative Prisoner of the Mountains represents a balanced and telling examination of the absurdity of war 
3.5
Prisoner of the Mountains
Peter Stack
Bodrov s movie turns this barren no man s land into an extraordinary stage 
4
Prisoner of the Mountains
Rob Blackwelder
Poignant without being heavy Prisoner of the Mountains is insightful and even magical in spots rather than grandiose as American war pictures even one about POWs tend to be 
3
Prisoner of the Mountains
Joe Baltake
A terse poetic look at the intimacy of war when enemies come face to face 
3.5
Rubber
Joey Nolfi
Rubber deserves praise and a viewing if only for its absurd spirit alone but the film is probably best digested when applying its self proclaimed no reason logic to understanding it as a whole 
3
Rubber
Walter Chaw
a hipster movie affectedly exhausted and cocksure with no justification for it And like anything hipster you sort of want to kick it in the teeth 
0.5
Rubber
Mike Scott
Audicious and wonderfully offbeat it s a fun one to talk about if only for the opportunity to shake your head in amused disbelief at what you just saw 
2.5
Rubber
Keith Cohen
The amplified sound effects and the remarkable mobility displayed by Bob without resorting to computer enhanced special effects are the film s greatest strengths If you have 82 minutes to kill you may derive a 
2
Rubber
Glenn Lovell
Spielberg announced his arrival with a killer truck By making us believe in a thinking tire Dupieux has outdone him Appropriately in this film s parting shot the Hollywood sign beckons 
2
Rubber
Sara Michelle Fetters
This audacious and sometimes inspired throwaway is like a Saturday Night Live skit sprung from the mind of David Cronenberg or David Lynch 
2.5
Rubber
Ty Burr
If Rubber was half as smart as it is clever we might be talking gonzo midnight four star classic here 
2
Rubber
Betsy Sherman
Part slasher movie spoof part self reflexive Theater of the Absurd 
2
Rubber
Matt Brunson
Redundant 46 
2
Rubber
Michael O'Sullivan
Rubber is a silly thing But it doesn t stop at silly 
3
Rubber
Liam Lacey
More a deadpan art provocation than a real movie Rubber is spun out like a musical theme through a series of variations 
2
Rubber
David Nusair
Unapologetically bizarre 
2.5
Rubber
Jeff Shannon
Goofily amusing for 85 minutes and a fitting B feature to the E T comedy Paul 
2.5
Rubber
Peter Howell
An exercise in horrific absurdity that is neither as scary nor as amusing as it hopes to be 
2
Rubber
Robert Levin
The picture thrills in large part because the filmmaker so gleefully indulges in the craziness of the conceit 
3.5
Rubber
Mike McGranaghan
Whether you choose to perceive it as a goof a satire or a little of both Rubber is undeniably audacious 
3
Rubber
Kyle Smith
Picture Monty Python writ ing an unusually odd Twilight Zone episode directed by surrealist Luis Buñuel Or just empty your mind of all sense This is Rubber 
3
Rubber
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie takes that old genre into such consistently thoughtful directions that I was constantly amused 
3
Rubber
Nick Schager
Describing or discussing Rubber a film about a telekinetic killer automobile tire is apt to make it sound like an inspired bit of absurdist lunacy 
1.5
Rubber
Dustin Putman
Barebones and overly literal With respect to its initial ambition it s also terribly boring stretched to the brink at 80 minutes 
1.5
The Bad Batch
Federico Furzan
Wasted potential that does not awake a single viewer s emotion Fantastic performances are not enough for saving this from being forgettable Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The Bad Batch
Angelica Jade Bastién
A film with neither engaging emotional threads nor the kind of panache that makes such cinematic mayhem worth it 
1
The Bad Batch
Julia Cooper
It s a trippy sun scorched apocalyptic horror film with a rom com finish that gets as bloody visceral and cannibalistic as its U S R rating will allow 
2.5
The Bad Batch
Mark Dujsik
T his is a movie that s mostly about attitude ultimately hollow while being apathetic about everything it shows and anything it could be saying 
1.5
The Bad Batch
Sean P. Means
While her visual flair is strong Amirpour s arch tone stifles the charisma of her cast By the end of The Bad Batch she has painted a fascinating scene but she s also painted her characters into corners from which she can t help them escape 
2.5
The Bad Batch
Bruce DeMara
Brace yourself for a dark nasty and surprisingly enjoyable ride 
3
The Bad Batch
Richard Roeper
The Bad Batch has all the ingredients necessary for a minor cult classic but it s tough to get that recipe just right 
2
The Bad Batch
Ty Burr
By the final sequences the excitement of seeing what a young filmmaker with a ferociously distinct sensibility is going to do next has evaporated into the hot desert air 
2
The Bad Batch
Michael O'Sullivan
In addition to presenting a parable about the collapse of society Amirpour s film is also a kind of postmodern Adam and Eve story 
3
The Bad Batch
Chuck Bowen
Ana Lily Amirpour has learned a few lessons from QT about the disreputable joys of blending kitsch and ultraviolence 
2.5
The Bad Batch
Bill Chambers
Did I mention the soundtrack is great 
2.5
Do the Right Thing
Brian Eggert
Do the Right Thing endures as an essential work of cultural introspection 
4
Do the Right Thing
Peter Canavese
Spike Lee s magnum opus a Stanley Kramer film on steroids Easily on the best social issue films ever made 4K HD Blu ray review 
4
Do the Right Thing
David Nusair
Filmmaker Lee delivers a somewhat overlong yet mostly engrossing drama 
3.5
Do the Right Thing
James Kendrick
Lee is using violence to provoke discussion in his viewers to drive at controversial issues that don t have simple neat or clean answers
4
Do the Right Thing
Matt Brunson
An out and out masterpiece Spike Lee s best movie also remains the most penetrating film ever made about race relations in these United States 
4
Do the Right Thing
Kathleen Carroll
In the final analysis the best thing one can say for Lee is that he takes risks like all true artists For unlike most of today s film makers he s not afraid to really challenge a movie audience to do some serious thinking 
3.5
Do the Right Thing
Carrie Rickey
Do the Right Thing is an exceptional film a movie that wisely deprives you of the cozy resolutions and epiphanies so often manufactured by Hollywood Like the film s principals you are left feeling that you have been torched where you live 
4
Do the Right Thing
Gene Siskel
This might sound like a depressing story but the level of performance and filmmaking is so high that Do the Right Thing becomes a most entertaining warning 
4
Do the Right Thing
Gary Thompson
The movie s volatile subject has overshadowed the fact that Do the Right Thing is quite funny and a technically superb picture that easily ranks as the best movie Lee has made 
3.5
Do the Right Thing
Dave Kehr
It s depressing to see how much credit Lee has been given simply for painting his characters in shades other than the purely good and the purely evil as if the gesture reflected anything other than an appreciation for a basic human truth 
2
Do the Right Thing
Joe Leydon
A movie that gives us the vitality of urban street life and the viciousness of racism in a single brightly bedecked booby trapped package 
4
Do the Right Thing
Kam Williams
A riveting drama which remains just as intense as when it debuted in 1989 
4
Do the Right Thing
Peter Canavese
A towering achievement in American cinema Spike Lee s Do the Right Thing takes a hard look at a community in crisis Blu ray 
4
Do the Right Thing
Eric Henderson
Like Rear Window to Alfred Hitchcock like Nashville to Robert Altman like Playtime to Jacques Tati Lee s Do the Right Thing is an undiluted representation of its creator s artistic command 
4
Do the Right Thing
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Inarguably one of the greatest American films ever made 
4
Do the Right Thing
James Berardinelli
The movie confronts racism head on with the kind of clear eyed and unflinching attitude that is rarely seen in major motion pictures Lee does not pander to political correctness nor does he sermonize 
4
Do the Right Thing
Marty Mapes
Roger Ebert points out that this film which honestly and sometimes graphically explores the ambivalence surrounding race relations was probably the best movie of 1989 I would have a hard time disagreeing 
4
Do the Right Thing
Ted Prigge
Plays like a pot of boiling water eventually bursting and spilling over for a shocking and brilliant climax
4
Do the Right Thing
Roger Ebert
Comes closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time
4
Afflicted
David Keyes
When it comes to the ongoing cycle of handheld horror films at the local movie theater there are far worse choices than a movie like Afflicted 
2.5
Afflicted
Simon Abrams
Afflicted is as emotionally involving as a really accomplished special effects sizzle reel 
2
Afflicted
Adam Nayman
Runs smack into a number of generic clichs from the back and forth bickering about how to deal with the situation to a lazy underlying misogyny 
2
Afflicted
Bruce DeMara
Ambitious in scope and practically flawless in execution Afflicted is good news for horror fans seeking something fresh and chilling from two impressively assured young filmmakers 
3
Afflicted
David Nusair
the movie s appealing affable atmosphere is perpetuated by both the first person presentation and the personable nature of the two central characters 
2.5
Restos de Viento
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Traces of Wind represents a huge leap forward from Montemayor 
2.5
Restos de Viento
Rene Sanchez
A lyric and intimate story about learning to overcome our deepest fears Dolores Fonzi delivers an outstanding performance Full Review in Spanish 
3
Camera Store
Roger Moore
Downbeat wordy theatrical but a fascinating failure built on a terrific talkative turn by John Larroquette 
2
Last Chance Harvey
Kelly Jane Torrance
The romantic comedy tends to be one of the most predictable of genres but Last Chance Harvey has even fewer surprises than most What it does offer though is the chance to watch a couple of old pros do what they do best charm us and each other 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Brandy McDonnell
The pleasure of seeing Thompson and Hoffman gamely steal scenes from one another gives the film a chance to entertain 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Peter Canavese
Sometimes all we really want from a movie is to spend some time with beloved actors Blu ray 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Robert Levin
Last Chance Harvey simultaneously functions as a valentine to the city of London and an intensely personal character study
3.5
Last Chance Harvey
Charles Koplinski
Despite fine work from its two leads Last Chance Harvey can t overcome its hackneyed script 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Gina Carbone
I saw movie stars make a good movie great because they know how Emma Thompson is the best actress alive today Full stop 
3.25
Last Chance Harvey
Linda Cook
Sometimes it s nice to be reminded that romance isn t only for the young 
3.5
Last Chance Harvey
John Beifuss
Emma Thompson easy airport pickup 
2
Last Chance Harvey
Christian Toto
Last Chance Harvey gives Dustin Hoffman his first crack at a killer lead role in a decade 
3.5
Last Chance Harvey
Gary Brown
The romantic chemistry that flows between the two great leads is worth the price of admission 
3
Last Chance Harvey
David Nusair
46 46 46 manages to break through its admittedly hackneyed structure to become a surprisingly charming piece of work 46 46 46 
3.5
Last Chance Harvey
Linda Barnard
Watching Hoffman and Thompson tentatively discover each other is joyously tender 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Chris Hewitt
The result Lots of entertaining chitchat 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Mick LaSalle
What s in it for Emma And the answer is not much 
1
Last Chance Harvey
Connie Ogle
Though the story doesn t quite live up to the cast s pedigree it at least provides the rare pleasure of a blossoming romance between two people older than Kate Hudson or Ryan Reynolds 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Robert W. Butler
Nothing earth shaking happens in Last Chance Harvey It s just a chance to see two really great actors deliver a middle age love story 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Liam Lacey
You can t take a script flimsy enough for a Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey vehicle and expect a couple of real thoroughbreds like Thompson and Hoffman not to shred it to pieces 
2
Last Chance Harvey
Jeff Vice
There s no denying that Hoffman and Thompson do have a believable chemistry You just wish they were exploring that in a more original and captivating movie than this one 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Lawrence Toppman
Writer director Joel Hopkins adheres to the timeworn Hollywood pattern with clumsy determination never daring to freshen the romantic comedy formula 
2
Last Chance Harvey
Ty Burr
There are moments to treasure but they re small and delicately crafted actors moments 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Michael Sragow
Wthout an expansive vision or invention a small scale film can feel even smaller than its cast of dozens 
2
Last Chance Harvey
Sara Michelle Fetters
Actors like Hoffman and Thompson seldom get roles as good as these anymore both of them having absolute field days bringing them to life 
3
Last Chance Harvey
John Wirt
So much more touching fun and substantive than the silly formulaic romantic comedies starring younger hotter box office stars 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Michael Phillips
There s not a believable minute in the 92 minutes of Last Chance Harvey but Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson smooth over most of the problems just by showing up and doing what they do for a living 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Willie Waffle
a great movie for that day when you need a bit of comfort and love 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Mike McGranaghan
Last Chance Harvey is nothing you haven t seen before It s just done with older actors a bit more poignancy and a bit more class
3
Last Chance Harvey
Michele Kenner
Writer director Joel Hopkins should thank his lucky stars that Hoffman and Thompson are on board Some of the story and dialogue are hokey but the actors overcome those obstacles 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Steven Rea
Sappy sentimental and redeemed only by the quiet radiance and fidgety intelligence of its leads Last Chance Harvey is a fantasy about mopey middle agers getting a second chance at love 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Jeffrey Westhoff
How refreshing to be in the hands of a filmmaker who doesn t follow a diagram he found in the pages of Seven Easy Steps to a Boffo Screenplay 
3.5
Last Chance Harvey
Roger Ebert
Last Chance Harvey is a tremendously appealing love story surrounded by a movie not worthy of it 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Matt Brunson
Last Chance Harvey is the sort of insipid romantic comedy that had it starred a pair of 20 somethings or 30 somethings would be instantly dismissed by one and all 
1.5
Last Chance Harvey
Kam Williams
Hoffman and Thompson team to weave movie magic via a vintage romantic roundelay 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Michael Dequina
The more mechanical bits of the script weigh the film down 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Plays like a bad Kate Hudson romantic comedy but with much better actors 
2.5
Last Chance Harvey
Camerin Courtney
We want the characters to help us sigh dreamily while the credits roll Harvey provides that plus relatable emotion endearing comedy and stellar acting 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Dustin Putman
Carried out with a rare intelligence for the genre Last Chance Harvey is proof positive that a firm handle of material can make anything seem revitalized and fresh 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Stephen Whitty
It s a small sweet old fashioned charmer 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Lou Lumenick
Slight but utterly charming 
3
Last Chance Harvey
James Berardinelli
Last Chance Harvey is a standard order romantic comedy with a couple of unusual ingredients that make it worthy of notice 
3
Last Chance Harvey
Ed Gonzalez
One reacts to Joel Hopkins s Last Chance Harvey with about the same level of revulsion directed at its titular character by the people around him 
1.5
Last Chance Harvey
Frank Ochieng
Charmingly perceptive and gently elegant in wit and warmth Last Chance Harvey is quirky and quiet while boasting steady performances by leads Hoffman and Thompson 
3
The Touch
Roger Ebert
Not only a disappointment but an unexpected failure of tone from a director to whom tone has usually been second nature 
2.5
Cape of Good Hope
Kam Williams
A socially relevant and meaningful film from South Africa which supplies plenty of reasons to feel optimistic about humanity s prospects 
4
Cape of Good Hope
John Hartl
Brown s spunky funny Kate helps hold the piece together 
2.5
Cape of Good Hope
Michael Wilmington
There s so much Altmanesque activity in the film that even if some storylines temporarily don t work others keep making up for them 
3
Cape of Good Hope
Jeff Strickler
No matter how heavy handed the sentimentality gets the film s intentions seem sincere 
3
Cape of Good Hope
Chris Hewitt
Around the margins of the story are characters whose behavior is unique 
2.5
Cape of Good Hope
Roger Ebert
A post apartheid film in which the characters are less concerned with politics than with matters of the heart 
3
Cape of Good Hope
Ruthe Stein
A warmhearted film 
3
Cape of Good Hope
Lisa Rose
The picture isn t devoid of substance but it doesn t allow itself to get mired in message either It conveys its themes via likable relatable protagonists 
3
Cape of Good Hope
Ken Fox
It s hopeful without being saccharine and predictable without making you feel stupid 
3
Cape of Good Hope
Lou Lumenick
Charming if overlong 
2.5
Cape of Good Hope
Elizabeth Weitzman
The subject matter is much too dark for children and the tone is not sophisticated enough for adults so it s hard to know who Mark Bamford had in mind for this awkwardly sentimental drama 
1.5
Cape of Good Hope
Ed Gonzalez
The best moments are tender but few and far between the worst aren t eye opening but shrill 
2
Cape of Good Hope
Joshua Tanzer
Dog lovers may give Cape of Good Hope an extra star and a half for the way it uses the canine world to slyly comment on the human world Cat people can go either way 
2
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Leo Brady
It s obvious that Bruce Springsteen has been thinking a lot about living these days and he lays it all out on the table with Letter to You 
3.5
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Linda Cook
If you re a Bruce Springsteen fan or even if you have an affection for his music Bruce Springsteen s Letter to You is a don t miss documentary 
4
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Robert Levin
This documentary is every bit as special as the album Springsteen s best in years It s joyful it s magical and yes it s life affirming too 
4
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Brad Wheeler
With too much salutation and not enough action this is a fine companion to the album but not a freestanding film 
2.5
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Steven Prokopy
Letter to You is a tribute to the E Street Band and how they are still as vital and energetic and still play like they need the money 
3.5
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Roger Moore
Stiff stale self serving and self conscious Of course it s in black and white But at least he s not wearing an ill suited cowboy hat 
2
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Brian Tallerico
47 years after Greetings from Asbury Park N J Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are still making vibrant catchy music and Letter to You captures their undeniable artistry 
3
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
Joey Magidson
Between the music Springsteen s narration and the E Street Band at work there s magic on display here 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Matt Brunson
While it may not be the best Western ever made heck it s not even the best Western Leone ever made it s clearly the work of a master filmmaker whose style has never grown stale 
3.5
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tom Meek
The final scene in the Sad Hill Cemetery is a riveting spectacle made so by some brilliantly tight editing and underscored by the genius of Ennio Morricone s genre defining composition 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Wesley Lovell
The defining spaghetti western pits a charismatic Clint Eastwood against partner and nemesis Eli Wallach and perpetual enemy Lee Van Cleef 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Peter Canavese
The sublime film music now iconic situations like the climactic ghost town shootout and sure visual style add up to a pitch perfect genre pic that ongoingly influences generations of hip filmmakers Blu ray 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
David Nusair
while the film is seriously overlong there are enough elements here to hold the interest of even the most impatient viewer 
3
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Eric Henderson
One of the most compelling validations of the western genre s most elemental touchstones 
3.5
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
John Monaghan
Of all the great films of the 1960s The Good the Bad and the Ugly is one of a fistful that can be truly appreciated only on the big screen 
3
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Josh Larsen
has a self conscious panache that s years ahead of its time 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Michael Wilmington
An improbable masterpiece a bizarre mixture of grandly operatic visuals grim brutality and sordid violence that keeps wrenching you from one extreme to the other 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Peter Sobczynski
It demonstrates that a film can be exciting and funny and epic in scope while still retaining the peculiar vision of an artiste compelled to capture his obsessions with a Techniscope lens 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Roger Ebert
Art it is summoned out of the imagination of Leone and painted on the wide screen so vividly that we forget what marginal productions these films were 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ty Burr
The uncut new print reclaims the widescreen majesty of Tonino Delli Colli s cinematography allowing you to see every iconic wart and furrow on every bad guy s face 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Leone weighs every movement carefully every footstep every squeeze of the trigger screams epic Everything is important and nothing is insignificant 
4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ted Prigge
The film runs about two hours and forty five minutes but is absolutely absorbing and goes by quickly and smoothly 
4
The Last Starfighter
Michael D. Reid
The Last Starfighter a kind of intergalactic Alice in Wonderland comes fully loaded glowing performances director Nick Castle s fine sense of balance and restraint and Jonathan Betuel s screenplay playful and bulging with arid wit 
3
The Last Starfighter
Leo Seligsohn
For all the imaginative twists and turns there s only so much mileage in the conceits of The Last Starfighter And it runs out long before the final reel 
2
The Last Starfighter
James Calloway
The movie is best when it is most unassuming during moments of humor or gee whiz excitement 
3
The Last Starfighter
Bruce Bailey
The story takes on an entertainingly whimsical edge as it cuts back and forth from the real Alex s adventures in outer space to the amusing little tribulations of the look alike android left on Earth to take our boy s place 
3
The Last Starfighter
Robert Trussell
The chief selling point of the film aside from a welcome sense of humor is its stylish computer generated animation for the space sequences No models or conventional animation techniques were used and the results are impressive 
2.5
The Last Starfighter
Jeff Guinn
The movie delivers that all too rare cinema experience simple fun without attendant social scoldings or moral lessons It won t change your life but it will give you a happy two hours 
3
The Last Starfighter
Gene Siskel
A script that wisely stresses the human over the mechanical The result is a hugely entertaining adventure film Indiana Jones could use some of the heart and soul in this picture 
3.5
The Last Starfighter
Kathleen Carroll
A surprisingly endearing tale of intergalactic warfare 
3
The Last Starfighter
Desmond Ryan
Director Nick Castle s virtually unique response to the long shadows cast by Lucas and Spielberg is to borrow from both of them With The Last Starfighter he has made a shrewd and winning film that is highly derivative yet quite original 
3
The Last Starfighter
George Williams
The Last Starfighter is a marvelous science fiction adventure with the kind of sweet thrills you d expect from a Steven Spielberg movie 
4
The Last Starfighter
Michael Heaton
What this movie really has going for it is a good heart It s a nice fantasy adventure about simple good people who get involved in things beyond their wildest dreams 
3
The Last Starfighter
Matt Brunson
On paper at least on one the size of a Post it Note The Last Starfighter sounds like the same old same old So the surprise regarding this film is how it deviates from the expected paths in interesting ways 
3
The Last Starfighter
Peter Canavese
Charmingly hokey takes the suburban working class folks meet space aliens paradigm of early Spielberg and marries it to Lucas Star Wars Blu ray 
2.5
The Last Starfighter
Roger Ebert
The special effects are competent The acting is good and I enjoyed Robert Preston s fast talking The Music Man reprise and the gentle wit of Dan O Herlihy s extraterrestrial But the final spark was missing 
2.5
Catacombs
David Nusair
Remarkably unpleasant and pointless virtually from start to finish 
.5
Obsessed
John Beifuss
Another movie that demonstrates it s bad feng shui to place a glass coffee table beneath a chandelier beneath an attic that can t even support the weight of a blond wearing little more than the whipped cream bikini she sported in Varsity Blues 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Linda Cook
No one wanted this to be The Notebook as much as I did 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Christy Lemire
The Longest Ride is pretty darn tolerable and sometimes even enjoyable not just for fans but also for regular people who are you know cynical 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Peter Canavese
A Nicholas Sparks movie is like cinematic Jello It sells well the number one ingredient is sugar and there s always room for it 
1
The Longest Ride
Scott Renshaw
A Sparks movie will never completely want for melodrama but it s nice to find one where the melo is a bit more mellow 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Sean P. Means
The only thing more grating than a Nicholas Sparks romance is two Nicholas Sparks romances bumping into each other 
2
The Longest Ride
James Berardinelli
As a romance a drama or even a sports movie The Longest Ride never reaches a satisfying destination 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Mike McGranaghan
The film has one story that kind of works but is continually interrupted by one that doesn t That has the effect of keeping The Longest Ride from ever achieving the meaning and relevance it so clearly aims for 
2
The Longest Ride
Susan Wloszczyna
You heard of Star Wars Films based on Sparks books could be called Star Crossed Wars 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Dustin Putman
The two halves of The Longest Ride do not always smoothly congeal but it is a sure bet that it will work for its target audience 151 and likely a few skeptics as well 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Stephen Whitty
The movie has nowhere to go and spends more than two hours getting there 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Willie Waffle
Conducts an all out assault on your tear ducts with plenty of support from Alan Alda I was almost ready to surrender Almost 
2
The Longest Ride
Stephanie Merry
People don t go to Sparks movies for subtlety they go to warm their hearts by bearing witness to true love Of course that requires a story that rings true In The Longest Ride authenticity is in short supply 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Liam Lacey
Eventful polished and knuckle bitingly dull the 10th film adapted from a novel by Nicholas Sparks combines fate bull riding and some powerful Hollywood bloodlines among its young cast 
1
The Longest Ride
Mark Dujsik
Both stories are weak and not just in the circumstances over character way of the Sparks universe 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Chris Knight
Far be it from me to spoil the plot but since this is a Sparks story we re required to have at least one death one scene of shirtless farm labour one torrential downpour one nugget of elderly wisdom and one improbable conclusion 
2
The Longest Ride
Lou Lumenick
Can the ailing Ira help the young lovers work things out in his limited time left on earth or even afterward Let s just say Sparks works up to an ending that s as shamelessly preposterous as it is predictable 
2
The Longest Ride
Peter Keough
It tries to bridge the gap between pop culture and cultural elitism between high art and the common commodity that everyone else buys tickets to see A worthy goal but it results in a movie that has none of the virtues of either 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Peter Howell
It runs a long 128 minutes You have to wade through not just puddles of tears but also piles of BS 
2
The Longest Ride
Connie Ogle
Merely adding an older generation of lovers to a love story does not make your romance one for the ages 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Rafer Guzman
The young Eastwood is better than you might expect though it s Chaplin who shines in this Nicholas Sparks romance 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Jon Niccum
Delivers a slick serviceable blend of romance and melodrama Your typical love and sacrifice and bull riding tale 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Michael Phillips
Even when Eastwood and Robertson pleasant enough company threaten to float off the screen The Longest Ride glides along and delivers its reheated comfort food by the ton 
2
The Longest Ride
Mick LaSalle
Everything in the movie is suffused by a vision of life that is resoundingly and evidently false but as this vision is not repulsive but is intended to reassure the lies don t produce anger or frustration No they bring on the laughs 
2
The Longest Ride
Claudia Puig
The Longest Ride is sentimental forced and silly but it s sure to hit the bull s eye with its intended audience 
1.5
The Longest Ride
Matt Pais
As sexy as a rodeo clown and much slower 
0.5
The Longest Ride
Eric Henderson
There s little doubt where Cormac McCarthy bashing Sparks s allegiances lie The Longest Ride is truly no country for old ambiguity 
1
The Longest Ride
Roger Moore
Insipid
1.5
The Longest Ride
Soren Andersen
Carolina settings star crossed lovers elements of tragedy Sparks formula works Get out your handkerchiefs and rest assured that there will be uplift at the end 
2.5
The Longest Ride
Sandy Cohen
The film is likely to satisfy Sparks fans And it brings something new to the romance genre bull riding 
2.5
Betting on Zero
Federico Furzan
Even though it feels incomplete this documentary does a pretty good job of stating a commentary more relevant than we think Full review in Spanish 
3
Betting on Zero
Stephen Rebello
Betting On Zero repeats itself too often But the tale it tells of the struggle between Haves and Have Nots tale is powerful necessary and persuasive 
3
Betting on Zero
Kam Williams
Is Herbalife a thinly veiled con game being run by shady snake oil salesmen or a benign operation affording average folks a realistic shot at the increasingly elusive American Dream You be the judge 
4
Betting on Zero
Michael O'Sullivan
It s likely to leave viewers in a state of Documentary High Dudgeon that brand of cinematic outrage that is not entirely unmixed with a pleasurable feeling of moral superiority 
3.5
Betting on Zero
Roger Moore
Another nail in the Herbalife coffin made more chilling by the pyramid scheme company s ties to the Trump White House 
3
Nothing Personal
Mattie Lucas
A strangely beguiling if slight romance beautifully filmed and acted by its two leads 
2.5
Nothing Personal
V.A. Musetto
Director writer Urszula Antoniak in her first big screen feature keeps dialogue to a minimum while concentrating on visual style 
3
Nothing Personal
Bill Weber
Two loners in an Irish coastal house negotiate their emotional distance in this debut feature with an implausible script undermining strong performances and visual ambition 
2
Sleeping Dogs
Roger Ebert
The movie resembles Z and The Battle of Algiers in the way it combines ideology with fiercely paced action 
3
Nightfall
Simon Abrams
In spite of that tantalizing potential Nightfall will always just be a promising B picture 
3
Splinters
Tom Keogh
A hybrid work that will appeal to both surf movie fanatics and armchair sociologists 
3
Splinters
V.A. Musetto
Wait for it to hit the small screen 
2
Undiscovered
Christopher Borrelli
There is not a single moment in the undistinguished Undiscovered that will do for Pell James what those couple of compassionate moving minutes do in Jim Jarmusch s Broken Flowers 
1
Undiscovered
Terry Lawson
Although it s all but forgotten before the fade out you don t rush to turn it off either 
3
Undiscovered
Steven Rea
An enjoyably cheesy teen melodrama with a touch of indie edge 
2.5
Undiscovered
Tom Meek
For a jerky clich riddled yarn about the evils of fame Undiscovered has enough sensitivity wit and inadvertent guffaws to rise above its lame underpinnings 
2
Undiscovered
Paul Schrodt
Avis layers every sequence with pop singles and confuses poor camera focus and colored lighting for aesthetic flair 
0.5
Undiscovered
Jonathan R. Perry
Not one character has the emotional maturity of an English muffin If we could harness the intellectual energy of everyone involved in this we could toast one Lightly 
1
Undiscovered
Larry Ratliff
Undiscovered works a little That may be enough for romantics needing a break from harsh reality 
2.5
Undiscovered
Gary Brown
A real dog of a film 
1
Undiscovered
Collin Souter
An Ashlee Simpson vehicle disguised as a 2 hour episode of Fame 
1.5
Undiscovered
Dustin Putman
Ashlee Simpson only has a supporting role but she is far and away the best thing about this puerile indie drama 
1.5
Undiscovered
Dan Fienberg
It s The Heights The Movie and who the blazes remembers The Heights besides Jamie Walters friends and loved ones of course 
0
Undiscovered
Stephen Schaefer
For some reason the semitalented folks behind Undiscovered think the world needs to be reminded that showbiz success can be tough on true love 
1.5
Undiscovered
Lisa Rose
Comedy romance and rock performance are spliced into a curious mediocrity 
1.5
Undiscovered
Kyle Smith
Undiscovered is for teens who haven t had their dreams of becoming models and rockers crushed out of them yet It isn t a really good movie but there s real talent in it 
2.5
Undiscovered
Moira MacDonald
It s contrived cutesy and quickly tiresome 
1.5
Undiscovered
Peter Hartlaub
Undiscovered is a film about a great songwriter and it contains horrible songwriting 
1.5
Undiscovered
Peter Howell
When Hollywood suits conduct their autopsy on what went wrong at the box office this summer they may wish to exhume the corpse of Undiscovered for a closer inspection If they can stand the stench 
1
Undiscovered
Ken Fox
Misunderstandings hurt feelings and anguished love songs follow 
2
Undiscovered
Jack Mathews
Tyson a brown and white English bulldog has his own Web site which offers clips of the eager fireplug flying down the street on his skateboard In other words you don t have to endure this dreadful movie to see him in action 
1.5
Undiscovered
Liam Lacey
This is a movie in which we re expected to buy Ashlee Simpson as a singer on the threshold of becoming a major star That s an idea so ridiculous it could never happen in fiction only in real life 
2
Undiscovered
Sarah Chauncey
Anyone who has an actual interest in filmmaking or music would be best served by staying far far away 
1.5
Undiscovered
Wesley Morris
Incidentally Simpson is pretty good playing Luke and Briar s spunky pal But her inoffensive goodness is a symptom of the movie s relentless homogeneity 
2
Undiscovered
Rob Blackwelder
Can somebody tell me why we re supposed to care about these one dimensional MTV spawned caricatures Writer John Galt and director Meiert Avis sure haven t offered any clues 
1
Undiscovered
Mack Bates
James and Strait make the most of the material even though there s no real mystery as to how things are going to work out 
2
Undiscovered
Robert K. Elder
A movie about artistic authenticity in search of its own 
2
Undiscovered
Jan Stuart
Here unplugged unremorseful and unfathomably bad is Undiscovered a romantic comedy with a big heart that s publicity speak and a very small brain 
1
The Da Vinci Code
Mattie Lucas
The book was better 
3
The Da Vinci Code
Kam Williams
Who knows whether Dan Brown was motivated by a distaste for Catholicism or merely by money Regardless it seems dishonest for him to foist his debunked heresies on the gullible unsuspecting public as if they re the God s honest truth 
0
The Da Vinci Code
Michael A. Smith
Whatever your beliefs The Da Vinci Code is a film to be seen and more importantly discussed 
3.5
The Da Vinci Code
Peter T. Chattaway
If you want an entertaining yarn about the Knights Templar historical secrets and cryptic codes hidden in famous documents and artifacts go rent National Treasure 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Wesley Lovell
If you want a taut adventure story read the book If you want a simiplistic tale with average performances and irritating alterations to the source material watch the movie 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Michael Dequina
It would have taken a more imaginative approach and vision not within the reach of Howard and Goldsman to make the material come alive as a movie 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Collin Souter
Some protesters believe that if you see this film you ll go to Hell They got it backwards I think if you go to Hell you ll probably see this film while you re there 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Bob Bloom
The book kept you breathless the movie makes you restless 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Ross Anthony
Feels far more like TV fodder than something worthy of the big screen The plot is intriguing and the acting pretty good but the final finish is lackluster 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Susan Tavernetti
So Dan Brown isn t Umberto Eco and The Da Vinci Code can t hold a rosebud to Citizen Kane Howard still plays by the book closely enough to entertain fans and the uninitiated alike 
3
The Da Vinci Code
Thomas Delapa
Heaven help me I can t resist spilling the beans of Brown s hysterical heretical history It was Professor Plum in the Vatican Library with a lead chalice 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Lori Hoffman
it is fun to imagine that there is a thread of truth to The Da Vinci Code s speculation about a conspiracy to conceal the true role of women in Christianity 
3
The Da Vinci Code
Matt Brunson
On its own cinematic terms it s a moderately entertaining ride sort of like the Nicolas Cage hit National Treasure only done with more style and a more respectable cast 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Jonathan R. Perry
Fast food that doesn t taste fast 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Mike McGranaghan
The Da Vinci Code is baloney but as a film I have to admit that it s entertaining baloney 
3
The Da Vinci Code
Scott Nash
If you enjoyed the book I don t see how you could fail to enjoy the movie 
3.5
The Da Vinci Code
Walter Chaw
The greatest threat that Dan Brown s novel and now Ron Howard s film of the same poses to spirituality is the same threat that any bad art presents the human soul 
0
The Da Vinci Code
Jeff Vice
Judging by the cinematic results Dan Brown s mega best seller is one of those books that should have remained on the printed page 
2
The Da Vinci Code
David Nusair
sporadically engaging but mostly dull 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Emily Blunt
Da Vinci tis sure to stir up a big ol nest of locus n controversy But it s a helluva film 
4
The Da Vinci Code
Jessica Letkemann
It fells a little silly to watch movie stars like Tom Hanks make gee whiz awestruck pronouncements about the bloodline of Jesus Christ out loud 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Forrest Hartman
For all the hype surrounding the film adaptation of Dan Brown s The Da Vinci Code the movie is surprisingly typical 
3
The Da Vinci Code
James Berardinelli
One could classify The Da Vinci Code as diverting but it has sidestepped greatness by a wide margin 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Maitland McDonagh
Only Ian McKellan seems to understand the profound silliness of the film in which he finds himself and he camps it up accordingly the rest of the cast soldiers grimly through this preposterous 148 minute marathon looking understandably exhausted 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Kit Bowen
Ron Howard s beautifully framed The Da Vinci Code sticks to author Dan Brown s controversial wild goose chase thriller pretty religiously 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately it s a work of fiction that translated to another medium seems to have lost its punch 
2
The Da Vinci Code
David Elliott
DVC is a freakish book and a lavishly ludicrous film a bouncing mass of high priced gas given some stability by culture tour settings even Isaac Newton s tomb and of course the Mona Lisa and by Hanks solid sensible presence 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Timothy Knight
Although it s handsomely produced on a grand scale and solidly acted by an international cast The Da Vinci Code somehow manages to drain nearly all the intrigue right out of Brown s jigsaw puzzle of a religious conspiracy thriller 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Larry Ratliff
I felt it moved along a little too quickly as if a tour guide with a pressing dinner reservation was determined to make all the appointed stops but didn t linger long enough to let the impact soak in 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Duane Dudek
It is like a cilice itself confining and constraining the characters the story and finally the audience but never drawing blood 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Bob Strauss
All told the movie comes off as a too hurried too superficial CliffsNotes reduction of a book that really can t withstand much in the way of simplification 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Robert W. Butler
A film that never rises beyond the workmanlike to the inspired 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Amy Biancolli
Absent is the pure guilty joy of sequential puzzle solving instead of participating in the hunt we re shoved off to the side as a couple of crashing boors do it for us 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Rick Groen
Like a two bit philosopher working the wrong side of the stone Howard has managed to turn gold into lead 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Lisa Kennedy
In a marketplace rife with guides for idiots dummies and the rest of us this movie stands as the novel s priciest CliffsNotes 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Josh Larsen
The definitive moment of the movie comes when Ian McKellen actually delves into a lengthy PowerPoint presentation You would be forgiven for thinking you ve somehow slipped into a Columbia Pictures marketing meeting 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Lawrence Toppman
The 149 minute film is a crackling rendition of Dan Brown s novel siphoning off unneeded fat and fancy and leaving us with a streamlined train of a picture that never stops moving 
3.5
The Da Vinci Code
Ty Burr
As a film derived from a book The Da Vinci Code isn t a fiasco on the order of The Bonfire of the Vanities nor is it a triumph a la The Lord of the Rings Instead it s an acceptable but uninspired simulacrum 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Jon Niccum
Ideas that are genuinely challenging to people s beliefs don t come from sources like Ron Howard His movie is a professional workmanlike effort a passable potboiler and not much more 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Sean P. Means
Only McKellen divines that The Da Vinci Code is supposed to be fun and his performance becomes an inside joke that leaves McKellen with a smile as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa s 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Sara Michelle Fetters
The reality is that the scenario presented here should be a bit of pop entertainment fluff a fast and furious mystery whose twists and turns are revealed with enthusiastic glee not with pompous solemnity 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Linda Cook
Looking for that Holy Grail of blockbuster movies Keep looking You won t find it in The Da Vinci Code an overblown bland ghost of the best seller by Dan Brown 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Steve Rhodes
A big budget bore 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Kurt Loder
This flabby and blab infested movie demonstrates once again why Hollywood should stop trying to adapt international egghead blockbusters books about books or about various sorts of twisty antiquarian arcana into films 
1
The Da Vinci Code
Phil Villarreal
May not be without faults including some unlikely action montages and occasional overacting but boredom is not one of them This thing is about as dull as street luge 
4
The Da Vinci Code
James Sanford
falls back on the time honored Hollywood trick of saying something provocative then quickly cushioning the statement to tone down its potentially offensive nature 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Peter Canavese
Too measured to be lively too skittish to be provocative too dramatically slack to be more than a ploddingly literal book on film 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Dustin Putman
An old school thriller just as heavy on intellect and thought provoking ideas as it is on chase sequences and shootouts 
3
The Da Vinci Code
Eric Melin
what reads like a rollercoaster now plays like a booby trapped scavenger hunt 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Willie Waffle
So Deep the Sleep of Man and Woman who buys a ticket to The Da Vinci Code
1
The Da Vinci Code
Frank Ochieng
feels relentlessly disjointed and garrulous Consequently this Da Vinci doesn t paint a pretty picture when it comes to tossing around its chaotic clues 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Bruce Newman
it s a thriller with a lot of explaining to do which it does endlessly while we wait for an actual movie to break out 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Randy Myers
a mildly satisfying religious thriller that is a bit silly 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The script explains everything twice spelling out the big words three times so that even if you ve never heard of Jesus or Mary Magdalene you can still figure out this story 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Stephen Whitty
Rather than being intriguingly provocative the whole thing comes off as just a rather clumsy provocation 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Terry Lawson
These offerings by Howard and Goldsman are not enough to turn a page turner into something that survives and transcends a media phenomenon in the way of such bad novels as The Godfather and Jaws 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Jami Bernard
The movie is so nervous about offending anyone that it s hardly any fun 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Fienberg
Langdon s not a human character but an amalgamation of pop up trivia and pensive stares and there s nothing Hanks can do to make him sympathetic interesting or engaging 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Mick LaSalle
The truth is that The Da Vinci Code is a pretty good but who cares effort a moderately interesting diversion that will hold audiences in the moment but leave them unmoved and unchanged 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Chris Hewitt
The Da Vinci Code is just what the moviegoer ordered 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Phoebe Flowers
The movie is woefully plotted and just flat out eye crossingly dull 
1
The Da Vinci Code
Jan Stuart
All of the actors seem to be on overacting pills save for Hanks who may yet rue the day he ever stepped off that giant piano and into big self important blimps like this 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Nick Schager
Ron Howard s adaptation of Dan Brown s The Da Vinci Code is a marriage made in mediocrity 
1
The Da Vinci Code
Jeffrey Westhoff
Stripped of its so called revelations this is an awfully silly thriller 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Erik Childress
Ron Howard plays it too safe keeping fans of the book in line objectors at bay and alienates anyone coming into the hype with thoughts of that s what everyone is up in arms about 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Michael Phillips
How can a film contain so many clues yet remain utterly clueless 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
John Beifuss
You know a movie s a dud when even its self flagellating albino killer monk isn t any fun 
1.5
The Da Vinci Code
Roger Ebert
The movie works it s involving intriguing and constantly seems on the edge of startling revelations 
3
The Da Vinci Code
Rene Rodriguez
The Da Vinci Code is as slavishly faithful to its source as the first two Harry Potter pictures which explains the film s deadly stop and start pace 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Sean McBride
about as good a movie as can be expected from a novel that is decidedly un cinematic 
2.5
The Da Vinci Code
Claudia Puig
a melodramatic sometimes lifeless film that is missing the suspense of the popular novel 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Peter Travers
There s no code to decipher Da Vinci is a dud a dreary droning dull witted adaptation of Dan Brown s religioso detective story 
1
The Da Vinci Code
Steven Rea
The Da Vinci Code may be controversial and even heretical but worse still it s plodding tedious deathly dull 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Lou Lumenick
a crackling fast moving thriller that s every bit as brainy and irresistible as Dan Brown s controversial bestseller 
4
The Da Vinci Code
Matt Pais
For people who insist that the movie is never as good as the book your case just got stronger 
2
The Da Vinci Code
Garth Franklin
A polished affair with moments of interest but simply far too long too talky and just not interesting or clever enough to engage let alone entertain 
1.5
Trap for Cinderella
Christy Lemire
The erotic thriller Trap for Cinderella is neither erotic nor thrilling but rather reliant on cheap nudity and multiple mistaken identity switcheroos in hopes of keeping us on edge 
1
Trap for Cinderella
Drew Hunt
Ian Softley is far too interested in the minutia of the plot to bother with the Chabrolian elements of bourgeois excess or the Hitchcockian themes of mistaken identity 
1
$upercapitalist
Walter V. Addiego
Whatever the makers of upercapitalist had in mind what they ve created is a clunky and cliched melodrama set in the world of international high finance 
1
$upercapitalist
Kyle Smith
A Walmart Wall Street the hedge fund drama Supercapitalist is junk merchandise stamped made in China 
1
$upercapitalist
Chuck Bowen
Ultimately plodding and resolutely old fashioned a corporate thriller for folks too square to indulge the possible existence of hungers so strong they must be satisfied at any cost 
1
Our Lady of the Nile
Kelsey Adams
They re coming of age amidst violence and imperialism but the film s heart lies in the wide eyed wonder of adolescence so compellingly depicted by the first time actors 
3
The Ministers
Elizabeth Weitzman
Does John Leguizamo need a better manager or does he just have terrible taste in scripts Because aside from voicing the Ice Age movies he wastes too much time on misfires like this one 
1
Murder at Yellowstone City
Mark Dujsik
91 A 93 mbition gets in the way of a potentially cracking mystery and a more restrained character study 46 
2.5
Murder at Yellowstone City
Phil Villarreal
There apos s not enough suspense to the twist to make this horse go 46 
2
Murder at Yellowstone City
Roger Moore
For Western fans who aren 8217 t all that particular about how they get to The Big Shootout 44 and aren 8217 t that concerned about how pokey the picture is that gets them there
2
Enemy Mine
Betsy Bozdech
For a talky 80s sci fi flick with decidedly unimpressive special effects and a generous share of really cheesy dialogue Enemy Mine isn t half bad 
2
Enemy Mine
James Kendrick
a fine idea stretched too far and then crushed beneath a third act that feels wantonly out of place
2.5
Enemy Mine
Roger Ebert
It depends on plot gimmicks like the convenient arrival of enemies and the equally convenient arrival of friends to the rescue It doesn t dare enough 
2.5
Six in Paris
Kathie Smith
What most ensemble films lack in cohesiveness Six in Paris finds in historical context Forty years later it is an essential testament of the French New Wave s energy ingenuity and aesthetic 
3.5
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Marty Mapes
There is no film footage from Johnny Cash recording at Folsom which is hard on a documentarian
2.5
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Steve Rhodes
Filled with great songs and a great story 
3
Black Beach
Roger Moore
A bit of a slog frustrating and convoluted 
2
Magic to Win
Joseph Jon Lanthier
There s a winking spritely nature to this ridiculous content but it s rendered impossible to follow by a lack of meaningful relationships that might transcend the film s multiple threads 
2
Short Cuts
Chuck O'Leary
An absolutely brilliant 3 hour examination of detached dysfunctional behavior in modern America Easily one of Altman s best films 
4
Short Cuts
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Robert Altman revisited Nashville territory and surpassed it with this 1993 masterpiece 
4
Short Cuts
Matt Brunson
Rarely has a slice of life film been so delicious to consume 
4
Short Cuts
Michael Dequina
Robert Altman manages to make the separate units into a seamless whole aided by an impressive ensemble cast 
4
Short Cuts
Robert Roten
Altman is still at the top of his brilliant abilities 
3
Short Cuts
Roger Ebert
The movie is based on short stories by Raymond Carver but this is Altman s work not Carver s and all the film really has in common with its source is a feeling for people who are disconnected 
4
Short Cuts
James Berardinelli
It s a genuine pleasure to find a movie with such a deep and intelligent portrayal of simple human lives with all their minor triumphs and tragedies 
3.5
Short Cuts
Chris Hicks
When you boil it down there are few movies that demonstrate as well how people s lives seem to randomly intersect or how much of an impact we have on each other whether we know it or not 
3
Short Cuts
Steve Rhodes
This movie blew me away 
3.5
The Grapes of Death
Lucius Gore
If you appreciate Rollin s gothic sexually provocative films you should love this his most suspenseful and accessible production ever 
3.5
The Last Hour
James Berardinelli
Despite starting out as a seemingly straightforward procedural The Last Hour goes in directions one wouldn t normally expect from something falling under the umbrella of a crime thriller 
2.5
The Last Hour
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
As a thriller The Last Hour works quite well 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Brian Eggert
Sylvie s Love never feels like a contemporary filmmaker taking a postmodern jab at the past even though that s under the surface Rather the film contains a constant thrust of nostalgia and romanticizes an outmoded filmmaking style 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Richard Roeper
Like the great Douglas Sirk melodramas Sylvie s Love is unabashedly sentimental and just gorgeous to behold but the difference here is the terrific ensemble cast is primarily Black and Latinx 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Leo Brady
Making the love work is easier said than done but as a film Sylvie s Love is sweet sweet music 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Lindsey Bahr
Thompson and Asomugha have undeniable chemistry and are best when in each other s company on screen but there s a bit too much going on around them 
2.5
Sylvie's Love
Robert Levin
Even if the contours of the story feel familiar it is rare to encounter them shaped and conveyed with such a keen sense of how they should be told to achieve a maximum emotional impact 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Roger Moore
The longer this Love goes on the more contrived and bloodless the obstacles to the romance become 
2
Sylvie's Love
Ty Burr
This is more than retro it s a re imagination of the past of the stories and role models that could have been available to Black audiences and white ones but weren t Better late than never 
2.5
Sylvie's Love
Anita Katz
Not much may exist beneath the film s appealing surfaces but for satisfying escapism Sylvie s Love delivers 
3
Sylvie's Love
Sara Stewart
Sylvie s is a love letter to the delights of a well told love story 
3
Sylvie's Love
Lisa Trifone
It s the story of a love that lasts a lifetime the kind of love that surprises us and sustains us even as it derails us and hurts us 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Randy Myers
Every element of Ashe s film is swoon worthy from Fabrice Lecomte s lush score and Phoenix Mellow s gorgeous costumes to Declan Quinn s exquisite cinematography and Asomugha s and Thompson s luminous performances 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Peter Canavese
1950s period romantic drama on the lighter side somewhat anachronistic but reasonable engrossing 
3
Sylvie's Love
Rosalie Kicks
Sylvie s Love is the type of movie cinephiles dream about 
3.5
Sylvie's Love
Mark Dujsik
I t holds melodrama above any real sense of these characters or what makes the central relationship special 
2
Sylvie's Love
Pat Brown
The film never finds the spark that would imbue the love affair at its center with a sense of passion or urgency 
2
Sylvie's Love
Rob Thomas
As cozy and old fashioned a movie as Sylvie s Love is it s also quite groundbreaking 
3
Sylvie's Love
Mick LaSalle
Sylvie s Love builds an intense desire in the part of the audience to see its two principals get together and for a romance of this kind that s pretty much the whole ballgame 
3
Sylvie's Love
Sean P. Means
Everyone deserves a swoon inducing deeply felt romantic melodrama especially if it s as refined and emotional as writer director Eugene Ashe s Sylvie s Love 
4
Sylvie's Love
Tomris Laffly
Sylvie s Love feels downright rebellious daring to exist with its unapologetic old fashioned quality at a time when many maddeningly seem to dismiss honest to god romances and proud women s pictures as slight and outdated 
4
Effigy: Poison and the City
Luke Y. Thompson
If this were a TV pilot I d be curious to tune in and see Cato s long term arcs As things stand the most interesting aspect of Effigy is the case itself Which one could simply read about 
2
Effigy: Poison and the City
Federico Furzan
An indie historical thriller that tells the very interesting story of one of Germany s first notorious serial killers 
3
The Green Mile
Matt Brunson
There are several scenes of tremendous power But the same problems that plagued The Shawshank Redemption are in full force here 
3
The Green Mile
Brian Eggert
At times you notice The Green Mile tugging your heartstrings But aside from a moment or two over the course of three hours the viewer gives in entrenched in the proceedings and deeply affected by the spell of these characters 
3.5
The Green Mile
Judith Egerton
Of all the movies based on King novels The Green Mile ranks near the top but below Darabont s first The Shawshank Redemption 
3.5
The Green Mile
Rick Groen
Three long hours of wind an exercise in titanic self importance intent on passing off klunky rhetoric as poignant drama 
1
The Green Mile
Margaret A. McGurk
Its emotional rewards outshine its faults 
3
The Green Mile
Andrew Howe
A near masterpiece 
3.5
The Green Mile
James Kendrick
I d be critical of the fact that Frank Darabont s entire directorial career has revolved around sweepingly sentimental movies based on Stephen King prison dramas if only he didn t do them so well 
3.5
The Green Mile
Bob Bloom
The quickest 180 minutes you will ever spend in a movie theater 
3
The Green Mile
Jonathan Foreman
A terrific powerful movie 
3.5
The Green Mile
Jay Carr
The three hour plus film permits the kind of detailing that not only brings the storytelling to life but sometimes persuades us we re breathing to its rhythms 
3
The Green Mile
Shay Casey
Certainly not a perfect film and probably not the major Oscar contender the filmmakers intended it to be but it is a well acted tautly directed film with emotional weight 
3
The Green Mile
Tor Thorsen
If all this heartstring tugging reeks of cheese that s because it is the finest gourmet cheese Hollywood s made in a long long time 
3
The Green Mile
Cornell & Petricelli
Stephen King s serial novel has been superbly adapted 
4
The Green Mile
Emily Blunt
The Green Mile is just about one of the finest films I have seen since Life is Beautiful 
4
The Green Mile
Greg Dean Schmitz
A wonderful inspiring touching and often funny movie 
4
The Green Mile
Edward Guthmann
Frank Darabont is such a committed filmmaker and believes so earnestly and intensely in the stories he puts onscreen that it seems unsporting to point out that hokum is his middle name 
2
The Green Mile
James Berardinelli
An affecting motion picture 
3
The Green Mile
Mike Clark
The movie is worth walking if not a mile at least a couple of blocks to see 
3
The Green Mile
Madeleine Williams
Clocking in at over three hours of length The Green Mile certainly feels long While the film captures an overwhelming majority of the plot details of the novel a few should have been trimmed 
2.5
The Green Mile
Steve Rhodes
Often funny 
3
The Green Mile
David Keyes
If only there was a death row for movies 
2.5
The Green Mile
Roger Ebert
Tom Hanks is our movie Everyman and his Paul is able to win our sympathy with his level eyes and calm decent voice We get a real sense of the goodness of Coffey who is embodied by Duncan in a performance that is both acting and being 
3.5
The Green Mile
Michael Dequina
A heartfelt fable that pushes all the right emotional buttons 
3.5
The Green Mile
Dustin Putman
It s just too bad then that the finale could not have been stronger It downgrades a potentially great film to being at most a very good one 
3
The Green Mile
Jorge Avila Andrade
Maravillosa historia acerca de los hombres y sus relaciones sus miedos y sus sueos
3.5
The Green Mile
Rob Blackwelder
But even when it falls back on the contrived The Green Mile still holds on to the audience on a emotional level that continues to resonate long after the credits roll which by itself is reason enough to recommend the movie 
3
The Green Mile
Susan Stark
The Green Mile effectively sideswipes the enduring hot political issues it raises to force viewers to a pro Hanks position 
2
Baghdad ER
Robert P. Laurence
You need to see it When it s over you ll not only have a clearer picture of the price of war you ll also admire both the men and women who are fighting in Iraq and the doctors and nurses of Baghdad s 86th Combat Support Hospital 
4
Bullet to the Head
Mattie Lucas
Much like its star it s a film from another era and at its heart pulses a steely verve that is sorely missing in many modern action films 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Sonny Bunch
Bullet to the Head is an adrenaline fueled rip roaring good time that asks little of audiences while still managing to fill their most basic filmgoing needs 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Forrest Hartman
A big dumb action film that charges forward believing Stallone is charismatic enough to sell even bad writing He s not 
1.5
Bullet to the Head
John Beifuss
With a cracked asphalt voice a shaved wildebeest hide the veined musculature of Swamp Thing and the apparent flexibility of a tree trunk the aging Sylvester Stallone remains a commanding amusing and somewhat awe inspiring screen presence 
3
Bullet to the Head
Lori Hoffman
Not a classic action film but it s a decent genre entry and the fight scenes are worth the price of admission 8233 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Monica Castillo
Don t bother with plot coherence or plausibility if you re going to a Stallone film for logic then you re in the wrong theater 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Jason Buchanan
This is hard R action done old school style If that s your game then gather up and throw in 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
James Berardinelli
It s a series of fight scenes that build to a climax that is surprisingly unsatisfying in the way it ultimately plays out 
2
Bullet to the Head
Glenn Lovell
Stallone is back with a vengeance As Jimmy Bobo New Orleans hitman he scores his most efficient adrenalin rush since First Blood Combines Eastern Promises violence and the buddy banter of 48 HRS 
3
Bullet to the Head
Peter Travers
Sylvester Stallone shoots people in the face That s it for subtext in this formula action swill Why do I sound like I should expect more Because the credits list the director as Walter Hill 
1
Bullet to the Head
Kam Williams
Vintage Sly in his best outing since Cop Land 
4
Bullet to the Head
Robert Levin
You re meant to feel Jimmy s pain to share his rage but that s hard when he doesn t even seem human 
2
Bullet to the Head
Tyler Hanley
The title itself should deter viewers who favor smart cinema over mindless mayhem 
1.5
Bullet to the Head
Mick LaSalle
In Bullet to the Head violence is abrupt shattering and consequential It s not for laughs It s graphic and unsettling and it makes us feel uneasy as we should about the world the characters inhabit 
3
Bullet to the Head
Kirk Baird
I didn t think it was possible to make a boring action film in New Orleans but Bullet to the Head proved me wrong 
1.5
Bullet to the Head
Lou Lumenick
Entertaining if nonsensical 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Ann Hornaday
Plays like such a floundering exercise in macho overcompensation that you almost feel sorry for it Almost 
1
Bullet to the Head
Willie Waffle
Most of it makes you laugh when it shouldn t be
0
Bullet to the Head
Phil Villarreal
He s taken out restraining orders against gray hairs wrinkles and flab His muscles are probably the great grandchildren of his 1970s muscles who have all decided to stick around 
3
Bullet to the Head
Austin Kennedy
It s a fun darkly violent popcorn movie that features an awesomely confident tough guy performance from Stallone 
3
Bullet to the Head
Dustin Putman
It exists in a land of middle of the roadness one that does nothing spectacularly but can be admired for staying as uncompromising as it is 
2
Bullet to the Head
Mark Dujsik
D irector Walter Hill s brutal depiction of various bullet ridden firefights and wall smashing fisticuffs is fully simpatico with Bobo s nearly absurd machismo 
2
Bullet to the Head
Scott Bowles
Its sole redeeming quality is that it ends Eventually 
1
Bullet to the Head
Rafer Guzman
The magic is in the details from the little surprises to the colorful casting 
3
Bullet to the Head
David Hiltbrand
Bullet to the Head indicates that we re rapidly approaching an era of big bang movies with stars on mobility scooters 
2
Bullet to the Head
Tom Russo
It s just director Walter Hill tweaking his formula from the 48 Hrs franchise 
2
Bullet to the Head
Jon Niccum
Bullet to the Head may be trashy but it s never dull 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Chris Hewitt
Director Walter Hill keeps things moving with brisk muscular direction that doesn t give us much time to think about inconsistencies in the story 
3
Bullet to the Head
Rene Rodriguez
If it doesn t exactly break new ground Bullet to the Head reminds you of the pleasures of a genre that today is exploited primarily for comedy or satire 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Soren Andersen
Fans of generic genre action will get their money s worth 
2
Bullet to the Head
Michael Phillips
The style here hairline to chin close ups nervous jacked up editing isn t Hill at his best But the movie has a certain grungy panache 
2.5
Bullet to the Head
Richard Roeper
This is the kind of brainless action movie Sylvester Stallone would have starred in circa 1985 That it stars a Stallone who s closer to 70 than 60 is just weird 
2
Bullet to the Head
Matt Pais
Dumb as rocks thin as paper and dull as scissors Bullet to the Head offers as much complexity and intelligence as you expect from a movie called Bullet to the Head 
1.5
Bullet to the Head
Roger Moore
Stallone is still better than Schwarzenegger but this is just as dumb as Last Stand and choppy to the point of incoherence 
1.5
Bullet to the Head
Glenn Heath Jr.
Walter Hill thoughtfully regards the pummeling power of weaponry at work 
3
Dangerous
Leo Brady
There s clearly a limited budget here where little depth is given outside the main character and still Dangerous makes for a thrilling enough escape of entertainment 
2.5
Dangerous
Richard Roeper
Save for that one confounding scene with Janssen for the rest of the movie Gibson is alone taking periodic phone calls from D and handing out absolutely horrible uninformed dangerous and irresponsible advice 
1.5
Dangerous
Simon Abrams
It takes some chutzpah to name your siege thriller Dangerous and unfortunately there s not enough of it in the Scott Eastwood actioner of that name 
1.5
Dangerous
Mark Dujsik
D irector David Hackl is unaware of the obvious comedy in this material or is simply incapable of communicating a joke 
1.5
Dangerous
Mark Hanson
Dangerous betrays the promise of its title by playing things extremely safe 
1
Dangerous
Bob Strauss
The script by Christopher Borrelli hides some quirky twists and turns of phrase in its nasty bloody mechanics Director David Hackl s biggest credit is Saw V and he remains adept at gross torture and keeping a mystery moving 
2.5
Lasso
Walter Chaw
It runs a little long at 97 minutes but there are enough smart moments to deserve a careful consideration This is director Evan Cecil s feature debut Respect 
3
The Pearl Button
Mattie Lucas
Through Guzmán s unique lens the history of the natives becomes a kind of ethereal reflection of the universe irrevocably changed by colonialism and western invasion 
3.5
The Pearl Button
Kate Taylor
This haunting Chilean documentary is more poetry than journalism as filmmaker Patricio Guzman compares the fate of the indigenous people of Patagonia with that of the disappeared of the Pinochet regime 
4
The Pearl Button
Walter V. Addiego
This is history of a personalized and meditative sort and you ought to give it a chance 
3
The Pearl Button
Alan Zilberman
Ultimately the material starts to feel thin with Guzmán attempting to cover everything in less than 90 minutes 
2
The Pearl Button
Peter Keough
As often happens in Guzmán s films The Pearl Button keeps returning to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship of 1973 90 during which thousands of Chileans were disappeared taken away and never seen again alive 
3.5
The Pearl Button
Jesse Cataldo
Despite the defeated tone of Patricio Guzmán s tales a spotlight is placed on the power of persistence 
3
All You Need Is Cash
Maitland McDonagh
Many sequences are modeled closely on news footage of key events in The Beatles much documented career and the overall effect is so close to reality that it s downright eerie 
4
A Ballerina's Tale
Sara Michelle Fetters
George s ace in the hole is his subject herself Copeland is captivating oozing talent and charisma in equal parts 
3
A Ballerina's Tale
Martha Schabas
As an examination of how idealized conceptions of the ballerina have fed racial homogeneity in the industry A Ballerina s Tale sticks with stuff we already know 
2
A Ballerina's Tale
Moira MacDonald
Stay for the end credits which include a tribute to the sadly few black ballerinas who came before Copeland you suspect watching footage of the little girls who eagerly wait after performances that many more will follow in her graceful footsteps 
3
A Ballerina's Tale
John Anderson
Warm compelling slightly adoring 
3
Cinderella
Brian Eggert
There are moments of CGI animal nonsense that seem to exist completely separate from the live action beauty Branagh has created 44 and that awkward juxtaposition leaves the entire film feeling uneven 44 at times admirable 44 and at others condemnable 46 
2
Cinderella
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
it s full of magic it lacks cynicism and it s hiptotizingly beautiful and ingenious Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Cinderella
Lisa Jensen
What the story lacks in innovation the film makes up for in sheer loveliness performed by a thoroughly engaging cast 
3
Cinderella
Brandy McDonnell
Although we all know where this is leading right down to those glass slippers it s a testament to Branagh s storytelling skills that he manages to make it all so captivating even when the movie runs a tad long 
3
Cinderella
James D. Watts Jr.
It s a pleasure simply to hear a familiar story well told 
3
Cinderella
James Kendrick
takes the all too familiar beats of the story and plumbs them for deeper levels of feeling and physicality merging the sensual and the chaste in a way that is uniquely compelling in its experiential bliss
3.5
Cinderella
Linda Cook
Cinderella is made of Disney magic 
3.5
Cinderella
James Berardinelli
Cinderella is a wonderfully realized family feature that retains the strengths of its source material while at the same time updating it for today s audiences 
3.5
Cinderella
Christy Lemire
The colors good lord They re like nothing you could experience in the real world Cinderella s behemoth of a ball gown alone is 50 shades of blue 
3
Cinderella
Burl Burlingame
Most fairy tales on film contain either enough wit or verve or spectacle to engage an entire audience but there is nothing here to engage the adult viewer Nothing 
1
Cinderella
Matt Brunson
Filmgoers need another fairy tale flick about as much as they need another Pirates of the Caribbean sequel oops too late yet Cinderella swiftly casts aside all doubts and derision to reveal itself as a particularly enchanting piece of cinema 
3.5
Cinderella
Josh Larsen
tweaks the more objectionable details of conventional fairy tales while still retaining their traditionalist structure It s a nice compromise 
3
Cinderella
Bob Bloom
Cinderella is a gorgeous production that is true to its fairy tale and animated roots yet adds enough intrigue and situations to charm adults as well as youngsters 
3
Cinderella
Jessica Gibson
Kenneth Branagh and the filmmakers tried to make the story feel new again and for the most part they succeeded But oddly the movie s best moments are the ones that didn t change at all 
2.5
Cinderella
John Serba
Possibly the best adaptation of the classical fairy tale yet 
3.5
Cinderella
Sean P. Means
This Cinderella won t make anyone forget the 1950 classic But it works as a frothy fun retelling entertaining on its own merits 
3
Cinderella
Anita Katz
The story is retrograde malarkey but Branagh infuses it with majesty and delivers a spectacle with flourish 
3
Cinderella
John Wirt
Even with its attractive leads Lily James and Richard Madden grand fairy tale settings and when it counts affecting moments this live action Cinderella is only modestly engaging 
2
Cinderella
Peter Canavese
A lavish classy affair But while long on beauty Branagh s film falls short on whimsy and the film s most affecting emotional moments stand apart from the story s central conflict 
2.5
Cinderella
Steven Rea
Directed by Kenneth Branagh with a sprinkling of stardust dashes of good humor and a respect for the corniest kinds of romance Cinderella is a winning re do of Disney s 1950 animated classic 
3
Cinderella
Christian Toto
They didn t turn Cinderella into an action heroine or reboot the story for our cynical age And thank heavens for that 
3.5
Cinderella
Willie Waffle
It s old fashioned in the right ways just like Lily James is Cinderella in all of the right ways 
3
Cinderella
Nathalie Atkinson
In being faithful to the traditional tale interpreted by Disney in their animated 1950 classic this Cinderella is crisp escapist enjoyment 
3.5
Cinderella
Ann Hornaday
For all its gossamer gauze filigree and refinement Cinderella drags when it should skip as lightly as its title character when she s late getting home from the ball 
2
Cinderella
Mick LaSalle
The movie grinds down in plot details that fatten the narrative while deflating the spirit 
2
Cinderella
Joe Williams
Cinderella is so scrubbed of personality it s not even worth calling a mess 
1.5
Cinderella
Sara Stewart
This Cinderella is all dressed up with nowhere very interesting to go 
2
Cinderella
Robert W. Butler
They aim for the heart not the head Darned if they don t pull it off 
3
Cinderella
Nina Garin
This fairy tale adaptation is as close as you can get to a dream come true 
3
Cinderella
Linda Barnard
Director Kenneth Branagh s lavish and live action version of Disney s 1950 animation Cinderella delivers a colourful take that blends old fashioned Mouse House heart with modern CG magic 
3
Cinderella
Carla Meyer
Even with Blanchett playing her the stepmother remains the same uncomplicated villain she was in the 1950 Disney animated film This is even more disappointing than the Cinderella character lacking gumption since she s always been bland 
2
Cinderella
Michael Phillips
It s pleasing to come away from a movie such as Cinderella having felt something for and with the archetypes on the screen 
3
Cinderella
Ty Burr
Cinderella has been made with enough skill and sincerity to disarm all but the most jaded viewers It s a happy ending for everyone Disney s accountants most of all 
3
Cinderella
Richard Roeper
The world didn t need yet another Cinderella story but the one we got is one of the best versions ever put on film 
3.5
Cinderella
Mark Dujsik
Its goal is simply to tell this story without much embellishment or distraction but more importantly to tell it with plenty of care and admiration 
3
Cinderella
Tomris Laffly
there is no harm in getting yourself momentarily overjoyed and swept away by all the magic 
3
Cinderella
Chris Knight
There s precious little to carp about in the new release unless you choose to take exception to the fact that there s precious little to carp about 
3
Cinderella
Brad Keefe
It sticks to the tried and true so much so that surprises are few but under the watchful eye of the quality team assembled this Cinderella does the story justice 
3
Cinderella
Moira MacDonald
Cinderella and her Prince get a bit lost in all the flounces and flouncing but they don t seem to mind you and legions of tiara clad little girls quite possibly won t either 
3
Cinderella
Connie Ogle
The story of the abused but honest poor girl who wins the heart of a prince couldn t have landed in better hands 
3
Cinderella
Susan Wloszczyna
Branagh and company are probably making this version not just for us jaded adults but for a generation of children who perhaps never had a chance to see Cinderella on a big screen For them it will be a brand new adventure 
3
Cinderella
Peter Travers
Cate Blanchett is perfectly marvelous Nothing steals a scene from her except Sandy Powell s costumes and Dante Ferretti s production design which are all kinds of wonderful 
3
Cinderella
Matt Pais
Really really made me mad Like seething Like I want this entire review to be WHAT IS THE POINT WHAT IS THE POINT WHAT IS THE POINT WHAT IS THE POINT WHAT IS THE POINT 
1
Cinderella
Dustin Putman
Sweeping intimate and whimsical Cinderella does the Disney brand proud with a faithful yet expansive retelling that never misplaces its heart in exchange for shallow extravagance This is one happily ever after worth believing 
3
Cinderella
Rafer Guzman
Cinderella isn t just a re enactment of the original film but an enrichment For Disney fans it could be another treasure worth cherishing 
4
Cinderella
Rex Reed
I could choke on it all like a 24 hour binge of buttercream cake frosting But let s be honest There is no denying the fact that this is the best Cinderella of them all 
3
Cinderella
Stephen Whitty
After all the other films that seem to be aimed at them and really aren t little children and the people who love them could really use a slice of simply delicious cake like this 
3
Cinderella
Chris Cabin
The filmmakers cut the film to emphasize the story s familiar plot points rather than highlight any instances of personal visual artistry 
2
Cinderella
Mara Reinstein
This telling of Cinderella adheres strictly to that book And yet it s a lavish delight sure to enchant audiences of all ages well past midnight 
3
Cinderella
Roger Moore
A lovely lifeless and mirthless corpse
2
Cinderella
Jocelyn Noveck
Branagh working with a high wattage cast led by the winsome and genuine Lily James sticks to tried and true narrative formula and infuses it with wit and style If the glass slipper ain t broke he seems to be saying why fix it 
3
Cinderella
Claudia Puig
Cinderella enthralls with its ravishing style and timeless message of resilience decency and kindness triumphing over evil 
3
Bad Boys II
Namrata Joshi
An unpleasant mean movie all the way 
1
Bad Boys II
M. K. Terrell
Clever ideas and hilarious moments drown in a flood of violence and profanity 
2
Bad Boys II
Dan Webster
It s only when Bay turns serious in the final 20 minutes that the movie founders and then sinks under the weight of his Pearl Harbor type pretentiousness 
2
Bad Boys II
Joe Lozito
Bombastic director Michael Bay oughta have his artistic license revoked 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Greg Maki
This bloated bloody film has none of the charm of its predecessor 
1
Bad Boys II
Matt Brunson
One of the 10 worst films of its decade It s quite possible I have never before seen a motion picture that held so much contempt for everyone and everything for its audience for its characters even for the film medium itself 
1
Bad Boys II
Ian Mantgani
The Bad Boys movies are supposed to be about two cops but all I see is a pair of actors reading descriptions of their characters 
2
Bad Boys II
Jonathan R. Perry
So bad that it rockets through the gauntlet of insipidity and tastelessness and emerges on the other side to become good only to ricochet off the wall of cinematic decency and become bad all over again 
0
Bad Boys II
Frank Ochieng
yet another brainless and boisterous formula that s sure to make one s hair curl on their arms Bad Boys II is a vacuous vehicle that struts its stuff without any convincing ounce of concrete involvement whatsoever 
1.5
Bad Boys II
James Kendrick
The action is so consistently incoherent and mind numbing that it wears you down to a pulp before the halfway mark 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Tyler Hanley
Bad Boys II struggles with striking a balance between the rib tickling humor and gut wrenching gore the hah and ick mixing like oil and vinegar 
2.5
Bad Boys II
Nick Rogers
It s not always tasteful and it s nowhere near as fun as the original but it s a slick thrill ride that thankfully has a surprisingly raw pounding edge 
3
Bad Boys II
Mark Dujsik
It s big loud about half an hour to an hour overlong and devoid of the things that make big loud action flicks entertaining 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Michael Dequina
Bad Boys II plays like one huge f k you to Bay s critics by giving them all that they expect from him to the nth degree 
3
Bad Boys II
Mike McGranaghan
If there are movie theaters in Hell Bad Boys II is certain to be a perpetual feature 
0.5
Bad Boys II
Steve Rhodes
Like getting stuck on an amusement park ride when the operator goes on a very long lunch break and forgets about you 
2
Bad Boys II
John Beifuss
Pauline Kael once famously described Dirty Harry as fascist But it s brain dead escapist movies like this that propagandize however cluelessly for public acceptance of a lawless class of law enforcers 
2
Bad Boys II
Tony Toscano
Bad Boys 2 is exactly what a summer sequel should be bigger better and badder than the original 
3
Bad Boys II
Collin Souter
I saw this movie on a triple dog dare I wish I had opted to wait six months so I could stick my tongue to a flagpole in the freezing cold for an hour A cinematic fist to the groin 
0
Bad Boys II
Linda Cook
Maybe Michael Bay should ease back on the caffeine 
2
Bad Boys II
Dustin Putman
Every last bone in its body is hateful offensive and sickening 
1
Bad Boys II
Michael Sragow
Bad Boys II is the apotheosis of adolescent junk Every sequence spews or splats carnage filled effects It s over the top but not pleasurably so it s calculatedly over the top 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Bob Bloom
After viewing Bad Boys II I think the II in the title stands for II long II loud II dumb and II bad 
1
Bad Boys II
Maitland McDonagh
Longer louder stupider and more vulgar than 1995 s Bad Boys 
1
Bad Boys II
Chris Hewitt
There are a lot of short attention spans at work here which makes for many fun individual scenes and a whole that drags on too long 
2.5
Bad Boys II
Jack Zink
Beyond the extreme close ups past the acute camera angles and above the exploding gas tanks what sets BBII apart is its comedy 
3
Bad Boys II
Ted Fry
Bad Boys II delivers but as nearly every summertime spectacle is proving this year more seems more and more like less 
2
Bad Boys II
Mick LaSalle
Very funny at times maudlin at others and excruciatingly violent throughout Bad Boys II director Michael Bay s latest festival of exploding cars and shaking cameras is at 147 long minutes just too much of a mediocre thing 
2
Bad Boys II
David Elliott
Vulgar brazen crass violent stupid juvenile loud long and pointless Bad Boys II is all that plus a thin slice of entertaining 
1
Bad Boys II
Steven Rea
Despite some awesomely choreographed stunts and the two stars pedal to the metal appeal the movie seems endless 
2.5
Bad Boys II
Jami Bernard
It s bigger It s louder And like the title says it s bad 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Adam Sternbergh
This kind of film should feel like a fun summer romp But at almost two and a half hours Bad Boys II feels more like a fun summer romp followed by a mugging followed by a chemistry exam 
2
Bad Boys II
Rene Rodriguez
The latest collaboration between director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer two filmmakers who bring out the worst in each other is just as bloated and fatuous as their previous efforts 
1
Bad Boys II
Roger Ebert
Everybody involved in this project needs to do some community service 
1
Bad Boys II
Bob Strauss
Seemingly endless 
2.5
Bad Boys II
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film is ultimately so vile that it might actually have the power to make filmmakers and audiences think again about how to portray and view violence in films 
2
Bad Boys II
Phil Villarreal
Lawrence is once again a bad boy instead of just bad 
3
Bad Boys II
Sean P. Means
Michael Bay as critics long have suspected is the devil and the overblown orgy of gunfire and crumpled cars called Bad Boys II is the spawn of Satan 
0
Bad Boys II
Terry Lawson
Just when you thought summer movies couldn t get any louder more violent more intentionally brainless and worst of all any longer here comes Bad Boys II its chest all pumped up with the pure pointlessness of it all 
2
Bad Boys II
Jeff Vice
If Bad Boys II had a secondary title it would be Hurl Harbor it s that sickening 
0
Bad Boys II
Lisa Kennedy
This summer s most dynamic action movie 
3.5
Bad Boys II
Shirley Klass
The humor between the characters is a real plus 
3
Bad Boys II
Wesley Morris
The movie is 2 1 2 hours of hard working intensity 
3
Bad Boys II
Dan Lybarger
The laughs die down as bullets rip through people s necks 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Mike Clark
Appallingly mean spirited with ha ha bullet wounds and dismemberments 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Glenn Lovell
Black Hawk Down on laughing gas 
1.5
Bad Boys II
Peter Travers
The cinematic equivalent of toxic waste 
0
Bad Boys II
Scott Huber
Get in line now for the best kick this summer 
3.5
Bad Boys II
Erik Childress
Seeing Bad Boys II at the critic s screening was like being in the audience watching Springtime for Hitler on opening night a torrential downpour of horrific detestation then laughter so thick at how insanely preposterous it all gets 
0
Bad Boys II
Lou Lumenick
Basically the longest the most expensive most vulgar and by far the stupidest episode of Miami Vice ever
1
Bad Boys II
Duane Dudek
Sensory overload without the flavor 
2
Bad Boys II
Michael Wilmington
Bad Boys II gives new meaning to that overused phrase over the top 
2.5
Bad Boys II
Gene Seymour
Somewhere deep beneath the layers of broken glass twisted chrome mutilated flesh and burnt gunpowder clogging Bad Boys II there are faint signs of a cunning little crime comedy straining to breathe free 
2
Bad Boys II
Jeffrey Westhoff
No movie has pursued its own wretchedness with such ferocity 
1
Bad Boys II
Rob Blackwelder
A 100 mph joy ride until it runs out of steam It s not that fireballs and gunfights drop off it s that the accumulative effect becomes a mind numbing din of million dollar a minute over production 
2.5
Bad Boys II
David Nusair
an occasionally entertaining but ultimately overlong and bloated summer action movie 
2
Bad Boys II
Josh Larsen
The nihilism even carries over to the product placement as when a case of Skyy Vodka prominently appears in the foreground while a club goer overdoses 
0
Bad Boys II
Mark Ramsey
You won t find chemistry better than this if you searched Tommy Lee s entire underwear drawer 
4
Bad Boys II
James Berardinelli
Bad Boys II isn t just bad it s a catastrophic violation of every aspect of cinema that I as a film critic hold dear 
0.5
Bad Boys II
Walter Chaw
A reptilian collage of seething that stands as possibly the most misanthropic nihilistic exploitative hopeless film ever released as a mainstream blockbuster 
0.5
Bad Boys II
Ross Anthony
Routinely blatantly nonsensical the action is so plentiful you ll feel like you ve been grabbed by the back of the neck and dragged through the picture 
2
Bad Boys II
Ed Gonzalez
Michael Bay s latest jingoistic fetish film Bad Boys II could be the most vile creation to come out of Hollywood since Patch Adams 
0
Varsity Punks
Roger Moore
A high school comedy about running that never gets out of the blocks 
1
Like for Likes
Tom Keogh
A South Korean all star cast appears in overlapping tales of lonely adults who could be happy if only they d get over themselves 
3
Gimme Shelter
Brad Keefe
It s the kind of movie that touts itself as inspirational and it feels like a made for TV melodrama 
2
Gimme Shelter
Linda Cook
Vanessa Hudgens proves that she s a versatile grown up performer in Gimme Shelter an unsettling look at a pregnant teenager who seems to have nowhere to run 
3
Gimme Shelter
Christy Lemire
An after school special blown up on the big screen it stridently aims to inspire you More likely it ll make you cringe 
1.5
Gimme Shelter
Kenneth R. Morefield
Although the film has a strong pro life message it doesn t reduce Christian faith or social justice to just that one issue 
2.5
Gimme Shelter
Rex Reed
It is the galvanizing force of Vanessa Hudgens who catapults Gimme Shelter above the heartbreaking level of soap opera with a lancing effect 
3
Gimme Shelter
Rob Thomas
It s a feature length pamphlet 
2
Gimme Shelter
Connie Ogle
A predictable story of redemption that happens awfully fast to a girl who only seems to be in peril briefly and has a rich dad to bail her out 
2
Gimme Shelter
John Serba
Director Ron Krauss offers simplistic resolutions to Apple s myriad problems like a great and benevolent screenwriter god 
2.5
Gimme Shelter
Tirdad Derakhshani
A happy smiley Christian fairy tale disguised as a hard hitting shard of social realism 
0.5
Gimme Shelter
Stephen Whitty
We re drawn in because Hudgens is so good at making this wild child real 
2.5
Gimme Shelter
Sheila O'Malley
The script is often obvious with all feelings laid out too cleanly but both actresses still manage to create a jagged relationship based on their characters codependence and shared traumas 
2.5
Gimme Shelter
Mark Dujsik
C omes across as more of a heavy handed fundraising tool than a convincing narrative 
1.5
Gimme Shelter
Dann Gire
Hudgens committed passionate performance shines above everything else in writer director Krauss strained drama that addresses important issues such as pregnancy abortion self esteem and love without actually delving into them 
2
Gimme Shelter
Michael O'Sullivan
Gimme Shelter doesn t trust the power of its own story and the truth of its acting to deliver the point 
2.5
Gimme Shelter
Richard Roeper
Over all this is further indication Hudgens is carving out an interesting productive career path as a film actress 
3
Gimme Shelter
Soren Andersen
Cogently written and powerfully acted it s a story about an outcast pregnant teen desperately seeking to survive in a world from which she feels all hope has fled 
3
Gimme Shelter
Scott Bowles
Plays like an after school TV special Shot after school At the gym 
1
Gimme Shelter
Peter Travers
Gimme Shelter appears hijacked by the Christian right Propaganda is a b ch to act And this misguided movie leaves Hudgens buried in it 
1.5
Gimme Shelter
Peter Keough
It is unlikely to convert the unconverted in part because of its uneven performances but mostly because it raises more questions than it answers 
2
Gimme Shelter
Jon Niccum
Gimme Shelter strives to be a gritty drama about an abused teen struggling to find a better life But it comes across more as a calculated vehicle for a former teen idol to find better roles 
2
Gimme Shelter
Joe Williams
Although it s superficially grungy this true story isn t much more substantive than something that star Vanessa Hudgens might have made for the Disney Channel 
2
Gimme Shelter
Michael Phillips
Gimme Shelter suffers from an acute case of the fakes The speeches sound like speeches and not good ones 
1.5
Gimme Shelter
Mick LaSalle
Gimme Shelter is an attempt at something grand and though it doesn t get halfway there it covers some ground 
2
Gimme Shelter
Matt Pais
Both better than its trailer suggested and not quite good enough to call good 
2.5
Gimme Shelter
Chris Hewitt
Based on a true story but nevertheless feels false 
1
Gimme Shelter
Roger Moore
A couple of decent performances a compassionate story given a simplistic treatment
2
Gimme Shelter
Jocelyn Noveck
Hudgens best work here is physical She eats voraciously like an animal and exudes a mix of anger sadness and deep discomfort Her spoken lines are less effective and that s partly due to a script often filled with cliches 
2
Gimme Shelter
R. Kurt Osenlund
Writer director Ron Krauss s Gimme Shelter is wretched long before its odious ulterior motives come to light 
0
Gimme Shelter
Sara Stewart
A clunky movie that feels as if it s underwritten by the Catholic Church 
1
Hands of the Ripper
Matt Brunson
This latter day offering from Hammer Films ratchets up the gore but thankfully not at the expense of an engrossing plot that embeds its psychological content in a series of effective set pieces 
3
Hands of the Ripper
John Beifuss
Anna s savage acts of violence are provoked by a flash of light and a kiss Symbols of the most desirable of gifts enlightenment and affection that here become triggers for perversion 
3.5
Destiny
Mattie Lucas
Visionary filmmaking the work of an artist exploring the possibilities of a new and burgeoning art 
4
Red Sun
David Nusair
a watchable but consistently erratic effort that generally feels like it should be much much better 
2
Tailgate
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the overall movie is a technical marvel shot and edited to perfection by Bert Pot and Bert Jacobs the kinetic majesty of what Crijns and his team manufacture would mean nothing without de Wolf s calmly unhinged magnificence 
2.5
Tailgate
Mark Dujsik
There isn t much to the story of Tailgate With writer director Lodewijk Crijns unceasing momentum and twisted sense of humor though it turns out to be enough 
3
The Candidate
David Nusair
compulsively engaging 
2.5
El día de la unión
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Effective populist melodrama about the tragedy of September 19 1985 that has both achievements and problems 
1.5
Deep Rising
Matt Brunson
Ya gotta give a sliver of credit to any movie that would include the term Half Digested Billy in its closing credits 
2
Deep Rising
David Nusair
an old fashioned and flat out fun monster movie that benefits from Treat Williams tremendously engaging lead performance 
2.5
Deep Rising
Elias Savada
The South China Sea s answer to the Bermuda Triangle but off the shelf acting and a hackneyed plot won t keep this oversized barge afloat 
0.5
Deep Rising
Roger Ebert
Bemusing how much money and effort go into the making of such a movie and how little thought It s months of hard work for what The movie is essentially an Alien clone with a fresh paint job 
1.5
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Matt Brunson
The comedy in this entry is so broad that the movie often doesn t even feel like a Star Trek project which of course explains its wide popularity 
3
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Josh Larsen
Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential it s as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions 
1.5
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
James Kendrick
One of the most purely enjoyable of the Star Trek films 
3
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Roger Ebert
This is easily the most absurd of the Star Trek stories and yet oddly enough it is also the best the funniest and the most enjoyable in simple human terms 
3.5
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
James Berardinelli
An effective and enjoyable sample of entertainment not good science fiction but a lightweight piece of comic fantasy utilizing characters so familiar that they feel like old friends 
3
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
James O'Ehley
Better than the previous two films in the series 
3.5
The Sessions
Brian Eggert
Lewin examines the potentially taboo subject of disabled people having intercourse in a matter of fact way that breaches the topic by rendering it a non issue 46 
2.5
The Sessions
Mattie Lucas
A muddled scattershot film of hollow platitudes anchored by two exceptional performances 
2
The Sessions
Marty Mapes
Survival isn t enough Acceptance isn t enough Mark needs fulfillment 
2.5
The Sessions
Wesley Lovell
Strong central performances and an endearing premise smooth over some of the more jagged edges of the script 
3
The Sessions
Ann Hornaday
Thanks to Lewin s light but assured touch The Sessions never wears its theological preoccupations heavily instead allowing transcendence to creep up on the audience quietly 
3.5
The Sessions
Rob Thomas
This is one of the best and certainly one of the best acted films of the year I can t think of another film that mixed compassion and carnality in such an eloquent way 
4
The Sessions
James Kendrick
The laughs are always gentle which is descriptive of the film as a whole as it strives to reconnect cinematic sex with shared humanity 
3.5
The Sessions
Linda Cook
Raw unrestrained and sympathetic without giving in to melodrama The Sessions is about a man facing a physical challenge who decides he wants to become intimate with a woman 
3.5
The Sessions
Mike McGranaghan
An intelligent funny insightful film that offers a frank examination of sex It s not prurient or titillating just truthful 
4
The Sessions
John Wirt
Surprisingly funny and touching 
3.5
The Sessions
John Beifuss
Presents the sensitive O Brien as a brave funny unselfish and unlikely romantic fantasy dream hero for disappointed weary or jaded older female moviegoers 
3
The Sessions
Sean P. Means
The sex scenes are frank and explicit but never cheap and exploitative Yes they get naked Grow up The nudity isn t airbrushed pin up perfection but raw and real and all the more lovely and moving because of it 
4
The Sessions
Jeff Beck
Taking the good with the bad this isn t a terrible movie though it is being rather overhyped I found myself laughing a lot and enjoying the transformations the actors go through but an unengaging story only serves to drag it down 
2.5
The Sessions
Duane Dudek
A film inspired by the life of the late poet journalist Mark O Brien that celebrates the relationship between physical and emotional intimacy 
3
The Sessions
Kam Williams
John Hawkes and Helen Hunt generate an endearing chemistry here turning in a couple of virtuoso performances deserving of serious consideration come Oscar season 
4
The Sessions
Matt Brunson
The Sessions is entertaining but also the sort of feature that can wait for a DVD rental Sex scenes aside it feels puny on the big screen 
2.5
The Sessions
Phil Villarreal
Their film is more than a skin flick despite it definitely being that Just as Cheryl is more than a prostitute while definitely still that 
3.5
The Sessions
Rafer Guzman
A funny tender and mostly unsentimentalized movie about physical and emotional triumph 
3
The Sessions
Jon Niccum
Most R rated comedies involve meaningless sex The Sessions is the rare one about meaningful sex 
3.5
The Sessions
Austin Kennedy
A dramatic inspiring story that can be humorous at times with endearing characters This is a crowd pleaser that is sure to be a contender at the Oscars 
3
The Sessions
James Berardinelli
Forced to do all his acting with his face Hawkes displays the kind of camera arresting capability that has earned others Oscar nominations 
3
The Sessions
Moira MacDonald
It s really a three character comedy drama with the best elements of both genres 
3.5
The Sessions
Steven Rea
Using only his tilted head his eyes nose and mouth and that quizzical voice Hawkes brings O Brien to life 
4
The Sessions
Gary Thompson
The Sessions shapes its themes in an appealing way and keeps the script lively and engaging and funny 
3.5
The Sessions
Joe Williams
With its assertive hero and inclusive humor The Sessions is an inspirational drama you can feel good about in the morning 
3
The Sessions
Peter Canavese
Gets it right in the essence of its true story as well as the social discomforts surrounding disability and sane discussion of sexuality 
3
The Sessions
Chris Hewitt
It s a fine film and Hawkes gives one of the year s best performances 
3.5
The Sessions
David Nusair
a perfectly watchable showcase for two undeniably above average performances 
2.5
The Sessions
Liam Lacey
Most often with The Sessions the blunt comedy outweighs the drift toward sanctimony 
3
The Sessions
Dustin Putman
Uneven and perhaps a little too tidy as it aims to promote one man s extraordinary spirit It is John Hawkes and Helen Hunt however who are most worth seeing 
2.5
The Sessions
Mark Dujsik
Practically ignores everything about O Brien s life except as it relates to his sexual odyssey turning the life of the man into little more than a curio 
2.5
The Sessions
Mick LaSalle
It sends viewers out of the theater with a heightened sense of the physical and a real feeling for all the things that sex means in human life 
3
The Sessions
Ty Burr
The achievement of this simply told exceptionally fine film is the clarity with which it portrays the drama of a good soul in an inert body 
3.5
The Sessions
Rene Rodriguez
Hawkes performance is the must see hook of The Sessions but Hunt gives this funny touching movie its soul 
3
The Sessions
Linda Barnard
The joy of The Sessions goes beyond sexual healing It makes physical intimacy far more a matter of the heart and you won t be alone wiping an occasional tear 
3.5
The Sessions
Peter Keough
A powerful expression of our common needs fears and consolations 
3
The Sessions
Matt Pais
For better and for worse The Sessions has crowd pleaser written all over it 
2.5
The Sessions
Michael Phillips
O Brien was the subject of an Oscar winning short Breathing Lessons and it seems likely that The Sessions will receive a few nominations of its own It deserves them 
3.5
The Sessions
Roger Ebert
This film rebukes and corrects countless brainless and cheap sex scenes in other movies It s a reminder that we must be kind to one another 
3.5
The Sessions
Roger Moore
A sentimental feel good romance about pity sex 
3
The Sessions
Robert Levin
It offers a relatable depiction of the powers of a positive mental attitude and perseverance in spite of horrendously bad luck And some Oscar caliber acting to boot 
3
The Sessions
Perry Seibert
With Ben Lewin s film The Sessions Hawkes is given the biggest and juiciest leading role of his career and he pulls it off with remarkable grace and humor 
4
The Sessions
Stephen Whitty
A movie like this is really built around a performance and John Hawkes so powerfully evil in Winter s Bone and Martha Marcy May Marlene carries the film 
3
The Sessions
Lou Lumenick
The Sessions treats intimacy with an explicitness and honesty that s very rare in movies 
4
The Sessions
Claudia Puig
A moving tale with wryly funny moments 
3
The Sessions
Peter Travers
John Hawkes does the kind of acting that awards were invented for in this exhilarating gift of a movie that s funny touching and vital 
3.5
The Sessions
R. Kurt Osenlund
It s the rare film to sell sex as something truly tender and life affirming and Helen Hunt in particular is lovely and poignant 
3
The Sessions
Rex Reed
The Sessions is fascinating informative engaging and heartbreaking stuff 
4
The Sessions
Christy Lemire
It has some difficult and heartfelt performances as well as moments of uncomfortable honesty but ultimately writer director Ben Lewin s film feels too slight too pat and too wildly overhyped out of its festival showings 
2.5
The Sessions
Erik Childress
Using a healthy dose of humor and some very winning performances The Surrogate makes for a perfectly nice if not challenging film 
3
Janie Jones
Tom Russo
Janie Jones would feel more assured if Rosenthal had shown more inclination to commit 
2
Janie Jones
Brett Michel
Not particularly memorable 
2
Janie Jones
Ann Hornaday
Nivola and Breslin make a terrific mismatched pair in a film that often resembles a mash up of Crazy Heart and Sofia Coppola s Somewhere 
2.5
Janie Jones
Kyle Smith
The indie road movie Janie Jones is billed as inspired by the true story of its writer director David M Rosenthal Impossible No one s life is this boring 
1
Janie Jones
Moira MacDonald
Nominated for an Academy Award for 2006 s Little Miss Sunshine when she was just 10 years old Breslin here gives a performance of great naturalism and charm effortlessly carrying a challenging leading role 
3
Janie Jones
Kenji Fujishima
You can probably guess what must happen during the course of this road trip Even less surprising than its story arc however are its character details 
2
Janie Jones
David Nusair
a watchable sporadically moving drama 
2.5
The Godfather, Part II
Matt Brunson
Lauded in some corners although not this one as being superior to its predecessor 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Rosalyn Drexler
Just a really terrific movie in every way The War and Peace mostly war of the Corleone family 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Kathleen Carroll
It goes much deeper than The Godfather in analyzing the twisted mentalities of these men who pervert the capitalist system for their own gain The film is richer in texture and gives more evidence of social awareness 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Michael Wilmington
One of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed American films a landmark work from one of Hollywood s top cinema eras 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Scott Nash
Instead of sitting in the shadow of the original Godfather the Godfather Part II added to to the epic and made it even greater 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Josh Larsen
Shadows lurk throughout the movie as they do over the Corleones lives 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Wesley Lovell
A mesmerizing sequel that explores the parallels in the life of father and son 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Phil Villarreal
A rare sequel to a great film that recaptures and expands upon the mastery of its predecessor 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Roger Ebert
The stunning text of The Godfather is replaced in Part II with prologues epilogues footnotes and good intentions 
3
The Godfather, Part II
James Kendrick
It not only lived up to the artistic and dramatic excellence of the first film but in many ways surpassed it 
4
The Godfather, Part II
James Berardinelli
Few sequels have expanded upon the original with the faithfulness and detail of this one 
4
The Godfather, Part II
Steve Rhodes
I am a big fan of both pictures but prefer the original slightly for its originally and the intensity of the character s emotions 
4
Ten Minutes to Midnight
Roger Moore
Williams and the cast are better than the movie they re saddled with here 
1.5
If You Could See What I Hear
Roger Ebert
Relentlessly trivial 
2
Scarlet Diva
Joe Bob Briggs
I definitely want to watch it again I m not sure exactly what I saw the first time but I loved it 
4
Scarlet Diva
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Argento at only 26 brings a youthful out to change the world aggressiveness to the project as if she s cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock 
3
Scarlet Diva
Frank Ochieng
may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence This Scarlet s letter is A as in aimless arduous and arbitrary 
2
Scarlet Diva
Megan Turner
This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento a producer here but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic 
2.5
Scarlet Diva
Ed Gonzalez
Asia authors herself as Anna Battista an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy 
3
Killer
Austin Kennedy
It s pretty sophisticated when it comes to it s characters but lazy in it s filmmaking aspects 
2.5
Killer
Emanuel Levy
Boasting great performances from LaPaglia and Mimi Rogers this nihilistic noir is set over the course of one long and intense night in New York thus adding to the tight controlled tension 
3
Killer
Roger Ebert
The movie is thoughtful surprising and haunting 
3
My Favorite Year
David Nusair
Filmmaker Benjamin delivers a lackadaisically paced yet generally entertaining comedy that benefits substantially from the leads superb work 
3
My Favorite Year
Matt Brunson
The script s soul searching moments feel forced but the comedy quotient is top notch 
3
Paradise Highway
Peter Canavese
Ambition 46 46 46 effort 46 46 46 well intentioned 46 46 46 some genuinely affecting grace notes on occasion 44 but it apos s also shameless 46 
2.5
Paradise Highway
Leo Brady
No matter how good Binoche can be 44 she can 8217 t elevate the melodramatic weight that slows down her newest film 46 
2
Paradise Highway
Steven Prokopy
I apos ve certainly never seen a film quite like Paradise Highway 44 but in the end 44 I apos m not quite sure why it exists except to give Binoche that rare opportunity to work in an American production 46 
2.5
Paradise Highway
Robert Daniels
8220 Paradise Highway 8221 is the kind wayward 44 tonally muddled project an actress the caliber of Binoche would only sign onto if promises were broken and payback was required 46 
1.5
Paradise Highway
Mark Dujsik
There are 46 46 46 issues here 44 mainly to do with the way this story falls into so many routines and clich 233 s 46 
2
Eddie and the Cruisers
Matt Brunson
The film s mystery angle regarding the missing tapes is ludicrous thus making it right at home alongside every other half witted development in this cheesy undertaking 
1.5
Eddie and the Cruisers
Roger Ebert
Eddie and the Cruisers is all buildup and no payoff 
2
Cleopatra 50th Anniversary
Mark Feeney
It s never a good sign when a movie is most famous for what happened off screen and Cleopatra may be the all time champ of off screen famousness 
2
Ben X
Jeff Shannon
In adapting his novel and subsequent stage play first time writer director Nic Balthazar seems more intent on impressing World of Warcraft gamers than honestly exploring the inner life of the mildly autistic boy at the center of his story 
2
Ben X
Walter V. Addiego
The film is harrowing if maybe a bit melodramatic until it crashes and burns in a feel good ending 
2
Ben X
Ed Gonzalez
Balthazar s aesthetic is ugly aloof maddeningly literal and unimaginative 
1.5
Ben X
Susan Walker
What leads off like a docudrama of the social ills accompanying a misunderstood condition merges into fantasy until in very clever ways director Nic Balthazar turns the medium into the message 
3
Ben X
Kamal Al-Solaylee
It s not the overarching naturalism of the performance that stands out but the conceptual breakdown of the portrayal into smaller loosely connected segments 
3
Pramen Zivota
Steve Rhodes
A stunningly beautiful picture it does a terrific job of dramatizing its points with poetic images that will be indelibly marked in your memory 
3
Free Guy
Wesley Lovell
Further 44 the concept of idea theft and intellectual property is given a satisfyingly thorough exploration 46 
3
Free Guy
Matt Brunson
If nothing else Free Guy contains what might remain the best movie quip of the year 
3
Free Guy
David Nusair
a larger than life premise that s employed to predominantly entertaining and periodically engrossing effect 
3
Free Guy
Steven Prokopy
I m not big on leaving your brain at the door in the name of enjoying a movie but Free Guy allows its big dumb fun to happen without forcing one to kill brain cells in order to enjoy it 
2.5
Free Guy
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The movie is bursting with good vibes but they get crushed by the climax a bland brawl that bluntly reminds viewers they re watching a Disney product 
2
Free Guy
Tom Meek
There s some cheeky good play on the Marvel Universe franchise and Taika Waititi as a software company head and aging hipster megalomaniac makes for good fun but it feels like there s a whole other gear to be explored 
2.5
Free Guy
Bruce R. Miller
Filled with pop culture references a goofy take on gaming life and a charming pair of Ryan Reynolds performances it puts the feel good back in summer movie going 
3
Free Guy
Sarah Knight Adamson
The entertaining ensemble cast help create a popcorn munching good time in my case the best time I ve had at the movies all summer 
4
Free Guy
Mark Meszoros
Like many a big budget game Free Guy can be a little buggy here and there but it s also not typical fare If for that reason alone consider hitting Start 
2.5
Free Guy
Mark Feeney
Reynolds is his usual two steps away from absolute insincerity Where in other movies that can be maddening here it lends a nice lift to his line readings 
2.5
Free Guy
Linda Cook
Free Guy is worth the money 
3
Free Guy
Ross Anthony
I loved the Lego Movie Truman Show and Ground Hog Day and I loved this film It fills the big screen with spectacle races along with a pumping pace gets your mind clicking and tickles your funny bone throughout 
3.5
Free Guy
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I m no gamer this is one breezily intoxicating expedition into the unknown I wish I could pick up a controller and play for myself and that s a compliment 
3
Free Guy
Pamela Powell
Free Guy is pure fun stirring up the worlds of reality and video gaming and giving us one of the most entertainingly hilarious rom coms ever 
4
Free Guy
Doug Walker
Though familiar Free Guy has enough charm from it s main lead and it s supporting cast to get a fair amount of laughs with a fair amount of heart 
3
Free Guy
Mike McGranaghan
A clever and enjoyable picture that delivers on the promise of its high tech premise 
3
Free Guy
Kevin Carr
The movie expends so much energy keeping the premise from collapsing that it doesn t have the energy to really give good characters but there are some very funny moments 
3
Free Guy
Richard Roeper
Ryan Reynolds is at top skill level in this clever video game comedy 
3
The Social Dilemma
Mark Kennedy
The film reveals much more than why you go from Googling the best sofa one minute to finding sofa ads on your Facebook stream the next 
2.5
The Social Dilemma
Sarah Knight Adamson
This is a call to action film alerting us of the addiction and the emotional struggles of adults teens and children that are using social media 
3
The Social Dilemma
Jason Fraley
A straight documentary may have worked better than a fiction hybrid but The Social Dilemma is nonetheless a terrifying plea for us to delete our social media accounts Will you do it 
3.5
The Social Dilemma
Tom Meek
Upsides to social media get pushed aside without bigger picture relevance and the film gets into talking about social media influence on democracy late in the game 
2.5
The Social Dilemma
Nell Minow
It asks fundamental and existential questions about whether we are literally writing with code ourselves out of the ability to make vital decisions 
3
The Social Dilemma
Linda Cook
The Social Dilemma is for thinking adults who might be surprised at why they spend so much time on social media 
3
The Social Dilemma
Joey Magidson
What really hurts this doc is the bizarre insistence on dramatized footage 
2.5
The Social Dilemma
Roger Moore
A good film probably too little too late to play a role in saving democracy or healing a nation so divided half of it won t do the most basic things to stop a pandemic But there you are and there we are 
3.5
The Social Dilemma
Jeff York
No horror movie this year will be as frightening as THE SOCIAL DILEMMA Vampires zombies and Martians from outer space have nothing on the horrors being instigated by social media platforms 
3.5
The Social Dilemma
Mick LaSalle
The Social Dilemma should be mandatory viewing for everyone who has a social media account After seeing it you may look at your phone differently as something that isn t really your friend 
3
The Social Dilemma
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As one of his subjects dejectedly states How do you wake up from the Matrix when you don t know you re in the Matrix Indeed 
3
The Social Dilemma
Pamela Powell
The Social Dilemma expertly tells a complicated story while using an entertaining fictional narrative to exemplify their findings 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This is a very disappointing effort from Disney 
1.5
Lilo & Stitch
David Nusair
an affable but hopelessly uneven fantasy 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Scott Nash
The movie does manage to tug at your heartstrings with its themes of loneliness and finding a place to fit in but it does it without ever rising too high on the sap o meter 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Michael Dequina
A raucous comedy adventure and easily one of the strangest products to ever emerge from the Disney animation pipeline 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Frank Ochieng
Lilo Stitch could be considered a safe and amiable vehicle for the powers that be at the Disney stable But that s probably this movie s main downfall it s TOO safe in a time where the sophisticated outlook of cinema is progressive
2
Lilo & Stitch
Ross Anthony
Wish I d seen it on the big screen 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Wesley Lovell
The best Disney animated film in years 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Bill Chambers
The one Disney movie worth a damn in the post Katzenberg era 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Margaret A. McGurk
An animated charmer of a comedy 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Ian Mantgani
The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us This is not a classical dramatic animated feature nor a hip contemporary in jokey one It s sort of in between and it works 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Mark Dujsik
A solid and entertaining introduction to characters who need much more freedom to really let themselves shine 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Forrest Hartman
Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois have crafted such a smart and sassy tale it would have been solid even if the central characters were stick figures 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Linda Cook
Lilo Stitch A little miracle from Disney
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Mike McGranaghan
This is the traditional Disney magic wrapped in a wonderfully original and imaginative new package 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
James Kendrick
The movie s slightly offbeat tone and comic rhythms work well with the simple and bright animation techniques 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Steven Snyder
When one sees Stitch a blue blob sporting pointy teeth an oversized head and six appendages comparisons to past Disney works go out the window After years of predictability Lilo and Stitch is a crazy ride all its own 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Tony Toscano
A return to pure Disney magic and is enjoyable family fare 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Kevin A. Ranson
nobody is really a villain nobody has to die and everything works out in spite of all the chaos the only thing Lilo Stitch leaves you wanting is more 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Dustin Putman
Disney s most effortlessly charming and satisfying hand drawn creation since 1999 s Tarzan 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Michael Szymanski
At the end of the movie my 6 year old nephew said I guess I come from a broken family and my uncles are all aliens too Congrats Disney on a job well done I enjoyed it just as much 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite running out of gas and getting slightly bogged down with its obligatory message Lilo Stitch provides a happy summer distraction 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Daphne Gordon
With its feel good plot superior art direction and memorable characters Lilo Stitch could well become one of those timeless Disney classics one that sticks around for decades and never loses its appeal 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Peter Bernard
A funny offbeat tale of a broken family s search for love 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Eli Sanders
For all the weighty issues involved this movie remains very entertaining full of Elvis songs and scenes that will make both parents and kids laugh 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Mick LaSalle
A tiresome feature that could be made into a wonderful 20 minute film 
1
Lilo & Stitch
David Elliott
Even if you care nothing about Lilo turning snarly gremlin Stitch into a surfin huggie you can still slack into a Don the Beachcomber drift 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Mary Kalin-Casey
A generally charming and fairly original film 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Steven Rea
A picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky spirited fashion 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Jan Stuart
A beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from Disney 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Jackie Loohauis
A surprising romp that manages to be weird and lovable at the same time 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Rene Rodriguez
By turns endearing and hilarious Lilo Stitch is proof the folks at Disney should break their own rules more often 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Liam Lacey
A new variation on the Disney animated flick one that reflects less a corporate formula than a particular animator s iconoclastic taste 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Susan Stark
It s a film that s destined to win a wide summer audience through word of mouth reviews and not far down the line to find a place among the studio s animated classics 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Terry Lawson
Stitch combines all the worst and most irresistible qualities of Bugs Bunny the Road Runner and Speedy Gonzales while taking their pranks to new plateaus of destruction 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Jeff Vice
One of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced 
2
Lilo & Stitch
Bob Strauss
A universally accessible family fantasy with a stronger sense of its time and place than most live action films can claim 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Renee Graham
A quirky welcome addition to Disney s cavalcade of animated stars 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
David Sterritt
Kids will love its fantasy and adventure and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor 
4
Lilo & Stitch
Kit Bowen
Maybe someday just once a Disney animated film will surprise us 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Claudia Puig
Witty touching and well paced 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Lou Lumenick
This beautifully drafted offbeat charmer is hip funny and a bona fide heart tugger for the whole family 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Roger Ebert
It s one of the most charming feature length cartoons of recent years funny sassy startling original and with six songs by Elvis 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Phil Villarreal
Never does Lilo Stitch reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney s great past or even that of more recent successes such as Mulan or Tarzan 
2
Lilo & Stitch
Erik Childress
The funniest character you are likely to see created in any film all year 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Chris Hewitt
Stitch will pull children into Lilo Stitch but Lilo is one of the most memorable Disney characters in ages 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Jeffrey Westhoff
The first half bursts with a goofy energy previous Disney films only used for a few minutes here and there 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Loren King
Despite its charms and the refreshingly non traditional characters Lilo Stitch seems diluted and too derivative to be as effective as one wants it to be 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Josh Larsen
Spirit fans beware This will work your kids up rather than put them to sleep so stay away if you have an aversion to frantic fun 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Rob Blackwelder
This movie has well timed off the wall humor hiding in every nook and cranny 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Ed Gonzalez
Disney s Lilo Stitch is worthy of Looney Tunes 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
Jeanne Aufmuth
Stitch s crazy antics are an edgy counterpart to Lilo s poignant social isolation the engaging yin and yang of the narrative 
3.5
Lilo & Stitch
James Berardinelli
This movie represents a low point in Disney animation occasionally resembling a high budget Saturday morning cartoon 
2.5
Lilo & Stitch
Steve Rhodes
a sweet movie with a good message Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten that never feels preachy or disingenuous It s also one that skewers the normally sacred text of animated movies environmentalism 
3
Lilo & Stitch
Jeremy Heilman
It s probably the best cartoon that the studio has released since Mulan 
2.5
Family Camp
Mike McGranaghan
These guys simply aren apos t funny 44 so already withering material completely falls apart in their hands 46 
1
100 Voices: A Journey Home
Robert W. Butler
The film has been built around the live performances which become an aural backdrop for beautifully edited archival footage and photos of pre war Jewish life 
3
100 Voices: A Journey Home
Joseph Jon Lanthier
While 100 Voices lacks the behind the camera musicality and deference to concert flow of Scorsese s The Last Waltz it s no less potent as an auto elegy 
3
100 Voices: A Journey Home
Keith Cohen
Audiences will find this documentary to be an exhilarating experience full of hope and optimism for a better future for mankind You can t help but shed tears throughout the vicarious euphoric thrill that washes over your heart soul It deserves 
4
Turnover
Matt Brunson
Here s a heartwarming film that truly does warm the heart rather than inadvertently cause heartburn with cloying sentiment and unearned pathos 
3
Turnover
Bob Bloom
Turnover is a charming and embraceable feature that touts the power of friendship love and acceptance 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
John Beifuss
The mixtape designation is apt This episodic movie doesn t really come together but its highlights make it worthwhile Eldridge Cleaver earns laughs when he names the three pigs running for president Oink Nixon Oink Humphrey and Oink Wallace 
2.5
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Rob Thomas
The result is a film that doesn t chart the rise and fall of the black power movement and viewers unfamiliar with civil rights history will likely be lost But it does give insight into the frustration and anger that sparked the movement 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Lisa Kennedy
Broken into nine chapters one for each year the documentary isn t a rigorous work but a felt piece of vital if flawed art 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Joe Williams
It s thrilling to hear from unrepentant revolutionaries such as Angela Davis and amusing to hear from their bell bottomed white lawyers 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Chris Hewitt
Mixtape is about a foreign country And the foreign country is ours 
2.5
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Tom Keogh
From the fly on the wall cinma vrit style of the 60s to a more aggressive advocacy approach in the mid 70s Mixtape is a wide slice of nonfiction film history 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Ann Hornaday
A film that suffers from a surfeit of credulity 
2
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Wesley Morris
You watch the material here and wonder whether most of the movies made about black people are meant to pacify general audiences to distract them from demanding more of the movies 
3.5
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Gerald Peary
A collage of privileged documentary moments from 1967 to 1975 assembled and edited by Gran Hugo Olsson 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
David Lewis
It is mostly impressionistic but wow some of those impressions really pack a punch 
3
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Kam Williams
An absolute must see for anyone interested in appreciating the mindset and motivations of the charismatic militants who captured the imagination of an impatient generation of African Americans in the wake of the murder of Dr Martin Luther King 
4
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Lauren Wissot
Perhaps the greatest irony of all is that such a tumultuous and thrilling time in American history can be so easily reduced to a staid classroom lecture 
2
In Our Nature
Lou Lumenick
Plays distressingly like a photographed off Broadway drama 
2
In Our Nature
Diego Semerene
In Our Nature s visual style seems plastered on or allocated not developed with any sort of authorial singularity 
1
In Our Nature
Erik Childress
Like Carnage it gets off to a rocky start in keeping all its protagonists from leaving the movie But if you can make it past that and John Slattery helps a bunch Brian Savelson s film settles into a nicely mature story about airing grievances 
3
Newcastle
Tom Keogh
A glum and slack family drama Newcastle is punctuated by bright bursts of dreamy surfing images but not enough to make the film rewarding 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
Jay Antani
Kevin Spacey s dedication is clear both in his performance as Darin and in his wonderful direction
3
Beyond the Sea
Ross Anthony
Serious moments have softened edges the film rarely feels heavy Always interesting and entertaining but never especially deep and certainly not dark 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
Nick Rogers
Kevin Spacey has made a passionless one man show about the wrong man It s a showcase for the star director s pipes no doubt but also his pretensions 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
James Kendrick
given the choice I ll take Spacey s hilarious spot on impression of Christopher Walken over Bobby Darin any day
2
Beyond the Sea
Peter Howell
Spacey the actor bails out Spacey the director He s been talking about his abiding love of Darin for quite some time and he nails Darin in look deed and buttery croon making up for many of the film s structural deficiencies 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
Michael A. Smith
A film that celebrates a great talent taken away too soon Beyond the Sea is sure to set your toes tapping 
3
Beyond the Sea
Josh Larsen
one of those labors of love that reminds you love is blind 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a monstrous guilty pleasure for people who want to see a whole movie just like the asparagus scene in American Beauty 
3
Beyond the Sea
Lori Hoffman
an intriguing visual style akin to a multi car pile up involving All That Jazz Funny Girl and Moulin Rouge 
3
Beyond the Sea
Mark Dujsik
Ultimately works as flattering homage 
3
Beyond the Sea
Matt Brunson
Spacey serves as actor writer director and producer and probably caterer key grip and best boy if we search the credits hard enough on this misguided vanity project 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
John Beifuss
Not so much a biopic as a performance art project 
2
Beyond the Sea
David Keyes
This is not a great achievement by any means but the director s consistent display of enthusiasm allows it to stay afloat long enough to get its point across 
3
Beyond the Sea
David Elliott
One of the most genuine tributes ever offered by one artist to another 
3.5
Beyond the Sea
Larry Ratliff
When I look at Spacey in this film I see Kevin Spacey not Darin This leaps out even more this winter because when I look at Jamie Foxx I see Ray Charles 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
Bruce Newman
This is one of those rare movies that s so bad it s good with lavish production numbers in which Spacey sings out of sync with the voice track and dances out of sync with his own feet 
1
Beyond the Sea
Joe Baltake
You have to hand it to Spacey He gets by on sheer willfulness He believes so much in his cockeyed dream that we come to believe in it too 
3
Beyond the Sea
Jeff Strickler
Spacey is someone who is capable of producing writing directing starring and doing his own singing and making it all work magnificently 
4
Beyond the Sea
Duane Dudek
It is a bold experiment that collapses under the weight of its own eclecticism And as a result it says less about Darin than it does about Spacey 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
Eric Harrison
Offers little psychological insight into the man beyond his mantra I want it all I want to surpass Sinatra in everything he does 
2
Beyond the Sea
Terry Lawson
Not unpleasant to watch but it s another movie in which the art direction and costuming and of course the soundtrack are of more interest than the story whatever it is 
2
Beyond the Sea
Jeff Vice
Seems more intent on getting the musical numbers right than telling the story 
2
Beyond the Sea
Wesley Morris
Your standard biopic boilerplate with a lot of self reflexive hokum 
2
Beyond the Sea
Michael Wilmington
Beyond the Sea doesn t quite have that swing But it s close 
3
Beyond the Sea
Roger Ebert
The movie possesses genuine feeling because Spacey is there with Darin during all the steps of this journey up and down all the way into death 
3
Beyond the Sea
Chris Hewitt
A movie so inventive and varied in its badness that it s almost good 
2
Beyond the Sea
Sean Piccoli
Spacey s singing turns out to be the most plausible and appealing element of Beyond the Sea It s just about everything else that needed rethinking 
2
Beyond the Sea
Moira MacDonald
A movie that gets a few things absolutely right while getting quite a few other things very very wrong indeed 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
Mick LaSalle
Jaw droppingly awful 
1
Beyond the Sea
Steven Rea
The film never gives you a real sense of what drove Darin on 
2
Beyond the Sea
Walter Chaw
It lacks passion and joy replacing them both with something that smells a lot like mid life crisis 
1
Beyond the Sea
Jeanne Aufmuth
Falls short in many ways from its vaudevillian esque sensibility to the look at me Ma attitude pervading every frame 
2
Beyond the Sea
Chuck O'Leary
For those who aren t Darin aficionados the reason to see this biopic is another outstanding performance by Spacey 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
Peter Debruge
Spacey has crafted a vanity project of appalling proportions 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
Michael Dequina
The Very Special Bobby Darin Tribute episode of The Kevin Spacey Variety Hour 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
Glenn Whipp
A homogenized look at Darin s complicated life that is designed like most of Spacey s recent films to produce a showy ego trip for the lead actor and cheap unearned beyond earnest sentiment for the unfortunate paying customers 
1
Beyond the Sea
Timothy Knight
The result is a glossy and emotionally unsatisfying film that plays like a series of trite vignettes strung together by adequately staged and performed musical numbers And that s the name of that tune 
2
Beyond the Sea
Stephen Whitty
If there is a point Spacey never makes it clear nor manages to fully illuminate the people in Darin s orbit 
1
Beyond the Sea
Jack Mathews
The awkwardness of the film s structure and its inept theatrics diminish the real drama in Darin s life 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
Lou Lumenick
Seems to be telling us a lot more about its star and director Kevin Spacey than its ostensible subject Bobby Darin 
1.5
Beyond the Sea
Steve Rhodes
Spacey sings the songs himself capturing Darin s melodies and mannerisms perfectly which makes Jamie Foxx s heralded turn as Ray Charles seem like only half a performance 
3
Beyond the Sea
Mike Clark
In scenes that re create up tempo engagements at the Copacabana and other nightspots this heartfelt portrait comes to life 
2.5
Beyond the Sea
John Anderson
It s a car wreck a sideshow You simply have to watch there are so many things going so terribly terribly wrong 
.5
Beyond the Sea
Mike McGranaghan
Never brings Bobby Darin s life into sharp focus but at least gives us an appealing dose of show biz razzle dazzle
3
Beyond the Sea
David Sterritt
Spacey is almost as swinging as Darin was but his filmmaking leans toward tried and true formulas 
2
Beyond the Sea
James Berardinelli
Great music and a few good scenes do not a movie make 
2
Beyond the Sea
Dustin Putman
A biopic that is all shiny surface and no substance washing over hard details in favor of a lot of stage performances that come off surprisingly flat 
2
Beyond the Sea
Scott Nash
Spacey writes directs acts produces and sings Is there anything he can t do Apparently not 
3.5
Beyond the Sea
Keith Uhlich
This show offy biopic of the late great singer songwriter Bobby Darin reveals Spacey as a shameless slogan reliant historical reductionist 
1
Beyond the Sea
Peter Travers
Doing his own singing Spacey is a marvel 
3
Beyond the Sea
Emily Blunt
Beyond the Sea is a beautiful whirlwind musical homage to crooner Bobby Darin s remarkable career and astonishing life 
3.5
Falling for Figaro
Randy Myers
You know where this is all heading but Macdonald makes a pleasant presence and Lumley is a scream 
2.5
Falling for Figaro
Leo Brady
Two charming lead actors falling in love singing sweet music and sparking an appreciation for opera If that was the goal of Falling for Figaro then it has hit the high note 
3
Falling for Figaro
Roxana Hadadi
The performances are what make Falling for Figaro an entertaining distraction even as the film plays out exactly as you would expect 
2.5
Falling for Figaro
Mark Dujsik
Falling for Figaro settles for a series of predictable setups and expected clichés 
2
We Are Marshall
David Nusair
would ve benefited from the presence of virtually any other actor in the central role 
2
We Are Marshall
Mike McGranaghan
We Are Marshall is not a bad movie it is a potentially nice familiar movie unfortunately marred by the unspeakably awful performance of Matthew McConaughey 
2
We Are Marshall
Rob Thomas
As exciting and well staged as the on field action is finally a football movie gives the field goal kicker the respect he s due I was more taken by what was happening off the field 
3
We Are Marshall
Greg Maki
A heartfelt tribute to those who died and those who lived 
3
We Are Marshall
Steven Snyder
There s genuine emotion in this movie and wide ranging ones at that There s the shock of loss the struggle in moving forward the fear of failure and the joy of putting one s passion into a good cause regardless of the results 
3
We Are Marshall
Sean P. Means
A strong cast is shortchanged by a director who can t trust his audience to feel anything not loaded with exclamation points 
2
We Are Marshall
Bob Bloom
Subtlety is not a word in this director s vocabulary The odd thing is the story is so powerful that you don t really object to McG s methodology 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Thomas Delapa
When McG gets to the big game finale he fumbles big time going for a deflating victory at the expense of emotional truth 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Matt Brunson
We Are Marshall is never as emotionally draining as this material requires but it gives it the old college try and comes close to succeeding 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Kam Williams
Bittersweet football flick less concerned with gridiron feats than with how members of a tight knit community deal with their grief in the wake of a disaster 
4
We Are Marshall
Peter Canavese
I suppose there s a place for this studio picture s brand of popcorn catharsis One just wishes the powerful story at its heart felt more genuine and less manipulative 
2
We Are Marshall
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a movie that sits there doing nothing leaving an audience waiting and wondering why they are supposed to care or get emotionally involved which is really too bad because there is a great story to be told here 
2
We Are Marshall
Claudia Puig
This was undeniably a horrific event for the victims families friends colleagues as well as for the entire community But the movie seems to almost exploit this tragedy so it can make audiences weep and ultimately cheer 
1.5
We Are Marshall
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Swings wildly between somber and stupid 
1
We Are Marshall
Maitland McDonagh
The film benefits from a strong cast McConaughey s Lengyel is eccentric but ultimately engaging while David Strathairn and Ian McShane as Dedmon and a grief stricken father respectively deliver subtly powerful performances 
3
We Are Marshall
Peter Howell
What s missing is any kind of insight into the lives of the dead players or the members of the Young Thundering Herd who rise up to replace them 
2
We Are Marshall
Ted Fry
A series of montage and anecdotal vignettes follows as they recruit a whole new team learn lessons from the catastrophe lose and then win with plenty of sentimentality sprinkled over the whole thing 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Peter Hartlaub
We Are Marshall is a bit of a shame because the subject matter could have been something special in the hands of stronger filmmakers 
1
We Are Marshall
Carla Meyer
This particular movie obviously carefully and thoroughly researched needed to articulate the experiences of the townspeople of Huntington more thoroughly than it does 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Gary Goldstein
A memorable deeply felt tribute that scores serious points despite its few fumbles 
3.5
We Are Marshall
Kyle Smith
A better film would have acknowledged the limits of sport and discovered that when you re in mourning all you can do is distract yourself either by hard work on the part of the surviving teammates or meaningless entertainment the fans 
2
We Are Marshall
Jack Mathews
It looks like every inspirational sports movie we ve seen in the last five years 
2
We Are Marshall
Connie Ogle
Equally thrilling and wrenching the film is an absolute must for anyone who loves sports and an eloquent explanation for those who don t understand what the fuss is about 
3
We Are Marshall
David Frese
Matthew McConaughey is the MVP of We Are Marshall 
3
We Are Marshall
Stephen Cole
An entirely serviceable night out for buddies looking to locate hidden feelings 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Terry Lawson
As sincerely felt as it may be We Are Marshall still comes off feeling contrived and superficial 
2
We Are Marshall
Jeff Vice
The film is fortunate to have these two stars McConaughey brings some much needed life and spark while Fox provides some gravitas 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Lisa Kennedy
Too bad the film doesn t sustain the mix of sorrow and hope the story requires 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Mary F. Pols
A subtle delicate hand is required to do loss and grief justice And that s something McG doesn t have He tries to convince us that rallying around the old flagpole is drama enough but it rings false 
1.5
We Are Marshall
Lawrence Toppman
This sense of triumph more palpable because it s true should touch even the crustiest of cynics 
3.5
We Are Marshall
Wesley Morris
This is the rare football drama Friday Night Lights is another that gives you a sense of what football means to a town 
3
We Are Marshall
Steven D. Greydanus
More than most films of its ilk We Are Marshall rises above the clich eacute s that define the genre connecting sport to larger issues in an emotionally satisfying way 
3.5
We Are Marshall
John Beifuss
The season s glossiest stand up and cheer sit down and cry movie experience 
2.5
We Are Marshall
James Sanford
McG finds the proper balance between a rah rah sports drama and a contemplative study of a beaten down town Marshall also provides McConaughey with a role that s perfectly tailored to his style 
3
We Are Marshall
Erik Childress
Even lesser hacks than McG would have trouble making Jamie Linden s screenplay float but I never thought it was possible to blow every big inspirational moment Maybe because they are all the same 
1.5
We Are Marshall
Willie Waffle
Matthew Fox who is supposed to be playing second fiddle to Matthew McConaughey actually upstages the bigger star by doing everything right that the Texan does wrong sounding and acting like Yosemite Sam doesn t always work 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Mark Dujsik
For a movie about the effects of tragedy on the people in a football town We Are Marshall doesn t care about the grief process its characters or most shockingly football 
1.5
We Are Marshall
Carrie Rickey
The film is emotionally affecting without being particularly distinguished 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Dustin Putman
Syrupy vapid unfocused 
1.5
We Are Marshall
Paul Doro
We Are Marshall is manipulative and hokey and formulaic and often overly sentimental But it is also nearly impossible to dislike 
3
We Are Marshall
Chris Hewitt
Bright spots can t get at the script s failure to make this into a story about something bigger than sports in the way Invincible Miracle and Go Tigers did 
2
We Are Marshall
Phoebe Flowers
It s not that We Are Marshall does anything groundbreaking and that dependability is part of its appeal It s an undeniably compelling story and maybe it would make you cry just as hard even if it weren t gracefully told 
3
We Are Marshall
Jan Stuart
A depressingly mechanical sports drama that seems not to have been written and directed so much as home assembled Ikea style by pictorial instruction 
1.5
We Are Marshall
Jessica Reaves
Restrained and tasteful are not words normally associated with McG the director best known for countless music videos and the Charlie s Angels movie franchise We Are Marshall could change that 
3
We Are Marshall
Matt Pais
Winds up feeling like a big story told only in a small way 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Josh Larsen
begins with a politely observed time of mourning and then gets on to the business of triumph even if the movie has to invent it 
2
We Are Marshall
Phil Villarreal
More than a simple football movie the theme is not about winning or losing but finding the strength to move on in spite of tragedy 
3
We Are Marshall
James Berardinelli
We Are Marshall is precisely what one expects from a true sports story it s uplifting and inspiring 
3
We Are Marshall
Steve Rhodes
In a decidedly schmaltzy film McConaughey s performance of a gutsy idiot is arguably off the scale bad but as he chews up the scenery his off putting work begins to become somewhat charming 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Jeanne Aufmuth
Doesn t score any touchdowns in the emotion department 
2.5
We Are Marshall
Gary Brown
We Are Marshall rates as one of the best sports movies ever made This is a masterful triumph from the director McG that will make your heart soar in joy at the end 
4
We Are Marshall
Nick Schager
Grief is messy says McShane s anguished dad We Are Marshall s disingenuously tidy portrait of it alas is not 
2
We Are Marshall
Linda Cook
Right up front this terrific movie about courage establishes itself 
4
The Third Eye
Roger Moore
A not that scary ghost story more interesting for its simple effects and peek into Indonesian culture than its frights 
1.5
Little Manhattan
Willie Waffle
Little Manhattan is the cutest funniest most heartbreaking and inspiring movie you will see all year
4
Little Manhattan
Glenn Whipp
Becomes something quite startling a sweet story about first love that manages to be a great date movie for adults too 
3
Little Manhattan
Dustin Putman
A beautiful layered uplifting dizzyingly romantic motion picture This is one of the year s very best films and one of its most unexpected cinematic treasures 
4
Little Manhattan
Lou Lumenick
A moderately charming comedy depicting a fumbling prepubescent first romance in a beautiful fairy tale version of the borough 
2.5
Little Manhattan
Allison Corneau
Reliving the roller coaster ride of young love from the point of view of these phenomenal young actors offers a humorous escape from the adult world where the little things in relationships are often taken for granted 
3.5
Little Manhattan
Lisa Rose
A big surprise a comedy detailing the angst of first love with rare candor 
3
Little Manhattan
Jami Bernard
What a treasure a funny tart romantic comedy about tweens suffering the pangs of first love It makes the cityscape an essential part of the romance like a junior vintage Woody Allen 
3
Little Manhattan
Gene Seymour
It s the little things such as confusing voices on the phone that show you that the husband wife team of director Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett are paying close attention to what kids do say and go through 
3
Little Manhattan
Ed Gonzalez
A totem to white privilege 
1.5
Panelkapcsolat (The Prefab People)
Jeremy Heilman
It is the best of Tarr s early works because it achieves such a degree of intimacy that its lack of ostentatious filmmaking never impedes its ability to observe its characters 
3.5
The Wedding Ringer
David Nusair
a decent premise that s employed to predictably erratic effect by Jeremy Garelick 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Linda Cook
The Wedding Ringer leaves its guests at the altar 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Andrew Johnson
The rest of the film is a mess of mixed messages perpetuating homophobia and sexism at the same time it critiques them 
2.5
The Wedding Ringer
John Wirt
Briefly messes with Kevin Hart formula but more often shoehorns prerequisite celebration scenes and implausible plot turns into Hart s party mix 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Matt Brunson
Basically a Men s Rights Activist meme passing itself off as a motion picture 
1.5
The Wedding Ringer
Mike McGranaghan
The movie often plays like a mid 2000s Jennifer Lopez rom com forced against its will to be a hard R guy comedy 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Christy Lemire
If you re at the multiplex in the middle of the afternoon and The Wedding Ringer is the only movie playing at a time that s convenient you won t be completely miserable This is not exactly a ringing endorsement I realize 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Stephen Whitty
This isn t something anyone really needs to buy It s OK it ll do but like Hart s character it s strictly a rental 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Willie Waffle
If your children recognize Gad as the voice of Olaf from Frozen FOR GOD S SAKE DO NOT LET THEM SEE THE WEDDING RINGER This movie is a bit too R rated for them 
2.5
The Wedding Ringer
Tirdad Derakhshani
I almost passed out hyperventilating after uncontrollable bursts of hyena laughs It took a full evening s rest for the ache to dissipate from the belly 
3.5
The Wedding Ringer
James Berardinelli
The Wedding Ringer is imperfect but its imperfections are tolerable because they re accompanied by a dollop of drama a measure of laughter and an oversized helping of Kevin Hart 
2.5
The Wedding Ringer
Mark Dujsik
When a joke does land it s more a matter of luck than of craft 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Linda Barnard
Squeezes out some weak laughs amid alternating scenes of gross behaviour and sickly sweet male bonding confessionals 
1.5
The Wedding Ringer
Sara Stewart
Hart is such a skilled comic his lightning fast riffs are almost always funny even when they re in the midst of hateful dreck like this that I can t believe he can t talk his way into better material 
1
The Wedding Ringer
Drew Hunt
This big brash occasionally clever but mostly dumb comedy is so gallingly derivative that watching it feels like playing a game of basic cable bingo 
1.5
The Wedding Ringer
Matt Pais
A movie that s slightly better than you expect when you watch it on the plane while being glad you waited to see it until you were killing time half asleep 
2
The Wedding Ringer
Michael Ordoña
Whether gleefully treading where fools rush in or subjecting characters to surprising harm for laughs the thing is funny at times very funny 
3
The Wedding Ringer
Kam Williams
Check your brain at the box office and motor mouthed Kevin Hart surrounded by a talented cast of seasoned comedians will keep you in stitches for the duration of a decidedly lowbrow politically incorrect misadventure 
3
The Wedding Ringer
Roger Moore
Josh Gad s funniest movie Kevin Hart s sweetest 
2.5
The Wedding Ringer
Dustin Putman
Ugly rancid vile and mean The level of contempt The Wedding Ringer shows its characters and audience is inconceivable 
0
The FP
Christy Lemire
Rather than crafting a movie that s so bad it s good writer director brothers Jason and Brandon Trost have come up with something that s just plain bad and boring and repetitive 
1
The FP
Mick LaSalle
You need to find a room full of people who get the joke and see this movie there because audiences will be laughing so hard they ll be screaming 
3
The FP
Tom Keogh
The FP works best as an operatic parody of mixed genres with lunacy on the fringes 
2.5
The FP
Ethan Gilsdorf
Neither obliviously dreadful enough to be so bad it s good nor intentionally tongue in cheek enough to be funny 
1
The FP
Matt Pais
People talk repeatedly about street cred and say For realz which I can only assume the script spellz with a z The FP means to be terrible and it is 
1
The FP
Nick Schager
The FP has a one note joke of a conceit and when that runs out it has few actual jokes to fill the humorless void 
1.5
Slender Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
The inherent creepiness of the titular character never resonates and as such there are precious few scares 
1.5
Slender Man
David Nusair
It s apparent right from the get go that Slender Man doesn t have much of a story to tell or even as becomes clear a reason to exist 
2
Slender Man
Kevin A. Ranson
Our heroic would be victims take too long to like too long to catch on and are ultimately forgettable This monster arrives in theaters promising too little too late 
1
Slender Man
Brian Tallerico
Sporadically one can see the movie that Slender Man could have been but it disappears like the title character s victims 
1.5
Slender Man
Mark Dujsik
White mostly believes that the best way to make this monster frightening is to blare loud noises whenever it appears 
1.5
Slender Man
Roger Moore
A random mashup of horror tropes and in camera effects a monster better glimpsed than viewed in close up and even the formidable Joey King can t save it 
1.5
Wide Sargasso Sea
Roger Ebert
The hothouse atmosphere permeates every scene creating an unhealthy climate in which young love is perverted promises become lies and jealousy is the strongest emotion 
3.5
Holiday in the Wild
Roger Moore
Cute baby elephants dress up this limp romance which has just enough holiday treacle to drown in
1.5
Holiday in the Wild
David Nusair
mostly watchable yet entirely forgettable 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Dwight Brown
It s kinda like a movie Kinda like a sitcom Not really either But its sweet emotions and modern sensibilities eventually make it endearing 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Nell Minow
Cheaper by the Dozen is worse than formulaic it is lazy and condescending to its audience 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Roger Moore
Harmless enough even if it barely rises above background noise for parents and kids distracted by whatever else is going on while you watch it 
2
The Battleship Island
Simon Abrams
While Battleship Island is sometimes unpleasant to watch it is a consistently involving atypically thoughtful crowd pleaser 
3
Waterland
Roger Ebert
The strange fact about Waterland is the way the performances and the dialogue are worthier than the story itself 
2.5
The Girl From Monday
Wesley Morris
The charm verve and clearly articulated vision a filmmaker would need to put this over are nowhere in evidence though Hartley s sentimentality and wan cynicism are on grating display 
2
The Girl From Monday
Phil Villarreal
Shakes its shamanistic staff at a world continually overwhelmed with consumerism and the proliferation of mega conglomerations 
3.5
The Girl From Monday
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A poetic satire and genre parody 
3
The Girl From Monday
Elizabeth Weitzman
Pointlessly stilted and frustratingly obvious 
1.5
The Girl From Monday
David Sterritt
Engaging performances and a stylized visual approach lend it originality 
3
The Girl From Monday
V.A. Musetto
Not one of Hartley s most successful efforts but it s witty daring different and a welcome alternative to Hollywood pap 
2.5
The Girl From Monday
Jeff Shannon
Hal Hartley s fake sci fi movie about the way we live now is a misfire suggesting occasional winks of satire while taking itself so seriously that you re left wondering when to laugh 
2
Rana's Wedding
Marta Barber
Rana s Wedding serves as a strong reminder of the difficulties the people of Jerusalem face every day 
2.5
Rana's Wedding
Walter Chaw
So clearly a product of our collective kingdom of frustration and rubble that she can t help but give voice to a universal howl 
3.5
Rana's Wedding
Janice Page
This wedding film is no stale confection 
3
Rana's Wedding
Ted Fry
Gentle tumultuous coming of age in a day story 
3
Rana's Wedding
Roger Ebert
The movie is passable as a story but fascinating as a document 
3
Rana's Wedding
Robert K. Elder
As Rana Khoury gives the film a sympathetic center but also a maddening one 
3
Rana's Wedding
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Director Hany Abu Assad makes delightful use of time stretching out the action over the course of one day 
3
Rana's Wedding
Jonathan Curiel
A bittersweet film that tells the story of Palestinian life as eloquently as anything ever done 
4
Rana's Wedding
V.A. Musetto
A small gem 
3
Rana's Wedding
David Sterritt
Excellent acting and a plot that combines suspense whimsy and political resonance make this Palestinian comedy drama an unusual treat 
3
Rana's Wedding
Joshua Tanzer
The final scene packs a huge impact Simple but surprising intensely personal and yet symbolic of the greater Israeli Palestinian conflict the film is as eloquent a statement as can be made on war peace and humanity in Israel 
3.5
War of the Monsters
John Beifuss
Barugon has a battering ram tongue nictitating eyelids and purplish blood but what elevates him from weird to unforgettable is the deadly rainbow ray that emanates from his back a surreal cartoonish and even poetical touch 
3
TikTok, Boom.
Sean P. Means
The problem with a documentary like TikTok Boom is that its shelf life is as short as the app s By the time this movie gets out to a general audience it s quite possible that the next social media platform will already be trying to replace it 
3
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
Jesse Cataldo
Wuershang is too busy mixing up a slurry of postmodern techniques abortive fight scenes and noisy set pieces to spend any time on fundamentals 
1.5
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
James Adams
About the only thing this cinematic whirligig skimps on is coherence both narrative and aesthetic 
2.5
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
Greg Quill
If it s diminished by the director s feverish urge to over achieve this movie is clearly the kind of irreverent multi platform cross genre otherworldly stuff Hollywood wants from China fast furious big bold and brassy 
3
Asking for It
Roger Moore
There are moments here and there where you can see what a pretty good cast saw in the possibilities of the material 
1.5
Asking for It
Ciara Wardlow
Asking for It is like a cheap puppet show everyone here feels like a flat paper cut out jerked helter skelter by painfully obvious strings mouthpieces for the man standing just behind the curtain 
1
Asking for It
Leo Brady
Asking for It should be daring and inspirational and instead ends up being tedious and derivative 
1
Asking for It
Mark Dujsik
Most of the issue is that the filmmaker has a lot of difficulty determining his targets in the first place 
1.5
Night Key
Matt Brunson
A zippy plot and Karloff s immensely sympathetic portrayal make this one worth watching 
3
Bros
Kevin Carr
While there 8217 s a sweet story buried in there 44 the film tries to tackle the entire LGBTQ 43 experience and loses focus of its purpose 46 
2.5
Bros
Donald Clarke
Bros fails to satisfactorily map out its own space 46 Passes the time well enough 46 Doesn 8217 t quite pull down the barriers 46 
3
Bros
Sonny Bunch
There are a number of genuine laugh out loud moments 46 46 46 91 but 93 Bros wants to teach with its humor 44 and this is where things get dicey 46 
2.5
Bros
David Nusair
46 46 46 familiar territory that 8217 s employed to watchable yet undeniably erratic effect 46 46 46 
2.5
Bros
Erik Childress
A really funny and sometimes beautiful spotlight on gay relationships that makes room for the insecurities that are often absent from your typical romcoms 46 
3.5
Bros
Dwight Brown
Eichner as co writer mixes in enough queer humor and insight to please fans and educate others Pay attention the one liners and social consciousness observations are hurled at you non stop 
3
Bros
Rene Sanchez
A revolutionary and self assured comedy that delivers plenty of laughs thanks to its witty and memorable one liners 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
Bros
Tom Meek
The heyday of gay rom coms seemed to be the late 1990s with the likes of Jeffrey and The Broken Hearts Club A Romantic Comedy but with Fire Island and this shaggy dog Mutt and Jeff love story set in Manhattan and P town it seems to be back 
3
Bros
Thelma Adams
Funny sharp sexy and occasionally explicit 
3
Bros
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
At a time when hope is a limited resource the most radical thing about Bros is that it s a joy 
4
Bros
Mike McGranaghan
Bros has an abundance of comic pleasures 44 and a surprising performance from Billy Eichner 46 
3
Bros
Mattie Lucas
Bros wants to have its cake an eat it too 44 and its that awkward mix of comedy and earnestness that is its ultimate undoing 46 
2
Bros
Sara Michelle Fetters
The film does entertain 44 and my laughs were loud and hearty on multiple occasions 46 
2.5
Bros
EJ Moreno
Way too sanitized and mainstream to be memorable 46 Even though it does feel too cliched and trope filled 44 everyone deserves their own cheesy rom com 46 
2
Bros
Richard Roeper
Funny and warm the gay love story lives up to the swooning standard of When Harry Met Sally and Notting Hill 
3.5
Bros
Christian Toto
LGBTQ 43 love story apos s quest for inclusivity 44 approval hits self inflicted road blocks 46 
3
Bros
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 t apos s difficult to take the movie apos s turn toward the sweet and sincere seriously 44 if only because the movie itself spends so much time telling us that we shouldn apos t 46 
2.5
Bros
Max Weiss
I want to be clear about something Bros is radical in its own way and a cultural breakthrough It s also just a damn good rom com 
3
Bros
Rob Thomas
Fortunately 8220 Bros 8221 is a 8220 rom com 8221 rather than a 8220 com 44 8221 and once the love story kicks in 44 8220 Bros 8221 and Eichner relax into a groove 46 
2.5
Bros
Rafer Guzman
A gay cinematic landmark that also happens to be a very smart and funny rom com 
3
Bros
Bob Bloom
The movie 8217 s depiction of gay people as complicated and imperfect with foibles 44 hopes and fears 8212 no different from members of the straight community 8212 is a point of view that has been missing or ignored from mainstream movies for much too long 46 
3.5
Bros
Chris Hewitt
The best thing about Bros is that it does not feel like it s just a man woman rom com with the woman subbed out 
3
Bros
Ann Hornaday
Like any successful comedy or movie for that matter Bros succeeds in its specificity in this case gay life and culture that are brimming with foibles contradictions triumphs and failures just waiting to be mined for comic gold 
3
Bros
Michael Phillips
Bros can t win probably but it s enjoyable especially in its first hour and the second hour has enough going on and enough elemental romantic rooting interest to excuse some detours 
3
Bros
Brian Eggert
An accessible 44 often hilarious 44 and tender film that will satisfy any fan of traditional rom coms 46 
3.5
Bros
Mick LaSalle
Bros is that rare movie that depicts one of the most precious things in life the blossoming of emotional intimacy 
4
Bros
Charles Koplinski
This is an over the top 44 crazy 44 and in your face rom com 8230 exactly what you would expect from Billy Eichner 33 
3
Bros
Mark Kennedy
It s not a perfect film but name us a perfect rom com This one has what the best have heart good faith and good old fashioned love Welcome Bros to the canon 
3.5
Bros
Roger Moore
When you 8217 re famous for your breathless 44 almost angry pop culture puncturing 47 gay life celebrating patter 44 the results can be hilarious 44 if not exactly warm and cuddly 46 
2.5
Bros
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
If you like your rom coms both traditional and modern 44 quot Bros quot is most definitely for you 46 
3
Bros
Ty Burr
It is relentlessly witty without ever bothering to reinvent the wheel this really does play like When Harry Met Sally with two men a ruder sense of humor and a million catty pop culture references and cameos 
3
Bros
Kenji Fujishima
The film is ultimately let down by its pat perspectives on modern romance and social justice 46 
2.5
Bros
Marya E. Gates
There apos s also something at odds with Eichner 8217 s mission to bring queerness 44 gay sex 44 and gay dating in all its texture to mainstream Hollywood studio backed cinema 44 while in the same breath sanitizing queerness to be palatable to straight culture 46 
2.5
Bros
Joey Magidson
Bros is an utter laugh riot of a romantic comedy 46 
3.5
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Linda Cook
If you liked the original The Boondock Saints you won t want to miss this one 
2.5
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Roger Moore
The plot is an afterthought the performances given with a wink and a clip emptying flourish 
1.5
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Stephen Cole
Imagine Quentin Tarantino if he got his brow lowered 
2
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Peter Howell
Bold prediction At his current glacial pace of progress Troy Duffy is likely to write and direct the great Irish American payback movie sometime in the year 2049 
2.5
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Michael Phillips
Writer director Troy Duffy needs to YouTube himself a new idea or two because his variations on themes provided by Quentin Tarantino and Guy RocknRolla Ritchie are pure mold 
1
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Roger Ebert
Can you fly forward through the air while firing two heavy duty handguns without your arms jerking back and smacking you in the chin Would that violate one of Newton s laws Just askin 
1
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Gina Carbone
Let s just say it doesn t make me feel like Riverdancing 
2
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Kyle Smith
A throwback picture that returns you to the late 90s when every third filmmaker thought he was the next Quentin Tarantino 
1.5
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Ty Burr
It isn t art but it is an improvement a scurrilous lowdown sub Tarantino action comedy that unlike the original doesn t make you want to claw your eyes out How s that for praise 
2
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Brett Michel
You d think Troy Duffy would have learned something in the decade since he blew his golden ticket with The Boondock Saints 
0
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Nick Schager
The true abiding love affair here remains between Duffy and QT 
1
The Inkwell
Anderson Jones
Rich directs an OK script with all the grace and subtlety of a TV sitcom director At times it appears he doesn t realize he had the money and time to polish scenes 
2
The Inkwell
Roger Ebert
Rich is still learning as a filmmaker and he needs to tell his actors to dial down But he knows how to tell a story And he knows how to get big laughs too 
3
Love's Abiding Joy
Sue Pierman
The pacing is a bit slow and the references to faith at first seem a little heavy handed but the movie comes together as you warm up to the characters 
2.5
Stepmom
Terry Lawson
We are coddled with bittersweet cocoa dazzled with movie star melodramatics and then trotted off to warm beds with assurance that as hard as life may get there will always be a movie to trivialize our pain 
2
Stepmom
Rene Rodriguez
Premature death has long been a screenwriter s crutch but it s rarely felt as annoying as it does here 
2
Stepmom
Sean P. Means
The saddest thing about Stepmom is that so many good actors are laid waste to this sappy and unrelenting melodrama A waste of talent of this magnitude is really something to cry about 
1.5
Stepmom
Jami Bernard
It s a lovely daydream made lovelier by the fiercely maternal performance of Sarandon as a lioness protecting her cubs and Julia Roberts as a mass of insecurity trying to measure up to impossible standards 
3
Stepmom
Dennis King
Stepmom is highly effective filmmaking eliciting its fair share of laughter and sobs even though the least gullible moviegoers will be able to see all the melodramatic machinery cranking and groaning behind the curtains 
2.5
Stepmom
Malcolm Johnson
Though Stepmom has its ups and downs it shows Columbus as a director who has graduated to adulthood after his two Home Alone hits without losing sight of the struggles of children 
3
Stepmom
John Hartl
The result is a cartoonish two hour plus soap opera of little distinction played by actors who deserve better and should have known better 
2
Stepmom
Ann Hornaday
Much of Stepmom s success is due to its three appealing lead players all of whom lend class and intelligence to the enterprise 
3
Stepmom
David Sterritt
The movie is reasonably smart and touching when it deals with the plight of a family on the rocks but it pushes too many emotional buttons 
2
Stepmom
James Kendrick
Stepmom never fulfills its potential as a true portrait of a family in transition 
2
Stepmom
Roger Ebert
Roberts and Sarandon are immensely likable people and Harris here seems caring and reasonable in a thankless role We would have enjoyed spending time with them if they d been able to pull themselves away from the plot 
2
Stepmom
Dustin Putman
Through the performances and screenplay we often do get some extremely well written and intelligent scenes 
2.5
Stepmom
Joe Baltake
All black and white with no shading 
2
Stepmom
Ruthe Stein
Stepmom is a perfect holiday picture It s uplifting and reaffirming about the virtues of all families including stepfamilies 
3
Stepmom
Jorge Avila Andrade
Cae en los tpicos clichs y esquemas manipuladores de tantas otras cintas
2
Stepmom
Jeff Vice
Stepmom has all the right ingredients for a good drama But all that still isn t enough to save this sappy and surprisingly downbeat movie
2
Stepmom
James Berardinelli
The script is a mishmash of clichs inferior melodrama and howlingly embarrassing dialogue and the director Chris Columbus shows no evidence that he understands the meaning of the term subtle 
1.5
Stepmom
David Keyes
Part of the appeal to a movie like Stepmom is the fact that the material can be effective in the hands of such fine screen actors 
3
Stepmom
Madeleine Williams
The film may be completely by the book but thanks to the performances at its center its emotional manipulation succeeds This may be a formulaic tearjerker but it s one done well 
2.5
Stepmom
Susan Stark
Not since 1979 s Kramer vs Kramer has a mainstream movie more accurately insightfully humorously or tear jerkingly dramatized family life in our time than Stepmom 
4
Stepmom
Rob Blackwelder
For all its manipulation and neon sign authors messages I cannot dismiss Stepmom as I d like to because it has such strong performances The acting makes this movie 
2.5
Stepmom
Michael Dequina
The film s effectiveness had less to do with the story than it did the strong work of the actors 
3
Martha
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The ornate sets and colorful camerawork only belie the disturbed nature of this truly sick film 
2
Martha
Ed Gonzalez
Easily the most twisted film of Rainer Werner Fassbinder s career Martha a favorite of his frequent cinematographer Michael Ballhaus catalogs the tyrannical hold a bourgeois husband has over his wife 
4
Mercuriales
James Lattimer
By the time the film has started explicitly referencing its own dreamlike fairy tale atmosphere the air has well and truly gone out of this meticulously prepared souffl 
2.5
The Morning After
David Nusair
A palpable misfire 
2
The Morning After
Dan Callahan
Sidney Lumet directs wearily as a thriller it s full of holes 
2
The Morning After
Roger Ebert
It would be a mistake however to dismiss this movie just because the plot is so shaky I think it s worth considering because of the performances Fonda and Bridges are wonderful in the film 
3
Wet Bum
Geoff Pevere
MacKay s movie has a consistent visual tone of almost drowsy drabness but that s the point This is the world Sam will learn to see beyond and swim clear of 
2.5
Wet Bum
Bruce DeMara
Even though the story may seem slight as coming of age tales go it packs a surprising amount of emotional power and wisdom 
3
Wet Bum
Julia Cooper
Lanky wide eyed and impossibly fragile Julia Sarah Stone doesn t much look like a hero which is exactly why we need her 
3
Benny & Joon
Peter Canavese
Any film that features Johnny Depp performing salutes to the great silent comedians and in particular Buster Keaton deserves a little slack Blu ray 
2.5
Benny & Joon
Roger Ebert
The movie suggests that love and magic can overcome madness and for at least the length of the film I was prepared to accept that Much of the credit for that goes to Depp 
3
Benny & Joon
James Berardinelli
Benny Joon tries to get by on quirkiness alone and while something this offbeat frequently carries a unique kind of appeal it needs stronger characters than Sam and Joon 
2
Love Me
Kenneth R. Morefield
If Love Me s premise is utterly conventional its execution is surprisingly complex 
2.5
I Think We're Alone Now
Liam Lacey
Donnelly s film offers no insights just a string of reality TV moments 
1
I Think We're Alone Now
David Nusair
it does become increasingly difficult to stomach Donnelly s unrelentingly bleak modus operandi 
2
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Stephanie Merry
Curry tells a compelling tale about the differences of opinion over what constitutes desperate measures and how readily we throw around a term like terrorism 
2.5
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Mark Feeney
The problem is that the heart of the movie is McGowan He s just not a very compelling figure 
2
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Chris Faraone
Although kind to the plights of activists who face hard time for victimless crimes this film is balanced conservatives could easily interpret it as validation of the group s persecution 
3.5
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Chris Hewitt
McGowan s views on the environment have taken several turns but none of them is illustrated in the film in which he comes off as passive and a little whiny 
2.5
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Walter V. Addiego
Unless you are a true believer in the tenets of deep ecology the film may seem more like an apology for the group s dangerous activities 
2
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Lauren Wissot
The doc manages to drive home the notion that however much one might disagree with ELF s tactics their point of view holds a lot of truth 
2.5
Wackness
Mattie Lucas
A pretty standard coming of age tale about a boy s last summer of childhood 
2.5
Wackness
David N. Butterworth
Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley make for an oddly engaging couple in Jonathan Levine s audacious comedy about sex drugs and unexpected friendships 
3
Wackness
Austin Kennedy
THE WACKNESS is one of those small little movies that come under the radar and sneak up on you 
3.5
Wackness
Felix Vasquez Jr.
When all is said and done it s not perfect but it s strong nonetheless 
3
Wackness
John Beifuss
The loose plot feels imposed on the offbeat characters and doesn t link the people and incidents together in any satisfying way 
2
Wackness
Robert W. Butler
Quite aside from its dramatic ambitions The Wackness does a nifty job of capturing the zeitgeist of Manhattan on the eve of Rudy Giuliani s big crackdown on drugs thugs sex shops and colorful street life 
2.5
Wackness
Lawrence Toppman
It was applauded at Sundance where coming of age movies are inevitably hailed but its grungy angst offers nothing we need to see anew 
1.5
Wackness
Rene Rodriguez
The Wackness marks a step up in ambition but it is also self indulgent and needlessly complicated for what it ultimately delivers a somber John Hughes picture scored to A Tribe Called Quest and Mary J Blige 
2
Wackness
Amy Biancolli
On the downside There is a wackness to The Wackness a saggy psychic undertow that drags down its lighter and smarter aspects 
2.5
Wackness
Duane Dudek
It won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival this year and has all the variables such an honor implies and demands naughty topic quirky performances hangdog sensibility and hint of redemption 
2.5
Wackness
Jeff Vice
There s nothing really new here aside from a couple of roughly convincing performances by the younger less recognizable cast members 
2
Wackness
Sean P. Means
Despite interesting performances by Kingsley Thirlby and Mary Kate Olsen as a flower child Peck s blandly apathetic air becomes contagious 
2
Wackness
Moira MacDonald
Its story is a familiar one whatever the decade 
2
Wackness
Mick LaSalle
When The Wackness is good it s good and when it fails it s still clear what Levine was trying to do Someday he ll probably be able to do it 
3
Wackness
Chris Hewitt
The material is as facile and phony as any Meg Ryan romcom 
2
Wackness
Liam Lacey
For all of Kingsley s hamming he can t overshadow Peck s mournful performance Nor can you forget the film s reminder that the cruellest thing you can say to a teenager is that these are the best years of his life 
2.5
Wackness
Ty Burr
Man have we been here before 
2.5
Wackness
Roger Ebert
What saves this movie which won this year s audience award at Sundance from being boring are performances by two actors who see a chance to go over the top and aren t worried about the fall on the other side 
3
Wackness
Peter Howell
The Wackness exudes a vibe that is rich in emotional truth even if some of the details get lost in a green haze 
2.5
Wackness
Tasha Robinson
For about half its length Jonathan Levine s film The Wackness resembles a grunge remake of The Graduate updated for the peculiarly specific setting of 1994 New York City 
2
Wackness
Claudia Puig
The Wackness is both darkly funny and life affirming in an offbeat and offhanded way 
3
Wackness
Ken Fox
A deeply personal coming of age story steeped in heady nostalgia and all the creative myopia that too often comes with it 
2.5
Wackness
Josh Larsen
The movie reeks of nostalgic self glorification Someone should assure Levine that he is very very cool so that we can all move on 
1
Wackness
Sara Michelle Fetters
But this is a good movie all the same one filled with priceless moments of wonderment that couldn t help but make me smile 
3
Wackness
Dustin Putman
The story itself isn t a complex one but the characters are and the journey they endeavor upon from the month of June to the dog days of August is one that is emotionally satisfying easily relatable and well worth taking 
3
Wackness
James Berardinelli
It won the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival but don t let that be a source of dissuasion It s actually a pretty good movie 
3
Wackness
Steve Rhodes
A pretentious art house flick the movie tries way too hard to be hip But if you re in the mood for a depressing drug movie about teenage angst The Wackness does fit the bill 
2
Wackness
Peter Canavese
As for Squires outlandish behavior and Kingsley s theatrical performance they re entertaining but very hard to believe The film lives more comfortably in the milieu of 90s youth culture 
2.5
Wackness
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After all this window dressing it s a standard issue coming of age story It s wack all right 
2.5
Wackness
Nick Schager
It s Josh Peck though whose performance as the most popular of the unpopular holds the film together amidst all its audio video mannerisms and increasingly sappy developments 
2.5
Wackness
Erik Childress
It s superfluous overkill is less about endearing us to these characters simplistic plights and all about how in touch the filmmakers are with an almanac 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Peter T. Chattaway
The film is full of rumbling sounds that will make your innards tremble at least in some theaters But that s about all it has going for it 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A catastrophe of bad acting ludicrous science and conspicuously cheap special effects that can t even follow its own internal logic from one scene to the next 
0.5
A Sound of Thunder
Forrest Hartman
There s plenty of room to poke holes in the premise but folks willing to suspend disbelief can still have a good time 
3
A Sound of Thunder
Matt Brunson
There s very little in this Jurassic dork of a movie that works 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
James Verniere
A remarkably incompetent science fiction thriller 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Kit Bowen
A green screen mess without much rumble 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Larry Ratliff
Peter Hyams gives us the worst green screen scenes in modern history 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Chris Hewitt
You ll hear something but it s not a sound of thunder It s a sound of a bomb 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Mike McGranaghan
Amusingly clueless the cinematic equivalent of your crazy uncle who tries unsuccessfully to incorporate hip hop lingo into his speech so that the kids will be impressed 
2
A Sound of Thunder
Walter Chaw
A monument to bad cinema 
0
A Sound of Thunder
Mark Collette
Edward Burns was an appropriate casting choice since Bradbury often wrote about robots 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Linda Cook
What number is less than zero 
0
A Sound of Thunder
Geoff Pevere
Many video games look more authentic than this 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
An exciting uneven thriller that explores the ripple effect of altering one tiny moment in the distant past 
2.5
A Sound of Thunder
Mick LaSalle
If movies have personalities this one has an appealing one combining scientific inquisitiveness with giddy pleasure in creating tension for viewers 
3
A Sound of Thunder
James Berardinelli
A Sound of Thunder takes an interesting science fiction concept and relegates it to the secondary role of servicing a limp action adventure movie 
2
A Sound of Thunder
Lawrence Toppman
Some of this might have passed muster in a Twilight Zone episode which would have been an ideal home for such a tale 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Robert W. Butler
Told by director Peter Hyams with a minimum of logic little suspense and indifferent acting 
2
A Sound of Thunder
Jason Anderson
Kingsley proceeds through his scenes on autopilot and Burns is the kind of actor you cast as the hero when a piece of wood is unavailable 
1
A Sound of Thunder
John Monaghan
The filmmakers of A Sound of Thunder like a T rex with indigestion have simply bitten off more than they could chew 
2
A Sound of Thunder
Jeff Vice
Director Peter Hyams and his cast seem determined to play this hokum with a straight face except for Ben Kingsley who is clearly trying to give the worst performance possible it s almost as if he s begging Hyams to cut his scenes out of the movie 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Roger Ebert
A Sound of Thunder looks cobbled together from a half baked screenplay and underdone special effects but it s made with a certain heedless zeal that makes you smile if you re in tune with it 
2
A Sound of Thunder
Wesley Morris
A work of unintelligent design 
0.5
A Sound of Thunder
Lisa Rose
Little questions lead to big ones Why am I here When will this stop 
0.5
A Sound of Thunder
Sarah Chauncey
Bradbury s classic 1952 short story is brilliant and thought provoking the movie isn t On the bright side it s bad in a campy ooh it s on cable at 2am kind of way 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Elizabeth Weitzman
On the evolutionary scale this B movie misfire hovers pretty close to amoeba status 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Kyle Smith
The Ed Burns time travel flick A Sound of Thunder takes us back 65 million years to approximately the last moment when anyone still thought Ed Burns was talented 
0
A Sound of Thunder
Erik Childress
The kind of bad that can only be appreciated by those who have seen the faithful three hour straight to video adaptation of H G Wells The War of the Worlds
1
A Sound of Thunder
Phil Villarreal
D oh Wouldn t you know it someone steps off the path crushing a butterfly and sentencing us to true movie terror 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Claudia Puig
One wonders why Hollywood is so determined to churn out outlandish tales of manufactured peril when the real world is scary enough 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Paul Doro
The performances are wooden and dull The writing is weak and character development non existent 
1.5
A Sound of Thunder
Bill Muller
A Sound of Thunder is worth noting if only as a real contender for worst movie of the year 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Peter Canavese
Sing muse Sing of a century hence future when we shall all Drive impractically bulky cars and pay through the teeth To hunt dinosaurs on a TimeSafari to the past 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Gene Seymour
Just another air conditioned thrill ride through a house of horrors implying nothing except the rock bottom bankruptcy of subtle minds in pop culture 
2.5
A Sound of Thunder
Rob Blackwelder
A catastrophe of bad acting ludicrous science and conspicuously cheap special effects that can t even follow its own internal logic from one scene to the next 
0.5
A Sound of Thunder
Michael Esposito
One redeeming feature of this picture is that it will make great fodder for those make fun of the movie TV shows 
1
A Sound of Thunder
Dustin Putman
Inept on all imaginable levels The only Thunder heard will be audiences stampeding in droves out of the theater to escape sheer torture and misery 
0.5
A Sound of Thunder
Nick Schager
What manner of beast might have evolved on Earth had a single butterfly been squashed 65 million years ago Monkeysaurus 
.5
A Sound of Thunder
Scott Nash
I kept waiting for those guys from Mystery Science Theater to pop up in the corner of the screen 
.5
A Sound of Thunder
Chuck O'Leary
A good B movie A Sound of Thunder once again proves that nobody possibly with the exception of Paul Verhoeven does sci fi thrillers better than Peter Hyams 
3
Insomnia
Walter Chaw
a masterpiece of unease and illness the more so because the terminal sickness it describes is a universal condition 
3.5
Insomnia
Eric Melin
a paranoid noir thriller in broad daylight and Skarsgard inhabits his role so naturally that when he starts going off the rails it s as disorienting as it is disturbing 
3
Insomnia
James Kendrick
fascinated by the conundrums of human psychology and moral frailty which is why the film is centered on a protagonist who is generally dislikable as a person yet is inherently compelling as a human subject 
3.5
Insomnia
Jeremy Heilman
It s centered by an accomplished performance by Stellan Skarsgrd 
3
Insomnia
Roger Ebert
It s easy to make movies with external action chases and shoot outs It is much harder to make a film in which many of the important events take place inside the minds of the characters 
3.5
Insomnia
Peter Stack
An impressive directorial debut by Erik Skjoldbjaerg He uses gray skies atmosphere and layered emotional tones to build tension mixing intelligence and mystery 
3
Insomnia
Steve Rhodes
Stellan Skarsgard delivers a masterful performance 
3
MacGruber
Matt Brunson
Viewers will eventually be struck by the realization that Requiem for a Dream and Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire combined contained more belly laughs 
1.5
MacGruber
Kim Brown
In the film version the shaggy mullet sporting action hero took a detour from stupidly funny to just plain stupid 
2
MacGruber
John Anderson
The whole thing is utterly tone deaf 
0
MacGruber
John Beifuss
The latest R rated movie aimed at the funnybones of 12 year old boys 
2
MacGruber
Sean P. Means
If one joke clanks the next one isn t long behind The result is a brisk 88 minutes that ensures that if you didn t like it your suffering was at least brief 
2.5
MacGruber
Betsy Sherman
From one of Saturday Night Live s lamest recurring sketches comes one of its funniest spinoffs 
3.5
MacGruber
Ruth McCann
You need a great character to make a bad thing good and the action comedy MacGruber is sadly short on great characters 
1.5
MacGruber
James Berardinelli
While it would be unfair to saddle MacGruber with the worst SNL movie of all time moniker I can think of at least two that are more painful to endure its place on the vaunted 2010 Worst 10 list is assured 
1
MacGruber
Steven Rea
MacGruber is by no means a work of genius or a piece of art or even very good But Forte and company have managed to make crude and lewd dunderheadedness laugh out loud funny here and there and that I guess is something of an achievement 
2.5
MacGruber
Rossiter Drake
MacGruber is clearly incompetent so we expect his dim witted schemes to fall flat That they do in stunningly predictable fashion speaks to the movie s lack of imagination 
1.5
MacGruber
David Nusair
succeeds neither as an action flick nor as a balls to the wall comedy 
2
MacGruber
Linda Cook
It certainly has some laughs And of course it has explosions 
2.5
MacGruber
Kit Bowen
You re in good shape if you don t demand much from your comedies 
2
MacGruber
Mike McGranaghan
Once again it is proven that SNL sketches are probably best left in New York live on a Saturday night 
1
MacGruber
Jeff Vice
As crude and as dumb as some of it is the movie gets laughs some of them guilty ones when it is spoofing the action genre 
2.5
MacGruber
Ty Burr
All thing considered MacGruber is a lot better than it should be That still doesn t mean it s all that great 
2
MacGruber
Rob Thomas
A movie based on a recurring Saturday Night Live character What could possibly go wrong with that 
2
MacGruber
Andrew Schenker
Like many a contemporary lowbrow comedy MacGruber s at its best when it s most vulgar when its foul mouthed and essentially insane hero is free to indulge in his signature bits of raunchy whimsy 
2.5
MacGruber
John DeVore
MacGruber is crude It s obscene The dialogue is puerile and the jokes adolescent And for the most part it s hilarious a bawdy riot drunk on impropriety which is why the movie works 
3
MacGruber
Rick Groen
It s MacAwful 
1
MacGruber
Kyle Smith
There s a reason you ve never seen the words Will Forte topping the billing of a major motion picture After the throbbing flameball of unfunny that is MacGruber you never will again 
0.5
MacGruber
Sean O'Connell
What starts as a smart send up of 1980s action thrillers rapidly devolves into the usual disgusting piss and sh t jokes 
1.5
MacGruber
Roger Moore
It s really funny for about 15 minutes mildly amusing for 30 more and a bit of a bore for its other half 
2
MacGruber
Dustin Putman
The results here are still hit and miss but the hits are usually strong and the go for broke attitude of the overall production proves infectious 
2.5
MacGruber
Sara Michelle Fetters
While not comedy gold MacGruber could be comedy pyrite which in the case of this scattershot genre is good enough for me 
2.5
MacGruber
Mark Dujsik
The movie ignores the rule of three instead repeating its best jokes just enough for them to funny the second time around Unfortunately MacGruber s best jokes are few and far between 
2
MacGruber
Willie Waffle
At times MacGruber is the best parody film in years At other times MacGruber feels like it was written by a 13 year old 
2.5
MacGruber
Joe Lozito
This SNL adaptation misses even the most obvious of opportunities What s left is as pieced together as one of its hero s many gadgets 
1.5
MacGruber
Rob Salem
Another one of those flicks where anything worth laughing at is contained in the commercials 
1
MacGruber
Peter Travers
MacGruber breaks the jinx by putting the skit in the context of a 1980s action movie and creating its own brand of explosive lunacy 
3
Cowboys
Mitchell Beaupre
This is 44 above all else 44 a character piece 44 and Kerrigan demonstrates a real knack for creating believable 44 full bodied human beings 44 portrayed by an ensemble of fantastic actors 46 
3
Cowboys
Steven Prokopy
A small story that isn t likely to set the world on fire the bond between Troy and Joe is genuinely moving and quietly devastating 
3
Cowboys
Randy Myers
Seek it out 
3.5
Cowboys
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Anna Kerrigan s film is short but sweet a bit shallow but empathetic and a bit narratively jumbled but wholly committed to the central relationship 
3
Cowboys
Mike McGranaghan
Cowboys reminded me of that old saying about how the road to Hell is paved with good intentions This movie is nothing but good intentions yet it s an aggravating experience anyway 
1.5
Lamb
Roger Moore
This stiff symbolic crisis of conscience priest goes mad drama doesn t play not today anyway 
2
The Fall of 1980
Calum Marsh
Refusing to think small Lonergan cannot help but fail big 
1
The Mummy Returns
Michael Dequina
More or less a wholesale recycling of the 1999 original 
1.5
The Mummy Returns
Peter Canavese
The film s bloated ambition seems of a piece with its panting happy dog charm Blu Ray 
2.5
The Mummy Returns
David Nusair
The Mummy Returns isn t concerned with character development or plot it exists simply to please the audience with massive amounts of eye candy 
2
The Mummy Returns
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Feels like so much scrap metal picked up off the factory floor at the place where they made the first one 
1.5
The Mummy Returns
Jeffrey Westhoff
An old fashioned adventure yarn accelerated for a video game era an H Rider Haggard novel rocketing by at 150 MPH 
3
The Mummy Returns
Mark Dujsik
The problem with The Mummy Returns is that it tries to qualify the need for a sequel with an extraordinarily unnecessary amount of plot 
2.5
The Mummy Returns
David N. Butterworth
Funnier and scarier than Gone with the Wind 
2
The Mummy Returns
Bill Chambers
The Mummy Returns is all but a patchwork quilt made up of if not leftover scenes then scrap ideas 
1.5
The Mummy Returns
Wesley Lovell
quot The Mummy Returns quot is a waste of celluloid 44 a waste of theater space and most of all 44 a waste of time 46 
1.5
The Mummy Returns
David Keyes
sprawls with so much visual and technical energy that even with downright insulting effects and plot points we are left enthralled by the feathery and colorful substance 
3.5
The Mummy Returns
Jorge Avila Andrade
El filme de Sommers se deja ver fcilmente si lo que se est buscando es una experiencia flmica totalmente palomera 
3
The Mummy Returns
Mike McGranaghan
In its determination to be bigger faster and louder than the original The Mummy Returns loses sight of the very things that made the first one so popular 
2.5
The Mummy Returns
James Kendrick
The goal here seems to be to race through the plot as endless series of climaxes with enough speed and energy that you almost forget you ve seen it all before 
2
The Mummy Returns
Greg Dean Schmitz
I think perhaps Sommers accomplished all that he wanted to with that first film because there is very very little here that is new or fresh anymore 
2
The Mummy Returns
David Sterritt
Fans of modern day horror will find everything here they desire 
2
The Mummy Returns
Susan Stark
There s more than a little unintentional humor in the picture 
2
The Mummy Returns
Robert Roten
The visual effects are much better than those in the original film 
3
The Mummy Returns
Liam Lacey
Fitfully entertaining 
2.5
The Mummy Returns
Marty Mapes
The overall experience is a mix of adventure and comedy that except for the few slow spots is quite enjoyable 
3
The Mummy Returns
Mick LaSalle
This is not to say the new movie is all bad It has many of the same elements that made the first film charming except charm 
2
The Mummy Returns
Tor Thorsen
A delightful romp overflowing with wild action stunning special effects and Baron Munchausen esque flights of fancy 
3
The Mummy Returns
Roger Ebert
The mistake of The Mummy Returns is to abandon the characters and to use the plot only as a clothesline for special effects and action sequences 
2
The Mummy Returns
Ross Anthony
Few adults will be impressed but younger kids ought to love it 
2
The Mummy Returns
Erik Childress
Just what audiences needed this year Faster paced and twice as much action as the original 
3
The Mummy Returns
Rob Blackwelder
Pathetically contrived and sadly unoriginal 
1.5
The Mummy Returns
James Berardinelli
Hollow lightweight entertaininment not unpleasant but far from the summer s definitive action adventure flick 
2.5
The Mummy Returns
Steve Rhodes
We ve seen it all before The only idea that the director had for the sequel was more 
2
The Mummy Returns
Jeanne Aufmuth
Parlez vous rip off No action adventure is spared a repeat performance in this CG saturated nightmare 
1
Let's Get Lost
David N. Butterworth
The allure of Chet Baker s stage persona compared to the shambles of his personal life is staggering in Bruce Weber s fitting elegy to a genius who lived hard yet made it all look so easy 
3.5
Let's Get Lost
Jim Emerson
Let s Get Lost is an atmospheric black and white portrait of a jazz trumpet player an exemplar of West Coast cool jazz in the age when rapid fire bebop was hot whose life career and face were ruined by his various addictions 
3
Let's Get Lost
John Monaghan
There are moments in Let s Get Lost when if you squint just a little Chet Baker is a ghost image of his former self the 1950s musical equivalent of James Dean 
4
Let's Get Lost
Steven Rea
First released in 1989 Let s Get Lost shot in the high contrast black and white that s a hallmark of Weber s still photography is well worth revisiting on the big screen 
3.5
Let's Get Lost
Mark Feeney
Yes it s about Baker obviously but a Baker who s somehow both much more and much less than the man seen on screen 
3.5
Let's Get Lost
Glenn Whipp
It s a perfect meeting of filmmaker and subject with Weber playing the role of the obsessed fan who like everyone else who ever came into contact with Baker gets burned by a man who literally made art out of inwardness 
3.5
Let's Get Lost
Chris Hewitt
It s a stunner and it s not like any film you ve ever seen 
3.5
Let's Get Lost
Maitland McDonagh
This documentary is first and foremost an exploration of Weber s personal obsessions But this particular obsession jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker has a rich and evocative story 
3.5
Let's Get Lost
Jack Mathews
The portrait we get is of a flawed genius a charismatic figure whose gifts for manipulation and self gratification were as great as his musical talent 
3.5
The Man in the Basement
Glenn Kenny
Cluzet is superb in the role 44 even when the climax calls on him to show his hand in a way that 8217 s arguably too obvious by half 46 
3
The Man in the Basement
Roger Moore
Cluzet 44 very much the Frenchman 8217 s Frenchman in many a movie 44 adds a fine 44 hissable stinker to his long resume of delicious character roles 46 
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Bill Chambers
It s just an ugly piece of work 
1
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Nick Rogers
An unforgivable transgression from the usually reliable Ron Howard Grinch boasts the visual polish of a Menards tree aisle and resembles not a cheerful Christmas but rather what the bloodcurdling onset of a mescaline bender might feel like 
0
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Michael Dequina
Howard and the rest of the crew do something the late Dr Seuss never would take chronological age over the youthful innocent spirit that lingers untouched in everyone and never goes out of style 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Steve Simels
Parents can relax Ron Howard s version of Dr Seuss tale of the Christmas napping Grinch is a smartly stylized hoot 
3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Thomas Delapa
A holiday gift The Grinch just may steal the hearts of kids and grown ups alike 
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jeffrey M. Anderson
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is thick with irony but doesn t have the guts to explore any of it 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Susan Tavernetti
This delightful fantasy offers Happy Who lidays to the young and the young at heart 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Wesley Lovell
The story 8217 s message has always been that Christmas isn 8217 t about baubles and trinkets or Santa and trees 44 it 8217 s about celebration and joy 46 The problem is that the film collapses under the sheer weight of Carrey 8217 s performance and the additional story elements
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jeffrey Westhoff
A shockingly noisy ugly film 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Rick Groen
How the Grinch stole Christmas is one kind of larceny How Jim Carrey steals the picture is another matter entirely 
3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dan Lybarger
For tales that require some edge it is safe to deduce that Ron Howard is no match for the great Dr Seuss 
1.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
James Kendrick
The movie feels like it is perpetually in conflict torn between its desire to be both a light hearted fable and a dark black comedy 
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
David Keyes
severely and unwittingly alters the very source material beyond a point of explanation 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Ian Mantgani
One of the ugliest movies ever perpetrated on a mass audience 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Robert Roten
A movie with good set and costume design and very little else 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dustin Putman
It could have certainly benefited from a little more of that mischievous nature 
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Wesley Morris
The movie seems content to operate without a soul 
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Peter Howell
This Grinch isn t so bad It s quite merry Very 
4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Robert Payne
The problems with Grinch stem from the lackluster script 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jorge Avila Andrade
Se compone bastante y puede llegar a ser conmovedora pero el inicio no le ayuda
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Rob Blackwelder
In reviewing this movie it all comes down to one thing When the credits rolled I had a big smile on my face 
3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Emily Blunt
Jim Carrey is superb as this classic renews itself and glee is had by all
4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Ross Anthony
Jim Carrey s resilient spirit rubber bones and love of charades carries the production like an over packed sack of toys up the steep slippery slope 
2.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Susan Stark
Dr Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas means to amaze beguile delight And it will 
4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Peter Stack
Overall the film sparkles But it s a curiously unaffecting sparkle 
2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
James Berardinelli
Carrey enables Ron Howard s version of the classic story to come across as more of a welcome endeavor than a pointless re tread 
3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Roger Ebert
I think a lot of children are going to look at this movie with perplexity and distaste 
2
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Simon Abrams
If you like action films you need to see Kill Zone 2 
3.5
One Percent More Humid
Rania Richardson
Juno Temple and Julia Garner star in the atmospheric feature ONE PERCENT MORE HUMID a compelling look at the complexities of female friendship over the course of a hot New England summer 
3
Zombie High
Matt Brunson
Actual zombies are nowhere to be found in Zombie High which instead comes off as a poor hybrid of The Stepford Wives and a vampire flick 
1.5
The Happy Poet
Wesley Lovell
If you can swallow the contrived ending the main course is completely satisfying 
3
The Happy Poet
Kam Williams
A male variation on Lena Dunham a meandering Mumblecore meditation on relationships by a guy with a masters degree and a meatless food stand 
3
The Happy Poet
Jesse Cataldo
A diffident occasionally sly comedy that could have benefitted from a little more energy and range 
2
A Little Princess
Anthony Puccinelli
I d advise all parents even all grown ups Go 
3
A Little Princess
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Purely innocent whimsical and imaginative 
3.5
A Little Princess
Robert Roten
This is a magical film 
4
A Little Princess
Madeleine Williams
Enchanting family fare 
2.5
A Little Princess
Roger Ebert
Cuaron s version of magic realism consists of seeing incredibly fanciful sets and situations in precise detail 
3.5
A Little Princess
Peter Stack
The 1939 Shirley Temple version of this book came closer to capturing Sara s vitality 
2
A Little Princess
Steve Rhodes
Best character was Indian manservant who almost never spoke Powerful eyes 
2.5
A Little Princess
Gary Kamiya
A Little Princess is a delightful film Bring your children or just bring yourself 
3
A Little Princess
James Berardinelli
It s not only suitable for consumption by those over age 10 it s actually enjoyable 
3
Spy Hard
Mal Vincent
Less raunchy than the other Nielsen films the material isn t enough to sustain its 80 minutes but it has its moments 
2.5
Spy Hard
Stephen Hunter
The result is 80 brief minutes of movie skits assembled in an order that sort of resembles a plot 
2
Spy Hard
Gary Thompson
The movie will be of interest only to Nielsen s most devoted fans and to those who wonder why Nicollette Sheridan never made more movies or more swimsuit calendars 
2
Spy Hard
Desmond Ryan
The jokes come in sporadic volleys rather than the steady machine gun pace of The Naked Gun and Airplane and with a few exceptions they are less truly aimed 
2
Spy Hard
David Sterritt
Yet another Leslie Nielson movie parody targeted this time at James Bond pictures and their many spinoffs 
2
Spy Hard
John Petrakis
As funny as Nielsen can be like all comic actors he still needs the quick thinking jokes and zingy one liners to be genuinely funny 
1.5
Spy Hard
Doug Thomas
Spy Hard just comes off as a long commercial And yes that means most of the best moments you ve seen in the movie s trailer 
2
Spy Hard
Michael Dequina
A classic example of why David Zucker Jim Abrahams Jerry Zucker style comedies should be left to ZAZ themselves 
2
Spy Hard
Mick LaSalle
Nielsen with his expert deadpan and sense of comic timing creates the illusion of humor for about 15 minutes 
0
Spy Hard
Robert Roten
Most of the humor falls flatter than Steve Forbes flat tax pitch 
1
Spy Hard
Andy Seiler
You won t laugh hard at Spy Hard And that s not because the jokes aren t funny Most of them aren t even jokes 
1.5
Spy Hard
Chris Hicks
You know you re in trouble when the highlight of a movie comes during its opening credits 
1.5
Spy Hard
Madeleine Williams
Never consistently humorous 
1
Spy Hard
James Berardinelli
A dreadfully unfunny comedy that takes Naked Gun like sketches and rehashes them without a whit of style or energy 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Matt Brunson
Englund brings none of the pathos that charged the iconic performances by Lon Chaney 1925 version and Claude Rains 1943 version and the result is a dreary rendering of a story we know all too well 
1.5
The Phantom of the Opera
Dustin Putman
A worthwhile curiosity one that has understandably achieved cult status in the decades since its release 
2.5
The Phantom of the Opera
David Nusair
Englund seems determined to turn the phantom into another sequel spawning character 
1.5
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
David Nusair
nothing much of interest occurs 
1.5
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of those movies that makes you laugh if you sit back and absorb the entire absurd situation at once 
3.5
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
James Sanford
Perhaps its greatest truth comes from two of its characters watching a movie in production one notes that the film is more a love story than a horror story Replies the movie s director Sometimes the two are indistinguishable 
3
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
James Kendrick
a deranged provocative romance which somehow manages to generate a real sense of affection amid the handcuffs surgical tape and rope
3
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Roger Ebert
Almodovar s polarities are so perfectly lined up in opposition to my own that it is quite possible for one of his movies to shoot right through my brain without striking a single cell 
2.5
Nadine
Molly Haskell
Writer director Benton s feeling for the endless surprises of domestic intimacy Kramer vs Kramer and the built in resilience of Southern communal life Places in the Heart come together in this lighthearted mock thriller 
3
Nadine
Joel E. Siegel
If only Benson had a more dynamic visual style he could cross over to directing TV spots But since his dim imagination and dead eye are not up to that exacting task I suggest he might be most fruitfully employed drawing Cokes at some concession stand 
0
Nadine
Roger Ebert
I didn t laugh very much in this movie There were a couple of genuinely funny moments but they didn t build and the movie didn t redeem itself by making me very interested in the characters 
2.5
No Escape
Matt Brunson
A robust action flick from the director of both the best Daniel Craig Bond film and the best Pierce Brosnan 007 outing 46 
3
No Escape
Roger Ebert
No Escape obviously absorbed the filmmakers at the technical level and it is fun to look at its sets and costumes Little thought has been given to the personalities of the characters 
2
It Could Happen to You
Mal Vincent
For the dating crowd who embraced Sleepless in Seattle last year this is their flick for this summer Even if you don t have a date you should let it happen to you 
3.5
It Could Happen to You
David Nusair
generally comes off as an absolutely charming romantic comedy that benefits substantially from the unequivocal chemistry between its stars 
3
It Could Happen to You
Shellie Iliff
Berggman shows that good hearted folks get better with money and evil people get nastier The message is predictable 
2
It Could Happen to You
Robert Roten
A nice little gem of a summer romantic film that ought to pick up your spirits 
3.5
It Could Happen to You
Steve Rhodes
The movie starts wonderfully ends great and has perfect pacing throughout 
3.5
It Could Happen to You
James Berardinelli
If you re looking for a late summer feel good romantic comedy there aren t too many around more affable than this one 
3
It Could Happen to You
Roger Ebert
Bergman never goes for heavy handed schmaltz and the whole movie has the same lighthearted big city spirit as the New York Post headlines that follow the story 
3.5
November
Forrest Hartman
Wants to be smarter than it is 
2
November
Paul Doro
Director Greg Harrison attempts to compensate for a weak undernourished screenplay with flashy visuals including excessive rapid cutting and blurry shots that add nothing of value 
1.5
November
Rob Thomas
For those who like these sorts of cinematic Sudoku puzzles November is a good one 
3
November
Jeff Vice
A fuzzy and ultimately unrewarding psychological thriller 
2
November
Sean P. Means
Like many dreams November is long on imagery and short on sense 
1.5
November
Sean O'Connell
It felt like November asked me to drive to a designated location then kept re drawing my map 
1.5
November
Chris Hewitt
November becomes a movie that makes us think and feel 
3
November
Phil Villarreal
It s divided into three sections Denial Despair and Acceptance They may as well be called Confoundment Confusion and Apathy 
2.5
November
David Nusair
Abstract and obtuse 
1
November
Peter Howell
The lack of proper resolution to the story is more vexing than intriguing 
2
November
Rene Rodriguez
Essentially a student film that happens to star some big name actors 
1
November
Jennie Punter
Does not provide enough clues to Sophie s emotional background to make us care whether or not she survives the trauma of 7 11 
2.5
November
Terry Lawson
Best approached and appreciated as a puzzle that can be completed in various ways and a reminder that memory like images can be fixed but not always trusted 
3
November
Jeff Strickler
In the gritty psychological thriller November a gutsy Courteney Cox puts a world of distance between herself and her lightweight Friends image 
3
November
Laura Kelly
Too artsy for its own good 
1.5
November
Dustin Putman
November is the real deal subtle and scary and touching and profound and unforgettable all at once 
4
November
Steven Rea
Ambiguous in a satisfying puzzling sort of way 
3
November
Jeffrey Westhoff
More a psychology experiment than a film 
2
November
Josh Larsen
spends much of its time replaying scenes with different outcomes never indicating which is reality a dream a memory or just plain dress rehearsal 
1.5
November
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even though Cox does her best and her steely self assured minimalistic performance is the best thing going on November has a pulse so static it s nearly nonexistent In fact like the murder at its core this picture is so cold it s actually DOA 
1
November
Bruce Westbrook
Excruciatingly the film disgorges its crime and variations of it again and again We d prefer more detective work and less of what plays out as a grisly loop 
2
November
Achy Obejas
Whatever we think one minute is utterly meaningless without connection the next 
2
November
David Sterritt
An ingeniously scripted psychological thriller 
4
November
Roger Ebert
It s intriguing when a film is about tension and its method is about tension and the two seem to be pulling against each other 
3
November
Rob Blackwelder
Those who give themselves over to Harrison s compelling machinations will be rewarded with a superbly unnerving mystery 
3
November
Walter V. Addiego
If you like this sort of challenge there are better examples try The Machinist than this lugubrious and derivative work 
2
November
John Hartl
Neither the characters nor the ideas in Benjamin Brand s screenplay are developed enough to warrant even a 73 minute running time and Harrison doesn t have the actors he needs 
2.5
November
Wesley Morris
Beware serious movies starring former sitcom stars Beware thrillers about photographers Bewares movies set in convenience stores 
1.5
November
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s no classic but it has more in the way of brains than many of its fellows 
3
November
Timothy Knight
Ultimately more of a clever conceit than a full fledged narrative 
2.5
November
Lisa Rose
Pointless without pause 
0
November
Bob Strauss
Director Greg Harrison wants to make something profound creepy transcendent and aesthetically cool out of mighty thin derivative material here 
2
November
Lou Lumenick
There s no real payoff artistically or emotionally in Gregory Harrison s gimmicky and tedious psychological thriller November shot on ugly digital video 
1.5
November
Jack Mathews
November has the pretensions of an art house indie trying to one up a Hollywood trend in this case the Sixth Sense style twist ending that belies everything that has gone before 
1.5
November
Nick Schager
The film proves that Harrison s insufferable Groove was no fluke 
1
November
Walter Chaw
There s nothing really about it that s its own 
1
November
Steve Rhodes
A sporadically fascinating failure 
2
November
Peter Canavese
Telegraphs its unsatisfying payoff for miles has no fun getting there but at least boasts a running time of 73 minutes padded by a hilariously slow credit crawl 
2
Cloverfield
Matt Brunson
Director Matt Reeves and writer Drew Goddard effectively tap into that decade 8217 s post 9 47 11 anxieties 46 
3
Cloverfield
Mattie Lucas
A new movie monster legend is born 
3.5
Cloverfield
James Kendrick
not so much a reinvention of the marauding monster movie as it is a riff on its possibilities a fascinating and largely successful experiment in the manipulation of cinematic perspective
3
Cloverfield
David Keyes
The characters are fleshed out participants in the mayhem not merely disposable vessels designed to stand in all the right places when buildings come crashing down 
3.5
Cloverfield
Mike Scott
A stylish and satisfyingly intense update of one of Hollywood s most well trodden film concepts the attack of the 150 foot give or take monster 
2.5
Cloverfield
Wesley Lovell
A clunky blend of hand held camera and faux realism How can the creator of shows like Alias and Lost make such weak movies 
2.5
Cloverfield
Austin Kennedy
If you like kick butt monster movies then this one will deliver for you Go see it right away 
3.5
Cloverfield
Walter Chaw
I love this movie 
3.5
Cloverfield
Rossiter Drake
Cloverfield is a sleek silly product of green filmmaking It recycles old ideas and molds them into a lean briskly paced thriller that owes as much to classic monster movies like Godzilla as gimmick driven misfires like The Blair Witch Project 
3
Cloverfield
Jeffrey Westhoff
A monster movie for the YouTube era 
3
Cloverfield
Linda Cook
Oh oh Maybe I ve been grousing about January junk a little too long Because here s Cloverfieldk it s January and this movie is by no means junk 
3.5
Cloverfield
Michael A. Smith
The special effects are excellent withjust enough being shown of the marauding attacker and its minions to keep you on the edge of your seat 
3
Cloverfield
John Beifuss
Suggests the influence of YouTube and inevitably 9 11 but actually belongs to the old fashioned exploitation tradition as it uses state of the art effects and ballyhoo to update B movie subject matter for a new audience 
3.5
Cloverfield
Mike McGranaghan
Cloverfield is a real 21st century kind of movie it s a horror film for the You Tube generation It s also bleak and scary 
3
Cloverfield
Vince Koehler
Something has found us Now that could have been a great tag line if what found us was even remotely great 
2
Cloverfield
Nick Rogers
The monster is every animal and no animal all at once classifiable only as a behemoth your brain might conjure in REM sleep A bonecrushing story of apocalyptic attack that s hard to shake this is the stuff of primal nightmares 
3.5
Cloverfield
Gary Brown
The overall effect becomes terrifying at times for the viewer and for that the movie scores a lot of points 
3
Cloverfield
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Simply put I haven t had so much fun in the movies in years 
4
Cloverfield
Kam Williams
Reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project this cleverly conceived scream fest was shot entirely with a shaky hand held camera being operated by one of the film s central characters 
4
Cloverfield
Christian Toto
Shut out the massive hype admittedly easier said than done and Cloverfield is a terrific monster movie for our age 
3.5
Cloverfield
Peter Howell
Smartly reconjures the 1950s monster movie for the digital age 
3
Cloverfield
Chris Hewitt
It doesn t feel like Cloverfield is exploiting 9 11 because it s so clear the movie is not meant to be taken any more seriously than any other monster movie 
3
Cloverfield
Mark Rahner
It s a giant monster movie from the point of view of some of those little people running and shrieking in the street and it works incredibly well 
3
Cloverfield
Steven Rea
The running and climbing the tidal waves of debris rushing down the avenues the screams and carnage grow tiresome 
2.5
Cloverfield
Rene Rodriguez
Cloverfield delivers exactly what its memorable coming attractions trailer promised and it doesn t chicken out when it counts either Considering the state of horror movies today that s something 
3
Cloverfield
Robert W. Butler
The f x guys have provided a seamless blending of computer generated and real footage and by limiting our perspective to just what Hud sees through his viewfinder the fantastic is rendered plausible 
3
Cloverfield
Amy Biancolli
An efficiently gripping sci fi horror romp 
3
Cloverfield
Jeff Vice
This science fiction thriller is smart enough to wrap things up quickly At less than 90 minutes it s a lean mean monster movie even if it s gimmicky filmmaking makes it an acquired taste 
3
Cloverfield
Lisa Kennedy
Fully visceral visually impressive 
3
Cloverfield
Chris Vognar
A remarkably economical street level view of widespread panic caused by an abomination that gets and ultimately needs no explanation 
3
Cloverfield
Ty Burr
Cloverfield captures the chronic self absorption of the Facebook generation with breathless cleverly recycled media savvy and then it stomps that self absorption to death These days that s entertainment 
3
Cloverfield
Kyle Smith
A combination of unpleasantness and stupidity that would be difficult to match unless you were stuck in bed with the shingles while being forced to watch The Ghost Whisperer 
2
Cloverfield
Maitland McDonagh
Despite the lengthy party sequence that introduces the cast these people are less characters than easy on the eyes conceits Young hip essentially interchangeable and willfully stupid What s worse though is that the film is all surface 
2
Cloverfield
Peter Travers
Now that the fanboy hype has cleared we can see Cloverfield for what it is borrowed inspiration trite screenwriting and amateurish acting all in the service of a ballsy idea 
2.5
Cloverfield
Roger Ebert
An effective film deploying its special effects well and never breaking the illusion that it is all happening as we see it 
3
Cloverfield
Rick Groen
Reeves does a masterful job wedding the restricted perspective of Hud s lens with CGI glimpses of an already blasted cityscape This is the gimmick s raw excitement phase we re hooked 
3
Cloverfield
Jack Mathews
It s fun in its morbidly campy way 
3
Cloverfield
Lawrence Toppman
Cloverfield is a non stop smashfest meant to be forgotten as soon as it s over then repeated the following weekend for people eternally hungry for empty sensations If you re too old for that find yourself another film 
1.5
Cloverfield
Claudia Puig
A surprisingly gripping thriller Employing a pseudo documentary handheld camera style it offers a fresh spin on the monster movie genre 
3
Cloverfield
Todd Hertz
Cloverfield puts you on the ground level of a disaster face to face with the dangers of this night It s a fun fast ride but also poignant and strangely affecting 
3.5
Cloverfield
Gina Carbone
I ll always remember Cloverfield as the first thing that made me vomit since that teriyaki in San Diego 
2.75
Cloverfield
Peter Canavese
The mysteriously titled project might just as well have been called 9 11 The Thrill Ride so thoroughly does it trade on our emotions of that disaster Blu Ray 
2.5
Cloverfield
Eric Melin
The POV camera IS the movie and we get to see lots of angles of the monster On that point it totally delivers 
3
Cloverfield
Bob Bloom
What sets the film apart really is that the monster is just a backdrop The main focus centers on how a small group of people cope and react under such an extreme crisis 
3.5
Cloverfield
Josh Larsen
rescues the Godzilla genre from the realm of kitsch 
4
Cloverfield
Mark Dujsik
A time capsule of our current fears displaced onto our nightmares 
3.5
Cloverfield
David Nusair
a sporadically effective yet undeniably uneven piece of work that clearly would ve benefited from a little less excitement surrounding its release 
2.5
Cloverfield
Willie Waffle
unlike almost any movie you have seen before to become a raw realistic and gut wrenching experience
4
Cloverfield
Greg Maki
There has never been a film of its kind so intense so personal so real 
4
Cloverfield
Sara Michelle Fetters
For a blissfully exhausting 44 fast and furious 80 minutes 44 Reeves pays homage to 1950s giant monster classics while also imaginatively making the genre deviously his own 46 
3.5
Cloverfield
Duane Dudek
The low tech hype is a sham since it has the support of the sorts of digital effects used in conventional films 
2.5
Cloverfield
Nick Schager
Reeves s film works hard to negate any noteworthy meaning from its mayhem 
2
Cloverfield
Steve Rhodes
Cloverfield is a cute concept but little more Devoid of any genuine character development or notable acting the film is a slapdash affair which manages to be neither funny nor frightening 
2
Cloverfield
Dustin Putman
Alarming and nothing short of terrifying Cloverfield is the year s first unadulterated masterpiece There has never been anything quite like it 
4
Cloverfield
Michael Phillips
There s nothing to Cloverfield really but stripped down chaos shot in a faux verite Blair Witch Project fashion But I have to say I was with it 
3
Cloverfield
Jan Stuart
The shaky video camera perspective is alternately involving and irritating but director Matt Reeves keeps the carnival of wreckage spinning at a brisk clip 
3
Cloverfield
Bruce Newman
Cloverfield is the ultimate movie for people who don t feel a cataclysm has really happened until they can videotape it upload it and stream it live to the rest of the world 
3
Cloverfield
Sean McBride
pure adrenaline filled fun and about a scary as you can get with a PG 13 rated monster flick 
3.5
Cloverfield
Joe Lozito
By giving Godzilla the Blair Witch treatment producer J J Abrams has created a monster movie for the YouTube generation with impressive if not entirely scary results 
3
Cloverfield
Peter Hartlaub
A terrific movie filled with spectacle and a surprising amount of humor which makes up for its lack of terror or emotional impact 
3
Cloverfield
James Berardinelli
This film takes you into the heart of the maelstrom and leaves you there 
3
Rec
Josh Larsen
It 8217 s the moral imperative of the found footage formalism that sets REC apart 46 46 46 
3.5
Rec
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Co directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza unfold their story over a tight tense 75 minutes using the hand held camera to create an atmosphere of immediacy and never wasting an opportunity to ramp up the sense of panic or provide a brutal scare 
3
Rec
Matt Brunson
A sterling effort in the eventually overplayed found footage genre 
3.5
Rec
Dustin Putman
A well made funhouse ride of pure terror and near breathless dread 
3
Rec
David Nusair
boasts a number of brutal and unexpectedly creepy interludes that instantly set it apart from its stylistically similar yet thoroughly inferior brethren 
3.5
Last Dance
Mal Vincent
Morrow is simply not up to playing an obsessed lawyer with a mission Someone seems intent upon encouraging his switch from the small screen 
1.5
Last Dance
Michael Dequina
Too manufactured and Hollywood to elicit any real emotion 
2
Last Dance
Mike Clark
If this is a dance the band has left the stand and the bus boys are already mopping up melted ice 
2
Last Dance
David N. Butterworth
As dances go this Sharon Stone drama is a slow one step with no chance of appeal 
2
Last Dance
Roger Ebert
Too many of its scenes are based on conventional ideas of story construction We can see the bones beneath the skin 
2.5
Disconnect
Brian Eggert
Disconnect is brilliantly acted and staggeringly emotional 44 and it leaves you feeling guilty for every text 44 email 44 and Facebook post made after viewing 46 
4
Disconnect
Kelly Jane Torrance
Disconnect offers an important message But it s not the full story of the power of the Internet 
2.5
Disconnect
Frank Ochieng
Rubin s sturdy and spell binding techno tale pertaining to stunted communication involving the diminished human touch is so timely in today s world bombarded by social media
3
Disconnect
John Beifuss
If a movie could have facial features Disconnect would wear a furrowed brow and earnest worried eyes 
2
Disconnect
Chris Foran
By constantly weaving these tales together Rubin takes humanity out of the equation almost as if all these human intersections were engineered by technology not an increasingly interrelated world 
2
Disconnect
Ann Hornaday
Handsomely shot and judiciously edited the film benefits from a superlative cast 
2.5
Disconnect
John Hartl
It s left to the actors to make up for the gaffes and they re definitely up to the task 
3
Disconnect
Rafer Guzman
Journalists lie spouses stray and thieves steal but Disconnect keeps trying unsuccessfully to pin the blame on technology rather than its users 
1.5
Disconnect
Connie Ogle
In the sobering drama Disconnect technology is one of the culprits that separate people from each other but not the only one 
3
Disconnect
Chris Hewitt
It thinks it s smarter than it is 
1
Disconnect
Dustin Putman
A penetrating examination of who we are as a people and culture living in the advanced electronic age of the here and now 151 a place as potentially dangerous and harmful as it is radically convenient 
3.5
Disconnect
Mick LaSalle
One of the rare films that directly responds to and expresses modern anxieties 
4
Disconnect
Robert Levin
Working with a strong cast and a well crafted Andrew Stern script director Henry Alex Rubin has woven an effective tapestry of modern alienation 
3
Disconnect
James Berardinelli
A deeply flawed motion picture containing moments of brilliance that illustrate its strong thematic content 
3
Disconnect
Stephen Whitty
There s a movie to be made perhaps about the way that electronic devices have created distance between us But it d be better if not every story revolved around a crime 
2
Disconnect
Kyle Smith
Soulful though the film is melodrama gradually sneaks in and then it takes over 
2.5
Disconnect
Mark Dujsik
This is a film about characters reconnecting to others themselves and the world and how unprepared they are for it 
3
Disconnect
Steven Rea
Rubin the award winning documentary filmmaker of Murderball working with a script by Andrew Stern is good with the details and he gets strong performances from his cast in this his debut feature 
2.5
Disconnect
Claudia Puig
Worst case scenarios for our forays into chat rooms and social network sites are laid bare as are the illegal and immoral contours of the digital landscape in this well acted dramatic thriller 
3
Disconnect
Ty Burr
Disconnect is far from a bad movie It s just better at melodrama than drama 
2.5
Disconnect
Matt Pais
I d say I m of two minds about Disconnect but I think it s more like my mind and my heart don t agree on this one 
2.5
Disconnect
Richard Roeper
I believed the lives of these people I believed they d do the drastic things they do in the face of crisis I ached for them when things went terribly wrong and rooted for them when there were glimmers of hope 
4
Disconnect
Peter Travers
How a new director works with actors is telling and the performances in Disconnect are first rate all the way 
3
Disconnect
Rex Reed
Responsible riveting and intense it s a film about cybercrime that left me shaking the movie equivalent of sticking a wet finger into a hot socket 
3
Disconnect
Roger Moore
A blunt instrument of a movie melodramatic But it sometimes moves and often hits its target square on the nose 
3
Disconnect
Tomas Hachard
Fails not so much because of its occasional self seriousness or didacticism than it does from a scattered plot that makes the story s overriding theme or message difficult to grasp 
1
Disconnect
David Nusair
a consistently compelling and surprisingly moving drama that remains a cut above similarly themed fare 
4
The Brood
James Kendrick
the horrors are simultaneously literal and allegorical springing from a deep emotional well that transcends the bounds of conventional drama
3.5
The Brood
Matt Brunson
As is often the case with Cronenberg the intriguing subtext here the damage caused by divorce and the dubious benefits of psychology is neutered by an amateurish and even risible storyline as well as inconsistent characters who make little sense 
2
The Brood
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the great filmmaker s best films and a stylistic if not budgetary breakthrough 
4
The Brood
Roger Ebert
The Brood is an el sleazo exploitation film camouflaged by the presence of several well known stars but guaranteed to nauseate you all the same 
1
The Brood
Walter Chaw
A definitive metaphor for the coldness and cruelty of acrimonious divorce 
3
Brown's Requiem
Michael Dequina
Boilerplate noir all the way from the femme fatale to the hard boiled voiceover 
2
The Fluffy Movie
Peter Keough
For the most part Fluffy s material is just that fluff with a touch now and then of bile and bad taste 
1.5
The Fluffy Movie
Roger Moore
A very big comic not as big as he used to be tries to get by on very thin material in this lukewarm but heartfelt comic concert film
2
The Fluffy Movie
Mark Jenkins
It s not much of a movie There s no particular reason to watch this in a theater rather than on television 
2.5
The Fluffy Movie
Peter Sobczynski
Iglesias is an undeniably genial presence as a performer and there are some strong bits here and there though not quite enough of them to win over anyone outside of his fan club 
2
How the West Was Won
Peter Canavese
Delivered big with breathtaking location work and an all star cast 
3.5
The Nativity Story
Mattie Lucas
There are times it comes across more like a Christmas pageant put on by the church down the street than a big budget Hollywood production 
2
The Nativity Story
Sean McBride
may well be the greatest story ever told but it leaves a lot to be desired on a purely cinematic level 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Nick Rogers
For a film about the birth of Jesus there s nothing particularly joyous or inspiring just dull disinteresting details that too strongly disconnect from the human frailty and folly that is hinted at in the story 
2
The Nativity Story
Mike McGranaghan
A motion picture depicting the birth of the Savior ought to stir the soul not just pass time during a frantic holiday season 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Thomas Delapa
Call me a Scrooge but director Catherine Hardwicke s rendition of Silent Night Holy Night plays like a dirge 
2
The Nativity Story
Jeffrey Westhoff
Many moments are overpowering and humbling thanks to the source material This is not a great film or an especially good one but I don t have to remind you where its story ranks among those ever told 
3
The Nativity Story
Mark Collette
Hardwicke takes scripture that is at once deeply troubling and filled with profound hope and renders it inert on both counts by playing things so safely that the result is almost irreverent 
2
The Nativity Story
Claudia Puig
It s not exactly the dullest story ever told but it s certainly not the greatest 
2
The Nativity Story
Maitland McDonagh
This retelling of the familiar tale is as solemnly predictable as a Catholic school nativity play and nearly as dull 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Geoff Pevere
The Nativity Story may prove just idiosyncratic enough to alienate the doctrinaire believers but not quite weird enough to appeal to revisionists cultists or regular holiday moviegoers 
2
The Nativity Story
Moira MacDonald
The Nativity Story has a quiet sincerity to it that s sometimes quite moving and sometimes just too quiet 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Mick LaSalle
One of the incidental points of the film particularly powerful is that doing the right thing isn t easy even in the face of divine assurance 
3
The Nativity Story
David Elliott
How moved you are by this holiday fare depends beyond basic human empathy on your piety or nostalgia for childhood readings and Nativity plays 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Timothy Knight
Beautifully shot but dramatically inert 
2
The Nativity Story
Carrie Rickey
Yes there is something about Mary Something inspiring Something hopeful 
3
The Nativity Story
Lisa Rose
While Mel Gibson s epic was a divisive film it had a visceral impact the new movie lacks 
2
The Nativity Story
Lou Lumenick
Even some of the many nuns at the screening I attended were shifting uncomfortably in their wimples 
1
The Nativity Story
Jack Mathews
Dull and inert 
2
The Nativity Story
Connie Ogle
True believers deserve better than this lazy lump of holiday coal 
1
The Nativity Story
Bob Strauss
Nativity Story is a thoughtful addition to the Christmas movie canon It tries to locate the spiritual in the everyday and it has an open welcoming heart You don t have to buy anyone s creed to know that that s good 
3
The Nativity Story
Robert W. Butler
For this viewer it felt a bit too much like a made for TV special 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Amy Biancolli
It might not hook nonbelievers but the choir might sing hosannas 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Rick Groen
Don t expect a Caravaggio but if your taste turns to Hallmark this is a good bet a straight up Nativity story as safe as death and taxes 
2.5
The Nativity Story
John Beifuss
Not entirely disconnected from Hardwicke s previous work It s the tale of an unwed pregnant teen whose parents worry about her getting stoned The difference here is that the pregnant teen is a virgin and we re talking about actual stones 
2
The Nativity Story
Terry Lawson
Hardwicke and her cast and crew do remind us that the birth of Jesus is one of the most lyrical and emotionally resonant stories in all of religious literature 
3
The Nativity Story
Jeff Vice
The Nativity Story is certainly not the greatest movie ever made If anything it s a competent but only sporadically interesting biblical tale 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Michael Booth
The movie itself is not a miracle But it s working with pretty good material 
3
The Nativity Story
Mary F. Pols
Despite some admirably realistic casting this is a dutiful and traditional film And that s not necessarily a bad thing 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Bill Zwecker
A refreshingly unadorned example of straightforward storytelling 
3
The Nativity Story
Ty Burr
At the very least it s refreshing to see a holiday film that doesn t involve Tim Allen wearing 80 pounds of rubber padding 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is the most literal Bible adaptation to come out of a major studio I think I have ever seen and while that isn t necessarily a bad thing making it play like a monotonous sermon certainly is 
2
The Nativity Story
Sean P. Means
Stretching this biblical tale to 90 plus minutes requires a lot of padding 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Tyler Hanley
The pacing is so slow and the religious undertones so heavy that only Jesus himself could rise above the draining weight 
2
The Nativity Story
Forrest Hartman
Because Nativity is so traditional it doesn t bring anything new to the table but it does offer a beautifully shot and terrifically acted Bible story that should last for generations 
3
The Nativity Story
Peter T. Chattaway
A family friendly Christmas pageant a Christmas crèche brought to theatrical life 
3
The Nativity Story
James Sanford
while the subject matter remains fascinating the storytelling in director Catherine Hardwicke s film leaves much to be desired reverent almost to a fault yet its inspirational value is not particularly high 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Daniel M. Kimmel
Devout Christians are invited to ignore the reviews and enjoy the film Non Christians and skeptics ought to be looking elsewhere 
2.5
The Nativity Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest stories ever told has become one of the year s worst movies 
1.5
The Nativity Story
Willie Waffle
Excels when focused on Mary and Joseph but The Three Wise Men come off more like The Three Stooges 
3
The Nativity Story
Walter Chaw
A thunderously boring film so circumscribed in scope and crippled in execution that it s destined to be a minor hit 
1
The Nativity Story
Duane Dudek
At a time when secular celebrations including most films have redefined the holiday as a meaningless and generic act of consumerism The Nativity Story reclaims its roots as a story of sacrifice and celebration 
3
The Nativity Story
Dustin Putman
Perhaps a special appearance from Old St Nick might not have been such a bad idea 
1.5
The Nativity Story
Michael Wilmington
Nativity is a movie that may not take full advantage of its tale but doesn t betray it either 
3
The Nativity Story
Peter Canavese
When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best the film has all the substance visual appeal and excitement of a Hallmark card 
2
The Nativity Story
Matt Pais
Just a clean re telling of a benchmark in the endless conflict between spirituality and science God and man 
3
The Nativity Story
Chris Hewitt
What we end up with is little more than a Christmas pageant with better production values 
2
The Nativity Story
Phoebe Flowers
Bless me Father for I have sinned It has been three weeks since I saw The Nativity Story and I still think it is so far from divine as to in fact be abominably bad 
1
The Nativity Story
Gene Seymour
The Nativity Story has little to offer besides a pageant with TV style melodramatic flourishes 
2
The Nativity Story
Phil Villarreal
The greatest story ever told has been made into one of the worst movies of the year 
1.5
The Nativity Story
Josh Larsen
The Nativity Story isn t religious art It s a trinket 
2
The Nativity Story
James Berardinelli
For those who are not pulled to this movie for its religious slant there s no reason to go There s nothing here for a serious movie goer Despite the sizeable budget this is little more than a glossy Christmas tract 
2
The Nativity Story
Steve Rhodes
Like a long and lame Sunday school lesson told in a lifeless monotone voice it invites slumber rather than interest 
1
The Nativity Story
Matt Brunson
A lumbering drama that inspires yawns more than anything else 
2
The Nativity Story
Ed Gonzalez
Courtesy of Catherine Hardwicke The Nativity has become the most boring story ever told 
2
Ghostwatch
Federico Furzan
This is important Maybe it could be the foundation of found footage Maybe it was too bold of a move In any case this needs to be celebrated Full review in Spanish 
4
Joe Versus the Volcano
Betsy Bozdech
In many ways Joe was ahead of its time 
2.5
Joe Versus the Volcano
Juan Carlos Coto
After it s over one thing is perfectly clear Joe Versus the Volcano for all its wacky gags delightfully bizarre look and ill fated attempts at insight is only one thing Mediocre 
2
Joe Versus the Volcano
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Playwright John Patrick Shanley made his movie directing debut with this defiantly strange totally under appreciated yet completely wonderful romantic comedy 
4
Joe Versus the Volcano
Scott Nash
An overlooked gem 
3.5
Joe Versus the Volcano
Betsy Bozdech
This fascinating but flawed parable is the Tom Hanks Meg Ryan romantic comedy for people who don t like Tom Hanks Meg Ryan romantic comedies 
2.5
Joe Versus the Volcano
Andrew Howe
An appealing film that defies simple categorisation 
3
Joe Versus the Volcano
Roger Ebert
Joe Versus the Volcano achieves a kind of magnificent goofiness Hanks and Ryan are the right actors to inhabit it because you can never catch them going for a gag that isn t there They inhabit the logic of this bizarre world and play by its rules 
3.5
Exit Plan
Steven Prokopy
The way the film plays with reality is fascinating without being confusing And the compassion we feel for Max is genuine 
3
Exit Plan
Roger Moore
Manages to be a meditative essay on death and dying and love even if the chill never quite wears off 
2.5
Exit Plan
Richard Roeper
A starkly beautiful film 
3
Exit Plan
Glenn Kenny
Coster Waldau commits to his dull character sufficiently to be well dull 
2
Exit Plan
Mark Dujsik
The third act of Exit Plan turns into a mystery about a vaguely sinister conspiracy that s resolved in a most confounding way 
1.5
Northern Land
David Phelps
Something like a bad Oliveira forgery 
1.5
India Sweets and Spices
Rob Thomas
Unfortunately India Sweets and Spices feels as shallow as the wealthy community it depicts 
2
India Sweets and Spices
Roxana Hadadi
Much of this has been done before in more stylish more well rounded films and India Sweets and Spices suffers from those comparisons 
2
India Sweets and Spices
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Geeta Malik attempts to tackle a lot within the fairly limited framework of India Sweets and Spices 
2.5
India Sweets and Spices
Mike McGranaghan
Substantive without being didactic and bursting with humor it s a genuine feel good film that focuses on the relationships between people in a manner that s as authentic as it is pleasing 
3
India Sweets and Spices
Randy Myers
Malik addresses potent cultural issues with clarity and sophistication and the film winds up being as much of a spitfire as its irresistible female protagonist 
3
India Sweets and Spices
Kristen Page-Kirby
There are some good laughs to be had some good lessons to be learned and room to discuss the importance of being allowed to be imperfect 
2.5
The Patriot
Betsy Bozdech
From its gory battle scenes to its tender family moments The Patriot engages your emotions and keeps you on the edge of your seat even though we all know who wins the war 
3
The Patriot
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Patriot is best when it focuses on Gibson Unfortunately half the time it focuses on Ledger 
2.5
The Patriot
Margaret A. McGurk
It s a spectacular well made epic that I just could not enjoy at least not after the first hour 
3
The Patriot
Mick LaSalle
Emmerich s battle scenes may look authentic to anyone who has ever stared hard at a history book but in every other way the film is long empty and bogus 
2
The Patriot
Liam Lacey
Make no mistake about it The Patriot is a cartoon even if it does have real people playing the parts 
2
The Patriot
Andrew Howe
See it enjoy it and try not to think too hard about what might have been 
2.5
The Patriot
Greg Dean Schmitz
The look and premise of a South Carolina farmer should be far enough away from the tartans and kilts of Scotland that this film will be able to stand ably on its own in the public s eye 
3
The Patriot
Jorge Avila Andrade
Contiene los elementos bsicos de toda cinta pica una estrella en el rol principal hermosas mujeres y grandes batallas
3
The Patriot
Rob Blackwelder
For all its adherence to formula The Patriot is certainly handsome and effectively rousing in small but resounding ways 
2.5
The Patriot
James Berardinelli
There s not much to get excited about 
2
The Patriot
Robert Payne
A walloping entertainment 
3.5
The Patriot
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Reflects our wish to redeem ourselves through sacrifice But that entails more than briefly nodding to our flaws magnifying what we like best about our past and waving it around hoping the euphoria will resolve any contradictions 
1
The Patriot
Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the strength and conviction of Gibson s performance the sweep of the battle scenes and the absurdity of the British caricatures 
3
The Patriot
Dustin Putman
No better than anyone should have expected which is to say that it isn t any good at all 
1.5
The Patriot
Shay Casey
If I d known there was going to be this much gagging sentimentality I d have brought a vomit bag 
2
Nobody’s Hero
Pat Brown
The film goes from biting satire to broad farce and back as Alain Guiraudie fills it with both social observation and ludicrous incident 
3
Maniac
David Nusair
Maniac like its forebear simply doesn t possess enough material to warrant the full length feature treatment 
2
Maniac
Rene Rodriguez
A creepy experiment that stays with you 
2.5
Maniac
Jeff Shannon
Frodo Baggins as a psycho killer Why not 
2
Maniac
David Lewis
The sadistic proceedings here are pointless and not very scary 
.5
Maniac
Robert Levin
The POV approach makes the movie even harder to endure 
1.5
Maniac
Jason Buchanan
Like a cover song that takes an original tune in a fresh new direction Franck Khalfoun s remake of William Lustig s notorious 1980 slasher flick Maniac boldly serves up a familiar story with an exciting twist 
3.5
Maniac
Dustin Putman
Warts and all Maniac still does what it should digging under the skin and never for a second shying away from the grim realities of a protagonist who s not only an antagonist as well but a violent sociopath 
2.5
Maniac
Stephen Whitty
Maniac only takes what had merely been a disturbing film and makes it into a truly disturbed one 
1
Maniac
Kyle Smith
The film is exactly what it intends to be the purest exploitational trash 
2
Maniac
Rex Reed
Eventually it collapses in a gore fest of nauseating brutality that makes you wonder why they bothered at all 
1
Maniac
Ed Gonzalez
Its audio visual overload testifies to a group of filmmakers belief that some films are made to be remade 
3
Coming Home in the Dark
Mitchell Beaupre
With his debut 44 Ashcroft shows a knack for bringing visceral thrills to a genre audience craving some gnarly fun in the middle of the night 46 
2.5
Coming Home in the Dark
David Nusair
Gillies magnetic electrifying work here which remains an ongoing highlight plays a key role in sustaining the picture s tense atmosphere 
3
Coming Home in the Dark
Matt Zoller Seitz
The filmmaking and acting talent on display is undeniable 
2.5
Coming Home in the Dark
Dwight Brown
Thinking about a family hiking trip You might forgo that after being scared to death by this relentless thriller 
3
Coming Home in the Dark
Randy Myers
It grabs you by the nose hairs and pulls each one with twist after twist in the storyline 
3.5
Winter Sleepers
Joshua Tanzer
Some of the in your face techniques that made Lola such a wild ride are used in Winter Sleepers but in small doses and in service of a much more complex story 
3.5
Winter Sleepers
Michael Dequina
Unconventionally affecting 
3
Spinning Into Butter
Sonny Bunch
Spinning Into Butter is the perfect example of a movie taking an interesting premise and through incompetence of acting writing and directing turning it into an unwatchable mess 
1.5
Spinning Into Butter
Kyle Smith
The material is crying out for a satiric wit or at least a stronger point of view Instead it s a mishmash in which everyone gets to say his piece but all of it has been said before 
1.5
Spinning Into Butter
Claudia Puig
Despite an earnest and dour tone the story and the subjects tackled are compelling and thought provoking 
2.5
Spinning Into Butter
Wesley Morris
The movie verges on melodrama farce and satire but never makes any dramatic sense 
1
Spinning Into Butter
Jason Clark
Any movie that chooses to open a credits sequence with a Maya Angelou quote and blackface cartoons screams desperation 
1
Chuck & Buck
Michael Dequina
Creepy funny yet surprisingly affecting Miguel Arteta s darkly comic drama pulls off a remarkable balancing act 
3.5
Chuck & Buck
Liam Lacey
A genuinely scary movie 
3
Chuck & Buck
Rod Armstrong
It constantly defies expectations 
3.5
Chuck & Buck
Jeff Vice
When is Hollywood going to realize that stalking is not a funny subject for a movie and that stalkers themselves are certainly not endearing enough to make them the focus of a film 
1.5
Chuck & Buck
Ian Mantgani
Chuck Buck is terrific up until its last act when it takes such a wrong turn that I almost want to write two separate reviews 
2
Chuck & Buck
James Berardinelli
The acting is solid 
3
Chuck & Buck
Edward Guthmann
Its psychological layers don t overwhelm the film or kill the humor 
3
Chuck & Buck
Rob Blackwelder
Chuck and Buck has been winning accolades at film festivals and I m at a loss to explain why 
1
Chuck & Buck
Roger Ebert
A fascinating study of behavior that violates the rules 
3
Chuck & Buck
Scott A. Mantz
Despite its disturbing surface it remains a touching and heartwarming story 
4
Chuck & Buck
Ross Anthony
A superb performance by writer lead actor Mike White 
1
Chuck & Buck
Susan Stark
Chuck Buck is sad funny true and resonant 
3
Chuck & Buck
Elias Savada
Childhood innocence homo erotic fantasies and an endless flow of suck em stand in blow pops all have their beguiling unsettling moments 
3
Painted Woman
Roger Moore
Like watching paint dry 
1
The Worthy
Roger Moore
The very idea of such a film that it played in the Arab world is at least as compelling as the story told on the screen or it would be if it took bigger chances and aimed higher 
2
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Roger Ebert
Give My Regards to Broad Street is about as close as you can get to a nonmovie and the parts that do try something are the worst 
1
The Chocolate War
Matt Brunson
Keith Gordon apos s direction is unhurried and understated 44 and the film is all the stronger because of it 46 
3
The Chocolate War
Joel Siegel
The film is especially insightful about the way power structures social religious political reinforce one another despite conflicting values and goals to squelch individualism 
3
The Chocolate War
Jeremiah Kipp
The Chocolate War is reminiscent of another kind of movie that one wishes could be jump started again Angry Young Man films 
3
The Perfection
Tom Meek
Production values are high and the two leads play a perfect fiddle to one and other but the switchback plot while fun initially plays on too long 
2
The Perfection
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A horror thriller with humorous elements and a playful structure 
3.5
The Perfection
Federico Furzan
A weird but awesome movie about the limits of human kindness and evil Trailers for this movie should be banned for the sake of viewers Full review in Spanish 
3.5
The Perfection
Roger Moore
Good performances decorate this erotically charged horror tale but storytelling gimmicks spoil it 
2
The Perfection
David Nusair
an off the wall yet frequently captivating thriller 
3
The Perfection
Robert Levin
There are no hard and fast rules dictating what a movie must be but there are basic standards that this picture fails 
1
The Perfection
Rob Thomas
Brilliant and unhinged The Perfection is unlike anything I ve seen this year 
3.5
The Perfection
Barry Hertz
M ost everyone who watches The Perfection will instead be staring at the screen slack jawed dumbfounded at the gory silliness they endured 
1.5
The Perfection
Sheila O'Malley
Your tolerance for this sort of thing may vary 
2
The Perfection
Robert Daniels
Richard Shepard s The Perfection is a twisting and unnerving film that at once serves as a more demented version of Whiplash while combining body and revenge horror 
3
Changing Lanes
Nick Rogers
Changing Lanes asks how far we d go not to lose what s ours but it s a morality play with hope for dtente rather than any destructive force Gavin and Doyle are two severely flawed men whose best intentions are knocked about by their worst impulses 
4
Changing Lanes
Betsy Bozdech
A fascinating original movie that s all the more compelling for its ambiguities and the hard questions it asks 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Greg Maki
An extraordinary film with a level of moral complexity and attention to detail that are rare today 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Ian Mantgani
One of the best films I have ever seen constantly pulling the rug from underneath us seeing things from new sides plunging deeper getting more intense 
4
Changing Lanes
Jorge Avila Andrade
Si el filme hubiera terminado 10 o 15 minutos antes hubiera sido una dura crtica a la amoral y desquiciante sociedad pero solamente se queda en un buen filme entretenido y bien actuado 
3
Changing Lanes
Jon Niccum
It sticks with its characters and doesn t exploit them in order to orchestrate some grandiose revenge scenario befitting a C grade thriller 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Michael Wilmington
A thrilling ride but also a thoughtful one it s a movie that does manage to do more good than bad by the end of the day 
3
Changing Lanes
Josh Gilchrist
Movies like this make an audience feel numb after being put through so much in a short amount of time It s unbelievable and relentless 
2
Changing Lanes
James Kendrick
at its most powerful when it shows us the complexities of moral decision making in a fast paced world that leaves little time for such choices
3
Changing Lanes
Mark Dujsik
A refreshing and unexpected experience rife with ideas and observation 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Mike McGranaghan
The movie understands and depicts the self destruction inherent in trying to make somebody else pay 
4
Changing Lanes
Marty Mapes
Sometimes God likes to put two guys in a paper bag and just let em rip
3.5
Changing Lanes
Robert Roten
It is slickly made with excellent production values quality acting and an intelligent script 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Elias Savada
passable enough for a shoot out in the o k court house of life type of flick Strictly middle of the road 
2
Changing Lanes
Frank Ochieng
After viewing the blistering thriller Changing Lanes there s a whole new meaning to the phrase driving each other crazy Director Roger Michell pieces together a robust and energizing social drama
3.5
Changing Lanes
Phil Villarreal
Director Roger Michell mounts this thriller as an action packed sometimes tongue in cheek celebrity death match 
3
Changing Lanes
Kevin A. Ranson
A combination of Falling Down and The Game but without Michael Douglas is there a down side to this 
3
Changing Lanes
James Berardinelli
It s watchable and compelling and works on more than one level 
3
Changing Lanes
Joe Leydon
Time and again however Changing Lanes subversively upends expectations 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Dustin Putman
A provocative study of the human condition handled in a fully challenging way that never once talks down to the viewer 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Todd Anthony
The movie challenges traditional notions of entertainment It lasts a little more than 1 1 2 hours but puts you through such an emotional wringer that it feels much longer 
3
Changing Lanes
Moira MacDonald
Thanks to a tight screenplay by Chap Taylor and Michael Tolkin and the unflagging pace set by director Roger Michell Changing Lanes doesn t feel overburdened by all its drama 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Mick LaSalle
At its best watching Changing Lanes is like watching controlled madness 
3
Changing Lanes
David Elliott
A good lane to change into 
3.5
Changing Lanes
John Anderson
Engaging in a coldly intellectually fashion but depressing sociologically emotionally 
2
Changing Lanes
Lou Lumenick
Finally a thinking person s thriller 
4
Changing Lanes
Rene Rodriguez
The story begged for a darker more biting resolution but that might have been deemed too bleak for a movie that is almost entirely bile 
3
Changing Lanes
Tony Toscano
One of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting direction story and pace 
4
Changing Lanes
Susan Stark
Directed with purpose and finesse by England s Roger Mitchell who handily makes the move from pleasing relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft 
3
Changing Lanes
Jeff Vice
Despite some serious script problems the film works which may have as much to do with the timeliness of the subject matter the forgotten art of common courtesy as the skill of the director and the efforts of a good cast 
3
Changing Lanes
Sean P. Means
Changing Lanes is primarily Jackson s movie a treatise on racial tension that is seldom black and white 
3
Changing Lanes
Renee Graham
Banek is one of the more complex characters Affleck has attempted but the performance comes off flat and uninvolving 
2.5
Changing Lanes
Rick Groen
Definitely erratic this thing all in all it s the sort of commercial vehicle you might want to stay well back of 
2
Changing Lanes
Mike Clark
If it s not conventionally speedy it is almost always gripping 
3
Changing Lanes
Roger Ebert
This is one of the best movies of the year 
4
Changing Lanes
David Sterritt
The story loses its bite in a last minute happy ending that s even less plausible than the rest of the picture Much of the way though this is a refreshingly novel ride 
3
Changing Lanes
Dan Lybarger
Brimming with ethical dilemmas Changing Lanes sometimes errs on the side of convenience the same vice it vehemently condemns 
2
Changing Lanes
Terry Lawson
Changing Lanes explores human behavior with unsentimentalized and uncommon directness and honesty 
3
Changing Lanes
Duane Dudek
It is entertaining as a legal yarn of the John Grisham variety but just as generic despite grander aspirations 
2.5
Changing Lanes
Glenn Whipp
One of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly but feeling pandered to which in the end might be all the more infuriating 
2
Changing Lanes
Jonathan Taylor
A compelling story featuring warring heroes who earn our respect while trying our patience 
3
Changing Lanes
Chris Hewitt
You ve probably had the experience of reading a book nobody likes but that turns out to be interesting to talk about The movie Changing Lanes is like that 
2
Changing Lanes
Tor Thorsen
When so many Hollywood films actively discourage higher brain functions you have to give Changing Lanes credit for giving you food for thought 
3
Changing Lanes
Lawrence Toppman
Roger Michell who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England gets too artsy in his American debut 
2.5
Changing Lanes
Mary F. Pols
A film that dares to probe intelligently into some of those most essential difficult American issues race and class 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Walter Chaw
A story and character driven reminder of the classic paranoia cinema of Arthur Penn and Alan Pakula if only it ultimately displayed the courage of the same 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Rob Blackwelder
It has all the right ingredients but 60 percent of the movie is spent trying to make a rich lying conniving completely unprincipled Manhattan lawyer seem sympathetic 
2.5
Changing Lanes
Erik Childress
An indicting cynical trip into how crappy our world actually is 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Jeanne Aufmuth
A whip smart thriller that begs comparison to the gritty mood pieces of the 1970s 
3
Changing Lanes
Ross Anthony
Good theme good sound effects slightly above average film that stumbles on the opportunity to be something very fine 
2.5
Changing Lanes
Ed Gonzalez
A rare example of studio filmmaking evocatively concerned with the nature of morality 
3
Changing Lanes
Harvey S. Karten
A provocative and engaging morality tale of the sort we re not accustomed to seeing at the local multiplex 
3.5
Changing Lanes
Steve Rhodes
The director pulls it off but is constantly right on the ragged edge of losing his audience 
3
Changing Lanes
Michael Dequina
Exceeds expectations provoking serious thought while skillfully telling a compelling character driven story 
3
Moving McAllister
Michael Dequina
Actively anti intelligent 
0
Moving McAllister
Gary Goldstein
Though Moving McAllister s heart and soul are in the right place it s a terrible excuse for a movie 
1.5
Moving McAllister
Bob Strauss
There s so little to it that it s kind of a miracle anything actually stuck onto the film emulsion Yet unfold along it does for 93 unimaginative minutes 
0
Moving McAllister
Sean P. Means
If you don t know where this movie is going within the first 10 minutes I have a moving van to sell you cheap 
1.5
Moving McAllister
Jeff Vice
It s about time to say that Heder s 15 minutes of fame have run out He s simply regurgitating the same one note doofus shtick he s been milking since Napoleon Dynamite and it s gotten tiresome 
1
Moving McAllister
Chris Hewitt
It s called Moving McAllister but a better title would be Ripping Off Reiner 
1
A Winter's Tale
Jackie Potts
A Tale of Winter is unabashedly romantic and life affirming like Rohmer himself 
2.5
A Winter's Tale
Scott Renshaw
Eric Rohmer takes an intriguing voyage 
3
A Winter's Tale
Peter Keough
This winter romance by Rohmer then in his 70s demonstrates that faith and art can work miracles 
3.5
A Winter's Tale
Michael Wilmington
Rohmer s style over the years has become so easy and natural that at its best his work never seems like fabricated drama While this low budget Tale of Winter may seem simple it s a masterly simplicity 
4
A Winter's Tale
James Berardinelli
With A Tale of Springtime and A Tale of Winter Eric Rohmer has given us a pair of wonderful motion pictures I wonder what Summer and Autumn will bring 
3.5
A Winter's Tale
Roger Ebert
A Rohmer film is a flavor that once tasted cannot be mistaken 
4
In Search of Mozart
Robert W. Butler
Perhaps the neatest thing about Phil Grabsky s In Search of Mozart is that after watching it for more than two hours your first impulse is to rush to the Internet and download a slew of Mozart recordings 
3
In Search of Mozart
Jeffrey Gantz
There s nothing particularly innovative about the film but it does what a two hour documentary can 
3
In Search of Mozart
Chris Hewitt
Dry repetitive and didactic 
1.5
In Search of Mozart
Moira MacDonald
The film effectively usurps the images left by Milos Forman s artful yet not entirely factually accurate Amadeus 
3
In Search of Mozart
Maitland McDonagh
The film s soul is the musicians whose love for Mozart s compositions is as vibrant as their desire to share it 
2.5
In Search of Mozart
Elizabeth Weitzman
Educational but not exactly inspiring 
2.5
In Search of Mozart
Steve Rhodes
My body voted about two to one against with my ears being outvoted by my mind and my eyes 
2.5
In Search of Mozart
Rob Humanick
No one should be allowed to attend a screening of In Search of Mozart without a Red Bull in hand
1.5
In Search of Mozart
Jeremy Eichler
Most of the color and zest among the movie s many talking heads comes from the refreshingly irreverent opera director Jonathan Miller 
3
In Search of Mozart
Andrew Panter
Perhaps because director Grabsky is a filmmaker first he has discovered ways to discard conventions and show on screen what is visually interesting about making music its physicality 
3.5
In Search of Mozart
John von Rhein
No more important or more beautifully filmed documentary about Mozart s life and music has emerged from the Mozart Year 2006 than writer director Phil Grabsky s In Search of Mozart 
4
Broadway Danny Rose
Matt Brunson
An irresistible bauble that showcases perhaps the best of the 13 performances Mia Farrow delivered in a Woody Allen production 46 
3
Broadway Danny Rose
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like Hannah and Her Sisters it strikes a perfect balance between structure pathos and sheer laughs 
4
Broadway Danny Rose
Roger Ebert
All of this is accomplished with wonderfully off the wall characterizations 
3.5
The House in Between: Part 2
Roger Moore
If what they 8217 re seeing and experiencing is as real as it seems to them 44 you 8217 d think they could show their evidence and talk somebody with heavy duty credentials to fly in and verify some of what they claim 46 
1.5
If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a greatest hits collection it s unbeatable highlighted by a performance of the gorgeous Fairytale of New York 
3
The Tin Drum
Eric Melin
There are many themes running through The Tin Drum resistance against an unkind world the need for acceptance the horrors of romance and war and the final idea that growth is inevitable and unfortunately necessary 
3
The Tin Drum
Ela Bittencourt
In Volker Schlndorff s restored version of his 1979 classic Oskar Matzerath emerges as a tragic anti hero whose lustful imagination and prodigious magical gifts can t shield him from the juggernaut of war 
4
The Tin Drum
Roger Ebert
The difficulty with The Tin Drum is that it s either a an allegory about one person s protest against the inhumanity of the world or b the story of an obnoxious little boy 
2
The Tin Drum
James Kendrick
the film is more memorable for its quirky commingling of the epic and the intimate and its often startling visuals than for any of its big themes
3.5
The Tin Drum
Jeremy Heilman
Schlndorff s treatment of this material is horribly flawed because he s too interested in making the audience feel comfortable before he starts damning everything 
2
Farewell to the King
Roger Ebert
What is most interesting about Farewell to the King is its impulse to tell this story at all It could so easily have become ridiculous or merely violent but Milius keeps edging back toward the philosophy of his hero 
3
Burning Annie
V.A. Musetto
Burning Annie has funny moments but it suffers from an overflow of characters 
2
Burning Annie
Steve Rhodes
The movie has its moments of comedic brilliance just not quite enough of them 
2.5
Naked
Jeffrey M. Anderson
After we spend about an hour listening to each couple argue and complain the dinner party starts and all six characters begin to argue and complain as a group 
2
Naked
Mick LaSalle
It s hard to say if that s the filmmaker s intention but the film s honesty is its saving grace 
3
Gulliver's Travels
Rob Vaux
It doesn t make for a masterpiece but it can be compelling at points especially for those interested in this era of animation 
2.5
Gulliver's Travels
Josh Larsen
most notable for the signature Fleischer touches comic violence irritable oval eyed characters a general preference for anarchy over order 
3.5
In Good Company
Lisa Ann Cockrel
It s got a Father Knows Best sensibility about it that exalts character over profit margins But in my opinion the story s execution falls short of its potential 
2.5
In Good Company
Sara Michelle Fetters
Even better Weitz asks tough questions without easy answers pointing daggers at companies like the very one he s busy making motion pictures for 
3
In Good Company
Vince Koehler
This one is a winner folks that should be seen 
3.5
In Good Company
James Kendrick
certainly intends for lessons to be learned but it doesn t condescend in simple fashion
3
In Good Company
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Perhaps the final clue to this film s striking mediocrity is that the original title Synergy was swapped for the totally forgettable new one In Good Company 
1.5
In Good Company
David Keyes
creates fully realized characters that are not just smart and dedicated but also flawed and likable 
3
In Good Company
Jonathan R. Perry
A smart funny and refreshingly honest portrait of life in transition 
3
In Good Company
David N. Butterworth
Topher Grace dominates this smart and funny film with a thing or two to say about how people are treated and treat each other in the workplace 
3
In Good Company
Ross Anthony
Keeps itself welcoming like a good family but not preachy not too kind The acting and direction top notch you ll get your money s worth 
3
In Good Company
Mike McGranaghan
The story is believable and identifiable the characters seem like genuine people not pawns in a screenplay 
3.5
In Good Company
Nick Rogers
The film s laughs and its heart are in the right place even if some of its scenarios feel like borderline premises for TV sitcoms 
3
In Good Company
Emily Blunt
Just crap
2.5
In Good Company
Kit Bowen
In Good Company astonishes you in a quietly sublime way 
3
In Good Company
Brooke Holgerson
Although he won his spurs with American Pie Weitz s style here is more like a soufflé light classy short on substance 
2.5
In Good Company
Dustin Putman
A slice of life so purely amiable and astute in its portrayal of the cutthroat corporate world that it is easy to overlook a great many flaws in its design 
2.5
In Good Company
Christian Toto
Quaid and Grace are Good Company indeed
3
In Good Company
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately this workplace fairy tale creates its own cheer When its time is up you ll feel like you ve been in good company 
3.5
In Good Company
Bruce Newman
If the rest of the movie were as good as Scarlett we might give a damn 
2
In Good Company
Ruthe Stein
A richly satisfying and darkly funny movie about of all places a workplace 
3
In Good Company
Sean P. Means
Like too many downsized corporate acquisitions In Good Company gets more out of its human resources or as they used to be called people than it gives back 
3
In Good Company
Roger Ebert
A rare species a feel good movie about big business It s about a corporate culture that tries to be evil and fails 
3
In Good Company
Eric Harrison
It s more fun than Sideways and just as adult but because it hews closer to genre formula and therefore is somewhat more obvious you ll find it on few if any Top 10 lists 
4
In Good Company
Terry Lawson
It is clever and thoughtful and has the added benefit of being about people you may recognize as fellow wage earners for better or worse 
3
In Good Company
Jeff Vice
Grace s dry deadpan delivery and put upon routine makes several sequences funnier than they probably should be and he has believable chemistry with both Quaid and Johansson 
3.5
In Good Company
Michael Booth
It is at once funny awkward and true which puts it in rare company indeed 
3
In Good Company
Mary F. Pols
This is Grace s biggest part to date and he embraces it making Carter unexpectedly and believably vulnerable particularly in his scenes with Johansson 
3
In Good Company
Ty Burr
As corporate comedy dramas go Company is cheerful and easy to watch but surprisingly inept in the telling 
2.5
In Good Company
Larry Ratliff
A major key to the success is Topher Grace s ability to hold his own in complicated scenes especially with Dennis Quaid This is a major breakout performance 
3.5
In Good Company
Eric Melin
It s a clever little social critique wrapped up in a light and rewarding comedic confection 
3.5
In Good Company
Walter Chaw
Suggests just how isolating it can be to balance breaking your back for a job you don t particularly like with enjoying the people for whom you do it in the first place 
3
In Good Company
Carrie Rickey
Before it hits the rails in a third act that has the odor of a test marketing compromise Weitz s film moves at an engaging gallop 
3
In Good Company
Rene Rodriguez
The movie s most poignant moments remind you that for every rising star in the corporate world there s a dutiful old timer who is suddenly and sometimes unfairly deemed expendable 
3
In Good Company
Sue Pierman
In Good Company is a wonderfully spun tale of two men and the colliding career tracks they ride 
3
In Good Company
Lawrence Toppman
What does it say that a family like this one now seems to be a novelty onscreen 
2.5
In Good Company
Phoebe Flowers
Feels a touch trifling at times but it gets tremendous mileage from its cast 
3
In Good Company
James Berardinelli
Despite a static plot where little happens In Good Company has two strengths to recommend it strong character interaction and a viciously accurate depiction of the modern corporate philosophy 
3
In Good Company
Allison Benedikt
Taps into male specific wants and needs and says a mouthful about the corporate world 
3.5
In Good Company
Josh Larsen
charts the rhythms and relationships that define our everyday lives 
3.5
In Good Company
Rob Blackwelder
Laden with cheap life lessons and cacophonous false notes In Good Company has the overly sincere oversimplistic air of an After School Special for grown ups 
1.5
In Good Company
Phil Villarreal
A probing comedy that deconstructs attacks and even celebrates corporate greed age discrimination and the art of the hard sell 
4
In Good Company
Matt Brunson
It s hard to dislike a picture that goes out of its way to champion integrity in America 
3
In Good Company
Sean McBride
I went in expecting a predictable comedy and came out having seen one of my favorite movies of 2004 
3.5
In Good Company
Jeanne Aufmuth
Dennis Quaid delivers a grounded performance that manages to smooth over the narrative rough patches 
3
In Good Company
Peter Travers
Fresh comic thinking spices up this smart cookie of a satire 
3.5
In Good Company
Linda Cook
Ever feel like The only fair I ever heard of is where they judge sheep and cows Then join the audience of In Good Company for a laugh and a sigh 
3
In Good Company
Joe McGovern
Paul Weitz warms over the cold truth of corporate globalization in this sub Ephron gloss on the white middle class in peril 
1.5
In Good Company
Willie Waffle
In Good Company is an almost great film hindered by a love story that doesn t belong 
3
In Good Company
Mike Clark
This one s not brilliant but it has some of About a Boy s easygoing charms 
3
In Good Company
Pam Grady
Weitz nicely balances both the demands of comedy and drama in a film that elegantly satirizes the absurdity of modern business while underlining the casual cruelty of bottom line thinking 
3.5
In Good Company
Jan Stuart
In Good Company is the perfect comedy for this topsy turvy age of bottom lining and pup eat dog 
3.5
In Good Company
Lisa Rose
There is enjoyment to be found in the disparate elements but as far as meaningful cinema goes the flick falls short of its objectives 
2.5
In Good Company
Lou Lumenick
Consistently funny 
3
In Good Company
Jami Bernard
An amusing and unusually compassionate look at today s corporate culture 
3
In Good Company
Glenn Whipp
A sublime sentimental comedy 
3.5
In Good Company
Rick Groen
In Good Company doesn t rise to Billy Wilder s level but it s definitely in the same league 
3
In Good Company
Peter Canavese
Has a pleasant whiff of Capra about it with its accessible story good humor and insinuating themes 
3.5
In Good Company
Scott Nash
Topher Grace climbs another rung towards the Hollywood A list 
3.5
In Good Company
Steve Rhodes
An easy film to fall in love with It s also one that s worth savoring again and again and is one of the best movies of the year 
3.5
Harmony and Me
Roger Ebert
Austin Texas has never looked more unlovely and its residents more clueless than in Harmony and Me a funny wry mumblecore comedy by Bob Byington 
3
Harmony and Me
Michael Phillips
In a flat dry affect the movie sings the breakup blues 
3
Harmony and Me
Nick Schager
A mumblecore ish debut feature from writer director Bob Byington that s far less interested in oblique conversational navel gazing than in dry humor 
2.5
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Tom Russo
Looking back it s strange to remember that the first two movies were both hits and that Paul Giamatti and Terrence Howard even saw enough in the premise to sign up for the original At this point it s really all just flab 
1
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
John Beifuss
A mashup of Some Like It Hot leering rooster in the henhouse voyeurism and Glee peppy musical interludes that on the plus side grapples with the potent issue of young black male identity 
2
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Linda Cook
The first one wasn t all that great The second one I barely remember seeing 
1
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Matt Brunson
It only escapes a bomb rating because it s more irritating than offensive like an ant crawling across a counter top rather than a roach roosting in the cereal box 
1.5
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Tom Meek
John Whitesell who helmed BM2 keeps the gender flipping gags firing with a sense of seriousness that seems blind to the inanity of the granny panty flimsy plot 
1.5
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Simon Abrams
It s a true rubber necker s delight a comedy so inconceivably tacky that it will make you question whether or not you re laughing at the film or with it 
0
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Kam Williams
What s funnier than a black dude in drag How about two black dudes in drag 
2
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Bruce DeMara
An assessment of the film as part of a dissertational examination of Lawrence s contribution to comedic posterity and to African American cultural history will surely note that the film was not pre screened for critics in advance 
1.5
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Roger Moore
The airless Matthew Fogel Don Rhymer script makes one long for the snark and sass of Madea 
1
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Dustin Putman
It would only be respectful to hang up Big Momma s oversized girdle once and for all 
1.5
The Film Critic
Robert Horton
The movie s best at wry humor especially in the way Victor wrests control of the picture back to his own taste the ending of The Film Critic is the sort he prefers 
3
The Film Critic
Tom Keogh
A Mbius strip a seductive surface where reality and cinema twist into one 
3
The Film Critic
Kyle Turner
Perhaps the irony of The Film Critic is that while its protagonist seems desperately vehemently against clich the film itself waltzes into a forest of them almost with aplomb 
1
The Film Critic
Sheila O'Malley
The Film Critic is an extended spoof more than anything else it may have worked better as a short film and its targets are pretty shallow but it still includes many entertaining and insightful elements 
2.5
The Film Critic
Clayton Dillard
It perverts cinephilia by asserting that anyone who engages in criticism actually deep down wants to be a practicing artist 
1
Human Weapon
David Sterritt
Ziv s documentary is chilling and instructive 
4
Human Weapon
Jack Mathews
Using extensive interviews with would be human weapons and relatives of those who ve succeeded the filmmakers shed light on the whos and whys of the bomber volunteers 
2.5
Fat Kid Rules the World
Roger Ebert
It s a lot better than it sounds like it has any right to be 
3.5
Fat Kid Rules the World
John Hartl
Lillard an actor best known for his role in The Descendants uses the locations well enough but the result is still a standard coming of age picture 
2.5
Fat Kid Rules the World
Mick LaSalle
The movie is achingly slow and by the time it s over the story is about where it should have been after about 45 minutes 
2
Fat Kid Rules the World
Kent Turner
Like Going s award winning book the film is frank and doesn t sugarcoat the source material 
3
Fat Kid Rules the World
Kyle Smith
The title character may be morbidly obese but the jokes and story are thin in the coming of age dramedy Fat Kid Rules the World 
1
Fat Kid Rules the World
Glenn Heath Jr.
People matter in Matthew Lillard s film genre not so much 
2.5
Fat Kid Rules the World
Linda Barnard
Punctuated by cartoonish fantasy scenes and some adult moments that take it to darker territory Fat Kid Rules the World is simple stuff that offers a few surprises and a satisfying if predictable finish 
2.5
Fat Kid Rules the World
David Nusair
a fine debut that benefits substantially from its honest truthful sensibilities 
2.5
Waiting for the Light
Roger Ebert
The film s problem is that it cuts loose from credibility without finding the nerve to really wallow in goofiness 
2
The Year Earth Changed
Jeff Mitchell
The Year Earth Changed offers a silver lining to our cloudy year 
3
Neighboring Sounds
Liam Lacey
Economically packed with social issues of wealth property and class and deft cinematic references this is a movie built for the modern global high rise condo market 
4
Neighboring Sounds
Peter Howell
Similar to the slow creep style of Dogtooth director Giorgos Lanthimos the narrative unfolds with escalating tension the cause of which is heard and felt but not always seen 
3
Neighboring Sounds
Pablo Villaça
Neighboring Sounds presents itself not only as a character study but also as an authentic socio economic class study 
4
Neighboring Sounds
Ty Burr
Neighboring Sounds unfolds like a casual nightmare in the light of day 
3
Neighboring Sounds
V.A. Musetto
It interweaves the lives of a dozen or so characters including servants and the security guards hired after a series of low level crimes transpire in the neighborhood 
3
Neighboring Sounds
Ela Bittencourt
Kleber Mendonça Filho s Neighboring Sounds is a film one would love to like 
2.5
Firefly Dreams
Steve Rhodes
The underwritten script doesn t have a lot on its mind When the movie lets the Naomi and Mrs Koide interact there are some mildly touching moments 
2.5
Moving On
Sarah Knight Adamson
The 8220 Moving On 8221 cast of Lily Tomlin 44 Jane Fonda 44 and Malcolm McDowell is a winning combination you will laugh out loud one minute and tear up the next while viewing the serious scenes 46 
3.5
Moving On
Joe Friar
Paul Weitz adds substance to what could have been another wacky farce showcasing what old people can 8217 t do 46 Just the opposite 44 the film showcases what golden agers can do while tackling weighty issues 46 The A list cast fires on all cylinders 46 
3
Moving On
Rex Reed
Moving On is a pleasurable enough way to kill an hour and a half without regret 
3
Moving On
Russ Simmons
Moving On 8221 is an oddball movie that finds some success in small moments but can never quite establish a consistent tone 46 
3
Moving On
Rob Thomas
8220 Moving On 8221 seems to be a science experiment to determine just how little movie you need to put around two beloved stars like Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin and still have something watchable 46 
2
Moving On
Kevin Carr
With excellent performances by Jane Fonda and especially Lily Tomlin 44 this darkly comedic character study brings some uncomfortable issues to light 46 
2.5
Moving On
Chris Hewitt
Fonda and Tomlin have become one of our great comic teams and even if Moving On isn t a classic who knows how many more opportunities we ll have to see them pushing each other s buttons like the old pros they are 
3
Moving On
Odie Henderson
Sharp wit and a tart delivery are well honed tools in Tomlin s arsenal Costar Jane Fonda makes a great sparring partner the Jack Lemmon to Tomlin s Walter Matthau 
3
Moving On
Marya E. Gates
Fonda and Tomlin are as good as they have ever been and 8220 Moving On 8221 proves itself a powerful rumination on the strength it takes to age 8212 mentally 44 physically 44 and economically 46 
3
Moving On
Dann Gire
The light laughs and dark drama don t mix well 
2
Moving On
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
While major script contrivances link the murder threat s ridiculousness to the unspoken insecurities of a failed marriage Moving On does the splits more ambitiously than most American indies of this dramedy ilk 
3
Moving On
Mark Dujsik
One wonders what writer 47 director Paul Weitz apos s movie could have been if the filmmaker had stuck to 46 46 46 a consistent and cohesive tone 46 
2
Moving On
Lindsey Bahr
Moving On is certainly not perfect but it s sincerely trying to be something more than your standard octogenarian farce You might even be surprised by your own emotional investment in this rather trim film 
2.5
Moving On
Randy Myers
Moving On has much to recommend it even as it occasionally gets stuck in idle gear 
2.5
Moving On
Moira MacDonald
Really when you have these two in your movie you just need to point the camera at them and they ll do the rest 
3
Moving On
Mick LaSalle
Moving On is effortlessly intelligent in depicting the experience of being old 
3
Moving On
Mike McGranaghan
Watching these two screen legends get even is way more fun than watching them go to the Super Bowl 46 
3
Moving On
Joey Magidson
Moving On 40 mostly 41 enjoyably teams Jane Fonda back up with Lily Tomlin 46 
3
Things Fall Apart
Michael Dequina
This quietly affecting work bodes well for the musician turned mogul s future creative endeavors for his Cheetah Vision Films banner 
3
Nuts!
Max Weiss
Lane s loose playful collage like treatment of the story sets just the right tone 
3.5
Nuts!
John Hartl
NUTS starts out as one kind of character study and turns into a very different one The gullible believe in miracles fortunes are built and lost and an entire generation is deliberately misled 
3
Nuts!
Mick LaSalle
In ways good and bad his was a distinctly American story and filmmaker Penny Lane uses a variety of techniques to bring out its strangeness and specialness 
3
Nuts!
Ann Hornaday
Nuts is an intriguing if patronizing curio from the cabinet of American arcana a geegaw from the collective attic that when dusted off looks grotesquely funny in the light of today 
2.5
Nuts!
Farran Smith Nehme
This is one of the most entertaining documentaries to come along in some time 
3.5
Nuts!
Sheila O'Malley
Lane has a gift for finding the unexpected in the familiar the right narrative structure however eccentric to tell a story 
3
Nuts!
Elise Nakhnikian
Throughout director Penny Lane strings together telling incidents and anecdotes with a light touch 
3.5
Nuts!
Sean P. Means
A fascinating yarn gets a creative telling in Nuts a documentary about a classic snake oil salesman 
3.5
Nuts!
Roger Moore
A sack full of Americana playfully presented
3
The Last Thing Mary Saw
David Reddish
Directorwriter Edoardo Vitaletti in his feature debut announces himself as a great visual stylist and wonderful director of actors Unabashedly queer and crafted with expert artistry The Last Thing Mary Saw is a must for horror fans 
3
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Leo Brady
It has themes that always work at giving me goosebumps from family dogma a haunting presence in rooms and the terror that exists in a folk horror setting 
3
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Matt Zoller Seitz
It has a you are there feeling that s unusual in low budget period pictures 
3
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Jeff York
This new frightener from writer director Edoardo Vitaletti is an effective and haunting chamber piece It does fall short of greatness however by sacrificing deeper character development in favor of mood and style 
2.5
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Clayton Dillard
The film comes to feel like a parody of a possession flick rather than a straightforward replication of the genre s tropes 
1.5
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Roger Moore
Gloomy sad and a tad hard to follow
2
Venom
Brian Eggert
At least MCU titles mask their commercialism in their devotion to characters and telling a good story By contrast Venom seems like a knock off or perhaps a throwback to the early 2000s era of superhero movies that is best left forgotten 
1.5
Venom
Mattie Lucas
a surprisingly generic listless film filled with poorly rendered CGI effects and painfully tin eared dialogue 
2
Venom
Federico Furzan
Mild action sequences dumb script and cartoonish special effects make of Venom a poor superhero movie The worst thing a lame villain 
2
Venom
Matt Brunson
One of the lamest superhero sagas to venture down the pike in quite some time with Tom Hardy aping 90s era Jim Carrey 
1.5
Venom
David Keyes
A movie that pushes any intellectual connotation warrants much more careful and precise technical values Halfway through this film and I was ready to pop an ibuprofen 
2.5
Venom
David Nusair
The inclusion of an admittedly fun pre end credits teaser only highlights the degree to which Fleischer and company have bungled the premise and title character 
2
Venom
Khari J. Sampson
After taking their not so sweet time getting to the action director Ruben Fletcher and his screenwriters rush from scene to scene in implausible fashion 
2
Venom
James Kendrick
deeply conflicted forever torn between being a dark violent sci fi horrorshow and a looser lighter piece of antiheroic pulp comedy
2.5
Venom
Joey Magidson
Here s the thing Venom is both one of the worst films of the year so far as well as one of the most fun 
1.5
Venom
Alan French
What could go wrong Apparently most things 
1
Venom
Josh Terry
Fleisher s film feels like it s held together with duct tape and it s a step down from the better comic book movie entries this year but in early October Venom might be enough fun to get a pass 
2.5
Venom
Kevin A. Ranson
What sets it apart and keeps it on the rails is Hardy s commitment to the relatable streetwise reporter wielding a weapon that thinks for itself that and keeping the story simple enough to enjoy it for what it is 
3
Venom
Richard Roeper
A tone deaf uneven and maddeningly dumb clunker that never settles on an identity all the way to the closing credits 
1.5
Venom
Sonny Bunch
It feels like it takes forever to get to the fun weirdness which is odd since this movie is only really about 100 minutes long But I m kind of interested in seeing a sequel 
2
Venom
Sara Michelle Fetters
Toss in characterizations that are threadbare half baked and in one instance borderline inexcusable to the point of being offensive and there is precious little about this one that should get anyone excited to see it 
1.5
Venom
Matthew Rozsa
Certainly I m in a minority when it comes to my fellow critics but I liked Venom Hell if it wasn t for the sloppy and formulaic script I might have even loved it 
3
Venom
Christian Toto
When the obligatory Stan Lee cameo is the highlight of a Marvel movie you ve got problems 
1.5
Venom
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
The film careens from idiocy to inanity occasionally surfacing above the muck for a semi kick ass action scene or two 
1
Venom
Rafer Guzman
Venom could become Marvel s version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Santa Claus Conquers the Martians a camp classic worth mocking again and again 
0.5
Venom
Ty Burr
The chief problem with Venom is that it never settles on a tone Is it comedy Horror Romance Drama Why not try all of them at once 
1.5
Venom
Robert Horton
An absolute stiff a monotonous slog through generic material 
1
Venom
Dustin Putman
There s plenty of promise percolating on a cellular level with another installment perhaps a merely good picture can become something more 
2.5
Venom
Sarah-Tai Black
A horribly scripted film so bad as to be enjoyable but not bad enough to be good 
0.5
Venom
Bob Bloom
As Eddie Hardy sounds like he is doing one of those exercises in which an actor practices pronunciation with marbles in his mouth His Venom voice sounds like Darth Vader trying to burb 
2.5
Venom
Mark Daniell
Part of the reason the superhero genre has managed to elevate itself is it gives us characters that we root for and care about Venom does none of this 
1
Venom
Mark Dujsik
I t feels as if the filmmakers don t have the nerve or don t know how to give us a true villain as the protagonist 
2
Venom
Peter Howell
At some future gala event where Tom Hardy is being feted for his incredible acting career the clip from Venom will be the one that gets the audience laughing 
2
Venom
James Berardinelli
It s just not an especially good superhero movie and it wastes an intriguing premise 
2
Venom
Gary Thompson
As a superhero movies go it s generic in a way that recalls the pre Avengers bad old days Green Lantern Green Hornet Jonah Hex without any personal style unique tone or interesting atmosphere 
2
Venom
Jake Coyle
It s an incoherent mess of tones acting styles and visual effects And yet it s kind of a hoot 
2
Venom
Soren Andersen
A picture in the running for the dubious distinction of being perhaps the worst Marvel derived origin story ever And that includes the odious 2015 Fantastic Four 
1.5
Venom
Mick LaSalle
There s nothing memorable in Venom nothing to talk about the next day But if it happens to hit you right its lightness is refreshing 
2.5
Venom
George M. Thomas
Offers a slapdash experience filled with a host of clichés and unintentionally laughable moments 
2
Venom
Christy Lemire
A tonally wonky lark that s actually stronger when it s sillier It s a mess but a fun mess at least for a while 
2
Venom
Jake Cole
The final act s full tilt embrace of action effectively undermines Tom Hardy s flashes of actorly idiosyncrasy 
1
Venom
Roger Moore
So THIS is why Sony keeps remaking and rebooting Spider Man They haven t a clue how to make Venom work on the big screen 
1.5
Venom
Johnny Oleksinski
Venom More like cyanide 
1
Venom
Katie Walsh
It s a mess but wow is it ever a fun fascinating mess 
2.5
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Juan Carlos Coto
Throughout the film Pinocchio acts in a manner convenient to the plot but winds up looking like a downright blockhead instead of a cartoon hero that a child can love or admire 
2
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Richard Freedman
Practically everything else in this Pinocchio is ripped off from somewhere 
1
Identification of a Woman
Elliott Stein
Although I ve seen Michelangelo Antonioni s Identification of a Woman twice there are still a few things I d like explained 
2
Shiva Baby
Brian Eggert
Shiva Baby is efficient and unwavering exhaustingly so 
3.5
Shiva Baby
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Seligman keeps this 78 minute whirlwind of discomfort going at just the right clip and just the right tone 
3.5
Shiva Baby
Joey Magidson
Shiva Baby is an uncomfortable delight Filmmaker Emma Seligman has crafted something instantly memorable 
3.5
Shiva Baby
Max Weiss
Shiva Baby is an extremely exaggerated version of a certain reality which is precisely why it s so damn funny 
3
Shiva Baby
Caroline Madden
Seligman and Sennott are a dream team capturing female insecurity and the clumsy transition into adulthood with a fresh and contemporary shrewdness Their intelligence and creativity make Shiva Baby destined to become a comedy classic 
4
Shiva Baby
Josh Larsen
has a comic claustrophobia that almost makes you choke 
3
Shiva Baby
Lisa Trifone
A symphony of anxiety shame confusion and chaos with a Jewish wake the shiva as its surprisingly entertaining backdrop 
3.5
Shiva Baby
Peter Canavese
A sharp anxiety ridden chamber comedy with a finely tuned ear for maddening small talk passive aggressive mixed messages and a certain brand of loving but smothering parental needling 
3
Shiva Baby
Ty Burr
What keeps you watching is the way Shiva Baby puts us on Danielle s side throughout even as she s sabotaging herself with further lies and lox 
3
Shiva Baby
Tom Meek
The tactic gets a bit overplayed but in the end the performers deep into their roles and Seligman s vision hold it tight on its track of dark dysfunction 
3
Shiva Baby
Randy Myers
Seligman has a deft touch with this zippy material making Shiva Baby a joy to watch as Rachel stumbles from one awkward conversation to the next 
3
Shiva Baby
Leo Brady
There s more than just mourning going on at this Shiva Baby it s a mix of laughter tears and frustration That s just family I guess 
3
Shiva Baby
Rob Thomas
If you miss the feeling of being at a party or more precisely the feeling of wanting to leave a party Shiva Baby is for you 
3
Shiva Baby
Cody Corrall
Don t be fooled by this film s quirky title and robust comedic cast Emma Seligman s debut feature Shiva Baby is in the running for the most anxiety inducing claustrophobic film experience of the year 
3
Shiva Baby
Roger Moore
Filmed like a nightmare with one liners and edited like a thriller with promiscuity the crime worth covering up
3
Shiva Baby
Mark Dujsik
We re laughing Danielle isn t That dichotomy adds both to the humor of this situation and to the underlying misery of this character 
3
Shiva Baby
Peter Howell
It s a comic buffet of awkwardness served up lox stock and bagels 
3
Shiva Baby
David Robb
Emma Seligman s film effectively builds tension from what is a relatively familiar low key scenario 
3
Shiva Baby
John Beifuss
Frank embarrassing deeply Jewish and resourceful 
4
Shiva Baby
Shane Slater
Seligman s sharp screenplay entertains audiences with a droll sense of humor 
3
Shiva Baby
Angelo Muredda
Shiva Baby has a manic chaotically overstuffed mise en scène and a prickliness thanks in part to Sennott s unique affect she s at once a born hustler and relentlessly downbeat that set it apart in spite of its familiarity 
3
Shiva Baby
Rene Sanchez
A sharp funny and claustrophobic comedy about the fears and uncertainties of becoming an adult Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Shiva Baby
Monica Castillo
As a team Seligman and Sennott share a spot on sense of comedic timing knowing just when to throw in the next cutting remark eye roll or fake smile 
4
Shiva Baby
David Nusair
First time filmmaker Seligman delivers a slight yet mostly compelling endeavor that benefits substantially from its stellar performances 
3
Shiva Baby
Kate Taylor
This pocket comedy is going to divide people Shiva Baby is a relentless parody of North American Jewish types which will delight some and offend others 
3
Sunset Song
Moira MacDonald
It blooms with moments of astonishing beauty a yellow frenzy of springtime trees a still room where the light slants in the window like a reaching hand a desolate landscape impossibly green 
3.5
Sunset Song
Tirdad Derakhshani
Like Davies best work the movie employs classical rigor perfectly symmetrical painterly landscapes and interiors with unexpected postmodern touches 
3.5
Sunset Song
Calvin Wilson
Sunset Song is not without flaws but it s an art film of uncommon beauty 
3
Sunset Song
Josh Larsen
The visual lushness is so overpowering that it nearly comes across as clueless 
2
Sunset Song
Mark Dujsik
T he movie s final act feels hurried and uncharacteristically false 
2.5
Sunset Song
Steve Rubenstein
It s an absorbing finely composed fretful film But when it s over there is as much relief for the filmgoer as appreciation for the filmmaker s art 
3
Sunset Song
Michael Phillips
Davies tries things nobody else would try Here that means allowing the choral passages scenes in which individual characters and groups of characters express their feelings in popular ballads or folk songs plenty of room 
3.5
Sunset Song
Matt Bobkin
Davies vision ultimately offers slow burning sustenance and a gripping view on the impact of conflicts big and small 
3
Sunset Song
Peter Keough
Has its moments of grace but too often resorts to conventions and a tone of high lugubriousness 
2.5
Sunset Song
Michael O'Sullivan
In short the movie feels if not exactly glamorous then simultaneously overly processed and overwrought even when it s wallowing in the most abased behavior 
2
Sunset Song
Peter Howell
A commanding lead performance by Agyness Deyn as Chris a farm woman tested by extraordinary circumstances overrides most concerns The land endures the narrator says and so does Chris vividly 
2.5
Sunset Song
David Fear
Davies gives the book s and its heroine s sense of the agony and the ecstasy of growing up a gloriously personal touch 
3.5
Sunset Song
Kate Taylor
To judge from Davies s uneven and melodramatic film there is very little to lament about the disappearance of premodern Scotland 
2
Sunset Song
Kyle Smith
Davies quiet painterly film largely eschews musical cues that would heighten its emotional impact but as it is Sunset Song is captivating in its sincerity 
3
Sunset Song
Matt Zoller Seitz
The ethereal nature of human relationships and humans period gives the entire movie a stoic quality we do the best with what we have and try to be thankful to be alive and take pleasure in moments 
4
Sunset Song
James Lattimer
Terence Davies s sheer talent for creating sensuous images conveniently masks how little of this feeling actually emerges from the plot these images illustrate 
2.5
Sunset Song
Rob Thomas
Sunset Song is lovely but it holds no illusions about how harsh that life was how many sparks like Chris were snuffed out before their time 
3.5
Sunset Song
Kenji Fujishima
If this adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon s 1932 classic of Scottish literature doesn t always escape a feeling of aesthetic and dramatic conventionality the film is nevertheless so visually resplendent beautifully acted and deeply felt 
3
Intruder
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A hidden slasher gem that manages to make use of its single setting story 
3.5
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Peter Stack
Another Disney delight based on the humane and comical children s novel by Sheila Burnford There isn t a jaded cynical moment in the film 
4
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Robert Roten
This film will appeal to anyone of any age who doesn t have a heart of stone 
3.5
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Chris Hicks
An unexpected delight 
3
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
James Berardinelli
As an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney it would be fine but as a major motion picture it s disappointing 
2
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Roger Ebert
It has a certain craftsmanship and an undeniable charm and if you find yourself watching it with a child you may end up liking it almost as much 
3
Hill of Freedom
Kenji Fujishima
It isn t without its pleasures and occasional insights but ultimately little more than an excuse for Hong to try out a new stylistic color in his auteurist palette 
2.5
Get Shorty
Margaret A. McGurk
DeVito s wicked version of a self absorbed superstar is worth the price of admission alone 
3.5
Get Shorty
Matt Brunson
Get Shorty for all its critical and commercial acclaim has never received its due as one of the funniest Hollywood films of modern times 
4
Get Shorty
Betsy Bozdech
Get Shorty mixes two movie plot chestnuts the showbiz comedy and the mob picture and comes up with something fresh and unexpected 
3.5
Get Shorty
David Nusair
it seems clear that Get Shorty will appeal mostly to those familiar with the source material as it has to be more coherent and fleshed out than this 
2
Get Shorty
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s not an official masterpiece but like Casablanca it s a virtually flawless product of the Hollywood machine 
4
Get Shorty
Michael Dequina
Has more than a few nasty quips directed at Hollywood and the vacuous egotistical people who populate it 
3.5
Get Shorty
Leonard Schwarz
A complete delight See it 
3.5
Get Shorty
Edward Guthmann
It s Travolta smooth commanding handsome as ever a cool rhythmic bop in his walk who owns the film 
3
Get Shorty
James Kendrick
It has a good pace and a few twists that keep the audience guessing but the real magic lies in the characters and what they can reveal 
3
Get Shorty
Rob Blackwelder
It s Hollywood happily mocking itself with stock characters breaking their molds and digs at everything that is the movie business 
3
Get Shorty
Madeleine Williams
Very enjoyable though uneven comedy comparing the world of organized crime to the world of Hollywood high rollers 
3
Get Shorty
Barbara Shulgasser
This movie is charming the way so few movies are anymore It s brimming with personality 
3.5
Get Shorty
James Berardinelli
While it s quite possible for the cinematically unaware to enjoy this film this is a real treat for movie buffs The story is as much about the love of motion pictures as it is about gangsters 
3.5
Get Shorty
Roger Ebert
One of the pleasures of Get Shorty is watching the way the plot moves effortlessly from crime to the movies not a long distance since both industries are based on fear greed creativity and intimidation 
3.5
Get Shorty
Steve Rhodes
I did enjoy the intermittent good parts and Travolta s performance is a delight but the rest of the movie is a waste 
1.5
Cachada: The Opportunity
Robert Daniels
The five women at the center of director Marlén Viñayo s jovial yet emotionally heavy film offer poignant and unthinkable memories in one of the best documentaries of SXSW 2019 
4
Sex and the Single Girl
David Nusair
an agreeably lighthearted setup that is for the most part employed to sluggish and underwhelming effect by Richard Quine 
2
Stakeout
Juan Carlos Coto
Dreyfuss capability for comedy is what saves Stakeout He unequivocally steals every scene he is in except for the action scenes most of which are surprisingly bad 
2.5
Stakeout
David Nusair
an appealing premise that s employed to mostly stellar effect 
3
Stakeout
Richard Freedman
The liveliest buddy movie police style in years 
3
Stakeout
Roger Ebert
Dreyfuss and his style are the two best things in Stakeout a movie that consists of a good idea surrounded by a bad one 
3
Touch Me Not
Sheila O'Malley
Touch Me Not is definitely abstract and intellectualized but so much of the film left me cold even bored 
2
Touch Me Not
Pat Brown
Touch Me Not s commingling of narrator and narrative character and actor fiction and documentary suggests that cinema itself is capable of being a manner of touch the site of a nebulous and freeing encounter between people 
3
Touch Me Not
Barry Hertz
It s not that every film has to achieve some grand epiphany but Touch Me Not is not nearly as satisfying as the primal act it s obsessed with 
2.5
Death of Me
Nicholas Bell
The initial intrigue begins to spin its wheels and while the clues are few and far between they simply bolster what s already obvious 
2
Death of Me
Joey Magidson
Darren Lynn Bousman and Maggie Q make the difference here 
3
Death of Me
David Nusair
a decent setup that s employed to progressively tedious and downright unwatchable effect by Bousman 
.5
Death of Me
Mark Dujsik
It s impossible to shrug off ignore or dismiss the story s xenophobic foundation 
0.5
Death of Me
Brian Tallerico
A movie that takes a fresh idea and decides that the best way to present it is through tropes and clichés from better films 
1
Death of Me
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When the plot finally comes together it happily avoids cheap twists and concentrates on strong lean storytelling 
3
Death of Me
Mike McGranaghan
Death of Me opens with a killer premise that grabs you by the throat From there it proceeds to gradually squander all the potential of that premise 
2
Death of Me
Roger Moore
Hell you referenced The Wicker Man Were you paying attention to how and why it worked or more recently DIDN T work 
1.5
Cocktail
David Nusair
Cocktail kicks off with an entertainingly lighthearted opening stretch revolving around Brian s initial entry into the world of bartending 
2.5
Cocktail
Carrie Rickey
It may not be a megaton bomb but Cocktail is definitely of the Molotov type 
2
Cocktail
Ben Yagoda
The philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote a book about the banality of evil After seeing Cocktail I want to write one about the evil of banality 
1
Cocktail
Gene Siskel
Cruise is beguiling with his smile and his swagger but the script doesn t take us anywhere fresh when it leaves the barroom 
2.5
Cocktail
Dave Kehr
Cocktail is a meandering shapeless film without the force of character to resist any of the cliches that come its way 
2
Cocktail
Matt Brunson
A Razzie Award winner for Worst Picture over Burt Reynolds non nominated Rent a Cop Please and Worst Screenplay more deserving 
1.5
Cocktail
Roger Ebert
The more you think about what really happens in Cocktail the more you realize how empty and fabricated it really is 
2
Child's Play 3
Dustin Putman
A faded memory of the series superior former self 
2
Child's Play 3
David Nusair
a disjointed increasingly tedious effort that has little to offer even the most ardent Chucky fan 
2
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Ted Fry
It s a starkly passionate memoir of drugs and rock n roll sex seemed to be mostly an inconvenience that s delivered with articulate poignancy by one who makes no apologies but has many regrets 
3
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Megan Lehmann
Essentially an hour long monologue but this talking head is so engaging that you can t blame director Lech Kowalski s camera for not wanting to stray from the late Dee Dee Ramone s party ravaged face 
2.5
The Final Cut
Peter T. Chattaway
Most significantly the film underscores the fact that the meaning of our lives ultimately comes from somewhere outside of ourselves 
2.5
The Final Cut
Sara Michelle Fetters
Forgive me but The Final Cut should really be the one where you turn off the camera and go do something far more interesting like maybe taking out the garbage 
2
The Final Cut
Walter Chaw
Everything of minor interest in the piece and Williams late career is crystallized in the lyrics to the maudlin Pink Floyd song that bears this film s name 
1
The Final Cut
Lawrence Toppman
It s a thoughtful multi layered film that falls a bit short of its goals on all fronts 
3
The Final Cut
Emily Blunt
Final Cut will burrow into your psyche and make you wonder It s a smart dark glimpse into cerebral science s possible paths and the menacing state of civil rights future 
4
The Final Cut
Roger Ebert
Williams has extraordinary success in channeling this other person How strange that the same actor can play some of the most uninhibited of all characters and some of the most morose 
3
The Final Cut
Bob Strauss
Naim has created a low key mood piece that should have been more cutting 
2.5
The Final Cut
Erik Lundegaard
The lack of imagination given the initial premise is astounding 
1
The Final Cut
Eric Harrison
This first feature from writer director Omar Naim is unusually accomplished 
3
The Final Cut
Robert W. Butler
For all its brain teasing Final Cut is more a philosophical rumination than an engaging drama 
2.5
The Final Cut
Terry Lawson
It s all modestly clever but decidedly under baked 
2
The Final Cut
Michael Booth
It s a dark and thought provoking exploration of where our strange marriage of voyeurism and self absorption may lead us just a few years from now 
3.5
The Final Cut
Mick LaSalle
The concept of The Final Cut is so fascinating and has so many implications that it balances out some real flaws in the story 
3.5
The Final Cut
Jami Bernard
The Final Cut can t cope with its own weirdness 
2
The Final Cut
Lou Lumenick
When a character remarks near the end that some things are best forgotten she could be talking about this dreary unexciting thriller 
1
The Final Cut
Jan Stuart
A grim but clever sci fi fantasy 
3
The Final Cut
Ty Burr
Williams gives a performance that s honest and carefully wrought but on some level still a stunt 
1.5
The Final Cut
Josh Larsen
The clumsiness eventually overwhelms the movie s potential 
2
The Final Cut
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The details alone would have made a great movie But Nam goes the Hollywood route 
2.5
The Final Cut
Rene Rodriguez
It taxes the patience of even the most willing viewer with its sheer nonsense 
1
The Final Cut
Jeff Strickler
Williams is as creepy as we ve ever seen him 
3
The Final Cut
Phoebe Flowers
The result is an overambitious disappointment 
1.5
The Final Cut
Chris Hewitt
We re so used to sick of bored by Robin Williams busy work performances that he s more interesting when he seems to be doing nothing at all 
2.5
The Final Cut
Michael Wilmington
A fairly well done but deadly dull futuristic thriller about lifelong memory recording implants and guilt this movie wastes more talent including lead Robin Williams than an all star TV poker game 
1.5
The Final Cut
Jeffrey Westhoff
I never thought I would say this but in The Final Cut I wanted Robin Williams to liven up 
2
The Final Cut
Willie Waffle
Williams is very good as the subdued slightly creepy cutter but he could have benefited from some more explosive material 
2.5
The Final Cut
Steve Rhodes
A thinking person s picture whose only flaw is that the movie is never quite as good as its fascinating concept 
3
The Final Cut
Matt Brunson
For a movie that often feels like it s cobbled together from pieces of Minority Report Blade Runner and other futuristic odysseys this one is weirdly engrossing 
3
The Final Cut
Scott Nash
Impressive work from first time feature director Omar Naim 
3
Eureka
David Sterritt
Patient viewers will find ample rewards in its 217 minutes of eloquently filmed cinema 
4
Eureka
V.A. Musetto
Don t let the running time scare you away from the exceptional bit of filmmaking 
2.5
Brigham City
Steve Rhodes
Filled with actors who deliver such flawless performances that you have to keep reminding yourself that they re just acting 
3.5
Alien Apocalypse
David Nusair
By the time the Spartacus inspired finale rolls around it s clear we re not meant to take any of this seriously 
2.5
Ice Cold in Alex
Roger Moore
Thompson whose best films were often ensemble pieces just like this reliably finds room for humor camaraderie and even romance amid the sand sweat and string of severe tests the crew faces in their quest
3
Ice Cold in Alex
Matt Brunson
Ice Cold in Alex is a near perfect picture until it stumbles in the home stretch 
3.5
The Perfect Family
Roger Moore
This Kathleen Turner vehicle is a stiff a picture with so little urgency that it drags on like a sermon without end with all the flavor of a communion wafer 
1.5
The Perfect Family
Mick LaSalle
At the most fundamental level as a work of entertainment it fails Scenes meander pointlessly beginning and ending without any change or story movement 
1
The Perfect Family
Moira MacDonald
A moving story of a woman s attempt to keep pace in a world that s moving too quickly for her 
3
The Perfect Family
Rene Rodriguez
A leaden ham fisted affair that was exactly the sort of pap John Waters was spoofing when he cast Turner as a serial killing soccer mom 
2
The Perfect Family
Perry Seibert
Hollywood generally avoids religion whenever possible The Perfect Family a sweet and touching indie comedy drama tackles the subject head on without offending or alienating anyone 
3
The Perfect Family
Lou Lumenick
The Perfect Family is Kathleen Turner s show And when a series of crises forces Eileen to re examine her values and beliefs Turner rises magnificently to the occasion 
3
The Perfect Family
Robert Levin
The movie teeters on the edge of caricature but Kathleen Turner keeps it grounded and relatable 
3
The Perfect Family
Diego Semerene
An anodyne tale of family centered acceptance that s neither comical when it wants to be nor touching when it strivers for pathos 
1
The Perfect Family
Mike McGranaghan
The Perfect Family is a tiny treasure a rare story that s willing to look at what faith means and how it truly applies to our everyday lives 
3
Ishkq in Paris
Namrata Joshi
Only the gorgeous city makes one stay on the seat 
1
Kagirinaki hodo (Street without End)
Keith Uhlich
The mlo becomes mythic thanks to Naruse s expert sense of montage 
3
The Dictator
Brian Eggert
Laughs are few and far between 44 which comes as a surprise given how Borat and Br 252 no 160 managed to be two of the most riotously funny movies you 8217 ll ever see 46 
1.5
The Dictator
Mattie Lucas
Proves that there s just enough gas left in the tank for one more outlandish outing 
2.5
The Dictator
Kelly Jane Torrance
It might seem that here Baron Cohen is doing nothing but poking fun at a couple of dead dictators But their spirit is alive and well across the Middle East And his satire can hit home 
3
The Dictator
Josh Larsen
A missed opportunity of global proportions 
1.5
The Dictator
Sean P. Means
What s shocking is the movie s finale in which Baron Cohen as usual fully committed to his character delivers a diatribe that s a satirical version of Charlie Chaplin s famous speech in The Great Dictator 
3
The Dictator
John Beifuss
By this time even Eve Ensler probably would support a movie and TV comedy moratorium on the use of the word vagina 
2.5
The Dictator
Jeffrey M. Anderson
the movie feels lazy and middlebrow without even the mockumentary format of Borat to disguise things 
2
The Dictator
Michael Dequina
Baron Cohen is as always never less than fully immersed into his character and Aladeen s antics are often quite hilarious most brashly and crudely so 
3
The Dictator
Scott Nash
All of the best jokes were given away in the trailer 
2.5
The Dictator
Matt Brunson
Cohen has added something to the picture that prevents it from completely succeeding a plot 
2.5
The Dictator
Kam Williams
As long as you can stomach such displays of ethnic intolerance as Asians being teased about confusing their l s and r s Arabs referred to as sand monkeys and Jews having urine poured on their heads you re apt to enjoy this equal opportunity offender 
3
The Dictator
Peter Keough
A sweet movie not unlike Charlie Chaplin s The Great Dictator if less sentimental 
3
The Dictator
Jason Buchanan
The Dictator offers sidesplitting proof that improvised or not Cohen s gift for cultural caricature is still intact 
3
The Dictator
Phil Villarreal
Take away Cohen s ability to trap idiots into making fools of themselves is like stripping Superman of his ability to soar 
2.5
The Dictator
David Nusair
an affable piece of work that benefits from the inclusion of several gut bustingly hilarious bits of over the top comedy 
2.5
The Dictator
Peter Travers
The Dictator starts at outrageous and rockets on from there Screw the occasional sputter 
2.5
The Dictator
Rob Thomas
You can feel the screenwriters and director Larry Charles laboring to pad the film out to its relatively brief 82 minute running time 
2
The Dictator
Bob Bloom
The Dictator is what you would expect from a movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen It is outrageous politically incorrect homophobic and sexist What it isn t is spontaneous 
2.5
The Dictator
Willie Waffle
Cohen is an equal opportunity humorist It feels like half the audience is unhappy half the time while the other half is laughing uproariously half the time 
2.5
The Dictator
Stephen Whitty
For once Baron Cohen has a real script and a supporting cast as skilled at improv as he is And those complementary elements make a difference 
2.5
Everybody Wins
David Nusair
Arthur Miller s surprisingly incoherent screenplay is certainly a key element in the film s downfall 
1
Up the Yangtze
Mattie Lucas
A poignant reminder of the human natural and historical cost of technological advancement where the price is not only tangible but the very soul of a nation 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
Jason Heck
Up the Yangtze is a reminder that every little family matters and that economic miracles are zero sum games 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
Sean P. Means
Chang s fluid camera captures the river s vanishing beauty as well as the dichotomy between Yu Shui s rural poverty and Chen Bo Yu s urban lifestyle 
3
Up the Yangtze
Jeff Vice
Though it is a bit slow moving this documentary feature is visually stunning 
3
Up the Yangtze
Chris Hewitt
If Up the Yangtze makes you think How can a film so lovely be about something so horrible then it has done its job 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
Tirdad Derakhshani
Myth and reality past and present tradition and progress go head to head in Yung Chang s remarkable documentary about China s longest river Up the Yangtze 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
John Hartl
The tone is finally one of wistful resignation 
3
Up the Yangtze
G. Allen Johnson
What Chinese Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang achieves in his documentary Up the Yangtze is remarkable 
4
Up the Yangtze
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is a sad film to be sure but highly accomplished and very effective 
3
Up the Yangtze
Ty Burr
In his masterful and haunting documentary Up the Yangtze Yung Chang shows the old China drowning helplessly under the weight of the new 
4
Up the Yangtze
Sara Michelle Fetters
In doing so he photographs a landscape and country going through profound change on an almost unimaginable scale all of it building to a final scene that s chilling in its Joseph Conrad like uncertainty 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
Rene Rodriguez
Its range of subjects and emotions cuts a surprisingly wide swath 
3
Up the Yangtze
V.A. Musetto
China s public image suffers another blow with Up the Yangtze a docu mentary by Chinese Canadian Yung Chang 
2.5
Up the Yangtze
Ken Fox
No words could be more eloquent or descriptive than Chang and cinematographer Wang Shi Qing s amazing footage 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
Nick Schager
Chang gracefully juxtaposes the country and the metropolitan to express the knotted up mixture of anguish anger hope and trepidation of those in the dammed river s wake 
3
Up the Yangtze
Rick Groen
Yung Chang s always illuminating often heart rending documentary 
3.5
Up the Yangtze
Peter Howell
Director Yung Chang and lenser Wang Shi Qing use powerful images subtlety and a little humour to apprise the viewer of the human and cultural issues at stake 
3
Not Forgotten
David Nusair
fizzles out 
1.5
Not Forgotten
Nick Schager
Casting its south of the border setting as a dingy nightmarish hellhole of hookers and red neon lights Not Forgotten is a feature length anti tourism campaign for Mexico 
.5
The Conquest
Kelly Jane Torrance
And so The Conquest promises a juicy behind the scenes look at the rise of this somehow seductive little man but doesn t quite deliver 
2.5
The Conquest
Joe Williams
The Conquest is like a French restaurant that serves small portions of tart appetizers and calls them freedom fries yet begrudgingly we must salute the gall 
2.5
The Conquest
John Hartl
Sarkozy seems to mean exactly what he says even when he s lying for his cause and Podalyds has the skill to demonstrate that 
3
The Conquest
Amy Biancolli
The film is a vehement drama and a fitfully amusing snark fest set to Nicola Piovani s jaunty circus music It winds up only half succeeding at both 
2
The Conquest
Roger Ebert
The Conquest a feature about recent French politics makes me yearn for a similar American treatment of our own scene 
3
The Conquest
Ty Burr
Conquest is a seriocomic portrait of naked ambition and a depiction of petty office politics on a national scale It s a deadpan hoot that lacks the bite it could and arguably should have had 
2.5
The Conquest
Gerald Peary
The performances are convincing but American audiences may find little to care about in the Gallic specific backstage machinations of Sarkozy s ascendancy 
2.5
The Conquest
John DeFore
Failing to find deeper meaning in their protagonist s crises they tell the story in a way that will only hold the interest of those who already know it fairly well 
2
The Conquest
V.A. Musetto
A lot gets lost in translation in The Conquest an account of Nicolas Sarkozy s 2007 rise to the French presidency 
2
The Conquest
Andrew Schenker
Essentially a geeked out political procedural the film is never less than wholly watchable 
2.5
The Conquest
Marty Mapes
Sarkozy gets his biopic
3
A Love in Germany
Larry Kart
If the film wants to paint Paulina and Stani as two truly noble souls and make their mutual fate serve as an indictment of Nazidom s utmost evil shouldn t they have something more going for them than a simple desire to hit the sheets 
2
Bedazzled
Tom Meek
The leads play well together but the secret sauce is the cheeky twisty script by Harold Ramis Peter Tolan and Larry Gelbart 
2.5
Bedazzled
Michael Dequina
Whenever Hurley disappears and so does much of the film s energy 
2
Bedazzled
Betsy Bozdech
In the end Bedazzled certainly could have been better but it also could have been a lot worse 
2.5
Bedazzled
Scott Nash
entertains on a very shallow level
2
Bedazzled
Jeffrey Westhoff
For a comedy about heaven and hell Bedazzled doesn t make it out of purgatory 
2
Bedazzled
Collin Souter
If Fraser keeps up with performances such as these he may have a bright future in comedy after all 
2.5
Bedazzled
Jorge Avila Andrade
El resultado final pudo haber sido mucho mejor de no ser por el meloso final con todo y mensaje moralista de que cada persona debe de estar contenta con quien es en realidad
2.5
Bedazzled
James Kendrick
has a few laughs here and there but it feels largely like a thrown together piece of work
2.5
Bedazzled
Dustin Putman
A wonderfully original and entertaining comedy 151 the rarest of breeds 
3
Bedazzled
Rob Blackwelder
Has its flaws but the laughs keep coming at a steady clip and in a slight comedy such as this that s what matters most 
2.5
Bedazzled
Mike Clark
There s no real dazzle in Bedazzled though you may be befuddled trying to figure out why anyone was compelled to make the effort 
2
Bedazzled
Susan Stark
It offers a diverting couple of hours at the movies 
2
Bedazzled
Roger Ebert
It is lacking in wickedness It doesn t smack its lips when it s naughty 
2
Bedazzled
David Keyes
This is the kind of movie that grins at you when you re dead certain nothing else can be done with the concept 
3
Bedazzled
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
I certainly was bedazzled 
4
Bedazzled
Peter Stack
Fraser and Hurley are terrifically matched for their interplay and some of the writing is so smart it outclasses the film s cartoonish feel and occasional foray into hokey special effects 
3
Bedazzled
James Berardinelli
Not only is this film persistently unfunny but it is consistently uninvolving 
2
Bedazzled
Pam Grady
The film is sabotaged by an insulin shock inducing ending and the lameness of the wish sequences 
1.5
Bicentennial Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bicentennial Man is sometimes sweet but it s also a phenomenal waste of talent and a continuation of a Williams trip down the wrong road 
2
Bicentennial Man
Margaret A. McGurk
Virtually every emotion motivation idea character and plot point in the movie is flat and perfunctory except for those that carry the invisible subtitle Cry dammit 
2
Bicentennial Man
Liam Lacey
It s one thing to ask an audience to love a mechanical man but quite another to love a mechanical performance 
2
Bicentennial Man
Jorge Avila Andrade
Robin Williams cae en el tipo de personaje que ha venido interpretando hasta el cansancio el del hombre bueno que es todo emociones y que es capaz de llorar amargamente
2.5
Bicentennial Man
Mike Gregory
Sci fi fans expecting awesome effects and an interesting vision of the future are bound to be disappointed 
0.5
Bicentennial Man
Susan Wloszczyna
Canned emotions 
2
Bicentennial Man
Steve Rhodes
There are some impressive special effects but the picture is more a charming character study than a futuristic adventure 
3
Bicentennial Man
Dustin Putman
Almost always convinces and involves the viewer 
3
Bicentennial Man
Michael Dequina
Without a doubt a manipulative picture But director Chris Columbus schmaltzmeister that he is makes no bones about it 
3
Bicentennial Man
Roger Ebert
Bicentennial Man begins with promise proceeds in fits and starts and finally sinks into a cornball drone of greeting card sentiment 
2
Bicentennial Man
Peter Stack
It s a bit strange and strained 
2
Bicentennial Man
Ross Anthony
Patiently directed occasionally too patiently warm and cuddly but not the over the top kind of comedy we ve come to expect from Robin Williams 
2.5
Bicentennial Man
David Keyes
nothing but a sappy shameless and morbid production that wastes talent and time in a script designed to line the bottom of a bird cage 
0
Bicentennial Man
James Berardinelli
By relegating the story to a disappointing level of superficiality and never attempting to venture more than skin deep into some intriguing themes Bicentennial Man comes across like recycled diluted Star Trek 
2
Up the Academy
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In an attempt to follow National Lampoon it was the first and only film produced by MAD Magazine One viewing reveals why 
2
Burn, Witch, Burn!
Matt Brunson
The majority of Sidney Hayers career would be spent as a journeyman director for American television his countless credits include Galactica 1980 and Acapulco H E A T but he provides the right measure of sustained menace for this impressive film 
3
The Train
Roger Moore
A flawed gem filmed in glorious European widescreen and French processed black and white 
3
The Train
Matt Brunson
This gripping film places a philosophical query in the context of a rousing action flick 
3.5
The Train
David Nusair
a promising premise that s employed to predominately underwhelming effect 
2
The Train
Walter Chaw
A landmark picture in terms of its breakneck antic physical ambition the marriage of that hell to the heaven of its gravitas something that marks Frankenheimer s best films 
4
Captain Newman, M.D.
Matt Brunson
This captivating comedy drama anticipates M A S H in its exploration of the effects of war on military doctors and the patients in their care 
3
Neon Spring
Laurence Boyce
As a coming of age tale 44 it apos s something of a well worn cinematic 40 and cultural 41 genre 46 Many of the clich 233 s of the genre are out in full force in Neon Spring 44 its knowledge about said clich 233 s make this an often intriguing film 46 
3
Pocket Money
David Nusair
relentlessly off kilter 
1
Pocket Money
Roger Ebert
Pocket Money is a real curiosity all style and no movie 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Carla Meyer
The retirees embrace of India and a resulting lack of transformative experiences diminish the dramatic possibilities in Second 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Michael Smith
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an amusing adventure It often stops short of depth of character in favor of an easy laugh but it doesn t shy away from a bit of heartbreak It can be a heady mix of mirth and melancholy when it wants to be 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Robert W. Butler
At least the film ends with a big Bollywood song and dance number But it s too little too late for all but the most die hard fans of the original 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Brad Keefe
There is way too much going on Parallel stories for all of these characters mean most all of them aren t fully developed 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sean P. Means
Mostly it s a chance to hear some saucy senior citizens trade barbs with the delightful dames Dench and Smith making the most of it 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Peter Canavese
Shows little strain in maintaining its cute factor thanks to the drily winning personalities of the likes of Smith Dench Nighy and the comic ebullience of Patel 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Nick Allen
the ugly attitude within The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is well deserving of some humbling especially as it strives to put people in their place and not in a guest management way 
1.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
John Beifuss
The new film affirms the idea that the hotel is a sort of pre heaven heaven an autumnal opportunity for life and for passing on the value of that life to others 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Kam Williams
A pleasant if predictable romantic romp laced with far more mirth than sophistication or substance 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Stephen Rebello
Despite good stuff the movie sputters drags and lurches from episode to episode juggling way too many characters and plot complications without having much reason for existing 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Matt Brunson
The film bests its predecessor although to be sure the difference is slender 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
John Wirt
Definitely second best and not in a good way 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Lisa Kennedy
Sure it has the comfy vibe of the familiar but it s all in feel good fun 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Anita Katz
The actors are again terrific but the syrup and superficiality of the first film too are back in this unnecessary sequel 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Randall King
As in the first film when the going gets a little too soapy or overly maudlin the cast of mostly old pros elevate the material with the sheer force of their collective skill 
3.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Liam Lacey
A bit like a second linty mint delivered from the depths of your grandmom s cardigan pocket sweet but really no need 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Connie Ogle
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is exactly that second best 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Anders Wright
When it does what it does well it does it really well and once again it has a dreamy ensemble that has the ability to rise above the material itself 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
John Serba
With the cast of personalities established in the previous film the sequel is a pleasant enough meander through the boroughs of character 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Stephen Whitty
The same problems as the first film also re occur and this time they re a bit more glaring 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Steven Rea
All manner of subplots weave their way through the film which teems with colorful characters and saccharine cliches But like the first film it s next to impossible not to find diversion in the company of such stalwarts as Dench and Nighy and Smith 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mark Dujsik
The only significant thing to discuss about the movie is how familiar it is 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Chris Knight
Suffice to say if you enjoyed the first Hotel you ll be equally taken with the second And if you attended the first with low expectations and came back disappointed well consider that a warning 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ann Hornaday
Sure it s pat and occasionally patronizing and too adorable by half but it s also a rare optimistic portrait of aging that suggests it can be a productive erotically charged time of life 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
John Hartl
The storyline of the sequel ends up tying itself in knots and the addition of a splashy expensive looking Bollywood musical number just underlines the lack of perspective 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Claudia Puig
A mildly diverting trifle notable for its stunning setting and some deft performances but crammed with too many forgettable subplots 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Dann Gire
Madden doesn t do much to make these characters pop and sizzle as they managed to do occasionally in the slightly grittier original 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Peter Travers
When such consummate actors as Maggie Smith Judi Dench Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton show up together in a movie even a sequel as wobbly as this one you d be wise to just sit back and behold 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Linda Barnard
As with the original Dench Smith Nighy and the rest of the standout senior ensemble cast are a joy to watch and the setting gorgeously lensed by cinematographer Ben Smithard will have more than one person staring wistfully at their suitcases 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Thomas Lee
The acting of course is first rate and the movie mostly preserves the original warmth and wit of the original 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Joe Williams
Madden has stripped away the socio economic context from the first film and turned the sequel into some kind of thinly rationed romantic comedy 
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Christy Lemire
Madden s movie is crammed with so many characters that we never spend enough quality time with any of them for their stories to resonate While the many attempts at poignancy feel forced and false the effort as a whole feels like it will never end 
1.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Michael Phillips
Second Best offers little you couldn t write yourself but it does so with respectable level of craft The appeal lies in the ensemble playing 
2.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Roger Moore
What little edge this tale had has been rubbed right off for this stale slow and mirthless sequel
2
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Rex Reed
I can see no real reason for a sequel to the delicious 2011 hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel It was perfect the first time around But the second jog around the track passes the time pleasantly enough 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Lou Lumenick
Second best by a distressingly large margin The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a pointless sequel to an overlong but charming little comedy that was never designed to launch a franchise 
1.5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Thelma Adams
If there is such a thing as a warm bath movie The Second Best Marigold Hotel defines it Judi Dench Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy just get better with age in a mild comedy that celebrates life to the very end 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Randy Myers
If the first film felt like snuggling up with a warm blanket this one is like sipping a comforting cup of warm tea 
3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Elise Nakhnikian
Like its predecessor the film is a charming example of what great actors can do with mediocre material 
2.5
Hammer
Barry Hertz
It s almost worth eating your own tail over 
3
Hammer
Luke Parker
It possesses such a strong understanding of its characters that if its half dead catalyst was sprawled out in their living room instead of a cornfield the heart behind the decisions wouldn t flake 
3.5
Hammer
Brian Tallerico
A tense little thriller a tight movie about someone who made a very bad decision and is now trying to fight his way out of it 
3
Hammer
Mark Dujsik
W riter director Christian Sparkes film is a relatively simple thriller that works because it defines its characters and their relationships so clearly 
3
Hammer
Joey Magidson
Hammer is a short film but it drags its feet getting to the sort of conclusion you see coming from a mile away 
2.5
Hammer
Roger Moore
Ticking clock thriller tick over like clockwork jumpy opening to nerve wracking finish 
3
The 4th
G. Allen Johnson
There s a struggle between the simplified overview of history sort of a History 101 a PBS specialty and the deep dives into individual stories which is when the series especially shines 
3
Pressure Cooker
Wesley Morris
The movie s sense of inspiration is realistic It never implies a future of glamour only hard won success 
3
Pressure Cooker
Peter Keough
By the end you won t need to slice onions to get the tear ducts working 
3
Pressure Cooker
David Lewis
An earnest crowd pleaser that could have used an extra helping of dramatic tension but it succeeds by placing us in an interesting world with characters who are impossible not to root for 
3
Pressure Cooker
Jeff Shannon
Pressure Cooker is not about pressure so much as clarity of purpose It s about a unique teacher s way of building confidence and pride with results that joyously speak for themselves 
3
Pressure Cooker
Steven Rea
A heart grabbing awe inspiring work that needs no embellishment 
3.5
Pressure Cooker
Robert Levin
It s convincing because of the force of Wilma Stephenson s personality and the fierce love she bestows on her culinary arts students at Philadelphia s Frankford High School 
3.5
Pressure Cooker
V.A. Musetto
Pressure Cooker is both a tribute to a teacher who actually cares and kids who actually want to learn Would that there were more people like them 
3
Pressure Cooker
Kam Williams
A fitting tribute to a selfless role model with an big heart and an indomitable spirit Let s face it they don t make em like Wilma Stephenson anymore 
4
Pressure Cooker
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Unlike the United States s dismal university application process this documentary is breathtakingly equal opportunity in its search for human poetry 
3
Woodenhead
Maitland McDonagh
The film is a singular achievement if not one suited to all tastes and sensibilities It s a creation on the order of David Lynch s Eraserhead 1977 or Guy Maddin s Tales From The Gimli Hospital 1988 
3
ATL
Kam Williams
A tip of the cap to Tip Harris and Lauren London for it is their chemistry and charm which allows one to believe in their tenderhearted romance in an atmosphere where women are regarded as objects and affectionately called bitches and hos 
3.5
ATL
Linda Cook
Here s the kind of movie that filmmakers should develop more often It s an urban movie about teen agers FOR teen agers And I hope that teen agers and adults from all walks of life see ATL because it s both gritty and good hearted 
3.5
ATL
Frank Ochieng
ATL doesn t explore any new ground in the genre of black teen disillusionment but this is an affecting urban cautionary tale that sparkles in its own self reflection 
2.5
ATL
Josh Larsen
serves as the Kanye West to gangster rap movies such as Never Die Alone 
3
ATL
Peter Howell
It s something akin to the earlier films of Spike Lee She s Gotta Have It and Crooklyn come to mind in that the characters are cherished for their human qualities not for how well they swagger onto the screen 
3
ATL
Maitland McDonagh
The story is familiar but terrific performances and a vivid sense of place elevate it above the average teen oriented picture 
3
ATL
Ted Fry
For a run of the mill hip hop drama ATL has some engaging hooks that set it apart from the predictable formula of urban youth struggling to steer clear of crime and pull themselves up to a better life 
3
ATL
Ruthe Stein
The film s special appeal is that while the boys are poor and black their stories transcend race and socio economic matters 
2
ATL
James Hebert
But the story behind ATL credited to Antwone Fisher the onetime Navy man in San Diego who had a movie made about his life four years ago for the most part feels genuine and resonant 
2.5
ATL
Kim Morgan
Along the way the film is bogged down by its dramatic twists and turns 
2.5
ATL
Carrie Rickey
Making his feature film debut music video director Chris Robinson expertly choreographs the skating sequences which are exhilarating fun 
2.5
ATL
Roger Moore
The second half is clumsier than the first and you get the impression that the studio rushed to cut things that hadn t worked in last fall s kids skating flop and play up the Boyz aspects of the routine moral dilemma plot 
2
ATL
Stephen Whitty
A good message isn t enough to justify a 10 ticket You also need a good movie 
2
ATL
Kyle Smith
A thoroughly convincing portrait of black teens in Atlanta ATL has the same broad range of laughs and fears as Fast Times at Ridgemont High 
3
ATL
Jami Bernard
It feels like a real window on the lives of disenfranchised youths these are in South Atlanta as they make their way in a society that doesn t cut them any breaks 
3
ATL
Rene Rodriguez
Buoyed by a superlative soundtrack ATL plays a familiar song about growing up but hits notes that sound brand new 
3
ATL
Matt Pais
ATL never suggests that it feels good to be a gangster nor is it a preachy morality tale peppered with gunshots and prison cells 
2.5
ATL
Glenn Whipp
What Chris Robinson s debut feature lacks in imagination it makes up for through a vivid sense of place as well as fine instinctive performances particularly from rapper Tip T I Harris in the lead role 
3
ATL
Loey Lockerby
ATL is unlikely to inspire any emotion stronger than vague indifference 
2
ATL
Amy Biancolli
A mellow and engrossing coming of age film about a young crew on the south side of Atlanta 
2.5
ATL
Liam Lacey
The movie is directed by a prominent video director Chris Robinson Jay Z Alicia Keys and no surprise it feels less like a conventional movie than a video compilation of flashy scenes montages and sound track opportunities 
2.5
ATL
Sean P. Means
The script of ATL may take a well worn path but the view out the window is a new one 
3
ATL
John Monaghan
ATL may fail to wow on the skate floor but it still makes decent melodrama 
3
ATL
Lawrence Toppman
Director Chris Robinson moves his camera aimlessly cutting in and out of speeches as if he were just as bored as I 
1.5
ATL
James Parker
ATL is one of those filmic byproducts in this case a promotional vehicle for the rapper Tip Harris a k a T I that somehow manage to emerge from the mill of commerce with their modesty preserved 
2.5
ATL
James Sanford
If many of the situations in ATL are familiar and the characters attitude changes sometimes hard to buy the movie does a fine job of capturing the atmosphere of inner city Atlanta 
2.5
ATL
Peter Canavese
It s heartening to be able to report that ATL is as much like Diner as it is like Boys in the Hood Robinson may overdose on style but he also respects the homegrown origins of this ATLanta bred tale 
2.5
ATL
Willie Waffle
The most refreshing part of ATL is that each of these kids are good kids Unfortunately they are good kids in a bad movie 
1.5
ATL
Paul Doro
The movie manages to craft its own identity while making a familiar story feel somewhat fresh 
2.5
ATL
Roger Ebert
No ATL isn t a drug movie and it doesn t send its characters on a harrowing journey into danger It s a film about growing up and working about falling in love about planning for your future and about the importance of friends 
3
ATL
John Anderson
There s a lot that s right about ATL the debut directing effort of music video maker Chris Robinson But the things that are wrong are simply fatal 
2
ATL
Allison Benedikt
Like most media these days ATL feels like the product of video on demand era focus groups which means that it s entertaining but not smart 
2.5
ATL
Nick Schager
Chris Robinson skews more toward Roll Bounce authenticity than Belly superficiality 
2.5
ATL
Phil Villarreal
Don t expect to see it as a featured film on NBC or even HBO Maybe it s got a shot at late night BET If this had gone straight to DVD that would have been A OK RIP ATL 
1
ATL
James Berardinelli
An engaging experience 
3
Southbounders
Pamela Powell
The overall feel is as if we the viewers are tagging along behind these brave through hikers We can feel the trail and we can relate to these very real characters 
3
Mid-Century
Peter Canavese
A ghost themed mystery thriller fairly spooky 44 but mostly dull and awkwardly paced 46 
1.5
Mid-Century
Mark Dujsik
91 The 93 story 46 46 46 shows some thematic promise but becomes entirely invested in a bunch of half formed gimmicks 46 
1.5
Mid-Century
Randy Myers
Mid Century opens with a murder and it all seems to be building to an obvious conclusion and then a wicked twist slaps you in the face and changes everything Does it all work Oh no but you can t help but admire its ambition 
2.5
Rufus
Chris Knight
Rufus is well made as far as it goes but it s hard to enjoy a story when you keep wondering when the Volturi are going to show up 
2.5
Rufus
Adam Nayman
It ends up feeling drab as well as looking it 
2
Rufus
Bruce DeMara
Schultz allows the tension to build slowly and for Rufus s secret history to be revealed in increments There s also some great interplay between the actors 
3
The War at Home
Michael Dequina
In one dramatic moment an upset Bates yells at and slaps Estevez and suddenly Sheen brings up the subject of stolen peanut brittle 
1.5
The War at Home
Mick LaSalle
Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK ting moments 
2
Crimson Tide
Peter Canavese
A big bold Hollywood movie that won t be winning any awards for subtlety but can t be denied its popcorn appeal Blu Ray review 
3
Crimson Tide
Michael Dequina
What the film lacks in slam bang action it more than makes up for in sheer suspense 
4
Crimson Tide
Janet Maslin
Isn t there something awfully satisfying about the throbbing missiles and cathartic explosions that constitute this film s main excitement Maybe so but nothing else here delivers a comparable thrill 
2
Crimson Tide
Robert Roten
The ending of the film is a bit of a letdown but the balance of the film is both thought provoking and suspenseful 
3.5
Crimson Tide
Mick LaSalle
Crimson Tide has everything you could want from an action thriller and a few other things you usually can t hope to expect 
4
Crimson Tide
James Berardinelli
Because of the contained environment submarines make great settings for thrillers with the throbbing of the engines sounding like a pulse Crimson Tide is no exception the atmosphere alone is sufficient to keep the audience on edge 
3
Crimson Tide
Madeleine Williams
Well written suspenseful submarine drama 
3.5
Crimson Tide
Steve Rhodes
There is so much excellent about this picture it is hard to know where to begin 
4
Crimson Tide
Chris Hicks
What really makes the film a class act however is that there are complex characters dealing with complicated issues and it never cops out to simplicity 
4
Crimson Tide
Susan Wloszczyna
Crimson Tide is pop action naval gazing at its finest 
3.5
Crimson Tide
Gary Kamiya
It s too slick to be truly disturbing but it s that slickness that keeps you on the edge of your chair 
3
Crimson Tide
Roger Ebert
This is the rare kind of war movie that not only thrills people while they re watching it but invites them to leave the theater actually discussing the issues 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Namrata Joshi
The film does not offer any explanations Instead it intrigues more 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Joe Lozito
Directing a movie is no picnic but I ll be damned if Mr Clooney doesn t make it seem like fun 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Michael Dequina
A terrific actor a handsome movie star and now an accomplished director damn you Mr Clooney for making it that much more unfair for the average joe likes of myself 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Judith Egerton
Noir fantasy with the pop funkiness of 70s game shows
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Emily Blunt
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is freakin brilliant Sam Rockwell gives a whack you upside the head dose of his talent 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Sara Michelle Fetters
There isn t an emotional connection to the people or actions taking place on screen and while I was impressed with some of the performances and filmmaking the film as a whole left me cold 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Ian Mantgani
The movie feels like it s going to be great and it carries on feeling that way for a long time but takeoff just never happens 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Matt Brunson
A genuine mixed bag full of entertaining moments but also bogged down by Clooney s overwhelming desire to emulate his frequent screen collaborator Steven Soderbergh 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Cory Cheney
If for nothing else go see Rockwell s performance It s about time for him to bust out into bigger and better roles and if it happens this movie will be why 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Mark Dujsik
Too succinct and too straightforward for its enigmatic subject 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Vanessa Sibbald
Clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
James Kendrick
unfolds in a striking visual palette of washed out colors and deep shadows almost as if we re watching it on an old television set whose picture tube is about to burn out
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Sean P. Means
The movie makes up in vitality what it loses in veracity 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Margaret A. McGurk
If nothing else Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ought to make Sam Rockwell a star 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Marty Mapes
Chuck Barris looks like Saint Mozart compared to today s producers
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Mike McGranaghan
Kaufman Clooney and company have interpreted Barris s story beautifully but it was a flawed story to begin with 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As a first time director Clooney makes a huge visual impact enlisting cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel to help create the film s stellar look 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Collin Souter
The fact that Confessions looks absolutely gorgeous and unique is merely icing on the cake Clooney and Kaufman spin this yarn for all its worth and in this day and age it s worth quite a lot 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Steve Rhodes
It is the bizarre type of laughless comedy that only a film critic could admire Our packed audience was as silent as that at a funeral 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Linda Cook
Almost as weird as Barris himself 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Chris Hewitt
A dazzling visually assured movie with elaborate set pieces that make you say Gee how d they do that 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Moira MacDonald
It s a smart stylish eminently watchable movie that nonetheless feels a little empty at the end 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Glenn Lovell
Clooney who on the basis of this movie has a big career ahead of him behind the camera demonstrates a real flair for visual comedy 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Mick LaSalle
The movie makes a case for itself through sheer oddness and perversity 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
David Elliott
The story winks at show biz insider parody you might end up yearning for more quality time with Bob Eubanks 
1.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Joe Baltake
Clooney and Kaufman have crafted a truly bizarro masterpiece the kind made for instant cult status and midnight runs 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Steven Rea
Maybe the title should have been Confusions of a Dangerous Mind though the confusion in this case can be pretty sublime 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Rene Rodriguez
This somber draggy movie which is nothing like the breezy lunatic comedy its TV ads promise takes Barris claims at face value and plays them for stone faced drama 
1.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jeff Vice
Clooney s debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined but it has a tremendous offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Mary F. Pols
Rockwell is definitely the star of the movie He s brilliant within the limitations of the part tapping into Barris mannerisms and tics in an uncanny way 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Ty Burr
Rockwell lets us see all the joy lust self pity and rage with which Barris gonged himself 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Forrest Hartman
Witty smart and absurdly funny 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Terry Lawson
I have to confess there s nothing very dangerous going on in a comedy that is neither as twistedly weird as your average Gong Show contestant nor as arch as an interview on The Newlywed Game 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Roger Ebert
Not only intriguing as a story but great to look at a marriage of bright pop images from the 1960s and 1970s and dark cold spyscapes that seem to have wandered in from John le Carre 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jon Niccum
Confessions isn t a movie that deserves to be gonged But it doesn t quite merit the 516 dollars and 32 cent prize either 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Phil Villarreal
Clooney s direction sets a unique tone that lets us laugh at hope for and pity Barris as we tag along for a herky jerky ride through his memories 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Duane Dudek
Celebrity and pop culture are areas on which Clooney is well equipped to comment but the other aspect of Barris life clandestine meetings with shadowy figures who may simply be delusions leave him at a loss 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Mark Caro
The movie is compulsively watchable even if it never quite convinces you that it s much more than a fanciful story 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jeffrey Westhoff
The concoction entertains from beginning to end though the lessons of Barris life are as slippery as his facts 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Josh Larsen
so busy having fun it isn t burdened with being important though I can t think of another movie that has as many important things to say about ambition and failure 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Bob Bloom
The scintillating aspect of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind lies in trying to discern fact from fiction or at least fantasy 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jeanne Aufmuth
Peddles skepticism while offering up narrative absurdities so fanciful that they must be true 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Peter Travers
Confessions isn t always coherent but it s sharply comic and surprisingly touching so hold the gong 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Tony Toscano
Go see it and enjoy 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Guylaine Cadorette
In his directorial debut George Clooney delivers a highly stylized biopic that showcases the confessions of an absurd mind rather than a dangerous one 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jason Anderson
Even though Confessions of a Dangerous Mind can be too hip and too glib in its attempt to wring universal truths from Barris sordid delusions any movie that stars both Rutger Hauer and the Unknown Comic is all right by me 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jules Brenner
This movie is full of surprises starting with the fact that it s one of the most dramatically successful film biographies in memory 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Frank Ochieng
Although delightfully overzealous Clooney s field trip of loose ended frivolity sputters aimlessly in our attempts to embrace a complicated soul being presented as a sympathetic human question mark 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Claudia Puig
Confessions may not be a straightforward bio nor does it offer much in the way of Barris motivations but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Gene Seymour
Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring inventive and impressive 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Bob Strauss
George Clooney proves he s quite a talented director and Sam Rockwell shows us he s a world class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Lou Lumenick
A head clearing mind blowing blast from the past one of the year s best 
3.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
James Berardinelli
There s nothing terribly witty clever satirical or irreverent about Charlie Kauffman s screenplay 
2.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Walter Chaw
Fast and loose leaving the string tying to an audience savvy from years of immersion in an ever festering increasingly perverse cultural stew 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Harvey S. Karten
A stunning Sam Rockwell s fessing up anchors an imaginative film 
3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Chuck Rudolph
The overload of murders and double crosses make Barris s life seem more and more like the folly of a screenwriter s imagination 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Mary Kalin-Casey
Instead of exploring this dangerous mind Clooney plays it safe making his freshman film deadly dull as a result 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Erik Childress
Clooney has everything under control here from the storytelling to the steady hand of a director with an eye of confidence for the cinema 
4
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
David Nusair
should ve been a lot better 
2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Ross Anthony
Odd but Awesome George Clooney s directorial debut is simply spectacular This is one smashing film 
3.5
Macaroni
Roger Ebert
The movie made me squirm with the transparency of its ideas the dread predictability of its plot and the shallowness of its characters 
1
Extraterrestrial
Mike McGranaghan
Even though it s not entirely successful there is an undeniably oddball charm on display 
2.5
Extraterrestrial
Jeff Shannon
As comedies go it s as dry as bleached bones in the desert but you can t blame Vigalondo for taking another shot at cleverness 
2.5
Extraterrestrial
Calum Marsh
In almost every respect Extraterrestrial is an exceptional and traditional romantic comedy It just happens to be set during an alien invasion 
3.5
Extraterrestrial
David Nusair
Extraterrestrial is in the final analysis nothing short of a disaster 
1.5
Take the Night
Matt Brunson
One would be forgiven for initially believing this was a remake of David Fincher apos s 1997 drama The Game 46 But Take the Night quickly swerves off in its own direction 46 
2.5
Take the Night
Bob Bloom
apos Take the Night apos is a decent potboiler that tries to be more than a crime thriller 46 McTigue takes a good shot 44 but narrowly misses hitting a bulls eye 46 
2.5
Take the Night
Tom Meek
Tut the noirish set and camera work as well as Jonas Wikstrand s action driving mood setting score carry the film beyond a few rough scenes that could have been better pounded out in the script or left on the cutting room floor 
2.5
Take the Night
Mark Dujsik
Take the Night 44 from writer 47 director 47 star Seth McTigue 44 is all setup with very little payoff 46 
1.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Pamela Powell
The Hundred Foot Journey is a delicious love story portraying the melting and blending of two opposing cultures 
3.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
If you don t leave the theatre wanting to visit France and eat Indian food then you didn t enjoy it as much as I did Full review in Spanish 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Sean P. Means
A good example to borrow a foodie analogy of a good chef turning mundane ingredients into a tasty dish 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mal Vincent
It s curry vs crepes in this culture clash romantic comedy set in small town France We know where the plot is headed the joy is in watching it play out 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Bob Bloom
And yes The Hundred Foot Journey falls back on a few clichés Honestly though they are not that detrimental to the film which is more a celebration of creativity and spirit 
3.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Linda Cook
As satisfying as your mom s favorite casserole The Hundred Foot Journey is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food 
3.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Nathalie Atkinson
This is also a feel good foodie film that require a tolerance for watching actors chewing mouthfuls then going into ecstasies usually without describing much more detail about flavours or how it tastes besides mmmm it s delicious 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Peter Travers
Linus Sandgren s camera caresses the cuisine like an ecstatic lover It brought out the foodie in me 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Bill Zwecker
Mirren s Madame Mallory unctuously oozes her dedication to perfection from every pore and it s truly delicious to watch her work her magic up on the screen 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Perry Seibert
A deft mix of food love and humanism The Hundred Foot Journey is an unapologetic crowd pleaser 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
David Nusair
46 46 46 an overlong running time and needlessly prolonged narrative 46 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Peter Keough
One of the characters no doubt alluding to Proust says Food is memories Unfortunately this is one movie about food that I m forgetting already 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Stephen Whitty
It s the movie version of comfort food Except even in comfort food there s a difference between something made from scratch and something that comes out of a box And The Hundred Foot Journey still tastes of powdered cheese 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Steven Rea
It would be curmudgeonly to count all the ways in which The Hundred Foot Journey is unsurprising unrealistic unnecessary 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Peter Canavese
This GMO hybrid of foodie drama culture clash comedy travelogue and romance gently establishes in middlebrow just go with it fashion the tone of a fable 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Leonard Maltin
Food is the great equalizer in The Hundred Foot Journey 
2.3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
James Berardinelli
The Hundred Foot Journey is vintage Hallstrom genial and meditative focusing more on characters and emotions than an overcooked plot The story is simple the people inhabiting the movie make this worth seeing 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mark Dujsik
Everything that happens in The Hundred Foot Journey is a foregone conclusion 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Claudia Puig
Apart from the scenic location of Saint Antonin Noble Val and the equally enthralling shots of Indian and French cuisine what remains is a pleasant if rather syrupy tale of clashing cultures 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Peter Howell
It must be said that it goes down rather well although full enjoyment requires that all cynicism be left simmering on the back burner 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Rafer Guzman
Overall it s tough to grumble about such a sturdy and crowd pleasing soufflé 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Elise Nakhnikian
The film is rife with tired food metaphors and plot twists so predictable you see them coming like travelers on the poplar lined street that leads to the dueling restaurants 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mark Jenkins
Basically a promo reel for small town France and Gallo Indian food fusion Anyone who requires a more substantial meal should eat before heading to the theater 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Joe Williams
Although the outcome is as predetermined as a prix fixe menu the storytelling is as smooth as goose liver pate through a pastry nozzle 
2.5
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mick LaSalle
By the time The Hundred Foot Journey ends it has achieved an unexpected and rather powerful cumulative impact I felt like I knew the people and wouldn t mind staying there 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Cathy Jakicic
The movie offers no colorful villains no sharp turns or surprises little drama chuckles instead of laughs and a somewhat pokey and predictable plot And I enjoyed every minute of it 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Christy Lemire
Despite being handsomely crafted well acted and even sufficiently enjoyable The Hundred Foot Journey is also conventional and predictable 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Moira MacDonald
Like a tasty comfort food meal you ve eaten countless times before Lasse Hallström s The Hundred Foot Journey is utterly predictable yet thoroughly pleasant 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Randy Myers
This feel good tale about an Indian family setting up a restaurant across the road from one with a Michelin star celebrates things all cultures can get behind family food and transformation 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Lou Lumenick
A mouth watering and charming if overlong romantic comedy drama about an immigrant family opening an Indian restaurant in a most unlikely location the South of France 
3
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Roger Moore
Dawdles like a meal that drags on and on because the waiter is too busy texting to bother bringing you the check 
2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Jocelyn Noveck
Given all these lovely ingredients why is the final product so bland and not to lay on too many cooking metaphors reductive 
2.5
Act of Dishonour
Jennie Punter
Has elements of what could have been a fascinating insight into a culture on the cusp of change in a part of the world we know little about 
2
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una de las peores pelculas jams filmadas y una clara muestra de que la estupidez y la vulgaridad no tienen lmites 
0
The Legend of La Llorona
Kevin Carr
It does fall into a lot of traps 
1.5
The Legend of La Llorona
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers succeed in eliminating the mystique and horror of the eponymous figure in multiple oftentimes laughable ways 
1
Harrison's Flowers
David Nusair
When describing an Andie MacDowell movie the words gritty and harrowing do not immediately spring to mind 
3.5
Harrison's Flowers
Jeffrey Westhoff
Acutely shows the pain and horror war inflicts on regular people 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Tyler Hanley
Hope desperation and the ugliness of ethnic cleansing intersect elegantly in director Elie Chouraqui s intense retelling of the 1991 Croatian Serbian conflict in Yugoslavia 
3.5
Harrison's Flowers
Margaret A. McGurk
Ultimately Sarah s dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman s broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Loren King
A powerhouse of a film about modern journalism and war 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Michael Dequina
The images and performances are gripping enough to override the melodramatic missteps 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like Black Hawk Down Harrison s Flowers left me with mixed feelings Will people want to experience the horrors of war without interesting characters 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Sean P. Means
Harrison s Flowers puts its heart in the right place but its brains are in no particular place at all 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Rod Armstrong
Because of MacDowell the film is moving if not up to the standards of similar fare such as Under Fire or Welcome to Sarajevo 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Shirley Klass
Harrison s Flowers director wisely keeps Andie MacDowell quiet for most of the Yugoslavian scenes leaving Adrien Brody to carry the scenes 
2.25
Harrison's Flowers
Claudia Puig
It s the unsettling images of a war ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Geoff Pevere
Remarkable for its power to immerse us in the terror panic and sheer adrenalized rush of the photojournalist s existence 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Todd Anthony
Given the unrelenting onslaught of grimly realistic action and sickening violence Sarah s quest starts to seem pretty insignificant 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Moira MacDonald
The picture despite impeccable intentions is an oddly mixed bag 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Edward Guthmann
Split between the bloody relentlessness of the war scenes and the verging on schmaltz sentiment on the home front 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Joe Baltake
You might say that world news has caught up with Harrison s Flowers making it both topical and suddenly relevant 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Jan Stuart
Shatteringly realistic action sequences lift this fictionalized treatment of the Serbian Croatian fighting notches above its sentimental domestic framing device 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Kevin John Bozelka
It s as if the complex backdrop of war could support only the most generic melodrama 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Ray Conlogue
Hogwash American sentimentality in a film that shows raped children and brutish soldiers is both disorienting and troubling 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Susan Stark
The script s judgment and sense of weight is way way off 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Terry Lawson
Ends up wilting in the cold light of recent and real heroism which may not be this photogenic but has the advantage of being incredible and true 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Steven Rosen
It uses the pain and violence of war as background material for color 
1.5
Harrison's Flowers
Glenn Whipp
This harrowing journey into combat hell vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Michael Phillips
Somehow we re meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world don fatigues and become G I Jane 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Roger Ebert
The scenes of carnage are so well staged and convincing that they make the movie s story even harder to believe 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Rob Blackwelder
Every moving performance or brain searing battle scene is counteracted by contrivances narrative blunders continuity gaffes too obtrusive to ignore 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Lou Lumenick
It s basically a not entirely believable soap opera that would not be out of place on Lifetime if some of the violence were toned down 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Jeff Vice
Feels like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the Lifetime cable television network 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Lawrence Toppman
The vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high even as the strafings blend together 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Steven Rea
MacDowell whose wifty Southern charm has anchored lighter affairs brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role 
3
Harrison's Flowers
Chris Hewitt
Traveling in Yugoslavia doesn t open MacDowell s well rested eyes one bit and the movie s interest in the problems of Yugoslavia is just lip service 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Bruce Newman
MacDowell and Brody give emotionally galvanizing performances but too often Flowers arranges itself on a bier that goes flat 
2
Harrison's Flowers
Mary F. Pols
It s hampered by a Lifetime channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth 
2.5
Harrison's Flowers
Tony Toscano
Stark and gripping 
3.5
Harrison's Flowers
James Berardinelli
Offers a glimpse of what happened in 1991 as Milosovich bulldozed his way into power over the corpses of his enemies 
3
Rodéo
Monica Castillo
91 Rodeo 93 often switches gears between character study and a heist movie 44 creating an uneasy whiplash 46 
2
PTSD: The Walking Wounded
Bob Bloom
The movie is basically a talking heads documentary but it also is heart rendering and disturbing as these veterans openly discuss being mentally and emotionally lost and feeling helpless 
3
To Sleep With Anger
James Kendrick
an exemplary drama that reveals more and more narrative emotional and thematic layers each time you see it
3.5
To Sleep With Anger
Matt Brunson
Burnett employs a lyrical shooting style that aptly fits the material 
3
To Sleep With Anger
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Burnett s direction is so subtle and graceful that To Sleep with Anger eschews any such labels as being a supernatural movie or a horror movie 
4
To Sleep With Anger
Chuck Bowen
Charles Burnett bridges theatrical dialogue portentous omens and presentational acting with masterful grace 
4
To Sleep With Anger
Roger Ebert
What should be a coiled film exploding at the end is one where the final act releases our impatience rather than our tension There are some good things in this movie and too much time in between them 
2.5
Midnight's Children
Chris Hewitt
A miniseries might have been able to knock this story out of the park but the movie is a solid double 
3
Midnight's Children
Peter Keough
The effort to pack an already overstuffed picaresque epic into a film of more than two hours ends up an indigestible stew 
2
Midnight's Children
John Beifuss
Rushdie s script is faithful to his source novel to a fault The lesson is that writers revisiting their work for another medium sometimes can t see the story for the words 
2
Midnight's Children
Claudia Puig
The film is beautifully shot with vivid production design But because of the tale s lack of cohesion it doesn t carry enough emotional heft 
2.5
Midnight's Children
John Anderson
Mehta has given us something as pale as it is panoramic 
2.5
Midnight's Children
Farran Smith Nehme
In its steady great books way the film is often truthful and moving 
2.5
Midnight's Children
Andrew Schenker
Preserves much of the novel s intricacy and human drama perhaps due to Salman Rushdie s involvement as co screenwriter even if it remains singularly unremarkable from a cinematic perspective 
2.5
Midnight's Children
Liam Lacey
Watchable without ever feeling essential 
2.5
Midnight's Children
Linda Barnard
Deepa Mehta has crafted an epic visually pleasing tale weaving politics colourful splendour romantic love and magic with her most ambitious film to date 
2.5
The Alpha Incident
Matt Brunson
Somehow this movie manages NOT to be execrable 
2
Land of the Dead
Brian Eggert
Neither Romero s gory spectacle nor his larger than average budget distracts too much from Land of the Dead s thematic power which still feels relevant
3.5
Land of the Dead
Matt Brunson
It s good gory fun even if its satiric jabs at societal mores are more heavy handed than in the past 
3
Land of the Dead
Rossiter Drake
While it s hardly Romero s scariest achievement it is a thrilling disturbing commentary on a man eat man world that hits just close enough to home to give viewers an uncomfortable pause 
3
Land of the Dead
Lucius Gore
Romero s best film in a quarter century 
3.5
Land of the Dead
Jorge Avila Andrade
Su verdadero valor subyace en lo que un genio del cine como Romero tiene que decir respecto de hacia donde nos dirigimos como humanidad Hoy todos somos zombies 
3
Land of the Dead
Kurt Loder
P retty swell George Romero is back and in this movie he s better than ever 
3
Land of the Dead
David Keyes
While the film nowhere near matches the success of the director s earlier ventures it nonetheless rises to the occasion in delivering a bit of social satire 
3
Land of the Dead
James Kendrick
more than good enough to stand on its own and its only real weakness is that Romero moves through the narrative too fast
3
Land of the Dead
Michael A. Smith
a film that is both a great time in the present and a fine tribute to the past 
3
Land of the Dead
Marty Mapes
A worthy installment in Romero s Living Dead series or just another gory zombie movie depending
2.5
Land of the Dead
Sean McBride
If you re a huge zombie fan then by all means go worship at the altar of Romero But if you re just looking for a scary movie you can do better on DVD
2
Land of the Dead
David Nusair
isn t quite the instant classic everyone was hoping for it is however a better than average horror film 
3
Land of the Dead
Mike McGranaghan
Romero has made a movie that will completely satisfy the Fangoria magazine crowd but like his previous efforts also manages to make acute observations about modern society 
3
Land of the Dead
Linda Cook
Well George A Romero has made another political statement And yes there just happens to be flesh eating zombies in it 
3.5
Land of the Dead
Tyler Hanley
Despite being too bloody for its own good Land is a different breed of walking dead movie one with soul 
3
Land of the Dead
Kit Bowen
Land of the Dead is just a giant excuse to see the walking dead pigging out on human flesh in all its blood dripping bone crunching brain slurping fashion Yuck 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Phil Villarreal
Those unbitten by the curse of the undead won t have quite as much to chew on but the film is clever and entertaining enough to keep most anyone amused 
3
Land of the Dead
Christian Toto
Land of the Dead is second rate Romero which means it s far better than most horror films being made today
2.5
Land of the Dead
Dan Fienberg
A lean mean 93 minute serving of brain lust stylized gore morbid humor and chatty social commentary 
3
Land of the Dead
Jeff Vice
It doesn t disappoint in the way of visceral thrills and for a reportedly low budget affair the effects are pretty gruesome 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Sara Michelle Fetters
This time Romero s aim is on American delusions of security and superiority in a post 9 11 world gently comparing our current political decision makers with the clueless hoi polloi of Fiddler s Green 
3
Land of the Dead
Mike Clark
It s fairly solid fun without breaking any new ground 
3
Land of the Dead
Geoff Pevere
Land of the Dead not only leaves you wishing Romero and his zombies might come back to feast once more but that they d take their time 
3
Land of the Dead
Chris Hewitt
All of Romero s experimentation comes to fruition in Land which proves he has not exhausted zombies 
3.5
Land of the Dead
Mark Rahner
Land does feel less substantial than its predecessors at a scant 92 minutes But its novelty and nerve are the work of the master showing those feeding on his body of work how this zombie thing is done 
3
Land of the Dead
Peter Hartlaub
Land of the Dead is worth the wait and dispels any fanboy concerns that the director was gone because he lost his mojo 
3
Land of the Dead
Kim Morgan
Though not a bad film all too often it feels like a slickly made studio offering with nary the juice and verve of the zombie master s prior lower budget ventures 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Lisa Rose
In George A Romero s Land of the Dead it s depressingly evident that the horror pioneer has been surpassed by his imitators 
1.5
Land of the Dead
Rene Rodriguez
Land of the Dead is a perfectly adequate horror romp but it s hard to imagine anyone remembering it five years from now 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Robert W. Butler
Nope there s not much here But it s still good cheesy fun 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Jeffrey M. Anderson
With Romero s newest film a celebration is in order 
4
Land of the Dead
Bruce Westbrook
Land s gruesomely creative zombie atrocities stretch an R rating s limits like a bloody tendon about to snap 
3.5
Land of the Dead
Brad Wheeler
Land of the Dead is a horror flick but not a screamy one the booming soundtrack pumps up the drama and the gore induces squirms but zombies more titillate than anything 
3
Land of the Dead
Eric Melin
The themes of oppression and greed are tied even more relevantly in Land of the Dead than any of its predecessors 
3
Land of the Dead
Wesley Morris
This new movie looks and feels like someone else s better made schlock 
2
Land of the Dead
Josh Larsen
manages enough of the pathos that has made Romero s zombie movies the paragon of the genre 
3
Land of the Dead
Sean P. Means
A treat for people who like their horror movies brooding bloody and laced with dark humor 
3
Land of the Dead
Bob Strauss
Once again George Romero has made a zombie movie for the times we live in 
3
Land of the Dead
Kyle Smith
Romero has given us as well as the zombies a lot to chew on There is as much allegory to his tale as there is blood and let me tell you there s no shortage of blood 
3
Land of the Dead
Terry Lawson
Land of the Dead is rich with political metaphors and social satire none of which ever throws us out of the story or slows the breakneck pace 
3
Land of the Dead
Jack Mathews
Land is pure entertainment and superbly well done 
3
Land of the Dead
Jackie Loohauis
Romero was savvy enough to turn a 100 000 indie quickie into a classic and he shows he can still make a corpse stagger with his new film George A Romero s Land of the Dead 
3
Land of the Dead
Aaron Hillis
The only summer movie that matters this year Land of the Dead is Romero s long awaited masterpiece 
4
Land of the Dead
Jeffrey Westhoff
The most shocking thing about Land of the Dead is not the vivid dismemberments but how boldly Romero holds a macabre mirror up to post 9 11 America 
3.5
Land of the Dead
Chuck O'Leary
Land of the Dead is easily the worst of Romero s four zombie movies and clearly should have never been made 
1.5
Land of the Dead
Willie Waffle
it is a thrill to see a horror movie concerned with more than how many cool ways they can gross us out
2.5
Land of the Dead
Erik Childress
Romero s satiric cultural slant has never been as finely tuned and elevates just another chapter into something deeper and scarier 
4
Land of the Dead
Phoebe Flowers
The acting is sloppy the story convoluted the finale anticlimactic But because this is not just a zombie movie but one made by the undisputed zombie master it s easier to forgive the lapses 
2.5
Land of the Dead
David Hiltbrand
After a 20 year hiatus George A Romero who practically invented his own creepy cinematic genre with 1968 s Dawn of the Living Dead and its sequels returns with his most ingenious and ambitious zombie film yet 
3
Land of the Dead
Michael Wilmington
Land of the Dead proves the most socially trenchant irreverent and politically daring of the series the one with the most food and gore for thought 
4
Land of the Dead
Dustin Putman
Gritty dark and unapologetically violent Land of the Dead is a solid serious zombie movie 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Gene Seymour
Land of the Dead may not be the masterpiece its promoters claim but it is the work of a master 
3
Land of the Dead
Roger Ebert
It s good to see Romero back in the genre he invented with Night of the Living Dead and still using zombies not simply for target practice but as a device for social satire 
3
Land of the Dead
Nick Rogers
Apart from the sunshiny ending brains are all over the place in both respects in Land of the Dead a fine example of hard R genre fun 
3.5
Land of the Dead
Greg Maki
Whatever Romero is trying to say this time is buried beneath a barrage of deafening gunfire and explosions 
2
Land of the Dead
James Berardinelli
There s a sense that Romero has run out of ideas and is recycling 
2.5
Land of the Dead
Walter Chaw
The main problem of Land of the Dead is that it s lame 
1
Land of the Dead
Jeremiah Kipp
How disappointing that Land of the Dead is a familiar rehashing of what Romero already covered in Day of the Dead 
2
Land of the Dead
Rob Blackwelder
There s little to distinguish this movie from the countless imitators Romero s work has spawned 
2
Journeys With George
Linda Stasi
It s a hoot and a half and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he s not giving the same 15 cent stump speech 
3.5
The Master of Disguise
M. K. Terrell
It is not as funny as it could be and none of it makes sense especially Pistachio s ability to mimic any dialect but standard US English But his versatility is astonishing 
2.5
The Master of Disguise
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This is a bad flick that will appeal mostly to kids ranging from ages 5 11 but adults will leave halfway through I found it almost tolerable 
1.5
The Master of Disguise
Nick Rogers
In the end Dana Carvey is left wishing he could disguise himself as Mike Myers or himself circa 1986 At least then he would be funny again 
.5
The Master of Disguise
Jim Shelby
The fart jokes get the biggest laughs 
1
The Master of Disguise
Ian Mantgani
It is cut with all the precision and timing of an irritating kids TV show with kids themselves in charge of the production and their pets operating the equipment 
0.5
The Master of Disguise
Frank Ochieng
it is definitely a come down to see the resilient comic attached to this excruciating infantile flick Conversely Carvey needs to go incognito with the flaccid family fare The Master of Disguise
1.5
The Master of Disguise
Mike McGranaghan
I ve always been a fan of Dana Carvey How could someone so funny turn out a movie as pathetic as this 
1
The Master of Disguise
Shirley Klass
Sadly Garth hasn t progressed as nicely as Wayne 
2
The Master of Disguise
Elias Savada
The Master of Diguise is this year s first truly stillborn comedy 
0
The Master of Disguise
Jonathan R. Perry
The cinematic equivalent of the 8 year old hooligan who mocks you by repeating everything you say 
1
The Master of Disguise
Jack Mathews
The film contains no good jokes no good scenes barely a moment when Carvey s Saturday Night Live honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment 
1
The Master of Disguise
Guylaine Cadorette
Adults may find this film as amusing as an old lady slipping on a banana peel 
1
The Master of Disguise
Linda Cook
There s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer Or for the year for that matter 
.5
The Master of Disguise
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The only young people who possibly will enjoy it are infants who might be distracted by the movie s quick movements and sounds 
.5
The Master of Disguise
Claudia Puig
Lacking even a hint of humor or a watchable story Disguise has distinguished itself as the summer s worst movie 
1
The Master of Disguise
Tom Keogh
It showcases Carvey s talent for voices but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one s patience to get to the good stuff 
1.5
The Master of Disguise
Mick LaSalle
At times it actually hurts to watch 
1
The Master of Disguise
David Elliott
A shapeless blob of desperate entertainment 
1.5
The Master of Disguise
Jan Stuart
A calamitous attempt at reviving the anarchic little kid spirit of Jerry Lewis 
0
The Master of Disguise
Dustin Putman
Only a human vegetable could have possibly viewed the final cut and not have had any vocal concerns about the submerged level of quality on display 
.5
The Master of Disguise
Jonathan Foreman
No one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through The Master of Disguise 
0
The Master of Disguise
Charles Savage
The Master of Disguise is full of jokes but just about the only one that provokes widespread giggles from the short pants set is the villain s tendency to have his maniacal laughing fits cut short by inadvertent toots of flatulence 
1
The Master of Disguise
Rick Groen
Despite all evidence to the contrary this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults 
1
The Master of Disguise
John Monaghan
A painfully unfunny mess 
1
The Master of Disguise
Jeff Vice
Pity first time filmmaker Perry Andelin Blake who tries to make the best of this mess despite being saddled with a star who seems to have no self restraint and who clearly has had his sense of what s funny and what s not seriously impaired 
0
The Master of Disguise
Steven Rosen
Neither Carvey nor semi competent director Perry Andelin Blake have the ability to sustain a scene or idea 
0
The Master of Disguise
Roger Ebert
The movie is a desperate miscalculation It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time 
1
The Master of Disguise
Reilly Capps
The Master of Disguise falls under the category of should have been a sketch on Saturday Night Live 
1
The Master of Disguise
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Master of Disguise finds Carvey woefully out of practice 
1
The Master of Disguise
Walter Chaw
The Master of Disguise is funny not ha ha funny dead circus performer funny And for all the wrong reasons besides 
0
The Master of Disguise
Chris Hewitt
It s as if you re watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak and it has been unearthed and released now when it has become even weaker 
0
The Master of Disguise
Steven Rea
Cruelly and brutally unfunny 
1
The Master of Disguise
Paul Doro
The Master of Disguise may have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch but a great movie it is not 
1.5
The Master of Disguise
James Berardinelli
A 75 minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless witless and devoid of anything resembling humor 
.5
The Master of Disguise
Tor Thorsen
A comedic train wreck that could very well make Carvey the next Joe Piscopo 
0
The Master of Disguise
Lou Carlozo
The Master of Disguise is a disjointed film that but for brief flashes of comedic verve should skip theatrical release and go straight to video 
1.5
The Master of Disguise
Steve Rhodes
Non stop bad slapstick When it can t think anything else to do the script falls back on those old reliables flatulence jokes and pratfalls 
1.5
The Master of Disguise
Rob Blackwelder
With a Spy Kids sequel opening next week why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a SNL has been acting like an 8 year old channeling Roberto Benigni 
1
Hiding and Seeking
Jordan Hiller
When the Daum s return from Israel in one of the most impactful scenes the boys sit with their maternal grandfather an old wrinkled Jew with a short white beard and ask him why he never tried to contact the Polish farmer who selflessly saved his life 
4
Hiding and Seeking
Ross Anthony
All religions today are in danger of being hijacked by extremists This quote and theme makes H S one of those poignant films with respect to current world events 
3
Hiding and Seeking
Elias Savada
If the film is a humanist s vision it is also is a genealogist s dream come true of spiritual and historical discovery despite insurmountable odds 
2.5
Hiding and Seeking
Janice Page
What makes the film both watchable and important is the candid untidy way it presents conflicting emotions and multiple points of view 
3
Hiding and Seeking
Paul Sherman
Ultimately Hiding and Seeking is about finding the humanity in all people This PBS bound documentary lives up to that ambitious ideal 
3
Hiding and Seeking
Lou Lumenick
With his filmmaking partner Oren Rudavsky Menachem Daum is a rare documentarian willing to explore the painful subject of some Orthodox Jews intolerance towards gentiles and he does it in a highly personal fashion 
3
Hiding and Seeking
John Anderson
Daum has ultimately made a heartfelt and rather brave film which probably had the potential of unsettling not just his viewers but the inner workings of his own family mechanism 
3
Hiding and Seeking
Ed Gonzalez
A heartbreaking life affirming journey of religious reconciliation 
3
Climas
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
the three stories Perez decided to tell all feel very intimate realistic and relevant to our contemporary society Full review in Spanish 
2.5
The District
V.A. Musetto
A tasty Hungarian goulash 
3
The District
Tom Keogh
By the time The District is over one might not have a clear idea what the film is about in a singular sense But as a free associating spoof of the modernworld it s a hoot 
3
Smiley Face
Michael Dequina
Faris s prodigious comic gifts can only go so far with a one note premise 
2.5
Smiley Face
Steve Ramos
Anna Faris receives a well deserved spotlight role and her funniest character to date in director Gregg Araki s stoner comedy Smiley Face 
3
Smiley Face
David Nusair
there s simply no overlooking the pervading vibe of silliness 
2
Smiley Face
Ken Fox
Working from a script by TV actor Dylan Haggerty director Araki manages to capture what he s been trying to say all along about the lives of the stoned and indifferent with the kind of effortlessness those earlier attempts sorely lacked 
3
Smiley Face
Jack Mathews
One shudders to think what Smiley Face might have been with someone like Paris Hilton in the role But Faris has this character a bright sweet college graduate with a temporarily incapacitated brain down perfect 
2.5
Smiley Face
Erik Childress
This is a full force all purpose performance by Faris with the kind of grace that would get winks from the likes of silent screen greats 
3
Smiley Face
Fernando F. Croce
Araki s latest is surprisingly mellow in its examination of ganja fueled apathy 
2
DC League of Super-Pets
David Nusair
46 46 46 a geared almost exclusively to small children endeavor that contains few elements designed to capture and sustain the interest of older viewers 46 46 46 
2
DC League of Super-Pets
Matt Brunson
Say this for the animated DC League of Super Pets 58 It apos s at least superior to practically every DCEU installment to date 40 this includes Zack Snyder apos s 16 hour cut of Justice League 44 both Suicide Squads 44 and any entry with Henry Cavill 41 46 
2.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Sarah Knight Adamson
The talented voice cast 44 along with the life lessons in the movie and the humorous 44 clever writing 44 make this movie a hit 46 
3.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Peter Canavese
An adequate animated family adventure comedy aimed at kids 44 generically plotted and thematically thin but one that gives new meaning to apos rescue pets 46 apos 
2
DC League of Super-Pets
Dwight Brown
It doesn t break the mold However it is sly wicked and so much fun Kids will laugh at the antics Adults will chuckle when they hear the puns jokes catty remarks and doggy banter 
3.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Dann Gire
For sheer animal magnetism these new movie characters can t be beat 
3.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Kevin Carr
With its heart and soul tied into the history of DC Comics 44 this spirited movie is great family fun 46 
3.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Mike McGranaghan
DC League of Super Pets stands apart 44 partially because it apos s animated 44 and partially because it doesn apos t need to adhere to quot canon quot or the exacting demands of a fan base 46 
3
DC League of Super-Pets
Mark Meszoros
It 8217 s a bit of a problem that a movie with Super Pets in its name is at its best when the heroes of the human variety are on the screen 44 but it still has just enough bark left in its bite when they 8217 re not 46 
2.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Nell Minow
A high concept animated film about animals with superpowers is brought to vibrant 44 endearing life by the superpowers behind the scenes 58 lively voice talent from an all star cast 44 91 and 93 a script that is smart 44 exciting 44 and very funny 46 
3.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Serena Puang
You don t need prior knowledge of the DC cinematic universe to enjoy Super Pets The heart and soul of the film is the relationship between pet and human Krypto and his friends overcoming insecurities and truly understanding those around you 
3
DC League of Super-Pets
Katie Walsh
8220 DC League of Super Pets 8221 isn 8217 t trying to break down the genre or trouble the already well established world 44 but rather 44 find some wiggle room to play with the familiar characters and insert some childlike wonder and earnestness 46 
2.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Jeff York
This animated take is as rat a tat funny as THE LEGO MOVIE and showcases slapstick that would make all those Minions blush 46 
4
DC League of Super-Pets
Doug Walker
Dwayne Johnson and Kate McKinnon are continually entertaining 44 everything else is a bit of a bore 46 
2.5 
DC League of Super-Pets
Steven Prokopy
The action and animation style are fairly standard 44 but that doesn apos t keep things from being thrilling 44 colorful 44 and hilarious at times 46 
3
DC League of Super-Pets
Randy Myers
This amiable animated adventure will delight its target audience while keeping parents amused just enough so that they won t check their phones 
2.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Mark Dujsik
The movie winks so much at its premise 44 characters 44 and plot that it loses all sense of any of them as anything other than a series of punch lines 46 
2
DC League of Super-Pets
Pablo O. Scholz
Has humor but not exaggeratedly so it s got action but it s not gonna make you feel like you re in a Russo brothers or Wachowski sisters film and it s got enough DC Comic Universe references to hook the big brothers cousins uncles and parents 
3
DC League of Super-Pets
Thomas Floyd
Crass commercialism aside the valiant voice cast and championing of animal companions earn Super Pets a slightly longer leash 
2.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Roger Moore
Mediocre quot content 44 quot with a smidgen of heart 46 
1.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Leo Brady
With a brilliant collection of actors to voice the pets with powers 44 directors Jared Stern and Sam Levine have made an animated adventure that is original 44 exciting 44 and constantly funny 46 
3
DC League of Super-Pets
Lindsey Bahr
Sometimes it s even easy to forget that when it comes down to it superheroes are for kids This makes DC League of Super Pets a straightforward cartoon with a sense of humor about itself and an all star voice cast somewhat refreshing 
2.5
DC League of Super-Pets
Zaki Hasan
A loving sampler platter full of big laughs and heart that will satisfy lifelong DC buffs while serving as the perfect on ramp to the universe for a whole new generation of young fans 
3
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Michele Kenner
Mr Lazarescu s ordeal will stick with you 
3
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Moira MacDonald
There s something about Fiscuteanu s quietly desperate performance with much of the emotion conveyed through his eyes that gets under your skin 
3
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Wesley Morris
As commentary it s grim As filmmaking it s a powerfully disturbing odyssey through the Bucharest health care system 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Janos Gereben
Extraordinary is used here in both meanings of the word highly unusual and exceptional 
3.5
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This two and half hour Romanian drama may sound like a trial but it s oddly warmly captivating 
3.5
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Ruthe Stein
The movie is a stunner so hypnotic that the length hardly matters 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Peter Canavese
The uniquely Eastern European brand of absurdity recalls the work of Vaclav Havel playwright and former President of Czechoslovakia At least it would be absurd if it weren t so credible 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Jeff Vice
As both a film and an indictment of health care practices it s scathing and effective 
3
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Steven Rea
By recording this all too commonplace and dehumanizing process Puiu s film shows the sick old man and the strangers who deal with him to be all too human extraordinarily so 
3.5
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Chris Hewitt
The film seems pitiless as it records every detail but as you watch a man who clings to life and an ambulance driver whose search for a hospital becomes a mythic quest what you re left with is compassion 
3.5
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Roger Ebert
I suspect medical professionals would see much they recognize in this movie The credits include a long list of technical advisers but it doesn t take an adviser to convince you the movie is authentic 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Michael Phillips
It takes a while to adjust to its rhythm but the Romanian film The Death of Mr Lazarescu is a rich strange and weirdly gratifying odyssey 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Ken Fox
It s full of humor pathos and a deep humanism that comes as a warm blast in this age of lifeless cinematic junk 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Stephen Whitty
The Death of Mr Lazarescu would seem to give its plot away with its title But as the movie itself demonstrates not everything is as it first seems 
3
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Jack Mathews
dark and overlong drama 
2.5
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Jan Stuart
The Death of Mr Lazarescu takes aim at the grotesqueries of the hospital experience with killing accuracy like a mallet blow to the knee that comes down harder than anticipated 
4
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Kyle Smith
It s supposed to be about a Kafkaesque experience Instead it is a Kafkaesque experience Why are we here Is everything absurd Is anyone in charge 
1.5
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Ed Gonzalez
The Death of Mr Lazarescu comes on like a force of nature radiating a startling intensity it demands to be reckoned with 
3.5
Søndagsengler
Steve Rhodes
A powerful film with simple heartfelt performances by all 
3
Adanggaman
John Petrakis
There are images that are shocking and disturbing 
2.5
Adanggaman
Lou Lumenick
Uneven but undeniably powerful 
2.5
West Beyrouth
Michael Dequina
A story worth telling 
3
When Brendan Met Trudy
Jason Anderson
Doyle should have spent more time on the story and less time in the video store searching for inspiration 
2.5
When Brendan Met Trudy
Blake French
tickles us with its peculiar sense of humor
3
When Brendan Met Trudy
Mike McGranaghan
About 15 minutes into the picture the story takes a sharp left turn never to return to normality Having the rug pulled out from under you has rarely been so much fun 
3.5
When Brendan Met Trudy
Rob Blackwelder
A cheeky romantic comedy that ardent film buffs will adore 
3
When Brendan Met Trudy
Pam Grady
Doyle s first work written directly for the screen and his most enchanting effort to date 
3.5
When Brendan Met Trudy
Susan Stark
It has highly appealing stars plenty of pep a delicately pointed sense of humor about everything from movie geeks to social climbers 
3
When Brendan Met Trudy
Roger Ebert
The movie works whether you identify the scenes or not 
3
When Brendan Met Trudy
James Berardinelli
Guaranteed to delight movie goers 
3
When Brendan Met Trudy
David N. Butterworth
By the time this longer than it need be film runs its course all the forced and frantic cleverness feels a little too obvious 
2
Zombies of Mora Tau
David Nusair
typically dull and entirely forgettable 
1
Delicatessen
Stephen Hunter
The movie take it from me is a lot more fun to sit through than to describe in a single sentence 
3
Delicatessen
Steven Rea
With its molelike inhabitants its sprawling war between flesh eaters and lentil men its achingly sweet love story and surrealist blend of dusty antiquities and 21st century gizmos Delicatessen is indescribably wild 
3.5
Delicatessen
Clifford Terry
All of this is handled in a breezy off handed nutsy manner as the superb cast combines to help bring it off 
3.5
Delicatessen
Peter Canavese
Serves up a stew that seems to be made of a little of everything from one hundred years of screen comedy seasoned with Grand Guignol Blu ray 
3
Delicatessen
Dennis King
If Rube Goldberg had concocted the film Eating Raoul it might have turned out something like Delicatessen 
3
Delicatessen
Paul Schrodt
Delicatessen uses its aggressive stylization and capricious visual contraptions as a form of imprisonment 
2
Delicatessen
Chris Hicks
This is about as dark as farce can get 
3
Delicatessen
James O'Ehley
Its content is wholly original 
4
Delicatessen
Ted Prigge
An amazing film filled with amazing style a wonderful off beat tone and some bits of satire which work with the film instead of being apart from it 
3.5
68 Kill
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m too frustrated by the stuff that keeps me ill at ease to give it a pass the uglier aspects of this hellacious road trip into madness rubbing me too far the wrong way 
2.5
68 Kill
Brian Tallerico
The kind of piece that needs to move 100MPH from first scene to last for you to overlook its flaws It slows down for too long to recommend the ride 
2
Class Action Park
Mattie Lucas
Its tonal shifts are often dizzying and don t seem to treat the subject with the gravity that it deserves 
2.5
Class Action Park
Michael Phillips
Everything about Action Park could kill you And it sometimes did as the wittily appalling HBO documentary Class Action Park makes clear 
3.5
Class Action Park
Nick Allen
A sharp funny and bizarrely responsible documentary 
3.5
Class Action Park
Mike McGranaghan
A non fiction film you ll watch with your jaw perpetually on the floor 
3.5
The Little Prince
Brian Eggert
So few animated films try anything outside of the realm of normalcy fortunately Osborne s film realizes normalcy is well boring 
3.5
The Little Prince
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A wonderfully creative soul soothing work 
3.5
The Little Prince
Josh Larsen
There is both a fragility and immediacy to the imagery as if watching it might give you a paper cut 
2.5
The Little Prince
Allyson Johnson
An instant classic for young and old the film capitalizes on the themes of identity what it means to grow up and the importance of staying curious with a gusto and enthusiasm that matches the film s young lead 
3.5
The Little Prince
David Wiegand
No child or adult for that matter will be able to resist the considerable charm of The Little Prince 
4
The Little Prince
Roger Moore
Lovely slow nostalgic and a bit over rated 
2.5
The Little Prince
Kent Turner
The film comes across as an homage and extravagant promo for the book 
2
The Little Prince
Kyle Smith
As fragile and beautiful as the beloved rose guarded by the wee fellow of the title 
3.5
The Little Prince
Richard Roeper
We ve yet to get a masterpiece level film adaptation of the classic novella The Little Prince but if and until that day comes this will do just nicely thank you very much 
3
The Little Prince
Stephen Whitty
The whole movie s done with great skill and artistry and while some of the original story s more philosophical moments have been toned down they haven t disappeared 
3
The Little Prince
Brian Tallerico
A film that everyone should be happy to show their children 
3
The Little Prince
Rick Bentley
Osborne s take on The Little Prince shows a reverence for the original story plus an understanding of what modern audiences want with a more linear story and bright animation 
3
The Little Prince
Chuck Bowen
As preachy and repetitive as The Little Prince can be it offers enough moments of poetry to keep it flirting with greatness or at least goodness 
2.5
The Little Prince
Chris Knight
If what is essential is invisible to the eye then The Little Prince has accomplished the impossible it has made the invisible visible and in 3D no less 
3.5
The Little Prince
Brad Wheeler
A whimsical journey in favour of following dreams and finding life s true loves a film for young audiences as well as for the oldies who ve lost their way 
3.5
The Little Prince
Peter Howell
This first feature screen animation of The Little Prince is a pleasure to behold but as with any journey the venture is not without risk 
3
The Little Prince
Steve Tilley
To be fair this homage to The Little Prince is a lovely story lovingly told And for the first two thirds of the movie it feels like one of the freshest animated films in ages 
3.5
City by the Sea
Michael Dequina
The film ends up as shallow as the thankless love interest role Frances McDormand somehow agreed to play here 
2.5
City by the Sea
Greg Maki
If Rebel Without a Cause were told from the father s perspective the result would probably be something like City by the Sea 
3.5
City by the Sea
Nick Rogers
We watch an esteemed actor discovering new nuances In turn it s a sublime reminder of the qualities that made Robert De Niro great not a gimmick 
3
City by the Sea
Sara Michelle Fetters
It doesn t help that much of City by the Sea plays so precisely lock step in the same order as so many other policiers It s difficult to muster up much excitement as the film lurches to its pre ordained conclusion 
2.5
City by the Sea
David Nusair
worth checking out for the performances 
2.5
City by the Sea
Joe Leydon
The burden falls upon the exceptionally fine cast to infuse the familiar material with emotional truth and a sense of urgency 
3
City by the Sea
James Kendrick
a provocative and gutsy thriller yet it s hard to escape the feeling that it brings up far more issues than it can possibly deal with
2.5
City by the Sea
Mark Dujsik
That this tale of family woe resembling the stuff of Greek tragedy actually happened makes the film absolutely devastating on a certain level 
3
City by the Sea
Gary Brown
A meandering gabfest 
2
City by the Sea
Mike McGranaghan
City by the Sea is a good film that yearns to be a great one 
3
City by the Sea
John Anderson
A film that doesn t just support the action to come but makes it seem inevitable 
3
City by the Sea
David Sterritt
I found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays 
2
City by the Sea
Frank Ochieng
If the film had only bothered to take it up a few notches and buck the superficial confines of a flavorless crime saga then this vehicle would have been a lot more appetizing in its zealous state 
2
City by the Sea
Linda Cook
A true drama that seldom gets swept away by melodrama 
3
City by the Sea
Dustin Putman
The performances deserve mentioning because there is little else that proves worthwhile 
2
City by the Sea
Mark Ramsey
DeNiro s sporting a mullet What are you gonna do Detective Bobby read me my achy breaky rights 
1
City by the Sea
Claudia Puig
It s a run of the mill cop thriller but also a gripping family drama 
2.5
City by the Sea
Moira MacDonald
The real Vincent LaMarca has lived a life that s the stuff of Greek tragedy Too bad this film can t quite do it justice 
2.5
City by the Sea
Mick LaSalle
De Niro has been showing us great stuff for 30 years now but in this movie he shows us something new 
3
City by the Sea
David Elliott
If you were to film an episode of Cops in the emotionally congested spirit of Dostoyevsky trying to illustrate the biblical theme of sins of the fathers passed on to their sons then you might end up with a movie as overblown as City By the Sea 
2
City by the Sea
Joe Baltake
An honorable film that works as a nagging missed opportunity 
3
City by the Sea
Peter Travers
De Niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork But like Bruce Springsteen s gone to pot Asbury Park New Jersey this sad sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins 
1
City by the Sea
Lou Lumenick
A murky vaguely fact based melodrama that quickly sinks into the same swamp as such recent De Niro mistakes as 15 Minutes and Showtime 
2
City by the Sea
Rene Rodriguez
City by the Sea suffers from dialogue that often sounds like convenient exposition as well as from a climax that feels too pat and prosaic But the film is peppered with small explosive scenes that have a refreshing complexity 
2.5
City by the Sea
Rick Groen
City by the Sea falls a script short of bliss we ll have to settle for occasional contentment 
2.5
City by the Sea
Susan Stark
A thoughtful provocative insistently humanizing film 
3
City by the Sea
Terry Lawson
A good cop movie with fine performances 
3
City by the Sea
Jeff Vice
The film starts promisingly but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work 
2
City by the Sea
Bob Strauss
City by the Sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for But how it washed out despite all of that is the project s prime mystery 
2.5
City by the Sea
Roger Ebert
In its workmanship it aspires not to be remarkable but to be well made dependable moving us because of the hurt in the hero s eyes 
3
City by the Sea
Sam Allis
City by the Sea begins life in great health only to be strangled in its crib by bad writing 
2.5
City by the Sea
Jon Niccum
Those expecting to see a lot of shoot outs better be ready to sit through a greater barrage of conversations 
2.5
City by the Sea
Phil Villarreal
The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese s Taxi Driver and Goodfellas but this film speaks for itself 
4
City by the Sea
Forrest Hartman
Just as I d reserved myself to the notion that Robert De Niro would coast through the rest of his career he turns in one of the year s most powerful performances 
3.5
City by the Sea
Chris Hewitt
A TV movie is still a TV movie even if it s shown in theaters 
2
City by the Sea
Bruce Newman
Like a book you can t put down this is one of the rare movies that simply keeps getting better and better 
3
City by the Sea
Tor Thorsen
If you ignore the cliches and concentrate on City by the Sea s interpersonal drama it ain t half bad 
3
City by the Sea
Steven Rea
Too long and larded with exposition this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community 
2.5
City by the Sea
Jeffrey Westhoff
Unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script 
2
City by the Sea
James Berardinelli
Those who venture into a theater playing City by the Sea will find their two hours well spent
3
City by the Sea
Michael Wilmington
All movie long City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other but in the end it stays in formula which is a waste of De Niro McDormand and the other good actors in the cast 
2.5
City by the Sea
Josh Larsen
does with artful subtlety what Road to Perdition did with artsy pretension 
3.5
City by the Sea
Rob Blackwelder
Paints such an authentic vivid picture of the fictional Vincent s life that most of the film doesn t feel conspicuously scripted The ending however screams Hollywood 
3
City by the Sea
Tony Toscano
De Niro and McDormand give solid performances but their screen time is sabotaged by the story s inability to create interest 
2
City by the Sea
Walter Chaw
Essentially a broad and laggard melodrama packed with unconvincing highs and unmoving lows 
1
City by the Sea
Ed Gonzalez
Past the Road to Perdition lies City by the Sea Michael Caton Jones s equally rote tale of father son friction 
2
City by the Sea
Harvey S. Karten
The acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal Mart checkout line 
2.5
City by the Sea
Steve Rhodes
The story is much more interested in the characters than the detective work 
3
City by the Sea
Ross Anthony
Just can t quite keep its pilot light burning 
1.5
The Birder
David Nusair
Oddball to the point of annoyance 
2
The Birder
Linda Barnard
The Birder does what it can to be endearing with its tale of a professional flap in the cutthroat world of ornithology but it struggles to get off the ground 
2
Cheaters
David Nusair
Cheaters is more than just movie of the week fodder 
3
Lotus Eaters
Perry Seibert
Sadly there s a fatalism to the entire narrative that veers into outright melodramatic scolding in the movie s final images 
2
Lotus Eaters
Diego Semerene
The free spirit ness of its characters is certainly mirrored in the film s aesthetic playfulness but the initial glimmer of Fassbinder esque expression quickly veers toward Xavier Dolan grade affectation 
2.5
The American
Mattie Lucas
This is engaging stuff a compelling and finely tuned thriller that reminds us just what a star Clooney is while deftly deconstructing the very Hollywood persona he represents 
3.5
The American
Michael Dequina
That the film through these slow poetic paces remains engrossing engaging and ultimately oddly affecting is a testament to Clooney s terrific performance 
3
The American
Jeff Beck
The filmmakers seem to have forgotten that it takes more than a brooding assassin to engage the audience for the full runtime of the film Moreover if that character isn t involved in an interesting narrative they ll have even less reason to care 
2
The American
Wesley Lovell
It may not be the fast paced assassin thriller you might expect but it benefits more from that than anything else 
3.5
The American
Walter Chaw
suggests that we ve lost everything but our desire to be better and in the end it lets us decide whether that s good enough 
3.5
The American
Sean P. Means
Corbijn extracts from Rowan Joffe s screenplay a pensive mood of impending dread but it can be a bit aggravating waiting for the hammer to fall 
2.5
The American
Lisa Ann Cockrel
If Terrence Malick were to put his gloss on Jason Bourne the result might be something like The American a visually compelling thriller from director Anton Corbijn 
3
The American
Linda Cook
George Clooney stars in The American a foreign art house film 
3.5
The American
John Wirt
An American movie star an Italian leading lady a Dutch director and a British screenwriter pool their talents for for the best crafted American film of the year 
4
The American
Eric Melin
What makes it work as a thriller is not what it shows but what it leaves out 
3
The American
Rob Thomas
If The American isn t a masterpiece it s still a cool minimalist thriller that features gorgeous camera work by Corbijn and a strong understated performance by Clooney 
3
The American
Matt Brunson
The title of George Clooney s latest would suggest that here s a film reminiscent of Mom and apple pie In truth the picture has more in common with Padre and panna cotta 
2.5
The American
James Kendrick
slow methodical and riveting
3.5
The American
Ann Hornaday
While cinema lovers can cheer a director willing to buck the fashion for sensory overload The American can t rightly be called a success 
2
The American
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I enjoyed and am recommending The American as a victory of style over substance 
3
The American
Lisa Kennedy
If you re expecting a star propelled thriller with the usual bob weave and one two punch this isn t your ticket 
2.5
The American
Bob Bloom
This slow moving drama starring George Clooney continuously builds tension like a smoking volcano waiting to erupt but when the expected does occur it is not only anticipated but a letdown 
3
The American
John Beifuss
The precision of the shots which suggests a methodical approach to filmmaking mirrors the painstaking professionalism that defines the lead character 
3
The American
Peter Canavese
If it s half baked Italian modernism you re after you ve come to the right place 
2
The American
Mike Scott
A slumberous glacially paced bore with George Clooney on the poster
2
The American
Robert W. Butler
It s like ordering a hamburger and getting escargot Which is OK if you like snail but it s an acquired taste 
2.5
The American
Liam Lacey
The dread in the film is so quickly forgotten What remains is an urge to fly to Italy rent an apartment in a medieval city and invent your own adventure 
2
The American
James Berardinelli
Anyone who understands what The American offers should come away pleased with the final product 
3
The American
Moira MacDonald
Clooney shucks off his movie star charm and lets us see something quite different an unsmiling man with a set jaw an unblinking stillness and an air of quiet mystery 
3
The American
Stephen Whitty
It has a cold compelling focus And like its hero when it does finally pull the trigger it soundly hits the bull s eye 
3
The American
Peter Travers
Still The American is remote to a fault Like Jack George Clooney it seems in danger of turning to stone 
2.5
The American
Christopher Lloyd
The American is a spare tightly wound thriller that is less the story of a man who kills for a living than what that life has extracted from his soul 
3.5
The American
Christian Toto
No shaky cam No logic defying stunts But The American also lacks a pulse 
2
The American
Keith Cohen
This sophisticated low key drama has all the trappings of a foreign art house film The languid pacing of this time waster should prove to be an instant cure for insomnia The visual eye candy doesn t compensate for a disjointed story where 
1.5
The American
Michael Smith
Clooney further solidifies himself as the modern cinematic model of the disillusioned American male
3
The American
Sara Michelle Fetters
I enjoyed this picture quite a bit The mood is spot on right from the start and I found myself very intrigued by Jack curious to discover his methods and interested in knowing if he would be able to escape his past 
3
The American
Sean O'Connell
Much like the town that hides Jack The American is a beautiful relic an honorable homage to films of the past 
3
The American
Erik Childress
The film becomes an interesting statement about our recent government s involvement in global affairs and an intimately tense tale of a man capable of more than just the violence he causes 
3.5
The American
Lawrence Toppman
There s a difference between ambiguity and lack of detail and Joffe and Corbijn don t seem to know what it is 
2
The American
A.O. Scott
The American is never less than gorgeous And the oblique approach it takes to what is a fairly standard plot creates a mood of suspense quickened by the accelerated heartbeat of Herbert Grönemeyer s unobtrusive music 
3
The American
Calvin Wilson
Clooney turns in an intense performance that owes little to his usual roguish charm 
3
The American
Michael Phillips
I enjoyed the film for its surfaces most of the way Its pictorial assurance is undeniable So is its destiny as an audience divider 
2.5
The American
Kyle Smith
A pretentious Euro snore that should occasion a fraud prosecution for any marketer who calls it a thriller and which stars an actor who seems to wish his name were Jorg Clooné 
1
The American
Rene Rodriguez
Corbijn makes the familiar strange focusing on details other filmmakers would gloss over 
3
The American
Amy Biancolli
It does for hit men what Up in the Air did for frequent flying corporate terminators minus the comic tang 
3
The American
Peter Howell
The film s many pleasures are in its slow reveals the dangerously enchanting scenery being among them There is much of Roman Polanski s cold eye for beauty in Corbijn s work 
3
The American
Chris Hewitt
The problem lies with director Anton Corbijn who has no feel for the material 
1.5
The American
Graham Killeen
While Corbijn attempts to humanize his espionage thriller genre expectations too often disarm what could have been hair trigger drama 
2.5
The American
Claudia Puig
Clooney plays the enigmatic title character with mature confidence 
3
The American
Carrie Rickey
The film from Dutch director Anton Corbijn is as meticulous enigmatic and restrained as its protagonist 
3
The American
Jeff Vice
The beautiful Italian scenery is almost worth the price of admission by itself 
3
The American
Wesley Morris
Given the paucity of serious adult moviemaking that shows up in American megaplexes it s almost ungrateful to turn up your nose when one arrives But this isn t that serious a movie 
2
The American
Peter Keough
Movie allusions ultimately do Corbijn in he breaks the unwritten rule never to show a scene from a movie that s better than yours 
2.5
The American
Roger Ebert
Here is a gripping film with the focus of a Japanese drama an impenetrable character to equal Alain Delon s in Le Samourai by Jean Pierre Melville 
4
The American
Roger Moore
Crisp compact and cryptic The American is a standard issue hit man thriller tailor made for George Clooney 
3
The American
Willie Waffle
Paris Hilton puts more effort and thought into her alibis 
2
The American
Dustin Putman
The journey taken by Jack Edward as he walks among the stucco buildings curving stairways mountainous slopes and ancient architecture is meditative and dreamlike an elegiac wanderlust 
3
The American
Josh Larsen
cleverly disconcertingly hushed 
3
The American
Bill Weber
George Clooney is a somber guilt wracked assassin hiding out in mountainous central Italy but despite the bleak sheen and Anton Corbijn s spatial dexterity the script goes all Up in the Air 
2.5
Nate and Hayes
David Nusair
Old fashioned but far from compelling 
2
Nate and Hayes
Roger Ebert
Nate and Hayes is one of the more inexplicable films I ve encountered recently The part I can t explain is Why did they make it The movie is a loud confusing pointless mess that never seems to make up its mind whether to be a farce or an adventure 
1
Tu me manques
David Reddish
Tu me Manques is the rare kind of movie that moves us both to feel for its characters and to ask questions about how gay men suppressing their trauma breeds toxicity of its own 
3
Tu me manques
Randy Myers
Bellott s film is often melodramatic but that works given where the story ends If you like Pedro Almodovar s films you ll enjoy this 
3
The Golden Era
Emily Condon
Sadly the tale doesn t always keep pace with the ethereal aesthetic 
2.5
Squirm
Matt Brunson
Squirm bests those films that feature a cast of thousands since its cast of real worms numbers in the hundreds of thousands 
2.5
Squirm
John Beifuss
The Fibber McGee s worst nightmare scene in which a closet door is opened to reveal a floor to ceiling block of worms that cascades over the unlucky door opener deserves a place of honor in any gross out montage 
3
Squirm
Mike McGranaghan
Cheesy as can be 
1.5
To the Beat!
Roger Moore
Harmless cute dancing but dull characters make for a boring tween and pre tween comedy 
1.5
End of Watch
Brian Eggert
Though Ayer 8217 s screenplay resorts to some of the clich 233 s we associate with the genre 44 the performances are so strong that we hardly care 46 
3
End of Watch
Michael Phillips
Gyllenhaal and Pena are after a lived in camaraderie and a street level realism Pena especially succeeds you buy him every second 
3
End of Watch
Jake Mulligan
It leaves you wondering who is filming the Gyllenhaal Anna Kendrick love scenes 
1
End of Watch
John Beifuss
The lo fi visuals energize what otherwise would be a traditionally romantic saga of police sacrifice heroism and tragedy 
3
End of Watch
David Nusair
A typically gritty effort from David Ayer 
2.5
End of Watch
Robert Levin
Writer director David Ayer drives home the existential displacement that must come with being a cop on a dangerous patrol 
3
End of Watch
Mike McGranaghan
End of Watch is like an episode of Cops where the cops are also the people who make Cops That concept may not sound good but it somehow did produce one of the most intense police dramas I ve ever seen 
3.5
End of Watch
Erik Childress
A serviceable cop flick with two solid central performances Two men riding around in a car is to David Ayer what hands on wheat is to Terrence Malick 
3
End of Watch
James Kendrick
a potentially powerful story about the lethal daily grind of patrolling South Central Los Angeles that is wrecked by misguided aesthetics
2.5
End of Watch
Peter Canavese
The milieu End of Watch introduces as Once upon a time in South Central may feel a bit old hat 
2.5
End of Watch
Perry Seibert
End of Watch is so inventive and so anchored by two highly enjoyable performances that it makes for one of the more singular if not entirely successful entries in a genre that often suffers from stale sameness 
3
End of Watch
Rick Groen
End of Watch suffers from no end of sanctimony 
2.5
End of Watch
Rafer Guzman
Ayer keeps wrecking the sense of realism he s trying to build 
2
End of Watch
Lou Lumenick
Gyllenhaal and Pena have great chemistry together in their best performances to date 
3
End of Watch
Michael O'Sullivan
A portrait of law enforcement under pressure that is as ennobling as it is gritty 
2.5
End of Watch
Mark Dujsik
Once one gets past the obvious artifice and lack of internal logic in the execution of the gimmick it lends some legitimate immediacy to the proceedings 
3
End of Watch
Dustin Putman
When End of Watch works it compels with an immediacy few filmmakers can hope to achieve It s worth stepping over the occasional indiscretions to get to the good stuff 
2.5
End of Watch
Amy Biancolli
The best scenes are filmed inside the cruiser dashboard shots that face inward instead of out catching Gyllenhaal and Peña in moments so playful and true they make all other buddy cops look bogus by comparison 
4
End of Watch
Claudia Puig
The shaky camera work often a gimmicky stylistic option is an effective choice here both as a story element and a technique 
3
End of Watch
Steven Rea
It s not a pretty job But it s a pretty awesome film 
3.5
End of Watch
Gary Thompson
A lively vivid piece of work 
3.5
End of Watch
Wesley Morris
There are 6 million cop shows on television right now On none of them have I heard two men speak to each other with as much natural affinity as these two 
2.5
End of Watch
Chris Hewitt
It s strong stuff and it s outstanding 
3.5
End of Watch
Peter Travers
End of Watch gives you the savage whoosh of being on a job that can get you killed 
2.5
End of Watch
Jon Niccum
Hollywood has seldom delivered a buddy cop picture with this much potency 
3.5
End of Watch
James Berardinelli
For those who can handle Ayer s overuse of the shaky cam approach on the big screen End of Watch is satisfying and emotionally potent 
3.5
End of Watch
Matt Pais
Refreshingly resists adhering to an episodic encounter with a specific group It s just two men protecting themselves and each other 
3
End of Watch
Josh Larsen
like a Tony Scott film made with less flair and cheaper equipment 
2
End of Watch
Roger Moore
The writer of Training Day and Harsh Times brings us a vivid series of impressionistic sketches of a year in the lives of two Los Angeles police officers 
3
End of Watch
Soren Andersen
End of Watch feels new Fresh Immediate Watching it it s almost as though you re seeing a cop movie for the first time 
4
End of Watch
Peter Howell
After so many films not just Ayer s where LAPD cops are depicted as corrupt homicidal or suicidal it s refreshing to see one where the boys in blue really are the good guys for a change 
3
End of Watch
Roger Ebert
End of Watch is one of the best police movies in recent years a virtuoso fusion of performances and often startling action 
4
End of Watch
Glenn Heath Jr.
David Ayer s End of Watch is pure frat boy fantasy the video game to Southland s great American novel 
1.5
End of Watch
Christy Lemire
From the brutal daily violence to the dramatic final act End of Watch itself remains thrilling and uncompromising 
3
Shakti: The Power
Michael Dequina
Karisma Kapoor delivers a powerful performance 
3
The Worst Ones
Katie Rife
8220 The Worst Ones 8221 stays true to itself 46 
3.5
The Worst Ones
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he film overlooks or bypasses certain things 44 but the struggles and challenges these kids face definitely aren apos t among them 46 
3
The Worst Ones
Clayton Dillard
Part of what makes The Worst Ones tick with a pace close to that of a thriller is its self reflexive relationship to genre and knack for referentiality 46 
3
The Vanished Elephant
Moira MacDonald
The result is a stylish inventive film that kept me intrigued even as its story twisted so mightily I feared it might snap 
3
The Vanished Elephant
James Berardinelli
Javier Fuentes Leon s little gem is unpolished and rough around the edges but it shines brightly enough to be worth a couple hours viewing time 
3
The Vanished Elephant
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
With its complex storyline high production values solid script and well developed symbolism The Vanished Elephant is a unique Peruvian movie Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Vanished Elephant
David Nusair
a sporadically watchable yet wholeheartedly underwhelming art house experiment 
2
Paradise: Hope
Marty Mapes
Funny tense conclusion to Seidl s provocative Paradise trilogy
3
Paradise: Hope
Farran Smith Nehme
This is by some distance the best movie of the three and it showcases the impeccable symmetry of Seidl s compositions while retaining his compulsion to wag a finger in your face 
2.5
Paradise: Hope
Steven Boone
Seidl s camera always stands back to let the women s environments and their orientation within them tell their stories in a way that can inspire compassionate recognition 
4
Paradise: Hope
David Lee Dallas
The third and final film in Ulrich Seidl s Paradise trilogy navigates a narrow space between tenderness and cruelty 
3
Paradise: Hope
Rene Rodriguez
The film stands alone as a tender portrait of adolescence at its most vulnerable and how we manage to survive it even when surrounded by predators and wolves 
3
Ghost Stories
Federico Furzan
A scary story that stumbles due to the style it adopts but whose twist saves it Sort of Review in Spanish 
2.5
Ghost Stories
Joe Friar
A rollercoaster ride from hell that keeps the audience entertained with a well written screenplay that s backed by snazzy cinematography slick editing and enjoyable performances 
3
Ghost Stories
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Good anthology movie of ghostly episodes 
1.5
Ghost Stories
Dustin Putman
A rattling scare show with a brain Defies expectations by shattering conventions of the classic horror anthology style 
3.5
Ghost Stories
Walter Chaw
Ghost Stories feels like something famous people have done as favours for one another 
2
Ghost Stories
Anita Katz
Packed with jump scares cryptic clues eerie beings references to other horror fare and stand alone head shaking weirdness the movie is an entertainingly creepy little chill ride laced with psychodrama 
3
Ghost Stories
Gary Thompson
It s smartly written and well acted most of the performers reprise their roles from the stage and their timing is expert and assured 
3
Ghost Stories
Peter Hartlaub
The filmmakers trust the audience and benefit from a trio of excellent performances by the subjects of each story 
3
Ghost Stories
Isaac Feldberg
Ghost Stories is nothing if not nostalgic for old fashioned creepshows that send a mordant chill down the spine shadows as sinister as the specters within them and audiences freshly eager to peer into both 
3
Ghost Stories
Michael O'Sullivan
It s still a horror movie all right but the nature of the fright is less supernatural and more solid 
2.5
Ghost Stories
Sara Michelle Fetters
Ghost Stories isn t necessarily the horror anthology one thinks it is going to be entering the theatre That s great because what Dyson and Nyman have crafted is so much more personal and emotionally invigorating 
3
Ghost Stories
Brian Tallerico
Ghost Stories doesn t reinvent the wheel in any way but it owes a debt to films that modern genre filmmakers might have forgotten 
3
Ghost Stories
Mark Dujsik
The only things we really get from each story are frightening entities appearing in frame loud musical stings and an anticlimactic resolution 
2
Ghost Stories
Roger Moore
Alex Lawther delivers a Blair Witch Insidious level of terrified that becomes a new yardstick to measure horror movie acting against 
3
Ghost Stories
Mike McGranaghan
A stylishly made picture combining a retro horror feel with a modern sensibility Ghost Stories is absolutely one of 2018 s don t miss it horror events 
3.5
Ghost Stories
Josh Wise
In Ghost Stories there are chills that linger and lick at your nerve endings but Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman put everything at a remove 
2.5
Morning Sun
G. Allen Johnson
A densely packed documentary that is about as comprehensive a look at the Cultural Revolution as can be imagined in a two hour work 
4
Morning Sun
V.A. Musetto
A gripping look at Mao s Cultural Revolution 
3
Morning Sun
Ty Burr
The first film to stand back and take a good hard look at the era and it has the force of shameful secrets being hung out in the air 
3.5
Repentance
Kam Williams
The Silence of the Butler 
1.5
Skinned Deep
Matt Brunson
The movie is simply too bizarre to completely dismiss 
2
Gandhi
Dann Gire
Gandhi is exactly what a great motion picture should be It s uplifting inspiring enthralling provocative educational and entertaining 
4
Gandhi
Richard Christiansen
The movie finally lacks the essential spark of artistry that illuminates the greatest of these epic biographies Lawrence of Arabia But in a naughty world it is a good work nonetheless 
3
Gandhi
Elston Brooks
The truly epic film is with us once again in Gandhi and with it comes an absolutely towering performance by British stage actor Ben Kingsley who makes a stunning film debut in the title role 
4
Gandhi
Terry Lawson
Gandhi is portrayed by Ben Kingsley who gives an uncanny and charismatic performance and he is assisted by some of India s finest character actors 
4
Gandhi
Bill Cosford
It is never more than a movie biography the classic biopic Its bigness comes from Kingsley and the memories of the man he plays and Gandhi fails to transcend either 
2.5
Gandhi
Bill Morrison
The cast is too large the perfect moments too many One can t begin to point out the pleasures the truly profound pleasures of this richly entertaining work 
3.5
Gandhi
Joseph Gelmis
Gandhi is not a dazzling swashbuckler biography like Lawrence of Arabia It is however an outstanding example of traditional excellence in film crafting and performance It respects the viewer and its subject 
3.5
Gandhi
John Stark
Though not overly enlightening the film is coherent Most of its parts fit together like pieces of a mosaic Attenborough has instilled a quiet dignity into each scene 
3
Gandhi
Susie Eisenhuth
Attenborough s film is not only educational it is inspirational and it really should be seen 
4
Gandhi
Fernando F. Croce
Gandhi is less personal than Reds but also less complacent than Chariots of Fire and less doddering than Lean s own orderly post colonial apologia A Passage to India 
2
Gandhi
Wesley Lovell
Every bit the biopic that Patton was Gandhi is emotionally engaging but taxing on the viewer s stamina Ben Kingsley is astounding 
3
Gandhi
Roger Ebert
A remarkable experience 
4
Gandhi
Jeremy Heilman
It s really not nearly as bad as I feared it might be 
3.5
Bring It On: In It to Win It
Kam Williams
How long will African American females continue to be portrayed by Hollywood in such an offensive demeaning bizarre and degenerate fashion 
0
Irma La Douce
Walter Chaw
A marriage of paradoxes 
3.5
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
David Keyes
In a world where the universe is meant to crush our aspirations seldom has there been a film made that has been so honest about such ideas or as poetic 
3.5
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Walter Chaw
Stuffed with obscure images and silent passages of profound frightening insight 
3.5
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Jeremy Heilman
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser achieves timelessness through its satire and its sensibilities seem less stodgy than in most period films 
4
Drive Angry
Roger Moore
A little respect please for His Satanic Majesty Nicolas Cage Nobody else could have made this work or would have wanted to 
2.5
Drive Angry
Jeff Beck
Drive Angry 3D ends up failing pretty badly as it doesn t even come close to being a grindhouse film or entertaining 
1.5
Drive Angry
David Nusair
a tedious waste of time 
1.5
Drive Angry
Linda Cook
Drive Angry is all over the road 
2
Drive Angry
Matt Brunson
Whereas the recent Machete managed to both pay homage to its celluloid ancestors while emerging as an entertaining movie in its own right this one ultimately proves to be a drag getting off to a gleeful start before losing its way 
2
Drive Angry
John Beifuss
A calculatedly over the top grindhouse inspired rabble rouser marred by the self congratulatory hipness of its callously comic attitude toward violence 
2.5
Drive Angry
Peter Keough
It s like a discarded episode from Grindhouse only longer and less funny 
2
Drive Angry
Simon Abrams
While serious minded critics are still trying to figure out what 3D can do to enhance the cinematic experience director Patrick Lussier is having a blast with the as of now gratuitously revived technology 
2.5
Drive Angry
Scott Nash
A thrill ride in the driver s seat of a souped up 69 Dodge Charger 
3.5
Drive Angry
James Berardinelli
The appeal of Drive Angry is much the same as that of Piranha a willingness to revel in absurdity to the degree where the exhilaration is infectious 
3
Drive Angry
James Kendrick
Loud vicious tasteless and inane it thunders at you from every direction with a wild abandon that is more irritating and desperate than enlivening
1.5
Drive Angry
Peter Travers
Being stoned or otherwise buzzed might help 
1.5
Drive Angry
Michael Phillips
Another John Milton wrote Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven Cage s character would concur heartily before reloading 
2.5
Drive Angry
Stephen Whitty
It s hard to care when the CGI is so obvious and Cage s character so clearly invincible 
1.5
Drive Angry
Roger Ebert
I can t say I enjoyed it But I can appreciate it It offends every standard of taste except bad But it is well made 
2
Drive Angry
Erik Childress
The result is a director working within the cozy confines of a gimmick rather than rising to the skill level necessary to pull something this nutty off 
2
Drive Angry
Liam Lacey
To its shameless credit Drive Angry has a knack for stacking its clichs in mind boggling arrangements 
2
Drive Angry
Dustin Putman
When Cage battles a roomful of bad guys while having sex with a big breasted waitress and smoking a cigar it s a highlight that reaffirms the film s auspicious sense of humor 
2.5
Drive Angry
Phil Villarreal
It s all in 3D which may sound cool but is actually a flaw because Nicolas Cage experiences everything in approximately 8D 
3.5
Drive Angry
Peter Howell
A movie that could have left skid marks on our psyche in 3 D no less instead drives us to distraction with verbose line readings that kill momentum worse than a police flashlight shining through a parked windshield 
2
Animal Crackers
Roger Moore
It s all harmless if almost charmless rendered in different shades of bland 
1.5
Animal Crackers
Nell Minow
Everything moves along briskly punctuated with colorful characters animal and human and lively musical numbers 
3
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Soren Andersen
A shaggy dog documentary made on a shoestring the ironically titled Beaver Trilogy Part IV examines how seductive and destructive can be the desire for fame 
2.5
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Dwight Brown
Timely Illuminating Required viewing 
3
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Sean P. Means
All In is a rabble rousing documentary with a simple message If your vote wasn t valuable people wouldn t be working so hard to steal it 
3.5
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Lisa Trifone
The film s most compelling moments are actually the more academic ones as it explores the ins and outs of a history of voting in America 
3
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Anita Katz
It all adds up to an edifying and timely picture of a crucial issue about which most of us are only superficially knowledgeable 
3
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Cate Marquis
A technically polished effectively spot on look at the history and current state of voting rights making it a must see in this critical time 
3.5
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Rob Thomas
The film ends with a call to action but it provides no illusions that 2020 won t be just the latest round in a seemingly unending fight for America to live up to the promise it made so long ago 
3
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Odie Henderson
A valuable public service wrapped in an educational informative and engaging documentary 
3.5
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Mark Dujsik
At this immediate point in our history it s essential viewing 
3.5
The New Girlfriend
Peter Canavese
A strong thematic undercurrent pits bourgeois social conventions against authentic self definition and ultimate freedom to live without shame or undue social limitations 
3.5
The New Girlfriend
Mark Dujsik
What is surprising is how conventionally the screenplay begins to wrap up this story and how blatantly manipulative its methods are in order to do so 
2.5
The New Girlfriend
Bob Bloom
Duris creates a sensitive and moving character a confused soul lost without his wife who was the anchor of his life 
2.5
The New Girlfriend
Michael Phillips
It s less than it should ve been and a little mild But Ozon makes it glide with confidence in or out of heels 
2.5
The New Girlfriend
Rex Reed
The New Girlfriend is a funny delicate subtly flavored dish deliciously prepared by Franois Ozon idiosyncratic and unforgettable 
3
The New Girlfriend
Peter Sobczynski
A wildly entertaining work one that manages to be simultaneously funny touching slightly unnerving and undeniably sexy to behold regardless of where your predilections may lie 
4
The New Girlfriend
Robert Horton
If this movie had been made 20 years ago it might have had a little more kink to it but now although it s expertly done it s a little late to the transgressive party Even bad boys lose their edge 
2.5
The New Girlfriend
Tom Keogh
The rules governing desire are nonexistent in The New Girlfriend an unusual work of psychological mystery sans thriller elements but with a subtle dose of comic satire 
3
The New Girlfriend
Tirdad Derakhshani
Exceptionally graceful and accomplished Ozon s film challenges our received notions of normalcy intimacy and love 
3.5
The New Girlfriend
Mick LaSalle
There s a cruel comedy lying in wait for these characters but their creator is protecting them 
2
The New Girlfriend
Alan Zilberman
In Ozon s confident hands The New Girlfriend has moments that juxtapose gentle humor and surprising depth of feeling 
3
The New Girlfriend
Farran Smith Nehme
The film has a nice sense of female friendships emotional depth 
2.5
The New Girlfriend
Kent Turner
Breezy and brash All of the lead and appealing characters run riot on the Kinsey scale of sexuality 
3
The New Girlfriend
David Nusair
A typically uneven effort from Franois Ozon 
2
Speed-Dating
Diego Semerene
The only thing perhaps scarier than being surprised by the gay monster is apparently mistaking a tranny for a real woman 
.5
Speed-Dating
Kam Williams
A titillating tribute to the novel notion of strangers with benefits 
2
The Condemned
Charlie Schmidlin
The Condemned is nothing but a creaky faade 
1
The Condemned
Steve Macfarlane
It adds up to a methodically bland intellectually sluggish exercise in guilt tripping that s nonetheless still more interested in its rich and sexy characters than the supposed unfortunates 
1.5
Festival
Roger Ebert
It would have been easy to get cheap laughs by cutting from the traditional performers to the college kids but Lerner went for depth instead 
3.5
Person to Person
G. Allen Johnson
The Big Apple has never looked so small and inconsequential 
1
Person to Person
Christy Lemire
A solid cast whose talents mostly go to waste and a movie that meanders from one moment to the next without much momentum 
1.5
Person to Person
Roger Moore
There s a lot going on here very little of it the least bit interesting 
2
Person to Person
Elise Nakhnikian
The uneven quality of Person to Person s stories and the inconsequential feel of much of what happens make the film feel a little like a stroll through the city 
2.5
Robot & Frank
Roger Moore
More humorous than funny more charming than truly entertaining 
2
Robot & Frank
John Beifuss
This blend of sentiment and genre fancy is not unlike something Ray Bradbury might have contrived for The Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction 
3
Robot & Frank
Chris Foran
Robot Frank is a study of a man who lives with his past mistakes but can t shake how truly alive they made him feel when he was making them regardless of what they cost him 
3
Robot & Frank
Sean P. Means
They get the robot right with fluid movement by dancer Rachael Ma and canned warmth in its user friendly voice performed by Peter Sarsgaard 
2.5
Robot & Frank
David Frese
Robot Frank is so endearing it s easy to forget it s science fiction 
3
Robot & Frank
Liam Lacey
Much of Robot Frank is frankly resistible including the climactic narrative twist but there is also a likeable oddness that transcends the sentimental contrivance 
2.5
Robot & Frank
Rafer Guzman
An endearing movie about a human and his mechanical new buddy 
3
Robot & Frank
Michael O'Sullivan
Just about the time that Robot starts to grow on his curmudgeonly client so may this movie a sci fi fantasia that s surprisingly sweet and old fashioned win over any skeptics 
2.5
Robot & Frank
Alison Gang
A bittersweet quietly hilarious buddy caper that deserves to be the sleeper hit of the summer 
3.5
Robot & Frank
Peter Canavese
Cold staring with a black reflective visor a robot helps a fading old man to see life and himself more clearly 
3
Robot & Frank
Mick LaSalle
Turns out to be a hard funny and realistic movie about the future 
4
Robot & Frank
Steven Rea
A small sweet character study that affords Frank Langella another opportunity to shine 
3
Robot & Frank
Mark Feeney
Robot Frank isn t sure whether it s a comedy or drama buddy movie or sci fi fantasy family melodrama or social satire 
2
Robot & Frank
Matt Pais
In a traditionally excellent subtle performance Langella embodies a man recapturing his purpose 
3
Robot & Frank
Linda Barnard
A gentle comedy that goes far deeper than its cyber Odd Couple setup implies 
3
Robot & Frank
Betsy Sherman
Robot Frank is the best old man buddy movie I ve seen since Up 
3
Robot & Frank
Roger Ebert
This is a framework that could have benefitted from more irony and complexity especially with the resources of Langella but at the end I felt the movie was too easily satisfied 
2.5
Robot & Frank
Stephen Whitty
It s an amusing set up for a film and it s given some weight by the interplay between the two characters 
3
Robot & Frank
Lou Lumenick
It s Langella s crafty heart tugging burglar who steals every scene 
3
Robot & Frank
Peter Travers
Frank Langella gives a master class in acting in a movie with bracing humor and a dash of heartbreak just don t expect to be wrapped up in a warm and fuzzy cinematic blanket 
3
Robot & Frank
Chris Cabin
Christopher D Ford s film is nothing more than a Lifetime movie dolled up in cheap Philip K Dick drag 
1
Mystery Train
James Kendrick
Jarmusch finds visual poetry in the run down the ignored and the decrepit especially via the use of neon colors cutting into the darkness and the gray
3
Mystery Train
Roger Ebert
The best thing about Mystery Train is that it takes you to an America you feel you ought to be able to find for yourself if you only knew where to look 
3.5
Chongqing Hot Pot
Mark Jenkins
This may be the first big budget Asian action flick ever set in Chongqing but otherwise it s on familiar turf 
2.5
Welcome to the Jungle
Steven Rea
Director Rob Meltzer who made the kind of amusing meta short I Am Stamos directs things in shameless let s get this thing over with style 
1.5
Knuckleball!
Greg Evans
The charming Knuckleball finds something universal here about obsession talent perseverance and rarest of all good sportsmanship 
3.5
Knuckleball!
Jordan Hiller
Watching R A Dickey become one of the biggest sports celebrities in New York was about as welcome a surprise as a knuckleball that floats and drops under the batter s swing 
3
Knuckleball!
Ty Burr
The sweet achievement of Knuckleball Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg s documentary about this quixotic pitch and the quixotic men who throw it is that it gives both sides equal play 
3.5
Knuckleball!
Michael C. Walsh
For a film that s centered around such a silly looking pitch Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg s documentary is packed with considerable drama 
2.5
Knuckleball!
Bill Weber
This chronicle of two athletes throwing baseball s funkiest least respected pitch is given depth by their stranger than fiction underdog status and camaraderie with mentors who ve had the same struggles 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Brian Eggert
Doctor Sleep manages to do the impossible by somehow remaining faithful to both King s books and Kubrick s film yet in a way that creates a unique amalgam of both sources producing something altogether new 
3.5
Doctor Sleep
Doug Walker
There s not much that makes it a Must See movie but there are a few elements that make it worthwhile 
3
Doctor Sleep
Federico Furzan
This is the adaptation of a Stephen King book that we deserved Also it serves as an intense The Shining sequel Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Doctor Sleep
James Kendrick
because Flanagan so successfully stakes his own territory and makes the characters memorable and meaningful outside of the accomplishments of the previous film he isn t consumed by Kubrick s ghosts
3
Doctor Sleep
David Nusair
a better than average horror followup 
3
Doctor Sleep
Linda Cook
Fans of King s work will take a shining to Doctor Sleep 
3.5
Doctor Sleep
Matt Brunson
Rose the Hat is an original and unsettling character The other members of the True Knot are far less threatening coming across less as avatars of unspeakable evil and more as burned out roadies still following their favorite 70s band decades later 
2
Doctor Sleep
Dann Gire
Flanagan moves King s story along in fits and starts 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Josh Terry
Doctor Sleep provides enough new intrigue mixed in with nostalgia to justify a ticket 
3
Doctor Sleep
Walter Chaw
If Doctor Sleep is the product of two powerful fathers the end result of the union is that unlikeliest of mules a viable one I ll be seeing it again 
3
Doctor Sleep
Mike McGranaghan
Doctor Sleep has a great eerie atmosphere that nicely accentuates the story s themes 
3
Doctor Sleep
Matthew Rozsa
Doctor Sleep feels like the logical continuation to Stanley Kubrick s adaptation of The Shining 
3.5
Doctor Sleep
Sean P. Means
Flanagan tries to serve two masters in Doctor Sleep to make a movie that s both a worthy successor to Kubrick s The Shining and a faithful adaptation of King s books but Flanagan can t square them 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Barry Hertz
Whichever route you prefer to take to the Overlook Hotel there are better directions available than those prescribed by Doctor Sleep 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Michael O'Sullivan
Part homage to Kubrick s moody atmospherics and part hyper literal superhero story Doctor Sleep is stylish engrossing at times frustratingly illogical and ultimately less than profoundly unsettling 
2
Doctor Sleep
John Wenzel
From the opening shots and synth notes to a spectacularly chilling closing scene Doctor Sleep makes a convincing case for its own greatness 
3
Doctor Sleep
Tom Russo
The push to echo Kubrick works well in the limited early dose we re given but ultimately the movie takes it too far 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
I came in with zero expectations and had a decent time If it didn t quite shine it also didn t put me to sleep Sometimes that s all we need 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Phil Villarreal
This is a film that will stick with you in your waking and sleeping moments alike 
3
Doctor Sleep
Bob Bloom
Doctor Sleep is an aptly named title for this snoozer adaptation of Stephen King s novel The movie is too long and very dull mostly moving at a sleepwalker s pace 
2
Doctor Sleep
Luke Parker
Doctor Sleep s biggest fault in entering an arena of bickering and strong minded visions is that it only offers a few of its own 
3
Doctor Sleep
Steven Prokopy
Doctor Sleep is one of the few horror films this year that I immediately wanted to see again 
3.5
Doctor Sleep
Richard Roeper
A tip of the REDRUM to Doctor Sleep and to Ewan McGregor s memorable performance for giving us the opportunity to catch up with Danny Torrance in a most satisfying manner 
3
Doctor Sleep
Robert Horton
This movie has a good eye for people 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Mark Dujsik
During the third act of Doctor Sleep in which the present and the past meet Flanagan pulls off the film s most impressive trick 
3
Doctor Sleep
Johnny Oleksinski
When it confidently hits its stride near the middle Doctor Sleep is gripping 
3
Doctor Sleep
Chris Hewitt
It s usually hard to quantify the quality of a movie but in the case of Doctor Sleep it s easy Precisely two thirds of it is good 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Christian Toto
Love The Shining You may be intrigued by the sequel Doctor Sleep until you realize just how inferior it is 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Peter Howell
It just leaves you starving for something better 
2
Doctor Sleep
Brian Tallerico
And while one can sometimes feel Flanagan struggling to satisfy both King and Kubrick fans when he really should be trusting his own vision he s talented enough to pull off this difficult blend of legacies 
3
Doctor Sleep
Jake Coyle
It s a frightfully regular approach to moviemaking today that should at the very least have the sense not to mess with Kubrick All sequels and no originals make us all dull boys 
1.5
Doctor Sleep
Robert Daniels
Mike Flanagan s Doctor Sleep the eponymous Stephen King written sequel to The Shining radiates as a singular vision when Flanagan follows his style yet dims in a disjointed third act 
3
Doctor Sleep
James Berardinelli
Although Doctor Sleep is flawed it s arguably the best of a surprisingly strong group of movies that prove King s enduring popularity as he enters his sixth decade as a professional writer 
3
Doctor Sleep
Roger Moore
Once it finally gets going it has us going too 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Sara Michelle Fetters
Doctor Sleep is a monumental achievement of tension suspense forgiveness and sacrifice I m not soon to forget 
4
Doctor Sleep
Rafer Guzman
Doctor Sleep should have let The Shining rest in peace 
1.5
Doctor Sleep
Katie Walsh
For all the fresh originality of the first half why do we have to retread Kubrick s film again Leashing the film adaptation so closely to Kubrick s film is a missed opportunity for this story to realize the full mystical potential promised 
2.5
Doctor Sleep
Pat Brown
Like a traumatized psyche it remains uncomfortably stuck in the past replaying familiar events in an effort to empty them of terror 
2
Doctor Sleep
Peter Canavese
In some ways Doctor Sleep has to feel like a pop cultural footnote but that s not fair to what s a ripping yarn in its own right 
3
Doctor Sleep
Brian Truitt
It s nothing to go channeling your inner Jack Nicholson and chopping through doors But Flanagan s Doctor Sleep respects both King s and Kubrick s visions while letting a rising horror master go his own way too 
3
West Michigan
Blake Howard
West of Michigan searches for meaning in the detours the guesses and the errors after the trials It s a meandering personal tale that echoes the universal question at the end of high school what happens now 
2.5
West Michigan
David Nusair
benefits from its exceedingly earnest atmosphere and better than anticipated central performances 
2.5
West Michigan
Bob Bloom
West Michigan is a compact look at sibling relationships and the complexity of clear communication 
2.5
Vara: A Blessing
Rania Richardson
Spiritual devotion ripens into carnal passion for a young temple dancer in VARA A BLESSING 
3
Crossed the Line
Roger Moore
A well cast but indifferent scripted LA vengeance parable 
1.5
The Shop Around the Corner
Picture Parade
Whether you are shopping for a movie or not we urge you to drop in and take a look at The Shop Around the Corner 
3.5
The Shop Around the Corner
Kate Cameron
It is told in such a way as to warm the cockles of the heart and send the audience away from the theatre the better for having been permitted this intimate glimpse into the lives and loves of the personnel of the Matuschek store in Budapest 
3.5
The Shop Around the Corner
Scott Nash
While Stewart and Sullivan spar nicely plenty of laughs are provided by the supporting cast 
4
The Shop Around the Corner
Mattie Lucas
It s difficult to refer to any film even the very greatest as a perfect film but few fit the bill so beautifully as Ernst Lubitsch s sparkling romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner 
4
The Shop Around the Corner
Matt Brunson
A delightful romantic comedy 
3.5
The Shop Around the Corner
Jaime N. Christley
The charm of the gimmick in Lubitsch s take is passed over quickly in favor of studying both its effects on those involved as well as the dynamics of the workplace at large 
4
The Shop Around the Corner
Wesley Lovell
Entertaining to a fault the film doesn t ignite the imagination in the way many other films of the period did 
3
The Shop Around the Corner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This might be Lubitsch s gentlest work sweetness mixed with a genuine sadness 
4
3 Nights in the Desert
Kam Williams
If the aim of the picture is to trigger introspection in an audience about the consequences of the choices one makes in life then bull s eye 
3
3 Nights in the Desert
Nick Allen
3 Nights in the Desert is a thoroughly unpleasant homecoming of three friends getting the band back together 
1
3 Nights in the Desert
Roger Moore
A three handed Big Chill that goes on two nights too long and still feels rushed underwritten under prepared 
1.5
Swallowed
Randy Myers
A lean and mean horror film with a n LGBTQ twist and solid performances and taut direction 
3
Swallowed
Walter Chaw
As it is it s mostly just ugly and frankly I think it should be 
2.5
Trust the Man
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Really when you cut through all the garbage Bart Freundlich presents us with an illusion of originality 
2
Trust the Man
Ross Anthony
This rickety empty feeling production has a script stars that deliver lots of edgy little subtle jokes The dialogue is crisp and crunchy but the romance is nearly absent 
1.5
Trust the Man
Michael A. Smith
Over the next ninety minutes or so we are treated to a series of scenes that while often funny seem to exist because the cast was in the same room together 
2
Trust the Man
Sean P. Means
The finale is a screwball sequence so out of step with what comes before that it feels like part of another but not necessarily better movie 
2
Trust the Man
Thomas Delapa
The fault for this flaccid comedy lies not in Freundlich s stars but in the way he portrays his men and women as biologically driven boobs 
1.5
Trust the Man
Kit Bowen
Trust me a Woody Allen film it is not 
1.5
Trust the Man
Sean O'Connell
Freundlich s insights weave through the bathroom en route to the bedroom and conversations almost always return to excrement 
1.5
Trust the Man
Tom Keogh
Freundlich s outstanding cast including Garry Shandling Eva Mendes Ellen Barkin Bob Balaban and James LeGros his best since 1997 s The Myth of Fingerprints glosses over miscalculations with sheer star power 
2.5
Trust the Man
Connie Ogle
The fact that Freundlich tries to put some thoughtful commentary into a formulaic story is commendable but in the end either his faith wavers or the studio intervened 
2.5
Trust the Man
Loey Lockerby
The characters change personalities every time Freundlich gets an idea for a new gag leading to bizarre random behavior that is likely to inspire audience annoyance rather than sympathy 
2
Trust the Man
Amy Biancolli
I wish the film were true to itself and its quartet of puzzled struggling lovers their collapse into sitcom idiocy felt uncomfortably close to betrayal 
2.5
Trust the Man
Terry Lawson
A lot more smug and a lot less insightful than writer director Bart Freundlich apparently assumes and it s burdened even more by its surfeit of unsympathetic characters 
2
Trust the Man
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is a free flowing fluidity to the performances that can t help but feel warm and authentic the quartet at the center of this crafting beguiling and believable human portraits just screaming of reality 
2.5
Trust the Man
Scott Nash
Far from perfect but still somewhat enjoyable I suppose until Woody returns to making movies here we ll have to settle for what we can get 
2.5
Trust the Man
Paul Doro
It has nothing new or remotely interesting to say about modern relationships 
2
Trust the Man
Chris Hewitt
Bizarrely obsessed with bathroom humor this would be sparkling comedy actually begins with a poop joke and dumb gags at a meeting of sex addicts 
0
Trust the Man
Phil Villarreal
Freundlich has some merciless fun at his gender s expense holding up two best pal schlubs Tom David Duchovny and Tobey Billy Crudup for ridicule 
3
Trust the Man
Matt Brunson
A Big Apple production that s rotten to its core 
1
Trust the Man
David N. Butterworth
Mopey Manhattan thirtysomethings sounding off might be Bart Freundlich s idea of a good time but it s not mine 
1.5
Trust the Man
Janos Gereben
Bart Freundlich s romantic comedy substitutes overactive hormons for a love story and settles for bathroom humor and guilty giggles 
1.5
Trust the Man
Jeanne Aufmuth
The kind of cloying indie that s too precocious for its own good 
2
Trust the Man
Ethan Alter
Trust the Man mainly feels like the work of a New Yorker who hasn t left his trendy neighborhood in ten years 
1.5
Trust the Man
Wesley Morris
Is this farce drama satire Who knows 
1
Trust the Man
Claudia Puig
This comedy about two self absorbed New York couples feels like wan Woody Allen 
2
Trust the Man
Ken Fox
Writer director Bart Freundlich s third misfire after his acclaimed Myth of Fingerprints 1997 is really a loose assemblage of scenes depicting the changing romantic fortunes of two New York City couples 
2.5
Trust the Man
Ruthe Stein
Trust the Man has a sketchy overall feel as if Freundlich didn t finish thinking it through 
2
Trust the Man
Timothy Knight
Insufferably glib and blatantly contrived Bart Freundlich s Trust the Man is a witless charm free snore that manages to be puerile and condescending often simultaneously 
.5
Trust the Man
Stephen Whitty
Trust the Man is a mildly amusing movie but that s chiefly a result of its stars or more specifically its female stars elevating the material 
2
Trust the Man
Lou Lumenick
As faux Woody Allen movies go Trust the Man is one of the more diverting recent entries in the genre with a top drawer cast well chosen Manhattan locations and a sharper script than Allen himself has managed in a while 
2.5
Trust the Man
Jack Mathews
In the end you re left feeling a little empty as if you ve been eavesdropping on a conversation in a restaurant and neglected to eat your dinner 
2
Trust the Man
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Trust the Man is one of those movies in which everyone is a writer and all the writing sounds the same 
2
Trust the Man
Willie Waffle
A movie about Manhattan yuppies whining about their love lives could have been a torturous affair but Trust The Man is one of the funniest movies of the year 
3
Trust the Man
Jessica Reaves
Trust the Man could easily carry the following subtitle Men Who Behave Like Petulant Spoiled Children and the Women Who Decide It s Easier to Love Them As Is Than To Try to Turn Them Into Grownups 
2
Trust the Man
Peter Canavese
By the end I felt empty and unconvinced that I d spent 103 minutes with genuine personalities 
2.5
Trust the Man
Matt Pais
A touching and often very funny film about real relationships with a sincere belief in love in all its swooning complicated glory 
3
Trust the Man
James Berardinelli
Like a few too many of this year s adult offerings this one is a diversion It s not unpleasant but it doesn t offer a must see night at the movies 
2.5
Trust the Man
James Rocchi
A lot of big dumb romantic comedies from name actors and major studios coast by on charm and charisma why can t a small dumb romantic comedy from lesser known talents and micro studios get the chance to do the same thing 
3
Trust the Man
Nick Schager
Until someone truly reinvents the stagnant romantic comedy genre trifles like Bart Freundlich s Trust the Man will have to suffice 
2.5
Trust the Man
David Nusair
a cute but thoroughly underwhelming little romantic comedy 
2.5
Trust the Man
Geoff Pevere
A romantic comedy by design a form of torture in practice and an atomic strength antidote to the romantic impulse in effect 
1.5
The Kid
Mattie Lucas
Chaplin proved himself equally adept at tickling funny bones and pulling heartstrings and his chemistry with young Jackie Coogan remains one of cinema s great onscreen pairings
3.5
The Kid
Matt Brunson
The movie opens with the words a picture with a smile and perhaps a tear a mission statement that would serve Chaplin well over the ensuing decades 
3
The Kid
James Kendrick
a fantastic and brave work forging new ground in its mixing of comedy and pathos and fully earning its opening title card which promises a picture with a smile and perhaps a tear 
3.5
The Kid
Rob Blackwelder
Projects such emotional veracity while getting such constant giggles that if there ever was a legitimate use of the clich you ll laugh you ll cry this is it 
3.5
Marci X
M. K. Terrell
The film sheds weak satirical light on the issues of freedom of speech media responsibility and oppression of minorities It s anybody s guess who the target audience could be 
1.5
Marci X
Walter Chaw
It s the kind of movie that Mel Brooks used to make warts and all 
2.5
Marci X
Ed Gonzalez
A sketch comedy that misses more than it hits 
2
Marci X
Linda Cook
Draw a big red X through this one 
0
Marci X
Nick Rogers
Given the songs were written by South Park songwriter Marc Shaiman the lyrics should be more caustic Like that show the film is equally irreverent but nowhere near as intelligent or subversive 
1
Marci X
Mike McGranaghan
There are some funny moments but it s quite obvious that no one associated with this movie knows anything about rap music 
2.5
Marci X
Frank Ochieng
a tremendously clumsy and disastrous dud for the ages a staggeringly inept romp that plays like stale fodder in a nostalgic Luther Campbell 2Live Crew home movie 
1
Marci X
Ken Fox
Lame and painfully dated 
1.5
Marci X
Chris Hewitt
Who thought it would be a good idea to turn Lisa Kudrow into a Vanilla Ice for this millennium The Friends star barrels through two wan rap numbers in the misbegotten Marci X a much delayed turkey that has finally come home to roost 
0
Marci X
Mick LaSalle
Marci X plays like a satire made by people who don t know the worlds they re satirizing 
0
Marci X
Gene Seymour
If this had been released in say 1994 at the latest it might have been cutting edge As it is it s just so much sticky foam on the cappuccino 
1.5
Marci X
Lou Lumenick
Marci X gives Gigli a run for its money as the summer s worst movie 
0
Marci X
Allison Benedikt
The actors had little to work with in this passe social satire but sharper performances might have saved Marci from total humorless ruin 
1.5
Marci X
Kit Bowen
In what universe does a New York Jewish socialite and a hardcore streetwise rapper sound like a good pairing for a romantic comedy 
.5
Marci X
Dustin Putman
There is more to Lisa Kudrow and Marci X proves it than Phoebe Buffay An unexpectedly sharp nailed satire 
2.5
Marci X
Collin Souter
Marci X proves once again that dumbing down the movie in order to please the lowest common denominator cannot go hand and hand with scathing satire 
1
Marci X
Steve Rhodes
The film is close to being an embarrassment but Kudrow single handedly almost turns the film around 
2.5
Marci X
James Sanford
once topical comedy that today feels like something out of the day old bin It is not however the disaster its much delayed release might indicate 
2.5
Mystery in Swing
Earl J. Morris
Unfortunately due to the mystery angle we cannot give you a synopsis of the play It is a who done it ala the Thin Man And believe you me it will hold your attention and you will find yourself playing detective 
3.5
Haze
Roger Moore
The best takedown of fraternities and sororities The Greek System you never saw 
3
Marathon
Elizabeth Weitzman
With so little action or even insight Marathon is far too long at only 74 minutes 
1.5
Marathon
V.A. Musetto
The real star is Michael Simmonds whose manic black and white camerawork captures the unique vibrancy of New York City 
3
Marathon
John Anderson
A portrait of a certain urbanite mind and a city whose tolerance of anonymity provides a perfect stage for compulsion neuroses and the fulfillment of hidden needs 
3.5
Marathon
David Sterritt
Crossword mavens may enjoy it but it s too monomaniacal for comfort 
2
Marathon
Erik Childress
I get it she s always isolated She s a lonely soul Noise makes her feel a part of something But this film could have been 7 minutes long and part of my Film Techniques class and I would have got that 
1
About Schmidt
Michael Dequina
A simple silent static shot of Nicholson s face is one of the most beautiful powerful indelible images of the 2002 movie year 
3.5
About Schmidt
Betsy Bozdech
Nicholson offers one of the best performances of his career Warren is alternately smug confused selfish clueless helpless mournful and ultimately hopeful 
3.5
About Schmidt
Greg Maki
I don t know if there is another actor alive who could have made About Schmidt as entertaining as it is 
3.5
About Schmidt
Wesley Lovell
A crazed retiree finds himself bored with life and over compensating Nicholson gives another terrific performance while the film s pace drags everything else down 
3.5
About Schmidt
Jorge Avila Andrade
La actuacin de Jack Nicholson mueve a la ternura y la compasin Verdaderamente entraable 
3
About Schmidt
Fred Schruers
Payne once again shows his deftness with the damning or heartbreaking details as his cast brings across a tidy masterpiece 
4
About Schmidt
Vanessa Sibbald
There s something not only funny but ultimately satisfying about seeing Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt in bed with a women his age 
3.5
About Schmidt
Ross Anthony
Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message I loved this film 
3.5
About Schmidt
Jonathan R. Perry
It s the power of Nicholson the actor not Jack the movie star that we see here and what s perhaps most remarkable is that an extraordinary vanity free performance what ultimately might be Nicholson s very best emerges from such a thoroughly ordina
3.5
About Schmidt
Ian Mantgani
A strange and fascinating balance of compassion and satire riotous laughter and quiet drama 
3
About Schmidt
Tony Toscano
humorous and brutal 
4
About Schmidt
Mike McGranaghan
Nicholson has intentionally de Jacked himself to for this film and the result is a performance that ranks alongside any this veteran actor has ever given 
4
About Schmidt
Kit Bowen
About Schmidt is a curious slice of Americana the characters are so clearly drawn and the dialogue so rich you are immediately hooked 
3.5
About Schmidt
Mark Dujsik
Humorous and at the same time incredibly sad because we see a bit or maybe even a lot of Schmidt in ourselves 
3.5
About Schmidt
James Kendrick
what really keeps the film interesting and intriguing is the presence of Jack Nicholson
3
About Schmidt
Sean P. Means
Director Alexander Payne and his co writer Jim Taylor stretch past the arch satire of Election and Citizen Ruth to find a quirky humor and seeping humanity 
4
About Schmidt
Steven Snyder
The film s ending is not entirely happy It takes the good with bad suggesting that Schmidt cannot make his dark world bright again but also exposing a small glimmer of hope that if we try hard enough we can make our own small difference Payne in b
4
About Schmidt
Josh Larsen
The story of an eternal optimist told by confirmed pessimists 
2
About Schmidt
Linda Cook
It s about everything And nothing 
3.5
About Schmidt
Gary Brown
I just loved every minute of this film 
4
About Schmidt
Todd Anthony
It s a boring movie about a boring man made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring 
2.5
About Schmidt
Joe Baltake
I liked About Schmidt a lot but I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry Tonto never existed 
3
About Schmidt
Duane Dudek
It has a redemptive quality that is sentimental without being saccharine and Nicholson s reflective and interior performance stings like the saline in a single tear 
4
About Schmidt
Rene Rodriguez
A cuttingly funny moving portrayal of a man searching for meaning in his unremarkable unmemorable life 
4
About Schmidt
Robert W. Butler
Takes us on a journey toward self awareness that is both deadpan hilarious and profoundly moving 
3.5
About Schmidt
Jeff Vice
While some of the humor here is fairly broad Nicholson is at his most subdued and he is therefore at his best 
3
About Schmidt
Forrest Hartman
This is the best type of comedy In the theater the material is worthy of gut busting laughs but reflection reveals the serious underbelly 
3.5
About Schmidt
Bob Bloom
About Schmidt belongs to Nicholson Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances As Schmidt Nicholson walks with a slow deliberate gait chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance 
4
About Schmidt
Phil Villarreal
Not a shred of movie star vanity finds its way into Nicholson s portrayal of the beat down Everyman 
4
About Schmidt
Jeffrey M. Anderson
About Schmidt can be rough going the laughter always hurts just a little bit 
3.5
About Schmidt
Frank Ochieng
About Schmidt is solidly a wry smart and intuitive showcase Payne has proven time and time again that he is a crafty social satirist whose finger is constantly on the pulse regarding his comical and caustic commentaries 
3.5
About Schmidt
Dustin Putman
That a film such as About Schmidt can be so dark and yet so funny so poignant and yet so uplifting is something of a miracle 
3.5
About Schmidt
Marty Mapes
Because of Payne s sacrifices to comedy he doesn t deserve someone as good as Nicholson in the lead
2
About Schmidt
Chris Hewitt
By the end the movie has become a reminder that average lives lived by people who experience failures and learn from them are extraordinary 
4
About Schmidt
Moira MacDonald
To see a master actor rejoicing in his craft and a character both simpler and more complex than most of the people we ever meet on screen About Schmidt is a worthy artful journey 
3
About Schmidt
Mick LaSalle
A seriously good movie a challenge to viewers a rebuke of the way many Americans live their lives 
4
About Schmidt
David Elliott
Payne has taken a giant of American acting and awakened a midget in him a miserable grumpy bore who seems to deserve his pipsqueak destiny 
1
About Schmidt
Liam Lacey
The movie isn t just about Schmidt as a personality it s a portrait of his world and Payne and co writer Taylor show a rare compassion for the superficially comfortable 
3.5
About Schmidt
Susan Stark
By turns hilarious and poignant Schmidt is about nothing special and everything important 
4
About Schmidt
Terry Lawson
There is a casual courage and dignity and no small amount of obliviousness in Nicholson s Schmidt that will remind many younger people of their parents and many older people of their brothers and friends and themselves 
4
About Schmidt
Steven Rosen
About Schmidt winds up being about us all 
4
About Schmidt
Roger Ebert
That Jack Nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft but to his legend 
3.5
About Schmidt
Ty Burr
A brutally dry satire of Middle American numbness 
3
About Schmidt
Jeffrey Westhoff
Trying their hand at hope Payne and Taylor reveal they should stick to cynicism But Nicholson s performance is powerful enough to shade this artificial sunshine 
3.5
About Schmidt
Glenn Lovell
Nicholson s cranky father of the bride is as touching as he is exasperating and the delightfully oddball About Schmidt is just about perfect 
4
About Schmidt
Mary F. Pols
As witty as Election was this is a deeper more eloquent movie and Nicholson is extraordinary 
4
About Schmidt
Michael Wilmington
This is a superb film and one of Nicholson s great performances tamped down but magnetic 
4
About Schmidt
Jeremy Heilman
About Schmidt treads a fine line between glib and profound between comic and sad but in doing so shows the audience that it s usually easier to laugh at someone than it is to take a hard look at them 
3.5
About Schmidt
Jeanne Aufmuth
The beauty of Alexander Payne s ode to the Everyman is in the details 
3.5
About Schmidt
Richard Schickel
Payne also understands what it has taken me most of a lifetime to comprehend that the Schmidts of this world are not to be easily dismissed 
4
About Schmidt
Rob Blackwelder
About Schmidt is slice of life filmmaking at its sharpest and truest 
3.5
About Schmidt
Walter Chaw
About Schmidt is a road film and a character study very much like Five Easy Pieces and a fable of reconciliation poignant and pointed 
4
About Schmidt
Mike Clark
Flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others 65 year old Jack Nicholson could be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he s now more than ever choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary 
3.5
About Schmidt
Gene Seymour
Even while playing in a minor key with low to moderate tone colors Jack Nicholson can knock your socks off 
3.5
About Schmidt
Bob Strauss
Kathy Bates hijacks the whole film as Roberta Hertzel 
3
About Schmidt
David Sterritt
There s no actor on the planet like Nicholson and here he s at the peak of his powers 
3
About Schmidt
Mary Kalin-Casey
There s nothing especially tragic and affecting here just a bland character coping with some amusing family politics 
1.5
About Schmidt
Erik Childress
One of the true pleasures of About Schmidt is the way in which all of the characters are revealed to be as real as you or I and not just atypical caricatures created for our snickers 
3.5
About Schmidt
Harvey S. Karten
Jack Nicholson flourishes as a contemporary Uncle Vanya 
3.5
About Schmidt
Steve Rhodes
It will probably capture another Oscar nomination for Nicholson who is best in the role when he is completely silent 
3.5
About Schmidt
James Berardinelli
On balance I recommend the movie both for Nicholson s performance and for the opportunity to spend some time with the kind of man that we often meet in real life but rarely see on screen 
3
About Schmidt
Peter Travers
Nicholson s acting sets a new gold standard making Schmidt a movie you won t forget 
4
About Schmidt
Jami Bernard
One of the best most understated performances of Jack Nicholson s career 
4
About Schmidt
Lou Lumenick
A must see for Nicholson s mesmerizing performance which would probably hold interest even if the sound were turned off 
3
About Schmidt
Ed Gonzalez
Schmidt is a credible creation yet Payne s contempt runs synonymous to that of his native son s 
1.5
Moments of Clarity
Brad Wheeler
The plot is implausible and overstuffed tones are mixed together willy nilly In a film about self realization and life s meaning any moments of clarity are few and far between 
1
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Roger Moore
A righteous cause supported by a very bad idea but a bad idea a docu drama executed about as well as could be expected 
1.5
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Joey Magidson
American Trial The Eric Garner Story could have been something special The idea has spectacular merits It s just in the execution that things fall flat 
2
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Dwight Brown
Producer writer director Roee Messinger has created an astonishing film a video that contemplates what if It tackles themes of race police brutality stop and frisk and the plusses and minuses of our judicial system 
3.5
Don Verdean
Roger Moore
Should have been broader should have been funnier Did they lose their nerve 
1.5
Don Verdean
Mallory Andrews
Don Verdean may only appeal to hardcore Hess fans anyone else will likely never once crack even a smile 
1
Don Verdean
Alissa Wilkinson
Don Verdean is a pleasingly entertaining sometimes hilarious quietly satirical take on what makes us tick as a subculture 
2.5
Don Verdean
Susan Wloszczyna
There is little that is worse than satire that tiptoes around its subject as if risking offense were a sin 
1.5
Don Verdean
Barry Hertz
The film employs and immediately squanders the talents of legitimate comedy all stars Amy Ryan Danny McBride Jemaine Clement and Will Forte 
1
Don Verdean
Bruce DeMara
There is a redemptive message in Verdean s eventual downfall but it s mostly lost in a storyline that tries way too hard to be outlandish 
2.5
Don Verdean
Kyle Smith
Hess eccentric characters are neither likable enough to root for nor ridiculous enough to earn big laughs 
2
Don Verdean
Rex Reed
It s a funny offbeat idea for a farce up to a point but the joke wears thin too fast to sustain interest and the Hesses lack the originality and cleverness to juggle their balloons in the air in any fresh way 
1
Don Verdean
Kenji Fujishima
If the film is any indication Jared and Jerusha Hess remain committed to clotting up the screen with ostensibly charming eccentricity 
1.5
White Wedding
Joe Williams
While it s a relief to visit a side of Africa that s not beset by poverty and war we learn little about the characters 
2
White Wedding
Michael O'Sullivan
A film that chafes even as it ingratiates 
2
White Wedding
Chris Hewitt
When it s all over it s no more satisfying than a not bad sitcom 
2
White Wedding
Wesley Morris
This is a movie so excited to exist that it overwhelms you with plot Sitting through it is like opening the door to an overloaded closet Stuff just tumbles out 
2.5
White Wedding
Gerald Peary
A pleasant intentionally lightweight South African road movie romance with a sly integrationist political agenda 
2.5
White Wedding
Walter V. Addiego
Some scenes are mild fun but the mishaps that befall our hero aren t especially inventive and although the South African setting provides a bit of interest it s never really used incisively 
2
White Wedding
Diego Semerene
Whether this is Vegas or Cape Town the girl stays home moping while the boys go out and play 
1.5
White Wedding
V.A. Musetto
An affable comedy that unfortunately has too many characters and subplots for its own good 
2
White Wedding
Kam Williams
The hangover must be crazy if you catch my drift 
4
Gebo and the Shadow
Mattie Lucas
De Oliveira concocts striking images in very confined spaces leaving us with a film that should feel cramped and claustrophobic but instead feels consistently vibrant and alive 
3
Gebo and the Shadow
Jesse Cataldo
It defines Manoel de Oliveira s late period during which his movies have continued to shrink in size and scope while remaining thematically expansive 
3
Pure Country 2: The Gift
Brandy McDonnell
For all its myriad faults Pure Country 2 has Elam to carry it 
2
Pure Country 2: The Gift
David Nusair
a shockingly bottom of the barrel endeavor 
1.5
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
I do not recommend DOA Dead or Alive not even to the most hardcore fan of video games Full review in Spanish 
1.5
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Joe Lozito
This film knows its genre and its audience 
3
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Jack Mathews
Charlie s Angels Survivor American Gladiators and Girls Gone Wild are just some of the bad influences on Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen s laughably silly adaptation of the video game DOA Dead or Alive 
1
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
John Monaghan
While the teen target audience may be convinced that this is exciting the rest of us will leave the theater exhausted and with brain cells thoroughly fried 
2
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Tom Russo
Corey Yuen and his writers have adapted their dubiously titled DOA Dead or Alive from the video game series of the same name apparently convinced that the scraps of backstory originally scribbled by the gamers were plenty 
1
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Gene Seymour
DOA Dead or Alive aspires to be nothing more than a sanctuary from thinking 
2
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Kam Williams
If Corey Yuen believed in truth in advertising ala Snakes on a Plane this flick would have a name like Jiggly Babes Kick Butt The stuff that post pubescent dreams are made of 
4
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Mike McGranaghan
A videogame based movie that s so bad you won t believe it wasn t directed by Uwe Boll 
1
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Unquestionably brain dead but also a great example of unpretentious second gear celluloid generated quickly cheaply and for the fun of it 
3
Dark Glasses
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Weirdly stiff and awkward 44 and even amateurish at times 46 It apos s pretty much thrill free 44 and a big letdown 46 
2
Dark Glasses
Alex Barr
Dark Glasses lacks the stamina necessary to string an audience along while setting up scares Just when you think the film is about to make a turn for the better scenes end as quickly as they began rushing toward an illogical conclusion 
2
Dark Glasses
Steven Prokopy
He still has a flare for the bloody 44 but his sense of pacing and tension feels completely off kilter 46 By the time Diana and Chin end up in the middle of a marshland 44 I was ready to proclaim the film a noble effort without much payoff 46 
1.5
Dark Glasses
Sara Michelle Fetters
Dark Glasses is a satisfying return to form for the director 44 this nifty little retro Giallo slasher a tasty October treat worth savoring 46 
3
Dark Glasses
Roger Moore
The plot 44 characters and deaths served up are pretty damned humdrum by Argento standards 46 
1.5
Dark Glasses
Peter Sobczynski
Dark Glasses proves to be little more than a tired rehash of Argento 8217 s hits from his heyday strung together by a screenplay 40 reportedly written two decades ago 41 that is nonsensical even by his admittedly loopy past standards 46 
1.5
Dark Glasses
Pat Brown
After a brilliantly constructed opening Dario Argento s film gives the impression only of a giallo doodle 
1.5
247F
David Nusair
a passable yet underwhelming confinement thriller 
2.5
Dirty Grandpa
Dustin Putman
A movie so annoying so ugly so lead footed so misguided and so blisteringly unfunny it has to be seen to be believed Please don t see it though It s not worth the sacrifice 
0
Dirty Grandpa
Walter Chaw
There are many ways you could go in attacking something like Dirty Grandpa 
0
Dirty Grandpa
John Serba
Do not watch this movie while alive 
1
Dirty Grandpa
Chris Knight
This is truly an achievement for a first time writer usually it takes a committee of at least four or five scribes with a history of lame comedies under their belts to reach the levels of bad humour and depravity seen here 
.5
Dirty Grandpa
Roger Moore
DeNiro at his nadir Efron on his way out the door 
1
Dirty Grandpa
John Hanlon
This is De Niro like you ve never seen him before That s not a good thing It s hard not to wonder why the Godfather 2 star ended up starring as Dirty Grandpa 
0.5
Dirty Grandpa
Stephen Rebello
It s only January but Dirty Grandpa is so desperately unfunny and excruciatingly endless at 102 minutes that it s dead certain for a top spot on lists of the year s worst movies 
0.5
Dirty Grandpa
Molly Eichel
If Dirty Grandpa does anything it should be to make you stop weeping for De Niro s lost greatness He brought this upon himself 
1
Dirty Grandpa
Mike McGranaghan
I m not saying Dirty Grandpa is terrible but I fully expect a terrorist organization to claim responsibility for it any minute now 
0.5
Dirty Grandpa
Glenn Kenny
I began giggling with a kind of metaphysical embarrassment for everyone involved in the enterprise and eventually for all of humanity itself 
0
Dirty Grandpa
Mark Dujsik
De Niro is invested in this character as much as any actor imaginably could be and boy is that fact disheartening 
0.5
Dirty Grandpa
Matt Pais
A mix of laughs and guffaws and snorts that neither makes you proud of yourself nor makes you regret giving this fluff a shot 
2.5
Dirty Grandpa
Clayton Dillard
As in the films of Judd Apatow crassness is boasted as shamelessness and calculated sentimentality is dressed up as empathy 
1
Dirty Grandpa
Julian Roman
Dirty Grandpa is a barrel of laughs just the bottom of the barrel It is spectacularly perverse sophomoric and sexist with no redeeming social qualities whatsoever But it s funny outrageously funny basking in unrepentantly low brow humor 
2
Dirty Grandpa
Willie Waffle
Suddenly Dirty Grandpa is a lesson about life and choices and following your heart 
1.5
Dirty Grandpa
David Nusair
De Niro and Efron apos s continuing efforts to elevate the proceedings prove fruitless in the face of bottom of the barrel 44 from from competent material 46 
1.5
Dirty Grandpa
Peter Howell
Dirty Grandpa does have one distinction It makes De Niro s previous comedy low point Meet the Fockers look good by comparison 
1.5
Dirty Grandpa
Kate Taylor
There s little chemistry between a sadly unfunny Efron and a sleepwalking De Niro and both Jason s awakening and Dick s plotting feel forced 
2
Dirty Grandpa
Stephen Whitty
It s shocking without being truly outrageous dirty without ever really crashing taboos And for a road trip comedy it pretty much stays in the slow lane With its blinker on 
1
Jane and Emma
Sean P. Means
Larson roots the story in as much historical record as is available and where that s lacking she fills in with a thoughtful imagining based on her impression of Jane and Emma s personalities 
3
Press Play
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 he movie 46 46 46 sidesteps the deeper ideas about the persistence of grief 44 love 44 and the fleeting nature of things for a tale that apos s mostly about plotting 46 46 46 
2
Tower
Calum Marsh
Intimate and deeply observational Tower is one of the most effective character studies in recent memory 
3.5
Tower
James Adams
While hardly an enjoyable Saturday night at the movies Tower is compulsively watchable nonetheless 
3
Tower
Peter Howell
Tower is the rare film that leaves us wanting more of the story 
2.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Mike McGranaghan
This is a mesmerizing film that serves as a reminder of just how amazing our country s space exploration has been 
3.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Ross Anthony
Overall the production successfully maneuvers through 2D and 3D nearby space with a playful spirit of curiosity experiment and wonder 
2.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Larry Ratliff
Go see Magnificent Desolation on the giant IMAX screen and Tom Hanks will moon rock your world 
3.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Linda Cook
Magnificent indeed 
3.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
David Hiltbrand
One of the astronauts describes his excitement during the lunar mission as like a kid playing in a sandbox Unfortunately that could also sum up the film s visual content 
2
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Kyle Smith
Adults will be more than passably entertained by this short patriotic feature and kids will be entranced 
3.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Jami Bernard
Playful inspirational 
3
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Jeff Shannon
Offers the most realistic approximation of a moon visit that Earthbound mortals have ever seen 
3
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
John Monaghan
It cleverly re creates what it must have felt like to walk in the astronauts weighted boots 
3
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Jeff Vice
The whole package is as entertaining as it is educational 
3.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Sean P. Means
Until we get some poets into space Magnificent Desolation may be as close as anyone gets to imparting the astronauts feelings of awe to the rest of us 
3
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Jeff Strickler
The movie s biggest asset is Hanks who can t hide the excitement in his voice The mood is contagious 
3.5
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Chris Hewitt
Quite entertaining 
3
Howards End
Edward Guthmann
Adapted from E M Forster s novel of human connections and follies this newest film from the James Ivory Ishmail Merchant Ruth Prower Jhabvala team is close to flawless 
4
Howards End
Josh Larsen
an uneven work of adaptation 
2.5
Howards End
Barry Hertz
A can t miss opportunity to experience some of the finest filmmaking of the 20th century 
4
Howards End
Sean P. Means
Jhabvala s Oscar winning script deftly juggles the characters romantic and financial travails and Ivory s delicate direction manages to cut to the emotional core 
4
Howards End
Stephen Hunter
Ivory working from a script by his longtime collaborator Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has great relish in noting the smug tics in the Wilcoxes and the insipid delusions in the Schlegels It s quietly savage 
3.5
Howards End
Dave Kehr
Howards End provides more than enough in the way of production values impeccable set decoration elaborate costumes beautiful locations and exquisite cinematography to keep its primary audience entertained 
3
Howards End
Eric Henderson
Say Merchant Ivory to most cinephiles and watch their eyelids sag 
2
Howards End
Peter Canavese
The pairings of Margaret and Henry and Helen and Leonard attempt to cross fault lines widened by class and the tragedy of Howards End is in the absolute necessity and absolute inefficacy of doing so at their moment in history Blu ray 
4
Howards End
Matt Brunson
The best of the countless Merchant Ivory productions and arguably the most appreciated by those who don t even like Merchant Ivory movies 
3.5
Howards End
Roger Ebert
A film seething with anger passion greed and emotional violence That the characters are generally well behaved says less about their manners than their inhibitions 
4
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even though the film moves at a snappy pace its story still doesn t move fast enough 
2
Fan-Fan the Tulip
David Elliott
Tiresomely tireless escapade 
2
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Ty Burr
Enjoyable but undeniably creaky what played as glorious period tomfoolery to European festival juries and discerning U S audiences in the early 1950s now just seems quaintly pleased with itself 
2.5
A Burning Hot Summer
Walter V. Addiego
While I have to acknowledge Garrel s skill the film which actually has its compelling moments falls somewhat flat 
2
A Burning Hot Summer
Roger Ebert
A Burning Hot Summer failed to persuade me of any reason for its existence 
2
A Burning Hot Summer
Farran Smith Nehme
There are spirited moments notably Angle s torrid dance with another man at a party But the film s observations are surprisingly retrograde even absurd 
1.5
A Burning Hot Summer
Ela Bittencourt
The Louis Garrel character s mixture of self containment and alleged possessiveness over his wife fails to convince if not to irritate 
2
Monkey Warfare
Geoff Pevere
Not only does it wear its budgetary restrictions with flair and a winning sense of authenticity it allows its characters and the remarkable trio who play them to roam freely in the gap between good intentions and regrettable results 
2.5
Monkey Warfare
Liam Lacey
Along with some fairly silly comedy romance and irony bounce off each other through Monkey Warfare 
3
Monkey Warfare
David Nusair
Low key yet strangely compelling 
2.5
Heartbeat
Brad Wheeler
It s a lovely effort from the Haligonian director Andrea Dorfman hers is an offbeat human story that addresses personal risks and life decisions 
3.5
Heartbeat
David Nusair
a slightly erratic yet wholeheartedly engrossing little drama 
3.5
Burzynski: the Movie
Kam Williams
A bio pic of Biblical proportions featuring a showdown of Dr David versus a government Goliath 
4
Burzynski: the Movie
Chuck Bowen
Burzynski is the kind of should ve been important picture that you damn with the faintest praise It means well 
2
Burzynski: the Movie
V.A. Musetto
When I want to see an infomercial I ll turn on my TV in the middle of the night I definitely won t pay good money to see one in a theater 
0
Prince of Broadway
Mattie Lucas
Something thrilling and vivacious a microcosm of New York teeming with life as well as a portrait of the immigrant experience that is both timely and moving 
3.5
Prince of Broadway
Kam Williams
New York City as a disturbing dystopia where it s hard out there not just for a pimp but for an African scam artist too 
4
Prince of Broadway
Robert Levin
In the grand neo realist tradition the film offers a naturalistic slow burn rendition of the hassles heartaches and rewards of the salesman s hand to mouth existence 
3.5
Le Samouraï
Jay Antani
an enjoyably stylish entry in the French crime film tradition but a decidedly minor one
3
Le Samouraï
Nick Schager
Achieves an atmosphere of mesmerizing otherworldly beauty and grace 
4
Le Samouraï
Roger Ebert
One of the pleasures of Le Samourai is to realize how complicated the plot has grown in its flat deadpan way 
4
Le Samouraï
Jeff Vice
Alain Delon who was attacked by some narrow minded reviewers in his day for being stiff is perfectly cast here displaying a cool calm demeanor at first then an equally calm desperation as the chase gets more intense 
3.5
Le Samouraï
James Berardinelli
It combines stylish direction an intelligent script first rate performances and overpowering atmosphere into one of the most tense and absorbing thrillers ever to reach the screen 
4
Le Samouraï
Edward Guthmann
To each his own Filmmakers as diverse as Quentin Tarantino and Paul Schrader were influenced by Melville and Hong Kong action director John Woo calls the film the closest to a perfect movie that I have ever seen 
3
Le Samouraï
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Le samourai expresses a kind of loneliness to be sure but it s that of a teenage male dreaming about Hollywood movies and their accoutrements penthouse apartments acerbic cops melancholy city streets smoky card games fancy jazz nightclubs 
3
Naked Fame
Russell Scott Smith
This is ultimately a sunny movie full of likable characters 
2.5
Naked Fame
Laura Kelly
An American Idol episode gone oddly awry 
2
F.T.A.
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
F T A is a convincing testament to the theater kid s particular tools of discord 
3
F.T.A.
Steven Prokopy
As a film lover it s incredible watching Fonda and Sutherland from a purely performance standpoint 
3
F.T.A.
Roger Moore
Funny biting and tuneful it takes you right back there if you lived through it and might be an eye opener for activist Ok Boomer millennials 
3
On the Beach
Roger Moore
One of the most influential films ever made 44 and the saddest
3
On the Beach
James O'Ehley
Downbeat depressing 
3
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Phil Villarreal
Made like Cassidy s memorable fight with a fellow gang member It gave true old fashioned Westerns a swift kick to the groin 
4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Roger Ebert
William Goldman s script is constantly too cute and never gets up the nerve by God to admit it s a Western 
2.5
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ross Anthony
This sharply written script is far more cute than I d expected but still a lot of fun 
3
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Steve Rhodes
It lost the Oscar for best picture that year to Midnight Cowboy a film that I suspect most people will probably agree hasn t aged nearly as well 
4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
James Berardinelli
Although Butch Cassidy wasn t the first movie to pair up a couple of wisecracking best friends in an action adventure setting this film became the model of how well that approach could work when done right 
3.5
The Anchorage
Ricky D'Ambrose
The Anchorage collects and uses a variety of stylistic devices that arguably originate with the European art house and discovers meaningful thoughtful ways to put them to work 
4
The Anchorage
V.A. Musetto
The Anchorage is a fully realized ode to the power of silence and solitude and one woman s harmony with nature 
3
Let's Do It Again
Austin Kennedy
It s not GREAT cinema or anything like that Just a fun mild diversion though I will probably watch it again just too see all of Cosby s great facial mugging 
3
Let's Do It Again
Roger Ebert
Let s Do It Again isn t a terribly ambitious comedy but within its limitations it works well And it s completely good natured 
3
What Happens in Vegas
Walter Chaw
a funny movie about the sexes that doesn t diminish either gender in its execution a tougher task obviously than one would presume 
3
What Happens in Vegas
Peter Canavese
Another predictable romantic comedy one that insists that spending time locked into an unhappy marriage doesn t breed contempt but sows love Blu ray 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Kyle Smith
Should have stayed not in Vegas but elsewhere in the state of Nevada How about those mountains where they are supposed to store the radioactive waste 
0.5
What Happens in Vegas
Phil Villarreal
Both Kutcher and Diaz are in full on desperation mode straining in each scene to prove they can still be relevant showing flashes of the charm that made them famous in the first place 
2.5
What Happens in Vegas
Linda Cook
It s a sure bet you ll realize What Happens in Vegas is a by the numbers romantice comedy within the first 15 minutes 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Sean P. Means
Like many Vegas weddings this mean spirited romantic comedy only makes sense if you re drunk 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Matt Brunson
It s less obnoxious than Fool s Gold less forced than Made of Honor and less formulaic well by a sliver anyway than 27 Dresses 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Jolene Mendez
What Happens in Vegas is a sorrow attempt at a romantic comedy So let the saying stand What happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Mike McGranaghan
Ultimately What Happens in Vegas resembles a drunken night in Sin City when it s over you don t really remember what happened except that it wasn t good 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Sean McBride
I can t recommend it as a must see date night getaway neither will I discourage audiences looking for a little bit of mindless rom com fun And given the likable nature of the film s two stars this trip to Vegas coasts by on just enough charm to make
3
What Happens in Vegas
Kam Williams
The colorful second bananas bawdy badinage turns out to be a lot funnier than that of the co stars who have little more to offer than their looks and sexual chemistry going for them 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Gina Carbone
Wants to be liked so badly it s afraid to do anything that might actually make you respect it in the morning In that sense it works It s a 99 minute PG 13 airplane movie good for a few chuckles and another notch on Rob Corddry s widening comedy belt 
2.5
What Happens in Vegas
Gary Brown
Kutcher and Diaz both make good with what they have but they deserve better 
2.5
What Happens in Vegas
Steve Rhodes
Scream scream scream When did writers get the idea that what audiences find really funny in comedies is screaming A full out assault on your senses the film isn t just bad It s painful 
1
What Happens in Vegas
John Anderson
What Happens in Vegas contains enough unbridled silliness to salvage its lowbrow high concept 
2.5
What Happens in Vegas
Claudia Puig
What Happens in Vegas refuses to take a gamble Like a bleary eyed gambler repeatedly tossing a pair of dice it tiredly goes through the motions 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Ken Fox
When a movie depends on supporting characters to tell the audience just how good the romantic leads are together you know you re in trouble deep 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Philip Marchand
Here s a romantic comedy that is goofy highly implausible sometimes over the top often in bad taste and resolutely empty headed In short it s the best example of its genre to appear on the screen this year 
3
What Happens in Vegas
Chris Hewitt
What happens in Vegas is nobody has much fun 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Moira MacDonald
We all know what happens in Vegas and we know without having to watch it what happens in this movie 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Peter Hartlaub
Considering that the title of the movie was conceived by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority it s not a huge surprise that What Happens in Vegas is stocked with product placement 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Carla Meyer
Directed by Tom Vaughan and written by Dana Fox who also wrote the excruciating The Wedding Date this film often seems improvised and not in a good way Some setups go nowhere and some jokes never get set up at all 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Stephen Whitty
It s called What Happens in Vegas but it should have been called What Happens in Hollywood as it pretty much defines contrived studio comedy 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Lou Lumenick
For an idea of the level of wit several gags are built around the name Dick Banger 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Sue Pierman
What Happens in Vegas is about as bubbly as flat champagne While aiming for an intoxicating blend of high energy comedy the romantic comedy s predictable story and the lack of chemistry between stars Diaz and Kutcher don t leave it withmuch of a kick 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Connie Ogle
The latest uptight chick slacker dude romantic comedy is so formulaic you could win big if you placed bets on what s going to happen next 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Loey Lockerby
It s a testament to how good casting can help a film and bad writing can hurt it even more 
2
What Happens in Vegas
John Wirt
The outcome of What Happens In Vegas is obvious but the journey there is fun 
3
What Happens in Vegas
Lisa Kennedy
Who knew the title wasn t simply clever inviting the rejoiner stays in Vegas but a dire warning of a bad movie ahead 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Bill Zwecker
Though likely not a film you ll remember a month after seeing it it does hit most of the right notes for a good date flick 
2.5
What Happens in Vegas
Wesley Morris
When it was over I felt vaguely embarrassed I wasn t just leaving a movie theater I was taking a walk of shame 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Christian Toto
The supporting players save What Happens in Vegas from rom com infamy 
2
What Happens in Vegas
David Nusair
one can t help but wonder if there s anything of interest left to say within this increasingly stale genre 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Larry Ratliff
I like to learn something every day In this case I discovered a harsh truth You can have slapstick without the comedy 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Carrie Rickey
What Happens in Vegas boasts the not inconsiderable appeal of good looking people having a good time even while having a bad time 
2.5
What Happens in Vegas
Rick Groen
What Happens in Vegas should damn well have stayed in Vegas Instead the thing has leaked out as a movie that one grey morning this week swiped 100 minutes from my life 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Willie Waffle
not a complete lost cause but no one tries to emerge from the icky goo known as mediocrity
1
What Happens in Vegas
Daniel M. Kimmel
Are you laughing yet Are you moved by these incredible insights Are you most likely looking for the exits 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Erik Childress
A distinctly awful cover version of I Want A New Drug plays on the soundtrack and is a direct thought to the audience who is going to need something a lot stronger to make it through this unrelentless excuse for a romantic comedy 
0
What Happens in Vegas
Sara Michelle Fetters
The good news is that the movie itself is nowhere near as disastrous as that trailer made it appear The bad news is that the darn thing still isn t all that great 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Dustin Putman
So moronic it almost makes the recent mediocre Made of Honor seem sophisticated by comparison 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Jeff Vice
Despite the presence of some likable funny people it s a painfully unfunny romantic comedy that makes you dislike those same people intensely 
1
What Happens in Vegas
Ed Gonzalez
The film gives a transparent spin to the saying that whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas but Diaz and Kutcher bring a surprising sweetness to their generic roles and the story s contrived situations 
2
What Happens in Vegas
Michael Phillips
So many things small and large erode any sense of fun here The movie looks like crud like it too stayed up and drank all night 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
Josh Larsen
While watching insipid romantic comedies I often cling to the comic supporting characters as my life preserver 
1.5
What Happens in Vegas
James Berardinelli
Sadly about the nicest thing I can say about What Happens in Vegas is that I didn t hate it although I suppose that s something 
2.5
Grand Hotel
Josh Larsen
How thoroughly does Joan Crawford own Grand Hotel She makes Greta Garbo superfluous 
3
Grand Hotel
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Grand Hotel was the first Garbo film I ever saw and she enchanted me effortlessly despite the presence of the rest of the powerful ensemble cast 
3.5
Grand Hotel
Wesley Lovell
An all star cast give varying shades of good performances to highlight a fun and interesting story about the sordid affairs of the rich and not so famous 
3
Grand Hotel
Michael Szymanski
They just don t build hotels like this anymore they just don t write lines like that anymore 
4
Grand Hotel
James Berardinelli
It hasn t aged as well as some Oscar winners but neither is it as dated as for example Cimarron 
3
After the Life
Rob Thomas
If I had to recommend just one film out of the three it would be this one 
3.5
After the Life
Michael Wilmington
If On the Run is the most riveting and shocking of the three and An Amazing Couple the funniest and most engaging After the Life is the most touching and dramatic 
4
After the Life
Ruthe Stein
Blanc s performance is as chilling as Lee Remick s in Days of Wine and Roses 
3
After the Life
Jeff Shannon
While it functions independently as a sad ultimately moving portrait of a deeply codependent couple the film also emerges as the most richly resonant of The Trilogy 
3
After the Life
Ty Burr
If you have committed to the entire project this chapter leaves you not only with a sense of completion but of an ascension to a hard won grace 
3.5
After the Life
Jonathan Foreman
The fine performances by Blanc and Melki give Belvaux whole clever undertaking some needed weight 
2.5
After the Life
Jack Mathews
We re treated to two smashing performances from Morel and Blanc 
3.5
After the Life
Joshua Tanzer
To get the desired effect you have to see all three films none of which is much worth seeing by itself 
2
After the Life
Ed Gonzalez
Even if you refuse to play Belvaux s Choose Your Own Adventure do not ignore these performances 
2.5
Chicken Little
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A bland byproduct of too many cooks in the kitchen with not enough ideas on how to bring their different sub plots together into a cohesive entertaining film for kids 
2
Chicken Little
Carolyn Arends
It lacks a good old fashioned story the fourth dimension every 3 D feature needs to be a classic 
2.5
Chicken Little
Forrest Hartman
A cute movie that with a G rating is suitable for even the smallest children 
3
Chicken Little
David Nusair
overall lack of substance ultimately lends the proceedings a vibe of irrelevance 
2
Chicken Little
Ed Gonzalez
Truly there s no sense of calm to the film which feels as if it s been assembled with the manic energy of a preschooler trying to fit square shaped plastic toys into circle shaped holes 
1.5
Chicken Little
Ryan Devlin
The cleverness just isn t there 
2
Chicken Little
James Verniere
Disney s first all CGI effort not made by Pixar looks cheap bland plasticene and often fuzzy 
2
Chicken Little
Tom Meek
Little and his posse of outcasts Ugly Duckling Runt the fat pig and Fish out of Water endear but the rest of the film is derivative and uninspired 
1.5
Chicken Little
Sara Michelle Fetters
What I do know are movies and in the case of Chicken Little while no masterpiece I can safely say it does not lay an egg I m sure that s got to count for something 
2.5
Chicken Little
Hanh Nguyen
Can someone please explain what s with the shades wearing Corey Heart wannabe Morkubine Porcupine His random presence is most likely an inside joke and we are not amused 
2.5
Chicken Little
Jeffrey Westhoff
The richest humor stems from the characters though and fortunately for Disney they are the most adorable bunch the studio has imagined since Lilo and Stitch 
3
Chicken Little
Sean O'Connell
An 80 minute sprint on a treadmill a frantic romp with no destination 
2
Chicken Little
Frank Ochieng
Chicken Little will automatically cluck gleefully for its youthful audience But for others this bland bird will take time to roast 
2
Chicken Little
Collin Souter
The 3 D screenings add little to the experience and feel more like an afterthought than a technological innovation 
2.5
Chicken Little
Linda Cook
Well it doesn t quite lay an egg But it s nothing that will make even chicken scratches in the history of Disney even though it s in 3 D 
2
Chicken Little
Gary Brown
If Finding Nemo established the gold standard of CG then Chicken Little is little more than chicken feed 
2
Chicken Little
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is fun for all ages and besides who could resist this charming insecure heroic little clucker 
3
Chicken Little
Peter Howell
This film s procession of dumb clucks and yuks manages to bring the roof down on occasion if only through sheer manic exertion 
2.5
Chicken Little
Angel Cohn
This wild and unexpected ride should delight younger children with its bright colors and constant chaos while adults are likely to be charmed by the witty banter subtle one liners and a sweet father son relationship 
3
Chicken Little
Moira MacDonald
It s an odd up and down storyline and it s told with too many shortcuts pop songs used in place of dialogue and emotion pop references used in place of jokes 
2
Chicken Little
Stephen Hunter
The animators are you almost no longer have to say this fabulous and full of mischief weaving enough ironic amusements into the story for the longer of tooth 
2
Chicken Little
Christopher Kelly
Chicken Little is much too glib to make us feel what its characters are experiencing the filmmakers would much rather explode their animated sets and vaporize their talking creatures 
2
Chicken Little
Peter Hartlaub
as cluttered as the movie gets before the ending it s funny throughout with some 1970s and 80s music thrown in to keep adults happy 
3
Chicken Little
David Elliott
Nothing truly fell from the sky of inspiration here nor did imagineering rise to potential 
1.5
Chicken Little
Carla Meyer
Chicken Little doesn t contain an original bone in its animated body but it combines its derivations well enough to entertain kids 
2.5
Chicken Little
Ross Anthony
It s not a bad movie really The elements are all there they just feel somehow not terribly inspired 
2
Chicken Little
Pam Grady
Most of the time this bird is that rare chicken one that really flies 
3.5
Chicken Little
Shawn Levy
The computerized animation hasn t got enough pop the characters are vapid rather than nonsensical or silly the musical numbers are awful and the emotional situation of the plot is handled like a large piece of meat at the end of a hook 
2
Chicken Little
Lisa Rose
There s such a density of visual puns and pop culture reference points kids and parents are bound to find themselves smiling in spots The cumulative effect of the film however is exhaustion 
2
Chicken Little
Lou Lumenick
There s scarcely enough story here for a half hour TV cartoon 
2
Chicken Little
Jack Mathews
While it is colorful and jaunty and filled with benign barnyard creatures the occasional jokes and pop references aimed for designated guardians in the audience are more insulting than entertaining 
2
Chicken Little
Mary-Liz Shaw
It loses some of its emotional punch as the plot complications pile up 
3
Chicken Little
Glenn Whipp
It s not painful just completely unnecessary 
2
Chicken Little
Robert W. Butler
Chicken Little was mildly amusing at best There was none of the explosive laughter that fuels the Pixar world I missed it 
2.5
Chicken Little
Amy Biancolli
The movie directed by Mark Dindal The Emperor s New Groove swings from sugar buzz to glucose crash a bit too quickly 
2.5
Chicken Little
Liam Lacey
Chicken Little settles for what s expedient and safe and over all lives down to its title 
2.5
Chicken Little
Terry Lawson
The originality and brightness of Chicken Little resides in its characters whose names may be familiar from children s books but whose personalities are unique 
3
Chicken Little
Jeff Vice
This digitally animated feature is not quite as funny as we may have hoped But it does have a peculiar goofy sweetness to it and the sheer inventiveness of the whole thing makes it pretty enjoyable 
3
Chicken Little
Mike Clark
The invasion material is acceptably funny 
3
Chicken Little
Lisa Kennedy
More than a loving clever riff on a fable Chicken Little is a grade school primer on the language of movies with a capital M 
3
Chicken Little
Randy Myers
Sad to say Little s magical spell goes poof halfway through 
2.5
Chicken Little
Ty Burr
Chicken Little is shiny and peppy with some solid laughs and dandy vocal performances but even a small child may sense how forced this movie is 
2.5
Chicken Little
Tyler Hanley
Destined to become a babysitter s top tot tempering tool 
3
Chicken Little
Larry Ratliff
Oddly enough Walt Disney Pictures breaks through the glass ceiling of modern animation with a tale about the sky falling 
3
Chicken Little
Sean P. Means
With its charming characters and nonstop jokes this movie is worth crossing the road to see 
3.5
Chicken Little
Daniel M. Kimmel
The Disney studio was once the gold standard for feature animation Now it gives us the worst cartoon movie of the year 
1
Chicken Little
Willie Waffle
Chicken Little doesn t lay an egg but it doesn t fly like a majestic eagle either 
2.5
Chicken Little
Erik Childress
Chicken Little should explode into a fury of anarchic hilarity Instead like the townfolk the makers seem to be scurrying around helpless unaware of which direction to go 
2.5
Chicken Little
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A nervous bundle of drips and drabs taken from dozens of other movies and TV shows jokes and ideas all previously tested 
2
Chicken Little
Steven Rea
Compared to the CG gems from Pixar Chicken Little is stylistically inconsistent narratively messy and well just not much fun 
2
Chicken Little
Jeff Strickler
While the frenetic pacing might help conceal the movie s flaws the bizarre twists in the plot are not easily glossed over 
2.5
Chicken Little
Dustin Putman
Kids will be delighted by the cute as a button protagonist and a comedy sci fi plot that offers some pint sized thrills without ever getting too scary 
2.5
Chicken Little
Roger Ebert
The movie did make me smile It didn t make me laugh and it didn t involve my emotions or the higher regions of my intellect for that matter 
2.5
Chicken Little
Chris Hewitt
What makes this chick click is the humor 
3
Chicken Little
Robert K. Elder
In trying to be all things to all popcorn buyers Chicken Little comes off as a manic scramble to please everyone 
2.5
Chicken Little
Josh Larsen
There is no doubt the movie is a wannabe but on those terms it works 
3
Chicken Little
Gene Seymour
No matter how technically proficient a movie s visual effects they mean nothing without wit cunning and soul 
2
Chicken Little
Phil Villarreal
This one will likely get the treatment of Disney mediocrity only three direct to video sequels and no traveling ice show 
2.5
Chicken Little
James Berardinelli
It is bogged down by many of the problems that have plagued Disney s recent traditional animated features anonymous voice work poor plot structure and the mistaken belief that the Disney brand will elevate anything to a must see level 
2.5
Chicken Little
Steve Rhodes
Boy oh boy does Disney need Pixar 
1.5
Chicken Little
Walter Chaw
Disney eradicated their hand drawn animation department for this 
1.5
Chicken Little
Sean McBride
a nice story and enough energy to make Disney s latest film into a solid crowd pleaser
3
Chicken Little
Scott Nash
Amusing enough to keep the adults from being bored while sure to please younger children 
3
The Locksmith
Glenn Kenny
This modest and competent neo noir seems to have no urgent reason for being 44 except perhaps to inject sentimental notions of redemption into the book of neo noir conventions 46 
2
The Locksmith
Mark Dujsik
91 I 93 n its later rush toward providing that plot 44 the characters and relationships do get pushed off to the side 46 46 46 
2.5
The Locksmith
Roger Moore
Not bad 44 unless you apos re inclined to you know pick at it 46 
2
Up for Love
Chris Knight
Up for Love is a sweet romance that doesn t overplay its premise or overstay its welcome 
3
Up for Love
Alex Migdal
Dujardin and Efira are both charming and beautiful and the film glistens in its breezy cobblestoned scenery 
2.5
Up for Love
Peter Howell
Potentially great chemistry and good performances are largely wasted in this gimmicky rom com in which Jean Dujardin plays a four foot five Romeo seeking to woo a regular sized woman 
2
The Dorm
David Nusair
the film s my first horror flick vibe might appeal to younger teenagers 
1
Unbroken
Brian Eggert
The film has been carefully constructed into a blind adoration instead of a worthy portrait 59 it captures events 44 but not people 44 not gradations 46 
2
Unbroken
Mattie Lucas
A solid film with a great story that is ultimately unremarkable in its telling 
3
Unbroken
Pamela Powell
I assume that for those who have read the book you will be disappointed in the film For those that have not read the book go buy it It s most assuredly going to be better than the film 
2
Unbroken
Michael Smith
Unbroken is competent at best and we know that Zamperini was a great man But he was more than the sum of this movie s parts 
2.5
Unbroken
Claudia Puig
Unbroken is an odyssey detailing a harrowing ordeal and insurmountable odds But this polished story feels conventional overly long and not sufficiently involving Full review in Japanese 
2
Unbroken
Carla Meyer
Unbroken is a triumph of the spirit film that devotes too much time to attempts at squashing that spirit 
2
Unbroken
Brandy McDonnell
Jolie has a gift for intimately delving into the ways war dehumanizes people away from the battlefields 
3.5
Unbroken
Tom Meek
For something that is supposed to be harrowing by definition Unbroken never becomes much more of an ordeal than something akin to a wave machine unleashed in a calm safe harbor 
1.5
Unbroken
Robert W. Butler
Unbroken is a good film But you can t help wondering what it would have been like if it had been made by believers or at least by talents not averse to considering the role of faith in human perseverance 
3
Unbroken
Bob Strauss
The two big aerial sequences are particularly accomplished thanks in no small part to the ingenious work of cinematographer Roger Deakins and a battalion of brilliant designers and practical digital effects technicians 
3
Unbroken
Stephen Rebello
Although the self made hero Zamperini deserves every bit of the respect the movie shows him Unbroken could have done much less noble idolatry and much more edge and insight 
2.5
Unbroken
John Beifuss
Zamperini s brother offers this message A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory In really interesting movies the opposite is true 
2.5
Unbroken
Josh Larsen
Jolie takes dead aim at the Oscars with Unbroken and there s something to be said for the fact that her aim is true 
2
Unbroken
Michael Dequina
Glossily polished to an old school Hollywood sheen in every respect from the honey golden cinematography to unfortunately a programmatic and ultimately unconvincing slathered on sentimentality 
2.5
Unbroken
Jordan Hiller
As vivid and relatable as the races raft wretchedness and redemption may have been on the page the on screen rendering manages to suck the life and vitality from Zamperini s ordeal 
1
Unbroken
Bob Bloom
Unbroken is a good solid feature Unfortunately the subject matter called for something bigger and grander befitting the life of this heroic figure 
2.5
Unbroken
Eric Melin
The Hollywood sheen of its early scenes distances the film from connecting while later attempts to be gritty become repetitive and ultimately deadening 
2
Unbroken
Kam Williams
An honorable historical drama who s primary flaw rests in its being released too soon after a more compelling biopic revolving around similar subject matter 
2.5
Unbroken
Randy Myers
Given its subject it should have been great but it turns out to be simply good 
2.5
Unbroken
Walter Chaw
the lingering impulse is to take sides and wish violence upon others I like to think that that couldn t have been the intention 
1
Unbroken
Sean P. Means
Somehow in searching for the most photogenic dramatically harrowing and heroic scenes from Zamperini s life the movie Unbroken gives short shrift to the most interesting parts 
2
Unbroken
John Wirt
An epic drama about an incredible life Unbroken certainly is a story about surviving incredible odds but it s not a vehicle for inspiration or revelation 
2.5
Unbroken
Matt Brunson
Unbroken is a fine biopic of a remarkable American but it needed a little more fire in its belly to truly roar 
3
Unbroken
Ty Burr
Unbroken stirs a moviegoer by default it s an astounding story of human endurance that has been brought a little too safely to the screen 
2.5
Unbroken
Stephen Whitty
Handsome alert and intensely focused little known English actor Jack O Connell is a fine choice as Louis And Japanese pop star Takamasa Miyavi Ishihara shines as The Bird Louis sadistic captor and war criminal in training 
3
Unbroken
David Hiltbrand
Unbroken is a fitting title for this excruciating cinematic treatment of the flyboy s ordeal It plays like an endless unrelieved gauntlet of suffering an onslaught untempered by grace or redemption 
1.5
Unbroken
Linda Cook
Full of resilience hope and joy Unbroken is one of the best movies of the year 
4
Unbroken
Joe Williams
If you can take it Unbroken will lift you like the classics of adventure cinema 
3.5
Unbroken
Anders Wright
It s the sort of movie that desperately wants to be taken seriously a film that set out to be important rather than relying on its strengths to actually be so 
2
Unbroken
Brian Tallerico
It s well cast it looks great and it certainly conveys a true story worth telling 
2.5
Unbroken
Lindsey Bahr
Jolie hasn t done a disservice to Zamperini s life but it s hard to know what she was trying to tell It s Zamperini s story in fact and circumstance but somehow he feels like an enigma 
2.5
Unbroken
Peter Howell
For Jolie it s all about the suffering without much meaning 
2
Unbroken
Mark Dujsik
The screenplay is not interested in presenting Zamperini as a person but it is clearly and deferentially impressed with its hero as an ideal 
2.5
Unbroken
Peter Canavese
Ultimately the lesson of Unbroken seems to be this Louis Zamperini suffered horribly for America so the least you can do is watch this movie about it 
2.5
Unbroken
Dann Gire
Jolie proves that a woman other than Kathryn Bigelow can direct a male dominated military drama in a fiercely male dominated industry 
3
Unbroken
Perry Seibert
Unbroken ends up telling only a fraction of Louis Zamperini s remarkable life story By focusing on the most extreme parts of it he becomes a symbol rather than a three dimensional person 
1.5
Unbroken
Moira MacDonald
You find yourself happy that this film exists but wishing it were better 
2.5
Unbroken
Connie Ogle
The bigger problem is that neither Jolie nor the script bothers to flesh Louis out as a fully formed person with faults and fears and regrets which keeps the film from ever capturing you emotionally 
2.5
Unbroken
Kyle Smith
More a series of similar events than a story and lacks an underlying message except that torture hurts 
2
Unbroken
Chris Knight
O Connell is strong in the role but since his character is often left to suffer alone there s only so much he can do to connect with an audience 
2.5
Unbroken
Liam Lacey
A beautifully shot well acted and worthy to a fault Second World War survivor story that only intermittently achieves the kind of emotional impact for which it aims 
2.5
Unbroken
Rafer Guzman
Well crafted and compelling but director Angelina Jolie s best contribution was casting the unknown Miyavi in a pivotal role 
3
Unbroken
Michael Phillips
Unbroken makes for a grueling experience which is not quite the same as a memorable one 
2.5
Unbroken
Michael O'Sullivan
The truest testament to the film s strength is the degree to which it all but achieves greatness 
3
Unbroken
Robert Levin
The movie gives us the first two acts and glosses over the third reducing the most noteworthy component of Zamperini s story to an end credits footnote 
2.5
Unbroken
Mick LaSalle
A good 45 minutes of the movie consists of showing Louis getting beaten up then healing getting beaten up then healing over and over 
2
Unbroken
Peter Travers
This passion project for Angelina Jolie shines with her abiding love for Louis Zamperini and his courage under fire In honoring Louis endurance she does herself proud 
3.5
Unbroken
Willie Waffle
A triumphant heartwrenching movie that is perfect for the holiday season 
3.5
Unbroken
Mike McGranaghan
A film that amazes entertains and inspires admiration even when it s not perfect 
3.5
Unbroken
Matt Pais
Movies like Unbroken don t work if you lose sight of what makes them unique 
2
Unbroken
James Berardinelli
There s a lot to like about the movie Its presentation is straightforward chronicling Zamperini s amazing tale without flinching 
3
Unbroken
Claudia Puig
Though O Connell s vulnerable lead performance is terrific Unbroken s unrestrained hero worship undermines the story 
2.5
Unbroken
Jeff Beck
Unbroken is a biopic that comes off as very standard and flat bringing with it very little reason for the audience to get engaged in Louis difficult situation 
2.5
Unbroken
John Serba
Struggles to balance the epic and the personal but ends up in the middle never fully committing to either 
2.5
Unbroken
Roger Moore
At times downright inept 
2
Unbroken
R. Kurt Osenlund
The film s chief misstep is taking its title too literally and ultimately depicting Louie as an indestructible and thus largely inhuman superhero 
2.5
Unbroken
Clayton Davis
Unbroken is a fascinating deconstruction of a man beaten to his core An enlightening story featuring star making performances and an abundance of masterclass filmmaking techniques 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Wesley Lovell
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a studious 44 accessible 44 intense courtroom drama that compares favorably to historically great courtroom dramas like To Kill a Mockingbird 44 12 Angry Men 44 and Judgment at Nuremberg 46 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
David Gonzalez
While the term important film is overused 44 The Trial of the Chicago 7 is one of the years essential must see films 46 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Brian Eggert
Sorkin has tapped into something Whether it s called Capraesque or Spielbergian the label denotes a film that accesses our emotions and ideological sympathies in simple but undeniable ways 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Matthew Rozsa
The Trial of the Chicago 7 might be the ultimate movie about how to fight the far right an artistic testament to pragmatism and a cry of rage in the era of Donald Trump and Derek Chauvin 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
David Nusair
benefits from its raft of above average performances 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Josh Larsen
hits enough drama pleasure centers to be suspicious 
2
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Matt Brunson
A zippy and freewheeling piece 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mark Meszoros
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a mighty and potentially depressing reminder of how history has a habit of repeating itself 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Leo Brady
The Trial of the Chicago 7 reminds us how far we think we have come in our progress in a dazzling Aaron Sorkin fashion only to discover that we may not have come far at all 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A surprisingly well oiled machine 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Rene Sanchez
Timely and effective The Trial of the Chicago 7 boasts an impressive cast and an agile screenplay that gives each of them a chance to shine Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Linda Cook
The verdict should be unanimous This is a great film 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
James Kendrick
deeply entertaining though it may be it is ultimately sobering in how it dramatizes not how far we might fall but how far we have already fallen
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Lindsey Bahr
If anyone was born to make a film about the infamous federal trial surrounding the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention it s Aaron Sorkin 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Arionne Nettles
The film is not meant to be a documentary though and naturally takes creative license keeping the essence of the real life events 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
The bravery of the brutalized defendants is justly legendary but the film is no self righteous history lesson The script is stocked with zingers and Sorkin s depiction of patriotism curdling into fascism is visceral not didactic 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Oliver Jones
By reshaping this charged moment culled from somewhat recent American history in his own image Sorkin has made The Trial of the Chicago 7 about something else entirely himself 
2
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mike McGranaghan
Even if a couple of the characters get short shrift the film s examination of the impact of protest is both fascinating and eerily timely 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Jeff Mitchell
The Trial of the Chicago 7 argues that 1968 and 2020 aren t so different 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Jason Fraley
We appreciate the stand that Cohen takes when he takes the stand Do you have contempt for your government I think the institutions of our democracy are wonderful things that are right now populated by some terrible people 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Roger Moore
There are great films and there are movies of their moment Aaron Sorkin s film is a bit of both 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sorkin s latest directorial offering is timely engaging and undeniably thought provoking It is also spectacularly acted across the board 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Pamela Powell
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is one of the best films of the year and may be one of Sorkin s best of all time 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chris Hewitt
The Trial of the Chicago 7 isn t good but I d recommend it anyway 
2.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
James Berardinelli
In his screenplay Sorkin does a masterful job of picking through months of testimony to find significant exchanges that speak a universal language about the corruption of power and the desire to silence opposition voices 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Johnny Oleksinski
Sorkin who s unmatched in his ability to write debates and speeches manages to freshen up those old benches robes and gavels 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Peter Howell
The movie puts the past on the stand to inform the present and also to galvanize it 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Rafer Guzman
A compelling re creation of a notorious trial that galvanized and even defined the 1960s 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Randy Myers
A smart angry movie 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mick LaSalle
Sorkin s talent distinct and unmistakable drops a pearl into every exchange 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sean P. Means
Much as Arthur Miller used the Salem witch trials of The Crucible to speak to the political witch trials of the McCarthy era Sorkin methodically and passionately retells this 50 year old trial to call attention to what s happening now 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Steven Prokopy
It s a crackling production that captures an embarrassing moment in history 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Joe Friar
Writer director Aaron Sorkin assembles an A list cast to chronicle the powerful story which parallels the current climate as political unrest once again sweeps across the nation 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Barry Hertz
Sorkin s winks are so shameless that you can hear them flutter across your own living room but that doesn t make them unenjoyable either 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tom Meek
The film with most of the drama unfolding in court the riots is in flashbacks is a lean mean sizzler taut at every turn 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Matthew Passantino
The Trial of the Chicago 7 moves with an electric purpose and it will be hard to escape the parallels the project has to offer to today s culture 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Ann Hornaday
The Trial of the Chicago 7 offers an absorbing primer in a chapter of American history that was both bizarre and ruefully meaningful 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Jeff York
Well told by Sorkin and acted fantastically across the board And what it has to say about justice the fragility of our democracy and the abuses by those running this nation couldn t be timelier 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Brian Tallerico
There are such wonderful individual moments and beats in that just watching it as an acting exercise makes it worthwhile 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mark Dujsik
The film is exactly what it needs to be an assertive and impassioned piece of political theater 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Joey Magidson
The Trial of the Chicago 7 represents a brilliant example of what cinema can do A period piece that s just as vital today 
4
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Ty Burr
Trial is so inherently compelling and so directly germane to an America where the government labels cities anarchist jurisdictions and states are drawing up laws against free assembly that it doesn t need the frills 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Michael Phillips
Sorkin s writing may be better served by a director who can bring a new set of perspectives and dynamics to the work rather than simply presenting them head on Yet it works anyway 
3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Brian Truitt
The filmmaker crafts an entertaining immersive and ultimately optimistic spectacle that never forgets especially at its ending that humanity should always trump the system 
3.5
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Richard Roeper
This is not a documentary it s a dramatization of events that resonates with great power while containing essential truths and it s one of the best movies of the year 
4
Humanity
David Nusair
A seriously padded out self indulgent work 
2
The Devil Is a Woman
Matt Brunson
The runt of the von Sternberg Dietrich litter 
2.5
The Devil Is a Woman
James Kendrick
seems designed to simultaneously emphasize and lampoon Dietrich s smoldering screen persona
3.5
The Devil Is a Woman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dietrich s fiery performance is irresistible especially the way she stomps her feet and fires eye daggers to get what she wants 
4
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Roger Moore
Whatever the faithful get out of their devotion to these films 44 any objective take on any given installment can only praise the investment in better animation and point out the obvious 8212 again 46 The storytelling leaves a lot to be desired 46 
1.5
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Randy Myers
Smart funny and action packed a grand slam extension of the popular manga and series 
3.5
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Mike McGranaghan
As someone with only a passing knowledge of this world and its inhabitants 44 I enjoyed Dragon Ball Super 58 Super Hero even more than the previous entries 46 
3
American Bullfighter
Kam Williams
Provided you have a strong stomach for bovine torture the film is likely to prove entertaining for it relates an otherwise admirable overcoming the odds saga 
3
Machotaildrop
Liam Lacey
Always daring Machotaildrop rides that rail between crude amateurishness and giddy creativity 
2
Julius Caesar
Roger Ebert
We begin to suspect that the movie is an alien plot to drain the soul from mighty Shakespeare 
1
The Gleaners and I
Matt Brunson
Fascinating 
3.5
The Gleaners and I
Josh Larsen
minor Varda in a way but it s also a moving summation of her life s work 
3
The Gleaners and I
Joshua Tanzer
A pleasure to watch part documentary part personal essay part unguided tour It s a chance to understand ourselves differently by seeing the things we choose not to use 
3.5
The Gleaners and I
Chris Hewitt
Agnes Varda finds that one man s trash is literally another man s treasure in her highly personal The Gleaners and I 
3
The Gleaners and I
Liam Lacey
For the most part Varda s home movie is a simple and sweet thing 
3
The Gleaners and I
Edward Guthmann
Varda s subject matter is surprisingly rich but it s her own energetic curious nature that gives the film its snap 
3
The Gleaners and I
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I t not only informs and educates it enlightens and does all this with a supreme enchantment and poetry 
4
The Gleaners and I
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The characters are defined by dawdle and drift as much as Varda is in The Gleaners and I catching life on the fly and implicitly inviting us to do the same 
3
The Gleaners and I
Roger Ebert
And in what appears to be a documentary Varda conceals a tender meditation about her own life and life itself 
4
The Gleaners and I
David Sterritt
At once a deceptively simple and vibrantly exciting achievement 
4
Triple Cross
Roger Ebert
A slow paced loosely plotted excursion into the Spy business One or two competent performances struggle to its surface tread water briefly and sink It s hard to fix the blame 
2.5
The Man Who Sued God
Andrew Howe
Balances lightweight froth with canny casting and meditative undertones 
3
Stealing Harvard
David Nusair
46 46 46 an agreeably over the top premise that 8217 s employed to periodically passable yet mostly underwhelming effect 46 46 46 
2
Stealing Harvard
Felix Vasquez Jr.
With only an occasional laugh here and there this is just another of the many stinky comedies to come around in years 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Jim Shelby
There is no real reason to see this unless you are related to someone involved in the project and even then you might think pretty hard before you spend 9 and 90 minutes here 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Marty Mapes
Harvard and neices have nothing to do with this movie it s just an excuse for 90 minutes of jokes
2.5
Stealing Harvard
Mike McGranaghan
I found Stealing Harvard to be a lot like skim milk it s too watered down to be very good 
2
Stealing Harvard
Jonathan R. Perry
Whether the film works is a question in direct correlation to willingness to set aside preconceptions of logic characterization or ambition and tolerance of Tom Green 
1
Stealing Harvard
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes a setup delivery and payoff Stealing Harvard can t even do that much Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth 
0
Stealing Harvard
Frank Ochieng
Somehow you know the odds are stacked against you when you knowingly take on the reality of seeing the annoying and attention starved comic actor Tom Green in yet another pointless lowbrow comedy
2
Stealing Harvard
Steve Rhodes
The movie isn t easy to endure Save yourself the pain by never starting to watch it in the first place 
1
Stealing Harvard
Linda Cook
It s not the worst comedy of the year but it certainly won t win any honors 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Dustin Putman
Go see Stealing Harvard and the only things sure to be stolen are your wallet and a worthwhile time 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Gary Brown
The film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility 
.5
Stealing Harvard
David Keyes
not even amusing enough to at least stimulate our negative response beyond dozing off 
1
Stealing Harvard
Mike Clark
Tom Green and an Ivy League college should never appear together on a marquee especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Chris Hewitt
Stick around for all of Stealing Harvard It gets better 
3
Stealing Harvard
Ted Fry
Stealing Harvard doesn t care about cleverness wit or any other kind of intelligent humor 
1
Stealing Harvard
Mick LaSalle
It s not enough to say that Green isn t funny in Stealing Harvard that might leave the impression that Green simply isn t funny in comparison to other comedians No it s bigger than that 
1
Stealing Harvard
David Elliott
Watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt as if you were paying dues for good books unread fine music never heard 
1
Stealing Harvard
Joe Baltake
Stealing Harvard is evidence that the Farrelly Bros Peter and Bobby and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end along with Green s half hearted movie career 
2.5
Stealing Harvard
John Monaghan
The script is stale but the gags are downright rancid 
1
Stealing Harvard
Jeff Vice
The minute Green s character appears on the screen you can practically feel the energy and creativity bleeding out of the movie which has other problems as well 
1
Stealing Harvard
Wesley Morris
The film glorifies incompetence in part by terrorizing you with it 
2
Stealing Harvard
Roger Ebert
This is as lax and limp a comedy as I ve seen in a while a meander through worn out material 
1
Stealing Harvard
Jonathan Foreman
A cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life 
1
Stealing Harvard
Rick Groen
Stealing Harvard will dip into your wallet swipe 90 minutes of your time and offer you precisely this in recompense A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Phil Villarreal
If McCulloch keeps cranking out mediocre comedies like this fans will start to give up on him 
2
Stealing Harvard
Walter Chaw
A shame that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating boring and forgettable 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Tor Thorsen
To get to the comic gold in Stealing Harvard you have to sift through a lot of gravel 
2
Stealing Harvard
Carrie Rickey
Jason Lee is the one good reason to watch this farce Green is one of many good reasons to avoid it 
2
Stealing Harvard
Sue Pierman
A film with some decent talent but few laughs 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Mark Caro
Some actors steal scenes Tom Green just gives them a bad odor This self infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard but he s the most obvious one 
1.5
Stealing Harvard
Rob Blackwelder
Another boorish movie from the I heard a joke at a frat party school of screenwriting 
0.5
Stealing Harvard
Ross Anthony
As for the antics themselves the early ones lack sometimes loudly lacking But like John s dumb determination the script keeps rubbing its two sticks together until something funny sparks A weak B 
2.5
Bundles
Roger Moore
It is astonishing how off key 8220 Bundles 8221 goes 44 and how badly the violence is introduced into this light dramedy 44 and how grimly and poorly acted that violence plays out 46 
1.5
The Ritz
Roger Ebert
The Ritz never quite succeeds Its ambition is clearly to be a screwball comedy in the tradition of the 1930s classics and such recent attempts as What s Up Doc and Silent Movie But it lacks the manic pacing and the material grows thin
2.5
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
David Nusair
an inoffensive and surprisingly watchable entry within the Disney Channel s lightweight oeuvre 
2
Vito Bonafacci
Chris Hewitt
Vito simply doesn t work as a movie 
1
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Michael Dequina
The boldest and most effective Hollywood Bollywood meeting yet taking the better aspects of both filmmaking schools and mixing them into something fresh and unique 
3.5
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Lou Lumenick
Even though the title character vaguely resembles Disney s Tarzan nobody is going to mistake the less than state of the art computer game style 2 D animation for the work of the American parent much less its Pixar subsidiary 
2
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia (El viaje extraordinario de Celeste García)
David Nusair
A bizarre little movie 
2
Reason
Aparita Bhandari
Reason is a difficult watch but offers hope for the future 
3.5
Coup 53
Roger Moore
After a brisk opening act the film tends to bog down until we get to the third act s bloody nitty gritty of the coup Coup 53 could stand to shed some minutes 
2.5
Coup 53
Tom Meek
An eye popping bit of history 
3
Coup 53
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Since the legacy of what went down in 1953 is still very much with us it behooves us all to learn more about today by discovering yesterday 
3
Coup 53
Rob Thomas
It s not surprising that Ralph Fiennes gives such a great performance in Coup 53 What s surprising is that he gives it in a documentary 
3.5
Coup 53
Ann Hornaday
As enlightening as Coup 53 is as a secret history it s even more satisfying as an aesthetic exercise treating viewers to one of cleverest workarounds in cinematic problem solving in recent memory 
4
Coup 53
Glenn Kenny
Coup 53 is worth seeing but its general effect on this viewer was to seek out more books rather than movies on the subject 
3
Coup 53
Mark Dujsik
Amirani s filmmaking process is akin to watching a detective at work 
3
Coup 53
Chris Barsanti
Once Taghi Amirani turns his attention to the coup itself his film snaps into shape with Walter Murch skillfully knitting together new and old interviews to lay out the story in highly dramatic form 
3
Central Intelligence
Matt Brunson
The artist formerly known as The Rock has long since proven that he has more natural acting chops than any other former muscleman turned thespian sorry Arnie and he s absolutely riotous here 
3
Central Intelligence
Linda Cook
Central Intelligence is Rock solid 
3
Central Intelligence
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hart and Johnson got me to laugh their antics just ridiculous enough to keep me entertained 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Katie Walsh
Doesn t have much going for it beyond its leading men the leading men just might be worth the price of admission 
2.5
Central Intelligence
John Hanlon
Dwayne Johnson steals the show in this solid comedy which lets The Rock show off a side of him we haven t seen before 
3.0
Central Intelligence
James Berardinelli
With its canned predictable action sequences and mirthless attempts at humor it displays an ineptitude that is frankly shocking considering the talent involved 
1
Central Intelligence
David Nusair
the movie increasingly resembles any number of similarly themed buddy comedies have emerged over the last several years including of course Hart s own Ride Along series 
2
Central Intelligence
Christian Toto
The guy who once acted by raising a single eyebrow can now steal scenes from Kevin Hart 
3
Central Intelligence
Mark Dujsik
There s something discouraging about a movie that features two very funny performers giving it their all but being let down by the material 
2
Central Intelligence
Robert Horton
Is Central Intelligence a classic No Is it a passable summer movie Sure Will there be future pairings of Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson Don t bet against it 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Mike McGranaghan
Two hours of pure wonderfully silly entertainment 
3
Central Intelligence
Sean P. Means
Johnson proves his comic chops are as strong as his ab crunches and his chemistry with Hart is as explosive as the inevitable pyrotechnics 
3
Central Intelligence
Josh Terry
It will make you laugh but leave you wishing the whole package was a little better 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Stephen Whitty
A mostly dumb but often weirdly sweet action comedy about bullies high school friendships and grown men who still love John Hughes movies Oh and who happen to be spies 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Willie Waffle
If it wasn t for The Rock and Kevin Hart this movie would be arrested for impersonating a comedy 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Barry Hertz
A buddy comedy that s pleasant enough without ever reaching the full comic heights that Johnson s casting implicitly promises 
2
Central Intelligence
Tirdad Derakhshani
Central Intelligence is actually funny 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Peter Canavese
Even if the material s not always up to the title s ironic reference to wit the cast and their director carry the day with a good stock of laughs 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Richard Roeper
Central Intelligence is one of those slick gunplay riddled stupidly plotted aggressively loud buddy movies so formulaic and dumb even if you see it you ll probably forget you ve seen it by the end of the year 
1.5
Central Intelligence
Robbie-Ann McPherson
Central Intelligence is a big cartoon caper that is a heck of a lot of fun and for fans of the buddy picture genre Dwayne Johnson or Kevin Hart or any combination of the above it will likely hit most of the right notes 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Peter Travers
You go along for the ride because Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson promise something they can t deliver a movie as funny as they are 
2
Central Intelligence
Ty Burr
Painless strained occasionally amusing and utterly disposable just another studio buddy comedy action movie that forgot where it put the script 
2
Central Intelligence
Jon Niccum
It s certainly Johnson s all time funniest performance But it offers the same old Hart who mugs throughout the movie even when he s theoretically playing the straight man 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Michael Smith
The story is completely ridiculous but it works because everyone is in on the joke committed to making us laugh so hard that our brains don t notice 
3
Central Intelligence
Sara Stewart
We re here for the Johnson and Hart show and they deliver 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Peter Howell
Johnson and Hart actually do have potential as a comic duo better than Ice Cube and Hart in the already stale Ride Along franchise but Central Intelligence isn t smart enough to make the most of their pairing 
2
Central Intelligence
Rick Bentley
The main reason the movie works is the chemistry between Johnson and Hart They are like Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on steroids 
3.5
Central Intelligence
Dann Gire
The big payoff of Central Intelligence lies in the comic chemistry between Hart and Johnson 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Kam Williams
Too bad whoever directed the promising trailer probably didn t direct the movie 
1
Central Intelligence
Stephanie Merry
Central Intelligence won t win any points for originality but that doesn t make it any less funny 
2.5
Central Intelligence
Matt Zoller Seitz
Hart and Johnson are a classic comedy duo in the tradition of Abbott Costello Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Gene Wilder Richard Pryor 
3.5
Central Intelligence
Moira MacDonald
The blend of Johnson s laid back hero dudeness and Hart s whippet fast comic timing should have been good fun But somebody alas had an idea though not a good one Make Johnson the comedian and Hart the straight man 
2
Central Intelligence
Roger Moore
Dwayne Johnson turns Kevin Hart into his straight man
2.5
Central Intelligence
Eric Henderson
It s a pity that no one else involved in the making of the film had Dwayne Johnson s sly intuition 
2
The Lady in the Van
Frank Ochieng
Overall this warm gem is energized by the captivating Smith that instills this beleaguered Brit bag lady with indescribable exuberance 
3
The Lady in the Van
Pamela Powell
The Lady in the Van stars Maggie Smith That almost says it all 
4
The Lady in the Van
Kam Williams
A touching tale of empathy blessed by a couple of equally endearing performances that are nothing short of inspired 
4
The Lady in the Van
Roger Moore
Maggie Smith should be her own U N World Heritage site 
3.5
The Lady in the Van
Josh Terry
Beyond a portrait of a reluctant friendship Lady in the Van is also a kind statement on the power of patient charity and the challenge of forgiveness especially when you are called to forgive yourself 
3
The Lady in the Van
Scott Renshaw
Turning that life into a brisk comedy in which matters like how a homeless person deals with bodily functions are among the punch lines feels rather hard to justify 
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Bob Bloom
The Lady in the Van is a showcase for Maggie Smith who provides another amazing performance in her long and storied career 
3
The Lady in the Van
Michael Smith
Smith is the entire reason to see this funny little movie about a funny little lady who encounters a funny little man and by funny I mean a little funny strange and funny haha 
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Rob Thomas
It s a charming little movie about how almost against their will people can become better human beings to each other It s easier that way 
3
The Lady in the Van
John Beifuss
If the Victorian lace is gone the lacerating wit and intimidating demeanor that are Smith signatures remain 
3
The Lady in the Van
Robert Horton
The film has its witty moments although it seems too smoothly rounded off to be really memorable 
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Nathalie Atkinson
There s an elegiac sentimental quality to this film adaptation from the manipulative meet cute of Alan and Miss Shepherd through their disputations 
3
The Lady in the Van
Moira MacDonald
You leave Lady in the Van entertained but troubled it s an agreeably but oddly off balance film juggling and nearly dropping the star turn at its center 
3
The Lady in the Van
Chris Knight
This narrative indifference creates a certain laziness but more pleasant think of a lazy river than annoying like a lazy writer 
3.5
The Lady in the Van
Linda Barnard
The joy of the film comes in watching Smith work her magic 
3
The Lady in the Van
Calvin Wilson
The Lady in the Van doesn t pretend to be anything more than a pleasant diversion And on that level it succeeds 
3
The Lady in the Van
Tom Meek
While admirable and amiable is their least The actors power through but the ungodly dwelling in matters of feces and an over the top use of FX at the end is far short of divine 
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Ty Burr
The film is based on actual events in the life of British writer personality Alan Bennett that he turned into a book in 1989 a play in 1999 and now a film directed by Nicholas Hytner You might call this beating a dead horse The English call it thrift 
3
The Lady in the Van
Steven Rea
Try not to let the film s overbearingly jaunty score get in the way The Lady in the Van is quite a feat 
3.5
The Lady in the Van
Peter Canavese
Though at times precious Bennett s sly script masks that deeply sentimental core with comic edge and a writer s willful mercenary remove 
3
The Lady in the Van
Dann Gire
Probably worked much better on a stage than it does in the more literal medium of movies 
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Anders Wright
The Lady in the Van is smart often funny and above all tragic as befits any movie about a homeless person living in a van for 15 years 
3
The Lady in the Van
Richard Roeper
It s about the boundless talents of Maggie Smith sometimes chewing up the screen sometimes saying volumes simply by sitting very very still with a perfectly perfect expression on her face 
3
The Lady in the Van
David Wiegand
Smith s performance is not only virtuosic but indispensable in grounding the various loose threads of the story 
3
The Lady in the Van
Ann Hornaday
There s no use fending off the force of nature that is Smith Sensitive and formidable self deprecating and brave she elevates every role she s in as we know by now 
3
The Lady in the Van
Michael Phillips
In Bennett s shrugs of humane generosity Jennings develops a characterization of sweetness and sadness in well judged proportions 
3
The Lady in the Van
Mike McGranaghan
The performances and thematic elements are more than sufficient to make The Lady in the Van a treat 
3
The Lady in the Van
Jake Coyle
There are few false notes in the sturdy pleasantly entertaining The Lady in the Van 
3
The Lady in the Van
Peter Travers
Maggie Smith can do anything even save this rickety vehicle from a case of the terminal cutes Almost
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Rex Reed
The lady in the van grows on you like a vine 
3.5
The Lady in the Van
Susan Wloszczyna
For anyone who adores Smith which is pretty much everyone these days they will have quite a satisfying ride with this crusty grand dame behind the wheel 
3
The Lady in the Van
Stephen Whitty
Smith is a treasure here not only carrying the film but making superfluous any questions you might have as to its plausibility 
3
The Lady in the Van
Kyle Smith
The movie s mix of passivity and grit of hostility and politeness of eccentricity and rule following adds up to something a meditation on that peculiar state of existence called Englishness 
2.5
The Lady in the Van
Elise Nakhnikian
The film s annoying glibness is neatly summarized by the line In life going downhill is an uphill job 
1.5
The Lady in the Van
Lou Lumenick
Smith brilliantly re creates her stage role in Alan Bennett s autobiographical play about Miss Shepherd a dotty and stubborn former nun who says the Virgin Mary advised her to park her overstuffed van in the playwright s unused driveway in 1974 
3
Off Label
Bill Weber
Sincerely angry about the crisis in polypharmacy this narrative suffers from a documentarian form of A D D 
2
I Will Follow
Michael O'Sullivan
There s smooth jazz polish to the emotions even the unpleasant ones in I Will Follow 
1.5
I Will Follow
Carrie Rickey
I Will Follow Ava DuVernay s triumphant feature debut is a life affirming portrait of a woman Maye Salli Richardson Whitfield juggling all kinds of loss 
3
I Will Follow
John Hartl
As a director DuVernay handles her actors with care though visually the picture sometimes betrays its shoestring budget 
3
I Will Follow
Roger Ebert
In one way or another every emotion in this wonderful independent film is one I ve experienced myself Grief of course But also anger loneliness confusion and a sense of lost direction 
3.5
I Will Follow
Kam Williams
Congrats to Salli Richardson Whitfield for delivering a career performance here and to Ava DuVernay for shooting such a thought provoking meditation on mortality in just a couple of weeks and on a micro budget 
4
Cape Fear
Bill Cosford
It s a mess really But what a mess Why do we call Scorsese one of the great filmmakers of his generation Because like all the great ones even when he fails he fails with style and with wit 
2
Cape Fear
David Nusair
an exceedingly pulpy and over the top thriller that s been suffused with a whole host of appealingly less than subtle elements 
3
Cape Fear
Thomas Delapa
In Scorsese s frightfully wrong remake De Niro seduces a teen Juliette Lewis bites off breasts with geek like fury and breaks the world s record for longest hitchhike on the underside of a car 
1.5
Cape Fear
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The heart warming story of a hardened convict returning to exact revenge on the lawyer who put him in jail 
3
Cape Fear
James Kendrick
Scorsese managed to make a commercially viable thriller without sacrificing his own thematic interests and distinctive stamp as a director
3.5
Cape Fear
Chris Hicks
While I find myself still preferring the original film there s no question that Scorsese has made a rip snorting thriller that should satisfy anyone who enjoys grinding teeth and gripping the arms of the theater seats 
3
Cape Fear
Roger Ebert
Impressive moviemaking showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre who is able to mold it to his own themes and obsessions 
3
Who Took Johnny
John Beifuss
Like the team s earlier Horns and Halos which involved the George W Bush presidency this documentary suggests that the conventional world that most of us operate within is a phony if comforting illusion that hides a realm of privilege and horror 
3
Night and Day
Betsy Bozdech
More a series of musical numbers strung together with bits of drama than a truly thoughtful look at the life of one of America s greatest talents 
2.5
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Wesley Morris
Mary Jordan s documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis is part unsparing explication of a life story part love stuck personification of Smith s working philosophy 
3.5
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s the only place you ll find clips of his notorious masterpiece Flaming Creatures 1963 and for that alone it s worth seeing 
3
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Lou Lumenick
This invaluable record contains a treasure trove of clips from Smith s hard to see and still striking films plus comments that were culled from hours of interviews with this flamboyant pioneer 
3
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
John Anderson
There is invaluable material here but also a lack of context for the wonderfully outre footage 
2
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Kam Williams
Alternately bizarre and inspired but an appropriate tribute to an uncompromisingly experimental innovator in the field of cinema 
4
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Ken Fox
Thank heavens for Mary Jordan s vibrant funny and tragic documentary an entertaining hodgepodge of artifacts and impressions of a creature whose influence on photography drama film and art is still felt today 
3.5
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Eric Henderson
The film tries a little too fastidiously to piece together a life its owner tried quite brazenly to shatter 
2
Saturday Night Fever
Matt Brunson
Unfairly remembered in some quarters as a kitschy celebration of the disco era no that would be Thank God It s Friday this is actually a hard hitting drama with an Oscar nominated performance by John Travolta 
3.5
Saturday Night Fever
Gene Siskel
Saturday Night Fever makes good moviemaking seem easy 
3.5
Saturday Night Fever
James Kendrick
Not many movies are genuine cultural phenomena and John Badham s Saturday Night Fever is without doubt one of the most memorable 
3.5
Saturday Night Fever
Eric Henderson
Saturday Night Fever s heart is actually in the right place It s ears though That s another story 
2
Saturday Night Fever
Collin Souter
It holds up beautifully mainly because it puts the characters and their flaws first and the disco nightlife second Travolta remains an amazing graceful presence on the dance floor 
3.5
Saturday Night Fever
Janet Maslin
Mr Travolta is deft and vibrant and he never condescends to the character not even in a scene that has Tony and Stephanie arguing about whose Romeo and Juliet it is Zeffirelli s or Shakespeare s 
3.5
Saturday Night Fever
Ted Prigge
A very intelligent character study that just happens to have some of the coolest dance scenes ever made 
4
Saturday Night Fever
Roger Ebert
There s a lot in the movie that s sad and painful but after a few years what you remember is John Travolta on the dance floor in that classic white disco suit and the Bee Gees on the soundtrack 
4
Becoming Traviata
Graydon Royce
Watching Dessay work as a real human being and not a glittering vocal princess is a fascinating treat 
2.5
Becoming Traviata
Jeffrey Gantz
You can follow the story even if you re unfamiliar with the opera though a five minute brush up on the plot wouldn t hurt 
3
Becoming Traviata
Farran Smith Nehme
Sivadier and Dessay take the familiar and make it tragic once more 
3.5
Becoming Traviata
Kalvin Henely
It works as a reminder of the important interactiveness of the performing arts of actors evoking the drama action and emotion that computers and machines cannot 
2.5
The Take
Lou Lumenick
John Leguizamo knocks it out of the park as an armored car driver in The Take which is quite a bit better than you d expect from a low budget thriller that s getting a token theatrical release a month ahead of its DVD debut 
3
The Take
David Nusair
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2
Romántico
Michael Wilmington
a fine example of how the new technologies enable filmmakers to tell stories hard to capture before 
3
Romántico
Mick LaSalle
Romntico would be nothing if it were just a hard luck story The movie is something else the revelation of a way of life of a whole area of human experience going on right under our noses or standing over our restaurant tables 
3
Romántico
Michael Booth
Romntico is a quiet admirable slice of life documentary giving us insight into the human condition without claiming universal knowledge of larger questions involving immigration or family responsibility 
2.5
Romántico
Mary F. Pols
The filmmaker has delivered such an insightful look into one man s experience of emigration and homecoming 
3
Romántico
Jeffrey M. Anderson
My favorite documentary in well over a year 
3.5
Romántico
Glenn Whipp
Becker s movie is subtle unsentimental but heart rending all the same in its portrait of a kind man s single minded focus on providing a better life for his children 
3
Romántico
Wesley Morris
Snchez s songs might be interrupting your supper But he is singing urgently for his 
3
Romántico
John Anderson
No one would pick Carmelo Muiz Sanchez itinerant mariachi singer and champion of his own lost cause as a romantic movie hero Yet in Mark Becker s beautiful intimate Romntico he is exactly that 
3.5
Romántico
Elizabeth Weitzman
It will be a long time before you forget the deep pain etched into the weary face of Carmelo Muiz the mariachi singer at the center of Mark Becker s immensely moving documentary 
3
Romántico
Lou Lumenick
Romantico is muy bueno 
3
Romántico
Ed Gonzalez
Mark Becker s Romntico may be the documentary of the year 
3
Zaytoun
Tom Russo
We ve got to admit right up front Part of our interest was simply to see what Stephen Dorff is doing playing an Israeli POW 
2.5
Zaytoun
Chris Hewitt
It s a powerful drama that works on a couple of levels 
3
Zaytoun
Walter V. Addiego
It s probably best viewed as a fable that tries to strike a hopeful note amid the many woes of the Middle East but the blunt filmmaking and the near sentimentality make it hard to buy into 
2
Zaytoun
John Anderson
A trek that is occasionally very unlikely but moving nonetheless 
3
Zaytoun
Tomas Hachard
It misfires in tone depth and political tact dumbing down rather than providing new insights into the Israel Palestine conflict 
.5
Freaky Friday
Verne Gay
A colorful Friday with the Disney touch while Zuehlsdorff and Blickenstaff shine 
3
Kids
Michael Dequina
A powerful piece of work one not easily forgotten 
3
Kids
Robert Roten
This is a very powerful film from an emotional standpoint 
3
Kids
James Rocchi
Clark s direction luminous real charged hallucinatory is excellent but Korine s script is so busy being amused by it s own excesses that it doesn t really tell us anything about the characters involved 
3
Kids
Edward Guthmann
None of the advance hype on Kids can prepare you for the raw stripped down reality that Larry Clark captures in his astonishing first film 
4
Kids
Jorge Avila Andrade
Elocuente seal de alarma de lo que tenemos que brindarles a las nuevas generaciones direccin educacin sexual y motivacin
3
Kids
James Berardinelli
Kids shows what transpires when children are set adrift in a heartless world and warns us what happens and is already happening in the absence of love and guidance 
3.5
Kids
Chris Hicks
A movie that pretends to be concerned with making an important social statement about modern youth but which instead is just relentlessly in your face wallowing in degradation to make a quick controversial buck at the local multiplex 
0
Kids
Ted Prigge
It s uncomfortable to watch in the worst way and unentertaining in the most annoying way 
2
Kids
Roger Ebert
Kids is the kind of movie that needs to be talked about afterward 
3.5
Kids
Steve Rhodes
The script and especially the low quality of the acting makes you think you are watching a poor documentary of an extremely important subject 
2
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Terry Lawson
Jonestown is a somber and non exploitive reconstruction of the events that led the members of the Peoples Temple 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately the film doesn t entirely answer the massive why at the center of this story that answer died on that day in 1978 but it s a haunting exploration of an event of unspeakable sadness which still resonates decades later 
3.5
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Ty Burr
The last half hour of Jonestown is almost unwatchable Video footage of the assault on the congressman s delegation gives way to audio of Jones exhorting people to die with a degree of dignity as children shriek in the background 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Robert W. Butler
Relying on previously unseen film footage still photos and voice recordings Jonestown paints a portrait of a fantastically charismatic preacher 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Michael Booth
Jonestown is not an easy movie to watch But it s a solid presentation of an important chapter in American and religious history Haunting is the only word that truly fits 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Michele Kenner
Nelson gives plenty of time to the intelligent articulate members who provide riveting details about those days nearly 30 years ago and their reflections now but he doesn t provide historical context for the events 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jim Emerson
Jonestown is a thoroughly conventional documentary But this familiar format also emphasizes the movie s universality 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
G. Allen Johnson
One of the year s most important documentaries a real must see 
4
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Stephen Whitty
Director Stanley Nelson goes beyond those outlines to give us a measure of Jones appeal and surprising power 
3.5
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Pam Grady
A documentary that sheds light on the horror while giving voice to the survivors 
4
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jack Mathews
Jones was a charlatan who faked healings demanded sexual favors of members and committed all sorts of criminal acts 
3
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jan Stuart
With such a wealth of documented footage and firsthand testimony it is unconscionable that Nelson should leave us with more questions dangling than answered 
2.5
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jeremiah Kipp
Offers a sophisticated thesis digging into the reasons why people joined the Peoples Temple 
3
Free Burma Rangers
Rob Thomas
It s a moving reminder that every good deed counts especially in parts of the world where kindness and compassion seem to be in such short supply 
3
First Squad
Burl Burlingame
That the blood and thunder is being carried out by big eyed children is a little creepy but then the Great Patriotic War was no day at the amusement park 
2.5
Precious Life
Stephen Cole
The engrossing story of a Palestinian infant with a rare and deadly disease who can only be saved by a Jewish doctor in the Tel Hashomer Hospital in Jerusalem 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Paul Doro
Never less than enjoyable All credit must go to Plowright and Friend who give completely charming performances 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Robert W. Butler
One of the season s most humane and heartening films 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Phil Villarreal
You d half expect the movie to throw caution to the wind and become Grandmas Gone Wild but the film is too prim to offer any surprises 
2
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Ty Burr
It s an altogether satisfying drama the sort of movie some people complain they don t make anymore 
4
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Ruthe Stein
Like the woman herself Mrs Palfry gets to you 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
David Elliott
Ireland has in Friend and Plowright the exactly right actors to give friendship a glow of platonic soul romance 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Terry Lawson
Plowright who has made something of a specialty of breathing life into stereotypically written older women for the past 20 years makes the most of a rare opportunity to play someone still open to the surprises the world can bring 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Roger Ebert
Just as teenagers enjoy escapist movies so do the elderly They simply prefer a gentler pace What is touching about Mrs Palfrey is that she is allowed to be elderly and not turned into a hip hop granny 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Chris Hewitt
Ireland who made the brilliant equally unfashionable The Whole Wide World respects the kindness and concern his characters show each other 
2.5
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Michael Phillips
The whole thing feels programmed the movie s sense of humor lacks understatement So does the movie s sense of pathos 
2
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Bruce Westbrook
Of course sentiment in such pure form is hard to embrace Without a realistic edge it s like a flower arrangement lovely for a short span then prone to wilting 
2.5
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Moira MacDonald
Like a cup of strong British tea with a sugar cube tossed in Dan Ireland s Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is at once sweet and bitter a fairy tale friendship in the context of an achingly lonely life 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Sean P. Means
Director Dan Ireland pokes his way through the plodding story but Plowright rides above it all with a performance loaded with grace notes and tenderness 
2
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Laura Kelly
The glorious Joan Plowright is reason enough to pay to see any film and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is no exception 
2.5
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Jan Stuart
The story may sometimes overpower you with its honeysuckle sentiment and spiced bathos but it s a movie that s self aware enough to make winking references to such films as Harold and Maude and Brief Encounter 
2.5
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Lou Lumenick
A terrific long overdue vehicle for Lady Olivier 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Jami Bernard
Underneath the sweet sometimes whimsical friendship of elegant lonely old Mrs Palfrey and the handsome young charmer lies a serious melancholy movie about the isolation and marginalization of the elderly 
3
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Ed Gonzalez
Too often confuses gooey sentimentality for legit compassion 
2
Munger Road
Eric Melin
Using the less is more approach Nicholas Smith builds the film to an effective and suspenseful climax But then Munger Road stops abruptly and annoyingly with a to be continued Really 
2
Munger Road
Mike McGranaghan
I felt like I d wasted almost an hour and a half of my life on a film that wasn t even going to bother giving me a complete story 
1.5
Munger Road
Michael Phillips
The debut feature from writer director Nicholas Smith who surely will go on to more compelling work 
1
Munger Road
Roger Ebert
Munger Road does an efficient skillful job of audience manipulation using the techniques of darkness and vulnerability and the truth that a horror not seen is almost always scarier than one you can see 
3
5 Days of War
David Nusair
an aggressively unwatchable piece of work that trivializes its searing subject matter 
1
5 Days of War
Mark Dujsik
Presents its protagonist journalists as ill defined types performing heroic daring do and the Georgian refugees taken under their wing as a plot device 
2
5 Days of War
Roger Ebert
An action movie scarcely deeper than a Michael Bay extravaganza 
1.5
5 Days of War
Liam Lacey
Harlin s film begins with the familiar adage that truth is the first casualty of war Usually that phrase precedes an attempt to revive the patient not bury it deeper in the rubble of propaganda 
2
5 Days of War
Linda Barnard
The plot is culled from a variety of war is hell but I m covering it anyway journalist in the field movies but handled with clichd clumsiness in a script by David Battle and doctored by Finnish writer Mikko Alanne 
1.5
5 Days of War
John DeFore
Harlin s roots show throughout the picture as he films real life horrors with a bombast better suited to summer entertainment 
1
5 Days of War
Lou Lumenick
Should appeal more to those who like to watch stuff blow up than understand exactly why the carnage is transpiring 
2
5 Days of War
Jaime N. Christley
If 5 Days of War is any indication Renny Harlin is looking to hoist himself up from the bottom of the barrel using the Blood Diamond template 
.5
Lost in the Fog
Jonathan Curiel
Corey s documentary is much more than a sports profile It s really a character study of Aleo and his resolve to stick to his principles even in the wake of his horse s tremendous success four years ago 
3
It's About You
Lou Lumenick
This is a singularly amateurish and unrevealing documentary shot on grainy Super 8 film from an all too respectful distance 
0.5
It's About You
Kalvin Henely
While there aren t many films shot on Super 8 anymore It s About You doesn t make the case that moviegoing is missing anything because of that 
1
The Colony
David Nusair
The Colony is marginally entertaining if only on a let s see just how predictable this ll wind up getting sort of way 
1.5
Prefontaine
John Hartl
The most poignant aspect of Prefontaine has to do with the title character s adjustment to relative failure 
3
Prefontaine
Garth Stahl
Prefontaine s cocky competitiveness overstrides his good qualities 
2
Prefontaine
David Sterritt
Prefontaine is a fascinating hero but his experiences become a string of sports movie clichs in the hands of filmmaker Steve James 
1
Prefontaine
John Petrakis
As Prefontaine unknown actor Jared Leto does the best he can with a part that is sorely underwritten 
2.5
Prefontaine
Michael Dequina
Nothing more than a glorified profanity sprinkled made for TV movie from the cast right down to the shallow treatment of its subject 
2
Prefontaine
Jeanne Aufmuth
Now Steve Prefontaine can be immortalized for the complex and shining star that he was 
3
Prefontaine
Roger Ebert
Here is a sports movie in the tradition of the best sportswriting where athletes are portrayed warts and all You do not have to be nice to win races but you have to be good 
3
Prefontaine
Peter Stack
With hypnotic blue eyes and dirty blond hair Leto captures the rock star style Prefontaine affected and he looks natural in fiery performances on the track as well as off where Pre affected a brash confrontational style 
4
Prefontaine
Jeff Vice
Ultimately the script doesn t give us any real insights into Prefontaine s prickly personality or show us why he needed to prove himself 
2.5
Prefontaine
Madeleine Williams
The by the numbers athlete story is interesting but leaves no lasting impression 
2.5
Prefontaine
Steve Rhodes
The biggest problem is the script which rarely rings true and is full of trite little phrases 
2
Prefontaine
G. Allen Johnson
As the handsome Leto becomes more comfortable in the role James begins to let loose his filmmaking skills deftly weaving precise period re creations and documentary footage to add dimension and humanity to Prefontaine 
3
Prefontaine
Mike Clark
The Super 16mm film stock gives the film a grainy look that blends in artfully with the vintage videotape of ABC s 72 Olympics coverage 
3
Prefontaine
James Berardinelli
James tries too hard to bring closure to Pre s life and as a result strays a little too far into melodrama The tearful reminiscences at the end not to mention some of the stuff at the funeral lay it on thickly 
2.5
In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery
V.A. Musetto
In Heaven Underground is an oddity an upbeat film about a cemetery 
3
In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery
Rob Humanick
It s regretful when the film essentially turns into little more than a good mannered advertisement for a cemetery 
2.5
Tango
CSM Staff
The plot and dialogue are far less engaging than in director Carlos Saura s best work but the dance sequences are exuberantly performed and radiantly filmed 
3
Tango
Michael Dequina
A most uninteresting and unsatisfying story pads the film between dance scenes 
2
Tango
Roger Ebert
If the film is visually beautiful it is also ravishing as a musical which is really what it is with its passionate music and angry dance sequences 
3.5
Tango
Elias Savada
A realistic haunting fantasy with power and passion 
3
The Last Exorcism
Matt Brunson
The prospect of journeying to Hell and back seems less daunting than sitting through another horror yarn made in the faux documentary style of The Blair Witch Project but The Last Exorcism proves to be a pleasant surprise 
3
The Last Exorcism
Federico Furzan
It s a mix of two horror subgenres that just works Full review in Spanish 
3
The Last Exorcism
Michael Dequina
It s disappointing if not exactly surprising when at the halfway point the film turns into The Linda Blair Witch Project 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Jeff Beck
Even if you take The Last Exorcism on its own terms you re going to be in for quite an uneventful movie 
2
The Last Exorcism
David Nusair
ultimately fares a whole lot better in its first half than in its second 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
John Beifuss
The denouement is a letdown but the faux documentary premise brings a fresh twist to a tired horror subgenre 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
John Wirt
A clever small film that depicts showman preachers and horror movies with a wink and nod The Last Exorcism spends most of its 88 minutes staying a cut above the average horror flick 
3
The Last Exorcism
Mike Scott
When I left the theater I was exhausted and freaked out and totally bejeezus less 
3
The Last Exorcism
James Kendrick
the proliferation of similarly framed horror movies makes this one feel all the more derivative and overly familiar
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Mike McGranaghan
A nice little late summer surprise a horror film with a shred of intelligence and uncommonly good performances 
3
The Last Exorcism
Christian Toto
The Last Exorcism takes the best elements from The Exorcist and The Blair Witch Project but the ending is scary for all the wrong reasons 
3
The Last Exorcism
Jennie Punter
A creepy smartly written and very entertaining low budget chiller 
3
The Last Exorcism
Sara Michelle Fetters
All goodwill is erased in a heartbeat and if just thinking about those last images wasn t making me laugh I d probably be furious at the filmmakers for destroying what was until the climax a pretty darn great example of B grade horror 
2
The Last Exorcism
Erik Childress
The Last Exorcism is as much a mystery about our faith in religion and movies as it is trying to make us squirm in our seats 
3
The Last Exorcism
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie loses points for being one of the later examples of a now familiar genre but it does have a highly engaging and charismatic flawed hero as well as a fine performance by television actor Patrick Fabian 
3
The Last Exorcism
Willie Waffle
It s fun and it will have you jumping out of your underpants 
3.5
The Last Exorcism
Sean O'Connell
Stamm creates an anxious psychological horror that s vaguely familiar yet refreshingly original 
3
The Last Exorcism
Kyle Smith
The Last Exorcism is fueled by the arrogance of its smarmy outsider the expert who knows everything except what an ass he is 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Peter Hartlaub
This is the rare horror film that would have been entertaining even if nothing scary happened 
3
The Last Exorcism
Mark Dujsik
The scenes of Nell s possession have been done before but it hardly matters in light of the attention to character in The Last Exorcism 
3.5
The Last Exorcism
Rossiter Drake
Fabian never makes a false move Neither does Stamm who understands that what s left off screen is often more terrifying than what s on it 
3.5
The Last Exorcism
Dustin Putman
The finale is where the biggest problems come in but director Daniel Stamm is fully capable of ratcheting up a sense of eerie disquiet and mounting tension 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Ted Fry
Mostly good fun if only for the sentiment expressed by a colleague and shared by a big contingent of horror fans I m always up for a nice exorcism movie 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Tirdad Derakhshani
The Last Exorcism pulls off its sweetly scary magic trick with great style and panache 
3
The Last Exorcism
Jeff Vice
An ill considered laughably dumb coda sequence only compounds Exorcism s numerous problems 
1
The Last Exorcism
Jesse Singal
It s like director Daniel Stamm and his crew realized they were treading awfully close to making a film with real depth and edge that horror audiences might hate and they just couldn t pull the trigger 
2
The Last Exorcism
Joe Lozito
If you ignore the marketing this is actually a clever and creepy if ultimately pointless little thriller possessed by the soul of a horror movie 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Peter Travers
It s not just the hand held camera that will shake you up The Last Exorcism gives you good reason to be very afraid of the dark 
3
The Last Exorcism
James Berardinelli
The cast is effective with everyone sliding believably into their roles 
2.5
The Last Exorcism
Peg Aloi
The purity of the docu conceit falls apart thanks to the intrusion of a spooky score and deliberately eerie camera shots 
2
The Last Exorcism
Nick Schager
A horror film for the Christian fundamentalist set The Last Exorcism employs the aesthetic of The Blair Witch Project for a musty demonic possession tale that promotes strict anti modern doctrinal faith as the most righteous path 
2
The Last Exorcism
Rene Rodriguez
The more hellish the story gets the sillier and less involving the movie becomes 
2
The Last Exorcism
Roger Moore
A modestly chilling drawn out affair in which the characters and possible scientific explanations are more interesting than its predictable final destination 
2
Dish: Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service
Kate Taylor
The waitresses prove highly insightful about the nature of their work and the undercurrents in their relationships with male customers 
4
American Zombie
Jonathan W. Hickman
A clever kind of documentary hybrid 
3.5
American Zombie
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Director Lee covers all bases and when we least expect it she also manages to sneak in a creepy zombie flick 
2.5
American Zombie
Kam Williams
A cleverly comedic high concept adventure artfully executed and thought provoking too 
3
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Mick LaSalle
Writer director Stephen Sommers has created a strong and moving adaptation of Mark Twain s classic story about a rebellious boy 
3
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Roger Ebert
I admired the performances and Sommers sense of time and place and I hope the movie guides more people toward the book which contains values that sometimes seem as rare today as when Jim was first teaching them to Huck 
3
The Driver
Roger Ebert
The closing chase two great Drivers in a final showdown had me on the edge of my seat for two good reasons I was thrilled And I couldn t wait to leave 
2.5
The Driver
Matt Brunson
Bruce Dern merely one of the best actors of the 1970s is in his element here as an arrogant cop with a Cheshire cat grin 
3
The Driver
Peter Canavese
Hill has remained a steadily stylish presence in the idiom of action cinema His genres of concern tend to be the Western and the urban crime drama and the twain meet in neo noir The Driver Blu ray 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Marcelo Stiletano
As attractive captivating and pendulous as its subject Roadrunner immerses itself in turbulent waters Full review in Spanish 
4
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Rene Sanchez
A moving documentary about the relentless spirit of adventure of an individual in search of love and happiness Full Review in Spanish 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Sarah Knight Adamson
We are given an up close and personal look at his family life including his only child a daughter Ariane 
4
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Bruce R. Miller
For fans of his many food excursions Roadrunner is a great way to see Bourdain in his element Whether he s joking in a kitchen or dining on a dirt road he s a charismatic tour guide 
2.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Sean P. Means
What makes Roadrunner so fascinating is the bounty of footage Neville compiles of Bourdain in motion his mouth keeping up with his itinerary and his enthusiasm 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Ty Burr
If you miss Anthony Bourdain and for many the celebrity chef s death in 2018 felt like the loss of a close and troubled friend Morgan Neville s Roadrunner A Film About Anthony Bourdain is a salve 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Peter Canavese
A fascinating portrait of an articulate and distinctive American voice 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Mike McGranaghan
A touching often darkly funny documentary 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
David Nusair
Filmmaker Neville does a superb job of delivering a completely accessible and often fascinating endeavor 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Jeff York
A thorough and riveting character study of a complex man a work still in progress and gone far too soon 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Richard Roeper
An insightful documentary that details the chef author seeker s endless curiosity and restless spirit 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Tom Meek
It s a celebration of life that leaves many parts of its enigmatic subject unknown 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Joshua Axelrod
Frankly after sitting through Roadrunner you might know Bourdain better than he knew himself 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Brian Tallerico
A fascinating moving documentary that transcends mere profile piece to reclaim a legacy and it s as inspirational as its subject 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Jocelyn Noveck
There rarely are clear answers anyway and this film seems to want to be about a life not a death A fascinating life parts of which will forever remain unknown 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Jeff Mitchell
For those who knew Bourdain personally or only from TV closure may never come but this documentary will offer insight into his emotional travels 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
James Berardinelli
Roadrunner seems more like a retrospective of someone who s still alive than someone whose story ended three years ago That s what happens when a life is lived in large part in front of cameras 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Linda Cook
Now I can count myself among the fans of this tormented adventurer 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Randy Myers
A telling and intimate portrait 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Mark Dujsik
Near the end Neville s documentary becomes less about its main subject and more about the people describing him It s devastating 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Michael Phillips
What emerges from Roadrunner is smoothly engineered deeply respectful assessment of a troubled fabulously charismatic soul 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Janelle Bitker
Celebrates the life of the culinary TV star with warmth and sensitivity 
4
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Bethany Jean Clement
The redemption here if there may please please be some is in the celebration of his life and in the fact that all the love for him clearly cannot do anything but continue on 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Roger Moore
Oscar winning documentarian Morgan Neville gives Bourdain the cinematic wake he deserves 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Tim Carman
Quietly peels back the layers of an onion that sweetened almost everything it touched and left many of us with tears in our eyes 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Leo Brady
Roadrunner celebrates everything about Bourdain and not in a fluffy way but in an honest way and in a way that feels like a challenge to all of us to live life to the fullest 
4
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Steven Prokopy
Roadrunner is a wonderfully engaging and revealing biography that may alter the way you perceive Bourdain for better and worse 
3.5
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Chuck Bowen
It s Morgan Neville s impression of Bourdain as a time bomb existing in plain sight that allows Roadrunner to be more than a greatest hits rundown of the man s life 
3
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Joey Magidson
Roadrunner A Film About Anthony Bourdain brilliantly ponders a brilliant yet troubled man 
3.5
Fully Realized Humans
Roger Moore
A sometimes hilarious post mumblecore meditation rumination and romp about getting prepared for childbirth and realizing how unprepared you are and panicking 
3
Dark Cities
Walter Chaw
Silly of course the last thing a shocking expos can afford to be 
0.5
Dark Cities
Jorge Avila Andrade
Desafortunadamente para el cine mexicano el resultado deja mucho que desear convirtindose en la pelcula ms publicitada en lo que va del ao pero tambin en la ms sobrevalorada y pretenciosa 
2
The Rise of Louis XIV
Fernando F. Croce
Despite accusations of academic dryness Louis XIV can be an almost overwhelmingly physical picture 
4
The Popovich Brothers of South Chicago
Roger Ebert
It is filled with songs and life with the lilting driving sometimes sad music of Serbia but it s not a musical It s a study of the ways ethnic traditions are transplanted to America and last for generations 
3.5
The Bling Ring
Sonny Bunch
In the United States of Narcissism you re nothing if you can t see yourself on a screen 
3
The Bling Ring
Kam Williams
Sofia Coppola directs this true tale about decadent teens run amuck 
3
The Bling Ring
Walter Chaw
It tells of the same sickness as the rest of her work in other words but it aims for accessibility instead of sublimity 
3
The Bling Ring
Christy Lemire
The sense of detachment that is a signature of Sofia Coppola s work the coolly distant stylishly dreamlike way she regards her characters works to her detriment in The Bling Ring 
2
The Bling Ring
David Nusair
A typically underwhelming effort from Sofia Coppola 
2
The Bling Ring
John Beifuss
Coppola s movie is not unsympathetic to the teens desires misapprehensions and bad choices even as it presents itself as a deadpan spoof of their shallow aspirations and thoughtless materialism The movie s gaze suggests sadness not scorn 
3.5
The Bling Ring
Michael Smith
Coppola constructs their true crime events rather conventionally for her usual style but that s because she s smart enough to know that people this dumb don t need much embellishment 
3
The Bling Ring
James Berardinelli
All the characters are shallow and one dimensional and while one can argue that this is the point it doesn t make for 90 minutes of engaging cinema 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Sean P. Means
Sofia Coppola creates a surprisingly deep look at some very shallow people 
3
The Bling Ring
Matt Brunson
The film is ostensibly a look at the real life group of teens who got away with burglarizing celebrities homes for almost an entire year before being caught but the true takeaway from this viewing is that Paris Hilton is even dumber than we all thought 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Coppola neither makes a case for her characters nor places them inside of some kind of moral or critical framework they simply pass through the frame listing off name brands and staring at their phones 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Lisa Kennedy
s Coppola offering a critique a stated hope or somehow being complicit These questions seem to coil in on themselves making The Bling Ring that weird yet common hybrid of tsk tsking and celebration 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Mark Dujsik
The Bling Ring makes a good case that there s a segment of the population that has never learned the difference between fame and infamy and they don t care either way 
3
The Bling Ring
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Coppola probably doesn t understand these characters any more than we do or anyone else does But she s genuinely curious about them 
3
The Bling Ring
Peter Howell
It has nothing to say about kids who had nothing better to do than to thieve from the rich and famous 
2
The Bling Ring
Rick Groen
This is consumerism run riot without a moral compass not the redistribution of wealth but its pure celebration 
3
The Bling Ring
Austin Kennedy
It s about as insightful as Paris Hilton s underwear 
2
The Bling Ring
Ann Hornaday
A modern day cautionary tale about youth run amok that for all its ripped from the headlines topicality still exudes a dreamy otherworldly perfume 
3
The Bling Ring
Nathalie Atkinson
The most curious thing about this movie is that as the cautionary tale it so clearly wants to be it fails 
1.5
The Bling Ring
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately though the pace is snappy the film feels a little empty these teens seem too soulless even for satire 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Steven Rea
A comedy of sorts if what it says about our obsession with the famous and the frivolous weren t so totally depressing 
3
The Bling Ring
Ty Burr
What does Coppola want us to think about these beautiful young idiots What does she think She s too cool or too wary or too close to her subject to engage 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Mick LaSalle
If you feel outraged and a little sick watching the people in The Bling Ring it s because Coppola wants you to feel that way You re not reacting against the movie but with it 
3
The Bling Ring
Rene Rodriguez
Why did Coppola make this movie 
2
The Bling Ring
Joe Williams
A frustrating shrug of ambivalence 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Dann Gire
Coppola who previously fascinated over the issues of wealth prestige and social status in Marie Antoinette allows The Bling Ring to wander into repetition the longer it runs 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Michael Phillips
The stars hide the ardent admirers seek With a breezily nonjudgmental air The Bling Ring fictionalizes this story of five seekers 
3
The Bling Ring
Chris Hewitt
It s stylish and fun but don t expect much more 
3
The Bling Ring
Jon Niccum
It s as much a damning deconstruction of a coveted lifestyle as it is a travelogue of beautiful people doing bad things 
3
The Bling Ring
Duane Dudek
Coppola seems to be asking Is it really surprising when a generation of villagers raised on reality TV and TMZ rises up and storms the castle 
3
The Bling Ring
Peter Canavese
True crime with a dash of social satire Coppola remains mesmerizingly stylish but The Bling Ring winds up being skin deep superficial characters portrayed superficially in a shallow pool reflection of shallowness 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Matt Pais
It s a hell of a headline but ultimately not much of a movie Coppola perpetuates vapidity instead of processing it 
2
The Bling Ring
Dustin Putman
Provocative and beautifully crafted radiating with another one of the auteur s typically flawless soundtrack compilations The Bling Ring brings insight and hypnotic urgency to a story not to be believed if it weren t so unbelievably true 
4
The Bling Ring
Josh Larsen
an account of youthful disaffection being assuaged by excessive materialism 
3
The Bling Ring
Perry Seibert
The Bling Ring is something new from the Lost in Translation director It continues her ongoing portraits of teen alienation but it s also full of big laughs 
3.5
The Bling Ring
Robert Levin
The film doesn t celebrate or critique this pervasive culture that values fame and wealth above all things it simply becomes it with Coppola as a cinematic anthropologist 
3
The Bling Ring
Stephen Whitty
Where exactly is the drama here Why tell this story at all 
2
The Bling Ring
Claudia Puig
The Bling Ring is the cinematic equivalent of the vapid superficial kids it features all visual panache and minimal substance 
2.5
The Bling Ring
Kyle Smith
Though on the surface The Bling Ring is slight of aim and repetitive of structure it is actually a slam dunk conservative critique of American culture 
3.5
The Bling Ring
Peter Travers
It could have been one of those ripped from the headlines quickies you see on subpar cable Instead The Bling Ring plugs into the zeitgeist of trash culture and sparks like a live wire 
3
The Bling Ring
Rafer Guzman
It would rather mock its protagonists than help us understand them 
2
The Bling Ring
Jocelyn Noveck
It s obvious that Coppola knows this milieu what these kids wear and the way they speak 
3
The Bling Ring
Roger Moore
A winking condemnation of a generation of naive covetous privacy abandoning teens
3.5
The Bling Ring
R. Kurt Osenlund
Sofia Coppola seems curiously unmotivated to bring full analysis or provocation to her themes leaving the film feeling like a disappointingly toothless satire 
2
Kandisha
Randy Myers
Even at a slim 85 minutes directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury take too long to get to the meat and gristle of this Candyman like meal but once they open the floodgates of terror they more than earn their gore gold medal 
2.5
Kandisha
Roger Moore
For us to buy in the leads have to buy in They don t 
2
Jacob's Ladder
Brian Tallerico
Only the commitment from the always solid Michael Ealy saves it from being one of the worst movies of the year 
1
Jacob's Ladder
Mark Dujsik
The whole movie lacks almost all of the original s punch 
2
Jacob's Ladder
Sara Stewart
As the plot moves forward it loses interest in the metaphysical torment that made the original so gripping 
2
Jacob's Ladder
Roger Moore
Well acted if not as thought provoking as the original film Still very much a mixed bag of a movie
2
In Jackson Heights
Josh Terry
In Jackson Heights gives its residents a voice but it doesn t really help their argument 
2.5
In Jackson Heights
David Lewis
It may be difficult to fully comprehend all the cacophony but the vibrant hues and collection of characters still make for an interesting sensory experience 
3
In Jackson Heights
Josh Larsen
documents the grinding gears of street level democracy in one of the most diverse neighborhoods on the planet 
3.5
In Jackson Heights
Kate Taylor
Three hours some of it brilliant some tedious 
2
In Jackson Heights
John Hartl
It may take a village to understand what s going on here and maybe that s Wiseman s point 
3
In Jackson Heights
Alan Zilberman
At just over three hours the nontraditional storytelling of In Jackson Heights is a challenge Still Wiseman s fly on the wall conceit is immersive even comforting 
3
In Jackson Heights
Farran Smith Nehme
Much of it is entrancing But Wiseman s evident fondness for the minutiae of bureaucracy and for people who make long comments at community meetings won t be shared by everyone 
2.5
In Jackson Heights
Matt Zoller Seitz
Every frame of it seems delighted by people delighted by cities by neighborhoods delighted by life life itself It s warm and attentive 
3.5
In Jackson Heights
Jake Cole
Wiseman s film is a beautiful tribute to a community with dozens of nationalities and languages 
3.5
In Jackson Heights
Jaime N. Christley
The lightning in the film s bottle isn t some generic feel good humanism but a complicated one fighting for its own existence sometimes angry sometimes despondent 
4
The Commuter
Brian Eggert
If the film is mostly disposable and too familiar the initial face to face encounter between Neeson and Farmiga proves that talented actors can make lousy writing sound better But that single moment is hardly enough to justify the rest 
1
The Commuter
Bill Chambers
If I wish that Neeson had an opportunity to show more gravitas in the throes of his sweaty unravelling I recognize this is partly my disappointment that we didn t get his Unforgiven before he put this side of himself out to pasture 
2
The Commuter
Sarah Knight Adamson
I m a Liam Neeson fan but he needs to find better scripts This one is way too long overly complicated and unrealistic 
2
The Commuter
Matt Brunson
The identity of the surprise villain was obvious before the script was even written But Liam Neeson s committed performance provides a strong center to an increasingly outlandish storyline 
2.5
The Commuter
Jeff Mitchell
Liam Neeson takes too many familiar turns 
1.5
The Commuter
Mattie Lucas
Neeson stands up for the little guy and no other filmmaker gets that quite like Collet Serra who boldly embraces that working man fantasy with a sly wink 
3
The Commuter
Federico Furzan
Liam Neeson plays the same character he s played in the last 10 years with some exceptions and barely makes it to the absurd ending Full review in Spanish 
2
The Commuter
David Nusair
An obvious improvement over Jaume Collet Serra and Liam Neeson s previous collaboration 2015 s disastrous Run All Night 
3
The Commuter
Linda Cook
The Commuter is a great ride for action fans 
3
The Commuter
Katie Walsh
All of the elements are there for stylish and suspenseful flick but the suspense seems to have been forgotten 
2.5
The Commuter
Stephen Rebello
Even for mid January traditionally the dog days of cinema releases The Commuter rattles along like an unreliable train to nowhere 
2
The Commuter
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s competently made and well acted and represents 100 minutes of pure slightly silly entertainment Full Review in Spanish 
2.5
The Commuter
John Serba
I enjoyed it more than the recent reiteration of Murder on the Orient Express Given the option I d choo choo choose The Commuter any day 
2.5
The Commuter
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything the movie sure beats getting stuck in rush hour traffic on the way home from work Make of that what you will 
2.5
The Commuter
Carson Lund
The final optimism of the film s worldview lands with a conviction that s rare in contemporary Hollywood cinema 
3
The Commuter
Barry Hertz
With Collet Sera in the conductor s seat and Neeson his increasingly eager attendant the film stays on track 
3
The Commuter
Michael Phillips
The movie goes off the rails somewhat before the train does but the star gives it the ol Liam Neeson which Liam Neeson can do better than anybody 
2.5
The Commuter
Mark Dujsik
The concept and the execution fall apart in gradual stages 
2.5
The Commuter
James Berardinelli
I didn t hate it the way I often do January movies And that s the nicest thing I can say about it 
2
The Commuter
Peter Howell
Neeson is the rare actor who can made something as dumb as this reasonably diverting at least until you run out of patience with the increasingly arcane plot 
2
The Commuter
Richard Roeper
Many ridiculous things happen on the train 
1.5
The Commuter
Calvin Wilson
Starts off as a smart thriller in the Hitchcock tradition Unfortunately the film soon goes off the rails 
2.5
The Commuter
Jake Coyle
With pandering references to the big banks throughout The Commuter has just enough smarts to make its final destination disappointing 
2
The Commuter
Matt Zoller Seitz
Frustratingly not quite there from start to finish 
2
The Commuter
Rafer Guzman
In the end The Commuter feels both overstuffed and empty 
2
The Commuter
Tom Russo
Neeson engages in some electrifying close quarters brawling and preposterous bits are offset by unanticipated slyness from our glimpse of a You Could Be Home Right Now billboard to some hilarious anti Wall Street shade throwing 
2.5
The Commuter
Michael O'Sullivan
The Commuter may be set on the way home after a long hard day at the office but this movie feels less like happy hour than work and uncompensated overtime at that 
1.5
The Commuter
Mick LaSalle
This is a winning formula and if the ocean liner version of this movie were to open next week I d be happy to see it 
3
The Commuter
Peter Travers
Jaume Collet Serra s gleefully absurd thriller gives star Liam Neeson a chance to play Taken on a Train and the tension flames on such a high burner that you won t realize the whole thing doesn t add up until after you leave the theater 
2.5
The Commuter
Soren Andersen
The whole story is nothing more than an elaborate MacGuffin In the end it s not important 
1.5
The Commuter
Stephen Whitty
It s a completely forgettable movie but it has some slam bang moments and it gets you where it s going 
2.5
The Commuter
Roger Moore
Even if we know it s a formulaic B movie even if we know where it s going before its hero does Neeson never lets on that he knows or cares
2.5
School Life
G. Allen Johnson
The immersion invites viewers to form their own thoughts on the children and teachers and the value of the education offered at Headfort 
3
School Life
Michael O'Sullivan
In tone School Life feels like a recruiting film for prospective students It isn t exactly profound except perhaps in the way it makes a case for the theory that happiness comes first and then learning 
3
School Life
Sheila O'Malley
A rambunctious collage of a self contained self sustaining world with its own rules of play and concerns 
3
School Life
Diego Semerene
School Life is unfortunately committed to keeping its subjects especially Headfort s students at arm s length 
1.5
General Magic
Mike McGranaghan
A fascinating story that hooks you whether you re tech obsessed or tech illiterate 
3
The Woodsman
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A really intelligent and amazing piece of real filmmaking 
3.5
The Woodsman
Sean P. Means
It s a brave choice for an actor a masterful balancing act by Bacon that makes The Woodsman as insightful as it is disquieting 
3
The Woodsman
Lori Hoffman
Kevin Bacon makes you feel something unexpected sympathy for a pedophile 
3
The Woodsman
Rob Thomas
Bacon who s a tragically underrated actor unpeels Walter in layers that are by turns creepy fascinating poignant and disturbing 
3
The Woodsman
Forrest Hartman
The Woodsman does not offer a pleasant night at the movies but it does provide a thought provoking experience 
3.5
The Woodsman
Duane Dudek
This astonishingly accomplished first feature by director and co writer Nicole Kassell with an unnerving performance by Kevin Bacon will haunt you for days 
3
The Woodsman
Jeff Vice
As distasteful as the concept may be it s approached with surprising sensitivity and taste 
3
The Woodsman
John Beifuss
Unfolds in exactly the way you expect a sensitive Sundance indie to handle this distasteful subject matter 
2.5
The Woodsman
James Kendrick
Kevin Bacon anchors the film with his deeply humane but never sentimental performance
3
The Woodsman
Geoff Pevere
An involving intense but ultimately confused portrait 
2
The Woodsman
Rick Groen
To watch this picture is to feel and what you re feeling is an intense swirl of conflicting emotions disturbed creeped out sorry and yes even moved 
3
The Woodsman
Terry Lawson
It is both difficult to watch and compelling 
3
The Woodsman
Matt Brunson
Anybody in the mood for a downbeat drama anchored by a sturdy lead performance won t go wrong 
3
The Woodsman
James Verniere
Deeply insightful delicately nuanced and brilliantly acted 
3.5
The Woodsman
Jonathan W. Hickman
The Woodsman is an earnest but ultimately flawed film that contains a terrific performance by one of Hollywood s most underrated actors Kevin Bacon 
3
The Woodsman
Moira MacDonald
Kassell a first time feature filmmaker shows confidence and some lovely instincts 
3
The Woodsman
David Elliott
There are some holes in the story fabric we can gaze through
2.5
The Woodsman
Eric Harrison
A compelling drama that pulls back the curtain on a problem of epidemic proportions 
4
The Woodsman
Lisa Kennedy
Walter isn t particularly likable But to the film s credit he becomes human 
3
The Woodsman
Larry Ratliff
The Woodsman meets its key plot challenges without flinching Those of us in the audience may not be able to do the same
3
The Woodsman
Steven Rea
Bacon s portrait chills to the bone 
3
The Woodsman
Christian Toto
The Woodsman proves any topic even pedophilia can be tackled onscreen if handled as expertly as it is here 
3.5
The Woodsman
Josh Larsen
Bacon taps into his character s sickness and self hatred with such intensity that he elicits something you would think impossible sympathy 
3
The Woodsman
Roger Ebert
Bacon is a strong and subtle actor something that is often said but insufficiently appreciated Here he employs all of his art 
3.5
The Woodsman
Ty Burr
If the trappings feel stilted the performances keep the film on track 
2.5
The Woodsman
Jeffrey Westhoff
Bacon s performance probably the best this underrated pro has delivered is just about the only reason to see The Woodsman 
3
The Woodsman
Peter Travers
It s Bacon who overcomes all obstacles This underrated actor who never got the props he deserved for Mystic River has found the role of his career 
3.5
The Woodsman
Michael Wilmington
This potentially shattering film becomes too comfortable and pat lacking in menace 
2.5
The Woodsman
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s no question that Bacon has achieved something truly unique with this performance 
2.5
The Woodsman
Dustin Putman
An understated drama simmering just underneath the surface with explosive emotions and occasionally breathless intensity 
2.5
The Woodsman
Mick LaSalle
Tasteful but not compromised 
3
The Woodsman
Pam Grady
A lot of credit for the power of The Woodsman has to go to Bacon for bringing out the full range of Walter s humanity from his ugly impulses to his struggle to overcome them 
3.5
The Woodsman
Stephen Whitty
The power of The Woodsman is that it s willing to point these men out and unwilling to either write them off as cardboard villains or excuse them as poor deprived victims 
3
The Woodsman
Lou Lumenick
Given its genuinely disturbing subject matter The Woodsman isn t what you would call a crowd pleaser but it s definitely a work of art 
3.5
The Woodsman
Jack Mathews
If you re looking for a star of tomorrow stop at Mos Def The New York hip hop artist gives a breakout performance as the morally indignant cop who keeps letting Walter know that he knows what he s doing 
3
The Woodsman
John Anderson
If the key to such a film is making the man sympathetic while the crime remains unspeakable Kassell Bacon and co writer Steven Fechter succeed triumphantly 
3.5
The Woodsman
James Berardinelli
This is arguably the best performance in Bacon s career 
3
The Woodsman
Peter Canavese
Raises a number of interesting and disturbing questions but takes artistic and intellectual missteps deserves some credit for its performances and provocation 
2.5
The Woodsman
Jeremiah Kipp
an uncompromising character driven story told with intelligence restraint and emotional clarity 
3
The Woodsman
Steve Rhodes
A chilling and compelling journey into a tormented mind with an Oscar caliber performance by Kevin Bacon 
3.5
The Woodsman
Walter Chaw
Retreats perhaps understandably into the refuge of allegory 
2
The Woodsman
Erik Childress
Kevin Bacon turns in yet another solid performance strengthening his case as the most underappreciated talent in movies
3
Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story
Joey Magidson
Gamers who love this series will get a lot out of this but even those more casual viewers will find some interest 
3
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Roger Moore
Fascinating but labored attempt to solve an 80 year old murder in paradise mystery 
2.5
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Lisa Jensen
An exotic thriller of a doc 
3
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Tirdad Derakhshani
A dazzling documentary about an unsolved murder in an ad hoc community in the Galapagos islands in 1934 
3.5
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Stephanie Merry
The Galapagos Affair spins a strange and compelling tale with perfectly sinister music by Laura Karpman setting the mood But the movie is better at building suspense than following through 
2.5
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Moira MacDonald
Though the pace occasionally flags during its two hour running time The Galapagos Affair is a fascinating look at a place of great beauty and remoteness and at the kind of people drawn to live there 
3
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Peter Keough
How could this not be a great documentary By putting it in the hands of Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller who have squandered their sensational subject into a two hour slog 
2
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Robert Everett-Green
The denouement plays like a remix of Joseph Conrad s Heart of Darkness with a chorus of unreliable narrators 
3
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Mick LaSalle
Easily this is the most irresistible movie of 2014 so far 
4
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Sheila O'Malley
Everyone has a different theory on whodunit and the fun of the film is to make your own guesses 
2.5
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Wes Greene
The material and resources are certainly substantial but the filmmakers clumsily weave separate stories together without detailing anything beyond a tangential relation 
2.5
El silencio del pantano
Roger Moore
Fails to adequately maintain the mystery Is this real or just in the writer s head And messing around with that reality as the closing credits are about to roll is just a cheat and dumb to boot 
1.5
5 Flights Up
Scott Renshaw
Morgan Freeman can t lend gravitas to this clutter of urban sentimentality 
2
5 Flights Up
John Anderson
A couple of pros playing attractive characters in an amiable yet topical story 
2.5
5 Flights Up
Christy Lemire
What begins as a sweetly sentimental story ends up being cloyingly melodramatic 
2
5 Flights Up
John Hartl
The movie ends just as you expected it to end and there are almost no surprises along the way 
2.5
5 Flights Up
Tirdad Derakhshani
5 Flights Up is a sweet film with a few nicely turned lines some good jokes and some very lovely dialogue But it s not much more than fluff and air 
2.5
5 Flights Up
Peter Keough
The duo provide a bit of wit and warmth amid the contrived subplots and the self satisfied moralism 
2
5 Flights Up
Lou Lumenick
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton have unexpectedly great chemistry in this warm and funny comedy about a couple who contemplate leaving a walk up apartment in Brooklyn they ve occupied for their entire 40 year marriage 
3
5 Flights Up
Stephanie Merry
5 Flights Up is far from perfect but it s also undeniably touching 
2.5
5 Flights Up
Rex Reed
It s good to see first rate artists devoted to a film that doesn t pander to an unsophisticated audience with a thirst for violence and smut 
3
5 Flights Up
Roger Moore
Thinly charming even thinner in entertainment value
2
5 Flights Up
Kenji Fujishima
Ira Sachs for all the tenderness of feeling he brought to Love Is Strange wouldn t have countenanced the stacked deck sentimentality that lies at this film s heart 
2
Gunpowder Milkshake
David Gonzalez
Gunpowder Milkshake is a film that offers a dazzling 44 fresh look at the female assassin while offering homages to its female assassin predecessors 44 L 233 on and La Femme Nikita 46 
3
Gunpowder Milkshake
Mitchell Beaupre
Brings refreshing energy and creativity to the action game 46 
2.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
David Nusair
46 46 46 moves at a blistering pace but contains little in the way of compelling 44 engaging elements 46 46 46 
2
Gunpowder Milkshake
Derek Smith
The fundamental ineptness of Gunpowder Milkshake appears to be a consequence of the exponentially swelling glut of streaming options 
1
Gunpowder Milkshake
Steven Prokopy
Gunpowder Milkshake still has its moments of fun but the whole bloody affair is just missing a heart and a bit of soul 
2.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Robert Levin
This is a flawed movie for a lot of reasons but it s also a pretty fun time 
2.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Tom Meek
Overall the slick noir cum slapstick never gets all its elements to blend 
2
Gunpowder Milkshake
Leo Brady
Gunpowder Milkshake has all of the right ingredients of an action movie It s thrilling and entertaining with whip cream gunpowder and a cherry on top 
3
Gunpowder Milkshake
Kevin Carr
This is the closest you ve gotten to a female John Wick 
3
Gunpowder Milkshake
Richard Roeper
If you re going to do an insanely over the top deeply stylized bullet riddled and female centric riff on the John Wick movies you might as well give it a fantastically ridiculous title 
3
Gunpowder Milkshake
Mark Meszoros
Papushado who co wrote the script with Ehud Lavski does nothing interesting with his talented actresses offering an uninspired shoot em up that fails to excite from beginning to end 
1.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Cody Corrall
The emotional highs and lows never really level out and the special effects feel more schlocky and dated than overtly stylistic but Gunpowder Milkshake manages to corral a dynamic roster of performers to have fun and blow shit up 
2.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Randy Myers
The numerous action sequences are breathtakingly choreographed and staged with the precision of a ballet fluid and furious at the same time No wonder Netflix is already talking about a sequel 
3.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Monica Castillo
What Papushado and Ehud Lavski s script lacks no amount of charisma is able to make up 
2
Gunpowder Milkshake
Mark Dujsik
The filmmakers have nailed the ornamentation They just skimped on the foundation 
2
Gunpowder Milkshake
Joe Friar
Female assassins empowering each other Sisters are doin it for themselves in this fun action flick with a Tarantino aesthetic
3.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Roger Moore
It d be easy to get behind the movie s latest twist on empowered equal opportunity mass murder if there was much more to this than the slow footed slaughter 
2
The 24-Hour Woman
Dustin Putman
Capsule Review 
2
The 24-Hour Woman
Roger Ebert
The 24 Hour Woman is a message picture wrapped inside a screwball comedy with an touch of satire aimed at TV talk shows It doesn t all work but it happens so fast we don t get stuck in the awkward parts 
3
The Black Godfather
Roger Moore
A seminal figure behind the scenes in African American entertainment and politics gets his due in this affectionate foul mouthed portrait 
3
The Quest
Michael Dequina
Van Damme calls his film the Ben Hur of martial arts boy is he deluded 
0
The Quest
Mick LaSalle
At its best in its first half when Dubois has to find his way to the competition in the Lost City of Tibet 
3
The Quest
Madeleine Williams
In his first outing it is unclear whether VanDamme can t manage the scope of this tale or if he s just a bad director 
1
The Quest
Mike Clark
The endeavor looks less like a movie than some ESPN programmer s worst brainstorm 
1.5
The Quest
Chris Hicks
Unless bone crunching violence is your bag you can bag this one 
2
The Quest
James Berardinelli
The level of high tension violence expected from a Van Damme film is blunted by poor direction uninspired camera work and a bland villain 
1.5
Summertime
David Reddish
The strange format of poetry as narrative that Summertime boasts coupled with Schmidts bright hues gives the film a dreamlike quality everything makes sense on its own terms but never seems totally real either Its a unique experience at the movies 
3
Summertime
Roger Moore
It bounces and tickles and touches and shares the credit the rhymes and the love among some 22 poets rappers and singers 
3
Summertime
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
There s no disputing the artistry just whether the grand experiment actually works whether full throated showstopping acts of testimony cohere within an otherwise casual often charming summer stroll 
2
Summertime
Ty Burr
The movies have a long history of kids putting on a show Summertime belongs to that tradition even as it expands its boundaries into the heartsore world offscreen 
3
Summertime
Jeff Mitchell
There s some flat out beautiful stuff here 
2.5
Summertime
Peter Canavese
A precocious amateur feel pervades this slam poetry musical More miss than hit If you ve a low tolerance for slam poetry stay away 
2.5
Summertime
Odie Henderson
On paper it sounds iffy in execution however it s absolutely glorious a gleeful glide through adolescence 
4
Summertime
Michael Phillips
Summertime expresses familiar sentiments in some fresh and vital ways and keeps the dreams alive 
3
Summertime
Mark Meszoros
A love letter to Los Angeles and especially spoken word poetry Summertime certainly stands out from the pack of summertime theatrical releases 
2.5
Summertime
Randy Myers
What could have been a botched experiment morphs into something special a scrappy feature that is electrifying from first frame to last 
3.5
Summertime
Michael O'Sullivan
An exuberant hodgepodge of everyday joy and frustration and the occasional mild trauma 
3
Summertime
Leo Brady
Summertime takes a trip through what it s like to live in America It s wild it s sad funny and fierce It s all of us soaking it up in Summertime 
3
The Wailing
Brian Eggert
Na s film belongs on a shortlist of horror titles that question everything forcing the realization that most people know nothing for certain and yet still behave with conviction What could be more frightening 
4
The Wailing
Sean P. Means
Na takes his sweet time more than 2 8201 1 2 hours to build to his shattering climax and yet not a minute of it feels wasted or superfluous By the end of The Wailing the audience knows it has been taken on a dark and twisted ride 
3.5
The Wailing
Stephen Rebello
The Wailing is a grab you by the throat stunner by far the best thrill machine of the year so far 
3.5
The Wailing
Mark Dujsik
Writer director Hong jin Na is not concerned with finding a logical through line for his supernatural tale He s looking to uncover the emotional one 
3
The Wailing
Simon Abrams
It may be impossible to turn off your brain while watching The Wailing but that makes the film s visceral charms that much more admirably vexing 
3
The Wailing
Chuck Bowen
Na Hong jin s The Wailing is a work of thriller maximal ism a rare case of more actually being more rather than less 
3.5
Every Day
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The movie is a harmless kitsch but is quite entertaining Of course Miss Rice is called to become a true movie star Complete review in Spanish in the Mexican newspaper Reforma 
1
Every Day
Edward Porter
The sheer goofiness of the concept makes Michael Sucsy s film more enjoyable than most young adult movies but I can imagine members of its target audience responding to its dreamy kind hearted emotionalism too 
3
Every Day
Linda Cook
This isn t your Every Day teen romance 
3
Every Day
Rafer Guzman
Every Day is after all trying to say something serious about love And in its modest teen modulated way it says it 
3
Every Day
Roger Moore
An intriguing and thoughtful but strained and emotionally flat romantic fantasy almost a cult film in the making 
2
Every Day
David Nusair
It s a high concept premise that s employed to consistently engaging effect by filmmaker Michael Sucsy 
3.5
Every Day
Christy Lemire
A nice idea within nutty packaging 
2
Every Day
Mark Dujsik
T he movie only scratches the surface to make way for a poorly conceived and executed romance 
2.5
Every Day
Henry Stewart
Throughout the film raises metaphysical issues of physical and psychological autonomy only to gloss over them probably because addressing them could too quickly shut down the romance 
2
Every Day
Brad Wheeler
It s nothing close to a great film but neither is it something audiences see every day 
3
Every Day
Peter Howell
The setup is almost too twee for words but Rice burnishes acting skills that were already gleaming after The Beguiled and The Nice Guys And kudos to the inclusivity and diversity of the casting 
2.5
Privilege
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Privilege unfolds like a single multifaceted argument uniformly illuminated by white hot rage and wit a cacophony of voices and discourses to be sure but a purposeful and meaningful cacophony in which all the voices are speaking to us 
3
Unveiled
Ken Fox
powerful drama 
3.5
Unveiled
V.A. Musetto
Tabatabai delivers a strong performance and the script although not always plausible touches on important issues like bias against gays and Muslims 
2.5
Unveiled
Elizabeth Weitzman
The parts are more valuable than the whole in Angelina Maccarone s Unveiled 
2.5
Unveiled
John Anderson
A serious and well paced drama 
3
Unveiled
Ed Gonzalez
It s fitting that the film itself is torn between its affections to the shrill Yentl and grim Boys Don t Cry 
2.5
Sophie
Rick Groen
Yes this is family entertainment a label that speaks to the fond hope that someone in the family will actually find it entertaining 
3
Thomas in Love
Rick Groen
Innovative and thoughtful 
3.5
Thomas in Love
Roger Ebert
It duplicates Thomas miserable world so well we want to escape it as urgently as Thomas does 
2
Thomas in Love
Rob Blackwelder
A stimulating and unexpectedly satisfying cinematic experiment 
3
Thomas in Love
Tor Thorsen
Quirky but unsatisfying 
1
Thomas in Love
Steve Rhodes
The film is funny sad and frequently downright weird with the bizarre facial paint that people in the future wear 
3
Thomas in Love
Harvey S. Karten
Intriguing idea but static and repetitious 
2.5
Sick Nurses
Christian Toto
Sick Nurses dispenses with such formalities as character and plot to give us the goods creepy crawlies stripped from The Ring and other Asian horror flicks 
2
Defence of the Realm
Roger Ebert
The acting is strong throughout but Elliott is especially effective What is it about this actor who has been in so many different kinds of movies and seems to make each role special 
3
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Wesley Lovell
Humorous to an extent but lacking the bang you might expect from a big screen musical 
2
The River
James Kendrick
a sumptuous visual feast that foregoes narrative drive for the simple beauties of lived existence on the banks of the Ganges River
3.5
The River
Jay Antani
a delicate tapestry of images that evoke a different way of life of thinking and of relating to the world
3.5
Halloween Party
Roger Moore
A no budget Canadian thriller that comes oh so close to being the Little Horror Engine that Could 
2
Moon Garden
Luke Y. Thompson
It feels at times like watching a magic show 8211 you sort of think you might know how the trick was done 44 but then it pulls out a new angle and you 8217 re pleasantly stumped 46 
3
Moon Garden
Roger Moore
A dazzling use of various effects and animation techniques to tell a child apos s eye view story of purgatory 44 or something awfully close to it 46 
2.5
Wattstax
Ann Guarino
All the performers draw lively reactions from the crowd who get to chant I am somebody And isn t that all what we want to be 
3
Wattstax
Terry Lawson
The restored rerelease is a time capsule of Afros anger and attitude 
3
Wattstax
Tiffany Maleshefski
Hardcore fans of the music of the times will get a kick out of seeing their old idols in their former glory and footage of the city of Watts is fascinating 
2.5
Wattstax
Joe Williams
Rarely has a concert or a concert film been so shaped by its social context Wattstax was both the definitive record of popular music circa 1972 and a say it loud statement of black aspirations 
3.5
Wattstax
John Beifuss
As Richard Pryor says it s a soulful expression of the black experience 
3.5
Wattstax
Frank Ochieng
Wattstax was more than just an elaborate musical gathering of gifted energetic artists out to corral a spirited mood it was an undeniably ultimate black lyrical experience this stylish funky forum is infectious 
3.5
Wattstax
John Hartl
A recording of a historic moment Wattstax has considerable value 
3
Wattstax
Wesley Morris
A disorienting and ironic moviegoing experience 
3
Wattstax
Fred Shuster
This gem of a concert documentary makes you realize how much of America s pop culture has been lost ignored or left to rot since soul music s golden era three decades ago 
4
Gloria
Mick LaSalle
We don t make movies in America like Gloria so we have to import them I wish we d import more and make a few as well 
3
Gloria
Liam Lacey
Whether you appreciate Gloria as a portrait of a vital woman muddling through life s middle chapters or as an allegory of Chilean resilience the message is the same Let s face the music and dance 
3
Gloria
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Obviously this is a one woman show and an extraordinary part for an actress and Paulina Garca fulfills it 100 
3.5
Gloria
Brad Keefe
It s a warm earnest and lively movie anchored by a superb lead performance 
3
Gloria
John Beifuss
The movie insists on the value of the everyday Gloria s heroism is her dignity her intelligence her perseverance 
3.5
Gloria
Duane Dudek
A raw and rich look at loneliness love and aging 
3
Gloria
Peter Canavese
To look into Garca s face is to see the movie a loving character study in miniature at any moment Gloria refuses to be your stereotype or a writer s stock character She s complicated like you 
3
Gloria
Chris Knight
The overall effect is to slowly create a wonderfully three dimensional character lovingly shaded and detailed 
3
Gloria
Peter Howell
Not quite a comedy and not quite a drama this Chilean film looks at middle age from a refreshingly even handed perspective not a wacky or tragic one 
3.5
Gloria
Mary Houlihan
The film belongs to Garcia who is in literally every shot Wafting over Garcia s face at different moments are contentment frustration loneliness disappointment happiness 
3.5
Gloria
Moira MacDonald
By the end we dance with her living in the moment as she does not looking ahead to life s next turn 
3.5
Gloria
Matt Pais
The best compliment the Chilean drama deserves is that it captures how it feels to be its title character 
3
Gloria
Rene Rodriguez
The movie lets you make up your own mind about this vivacious woman who is doing her best not to surrender to her inner loneliness 
3
Gloria
Steven Rea
Gloria spare and keenly observed plays like a short story there is no sweeping narrative arc no momentous triumph or calamity 
3.5
Gloria
Stephanie Merry
For the most part Gloria is a day brightener of a character study about finding someone new and making the same old mistakes 
3
Gloria
Ty Burr
Gloria a charmer from Chile is a character portrait of a woman the movies rarely notice Divorced hovering around 60 not especially interested in self pity 
3.5
Gloria
John Anderson
The message if one needs to look for one is that the course of romance is no smoother at 50 than it is at 15 when heedlessness is an advantage to plunging into love 
4
Gloria
Joe Williams
Gloria is a character study one that s pitiful in the compassionate sense of the word 
3.5
Gloria
Susan Wloszczyna
Gloria Gloria hallelujah Your truth has marched its way into my heart 
4
Gloria
Farran Smith Nehme
Chilean director Sebastin Lelio stalks his heroine around Santiago with the enthusiasm of a man who s discovered a new wildlife species in remote Madagascar 
3
Gloria
Roger Moore
A Chilean last chance romance with a bitter sting to it 
3
Gloria
Marty Mapes
Award winning performance and strong emotional arc make for a compelling love story
3.5
Gloria
David Nusair
the upbeat feel good finale goes a long way towards ensuring that Gloria concludes on a high note 
2.5
White Palace
Gene Siskel
The film manages to avoid the more interesting problem area of what will happen to the couple once they decide to settle down and live openly together Both principals however are good in their limited roles 
2.5
White Palace
Roger Ebert
The strength of the movie is when it deals with the subject of a nonconforming relationship The best moments involve verbal bolts of lightning comic insights that blindside us 
3.5
Civil: Ben Crump
Dwight Brown
Director Nadia Hallgren takes a balanced approach to establishing all Crump s personae media savvy attorney savior counselor extended family member spokesman activist 
2.5
Civil: Ben Crump
Mark Dujsik
91 W 93 e apos re left wanting more about any of these cases or 46 46 46 some kind of specificity in regards to Crump apos s legal methods 46 
2.5
Civil: Ben Crump
Odie Henderson
CIVIL won 8217 t change any minds about its subject 44 but it does a good job of delivering fly on the wall observations of the year it covers 46 
3
Civil: Ben Crump
G. Allen Johnson
Crump s nickname is America s Black attorney general and in a new Netflix documentary we get to know a little about him 
3
Stolen
Brian Eggert
Aptly named 44 Stolen is the cinematic equivalent of a synonym 44 the same movie but different than Taken 46 
1.5
Stolen
Roger Moore
For all the heists chases and shoot outs it s a sluggish picture Characters feel the need to stop the action to explain themselves Thoroughly 
1
Soul Kitchen
Rob Thomas
Soul Kitchen is like a restaurant where the vibe is friendly the music is cool the people are all interesting and it s so much fun to hang out at that you easily overlook the fact that the food isn t actually all that good 
2.5
Soul Kitchen
Sean P. Means
Director Fatih Akin s specialty is illuminating the multi cultural bustle of modern Germany and here he brings a light touch to Zinos catastrophic efforts to stay above water 
3
Soul Kitchen
Chris Hewitt
It s an odd mishmash but it s funny and the non stop music sent me to iTunes to do some serious downloading 
3
Soul Kitchen
Robert W. Butler
A funny sweet and pleasantly goofy exercise in the language of Goethe 
3
Soul Kitchen
John Hartl
The slapsticky tone of Akin s latest work is more anarchic than heavenly but the picture has its screwball charms 
2.5
Soul Kitchen
Michael Phillips
Soul Kitchen which features a soundtrack laden with American soul and R B standards was a hit in Europe and I suspect many American moviegoers will respond to it as well 
3
Soul Kitchen
Roger Ebert
It s silly but it feels pretty good 
3
Soul Kitchen
Steven Rea
Zany screwball farce 
3
Soul Kitchen
Walter V. Addiego
A loose generally good natured comedy with screwball overtones 
3
Soul Kitchen
Stephanie Merry
Watching the German dramedy feels like sinking your teeth into a piece of angel food cake only to find you ve bitten down on nothing at all 
1.5
Soul Kitchen
Wesley Morris
Soul Kitchen is a ragged all right sloppy group comedy that taxes neither us nor its maker 
3
Soul Kitchen
Peter Keough
It s good to see the Turkish German filmmaker lighten up in this broad rough around the edges comedy 
2.5
Soul Kitchen
V.A. Musetto
There are moments of fun an aphrodisiac laced dessert for example but generally the humor seems warmed over 
2
Soul Kitchen
Stephen Whitty
Soul Kitchen isn t like Akin s earlier films a full feast rich with carefully catered courses of philosophy cultural conflict and melodrama It s really more akin to a light snack But take a bite 
3
Soul Kitchen
James Berardinelli
The film is tiresome not merely because of the familiarity of the material but because there s little verve surrounding the proceedings 
2.5
Soul Kitchen
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a story of friendship family faith and food and while it doesn t go in any directions that are new or different the film is still a hugely enjoyable frolic almost impossible not to adore 
3
Soul Kitchen
Jay Antani
hasn t a clue how to take its characters through the requisite beats of what is allegedly a story about a man s search for self just as Soul Kitchen is allegedly an attempt at bright witty comedy
1.5
Soul Kitchen
Fernando F. Croce
The ultimate feeling is of Akin as a frantic chef scrambling to spike a thin soup throwing in spices and stirring like a madman 
2
Soul Kitchen
Jennie Punter
A treat for the senses 
3
Porky's Revenge
Tony Mastroianni
The material is about as inspired as a second rate television comedy except that the jokes are more off color 
1
The Bleeding House
Christian Toto
Beware of nattily dressed strangers knocking at your door 
2.5
The Bleeding House
Glenn Lovell
more an intellectual exercise in absurdist horror than a goody goody balls to the wall horror film Advice to Gelatt trust darkest instincts next time and finish us off 
2
The Bleeding House
Nick Schager
The film works its tired conceit with maximum patience and minimal inventiveness 
1.5
Shoah
Brian Eggert
Shoah feels more essential than ever demanding that its audience not just mourn and monumentalize the past but experience it 
4
Shoah
Jay Boyar
By straightforwardly presenting interviews with people who lived through the Holocaust Lanzmann makes it real again Even more impressively he helps us to see how the horror could have happened 
4
Shoah
Gene Siskel
Shoah is the greatest use of film in motion picture history taking movies to their highest moral value For what director interviewer Lanzmann has done on film is nothing less than revive history a history so ugly that many would prefer to forget 
4
Shoah
James Kendrick
a magnificently disquieting experience a harrowing descent into the depths of humanity s potential for unmitigated brutality cruelty and evil 
4
Shoah
Ty Burr
Why revisit Shoah 25 years after it was first released Because it matters more a quarter century on just as it will matter even more in a hundred years and 200 and if it and we survive a thousand 
3.5
Shoah
Ed Gonzalez
Lanzmann builds the past using tools that exist only in the present summoning an unfathomable catastrophe with the voices and memories of survivors 
4
Shoah
Roger Ebert
There is no proper response to this film It is an enormous fact a 550 minute howl of pain and anger in the face of genocide It is one of the noblest films ever made 
4
Ghost World
Wesley Lovell
This kind of subtle moral isn 8217 t as readily available to most audiences 44 but should appeal to the younger generation who are strapped with the burden of carrying society into a new century filled with strife 44 misery and great opportunity 46 
3
Ghost World
Matt Brunson
Ghost World is very funny but also very perceptive and it offers Steve Buscemi one of the defining roles of his career 
3.5
Ghost World
Mattie Lucas
That is part of its magic and its beauty I think its ability to speak to and for those who don t quite feel at home in mainstream society 
4
Ghost World
David Sterritt
While this isn t a showy or flashy movie it has social psychological and ultimately mystical overtones that raise it leagues above most other teen centered comedies 
3
Ghost World
Michael Sragow
The modest yet redeeming triumph of Ghost World is the offhand way it brings to the screen a streak of American dark humor that is dour resilient and unexpectedly infectious 
3
Ghost World
Nick Rogers
Like Rushmore with a female slant Ghost World tackles the true torches we often keep to ourselves as well as the struggle of feeling like a specter or as Enid says as though everyone s too stupid to realize you 
4
Ghost World
Joe Lozito
Anyone who grew up in the suburbs or ever felt out of place will find something to relate to in this film 
3.5
Ghost World
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a sneaky snide and cynical masterpiece of urban dystopia seen through the eyes of youth and ranks as one of the best American films so far this year 
4
Ghost World
Joe Mader
There are bits of wicked humor but Zwigoff begins by laughing at the kooks in Clowes ghost of a world and never stops The real crime is that Clowes is content to join in with him 
2
Ghost World
Margaret A. McGurk
The perfect antidote to the brainless brutally stereotyped teen agers of most Hollywood youth movies 
3.5
Ghost World
Jeffrey Westhoff
Ghost World trades in its wry observations for easy laughs going all out to humiliate its most sympathetic character 
2.5
Ghost World
Blake French
For those of us who tire of standard teen movies here s the film to brighten our day 
4
Ghost World
Mark Dujsik
Quite an amusing little satire 
3
Ghost World
Collin Souter
Amidst all the fakery Ghost World sits like a pair of jeans on the sidewalk just waiting to be discovered 
4
Ghost World
Ross Anthony
interesting characters with juicy interplay early on but proves trying later 
2
Ghost World
Jeremy Heilman
The general snarkiness of Ghost World eventually becomes profoundly sad 
4
Ghost World
Frank Ochieng
In Terry Zwigoff s stridently astute Ghost World he examines the nature of youth oriented alienation with offbeat poignancy and supportable depth 
3.5
Ghost World
Ian Mantgani
A collection of perfectly memorable moments
3.5
Ghost World
Bill Chambers
Ghost World leaves me haunted when the minutes drag 
4
Ghost World
David Keyes
a very distinctive offbeat and poignant endeavor steeped in rich performances and characterizations and bursting with inevitable wisdom 
3
Ghost World
Robert Roten
Story is weak and bleak but enjoyable because the characters are so interesting and so loaded with human frailties 
3
Ghost World
James Kendrick
An often funny often painful portrait of the abyss that is postadolescence 
4
Ghost World
Dan Lybarger
By exaggerating the foibles of modern life only slightly Zwigoff and Clowes have made a satire that thankfully has more than ridicule on its mind 
3.5
Ghost World
Steve Rhodes
Although I liked it and indeed recommend it it is a candidate for my list of the most overrated films of the year 
3
Ghost World
Tom Long
A touching study of alienation that comes with no easy answers or excuses for those who cannot seem to connect in life 
3
Ghost World
David N. Butterworth
Would somebody just give Steve Buscemi an Oscar already 
3
Ghost World
Jay Carr
In her need for affection in her need to be taken seriously Enid is poignant without ever being cloying 
3.5
Ghost World
James Berardinelli
A refreshing change from the usual summer fare offering interesting characters smart dialogue biting satire the concept of high art gets shredded and dark comedy 
3
Ghost World
Michael Dequina
A hilariously warped affront to everything that glossy factory assembled youth targeted Hollywood product represents 
3
Ghost World
Dustin Putman
One of the best films of the year a movie that takes a painstakingly realistic look at the difficulties of growing up Thora Birch is a revelation 
3.5
Ghost World
Carla Meyer
If you got a kick out of Crumb this film will crack you up 
3
Ghost World
Rod Armstrong
Belabored smug and unfocused 
2
Ghost World
Roger Ebert
I wanted to hug this movie It takes such a risky journey and never steps wrong 
4
Ghost World
Liam Lacey
Ghost World conforms reasonably well to the pattern of a traditional comedy while keeping its shaggy haphazard comic novel edge 
3.5
Ghost World
Bruce Newman
Birch manages to perfect teenage boredom without ever alienating us from Enid which is quite a trick when you think about it 
4
Ghost World
Steven Rea
Birch and Johansson inhabit Zwigoff s film with deft assurance and subtle moves 
3.5
Ghost World
Michael Wilmington
Enid and Rebecca ring true Their attitudes seem real so do their dilemmas 
3
Ghost World
Rob Blackwelder
Ghost World is more than an adaptation it truly looks and feels as if the pages of the 1990s teen alienation anthology have come alive 
3
Ghost World
Lou Lumenick
As hip funny and truthful a sleeper as has ever flown under Tinseltown s radar 
3.5
Ghost World
Claudia Puig
You d almost have to be six feet under to resist the eccentric fun this movie scares up 
3.5
Ghost World
Ed Gonzalez
An ironic humorous painful and never pandering account of the ghostly nature that accompanies loss hurt regret love and ultimately memory itself 
4
Ghost World
Harvey S. Karten
An admirable blending of humor and poignance makes Ghost World the kind of teen movie that adults want to see 
3
Terri
Roger Moore
Terri has one leaving the theater thinking And 
2
Terri
Eric Melin
Terri was shot in just a couple locations on a tiny budget but it sense of heightened reality and terrific performances make it a strangely touching story 
3.5
Terri
David Nusair
The film s less than engrossing atmosphere is compounded by Wysocki s competent yet charmless performance 
2
Terri
John Beifuss
Crafted with care and imagined with empathy but the nicely realized scenes don t add up to a satisfying whole 
2
Terri
Mike Scott
John C Reilly does what he always seems to do He energizes and thus steals nearly every scene he s in 
2.5
Terri
Rick Groen
Jacob Wysocki infuses his performance in the title role with precisely that same duality turning Terri into an oversized portrait of adolescence so naive yet so wise strangely believable and believably strange 
3
Terri
Bruce DeMara
A sweet and subtle comedy about the awkwardness of adolescence 
3.5
Terri
Carrie Rickey
Like its title character an obese high school misfit who wears pajamas to school because they re comfortable Terri grows on you 
3
Terri
Calvin Wilson
Terri is a challenging but rewarding throwback to a time when independent films weren t just stepping stones on the road to Hollywood 
3.5
Terri
Chris Hewitt
It s a modest little film but it s beautifully done 
3
Terri
Lisa Kennedy
Jacobs and talented cinematographer Tobias Datum once again do a deft job conveying the texture of a home this time the unkempt jammed warren Terri shares with his Uncle James 
2.5
Terri
James Berardinelli
A hit and miss affair with some scenes and relationships ringing true and others drowning in a deep pool of artifice 
2.5
Terri
Michael Phillips
Wysocki is a genuine talent as is Jacobs but the subject of Terri remains a pleasant blur 
2.5
Terri
Roger Ebert
Movies about high school misfits are common this is an uncommon one 
4
Terri
Matt Pais
Quietly heartbreaking Breaks down notions of age and status and turns the world into a big mess of people just trying to get by one moment at a time 
3.5
Terri
Peter Canavese
Though Terri doesn t have the reassuring clarity of a straight path from starting block to finish line its fits and starts are pretty good 
2.5
Terri
Ann Hornaday
Terri turns out to be a small masterpiece of misdirection a winsome utterly unpredictable portrait of adolescence that flawlessly captures its cruelty and sweetness 
3
Terri
Walter V. Addiego
If you ve sworn off movies about adolescent misfits I don t blame you but make an exception for Terri 
3
Terri
Moira MacDonald
Terri sounds like a very sad film and indeed it is made more poignant by the quiet honesty of Wysocki s performance But it s a wise film as well populated by characters who seem utterly real 
3
Terri
Ty Burr
Can you stand one more quirky low budget independent movie about a high school castaway If it s from Azazel Jacobs maybe you should 
2.5
Terri
Gerald Peary
Terri is subtle sweet and eccentric and marks Jacobs who earlier succeeded with Mama s Man 2008 as an independent filmmaker of formidable talent 
3
Terri
Stephen Whitty
Wysocki has a grave dignity as Terri even as the brats around him are grabbing at his body or whispering insults in his ear but it s John C Reilly who truly shines 
3
Terri
Kyle Smith
It takes far too long to get going and it doesn t have much of an ending For quite a while in between though it s a tender little portrait of teen fragility 
2.5
Terri
Robert Levin
With sensitivity and a unique protagonist bestowed with a proud unshakable spirit the movie abandons snarky black comedy for deeper existential truths 
3
Terri
Bill Weber
A teen misfit dramedy of innate decency and few surprises with a trio of young pariahs enduring emotional wounds that fade rather than scar 
2.5
Sidekicks
Rene Rodriguez
There s a sense of desperation about the whole thing Norris and brother director Aaron charged with salvaging Norris flailing career came up with a load of self aggrandizing fluff 
1
Sidekicks
Roger Ebert
Sidekicks is sweet but predictable the kind of movie where you enjoy the ride but recognize the terrain 
2
Trade of Innocents
Roger Moore
A middling thriller wrapped around a compelling lecture about the child sex trade in Southeast Asia 
2
Trade of Innocents
Stephen Whitty
The film fills up its hour and a half harmlessly enough but nothing s really memorable Which is rather bitterly ironic 
2.5
Trade of Innocents
Farran Smith Nehme
The movie screams of a low budget and pedestrian vision 
1.5
Trade of Innocents
Tomas Hachard
Trade of Innocents is as much a piece of social justice campaigning as it is a work unto itself an important fact to remember when considering its many flaws 
1
Logan
Brian Eggert
An uncommon comic book film that transcends its label Logan engages through its harmony of post modernism and serious treatment of complex characters 
4
Logan
David Gonzalez
Jackman delivers a career performance as Logan 46 
4
Logan
Matt Brunson
It s Stan Lee by way of Cormac McCarthy but the end result basically No Country for Old X Men suffers from its own sense of self importance 
2.5
Logan
Sarah Knight Adamson
Logan is the tenth X Men movie and might just be the best 
3.5
Logan
Matthew Rozsa
The ending of Logan works in a bold and poignant way providing the kind of closure that any story could be proud of 
4
Logan
Jeff Mitchell
A vulnerable Logan delivers an indestructible Wolverine movie
3.5
Logan
Mattie Lucas
An elegiac modern western a simple powerful straightforward thriller that totally redefines what it means to be a superhero
3.5
Logan
Joey Magidson
Logan is one of the best comic book adaptations of all time
3.5
Logan
Rosalie Kicks
Logan is the film that Wolverine so rightfully deserved 
3.5
Logan
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
At over two hours the movie drags a bit towards its finish but still remains a strong tribute to Jackman as Logan bidding him a fond farewell as he exits the series 
3
Logan
Lisa Jensen
Hugh Jackman is up to the task as usual But he the character and the fans might have wished for the saga to go out with a little less bang and a lot more heart 
2.5
Logan
Wesley Lovell
Imagine a superhero film that feels more realistic than most war dramas 
4
Logan
Kevin A. Ranson
Come for the adamantium claws but bring a box of tissues you knew this was going to happen sooner than later 
4
Logan
Linda Cook
Logan delivers a savage powerful tale 
3.5
Logan
David Nusair
A vast improvement over The Wolverine 
3
Logan
Walter Chaw
Logan when in the aftermath our heroes navigate a battleground littered with non combatants For all the wrestling in the Marvel Universe with collateral damage this is the best most devastating representation of it 
4
Logan
James Kendrick
a gritty bloody and ultimately heartfelt paean to both the sanctity and the temporality of life
3.5
Logan
John Beifuss
The movie is exhilaratingly vicious those claws are made to order for R rated bloodshed but also elegiac thanks to Stewart s gravitas Jackman s weary charisma and the quixotic quest storyline 
3.5
Logan
Peter Travers
Make no mistake Logan earns its tears If Jackman and Stewart are serious about this being their mutual X Men swan song they could not have crafted a more heartfelt valedictory 
3.5
Logan
John Serba
This is Death Wish Wolverine with spring loaded self loathing action and retractable claws he can hide but never discard Comes complete with sadness depression and existential darkness 
3.5
Logan
Rex Reed
Another expensive throwaway aimed at milking money out of people who still read comic books Color it stupid 
1
Logan
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
An intimate story of few characters without exaggerated digital effects and focused on the mortality of its protagonists and the consequences of their violent acts Logan definitely couldn t have had a better goodbye Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Logan
Katie Walsh
Strips away the spandex the posse and the chaos distilling the story down to the essence of the man Logan What s left is the agony and the ecstasy of mutanthood 
3.5
Logan
Glenn Lovell
Before it settles down as a cross between Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Shane it s a pretty joyless slog one CG enhanced battle after another Dafne Keen as Wolvie s ward goes full feral 
2.5
Logan
John Hanlon
It s as if Quentin Tarantino took the reigns of the X Men franchise and offered his own perspective on Wolverine and Professor Xavier 
3.5
Logan
Josh Larsen
eschews invincibility in favor of human frailty 
3
Logan
Rick Bentley
Logan gets its strength from its heartpounding action scenes and its heart breaking personal moments 
3.5
Logan
Sharon Eberson
A down to earth title for a movie that holsters comic book camp and draws instead on classic Westerns 
3
Logan
Mike McGranaghan
In the way it explores the inescapable nature of violence and its long term effects Logan is the Unforgiven of superhero cinema 
3.5
Logan
Sara Michelle Fetters
This isn t just a great comic book movie isn t just a superb X Men adventure it s a fantastic motion picture period and Mangold Jackman and everyone else involved with its creation should be more than proud of what it is they ve accomplished 
3.5
Logan
Michael Smith
While Logan finds a mature tone to carry this final chapter of Wolverine s story it doesn t come to a conclusion with any more meaning to it than this People in general don t change more violence will be necessary 
3
Logan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Raising the stakes on superhero movies by a significant margin Logan could be the cinematic equivalent to Frank Miller s legendary comic book The Dark Knight Returns 
3.5
Logan
Christian Toto
Hugh Jackman goes out in R rated style with Logan Just don t buy into the Best Superhero Movie Ever hype Not even close 
3
Logan
Phil Villarreal
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart take the opportunity to go into far more depth and weight to characters they have played umpteen times over the past two decades 
4
Logan
Barry Hertz
Jackman twists the pain at the centre of the hero s struggle into remarkably uncomfortable places for a blockbuster 
3
Logan
Sonny Bunch
A fitting finale for Jackman that sometimes falters in its urge to please 
3
Logan
Willie Waffle
Logan is not a superhero movie It s a neo western with a tragic reluctant anti hero
4
Logan
Robert Horton
Nobody needs to call Logan a masterpiece But it s heartening to see a blockbuster minded movie this well made one that ticks all its genre boxes and delivers a potent emotional punch 
3.5
Logan
Dustin Putman
Well made and thoughtful and it pays off so splendidly in the final fifteen minutes one wishes what preceded this climax could have been its equal Where Logan leads is inevitable and necessary but it doesn t make it any easier 
2.5
Logan
Chris Knight
Logan is a superhero movie like no other 
4
Logan
Scott D. Pierce
Jackman who first starred as Logan Wolverine 17 years ago turns in a great performance He s clearly relishing the chance to play the character one last time in a project that s not just a good superhero movie but a good movie period 
3
Logan
Tom Meek
Logan the third Wolverine spinoff from an X Men movie empire that has grown terribly long in the tooth or is that claw does a nice job of righting the ship with this elegiac closing chapter 
2.5
Logan
Peter Hartlaub
The film celebrates the medium by taking itself seriously with an added hint of apology for the genre s earlier sins Best of all there s an element of risk 
4
Logan
Mark Dujsik
The film is above all else a refreshing change of pace from the usual comic book superhero fodder It s melancholy and introspective 
3.5
Logan
Jeff Simon
The startling trick here is to turn Wolverine into a self destructive and fed up old man And director Mangold incredibly makes you buy Wolverine s where are the mutants of yesteryear melancholy 
3.5
Logan
Peter Howell
Logan is kind of a special superhero movie in a good way and if Jackman holds to his stated intention to make it his Wolverine swan song he s going out not with a whimper but a bang 
3
Logan
Stephen Rebello
For what it is Logan is strong stuff and a classy sendoff to Wolverine Let s just hope that Marvel and Jackman let sleeping wolves lie 
3
Logan
Richard Roeper
Hugh Jackman sharpens his claws in every sense of the word and delivers killer work 
3.5
Logan
Calvin Wilson
If this is indeed Jackman s final appearance as Logan he s going out in style 
3.5
Logan
Michael O'Sullivan
It has simultaneously the exhilarating feel of a departure and the finality of a full stop 
3
Logan
Tom Russo
Jackman and Stewart s fond easy dynamic helps to balance some very provocative brutality as the movie pushes Wolverine s berserk nature to graphic new extremes 
3
Logan
James Berardinelli
With his glimpse into what superhero movies can be James Mangold has given us something sadly lacking in recent genre entries hope 
3.5
Logan
Rafer Guzman
Logan provides a fitting finale to the Wolverine franchise It isn t often a Marvel superhero gets to saddle up tip his hat and ride off into the proverbial sunset 
2.5
Logan
George M. Thomas
Mangold s direction helps to take this particular genre to another level that is poignant and at times tragic 
3
Logan
Gary Thompson
Logan is not really asking us to consider the plight of vulnerable children it s encouraging us to get off on it 
2.5
Logan
Michael Phillips
Logan is deadly serious and while its gamer style killing sprees are meant to be excitingly brutal I found them numbing and in the climax borderline offensive 
2
Logan
Dann Gire
Logan makes for a better character study than superhero adventure 
3
Logan
Walker MacMurdo
Despite tonal missteps a major one serving as the film s transition to the third act Logan is a thinking man s superhero flick the best gritty offering we ve had since The Dark Knight Returns 
3
Logan
Kyle Smith
The superhero category has gotten more boring as it s gotten more popular but Logan suggests an escape from escapism a restoration of the human element in blockbusters a stripped down return to the feel of 1970s Clint Eastwood pictures 
3.5
Logan
Mara Reinstein
Just because a comic book flick takes the dirt road less traveled doesn t mean it s a cinematic work of art 
2.5
Logan
Soren Andersen
Instead of putting the emphasis on superhero superpowers Mangold delves deeply into these characters human scale vulnerabilities 
3
Logan
Brian Tallerico
Logan is the rare blockbuster that could be a game changer It will certainly change the way we look at other superhero movies and how history judges the entire MCU and DC Universe of films 
3.5
Logan
Roger Moore
Not a great film but a movie with a noble weary and tragic performance at its center There is but one Wolverine 
3
Logan
Peter Canavese
There s a resonant motif in Logan that times have changed for the worst but this dystopian world revives the humanity in these characters a development that s all for the best 
3
Logan
Brian Truitt
Easily the best Wolverine outing Logan is The Dark Knight of the mutant filled X franchise a gripping film that transcends the comic book genre by saying something important 
3.5
Logan
Stephen Whitty
Well done Mr Jackman and Godspeed Wolverine We re sorry to say goodbye to our bare knuckled friend but you ve both earned the rest 
3
Logan
Rene Rodriguez
The violence in Logan isn t played for kicks like it was in Deadpool It s grave and serious and sometimes hard to watch which fits in with the overall tone of this grim surprisingly downbeat movie 
3
Logan
Jake Cole
It recognizes that the thinly veiled secret of Wolverine s loner act is that he s always been a cog of some kind 
2.5
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Eric Melin
The movie wants to be a combination film noir and horror comedy but the timing is all off and the performances are flat across the board 
1
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
David Nusair
a disappointingly lifeless adaptation 
2
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
John Beifuss
Entirely derivative and utterly wretched 
0
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Tom Russo
While he s fine playing bemused and beleaguered Routh can t muster the edginess that Dylan is also meant to have Diggs looks fabulous but has his own problems with the dangerous stuff 
2
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
James Kendrick
has the overriding sense of going through the motions with only a few moments of genuinely effective humor
2
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Robert Levin
With terrible acting a narrative on autopilot and chaotic blurs passing for action scenes it s a direct to DVD caliber sojourn through the dregs of comic book adaptation 
1
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Mike Scott
Don t worry if you re not familiar with the obscure source material There are plenty of other sources of disappointment to be found in director Kevin Munroe s B movie mess 
2
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Roger Moore
As the title character Routh has to carry the movie with bravado and charm appearing in most every scene narrating in the style of a hundred film noir private eyes And he just doesn t have it 
1
Teenage Paparazzo
David Nusair
an entertaining surprisingly informative look at the relationship between celebrities and the paparazzi 
2.5
Teenage Paparazzo
Rick Groen
Naturally to broaden the appeal of his documentary Grenier appears on screen regularly however a good natured fellow he fesses up about his motives in the opening frame then opines on the irony of so much reflected glory 
3
Panic
James Kendrick
a scathing postwar assessment of human nature
3
Good Vibrations
Linda Barnard
A love song to both the power of both music and determined political resistance 
2.5
Eban and Charley
V.A. Musetto
Bolton could easily have exploited the film s unsettling issues but he takes a nonsensationalized approach that leaves viewers to decide the moral questions for themselves 
3
Stand and Deliver
David Nusair
46 46 46 slow moving yet mostly compelling 46 46 46 
3
Stand and Deliver
Lynn Darling
As a paean to the idea that one individual can still make a difference in this world Stand and Deliver does just that 
3
Stand and Deliver
Chris Chase
I won t tell the end I ll just say this is a wonderful movie Olmos is superb funny strong Lou Diamond Phillips makes a terrific wise guy student But then everybody s terrific You come away feeling cheered and hopeful 
3.5
Stand and Deliver
Michael D. Reid
The depth and enthusiasm Olmos he brings to the role is impressive Also very good is Lou Diamond Phillips La Bamba as Angel a sunglassed tough guy who wants to learn math but won t admit it 
3
Stand and Deliver
Robert W. Butler
What makes the film go is Edward James Olmos riveting performance as Escalante 
2.5
Stand and Deliver
Gene Siskel
We all know what a difference an individual can make in a person s life Stand and Deliver portrays this powerful influence in a most entertaining manner 
3.5
Stand and Deliver
Terry Lawson
Those who have only seen Olmos playing the stoic and monosyllabic police captain on Miami Vice are in for a quite a shock here 
3
Stand and Deliver
Michael Sragow
The climax is like a come from behind win in a big game In dramatic terms the educational process is reduced to a sporting event 
2.5
Stand and Deliver
Patrick Taggart
While Phillips may command attention because of his laudable work last summer as Ritchie Valens in La Bamba other actors create equally indelible characters These include Will Gotay as Pancho Ingrid Oliu as Lupe and Patrick Baca as Javier 
3
Stand and Deliver
Joe Baltake
The movie may be inspirational but it refuses to offer false reassurances 
3
Stand and Deliver
Peter Stack
Lou Diamond Phillips is excellent as a fiery gang leader and veteran Rosana De Sota as Olmos wife is superb 
4
Stand and Deliver
Desmond Ryan
Olmos performance is an intricate finely tuned marvel Armed with a script that is devoid of the usual banalities he invites us into the real world of what happens when a truly first rate teacher does his stuff 
4
Stand and Deliver
Malcolm Johnson
In addition to casting with uncompromising care Menendez and Musca tell their story with complexity showing both the intellectual pleasures of the classroom and the struggles the kids must endure at home 
3
Stand and Deliver
Scott Ross
Mark Van Doren once noted that the art of teaching is the art of assisting self discovery So too filmmaking Stand and Deliver does 
3.5
Stand and Deliver
Stephen Hunter
A tone poem in the colors of life that celebrates the human capacity to learn to struggle and to triumph 
3
Stand and Deliver
Bill Cosford
It s a first rate Rocky style melodrama about a bunch of teen agers taking a calculus exam 
3
Stand and Deliver
Dave Kehr
A pretty good TV movie smoothly directed by Cuban born Ramon Menendez a graduate of UCLA film school and blessed with a charismatic lead performance by Edward James Olmos 
3
Stand and Deliver
Ross Anthony
Powerfully inspirational laden with tough love and on occasion a tad hokey It s the Coach Carter of H S Math class 
3
Stand and Deliver
Roger Ebert
There were moments in Stand and Deliver that moved me very deeply and other moments so artificial and contrived that I wanted to edit them out right then and there 
2.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Josh Larsen
the evidence of governmental indifference and incompetence quietly piles up until it becomes cumulatively enraging 
3.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Paul Schrodt
Spike Lee s political statement is one of humanism and the result is his most potent work in years 
3.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Nick Rogers
There s no way to truly distill this triumph into a handful of words The ghosts of so many color the corners of a mournful poem and a powerful prayer that s pissed off hopeful practical empathetic and one of the most important documentaries ever made 
4
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Kam Williams
Despite capturing many heartbreaking aspects of the disaster this is essentially an overambitious mess which ultimately fails to convey effectively the scale or scope of the ongoing tragedy 
1
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
David Nusair
what should have been a searing powerful documentary generally comes off as a rough cut that s desperately in need of some judicious editing 
2.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Charlie McCollum
Do the flaws diminish Levees To a degree But the story Lee tells is so powerful so important that the lapses aren t a reason not to pay heed to what this passionate film has to say 
3.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
David Bianculli
It s something to make a point to see 
4
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
David Wiegand
The film asks many questions implies answers for the easier ones but ultimately concludes that some are simply beyond answering Those are the questions posed in stories of incalculable human heartbreak 
4
The Education of Little Tree
Michael Dequina
Builds an honest natural poignance that would not have been achieved through hollow melodramatics 
3
The Education of Little Tree
Emanuel Levy
Earnest but evocative and in moments touching chronicle of the turbulent childhood of a Cherokee orphan during the Depression 
3
The Education of Little Tree
Steve Rhodes
The rarest of kids movies the serious drama where it is people and not some cute animals that are in grave danger 
3
The Education of Little Tree
Roger Ebert
The Education of Little Tree is another fine family movie that will no doubt be ignored by the fine families of America 
3
Mega Piranha
Robbie Collin
There s about half an hour of watchable film in here The other hour is looping stock footage and endless scenes of people gawping at monitors 
1
Taurus
Katie Rife
Even in offering a cautionary tale 44 all it can deliver is shallow provocation and monotonous clich 233 46 
1.5
Taurus
Mark Dujsik
The film is 46 46 46 sadly universal about the effects of fame and addiction 46 46 46 
3
Taurus
Roger Moore
More proof that there 8217 s little new to say in the self destructive rock star movie genre 44 that a Cobain by any other name is either fated to end up drowning in his own vomit 44 or not 46 
2
Taurus
Mark Hanson
Taurus is in the business of self aggrandizement but this is a film that understands that stardom is inherently aggrandizing 
3
The Mambo Kings
David Nusair
a just good enough bit of old fashioned moviemaking 
2.5
The Mambo Kings
Betsy Bozdech
No matter what you think about The Mambo Kings 1992 as a whole if your toes aren t tapping by the time the final credits roll you might very well be dead 
2.5
The Mambo Kings
Roger Ebert
In some ways this story is as old as the movies but The Mambo Kings is so filled with energy passion and heedless vitality that it seems new anyway 
3.5
Black Girl
Brian Eggert
Sembne provides a brilliant and devastating allegory for the postcolonial subjectivity of its main character himself and the cultural identity of Senegal 
4
Black Girl
Mattie Lucas
Sembene forcefully reclaims that African identity by tearing away the mask both figuratively and literally in the film s haunting final shot 
3.5
Black Girl
James Berardinelli
Whatever its faults Black Girl takes us into the heart of a world that may be strange and unfamiliar to those who watch it today 
2.5
Black Girl
James Kendrick
suggests powerfully how colonialism and its mindset does not immediately dissipate once a country has achieved independence
3.5
Black Girl
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Running only 65 minutes the movie is compact but extremely potent Sembene s simple camera setups articulate great poetry It s a movie of dashed hopes and unexpected beauties and it s a masterpiece 
4
Black Girl
Moira MacDonald
A remarkable personal is political drama set in barely postcolonial Senegal and France 
4
Black Girl
Roger Ebert
The weakness of Black Girl is in its slow journeyman style one feels that Sembene learned filmmaking by making this film 
2.5
Black Girl
Eric Henderson
Decolonization in Black Girl is not only a myth but also a myth that actually strengthens the consumerist caste systems 
3.5
Sequins
Michael Wilmington
This is a film for the happy few perhaps but that audience will find it eminently satisfying 
3
Sequins
Moira MacDonald
Becomes a quiet tribute to friendship and to the way that something torn can be made perfect again 
3.5
Sequins
Elizabeth Weitzman
lonore Faucher s quietly assured debut is a lovely almost painfully intimate story of female bonding that never panders to its characters or its audience 
3
Sequins
V.A. Musetto
Eleonore Faucher first time director and co writer of the French charmer Sequins is well aware of Neymark s allure and sees to it that the young woman is seldom out of the frame 
3
Sequins
David Sterritt
Faucher s filmmaking is exquisite Naymark s acting is luminous and superb use of music lends a crowning touch 
4
Babes in Toyland
David Nusair
Innocuous and instantly forgettable Babes in Toyland has clearly been designed to appeal strictly to children 
2
Murphy's Romance
David Nusair
a slow burn romance that benefits substantially from the often enthralling work of its actors 
3.5
Murphy's Romance
Roger Ebert
Murphy s Romance takes a whole movie to arrive at the conclusion that takes us two minutes but that doesn t mean this is a predictable movie 
3
Impulse
David Nusair
primarily resembles one of those late night erotic thrillers that one occasionally stumbles upon while channel surfing 
2
Penguins of Madagascar
Brandy McDonnell
The super spy wannabes seize the big screen spotlight for the first time with Penguins of Madagascar a funny frenetic and ultimately forgettable spin off 
2.5
Penguins of Madagascar
Robert W. Butler
There s nothing of substance here but there needn t be It s just pure escapist fun wittily delivered 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Sean P. Means
The locations including Fort Knox Venice and Shanghai evoke James Bond movies while the byplay between the Penguins and The North Wind calls to mind a host of action movie conventions 
3.5
Penguins of Madagascar
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This team is a well oiled machine operating like an elite band of intrepid super spies a tiny tuxedoed combination of James Bond Ethan Hunt and Indiana Jones but funnier 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Peter Canavese
Will probably divert kids with ease given its manic exertion and pace but we find out the hard way that these waddlers are better in small doses 
2
Penguins of Madagascar
Linda Cook
The four penguins come waddling at you furiously in this spin off from the popular Madagascar franchise 
2.5
Penguins of Madagascar
Lindsey Bahr
Penguins of Madagascar is a passible inoffensive addition to DreamWorks Animation s canon even if there s a faint whiff of a North Wind spin off sullying the contained story 
2.5
Penguins of Madagascar
Walter V. Addiego
Directors Eric Darnell and Simon J Smith keep up a headlong pace if one joke or sight gag misfires there ll be another one soon 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Christian Toto
Penguins of Madagascar will make you weep with its short attention span pacing but you ll be laughing too much to care 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Chris Knight
The result is a supremely silly energetically entertaining enterprise from start to finish 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Josh Terry
Even if the humor is a little too smart and a tad too vulgar for the G rated crowd Penguins should still be a safe option for the whole family 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Christy Lemire
The pacing is so zany the jokes are so rapid fire and the sight gags are so inspired that it s impossible not to get caught up in the infectious energy of it all 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Peter Howell
It may be a case of damning with faint praise to say that Penguins of Madagascar never really gets a chance to bore since it never slows down 
2
Penguins of Madagascar
Steven Rea
If Penn wings of Madagascar has a certain machine made feel about it and it does that doesn t mean attention hasn t been paid to the animation 
2.5
Penguins of Madagascar
Soren Andersen
Penguin power Submit to it Resistance is futile 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Tom Russo
Beyond some imagery we don t get much that s bigger or better than on TV Nothing narratively richer certainly 
2
Penguins of Madagascar
Michael O'Sullivan
A delightfully silly star turn for this quartet of absurd little birds who operate as a team of commandos 
3.5
Penguins of Madagascar
Calvin Wilson
A relentless procession of animated mayhem that has little to do with classical storytelling and everything to do with the imperative of cynically pandering to short attention spans 
2
Penguins of Madagascar
Lou Lumenick
A lazy noisy ADHD addled collection of animated clichs guaranteed to give anyone older than 5 a headache even if you don t see it in optional 3 D 
1
Penguins of Madagascar
Bill Zwecker
Once again the Madagascar team have come up with a winner a nice way to kick off the Thanksgiving and holiday filmgoing experience for the whole family 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
John Serba
I m cynical enough to believe there s a cuteness to pop culture reference algorithm at play but it doesn t matter as long as we re laughing 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Claudia Puig
This is a joyless frenetic film that is very rarely funny 
2
Penguins of Madagascar
Roger Moore
Overexposed Overly cute And cuddly Sure Bottom line Funny is funny and these guys are hilarious 
3
Penguins of Madagascar
Chris Cabin
It does well to put more focus on delivering a plethora of jokes imitations zippy repartee and sight gags than its plot s familiar machinations 
2.5
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Matt Brunson
It apos s so wretched that it makes the Rambo sequels look as accomplished as The Bridge on the River Kwai by comparison 46 
1
Braddock: Missing in Action III
Juan Carlos Coto
What makes Braddock work is that Aaron Norris knows Chuck is best when he doesn t speak large chunks of the film are pure action 
2.5
The Apple
Sean P. Means
Documentarylike realism and strong symbolism combine in the Iranian film The Apple and it s not an easy mix 
2.5
The Apple
Carrie Rickey
The feature debut of 17 year old Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf The Apple is one part docudrama one part parable and the altogether involving story of 12 year old twin girls 
3
The Apple
John Monaghan
The Apple hits upon simple yet all important human emotions that movies rarely capture 
3
The Apple
Robert W. Butler
The Apple would be a good film even without the extraordinary circumstances of its creation And when you know the back story as they say in the movie biz it becomes one of those truly amazing moments in cinema 
3
The Apple
Bob Campbell
Mixing documentary observation with unforced re enactments The Apple offhandedly exposes the deepest rifts in Iranian society and despite digressions and imperfections marks a fine debut 
3
The Apple
Rene Rodriguez
The Apple closes with a beautifully poetic freeze frame image in which a simple piece of fruit has come to represent nothing less than life itself and all its wonderful possibilities 
4
The Apple
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I think The Apple may be one of 1999 s best movies It s an unforgettable experience 
4
The Apple
Jeff Vice
As that old axiom goes truth is stranger than fiction Unless of course the fiction in question is one that s based on some very strange truths 
4
The Apple
Joe Baltake
This tiny alternately simple and complex movie is fascinating on a number of levels 
4
Fear, Anxiety and Depression
David Nusair
It s ultimately not difficult to see why Todd Solondz has disowned his first film Fear Anxiety and Depression 
1
The Long Night
Leo Brady
The Long Night tries to work with scary masks and jump scares which is not enough to make an entertaining horror movie 
2
The Long Night
Roger Moore
Fresh out of new ways to say derivative recycled cut and pasted and for old schoolers photocopied or carbon copy about a movie without an original thought or image in its makeup 
1
The Long Night
Walter Chaw
As a calling card for the craftspeople working on it The Long Night finds a tiny rationale for being 
1
The Long Night
Peter Sobczynski
Even the most indulgent of genre fans will find The Long Night a chore to sit through 
1.5
The Long Night
Mark Dujsik
Some decent performances and a bit of humor help this otherwise familiar and formulaic story until the familiar formula overshadows everything 
2
The Reason I Jump
Randy Myers
Jump reveals the reality of life for those on the autism spectrum and debunks a lot preconceptions What a lovely film 
3.5
The Reason I Jump
Lisa Trifone
The Reason I Jump finds dazzling and moving ways to visualize the internal 
3.5
The Reason I Jump
Simon Abrams
The movie version of The Reason I Jump does not successfully illustrate what its title promises but rather generalizes about a sensitive topic to the point of inadvertently making it seem more unapproachable 
2
The Reason I Jump
Mark Dujsik
The Reason I Jump does put the author s accounts into an immediate and personal perspective which is definitely worth something 
3
The Reason I Jump
G. Allen Johnson
While director Jerry Rothwell s globe trotting visually ambitious film can t take us into this world it does an excellent job of helping us better understand it through the eyes and thoughts of five autistic children 
3
The Reason I Jump
Derek Smith
The film weaves together the stories of five mostly nonverbal autistic teens to present a rich tapestry of the autistic experience 
3
Fail to Appear
Marsha Lederman
Experimental filmmaking that is devoid of bells and whistles but also wholly accessible and utterly watchable 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Jeff Vice
Features performances by such masters of the form as Buddy Guy Solomon Burke B B King But the movie doesn t depend on your knowledge of them or their works 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Sean P. Means
It achieves the goal of every concert film to make you feel like you were there or at least wish you were there 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Phil Villarreal
A thrilling experience for jazz fans and if you re not in that category the film s overpowering atmosphere could have you changing your tune within minutes 
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Chris Hewitt
Mostly director Antoine Fuqua s straightforward film gives the greats a chance to shine and they deliver 
2.5
Lightning in a Bottle
John Beifuss
This blues film devotes more time to the music of Jimi Hendrix than to that of Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters 
2.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Howard Cohen
Some of the blues performances here are rousingly hot and could make believers out of the staunchest classical music snob 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
George Varga
Lightning in a Bottle s magical concert performances make it a must see movie for all who crave vibrant music impassioned vocals and biting instrumental solos that jab and slice with surgical precision 
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Joel Selvin
Any movie with Ruth Brown Bonnie Raitt Mavis Staples and Aaron Neville with his brothers for openers can t be all bad 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Liam Lacey
Comes alive with the more relaxed performances from its senior set men and women in their late sixties through to their late eighties performing the music they ve lived and breathed their whole lives 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Peter Canavese
Though many of the performers aren t or arguably aren t blues artists but rather soul R and B or even folk artists a cheap seat for a fun filled big ticket event 
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Bruce Newman
The massive stage at Radio City Music Hall doesn t lend itself easily to the intimate particulars of the blues 
2.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Wesley Morris
It s hugely entertaining 
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Paul Sherman
If you re making a concert movie and Ruth Brown Solomon Burke and Mavis Staples are on your stage it s hard to go wrong 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Bob Strauss
Often seems like an overproduced variety show albeit one that can t help but burst its show bizzy bonds into roaring paroxysms of pure musical emotion 
2.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Michael Wilmington
Entertaining exalting educational uplifting and a total blast 
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Misha Berson
The best thing about this film of an all star 2003 Radio City Music Hall concert is perhaps predictably the still sizzling power of elder statesmen and stateswomen of the blues 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Joshua Tanzer
This concert dressing up the blues in its funeral home best for one last bash at Radio City seems like a eulogy for this patrimonial art form Why did it leave us so soon 
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle
Jack Mathews
Fuqua s film captures a night when lightning struck more than twice in the same place 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
Megan Lehmann
Lightning is a joyous toe tapping celebration of a musical style born of sorrow 
3
Lightning in a Bottle
David Sterritt
See it with an open heart and a tapping toe 
4
Lightning in a Bottle
David Nusair
the film does feature a number of genuinely engaging performances 
3
#Horror
Sara Michelle Fetters
Horror isn t a fun watch and what it says is hardly profound 
2
#Horror
Dustin Putman
There is a method to Tara Subkoff s directorial madness and what she has put to film is nothing if not bizarrely indelibly auspicious 
2.5
#Horror
Tirdad Derakhshani
Despite its many drawbacks Subkoff s film deserves to be seen if only for its wildly imaginative use of the medium and for the urgency of its message which is dire bleak and unforgettable 
2.5
#Horror
Chuck Bowen
A blunt satire of the dehumanization inherent in social media that also gets off on said detachment 
2
Staying Together
David Nusair
worth a look if only for the overall vibe of authenticity and almost uniformly effective performances 
2.5
Staying Together
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie that s so homespun and genuine and caring that you wonder if these characters ever have seen any movies or watched any television Do they know their lives are cliches 
2
Toy Story
Brian Eggert
Whenever watching the film an eternally charming account of the world of toys imagine that the story told is that of Pixar the little company who proved both through their own story and their film the infinite possibility of imagination 
4
Toy Story
Margaret A. McGurk
We have seen the future of cartoons and its name is Toy Story 
4
Toy Story
Matt Brunson
If you haven t seen the original in some time perhaps for fear that it won t hold up compared to the later sleeker releases from Pixar it s worth rediscovering its pleasures 
4
Toy Story
David Baron
Tom Hanks doesn t just speak lines he gives a performance 
3.5
Toy Story
Josh Larsen
When Woody perks up in the opening scene it s not only the toy cowboy who comes alive we re watching the rebirth of an art form 
4
Toy Story
Peter Canavese
Introduced not one but two indelible characters to the pop culture pantheon cowboy rag doll Woody Tom Hanks and plastic space ranger Buzz Lightyear Tim Allen Blu ray 
4
Toy Story
James Kendrick
it is easy to see how virtually everything that is good in animation right now has some small seed in Toy Story
4
Toy Story
Walter Chaw
Perhaps the film is meant as a pre emptive sop to any resistance to a new medium 
2.5
Toy Story
Rob Humanick
Like the transcendent long shot of Buzz and Woody soaring as one Toy Story does the impossible in casting us up 
4
Toy Story
Betsy Bozdech
Hilariously funny sweet smart utterly enchanting look at the secret world of toys 
4
Toy Story
Michael Dequina
Absolutely stunning and immensely enjoyable 
4
Toy Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Remains a groundbreaking work in the field of animation and is still a wonderfully entertaining film 
3.5
Toy Story
Jeanne Aufmuth
A film of such striking individuality and uncompromising precocity that I left the theater thrilled with the knowledge that I had just witnessed cinematic history 
4
Toy Story
Robert Roten
A good holiday movie for kids and adults Although the story is easily understood by kids there are plenty of jokes and innuendos that will sail right over most kids heads 
3
Toy Story
Susan Wloszczyna
John Lasseter and his compu teers have tethered their sky s the limit wizardry to a typical Disney tale of wandering and redemption After a frantic grab ya opener this buddy yarn is as engagingly simple as its technology is mind boggling 
3
Toy Story
James Berardinelli
The one big negative about Toy Story involves Disney s overcommercialization 
3.5
Toy Story
Peter Stack
The script by Lasseter Pete Docter Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft is filled with clever gags that keep the two heroes at each other s throats and the plot on fast forward 
4
Toy Story
Susan Stark
Disney s first computer made animated feature is a 3 D eye popper 
3
Toy Story
Steve Rhodes
stretches your mind creatively to look at inanimate objects with a new respect 
4
Toy Story
Roger Ebert
The result is a visionary roller coaster ride of a movie 
4
Toy Story
Madeleine Williams
Computer generated cartoon fun 
3.5
Woman in the Moon
Keith Uhlich
Mirroring the director s own passions for fantasy literature Gustav s youthful optimism disproves the too superficial reading of Lang as a monocled perfectionist tyrant 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Brian Eggert
Director Lawrence doesn 8217 t disappoint in elevating the series as a whole with this political minded entry 46 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Mattie Lucas
As one film Mockingjay could be much tighter and streamlined but it feels drawn out and a little aimless 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Frank Ochieng
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 builds on its promise to provide conscientious escapism for the topical fodder that holds so much truth in the disillusionment of authoritative scrutiny and societal disenchantment in today s political climate 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
It s worth a watch thanks to its small pleasures such as the acting the special effects and it s thematic content Full review in Spanish 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Brandy McDonnell
Lawrence is such a canny actress and she s so inside the character s head it s hard not to get swept up in Katniss confusion heartache and outrage 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Josh Terry
When your protagonist is watching the third act of your movie play out on a TV monitor you should know you have a problem 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Wesley Lovell
It may not have the visual panache of the first two films but it makes up for it with a thrilling series of events that set us up nicely for the final film in the franchise 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Stephen Rebello
The Hunger Games Mockingjay is just a long slow teaser for next year s grand finale Mockingjay Part 2 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Lori Hoffman
Delivers a decent preview of the big finish coming in the final chapter 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Walter Chaw
an adaptation of a book about a teenage girl navigating the seas of her rising estral tides
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Sean P. Means
It shares some structural similarities with other penultimate franchise films and by necessity will leave you less than satisfied when the credits roll 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
John Wirt
This half a novel adaptation bides its time and in doing so diminishes its heroine 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
David Keyes
As far as detached setups go this is a movie that effectively rouses our suspicions into something of dogged interest 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Tracie Cooper
This is arguably the best installment in the franchise because the love triangle is put on the back burner in favor of deeper themes 
4
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
James Kendrick
a whole lot of set up for what we imagine will be payoff in Part 2 which doesn t necessarily make it any easier to slog through
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
John Beifuss
In transforming Katniss from victim champion to icon and expanding the stakes from personal survival to political revolution this third film sacrifices some of the metaphorical power of its teen centric predecessors 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Robert Levin
So much of this one feels disposable in the grand scheme of things 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Kam Williams
This uneventful installment basically treads water while functioning as a setup for the upcoming dramatic conclusion
1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Burl Burlingame
A ridiculous bloated stumbling Baron Harkonnen of a movie depressing dull and flatulent with wasted angst It don t got no bounce 
1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Christy Lemire
It s an elaborate game of hurry up and wait And it s the most shameless example yet of splitting the final book in a hugely popular series into two film adaptations 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Matt Brunson
So do we blame the very existence of The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 on Han Solo or Harry Potter 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Scott Nash
Remains entertaining in large part because of Lawrence but the decision to split the final chapter in two was a mistake 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Eric Melin
Besides being padded with scenes that go on too long and drive home the same story beat that s already been established Mockingjay Part 1 is just plain dull There s only one major plot revelation in the entire movie and it s obvious from the outset 
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Josh Larsen
With Mockingjay Part I the series becomes a clever commentary on the genre it helped cement 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Mike McGranaghan
May not work on a stand alone level but if you ve become invested in the series it s an important thoughtful bridge between what has already happened and what is yet to come 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Matt Zoller Seitz
Jennifer Lawrence s charisma and the the sly excellence of her supporting cast keep The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 aloft 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Not even the ferociously talented Jennifer Lawrence whose greatest skill is breathing life into lifeless material can work her magic here 
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Christian Toto
It s not as snooze worthy as the first part of Harry Potter s finale but that s the only good news out of Mockingjay Part One 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
David Nusair
46 46 46 a shameless cash grab designed to extend the life of this profitable series 46 
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Anita Katz
The end result is a serving of dystopian pop entertainment lifted over the middling mark by the humanity supplied by the cast 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Rob Thomas
This is the Empire Strikes Back of the series with the heroes constantly on defense running hiding planning hoping 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Willie Waffle
This is filler in every way you can look at it Good filler but still filler 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Liam Lacey
The effect of so many Oscar calibre actors speaking the generic dialogue is like watching pro ballplayers play T ball 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Steven Rea
If Mockingjay Part 1 is quieter and less flashy than its predecessors that doesn t make it less satisfying 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Dustin Putman
Captivating as both drama and allegory and may even one up the previous two entries in terms of its force of will and emotional complexity 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Linda Cook
Although Jennifer Lawrence hasn t earned an Oscar for her performances as Katniss Everdeen no one can mock her Hunger Games role 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Kent Turner
Just as the messianic rebel leader Katniss Everdeen has found her footing the hit Hunger Games film series has become more assured with its latest installment 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
James Berardinelli
This is as grim as PG 13 can get the darkness is comparable to that of The Empire Strikes Back 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Anders Wright
It s solid though it s the least inspired of the three films to date existing primarily as a bridge between the second film and the finale 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Peter Travers
OK there s less action in Games this time but what s there is prime And the acting is aces 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Mark Dujsik
We can almost hear this revolution s resounding rallying cry Hurry up and wait 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Chris Knight
It makes for lumpy storytelling that never quite hits its stride 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Dann Gire
The characters once fresh and immediate creations move like solemn chess pieces across the screen Each scene once tight and energized feels sluggish and protracted The crisp dialogue now flabby and perfunctory fails to propel the narrative along 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Peter Howell
There s enough here to at least keep fans of the series involved and eagerly awaiting the grand finale 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Joe Williams
Although it doesn t make a lick of sense as a stand alone story Mockingjay Part 1 is the first Hunger Games movie with meat on its bones 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Thelma Adams
This dark and dour installment suffers from saga sag which is the effort of the Hollywood studios to stretch a stirring girl power series with a monster fan base beyond reasonable limits for the sake of lucre 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Brad Keefe
The second to last movie pitfalls strike but the series has earned enough good faith to make Part 1 essential viewing 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
John Serba
More often than not Lawrence stands with jaw slack and brow scrunched staring ahead to a murky future one that won t be resolved until oh about this time next year 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Moira MacDonald
You leave this well acted impeccably designed movie as you entered it still waiting 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Carla Meyer
The film ultimately rests on Lawrence and though she never disappoints a single actress even one as lovely and lovable as she cannot save a blockbuster film 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Ty Burr
Mockingjay Part 1 does get a mid film lift when Katniss and Gale go up against Snow s air force with a few bows and arrows the scene is ridiculous and it works But the rest is a muddy underlit slog a movie that searches in vain for its own pulse 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Ann Hornaday
It s a joyless surpassingly dour enterprise but one that fulfills its mission with Katniss s own eagle eyed efficiency and unsentimental somberness Mockingjay sets up the end Game with a grim sense of purpose 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Chris Hewitt
Is there enough here to keep us interested Yes but there s a frustrating sense of time being marked in much of Part 1 and the script often veers into no duh territory 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Randy Myers
The least satisfying Hunger Games entry yet 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Matt Pais
Lawrence ever commanding and vulnerable even delivers a song in a smoky voice that s vaguely reminiscent of Norah Jones Place those EGOT 2025 bets now 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Claudia Puig
As an adaptation of part of the third book by Suzanne Collins it s easily the most political of the three films It s also the most absorbing and best in the series 
3.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Mick LaSalle
A dull claustrophobic pallid looking film about people looking into and talking at screens When the end finally comes it s from out of nowhere except it s not really an ending more like a work stoppage 
1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Rene Rodriguez
A dark grim and exciting entertainment 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Rafer Guzman
In this chapter Katniss Everdeen the working class rebel played by Jennifer Lawrence mostly holsters her weapons and plays dress up just as the movie itself gives up any higher aspirations of offering social commentary or insight 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Michael Phillips
Even though Mockingjay contains scenes of mass graves and mass slaughter on the battlefield this isn t a movie or a set of characters built on bloodlust or the enjoyment of anonymous kills 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Peter Canavese
We re meant to feel the weight of Katniss situation and we do but the picture can also fairly be called leaden 
2.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Clayton Davis
I took my 14 year old niece to see it and she emphatically expressed Oh my God It was amazing You can t beat that 
3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Lou Lumenick
Thinly spreads a half hour s worth of plot over two plodding hours 
1.5
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Stephen Whitty
If you want drama and action and most especially Katniss in charge well buy another ticket next year 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Roger Moore
Dull dark and relentlessly glum 
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Mara Reinstein
What do you get when you greedily split a book in two Long winded filler with only pockets of tense action Or in Hunger Games terms all smoke no Girl on Fire 
2.5
Chain Reaction
David Nusair
the movie often feels like an attempt by filmmaker Andrew Davis to replicate the massive and entirely justified success of 1993 s The Fugitive 
2.5
Chain Reaction
Michael Dequina
As dull and run of the mill as they come 
2
Chain Reaction
Madeleine Williams
There are a couple of good explosions in the film particularly the opening one In addition the movie has an intriguing premise If only they went somewhere original with it 
2
Chain Reaction
James Berardinelli
Chain Reaction isn t dull the film is paced to keep audiences attentive but the lack of originality dampens its enjoyability 
2.5
Chain Reaction
Edward Guthmann
Chain Reaction has better acting better writing more spectacular chase sequences and more genuine drama than all of this summer s blockbusters 
4
Chain Reaction
Chris Hicks
Chain Reaction is even dumber than Fled as hard as that may be to believe 
1.5
Chain Reaction
Steve Rhodes
A little humor would have helped immensely 
1.5
Chain Reaction
Roger Ebert
It s not a bad film in individual moments and in the energy of itsperformances but it doesn t make a whole lot of sense 
2.5
Chain Reaction
Mike Clark
The movie is so uninvolving that it inspires renewed respect for Broken Arrow which was equally stupid but excitingly filmed 
1.5
Enfant Terrible
Roger Moore
The cinema s 70s Enfant Terrible has inspired a pretty good true in spirit biopic one that takes us back to an ugly era and one of the uglier artistic success stories of from it 
2.5
The Replacements
Jeffrey Westhoff
The Replacements is a bad movie but a likable one 
3
The Replacements
James Kendrick
There isn t a single bone of originality in its entire 110 minute running time yet it just almost works out of sheer force of will 
2
The Replacements
Rob Blackwelder
Entirely predictable but utterly entertaining 
3
The Replacements
Shay Casey
It s almost entirely indistinguishable from every other sports movie ever made 
2.5
The Replacements
David N. Butterworth
I could ve sworn I d seen Keanu Reeves running around in a football helmet before but I couldn t find the film on his resume 
2.5
The Replacements
Michael Dequina
There s nothing to distinguish it from the pack of sports comedies and feel good underdog stories 
2
The Replacements
Tor Thorsen
Director Howard Deutch drops the ball trying to pass off a derivative hodgepodge of clichs as escapist entertainment 
1.5
The Replacements
David Sterritt
The Replacements deserves replacement as quickly as possible 
1
The Replacements
Roger Ebert
It s like a standard sports movie but with every point made twice or three times as if we d never seen one before 
2
The Replacements
Cornell & Petricelli
For a movie as predictable as The Replacements it offers an astonishingly funny well crafted story line capturing the visceral pounding of football 
3.5
The Replacements
James Berardinelli
There are good sports movies indifferent sports movies and bad sports movies The Replacements in nestled somewhere between the latter two 
2.5
The Replacements
Mick LaSalle
Just like a low budget football comedy only with money 
2
The Replacements
Susan Stark
Better than average 
2
Home Again
David Nusair
46 46 46 a decent enough premise that 8217 s employed to watchable yet pervasively forgettable effect 46 46 46 
2.5
Home Again
Frank Ochieng
Usually considered somewhat of a spark plug in her plucky type of roles Witherspoon is curiously reduced to playing what amounts to a walking sleeping pill in Meyers Shyer s mawkish contrived comedy Home Again 
1
Home Again
Christopher James
Home Again feels like comfort food specifically low fat vanilla bean ice cream from Whole Foods Yes the film is that white frothy and delightful 
3
Home Again
John Hanlon
This romantic comedy plays it safe too often to really stand out in this genre 
1.5
Home Again
Linda Cook
Just stay home instead 
1.5
Home Again
Kam Williams
Finally a relatively sophisticated female centric comedy revolving around romance rather than raunch What a refreshing treat 
4
Home Again
James Berardinelli
Artificial and reeking of white privilege this is the kind of movie that causes regular folks to shake their heads and mutter things about entitlement when speaking of the Hollywood elite 
1.5
Home Again
Josh Terry
A film about the daughter of a great filmmaker should probably feel a lot more satisfying 
2
Home Again
Peter Howell
It makes Mama Meyers It s Complicated looks like Bergman s Scenes From a Marriage in comparison 
2
Home Again
Peter Travers
Witherspoon is a genuine fireball and it takes a lot to muffle her high spirits in a blanket of bland So congratulations Home Again Against all odds you ve done it 
1.5
Home Again
Julia Cooper
As the credits roll it can be said that Home Again is a tight witty script from a first time director with a long list of hits ahead of her and of course the golden age of Hollywood dynasties lighting her way 
3
Home Again
Moira MacDonald
Watch this film for some turn off your brain prettiness Be prepared however to rethink all your kitchen choices afterward 
2
Home Again
Richard Roeper
It s hard not to feel a constant sense of disconnect from these characters and their so called crises 
2
Home Again
Mark Dujsik
Each and every conflict in Home Again is ultimately resolved with three or fewer lines of dialogue 
1.5
Home Again
Jeff Simon
If you must see it for whatever reason you ll find Witherspoon s scenes with the always superb Michael Sheen watchable in a way that nothing else in this movie is Downright sufferable I say 
2
Home Again
Katie Walsh
This world doesn t quite exist but it s an exceedingly pleasant place to escape to for a couple hours Meyers Shyer may have gotten it from her mama but the point of view is all hers 
3
Home Again
Johnny Oleksinski
You re always aware it s not a feat of filmmaking but you couldn t care less 
3
Home Again
Walter V. Addiego
Home Again is plain vanilla from start to finish 
1
Home Again
Jocelyn Noveck
It s a crime to waste Reese Witherspoon You know what s worse To waste Reese Witherspoon AND Candice Bergen 
2
Home Again
Mark Jenkins
If her career as director somehow doesn t pan out Meyers Shyer would make an excellent fairy godmother 
2
Home Again
Susan Wloszczyna
I never really felt at home with Home Again 
1.5
Home Again
Tom Russo
It s disappointingly flavorless comedy from a filmmaker who might have delivered something more subversive and turned any sniping about nepotism into buzz about her future 
1.5
Home Again
Roger Moore
The mendacious mediocrity of nepotism laid bare 
1.5
Home Again
Rafer Guzman
A glib and shallow take on female midlife crisis 
1
Home Again
Gary Thompson
Characters flirt and fight in forgettable ways but the real love is for film itself 
2.5
Heaven
Michael Dequina
All there is to the film is the hook take it away and what s left is a rather uninvolving tale 
1.5
Heaven
David Nusair
one of the more interesting and visually striking movies to come around in a while 
3
Rams
Roger Moore
A bit all over the place introducing characters and possible story threads that it abandons But the leads and the lovely scenery make up for some of that 
2.5
Rams
Kevin Carr
a realistic view of what people do and sometimes have to face
3
Rams
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite its unfortunate feel good final scenes this Rams bleats a solid cinematic tune 
3
Rams
Mark Dujsik
Rams is about this long standing feud but it s also on a deeper level about the mindset that would bring about such a decades long quarrel 
3
The Half of It
Peter Canavese
A cut above your average teen romance genuinely interested in the nature and complexities of love funny and witty with a literate script and charming performances 
3.5
The Half of It
Rafer Guzman
An endearing teen romance that handles sexual orientation with a light touch 
3
The Half of It
Pamela Powell
Filled with awkwardly comedic situations layered dramatic elements and a cast that gives us a reason to care Alice Wu s film comes to life 
4
The Half of It
Roger Moore
It s all about the longing stupid 
3
The Half of It
Christy Lemire
By telling a personal tale inspired by elements of her own young life Wu achieves both singularity and universality And it helps a great deal that the actress functioning as her stand in has such a smart and compelling screen presence 
3
The Half of It
Ty Burr
Too much of The Half of It doesn t pass the smell test to play as the heartsore farce it aspires to be even as the emotions at the movie s core ring loud and true 
2.5
The Half of It
Ann Hornaday
This breezy self aware and utterly adorable coming of age tale keeps one eye on literary and cinematic classics and the other firmly on a future full of exploration self expression and buoyant expectation 
3.5
The Half of It
Barry Hertz
Although the marketing for the new film from its sunny poster to its aw shucks trailer tries to position it as zippy even disposable fun Alice Wu s work is admirably rougher in ways good and bad than the rest of the streaming giant s YA clan 
2.5
The Half of It
Nicole Clark
It s refreshing to see a film that not only spotlights a queer Asian American woman but also treats her with such respect and tenderness 
3
Stone
Sarah Knight Adamson
If you re a fan of superb acting characters that are multi layered and a dark compelling story this film fits the bill 
3
Stone
Lawrence Toppman
When did Robert De Niro stop trying When did he start coasting on his well deserved reputation either mocking it in crass comedies or sleepwalking through dramas where fans filled in the missing emotions for him 
2
Stone
Rob Thomas
Set up as a familiar noir plot the film veers off into unexpected places keeping the audience guessing as to the main characters motivations well after the credits roll 
3
Stone
Matt Brunson
There s an obvious difference between elegant underplaying and merely going through the motions and while say Michael Caine still excels at the former De Niro has sadly become a master of the latter 
1.5
Stone
Keith Cohen
A lot of talent goes to waste in this repulsive movie directed by John Curran This mishmash of profanity kinky sex and religious babble should have gone straight to DVD 
1.5
Stone
Robert W. Butler
There are momentary flashes of dramatic power here but ultimately Stone runs aground on its unfulfilled ambitions which are both lofty and maddeningly vague 
2
Stone
Chris Hewitt
The characters drive it and they are fascinating 
3
Stone
Steve Ramos
Screenwriter Angus MacLachlan attempts something bold broad themes about a society in moral decline but he fails to find the story in all that philosophizing 
2.5
Stone
Carrie Rickey
An ambiguous film boasting a quartet of mesmerizing performances 
3
Stone
James Berardinelli
The craftsmanship is impeccable as is the acting but the storytelling is where the movie falls down And with such a poorly realized narrative it s hard to be enthusiastic about the many things Stone does right 
2.5
Stone
Kenneth R. Morefield
Stone seems to care more about keeping us guessing about what the characters are going to do than it does about making us care what is going to happen to them 
1.5
Stone
Roger Moore
It s a tour de force for Norton who fills the air with an intense and yet thoughtful patter about why Stone is in the joint what he did what he doesn t want to think about talk about any more and what he thinks Jack Mabry wants to hear 
3
Stone
Rene Rodriguez
Stone isn t the straightforward thriller it appears to be but the alternative turns out to be dull and lifeless At least the title is apt Like a rock Stone has no pulse 
2
Stone
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end this isn t a story so much about characters looking to the heavens as it is an examination of who we ourselves are as individuals and while some won t like what they find that s still a mirror most of us could use looking into 
3
Stone
Ann Hornaday
Ultimately Stone sags under its own overblown philosophical weight with a strained and painfully obvious spiritual subtext finally smothering what could have been a simple effective psychological thriller 
2
Stone
Willie Waffle
Jovovich creates the most captivating sexy mindblowing femme fatale you have seen in movies in over 30 years and can easily teach Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus a thing or two or three 
3
Stone
Mick LaSalle
It presents us with four characters who are fascinating specific and yet in some way unknowable not like the usual characters in fiction but rather like people we might meet in life 
3
Stone
Peter Howell
The movie wouldn t work as well as it does without the impressive support they get from the film s leading ladies Frances Conroy and Milla Jovovich who act as catalysts for the explosive drama 
3
Stone
Ty Burr
What looked like a juicily absurd film noir disguised as a generational acting battle is something closer to a dirge a dead serious meditation on faith and grace redemption and damnation 
3
Stone
Roger Ebert
Stone could have been some sort of a procedural a straightforward crime movie but it s too complex for that It is actually interested in the minds of these characters and how they react to a dangerous situation 
3
Stone
Peter Keough
Curran sustains suspense and an atmosphere of intensifying menace 
3
Stone
Manohla Dargis
It ends up subverting expectations by denying pleasure 
2.5
Stone
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As the movie warms up and settles into place it becomes clear that there s much more going on here than just actors egos 
3.5
Stone
Jesse Cataldo
Collaborations between Robert De Niro and Edward Norton one generation s most respected actor paired with another s most affected seem doomed to be defined by acting with a capital A 
2
Stone
Kyle Smith
A movie steeped in sin that squats awkwardly in a cinematic purgatory between tawdry and talky 
1.5
Stone
Claudia Puig
Moral ambiguity and ethical compromise are at the heart of this meandering prison drama but at a certain point we simply don t care anymore who is base and baser 
2
Stone
Michael Phillips
Genuinely odd in its mixture of bluntness and indirection screenwriter Angus MacLachlan s study in biblical temptation is saved from its own heavy handedness by a fine quartet of actors 
3
Stone
Robert Levin
Curran offers an affecting portrait of a world gone awry with morality thrown into question and conventions torn apart 
3.5
Stone
Rex Reed
Mr De Niro fails to make anything about his miserable character poignant and Mr Norton s overwrought intensity borders on hysteria The desired moral dilemma never arrives 
1.5
Stone
Bill Chambers
Stone like director John Curran s previous work never peaks in any way that could be conventionally described as satisfying 
2
Stone
David Nusair
De Niro offers up a closed off and downright bland turn that ensures that the viewer has exceedingly little invested in his character s plight 
2
Stone
James Bradshaw
It s worth the price of admission to see Norton and De Niro sparring across a prison house desk 
3
Resurrection
Michael Dequina
If this sounds like a knockoff of Se7en that s because it is 
2
Sal
Dan Callahan
All we do is wait through uneventful hours with the protagonist until their foreordained death comes as a kind of finale and release 
1.5
Sal
Nick McCarthy
It functions under the delusion that subtext will magically appear if you linger on a character long enough and the significance of most of its scenes is nothing if not inscrutable 
1.5
About Time
Brian Eggert
What matters are not the unrealistic 44 fancifully romantic ways in which Curtis portrays his characters but the wisdom he offers about how they resolve to live their lives 46 
3.5
About Time
Frank Ochieng
Predictably About Time has its saccharine coated moments along with some bouts of flimsy feel good pithiness attached a few notches above the limited synthetic romantic time travel tales floating around aimlessly 
2.5
About Time
Linda Cook
There are those who upon finding a plot hole in a film allow it to ruin the movie I m not among them About Time is flawed with numerous plot holes But it s beautifully told wonderfully acted and touching enough to bring viewers to tears 
3.5
About Time
Scott Nash
Typical Richard Curtis fare with a time travel twist 
2.5
About Time
Rob Thomas
It s sweet and charming and utterly preposterous and despite the trailers it s not as much of a love story as you might think Or at least not that kind of love story 
3
About Time
Perry Seibert
For all its little pleasures About Time just adds a level of magical realism to his typical themes that doesn t make love feel any more magical or any more real 
2
About Time
Cathy Jakicic
In addition to its sharp sweet dialogue the movie s success rests with the radiant dorkiness of leads Gleeson and McAdams as well as the quirky supporting cast 
3
About Time
John Serba
The wisdom in Richard Curtis film is simple and sentimental But it s still wisdom 
3.5
About Time
Joe Williams
There s a lot of comic and fantasy potential here but much of it gets squandered 
2.5
About Time
David Nusair
one of the best movies of its type to come around in a great long while 
3.5
About Time
Daniel M. Kimmel
One of those movies that we often hear isn t really science fiction because it s about people but the time travel element gets us to the truths Curtis wants to reveal 
3.5
About Time
Christy Lemire
You may as well check your cynicism at the door because Curtis Co are going to find a way to trample all over it adorably 
3
About Time
James Berardinelli
With more attention to detail this could have worked but the time travel aspects are so badly executed that the movie as a whole falters and eventually rips apart at the seams 
2
About Time
Chris Knight
Later the film s message reveals itself to be Live every day as though it had a soundtrack by Coldplay Take that and the rest of the film as cynically or as idealistically as you choose 
2.5
About Time
Rafer Guzman
It s all so perfect and sparkly that Curtis would rather not break the mood with drama or plot 
2
About Time
Liam Lacey
A soap opera of babies poignant moments minor crises and lessons about savouring each day 
2
About Time
Susan Wloszczyna
I cannot help but fall for Richard Curtis s rather self indulgent romantic comedies My level head might be crying No but my lopsided heart can t help but say yes 
2.5
About Time
Stephen Whitty
A mostly charming romance leavened by deft comedy interesting sidelights there are a few wonderful jabs at the world of the British theater and a lovely cast 
3
About Time
Austin Kennedy
Not only is this a great romance but it s also a great Science Fiction film filled with some hilarious charming and heartbreaking moments With all the downbeat movies coming out this Awards season it s refreshing to see a movie this delightful 
4
About Time
Peter Hartlaub
For moviegoers who can t fathom any situation worth 10 50 to witness everlasting love steer clear of About Time But the drama offers something for almost everyone else 
3
About Time
Kyle Smith
For all its glutinous cuteness damn if About Time doesn t sneak up and sock you in the tear ducts I tried not to fall for it I failed 
3
About Time
Peter Howell
It likely won t top the box office of such previous Curtis enchantments as Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral but like most soppy encounters it ll do 
2.5
About Time
Robert Levin
Admirable effort but the movie aims for the heartstrings so resolutely that it ultimately leaves much less of an emotional impact than it should 
2.5
About Time
Tom Russo
Time travel can be a nifty device for stirring and complicating romantic drama 
3
About Time
Moira MacDonald
A pleasant gentle comedy about learning to love life about enjoying every moment even if you have to play it over twice to get it right 
3
About Time
Chris Hewitt
The actors are excellent but the story is not 
2
About Time
Dann Gire
About Time is not about time at all It s about what we choose to do with it that makes the difference 
3.5
About Time
Peter Travers
Dragged down by whimsy and sentiment About Time feels like it weighs a ton 
2
About Time
Michael Phillips
Enjoy the love in your life and don t squander it That s all Curtis is selling here really 
3
About Time
Connie Ogle
About Time does not waste time having its characters try to significantly alter the future by killing Hitler or evil cyborgs It prefers to blindside you with sentimentality and see how that goes 
2.5
About Time
Dustin Putman
About Time packs a few emotional wallops into an ethically muddled tale better in its ensemble chemistry than its admittedly meandering narrative 
2.5
About Time
Matt Pais
That sensation one that the movies rarely elicit anymore is your heart tingling 
3.5
About Time
Claudia Puig
A time travel rom com with more than romance and comedy on its mind 
3
About Time
Roger Moore
The best parts of Groundhog Day some of the charm of Four Weddings and Love Actually 
3
About Time
Chris Cabin
A surprisingly thoughtful romantic comedy that shirks a great deal of reason and consequence in the name of love 
2.5
Hero Mode
Roger Moore
About the best we can say about it is that at least they had the good sense to abandon the working title Mayfield s Game 
1.5
Tropical Malady
Sean P. Means
A hypnotic head scratcher that manages to be oddly fascinating and frustratingly tedious at the same time Eventually though tedium wins 
2
Tropical Malady
Jeff Vice
It s as if two completely different movies got spliced together in the editing room or in the projection booth 
2
Tropical Malady
Jeff Shannon
For an exquisite taste of sensory cinema look no further 
3.5
Tropical Malady
Jessica Reaves
Some fantasy films make the leap from reality to reverie relatively seamlessly hopscotching between the two states without leaving the audience behind Tropical Malady is not one of those 
2
Tropical Malady
Peter Canavese
Weerasethakul s confident composition of sight and sound induces a trance like state with an elegant suggestion that all consuming love is for old souls 
3.5
Tropical Malady
G. Allen Johnson
An intriguing emotional and intellectual puzzle that made me feel exhilarated and contemplative 
4
Tropical Malady
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This new film is a mad puzzle given as a gift from someone who recognizes his audience as thinking feeling beings 
3.5
Tropical Malady
Jami Bernard
A few adventurous souls who have taken their malaria shots will be blown away by writer director Apichatpong Weerasethakul s brilliant tinkering with narrative and visuals to tell a simple timeless story in a wholly new and exciting way 
3
Tropical Malady
David Sterritt
While it s anything but commercial it s also anything but unadventurous 
4
Tropical Malady
V.A. Musetto
If you enjoy intelligent challenging filmmaking Tropical Malady is for you 
3.5
Tropical Malady
Ed Gonzalez
Apichatpong Weerasethakul beautifully evokes the existential fiber between sexual desire and cultural myth 
3.5
The Affair
Roger Moore
More torpid than torrid
1.5
The Affair
James Berardinelli
History buffs especially those with an affinity for World War II stories and or an interest in 20th century Czechoslovakia may enjoy what The Affair has to offer 
2.5
The Affair
Odie Henderson
The characterizations are paper thin the constant letter reading narration is dry and the sex scenes are anti erotic to the point of parody 
1.5
The Affair
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
At least there is surface beauty revealed in all its glory at the end but not much else 
1.5
The Affair
Ann Hornaday
Full of incident heartbreak secrets and betrayal The Affair and its choppy formal structure don t do justice to an enormously appealing cast 
1.5
Seoul Vibe
Roger Moore
Call it a letdown 44 a not quite there yet thriller or a 65 minute movie asleep in a 140 minute time suck 44 any one of which give away that I think 8220 It 8217 s a bust 46 8221 
1.5
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Roger Moore
Topically tart but cruel derivative and depressingly adult for a teen comedy 
1.5
The Anarchist Cookbook
Lou Lumenick
A lame contemporary comedy about a radical Dallas commune operating out of a bookstore 
0
The Anarchist Cookbook
Steve Rhodes
Whatever your politics you ll find the film funny 
2.5
Spymate
David Nusair
a tedious and thoroughly puerile ordeal 
1
Spymate
Susan Walker
It s a half baked movie that looks strangely dated it was actually made in 2003 underfinanced and simplistic next to films with the same theme like the Spy Kids series 
2
Aida's Secrets
David Lewis
The camerawork and editing often leave something to be desired Most of the time this doesn t matter because we are drawn into the mystery 
3
Aida's Secrets
Josh Terry
In that sense Aida s Secrets carries a feeling of suspense that few documentaries achieve The film s style is straightforward and intimate eschewing fancy technique to focus on the gravity of its subject 
3
Aida's Secrets
Sean P. Means
Even though Aida s Secrets lacks a big satisfying payoff there are small joys along the way 
3
Battle Royale II: Requiem
John Beifuss
It s meant to be provocative but it s muddled and nonsensical with none of the liveliness or cleverness of its predecessor 
2
Deliver Us From Evil
Brian Eggert
Formulaic storytelling and glaring plot holes plague a film that tries to balance horror and cop procedural tropes into a half hearted meditation on Christian faith 46 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
John Beifuss
Sinister director Scott Derrickson again delivers the modest goods in this old school street cop mystery thriller in Exorcist drag 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Michael Dequina
Delivers the genuinely disturbing if not exactly groundbreaking head spinning horror goods 
3
Deliver Us From Evil
Mal Vincent
This horror flick about an occult investigator is occasionally frightening but always unpleasant 
2
Deliver Us From Evil
David Nusair
A rare and altogether colossal misstep from Scott Derrickson 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
James Kendrick
Derrickson successfully breathes life into some of the more exhausted aspects of the horror genre and produces a film that both scares and provides significant food for thought 
3
Deliver Us From Evil
Linda Cook
The most intriguing part of this movie and the most hair raising is a paragraph at the end 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Bill Stamets
Director Scott Derrickson and his co writer Paul Harris Boardman deliver a routine procedural with unremarkable frights 
2
Deliver Us From Evil
Dann Gire
Deliver Us From Evil offers some scary scenes of mounting dread but they re diminished by animals and bloody humans suddenly popping into view for cheap theatrics as Derrickson lingers too long on setting up the plot 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Jason Buchanan
Thanks to Derrickson s direction and Scott Kevan s cinematography New York City is a winding labyrinth of filth and decay that seems to be crumbling under the oppressive weight of the evil all around 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Mike McGranaghan
If you can see beyond the usual genre trappings to what s just behind them you ll find something kind of special 
3
Deliver Us From Evil
Sean P. Means
When a horror movie insists in the opening frames that it s based on or inspired by a true story the movie that follows is more likely to be idiotic 
1
Deliver Us From Evil
Rafer Guzman
A surprisingly strong cast and solid direction make all the malarkey in this horror flick tolerable 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Moira MacDonald
A pretty routine and occasionally silly demonic possession flick which distinguishes itself by making us wait so long for the exorcism that heads may be spinning in the audience as well 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Geoff Pevere
If this movie doesn t leave you howling at the very idea of demonic possession you re in dire need of an exorcist 
1
Deliver Us From Evil
Matt Pais
If this film documents startling events exactly as they happened the startling part has been left out 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Peter Howell
Just another dumb riff on The Exorcist 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Lou Lumenick
Deliver Us From Evil expertly serves shivers buckets of gore and pretty much every cliché of the genre 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Simon Abrams
Little more than an ugly collection of tropes stolen from The Exorcist and Seven 
1
Deliver Us From Evil
Stephen Whitty
It s all cliched of course and has been since The Exorcist but it s still effective perhaps more so with anyone who like our hero cop comes from the world of scented smoke and altar boys 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Tirdad Derakhshani
Like other entries of its pulpish ilk the picture packs lots of violence a fair bit of gore and plenty of cheap scares 
2
Deliver Us From Evil
Mark Dujsik
What s missing is a healthy dose of skepticism of the material and of traditional horror techniques 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Dustin Putman
A grisly thriller composed of talent on both sides of the camera but the material rarely rises above lukewarm 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Roger Moore
Takes a good 90 minutes before it delivers us from dullness
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Michael O'Sullivan
The film is said to be based on the case files of a real life cop turned demonologist Instead it seems to have been inspired by a stack of rejected horror movie scripts found in a studio dumpster 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Scott Bowles
Even horror neophytes won t be spooked by a film that looks as if it were shot with a smartphone and an Itty Bitty Booklight 
1.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Michael Phillips
Derrickson made The Exorcism of Emily Rose nearly a decade ago a rather better example of this genre 
2
Deliver Us From Evil
Peter Keough
Though Derrickson offers some new twists on old tricks the story soon devolves into variations of many movies we have seen before 
2.5
Deliver Us From Evil
Ed Gonzalez
A jump scare isn t just a jump scare in the films of Scott Derrickson which isn t to say this wannabe master of horror has entirely perfected the art of sudden dread 
1.5
The Last Days of Disco
Eric Melin
Not only are the characters in The Last Days of Disco embarrassingly earnest about their love for spectacular nightclubs and thumping dance music but they re also completely transparent about their desires even when they think they re being clever 
3.5
The Last Days of Disco
James Kendrick
Stilillman pulls off a unique balancing act of conveying the specificities of the cultural milieu but also maintaining a sense of universality that keeps the film from being solely about its time and place
3
The Last Days of Disco
Joseph Jon Lanthier
The focus of The Last Days of Disco is a psychologically authentic and painfully parasitic female relationship 
4
The Last Days of Disco
Margaret A. McGurk
Mr Stillman more or less saves the movie with Josh a sweet muddled guy who deserves better friends than he has in this movie 
2.5
The Last Days of Disco
Michael Dequina
A very entertaining film thanks to an appealing cast and those wordy discussions 
3
The Last Days of Disco
Mick LaSalle
In its last hour the picture becomes more clumsy and tiresome but the stray laugh and the disco sound keep it pulsing 
2
The Last Days of Disco
David N. Butterworth
A conversation heavy movie that benefits from typically astute writing from its director Whit Stillman 
3
The Last Days of Disco
Jeff Vice
Talky and uneven but often funny romantic comedy 
3
The Last Days of Disco
James Berardinelli
The combination of sharply realized dialogue and infectiously energetic dance sequences keeps The Last Days of Disco from losing steam 
3
The Last Days of Disco
Madeleine Williams
A fascinating film to watch whether you were a supporter of the disco movement or one who cheered when it died 
3
The Last Days of Disco
Rob Blackwelder
To his fans color me guilty Stillman is like a sardonic Anton Checkov a man to whom dialogue and repressed emotion are everything 
3
The Last Days of Disco
Roger Ebert
Stillman nails his characters with perfectly heard dialogue and laconic satire 
3.5
The Last Days of Disco
Joe Baltake
In spite of itself in spite of Stillman this is a lively and often endearing entertainment 
2.5
The Last Days of Disco
Steve Rhodes
The film comes alive with its wonderfully complex intellectual humor that is so dense and fast paced that it might take several viewings to catch it all 
3
The Last Days of Disco
Ted Prigge
Shows that Stillman has finally found out how to make his characters totally lovable and surprisingly more sympathetic 
4
Barbary Coast
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The primitive San Francisco is imbued with a lusty spirit comprised of mud in the streets tinkly pianos and crooked card games 
3
Barbary Coast
David Nusair
surely this must be the only film to ever feature a climactic rowboat chase 
3.5
Tehroun
Liam Lacey
The structure is more like an earnest reworking of Three Men and a Baby crossed with a Law Order episode than the adventurous art cinema traditionally associated with Iran 
2
Posse
Matt Brunson
One of the many sturdy Westerns that emerged from 1970s Hollywood sporting a chip on its shoulder 
3
A Tale of Two Cities
Mattie Lucas
A grand melodrama filled with big emotions and stirring set pieces but it s also incredibly dry which holds it back from standing alongside many other classic Hollywood spectacles of the day 
2.5
A Tale of Two Cities
Matt Brunson
It s the richly textured screenplay and the slate of stellar performances that drive this film 
3.5
Butter's Final Meal
Erik Childress
A film that takes a sensitive rather than exploitive look at bullying Alex Kersting develops real empathy and is aided by some carefully balanced supporting work from Mira Sorvino and Mykelti Williamson 
3
Butter's Final Meal
Nell Minow
Butter limits itself to an artificial set up and a superficial level of storytelling more afterschool special than feature film 
2
Butter's Final Meal
Pamela Powell
Tackling the topic of obesity and suicide through insight and comedy writer and director Paul A Kaufman adapts Erin Jade Langes book of the same name into a movie that is funny yet poignant 
3
Butter's Final Meal
Mark Dujsik
The tone doesn t fit but then again not much else about this comes across as believable or for that matter wise 
1
Butter's Final Meal
Pat Padua
Ultimately it is like its conflicted hero sweet and likable and you wish it well 
2.5
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Michael Dequina
If you adore the sight of cute animals spouting cutesy voiced over dialogue and doing cutesy things such as say investigating a murder then by all means go and check it out 
2
Twin Flower
Roger Moore
A solid if static Italian on the road thriller that loses its way when it stops running 
2
Twin Flower
Robert Daniels
Italian director Laura Luchetti s Twin Flower is a film that s ultimately at war with itself yet still manages to have the right side win out 
3
Carancho
Wesley Morris
This is a film that s musical with the cracking of bones and crashing of cars 
3
Carancho
Gerald Peary
Trapero s soggy misguided derivative melodrama was somehow Argentina s Official Selection as Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards 
1.5
Carancho
Walter V. Addiego
A no frills version of a perennial dark story how love of a sort can take root in a festering place 
3
Carancho
Moira MacDonald
A stark compelling crime drama shot in lurid close ups and leading inexorably toward a devastating end 
3
Carancho
Simon Abrams
In spite of a commendably nasty noir mentality a la The Postman Always Rings Twice Carancho is flat out underwhelming 
2
Carancho
V.A. Musetto
Carancho was Argentina s nominee for the foreign language Oscar It didn t make the short list but life isn t always fair 
3
Carancho
Kent Turner
The cheap suits the under lit cinematography and hand held camera can t compensate the viewer for the loss of off the cuff realism 
2
ANYA
Roger Moore
It s a sci fi fairytale a I guess And as such it s sorely lacking 
2
ANYA
Matt Brunson
There isn t much about Anya that s predictable It s a love story family drama and science experiment all rolled into one 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
S. Renee Mitchell
The film climaxes in a gun battle that s as painfully predictable as they come and as he did with the movie in general Mouse saves the day His departure from the screen brakes the film to a near halt 
2
Devil in a Blue Dress
Eleanor O'Sullivan
Franklin has adapted Walter Mosley s novel of the same title with an expert humorous hand He makes the movie look great It has the burnished quality of old films and a melancholy tint too 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Linda Cook
Devil in a Blue Dress is more than just a whodunit in fancy clothes It s a well directed intelligent grownup whydunit as well as an interesting period drama And besides it stars Denzel Washington who just can t seem to take a bad role 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Bob Ross
Carl Franklin gets it right With an eye for atmosphere an ear for excitement and a knack for narrative the no nonsense writer director delivers the year s most delicious detective yarn 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Sean P. Means
Here s hoping Rawlins other cases make it to the big screen as smoothly 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Dave Kehr
There is much to admire in this handsome film from the sinuous movements of Tak Fujimoto s camera to the nicely understated art direction of Gary Frutkoff 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Jay Stone
Franklin has simplified the Byzantine plot of the book but the McGuffin is little more than an excuse to immerse us in Central Avenue the main street of black life It is in these details where Devil succeeds 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Michael D. Reid
Brimming with period detail Devil in a Blue Dress also pulsates with social realism as it offers a black perspective on a familiar genre 
4
Devil in a Blue Dress
Marshall Fine
Devil in a Blue Dress is as good as movie making gets It s one of the most satisfying films of the season and of the year 
4
Devil in a Blue Dress
John Hartl
Washington plays Rawlins as a mixture of canny private eye and wary out of towner In her best role to date Beals communicates some of the hothouse seductiveness of film noir s best bad girls 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Steve Murray
The best thing about the movie is Washington who gives Easy a monumental decency You feel that no matter what he sees in the line of duty he ll never develop a seen it all cynicism 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Bill Morrison
Franklin s most important asset is his star who gives a moving and very human performance as a black detective caught up in a particularly nasty noir mystery 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Terry Lawson
Franklin who directed the lean low budget thriller One False Move knows that the real appeal of the Rawlins series and most of the better detective series is character in both senses of the word Rawlins is a fascinating guy 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Jack Mathews
Devil is a film noir of a very special sort 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Michael Wilmington
This is a movie that pleases us and disturbs by turns a wonderfully satisfying entertainment 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Jeffrey Westhoff
Walter Mosely s character Easy Rawlins survives the transition from page to screen in Devil in a Blue Dress thanks largely to the perfect casting of Denzel Washington 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Judith Egerton
Chinatown propelled Jack Nicholson to a higher level of stardom and Devil in a Blue Dress should do the same for Washington 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Lawrence Toppman
Carl Franklin is the writer director striking the sparks efficiently condensing Walter Mosley s debut novel into 105 minutes of mystery Washington gives a dedicated performance as Ezekiel Rawlins 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Stephen Hunter
Rawlins played with graceful star authority by Denzel Washington finds himself though he can t know it at the high water mark of a style 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Malcolm Johnson
Denzel Washington lends intelligence grace and courage as well as star quality to Easy 
2.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Robert W. Butler
It provides a wonderful platform for Denzel Washington to create an evolving character who it is fervently hoped will go on to other cinematic adventures 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Dann Gire
A moody and authentic looking film noir piece marred by a largely superfluous action subplot 
2.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Barbara Creed
Denzel Washington gives a knock out performance 
4
Devil in a Blue Dress
Bruce R. Miller
Although there s enough of a story here to peg this as film noir it s never really realized in a way that s interesting or involving 
2.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Gene Siskel
It is the character of Easy Rawlins Washington at his relaxed best who sustains our interest as he tries to survive as a black man in hostile times and places 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Margaret A. McGurk
Devil in a Blue Dress is a sizzling mystery yarn that earns a spot high on the list of good books translated into equally good movies 
4
Devil in a Blue Dress
Rene Rodriguez
Devil in a Blue Dress does spin a good yarn and Franklin weaves highly complicated story threads into a skillful demanding whole 
2.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Michael Dequina
A very complex and engrossing mystery filled with wonderful period details 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Leonard Schwarz
A competent performance by Denzel Washington lively entertaining performances by many of the supporting actors and a lush evocative rendering of postwar L A by cinematographer Tak Fujimoto fail to conceal the essential shallowness of Mosley s vision 
2.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Mick LaSalle
The film also does a convincing job of re creating Los Angeles of 1948 with both specificity and poetry 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Chris Hicks
Stick with it and you won t be sorry 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Mike Clark
A hoary Chinatown knock off wrapped in a seductively novel black culture veneer with a dash of Laura added for bad measure 
2
Devil in a Blue Dress
Steve Rhodes
A nice little formula picture 
2.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Barbara Shulgasser
A cunning and adroit salute to films of the past 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
James Berardinelli
While Devil in a Blue Dress never develops the taut momentum of Franklin s previous effort One False Move it maintains audience involvement 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Roger Ebert
I liked the movie without quite being caught up in it I liked the period tone and look more than the story which I never really cared much about 
3
Devil in a Blue Dress
Madeleine Williams
From the smoky nightclubs to the golden hued streets there is a true sense of time and place that permeates this film 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Joe Baltake
The fascinating bits of racial history that director Carl Franklin has folded into the vibrant milieu of a post World War II Los Angeles pushes his Devil in a Blue Dress somewhat beyond the usual nostalgia noir status 
3.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Rob Blackwelder
While mixing in ample amounts of urban black culture Washington shows a flair for the traditional 40s detective 
3.5
Lover for a Day
Ernesto Diezmartinez
Filmed in an elegant black and white with a magnificent trio of actors in which shines especially the debutante Chevillote Full review in Spanish 
2
Lover for a Day
Susan Wloszczyna
Lover for a Day just wasn t enough of a grabber pour moi 
2.5
Lover for a Day
Carson Lund
The director s current storytelling style is not unlike that of a great pop ballad lyrical and to the point without room for digressions yet still containing a wealth of feeling through the most economic of means 
3.5
Jauja
Mattie Lucas
A haunting existential work often perplexing always fascinating Jauja is a dazzling experiment that never fully reveals itself always hiding its meanings and ideas behind long takes and metaphors 
3.5
Jauja
Peter Keough
Alonso sustains an atmosphere of otherworldly immanence in a vivid setting with a style involving long takes with characters posed as if in tableaux vivants 
3.5
Jauja
Walter V. Addiego
Viewers who can accept a defiantly slow pace a few loose plot threads and a directorial style that works by intimation will be rewarded 
3
Jauja
John Hartl
If you applauded the genre tweaking twists of Gus Van Sant s Gerry and Kelly Reichardt s Meek s Cutoff you may have a good time or at least an interesting one at acclaimed Argentine director Lisandro Alonso s latest puzzler Jauja 
2.5
Jauja
Luke Goodsell
Mysteriously opaque and thrillingly spooky Lisandro Alonso s Jauja evokes what many films aspire to yet rarely achieve a genuine lucid state of cinema as dream 
3.5
Jauja
Matt Zoller Seitz
The performances mesh beautifully with the filmmaking which is more keenly attuned to fluctuations in the natural world that all but a handful of modern motion pictures 
3.5
Jauja
Farran Smith Nehme
It s a movie designed for maximum intellectual appeal even if the emotional impact is slight 
2.5
Jauja
Jake Cole
Revisionist westerns are usually dour affairs foregrounding guilt over the imperial legacy of runaway expansionism but Jauja is refreshingly absurdist consistently including shots for seemingly no reason other than to be dry punchlines 
3.5
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Cliff Lee
There is wonderful source material here it s easy to root for Payne s transgressions But her story is dying for a multimillion dollar Hollywood treatment 
2
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Linda Barnard
As much a social and psychological study as a fascinating look at a woman who lived by her own rules 
3
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Kam Williams
An unappealing un role model who stole millions from the rich and simply frittered it away on herself in decadent fashion 
2.5
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Farran Smith Nehme
It s obvious that Pond and Marcolina can t resist the woman any more than she can resist yet another heist 
3
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Elise Nakhnikian
Even at 74 minutes the documentary comes to feel arduous in its recycling of the same points and imagery the filmmaking as plodding as its subject is polished 
2
The Sheltering Sky
James Sanford
Soul searching is rarely a thrill a minute but it s rarely as tedious as this Oscar bait it may be but The Sheltering Sky is more deserving of the First Annual Chicken Little Award 
1.5
The Sheltering Sky
Roger Ebert
The book is so complete so deep and so self contained that it shuts the movie out Bertolucci shows us the outsides and the surfaces and a person seeing this movie without having read the book might ask what it is about 
2
The Sheltering Sky
Chris Hicks
It is no doubt quite difficult to portray self indulgence without the work itself taking on an air of arrogance and certainly The Sheltering Sky fails on that level 
1.5
Love & Other Drugs
Roger Moore
Lacks a certain something but not chemistry between Jake and Anne They set off real sparks 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Eric Melin
The movie has lots of scenes of the two leads in bed together but it can t decide whether it s a big issue film a romantic comedy or a weepy melodrama so it ends up being none of them successfully 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Lisa Kennedy
But in Love Other Drugs Zwick and Herskovitz find a groove that delivers wry writing and smart cultural observation 
3.5
Love & Other Drugs
Linda Cook
At last here s a smart grown up romance that shows love just as raw and problematic as it can be in real life 
3.5
Love & Other Drugs
James Kendrick
a big sloppy movie that seems to be going in ten different directions by the time it is over If we don t know how to respond it is because the filmmakers never decided exactly what kind of film to make 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was with her from the first moment she came upon the screen and without a doubt Hathaway proves she is one of the most gifted and talented actresses of her generation 
3
Love & Other Drugs
John Wirt
Love and Other Drugs transforms the recognizable mostly through its deeply written and beautifully acted principal characters 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Lori Hoffman
A relationship drama that doesn t cut corners It brings the pain which makes the moments of triumph that much sweeter 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Matt Brunson
The mental and emotional stimulation caused by the majority of the picture is strong enough to recommend it but had Zwick trimmed the flaccid passages he could have had an awards contender on his hands 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Bob Bloom
Love and Other Drugs is a flawed movie The script needed another pass to add more focus and perhaps zero in more on the challenges facing Jamie and Maggie 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
David Nusair
An above average romantic comedy 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Peter Travers
This movie is best treated like dim sum Wait out the bad portions until a tastier dish is served Let Hathaway be your guide 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Joe Williams
Love and Other Drugs is successful in small doses but the full regimen needed more testing 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Robert W. Butler
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway put on such a display of star power and acting that they almost make us ignore the film s shortcomings 
3
Love & Other Drugs
A.O. Scott
Unfortunately the effects of the movie therapeutic and intoxicating though they are wear off before it is over 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Rick Groen
Altogether not a bad trip 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Ann Hornaday
Too often the moral of this story seems to be Love means never having to say you 
1.5
Love & Other Drugs
Kyle Smith
100 minutes of bitterness and raunch followed by a few minutes of honeyed niceness is a formula for self negation 
1.5
Love & Other Drugs
Lawrence Toppman
If you want to watch these two struggle through an up and down screen relationship rent Brokeback Mountain 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Rene Rodriguez
Love and Other Drugs doesn t quite avoid the pitfalls of its genre but at least the movie has the decency to make you laugh on its way to a foregone conclusion Also did I mention the sex 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Mick LaSalle
Love becomes for two people the great challenge and the great educator and at every step of this beautiful film we believe it 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Willie Waffle
That Cradle Robbing Pervert Jake Gyllenhaal is naked so often in this movie I felt like I was Taylor Swift 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Chris Hewitt
The pieces of a good movie are in place in Love and Other Drugs but they re in the wrong proportions 
1
Love & Other Drugs
Christopher Lloyd
A throwback to an old fashioned type of movie making in which stars were stars and it was the job of the director screenwriter and crew to make them look as good as possible 
3
Love & Other Drugs
Claudia Puig
Zwick s Once and Again and thirtysomething portrayed emotion more honestly than many TV shows of their time But in Love and Other Drugs he unevenly weds the satirical and the sentimental 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Stephen Whitty
What you re chiefly left with at the end despite two fine performances is a mild case of emotional whiplash no magic pill is going to cure 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Roger Ebert
The more weight the story of Maggie and Jamie takes on the more distracting is the screenplay s need to intercut updates on the pharmaceutical wars 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Kit Bowen
Remember the game of reading fortune cookie proclamations out loud and ending them with the phrase in bed That s sort of how I feel Love and Other Drugs ended many scenes in bed 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Dustin Putman
Anne Hathaway is so great you almost feel badly having to criticize what surrounds her 
1.5
Love & Other Drugs
Peter Howell
Zwick doesn t direct many rom coms and with Love Other Drugs you can see why 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Moira MacDonald
Love and Other Drugs fits no convenient category which I guess is a plus but it leaves you not knowing what to think so muddled is its mood 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Peter Keough
Mixes smarm and sentimentality 
1.5
Love & Other Drugs
Ty Burr
No genuine ideas were wasted in its making 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
James Berardinelli
Love and Other Drugs may be the most honest romance to grace the screens during all of 2010 
3.5
Love & Other Drugs
Steven Rea
Zwick and his cowriters Marshall Herskovitz and Charles Randolph are constantly letting Gyllenhaal and Hathaway down 
2.5
Love & Other Drugs
Michael Phillips
I wish director and co writer Edward Zwick s film had the guts to treat Love Other Drugs like a grown up relationship story rather than a relationship story periodically shoved aside by a lame and lamely raunchy romantic comedy for dummies 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Rex Reed
There s no drug strong enough to get me through another movie like Love and Other Drugs 
2
Love & Other Drugs
David Germain
Despite its dramatic pretenses and far racier sex scenes than the typical studio romance the movie is as predictable and ultimately as sappy as any other run of the mill Hollywood love story 
2
Love & Other Drugs
Bill Weber
This confounding potpourri of satire sex comedy and medical soaper smothers some good intentions and its robust stars in a genre identity crisis 
2
About Pie
James Berardinelli
The movie breezes by never threatening to overstay its welcome Although rarely uproarious there are some solid laughs to be had 
3
About Pie
Matt Brunson
A winning effort packed with strong performances appealing characters and no small measure of amusing interludes 
3
Hail Mary
Fernando F. Croce
Hail Mary is limpid serene and for all the pubic hair on display glowingly chaste 
4
Hail Mary
Roger Ebert
The film is not very good People who have not seen a lot of films by Godard will find it especially slow moving 
1.5
Lazarat
Roger Moore
Not a good script not a good thriller
1.5
Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eventually the fluctuating character traits more or less come together in a clumsy human way and T J becomes someone to root for 
3
Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison
Johnny Oleksinski
The plot such as it is is meandering and the stereotypical humor is been there done that 
2
She Said
Wesley Lovell
Like all of the great films about journalism 44 She Said is a fascinating picture that explores the challenges of working in journalism 46 46 46 investigative reporters follow their leads until they can put together a firm and unimpeachable story 46 
4
She Said
Matt Brunson
A riveting docudrama 44 and one of the best films of 2022 46 
3.5
She Said
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Zoe Kazan 8230 and Carey Mulligan 8230 star as Kantor and Twohey 44 and though they each do a wonderful job 44 it is the many other actors appearing for but brief onscreen minutes as Weinstein 8217 s victims who make the movie soar 46 
4
She Said
Rene Sanchez
Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan deliver outstanding performances in this solid journalistic thriller about one of the stories that helped propel the MeToo social movement 46 91 Full Review in Spanish 93 
3
She Said
Kevin Carr
An excellent slow burn story of how real journalism works 44 even if there are few surprises 46 
3.5
She Said
Bruce R. Miller
Interestingly 44 8220 She Said 8221 begins with women alleging that Donald Trump assaulted them 46 That story didn 8217 t seem like such a hand wringer 44 but the Weinstein one does 46 10 
3
She Said
Sean P. Means
It 8217 s been years 8212 maybe as far back as 8220 All the President 8217 s Men 8221 in 1976 8212 that a movie has captured the craft and the passion of journalism as precisely and as smartly as director Maria Schrader 8217 s 8220 She Said 46 8221 
3.5
She Said
Joe Friar
Powerful and compelling 33 Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are first rate 46 
3.5
She Said
David Nusair
46 46 46 a perfectly watchable endeavor that often feels like it should be much 44 much better 46 46 46 
2.5
She Said
Sonny Bunch
The performances in She Said are all top flight 46 46 46 46 It 8217 s just too bad the story behind the story is so lacking in drama 46 
2
She Said
Erik Childress
A horribly botched attempt at journalistic cinema that is more interested in reciting than dramatizing and certainly more comfortable name dropping celebrities and 8216 the system 8217 rather than putting any of the trauma in greater personal or societal context
1.5
She Said
Pablo O. Scholz
Opens up a conversation rather than displaying controversy over the impunity that some powerful people believe they have Full review in Spanish 
3
She Said
Tom Meek
Director Maria Schrader and writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz make sure the focus is on the victims who were silenced by an omnipotent megalomaniac They now get to have their harrowing ordeals heard 
3.5
She Said
Pamela Powell
8220 She Said 8221 is a compelling story brought to life by Kazan and Mulligan with brilliant nuance 46 They highlight the strength of their characters while also tuning into who these working women are 46 
4
She Said
Sara Michelle Fetters
She Said is as enthralling as it is infuriating 46 
3
She Said
Mattie Lucas
The film focuses primarily on the Weinstein story rather than the MeToo movement as a whole 44 and that tight focus allows Schrader to both tell a compelling story and give the women apos s stories the space they need to breathe 46 
3
She Said
Jeff Mitchell
Schrader devotes 20 or 30 40 or possibly more 41 minutes of the 128 minute runtime to the reporters 8217 busy personal lives at home 44 an aspect that may resonate with working moms everywhere 46 
3
She Said
James Berardinelli
For the most part She Said provides involving material that doesn t forget the victims in the process of telling how their stories brought down one of Hollywood s ogres 
3
She Said
Jocelyn Noveck
A worthy entry to a film genre that includes Spotlight and of course All the President s Men 
3
She Said
Dann Gire
Patricia Clarkson brings assured intelligence to her unflappable Times investigations editor Rebecca Corbett who can barely hide her excitement of the chase under a placid veneer 
4
She Said
Anne Brodie
The film underscores the value of investigative journalism 59 thankfully Schrader treated it without cheap tactics and distracting flourishes 46 10 
3
She Said
Mark Meszoros
Does She Said reach the lofty heights of All the President 8217 s Men and 8220 Spotlight 63 From here 44 no 44 but it comes pretty close 46 
3.5
She Said
Nell Minow
A solid 44 conventional film 44 skillfully made 46 
3.5
She Said
Rosalie Kicks
SHE SAID is a procedural story that manages to achieve its objectives 44 unfortunately with little to no tension 46 
2.75
She Said
Rob Thomas
Sometimes all you need for great drama is two actors and a table between them 46 
3.5
She Said
Michael Phillips
The movie is artfully balanced between its leads and both Mulligan and Kazan excel 
3.5
She Said
Chris Hewitt
Most art about journalism screws up the journalism part She Said does not 
3
She Said
Odie Henderson
She Said is successful where it matters most It shows just how easy it is for predatory men in power to be kept there by an equally corrupt system of people who either look the other way or protect them 
3
She Said
Emily Zemler
She Said is not a ground breaking tale What makes it interesting is the depiction of Megan and Jodi as working moms who are forced to struggle within a system that prioritizes male needs 
3
She Said
Johnny Oleksinski
It s a bore 
2
She Said
Jeff York
The film is noble and often sharp as a tack 44 but ultimately it fails to make the most of its incredible story 46 
2.5
She Said
Katie Walsh
With care 44 thoughtfulness and rigor 44 Schrader and the filmmakers of 8220 She Said 8221 craft a film that shows the process of building this paradigm shifting piece of journalism in a manner that is simultaneously thrilling and grindingly methodical 44 
3
She Said
Keith Watson
She Said seems less intent on dramatizing the events of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey 8217 s investigation than simply relating them 46 
1.5
She Said
Richard Roeper
She Said gets it right in showing the work that went into exposing Harvey Weinstein 
3
She Said
Brian Truitt
A riveting cinematic quest for journalistic truth especially one like She Said which tackles an issue that means so much to so many should always be embraced no matter the era 
3
She Said
Mark Dujsik
91 T 93 his movie keeps just enough distance from the victims and the systems that protected this man to make us question if the narrative apos s approach is the right one 46 
2.5
She Said
Randy Myers
Schrader makes many wise choices including using taped testimony rather than a re enactment to illustrate the abuse without exploiting the case 
3
She Said
Mick LaSalle
A well made old fashioned journalism movie about the New York Times investigation that brought down Harvey Weinstein 
3
She Said
Moira MacDonald
A moving and engaging film about finding truth told through the perspective of two people who are very very good at their jobs 
3
She Said
Roger Moore
A thoroughly engrossing account of how one of the touchstone stories of our time came to light 44 one door knocked on 44 one tearful recollection at a time 46 
3.5
She Said
Rafer Guzman
A solid dramatization of the reporting that launched the MeToo era and changed workplaces around the world 
3
She Said
Ann Hornaday
She Said takes a story we thought we knew and gives it new utterly shattering life 
3.5
She Said
Josh Larsen
46 46 46 acutely captures the terror and human cost of Weinstein 8217 s reign 46 
3
She Said
David Gonzalez
Maria Schrader apos s 160 She Said 160 paints an essential picture of the Hollywood hierarchy and gives a voice to the voiceless 46 A compelling and enthralling story that is a testament to the victims apos strength while calling for women apos s truths to be heard 46 
3.5
She Said
Brian Eggert
Even though Schrader adheres to the familiar beats of investigative reporting movies 44 she does so with such confidence and clarity that one can hardly fault its effective narrative structure 46 
3.5
She Said
Dwight Brown
You watch You listen You learn A reckoning regarding the maltreatment of women happens right before your eyes Astounding drama 
4
She Said
Bob Bloom
It is a story worth revisiting because the abuses perpetrated by Weinstein and the silence of those who enabled him 44 is not limited to the movie industry 46 
3.5
She Said
Joey Magidson
She Said is a brilliantly realized account of the festering wound that is Harvey Weinstein apos s sexual abuse and the journalistic effort to expose him 46 
4
Swades
Michael Dequina
The slow burning Swades requires a bit of patience from its viewers but such an investment is a minimal expense when the payoff is richly rewarding 
3
Watermark
Josh Larsen
splits the difference between a fully immersive documentary like Leviathan and an informational special you might find on the National Geographic channel 
3
Watermark
John Hartl
They ve found a way of serving up these images without seeming callous or exploitative or preachy 
3.5
Watermark
Walter V. Addiego
It relies heavily on visuals and offers minimal context The project has a pro environment feeling which comes across implicitly not through browbeating or preaching 
3
Watermark
Stephanie Merry
It s as if the movie s many pieces are supposed to be like impressionistic brush strokes When seen together the result is pretty to look at But it s not as meaningful as it should be 
2
Watermark
Ty Burr
These exceptionally gifted filmmakers are simply best at the long view of the human species and its impact 
3
Watermark
Kenji Fujishima
By keeping explanatory talking heads interviews to a minimum the filmmakers put their trust in the audience to draw their own conclusions based on what they present to us 
3
Watermark
Adam McDowell
Visually transfixing 
4
Watermark
Peter Howell
It s meant to inspire us to think about our relationship with water and how we use it and in this it succeeds admirably 
2.5
Tracks
Roger Moore
A fine early showcase for both Mia Wasikowksa who had already come into her own and Adam Driver who was a couple of years away from that when he gave this charmingly awkward performance 
3
Tracks
Robert Levin
It understands that life is fundamentally about embracing the mystery and majesty of the inexplicable 
3
Tracks
Steven Rea
Wasikowska plays this wordless wanderer just right That is she makes her real 
3.5
Tracks
Moira MacDonald
What emerges here is a woman of remarkable strength and a movie that doesn t sugarcoat the dark side of her journey 
3
Tracks
Mark Dujsik
C an t quite decide if it wants to respect Davidson s assertion that her motive is above scrutiny or if it needs to discover the unspoken drive behind her reasoning 
2.5
Tracks
Rafer Guzman
Curran s dreamy semisurreal visuals along with Mandy Walker s shimmering cinematography and Garth Stevenson s fluid score help us see the world through Davidson s eyes 
2.5
Tracks
Stephanie Merry
It all looks appropriately unglamorous with Wasikowska wearing a layer of grime her hair matted as she swats at ever present flies But the setting is spectacular 
3.5
Tracks
Kristin Tillotson
Wasikowska here embodies Davidson with a mix of maniacal idealism and childish stubbornness that makes it seem her chin is perpetually stuck out at the world 
3
Tracks
Matt Pais
Viewers will shrug off what they see of this real born wanderer Then they ll go read about her 
2
Tracks
Michael Phillips
More than a travelogue or a chronicle of self willed solitude director John Curran s gorgeous film version starring Mia Wasikowska betrays hardly a trace of Hollywood machinery in the storytelling 
3.5
Tracks
Glenn Kenny
Both an incredible and occasionally harrowing adventure and an uncompromising tough character study 
3.5
Tracks
Peter Travers
Tracks is an exhilarating adventure that opens up an unknown world to most of us and does it so well that we feel we re living it too 
3
Tracks
Stephen Whitty
The story of a singular go it alone young woman who s happiest away from people and in the company of animals 
3
Tracks
Claudia Puig
A riveting adventure as well as a dreamy meditative saga 
3.5
Tracks
Jake Coyle
Rarely has there been a more affecting portrait of a girl and her pup 
3
Tracks
Rex Reed
When it finally ended I felt like I had traveled the distance in the next sleeping bag It s exhausting but exhilarating 
3
Tracks
Sara Stewart
I found the sprawling wild visuals in Tracks and the long silences as the sunburned Robyn traverses some of the world s least hospitable lands meditative and moving 
3
Tracks
David Lee Dallas
The feminist bent of Robyn s quest nicely shadows the film without ever being stated aloud 
2.5
Tracks
Kiva Reardon
The film is 112 minutes but feels as long and as arduous as Davidson s real life trek 
1.5
Tracks
Linda Barnard
Mia Wasikowska plays Australian Robyn Davidson a loner who makes Greta Garbo look like an extrovert in John Curran s beautifully lensed dramatic recreation of Davidson s 2 700 kilometre trek across the Aussie desert in 1977 
3
Tracks
Walter Chaw
So it s like Into the Wild but terrible scored as a child or James Horner would score it 
1
Beasts of No Nation
Brian Eggert
It might be Elba 8217 s best performance outside of quot Luther 46 quot 
3.5
Beasts of No Nation
Matt Brunson
This looks at one of the many ways in which innocent children are caught in the web of war in this case it s those unfortunate boys who are captured and trained to become child soldiers 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Erik Anderson
This is a powerhouse of a film about a subject matter most people might not even realize exists to the extent that it does It s assured and confident with a deeply sympathetic center that carries you to the end 
3.5
Beasts of No Nation
Kam Williams
Chilling war drama highlighting the plight of child soldiers in contemporary Africa 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Roger Moore
The most chilling thing about this child soldiers eye view of Africa s endless civil wars is how unsurprising it all is how it fails to shock 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Andy Crump
Beasts of No Nation brims over with technical and thespian merit 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Kent Turner
It s a viewing experience that audiences absorb but don t feel deeply the threat of child endangerment generates what passes for empathy 
2
Beasts of No Nation
Robert Horton
It s hard to watch as expected but also compelling There s no phony uplift or redemption offered just a set of character studies and a clear vision of how violence sustains itself 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Peter Travers
Idris Elba gives a powerhouse performance as the warlord of a rebel African army that trains children as soldiers The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor should have his name on it 
3.5
Beasts of No Nation
Alissa Wilkinson
This dramatization will twists your insides no doubt about it 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Mark Dujsik
There is only so much of this we can take in before the movie starts to feel like a repetitive exercise in despair 
2.5
Beasts of No Nation
Kevin C. Johnson
The ugly world portrayed here isn t for all appetites but it is depicted with a gripping authenticity 
3.5
Beasts of No Nation
John Hartl
It poses some big questions and does so in a way that s most compelling 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Ty Burr
Your job is just to watch it as hard and necessary as that may be 
3.5
Beasts of No Nation
Steven Rea
The country goes unnamed the warring factions aren t always clear but the nightmarish exploitation of children is made specific in the most vivid visceral ways 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Ann Hornaday
Crippling despair and the most fragile tendrils of hope battle for the human psyche in Beasts of No Nation writer director Cary Joji Fukunaga s grim beautiful and achingly sad portrait of man s inhumanity to man 
4
Beasts of No Nation
Michael Phillips
Beasts of No Nation is an act of gripping empathy 
4
Beasts of No Nation
Stephen Whitty
It s not only a moving film but far rarer an important one calling our attention to one war that never ends The war on innocence 
3.5
Beasts of No Nation
Matt Pais
Never gets close enough to the situation to make the cliché setup feel specific 
2
Beasts of No Nation
Mick LaSalle
It is at times not the easiest film to watch but it s artfully made and will leave audiences feeling as if their world has expanded 
3
Beasts of No Nation
Kyle Smith
Simply a bloody revel in the hideous 
1.5
Beasts of No Nation
Ed Gonzalez
Cary Joji Fukunaga s artistry registers less as psychological imprint than as a measure of his professional bona fides 
1.5
Beasts of No Nation
Walter Chaw
The problem is that I felt bad for Agu but I never felt empathy for him 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Brian Eggert
Phantom Thread has more feeling and emotional range in its restrained drama than some of his other works this is certainly the most raw emotion he s produced since Punch Drunk Love 2002 
4
Phantom Thread
Jason Fraley
Phantom Thread is a film to admire for its dazzling visuals and power performances but frustrating to consume as an audience experience due to its shaky script Beware of Best Picture nominees that lack screenplay nominations 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Federico Furzan
An intense tale of passion and the boundaries which don t exist for some romantic relationships Full review in Spanish 
3
Phantom Thread
Mattie Lucas
An enthralling and deeply pleasurable treatise on sexual politics that is both richly thematic and beautifully realized 
4
Phantom Thread
John Beifuss
As meticulously crafted as a Reynolds evening gown 
4
Phantom Thread
Robert Daniels
Artistically Phantom Thread might be the best film of the year Nevertheless 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Linda Cook
Phantom Thread weaves a beautiful strange tale 
4
Phantom Thread
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
an excellent character study a movie that depends more on characterisation and interaction than on a traditional narrative Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Phantom Thread
David Keyes
The movie leaves behind a profound afterthought a feeling that we have just been roused by an idea that has not yet been spoken or discovered 
4
Phantom Thread
Rob Thomas
Phantom Thread is filmmaking of the highest order without a stitch out of place 
4
Phantom Thread
Eric Melin
At first it looks like just another safe crowd pleasing period drama aimed at the NPR crowd Rather it s a fascinating slow burn character study that s not afraid to embrace a little darkness with a wry sense of humor 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Lisa Jensen
But we never become invested in these prickly characters their relationship or their insular world 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Katie Walsh
If you go in expecting a Daniel Day Lewis movie you ll walk away with a Vicky Krieps movie and we re all the better for it The Luxembourgian actress will sweep you off your feet 
4
Phantom Thread
Michael Smith
When a film that plays like an adult romance switches gears and becomes a Grimm s fairy tale it makes for a final half hour that dragged on to an outrageous conclusion 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Like love or hate his movies Paul Thomas Anderson is a filmmaker of uncompromising vision 
3
Phantom Thread
Roger Moore
Meticulously performed exquisitely designed lovely Even if I don t care if I never see it again 
3
Phantom Thread
Barry Paris
This is a perverse and elegantly wrought romance as well as an evocative period piece unpredictable from beginning to deliciously Hitchcockian end 
4
Phantom Thread
Lauren Terry
It s clear that Anderson didn t make a period piece he made a movie that looks like it was made in the 1950s 
4
Phantom Thread
Clint O'Connor
In Phantom Thread Anderson has the intriguing setting and characters but not much drama 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Sean P. Means
Some movies like writer director Paul Thomas Anderson s luxurious and breathtaking Phantom Thread are the equivalent of high fashion allowing us to get lost in the beauty and fantasy of their folds 
4
Phantom Thread
Max Weiss
It s almost impossible to describe Paul Thomas Anderson s Phantom Thread without using words like sublime and ravishing and rapturous 
4
Phantom Thread
Jeff Simon
Phantom Thread is both a moment for celebration and a moment for mourning 
4
Phantom Thread
Peter Canavese
grotesque personality and the shock and awe attendant to the select few who can see through genius and for better or for worse cut to the quick 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Rex Reed
Anderson s movies are never coherent enough to appeal to the mainstream but this one is so ravishing and meticulous and exquisite that you have no difficulty ignoring its inherent lack of logic 
3
Phantom Thread
Sara Michelle Fetters
Anderson has crafted for the three time Academy Award winner a role fitting of his legendary talents 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Tom Meek
The synergy between the three is so uncanny and genuine that you wonder if they weren t brainwashed and shoehorned into their roles forever to be Reynolds Alma and Cyril in the waking world of 2018 and onward 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Sonny Bunch
Day Lewis and Krieps both deserve every ounce of praise they re getting for this film having delivered two of the most nuanced remarkable performances I ve seen this year 
3
Phantom Thread
Robert Horton
I found its 130 minutes spellbinding and mind bending 
4
Phantom Thread
Bob Bloom
Anderson though fails to answer a primary question What is Alma s fascination with Woodcock He is so shut off and self absorbed that you cannot understand his appeal especially to a woman so much younger than him 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Mark Dujsik
W e re constantly learning about these characters and repeatedly surprised by the depth with which Anderson imbues them 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Moira MacDonald
Paul Thomas Anderson s Phantom Thread casts a remarkable spell it wraps around you like a delicately scented cashmere shawl woven from music and color and astonishing faces 
4
Phantom Thread
Richard Roeper
The attention to detail the use of certain colors the lush and vibrant photography of the dresses Reynolds makes and the clothes he wears they re honestly breathtaking 
4
Phantom Thread
Calvin Wilson
Phantom Thread is the kind of film that s rarely made anymore uncompromising sophisticated and smart 
4
Phantom Thread
Gary Thompson
Day Lewis is right for the role It s hard to think of an actor more qualified in terms of skill and by his very nature to play a walled off obsessive creative type 
3
Phantom Thread
Ty Burr
Phantom Thread is a thing of beauty with darkness at its center 
4
Phantom Thread
Ann Hornaday
It s an enchanting eventually mischievous meditation on the lengths to which we go to control and camouflage our most intimate undefended desires 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Michael Phillips
I d characterize Anderson s film as a romantic comedy with an unusually complicated and profoundly destabilizing happy ending If that sounds like your thing then here you are 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Mick LaSalle
Whoever thought that watching Daniel Day Lewis make a dress could be so interesting 
3
Phantom Thread
Barry Hertz
Phantom Thread as much as it is a meditation on the very real hunger that drives a madman offers not quite enough in the way of emotional or character nourishment 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Peter Howell
Day Lewis has hinted that his role in Phantom Thread will be his last for the screen I seriously doubt this just as I am sure he will work once again with Paul Thomas Anderson 
3
Phantom Thread
David Nusair
Certainly a big improvement over Paul Thomas Anderson s last feature 2014 s somewhat disastrous Inherent Vice 
3
Phantom Thread
Stephen Rebello
Time will tell of course but right now Phantom Thread feels like a masterwork Imagine Anderson crossed with du Maurier crossed with Hitchcock crossed with Ibsen and Strindberg It s that rich and strange 
4
Phantom Thread
James Berardinelli
For Daniel Day Lewis final acting job he gives it his all playing fashion designed Reynolds Woodcock as a tightly wound ball of impulses quirks and foibles 
3
Phantom Thread
Robert Levin
This is a romantic drama with a notable undercurrent of comedy and it s inherently relatable even when it goes to an off kilter place 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Peter Travers
Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis both in peak form use the fashion world to tackle the agony and euphoria of creation Taking full measure of Phantom Thread may require more than one viewing Our advice for now just sit back and behold 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Rafer Guzman
Day Lewis declared final performance is perfect the film less so Sumptuously made though with a score to die for 
3
Phantom Thread
Sara Stewart
I ve never written down the word wallpaper in my notes so many times in the course of a single film 
2.5
Phantom Thread
Glenn Kenny
Could be the filmmaker s most fascinatingly oblique work 
4
Phantom Thread
Clayton Davis
Its witty script and eye candy garments are smoulderingly sinister in the way it packs an emotional punch throughout 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Brian Truitt
In the grand tapestry of Daniel Day Lewis acting career Phantom Thread will be sewn in as a colorful swatch though for a retirement role he leaves us wanting a little more 
3
Phantom Thread
Josh Larsen
about a muse who uses 
3.5
Phantom Thread
Chuck Bowen
The film arrives at a place of qualified peace that cauterizes the emotional wounds of Paul Thomas Anderson s cinema 
4
Shampoo
Josh Larsen
I don t know if Warren Beatty has ever been funnier 
3.5
Shampoo
Matt Brunson
A savage satire that sets its sights on hypocrisy superficiality and sexual mores 
3.5
Shampoo
Wesley Lovell
Once you leave the theater you become hard pressed to remember much about this film 
2.5
Shampoo
Roger Ebert
Shampoo never quite connects its images of national mediocrity and personal self deception 
2.5
Shampoo
Bill Chambers
A carefully directed classic 
3.5
Shampoo
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even though Shampoo didn t blow me away at least it was more ambitious than anything playing today 
3
Infinity Baby
Gayle MacDonald
Tukel s screenplay has some clever quips but the total lack of emotional depth in any of the characters well except the women means there s nothing redemptive in the people 
2
Strongman
Roger Ebert
Strongman is a tantalizing example of the kind of documentary I find engrossing A film about an unusual person that invites us into the mystery of a human life 
3
Strongman
Jeff Shannon
Without being intrusive Levy chronicles these lives like a trusted family member and Strongman allows a privileged and affectionate glimpse of a truly American dreamer 
3.5
Strongman
Wesley Morris
By the end you don t entirely understand either of these people but you come to understand why they need each other 
3
Strongman
Mike Miliard
Ten years in the making Zachary Levy s film is a stark and arresting study of a simple man trying to do good with what he s got 
3
Airplane II: The Sequel
Roger Ebert
The first five or 10 minutes of Airplane II The Sequel are genuinely funny so funny I thought maybe this movie was going to work That turned out to be a premature hope 
2
Airplane II: The Sequel
James Kendrick
it works largely on our fond memories of the first movie
2.5
Switch
Kalvin Henely
Possibly the driest and most balanced documentary on the current energy crisis 
2
Switch
Michael O'Sullivan
Switch a thorough and sober minded documentary about the past present and future of energy is refreshingly free of hot air 
2.5
Hubie Halloween
Kevin A. Ranson
suffers from all the earmarks of an under baked series of SNL skits that each run too long with no hope of catching anyone cracking up trying to stay in character Bleh bleh bleh 
1
Hubie Halloween
Tom Meek
Adam Sandler regresses from a major step up his career turn in Uncut Gems in a classic Sandler esque doo wah that s meager at best 
2
Hubie Halloween
Sonny Bunch
A pleasant throwback to a simpler time when an SNL star with a rubber face and an awkward burble could make us laugh harder than just about anyone else on the planet 
3
Hubie Halloween
Richard Roeper
Sandler surely knew this mildly offensive juvenile celebration of cheap scares slapstick gags and bodily function jokes was sure to land near the bottom of the large pile of terrible movies starring himself 
1.5
Hubie Halloween
Joey Magidson
Adam Sandler is more charming here than you might expect In fact Hubie Halloween has a surprising amount of sweetness to it 
3
Hubie Halloween
Josh Larsen
Not the worst of Adam Sandler s Netflix vehicles but not any good either 
1.5
Hubie Halloween
Jake Coyle
The jokes aren t often Sandler s best material but Hubie Halloween is as sweet and easily digestible as a Milky Way 
3
Hubie Halloween
Brian Tallerico
Just generally entertaining enough to be harmless while also being the kind of movie that people will have trouble remembering exists by the time he makes Tommy Thanksgiving 
2
Hubie Halloween
Roger Moore
Less hateful than usual but not funny at all pretty much par for the Happy Madison course in other words 
1.5
Hubie Halloween
Johnny Oleksinski
Hubie Halloween is not Sandler s prophesied film apocalypse In fact it s one of the guy s better straight up comedies in quite a few years 
3
Hubie Halloween
Brian Truitt
Hardcore Sandman fans will find plenty to adore in Hubie which is akin to a mini Baby Ruth candy bar in a trick or treat bag sweet gooey nutty and satisfying enough 
2.5
Adam Resurrected
Marty Mapes
The ending throws away the complexity that makes the rest of the movie so interesting
2.5
Adam Resurrected
Jordan Hiller
For all the nightmarish scenes conceived as a creepy cross between Burroughs and Weisel we don t receive the cathartic satisfaction typically related to the dramatization of Jewish tragedy 
2.5
Adam Resurrected
Alissa Wilkinson
Could have been a tour de force for director Paul Schrader and his cast and the glimpses of greatness make the reality all the more disappointing 
1.5
Adam Resurrected
Kyle Smith
A semi unbearable attempt at profundity set in a mental institution 15 years after WWII 
1.5
Adam Resurrected
Andrew Schenker
Finally though what do all Schrader s visual grotesqueries achieve 
2.5
Adam Resurrected
David Nusair
a wrong headed and surprisingly interminable failure from prolific filmmaker Schrader 
1.5
Stay Human
Matt Brunson
Admirable affecting and humbling 
3
Stay Human
David Nusair
the documentary boasts a number of unexpectedly engrossing and palpably emotional stretches that prove exceedingly difficult to resist 
3
Stay Human
Roger Moore
Upbeat inspirational documentary with a most engaging tour guide singer and host Michael Franti 
2.5
Flaming Star
John Beifuss
A treasure trove of content for Presleyologists who interpret Elvis as a repository and reflector of America s conflicted and evolving attitudes toward youth class race and sex 
3
Flaming Star
Bill Chambers
The filmmaking may be a little ramshackle but it s sensitive and the performances are soulful 
3.5
Clair de Femme
Roger Ebert
Clair de Femme is one of those movies that provides a strange two level viewing experience It moves along for two hours looking exactly like a great idea for a movie but it never quite becomes the movie 
2
Of Gods and Men
Mattie Lucas
Beauvois directs with a simple austerity but one so rich with emotional and spiritual undertones that much of what the film is trying to say is conveyed without words 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Brandy McDonnell
Of Gods and Men resonates with quiet power whether it is lingering on the brothers faces as they listen to Tchaikovsky s Swan Lake at the dinner table or soaring above the ruggedly beautiful Moroccan countryside 
3
Of Gods and Men
Katelyn Beaty
Of Gods and Men explores the spiritual anatomy of a community of Christians whose love is tested by imminent violence 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Roger Moore
Quietly compelling if not as emotional as you might have hoped
3
Of Gods and Men
Eric Melin
Of Gods and Men has a slow introspective quality that gives the viewer plenty of time to mull over the monks quandary but it also has a feeling of constant dread 
3
Of Gods and Men
Ann Hornaday
Beauvois takes his time limning the daily rhythms of the monastery lingering on its most lyrical and sensuous moments so that when violence finally reaches its gates the effect is all the more chilling 
4
Of Gods and Men
Glenn Lovell
More than anything we come away remembering the monks frightened to serene faces and the sublime music 
4
Of Gods and Men
Mike Scott
It is a thoughtful film a serious one and one that is sneakily affecting 
3
Of Gods and Men
Matt Brunson
The movie warns against rash judgments harmful hate mongering and ugly stereotyping a film ultimately as much about Rush Limbaugh and his ilk as it is about Osama bin Laden and his 
3
Of Gods and Men
Lawrence Toppman
I can t recall the last film that so wholly honestly and movingly explained what it means to be a Christian 
4
Of Gods and Men
John Beifuss
The rare movie that treats religious commitment with respect and regards nonviolence as a legitimate honorable response to brutality 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Robert W. Butler
It s an attempt to capture the essence of monasticism self sacrifice introspection obedience and achingly lovely moments of quiet brotherhood 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Joe Williams
Forgive me Father for I was bored 
2.5
Of Gods and Men
Duane Dudek
It is a portrait of the healing power of faith and community that also demonstrates its powerlessness and futility in the face of well armed fanaticism 
3
Of Gods and Men
Peg Aloi
This is really a story of finding peace and purpose in a chaotic world 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Chris Hewitt
The camera barely moves and most of the scenes are lit by whatever light happened to be available which helps Of Gods and Men achieve a feel that is as pure and plain as its characters 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Steven Rea
Beauvois camera is watchful and unobtrusive panning the monastery and its spartan rooms documenting the brothers quotidian tasks but also the modest ritual the beauty the illumination 
4
Of Gods and Men
Ty Burr
The air that Of Gods and Men breathes is so clean and so cold that it feels like a fresh beginning 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Josh Larsen
quiet unassuming and honest about the very difficult decision of putting your spiritual principles before your physical life 
3
Of Gods and Men
Peter Canavese
Loses some power by letting the central debate fizzle out but rallies in the end with an eloquent post climactic testament by Christian an attempt to respond rationally to the irrational 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Roger Ebert
I found myself resisting the film s pull of easy emotion There are fundamental questions here and the film doesn t engage them 
3
Of Gods and Men
Mick LaSalle
This is a beautiful film full of gray and white haired men who grow in stature before our eyes 
3
Of Gods and Men
Stephen Whitty
Beauvois channels the pace of the monks life which is both his film s strength and its weakness 
3
Of Gods and Men
Rick Groen
Begins and ends as a testament not to God but to brotherhood and as a portrait not of war s violence but of love s endurance 
3
Of Gods and Men
V.A. Musetto
Just as the monks live an austere thoughtful life Beauvois direction is low key and reflective 
3
Of Gods and Men
Peter Howell
Of Gods and Men a transcendent drama of uplift and inspiration reveals the cavernous divide between heaven and Earth 
4
Of Gods and Men
Kent Turner
Incredibly moving
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Andrew Schenker
Breaking up its quiet contemplative tone with occasional fevered outbursts of activity Of Gods and Men maintains a tension borne of uncertainty while paying proper respect to the hushed unhurried lifestyle of the monks 
3.5
Of Gods and Men
Liam Lacey
A moving elegantly made spiritual docudrama 
4
Interview
Austin Kennedy
The movie really started off on a good note but then it just got repetitive 
2.5
Interview
Matt Brunson
Works better in concept than execution 
2
Interview
Carla Meyer
With her performance in Interview Sienna Miller does more for today s tabloid fixture starlets than they ll ever do for themselves 
3
Interview
John Beifuss
A one act play in search of a black box theater and an audience unfamiliar with such intense cat and mouse character studies as Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 
2.5
Interview
Jeff Vice
There is something perversely appealing about this film Maybe it s the way Interview astutely comments on celebrities and our perceptions of them as well as questioning the sincerity and truthfulness of the media 
2.5
Interview
Rob Thomas
There s just one hysterical scene after another ideal for an acting class but off putting over the course of even a relatively short film like this one 
2
Interview
Duane Dudek
Interview a mood swing of a film with a trap door resolution is never much more than an elliptical exercise in symbiotic insincerity 
2.5
Interview
Phil Villarreal
A battle of who couldn t care less in which two parties disinterest collides into a spark filled festival of mutual loathing attempted manipulation and resentment 
3.5
Interview
Terry Lawson
Interview feels more like a lab experiment tribute than a committed personal drama leaving us with the sense that Buscemi wanted to feel more connected to this material than he actually did 
2
Interview
Peter Travers
Stick with it for Miller s gutsy tour de force and the kick of watching Buscemi as actor and filmmaker turn an experiment into a mesmerizing battle of wills 
3.5
Interview
David Nusair
A thoughtful challenging piece of work 
3
Interview
Bruce Westbrook
I ll just say that Buscemi who also directed and co wrote knows a lot about making movies but little about journalism 
2
Interview
James Berardinelli
Interview has its moments but they can t prevent it from feeling a little long winded and unsatisfying The premise makes it sound more interesting than the in theater experience delivers 
2.5
Interview
Carrie Rickey
An eminently watchable contest between two actors at the top of their games 
3
Interview
Moira MacDonald
Interview slyly keeps you watching wondering who will emerge from this long night s journey 
3
Interview
Chris Hewitt
Interview is less like a realistic character study than a theatrical game of cat and mouse and a well played one at that 
3
Interview
Jonathan W. Hickman
As the action moves from the restaurant and ultimately to Katja s spacious loft apartment Interview becomes a house guest who has worn out his welcome 
2.5
Interview
Geoff Pevere
The most impressive thing about Interview is how much shock it manages to muster over the walloping nonrevelation that now more than ever hype begets headlines Next up the rich are getting richer 
2
Interview
Mick LaSalle
Despite the fact that both protagonists are equally appalling the screenplay seems to have a soft spot for the woman However this doesn t take away from the fun of watching the two characters tear each other to pieces 
3
Interview
Roger Ebert
Kind of fascinating especially in the ways that Buscemi and Miller make their performances into commentaries on the types of characters they play When actors are really turned loose to play actors they can achieve merciless accuracy 
3
Interview
Ty Burr
Ultimately pointless One comes away from Interview exhausted 
2.5
Interview
Kamal Al-Solaylee
The end result of this showcase for Buscemi s writing acting and directing chops is so uneven and mixed in small details and overall tone that it s anybody s guess if it s one for the Oscars or the Razzies next year 
2
Interview
Steve Rhodes
An entertaining two person talkfest with nice ending twists are like frosting on a fluffy cake not really necessary but tasty nonetheless 
3
Interview
Michael Phillips
The results may not seem to be taking place on planet Earth among verifiable humans but taken in the spirit of gladiatorial battle the film is often fascinating 
3
Interview
Jeanne Aufmuth
Tension humor and pathos are wrung out from smart scripting and surprisingly effective performances 
3.5
Interview
Matt Pais
Has the kind of insight you won t find in Us Weekly 
3.5
Interview
Kam Williams
Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller exude a raw sensuality in this steamy character driven drama which unfolds like a cross between Sleuth and Swept Away Who d ever expect to hear Steve Buscemi and raw sensuality in the same sentence 
4
Interview
Claudia Puig
Director Steve Buscemi is not to be faulted for his filmmaking or acting skills but as co writer he could have done better than the false sounding dialogue 
1.5
Interview
Maitland McDonagh
There s nothing more to it than meets the eye 
2.5
Interview
Lisa Rose
Buscemi creates an intriguing if contrived drama about the battle of the sexes 
2.5
Interview
Kyle Smith
Miller is so good dumb smart wounded wounding a lollipop of sweet poison that you d buy every day until it killed you that you feel you not only understand her but all actresses 
3
Interview
Jack Mathews
Buscemi can play a hangdog cynic better than anyone and Miller seizes her opportunity to express every emotion an actress can be asked to express 
3
Interview
Bob Strauss
Interview is literate well paced and played at perfect pitch by Sienna Miller and director Steve Buscemi I didn t buy it for more than two minutes 
2.5
Interview
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s mesmerizing on multiple levels and by the time it was over the fun I was having was so palpable I m sure it was showing all over my body 
3.5
Interview
Gene Seymour
Buscemi s Interview moves forward in static bursts that are contained by the avid yet unobtrusive direction and the intensity of the two principals 
3
Interview
Peter Canavese
Charms in large part due to the performances of the two stars 
3
Interview
Nick Schager
Interview is chiefly a showcase for actors Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller as well as a case study in how to cinematically cope with stagy material 
2.5
Interview
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Interview can be a harrowing experience but it s a highly skilled emotionally gripping one 
3
Interview
Pam Grady
It is a smart film in its humor its subject and its execution Van Gogh could not have done better himself and that is perhaps the best possible homage to this fallen artist 
3.5
Never Forever
G. Allen Johnson
Vera Farmiga is the best American actress you ve never heard of 
3
Never Forever
Wesley Morris
It s like a Lana Turner vehicle that s too meek to be Last Tango in Chinatown 
2
Never Forever
Steven Rea
Never Forever has the steaminess of pulp and the stateliness of art 
3
Horror
Mike McGranaghan
This movie immerses you in a disturbingly cryptic vision of hell of earth unlike any you ve seen before Remember the name Dante Tomaselli he is one of the most important new voices in horror filmmaking 
3.5
Pyromaniac
Brent McKnight
The measured pace and minimalism isn t for everyone but the firebug s escalating evolving motivations keep the film engaging 
2.5
Pyromaniac
David Nusair
A decent movie foiled by an unreasonably deliberate pace 
2
Manny & Lo
Rick Groen
A sweet little fable a bit shy on substance but quite charming in the telling 
2.5
Manny & Lo
Joe Baltake
An odd singular movie full of odd singular moments 
3
Manny & Lo
James Berardinelli
With its carefully modulated combination of light comedy and drama the film casts a gentle spell 
3.5
Manny & Lo
Mick LaSalle
Though employing no surreal devices and remaining within a realistic convention Krueger takes the story of two young sisters on their own and somehow makes it seem unreal strange outside time 
2
Manny & Lo
Roger Ebert
One of the pleasures of Manny Lo is the way that it reveals its characters in sudden unexpected defining acts 
3.5
4 Devils
Irene Thirer
You will love this new Murnau film If it doesn t strike you as quite the arty photodrama Sunrise was it will nevertheless thrill you more and afford you the opportunity of seeing again the really unsurpassable Janet Gaynor 
4
4 Devils
Mae Tinee
Certainly it doesn t conform to the average person s idea of entertainment It s too painful Suffering mental and physical is portrayed with detail if not relish 
2
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Bill Weber
A largely sentimental documentary of the final months of the Valhalla of New York punk clubs and the failed attempts to save it 
2.5
Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile
Kristin Tillotson
The film doesn t delve deeply enough into the cultural contrasts to fully satisfy but does offer telling glimpses of the identity struggles displaced Tibetans feel 
3
The Drowning Pool
Matt Brunson
The Drowning Pool lacks the freshness of its 1966 predecessor though Newman can still trade quips with the best of them 
3
The Drowning Pool
Roger Ebert
A confusing and not very exciting private eye caper 
2
Nadia, Butterfly
Barry Hertz
T he film is not quite a medallist But it s certainly a spirited contender 
2.5
Blood
Rick Groen
A movie that uses digital video not as a technical gimmick but as an aesthetic tool in this case a tool to pry open an essentially theatrical piece and pump in cinematic life all without losing the intensity of the original stage experience 
3
Señoritas
David Berry
Seoritas has its moments but never really manages to make them more 
2
Señoritas
Linda Barnard
A desire to avoid the obvious and break from conventional filmmaking structures is admirable but a little help please 
2
Cult of the Cobra
Matt Brunson
A stronger actress than Faith Domergue was needed for the central role she s no match for Cat People s Simone Simon 
2.5
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Linda Cook
Fantasy Island is worse than Cats 
1
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
David Nusair
Blumhouse s Fantasy Island doesn t exactly possess a whole lot in the way of forward momentum 
2
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Matt Brunson
Boss De pain De pain 
2
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Kevin A. Ranson
Like two mashed up scripts hijacked by a worse third the setting and mystical trappings of the classic show exist herein but those can t overcome a lack of cohesion and the loftiest sin of remakes disregarding the source material 
1
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
The final third is a massive disaster that s bewildering in its narrative ineptitude 
1.5
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
James Berardinelli
The biggest shock of this new movie re imagination is that it makes the original seem fresh and smart by comparison 
1
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Richard Roeper
Contrived and loony it feels like someone planted about a half dozen different scripts all over this Fantasy Island 
2
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Peter Sobczynski
The whole thing is completely nonsensical even by the standards of what one might reasonably expect from a Fantasy Island movie 
1
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Mark Dujsik
A ll of the stories although sharing the tendency to insert some kind of ironic twist are vastly different in terms of tone 
1.5
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Roger Moore
Will there be a sequel Don t bet against it Me I m just waiting on Blumhouse s The Love Boat 
2
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Zaki Hasan
The scares aren t particularly scary the lessons aren t particularly compelling and the ultimate resolution takes far too long to arrive at a conclusion that s far too pat 
1
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Michael Phillips
Four intertwining fantasies four stories worth of lame ideas poorly executed Call it De Plane Crash Call it The Island of Dr No Thank You Call it Worstworld Call it The Butterfly Effect with a dead butterfly and no effect 
1.5
Unzipped
Bill Stamets
Keeve and Mizrahi don t aim for much more than gimmickry 
2
Unzipped
Anderson Jones
Unzipped is like the very best of fashion shows short sweet and mostly pretty 
3.5
Unzipped
Roger Ebert
Mizrahi lives so publicly always surrounded by friends and associates always talking that Unzipped gives us a good sense of who he is even without personal details 
3
The Last of the Unjust
John Anderson
Murmelstein addresses Lanzmann s skepticism and questions with earnestness passion and as if the rest of it wasn t troubling enough what seems like total recall 
4
The Last of the Unjust
Michael Phillips
Those who think this is a black and white issue will be surprised as Lanzmann himself appears to have been by what is said here 
3.5
The Last of the Unjust
Godfrey Cheshire
My hunch is that most viewers whatever their previous views on this fraught subject will come away not only fascinated but largely convinced by Murmelstein who comes across as extremely intelligent self aware sincere and honest 
3.5
The Last of the Unjust
Stephen Whitty
It is a fascinating story and although one told before the 2003 documentary Prisoner of Paradise also touched on this model ghetto Murmelstein has a wealth of detail at his fingers particularly the vicious lies the Nazis themselves told 
3
The Last of the Unjust
Farran Smith Nehme
To some extent the film is a thundering riposte to Hannah Arendt s Eichmann in Jerusalem 
3
The Last of the Unjust
Kenneth R. Morefield
With each new look come new questions and harder answers 
4
Eagle vs. Shark
David Nusair
As stylistically and thematically quirky as one might ve anticipated 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A hit and miss little film with a forced sense of eccentricity that falls flat but is otherwise saved by hilarious one liners 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Jeff Vice
Tries a little too hard to duplicate the look and feel of Napoleon Dynamite 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Sean P. Means
The self conscious quirkiness is funny if a bit overplayed but gives way in the movie s second half to a tender love story about acceptance and family forgiveness 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Graham Killeen
Though the result is desperately trendy it s also seriously short on innovation coasting mostly on the fumes of previous and better indie fare 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Larry Ratliff
Napoleon without the creative dynamite
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Connie Ogle
Eagle vs Shark feels like a low budget foreign cousin to Napolean Dynamite less polished and sly But it s definitely in the same family lulling us into friendly acceptance with its persuasively silly rhythm and deceptively big heart 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Terry Lawson
So the only real argument I can make for Eagle vs Shark a stupid absurdist comedy from New Zealand is that I laughed a lot often despite myself and that while I might not be able to wholly justify it I can mount a questionable defense 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
Chris Hewitt
Long story short Although I didn t care for Eagle vs Shark I d be eager to see whatever director Cohen makes next 
1.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Moira MacDonald
Director Waititi s obviously a talent but here he seems to be trying too hard to not try too hard he s undermining the cleverness of the writing with the thudding hulk of its delivery 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Peter Howell
Sorely lacks is a genuine sense of humanity 
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Liam Lacey
If you just can t get enough of watching a waif being mistreated for comic effect by all means go see Eagle vs Shark 
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Teresa Budasi
A disturbing film trying to diguise itself as a quirky romantic comedy There are indeed some laugh out loud moments unfortunately most of the laughs are aimed at not with the misfits 
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Ty Burr
Floats by on a mood of concerned and puckish good will 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Josh Larsen
will either leave you beaming or give you hives I itched a bit at first but the movie eventually won me over 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
Steven Rea
The tone and tenor of Waititi s effort are quieter gentler than Napoleon Dynamite This is low key stuff but strangely goofily endearing 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
Matt Pais
Neither human nor beast will find this amusing 
1.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Ken Fox
With an often very funny story line that eventually touches on parental disappointment and suicide it s clear that his debt to Hess and Wes Anderson notwithstanding Waititi has learned a thing or two from fellow antipodean Jane Campion as well 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
James Berardinelli
It becomes increasingly difficult to care one way or another about characters who act like they have undergone frontal lobotomies 
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Kyle Smith
A pleasing New Zealand gloss on Napoleon Dynamite full of geek posturing sweet weirdness and disarmingly modest goals 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
Glenn Whipp
A movie that in its static presentation and gangly geek characters bears such a resemblance to Jared Hess Napoleon Dynamite that gosh you d think that Hess might need to have his attorneys go after a royalty check or two 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Elizabeth Weitzman
Scornful laughs are cheap laughs and although director Waititi allows a few moments of gentle sweetness he takes the easy way out too often 
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Sara Michelle Fetters
Then there is Horsley Waititi s partner and the inspiration for the picture she is a true marvel I adored the actress in this her Lilly a total original I couldn t wait to see more of 
2.5
Eagle vs. Shark
Scott Bowles
Eagle vs Shark is the kind of movie Hollywood should make but rarely does 
3
Eagle vs. Shark
John Anderson
Cringe inducing comedy by New Zealander Taika Waititi more or less exemplifies the divide currently dictating taste in movie comedy a schism reducible to a single question Do you want to laugh with people or at them 
2
Eagle vs. Shark
Nick Schager
Eagle vs Shark is nothing more and nothing less than a romantic New Zealand variant of Napoleon Dynamite 
1
Eagle vs. Shark
Pam Grady
Actors Horsley and Clement are delightful and the film provides enough laughs 
3
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Ross Anthony
what I remember most from the film is the narrative not the visuals 
2
Lucy and Desi
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even if you think you ve seen everything there is to see on Lucy this doc may surprise you 
3.5
Lucy and Desi
Ray Gill Jr.
A Poehler expresses a reverence for her subjects by falling back on repeated use of emotive background music and storytelling crescendos usually reserved for a cathartic conclusion but the film ultimately comes together nicely 
3
Lucy and Desi
Leo Brady
Its because of the additional viewpoints the people that were a part of Lucy and Desis lives which helps make this documentary feel complete
3
Lucy and Desi
Robert Levin
This is a first rate documentary that tells the story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a way that allows for new insights into who they were and why they had the impact they did 
3.5
Lucy and Desi
Sarah Knight Adamson
Excellent doc that sheds light on Hollywood s TV power couple Amy Poehlers access to the Luci and Desi estate Lucie Arnazs blessing of the film and hearing the voices of the couple all garner authenticity 
4
Lucy and Desi
Jeff Mitchell
Rich visuals and insight flood the screen so often you ll swear that Poehler constructed her own speedy conveyor belt 
3
Lucy and Desi
Nell Minow
This film is exceptionally skillful in matching the footage to the commentary in thoughtful illuminating and often touching pairings 
3.5
Lucy and Desi
Ty Burr
A close study of a pioneering power couple with early clips that are delightful I Love Lucy scenes that remain as funny as the day they were filmed and home movies and audio recordings that offer a glimpse of the real woman behind the beloved clown 
3
Lucy and Desi
Rob Thomas
Poehler doesnt put any of herself into Lucy and Desi The movie is competently made but could have been made by anybody 
2.5
Lucy and Desi
Mark Dujsik
The narrative here may skimp on specifics but there s an admirable scope in the assorted angles from which the filmmakers observe and analyze the central relationship 
3
Lucy and Desi
Mark Kennedy
The relatively straightforward documentary is co produced and directed by Amy Poehler and it s a nifty introduction to wildly different people who shared a fierce desire to succeed 
3
Lucy and Desi
Mark Feeney
Overall Lucy and Desi is very much a valentine I Love Lucy and Desi Yes that title would definitely work nor would it be unjustified 
2.5
Lucy and Desi
Nina Metz
The relationship at the film s center remains a combustible mystery 
2.5
Lucy and Desi
Mick LaSalle
As Lucy and Desi shows nothing comes without a struggle even failure But Lucy and Desi achieved the ultimate success Decades after their deaths his in 1986 hers in 1989 they are still making people happy 
4
Lucy and Desi
Randy Myers
Amy Poehler s documentary about the comedy icons is here to make you love Lucy and Desi all over again 
3
Lucy and Desi
David Gonzalez
Never fearful of touching on the difficult times in their lives 44 Lucy and Desi is a definitive 44 touching 44 and essential look at two of the greatest minds in television history 46 Its one of the best films at this years Sundance Film Festival 46 
4
Lucy and Desi
Dwight Brown
Poehler assembles all the moving parts like she s fitting a life puzzle together Admirers like daughter Luci Arnaz Bette Midler Carol Burnett and Norman Lear testify to their genius However Lucy and Desi are the stars 
3.5
Cousin Bette
Judith Egerton
A revenge drama with Lange s Bette pulling the strings 
3
Cousin Bette
Roger Ebert
It is fascinating to watch Cousin Bette as she lies to everyone pulls the strings of her puppets and distributes justice and revenge like an angry god 
3
Apprentice
Chuck Bowen
Boo Junfeng casually reinvigorates the prison drama boiling its elements down to their primal essence 
3.5
Apprentice
Shane Slater
Junfeng presents the grim world of the executioner to suitably unnerving effect 
3
The Day I Became a Woman
Wesley Lovell
46 46 46 quot The Day I Became a Woman quot doesn apos t really capture the imagination at the end 46 
2
The Day I Became a Woman
Steve Rhodes
These simple episodes are all admirable but rarely engaging 
2.5
The Day I Became a Woman
Jeanne Aufmuth
pulsing with energy fear and determination
3.5
The Day I Became a Woman
Mike McGranaghan
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz 
1
The Day I Became a Woman
Rod Armstrong
Too flimsy and brief at a scant 78 minutes to really have an impact 
2.5
The Day I Became a Woman
Susan Stark
You leave not only engaged with the three main characters but also wondering about their fate hoping for the best 
3
The Day I Became a Woman
Roger Ebert
Still more evidence of how healthy and alive the Iranian cinema is even in a society we think of as closed 
3.5
The Day I Became a Woman
David N. Butterworth
Not wholly successful but it does have enough intriguing elements to warrant a viewing 
2.5
Almost Heroes
Joe Heim
Unfortunately Farley s unintended farewell is hardly memorable 
1.5
Almost Heroes
Ron Givens
Those hallmark Farley situations when he bursts into apoplexy over some challenge or outrage seem unconvincing here As for Perry he doesn t show nearly enough charm or ego to be of interest 
0.5
Almost Heroes
Maitland McDonagh
The gags rely heavily on boogers bird poo and sheep dung and Farley falls down with monotonous regularity 
1.5
Almost Heroes
Mark Caro
All in the movie have been encouraged to play up the cartoonish aspects of their characters and they deliver punch lines like a series of elbows to the rib cage 
1
Almost Heroes
Robert Roten
A sorry excuse for a comedy 
0
Almost Heroes
Madeleine Williams
Chris Farley s last film is also his worst 
0
Almost Heroes
Michael Dequina
A virtually laugh free comedy that puts a sad end to the woefully lackluster screen career of a talented comic 
0
Almost Heroes
James Berardinelli
This is a dreadful motion picture a lowbrow example of period piece comedy with terrible production values and an exceptionally poor laughs to jokes ratio 
1
Almost Heroes
David Keyes
one of the most phony excuses for comedy ever made 
0
Somm
Bruce Ingram
Somm also provides the sort of general interest that comes from watching anyone involved in an endeavor that requires dedication discipline and a touch of craziness 
3
Somm
Michael Phillips
By the end despite the surface y quality of the treatment you re caught up in the suspense the horse race aspect of a very particular pursuit of knowledge and excellence 
2.5
Somm
Kyle Smith
Somm does a fairly impressive job of making wine tasting somewhat cinematic despite its being essentially unfilmable at least until taste o vision comes along 
3
Somm
Moira MacDonald
The whole thing is much more fun than you d imagine watching people drink would be and by the end you re surprisingly invested in which of the guys if any will pass the final test 
3
Somm
Matt Pais
Kudos to those who become masters and for a little while the personalities are enough to help Somm amuse Still it s more of a niche amuse bouche than a full bodied doc 
1.5
Lumiere and Company
Roger Ebert
The 40 brief films are often wonderful and always revealing in the way they show professional directors working on what amounts to a haiku 
3
Book of Love
Erik Childress
So thick with a contrived laughability that your only recourse is to start believing that you re watching a comedy 
0.5
Little Women
Kam Williams
A disappointing 21st Century update that s behind instead of ahead of the times 
1.5
Little Women
Roger Moore
Not wrong headed and at times not half bad 
2
Little Women
Linda Cook
Don t march out to this one 
1.5
Little Women
Sara Stewart
Niederpruem gives it her very earnest all but falls short both on continuity issues and on making her gradually aging cast match up 
2
Little Women
Nell Minow
For devotees the essence of the Little Women story remains and for newcomers it is a sweet film that should inspire them to explore the book and the more traditional adaptations 
3
Little Women
Mike McGranaghan
There s just nothing new and the non stop manic tone is enough to make you ready to stop watching it long before it s actually over 
1.5
Little Women
Moira MacDonald
There isn t much to be gained by setting Little Women in 2018 other than the amusement factor of seeing the name Marmee as the caller on an iPhone screen and of wrapping your head around the idea of Laurie as a plaid blazered hipster 
2
Little Women
Sean P. Means
There s a lot of love evident for the March sisters and their unshakable bond through bad times and good and that love makes this modern day Little Women worthy of its name 
3.5
Little Women
Josh Terry
Niederpruem s film still gets at the heart of the classic novel the joyous celebration of sisterhood 
3
The Wrecking Crew
Michael Dequina
There should be a reward for watching three straight to tape Ice T starring vehicles for there are few methods of torture that are more inhumane 
0
Fun With Dick and Jane
Roger Ebert
This stuff is funny enough but somehow it s too easy It s situation comedy when the movie s earlier moments seemed to be promising us a hard boiled commentary 
2.5
Fun With Dick and Jane
David Nusair
it seems highly unlikely contemporary viewers will find much here worth embracing 
2
Cinema, de notre temps: Une journee d'Andrei Arsenevitch
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It s the best single piece of Tarkovsky criticism I know of clarifying the overall coherence of his oeuvre while leaving all the principal mysteries in the films intact 
4
Cinema, de notre temps: Une journee d'Andrei Arsenevitch
V.A. Musetto
Excellent documentary 
3
Flashpoint
Austin Kennedy
I really wanted to see a fun mindless martial arts film But the story is so familiar that it beoomes boring 
2.5
Flashpoint
Peter Canavese
It s all about the extensive climax a gunfight turned mixed martial arts throwdown 
2.5
Flashpoint
John Anderson
Insensible 
2
Flashpoint
Maitland McDonagh
Donnie Yen is famous for combining martial arts traditions into his own unique fighting style and Collin Chou who studied with Sammo Hung is up to the task of holding his own 
2.5
Flashpoint
Peter Hartlaub
Yen has developed a recent passion for mixed martial arts and his more traditional punches and flying kicks are supplemented by some close quarters Muay Thai kicks and even some jujitsu submission holds Ultimate Fighting Championship fans will be happy 
3
Flashpoint
Kyle Smith
Flash Point comes loaded with cliches and immediately starts blasting them in every direction 
1
Flashpoint
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Finally with barely a half hour left to go Donnie Yen does his thing 
3
Flashpoint
Nick Schager
Like the mixed martial arts it showcases Flash Point espouses the belief that there s nothing quite as entertaining as uninhibited brutality 
2
The Swimming Pool
Matt Brunson
A drama that seduces with its setting its languorous pace and its sexy star teaming of former real life lovers Delon and Schneider 
3
Mon Mon Mon Monsters
Christian Toto
Sure the titular Monsters are scary but they re no match for the teens at the heart of this horror satire 
3
A View to a Kill
Matt Brunson
It features a killer Duran Duran theme song but strikes out in nearly every other regard 
2
A View to a Kill
Jan Herman
Moore is worth every wrinkle on his face in A View to a Kill the seventh movie he has made in the Bond series and the most enjoyable since Moonraker back in the 70s 
3
A View to a Kill
Gene Siskel
The film also fails on other traditional Bond levels For example the gadgets Zorin and his gang have an inflatable dirigible but so what The key to the best Bond gadgets has been that they were something you might want to own yourself 
2
A View to a Kill
Austin Kennedy
This time around 007 is a paunchy old man looking like he needs to retire The film has little energy thrills or fun which is essential for a Bond film The series has now reached an all time low 
1
A View to a Kill
James Berardinelli
A View to a Kill is often numbered among the worst of the series but upon closer inspection this film is a vast improvement over Octopussy 
2.5
A View to a Kill
Steve Rhodes
The net result is a story that has us yearning for those much older Bond films that never lost your attention 
2
A View to a Kill
Scott Nash
This isn t the best Bond movie but like all of the Bonds it does provide two hours of fairly solid escapism 
2.5
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Mattie Lucas
For fans of Cardiff for fans of the Archers and for fans of all great cinema Cameraman is a must see 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Leba Hertz
Although we never really learn much about his life outside the movies by the end of the film we are in awe of his work accomplishments 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Ann Hornaday
Cameraman should be required viewing for anyone interested in becoming more visually literate in an ever more media drenched age 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Ty Burr
Cardiff was the greatest color cameraman who ever lived 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Betsy Sherman
Cameraman gives us insight into how and why movies manage to swallow us up for two hours and make us think we understand places eras and feelings we ve never experienced 
3.5
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Stephen Whitty
Even with its tightly cropped approach this is still a fascinating look at a too neglected craft 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Lou Lumenick
Chiming in for this breezy tribute filled with tantalizing clips is a who s who of admirers including Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall John Mills and Kim Hunter 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Ethan Alter
A modest pleasure 
3
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Ed Gonzalez
After Jack Cardiff s relationship with the Archers ends the film offers precious little in the way of biographical piquancy 
2
Carnaval
Roger Moore
It s all harmless if pretty much charmless 
1.5
Carnaval
Monica Castillo
Carnaval is like Girls Trip by way of Brazil but the acting and many of the comedy s punchlines are fairly over exaggerated 
2
Taken 2
Brian Eggert
Besson and Megaton have delivered a sequel that fails in every way to live up to its predecessor 46 
1
Taken 2
Mattie Lucas
Megaton does give us some gorgeous wideshots but they are in service of such an insufferable film that it all adds up to naught 
1.5
Taken 2
Frank Ochieng
This sequel barely uplifts itself from the predecessor blueprint as the acting is wooden writing is pedestrian editing is choppy and the cast looking like they would rather be attending a traveling clown rodeo in Tucson 
1.5
Taken 2
Linda Cook
Yeah Taken 2 is pretty much the same movie that Taken was Like its predecessor it s preposterous and over the top And boy is this actioner ever just plain fun 
3
Taken 2
John Beifuss
If you lie with dogs you get fleas if you go to Europe with Liam Neeson you get kidnapped 
1
Taken 2
Matt Brunson
There s an endless car chase that somehow manages to run 100 minutes in a 90 minute movie Unless my math is way off in which case it just felt that way 
1.5
Taken 2
Brett Michel
Megaton could use some more lessons in directing as he bombs in his strained efforts to recreate Pierre Morel s original 
1.5
Taken 2
Christian Toto
Taken 2 shows there s just enough juice in this formula to fuel a solid sequel Any more Mills family kidnappings though and things will quickly descend into farce 
2.5
Taken 2
Jeff Beck
This sequel just comes off as rushed and very lazy in terms of plotting If the writers had taken their time with it they would have seen that the story is full of holes and that it was lacking the essential elements to engage the audience once more 
2
Taken 2
David Nusair
A passable yet underwhelming sequel 
3
Taken 2
James Berardinelli
Taken 2 is more of the same except a little bigger a little dumber and a little less invigorating 
2
Taken 2
Jason Buchanan
This is one sequel that should be Taken 2 the dumpster behind the theater and tossed in with the rest of the rotting leftovers 
1
Taken 2
Mick LaSalle
As much as this picture is action driven its greatest delights are grounded in personality in the fun of having a protagonist who combines homespun values with velociraptor functionality 
3
Taken 2
Peter Canavese
The ludicrous plot devices that allow Mills to go from point A to point Z insult the intelligence of the character and the audience 
1.5
Taken 2
Willie Waffle
The movie is atrocious but Taken 2 is absurdly amazingly entertainingly horrific 
2.5
Taken 2
Roger Moore
In nature lightning occasionally strikes the same place twice In the movies it almost never happens 
1.5
Taken 2
Ann Hornaday
A sequel every bit as clumsy ham handed outlandish and laughable as the original was sleek tough and efficient 
1
Taken 2
Lou Lumenick
There doesn t seem to be a whole lot at stake in a movie where you can crash your way through the armed barricades at the American embassy with a stolen taxicab and survive without a scratch 
1.5
Taken 2
Rafer Guzman
Taken 2 is nearly all nonsense with villains so inept and slow moving that there s little satisfaction in watching Mills take them out 
2
Taken 2
Rick Groen
Just a mediocre action franchise with a solid actor at the head and a travelogue in its heart 
2
Taken 2
Jim Slotek
A hilariously bad ostensibly serious movie 
1.5
Taken 2
Mark Dujsik
After the setup the movie s scenarios alternate between routine and ridiculous 
2
Taken 2
Eric Melin
One series of dumb overly convenient action scenes after another it fails critically even in the action department thanks to lots of confusingly fast zooms and rapid fire cuts making it virtually impossible to tell who s hitting or shooting at who 
1
Taken 2
Dustin Putman
Basically a loose lesser remake of its predecessor there is the cloying sense that what is being watched is extraneous and unnecessary 151 and really really loopy 
2
Taken 2
Peter Howell
The first thing to be kidnapped is logic as the action moves to Istanbul from Paris and Liam Neeson ridiculously reprises his role of avenging ex CIA dad Bryan Mills 
2
Taken 2
Steven Rea
Rigorously formulaic and far fetched 
2
Taken 2
Scott Bowles
Taken 2 is a rehash of the original Fortunately they re leftovers from a fine first course 
2.5
Taken 2
Wesley Morris
It s a stupid movie by smart people who aren t smart enough to realize it s stupid 
2
Taken 2
John Semley
Some of the basic pleasures of the original remain intact nobody shoots up a small room of bearded Eastern European men like Neeson but ultimately the film feels compromised 
1.5
Taken 2
Jon Niccum
Taken 2 triples the budget of the original but not necessarily the entertainment 
2
Taken 2
Chris Hewitt
Breathless and exciting it will go well with a bucket of popcorn 
2.5
Taken 2
Matt Pais
The year s funniest thriller 
1
Taken 2
Michael Phillips
Taken 2 is so much lousier than need be and its action sequences look as if they were put together by someone who doesn t know what he s doing 
1
Taken 2
Stephen Whitty
An arcade game provides pretty much the same entertainment and it s a lot easier on the wallet And kinder maybe to your memories of Liam Neeson 
1.5
Taken 2
Soren Andersen
Taken 2 is nothing more than a naked cash grab 
1.5
Taken 2
Roger Ebert
The cast is uniformly capable and dead serious and if you re buying what Luc Besson is selling he s not short changing you 
3
Love, Ludlow
David Nusair
a sweet little romantic comedy 
2.5
Sad Clown
Norman Gidney
Sad Clown is a tiny vignette hence the ambiguous review that offers a dense mood of mysterious melancholy that isn t so much a waste of time as it is a filler of it 
2
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Nathalie Atkinson
Money for Nothing Inside the Federal Reserve is a well informed reasoned critique of the Fed and its role as an enabler in the recent financial crises 
2.5
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Liam Lacey
Wonky both in its fascination with policy and in its eccentrically dry tone 
2.5
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Linda Barnard
It all feels more suited to the classroom than a movie theatre when Schreiber details how raising interest rates slows economic activity or how the Fed became banker to the world 
2
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Chris Hewitt
News flash People are buying stuff they can t afford There now you don t have to bother 
1
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Ricardo Baca
Money For Nothing lacks the rush of Rush but you still might find your pulse racing and your blood boiling by the film s end 
2.5
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Walter Chaw
It s immensely educational and dry as a soda cracker 
2.5
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Mark Feeney
The subtitle declares rather than alludes It is what it is as Bill Belichick that gridiron Ben Bernanke would say bluntly informing what the movie is about 
2
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Michael O'Sullivan
A Washington centric wonk fest with appearances by a parade of economists pundits and former governors of the Federal Reserve Board it s academic insider y and dry to the point of dull at times 
2
A Good Baby
David Nusair
a bizarre little movie 
1
Ash & Dust
Roger Moore
Lurches between incoherent and shout at the screen mess and theres barely a minute of it thats worth sitting through the 83 other minutes of it 
0
October Sky
David Nusair
compulsively watchable 
3
October Sky
Jeffrey Westhoff
Any film that celebrates a teenager s ability to think instead of throw a ball ought to be cheered 
3
October Sky
Rob Blackwelder
so full of spirit and letter perfect filmmaking that I defy anyone to watch this movie without getting a tingle in his or her heart 
4
October Sky
James Kendrick
October Sky doesn t seem like much on paper but it is an entertaining smart movie that is calculated to satisfy the all American notion that anyone can do anything as long as he tries hard enough and never stops believing 
3
October Sky
Elias Savada
one heck of a crowd pleaser filled with humor pathos and intelligence 
3.5
October Sky
Madeleine Williams
October Sky is a rare oddity in cinema a self proclaimed uplifting film that is actually uplifting 
3.5
October Sky
Dustin Putman
It is ultimately in the exact performances and writing that are the primary reasons October Sky works so well 
3
October Sky
Michael Dequina
The unforced and honest power of the emotion ever so quietly sneaks up on you by film s end 
3
October Sky
Bob Bloom
October Sky is a bit schmaltzy and predictable But that shouldn t keep anyone from enjoying this true life saga of a boy whose dreams could not be confined by either gravity or convention 
3
October Sky
Marty Mapes
I liked October Sky and was moved by it in all the right ways But it s a movie that doesn t stand up to review very well 
3
October Sky
Ross Anthony
The plot follows the usual formula so that were it a rocket one could predict within a matter of feet where it would land 
2.5
October Sky
David Keyes
The movie is an oddity Like the seed of a plant born in the drought of summer it tries to grow on you and fails 
2
October Sky
Susan Stark
It is a film that treats its teen aged hero and his pals as distinctive sentient human beings 
4
October Sky
Jeff Vice
Even if October Sky was a complete dud the drama would still get points for being the movie that launched the career of a new star Jake Gyllenhaal 
3
October Sky
Steve Rhodes
The upbeat film has a genuineness and poignancy that will touch your heart 
3.5
October Sky
Peter Stack
Sweetness is too rare in movies these days so audiences can feel lucky about the earnest dose of it in October Sky This film is family 
3
October Sky
Roger Ebert
This movie has deep values 
3.5
October Sky
James Berardinelli
Believable subtle and consistently intelligent 
3.5
October Sky
David Sterritt
October Sky is exactly the sort of Hollywood picture we need to see more often cleanly written capably filmed and focused on a young person who s determined to turn his life in constructive creative directions 
3
Cheaper by the Dozen
Matt Brunson
This dirty Dozen is incompetent at every turn and shameless on every level 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Betsy Bozdech
Like the middle Baker kids who fade into the background Cheaper by the Dozen is pleasant and likable but just not very exciting 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Sara Brady
A combination of clever writing top notch comedic leads winning performances from the youngest Bakers and a genuine affection for old fashioned read big and loud families elevates Cheaper above the dreaded kid movie dreck 
3
Cheaper by the Dozen
Nick Rogers
OK 44 so I haven apos t read the original book or seen the previous movie 46 But I apos d bet the family dog never rooted its snout furiously in a kid hating boyfriend apos s crotch 46 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Michael Szymanski
it s a good movie if you re kid thinks he s a bit of a misfit or if there s any discussion about adding another mouth to feed 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Rob Thomas
Openly unpleasant to sit through 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Ruthe Stein
It s not just a feel good holiday movie though audiences especially youngsters will certainly walk out of it feeling good 
3
Cheaper by the Dozen
David Elliott
The film is simple and obvious and plastic but diverting 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Frank Ochieng
Another disposable and quick witted vehicle aimed at securing the generic feel good vibes for those begging for conveyor belt family fare that s syrupy and indistinguishable 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Sean P. Means
Director Shawn Levy tries to alternate between slapstick humor and life lesson pathos and the blend is just too sweet 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Claudia Puig
So calculatedly cast with popular kid stars that it seems a focus group was guiding all the choices 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Chris Hewitt
The warmth messiness and gentle humor Cheaper offers is nothing to sneeze at 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Erik Lundegaard
Less a movie than a testament to marketing 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Tyler Hanley
Wait to rent this mixed bag family film it s much cheaper 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Joe Baltake
Martin may excel at playing buttoned down neurotic men coming apart at the seams but he is wholly unconvincing playing dad to a lot of cute precocious tykes from central casting 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Timothy Knight
A cringe inducing mixture of tired slapstick and gooey sentimentality 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Carrie Rickey
Indistinguishable from an Afterschool Special 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Megan Lehmann
All you need to know about the slapdash bogus kiddie flick Cheaper by the Dozen can be summed up by the fact that Ashton Kutcher making a glorified cameo as a narcissistic model slash actor is the best thing in it 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Jack Mathews
There is not a frame of Cheaper that doesn t feel contrived It fails the most fundamental test of movie logic 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Chris Knight
Ends up as a shameless commercial for family planning gone wild 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Mary-Liz Shaw
Good performances keep the movie from collapsing under the weight of its cliches 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Robert W. Butler
This turkey unfolds like the worst ever episode of The Brady Bunch only without a laugh track to tell us when we re supposed to be enjoying ourselves 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Michael Booth
Hollywood has tried too hard attempting to re create organic family life through excessive artificiality 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Wesley Morris
Most of Tom and Kate Baker s 12 children seem to have been flown in from a casting office in Burbank 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Glenn Whipp
Safe predictable and thoroughly unexceptional family entertainment of the variety that you could probably find at any time of the day or night on any number of cable television networks 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Rick Groen
Fifty three years of progress later and this typifies the stuff that families have come to expect in the good name of entertainment the laughs are way down but the decibel level has gone through the roof 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Terry Lawson
A bad sitcom expanded to 98 excruciatingly unfunny minutes of family chaos with Martin suffering every possible indignity and stain that can be inflicted on a good guy daddy 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly mean spirited unfunny and features possibly the most annoying ensemble of child actors in recent memory 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Roger Ebert
Lighthearted fun providing little character bits for all of the family members 
3
Cheaper by the Dozen
Phil Villarreal
Tries to be as wholesome as Ward Cleaver but is about as sincere as Eddie Haskell 
1
Cheaper by the Dozen
Erik Childress
If end credit outtakes are any barometer to your chuckle output then here is perhaps the most laughless gag reel since I dry heaved on Bringing Down the House 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Guylaine Cadorette
Let s just pray that this comedy doesn t spawn a sequel entitled The Baker s Dozen 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
David Nusair
It s an awfully sad day when Ashton Kutcher is the best thing about a movie 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Jeffrey Westhoff
The script is credited to four writers and I wonder if any one of them realized how similar their climax is to The Brady Bunch Movie 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Steven Snyder
Cheaper By The Dozen has clearly been bought and sold as a family comedy and for that reason the true pathos of the story continue to get buried beneath unbelievable comedy
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Ed Gonzalez
Kid friendly market researched drivel from the rudimentary conflicts to the pinup adolescent cast 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Collin Souter
Martin and Hunt make the terror go down smoothly like having Diet R C pumped through your veins instead of down your throat 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Jan Stuart
Comic brio triumphs over logic in a frothy holiday package that delivers just what you d expect and then some down to the inevitable end credit outtakes 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Robert K. Elder
In a culture that tells us we can have it all a career financial security and a family Cheaper by the Dozen seems a tad anachronistic 
2.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Rob Blackwelder
Is anybody else getting tired of doofus dad comedies 
2
Cheaper by the Dozen
Walter Chaw
Another one of those movies where everything the evil characters say is absolutely true 
0.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Steve Rhodes
A fun family film that ll have your brood laughing no matter what their ages 
3
Cheaper by the Dozen
Nick Schager
The only thing more outdated than Cheaper by the Dozen s soundtrack is its hokey life lessons concerning the importance of family over career 
1.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
Dustin Putman
Syrupy dumb and desperately unfunny Cheaper by the Dozen is the worst family film of the year a sub sitcom level failure as abhorrent as it is half baked 
.5
Weight of the Nation
David Wiegand
Weight pulls no punches spares neither the multibillion dollar food and advertising industries nor public officials for not only failing to fix the problem but actually making it worse 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Matt Brunson
Gibson has basically taken the greatest story ever told and turned it into a snuff film It s Kill Bill for the churchgoing crowd 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Jay Antani
Gibson s passion is all over this film but his resorting to mawkish superficial tactics blows the tone off course from time to time 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Joe Lozito
For a filmmaker who wants to create an adaptation of the story of Jesus Mel Gibson s motives seem ironically impure 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Peter T. Chattaway
By giving us the feeling of experiencing Jesus thoughts and by making us privy to his prayers The Passion draws us toward Christ s full humanity like no film before 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Jordan Hiller
Mr Gibson has plucked at the rawest of nerves yet I cannot blame him He is expressing himself through the medium of film and using the text of his bible as the basis 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Chuck O'Leary
Incredibly intense unflichingly realistic and powerfully moving One of the all time great cinematic achievements God bless Mel Gibson 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Mark Collette
Those with a spiritually vibrant personal relationship to the story may find it as affirming as it is oppressive 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Jorge Avila Andrade
Bien filmada mejor actuada y slidamente dirigida Vale la pena todos y cada uno de los centavos de su produccin y del costo del boleto de entrada 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Judith Egerton
More of a bludgeon of evangelism than a work of art 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Wesley Lovell
As a work of devotion and faith The Passion is a success As a piece of filmmaking it is a failure 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Forrest Hartman
A work that is as horrifying as it is beautiful as disturbing as it is gratifying and as powerful as it is controversial 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Willie Waffle
like a ballet where physical movements are used to show pain heartache evil and suffering
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
David N. Butterworth
Mel s rockpile is akin to taking Oliver Twist another well thumbed literary tome and focusing entirely on the scene in which Bill Sykes bludgeons Nancy to death 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Elias Savada
This is the True Gibson Story version of the death of Christ in all is re created gory 
1
The Passion of the Christ
Vince Koehler
This is one of the most powerful and emotional films I have ever seen 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Greg Maki
Is Gibson trying somehow to shock us into believing 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Lori Hoffman
Gibson s artistic intentions and interpretation of the gospels have created a film that is both moving and horrifying 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Susan Tavernetti
The power of spectacle overrides spiritual insight 
2
The Passion of the Christ
James Kendrick
a film about the last hours of Christ that is both reverent but also frighteningly realistic and frequently daring
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Robert Roten
This is a powerful film 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Tony Toscano
If Gibson s use of blood and violence makes his audience squirm in their seats and allows the audience to question his film then he s done his job as a filmmaker 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
James Verniere
Gibson seems determined to prove that Jesus suffered more than anyone who has ever lived a tiresomely literal argument at best an exercise in sadomasochistic bullying at worst 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Timothy Knight
To see The Passion of the Christ is to feel brutalized 
1.5
The Passion of the Christ
Ross Anthony
an inspiring film no matter what your faith 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Jonathan R. Perry
Emerging from the Job like endurance test of this film s unrelenting horror it s impossible not to be moved by its visceral impact 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Dustin Putman
How anyone could call Gibson s filmic account anti Semitic is mindboggling in its confused narrow mindedness 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Kevin A. Ranson
a powerful presentation 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Scott Nash
Amid the controversy and accusations of excessive violence that surrounds Mel Gibson s The Passion of the Christ lies a good movie 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Glenn Kenny
Does one really have to so debase Christ s story in order to make it relevant to today s audiences 
1
The Passion of the Christ
Josh Larsen
The overriding virtue is the film s conviction in its own material 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Greg Dean Schmitz
I can t bring myself to condemn this film Gibson made the film he was inspired to make which included writing directing producing financing and marketing it himself
3
The Passion of the Christ
James Sanford
the cinematic equivalent of a Rorschach inkblot You will probably see in it whatever you choose to see in it 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Lisa Kennedy
A film of artistic ambition and devotion 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Jeff Vice
Does have its share of very powerful moments and it boasts some strong performances Whether audience members will be able to concentrate on them amid the ultra realistic and excruciating violence however is questionable 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Terry Lawson
There are scenes in The Passion that will remain forever with those who see it 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Robert Trussell
One thing is certain Gibson has delivered a film so visceral so unwavering in his commitment that it makes most other Jesus movies look pale and tepid 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Lawrence Toppman
Gibson has made an extraordinary focused movie with blinders on showing mostly one color blood red from the full Christian spectrum 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Joe Baltake
Working with premier cinematographer Caleb Deschanel Gibson effectively hurls us into Christ s living nightmare creating a mesmerizing twilight zone that is creepy and utterly unforgettable 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Jeremiah Kipp
Jesus Christ is remote a Superman among men and his teardrops shake the earth 
2
The Passion of the Christ
David Elliott
A labor of conviction that comes remarkably close to faith based sadism 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Mick LaSalle
Instead of letting his reverence broaden him Gibson uses his action movie expertise to reduce the Crucifixion to something kinetic literal and merely tragic 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Glenn Lovell
The extreme violence does not teach a lesson it s an end in itself more suited to the S M crowd than to anyone seeking an uplifting sermon on everlasting redemption 
1.5
The Passion of the Christ
Moira MacDonald
Gibson ultimately seems to be preaching to the choir rejecting standard storytelling conventions such as introducing his characters assuming his audience already knows everything he s about to tell us 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Phoebe Flowers
You may not believe in the events that transpire in The Passion of the Christ but it s hard to deny the grim potency with which they ve been captured 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Chris Hewitt
Powerful and upsetting 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Nick Rogers
As it plays out the brutality brings about more numbing revulsion than the revelatory empathy that Mel Gibson intends 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Sean P. Means
Gibson places his faith in Christ s suffering and is determined to make the moviegoer suffer in Jesus name as well 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
John Beifuss
Overall it s just another movie and it can be dismissed with the same short critique we so often apply to other movies The book was better 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Austin O'Connor
A stunning film sometimes remarkably moving at times sublimely beautiful often sickeningly brutal but never banal nor specifically blameful 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Phil Villarreal
Lost in a labyrinth of stomach churning pugilism the spectacle is a hefty cross for audiences to bear 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Collin Souter
As a work of cinema The Passion of the Christ possesses a majestic beauty within its horror one that comes most effectively through a tiny solitary teardrop 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Marty Mapes
Although it s very good at showing Jesus suffering the movie treats him as a prop
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Erik Childress
The Passion of the Christ is a tremendous FILM and if you look at it through those eyes you may believe that too 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Linda Cook
I kept thinking WHen is this going to be over This is not an easy movie to watch 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Bob Bloom
The Passion of the Christ while not a perfect film will touch many emotions in those who see it Some people may be offended while others may be inspired 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Jon Niccum
The Passion of the Christ plays like a blend of a political theology lesson and a snuff film 
2
The Passion of the Christ
David Nusair
The bottom line is that The Passion of the Christ is an astonishing cinematic achievement utterly riveting from start to finish 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Claudia Puig
Despite controversies swirling around the movie one cannot deny that Gibson has made a stunning film beautifully photographed in contrasting dark and golden hues by Caleb Deschanel 
3
The Passion of the Christ
James Berardinelli
A gripping powerful motion picture arguably the most forceful depiction of Jesus death ever to be committed to film 
3.5
The Passion of the Christ
Carrie Rickey
This work of obvious devotion may well be the first spiritual splatter film It makes Gladiator and Braveheart even Friday the 13th seem mild by comparison 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Jeff Strickler
Regardless of how you feel about the movie s message you re certain to leave the movie feeling something about the movie itself 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Duane Dudek
A dramatically powerful statement 
3
The Passion of the Christ
David Sterritt
The Passion of the Christ is at once a well crafted film a merciless excursion into motion picture ultraviolence and a regrettably cramped historical account that stays doggedly on the surface of its overwhelmingly important subject 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Leigh Johnson
It leaves one with the impression of a human race so violent it justifies all the fears critics have expressed about potential modern day reactions to the film 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Frank Ochieng
captivating and provocative in its exquisite spirit The Passion of the Christ is an ambitious and visceral undertaking that demands acceptance 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Walter Chaw
Preaching to the choir and doing so in shorthand 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Rene Rodriguez
The Passion doesn t suffer from the airless pious airs that drag down most biblical dramas It has a muscular pounding energy and lyrical almost gothic beauty 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Ty Burr
If you come seeking theological subtlety let alone such modern inventions as psychological depth you ll walk away battered and empty handed 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Bob Strauss
Intense 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Glenn Whipp
It s as if Gibson is measuring God s love by the amount of blood he shows on the screen 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Jami Bernard
The movie is a compendium of tortures that would horrify the regulars at an S M club 
1
The Passion of the Christ
Jeffrey Westhoff
If Jesus actually received the amount of punishment dished out in this film he would have been dead three times over before arriving at Calvary 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Jeanne Aufmuth
Saturated with vengeance betrayal and melodrama Mel Gibson s sadistic take on Jesus final twelve hours screams bloody murder 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Roger Ebert
I was moved by the depth of feeling by the skill of the actors and technicians by their desire to see this project through no matter what 
4
The Passion of the Christ
Jonathan Foreman
Mel Gibson s Passion though well acted technically impressive and initially moving is for the most part not beautiful and certainly not ennobling 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Lou Lumenick
An impressive ultra violent and deeply troubling take on Jesus final hours 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Michael Wilmington
In the end one can respect Gibson s high intentions and dedicated work while remaining spiritually and dramatically unmoved by the result 
2.5
The Passion of the Christ
Steve Rhodes
With a pervasive NC 17 level of gore its simplistic and relentlessly pedantic but effective with its single theme that Christ suffered But where is its spirituality 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Rob Blackwelder
Serves as a powerful condemnation of any organized religion that aspires to governance or allow clerics to preach contempt and whip sheepish followers into a frenzy 
3
The Passion of the Christ
Gene Seymour
Mel Gibson shows once again that he s skilled at depicting violence But you d be hard pressed to find evidence of tolerance love and forgiveness that the producer director co writer insists he s trying to communicate 
2
The Passion of the Christ
Peter Travers
The Passion of the Christ is powerfully moving and fanatically obtuse in equal doses 
3
The Farewell Party
Linda Cook
Power Farewell Party centers on the end of life 
4
The Farewell Party
Barbara Vancheri
The laughter leavens the suffering and you may not agree with all of the actions but the movie will give you much to deliberate debate and decide for yourself while you can 
3.5
The Farewell Party
Tirdad Derakhshani
For all its talk of death The Farewell Party featuring a terrific ensemble cast is a story about life Always honest graceful and funny it explores with deep compassion its characters familial and romantic relationships 
3.5
The Farewell Party
Peter Keough
A bittersweet wryly comic keenly observed look at senescence from Israeli directors Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit 
3
The Farewell Party
Dann Gire
This movie offers serious empathetic moments mixed with goofy sitcom jokes and a single bizarre musical number in which the characters sing about going to Neverland even corpses warbling as the sheets are pulled over their bodies 
2.5
The Farewell Party
Mark Matousek
How refreshing for a film to stare death in the face and find compassion reflected in its gaze 
2.5
The Farewell Party
Stephanie Merry
The themes are life and death but the tone stays breezy 
2.5
The Farewell Party
Michael Phillips
This is straight up commercial comedy low keyed division and while it can t hold a candle to recent dark comic Israeli achievements such as Joseph Cedar s Footnote the actors more than save it 
3
The Farewell Party
Odie Henderson
It is quite often a very funny film as mischievous as the youth that has long since left its characters but not once does it treat its serious subject matter lightly 
3.5
The Farewell Party
Roger Moore
As Israeli death with dignity comedies go not bad 
3
The Farewell Party
Elise Nakhnikian
A neatly balanced tragicomedy about the easily blurred line between assisted living and assisted death 
3
The Farewell Party
David Nusair
opens with a genuinely hilarious opening that sets the stage for a wry yet heartfelt comedy drama 
2.5
Downton Abbey
Wesley Lovell
Requiring a great deal of foreknowledge of the Downton Abbey history this cinematic continuation of the superb British television series will please only its greatest fans 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Sarah Knight Adamson
Romantic gorgeous costuming stunning sweeping cinematography Maggie Smith steals the show 
3
Downton Abbey
Joe Friar
Newbies will still be able to enjoy the lighthearted fare however those familiar with the series created by Julian Fellowes will benefit the most A real treat for fans 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is thankfully not nearly as esoteric as it might have been You can come to it cold or relatively cold and enjoy the humor the acting and the look at how life is different for the workers downstairs than it is for the elite upstairs 
3
Downton Abbey
Matt Brunson
After a hyperactive summer season this proves to be just the soothing nightcap sought by many moviegoers eager for something that s all talk and no action In the world of this film an action scene is when someone hits a hot water pipe with a shovel 
3
Downton Abbey
Michael Medved
Sumptuous and seductive Even those who never reveled in the television series will find it impossible to resist this handsome film s multi layered charms 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Lisa Jensen
The darker complexities of all their relationships can only be hinted at here but at least Fellowes and company provide two hours of easy entertainment with plenty to look at along the way 
3
Downton Abbey
Sara Michelle Fetters
While Downton Abbey will undoubtedly please fans of the series more than it will newcomers to the material this movie is nevertheless a great deal of breezy fun 
3
Downton Abbey
Linda Cook
Newbies and aficionados alike will feel welcome at Downton Abbey 
3
Downton Abbey
Michael Smith
It s not a remake and it s not a reboot but a continuing story and I want more 
3
Downton Abbey
Cate Marquis
Fans of the highly praised British historical TV series will welcome the return of Downton Abbey but this return to the lavish high fashion 1920s delivers delights for those who are not familiar with the popular show as well 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Barry Paris
The cinematic Downton looks and feels quite like the televised Downton extended in length and enhanced by the more sumptuous production values the film medium affords 
3
Downton Abbey
Tom Meek
It s not grand but it does do what it does with dignity and grace 
3
Downton Abbey
Josh Terry
Even aside from the excitement of seeing the characters on the big screen the story is well told and executed If nothing else Downton Abbey will leave audiences hoping for more adventures 
3
Downton Abbey
Matt Zoller Seitz
Every element you expect to see you see The movie knows what it is and is on top of its game Everything is just so 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Christian Toto
The big screen adaptation keeps loyal viewers in mind while embracing old fashioned values 
3
Downton Abbey
Robert Horton
Nostalgic nonsense of the most shameless kind a gushing mash note to the British upper class 
2
Downton Abbey
John Wirt
There s plenty of Downton Abbey charm to go around Enough for fans of the series to love and even nonfans to enjoy 
3
Downton Abbey
Dann Gire
Downton Abbey features a few surprises the biggest one being how it celebrates the members of Britain s class system while simultaneously villainizing its haughty exclusionary essence 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Mark Dujsik
Fellowes and Engler have made a follow up that does exist as its own entity a smart and funny comedy of manners 
3
Downton Abbey
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Despite the sharp writing from Fellowes and solid direction from Michael Engler there is nothing particularly new or innovative in the treatment of the subject 
3
Downton Abbey
Nathalie Atkinson
Between the tiaras the tea trays the synchronized curtsies meaningful glances and interludes of fisticuffs and tweed fans of the long running series will feel like they ve slipped into a welcome warm bath 
2.5
Downton Abbey
Gary Thompson
Screenwriter Julian Fellowes the creative soul of the show has delivered as a knottily plotted story as tasty and probably as nourishing as a Pimm s Cup 
3
Downton Abbey
Chris Hewitt
Downton sticks the landing as confidently as a butler silently settling a tray of watercress sandwiches onto a Chippendale table 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Debra Yeo
If you are a Downton fan you will lap this movie up as if it were served to you with a silver spoon carefully polished by butler Barrow
3
Downton Abbey
Rob Thomas
Watching the movie is like sharing a pot of Earl Grey with people you ve known for years 
3
Downton Abbey
Steven Prokopy
Like many I have grown to care a great deal about the folks that occupy Downton if this is the end the creators have gone out on a fitting and worthy high note 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Richard Roeper
What a lovely and welcome encore 
3
Downton Abbey
Daniel Neman
It all builds to such a cacophony of triumph and fulfillment that you can expect a lot of happy sniffling in the audience 
3
Downton Abbey
Peter Canavese
Forgive me for suggesting that Conservative peer Fellowes or as he s sometimes known Julian Alexander Kitchener Fellowes Baron Fellowes of West Stafford DL might consider Downton the cake he s letting us eat 
2
Downton Abbey
Michael O'Sullivan
Downton Abbey is eye and ear candy of the highest order rich and delicious but not especially nutritious 
2.5
Downton Abbey
Tom Russo
A thoroughly satisfying follow up that arrives in theaters not quite four years after the series finale aired 
3.5
Downton Abbey
Sean P. Means
Joanna Froggatt owns the movie as Anna Bates maid and confidante to Mary and Edith and stealth commander of the backstairs 
3
Downton Abbey
Mattie Lucas
Downton no longer feels like a window into a bygone world from which we ve progressed but a regressive longing for a simpler time when people knew their place and never asked for more 
2
Downton Abbey
James Berardinelli
The bottom line is simple If you re a fan you ll see the movie and most likely enjoy it If you re unfamiliar with the Crawleys and their immense demesne you ll give the screen spin off a pass and not be the poorer for it 
3
Downton Abbey
Carla Meyer
Downton Abbey an enjoyable but uneven film adaptation of the beloved PBS series seems designed to give fans what they want 
2.5
Downton Abbey
Moira MacDonald
It s not a great movie not by any definition but I happily lapped up every minute Nice to see you back Downton this fan missed you 
3
Downton Abbey
Rafer Guzman
A big screen bonus episode of the popular series that should thoroughly satisfy fans 
3
Downton Abbey
Roger Moore
Arch and slow to get going bloated all that But give yourself over to it It s fun 
2.5
Downton Abbey
Johnny Oleksinski
Two thumbs Downton 
1.5
Downton Abbey
Ed Gonzalez
Every scene here feels as if it begins with a grenade being thrown into a room leaving one to wonder how it will be diffused and after a while all you see are the gears of various sublots turning separately until they mesh together and move in unison 
2.5
Black Sunday
Matt Brunson
The junky Two Minute Warning arrived first 44 which largely doomed the box office chances of the far more complicated and far superior Black Sunday 46 
3
Black Sunday
David Nusair
erratically paced yet predominantly entertaining 
3
Black Sunday
Walter Chaw
What begins as a dark uncompromising character driven thriller ends in histrionics 
3
Drake: Homecoming
Daniel Otis
There s little here for casual Drake listeners but the film will definitely appeal to diehard fans 
2
Uncle Buck
Ryan Murphy
Wickedly underplayed the role of Uncle Buck allows the adroit comic actor to blend physical comedy with small moments of tender reflection 
2.5
Uncle Buck
Bill Chambers
It s not John Hughes s best film but it could be his funniest as well as his saddest 
3.5
Uncle Buck
David Nusair
an agreeable comedy that benefits substantially from Hughes undeniable gift for seamlessly blending laughs with drama 
2.5
Uncle Buck
Roger Ebert
Uncle Buck attempts to tell a heart warming story through a series of uncomfortable and unpleasant scenes it s a tug of war between its ambitions and its methods 
1.5
Racing Stripes
Peter T. Chattaway
Racing Stripes never pulls ahead of the pack but it s good for a few laps around the track 
2
Racing Stripes
Vince Koehler
This is a nice movie that should entertain the kids and adults won t mind either 
3
Racing Stripes
Forrest Hartman
If in the world of talking animal movies Babe is a 10 Racing Stripes scores a 6 5 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Michael Dequina
Truly all ages appeal is nowhere in evidence as director Frederik DuChau is all too eager to sink to cheap juvenalia 
1.5
Racing Stripes
Russell Scott Smith
A predictable but pleasant kids movie 
2
Racing Stripes
Susan Tavernetti
Won t make it into the winner s circle 
2
Racing Stripes
Linda Cook
I can t remember the last time I gave a movie an extra half star because the animal lead is so cute 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Kit Bowen
Racing Stripes is pretty standard family fare without too many charming moments 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Mike Clark
Almost everyone in this has done better and those who haven t like young Ms Panettiere have plenty of time to do so 
1.5
Racing Stripes
Susan Walker
There s much to laud in Racing Stripes 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Moira MacDonald
Bland but likable kids movie 
2
Racing Stripes
Carla Meyer
Offers enjoyable moments 
2
Racing Stripes
Sean P. Means
What kills this charmless Babe knockoff is the crude humor along with the hamfisted way it puts inane dialogue and movie star voices in the animals mouths 
1.5
Racing Stripes
Timothy Knight
Fairly engaging 
3
Racing Stripes
Stephen Whitty
The humor never rises very far above the barnyard 
2
Racing Stripes
Elizabeth Weitzman
The special effects here are surprisingly smooth and everyone seems to be having fun 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Evan Henerson
The movie has its charm 
3
Racing Stripes
Liam Lacey
A hackneyed mix of sentimentality and anarchic comedy 
2
Racing Stripes
John Monaghan
Even by the dubious standards of talking animal movies this one is routine 
2
Racing Stripes
Jeff Vice
It s not a horrible idea for a movie and the human cast is appealing But the filmmakers stoop so low in their attempts to get laughs that it s all for naught 
1
Racing Stripes
Lisa Kennedy
Racing Stripes is hardly a Triple Crown winner But for a Saturday afternoon with the kids it s a safe bet 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie you might grab at the video store but it s not worth the trip to the theater 
2
Racing Stripes
Lawrence Toppman
The film will leave older kids indifferent and parents with mixed reactions 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Ty Burr
Simultaneously overplotted and simplistic the new barnyard racecourse comedy from Warner Brothers is predictable every step of the way and it contains at least three too many poop jokes 
2.5
Racing Stripes
John Beifuss
A tolerable but derivative combination of Babe National Velvet and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with recycled life lessons and poop jokes 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Larry Ratliff
It makes one wonder why the makers of an otherwise embraceable family comedy feel they need to go lowbrow to make kids laugh 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Walter Chaw
Low venal entertainment 
0
Racing Stripes
Meg Jones
An entertaining sentimental film 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Peter Canavese
While no one will walk out quoting killer punchlines the requisite fart jokes and pop cultural references are slightly zestier than usual 
2
Racing Stripes
David Sterritt
Young kids will get hearty chuckles from its blend of mild vulgarity goofiness and sheer inanity Anyone older than about 11 should probably take a pass 
2
Racing Stripes
Laura Kelly
Kids will eat it up The rest of us just have to time the eating of our popcorn to avoid the occasional crude humor and well worn story 
2
Racing Stripes
James Berardinelli
Babe is a family film Racing Stripes is a children s film 
2.5
Racing Stripes
John Anderson
Makes a good case for taking children s entertainment out of the hands of directors and producers in arrested development 
2
Racing Stripes
Allison Benedikt
The message comes across loud and clear without being preachy or treacly the voice work is top notch and the zebras they used eight to play the teenage Stripes beautiful 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Phil Villarreal
It whacks you over the head with it like a puffy bouquet of foam flowers The beating doesn t actually hurt it s too cute to hurt but you do get annoyed with it
2
Racing Stripes
Steve Rhodes
A cute little movie of modest ambitions aimed squarely at the youngsters in the audience 
2.5
Racing Stripes
Scott Nash
Although defintely aimed at younger kids Racing Stripes is cute and funny enough to keep the adults from being completely bored 
2
Racing Stripes
Willie Waffle
What is Willie Waffle s first rule of comedy Talking animals are funny Racing Stripes is a pleasant surprise 
3
Racing Stripes
Dustin Putman
Having seen it all before and in a superior more charming fashion the most likely response from viewers will be lackadaisical indifference 
1.5
Fear
Katie Walsh
Deadliest of all 44 8220 Fear 8221 is just not scary 46 The jump scares don 8217 t land 44 the fears themselves are all a bit silly and it feels like Taylor is holding back for the majority of the run time 46 
2
Fear
Mark Dujsik
There apos s little thought behind the narrative of Fear on a foundational level 46 
1
Fear
Richard Roeper
A wonderfully nasty film that revels in its lack of originality 
3
Passion Play
Matt Brunson
This often risible mood piece stars Megan Fox as a circus sideshow attraction who has actual angel wings growing out of her back Rather than doing the sensible thing and joining the X Men she instead decides to make out with Mickey Rourke Go figure 
1
Passion Play
Stephen Whitty
It s like a movie someone says at some point Yeah like one But not quite 
0
Passion Play
Diego Semerene
You almost wonder if the whole thing isn t just one big campy joke 
0
Passion Play
Kyle Smith
You can do worse than a movie that features Megan Fox stripped down to her tattoos and Bill Murray as a pinstriped gangster who says things like Kill him and bring her back here 
2.5
Septic Man
Roger Moore
Ick
1
The Party's Just Beginning
Joey Magidson
By and large Gillan clearly showcases a handle on the gig With this outing she s established herself as a multi hyphenate to watch out for 
3
The Toxic Avenger
Brian Eggert
Watching The Toxic Avenger isn t about literalism or taking the material seriously as a text it s about identifying with Troma s defiance of good taste and low culture therein celebrating its excessive forms of deviancy in all their many violations 
3
The Toxic Avenger
David Nusair
The Toxic Avenger is an incredibly bizarre flick combining silly jokes with outrageous gore but it works 
2.5
There Was a Father
James Kendrick
a poignant even tragic portrait of the nature of sacrifice
3.5
Shark Attack
Michael Dequina
The title takes a back seat to some boring conspiracy mumbo jumbo 
0
Waiting for Anya
Nell Minow
Despite the obvious sincerity of the filmmakers the best efforts of Jean Reno and Anjelica Huston and some lovely scenery it remains overly didactic 
2
Waiting for Anya
Mark Dujsik
T here s perhaps too much left unspoken and unexplored 
2.5
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
Gerald Peary
The jokes are clean and definitely ecumenical Jews and Christians and Muslims getting together It s a good message but a bit safe for the anarchic spirit of true comedy 
2
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
Ty Burr
A performance documentary with a tiny budget and a big spirit that follows three comics as they travel the country looking for laughs and understanding 
2.5
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
Kam Williams
A trio of Muslim Rodney Dangerfields complaining about not getting any respect on account of their religion 
2.5
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
Ted Fry
The package is a friendly if lackluster affair 
2
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
V.A. Musetto
The jokes are tepid and generic better suited to late night Comedy Central than the big screen 
1.5
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
Michael Ordoña
It has the potential to be culturally bridging in its way and that makes looking for Muslim comedy in the Western world worthwhile 
3
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
Ed Gonzalez
Or rather Allah Made Me Not Funny 
2
Disquiet
Randy Myers
This is risible shot on the cheap junk that can t even thread together its plot strands in any fashionable intriguing way 
1
Weird Science
Matt Brunson
Hughes script is extremely ragged and not especially good honestly it often feels as it was written by a teenage boy not an adult male but there are some bright moments and bright performances scattered throughout 
2.5
Weird Science
Roger Ebert
Weird Science combines two great traditions in popular entertainment Inflamed male teenage fantasies and Frankenstein s monster 
3
Rub & Tug
David Nusair
The screenplay is wildly uneven throwing in useless subplots to pad out the running time 
2.5
Rub & Tug
Rick Groen
There s little that s funny and even less that s sexy 
1.5
The Golem
Matt Brunson
Part of the influential slate of silent horror films that emerged from the German Expressionism period 
3.5
The Golem
Mattie Lucas
Remains one of the most beautifully designed and evocative films of its time and it hasn t lost any of its eerie luster in the century since its release 
3.5
Rodney King
Matt Zoller Seitz
It s worth seeing because of its engrossing story which is filled with odd details you probably haven t heard before and for the skill with which the story has been told 
3.5
The Colony
Kevin Carr
It s your typical post apocalyptic movie this is another version of everybody out in the desert 
2
The Colony
Monica Castillo
Tim Fehlbaum s The Colony has many ideas about the future and while not all of them quite stick together there s a few interesting aesthetic and narrative choices to make it something of a curiosity 
2.5
The Colony
Mark Dujsik
There s a solid foundation of world building and theme here but ultimately The Colony rings hollow 
2
The Colony
Randy Myers
Director and co writer Tim Fehlbaum has created an intriguing water logged world but his hero an astronaut played by Nora Arnezeder isn t nearly bad ass enough 
2.5
Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring World
Richard Roeper
By staging a show specifically for cameras the Chicago artist creates a visually striking and musically uplifting experience 
3.5
Meet the Fokkens
Rick Groen
Despite the occasional stumble the doc never falls thanks to the sheer strength of its subjects undaunted and indomitable character 
3
Meet the Fokkens
Linda Barnard
The doc gives a rare look at the business of plying the world s oldest profession over the past 50 years in the famously tolerant city but the directors are a bit too hands off and the narrative wanders 
3
Meet the Fokkens
Farran Smith Nehme
Year by year they ve shared every part of their lives and now the Fokkens sashay into the future sharing memories and viewpoints as well as their neon bright identical outfits 
3
Meet the Fokkens
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Few recent studies of commercialized sex have been character profiles so Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas s doc is an unusual and welcome polemic 
3.5
Disneynature: Elephant
Richard Roeper
The duchess kid friendly approach lines up well with breathtaking footage of a herd roaming Africa 
3
Disneynature: Elephant
Matt Zoller Seitz
Elephant is content to stay in a groove as worn as the footpaths linking the pachyderms watering holes 
2
The Tigger Movie
David Nusair
46 46 46 designed to appeal primarily towards younger audiences 46 46 46 
2
The Tigger Movie
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I was pleasantly surprised 
3
The Tigger Movie
Liam Lacey
When it comes to Pooh stories a shortage of ambition and reluctance to improve on success should be counted as assets 
3
The Tigger Movie
Ed Gonzalez
The Tigger Movie will delight parents and children alike 
2.5
The Tigger Movie
Joan Anderman
The Tigger Movie falls short of recent children s animated features 
2
The Tigger Movie
Susan Stark
An engaging romp 
3
The Tigger Movie
Hannah Brown
In spite of its shortcomings children love these characters and will enjoy Tigger 
2.5
The Tigger Movie
Rob Blackwelder
He Writer director Jun Falkenstein brings out the best in each of these adored characters 
3
The Tigger Movie
Ross Anthony
tender heartwarming climax and resolution may just choke you up a bit in the Adam s apple
2.5
The Tigger Movie
Steve Rhodes
A delightful throwback to a simpler time 
3
The Tigger Movie
Jeffrey Wachs
Tigger is a glorified straight to video release 
2
The Tigger Movie
Peter Stack
Anybody who first saw Tigger and learned the wonderful things about him more than 20 years ago is going to feel great as will the very young who have been raised on Pooh and Co one of the few cartoons that avoids hostility and violence 
3
The Tigger Movie
Susan Wloszczyna
The story isn t a grabber 
2
The Tigger Movie
Michael Dequina
Will find its true worth on video for it ll make an ideal 76 minute babysitter 
2.5
True Crime
Michael Dequina
Despite the title little if anything in this film rings true 
0.5
Russian Dolls
Marta Barber
The cast of renegades is as appealing as ever 
2.5
Russian Dolls
Chris Hewitt
It s hard to decide what s prettier in Russian Dolls the people or the places Either way we win 
3
Russian Dolls
Michele Kenner
With its crackling dialogue and attractive fully rounded characters Russian Dolls puts American movies on similar subjects to shame 
3
Russian Dolls
Mick LaSalle
For those who saw and loved L Auberge Espagnole Russian Dolls automatically becomes of interest but writer director Cedric Klapisch can t quite make the case for it as a stand alone experience 
2
Russian Dolls
Ty Burr
Klapisch has made something deliciously close to a nature documentary about the young the foolish and the alive 
3
Russian Dolls
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Klapisch has a light springy touch and a real adoration for his characters and their Paris London locations and even at a lengthy 126 minutes the film never drags 
3
Russian Dolls
Jeff Shannon
It s an effortlessly charming ensemble and Klapisch s characters most of them anyway reveal depths of feeling that compensate for the film s lightweight tone and too long running time 
3
Russian Dolls
Rob Thomas
If you can t afford to make that big European vacation this summer Russian Dolls provides both the locations and some amusing company for the journey 
3
Russian Dolls
Michael Wilmington
Xavier turns this film into more of a self fixated memoir less of a blithe ensemble piece 
2.5
Russian Dolls
Timothy Knight
Featuring an appealing cast led by Romain Duris the film has a frothy charm that s hard to resist 
3
Russian Dolls
Sean P. Means
Klapisch keeps things light and breezy as Xavier hops from city to city Paris London and St Petersburg and bed to bed 
3
Russian Dolls
Jeff Vice
This comedy drama has some modest charms 
2.5
Russian Dolls
Jack Mathews
Meandering overlong digital soap opera 
2.5
Russian Dolls
Lisa Kennedy
Intentional or not many of Klapisch s tricks frustrate our connection to the characters especially Xavier 
2
Russian Dolls
John Anderson
Less however would have been considerably more 
2.5
Russian Dolls
Maitland McDonagh
Klapisch s faith in love is tempered by a clear eyed understanding of just how much it demands of lovers 
3
Russian Dolls
Kyle Smith
Klapisch is daring you to call him sentimental He is But as he proves in a sublime ending he s magical too 
4
Russian Dolls
Nick Schager
The director s shallow stylistic ticks preclude identifiable emotional or behavioral reality 
1.5
Come Away
Jeff Mitchell
The cheer in cheery is missing and left this critic wondering y 
1
Come Away
Steven Prokopy
The clumsy references dropped to the J M Barrie and Lewis Carroll books are so obvious and sloppy that they feel like period fan service 
1.5
Come Away
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A lightly charming work that gets big points for placing non white actors in roles that have traditionally gone the other way 
3
Come Away
Christian Toto
Peter Pan Alice in Wonderland return in ways that smack of crass consumerism 
1.5
Come Away
Odie Henderson
I don t know what Come Away is supposed to be what lessons it s imparting or for whom it was even made 
.5
Come Away
Mark Dujsik
W e really start to wonder if the filmmakers realize what a despondent story they ve spun 
2
Come Away
Dan Rubins
The film can t seem to decide whether it s fantasy or allegory and whether its characters are fan fiction or flesh and blood 
2
Come Away
Moira MacDonald
It just feels like a pretty idea that didn t get fully developed an origin story that we didn t need 
2.5
Come Away
Mick LaSalle
Come Away is an idea that never takes flight 
2
Come Away
Ann Hornaday
Come Away may not hold a candle to the stories it references but it shines with an illuminating and aspirational light all its own 
3
Haunted Castle
Ross Anthony
Haunted Castle is a virtual Haunted House Something you might pay three to ten bucks to check out in the neighborhood but with less creepy ghouls 
1.5
The Accidental Spy
Marty Mapes
Shows that Jackie Chan is getting older and that s something I would rather live in denial about
1.5
The Accidental Spy
Steve Rhodes
Exhilarating funny and fun 
3
The Hitch-Hiker
Brian Eggert
If The Hitch Hiker can be called feminist then this label flows from a recurring theme in Lupino s work her critique of society s need to maintain traditional gender roles and institutional normalcy even if it means the loss of individuality 
4
The Hitch-Hiker
Kate Cameron
The action is taut throughout and Miss Lupino has done a fine job of directing her own story 
3.5
The Hitch-Hiker
Josh Larsen
What s distinctive about The Hitch Hiker is the sensitivity it has for the trauma involved 
3.5
The Hitch-Hiker
Matt Brunson
Lupino s atmospheric direction and powerhouse performances make this worth catching 
3
The Hitch-Hiker
Mattie Lucas
A lean mean nasty piece of work that deserves to be rediscovered 
3
High Life
Stephen Cole
High Life is filled with surprising artful flourishes 
3
High Life
Peter Howell
The plot gets twisted but the direction by Yates never does He finds the humour in a desperate situation It s hard to hate or even despise Dick and his stooges because you can sense how needy they are 
3
The Takeover
Roger Moore
If you 8217 ve never seen a Sandra Bullock thriller from the 8217 90s 44 it 8217 ll all seem new to you 46 
1.5
Sniper: Rogue Mission
Peter Canavese
A chintzy 44 corny 44 cheesy men with guns movie peppered with low wattage humor and a lot of action movie cliches 46 
1
Ray
Jay Antani
Jamie Foxx is excellent and sturdily supported by James L White s script all the way 
3.5
Ray
Russ Breimeier
The directing is sure handed the script intelligent and the acting strong especially the amazing performance from Foxx 
3.5
Ray
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jamie Foxx brinda una de esas interpretaciones que aunque suene a cliché quedan para la historia 
3
Ray
Wilson Morales
Ray is truly one of the best films this year 
3.5
Ray
Mark Dujsik
Emerges as an honest and loving tribute to one of the few true legends of modern music 
4
Ray
Ross Anthony
Yes it s true but you may find it rather off putting to witness a hero knocked down a notch or two 
2
Ray
Lori Hoffman
With Foxx as the front man and with the real life recordings of Ray Charles as the soundtrack Ray is a musical biography that transcends the clichés of the genre 
3
Ray
Matt Brunson
Much more than Smith as Ali or Hopkins as Nixon the actor loses himself so thoroughly in the role that it s impossible to tell where Ray Charles ends and Jamie Foxx begins 
3
Ray
Sara Michelle Fetters
As if we weren t sure before now it s official This is the year of the Foxx 
3.5
Ray
Peter Debruge
About as loyal a portrait as its subject could have wanted although for our sake Hackford might have given us more of the man and less of the legend 
3
Ray
Mark Collette
Foxx is essentially critic proof Yet he s embroiled in an editing nightmare 
2.5
Ray
Mike McGranaghan
The film leaves us with an impression that Ray Charles was one of the artists who mattered most in the history of recorded music 
4
Ray
Tyler Hanley
Foxx so admirably immerses himself in the role that with all due respect Charles himself could not have done a better job 
4
Ray
Vince Koehler
Jamie Fox is electrifying as Ray Charles in Ray that has Oscar written all over it I gained a new appreciation for Jamie Fox and Ray Charles wonderful music 
3.5
Ray
Michael A. Smith
A film that delivers on all cylinders and is truly a fitting legacy to the great man himself 
4
Ray
Josh Larsen
a tribute movie really rather than a rousing or revealing biography 
3
Ray
Sean McBride
features an outstanding performance by Jamie Foxx in the title role luscious production design and of course all of that great Ray Charles music 
3
Ray
Frank Ochieng
a heartfelt and hauntingly poetic biopic Hackford s potent examination of Ray Charles is profoundly revealing and courageous
3.5
Ray
Linda Cook
Ray never misses a beat 
4
Ray
Paul de Barros
Enjoy the music and Foxx They re terrific 
3
Ray
James Verniere
A riveting warts and all portrait of both Ray Charles and 20th century America 
3.5
Ray
Kim Morgan
So provocative magnetic supremely cool and hard edged was he that Ray the movie could never measure up to the genius himself 
2
Ray
Mick LaSalle
It takes all of five seconds tops to believe that Jamie Foxx is the young Ray Charles 
3.5
Ray
David Elliott
Ray has the sound drive heat and wallop of Ray Charles 
4
Ray
Joe Baltake
Let s just give him his Oscar now and be done with it 
4
Ray
Lou Lumenick
Jamie Foxx should start clearing some space on his mantle his extraordinary transcendent performance as music legend Ray Charles in the exuberant Ray is the one to beat for Best Actor come Oscar night 
3.5
Ray
Jack Mathews
It is in Ray s many music sequences that Hackford s direction is most confident 
3.5
Ray
Sean P. Means
Foxx manages to win the tug of war with the melodramatic material giving a tour de force performance 
3
Ray
Glenn Whipp
The movie two hours and 25 minutes long and by the end you feel every minute of it completely falls apart in the third act 
2.5
Ray
Robert W. Butler
Ray may not be a great movie but it features a great performance and unquestionably great music That s more than enough reason to spend some time with the man in the sunglasses 
3
Ray
Eric Harrison
What can Ray tell us about such a familiar figure A Lot 
4
Ray
Liam Lacey
The music is inspired and the cast terrifically committed but Ray is still a long way from being a good movie 
2.5
Ray
Terry Lawson
It s the kind of movie in which every song or musical breakthrough has a dramatic inspiration drawn from a real life experience designed to make us believe a life can be analyzed through its creative expressions and successes 
2
Ray
Jeff Vice
Foxx s spectacular eerily accurate performance as Charles makes what would have been a rather sketchy movie better 
3
Ray
Lawrence Toppman
The singer had a hit with Drown in My Own Tears but he staunchly refused to do that all his life and Ray honors his spirit 
3.5
Ray
Ty Burr
Foxx is not at fault here with Ray he arrives at the front ranks of American film actors but the filmmakers need to bend biography until it assumes triumphal shape is 
2.5
Ray
Roger Ebert
The movie would be worth seeing simply for the sound of the music and the sight of Jamie Foxx performing it That it looks deeper and gives us a sense of the man himself is what makes it special 
4
Ray
Emily Blunt
Jamie Foxx is positively Times Square electric the film however is more like a flickering energy efficient 40 watt bulb 
2.5
Ray
John Beifuss
Reductive and simplistic but whenever Foxx opens his mouth to sing and the voice of Ray Charles comes out the film is a pleasure 
3
Ray
Kit Bowen
Wow Foxx s portrait of the man the myth the legend is nothing short of remarkable a tour de force 
3
Ray
Jon Niccum
Ray makes a convincing case that Foxx may have the same level of acting chops that Charles had on the microphone and keyboard 
3
Ray
Larry Ratliff
Foxx at the center of the turbulence in the title role turns in a remarkable soulful performance It might just have Oscar s golden statuette tapping its toes 
4
Ray
Bob Bloom
But the movie belongs to Foxx who should garner a best actor Academy Award nomination if not the statue itself for his astounding performance 
3.5
Ray
Erik Childress
Couldn t we just watch a Behind the Music and get the same greatest hits package in 100 less minutes than another dry maybe worthy for movie of the week status biopic 
2
Ray
Rene Rodriguez
If Ray fails to present a genuine portrait of a complex man s essence it does leave you with an even greater sense of awe for Charles accomplishments both in his personal and public lives 
3
Ray
Mike Clark
To any poor soul who thinks Foxx wasn t indispensable to this movie Hit the road Jack 
3.5
Ray
Duane Dudek
Its drama is often turgid but its musical sequences are spectacular And you couldn t ask for a better soundtrack 
3
Ray
Jeanne Aufmuth
Maybe it s the hype but I m not feeling the love 
2.5
Ray
Steven Rea
It s a shame about Ray because Foxx is trapped in a movie that takes the music icon s unique story and turns it into cheesy sentimental American Dream cliches 
2.5
Ray
Bruce Newman
Ray is a sprawling and mostly triumphant tribute to a man whose appetites often were as big as his voice 
3.5
Ray
Chris Hewitt
I can t stop loving Jamie Foxx s performance as the great blind singer songwriter I know it sounds corny but his gestures singing style and physical presence are so uncanny 
2.5
Ray
Phoebe Flowers
It s incredibly difficult to play an icon without simply imitating him but Foxx does it 
3
Ray
John Anderson
Foxx is worth the price of admission 
3
Ray
David Sterritt
It s good that Hackford and company have allowed themselves to touch so many bases in Charles s biography 
3
Ray
Jeffrey Westhoff
Both metaphysically and musically Foxx reveals the secrets of Charles soul He is the light of Ray 
3
Ray
Michael Wilmington
Ray is a fit tribute to an entertainer who no matter what hate or hardship threw in his way or how many mistakes he made we can t stop loving 
4
Ray
Scott Nash
The Best Actor Oscar has its first claimant
3
Ray
Nick Rogers
Jamie Foxx s inhabitance of Charles is a work of transformation that rockets beyond the weight gain gender switching or beauty trapping ugly makeup the Academy holds so dear 
3.5
Ray
Willie Waffle
Amazing isn t a strong enough or descriptive enough word to convey the magnificence and mastery of Foxx s performance and he even lip sychs better than Ashlee Simpson 
3.5
Ray
Nick Schager
Foxx s mannered performance fails to convey the complexities beneath Charles s trademark twitches 
1.5
Ray
Phil Villarreal
A movie with half the 150 minute running time could have done just as much unchaining 
2.5
Ray
Rob Blackwelder
A great performance does not make a biopic great a biopic needs to be like Ray Charles departing from formula and daring to be different 
2.5
Ray
Steve Rhodes
What works consistently and always in the film are the musical numbers which are energetic and soulful sung by the master himself 
3
Ray
Dustin Putman
A disappointingly unoriginal and one note biography of a man and his life that were anything but 
2
Ray
James Berardinelli
Sluggish conventional and almost completely lacking in energy 
2
Ray
Peter Canavese
Worth seeing mostly for its colorful period design and lively musical numbers but this version of the official story takes some wrong turns 
2.5
Ray
Peter Travers
Jamie Foxx gets so far inside the man and his music that he and Ray Charles seem to breathe as one 
3.5
Ray
Walter Chaw
Foxx is going to win the Oscar in a couple of months 
3
Dolphin Island
Roger Moore
If you re looking for something beyond Disney or the hormones and conspicuous consumption of virtually every series and streaming movie made for this audience it s worth a watch 
2
Just 4 Kicks
David Nusair
as harmless as a declawed kitten 
2
The Grudge
Matthew Rozsa
One of those movies that seemed destined to be iconic as soon as it was released From its unique storytelling method to the utter creepiness of Toshio it s unforgettable 
3
The Grudge
David Nusair
a watchable yet erratic Hollywood remake 
2.5
The Grudge
Mattie Lucas
The film is little more than a few disjointed scares wrapped up in a concept In the end it just doesn t add up 
2
The Grudge
Peter T. Chattaway
As a pure light PG 13 thrill machine The Grudge is fairly successful But it is not especially memorable 
2.5
The Grudge
Greg Maki
Suspenseful even without much character development 
2.5
The Grudge
Sara Michelle Fetters
Shimizu understands it is the unknown and the unseen that s scariest resorting to gurgled growls and passing glimpses of greasy haired demons to illicit shrieks and shouts from a terrified theatre 
3
The Grudge
James Berardinelli
Generally speaking I like a little more plot with my Boo moments 
2
The Grudge
James Kendrick
there is a sleek intoxicating artistry to Shimizu s film that makes you forget about things like cause and effect and character motivation
3
The Grudge
Jonathan R. Perry
A visually interesting but fatally underwhelming horror film cynically devised to avoid taxing the intellect of anyone on a third grade reading level 
1.5
The Grudge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This American remake has a kind of watered down feel to it as if it were just a necessary step to be taken in a long series of events 
2.5
The Grudge
Matt Brunson
Ju On s success rested in its powerful atmosphere yet that aura only presents itself sporadically in the Yankee Grudge 
2
The Grudge
Mike McGranaghan
The Grudge is so amazing to look at that some might even be able to forgive the fact that the plot never kicks into gear But I cannot 
2.5
The Grudge
Jeffrey Westhoff
Many a movie has gone before the camera before the script was finished The Grudge went before the camera before the outline of the script was finished 
1.5
The Grudge
John Beifuss
Those who ve seen Shimizu s creepy original aren t likely to be impressed 
2.5
The Grudge
Linda Cook
Wanna see something REALLY scary Then take in Ben Affleck s performance in Surviving Christmas 
2
The Grudge
Vince Koehler
Although it can t seem to improve on the original this effort should appeal to many due to the popularity of Sarah Michelle Gellar 
2.5
The Grudge
Jon Niccum
Gellar is matched in lethargy only by Jason Behr who plays her American boyfriend with the same conviction one would find from a frat guy shopping for Hoobastank CDs 
1.5
The Grudge
Jeff Shannon
It s refreshing to see a PG 13 horror film that aims for good old fashioned spookiness 
2.5
The Grudge
Peter Hartlaub
As it turns out there is such a thing as a horror film with too much mindless killing 
2
The Grudge
Joe Baltake
This material tries to camouflage its nagging repetitiveness with a lot of confusing flashbacks 
2.5
The Grudge
Pam Grady
Induces many more unintentional giggles than it does gasps of anxiety or fear 
2
The Grudge
V.A. Musetto
Mostly it s a tepid affair 
2
The Grudge
Bob Strauss
If you re at all familiar with the earlier versions you ll see an intriguing refinement on Shimizu s part of scare tactics he s worked with before and is doing better than ever 
3
The Grudge
Loey Lockerby
Taken on its own terms it is a perfectly creepy excuse to cover your eyes and clutch your date s arm for a couple of hours 
2.5
The Grudge
Bruce Westbrook
The Grudge is all about fright It s not about mystery characterization or perverse amusement all of which can turn horror into something more 
2
The Grudge
Liam Lacey
There are so many events here but no real story Perhaps that is what s making the drowned kabuki ghost so irate She s desperate to find a coherent script 
2
The Grudge
Jeff Vice
While this remake of the 2000 Japanese horror hit Ju On gets the atmosphere right its plotting is often eye rolling silly 
2
The Grudge
Roger Ebert
I eventually lost all patience The movie may have some subterranean level on which the story strands connect and make sense but it eluded me 
1
The Grudge
Wesley Morris
The trouble with Shimizu s impressionistic approach is that it doesn t entrench you deep enough inside anybody s head or put you far enough behind anyone s point of view for the scares to really work 
2
The Grudge
Bob Bloom
The Grudge is a perfect Halloween feature a frightening ghost story that will have you flinching and screaming 
3
The Grudge
Larry Ratliff
Finally the key to making an Americanized version of a Japanese film is revealed Let the original director call the shots 
3
The Grudge
Peter Canavese
The archetypal haunted house story might be more effective as a campfire story which takes ten minutes to tell as a 90 minute movie it s a crushing bore 
2
The Grudge
Tim Hansen
The precision of slow revelation is the focus and Shimizu makes good use of it to cloak a skinny plot and vague characters in enduring suspense 
2.5
The Grudge
John Monaghan
While it has flashes of creepy imagery it has absolutely nothing going on in between 
1
The Grudge
Steven Rea
It isn t frightening Sometimes in fact it s laughable 
2
The Grudge
Mike Clark
The new film s hill of beans doesn t loom very tall when its acting weight rests on the shoulders of Sarah Michelle Gellar and the ever likable but unassertive Bill Pullman 
2
The Grudge
Lawrence Toppman
Between our jumps of fright come lumps of time that take forever to pass 
2
The Grudge
Rene Rodriguez
It s a shivery fun time filled with dark corners deserted hallways and sudden apparitions But it never manages to genuinely rattle you 
2.5
The Grudge
Chris Hewitt
Remaking a good movie is a losing game so give The Grudge credit for succeeding as much as it does 
2.5
The Grudge
Phoebe Flowers
A genuinely chilling experience 
2.5
The Grudge
Gene Seymour
Fans accustomed to noisier more graphic jolts may be impatient with The Grudge s measured insidiousness Others may find it refreshing curiously so 
2.5
The Grudge
Gabino Villanueva
A beautiful blend of tension good performances and a shocking ending 
3
The Grudge
Robert K. Elder
The Grudge simply wants to make you wet your pants Even if it doesn t you ll still find yourself in the market for a nightlight 
3
The Grudge
Phil Villarreal
Shimizu may have sold out and bastardized his own calling card but at least he got the ghost hand thing in again 
1.5
The Grudge
Willie Waffle
I want to scream in terror like at a Jennifer Lopez movie or when I stand naked in front of my mirror Sadly The Grudge s scares aren t accompanied by much else 
1.5
The Grudge
Nick Schager
An abundance of above average scares ultimately makes The Grudge s portrait of contagious anger violence and death creepily unsettling 
2.5
The Grudge
Scott Nash
Stylish but shallow horror
2
The Grudge
Rob Blackwelder
Nothing more than a cultural twist on the standard issue haunted house movie but I will give it credit for giving me goosebumps Lots and lots of goosebumps 
2.5
The Grudge
Steve Rhodes
The Grudge a slump in your seat would be thriller is a shockless shocker 
1.5
The Grudge
Walter Chaw
Completely free of character development tension scenario narrative plot intelligence point sociological relevance technical aptitude and scares 
1
The Grudge
Sean McBride
even though the plot is a bit disjointed and the characters are underdrawn the truly terrifying ghosts are more than worth the price of admission 
3
The Grudge
Dustin Putman
Genuinely surprises because one is never quite sure where it is headed next all the while involving the viewer in freakish unforgettably nightmarish imagery 
3
The Grudge
Jeanne Aufmuth
A minimal stylish look and sinister atmosphere support a ho hum storyline and pedestrian script 
2
Ford v Ferrari
Brian Eggert
Mangold transitions flawlessly into the period and subject matter as one might expect He s among our most talented journeymen directors 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Jason Fraley
Ford v Ferrari might be the best racing flick ever made It s one that takes time building up to the big race with plenty of character development before unleashing one of the most exciting sports action sequences in recent memory 
4
Ford v Ferrari
David Nusair
It s relatively compelling subject matter that s employed to entertaining yet decidedly erratic effect by James Mangold 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Sarah Knight Adamson
Thrilling Tale of Tenacity and the hunger to win see it on the largest screen possible for the best possible immersive experience 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Mike Scott
Between its action sequences its period flourishes its use of music and its finely tuned sense of humor it is from green to checkers one of the most highly entertaining Oscar hopefuls you re bound to see this year 
4
Ford v Ferrari
James Kendrick
a highly entertaining battle between the office executives for whom image and marketing is everything and the grease under their fingernails designers engineers and drivers for whom the thrill of the drive is everything
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Linda Cook
Ford v Ferrari is a great ride 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Matt Brunson
If Rush was a movie about men who raced cars this one is as much about the cars as the characters In fact the Ford GT40 emerges as such a prominent player that it wouldn t be surprising if Fox mounted a Supporting Actor Oscar campaign on its behalf 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Alan French
In the small emotions and small moments of Ford v Ferrari Mangold creates a film that earns must watch status It s rare that a movie can so wholly appeal to audiences 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Max Weiss
There s still lots to enjoy about the film which provides us with two wonderful lead performances exciting speed races and car executives wearing some of the most beautifully tailored suits this side of Mad Men 
2.5
Ford v Ferrari
Mattie Lucas
Bloated over long and celebrates the achievements of men only as they live to serve the capitalist machine leaving anything resembling actual human drama in the dust 
1.5
Ford v Ferrari
Mike McGranaghan
Even at two and a half hours Ford v Ferrari never drags The story is rich and the acting is stellar across the board 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Sara Michelle Fetters
Hitting the screen like a shot of pure unfiltered adrenaline director James Mangold s Ford v Ferrari is an outstanding historical character study 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Christian Toto
Bale and Damon supercharge this fact based racing drama 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Rob Thomas
For law enforcement looking to increase revenue the best place to set up a speed trap this weekend is outside any movie theater showing Ford v Ferrari 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
James Berardinelli
Mangold takes Ford v Ferrari out of the simple realm of the genre without entirely losing the vibe 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Kent Turner
The movie offers to quote Miss Somerset from Thornton Wilder s 1942 play The Skin of Our Teeth good entertainment with a message you can take home with you 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Ty Burr
Even Henry Ford II gets the message here Sometimes you have to go along with the ride 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Pamela Powell
Ford v Ferrari is so much more than just a car racing movie It s a poetic and emotional story of friendship love and family 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Jeff York
The film contains some of the best action scenes on film this year yet what stands out are the characters and how they respond to all the literal twists and turns in the plot 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Richard Roeper
One of the best ensemble casts of the year in one of the best movies ever made about auto racing 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Steven Prokopy
The racing sequences racing are exceptionally crafted to create something so immersive and dangerous that you find yourself practically flinching and sweating right along with the drivers 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Sean P. Means
If movies were automobiles Ford vs Ferrari would be an old fashioned muscle car a big piece of Detroit steel gleaming on the surface but with plenty of horsepower where it counts 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Joey Magidson
Ford v Ferrari is a flawless technical achievement helping to elevate a solid flick to a truly high level In particular the sound design is some of the year s best 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Cate Marquis
While the race to beat Ferrari drives the plot there is a moving human story at the center one of personal struggle of friendship and family There are moments of transcendence and the poignancy particularly at the film s haunting end 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Josh Terry
If you love cars you ll love Ford v Ferrari If you don t love cars you ll still appreciate the big heart beating under its hood 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Rosalie Kicks
The entire premise of Ford v Ferrari can be summed up as just a couple of dudes havin an old fashioned pissing contest 
2.75
Ford v Ferrari
Rene Sanchez
Fasten your seatbelts Damon and Bale drive this epic and affecting high octane ride to the finish line Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Mark Dujsik
T he film really succeeds in presenting a pair of friends fighting over differing ideas but ultimately willing to fight harder for each other 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Moira MacDonald
Whether you care about motorsports or not Ford v Ferrari is a kick both a rollicking true story well told and a moving depiction of male friendship 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Bob Bloom
Director James Mangold makes Ford v Ferrari a multitextured story about imagination and innovation and the obstacles thrown at those who attempt to think outside the box 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Katie Walsh
Ford v Ferrari is ultimately a story of the way human ingenuity can be subsumed by corporate practice underneath the hood of the muscle car madness is a surprisingly radical treatise on the corporate exploitation of human labor 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Michael Phillips
Ford v Ferrari works as a stylish enjoyable mash note to its era and the need for speed and all that 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Tom Meek
The race scenes and era are recreated impeccably but Ford v Ferrari goes on a bit too long two and a half hours for its own good 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Mick LaSalle
Ford v Ferrari is what it promises to be a blast from the past 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Brian Truitt
No matter if you re not into speedy vehicles and sports movies Mangold s film is a testament to taking on The Man in this case a Detroit auto powerhouse and having a buddy s back even when he hits you with a loaf of Wonder Bread 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Roger Moore
It stands with the greatest racing movies ever But there is no doubt about one last superlative Ford v Ferrari is one of the best pictures of the year 
4
Ford v Ferrari
Kenneth R. Morefield
I will probably get a few digs from my friends for insisting that Ford v Ferrari is not only entertaining but also smart 
3
Ford v Ferrari
Barry Hertz
Mangold s talent for action comes alive though during the thrilling racing sequences and Tracy Letts is having lots of fun with his portrayal of Henry Ford II Yet the overall production is too cautiously steered 
2.5
Ford v Ferrari
Peter Howell
The story s great and the racetrack action leaves skid marks on the eyeballs 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Jake Cole
At a time when the nation continues to weigh the fate of its auto industry James Mangold s depiction of the Ford Motor Company facing its first major financial threat transparently plays to nostalgic reveries of the industry s golden age 
2.5
Ford v Ferrari
Clayton Davis
Ford v Ferrari is a cleverly crafted machine Exhilarating in its construction suspenseful in its execution and captivating in its performances 
3.5
Ford v Ferrari
Erik Anderson
James Mangold s thrilling race car drama stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles two racing legends at the center of a duel for vehicular dominance that steps on the gas and never lets up 
3.5
Oliver Twist
Peter T. Chattaway
Polanski s film is not a bad adaptation and it may be a fine way to introduce children to the classic story But it is not exactly a definitive version of that story 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Peter Canavese
With intelligence and style inspired by the art of Gustave Dor and Francisco Sol Polanski makes a rewarding contribution to Dickens legacy on screen 
3
Oliver Twist
Chuck O'Leary
A severely overlooked exceedingly well done version of an oft told tale One of the best films of 2005 
3.5
Oliver Twist
Larry Ratliff
Roman Polanski orchestrates this well worn chestnut with the same high level of expertise that won him an Oscar for The Pianist in 2002 
3.5
Oliver Twist
Jeffrey Westhoff
Polanski tactfully stays out of Charles Dickens way 
3
Oliver Twist
Sean O'Connell
Despite the length you ll never fault the film s craftsmanship 
3
Oliver Twist
Sara Michelle Fetters
As much as I m loath to say it this is one literary adaptation where I can sadly say with certainty I do not want more 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Linda Cook
Why oh why wasn t this movie released at Christmas time 
3.5
Oliver Twist
Walter Chaw
Dickens was a better social chronicler than storyteller and Polanski has chosen to adopt that weakness in the interests of utter faithfulness to the text 
2
Oliver Twist
John Hartl
Great expectations are unavoidable when Roman Polanski takes on a Charles Dickens classic Alas his version of Oliver Twist fails to live up to them 
2
Oliver Twist
Mick LaSalle
A grounded and unusually matter of fact adaptation 
4
Oliver Twist
David Elliott
Oliver Twist has been done repeatedly on film and TV but never better than in Roman Polanski s beautiful and tough minded movie 
4
Oliver Twist
Carla Meyer
Engaging handsomely photographed and beautifully acted Polanski s Oliver Twist adapted by Pianist screenwriter Ronald Harwood distinguishes itself from most versions in its decidedly dark tone 
3
Oliver Twist
Carrie Rickey
Poignant and primal Roman Polanski s splendid adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic pricks the heart and the conscience 
3
Oliver Twist
Mary-Liz Shaw
Beauty and hateful ugliness meet in extraordinary harmony in Roman Polanski s Oliver Twist fitting for a story that is a study in obvious contrasts 
3
Oliver Twist
Rene Rodriguez
Oliver Twist is a lovely tony picture but it isn t exactly essential 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Amy Biancolli
Nitpickers may squawk over missing elements but the film doggedly hits on the book s big themes the power of innocence the cruelty of class 
3
Oliver Twist
Josh Larsen
The question of why anyone would bother to make another film version of Oliver Twist is not answered by director Roman Polanski 
2
Oliver Twist
Terry Lawson
As handsomely made well acted dramatically unflinching and heartfelt as it is Polanski s Oliver is a movie more admirable than emotionally affecting 
3
Oliver Twist
Jeff Vice
With the story lines streamlined and compressed the whole thing doesn t have nearly the emotional heft it probably should 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Michael Booth
Polanski could have made Oliver as haunting as his 2002 Academy Award winning film The Pianist Yet his new effort falls just short 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Randy Myers
Hopefully this loving adaptation will allow a new generation to discover this masterpiece 
3
Oliver Twist
Ty Burr
It s as though Polanski had set the story s foolproof motor on cruise control and left the room the tale is well told but told without personality 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Sean P. Means
A film that s stately in its production but moves as if walking through thick gruel 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Daniel M. Kimmel
Yet given previous versions there ought to be something new here to warrant retelling There isn t 
2.5
Oliver Twist
James Berardinelli
Technically sound and surprisingly faithful to its source material Roman Polanski s version of Oliver Twist comes across as uninspired and flat 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Willie Waffle
Roman Polanski has made some classic films over the years but this is not one of them 
1.5
Oliver Twist
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Roman Polanski has made a perfectly agreeable and entertaining new Oliver Twist 
3
Oliver Twist
Bruce Newman
Seeing Polanski s version of this most Dickensian of all Charles Dickens tales I felt full and wanted no more versions please sir having now seen the definitive one 
3
Oliver Twist
Jeff Strickler
The film is high on production values but short on heart 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Michael Phillips
Polanski s Oliver Twist is craftsmanly and relatively unsentimental 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Chris Hewitt
Roman Polanski s new version finds the humor in Dickens story without glossing over the essential point that a society must be judged inhumane if its treatment of its most unfortunate members is not humane 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Roger Ebert
Polanski s film is visually exact and detailed without being too picturesque 
3.5
Oliver Twist
Phil Villarreal
A fifth grade puppet show of Oliver Twist would have been more watchable And far less sickening 
1
Oliver Twist
Kit Bowen
Roman Polanski s Oliver Twist is probably the most faithful adaptation But hardly anyone will take notice it s just a tale that s been told too many times before 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Dan Fienberg
The idea of Ben Kingsley as Fagin is such an obvious fit that he isn t surprising nor are his acting choices
2.5
Oliver Twist
Peter Howell
Polanski and his Pianist scribe Ronald Harwood have chosen to tell it in as simple a manner as possible as though they had been given a Masterpiece Theatre assignment to dispatch 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Ken Fox
It s just as Dickens wrote 
3
Oliver Twist
Stephen Whitty
Polanski s adult fans deserve something more than a film for the kiddies and Dickens deserves better treatment than merely tasteful 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Peter Travers
Drab and unfeeling 
2
Oliver Twist
Kim Morgan
Is it possible that a film made in 1948 and by David Lean could exceed the darkness and controversy of a Roman Polanski picture After watching the newest screen version of Oliver Twist the answer is yes 
3
Oliver Twist
Kyle Smith
Polanski s take will spark debate among Dickens lovers but audiences won t respond as warmly as they have to Lean s classic 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Jami Bernard
Polanski delivers an acceptable yet thoroughly uninspiring twist on the orphaned Oliver who gets a raw deal every which way 
2
Oliver Twist
Glenn Whipp
Languid and lifeless stilted and above all surprisingly safe Oliver Twist plods along its impassive title character being tossed from one cruel fate to another 
2
Oliver Twist
Rick Groen
A work of craft that could be flying the Masterpiece Theatre banner You know an earnestly worthy adaptation of a literary classic as faithful and polished as it is ponderous and unprovocative 
2.5
Oliver Twist
Gene Seymour
It still stings in unlikely places 
3
Oliver Twist
Ed Gonzalez
Oliver Twist isn t the nasty affair Polanski fans might be hoping for 
2.5
Alice, Sweet Alice
David Nusair
increasingly tedious and tiresome 
1
Alice, Sweet Alice
Matt Brunson
A flop upon its original release Alice Sweet Alice has since been saved from complete irrelevance by film scholars and cultists even if it still doesn t quite enjoy the reputation it deserves 
3
Alice, Sweet Alice
Ed Gonzalez
Possibly the closet American relation to an Italian giallo 
3.5
Cooties
Kevin Carr
It doesn 8217 t commit enough to make the premise pop and ends up reaching for jokes and sinking into bad taste 46 
1.5
Cooties
Brian Eggert
Extreme gore and a silly sense of humor combine into an often funny but ultimately forgettable experience 46 
2.5
Cooties
Nick Allen
A midnight movie for those fine with dozing off about twenty minutes in once the charm of its single sentence log line has worn off 
1.5
Cooties
Barry Hertz
While directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion want to have their laughs and horror too the film is something of a zombie itself half alive and bloody but lacking any heart 
2.5
Cooties
Molly Eichel
What could have been an amusing and entertaining zombie flick is instead a slog 
2
Cooties
Tom Russo
The filmmakers strive to deliver on their nutty splattery premise But they could give us more and not necessarily of the over the top stuff 
2
Cooties
Michael O'Sullivan
Milks its midnight movie aesthetic for all it is worth mixing obviously fake gore and over the top violence with macabre pop culture humor 
2
Cooties
David Lewis
Zombie film tropes start to dominate and the story logic falters as the action leaves the school grounds 
2
Cooties
Matt Pais
Should be your next midnight movie 
3
Cooties
Dustin Putman
Fires from all cylinders early on a jovially scathing mockery targeting the PC landscape of the public school system Sadly the screenplay paints itself into a corner as misguided as it is detrimental 
2
Cooties
Chuck Bowen
It makes an occasionally spirited pretense of injecting the tensions of the United States s educational system into a familiar zombie siege scenario 
2
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Mitchell Beaupre
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things doesn 8217 t break the mold in any way 44 nor does it really do anything new with an increasingly used premise
2
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Steven Prokopy
You ll likely view The Map of Tiny Perfect Things as low stakes young adult frivolity but its primary goal isn t jokes 
2.5
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Tom Meek
Matters do get more serious but in the end it s underdeveloped fluff fun mind you but still fluff 
2
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Peter Canavese
An admirable effort fails to compensate for the fact that this is all pretty standard issue fare with a very familiar ring to it sweet natured good hearted but also bland 
2
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Sean P. Means
All the delight taken from The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is from the chemistry between the two leads which is considerable 
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
James Berardinelli
The characters are likeable the actors evidence chemistry and the romantic comedy elements are assembled effectively 
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Kevin Carr
A nice little way to spend 90 minutes especially if you re looking for a romance this weekend 
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Anita Katz
Terrific together Allen and Newton breeze through even the weakest material with a winning rapport and provide essential chemistry and spirit 
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Roxana Hadadi
This is all fairly predictable in the way so many films aimed at teenage viewers can be 
2
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Mark Meszoros
Ultimately you care more about Mark and Margaret getting together than about them escaping the loop which means Map is effective as a romance It s less successful as a work of science fiction but that s less important 
2.5
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Mark Dujsik
The film is smart and thoughtful and much more mature than its initial storyline and gimmickry suggest 
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Joey Magidson
The casting of Kyle Allen and especially Kathryn Newton goes a long way here 
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Jeff Mitchell
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things isn t flawless but you ll discover heartfelt smiles 
2.5
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Randy Myers
Director Ian Samuels stages it well but the been there done that sense overshadows his good deeds 
2
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Leo Brady
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is an unexpected and welcomed joy in 2021 
3
Growing Up and Other Lies
Kam Williams
Who wants to watch four obnoxious testosterone fueled slackers vent their vile along a gauntlet of unsuspecting victims 
.5
Growing Up and Other Lies
Kyle Smith
Growing Up Other Lies instead feels like a really long beer commercial except beer commercials usually contain at least one witty idea 
0.5
Prey
David Nusair
Fairly worthless from start to finish 
1
Big Night
Michael Dequina
As they always say less is more 
4
Big Night
Jeffrey Westhoff
Similar to Like Water for Chocolate Big Night celebrates the sensuality of food It will produce more salivating than an afternoon at Pavlov s lab 
3.5
Big Night
Peter Stack
A small movie and that s its subtle charm 
3
Big Night
Mike D'Angelo
Wildly overpraised it s nonetheless a fine funny addition to the burgeoning Culinary genre 
3
Big Night
Mike Clark
Stanley Tucci s surprise cinematic brainchild fills you up with its audacious originality 
3.5
Big Night
James Berardinelli
When it comes to seeing Big Night two words say it all Bon appetite 
3.5
Big Night
Steve Rhodes
A charming little gem 
3
Big Night
Chris Hicks
A big hearted story of sparring brothers who are trying to make a go of a meager Italian restaurant in a small New Jersey town 
3
Big Night
Roger Ebert
By the end of the movie we have been through an emotional and a sensual wringer in a film of great wisdom and delight 
4
Big Night
Madeleine Williams
The film is a bit slow paced but it derives such a great joy from its subject matter that you can t help but walk out craving a great meal 
3
Big Night
Rob Blackwelder
Insecurity passion love lust life lessons and the American Dream all play a part in Big Night and each touches a nerve under the fastidious direction of Tucci and Scott 
3.5
Chorus
Rob Thomas
It s a long dark road to that catharsis but it s worth the journey to get there I won t easily forget Chorus its currents run too deep 
3.5
The Wash
Walter Chaw
The Wash is Santo Johnny through a swamp of mounting disinterest 
0
The Wash
Michael Dequina
Never comes off as desperate because little effort appears to be put forth by writer director co star DJ Pooh 
1
The Wash
Jason Anderson
A sloppy harebrained movie which looks like it was made on a fraction of the budget of one of their videos 
1.5
The Wash
Dustin Putman
A depressing stereotypical affair that can be thanked by the African American community for portraying their race as lazy drug addicted and whorish 
0
The Wash
Carla Meyer
Halfhearted and badly edited the picture itself seems stoned 
1
The Wash
Jonathan Perry
Like gin and juice Dre and Snoop are good together 
3
The Wash
Tor Thorsen
A sloppily edited comedy laden with sub amateurish acting a script with less direction than a broken compass and a sense of humor that never made it out of the junior high bathroom 
1
The Wash
Lou Lumenick
Boring and desperately unfunny 
0
The Wash
Ed Gonzalez
This ain t no Friday in fact you d be wasting a perfectly good high on it 
2
The Wash
Steve Rhodes
Script has all of the signs of being computer generated The N word and the F word are mixed liberally and randomly 
1
XX
Brian Eggert
The promising concept behind XX draws our interest from start to finish and the arrangement assures that if we don t like the current segment a new one is just a few minutes away 
2.5
XX
Peter Keough
The four narratives achieve varying levels of black comedy and terror with an emphasis on women s issues 
2.5
XX
Christopher Schobert
XX is a horror film that should inspire real discussion and real scares and that s an accomplishment 
3.5
XX
David Nusair
As is generally the case with horror anthologies XX suffers from a wildly uneven feel that ultimately renders its positive attributes moot 
2
XX
Chris Knight
An eerie effective mix 
3
XX
Christy Lemire
If XX is trying to make some sort of statement it s not doing so with much clarity or power 
2.5
XX
Mark Dujsik
The end result is an unfortunate misfire and since it s an anthology it s a misfire multiple times over 
1.5
XX
Peter Howell
A first of its kind in a male dominated genre these four short films are signed sealed and delivered as a form of empowerment 
3
XX
Michael Phillips
The results offer a collective shiver not a lot of shrieks here for those in the mood for sprightly short form misfortune 
3
XX
Chuck Bowen
These shorts follow female protagonists as they wrestle with exclusion and implicit social standards that may or may not extend to their male counterparts 
3
XX
Dustin Putman
Were the superior tales bookending the weaker sections perhaps it wouldn t have called as much attention to itself As is only the wickedly good opening 40 minutes of XX are worth the viewers while 
2
Les misérables
Fernando Gonzalez
At the end it is Lelouch s underlying belief in simple decency and a smart dignified performance by Jean Paul Belmondo that redeems him It is only fitting 
2.5
Les misérables
Jeanne Aufmuth
Arresting images the timeless battle of good and evil and triumph over insurmountable odds combine to lend a worldly veneer to this three hour epic In terms of human destiny it speaks volumes 
3
Les misérables
Robert Roten
A stunning achievement 
4
Les misérables
Roger Ebert
The film is a wealth of incident boxing matches prison escapes overland chases a train robbery high society low crimes 
3.5
Les misérables
Edward Guthmann
Lelouch overworks this narrative scheme terribly By reiterating his point and leaving nothing to our imagination his cross referencing shtick turns dull and belabored 
2
Les misérables
Walter V. Addiego
What is most remarkable about the picture is Belmondo s work in three roles 
4
Les misérables
James Berardinelli
Whether Hugo s Lelouch s or both you will rarely find a more powerful cathartic and ultimately satisfying narrative to immerse yourself in 
4
Awake
Steven Prokopy
The latest from director Mark Raso Kodachrome is a science fiction thriller with a promising concept and not nearly enough follow through 
2
Awake
Tom Meek
It feels like a disturbed dream sleep that s best forgotten when conscious 
1
Awake
Kevin Carr
A squandered opportunity 
1
Awake
David Nusair
an intriguing premise that is by and large employed to absolutely disastrous effect 
1
Awake
James Berardinelli
The promise of an intriguing premise results in expectations that the film which rarely diverges from the familiar feel of a post apocalyptic road movie is unable to capture 
2
Awake
Roger Moore
Rodriguez shows us little in this role because no one involved realized that sleepwalking through a performance is the worst way to win over your audience 
1.5
Awake
Monica Castillo
Awake has just enough scares and strangeness plus a sense of dread and paranoia to make its horror creepy and enjoyable 
2.5
Awake
Phil Villarreal
If you re the sort who uses Netflix as a cinematic lullaby Awake may be just what you re looking for 
2
Awake
Mick LaSalle
Rodriguez is terrific She is focused direct always emotionally present and never overdoing it 
2.5
Awake
Mark Dujsik
The Rasos have written a gimmicky shallow thriller with little to explore and even less to say about humanity 
1.5
Awake
Pat Brown
It s difficult to imagine a high concept thriller that coalesces around its one line conceit less convincingly than Awake 
.5
They Call Me Bruce?
Roger Ebert
The plot is cheerfully idiotic 
2
Training Day
Matt Brunson
A gritty and initially engrossing cop flick 46 
2.5
Training Day
Amy Bracken Sparks
The sly casting of the charismatic Washington who comes with built in righteousness cred helps this rise above some ill considered third act twists and anticlimaxes 
3
Training Day
Steven Snyder
Thumbs up without question Unfortunately Training Day could have been so much more than it is 
3.5
Training Day
David Nusair
an intelligent and riveting action movie that doesn t rely on a lot of special effects to tell a genuinely interesting story 
3.5
Training Day
Margaret A. McGurk
For those of us who rank Denzel Washington among the best actors America has ever produced it is more a thrill than a shock to see him take on the showy villainous role he plays in Training Day 
3.5
Training Day
Jeffrey Westhoff
It aims to be a contemporary L A Confidential but crumples with a simplistic unbelievable climax 
2
Training Day
Jeremy Heilman
When the characters start taking obscene amounts of physical abuse and coming back for more it manages to help you take the film s events less seriously something that would have helped from the start 
2.5
Training Day
Frank Ochieng
an obsequious vehicle where Washington can strut his dastardly stuff in an otherwise penetrating but arbitrary streetwise adventure Personally this undercover movie reviewing narc finds Training Day a kind of tough pill to swallow 
2.5
Training Day
Mark Dujsik
I don t quite understand why screenwriters try to cram their more nuanced or interesting characters into something as conventional as the final act of Training Day 
2.5
Training Day
Ian Mantgani
If its content is over the top well it s still engrossing 
3
Training Day
Jorge Avila Andrade
Trama interesante llena de personajes tridimensionales y sustanciosos que seguramente harn pensar al espectador en los tiempos actuales que vivimos 
3
Training Day
Jules Brenner
There s strong stuff here a good meal for the appetites of life on the line action craving audiences especially those who enjoy seeing bad cops portrayed for the world to see 
3
Training Day
Mike McGranaghan
An entertaining morally satisfying movie 
3
Training Day
James Kendrick
starts off very well gets increasingly better as it goes along and then suddenly deflates as it shoots itself in the foot in the final stretch
3
Training Day
Michael Dequina
Any issues with the material are made irrelevant by Denzel Washington s volcanic energy and fierce conviction 
3
Training Day
Bob Bloom
Motivation is questionable the script needed some more polish and some of the action is cartoonish 
2
Training Day
Robert Roten
The powerful story also lends itself to a broader interpretation than a simple contest between good and evil The film is a tour de force 
4
Training Day
Harvey S. Karten
As a conventional police drama this is as good as a Hollywood genre pic gets 
3
Training Day
Dustin Putman
Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke are so good that they easily stand out in a cop drama that is merely adequate 
2.5
Training Day
Ed Gonzalez
A rock solid Hollywood thriller that showcases a corrupt cop s twisted abuse of innocence 
3
Training Day
Bob Graham
Washington plays Alonzo like a con man with a one two punch It s tour de force acting 
3
Training Day
Tor Thorsen
Having seen everything come together so beautifully it almost physically hurts to watch Training Day collapse into a pile of cop movie tropes during the last 15 minutes 
3
Training Day
Liam Lacey
Here s a cop drama with some brutal smarts rather than dumb brutality and smart alecky one liners 
3
Training Day
Susan Stark
To create a meaningful scenario you must have a credible balance between good and evil Training Day self destructs on its cavalier failure to honor that axiom 
1
Training Day
Roger Ebert
For its kinetic energy and acting zeal I enjoyed the movie I like it when actors go for broke 
3
Training Day
Claudia Puig
With its unflinching style Training Day can be hard to sit through at times But it s worth the discomfort for the adrenaline rush of the plot and Washington s compelling performance 
3
Training Day
Carrie Rickey
Less a police drama than a cinematic force feed Training Day is difficult to swallow and harder still to stomach 
2.5
Training Day
James Berardinelli
Riveting and intense 
3
Training Day
Michael Wilmington
Even though Training Day collapses into a slew of implausibilities at the end it s still one of the most continuously exciting of the recent big action movies 
3
Training Day
Rob Blackwelder
At once droll and incredibly intimidating Washington is a knockout 
2.5
Training Day
Tony Toscano
Reverts pathetically into the tried and true formula of good cop versus bad cop 
2
Training Day
Steve Rhodes
Played wonderfully against type by Denzel Washington Alonzo is the role that could win Washington his long deserved best actor Oscar 
3.5
Training Day
Jeanne Aufmuth
Denzel Washington tears up the screen as the personification of corrupt evil 
3.5
Training Day
Ross Anthony
Are you wolf or sheep 
3
Training Day
Bill Chambers
Its events really are confined to a 24 hour period I m tempted to joke that too bad the running time wasn t also 
2
Regeneration
Steve Rhodes
Although the stories in the film are moving director Gillies MacKinnon is never able to weave them into a compelling whole 
2.5
High Strung Free Dance
Roger Moore
The dancing is vivacious and arresting PG sexy given the film s rating The music Think John Tesh 
1.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Richard Roeper
I was immersed in this story no matter who was telling the tale 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Sonny Bunch
If you have three plus hours to spare you ll find good company McAvoy and Chastain are great plumbing the emotional depths of their characters broken marriage 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Alissa Wilkinson
The movie is sad and occasionally devastating but not without hope 
2.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Stephen Rebello
By the time the movie ends we don t even know very much more about these two than we did when we started that they re a pair of privileged great looking people with a photogenic case of the oh so sads 
2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Robert Levin
It s dreamy and evocative stuff without fetishizing the experience of grieving or succumbing to the usual cliches
3.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Steven Rea
Worth it for the talent on display disappointing for what the talent has been given or not given to work with 
2.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Mark Dujsik
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Them does not play fair with the audience or its characters 
2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Rafer Guzman
A delicate and ephemeral romance 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Moira MacDonald
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Them is worth seeing if only for the way the camera lingers on Jessica Chastain as if she s a silken magnet 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Kristin Tillotson
Lacks the chemistry and cohesion to make us give a hoot about any of the people portrayed by a stellar cast 
2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Michael Phillips
For me Chastain s unerring honesty is the only element keeping The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby above the realm of pure affectation 
2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
James Berardinelli
The performances are uniformly strong and there are some powerful scenes but the overall story arc is less insightful or affecting than one might hope 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Clayton Davis
Written and directed by Benson Them crafts an emotional and passionate tale of love lost regained and ultimately doomed to exist 
3.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a patiently directed film with a rare sense of how the layout of a space can affect interactions within it 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Stephen Whitty
Smart sensitive passionate 
3.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Claudia Puig
What looms largest is the sense of abiding loss of a potentially great movie 
2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Peter Travers
Jessica Chastain is a shining star with acting skills that resonate beyond her beauty She is at her fierce unerring best which is saying something in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Jocelyn Noveck
Eleanor is about messiness and risk in life and in love But it s not all sad 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Kyle Smith
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is neither a mystery nor Beatles themed but it is an elegantly wrought tale of anguish 
3
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Roger Moore
Boiling these two romances down to one overlong was simple common sense or an act of mercy
2.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Ed Gonzalez
The film abounds in excruciatingly obvious often precious articulations of grief where armchair philosophizing volleys back and forth with punishing abandon 
1.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
David Nusair
It s ultimately clear however that The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby could and probably should have been edited down to a single much tighter movie 
3
3 From Hell
Scout Tafoya
3 from Hell has moments of abject horror but fans of Zombie s autumnal provocations will be rewarded with his most earnest and laid back nightmare yet 
4
3 From Hell
Federico Furzan
Rob Zombie s cinema returns more divisive than ever His rawness is masterful Full review in Spanish 
3
3 From Hell
Walter Chaw
3 From Hell is smart and committed exploitation filmmaking discomfiting and surreal and fully engaged in creating a universe where the only way to win is not to play 
3
Aziz Ansari: Right Now
Verne Gay
Risky show risky strategy and both pay off 
3
London
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as a well intentioned failure that admittedly might hold some appeal for fans of the various actors 
2
London
Stephen Whitty
You are so annoying our hero screams in the heroine s face halfway through London You are 10 times more annoying than me our heroine quickly answers They re both right 
1.5
London
Brill Bundy
The only thing more tedious than stoned people philosophizing about the existence of God is boys who can t bring themselves to say I love you 
1.5
London
Maitland McDonagh
The script is so free of genuine insight into his beautiful but childish characters that it s hard to work up any sympathy for their shallow juvenile problems 
2
London
Neva Chonin
Boy meets girl boy loses girl boy spends hours in a bathroom snorting a mother lode of cocaine while annoying everyone within earshot with his tales of woe Sounds like a great idea for a movie Let s do it 
1
London
Timothy Knight
Let s hope this movie hasn t come out too early in the year to be remembered for a well deserved Razzie 
0
London
Kyle Smith
London has nothing to do with London It has nothing to do with anything except the same heavy breathing preppy Walter Mitty fantasy that drove A Million Little Pieces 
1
London
Jack Mathews
Don t you hate it when you re holed up in a bathroom with two egocentric guys snorting coke and kibitzing about the meaning of life and their failing love lives Me too 
1.5
London
Bob Strauss
I haven t seen so much nasty stuff ingested by so many people since well college But at least the folks like this that I used to know were kind enough to overdose at a certain point here they just keep talking Or more accurately whining 
2.5
London
Michael Phillips
An aggravating twerp of an indie 
1
London
Roger Ebert
I have seen all of these actors on better days in better movies and I may have a novena said for them 
1
London
Matt Pais
London is a coke snorting catastrophe full of endless scenes of chiseled morons trying to be Socrates You re better off getting relationship advice from a Magic 8 ball 
0
London
Ed Gonzalez
Richards recognizes and exploits Evans s beauty self reflexively using it as a red herring 
2
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mattie Lucas
Its final hour long single take tracking shot is not only a marvel of technical ingenuity it s like an out of body experience that shatters the boundaries of what cinema can do 
3.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Ty Burr
You may carry the echoes of this indefinable masterpiece long after you ve awakened from it 
4
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Anita Katz
This film won t satisfy everyone but those interested in risky bravura filmmaking should check it out on the big screen 
3.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
David N. Butterworth
Bi Gan s Long Day s Journey Into Night is a neo noir mystery broken into a jigsaw puzzle wrapped in a conundrum and hidden in a Chinese box 
3
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Joe Friar
Bi Gan s mesmerizing film noir plays like a fascinating dream that you hope won t end The writer director uses color and the shroud of nightfall to guide the audience down a path filled with mystery and romance Dazzling 
4
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mark Dujsik
The resulting movie is at times hypnotic but mostly an act of evasion 
2.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Michael Phillips
Three different cinematographers worked on Long Day s Journey Into Night and yet the results feel like a single sustained puzzle that comes together on its own terms 
3.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
G. Allen Johnson
If you re the adventurous type and like boundaries to be pushed Long Day s Journey Into Night might be worth a shot 
3
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Barry Hertz
However it finagled its way into the cultural conversation Gan s remarkable achievement deserves as much oxygen as we can afford to give it 
3.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
Long Day s Journey Into Night is a piece of cinematic poetry where every syllable has wormed its way into my soul and has aggressively refused to release its vice like grip 
3.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Simon Abrams
Time moves differently in Long Day s Journey Into Night a sensuous dream like Chinese drama 
4
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Steve Macfarlane
Somehow Bi Gan s film is self aware and fluid as its own viewing experience yet inextricable from its loud and clear influences 
3
Molly
Michael Dequina
89 minutes of Shue s strained Acting display is 89 more than anyone should ever have to endure 
1
Molly
Lou Lumenick
Shue comes perilously close to offensive caricature as the afflicted Molly 
2
Molly
Cornell & Petricelli
Unfortunately despite a praise worthy performance by Elisabeth Shue the movie did not leave us with a lasting impression or emotional connection 
2
Shrek the Third
Mattie Lucas
An agreeable time passer nothing more 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Brandy McDonnell
The comic actresses deftly turn the Disney animated standard of helpless and lovely damsels in distress on its head 
3
Shrek the Third
Peter Keough
From its humble elegant origins as a slim children s book by William Steig Shrek has metastasized into a symptom of and metaphor for the entertainment industry and modern culture in general 
1
Shrek the Third
Rossiter Drake
Though the devious wit of the original remains it is obscured by too many classic rock interludes courtesy of Led Zeppelin Heart and Paul McCartney and nudging pop culture references that seem by now just part of the formula 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Joe Lozito
It might be best to let the big guy live happily ever after 
3
Shrek the Third
Johnny Vaughan
Unfortunately a few flashes of brilliance don t stop this being a disappointing follow up to the brilliant first two films don t let that stop you from taking your kids to see it so they can make up their own minds 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Steven Snyder
What s lacking is that intangible sense of fun of inventiveness of ingenuity that made the first Shrek something you ran to your friends grabbed them by the arms and told them they simply HAD to see 
2
Shrek the Third
James Kendrick
plays like warmed up leftovers
2
Shrek the Third
Janos Gereben
The bad news this year s Shrek the Third is not more fun cute entertaining and clever than the first two Far from being a yawn there is no call for jumping up and down either 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Lori Hoffman
Shrek the Third is an example of take the money and run blandness 
2
Shrek the Third
Wesley Lovell
Turning to Arthurian legend to fill the gaps of the fairy tale parodies you ve run short of makes for a mess of a film 
2
Shrek the Third
Vince Koehler
Shrek is back for thirds and just as appetizing as the first two servings 
3
Shrek the Third
Matt Brunson
Both the donkey and the kitty have largely been neutered and the film s makers didn t bother to introduce any compelling new characters to pick up the slack 
2
Shrek the Third
John Beifuss
Tackiest movie moment of the year The dead serious use of Paul McCartney s Live and Let Die during the funeral of the Frog King
2
Shrek the Third
Ethan Alter
Whatever wit and charm were present in the original Shrek has long since vanished replaced by sitcom level punchlines lazy plotting and flat characterizations 
1.5
Shrek the Third
Russ Breimeier
Time to put this fairy tale to bed while it s still good and let Shrek save some face 
3
Shrek the Third
Eric Melin
Shrek standing up for himself means insisting that he is not King material despite the fact that everyone around him believes he d be a great leader 
2
Shrek the Third
Gary Brown
While there are lots of funny moments the smartness and wit of Shrek the Third seems to be missing a fifth gear 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Kam Williams
Enough projectile vomit fart and poop jokes to keep kids of any age enthralled for ninety minutes 
2
Shrek the Third
Mike McGranaghan
There is good news and bad news about Shrek the Third The bad news is that it isn t on the same level as the first two The good news is that it still gets enough right to be well worth a look 
3
Shrek the Third
Michael A. Smith
The best Shrek of them all 
4
Shrek the Third
Kit Bowen
Shrek the Third pretty much serves up the same tired fairytale shenanigans with little of the original s magic Still the franchise s undeniable charm alleviates some of the Third s banality 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Forrest Hartman
Shrek the Third hath succumbed to the rigors of the Hollywood franchise and while hardly a disaster it is not so inventive or novel as its predecessors 
3
Shrek the Third
Ross Anthony
The first 15 minutes of this picture had me rolling in the aisles The careful animation of the frog king rocks Not so funny during middle chunk Great pop music choices 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Claudia Puig
The world of the fanciful fable looks particularly vibrant this time with its signature blend of realism and fantasy It is a pleasure to watch these fairy tale folk be themselves yet again 
3
Shrek the Third
Maitland McDonagh
The real trouble is that the filmmakers consistently choose gags over character Playing King Harold s death for comedy He s Fiona s father even if he is a frog Shrek would never have gone for a cheap laugh like that 
2
Shrek the Third
Rob Salem
What the characters and satirical situations may lack this time out in a certain fresh vitality they more than compensate for with a warm laid back familiarity and the occasional out of left fjord surprise 
3
Shrek the Third
David Elliott
Essentially the movie is saying to its loyal crowd You bought this stuff before now take it re canned There is nothing really happening but the breezy ricochet of gags the rote sitcom types the star voices that are phoning in performances 
2
Shrek the Third
Carla Meyer
Shrek the Third offers few surprises but packages its predictable elements quite delightfully The pacing is brisk and the jokes nearly constant with enough silliness for kids and cleverness for parents 
3
Shrek the Third
Timothy Knight
The narrative momentum and comic energy begin to flag right about the point Shrek and his sidekicks begin their quest for Artie who s an exceedingly bland addition to the cast of characters 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Stephen Whitty
The series is showing signs of aging from the predictably jokey store signs Versarchery Abercrombie and Witch to the classic rock instrumentals playing under the fight scenes 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Duane Dudek
Audiences who flocked to the first film because it was distinctive are being sold the same thing all over again because they liked it well enough twice before The result is business as usual disguised as something new 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Peter Debruge
Shrek may have been first but revisionist fairy tales have become more common than the real thing and this sequel should have done more to differentiate itself 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Glenn Whipp
Invention has given way to formula and babies Shrek has jumped the shark 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Sean P. Means
Amid the swamp of crude humor and self conscious parody the biggest problem is that it has more uplifting messages than a very special episode of Blossom 
2
Shrek the Third
Amy Biancolli
The movie s tidy running time is crammed with so many yuks that I d have to watch two or three times to catch them all And I wouldn t mind 
3.5
Shrek the Third
Rick Groen
Don t arrive late children because what little energy exists gets expended early on 
2
Shrek the Third
Jeff Vice
This somewhat lowbrow fantasy spoof simply repeats the same jokes once twice three times or more 
2
Shrek the Third
Lisa Kennedy
One measure of comedy s pleasure might be how often you recount the best bits after leaving the theater Shrek is loaded with the sort of set pieces both hysterical and satisfyingly amusing you ll irk friends with 
3.5
Shrek the Third
Mary F. Pols
Lacks freshness and has the air of contrivance It s gone too far into its own self referential head and the cast of favorite fairy tale characters feels overpopulated 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Lawrence Toppman
Reasons not to make Shrek the Third Played out characters Bland villain Novice directors Slipshod plotting No compelling story or emotional depth 
2
Shrek the Third
Tyler Hanley
The ornery ogre brought to life by Mike Myers and DreamWorks in 2001 returns to the screen for his third outing a fast paced fantasy rife with witty humor and colorful characters 
3.5
Shrek the Third
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I ve never been a fan of the Shrek movies and the third entry in the series dutifully continues with everything they do that s annoying and irrational 
2
Shrek the Third
Daniel M. Kimmel
Shrek the Third is like a comfortable old bathrobe or pair of slippers It s not a fashion statement It s simply easy to slip into 
2.5
Shrek the Third
James Sanford
sometimes slightly heavy handed messages are balanced out by stunningly beautiful meticulously detailed animation and a healthy dose of the insouciant humor Shrek fans have come to expect 
3
Shrek the Third
Ed Gonzalez
Like Spider Man 3 Shrek the Third is an experiment in excess 
2
Shrek the Third
Willie Waffle
Shrek The Third is a funny visit with familiar characters that will make you laugh but you don t leave hoping for a fourth 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Erik Childress
Another great lesson for the children When the green is guaranteed you can put as little effort as possible into your project 
2
Shrek the Third
Steve Rhodes
A direct to video quality production being sent to the theaters instead in the hope of getting families to spend ten times as much money or more 
2
Shrek the Third
Peter Canavese
No one but patrons with fistfuls of dollars can save this cash grab from itself 
1.5
Shrek the Third
Sara Michelle Fetters
All excitement and anticipation aside no two ways about it this sequel is also a frightful disappointment the fairy tale clearly over no matter how much I and so many others would rather wish otherwise 
2
Shrek the Third
Mark Dujsik
Marks a decided drop in the series 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Nick Rogers
It jumps the Shrek No wonder Donkey and Puss in Boots get pushed aside They have to make way for big bull in this disengenous lifeless sequel that preaches individual destiny but behaves just like the cashcow it s been groomed to be 
2
Shrek the Third
Dustin Putman
The big green ogre and his ragtag pals are still an amiable lot to spend ninety minutes with but a creative overhaul might be in the cards if the series is to continue to a part four 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Jack Mathews
Where the first two films laced their stories with references to and appearances by familiar fairy tale characters Shrek the Third is almost totally dependent upon them 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Kyle Smith
Monty Python ish nuttiness is thinly scattered but it makes the movie worth seeing once 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Terry Lawson
Shrek the Third manages to add new characters and plots without losing sight of the series primary appeal the snappy subversiveness with which it upends fairy tales nursery rhymes and legends 
3
Shrek the Third
Moira MacDonald
Those of us charmed by the original Shrek and its ability to mix fairy tale sweetness with some hilariously grown up cleverness will leave disappointed Much of this feels like a retread a cash cow without enough ideas to justify its existence 
2
Shrek the Third
Chris Hewitt
Eddie Murphy Mike Myers and Antonio Banderas are three of the all time best matches of actors to animated characters So it s a shame the writers weren t inspired to give them funnier stuff to do 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Phoebe Flowers
Shrek the Third has a maddeningly plodding pace It s less a movie than a shiny magnet installed in theaters to take your money 
2
Shrek the Third
Mick LaSalle
There s never the sense of a movie begging for laughs by throwing in anachronisms The jokes are organic to the movie to its sly and slightly caustic worldview and they don t stop coming from start to finish 
3.5
Shrek the Third
Peter Travers
There s no disguising the fact that Shrek the Third has come down with a bad case of sequelitis You know the symptoms Lots of razzle dazzle to distract from the hole at the center of the story You know the place where fresh ideas should be 
2
Shrek the Third
Carrie Rickey
As far as the adventures of Shrek go it grieves me to report that the third time is charmless 
2
Shrek the Third
Gene Seymour
If you re into the last two installments you ll find the same laughs here Nothing more nothing less 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Roger Ebert
It makes the mistake of thinking slapstick action is funny for its own sake True characters zooming and bouncing around are easy to write because no creative invention is required to set them in motion But so what 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Michael Phillips
I doubt even rabid fans of the first two will consider Shrek the Third a worthy addition to the franchise 
2
Shrek the Third
Wesley Morris
Director Chris Miller and the credited writers are determined that if these films are to be a collection of riffs and gags with a sweet afterthought for a finale then they ought to be very good And largely these are 
3
Shrek the Third
Josh Larsen
The Shrek pictures are commonly considered fairy tale spoofs but these are reinventions really 
3.5
Shrek the Third
James Berardinelli
Four words say all that needs to be said about Shrek the Third more of the same The problem is what seems fresh and pleasing the first time through starts to feel a little stale by the time we ve gone through it three times 
2.5
Shrek the Third
Walter Chaw
The prime example of what happens when you craft something for the express purpose of entertaining dullards mental defectives and toddlers 
0.5
Shrek the Third
Linda Cook
The third time s not the charm Shrek the Third isn t a bad movie It s just not as funny or as smart as the first two Now that it s a franchise it has forgotten both its heart and its brain because it has dollar signs in its eyes 
3
Shrek the Third
Phil Villarreal
Shrek the Tired shows the series age writers seem to be running out of classic stories to skewer reaching awkwardly for the King Arthur mythos this time out 
3
Shrek the Third
Jeffrey Westhoff
Flat and pointless Shrek the Third is a sequel made for the worst reason merely to keep a mega franchise in the public eye and to position it for TV and Broadway spinoffs 
2
Shrek the Third
Matt Pais
You re not an ogre for thinking that Shrek the Third feels tired like the big green guy after a light jog 
2
Shrek the Third
Sean McBride
should be a huge hit even if it s a bit of a letdown from the silly fun of the first two films 
3
The Bonfire of the Vanities
David Nusair
It s ultimately not difficult to see why The Bonfire of the Vanities was and still is regarded as an epic big budget bomb 
1.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Gary Thompson
Tom Wolfe s widely read satire becomes a tedious farce turning one of the year s most anticipated movies into one of the most disappointing 
1.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Steven Rea
What a mess 
1.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
John Hartl
If you loved Wolfe s book you may very well hate the movie If you simply liked the novel you may be simultaneously entertained and disappointed by what De Palma and Cristofer have done to it 
2.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Gene Siskel
The film was cast wrong and written shallowly 
1.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Stephen Hunter
Call it Bonfire of the Calamities 
1.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Paul Schrodt
De Palma s characterizations may not have the subtle tongue in cheek wit of Tom Wolfe but his version of the story is both more comic and angrier for it 
3.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Chuck O'Leary
An interesting failure that s not as bad as its reputation Speaks a lot of truth but the tone is too broad 
2.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Roger Ebert
Those who have read the book will be constantly distracted because they know so much more than the movie tells them about the characters 
2.5
Proof of Life
Michael Dequina
Whatever sparks ignited off the set fail to register on film in essence ruining Taylor Hackford s drama 
2
Proof of Life
Betsy Bozdech
Proof of Life is tepid at best director Taylor Hackford s attempt to juggle an action adventure flick with a Serious Drama undermines both parts of the film 
2
Proof of Life
Judith Egerton
About as thrilling as the Kansas plains 
2
Proof of Life
Collin Souter
Can t some writers directors concede to the fact that some stories work perfectly well on their own without having to force an awkward first kiss between the two leads 
2.5
Proof of Life
Marty Mapes
Proof of Life is two movies It should have been just one 
2.5
Proof of Life
Andrew Howe
A well acted disappointment 
2
Proof of Life
Jorge Avila Andrade
Larga tediosa y manipuladora es uno de los grandes fracasos del año
2
Proof of Life
James Kendrick
an entertaining thriller even if there are some fairly large plot holes and inconsistencies
3
Proof of Life
Ross Anthony
Crowe s commanding performance stands out too strongly against the backdrop of this awkwardly paced off balance production 
1.5
Proof of Life
Roger Ebert
I was interested all through the movie interested but not riveted 
2.5
Proof of Life
Wesley Morris
Emotionally off kilter 
2
Proof of Life
Susan Stark
Hackford and company don t deliver in Proof of Life 
2
Proof of Life
Cornell & Petricelli
The film is generally plagued with incomplete plot elements 
2.5
Proof of Life
Rob Blackwelder
A bona fide Third World thriller that deserves to be seen without all the prejudicial baggage and BS that has swirled around the movie for the last few months 
3
Proof of Life
James Berardinelli
The movie s impressive look cannot fully compensate for the uneven and partially involving nature of the overall story 
2.5
Proof of Life
Dustin Putman
The whole movie ambitious as it may be relentlessly flaps there like a fish suddenly pulled out of the water gasping for its last few breaths 
2
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
Michael O'Sullivan
Not quite documentary yet by no means drama Inside the Mind of Leonardo is what might be called poetic biography maddeningly fragmentary and idiosyncratic but 100 percent true 
2
Mystery Date
Roger Ebert
It s one of those movies where the setup is unbelievably complicated and involves a chain of mistaken identities and we sit patiently in the audience and wait while the writers get all of their ducks in a row 
2
The Heart of Nuba
Roger Moore
A sober minded uplifting portrait of righteous doctor who heals the wounded and the sick in the middle of a Sudanese genocide
3
We Used to Know Each Other
Pamela Powell
Beautifully filmed and with sublime performances it s a lush oasis of love and reality perfectly balanced with an ending that mirrors your own reaction 
3.5
The Black Marble
Matt Brunson
Virtually everything from the tone to the character relationships seems slightly off 
2.5
The Black Marble
Roger Ebert
This isn t a seamless piece of work but it s infectious and charming 
3.5
The Bank Dick
Mattie Lucas
There s a hilarious sense of nonchalance about the whole thing and if Fields and Cline are just throwing everything they ve got at this thing and seeing what works as the film is unfolding 
3.5
The Bank Dick
Matt Brunson
Arguably stands as Fields finest achievement 
4
The Bank Dick
James Kendrick
The Bank Dick is a highly revered film in the annals of screen comedy and it is easy to see why 
4
The Bank Dick
Roger Ebert
Probably Fields best film 
4
The Bank Dick
Jeffrey M. Anderson
No screen comic benefited from the coming of sound film more than W C Fields 
4
Crocodile Dundee II
Matt Brunson
Much of the charm of Crocodile Dundee is from its lack of an overly aggressive plot it unfolds at its own rhythm and refuses to insert any dramatic contrivances that would go against its very nature Alas that s not the case with Crocodile Dundee II 
2
Crocodile Dundee II
Bill Chambers
It s audacious in its defiance of expectations no doubt but there s no pleasure in the unconventionality 
0.5
Eyes of a Stranger
David Nusair
an above average slasher 
3
Macbeth
Sara Michelle Fetters
It screws the viewer s courage to the sticking place forcing them to look into corners of themselves they would rather not peer 
3.5
Macbeth
David N. Butterworth
As far as justifying yet another version of Macbeth to the Brothers Weinstein goes this ain t a half bad way to do it 
3
Macbeth
Sonny Bunch
You ve probably never seen The Scottish Play done quite like this 
3
Macbeth
Robert Levin
The merit of any Shakespearean adaptation rests heavily on its actors and Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard are well suited to the narrative s conflicts 
3
Macbeth
John Wirt
A worthy Macbeth refresher course highlighted by Michael Fassbender s feverish Macbeth and Marion Cotillard s simmering Lady Macbeth 
3
Macbeth
Kam Williams
Fassbender and company do justice to the Bard s Double Double Toil and Trouble classic 
3
Macbeth
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Few would argue how powerful and effective this last adaptation turned out to be Full Review in Spanish 
3.5
Macbeth
David Keyes
In a word brilliant 
4
Macbeth
Kent Turner
It makes lucid the themes and characters with a wide ranging color palette and strong internalized performances And it sure beats CliffsNotes 
2.5
Macbeth
John Beifuss
When a film version of Macbeth jettisons the witches Something wicked this way comes cauldron speech for long stretches of showy slow motion action violence its priorities are awry 
2
Macbeth
John Serba
Cotillard and Fassbender s work justifies yet another reiteration of a story well worn yet still dramatically and thematically potent bleak and grim as it may be 
3
Macbeth
Anders Wright
Kurzel s version of Macbeth is smart assured and visually stunning It s no double double toil and trouble at all 
3
Macbeth
Scott Renshaw
This Macbeth digs into the collision between the urge to create life and the urge to destroy it and in so doing addresses the challenge facing any retelling of an oft told tale It provides a justification for its own existence 
3.5
Macbeth
Tom Meek
For all the slick film school craft Kurzel layer into the project it s sad that the bard s snappy poetic language is unceremoniously culled It s there in pen but falls limp from the tongue 
2
Macbeth
Bob Bloom
This is a contradictory Macbeth The plot appears to rush through its petty paces at the same time however the actors seem to be performing in slow motion 
2.5
Macbeth
Mark Dujsik
Macbeth is the cinematic equivalent of an actor attempting to convey an understanding of a Shakespeare soliloquy by reciting it as quickly as possible 
2.5
Macbeth
Kate Taylor
This screen adaptation of the famous Scottish play is very Scottish very bloody and very clever if inconsistently so 
3.5
Macbeth
Michael Smith
The subtle devious performances of Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard are reason enough to check out the latest cinematic take on the Shakespearean tragedy 
3.5
Macbeth
Moira MacDonald
All blood and ice a stirring unflinching retelling of Shakespeare s tale of a Scottish thane his ambitious wife and a terrible deed that haunts them leaving their hands forever stained 
3.5
Macbeth
Peter Howell
It stars Michael Fassbender as the murderous general of infamy and Marion Cotillard as his complicit wife Two of the world s finest actors they make a magnetic pair 
3
Macbeth
Peter Keough
The fundamental problem with this Macbeth is that it insists on reducing the mystery of motivation to the pop psychology of a magazine article 
2
Macbeth
David Berry
His Macbeth does at times fall into that all too common trap of Shakespeare more concerned with cleverly or in this case gorgeously playing with well known themes than actually making us feel them 
2.5
Macbeth
Michael Phillips
However skillful Fassbender and Cotillard perform as if nervous about being one of those ham actors who struts and frets his hour upon the stage Or two hours on the screen 
2
Macbeth
Steven Rea
If Macbeth comes off at times like a Classics Illustrated comic book adaptation there is one from 1955 it can also be quite moving quite troubling haunting even 
3
Macbeth
Calvin Wilson
Macbeth takes liberties with the particulars of the Shakespeare play but is fascinatingly true to its spirit 
3.5
Macbeth
Michael O'Sullivan
Macbeth possesses a terrible beauty evoking fear sadness awe and confusion Presented with the aesthetic of a dark comic book it s also a mournful masterpiece 
4
Macbeth
Rex Reed
The antique weapons ancient mud splattered costumes and faces so caked with dirt that the expressions are often obliterated make this a visceral Macbeth if far from flawless in other areas 
2
Macbeth
Alissa Wilkinson
At once ferociously medieval and achingly contemporary this is the Macbeth our haunted fearful times require 
3.5
Macbeth
Jake Cole
Unfortunately this promising revision is delivered in lugubrious terms by a self conscious director who cannot ever change the tone of the play without endlessly calling attention to those changes 
2
Macbeth
Anita Katz
The visual merits might have eclipsed the human story but Fassbender and Cotillard supply the necessary emotion 
3
Macbeth
Stephen Whitty
No one does huge tremulous wide eyed emotion better than Cotillard and she s thrilling in the part 
3
Macbeth
Christy Lemire
While the scale of the battles and the scenery is enormous and awe inspiring some of the more famous moments and lines arrive in understated fashion in intimate spaces 
3
Macbeth
Peter Travers
If you haven t seen Marion Cotillard play Lady Macbeth you really haven t seen the role inhabited with the glorious fire and ice it needs to haunt your dreams Purists will raise holy hell Screw them 
3
Macbeth
Kyle Smith
Amid all the bloodshed of the latest film adaptation of the Scottish play there is an eerie beauty to the treachery 
3
Macbeth
Mick LaSalle
Kurzel and three screenwriters have figured out a way to make Macbeth boring Now that they proved it can be done no one need ever do it again 
1
Macbeth
Sam C. Mac
Throughout director Justin Kurzel s stagey pretensions clash with each of his aesthetic choices 
2
Macbeth
Jesús Chavarria
A solid new version of the classic Shakespeare play with minor but good changes to some dialogue Full review in Spanish 
4
Summer Ghost
Matt Brunson
A sensitive and sobering drama in the carpe diem vein 46 
3
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
David Nusair
46 46 46 an often excessively meandering sequel that fares best in its fun and briskly paced opening stretch 46 46 46 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Betsy Bozdech
Takes an interesting concept a female buddy picture and wastes it opting instead for clichéd fish out of water humor and silly costumes 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Lisa Ann Cockrel
There is a bit of a lesson about identity and self worth imparted here but it s muddled at best Who has two hours to waste watching this movie 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Vince Koehler
I think you will find it quite satisfying 
3
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Sara Michelle Fetters
Whether back in her ill fitting suit sunglasses and sensible shoes or strutting around in a showgirl outfit so canary yellow you d swear she was Big Bird Bullock is wonderful illuminating things with superstar sass singularly her own 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Lori Hoffman
an unfortunate example of what happens when a once popular actress is staring at the downside of her career
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Susan Tavernetti
Trips over itself more than Gracie Hart And it never gets up 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Linda Cook
Sometimes a movie is so abhorrent it s difficult to think of the appropriate words When I do I can t print them here 
0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Mike McGranaghan
The subtitle of the film is Armed and Fabulous I can think of more appropriate words to use Awful and Forgettable Atrocious and Foul 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Matt Brunson
Many bad movies at least make an effort this one is content to simply lay there like a fat tick gorged on the blood of complacent moviegoers 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Angel Cohn
Shatner s forced presence meanwhile should have been lost in space 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Frank Ochieng
As a transparent sequel this flaccid follow up has all the creative stability and comic support of a defective high heel shoe 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Jon Niccum
Armed and Superfluous makes a more fitting title 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Walter Chaw
Miss Congeniality 2 trods the same path so recently plodded by Nia Vardalos garish trainwreck Connie and Carla 
0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Jonathan W. Hickman
Miss Congeniality 2 Armed and Fabulous attempts to do this and has its moments before it succumbs to complete banality 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Sean McBride
Bullock can still play the girl next door doing a pratfall with plenty of charm but nowhere near enough grace to save this otherwise mediocre movie 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Jonathan R. Perry
We never find congeniality in a clunky mean spirited sequel that mines most its humor from one unlikable character s sadistic abuse of another unlikable character 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Emily Blunt
The laughs are hardly armed and this mess far from fabulous 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
James Verniere
In the zany tradition of Lucille Ball s Lucy Goldie Hawn s Private Benjamin and Renee Zellweger s Bridget Jones we can now add Sandra Bullock s Gracie Hart 
3
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
David Elliott
A sequel comedy so weak crass dumb labored and lame that it merits a sort of anti quality Oscar 
0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Josh Larsen
The picture is going to have fun with or without you so you might as well give in 
3
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Kit Bowen
Although Sandra Bullock is entirely watchable Miss Congeniality 2 fails to win the title the second time around Say goodnight Gracie 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Larry Ratliff
The overall premise is too flimsy to sustain an ongoing series It should be two and through for Miss Congeniality 
2.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Scott Nash
Might please the diehard Bullock fans but no one else 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Carrie Rickey
Deliriously funny if instantly forgettable 
2.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Roger Ebert
There is no good reason to go and actually see it 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Lawrence Toppman
The film occasionally drags and overstates points especially in a sticky sweet coda Yet we re always invested in the anxious Gracie and abrasive Sam 
2.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Wesley Morris
Nothing with so many people in drag should feel this draggy 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Mike Clark
Sporadically amusing but sometimes slogging 
2.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Susan Walker
Miss Congeniality 2 Armed and Fabulous lacks even the limited amusement and appeal brought to the original as a result of some shrewd casting 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Chris Hewitt
MC2 is like a firecracker that spirals all over the place exploding in some places and fizzling out in others Luckily there is more exploding than fizzling 
2.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Tracy Allerton
Harmless sequel 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Judy Chia Hui Hsu
Entertaining and heartwarming 
3
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Mick LaSalle
A boilerplate action comedy 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
James Berardinelli
This is one hideous excuse for a motion picture the kind of steaming sewage that occasionally makes life as a film critic seem like an exercise in self immolation 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Timothy Knight
This uninspired and slapdash sequel to Bullock s crowd pleaser Miss Congeniality does have a handful of funny moments and clever one liners but it s strictly a formulaic entry that recycles bits from the first film 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Lou Lumenick
Mildly amusing but hardly fabulous and awfully long 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Jami Bernard
The first film had its moments not to mention Benjamin Bratt But this one s contrived enthusiasm for itself is misplaced 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Duane Dudek
Beyond rescue or repair 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Connie Ogle
It s as original as a pageant contestant advocating world peace 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Glenn Whipp
Caine is gone and so is the comedy 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Eric Harrison
It s absurd and predictable but fans of the first movie should like this at least as much 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Stephen Cole
Bullock deserves better We deserve better 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
John Monaghan
Like most sequels Miss Congeniality 2 is just a dumbed down version of a concept that wasn t that bright to begin with 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Jeff Vice
This follow up to the surprising 2000 comedy hit is so deprived of charm and so full of shrill forced humor that it may make fans of the original forget why they enjoyed it 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Lisa Kennedy
Miss Congeniality 2 has some laughs but many of the jokes seem desperate 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Allison Benedikt
An exhausting predictable even maddening moviegoing experience 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Sean P. Means
Screenwriter Marc Lawrence who also wrote the first movie has turned his tough as nails crotch kicking Gracie into the FBI Barbie she always hated 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Nick Rogers
Sandra Bullock s heart doesn t seem in this particular bit of silliness It s as if she knows the comic opportunities of making her a cast iron you know what aren t knocking 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Phil Villarreal
So as not to be completely uncreative they d make Bullock over again and she d save the same beauty queen s life but darn it there d be no beauty pageant this time 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Steven Snyder
If people keep seeing movies like this they ll just keep making them Kind of like feeding the birds or the cockroaches 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Chuck O'Leary
Yet another lame entirely predictable sequel with no reason for existing other than to make a quick buck 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Peter Canavese
Bullock s quippy snippiness isn t enough If Miss Congeniality is a consolation prize let s hope Miss Congenialty 2 is a parting gift 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Willie Waffle
It didn t stink as much as I thought it would But it s still the most unnecessary sequel since Weekend At Bernie s 2 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Nick Schager
Having basic hygiene skills doesn t preclude a woman from being tough enough to kick elderly Regis Philbin s 
1
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Jeffrey Westhoff
A bigger gaudier mess than the first movie 
2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Dustin Putman
Gracie Hart may still be armed but her sheer fabulousness has come to a rather abrupt and unfortunate end 
1.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Gene Seymour
Isn t a noticeable regression from its predecessor But it s no advancement either suggesting the risks inherent in franchise filmmaking 
2.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Rob Blackwelder
Bullock s delivery of a few choice one liners is the sole source of laughs but her character has turned into a vapid shallow egocentric Barbie doll nitwit 
0.5
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Steve Rhodes
Silly stupid and sometimes funny the movie is at its funniest in those moments when it s so bad it s good 
2
Repulsion
James Kendrick
a riveting horror thriller one that cuts through the simple and comforting categories of good and evil
4
Repulsion
Peter Canavese
Polanski dares the viewer to plunge into that eye and through the psychic rabbit hole that is its owner s increasingly unhinged personality Blu ray 
4
Repulsion
Thomas Delapa
A methodical but fairly repellent exercise in claustrophobic horror 
2.5
Repulsion
Ed Gonzalez
Its two way prism of audio visual embellishments intuits a woman s fractured psyche and catches super cool flashes of the audience s perverse cine desires 
4
Repulsion
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is Roman Polanski s most microscopically focused tale of paranoia and arguably his greatest achievement 
4
Repulsion
Edward Guthmann
Repulsion is a frightening fiercely entertaining experience that holds up to time 
4
Heartless
Kyle Smith
Heartless is an uneasy mixture of B movie shocks social commentary and sentimentality that shows a potent imagination at work 
2.5
Heartless
Nick Schager
Heartless is as witless as its protagonist whose willingness to make a pact with Satan is so knuckleheaded that his subsequent torment feels deserved 
1
Heartless
Mike McGranaghan
Finding actual emotional content in a horror flick is much too rare these days so this is a cause to celebrate 
3
The Zen of Bennett
G. Allen Johnson
Like the singer himself smooth and classy 
3
The Zen of Bennett
Lou Lumenick
Like with any great singer it s often the telling pauses of the man born Anthony Benedetto that say the most in The Zen of Bennett 
3
There's Something Wrong with the Children
Erik Childress
At times feels like an uncredited remake of Here Comes The Devil and though the kids are good and creepy 44 Zach Gilford is just not up to the task of matching the dread of realizing how far behind he is playing on this one 46 
2
There's Something Wrong with the Children
Walter Chaw
There s Something Wrong with the Children is boring piffle largely indistinguishable from a dozen other undercooked projects that drop every year What a pity 
1
There's Something Wrong with the Children
Christian Toto
Resilient shocker reminds us parenthood isn apos t for the faint of heart 46 
3
There's Something Wrong with the Children
Randy Myers
Director Roxanne Benjamin never allows Children to overstay its welcome resulting in a scare package worth seeking out 
3
There's Something Wrong with the Children
Brian Tallerico
There apos s not much wrong with this film on paper 8212 there apos s just something wrong with the execution 46 
2
There's Something Wrong with the Children
Mike McGranaghan
Uses the creepy kid concept to deliver jolts 44 but also to play on twin fears 8211 having children 44 and having something bad happen to your children once you do have them 46 
3
Blazing Saddles
Kathleen Carroll
Brooks western is anything but typical It is a brazen punch drunk free swinging spoof of every sagebrush saga that ever came down the Hollywood trail 
3.5
Blazing Saddles
Kevin Carr
It s really not as politically incorrect as people think It s sending up traditional racism 
4
Blazing Saddles
Josh Larsen
may look like a Western but in actuality it takes place in just another corner of Mel Brooks mad brain 
4
Blazing Saddles
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I laughed and laughed while viewing this again Maybe part of it was nostalgia but part of it came from a refreshing feeling of being shocked once more 
3
Blazing Saddles
Emanuel Levy
Madeline Kahn was nominated for the Supporting Actress Oscar for her wonderful parody of all the cabaret singers that Dietrich used to play including the comedy Western Destry Rides Again 
3
Blazing Saddles
Roger Ebert
It s a crazed grabbag of a movie that does everything to keep us laughing except hit us over the head with a rubber chicken 
4
Blazing Saddles
Matt Brunson
The movie travels at a fast and furious clip and the dialogue is endlessly quotable 
3.5
Blazing Saddles
Eric Henderson
A limp shapeless mess of a film trades in a genuine respect for westerns tropes for purile vulgarity and joy buzzer showmanship 
2
Against the Ropes
Michael Dequina
An inoffensively average formulaic entertainment with a marketing problematic point of view 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Kam Williams
It s hard to expect anyone to infuse much passion into a by the numbers boxing movie which telegraphs every punch 
2
Against the Ropes
Peter T. Chattaway
Against the Ropes may not deliver a knock out but it does land some pretty good blows 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Forrest Hartman
It s one thing to make a predictable Hollywood movie It s another thing to make a predictable Hollywood movie based on a fascinating life 
2
Against the Ropes
Edith Alderette
Ryan s Kallen is painfully two dimensional 
2
Against the Ropes
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s an insanely ponderous and almost insulting sequence stopping the movie cold and forcing the viewer to scratch their head in utter disbelief 
2
Against the Ropes
Tony Toscano
What the audience ends up with is a watered down whitewash of Kallen s life story 
2
Against the Ropes
Peter Travers
A miscast Ryan struggles with a Detroit accent and a script that goes nowhere 
1
Against the Ropes
John Beifuss
Ryan seems to be having fun at least she speaks with a breathy working class accent that s part Lauren Bacall part Teamster 
2
Against the Ropes
Matt Brunson
Against the Ropes is inspired by Kallen s life but ultimately has as much to do with her story as Schindler s List did with the War of 1812 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Dan Lybarger
If you like boxing or know a little something about the sport prepare to have your intelligence insulted 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Frank Ochieng
Against The Ropes is the latest sucker punch that arrives in the arena of unbearable boxing sagas complete with built in sporting cliches and forged bravado
2
Against the Ropes
Bob Bloom
If Against the Ropes was a boxer it would be a lightweight The movie spends more time displaying Jackie as a publicity hungry celebrity than as a boxing manager 
1.5
Against the Ropes
James Sanford
squanders rich source material opting for cliches and stock situations instead Forget Raging Bull this is Raging Baloney 
2
Against the Ropes
Dustin Putman
A soft undernourished biography that plays things too safe 
2
Against the Ropes
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately you ve seen it before and there s no reason to see it again Let s hope the real Jackie Kallen s life is more inspiring than this 
1
Against the Ropes
Mick LaSalle
By the end everything that was initially serious about the film becomes silly and everything appealing about it turns sour 
2
Against the Ropes
David Elliott
Kallen s interesting story has been pulped if not pulverized as a Rocky rouser 
2
Against the Ropes
Joe Baltake
One of those infamous based on a true story movies in which just about everything is a lie 
2
Against the Ropes
Sarah Chauncey
Pretty much one big Great White Hope cliché with a few sports clichés mixed in for variety 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Dutton is one of my favorite actors but as a director he reveals an unwelcome penchant for soapy hysterics 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Megan Lehmann
This lethargic pseudo feminist biopic is barely a notch above a bad TV movie with one dimensional characters cliché ridden dialogue and fight scenes that are badly choreographed and edited 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Jami Bernard
As a boxing movie Against the Ropes is perfunctory As a biopic it s likewise uninspired stuff 
3
Against the Ropes
Connie Ogle
A cliché ridden condescending and ham handed film that clumsily fails to bring to life what should be an interesting story 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Bob Strauss
What either of the main characters think or feel about anything not directly related to their career ambitions remains wholly unexplored 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Loey Lockerby
It is February and this one is at least watchable So go ahead and pick it up Just don t expect it to be there when you get home 
2
Against the Ropes
Jeff Vice
Inept in nearly every phase of filmmaking the film s pace is lumbering there s a shocking lack of authenticity and its messages are mixed at best 
1
Against the Ropes
Lisa Kennedy
In the class of American boxing movies it s barely a welterweight 
2
Against the Ropes
Roger Ebert
Meanders until it gets to the final third of its running time and then it catches fire 
3
Against the Ropes
Wesley Morris
Written by Cheryl Edwards Kallen s story is pumped with artificial sweeteners hokey inevitabilities and denaturing oversimplifications 
2
Against the Ropes
Sean P. Means
Ryan approaches a larger than life character and helps reduce her to a plucky heroine straight out of a made for Lifetime movie 
1
Against the Ropes
Leigh Johnson
The movie version of Jackie Kallen is Faust meets Erin Brockovich in a Lifetime movie coproduced by ESPN If it sounds like a hodgepodge that s because it is 
2
Against the Ropes
Phil Villarreal
A formula movie about Meg Ryan wearing skimpy clothes and uttering dialogue as painful as the heels in which she s strutting 
1.5
Against the Ropes
John Monaghan
While Ryan s performance has the proper blend of confidence and cleavage the movie succeeds only in producing more fight flick cliches than a Rocky movie marathon 
2
Against the Ropes
Lawrence Toppman
A title card says the film was inspired by the life of Jackie Kallen Nothing s actually inspired here from Dutton s haphazard direction to an inapt score by the late Michael Kamen 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Glenn Lovell
Still Oscar less Ryan obviously sees Jackie as her blue collar scrapper in the Brockovich Norma Rae mold What she delivers is very different an unwittingly patronizing Great Blond Hope 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Sue Pierman
It s an interesting character driven film the story of a woman who has a fight on her hands when it comes to her chosen career 
2.5
Against the Ropes
David Sterritt
Most of the characters are one dimensional stereotypes and the climax is a championship bout that s both utterly predictable and out of key with the story as a whole 
1
Against the Ropes
Mike Clark
Neither very credible nor one of those beyond belief disposables you still find affable 
2
Against the Ropes
Chris Hewitt
There s virtually no information about the sport in the movie which means it has about as much to do with boxing as Christina Aguilera s Fighter does and it means we have no connection to something that is supposed to be Kallen s passion 
2
Against the Ropes
Phoebe Flowers
Ryan may yet have a movie in her that will match the critical and commercial success of the 15 year old When Harry Met Sally but Against the Ropes isn t it 
2
Against the Ropes
Steven Rea
A riotously awful biopic rife with stereotypes and boxing movie cliches 
1.5
Against the Ropes
John Anderson
More business as usual despite the feminist aspects of Kallen s story 
2
Against the Ropes
Michael Wilmington
Pure fairy tale and flimflam as phony as a fixed fight 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Josh Larsen
If Erin Brockovich is the role model here Against the Ropes falls far short 
2
Against the Ropes
Austin O'Connor
If bad movies were punches Against the Ropes would land like a perfectly timed round house haymaker 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Ross Anthony
Omar Epps sporting a great physique and aggressive acting chops opens up the ring bringing heart and drama to an intro that hadn t much more to offer than big names 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Scott Nash
Relies too heavily on clichéd characters and tired plot devices 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Nick Schager
In Charles S Dutton s Against the Ropes corny clichés and metaphors square off in a 12 round battle of linguistic idiocy 
2
Against the Ropes
James Berardinelli
There are cracks in the foundation but it is nevertheless a surprisingly watchable production 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Steve Rhodes
It stars a horribly miscast Meg Ryan in another of her awkward attempts to broaden her acting horizons 
1.5
Against the Ropes
Jeanne Aufmuth
Meg Ryan struts her stuff Erin Brockovich style chock a block with moxie and the mettle of a woman who wants more 
2.5
Against the Ropes
Rob Blackwelder
If Against the Ropes were a comedy it would be called Pugilistally Blonde 
2
Against the Ropes
Walter Chaw
It patronizes us with caricatures for characters 
1
Working Girl
David Nusair
a fairly conventional setup that s employed to predominantly entertaining effect by Nichols 
3
Working Girl
Betsy Bozdech
Like its heroine Working Girl wants to be more than people expect of it and it delivers 
3.5
Working Girl
Roger Ebert
Working Girl is Nichols returning to the top of his form and Griffith finding hers 
4
Coming Up Roses
Stephen Whitty
There s nothing here to catch our eye or our interest just AfterSchool Special plot twists and family battles and bonding spiced up with secrets and revelations that aren t nearly as unexpected or revealing as the filmmakers might hope 
2
Coming Up Roses
Farran Smith Nehme
Director and co screenwriter Lisa Albright uses Peters to lend some needed verve to a pretty standard down market milieu 
2
Troll
Matt Brunson
You won t be bored watching Troll but you ll hate yourself in the morning 
2
The Decoy Bride
Calum Marsh
The film recognizes how resolutely derivative it is and it deigns to relish rather than efface that quality The result is a trifle but a fairly amusing one 
2.5
Night and the City
Roger Ebert
Robert De Niro who is usually so adept at finding the right note for every performance finds the wrong one in Night and the City a movie based on a 1951 film noir classic that has not been remade so much as quoted from 
2
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
David N. Butterworth
An unusual and unusually joyous embattled siblings flick flush with quirks and neat asides and insanely funny bits you barely saw coming 
3.5
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Lou Lumenick
A sub Apatovian farce that tries way too hard 
1.5
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Chuck Bowen
The film never really goes soft as Jordan Roberts never loses sight of the fact that these toxic nincompoops are authentically bad for one another 
2.5
Bang Bang
Namrata Joshi
Something is obviously strange in opting to buy the remake rights of a mediocre Hollywood film called Knight and Day What s more bizarre is that you are able to fashion an even worse Hindi film out of it 
1
A Christmas Story Christmas
Bruce R. Miller
Watch and enjoy 44 but don 8217 t expect something as brilliant as 8220 A Christmas Story 46 8221 That 8217 s a classic that deserves to be on a loop 46 10 10 This is just a quick little visit from friends 46 
2.5
A Christmas Story Christmas
Kevin Carr
It takes entirely too long to find its footing 44 but this is made with love and eventually strikes the right chord for the holiday 46 
2.5
A Christmas Story Christmas
Leo Brady
A Christmas Story Christmas is a delightful family holiday gathering for fans old and new 46 
3
A Christmas Story Christmas
Richard Roeper
It ll make for a warm double helping of Christmas nostalgia 
3
A Christmas Story Christmas
Mark Dujsik
91 C 93 o writer 47 director Clay Kaytis apos follow up becomes primarily nostalgic for the original film 46 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Marty Mapes
Evildoers vs parkour running underdog heroes
3
District 13: Ultimatum
Amy Biancolli
No need for CGI when you ve got sweet moves fast feet and a bottomless hoard of adrenaline 
3
District 13: Ultimatum
Roger Ebert
If anyone is going to persuade fanboys to attend a movie with French subtitles that man is Luc Besson 
3
District 13: Ultimatum
Chris Hewitt
Little more than a series of loosely connected and fairly effective action set pieces 
2
District 13: Ultimatum
Wesley Morris
This is the first action movie in which bombs serve a humanitarian end 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Shaula Clark
If you enjoyed the first installment Ultimatum will probably be right up your alley not to mention your fire escape railing and your rooftop ledge 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Lisa Kennedy
This tale of conspiracy and corruption directed with adrenalized pleasure by Patrick Alessandrin and written by a reinvigorated Luc Besson has a brain 
3
District 13: Ultimatum
Sara Michelle Fetters
The whole thing is nothing more than visual candy and while that doesn t make the finished product all that filling once consumed going down I have to admit the darn thing is really quite tasty 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Sonny Bunch
The film doesn t drag exactly it s hard for a 90 minute film that focuses on a trio of extended martial arts setpieces to ever truly bog down but it does lose momentum occasionally 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Kyle Smith
Luc Besson s script marries his B movie sensibility with appropriately sophomoric political grandstanding 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It isn t as slick or clean as its predecessor but the movie manages to move briskly and cheerfully through its running time 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Kam Williams
Is this sequel bad Not by a long shot Just disappointing if you re expecting it to measure up to the original 
2.5
District 13: Ultimatum
Ted Fry
Besson s philosophy of breakneck action and spectacular set pieces guides the brilliant blend of physical stunts and cartoon conception of a walled in slum on the fringes of a near future Paris 
3
District 13: Ultimatum
Steven Rea
Roof hopping check Banister leaping mais oui 
3
District 13: Ultimatum
Nick Schager
The fight the power scenario operates as a rebel fantasy of empowered French multicultural youth yet it s one that never rises above cartoonishness 
2.5
On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship
Bill Chambers
On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship is more entertaining than I assumed it would be it s not for any glibness in approach but because it s such a dynamic storyteller 
3
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Dustin Putman
Never judge a book or a person or a NeverBeast by its cover 
2.5
The Talent Given Us
Jeff Vice
Maybe Andrew Wagner was hoping they would be endearingly human but instead they come off as annoying hardly the type of people we want to be stuck with for an hour and a half 
1.5
The Talent Given Us
Sean P. Means
The result is a funny and sometimes touching docu comedy sort of like watching your parents if they were in the middle of a Woody Allen movie 
3
The Talent Given Us
Terry Lawson
What initially seems hard to watch even excruciating at times becomes hard not to a fascinating fiction that seems to be more real than just about any actual documentary you can imagine 
3
The Talent Given Us
Jessica Reaves
If you enjoy HBO s cult hit Curb Your Enthusiasm you re almost guaranteed to enjoy this bawdy heartbreaking deeply discomfiting mockumentary 
3
The Talent Given Us
Roger Ebert
A brave funny affecting film 
3.5
The Talent Given Us
Lisa Kennedy
A work of inspired embarrassingly hilarious uncomfortable fiction 
3
The Talent Given Us
Chris Hewitt
It s tough to describe The Talent Given Us which is why it s fascinating 
3
The Talent Given Us
Phil Villarreal
Amounts to something like a home movie offering more interest and entertainment inside the subject brood than it would to outsiders 
2
The Talent Given Us
Peter Canavese
What starts out seeming courageous rapidly reveals itself as a narcissistic opportunistic stunt 
1.5
The Talent Given Us
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Intermittently funny and grating 
2.5
The Talent Given Us
Walter V. Addiego
We re encouraged to believe that at least some of what we re hearing is a reflection of real family concerns but the film makes it impossible to tell what s genuine and what s pretend in all the soul baring 
1
The Talent Given Us
Steve Rhodes
Stuck in a van with these annoying motor mouths left me wanting to scream 
2
The Talent Given Us
Moira MacDonald
Most of us really really don t want to be a fly on the wall while somebody else s family works out its issues in interstate therapy sessions 
1.5
The Talent Given Us
Timothy Knight
After awhile you start feeling as if you ve been cooped up with the Upper West Side s answer to The Bickersons for way too long Yet in the end The Talent Given Us represents a highly original filmmaking debut for Wagner 
3
The Talent Given Us
Jami Bernard
Weird and wonderful 
2.5
The Talent Given Us
Lou Lumenick
Its remarkable candor is like spending a memorably hilarious harrowing and unforgettable weekend with your wacky in laws 
3
The Talent Given Us
David Sterritt
This isn t a movie it s a thingamajig frequently as off putting as can be but unassailably one of a kind 
3
The Talent Given Us
Ed Gonzalez
You will never see anything like it in your entire life but I m not exactly sure it should ever be seen outside first time director Andrew Wagner s living room 
2
McLibel
Chris Hewitt
McLibel is best when it sticks to Steel and Morris who never become comfortable on camera 
3
McLibel
John McMurtrie
A stirring and sometimes funny film 
3
McLibel
David Sterritt
Riveting suspenseful and a perfect antidote to the too tricky documentary Super Size Me 
4
McLibel
Jonathan W. Hickman
A fascinating look at perseverance and strength of will McLibel is inspiring viewing whether you agree with the politics or not 
4
La Notte di San Lorenzo (Night of the Shooting Stars) (The Night of San Lorenzo)
Roger Ebert
It s beautiful film but it s a disappointment a series of scenes in which peasants to wartime Italy seem to be posing for heroic post office murals 
2.5
La Notte di San Lorenzo (Night of the Shooting Stars) (The Night of San Lorenzo)
David Nusair
not enough to sustain our interest through a 105 minute movie despite the obvious earnestness with which the brothers have imbued the story 
1.5
Echoes of War
Peter Sobczynski
A giant bore that presents viewers with the most familiar plot devices imaginable but fails to present them in a way that makes them worth sitting through once again 
1.5
Echoes of War
Mike McGranaghan
Echoes of War may not be the most dazzling movie of its kind ever made but the solid acting and engaging ideas make it worth seeing 
3
Echoes of War
Roger Moore
A post Civil War feud fable that holds few surprises 
1.5
Guilty of Romance
Kam Williams
A cautionary morality play offering a new take on the world s oldest profession 
3
Guilty of Romance
Diego Semerene
Though it begins with the aesthetic and conceptual rigor of Blade Runner it quickly veers toward the gratuitous outlandishness of a Bruce La Bruce film 
3
10
David Elliott
A fine film 
3.5
10
Wesley Morris
A major minimalist departure for Kiarostami 
4
10
Walter Chaw
A point made to distraction 
2.5
10
Phil Villarreal
A little more reach would have allowed Ten to turn it up to 11 
3
10
Duane Dudek
Whatever the film lacks in physical lyricism it makes up for with a claustrophobic flair that leads you to conclude that Ten can be the loneliest number 
3.5
10
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Works in its own mysterious ways 
4
10
Jonathan Curiel
A rare chance for viewers to eavesdrop on everyday talk in Tehran that although fictionalized must approximate what really happens in Iran s busy capital 
4
10
Chris Knight
For little more than the price of a tank of gas and a video camera Kiarostami lets his viewers drive a mile in another s shoes It s not often that a road trip is so educational 
2.5
10
Liam Lacey
Ten may strain your patience but that s the high stakes gamble of this provocative project 
3
10
Josh Larsen
a bracing glimpse of another culture 
3
10
Roger Ebert
No ordinary moviegoer whether Iranian or American can be expected to relate to Kiarostami s films They exist for film festivals film critics and film classes 
2
10
John Monaghan
Ten has been praised as a further distillation of Kiarostami s already minimalist cinema That s true enough even if his movies still have a tendency to make us carsick 
3
10
Michael Wilmington
A film made by a master with a simplicity that is really revolutionary 
3.5
10
Emily Russin
Kiarostami is nothing if not patient almost to a fault here He allows life to happen as the film rolls and one can t help but wonder if to cover a lot of emotional ground you must also cover a lot of asphalt 
2.5
10
V.A. Musetto
Breezy entertaining and enlightening 
3
10
Ian Mantgani
Movies like this are important but significance is not the same thing as quality 
2.5
10
Jeremy Heilman
If Ten feels neither like a reinvention of cinema nor a truly fundamentalist attempt to get back to basics it manages to work best as a distinctive entry in Kiarostami s diverse oeuvre 
3
10
Ed Gonzalez
The key achievement of this minimalist statement is that Kiarostami conveys these truths with nothing more than a simple two camera setup and a series of naked emotions 
3
Kings Go Forth
Matt Brunson
The wartime material is fairly standard 40 if well executed 41 44 but the simmering theme of racism is honestly handled 46 
3
The Salt of Life
Chris Hewitt
Mid August Lunch is a livelier film but its fans should check this one out 
2.5
The Salt of Life
Stephanie Merry
At times the sad sights are enough to make a person hope the put upon guy finds success The problem is as affable as Giovanni is there s not much more to him 
2
The Salt of Life
Calvin Wilson
Episodically structured and lethargically paced the new film attempts to convince us that there s something incredibly charming about an old guy who makes a habit of ogling young women Actually the whole scenario is pretty creepy 
2
The Salt of Life
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie may take some effort to get into but by the climax it s almost impossible to dislike and I imagine on subsequent viewings this is the type of innately human saga that could grow on me to the point it becomes borderline essential 
3
The Salt of Life
Rob Thomas
Salt of Life somehow takes what should be the leering thoughts of a dirty old man and makes them poignant 
3
The Salt of Life
Liam Lacey
Though you can empathize with Gianni s loneliness the lecherous buffoon is too much of a stock type to feel fresh At times the comedy is shamelessly broad 
2.5
The Salt of Life
Tom Keogh
The Salt of Life finds gentle comedy in the dilemma of a still warm blooded if sexually marginalized fellow for whom kindness is second nature and lecherousness is alien 
3
The Salt of Life
Steven Rea
Imbued with gentle humor and a kind of bittersweet resignation The Salt of Life isn t life changing it s life describing 
3
The Salt of Life
Linda Barnard
A worthy low key effort 
3
The Salt of Life
Walter V. Addiego
The film is full of low key but telling observations mostly about Gianni s plight but also about modern life in general 
3
The Salt of Life
Roger Ebert
This is a movie about a man who is past his shelf life 
3
The Salt of Life
Ty Burr
A quietly insistent parable of male menopause The Salt of Life ambles along the line between comedy and melancholy rarely making a misstep but rarely looking up 
2.5
The Salt of Life
Gerald Peary
The Salt of Life deftly sprinkles wacky humor in with the melancholy and Di Gregorio is a winning talent both as the amusing star actor and as the film s co writer and director 
3.5
The Salt of Life
Rafer Guzman
Like the aroma of a meal you wish you d eaten The Salt of Life is the faint suggestion of a movie you wish you d seen 
2
The Salt of Life
Bill Weber
A dry dream of postmenopausal male sexual lethargy this comedy s least musty ideas are among its worst 
1.5
The Gospel According to André
Joe Friar
You don t have to be a habitué of the fashion scene to enjoy this entertaining documentary about the iconic André Leon Talley the man behind the myth 
3.5
The Gospel According to André
Robert Daniels
It s a disappointing result for a man as incredible as André Leon Talley 
2
The Gospel According to André
Moira MacDonald
The Gospel According to André leaves you wishing you knew a little more about this complex elegant gentleman and his lifelong love affair with style 
3
The Gospel According to André
Ann Hornaday
In The Gospel According to André a star isn t born He gives birth to himself through sheer force of will 
3
The Gospel According to André
Raquel Laneri
Yet unlike previous glossy docs such as The September Issue Gospel is far more than a dressed up Vogue infomercial 
3
The Gospel According to André
Nathalie Atkinson
Novack seems to have to tread lightly around him It s left to interviewees such as academics Fran Lebowitz and Whoopi Goldberg to weigh in 
2.5
The Gospel According to André
Ryan Porter
A rags to custom caftans story that holds universal appeal whether you know your Badgley Mischka from your Mischa Barton or not 
3
The Gospel According to André
Kam Williams
Riveting retrospective chronicles career of flamboyant fashionista 
4
The Gospel According to André
Roger Moore
Allows the Great Fashionista a grand sweeping cape bedecked parting bow reminding us of what a trip he s had and what a trip he s been
3.5
The Gospel According to André
Clayton Dillard
Kate Novack s documentary is an act of template filmmaking designed for maximum accessibility 
2
Death in Brunswick
David Nusair
coasts along on Neill s ample talent and charisma 
2
Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
Roger Ebert
Somehow the characters seem to have lost track of their sanity they wander from one encounter to another like wife swappers at a post lobotomy ball 
1
Dorian Gray
David Nusair
a misfire of nigh epic proportions 
1
Dorian Gray
James Berardinelli
While Wilde s wit remains firmly entrenched there s also a gruesome vein of gothic horror and elements of the original which existed in the subtext or were merely hinted at are brought graphically into the open 
3
The Net 2.0
David Nusair
makes one appreciate the complexity and subtle nuance of its predecessor 
.5
Boon
Roger Moore
Star Neal McDonough co scripted this contrived star vehicle a thriller that lets you see all the wheels arbitrarily set in motion and hear every gear that grinds along the way 
1
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
David Nusair
A very mild improvement over the nigh unwatchable Butterfly Effect 2 
2
Luckiest Girl Alive
Roger Moore
Netflix has made the best 8220 Lifetime Original Movie 8221 ever 46 
2.5
Luckiest Girl Alive
Pablo O. Scholz
It all adds up But the result isn t always more sometimes it adds up to less Full review in Spanish 
2
Luckiest Girl Alive
Erik Childress
Amidst the rash of films using school shootings as a plot driver 44 this shameful exploitation of it doubles down with another horrific personal trauma all so its lead character can finally learn how to write something meaningful for the New York Times
0.5
Luckiest Girl Alive
Michael Phillips
The issues here couldn t be more pertinent But Knoll s thriller is a sleek but pretty crude example of processing PTSD for Netflix and chilling 
2
Luckiest Girl Alive
Richard Roeper
Well written but difficult to watch 
3
Luckiest Girl Alive
Marya E. Gates
91 Exploits 93 both school shootings and rape trauma for a self actualization narrative that ultimately ends with Ani finding value not in the release of her repressed emotions through this writing 44 but in the shallow achievement of viral fame 46 
1
Luckiest Girl Alive
Mark Dujsik
Luckiest Girl Alive revolves around a narrative choice so dumbfounding and of such dubious taste that all of the movie apos s intentions have to be re assessed 46 
1.5
Luckiest Girl Alive
Mick LaSalle
Kunis is a better actress here than anyone has ever asked her to be Maybe after this people will start asking 
3
Ava
Roger Moore
Here s a tip Try not to bore us so much next time 
1.5
Ava
Tom Meek
A bland thriller with a killer cast 
2
Ava
Matt Zoller Seitz
If the action and espionage elements were executed at the same level as the dramatic and comedic exchanges and the observations about the types of people drawn to this life Ava might ve been a cult classic 
2.5
Ava
Richard Roeper
As the plot grows increasingly convoluted and borderline laughable Chastain is steady as she goes playing a character who s worthy of a film franchise in a movie nowhere near deserving a sequel 
2
Ava
Wes Greene
isn t only banal but also in its half hearted stabs at novel ideas seemingly content with its banality 
1
Ava
David Nusair
Ava s somewhat watchable atmosphere is due entirely to its compelling action sequences and strong supporting performances 
2.5
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
David Nusair
it does seem entirely likely that even those who ve never heard of Tobolowsky will inevitably find themselves won over by the actor s warm irresistibly inviting persona 
3
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Collin Souter
Tobolowski is so skilled and effortless he proves that while everyone has a story to tell not everyone can tell a great story 
3.5
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Steve Rhodes
The late Spalding Gray may have no equal living today to recreate the energy and beauty of his monologues but Stephen Tobolowsky in this film comes close 
3
Maniac Cop 2
Matt Brunson
Weakened by the performances from Robert Davi who has about as much personality as a wet cardboard box and Leo Rossi who never met a scene he couldn t overact to an unbearable degree 
2.5
Maniac Cop 2
James Kendrick
its action sequences have a real sense of grit and danger due to their pre CGI use of actual city locations and stuntpeople lighting themselves on fire jumping out of buildings and hanging on the outside of speeding cars
3
Funny Pages
Rob Thomas
He finds humor and pathos in these characters without valorizing them 46 Sometimes somebody is an outcast of society just because they 8217 re super annoying 46 10 10 
3
Funny Pages
Leo Brady
It 8217 s a coming of age tale in the most uncomfortable and unpredictable way 44 which will certainly rub some viewers the wrong way 44 but Funny Pages will not be a movie that audiences forget 46 
3
Funny Pages
Joe Friar
The three dimensional characters may be unpleasant to look at but that 8217 s the catch 44 they are more engrossing than gross so you can 8217 t take your eyes off the screen 46 Not every gag works but the ones that do are very funny 46 
3
Funny Pages
Tom Meek
Funny Pages staggers and stumbles through its mercifully brief 90 minutes and when the nonsensical denouement arrives there s a sense of relief at the prospect of finally turning the page on this unfunny mess 
1
Funny Pages
Roger Friedman
If there 8217 s a grossness to the underground comic world 44 Kline has found it 46 
2
Funny Pages
Kevin Carr
Fiercely awkward and off kilter 44 this reminds me of the lovable but dysfunctional indie films of the early 1990s 46 
3
Funny Pages
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The point of Funny Pages seems to be little more than provoking a strong response 44 most likely revulsion 46 
2.5
Funny Pages
Sheila O'Malley
Funny Pages has a startlingly anti inspirational attitude 44 while still being wrapped in the trappings of an inspirational movie 46 
3
Funny Pages
Ty Burr
The writing and direction by Owen Kline is deadpan slack 
1.5
Funny Pages
Mike McGranaghan
Funny Pages is like an R 46 Crumb comic come to life 46 
3
Funny Pages
Mark Dujsik
It takes the hopeful optimism of a familiar formula 46 46 46 and injects it with a heavy dose of cold 44 pathetic reality 46 
3
Funny Pages
Michael Phillips
Funny Pages does many things right many of those things mixing pain and misery with the humor of pain and the punchlines of misery 
3
Funny Pages
Randy Myers
Some will hate its odd essence others as I did will enjoy the arrival of a brave new creative force 
3.5
Funny Pages
Roger Moore
Kline presents us with a coming of age story 44 or an artist finding his voice tale 44 and never quite delivers either 46 46 46 he kind of lost the thread 44 if not his nerve 46 
2.5
Funny Pages
Joey Magidson
Funny Pages is one strange duck 44 but it apos s so unusual 44 it keeps you staring at the screen 46 
3
Funny Pages
Mark Jenkins
A lack of generosity toward the supporting players is one of the movie s major weaknesses The other is that the episodic story leads to no significant discovery either narrative or psychological 
2.5
Funny Pages
Brian Eggert
A confident work from a promising artist who is willing to expose his character apos s insecurities 44 desperation 44 and misguided choices 46 
3
Funny Pages
Derek Smith
Funny Pages eschews the platitudes and carefully scripted character arcs that often cause coming of age tales to feel not only predictable but coated in a sheen of nostalgia 46 
3.5
Sextuplets
Roger Moore
Played 
1.5
Sextuplets
Nick Allen
The laughless mess of Sextuplets proves that Marlon Wayans still has a big obstacle in the way of his comedic greatness himself 
1
Lulli
Roger Moore
Borrows its premise from the What Women Want What Men Want mind reading comedies But in situations and dialogue in Portuguese or in English cast and crew find laughs hard to come by over the course of their 90 minute journey of self discovery 
1.5
I Am Secretly an Important Man
V.A. Musetto
The film might suffice if you re looking for something to watch on cable TV some early morning But it isn t worth the hassle and expense of going to a theater 
1.5
I Am Secretly an Important Man
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Getting acquainted with what Steven Jesse Bernstein left behind however feels like an implicit homework assignment 
2.5
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
David Nusair
an engaging and entertaining animated feature 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Tyler Hanley
The characters are comical and dynamic especially Jimmy Carl and Sheen and the outer space scenes are no less than stellar 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ian Mantgani
One of those movies that you watch when you ve got nothing better to do munching jelly babies and smiling at the exuberance on the screen
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Robert Roten
It has some quality computer generated graphics while the story and artwork are imaginative 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Michael Dequina
The ultimate love your parents message is simple and obvious but the film offers a lot of fun on the way to that end 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Mick LaSalle
Jimmy Neutron just doesn t have enough power to sustain itself to feature length though children the movie s real audience may be so dazzled by the spectacle of Jimmy flying through space with his robot dog that they won t notice 
2
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Elias Savada
Jimmy Neutron is one righteously neat piece of glossy animated entertainment 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Dustin Putman
A mostly fun way to spend 77 minutes and with its lovely candy colored visuals it looks good too 
2.5
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Roger Ebert
It doesn t have the little in jokes that make Shrek and Monsters Inc fun for grown ups But adults who appreciate the art of animation may enjoy the look of the picture 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Loren King
One of the pleasant surprises of the holiday season 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Tony Toscano
A delightful little film worth taking your kids to 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Harvey S. Karten
Suffers in comparison to the year s other animated fare Innocuous 
2
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Sue Pierman
Jimmy Neutron should appeal to carbon based life forms both young and old at least until the media blitz becomes unbearable 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Kevin Courrier
A modest and charming bit of family entertainment 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Mary Kalin-Casey
While somewhat less inspired than its big screen competition this Nickelodeon adventure comedy proves to be humorous clever and engaging for children and parents alike 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Patrick Z. McGavin
This is a movie that is neither sentimental nor cheap it never takes itself too seriously and it has faith in the intelligence of its audience 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ross Anthony
Awesome wacky originality is diluted mildly by a rote sci fi wrap up Otherwise could have been one of the best films of the year Still very fun 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Rob Blackwelder
This spirited CGI kiddie creation is absolutely popping with personality and prodigious production design 
3
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ed Gonzalez
Neutron s relatively conflicted walking an awkward line between the absurd and the downright lame 
2.5
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Steve Rhodes
Fun family film for the young and the young at heart 
3
La Petite Jérusalem
Marta Barber
This beautiful tale of two sisters living in Sarcelles a low income Parisian suburb of mostly new immigrants presents the darker side of religion while offering a candid view of an Orthodox Jewish family struggling to stay together 
2.5
La Petite Jérusalem
Jordan Hiller
The film which means well in its attempt to touch on Kantian philosophy racial divides sex and orthodoxy and secularism versus religion manages to insult each one of these heavy subjects by not giving any of them the serious thoughtful attention the
1.5
La Petite Jérusalem
Susan Walker
It is a story told in small moments the camera close up on a look the stroke of a hand the way a blonde thread is revealed in a husband s jacket 
3
La Petite Jérusalem
Rick Groen
Anyone shopping by the ton for melodrama is well advised to browse the ample display on view in this cinematic square 
2
La Petite Jérusalem
Jeff Shannon
Rich in perceptive details Albou s film has drawn favorable comparison to the work of Claire Denis The Intruder Friday Night and both directors share a sensual sensitivity to their characters inner lives 
3
La Petite Jérusalem
Michael Wilmington
It s very well acted and directed shot with great vigor mostly in roaming closeups that plunge us right into the thick of things 
3
La Petite Jérusalem
Laura Kelly
Even though the romance angle disappoints the story still holds interest because of the jarring cultural differences even between the Paris reared daughters and their superstitious Tunisian mother 
2.5
La Petite Jérusalem
Ken Fox
Beautifully played by Valette and Zylberstein and directed with amazing grace by Albou this touching film offers a respectful fascinating look at a community that s ignored as often as it s misunderstood 
3.5
La Petite Jérusalem
V.A. Musetto
Albou s chosen a touchy subject which she treats sensitively Her mature script is complemented by heartfelt turns by Fanny Valette as Laura and Elsa Zylberstein as Mathilde 
3
La Petite Jérusalem
Ed Gonzalez
Somber and nuanced but prone to self annotation 
2
Zana
Jeff Mitchell
Adriana Matoshi stands tall with a masterful subdued performance 
3
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
Michael Dequina
Director Sooraj Barjatya doesn t quite grasp that a certain moderation is called for even in a genre characterized by excess 
1
American Violence
Brian Tallerico
American Violence seems defiantly unconcerned with addressing the actual issues at play delivering a generic crime thriller instead 
.5
For the Sake of Vicious
Roger Moore
Doesn t blink and rarely lets up so much so that I found myself mouthing Wow wow wow at the carnage and in your face staging and photographing of the brawls and butchery 
2.5
For the Sake of Vicious
Simon Abrams
You might enjoy yourself if you don t expect much character development but do look forward to some creative uses of improvised weapons like a hammer and a septic tank lid 
2.5
For the Sake of Vicious
Mark Dujsik
For the Sake of Vicious loses all sense of purpose except for senseless violence 
1.5
For the Sake of Vicious
Mike McGranaghan
A mean ugly little picture Even at eighty minutes this exercise in gratuitous violence made my skin crawl so badly that I couldn t wait for it to be over 
1
Miami Blues
Matt Brunson
There are many offbeat ideas in a movie that would be weightless without them 46 
2.5
Miami Blues
Peter Canavese
Alec Baldwin apos s first starring role as a thuggish anti hero in this terrifically cast eccentric crime comedy 47 drama 46 A movie of its time 40 1990 41 that holds up today 46 
3.5
Miami Blues
Roger Ebert
They re looking for the right tone in Miami Blues and they don t find it very often but when they do you can see what they were looking for 
2
The Widowmaker
Kenneth R. Morefield
Over six hundred thousand Americans die of heart attacks each year more than from all forms of cancer combined 
3
The Widowmaker
Sheila O'Malley
It does what good documentaries should do it shines a very focused light on a very specific problem a problem that affects millions of people and their families 
3
The Widowmaker
Roger Moore
Sobering account of Big Money Big Medicine and their role in how we treat and mistreat heart disease 
3
Ants
Philip Marchand
Stand s out with exceptional force 
3
Ants
Jason Anderson
Engrossing and often harrowing 
3
Afghan Stories
Gabe Leibowitz
Afghan Stories is a rewarding and almost essential look at the other side of terrorism it s not just the United States that feels the pain 
3
Afghan Stories
David Sterritt
The documentary makes up in humane values what it lacks in sociological depth 
3
Afghan Stories
V.A. Musetto
An informative work that puts a human face on the calamity in Afghanistan 
2.5
Skid Row Marathon
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
One person really can make a difference 
4
Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback
Jeff Shannon
Post and Palacios make a compelling case for the Monks as neglected pioneers 
3
Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback
Bill Weber
A true tall tale that unfolds like the Great Unwritten Cold War Rock Novel 
3
The Tillman Story
Peter Canavese
It s no mistake that the film s anti resolving image is a statue of Tillman frozen in time as a heroic but Sphynx like riddle Blu ray 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brilliant deceptively complex portrait 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Keith Cohen
The documentary does a fine job of laying out the very personal story The use of home videos actual military investigation footage and interviews with fellow soldiers brings to light what happened Audiences will feel a sense of heartbreaking empathy 
3
The Tillman Story
Robert W. Butler
Leaving The Tillman Story you won t know whether to weep or put your fist through a wall This documentary from director Amir Bar Lev is that powerful 
3
The Tillman Story
Steve Ramos
What begins as an examination of a coverup blossoms into a fascinating story of the American public and its desire for a patriotic martyr no matter the cost 
3
The Tillman Story
Marty Mapes
Storytelling is a matter of life and death
3
The Tillman Story
Lisa Kennedy
Bar Lev s documentary s greatest service isn t in recounting the Army s back pedaling so much as underscoring how communal needs and family grief don t perfectly align And that political usefulness may attempt to trump all other rites 
3
The Tillman Story
Chris Hewitt
Even if you ve read a fair amount about Tillman s famous case I bet there s stuff here to shock you 
3
The Tillman Story
Rene Rodriguez
The Tillman Story clearly lays out exactly what happened that caused Tillman to be blown to bits by fellow U S forces and the government s efforts to whitewash the story to avoid mounting criticism of the war 
3
The Tillman Story
Alison Gang
Bar Lev s portrait of the outspoken Tillman family demonstrates another more realistic side of American honor and integrity one that values truth over what Mary Tillman derides as a tidy and mythic story 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Mick LaSalle
Could you imagine how difficult it must have been to pore over records containing the brutal facts of your son s death 
4
The Tillman Story
Tom Keogh
Well paced methodical and seemingly thorough 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Carrie Rickey
Amir Bar Lev s The Tillman Story is a gripping drama that reconstructs Tillman s life death and legacy 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Ty Burr
Who was Pat Tillman Himself That s all you and the US Army need to know 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Michael Phillips
It is enraging yet nuanced an elusive combination for any documentary 
4
The Tillman Story
Peter Keough
Amir Bar Lev s infuriating heartbreaking account of the life death and afterlife of NFL star turned problematic war hero Pat Tillman 
3
The Tillman Story
Linda Barnard
The Tillman Story stands as a truthful and emotional eulogy to a fallen solider and one that would never have been told without Dannie Tillman s determination 
3
The Tillman Story
Robert Levin
It reaches beyond the facts of Tillman s story to arrive at key universal truths about the ways our heroes are made and defined 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Kyle Smith
Provocative and colorful as the film is it does the very thing it denounces massaging the facts to seize Tillman for a political agenda 
2
The Tillman Story
Stephen Whitty
There s a lot of blame to go around certainly but in the end we re left with a lot of conjecture about what people must have known and too quick pans over official documents 
2.5
The Tillman Story
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Tillman Story is one of the best most profound and deeply affecting documentaries I ve had the pleasure to see this year 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Claudia Puig
The Tillman Story is a probing examination of truth decency and the American way It also explores deception and military propaganda and lays bare the ravages of grief 
3.5
The Tillman Story
Peter Travers
This documentary succeeds triumphantly on so many levels that its full impact doesn t hit you until you have time to register its aftershocks
3.5
The Tillman Story
Nick Schager
Exists in an uncomfortable gray area in which Tillman s saga is at once respectfully dealt with and bestowed with a magnitude it doesn t quite warrant 
2.5
The Tillman Story
Erik Childress
This is one of the more probing indictments of the post 9 11 government and is not inspired by liberal red state hatred but by a family who had a true American taken away from them way too soon And for what 
4
Anything's Possible
Tom Meek
As Kelsa Eva Reign is confident and bold even if the film Porter s directorial debut could use more of the same 
2.5
Anything's Possible
Peter Canavese
Empathetic high school teen romcom with a trans protagonist 46 Savvy about teen life and teen romance 44 never sacrifices its comic energy 44 and refuses to succumb to stupidity like other teen romcoms often do 46 
3
Anything's Possible
Joshua Axelrod
Every time it seems like the teen rom com drama has run out of steam another one comes along and proves there are plenty of stories left to tell about young people exploring life and love 
3
Anything's Possible
Tomris Laffly
Porter 8217 s delightful debut is perhaps most groundbreaking exactly because it grants a black 44 high school aged trans girl 8212 a character we rarely see in cinema 44 if at all 8212 a recognizable youthful tale not defined by bigoted adversity 46 
3
Anything's Possible
Michael Phillips
Porter and his ingratiating actors do all they can to humanize the material The movie works because a lot of that material is engaging and genuinely humane to begin with 
3
Anything's Possible
Mark Dujsik
Anything apos s Possible misses the potential strength of just existing as a sweet and considered love story 46 
2
Anything's Possible
Randy Myers
Contributing in making this so warm hearted and upbeat are a peppy soundtrack snappy dialogue and colorful characters and their sun bursting fashions Anything s Possible is a perfect little pick me up 
3
Anything's Possible
Josh Bell
It apos s bold in its inclusiveness 44 but less so in its storytelling 46 
2.5
Anything's Possible
Joy Diamond
A familiar feel good story told through an unseen perspective Anything s Possible is an overdue inclusion of trans youth in the celebratory innocence of the coming of age genre 
2.5
Anything's Possible
Roger Moore
An unfocused 44 jumbled movie that isn 8217 t quite settled on what it wants to be 44 a romance at war with itself 44 struggling to find its heart while never really landing punches in its political debates 46 46 46 cute but never cute enough 46 
2
Katt Williams - It's Pimpin' Pimpin'
Kam Williams
Katt serves up another shocking standup show which definitely won t disappoint his legions of loyal fans 
3
The Crimson Rivers II: The Angels of the Apocalypse
David Nusair
ultimately fares a whole lot worse than its convoluted yet engaging predecessor 
1.5
Terminal Island
Roger Ebert
It s the kind of movie that can almost be reviewed by watching the trailer if not the TV commercials 
1
Tormentero
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The whole thing is too opaque narratively speaking to keep the interest until the end 
0
Thor: The Dark World
Brian Eggert
It can 8217 t compare with other entries in the ever expanding Avengers universe 46 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Frank Ochieng
waxes its big budgeted whimsy but leaves out the core element of simply tooting its humble horn as a compelling down to earth Marvel Comics sideshow Thor s fellow heroic handlers are not losing any sleep to the strained adventures that exist
2
Thor: The Dark World
Sonny Bunch
When Thor The Dark World doesn t work and it doesn t far too frequently it s when the writers and director take the whole thing much too seriously 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Josh Larsen
too little of the hammy delight of the original 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Brad Keefe
Pacing is a problem as sequences setting up an intergalactic finale drag particularly when the film spends far more time on Asgard with almost none of the fish out of water charm that made the first film work 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Jackson Cuidon
Thor 2 s makers apparently decided that the best course of action is to take everything that made the original the camp hit it was and ramp it all up to eleven 
3.5
Thor: The Dark World
Sean P. Means
Once the action picks up Thor The Dark World will satisfy Marvel fans and casual viewers alike 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Dave McGinn
Thor The Dark World is a good model of how superheroes can save the world without forced gravitas and have fun doing it 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Wesley Lovell
A slight improvement over its predecessor but not much better 
3
Thor: The Dark World
David Keyes
The movie doesn t go nearly as in depth as we would like it to But that s ok because it has enough fun on the excursion to be thoroughly enjoyable 
3
Thor: The Dark World
John Beifuss
Enjoyable but inconsequential addition to the Marvel Comics movie universe 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
James Kendrick
While there is a lot at stake plotwise it never feels all that grave
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
David Nusair
The Thor saga continues with this terminally underwhelming entry 
1.5
Thor: The Dark World
Jason Buchanan
Sweeping smartly paced and frequently laugh out loud funny Thor The Dark World feels much more in tune with the playful tone of The Avengers than its own predecessor 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Lori Hoffman
Tom Hiddleston proved to be a dynamic villain in The Avengers and that star power explodes again 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Linda Cook
Better than average the second in the Thor franchise isn t as interesting as other Marvel tales 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Bob Bloom
The Dark World while a serious feature does not take itself so seriously as the first film It has a sly humor about it 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Scott Nash
I was never a fan of the original and this sequel did nothing to change my opinion 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Matt Brunson
As with the first film the characters and their interactions again provide all the high points with the cluttered storyline and routine action sequences jockeying for place position 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
John Wirt
This sequel gets a slow short before becoming worlds more entertaining than its 2011 predecessor 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Michael Smith
A surprising lack of passion in this movie as someone apparently mistook Dark World to mean Brooding Lethargic World 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Willie Waffle
Hiddleston steals the show with his ferret faced grin and the shifty personality he instills in Loki 
3.5
Thor: The Dark World
Mike McGranaghan
It recaptures that feeling of running home with a new four color comic opening the pages and delighting in the out of this world adventures detailed within 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Mara Reinstein
The ambitious Game of Thrones esque mythology can t mask the fact that this superhero entry is just another piece of mildly satisfying disposable entertainment 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Tony Norman
The battle scenes in Thor The Dark World are interminable and muddy thanks to the 3 D technology that makes everything look darker than it should 
2
Thor: The Dark World
James Berardinelli
Thor is essentially Marvel s answer to Superman and as with The Man of Steel it can be difficult to craft a tale around a hero who is essentially invincible 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Austin Kennedy
Marvel has seemed to turn Thor into one giant joke The plot is a mess the effects look cheap and Kat Dennings annoying character practically dominates the movie THOR THE DARK WORLD is one major letdown 
1.5
Thor: The Dark World
Mick LaSalle
True this sequel gets better as it goes along but that s a very steep climb just to arrive at not bad 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Steven Rea
Its monsters and angry armies and visual effects are interchangeable with Peter Jackson s Tolkien pics with Clash of the Titans with The Avengers with Man of Steel and on and on 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
John Serba
The first film in the Avengers canon to feel like a contractual obligation 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Simon Abrams
There s just enough tension and humor in Thor The Dark World to make the film s otherwise listless proceedings worth watching but only just 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Rob Thomas
There s much talk in The Dark World of the Nine Realms all coming into alignment for the first time in 5 000 years but that s nothing try and keep nine superhero franchises lined up 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Phil Villarreal
This is a sequel that compared to the original is unequal with pointless dull CGI battles in Thor s pointless dull outer realms 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Eric Melin
After a good 20 minutes of laborious setup the film finally moves forward When it does it s the charisma of the actors especially Tom Hiddleston and the film s sense of humor that keep it afloat 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Mark Dujsik
The sequel feels like another in the long line of origin stories for any given superhero 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Chris Knight
There was a moment where I was certain Loki s treachery knew one bound but he s the master of the quadruple cross and he loves it Viewers can have a bit of fun as well since Taylor keeps the scale of mayhem mostly manageable 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Michael O'Sullivan
If I m spending that much time studying Odin s grooming there s something wrong with the story which is kind of slow to get going and features too many undeveloped threads 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Chris Hewitt
It s the rare superhero movie that is more fun when it s not being superheroic 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Peter Howell
Abundant laughter saves the picture from thudding like the Thunder God s hammer 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Duane Dudek
The arbitrary and generic plot points and devices in The Dark World in which Thor must save the Nine Realms from destruction are slippery from overuse 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Rafer Guzman
Thor The Dark World unfortunately makes good on its portentous title 
1.5
Thor: The Dark World
David Frese
Keeping a hammer swinging god grounded in a world we can relate to isn t easy but thanks to good performances solid effects and great pacing Taylor and his cast have nailed it 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Peter Travers
Not enough Loki Too many tacky 3D effects And then there s the hard fact that everything old isn t necessarily new again just because the bottom line wishes it so 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Soren Andersen
The picture is a mess But it s kind of a fun mess 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Claudia Puig
Leaden non involving and filled with mind numbing computer generated effects 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Stephen Whitty
Taylor doesn t do anything particularly interesting with the staging or the photography and the CGI is so obvious and ever present that the film begins to take on not the look of fantasy but cheap unreality 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Rene Rodriguez
At a time when Marvel Studios should be building on their success and embarking on more ambitious narratives Thor The Dark Side takes three steps back 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Matt Pais
These movies make me think how lovely Thor and Jane s kids would be but not how majestically dreamy their bond is 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Dann Gire
What s missing from The Dark World is a real sense of danger or suspense and genuine connections between the characters 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Dustin Putman
It isn t an obvious disaster but its undeniable mediocrity is just as disappointing as if it were outright terrible 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Jeff Beck
Most people know from experience that you re not going to get a comprehensible plot or characters that you end up feeling something for but when it comes to good old fashion entertainment this is usually just the kind of film that gets the job done 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Ty Burr
How do you know that Thor The Dark World is for the fan boys and absolutely nobody else The opening exposition is sub Tolkien balderdash that merely has the power to put you to sleep in seconds 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Tony Hicks
It s like the Disney Marvel machine has worked up such a giant head of steam releasing comic book movies that nobody has bothered to notice that some of the movies aren t very good 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Michael Phillips
Plenty of fine actors do what they can here amid the digital mayhem and smashed columns 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
R. Kurt Osenlund
Superhero movies aren t going anywhere nor is their standard on to the next fight structure so it s heartening to see a gem that grandly and amusingly fills in the blanks 
3
Thor: The Dark World
Daniel M. Kimmel
For all the references to the previous movies and the current Agents of S H I E L D show this is a movie that seems unable to find any justification for its own existence 
2
Thor: The Dark World
Kyle Smith
If The Lord of the Rings was ancient legends sifted through the sensibility of an Oxford professor of Anglo Saxon studies then Thor The Dark World is grand Norse myth run through the minds of 9 year olds 
1.5
Thor: The Dark World
Roger Moore
Light hearted but essentially more of the same Thor Redux 
2.5
Thor: The Dark World
Jake Coyle
Perhaps at this point even diehards may wish for something more from a Marvel equation that often subtracts humanity 
2
All About the Benjamins
Greg Maki
They failed to get a consistently funny script or a director capable of effectively staging an action scene 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Robert K. Elder
The home run performances of Cube and Epps are handicapped by inept and illogical action sequences 
2
All About the Benjamins
Jeffrey Westhoff
the heroes become more loathsome as the story progresses 
1
All About the Benjamins
Geoff Pevere
Goes a long way on hedonistic gusto 
3
All About the Benjamins
Liam Lacey
In this refreshingly shameless celebration of money and expensive stuff director Kevin Bray grabs every retro action film clich 
2.5
All About the Benjamins
Michael Dequina
One of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch 
2
All About the Benjamins
Joe Leydon
A slam bang extravaganza that is all about a wild and woolly wall to wall good time 
3
All About the Benjamins
Steve Rhodes
Ice Cube gives a likeable performance in a terminally lame movie 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Claudia Puig
The action clichs just pile up 
2
All About the Benjamins
Sean P. Means
Someone should tell director Kevin Bray that Miami Vice has been cancelled 
0
All About the Benjamins
Todd Anthony
Witless but watchable 
2.5
All About the Benjamins
Moira MacDonald
Really all about the bullets which fly by the hundreds through this lifeless action comedy 
1
All About the Benjamins
Mick LaSalle
Everything is off 
2
All About the Benjamins
Tor Thorsen
One helluva romp borrowing the Florida milieu of Bad Boys but injecting it with the stylish sass of Guy Ritchie s British crime capers 
3
All About the Benjamins
Dustin Putman
Tedious and hackneyed you would have thought that New Line Cinema could have invested a few more benjamins into getting a workable script before filming commenced 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Lou Lumenick
The action quickly sinks into by the numbers territory 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Mack Bates
Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that aren t funny 
2
All About the Benjamins
Connie Ogle
It s fun to watch the stocky scowling Ice Cube and skinny jittery Epps play off each other 
2.5
All About the Benjamins
Susan Stark
Slick quick rude and exuberantly crude 
2
All About the Benjamins
Jeff Vice
Surprisingly mean spirited and it s downright nasty in its level of violence 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Bob Strauss
It keeps your attention mildly engaged But just that 
2.5
All About the Benjamins
Bryan Reesman
Works overtime on expletives and gratuitous violence 
2
All About the Benjamins
Jonathan Perry
An entertaining if somewhat standardized action movie 
3
All About the Benjamins
Harvey S. Karten
Cube s charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche 
2.5
All About the Benjamins
Walter Chaw
There s no question that Epps scores once or twice but it s telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head 
2
All About the Benjamins
Terry Lawson
Violent vulgar and forgettably entertaining 
2
All About the Benjamins
Carrie Rickey
Riddled with so many bullets and tasteless jokes that it swiftly loses momentum 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Chris Hewitt
From the opening scenes it s clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie 
1
All About the Benjamins
Tony Toscano
The script clumsily jumps between action and comedy never successfully blending the two 
1.5
All About the Benjamins
Rob Blackwelder
in no way original or even all that memorable but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy it doesn t disappoint 
2.5
All About the Benjamins
Ed Gonzalez
Thanks to Ice Cube Benjamins feels an awful lot like Friday in Miami 
2.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Collin Souter
By the end I felt neither happy nor sad for Rodney I enjoyed being in his presence for 90 minutes but I can t exactly agree that he has a magnetic personality 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Elias Savada
a nostalgic merry go round It s quaint charming and often entrancing You re riding the best horse on the ride And the music couldn t be better 
3.0
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Jeff Vice
Fans of rock music will likely be enthralled by the movie s look at various musical movements 
3.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Sean P. Means
The movie by exploiting its subject s celebrity contacts runs counter to the unassuming way Bingenheimer cultivated those contacts over the years 
2
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Phil Villarreal
Fascinatingly probes society s obsession with celebrity through the lens of one semitragic figure 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Rick Groen
Occasionally laughable often sad and profoundly evocative of the way we live now adrift in a culture saturated with celebrity and obsessed by fame 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Wesley Morris
Excellent if sad documentary profile 
3.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Rene Rodriguez
Energetic nostalgic occasionally troubling 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Paul Sherman
There s a bright dose of pop culture and the sad twilight of intimacy in the movie and it s a distinct combination 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Laura Kelly
Fascinating 
3.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Roger Ebert
Evokes what the Japanese call mono no aware which refers to the impermanence of life and the bittersweet transience of things 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Jeff Strickler
Hickenlooper sees the movie as a character study and it s an amusing one But music buffs in particular likely will wish he had spent less time documenting his subject s quirky personality and more exploring his professional acumen 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Chris Hewitt
Throughout Mayor there are devastating moments that suggest Bingenheimer is so incredibly devoted to music he has no other life 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Michael Wilmington
It s a funny sad portrait of fame and its junkies and of an era and its music 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Moira MacDonald
Entertaining though ultimately sad documentary 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Terry Lawson
A sad little movie about a sad little man whom time has passed by 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Lisa Kennedy
This crazy quilted exploration of the fog of fame deserves an aesthetic that approximates a night of extreme partying 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Marty Mapes
An elusive lesson about fame reflected glory and happiness
3.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Pam Grady
Fascinating funny and sometimes heartbreaking 
4
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Ruthe Stein
Bouncy informative and funny 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Brad Kava
Would you rather be hugely rich or fabulously famous Mayor of the Sunset Strip a biography of radio disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer is a chilling picture of what happens to those who make the second choice 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
David Sterritt
Like its star it s quietly sincere and compulsively watchable 
4
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Weitzman
Hickenlooper does a nice job blending Bingenheimer s flashy past with his somewhat pathetic present creating a genuinely compelling study in diminishing returns 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Lou Lumenick
Hickenlooper is interested not just in chronicling the L A music scene but in sympathetically presenting a man who has spent his life doing little but hanging out with celebrities 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Erik Childress
The further we go down this road with Rodney though the more we discover that his life like the allure of celebrity is mostly an illusion 
3.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Jan Stuart
Long on glowing testimonials and short on storytelling oomph 
2.5
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
David Nusair
an invaluable resource 
3
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Kim Linekin
There s more wit insight and pathos in this doc than Bingenheimer perhaps deserves but he s a fascinating touchstone in this crazy celebrity culture nonetheless 
4
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Walter Chaw
As amorphous and anonymous as its subject 
2
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Ed Gonzalez
Ostensibly about our fascination with fame the film actually has very little to say about the subject that hasn t been covered a million times on VH1 s Behind the Music 
2
The Tree of Life
Matt Noller
Yet another example of therapy masquerading as documentary 
.5
The Tree of Life
Frank Ochieng
absorbing mysterious lyrical and distinctively titillating a moody masterpiece that is thrillingly alarming a tale of wandering hedonism and anguish
3
The Tree of Life
Steve Rhodes
A character study about characters I never cared about Tre features actors whose acting shows Never for a minute did I buy that the characters they were trying to create were real 
2
The Tree of Life
Bill Stamets
Smacks of an audition exercise 
2.5
The Tree of Life
Michael Phillips
Byler has a knack for elegant composition as well as the hazy middle ground between friendship and friendship with a sexual asterisk 
2.5
The Tree of Life
G. Allen Johnson
Feels like a vanity project or worse like homework 
2
The Tree of Life
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Byler ventures into Douglas Sirk territory with astonishing skill not an easy task presenting this potential melodrama with gravity and intelligence 
3
School for Scoundrels
Matt Brunson
Delightful 
3.5
School for Scoundrels
Roger Moore
Deliciously dry and droll subtly slapshticky and timelessly topical in all those male gender expectations way 
3
Photocopier
Roger Moore
Director and co writer Wregas Bhanuteja had me riveted to the investigation the ticking clock tension of hacking this phone or uncovering that clue in this paranoid thriller 
3
Unspooled
V.A. Musetto
What we see of Bemoana makes us wish for its completion and release in which case Unspooled directed by Keir Moreano a member of the Bemona crew would make a dandy DVD extra 
2
Unspooled
Ed Gonzalez
A more interesting expos would have elaborated on the dreams of film schoolers and how Singer s ostensibly privileged upbringing gives him an advantage few in his league ever get 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Brian Eggert
The audience is left drained albeit thrilled and as every great MCU title does it leaves us hotly anticipating the next chapter 
4
Avengers: Infinity War
Jason Fraley
Expect gasps at the haunting lack of closure I dug the daring finale It s every bit as entertaining as it is shocking and refreshing from a franchise that is predictable no more 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Sarah Knight Adamson
While grand in scale the characters are lost in the dark storyline 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Matt Brunson
If some pacing issues and the occasional bloat prevent it from quite reaching the upper echelons of the MCU there s still more than enough here to keep viewers sated saturated and salivating over what s certain to be a poignant and potent Part Deux 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Mattie Lucas
A fun but exhausting superhero extravaganza that pulls out all the stops in delivering the spectacular showdown fans have been waiting for 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Federico Furzan
I m not the greatest fan when it comes to comic book movies but this one feels so epic and ambitious it s hard not to become engaged with its story Full review in Spanish 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
John Hanlon
The emotional stakes are raised in this exciting Marvel entry which manages to balance all of its storylines remarkably well 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Joe Friar
A spectacle that leaves the audience breathless 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Alan French
This imbued Infinity War with a heart that many of the other films lack Perhaps most visible is the way in which parenthood and love comes roaring into the MCU 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Robert Daniels
The film s risk comes from the inherent need to balance a myriad of characters storylines yet the story itself is nothing more than those same MCU building blocks 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Wesley Lovell
A misstep that sets up an overly predictable follow up where repercussions are inconsequential 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The missing heroes will appear and the Marvel Cinematic Universe will continue to live kicking and producing movies until the cash register stops ringing This is the business Full review in Spanish 
1
Avengers: Infinity War
Linda Cook
Death looms in every scene 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Stephen Rebello
The movie feels consequential and delivers emotional heft not to mention laughs galore 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
David Nusair
A minor improvement over Avengers Age of Ultron 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Josh Bell
There is plenty of time for huge superhero battles though and for the geek out moments that fans will go crazy for 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Jeff Beck
All in all Avengers Infinity War is a pretty big success It s rather incredible that these guys were able to cram so much into one epic sized film and have it turn out this well 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Kevin A. Ranson
witnessing the selfless struggle of it all unfolding has both the necessary epic feel of a summer blockbuster infused with all the heart fans have come to expect from Marvel nuff said 
4
Avengers: Infinity War
Mike McGranaghan
Has twists that keep you hooked and make you gasp The MCU will never be the same again 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Josh Terry
Avengers Infinity War isn t a perfect film but it s probably exactly what it wants to be 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Michael Smith
This is a wildly entertaining movie but one that leaves too many unanswered questions 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Avengers Infinity War is a super movie gigantic but with an undeniable powerful humanity 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Matthew Rozsa
Avengers Infinity War isn t just a gussied up mediocrity being widely mistaken for a good movie It s also at least arguably a dangerous movie for anyone who cares about the future of American cinema 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Phil Villarreal
It lifts inspires and stings in a raw way that studio blockbusters rarely manage 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Robert Horton
Infinity War gets by with a witty first hour and the starry appeal of the cast but the gears really grind near the finish 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Sonny Bunch
Fans will likely find Infinity War satisfactory As narrative filmmaking however it s a disaster a bloated monstrosity that smothers to death its most intriguing aspects 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Sara Michelle Fetters
Because so much is purposefully unresolved and so little is actually decided I just can t say I enjoyed watching Infinity War all that much 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Mark Dujsik
It s a long but slight expansive but restricted and busy but straightforward contradiction of a movie 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Walter Chaw
It s stunning to realize that their attempts to do so are the most emotionally affecting things in the whole of the perfectly named Infinity War people valiantly desperately trying to evoke humanity in the midst of a machine that makes that impossible 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Tom Meek
The Russo brothers clearly know what clicks and to keep things moving 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Calvin Wilson
A film that s overlong and overstuffed but somehow avoids being a chore to watch 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Dann Gire
Intriguing but virtually devoid of suspense Funny but pressing too hard for laughs Monotonous but not boring Still the ambitious Infinity War should be mandatory viewing for serious Marvel movie fans 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Dustin Putman
For Marvel fans preparing to see the grim thrilling Avengers Infinity War for the first time only one piece of advice will do brace yourselves 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Christian Toto
You know all that Infinity War hype It lives up to it And then some 
4
Avengers: Infinity War
Maren Longbella
After 2 5 hours of watching superheroes battle dark forces I m exhausted And elated 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Ty Burr
There are some decent laughs before things turn serious and the deft timing that has always been one of the sneakier pleasures of this multi chapter behemoth is in evidence as heroes collide in attitude and physique 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Bob Bloom
The scope of the movie is massive Yet it feels intimate because through the previous Marvel movies we have become emotionally invested in many of these characters 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Richard Roeper
The final moments of Infinity War are haunting and impactful and mysterious 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Josh Larsen
a business play forcing us to make yet another down payment on our collective Marvel mortgage 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Tony Norman
This movie almost but not quite seamlessly brings together the disparate strands of a decade s worth of Marvel Disney movies 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Michael Phillips
Ten years ago this month the Marvel universe was launched with the fresh lively relatively easygoing Iron Man It seems more like 100 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Roger Moore
Maybe Deadpool 2 will be better 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
John Semley
Even by Marvel s own standards of serviceable mediocrity Infinity War fails 
1.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Keith Uhlich
Throughout the film rapidity of dialogue and drama is mistaken for actual rhythm of which directors Anthony and Joe Russo have one mode pedal to the metal pandemonium 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Moira MacDonald
Be sure to stick around empty popcorn bag in hand for the post credits scene which left me wanting another sequel Preferably tomorrow 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Mark Daniell
The Marvel Cinematic Universe s newest entry is its biggest most ambitious piece of storytelling in the studio s 10 years of existence and the minute you exit the theatre you ll be lining up at the box office to buy another ticket It s that good 
4
Avengers: Infinity War
Peter Howell
A deeply satisfying tale of pathos and wit that manages to credibly link dozens of characters multiple narrative threads and innumerable arguments stretching from the first Iron Man a decade ago to Black Panther mere weeks ago 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Sean P. Means
Buckle up folks because this is the movie Marvel has been building toward for a decade and it s astonishing 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Sara Stewart
All the past decade s Marvel movies have been heading toward this showdown Turns out the payoff was worth the wait 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Matt Zoller Seitz
If only the film were better modulated or perhaps longer or more elegantly shaped or well it s hard to say exactly what s wrong here 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Jake Coyle
After 10 years of lean threadbare Lilliputian tales Marvel Studios has thank heavens finally decided to go big 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Peter Travers
The Russo brothers have clearly never learned the concept that less is more They ve used the premise of an Avengers reunion to put on a fireworks explosion of action and laughs those roguish Guardians that won t quit 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Michael O'Sullivan
Infinity War is big blustery and brave taking viewers to places that they may not be used to going 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Mara Reinstein
Welcome to the ultimate superhero extravaganza 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Brian Truitt
Marvel has pulled off all sorts of cinematic flavors in its 10 year legacy from heist films and political thrillers to space operas and fantasy epics Now it boasts a full fledged Shakespearean tragedy 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Rafer Guzman
A superhero space opera that will knock you off your feet and quite possibly bring a lump to your throat 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Clayton Davis
The symbiosis of good versus evil is the pillar of its existence and measures up to a deeply felt extravaganza for the superhero senses In many aspects this is a remarkable film and the best that the MCU has offered yet 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Mick LaSalle
There s just too much of it A victim of its own success there are just too many appealing characters here to stuff into one story 
2
Avengers: Infinity War
Gary Thompson
Infinity War contains just about everybody as if the sheer volume of Marvel characters would give the movie dramatic force The opposite occurs 
2.5
Avengers: Infinity War
Clint O'Connor
Chris Pratt jumps from blustery to goofy to vulnerable to insecure to funny with ease as he trades barbs with Thor and his own sidekicks Dude has charisma to spare 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
John Wenzel
Infinity War isn t just a proper sequel to that film it s also the towering peak all these Marvel movies have been building to 
3
Avengers: Infinity War
Peter Canavese
Spoiler free review Marvel s superhero movies may not run the risk of being called elegant but they re sure as hell sturdy well built popcorn flicks that send audiences out unequivocally satisfied 
3.5
Avengers: Infinity War
James Berardinelli
Avengers Infinity War knows what it wants to be and goes about pursuing that goal with relentless intensity 
3.5
The Windmill Movie
Joe Williams
Late in this meandering film Rogers romantic infidelities and the onset of illness add some much needed dynamics but even when it s just shooting the breeze The Windmill Movie is captivating 
3
The Windmill Movie
John Hartl
Although the format will be familiar to fans of Tarnation and Capturing the Friedmans the result comes closer to Fellini s autobiographical 8 1 2 
3
The Windmill Movie
Wesley Morris
A remarkable documentary attempt to reconcile Rogers s sense of personal professional and artistic malaise which culminated in his decades long attempt to make a film about his life 
3.5
The Windmill Movie
Chris Faraone
Unfortunately a man died from cancer in the making of this explicitly introspective life tome it was the only way he saw to complete his masterpiece 
4
The Windmill Movie
Robert Levin
The ongoing deeply personal introspection that permeates the picture gives it the haunting feel of a sance 
3
The Windmill Movie
Rafer Guzman
The examined life may be the only one worth living but as The Windmill Movie profoundly illustrates it s no guarantee of happiness 
3
The Windmill Movie
V.A. Musetto
A warm portrait of the fascinating Richard P Rogers an experimental filmmaker 
3
The Windmill Movie
Nick Schager
A stirring autobiography by proxy 
3
Making Montgomery Clift
Rob Thomas
Making Montgomery Clift makes a persuasive case that it s not the tragedy we thought it was and best of all will send us back to Clift s indelible performances with new eyes 
3.5
Making Montgomery Clift
Christopher James
At its best Making Montgomery Clift serves as a new fresh take on the famously tragic queer icon Montgomery Clift 
3
Coraline
Matt Brunson
An eye popping animated extravaganza 
3.5
Coraline
Peter Keough
The movie though dares not go below the surface Could the problem be its use of 3 D Did the filmmakers think that to offset this additional illusory visual dimension they had to remove all depth from the story itself 
2
Coraline
John Serba
Coraline offers no broad explanation for its supernatural peculiarities It doesn t need it These things exist in the world we know albeit in more ethereal forms 
3.5
Coraline
Dann Gire
Coraline proves Selick to be a champion storyteller with stop motion animation He resurrects the dark sinisterness of Nightmare and cannily merges it with a touch of Alice in Wonderland and Arachnophobia 
4
Coraline
Leah Rozen
Here s a splendid cautionary tale for any child who has ever mid tantrum wailed I ll just go find my real parents 
3
Coraline
Nick Rogers
Visually Coraline rests between Terry Gilliam s rudimentary Monty Python work and Pixar s prestigious polish Every background is beautiful in a children s film that s mesmerizing and a bit bothersome at times just as it should be 
3.5
Coraline
Wesley Lovell
An amazing stop motion achievement 
3.5
Coraline
Jordan Hiller
While Selick s production is not by any stretch graphic or gory the use of odd and irregular shapes proportions and movement creates a dark symphony of macabre images that horrify the psyche and chill the blood all the same 
4
Coraline
Sonny Bunch
With Coraline Henry Selick and his team of stop motion animators have created a real wonder one that will entertain children for years to come 
3
Coraline
Mike Scott
A wonderfully weird film a modern day Alice in Wonderland that marries technology and good old fashioned storytelling 
3.5
Coraline
Christian Toto
Coraline is near perfect family entertainment if your family can handle some pretty ghoulish creatures 
3.5
Coraline
Sean P. Means
Inventive visuals and a serious scary streak permeate Coraline a ripping example of stop motion animation that s overflowing in wild detail 
3
Coraline
Keith Cohen
The movie is a visual treat with every color in the crayon box on display 
2
Coraline
David Nusair
46 46 46 boasts an unapologetically thin storyline that grows increasingly problematic as the movie progresses 46 
2
Coraline
Robert Levin
The quality of Selick s craft and the dense haunting nature of Gaiman s morality tale for children collectively make Coraline a resonant visceral experience 
3.5
Coraline
Ross Anthony
Ripe with colors and magic and mystery 3D is very nice Cools off towards end Spooky 
2.5
Coraline
Sean McBride
the film starts off in traditional children s fable territory it does get quite scary towards its end 
3.5
Coraline
Mike McGranaghan
Coraline is just dazzling to look at the kind of film where the frame seems to be bursting with things to discover 
3.5
Coraline
Michael Dequina
One fantastic entertainment for viewers of any age 
4
Coraline
James Berardinelli
Employing stop motion animation that renders human beings with the distinctive characteristics evident in both The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach Selick finds the perfect look to bring Gaiman s vision to life 
3
Coraline
Jeffrey Westhoff
The artistry on display in Coraline cannot be underestimated 
4
Coraline
Walter Chaw
packed to the brim with evil hunger and the reasons we used to leap across the dark at the top of the stairs
3.5
Coraline
Lori Hoffman
The 3D component in Coraline is mostly in the background but several big scenes explode with vivid color and utilize the technology in awesome ways 
3
Coraline
James Kendrick
It is as though Gaiman s novel were written with Selick s visual approach in mind and it s hard to imagine the story being told in anything other than the film s seamless blend of tactile and digital media 
3.5
Coraline
John Wirt
The film to beat in the Oscar race for 2009 s best animated feature 
4
Coraline
Eric Melin
An interesting comment on parent child relationships there s a certain amount of mystery and disappointment to one s parents 
3
Coraline
Charles Koplinski
The Wizard of Oz for the 21st century 
3.5
Coraline
Linda Cook
Be careful what you wish for kiddies Your wish might be granted and with it your worst nightmares 
3
Coraline
Gary Brown
While the 3 D effect is truly spectacular it s the story that stokes the imaginations of children 
3.5
Coraline
Dustin Putman
A foreboding whimsical altogether spectacularly mounted fable 
3
Coraline
Daniel M. Kimmel
Coraline proves dazzling on the surface but in the end that s all it is 
2.5
Coraline
Jenni Miller
There really needs to be more films with smart mischievous young girls 
3.5
Coraline
Tracie Cooper
Coraline is equal parts fanciful menacing beautiful and subversive 
4
Coraline
Claudia Puig
Coraline is a plucky heroine and director Selig s imagination is indisputable But the story falters in parts and its dark tone could be off putting for children 
2.5
Coraline
Peter Howell
This animated screen rendering of Neil Gaiman s masterful children s horror fantasy is so full of life and texture it s almost gilding the lily to add the third dimension to it 
4
Coraline
Chris Hewitt
The effect is enchanting and in the best sense of the word homemade 
3
Coraline
Mick LaSalle
What a rich strange vision it is 
4
Coraline
Carla Meyer
This PG rated film though visually splendid and thoroughly engaging is also too eerie for most kids 
3
Coraline
Lou Lumenick
This is perhaps the most effective 3 D movie I have ever seen with a sophisticated involving story that will appeal to many adults 
3.5
Coraline
Robert W. Butler
Coraline impresses mightily It s just not particularly enjoyable 
2.5
Coraline
Amy Biancolli
It is a sumptuous visual feast and a perfectly enchanting story 
4
Coraline
Jennie Punter
Although fairytale art and cinema references abound Coraline is thoroughly and excitingly original and quite possibly the best 3 D movie ever made 
3
Coraline
Jeff Vice
While this stop motion animated fantasy film might be a little much for some really sensitive young viewers it s visually inventive and captivating 
3.5
Coraline
Lisa Kennedy
The writer director and his gifted animators impress with stop motion detail Yet Coraline is short on delight
2.5
Coraline
Lawrence Toppman
I suspect you could turn the sound off and still be terrified amused and delighted 
4
Coraline
Michael Sragow
Selick catches you along with Coraline in a spider s web and his visual splendor transfixes you even when you feel the strands tightening around your brain 
3.5
Coraline
Sara Michelle Fetters
Coraline is a treasure 44 and if families don 8217 t take the time to discover it 44 they 8217 ll be missing out on a creepy angelic sensation worth cheering 46 
3
Coraline
Brandon Fibbs
This is a rich intricate world of microscopic detail nothing short of complete immersive enchantment 
3.5
Coraline
Michael Smith
Selick creates a visual wonderland with a timeless animation style that will make this a favorite for repeat viewings 
3
Coraline
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a film for grownups that remember their childhood and it s a film that takes animation in America to an entirely new level It s dark and it s a masterpiece 
4
Coraline
Peter Travers
It s not just the 3 D glasses that add an extra dimension to the horror and hilarity of Coraline 
3
Coraline
Susan Tavernetti
Writer director Henry Selick s delightfully imaginative toon delves into another dreamscape 
3.5
Coraline
Scott Nash
After watching it I can only say if you re curious about this story read the book and don t bother with this version 
2.5
Coraline
Willie Waffle
A visual masterpiece combined with a decent story
3
Coraline
Carrie Rickey
Is it premature to assign it classic status 
3.5
Coraline
Moira MacDonald
Children who like being scared will get a kick out of this wildly creative movie adults needn t have a child in tow to enjoy it too 
3.5
Coraline
Duane Dudek
It s easy to take the seamless complexities of stop motion for granted But from grand design to the smallest detail the craftsmanship of Coraline is impeccable 
3
Coraline
Ty Burr
If you have a 10 and up who s drawn to alt comics smart books dark clothing and general pop culture subversion the movie will be his or her Wonderland 
3
Coraline
John Beifuss
If 3 D is going to survive in cinemas as more than a carnivalesque gimmick filmmakers will have to deliver more movies like the macabre and wonderful Coraline in which the dimensionality becomes part of the story 
3.5
Coraline
Michael Phillips
Would the 8 year old me have fallen for Coraline Maybe not Like my own 8 year old at that age I was more into comedy than anything designed to give me the comic willies But the adult me is a big fan 
3.5
Coraline
Josh Larsen
the first 3 D movie that made me forget I was watching 3 D and that s a good thing 
4
Coraline
Peter Canavese
A stop motion animation classic to be both in concept and execution Coraline is wildly creative stuff 
3.5
Coraline
Rafer Guzman
A work of wondrous animation with engaging characters charming dialogue and more than a few intense moments 
3
Coraline
Rene Rodriguez
Coraline director Henry Selick s adaptation of Neil Gaiman s novel is essentially a horror movie for kids but it is also gentle and funny and whimsical and even in its darkest moments Selick never forgets who his target audience is 
3
Coraline
Jane Clifford
The incredible stop motion 3 D animation only magnifies the story And it s a great story 
3
Coraline
Roger Ebert
I admire the film mostly because it is good to look at 
3
Coraline
Thelma Adams
The imaginative story makes vivid use of 3 D technology but beware It s potentially super scary for small kids 
2.5
Coraline
Phil Villarreal
The 3 D in Coraline is so low key that I forgot it was there for much of the film But maybe that s less a knock on the visuals than it is a compliment to the movie s ability to pull me into its zany world 
3
Coraline
Rob Vaux
A certain leisurely pace in the first act and a bit of routine mopping up in the third are all that stand between it and genuine masterpiece status 
3.5
Coraline
Bill Weber
As fine looking a 3D stop motion fantasy that four years of top flight craftsmanship can produce 46 
3
The Day Shall Come
Gary Thompson
Not many satirists have been willing or eager to take on the sticky wicket that is the war on terror but British comedian Chris Morris is an exception 
3
The Day Shall Come
James Berardinelli
The Day Shall Come is an angry film funny at times but with an acidic underpinning 
3
The Day Shall Come
Tomris Laffly
Even when Morris political souffle collapses especially in its directionless and underwhelming last act the performers keep the whole affair watchable 
2.5
The Day Shall Come
Christian Toto
We needed a satire on homeland security s dark side but this intermittent romp can t seal the deal 
2.5
The Day Shall Come
Mark Dujsik
Morris and Armstrong s dialogue filled with insults and paradoxes and simply some great one liners shines 
3.5
The Day Shall Come
Robert Horton
Most of the jokes are just a tad overstated slightly pushed with winks or eye rolls as though Morris didn t trust the audience to pick them up 
2.5
The Day Shall Come
Michael Phillips
The laughs are frequent if despairing 
3
The Day Shall Come
Sean P. Means
In a cast with talents like Anna Kendrick and Denis O Hare the newcomer Marchánt Davis is a true discovery 
3
The Day Shall Come
Roger Moore
Has the wittiest movie banter in ages 
3
The Day Shall Come
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film is an aimless albeit sometimes funny chronicle of absurd behavior and government ineptitude 
2
The Day Shall Come
Joey Magidson
This is an absolutely savage satire Not every arrow in Morris quiver hits its intended target but when they do it s as darkly comic as any recent release 
3
Jethica
Katie Rife
This is a strange film all around 44 distractible and full of Olympic level tonal gambits 46 Viewers 8217 mileage will vary 46 Wildly 46 
2.5
Jethica
Brian Eggert
Director Pete Ohs creates a fine sense of deliberately paced mood and spare scenery 44 but Jethica feels like a basic concept that could have been fleshed out into something more substantial 46 
2.5
Mr. Kaplan
Roger Moore
A darkly comic and cynical Uruguayan thriller about The Holocaust A little loopy but it works 
3
Bird Box
Jason Fraley
While it s no 4 star instant classic like A Quiet Place which did it first and did it better far be it from me to nitpick a viral hit 
3
Bird Box
David Nusair
Based on a far superior book by Josh Malerman 
2.5
Bird Box
Cody Corrall
It squanders an opportunity for thoughtful commentary on trauma and survival 
1
Bird Box
Federico Furzan
Thriller movies should never make the audience feel safe Bird box is a Bullock vehicle that lacks emotion Full review in Spanish 
2
Bird Box
Eric Melin
With unintentionally funny scenes featuring its characters hurtling themselves head first through windows to commit suicide Bird Box sadly has more in common with the M Night Shyamalan disasterpiece The Happening than anything else 
1
Bird Box
Richard Roeper
Great shudder inducing stuff 
3.5
Bird Box
Rene Sanchez
Sandra Bullock shines in this effective and thrilling post apocalyptic story about motherhood survival and sacrifice Full Review in Spanish 
3
Bird Box
Alan French
Bullock delivers an incredible performance of strength and emotion She never gives up and her need for survival is only outweighed by the survival of her children 
3
Bird Box
Barry Hertz
While Bird Box is wrapped up in a postapocalyptic thriller guise it s more a cautious character study 
2.5
Bird Box
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It s an often effective thriller though marred by increasingly expositional dialogue and questionable character decisions 
2.5
Bird Box
Mark Dujsik
Here is a gimmicky thriller that transcends its gimmick 
3
Bird Box
Robert Daniels
Director Susanne Bier s perilous post apocalyptic film Bird Box straddles the line between rudimentary and riveting 
2.5
Bird Box
Christian Toto
Bird Box blends smart sci fi with grindhouse goofiness The former eventually wins the day 
3
Bird Box
Michael O'Sullivan
The film essentially begins at its climax and then backtracks via flashback to the onset of the crisis hopping forward and back repeatedly over a five year gap This has the effect of destroying momentum 
1.5
Bird Box
Chris Barsanti
Many sections of Bird Box don t hold up to a second s scrutiny the conceit s silliness and convenient scare tactics make Shyamalan s take on infectious suicide horror seem downright subtle by comparison 
2.5
Bird Box
Rex Reed
The only real shock in this one is that it stars Sandra Bullock who should know better 
1
Bird Box
Joe Friar
Sandra Bullock leads a strong cast in the end of the world thriller that remains faithful to Josh Malerman s novel 
3
Bird Box
Brian Tallerico
Eric Heisserer s script works better when it sticks to the basics locking us in what could be the last safe place on Earth and allowing us to ask how we d behave in such a nightmarish predicament 
2.5
Bird Box
Mick LaSalle
The actors are fine but the problem is that it s hard to care about the interaction of the people inside because nothing they do matters 
1
Bird Box
Karen M. Peterson
Susanne Bier provides an atmospheric horror film that blends in drama and doesn t give up all the answers making this a good choice for a night in 
3
Alba
Ernesto Diezmartinez
the sensitivity of the director is remarkable Full review in Spanish 
1
A Man Escaped
Brian Eggert
A Man Escaped epitomizes how Bresson used action to achieve spiritual deliverance in his films 
4
A Man Escaped
Mattie Lucas
Without a doubt one of the greatest films ever made a film both thrilling and meditative that should serve as a textbook for modern filmmakers on how to create and sustain suspense 
4
A Man Escaped
Michael Wilmington
Bresson s film is both the most realistic and the most poetic of jailbreak films 
4
A Man Escaped
Josh Larsen
Bresson outdoes nearly every escape film you ve ever seen using little more than the face of Francois Leterrier and elemental off screen sound 
4
A Man Escaped
Jaime N. Christley
A Man Escaped seems to be one of the few Bresson films that both his fans and detractors can agree on 
4
A Man Escaped
Roger Ebert
Watching a film like A Man Escaped is like a lesson in the cinema It teaches by demonstration all the sorts of things that are not necessary in a movie By implication it suggests most of the things we re accustomed to are superfluous 
4
A Man Escaped
Ron Reed
It s a wonder that so stark and minimal a film can create such potent feelings images and moments that linger so persistently divine intimations that seem so inescapable 
4
A Man Escaped
Ed Gonzalez
A deeply humanistic proclamation of the power of faith 
4
A Man Escaped
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s so good that I submit that just about anyone even people who hate French films will love it 
4
Born to Play
Joey Magidson
Born to Play is the kind of documentary that can t help but inspire 
3
Born to Play
Tom Meek
The quality of play and skill is more than impressive as is the community fan and familial support around the players and the league When they re back on the field in Revere I m heading to a game 
3
Mule Skinner Blues
Joshua Tanzer
Beanie s a big believer in appreciating the art in your own neighborhood even if it isn t backed by a multimillion dollar budget and so am I 
3
Mule Skinner Blues
Pam Grady
What emerges is not only a portrait of some of the more colorful denizens of Mayport Florida but also a moving examination of the power of art to transform lives 
3
Mule Skinner Blues
Gene Seymour
Watching Beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it 
3
Mule Skinner Blues
Megan Turner
Boisterous and daft documentary 
2.5
Mule Skinner Blues
Ed Gonzalez
Stephen Earnhart s homespun documentary Mule Skinner Blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Matt Brunson
Where s the quickening of the pulse the racing of the heart the holding of the breath With Lara Croft Tomb Raider the most a viewer can expect is the numbing of the brain and the closing of the eyelids 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
Jolie s screen presence is so magnetic and the aesthetics of the film are so true to the games that it is almost impossible not to get carried away by it Full review in Spanish 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Joe Lozito
It might be easier to list the things that were good about Tomb Raider but little comes to mind 
1
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Scott Nash
Worth watching 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jeffrey Westhoff
This would have been a better action movie if the last 10 minutes were replaced Any computer game player knows the last battle is supposed to be the toughest 
2.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
David Nusair
Let s face it people going to see this movie expect two things Lots of action and lots of slo mo shots of Jolie running 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jeffrey M. Anderson
I feel sorry for Jolie and the myriad of stunt trainers and set builders who designed all this great stuff only to have the likes of director Simon West come in and mess it all up 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Margaret A. McGurk
Loud tedious boring and self important this movie offers nothing fresh original or surprising 
1
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jimmy O
More than being just a terrible movie Tomb Raider is a disturbing exercise in the mythologies of sexuality 
1.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Mark Dujsik
This could have been one of those rare so bad it s good movies but the experience of watching it falls short of that mark 
2.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Ian Mantgani
Sorry to be crude but sometimes a guy has to admit to his animal instincts 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jorge Avila Andrade
Con una historia mala actuaciones simplonas y direccin mediocre Tomb Raider es otro de los grandes fracasos del ao
1.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Steve Rhodes
The movie has only two modes killing people with guns feet and fists and killing time with dopey dialog 
1.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Michael Dequina
Plays exactly like a video game committed to film and no that s not a compliment 
1.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
James Kendrick
a disjointed adventure movie that has no place to go
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Mike McGranaghan
Quite simply I had a blast watching it 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Andrew Howe
An emaciated excuse for entertainment 
1.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Peter Travers
In the department of numbing ineptitude the pacing runs a neck and neck race with the dialogue 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Emily Blunt
Finally we gals have a bonafide PG 13 hero to look up to 
3.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Robert Roten
My only problem with the film is that with a plot this ridiculous it ought to have been more tongue in cheek like The Mummy Returns 
2.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Mick LaSalle
The herald of a cold heartless soul dead cinema for a numbed audience with no interest in human emotion just a craving to have its synapses jolted 
1
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Susan Stark
Its heavily mined narrative throws all sorts of ridiculous twists into the mix in order to put Croft through her punishing paces 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Rick Groen
The movie credits five separate persons for the story and screenplay a quintet of scribes who might better consider a career shift into acting they ve clearly done a splendid job of impersonating monkeys at a typewriter 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jeanne Aufmuth
repeat after me it s a video game it s a video game it s a video game 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
James Berardinelli
Of all this summer s mindless blockbusters this is arguably the most fun 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Roger Ebert
Here is a movie so monumentally silly yet so wondrous to look at that only a churl could find fault 
3
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Steven Rea
Time was stolen from us someone cries as they go chasing around fighting over the two halves of a mystical tablet that holds the key to the past and the future Yup I d say 1 hour 44 minutes to be exact 
2.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Tor Thorsen
The film plays like a humorless first draft of what could have been the new Indiana Jones adventure 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Michael Wilmington
A shallow cliche ridden mess that keeps blowing up on screen 
1
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Rob Blackwelder
Movies like Tomb Raider are designed only to part fools from their money 
2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Ross Anthony
Not perfect but slick a strong B 
2.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Dustin Putman
Has two good scenes amidst the creative dead zone that surrounds them 
1.5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
David N. Butterworth
Makes Super Mario Bros look like Rocco and his Brothers 
0
Rich in Love
Peter Stack
Director Bruce Beresford s family drama doesn t delve very deep but Finney s performance is extraordinary 
3
Rich in Love
Roger Ebert
Households like this exist only in the movies which is all right because that s one of the reasons we go to the movies To see people who are crazier than we are 
3
Bowfinger
David Nusair
Directed by Frank Oz and written by Steve Martin 
3
Bowfinger
Joe Lozito
Mr Murphy chews the scenery every chance he gets and it recalls what made him such a star in the first place 
2.5
Bowfinger
James Sanford
It s lively and frequently funny but why does it leave such a sour aftertaste 
2.5
Bowfinger
Leonard Schwarz
Lest the movie get too saccharine and it never does Eddie Murphy is on hand to juice things up 
3.5
Bowfinger
Margaret A. McGurk
The movie reaches giddy cartoonish heights even while it carefully dodges any chance to move beyond skin deep 
3
Bowfinger
Bob Graham
Martin the writer plants some wicked barbs in Hollywood s rear end about creative financing of movies and hoarding of profits the art of the deal hipper than thou attitudes and exploitation 
3
Bowfinger
Rick Groen
This is his first screenplay since L A Story yet you get the sense that Martin has lost some of the artistic aspiration he once brought to the movie business This effort feels like it s just business 
2.5
Bowfinger
Jorge Avila Andrade
Divertido ejemplo de que cuando se quiere hacer rer a la gente lo nico que se necesita es una buena historia y un par de buenos actores cmicos
3
Bowfinger
James Kendrick
A smart funny movie 
3
Bowfinger
Roger Ebert
Martin is also at the top of his form 
3.5
Bowfinger
Susan Stark
The funniest most knowing and at heart sweetest movie about making movies since Tim Burton s larky classic Ed Wood 
3
Bowfinger
Pam Grady
A warmhearted paean to bad moviemaking 
3
Bowfinger
Dustin Putman
Too many problems detract from Bowfinger to make it be considered a great comedy but it is a good one 
2.5
Bowfinger
David N. Butterworth
A film that fans of Steve Martin Eddie Murphy and skillfully written and performed comedy should enjoy 
2.5
Bowfinger
Marty Mapes
It s still a funny movie and credit should go to the great cast 
3
Bowfinger
Mike Clark
Aside from The Nutty Professor this is the funniest Eddie Murphy comedy since the Reagan administration 
3
Bowfinger
James Berardinelli
Powered by a hilarious high octane performance by Eddie Murphy and a witty boisterous script by his co star Steve Martin Bowfinger offers 90 plus minutes of solid entertainment 
3.5
Bowfinger
Michael Dequina
Rare is the enjoyment in finding a seemingly no brainer comedy that reveals itself to not only have a brain but a sharp one at that 
3
Bowfinger
Bob Bloom
Your sides will hurt when the film fades out It is a comedy event not to be missed 
3.5
Bowfinger
Emily Blunt
Go see this jam packed fun filled flick and do it now 
4
Bowfinger
Jonathan Foreman
It assures Murphy s comeback as one of our most brilliant comic talents 
3
Bowfinger
Cornell & Petricelli
Funny pieces that just don t fit together 
2
Bowfinger
Steve Rhodes
Frank Oz directs Bowfinger with near perfection 
3.5
Bowfinger
Ross Anthony
Silly and fun but short on heart
2.5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Roger Moore
No new revelations but a nice historic overview with a few wonderful rarely seen clips that make it worth your while 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Josh Terry
Even if the story is well known the content is worth seeing on the big screen 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Neil Rosen
For Beatles fans and as a history lesson for kids should you take this ticket to ride I say Yeah Yeah Yeah 
4
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Robert Horton
It doesn t seem to know what to include or what to leave out so it settles for a random sampling 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Peter Travers
Ron Howard s documentary rightly keeps coming back to the music and the band s delight in making it Good move It truly is a joy forever 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Stephanie Merry
It all feels a little glossy but who can complain when the vibes are so good and the tunes so catchy 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Mark Caro
Howard is more interested in wowing audiences with exuberant hysteria ridden performances than he is in digging for explanations 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Jeff Simon
I frankly can t imagine why anyone would want to miss this film whether you re a Beatle lover or nostalgist or just younger newbie who wants to know what all the unparalleled screaming was about 
4
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Stephen Whitty
As someone who s been a fan since 5 twisting away in my living room to their Ed Sullivan appearance there isn t much I haven t seen Or thought I hadn t But Howard still digs up surprises 
3.5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Godfrey Cheshire
The group s fans today of any age are bound to welcome Eight Days a Week in which Beatlemania s mid 60s comet of joy and astonishment is thrillingly captured 
3.5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
G. Allen Johnson
A must for any fan 
3
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Ty Burr
Take the kids and watch their little minds get blown 
3.5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
Paul de Barros
By using home movie footage in hotel rooms fly on the wall tape from the studio control room Howard s film often succeeds in making you feel it all from the four lads astonished point of view 
4
Eastern Boys
Rene Rodriguez
The movie argues that these teens lawless selfish mentality is a by product of having grown up in war stricken countries such as Chechnya where they lived through horrors that permanently skewed their moral compasses 
3
Eastern Boys
Andrew Johnson
It s a fairly straightforward home invasion set up but what makes writer director Robin Campillo s sophomore feature so intriguing is how it carefully subverts expectations 
3.5
Eastern Boys
Farran Smith Nehme
Eastern Boys never quite fulfills the promise of those first few minutes 
2.5
Eastern Boys
Clayton Dillard
A ferocious plea for character salvation within a milieu where money and bodily affect are the raison d tre for human existence 
3.5
Eastern Boys
Kent Turner
Fascinating and suspenseful
3.5
Night on Earth
Matt Brunson
As expected the quality of the individual vignettes varies though only one is an out and out drag 
3
Night on Earth
Roger Ebert
At the end we have learned no great lessons and arrived at no thrilling conclusions but we have shared the community of the night when people are unbuttoned and vulnerable more ready to speak about what s really on their minds 
3
Night on Earth
Chris Hicks
Jarmusch s movies aren t for everyone but for the sophisticated audience he pursues there are sometimes great rewards 
3
An Elephant Sitting Still
Mattie Lucas
It s as if the film was conjured from thin air gorgeous elemental and tortured Hu s consciousness made manifest and brought into being by sheer force of will 
3.5
An Elephant Sitting Still
Justine Smith
While circumstances are claustrophobic and stifling Bo s movie seems to balance that with strange and surreal impulses of the heart 
3.5
An Elephant Sitting Still
Christopher Gray
The film s gritty mundane agonies come to feel like a series of moral tests with genuinely unpredictable outcomes 
3
Main Street
Chris Hewitt
It s not groundbreaking but it s pleasant enough 
2.5
Overnight
Roger Moore
Very thin on laughs for a romantic comedy 
1.5
Overnight
Jeff Shannon
Formulaic to a fault and painfully unfunny 
1.5
Overnight
Connie Ogle
Overnight is the feel dumb movie of the spring 
1
Johnny Got His Gun
Roger Ebert
Instead of belaboring ironic points about the war to end war Trumbo remains stubbornly on the human level 
4
Johnny Got His Gun
Marty Mapes
This grim soldier s tale has some bad acting and some overextended melodrama but eventually it hits its stride and becomes a gripping drama 
3
Center Stage
Marty Mapes
Center Stage proves that it s hard to make a bad dance movie 
3
Center Stage
Susan Stark
It s a bad joke 
1
Center Stage
Michael Dequina
The young cast of unknowns in Center Stage can all dance which is a very good thing indeed because virtually none of them can act 
1.5
Center Stage
Ross Anthony
If you like campy dance movies this one won t let you down
2
Center Stage
Rob Blackwelder
I m a guy but it s my job to admit I liked Center Stage 
3
Center Stage
Cornell & Petricelli
What a joy to see a young woman say no to sexual advances even from a former lover while maintaining a sense of power and purpose 
3
Center Stage
James Berardinelli
With a plot that is constructed entirely out of formula situations and familiar plot elements Center Stage feels like a rerun of Flashdance grafted onto The Cutting Edge 
2
Center Stage
David Sterritt
Not since The Turning Point has a dance movie done so many cinematic pirouettes with such a graceful sense of audience pleasing fun 
3
Center Stage
Dustin Putman
An often remarkably exhilarating and surprisingly insightful dance drama perhaps the most impressionable and well made in its genre since 1987 s Dirty Dancing 
3.5
Center Stage
Roger Ebert
Center Stage has moments of joy and moments of insight 
3
Center Stage
Peter Stack
The acting is wooden 
2
Center Stage
Rod Armstrong
While it seems like Hytner was aiming for something like Fame the end result is more like a nudity free Showgirls for the pre teen set 
0.5
Under African Skies
Peter Travers
Powered by Paul Simon s brilliance Under African Skies is a cultural lightning bolt that soars on its music and an unshakable belief in the transcendence of art 
3.5
Under African Skies
Kenji Fujishima
It does lightly suggest scintillating questions about the responsibility artists have in reflecting current political moments in their music 
3
Seeing Other People
David Nusair
possesses the feel and tone of a typical sitcom albeit a sitcom with several distinctly R rated quirks 
2.5
Seeing Other People
Betsy Bozdech
Seeing Other People is one of the stronger more audience friendly titles in the Sundance s Channel s home video catalog and it s worth a watch if you like romantic comedies 
2.5
Seeing Other People
Collin Souter
The great cast should work together again on a project that aspires to be more than just pleasent Not a bad movie just a little too obvious 
2.5
Seeing Other People
Timothy Knight
The snappy one liners stereotypical characters and labored narrative contrivances are all here in this episodic romantic comedy all that s missing are commercial breaks 
2
Seeing Other People
Megan Lehmann
A premise that is equal parts silly and cynical is stretched over 90 uncomfortable minutes hitting just about every relationship clich imaginable with incongruous spurts of graphic sex talk spiking the mostly ho hum dialogue 
1.5
Seeing Other People
Jami Bernard
This whiny unpleasant comedy of infidelity makes a good case for staying celibate with the phone unplugged 
1
Seeing Other People
Bob Strauss
A hit and miss sex farce that though recognizably independent and refreshingly raunchy could ve benefited from less sitcomy slickness 
2.5
Seeing Other People
Roger Ebert
There are so many different pairings to keep track of that the movie loses focus and becomes a juggling act 
2.5
Seeing Other People
Robert K. Elder
Whatever the film lacks in presentation it makes up for in laughs and ensemble performances that sing 
3
Seeing Other People
Ed Gonzalez
Like the pilot for a failed FOX sitcom spread out to an impossibly long 90 minutes 
1.5
One Good Cop
David Nusair
There s ultimately not a whole lot within One Good Cop for the viewer to enthusiastically embrace 
2
One Good Cop
Roger Ebert
One Good Cop wanted to manipulate my emotions and I was willing to let it try but finally it was so shameless that I d had enough 
2
Breast Men
David Nusair
46 46 46 an exceedingly run of the mill yet mostly watchable drama 46 46 46 
2.5
Ligeia
David Nusair
the almost unrelentingly bleak vibe is awfully hard to take 
.5
Man on a Ledge
Brian Eggert
Part heist scenario 44 part hostage yarn 44 part cop drama 44 all of these elements feel halfhearted and eye rollingly familiar thanks to a messy script 46 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Kelly Jane Torrance
It s a slight thriller action picture that doesn t aim high 
2
Man on a Ledge
Brandy McDonnell
Man on a Ledge effectively keeps viewers on the edge of their seats for much of its run time before eventually slipping into conventional cinematic territory 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Craig D. Lindsey
They basically patch a narrative together by jacking the best moments from fun popcorn flicks like The Negotiator and Inside Man 
2
Man on a Ledge
Jeff Beck
Man on a Ledge is not a film that will change the way we look at thrillers but it is a film that has enough thrills to provide for a very entertaining ride
3
Man on a Ledge
Roger Moore
Man on a Ledge isn t a caper comedy It s a heist picture a thriller and a not that thrilling one at that But the folks who made it have enough of a sense of humor to get how silly it is and run with that on occasion 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
James Kendrick
a straight up genre film with no ambition beyond keeping the audience minimally entertained with its workmanlike execution of a literally high concept idea
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Eric Melin
Man on a Ledge is so tired and hackneyed and straight out of a bad 80s TV show that there s even scene where one of them has to disable a timer with seconds left and Worthington is yelling Don t cut the red wire 
1
Man on a Ledge
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Asger Leth s Man on a Ledge does the kind of thing movies do well 
3
Man on a Ledge
Scott Nash
If you don t look up at him maybe he ll go back inside 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Keith Cohen
Congratulations are in order to director Asger Leth and screenwriter Pablo F Fenjves for the ingenious storytelling in their joint feature film debuts The superb editing and brisk pacing are additional strengths of the first must see movie of 2012 
3
Man on a Ledge
Matt Brunson
It s all fast paced nonsense easy to take but not quite engaging enough to warrant a night out at the movies Yeah best to wait for that DVD 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Sara Michelle Fetters
Man on a Ledge doesn t warrant an in depth discussion of any kind whatsoever 
2
Man on a Ledge
Mike Scott
Harmless but brainless 
2
Man on a Ledge
Stephen Whitty
This is one of the few movies that with its skyscraper action scenes probably needed to be made in 3 D As it is though it s barely in 2 D and really I m not sure it needed to be made at all 
2
Man on a Ledge
Matt Soergel
A breezy enough diversion with a couple of plot twists some heist shenanigans a hissable villain and much cheerfully gratuitous cheesecake 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
David Nusair
a decent 22 minute television episode that s been unnaturally stretched into a full length feature 
2
Man on a Ledge
Willie Waffle
Certainly defies logic but does find a way to hook the audience into wondering how this whole massive scheme is going to end 
2
Man on a Ledge
Joe Williams
When an action movie is as clumsy as Man on a Ledge it s begging to fall 
2
Man on a Ledge
Rafer Guzman
A clumsily made thriller with very few thrills 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Sara Stewart
A jumble of cop and heist movie clichs dotted with appearances by actors you liked in something else 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Liam Lacey
Credibility takes a nose dive long before its protagonist is separated from his perch 
2
Man on a Ledge
Mark Dujsik
Offers a multitude of examples of a screenwriter writing himself into a corner and left without any idea of how to get his characters out of it 
2
Man on a Ledge
Bob Bloom
This is basically an audience participation movie in which you go along for the ride knowing that everything will work out just fine good will triumph and evil will get its comeuppance 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Phil Villarreal
Here s hoping the ledge movement begins here and now and historians look back on this great moment that started it all 
3
Man on a Ledge
Dustin Putman
Coming less than a month into the new year prospective viewers would do wise to lower their expectations accordingly 
2
Man on a Ledge
Peter Howell
Nobody should be this hard up for entertainment 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Claudia Puig
The film succumbs to clichs grows convoluted and outlandish and winds up dead on arrival 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Mick LaSalle
Man on a Ledge doesn t aim high but what it aims to do it does 
3
Man on a Ledge
Paul Doro
The movie works overtime to be crowd pleasing effectively using the tried and true tale of an innocent man wrongfully imprisoned thanks to the duplicity of the corrupt and powerful 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Ann Hornaday
It sure is about a man on a ledge 
2
Man on a Ledge
Wesley Morris
The movie doesn t give an audience anything that makes sense How does Harris smoke a cigar that appears to weigh more than he does And whence is Worthington s accent 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Gary Thompson
Completely preposterous relying on massively improbable twists of fate The same few crooked cops are assigned to every major police action in the city of New York 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Chris Hewitt
Leth isn t very good with actors I ve never seen either Kyra Sedgwick as a reporter or Ed Harris as a rich creep this one note or boring 
2
Man on a Ledge
Joe Lozito
This thriller s twisty predictable plot can t sustain its one trick premise 
2
Man on a Ledge
Rene Rodriguez
Man on a Ledge made me think of an old Van Halen song Jump 
1
Man on a Ledge
Matt Pais
The time has come for Hollywood and Sam Worthington to shake hands exchange pleasantries and go their separate ways 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
Michael Phillips
You can say this for screenwriter Pablo F Fenjves story It stays busy 
2
Man on a Ledge
Roger Ebert
The movie cuts back and forth between two preposterous plot lines and uses the man on the ledge as a device to pump up the tension 
2
Man on a Ledge
Tom Keogh
Noisy street crowds and an Attica shoutout allude to Sidney Lumet s classic Dog Day Afternoon suggesting what Ledge director Asger Leth is hopelessly vainly reaching for 
1
Man on a Ledge
Christy Lemire
Man on a Ledge is so cliched and reheated it almost feels like a parody of a generic action picture only no one seems to be in on the joke 
1.5
Man on a Ledge
James Berardinelli
On balance Man on a Ledge is fun but I left the theater feeling disappointed and cheated as if the filmmakers set me up for something great they ultimately couldn t deliver 
2.5
Man on a Ledge
Jaime N. Christley
Beyond my Big Apple centric nitpicking the cheapness is soaked into the material and direction as well 
1
The Cobbler
Norman Wilner
The Cobbler is startlingly thin and naive especially in regard to the larger implications of its hero s actions 
1
The Cobbler
Dustin Putman
The core story hook may be preposterous but what best resonates in The Cobbler are its human slice of life elements and the big city blue collar milieu in which it is set 
2.5
The Cobbler
Brian Tallerico
The Cobbler is almost fascinatingly awful enough to recommend If one subscribes to the theory that you can learn as much from a bad movie as from a good one this one s a master class in what not to do 
0.5
The Cobbler
Molly Eichel
A failed fairy tale with a saccharine klezmer inflected tone undercut by the movie s own plot 
2
The Cobbler
Bruce DeMara
Fans of Adam Sandler are a hardy lot impervious to the derision of friends and family and the slings and arrows his films frequently attract from critics The Cobbler is likely to test their mettle 
1.5
The Cobbler
Barry Hertz
The world may never again witness Peak Sandler but that s OK We ll always have Punch Drunk Love 
2
The Cobbler
Peter Travers
It s a toxic smear of curdled whimsy about a New York shoe repair man a lumbering Adam Sandler who transforms into his customers when he puts on their shoes The film is beyond awful 
1
The Cobbler
Stephen Whitty
Maybe there s a good movie in here somewhere or would have been more than 40 years ago with Judd Hirsch as the shoemaker Or nearly 60 years ago as a quick Twilight Zone episode But as it s done today it s just forced and unfunny and fake 
1
The Cobbler
Lou Lumenick
A painfully earnest and totally unfunny magic realist fable set on the Lower East Side that works in no way whatsoever 
0.5
The Cobbler
Rex Reed
It revives the pleasant art of storytelling most of today s young filmmakers have all but abandoned and cures temporarily anyway my allergy to Adam Sandler 
2.5
The Cobbler
Roger Moore
Tom McCarthy got stuck making an Adam Sandler movie instead of the other way around 
1.5
The Cobbler
Kam Williams
Sorry Adam Sandler simply isn t very convincing playing a character with an I Q above room temperature 
1
The Cobbler
Chuck Bowen
Thomas McCarthy evinces no interest in the people who come into Max s store and wind up as fodder for his increasingly violent and self absorbed escapades Not a shred 
.5
The Cobbler
David Nusair
Thomas McCarthy s fourth and worst film 
1.5
Congorama
Geoff Pevere
While Falardeau s prismatic storytelling technique is frequently impressive it ultimately gets in the way of a movie that otherwise would seem to have a powerful human story struggling to get out 
2
Congorama
Eric Henderson
The surfeit of plot twists and implausible coincidences strain narrative credibility even as the remarkably brawny presentation provides a warm rush 
2
Congorama
Rick Groen
Is that just a trite sentiment a love is all you need platitude and just one more aspect of Congorama that s too neat and a bit forced Perhaps but sometimes it takes bravery to embrace the clich 
3
Congorama
David Nusair
ultimately undone by its meandering structure and distinctly unfocused vibe 
2
Silent Movie
Roger Ebert
Brooks has taken a considerably stylistic risk and pulled it off triumphantly 
4
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Alan French
Some of the actors and actresses pop off the screen and none more than Centineo He is a star from the word go 
3
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Roger Moore
Netflix hasn t just elbowed its way to the table where teen rom coms are released they ve knocked over the table and reset it by their rules 
2.5
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Nell Minow
A delightfully adorkable time 
3
Anton's Right Here
Kent Turner
And boy has the director found a compelling story line Remarkably the overall point of view remains sober it s uplifting but no Kleenex is necessary 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Tom Meek
The comic effect goes limp fast and has little to do with the effort of Segel s Pete to win back the girlfriend of the title Kristen Bell 
2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
David Nusair
ultimately comes off as an affable piece of work that benefits from the uniformly engaging performances and inclusion of several genuinely hilarious bits of comedic silliness 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Beneath all the hysterics top notch comedy and hilarious turns from Apatow vets there s a definitely gripping romance that audiences will respond to if they allow it 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Austin Kennedy
The end result is something that everyone involved can be proud of 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Lori Hoffman
Judd Apatow takes the sexual hijinks of guys night out cinema and bitch slaps it with chick flick emotionalism an unlikely combination but it works 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Charles Koplinski
Sure the premise is contrived as are most of the films from Apatow s production company However the human truths that emerge from these situations are rich enough to allow the vagaries of the plot Segel lays himself bare here especially during the
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Linda Cook
Remember Forgetting Sarah Marshall when you re looking for the next enjoyable adult comedy 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Walter Chaw
Listen I have a family 
0.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Michael A. Smith
Like Knocked Up and Superbad before it Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a return to the rarest of adult comedies one with a heart 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Rossiter Drake
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is needlessly long but it is very funny even when the humor is cringe inducing 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jolene Mendez
Here s to wishing for more great films from this Apatow clan 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Larry Ratliff
It s not that Jason Segel a TV vet of How I Met Your Mother and one of the CSI series looks like a normal guy The problem is that he s also a blue collar drone when it comes to acting 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Gary Brown
The wheels come off at the end but before then there are plenty of memorable moments in Forgetting Sarah Marshall 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Pete Hammond
Although it contains plenty of producer Judd Apatow s signature raunch it is a comedy to remember and a wryly funny smartly written and acted story from the broken heart 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Kam Williams
Ups the ante in terms of shock value by appealing to perhaps the lowest common denominator yet starting with an opening scene featuring gratuitous shots of male genitalia Two schlongs up 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Mike McGranaghan
The movie is very wise but also unbelievably funny proving again that the line between comedy and tragedy is a thin one Forgetting Sarah Marshall makes you laugh and squirm in recognition at the same time 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Gina Carbone
Horny but vulnerable Or as one hotel employee puts it happy tissues and sad tissues All I know is I had a smile on my face through almost every scene and laughed out loud more times than I can count I still have the Hawaiian version of Nothing C
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Michael Phillips
Jason Segel has what Nicolas Cage and Gene Wilder and a precious handful of other witty actors have The ability to make egregious humiliation and painful neediness a source of limitless mirth 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Peter T. Chattaway
Raunchy humor and genuine emotion typical of Apatow s films but it lacks the moralizing and social commentary found in 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Claudia Puig
The cringingly wacky scenarios offbeat characters and comic dialogue serve up a crowd pleasing laugh filled experience 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Chris Hewitt
A clever script and likable performers sell Marshall even though Stoller s clunky pacing and drab camerawork it can t be easy to make Hawaii look so ugly are like a weight around their necks 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Moira MacDonald
Forgetting Sarah Marshall should please audiences eager for silly summer comedy particularly the Hawaiian sunshine should delight those currently enduring a gray Seattle spring 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Nick Rogers
If only Jason Segel s screenwriting matched his comic presence This is an occasionally riotous but shapeless romantic comedy whose only relatable angst is that it s just marginally better than last year s The Heartbreak Kid remake 
2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Mick LaSalle
Like its predecessors Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a smart comedy that trades on social embarrassment and shows love from the standpoint of male insecurity 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Carla Meyer
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a heartwarming romantic comedy in which boy loses girl meets new girl and eventually finds himself 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Peter Travers
Forgetting Sarah Marshall goes out with a whimper when you so want a bang But until then this so called romantic disaster comedy is a raucous ride through one man s pain 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Stephen Whitty
Like most of Apatow s productions heck most of his heroes Forgetting Sarah Marshall is big and sloppy and too willing to settle for being just good enough But like them too it s funny And it grows on you 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Lou Lumenick
This film is so funny it may be beside the point to complain that as in many Apatow productions the writing and direction are still in something of a state of arrested development 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sue Pierman
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is by no means great art but it is great fun 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Connie Ogle
The movie isn t quite so polished as Virgin or Knocked Up but it s terrifically funny and for a few brief moments poignant 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Lawrence Toppman
Forgetting Sarah Marshall shorter than Knocked Up and more focused than Superbad tops all other Apatow productions so far 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Ty Burr
Like The 40 Year Old Virgin Knocked Up and Superbad before it it delivers belly laughs that explode from the meeting of wit and shock 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jim Emerson
You know exactly where and the pleasure of Forgetting Sarah Marshall is in how it gets there 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Peter Howell
Forgetting Sarah Marshall finds Apatow back on form after the recent disappointments of Drillbit Taylor and to a lesser extent Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sara Michelle Fetters
I was almost in shock and before I knew it a movie I was on the verge of despising was now in the second half getting me to loudly giggle in sudden bursts of schoolgirl like laughter 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sean P. Means
Segel has the Apatow gift for blending sweet and salty mixing raunch with a romantic heart 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Christian Toto
Gratuitous male nudity A man child hero with a heart of gold R rated comedy high jinks Yup producer Judd Apatow is back on track with the hilarious Forgetting Sarah Marshall
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
John Beifuss
As perfectly tailored an introduction of a new if limited movie star as has been seen since the golden age of the Hollywood studio system 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Daniel M. Kimmel
while it s likely to be a big hit with audiences it s not a very good film 
2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Carrie Rickey
Sarah Marshall is familiar if not fresh Which is reassuring to those not looking for the new new thing 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Rick Groen
It does run long but it mainly rollicks 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Greg Maki
The Apatow Company s latest instant classic 
4
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Willie Waffle
some good individual performances some funny scenes and solid secondary stories but it s a loosey goosey film that feels like a bunch of scenes tossed together like a salad 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Ken Fox
This thin premise is better suited to a half hour sitcom than a feature film but it s strong enough to support some entertaining fun performances from a group of TV stars along with a lot of weightless filler 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Dustin Putman
Was the movie entertaining Yes Did it quite consistently earn some big laughs and small chuckles Yes Was the audience s intelligence insulted Thankfully no 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jeff Vice
Features some very big laughs and is considerably sweeter than the trailers would make it seem 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Robert W. Butler
Forgetting Sarah Marshall has a workable if unoriginal setup but as a story it s like one of those hotel guests lounging in an inner tube and drifting in lazy circles It doesn t really go anywhere 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Matt Brunson
Those afraid that the dismal Drillbit Taylor marked the beginning of the end for Hollywood wunderkind Judd Apatow can relax 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
John Anderson
Kunis is not just Peter s savior but the saving grace of a comedy that is really a series of sketches a few of which sparkle and most of which you ll soon forget 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Phil Villarreal
The problem is there s nothing for the audience to latch onto and laugh at 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Josh Larsen
acknowledges that there is an emotional component to sex even for men 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Glenn Kenny
Yeah it s pretty funny And it s a pretty accurate depiction of a certain feature of male romantic humiliation But it s also a little and this is one of my two misgivings about the movie expected 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
James Berardinelli
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is at least as good as the two Apatow directed movies with a script that might be both a little sharper and a little more romantic 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Ross Anthony
Scenes spoofing TV s CSI incarnations are very funny and welcome While mildly awkward moments abound so do the belly busting laugh out loud hits 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sean McBride
Doesn t quite have as much heart as Apatow s previous films but there are laughs galore not to mention full frontal pudgy white dude nudity Yikes 
3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Nick Schager
Segel s script frequently enlivens pedestrian scenarios with sharp verbal back and forths and sudden cutaways to bizarre gags 
2.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Erik Childress
Between the climactic musical number that changes a horror classic forever and at least 90 minutes of sustained laughter what possible reason could you have to want to forget Sarah Marshall 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Kyle Smith
Writing and starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall Jason Segel gets emotionally naked He bares his soul Also he lets us see his schlong As Steve Martin said comedy is not pretty 
3.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Eric Melin
Like the infamous pregnant bedroom scene in Knocked Up Segel breaks down another sacred behind closed doors sex situation that no one likes to talk about and ends up with a classic memorable moment 
3.5
Invictus
Jeff Mitchell
Freeman was born to play his friend Mandela in Eastwood s inspiring movie 
3.5
Invictus
Peter Canavese
Despite hewing fairly closely to the facts has trouble seeming truthful Practically everyone behaves like an allegorical symbol rather than a person a problem the script anticipates and acknowledges but only feebly attempts to solve Blu ray 
2.5
Invictus
Michael Dequina
At its very essence a classically Hollywood ultra populist inspirational underdog sports movie and a well executed one at that 
3
Invictus
Sean P. Means
The half that s good involves watching Morgan Freeman hitting not only the cadences of Mandela s oratory but the Gandhi like calm of the man 
2.5
Invictus
Wesley Lovell
While an admirable exercise in by the book filmmaking it nevertheless lacks emotional depth 
2.5
Invictus
Jordan Hiller
Invictus succeeds in making one sympathize with and root for Mandela it does not succeed as a thrilling film going experience as it well could have 
2.5
Invictus
Sara Michelle Fetters
On the flip side both Damon and Freeman deliver exemplary performances and even if the accents aren t perfect the way they dig deep inside their respective characters certainly is 
3
Invictus
Lori Hoffman
The film seems determined to show us the uplifting side of the post apartheid era and that just feels like a whitewash pun intended 
2.5
Invictus
Linda Cook
A hopeful look at how humanity can be brought together by something as simple and as complicated as sports Invictus is one of the finest movies of the year 
4
Invictus
James Kendrick
even if it sometimes simplifies the historical issues in favor of uncomplicated multiplex feel good uplift it s hard not to get swept up in the joy
3
Invictus
Matt Brunson
Simpliflies complicated South African issues to the level of a Berenstain Bears storybook 
2
Invictus
Ross Anthony
Slow and subtle smiling brightly the picture wins audiences with the charm of Mandela but descends into a bland film about rugby 
2
Invictus
Gina Carbone
Obama could use a Rugby World Cup Something to unite his disaffected nation 
3
Invictus
Christian Toto
Director Clint Eastwood turns a remarkable true story into an unremarkable film with Invictus
2.5
Invictus
Keith Cohen
When you attend a movie directed by Clint Eastwood you feel like you are in the presence of greatness 
4
Invictus
Kit Bowen
On the one hand Invictus is a serviceable sports flick but on the other it s a heartfelt true story of one great leader s unyielding quest to unite his country 
3.5
Invictus
Mike McGranaghan
Invictus shouldn t feel like just another sports movie it should feel like a life movie What a missed opportunity 
2.5
Invictus
Robert W. Butler
So earnest that it borders on hagiography Clint Eastwood s Invictus remains a powerful slice of history that will leave you amazed at the decency of which we are capable 
3
Invictus
Liam Lacey
The story of how Nelson Mandela chose the white supported national rugby team the Springboks to become a symbol of national reconciliation is uncharacteristically optimistic for Eastwood 
3
Invictus
John Wirt
The results don t quite achieve inspiration but it s still powerful stuff 
3
Invictus
Lisa Kennedy
Eastwood makes moving pictures that seldom collapse under the burden of sentiment He has a muscular understanding of how kernels of wisdom needn t become caramel corn 
3.5
Invictus
Tyler Hanley
Inspiring messages about equality forgiveness and understanding resonate thanks to Clint Eastwood s deft hand and standout performances by Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon 
3.5
Invictus
Matt Soergel
When s the last time you saw a sports movie in which there wasn t a voiceover from some chatty announcer explaining every single play that s happening on the field 
3
Invictus
Willie Waffle
You won t regret seeing Invictus but it will not become the captain of your soul 
3
Invictus
Sonny Bunch
Invictus isn t a bad movie but it s not nearly the rousing success it could have been 
2.5
Invictus
John Beifuss
Risks dullness and embraces preachiness to pursue an idea that is given lip service by politicians but is rarely addressed in motion pictures How do we inspire ourselves to greatness 
3
Invictus
Sean O'Connell
While far from subtle Eastwood rarely is Invictus possesses an unmistakable air of dignity 
3
Invictus
Robert Levin
Morgan Freeman takes on Mandela s mannerisms with grace He nails the self assuredness the ease with which the inspiring leader emerged from the twinkling low key charmer 
3
Invictus
Mike Scott
Not only is Invictus a well acted well directed story of a remarkable man but it also illustrates how sports can be a salve to a wounded community 
3
Invictus
Ann Hornaday
Morgan Freeman doesn t play Mandela as much as inhabit the man in a performance that seems to embody the very transcendence that Mandela himself has come to stand for 
3
Invictus
Lou Lumenick
Depicts an unlikely intersection of sports and leadership in ways that manage to be inspiring and insightful without ever becoming schmaltzy or preachy 
3.5
Invictus
Peter Travers
Eastwood s modest approach to these momentous events shames the usual Hollywood showboating In a rare achievement he s made a film that truly is good for the soul 
3.5
Invictus
Erik Childress
What we get is a larger metaphor about change that is as adaptable now to our current Commander In Chief as it is to many difficult transitions throughout history 
3
Invictus
Mick LaSalle
It s never less than worthy and entertaining but the importance of Invictus doesn t broaden as it goes along It narrows 
3
Invictus
Phil Villarreal
Without looking it up I m guessing the title is Latin for drudgery 
2
Invictus
Peter Howell
As always Eastwood brings solid craftsmanship to the proceedings with direction that allows the actors to breathe while remaining alert to small details that speak of greater wisdom 
3
Invictus
Chris Hewitt
It s a little disappointing that the first major film about Nelson Mandela isn t about Nelson Mandela But Invictus is a different sort of movie and a good one 
3
Invictus
Joe Lozito
As usual Mr Eastwood tells his story with a quiet grace and reverence 
3
Invictus
Bob Bloom
As directed by Clint Eastwood Invictus is an inspirational story about fortitude spirit and reconciliation 
3.5
Invictus
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s a lot to cram into one movie and Anthony Peckham s script is fairly simplistic but Eastwood is as skilled a director as any working today 
3
Invictus
Mark Dujsik
Overcomes the heavy handed means of reaching its goal simply because Freeman believes every word and owns every sentiment that the Mandela of the film expounds and we believe it right along with him 
3
Invictus
Dustin Putman
Pulls out all the stops in its pursuit to become one of the year s most unlikely worst films 
.5
Invictus
Michael A. Smith
Directed flawlessly by Clint Eastwood Invictus is an uplifting story that will have you cheering in your seat 
4
Invictus
Duane Dudek
It is a tangible and rousing reminder of those rare and fleeting moments when things turn out for the best and its optimism about finding common ground is contagious 
3
Invictus
Moira MacDonald
Eastwood tackling a sports movie very different from Million Dollar Baby paces the action beautifully right up to one white knuckle moment late in the film involving a plane when you suddenly realized how invested in the story you ve become 
3.5
Invictus
Carrie Rickey
It may look like a movie of the week and it certainly has some wincingly bad musical passages but Invictus is an entertaining movie about a masterful piece of political theater 
3
Invictus
Jeff Vice
Eastwood s direction seems unsure and tentative and the inclusion of a pop song the overbearing Colorblind is an obvious attempt to sell a few soundtrack discs 
2.5
Invictus
Ty Burr
Can a story on this scale function as compelling drama I actually think that s what interests Eastwood the most here the challenge of making historical figures move with the grace of remembered life 
3
Invictus
Michael Phillips
Freeman goes only so far with a dialect and the script barely gets into Mandela s complexities but the performance feels fresh and spontaneous Damon is becoming one of the truest most reliable actors of his generation 
3
Invictus
Claudia Puig
The title may mean nothing to you but the movie certainly will 
3.5
Invictus
Joe Williams
On its face this is your basic redemption through sports story What makes it special is Eastwood s ability to artfully and concisely tell a story and Morgan Freeman s wonderfully understated turn as South African President Nelson Mandela 
3.5
Invictus
James Berardinelli
A strong piece of mass market filmmaking 
3
Invictus
Roger Ebert
Clint Eastwood a master director orchestrates all of these notes and has us loving Mandela proud of Francois and cheering for the plucky Springboks A great entertainment 
3.5
Invictus
Roger Moore
Eastwood returning to race as a theme has made a timely film about a nation of many races rallying around a leader who understands symbolism 
2.5
Invictus
Thelma Adams
Morgan Freeman gives a strong portrait of S African pres Mandela in a Clint Eastwood directed historical sports flick that doesn t live up to the true story that inspired it 
2
Invictus
Kam Williams
The rainbow nation starts here 
3
Invictus
Peter Keough
Even those unacquainted with rugby will be moved by the match itself the sweat and blood and groans of the scrums and the torturous progress to an exhausting overtime victory 
3
Invictus
Nick Schager
Clint Eastwood s films are often termed classical a term that with regard to Invictus also suggests something close to stale 
2
Synchronic
Leo Brady
Synchronic has two edgy performances by Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie making it an excellent combination 
3
Synchronic
Sean P. Means
The man who now wields Captain America s shield gives an effective performance as a man determined to find the answers no matter how weird things get 
3.5
Synchronic
Randy Myers
Indie filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead have made the sci fi landscape a much more vibrant and interesting place 
3
Synchronic
Joe Friar
Intelligent science fiction with a first rate cast that is determined to blow your mind Benson Moorhead are two of the most interesting filmmakers out there 
3
Synchronic
Dann Gire
Sophisticated special effects combine with Moorhead s nifty camera work subtle match cuts dramatic jump cuts smooth tracking shots and a superb God shot looking down from above to elevate Synchronic to a visual treat 
3
Synchronic
Ty Burr
Still it s the duo s wonky systematic approach to the gimmick that makes Synchronic so much fun 
3
Synchronic
Richard Roeper
A great buddy relationship is at the center of a film full of big ideas and psychedelic journeys 
3
Synchronic
Lisa Trifone
Mackie s performance may be enough to make Synchronic worth a look 
2.5
Synchronic
Robert Horton
If it seems to wobble a little too recklessly between beer commercial sincerity and snazzy showing off it still clicks often enough to create its share of authentic sci fi shivers 
3
Synchronic
Matt Zoller Seitz
While it offers some gripping and or darkly beautiful images it s ultimately more about ideas than spectacle 
3
Synchronic
Sara Michelle Fetters
Synchronic is a groovy psychedelic hallucinatory delight worth getting addicted to 
3.5
Synchronic
Mike McGranaghan
This is intelligent stylish sci fi that leaves you with ideas to contemplate 
3.5
Synchronic
Mark Dujsik
Synchronic is clever in how it goes about explaining its plot mechanics but they also end up being the full extent of this story 
2.5
Synchronic
Katie Walsh
This philosophical core coupled with the cynical paramedic duo premise akin to Martin Scorsese s Bringing Out the Dead makes for a unique sci fi tinged drama with supernatural elements rooted in real world stakes and emotion 
3
Synchronic
Henry Stewart
About a drug that sends its users back in time for seven minutes the film holds your hand and walks you through its chronology mazes 
2
Synchronic
Roger Moore
A time travel thriller with high stakes and genuine pathos 
2.5
Synchronic
David Nusair
Synchronic opens with an almost aggressively portentous first act that s as baffling as it is intriguing 
3
Synchronic
Shane Slater
Synchronic is an uneasy mix of film genres 
2
Synchronic
Barry Hertz
Once the big twist kicks in there s plenty of gritty fun to be had but patience is a hard won virtue in genre filmmaking 
2.5
Winnie the Pooh
Brian Eggert
Disney 8217 s film boasts a near timeless simplicity that goes along nicely with their previous excursions into Milne territory 46 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Sarah Knight Adamson
A calm slower paced fun film that should charm the socks off families while entertaining them in a unique way without all the bells and whistles of CGI and 3D 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Brandy McDonnell
Winnie the Pooh is rebelliously pleasant seditiously low key and blessedly loyal to the spirit look and tone of Milne s stories Ernest H Shepard s book illustrations and its beloved 60s short films 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Roger Moore
It s nice to see that Disney wants to introduce tykes to the magic of going to the movies with family fare this gentle and warm 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Michael Dequina
The writers and directors make it work by never losing sight of the spirit of the characters world and Milne imagination innocence and heaps of heart 
4
Winnie the Pooh
Nathan Southern
It s refreshing and invigorating to watch a new animated picture where we can still see the penciled in sketches of the characters eyebrows and wind ruffled clothing 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Peter Canavese
A back to basics charmer evoking the Pooh short films from the 60s and 70s Blu ray 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Todd Hertz
One of the film s new songs really sums it up Everything is honey and life is sweet 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Kam Williams
A benign tot oriented fable sharing a heartwarming message about the true meaning of friendship 
4
Winnie the Pooh
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s beautifully handled by directors Stephen J Anderson and Don Hall everything working on the perfect childlike level that speaks directly to the youngest of children without ever once talking down to them 
3
Winnie the Pooh
John Wirt
Occasionally some clever lines emerge but the movie mostly fails to charm 
2
Winnie the Pooh
Mike Scott
A bright cuddly blend of watercolor warmth and comfy cozy nostalgia 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Brett Michel
If you don t mind paying full price for something so brief you ll be delighted to find a musically driven film the whole family can enjoy 
3
Winnie the Pooh
John Beifuss
Harmless but unnecessary it doesn t improve upon the 1960s shorts and it s certainly no substitute for reading the original stories aloud with children 
2
Winnie the Pooh
Linda Cook
A sweet ode to the works of A A Milne is Winnie the Pooh a beautifully animated tale that brings the beloved characters back to the big screen again 
3.5
Winnie the Pooh
Peter Travers
It s a pleasure to sink into an animated family movie from Disney that radiates charm with a gentleness that seems damn near revolutionary 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Willie Waffle
In many ways it is a good movie for the little one who is ready for his or her first cinematic experience 
2.5
Winnie the Pooh
Liam Lacey
Disney doesn t offer much here that it hasn t done as well before 
2
Winnie the Pooh
Lisa Kennedy
One would have to have a heart of cold temperament to find much if anything wrong with the animated adventure Winnie the Pooh 
3.5
Winnie the Pooh
Robert Levin
This Winnie the Pooh is in every respect a fitting tribute to author A A Milne and his illustrator E H Shepard 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Linda Barnard
Winnie the Pooh will make big people remember their childhoods And small people will have fun getting to know all of us in the Hundred Acre Wood 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Stephen Whitty
It s a surprisingly solid often charming effort 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Chris Hewitt
Winnie the Pooh is such a relief from all the other movies yelling at us in theaters that it s like smoothing Noxzema on a wicked sunburn 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Sandie Angulo Chen
Clocking in at a zippy 63 minutes the story is precisely the right length for squirmy tots and concludes before the minimal plot grows stale for adults 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Kyle Smith
The 1966 1974 Winnie the Pooh shorts that used to air on Disney s Sunday night program were thinly plotted simply drawn and replete with silly songs and jokes for third graders Why mess with perfection 
3.5
Winnie the Pooh
Mark Dujsik
A reunion with old friends is always worthwhile 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Dustin Putman
It s a charmer yes but let s just say it has none of the nostalgic emotion of its wonderful somewhat misleading trailer 
2.5
Winnie the Pooh
Mick LaSalle
The makers of Winnie the Pooh had enough material for a good 65 minutes and so they did something unusual practically unheard of in modern times They made a 65 minute movie 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Scott Bowles
While his movie doesn t stand a chance at the box office Pooh succeeds by embracing much of what modern films have largely forgotten old fashioned movie pleasures 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Dante Anthony Fuoco
It has a visual and emotional artistry that depicts the value of committed friendships highlighting challenges that may come along Yet what it expresses most of all is the sheer fun and joy these experiences can bring 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Tom Russo
Sweetly agreeably traditional 
2.5
Winnie the Pooh
Cathy Jakicic
Rather than a mind blowing movie experience Pooh is a cinematic snuggle 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Matt Pais
Light sweet and gooey just like hunny er honey If it s wrong to vastly enjoy a warm movie about simple pleasures such as food friends and teamwork then I don t want to be right 
3.5
Winnie the Pooh
Roger Ebert
In a time of shock value 3 D animation and special effects the look of the film is gentle and pleasing 
3
Winnie the Pooh
Christy Lemire
This is just 68 minutes of pure hunny covered satisfaction 
3.5
Winnie the Pooh
Rob Humanick
Though less morally empowering than Tigger Movie or Piglet s Big Movie there s still something to be said for the film s crystalline look at friendship and selflessness 
2.5
The Breaker Upperers
Tomris Laffly
A marvelously kooky occasionally laugh out loud funny buddy comedy 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Phil Villarreal
The film s most memorable visual spectacle of a man getting sucked into a pool of quicksand is also the most resonant Man may think he rules over nature but it can take him back at any moment 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Steven Rea
Breathtakingly beautiful breathtakingly brutal and simply breathtaking 
3.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Jeff Vice
Duobuji shows he has a strong charismatic presence in his role as the patrol leader Ritai 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Larry Ratliff
Mountain Patrol peppered with shocking revelations of just how suddenly and brutally death can come calling has the look and feel of a documentary 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Chris Hewitt
It s an absurdist quixotic and sloooow journey that leads our heroes to the banal face of evil 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Bruce Westbrook
Instead of a laudable ecological crusade the film feels more like a futile Captain Ahab obsession with patrol leader Ri Tai Duobujie vainly chasing a poaching kingpin through the harsh windy wilderness 
1.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
John Hartl
One of the most beautiful and disturbing widescreen epics in last year s Seattle International Film Festival 
3.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Roger Ebert
What is remarkable is that this film is based on a true story and filmed on the actual locations 
3.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Michael Phillips
A nomadic life and death struggle evoking classic Hollywood western themes of dogged honor and rugged idealism 
3.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
David Elliott
Our eyes cram the stunning dry bare boned mountainscapes of a Chinese Tibetan Wild West called Kekexili 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Wesley Morris
Never has a movie so soberingly made the fight to save life and the struggle to hold on to it seem so futile 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
G. Allen Johnson
Other than raising awareness for endangered wildlife Mountain Patrol Kekexili doesn t have anything profound to say but it has a lot to show 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A rugged old fashioned adventure tale 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Ken Fox
A fascinating film that benefits greatly from the stunning scenery of the Tibetan plateau and from a quicksand scene that will leave you gasping 
4
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Timothy Knight
An astonishing fact based story of sacrifice and courage in one of the world s most forbiddingly beautiful regions Kekexili Mountain Patrol exerts an almost mythic hold on your attention 
3.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Gene Seymour
The spirit of the hardboiled American Westerns of the 1950s wends its way through this moody panoramic Chinese chase thriller 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
V.A. Musetto
The stunning adventure Mountain Patrol Kekexili is like a John Ford western set not in the master s beloved Monument Valley but in remotest China 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Bob Strauss
Lu Chuan s film may be an old fashioned outdoor adventure But it s a harrowing one that leaves little doubt that there are some outdoor regions human beings have no business in however noble their reasons for going there 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Peter Canavese
Since Lu depicts the punishing unforgiving determination on both sides of the conflict the film is not entirely pitiless for the pathetic criminal class 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Ethan Alter
Many characters perish some at the hands of poachers others by the elements and in the film s most chilling scene one via a pit of quicksand It s heavy going to be sure 
3
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
James Berardinelli
Director Lu Chuan took his lumps by filming the movie on location in an inhospitable locale but his decision to do so is validated by the final result 
3.5
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Ed Gonzalez
Ranks alongside Werner Herzog s Lessons of Darkness as one of the most succinct and distressing expressions of landscape in crisis 
3
Jackass 2.5
David Nusair
The Jackass series officially runs out of steam with this exceedingly weak entry 
1.5
Kong: Skull Island
Brian Eggert
Vogt Roberts with his highbrow film references and postmodern affectations wants Kong Skull Island to be more ambitious and thoughtful than it is 
2
Kong: Skull Island
David Gonzalez
While Kong is impressive 44 his counterparts on the islands are just as visually stunning 46 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Matt Brunson
The fear is that these shared universes will become the norm leading to that awkward point when say the men from Moonlight team up with the La La Land lovebirds to prevent Paul Blart from destroying a shopping mall owned by the Tyrell Corporation 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Sarah Knight Adamson
Kong Skull Island is a ton of fun however I don t think upgrading to 3D is necessary I saw it in 2D and was still blown away 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Mattie Lucas
A silly dumbing down of the Kong mythos complete with a moronic sense of a humor and a complete misuse of its talented cast
2
Kong: Skull Island
Federico Furzan
Kong has never had such a big entrance Cotton characters are not enough to make me frown at stupid decisions What a fun movie Full review in Spanish 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Alan French
You know what really makes the film work When the giant ape monster destroys stuff And he does not disappoint when given the chance to destroy 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Pamela Powell
When you have the comedic talent of John C Reilly and the intensity of Samuel L Jackson it s OK to have yet another remake of King Kong 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Kevin A. Ranson
While not a perfect film and a bit gratuitous focusing upon Ms Larson s filthy yet ever tightening tank top we get a better than average ensemble story thanks to a clever castaway 
3
Kong: Skull Island
George M. Thomas
Kong Skull Island revives the monster flick with humor a decent story and modern effects without sacrificing any fun 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Brandy McDonnell
Like an ape nimbly traversing the trees Kong Skull Island boasts excellent equilibrium for such a sprawling movie 
3
Kong: Skull Island
David N. Butterworth
Kong Numbskull Island is more like it 
1.5
Kong: Skull Island
David Nusair
An especially awful Hollywood blockbuster 
1
Kong: Skull Island
Walter Chaw
At the end of it all the picture s only real saving grace is John C Reilly as a castaway WWII airman who lands a few one liners the way that only Reilly can while off setting the general shittiness of the rest of the human interaction 
1
Kong: Skull Island
James Kendrick
primarily feels repetitious rather than thrilling or awe inspiring with the same basic threats reworked over and over again to dwindling effect
2
Kong: Skull Island
John Beifuss
Jettisons the timeless beauty and the beast tragedy of the 1933 masterpiece for a borrowed Vietnam allegory 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Glenn Lovell
Not only the most exhilarating e ticket ride since Mad Max Fury Road it s almost as exciting as the RKO original thanks to expertly orchestrated cliff hangers and the scariest CG beasties since Jurassic Park 
3.5
Kong: Skull Island
Jay Horton
Skull Island replaces Age of Discovery heroics with wartime ambience 
2
Kong: Skull Island
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A fun movie full of monsters those who know little about the original story will have lots of fun while the purist fanatics will probably be bothered by all the changes made to the character Full review in Spanish 
3
Kong: Skull Island
John Serba
There s no mistaking Kong for anything but gregarious sometimes goofy entertainment 
3.5
Kong: Skull Island
Barry Paris
However much a mashup of its predecessors and of Jurassic Park Apocalypse Now Miss Saigon and Journey to Center of the Earth it moves fast and it marks the entertaining return of cinema s most enduring and endearing beast 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Eric Melin
It embodies that American Barnum impulse the original satirized hoping that a heavy dose of violence and a familiar entity in the title will be enough to pack em in Behold the sad cynical Kong First Blood Part II 
1.5
Kong: Skull Island
Scott D. Pierce
Kong sets out to be a first rate monster movie and it succeeds 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Sara Michelle Fetters
As ludicrous and as unfocused as it all might be Kong Skull Island kept me amused for practically every second of its two hour running time 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Neil Rosen
If all you re looking for is visually impressive non stop action and you don t care about story dialogue or characters then go But I need a lot more out of a movie 
1.5
Kong: Skull Island
Mike McGranaghan
The movie knows precisely what it takes to deliver mayhem that makes you smile and lean in so that you can savor every awesomely chaotic second 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A well crafted intense ride that derides shoot first think later military rationale and champions curiosity and compassion 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Robert Horton
Hiddleston is a bust as a dashing adventurer Stand on a hillside with one leg cocked seems to be his acting note and Larson has the shocked look of someone who wins an Oscar and finds out this is her reward 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Christian Toto
This Kong is still fiercely territorial quick to anger and has a weakness for blondes Oh and he s surly about American imperialism too 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Phil Villarreal
Hail to the king baby 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Rob Thomas
It s that kind of movie meant for the biggest screen the loudest sound system and the slouchiest recliner you can find The fact that it also features good actors acting An unexpected big bonus 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Barry Hertz
It is the platonic ideal of big smart dumb B movie filmmaking and like Kong himself it must be seen to be believed 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Willie Waffle
Kong Skull Island is an action movie trying to be a little more sarcastic than that but they should stick to the action 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Sonny Bunch
Kong Skull Island has lots of monsters and lots of explosions and lots of scenery chewing but it has very little in the way of heart or humanity
2
Kong: Skull Island
Bob Bloom
While Kong Skull Island is visual eye candy its sophistication and excellence negate the fairy tale magical quality that endeared the original to generations of filmgoers 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Chris Knight
The newest Kong reboot is a rock em sock em popcorn monster movie flick featuring the biggest Hollywood ape to date 
3.5
Kong: Skull Island
Max Weiss
You come to Kong Skull Island to see Kong and the film delivers He is massive and fierce and formidable but those moist eyes of his reveal his true sensitivity 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Clint O'Connor
For all of its winning ways Kong Skull Island features some of the most empty underwritten characters in memory But you probably weren t expecting that anyway from this latest attempt to cash in on the legend of the giant gorilla 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Richard Roeper
It s wildly entertaining and it has a sense of humor about itself and it doesn t hurt when a great big monster movie features an A list cast including John Goodman Samuel L Jackson Brie Larson Tom Hiddleston and John C Reilly 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Mark Sommer
It s a fun and at times suspenseful creature adventure with a nod to some elements of the Kong story dating back to Ernest B Schoedsack and Merian C Cooper s all time 1933 classic featuring Willis O Brien s stop motion animation gorilla 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Mark Dujsik
This Kong is an imposing monster to be sure but as an innocent caught up in the dealings of the inhabitants of a world beyond his comprehension he doesn t quite register 
2
Kong: Skull Island
Stephen Rebello
Unfortunately the movie never comes close to touching the 1933 original a flat out masterpiece But hey maybe that s too much to ask at least Skull Island hits its marks hard and fast and paves the way for much better sequels 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
James Berardinelli
If the ultimate point of this movie is to get Kong into the ring with Godzilla this isn t a bad appetizer 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Jon Niccum
A metaphor for America s involvement in foreign wars A contrast between the majesty of nature and the limitations of man An argument that big is indeed better Sort of 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Peter Howell
This is a real Kong show the one demanded by popcorn peddlers and munchers alike 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Calvin Wilson
If you re looking for a film that offers pure escapism Kong Skull Island should definitely meet expectations 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Ann Hornaday
Kong Skull Island is a big noisy B movie infused with moments of wit and sprightly visual sophistication anchored by what surely must be the most enormous version of King Kong since the giant ape made his screen debut in 1933 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Matt Zoller Seitz
A half magnificent half misguided example of a show me the monster movie 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Rene Rodriguez
Spielberg would approve So would Ray Harryhausen 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Rafer Guzman
An unusual combination of thunderous monster movie and gritty war film Kong Skull Island is a fresh take on a nearly 85 year old classic 
4
Kong: Skull Island
Ty Burr
Kong Skull Island is a Saturday afternoon monster movie nothing more and nothing less that s what s good about it 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Moira MacDonald
I ll admit to having a pretty good time at Kong Skull Island helped immensely by a very large bag of popcorn 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Michael Phillips
The money s on the screen but it bought a really good movie too 
3.5
Kong: Skull Island
Kam Williams
A riveting reboot 
4
Kong: Skull Island
Dann Gire
Skull Island knows what makes an old fashioned monster movie work mainly lots of monsters Some fly Some swim Some have big teeth 
3.5
Kong: Skull Island
Jake Cole
Every creature here that s intended to burrow themselves into the audience s nightmares are less wonders of imagination than of size 
1
Kong: Skull Island
Gary Thompson
Director Jordan Vogt Robert delivers one fresh and imaginative surprise after another cleverly framed nicely paced 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Brian Truitt
Kong still commands respect his presence alone makes it worth a trip to Skull Island 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Mick LaSalle
It has a smart script imaginative filmmaking and a cast of fine actors that actually get to act 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Kyle Smith
The monster battles have enough wow to keep the movie rolling along but the connective tissue is so thin that it scarcely matters who lives and who gets stomped eaten blown up ripped to shreds or impaled 
2
Kong: Skull Island
Peter Travers
The dialogue is clunky the A list actors are slumming and yeah you ve seen it all before but the thunderously exciting creature effects make this Kong reboot a rip roaring rumble in the jungle 
3
Kong: Skull Island
Peter Canavese
Builds to the fulfillment of the MonsterVerse promise further teased in a post credits scene of monster on monster action It s all very silly and also a kind of bruising primordial thrill ride 
2.5
Kong: Skull Island
Stephen Whitty
Of course monster fans of a certain age will miss the handmade charms of old fashioned stop motion animation the laborious artisanal process that brought the first Kong to trembling life But the effects here are terrific 
3.5
Kong: Skull Island
Roger Moore
A grating miscalculation
2
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
Mattie Lucas
It s a shame that given Nilsson s musical stature that the film about his life seems less like capturing his spirit than just dully tracing his life 
2
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
V.A. Musetto
Conventional in style and is likely to mean more to the sadly forgotten musician s fans than to others 
2
Picture Perfect
David Nusair
a by the numbers yet workable premise that s employed to consistently underwhelming effect by Caron 
2
Picture Perfect
Judith Egerton
Sure the movie follows a basic romantic comedy formula but it has a freshness about it mainly because Aniston and Mohr make a sweet match 
3
Picture Perfect
Janet Maslin
Aniston at her best can recall young Barbra Streisand in her What s Up Doc days 
2.5
Picture Perfect
Robert Roten
The main thing that makes it watchable are the performances of Jennifer Aniston Jay Mohr and Kevin Bacon The three make an interesting romantic triangle despite numerous plot problems such as the story is basically unbelievable 
1.5
Picture Perfect
Margaret A. McGurk
The comedy side of the formula gets short shrift here partly because the camera spends so much time lingering on Ms Aniston s ineffable cuteness 
2.5
Picture Perfect
James Kendrick
Movies like this one just sort of float around for a few weeks like a thin cloud then slowly dissipate Most people probably won t even remember it was in theaters when it shows up on the video rack three months from now 
2
Picture Perfect
Madeleine Williams
There s not much to like in Picture Perfect Jennifer Aniston in her first starring role comes across as whiny mean and cruel 
2
Picture Perfect
Steve Rhodes
With her terrific looks her happy and vivacious demeanor and her tenacity Aniston gives a compelling performance as a hyperactive career woman while making Kate an incredibly likable character 
3
Picture Perfect
Susan Wloszczyna
Insubstantial and oversweet it still refreshes as a midsummer brain cooler 
3
Picture Perfect
Rob Blackwelder
The premise admittedly is not particularly fresh but Caron s script is full of little gems of comedy that forgive covering this familiar territory 
3
Picture Perfect
James Berardinelli
There are times when a bad ending doesn t seriously damage a motion picture This is not one of those 
2.5
Picture Perfect
Ruthe Stein
Aniston comes across like an imitation of a movie star instead of the real thing She gets less attractive as the film goes on 
2
Picture Perfect
Ian Mantgani
It s one of those uninvolving films where the good bits are great but who cares there aren t enough of them to make us forget about the dross 
2
Picture Perfect
Roger Ebert
It s a shame the plot is so contrived because parts of this movie are really pretty good 
2
Picture Perfect
Chris Hicks
The results should not surprise you It s cute fairly amusing overly contrived and underwhelming 
2
Freebie and the Bean
Gene Siskel
Judged on its own Freebie and the Bean is a mess of cheap thrills and mannered acting 
2
Freebie and the Bean
David Nusair
boasts a pervasively irreverent sensibility that s reflected most keenly in the behavior of its two protagonists 
2
Freebie and the Bean
Chuck O'Leary
Caan and Arkin have great chemistry and the vehicle stunts are spectacular in this entertaining very 1970s buddy cop movie 
3
Critical Thinking
James Kendrick
an engaging and moving reminder that externally imposed limitations are meant to be shattered
3
Critical Thinking
Odie Henderson
If nothing else Critical Thinking reminds you what a chess player can look like 
3
Critical Thinking
Mark Dujsik
The story of Critical Thinking may be familiar and seem clichéd but there s a specificity to its storytelling that s anything but those qualities 
3
Critical Thinking
Anita Katz
Leguizamo s storytelling while conventional features lively interactions embraceable characters and credibly depicted struggles The tournament scenes contain sports movie adrenaline 
3
Critical Thinking
Roger Moore
Cluttered cliched and ungainly 
1.5
Critical Thinking
Pamela Powell
Critical Thinking is an inspiringly uplifting film reminding us of the potential of each and every student out there 
3.5
Wicked Lake
V.A. Musetto
The flick is so vile and misogynistic the women exist solely to titillate that even perverts will have a tough time 
0.5
Epidemic
James Kendrick
Long 44 ponderous 44 amateurish 44 and remarkably dull 44 it seeks to be some kind of self aware hybrid of reflexive meta film about the film industry and a drama about a rampaging virus
1.5
Epidemic
Matt Brunson
The results are mixed at best 46 
2.5
Epidemic
Robert K. Elder
Will never be confused with von Trier s great films But it is an intriguing introduction to his later cinematic obsessions 
3
Sweet Country
Ernesto Diezmartinez
The fourth feature by Australian filmmaker Thornton is not just the surprise of the week It can even be the year even though it has been released in our country with more than a year of delay Full review in Spanish 
2.5
Sweet Country
J.R. Kinnard
Uncompromising deliberate and eerily beautiful director Warwick Thornton s rugged Australian Western puts a new spin on an old story 
3.5
Sweet Country
Josh Terry
Altogether Thornton s film is a moody and dark meditation a grim portrait of an Old West that will be both familiar and foreign to American audiences 
3
Sweet Country
Alan Zilberman
If the movie s outlook is less than hopeful it nevertheless suggests that there is still time to learn from our mistakes 
4
Sweet Country
Glenn Kenny
A movie of visuals first and foremost 
3
Sweet Country
Derek Smith
The film is a meticulous examination of how the dehumanization of Australia s native population bred an environment of cyclical violence and mistrust 
3
Sweet Country
Kate Taylor
The story is both fresh and archetypal the landscape both hard and delicate and beautifully observed 
4
El Norte
Kathleen Carroll
Through the efforts of cinematographer James Glennon Nava has almost succeeded in matching the unique style of Latin American writers like Gabriel Garcia Marquez whose tales are a vibrant mixture of fantasy and reality 
3.5
El Norte
Gene Siskel
El Norte is an epic story told on a small intimate human scale 
3.5
El Norte
Bill Cosford
It is Nava s shaping of his characters through their encounters and through the sprinkling of illusion that the director adds to the film that gives El Norte its moments of liberation of spiritual release 
3
El Norte
Robert W. Butler
It has its moments of gritty realism but also many of humor and the technical production is spectacularly good with stunning color photography by James Glennon 
3
El Norte
Bruce Bailey
You re also bound to be taken by extraordinarily convincing performances of the two leads both of whom are making their film debuts after extensive experience on the stage 
4
El Norte
James Calloway
El Norte is rife with good intentions and on some levels the film can be moving and witty 
3
El Norte
Rick Lyman
The overall effect is intense exhilarating and troubling It s a great movie 
4
El Norte
Terry Hiller
Nava keeps things simple and in doing so achieves an eloquence which insures his small budgeted independent film a place in the ranks of great movies 
4
El Norte
Roger Ebert
From the very first moments of El Norte we know that we are in the hands of a great movie 
4
El Norte
Matt Noller
In El Norte s defense it does not unlike those contemporary films filter its view of an ethnic subculture through the eyes of a white protagonist 
2
El Norte
Peter Canavese
On the surface El Norte is the essence of simplicity But in 1983 the simple story was both news to many and history to many others finally seeing their story depicted on screen on their terms Blu ray 
3.5
El Norte
TV Guide Staff
The film has a political message but it is a subtle and compelling one that allows situations and characters to speak for themselves 
4
Gagarine
Steven Prokopy
Gagarine is a melancholy achievement that reminds us how young minds find ways to cope with situations they can t yet deal with and Youri s journey is quietly devastating as the demolition approaches 
3
Gagarine
Odie Henderson
The camaraderie between the characters is so strong and effective that Liatard and Trouilhs occasional forays into magical realism feel intrusive and forced 
3
Gagarine
Pat Padua
While the directors give Gagarine a perfectly realized sense of place its ensemble cast gives it the feeling of real life 
3
Gagarine
Wes Greene
The film is at its most effective and engaging when simply capturing the vibrancy of a world onto its own 
2.5
Sound of the Soul
Janos Gereben
The sound the music the message are all suffused with sincere expressions of love and longing against a great heritage of tolerance an ancient sanctuary for people of different faiths 
3
Sound of the Soul
James Reed
The film works best in the musicians own words about why music truly is the universal language of mankind 
2.5
As Good as It Gets
Wesley Lovell
James L 46 Brooks 8217 screenplay is fantastic 44 we are in their lives 44 it feels as if we are PART of their lives and watching it from right up close 46 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Michael Dequina
The greatest pleasures come from the acting 
3
As Good as It Gets
Sandra Contreras
The movie s too long and the direction is sometimes slack but the script is crammed with withering ripostes ably delivered by Nicholson and Hunt 
2.5
As Good as It Gets
Garth Franklin
Not only one of the best romantic comedies of the year but one of the best films in ages 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Judith Egerton
Like Broadcast News James L Brooks new film is a dark edged adult comedy that hits the spot for those who like their romances splashed with acidic wit 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Margaret A. McGurk
An honest original comedy about recognizable human beings 
4
As Good as It Gets
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is Jack at his best the kind of role that makes him a star He gets to bear his teeth take control of a room and be devilishly cuddly at the same time 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Rick Groen
Romance comedies definitely come better than this although perhaps not lately 
3
As Good as It Gets
James Kendrick
Brooks is fortunate to have Nicholson in the lead because it is by his natural charm and smirking wit that his character gets away with everything he does 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
James Berardinelli
By the time we leave the theater the warmth of love has melted the coldest heart 
3
As Good as It Gets
Ruthe Stein
Part of the appeal of this comedy is that Melvin s transformation never gets sappy 
3
As Good as It Gets
Roger Ebert
The movie succeeds at many moments even while pursuing its doomed grand design 
3
As Good as It Gets
Marty Mapes
This movie was a nice try 
2.5
As Good as It Gets
Madeleine Williams
A thoroughly enjoyable comedy about a horrible man 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Jay Carr
I d go to As Good as It Gets and not worry too much about its structural ungainliness 
3
As Good as It Gets
David N. Butterworth
As Good As It Gets is decent if not vintage James L Brooks made all the more palatable by that man Jack Nicholson 
2.5
As Good as It Gets
Jonathan Rosenbaum
How Brooks emerged an abler artist is worth puzzling over I suspect it has something to do with sheer instinct triumphing over industry machinery 
4
As Good as It Gets
Susan Stark
Urbane alert funny compassionate 
4
As Good as It Gets
Mike Clark
Hunt delivers one of the year s most appealing performances as a Brooklyn single mother 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Rob Blackwelder
A joy to watch these characters 
3
As Good as It Gets
Steve Rhodes
Few movies live up to their title but this romantic comedy is indeed just about as good as it gets 
3.5
As Good as It Gets
Ted Prigge
A very good comic drama which can please a crowd 
3.5
The Act of Reading
Tom Meek
Where the film doesn t quite hold together is Blumberg s meandering quest for redemption and the overshare of a fractious relationship with his girlfriend 
2.5
The Act of Reading
Roger Moore
Undisciplined self indulgent meandering the sort of movie that a guy who never bothered to finish his homework might make 
2
Kajillionaire
Brian Eggert
For all of July s quirks and visual peculiarities her brand of filmmaking fits an indie narrative structure that manages to be universal in its oddball specificity 
3
Kajillionaire
Mark Meszoros
Kajillionaire gets at least a mild recommendation because it is so far from standard fare In a world packed full of formulaic films many of them reboots sequels and prequels this almost surely is one you haven t seen before 
2.5
Kajillionaire
Ty Burr
Kajillionaire keeps getting sidetracked by its own offbeats resulting in an experience that s equal parts endearing and exasperating 
2.5
Kajillionaire
Rene Sanchez
An original bittersweet and unforgettable comedy about the meaning of family and the fears that keep us from finding our true selves Evan Rachel Wood is brilliant Full Review in Spanish 
4
Kajillionaire
Jake Coyle
Oddities abound in July s gently absurdist films you either roll with it or not But when you give in you go through them childlike experiencing real and surreal together 
3
Kajillionaire
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Crushing hilarious and hopeful 
4
Kajillionaire
Steven Prokopy
Part of the film s success is due to Wood s absolute commitment to her character s emotional desperation 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Sean P. Means
Old Dolio whose very name it s explained is residue of a long ago con is a perfect vessel for July s thoughts on identity and Wood captures the character s confusion and awkward attempts at liberation with soul and spunk 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Tom Meek
Evan Rachel Wood simultaneously conveys street wisdom and naïveté with a fluidity that s nothing short of masterful 
3
Kajillionaire
Roger Moore
Miranda July s latest Tales from the Quirky Side is an almost magically eccentric portrait of longing and lowlife grifting 
3
Kajillionaire
David Nusair
another misfire from a director once brimming over with promise 
1.5
Kajillionaire
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The more time one spends in July s world the more weirdly charming it becomes 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Jeff Mitchell
July s Kajillionaire pays out some eccentric riches 
3
Kajillionaire
Robert Horton
When Wood and Rodriguez share the screen in their unlikely partnership we re in the company of something undeniably tender and odd 
3
Kajillionaire
Rosalie Kicks
This is July at her best yet Contains just the right amount of quirkiness a sprinkle of absurd and a story that will melt hearts 
3.75
Kajillionaire
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Love is all we need to blossom Or Gina Rodriguez Who needs those kajillions 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Mark Dujsik
Kajillionaire has its undeniable quirks in terms of story and character but its melancholy but hopeful heart beats louder 
3
Kajillionaire
Chris Hewitt
I ve heard Kajillionaire described as a coming of age movie which doesn t seem quite right It s more like a coming alive movie and a gorgeous one at that 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Joey Magidson
Kajillionaire is a Miranda July film through and through For her fans that s going to be more than enough If you ve never liked one of July s works that won t change 
2.5
Kajillionaire
Tomris Laffly
By the end it all feels like life affirming stuff 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Ann Hornaday
Funny poignant and ultimately triumphant Kajillionaire is a precarious balancing act one that July pulls off with astute writing careful staging and trust in her actors 
4
Kajillionaire
Barry Hertz
In its quizzical candy coloured sideways view of the world one that normalizes apartments that regularly flood with pink sludge the film is offering a challenge to its audience 
3
Kajillionaire
James Berardinelli
As gloomy as all of this may sound July invests it with a lively energy that avoids a spiral into darkness and depression no matter how bad things get 
3
Kajillionaire
Katie Walsh
With this strange dark dramedy July reminds us that walls can never retain the softest parts of ourselves yearning to break free 
3.5
Kajillionaire
Joe Friar
t s quirky filled with colorful characters and plenty of laughs It may not be everybody s cup of tea but if you like your comedy a bit off kilter you ll love this film I thought it was a blast 
3.5
Kajillionaire
David Robb
The precarity and itinerant lifestyle of the central figures in Kajillionaire can be seen as a logical next step in Miranda July s filmmaking trajectory 
3
Kajillionaire
Mick LaSalle
On a scene by scene and minute by minute basis it is always at least a little bit interesting and different 
2.5
Kajillionaire
Mike McGranaghan
The movie makes you laugh and breaks your heart at the same time 
3
Kajillionaire
Josh Larsen
a destabilizing look at family as a big con 
2.5
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Matt Brunson
Contains one of the greatest set pieces in American musicals 
3.5
Joyful Noise
David Keyes
Noise it is joyful it is not 
1
Joyful Noise
Michael Dequina
Only when the script takes a back seat to song does the the film live up to its title 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Mike McGranaghan
A movie about a gospel music competition should be fun and inspiring Joyful Noise is lumbering and dull 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Roger Moore
A big wet holiday smooch from an overbearing aunt you grimace You stand there and take it And you grin afterwards 
2
Joyful Noise
Sara Michelle Fetters
I have a decided love hate relationship with Joyful Noise 
2.5
Joyful Noise
John Beifuss
How do you win a national gospel competition Give me some of that Sly Stone funk shouts Latifah Also performed Paul McCartney s Maybe I m Amazed repurposed as a Jesus anthem 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Linda Cook
Sort of a homespun Glee for audiences with walks of faith Joyful Noise is truly that featuring a soundtrack that s infectious And believe it or not this gospel tinged musical covers almost all genres from Paul McCartney to Kirk Franklin 
3
Joyful Noise
Kam Williams
A modern parable that s fun for the whole family with an uplifting message about the power of cooperation Can I get an Amen 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Robert Levin
If you should find yourself trapped at this diva show and are willing to give in to its heightened stupidity you ll get your money s worth in a perverse sort of way 
2
Joyful Noise
Peter Travers
Lots of talented young singers decorate the scenery notably Jeremy Jordan who has vocal and acting chops that shine even in this bucket of Glee Goes Gospel cornpone 
2
Joyful Noise
Lisa Kennedy
Much worse things could happen to a movie than to have these two full figured gals hold forth Parton s willing and able to despense the Southernisms Latifah s fierce when she needs to be 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Stephen Whitty
My is there corn But you d have to be holding on very tightly to a bad mood to walk away from this meal with a frown 
3
Joyful Noise
Jennie Punter
An unholy mess 
1
Joyful Noise
Rafer Guzman
Whenever the characters open their mouths to sing Joyful Noise rocks and swings with spirit to spare 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Kevin C. Johnson
Nothing more than uninspired mushiness 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Stephanie Merry
Despite some mawkish dialogue there s something to be said for leaving the theater with a smile Can I get an amen 
2
Joyful Noise
Lou Lumenick
Latifah a formidable actress who s almost always better than her movies easily dominates this 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Mark Dujsik
The movie is genuine in its inauthenticity 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Dustin Putman
When the music is flowing and the actors are doing their stuff Joyful Noise accurately lives up to its title 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Amy Biancolli
Joyful Noise follows the book for sprightly musicals and small town quirk 
2
Joyful Noise
Claudia Puig
If it weren t for those musical numbers Joyful Noise would be a slog More singing and less talking would have made it better still 
2
Joyful Noise
Ty Burr
A pew pounding musical drama starring Queen Latifah Keke Palmer and the skeletal remains of Dolly Parton 
2
Joyful Noise
Carrie Rickey
Though one wishes Graff s eye were as developed as his keen ear he elicits rafter raising musical performances from Latifah Palmer and Jordan that are irresistible fun 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Chris Hewitt
It s not great filmmaking but it s good hearted and exactly the movie the commercials promise 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Connie Ogle
Joyful Noise is too tone deaf to put its few blessings to good use 
2
Joyful Noise
Mack Bates
Featuring a mix of musical genres Joyful Noise works best as a musical showcase for the formidable talents of Latifah and Parton Without them the film s lack of down home soul would be even more glaring 
2.5
Joyful Noise
R. Kurt Osenlund
Its kicker is that despite the standard issue sap of its garden variety plot it s not out to change your life or desperately steal your tears 
3
Joyful Noise
Michael Phillips
The movie s all right if you can take its rampant artificiality and I m not even talking about Parton s face yet 
2
Joyful Noise
Roger Ebert
The strange thing is that it makes no particular effort to please its target audience which would seem to be lovers of gospel choirs 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Moira MacDonald
Joyful Noise is cheerful testament to the theory that if you cast your movie right nothing else much matters 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Linda Barnard
Joyful Noise subscribes to the Tyler Perry school of filmmaking broad laughs beget life lessons and wisdom about the power of family and the joys of doing the right thing 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Christy Lemire
If some incarnation of Glee were to be developed for the Christian Broadcasting Network it would probably look a lot like Joyful Noise 
1.5
Joyful Noise
Rex Reed
Don t expect high art and you will leave Joyful Noise smiling to the beat 
2.5
Joyful Noise
Tom Meek
As in a Tyler Perry movie the obvious issues of race get buried under a litany of life affirming platitudes 
2
Breaking a Monster
David N. Butterworth
Monster talent 
3
Breaking a Monster
Walter V. Addiego
Breaking a Monster is engaging to watch partly because of the three young stars personalities despite a few adolescent squabbles they remain likable sorts 
3
Breaking a Monster
Tirdad Derakhshani
An insightful and disturbing documentary 
3
Manakamana
Josh Larsen
A purifying moviegoing experience 
3.5
Manakamana
Chris Knight
In the hands of Spray and Velez the journey is far more important than the destination 
3
Manakamana
Linda Barnard
Invited to sit in the facing seat we have long minutes to watch listen and assess considering who these pilgrims are and what aside from worship has really brought them here 
3
Manakamana
Ty Burr
Manakamana is a haunting experience one that requires patience and then some but that offers spiritual philosophical and aesthetic rewards beyond the immediate power of words to describe 
3.5
Manakamana
Clayton Dillard
Filmmakers Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez insist that altered spectatorship particularly patience and duration is the foundation of cinematic edification 
3.5
Whiteboys
Michael Dequina
Or Pretty Fly for a White Guy The Movie 
2
Whiteboys
Frank Ochieng
a woefully unfunny rap oriented satire that s about as amusing as a carjacking a tired and baseless culture comedy
1.5
Cabin Fever
Sara Michelle Fetters
In the end there s little else to say this new Cabin Fever a bloody misfire that shouldn t even exist in the first place 
0.5
Cabin Fever
Dustin Putman
The trouble with Cabin Fever is there is no spontaneity every beat and every gag stodgily telegraphed by its familiar source material The film is occasionally jolting in its gruesomeness but terminally by the numbers 
1.5
Cabin Fever
Nick Allen
Roth s charcoal sense of humor is missing the cruel irony lacking its hellish zing 
1.5
Cabin Fever
Chuck Bowen
Travis Zariwny predictably scrubs all the edges and eccentricities down however fashioning another impersonally polished cover jam 
1
Zodiac
Brian Eggert
Like a contagion that festers as easily as it spreads David Fincher s methodical Zodiac is catching 
4
Zodiac
Matt Brunson
A satisfying hybrid of a journalism yarn a police procedural and a serial killer flick 
3
Zodiac
Mattie Lucas
A disturbing meticulous brilliantly written and darkly evocative re creation of a time and a place that captures every feeling and nuance of an entire era 
4
Zodiac
Namrata Joshi
Downey Jr is perfect as the alcoholic wastrel of a crime reporter Paul Averi as is Mark Raffalo as the dependable cop David 
3
Zodiac
David Keyes
Among a plethora of skillful thrillers about repeat offenders in the realm of mass murder David Fincher s wonderful film has easily become the benchmark of the modern era 
4
Zodiac
Nick Rogers
So insistent and successful is David Fincher at duplicating real life hypervigilance that you may try writing a k in two not three strokes to see the difference damning and admiring how this indisputable masterpiece drags you down the rabbit hole 
4
Zodiac
Wesley Lovell
An all star cast delivers in David Fincher s look into the investigation around one of history s great unsolved serial killer cases 
3.5
Zodiac
Peter Keough
Not until well into its second hour does it settle on a theme the need to know the truth and the dismal toll of that futile obsession 
3
Zodiac
Brian Marder
You ll leave the theater wishing it were even longer 
3.5
Zodiac
Linda Cook
Still the Zodiac case remains open and continues to fascinate and intrigue As will this film if you let it take its time to uncover the clues 
3.5
Zodiac
Mike D'Angelo
Scene by scene Zodiac is the director s most visually restrained work to date taking its cue from the mostly functional mise en scène of the police procedural 
3.5
Zodiac
Rossiter Drake
It is riveting from the start a compelling stranger than fiction story that feels satisfyingly resolved despite the lack of a definitive ending 
4
Zodiac
Kam Williams
Represents a bit of a departure of sorts for David Fincher since this chilling crime saga is surprisingly understated in tone in comparison to some of his earlier highly stylized productions 
3.5
Zodiac
Joe Lozito
The director has made his most and maybe his first personal film 
3.5
Zodiac
David N. Butterworth
Worth seeing more for its thoughtful attention to detail than its satisfying completeness 
2.5
Zodiac
Lori Hoffman
It s a movie that like the case it is based on builds your interest and retains it with its immaculate attention to detail 
3
Zodiac
Mark Dujsik
The implications of the Zodiac murders still hold bearing today 
3.5
Zodiac
Jonathan W. Hickman
The mesmerizing journey of the investigation is rewarding if not completely satisfying 
3
Zodiac
Sean McBride
easily the best film of the year so far 
3.5
Zodiac
Gina Carbone
You don t need a tidy ending when the payoff is the whole film 
3.5
Zodiac
Steven Snyder
Maybe the movie is less about finding the answer than the intricacy of the mystery itself in the remarkable outright shocking persistence of those determined to bring a guilty man to justice 
3
Zodiac
Vince Koehler
The all star lineup of actors is impressive without a shadow of a doubt 
3.5
Zodiac
Larry Ratliff
Even though Zodiac doesn t tie itself into a tight knot of grisly finality after two hours and 40 minutes David Fincher fans can look forward to a meticulous intriguing case study 
3.5
Zodiac
Thomas Delapa
From Dragnet to Cops pop culture loves to enforce the myth that the police always get their man In a sign of our skeptical times Zodiac reverses the equation It s the bad guy who gets the police 
3
Zodiac
Jeffrey Westhoff
As ungainly as Zodiac is it never loses your interest 
3
Zodiac
Frank Ochieng
An absorbingly sadistic psychological whodunnit Fixating in its gripping hold Zodiac is convincingly haunting in its head scratching mode 
3.5
Zodiac
Mike McGranaghan
Zodiac works as a depiction of a criminal investigation but even more than that it works as an examination of how a tough to catch criminal eats away at those who seek to apprehend him 
3.5
Zodiac
Maitland McDonagh
A chilling exercise in soul eroding anxiety 
4
Zodiac
Geoff Pevere
It makes you want to study it even more closely in search of things you might have missed trailing after leads that flash by in the relentless momentum of going nowhere fast If you re not careful it might make you obsessed 
3.5
Zodiac
Moira MacDonald
David Fincher s grim but mesmerizing Zodiac offers the puzzle solving addictiveness of a detective story the shivers of a thriller and the allure of a character study all presented with a dash of newspaper drama 
3.5
Zodiac
Mick LaSalle
For all its dramatic flaws Zodiac deserves praise for not choosing the easy route 
2
Zodiac
Lee Grant
At more than 2 1 2 hours Zodiac is like a deep involving book a page turner that you can t put down You keep reading and in this case you keep watching 
3.5
Zodiac
Carla Meyer
A less skillful director might say up the fog quotient for a film about murder and San Francisco But you get the feeling that Fincher researched the old weather reports for every day depicted in the film 
2.5
Zodiac
Jim Hemphill
The director has taken a depressing topic and used it as the basis for the most exhilarating movie so far this year 
4
Zodiac
Stephen Whitty
For a director whose earlier films include the influential Seven and cult fave Fight Club the results are merely good not great 
3
Zodiac
Jack Mathews
Without a persuasive ending Zodiac is an exercise in frustration 
2.5
Zodiac
Duane Dudek
In stripping Zodiac down to just the facts ma am basics Fincher has made a film in the inscrutable image of the very case it explores 
3
Zodiac
Rene Rodriguez
Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt who spent more than a year researching the script have made one of the most detailed factually scrupulous crime dramas to ever come out of a Hollywood studio 
3
Zodiac
Glenn Whipp
An obsessive ambiguous movie about obsessives struggling with ambiguity And yes it s as fascinating and frustrating as that sounds 
3
Zodiac
Robert W. Butler
It s an existential thriller in the most literal sense 
3
Zodiac
Bruce Westbrook
The most perverse thing about Zodiac isn t that its Hollywood s umpteenth serial killer flick when such crimes are rare in reality It s that Zodiac though based on actual crimes is one of the dullest of these films to date 
2
Zodiac
Liam Lacey
The most provocative aspect of this compulsive riddle is how it resists closure 
3
Zodiac
Terry Lawson
Zodiac is not only smart and calculated it s in it for the long haul 
3
Zodiac
Lisa Kennedy
Have no doubts director David Fincher makes movies that rattle Even when they re not wholly successful 
2.5
Zodiac
Sean P. Means
Fincher keeps us at arm s length from the detectives and journalists driving themselves to distraction as they trail an elusive serial killer 
3
Zodiac
Mary F. Pols
The movie feels like a giant canvas that has been painstakingly crafted It s murky in atmosphere shooting entirely on digital video nicely realizes Fincher s predilection for dark and gloomy yet rich with detail 
4
Zodiac
Roger Ebert
What makes Zodiac authentic is the way it avoids chases shootouts grandstanding and false climaxes and just follows the methodical progress of police work 
4
Zodiac
Wesley Morris
A long work of completely sustained suspense and dark humor 
3
Zodiac
Sara Michelle Fetters
This might just end up being Fincher s masterpiece 
4
Zodiac
James Rocchi
By showing us the details in carefully wrought exacting fashion Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt turn the hunt for the Zodiac killer into thrilling exciting cinema and the best true life tale of detection we ve had on the big screen since A
4
Zodiac
Daniel M. Kimmel
it leaves us not with a satisfying moment of vengeance but with a new respect for the hard and often unrewarding work of police detectives and journalists 
3
Zodiac
John Beifuss
The corpus delicti that motivates Fincher s fact based body count epic is as large and sprawling as Goliath and as undead as a vampire It s America s obsession with serial killers and the fear of chaos that this fascination represents 
3.5
Zodiac
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These types of films are often fascinating to those with patience and Zodiac is no exception 
3
Zodiac
Walter Chaw
The best film of its kind since All the President s Men 
3.5
Zodiac
Eric Melin
It is at once a police procedural and an epic look at the ruined lives of the men who hunted the Zodiac killer down until they reached a breaking point 
3
Zodiac
James Sanford
sometimes agonizingly intense Some of the sequences here are as nerve wracking as the scariest moments in The Silence of the Lambs or any other fictional serial killer shocker 
3.5
Zodiac
Barbara Vancheri
Zodiac dramatizes the search for the serial killer the lengths to which amateurs and professionals pursued the case and the toll that exacted 
3
Zodiac
Peter Canavese
Reverent docudrama to those completely unfamiliar with the case Zodiac should be every bit as satisfying as a true crime paperback 
3
Zodiac
Erik Childress
David Fincher s Zodiac begins by announcing itself as being based on actual case files Then it spends the next two and a half hours proving it 
2.5
Zodiac
Willie Waffle
even if you do know how it ends this movie still reaches thrilling and fascinating heights when it most needs to 
3.5
Zodiac
Lou Lumenick
David Fincher s sprawling lavishly produced Zodiac is in my estimation more than a good movie 
3.5
Zodiac
Claudia Puig
With its unhurried pace and cerebrally engaging plot Zodiac is an unusually haunting and compelling horror film 
3.5
Zodiac
Nick Schager
Zodiac s exhaustive attention to minute facts and theories forms a parallel not only with Graysmith and Toschi s fanatical need to nab the killer but also the director s own perfectionist filmmaking methods 
3.5
Zodiac
Dustin Putman
An absorbing hugely ambitious richly textured entertainment and one of the better releases of a still early year 
3
Zodiac
Michael Phillips
It s fascinating and unexpected both in its simple looming images and its storytelling priorities which may not intersect with the priorities of audiences who couldn t get enough of Se7en 
3.5
Zodiac
Phoebe Flowers
Although Zodiac is not what most people want or expect it is a fairly fantastic work of slow burning eeriness 
3
Zodiac
Matt Pais
The characters need to know the truth is contagious and you ll leave the theater feeling inquisitive and desperate to read the book 
3.5
Zodiac
Chris Hewitt
Quite simply this is a great great movie 
4
Zodiac
Bruce Newman
The movie provides a crackling chase narrative that should please fans of the dozen or so police procedurals already on TV but it can t deliver what it doesn t have 
3
Zodiac
Carrie Rickey
Zodiac runs long about 21 2 hours but it also runs fast at a heart pounding pace over four major characters and 22 years There s not an ounce of fat on any sequence or performance 
3.5
Zodiac
Gene Seymour
Overall the movie s a sprawling mess But its twitchier particulars dare you to hold them up for further if cautious scrutiny 
2.5
Zodiac
Lawrence Toppman
Zodiac packs a quarter century of scrupulously observed detail into its length without repeating itself or wearing out its welcome 
3.5
Zodiac
Glenn Kenny
There s definitely the potential for a crassly manipulative gore fest here But Fincher s near epic length film is instead a complex multi layered two pronged account of the case 
3.5
Zodiac
Josh Larsen
The fixated cop is a thriller cliche but Fincher helps us understand how you could become addicted to the prospect of finding just one more clue around the next corner 
3
Zodiac
Peter Travers
Make no mistake you will be hooked and creeped out big time 
3.5
Zodiac
James Berardinelli
Patient viewers will be rewarded others may wish for something with less subtlety and more verve 
3
Zodiac
Phil Villarreal
Zodiac is an exceedingly long film that earns every bit of its length hypnotizing the audience in its sticky procedural network 
3.5
Zodiac
Steve Rhodes
a methodically paced and fascinatingly cerebral piece of work that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time 
3.5
Zodiac
Jeanne Aufmuth
Deftly maintains a methodical rhythm of fear and anxiety 
3.5
Movie 43
David Keyes
By the end you can t entirely be sure whether you have watched a film or participated in a eulogy for the careers of its participants 
0.5
Movie 43
Perry Seibert
If you re interested in seeing Oscar winners Tony winners and a bunch of genuinely talented people act out the raunchiest most inappropriate material you re likely to see this year Movie 43 fits the bill 
2.5
Movie 43
Linda Cook
It s tough to know how to begin addressing this swill of a so called comedy 
0
Movie 43
David Nusair
Sporadically funny yet terminally stupid 
2
Movie 43
Matt Brunson
If approached by friends to see this disaster feel free to repeat what a wise George Clooney reportedly said when asked by its producers to take part No ing way 
1
Movie 43
Brett Michel
Don t subject yourself to this crap 
0.5
Movie 43
Robert Levin
With so many famous people in one movie you might have thought Gee how bad could it be The answer Very very bad 
0
Movie 43
Tina Hassannia
This is barely a movie at all mostly due to its structural similarities to SNL but also because it acknowledges the fact that its own premises are inherently unfilmable 
0
Movie 43
Ty Burr
The line between gross out humor that s inspired and the kind that s witless is fine indeed and Movie 43 obliterates it with poop and movie stars 
1.5
Movie 43
Mark Dujsik
A t one point Dennis Quaid holds Greg Kinnear at gunpoint to sell his character s collection of short scenes and it is the only genuinely honest moment in the movie 
1
Movie 43
Kam Williams
A disgusting cinematic descent into depravity destined to leave its victims sitting slack jawed and speechless in stunned disbelief 
0
Movie 43
Richard Roeper
Movie 43 is the Citizen Kane of awful 
0
Movie 43
Michael O'Sullivan
Movie 43 is a near masterpiece of tastelessness The anthology of 12 short interconnected skits elevates the art form of gross out comedy to a new height 
3.5
Movie 43
Peter Howell
Your laugh mileage may vary God forbid but we can all agree on one thing this is the biggest waste of talent in cinema history 
0
Movie 43
Mike McGranaghan
Painfully unfunny inordinately stupid and about as entertaining as a colonoscopy If there s a worse film in 2013 I ll be very very surprised 
0.5
Movie 43
Lou Lumenick
If you mashed up the worst parts of the infamous Howard the Duck Gigli Ishtar and every other awful movie I ve seen since I started reviewing professionally in 1981 it wouldn t begin to approach the sheer soul sucking badness of Movie 43 
0
Movie 43
Roger Moore
Well they didn t name it after the number of big laughs in it 
1.5
Movie 43
Dustin Putman
The only thing worse than a comedy missing a punchline is a comedy of shorts missing eleven separate punchlines 
1
Drumline
Nick Rogers
True bandos can see themselves in this exuberant charismatic and lovingly accurate college marching band movie that faked no flavor while staying in step with themes of instruction character and respect 
3.5
Drumline
Michael Dequina
Director Charles Stone III once again takes on overly familiar material and gives it an enthusiastic spin 
3
Drumline
Peter Canavese
A most unusual musical Learning something from his subject Stone gives the picture a snappy rhythm Blu ray 
3
Drumline
Betsy Bozdech
An engaging dramedy about self discovery and percussion instruments 
3
Drumline
David Nusair
though the movie does overstay its welcome it s never boring and the majority of the music is infectiously catchy 
2.5
Drumline
Sara Michelle Fetters
The joy of the movie is in the getting there and Drumline gets so much of the little stuff right that the denouement ends up being nothing less than rousing 
3
Drumline
Tyler Hanley
Slick choreography and a confident performance by Orlando Jones keep this tale from beating to the tune of the same old drum 
2.5
Drumline
Bill Chambers
The film s saving grace is the brilliant execution of its march numbers 
2.5
Drumline
Tony Toscano
this film has a vibrant and edgy feel to it making it a cut above the others 
2.5
Drumline
Harvey S. Karten
Amazing A college story that works even without vulgarity sex scenes and cussing 
3
Drumline
Linda Cook
There s something about a marching band that gets me where I live 
4
Drumline
James Berardinelli
Offers little that s surprising or groundbreaking but because the script is smart enough not to insult us and to develop a group of interesting characters the act of watching the film is an entertaining experience rather than a tedious exercise 
3
Drumline
Steve Rhodes
In place of Bring It On s humor Drumline lays it on thick with a message a minute all clichd 
2
Drumline
Dustin Putman
Better than it has any right to be yet remains an uneven affair not good enough to be worth running out and seeing 
2
Drumline
Joe Leydon
Has an abundance of heart and humor 
3
Drumline
Wesley Morris
Drumline sags a little toward the middle But the final showdown is a skills n style spectacular that feels like vibrant outtake from a highly choreographed civil war 
3
Drumline
Jonathan Curiel
Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours 
3
Drumline
Carrie Rickey
In the film snappily directed by Charles Stone 3d the marching bands duels are as fun as the cheerleader wars in Bring It On 
2.5
Drumline
Connie Ogle
Maybe you ve seen most of these things before But you ve rarely seen them in such an exuberant setting 
3
Drumline
Margaret A. McGurk
Devon s story is affecting but it is the action on the field that makes the movie something special 
3
Drumline
Phil Villarreal
What the story lacks in surprise it more than makes up for in flamboyance 
3
Drumline
Mike Clark
Not exactly worth a drum roll but a movie with enough collegiate ka boom to earn its title Drumline is a percussion driven musical variation on every sports pic you ve seen about the talented hot dog who eventually learns to become a team player 
2.5
Drumline
Chris Hewitt
Drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band 
3.5
Drumline
Tor Thorsen
Although it bangs a very cliched drum at times this crowd pleaser s fresh dialogue energetic music and good natured spunk are often infectious 
2.5
Drumline
Lou Lumenick
Drumline is the real deal a toe tapping feel good sleeper with an unlikely setting a college marching band that feels fresh and rousing despite a formulaic script 
3
Drumline
Nick Carter
Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film s music than to the story line what s best about Drumline is its energy 
3
Drumline
Jennie Punter
Drumline comes close to collapsing under the weight of drawn out scenes and an earnest story that piles on minor themes and subplots but the energy and visual kick of the band numbers saves the day 
2
Drumline
Terry Lawson
Drumline is a brassy formula film of a very high order a movie that s both entertaining and inspirational 
3
Drumline
Mark Caro
Drumline is a movie that treats its characters and audience with respect it can t be accused of being a dumbed down teen comedy 
3
Drumline
Roger Ebert
Drumline is entertaining for what it does and admirable for what it doesn t do 
3
Drumline
Rob Blackwelder
enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games 
3
Drumline
Ross Anthony
The symbols float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees I wanted more 
3.5
Toys of Terror
Mike McGranaghan
When the very items we re supposed to be afraid of look way more ridiculous than they do frightening the horror value goes right through the floor 
1
Anywhere but Here
Jeff Strickler
The movie drops in on a crucial part of their lives follows it for a few minutes and then jettisons to another episode It s like watching 10 short stories 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Rick Groen
Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman put on an acting clinic that s a treat to watch but no matter how accomplished a clinic is not a movie They do a lot with a little yet it s far from enough 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Ross Anthony
This is a mother daughter film Despite the fact that I am neither a mother a daughter nor a film I loved it 
3.5
Anywhere but Here
Jorge Avila Andrade
La cinta no deja de ser manipuladora y con cierta carga de moralidad Pudo haber sido un producto mucho mejor terminado
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Marty Mapes
Both Sarandon and Portman give very good precise performances 
3
Anywhere but Here
Cornell & Petricelli
Anywhere But Here works in no small part because of the pairing of the huge talents of Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman 
3.5
Anywhere but Here
Lou Lumenick
Anywhere But Here is a wonderful showcase for Natalie Portman who gives an Oscar caliber performance 
3
Anywhere but Here
Dustin Putman
An exceptional motion picture A true to life examination of the bond between a mother and a daughter and has universal appeal for anyone who has ever had a parent 
3.5
Anywhere but Here
Rod Armstrong
The reason why the producers ruined this pleasant little film with heavy handed musical interludes remains an utter mystery 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Madeleine Williams
Good turns by Sarandon and Portman bolster this mother daughter drama 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
David Keyes
A sappy soap opera style drama with absolutely no necessity to develop believability 
1.5
Anywhere but Here
Susan Wloszczyna
The story is content to listlessly roll along leaving the heavy lifting to the leads and never rising to the heights of their performances 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Steve Rhodes
A drama that doesn t have much emotional impact and a comedy that produces a few random smiles and almost no laughs 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Edward Guthmann
Sarandon and Portman work beautifully together negotiating a range of emotional keys that blend comedy and drama in the same moment 
3
Anywhere but Here
Roger Ebert
Sarandon bravely makes Adele into a person who is borderline insufferable This isn t Auntie Mame but someone with deep conflicts and inappropriate ways of addressing them And Ann is complex too 
3
Anywhere but Here
Michael Wilmington
This Wayne Wang directed movie hands Sarandon one of the richest comic dramatic opportunities of her career while also confirming Portman as one of her own generation s best and brightest 
3.5
Anywhere but Here
Michael Dequina
Portman s piercing layered performance deserves a better film around it 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
Jeff Vice
The actors make it watchable even appealing especially Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman 
2.5
Anywhere but Here
James Berardinelli
Wang affirms that he is one of a few male directors capable of bringing a film to the screen that focuses on credible intelligent female characters 
3
Road House
Matt Brunson
This titter worthy picture is basically like 1988 apos s Cocktail with multiple fractures added for good measure 46 
2.5
Road House
Dave Kehr
What results instead is a monstrous hybrid a grotesquely implausible oversized character that thoroughly overshadows the poor actor himself 
2
Road House
Gene Siskel
Road House is startling because of the intensity of its violence and because of Swayze s mindless posturing 
2
Road House
Desmond Ryan
All Road House amounts to is a botched southern and it s not worth a detour 
1
Road House
Phil Villarreal
Road House is a terrible movie and by terrible I mean awesome 
4
Road House
David Nusair
it s hard to go wrong with a film that features such choice bits of dialogue as nobody ever wins a fight be nice until it s time to not be nice and of course pain don t hurt 
2.5
Road House
Bill Chambers
Road House gets by on dingbat charm 
3
Road House
Chris Hicks
Though it doesn t say so anywhere in the film Road House must be set on another planet where the inhabitants resemble humans This can t be the world I live in 
0
Road House
Roger Ebert
This is not a good movie But viewed in the right frame of mind it is not a boring one either 
2.5
Street Fight
Kam Williams
Booker and James square off for a heavyweight political fight reminiscent of Holyfield vs Tyson except for the eating of ears 
3
Street Fight
Jeffrey M. Anderson
There s no question which side Curry favors but he turns Street Fight into an old fashioned political yarn featuring hand pumping and baby kissing but also a dash of blood fury 
3.5
Street Fight
Steven Rea
Marshall Curry s picture is must see fare for any and every observer of the curious world of American politics 
3.5
Street Fight
Sam Allis
The documentary is simple and strong and small Its grit lifts it above its mechanical shortcomings 
3
Street Fight
Ken Fox
It s a fascinating film simultaneously enthralling infuriating and guaranteed to make viewers ask how such a perversion of the political process could be taking place in America 
3.5
Street Fight
Jack Mathews
James is his own worst enemy in the documentary behaving in public as a near caricature of Boss Tweed But he won and is now serving out his fifth term 
3
Street Fight
Bob Strauss
It s kind of reassuring to see good old fashioned dirty politics practiced with as much gusto as they are in the Oscar nominated documentary Street Fight 
3
Street Fight
Jan Stuart
Street Fight sputters with anger and despair at the durability of dumb cluck demagoguery in American politics 
3
Street Fight
Lou Lumenick
A tough and brave little documentary about the brutal 2002 Newark mayoral election 
3.5
Happy Anniversary
Roger Moore
Slight but sweet with witty banter from an engaging couple 
2.5
6 Underground
Brian Eggert
There s a method to Bay s madness and you ll find it crammed somewhere in between his cuts by the millisecond and swooping low angle camera movements 
0.5
6 Underground
Tom Meek
The choreography and orchestration is brilliant when you take a step back and an exhausting adrenaline rush as you take it in 
2.5
6 Underground
Robert Levin
This is a terrible action movie that utilizes Michael Bay s worst instincts and none of his best 
1
6 Underground
Alan French
With more explosions and non sensical plot points than any movie he Michael Bay has ever made 6 Underground is another fun action romp 
2.5
6 Underground
David Nusair
6 Underground boasts or suffers from an exceedingly broad sensibility that s reflected in its myriad of garish attributes 
2
6 Underground
Joey Magidson
Michael Bay s signature mayhem is on full display but beyond one single concept involving magnets none of it in 6 Underground impresses 
2
6 Underground
Roger Moore
I was ready to give up ten minutes in I may be a big Ryan Reynolds fan but even I have my limits 
1.5
6 Underground
Barry Hertz
6 Underground is a riotous and gleefully delirious assault on the senses It is vulgar It is absurd And it is completely enthralling 
3.5
6 Underground
Brian Tallerico
It becomes repetitive nonsensical and just loud after everyone gets an origin story and we re left with nothing to do but go boom 
2
Cleopatra's Second Husband
James Berardinelli
For anyone who doesn t mind being exposed to something a little dark and unsettling Cleopatra s Second Husband offers 90 minutes of intriguing cinema 
3
Cleopatra's Second Husband
Steve Rhodes
Shot in a house in an 18 day shoot it still backs the wallop of a movie with much bigger stars and budget 
3
Cleopatra's Second Husband
Edward Guthmann
It s a bitter pill to swallow featuring a quartet of unsympathetic characters and an unrelenting air of misanthropy 
1
Cleopatra's Second Husband
Elias Savada
Taking a branch off the early Neil LaBute tree of filmmaking Jon Reis has planted a fashionably disturbing offshoot fertilized with heavy doses of Rod Serlingesque irony
2.5
Holy Lands
Matt Brunson
A sprawling familial saga that works best when it remains squarely focused on James Caan and his character 
2.5
Holy Lands
Roger Moore
Tosses aside the funny idea loses track of the stars with chemistry and chases peripheral characters in offensive directions 
2
Holy Lands
Rex Reed
Sthers mistakenly thinks the more unconventional she makes the characters the more we ll like them What actually happens instead is just the opposite 
2
Holy Lands
Christy Lemire
There s so little to these characters beyond a few superficial traits that when serious things happen and boy do they happen it is impossible to be moved the way Sthers intends for us to be 
1.5
Holy Lands
Mark Dujsik
Holy Lands mistakes the sweep of its story for depth 
2
Emma
Wesley Lovell
This is a movie that is as handsome and approachable as the day it was released even if it isn 8217 t one of Austen 8217 s best works in terms of its adaptation 46 
3
Emma
Michael Wilmington
Paltrow carries it all as lightly as a breeze on Highbury hills 
3.5
Emma
Robert Roten
Although it is a very fine film I found the pace a little slow in places as it wandered off the mark 
3
Emma
Jeffrey Westhoff
Pure movie joy 
3.5
Emma
Rob Blackwelder
Emma is a faithful adaptation of Austen s most cherished novel and unlike Clueless the audience has more than a passing interest in the characters here It has an emotional stake in the outcome 
3
Emma
Mike Clark
This is a better looking movie than Sense and Sensibility and one as rich in characters 
4
Emma
Mick LaSalle
Paltrow plays the title role in Emma with wit timing and a to the manor born graciousness It s an intelligent performance from an actress everyone was ready to dismiss as a lightweight 
3
Emma
Roger Ebert
Gwyneth Paltrow sparkles in the title role as young Miss Woodhouse who wants to play God in her own little patch of England 
3
Emma
James Berardinelli
Emma lacks the depth of passion present in the other Austen films but in large part because it s trying for something lighter and breezier it s still fun 
3
Emma
Chris Hicks
Douglas McGrath s new adaptation of Jane Austen s Emma has certainly captured its elegantly comic possibilities nd much of the credit must go to McGrath s casting of the eminently luminous Gwyneth Paltrow as the title character 
3.5
Emma
Mike D'Angelo
This is a textbook example of how not to adapt an Austen novel for the screen
2
Emma
Madeleine Williams
Emma should please anyone who isn t dragged into the theater 
3.5
Emma
Steve Rhodes
A delightful film about manners marrying letters and gentility 
3
Only the Young
David Lewis
A charming aimless film about the aimless It plays like a nuanced MTV reality show an oxymoron perhaps but you get the idea 
2
Only the Young
Farran Smith Nehme
Directors Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet let their subjects meander and instead unify their movie through tight control of tone winding up with an elegiac portrait of teen America 
3
Only the Young
Andrew Schenker
Tippet and Mims s achievement is to reveal that culture subtly achingly by allowing those who grew up under its influence to live and narrate their lives in the only terms they know 
3
God, Sex & Apple Pie
Ross Anthony
It does have some sex some apple pie and some God but it s more often in the verbal or implication even the apple pie if you let it be a symbol of growing up in America 
2
God, Sex & Apple Pie
Joshua Tanzer
Takes the Secaucus 7 Big Chill formula and does nothing interesting with it 
0.5
The Farthest
John Hartl
Imagine the late Chuck Berry and Carl Sagan dancing to a cosmic beat and you ve caught the central idea behind The Farthest an irresistible NASA instant classic about the conquest of space via the Voyager missions 
3.5
180 Degree Rule
Kate Taylor
Director Farnoosh Samadi makes a convincing feature length debut with a classic Iranian family drama 
3
Nobody Loves Me
Steve Rhodes
The story is mess from start to finish
0.5
Harvey
Matt Brunson
Stewart s Elwood P Dowd is a soft spoken philosopher and a friend to all he s quite disarming and so is this movie 
3
Harvey
Wesley Lovell
A modest family film that lays on the sweetness a bit to heavily 
3
Under Pressure
Michael Dequina
Generic and generically titled entry in the dying from hell thriller subgenre 
0.5
A Deadly Legend
Roger Moore
A laugh out loud Z movie about haunted land being profaned by developers somewhere in the Northeast and not in Florida where such cursed happenings are common 
1
The Ex
Linda Cook
Here s a quirky comedy that has its moments u2013 many of which we ve seen before in previous films 
2.5
The Ex
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Similar to Are We Done Yet this insipid comedy pits the idiotic hero against an impossibly perfect villain As a result the movie has no intelligent truthful or sympathetic characters 
1
The Ex
Matt Brunson
By displaying a little more nerve the filmmakers could have had a vicious pit bull of a comedy on the order of Kingpin or The War of the Roses 
2.5
The Ex
Larry Ratliff
The Ex is a sitcom posing as a feature film 
2.5
The Ex
Ross Anthony
I quite enjoyed the silly factor of the film and laughed a lot But I seriously lamented the guts and heart of the thing falling by the wayside 
2
The Ex
James Sanford
a series of achingly predictable situations Ed Shearmur s intrusively goofy musical score keeps insisting you re watching a wacky farce after a while you may need the reminder 
1.5
The Ex
Robert W. Butler
About the only person here who seems to be working hard for laughs is Braff Even Bateman who was so brilliantly hysterical on TV s Arrested Development is denied any major comic moments And that s a crime 
2
The Ex
Geoff Pevere
Delayed re titled and presumably at least partially re shot Jesse Peretz s troubled office bound romantic comedy The Ex is as half baked as you d expect it to be but the better half the office half really does cook 
2.5
The Ex
Mick LaSalle
It s really pitiful 
1
The Ex
Ted Fry
Depending upon your perspective The Ex is either too offensive to be funny or too stupid to be offensive 
0.5
The Ex
Angel Cohn
Bringing together a cast of experienced comic actors and a string of funny gags does not necessarily a good movie make 
2
The Ex
Claudia Puig
It s a pretty twisted concept bordering on offensive But mostly it s just not funny 
1.5
The Ex
Carla Meyer
Few filmmakers can successfully mix true outrageousness and warmheartedness Or rather two filmmakers the Farrelly brothers whose talent shines brighter when others try and fail to do what they do 
2
The Ex
Pam Grady
If Braff really wants a movie career he is going to have to do better than this mediocrity Why should anyone pay to see this when they can catch his act on TV for free 
2
The Ex
Lisa Rose
The Ex is shrill when it means to be irreverent It s frustrating to see the lead performers squandering their collective talent in a movie that fails to match the fun and pathos of their TV work 
2
The Ex
Lou Lumenick
Like many woeful major studio releases that run under 90 minutes The Ex seems arbitrarily edited to squeeze in extra screenings before it s killed by word of mouth 
1
The Ex
Jack Mathews
Though there are giggles here and there the film is inexcusably unfunny 
1.5
The Ex
Mack Bates
In its cast especially Bateman The Ex has better material than it seems to know what to do with 
2.5
The Ex
Connie Ogle
As it is The Ex doesn t test your funny bone only your patience 
1
The Ex
Evan Henerson
Bateman who played a good guy on Arrested Development proves rather easy to despise especially once his malevolence loses its comic edge 
2
The Ex
Amy Biancolli
Nothing is more of a downer than a movie that trots out a great cast and stumbles that tries to be cutesy and fails 
1.5
The Ex
Rick Groen
The Ex is extremely exceptionally extraordinarily forgettable just like that stuff on the small screen 
1.5
The Ex
Terry Lawson
It s a comedy with a few good gags a completely wasted cast and all the signs of a project that has undergone unnecessary emergency surgery 
2
The Ex
Michael Booth
So much of comedy is in the timing though and The Ex doesn t quite know when to quit Or at least move on 
2.5
The Ex
Bill Zwecker
Braff and Bateman engage in a beautiful comedic verbal ballet that made me laugh much more than I would have thought I would given what I knew about the story before watching the film Both actors display on target timing 
3
The Ex
Janice Page
The next time Grodin attempts a comeback it would be so great if he avoids movies where he might be upstaged by a sandwich stunt 
1.5
The Ex
Sean P. Means
It s like undercooked lasagna lots of layers but the flavors never blend 
2.5
The Ex
Jeanne Aufmuth
No year end awards but boy did I laugh 
3
The Ex
Josh Larsen
stars two television actors who have done far far better work on the small screen Who needs a movie career if it looks like this 
2
The Ex
David Nusair
there s little doubt that Bateman deserves the lion s share of praise thanks to his scene stealing work as Tom s hilariously smug nemesis 
2.5
The Ex
Jonathan W. Hickman
Braff deserves better material 
2
The Ex
Daniel M. Kimmel
It may be the worst movie of the summer movie season which is pretty impressive since it just kicked off last week This one is toxic 
1.5
The Ex
Willie Waffle
feels and entertains like a good TV sit com especially with the acting talent assembled here and that shouldn t be taken as an insult 
2.5
The Ex
Erik Childress
There must be an unspoken rule in Hollywood that a group of exceptionally talented people must all gather together once in their career and make an exceptionally unfunny movie 
1.5
The Ex
Mark Dujsik
It s incredibly apropos that The Ex contains the line I really only laugh when something funny happens Self criticism at its finest that is 
0.5
The Ex
David Elliott
Extravagantly expendable 
1.5
The Ex
Steven Rea
After The Last Kiss and Garden State not to mention Scrubs second only to Law and Order when it comes to TV ubiquity Braff s shtick his bug eyed hangdog goofy grin thing is getting tired 
2.5
The Ex
Jeff Vice
One of the opening scenes in The Ex is a food fight which is an apt metaphor for this comedy It s a bit of a mess and pretty wasteful 
2
The Ex
Dustin Putman
Plays like a network sitcom with a few four letter words thrown in that wouldn t make it past the censors 
2
The Ex
Chris Hewitt
It s smarter and riskier than most comedies and that counts for a lot 
2.5
The Ex
Jan Stuart
As it is we are left to wonder why neither Tom s wife nor anyone working at Chip s office are not able to see through his machinations 
2.5
The Ex
Michael Phillips
Jesse Peretz directs and note how he treats the script by David Guion and Michael Handelman in its broadest slapstick elements Not too well that s how 
2
The Ex
Lawrence Toppman
You can pinpoint the exact moment when The Ex loses its nerve strangeness and soul 
2
The Ex
Matt Pais
Neither Braff nor Bateman will look back on The Ex as a worthwhile relationship but a one night stand that left them with a headache and an unpleasant burning sensation 
1.5
The Ex
Nick Schager
Zach Braff is just about the world s most insufferable comedic actor and The Ex does nothing to diminish that reputation 
1.5
The Ex
Phoebe Flowers
The Ex directed with a breathtaking lack of instinct by Jesse Peretz is always at least a half beat off 
1
The Ex
James Berardinelli
There s a prescription for making an effective dark comedy the film must generate equal parts discomfort and laughter The Ex offers plenty of the former but precious little of the latter 
2
The Ex
Phil Villarreal
The so called comedy which is really only a sacrificial lamb tossed in front of the Spider Man 3 behemoth is about as funny as a foreclosure notice 
1.5
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Alan French
Films that juxtapose violence with comedy are tough sells in many cases but I Don t Feel is a special film that deserves its place in the crime comedy genre 
3.5
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
David Nusair
the escalating nature of I don t feel at home in this world anymore s storyline paves the way for an impressively engrossing third act 
3
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Roger Moore
Just dark enough just funny enough just surprising enough 
2.5
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Oleg Ivanov
I Don 39 t Feel at Home in This World Anymore trades in the kind of us versus them mentality that characterizes our current political discourse 
1.5
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Jay Horton
A sloppily untrimmed factory damaged hipsterville peopled by feckless fantasists and maladjusted obsessives this Portland is where the dreams of the 90s came to die 
3
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Dustin Putman
Mesmerizingly criss crossing any number of genres the film is every bit as miraculous as Melanie Lynskey s tremendous turn 
4
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Christian Toto
It s the comic violent romantic eclectic fierce soul searching indie we ve been waiting for 
3.5
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film is worth seeing for its interest in eccentric but realistic people in particular Ruth who s played with great intelligence and exactness by Lynskey 
3
Schwartz Dynasty
Linda Cook
A true dramedy that combines drama with subtle humor The Schwartz Dynasty is a contemporary Israeli film that s a character study of a family and also a look at the traditions of the Orthodox Jews 
3.5
Post Malone: Runaway
Mark Kennedy
An hourlong music video with some 10 songs Take What You Want Wow and Rockstar among them captured with shaky distorted camera angles interspliced with backstage glad handing and tons of beer pong 
0
Goat
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
As a meditation on the mechanics of male bonding Goat has a lot to recommend filled with sensitive performances from its two leads 
3
Goat
Lauren Chval
Effective and jarring Goat is a tough pill to swallow but that s the point 
3
Goat
Sara Michelle Fetters
A shocking descent into debauchery that s as gripping as it is disgusting with Neel delivering a searing portrait of abuse I m not sure I could have torn my eyes away from had I wanted to try 
3
Goat
Matt Zoller Seitz
Any discussion of toxic masculinity or the ways in which brotherhood in all its forms can get twisted is likely to be muted by second guessing of the movie s methods 
2.5
Goat
Rob Thomas
Neel and co writer David Gordon Green make an ungainly attempt to wrap its unsavory subject matter in a melodrama that s just not convincing despite some strong performances 
2
Goat
Mark Dujsik
It s unflinching in showing what happens and how it happens but the whys of the culture elude it 
2.5
Goat
Peter Travers
A fact based fratboy movie it might be helpful to think of as Animal House minus the laughs 
3
Goat
Sean P. Means
These scenes put the strong young cast through their paces with Schnetzer in particular giving a breakout performance that encapsulates Neel s exploration of masculinity and its faults 
3
Goat
Michael Phillips
This one s a tough sit I had to look away at times at the film s midpoint the hazing rituals of hell week begin in earnest and Neel doesn t elide much There s a numbing aspect to Goat But the best of it I d say is honorably harsh 
3
Goat
Stephanie Merry
This isn t an easy film to watch But it s even harder to forget 
3
Goat
Peter Keough
Neel relates the story with an oblique jump cut chronology that heightens the sense of alienation and anxiety 
2.5
Goat
G. Allen Johnson
What cinema goer would ever want to sit through 102 minutes of gratuitous violence both physical and verbal misogyny and testosterone often under the influence of alcohol and drugs 
0
Goat
Matt Brennan
The film s understanding of the brittleness that begets the traditions of frat culture is altogether shallow 
2
Goat
Oliver Jones
By the end you feel like one of the pledges disappointed by the outcome of all that humiliation Why did we even bother Dude I have no idea I have no idea bro 
0.5
Goat
Mara Reinstein
The film s one fresh angle the relationship between Brad and Brett is relegated to the B side during the debauchery 
2.5
Goat
Dustin Putman
Sundance 2016 There may yet be a deeper motion picture to be made cracking wide open the dirty secrets of hazing at college fraternities Goat plays like a Lifetime movie with breasts and four letter words 
1.5
Warrior
Joe Bob Briggs
My kinda movie 
3
Marie Antoinette
Mattie Lucas
Coppola has crafted a magical intoxicating film distinctly her own that cements her place as one of the most exciting and original new voices in American film 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Michael Smith
It s nearly impossible to find anyone in the film who does have a heart only one dimensional calculating poofs none of whom are memorable 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
Barry Paris
Marie the film like Marie the queen is a head of her time in more ways than one 
3
Marie Antoinette
Peter Keough
All this is filtered through Marie s consciousness and Dunst captures the queen s passing moods with radiance and conviction 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Jonathan R. Perry
Films like Marie Antoinette foster serious discussion about cinema for all the wrong reasons Just what the hell is this supposed to be 
2
Marie Antoinette
James Kendrick
Coppola s lavishly mounted film paints an extremely sympathetic portrait of Marie as a misunderstood free spirit trapped in the confines of rigid French royalty
3.5
Marie Antoinette
David N. Butterworth
Pretty as a picture and as empty as a French peasant s portefeuille 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Scott Nash
Pretty on the outside empty on the in 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Susan Tavernetti
Coppola s third feature is all surface and no substance leaving you as undernourished as the French in the bread shortage months preceding the revolution 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
Rob Thomas
Marie is a flawed but admirable attempt to give us the view from inside the gilded cage one that generally works until the peasants get restless in the third act 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Matt Brunson
Where Marie Antoinette fares best is in its examination of the royal life as a treadmill of constantly winding boredom 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Walter Chaw
It s impossible for me to not see something of Coppola s own premature coronation as the emotional centre of her father s royal court 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Thomas Delapa
Given the spectacular backdrop of Versailles as her playpen Coppola reduces history into a pop Halloween party Forget the liberty equality and fraternity stuff Let s just get to Off with their heads 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
John Beifuss
Let them eat cake Sofia Coppola feeds it to us in spoonfuls pink sugary decadent The entire film seems to have been squeezed onto the screen from a confectioner s pastry bag 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Susan Walker
The director squanders a once in a lifetime opportunity to film on the grounds and inside the Palace of Versailles It s the trappings we get in richly reproduced costumes and all over gilt furniture at the expense of any substance 
2
Marie Antoinette
Moira MacDonald
Little happens for much of Marie Antoinette but Coppola is a visual storyteller and with her first big canvas she creates a giddy world at Versailles in color and light 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Mick LaSalle
Coppola s queen experiences no inner transformation or redemption because in this telling she s in no need of it She s cool to begin with 
1
Marie Antoinette
Maitland McDonagh
It s of a piece with Lost in Translation in its sympathetic depiction of a pampered girl woman whose unhappiness is no less real for being the pure product of privilege 
3
Marie Antoinette
Carla Meyer
Forgive the straw grasping but a film made with such care inspires a search for meaning 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Peter Travers
With lyrical intelligence and scrappy wit Coppola creates a luscious world to get lost in It s a pleasure 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Pam Grady
Yes it s a very pretty picture but this movie could have been so much more 
2
Marie Antoinette
Jack Mathews
Dunst plays Marie Antoinette as if she s seen the future and it s Paris Hilton 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Connie Ogle
Instead of turning her inside out Coppola illustrates just how ordinary she was and how her insular world prevented her from understanding the events that eventually would end her life 
3
Marie Antoinette
Robert W. Butler
By film s end when the royal family is forced to evacuate the besieged Versailles no guillotine in this retelling this Marie has achieved something like genuine nobility When the chips are down she takes her queenly role seriously 
3
Marie Antoinette
Amy Biancolli
There s not much meat at this banquet only sweets 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Rick Groen
Here s one thing about Marie Antoinette It sure is easy to watch And here s another It s even easier to forget 
2
Marie Antoinette
Terry Lawson
Although it is purposely devoid of substance it is still devoid of substance 
2
Marie Antoinette
Jeff Vice
As for Dunst there s nothing she does here that couldn t have been done by Jessica Simpson 
2
Marie Antoinette
Michael Booth
The result is a silly piece of costume jewelry called Marie Antoinette and no the soldering of a new wave revival soundtrack with 18th century Versailles is not interesting enough to save this bauble 
2
Marie Antoinette
Roger Ebert
Every criticism I have read of this film would alter is fragile magic and reduce its romantic and tragic poignancy to the level of an instructional film 
4
Marie Antoinette
Wesley Morris
Given Coppola s fashion first approach it s a miracle the film doesn t feel more like a long perfume ad But the movie has atmosphere beauty spirit and exquisite production design photography and editing 
3
Marie Antoinette
Sara Michelle Fetters
The thing is there is no culture here to counter only grossly exuberant tawdriness elegantly masquerading as such In fact when all is said and done it s almost enough to make an intelligent viewer lose their head 
2
Marie Antoinette
Sean P. Means
For all the pretty people and prettier costumes stuffed into the film Coppola has left a blank emotional slate on which moviegoers can Etch a Sketch any version they like 
2
Marie Antoinette
James Sanford
The real life Marie Antoinette lost her head The sunshiny day dreaminess of Marie Antoinette may make you wonder if writer director Sofia Coppola has lost her mind 
3
Marie Antoinette
Peter Canavese
Once she makes the sound feminist point that it wasn t easy being a girl in 1768 Coppola proves intellectually taxed 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
Daniel M. Kimmel
It uses an 18th century story to shed some light on how flamboyantly and shallowly some people lead their lives in any age 
3
Marie Antoinette
Ross Anthony
I enjoyed the music but not the film 
1
Marie Antoinette
Erik Childress
Works for about an hour until it becomes as monotonous as hanging out with a gaggle of teenage shoppers who couldn t care less about their history assignment 
2
Marie Antoinette
David Nusair
never quite becomes anything more than a mildly entertaining curiosity something that can be attributed to Coppola s meandering screenplay and penchant for long dialogue free sequences 
2
Marie Antoinette
Willie Waffle
After her appearance in Godfather III I didn t think it was possible that I could hate Sofia Coppola more but her Marie Antoinette really takes the cake
.5
Marie Antoinette
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mainly Marie Antoinette is a film about fetish It s about taking in all the pink cookies pink shoes and pink wigs and finding them wonderful even erotic 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Claudia Puig
Though Dunst looks the part and stunningly carries off foot high powdered wigs and lavish costumes her flat affect and simpering voice don t conjure up the requisite sense of arrogant power corruption and narcissism 
2
Marie Antoinette
Dustin Putman
The music is heavenly in its use and perfect for the tone rustling up an emotional response far greater than anything brought about from the characters themselves 
3
Marie Antoinette
David Elliott
If not so witty as Coppola s Lost in Translation this is like a funnier and feminine Barry Lyndon 
3
Marie Antoinette
Lawrence Toppman
After seeing Sofia Coppola s Marie Antoinette I realize there was no need for the bloodshed Had the mobs left Marie and Louis XVI alone they d have bored themselves and everyone else in the aristocracy to death 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
Chris Hewitt
Marie Antoinette never gets to the part where her head gets lopped off but it would sure perk things up 
2
Marie Antoinette
Phoebe Flowers
Coppola has not made the anticipated period piece or even character study Her third film instead is all about mood artfully capturing the anxieties inherent in being a young confused woman far from home 
3
Marie Antoinette
Jessica Reaves
Insouciant but never cavalier Coppola s latest effort should prove definitively she s a talent in her own right 
3
Marie Antoinette
Gene Seymour
Perhaps Marie Antoinette can best be appreciated in the haphazard way you savor a pop song that s about nothing beyond its own expression of energy and flash 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Matt Pais
The absence of accents is distracting as is a smugness that makes this bratty time warp of a dramedy somewhat condescending to its source material 
2.5
Marie Antoinette
Phil Villarreal
Off with its head 
2
Marie Antoinette
James Berardinelli
This is a movie that never gets to the point perhaps because it doesn t recognize what the point is 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
Josh Larsen
I wouldn t say all the fuss over Sofia Coppola s anachronistic Marie Antoinette is much ado about nothing but it s certainly much ado about nothingness 
3
Marie Antoinette
Stephen Whitty
Dazed and confused it feels like a teenager s diary read aloud over some awesome mixtape 
1.5
Marie Antoinette
Steve Rhodes
What won me over were the sumptuous sets gorgeous costumes and inviting use of rich colors I think most people will be bored silly by it but I rather enjoyed it 
3
Marie Antoinette
Kyle Smith
Pouring Coca Cola in the cabernet Sofia Coppola s dazzling Marie Antoinette couldn t be more anachronistic if it showed the queen of France saying Let them eat sushi Coppola works in weird ways but the real Versailles was so much weirder 
3.5
Marie Antoinette
Jeremy Heilman
Marie Antoinette creates biography as much through its soundtrack attitudes and its close ups as it does through its action and dialogue 
4
Marie Antoinette
Ed Gonzalez
Coppola doesn t ask us to take Marie Antoinette as she thinks she was but as she probably was a little girl who didn t know better 
3.5
The Heavenly Kid
David Nusair
repetitious and surprisingly dull 
2
Me & My Matchmaker
Roger Ebert
In the last moments of the film we are reminded that the heart is indeed a lonely hunter and that the hunt never ends 
3
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
Matt Brunson
The work of Ray Harryhausen is front and center in this solid effort 
3
I Am Curious (Blue) (Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
the only documentary reviewed here that was made by a film critic which gives it an attentiveness to film history and form not found in most of the other works 
2
I Am Curious (Blue) (Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått)
Roger Ebert
The movie is simply basically boring It is stupid and slow and uninteresting 
1
I Am Curious (Blue) (Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått)
Matt Brunson
As a time capsule piece it s fascinating yet as a stand alone film it s only intermittently interesting 
2.5
Nine Queens
Jay Antani
A delightful charming confidently made confidence flick 
3.5
Nine Queens
David Nusair
by the time the end rolls around and the final twist has been revealed it doesn t seem entirely plausible 
2.5
Nine Queens
Jeff Strickler
A slick and thoroughly enjoyable con artist movie 
3.5
Nine Queens
Phil Villarreal
Argentine writer director Fabian Bielinsky seems to be a criminal mastermind Luckily for society Bielinsky uses his powers for good 
3
Nine Queens
Michael Wilmington
One of the most clever most enjoyable thrillers in years 
3.5
Nine Queens
Liam Lacey
As an entertainment the movie keeps you diverted and best of all it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting 
3
Nine Queens
Jeff Vice
Finally a film that believes its audience is intelligent enough to keep up with its many twists and turns 
3.5
Nine Queens
Jeffrey Westhoff
Nine Queens is street smart without being grim nimble without being lightweight And it delivers a payoff worth the wait 
3
Nine Queens
Tom Sander
Will bring a smile and a cheer from viewers who love it when a film cons them too 
2.5
Nine Queens
Duane Dudek
You may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet 
3
Nine Queens
Joe Baltake
We become complicit in our own seduction We willingly let Bielinsky manipulate us 
4
Nine Queens
Roger Ebert
An elegant and sly deadpan comedy 
3
Nine Queens
Chris Hewitt
Feeling like a dope has rarely been more fun than it is in Nine Queens 
3
Nine Queens
Melanie McFarland
The film seethes with a sense of something more sinister at work around us building to the point that you re not sure who s getting played and who isn t 
3.5
Nine Queens
Carrie Rickey
Delicious deviousness a tale of con men that successfully cons the audience 
3.5
Nine Queens
Joe Leydon
I was amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky s cleverly constructed scenario and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise 
3
Nine Queens
Steve Rhodes
For those of you like me who love who s scamming whom stories Nine Queens is thoroughly satisfying 
3
Nine Queens
Edward Guthmann
Reminiscent of David Mamet s elaborate screen bluffs only livelier more playful 
3
Nine Queens
David Elliott
At its sliming sidewinding best Nine Queens rivals those modern beauties about sneak cheats House of Games The Swindle and The Grifters 
3
Nine Queens
Steven Rosen
This is a fun and lively movie the first of two heralding the arrival of the suave seductive and slightly forlorn actor Darin to American audiences 
3
Nine Queens
Jonathan Perry
A crackling clever tour de force 
3.5
Nine Queens
Rod Armstrong
An engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who s being conned right up to the finale 
3
Nine Queens
John Anderson
Ingenious and charming 
3
Nine Queens
Bob Strauss
A well acted thriller with perhaps a few too many twists but satisfyingly clever in the long run 
3
Nine Queens
Lou Lumenick
This clever caper movie has twists worthy of David Mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences 
3
Nine Queens
Walter Chaw
Nine Queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head 
3
Nine Queens
Ed Gonzalez
Nothing s at stake just a twisty double cross you can smell a mile away still the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun 
2.5
What Did Jack Do?
Luke Parker
It s simply an excursion of style one which deserves as many logical rematches as your brain can handle 
3.5
... Tick... Tick... Tick...
Mike McGranaghan
Not just an earnest race drama but also a fascinating example of how social issues were addressed cinematically in an earlier era 
3
What We Do Next
Matt Brunson
A pensive drama about the messy intersection between politics and personal responsibility 
3
Time After Time
David Nusair
a briskly paced thriller that benefits substantially from its strong performances and proliferation of irresistible time travel elements 
3
Time After Time
Bill Chambers
Blessedly unpretentious 
3
Time After Time
James Berardinelli
There are a lot of nice touches in Time After Time but the overall plot is too obviously scripted 
2.5
The Housekeeper
David Nusair
a refreshing alternative to the myriad of overcranked stories churned out by Hollywood 
2.5
The Housekeeper
Liam Lacey
None of this is profoundly new but the delicacy of the telling is well worth the experience 
3
The Housekeeper
Jeff Vice
Both Bacri and Dequenne are surprisingly effective in their performances and manage to sell us on their chemistry 
2.5
The Housekeeper
Sean P. Means
Bacri and Dequenne fill out their underwritten roles giving this small unassuming story a few sparks 
2.5
The Housekeeper
Joe Baltake
Berri makes very personal works about men who learn something about themselves rather late in life something important and The Housekeeper continues to analyze this very worthy theme 
3
The Housekeeper
John Beifuss
Transforms a stock male fantasy situation into something tender and believable 
3
The Housekeeper
Chris Hewitt
Whenever a new character is introduced the movie heads off in a new direction and while each direction is a surprise each ends up being an important part of this portrait of a confused ultimately curious man 
3
The Housekeeper
Steve Rhodes
The only thing the movie has going for it is the promise never fulfilled of sexual titillation 
2
The Housekeeper
Erik Lundegaard
You could make a broad comedy from this situation but director Claude Berri chose the small quiet route 
3
The Housekeeper
Roger Ebert
The Housekeeper is wise and subtle in the way it presents its older man A less interesting movie would make him lustful and self deceiving a man who believes his is the secret of eternal youth and virility 
3
The Housekeeper
Glenn Lovell
Engrossing and a soupon sad 
4
The Housekeeper
Steven Rea
Manages despite its middle aged male fantasy scenario to steer clear of the predictable or at the very least give the predictable some real human dimension 
3
The Housekeeper
Robert K. Elder
Its love story engages both the heart and the head 
3
The Housekeeper
Mick LaSalle
It s refreshing to see a film about nothing but human emotion 
3
The Housekeeper
Ty Burr
There isn t much to The Housekeeper really but it plumbs depths of male unease that louder and less wise movies strain to reach 
3
The Housekeeper
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Berri plays both the bedroom scenes and the beach scenes with the same tender touch so that the contentment and loneliness the pleasure and pain both hit us at the same rate 
3
The Housekeeper
Lou Lumenick
The film is extremely well acted 
2.5
The Housekeeper
Jack Mathews
As a slice of life Housekeeper is as thin they come 
2
The Housekeeper
Bob Strauss
Bacri and Dequenne have played much knottier and imaginatively searing variations on these characters in the past 
2.5
The Housekeeper
Gene Seymour
A gentle bittersweet romantic comedy 
3.5
The Housekeeper
David Sterritt
Claude Berri s special touch is clearly present in this film 
4
West of Memphis
Mattie Lucas
A compelling chronicle of true crime paranoia and a world where justice no longer holds any meaning 
3
West of Memphis
Eric Melin
A documentary that distills 19 years of a witch hunt a grass roots movement lost leads confusion countless appeals and hope into one remarkable movie that is hellbent on setting the record straight 
3
West of Memphis
Rob Thomas
It s another case where instead of a prosecution having to prove a case a defendant has to choose the lesser of two evils This happens all the time defendant Damien Echols says of the whole process and he s right 
3
West of Memphis
Joe Williams
We feel like we re watching an overlong true crime television episode and not a movie 
2
West of Memphis
Moira MacDonald
A real life horror story made no less shocking by the familiarity of its early scenes 
3.5
West of Memphis
Duane Dudek
West of Memphis re examines evidence and retells the story in a methodical and procedural fashion in which even the false steps lead somewhere 
3
West of Memphis
Ty Burr
While the Paradise Lost films captured events as they unfolded in the heat of battle West of Memphis has the luxury of at least partial closure 
3.5
West of Memphis
Jake Mulligan
The case is more intriguing than the film about it 
2.5
West of Memphis
John Beifuss
The film suggests these powerless poorly educated young men were scapegoated because they would be missed by nobody of importance the justice system equivalent of the cannon fodder recruited from the same socioeconomic straits 
3
West of Memphis
Sara Smith
West of Memphis becomes a greatest hits concert of prosecutorial misconduct and you ll agree when the film asserts that prosecutors knew they had the wrong guys 
3.5
West of Memphis
Chris Hewitt
Incredibly after three documentaries on the subject there are still things to reveal about the West Memphis Three 
3.5
West of Memphis
Rene Rodriguez
And justice for all Hardly 
3
West of Memphis
Walter V. Addiego
It tells the story of a terrible crime compounded by a grave injustice that s been remedied but only in part so it s impossible to have a single or simple response to the movie 
3
West of Memphis
Liam Lacey
What sets this film apart from previous efforts to document the story is that Jackson and Walsh financed a private investigative team with legal and forensic experts who re examined old evidence conducted new interviews and found new witnesses 
3
West of Memphis
Ann Hornaday
Happy sad inspiring infuriating right and terribly wrong all at the same time 
3
West of Memphis
Alison Gang
Nearly overwhelms you with hopelessness if not an adrenaline rush of rage even if you re familiar with the case 
3.5
West of Memphis
John Anderson
Berg s film helps illuminate a case that should certainly be the shame of the state of Arkansas and perhaps the criminal justice system of the entire United States 
3.5
West of Memphis
Michael Phillips
Dubious evidence suspicious confessions conveniently located poor white trash Echols words to take the rap The case stank from the beginning Berg s film argues 
3
West of Memphis
Roger Ebert
West of Memphis is the fourth film about one of the most heinous cases of wrongful conviction in American judicial history Do we need a fourth film Yes I think we do 
4
West of Memphis
Matt Pais
A whodunit in which truth devastatingly becomes a luxury 
3
West of Memphis
Roger Moore
Conspicuous in their absence the directors of the Paradise Lost documentaries the filmmakers who did more than anyone else to keep this story of injustice alive for nearly 20 years 
3
West of Memphis
Stephen Whitty
Even if you already know the eventual outcome the suspense as the three convicts file a last ditch appeal is excruciating 
3
West of Memphis
Robert Levin
A definitive portrait of a real life travesty of justice Provides a strong sense of the scope of this tragedy and a thoughtful investigative probing of the facts behind it 
4
West of Memphis
David Germain
West of Memphis is nonfiction filmmaking at its best a film with a fierce point of view yet one that doesn t pretend to have all the answers or a monopoly on truth 
3.5
West of Memphis
Sara Stewart
This is a compelling and comprehensive guide to one of the most Kafkaesque crime stories in American history 
3.5
West of Memphis
Tomas Hachard
By taking a disturbing and sometimes conflicted look at the prejudices that led to the West Memphis Three s imprisonment it asks murky questions about how people could get something so wrong for so long 
3
West of Memphis
David Nusair
a sporadically fascinating yet hopelessly erratic documentary that might work best among those with little to no knowledge of the case 
2.5
West of Memphis
Erik Childress
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh coupled with director Amy Berg responsible for the excellent Deliver Us From Evil have delivered a stand alone treatment of this injustice that outshined any narrative I saw at Sundance this year 
4
Mongol
Mattie Lucas
The majority of the film is top notch epic filmmaking expertly crafted and beautifully paced by Bodrov but the final act leaves a lot to be desired 
3
Mongol
James Vance
For its two hour running time Mongol makes you believe that you re in the company of the future Khan and his companions as they struggle to endure the callousness of the times and the savage environment 
3.5
Mongol
Austin Kennedy
This would have been one of the greatest all time epics but there were some major gaps in the story 
2.5
Mongol
Mike McGranaghan
Visually stunning historically interesting and very entertaining 
3.5
Mongol
Lori Hoffman
Bodrov s engaging vision of Genghis Khan in several moments almost feels like the silent movie epics by the Russian cinematic pioneer Sergei Eisenstein 
3
Mongol
Phil Villarreal
Hell has no wrath like a Khan scorned 
3
Mongol
Amy Biancolli
A thoroughly rousing hunk of celluloid a war saga that blends the sturdiest conventions of old fashioned heroic storytelling with a few pixilated battle enhancements check out the soaring blood globs of the kind that spattered across 300 
3.5
Mongol
Rene Rodriguez
The battle sequences are tremendous and the performances are captivating making for the sort of rousing giant scale entertainment that a figure as towering as Genghis Khan deserves 
3
Mongol
Sean P. Means
The melodrama is as thick as the blood in the spectacular battle sequences but Asano s soulful performance brings this little understood historical icon passionately to life 
3
Mongol
John Beifuss
Probably the only movie you ll ever see that opens in 1192 Year of the Black Rat 
3
Mongol
Daniel M. Kimmel
an action movie that for a change comes from the history books not the comic books 
3.5
Mongol
Duane Dudek
There is plenty of violence But anyone expecting the wrath of Kahn will have to wait for the sequel 
3
Mongol
Jeff Vice
Even though the results might not be as stunning as Kurosawa s epics the film certainly has its highlights especially the often bloody battle scenes 
3
Mongol
Matt Brunson
The real star here is director and co writer Sergei Bodrov who largely turns his back on CGI effects and creates stirring battle scenes the old fashioned way 
3
Mongol
Chris Hewitt
I liked it even though the one bloody battle after another deal is not my sort of thing If it s your sort I bet you ll like it even more 
2.5
Mongol
John Hartl
Bodrov s movie is most likely to be remembered for its fierce battle sequences which frequently place the camera smack in the middle of the action 
3
Mongol
Walter V. Addiego
There are plenty of haunting landscapes along with the sort of warfare scenes that define epics but also an unexpected take on one of history s most fearsome leaders 
3
Mongol
Robert W. Butler
Give Mongol s makers credit for taking advantage of the spectacular scenery and creating an almost documentary reality regarding life among Mongolia s nomads But as storytelling the film goes nowhere slowly 
2
Mongol
Wesley Morris
Bodrov and Arif Aliyev wrote the film which was one of this year s foreign language Oscar nominees and their account is framed as a drama of inflamed loins and intense loyalty 
3
Mongol
Marc Savlov
Asano s Khan is a hero in the classic mold and the portrayal is riveting Not entirely so the film however which concludes with a lengthy endnote as though it were Steppe Wars IV A New Hope and Equal Plunder for All Men 
2.5
Mongol
Roger Ebert
A ferocious film blood soaked pausing occasionally for passionate romance and more frequently for torture As a visual spectacle it is all but overwhelming putting to shame some of the recent historical epics from Hollywood 
3.5
Mongol
Steven Rea
The first part of what director Bodrov promises to be a trilogy tracing the life of the historic conqueror Mongol is great cinema great fun 
3.5
Mongol
Michael Phillips
A grandly kitschy rendering of Genghis Khan s early years the ones revealing how a boy became a ruthless yet humane warrior devoted family man and all around good fellow Mongol might as well be called Braveheart in a Yurt 
2.5
Mongol
Claudia Puig
While the historical accuracy may be dodgy Mongol is a sweeping and quasi mythical epic that recalls Lawrence of Arabia 
3.5
Mongol
Peter Howell
Even if you can t completely follow the plot you also can t take your eyes off the scenery the thrilling horse chases and the throat slashing battles 
3
Mongol
John Anderson
Bold epic battle happy movie that humanizes the world conqueror and gives him plenty to be aggressive about 
3
Mongol
Kyle Smith
Combining the intelligence of an action movie with the excitement of an art house release makes Mongol as dry as summer in the Gobi Desert 
2
Mongol
Bob Strauss
I d rather have seen the sequel 
2.5
Mongol
Jason McBride
As an epic action movie Mongol is satisfying enough Think Braveheart Think 300 Just don t think too much 
2.5
Mongol
Brandon Fibbs
Mongol is a Far East Braveheart charged with the same sense of pseudo history movie heroics and inspirational grandeur 
3
Mongol
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If a hero is to deserve this much spectacle he ought to be at least a little bit interesting 
2
Mongol
Nick Schager
Bodrov whips up enough wild unruly energy and in his depiction of sex as a Mongolian female s most vital commodity sociological scraps to help overshadow the somewhat cheesy dubiousness of his myth making project 
2.5
Elite Squad
V.A. Musetto
For nearly two hours Padilha bombards viewers with senseless sickening violence for its own sake 
1
Elite Squad
Ed Gonzalez
An instruction manual of sorts that doesn t illuminate police corruption and violence so much as it revels in it 
1.5
Sorry, Haters
Kam Williams
A psychological thriller with a cleverly concealed subplot likely to surprise even the best of cinema sleuths 
3.5
Sorry, Haters
Jeff Vice
Does build steam as it goes though the somewhat slow pacing works against it 
2.5
Sorry, Haters
Rob Thomas
Many audience members will likely be turned off by the film s bizarre ending I d defend it solely on the grounds that it is the appropriate finish for the entire misbegotten mess 
1.5
Sorry, Haters
Lisa Kennedy
As the characters unravel and how so too does the movie 
2
Sorry, Haters
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ambitious but seriously confused social commentary 
2.5
Sorry, Haters
Roger Ebert
It contains such a gripping performance by Robin Wright Penn that it succeeds in a way despite itself To see great work is a reason to see an imperfect movie and to observe how the movie loses its way may be useful even if it s frustrating 
3
Sorry, Haters
Michael Phillips
A preposterous screwball psychological drama called Sorry Haters a film roughly as successful as the phrase screwball psychological drama implies 
1.5
Sorry, Haters
John McMurtrie
It s a well meaning but ultimately feeble and misguided attempt to say something profound about the aftereffects of the 2001 attacks on New York 
1.5
Sorry, Haters
Phil Villarreal
Rather than lovers or haters the film is most likely to find indifference from audiences 
2
Sorry, Haters
Timothy Knight
Sorry Haters fails to register as anything but a hollow piece of cinematic provocation 
1.5
Sorry, Haters
V.A. Musetto
A sorry mess 
1
Sorry, Haters
Elizabeth Weitzman
So misguided as to be genuinely mystifying Jeff Stanzler s queasily blended political psychodrama isn t simply a lousy movie It s also a lousy movie that boldly exploits the events of 9 11 
1
Sorry, Haters
Jan Stuart
Their puzzling behaviors are given a kind of a rationale before the film is over But I didn t buy any of it for a second 
2
Sorry, Haters
Maitland McDonagh
By the time he unveils the final plot twist his film has lost every shred of credibility 
2
Sorry, Haters
Nick Schager
To simply label Sorry Haters misguided or preposterous is to undersell its out of its gourd daffiness 
1
Sorry, Haters
David Nusair
the conclusion is destined to leave audiences thinking and talking about it for hours after everything s said and done 
3
The Go-Go's
Richard Roeper
They still Got the Beat 
3.5
The Go-Go's
Christy Lemire
What makes this documentary feel specific and alive is the way she vividly takes us back to the early days letting The Go Go s reminisce about their beginnings and tell their own stories 
3
The Go-Go's
Robert Morast
This film plays like a Behind the Music episode with more artifice and that s not necessarily a compliment It s too bad because there s so much that could have been mined here 
2
The Go-Go's
Mike McGranaghan
One of the best rock docs of recent years It cinematically captures the vibe that made the group so beloved 
4
The Go-Go's
Robert Daniels
The Go Go s sometimes lacks a personal touch and too often waltzes through as a by the numbers music documentary but certainly serves as a monument to a seminal group 
2.5
Jean of the Joneses
Julia Cooper
Takes its cues from both Woody Allen s self indulgent worlds and the literary panache of Zadie Smith but remains original in its darkly funny perspective 
3.5
Pups Alone
Roger Moore
The cute canines defending a house while they re Home Alone might keep the tiniest tykes interested for a little while anyway 
1.5
Re/Member
Roger Moore
Does just well enough by a killer concept to merit a Hollywood remake 44 because this version stumbles here and there 44 and simply fails at the finish 46 
2
After Innocence
Kam Williams
Documentary shines a scientific spotlight on the criminal justice system s dirty little secret via ten tragic cases of mistaken identity each an unfortunate rush to judgment 
4
After Innocence
Laura Kelly
Both sorrowful and uplifting 
3
After Innocence
Bruce Westbrook
After Innocence is a crusading documentary driven by DNA testing that s brought freedom for men who served years in prison for crimes they didn t commit 
3
After Innocence
Chris Hewitt
You ll probably like it and wish it were better 
2.5
After Innocence
Jeff Vice
This is no frills filmmaking and may be a little talky but it s also very well made powerful stuff and it should be seen by anyone who has questions about the American justice system 
3.5
After Innocence
Terry Lawson
After Innocence is without making it overly obvious anti death penalty on the grounds that a just society cannot afford to make any mistakes that we cannot attempt to rectify 
3
After Innocence
Sean P. Means
The stories of injustice and perseverence will stick in the memory after watching this uncluttered and compelling film 
3
After Innocence
Moira MacDonald
Informative we learn for example that exonerees are generally given no follow up assistance upon release as parolees are and deeply moving 
3
After Innocence
David Elliott
Not a special pleader but is fairly special because Sanders gives it the pressure of straight moral conviction 
3
After Innocence
Ty Burr
Sanders is more interested in specific human struggles than in larger political points but she knows these men form a mosaic with a message that s unmistakable 
3
After Innocence
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Come Oscar night After Innocence will almost certainly trump them all It s not necessarily better than any of the others but its call for social awareness rings out bolder and rises higher 
3
After Innocence
Ruthe Stein
Deeply touching and overwhelmingly sad 
3
After Innocence
Bob Strauss
While the film is rich in fascinating factual information the most remarkable aspect of After Innocence is its unfailing humanity 
3
After Innocence
Carrie Rickey
In her clear and compelling film Sanders lets the innocents do the talking 
3
After Innocence
Kyle Smith
The film cuts away from such personal stories too quickly eager to sell us on airy unjustified claims 
2.5
After Innocence
Jack Mathews
A powerful indictment of a judicial system too anxious to close cases and then close ranks when someone tries to reopen them 
2.5
After Innocence
Nick Schager
After Innocence doesn t inspire much confidence in the American legal system 
2.5
Die letzten Gigolos
Brad Wheeler
Artfully shot and edited gracefully the subtitled doc moves to ballroom rhythms as it examines old age companionship to touching effect 
3.5
Little Man
Ken Fox
Like her own admitted inability to see Nicholas situation through anything other than a mother s eyes Conn is also unable to view her film objectively even as it grows overlong and ungainly 
2.5
Little Man
Timothy Knight
An emotionally powerful record of a remarkable little boy s fight to live 
3
Little Man
V.A. Musetto
Your baby is near death Instead of dropping everything to save his life you make sure the video camera keeps rolling 
1.5
Little Man
Jami Bernard
With her penchant for frilly romance and sentimentality the focus is often cloyingly on Conn as the heroine of the story the mother who sob wouldn t give up 
2
Little Man
Nick Schager
Tells a tale rife with implications about abortion and the consequences of modern medical technological progress 
3
Wanted: Dead or Alive
David Nusair
There s little doubt that Wanted Dead or Alive fares best in its entertaining and fairly auspicious opening half hour 
1.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Matt Brunson
As far as 80s action flicks go Wanted Dead or Alive has its moments particularly a terrific one in the film s closing minutes 
2.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Roger Ebert
There are times during the movie when the greatest mystery is whether or not Rutger Hauer is trying to speak with an American accent 
1.5
Phone
David Nusair
Typically baffling Asian horror flick 
2
The Ballad of Narayama
Eric Melin
Modern audiences may find it difficult to adjust to its laconic pace but it is a stirring tale full of dignity and sorrow and worth checking out for sure 
3
The Ballad of Narayama
James Kendrick
a striking experimental mixture of Japanese folklore theatrical traditions and stunning camerawork
3.5
Melody in Gray
Roger Ebert
Shinoda and the master Japanese cameraman Kazuo Miyagawa tell this story in stunning visual terms 
3
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Michael Phillips
Andersen s inspired ruminations about his city as a filming location and as a repository for other filmmakers daydreams and nightmares 
3
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Calum Marsh
One of the great films of the century to date poignant and affecting 
4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
John McMurtrie
Using well chosen clips from roughly 200 films many of them obscure Andersen makes a powerful and impassioned case for reassessing his beloved city 
4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Geoff Pevere
It s like being squired through town by a wisecracking cabbie with a PhD in semiotics 
4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Bob Strauss
Its formidable intellectual heft aside there s great pleasure to be had in just looking at this guided tour of L A fact and fiction 
3.5
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Wesley Morris
The film creates a revolutionary lens through which the movies relationship to Los Angeles will never look the same 
4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Jack Mathews
What Andersen does best is capture the sense of growing up and living among the landmarks of Hollywood s authentic back lot 
3
Los Angeles Plays Itself
David Sterritt
Smart funny stimulating 
4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Joshua Tanzer
We see a scene of the hilltop Hollywood letters crumbling in flames and it s more like a joke than a tragedy So much for the soul of Los Angeles 
3.5
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Jan Stuart
Los Angeles Plays Itself Alexander s sprawling and incisive meditation on the many uses and abuses of the city of L A in the movies may be the unlikeliest great movie of the year 
4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Lou Lumenick
So terrifically entertaining it would be a shame if it didn t inspire a companion piece on New York 
3.5
13 Seconds
Joe Bob Briggs
If Thomas can slow down his jarring quick cuts he makes commercials and industrial films so he has the same problems with full length narrative that Ridley Scott did in his early films he might just be on his way to a horror career 
3
13 Seconds
Kevin A. Ranson
An on the sly horror flick loaded with senseless gore that delivers its twisted ending like an axe to the head 
2.5
Sisters
Gene Siskel
During a second viewing filled with the security of knowing when to look away I was able to really watch the picture and I found it to be one of the best thrillers I have seen 
3.5
Sisters
Jerry Oster
Despite an absence of the tension necessary for a successful thriller Sisters is salvaged by decent performances 
2.5
Sisters
David Nusair
Brian De Palma s first foray into Hitchcockian territory 
2
Sisters
Chuck O'Leary
De Palma s first foray into Hitchcock territory is a diabolical delight 
3.5
Sisters
Eric Henderson
An undeniably tight homage to Hitchcock but I m still inclined to place it at least a tier below the likes of Dressed to Kill and Body Double 
3.5
Sisters
Roger Ebert
De Palma directs with a nice feeling for the incongruous 
3
Sisters
Jeremy Heilman
It s the first Hitchcock homage that Brian De Palma directed and it s a doozy 
4
Sisters
James Kendrick
Brian De Palma at his vicious malicious best
4
Terrifier
David Nusair
Terrifier admittedly 40 and eventually 41 progresses into a repetitive third act that ensures the whole thing peters out to a fairly palpable degree 46 46 46 
2
Terrifier
Dustin Putman
Taut brutal seasonally atmospheric and filled with the kind of macabre tension that leaves one jittery even after the end credits have rolled 
3
Screwball
Roger Moore
A smart revisiting of baseball s A Rod steroid scandal a little too gimmicky for its own good
2.5
Screwball
Joey Magidson
Screwball is a surprisingly fun doc 
3
Screwball
Richard Roeper
When the grown men often act like children it feels like overkill to have children portraying the grown men 
2
Screwball
Brian Tallerico
Screwball is fascinating as an examination of how carefully one needs to choose their allies especially when they re committing crimes 
3
Screwball
Barry Hertz
More entertaining than a dozen Major League Baseball games stacked on top of one another Billy Corben s doc looking at the sport s doping scandal of 2013 is a roided out riot 
3.5
Ironclad
Rob Thomas
Good gravy if you re looking for satisfyingly bloody swordplay look no further 
3
Ironclad
Stephen Whitty
The problem is that the movie is only swords and stage blood The suits of armor are all empty 
2
Ironclad
Joe Williams
As a critic who complains about painless and brainless action movies I hoist a glass of mead to the men and maidens of Ironclad 
3
Ironclad
Lou Lumenick
A gore filled guilty pleasure 
2.5
Ironclad
Erik Childress
A certain bloody matinee charm to it if your idea of charm is brutally graphic combat scenes and well known faces hamming it up in the downtime between 
3
Ironclad
Peter Hartlaub
The core fan base of this English sword battle drama will pay for the boundary pushing blood and gore Why bore them with things like plot and context and production values 
2
Ironclad
Jeff Shannon
Through it all Paul Giamatti spits bilious fury as a ruthless king with a mile wide mean streak and an army of Danish mercenaries What s not to like 
2.5
Ironclad
Ty Burr
As history it s bunk as inappropriate historical fiction it s awfully close to comedy 
1.5
Ironclad
Jake Coyle
An utterly joyless exercise in blood and dirt 
1.5
Ironclad
Nick Schager
Like most of Ridley Scott s medieval adventures the film subscribes to such a stark good versus evil setup that it s devoid of any nuance or suspense 
1.5
Diamond Men
Joe Leydon
It s a little movie with a great big selling point Robert Forster s subtly nuanced and effortlessly engaging portrayal of Eddie Miller 
3
Diamond Men
David Nusair
an incredibly entertaining look at a pair of exceedingly compelling characters 
3.5
Diamond Men
Ross Anthony
A mildly pleasant film with two charming leads 
2
Diamond Men
Gary Brown
a wonderful character study with an unforgettable acting performance by Robert Forster 
3.5
Diamond Men
Jeff Vice
This well acted film is a nifty little change of pace 
3
Diamond Men
Sean P. Means
One of those rare small movies that come out of nowhere and surprise you with their unassuming charm wily intelligence and graceful acting 
3
Diamond Men
David Elliott
Cohen serves his actors smartly and though the film has no artistic weight it has the craft of a story firmly committed to good characters 
3
Diamond Men
Tom Keogh
Wahlberg looks like a rising star while the seasoned Forster manifests his usual sober authority and approachable masculinity 
2.5
Diamond Men
Chris Hewitt
When Forster and Wahlberg each turned out to be acquainted with a lady of the evening whose real job is dispensing spiritual and financial wisdom the cliches were too blinding for me to overlook 
2
Diamond Men
Walter Chaw
The line between positive senior characters and irritating grotesqueries makes the proceedings first unpleasant and then insufferable 
2
Diamond Men
Joe Baltake
yet another variation of the mentor protege movie and one of the best 
4
Diamond Men
Joe Leydon
It s a little movie with a great big selling point Robert Forster s subtly nuanced and effortlessly engaging portrayal of Eddie Miller 
3
Diamond Men
Roger Ebert
It is a treasure 
3.5
Diamond Men
Ed Gonzalez
O Henry huggable the quaint Diamond Men has nothing but love for growing old and the rebirth of love 
3
Diamond Men
Harvey S. Karten
An absolute gem superb performances clever writing humorous and sardonic twists galore 
4
Final Exam
Dustin Putman
Blu ray Review The narrative is by no means free and clear of clichs but it becomes exceedingly obvious all the same that an attempt was made to separate it from the glut of similar body count fare inundating the marketplace at the time 
2.5
Final Exam
Mike McGranaghan
Quite possibly the dullest slasher movie ever made 
0.5
The Truth About Killer Robots
Roger Moore
A documentary you need to see even if it scares you
3
Someone Marry Barry
David Nusair
A mostly underwhelming comedy 
2
Someone Marry Barry
Glenn Kenny
Various catastrophes ensue although hilarity does not 
1.5
Stark Raving Mad
David Nusair
who thought it was a good idea to set the entire movie inside a dance club 
1.5
Confusions of an Unmarried Couple
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Even in the setting of two self absorbed people who really aren t sure what they desire from life Confusions u2026 is never that entertaining and that s really because the arguing often really borders on shrill and irritating 
1.5
Confusions of an Unmarried Couple
David Nusair
marks a clear step forward for the Butler brothers in terms of its look there s little doubt that the movie is ultimately hindered by the presence of a central character that couldn t possibly be more unappealing 
2
Let Us Prey
David Nusair
a stagy and wholly uninvolving mess that s something of a chore to sit through 
1.5
Jump Tomorrow
Betsy Bozdech
What sets Jump Tomorrow apart is its sensibility 
3.5
Jump Tomorrow
Joshua Tanzer
Fresh points of view and lovable characters make Jump Tomorrow more than just a formula romance 
3
Jump Tomorrow
Susan Stark
It cheerfully if often recklessly leaps across barriers of race culture custom and habit to assure viewers that love after all conquers all 
2
Jump Tomorrow
Roger Ebert
It s all sweetness and understated charm and after awhile even George begins to grow on us 
3
Jump Tomorrow
Jonathan Foreman
Quirky and good natured it makes the most of an unknown but able and refreshingly international cast 
2.5
Jump Tomorrow
Harvey S. Karten
An unfunny romantic comedy with few sparks and fewer jokes barely suitable for 7 p m TV 
2
A Night to Remember
Mattie Lucas
While the special effects may not hold a candle to the Academy Award winning work in Cameron s film they re still quite impressive given the period and Baker manages to infuse the film with an unflagging sense of authenticity 
3.5
A Night to Remember
Matt Brunson
Kenneth More essays the central role of Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller and he s the reassuring presence throughout a film that breaks down the incident in powerful fashion 
3.5
A Night to Remember
James Kendrick
a film that broke new ground in depicting one of history s worst maritime disasters interweaving historical reality with a dexterous sense of storytelling that keeps the film fresh and engaging so many decades later
3.5
Live Animals
Jonathan W. Hickman
No doubt a metaphor for the handling and abuse of wild animals or a riff on human trafficking director Jeremy Benson has made a horror film that will be PETA approved This blood soaked saga is one of the better entries in the sagging and tarred dramati
3
A Private Function
Scott Nash
A gentle and amusing very English comedy 
3
Love in the Afternoon
Walter Chaw
a nigh interminable flick short on laughs and long on awful montages and self satisfaction
0.5
Love in the Afternoon
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s quite long Hepburn sports one of her worst hairstyles and Cooper and Hepburn s glaring age difference 28 years is distracting but this is a wonderful charming romantic comedy nonetheless 
3
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In a better time and universe and film industry the assertion of one creative personality wouldn t necessarily entail the trampling or effacement of another 
1
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Brian Eggert
Consider this a call for audiences to revisit Carpenter s least appreciated work a charming blend of romance and Hitchcockian thrills featuring incredible special FX light humor a mild social commentary and accomplished filmmaking 
3.5
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Matt Brunson
Boasts excellent visual effects but otherwise relates a mediocre story 
2
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
David Nusair
an entertaining yet decidedly erratic endeavor 
2.5
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Bill Chambers
The best reason to see Memoirs is its groundbreaking special effects
2.5
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Roger Ebert
This material is intriguing enough that I wish there had been more of it Comedy consists of the application of logic to the absurd and there are many more opportunities here than the screenplay takes advantage of 
2.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Michael Dequina
Despite the unevenness the sincerity of the work shines through 
3
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Eric Melin
Although it looks fantastic it barely registers on an emotional level because it feels so dull and manipulative 
1.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Mike Scott
A grandly appointed disappointment 
1.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
John Beifuss
Hopelessly inert even as it hops between modern trendy Shanghai and rural 19th century Hunan 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Matt Brunson
Wayne Wang is perhaps best known for directing the lovely screen adaptation of The Joy Luck Club but there s no joy to be found anywhere in this stately stodgy film 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Connie Ogle
The drastic alterations to Lisa See s compelling novel about the lifelong friendship between two women in 19th century China are unsettling at least for fans of the original bestseller and they detract a bit too much from the story See so artfully told 
2.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Graham Killeen
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan wants to be The Color Purple in China but it s really just a Lifetime Original Movie with subtitles 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Roger Moore
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan aims for the heartstrings and only strikes a few notes 
1.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is a beautifully photographed emotional bore and while certain images and moments spoke to me and brought a quiet tear to my eye on the whole the finished film itself did nothing for me 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Like his old time Hollywood predecessors Wang goes for big hearted over the top emotions 
3
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Chris Hewitt
I think even rabid fans of the book will be disappointed 
1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Stephanie Merry
Emphasizes melodrama over character development until the proceedings feel like a rabbit hole of misfortune 
1.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Joe Williams
Once we ve quickly digested the fortune cookie message that modern women are as bound by obligations as their grandmothers were all we can savor is the scenery 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Moira MacDonald
Bears little resemblance to the book and even less resemblance to a good movie 
1.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Carrie Rickey
A story of much visual grace and sadly considerable narrative awkwardness 
2.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Wesley Morris
All the two actresses do is gaze out of apartment and carriage windows through floorboards into each other s eyes and once while wishfully wearing a man s suit 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Michael Phillips
The film version of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan proceeds as if willed into being by a particularly misguided question for discussion the kind you d find at the tail end of a bestseller s paperback edition 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Roger Ebert
As movies about female bonding go Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is thin tea 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Betsy Sherman
Wang back in Joy Luck Club territory serves up melodrama without smothering substance 
3
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Linda Barnard
A confusing time travelling tale that uses Lisa See s 2005 bestseller of the same name to fuel cheap sentiment and a jumbled story 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Stephen Whitty
Whatever passion might have been here to begin with never made it to the screen 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
V.A. Musetto
You re advised to bring a hankie or two should you venture forth to see the tearjerker Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Mick LaSalle
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan has such seriousness and purpose behind it that for 10 or 15 minutes it could be mistaken for a good movie 
1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Claudia Puig
Perhaps this was intended to draw the largely female crossover audience that went to Joy Luck Club But the dual stories don t mesh well 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Jesse Cataldo
A portrait of female fidelity that ranges across centuries and social classes Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is sad sumptuous fluff with a refined literary pedigree 
1.5
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
David Germain
The trouble is that the modern story whipped up for Snow Flower isn t very compelling Yet it dominates the movie continually oozing back in just as the period drama is getting interesting 
2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Burl Burlingame
This isn t really a movie made for guys although I can appreciate the artfulness of its construction and the solemnity of its purpose and the studied intensity of the acting 
2
Citizen K
David Stratton
Citizen K is riveting informative and a bit terrifying It s a significant documentary 
4
Citizen K
Sean P. Means
Gibney with his usual efficiency and intelligence lays out the timeline of Khodorkovsky s rise and fall with a ton of research arresting visuals and rock solid interviews 
3.5
Citizen K
Catherine Springer
Citizen K is a truly fascinating examination of the politics and power plays that have shaped Russia into what it is today 
3
Citizen K
Steven Prokopy
Gibney appears to have had complete access to Khodorkovsky in recent years and although the business tycoon is clearly meant to be the protagonist of this story Gibney doesn t exactly fawn over him or give him a pass 
3
Citizen K
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
There s a lot to take in but it is all presented in a cogent manner with plenty of first hand accounts to support the narrative 
4
Citizen K
Michael O'Sullivan
I t is Gibney s film that best tells this complex contradictory tale of a businessman who rose from middle class anonymity to become one of Russia s richest men during the early days of Russia s post Soviet experiment with capitalism 
3
Citizen K
G. Allen Johnson
Essential viewing for anyone needing a history lesson about Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union and who wants a frontline report on the current geopolitical landscape in Europe including Ukraine 
3.5
Citizen K
Nell Minow
Citizen K is skillfully made with a compelling story 
3.5
Citizen K
Roger Moore
An authoritative How we got here take on recent Russian history almost too much to take in 
3
Outrage
Wanda Hale
It s a grim story but it carries a worthwhile message to girls who undergo such a terrifying and humiliating experience It also deplores the unkind attitude that unfeeling people adopt toward victims of rape 
2.5
Renoir
John Beifuss
Rated R for art related nudity By that standard shouldn t the Louvre be Adults Only 
2
Renoir
Rob Thomas
It s that eye popping surface that is the real star of Renoir although the film is an agreeable if shallow look at the great artist in the twilight of his years 
3
Renoir
Chris Foran
Renoir is a story of creativity in twilight and at its dawning Appropriately enough most of its scenes are fit to be framed all soft tones and sun dappled 
3
Renoir
Ty Burr
Renoir doesn t get much beneath the surface but good God what a surface 
3
Renoir
Joe Williams
For those who just want to float away on waves of beauty Renoir is a boating party 
3
Renoir
Peter Canavese
Perhaps it s damning Renoir with faint praise to call it agreeable but Gilles Bourdos film shows an admirable restraint quiet simplicity and lush pictorial beauty 
2.5
Renoir
Chris Hewitt
If you are interested in Renoir you re better off gazing at his beautiful body of work 
1.5
Renoir
Adam Nayman
Gilles Bourdos s film is more conventional than its mould breaking subjects deserve 
2.5
Renoir
Linda Barnard
As sensually beautiful as the work of its subject matter French filmmaker Gilles Bourdos s dreamy biography Renoir is more a series of tableaux than a narrative film 
3
Renoir
Nathalie Atkinson
At least the French art house biopic is rich in ambiance 
2.5
Renoir
John Anderson
Sumptuous savvy study of art making love and light Much of the passion however is in the pictures 
3.5
Renoir
Roger Moore
Lovely with everybody in the story more interesting than the dull dedicated craftsman whose name provides the title 
3
Renoir
Steve Macfarlane
A long string of picnics portrait sessions elaborate dinners and countryside rituals filtered through a svelte aesthetic pleasantness that ultimately corrodes its larger interests 
1.5
Renoir
Kyle Smith
Like the paintings of the master Renoir is beautiful to look at but it would be a mistake to call the film or its subject shallow 
3.5
Renoir
Stephen Whitty
Theret who is supposed to be playing the muse to two great artists never seems much more than young and pretty and Rottiers only young and uncertain When the film switches to them it goes still 
2
Muloorina
David N. Butterworth
David Cobham s BP produced John Barry scored documentary short proves a fitting tribute to ill fated British speed racer Donald Campbell 1921 1967 
2.5
Let It Snow
Roger Moore
None of it adds up to much but throwing a lot of cute actors and funny lines at the wall means it isn t a complete bust 
2
Let It Snow
Nick Allen
A bland addition to the already low stakes tradition of Xmas rom coms Let It Snow could use a whole lot more tinsel 
1.5
The Return of the Living Dead
Matt Brunson
The makeup effects are tremendous 44 and Calfa and especially Karen are hilarious as working stiffs 40 no pun intended 41 46 
3
The Return of the Living Dead
Brian Eggert
Part spoof comedy part kitschy horror The Return of the Living Dead was tailor made to achieve cult status 
3
The Return of the Living Dead
David Nusair
There s ultimately little doubt that The Return of the Living Dead improves steadily as it progresses 
2.5
The Return of the Living Dead
Jeremiah Kipp
A tongue in cheek splatter laden homage to George A Romero s zombie pictures 
3
The Return of the Living Dead
Walter Chaw
Turns a satirical eye on Reagan s hawkish heart the sprung logic of Italian zombie movies and John Hughes brat pack films 
3
The Return of the Living Dead
Roger Ebert
It s kind of a sensation machine made out of the usual ingredients and the real question is whether it s done with style It is 
3
Sauna
David Nusair
one of the most repugnant and flat out contemptible cinematic experiences to come around in quite some time 
0
Clear and Present Danger
James Kendrick
both cutting in its indictment of how power corrupts even the best intentions and bravely optimistic in asserting that not only can one maintain one s sense of honor and integrity in a rigged system but very possibly make all the difference in the world
3
Clear and Present Danger
Scott Nash
Ford s second and final appearance as Jack Ryan is a sprawling thriller 
3.5
Clear and Present Danger
Robert Roten
Passable entertainment
2.5
Clear and Present Danger
Janet Maslin
In a film that opens with the sight of a waving American flag subtlety may not be foremost on anyone s mind But Mr Ford s wary intelligence does wonders for a potentially one dimensional character 
3
Clear and Present Danger
Steve Rhodes
I could swear I had seen this movie before because some of the places like in the drug lord s home were exactly as I had imagined them from the book 
3.5
Clear and Present Danger
James Berardinelli
The uneven flow is as likely to lead to a snoozing viewer as to one on the edge of their seat 
2.5
Clear and Present Danger
Mick LaSalle
The film seems to have its pulse on some peculiarly modern varieties of madness 
3
Hesburgh
Lisa Trifone
A glossy compilation of talking heads archival footage and a narration based on Hesburgh s own journals the film would feel right at home on a Sunday afternoon on the History Channel 
2
Hesburgh
Ann Hornaday
This moving illuminating slice of American life and social history serves as a stirring example that we should all do much better And we can start right now 
3
Hesburgh
Bob Bloom
As described by many of those who in the movie talk about Hesburgh he comes across as a man of conscience and conviction who was willing to walk his own path no matter whom he rankled or angered 
3.5
Hesburgh
Roger Moore
They don t make them like Father Ted any more 
3
Hesburgh
Mark Dujsik
It s easy to talk about empathy but here is a man who genuinely truly and unwaveringly lived in that state of compassion and understanding for others 
3
Panic
Nick Rogers
Singlehandedly William H Macy turns Panic into a slimmed down American Beauty a passive man lashing out to break a cycle of dissatisfaction and familial strife for happiness however fleeting 
4
Panic
David Nusair
the film never really takes off 
2
Panic
Mark Dujsik
Even if no one sees it it is one of the year s best films 
4
Panic
Michael Dequina
A worthy film that s well worth seeking out 
3
Panic
Greg Dean Schmitz
Another case of a film that is exactly what many people would like to see more of in theaters and yet Hollywood flinched 
3
Panic
Susan Stark
The results are quietly electrifying 
3
Panic
Mike McGranaghan
One of the year s ten best films 
4
Panic
Pam Grady
A debut as excellent as this deserves more applause 
3.5
Panic
Roger Ebert
A first film made with joy and with a writer s gift for character and dialogue 
4
Panic
Mick LaSalle
The movie equivalent of a great read at the beach 
3
Panic
James Berardinelli
Once you ve seen the first hour there s really no need to sit through the rest since almost everything that transpires during the final thirty minutes is easily predicted by anyone who understands the conventional storyline handbook 
2.5
Panic
Elias Savada
As a mood piece Panic hits its mark with dark haunting accuracy Director Henry Bromell hails the conquered hero with an absurdist wit and darkly delicious humor 
3.5
Panic
Rob Blackwelder
A brilliantly observant darkly humorous and immaculately acted movie 
4
Dogs on the Inside
Kathryn Laskaris
Filmmakers Brean Cunningham s and Douglas Seirup s approach is straightforward but the prisoners desire to make a better life for the dogs and themselves is what will stick in your memory and your heart 
2.5
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Roger Ebert
The movie s style is smooth and professional James Coburn s narration sounds like an ad for a luxury car But the materials of the movie are very personal 
3
What They Had
James Kendrick
draws its dramatic power from its honest depiction of the bitter realities of aging which it shades from time to time with bits of dour humor
3
What They Had
Sean P. Means
Forster hot off the Twin Peaks revival is touching and aggravating as the siblings crotchety dad 
3.5
What They Had
Roger Moore
Another promising movie for mature audiences undone by inept plotting and poor math 
1.5
What They Had
Mark Dujsik
It cuts straight to the core of how this illness has affected and continues to affect the dynamics of the family as well as the people within it 
3.5
What They Had
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie manages to avoid nearly every family dealing with illness cliché one could ever imagine 
3.5
What They Had
Monica Castillo
There s an inherent longing in Elizabeth Chomko s stunning feature debut What They Had 
3.5
What They Had
Richard Roeper
Blythe Danner does a remarkable job of conveying Ruth s irreversible path into total memory loss without turning her into a movie of the week cliché 
3.5
What They Had
Bruce DeMara
What sets the film apart is the literate and insightful script by Elizabeth Chomko who also directs and a cast of stellar performers 
3.5
What They Had
Mick LaSalle
The quality of the actors and emotional potency of the subject keep What They Had from being a completely wasted effort But the script makes it a close call 
2
What They Had
Ty Burr
What They Had is mostly talk and loud aggrieved talk that approximates the experiences of many families in this situation while rarely convincing us of what this family is experiencing 
2
What They Had
Michael Phillips
It s an actors feast and a genuine calling card for Chomko primarily an actress a strong one before What They Had but now very much a writer director coming into her own 
3
What They Had
Mark Jenkins
What works best here comes between the movie s heavy opening and its lightweight conclusion 
2.5
What They Had
Wes Greene
What They Had gracefully coasts on its patient observations of one family s dynamics but once the third act hits Elizabeth Chomko goes about neatly tidying up seemingly every loose end 
2.5
What They Had
Clayton Davis
Headlined by a strong cast with the likes of Robert Forster and Blythe Danner standing out a portrait of affection and family is at times very moving in this impressive debut 
3
What They Had
Robert Levin
These actors convey every inch of this layered emotional terrain Swank puts her aptitude for externalizing inner desperation to great use while Shannon s wild card sensibility intriguingly congeals with his regular guy bar owner character 
3
What They Had
Joey Magidson
Chomko deftly finds realistic humor in what is undeniably a tragic situation She also perfectly casts the film especially when it comes to Forster who is outstanding 
3
What They Had
Dustin Putman
What They Had has a way of feeling low key and explosive all at once 
3
What They Had
Robert Daniels
What they Had is a pure actor driven film equal parts stirring heart breaking and hilarious 
3.5
What They Had
Dwight Brown
Stellar performances by the entire cast especially Shannon give a window into a cautionary tale Almost as riveting as Manchester by the Sea Excellent in other ways 
3.5
What They Had
Oliver Jones
A family drama that seems so real you leave the theater feeling like you just flew back from seeing your parents even if they re nothing like the parents portrayed in the film 
3.5
What They Had
Brad Wheeler
An excellent cast including Michael Shannon and Hillary Swank hit the right notes in an evenly wrought family drama that rings true 
3
What They Had
David Nusair
A well acted yet erratic drama
2.5
Mickey
David Nusair
never quite becomes anything more than a passable time waster 
2
Jacknife
Roger Ebert
Jacknife redeems it in the specifics of the performances De Niro Harris and Baker seem to be oblivious to the message and lose themselves in the personalities of their characters And so the movie works 
3
Jacknife
David N. Butterworth
Jacknife is not a bad film it simply fails to say anything new about the post Vietnam experience 
2
Hover
Glenn Kenny
All of its nuances as well as whatever satirical social commentary the movie wanted to make are lost in the climax 
2
Jaws III
David Nusair
a predominantly ineffective followup 
2
The Harbinger
Roger Moore
A dawdling 44 chatty 44 over explained thriller that fritters away the promise of a story that packs a lot of proven horror tropes into a single package
1.5
The Magic Flute
Kevin Carr
It wobbles in an attempt to balance classic high fantasy opera with a modern teenage story 44 but there 8217 s quite a bit of charm and a compelling story 46 
2.5
The Magic Flute
Nell Minow
The movie does not live up to the eternally enchanting music 44 but it serves as an enjoyable delivery system for experiencing it again 44 which is magic enough 46 
3
The Magic Flute
Mark Dujsik
The Magic Flute collapses as both education and entertainment 46 
1.5
The Mini
Christian Toto
This micro indie has a full sized heart and enough humor to make its scale immaterial
3
All Over the Guy
Desmond Ryan
A nicely turned and witty screenplay from Bucatinsky 
3
All Over the Guy
Rick Groen
The principals begin to lose any distinction and soon start sounding exactly the same 
2.5
All Over the Guy
Rob Blackwelder
Spirited and reliably funny but it just feels so workaday like a sitcom in its fifth season that nothing much about it stands out 
2.5
All Over the Guy
Wesley Morris
If you want to watch a gaggle of pretty faux neurotic people hang out and throw quips you re probably better off watching Friends 
2
All Over the Guy
Rod Armstrong
A mostly winning charming and intelligent entry in the genre 
3
All Over the Guy
Lou Lumenick
All four characters are obnoxious self absorbed Southern California clichs 
0
All Over the Guy
Ed Gonzalez
Forgets to iron out the kinks that make the straight romantic comedies feel like tediously long television sitcoms 
2
Far From Men
Rania Richardson
FAR FROM MEN is a spare tale that considers the futility of neutrality during wartime against the backdrop of the French Algerian War in the 1950s 
2.5
Far From Men
Glenn Kenny
Something of a Distinguished Slog 
2.5
Far From Men
Chuck Bowen
The film often suggests a less defiant cover of The Defiant Ones yet it s a must see for Viggo Mortensen s characteristically wonderful performance 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Brian Eggert
The filmmakers have created something spectacular 44 not only with this final sequel but with the entire series 46 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
David Nusair
Easily the best of the series 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mattie Lucas
Yates strikes a pitch perfect balance between rousing action pathos tenderness and even humor 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
John Serba
Come the conclusion tears no doubt will be shed probably by those more devoted than I Whether they cry because of overwhelming emotion or in mourning an era s end I m not sure Probably both 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Brad Keefe
It s a bittersweet end as the final adaptation of the beloved books hits the big screen Expect tears both from nostalgia and some truly amazing storytelling 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sean P. Means
The most enduring aspect of the Harry Potter films and the reason this one works is the acting of its three young leads 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Alynda Wheat
When the time comes to face Harry s fate Radcliffe confidently casually shows how much he s matured as an actor 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Chris Knight
The seven films to date have earned almost a billion dollars each so it s obvious their followers are legion But this is also a series that takes itself seriously never more so than in this the deathly finale 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Dann Gire
Radcliffe s interpretation of Harry has been exemplary truly amazing when you think about it 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Roger Moore
Passable well acted but not one of the best films of the series 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jeff Beck
Part 2 ends up being a worthy note for this decade long franchise to go out on with a satisfying conclusion to bid farewell to these enduring characters 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Michael Dequina
What truly unifies this ten year eight film saga is the sense of kinship with its lead trio of young wizards 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rafer Guzman
Fiennes and Rickman get the actorly moments they ve been building toward for so long and the film is most fun when it sticks to mechanics roller coaster rides battle scenes close calls 
2.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Tracie Cooper
For the most part the final movie delivers the combination of emotional intensity and rousing battle sequences befitting the end of a phenomenon that evolved from an unexpectedly popular children s book series to an era unto itself 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jordan Hiller
While swept up in the desperate search for Horcruxes Yates allows us to feel once more as though we are very much in the middle of things but alas it was a trick and a false hope because in the end it was irrevocably THE END 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Russ Breimeier
Back in the first movie Mr Ollivander told a young Harry that we should expect great things from him With the cinematic conclusion ten years later he s been proven right 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sara Michelle Fetters
One of the great things about this second Deathly Hallows is that it plays exceedingly well as either a stand alone epic or a continuation of the previous chapter 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
James Kendrick
delivers precisely what most viewers will be looking for battles suspense revelations and most importantly a fitting emotionally satisfying conclusion that is entirely in keeping with Rowling s novel 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The series now has the power to deserve comparison to The Lord of the Rings 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Lori Hoffman
a brilliant finish to the series an action packed finale with elements of darkness and beautifully integrated moments of humor and heroism 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
John Beifuss
The messianic aspect of Harry s purpose driven life comes to the fore making this an action packed adventure laden rewrite of the Easter story 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Linda Cook
The magic isn t over Far from it 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Wesley Lovell
It s the perfect conclusion to a wonderful decade long love affair with Harry Potter 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Robert Levin
Sharply directed and appropriately tear jerking imbued with the gravitas of such an epic finale 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Matt Brunson
More than ever Radcliffe is asked to take control of the screen as his boy wizard faces his own demons before finally facing Voldemort and the talented thespian is up to the task holding nothing back in an ofttimes ferocious performance 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Scott Nash
A fitting finale and bittersweet good bye to the boy wizard who is no longer a boy 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Christian Toto
Deathly Hallows Part 2 is everything a Potter fanatic could want in a franchise capper 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Glenn Lovell
a mostly satisfying coda with nostalgic 360 return to Hogwarts Potter faithful will find a sizable lump in their throats as the music wells and intrepid threesome take their places in carefully staged tableaux 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mike McGranaghan
Merely translating the events of the novel would have been easy but Deathly Hallows Part 2 like all its predecessors invests the story with a cinematic life all its own 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Burl Burlingame
The Potter universe magical as it is is more grounded in heart and soul than many fictions You don t read Harry Potter to escape you read Harry Potter to find your way 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Canavese
Thematically like any good myth the Harry Potter story comes full circle with a heroic homecoming and the promise of more adventures if only in our imaginations 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Keith Cohen
Director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves seem to be on the same page in building intensity and flawless execution This concluding swan song goes out with a bang rather than a whimper There were no dull spots that dragged the story down like 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Eric Melin
It bungles key moments that have built in dramatic weight from the book with ordinary staging and a breakneck pace Many of the movies including this one have merely summarized the books rather than actually interpreting them 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Marty Mapes
Satisfying
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Tyler Hanley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 caps the series with visual panache and emotional punch It s a fitting finale to an unparalleled cinematic accomplishment 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Lisa Kennedy
In the 10 years since Harry s first big screen close up the spell has never been broken And we Muggles have been made better for the magic 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Bob Bloom
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ends the series on a triumphant note It is a memorable and moving conclusion that will leave you wishing for more 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rob Thomas
The film expertly balances physical action and emotional development loud moments and quiet ones and it s that balance that makes it such a satisfying and proper finish 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
John Wirt
The greatest Potter film of them all 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Barbara Vancheri
Members of Generation Potter will be sent off with valedictory messages about friendship love from fierce mothers and future mates unlikely heroes and the importance of never assuming anyone is purely good or bad 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Chris Hewitt
It s a solid capper for this monumental series 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Nina Garin
It s so detailed and mature that there s really nothing left for us to do but put down our round spectacles and our wands and return to our far less fascinating Muggle existence 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mark Dujsik
It s been a rocky road but this final stop is among the series best entries 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Brian Orndorf
End of an extensive journey hauling a weight of finality that s bittersweet Still there s much to celebrate here with the picture a stirring magnificent conclusion to a marathon wizarding odyssey 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Kent Turner
By staying true to the book s themes fans immersed in Rowling s world will be more than satisfied and should be advised to bring a tissue 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Willie Waffle
A fitting shocking exciting mind blowing experience even the haters and contrarians will begrudgingly admit is pretty awesome 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Duane Dudek
Ends the series on an action packed and character driven note that works on most levels 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Neil Rosen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is everything any Potter fan could want and more It brings one of the most successful movie franchises to a thrilling conclusion 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Loey Lockerby
It works its own kind of magic the kind that comes from a great story well told 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Liam Lacey
This is a terrific smartly designed adolescent adventure visually rich narratively satisfying and bound to resonate for years to come 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mike Scott
A dazzling stirring capper to a once in a generation movie franchise 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Howell
Ten years and eight films after the boy wand twirler s cinematic adventures began the saga resolves in ways suspenseful romantic and thrilling 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Moira MacDonald
Exactly what it needs to be artfully filmed tautly paced just sentimental enough 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Dustin Putman
The best was saved for last 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Claudia Puig
It has been extraordinarily fun and now the decade long saga has reached its grand finale The best has been saved for the last 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Erik Childress
The continuous flow of the two movies will hopefully be molded into a single 4 hour plus experience on Blu ray where Eduardo Serra s cinematography will really pop and solidify its place as one of the best final chapters of any movie franchise ever 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Ann Hornaday
With its heartening final note of hope and renewal Deathly Hallows Part 2 provides an altogether fitting finale to a series that has prized the fans above all 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Amy Biancolli
Well done Harry You ve saved the best for last 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Charlie McCollum
Tears are shed for the lost cheers are raised for the often unexpectedly brave and noble and in the movie s final moments there is a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment rarely achieved in filmmaking 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Michael Phillips
It s virtually non stop action though director David Yates who has taken good care of these final four ever meaner Potter adventures does a very crafty thing following adapter Steve Kloves screenplay 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Roger Ebert
This movie is impressively staged the dialogue is given proper weight and not hurried through there are surprises which in hindsight seem fair enough and Harry Potter now possesses an end that befits the most profitable series in movie history 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Lawrence Toppman
Director David Yates has finally found an ideal combination of exposition and emotion in his fourth consecutive Potter project Writer Steve Kloves neither wastes a word nor leaves out any essentials 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Travers
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 puts a triumphant capper on a decade of Pottermania 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
James Berardinelli
It s almost impossible for the convergence of good and evil to meet inflated expectations What matters here is that the story is told clearly and with faithfulness to the book and that it resolves a conflict that has simmered for a decade 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rich Heldenfels
A satisfying wrap up of the series with an especially effective performance by Alan Rickman 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jaime N. Christley
Some will complain that the film doesn t explain anything blithely assuming you ve read the books and simply plows ahead Good 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Carrie Rickey
The movie puts a spell on you 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Matt Soergel
What a way to go out 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Josh Larsen
good enough which is a succinct way of describing the eight movie franchise as a whole 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Matt Pais
Epic battle Please Director David Yates moves at only two speeds Super charged yet not impactful and labored faux majestic stillness 
2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Ty Burr
A fitting expertly made final chapter freighted with hard won emotions shot through with a sense of farewell and fully aware of the epic stakes involved 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Stephen Whitty
Be sure to arrive at your seat with plenty of popcorn and tissues You re going to need both 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rex Reed
What fun to feel like a kid again I had a marvelous time 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Keough
If you don t know what a Horcrux is then you re at the wrong movie 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Phil Villarreal
Radcliffe s Potter is an abominable creation capturing the dogged determination of Jason Voorhees ability to infiltrate the hero s mind of Freddie Krueger and penchant for casual animal cruelty of Dora the Explorer 
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Joe Lozito
Every bit as rewarding and flawed as its source material this final installment of the Harry Potter series is pure movie magic 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rene Rodriguez
We ll miss you Harry But oh what a way to go out 
3.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Lou Lumenick
Everything a summer blockbuster should be but rarely is a whip smart slam bang piece of entertainment where we deeply care about the fate of the central characters and many subsidiary ones who return for their last bows 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Kam Williams
A fitting capstone on a fabled film franchise for the ages 
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Christy Lemire
While Deathly Hallows Part 2 offers long promised answers it also dares to pose some eternal questions and it ll stay with you after the final chapter has closed 
3.5
Summit Circle
David Nusair
unfolds at an exceedingly deliberate pace that admittedly serves the material quite well 
2.5
Britney Vs Spears
Roger Moore
For the love of all that s holy LET BRITNEY GO 
2.5
A Breath of Fresh Air
Roger Moore
Maybe it apos s the sunny 44 sleepy 44 overgrown and gone to seed scenery talking 44 but while this quot Breath quot isn apos t all that 44 it apos s not that bad 46 
2
Split: A Deeper Divide
Kalvin Henely
As an election season reminder that our democratic system isn t functioning it serves as a welcome wake up call 
2.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Sebastian Zavala Kahn
A fantasy class D story starring talented actors at their worst moment Full review in Spanish 
2
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Austin Kennedy
If you can appreciate bad cinema than I recommend it but anyone that is looking to watch an actual good movie avoid like the plague 
.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Linda Cook
Why in the world would I give a terrible terrible move 1 star Well how can I call a film worthless when it s so awful that it provides unintended laughs 
1
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Nick Schager
Only Uwe Boll would assume that the moviegoing public craved a trashy Lord of the Rings rip off starring Burt Reynolds and Matthew Lillard and only he could then manage to make such a potentially riotous endeavor so humorless 
.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Kit Bowen
This Lord of the Rings wannabe gives fantasy adventures a bad name 
1.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Larry Ratliff
Part of the sizable budget must have been spent on a medieval era cosmetic dental plan I ve never seen so many perfectly straight sparkling pearly whites in a time of brutes and hand to hand brutality 
2.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Maitland McDonagh
Brevity is the soul of camp and at close to two and a half hours Boll s film is just too exhausting to be fun 
1
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Wesley Morris
The director Uwe Boll remains committed to long dull mediocre action films His tenacity is a virtue 
1
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
James Berardinelli
If this isn t Boll s best effort to date it s better than his usual output If he can continue to improve his name may no longer be synonymous with a punch line 
2
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Mark Dujsik
Boll is back and as bad as ever 
0.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Dustin Putman
In the Name of the King would be irredeemable if not for its near brilliant ability to give the viewer douche chills for 127 solid minutes 
0.5
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Josh Larsen
Sort of like watching Lord of the Rings through a smudged television screen 
2
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Philip Marchand
The biggest laugh occurred when one prisoner chained to the wall of a cave asked another chained prisoner Where you from 
1
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Rick Groen
Is this movie so god awful bad that it s hilariously good Can t be bothered deciding Figure that s an answer in itself 
1
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
David Nusair
While it does seem entirely likely that prepubescent boys will dig the heck out of this In the Name of the King ultimately comes off as a pale carbon copy of the Lord of the Rings series 
1
White on Rice
Jeff Vice
Unfortunately the main character of this unfunny comedy is never endearing he s just an irritant So we re not all that interested in his personal and professional plights 
2
White on Rice
Kam Williams
A hilarious slice of life flick offering a unique take on Japanese American culture adding up to one of the funniest films of the year thus far 
4
White on Rice
Walter V. Addiego
A cockeyed tale about a Japanese nebbish in suburban America White on Rice will wring some laughs out of anyone but the most humor impaired 
3
Lavender
Federico Furzan
Some movies are bad mediocre and boring This one is painfully annoying Full review in Spansh 
1
Lavender
Rex Reed
Boring derivative and infuriatingly illogical Lavender is a ghost story with no thrills no surprises and no sense 
1
Lavender
Calum Marsh
As with nearly every other machination of this shopworn plot how the psychiatrist turns out to be involved in this story would surprise only someone totally unacquainted with the medium of motion pictures 
2
Lavender
Johanna Schneller
Leaves no clich unturned 
1.5
Lavender
Bruce DeMara
Donnelly draws strong performances from his cast especially Abbie Cornish who s compelling as a damaged woman who finds herself doubting everything around her 
3
Before I Forget
David Wiegand
Before I Forget is a film one can admire but it is not likable per se nor does its director wish it to be 
3
Before I Forget
Ken Fox
A strikingly different and oddly funny French drama about a 60 year old former hustler turned writer whose later years aren t exactly golden 
3.5
Before I Forget
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s a simple looking film with a complicated center But there s a kind of sadness in the film that remains untapped perhaps because Pierre himself isn t ready for it 
3
Before I Forget
Fernando F. Croce
What saves Before I Forget from unenlightening depression is not just Nolot s refusal to beg for audience pity but also his dry sense of humor 
3
The Red Orchestra
Jeff Shannon
It s not a great film but The Red Orchestra pays honorable tribute to these little known resistance fighters and that makes it worthwhile 
3
The Red Orchestra
V.A. Musetto
Chilling documentary 
3
The Ring
Alex Kaloostian
One of the most intelligent and genuinely scary ghost stories to come around in a long time 
3.5
The Ring
Michael Sragow
The Ring doesn t have the wiliness or conviction to exploit either a single mother s guilt over child neglect or our collective queasiness over potential bad seeds It merely alternates these themes and toys with them 
2.5
The Ring
Matt Soergel
The Ring an elegantly creepy film set in a perpetual Seattle rainstorm is interested more in eerie unnerving thrills than bloodletting 
3
The Ring
Jack Mathews
I hated it but I grant that it does tap into a vein of technological horror the fear of the VCR that will have young videophiles chatting it up for weeks 
1.5
The Ring
Michael Dequina
The creepy exploration of the unknown and unexplainable is far more frightening than the violent killings that typify most horror films 
3
The Ring
Joe Lozito
What if you watch the tape twice do you get three and a half days then If you fast forward through it do you get fourteen How about pausing it to go to the bathroom Or only watching half getting bored and turning it off 
1.5
The Ring
Greg Maki
There were two points where I thought it was over and both would have made for better endings than eventual finale 
1.5
The Ring
Scott Nash
sets an atmosphere of creepiness that doesn t let up
3
The Ring
Nick Rogers
While The Ring is not horror flick greatness 44 it apos s a good shot of gothic creepiness with enough unsettling scares that will keep you awake at night 46 
3
The Ring
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is a ghost story where the ghost doesn t really do too much and a character s psychological torment mainly gets inflicted by themselves 
3.5
The Ring
Ian Mantgani
The Ring is pretty much an English language copy of the film that inspired it and it carries the same strengths and flaws 
3
The Ring
Frank Ochieng
has its miscues and one can say that the twists and turns are on the borderline of predictability Still this Ring is worth wrapping around your little finger of twitchy suspense 
2.5
The Ring
Jorge Avila Andrade
Es una mala película pero que cumple con su cometido de espantar Uno de esos raros casos en los que lo malo resulta ser inexplicablemente bueno 
2.5
The Ring
Matt Brunson
For a movie built around a piece of film containing unsettling images The Ring is itself a rather tame undertaking 
2.5
The Ring
Kevin A. Ranson
this film is a LOT better than you d think it would be especially after DreamWorks cranking out less than thrilling thrillers such as In Dreams and The Haunting 
3.5
The Ring
Jules Brenner
The cinematography by Bojan Bazelli is thoroughly atmospheric making a sharply incisive visual contribution to the theme of demonic powers 
3
The Ring
Jonathan R. Perry
In an era of hiply self referential teen horror Verbinski cribs from the genre s best and gets back to the basics of disquieting creepiness and stylish atmospheric scares 
3
The Ring
Joe Baltake
Successfully envelops us in a disturbing experience 
3
The Ring
Mark Dujsik
Despite my reservations The Ring works 
3
The Ring
Peter Travers
Creeps you out in high style even if Nakata did it better 
3
The Ring
Cory Cheney
It will make you think twice about watching any of those video tapes with no labels on the bottom of your entertainment center 
3
The Ring
Marty Mapes
The Ring has enough frights to satisfy the big crowds
2.5
The Ring
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The film does contain a few moments of real terror and Watts demonstrates at least a smidgen of the genius she showed in last year s Mulholland Drive 
2.5
The Ring
James Kendrick
the basic narrative is so convoluted and in many ways quite silly that the explanations end up looking strained and contrived and ultimately unsatisfactory
2.5
The Ring
David Keyes
a distinctive eerie unsettling and suggestive film on every cylinder And for a film that contains few orthodox horror elements it s also damn good and what it does 
3.5
The Ring
Linda Cook
A movie doesn t have to be good to be really scary 
2.5
The Ring
Harvey S. Karten
This should convince the holdouts to scrap their VCRs and get with the DVDs 
3
The Ring
Claudia Puig
At times the suspense is palpable but by the end there s a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential 
2.5
The Ring
Mark Rahner
Shows surprising restraint for an American remake effective atmosphere from cinematographer Bojan Bazelli good acting from Watts and some nice surprises 
3
The Ring
C.W. Nevius
So good it s scary 
4
The Ring
Arthur Salm
Much less than the sum of its stylish parts but for a while there it ll curl your hair or your toes or whatever it is you ve got that curls up when you re getting the holy popcorn scared out of you 
2.5
The Ring
Jan Stuart
Verbinski implements every hack artist trick to give us the ooky spookies 
2
The Ring
Glenn Whipp
Verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action tedium for thrills 
2
The Ring
Loey Lockerby
It s not often a movie can make you rant about the lousy ending and give you nightmares 
3
The Ring
Terry Lawson
The most unsettling and inspired horror film since The Blair Witch Project 
3
The Ring
Jeff Vice
One of creepiest scariest movies to come along in a long long time easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others 
3.5
The Ring
Steven Rosen
It s far better than most gimmicky horror films 
3.5
The Ring
Roger Ebert
Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result 
2
The Ring
Wesley Morris
There s nothing happening behind all the imagistic dada 
2
The Ring
Liam Lacey
Though The Ring is only a copy it still can carry the echo of a real chill 
2.5
The Ring
Lou Lumenick
Stylish but distressingly generic and not particularly scary 
2
The Ring
Margaret A. McGurk
It may not be perfect but The Ring makes a skin crawling candidate for one of the scariest movies to hit the screen this year 
3
The Ring
Mary Kalin-Casey
It deals out more surprises than clichés and proves to be both entertaining and unsettling 
3
The Ring
Sean P. Means
A script seemingly built from pieces of other scary movies comes off as fresh and original 
3.5
The Ring
Josh Larsen
Like all good horror films The Ring makes you walk out of the theater fearing you might be the next victim 
3
The Ring
Phil Villarreal
An excellent date movie because you and your date will likely be clinging on to each other within 10 minutes 
3
The Ring
Tony Toscano
Take a date and hold on tight 
3
The Ring
Mike McGranaghan
The Ring is a mind bending blast of eerie atmospherics and trippy visuals 
3.5
The Ring
Jackie Loohauis
This here is high concept cinema And the filmmakers will spend the next two hours trying to pound that into your noggin 
2
The Ring
Jeffrey Westhoff
Imagine the James Woods character from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense and you ve imagined The Ring 
2
The Ring
Carrie Rickey
More likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat 
2
The Ring
Rene Rodriguez
Deeply unsettling occasionally exasperating movie 
2.5
The Ring
Lawrence Toppman
If your senses haven t been dulled by slasher films and gorefests if you re a connoisseur of psychological horror this is your ticket 
3
The Ring
Robert K. Elder
Even if parts don t hold up in the daylight the chill will stick to your bones 
3
The Ring
James Berardinelli
The movie seems to have been slapped together without concern about whether anything makes sense 
2
The Ring
Rob Thomas
Viewers of The Ring are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes 
3
The Ring
Erik Childress
Displaying a storytelling confidence unseen in most genre pictures The Ring succeeds in being the most terrifying film to hit theaters since The Blair Witch Project 
4
The Ring
Walter Chaw
The Ring is fine cinema blessed with an unusual respect for the horror genre and its own inherent silliness 
3.5
The Ring
Rob Blackwelder
It tries to become a brainy horror movie without bothering to plug its many plot holes large enough to drive anyone with half a brain to distraction 
2
The Ring
Dustin Putman
A merciless thriller threateningly beautiful to look at and eerie to behold 
3.5
The Ring
Steve Rhodes
Although The Ring has horror picture elements it is more of an intriguing mystery and detective story than a shocker 
3
The Ring
Ed Gonzalez
Though not quite as anxious or callous as Stigmata The Ring has been similarly put together with attention deficit disorder 
2
The Ring
David Nusair
The Ring is far scarier than any of the recent so called horror flicks to hit theaters 
3
The Ring
Mark Ramsey
It s Die per View This videotape wants to be seen it needs to be seen if black plastic were an ultra mini this tape would be Christina Aguilera 
3
The Ring
Ross Anthony
Compelling yet dissappointing 
1.5
Unaccompanied Minors
David Nusair
a bottom of the barrel comedy that ll probably leave even small children exhausted by its nonstop energy 
1
Unaccompanied Minors
Walter Chaw
Why and at what point did Feig choose to ally himself with the bullies of the world and substitute broad stereotype for insight into character 
0
Unaccompanied Minors
Kam Williams
Predigested drivel 
1
Unaccompanied Minors
Steven Snyder
It s clear very early on that Warner Bros wanted less a thoughtful film about divorce or coming of age than a chipper family pick me up And thus we have Unaccompanied Minors which is one third heart and two thirds cheese 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Linda Cook
A ghastly rip off of the John Hughes genre Unaccompanied Minors is so awful that it should be accompanied by a warning May insult your intelligence Proceed at your own risk 
0
Unaccompanied Minors
Jay Antani
a 90 minute succession of jokes set pieces and false sentiment that unless you re extremely young or undiscerning has a distinctly been there done that whiff about it 
1
Unaccompanied Minors
Bill Zwecker
Unaccompanied Minors may not be the worst holiday comedy ever made but frankly I can t think of something from that genre that sinks lower than this frighteningly bad movie 
0
Unaccompanied Minors
Maitland McDonagh
There isn t an original moment in the mix but it s not as crass or vulgar as much of what passes for family friendly entertainment and it keeps the precocious pop culture references to a blessed minimum 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Susan Walker
If you really must find something to distract your children from Christmas shopping and material yearning this one gets top recommendation for happily occupying 90 minutes at the mall 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Ruthe Stein
Filmmaker Paul Feig has proven his creativity directing The Office and Freaks and Geeks which he created With Unaccompanied Minors he piles on one unfunny gag after another leaving little room for character development 
1
Unaccompanied Minors
Pam Grady
It is not a holiday classic on par with A Christmas Story But it does provide a lot of laughs and does do exactly what a yuletide movie should it makes merry 
3
Unaccompanied Minors
Sean P. Means
A bouncy mix of slapstick humor shrewd character details and a poignant take on bringing the Christmas spirit to frequent fliers and children of divorce 
3.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Steven Rea
A noisy not particularly charming collection of skits and skirmishes 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Lisa Rose
There s some amusing mischief as the underage passengers outsmart the grownups but the picture also features mean spirited stereotypes that kill the festive mood Talk about holiday blahs 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Kyle Smith
A lot of crotches get abused in the kiddie comedy Unaccompanied Minors And as a viewer I felt a lot like a crotch 
.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Jack Mathews
Unaccompanied Minors is a Christmas headache looking for an audience 
1.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Sue Pierman
The PG rating for Unaccompanied Minors doesn t stand for Pretty Good 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Connie Ogle
A film that s funny and entertaining for kids and adults and does not involve moronic warring neighbors 
3
Unaccompanied Minors
Loey Lockerby
It s just another loud hyperactive Home Alone rip off and how many of those does the world really need 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Stephen Cole
Why bother suffering through 90 minutes of bad company for a few moments of holiday cheer Especially when you can still stay home alone and watch A Charlie Brown Christmas somewhere on TV 
1.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Terry Lawson
Though director Feig has said he was aiming for the spirit of films by John Landis Animal House Unaccompanied Minors more closely resembles the lesser movies of director producer John Hughes 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Jeff Vice
The film wastes the talents of such funny people as Lewis Black and Teri Garr as well as cast members from TV s Arrested Development The Office The Daily Show and Kids in the Hall 
1.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Sara Michelle Fetters
So that s that If you re under the age of twelve this movie is for you If you re any older than that you might as well just stay at home 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Wesley Morris
A clumsily made but disarming enough movie about the joys of getting away with everything 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Daniel M. Kimmel
It plays like a cross between Home Alone and The Breakfast Club Pre teens are sure to have a great time and accompanying adults will too 
3
Unaccompanied Minors
Peter Canavese
A new generation of kids gets its John Hughes on surprisingly bearable 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Willie Waffle
Maybe Unaccompanied Minors are the only ones who should go see this movie Give them some soda popcorn and milk duds then let them rip up the theater while Mom and Dad see something good
1
Unaccompanied Minors
Michael Phillips
It s a prefab slapstick n pathos stew that doesn t taste like anything 
1.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Dustin Putman
Sputters to the end credits on autopilot 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Chris Hewitt
There isn t a single original plot development in Unaccompanied Minors which is why it s a surprise that the movie is so much fun 
3
Unaccompanied Minors
Phoebe Flowers
A ragged but extremely amiable family comedy 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
John Anderson
The dialogue is truly painful The situations are so contrived they make SpongeBob seem like a nature documentary But what s more annoying about Minors is the calculation behind it 
2
Unaccompanied Minors
Matt Pais
What these kids really need for Christmas is acting lessons 
1.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Phil Villarreal
This is a silly moderately funny fantasy fit for kids whose parents care about them too much to ever let them run around unsupervised at an airport 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Josh Larsen
features more smart funny people than any other dumb unfunny film I ve ever seen 
1
Unaccompanied Minors
Steve Rhodes
A winsome blend of Home Alone and The Breakfast Club it s unabashedly silly kids movie 
2.5
Unaccompanied Minors
Ed Gonzalez
The film has an excellent pedigree but when it poops it stinks of a Tim Allen movie 
2
The Hard Way
Joanna Langfield
I always enjoy watching Fox and Woods who can be counted upon for at least a few entertainingly quirky moments Pairing them makes for a scrappy match Too bad the vehicle isn t quite as intriguing as the casting 
2
The Hard Way
David Nusair
a high concept premise that s employed to somewhat bloated yet predominantly entertaining effect by Badham 
3
The Hard Way
Roger Ebert
There is nothing very remarkable about The Hard Way except for its comic energy but the energy of this movie is everything reminding me of the wisecracking hard boiled screwball comedies of the 1940s 
3.5
Inequality for All
Kam Williams
Former Clinton Cabinet member Robert Reich makes his case for a kindler gentler capitalism 
4
Inequality for All
Simon Houpt
Reich is a natural teacher of complex concepts The film doesn t feel like homework 
2.5
Inequality for All
Peter Howell
Inequality for All is intelligent persuasive and accessible a gentle but urgent clarion call to action 
3.5
Inequality for All
Duane Dudek
Topical documentaries mostly appeal to the converted and are ignored by those who disagree And Inequality probably will be no exception 
3
Inequality for All
John Beifuss
Lacks the alarmist self importance of An Inconvenient Truth even if the subject it investigates seems as dangerous as climate change to the country s health at least in the short run 
3
Inequality for All
Chris Hewitt
The trouble with Inequality is that it s a book pretending to be a movie Like far too many recent documentaries there is nothing cinematic and almost nothing visual about it 
2
Inequality for All
Bruce Ingram
Reich manages to infuse this enlightening infuriating documentary on extreme income disparity in the United States and the corollary marginalization of the middle class with an optimistic spirit One that may or may not be justified 
3.5
Inequality for All
John DeFore
Any politician hoping to redistribute America s wealth should screen it before every stump speech 
3
Inequality for All
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Reich is a great charismatic movie hero and he makes you feel you re in safe hands 
3.5
Inequality for All
Mick LaSalle
Reich is no condescending intellectual He has no contempt for people of the opposite point of view He even has nice things to say about Bill O Reilly 
3
Inequality for All
Steven Rea
Reich is funny poignant passionate 
4
Inequality for All
Kyle Smith
A cinematic listicle of misleading economic talking points 
1.5
Inequality for All
Susan Wloszczyna
If you like your movie stars to be smart engaging well spoken self deprecating and Danny DeVito size you couldn t do much better than this leading authority on economics who served under presidents Ford Carter and Clinton 
3.5
Inequality for All
John Hartl
This lively film takes a greatest hits approach to Reich who fears that we re headed for another financial debacle if we don t take a more serious approach to taxes and education 
3
Inequality for All
Peter Keough
Presents Reich s position by patching together lectures from his Wealth Poverty course at the University of California Berkeley 
2.5
Inequality for All
Dann Gire
In effect Inequality For All combines an intro level college lecture including animation and PowerPoint with a financial horror story designed to frighten all the nation s union busters 
3.5
Inequality for All
Scott Bowles
Directed by Jacob Kornbluth Inequality works by avoiding most of the political minefields that have made the economy mulch for partisan consumption 
3
Inequality for All
Kalvin Henely
Robert Reich s message to America much like director Jacob Kornbluth s uncomplicated film is so simple and straightforward you might even say obvious that without nitpicking it can appear flawless 
2.5
Inequality for All
Matt Pais
You re saying taxation is out of hand and there was some sort of housing bubble too Go on with all this new information please 
1.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Brian Eggert
Any quibbles the viewer may have are dismissed by McKenzie 8217 s charming songs 44 which on their own make this Muppet Show worth the price of admission 46 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Mattie Lucas
Just as its opening number predicted it s just another uninspired sequel with a few laughs here and there that just aren t enough to keep it afloat 
2
Muppets Most Wanted
Wesley Lovell
The Muppets are moving in a positive direction as they start returning to the style and entertainment value embodied in the original movies and TV series 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Linda Cook
How can you not love any sequel which right from the beginning warns viewers that it won t be quite as good as the original 
3.5
Muppets Most Wanted
David Nusair
It s difficult to regard Muppets Most Wanted as anything other than a significant disappointment 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Brad Keefe
The plot is ponderous and overloaded with a running time pushing a not very kid friendly two hours 
1.5
Muppets Most Wanted
John Beifuss
A pleasure from start to finish 
3.5
Muppets Most Wanted
James Berardinelli
It isn t as giddily entertaining as its predecessor but much of the charm remains making this an ideal destination for a family excursion 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Matt Brunson
To its credit Muppets Most Wanted corrects the two major flaws found in its otherwise superior predecessor 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
John Hanlon
It s not as fresh as its predecessor but it doesn t need to be This is still a clever and entertaining film 
3.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is so funny and so in the moment that it may seem like a throwaway but there s something magical about the Muppets that makes even the 35 year old original movie still seem fresh 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Robert Levin
It plays more like an everyday spoof than a film in love with these characters and what they represent 
2
Muppets Most Wanted
Brian Tallerico
Opens with a self referential song that comments on the fact that sequels are never quite as good as the film that inspired them and then goes on to prove the point 
2
Muppets Most Wanted
Rob Thomas
The franchise is in good hands even if some of those hands are made of felt and have only three fingers 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Tracie Cooper
Slapstick is king in Muppets Most Wanted and each gag is a welcome reminder that this franchise is at its best when the men are foils for the Muppets rather than the other way around 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Joe Williams
The way that Muppets Most Wanted grabs for the green is criminal 
2
Muppets Most Wanted
David Hiltbrand
Sunny and cheerful Muppets Most Wanted is a cascade of epic silliness good for a few fleeting and familiar chuckles 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Liam Lacey
A middling letdown 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Willie Waffle
If it was based on a famous young adult book series and Kermit looked studly with his shirt off The Muppets Most Wanted would be a 21st century masterpiece 
3.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Mark Dujsik
Most of the creative team from The Muppets has returned so it s a bit strange to see how Muppets Most Wanted strays from what worked so well previously 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Peter Canavese
The state of the Muppet union remains strong self reference sits comfortably along hip pop cultural references for the rents stylish parodies and retro musical numbers along with vintage Muppet gags 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Chris Knight
The new Muppet movie isn t really that bad But it is a letdown after the sweet heartfelt return of the franchise that was 2011 s The Muppets 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Kelly Jane Torrance
This isn t the best Muppets movie ever But as usual it s a lot of fun for young and oldish alike 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Peter Howell
You don t go to a Muppet movie looking for anything other than a few laughs with beloved puppet pals Mission accomplished ka ching on that front 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Frank Lovece
While it may not be sensational it s still an inspirational celebrational Muppetational Muppet show 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Claudia Puig
A breezy mirthful caper enlivened by the comic talents of Ricky Gervais Ty Burrell and Tina Fey 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Bill Zwecker
The pacing is spot on and Fey s Russian guard and Ty Burrell s Interpol agent are wonderful human additions to this comedic romp 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Tom Russo
The well worn plot basics are dressed up nicely by the film s consistently clever humor as well as a celebrity cameo roster that s stacked even by Muppet standards 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Ann Hornaday
Well played Muppets 2 0 Well played 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Dann Gire
So much of Muppets Most Wanted has been repurposed from earlier Muppet adventures that it undermines what few new fun songs and comic situations actually make it to the silver screen 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Jon Niccum
Admittedly Muppets Most Wanted doesn t deliver the emotional impact or nostalgic tug of the beloved 2011 reboot The delights reside in the dippy details from the absurdist flourishes to the self referential asides 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Peter Hartlaub
It just feels like something the original Muppet creators might have done 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Michael Phillips
The beloved Muppets are treated as dismissible straight men women and critters for the venal real world populace 
2
Muppets Most Wanted
Matt Pais
The good Muppet caper 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Chris Hewitt
It s not the funniest movie this year or even the funniest movie the Muppets have made but it is a return to form for Jim Henson s beloved creatures It s good to have them back 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Josh Larsen
as if they took the adage that the sequel is never quite as good as permission rather than a challenge 
2
Muppets Most Wanted
Peter Travers
The breaking point of stretching this one joke is reached early Luckily Muppet good will helps get you through the rest 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Dustin Putman
It is a near impossibility to stop from smiling during Muppets Most Wanted the charming feel goodness of its spirit spreading to viewers like a particularly enchanting airborne virus 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Cathy Jakicic
Doesn t quite capture the surprise magic of the last effort but it s still a lot of fun 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
John Serba
It s straight comedy a joke factory instead of a well rounded feature like its predecessor 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
John Hartl
Most of the laughs come courtesy of Tina Fey in the role of a Siberian prison guard who can t won t stop dancing 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Kyle Smith
The movie seems longer than it is plus it s just plain too long Ah but those jokes are frequently brilliant 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Roger Moore
Bigger laughs better tunes But are kids going to get Ingmar Bergman and Celine Dion jokes 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Jake Coyle
Muppets Most Wanted fails to whip up the kind of furry frenzy that makes the Muppets special 
2.5
Muppets Most Wanted
Stephen Whitty
If you don t love the chipper Kermit the self involved Miss Piggy the sweetly foggy Fozzie not to mention the hard to explain Beaker Animal and the Great Gonzo well please sit over there I don t think I quite trust you 
3
Muppets Most Wanted
Eric Henderson
Freed from the burden of starting anew the film restores the Muppets rightful place as stars of their own show 
3
Veteran
Mike McGranaghan
Veteran is like Beverly Hills Cop remade with the young Jackie Chan Masterfully mixes hardcore action with a sense of playfulness 
3.5
Diamond Tongues
Nick Prigge
Throughout Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson purposely indulge Hollywood formula only to subvert it 
3
Diamond Tongues
Roger Moore
Witheringly funny accurate and in the end touching take on a type the acting wannabe who turns bitter when success is elusive 
3
Diamond Tongues
David Berry
The second feature by Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson Diamond Tongues lives in its careful attention to detail the meticulous but breezy way it captures Edith s meandering life as much as her increasingly destructive disenchantment 
3
Diamond Tongues
Calum Marsh
Suggests All About Eve by way of The King of Comedy contempt and envy reign and the threat of disaster closely follows 
3.5
Diamond Tongues
Bruce DeMara
A film of dark wit and uncommon depth 
3.5
Michael Jackson: Never Surrender
Kam Williams
Michael Jackson bio book review
3
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
David Nusair
the movie unlike the majority of contemporary remakes stands on its own as an original and surprising piece of work 
2.5
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Mike Scott
Doesn t live up to the 1985 Coen brothers film that inspired it 
2.5
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Sean P. Means
A group of shrill idiotic characters mugging for the camera in front of stunning desert landscapes 
1.5
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
John Beifuss
Eventually leaves slapstick behind to follow the pattern of cruelty and misapprehension established by Blood Simple but with arrows and sword thrusts replacing the earlier film s bullets and stone faced Sun Honglei as Zhang s MVP 
3
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Geoff Pevere
A Woman A Gun and a Noodle Shop is a tipsy wedding of low hijinks and tiptoe tense suspense stretches 
2
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Graham Killeen
Simultaneously frantic and dull Noodle Shop has no hint of the restraint or meticulous concern with form exhibited in Zhang s earlier blockbusters 
1.5
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Rene Rodriguez
A whimsical but fizzled experiment 
2
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Chris Hewitt
It s called A Woman A Gun and a Noodle Shop and although the woman and the gun are bores the noodles are cool I guess 
1
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Peter Canavese
Most will find Noodle all wet limp if you will in Yimou s apparent choice to remake Blood Simple in the style of Raising Arizona 
2
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Stephanie Merry
Don t attempt to remake a Coen brothers movie especially if you plan to turn the thing into a bizarre concoction of melodrama and slapstick comedy 
1
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Carrie Rickey
For the Coens the parable of lust and greed suggested that nothing was certain but death and the battle of the sexes For Yimou it s a ghost story of sexual lust and money lust 
3
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Wesley Morris
Zhang s version dries out the original s sultriness trades humid night for arid day and strains for slapstick 
2.5
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Roger Ebert
There are lots of vertiginous high angles and sweeping wide screen vistas but they never congeal into a compelling atmosphere 
2
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
G. Allen Johnson
A Woman a Gun and a Noodle Shop is an easy film to watch and admire but a hard one to connect with let alone love 
2
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
John Hartl
Whereas the Coens worked with a shoestring budget and emphasized a deadpan sense of humor Zhang pours on expensive special effects whenever the opportunity for large scale slapstick presents itself 
2
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Jay Antani
The stars of the show ultimately are Zhao Xiaoding s gorgeous cinematography Tao Jing s evocative sound design and Yimou s choice of otherworldly locations 
2.5
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Nick Schager
When did Zhang Yimou start acting like Jean Pierre Jeunet 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Todd Hertz
The film clearly and repeatedly hammers home the point that in our culture any viewpoint can be defended with the right tactics regardless of truth or ethics 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Betsy Bozdech
Like Nick Thank You for Smoking ultimately comes out on top leaving you wanting more of something you feel like you probably shouldn t be enjoying quite so much 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Wesley Lovell
This film about cigarettes is addictive as the substance and much more fun It s hard to believe that you could have compassion for someone who shills for Big Tobacco 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Lori Hoffman
Jason Reitman announces himself as a hot new talent with his sharp satire
3
Thank You for Smoking
Mike McGranaghan
Thank You For Smoking looks for laughs in a topic that is literally deadly serious It finds them and at the same time it also finds meaning 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Sean O'Connell
A buzzworthy proclamation about an individual s freedom to choose even if that choice we make is the wrong one 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Linda Cook
Where there s smoke there s brilliance 
4
Thank You for Smoking
Greg Maki
It s been a while since we were last treated to a satire as biting and funny as Thank You for Smoking 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Forrest Hartman
Writer director Jason Reitman crafted a satire as smooth as a long drag on an excellent Cuban cigar 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Daniel M. Kimmel
C omparable to the great 1940s comedies of Preston Sturges who took no prisoners while skewering the pompous the powerful and the corrupt yet remained utterly nonpartisan 
4
Thank You for Smoking
Jon Niccum
a comedy both as dark as a black lung and as illuminating as a stadium full of flicked lighters 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Eric Melin
It is almost as if the plot and character development are nagging afterthoughts actually getting in the way of the satire 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Nick Rogers
Writer director Jason Reitman doesn t just fire killshots at paper targets He punches up Christopher Buckley s buckshot prose with invigorating ideas and grounded relationships 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Sean McBride
a film that knows that when it comes to the American culture wars there s enough blame and humor to spread around 
3
Thank You for Smoking
John Beifuss
Well made but it should be harsher This is mentholated satire that doesn t get into your lungs much less your bloodstream 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Carla Meyer
Much of the fun of Thank You for Smoking comes from its letter perfect casting 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Robert W. Butler
A collection of good jokes looking for a plot Thank You works best as a character study of a contentedly amoral man 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Jeff Vice
A smart funny and often perceptive work that bodes well for the future career of screenwriter director Jason Reitman 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Lawrence Toppman
Fierce fast and funny a triumph for Jason Reitman as the director and writer who adapted Christopher Buckley s novel 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Sean P. Means
Eckhart ably carries the weight of the movie wide smile and dimpled chin set firmly in every scene 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Phoebe Flowers
Conveniently for Reitman Buckley s satire has grown even more pointed in the years since its publication as that culture has only flourished Also conveniently for Reitman early indications are that he s a solid director 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Duane Dudek
The comic conceit and a star making turn by Eckhart a star in the making since In the Company of Men in 1997 are their own reward 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Phil Villarreal
Eckhart is a pliant conduit for the sentiment or lack thereof rampaging through the scenes with the viciousness of Michael Douglas in Wall Street 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Matt Brunson
When the smoke clears what s most visible is the emergence of Aaron Eckhart as a major talent 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Moira MacDonald
Reitman still in his 20s knows something that many more seasoned directors never figure out how to make audiences laugh along with a film that s laughing at itself 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
David Elliott
Watch it and light up mentally 
4
Thank You for Smoking
Amy Biancolli
Literate and smirky in its assault on liars and fools across the map 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Terry Lawson
To Reitman s credit the director does not allow Thank You for Smoking to take the turn we would expect 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Michael Booth
The book had a fearlessness that the movie version so lacks 
2
Thank You for Smoking
Thomas Delapa
If anyone tries to tell you that Thank You for Smoking is a scorching satire of Big Tobacco just tell them well that they re blowing smoke 
1.5
Thank You for Smoking
Ross Anthony
Cute clever and quirky The film s makers seem so much more interested in making fun than choosing sides 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Glenn Kenny
Writer director Jason Reitman here adapting Buckley s 1994 lampoon of the tobacco lobby understands that the author s verbal slapstick and pyrotechnical plot turns are both smart and broad 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Kit Bowen
Like a breath of fresh air Thank You for Smoking takes an unapologetic and satirical swipe at the establishment no one is left unscathed 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
J. R. Jones
The story of Thank You for Smoking resides in that libertarian netherworld where the far left and the far right march shoulder to shoulder 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Josh Larsen
indulges in the sort of relentless cynicism that is only born of defeat 
2
Thank You for Smoking
Peter Howell
It s a movie that isn t afraid to inhale and to do so deeply 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Mick LaSalle
Thank You for Smoking is a glib satire with a slick surface lots of snappy patter and nothing to sell but its own cleverness 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Steven Rea
Jason Reitman makes an amazingly confident feature debut Thank You for Smoking is funny stuff 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Matt Pais
It s a witty culturally relevant way of showing that with so much unethical behavior in society the war on BS will continue to burn 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Simon Houpt
We know that cigarettes are dangerous for our health The surprise is that with a movie supposedly about freedom of thought too much thinking can be dangerous for our superficial enjoyment 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Ty Burr
Like its protagonist the movie is smart soulless glib and utterly charming just the thing to warm up a movie season that s been late to bloom 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Roger Ebert
Here is a satire both savage and elegant a dagger instead of a shotgun Thank You for Smoking targets the pro smoking lobby with a dark appreciation of human nature 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Doesn t wear its message on its sleeve and doesn t particularly care if anyone gets the point It just wants to be good and funny 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Bruce Newman
Thank You For Smoking the low tar adaptation of Christopher Buckley s satirical novel never feels as if it s been fully absorbed by the screen 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Michael Phillips
Besides being the best American comedy since The 40 Year Old Virgin Thank You For Smoking is the first film in a long time with a true gift of gab 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Walter Chaw
Light on the contemporaneous insight it is instead like Inside Man doing the you Nietzsche it Abyss polka 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jason Reitman s wickedly droll and irreverent comedy is a politically incorrect breath of fresh air 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Maitland McDonagh
Eckhart is dazzling as a born phony almost brought low by believing his own lies and he s matched at every turn by a stellar supporting cast 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Gary Goldstein
Reitman manages his big accomplished cast with a firm hand and provides enough snappy dialogue sharp visuals and droll observations to override the movie s lapses 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Lisa Rose
Reitman makes shrewd choices condensing the book removing conspiracy subplots and adding a story line about the relationship between Nick and his son Joey Cameron Bright 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Kyle Smith
Despite many funny bits Thank You for Smoking is ultimately too nice 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Jack Mathews
One of the most entertaining riffs on American culture in years 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Glenn Whipp
A superficial satire of spin doctoring and political correctness that is spottily amusing but ultimately about as satisfying as a nicotine patch for a chronic smoker 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Dan Fienberg
I m not ready to celebrate a filmmaker with the audacity to say there s hypocrisy in American social discourse Does it take daring to cut down these not so sacred cows 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Peter Canavese
A scathing satire If there s a lesson it s that spinning your fellow Americans is the real national pastime the greater problem is when you spin yourself 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Sara Michelle Fetters
It s a brilliantly cunning and charming turn one of the actor s very best and as he s in nearly every single scene of the motion picture that s a very good thing indeed 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Willie Waffle
one of the funniest most intelligent satires to come out of Hollywood in years and assaults everyone in its path 
4
Thank You for Smoking
Claudia Puig
That quirky and intelligent rarity that elicits wry smiles and hearty laughs alike 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Gene Seymour
These days if one has to settle for rueful laughs honestly earned then one can do a whole lot worse than Thank You for Smoking 
3
Thank You for Smoking
Steve Rhodes
A hilarious and intelligent comedy Perhaps the best part of the picture is that part that isn t there The film never pulls its punches 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Dustin Putman
The film works sometimes brilliantly at seriously exposing the flaws and hypocrisy within American government and business 
3
Thank You for Smoking
James Berardinelli
Despite its many strengths Thank You for Smoking hovers around mediocrity and its lasting impression is like a puff of smoke that is dissipated by a strong gust of wind 
2.5
Thank You for Smoking
Nick Schager
Tediously subscribes to a cover your school of social comedy in which everyone and everything prove fair game for ridicule 
2
Thank You for Smoking
Peter Travers
Ethics never get in the way of the jokes Both sides of the political fence will feel royally skewered 
3.5
Thank You for Smoking
Rene Rodriguez
Reitman spares no one in this enjoyably cynical merciless comedy which is often so funny you don t have time to notice how utterly bleak it is too 
3
Thank You for Smoking
David Nusair
a pleasant enough way to kill 92 minutes although one has to imagine that Buckley s book packed more of a punch than this 
2.5
Blue Streak
David Nusair
Blue Streak is simply unable to overcome the scenery chewing excess of Lawrence s hopelessly incompetent turn 
2
Blue Streak
Ross Anthony
Fun and entertaining a good time 
3
Blue Streak
Barbara Shulgasser
Unimaginative 
1
Blue Streak
Michael Dequina
Martin Lawrence is a talented comedian but too often he gets stuck with creaky material such as the script to this mediocre action comedy 
2.5
Blue Streak
Dustin Putman
A comedy without the laughs and an action film with a non existent level of excitement Blue Streak is an obvious and misguided effort 
1.5
Blue Streak
Jonathan Foreman
A formula picture that never rises above the generic but entertains nevertheless 
2.5
Blue Streak
Tom Long
Still the movie is pretty bad It s Rush Hour meets 48 Hours meets Bad Boys except this time around there s only one bad boy and the script and direction are subpar 
2
Blue Streak
Steve Rhodes
It s an inconsequential movie that you ll enjoy while watching but forget completely by the time you get to the parking lot 
2.5
Blue Streak
Edward Guthmann
Apart from Lawrence s goofing Blue Streak isn t much of a movie and its formula of stunts anti authority humor and a chase and crash finale is predictable enough to be depressing 
2
Blue Streak
James Berardinelli
Lawrence has become involved in a film that makes us acutely embarrassed for him 
1.5
Blue Streak
Roger Ebert
Blue Streak ranks in the upper reaches of the cop buddy genre up there in Lethal Weapon territory It has the usual ingredients for a cop comedy including the obligatory Dunkin Donuts product placement but it s assembled with style 
3
A Little Help
Roger Moore
An odd duck of a period piece dramedy a wonderfully detailed character study set on Long Island a year after the 9 11 attacks 
3
A Little Help
David Nusair
a well intentioned yet misguided piece of work 
2
A Little Help
John DeFore
The next chapter in Laura s story might be something worth rooting for but here s hoping she has a different writer penning her lines 
1.5
A Little Help
Steven Rea
This is one of the smarter more honest scripts to be filmed in quite some time And Jenna Fischer gives one of the smarter more honest and vulnerable and tough performances by an actress on the big screen in an even longer stretch 
3
A Little Help
Wesley Morris
It s not that Jenna Fischer is miscast in A Little Help It s that she s mis everything else misused misdirected misanthropic 
1
A Little Help
Michael Phillips
A Little Help settles for familiar and modest payoffs It s not much Yet Fischer clearly relishes the chance to play someone who s a demurely reckless mess 
2.5
A Little Help
Matt Pais
Fischer flexes real deal acting chops as a woman who s lost control of her life learning that when parents lie soon kids lie too 
3
A Little Help
Peter Keough
Fischer does her best but she needs a little help to make all the meanness worthwhile 
2
A Little Help
Roger Ebert
It s manipulative yes but clever and persuasive in its manipulations 
3.5
A Little Help
Sara Michelle Fetters
I first saw A Little Help back during the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival It was without question the very worst film I had the disservice of sitting through the entire festival 
1
A Little Help
Stephen Whitty
That this is small comedy is fine That it doesn t have a single big laugh is a little tiresome 
2.5
A Little Help
Chris Hewitt
Its female protagonist and her real life woes are a lemonade refreshing change of pace 
3
A Little Help
Calvin Wilson
With a little help from films like this Fischer could trade her small screen fame for multiplex stardom 
3
A Little Help
Kyle Smith
File this one in the same category of edgy Long Island comedies as the equally smart 2008 Alec Baldwin film Lymelife 
3.5
A Little Help
Moira MacDonald
A lackluster weirdly paced and ultimately dull story of a woman in crisis played for laughs except there aren t any 
1.5
A Little Help
Rene Rodriguez
A Little Help doesn t settle for the dark comedy it should have been 
2
A Little Help
Rex Reed
The actors are sincere especially Ms Fischer who plays frustration well and the direction has a complacent rhythm but 1 hour and 48 minutes is too long for a movie in which nothing much happens 
2
A Little Help
Nick Schager
The film apparently intends to be a dramedy but with next to no humor materializing the story quickly bogs down into earnest indie bathos 
1.5
Cold Comes the Night
David Nusair
a better than average thriller 
3
Cold Comes the Night
Robert Levin
Viewers who aren t desperate to see Bryan Cranston play an offshoot of Walter White would do well to instead seek out past noirs that have made more out of this premise 
2
Cold Comes the Night
Christy Lemire
Cold Comes the Night provides Eve with an opportunity to showcase yet another side of her talent 
2
Cold Comes the Night
Kyle Smith
A bland and preposterous thriller in which Alice Eve and Bryan Cranston play unlikely partners in crime 
0.5
Cold Comes the Night
Claudia Puig
Cold Comes the Night is a serviceable low budget thriller with a pair of strong lead performances and intermittently suspenseful scenes 
2.5
Cold Comes the Night
Stephen Whitty
Cold Comes the Night isn t worth a special trip to the theater But it s definitely a sturdy at home pleasure if you re clicking through your video on demand options some wintry night 
2.5
Cold Comes the Night
Roger Moore
Bryan Cranston is still Breaking Bad slinging a Slavic accent as he does in this modestly effective genre thriller
2.5
Cold Comes the Night
Tomas Hachard
Tze Chun s film exudes no flair in rehashing the violence and suspense of its predictable noir thriller material 
.5
Lost Kisses
Kent Turner
Roberta Torre s satiric Lost Kisses has the tacky bright colors the low rent theatrics and voluptuousness of early Almodvar 
3
East-West
Steve Rhodes
Too often murky and with too many characters the film works best when the director focuses attention firmly on the leads and their actions 
2.5
East-West
Roger Ebert
The movie as a whole lacks the conviction of a real story 
2.5
Creature From Black Lake
Matt Brunson
For a low budget effort from two regional filmmakers and presumably aimed at the drive in crowd 44 this is better than it has any right to be 46 
2.5
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
David Nusair
An obvious low point for the American Ninja movies 
1.5
The Witches
Matt Brunson
The juxtaposition of satanic rituals practiced against the backdrop of a picturesque English countryside gives this film its unique edge 
3
Seven Women
Keith Uhlich
7 Women is in actuality a great film whose potboiler plot masks an incisive inquiry into the battle of the sexes 
4
The Greatest Show on Earth
James Kendrick
the subplots are regularly interrupted by DeMille s extensive documentary footage of the circus which would work much better if it were substantially shorter and therefore more clearly integrated into the drama
2.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
Matt Brunson
Did it deserve to win Best Picture Absolutely not Does it deserve the designation of worst Best Picture Oscar winner Absolutely not 
3
The Greatest Show on Earth
Wesley Lovell
A Soap Opera under the big top The Greatest Show on Earth features little in the way of a plot and more in the line of a hollow spectacle 
2
The Greatest Show on Earth
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It s an entertaining film but it s certainly no masterpieceand doesn t really stand up to the year s other offerings 
3
The Greatest Show on Earth
Kate Cameron
The great showman of the movies has packed everything into this one picture It has comedy drama thrills melodrama tragedy and great heart appeal 
4
The Greatest Show on Earth
Michael Szymanski
Heston is a bit huffy and bombastic the train crash is amazing for its time but it s just like the circus too much to see and not enough of any one good thing 
1.5
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Joseph Braverman
With a more aesthetically capable filmmaker at the helm and a stronger script to work with we may have seen a sleeker more polished film with a deeper understanding of Hemingway and his intellect 
2.5
Hemingway & Gellhorn
David Wiegand
Kaufman s film despite some flaws captures the intensity of their story and pulls us in with the irresistible force of a great doomed love story 
3
Clairevoyant
Bob Bloom
Wittman and De Larroche would have been better served if they gave Claire a dollop of common sense allowed her to see through some of the nonsense these experts were spoon feeding her 
2
Clairevoyant
Phil Villarreal
Witty writing and nuances performances 
3.5
Finding Joe
Walter V. Addiego
Campbell s admirers will probably enjoy the documentary but I don t think it will do much for anyone else 
2
Finding Joe
Chuck Bowen
The film quickly becomes redundant and there s a self congratulatory smugness to it that s off putting 
1
L'Age d'Or
Josh Larsen
a scandalous attack on all things religious and bourgeois 
2.5
L'Age d'Or
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Certainly this film will baffle astound and infuriate all at once 
4
L'Age d'Or
Gabe Leibowitz
Genocide mutilated eyes a fire at a party that doesn t cause a single guest to blink murdering a child we re forced to think about the significance of every scene 
4
L'Age d'Or
Ed Gonzalez
L Age d Or Where thwarted love must transcend itself in order to win its war against oppression 
4
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Roger Ebert
What is strange is that Tough Guys Don t Dance leaves me with such vivid memories of its times and places its feelings and weathers and yet leaves me so completely indifferent to its plot Watching the film I laughed a good deal 
2.5
Bridegroom
John Beifuss
Highly emotional even sentimental 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Mike Scott
Hollywood has finally found the key to bringing a Seuss story satisfactorily to life 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Christian Toto
Horton Hears a Who Dr Seuss imagination never goes out of style 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Austin Kennedy
The movie is sweet but not really memorable 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Walter Chaw
Teeters throughout at that juncture between masterpiece and piffle 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Sean P. Means
The filmmakers capture the whimsy of Seuss drawings and add a nice tactile feel 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Matt Brunson
A mediocre movie s a mediocre movie no matter how overhyped overblown and overbearing 
2
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
John Wirt
Despite the stretch of adapting Horton s tale to a feature movie Dr Seuss original story and the worlds he created plus some particularly winning characters put Horton Hears A Who over the top 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Kevin McCarthy
The kids will love this movie 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Jeffrey Westhoff
After two painful messes Hollywood gets Dr Seuss right with Horton Hears a Who 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Joe Lozito
Delightful adaptation of the Dr Seuss classic is sure to entertain the kids and the parents won t be too far behind 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Gina Carbone
Could do for intelligent design what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Michael A. Smith
An enjoyable movie that will bring back many fond memories 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Linda Cook
I think you ll love this pachyderm On Horton s charms I must stand firm 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Joe Neumaier
The team behind Ice Age capture the Seussian visuals without squishing emotions or squelching the sing songy language Listen closely It s the sound of a million Who fans cheering 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Lou Lumenick
Frequently charming beautifully drawn and far more faithful in spirit to the source material than those dreadful Ron Howard Brian Grazer productions 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Stephen Whitty
And a motto moguls should take some time learning if they d like their movies to finally be earning for it s not the cash that makes a prize of the art but the warmth of the tale and the size of the heart 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Carla Meyer
At times the action in Horton overwhelms its softer more Seussian traits At these moments the picture comes across as just another computer animated film and there must be 100 by now about an animal on a quest 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Tom Keogh
This Horton Hears a Who never loses sight of the simple but perennially powerful theme at the heart of Seuss tale a person s a person no matter how small 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Chris Hewitt
Horton is mostly up to the challenge of adapting Seuss brief deceptively simple books to the 90 minute format of kids movies 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Claudia Puig
Horton Hears a Who is razzle dazzling and artful and it builds on Seuss words by the clever cart full 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Peter Howell
This is animation most animate a kid pic so rare that even adults will fall off their chairs 
4
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Amy Biancolli
On the 14th of March from the Land of L A comes a film based on Seuss that I m happy to say isn t overblown junk like The Cat in The Hat a movie that messed with the book and fell flat 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Rick Groen
Compared with those mega budget predecessors the adaptation sticks pretty close to the text and tone of the book faithful enough to earn its just reward 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Lisa Kennedy
It s a relief then that writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio have fun with the belief that all humor doesn t have to be of the wink nudge variety to appeal to adults in the plex 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Michael Phillips
Your enjoyment of this G rated enterprise will have everything to do with how much you re willing to overlook how much story padding how many references to Henry Kissinger or Apocalypse Now or MySpace Does Seuss need any of this 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Laura Emerick
If you re willing to ignore the Hollywood gloss and enjoy the cinematic experience you ll find a Horton that s faithful if not 100 percent to the spirit of the beloved children s classic 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Ty Burr
Horton Hears a Who represents a fresh and mostly refreshing approach in Hollywood s pillaging of the good doctor s oeuvre 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Sara Michelle Fetters
Horton is an elephant and elephants are faithful 100 percent Too bad we human beings can t always say the same thing Horton Hears a Who a wonderfully entertaining reminder that the world is far larger place than just our front doorstep 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
John Beifuss
Seuss stories depend on an economy of line both in their rhymes and their drawings Horton to some extent respects this 
2.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Brandon Fibbs
Explores the innate value in each of us the need for persistence in doing the right thing no matter the odds and it s a metaphor for faith itself 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Daniel M. Kimmel
It s almost as if the filmmakers watched the two recent live action Seuss adaptations and vowed to avoid all the mistakes that were made 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Willie Waffle
Kids will laugh at Horton s antics while parents won t sprain any muscles rolling their eyes 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Carrey s performance is uncharacteristically measured and relaxed and he s funnier than he has been in years 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Nick Schager
Joyously maintains the rhythmic syntax and considerate spirit of Dr Seuss 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Ken Fox
Thankfully this colorful adaptation has filled out Horton s original adventure without losing sight of its simple but important message 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Sue Pierman
Horton is a wonderful family outing for parents to share with their children 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Jeff Vice
Dr Seuss Horton Hears a Who is by far the best of the recent movie features that were based on late author and artist Theodor Seuss Geisel s beloved children s books 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Dustin Putman
What could be translated into a wonderful and even educational thirty minute short is stretched and padded to the brink when forced to fill out a feature length running time 
2
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Lawrence Toppman
For the first time Hollywood has made a whimsical witty feature length version of Dr Seuss that s neither overblown nor smutty nor emotionally hollow 
3.5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Carrie Rickey
Seuss lovers may now heave a sigh of relief Unlike those behind the recent live action grotesqueries The Grinch and Cat in the Hat the makers of the Horton Hears a Who do well by the great good medic of metrical writing 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Gene Seymour
Dr Seuss Horton Hears a Who is the first feature length Seuss movie adaptation to adequately evoke the warmhearted eccentricity of Theodore Geisel s classic children s books 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
James Berardinelli
Horton Hears a Who doesn t enter the live action realm which is a good thing but the lengthened result has its own charm and is enjoyable in a family friendly sort of way even if it feels a little like Dr Seuss by way of Ice Age 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Phil Villarreal
The overarching lesson for kids is to trust those who claim to hear voices as well as compulsively worry that any time they bust out a dust cloth they may be destroying thousands of civilizations Huh 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Sean McBride
bears little resemblance to the Horton I imagined in my youth but the kiddies that filled the theater around me seemed to eat it all up 
3
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Ross Anthony
This is easily my favorite Seuss story written in 1954 animated as a 30 minute TV special in 1970 New feature version enjoys great animation but not so magical voicing 
2.5
The Towrope
Loren King
Arias is a compelling screen presence even in the film s near documentary style 
3
The Allnighter
Matt Brunson
The Allnighter is so vapid on every level that it makes those 1960s beach party flicks look as deep as The Seventh Seal by comparison 
1
Jack's Back
Walter Chaw
A quintessential dirty 80s thriller
3
Jack's Back
Matt Brunson
The plotting is too haphazard to completely overcome any deficiencies 
2
Jack's Back
Roger Ebert
It s not a great movie but it s the kind of film that makes you curious about what Harrington will do next 
3
First Descent
Linda Cook
Woah Gnarly How many times do you hear anyone say that any more Here s a movie for those who can t get enough of snowboarding documentaries about sports or people whose vocabularies include gnarly Because First Descent contains all three 
3
First Descent
Thomas Delapa
If you re not a fan of the sport this docu mercial will be mostly uphill 
1.5
First Descent
Jonathan W. Hickman
Dewable Entertainment 
3
First Descent
Mike Clark
An adequate if slightly overlong history of the sport Descent adheres to the same storytelling trajectory as documentary predecessors on surfing and skateboarding 
2.5
First Descent
Maitland McDonagh
While snowboarding enthusiasts will eat up every minute of its two hour running time it s thin stuff for the unconverted 
2.5
First Descent
Tom Keogh
It doesn t get gnarlier than this 
3
First Descent
Peter Hartlaub
At almost two hours First Descent still moves along briskly offering something for everyone including the skeptical crowd that still thinks all snowboarders smoke pot and listen to Black Flag 
3
First Descent
David Elliott
At its best fairly often the movie rises above hammy devices 
2.5
First Descent
Lou Lumenick
An overlong and surprisingly dull documentary about snowboarding 
1.5
First Descent
Jami Bernard
Adrenaline rules dude If only the movie would give the audience more of it 
2
First Descent
Meg Jones
First Descent might become tedious for anyone wondering what all the fuss is about But for those who have felt the thrill of carving an S down the side of a mountain on a snowboard this movie is cheaper than a lift ticket 
3
First Descent
Jeff Vice
but the filmmakers feel compelled to turn it into a be all end all piece with a history lesson of the sport that feels curiously incomplete and superficial 
2.5
First Descent
Lisa Kennedy
A sports documentary that occasionally veers toward becoming a lovesick advertisement for a popular sport but winds up celebrating with sweet earnestness the headstrong individual and his or her community of likeminded renegades 
2.5
First Descent
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Happily the filmmakers take the trouble to imbue their figures with personalities so that each run takes on its own individual significance 
3
First Descent
Sean P. Means
The segments of First Descent that trace snowboarding s history are a complete hash a jumble of old boarder footage and generic interviews 
2
First Descent
Willie Waffle
you get to see crazy people do stupid stuff you have to be very very very drunk to try
3
First Descent
Jessica Reaves
Visually this is one of the most arresting sports documentaries in years and it doesn t skimp on the visceral thrills either 
3
First Descent
Roger Ebert
First Descent is boring repetitive and maddening about a subject you d think would be fairly interesting 
1.5
First Descent
Jeff Strickler
For nonsnowboarders it s hard to figure out what those fans are so excited about 
2.5
First Descent
Gene Seymour
There s so much intriguing information about the way snowboarding morphed in the last 40 years from outlaw avocation to Olympic competition that you sometimes wish the movie would jettison its central narrative thread 
2.5
Samson
Linda Cook
Samson is a Biblical epic worth watching 
3
Samson
Josh Terry
The result is a film that tries hard but feels like a casual shrug of the shoulders 
2.5
Samson
Peter Sobczynski
While it cannot be faulted for its sincerity it can be faulted for its sluggish pacing inconsistent performances and lack of cinematic style that gives the proceedings a tacky feel throughout 
1.5
Samson
Roger Moore
Could have used a more charismatic Samson and more beguiling Delilah
1.5
Samson
Kam Williams
An old school religious epic harking back to Cecil B Demille replete with mob scenes and breathtaking panoramas 
3
They Will Have to Kill Us First
Kam Williams
A cautionary expose capturing the ugly fallout of an unavoidable clash of modern and medieval civilizations 
3
Viridiana
Thomas Delapa
One of Bunuel s most scathing attacks on Spanish society and religion 
3.5
Viridiana
Ed Gonzalez
More than 40 years after its original release Viridiana remains one of the most shocking films ever made 
4
Mass Appeal
Peter Canavese
The play has been opened up very effectively for the screen in a very good script and an interesting story with an excellent cast Kino Lorber Studio Classics blu ray review 
3
Screams of a Winter Night
Matt Brunson
Ten friends proceed to tell each other the feeblest set of scary stories imaginable 
1.5
Screams of a Winter Night
James Kendrick
undermined by both its ill timed deployment of physical comedy and its murky cinematography
2
Screams of a Winter Night
Sara Michelle Fetters
I m not going to lie and say that Screams of a Winter Night is some long lost horror anthology classic 
2.5
Change of Habit
James Kendrick
Maybe the studio brass thought it would be hit viewed now it looks like a desperate reach a blind attempt to do anything to connect with the audience 
1.5
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Joey Magidson
This time around Spurlock s fast food centered film isn t quite as much fun but it s just as informative 
3
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Pamela Powell
Morgan Spurlock has a penchant for topics that matter and have a lasting impact and Holy Chicken is no exception as he creates humor and entertainment building upon the layers to educate and enlighten the viewer 
4
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Roger Moore
Spurlock returns to his first best destiny with a film that could make you fall in love with him all over again 
3
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Mike McGranaghan
While it lacks the revelatory impact of its predecessor this follow up is still informative entertaining and slightly disturbing 
3.5
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Richard Roeper
Spurlock s comedic antics give way to a more serious traditional docu journalist approach as he looks into the immensely unbalanced dynamic between the Big Chicken corporations and the local American farmer 
3
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Odie Henderson
It only skims the surface of the habitual human behavior Spurlock wishes to explore and exploit 
2.5
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Mark Dujsik
There are many uncomfortable truths revealed in this film which Spurlock presents with the deadpan irony of his professional trickster persona 
3
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Mark Medley
Vegans and animal lovers might have a tough time stomaching parts of the film 
3
Carried Away
James Berardinelli
Carried Away is erotic but it s also thoughtful and intelligent and coupled with Hopper s extraordinary performance that s reason enough to be carried away by this motion picture 
3.5
Carried Away
Roger Ebert
Everyone in the film even the teenager is more intelligent and articulate than is usually permitted in American movies and having gotten themselves into an emotional tangle they go to work getting themselves out again 
3
Welcome to the Machine
Rob Humanick
The focus on Weider s fatherly duties and modest personal insights is what provides the film with its moral grounding 
2.5
Donna
Matt Brunson
A lesser film would make Nick a one dimensional villain who spends the remainder of the picture yelling and punching To its credit Donna illustrates the more insidious nature of these types of violent men 
3
Donna
Federico Furzan
An honest film about a very common struggle we need to acknowledge more Jaret Martino s message is strongly relevant 
3
A Touch of Spice
Lou Lumenick
Since it s going to make you mighty hungry anyway I d suggest skipping A Touch of Spice and going straight to dinner 
1.5
A Touch of Spice
Nick Schager
Mix historical drama nostalgic coming of age soap opera and more cooking metaphors than even Julia Child would be able to stomach and the resultant concoction is A Touch of Spice 
1
A Touch of Spice
Walter V. Addiego
A sentimental Greek offering that s been immensely popular in its home country but doesn t translate well 
2
Uncorked
Ty Burr
Uncorked pours an old old wine into an unexpected new bottle and while the results are hardly vintage it still goes down better than two buck chuck 
2.5
Uncorked
Roger Moore
Loses its fizz 
2
Uncorked
Katie Walsh
Uncorked is a familiar sort of story in a unique setting The result is well rounded a bit too dry yet it goes down with a pleasant finish 
2.5
Uncorked
Lisa Trifone
Charming performances and a genuine sense of tenderness throughout create a film that s certainly enjoyable enough for a family movie night in 
2.5
Uncorked
Tomris Laffly
Uncorked is closer to a satisfying everyday table wine than a rare award winning bottle 
2.5
Uncorked
Barry Hertz
So long as Netflix doesn t begin charging a corking fee Penny s film is a satisfying weeknight binge 
2.5
Uncorked
Jake Coyle
The pleasures of Uncorked are in how it gently eludes stereotype and brings a rich sense of texture to even its smaller moments 
2.5
Sudden Impact
Matt Brunson
The movie deserves credit for wading through the same muddy waters as Dirty Harry and Magnum Force 
3
Sudden Impact
James Berardinelli
It is viewed by many aficionados as the best of the five movies about the hard nosed authority defying San Francisco cop 
3
Sudden Impact
Roger Ebert
To all those cowboy movies we saw in our youth all those TV Westerns and cop dramas and war movies Dirty Harry has brought a great simplification A big man a big gun a bad guy and instant justice 
3
Sudden Impact
Steve Rhodes
The beauty of the Dirty Harry movies isn t all the famous lines but is Clint Eastwood s wonderfully dry and threatening delivery of them 
3
Circle of Deceit
David Sterritt
This politically charged 1981 drama isn t one of Schlndorff s greatest films but its strong moral concerns and superb cast make it well worth viewing 
3
Circle of Deceit
Ed Gonzalez
The humanist Circle of Deceit charts the many moral quandaries encountered by a journalist when he s sent to Beirut to catalog the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war 
3.5
Bugs!
Dave McGinn
Much of what bugs do unfortunately isn t all that interesting 
2.5
Bugs!
Linda Cook
One of the finest movies that ever came to the IMAX at the Putnam Bugs In 3 D flies right into your face And you ll like it 
4
Bugs!
Chris Hewitt
Entertainingly anthropomorphizes the insect residents of a tropical rainforest 
3
Bugs!
David Hiltbrand
It s worth seeing just for the extraordinary time lapse footage of the caterpillar metamorphosing into a butterfly 
3
Bugs!
Louise Kennedy
It s startling how quickly you adjust to the giant scale and start seeing the world through a bug s eyes 
2.5
Bugs!
Arthur Salm
Captivating peppered with breathtaking images 
2.5
Bugs!
Jeff Vice
While it s not exactly the be all end all insect documentary the one that pretty much tells you all you d ever want to know about them Bugs is still pretty fun 
3
Bugs!
Mick LaSalle
The movie is without the poetry of Jacques Perrin s great bug film Microcosmos 
2
Bugs!
V.A. Musetto
Kids will get off on Bugs and then go home and have nightmares Adults who accompany them may have to fight off sleep before they get home 
2
Bugs!
Jami Bernard
Even if you can t stand the pests the Imax 3 D experience brings out the best and the creepiest about bugs in this witty documentary by Mike Slee 
3
Bugs!
Paul Doro
It may not be the most exciting film to ever grace an IMAX screen but there s enough to keep the whole family entertained 
3
Bugs!
Ross Anthony
What a magnificent presentation Script narration musical score and big brilliant amazing close up 3 D photography all excellent Go see it 
3.5
Bugs!
Jim Carnes
A thoroughly entertaining and informative feature 
3.5
Bugs!
Patrick Z. McGavin
Narrated with stentorian authority by English actress Dame Judi Dench and watching this IMAX movie often feels like being at the receiving end of a dry dull lecture 
2
Step Up 3
Dustin Putman
Blends the narrative the dancing and the music in a vibrant way that hasn t been captured before Otherwise it s really just more of the same 
2
Step Up 3
Michael Dequina
With each successive film whatever passes for story becomes all the more shallow and trite and the movies as a whole actually get better 
3
Step Up 3
Peter Canavese
Incredibly stupid in just about every way And yet it had what may have been my favorite scene at the movies this year Blu ray 3D 
1.5
Step Up 3
David Nusair
The latest entry in a consistently underwhelming series 
2
Step Up 3
Steve Rhodes
Step Up 3D is one D too many This gimmick laden film is filled with clichés in the production as well as the script 
1.5
Step Up 3
Tom Meek
The 3 D at its best pops a red gloved dancer bursts out from the screen as if diving through a window but more often it s merely Dramamine inducing 
2
Step Up 3
Sean P. Means
For a change the 3D gimmickry actually works particularly with Chadd Madd Chadd Smith s uncanny robot dance moves 
2.5
Step Up 3
Linda Cook
A swooping visual delight 
3
Step Up 3
Simon Abrams
It s like Muppets Take Manhattan but replace a milquetoast young artiste for an amnesiac frog and a group of muppets for a post racial group of seamlessly integrated metrosexuals 
0
Step Up 3
Loey Lockerby
There is some awkward editing and cheesy showing off but the dancers tremendous talent is given the focus it deserves 
2.5
Step Up 3
Jennie Punter
The dance scenes are inventive and pop out in all kinds of strange places 
2
Step Up 3
John Beifuss
Eye popping dance floor awesomeness and jaw dropping dramatic awfulness combine to produce the must see dumbest movie of the year and possibly even of the 21st century and yes I know we ve still got nine decades to go 
3
Step Up 3
Ylan Q. Mui
The main reason to see Step Up 3D is for the high energy dancing and innovative camerawork and on those points it delivers 
2.5
Step Up 3
Kyle Smith
Saw 3D looked like the scariest tri dimensional offering at the movies this year Until now 
1
Step Up 3
Jason Anderson
Step Up 3D is as supremely exhilarating and thoroughly terrible as fans of the series might ve expected 
3
Step Up 3
Chris Hewitt
The dance sequences in Step Up 3 D are thrilling but the script is strictly 1 D 
1.5
Step Up 3
Erik Childress
You really can t say that the 3 D helps bring this series full circle More like a straight line of cheesiness that features more covered crotch comin at ya than a Jim Wynorski film 
1
Step Up 3
Willie Waffle
It s like West Side Story and Singing in the Rain had a three way with the Devil and this was the result 
.5
Step Up 3
Mack Bates
Some of the visual razzmatazz isn t as polished as it should be but the dance sequences especially the go for broke finale more than compensate for that 
2.5
Step Up 3
Moira MacDonald
Of all the pitfalls potentially awaiting new freshmen at New York University one I ve never heard mentioned is the dance pimp 
2
Step Up 3
Claudia Puig
Rhythmically athletically and energetically Step Up 3D does not disappoint 
2.5
Step Up 3
Sara Michelle Fetters
Of all the films in this series this is easily the silliest which is saying something let me tell you and having to suffer through all the soap opera dramatics in order to watch the eye popping dance numbers just isn t worth it 
2
Step Up 3
Mark Dujsik
Between 3 D and regular viewing the only way to see Step Up 3D is not to 
1
Step Up 3
Jeff Vice
Using 3 D to tell this trite story is as they say like putting lipstick on a pig 
2
Step Up 3
Ty Burr
Watching this movie in 3 D is very much like sticking one s head in a blender and hitting pulse 
1.5
Step Up 3
Steven Rea
While director Jon M Chu s acrobatic cast proves adept at moonwalks and break dances and even tangos and tap not a one displays anything even closely approximating charisma 
2.5
Step Up 3
Roger Moore
It s the same movie as the earlier gotta dance over choreographed crunk and breakdance epics Exactly the same Well stripped of any hint of edge or sex appeal 
1.5
Step Up 3
Michael Phillips
It boasts a generous exuberance and as entertainment products go it s surprisingly sweet 
3
Step Up 3
Joe Lozito
The 3D as well as the rehashed plot do little to enhance the frequently phenomenal dancing in this third Step Up film 
2.5
White Noise
James Kendrick
something of a mess 44 but in a great 44 enthralling 44 engaging kind of way
3.5
White Noise
Josh Larsen
It 8217 s best to give up on getting a firm handle on the film and instead enjoy the tentacles of seeming randomness 46 46 46 
3
White Noise
Mark Meszoros
Although he struggles with tone 44 Baumbach clearly wanted to do the novel justice 44 taking us through its three titled parts for a journey unusual and unpredictable 46 
2.5
White Noise
Robert Levin
Kudos to Baumbach for trying something new but White Noise is an endurance test 
1.5
White Noise
Mark Dujsik
There apos s a sense of scale and purpose here that feels unique among the director apos s output 46 46 46 
3
White Noise
Walter Chaw
White Noise s supermarket magic realism is all empty calories reimagining DeLillo s motifs as the stuff of a hopelessly corny LCD Soundsystem music video in a grocery store stacked with period appropriate cereal logos and no protein 
1.5
White Noise
Mike McGranaghan
This should have been a limited run series rather than a feature film 46 
2.5
White Noise
Phil Villarreal
What it lacks is a cohesive story 44 which makes an otherwise satisfying film seem like a glass half empty by the end 46 10 10 
3
White Noise
Erik Childress
Don Delillo 8217 s voice is the star of this film and has a great partner in Adam Driver who adeptly balances the absurdity without ever losing the original story 8217 s prescient view of pandemic era behavior 46 
3
White Noise
Brian Eggert
It 8217 s a germane and ambitious undertaking 44 unlike anything the filmmaker has made 44 and one of 2022 most intriguing films 46 
4
White Noise
Joe Friar
A wild ride that remains entertaining 44 despite the tonal shifts 46 Baumbach regulars Driver and Gerwig keep you invested 46 The film remains close to DeLillo 8217 s novel 44 a work that has been regarded as 8220 unfilmable 8221 by many 44 Baumbach proves the skeptics wrong 46 
3
White Noise
Robert Horton
The film has a great feeling for supermarkets 44 where modern culture has been perfected 59 turns out Warhol was right about the Brillo boxes and Campbell 8217 s cans 46 
3
White Noise
David Nusair
White Noise suffers from an arms length atmosphere that effectively 40 and thoroughly 41 prevents the viewer from working up much interest in or sympathy for the characters 8217 ongoing exploits 46 46 46 
2
White Noise
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Amid the pandemonium Baumbauch unleashes a banquet of themes consumerism infidelity and climate crisis are all on the menu yet never leaves you feeling intellectually overfed 
4
White Noise
Sean P. Means
Baumbach means to provoke 44 to agitate the audience into thinking about our consumer culture and whether it 8217 s making us as happy as the advertising promises 46 
3.5
White Noise
Jeff York
It 8217 s not nasty enough to be the apocalyptic dark comedy it wants to be and nowhere near as clever as it needed to be to engage fully 46 
2
White Noise
Rob Thomas
Noam Baumbach 8217 s 8220 White Noise 8221 reminds me of Barry Levinson 8217 s 8220 Toys 8221 or Alexander Payne 8217 s 8220 Downsizing 44 8221 movies in which a filmmaker who has had success staying in his lane suddenly swerves and jumps the median into oncoming traffic 46 
2
White Noise
Leo Brady
White Noise has the attention span of a fly and the brain of a schizophrenic 44 which is certainly the point 44 but still fails to make an experience worth having 46 It 8217 s by far Baumbach 8217 s most conflicting and divisive films 46 10 10 
2
White Noise
Pablo O. Scholz
Noah Baumbach imposes the rhythm he s known for to the story Full review in Spanish 
3
White Noise
Bob Bloom
Even though 8220 White Noise 8221 is supposed to be a black comedy 44 it doesn 8217 t feel funny because the characters are too earnest and serious 46 
1.5
White Noise
Chase Hutchinson
DeLillo s novel has long been considered to be unadaptable due to how it succeeded in telling an expansive yet intimate story of postmodern peril Despite this Baumbach has managed to mostly do it justice 
3
White Noise
Richard Roeper
Even with a black cloud literally chasing this family and much talk of the inevitability of death White Noise has a weirdly optimistic side as well 
3
White Noise
Brian Tallerico
Baumbach apos s adaptation of White Noise unpacks 91 its 93 complex themes with a playful spirit for about 90 minutes before the writer 47 director arguably loses his grip on the more serious material in the final act 46 
3
White Noise
Mick LaSalle
Baumbach needed to capture the menace behind DeLillo s absurdity and maybe he tried Maybe it was impossible a reminder of the difference between novels and movies 
1
White Noise
Anne Brodie
Satirical 44 dark 44 dark portrait of an American family scope ranging from tiny to huge irritations leading then being blasted out of their wordy complacency 46 The actors are game for anything and 110 37 living and breathing the chaos 46 
2
White Noise
Odie Henderson
I was also told by a very disappointed fan of the novel that other than the ending this is a faithful adaptation Unfortunately a screenwriter s fealty to the source material is often the kiss of death 
1.5
White Noise
Ty Burr
Baumbach s White Noise is as much a work for our times as DeLillo s was for his 
2.5
White Noise
Jake Coyle
In very 80s environs Baumbach s film always remains purposefully I think a self conscious work of literature adaptation juggling big themes and highly literate dialogue with a screwball touch 
3.5
White Noise
Michael Nordine
The material gets away from Baumbach in a way it never does with DeLillo 46 
2
White Noise
Roger Moore
There 8217 s a reason this 1985 work hasn 8217 t been filmed before now 46 And throwing 36 140 million and Noah Baumbach 46 46 46 at it explains why 46 10 10 
2
White Noise
Dwight Brown
The cast acting from a weak script looks like they re grappling for tone and clarity 
2
White Noise
Sarah Knight Adamson
In the end 44 each will have a different reaction of the film 44 causing lots of discussions 44 in many ways 44 this tremendous film can be compared to a work of art 59 each will have different views and opinions 8212 isn 8217 t that the basis for a great film 63 
3.5
White Noise
Paul Attard
The film rarely articulates the book apos s ideas with any real sense of the outside world without resorting to the easy exaggerations that Don DeLillo peddled in the name of satire 44 which 44 while maybe fresh back in 1985 44 ring completely hollow today 46 
1.5
White Noise
Roger Friedman
You could call 8220 White Noise 8221 a big meal 44 a three courser 44 and then it does come to a natural end 46 But wait 33 There 8217 s dessert 46 This is the payoff for traveling this journey 44 and it 8217 s incredibly tasty 46 
4
White Noise
Joey Magidson
White Noise 44 Noah Baumbach apos s biggest and trippiest work yet 44 tackles heady themes while still remembering to have some fun 46 
3
Pixie
Randy Myers
Some gorgeous Irish scenery along with stunning sometimes violent plot twists and snappy one liners and some gorgeous scenery make Pixie a quirky winner ideal for the weekend while knocking back a Guinness 
3
Pixie
Sara Michelle Fetters
Cooke is the driving force propelling the juvenile Irish crime comedy Pixie to success her transformation into pipsqueak firebrand Pixie O Brien masterful 
3
Pixie
Matt Zoller Seitz
Pixie feels as if it arrived via time warp from about 1998 most likely on a VHS cassette with a CLEARANCE sticker on the slipcase 
1
Pixie
Mark Dujsik
I t comes across more like an exercise in superficial style and attitude than anything else 
1.5
Pixie
Bob Strauss
The film simply wouldn t be much without Cooke s quick witted performance She s formidable and disarming at the same time all the time 
3
Pixie
Roger Moore
We re imitating the McDonagh brothers So what Still it s got a good enough cast a couple of twists and enough brute force to it that it s worth taking in on its own terms 
2.5
Ice Age
Betsy Bozdech
A charming often hilarious story about friendship and loyalty 
4
Ice Age
Scott Nash
One of the funniest movies of recent times animated or otherwise 
4
Ice Age
Wesley Lovell
Aiming for cheap laughs and situational humor that doesn apos t appeal to the emotional side of its adult audience 46 
2.5
Ice Age
Margaret A. McGurk
Fresh funny and richly imagined 
3.5
Ice Age
Michael Wilmington
Real Ice Ages were no jokes They lasted about 100 000 years and froze most life on the planet But as long as Leguizamo s Sid and Wedge s Scrat are on screen this one warms you with laughter 
3
Ice Age
Michael Szymanski
The message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles whether they be of nature of man or of one another 
3
Ice Age
Mark Dujsik
A funny and lighthearted three dimensional cartoon Inspired and imaginative humor 
3
Ice Age
Mark Dujsik
The story basic as it is is simply setup for a series of gags and adventures and the movie is inventive and imaginative in coming up with its humor 
3
Ice Age
Shirley Klass
The sweet happy ending will satisfy the movie goers 
2.5
Ice Age
Emily Blunt
Ice Age is wonderful 
4
Ice Age
Ian Mantgani
Dull and mechanical kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit
2
Ice Age
Kevin A. Ranson
nicely entertains and gives all audiences something to enjoy which is always the goal for any would be blockbuster 
3
Ice Age
Michael Dequina
To complain about the lack of originality is to ignore the real wit and joy behind this very fun film 
3
Ice Age
Jorge Avila Andrade
Un triunfo de la animacin y una muestra de lo que se puede lograr dejando volar libremente la imaginacin de chicos y grandes 
3.5
Ice Age
Elias Savada
It s a keeper 
3
Ice Age
Mike McGranaghan
I think it s a safe bet that Ice Age will be a front runner for next year s Best Animated Film Oscar 
3.5
Ice Age
James Kendrick
funny and sweet and often clever but it sometimes feels a little too formulaic
3
Ice Age
David N. Butterworth
As a pre historical hysterical document Ice Age is more than a little suspect but its signature squirrel more than makes up for it 
2.5
Ice Age
Joe Leydon
It s clever enough to amuse adults yet sufficiently kid friendly to delight tykes with diminutive attention spans 
3.5
Ice Age
Liam Lacey
No evolutionary leap forward in the world of computer generated animation just another palatable familiar children s diversion in shiny new form 
2.5
Ice Age
Robert Roten
Cute funny heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids lots of in jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone 
3
Ice Age
Andrew Howe
If you haven t lost the ability to wind back the years for eighty minutes you ll find much to like 
3
Ice Age
Sean P. Means
Romano has the perfect voice for a large furry short tempered beast 
3
Ice Age
Dustin Putman
In the annals of big budget modern day animated excursions Ice Age is one of the lesser efforts 
2
Ice Age
Mike Clark
A minor delight but a delight just the same 
3
Ice Age
Daphne Gordon
ranks up there in the highest class of animated features 
4
Ice Age
Todd Anthony
crackles with slick eye catching animation and off the wall humor 
3.5
Ice Age
Moira MacDonald
cute pleasant unadventurous 
3
Ice Age
Glenn Lovell
a lesson in prehistoric hilarity 
3.5
Ice Age
Mick LaSalle
Ice Age comes closer than any other recent animated film to the Looney Tunes ideal 
3
Ice Age
David Elliott
Ice Age will probably get enough kids smiling to earn its big cost back and then some And yet there is a safeness here a corporate sameness a sense of throwing the public a prehistoric bone smack into the multiplex cave 
2
Ice Age
Joe Baltake
unlike many family oriented movies Ice Age isn t afraid to frighten or disturb 
4
Ice Age
Gene Seymour
Vivid conception with amusing witty stretches that offset the intervals of goo 
3
Ice Age
Sue Pierman
Think about the last time cartoon characters could bring you to tears as well as laughter and you ll realize that this movie is as rare as the creatures that people it 
3
Ice Age
Rene Rodriguez
If all of Ice Age had been about the tenacious rodent s misadventures the movie might have been a minor classic But Scrat is a minor supporting character and Ice Age is just passable entertainment 
2.5
Ice Age
Susan Stark
a visually pleasing imaginative entertainment for the family audience 
3
Ice Age
Terry Lawson
Although we eventually warm up to the amiable Ice Age we still feel as if we re watching Shrek on Ice or Mastodons Inc so formulaic is the storytelling 
2
Ice Age
Steven Rosen
D espite its familiar subject matter Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing 
3
Ice Age
Glenn Whipp
Ice Age treads predictably along familiar territory making it a passable family film that won t win many fans over the age of 12 
2.5
Ice Age
Jackie Potts
Although some early characters like Kristen Johnson s female sloth were iced there s still plenty to like 
3
Ice Age
Roger Ebert
I came to scoff and stayed to smile 
3
Ice Age
Jay Carr
It has taken 20th Century Fox a while to land on the animation scoreboard Now it has Ice Age is the coolest animation in town 
3
Ice Age
Phil Villarreal
At the same time touching funny and breathtaking 
3
Ice Age
Jonathan Foreman
Almost everything about Ice Age proves to be disappointingly generic 
2.5
Ice Age
Jeff Vice
The creative animation work may not look as fully rendered as Pixar s industry standard but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree 
3
Ice Age
Walter Chaw
Dreadfully inanimate for an animated entertainment 
1.5
Ice Age
Erik Childress
Because the title suggests a step back and its familiar story doesn t break new ground there s no reason to dismiss Ice Age an enormously fun film for all ages 
3
Ice Age
Chris Hewitt
The clever script straddles the line between adult appeal and kid appeal with amusing jokes about evolution to keep parents on their prehensile toes while kids are digging the poop jokes 
2.5
Ice Age
Mary Kalin-Casey
Directors Wedge and Carlos Saldanha have done a splendid job of integrating action adventure and touching drama with a wide variety of comedic elements 
3.5
Ice Age
Carrie Rickey
On its icy face the new film is a subzero version of Monsters Inc without the latter s imagination visual charm or texture 
2.5
Ice Age
James Berardinelli
Kids of course will love Ice Age Adults will be entertained but no more 
3
Ice Age
Rob Blackwelder
The lack of a original themes is largely made up for by the movie s sharp and spirited sense of humor and by its entirely unconventional visuals 
3
Ice Age
Jeanne Aufmuth
Ice Age yields to the temptation of conventional animation standards but it does so with a clean style and authentic humor 
3.5
Ice Age
Steve Rhodes
Has easily one of the best trailers ever and that one long sequence shown in the trailer turns out to be the opening scene of the movie 
3
Ice Age
Ross Anthony
good clean relaxing entertainment with a tender warm heart under all that snow 
3
Ice Age
Ed Gonzalez
Leguizamo s motor mouth sloth has more punch n bite than Eddie Murphy s 
2.5
Perlasca
Elizabeth Weitzman
Zingaretti does a fine job shading a character that is written as an unalloyed saint But the most touching moments come at the end when we see documentary footage of his true life inspiration 
2.5
Perlasca
Russell Scott Smith
A well made and heart rending Italian Schindler s List 
3
Golden Voices
Nell Minow
Charming and wryly bittersweet 
3
Pet Sematary
Bill Chambers
Lambert captures the autumnal chill that seeps out of the pages of the novel and into the reader s skin 
2.5
Pet Sematary
Dave Kehr
Reduced to its plot outlines King s work no longer functions its meaning lies in the obscure tensions and anxieties that shape the fantasy not in what happens but why 
2
Pet Sematary
Matt Brunson
The premise is fascinating but the leaden direction weak performances from the leads and King s frequently campy interludes pretty much sink this one 
2
Pet Sematary
David Nusair
a misbegotten adaptation that could and should have been so much better 
2
Pet Sematary
James Kendrick
a flawed but still bracingly horrific film of ideas one that maintains with substantial impact the novel s tragic themes about death and the limitations of human control
3
Pet Sematary
Dustin Putman
Haunting sorrowful and reverberatingly eerie Above all Pet Sematary is a remarkably mature and thought provoking look at the mysterious nature of death and the complexity of the grieving process 
4
The Grounded
Calum Marsh
That The Grounded lies is regrettable That someone may believe it is scary 
0
The Attack
Linda Cook
A sort of mystery in reverse The Attack is both a character study and a love story It s also about terrorism and the driving forces behind catastrophic acts 
4
The Attack
Rob Thomas
It s a sorrowful film as Amin finds some answers he doesn t want to hear and discovers that other answers are simply unknowable 
3
The Attack
Andrew Wagaman
The Attack doesn t force us to pick a side But it does force us to question our outsiders hope in conciliation 
3
The Attack
Peter Keough
Arouses profound questions about fanaticism cultural identity and the essential mystery of other people even those we think we know best 
2.5
The Attack
Adam Nayman
It s set up as a descent into the heart of darkness but it ends up playing out in pallid shades of grey 
2.5
The Attack
Leba Hertz
Imagine a blissful life taken away Story of an Arab man who s assimilated into Israeli society but finds out that his wife was a suicide bomber Nothing new here about the conflict fair portrayal of the sides thought provoking without solutions 
2.5
The Attack
Bruce DeMara
Doueiri does a fine job of presenting us with two worlds in conflict modern prosperous and progressive Tel Aviv and Nablus a city of shadows squalor and paranoia 
3
The Attack
Duane Dudek
For all its politics The Attack is a personal story of a man whose romanticized memories of his wife prevent him from seeing the truth and moving on 
3
The Attack
Marsha McCreadie
The Attack is the best kind of anti war propaganda film calm in feeling and mood yet truly terrifying in showing the scourge of our age terrorism which can strike anybody anywhere at any time 
3.5
The Attack
Walter Chaw
demonstrates as a director the kind of elliptical reserve more commonly associated with Terrence Malick 
3
The Attack
John Anderson
Delicately executed thriller balances its political baggage with unflagging suspense 
3.5
The Attack
Stephen Whitty
The film unfolds like an endless argument and in a way that s perfect the unhappy union at the heart of The Attack isn t just the one that Amin and Siham had but the forced one that that Jews and Palestinians continue to have 
3.5
The Attack
Farran Smith Nehme
The Attack starts out strong and swiftly unravels somewhere past the midpoint 
2
The Attack
Michael O'Sullivan
The Attack spreads the blame around for what is undeniably a nasty situation any way you look at it 
3
The Attack
Roger Moore
Puts a human face on a place and a conflict where religion and ethnicity still trumps education and achievement Israel 
3.5
The Attack
Tomas Hachard
The film is most interesting as an articulation of how its main character s initial status as an emblem of inter religious understanding quickly dissolves following a suicide bombing 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Mattie Lucas
Just another farfetched potboiler making less and less sense as it hits increasingly predictable plot twists 
2
Angels & Demons
Namrata Joshi
Angels and Demons is far more accessible than Da Vinci Code and far more pacy too It doesn t want viewers to pause and reflect 
2
Angels & Demons
Michael Dequina
If The Da Vinci Code was characterized by people sitting at tables and talking then this sequel set film of the prequel book is characterized by people walking briskly and talking 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Sonny Bunch
Angels Demons struggles to maintain momentum as Langdon hurtles around Rome 
2
Angels & Demons
Mike Scott
Is mediocrity a sin If it is then Ron Howard and Tom Hanks should start the novenas now because they re going to catch holy heck the next time they go to confession 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Rossiter Drake
There is little in the way of excitement There is however plenty of ponderous hemming and hawing about the role of the Vatican in a forward thinking society and a host of supporting players whose intentions remain murky until the big revelation 
1.5
Angels & Demons
Dan Lybarger
It s easy to think of Ron Howard s new effort Angels Demons as more of an apology than a movie 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Michael Phillips
At one point Hanks can be glimpsed gasping for air mid endless sentence Has there ever been a flatter movie character played by a more innately likable star 
1.5
Angels & Demons
James Kendrick
one wonders how much more engrossing its nick of time shenanigans would have been had we cared for the central character or even found him remotely interesting
2
Angels & Demons
Wesley Lovell
A mess of a thriller without a single audience engaging puzzle in sight 
1.5
Angels & Demons
Sean P. Means
It s true that Angels Demons is a better movie than its predecessor The Da Vinci Code That s not saying much 
2
Angels & Demons
Lori Hoffman
As an action picture Angels Demons is OK nothing more 
2
Angels & Demons
Jeffrey Westhoff
At one point Langdon bellows I need a map showing all the churches in Rome which is a hilarious bit of dialogue because you might as well demand a map showing all the bars in Milwaukee Then again that would lead to a more entertaining movie 
2
Angels & Demons
Matt Brunson
Feels like nothing more than a cross between a Frommer s travel guide and a scavenger hunt as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon hits all of Rome s holy hot spots gathering up clues as if they were empty Dr Pepper bottles or grimy 1992 pennies 
2
Angels & Demons
John Beifuss
How come there s never a self flagellating albino killer monk around when you really want one 
2
Angels & Demons
Eric Melin
It s not his prose that makes Brown s novels such page turners it s that mix of thrilling conflict and old world mystery Take out the backstory and you basically have an empty episode of 24 
2
Angels & Demons
Sara Michelle Fetters
While both actor and director seem to be more than up to the challenge to prove they re fully engaged to the project this time around the film is still undone by a last twenty or so minutes so horrible they re downright comical 
2
Angels & Demons
Robert Levin
It s tighter and more exciting than The Da Vinci Code but still hampered by a rather thorough ridiculousness 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Kam Williams
Didn t President Obama put a ban on this sort of torture 
0
Angels & Demons
Daniel M. Kimmel
While slickly done it is so patently absurd that a more appropriate reaction ought to be not disgust but a shaking of the head and a muttering of Are you kidding 
2
Angels & Demons
Linda Cook
There s nothing heavenly about this bloated windy movie 
1.5
Angels & Demons
Keith Cohen
This tepid movie is purposely meant to be confusing with red herrings plot twists and double crosses It ultimately turns into a long ordeal to sit through at a plodding 138 minutes 
2
Angels & Demons
Mike McGranaghan
As far as I m concerned Angels Demons is the first bona fide dud of the 2009 summer movie season A typical walk up the aisle to receive communion is more exciting than this movie 
2
Angels & Demons
Wilson Morales
Like Code Angels is filled with such far fetched story lines that you ll be instantly drawn in or dismiss this as another convoluted film from Ron Howard 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Patrick Parker
If you re not up on history religion and crazy conspiracy theories it s easy to feel a little lost 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At least the movie s good for about 30 minutes of unintentional laughter which doesn t say much for the other 90 plus minutes 
1.5
Angels & Demons
Kyle Smith
Angels Demons has some exciting sequences a spectacular ending with a terrific twist and a grounding in the debate about science versus religion that could hardly be more timely 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Stephen Whitty
Angels and Demons is a truly handsome production seamlessly mixing real locations with beautifully detailed sets There are a few good performances here and some thrills Yet there s a flatness to the plotting 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Gina Carbone
The Da Vinci Code while not a great movie by a stretch was better and actually offered some interesting characters 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Carla Meyer
Angels Demons might cause controversy among viewers who like their Tom Hanks films to be of some substance 
2
Angels & Demons
Willie Waffle
Tom Hanks needs to run Run fast Run here Run there Run over there again 
2
Angels & Demons
Robert W. Butler
By the time it s all over audiences may feel they ve been had by a fiendishly manipulative storyteller But then being had is one of the reasons we go to the movies 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Peter Canavese
Try not to giggle when Langdon is being called in for his expertise his erudition The guy from Bachelor Party Just kidding Tom we love you just not in this kind of pricy but conspicuously soulless crap 
2
Angels & Demons
Chris Hewitt
A clunky movie with awful dialogue and a more convoluted than it needs to be plot 
2
Angels & Demons
Michael Smith
Yes the film is a helluva lot more entertaining than The Da Vinci Code Yes Tom Hanks and Robert Langdon have been to the barber 
3
Angels & Demons
Christian Toto
Tom Hanks Ron Howard More dull exposition than a dozen dreary indie films If that sounds good run don t walk to see Angels Demons
2
Angels & Demons
Lisa Kennedy
Howard seems to count on audience goodwill toward Hanks carrying over to Langdon filling in the hero s many blanks 
2
Angels & Demons
Greg Maki
Moves quickly but never involves the audience 
2
Angels & Demons
Michael Sragow
In Angels Demons the filmmakers expend a lot of time craft and energy just to keep a potboiler at low to medium boil 
2
Angels & Demons
David Nusair
a minor improvement over its underwhelming predecessor 
2.5
Angels & Demons
Erik Childress
Angels Demons only exemplifies the problems with both movies and thanks in part to a headsmacker of a third act winds up being worse than its predecessor 
1.5
Angels & Demons
Nick Schager
If the story isn t nearly as ridiculous as Da Vinci s director Ron Howard still impeccably maintains the series s turgid mediocrity 
1
Angels & Demons
Claudia Puig
Angels Demons is better though not by much than 2006 s Da Vinci Code The story however is less interesting and even more far fetched 
2
Angels & Demons
Peter Howell
Like its predecessor Angels Demons manages the miraculous feat of seeming to plod while racing at breakneck speed the tempo set by Hans Zimmer s blusterous score 
2
Angels & Demons
Peter Travers
Without pretensions to profundity the movie can be enjoyed for the hell raising hooey it is 
2.5
Angels & Demons
James Berardinelli
This movie takes preposterousness to new levels there are times when th